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Number five, go a bit tighter.

Out on two.

Through the kitchen on six.

Single on four. That's it.

One, let them come through you.

And then bring them in through camera three. Ready. Cut!

Right, can we get this place clean, please? Come on.

Let's have a look at the cleaning.

Carole, that's nowhere near clean enough, come on, get a move on!

I don't wanna hear it, just do it.

- It's nowhere near clean enough. - Call that clean?

Uh, hello? She's talking to you!

Are you listening to me? It's not clean enough!

I've had enough!

No, Ben, come out. Come out!

Just get on with it, will you, eh?

- Are you listening to me? - Are you listening to me? Just do it!

- I said enough, you understand? - On four now. That's it.

You've got no choice. You're not master.

Don't you talk to me!

Oh, who am I gonna talk to, then?

You've got to do what you're told.

Just get on with it, will you? There's your bucket, go on.

I've had enough of this!

Roy! Roy!

Yeah, everything's under control, Amanda.

Bring up six.

We'll handle it and then let you know.

- Yeah, just give it a second, okay? - Go to three.

Bring up three.

John, loosen on that.

- Oh, don't, he's gonna cry! - You're stupid!

No, don't! He's gonna cry.

Don't cry.

- Go to three! - Shut up, I know what I'm doing.

- I'm going to kill you all. - Oh, this is stupid.

I hate you. You are all degenerates.

I hate you all!

Ben, go to single on that. Now cut to six.

Quit winding him up.

That's it. Good. Just stay on that.

Take it easy. Take it easy.

Get off me!

Don't wind him up.

Oh, look, he's moaning!

I think we should stop this, Keith.

You wanna tell the channel we killed their best ratings ever?

No, it's fantastic TV, but I'm not sure Tendai can take much more.

You wanna pull him out?

I expect he'll calm down. Right, cut to ten.

Who you got on ten, Stevie Wonder? Cut to nine!

Stop them, Roy, shut it down!

It's great telly, Amanda.

Roy, he's gonna blow!

Well, don't ask him!

Stop it! Stop it!

- Oi, listen to me! - That's enough.

Roy, I'm putting the guards in.

Security to the kitchen!

That's enough! That's enough!

Or what? Or what?

Or what?

Don't talk to me like that.

Oh, my God!

Shut down transmission! Shut down transmission!

Shut it down, now!

Oh, Bette Kidman, the MP, returned your call, Judge.

She's happy to meet with you.

Does she know why I want to meet?

- Well, she seemed to. - Hmm.

Maybe she's ahead of me.

She'd prefer to meet at the House of Commons.

Okay. Come on.

That ogre, Kidman,

is examining the overspend on the navy's new radar equipment.

That's what the Public Accounts Select Committee does, Home Secretary.

I have no problem with that. But why is she meeting with Deed?

Oh, the Home Office has its spies, too, Ian.

Deed will rake over the dead embers of that ridiculous accusation made

by a totally unreliable witness.

I mean, it's an obsession! How many times do I have to say it?

There was no bribe.

Not even Mrs Kidman would dare to raise that.

Little Bette Kidman is no friend of mine, nor the government's.

Egged on by this busy-body judge, who knows where she'll go?

John, Ian Rochester asked me to offer you the TV Dungeon trial.

He's just spent the past month trying to get me thrown off the bench.

Now he offers me the trial most judges would give their ears for. Why?

He's looking for someone who can take the heat.

The press already seems to have delivered its verdict.

The DCA is under pressure to have the trial filmed.

Not in my court.

Oh, is that a yes, John?

Does that mean the issue of my removal is ended?

You're going to meet the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

You're well informed, Monty.

Oh, be careful, John.

Mrs Kidman might seem friendly, but she's treacherous.

I've got nowhere else to go.

The allegation against Haughton and Listfield must be investigated.

Do you have any evidence, John?

We can't have trial by Select Committee.

Perhaps you should concede defeat.

Will you look into Neil Haughton's relationship with Tim Listfield?

The remit of the Committee is to look at the overspend,

why the contract went over budget.

Yeah, there have been allegations that the overspend

was due entirely to double and triple billing.

Do you have evidence of any fraudulent behaviour?

Rufus Barron was Tim Listfield's PA during the period of the radar contract.

He collected a lot of evidence.

- What happened to it? - Tim Listfield made it disappear,

a large number of packing boxes.

Is that speculation?

Entirely.

What sort of documentation was in the boxes?

Copies of invoices.

What happened to Mr Barron?

It appears he committed suicide.

There was a note.

- You don't believe it. - No.

Did you see the transcript of the statement that I took from Mr Barron?

- No. Why would we? - Because I gave it to the Attorney.

Didn't he show it to you?

He's a member of the government.

Sir John, the sole object is to discover why a new radar system

for the navy was over budget.

I gave Rufus Barron's diaries to the Attorney General.

They contained details of the meetings where Listfield

allegedly bribed Haughton.

What do you want from this, Sir John?

I want a criminal prosecution of Tim Listfield and Neil Haughton,

if he's involved.

Do you have anything other than the diaries?

No.

Then it looks like the allegation may have died with Mr Barron.

This is a surprise.

Yeah. Looking for Charlie.

Wrong room.

I'd offer you a cup of tea, but I've got a con with the CPS.

Yeah, your clerk told me.

Did you know I was hearing the Dungeon case?

I thought High Court judges were squabbling for it.

Exactly.

Something's up.

Like what?

- Did you see the killing on TV? - No.

Doubtless I will.

Yeah, well, you must be one of the few, John.

That's probably why you got the case.

It's going to be tough to empanel a jury.

Oh, yes.

Shall I pick you up for dinner?

I've got a dinner date.

Better find Charlie.

Did Rufus Barron ever talk about his friends?

He didn't kill himself, Dad.

Evidence?

He was scared, but he wasn't suicidal.

He wanted to help.

Do you know what you're implying?

I don't really want to go there,

but I liked Rufus.

Can't you do something?

I've never seen a dead body.

Well, if you'd rather not.

Sir John.

- I'm Dr Graceman. - Yes, I remember you.

