"Martin Ackroyd failed to turn up for work on the 7th November 1983." "Gerry Standing, meet Warren McCabe and Don Bryant." "[Think you could] show him the ropes." "Welcome to the team, Gerald." " What happened to Ackroyd?" " You don't want to know." "Stay clear." " Who's Naylor?" " Hello, Gerry." " I can't be owing you favours." " You don't owe me anything." "I've no idea what evidence they've planted, or where." "I'd like to report an assault." "This is Gerry Standing we're talking about." "Does any of this seem remotely likely?" "Who was she shagging?" "He's just got this one all wrong." "Gerry Standing, I'm arresting you for conspiracy to murder" "Detective Chief Inspector Martin Ackroyd." "♪ It's all right, it's OK" "♪ Doesn't really matter if you're old and grey" "♪ It's all right, I say, it's OK" "♪ Listen to what I say" "♪ It's all right, doing fine" "♪ Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine" "♪ It's all right, I say, it's OK" "♪ We're getting to the end of the day. ♪" "SOLEMN ORGAN MUSIC" "Today we say goodbye to our friend, whose life was tragically cut short." "His family and friends may well feel cheated that he has been taken from us too soon, but we have many happy memories of him, and these we must hold dear in our hearts." "He was loved, respected and will be missed by us all." "The truncheon's been buried underground for 30 years, so there's not much chance of us pulling prints off it." "We might have more chance with the DNA." "Look, I'll save you the bother." "It's mine." "How did it end up down there?" "I don't know." "So what about this bloke Ronald Sainsbury?" "Oh, please." "I didn't lay a finger on him." "So what the hell's going on, Gerry?" "I'm being framed." " This much we had worked out." " Why?" "I don't know." "Do you know who did kill Ackroyd?" "No." "You should feel free to tell us whatever it is you haven't been telling us up to now." "PHONE RINGS" "Yes, sir." "Yeah, we've arrested Gerry Standing, but it's increasingly clear he didn't..." "No, I understand that, sir, but it's precisely because I've worked with the man for 11 years that I feel able to..." "Sir, UCOS is more than capable of concluding the investigation without the help..." "Yes, sir." "Yes, yes, I understand." "Look, Ackroyd was killed because the Chapman family believed he was about to blow the whistle on all the cops they had in their pocket." " Including Bryant and McCabe?" " Yes." "So they've got to be the most likely candidates, being closest to Ackroyd." "Yeah, yeah, or Dominic Chapman himself." "Really?" "Oh, yeah, really -- proper nutter." "How do we prove any of this?" " I'm working on it." " How?" "Gerry, What is it you're not telling us?" "I can't answer that." "Why not?" "Gerry, we want to help you, but how can we do that if we don't know...?" "I did not kill Ackroyd." "But I did do something, that if it..." "DOOR OPENS" "What's going on, sir?" "We're..." " He's about to incriminate himself, Sasha." " What?" " How?" " Don't answer that." "I've just been told we're to hand this case off to a murder investigation team by the end of the day." "I'd rather we weren't also handing them Gerry's head on a plate." "Ugh!" "Look, right now, all they've got is a 30-year-old truncheon and an unsubstantiated allegation that I beat up some old bent cop." "They'll also have these." "And these mean what?" "That you were shagging Ackroyd's wife, Gerry." "Ackroyd hired a private detective." "You see what this looks like?" "You do know that this is around the time Caitlin was born?" " We're not making any moral judgements." " Yes, you are." "It's motive, Gerry." "You can see that as well as anyone." "This isn't going upstairs yet?" "No, not until the end of the day." "Well, let's just hope the new guys are better at doing their homework than this lot!" "What do you mean by that?" " This isn't Ackroyd's wife." " Who is it then?" "Her name was Alison." "Alison Standing." "Caitlin's mum." "Right, I need to go and do something to sort this out." "You want to leave?" "Gerry, you're under arrest, and you won't tell us what's going on for fear of incriminating yourself even more!" "Wait, Sasha..." "Now, this is just you and me." "No tape." "Did you kill Martin Ackroyd?" "No, sir." "Do you know who did?" "Not yet." "Did you assault Ronald Sainsbury?" "Ohhh..." "I'm beginning to wish I had!" "So, if I let you walk out this door, am I putting my and everyone else's jobs on the line?" "Not as long as you don't ask what I'm doing or where I'm going." "Don't make me regret this." "Thank you." "You just let him walk out." "I don't believe he's guilty, Sasha." "He's guilty of something, he pretty much said so." "Gerry Standing is no angel, but he's not a murderer." "Given how little time is now available to us to prove that," "I think it's more effective we don't keep him in custody." "But now he's out there on his own, up against Bryant and McCabe, the Chapmans, and God knows who else." "You're right." "You're looking a little peaky, Danny." "I am?" "I am." "Perhaps you ought to take a day off." "Well, if you're sure." " I'm feeling a little bit under the weather myself." " You look fine to me." " But, sir..." " Danny's the sensible one." "Obviously we won't be hearing from you, Danny, because you'll be at home tucked under your duvet." "Understood." "We hope you feel better." "I will." "Right, we three are what's left of the UCOS team, and we have a murder to