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(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

WINSOME: You got my Lee in there.

SUSAN: Whatever the reason for your son's death,

I'm going to do everything I can

to find out who's responsible.

HARRY: No Mrs. Hawthorne if you can't afford to pay,

then the social fund will help with your expenses,

you just have to apply to them.

(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

I gather you want to go wrestling?

- Yeah. - Why?

Why not?

Well, Harry's not very keen.

Oh, I thought you wanted to go wrestling.

Yeah, fine, whatever.

Are you hung over?

NIKKI: How did it go with Susan last night?

She's dead.

What?

What happened?

Well, I went to meet her where we'd arranged,

and I saw her across the street.

And then I just glanced down for a second

and then when I looked back up,

she'd been knocked over by a bus.

Jesus.

So what did you do? I mean, when it?

Well, I ran over to do what I could,

but, there was nothing I could do

and people started milling around, and a crowd gathered,

and the police came, and everyone gave their version,

and the ambulance came, and the crowd thinned out,

and everybody went home.

I tried to call you, and then I went to the pub.

Was anybody else hurt?

No.

The... poor driver.

But it wasn't his fault.

It was no one's fault.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Toby?

315.

Donna?

310.

Garth?

421.

(OFFICE APPLAUDING)

That's everyone, and we have a winner.

Well done Garth.

But growth is down this quarter,

so I need you all to push that bit harder.

This isn't a resting place for unemployed actors.

Okay that wraps it up.

You all know we're interviewing tomorrow,

those of you who've applied should have their pitches in

by close of play today.

I think I can speak for the whole team

when I say that we'll all miss you, Helena.

(OFFICE APPLAUDING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

Fossil fuels are called that for a reason,

they are ancient and they are out of date.

This is the 21st century sir and here at SolTricity

we like to think there's going to be a 22nd.

Yes, I saw the documentary,

and you're right the planet is heating up.

If you attach four of our solar panels to your roof you can save 85%.

Enough of us do this and we reduce global warming.

It doesn't matter if it's cloudy.

And it makes sense to look to the sun for cleaner energy.

Have you got children sir?

Which means they can provide energy to your home at any time.

Well the poly crystalline comes with a 20 year guarantee, available today.

Sorry, Mr. Johnston I'm going to have call you back.

Garth!

(GASPING)

(SIRENS WAILING)

NIKKI: There are no obvious lacerations,

wounds or puncture marks.

Who's this?

NIKKI: His name's Garth Templar.

Telesales executive, collapsed at his desk.

Some flushing of the skin, was possibly brighter than this pre death.

Also there's a sign of urticarial rash.

No signs of disease in the liver or bowel.

The lungs are nice and clear,

I wouldn't think he was a smoker.

There's some swelling in the soft tissue in and around the airway.

Harry, what do you think?

Anaphylactic reaction?

I'd like his stomach contents analyzed

and could you call up his full medical history please?

(CHATTERING)

Ray, honey, that TV guy I told you about is here.

Come and meet him.

In a minute.

He's got spots on his chat show.

I think it'd be good for you.

I said in a minute.

What are you doing here?

Don't worry Prof, it's not you I'm after.

Doctor Nikki Alexander?

That's me, can I help?

D.I. De Rohan.

You put a call in about a...

- Garth Templar. - Yeah.

Good luck.

Here's my preliminary report.

According to his medical records he was in peak physical condition.

No operations, no apparent allergies,

he went to the gym approximately three times a week.

And I eat five doughnuts a day and I'm still here.

However, the cause of death is anaphylaxis

brought on by an allergic reaction.

So the guy keels over, it happens.

The thing is, I don't know why it happened.

It doesn't look as though he came into contact

with any of the usual culprits.

No wasp or bee stings, and I can't see

that he ate anything that would have set it off.

You think it's suspicious?

I think it's worth checking.

C'mon mate, you shouldn't be here.

Oi, wakey, wakey.

Come on.

D.I. Liam Stirling.

Professor Leo Dalton.

What have we got?

Must have been there overnight.

The last driver was supposed to have checked

but he didn't bother.

First driver up today found him instead,

thought the guy had slept there.

Head wound suggests otherwise.

There's no wallet, no I.D.

Perhaps we'll get lucky running his fingerprints through the database.

He boarded at nine o'clock last night.

And the bus finished up here at 11.

How long's he been dead?

LEO: Hard to say exactly.

But his exposed areas feel cool.