- You've given evidence in my court. - On several occasions.

You want another view about the death of Mr Barron.

Yes, I had Mrs Cooper call you because I thought you'd be impartial.

I'd hope all pathologists are.

Well, counsel here, this is Charlie Deed,

thinks that the original pathologist

might cling to his position, regardless.

Would you care to see the body?

Sorry I'm late. Left my mobile in court.

We've barely started.

I'm surprised your phone wasn't stolen.

So am I. Thieves must be becoming less opportunistic.

We've decided not to call Amanda Rogers, the Dungeon floor manager.

Isn't she key?

She's unreliable.

Hidden agenda?

A relationship with the producer that ended badly, and a suspected drug habit.

I don't want any surprises.

We've got Tendai Shoko.

Has he been sentenced for his manslaughter conviction yet?

Awaiting reports.

Who's the weaker defendant?

Roy Storidge, the director.

Put the pressure on him, he might go cutthroat.

Right, let's look at the evidence.

Charlie?

I don't think this is Rufus.

It's like him.

Morticians occasionally get their charges and paperwork mixed up.

It's not him.

Let me check elsewhere.

Excuse me.

He's in his 80s.

This one?

Thank goodness for that.

Did he simply drown?

The note says it was "a massive inhalation of water".

His lungs were full.

Is that usual in drowning?

There are no reliable post-mortem signs which confirm death by drowning.

That's what we assume in the absence of anything else.

He did have a lot of alcohol in his blood.

Rufus didn't drink.

Alcohol is often used as an anaesthetic to make suicide painless.

Has the coroner just got it wrong here?

It's not likely.

We should get a second autopsy.

For that, you'd have to petition the coroner or Home Office.

Or a High Court judge.

I can call for a second opinion.

Oh, you can, Sir John?

- I would have to inform the Home Office. - Yes.

And I would like you to perform the autopsy, Dr Graceman.

Do you have the authority?

Either way, it will set some alarm bells ringing.

I thought Deed was going to be occupied with the TV Dungeon case.

Thank you.

We rather hoped he would be.

Then why has he demanded a second autopsy on Rufus Barron?

He can't do that. That's for the Home Office.

Well, it seems he's done it.

The Home Office can undo it.

And if I do, he'll call cover-up.

If you can't control these judges, Ian,

I'll put a bill before Parliament that will.

Neil is terribly fond of you, Charlie.

What you and your father are doing is extremely hurtful.

I'm not doing anything.

Perhaps you should try telling Neil that, darling.

- Excuse me. - Sorry.

Look, my only comment is I'm entirely innocent

and I expect the case to be thrown out of court.

But, Mr Storidge, what about the family? How do you feel about them?

Mr Hodgekinson,

how do you feel about the families?

Can you comment, Mr Hodgekinson?

I should not even be here.

My doctors have told me that I am not fit enough to stand trial.

Mr Hodgekinson is suffering complete nervous exhaustion.

Due to too much coke?

Because of the nature of this case, it has generated

a huge amount of public interest and debate.

If media publication figures are to be believed,

then the murder of Reggie Ross in The Dungeon

was witnessed by 16.2 million people.

Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that these two defendants are guilty.

And if any report in any medium suggests otherwise,

then I will hold the reporter, the paper and the broadcaster in contempt.

You make no mistake about that.

You are welcome here, but only if you obey the rules.

Mr Mason Allen, I believe you have a submission.

Yes, my lord.

My client is not fit to stand trial due to his unstable mental health.

Yes, I read the doctor's reports.

Are Mr Hodgekinson's psychiatrists in court?

- They are, my lord. - Very well.

Then, I think the sensible way to proceed would be

to swear a jury and hear his fitness to plead before the substantive case.

- Using the same jury, my lord? - Yes, it's appropriate.

No, if the first action fails, the jury will be prejudiced.

He seems to have a very clear understanding of what's going on.

If I might have a brief word with my instructing solicitor?

I think you should.

A non-starter, Jonathan.

Insist on a separate jury, Newman.

Not with this judge. He's ruled.

I think Keith is very flaky.

If that becomes apparent, we'll try and stop the trial. All right?

Um...

I am instructed not to proceed with the submission, my lord.

Very well.

Mr Norwalk, am I going to hear from you?

We would argue that the case against the second defendant,

Roy Storidge, is based on fallacy.

Although, he was directing the show at the time of Mr Ross's death,

it was not foreseeable that one inmate would use lethal violence upon another.

Before Mr Storidge knew what was happening, it was too late.

You argued for dismissal before the directions judge

and the submission failed. Why do you think it might succeed now?

With your superior knowledge of the law, my lord,

I'm sure you can see the argument's validity.

Please.

The prosecution successfully argued that Mr Hodgekinson

and Mr Storidge, as responsible people for the production company,

owed the inmates of The Dungeon a clear duty of care.

I am instructed to pursue this point, my lord.

Your client seems to have regained his mental acuity

remarkably well, Mr Mason Allen.

Does he know the law better than you do?

It's possible.

Yes, well, anything's possible.

But the ruling by the directions judge, in this,

seems to me both accurate and binding.

We would argue that the situation which pertained in The Dungeon,

was one in which my client owed a different standard of care

from, say, fellow road users.

The inmates had voluntarily exposed themselves to a significant risk,

like bungee jumpers.

Yes, I think you know very well, Mr Mason Allen,

that, with exceptions listed in Brown, 1993, 2 All ER,

page 75, one cannot escape conviction

from a crime on the basis of the victim's consent to the danger.

I, too, enjoyed the law of torts at university.

Now, are we ready to swear a jury?

My lord,

my client has

serious reservations over jury selections.

He is concerned to know how a panel can be made up of anyone

who hasn't been influenced by the programme or subsequent coverage.

Yes, it is a concern.

We are just going to have to rely on the jury's honesty and common sense,

aren't we?

Mr Clerk?

Members of the jury panel, before you're sworn in as jurors,

I need to ask you a few questions. Now, firstly,

did any of you see the death of Mr Reggie Ross on television?

Right.

