"(MAN 1) There must be a reason for that kind of behaviour." "(MAN 2) He's scared shitless of jimmy." "(MAN 3) In God's name, man, I'm not asking much!" "I'm asking you to delay the enquiry until we get back from Blackpool." "It's only two weeks!" "I've been in your office, Ronnie." "I've seen your workload." "You've got cases piled on your desk - frauds, rapes, robberies." "You should welcome an opportunity to get some of that cleared up." "I want to get THIS cleared up." "So do I - it were me that wanted you called in, remember?" "But poking around in Blackpool during the Trades Union Conference?" " It's not on!" " It was fraud, jim!" "We're talking about 300 bloody votes, and what were my majority?" "2,300!" "Ronnie, we're on the brink of another strike, and you want to divert attention to a so-called election fix (!" ")" "Is that what you want?" "What are you trying to do, Ronnie?" "Discredit the union?" "Don't you think there's enough people want to do that?" "Stop playing by the rules, Ronnie." "They don't cover this contingency." "(GARBLED RADIO )" " Have you got a light, please?" " Yeah, sure." "Thank you." "There's someone down there." "Down the track, in the bushes." "Right." "Are we agreed, then?" "Can we have a show of hands, then, brothers?" "You chose a good one there, Harold." "He's stubborn but he's OK." "Not some clown trying to get himself on " News at Ten" ." "(JIM) It's going to be tough over the next two weeks." "I'm not looking forward to it." "See you when I get back." "(HAROLD ) Have a good trip." "(JIM) I will!" " I thought someone was down there." " A bloody reporter more than like!" "Didn't look like a reporter to me, boss." "(PEOPLE jeer AND SHOUT ON TV)" "(PHONE RINGS)" "(TV) Because of this week's clashes with pickets," "Scotland Yard are investigating complaints of police brutality." "Craven." " Well?" " He wants it put off." " Till when?" " Indefinitely." " Did you agree?" " No." "I only agreed we won't go to Blackpool." " What are you doing now?" " Picking up Emma." "Why?" "There was a geezer hanging around you in the meet." " Ross said it was a reporter." " Maybe." " I'll take a look." " Don't catch pneumonia." "It's pissing down." "Cheers, Derek." "The Government has launched an election manifesto to attract the growing Green vote." ""The Greening of England" calls for a radical approach to the environment." "Students contribute, but not to the kind of nuclear state that they want." "They face you with closure and say it's in the name of economy." "I say look behind it." "Look at the mentality behind it which is so suspect." "(MICHAEL MEACHER) It is a siege mentality." "We see ministers winding up the drawbridge on the open society... (STUDENTS) YesI" "..and threatening a rerun, dare I say it, of the Middle AgesI" "I say this, too, that I believe that there are new forces in our society." "New forces, new loyalties, new ideas not yet articulated which may yet come to our rescue." "Some of them will come from the Labour Party." "Some of them will come from other associations perhaps not yet formed, but I say this - that in whatever shape these new forces manifest themselves, they will come from you, the despised students of humanities." "It is you and your generation who will have to confront the frightening dangers ahead, you who will have to deal with the dangers that I've outlined." "(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)" "I believe you and your generation, the new rising generation... ..you do have the courage, the optimism and the determination." " And I believe you will do what the nation..." " (CHEERING DROWNS WORDS)" "Comrades, sisters, I think we should now put the motion to the vote." "Due to this latest crisis in Western capitalism, the corporation's running a reduced bus service." "The last bus has been brought forward by one hour." "May the tellers please make themselves known?" "Where's your coat?" "Did you catch any of the speeches?" "I got stuck in a crowd of your sisters." "It was difficult to concentrate." "You think of nothing but sex these days!" " Do I?" " You should try and grow out of it!" "Why?" "Because there are other things!" "The whole world's falling around your ears and you don't even care." " What about the union enquiry?" " We're making progress." " Are you going to Blackpool?" " No." "Good." "The press would have had a field day." "I can't say I'm sorry." "Who's going to look after you when I've gone?" "I'll find some little number." "Set her up." " That's not funny!" " Give us your hand." "When are you going?" " Soon." " Have you found someone?" "Yep." " What's he like?" " You wouldn't like him!" "(EMMA) What's for supper?" "(CRAVEN) Ratatouille." "I bet it's tinned!" "It always is, and you always pretend it isn't !" " You can't tell the difference." " Yes, I can!" "Ready?" "Go!" "(CRAVEN) I've got this new recipe!" "You open a tin of tomatoes, a tin of aubergines..." "Craven, you bastard!" "You bloody murdering bastard!" " It's your turn now!" " DON'T !" "(CAR ENGINE REVS)" "Don't ...tell." "(CAR DRIVES AWAY)" "(MAN 1) I've known her since she were a kid." "He'd only been here about a year when his wife died of cancer." "(MAN 2) jesus Christ!" "What can you say?" "(MAN 1) They'll give him extended leave, I expect, until he gets sorted out." "(JONES) Do me a favour." "Get out front and tell me if you see Ross." "It's all right." "He's here." " He's in there." " How is he?" "He won't budge." "(MAN) Hello?" "Yeah, hold on a second, will you?" "Hello, yes." "Yeah." "Come on, Ronnie." "Let's get out of here." " This is no place for you." " I'm staying." "Come back to my place." "Get away from here." "I'm staying." "They've been turning out as far as Newcastle." "Everybody's out." "It was you he was after." "He called me out... ..but she ran forward." "It was a shotgun." "He fired both barrels." "We'll get the buggers, Ronnie." "I promise you." "(MAN) Forensic's finished, sir." "just a couple of swabs, Ronnie." "I'll leave a man here." "I don't want anyone in the house, and it's too wet for him out here." "They may be back." "I'll see you first thing in the morning." "(ROSS) jones..." "I want a car at the end of the drive." "Three men." "Armed." "(MACHINE) Hi, Dad, it's Emma." "I'll be at college till ten." "If it's still raining, will you pick me up?" "Love you." "ByeI" "(MACHINE BEEPS)" "(EMMA) Ratatouille?" "(EMMA) And it's tinned, I bet!" "(DOOR BLOWS SHUT)" "(MUSIC:" "PLAINTIVE GUITAR)" "(YOUNGER EMMA) Don't worry, Daddy." "I promised Mummy I'd look after you." "What will you do with the child?" "In your job, you don't have enough spare time." " We'll manage." " Have you thought of boarding school?" "I think you should sleep with me tonight, Daddy." "I guess so." "(MOBILE TINKLES)" "(MUSIC: "TIME OF THE PREACHER" )" "(WILLIE NELSON) # It was the time of the preacher" "# When the story began" "# The choice of a lady" "# The love of a man" "# And how he loved her so dearly" "# He went out of his mind" "# And she left him for someone" "# That she'd left behind" "# He cried like a baby" "# He screamed like a panther in the middle of the night" "# And he saddled his pony" "# And went for a ride" "# It was the time of the preacher" "# In the year of 01" "# Now the preaching is over" "# And the lesson's begun" "(INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE)" "# But he could not forgive her" "# Though he tried and he tried and he tried" "# In the halls of his memory" "# Still echo her eyes" "# He cried like a baby" "# He screamed like a panther in the middle of the night" "# And he saddled his pony" "# And he went for a ride" "# It was the time of the preacher" "# In the year of 01" "# Now the lesson is over" "# And the killing's begun #" "(RINGING TONE)" "(WOMAN) West Yorkshire police station, can I help you?" "My name is Pendleton." "Could I have a word with the Chief Constable?" "(RINGING TONE)" "I've had to stand down the night watch, sir." "They're dead on their feet." "That was Whitehall showing an interest." " A man called Pendleton." " There's nothing here for them." " Are you sure?" " Yeah." "Who the hell is Pendleton?" "I don't know, but he came through on the direct line." "What's Godbolt doing here?" "Doesn't he know what's going on?" "(KNOCK AT DOOR)" "(DOOR OPENS)" "I only heard news when I reached conference." "I came straight away." "I appreciate your coming." "As you know, I lost a son down the pit at 20." "Sit down." "He'll be given a spot of leave - you know, just to sort himself out - which means he'll have to come off your enquiry." "Well, I'll be sad to see him go." "It's difficult, investigating a union... ..but Ronnie has a certain tact - a rare quality in a Yorkshireman." "I know what you mean!" "So, who's going to replace him?" "(NOISY HUBBUB)" "He's a right evil bastard!" "Don't worry about him." "How is it going, sir?" "Well, there's plenty of stuff coming in, but nothing really concrete." " Any joy with the cartridge cases?" " No, we're still working on it." "Run that through the system." "Let me know as soon as you have something." "Give us a shout, Sue, if anything crops up." "Any news?" "No." "Are you OK?" "Ross has had us up all night going through your notebooks." "He's convinced it's someone you put away." "It could be." "When you see him, will you give him this list?" "It's the final selection." " OK." " Ron..." " Are you sure you're all right?" " I'm fine." "Poor bastard!" "I had to stand them down, Ronnie." "They're away from here by now." "In London, I should think." "The road blocks will stay till noon." "Then I meet the press." "Do you want to come?" "I've been working on the assumption that this was a grudge killing." "She stepped out in front of the gun." "That's what you said last night?" " Yeah." " But it was aimed at you?" "I'm sorry, sir." "I'll come back later." "So it has to be someone on this list." "I want to get down to the college." "Pick up her stuff." "We should go through this list, unless you think it's a waste of time." "This afternoon." "Is there anything you want me to tell the media?" "just get her age right." "She was 21, not 19 as the radio put it." "There's a note from Muntsey." "The coroners are postponing their report pending your identification." " Can you manage that?" " I'll go down now." " Are you sure?" " Yes, I'm sure!" "Ronnie..." "Officially, you have nothing to do with this enquiry." "Unofficially, keep me informed." "Thank you, sir." "Here you are, Mr Craven." "I've taken out all the fat." "Thank you, Shirley." "It was such a shame." "She was such a little beauty." "(SHE SOBS)" "C'mon, lass." "You'll have us all at it in a minute!" "We bypassed casualty." "There's always some bright young spark looking for kidneys." "She wouldn't have minded." "She's the property of the court now, but tell that to someone with a kid on a dialysis machine!" "Ronnie, you're not the first dad who's been down here." " This is not a test in stiff upper lip." " Let's get on with it." "I don't believe in repressing feelings." "Don't lecture me, Muntsey!" " Is this your daughter?" " Yes, sir, it is." "LEAVE IT!" "What was the cause of death?" "Shock, massive haemorrhaging." "The heart went into fibrillation... (CRAVEN) I wanted to kiss you but it would have embarrassed Muntsey, so I asked for some scissors and cut off a piece of your hair." "It was still damp, and despite the Glycol, it smelt of rain and crushed grass." "(MAN) She were a nice girl." "She had a nice smile an' all." " And she never complained." " Get lots of complaints, do you?" "All the time." "I open too late, the showers are cold, flickering lights" " I'm not an electrician - and dust on the court." "They'd have you on your hands and knees if they could!" " Is this it?" " That's right." "Open it." "(CLATTERING)" "I'll get you something to put it all in." "(BUZZER)" " (WOMAN) Who is it?" " Darius jedburgh." "Howdy!" " What the hell are you doing here?" " just got back from Texas." "Brought you a present from Houston." "Satellite photos." "Northmoor." " The kid was right." " The kid is dead." "She was killed last night by a gunman." "Latest reports suggest he was after her father." " He's a policeman." " Reckon he knows about all this?" "(EMMA) Into the washer." "Not thatI" "The colours will runI" "Put it on cold wash." "I've done that." "(STEADY LOW CLICKING)" "(INTENSE LOUD CLICKING)" "(CLICKING GETS LOUDER)" "(CRAVEN) Godbolt." " I'll just keep it warm for you." " Nail him if you can." " How long will you be away?" " A couple of weeks." "Break-ins, mostly kids." "Craigmills area." "And that's the lot." "Thanks, Ronnie (!" ")" "I'm going to London." "Why?" "That's where they'll be and I want to be there when they're picked up." "Did Emma have a boyfriend?" "Yes." "I don't know the latest." "Terry Shields, Gladomir Road, N10." " The Met checked him out." " And?" "And they gave him a clean bill of health." "He's a political agitator, evidently." "What about this list?" "I've narrowed it down from 50..." " Suppose it's none of them?" " I'm not with you." "Suppose it's nobody on the list?" "Someone else?" "So this has nothing to do with revenge?" "I don't know." "OK." "Look after yourself while you're down there." "I'll let the Met know you're coming." "We'll be in contact daily." "I suppose there's nothing else I should know before you go?" "About Emma, for instance?" "Not that I can think of." "(CRAVEN) I've only been to London on two occasions not connected with business." "Both times with your mother." "The first time, we went to Buckingham Palace where I received a medal from the Queen." "The second time, we went to a hospital on the Fulham Road for her operation." "We were there for six weeks, and you stayed with your Auntie May." "(EMMA) What did the Queen say?" ""You must be a very brave man, Inspector."" " Did she ask you to stay for tea?" " No!" "All that way and no tea?" "There was a reception - we had tea but not with the Queen." "Ann Soames' dad says the Queen isn't a friend of the miners." " Ann Soames' dad is a Communist." " What's a Communist?" "Someone who doesn't like the Queen." "Ann Soames' dad says the Queen is a waste of money." "What's money got to do with it?" "Money doesn't come into it." "You would still be dead and so would Mum." "Don't cry, Dad." "I'm not." "(CRAVEN) It's only natural, but a city seems to reflect one's memories of it." "Emma always connected London with that trip to Buckingham Palace, but I always associate it with cancer." " Detective Inspector Craven?" " Yes." "Detective Inspector Dingle, C11." "Welcome to the monkey house!" "Don't use the booze in the fridge." "This is cheaper." " That's better!" " Who's paying for this?" "We are." "Could have put you up in the section house, but what the hell?" "Don't get to meet you lot very often." "When we do, we like to make you feel at home." "I want to make it clear." "I'm on leave." "I'm not part of the investigation." "Of course." "I understand." "My guv'nor would like to see you anyway." "Soon as poss, he says." "He wants to sort out a few ground rules." "Mainly about the press." "I'm not giving interviews." "They're persistent buggers." "If you say no, they'll think you're just raising the price." "Here's to a quick result." "It's in YOUR hands." "Of course." "See you tomorrow." "(MARGARET THATCHER) Which question are you asking first?" "First Trident." "It's three per cent of the defence budget." "(ROBIN DAY) Six per cent of the equipment budget." "(THATCHER) But three per cent of the defence budget." "We could not possibly get such good deterrent value for that money as we get in Trident." "Now, should we have Trident?" "Yes." "(PHONE RINGS)" " Room 7016." " (MAN) Detective Inspector Craven?" " Speaking." " I'd like a word with you." " Who are you?" " My name is Pendleton." "Can you meet me in the car park now?" "(HANGS UP)" "(SOLO ELECTRIC GUITAR MERGES WITH DAY AND THATCHER'S DEBATE)" "(THATCHER) The alternative would be surrenderI" "(DAY) Supposing they threatened you with their massive conventional forces?" "Is our answer to rely on the nuclear deterrent first?" "(THATCHER) The nuclear deterrent is there to deter ALL war, and it has." "Pendleton?" "Mr Craven!" "(CRAVEN) We'll talk in my car." "Yours is bugged, like your phone!" "We're safe in here." "Chobham plate, I'm told." "Are you from Six?" "Good guess, but no." "We're attached to the Prime Minister's office." "Any ID?" "No, but you can talk to Sir Maurice if you like." "He heads the office." "8-5-3...3-5-1-2." "Where did you come across Six?" " Northern Ireland." " Thick on the ground?" "Like blazers at Henley!" "You don't like cloak and dagger, do you?" " Where are we going?" " The BBC." "Why?" "That's where the Prime Minister is." "I'm looking after her tonight." "You do this for a living?" "No, but we're a little short-handed." "My brief's a bit wider than that, which brings me to your daughter." "What about her?" "She was some sort of terrorist, wasn't she?" "Terrorist?" " According to her file." " What file?" "Oh, there's a file but it's difficult to get hold of." "What's your interest in this matter?" "The safety of the realm." "We like to know what's going on north of Watford." "I presume you discount the idea of revenge?" "No one here believes it." "I'd like to hear an alternative." "Why are you investigating the miners?" "Their election officers called me in." "Someone was rigging the ballot." " Who stood to benefit?" " james Godbolt." " Is the motive there for murder?" " No." "I'd like you to meet my partner." "I'm here in a very particular circumstance." "I don't think I'd be of any use." "On the contrary, you could be of enormous help." "The question is, were they after her or were they after you?" "(PHONE RINGS)" " (MAN) Call Fox for Delta Two." " Delta Two received." "Owing to traffic congestion in NHG, use alternative route Charlie Hotel Bravo." " Received." "Please advise all cars." " Wilco." "You'll have to walk back, I'm afraid." "We've been re-routed." "Look, give us a ring tomorrow." "(CRAVEN) The gunman wasn't young." "He held the gun square." "Emma..." "As she ran towards him, she shouted, "Don't!"" "He fired and she was thrown back." "She was running forwards and yet the blast checked her." "When I reached her, she was on her back, struggling to get up." "She looked at me as if she'd slipped." "(JONES) What happened to the gunman?" "(CRAVEN) For one moment, I thought, "She's all right", then I heard her sigh." "There was this exhalation, and blood all over her face," "and rain." "Then I heard a car start and I could hear it sliding in the mud, and I knew he'd set a caste of the tyres, and she said, "Dad, you're hurt. "" "But it was her blood all over me." "(JONES) You say when she ran forward, it was almost as if she knew him?" "(CRAVEN) Yeah, I got that impression." "(JONES) But he called your name?" "(CRAVEN) Yes." "(JONES) Did she say anything else?" "She just looked at me once and said, "Don't tell. "" "(JONES) Don't tell what?" "(CRAVEN) I don't know." "(JONES) And those were her last words?" "(CRAVEN) Yes." "(MAN ON TV) The top story this morning - the murder hunt for the killer of Emma Craven has moved to London after the discovery of an abandoned getaway car yesterday evening." "Police have yet to issue a detailed description of the man wanted in connection with the killing." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Yes?" " (ROSS) Heard the news?" " You found the car." "We found the car." "Got Lowe's fingerprints all over it." " Lowe?" " Fifth on my list." "You put him away ten years ago, remember?" " Are you saying he killed her?" " I'm not saying anything yet." "The Yard says he's in London." "They should have him by noon." "I'm sending jonesy to make the arrest." " Are you with me, Ronnie?" " Yes." "(KNOCK AT DOOR)" "When you see Elham, tell him our man's on his way." "I'm seeing him this morning." "Be nice to him." "He's been very helpful so far." "I'm also seeing Pendleton." "Does the name mean anything to you?" " What does he want?" " A chat, he says." "If he gives you any aggro, refer him to me, right?" "Bye now." "Thank you, sir." "(ROSS) What does he want?" "(CRAVEN) A chat, he says." "(ROSS) If he gives you any aggro, refer him to me." "(MUSIC: " 16 SHELLS FROM A THIRTY-OUGHT-SIX" )" "# Whittle you into kindlin'" "# Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six... #" "(MUSIC STOPS)" "(CHILDREN WHOOP AND YELL)" "(EXCITED YELLING)" "(CRAVEN) I don't think it's been fired." "(MAN) I still want to check it against another round we had in." "It came from a similar weapon." "It's quite an unusual gun." "It's based on the Swiss SIG." "It's called a Firebird." "The Egyptians offloaded a few on to the market about ten years ago." "Some of them fell into the hands of terrorists like Baader-Meinhof." " Emma wasn't a terrorist." " I know but we've got to make sure." "What I want are the prints on the gun excluding hers." "Hers were on the Revlon bottle, weren't they?" "It's all in hand." "Can you put them through the computer for me?" "I can try." " What's today's magic word?" " In the bumf on my desk." "What do you know about a man called Pendleton?" "Not much." "Drives a green Mercedes and parks in other people's spaces, dines at the Special Forces Club in Knightsbridge, and drinks with the SAS in Chelsea Barracks." "Security boys hate him." " Did you know him in Northern Ireland?" " No." "Done any work for him?" "Recently?" "He wanted a weapon found in water tested for radioactivity." "And was it?" " Radioactive?" " Yeah." "(MAN) Harcourt's the one to watch." "His other half." "Drafted in from Lloyds." "Dangerous bugger!" " What's his background?" " The City." "City?" "Can I get through to R2 on this?" " MI5, you mean?" " Yeah." "The Registry." "That's more than my life's worth!" "What does "Access Restricted" mean?" "It means it's not on that file but on another file." "Thanks, Carlisle." "That's really helpful." "Or it could mean that the guy's an informer so his record's restricted." " They don't match, do they?" " No." "I told you." "She wasn't into that sort of thing." " Do you want the gun back?" " Yeah." "And any information you have on the prints." "Wait here." "I'll be about ten minutes." "(RINGS DOORBELL)" "(FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS)" "Terry Shields?" " Yeah." " I'm Emma's dad." "Come in." "Straight up." "(SHIELDS) Hi, sorry." "Yeah, there was somebody at the door." "What?" "!" "No, come on, we've discussed this already!" "Yeah, we'll talk about it at julie's on Wednesday." "Look, there's somebody here." "Call me back later." "Tonight, yeah." "No!" "You call me!" "OK." " Look, they've already been here!" " Who?" "The Yard." "They looked around." "Interviewed me." "It's all on record." "She told me she was leaving home." " She was coming here?" " Well, we talked about it." "We didn't have much time for home-building, even for the relationship." "Politics is a full-time business." "I thought you were a lecturer." "Yes, I am, and Emma was a physicist, but life doesn't stop with the job, unless you're a policeman, I suppose." "Socialist Advance..." "Is that the name of your party?" "I'm the Assistant Secretary." " Not your cup of tea!" " No." "Was Emma a member?" "Yes, but she directed most of her energy towards sexual politics," "Greenham, the ecology movement..." "Not exactly our priorities." "It must have been difficult for you two to hit it off." "Having such diverse views, I mean." "It was a physical thing." "How deeply was she involved with Gaia?" "She was committed." " How did that show itself?" " I don't know much about it, but what I do know, I don't think she'd have wanted me to tell you." "Perhaps you're right." "Her last words were " Don't tell" ." "What?" "It all happened very suddenly, rather like a car crash." "If you've ever been in one, you'll know it's often quite difficult to remember the sequence of events." "I sometimes think she said, " Don't tell" , as she was running towards the gunman, or rather... .." Don't , Tel!"" "Your friends call you "Tel" ?" " But she didn't ." " What did she call you?" "She called me " Darling" , " Dearest" , " My love" ." "Tel's a nickname used by old schoolmates." "The gunman stepped out." "She ran towards him." "She shouted " Don't !"" "She died in my arms." "Her last words were " Don't ..." "Tel."" "I was at the City Institute in London, 200 miles away." " Yes, I know." " So if you've come to intimidate me, you've picked the wrong man." "I came for her things, Tel." "I'll get them." "This is all there is." " She travelled light." " It pays to these days." "It is possible that it was nothing to do with me, that she was warning you not to tell them what was going on in her life." "What WAS going on?" "I made a point of not asking." "Well, if you remember, call me." "Craven!" "This is an obituary I wrote for our paper." "I'll read it later." "It's just a short piece written in haste." "I hope it does her justice." "As I said, call me." "I'm at the Hilton, Shepherd's Bush." "(CRAVEN) That wasn't your nightie on the bed, was it?" " (EMMA) No." " I didn't think it was." "You're dead less than a week and already he's got another woman." " Do you understand that?" " Yes, I do." " He has his good points." " Such as?" " He was a good lover." " I'm sure he was." "In that van, a man listened to every creak of the bed, every sound you made." "You're jealous, Dad." "New Scotland Yard." "He's a bastard!" "(EMMA) What does the word " azure" mean?" "(CRAVEN) "Azure" is a police intelligence term." "It means the room is bugged or under some sort of electronic surveillance." "The word " cinnamon"" "denotes the use of microphones inside telephones or junction boxes." ""Tow rope" is the raw material gathered by telephone intercepts at the post office." "F Branch is the office in MI5 in London that analyses the material." "R2 is the MI5 computer that logs the material." "We have a link with R2 but it's difficult to get at." "That's where all the Gaia stuff will be." "Yeah." "(ON PHONE) Pendleton here." " This is Craven." "When do we meet?" " When are you due at Scotland Yard?" " 11.30." " Meet me in the basement car park at 11." " We keep meeting in car parks." " That is because you're being followed." "" My love" , " my darling" ." "What was the other thing you called him?" "(EMMA) " Dearest."" "His bed is bugged, he may be an informer, and you called him " Dearest" !" " It's not his fault." " Did he say that?" "He was playing them at their own game." " Who?" " The people who were after him." "And who are they?" " How much?" " £8.70." "Detective Sergeant jones, please." "He's with Detective Superintendent Elham." "Your name, please, sir." "Craven." "Inspector." "You can go up, sir." "Eighth floor." "Room 810." "(BEEPS HORN)" "Get in." " What happened to the Merc?" " We only use it for posh occasions." " We want to save on fuel." " (CRAVEN LAUGHS)" "Not exactly Albany, but it's home." "You are about to meet Harcourt." "Double first at Cambridge and an authority on E.M. Forster, but a complete twat at making connections." "I favour an Irish education." "Anyone who has examined the " Book of Kells"" "would be impressed by the labyrinthine coils of the Celtic imagination." " Are you a Celt?" " No." "Henry!" "Henry, this is Inspector Craven." "I was sorry to hear your news, Inspector." " Letters, Ellen." " Yes, sir." "It must have been a great blow." "Bizarre, I know, but not the sort who posts things to the " Guardian" ." "Where did you find her?" " Art school." " I'll get Ellen to make us some tea." " Pendleton said you wanted to see me." " What do you know about Gaia?" " Only what my daughter told me." " And what did she tell you?" "That it was an organisation against nuclear power." " Was she a member?" " Yes, I think she was." " You agree with her views?" " No... ..but I enjoyed the conversations." "Sit down, Mr Craven." "Would you say that Gaia was a subversive organisation?" "They broke a few rules." "Did you know that six of them broke into the Northmoor nuclear waste plant, led by your daughter?" "No." "Perhaps Emma's death was linked to the break-in." " Is there anything to suggest that?" " Circumstantial evidence." "Everyone connected with the raid is either missing or dead." "The coroner's report says her body was subject to massive doses of radiation consistent with her participation in the break-in." "And there is this." "How did she come to possess this?" "If I knew that, I wouldn't have given it to Carlisle." "Ross doesn't know about it?" "Nor does he know about the break-in at Northmoor." "You like to play things close to the chest, don't you?" "Yes, till I know what's going on." "I don't know who you are or what your interest is." "Surely Mr Pendleton explained that last night?" "He mentioned the safety of the realm, but no more." "He didn't have to." "We work direct to Cabinet Office, and we have carte blanche." "We are interested in anything that goes on at Northmoor." "That is our brief." "What concerns us at the moment is whether your daughter's death is as a result of the break-in or as your police colleagues believe, a rather unfortunate accident." "What do you think?" "I came here to discuss the file Mr Pendleton mentioned." "A file on Emma." "We haven't got a file on her, have we?" "He's talking about jedburgh's file." "I see no reason why Mr Craven shouldn't be put in touch with jedburgh, providing he helps us first." "Let's be clear about this." "You want me to help you but you won't tell me what all this is about?" "That's right." "We have no intention of putting you in the picture." "That's what we're paid for." "But we will return the gun to Carlisle without comment, and we won't hinder your own enquiry." "That's the deal." "OK." "Well, who does this remind you of?" "(MAN) I can't talk without some journalist mentioning this fraud, let alone speak on your behalf before a parliamentary sub-committee." "I'm no bloody use to you." "It's Godbolt." "You were investigating an election fraud." " It involved Godbolt's union?" " Correct." "Did you know that he's involved with the people that run Northmoor?" "No." "Had it occurred to you that someone might want him re-elected?" " Yes, it had." " But not the Northmoor management?" "I didn't know there was a connection." "Now you DO, do you agree that it was in their interest to see that their man got his job back?" "Yes." "And that they had the skill and the opportunity to execute the fraud?" " Yes." " What time was your meeting?" "11.30." "Sorry I can't run you back." "You know how it is." "I'll find my own way." "Could I have the Home Office, please?" "Extension 2793." "Thank you." " Carlisle?" " (CRAVEN) What happened?" "They were on to me straight away." "I'm sorry." "They're returning the gun." "Tell me if anyone else shows an interest." " Shall I complete the tests?" " Yes, today if possible." "Where the hell have you been?" " I got lost." " Word was you'd disappeared." " I thought I was under observation." " So did I." " You all right?" " Of course I am." "You checked in two hours ago." "Where have you been?" "I changed my mind and checked out again!" "You realise there have been 28 sightings of Lowe in London?" "I want you here when we get him." "You've a TV interview in 20 minutes." "We're late, and I want to talk to you about Lowe." " I said I wasn't giving interviews." " We'll talk about it on the way." " Have you got his file?" " I'll find it." "You should change your tie." "It's black." "You're in mourning, aren't you?" " How's it going your end?" " We're almost there." " No news on the other one?" " Ross will fill you in." "He's on his way down." "He wants in on the arrest." "(DINGLE) You remember him?" "Yes, I do." "What's the purpose of this interview?" "To show the kind of co-operation the public can expect between the Northern and Metropolitan police forces." "Inspector Craven, I'm Sue Cook." "Thank you for agreeing to come in." "It can't be easy for you." "It's a short interview." "I won't make it much of an ordeal, I promise you." "(MUSIC)" "(COOK) We're in a bit of a rush, I'm afraid." "What's important, if you don't mind, is going through the events of that night again." "(MAN) This way, please, Mr Craven." "All right, Ronnie?" "just take your time and relax." "Don't let her throw you." "I wanted to make sure that you... (ELHAM) I'd rather you didn't ask him about motives." "(MAN) just over here, please." " Is he all right?" " (ELHAM) He'll be fine." " (COOK) Are you all right?" " Could I have a glass of water?" "Of course." "Scott, could we have a glass of water for Inspector Craven?" "Yes, Peter, I can hear you now." "Right." "OK." "So it's now camera two, and three for the rest of it." "And you'll give me one minute and 30 second cues, yes?" "Inspector Craven, would you uncross your legs, please?" "I'm telling him now." "Inspector Craven?" "It looks rather odd on camera." "I'm talking to the director upstairs, by the way." "(MAN) Ten...nine...eight...seven... ..six...five...four." "Now we turn to the hunt for the murderer of the young student Emma Craven, who was gunned down outside her Yorkshire home last Thursday evening." "Her father, a police inspector, was with her as it happened." "Inspector Craven, have you got any useful leads?" "Yes, a car used in the incident has turned up in London." "That has been traced and the enquiry has virtually moved down to this area." "(COOK) Can you describe exactly what did happen on that night?" "(CRAVEN) I had just picked Emma up from her college." "It was about five minutes' drive away." "It was a rainy night..." "(PHONE RINGS)" "(RINGING CONTINUES)" "Room 7016." " Craven, my name is jedburgh." " Who did you say you are?" "Darius jedburgh." "I'm a friend of Harcourt's ." "Well, I'm not." "I only met him today and I don't like him already." "Well, he speaks very highly of you, son!" "I'd like to meet you." " When?" " Now, for Christ's sakes!" "I just saw you on TV." "The sight of you struggling in that sea of sanctimonious shit is still before my eyes." "It's almost 11.30, Mr jedburgh, and I am just about to go to bed." "Well, take a cold shower and get down here, you bastard!" " I'm at the Tiberio restaurant." " The Tiberio?" "On Curzon Street, Craven." "(HANGS UP)" " Mr jedburgh?" " Mr Craven!" "Darius jedburgh at your service, sir!" "Come join us!" "Pull up a chair and join the party!" "No Harcourt?" "Hell!" "You'll find him in Fulham with his leg over some law student!" " Silvio!" " What about Pendleton?" "He returns every night to the Abbey, where they lock him up in a tomb." "He only comes out when the kingdom's threatened." "I want you to meet some friends of mine." "This here's Colonel Robert G. Kelly, known as Services Caisson." "Here's Colonel Mike Merryweather, also known as Mad Mike." "They just got back from South America so we're celebrating." "Silvio, a drink for our guest!" "Come on, Craven, have a seat." "Enjoy yourself!" " Who's this?" " It's Craven, Mike." " He showed up at last!" " That's right." "I just wanna say this, Craven." "I was damned sorry to hear about your daughter." "A Macallan." "Hope it's to your liking." "Are they stationed in London?" "No, sir." "Colonel Kelly is from Dallas." "Ever been to Dallas, Craven?" " No, sir." " It's where we shoot our presidents!" "The jews got their Calvary but we got Dealey Plaza!" "Mad Mike's from Austin, the home of country music." " According to Waylon jennings." " jennings?" "Who the hell's jennings?" "The country singer, Mike." "Mr Craven is a connoisseur of our country music, according to Harcourt." "You know" " Little Willie!" "Willie Nelson!" "A regular outlaw, if his friends are to be believed!" " He just made a new record." " Cut a disc, Craven." "They may make records in London, but we cut discs in Texas!" "Cheers!" "What was that song Willie had out about a year...?" ""Time of the Preacher" !" "Something about the year of 01..." "Are you familiar with the words at all?" "" It was the time of the preacher, in the year of 01," "" and just when you think it's all over, it has only begun."" "No. " Now the lesson's all over and the killing's begun" !" "That comes later." "All right." "Remember what comes in between?" "Wait." "Here it goes." "# But he cannot forgive her though he tried and he tried... #" "" ..and he tried."" "# In the halls of his memory still echo her eyes" "# And he cried like a baby" "# And he screamed like a panther in the middle of the night" "# And he saddled his pony and he went for a ride" "(BOTH) # It was the time of the preacher in the year of 01" "# Now the lesson is over" "# And the killing's begun #" "You know what the term " preacher" signifies, don't you?" "Gun." "The time of the preacher is the time of the gun in the year of 