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Peter Drake has agreed to come in for questioning.

What about David White?

David White's whereabouts is currently unknown.

We need to talk about control.

I'd like to play the shopping game.

Also missing is Mary Burkeman.

And what of Victoria?

She's gone. She's gone.

Victoria was repeatedly abused throughout her childhood

by her father and by others, quite possibly Carl Lowry.

This is the natural order of things.

You know this.

And Vincent Dwyer.

So, she remains our prime suspect in their murders.

Victoria was here in my office, Jeanette.

More people are dead.

And I've just had a sighting of my prime suspect.

We will talk when I get home.

Do you understand that?

Thanks. Lovely.

Hello.

Budge up, then.

So, who do you know here?

That's my father over there,

talking to your father.

Er, and that's my sister, Eleanor.

She's about your age.

Do you want your tea?

My father said you're very clever.

That you're very bright for your age.

Are you all right?

It can be fun, you know?

I'll make it fun.

I just wanted to say hi.

My name's Carl Lowry.

It was lovely to meet you, Victoria.

And?

She's stubborn.

But you were a gentleman?

Of course.

Then you've done all you can.

You're learning an important lesson.

But I cannot control her.

You have a path ahead of you to forge,

and you shoulder the burden of winning her around.

You cannot control the mind

without first the control of the body.

But control her you shall.

And what if I don't?

She's yours for the taking.

"I, Peter Drake, would like it known

that I have come in today of my own free will

and am fully cooperating with this investigation.

As a valued and active member of the community,

I reject the implication

that I am in any way involved in the murders in question.

I have worked at Beecham College for many years,

beginning as a geography teacher,

finally becoming headmaster.

During my tenure,

I have been solely responsible for private fundraisers,

expanding the outreach programs,

as well as founding the school's charitable bursary,

which continues to run to this day.

I unreservedly deny any involvement

in organised fighting, legal or otherwise,

and any exploitation of children in any form.

The recent events are a tragedy

"and a stain on history."

I've also brought along

multiple character witness statements.

Okay.

But we're not interested in any of that.

Couldn't give a fuck.

I appreciate you don't want to talk to us, Mr Drake,

but I'm gonna put my cards on the table here

and I'm gonna say...

I think you're involved.

I really do.

But more importantly than that,

and following the deaths of Carl Lowry and Ben Burkeman,

if you are involved,

we believe you are in imminent danger.

And the only way we can help you is if you talk to us.

Are you arresting my client?

No, we're not.

Thank you.

But someone is out there killing young men.

- We're done here. - And one of your former pupils

is placing their bodies and taking out people

closely connected to you.

Another one of your pupils and her family

are either missing or dead.

More people are going to die.

And it'll be on your conscience

if it's not you next.

DCI Kilburn!

Let me be clear with you, Peter. I think you're gonna die.

I don't have the proof,

but I think that's what's gonna happen.

You need protective custody,

or at least allow us to place an officer outside your home.

Well, then I'll shake your hand,

because if you leave this room without our help,

you and I aren't going to see each other again, Mr Drake.

This isn't questioning. This is intimidation.

Mr Drake.

Mr Drake.

Fuck!

At first, I'll be frightened of you, Madeleine,

because you're so small.

So scared yourself.

But when we both figure out that it's okay to just be,

that's the moment I'll stop being scared of you.

I'll learn to do your nappy.

To cut your tiny little nails.

Brush your hair.

All without hurting you.

Then when you grow up...

we'll make up dances together.

You'll bring your friends home for sleepovers.

I'll let you watch an 18.

We'll bicker.

We'll make up.

You'll do so well in your GCSEs

at a new school.

A better school.

You'll grow.

You'll still call me.

We'll watch Gladiator.

You're mine.

And more importantly, I'm yours.

And you're safe.

You're safe with me.

No, Victoria.

No, Victoria, please.

Victoria!

- This is Daniel Rexha. - Yeah.

Faisal Quereshi, Samuel Osman.

I see Carl Lowry, Dwyer's...

So you got nothing out of Drake,

and now we've got minutes to get our ducks in a row

ahead of the press conference.

I don't know if you've heard,

someone just called in a body in a crypt in a local church.

Which is, obviously, the last thing that we need.

The press are in a frenzy as it is.

- The body was decades old. - Ma'am, I see...

Don't worry about it.

I've got uniform handling it.

So, as it stands, we have 16 dead bodies.

More bodies than the city sees in an entire year.

It's national news.

We've got a farm crawling with human remains.

Every trough, every slop bucket.

Dwyer was disposing of these poor young men to pigs,

which, if that wasn't upsetting enough,

means a recall of all food products

originating from the farm.

