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[Dramatic music]

[Man] Martin ackroyd
failed to turn up for work

on the 7th November 1983.

Gerry standing, meet Warren
McCabe and Don Bryant.

Think you could
show him the ropes.

Welcome to the team, Gerald.

What happened to ackroyd?

- You don't want to know.
- Stay clear.

- Who's naylor?
- Hello, Gerry.

I can't be owing you favours.

You don't owe me anything.

[Gerry] I've no
idea what evidence

they've planted or where.

I'd like to report an assault.

This is Gerry standing
we're talking about.

Does any of this
seem remotely likely?

Who was she shagging?

[Man] He's just got
this one all wrong.

Gerry standing, I'm arresting
you for conspiracy to murder

detective chief
inspector Martin ackroyd.

♪ It's all right, it's ok ♪

♪ doesn't really matter
if you're old and grey ♪

♪ it's all right,
I say, it's ok ♪

♪ listen to what I say ♪

♪ it's all right, doing fine ♪

♪ doesn't really matter
if the sun don't shine ♪

♪ it's all right,
I say, it's ok ♪

♪ we're getting to
the end of the day ♪

[Soft music]

[Preacher] Today we
say goodbye to our friend,

whose life was
tragically cut short.

His family and friends
may well feel cheated

that he has been
taken from us too soon,

but we have many
happy memories of him,

and these we must
hold dear in our hearts.

He was loved, respected
and will be missed by us all.

The truncheon's been buried
underground for 30 years,

so there's not much chance
of us pulling prints off it.

We might have more
chance with the DNA.

Look, I'll save you
the bother. It's mine.

How did it end up down there?

I don't know.

So what about this
bloke Ronald sainsbury?

Oh, please. I didn't
lay a finger on him.

So what the hell's
going on, Gerry?

I'm being framed.

Well this much we'd worked out.

Why?

I don't know.

Do you know who
did kill ackroyd?

No.

You should feel free
to tell us whatever it is

you haven't been
telling us up to now.

[Phone ringing]

Yes, sir.

Yeah, we've arrested
Gerry standing,

but it's increasingly
clear he didn't...

No, I understand that,
sir, but it's precisely

because I've worked
with the man for 11 years

that I feel able to...

Sir, ucos is more than capable

of concluding the
investigation without the help...

[Ominous music]

Yes, sir.

Yes, yes, I understand.

Look, ackroyd was killed
because the Chapman family

believed he was about
to blow the whistle

on all the cops they
had in their pocket.

- Including Bryant and McCabe?
- Yes.

So they've got to be the
most likely candidates,

being closest to ackroyd.

Yeah, yeah, or Dominic
Chapman himself.

Really?

Oh, yeah, really. Proper nutter.

How do we prove any of this?

- I'm working on it.
- How?

Gerry, what is it
you're not telling us?

- I can't answer that.
- Why not?

Gerry, we want to help you,

but how can we do
that if we don't know...

I did not kill ackroyd.

But I did do
something, that if it...

[Door opens]

What's going on, sir? We're...

He's about to incriminate
himself, Sasha.

- What? How?
- Don't answer that.

I've just been told we're
to hand this case off

to a murder investigation
team by the end of the day.

I'd rather we weren't
also handing them

Gerry's head on a plate.

Look, right now, all they've got

is a 30-year-old truncheon

and an unsubstantiated
allegation

that I beat up
some old bent cop.

They'll also have these.

And these mean what?

That you were shagging
ackroyd's wife, Gerry.

Ackroyd hired a
private detective.

You see what this looks like?

You do know that this is
around the time Caitlin was born?

We're not making
any moral judgements.

Yes, you are.

It's motive, Gerry. You can
see that as well as anyone.

This isn't going upstairs yet?

No, not until the
end of the day.

Well, let's just hope
the new guys are better

at doing their
homework than this lot!

What do you mean by that?

- This isn't ackroyd's wife.
- Who is it then?

Her name was
Alison. Alison standing.

Caitlin's mum.

Right, now I've to go and
do something to sort this out.

You want to leave?

Gerry, you're under arrest,

and you won't tell
us what's going on

for fear of incriminating
yourself even more!

Wait, Sasha.

Now, this is just
you and me. No tape.

[Ominous music]

Did you kill Martin ackroyd?

No, sir.

Do you know who did?

Not yet.

Did you assault
Ronald sainsbury?

I'm beginning to wish I had!

So, if I let you
walk out this door,

am I putting my and everyone
else's jobs on the line?

Not as long as you don't ask

what I'm doing or
where I'm going.

Don't make me regret this.

Thank you.

You just let him walk out.

I don't believe
he's guilty, Sasha.

He's guilty of something,
he'd pretty much said so.

Gerry standing is no angel,
but he's not a murderer.

Given how little time is now
available to us to prove that,

I think it's more effective
we don't keep him in custody.

But now he's out
there on his own,

up against Bryant and
McCabe, the chapmans,

and god knows who else.

You're right.

You're looking a
little peaky, Danny.

I am?

I am.

Perhaps you ought
to take a day off.

Well, if you're sure.

I'm feeling a little bit
under the weather myself...

You look fine to me.

- But, sir...
- Danny's the sensible one.

