A.T.o.F. S07 E01. Line of Fire. Part 1 of 2.

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First broadcast 25th December 1999.  DI Frost investigates the murder of a policeman murdered during a sting of a ring of international; car thieves and someone murdering local pets.   David Jason - DI Jack Frost Bruce Alexander - Supt. Mullett Paul Jesson - DS Dorridge Nicky Henson - DS Larry Finlay Beth Goddard - Helen Fox Georgia Mackenzie - WPC Susan Kavanagh Lindy Whiteford - Shirley Fisher Christopher Hollis - Det Insp Mark Newcombe Daniel Caltagirone - Ray English Ben Caplan - Sam Goodwin Arthur White - PC Ernest 'Ernie' Trigg James McKenna - Sgt. Don Brady Emma Cooke - Sally Wainwright Amanda Haberland - Tracy Cockroft Tara Moran - Anne Moore Martina Laird - Miriam Madikane David Spinx - Dick Rycroft Trevor Byfield - George English Ryan Leigh - Keith Sally Knyvette - Mrs. Harper Michael Simkins - Mr. Harper Ian Embleton - Dennis Tanner Osmund Bullock - Peter Davidson Bernard Holley - Chief Constable Ali Bastian - Lisa Harper Heather Phoenix - Bank Cashier David Gooderson - Derek Simpkins, Pathologist Jack Chissick - Man with Cat Lesley Nicol - Mrs. Cockroft Joan Campion - Mrs. Lampkin Justin Burrows - DC Tim Fox Graeme Hawley - RCS Detective 1 Sarah Niles - WPC #1 Kati Williamson - RCS Detective 2 Paula Masdon - Canteen Lady Andrew Norris - Barman Christine Brennan - WPC 2

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00:00:30I don't know.

00:01:00I see.

00:01:29What sort of accident?

00:01:32How bad?

00:01:36Okay.

00:01:37Yeah.

00:01:38She's here.

00:01:40I'll bring her down.

00:01:41Tracy!

00:02:02What?

00:02:03What?

00:02:04What?

00:02:05What?

00:02:07Oh, Trigg, look at this.

00:02:12Look.

00:02:13Ninety-six quid.

00:02:14I never use the phone.

00:02:17Do you think that someone could be tapping into my line?

00:02:20They do that with electricity, you know.

00:02:22Yeah, that's a point.

00:02:23The bloke next door's draining the national grid with his Christmas lights.

00:02:28Do you think I could nick some of his power?

00:02:30Hey, you got your Christmas lights up, don't you, Jack?

00:02:32Well, I might change the kitchen bulb from a sixty to a hundred block, that's about it.

00:02:37But you don't have a Christmas, then?

00:02:38Right.

00:02:40My sister-in-law in Canada always invites me over, but I never go.

00:02:43Well, you should buy here.

00:02:44Why not?

00:02:45Because she knows that if she asks, I'll never go.

00:02:52Oh, Jack.

00:02:52Yeah?

00:02:53Have you read that report on the burglary at Kimmington?

00:02:55Oh, yeah, that's right.

00:02:56Dorage wants me to take a look.

00:02:57He reckons there's a pattern.

00:02:58Honestly, the time detectives take finding patterns, it's a wonder they don't take up nitty.

00:03:06Well?

00:03:06Hmm?

00:03:07What?

00:03:08Oh.

00:03:08Hmm.

00:03:09I wouldn't bother with a vet, sir.

00:03:12This cat has been shot.

00:03:13Not another one.

00:03:14Yeah.

00:03:15You're new, are you constable?

00:03:24Yes, sir.

00:03:26Oh.

00:03:27Get a transfer.

00:03:29I won't say that we've exactly been forgotten by HQ, but the Red Cross still drops food parcels

00:03:34by parachute.

00:03:36Well, I'm just here on attachment, sir.

00:03:38Ah, well, very sensible.

00:03:40Have you go in there, you'll find Sergeant Brady at the front desk.

00:03:43You can't miss him.

00:03:45He's the one with the dead cat.

00:03:46You can't miss him.

00:03:46He's the one with the dead cat.

00:04:13Hello?

00:04:17Hello?

00:04:19Hello?

00:04:19Oh, er, Mrs. Cockroft.

00:04:37I'm her neighbour.

00:04:38She's out.

00:04:38Oh, er, I'm Detective Inspector Frost, Denton CID.

00:04:43And we're looking for my sergeant.

00:04:45He came about the burglary.

00:04:48It was the fish that upset him most.

00:04:52Tracy told me that.

00:04:54He smashed the tank.

00:04:56Killed all his fish.

00:04:57Yes.

00:05:00Sorry, do you know if my sergeant...

00:05:02Oh, your sergeant was here.

00:05:04He took her, Mrs. Cockroft, in his car.

00:05:08Mr. Cockroft, there's been an accident at the power station.

00:05:13He's dead.

00:05:13All right, what happened?

00:05:29He was up there.

00:05:30Skived off for a fag.

00:05:33Looks as if a rail gave way.

00:05:36He might have survived the fall, but not the hundred tons of coal that landed on top of him.

00:05:40My dad of the Cockroft would be that worried about a burglary.

00:05:42It was a tough break, Sammy.

00:05:51A tough break.

00:06:12So, how's it going?

00:06:34You're all set for Christmas?

00:06:38Going away?

00:06:39Mm, Marbella.

00:06:40Barbados.

00:06:42Oh, I'm sorry.

00:06:43I sort of assumed you two...

00:06:45Strictly business with us, Mr. Davidson.

00:06:47I am the brains.

00:06:49And the beauty.

00:06:50What is it you do, Dick?

00:06:52Have you got it?

00:06:59Have you got it?

00:07:09And a cross for us New Year.

00:07:11Well, there we go, some gorgeous late-night Christmas music run to the table.

00:07:20I think that's enough of that, don't you?

00:07:41Tim Fox, Detective Constable, Regional Crime Squad.

00:07:55One shot, close range.

00:07:58Time?

00:07:59Doctor's estimate's between nine and midnight.

00:08:02Found this morning by a Mrs. Hardy about eight o'clock.

00:08:06She's walking her dog.

00:08:08Looks as if he was standing by the lake eating a burger.

00:08:24Any sign of another vehicle?

00:08:26No, nothing yet.

00:08:29There is something you should see, then.

00:08:31Yeah.

00:08:38Close and a thousand pounds.

00:08:43Well, he wasn't mugged then, was he?

00:08:46Well, here comes the cavalry.

00:08:49Jack!

00:08:50Sir.

00:08:51Be I, Mark Newcombe.

00:08:52Jack Frost.

00:08:53What happened?

00:08:54Well, so far, all we know is he's been shot.

00:08:58Thanks for getting things started, Jack.

00:08:59Thanks for getting things started, Jack.

00:09:00Yes.

00:09:01Thanks for getting things started, Jack.

00:09:22Thanks for getting things started, Jack.

00:09:29Much appreciated.

00:09:30Getting started?

00:09:32Tim's one of mine.

00:09:34Besides, we know the people who did it.

00:09:36I can't just walk away from the scene of crime without my senior officer.

00:09:41It's already done.

00:09:42Superintendent Mullet has agreed you hand the case over to me.

00:09:48Well, there's a large sum of money in your DC's car.

00:09:52I doubt it was his Christmas bonus.

00:10:20What are you doing here?

00:10:22We've got a problem.

