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CHICKENS CLUCK

Leo, we're gonna be late.

Uh, Colden Road was flooded yesterday.

Oh, we'll take the back lanes.

- You out all day? - Yeah.

Need to pick up some parts. Supplier's up in Longridge.

I said we'd drop in at Jackie's on the way home from school,

so Leo can have his tea there.

All right. I'll call if I'm gonna be late.

- Mwah! Bye, Leo. - Bye, Daddy.

Love you.

Get your coat on, you!

Come here!

Morning, Sarah.

Celia.

- Late one, was it? - A bit of a lock-in.

Lunchtime specials. I'll do the board

if you make a start on those glasses.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Here we go, guys.

Two ploughman's.

Can I get you sauces?

Thanks, love.

BELL DINGS

- Now...? - A coffee, please.

Sugar with your tea.

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

Right, inside. Get changed.

Mummy!

Mummy?

SHE GRUNTS, PHONE RINGS

SHE SCREAMS

RINGTONE ECHOES

DISTANT SIREN

Morning, sir.

Tara Dunning, 32.

Husband reported her missing yesterday

after she failed to pick up her son from school.

She was last seen in her village

around 9.30 that morning.

We got a fix on the clothes

that she was wearing at the time.

Denim jeans, blue, a stripy top and a purple cardigan

and a dark-coloured coat.

Car is also missing from the premises -

dark-green classic Volvo estate.

Hold on, we're already

declaring this a critical incident?

It's all over social media.

A firestorm that kicked off last night.

200 members on a village message group.

CAROL: "Where is Tara Dunning?"

PAUL: Yeah. Full of helpful conspiracy theories.

The moderator's name is Simon Beamish,

the landlord of the village pub called the Two Tubs.

Young mother, five-year-old child.

Popular face in the village.

You can see how this is going to play out.

Chris, can you call up some support from ANPR -

see if we can narrow down the vehicle's movements?

Comfort, Sharon, I need you to put a team together.

House-to-house in Colden.

- OK. - Boss.

I'll set up a press conference. Public appeal.

Darren, I want non-reportable background briefings

to accredited journalists only. OK? And then meet me

- up in the village. - Yep.

We need to move quickly on this one, Carol.

Yeah. I want to find her as much as you do, sir.

SOFT JAZZ

PHONE RINGS

We've got a missing-from-home that's making some headlines.

Her name's Tara Dunning.

Disappeared yesterday from Colden Vale.

It's already blown up all over social media.

Goodwin felt that your help could be invaluable on this.

To be honest, so did I. We need answers quickly.

Yeah. Any leads we can run with?

Nothing so far.

Her husband reported her missing

when she failed to pick up her son from school.

Have you spoken to him yet?

I'm heading up there now.

They live on a farm about a mile away from the village.

All right. Send me the address. I'll meet you there.

First time I've set eyes on any detectives.

She's been missing for hours now.

The case has been passed on to Serious Crimes.

They are doing their best to try to find her,

I can assure you of that, Mr Dunning.

Now, I know you've already made a statement with the police,

but we'd like to try and start with a clean slate.

All right, yeah.

When did you last see your wife?

Uh...

Yesterday morning at breakfast, before she drove Leo to school.

And did you have any concerns about her behaviour?

Not that I remember.

What about your own movements yesterday?

I was out all day.

Needed a new ignition coil.

Car I'm refitting.

So when did you first suspect that she might be missing?

Uh, school rang to say she hadn't picked up Leo.

Would have been around 4pm.

I tried her mobile. It just rang out.

I must have rang it 100 times since.

What about any friends in the village?

Leo was supposed to go to a classmate's for tea.

I spoke to his mum last night.

She hadn't heard anything.

Are you sure there's not anyone you've missed?

Well, Tara works at the cafe in the village.

Part time. Helps out when she's needed.

Could Tara have gone to visit some relatives, maybe?

Both her parents are dead.

How long have you two been married?

Just shy of seven years.

RIDLEY: And how are things at home?

Any difficulties we should know about?

What kind of question's that?

Just one of those questions that needs answered,

Mr Dunning. That's all.

Uh...

Tara can get a bit depressed sometimes,

but that's what the meds are for.

Oh, right, so your wife is on medication?

She'd been diagnosed with bipolar.

And these... depressions -

were you ever concerned that she might be suicidal or...?

She would never do anything like that!

Look, I understand

you're trying to protect her, Mr Dunning,

but there comes a point

when you're going to have to be straight with us.

What do you think would happen if any of this came out?

They'd say she was unstable.

- Some kind of unfit mother. - No-one's trying to say that.

But if you wanna help us try and find her,

we have to be appraised of all the facts.

I'm telling you, someone's taken her!

LEO: Daddy!

- Any news? - My sister Sarah.

She's been helping out with Leo.

DI Farman. I'm running this case.

Ran into a couple of journalists

parked up on the lane.

Yeah. Phone's been ringing all morning.

Listen, it might be better if Leo isn't here for this.

Yeah.

Go on up to your room, son.

- We're just talking. - OK, Dad.

He keeps asking when his mum's coming home.

We'll also need your permission for launching a public appeal.

The sooner we get all the facts out there...

In the meantime,

I would suggest that you don't speak to anyone.

And we'll need to get a DNA reference sample.

Something of Tara's for our records.

A hairbrush or a toothbrush.

Surely it's too soon for that?

No, we'll just generate a profile now

and then anything that we find,

we can match it against it later. It's just to stop you

- from worrying. - I'll see what I can find.

I'll make a start on those pots.

- Just leave 'em. - Won't take me long.

I said, leave 'em!

He's out of his mind with worry.

We just want to see her back home, safe.

I understand that she was well liked in the village.

No-one had a bad word to say about her.

Not a sentiment you shared, obviously.

She threatened to leave him before.

Nothing Rob did was ever good enough.

But he told me she'd come to her senses.

You don't sound so sure.

She falls into these dark moods.

Sometimes they last for days.

What, you think Tara might have left of her own accord?

Things hadn't been right for a while.

That's all I'm saying.

I should get back.

HELICOPTER WHIRS

So, she's depressed, unhappy, prescribed medication.

Not the profile we had a couple of hours ago.

So, what, she just takes off without warning,

abandons her own child?

I don't know. Maybe she's had a breakdown, an episode.

You know, it happens.

But if she threatened to leave before,

then how come her husband failed to mention it?

Shame.

Guilt.

We'll get her story checked out.

I'll see you back at the station.

CAR LOCK CHIRPS

What's all this?

Oh, yeah, I'm thinking about a refurb. You know, new layout,

softer lighting.

I quite like things the way they are.

Uh, place is looking tired, Annie.

And, I mean, if we want to attract a younger crowd,

we're going to have to invest in the future.

Ah, hang on, hang on.

Where do you see yourself in ten years' time?

I don't know.

Caribbean would be nice.

So...

...we turn this place around, right little nest egg,

see us into our retirement, and it'll be an adventure.

Mm. Seems like you've got it all planned out.

Oh, yeah. You keep this place buzzing,

leave the rest to me.

OK, everyone, if you'd like to gather round, please.