Obviously we won't be
hearing from you, Danny,

because you'll be at home
tucked under your duvet.

Understood.

We hope you feel better.

I will.

[Dramatic music]

Right, we three are
what's left of the ucos team,

and we have a murder to solve.

There'll be no
contact with Gerry,

because we don't
want to learn anything

that we might find ourselves
compelled to divulge

from the witness
box at his trial.

So what do you want us to do?

You wanna get
Gerry off the hook?

Find out who really
killed Martin ackroyd.

No Tommy, the net's
definitely tightening.

And now sainsbury's
accusing me of beating him up,

so he's in on it somehow.

No.

No, where did you hear that?

I'll keep my eyes
peeled, all right.

Don't worry about that.

Sorry, Tom, I've got to
go, I'll speak to you later.

What the bloody hell
are you doing here?

Well, I, er...

How did you get in?

Oh, that part was quite easy.

The lock on your front door...

Actually, I'm not
interested in any of that.

What are you doing here?

- You need help.
- No, I don't.

Well, strickland said that i...

I don't care what
strickland says.

I don't wanna get
anyone else into trouble.

You wanna keep a very wide
berth of me at the moment.

Why? What's really going on?

Sorry, Danny, I can't tell
you, now, please leave.

I can't, really.

- Danny!
- No, I mean I actually can't.

There's some rather nasty
looking men parked outside.

If I go back out the
way I came in, it's...

Well, it wouldn't
be a very good idea.

[Dramatic music]

Dark blue saloon across
the road with three men in it,

and a silver car
further up the street.

Who sent them, do
you think? Chapman?

It was stupid coming here.

Yes well, too late,
you're here now.

Of course, diplomatic
protection training

covers this sort of thing.

But you don't want
my help, do you?

Ackroyd was buried in
the house in primrose hill.

Seems reasonable to assume
he was killed there as well.

You mentioned that it
might have been noisy

digging out that basement.

We were thinking maybe there
was building works going on.

Well let's find out.

So our prime suspects
are Bryant, McCabe

- and Dominic Chapman, right?
- Yeah.

I wanna go through all the
files on Bryant and McCabe.

It was never proved that they
were on the Chapman payroll,

but we need to prove that now.

This would be a
damn sight easier

if we found out what is
it Gerry actually knows.

You heard strickland.
We're on ackroyd.

Let Gerry be Danny's problem.

[Dramatic music]

Where's the back door?

There isn't one.

Well there's a
garden out the back.

How do you get to that?

That belongs to
the downstairs flat.

We don't see eye to eye.

Well if we're
running for our lives,

I'm sure they'll understand.

I'm not running!

What are you doing?

Well, you may feel
like David Crockett

readying himself
to defend the alamo,

but the reality is this, and
this is why we're running.

Anyway, there's
nothing to defend.

They're waiting
for you to leave.

They're not stupid enough
to ring on the front door bell...

[Doorbell buzzes]

My mistake. Time to
meet the neighbours.

[Dramatic music]

[Door slamming]

Who's at the door?

Police. We need
to go out the back.

The police are at the door?

No, we're the police.
Get out the way!

I thought you'd retired.

Look, we need to
go through your flat.

You need some
sort of warrant, then.

No, we don't.

Brilliant, it's a dead end.

No such thing.

I'm calling the police.

Good idea.

This is trespassing.

Yes, it is.

I don't care who you are, i...

Good for you.

Gerry, if you wouldn't mind.

Now I'm just going to
break down your gate,

so that's criminal
damage, as well.

Come on.

Why did you park round here?

Well, all the
spaces at the front

were taken by people
trying to kill you.

Fair enough.

Oh, here we go...

Er, what're you thinking?

The funny thing is,

they always tell you to
aim for the rear wheel,

but the target
vehicle nearly always,

[tyres screech] Moves.

You are radio rental, you.

We should probably go somewhere

and try to work out a plan.

This is bordering on
police harassment.

No, it isn't.

I'm still contemplating
a complaint of assault

against your
Scottish friend, here.

Right now, a knee in the nuts

is about to become the
least of your problems.

We know you work
for Dominic Chapman.

- He's a client.
- We have lots of clients.

Yeah, but this one goes
way back, doesn't he?

In fact, we've been looking
at your arrest records

from the early '80s.

A disproportionate number
of your high-profile busts

targeted rivals of
the Chapman family.

Oh, good luck with
that one in court.

No-one could make a
corruption charge stick to us.

Not yet.

Ackroyd knew what
you were up to, didn't he?

He'd put it all together, you
two, sainsbury. Who else?

Gerry standing.

We've been here, Gerry
standing was clean.

[Hysterical laughing]

Was he really? He's told
you everything, has he?

Has he told you
about Tommy naylor?

Oh, that's news, is it?
Gerry and Tommy naylor?

I think you might want
to go back to the office

and do a little bit of homework.

- Nasty piece of work, Tommy.
- Oh, yes.

Do anything to
protect his interests.

He would. Bosom
pals, him and Gerry.

Much to ackroyd's char-grin.

Char-grin's a good
word for it, Warren.

- It's chagrin.
- Is it really?

Well, we've learned
something today.

Now it's your turn.

[Ominous music]

[Man] This is all about to come

crashing down around your ears.