00:10:23Couldn't it wait?

00:10:23No.

00:10:24It seems I've been kicked off my investigation by Detective Superintendent Finley on your orders.

00:10:30Look, this tragic murder is clearly related to the regional crime squad's investigation.

00:10:35They have months of information and surveillance.

00:10:37All the evidence for some quick arrests.

00:10:39That means they've got all the answers before anyone's asked the questions.

00:10:42I can't have my CID officers duplicating the work of others.

00:10:45Well, it's not a decision you should have made without telling me, sir.

00:10:49I'm sorry, Jack.

00:10:50It's Finley's case and that's the end of it.

00:10:51Sir, is that the chief constable?

00:11:00He's the guest of honour.

00:11:01Hi, sir.

00:11:04Hi.

00:11:05Hello, Jack.

00:11:05Hi.

00:11:06Long time.

00:11:07Yes.

00:11:07Nice to see you again, sir.

00:11:08I think you all sort of do.

00:11:10Not mine, really.

00:11:11No, no, no, no.

00:11:12I'm just a gatecrasher, sir.

00:11:13I've just popped in to see, Mr Mullet, we've got a problem.

00:11:17It's a serious one for the force, but Mr Mullet is sorting it out.

00:11:21Well, it's not really a problem.

00:11:23It's about DC Fox's murder, sir.

00:11:26Well, Mr Mullet is concerned, quite rightly too, sir.

00:11:30The investigation is being run by the regional crime squad.

00:11:36That's very nice of you.

00:11:37Thank you very much, yeah.

00:11:37See, there may be a very good reason why DC Fox had £1,000 in cash in the glove compartment of the car, you see.

00:11:46But it's not going to look very good for the press, is it, when they find out that the inquiry is being held by his own governor and all his old mates?

00:11:57I didn't know.

00:11:59You're quite right, Mullet.

00:12:00We must be seen to be beyond reproach in these matters.

00:12:04Put Jack back in.

00:12:05I'll leave you to talk to Finlay.

00:12:06If he's got a problem with it, you tell him it was my decision.

00:12:11Have a good Christmas, Jack.

00:12:11Thank you. And you, sir. Very good. Thank you.

00:12:13Ladies and gentlemen, lunch of your start.

00:12:15Excuse me.

00:12:16Just before you go into lunch, I wonder if you'd mind making that phone call to Finlay.

00:12:19Yes.

00:12:20No, no, if you could do it now, sir, because I know at least the lunches tend to drag on.

00:12:25There's a phone at reception, sir.

00:12:27Can you see there?

00:12:28Everyone knows smoking's banned on sight.

00:12:32I mean, that's a dangerous spot.

00:12:33I mean, the safety rails are as rusty as hell.

00:12:38Andy was breaking the rules, so he wouldn't reckon on compensation.

00:12:41That's hardly what the Cockcrofts are going to be worried about now.

00:12:43Yeah, but if they play their cards right and hit the bosses with the bad publicity,

00:12:47they could score a lot of money.

00:12:49Is that all you can say?

00:12:52I've got to go.

00:12:55Listen, I've got to pay my respects.

00:12:57Can you drop in?

00:12:58Give Mrs Cockcroft my condolences.

00:13:00If I go around, she'll only feel she's got to ask me,

00:13:02and then she can do without the fuss.

00:13:04Still keeping up appearances, Dad.

00:13:07Why don't you say you can't be bothered?

00:13:08Try looking where you're bloody well going.

00:13:36I'm Detective Inspector Frost, Denton Seal.

00:13:38I've got an appointment with your governor.

00:13:40Where is he?

00:13:42In there.

00:13:43Oh.

00:13:44Perhaps you'd be kind enough to show me.

00:13:47And it's mind where you're bloody well going, sir.

00:13:50All right?

00:13:51Now, it's not about keeping information back,

00:13:54but it is about what Detective Inspector Frost needs to know

00:13:57and what he doesn't.

00:13:58We already know who shot Tim Fox.

00:14:00And we're going to make sure they all go down for it for so long

00:14:03they'll be lucky to come out on Zimmer frames.

00:14:05But we've got to make sure Denton CID

00:14:08don't frighten off our villains

00:14:09before we get a chance to move in.

00:14:11There's a lot of Tim's work in this,

00:14:13and he wouldn't thank us

00:14:14if we let a bunch of plods screw it up.

00:14:16Oh, and one more thing.

00:14:18You barsters will all retire

00:14:20without being half the Detective Jack Frost is.

00:14:22Just remember that.

00:14:23So whatever he wants,

00:14:25you haven't got the answer.

00:14:27Even if it's only the weight of the bog,

00:14:28you're still sending them to me.

00:14:30OK?

00:14:34Oh.

00:14:36Let's just call it a...

00:14:38backhanded compliment, Jack.

00:14:40I very rarely get compliments

00:14:42from senior officers,

00:14:44backhanded or otherwise.

00:14:46Still, beggars can't be choosers.

00:14:50Right.

00:14:52Let's get to it.

00:14:53Let's get to it.

00:14:54Let's go.

00:14:58All right, we're joking.

00:15:11No, we're going to the carousel.

00:15:12How should we treat you?

00:15:18I want to call in at the Cockrofts later.

00:15:21What for?

00:15:23I offer our condolences.

00:15:26Got anything else gross lined up?

00:15:28Tracy won't think it's gross.

00:15:29Eh?

00:15:30There's nothing women go for

00:15:32like a bit of compassion.

00:15:33You know,

00:15:34shoulder to cry on.

00:15:36You still fancy it, don't you?

00:15:38Yeah, right.

00:15:40You know, Sammy,

00:15:41it's a well-known fact

00:15:42that when women experience death,

00:15:45I mean of those close to them,

00:15:46they have a deep-seated need

00:15:47to screw.

00:15:49Call it

00:15:49an affirmation of life

00:15:50and all that.

00:15:52You're the one who fancied Tracy.

00:15:54Oh, I see.

00:15:55So you don't want my cast-off.

00:15:56Is that what you're saying?

00:15:58You were right against you already.

00:15:59She chucked you

00:16:00when her old man told you

00:16:01to steer clear or else.

00:16:02And that little pillock

00:16:03of a mate who follows you around.

00:16:05Yeah, I think those were

00:16:06his precise words.

00:16:07Oi!

00:16:07I don't follow anyone.

00:16:10Oh.

00:16:25So,

00:16:26basically it's about

00:16:27stolen cars.

00:16:28Top-of-the-line stuff.

00:16:29Mercs, Jags, BMW,

00:16:31Lexus.

00:16:32It's thieving on a grand scale.

00:16:34In a year,

00:16:34they'll shift maybe

00:16:35a thousand motors.

00:16:37What's this place, then?

00:16:38Is this where you give them

00:16:39a service and an M.O.T.

00:16:40and send them back

00:16:41to the owners?

00:16:42Or what?

00:16:43These cars are being cloned

00:16:45with the identities

00:16:45of other vehicles

00:16:46that we want next.

00:16:47After they're stolen,

00:16:48they'll be shipped out of Europe.

00:16:50For the moment,

00:16:50it's mainly West Africa,

00:16:52South Africa.

00:16:53It's like drugs.

00:16:54No point closing down the dealer

00:16:55if the network stays intact.

00:16:57We need vehicles

00:16:58that can be followed

00:16:59through the distribution chain

00:17:00to the other end

00:17:01by police in Cape Town,

00:17:02Lagos, wherever.

