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I thought this tip off was a dead cert?

You notice a betting shop around here, Cooney?

No.

You what George?

Oh, nothing.

Just I think we're wasting our time, that's all.

Hang about.

That's no blagger, that's 'Mr Bun' with the bread.

Oh shut up.

Charlie.

Like we said, old son, nice and easy does it.

All right Cooney, make a name for yourself.

Move it a bit, Charlie.

Ambulance required, junction of, er -

Junction of Kingston Avenue and Old Church Road.

Yeah, yeah.

Junction of Kingston Avenue and Old Church Road.

Crap! The Old Bill! Where'd they come from?

Shut it. Throw a left here and stop.

Barney, you see that?

Bloody nutcase.

All right Cooney.

Who taught you to drive? Evel Knievel?!

Pardon?

Hey, Cooney! Do you have to polish the car now?

No guv.

Okay, now look, you've done your Brands Hatch

number now get back in the bloody car.

Yeah, all right.

Where'd you find him? He's a nutter!

Oh, he's only holiday relief.

Where are we?

Ask Cooney?

On your bike.

So

what happened to Charlie?

Oh, I don't know

we got out of the car with the money and he took off.

And the Old Bill nabbed him?

Idunno.

- Who shopped us? - No one

I reckon we're just unlucky, that's all.

Leave off, son

the law ain't that smart. Nobody's that unlucky.

Oh, it's right what Barney said Mr Prince, we were just unlucky.

I should have done the job myself.

You said this was the way to finance the big one.

If Charlie's been nicked

he won't grass he's family.

So we're in the clear.

Except for one thing, son.

What?

It looks like we've got no driver now for Saturday don't it, stupid?

The biggest thing we'll ever see and no driver.

Well Charlie won't grass.

Morris

Go and play with the traffic.

What?

Oh, yeah.

Why do we put up with him?

Because I like him.

Hello Sara.

- Here you are dad. - Thanks, love.

Well aren't you going to ask how we got on then, eh?

You got Charlie killed, didn't you? That was clever.

- Killed? - What?

Was on the news.

- Wasn't our fault. - Who's was it, then?

Yeah, well.

Who's going to identify the body?

I suppose they'll want to drag his mum down all the way from Leeds.

Why don't you go, Sara

after all, he is your cousin.

Was.

That morgue'll be knee-deep in cozzers. She can't.

No.

Better to let 'em find out who he is than have 'em sniffing around here

especially now.

You're right dad, I'll go.

Yeah, well - that's it, innit?

Just one thing

we haven't got a chauffeur for Saturday.

We gotta find somebody then

somebody good

somebody good as Charlie

somebody safe as Charlie.

Oi! What's this?

Looks like a hair.

It is a hair, yours.

You'll make inspector yet, skip.

Not if I have to do any more driving with you, I won't.

I got the bastard, didn't I?

But not the twenty grand.

I'm only the driver

nickin' 'em's down to you.

Careful, Cooney you've got a lot of mouth for a strapper on appro.

What are you doing up here?

Well done, Cooney not bad for your first day with the squad.

Thank you sir.

Is there any news on the driver?

Apart from the fact that he's dead, no.

Name's Charlie Spencer

we've got his finger prints

he's no form.

Been very quiet lately. Few 'ringing' jobs, nothing we can make stick.

Oh, it was a wage snatch you know, guv'? Not a bank job as your man prophesied.

Yes, you're quite right, Jack more luck than judgment.

All the same, I'd still like to nick the two

boys who got away with the twenty grand

I mean, getting the driver's one thing.

Well we're onto them. George is after the next of kin.

Excuse me, sir? Oh, I'm sorry to bother you and all that, but er

I'm getting married on Friday and er

well it's short notice and all that but I was hoping that you could make it.

Well, er

yes, er, thank you Cooney. I'll try.

Yeah, well it's Friday afternoon, sir

you know, registry office. Very quiet, just a few drinks afterwards.

Yes, well, thank you er, if I can.

And erm, the wife and I, well, that is, Maria and I, were erm

we were hoping that you two could make it as well.

Bring your ladies.

FHday,er

well, my missus will be working but I suppose I could.

Yeah, yeah. Friday should be all right.

Yeah, should be our day off, Friday

we're duty squad on Saturday.

Yes, well you can't win them all, Jack. Just keep after the twenty thousand.

How'd it go, love?

See him?

He's Old Bill.