Rigor's pretty well established.

Probably been here all night.

So possibly he died before the bus terminated?

LEO: Yeah, it's possible.

STIRLING: And what about he wound to the head?

Was he assaulted?

It's too early to say really.

You think somebody would have noticed wouldn't you?

Nothing reported.

I've got the CCTV from the upstairs camera,

I'm going to sit through that, see if it throws up anything.

We're all very shocked at what happened to Garth.

This was Garth's workstation.

Give us a minute would you please Liberty?

We hadn't realized the police would be involved.

HELENA: You see we're a very fast turnover business

and we have to have our sales team at full capacity.

Thank you Miss Chapman.

He was all right a minute before.

Just made a good sale, actually.

And then he started choking, it was horrible.

DE ROHAN: What do you sell here?

What, oh solar panels.

DE ROHAN: What for?

Well, they're for your home, environmentally friendly.

Not interested.

I'm a fatalist me.

TOBY: Well, they do save you money on your energy bills.

Yeah?

That's coffee, he spilt it when he...

Thanks.

Got the boys to pick out the choice moments.

The camera's slightly out of alignment.

STIRLING: Here he comes.

Drunk as a skunk.

Here's the interesting bit.

There, something's happened.

Some kind of altercation?

Maybe.

LEO: Do we know who she is?

STIRLING: No, we'll freeze the image.

Get a clear shot of her face.

Landed awkwardly there, might have hurt his head.

STIRLING: We're at Palmers Green now.

She's the last passenger.

There are only liquid contents in the stomach.

There is a smell of alcohol.

I'll check that later.

Heavy drinker?

Well, there's no evidence for that.

The liver appears to be healthy.

It's not fatty or cirrhotic, and the other organs look okay.

Well, there's no obvious external damage to the brain.

There was no fracturing to the skull either.

It must have been a very glancing blow.

Could it have killed him?

Certainly possible, but I doubt it.

Was he struck?

Might have been.

Might have just fallen heavily into his seat.

Did he hit his head on the window?

Could have.

So if the head wound didn't kill him, what did?

He has a drink, gets on a bus and just dies.

PMs are not always conclusive on cause of death.

Did Garth ever mention having an allergy or anything like that?

There was nothing on his disclaimer.

Tell me about him.

He was my best salesman.

Anything else?

He'd been here four months.

He was very committed, enthusiastic.

A real team player.

You make it sound unusual.

HELENA: Sales is very competitive.

People move on fast.

Most people don't stay with the same company

much more than three months.

How did he seem?

Had he complained of feeling unwell?

I thought he was fine.

He'd won the salesman of the month award again,

and he was going to be interviewed today.

He was going for a promotion?

HELENA: Along with five others.

I'm going over to the Frankfurt office,

so they're going for the Sales Manager position.

Was Garth in with a chance?

His performance has been excellent.

Confidentially, he had it in the bag.

I want the names of the others

who were going for promotion.

Why?

Why d'you think?

Thank you.

STIRLING: We've enhanced a few of the frames.

We'll use these for an appeal,

hope that someone comes forward.

LEO: Nothing from missing persons?

STIRLING: No.

She must know something, no luck with her?

Nothing yet, but we'll run an appeal for her too.

Whoa, wait a minute.

- Zoom in on that will you? - Where?

There's something on her lapel, there!

It's an ID or swipe card or something.

The Royal Islington Hospital.

DE ROHAN: I'll do some background checks on this lot.

We need something pretty concrete

if we're seriously going to suggest

that someone murdered this guy for promotion.

NIKKI: Do you really think it's a possibility?

DE ROHAN: Doesn't surprise me.

NIKKI: I suppose it's odd nobody bothered to ask how he died.

So you came up the stairs just as he came towards you.

He was swaying down the aisle, and shouting at people.

Sorry I couldn't really make out what he was saying.

So he came close up to you like this.

And I backed away but he kept coming.

Which brings us to the bit that we can't see on the tape.

So what happened then?

So he brushes up against me.

And I push him away.

I think he ended up on someone's lap.

And did he injure his head when you pushed him?

I'm not sure.

No, I don't think so.

I just went to my seat and ignored him.

And the man?

He found an empty seat and went to sleep.

What's this about?

The man is dead.

Nothing here says she's not telling the truth.

I've just got the tox on our victim.

Blood alcohol 40 milligrams per 100.

But that's hardly anything?

That's half the legal limit for driving.