01." "And just when you think it's all over, it is only begun." "It's quite a thought." "Something we ought to reflect upon." "I think we ought to get these boys to bed, Craven." "I guess they're all tuckered out!" "We used to have this gun sight in Vietnam with an image intensifier." "That's how I saw you on the screen tonight." "Like a sitting duck!" "Harcourt asked me to give you sight of a file." "I wasn't too keen till I saw you on TV." " You work with the CIA?" " Yes, sir." "I find that hard to believe." "Time was when the station was full of joggers in Brooks Brothers suits." "With Reagan in the White House, we get to keep a higher profile." "White Rolls and Stetsons?" "We're just blending in with the surroundings!" "Like Uncle Ho says, " Blend in with the surroundings!" Do you play golf?" "It's the closest thing I got to a religion." "I really believe that God's a golfer." "Does that upset you, Craven?" "When I think of St Andrew's and Carnoustie and Leith," "I realise that it is more than a coincidence that Divine Providence has brought forth oil from the North Sea." "That oil will help save the golf courses of Scotland!" " From what?" " From the Communists." "Imagine what would happen to the golf courses if a Communist government got in power!" "God may not be a Communist or a Republican, but he's not a member of the Socialist Advance." "Do you have any experience with Communism, Craven?" " No, sir." " It's an anal disease." "Marx had trouble with his bowels." "Go on, man." "OK, son." "There you go." "If the White House should ring, just say I'm out in the field." "OK, Mike." "That file's in the top right-hand drawer of my desk in the living room." "(CRAVEN) "One year ago, the MOD test station at Eskmeals" ""confirmed radioactivity of above normal background level" ""at the Corry Reservoir, Craigmills, Yorkshire." ""Emergency procedures were activated under NAIR arrangements" ""and the reservoir was shut down." ""An independent inquiry was set up under the chairmanship of Dr Anthony Marsh." ""Suspicion pointed to a secret plutonium source" ""hidden in Northmoor nuclear waste plant, ten miles from the city." ""Northmoor's mines have been used by the British Army since World War II." ""Recently, the mines were sold to a private company, IIF," ""specialising in the storage of low-grade wastes." ""I.I.F is owned by Robert Bennett," ""an entrepreneur with extensive connections in the nuclear industry." ""It is rumoured that plutonium has been illegally stored there." ""These rumours have always been denied." ""This summer, a team of scientists from the ecology group Gaia," ""penetrated the mines." ""They were organised and led by a local woman, Emma Craven." ""Since all those connected with this adventure are now dead or disappeared," ""it is difficult to discover what their mission was" ""or whether it was successful. "" "Tony Marsh is dead." "A car accident on the motorway." "I know." "I'm sorry." "Is there anything I can do?" "He'd just finished the report on the reservoir." "It points conclusively to Northmoor as a contamination source." "That lets Sellafield off the hook." "Yeah, they're jumping for joy, but what's going to happen here?" "It's none of your business." "The analysis suggests the source has to be a reprocessing plant." "IIF deny having anything like that." "Spent fuel rods have been known to leak." "No, Dad." "It was done by some sort of laser operation, which they also deny." "The only way to find out is to go down there." "Northmoor is a nuclear waste plant." "Anyone who breaks in there will be met with ultimate force." "It's the most dangerous business in Britain." "Don't even think of it." ""The location of plutonium at Northmoor raises doubts" ""about the status of current agreements with the British Government." ""While our need for plutonium is at a premium and British reserves high," ""evidence that they have further stocks" ""is a blow to those who advised us to put our faith in the UK." ""Is it possible that these stocks are not the product of Sellafield?" ""This raises the sinister question as to where that source might be," ""and for what purpose it is being made." ""As a matter of priority, we must find out what's going on at Northmoor." ""Emma Craven." "Aged 21." ""Bachelor of Science." "Studied under Emily Threadwell at the Cavendish." ""Gaia's representative at Craigmills College." ""She was ordered to organise a raid on the mines." ""No one knows exactly what occurred, but one source indicates" ""that the team were trapped in an underground tunnel below the cooling pools" ""and that a large quantity of radioactive water was directed into it." ""Whether this was a calculated act on the part of the company is not known." ""Her boyfriend, Terry Shields, a left-wing firebrand," ""is thought to have passed information to Scotland Yard Special Branch" ""about Socialist Advance, the Trotskyite party to which he belongs." ""Special Branch may have known about the raid and alerted the company." "Her father, a detective in Craigmills," ""may also have known of his daughter's activities." ""It is difficult to conclude that he did not." ""Yet he made no attempt to stop her going in." ""Why?"" "(PHONE RINGS)" "Yes?" "He is out in the field." "That's the message I got." "" Obituary, Emma Craven." "" Emma Craven, who died tragically at the hands of a gunman last week," ""would have been 22 today." ""As a member of Socialist Advance, she served in a number of capacities," "" particularly on the political committee." "" It is not our practice to comment on the personality of party members," "" but in this particular case, Craven...despite her background," "" showed both courage and wit." "" She was and always will be remembered as a good comrade."" "" Comrade" !" "(EMMA) You don't understand, Dad." "No, I don't ." "(EMMA) I loved him." "You loved him (!" ")" "(EMMA) Poor old Dad." "(ELHAM) I want Lowe, and I want him in one piece." "Sixth floor." "(ELHAM) Good luck." "Have you got a number for Craven?" " Yeah." " Call him." " It's seven o'clock, Craven." " I brought your file back." "It was never meant to leave the goddamned apartment!" " Did you photocopy it?" " No, sir." " Want some breakfast?" " Yes, please." "Merryweather won't be up till noon and Kelly got called out." " Out?" " Yeah, Athens." "Somebody shot the station chief." "Bad business, that." "Boiled eggs?" "(WOMAN) Can I help you?" "Detective Inspector Craven, please." "Room 7016." " Did he leave a number?" " I'll just check." ""To go into the shadows" - what does that mean?" "It's an Italian expression, much used by the Red Brigade." "It means to abjure the world, to become a terrorist." "Your daughter was a terrorist." "You might as well get used to it." "It says here she went to Northmoor looking for plutonium." "It doesn't say anything about being armed." "No, plutonium is the key word here." "People who mess with plutonium are terrorists." " What do you know about Northmoor?" " Only what I read in the report." "It's a low-grade waste facility run by a company with a very long name." "There is no evidence of plutonium in Northmoor." "Why are you trying to convince me about your daughter?" "I was only asked to give you sight of the report." " She was not a terrorist." " She sure believed in direct action!" " Cutting corners." " Breaking into offices, stealing files." "The sort of thing we do every week!" "But we have a licence to do it, Craven." "She did not." "Unless you gave her one." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Excuse me." "jedburgh." "Yeah, he's here." "Come on, Rachel." "(WOMAN SCREAMS)" "You know, I like this city, even in the rush hour." " I could have taken a cab." " I'm your magic helper." "I gave Pendleton my word I'd guide you through these difficult times." "OK, tell me what you know about Gaia." "It's an organisation of scientists who believe it is their duty to save the planet from the human race, which they believe are trying to destroy it." "They're very dangerous people." "People who put trees and flowers before people are beyond reasoning with." "They don't believe in humanity except as a form of moral pollution." "My daughter never expressed such a view." "She probably did, a dozen times a day, but you never noticed it." " What happened?" " The bastard jumped." " How far did he fall?" " Six floors." "Whereabouts from?" "He's still alive. just." "(WOMAN) How many police officers were involved in the arrest of Mr Lowe?" "(MAN) How is Lowe?" "(DINGLE) Not too well." "He fell off a tower block." " Why?" " He didn't want to be taken alive." " Nobody will believe that!" " You arsehole, that's what happened!" "(JONES) We followed procedure." "We got to the door..." " With the two DCs, yes." " (ELHAM) What happened at the door?" "(JONES) Nothing." "It all happened inside." "All bloody hell broke loose." " I want you to talk to him." " How is he?" "Not well." "Not well at all." "(ELHAM) We can go in now." "I want Craven to talk to him alone." "(ELHAM) One of our men has to be present." "We'll only get the other name if he sees him alone." "(MAN) If you wish to see him, you should go in now." "Wait here." "(SPORTS COMMENTARY ON TV)" " When did you pass?" " Last Wednesday." "I took it at 4.15." " He didn't keep me out for long." " Is that your first time?" "Certainly was!" "I got it first time round!" "You must have bribed the instructor!" "(CRAVEN) I was driving Ann to the hospital at the time." "Twice a week for radium treatment." "Something in her manner told me not to talk about her illness." "Every time I tried to discuss it, she warned me off." "The doctor, of course, told me nothing." "I realised it was serious when I found she'd bought clothes for Emma that were much too big." "I volunteered to take them back but she said no." "It was only later it occurred to me her choice had been deliberate." "She knew she was dying, and she wanted to stock up on things like clothes for Emma before she went." "I remember it clearly." "Dropping Ann off." "Seeing the pain in her face." "And then confronting Lowe a few minutes later." "(ELHAM) Craven." "You can come in now." "Take it easy." "Lowe..." "This is Mr Craven." "Can you hear me?" "You've been hurt, but you're safe now." "No one can reach you here." "(CRAVEN) He had committed a brutal killing in pursuance of a theft, and there was a sexual element." "There was no evidence to speak of, and nothing of a forensic nature, so we needed a statement, an admission of guilt." "Lowe, this is Mr Craven, remember?" "Ronnie Craven." "I'm here to help you." "(CRAVEN) I developed a soft approach in interrogation, which with certain prisoners meant spending time alone with them." "It would involve holding hands and being physically close." "Sometimes, I even kissed Lowe." "Lowe, can you hear me?" "(CRAVEN) And it worked." "(CRAVEN) He was a brutal man, though not without resources." "He knew what I was doing, and the kind of pressure I was putting on him." "Now, you're hurt." "You're hurt badly." "Who is it you're afraid of?" "(CRAVEN) Driving Ann to the clinic each day made it easy to share his torment." "Soon, we were like lovers, and lovers have no secrets." "Eventually, he signed a statement, and when it was produced in the High Court, he was convicted..." "I've lost my daughter." "(CRAVEN) ..by which time, Ann was dead." "I want to know who killed her." "OK." "Thank you." " Morning." " Good morning, sir." " Mr Harcourt's table, please." " Yes, of course." "Thank you." "Breakfast?" "Yes, a large malt on the rocks, black coffee with honey." "Yes, sir." "No need to play the Texan, we can take it as read." "You're history." "Heseltine is cutting Intelligence by 15 per cent!" "We're funded by the Prime Minister's Office." "And the Arts Council." "He has us down as a band of strolling players." " And the Commonwealth." " As professional historians." " And the GLC." " A lesbian co-operative." " Frick and Frack." " What about Lowe?" "The Met picked him up, then they dropped him from the sixth floor!" "Oh, dear." "I gave the report to Craven like you asked me to." "He read it." " How did he react?" " Stout defence of daughter." "Doesn't see much beyond her death." "Under pressure but hanging in there." "He knows a damned sight more than he pretends to." "So do you, Pendleton." "Why don't you tell me what the hell's going on?" "If we knew, you'd be the last to be told." " Grogan?" " He's flying in for the enquiry." "He's going to buy IIF." " So he's gonna own Northmoor?" " (HARCOURT) And what's in it." "Trouble, right here in River City." "jerry, how are you?" "I hope you had a pleasant flight." "An 80-knot tailwind helped us along!" " You piloted the plane yourself?" " Yes." "On the long hops, I like to take over." "Flying exercises the right side of the brain." "Most of our days are spent in left-side activity." "You've lost me, jerry." "We never got beyond the cortex at school!" "Well, what's the situation?" "The cave's down to 500 rads but the chamber's still too hot." "So, in a few more days, we can get in." " Yes." " That's OK." "What about the sale?" "That's making a few waves." " That's only to be expected." " Hmm." "Lowe... (LOWE MUMBLES)" "Lowe, who was the other man?" "(LOWE MUMBLES)" "..surprised him as he ate breakfast." "There was a struggle." "An attempt was made to take him down the emergency stairs." "At this point, he broke free and reached the window." "(WOMAN) From where he jumped?" "He wasn't handcuffed?" "(ROSS) None of the officers was carrying handcuffs." "I've got a name." "(ELHAM) Who is McCroon?" "(CRAVEN) A gunman." "Ex-Provo." "Part of the fall-out from Belfast." "You put him away?" "Eight years ago, but he had nothing to complain about." "He must have had something to turn up on your doorstep." "If he did, he was paid to." "Someone gave him a gun, a car, my address, details of my movements." "There's not one ounce of evidence to support that notion!" "You think two misfits like Lowe and McCroon can turn up out of the blue?" "They came looking for you, they shot her." "It's just one of those things." "(CRAVEN) Let me off here." "I'll walk." "Give us a chance!" "You just killed the chief witness!" "I'll call you later." "(ELHAM) He's got a point." "(ROSS) I think he's cracking up." "Let's go." " (EMMA) Are you angry?" " Yes, I am!" "I'm angry!" "(EMMA) Well, don't be angry at me!" "What the hell were you up to?" "What the hell do you think you were doing?" " (EMMA) I knew what I was doing." " Did you?" " Like hell you did!" " Yes, I did!" "You took on the most dangerous business on earth." "God knows what was down there!" " We nearly made it." " They were just waiting for you!" "You didn't stand a chance!" "Come on, Daddy." "Get up!" "This is no time to break down!" "You've got to be strong like a tree." "Don't break!" "Please, Dad, don't break." "Please!" "What I want to know is, who the hell let you in there?" "Who let you do it?" "Emma?" "EMMA!" "(MAN) Craven!" "I want to talk." "You know I'm under surveillance?" "Since the break-in, they think I'm connected." " Who is it?" " I don't know," " but they think I'm connected." " And are you?" "Don't be stupid!" "I'm a political agitator, not a bloody environmentalist!" "You're also a police informer." "That's what you do to keep them off your back." "You should know." "You've worked in Northern Ireland." "When I think of all the dangerous cases..." " What did you tell them about Emma?" " I told them what I knew." "What did you tell them?" "Emma thought there was a hot cell down there." " Where?" " In Northmoor." "What the hell is a hot cell?" "I don't know, but whatever it is, it turned her on." " (PHONE RINGS)" " Yeah?" "Craven here." "Superintendent Ross, please." "Chief Superintendent, it's Mr Craven." " Ronnie." " I'm sorry I lost my temper, but we should sort out the alternatives." "McCroon's thumbprint fits with the gun in the car." "There's a feeling he's still in the north." "Come back with me and stay at my place." " When are you leaving?" " The 7.15." " Thanks, but I'll come on later." " Now that Lowe's dead, I want you back." "I'll see you at the funeral." "I need a couple more days down here." "OK, but no more." "(CRAVEN) Lesson number one when fighting terrorism is be ordinary." "Show no distinctive features, either of dress or behaviour." "Wear nothing that attracts attention." "That put Mac at a disadvantage - he had red hair." "From Portadown to Ballymena, he was known as "Carrot Top"." "It was only a matter of time before they got him." "I have an old friend to see you." "Ronnie Craven." " Do you remember him?" " Hello, Mac." "How are you?" "A bit like doing time." "Worse really." "No remission for good behaviour." "I don't feel forgotten." "How are the grafts doing?" "The worst are over." "And the flesh is healing." "Any of the boys been to see you?" "Yes." "Lots of visitors." "To tell the truth, I don't need them." "You get so involved in what's going on here." "It's a whole world." "There are people here from the Somme, from the Falklands." "I'm the only one from Northern Ireland at the moment." "You should have got out, Mac." "You were pushing your luck." "I know." "(NORTHERN IRISH ACCENT) But you know what it's like!" "Anyway, I had nobody to come home to." "How's Emma?" "She's dead." "She was killed." "Gunned down last week." "They say he was looking for me." " Do I know him?" " McCroon." "What's in it for McCroon?" "Why would he do it?" "Revenge?" "Life's too short, even for a nutter like McCroon." "There's another dimension to this." "I want to get into the MI5 computer." "They wouldn't let you through the door." "I won't be using the door." "I need an unguarded terminal and tap straight into the Registry, but I'll need help." "Have you gone funny?" "Become a vegan or something?" "I'm serious, Mac." "Emma's dead." "Both barrels of a shotgun straight in the chest." "I was there, Mac." "She died in my arms." "I can't just sit back and watch them making all the wrong moves!" "Leave it with me." "I'll see what I can do." "(MAN) Can we get back to the Christian concept of sharing, which is also a fundamental of trade unionism?" "Can we get back to the gentleman who so tragically lost his daughter?" "What stopped you from reaching out to him?" "Come on in!" "Watch this." "Do you want a drink?" "Sit down!" "Come on!" "Make yourself at home!" "It's not that such things are motiveless - there were a motive - it's just that mistakes sometimes happen." "So your friend's daughter's death was accidental?" "That's the second time that guy's referred to you." " It's Godbolt." " I know who he is." "It's what he's saying that's so damned interesting." "An accident is a result of divine providence, a mistake the result of human error." "My friend thinks that some malevolent force took a hand in his daughter's death, whereas it was simply a mistake." "You can't explain that to someone who's overcome with grief." "You have to escalate the rhetoric, the way you two do, and talk about God and faith and destiny." "So men make mistakes, but God can't?" "In your terms, God, in mine, history." "As far as history is concerned, history cannot make mistakes." "At that point, we will leave it." "James Godbolt, thank you," "John Parker, thank you." "Next week, the Creation - accident or...?" "(TV OFF)" " What the hell was that all about?" " I don't know." "That man wanted to tell five million people that your daughter was murdered by mistake." "He's trying to tell you something." "Unfortunately, you weren't here so you missed it!" "What's a hot cell?" "Shields said there's a hot cell in Northmoor, which is why Emma went there." " Shields said that?" " Yeah." "Get some sleep, you need it!" "Harcourt asked me to give you this." "Meet him tomorrow, ten o'clock at the Commons, details inside and don't be late." " What about Godbolt?" " I'd get to him before the other side does!" "(PENDLETON) Good of you to keep us informed." "If Shields knows about a hot cell, he may be useful." "We'll be busy." "The enquiry into the Northmoor takeover starts today." "I'll just check the van." "(RINGS BELL)" "(POUNDING MUSIC: " CHRISTIAN MILITIA" )" "SHIELDS!" "# See the light in their eyes shine" "# Listen to their words like swords" "# The Christian militia is marching now" "# There's a witch hunt coming" "# Born out of all the American fears" "# There's a witch hunt coming" "# Hell fire for all of us here" "# Hold on to your sanity as best you can" "# While some Hitler claims to be the Son of Man" "# The Christian militia is marching now... #" "(MUSIC STOPS)" "(FRONT DOOR SLAMS)" "(RUNNING WATER)" "(FOOTSTEPS CLIMBING STAIRS)" "We got a problem." " Are you here for the enquiry?" " I'm here to talk to Mr Bennett." " Are you buying I.I.?" " We've discussed it." " Do you anticipate any problems?" " No." "Is your bid an attempt to head off the enquiry?" "I don't subscribe to the conspiracy theory of history." "What is your interest in I.I.?" "Nuclear waste management is going to be big business." "I.I. is ahead of the game." "What will be Mr Bennett's position if you acquire the company?" "I'm sorry?" "What will be Mr Bennett's position if you acquire the company?" "I won't make any changes in the management structure." "Thank you." "(DIN OF VOICES)" "Mr Craven?" "jedburgh sent me." "He thought you might need some help." " Do you work for him?" " No, I'm just a friend, but we do have interests in common, like Gaia." " Hello, Clemmy." " Hello, Guy." "And how's my favourite tart?" "He won't be needed." "I've seen the list." "The fact he's not on the list does not mean he's not needed." "I stand corrected." "When you're finished, I'll be by the door." " Who was that?" " She's just a friend of jedburgh's ." "Polly!" " Hello, my darling, how are you?" " Come and meet a friend of mine." "This is Polly Pelham," "Honourable Member for Plowhill, and Shadow Energy Spokesman..." " Person." " Mr Craven." " Not in the Intelligence Service?" " No, a policeman." "A proper job!" "Guy, I'm afraid, has rather gone to seed, and is keeping bad company." "She means the Intelligence Services." "He's being set up, aren't you?" "You and Harcourt - such babes in arms!" "My father, a Cabinet Minister, told me to keep away from Intelligence." "They either fall out of windows or push people under trains, and are always short of cash!" "(PENDLETON) It's because they're so grubby that we're here." "(POLLY) How naive!" "You couldn't put a dent in the S.I.S." "You're just a pimple on their bum." " So why HAVE we been brought in?" " To muddy the water." "There's obviously something very subterranean going on." "If you have information, I'd like to have it." "(POLLY) You're the spy, find out for yourself!" "I must go." "Goodbye, Mr Craven." "Keep an eye on him." " Do you know that man?" " I know his face." "He's the man we think had your daughter killed." "What's he doing here?" " I'll find out." " Will it be necessary to go to the plant?" "(MAN) No." "It's a political battle." "It will be fought down here." " He's here to give evidence." " What the hell does he know?" "(MAN) It's time to go in." "(GROGAN) What's going on, Bobby?" "(MAN) Come on, let's get in there." "See you at the hotel." "Well, you certainly upset Mr Bennett!" "Is that why I was brought here?" "To upset Bennett?" "I want him to know that you're on to him." " On to him?" " Well, aren't you?" "Cup of tea?" "Is there anything else I can do for you?" "Yes, I need a witness." "Well-spoken, a police officer, and well-motivated." "A daughter having recently been murdered would be useful." "You want me to be a witness?" "We'll provide you with the information to blast Bennett out of the water." "Why me?" "Our intelligence comes from people whose cover we can't afford to blow." "Anything coming from you could have been picked up while investigating your daughter's death." "No, thanks." "Sorry." "(MAN) The purpose of this session is to examine the consequences, if any, of the takeover of International Irradiated Fuels Limited by the Fusion Corporation of Kansas." "We will begin with our first witness, Mr Robert Bennett, managing director of International Irradiated Fuels Limited." "Hi, jerry!" "You look tired." "You still on Houston time?" " What are you doing here, Darius?" " I'm an energy attaché at the Embassy." "See?" "A regular diplomat!" "Corps Diplomatique!" "You're wasted here." "You should be back in the Third World killing Communists!" "That's what made you a star, isn't it?" "This is the Third World, and Communists are not the problem." " So what is?" " You are, and I'm here to warn you." "You're stirring up the natives." "We have our own interests on this island." "Quite apart from the airbases, there's the golf courses." "The golf courses?" "I'm a golfer." "When you and your friends are busy in the stadiums, who will look after the golf courses?" "That is the question I ask myself every time I address the ball." "Keep talking that way and you won't pass your next medical!" "To know is to die." "Remember that, jerry!" "Craven!" "Yo!" "Did you see Bennett?" "She'll fix up a meeting with Gaia." "Look after him, Clemmy, we may need him!" "A man of few words!" "When he's sober!" "Mr Bennett, you're the Operations Director of International Irradiated Fuels." "What is the philosophy behind the company?" "The company was formed in response to a demand for permanent and semi-permanent storage facilities in the nuclear field, in particular, the need to store low-grade wastes from nuclear installations without contaminating the oceans, and also to find a solution for the disposal of the high-grade wastes" "which emanate from our reprocessing plants." "This high-grade waste must be stored in such a way that it is impervious to accident, earthquake, flood and theft." "Your charter calls for the storage of low-grade waste." "As a first objective, but we seek a long-term solution to the disposal of high-grade waste." "To what extent did you have Government backing for your venture?" "We had full support of all the agencies, and generous grants, particularly for our research." "For example, we're designing a vitrification plant, and we have had a generous measure of support for this project from the Government." " Where did you meet Darius?" " Nicaragua, during the Revolution." "He was photographing a Sandinista hide-out and his plane ran out of gas." "We found him trying to persuade a garage to let him pay for a tankful of fuel with a Diners Card." "His Spanish is appalling." " You rescued him!" " Not quite." "I was a liaison officer with the Sandinistas, so we took him prisoner." "We kept him for six weeks and ran up a huge bill on his card before he left." "It was a CIA account." "So, when did you two become friends?" "Later, in London." "What does he know about Gaia?" "He helped to found the organisation in '77." "jedburgh?" "(PHONE RINGS)" "(JEDBURGH) I'm at the airport." "I'm returning to Washington." " Washington?" " I'll be back." " Did Clementine put you in touch?" " Not yet." "Stick with her, she's OK - but don't ever give her your Diners Card!" "(HE HANGS UP)" "(CRAVEN) Mummy will sleep on the top, Emma will sleep on the bottom." " What about Daddy?" " Daddy will sleep with Emma." " Mummy will be all alone." " No, she won't ." "She'll be on the top bed all by herself." "All right." "You sleep with her." "If I sleep with Mummy, you'll feel neglected." " No, I won't feel neglected." " Yes, you will." "No, I will not feel neglected, believe me!" "The best thing is for you and Mummy to sleep on the bottom and for me to sleep on top!" "But you're the smallest!" "What does that matter?" "We've got to get it right!" "(CRAVEN) Emma sleeps on top, Mummy sleeps on the bottom." "You know, Ronnie, you can't make allegations like this and expect to be taken seriously." " Can I have that back, sir?" " We know it was McCroon." "We have Lowe's dying statement, we have his prints on the car." "Doesn't that satisfy you?" "We know why he did it." "It was revenge." "Does he have to put a bullet in you before you'll admit it?" "Now, this is going in my safe and it will stay there until you come to your senses." "What I want is a warrant to get into Northmoor." "It's out of the question." "Ronnie, you're not well." "You're depressed." "I think you should see a doctor." "I would like the watch taken off my house." "No." "McCroon isn't going to come as long as it's there." "All right." "If you agree to see a doctor, we'll take it off, but not the telephone intercept." "You understand?" "OK." "(PATTER OF RAIN)" "(NEWSREADER) ..in America, the concept of "rapture" is coming under public scrutiny." "According to billions of US born-again christians..." "(MUSIC: "EDGE OF DARKNESS")" "(STAIR CREAKS)" "(SILENCE)" "Craven!" "You bastard!" "You bloody murdering bastard!" "It's your turn now, Craven!" "(SHRIEKS)" "Craven!" "We know it was McCroon." "Why don't you admit it?" " I want the watch taken off my house." " All right, but not the telephone intercept." "(WEATHERMAN) ..across Wales, coming up to the Pennines there." "Now getting into Yorkshire, down into East Anglia, and I think some particularly heavy rain there, particularly on the Pennines." "Strong winds driving that rain on." "Winds getting up to 45 miles an hour, so certainly some gale-force southwesterlies mixed in it." "Down in the South, not so much rain, but it will stay cloudy." "Little bits of drizzle from time to time." "But in the North, a dry night and a pretty cold one, too." "Let's go over to the Atlantic chart and see the reason for this." "And there it is." "These fronts strung out across the Atlantic." "They're the areas of cloud and rain, and this situation is not unlike a couple of weeks ago, when we had some particularly heavy rain in central parts of the country." "Here's the low giving the rain, giving the strong winds." "That's pushing on..." "(CLICK)" "Remember me?" "I've been waiting for you." " I've already made the call." " Then, I hope you said goodbye." "Ten years, Craven." "That's how long I've been waiting." " Ten years." " Ten years?" "We're talking about Ireland." "We're talking about 1973." "Three Brigade." "We're talking about your job, Sergeant." "Turning good men into touts and traitors, and when you were done with them, turning them over to the Provos to be shot." " For that, you killed my daughter?" " I was looking for you." "She just got in the way." " You fired both barrels into her chest." " She was coming at me like a goalkeeper." "You could have picked me off blindfolded, you daft Irish prat!" "I was in no hurry." "I knew I'd get you sooner or later." " How long have you been out?" " A year." " You waited a whole year?" " I told you, I was in..." "Someone told you where to find us." "Who was it?" "Why don't you make your peace with God?" "I want to know before you pull that trigger." "What's the use?" "You were both marked." "(SOFTLY) It matters to me." "Ask her, Craven, next time you meet her." "Please..." "I want to know." "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "(WAILS) No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "(SOBS VIOLENTLY)" "She no longer speaks to me." "Does that disturb you?" "But you still see her?" "Could you see her this morning?" "In some societies, the dead are thought to be reluctant to proceed on their way because they fear what might happen to them in the next world." "Do you think Emma's like that?" "They're chased with threats and insults." " Do you find such a notion fanciful?" " What worries me is not that she's gone, but that we parted on such bad terms." " You quarrelled?" " In Hyde Park." "I felt myself disintegrating." "She was telling me to hold on." "She kept asking me to be... strong..." "like a tree." "A tree?" "That was how she saw me." "Just..." "And you became angry with her?" " Why?" " Because... she allowed herself to be... abused..." "..got herself into such a mess." " How's the patient?" " Very interesting." "He has what primitives call a "bush soul"." "He identifies himself with a tree." " Is he suffering from shock, depression or what?" " All three." " The "what" being...?" " Grief." "Hello, Ronnie." " How are you?" " OK." " Did you call into the house?" " Yes, we tidied up a bit." "Sorted things out." "Well...we got McCroon before he got you." "Why did you leave the marksman on site?" " Jesus Christ, Ronnie." "He was going to kill you." " You gave me your word." "Ronnie, I knew exactly what I was doing." "We saved your life." "Perhaps you didn't want it saved?" "I was drawing it out of him." "He wanted to tell me." "I'm closing the case, Ronnie." "Nothing's ever cleared up, you know that." "We don't know how he got the gun or your address." "We still don't really know why he did it, but I don't think we ever will know." "It sounds callous, but at least you've been spared the trial and the dirt that goes with it." "Your health, Ronnie." "And may she rest in peace." "Emma!" "Emma!" "(POLICE RADIOS CRACKLE)" "(CLICKING)" "(INTENSE CLICKING)" "(CLICKING STOPS)" "I want her taken to London." "(DOCTOR) Tell me about Ireland." "It was my job to select and train informers." "In those days, you could only find them in jails." "McCroon was one of them." "You know how it is with informers - they grow to depend on you." "You encouraged that?" "You do, don't you?" "I had six or seven of them working for me." "Then when Anne got cancer, I came home, and they were all..." "let go." "It was all out of my hands." "Some of them were betrayed to the IRA." "Some of them were used in dirty little schemes, which meant their inevitable exposure." "None of them received the money or the protection I had promised them." "They were bad times... and they got a bad deal." "And McCroon remembered that?" "Yes." "But he..." "Something else motivated him." "I'm Detective Chief Superintendent Ross." "Who are you?" "I'm Pendleton." "Craven mentioned the name." "I heard he was off his rocker." "Oh, not really." "Just needs a bit of a rest, that's all." "(RUNNING WATER SPLASHES)" "(CHIME)" "(GODBOLT) It's not that such things are motiveless." "Of course there were a motive." "It's just that mistakes sometimes happen." "(CHILD SINGING FAINTLY)" "# Ratatouille's my favourite food, favourite food" "# I could eat it every day, every day, every day" "# I could eat it every day, every day" "# All I want is ratatouille, ratatouille, ratatouille" "# All I want is ratatouille, ratatouille #" "Emma." "(HUMS RATATOUILLE SONG)" "Ratatouille..." " I've been trying to tell you for ages." " Emma?" "Don't lose it." "It's important." "Emma!" "You could take us down there." " You're one of the few people who could." " Northmoor is a nuclear waste plant." "Anyone who breaks in will be met with ultimate force." "It's the most dangerous business in Britain." "Don't even think of it." " Mrs Mac?" " Yes." "This is Ronnie Craven." "I spoke to your husband three weeks ago." "He gave me a name, Toby Berwick, but I need his number." "I'm afraid he's going to be out till four o'clock, but the number is 472 1005." "472 1005." "I'll be in London tonight." "I'll ring him when I arrive." "Right." "I'll pass it on." " Thank you very much. (HANGS UP)" " Who was that?" "A friend of a friend." "Can he help?" "I hope so." "(RADIO ) As the inquiry into the future of the nuclear industry continues," "Jerry Grogan of the Fusion corporation of Kansas has stated again his intention of buying IIF." "IIF is a pioneer in the field of nuclear waste, and there's widespread concern about the company being sold overseas." "Whether the takeover would have the blessing of the Department of Energy remains to be seen." "Nevertheless, the Government is determined to press ahead with its plans to privatise the industry in due course." "Abroad now, the Gulf War and..." "So, what you gonna do?" "I'm going to go in." "I thought it was the most dangerous business in England, run by the most dangerous men." "You're exaggerating again." "But I'm glad you're back." "I've missed you." "You doctor would say it was a terminal psychosis preceding complete collapse." "He doesn't use long words like that." "Hey!" "Pendleton!" "Well?" "It was one of the Gaia girls." "Women, Pendleton, even dead, would not like to be known as "girls"." "Well, is it radioactive?" "Oh, yes." "(PATHOLOGIST) We have isolated four separation fission products in the water in her lungs." "In my opinion, there were more, but the decay's so rapid that they've disappeared without trace." " What was death by?" " Drowning, but she'd been exposed to radiation." "What sort of radiation?" "Well, it's impossible to say." "Radiation is radiation." " Alpha waves probably." " Could it be connected with spent fuel rods?" "The caesium might be. 137 is a Beta emitter thrown up during reprocessing." "So, what you