Thank you. Would you leave the jury box, please?

Mr Clerk, would you bring in the next eight?

Yes, my lord.

My instructing solicitor knows the man in the blazer.

Thank you. Would you step out, please? Thank you.

- I know you. - Yes, Judge.

I've appeared before you twice.

- You're a barrister? - Yes.

Like everyone else, we now get called for jury service.

Yes, indeed.

Do you know Mrs Mills or either of the defence barristers?

Not personally.

Good. Mr Clerk, will you swear the jury, please?

Certainly, my lord.

Mr Shoko killed Reggie Ross in a fit of rage.

He was prosecuted for murder, but successfully raised the defence

of provocation, and was convicted of manslaughter.

More than half the country saw the killing.

However, there is another kind of guilt that we're trying here,

that of the directing minds.

And we will make the chain of responsibility clear to you.

Although Mr Ross's death was brought about by Tendai Shoko,

it was causally linked to gross negligence on the part

of Keith Hodgekinson and Roy Storidge, who owed him a clear duty of care.

Mr Hamling, can you tell the court what the command structure was

for The Dungeon?

There's the controller of the channel, who signs off on everything.

Next, there's the head of department at the channel.

He commissions the production company. I own the production company.

Mr Hodgekinson is a producer. He hired Mr Storidge.

Why was the show commissioned?

With the success of the first six series, the channel automatically

commissioned the seventh.

How were the inmates selected?

We've got a long interviewing and auditioning process.

Who did the interviews?

Myself and Keith, along with psychologists,

medical doctors, fitness experts.

We formed the selection panel.

Was the second defendant a part of that process as well?

Sure. He has to know how far he can push the material.

- The material? - The inmates.

And what was looked for in these inmates?

People who could survive exciting, lively, interesting, sexy challenges.

Mrs Mills?

Were there any health-and-safety procedures put in place in this show?

Yes.

Mr Hodgekinson, the producer, and the director, the second defendant,

took those meetings and signed off on them.

Were they ignored?

I think they must have been.

I certainly saw the assessment of risks, and they were low.

Did the channel commission the seventh series on the same terms

- as all the others? - No. They wanted some changes.

Such as?

They wanted it to be sexier, livelier, more entertaining.

More dangerous? More freaky? More scary?

More challenging.

Did you keep the power of veto in this process?

Well, to some extent, yes.

So, the defendants weren't the final arbiters

on who took part in The Dungeon.

- They certainly had a say. - Ah!

That's not answering my question.

The controller at the channel always has the final say.

On your recommendation.

As head of the production company, that's usually the way it works, yes.

Who has a say below you?

Everybody has a voice.

Keith, as the producer's, was the loudest, next it's Roy.

But he's the one who has to force them into tight corners.

To get them to explode?

To help them to be more entertaining.

To that end,

did you order the two defendants to cause a fight in The Dungeon?

I did not.

When Mr Cassidy and Mr Shoko had their first fight in The Dungeon,

what happened to the ratings?

I'm not sure.

Television is obsessed with ratings.

Are you seriously telling this jury you didn't check the numbers

to find out what happened to them?

- They went up. - Oh, they shot up

by 2.3 million!

Yes, I believe they did.

On that basis, was death the new benchmark for entertainment?

That's an obscene suggestion.

Isn't it true you wanted social misfits?

People who were, in the jargon, flaky,

even unstable?

- That would have been so irresponsible. - Indeed!

It might even have led to someone being killed.

How much money did the channel make from this show?

I don't know. That's a secret.

How much did your company make?

- I'm not sure. - Oh, come on, Mr Hamling, don't be coy.

Was it 5,000?

- Five million? Fifty million? - No. Nothing like.

It was £47 million, wasn't it?

Answer the question.

Yes.

Does that include selling footage of the killing to newspapers and TV,

and the whole episode to Japanese television?

- Did you sell that footage? - It was a big news item.

- Did you? - Yes.

That you helped manufacture to rescue your failing show.

A 37% audience share is not a failure.

Up until the point in mid-October when you ordered the shake-up in The Dungeon,

you were only getting a 15% share,

your rescue strategy being seriously dangerous.

No. Just sexy and lively.

Is that an e-mail you sent to Keith Hodgekinson?

Yes.

Sent during the third week of transmission.

"Keith, push them into tight corners.

"Make them way out, aggressive, freaky."

Well, that's just colourful television language.

"We've got to get the numbers up. Pull out all the stops!"

Well, that's what it's all about.

When Misters Hodgekinson and Storidge argued they were too freaky,

that Mr Shoko was unstable, you overruled them.

They knew what the rules were.

They took all the health-and-safety checks.

They just went beyond their remit.

How interesting that it is not you or the panel who is in the dock.

Save your comments for closing speeches, Mr Norwalk.

The real change came with them putting Liza in charge.

No one wanted to take orders from her, least of all Tendai.

Some of those that were made slaves refused to perform.

What do you mean, not perform?

Didn't the cameras capture you, whatever you did?

Yeah, but if you're not acting like the monkey in the cage,

it doesn't make for great telly.

Mrs Mills?

- How long did this rebellion last? - A day and a half.

Were you punished?

Everyone was. Slaves and slave masters.

Did it have the desired effect?

They locked the fridge.

They shut off the electricity,

put some of us in solitary.

Everyone was really wound up after about 18 hours of that.

Liza was bricking it 'cause if she didn't bring people into line,

she'd be the next to be booted off the show.

She got very bolshie, that's when Tendai freaked.

How were the inmates kicked off the show?

They devised games.

We had to nick things from each other. The one with the least stuff was out.

But they could also chuck you out if you didn't follow their orders.

When Liza was put in charge, was she acting on her own initiative?

She was given orders by Cyclops,

them behind the mirror.

He told me that Tendai had been making homophobic comments about me.

It was like they wanted me to pick a fight with him.

- Was it always the same voice? - No, they were different.

- Like some disembodied Nazi. - You're the Nazi!

Oh, yeah? Well now who's facing the war-crimes tribunal?

Isn't it true, you decided to wind up Tendai Shoko because of what he was?