He's just got this
one all wrong.

What the bloody
hell are you doing?

I'm doing my job.

Despite you and Chapman
and your cronies out there,

I'm doing my bloody job.

You're gonna take this upstairs?

Sainsbury's investigating
the chapmans.

I think he'd be
interested in talking to me.

I've written a letter
and left it with a brief.

If anything happens to
me, all of this is coming out.

I've been busy too.

[Dramatic music]

I filed a report yesterday

detailing the raid on
Tommy naylor's premises

and what went wrong.

We reckon naylor was tipped
off by someone on the inside.

Obviously it's premature
to name names,

but I did suggest
that sainsbury's unit

might wanna look
at any police officers

who'd been seen with
naylor out of hours.

It was a mistake to
bring you into this unit,

but I'm going to have to
live with it, and so are you.

I just wanna do my job.

This is your job. This squad
has the best clean-up rate...

Its because the chapmans
hand us their rivals on a plate!

You think the man in
the street gives a shit

how we clean the place up?

The chapmans give us
muggers and dealers and pimps.

We put them away, and
your family get to live in a city

that's a little bit
safer than it was.

The Chapman family business

doesn't impact
on ordinary people,

so what do they care?

It's corruption.

Everyone's corrupt, Gerry.

Politicians,
judges, footballers.

The whole bloody
world is corrupt.

If we went by the book,

we wouldn't make
half the arrests we do.

All right, how's this?

You transfer me out, now.

I'll leave all this on your desk

and you never hear
another peep out of me.

The way the chapmans
see it, you're dangerous.

You're either in this
squad, doing as we do,

or you're a problem
they need to take care of.

I'm not taking another
penny from the chapmans.

Oh, we'll see about that.

Bollocks to you too.

Ds standing?

There's no point in
cops being on the take

if the lawyers aren't.

Now get back to work.

Still looks the same
from up here, doesn't it?

I mean, there are
a few new buildings,

but still the same old place.

It's not, though, is it?

Course it is. It's London,
never really changes.

That's why all this
has come round again.

Listen, Danny, this is too
dangerous. You've got family.

So have you.

Fiona would kill you

if she knew you
were involved in this.

Actually, she'd kill you,
probably only wound me.

Look Gerry, I'm here
and I'm bloody freezing.

Can you tell me what's going on?

Ackroyd wasn't one
of the good guys.

He was working for the chapmans
alongside McCabe and Bryant

and whoever else was above 'em.

So why did everyone
think he was honest?

It's complicated.

Everyone thinks
that I was a bad cop

involved in the
death of a good cop.

We need to find proof
that he wasn't a good cop.

If he was on their
side, why was he killed?

They thought he was
going to blow the whistle.

But he wasn't?

Why did they think he was?

[Ominous music]

That I can't tell you.

Why not?

Because then you'd
have knowledge of a crime,

and you'd either
have to report it

or risk getting done
for covering it up.

What did you do, Gerry?

All right, moving on.

If we tell the others
that ackroyd was corrupt,

that'll give them
something to work on...

No, no, no, we can't
contact them yet.

Now if this all goes tits up,

it'll look like they've
been helping me out.

We'll get in touch with them
once we've got some proof.

And where is the proof?

I don't know.

But I know a man who does.

Tommy naylor has
been the subject

of various ongoing
police investigations

over the last three decades.

He's been to prison a few
times, but never for anything big.

And by the looks of his file,

that's because he's smart enough

never to get his
own hands dirty.

He's a thief and a smuggler
but unlike the Chapman family,

he seems to consider
violence a last resort.

None of which is to say
he's an angel, far from it.

Does he have police
officers on his payroll?

Almost certainly.

Several attempts have been made

to crack open that
side of his business.

One such investigation
was in 1983.

Ouch.

Well, at least this proves
that naylor was lying

about knowing Gerry.

That's not much
of a silver lining.

I'm starting to see
why Gerry's so worried

about incriminating himself.

[Phone ringing]

Yeah, Steve mcandrew...

If this is what Gerry
was trying to hide,

why not just call him
and ask him about it?

Gerry's friendship with
the criminal element

is hardly a surprise to
anyone who knows him.

Whatever he's trying to hide
from us is worse than this.

Just for the time being, it's
better that we don't know.

Sir, do you think Gerry's
done something really bad?

I don't know. I hope
not. [Soft music]

Okay yeah thanks.

Well, an application was
made to Camden council

for building work to that
house in primrose hill, right.

The work was carried out over
October and November, 1983.

- Well, that's something.
- It's more than something.

The company that
carried out the work

was called kingsport
construction.

Kingsport construction is
owned by the Chapman family.

Brilliant. Finally.

Kingsport, why do
I know that name?

How did naylor get his scar?

No idea.

Well it's fresh here,

and he doesn't have it in
these photographs with Gerry.

Have a look at
this, this is odd.

Now you say what you like
about Gerry's sartorial decisions,

but he's not a man who
puts dirty clothes back on.

But look...

There's a spot on his
shirt, here and here...

- Same day.
- Yeah.

So, did Rachel woolcott
take both of these?

Kingsport construction!

That's where I saw the
name, in Rachel woolcott's files!

Hello again.