- They're onto it. - I know.

Whoops.

Oh look, there's Haskins over there.

Oh, I'm really looking forward to Paris tomorrow.

There goes another good man.

Yes, I like seeing a young man with a stake in the future

a belief in society.

How's the ulcer, guv?

Rapidly becoming anaesthetised.

Mr Haskins, nice of you to come sir.

I don't think you've met the, the wife.

Ha! You're a very lucky man, Cooney.

I'm sorry my wife couldn't come along my daughter has a music exam.

That's all right Mr Haskins, it's really very

nice of you to come at such short notice.

Good luck.

Thank you sir.

- Er, you all right for booze, guv? - Yeah, I'm fine, yeah.

Nice girl.

- Good luck. Sorry I was late. - Thank you.

Missed the wedding.

- Shame. - Yeah.

She's a nurse

know what they say about nurses, don't you?

Cheers!

- Yeah, cheers, - Have another one, guv.

- Hmm? - There you go.

Hey, steady on!

Excuse me, you're Brian's boss aren't you?

Yes I am.

Oh, do come with me? Come and meet my husband.

Meet her husband?

You got anything for me, George?

Well I checked up on old man Prince

Greg Prince they call him.

You were right he's past it.

He did a bad stretch last time round, he's over the top.

What about the daughter?

Sara? Well, nothing known. She works as a croupier in the gaming club.

Divorced. Oh, she used to be married to Ernie Kingham. Do you remember?

Went for the middle weight title.

Yeah, I remember. Got crucified by a yank, didn't he?

That's right. Anyway, they've split, about three years ago now

she puts it about a bit now, apparently

GFIT]

Since the old woman died two years ago she's been living with the old fellow

same as the son, Bernard - Barney.

Yeah, I wondered about him.

Er, he's a tough monkey, plenty of form. Look I took some details.

He knocks around with a mump-head named Morris Brass.

Limitation hard case, a bit of GBH and lightweight thieving.

Apparently he's after Sara.

Yeah, you could be right, they could be the two that had it away on their toes.

Yeah, but why would big sister turn up bold as brass at the morgue?

Well the bloke there said her aunty had asked her.

It doesn't smell right to me.

- Hello, my lucks changed! - You might be on a promise there, George.

Aren't you gonna wait for them to cut the cake?

Nah, I've had enough of Cooney's speeches already.

Where's Jack going?

Well, you know Mr Regan, can't stand weddings.

Yes, well George, we all know that marriage is a wonderful institution

with the right partner.

Yes guv.

You know, sometimes I don't understand Jack at all.

I never do.

- Have another drink. - Thank you.

Sorry.

Look dummy. When you get a spare

you add the first four from your next frame onto the ten you've already got.

Got it?

Well that's what I've done, haven't I?

Oh God help us

this lane's taken.

All night by the look of it.

Look, sport - the bloody place is empty.

Morris Brass?

Who wants to know, sunshine?

The name's Regan

Flying Squad.

So?

I want a word with you and your mate.

- Yeah. - Who's this then?

Hello Barney?

Do I know you?

No, but you will.

- Look, I don't know who you are. - The Sweeney!

Regan.

Oh yeah?

- What's all this about, then? - Charlie Spencer was your cousin, right?

Oh yeah, bad that what happened to Charlie.

Where were you when it happened?

When what happened?

When Charlie snuffed it.

When was that? I mean exactly?

Three o'clock Tuesday.

Er Tuesday

er, Lingfield park.

A long way from home.

The gee gee's - I was in the betting shop, weren't I?

Who saw you there?

Oh, a lot of blokes. I mean, er

Micky Fennessy, Archie Greenberg, Bill Hodges. Oh about half a dozen.

Yeah, and Fred Peters, the manager. He'll remember us too.

Will he?

And Fred Peters and co will all swear to that, no doubt?

L think you'll find they all will, guv.

Yeah, I'm sure they will because you've bunged them a

long one each to make sure they perjure themselves.

Have it your way, sailor.

I'll be seeing you Barney.

Fancy your chances, eh?

Not with Einstein scoring, I don't.

He susses something, Barney.

Just fishing, that's all.

Seen Sara up the morgue like we said.

Just trying to load us up

he's got no proof and he knows it.

All the same Morris, stay schtum. Don't want the old man doing his nut.

You jammy bastard.

Hey, come on.

Anyone would think this was out first time!