00:17:03So you plant your own?

00:17:06We use satellite tracking system.

00:17:12Oh, yeah.

00:17:14Have we reached the limit

00:17:15of what you intend

00:17:17to let me know yet, sir?

00:17:21Jag, after 18 months,

00:17:24we're close to a result.

00:17:26When we go in,

00:17:27it will be with other

00:17:28auto theft squads

00:17:29in Europe and Africa.

00:17:30I meant it when I said

00:17:32that Tim wouldn't want

00:17:33your murder investigation

00:17:34to blow all our work apart.

00:17:41Now, these are foot soldiers, mostly.

00:17:44Drivers, thieves,

00:17:45forgers, heavies.

00:17:46Body shops will do work

00:17:47on the side.

00:17:48Car salesmen will pass on

00:17:49the names and addresses

00:17:50of their customers.

00:17:51Freight companies

00:17:52will provide forge manifests.

00:17:54Over here.

00:17:54Now, here we have

00:17:59Dick Rycroft,

00:18:01Miriam Madikani.

00:18:02He's English,

00:18:04she's South African.

00:18:05They run the British end.

00:18:07And they're the ones

00:18:08who are responsible

00:18:08for Tim's death.

00:18:10Pull them now.

00:18:12In 12 hours,

00:18:13the whole network

00:18:13will vanish.

00:18:14So you reckon

00:18:17he was shot

00:18:17by this mob?

00:18:18I don't reckon.

00:18:20I don't know.

00:18:21Why?

00:18:22He was a cop

00:18:22who was on their backs.

00:18:25You're here

00:18:25to do the spade work.

00:18:27Get it right.

00:18:29We need those

00:18:29murder charges

00:18:30to stick.

00:18:34Well,

00:18:35call me old-fashioned

00:18:36if you like,

00:18:37but I've never been

00:18:37too comfortable

00:18:38with deciding

00:18:39who did what

00:18:41before I've seen

00:18:41the evidence.

00:18:42What about

00:18:43this thousand pounds

00:18:44that was found

00:18:45in DC Fox's car?

00:18:48No one throws

00:18:49accusations of corruption

00:18:50at my unit.

00:18:51Tim Fox

00:18:52was not on the take.

00:18:53Never.

00:18:54Under any circumstances.

00:18:58All right.

00:18:59Spade work

00:19:00is dirty business.

00:19:02I'll see if I can

00:19:02dig up some evidence,

00:19:04but I can't guarantee

00:19:05that you will like it.

00:19:06single shot

00:19:12fired when the victim

00:19:13was close

00:19:13facing the killer.

00:19:15.38 caliber

00:19:16entered the

00:19:18pericardial cavity

00:19:19directly,

00:19:20resulting in the

00:19:21cardiovascular failure

00:19:22that was the cause

00:19:23of death.

00:19:24He found the bullet.

00:19:27Any sign of a struggle?

00:19:29No bruising,

00:19:30no defense wounds.

00:19:32From the angle of entry,

00:19:33he hadn't even turned away.

00:19:34Not to me to draw

00:19:36any conclusions

00:19:37about his state of mind,

00:19:38but very close,

00:19:40facing the assailant,

00:19:42as I said,

00:19:42and fairly relaxed.

00:19:45Really?

00:19:46What makes you say that?

00:19:48Relaxed enough

00:19:48to be eating.

00:19:50The remains of a burger,

00:19:52meat, bun, lettuce,

00:19:54mayonnaise,

00:19:54were in his mouth

00:19:55as well as his stomach.

00:19:56.

00:19:57Perhaps it was someone

00:20:01that he knew.

00:20:03Certainly not someone

00:20:04expected to kill him.

00:20:05.

00:20:06.

00:20:07.

00:20:08.

00:20:09.

00:20:10Mrs. Fox?

00:20:22Yes?

00:20:23I'm Detective Inspector Frost.

00:20:24I phoned earlier.

00:20:25Oh, yes, please.

00:20:26Come in.

00:20:26.

00:20:26Don't I know you?

00:20:39We met, didn't we?

00:20:40Hmm?

00:20:41When I was temping

00:20:42at Denton.

00:20:42Ah, of course.

00:20:44Please, sit down.

00:20:46I, um,

00:20:46I'm sorry about the mess.

00:20:48I was just doing the tree

00:20:50when Mr. Finlay came round.

00:20:53Tim bought it

00:20:54from the gardener centre

00:20:55only yesterday afternoon.

00:20:57I can't finish it.

00:21:00I still believe

00:21:01he's going to walk

00:21:02through that door.

00:21:05I'm sorry,

00:21:06but I'm going to have

00:21:07to ask you some questions.

00:21:08Hmm?

00:21:11Are you on your own?

00:21:14I'd rather be Mr. Frost.

00:21:16People keep saying

00:21:17they'll come round,

00:21:18but...

00:21:20All right, fine.

00:21:24When did you last see Tim?

00:21:27He bought the tree

00:21:28about two.

00:21:30He didn't stop.

00:21:31He had to get back to work.

00:21:32Did he tell you

00:21:33where he was going,

00:21:34who he was seeing?

00:21:35No.

00:21:38Has he talked you

00:21:39right about his work?

00:21:40About the cars.

00:21:41Hmm.

00:21:42He never really said much,

00:21:44you know.

00:21:44He used to like to forget

00:21:45about it at home.

00:21:46I see.

00:21:48At home,

00:21:49if he came back late,

00:21:50what did that mean?

00:21:52Anything.

00:21:5310, 12, 1,

00:21:55I'd go to bed

00:21:55and he'd turn up whenever.

00:21:57So he could stay out all night?

00:21:59Not often,

00:22:00but now and then.

00:22:03You see,

00:22:03I didn't worry.

00:22:04It goes with the job.

00:22:05When we found Tim,

00:22:10there was a sum of money.

00:22:13Do you know

00:22:14if he'd been drawing out

00:22:15his savings

00:22:16from a building society

00:22:17or a bank?

00:22:20He had Christmas shopping

00:22:21to do.

00:22:21This was 1,000 pounds

00:22:24in cash.

00:22:30Well,

00:22:30of course you'll come in.

00:22:33I mean,

00:22:33the busier it is,

00:22:34the less time.

00:22:37It's good of your dad

00:22:38to think of us.

00:22:39I'll put the kettle on.

00:22:40Tracy,

00:22:41it's Ray English

00:22:43and...

00:22:44Sam.

00:22:45Hi.

00:22:46Hi, Sammy.

00:22:47Ray,

00:22:48Sam.

00:22:48Thanks,

00:22:49Mrs. Cockroft.

00:22:50Hiya.

00:22:52Oh,

00:22:52you know Alan.

00:22:53Hello.

00:22:54In accounts?

00:22:56Oh.

00:22:57Well,

00:22:57we just thought

00:22:57if, you know,

00:22:58if there's anything

00:22:59we could do.

00:23:00Yeah,

00:23:00thanks.

00:23:02Well,

00:23:02they certainly

00:23:02left you a mess.

00:23:04I'll tell you,

00:23:05they should be locked up

00:23:05for this.

00:23:08Let's,

00:23:08give you a hand

00:23:09with that.

00:23:10That's all right,

00:23:10Ray.

00:23:11No,

00:23:11Sam,

00:23:12dustpan.

00:23:14Oh,

00:23:14no.