Rachel woolcott, this is my
colleague, Steve mcandrew.

Hello.

Do you have a warrant?

That's strange, isn't it?

'Cause we didn't need
a warrant yesterday.

Today you do.

You make me come
back with a warrant

and we will tear this
entire house apart.

All the files in the attic,
every cupboard, drawer,

box in the whole place.

Very wise.

What can you tell me about this?

Kingsport construction.

I don't remember the job.

It's accounts, so I
suppose I was meant to be

looking for some
kind of irregularity.

Who hired you?

I can't remember.
It was 30 years ago.

You remembered Martin ackroyd.

Talking of which,

you said ackroyd asked
you to follow his wife.

That's right.

How did you go about that?

What do you mean?

Well, did you go to his house

- and wait for her to appear?
- Yes.

And then you followed her around

until you saw her meet up
with the man in the pictures.

That's right.

And you remember
this specifically,

or are you just
basing this account

on what you'd normally do?

I told you, this isn't the
kind of thing I'd normally do.

And that is why I remember it.

The problem we have, Rachel,

is the woman in those
photographs isn't mrs ackroyd.

She was actually married to
the man she was in the car with.

I don't understand.

Neither do we.

But Martin ackroyd was
killed and buried in a house

that was being
refurbished at the time

by kingsport construction.

Now, kingsport
construction was owned,

as you've detailed here,
by the Chapman family.

You've heard of them?

No.

Are you sure?

Because it looks like
they're your biggest clients.

In fact, looking at
your financial records

from the past 30 years,

it looks like you've
worked almost exclusively

for the Chapman
family all that time.

Wow. You got me.

I'm gonna suppose that one
of your duties for the chapmans

is to cover for them
when they go off the rails.

When they, for example,
murder a policeman.

In that situation you might
be asked to lay a false trail

leading back to, for instance,

another policeman
that the Chapman family

might want out of the picture.

I'm obviously not going
to comment on that.

Dominic Chapman. He
is a very dangerous man.

So I've heard.

And if he heard you
were talking to the police...

I'm talking. I am not helping.

You trust Chapman to
make that distinction?

You're trying to frighten me.

Yes, we are.

Because we don't
think you understand

the gravity of this
situation. [Ominous music]

Dominic Chapman's about
to be in a lot of trouble.

He's responsible for
the death of a policeman.

And he used you to
frame another policeman.

A friend of ours.

But we're seeing
right through that.

So Dominic Chapman
needs to cover his tracks,

and this time you're one of
the tracks he needs to cover.

I haven't said anything.

Does he know that?
Can he be sure?

Wouldn't he be better
off being safe than sorry?

You're a smart woman,
you've been around the block.

You know what
Dominic Chapman's like.

But, you're not worried.

You've got insurance,
haven't you?

What kind of insurance?

You've got something
on Dominic Chapman.

Does it tie him to the
murder of Martin ackroyd?

I think you're gonna
need that now, Rachel.

So, what have you found?

Rachel woolcott had
a safety deposit box

in which she was keeping
her smoking gun evidence

against Dominic Chapman,

in case he decided
to turn against her.

And?

Fiona, you might want to
rush this through a DNA match.

Is that...

Ackroyd's blood on
Dominic Chapman's shirt.

She was supposed to destroy it.

And she'll testify as to
where she got it from?

Yup.

And you want this in the system?

Absolutely. On the
fastest of fast tracks.

Ah, Graham from stevenage, 40,

advertising executive, two cats,

I may well be in the
mood for dinner tonight.

- No advertising people.
- Really?

Really.

No, and you don't
want a cat person.

You want a dog
person. Like Steve.

That was just a
turn of phrase...

Like Steve was a requirement
I left off my dating profile.

Oh, really.

Well, good work.

Looks like Gerry's gonna
owe you both several drinks.

Right now, I'd settle
for a decent explanation

of what the hell actually
went on back then.

- And a drink.
- Yeah, and a drink.

He's not gonna
wanna tell us anything.

No.

If he's with the chapmans,

then he's got more to lose
by talking to us than not.

Yeah, but there must have
been some honest cops

on sainsbury's team.

They were investigating
the chapmans.

They had a list of dodgy cops.

Now, I'm not on
it, but ackroyd was.

So how do we get him to talk?

[Doorbell ringing]

Leave it to me.

Oh, really, what are you
gonna do? Pull out his dentures?

Strap him into his stairlift
and make it go really fast?

You're not helping.

We could hide his all-bran.

Threaten to record over
his "murder she wrote" tapes.

He is in there, I can
see him moving about.

- [Knocking on door]
- [Ominous music]

Come on, sainsbury,
open the door!

[Doorbell ringing]

[Gun cocks]

Gun! Get down!

[Gun firing]

That was both barrels.
He has to reload.

You mad old bastard!

Oh, shit!

Bit of luck, the recoil
must have sent him flying.

Is he all right?

He's out cold, but
he'll be all right.

Well, that's one way to avoid
an awkward conversation.

Yeah, well, even
if he can't talk,

he's still gonna
tell us something.

What exactly are
you hoping to find?

I don't know. Something.

Gerry, he's not going to have
kept evidence in his house.

All right then, we'll
just wait till he wakes up

and talk to him then.