Well, the public wouldn't get entertained if we sat around.

So, you did decide to provoke him?

He thought I was evil.

He thought all queers are. He's a born-again Christian.

You're a died-in-the-wool racist.

You are a racist, Mr Cassidy?

No. I'm not.

Of all the people to pick a fight with, you chose Tendai.

- Why was that? - 'Cause he didn't like gays.

Ah.

Did you inform the panel

that you're a member of the BNP?

I'm not!

I must be a little confused, I mean,

that is you at a BNP meeting applauding the speaker, is it not?

- That was a long time ago. - Mmm-hmm.

I was 16. My dad made me!

- Why didn't we know about this? - Good question.

We had no idea.

Well, try a little harder, Janice, the defence does.

Dr Graceman, Judge.

Your instincts were right.

I can't categorically say Mr Barron was murdered, Sir John.

But I can't rule it out.

What can you say?

Mr Barron had water in his lungs before he went into the Thames.

- He was dead before he went in? - No.

But I'd say he had been held underwater.

He had drops of tap water in his lungs, Sir John.

In near death, the lungs shut down, trapping pockets of air

and, in this case, tiny droplets of tap water.

How can you tell it's tap water?

Because of the diatoms present in the water.

Tiny single-cell plants.

These are consistent with tap water.

So, are you saying that Mr Barron was brought to near death first?

It's possible.

The alcohol in his blood went into the body

between the tap water and Thames water.

There were spots of alcohol in his lungs.

And this tells us?

Alcohol was probably poured into him.

Bruising on the lower lip suggests as much.

How could the first pathologist miss all this?

It's easily done, Sir John.

He was looking at a suicide.

The second pathologist looks with more purpose.

Mmm.

I should need to show this to the police and the coroner.

May I keep this?

I've known pathologists' reports condemn people for murder on less.

You should leave it to the police now, Dad.

Have your mum and Haughton got at you?

I thought you were keen to show what happened to Rufus.

Look, it's not our job.

We can't just let this drop, Chas.

If this gets too personal, Mum will never forgive us.

Look, he was probably murdered.

And I'm going to insist on a murder enquiry.

You do realise what this could mean?

What you'd be bringing down on your head?

I have a hard head.

I'm not sure I can raise this in committee.

Rufus Barron's evidence was key.

I can't implicate the Home Secretary.

Well, I'm prepared to think the unthinkable.

The committee could question me as a witness on Barron's evidence.

- You're prepared to name names? - Yeah.

I'll just say what he said in court. Haughton is tied up with Listfield.

The result could mean we'll all be out of a job, Sir John.

Uh-huh.

Somebody told me that you were fearless, Mrs Kidman.

- Smells good. - Me or the food?

Good shot.

You know what happens, John?

You call and I come running.

That's all right because I like running.

But what isn't all right is that you expect me to.

- Call me and I'd come running. - Yeah.

Then I'd have to cook.

You know what'll happen if you don't take Charlie's advice?

Yeah.

Listfield, or Haughton, or hopefully both of them, will go to jail.

Hmm! If only things were that simple.

- Maybe they are in your world. - Where is this "my world" place, eh?

Where you do things regardless.

You mean like ignoring the fact that I shouldn't be having a relationship

with a member of the female bar who's before me?

It would be something just to come here and have a good time, instead of

worrying whether you're going to be tipped off a bridge some bright morning.

- It's not going to happen. - It might

if Listfield is implicated, like you think.

What do you want me to do?

We should examine the evidence objectively

and see how far we can push these two.

Oh, then I should worry about you being pushed off the bridge.

Well, then we'd better make sure there is evidence.

Good evening, Sir Tim. Your guest has already arrived.

Neil, all the evidence against us died with Barron.

The second autopsy report suggests he was murdered.

Mrs Mills is now asking the CPS to look at the evidence.

He committed suicide.

Can we be absolutely, absolutely sure there's nothing

Barron might have left behind?

If there is and Deed and Mills keep on pushing...

If this was Russia...

Good God, Tim, what are you saying to me?

Has it come to that?

Neil, there is no one who can incriminate you.

Only me.

And why would I want to do that?

The Public Accounts Committee have put me on notice to answer questions

about the overspend.

They want to talk to you as well.

It'll go nowhere.

Nowhere.

With your faith, you should be a Methodist minister.

Let's eat.

Come on, then. Oh, come on!

Hey, how are you? Hey.

How are you, huh?

What sort of dog is she?

A very friendly one.

That's Mrs Mills' dog, isn't it?

- Do I know you? - No, but I know Mrs Mills,

and Michael.

And now I know your dog.

- Who are you? - Who, me?

I hurt people for a living.

I'll remember you.

Judge, is everything all right?

Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

Well, why didn't you go to the police? They'd give you protection.

He said he knew you and Michael.

A big man, grey hair and a moustache, and cravat.

Is this the man who kidnapped you?

John, I'm scared. Go to the police.

Please.

Turning Charlie against Neil is so cruel. She's very fond of him.

He's such a decent man.

I can't believe you don't know what you're doing!

Oh, I know exactly what I'm doing.

If you don't stop this, you'll end up without a friend anywhere,

apart from Jo Mills. She's becoming as obsessed as you are.

You are so wrong about Neil Haughton, you'll see when we bring him down.

You're just prejudiced because he's more successful than you.

Richer, younger, more powerful.

- More corrupt. - John,

if you go to that committee and name Neil without evidence,

I will throttle you.

- And if I have evidence? - Oh!

Driving me mad! Mad!

What?

Take a deep breath before you drive.

Go to hell!

How can he have evidence?

I'm sorry. It's almost like I'm responsible for him.

George. That's silly.

I doubt if anything will stop the Deed now.

I know him.

Maybe I should resign. Have done with it all.

- Perhaps then he'll leave us alone. - No.

That means he wins.

I'm beginning to think this is not just about me, George.

He wants to bring down the government.

Mr Shoko, why did you agree to take part in The Dungeon?

For money.

The money I could win would keep my entire village in Malawi

- for generations to come. - How much were you hoping to win?