solve." "There'll be no contact with Gerry, because we don't want to learn anything that we might find ourselves compelled to divulge from the witness box at his trial." "So what do you want us to do?" "You want to get Gerry off the hook?" "Find out who really killed Martin Ackroyd." "No, Tommy, the net's definitely tightening." "And now Sainsbury's accusing me of beating him up, so he's in on it somehow." "No." "No, where did you hear that?" "Yeah, I'll keep my eyes peeled, all right, don't worry about that." "Sorry, Tom, I've got to go, I'll speak to you later." " What the bloody hell are you doing here?" " Well, I, er..." " How did you get in?" " Oh, that part was quite easy." "The lock on your front door..." "Actually, I'm not interested in that." "What are you doing here?" " You need help." " No, I don't." " Well, Strickland said..." " I don't care what Strickland says." "I don't want to get anyone else into trouble." "You want to keep a very wide berth of me at the moment." "Why?" "What's really going on?" "Sorry, Danny, I can't tell you, now, please leave." "I can't, really." " Danny..." " No, I mean I actually can't." "There's some rather nasty looking men parked outside." "If I go back out the way I came in, it's..." "Well, it wouldn't be a very good idea." "Dark blue saloon across the road with three men in it, and a silver car further up the street." "Who sent them, do you think?" "Chapman?" "It was stupid coming here." "Yes, well, too late, you're here now." "Of course, diplomatic protection training covers this sort of thing." "But you don't want my help, do you?" "Ackroyd was buried in the house in Primrose Hill." "Seems reasonable to assume he was killed there as well." "You mentioned that it might have been noisy digging out that basement." "We were thinking maybe there was building work going on." "Let's find out." "So our prime suspects are Bryant, McCabe and Dominic Chapman, right?" "I want to go through all the files on Bryant and McCabe." "It was never proved that they were on the Chapman payroll," " but we need to prove that now." " This would be a damn sight easier if we found out what is it Gerry actually knows." "You heard Strickland." "We're on Ackroyd." "Let Gerry be Danny's problem." "Where's the back door?" "There isn't one." "There's a garden out the back." "How do you get to that?" "That belongs to the downstairs flat." "We don't see eye to eye." "If we're running for our lives, I'm sure they'll understand." "I'm not running!" "What are you doing?" "Well, you may feel like David Crockett readying himself to defend the Alamo, but the reality is this -- and this is why we're running." "Anyway, there's nothing to defend." "They're waiting for you to leave." "They're not stupid enough to ring on the front door bell..." "DOORBELL BUZZES" "My mistake." "Time to meet the neighbours." " Who's at the door?" " HAMMERING ON DOOR" " Police." "Let us out the back." " The police are at the door?" "No, WE'RE the police." "Get out the way!" " I thought you'd retired." " Look, we need to go through your flat." "You need some sort of warrant, then." "No, we don't." "Brilliant, it's a dead end." "No such thing." "I'm calling the police." "Good idea." "This is trespassing." "Yes, it is." "I don't care who you are..." "Good for you." "Gerry, if you wouldn't mind." " Oh..." " I'm just going to break down your gate... so that's criminal damage, as well." "Come on." "Why did you park round here?" "Well, all the spaces at the front were taken by people trying to kill you." "Fair enough." "Oh, here we go..." " Er, what're you thinking?" " The funny thing is... they always tell you to aim for the rear wheel, but the target vehicle nearly always..." "TYRES SCREECH" ".. moves." "You are radio rental, you." "We should probably go somewhere and try to work out a plan." " This is bordering on police harassment." " No, it isn't." "I'm still contemplating a complaint of assault against your Scottish friend, here." "Right now, a knee in the nuts could become the least of your problems." "We know you work for Dominic Chapman." "He's a client." " We have lots of clients." " Yeah, but this one goes way back, doesn't he?" "In fact, we've been looking at your arrest records from the early '80s." "A disproportionate number of your high-profile busts targeted rivals of the Chapman family." "Oh, good luck with that one in court." "No-one could make a corruption charge stick to us." "Not yet." "Ackroyd knew what you were up to, didn't he?" "He'd put it all together -- you two, Sainsbury..." "Who else?" "Gerry Standing." "We've been here." "Gerry Standing was clean." "HE LAUGHS" "Was he really?" "He's told you everything, has he?" "Has he told you about Tommy Naylor?" "Oh, that's news, is it?" "Gerry and Tommy Naylor?" "I think you might want to go back to the office and do a little bit of homework." " Nasty piece of work, Tommy." " Oh, yes." "Do anything to protect his interests." "He would." "Bosom pals, him and Gerry." "Much to Ackroyd's char-grin." "Char-grin's a good word for it, Warren." "It's chagrin." "Is it really?" "Well, we've learned something today." "Now it's your turn." "'This is all about to come crashing down around your ears.'" "'He's just got this one all wrong.'" "What the bloody hell are you doing?" "I'm doing my job." "Despite you and Chapman and your cronies out there," "I'm doing my bloody job." "You're going to take this upstairs?" "Sainsbury's