He's just fired both
barrels of a 12-bore shotgun

through the front door.

I suspect somebody
might have called the police

and I don't wanna be
here when they turn up.

Look!

I'm not leaving here
empty-handed, he's our last lead.

Gerry, we've got nothing.

[Gerry chuckles]

Oh, yes, we have.

It's a photo of some cops.

No, that is dci sainsbury
and that is his squad.

Well, if we wanted a list
of names from his team,

we could have
asked strickland...

A list of names is no good.

Half of them were bent,

and the last people
to know who was bent

and who isn't are other
cops, especially 30 years on.

So how is this better?

People forget
names, but not faces.

So we show this to someone

who can tell a proper cop
from a bent one, a mile away.

Who?

A criminal.

[Glass tingling]

Anything?

[Soft music]

No, not yet.

We have one hour before
the new team take over.

Start packing up the files.

And if Fiona's not back with
the DNA results back by six?

Well, let's hope she is.

Listen Danny, why don't
you go and have a coffee?

I mean he's an old
mate of mine, so...

- Gerry.
- Yeah?

- That Van.
- What about it?

It's a listening
Van, surveillance.

And you know this how, Sherlock?

When I was in
diplomatic protection...

Oh, do leave off, Danny.

Diplomatic protection
is a nonce job.

You sit outside an embassy
all day in a nice cosy car

while the rest of us are
out doing proper police work.

Finished?

When I was working
in diplomatic protection,

I worked with that man.

His name's Dave Percy.
He now works surveillance.

- Oh.
- Yes.

I would imagine he's
listening in on your friend.

We'd better warn him.

Yes, we should absolutely
warn the gangster

that the police
are watching him.

But we need his help.

Well, I'd rather not be
recorded asking for it.

No, we're gonna have
to find another way in.

[Ominous music]

[Glass shattering]

Good afternoon.

Tommy.

All right.

A colleague of
mine, Danny gryphon.

So it's true.

Much cleaner than the gents.

Nick of time, Fiona.

Sorry, we went as
fast as we could.

And?

You asked me to fast track this,

so the results are
all in the system.

That's fine, what's the...

Well, the blood is
a match for ackroyd.

Brilliant.

But the shirt does not
belong to Dominic Chapman.

- No? Are you sure?
- Yes.

Well then it must be
Bryant or McCabe's.

No.

Well, then...

I'm sorry. It belongs to Gerry.

His DNA is all over it.

[Naylor] Come on,
I'll put some coffee on.

No, we've got to stay in here.

I know you've always
had a particular attachment

to this room, Gerry, but...

No, but you're
under surveillance.

There's a Van outside.

They probably have
most of the club wired.

Yes, but there's a spot
behind the bar they can't hear.

You know about it?

But of course I do. It's
been going on for months.

Bit tricky when you
want a bit of privacy,

but we've come up
with a few workarounds.

- Such as?
- Nice try.

Look, show him the picture.

This is Ronald
sainsbury's squad in '83.

Now they had a
list of all the cops

that the chapmans
had in their pocket.

Now we need to find one of
these who remembers that list.

But you don't know
which one you can trust?

Exactly.

Well, let's see...

[Soft music]

He was clean.

Just one?

Different time back then, Danny.

So in terms of the evidence
we've managed to gather,

we've got photos proving
Gerry consorted with gangsters,

photos proving ackroyd
was having Gerry followed.

Gerry's truncheon.

And now Gerry's shirt with
ackroyd's blood all over it.

Remind me never to contact
you guys if I'm in trouble.

Rachel woolcott really
saw us coming, didn't she?

Rather than lick our wounds,
might we move forward?

Yes, I'd love to.
Which way is forward?

I think the real killer
was left-handed.

Gerry's not, is he?

Can you prove that?

No, it's just a theory.

I could illustrate it on the
model, but it's not 100%.

And it could be argued that
Gerry just used his left hand.

Sorry. Maybe Danny and
Gerry are having better luck.

And we can't have any
contact with them at the moment.

Why not?

Because we're worried
they might tell us something

that might get
Gerry into trouble.

- Wow.
- Wow indeed.

Sir, would you be able
to buy us another hour?

What for?

Steve and I are gonna
make a house call.

Where to?

The actual killer.

[Upbeat music]

Listen, it might be better
if you stayed in the car.

Why? This guy doesn't
even know we're coming.

He won't have had
time to load his gun yet.

- [Screaming]
- [Ominous music]

- We heard screaming!
- Yes.

It's a chiropractor's.

There's a chiropractor
on the ground floor, yes.

- Ted case?
- No, sorry.

Yes, you are.

We've seen your photo.

And you thought it was so good,

you decided to nip round here

- and kick the door in?
- We heard screaming!

What, you thought you
turned up just in time

to stop me being
murdered in my own home?

That's not as ridiculous
as it sounds today.

Well, hanging
around with this one,

I'd think that's par for
the course on most days.

You know who I am?

Of course, you're
Gerry standing.

Can we come in?

As long as you promise
you're not gonna break anything.

I'd offer you coffee, but
I'm not that keen on you

staying long enough to drink it.

How do you know who I am?

Well, you're famous.

I am?

No, I'm just messing about.