And we're down an officer. Thank you, Jeanette.

Your little cabinet reshuffle

could have waited a month or two. Thank you.

If I see another reel,

another TikTok, we ju...

We need nice, neutral BBC.

Okay.

Okay, where are we?

Victoria Burkeman.

And we have IDs now for those bodies,

which is something.

No. Well, we can't name them publicly.

We haven't even spoken to the families.

Have you traced them?

Not yet, but I... I'm trying.

We're under no legal obligation to let them know.

That's a... It's a job for the Home Office.

That's true, but it's the right thing to do.

I need to go out there and give the press something.

Well, you need to give them something else.

- Fine. - Thank you.

I'm going to keep ID'ing the boys in the freezer.

No.

With the greatest respect,

that's no longer your job.

You've created a system that works, now delegate.

You're needed elsewhere.

- Ma'am, I've been work... - Good. We maintain unity

and, above all, confidence.

Tell me exactly what it is you want me to say.

I don't want you to say anything.

You've done quite enough.

Our team is at your office dusting for prints.

When we finish, could you come with me

so I can get fingerprints?

So we can eliminate them?

I can do that with Sophia, Mike.

Nice to see you.

You okay?

Hi.

Are you ready?

Those present are DC Mike Dilliston and myself,

DCI Jeanette Kilburn,

interviewing Dr Sophia Craven.

Can you talk us through what happened last night

in your own words?

Yes. So, I was...

just finishing up in my office and...

and then she sort of...

she appeared out of nowhere.

Can you clarify? By "she"...

Yes. Sorry.

Victoria, er, Burkeman.

She attacked you?

She did lunge at me, and...

we struggled, we fell to the ground, and I...

I managed to back away from her, but...

she kept crawling towards me.

Was there any witnesses?

Or CCTV?

There's nothing.

She quoted the Bible.

Which passage?

It was, er...

"Many... I am...

My name is Legion for we are many."

That's right.

Mark chapter five, verse nine.

It's a story about a man who was possessed by demons.

Jesus casts them out of him and into pigs.

And then?

The pigs all drowned.

Jesus', triumph over evil.

Do you have any clue what she could be referring to?

No. Nothing.

Did she say anything else at all?

Yes, yes.

She...

Well, she kept saying, "She's gone. She's gone."

And she said, "It's not just us, you know?"

Then?

And then she vanished. Er...

We have reason to believe that Victoria

might be keeping Mary Burkeman somewhere.

Do you think she's capable

of murdering her own mother, Sophia?

I think if she were going to kill her

she would have done it already.

What was it like? Their relationship?

Between Victoria and her mother?

Her mother was blind.

Vacuous, self-centred, cruel.

She wants you to look for something.

The atmosphere in Bristol

is heavy today as grisly discoveries...

Several bodies have been recovered

from a working farm.

And with the police yet to make any arrests, it would appear...

I feel scared to go out, to be honest with you, yeah.

The death toll has continued

to rise considerably...

For we are many.

Most recently, the area

surrounding St Jordan's church

has been cordoned off as a crime scene

following the discovery there of a body earlier this morning.

Police believe the victim may have been

hidden there for decades.

Superintendent Verity Pound dismissed concerns

that it may be connected to the recent spate

of murders in the city.

We have no reason to believe

the two are connected.

We have yet to identify the victim

and would urge the general public to come forward

if they have any information.

Superintendent Verity Pound speaking there

on behalf of the Bristol Metropolitan Police

about the corpse that was found earlier this afternoon.

This is the news that a body has

been recovered at St Jordan's church...

Police believe the victim may have been

concealed after death, and...

Victoria!

Victoria!

Victoria!

You in a bad mood today?

No, not really, Mike.

Yesterday was a complete shitshow,

so, yeah, yeah, you're right.

I lost my cool a little bit.

But we're here now, so let's just forget about it.

Hey.

- All right? - You all right, mate?

We're still working our way through

the bodies from the freezers,

but tox has come back on the first three

and Lidocaine is confirmed in all of them.

Okay, cheers, pal.

Now, our man Dwyer, he's a different matter.

His tox has come back negative for any painkillers,

Recreational drugs, alcohol, et cetera, et cetera.

He's totally clean.

No Lidocaine in him, crucially.

So he would have felt everything.

Everything.

You ready to take a look?

Yeah, show me the way.

- Er, Mike? - Yeah?

Have you done one of these before?

Er... not a PM.

Er... I'll just hang back.

- If it's okay. - Mike, it's fine, it's fine.

Straight ahead.

Dwyer's in the bottom right drawer.

So, you're saying someone wanted him to suffer?