are saying is for that body to have been contaminated by caesium 137, it would have to have been exposed to a plutonium manufacturing process?" "All I'm saying is...it's possible." "(VACUUM CLEANER HUMS)" "John?" "John!" "(BOTH CHUCKLE)" " Jedburgh." " Where's everybody?" "Chasing arse all over Europe." " Hank's in the Lebanon." " Any messages?" "They're on the machine." "You could say, "Welcome home, Colonel," or you could say, "How was Salvador, Colonel?"" "Where's Colonel Kelly?" "I had to leave him behind, John." " What happened?" " He got himself shot up a little." "Badly?" " How badly?" " I don't know, John." "I got the word when I was leaving." " Blood." " It's not mine, pal." "It's Colonel Kelly's." "(SOBS QUIETLY)" "John, did you tape the "Come Dancing" finals?" "Yes." "(BAND PLAYS "THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO")" "(DOORBELL)" "(DOORBELL)" "(DOORBELL RINGS INSISTENTLY)" " Craven, I thought they had you locked away." " I was in hospital." " Are you cracked up?" " No." "Do you like this programme, Craven?" " "Come Dancing"?" " Yeah." "It's my favourite programme." "We don't have anything like that in the States." " You want a drink?" " Vodka and ice." " All right." " How was El Salvador?" "Well, I spent the entire time playing poker with gangsters." "One long round of gold chains and designer jeans." "Those assholes." "They figure they have to kill half a million people to make the region safe for democracy." "Plus, there's eight billion dollars' worth of aid going there, and they all want a piece." " How was the golf?" " Well, bodies kept turning up in the bunkers, you need air support on the rough..." "puts you off your game." "(SOBBING IN DISTANCE)" "I hear they got McCroon." "They damned near got me, too." "They shot Khe San up pretty good." "Hence the weeping and rending of garments." " What can I do for you?" " I want to know more about Gaia." "Clementine said you had a hand in founding it." "Oh, did she indeed?" "Well, there's some truth in that." "Why was the CIA promoting a British anti-nuclear ecology movement?" "Because in 1977, Carter wanted to stop the worldwide spread of nuclear weapons." "Well, that meant stopping the manufacture of plutonium, and since the British were the largest manufacturers, it meant stopping the Brits." "So, I was sent over here with instructions to do just that." "But when I got here and looked for the anti-nuclear lobby, there wasn't one." "There was CND, but who gave a shit about them in those days?" "So I had to start from scratch." "In the end, I got some of the best scientists in this country on my side." "Then lo and behold, Carter issued PD 59." "That effectively started a new cold war." "Suddenly, America wanted all the plutonium it could get, so the Brits were back on our side again." "Then I got word from Langley - dismantle Gaia." "Good luck!" "Thing's like Banquo's ghost - it just won't go away." " What it did do was go underground." " So your involvement ended there?" "Yeah, more or less." "Till Northmoor came along." "I found this in Emma's things." "A list of subway stations." " It's the route they took into Northmoor." " Are you planning on going down there?" "Yeah." "What do you think'll be waiting down there?" "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?" "I don't want to blow you out of the water, but there's 100 miles of tunnel down there on a dozen different levels." "You need some sort of three-dimensional map to find your way around." "Tell you what, you find a proper route, maybe I'll go with you." "(TV BAND PLAYS "IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU")" "That's what I hoped you'd say." "Boy, nobody dances like the British." "They deserved the Falklands." " Toby Berwick?" " Hop in." "Who's this?" " My wife." " What's she doing here?" "Ask her." "If he's going down for ten years, we might as well go together." " Can you operate a keyboard?" " Yes." "Who else knows about this, besides you?" " There's a Mr Jedburgh." " Well, who's he when he's at home?" "He's Acting Energy Attaché at the US Embassy, but he's straight CIA." "Well, we cannot expect to call him to give evidence." " There's Craven." "He's a Yorkshire CID officer." " How did he get involved?" "His daughter was one of the Gaia team that went there." " Did she survive?" " Not for long." "Yes, I remember." "I read about it." "Well, you'd better have him called." "If we can find him." "He's skipped hospital." "You'll have ten minutes at the most, and when I say go, we go, all right?" " Here." " Where is it?" "It's a new place." "It's not on-stream yet, but the terminals are in." " How was Mac?" " All right." "Sends his regards." " (CRAVEN) Do you know him well?" " I wouldn't be here if I didn't." "Ten minutes." "(MACHINERY DRONES AND HUMS)" "(TOBY) Ronnie?" "Ronnie?" "We're in." "Gaia." "G-A-I-A." "G-A-I-A." "Aims." "Thank you, Mark." " Harcourt." " Someone's broken into the MI5 computer." " They've got the Gaia file." " Where are you?" " Office." " I'll be right over." "Thank you." " Try the Northmoor reference." " Northmoor." "IIF." "The Craven number." "Craven." "First Gaia, then Northmoor, now Craven." " Which one, Ronnie or Emma?" " Emma." " Are they sure that it's an intruder?" " Absolutely." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Yes?" "The longer we let them operate, the more chance we have of finding out what they're after." "Well, it's your computer." "They've located the terminal." "(BRAKES SCREECH)" " They're here." " Go back." "Access Security." " Time we left, Ronnie." " Access Northmoor Security." " Access Oxford Street." " We must go!" "Access Oxford Street." " Access Oxford Circus." " Come on, for Christ's sake!" "(PRINTER CLICKS)" "I'll give you three guesses as to who that was." "(DRIVING GUITAR MUSIC)" "I think we've got to get someone into that plant." "Craven's the obvious choice." "If he can get into that terminal, he can get into anywhere." "(SHOUTING)" "Oh, Jesus Christ!" "Assistance requested." "Circle foyer at the Barbican Theatre." "Good evening, Mr Craven." "I didn't know that you were a theatre lover." " You haven't seen a tall couple...?" " Slightly out of breath?" "They went that-a-way." "(BRAKES SCREECH)" " (RADIO ) OK, Delta Two." " Delta Two." " I've covered the area." "No sign of them." " Where the hell are you?" " I'm on the roof." " I said follow the exit signs." "I did, and I'm on the roof." " I asked for 30 officers." " They're all inside, totally lost." " Have you got them?" " Got?" "What?" "The tickets." "The ones Berwick gave you." "What's it about?" "Incest." " Thanks." " I'm sorry, but I'm afraid this isn't goodbye." " I've been asked to look after you night and day." " By whom?" "By Gaia." " I'm under house arrest, is that it?" " Protective custody." "I'm very good at looking after people." "Ask Darius." "I'll sleep on the divan, OK?" "(PHONE RINGS)" " Craven." " Sorry to ring so late." "You were out earlier." " I was at the theatre." " Were you?" "Harcourt and I stayed home and watched the telly." "Interesting programme - "Shake Up Bits of Information and Reassemble in Right Order"." " What do you want, Pendleton?" " You've been asked to give evidence before the House of Commons Energy Committee, remember?" " I said no." " You don't say no to the Commons." "Be at the visitor's gate by 9.30." "They'll have a pass in your name." "And wear a tie... something regimental." "(WATER RUNNING)" "(FRIDGE CLICKS ON AND HUMS)" "(FRIDGE CLICKS OFF)" "Fridge...keeping me awake." "(UNCOCKS GUN)" "Come in... for a while." "How much is that?" "(BUSY CHATTER)" "(MAN) Morning." "Was this your idea, bringing this Craven in?" "My dear chap, why should I do that?" "I hope you can rely on his testimony." "I'm told the man's deranged." " What's the situation?" " I've seen the report." "The pathologist will mention radiation, but without any analysis of its source." "He's simply going to say she was irradiated." "Well, we'll just have to front it out." " Hello, James." " Hello." "Has Childs briefed you?" "Yes, the union isn't going to like this." "You won't let me down, will you?" " I'll try not to." " Good." "This is better than hanging around in the hall." "I'll ring you when your name's called." "(BIG BEN CHIMES)" "Doctor Menzies, you were the pathologist who examined the body?" " What was the cause of death?" " Drowning, but she had been exposed to a great deal of radiation." "Are you able to confirm the source of radiation?" "No, but I am able to say that activation products from fast neutrons identifies her as having been exposed to a criticality accident." " What does that mean exactly?" " It means that she was in proximity to concentrated fissile material." " And where would you find that?" " In a reprocessing plant." "Waiting to be called?" "Mind if I join you?" "All politics, isn't it?" "I suppose that's why they call it the "mother of parliaments"." "A lot of people got Northmoor in their sights." "I'm one of them." " Why would they call you?" " They know Emma broke into the plant." " They think I can shed some light on it." " And can you?" "I can tell them what I've found out since she died...which is quite a lot." " It's the end for me when this gets out." " How did you get involved in the first place?" "It started back in the '60s." "The Ministry of Defence took over the mines, started building storage facilities, needed miners to maintain them, someone in the union to look after the miners." "I were picked." "I signed the Official Secrets Act, and that part of my job wasn't mentioned outside of the executive committee." "Over the years, Northmoor became an underground city." "Then came the defence cuts, changes in strategy." "MoD didn't need Northmoor any more, so they leased it to Bennett." "I were part of the deal." "I suddenly found myself dealing with a nuclear waste plant." "That must have made life difficult." "We had a national executive paranoid about nuclear power, and I were knee-deep in the stuff." "Was it Bennett who rigged the last union vote?" "He needed me." "He knew he'd never get another leader so compromised." "Why didn't you tell me this at the time?" "How could I?" "(MAN) All right, let's get the next one." "(CHEERING AND WHISTLING)" "Hustle!" "Hustle!" "Hustle!" "He's safe!" "You're blind!" "Darius." " Well, where is he?" " He'll be along." " You play this game?" " I'm a golfer, Schumaker." "I happen to believe that the game is sanctified." "I cannot imagine the same being said for softball." " I never gave it that much thought." " That's the story of your life, Schumaker." " How was Salvador?" " A pain in the ass." " What were you doing out there?" " Clearing up your mistakes." "It needed a field man like you, Darius." " Who's he?" " Kurt Wagner, a White House staffer." "I thought this was company business." "We can't exclude the President if he takes an interest." "Since when?" "Anybody else involved?" "No." " Hi, guys." " Kurt, this is Darius Jedburgh." " Good to meet you." " Yeah." "This is for you." ""Dear Jed." ""Get into the ballpark and steal the ball." "Co-ord."" "You guys." "In the '50s, it was football." "In the '60s, surfers." "In the '70s, tennis players." "Now baseball." "When are you guys going to grow up?" " We need plutonium, Colonel." " This is a friendly nation, pal." "You know the rules." "Somebody's got to sanction this operation." " The State Department, for openers..." " We'll handle the paperwork." " All this waiting gets to you." " Remember that TV programme you made?" "Just about." "In it, you said that Emma was murdered...by mistake." " I don't remember." "I were half-pissed..." " You were trying to tell me something." "I can't remember." "She was killed by mistake." "That's what you said." "Was it McCroon who made the mistake?" "No." "It were the people who paid him." "They made the mistake." " They?" "Who are they?" " You know damned well who "they" are." "How did they make a mistake?" "They knew someone had led the Gaia team under the Northmoor defences." "They asked for a list of possible leaders." "As an old caver, your name were there." "Someone who knew the shafts and vents of the old pits." "Someone whom Emma could persuade." "And they thought it were you." " Me?" "!" " Yes, you." "They're ready for you, Mr Godbolt." " (CRAVEN) They got it wrong." " Like they always do." " It were me." " You?" "!" " You took them in?" " Yes." "I hadn't completely sold out." "Why didn't you tell me?" " You're a police officer." " She was my daughter!" "You've been called, Mr Godbolt." "Godbolt." "I don't think they're going to let you speak." " You're not serious?" " Evidently, he signed himself out of hospital." "If Bennett got his psychiatric report, it could undermine his testimony." "There's nothing wrong with my mind." "You have a fixation for trees, Craven." "An arboreal passion." "That can be made to sound very odd by a skilled interrogator." "Anyway, there's something better for you to do." "(QUIET PIANO MUSIC)" "Still in one piece, I see." "And what's that supposed to mean?" "People have a habit of dissolving into their constituent parts these days." "The political climate does not favour homogeneity." "Khe-San died." "Oh, he died peacefully in bed... of gunshot wounds. (CHUCKLES)" "I'm sorry to hear that." "That makes me and old Mad Mike the last survivors of the 'Nam team." "I wondered if you had made up your mind..." "about our little trip?" "(PHONE RINGS)" " (PENDLETON) I hear you're taking Jedburgh." " What?" "Will you be armed?" " Yes." " Well, if he gets out of hand, shoot him." "Remember he's an American, so not basically on our side." "Goodnight, craven." "Give my love to clemmie." "(HANGS UP)" "Who was that?" "Pendleton." "Oh." "(SNORING)" "(GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC)" "(BUZZING)" "(FAINT KNOCKING)" "(SWITCHES RAZOR OFF)" "(BANGING)" "What the hell's this?" "It's an old map of the mine painted on linen." "Nearly 100 years old, but accurate to an inch." " Where is it we're going?" " All the way from here... to there." "Ten miles." "I suppose you would've preferred a computer printout." "No, sir." "This here's just fine." "Is this where she died?" "He was over there." "We were standing here." "He stepped forward... shouting my name." "Is this stream a permanent feature?" "No." "It's new." ""0 Jeptha, Son of Israel, what a treasure hadst thou!"" ""What treasure had he, my lord?"" ""Why, one fine daughter and no more, which he loved passing well."" "(INDISTINCT)" " (KNOCK)" " Come in." " Morning, Bobby." " Morning, Jerry." " Have you had breakfast?" " Yes, thank you." "Well, there's some coffee over there if you want some." " Thank you, sir." " Thank you." "I had a call from Washington just now." "Somebody's about to break into your plant." "Darius Jedburgh, no less." "On instructions from the CIA." "His guide is an employee of yours, James Godbolt, and they're accompanied by Detective Inspector Ronald Craven." "What are their chances of getting into the plant?" "Well, they may get in." "They'll never get out." "(SOMBRE GUITAR MUSIC)" "OK." "You know what you've gotta do." " All we got is Bennett's phone call." " How many?" "Three of them." "Coming in the same way as last time." "That's not much use." "Gas gear, protective clothing, firearms." "Can we flood the lower levels?" "Not without exposing the flasks." "There's been a drought, don't forget." "The reservoirs are drying up." "(SECURITY CHIEF) This is what we do." "We lay gas at the end of each level, then we flood them." "The pressure of the water will push the gas through every tunnel in the plant." "If we expose the flasks, we're going to have a bigger problem on our hands than last time." "Go and see for yourself." "You see." "We just don't have it." "Give me what you've got." "(MOUTHS)" "I can give you 50,000, no more." "That's enough." "(GODBOLT) Down!" "(INDISTINCT CHATTER)" "Whatever Bennett says, don't adjourn." "I want him on that stand as long as possible." "I'm the chairman of this committee, and we have a great deal of business to get through." "(WOMAN) Do we have the pathologist's report?" "(MAN) No, I haven't got that report." "There is one." "It's on its way." "(SIREN WAILS)" "(RUMBLING)" "(CHATTER)" "(MAN) Guy?" " Morning, Guy." " Hello, Bobby." " Are you about to hit us for six?" " I think so." " Do you know Jerry Grogan?" " No." "How do you do?" " Guy's a friend of Jedburgh's." " A great soldier in his day." "Sounds like an obituary." "(BENNETT) Has Harcourt read my statement?" "He looks sick." " No, he always looks like that." " Jedburgh isn't here today?" "No, he rarely pokes his nose in here." " What about Craven?" " He's, um...taking the day off." " Well, they look very chipper." " They know." "Someone's told them." "Right." "This is where it begins." "A few days ago, Mr Bennett, the body of a young woman was discovered in the Corrie Reservoir." "The pathologist's report suggests that, although she died from drowning, she had suffered a radiation accident only an hour before her death." "Now, since your Northmoor site is the nearest nuclear site to the reservoir, and since it shares with the Corrie the local water table," "I wonder whether you have any evidence which might throw light on this occurrence?" "(CRAVEN) How deep does this go?" "(GODBOLT) 800ft, then we hit water." " This rope is not 800ft long, Godbolt." " There is a gallery 6Oft down." "That's our way in." "60ft." "I'm counting." "In July this year, my plant at Northmoor was broken into by terrorists, who stole a quantity of plutonium we had in store." "We had to take action to stop them getting away." " What action?" " I gave orders to flood the lower gallery." "As far as I can determine, they were all drowned." " Was there no alternative?" " None." "If we hadn't acted promptly, they might have got away with it." "And the consequences..." "I leave that for you to judge." "I'm afraid this raises more questions than it answers." "Why was plutonium being stored in Northmoor?" "Who were these terrorists?" "And why...why were the AEA not notified of this incident?" "(LOOSE ROCK CLATTERS)" "(LAUGHS) Look at this." "When I were a kid, they called it the Tonsils." "Now it's Deep Throat." " Did Emma come down here?" " They all did." "How did she get back...alone?" "She made it." "Under the NAIR scheme, you should have informed the police." "Did you?" "No." "We did not inform