Thank you.

Quickly.

Darren?

Yeah?

- Whenever you're ready. - Sorry.

OK. So Tara Dunning has been missing for over 30 hours now,

and, due to some new information

that we've received from her husband, we've upgraded her

to high risk of serious harm.

I checked out Rob Dunning's movements yesterday.

He bought some car parts from a supplier's in Longridge.

The purchase was made at 13.38.

Which places him 25 miles from the village

in and around the same timeframe

that we think that Tara went missing.

Any history of domestic abuse?

Nothing on record, though her sister-in-law

has alluded to some tensions in the marriage.

A search of the farm didn't give us anything.

All right. Unless we learn anything else,

we can rule him out.

RIDLEY: He also told us that Tara was diagnosed bipolar.

Now, it'd be wrong for us to jump to conclusions,

but it'll be hard not to think

that it has some bearing on her disappearance.

We can't rule out the possibilities

that she might have wanted to harm herself.

I'll apply for a production order,

see if we can access her medical records.

Any trace on the missing vehicle?

DARREN: Yeah, we got a hit on the plates.

We can place it up on the moor road

near Colden Crags around 4pm yesterday.

We've got to get a search unit up there immediately.

Agreed. Let's extend the house-to-house.

Any adjacent farms in the area,

make sure we're seen as a visible presence.

Yeah. Phone records, call data, IP, log-on history.

I want every witness statement checked,

and then I want it double-checked. Yeah?

OK, off you go.

Tara Dunning was reported missing

after she failed to collect her son from school.

The police are very concerned about her welfare,

which is why CID are now involved in the case.

Tara is a well-known face in the village,

an active member of the Colden community.

She worked at the village cafe.

We think that the public holds significant information

about her disappearance.

We're urgently appealing

for your help in trying to find her.

Now, we know there has been considerable speculation

on social media.

I'd just like to respectfully remind everyone

there is a family at the heart of all of this.

A little boy is waiting for his mum to come home.

PNC check.

There's blood on the windscreen.

Romeo 454 Whiskey November Echo.

Green Volvo estate.

- Hi. - Boss.

INDISTINCT

CAROL: Here he is. Ridley!

Definitely her car, then?

Yep.

What the hell is she doing out here?

Cracked front windscreen, broken rear axle.

The car must have been travelling at some speed.

Skidded on this loose scree and ended up here.

Do you think another vehicle was involved?

We did find some secondary tyre tracks,

but no evidence of any collision.

Yeah, but someone else was on the scene, yeah?

Yeah. We'll try and narrow down the make of the vehicle.

Anything inside the car?

That gave us rather more. Plenty of prints.

We'll need to rule out any family members.

- I'll get somebody onto that. - What about that phone?

Found it under the passenger seat.

No sign of life. Battery must have died.

Yeah, well, we'll get that charged up. Darren.

We also found traces of blood -

windscreen, driver's seat,

more on the outside door handle.

We'll need to run it for a match.

OK, let's get the drones up. Tracker dogs.

Darren, can you just pull that cordon back?

Lock the road off from the top.

Boss.

- Let's go. See you, Wendy. - Talk later, Carol.

Oh, Tara? Yes, she works here part time.

She helps me with the lunchtime trade.

My hands aren't so good.

Early-onset Parkinson's.

Oh, sorry to hear that.

Oh, come on, sit down.

To be truthful...

...I like the company.

Been very quiet here, you know.

This time of year, anyway.

Yeah.

Was Tara supposed to be working here yesterday?

She said that she wanted to take the day off.

She hadn't been herself lately.

RIDLEY: Really?

And how was she the last time that you saw her?

Well, uh...

Unfocused, I suppose.

It wasn't that unusual.

What makes you say that?

She'd stopped taking her meds a few days before.

Made me swear not to tell anyone.

You two must be pretty close.

Well, I like to think that she could always confide in me.

And did Tara ever mention feeling threatened,

or that she was being followed, or...?

You think something's happened to her, don't you?

Just trying to get a fix on her state of mind, really.

Is there anything you think might be important?

Well, there was something,

uh, an incident with one of the customers.

What kind of incident?

It's a fella called Jason Dover.

He's new to the village.

Always came in for a brew whenever Tara was working

and made it his business to always speak to her.

Some of his comments were inappropriate.

Comments of a sexual nature?

Well, I warned her not to indulge him.

He made my flesh creep...

...the way his eyes followed her around, you know?

In the end, I had to warn him off.

And where might we find this Jason?

I saw his van parked outside the pub.

I think he works the odd session there.

Oh, goodness. SHE CHUCKLES WRYLY

Nothing really happens round here.

You do hear of the most dreadful things, don't you?

Hmm. Well, I can assure you, Celia, that the police

are doing their level best to find her.

Thank you.

Thanks for your time, Celia.

- DARREN: Boss... - Yeah?

No new leads from house-to-house.

Well, what about the public appeal?

Plenty of calls coming in, but the usual random sightings.

Oh, we did get a result with Tara Dunning's bank statements.

She paid for a train ticket dated for travel

three days ago, from Colden Parkway to Renton.

Well, that's more than 30 miles away.

Three other visits in the last three months.

She used her debit card in a meter at the station car park.

- I wonder who she's meeting. - CAROL: Hmm.

DOOR BUZZES AND UNLOCKS

Leaving already?

Meetings with the Parole Board.

I'll be gone for the rest of the day.

DOOR BUZZES AND UNLOCKS

We've found your wife's car up at Colden Crags.

We're just wondering if you have any idea

what she might have been doing up there.

She used to drive up there sometimes.

Said it cleared her head.

We also think that Tara might have stopped

taking her medication.

No, she never would have done that.

Would have left her at risk of an episode.

Can you confirm whether this is her phone?

Where did you find it?

It was left behind in the car.

I knew it. I knew something bad must have happened to her.

No, it's too early to jump to conclusions, Mr Dunning.

So where the hell is she?

Well, we know that she bought a train ticket to Renton.

She was meant to be travelling there three days ago.

She'd been volunteering for work at a charity shop.

Couple hours a week when they needed her.

Got her out the village, she said.

Did your wife ever mention what this charity was called?

- St Botolph's, I think. - And your sister told us

that Tara had threatened to leave before. Is that right?

- Sarah's just making trouble. - Why would she do that?

We were close, growing up as kids,

but the day I met Tara, priorities changed.

She can't bear the thought of her running the place.

It'll be fair enough to say they don't get on, then?

She's never given Tara a chance.

PHONE CHIMES

They've organised a search party.

Group from the village, first thing tomorrow.

If you're thinking about joining them,

I'd strongly advise against that.

It's better than being stuck here waiting for news, innit?!

CAROL SIGHS

The last thing I need is a posse of village vigilantes.

PNC has just come through for Jason Dover.

He's got previous. Two years suspended for sexual assault.

So Celia was right to have concerns.

TAP RUNS

Heard you found the car.

Abandoned up at Colden Crags.

Any idea what happened to her?

Course they haven't,

or they wouldn't be here, putting off my lunchtime trade.

We're just trying to get our facts straight,

which is more than I can say for your blog.