Brian

I know it isn't

but in a way, it is.

Look

I won't be a moment.

I'll get it.

Hello?

Yep.

Who?

Sergeant Carter?

Oh, yeah. Well, er

well send him up.

Brian!

No, no. Erm, where?

Yeah, okay. Thank you very much.

Brian!

That was George Carter

you know, Regan's skipper.

He wants a quick word with me in the American bar.

What a time to choose!

Gin and tonic please barman.

Oh no, you, erm

er, tomato juice please.

Reception

Mr Cooney here

look, he did say the American bar, didn't he?

Yeah, well I'm there now.

Look, if you spot him on the way out would you-

No, no it's all right.

Yeah, thank you very much.

Ha! How about that Carter-

Marie?

Marie!

Hello Cooney? We've got Marie here, she wants to talk to you.

Well talk to him

just say 'hello'.

Say anymore and it'll be your last mistake.

Oh God.

Just 'hello', just so he'll know who you are.

NOW!

Hello.

B-Brian

is that you Brian?

They've cut all my hair off and they've-

Now get this right, first time

go to the service bay under the hotel

there's a blue Jag waiting.

Now be there.

Oh, Mr Cooney, no cavalry or we'll stripe her.

Hold on.

Hello?

Oh God.

Carter.

Hello.

Is Mr Regan there please?

No. Who wants him?

- When will he be back? - Well, he's due any minute.

Oi

that you Cooney?

Yeah.

Now don't tell me you're asking for police assistance?

No.

No.

I thought you were on your honeymoon, mate?

Listen son, I'm a man of limited experience

but if there's anything I can do for you -

Yeah, all right. Sorry skip.

- Forget it, eh? - All right.

- I'll tell him you called shall I? - Yeah thanks.

'Ere Brian. Listen son, if it's anything urgent-

Suit yourself.

That's nice, no playmates.

- Inside, face down. - Hang about, hang about.

If you want to see your mum again stay schtum.

What you doing here, guv?

Oh to tell you the truth I was just looking for some of your stuff, the wife's gonna

Heard you'd been after young Prince.

D'you get anywhere?

He's got a bogus alibi and he smells.

We'll pull him in.

I want a bit more before I do.

A bit more? What have you got now?

Nothing.

Marvellous.

I don't know how I came to drink all that.

No guv.

How many did I have?

All right, never mind.

Look, I'll leave you to it.

Well we're working on it.

Yes well, all work and no play makes Jack -

Did we get Cooney a present?

I don't know, did we?

Jack, he's your driver, you're responsible for him.

Yeah, I know.

Morning George.

Night guv.

You enjoy the wedding?

- Anything on Spencer? - Nah, nothing we didn't know already.

There are no records either here or in Criminal Intelligence

about anybody working as an associate to Charlie Spencer for the last three years

except Morris Brass.

Well he must have driven for somebody

you don't get a reputation like that for nothing.

Nah.

We could spread a few bob around

see if any grass comes up with the latest SP?

Yeah, that's an idea George.

You fancy a drink?

No, I told the wife-

Yeah all right, come on.

- Here, Cooney get hold of you? - Cooney?

Yeah, he was on the blower. Said he wanted you.

- Me? why? - I dunno.

Oh look don't send me up George, I'm too tired

for your Christmas cracker honeymoon jokes.

I'm not sending you up

it was very serious.

No, he's having me on

you've got to hand it to him, he'll stop at nothing on that bloody ego-trip of his.

You don't have to tell me

'ere, did you see Jimmy Southern?

Now that's the proposition, Mr Cooney.

So what do you say?

I say you're mad - you're bloody mad!

I need a driver

we've sussed your track record

you're very good.

What's your problem

don't you want ten thousand quid?

I want my wife, that's what I want.

You'll have her, all nicely wrapped up

to take back to the bridal suite.

As soon as the job is over.

You ba -

Bastard.

If you say so.

But I'm holding all the cards, aren't I?

So what do you say?

Drop - drop dead.

You're a right toff, Mr Cooney.

Take him up.

Here she is

Cooney.

Marie!

Marie!

There, cozzer.

I'll kill you! I'll bloody kill the lot Of you!

Look at her.

No.

Look.

Marie.

Marie, are you all right love?

Yes.

Yes.

God.

Brian.

Why have they done this to us?

Get - get help.

Please - please!

That's enough.

Still, sunshine.

She's had about as much as she can take Cooney.