Yeah, he'd have felt absolutely everything.

You all right?

Okay, so, as you can see,

he's received a blow to the back of the head.

- Eva? - Yeah?

Are these items from Madeleine Burkeman?

Er, no.

They're from the body we called in from St Jordan's Church.

Could you run us through the PM?

- What is it, Mike? - Come and have a look at this.

What is it?

What's this, Eva?

Er, this was all on the body they brought in from the crypt.

Okay. Mike, can you...

What am I looking at, Mike?

Look at the logo on the receipt.

Logo on the receipt.

"Beecham College."

Well bloody done, Mike.

We're gonna need to see this body.

Yeah, there's a...

there's a high chance it's one of ours.

Well done, Mike.

Well done. Well done!

This is like that nightmare

when you've got a test that you haven't revised for.

And I haven't written up anything formally, yet.

It's fine.

Okay.

So, er, we have a young female here.

I'd age her...

somewhere between 14 and 18

going from the pelvic fusion.

Due to the conditions in which she was entombed,

a lot of the tissue has decomposed.

But the head, neck, torso, the right arm...

that's pretty well preserved.

Cause of death?

Believe it or not, drowning.

So she was placed?

Yeah. There's marks, too.

Where she's been dragged.

No external signs of injury or blunt force trauma.

We've sent her liver off to tox.

And the dirt

that we found under her fingernails,

that's silt.

Plus there's plant matter in her hair, in her throat.

Diatoms in her lungs, which, okay,

that could be for a myriad of reasons.

But marry that with the above,

and I'd wager she drowned in fresh water.

How long was she in the crypt?

Now that's the interesting part.

Excuse me.

See these? They're fillings.

But they're dental amalgam.

Christ. I've got one of them.

Yeah, well, you could be entitled to compensation.

It's a joke.

It's just they're not particularly used anymore.

I mean, they're vintage.

And if we take the attrition into account,

then... I'd say...

late '90s, early noughties.

That body's directly connected to this case.

We'll have to get Peter Drake back in.

Maybe the fucker'll talk,

now that another body's turned up.

We need to get his prints to add to the database.

Prints. Er, you got Sophia's, right?

Jeanette.

- Sorry, I forgot. - I'll call her.

- Don't worry about it. I will... - No, I'll message her.

- You might forget again. - I'm not...

Come in.

Hang on a minute.

I... I won't stop. I just thought you should know

that the body that was found at St Jordan's Church,

it's one of ours.

Jeanette, are you mad?

Look, she went to Beecham College,

probably the same time as Victoria.

I mean, she's...

she's one of ours, Verity. I promise you.

You want me to solve this? Let me go and solve it, please.

- And what if she isn't? - Then I'll give her back.

Go away.

Sorry, go on.

Mr Drake in today?

What do you need?

I wanna speak with him.

No, he... It's Sunday.

He goes home after service on a Sunday.

Can you tell him that I called for him?

It's urgent.

- Of course. - Thank you.

Would you keep a record if any of your students went missing?

Missing?

Er, I mean, I've been here near on ten years

and no one's gone missing to my knowledge.

No missing girls?

Around, the late '90s, early noughties?

Gosh, no!

Do you keep any records of former students?

We... Yes.

But it all depends on what you're looking for.

I'm... I'd love a list of all your female students

from mid-'90s to 2005?

Absolutely. Yes. I... I can email it to you?

Yep. That's great.

Cheers.

Thank you.

Are the bursary recipients on that list?

Er, er, they...

No. We only take two a year. They wouldn't be.

- Why not? - I suppose I don't know, really.

It's... Well, it's just the way we've always done it.

I see.

Do you have that bursary list anywhere?

Would you like me to send that over?

Same time frame?

I would.

Thank you.

So, I've been having black-outs.

Mem... memory loss of sorts. It's...

There's periods of time I just can't account for.

That's very concerning to hear.

This morning, I woke up in a car.

A car?

Yes. I was...

I was sat in the driver's seat and I was outside a church.

Sorry. This is real? This isn't a dream?

It's very real, unfortunately.

Was it your car?

I don't have a car.

I don't even drive.

I've absolutely no idea how I got there.

I can see from your notes in front of me

that, a few months ago, you attempted suicide again.

What else do my notes say?

Would you like to read them?

We could read them together if you want.

You're more than welcome. They're about you, after all.

Victoria came back.

Your missing client?

Who everyone is looking for?

Yes.

So, why don't you

tell me about the physical symptoms

you're experiencing?

They're just as important.

Memory loss.

I have gaps of time I...

I can't remember.

I'll wake up in places.

I get headaches.