He can't have had more than a glass of wine.

So how come he's all over the place?

I just thought he was drunk.

Didn't we all?

What are you looking for?

That indentation, it's fat atrophy.

LEO: There's less than you'd expect subcutaneously.

No puncture wounds.

You're losing me Professor.

He wasn't drunk, and tox shows his blood sugar has fallen

but then again it would fall after death.

But I'm wondering whether he went into a coma.

Yes, our man died of a hypoglycemic episode.

He was a diabetic.

STIRLING: So where are the needle marks?

I managed to find one with the help of a magnifying glass,

but the needle's so fine they're almost impossible to see.

Well that explains his erratic and aggressive behavior,

classic symptoms of a low blood sugar.

He must've known that could happen.

STIRLING: Why not ask for help?

Well, if he hadn't had a drink, maybe, but,

even long term diabetics can miss the early signs of a hypo.

A glass of wine on an empty stomach,

he probably didn't even realize what was happening to him.

So he just died?

Well he went into a coma and then stopped breathing, yes.

Well, if he'd have been given some glucose he'd have been all right.

A bar of chocolate, a can of cola,

that's all it would have taken.

I'm surprised he didn't have any on him.

(PHONE RINGING)

Stirling.

Okay, thanks.

We've got a name.

Martin Davis.

(BOYS CHATTERING)

All right, come on lads pick it up. Put some grunt into it.

Billy.

What's wrong with Ray?

BILLY: Nothing, no injuries.

No, he's distracted, he has been all week.

Right, bring him off.

Get Conway.

Put him up front and go through them set pieces again.

Go on!

BILLY: Ray mate!

All right lads let’s keep up the pace.

- Come on keep moving let's go. - Conway, in my position?

Ray you've been distracted, your mind's not on the game.

It's not been for the week.

Maybe a couple of weeks on the bench is what you need.

Sort yourself out.

You can't drop me.

Conway is on until I say.

Right?

Also, Conway's got no left foot. You can't play him up front.

Yeah I know that Billy.

But Ray needed to hear that, okay?

Keep it moving lads, let's keep it up.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

When Martin didn't come into work I thought perhaps he was ill.

I left a message at his home,

and when he didn't call back I phoned the police.

And you're his dental nurse?

Yes and his secretary.

Just the two of you?

No other dentists practice here?

That's right.

Are you aware of any next of kin?

I know he wasn't married, no kids.

But he never really talked about anyone very much.

I did ask.

When did you last see Mr. Davis?

The night before last.

It was my birthday and I was meeting some friends in town.

And?

Well, it was also three years

since I'd started at the surgery.

In all that time I'd never seen him outside of work,

so I asked him to come along.

And he did?

Well, he didn't want to, but he couldn't really say no.

I suppose I thought I might get to know him better.

So he had a drink?

Yes, just one glass of wine,

and then he said he had to go and get his bus.

And, did you notice anything unusual about him?

No.

Oh yes, he left his bag behind.

Seemed strange at the time,

I just thought I'd take it back for him in the morning.

- I've kept it here. - Thanks.

So you didn't know that Mr. Davis was a diabetic?

I didn't really know him at all.

Lads, lads where's Ray?

All right lads, take five minutes, five.

Ray.

Ray?

I.G.E. reports and tox on your salesman.

Thanks.

It's definitely related to anaphylaxis.

Got traces of polyvidone and EDTA.

Eye drops.

Yeah.

But these were in his stomach.

D.I. De Rohan please.

I won't bombard you with science but IGE tests confirm it was anaphylaxis

and tox on the stomach contents

show the source to be ingested eye drops.

Eye drops?

Do you know how?

Yup, swabs show up the same substance in the coffee he spilled.

Someone murdered him with eye drops?

Well, it might just be that he was meant to get the runs

and miss the interview.

Like a practical joke that went wrong.

There's an urban myth that if you swallow eye drops you'll get diarrhea.

Air Stewards supposedly slip it to passengers who wind them up.

Does that work?

In most cases it has absolutely no effect.

In an unfortunate few it has caused heart problems.

And Garth?

Well, it's likely he was allergic to the preservatives in the eye drops,

but I doubt that anyone would have known that.

Manslaughter either way.

Hi, Harry Cunningham, I'm the pathologist.

D.I. Beth Ashdown.

- Hi. - Body's this way.

No, no Director of Football.

I'm Harry Cunningham, Pathologist.