If you don't co-operate

she may have to take a lot more.

She's got a pretty face, Cooney.

Why don't we keep it like that?

You don't want to look at her every day and feel responsible do you?

Leave her alone.

Look, leave her alone!

That's down to you lover boy.

Don't you want her back Cooney?

All in one piece?

We're not playing games, sonny.

You're a copper, you've been around.

You know what we can do to her

if we put our minds to it.

Well if

if

I do whatever you want

- you'll let her go? - Yeah

after the job.

All right.

Well let her go.

Wise up, sunshine.

All right, love.

It's gonna be all right.

Don't worry I'll -

You'll what?

Okay

you win.

What do you want me to do?

Stay here tonight for starters.

I can't. The hotel, I mean. I've got to go back

look, I've got plane tickets tomorrow.

You're going nowhere, sonny.

- Care for a drink, sir? - No thank you. I'd prefer to play.

One hundred thousand pounds.

Gentlemen, the game is poker.

Dealers choice at table stakes of a hundred thousand pounds for each player.

There's no credit and if any player loses his

stake he retires from the game, accepted?

- Yes. - First Jack calls.

Seven card stud.

Er, six to bet.

One thousand pounds.

Your call, sir.

Gentlemen, how about a change of game?

- Why not? - Five card draw?

New deck.

Certainly sir.

Room service.

Freeze! That's for starters.

Next one gets his head blown off.

Don't try anything, Cooney.

Oh shut up will you. I'm just doing my coat up.

On the deck, face down!

You've been sensible so far. Don't do anything stupid.

Get after them, after them!

On your way, sonny.

Hello

hello!

Hello!

Oh, at last.

Give me the police

the police!

What?!

Ah, room 320.

Hurry!

Six hundred thousand pounds

has been stolen!

Most of it mine!

I'll take my chances with the police.

And if any of you want to see any of your money back

You got no lousy choice!

Gentlemen, I feel I must warn you

the police are likely to be unfriendly about your money.

Would you like a drink?

Six thousand big 'uns

- what do you think about that, Pop? - Yeah, had it off son, haven't we?

Sweet as a nut, Cooney

you're on the firm now,

One of the chaps.

- What's the matter with you, cozzer? - Shut up, will ya?

I've just cut my 'ead.

Look, this game's quite legal.

Yeah, these gentlemen were playing for money, but-

Flying Squad, we got the call on MP

Detective Inspector Regan. What's all this about?

Well it's true, we've been robbed

two men come in with guns and they take away six hundred thousand pounds.

Blimey

is he joking?

Any descriptions yet?

Descriptions, descriptions, talk, talk. Go! Catch them!

Yeah, um.

Could anybody recognise them again?

How about you, miss?

Well well.

You look just like Sara Prince.

Miss Sara Prince, or is it Mrs?

Miss.

- What are you doing here? - I'm a croupier.

No kidding.

Look the people running the game, taking part in the game, asked me.

I usually work at the Bullion Club, they all know me.

Yeah, but do you know the villains that got away with, er

six hundred thousand pounds?

How could I know 'em?

Look, inspector

I

am only too happy to co-operate.

Only just please do something.

Well, for a start, you can all make statements to this officer here.

Look, inspector

this was a small game between friends.

Okay, you can call it illegal if you want -

I'll say I can

six hundred thousand pounds?

Over half a million quid and you call it a friendly?

Don't come it. This was the big pot, right?

Look, inspector

if it is a matter of Exchange Control regulations

You're damned right it's a matter of Exchange Control regulations

breach of Exchange Control regulations.

My money is a private matter.

Any enquiries you wish to make on that score

I suggest you direct them to my country's embassy.

In the meantime I think that you'd be better employed

in capturing two armed and dangerous bandits

who have stolen a vast quantity of money.

You what?

I suggest that you stop harrassing foreign visitors to your country

and get on with the job that you are paid to do.

- Bloody cheek! - All right, all right.

Now - statements.

Ladies first.

I was hired by a reputable gaming house

to demonstrate dealing techniques.

- Do leave off, love. - Inspector Regan.

If I might just have a word

outside.

Go down and tell Wilson where we are, George.

Yeah, okay.

Er, sergeant

take a statement from this young lady, will you?

In over the weekend, guv?

I thought I was just collecting statistics for the ACC's quarterly report

and then I heard that you'd rowed yourself in here.

Yeah well, we are Duty Squad, guv.