This has shaken up the community.

No-one in Colden feels safe.

I hear you've organised a search tomorrow.

Yeah. No-one knows these moors better than us.

Might be summat you lot have missed.

Well, we advise you to leave this to the police.

Half the community has already signed up.

National press, social media.

So unless you're planning on arresting us...

- Don't tempt me. - RIDLEY: Look,

we just want a word with Jason Dover.

What do you want to talk to him for?

Just following up on some enquiries.

Jason!

- And then... - Police would like a word.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah, we can do it here or outside.

Typical coppers! Lazy as sin.

What, you do a background check on everyone in the village

and my name just came up?

RIDLEY: Actually, that's not the reason we're here.

But, yes, you did get two years for sexual assault

and, yes, you are on the register.

I'm guessing no-one in Colden has any idea.

No, and I'd like to keep it that way.

I didn't do anything wrong.

We understand that you were friendly with Tara Dunning.

- We got on well enough. - RIDLEY: Right? Well,

a witness came forward and said you made

inappropriate comments to Tara. She had to warn you off.

That's reason enough for us to question you.

A bit of banter, that's all.

Didn't know that was a crime these days.

Do you mind telling us your whereabouts on the day

that Tara went missing?

I was doing some coppicing up near Cowpe Bridge.

Jensen Mill Rangers. Check with the gaffer there.

He'll tell you.

That your usual line of work, is it?

Look, I get work where I can.

RIDLEY: Yes. I suppose with your conviction,

that must be difficult.

You know, it's hard to shake off.

Are we done here?

For now.

Cowpe Bridge.

That's a couple of miles from where we found that car.

RIDLEY: Let's run the plates of his van, see what comes up.

Everything OK?

Yeah, fine. Nothing for you to worry about.

WIND WHISTLES

Have you been able to resolve any of the issues

we talked about in the last session?

With Harry?

Yeah, I think so, yeah.

- Good. - Yeah.

I was actually looking at some old holiday photographs

the other day, and I realised

how much I really love travelling,

and, um, that got me thinking, you know...

...there's not really that much

tying me to this place any more.

I could just up sticks and go.

You know you can't leave the past behind.

Wherever you are, you'll always carry it with you.

Yes, I understand,

but so much of my life here is just gone now.

And what about those people who need your support?

Your partner in the club?

I haven't been to the club in a while.

Is there a reason for that?

I can see they've got plans, you know, big ideas.

HE CHUCKLES

And I don't want to get in the way.

No, Annie's doing just fine.

WOMAN GIGGLES

I've booked Carla for the headline slot this evening.

Without asking me first?

She's been going down a storm.

Clearly.

Oh, come on, Annie,

you don't honestly think I'd go there, do you?

In case you'd forgotten, that's Ridley's slot.

Ridley's not shown his face in a while.

Yeah, well, he's been busy with a case.

There's no room for sentiment in business, Annie.

Maybe that's where you've been going wrong.

Still my name above the door.

Yeah. My name on the cheques.

Well, you might have thrown a bit of money at the place,

- but... - A bit? Pfft!

I've bailed this club out.

Oh, right. So we're running things your way now,

is that it?

If we want to keep the punters coming in,

we're going to have to make changes.

Even Ridley's got the message.

Hey, you've got to listen to Carla's opening number.

She's going to bring the house down.

Leave you to it.

DISTANT SIRENS

- All right, Jack? - All right.

Just thought I'd come and see that you hadn't done a runner.

Yeah, well, I got 200 hours.

It's going to be months before I'm finished.

Yeah. Could have been banged up, kid.

Yeah. So everyone keeps telling me.

My barrister entered a plea in mitigation,

said one of my mums is a copper.

Well, that would have worked in your favour, yeah, yeah.

Everyone at the station must be talking about it.

Believe me, they've got bigger things to be thinking about.

Just feel like I've let her down.

Well, between you and me, Jack,

she's probably thinking the same thing.

So cut her a bit of slack, yeah?

- Best get back to it. - Yeah.

Thank you... for stopping by.

Any time.

Thanks, mate.

The blood we found in the abandoned vehicle

has been confirmed as Tara Dunning's.

So we're running with the theory

that someone else was involved in her disappearance.

If she'd wandered off somewhere,

left the scene of the crash...?

Surely one of the police dogs would have picked up a scent.

Rain may have washed away crucial evidence.

Mm. She was probably taken away in another vehicle.

Probably the person who was driving this unidentified car.

Mm. I'm still waiting for an update on those tyre tracks.

Oh, we do know her mobile had been connected

to a mast in the Colden area.

Last reading was recorded at 14.30.

Right. Been there for some time, then.

What about the evidence you found in Tara's car?

No. Ruled out any familial matches.

Nothing else that flagged up on the system.

We did find, uh...

Hang on, I've got it here.

...a palm print that we couldn't account for.

Exterior driver's door window. Might be unrelated.

Yeah. Run it through Ident?

No hits, I'm afraid.

I've sorted out tea for all the volunteers.

I've got cakes, tarts, sandwiches

for when they get back.

Don't know what we'd do without you, Celia.

Well, at least the weather's holding up.

Hey. Police came in the pub yesterday.

They wanted to talk to Jason Dover.

I told them he was bad news.

I've been doing a bit of digging online.

It seems Jason's got some dubious history.

- Oh? - Oh, yes.

DARREN: Come on...

Come on...

CAROL: OK, so, we've just heard back from Wendy.

The blood found in the vehicle has been confirmed

as a match with our misper.

We're now treating Tara Dunning's disappearance

as a possible murder inquiry.

Now, it goes without saying that,

due to the exceptionally high media and public interest

in this case,

then it has created a more challenging environment

for the investigating team.

But I have confidence in each and every one of you

that you will do your job.

We just need to maintain the trust

of the wider community.

So it now appears that Tara's assailant

was known to her, and it's up to us to narrow it down

who that might be.

DARREN: I checked out the charity shop in Renton,

spoke to the woman in charge.

She was adamant she'd never set eyes on Tara Dunning.

Her name wasn't on the volunteer roster.

Right. So she's lying to her husband.

OK, Darren, go back through Tara's phone records

and see if she had any other contacts in Renton.

Ridley...

I, erm, wondered if you fancied a drink early doors.

Yeah. Are you buying?

DARREN CHUCKLES Shall I let the missus know?

- You do that. See you there. - See you later.

SIMON: We're urging all volunteers to exercise caution.

The moor can be pretty inhospitable

at this time of year.

So you'll all need a torch and a whistle.

The plan is to head up towards Colden Crags,

full recce of the area, and we'll be searching

for any evidence the police may have missed.

What is he doing here?!

To help with the search, same as everyone else.

I'm not sure we need his kind of help.

- What's this? - A convicted sex offender

up on a rape charge.

To think I gave you work in my pub!

This was you spreading lies!

You're poisonous, you know that?

- I only said what I saw. - You want to watch your mouth.

Oh, and then what? You'll come for me and all?

Sarah. Sarah, wait.

I had nothing to do with this.

CROWD HECKLE

Jason Dover's name is all over social media.