Yes. This was... this was two days ago.

It was evening. I was in my office.

Why were you in your office?

You're signed off for a reason.

As if the suicide of a patient wasn't enough, Sophia.

I'm surprised.

And concerned.

I know. I... I do know.

But I have to keep working for my own sanity. I...

Please. It grounds me, being with other people.

Sometimes...

Sometimes I don't feel like a person at all.

Like, I don't feel...

human.

I believe you.

I can't even begin to consider

overturning the sign-off.

And I'd like you to get an MRI, please.

I don't like the sound of any of this.

Okay.

Yes.

- Hello? - I got lists.

Great. Can you call me back when you've finished eating?

I'll be quick.

Okay. I've got a list...

Okay.

Of all pupils who attended Beecham College...

through from 1995 to 2005.

And I've also got a list

of the students on that bursary list.

You know the one that,

Peter Drake set up?

Now, the school keep those lists totally separate.

Yeah? How come?

That's an excellent question.

Start with those girls on that bursary list.

- Okay. - They only take

two students a year, so there's a reasonable chance

that, you know, one of them might have gotten lost

- in the system. - Okay. But...

But what, Mike? You've got to follow the case. Okay?

- Okay. - Thank you.

Sophia's here.

Er, I'm just gonna quickly take her prints

and then I'll crack on, okay?

Okay. Yeah, okay.

I'm gonna head back, if that's okay with you.

I haven't seen Joe in a while, so...

Sure, okay. Speak tomorrow. Bye.

Okay, good.

Get a grip.

Get a grip.

Get a grip.

Right thumb.

Left hand, please.

Left thumb.

All right?

Sit down.

Okay.

Anyone died, or...

No one's died.

Don't sit there like the grim fucking reaper, then. Jesus...

I think you should move out.

I'm sorry, what did you say?

I know this is difficult, but...

No, no, no, you don't get to make this...

Please, listen to me.

Okay.

This wasn't an easy conclusion to come to.

Well, you said it pretty fucking easily.

I'm thinking of Joe.

He needs stability right now. Consistency.

- And he's not getting it. - But that's what you...

The person keeping the erratic hours,

disappearing for days at a time is you.

I'm sorry. I really am.

I know it's not your fault. It's this case.

But I'm worried about him.

And I'm worried about you.

Where...

Where am I supposed to go to, Alex?

What?

Your dad came by earlier...

- What... My what? - And we both thought that...

What?

This is unbelievable. You... You...

So you two have made a plan together

to ship me off? Is that what you...

Do you know what? You just... Just forget this.

You can take my son. You can take my home.

You can take the fucking lot.

I just told him to expect your call, and...

Hey.

What are you doing right this instant?

I'm out and about. Care to join?

Yeah.

Bristol has found itself facing

the largest murder spree in its history,

as more bodies were recovered yesterday across the city.

This is the latest in an extraordinary spate of killing

that has seen bodies recovered from all across Bristol

and its surrounding areas.

Following the death of noted local businessman Carl Lowry,

the death toll has risen considerably,

with the police yet to name further victims.

In an unprecedented series of events,

with the city reeling from the news that

a body has been recovered...

The number you have dialled is not available.

Are providing a united front

despite growing cause for concern from the public.

Police believe the victim may have been

concealed there for decades

and could go as far back as the 1990s...

That barmaid,

- she absolutely fancied you. - She didn't!

- Yes, she did. - She didn't.

Stop.

I don't know how you wear these things,

I really don't. I couldn't walk.

Sto...

Fuck, I can't believe it. I can't believe.

What?

What? Go on.

No...

- Fought with Alex tonight. - No.

Yeah.

Him and my dad have been plotting behind my back.

Anyway, listen, I really fucking needed this.

You are gorgeous. Thank you.

Stop. It's fine.

Bloody hell.

That made me jump out of my skin the other morning.

What the hell is that?

Yeah, that's...

I don't know what that is.

I'd love to talk to you a bit

about how the issue of immigration

and asylum seekers in this country

has become so toxic in recent years.

Feels as though the debate becomes constantly inflamed,

and particularly when we're...

discussing the Home Office

and their private contract with hotels

to house asylum seekers.

Why do you think

that has so many members of the public up in arms?

What can you expect to see...

Yes?

It's done. Now, bring me in.

I'm afraid he's going to need more.

I have done everything you've asked of me.

I have moved heaven and fucking earth!

Now, bring me in!

He needs one more.

She knows too much.

All righty.

How is Operation Defrost?

Last body, last PM.

I want to get him straight.

We rotate the hips.

I want him supine.

Good. And...

I thought they were all males.

All males.

Except you.