00:23:15No,

00:23:15honestly,

00:23:15you don't need to help.

00:23:16Let them.

00:23:17It's good to see a manager

00:23:18getting his hands dirty.

00:23:20We'll give your mum a hand.

00:23:33This is bloody stupid.

00:23:35It's just a game,

00:23:36Sammy.

00:23:37Just a game.

00:23:38What about these tire marks, then?

00:24:06It's a mountain bike

00:24:08of some kind.

00:24:09The tracks start back there

00:24:11in the bushes,

00:24:12clearing places even though

00:24:13the ground's really hard.

00:24:14Nothing in the way of footprints,

00:24:15but we've got enough information

00:24:16to get an ID on the make of tire.

00:24:18Oh, good.

00:24:19Well,

00:24:19where do they go?

00:24:20There are more tracks

00:24:21by the fence

00:24:22near the car park

00:24:23to Daly's supermarket.

00:24:24There's no immediate

00:24:25connection to the murder.

00:24:27Have you followed them?

00:24:29One of the Sockos did

00:24:30with a,

00:24:30with a dog handler.

00:24:31Oh.

00:24:33Well,

00:24:33there you are.

00:24:34Ha,

00:24:35the walk will do you good.

00:24:37Yeah,

00:24:37but, sir,

00:24:37if Hader or Crime Squad

00:24:38know who did it...

00:24:39No,

00:24:40just remember,

00:24:41as someone once said,

00:24:42we may be lacking

00:24:43in the sophisticated techniques

00:24:45of detection,

00:24:46but we more than make up for it

00:24:48with the rigour

00:24:48and dedication

00:24:49of our spade work.

00:24:51Go on,

00:24:51off you go.

00:24:52By using various filters

00:24:58to compare

00:24:58and separate information

00:25:00in the light of

00:25:01surveillance material,

00:25:03witness statements

00:25:04and forensic,

00:25:05complex and conflicting data

00:25:07can be simplified analytically

00:25:08by using these filters

00:25:10to single out individuals.

00:25:14We call these

00:25:14centre of the universe charts.

00:25:17Yeah, yeah.

00:25:18We can organise more efficiently

00:25:20and save time and money.

00:25:22Extraordinary, Constable.

00:25:23What is all this?

00:25:24Cartoon time, is it?

00:25:26Constable Kavanagh

00:25:27is here to explain

00:25:27HQ's latest software, Jack.

00:25:29Well, we haven't got time

00:25:30for all that.

00:25:31Right, listen up, everybody.

00:25:32I asked for you

00:25:32to arrange for CID officers

00:25:34to have time free for this.

00:25:35Yes, well, unfortunately,

00:25:36DC Fox's killer

00:25:37didn't get that memo, sir.

00:25:40All right, now,

00:25:41daily supermarket.

00:25:44What we're looking for

00:25:45is sightings of a mountain bike.

00:25:47Right?

00:25:48So I want you to talk

00:25:48to the staff,

00:25:50to shoppers,

00:25:51to anyone.

00:25:51Then I want you to move

00:25:52on to local house to house.

00:25:54Sergeant Dorage

00:25:55is already there.

00:25:55He'll fill you in

00:25:56with the details, okay?

00:25:57So come on,

00:25:58let's go, chop-chop.

00:26:00Chop-chop.

00:26:00Well, maybe now is not

00:26:13such a good time, constable.

00:26:16If you, um...

00:26:18Are there some work

00:26:18in the collator's office?

00:26:19Yes, I'll ask for Trigg.

00:26:22He's in.

00:26:23He'll, um...

00:26:24Well, I'll find him, sir.

00:26:28He's good.

00:26:29Yes.

00:26:30Yes.

00:26:38What time did Tim leave

00:26:40the warehouse?

00:26:40Around one.

00:26:42He said he had

00:26:43some Christmas shopping

00:26:44to do.

00:26:45You see?

00:26:47What time did he get back?

00:26:50I saw him at three.

00:26:52He was down the workshop.

00:26:53We're planting cars.

00:26:55Yes, sir, I know.

00:26:55I've had the guided tour.

00:26:58The only name

00:26:58I can find

00:26:59in Tim's diary

00:27:00is a Peter Davidson,

00:27:02someone who was supposed

00:27:03to be meeting

00:27:03the day he died.

00:27:05Mean anything to you?

00:27:06I'm not exactly sure.

00:27:09What do you mean?

00:27:10You're not exactly sure

00:27:11you know the name

00:27:12or you're not exactly sure

00:27:13that you intend

00:27:14to tell me?

00:27:15I'd have to clear it

00:27:16with Detective Superintendent Finlay.

00:27:18Look, I'm trying

00:27:19to put together

00:27:20the last few hours

00:27:20of a copper's life here.

00:27:21It's about informants, sir.

00:27:24The governor

00:27:25wants them protected.

00:27:26Yeah, well,

00:27:27Tim Fox

00:27:28could have done

00:27:29with some protection,

00:27:29couldn't he?

00:27:33All right,

00:27:34listen up, everybody.

00:27:35From now on,

00:27:35this desk

00:27:36is part of

00:27:37my investigation,

00:27:38all right?

00:27:39That means nothing

00:27:39in it

00:27:40or on it

00:27:41is to be touched.

00:27:42So that goes

00:27:43for this computer.

00:27:44All right?

00:27:44We've finished

00:27:45playing games,

00:27:46have we,

00:27:46Detective Inspector Newcombe?

00:27:48Who's the only one?

00:28:07Who's the only one?

00:28:10Can you see what's the money?

00:28:12Let's go.

00:28:42We could do with a drink, Jack.

00:28:48All right.

00:28:55Peter Davidson.

00:28:58None of your mobs seem to know what I'm talking about.

00:29:01Not very good liars, are they?

00:29:03Davidson's a car salesman who's giving Rycroft the goods on his customers.

00:29:07Where they live, what they bought for 30 grand, that kind of thing.

00:29:10Tim made the first contact.

00:29:11The plan was for us to use Davidson to plant information about cars we wanted the gang to nick.

00:29:18Was Tim Fox meeting Davidson the day he was killed?

00:29:21Well, he was at the showroom where Davidson worked.

00:29:24It was a customer do.

00:29:26As far as Davidson was concerned, Tim was a car dealer. That's all he knew.

00:29:30That's all you think he knew?

00:29:32Well, I can't guarantee you didn't smell something.

00:29:36Didn't tip off Rycroft or Madikani.

00:29:39I can't risk you pulling him in before we make our move.

00:29:43Any particular Christmas you've got in mind for that, sir?

00:29:45Look, I've talked to the SAPS in Cape Town.

00:29:51They're liaising with Brussels and Amsterdam.

00:29:52We go in tomorrow.

00:29:54Oh, do you mind if I join you?

00:29:55You're very welcome.

00:29:59And when it comes to the interrogation about Tim's murder, I'm sure you won't mind if I join you.

00:30:03There'll be no rank to pull.

00:30:05No.

00:30:08No, I'm sorry.

00:30:10The course my inquiry is taking.

00:30:11I can't risk you being party to the...

00:30:14party to the questions that I shall be asking.

00:30:17For God's sake, Jay.

00:30:18I saw Helen Fox yesterday.

00:30:22Is that really necessary?

00:30:26Look at this.

00:30:30This is a building society account opened by Tim Fox a month before he was killed.

00:30:38Two large entries in cash.

00:30:42A thousand pounds a time.