How the hell did this get out? PHONE BUZZES

An altercation with Celia Machin

in the village this morning.

This is going to compromise the whole investigation.

He's still a person of interest.

We've got nothing to tie him to Tara's disappearance.

A witness who accused him of predatory behaviour, a history

- of sexual assault... - What about his alibi?

I've left a message with Jensen Mill.

Still waiting for the gaffer to come back to us.

Well, can you chase it up, Darren?

- Boss. - You guys clear out.

I better square this with the super.

- Good luck with that. - Sir.

I got a result with Tara Dunning's call log.

There's another Renton number that keeps coming up.

The psych unit just outside of town.

Renton Hospital?

She called the switchboard

two days before she disappeared.

Well, that's got to be significant.

Good work.

It's good that you've come out.

I thought you might have been down at the club.

No, not this evening. No.

It's good to get out sometimes, you know.

Working on a case like this...

Everything all right?

Yeah, it's just home, you know.

The little one can be a bit of a nightmare.

Yeah.

And you've got another one on the way, I hear.

Mm. Things are just a bit tight, you know? Finances.

Yeah, well, you know,

a copper's salary doesn't go very far these days.

That, um, mortgage on the new property.

We're barely covering the interest repayments.

Right.

Alex...

Yeah?

- Could you do me a favour? - Go on.

Could you lend me some money?

Yeah.

Yeah, how much do you need?

Five grand should cover it,

but I'd pay you back as soon as possible.

RIDLEY LAUGHS Yeah, yeah. OK, OK.

But you're not in any trouble, Darren, are you?

I mean, it's not good for a cop to be in debt.

You'd tell me, wouldn't you?

Yeah.

Yeah, course I would.

SLOW JAZZ PLAYS

HE KNOCKS Celia?

It's Simon.

Are you there?

BELL TOLLS

CAROL: We're trying to trace the movements

of a missing woman, Tara Dunning.

We think she may have been planning to visit here.

Well, any visitors would have needed to have been booked in.

Uh...

Yeah. She was due here Wednesday.

- Never turned up. - So she's on the system.

Regular as clockwork.

Every four weeks, comes to visit her mother.

Tara's mother is a patient here?

Mary Jane Bulmore.

Committed to Renton eight years ago.

RIDLEY: Any chance of us getting to see her?

Not without prior clearance.

These are high-security patients.

Yeah, but it could have some bearing on a serious crime.

I'll need to contact Dr Assi. He's our clinical lead.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Sorry to interrupt, sir.

I've just been going through Tara Dunning's phone log.

She called Celia Machin's landline

the day that she disappeared. Celia never mentioned it

in a statement that she gave to the SIO.

OK. Get over to Colden and check it out.

Sir.

METAL DETECTOR BEEPS

DOOR BUZZES

We look after male and female patients

with dangerous, violent or criminal propensities.

Mary Jane is considered low risk.

Yeah, and can I ask you why she was admitted?

She was sentenced for the murder of her husband in 2016.

Diminished responsibility.

She killed her own husband?

While he was asleep upstairs in bed.

Doused the house in petrol and set fire to the place.

He'd abused them both for years,

physically and emotionally.

I assessed her myself after the verdict.

And what was the diagnosis?

Residual schizophrenia...

...recently compounded by early-onset dementia.

She may seem unresponsive.

The medication can make her drowsy.

Visitors, Mary Jane. A couple of police officers.

They'd like to ask you some questions.

Not too long, please.

Mrs Bulmore, I'm DI Farman.

This is my colleague, Mr Ridley.

We'd like to talk to you about your daughter, Tara.

I understand she was due to come and visit you.

I sat here waiting.

She never showed her face.

Tara's been missing for a few days now.

We're concerned about her wellbeing.

She stays away to punish me.

You know that's not true, Mary Jane.

For what I did.

When was the last time you saw your daughter?

A few weeks ago.

I could tell she wasn't right.

Really? Why do you say that?

Something was troubling her.

A mother always knows.

RIDLEY: Yeah.

And did Tara mention anything that she thought

was important to you, or...?

She told me she was frightened.

Really? Frightened of what?

We should take a break now.

You see him? You should watch him.

- It's OK, Mary. - He keeps me locked up.

- Let's get you back. - Potions and pills...

Security will take you back to your room.

Just look at those bruises.

Those bruises on her arms?

They're Mary Jane's self-harms.

Persecutory delusions are a symptom of her condition.

And is the condition hereditary?

Well, both conditions have genetic deficits

as core disease features.

Similar white matter deficit patterns.

Because we know that Tara was diagnosed bipolar.

Tara saw herself as a ticking bomb.

You sound like you know her pretty well.

Yeah, we discussed her condition,

her medical history,

clinical options available to her...

But why would she come to you?

Well, I've been treating her mother for years.

I know her better than anyone.

We think that Tara may have stopped taking her meds.

I would have advised against that.

You must have heard that she was missing.

I was away at a conference. I saw it on the news, I think.

But she didn't show up for her monthly visit.

Surely alarm bells started to ring?

Tara's visits were upsetting Mary Jane.

I advised her to stop coming altogether.

That's not what she told us in the visiting room.

Oh, that depends on which Mary Jane

you happen to be talking to.

Have you any idea what might have happened to her?

We're following up various leads.

Well, I'm late for my rounds.

If I can help you in any way, you've got my number.

BIRDS COO

KNOCK ON DOOR

Miss Machin?

Miss Machin?

Celia?

DC Lakhan, Copelton Police.

Celia?

As you can see, she fell downstairs,

died as a result of a broken neck.

So it could have been an accident.

I mean, we know she had Parkinson's.

From the placement of the body,

I'm fairly certain she must have fallen backwards

with some force.

There's blood on the spindle.

Yeah, so she may have been pushed.

Office has been ransacked.

Back-door lock was splintered.

CAROL: So maybe she came home and disturbed a burglary?

Well, initially that appeared to be the case,

but these kitchen surfaces have been wiped down

with disinfectant.

I could smell it the moment I arrived.

So whoever it was cleaned up after themselves.

WENDY: We found a couple of prints on the back doorframe,

still unaccounted for, didn't match the deceased.

CAROL: Any idea how long she's been dead?

WENDY: Rigor mortis is well established.

Drying of the peripheries, so I'd say around 8 to 12 hours.

Might want to check those prints

against the profile of Jason Dover.

He's on the system.

- Darren? - Yeah?

Can you check all the surrounding areas,

see if anyone saw anything yesterday evening

that was suspicious?

- Boss. - Thanks.

Do you mind if I take a look?

Just try not to touch anything.

Any burglar worth his salt would have found these.

You think this was staged?

It feels like it.

That phone call from Tara, why didn't Celia mention it?

Maybe she was covering for her. PHONE RINGS

Yeah, maybe she knew a bit more

about the disappearance than she let on.

I'll get that laptop checked out.

- Yeah. - WENDY: Thank you.

You might want to hear this.

I've just had a call from the lab.

You were right about those prints.

They found a match. It IS Jason Dover.

You had an altercation with Celia Machin

yesterday in Colden, during which

you accosted her in a threatening manner.