Hi nice to meet you.

Listen, anything my staff can do to help, just ask.

Thanks, in here?

Yes.

HARRY: Rigor hasn't set in.

Body's still warm, he died within the last three hours.

That would concur with the witness statements.

ASHDOWN: He was last seen leaving a training session.

HARRY: Wounds to the neck are consistent with hanging.

The knots are consistent with him having tied them himself.

Was he found like this?

By the head Coach, Billy Lloyd.

So the pipe must have broken after he'd died.

We'll have to do the PM of course

but it does look like suicide.

D.I. De Rohan, we weren't expecting you.

This is a warrant to search these premises.

What for?

Stop what you're doing stay at your desks, please.

DE ROHAN: What was your relationship with the deceased?

We all looked up to him.

He sat on the next desk over from me.

He took it all a bit too seriously.

I wouldn't say we were friends or anything.

But you wouldn't wish that on someone, would you?

Do you use eye drops?

A lot of us do.

We stare at screens for 10 hours a day.

No.

I don't, no, I use a special stuff for my contacts.

Why, is everything okay?

You were supposed to have an interview today

for the role of Sales Manager.

We knew Garth would get it.

Yeah, sure everybody did.

I don't even know if I'd want it now, after this.

Although I could have done the job.

I'd have been bloody good, in fact.

What would you say the office is like?

Are you a team?

Is it competitive?

Competitive.

It's mostly good natured.

I haven't really thought about it much.

Yeah, I suppose it can be a bit rough.

Well, you know you get practical jokes,

superglue on the stapler, that sort of thing.

It's mostly harmless,

but you'd be surprised what people would do

to get ahead of the next guy.

Nothing.

You don't think you'll catch the person who did this, do you?

We'll leave SOCO there for another day.

Continue with the interviews

while we dig up some more background on the suspects.

Honestly?

I doubt we'll prove anything.

I'll get my final report to you tomorrow.

Thank you Dr. Alexander.

There is a ligature mark consistent with suspension.

There are petechial hemorrhages around the eyes.

There is some congestion above the ligature mark

and relative pallor below.

Absolutely no indication whatsoever of any foul play.

HARRY: There are no restraining marks,

no defense injuries, nothing.

The cause of death is the ligature

and the lack of any contusions to the body

suggests that the pipe did break after he was dead.

So in my opinion he did kill himself.

No career threatening injury then?

Were you hoping for one? (CHUCKLES)

Would've made some sense.

He's a millionaire, famous, talented, handsome.

He had the model wife, the big house, the fast cars.

Every boy's dream.

HARRY: Thank you for seeing us Mrs. Treat.

I've just completed Ray's post mortem.

He hung himself?

HARRY: I'm afraid so, yes.

ASHDOWN: We're very sorry.

If you're up to it can we ask you a few questions about Ray?

Look.

Do you really need to do this now?

- Can't you see... - It's all right, Alan.

You haven't found a note?

No.

And there was nothing at the club either.

How did he seem this morning?

Same as ever.

Maybe a little bit.

A little bit?

Not himself.

He wasn't on his game either, was he?

Right, because we were wondering why

a very talented young man would take his own life?

Look, Doctor Cunningham,

you understand the intense media pressure.

Here, on the club, on Lolly.

We just want to deal with this as efficiently as possible.

Okay.

The inquest will be formally opened next week.

HARRY: I expect the coroner will adjourn

pending further police investigations and the lab results.

Lab results?

Yes, we do things like tox screens and blood tests.

Ray didn't take no drugs if that's what you mean.

And what good will that do?

There's going to be enough speculation in the press

without you talking about tox screens.

I'm sorry, it's just a procedure we're required to follow.

Listen son, I don't think you know

who you're talking about here, this is Ray Treat.

Hmm.

And it's my job to find out why he died.

Yeah, well, you'd better not screw it up.

NIKKI: So what happens if you do screw up?

HARRY: I don't know.

Perhaps I'll get banned from all home games?

- Ah, finally. - What is it?

Paint results from the car that killed Lee.

Whoa, it is an expensive custom job.

Must be less than 100 M6's with that paint in the country.

At least something's going your way.

It's a nice car.

Where have I... recently seen a black BMW M6?

Oh my God, I've got to see Beth Ashdown.

Thanks.

You were right.

There are a 112 BMW M6's with this paint job registered in the UK.

One of them belonged to Ray Treat.