00:30:45Now, I don't know who Fox was meeting in that park,

00:30:49but a thousand pounds, even cash, found in his car,

00:30:53that could be a third instalment.

00:30:58What do you think?

00:31:06That's Dick Rycroft, the big guy.

00:31:09Fraud, protection, vice.

00:31:12Five years in Brixton for GBH.

00:31:14Known to carry a gun and to use it.

00:31:18Now, Matty Carney's just moving over behind the container.

00:31:23South African police had her for a bullion raid in Durban.

00:31:26They got the gang.

00:31:28But she walked out of court.

00:31:30They said the money walked with her.

00:31:31You do know I'm going to have to question them before you, don't you, sir?

00:31:38I know Tim Fox's killers are down there.

00:31:43This is Finley.

00:31:44Go.

00:31:45Ripley, go.

00:31:47Oh, police!

00:32:02Come down, Steve.

00:32:05Let this one.

00:32:07Let this one.

00:32:09Don't this one.

00:32:12Let this one.

00:32:13I'm Detective Superintendent Finlay, and this is Detective Inspector Frost.

00:32:41Luck of the draw.

00:32:44He gets to go first.

00:33:06Good. Keep it coming.

00:33:11Words in from Cape Town, Lagos and Dusseldorf. So far, full house.

00:33:17I've got something.

00:33:18What? What is it?

00:33:19Shooters.

00:33:20Where?

00:33:21Go in.

00:33:22Find something.

00:33:31Nine millimetre.

00:33:41Thirty-eight. Short barrel.

00:33:46Thirty-eight recently fired.

00:33:48Doesn't look like we're going to leave you much to do after all, Jack.

00:33:58So? What?

00:33:59D.C. Fox, Regional Crime Squad.

00:34:02Yeah, I'm very happy for him.

00:34:05He was shot and killed last Tuesday night whilst investigating your car export business, Mr. Rycroft.

00:34:13Hey.

00:34:14Whoa.

00:34:15Now, I don't know what Larry Finlay thinks he'll achieve with rubbish like this, but you tell

00:34:20him from me exactly where he can stick it.

00:34:23Are we waiting for a solicitor, Miss Madakami?

00:34:27I decide what I say and what I don't.

00:34:31Yeah.

00:34:32You know, it always amazes me what people pay solicitors just to be told to sit there and

00:34:38keep their mouths shut.

00:34:39It's not about money.

00:34:41When I need a lawyer, I won't require legal aid.

00:34:44Ah.

00:34:45Right.

00:34:46Same with shoes.

00:34:48Yeah?

00:34:49Look after your feet and they'll last your lifetime.

00:34:52They say that you should always buy the most expensive shoes you can afford.

00:34:56It's a bit like lawyers.

00:34:58If you can afford an expensive lawyer, the chances are that he comes out of the same

00:35:03lodge as the judge.

00:35:05Look at these shoes.

00:35:08These shoes have been the most uncomfortable shoes I've ever bought.

00:35:13Bought them last year in a sale.

00:35:16False economy.

00:35:19Did you shoot and kill DC Fox last Tuesday night?

00:35:23A simple yes or no will do.

00:35:25Further questions will be asked when we get the results of the ballistics on the revolver.

00:35:29This is crazy.

00:35:31I haven't shot anyone.

00:35:38I'd call that solicitor now if I were you.

00:35:41Not with a murder charge hanging over you.

00:35:44Don't wait too long.

00:35:45Because all the best ones will be on their Christmas jollies.

00:35:56Ah.

00:35:57All done, Jack?

00:35:58What do you mean all done?

00:35:59I mean I've got a lot of questions to ask those two.

00:36:00I've got a lot of people waiting for the answers.

00:36:02Well, they'll just have to wait.

00:36:03You've got the gun.

00:36:04What the hell else do you need to know?

00:36:06I need to know where that thousand pounds came from.

00:36:11In the meantime, none of your squad can talk to the suspects.

00:36:15I hardly know that's going to apply to myself or D.I. Newcombe.

00:36:18The Chief Constable wants this done right.

00:36:21Corruption leaves a nasty taste, doesn't it?

00:36:24You never know where it starts or where it stops.

00:36:36I'm ping pong.

00:36:37I'm just residents in the right place.

00:37:03Hmm.

00:37:33Oh, yes. Very nice. I like the instruments. CT's nice. Bit like a flight deco on a jumbo.

00:37:56Oh, I doubt the uphill street on a jumbo would come anywhere near this.

00:38:00I noticed you haven't got a price tag. I suppose if you've got to ask the price, that means you can't afford it, right?

00:38:05Style and stasis don't come cheaply, sir. Are you looking for one of these?

00:38:12Or am I just wasting your time and making the place look untidy?

00:38:18It is Mr. Peter Davidson, isn't it?

00:38:21Yes. Yes, it is. Were you recommended?

00:38:26No, no. It's just that I recognise you from the regional crime squad surveillance photographs.

00:38:35So where did DC Tim Fox, the man you knew as Jim Thomas, come into all this?

00:38:40Er, he was selling second-hand cars of quality. They had the names of a lot of buyers and sellers.

00:38:47I thought I could up the money from Dick Rycroft and split it with him.

00:38:51It's easy catch. And if a few cars disappeared, I mean, people got the insurance, no-one was really hurt.

00:38:59No. DC Tim Fox was shot. And he's dead.

00:39:07Now, did you talk about him to this Rycroft or this Miss Madacani?

00:39:12No. No, no, look, I never mentioned him to either of them.

00:39:17Believe me, I didn't know he was a policeman. I didn't talk to anyone. I didn't know.

00:39:24All right, come on.

00:39:27Have a moment, sir. Yes, what is it?

00:39:31I'm telling the truth. Please. All right.

00:39:35I just had a call from Forensic. They got the ballistics on the Smith & Wesson.

00:39:40It is the gun that killed Tim Fox. If Rycroft or Madacani didn't pull the trigger, they know who did.

00:39:47This is Fox. Sorry to bother you again. No, that's all right. I know what you've got to do.

00:40:02Um, this is Dennis, a friend of Tim's. Inspector Frost is investigating.

00:40:08I was just taking Dennis to catch his train. Oh, well, if there's a problem, I can come back later.

00:40:13No, I can walk. I'd rather walk.

00:40:20I just have to come.

00:40:22You knew about this account? Oh, yeah. He opened it about a month ago. I was doing some more temping. We were trying to save up for a holiday, but he put in 65 pounds. That's all. This is over 2,000.

00:40:48Both of these amounts were paid in on different occasions. This one last week in Manchester and that one the end of November in Birmingham.

00:40:57Are you saying Tim's done something? No. I'm just trying to fit the pieces together, that's all.

00:41:03Do you know if your husband was in Manchester or Birmingham on these dates?

00:41:07Oh, yeah. If they're Saturdays.

00:41:10Are you?

00:41:11It's football. He's followed Swindon since he was a boy. He got to as many matches as he could.

00:41:17He'd always meet up with an old friend. Well, Dennis, you saw him just now.

00:41:21They've known each other since they were at school.

00:41:24There you go.

00:41:37Now, on the last two Swindon away matches, Manchester and Birmingham, on both occasions Timothy Fox visited a Wessex building society branch and deposited a considerable amount of money. Were you with him?

00:41:53No.

00:41:56So you have no idea about any money paid in in either Birmingham or Manchester?