This exchange was witnessed by a number of people.

I should never have lost my temper.

She'd already implicated you

in Tara Dunning's disappearance.

A few hours later, we found her

lying at the bottom of the stairs

with her neck broken.

You can't seriously think I killed her?

Do you often lose your temper with women, Mr Dover?

What's that supposed to mean?

We pulled out the details of your sexual assault case.

What happened with me and that girl was consensual.

The verdict suggests otherwise.

RIDLEY: The woman you assaulted was known to you.

Apparently, you developed

a very unhealthy obsession with her.

CAROL: It seems like a pattern is emerging here, Jason.

Do you mind me calling you that?

I think you followed her up to Colden Crags.

You wanted to put her in her place.

You have no idea what happened to Tara,

so you're trying to fit me up.

We're not in the business of fitting anybody up, Jason.

The evidence is incriminating enough.

Yes, we found a set of your fingerprints

in Celia Machin's kitchen,

not to mention one of your business cards.

I did some gardening work for her - weeding, lawn.

She said she wasn't good on her feet any more.

Was that before you had words with her in the cafe?

She didn't like me talking to Tara.

It was like she was jealous or something.

Did you ever go into the house?

Just to clean up, use the bathroom.

I think she made me a cuppa once.

And that was the last time you went there?

I haven't been near the place since.

We'll need you to account

for your movements yesterday evening.

I was at Sarah's. All night.

CAROL: Sarah Dunning?

I hadn't told her about the conviction.

She wasn't answering me calls.

And what time did you get there?

It must have been about six.

Well, we have a statement

from one of Celia Machin's neighbours

that claims that she saw your van parked up

outside her house around that same time.

OK, I went round there, but just to apologise.

Right. OK. Well, you see, Jason, the more

you keep lying to us, the more we keep thinking

you've got something to hide.

I thought if I cleared the air,

Sarah would give me another chance.

Did you go into Celia's house?

Talked on the doorstep.

She seemed guarded, on edge.

Well, that's hardly surprising.

I tried to explain that she'd gotten me all wrong.

She wanted me to leave, said she'd call the police.

That must've really riled you up.

I turned around and walked away.

See, I think you went back,

forced your way through that back door.

She ran upstairs to try and get away from you.

- No. - You grabbed her and she fell.

I didn't lay a finger on her!

I moved here for a fresh start, a clean slate.

Things between me and Sarah are great.

Why would I mess that up?

He told us he'd come round to see you last night.

Said he wanted to make things right between us.

Did he tell you he'd just been to see Celia Machin?

How'd he seem?

Angry, on edge.

He said Celia'd got everything wrong,

that there was nothing going on between him and Tara.

Did you ever suspect

he had anything to do with Tara's disappearance?

You think I might have been covering for him?

I think sometimes we choose not to see things.

He used to ask me about her sometimes.

I shared stuff that maybe I shouldn't have.

What kind of stuff?

I told him how the marriage was a sham,

the way she behaved with my brother, games she played.

Rob had the business, the perfect family.

Me? I was stuck here with nothing.

Had Jason ever been violent towards you?

He'd been talking about moving in together,

came out of nowhere. I said it was too soon.

Jason just lost it,

said I've been stringing him along,

that I was lucky to have him.

The way he blew up, it frightened me.

So what happens now?

Well, he'll be released from custody

as a person under investigation.

I know this much -

he's finished in this village.

Hi, Alex Ridley here. Leave a message.

Hello, stranger. Remember me?

Just...

...wondering how you are, where you are.

You're probably busy on a case.

Anyway, um...

...just give me a ring when you get a chance.

All right, bye.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Just the man!

The Rawtenstall Inner Wheel

are looking for a new guest speaker.

Clearly, they're tiring of my forensic shtick.

Now, you could share your thoughts

on criminal psychology.

The short version.

Any monetary incentive?

- Biscuits. - Home-made?

- No. - Fine.

So you said you had something for me.

Celia Machin's postmortem results

confirmed the cause of death -

C1 fracture of the spinal cord.

Now, we also found biological markers in her brain.

We call them red neurons.

They develop after an ischaemic event.

Her brain was deprived of oxygen for some hours.

So it took her a while to die.

Mm. Slow suffocation as the brain loses oxygen.

Wouldn't have been pretty.

Is there anything here that ties it to Jason Dover?

No. We ran some checks for trace DNA.

Nothing so far, except for those incriminating prints.

We did find some dark woollen fibres on the body

that didn't match anything the deceased was wearing.

Could have been transferred by her assailant.

What about the tyre tracks at Colden Crags?

Definitely not a match for Jason Dover.

Neither was the palm print.

Right. So there's nothing to work with at all.

I wouldn't say that.

We finally got hold

of Tara Dunning's medical records.

Interesting reading.

She was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis

after the birth of her son.

Well, that's definitely a bit more

than just depression, isn't it?

Spent some time in a specialist mother-and-baby unit.

Doctors prescribed antipsychotics.

We think she was off her medicine.

There's a very good reason for that.

Tara Dunning was pregnant.

CAROL: Tara's mother's name is Mary Jane Bulmore.

She's alive,

and she's currently detained in a psychiatric unit

on a murder charge.

RIDLEY: It was Tara's father that she murdered,

in an arson attack.

And as you can imagine, it's the kind of family secret

that Tara is understandably ashamed of.

She's been visiting her mother for a year now.

Those trips she's been making to Renton?

Why didn't she tell me?

All these years, she's been lying to me.

Did you know your wife was pregnant, Mr Dunning?

You must've got that wrong.

Uh, she had a scan a couple of days ago.

It's confirmed - she's 16 weeks.

16 weeks?

It doesn't even make any sense.

We haven't been...

We haven't been intimate in a while.

So, are you telling us you're not the father?

I'm telling you...

...you've made a mistake.

We understand that Tara had some problems

after Leo was born.

She was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis.

She could barely even look at Leo

the day we brought him home.

Thought it was a touch of the baby blues, but...

...it just got worse.

She told us Leo had been cursed.

That he wasn't really her child.

I-I was worried she might want to hurt him.

That must have been really hard on both of you.

Best part of a year... it took her to get better.

And we decided after that

we couldn't risk having any more children.

So I know she isn't pregnant.

All right?

Look, Rob, your wife hasn't been truthful to you

for some time,

so we have to consider the possibility

that she may have been having an affair.

- No, she wasn't! - Easy now.

Easy.

It may have some bearing on her disappearance.

You know what? You two should be out there looking for her,

talking to Jason Dover, instead of coming around here,

trying to pick holes in my marriage!

I know this is a lot to take in, Mr Dunning.

I'd like yous to leave now, please. Yeah?

DOOR SHUTS

She'd been feeding him a tissue of lies.

Her mother, that charity...

If he'd found out that she'd been playing away,

then maybe that tipped him over the edge.

Oh, come on, you saw his face

when we told him she was pregnant.

He had no idea.

Well, someone had a hand in it.

I've just heard back from Jensen Mills.

The gaffer confirmed that

Jason Dover was working with his Rangers

the day that Tara went missing. Didn't leave the team all day.