I know, I know, you were bored out of your mind waiting for the classified to come up

and then suddenly - manna from heaven on the air

a robbery at a posh hotel.

Six hundred grand, guv.

So they say.

Jack, you've involved yourself, your firm and what's more to the point, me

with foreigners, embassies, politicians

the Home Office and almost certainly questions in the House.

Look, it's Saturday afternoon. We're all very tired.

Biggest break that uniform sergeant in there's

ever had. Now be reasonable for once.

Go back in there, get Carter, go home and settle for Match of the Day.

But there's a connection in there, guv.

You won't get anything out of them unless you promise them immunity.

What?

We've got no choice. If you threaten them they'll shut up.

They've brought in a load of hot money! I can hold them for questioning.

And carve out a very promising career for yourself as a traffic warden.

Look Jack, from where I sit they're just a bunch of big-time gamblers who've been done

it's probably a set up.

- Yeah, I go along with that. - Yeah

if we manage to get their money back for them, then our police remain wonderful.

- Right. - At the moment

we're a good deal less wonderful than 'O' Division CID.

Yeah, all right, guv

I'll just go and put the local factory in the picture.

Right, thanks Jack

just do that and no more.

- Oi guv! - Yeah?

- You're CID, right? - That's right.

- Yeah, well I saw the car, didn't I? - You what?

- I saw the getaway car. - Can you give us a description?

Four blokes, one of them fast foreign jobs.

Yeah, go on.

Well, I was carrying these bags see? Bloody heavy they were too

- I think they came from the airport- - Yeah all right. What about the car?

Well, it comes out like the clappers don't

it? Do you know, it nearly knocked him down.

What happened then?

Well, erm

it comes out like the clappers, then as I say, it suddenly stops.

- Stops? - Yeah, to let me cross the road

I was carrying these four bags you see.

Yeah, I see.

Yeah, cheers.

Pleasure.

Marie.

That hotel, what a bloody hassle.

- Marie, please. - No, don't look at me.

Marie.

There

see what you've married?

Come on

COITIG on.

I think I married a very brave girl.

Brian, I told you not to do it.

Yeah, yeah. Look everything's all right, don't worry.

I think I'd better phone the guv'nor, don't you?

Oh, no, you can't.

If you tell

if you go

anyway that Regan, he won't believe that you did it for me

not now.

No, you're right-

- Still, I mean, I didn't take their money did I? Perhaps he'll- - No more Brian

please.

I couldn't go through any more.

Ah!

'Ere, what did you tell that divisional D.l?

To get on with it

he's gonna keep me posted. He's an old mate.

So we just forget it, I mean seriously?

Not bloody likely!

- Well it could all be a coincidence. - Yeah, and it couldn't.

Sara Prince's cousin, and in all probability, her brother

and that horizontal heavyweight

knock over a cashier carrying twenty grand.

Now four days later she happens to be around

when six hundred grand goes for a walk.

So the wage snatch financed the big coup.

Oh come off it, guv! We're really gonna have to bust a gut

to break Barney and Morry's alibis.

And the only thing you'll get that Sara on is contravening the Gaming Act.

And what's that? Thirty quid fine, top whack?

Regan.

Yeah, hello Steve.

Yeah.

Yeah, course I expected that.

Are you sure?

Yeah

well what about the blokes on holiday or sick leave?

Okay.

Well thanks for ringing.

Steve Hunter, Traffic.

Yeah?

They've found the car, BMW - the hotel job

it was dumped out in Slough.

Nothing in it except a standard issue Metropolitan

Police ball pen under the drivers' seat.

You know, that hotel porter

he said the getaway driver stopped to let him cross the road

a copper?

No.

No Steve said that no Met copper's got a car with that registration

and no copper's reported his car stolen.

I wish we'd never let Cooney gets us into this.

Oh, hello love.

Everything okay, then?

Yeah.

Kritsky rang last night

- got to Tangier okay. - Yeah?

Take about three weeks for the reddies to get to us.

Well then, that's a hundred thousand quid a piece.

So what are you looking so miserable about?

The Old Bill, dad, it's too quiet.

Nah, they didn't get nowhere

listen, it was a bent game, you know that. Those foreign toffs don't want any trouble

and the law hasn't got enough to go on anyway.

Yeah, but-

Did you cop the 2:30?

What?

Morry here put a tenner on the favourite - comes last.

Come out the bloody stalls backwards!