investigating the Chapmans." "I think he'd be interested in talking to me." "I've written a letter and left it with a brief." "Anything happens to me, all of this is coming out." "I've been busy too." "I filed a report yesterday detailing the raid on Tommy Naylor's premises and what went wrong." "We reckon Naylor was tipped off by someone on the inside." "Obviously it's premature to name names, but I did suggest that Sainsbury's unit might want to look at any police officers who'd been seen with Naylor out of hours." "It was a mistake to bring you into this unit, but I'm going to have to live with it." "And so are you." "I just want to do my job." "This is your job." "This squad has the best clean-up rate..." "Yeah, because the Chapmans hand us their rivals on a plate!" "You think the man in the street gives a shit" "HOW we clean the place up?" "The Chapmans give us muggers and dealers and pimps." "We put them away, and your family get to live in a city that's a little bit safer than it was." "The Chapman family business doesn't impact on ordinary people," " so what do they care?" " It's corruption." "Everyone's corrupt, Gerry." "Politicians, judges, footballers." "The whole bloody world is corrupt." "If we went by the book, we wouldn't make half the arrests we do." "All right, how's this?" "You transfer me out, now." "I'll leave all this on your desk and you never hear another peep out of me." "The way the Chapmans see it, you're dangerous." "You're either in this squad, doing as we do, or you're a problem they need to take care of." "I'm not taking another penny from the Chapmans." "Oh, we'll see about that." "Bollocks to you too." "DS Standing?" "There's no point in cops being on the take if the lawyers aren't." "Now get back to work." "Still looks the same from up here, doesn't it?" "I mean, there are a few new buildings, but still the same old place." "It's not, though, is it?" "Course it is." "It's London." "It never really changes." "That's why all this has come round again." "Listen, Danny, this is too dangerous." "You've got family." "So have you." "Fiona would kill you if she knew you were involved in this." "Actually, she'd kill YOU." "Probably only wound me." "Look, Gerry, I'm here and I'm bloody freezing." "Can you tell me what's going on?" "Ackroyd wasn't one of the good guys." "He was working for the Chapmans alongside McCabe and Bryant and whoever else was above 'em." "So why did everyone think he was honest?" "It's complicated." "Everyone thinks that I was a bad cop involved in the death of a good cop." "We need to find proof that he wasn't a good cop." "If he was on their side, why was he killed?" "They thought he was going to blow the whistle." "But he wasn't?" "Why did they think he was?" "That I can't tell you." "Why not?" "Because then you'd have knowledge of a crime, and you'd either have to report it or risk getting done for covering it up." "What did you do, Gerry?" "All right, moving on..." "If we tell the others that Ackroyd was corrupt," " that'll give them something to work on." " No, no, no." "We can't contact them yet." "If this all goes tits up, it'll look like they've been helping me out." "We'll get in touch with them once we've got some proof." "And where is the proof?" "I don't know." "But I know a man who does." "Tommy Naylor has been the subject of various ongoing police investigations for the last three decades." "He's been to prison a few times, but never for anything big." "By the looks of his file, that's because he's smart enough to never get his own hands dirty." "He's a thief and a smuggler but, unlike the Chapman Family, he seems to consider violence a last resort." "None of which is to say he's an angel -- far from it." "Does he have police officers on his payroll?" "Almost certainly." "Several attempts have been made to crack open that side of his business." "One such investigation was in 1983..." "Ouch." "Well, at least this proves that Naylor was lying" " about knowing Gerry." " Not much of a silver lining." "I'm starting to see why Gerry's worried about incriminating himself." " PHONE RINGS" " Steve McAndrew..." "If this is what Gerry was trying to hide, why not just call him and ask him about it?" "Gerry's friendship with the criminal element is hardly a surprise to anyone who knows him." "Whatever he's trying to hide from us is worse than this." "Just for the time being, it's better that we don't know." "Sir, do you think Gerry's done something really bad?" "I don't know." "I hope not." "Well, an application was made to Camden Council for building work to that house in Primrose Hill." "The work was carried out over October and November, 1983." " Well, that's something." " It's more than something." "The company that carried out the work was called Kingsport Construction." "Kingsport Construction is owned by the Chapman family." "Brilliant." "Finally." "Kingsport..." "Why do I know that name?" "Um... how did Naylor get his scar?" "No idea." "It's fresh here, and he doesn't have it in these photographs with Gerry." "Have a look at this, this is odd." "Say what you like about Gerry's sartorial decisions, but he's not a man who puts dirty clothes back on." "But look -- there's a spot on his shirt, here and here..." " Same day." " Yeah." "So, did Rachel Woolcott take both of these?" "Kingsport Construction!" "That's where I saw the name -- in Rachel Woolcott's files!" "Hello again." " Rachel Woolcott, this is my