£500,000.

- More from newspapers. - What do you think now?

I am deeply ashamed.

Are you the breadwinner in your family?

Yes. But my father and two brothers also work back in Malawi.

How much do they earn?

About $2 a month.

I was sent here with my brother to work so I can send money back home.

Now you're in prison?

Yes.

Now I don't send money home.

My brothers and sisters can't go to school.

- I see. - Can you tell us what happened

in The Dungeon that led to Reggie Ross's death?

Two days before, we'd been acting up,

- so they decided to punish us. - Who are "they"?

The voices.

They ran The Dungeon.

What were the punishments?

Because we weren't being entertaining,

they made us clean everything.

They put big mouth in charge, Liza.

- She chose Butch Cassidy to help her. - Did you take orders from them?

I wouldn't. Not from them.

- Not at first. - What made you change your mind?

They threatened to remove me, and I wouldn't get the money.

She gave me more and more orders, crazy things.

She told me to scrub the toilet with my toothbrush.

I wouldn't,

so they called me names, vile names.

Did you have the opportunity to leave at any point, Mr Shoko?

If I left, no money.

What happened when you refused Liza Kelly's orders?

Everybody was punished.

They took away my Bible.

We were all put on lock down.

No booze, then no food, then no electricity.

People got angry and blamed me.

Then the queer said his queer friend was getting my younger brother.

I couldn't take that.

We had a fight.

Were you promised a light sentence if you gave evidence?

I was sentenced to three years!

Why am I in prison and not them?

What do you think of taking orders from women?

- I don't take orders from that woman. - But you had to,

in order to stay in the game.

You think women are inferior.

Liza Kelly, especially inferior.

I don't take orders from that woman.

What about the gay man?

He made you do things, too.

He did what she said.

Did you say "All gay men are degenerates"?

- I don't remember. - Ah.

Then let me refresh your memory.

Bundle C.

Item 11.

Part of the transcript of what was said in The Dungeon.

"Queers should be sent to Gehenna. It's an abomination."

Was this your response to Butch Cassidy giving you an order?

It is not God's will.

They are anti-life.

- The Bible is clear on this. - Ah, yes.

It says on your application form to The Dungeon

- you're a born-again Christian? - Yes.

Indeed, we've seen you praying and reading your Bible.

Why would you, a devout Christian, take part in this ritual humiliation?

I did it to help my family.

Even though you knew you'd be asked to do things that were degrading,

that, perhaps, were un-Christian,

that you knew were calculated to make you angry.

- My lord. - Yes.

Is this a speech or a question?

The people in The Dungeon called you thick, did they not?

I am not thick.

Did the other inmates call you thick?

I am not thick!

Liza gave you menial tasks

because she said you weren't bright enough to wash up.

You went out of control because you couldn't bear to be put down

- by a woman and a gay man. - She can't say that!

You've got quite a temper, Mr Shoko, haven't you?

Your exploding and attacking Liza Kelly

had nothing to do with Mr Storidge, did it?

He, in fact, gave you several warnings, five.

If you didn't cool it, you'd be out.

She tried to make me look stupid.

- I am not stupid. - Mr Shoko,

you knew the rules, but you chose to break them, didn't you?

Sir Ian Rochester is waiting in your room, Judge.

Is he?

Did we have a meeting?

The Lord Chancellor has received a complaint from the Home Office.

You've asked a coroner to reconsider his findings on the death of Rufus Barron.

It needs re-examining.

The CPS don't seem to think there is sufficient evidence.

Won't know until there's a proper investigation, will we?

The coroners' courts are not within our jurisdiction.

It's a matter for the Home Office.

They are refusing to pay for a second autopsy.

Okay, I'll pay for it. Here, take my credit card. Have it!

I will have that report on record. And if suicide is discounted,

there will be a murder enquiry.

Sir John, Eric Little.

Shall we talk across the road?

As coroner, I gave the verdict as I saw it, Sir John.

Suicide.

I'm convinced that there is more to Rufus Barron's death.

If you'd approached me first, I could have asked for another autopsy.

There would have been no issue with the Home Office.

Yes, I'm sorry, I should have approached you.

Because of that, the Home Office is being bloody-minded.

Rufus Barron

had been helping me uncover possible corruption within the DTI.

I didn't want to risk it getting back to them.

Surely you're not suggesting that someone there killed him, Sir John?

That's what a murder enquiry will tell us.

I will order another inquest.

There will be resistance.

With your leave, my lord, I'd like to call Dr Petra Seal.

Dr Seal is a behavioural psychologist

employed by Hamling Productions to screen and vet contestants.

Dr Seal, can you tell the court the criteria

for participating in The Dungeon?

We were looking for people who were argumentative, emotionally volatile,

psychologically damaged.

Did you have any concerns about such people under stress?

A great many.

I was assured that the producers had complete control.

They could shut down The Dungeon

and isolate any danger at a moment's warning.

What do you think went wrong?

My lord, is it for this witness to speculate on that?

She's an expert witness.

Expert in TV production?

She has been involved in the last six Dungeon productions.

Yes, I will allow her to answer, providing the answer comes

from her specialist knowledge of psychology.

I think the producer and director became mesmerised by the row.

Despite assuring you they could control things?

They were totally caught up in what it could deliver, a large audience.

Indeed, the previous row had lifted audience figures.

The more aggressive the inmates, the more the show got talked about,

the more people would tune in.

That created an enormous pressure on them.

Would it be fair to say they intended letting the situation get out of hand?

It would be fair to say that sounds like a leading question, Mrs Mills.

They wanted sparks to fly.

- Did the sparks set fires? - Yes.

And fires get out of hand.

How obvious would that have been?

They're intelligent adults.

They allowed unstable people to run dangerously out of control.

How was this characterised?

Mr Shoko was the most vulnerable.

He was of low intelligence, but with a powerful self-image.

He had no mechanism for dealing with sexual or intellectual affronts.

Yet, he was put in a situation where a strident homosexual

and an aggressive woman were told to give him demeaning tasks.

It was a very volatile situation.