I tell you what darling

you'd better come with his share quick, or he's gonna be skint!

Real boracic, Sara!

You'll have to wait.

Oh, cop her, 'eh?

- Who's for a drink then? - Yeah, I like your style, Barney.

No scotch?

There's a full case 'round the back. What's the matter with you? You paralysed?

Okay Pop, keep your rag on

come on muscles.

Ooh, that Morry! What a pain.

Yeah

- he fancies you. - Don't I know.

You shouldn't gee him up like that.

He's useful.

Bleedin' heart case you are

just like your poor old mum.

Oh, that silly bleeder!

What?

He's fallen down the stairs!

Who's having one then, eh?

All right, all right -just a small one.

Woah.

At least you two haven't lost your sense of humour.

I was just telling her, you know we got away with blue murder

- we should be bloody grateful. - Oh shut up dad!

All right, all right.

Come on, what's up with big sis then, eh?

Come on, Pop's right

nobody stuffs poor Charlie

and Regan never came back after.

- Regan? - Yeah, Regan

the Sweeney bloke who bent our ears at the bowl.

Regan was the D.l. at the hotel.

Remember Carter, his mate?

Flash, fair hair?

He was the one that was onto me at the morgue.

What did you tell him?

What did you say?

Eh, that looks terrific.

It's cheap and nasty.

Hey now look sweetheart, you've got to pull yourself together

look, we've been through this a hundred times before.

Life's gotta go on, you know?

Yeah

Yes

I know Brian.

But I'll try

I promise.

Listen

why don't you get yourself down to the doctors and, er

well tell him you can't sleep or something

- get him to give you a tonic. - All right, all right

look, it's half past eight already I think you'd better go.

Yeah, all right.

Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot.

Is it, it is all right?

B?an?

Yeah.

Yeah love, everything's fine.

Look I'm sorry love, I've gotta rush.

All right?

Bye love. I'll see you tonight.

So Haskins goes up to the fifth floor and he meets this big dark cloud

and a voice booms out of it, 'Do not make waves Francis.'

- So we just let it slide then? - Oh you know what they're like

we don't want any diplomatic repercussions

it's bad for tourism

bad for the pound and all that.

The Swiss geezer was the only one who complained anyway.

He must have been winning.

Well he got over it pretty quick he flew back to the Edelweiss yesterday.

So bang goes your theory about a Prince connection then?

Oh, Barney and Morry's alibis are cast iron.

Naturally.

They could have been involved in both jobs.

Yeah, but Cooney's loused that up for you, ain't he?

Eh?

Killing their stoppo.

Yeah. I'll kill him if he don't get a move on.

Well they could have recruited another driver.

Yeah.

Yeah, I know a copper who leaves police pens all over the place.

And stops to let people cross the road before he leaves the scene of the crime?

That's the one.

It's happened before you know, George?

Yeah, in Hawaii Five-O.

Here he is.

Sorry I'm late, guv.

'Book him, Danno'.

Traffic.

Yeah, it always is your first day back, Casanova.

- Do you mind if I put this in the back? - Eh? Oh no, that's all right.

Right, where to, guv?

Hammersmith Flyover - we're still on the hi-jack job.

How was the honeymoon then, Coons?

Oh okay, okay.

Is that all?

- Yeah well, the wife weren't too well. - Sorry to hear that.

Oh nerves I suppose.

We, er, we come back early.

From Paris? When'd you get back?

We come back Sunday morning actually.

That's a shame, that. You were only having a long weekend anyway, weren't you?

Yeah, two days high life in Montmartre.

You seem to have had that all right.

Yeah I, er, just bumped it.

I won't ask how you did it.

In the car actually, I

pulled up a bit sharp and, er

windscreen.

Clunk cluck, old son.

Er, guv'nor

read that at the bottom there, I think you'll find that quite interesting.

Yeah.

Just pull up here, Cooney.

George, listen. I've got a meeting this morning, I forgot all about it

so you go on and I'll get a cab, eh?

Okay, guv.

'Ere, have you got one of the firm's pens on you, Coons?

Oh-

- Hello Mr Regan. - Hello Marie.

- How's the new? - Oh Brian's gone

- you've missed him. - Yes, I know.

Oh.

Yeah, I was just passing and I thought I'd, er, call in

have a little chat.

- Would you like a- - Oh no, no. I don't want to hold you up.

I was only going down the shops.