I used to work upstairs
from you about 30 years ago.

That's why we're here.

Do you remember Martin ackroyd?

Yeah.

He's dead.

The chapmans?

Now what makes you say that?

Ackroyd was as bent
as a nine Bob note.

He was in the chapmans' pocket,

along with that
other pair of clowns.

Bryant and McCabe.

Yeah, and half
my squad, as well.

Actually more than half.

It's possible you were the
only honest one on the squad.

Well, that explains a lot.

Was I crooked?

Can't you remember?
Is it his age?

What I mean is, did my name
come up on your investigation?

Yeah, you had some
pretty unsavoury friends,

but you were in the clear.

So what would have
made the chapmans think

that ackroyd was
about to turn on them?

- Danny!
- No, I want to know.

Well that's the crux
of all this, isn't it?

If ackroyd was the bad cop,

why was he killed by
the people he worked for?

Around the time
ackroyd disappeared,

we started hearing
rumours about him.

On the street,
informants and so on.

Some said he was gonna grass,

others that he was an
undercover cop all along.

But it was just
Chinese whispers.

Someone had put the
word out about ackroyd.

Were you ever able to trace
the source of the rumour?

Not precisely, no.

No, but once these
things get out...

I had my suspicions at the time.

Yeah, bot only
suspicions, no actual...

Who?

Look, it's not relevant!

Tommy naylor?

[Ominous music]

And finally the
pieces fall into place.

Listen Ted, would you be
prepared to make a statement

saying that ackroyd was bent?

I got one better.

What's this?

I worked for some dodgy
bastards in my time.

Not least Ronald sainsbury.

There's always files these
people want to disappear.

So I made it my business
to copy those files,

for a rainy day.

Well, it's pissing down now.

Well, there's a lovely
umbrella for you.

Sure this is a good idea, Sasha?

I ran out of good ideas
a while back, Steve.

Just on to ideas now.

[Ominous music]

You actually have a
Butler, mr Chapman.

Does he have a bowler
hat with a steel rim?

Is there something
I can help you with?

We know it was you.

You know it was me what?

Martin ackroyd's murder.

And you have a wealth
of physical evidence

to back that up, do you?

A murder weapon, for example?

A bloodstained
article of clothing?

We know the killer
was left-handed.

You'd be amazed what
a forensic reconstruction

can prove nowadays.

I'd be amazed
if that tiny detail

stacked up against the
other evidence you have.

Your company was
contracted to do work

at the house where
ackroyd's body was buried.

Was it?

That was my father's
company, god rest his soul.

I never had any interest in
the construction business.

We'll build a case against
you and we'll make it stick.

Am I supposed to confess

under the weight of your
steely determination?

I'm just putting you on notice.

Good for you, darling.

I like a bit of spunk in a girl.

[Phone ringing]

Saved by the bell.

Gerry.

And what's in the file?

You're kidding.

Ok, well bring it down...

Ok, well where then?

Fine, we'll see you there.

Saved by the bell indeed.

We will be back very soon,

and you'll be needing a
spectacularly good lawyer.

[Dramatic music]

[Ominous music]

[Upbeat music]

Tommy!

Tommy, I need your help!

You've done what?

Tommy naylor's
putting the word out

that you've done a deal to
dodge a corruption charge.

Rumor's out there now.

By tonight, the chapmans
gonna think you've turned grass,

and they're gonna
come after you.

They won't believe a word of it.

Oh, I reckon they'll
believe just enough

not to want to risk
you drawing breath.

After all, you
turning against 'em

would bring the whole rotten
house down, wouldn't it?

This is your chance.
You need to get out.

Disappear before
they catch up to you.

Who the hell do you think
you are to come after me?

You didn't give me any choice.

You little shit!

They won't come
after you until tonight.

You've still got time to
sling some things in a bag

and hit the road.

But before you do
that, I want a transfer.

To where?

Anywhere but this poxy team.

I'll kill you, you little!

You threaten me,
you threaten my family!

You expect me to
stand still and take it!

[Panting]

You transfer me out now,

you pack your stuff
and you scarper.

The chapmans are
gonna want your head,

as are half the dodgy
cops in this building.

It's over now, sir.

Get out, before they Bury ya.

I didn't wanna bring this
into the office because...

Well, because depending
on what happens,

I wanted to be able to get up
from this table and walk away.

So ackroyd was
never an informant.

No. Crooked as they come.

And you spread the rumour

so ackroyd would let
you out from under all this.

Yeah.

But you did warn him, Gerry.
You told him to disappear.

Yeah, and I thought he had.

I never intended
him to get hurt.

He must have thought he
could reason with the chapmans.

It's incitement to
commit murder.

No wonder you were worried

about incriminating
yourself, Jesus!

He warned the guy!

Very literally, tell
that to the judge.

Do the chapmans
know that ackroyd

was never a police informer?

They can't know,

otherwise I wouldn't
be here talking to you.

This is gonna be a tough
case to make, Gerry.

This file proves that ackroyd
was working for the chapmans

and it supports your
version of events.

But we don't have a
witness to the actual murder

and we don't have
any physical evidence,

except that which points to you.

Now even if we can run
with this, you'll need to testify,

which means we'll need to
talk about some kind of deal

on the incitement charge and
witness protection, I'm afraid.