00:42:02He could have done in Manchester, I suppose, but not in Birmingham.

00:42:05Yeah, why not?

00:42:06He wasn't there.

00:42:07What?

00:42:08The night before, Tim rang. He said he didn't want to go to the match.

00:42:12Could we meet up just to talk?

00:42:14Talk? What about?

00:42:16Oh, what about, Mr. Turner?

00:42:21Him and Helen. He, er...

00:42:24He thought that she was seeing another man.

00:42:28He'd been suspicious for a while and, er...

00:42:31He didn't know what to do.

00:42:33What's the name of this man?

00:42:35No name.

00:42:36Er...

00:42:37But he knew he was on the job.

00:42:38What?

00:42:39He's another copper.

00:42:40It seems that your husband didn't go to a football match in Birmingham, end of November.

00:42:53He did. He was with Dennis.

00:42:55No.

00:42:56He was with Dennis in Swindon.

00:42:58But someone else was in Birmingham, paying money into the New Building Society account.

00:43:04I don't understand.

00:43:06Well, your husband met Dennis to ask his advice.

00:43:10Because there were problems between you both.

00:43:14You were involved with another man.

00:43:17A policeman.

00:43:19Now, who was it?

00:43:22It was Mark.

00:43:28Mark Newcomb.

00:43:30Detective Inspector Newcomb.

00:43:33I'm not making any excuses.

00:43:38I started it as much as he did, but...

00:43:41Whatever went wrong between Tim and me, I wanted to get back to how we were.

00:43:46So I told Mark we had to finish it.

00:43:49That was when I realised I'd never known him at all.

00:43:54You see, we'd had fun and...

00:43:57I knew he was in deeper than I was.

00:44:00You changed your mind?

00:44:02Yeah, but Mark wouldn't leave me alone.

00:44:06I kept on seeing him.

00:44:08Sleeping with him.

00:44:10Trying to let him down gently.

00:44:12And when I told him that I still love my husband, he went off the deep end.

00:44:17He said he'd destroy our marriage.

00:44:19He'd screw up Tim's career.

00:44:23It started hitting me.

00:44:27And you didn't tell your husband about it?

00:44:29Mark was obsessed.

00:44:31I believe he was capable of doing the things he said.

00:44:34About what?

00:44:35Tim's career.

00:44:37Gone.

00:44:38The building society accounts.

00:44:43The books went missing.

00:44:45Mark must have taken them when he was here.

00:44:48So you think that Detective Inspector Newcomb

00:44:54had put £2,000 of his own money into Tim's account?

00:44:57He told me.

00:44:58Last week.

00:45:00Well, why would he do that?

00:45:05He said he was going to fit Tim up for taking bribes.

00:45:08He had a grass, a car thief, who'd swear he'd gave Tim the money for information.

00:45:14Whatever I said, he wouldn't listen.

00:45:16He'd convinced himself the reason I wouldn't leave my husband was I was just too scared.

00:45:21Scared of Tim.

00:45:23He kept on saying the same thing over and over.

00:45:26If Tim didn't let me go, he'd get him thrown out of the force.

00:45:30Even put in prison.

00:45:32And he was doing it, Mr Frost.

00:45:33He'd paid him the money.

00:45:37I realised he wouldn't take no for an answer.

00:45:40He was out of control.

00:45:41He was dangerous like some kind of stalker.

00:45:45Wasn't it about time you told your husband?

00:45:48Yeah, I did.

00:45:50The night he was killed.

00:45:51I needn't have worried about him and me.

00:45:57He understood.

00:45:59I knew how hurt he was.

00:46:02But he understood.

00:46:05He understood I still loved him too.

00:46:07He's anger for Mark.

00:46:12You know, I'd never seen him like that.

00:46:20Did he go and see him?

00:46:22I don't know.

00:46:24He went back to work.

00:46:25I didn't think he'd take Mark on.

00:46:27I thought he'd go straight to Mr Finley and get him suspended.

00:46:33And the night that he didn't come back home?

00:46:36I took a couple of sleeping pills.

00:46:38I was in such a state.

00:46:40I went to bed and I didn't wake up till eight.

00:46:42So since your husband's death, you haven't said any of this to anybody in the regional crime squad?

00:46:52Mr Finley's already decided who the killers are.

00:46:56Did you think there might be another explanation?

00:47:00Yes, of course I did.

00:47:02I thought it could have been because of Tim's work.

00:47:04And I also thought it could have been Mark Newcombe.

00:47:07I'm not proud of being a coward.

00:47:09I believed if Mark could kill Tim,

00:47:13he could do the same to me.

00:47:14He could do the same to me.

00:47:15He could do the same to me.

00:47:16He'd love to hear you.

00:47:19He could do the same.

00:47:22This is not a place for the villain.

00:47:27I found it Darrinceny

00:47:31He could do some fun.

00:47:33And it may be a giant.''

00:47:37If you wanna help climber to give peaceIfIf,

00:47:39the assignators of the curse.

00:47:41Jack! Jack, your hat!

00:48:00What's your idea? You're supposed to take it off.

00:48:11Hi, George. Long time no see. How's these?

00:48:19Same as ever.

00:48:21How's your kid? Is he finished university now?

00:48:24It didn't suit him.

00:48:27First time I was seeing you at the police carol service.

00:48:29You found faith.

00:48:31Hoping to get something from Father Christmas.

00:48:39Can I have a word, sir?

00:48:41The fact that Inspector Newcombe and Mrs. Fox were...

00:48:54Well, these things happen.

00:48:57Yes, well, the reason she kept quiet was because she was afraid of him.

00:49:01Also, she thought he might be the one that killed her husband.

00:49:04But you've got solid evidence against the Carthys.

00:49:06The gun was found in their office.

00:49:07Yes, but only after a raid where Detective Inspector Newcombe was present.

00:49:11I mean, it has to be Newcombe.

00:49:15He's the one that put the money into DC Fox's account twice.

00:49:19Extraordinary lengths to go to.

00:49:21Yes, well, if this is true, we are dealing with a vicious and obsessive man.

00:49:25Yes.

00:49:30Well, obviously, I can't wait.

00:49:33Right, thank you very much.

00:49:34Oh, by the way, if I do have to arrest Newcombe, I'm going to have Finney down.

00:49:40I'll make him like a ton of bricks.

00:49:41If you could just, you know, phone him, so clear the way.

00:49:44It would be very helpful.

00:50:45I'm sure there's nothing to worry about.

00:51:01Lisa's really only a few hours late home.

00:51:03She's, what, 16?

00:51:05It's not just that she's late.

00:51:06The point is, she said she was spending the day at her friend's.

00:51:09We phoned Jane's parents.

00:51:10Lisa hasn't been there.

00:51:12She left home at 10 this morning.

00:51:14We don't know where she is.

00:51:15She was supposed to be singing with the choir at church tonight.

00:51:17She's just disappeared.

00:51:19Has she got a boyfriend?

00:51:21No, I'm very serious.

00:51:22My daughter is missing.

00:51:23If there wasn't reason for concern, we wouldn't be here.

00:51:26Something's happened to her.

00:51:27You've got to find her.

00:51:39Jack?

00:51:40Yeah?

00:51:40What are you doing here?

00:51:42Oh, just doing a couple of things, you know, just nagging me.

00:51:46Sure.

00:51:47Come in, we'll have a drink.

00:51:49Do you want water in that?

00:51:51Uh, yes.