Well fine - I'll walk with you if you don't mind?

No

no, of course not.

I just wondered if everything was all right?

All right?

Yeah, I spoke to Brian this morning

he seemed a bit edgy, you know? A bit uptight.

Just wondered if everything was all right?

Yeah, yeah

everything's fine.

Bit nervy are you?

What?

- Well Brian, he said your nerves- - Oh did he?

Oh, yeah they are a bit

it's all the excitement. Getting married and that

it's a big business, isn't it.?

Yes, it is.

Something's different.

Your hair.

- Hair? Oh, this. - I like your own hair better

you've got lovely hair.

Oh, lots of people wear wigs these days, don't they?

Oh, do they? What, with hair like yours?

Well it's up to me if I want to wear a wig, isn't it?

Oh sure, sure yeah.

How was Paris, then?

Erm

we didn't go.

You didn't go? I thought Brian said you came back early?

I must have misunderstood him.

- I wasn't feeling very well. - Well Brian said, yeah.

So there's nothing at all? No problems?

Are you, okay for money?

Money?

Well most young people have difficulties these days, don't they?

Hah. No, no

not exactly rich but we've got plenty of money.

I see.

'Ere look, do me a favour, love? Don't tell Brian

that I called. I don't want him thinking I'm fussing.

No, I won't.

Well, I'll get off then.

- Glad you're better. - Yeah, bye.

- Where to now, guv? - Just up the road there.

- Something on? - There will be soon

big shift of notes from the Southern Bank over there

three o'clock Wednesday afternoon. We're just doing the final checks.

- Are we guarding it? - No, no. That's the security firm's job.

Just one van, that's all

twenty thousand nicker in old notes in the one van.

Yeah?

Well it's nonsense, I mean Cooney

what possible evidence do you have?

There's a cut on the side of his head.

That could be with braking suddenly

and the witness saw the getaway car brake hard.

Did the witness see him take the money?

Would he know him again? Identify him?

Guv'nor, he had ten thousand pounds put in his bank account on Monday.

Ten thousand quid. How do you explain that?

Legacy? Win on the pools? Could be a marriage settlement?

Her old man runs a tobacconists in Felixstowe

where's he gonna get hold of ten grand?

Jack, I have to have more than supposition to suspend a man.

The wedding night phone call, the cancelled honeymoon

they're both behaving very strangely, guv. You can hardly get a word out of him.

I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

And mum's fluttering like a leaf and she's taken to wearing a wig!

A Wig? With hair like that?

I'll say one thing, it's a rotten one. I don't think they're spending the money yet.

Somebody could be loading him up?

Who'd want to load up Cooney?

Now look, guv

as the officer in charge of the motor that Cooney's driving I'm responsible for him.

Now if he gets into trouble they'll throw the book at me.

They'll do me for lack of supervision. Now I'm not wearing that, guv.

He is bent. Face it, he's gotta be.

George?

I'm sorry, guv - I think he's bent.

All right, let's have him in. It's time I talked to him.

- Could you leave it a day, guv? - What?

I've put a job his way.

Now he tells me.

The day after tomorrow - it's his day off.

What did Sara say?

- Well she didn't want to know. - Ah, easy for her.

Don't smoke over the table!

What do you want out of it?

Twenty-five?

I could do with a bit of that. We'll be waiting forever for the other-

Shut it!

You'll drive?

Oh yeah, but, um, you'll have to supply the car. All right?

What? Why have you gone bent all of a sudden, eh?

You gave me ten grand, right?

Well, I just realised what a drag it is living on thirty-five quid a week.

Phone me here tonight, after six o'clock. All right?

Do you want this?

Why not?

What you gonna tell the old man?

Nah, his bottle's gone.

What the hell's he up to?

You daft bastard, Cooney! There's no way out of here!

Shut up, this is my manor remember?

Get an ambulance!

All right Cooney, try not to move.

Ambulance is on its way.

I'm okay.

You weren't on the take, were you son?

No... no. It was blackmail.

They had Maria.

I, I had to get my own back, guv'nor.

I've... I've ruined my chances in the job, haven't I?

Yeah, I'm afraid so, son.

Were all the Princes involved?

Yeah, all of them.

Including the girl? Sara?

Especially the girl.

Don't worry Brian, we'll get her. And the old man.

So it's thanks to Cooney then?

You know what they say?

What's that?

If you can't take a joke, you shouldn't have joined.