It's not as simple as that.

If he doesn't get me,
Dominic will go after my family.

Well we can protect them too.

Yeah, but not
witness protection.

It's their life we're
talking about.

Just thrown up in the
air. Uprooting everything.

They've got a baby,
he's got a new job

and Caitlin would never be able

to have contact
with her mum again.

She wouldn't stand for it.

What then, Gerry?

Can you protect them without
making them move anywhere?

In the short term, yeah.

We can get some
people round there tonight.

Right.

Well, you've got the
file. I'll make a statement.

Gerry, you have to
take witness protection.

You don't seem to
understand, Sasha,

I'd be making Caitlin a target.

And I can't ask her
to throw her life away

and start all over again

because I did something
stupid 30 years ago.

You were trying to protect her.

And that's what I'm doing now.

Gerry the chapmans
will do anything

to stop you testifying.

You can't just ignore
that and hope for the best.

Yeah but not witness protection,

and I can't afford bodyguards.

Sir, I'm going to ask a
question and I want you to think

before you go with
the obvious answer.

- Can we drop this?
- No.

Well, thanks for
mulling it over.

No, we're police officers.

And we fail to solve
cases all the time.

I don't mind it looking
like we bungled this one.

It's the murder of a
detective chief inspector!

And he bloody deserved it.

Well that's not for us to say.

Well then Gerry shouldn't
make a statement.

- All we have to do...
- Danny!

He's right.

Without Gerry's statement,
we can't make a case.

I will not stand for this.

- I'm sorry, Gerry...
- Excuse me!

Can I have a say?

[Soft music]

Look, I've been a cop
my whole life, right?

And I've always done
the job as best I can.

I mean look at me sitting here,

I couldn't even quit when
retirement came along.

But I've never taken any money,

I've never turned a blind eye,

I've never run
away from anything.

But I got involved in
something I couldn't get out of.

They were threatening my family.

And I did something stupid,
and a bloke was killed.

Now whatever I thought of
him, he died and it was my fault.

I'm making a statement.

Under the circumstances Gerry,

I don't think getting
you immunity

from the incitement
charge will be very difficult.

Oh, that's a weight
off. [Ominous music]

Can you get him immunity
from the chapmans?

Well there's always a
chance they won't do anything.

Once Gerry's made a statement...

Get down!

[Gun firing]

[Dramatic music]

- You all right, Gerry?
- Is he hit?

No, no, I'm all right.

Call an ambulance!

Call an ambulance!

Stay with us, stay with us.

[Announcer]
Dr. Richards to neurology.

Dr. Richards to
neurology please.

So, how is she?

The bullet nicked
the femoral artery.

She's lost a lot of blood.

And what do they
think her chances are?

They don't know.

- Well, when can we...
- They won't say.

So we just wait.

No, no, I'm not waiting
around in here for...

I want to put these
bastards behind bars.

How?

I don't care how.

- And I'm with him.
- Yeah, So am I.

Are you saying...

I didn't say anything, Danny.

[Ominous music]

This conversation
never took place.

[Gerry] Now talk to me about
the murder of Martin ackroyd.

Oh, Gerald, what have you done?

- [Dramatic music]
- [Don screaming]

Careful, Don.

You can't do this.

We wanna know
about ackroyd's murder.

Give us a hand to sit
this one up again, Danny.

No, the next part's easier
if he's down there already.

What's he doing?

He's bluffing.

Bluffing? Someone
just shot our guv'nor

and you think we're bluffing?

We didn't have anything
to do with a shooting.

Although being your
guv'nor's starting to look like

a poisoned chalice, Gerald.

What's he doing
with that tool bag?

Shh, shh. It's a surprise.

None of this is
gonna be admissible.

We don't need it to be
admissible, we need it to be true.

Don't think we're stupid enough

to wheel you both into court

with broken legs
and missing fingers

and expect everyone to
turn a blind eye, do you?

You don't really think Dominic
Chapman would allow you two

to see the inside
of a court, do you?

We haven't said
anything about Chapman.

That's your word against ours.

And Chapman hasn't
got a great track record

for believing people

who said they haven't
grassed him up, has he?

Now listen, Don, we've
got two ways to go here.

You give us Chapman.

You sign a statement detailing

exactly what
happened that night.

How ackroyd came
to you for help.

How you sold him out to Chapman.

How you drove him to
that house in primrose hill,

and then, for the
icing on the cake,

gave Chapman my truncheon

and then watched as he
beat ackroyd to death with it.

How do you know all this?

They didn't till you just
confirmed it, Warren.

You sign a statement,
we Nick Chapman,

then we can talk
about witness protection

for the pair of you.

What's the second option?

He is.

They call me the gardener.

You're up. We
need to have a word.

My name is Gerry standing.

Now a long time ago you took

a very nice picture
of me and my wife.

But today, Dominic
Chapman is being nicked,

so this is your last
chance to make a deal.

Or you can wave
bye-bye to all this.

And, we've finished the milk.

[Doorbell ringing]

[Ominous music]

Good afternoon. Could you
tell your guv'nor he's nicked?

You'll have to put a
gun to your own head

to give this one
legs, mr standing.