Did the producer or the director know this?

- I pointed it out to both of them. - And what was their response?

Mr Hodgekinson said, "No worries".

Mr Storidge said, "Ditto".

Did you observe either of their attitudes contributing to this tragedy?

Mr Hodgekinson is paranoid.

He may hold down a responsible job, but he's aggressive, suspicious.

He believes people are trying to put him down.

Mr Storidge, well,

he just does what he's told.

Thank you, Dr Seal.

You say Mr Hodgekinson is aggressive and suspicious.

Yes. It's all made worse by his cocaine habit.

Right. Stop there.

Is there evidence of this?

Only what I've seen.

Cocaine exacerbates the paranoia?

- It certainly does. - Would it have any effect...

Mr Hodgekinson!

Just calm down.

Would it have any effect

on his ability to assess fast-moving situations?

It never improves judgement.

My lord, uh...

May I have a short adjournment to take instructions from my client?

Yes, I think we should. Tell my clerk when you're ready.

Practically everyone in television uses coke, Newman.

To argue that is only to incriminate you!

How can that psychologist accuse me? I've seen her using it, and the execs.

If my judgement was impaired, so was theirs!

Dr Seal, are you rational in reasoning, of sound judgement?

I'd like to think so.

Despite your large and persistent coke habit?

Dr Seal, you needn't answer that if you feel it might incriminate you.

Well, Dr Seal?

Or do you only have the moral courage to accuse others of doing

what you do yourself?

Charlie is furious at me.

Well, does that mean you might change your mind about Haughton?

She'll come round.

Maybe she's scared for you, John.

I'm scared.

Motive is all that connects Listfield to Barron's murder.

- There is no evidence. - Yet.

- The police must investigate. - Yeah, but will they?

Well, maybe we'll get something from the Select Committee.

No, John, the bribery allegation is a separate issue from Barron's murder.

One might lead to the other, eventually.

- They're ready for you, Judge. - Are the same press in?

Oh, they are.

Good. Put some dock officers on the doors.

Yes, Judge.

All rise.

Will members of the press please stand up?

Will anyone who has a digital phone camera please show it, now.

Usher, will you collect them, please, label them,

and ask the owners to identify them afterwards? Mr Clerk, thank you.

Any of you that has a camera, of any kind at all,

that hasn't declared it, will be held in contempt.

This is your last chance.

One more down there.

Right.

Which of you took this photo of Dr Seal?

Taking photos in court is a contempt.

These pictures appeared in five national newspapers

downloaded from the Internet.

Now, I think that there is a conspiracy here to hold this court in contempt.

Still nothing to say?

Right, I'll hold all of you in the cells and deal with this later.

Dock officers, take them out.

We must speak with Deed most urgently, Monty.

The press are saying he's completely out of control.

Contempt of court cannot be tolerated, Ian.

There are ways of dealing with it less likely to

antagonise the media in election year.

Are you being quite serious? The court is supreme.

Thanks, Coop.

I'm going to adjourn for the rest of today and tomorrow.

I hope this won't prove too inconvenient.

I've been called to give evidence before the Public Accounts Committee.

It will give the prosecution time to reorganise their witnesses.

We feel quite organised, thank you.

Then it will give the defence time to be just as organised.

Sir John, I believe a defendant in your court made a statement

about the £700 million overspend on the navy's new radar system,

one Rufus Barron.

Yes, well, Mrs Recorder Mills was actually trying the case,

but I was present, I heard the allegation.

Was this subsequently repeated to you out of court?

Yes, it was, with some conviction.

- Did you believe Mr Barron? - Yes, I did.

What is the nature of the allegation made by Mr Barron?

That the contract overspend was due to double and triple billing.

What is that, Sir John? Invoicing for the same goods?

Yeah. See,

say you have a box of screws costing £15.

That same box of screws is invoiced a second and a third time

using different codes.

So, there you go, that's £30 of taxpayers' money.

And how can this be, with all the checks along the way?

I thought that was what you were here to find out.

Yes, by questioning witnesses.

Did Mr Barron name anyone responsible, Sir John?

Yes. He said his boss,

Sir Tim Listfield, bribed officials in the DTI, including a minister,

with £700,000 in cash to sign off on the over-billing.

Oh, is that the cash that Mr Barron was accused

of forging Listfield's signature to obtain?

Well, as I said, he was acquitted.

So, is that why he committed suicide?

No. I suspect that's why he was murdered.

This is all only speculation.

- We await the evidence. - Do you have such evidence?

That's not for this enquiry.

Did Mr Barron name the minister who was allegedly bribed?

Sir John?

Yes, he did.

He named the then President of the Board of Trade, Neil Haughton.

He did it. Despite everything, he named me.

You have yet to give evidence.

This is no longer just about a bribery allegation.

He is trying to connect me, through you, to a murder.

No one was murdered, Neil.

Regrettably, Tim, I have to disassociate myself from you,

before the PM demands my resignation.

Then I can no longer rely on political lobbying?

Oh, well, alternative solutions are needed.

Come in.

Well, the press has given us a drubbing.

Are we so out of control?

Well, they're complaining that we're not accountable.

- We can't be sacked. - Well, they're right.

They've obviously got a friend on the inside.

- I hope you don't think it's me. - No.

It's Rochester, unattributed.

I should think the government have called in a lot of favours on this one.

I'm surprised they've got any due.

- So, what do you plan to do? - Nothing.

No matter how bad the press, tomorrow they'll be attacking somebody else,

hopefully, Haughton.

I wouldn't count on it.

Ready to reveal who took the photographs?

I suppose it's no hardship spending a night in a cell,

when you've been sent there by a fanatical judge

who is out of control, eh?

My lord, if I might put the argument on behalf of my client, Mr Zand,

in relation to the principles of a free press?

Mr Palmer, the press is not absolutely free.

It cannot, for example, without incurring serious legal action,

print lies or obscenities, nor can it commit contempt of court.

My lord, I would like to address the court on Article 6

of the European Convention and the guaranteed right to a fair trial.

I'm sure your client will get one.