colleague, Steve McAndrew." " Hello." "Do you have a warrant?" "That's strange, isn't it?" "Because we didn't need a warrant yesterday." "Today you do." "You make me come back with a warrant and we will tear this entire house apart." "All the files in the attic, every cupboard, drawer, box in the whole place." "Very wise." "What can you tell me about this?" "Kingsport Construction." "I don't remember the job." "It's accounts, so I suppose I was meant to be looking into some kind of irregularity." "Who hired you?" "I can't remember." "It was 30 years ago." "You remembered Martin Ackroyd." "Talking of which, you said Ackroyd asked you to follow his wife." " That's right." " How did you go about that?" "What do you mean?" " Well, did you go to his house and wait for her to appear?" " Yes." "Then you followed her around until you saw her meet up with the man in the pictures." " That's right." " And you remember this specifically, or are you just basing this account on what you'd normally do?" "I told you, this isn't the kind of thing I'd normally do." "That's why I remember it." "The problem we have, Rachel, is the woman in those photographs isn't Mrs Ackroyd." "She was actually married to the man she was in the car with." "I don't understand." "Neither do we." "But Martin Ackroyd was killed and buried in a house that was being refurbished at the time by Kingsport Construction." "Now, Kingsport Construction was owned, as you've detailed here, by the Chapman family." "You've heard of them?" "No." "Are you sure?" "Because it looks like they're your biggest clients." "In fact, looking at your financial records from the past 30 years, it looks like you've worked almost exclusively for the Chapman family all that time." "Wow." "You got me." "I'm going to suppose that one of your duties for the Chapmans is to cover for them when they go off the rails." "When they, for example, murder a policeman." "In that situation you might be asked to lay a false trail leading back to, for instance, another policeman that the Chapman family might want out of the picture." "I'm obviously not going to comment on that." "Dominic Chapman." "He is a very dangerous man." "So I've heard." "And if he heard you were talking to the police..." "I'm talking." "I'm not helping." "You trust Chapman to make that distinction?" " You're trying to frighten me." " Yes, we are." "Because we don't think you realise the gravity of this situation." "Dominic Chapman's about to be in a lot of trouble." "He's responsible for the death of a policeman." "And he used you to frame another policeman." "A friend of ours." "But we're seeing right through that." "So Dominic Chapmen needs to cover his tracks, and this time you're one of the tracks he needs to cover." "I haven't said anything." "Does he know that?" "Can he be sure?" "Wouldn't he be better off being safe than sorry?" "You're a smart woman, you've been around the block." "You know what Dominic Chapman's like." "But... you're not worried." "You've got insurance, haven't you?" "What kind of insurance?" "You've got something on Dominic Chapman." "Does it tie him to the murder of Martin Ackroyd?" "I think you're going to need that now, Rachel." "So, what have you found?" "Rachel Woolcott had a safety deposit box in which she was keeping her smoking gun evidence against Dominic Chapman, in case he decided to turn against her." "And?" "Fiona, you might want to rush this through a DNA match." " Is that..." " Ackroyd's blood on Dominic Chapman's shirt." "She was supposed to destroy it." "And she'll testify as to where she got it from?" " Yup." " And you want this in the system?" "Absolutely." "On the fastest of fast tracks." "PHONE CHIMES" "Ah, "Graham from Stevenage, 40, advertising executive, two cats"," "I may well be in the mood for dinner tonight." " No advertising people." " Really?" "Really." "No, and you don't want a cat person." "You want a dog person." "Like Steve." "That was just a turn of phrase..." ""Like Steve" was a requirement I left off my dating profile." "Oh, really." "Well, good work." "Gerry's going to owe you both several drinks." "I'd settle for a decent explanation of what the hell went on back then." " And a drink." " Yeah, and a drink." " He's not going to want to tell us anything." " No." "If he's with the Chapmans, then he's got more to lose by talking to us than not." "But there were some honest cops on Sainsbury's team." "They were investigating the Chapmans." "They had a list of dodgy cops." "Now, I'm not on it, but Ackroyd was." "So how do we get him to talk?" "Leave it to me." "Oh, really?" "What are you going to do?" "Pull out his dentures?" "Strap him into his stairlift and make it go really fast?" " You're not helping." " We could hide his All-Bran..." "Threaten to record over his Murder, She Wrote tapes..." "He IS in there, I can see him moving about." "Come on, Sainsbury, open the door!" "HE RINGS DOORBELL REPEATEDLY" "GUN COCKS" "Gun!" "Get down!" "That was both barrels." "He has to reload." "You mad old bastard!" "Oh, shit!" "Bit of luck -- the recoil must have sent him flying." " Is he all right?" " He's out cold, but he'll be all right." "Well, that's one way to avoid an awkward conversation." "Yeah, well, even if he can't talk, he's still going to tell us something." "What exactly are you hoping to find?" "I don't know." "Something." "Gerry, he's not going to have kept evidence in his house." "All right, then, we'll