00:51:52Same again.

00:51:55Yeah.

00:51:57Christmas is always a problem after a divorce.

00:51:59Someone who's got a bloke now.

00:52:03If it wasn't for the kids, I got away.

00:52:06Oh, yeah.

00:52:08Here you go.

00:52:10Hmm?

00:52:11Cheers.

00:52:12All right, cheers.

00:52:13They asked me, but they don't really want me there.

00:52:16I guess you know what I mean.

00:52:17Yeah, it's a long time since anyone asked me around for Christmas dinner.

00:52:22You must have been quite good.

00:52:24But it's like the shooting.

00:52:27Years ago.

00:52:27More social thing, really.

00:52:30I never found anything social about guns, I must say.

00:52:35So, no real breakthrough?

00:52:37Why didn't you tell me about you and Helen Fox?

00:52:46What she said.

00:52:47No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

00:52:49Come on.

00:52:50Come on, Mark.

00:52:51You know that we don't do it like that.

00:52:53We met at a regional crime squad there in Denton.

00:53:00And I fancied her and we ended up having a drink.

00:53:06Then I bumped into her again, only it wasn't an accident.

00:53:11Well, her husband didn't know.

00:53:13I wanted her to leave him.

00:53:15That's what she wanted too, but she was frightened of what he'd do.

00:53:19He could be violent with her.

00:53:21And when he found out it was you?

00:53:23I don't know if he did.

00:53:27I wanted to take her out of it.

00:53:29But she knew him.

00:53:31She said he'd calm down and he'd accept it in the end.

00:53:35She was trying to protect me too.

00:53:37So what you're saying is that Helen Fox was going to leave her husband to live with you

00:53:42and he was going to send her to you with his blessing.

00:53:46She thought she could handle him.

00:53:53Point is, could she handle you?

00:53:57Because, you see, Helen Fox says the man that she was frightened of was you.

00:54:02She'd broken off your affair, but you wouldn't have it.

00:54:06You pestered her.

00:54:08You followed her and you threatened her.

00:54:09And you said that if she didn't leave her husband, you would get a graft.

00:54:14What are you trying to put on me?

00:54:16Murder.

00:54:22Someone should do you so hard.

00:54:27Those car thieves never killed DC Fox.

00:54:30It was self-defence.

00:54:41He would have killed her.

00:54:44Her?

00:54:46Suddenly Tim started being reasonable.

00:54:49He said if things weren't working out, basically he wouldn't try and stop her leaving.

00:54:53He wanted to go for a drink and talk about it.

00:54:55Money, what they do about the house.

00:54:58Helen went with him.

00:54:59He drove her into Oak Park and then he started shouting at her, hitting her, trying to beat it out of her, who I was.

00:55:07In the end, she told him.

00:55:10That's when he produced a gun.

00:55:12She was fighting for her life.

00:55:15The gun went off.

00:55:17Could have been her as easily as...

00:55:18She ran, she ran, she got home, she called me.

00:55:24And you said don't worry because I've got a couple of car thieves that I can fit up quite nicely.

00:55:31All right.

00:55:35Come on, get your coat.

00:55:37We're all going to spend Christmas in a cell.

00:55:40Well, you might think about telling the truth.

00:55:43That is the truth, Jim.

00:55:46Helen Fox wasn't in Oak Park that night.

00:55:50And the gun used to kill DC Fox was the one that you planted on the car thieves.

00:55:56If you're looking for a drink, you've got the wrong pub.

00:56:18I was told that your governor was in the office.

00:56:23He had a few phone calls to make.

00:56:25Probably about you, sir.

00:56:30Mark didn't kill anyone.

00:56:34If you were any kind of detective, you'd know that.

00:56:37I didn't say he did.

00:56:38But you got him in a cell, for God's sake.

00:56:42Larry, you run a cowboy outfit.

00:56:45And if one of your cowboys has finally cut loose, I will find out about it.

00:56:52You know what Mr. Mallet always says, don't you?

00:56:55He says there's no such thing as bad coppers.

00:56:58Only bad senior officers.

00:57:03You've got a strange way of asking for my cooperation.

00:57:06Inspector.

00:57:08Yes, well, I'm not asking anymore.

00:57:11Sir.

00:57:26That's a mess, Inspector.

00:57:27You want to be more careful where you park.

00:57:29You've come to something when Denton isn't safe for its own coppers.

00:57:33I know kids who can trash a car better than you lot.

00:57:37Allegations against police officers seems to be your speciality, sir.

00:57:41Leave it, Simon.

00:57:42I hope you're not thinking of moving this vehicle.

00:57:55Because if you get done for drink driving, you'll be out of the fall so quick your feet won't touch the ground.

00:58:01Have a nice evening.

00:58:02Mr. Frost?

00:58:25Yes.

00:58:25If you can take your jacket off.

00:58:36Okay.

00:58:43Still getting into trouble, Jack.

00:58:45Well, you know me, I've changed the habit of a lifetime, eh?

00:58:53Well, well.

00:58:55What a surprise.

00:59:00Oh, shh.

00:59:02I'll stand there in the theatre.

00:59:04I think we'll be able to save it without amputating.

00:59:06Oh, all right.

00:59:09It was, er...

00:59:10They'd done up my car, smashed the windscreen and dumped a load of rubbish on the body.

00:59:16I was just trying to clear it away so I could drive off.

00:59:21I see.

00:59:23And where were the police?

00:59:25They were on hand.

00:59:27Immediately.

00:59:29I thought that you were in Scotland.

00:59:32I was.

00:59:33Nearly two years.

00:59:34But it was a mistake.

00:59:38Not the first one.

00:59:39Anyway, I came back to Denton in the summer.

00:59:42Doesn't sound as though it was the last one, either.

00:59:45Oh, I'm quite glad to be back.

00:59:48Well, there's no dirt in it.

00:59:50I don't think it needs stitches.

00:59:53You up to date with your anti-tetanus?

00:59:55Oh, come on, Shirley.

00:59:56What do you think?

00:59:59I was going to ring you.

01:00:03But I wasn't sure.

01:00:05Well, you should have done.

01:00:06Why not?

01:00:09I was going to ring you.

01:00:09Oh.

01:00:12Uh, drop your trousers.

01:00:14Bend over.

01:00:16You...

01:00:17You are joking.

01:00:20Do I look as if I'm joking?

01:00:23No.

01:00:23And as I've got a syringe in my hand, could you do me a favour?

01:00:37No.

01:00:46I think she's lying about her age.

01:00:48She can't be more than 16.

01:00:49She's made sure she had nothing to identify her.

01:00:53She doesn't want anybody to know who she is.

01:00:56And I've got a feeling she might do a runner.

01:00:59I can't believe a young girl can come in here and give birth just like that without anybody knowing anything about it.

01:01:07She must have family.

01:01:09Where was she living?

01:01:10Well, everything says she's living at home.

01:01:14She was hardly carrying any weight.

01:01:16I wouldn't have known she was pregnant just to look.

01:01:19Oh, well.

01:01:21If she was living at home and no one knew anything about it, she must have been putting on a bloody good performance.

01:01:27All it takes is enough fear.

01:01:32Yeah.

01:01:34I'll get on to uniform.

01:01:36I can check out missing persons.

01:01:37We had no choice, Lisa.

01:02:00They've been looking for you.

01:02:02They were very worried about you.

01:02:03You must realise that.