the police." "Under the site licence issued by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, you should have informed both the AEA and the Health and Safety Executive." " We did not inform either of those bodies." " Whom did you inform?" "We informed the Ministry of Defence." "The plutonium we were storing was the property of the MoD." "We felt they were the only people we were authorised to communicate with." "(RUMBLING)" " It sounds like a train." " They're dumping water." " Is that normal?" " No." "They're expecting us." "(HEAVY RUMBLING)" "(JEDBURGH) What you thinking, Craven?" "Emma went through all this and never said a word to me." "Odd, isn't it?" "How you can be close to someone and not know what's going on in their heads?" "Don't knock it, Godbolt." "It's our capacity for deception that distinguishes us from the animals." "You should know, Mr Jedburgh." "You've made a profession out of it." "(CHUCKLES) Yeah, that's right." " That's K-2 flooded." "(RADIO ) Is it holding?" " Seems to be." " What about G-2?" "No." "I need about ten minutes to adjust the surge." "(CLATTERING)" "Hold it." "There's a 200ft drop." "(JEDBURGH) What's this place called?" "They call it the Cathedral." "Hand-drilled by miners who had to buy their own candles." " You'd have been out of a job, then." " Victorian values, Mr Craven." "(JEDBURGH) I feel like Jonah in the belly of the whale." " (CRAVEN) We abseil down here?" " In the next cavern, that's where I leave you." "At the bottom is a ventilator shaft." "Beyond that, Northmoor." "Terry!" "Gas mask." "Alpha One?" " Receiving." " Get Connors." "So long, sunshine." " Thanks." " Good luck." "I hope you make it." "You, too." "Craven." "Watch that big lad." "(CHATTER)" " I think we're winning." " Good." "At least he's admitted the plutonium was there and that the Gaia team was drowned on his orders." "They'll probably give him a medal." "(CRASH)" "(GAGS)" "(CHOKING)" "(GROANS)" "(MUFFLED ) Here you go." "Attaboy." "Come on!" "Breathe!" "Breathe!" "Breathe, damn it!" "Come on, Craven." "Breathe!" "(RUMBLING)" "(SHOUTS, MUFFLED )" "(THUNDEROUS WHOOSH)" "Come on!" "Come on!" "(SHOUTS, MUFFLED )" "(JEDBURGH GRUNTS)" "(RUMBLING)" "(JEDBURGH) Come on!" "(THUNDEROUS WHOOSH)" " Connors." " Reading." " No more water." " There are still two levels empty..." " I can't." "We'll expose the rods!" " I need everything you've gotI" "What the hell's this place?" "Craven!" "Craven." "A first-growth St Julien '63." "I think we got the whole vintage here." "This is the doomsday equivalent of Harrods." "(MUSIC: "PIANO CONCERTO NO. 21" BY MOZART)" "(GENTLE RATTLE OF CROCKERY)" "What's for lunch?" "For lunch, we've got a lobster omelette with asparagus tips and French beans and wine, and coffee, cigars and dessert to be announced." "You know what's the most interesting thing about this place?" " No locks." " No clocks." "Time stands still." "Real freaky feeling, huh?" "There's a plaque on the wall says it was built by a condominium in 1962, whoever they may be." "The year of the Cuban Missile Crisis." "Lot of people got shit-scared that year." "Mr Harcourt." "Mr Harcourt, it says here that you are on a secondment from Lloyd's" " and presently attached to the Cabinet Office." " Yes." "Perhaps you could tell the committee exactly what your present function is." "I'm what might be called a troubleshooter." " (POLLY) Does that mean you're in intelligence?" " No, ma'am." "I'm a lawyer." "Mr Harcourt, who or what first drew your attention to the present situation at IIF?" "The Treasury heard that the company was being taken over by a big American energy corporation and wanted a fix on it." " How long ago was that?" " A year." " And what was your reaction?" " Surprise." "I wasn't able to understand what an industrial giant like Fusion would want with a low-grade storage plant in Yorkshire." "They hold the Queen's Award for Industry." "So what made this company so interesting to the Fusion Corporation?" "Well, it had to be something quite unique, and I narrowed it down to one possibility - the ability to manufacture plutonium..." " illegally." " So you and Gaia came to the same conclusion?" "We both read the Marsh Report." "They know we're down here, don't they?" " Yes." " Who told them?" "It could've been anybody." "What exactly were your orders?" " To get into the ball park, steal the ball." " The plutonium?" "That's right." "You should have told me that up there." "Let's get going." "You're a driven man, aren't you?" "Here we are in Plato's cave, with food from Harrods, a hillside of wine, all you think about is "Let's get going"?" "That's right." " (CRAVEN) What will you do with it?" " Hand it over to my superior." " What will they do with it?" " Beats me, but Grogan won't get it, that's what counts." " Why do you hate Grogan so much?" " Because of who he is." " And who is he?" " Part of the dark forces who'd rule this planet." " You believe all that stuff?" " Yeah, sure." "Why not?" "Look at yourself." "You think of yourself as a provincial detective whose daughter died in tragic circumstances." "Yet where she fell, a well sprang, flowers grew." "Now, what kind of power is that?" "I don't know." "Mind you, I do have a personal grudge against Grogan." "His great-great-great-grandfather killed my great-great-great-great-grandfather." "We Jedburghs never forget." "My first suspicions were aroused by the Marsh Report, which suggested that certain radioactive isotopes were found in the Corrie Reservoir." "Now, I feel that that report motivated the Gaia organisation into planning their raid." "The Marsh Report, if I remember correctly, discounted Northmoor." "It believed that Sellafield was responsible for the emissions." "You'll find if you read between the lines that that was not the case with Northmoor." "It was simply assumed that since no plutonium was being reprocessed," " it could not be held responsible..." " Mr Chairman, this is getting us nowhere." "The Marsh Report on the Corrie Reservoir has been completely discredited, not least by Friends of the Earth." "This witness's evidence doesn't stand up." "It's been introduced simply to discredit Northmoor and to scupper the takeover by Fusion, Kansas, which is in the interests of the whole country, as well as the nuclear industry itself." "We are all looking forward to a great deal more privatisation of this sector, and it's a pity to see so many obstacles being put in the way." "I must ask you, Mr Harcourt, do you have any prima facie evidence, apart from the body in the Corrie Reservoir, which suggests the existence of any kind of illegal reprocessing at Northmoor?" "Not at this precise moment, no." "I'm afraid, Mr Harcourt, we really can't take all this on board without it." "You may be right, but as long as the evidence remains circumstantial," "I regret we cannot act upon it." "However, your views will be noted." "(SPLASHING)" " Jedburgh!" " Yo!" "(RUNNING WATER)" "Craven, watch yourself." "(GEIGER COUNTER TICKS RAPIDLY)" "(TICKING INTENSIFIES)" "(GEIGER COUNTER TICKS WILDLY)" "(SWITCHES OFF)" "(SILENCE)" "(JEDBURGH) It's pretty, isn't it?" "Uh-oh, look at that." "(SCREECHES)" "There's been a hell of an accident here." "Gaia - they must have blown the whole cell." "I want to go on." "You're crazy, you know that?" "(CLATTER OF ROCKS ECHOES)" "(INDISTINCT DISTANT VOICES)" "Still running on Houston time?" "Not quite." "I just get the feeling I'm in the wrong place." "Come on." "Jedburgh." "Camera." "Let's go." "I don't believe it." "They're through to the hot cell." "How long can they survive?" "20 minutes at the outside." "Good." "(SIREN BLARES)" " You going in here?" " Yeah." "That's where they keep the plutonium." "Look, go outside and hold them off." "They'll be here any minute." " I'm staying here." " What for?" "Look, I don't need you in here." "I need you out there." " How long do you need?" " For as long as it takes!" "(SILENCE)" "(SIREN BLARING)" "To know is to die!" "(THUD ECHOES)" "(MAN SHOUTS) Craven!" "Stay where you are!" "(GUNFIRE)" "Craven, the radiation in this cave is deadly." "Your chances of survival are slim." "Give up before it's too late." "(RAPID GUNFIRE)" "Jedburgh!" " They're here!" " Get out of here!" "Now!" "Clear the elevator!" "Go!" "(cONNORS) They're both inside." "We've got them." "They've got the plutonium, for Christ's sake." "They're in the service lift." " I thought it was jammed?" " They moved the body." " You'll have to cut the power." " I can't cut the power." "There's a back-up system." "Leave it to me." "(GROANS)" "I'll let you out at the next floor." "Make a run for it." " Where are you going?" " To the top." " With the plutonium?" " I'll give you one bar for evidence." "What happens to the rest?" "Why do you keep asking?" "I don't know!" "We're both on the same side, so what the hell does it matter?" "(LIFT STOPS)" "(SIREN BLARES)" "It matters." "You'd do that, wouldn't you?" "Run like hell, Craven." "Keep 'em busy." "Craven, if we make it, I'll see you in Scotland." " Where?" " You're the detective, find me." " (cONNERS) Where are they now?" " Second level." "Craven's just got out." "No sign of Jedburgh." " Which way is craven heading?" " G2." "Loading Bays." " Right." "Craven." "Drop the gun." "Plutonium." "Craven!" "(SIREN BLARES)" "(GASPS)" "(GASPS FOR BREATH)" "(BANGING OUTSIDE)" "(VOMITS)" "He's in MoD 109." "Is there another exit?" "Er..." "MoD 109..." "War Office Fire Control." "Northern Command Rocket Sites." " Dismantled 1958." " Exits?" " Just the one." " Got him." "(SILENCE)" "(SILENCE)" "(SILENCE)" "(SILENCE)" " Come on!" " (CLICK)" "(PHONE RINGS)" "(COUGHS)" "(PHONE RINGS, FOOTSTEPS)" "(RINGING)" "Downing Street." "(RINGING CONTINUES)" " Hello?" " (SCREAMS) Get me Pendleton!" "(FOOTSTEPS)" "Where's the plutonium?" "(CRAVEN CROAKS) With Jedburgh." "Where's Jedburgh?" "I don't know." "What happened?" "We found the hot cell." "And?" "Where am I?" "You're in an American Air Force hospital." "I feel sick." "Radiation, Craven." "Nausea's the first of its symptoms." "(POURS WATER)" " Has bad is it?" " It's bad." "It's important, old chap, that you tell me everything you know." "They found the hot cell." "It had been sealed off." "Apparently, there had been some sort of explosion, resulting in massive radiation." "Anyway, Jedburgh went in and located the plutonium and carried it out in a Harrods bag." "Has Craven got any idea where Jedburgh went?" "He says his last words were something about "meeting Moriarty at the falls"." "If there's an Irish component to this, I shall retire." "(FOOTSTEPS ECHO )" "(BREATHES HEAVILY)" "They all drowned." "Dad." "Em." " What's that?" " A present." " It's black." " It's an arctic flower." "They all drowned." "I know." "I was there." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Dad, you were on their side." "No!" " I'm Neilson." " Nallers." "What happened?" "There's been a shoot-out." "Jedburgh and three of my men." " Where's Jedburgh?" " He got away." "What about the plutonium?" "He took it with him." "(MAN SHOUTS) Sir!" " We've found another one!" " Four of my men..." " What about the police?" " I haven't called them yet." "(MAN) Well done, Jemima!" "(WOMAN) This girl's no slouch." "(MAN) Right, Morag." "I'll go with the four." "Put the pressure on, OK?" "You're in with a chance, my dear." " (JEDBURGH) What do you think, Pete?" " Six inches on the right." " Piece of cake." " Should be." "(BALL DROPS INTO HOLE, APPLAUSE)" "(WOMAN) Bloody good shot." "(MAN) Well done, Darius." "Home again, home again, jiggedy-jig." "Are you all right, old sport?" " Yeah, I'm fine." " You're not looking too good." "I think that old lady in there is trying to poison me." "I'll see you later." "Mr Jedborough." "You forgot your sandwich again today, Mr Jedborough." "(LAUGHS) Mrs Girvan, mince between two slices of white bread is not my idea of lunch." "I'd rather eat the damned Bible." "Mr Jedborough!" "Jedburgh." "(COUGHS)" "Hernandez?" "Cómo estas?" "Darius Jedburgh." "Yeah..." "You recuerda me." "Look, I'm the hombre who put the bomb in your bus about a year or so ago." "Yeah, that's right." "High Command." "Yeah." "Yeah." "The gringo from Texas." "Hey, listen, Hernandez." "I'm taking a vacation in Scotland..." "It's in Great Britain." "Yeah, Kilmichael." "Kill as in muerte - you know, death, murder." "Michael as in St Michael, the patron saint of the CIA." "I know he's your patron saint." "Haven't you wised up yet?" "Every time you pray to him he tells the agency." "(TWIG SNAPS)" "(PHONE RINGS)" "(BEEPS)" " Harcourt?" " It's clementine." "I'm with craven." " What made him skip?" " He saw a lead coffin." "It had his name on it." "At least he knows his days are numbered." "Yes." "Yes, he does." "That's why he wants to find Jedburgh." "He wants a guarantee that he won't be hassled." " And he'll get back the plutonium?" " Yes, he feels that's his responsibility." "Tell him to try Scotland." "Grogan's there." "He's at a conference at the Gleneagles Hotel." " This business at Northmoor." " Yes." "The minister wants to know whether you sanctioned the operation." "Well, in a roundabout way, yes." " Darius Jedburgh." " Hello, Taffy." " How they hanging?" " Never better." "This is Carlo Barlotti." "Brookings Institute." " Hello, Colonel." " Pleased to meet you." " Is Jerry Grogan coming?" " No." "He'll be late." "Business in London." " How many bodies?" " Four, Minister." " And three at the plant makes seven." " How long can this go on for?" " Until he's caught." " Do you think he's mad?" "Well, he wasn't before, but he certainly is now." "Now, this is the report on IIF?" "It's a copy." "We sent the original to the Director of Public Prosecutions." " Why?" " It proves that there is a hot cell at Northmoor, built in contravention of IAEA safeguards." "It was never under IAEA safeguards." "The contamination in the reservoir can now be traced to it." "They are liable to prosecution under the Radioactive Substances Act of 1960." "Is this really within your brief, Harcourt?" "Northmoor was producing plutonium illegally, contrary to the Nuclear Installations Act of 1968, the NPT and every other international agreement." "They are breaking every law in the nuclear rule book." "Northmoor was producing very small quantities of plutonium by a secret laser process, which was classified as experimental." "I knew about it, and so did some colleagues." " You knew about it?" "!" " From day one." "An experimental station with a defence component is not subject to the restrictions you've quoted." "If you knew what caused the contamination, why was I brought in to investigate it?" "Because the Americans became suspicious." " So I was purely part of a deception plan?" " Yes, if you like." " You must have known that I'd find out." " Yes, of course I did." "I just thought you might take longer, that's all, and have used less unorthodox methods of breaching the mine than Craven and Jedburgh." " I will not withdraw that report." " That's up to the Cabinet." "But it's your duty to get the plutonium back, since you were responsible for its removal." "(CLEMENTINE) How long have you got?" "Three days like this, and then it's rapidly downhill...or so I'm told." "What are you going to do about it?" "I haven't..." "I don't know." "I'd like to find Jedburgh first, if I can." " He still has the plutonium." " I know." "You know, I'm very fond of you, and if there's any way I can..." "You've already been an enormous help." "You can't die alone, Ronnie." "Why not?" "We all do, you know." "I left a report of my investigations so far with my bank manager." "If you give him this, he'll give the report to you." "It was going to the Chief Constable... but now I'd rather Gaia have it." "Don't try and come after me." "(CHATTERING)" "Oh, excuse me." "(INDISTINCT)" "Excuse me a second." " Hi, Bobby." " Hello, Darius." "What the hell are you doing here?" "Fulfilling a long-standing engagement." "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second NATO Conference on Directed Energy Weapons." "(PHONE RINGS)" " Hello, Pendleton." " This is Bennett." " Who?" " Bennett." "I'm speaking from the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland." "Jedburgh is here... about to take part in a debate on the high frontier." "What are you going to do about it?" "The question is, how high is high?" "With the latest Star Wars technology, are we on the edge of a new space race?" "And what does that presage for the future of that other race, the human race?" "(HARCOURT) My sources in Washington sent me a complete rundown of what's going on there." "If you believe Washington, you're naïve." "(PENDLETON) Bennett called." "Jedburgh's at Gleneagles...and he's not playing golf." " Bobby, what's up?" " No time to talk." "Go straight onto the platform." " Where's Jedburgh?" " Inside." "Darius Jedburgh is an old friend." "(APPLAUSE)" "For several years, before his posting to London as an energy attaché at the US Embassy," "Colonel Jedburgh reported to the Director of Scientific Intelligence at Langley." "He's also been a member of the Standing Committee on Nuclear Materials Safeguards and the International Anti-Terrorism Committee." "Finally, I'm sure that my last guest needs no introduction." "Our first nuclear entrepreneur, the President of the Fusion Corporation of Kansas, the Henry Ford of the Sunrise Industries, ladies and gentlemen, Jerry C Grogan." "Hello, Darius." "Where's my plutonium?" "And so, to open our debate tonight on the future of space," "I call upon the President of the Fusion Corporation Kansas, Jerry Grogan." "Ladies and gentlemen, I must apologise for my late arrival." "However, I had to wait for confirmation that my company's bid for International Irradiated Fuels is to be allowed to stand." "It is." "(NEWSREADER) The decision to allow the bid to proceed from the Fusion corporation of Kansas for International Irradiated Fuels, the British private nuclear waste plant, was greeted in the city with cautious optimism." "Fusion, a contender for substantial contracts for President Reagan's Star Wars programme, will bring to IIF fresh capital and a new sense of purpose." "There's still strong opposition to the sale in some quarters." "At a NATO conference at Gleneagles Hotel this morning... (GROGAN) When we unlock a chain reaction, the energy in it was put there in the first ten seconds of the universe's existence." "That is an awesome