Okay, so he would be a suicide and a hit and run.

He took his own life because he killed that boy?

Better check the car

before we start making too many assumptions, hadn't we?

We're going to have to be discreet.

The word gets out, the media's going to go crazy.

I'm not sure whether to thank you or not.

ASHDOWN: Ray owned an M Series BMW.

He sold it the other day.

Sold it?

- Yeah. - But he'd only had it what, two months?

He said he was bored of it.

Sold it to who?

Dunno, what's this about?

Did you know that Ray Treat disposed of his car?

I knew that he'd sold it.

Why would he do that, he hadn't owned it long?

No idea.

Maybe when it arrived he didn't like it.

ALAN: These kids have a lot of money.

ASHDOWN: Strange thing is,

his car seems to have disappeared.

I don't know.

So you didn't arrange to have Ray's car taken out of the country?

No.

ALAN: What is this?

ASHDOWN: You were his mentor.

You signed him on schoolboy terms.

ALAN: Are you asking me or telling me?

ASHDOWN: He's the club's prized asset.

Word is you were preparing to sell him.

Club's in debt.

ALAN: Every club's in debt.

ASHDOWN: Were you going to sell Ray?

ALAN: I can't disclose confidential board matters.

ASHDOWN: But he'd gone off the boil recently. Had a couple of bad games.

Means nothing.

ASHDOWN: It'd mean a whole lot more

if he was found to have caused a hit-and-run.

A what?

Just over a week ago a young man was killed

in a car accident on the Catchley Street Estate.

The driver didn't stop or report the incident.

And how does that affect Ray?

ASHDOWN: We've been able to match flecks found on the body

to a rare paint job.

Now there are very few cars in this country with that paint,

and one of them was Ray's missing BMW.

Look.

I don't know about any hit-and-run, okay?

His mother can't afford a funeral.

ALAN: I thought it was my fault.

Just before he did it I bollocked him out.

Threatened to drop him from the team.

It was meant to be for his own good.

To keep his feet on the ground.

I do my best for them, I really do.

ALAN: Ray was from an estate just like that one.

Only two years ago he lived in a council flat.

Some of them have trouble adapting.

They can't cope with the pressures of the lifestyle.

Thing is,

they can't go home either.

Stupid kid, why didn't he come to me?

We should go and tell Lee's mum.

HARRY: At least she'll know the truth.

We can't do that.

Well why not?

Making unconfirmed accusations about a dead celebrity?

It's not a good idea, she could go to the press.

So what am I going to tell her?

I'd let it go Harry.

(KNOCKING)

Doctor Cunningham, have you got some news?

Only that the police are satisfied that Lee's death

was not in any way connected with drugs.

It was an accident.

I'm afraid we're never going to be able to prove

who it was who was driving the car.

I tried, but... I can't.

Thank you, Dr. Cunningham.

Thanks for trying.

Hello, I'd like to say a few words about Ray.

Everyone knows what Ray was like on the pitch.

He was a talented man.

He was famous, yes, but to me,

he was never anything other than my childhood sweetheart.

Yes, he made a lot of money,

he had the house, the celebrity lifestyle.

I know it's not easy to believe,

but those things can be a curse as well as a blessing.

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

There has been a lot of speculation

as to why this tragedy happened.

That speculation will continue.

And I'm not able to give you the answers you want.

All I can say is that Ray was a genuinely warm and loving person

who lost his way.

Which is why I am standing here

to ask you to remember him for what you loved about him.

His ability

and the way he made you feel when he skipped past two defenders.

That surge of excitement when he scored a goal.

His passion for the game.

That's the Ray Treat I want everyone to remember.

That's the Ray Treat we should pay our respects to.

Thank you.

(REPORTERS SHOUTING)

LEO: All done?

Done, the mortuary is now officially empty.

Great, we can all retire.

So did you two decide what we were going to do?

Not really, did we?

No?

Please don't let us just go home.

I've got a deck of cards.

I've got a bottle of wine in my desk.

Funnily enough, I've got a bottle of wine in my desk.

Why haven't I got a bottle of wine in my desk?

You just quietly swig ethanol out of your specimen jars, don't you?

Strictly for emergency use, you understand?

LEO: So what's it to be?

Poker?

HARRY: Do you know why poker is called poker?

NIKKI: Have you ever played a game

called punch him in the face?

LEO: A lot of people want to play that with Harry.

Are we playing for money?

HARRY: Yes.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)