01:02:05Do they know?

01:02:06Look, they won't react the way you think.

01:02:08My father will.

01:02:10When they realise what you've been through, I'm sure all they'll want to do is get you both safely home.

01:02:17I thought when I was strong enough, I'd just leave when no one was around.

01:02:25I thought I could leave him here and he'd be looked after.

01:02:30No one would ever know who I was.

01:02:33I did know what you were thinking.

01:02:36I just couldn't.

01:02:39I didn't.

01:02:40No.

01:02:41I thought I'd love you.

01:03:05Ah, Shirley, it's Mr. and Mrs. Harper.

01:03:18She is expecting you, but she's still very frightened and upset.

01:03:23The sooner you let her know there's nothing for her to worry about, the better.

01:03:27The first new left.

01:03:28Jack, if I don't see you...

01:03:37No, no, no, no. King's Arms, the King's Arms, OK?

01:03:44You go in.

01:03:46I don't know what to say.

01:03:49Then you'd better find something.

01:03:58Well, thank you for finding her, Inspector.

01:04:02If I haven't got much to say, it's because I'm still taking it in.

01:04:09You hear it about other people's daughters, but your own.

01:04:15Still too shocked.

01:04:18I'm shocked too, Mr. Harper.

01:04:21So far, all I've heard is how it affects you.

01:04:24I can't begin to understand what your daughter must have felt like

01:04:28when she found out she was pregnant.

01:04:30Nine months and no one to speak to.

01:04:33No one at home that she could turn to for help.

01:04:39My God, you're lucky she's alive.

01:04:43If you want to do something for Lisa, Mr. Harper, for Christmas,

01:04:48you better start now.

01:04:53Oh, my God.

01:05:05Oh, my God.

01:05:06All right.

01:05:08Lisa.

01:05:38Please forgive me.

01:05:53Ding-dong merrily, Mr Rycroft.

01:05:58There.

01:05:59Just think of all the money you're saving on that holiday in Marbella.

01:06:03Oh, no charge for Christmas dinner here, sir.

01:06:07That's not to say there won't be any charges.

01:06:22Room service.

01:06:25Sorry, it's not quite Barbados.

01:06:28Thank you, Inspector.

01:06:30Oh, and if you're thinking of using the food as evidence of police brutality, just remember I'm eating it as well.

01:06:37Happy Christmas.

01:06:38And Barbados has not been cancelled.

01:06:41Just postponed.

01:06:44I won't be eating.

01:06:56Go on.

01:06:59Please yourself.

01:07:01Kids will think I've forgotten on Christmas Day.

01:07:07I think you've got more to worry about than wondering what your kids are doing, Mark.

01:07:11I can't explain that to them.

01:07:14There you are.

01:07:15Just about to get a signal.

01:07:16You've got two minutes.

01:07:17I'm outside the door.

01:07:18All right.

01:07:19Please.

01:07:20Here you are.

01:07:21Just about to get a signal.

01:07:22You've got two minutes.

01:07:23I'm outside the door.

01:07:24All right.

01:07:25Here we go.

01:07:26Hello?

01:07:27Jamie?

01:07:28Yeah.

01:07:29Hello? Jamie? Yeah? I'm sorry, I couldn't go. It's all right, I'm working. Yeah, it's

01:07:49a secret job. Very secret. Now, quick, go and get your sister. But first, you tell me

01:07:54what you've got for Christmas, eh? What's that? It's chestnut stuffing. Have you got any

01:08:07baked beans? Oh, Jack, chef's worked hard at this. Yeah, I can see that. Come on, give me

01:08:14some baked beans. I won't tell if you don't. Good girl. Thank you.

01:08:24Hi, what are you doing in? Sergeant Brady couldn't fill the roster. I volunteered for

01:08:30a shift. Didn't you learn anything as a cadet? Never ever volunteer for anything. Come on,

01:08:36come and sit down. I was just looking at the update on the murder of Detective Constable

01:08:41Fox. Yeah, well, strictly speaking, that's CID. I am attached to CID, sir. Well, everyone

01:08:51says there aren't enough detectives. I want to be useful. See, eventually I want to get

01:08:57into CID, sir. You want to be a detective? God, dear. Take my advice. You stick to your

01:09:05flowcharts and your filters. I didn't join to sit behind a desk, sir. If you've got a

01:09:10desk, hang on to it. Once you get the smell of what human beings do to each other in your

01:09:15nostrils, you'll never get rid of it.

01:09:22You're welcome.

01:09:23You're welcome.

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01:09:48You're welcome.

01:09:49Oh, hello, Jack.

01:10:01Good Christmas.

01:10:05The bad news, the Indian was closed Christmas Day.

01:10:09The good news, the laundrette was open Boxing Day.

01:10:12I'm still trying to recover from what passed as turkey in the canteen,

01:10:16but apart from that, I have plenty of clean socks.

01:10:19Oh, well, that's good news for all of us.

01:10:21Oh, Jack!

01:10:22Yes?

01:10:23What are these cats?

01:10:24Oh, yeah, what cats?

01:10:26The dead.

01:10:28Oh, those cats.

01:10:29Three killed over the holidays, another shot last night,

01:10:32along with several now headless garden gnomes.

01:10:35Yeah.

01:10:36I know for the RSPCA in this morning.

01:10:38Oh, they do gnomes now, do they?

01:10:40Look, listen, I'm investigating a murder.

01:10:43I've got a police officer in a cell,

01:10:45international car thieves either side,

01:10:48I've got the regional crime squad trying to fit me up as a millennium treat

01:10:52and you want me to solve the mystery of the headless gnomes.

01:11:01Don't hold your breath.

01:11:02Constable, do you have a cat?

01:11:11No, sir.

01:11:12Then you've got something in common with these people,

01:11:14though they did have cats until fairly recently.

01:11:16See what your software can make of the information in there, will you?

01:11:19Good morning.

01:11:20Ah, the news on that mountain bike.

01:11:28Yes.

01:11:29The tracks did go into the park and out the same way,

01:11:32but forensics still can't say it was the same day Tim Fox was killed.

01:11:36What about Newcombe's bike?

01:11:39Well, it's an exact match for the tyre tracks in the park,

01:11:43but there's no forensic.

01:11:44Newcombe's bike's brand new.

01:11:45Never even been out on the street.

01:11:47Hmm, well, it's a bit of a coincidence, though, isn't it?

01:11:50Yeah.

01:11:50Well, talk to him about that later.

01:11:53Anyway, I'm off.

01:11:54I've got a few things to do.

01:11:56Have a good time, sir.

01:12:06Fox, £2.04, please.

01:12:08Thanks very much.

01:12:08Cheers, thanks a lot.

01:12:17Oh, hello, Mr Frost.

01:12:27Good Christmas.

01:12:28I see.

01:12:29The difficult question's first, is it?

01:12:31I'd like to have some cash, please, if you've got any left.

01:12:37And how would you like your cash?

01:12:39Oh, you know, I don't mind as it comes.

01:12:44There we go.

01:12:45All right.

01:12:47Don't go, Mr Frost.

01:12:48Fill it, now.

01:12:49Fill it, now!

01:12:51No, don't.

01:12:52Do what he wants.

01:12:53Oi!

01:13:18Get the alarm, now.

01:13:20It's almost yellow!

01:13:21It's just yellow!

01:13:23Move, and I'll shoot!

01:13:25Move, and I'll shoot!

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