Huh. Well, that pretty much rules him out.

Well, I finally cracked Celia Machin's laptop.

There's a document saved on her desktop.

"If you do not take steps to end the affair,

"your wife will find out everything."

What, Celia Machin was blackmailing someone?

BELL RINGS, SECURITY DOORS BUZZ

I checked Tara's phone logs,

and apparently she phoned you

the morning before she disappeared.

She must have been enquiring after her mother.

No, that's not going to wash, Dr Assi, because we know

that Tara Dunning was pregnant.

You told us that you had discussed her medical history.

Postpartum psychosis.

She finds out she's going to have a baby,

there's a chance of another breakdown -

who is the person she's going to turn to?

She'd just spoken to her GP,

rang me to share the news.

And what advice did you give her?

I offered to organise her a termination.

Is that what Tara wanted?

She couldn't risk having another baby.

So she makes a call to you...

...and soon after, she disappears.

Any doctor I know would be concerned.

I WAS worried...

...that she might have done something stupid.

What?

And you didn't feel the necessity to share that?

I made her a promise.

That anything she told me would stay in that room.

Did she tell you who the father was?

I assumed it was her husband.

Well, her husband is none the wiser.

Well, I'm afraid I can't enlighten you.

Thanks, Doctor. I'll see myself out.

Oh, by the way, you don't know a lady called Celia Machin,

by any chance?

Tara works with her in a little cafe in the village.

Not that I remember, no. Why do you ask?

Because she was found dead yesterday morning.

Sorry to hear that.

We think both cases are connected.

You think she's dead, too, don't you?

I'll tell you what I think.

I think we will go on searching till we find her,

with or without your help.

UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC

WIND WHISTLES

KEYS JANGLE

WIND CHIMES TINKLE

Aha!

I come bearing gifts.

Where the hell did you get that?

Well, invite me in and I'll tell you.

Yeah. Come on, let's get out of this.

It's a nightmare out here. Here we go.

SMOOTH JAZZ

So, who's looking after Marling's tonight, then?

Well, Harry's got that covered.

Oh, has he? Settling in nicely, is he?

Yeah, well...

Oh, he's got big plans for a makeover.

Chandeliers, red velvet...

Place is going to look like a knocking shop.

Oh, no.

Mm.

Having second thoughts, are you?

Oh, yeah, go on. HE CHUCKLES

No, go on, go on, say it.

- "Told you so." - No! Come on.

We both wanted the club to be saved.

Harry came in, and he's turned it around.

Yeah, well, I didn't think he was going to take over

the place. I mean...

He treats me like a glorified barmaid.

Right.

Well, he doesn't know who he's dealing with,

in that case, I can tell you.

GLASSES CLINK

Mm.

- Mm. - It's good, huh?

Yeah.

Place isn't the same without you.

Oh, listen, Annie,

I know I haven't been in, but...

...it just doesn't feel like home any more, you know?

Yeah, well, I made a mistake.

Guess I'm going to have to live with it.

Oh...

Annie...

- I'm... - I-I should get back.

Yeah.

OK.

INDISTINCT CONVERSATION

PIERCING SCREAM

SHE WAILS

MAN 1: That's OK. Here you go.

MAN 2: Ambulance and police, please.

There's a lady been attacked on the canal. Right away.

MAN 1: It's OK.

SHE STAMMERS AND SOBS

SHE TREMBLES

It's rough.

So, where'd you find her?

A couple of fishermen came across her on the towpath

- of the Dogrose Canal. - Wow.

That's nearly five miles away from where we found the car.

I know. She told them that she'd been abducted

and heavily sedated, held against her will.

She's being seen by a doctor - full psych evaluation.

Right. Well, sooner we get to talk to her, Paul...

She's in no state for an in-depth interrogation.

Ridley's right. We got to move.

OK. I'll draft a new statement to release to the press.

OK. Thanks.

Tara, hi.

Listen, I know this is going to be hard for you.

You said someone had abducted you.

Do you know who that person was?

I'd driven up there to meet him.

Somewhere no-one would see us.

Give us a name, Tara.

Who did this to you?

SIRENS APPROACH

SECURITY DOOR BUZZES

DC Lakhan, Copelton Police.

Vikram Assi?

I'm arresting you for the abduction of Tara Dunning.

You do not have to say anything,

but it may harm your defence

if you do not mention when questioned

something which you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

RIDLEY: OK, Tara.

On you go.

We'd been having an affair.

It had all ended badly.

And then you found out you were pregnant.

I called him to tell him the news.

He wouldn't let me come to the hospital.

You bought a train ticket to Renton, didn't you?

Tara, we know your mother is a patient there.

We spoke to Mary Jane two days ago.

TARA SOBS

Vikram knew my mum better than anyone.

The condition I'd inherited.

I think he just saw me as a fascinating case study.

And that's when the affair started.

I was fragile, vulnerable...

He seemed to be the only one who really understood me.

We know that you were ill after Leo was born.

I was sectioned.

The prospect of going through all of that again,

it terrified me.

And Dr Assi, he suggested a termination, didn't he?

I thought a baby might have changed things...

...that with the right care,

we might have had a future together.

I insisted on seeing him, just to sort things through.

You went to meet him up in Colden Crags?

I dropped Leo off at school and I drove up there.

I wasn't feeling too good. I hadn't been taking my pills.

I can't have this baby without you.

You're not having this baby at all.

No, this is your son.

- Our son! - You really think

you're well enough to have another child?

You can barely look after yourself.

I was upset.

Angry. I was barely thinking straight.

You think you can just walk away from this?

I have a wife, a family.

I can't go back to that farm, to Rob, I won't!

You've been lying to him for months. He never needs to know.

Do you really think I'm gonna go quietly?

I told him that everyone was going to find out

what kind of man he was.

He grabbed me.

He wrapped his hands around my throat.

I fought back.

I-I punched him.

I pushed him off me.

I got back in my car and I drove away.

But I could see that he was still following me.

SHE SOBS

I panicked. I lost control,

I went off the road. TYRES SCREECH

Next thing I remember is waking up on his boat.

Well, how did you know it was his boat?

We'd met up there a couple of times.

I don't need to tell you why.

And he held you on this boat for four days?

He must have kept me under.

I really don't remember.

RIDLEY: You said that the affair ended badly.

Can you tell us why?

Vikram said that somebody had found out.

Threatened to tell his wife.

It was Celia.

I swore her to secrecy.

Did you know that she wrote a letter to him

warning him off?

Not until a few weeks later.

You called her the morning you went missing, didn't you?

I should have been working.

I wanted to make sure she wasn't snowed under.

Right.

You see, that's strange because...

...she made no reference to that call

when we spoke to her.

Celia can be forgetful.

Did you ever discuss this letter with Vikram?

I told him that she was just being overprotective.

Why, why? Why do you ask?

Um...

Tara, I'm afraid I have to tell you that,

while you were missing,

Celia was murdered.

Oh, my God!

This is all my fault. SHE GASPS AND SOBS

SHE SOBS

SECURITY GUARD: He would've had to sign out

whenever he left the building.

You've got a record of his movements

in the past five days.