thing." "We are tapping into the very source of God's creation." "Today we have access to that power, but we do not control it, and that is the sole purpose of my corporation - to find a way to control it." "When we have done so, we can say, for the first time in history, Man will be in charge." "(APPLAUSE)" "(VOMITS)" "(RETCHES)" "That's enough, Dad." "What we're trying to do at the moment is to take the plutonium bomb and explode it in a vessel no larger than the circumference of my arms, and to control the energy in there." "By harnessing that energy, we can direct it, as lasers, half way across the world to shoot down enemy rockets in their silos." "That is the capability for which we are aiming." "It will cost us billions of dollars to get there, but in the end, it'll be worth it." "(APPLAUSE)" "You're getting angry again." "I'm dying." "Do you regret it?" " I feel so much is left undone." " Other people will continue the job." "You'll be with me." " I still don't understand." " Dad, it's happened before, you know." "Millions of years ago, when the Earth was cold, it looked as if life on our planet would cease to exist." "But black flowers began to grow, multiplying across its face, till the entire landscape was covered in blooms." "Slowly, the black flowers sucked in the heat of the sun, and life began to evolve again." "That is the power of Gaia." "It will take more than a black flower to save us this time." "This time, when it comes, it will melt the polar ice cap." "Millions will die." "The planet will protect itself." "It's important to realise that." " If Man is the enemy, it will destroy him." " Is this a warning?" "All I'm saying is don't spend your last hours seeking revenge, Dad." "The planet will do it for us...in time." "(GROGAN) I believe that fusion motors will power the great spaceships of the 21st century, which will leave the earth in their hundreds to colonise the solar system." "That, ultimately, is what the phrase "high frontier" means." "(continues ON PA) The historical expansion of Man into space, with all the parallels it evokes of the rigours and heroism of America's 19th-century trek westward." "Like our forefathers, we will be escaping poverty and tyranny, and, as in the past, war will provide the anvil upon which..." " The others?" " On their way." "(APPLAUSE)" "I foresee, within the next 100 years, the beginning of Man as an interplanetary being, a celestial warrior." "And furthermore, a solar empire for the United States of America and her allies." "Looking at our overpopulated, over-exhausted planet," "I don't see how we can turn our backs on such a future, no matter what it costs or how long it takes." "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you." "$500,000 million for a defence system for Washington DC seems a bit pricey to me, but then, I don't live there..." " He has to be stopped." " He's an accredited speaker." "The man is sick!" " He'll say things better left unsaid." " That audience is 100% secure." "They can take anything he can throw at them." "Jerry Grogan suggests that in 100 years from now, the human race will leave the planet and move into space." "Jerry is a hell of a salesman." "He can make such an unappetising idea sound attractive." "Now, the way Jerry tells it, it sounds just like an extension of the old Oregon Trail." "It calls for the same American virtues of self-reliance, independence, know-how." "But it will not be that way." "This new international nuclear state that Jerry's a part of, they do not cherish such virtues." "You got that straight from the horse's mouth, because I used to be a part of it." "Read between the lines of a Jerry Grogan speech, you'll find not the frontiersman but the Teutonic knight." "Not democracy but a despotism." "This future nuclear state will be an absolute state whose authority will derive not from the people but from the possession of plutonium." "And to make sure we all know what we're talking about," "I brought some with me today." "(MIXED REACTION FROM AUDIENCE)" "(GASPS)" "Two bars of weapons-grade plutonium." "I stole this stuff on orders, straight out of Jerry's latest acquisition." "Twenty-four people have died for this stuff, including me." "All I have to do is bring these bars together and we'll have a criticality." " Careful, Darius." " 400 rads, ladies and gentlemen." "A lethal dose to anyone within ten yards." "Get it while it's hot!" "(SHOUTS OF PANIC)" "Hey, don't y'all want to be part of the new age of plutonium lunacy?" "Don't you want to see mankind become enslaved to this new priesthood of plutonium culture, see the earth become a desert, all its natural resources plundered to build some new Jerusalem in the Milky Way?" "(SNIGGERS)" " Why did you let him go?" " We had no alternative." " None?" " He still has 20 kilos." "(GROGAN) In an explosive configuration - his words." " Is 20 kilos enough?" " To dispose of the east coast of Scotland...yes." " If he wanted that, he'd have done it by now." " Nobody was taking that chance." "Instead, a particularly sensitive relationship between you and my government is public property." "We could have had a catastrophe in there." "Colonel." " What did he say about Northmoor?" " Not much." "The whole hall was in such a state of pandemonium, I doubt if anyone noticed." "The man is quite insane." "He completely misread Jerry's argument." "Did he?" "I thought he put his finger right on it." "Either we stay or we go." " Go where?" " (SCOFFS QUIETLY)" " Well, then." "What next?" "We have to find him." " We should leave it to Craven." " Bennett?" " There are alternatives." "(KNOCK)" "There's a telephone call from Inspector Craven for Mr Harcourt." "Any objection to leaving it to Craven?" "As long as he finds the plutonium, it's OK by me." "Well, Harcourt, you'd better make sure that he's fully briefed...hadn't you?" "He used to play here twice a week." "Said he felt at home." " When did you see him last?" " Oh, a couple of days now." "He was a good loser, which is just as well, because we have a lot of strong players." "OK." "That's fine." "Thanks." " Who's their man?" " Nallers." "He drinks at the Chelsea Barracks." "He's, um..." "He's rumoured to be the state executioner." "Who would he be after here?" "(KNOCK AT DOOR)" "It could be you, old boy." "The Minister didn't take too kindly to that report of yours." "But it's more likely to be Jedburgh." "Ah, good." "Thank you." "I thought I ordered oatcake." "(SLOW BLUES MUSIC ON PIANO )" "(BELL CLANGS)" "What took you so long?" " How have you been feeling?" " Sick." "Boy, have I ever been sick." " Did you come alone?" " Yeah." "What the hell are you doing up here?" "Mostly dying." "I've bought the farm, boy." "You talk to Harcourt?" " Last night." " He tell you I was at Gleneagles?" "Yeah." "You caused quite a stir." " Yeah." "Nothing on TV, though, I see." " No." "They've got that screwed down tight." "Yeah." "What about you?" " What about me?" " How long have you got?" "Two weeks." "That's too bad." " It was a hell of a mission though, huh?" " You didn't complete it." "Well, they were waiting for me with guns." "My own people started shooting at me." "Honour went out of the window the day they invented that stuff." "Do you know what Harcourt told me last night?" "Grogan had reached the conclusion that the enquiry would stop the takeover, so he decided to get the plutonium another way." "Then he thought of you." "Who would walk into a cave full of radiation?" "You would, given the right scenario." "All he had to do was call Washington to make sure they fed you the right orders." "They didn't just betray you... they made a fool of you." "No shit, Sherlock." "You think I didn't figure that out?" " Where is the plutonium?" " It's in the bottom of a loch." " What shape is it in?" " It's in pretty good shape." "I packed it in chalk." "And as core, I put a pound of plastic explosive." " You turned it into a bomb?" "!" " Yeah." " Why?" " 'Cause that's the problem with plutonium." "It's limited in its application." "It's not user-friendly, but as a vehicle for regaining one's self-respect, it's got a lot going for it." "Damned right I turned it into a bomb." "Is it armed?" "Fused?" "There's a detonator, if that's what you mean." "It's a plutonium bullet." "Would it work?" "Well, fired from a high-velocity rifle..." "it just might." "A nuclear explosion?" "Hell of a way to go, huh?" " It seems rather hard on the rest of Scotland." " Yeah, that's what I thought, especially the golf courses, So I decided against it." "What other ideas have you had...to end it all?" "Well, I called up this especially humourless bastard called Hernandez." "He runs this rinky-dinky terrorist outfit." "I'm supposed to be on his death list, so I invited him up." "He hasn't showed." " Where's the plutonium?" " Loch Lednock, ten miles west of here, by the dam." " Mind if I use the phone?" " You going to call Harcourt?" " Yes." " He'll only turn it over to Grogan." "They'll screw you the same way they screwed me." "I'll have to take that chance." "Craven?" "They'll trace the call." " They?" " The opposition." "They'll come looking for us." "If we're lucky, they will." "(PHONE RINGS)" " Pendleton?" " I've found him." "What about the stuff?" "Loch Lednock." "By the dam." "Be careful." "It's packaged." "I'll meet you there tomorrow." "Eight o'clock." "(HANGS UP)" "Well, has he got it?" "He..." "He knows where it is." "We meet him eight o'clock tomorrow morning." "Loch Lednock." "He'll be dead by then." "I just hope he gave you the right instructions." "(JEDBURGH) # It was the year of the preacher..." " # It was the time of... # - # It was the time of the preacher" "# In the year of 01" "(BOTH) # When you think it's all over" "# It has only begun" "# And he cried like a baby" "# And he screamed like a panther" " # In the middle of the night..." " Yeah, you remember." "# And he saddled his pony" "# And he went for a ride... #" "I am no longer seeking vengeance." "You know what you are, Craven?" "You're something special." "You've been freeze-dried from some earlier epoch, just waiting for this to happen." "Waiting for what to happen?" "All this." "The confrontation between good and evil." " And what side are you on?" " The side of the angels, boy." "Always have been." "Jedburgh..." "You are not and never will be on the side of the angels." "There are angels who will stand by me." "St Michael, for instance." " Then, you do believe in Gaia?" " As an idea or what?" "As an idea." "You mean that the earth goddess will defend itself against all dangers?" " Including Man." " Man will always win against nature." "(CAR DOORS SLAM)" "You were saying?" "I think you're wrong." "(SIGHS)" "On my way here, I had a weird conversation with Emma." "She warned me about a black flower, which she said would spread across the northern hemisphere and melt the polar ice cap." " Grogan would zap it." " She said... that the planet will turn against mankind and destroy him." "Have you ever been to Afghanistan, Craven?" " Is this relevant?" " I was there last year, studying the drinking habits of the Russian soldiers." "They'll drink anything as long as it's alcohol-based." "Glycol, anti-freeze, brake fluid." "But the black flowers were out there Craven, up on the mountains." "The Afghans eat them." "I think you're taking the piss, Jedburgh." "I am merely confirming the existence of the black flowers." "If Grogan don't zap them, the Afghans will." "(THUMPING)" "Ah, shit." "I think you're wrong." "If there is a battle between the planet and mankind, the planet will win." "Where's that going to leave you?" "On the side of the planet." "Do you want to wait inside or go and meet them head on?" "I don't see the point of moving from this spot." "The point is to take as many with us as we can." " Why?" " Because they're going to have our ass." "(CHATTER)" " (HARCOURT) Well, what's next?" " Geneva." "Nuclear non-proliferation treaty." " Same old circuit?" " We get some new faces." "Of course, the old ones drop out." "What's for pudding?" "(CRASH)" "(FOOTSTEPS)" " You will come tomorrow?" " Yes, but I'm swimming off Sizewell later." "Every weekend sees one of us swimming around outside some nuclear power station, while the world's press takes snaps from a safe distance." " Makes me sick." " How sick?" "(FOOTSTEPS RUNNING)" "(GUNSHOT AND THUD )" "(GUNSHOT, GLASS SHATTERS)" "(MACHINE GUN FIRE)" "(SOLDIERS YELL)" "(COUGHS)" "(FOOTSTEPS)" "(SPLUTTERS)" "(COUGHS AND WHEEZES)" " Colonel Jedburgh?" " Yes, sir?" "What's the problem?" "No problem... (THUD )" "Normally, I don't drink champagne, but tonight's an exception, I think." "(GLASSES CLINK)" " Is this Craven?" " Just do it." " Do it!" " No, no, old son." "You're on our side." "I AM NOT ON YOUR SIDE!" "(HARcOURT) My dear clemmie, within hours of Jedburgh's death and in conditions of great secrecy, the plutonium was recovered from Loch Lednock." "It was an IIF show." "No one else would take responsibility for the stuff, certainly not Her Majesty's Government." "Myself and Pendleton turned up just to show the flag and to remind Grogan that this was only the first round." "Ah, yes..." "Grogan was there, watching the proceedings like some 20th-century vampire, although after his exposure to Jedburgh's plutonium at the conference," "I don't hold out much for his chances." "You asked about craven." "The last we saw of him was up on the hill overlooking the loch, staring down at us like a wild animal." "Neither myself nor Pendleton felt it appropriate to wave." "Besides, by my reckoning, he was not long for this world." "When we left, he was still on the hill." "I only wish we could have shouted some words of comfort, told him that in the end, the earth, Emma's beloved Gaia, would be saved from ultimate destruction, and that the good in all of us would prevail." "But in the circumstances, I don't think he would have believed it." "As we drove down the valley, I thought I heard a cry, but it was lost in the noise of the helicopter." "When I looked back, he was gone." "(CRIES) Emma!" "(ECHOES)" "(FOOTSTEPS)" "Where's the plutonium?" "(CRAVEN CROAKS) With Jedburgh." "Where's Jedburgh?" "I don't know." "What happened?" "We found the hot cell." "And?" "Where am I?" "You're in an American Air Force hospital." "I feel sick." "Radiation, Craven." "Nausea's the first of its symptoms." "(POURS WATER)" " Has bad is it?" " It's bad." "It's important, old chap, that you tell me everything you know." "They found the hot cell." "It had been sealed off." "Apparently, there had been some sort of explosion, resulting in massive radiation." "Anyway, Jedburgh went in and located the plutonium and carried it out in a Harrods bag." "Has Craven got any idea where Jedburgh went?" "He says his last words were something about "meeting Moriarty at the falls"." "If there's an Irish component to this, I shall retire." "(FOOTSTEPS ECHO )" "(BREATHES HEAVILY)" "They all drowned." "Dad." "Em." " What's that?" " A present." " It's black." " It's an arctic flower." "They all drowned." "I know." "I was there." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Dad, you were on their side." "No!" " I'm Neilson." " Nallers." "What happened?" "There's been a shoot-out." "Jedburgh and three of my men." " Where's Jedburgh?" " He got away." "What about the plutonium?" "He took it with him." "(MAN SHOUTS) Sir!" " We've found another one!" " Four of my men..." " What about the police?" " I haven't called them yet." "(MAN) Well done, Jemima!" "(WOMAN) This girl's no slouch." "(MAN) Right, Morag." "I'll go with the four." "Put the pressure on, OK?" "You're in with a chance, my dear." " (JEDBURGH) What do you think, Pete?" " Six inches on the right." " Piece of cake." " Should be." "(BALL DROPS INTO HOLE, APPLAUSE)" "(WOMAN) Bloody good shot." "(MAN) Well done, Darius." "Home again, home again, jiggedy-jig." "Are you all right, old sport?" " Yeah, I'm fine." " You're not looking too good." "I think that old lady in there is trying to poison me." "I'll see you later." "Mr Jedborough." "You forgot your sandwich again today, Mr Jedborough." "(LAUGHS) Mrs Girvan, mince between two slices of white bread is not my idea of lunch." "I'd rather eat the damned Bible." "Mr Jedborough!" "Jedburgh." "(COUGHS)" "Hernandez?" "Cómo estas?" "Darius Jedburgh." "Yeah..." "You recuerda me." "Look, I'm the hombre who put the bomb in your bus about a year or so ago." "Yeah, that's right." "High Command." "Yeah." "Yeah." "The gringo from Texas." "Hey, listen, Hernandez." "I'm taking a vacation in Scotland..." "It's in Great Britain." "Yeah, Kilmichael." "Kill as in muerte - you know, death, murder." "Michael as in St Michael, the patron saint of the CIA." "I know he's your patron saint." "Haven't you wised up yet?" "Every time you pray to him he tells the agency." "(TWIG SNAPS)" "(PHONE RINGS)" "(BEEPS)" " Harcourt?" " It's clementine." "I'm with craven." " What made him skip?" " He saw a lead coffin." "It had his name on it." "At least he knows his days are numbered." "Yes." "Yes, he does." "That's why he wants to find Jedburgh." "He wants a guarantee that he won't be hassled." " And he'll get back the plutonium?" " Yes, he feels that's his responsibility." "Tell him to try Scotland." "Grogan's there." "He's at a conference at the Gleneagles Hotel." " This business at Northmoor." " Yes." "The minister wants to know whether you sanctioned the operation." "Well, in a roundabout way, yes." " Darius Jedburgh." " Hello, Taffy." " How they hanging?" " Never better." "This is Carlo Barlotti." "Brookings Institute." " Hello, Colonel." " Pleased to meet you." " Is Jerry Grogan coming?" " No." "He'll be late." "Business in London." " How many bodies?" " Four, Minister." " And three at the plant makes seven." " How long can this go on for?" " Until he's caught." " Do you think he's mad?" "Well, he wasn't before, but he certainly is now." "Now, this is the report on IIF?" "It's a copy." "We sent the original to the Director of Public Prosecutions." " Why?" " It proves that there is a hot cell at Northmoor, built in contravention of IAEA safeguards." "It was never under IAEA safeguards." "The contamination in the reservoir can now be traced to it." "They are liable to prosecution under the Radioactive Substances Act of 1960." "Is this really within your brief, Harcourt?" "Northmoor was producing plutonium illegally, contrary to the Nuclear Installations Act of 1968, the NPT and every other international agreement." "They are breaking every law in the nuclear rule book." "Northmoor was producing very small quantities of plutonium by a secret laser process, which was classified as experimental." "I knew about it, and so did some colleagues." " You knew about it?" "!" " From day one." "An experimental station with a defence component is not subject to the restrictions you've quoted." "If you knew what caused the contamination, why was I brought in to investigate it?" "Because the Americans became suspicious." " So I was purely part of a deception plan?" " Yes, if you like." " You must have known that I'd find out." " Yes, of course I did." "I just thought you might take longer, that's all, and have used less unorthodox methods of breaching the mine than Craven and Jedburgh." " I will not withdraw that report." " That's up to the Cabinet." "But it's your duty to get the plutonium back, since you were responsible for its removal." "(CLEMENTINE) How long have you got?" "Three days like this, and then it's rapidly downhill...or so I'm told." "What are you going to do about it?" "I haven't..." "I don't know." "I'd like to find Jedburgh first, if I can." " He still has the plutonium." " I know." "You know, I'm very fond of you, and if there's any way I can..." "You've already been an enormous help." "You can't die alone, Ronnie." "Why not?" "We all do, you know." "I left a report of my investigations so far with my bank manager." "If you give him this, he'll give the report to you." "It was going to the Chief Constable... but now I'd rather Gaia have it." "Don't try and come after me." "(CHATTERING)" "Oh, excuse me." "(INDISTINCT)" "Excuse me a second." " Hi, Bobby." " Hello, Darius." "What the hell are you doing here?" "Fulfilling a long-standing engagement." "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second NATO Conference on Directed Energy Weapons." "(PHONE RINGS)" " Hello, Pendleton." " This is Bennett." " Who?" " Bennett." "I'm speaking from the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland." "Jedburgh is here... about to take part in a debate on the high frontier." "What are you going to do about it?" "The question is, how high is high?" "With the latest Star Wars technology, are we on the edge of a new space race?" "And what does that presage for the future of that other race, the human race?" "(HARCOURT) My sources in Washington sent me a complete rundown of what's going on there." "If you believe Washington, you're naïve." "(PENDLETON) Bennett called." "Jedburgh's at Gleneagles...and he's not playing golf." " Bobby, what's up?" " No time to talk." "Go straight onto the platform." " Where's Jedburgh?" " Inside." "Darius Jedburgh is an old friend." "(APPLAUSE)" "For several years, before his posting to London as an energy attaché at the US Embassy," "Colonel Jedburgh reported to the Director of Scientific Intelligence at Langley." "He's also been a member of the Standing Committee on Nuclear Materials Safeguards and the International Anti-Terrorism Committee." "Finally, I'm sure that my last guest needs no introduction." "Our first nuclear entrepreneur, the President of the Fusion Corporation of Kansas, the Henry Ford of the Sunrise Industries, ladies and gentlemen, Jerry C Grogan." "Hello, Darius." "Where's my plutonium?" "And so, to open our debate tonight on the future of space," "I call upon the President of the Fusion Corporation Kansas, Jerry Grogan." "Ladies and gentlemen, I must apologise for my late arrival." "However, I had to wait for confirmation that my company's bid for International Irradiated Fuels is to be allowed to stand." "It is." "(NEWSREADER) The decision to allow the bid to proceed from the Fusion corporation of Kansas for International Irradiated Fuels, the British private nuclear waste plant, was greeted in the city with cautious optimism." "Fusion, a contender for substantial contracts for President Reagan's Star Wars programme, will bring to IIF fresh capital and a new sense of purpose." "There's still strong opposition to the sale in some quarters." "At a NATO conference at Gleneagles Hotel this morning... (GROGAN) When we unlock a chain reaction, the energy in it was put there in the first ten seconds of the universe's existence." "That is an awesome thing." "We are tapping into the very source of God's creation." "Today we have access to that power, but we do not control it, and that is the sole purpose of my corporation - to find a way to control it." "When we have done so, we can say, for the first time in history, Man will be in charge." "(APPLAUSE)" "(VOMITS)" "(RETCHES)" "That's enough, Dad." "What we're trying to do at the moment is to take the plutonium bomb and explode it in a vessel no larger than the circumference of my arms, and to control the energy in there." "By harnessing that energy, we can direct it, as lasers, half way across the world to shoot down enemy rockets in their silos." "That is the capability for which we are aiming." "It will cost us billions of dollars to get there, but in the end, it'll be worth it." "(APPLAUSE)" "You're getting angry again." "I'm dying." "Do you regret it?" " I feel so much is left undone." " Other people will continue the job." "You'll be with me." " I still don't understand." " Dad, it's happened before, you know." "Millions of years ago, when the Earth was cold, it looked as if life on our planet would cease to exist." "But black flowers began to grow, multiplying across its face, till the entire landscape was covered in blooms." "Slowly, the black flowers sucked in the heat of the sun, and life began to evolve again." "That is the power of Gaia." "It will take more than a black flower to save us this time." "This time, when it comes, it will melt the polar ice cap." "Millions will die." "The planet will protect itself." "It's important to realise that." " If Man is the enemy, it will destroy him." " Is this a warning?" "All I'm saying is don't spend your last hours seeking revenge, Dad." "The planet will do it for us...in time." "(GROGAN) I believe that fusion motors will power the great spaceships of the 21st century, which will leave the earth in their hundreds to colonise the solar system." "That, ultimately, is what the phrase "high frontier" means." "(continues ON PA) The historical expansion of Man into space, with all the parallels it evokes of the rigours and heroism of America's 19th-century trek westward." "Like our forefathers, we will be escaping poverty and tyranny, and, as in the past, war will provide the anvil upon which..." " The others?" " On their way." "(APPLAUSE)" "I foresee, within the next 100 years, the beginning of Man as an interplanetary being, a celestial warrior." "And furthermore, a solar empire for the United States of America and her allies." "Looking at our overpopulated, over-exhausted planet," "I don't see how we can turn our backs on such a future, no matter what it costs or how long it takes." "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you." "$500,000 million for a defence system for Washington DC seems a bit pricey to me, but then, I don't live there..." " He has to be stopped." " He's an accredited speaker." "The man is sick!" " He'll say things better left unsaid." " That audience is 100% secure." "They can take anything he can throw at them." "Jerry Grogan suggests that in 100 years from now, the human race will leave the planet and move into space." "Jerry is a hell of a salesman." "He can make such an unappetising idea sound attractive." "Now, the way Jerry tells it, it sounds just like an extension of the old Oregon Trail." "It calls for the same American virtues of self-reliance, independence, know-how." "But it will not be that way." "This new international nuclear state that Jerry's a part of, they do not cherish such virtues." "You got that straight from the horse's mouth, because I used to be a part of it." "Read between the lines of a Jerry Grogan speech, you'll find not the frontiersman but the Teutonic knight." "Not democracy but a despotism." "This future nuclear state will be an absolute state whose authority will derive not from the people but from the possession of plutonium." "And to make sure we all know what we're talking about," "I brought some with me today." "(MIXED REACTION FROM AUDIENCE)" "(GASPS)" "Two bars of weapons-grade plutonium." "I stole this stuff on orders, straight out of Jerry's latest acquisition." "Twenty-four people have died for this stuff, including me." "All I have to do is bring these bars together and we'll have a criticality." " Careful, Darius." " 400 rads, ladies and gentlemen." "A lethal dose to anyone within ten yards." "Get it while it's hot!" "(SHOUTS OF PANIC)" "Hey, don't y'all want to be part of the new age of plutonium lunacy?" "Don't you want to see mankind become enslaved to this new priesthood of plutonium culture, see the earth become a desert, all its natural resources plundered to build some new Jerusalem in the Milky Way?" "(SNIGGERS)" " Why did you let him go?" " We had no alternative." " None?" " He still has 20 kilos." "(GROGAN) In an explosive configuration - his words." " Is 20 kilos enough?" " To dispose of the east coast of Scotland...yes." " If he wanted that, he'd have done it by now." " Nobody was taking that chance." "Instead, a particularly sensitive relationship between you and my government is public property." "We could have had a catastrophe in there." "Colonel." " What did he say about Northmoor?" " Not much." "The whole hall was in such a state of pandemonium, I doubt if anyone noticed." "The man is quite insane." "He completely misread Jerry's argument." "Did he?" "I thought he put his finger right on it." "Either we stay or we go." " Go where?" " (SCOFFS QUIETLY)" " Well, then." "What next?" "We have to find him." " We should leave it to Craven." " Bennett?" " There are alternatives." "(KNOCK)" "There's a telephone call from Inspector Craven for Mr Harcourt." "Any objection to leaving it to Craven?" "As long as he finds the plutonium, it's OK by me." "Well, Harcourt, you'd better make sure that he's fully briefed...hadn't you?" "He used to play here twice a week." "Said he felt at home." " When did you see him last?" " Oh, a couple of days now." "He was a good loser, which is just as well, because we have a lot of strong players." "OK." "That's fine." "Thanks." " Who's their man?" " Nallers." "He drinks at the Chelsea Barracks." "He's, um..." "He's rumoured to be the state executioner." "Who would he be after here?" "(KNOCK AT DOOR)" "It could be you, old boy." "The Minister didn't take too kindly to that report of yours." "But it's more likely to be Jedburgh." "Ah, good." "Thank you." "I thought I ordered oatcake." "(SLOW BLUES MUSIC ON PIANO )" "(BELL CLANGS)" "What took you so long?" " How have you been feeling?" " Sick." "Boy, have I ever been sick." " Did you come alone?" " Yeah." "What the hell are you doing up here?" "Mostly dying." "I've bought the farm, boy." "You talk to Harcourt?" " Last night." " He tell you I was at Gleneagles?" "Yeah." "You caused quite a stir." " Yeah." "Nothing on TV, though, I see." " No." "They've got that screwed down tight." "Yeah." "What about you?" " What about me?" " How long have you got?" "Two weeks." "That's too bad." " It was a hell of a mission though, huh?" " You didn't complete it." "Well, they were waiting for me with guns." "My own people started shooting at me." "Honour went out of the window the day they invented that stuff." "Do you know what Harcourt told me last night?" "Grogan had reached the conclusion that the enquiry would stop the takeover, so he decided to get the plutonium another way." "Then he thought of you." "Who would walk into a cave full of radiation?" "You would, given the right scenario." "All he had to do was call Washington to make sure they fed you the right orders." "They didn't just betray you... they made a fool of you." "No shit, Sherlock." "You think I didn't figure that out?" " Where is the plutonium?" " It's in the bottom of a loch." " What shape is it in?" " It's in pretty good shape." "I packed it in chalk." "And as core, I put a pound of plastic explosive." " You turned it into a bomb?" "!" " Yeah." " Why?" " 'Cause that's the problem with plutonium." "It's limited in its application." "It's not user-friendly, but as a vehicle for regaining one's self-respect, it's got a lot going for it." "Damned right I turned it into a bomb." "Is it armed?" "Fused?" "There's a detonator, if that's what you mean." "It's a plutonium bullet." "Would it work?" "Well, fired from a high-velocity rifle..." "it just might." "A nuclear explosion?" "Hell of a way to go, huh?" " It seems rather hard on the rest of Scotland." " Yeah, that's what I thought, especially the golf courses, So I decided against it." "What other ideas have you had...to end it all?" "Well, I called up this especially humourless bastard called Hernandez." "He runs this rinky-dinky terrorist outfit." "I'm supposed to be on his death list, so I invited him up." "He hasn't showed." " Where's the plutonium?" " Loch Lednock, ten miles west of here, by the dam." " Mind if I use the phone?" " You going to call Harcourt?" " Yes." " He'll only turn it over to Grogan." "They'll screw you the same way they screwed me." "I'll have to take that chance." "Craven?" "They'll trace the call." " They?" " The opposition." "They'll come looking for us." "If we're lucky, they will." "(PHONE RINGS)" " Pendleton?" " I've found him." "What about the stuff?" "Loch Lednock." "By the dam." "Be careful." "It's packaged." "I'll meet you there tomorrow." "Eight o'clock." "(HANGS UP)" "Well, has he got it?" "He..." "He knows where it is." "We meet him eight o'clock tomorrow morning." "Loch Lednock." "He'll be dead by then." "I just hope he gave you the right instructions." "(JEDBURGH) # It was the year of the preacher..." " # It was the time of... # - # It was the time of the preacher" "# In the year of 01" "(BOTH) # When you think it's all over" "# It has only begun" "# And he cried like a baby" "# And he screamed like a panther" " # In the middle of the night..." " Yeah, you remember." "# And he saddled his pony" "# And he went for a ride... #" "I am no longer seeking vengeance." "You know what you are, Craven?" "You're something special." "You've been freeze-dried from some earlier epoch, just waiting for this to happen." "Waiting for what to happen?" "All this." "The confrontation between good and evil." " And what side are you on?" " The side of the angels, boy." "Always have been." "Jedburgh..." "You are not and never will be on the side of the angels." "There are angels who will stand by me." "St Michael, for instance." " Then, you do believe in Gaia?" " As an idea or what?" "As an idea." "You mean that the earth goddess will defend itself against all dangers?" " Including Man." " Man will always win against nature." "(CAR DOORS SLAM)" "You were saying?" "I think you're wrong." "(SIGHS)" "On my way here, I had a weird conversation with Emma." "She warned me about a black flower, which she said would spread across the northern hemisphere and melt the polar ice cap." " Grogan would zap it." " She said... that the planet will turn against mankind and destroy him." "Have you ever been to Afghanistan, Craven?" " Is this relevant?" " I was there last year, studying the drinking habits of the Russian soldiers." "They'll drink anything as long as it's alcohol-based." "Glycol, anti-freeze, brake fluid." "But the black flowers were out there Craven, up on the mountains." "The Afghans eat them." "I think you're taking the piss, Jedburgh." "I am merely confirming the existence of the black flowers." "If Grogan don't zap them, the Afghans will." "(THUMPING)" "Ah, shit." "I think you're wrong." "If there is a battle between the planet and mankind, the planet will win." "Where's that going to leave you?" "On the side of the planet." "Do you want to wait inside or go and meet them head on?" "I don't see the point of moving from this spot." "The point is to take as many with us as we can." " Why?" " Because they're going to have our ass." "(CHATTER)" " (HARCOURT) Well, what's next?" " Geneva." "Nuclear non-proliferation treaty." " Same old circuit?" " We get some new faces." "Of course, the old ones drop out." "What's for pudding?" "(CRASH)" "(FOOTSTEPS)" " You will come tomorrow?" " Yes, but I'm swimming off Sizewell later." "Every weekend sees one of us swimming around outside some nuclear power station, while the world's press takes snaps from a safe distance." " Makes me sick." " How sick?" "(FOOTSTEPS RUNNING)" "(GUNSHOT AND THUD )" "(GUNSHOT, GLASS SHATTERS)" "(MACHINE GUN FIRE)" "(SOLDIERS YELL)" "(COUGHS)" "(FOOTSTEPS)" "(SPLUTTERS)" "(COUGHS AND WHEEZES)" " Colonel Jedburgh?" " Yes, sir?" "What's the problem?" "No problem... (THUD )" "Normally, I don't drink champagne, but tonight's an exception, I think." "(GLASSES CLINK)" " Is this Craven?" " Just do it." " Do it!" " No, no, old son." "You're on our side." "I AM NOT ON YOUR SIDE!" "(HARcOURT) My dear clemmie, within hours of Jedburgh's death and in conditions of great secrecy, the plutonium was recovered from Loch Lednock." "It was an IIF show." "No one else would take responsibility for the stuff, certainly not Her Majesty's Government." "Myself and Pendleton turned up just to show the flag and to remind Grogan that this was only the first round." "Ah, yes..." "Grogan was there, watching the proceedings like some 20th-century vampire, although after his exposure to Jedburgh's plutonium at the conference," "I don't hold out much for his chances." "You asked about craven." "The last we saw of him was up on the hill overlooking the loch, staring down at us like a wild animal." "Neither myself nor Pendleton felt it appropriate to wave." "Besides, by my reckoning, he was not long for this world." "When we left, he was still on the hill." "I only wish we could have shouted some words of comfort, told him that in the end, the earth, Emma's beloved Gaia, would be saved from ultimate destruction, and that the good in all of us would prevail." "But in the circumstances, I don't think he would have believed it." "As we drove down the valley, I thought I heard a cry, but it was lost in the noise of the helicopter." "When I looked back, he was gone." "(CRIES) Emma!" "(ECHOES)"