But there is no evidence that my client took the offending photo.

Is this your client?

- This one, is it? - Yes, that's him.

Get your hands out of your pockets.

Go on.

My lord, there is no evidence that my client took the offending photo.

Papers publishing it off the Internet and commenting on it

is a legitimate pursuit.

No, Mr Palmer, I have ruled.

And as you know from your newspaper, I am a despot.

Dock officers, take them out.

- I can't let this happen, Keith. - What are you talking about, Roy?

I'm saying, I can't go through with this.

Don't be stupid.

- Oh, I don't believe this. - They're ready, Roy.

- Yeah. Can we have a moment? - No.

- The Judge is waiting... - Just a second.

This is total career suicide. You know that, don't you?

- I no longer have a career. - Are you mad?

When you win this case,

everyone is going to want you to direct their shows. Everybody!

- Roy, the judge is waiting. - Please, Simon!

I'll try for a short adjournment.

Did someone put you up to this? Is this Adrian Hamling?

- I feel guilty. - We made that geezer millions.

He's just trying to do us out of our share.

- It was our fault. - Your fault, not mine.

- You knew what would happen. - No, no, no, don't try and rope me

into your tacky little guilt trip.

If you want to publicly kill yourself, do it on TV, make some money.

Right.

I drifted away from the Church at university,

but I still have my Christian beliefs.

Central to those is conscience.

And did this conscience allow you to set people against each other

in the latest Dungeon TV show?

I'm sorry I did that.

At the time, it didn't matter if people were belittled

or made fools of, just so long as the show reached 18 million viewers.

- How successful was the show? - We didn't reach 18 million,

but we all stood to make a lot of money.

Were you promised a bonus for 18 million viewers?

A big one.

Well, how did you plan to reach that figure?

By getting the inmates at each other's throats.

I want you to think very carefully about this, Mr Storidge.

Search your conscience before answering.

Did you or your colleagues anticipate any of the inmates getting hurt?

I'm sorry, Keith, I can't.

- I don't care about my career. - It's suicide.

Yes, the possibility of somebody getting hurt was discussed.

Mrs Mills, just a moment.

Would the jury go out, please?

There is a technical matter I have to deal with.

Mr Storidge, are you now intending to plead guilty?

Yes.

- This is insane! - Mr Hodgekinson, your turn will come.

Members of the jury, Mr Storidge has changed his plea to guilty.

He will be sentenced at a later date.

He is now giving evidence for the prosecution.

Did you discuss the possibility of someone being injured in The Dungeon?

Yes, after the first fight, when the ratings rose.

We decided we could manipulate them into fighting some more.

The more serious the fight, the better.

Mr Storidge, was the possibility of anyone getting killed ever raised?

Dr Seal warned what could happen, with the sort of

personalities we were putting under such stress.

- Did anyone pay this any heed? - We discussed "what if".

Were these serious discussions?

Keith asked the channel lawyers what the consequences would be

if someone was killed.

What was their opinion?

I don't know, I didn't see the report.

But Keith said the company would not be criminally liable,

provided no one who was a directing mind gave instructions

which amounted to gross negligence.

Had there been a mind directing this action, Mr Storidge?

I have to take the blame.

- And Keith. - Rubbish!

Part of the plan was to manipulate Tendai Shoko.

Butch said his homosexual friend had seduced Tendai's little brother.

That's when he went berserk, and we knew he would.

- This was the first fight? - Yes.

Why didn't you remove him then?

At the planning meeting the next day, we saw what a boost it gave the ratings.

Can you tell the court who was at these planning meetings?

Me, Keith, Petra Seal, the psychologist...

Slow down.

Petra Seal, yes.

Sometimes Adrian Hamling, Toby Ronson from the channel sometimes,

and the director of programmes, Dominic Hughes.

Right. Did you discuss the effect on the ratings of someone's death?

No, not really.

I mean, we joked about it. It...

It seemed quite funny at the time.

I can't say anyone was being really serious.

- Mrs Mills? - Who first raised it?

I think it was Keith.

Did you recommend Tim Listfield for a knighthood?

- No, it was my department. - Not you?

No. My department.

On a recommendation directed by you, Home Secretary?

It came from the DTI.

Thank you.

Is that your memo to the Permanent Secretary at the DTI?

It appears to be.

Recommending Tim Listfield for a gong?

- He is a leading industrialist. - He's also a friend of yours.

We were friends a while ago.

Do you have any business interests with this man?

No. I knew him, that's all.

Why were you signing off on a defence contract, not the Defence Secretary?

As I recall, the defence contract was started

before Sir Tim took over Whittakers,

the defence contractor.

But it was subsequent to that acquisition that the contract

went over budget?

I don't know. As I recall,

the DTI, in fact, sold the radar equipment

to the Australian and Portuguese Navies for a vast profit.

Is that why no one questioned the overspend of £700 million?

As I recall, there were some unforeseen difficulties

at the development stage.

Was this the start of your relationship with Sir Tim?

No, I knew him before this.

- You knew him to be honest? - Of course.

Home Secretary, you said you and Sir Tim have no business interests.

No. I've said no, Mrs Kidman.

Were you not on the board of his company called Mentor?

I resigned on becoming a minister.

What was the function of Mentor?

As I recall, a PR company for science-based industry.

Did it lobby on behalf of Listfield for the radar contract?

No. Definitely not.

Could you tell the committee, minister,

how profitable the radar contract has been?

It's made over £1.4 billion to date.

- Is it still selling? - Yes, of course.

The question we all want answered is,

did you receive a bribe of £700,000 from Sir Tim?

That's totally ludicrous.

- I hope this is finally the end. - So do I, John.

George.

He has his supporters here.

Well, you'd hardly expect him to roll over, would you?

The profitability of the contract

doesn't preclude his taking a bribe, you know.

No, of course it doesn't.

Nor does an uncorroborated allegation.

I've a feeling Haughton's gonna walk, you know.

He should go to prison.

- He was so obviously lying. - It's what politicians do best.

They've still got to question Listfield. I am not going to give up.

You have the verdict of the coroner's second inquest.