Already done it.
And pulled the trigger.

I think it will be me pulling
that trigger, my friend.

I hear your guv'nor's a
bit poorly. [Ominous music]

Should I send her
flowers, I wonder?

Or should I wait a bit
and send a wreath?

Gerry! Gerry! No!

Ackroyd never grassed you up.

You've been had. Take him away.

So you've arrested
him. All of this is over?

Well, it will be, yeah.

Well I don't understand.

This bloke's a big deal.

We just wanna be absolutely sure

he doesn't do anything stupid

before strickland calls
off the boys outside.

[Ominous music]

What's he gonna do? You've
already made a statement.

It's too late for him
to threaten anyone.

Oh, yeah.

What, you think he'd
come after you anyway?

No!

It's just that after what
happened to Sasha,

everyone's being...

Oh, god, Sasha. I
didn't even ask, sorry.

It's all right, no.

She's all right.
She's gonna be fine.

And what about
you? Are you all right?

Me? Yeah, I'm fine.

And you're safe?

As houses.

Anyway, don't you
wanna worry about me.

You've just got to worry
about this little one.

You give him everything
he needs, no matter what.

Why are you saying it like that?

I'm not saying it like anything.

Anyway, I've got to meet
the others down the pub.

All right?

Go on, then.

Don't drink too much.

Drink too much? Moi?

Listen, Caitlin, I...

Well I probably haven't been

the best dad in
the world, right?

But I love you and that
little bloke very, very much.

Oh, dad.

Now what's the matter?

Nothing!

And don't let these two herberts

spend all day in your
kitchen drinking tea.

All right, boys. I'm going to
the pub, have a nice night.

[Car engine roaring]

[Rain poring]

Right, she's gonna be in a
wheelchair for a little while,

but she seems to
have dodged all the

worst case scenario stuff.

That's brilliant. When
can we see her?

She's coming out of
intensive care in the morning.

Has anyone spoken to her?

Does she know we got Chapman?

Well, strickland went
in to see her, so...

Will the charges
against Chapman stick?

Well, we've got Rachel
woolcott's testimony,

Bryant, McCabe
and Gerry's statement

and Ted case's
file on ackroyd, so.

Well not to mention some
rather stunning evidence

about the killer
being left-handed.

[All chuckle]

Listen, thanks, everyone.

- Cheers.
- Cheers!

So look, now you've
made your statement,

what are you gonna do?

It's hard to imagine
Dominic Chapman

being happy to let
justice take its course.

[Soft music]

Yeah, it might be
an idea for nobody

to stand by my side for a while.

Have you got something
up your sleeve?

Well, I'm owed a bit of holiday.

About 40 years, as it happens.

I thought I might just
disappear for a bit.

Ooh, somewhere nice?

Spain's a perfect
fit for you, Gerry.

Are you kidding?

Half the population
of the costa del sol

only moved there to
stop me nicking 'em.

[All chuckle]

No, I thought america.
I've never been there.

Start in New York, get
one of those big cars,

stick "born to be wild" on
the stereo and just drive.

- That sounds brilliant.
- Sounds like hell.

Shut up, I think it's
a brilliant idea, Gerry.

Will you send us
lots of postcards?

Do people still send postcards?

It's all on Facebook
these days aint it.

Get off!

The only thing on
Facebook is pictures of Steve

and his new dog.

Ooh! Did you get a new
dog? Did you get a puppy?

- No, guys.
- Oh, tell me.

[Indistinct conversation]

Beam me up, somebody!

[Ominous music]

[Indistinct conversation]

- [Explosion roars]
- [People screaming]

[Car alarms blaring]

Oh, god! God!

[Soft music]

[Fire crackling]

[Phone ringing]

[Phone ringing]

[Soft music]

[Preacher] Today we
say goodbye to our friend,

whose life was
tragically cut short.

His family and friends
may well feel cheated

that he has been
taken from us too soon.

But we have many
happy memories of him

and these we must
hold dear in our hearts.

He was loved, respected
and will be missed by us all.

[Bell tolling]

She doesn't seem very upset.

Danny! You can't
say things like that!

I'm serious. She's just lost
her father. They were close.

[Phone chimes]

Am I the only one trying to
observe the occasion properly?

Sorry. I'll turn it off.

[Ominous music]

Danny?

You really want me to vet
a potential suitor at a fune...

Is this some bad joke?

Oh, my... is that...

It can't be.

Well, it could be.

If someone were in a
position to fix the paperwork

and make it look like
the car was empty.

[Naylor] Well this was
a call I wasn't expecting.

Gerry standing is in trouble.

[Naylor] And then some.

Chapman added a zero

to the price on his
head this afternoon.

[Commission ] He won't
go into witness protection.

[Naylor] No. I don't
imagine he would.

I'm asking for your help.

A favour, for the deputy
assistant commissioner?

Now, that's something.
I could put in the bank.

Welcome to the first day
of the rest of your life, Gerry.

She knows.

Knows what, Danny?

Sir.

Yes, well, it's very sad
what happened to Gerry.

But the best way we
can honour his memory

is by all coming into
work tomorrow morning,

extremely hungover.

- [Car engine roaring]
- [Upbeat music]

[Car engine revs]

Still got it!