just wait till he wakes up and talk to him, then." "He's just fired both barrels of a 12-bore shotgun through the front door." "I suspect somebody has called the police" " and I don't want to be here when they turn up." " Look!" "I'm not leaving here empty-handed, he's our last lead." "Gerry, we've got nothing." "GERRY CHUCKLES" "Oh, yes, we have." "It's a photo of some cops." "No, that is DCI Sainsbury and that is his squad." "Well, if we wanted a list of names from his team," " we could have asked Strickland..." " A list of names is no good." "Half of them were bent, and the last people to know who was bent and who isn't are other cops, especially 30 years on." "So how is this better?" "People forget names, but not faces." "So we show this to someone who can tell a proper cop from a bent one a mile away." "Who?" "A criminal." "SPOON STIRS IN CUP" "Anything?" "No, not yet." "We have one hour before the new team take over." "Start packing up the files." "And if Fiona's not back with the DNA results back by six?" "Well, let's hope she IS." "Listen, Danny, why don't you go and have a coffee?" " He's an old mate of mine, so..." " Gerry." " Yeah?" " That van..." " What about it?" "It's a listening van. surveillance." "And you know this how, Sherlock?" "When I was in diplomatic protection..." "Oh, do leave off, Danny." "Diplomatic Protection is a nonce job." "You sit outside an embassy all day in a nice cosy car while the rest of us are out doing proper police work." "Finished?" "When I was working in diplomatic protection, I worked with that man." "His name's Dave Percy." "He now works surveillance." "Oh." "Yes." "I would imagine he's listening in on your friend." "We'd better warn him." "Yes, we should absolutely warn the gangster that the police are watching him(!" ")" "But we need his help." "Well, I'd rather not be recorded asking for it." "We're going to have to find another way in." "Good afternoon." "Tommy." "A colleague of mine, Danny Griffin." "So it's true." "Much cleaner than the gents." "Nick of time, Fiona." " Sorry, we went as fast as we could." " And?" "You asked me to fast track this, so the results are all in the system." "That's fine, what's the..." "Well, the blood is a match for Ackroyd." "Brilliant." "But the shirt does not belong to Dominic Chapman." " No?" "Are you sure?" " Yes." "Then it must be Bryant or McCabe's." "No." "Well, then..." "I'm sorry." "It belongs to Gerry." "His DNA is all over it." "Come on, I'll put some coffee on." "No, we've got to stay in here." "I know you've always had a particular attachment to this room, Gerry, but..." "You're under surveillance." "There's a van outside." "They probably have most of the club wired." "Yes, but there's a spot behind the bar they can't hear." " You know about it?" " Of course." "It's been going on for months." "Bit tricky when you want a bit of privacy," " but we've come up with a few workarounds." " Such as?" "Nice try." "Look, show him the picture." "This is Ronald Sainsbury's squad in '83." "They had a list of all the cops that the Chapmans had in their pocket." "And we need to find one of these who remembers that list." " But you don't know which one you can trust?" " Exactly." "Well, let's see..." "He was clean..." "Just one?" "Different time back then, Danny." "So in terms of the evidence we've managed to gather, we've got photos proving Gerry consorted with gangsters, photos proving Ackroyd was having Gerry followed..." "Gerry's truncheon." ".. and now Gerry's shirt with Ackroyd's blood all over it." "Remind me never to contact you guys if I'm in trouble." "Rachel Woolcott really saw us coming, didn't she?" "Rather than lick our wounds, might we move forward?" "Yes, I'd love to." "Which way IS forward?" "I think the real killer was left-handed." "Gerry's not, is he?" "Can you prove that?" "No, it's just a theory." "I could illustrate it on the model, but it's not 100%." "And it could be argued that Gerry just used his left hand." "Sorry." "Maybe Danny and Gerry are having better luck." " We can't have any contact with them at the moment." " Why not?" "We're worried they might tell us something that might get Gerry into trouble." "Wow." "Wow indeed." "Sir, would you be able to buy us another hour?" "What for?" " Steve and I are going to make a house call." " Who to?" "The actual killer." "Listen, it might be better if you stayed in the car." "Why?" "This guy doesn't even know we're coming." "He won't have had time to load his gun yet." "WOMAN SCREAMS" "HE GRUNTS" " We heard screaming!" " Yes." "It's a chiropractor's." "There's a chiropractor on the ground floor, yes." " Ted Case?" " No, sorry." "Yes, you are." "HE SIGHS" "We've seen your photo." "And you thought it was so good, you decided to nip round here" " and kick the door in?" " We heard screaming!" "And you turned up just in time to stop me being murdered in my own home?" "That's not as ridiculous as it sounds today." "Well, hanging around with this one," "I'd think that's par for the course on most days." "You know who I am?" "Of course, you're Gerry Standing." "Can we come in?" "As long as you promise not to break anything." "I'd offer you coffee, but I'm not that keen on you staying long enough to drink it." "How do you know who I am?" " Well, you're famous." " I am?" "No, I'm just messing about." "I used to work upstairs from you about 30 years ago." "That's why we're here." "Do you remember Martin Ackroyd?" "Yeah." "He's