There really isn't enough in it for me to interview the Home Secretary

or Sir Tim Listfield about Rufus Barron's death.

It casts substantial doubt on his supposed suicide.

My lord, the Home Office has requested me to stop this investigation.

Well, I strongly advise you to ignore their request.

If you don't, then the government will feel free

to interfere in any investigation at will.

That is the beginning of a police state.

If the Chief Constable chooses to ignore the Home Office's advice,

there's nothing I can do.

You were supposed to tell him.

I'm sorry, Tim. I'm late for a meeting.

- Deed and Mills are pushing this. - Tim, please don't contact me.

Let's get it sorted, Steve.

Members of the jury, no one disputes that Mr Shoko killed Reggie Ross.

The Crown accepts that he was so provoked,

any reasonable person of the same general age and character

might have behaved as he did.

The question for you now, is whether Mr Hodgekinson,

through his controlling the programme as its producer

and his acquiescence in the mounting tension and violence,

broke his duty of care to the inmates,

and did so in a way that was so negligent,

what the law terms gross negligence,

you think that his behaviour could be condemned as criminal.

Now, Mr Hodgekinson says that there was no negligence.

He says that the danger was unforeseen and unforeseeable.

Mr Mason Allen says this was a television show.

Everybody in The Dungeon knew precisely why they were there.

He also says that Mr Storidge was an unreliable

and an untruthful witness,

and that he was only there to save his own skin.

You can only find the defendant guilty of manslaughter if you are sure

that death resulted from conduct of the defendant

that was criminally lacking in care.

And "criminal" is a standard to be set by you as members of the jury.

How far conduct must depart from acceptable standards to be characterised

as criminal, is necessarily a question of degree.

You must make the decision.

- Is the jury back already? - No, Judge.

Mrs Kidman's office rang,

and they're tearing Sir Tim Listfield to shreds.

- She'd like you to be there. - I thought that was tomorrow.

- Apparently not. - Get the jury back.

Are you near to reaching a verdict in respect to the defendant?

No, my lord, nothing like.

All right, then I'm going to send you home for the night.

Thank you.

I'm at the court.

No, he hasn't taken his own car. He will, sooner or later.

All right. Jo, are you all right?

- No. - Jo?

Mr Chester, I have to see the judge.

- He's gone to the House of Commons. - Oh.

I've just seen the man who threatened him.

- Shall I call the police? - Yeah.

I'm gonna follow him.

Coop! I need John's car.

I thought you wanted no contact.

Sussex police want to interview me about Rufus Barron.

They want to question you, too.

Fine. NEIL: For you, maybe.

With the publicity surrounding the Select Committee enquiry,

and now this,

my career is finished.

Relax. We talked to some of the committee members.

A slap on the wrist, nothing more.

Is this the power of prayer, Tim, or money?

What power has the law where only money rules?

You know Deed will keep after us. He won't stop.

Fine.

She's still there. What do I do?

Let's see how good she is.

She's not that good.

Has the committee finished?

No, Judge, it wasn't sitting today.

Are you all right? Are you okay?

- She's not responding. - I'll call an ambulance.

An ambulance. Yeah, there's been a road traffic accident.

It should have been me.

I'm sorry, Judge. I shouldn't have let her drive the car.

We can't change things, Coop.

I've phoned both her sons and left messages.

Will the foreman please rise?

Have you reached a verdict upon which you are all agreed?

We have.

On the count of manslaughter, do you find the defendant guilty

or not guilty?

Guilty.

That's outrageous.

My lord, can we add a rider?

It'll have no force in law.

We feel there was a case of corporate manslaughter

against Hamling Productions and the broadcaster to answer.

I will refer your recommendations to the appropriate authorities. Thank you.

Celebrity.

The pursuit of the talentless by the mindless.

It's become a disease of the 21st century.

It pollutes our society, it diminishes all who seek it,

and all who worship it.

And you must bear part of the responsibility

for foisting this empty nonsense onto a gullible public.

I'm going to adjourn sentencing for reports, Mr Harrison?

- My lord, the question of bail... - No.

No, I'm afraid I'm withdrawing bail, Mr Mason Allen.

And you will explain to your client,

that a custodial sentence is almost inevitable.

All rise.

Dad.

Is there any change?

The Public Accounts Committee found that Neil Haughton

was misguided in his friendship with Listfield.

But neither of them were found to be corrupt.

I think you were right about...

Mum's not going to give him up.

I don't have any evidence,

it's just a feeling.

With your leave, my lord, might I put the case for my client, Mr Zand,

as to why this detention is unlawful.

Not unless you've got a new argument in law, no.

Are you ready to give up the person who took the photograph?

Okay, dock officers, return them to the cells.

It was me, sir.

What's your name?

Jack Jones.

Right, everybody back.

Well, Mr Jones, it took us a lot of time and inconvenience

to get here, didn't it?

I suggest you talk to your legal advisors

and I'll deal with you at the end of the day. Dock officer.

Well, I suppose you feel that you've really flexed

your crusading muscles by your silence, don't you?

Unfortunately, you report news less and less,

and rarely fight for a better society.

Instead, most of you pander to everything that's bad in our society.

In all this clamour around the TV Dungeon,

the worse, the more oafishly people behaved,

the more you pandered to them,

providing them with the celebrity that they crave.

Why don't you try resetting your targets to something worthwhile?

Something that affects our lives, like this government,

its ministers' sleazy relationships with big business.

Try some hard targets with an independent voice,

instead of vacuously door-stepping empty celebrity.

Go on, get out of here.

Do you need to be here, Judge?

John, any news on Mrs Mills?

Still unconscious.

Well, if you want me to help out with your work, I'd be glad to.

We interviewed Sir Tim Listfield at length, with his lawyer.

Needless to say, he denied all knowledge of the man who attempted to kill you.

Steve Gross.

His mobile-phone records suggest a very different story.

We'll keep working on him. He going nowhere, Sir John, rest assured.

And Neil Haughton?

Not this time, Sir John.

Okay.

I love you, Jo.

So very much.

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