He'd certainly been coming and going - meetings, he said.

You'd need to check his diary.

Mm. We'll need a copy of these logs.

I'm not sure if I should mention this,

but it might be important.

Off the record, if that helps.

He'd been pulled up

for fraternising with a female patient.

She claimed he'd abused his position.

He denied it, of course.

Unreliable witness.

The complaint went away.

INDISTINCT CONVERSATION

Well, someone had definitely been sleeping here.

That cardigan, other items of clothing were found

under the bed.

We've got traces of lipstick...

...on this glass.

I mean, we'll check it for Tara's DNA,

any residue of a sedative.

Mm-hm. Any specific evidence that Vikram Assi was here?

Oh, his prints are all over the place,

but that's to be expected if this is his boat.

Yeah.

What's the story with these cable ties?

I'm assuming she was restrained with them,

found the knife in that cutlery drawer,

and managed to cut herself free.

Yes, but there were absolutely no marks on her wrists

when we interviewed her.

You would expect to find contusions.

Yeah, even if she had been sedated.

Exactly, and she also claimed that her assailant grabbed her

by the throat, and there were no bruises there either.

I mean, what do YOU think's going on with this young woman?

It can be difficult sometimes to manage expectations.

Expectations?

I had trouble bonding with both of my children.

Tricky deliveries.

First few months, a bit of a slog.

Exhaustion. Anxiety.

I just wanted someone to take them away.

I know what she must have been going through.

That feeling that you're... less of a woman.

I'm... I'm sorry, Wendy, I really didn't know.

Well, it isn't really something one tends to share,

even with old friends.

Give me a crime scene any day.

Oh, yeah, by the way, that Inner Wheel thing?

Count me in.

I'll keep you posted.

This is a copy of a blackmail letter

sent to you by Celia Machin.

I'd like you to read it, please.

PAPER RUSTLES Hm.

It arrived at the hospital a few weeks ago.

The letter was anonymous.

So you're admitting to being

in a relationship with Tara Dunning?

We had an ill-advised fling.

It was a mistake, I ended it.

She was a very vulnerable girl,

and she came to you looking for help,

and you abused that trust.

A lapse of judgment.

That's not the phrase I would use, Dr Assi.

Did you go up to meet Tara at Colden Crags

- the day she disappeared? - We checked your log books

with the head of security up at Renton.

So we know there wasn't a conference.

She called me to tell me she was pregnant.

She claimed that the baby was mine,

but she was manic, unpredictable.

I couldn't let her come to the hospital.

So, what, she became some kind of liability

that you no longer had control of?

She seemed to think

that we could have had some kind of future together.

But that was never going to happen.

I wasn't about to jeopardise my marriage.

Oh, right. OK, well, that might explain

why you were lying through your teeth.

I've had a reputation to consider.

Well, let's consider your reputation.

You've got a bit of form about getting too close

to your patients, haven't you?

She was a convicted offender with a dubious history.

I was cleared of any major wrongdoing.

Meaning it was nicely brushed underneath the carpet.

CAROL: You own a narrow boat, don't you?

On the Dogrose Canal,

moored in the marina,

about a mile along the towpath from Colden Lock?

We use it for family holidays.

We have here a statement from Tara Dunning,

claiming that you held her there against her will.

What?

She was found on the towpath

traumatised and confused.

This is her cardigan

that was found on your boat, Dr Assi.

Would you care to explain to us how it got there?

I have no idea.

Her DNA is all over the boat,

so the evidence suggests that she is telling the truth.

Tara Dunning is a fantasist.

Delusions, paranoia, they're symptomatic of her illness.

You have unrestricted access to a controlled drugs cabinet.

Is that right?

It's hardly unusual.

I am the clinical lead.

Tara Dunning was sedated when we found her.

She's been tested by a doctor.

Those are the kind of drugs anybody in Renton

could get their hands on.

She was pregnant, yes?

Now, do you really think I'd risk harming my own child?

Well, you'd already suggested a termination.

Maybe that's the only reason she's still alive.

Which brings us nicely back to this letter.

You see, Tara Dunning has implicated you

in the death of Celia Machin.

I've already told you -

I've never heard of this Celia Machin.

CAROL: Well, Tara remembers things differently.

She says she gave you her name.

Yeah. The name of the only other person

who knew about your affair,

which gives you motive for wanting her dead.

Clearly, she's trying to set me up.

This is her twisted idea of payback.

All because you ended things?

You really have a high opinion of yourself, don't you?

If you seriously think I'm capable of murder...

...you're even more deluded than she is.

Clear the way, please. Move to the side.

This way.

REPORTERS CLAMOUR

SHE SOBS Mummy!

Oh, my darling!

Hello.

The press have asked for a photo call.

It's not often these things have a happy ending.

Yeah, uh, maybe in a day or two.

She's still pretty traumatised.

Sure.

Whenever you're both ready.

- How are you feeling? - Yeah, I'm fine.

You need to stop fussing.

You need to sit down and put your feet up.

Got to think of the baby now.

Yeah?

We'll send a liaison officer here

first thing in the morning.

They'll talk you through what happens next.

Come on.

PHONE RINGS

Goodwin's insisting we talk to the press.

I've got a suspect in custody

and we're going to have to release him.

Still maintaining his innocence, yeah?

Assi's done nothing but lie to us.

That's right.

Or has he?

You don't sound convinced.

Well, he says he's got a cast-iron alibi

that he was with his wife the night Celia was murdered.

Maybe she's covering for him.

Let's think about this.

Vikram Assi, he breaks into Celia's house

with the intention of removing any evidence that might tie him

to Tara's disappearance. I mean, what would he take?

Well, why wouldn't he take the laptop?

Why wouldn't he take the laptop?

When you're ready, Carol.

I'm going to take another look at that house.

Good idea.

Thanks.

WENDY: Still writing up my notes.

Be a couple of hours yet.

Ropinirole - is that a drug

that you would prescribe for Parkinson's?

It's used to control tremors. Why do you ask?

What about the side effects? Would it induce drowsiness?

If taken in a large enough dosage, yes.

We've been looking in the wrong place.

Those threads that you found on Celia Machin's body

up at the murder scene, have you found a match yet?

Nothing as yet.

You might want to check those against Tara's cardigan.

ROB: Haven't you asked her enough questions?

RIDLEY: I'm not going to keep her long.

We're going to try and make things work.

Put all this behind us.

Tara.

It is a truly awful thing, Tara, to lose a loved one.

My dad was a piece of work.

But he didn't deserve that.

No.

And then your mum was institutionalised.

I mean, you lost both your parents, Tara.

For a long time, I hated her.

And then you got the bipolar diagnosis

and things began to make sense.

I always knew there was a part of her...

...just...

...sitting in here, you know?

No-one in the village I could ever really talk to.

And then Celia stepped up to fill the void.

She'd got it into her head that I needed her.

The mother that I never had.

You remember that telephone call you made that morning

to check up on her, see if she was OK?

Yeah. That's right.

Well, that phone call was recorded

at 4.18 in the afternoon,

which means that it was made after you met Vikram Assi.

It must have been later.