dead." "The Chapmans?" "What makes you say that?" "Ackroyd was as bent as a nine bob note." "He was in the Chapmans' pocket, along with that other pair of clowns." "Bryant and McCabe." "Yeah, and half my squad, as well." "Actually more than half." "It's possible you were the only honest one on the squad." "Well... that explains a lot." "Was I crooked?" "Can't you remember?" "Is it his age?" "What I mean is, did my name come up on your investigation?" "Yeah, you had some pretty unsavoury friends, but you were in the clear." "So what would have made the Chapmans think that Ackroyd was about to turn on them?" " Danny!" " No, I want to know." "That's the crux of all this, isn't it?" "If Ackroyd was the bad cop, why was he killed by the people he worked for?" "Around the time Ackroyd disappeared, we started hearing rumours about him." "On the street, informants and so on." "Some said he was going to grass, others that he was an undercover cop all along." "It was just Chinese whispers." "Someone had put the word out about Ackroyd." "Were you ever able to trace the source of the rumour?" "Not precisely, no." "But once these things get out..." "I had my suspicions at the time." "Only suspicions, no actual..." "Who?" "Look, it's not relevant!" "Tommy Naylor?" "And finally the pieces fall into place." "Listen, Ted, would you be prepared to make a statement saying that Ackroyd was bent?" "I can go one better." "What's this?" "I worked for some dodgy bastards in my time." "Not least Ronald Sainsbury." "There's always files these people want to disappear." "So I made it my business to copy those files, you know, for a rainy day." "Well, it's pissing down now." "Well, there's a lovely umbrella for you." "Sure this is a good idea, Sasha?" "I ran out of good ideas a while back, Steve." "Just on to ideas now." "You actually have a butler, Mr Chapman." "Does he have a bowler hat with a steel rim?" "Is there something I can help you with?" "We know it was you." "You know it was me what?" "Martin Ackroyd's murder." "And you have a wealth of physical evidence to back that up, do you?" "A murder weapon, for example?" "A bloodstained article of clothing?" "We know the killer was left-handed." "You'd be amazed what a forensic reconstruction can prove nowadays." "I'd be amazed if that tiny detail stacked up against the other evidence you have." "Your company was contracted to do work on the house where Ackroyd's body was buried." "Was it?" "That was my father's company, God rest his soul." "I never had any interest in the construction business." "We'll build a case against you and we'll make it stick." "Am I supposed to confess under the weight of your steely determination?" "I'm just putting you on notice." "Good for you, darling." "I like a bit of spunk in a girl." "MOBILE PHONE RINGS" "Saved by the bell." "Gerry." "And what's in the file?" "You're kidding." "OK, well, bring it down..." "OK, well, where, then?" "Fine, we'll see you there." "Saved by the bell indeed." "We will be back very soon -- and you'll be needing a spectacularly good lawyer." "MAIL FALLS ON FLOOR" "Tommy!" "Tommy, I need your help!" "You've done what?" "Tommy Naylor's putting the word out that you've done a deal to dodge a corruption charge." "Rumour's out there now." "By tonight, the Chapmans are going to think you've turned grass, and they'll come after you." "They won't believe a word of it." "Oh, I reckon they'll believe just enough not to want to risk you drawing breath." "After all, you turning against 'em would bring the whole rotten house down, wouldn't it?" "This is your chance." "You need to get out." "Disappear before they catch up to you." "Who the hell do you think you are to come after me?" " You didn't give me any choice." " You little shit." "They won't come after you until tonight." "You've got time to sling some things in a bag and hit the road." "But before you do that, I want a transfer." "To where?" "Anywhere but this poxy team." "I'll kill you, you little..." "You threaten me, you threaten my family, you expect me to stand still and take it?" "!" "You transfer me out now, you pack your stuff and you scarper." "The Chapmans are going to want your head, as are half the dodgy cops in this building." "It's over now... sir." "Get out... before they bury ya." "I didn't want to bring this into the office because..." "Well, because depending on what happens," "I wanted to be able to get up from this table and walk away." "So Ackroyd was never an informant." "No." "Crooked as they come." "And you spread the rumour so Ackroyd would let you out from under all this." "Yeah." "But you did warn him, Gerry." "You told him to disappear." "Yeah, and I thought he had." "I never intended him to get hurt." "He must have thought he could reason with the Chapmans." "It's incitement to commit murder." "No wonder you were worried about incriminating yourself." "Jesus!" " He warned the guy!" " Very literally, tell that to the judge." "Do the Chapmans know that Ackroyd was never a police informer?" "They can't know, otherwise I wouldn't be here talking to you." "This is going to be a tough case to make, Gerry." "This file proves that Ackroyd was working for the Chapmans and it supports your version of events." "But we don't have a witness to the actual murder and we don't have any physical evidence, except that which points to you." "Even if we can run with this, you'll need to testify, which means we'll need to talk about some kind of deal on the incitement charge." "And witness protection, I'm afraid." "It's not as simple as that." "If he doesn't get me, Dominic will go after my family." "We can protect them too." "Yeah, but not witness protection." "It's their life we're talking about." "Just thrown up in the air." "Uprooting everything." "They've got a baby, he's got a new job and Caitlin would never be able to have contact with her mum again." "She wouldn't stand for it." "What then, Gerry?" "Can you protect them without making them move anywhere?" "In the short term, yeah." "We can get some people round there tonight." "Right." "Well, you've got the file." "I'll make a statement." "Gerry, you have to take witness protection." "You don't seem to understand, Sasha, I'd be making Caitlin a target... and I can't ask her to throw her life away and start all over again because I did something stupid 30 years ago." " You did it to protect her." " And that's what I'm doing now." "The Chapmans will do anything to stop you testifying." "You can't ignore that and hope for the best." "But not witness protection -- and I can't afford bodyguards." "Sir, I'm going to ask a question and I want you to think before you go with the obvious answer." " Can we drop this?" " No." " Well, thanks for mulling it over." " No, we're police officers." "And we fail to solve cases all the time." "I don't mind it looking like we bungled this one." "It's the murder of a Detective Chief Inspector!" " And he bloody deserved it." " That's not for us to say." "Then Gerry shouldn't make a statement." " All we have to do..." " Danny!" "He's right." "Without Gerry's statement, we can't make a case." " I will not stand for this." "I'm sorry, Gerry." " Excuse me!" "Can I have a say?" "Look, I've been a cop my whole life, right?" "And I've always done the job as best I can." "Look at me sitting here " " I couldn't even quit when retirement came along." "But I've never taken any money, I've never turned a blind eye," "I've never run away from anything." "But I got involved in something I couldn't get out of." "They were threatening my family." "And I did something stupid... .. and a bloke was killed." "Now, whatever I thought of him, he died and it was my fault." "I'm making a statement." "Under the circumstances, Gerry, I don't think getting you immunity from the incitement charge will be difficult." "Oh, that's a weight off(!" ")" "Can you get him immunity from the Chapmans?" "There's a chance they won't do anything." " Once Gerry's made a statement..." " GET DOWN!" " You all right, Gerry?" " Is he hit?" "No, no, I'm all right." "Call an ambulance!" "Call an ambulance!" "Stay with us, stay with us..." "Stay with us!" "Ah!" "So, how is she?" "The bullet nicked the femoral artery." "She's lost a lot of blood." "And what do they think her chances are?" "They don't know." " Well, when can we...?" " They won't say." "So we just wait." "I'm not waiting around in here for..." " I want to put these bastards behind bars." " How?" "I don't care how." " And I'm with him." " So am I." " Are you saying..." " I didn't say anything, Danny." "This conversation never took place." "Now, talk to me about the murder of Martin Ackroyd." "Oh, Gerald, what have you done?" "Aaagh!" "Careful, Don." "You can't do this." "We want to know about Ackroyd's murder." "Give us a hand to sit this one up again, Danny." "No, the next part's easier if he's down there already." "What's he doing?" "He's bluffing." "Bluffing?" "Someone just shot our guv'nor and you think we're bluffing?" "We didn't have anything to do with a shooting." "Although being your guv'nor's starting to look like a poisoned chalice, Gerald." "What is he doing with that tool bag?" "Shh, shh." "It's a surprise." "None of this is going to be admissible." "We don't need it to be admissible, we need it to be true." "Don't think we're stupid enough to wheel you both into court with broken legs and missing fingers and expect everyone to turn a blind eye, do you?" "You don't really think Dominic Chapman would allow you two to see the inside of a court, do you?" "We haven't said anything about Chapman." "That's your word against ours." "And Chapman hasn't got a great track record for believing people who said they haven't grassed him up, has he?" "Now listen, Don, we've got two ways to go here." "You give us Chapman." "You sign a statement detailing exactly what happened that night." "How Ackroyd came to you for help." "How you sold him out to Chapman." "How you drove him to that house in Primrose Hill, and then, for the icing on the cake, gave Chapman my truncheon and then watched as he beat Ackroyd to death with it." "How d'you know all this?" "They didn't, till you just confirmed it, Warren." "You sign a statement, we nick Chapman, then we can talk about witness protection for the pair of you." "What's the second option?" "He is." "They call me The Gardener." "Ah, you're up." "We need to have a word." "My name is Gerry Standing." "A long time ago you took a very nice picture of me and my wife." "But today, Dominic Chapman is being nicked, so this is your last chance to make a deal." "Or you can wave bye-bye to all this." "And... we've finished the milk." "DOORBELL" "Good afternoon." "Could you tell your guv'nor he's nicked?" "You'll have to put a gun to your own head to give this one legs, Mr Standing." "Already done it." "And pulled the trigger." "I think it will be me pulling that trigger, my friend." "I hear your guv'nor's a bit poorly." "Should I send her flowers, I wonder?" "Or should I wait a bit and send a wreath?" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "No!" "Ackroyd never grassed you up." "You've been had." "Take him away." "So you've arrested him." "All of this is over?" "Well, it will be, yeah." "I don't understand." "This bloke's a big deal." "We want to be absolutely sure he doesn't do anything stupid before Strickland calls off the boys outside." "What's he going to do?" "You've already made a statement." " It's too late for him to threaten anyone." " Oh, yeah." "What, you think he'll come after you anyway?" "No!" "It's just that after what happened to Sasha, everyone's being..." "Oh, God, Sasha..." "I didn't even ask, sorry." "It's all right." "She's going to be fine." "And what about you?" "Are you all right?" "Me?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "And you're safe?" "As houses." "Anyway, don't you worry about me." "You've just got to worry about this little one." "You give him everything he needs, no matter what." "Why are you saying it like that?" "I'm not saying it like anything." "Anyway, I've got to meet the others down the pub." "All right?" "Go on, then." "Don't drink too much." "Drink too much?" "Moi?" "Listen, Caitlin, I..." "I probably haven't been the best dad in the world, right?" "But I love you and that little bloke very, very much." "Oh, Dad." "Now, what's the matter?" "Nothing!" "Oh, and don't let these two herberts spend all day in your kitchen drinking tea." "All right, boys." "I'm going to the pub." "Have a nice night." "She's going to be in a wheelchair for a while, but she seems to have dodged all the worst case scenario stuff." "That's brilliant." "When can we see her?" " She's out of intensive care in the morning." " Has anyone spoken to her?" "Does she know we got Chapman?" "Well, Strickland went in to see her, so..." "Will the charges against Chapman stick?" "Well, we've got Rachel Woolcott's testimony," "Bryant, McCabe and Gerry's statement and Ted Case's file on Ackroyd, so..." "Not to mention some rather stunning evidence about the killer being left-handed." "THEY CHUCKLE" "Listen, thanks, everyone." "Cheers." "Cheers!" "So look, now you've made your statement, what are you going to do?" "It's hard to imagine Dominic Chapman being happy to let justice take its course." "Yeah, it might be an idea for nobody to stand by my side for a while." "Have you got something up your sleeve?" "Well, I'm owed a bit of holiday." "About 40 years, as it happens." "I thought I might just disappear for a bit." "Ooh, somewhere nice?" " Spain's a perfect fit for you, Gerry." " Are you kidding?" "Half the population of the Costa Del Sol only moved there to stop me nicking 'em." "ALL CHUCKLE" "No, I thought America." "I've never been there." "You know, start in New York, get one of those big cars, stick Born To Be Wild on the stereo and just drive." " That sounds brilliant." " Sounds like hell." "Shut up, I think it's a brilliant idea, Gerry." " Will you send us lots of postcards?" " Do people still send postcards?" "It's all on Facebook these days." "Get off!" "The only thing on Facebook is pictures of Steve and his new dog." "Ooh!" "Did you get a new dog?" "Did you get a puppy?" " No, guys..." " Oh, tell me." "ALL TALK AT ONCE" "Beam me up, somebody!" "SCREAMING" "CAR ALARMS BLARE" "Oh, God..." "God!" "PHONE RINGS" "PHONE RINGS" "ORGAN PLAYS SOLEMN MUSIC" "Today we say goodbye to our friend, whose life was tragically cut short." "His family and friends may well feel cheated that he has been taken from us too soon." "But we have many happy memories of him and these we must hold dear in our hearts." "He was loved, respected and will be missed by us all." "She doesn't seem very upset." "Danny!" "You can't say things like that!" "I'm serious." "She's just lost her father." "They were close." "PHONE CHIMES" "Am I the only one trying to observe the occasion properly?" "Sorry." "I'll turn it off." " Danny?" " Hm?" "You really want me to vet a potential suitor at a fune..." "Is this some bad joke?" "Oh, my..." "Is that..." "It can't be." "Well, it could be." "If someone were in a position to fix the paperwork and make it look like the car was empty..." "This was a call I wasn't expecting." "Gerry Standing is in trouble." "'And then some." "'Chapman added a zero to the price on his head this afternoon.'" "'He won't go into witness protection.'" "'No." "I don't imagine he would.'" "I'm asking for your help." "A favour, for the Deputy Assistant Commissioner?" "Now, that's something I could put in the bank." " Oh!" " Oh!" "Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life, Gerry." "She knows." "Knows what, Danny?" "Sir.." "Yes, well, it's very sad what happened to Gerry, but the best way we can all honour his memory is by all coming into work tomorrow morning extremely hungover." "ENGINE REVS" "MUSIC:" "Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf" "ENGINE REVS" "♪ Get your motor running... ♪" "Still got it!" "♪ Head out on the highway" "♪ Looking for adventure" "♪ And whatever comes our way" "♪ Yeah, darlin', go make it happen" "♪ Take the world in a love embrace" "♪ Fire all of your guns at once" "♪ And explode into space" "♪ Like a true nature's child" "♪ We were born, born to be wild" "♪ We can climb so high" "♪ I never wanna die" "♪ Born to be wild. ♪"