Like I said...

SHE CHUCKLES ...I really don't remember much.

All right.

But let's see what you do remember.

We're going to have to take this down to the station.

Tara.

Forensics have tested the tyre tracks found

at the crash scene.

They've confirmed a match for Celia Machin's car.

So it wasn't Vikram Assi who abducted you.

You think I'm gonna go quietly?!

We're done here.

SHE YELLS OUT

SHE SOBS

PHONE RINGS

SHE YELLS

TYRES SCREECH

THUD, GLASS SHATTERS, HORN BLASTS

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

Ah!

SHE PANTS IN PAIN

Ah!

PHONE RINGS

Hello. Celia Machin.

CAROL: We also found a match for the palm print

that was found on the window of your vehicle.

What have you done?

She drove you back to her place. Nowhere else to go.

We found some woollen fibres on Celia Machin's body.

They match the ones from this cardigan

that you left on Vikram Assi's boat.

So...

...you...

...are the link that we've been missing.

She offered to put me up just one night.

She said to lie low and consider my options.

This was the night you were reported missing.

I was going to message Rob.

Just to let him know I was safe.

Realised I'd left my phone in the car.

You could've called him from Celia's landline.

What would I have told him?

Now, I'm going to go and find something to help you sleep.

Things will always look better in the morning.

Poor Celia.

All she ever wanted was somebody to need her.

She smothered me.

Meddling in my life, she wasn't helping anyone.

You were in the house

all the time the police were out there looking for you.

The pills she gave me

must have knocked me out for hours at a time.

SCRAPING

I woke up in the spare room.

KNOCKING ON DOOR

She was at the front door talking to someone.

RIDLEY: Jason Dover.

I have no idea what happened to Tara Dunning.

I want you off my property,

or I shall have to call the police.

CAROL: He had no idea who Celia was hiding upstairs.

DOOR LOCK TURNS

KNOCK ON DOOR

Oh!

Tea?

How long have I been out?

A few hours.

I thought it best to let you sleep.

I'd better get back to the farm.

- Rob will be going spare. - No.

You need to rest.

You go back home,

he'll be asking all sorts of questions.

We argued...

...on the landing.

There's nothing for you on that farm!

- You've told me often enough! - She was unhinged, deranged.

It's all I've got left, thanks to you and your meddling.

You've already ruined things with Vikram.

He didn't want you.

You should be grateful I put an end to it.

You can stay here with me.

I don't want to be anywhere near you.

You have never known a proper mother's love.

That's why you are such a mess.

- Get out of my way! - Ah!

ROLLING THUDS

I could tell right away she was already dead.

HE CHUCKLES SOFTLY

Oh, no.

You see, that's another lie you've just told us.

Because we know it took her a long time to die.

So what the hell were you doing?

Just sitting there?

Watching her?

FAINT GASPING

LABOURED BREATHING

You could have phoned the police.

You could've phoned an ambulance.

You could've told them you were drugged,

told them what happened.

I saw what they did to my mother,

locked up in that place.

I was never going to let that happen to me.

SHE YELLS OUT

So when did you go to the narrow boat?

I waited till it were dark

and I walked along the towpath.

While you were mulling over framing Vikram Assi.

He thought he could just write me off.

That I'd disappear silently.

I mean, you were willing to send him...

I mean, you wanted him to go down for a murder.

He needed to be taught a lesson.

I have spent my entire career

trying to get women to be believed.

You've just made my job that much harder.

DOOR SLAMS SHUT

This interview has terminated at 2.58pm.

Hey.

Thought I'd blag a lift home.

Hmm.

I think we can manage that.

How'd it go today?

Yeah. Good.

Street's never been so clean.

Evening.

Charged her, then?

Yeah. Murder.

Perverting the course of justice.

- Never seen that coming. - Yeah.

I guess sometimes you just got to trust your gut instinct.

Speaking of which...

Thanks, Ridley.

If you've got a debt, pay it.

Absolutely.

I'm going to get home to the family.

- You do that. - Night, mate.

Hey, Annie.

Go on. What's up?

You've been off with me a couple of days now.

Ah, surprised you even noticed.

You know... You know, if this is about the other day,

I could step aside from the club so you've no distractions.

It's not just the club that's the problem, Harry.

Are you seriously giving me the brush-off

just because I might have stepped on your toes?

SHE SCOFFS

You know, I've had a lot of fun,

but I think it's time we ended things.

- Ended things? - Yeah.

We're just getting started, Annie.

I mean, I've got great plans for this place.

Yeah, well, I've made up my mind.

This club was on its knees before I stepped in,

so a bit of gratitude wouldn't go amiss.

I'll be grateful when I see the back of you.

What about my stake in the club? You owe me.

RIDLEY: We'll find a way to pay you back.

DOOR CLOSES

Oh, your timing is impeccable, as usual.

You two planned this together, did you?

No, no. No, no. You heard the lady, though.

She wants you to leave - now.

And if I decide not to sell?

Well, I might just call some of my friends

in the Fraud Squad.

- I've got nothing to hide. - Really?

You're as bent as a dog's hind leg, Harry,

- and you know it. - Speaking of which,

I've been meaning to give you this back.

It isn't really me.

I think you're making a big mistake, Annie.

Well...

My club, my rules. You know where the door is.

KEYS CLATTER

I'll give it six months.

I need a bloody drink.

DOOR BANGS Me too.

So how exactly ARE we going to pay him back?

We're flat broke.

Yeah, I know, Annie, but, look,

you know, Marling's, it's never let us down in the past.

You know, some of his ideas weren't half bad.

What? Chandeliers? Are you joking me?

- There's no way... - Ah, I dunno.

- What? - A couple of chandeliers.

THEY LAUGH

- To Marling's. - To Marling's.

UPBEAT MUSIC

♪ Do you know why?

♪ You've got feelings in your heart

♪ Don't let the fear of feeling fool you

♪ What you see sets you apart

♪ And there's nothing here to bind you

♪ It's no way for life to start

♪ But do you know that tonight

♪ The streets are ours?

♪ Tonight, the streets are ours

♪ And these lights in our hearts

♪ They tell no lies

♪ Those people

♪ They got nothing in their souls

♪ And they make our TVs blind us

♪ From our vision and our goals

♪ Oh, the trigger of time It tricks you

♪ So you have no way to grow

♪ But do you know that tonight

♪ The streets are ours?

♪ Tonight the streets are ours

♪ And these lights in our hearts

♪ They tell no lies

♪ And there's no-one else can haunt me

♪ The way that you can haunt me

♪ I need to know you want me

♪ I couldn't be without you

♪ And the light that shines around you

♪ No, nothing ever mattered more than not doubting

♪ That tonight the streets are ours

♪ Do you know how to kill loneliness at last?

♪ Oh, there's so much there to heal, dear

♪ And make tear stains of the past

♪ But do you know that tonight

♪ The streets are ours?

♪ Tonight the streets are ours

♪ These lights in our street are ours

♪ Yes, tonight the streets are ours

♪ And these lights in our hearts

♪ They tell no lies

♪ Tonight, the streets are ours... ♪

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING