Episode 4 Inside Men

You force me to get past Security, terrorise everything in your path.

If all goes well, you don't kill anyone.

Now I know who I'm dealing with.

Marcus tells me you're having doubts.

I'm clear on the fact that I'm not doing it.

I can't let you pull out, Chris.

-I'll be in the titty bar putting a pound coin in your girlfriend's pot.

-Leave it, leave it.

-I want to report a crime.

-One you've witnessed or one you've committed?

This one hasn't happened yet.

-It wasn't meant to go like this. This wasn't part of the plan.

-Someone had a different idea.

-It's there for you.

-I've enjoyed this, John.

-The plan's gone. No point in both of us staying here.

-I don't want to leave you.

-Wherever you go, was it worth losing this?

-I always knew it wouldn't be.

-Did you tell him I'm coming?

-No.

-Good.

-JOHN:

-'You can't always see it coming.

'You can't plan everything.

'Some elements will come down to chance.

'Some decisions have to be made in the moment.'

TV: 'Police have now confirmed the arrest of a second man

'in connection with last month's £172 million

'cash robbery. 32-year-old Kalpesh Panwar

'was removed from a cargo ship in the early hours of this morning.

'Large sums of cash were recovered from the ship,

'but no figures have yet been released.'

CLUNKING

Here you are.

What time is it?

Seven something.

-Did I tell you about the dream I had?

-I'd rather you didn't.

Someone rolled out of the wrong side of the passenger seat this morning.

HE SIGHS, PHONE BLEEPS

What's this?

It's John.

We've got a location.

Are you coming?

I'll catch you up.

Every box is equal.

Mixed denominations. Half a million in each.

They got Kalpesh.

It was on the radio.

They'll be coming for all of us.

Everything you're standing on we split down the middle.

You'd better make that a three-way.

-Oh!

-Chris, what are you doing?

Right... Have it, have it, it's yours.

I'm not here for the money. It's him I want.

All right, let's try again.

From the beginning.

Doors up.

First man out, grab my pass.

Move to the internal door. Enter.

Move quickly to the control room.

Lorry reverses in.

Four men out of the hold grab me. Through the internal door.

With what?

Matey over there's just took your pass.

Er, well, then, he'll have to leave it behind. Drop it by the door.

-Why doesn't he wedge it open?

-If the door's left open longer than 15 seconds,

-the alarm sounds in the control room.

-And he won't get there in 15 seconds.

-Can you get more passes?

-If we do it right we only need one.

-These are hot and they stink.

That's your breath coming back at you.

-Right, let's start again, come on.

-CLAPS HANDS

-We're almost ready.

-Almost isn't good enough.

Were you watching that out there?

We have two groups heading in different directions

and only one person who knows their way around? You work with numbers - is that good maths?

All right, I may be able to get photos, pictures.

-Not enough.

-What then?

-I can't invite everybody in for a day trip.

-Marcus.

-If he's first in, no problem.

-No, I need him on the outside.

Kidnapping your wife and kid - any one of them can do that.

If it comes down to it, I can do that.

-Do you have a lorry yet?

-We're working on it.

It'll make my job a lot easier when you give me a date.

Open the door!

One, two, three, four.

You're going to make it that easy? Camera's aimed straight at you

and that's how you want to come across? It's Pussy Galore.

Turns out I'm not a hero after all.

Give me the code!

-Do it.

-There we go.

See, now I believe you.

KNOCKS ON TABLE

Chris?

How many guns?

I don't know exactly.

-One each.

-When?

Next month some time.

Names?

-I gave you the names already.

-You gave me two - Kalpesh Panwar and your boss John Coniston.

-That still leaves me with half a dozen blanks.

-I don't know the others.

They're Kalpesh's guys.

One of them's called Riaz.

So, apart from you, John doesn't have any other help on the inside.

-Why would he need it?

-Why does he need you?

He can walk through any door he likes.

You said you're not exactly mates, so...why involve you?

Why trust you?

Maybe he's just a real bad judge of character.

How much are we taking in?

About 75 million.

Will that tip us over 200?

I'll let you know after the full count.

We're going to need a very big lorry.

Let's not balls up the admin, OK?

-Come to help with the count?

-John.

You know Rebecca Leighton?

Oh, of course. Um...I'm sorry about Southampton.

But yay for Bristol. I'm going to go in and say hello to my lot, unless you need me.

No, go ahead, we'll catch up in a minute.

-I thought she was...

-Don't ask.

There are some people even the mighty Gordon cannot force redundancy on.

We're a male-dominated world

and we have to accept the occasional garnish of vagina, right?

-Oh, I guess.

-It's going to be fine.

Give her a shit office, meaningless title.

Three months from now, she'll be pregnant,

-even if I have to do it myself.

-Hm.

-Are we gonna get this all in?

-I've got a better question for you.

Are we going to get it all out? CHUCKLES

BUZZING

Yep?

We're nearly ready.

The only thing stopping us is you.

-Me?

-We need you on the inside.

You know the layout, don't you?

You shift those cages every day.

It makes no sense wasting your talents on my wife and daughter.

Does this mean I get to carry one of the big guns?

It'll look out of place if you don't.

I was always a bit worried about the kid thing.

He never really liked me much. Who are you going to use instead?

That's why I'm here.

I want you to ask...

Is she your wife?

CLEARS THROAT

Poached or fried?

Poached.

Really? Cos that's a pain in the arse...

And you never ask much from me.

Fine, poached.

Does it have bullets in it?

No, it's a replica.

-What does that mean?

-It means it doesn't work.

He doesn't want any accidents.

Looks real enough.

That's the whole point.

You don't have to do it. I just said I'd ask.

Do you want me to do it?

No.

Then why even ask me?

Because if you don't do it,

I don't think any of it's going to happen.

I'll think about it.

DOOR OPENS

You'll miss the bus to work.

BLEEPING

RE-ENTERS NUMBER

BLEEPING

SIGHS

Well, call him again for me, will you?

Just remind him when we're coming.

Yeah.

Er, look, I'd better go, I'll see you later.

Why am I locked out?

-We changed the codes this morning.

-I did that three days ago.

Sorry, do I have to run that by you?

I mean, Gordon put me in charge of Security and that is a Security job.

No, no, no, no. You don't have to.

I just...need to know.

8-9-0-1.

Thank you.

My pleasure.

You know why this place didn't make us rich?

Location, timing and good old-fashioned shit luck.

We didn't think it through properly.

We sat up in bed and made a list.

-It was a list of why we should do it, not why we shouldn't.

-Do we have to go over every mistake?

If we want to avoid repeating them, yes.

KNOCK AT DOOR

-Why are we meeting here?

-Because I don't want you in my house.

You asked her?

I am in the room. That high-pitched, slightly chavvy voice, it's me.

I have to collect a takeaway in five minutes.

So will you do it, or not?

What's my cut? I mean, you didn't think I was going to do this for nothing.

I'm risking my freedom like everyone else.

What's my incentive?

That's a fair question.

I suppose you get an equal share.

-25 million?

-If we get it all.

Does that mean I get less?

We split it four ways instead of three, so, yeah,

but cumulatively... you'll be better off.

How old is the girl?

She's six.

You don't think this might terrify her?

Well, that entirely depends on you.

Or on your wife's reaction to me.

-I don't want to fight her, but if I have to...

-Kirstie knows how to react.

She's done the course, she knows to stay calm.

I want to meet them both first. In your house.

Why?

Because, unlike my man over here, I've a tendency to plan things.

LIFT BELL DINGS

I never knew that. You have to take a number to be measured for shoes.

-That's ridiculous.

-Obviously all parents buy shoes on the same day.

-It's a lesson for us all.

-I liked the ones with toys in.

-Uh-oh!

-Oh, God!

Mind the glass, honey.

Have they taken anything?

Er...satnav.

My advice?

Report it to the police, get a crime number, claim it on insurance.

So is that a monitored or a recorded system?

Monitored. 28 cameras, one poxy screen.

Right, so if...if you don't see it, we can't recall it?

Sorry. It's about as much use as a chocolate teapot.

CHUCKLES

It's me. I think I've found the perfect place for you to grab me.

I'll call you later.

We wait two years and as soon as she arrives

you want to hand her over to someone else.

Well, it's important that we make time for the two of us.

That's what parents do - go out together, hire babysitters.

I don't even know who this woman is.

I told you - she's the partner of one of our floor guys.

She's really nice.

You both look nice.

-Thank you.

-We shouldn't be too late.

Take your time. Enjoy your night off.

Bye-bye.

I know a little game we can play.

Why don't you show me all around your house?

They have an alarmed keypad in the kitchen, so John needs to give us the code in case anything beeps.

The downstairs toilet locks with a key,

-so I can shut 'em in there before I leave.

-And what about getting in?

The house is double glazed except one window round the side.

-I've loosened the catch, so it'll be a piece of piss to force it.

-All right. How does that feel?

I can't breathe.

Right, put this on.

Oh, yeah, that's sexy.

All right, well, don't stand like a woman. Man up.

Yeah.

Throw half a dozen jumpers on and you're a bloke.

Finally!

Sorry I'm late.

Chris, this is Zaffer, our driver.

Hey.

-And, of course, you know Gina.

-All right?

Really?

How long are we going to have inside?

Providing there are no alarms, we can probably risk 20 minutes.

The police drive by a few times every night.

If they see anything out of the ordinary, they stop.

-You don't think a big lorry will look weird to them?

-Between 10.30 and midnight shouldn't be a problem.

Stretched resources. Too many drunk people requiring attention.

These cages are heavy and there's a long way to push 'em.

There's seven of us, it'll still be hard work.

But worth it.

You think we need more men?

You have manpower in there. Why not get the workers to help?

Christ, it's their job. They're going to be a lot better at it than you.

I guess if they're scared enough they'll take the strain.

-It'd certainly speed things up.

-Let's go back to alarms.

How are we going to know if they've been set off?

I carry a pager.

If an alarm's triggered, it sends me a message, I'll know straight away.

Have you got any more gadgets from 1991?

Shouldn't someone take that off you inside?

It'll help my defence if there are some things about me you don't know.

If it goes off, I can give you a signal. The lorry?

To be stolen on the day. Which is...?

September the 5th.

First day of the new school term.

-KALPESH:

-Is that relevant to anything?

Traditionally, people have quiet weekends before the kids go back.

Cash machines don't need refilling

So the vault's full.

Then we're set.

September the 5th. End of the day.

KNOCKING ON DOOR

-Chris...

-Don't worry, I'll go.

KNOCKING CONTINUES

-Get dressed...quickly.

-Smartly.

Hurry up!

I think that makes you man and wife.

Right, Chris, as best man, will you make a toast?

Yeah.

Um, to Marcus and Gina.

Best of luck for the future.

-Cheers!

-ALL: Cheers!

I'm confused.

-I thought you were already married.

-Just been acting like it for the last eight years.

So why now?

Thought I'd make an honest woman of her.

Mmm, this plonk's good, innit. £4.99, no expense spared.

Yeah!

Babe?

Oh, nice, yes, one step ahead of you. Chris, will you give us a hand?

Yeah, OK.

I'm sorry, I...

Keep it.

Will you tell him?

I think your fella's got enough on his plate.

All a bit of a rush. Just felt like suddenly there's a chance

we might lose each other, you know.

You don't have to do it.

-A bit late now, mate, you've signed the book.

-Talk to me seriously, will you? For once.

Right now, we're guilty of nothing. Do you really wanna piss that away?

It's not a question of wanting to do it. There are too many people to let down.

Who cares what people think of you?

Look, the day I met that crazy cow, I promised her everything.

She's not going to be disappointed in me this time.

Hiya, mate.

Kirstie?

Some older girl's broken into our house.

You've got to take me to my school.

You promised her.

It's the biggest day of your life.

I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Where shall we do this?

Yeah, I think...

Yeah.

That's good enough.

Ready?

Olivia, stand here.

Lovely.

Good night, boss.

Gina?

Babe, what's happened?

-SNIFFS:

-I can't do it.

I'm sorry.

Baby...there are people relying on us.

I thought I could do anything... but I can't.

Not this.

It's one night of pain. That's all it is.

-I'm scared.

-You're the strong one, remember.

Eh? You're the one who keeps us going.

I got us into a shitty place.

But I need you to get me through it.

One more time, babe.

Rescue me just one more time.

CAR REMOTE BLEEPS

PHONE RINGS

Yeah?

They're not here.

-You're at the house?

-I'm at the house, and they're not. Tell me what to do.

Um...

Marcus, talk to me!

Can't find your missus.

Calling it off. You need to tell Chris.

DOOR SHUTS

-Where have you been?

-We went out for tea to celebrate.

-I had two milk shakes.

-Yeah.

You're not going to ask her how it went?

Oh, sorry!

Sorry. So how was school, then?

I prefer home.

Yeah.

What's happened?

Nothing.

Nothing. I was just...

worried about you, that's all. Glad you're back.

Um, listen, we had an alarm at work. I need to go and check it out.

Back in an hour.

Hey, you did it.

Proud of you.

Come on, then.

DOOR BUZZES OPEN

Where's Chris?

He went home sick, so they called me in.

Everything OK, boss?

GROANS

Oh!

Marcus!

Marcus!

Marcus!

-MUFFLED:

-Marcus!

Police don't know anything about you yet.

I didn't give them your name.

Why not?

I thought somehow I could keep you out of it.

I thought, as funny as it sounds, I thought we were mates.

I wasn't using you.

It don't matter any more.

MUFFLED BANGING CONTINUES

All we wanted was 50 grand, remember.

One case between us.

Yeah, we got greedy.

He got greedy.

But look at this shit.

It's too much.

It's all yours if you want it.

Got a head start, take it, go.

Yeah, what about him?

Oh, I'll deal with him.

And they've already got Riaz and Kalpesh.

They'll give up my name if they haven't already.

I'll say they intimidated you.

Played you for months, threatened to hurt Gina.

You go to the police now, voluntarily,

and I'll back up any story you want.

My word against theirs?

I'm a hero.

Who would they believe?

If I go to the police, I kiss goodbye to all this.

BANGING

You've got a choice to make.

You stay as you are - free, but poor.

Or you run for ever, with more money than you can ever spend.

-MUFFLED:

-Marcus!

Can I have a word, please, boss?

Actually, I'm right in the middle of something. Can it wait?

Course.

Cheers.

Yeah, his missus went for a pizza or something, blew the whole thing.

No-one got word to you?

No.

Well, what happens now? Is it off?

Well, till we reschedule.

-You think they will?

-I'm still up for it. Are you?

-Yeah, yeah, course I am.

-Sound.

-JOHN:

-Look, it was unfortunate.

But if my wife wasn't supervised, we couldn't risk it.

She might have panicked, she might have called me. Postponing was the right thing to do.

-Are we still going ahead?

-I don't see any reason not to.

Sorry I'm late.

-Is that a milk shake?

-Frappe.

Anything for us?

If you want one, Riaz, then get your own.

Where's Chris?

I didn't call him. I didn't think he needed to be here.

Since when?

When this goes down,

the first thing they'll do is look for the inside guys.

The men with the need, the motive, the ability, and I'm afraid

Chris... Chris ticks all the boxes.

I'm not sure if he can... I don't know if he's mentally strong enough.

Bullshit.

-You really know him that well, do you, Marcus?

-He's a mate.

All he has to do is give the code.

Then we'll know for sure who's side he's on.

-And if he doesn't give it?

-Then I'll have to...

Nothing Chris can do is gonna stand in our way. He doesn't need to know the time or the date.

-Makes sense.

-Same goes for me.

I'm always gonna be suspect number one. You know all my movements,

you know my patterns.

You choose the date.

Surprise me, terrify me.

I wanna be put through it for real.

"Well, Gruffalo," said the mouse, "you see, everyone is afraid of me.

"But now my tummy's beginning to rumble.

"My favourite food is...

"gruffalo crumble."

Why are they scared of him? He's just a mouse.

Hm, well, he's a very clever mouse.

He's created this whole other creature,

this ogre, who doesn't really exist,

but everybody in the forest is scared of.

That's lying. Lying's wrong.

Actually, it is and it isn't.

You see, if you tell the truth your whole life, and...

other people will trust you...

But that's about it. They won't consider you.

Won't even remember you

three seconds after you left the room.

The truth?

Generally speaking...

..it won't always get you where you wanna go.

Now, where were we?

It suits you.

What's that?

Being a father.

The day she came into our lives you changed.

Grew stronger.

Assertive.

Somehow, you became the man I always wanted you to be.

I needed something to fight for.

Don't go back.

I'd take one night with you over a lifetime with him.

Sorry, did we...have a meeting?

I asked Gordon to come in.

We've had a security breach.

Grab a chair, John. It's pretty serious.

Riaz Kachelo?

You employed him.

Yes, I remember, he was only here...

He lasted three days.

-Not uncommon.

-Rebecca ran another check on him.

He's not as clean as that file suggests.

History of violence, records all the way back to age 16.

-Am I in some sort of trouble here?

-We're just being cautious, John.

-Rebecca's doing her job, that's all.

-Well, I don't know what to tell you.

-I...followed procedures.

-He was here long enough

to learn the layout.

Can I ask why you're so interested in him?

Your satnav was stolen. That's routes to and from work - favourite places.

If you're being targeted, that could be part of something bigger,

-so I checked all unusual staff records.

-Proving what, Rebecca?

-That you've got more time on your hands since losing your proper job?

-I think that's unnecessary, John.

Sorry, um, I'm sorry.

You... You did the right thing.

-The question is, what do we do now? Police?

-I don't think we have enough for that.

But from an insurance argument, we should be seen to cover ourselves and replace any staff

we can't be certain about.

Anyone...in mind?

Chris Lebdon, your head of security.

It was his job to double up on the police check.

-Apparently, he didn't.

-You're going to fire Chris?

What...a loyal employee for three years? His first baby on the way?

I don't think we need to get sentimental here.

Rebecca has a job to do.

I say we allow her to do it.

I employed Chris, I promoted him.

I think it's only appropriate that I'm the one to...

shit-can him.

How's Dita?

When's she due?

A couple of weeks.

She wanted to come, but, you know,

she's really big and heavy right now, so...

You got all the kit yet?

Prams, cots, buggies, nappies, blankets...

monitors, thermometers, poo buckets!

I've never felt so ripped off in all my life.

Ah... I wish I could help out.

I didn't say it because of that.

We're all good.

Why are you in here, Dad?

You know what I did.

Yeah, but why?

You're a tough guy.

Why couldn't you ever walk away from it?

And why did you always have to be so proud?

Do you feel better, bitch?

SHE LAUGHS

Wow!

Did your balls finally drop on the way over here?

I don't care that you want my job,

I don't care that one day soon you'll have it.

Just don't think for one moment

that I'm going to stand by and let you belittle me.

-Well...

-Shut up when I'm talking.

Whatever you think you are,

however crafty and manipulative

you think you can get, you can't touch me.

I'm stronger, I'm more ruthless than you'll ever be.

CLEARS THROAT

Chris?

Did John talk to you yet?

No. Why?

Oh. Just thought he had something important to discuss with you.

BLEEPING

RE-ENTERS NUMBERS

BLEEPING

BLEEPING

You're working late.

You asked me to.

JOHN SHOUTING

I guess this is it.

-I'm shitting myself, boss.

-We can do this.

PANTING

Everything all right, boss?

Everything's fine, Tom.

MECHANICAL DOOR OPENING

KEYS JANGLE

BUZZER

CRIES OUT

COUGHS AND WHEEZES

COUGHING

GUN COCKS

GUN COCKS

Go!

Lift?

Come on! Keep going!

Faster!

SHOUTING

Oh, shit.

Open it!

Four numbers, hero. Let's have 'em.

CRIES OF PAIN

MUFFLED MOANS

MALE CRIES OUT

SHE SCREAMS

Please! Please!

He'll do anything you tell him to.

They teach them that -

not to take personal responsibility.

My husband's not a hero.

The cages! Help 'em!

Come on! Go, go!

Come on!

Move it! Keep up!

Gun!

No! GRUNTS

Ah! Ahh!

Ah.

Ah, God!

TEXT MESSAGE ALERT

CRIES OUT IN PAIN

SHOUTING

We're done.

Come on!

WOMAN CRIES

WOMAN WHIMPERS

SHOUTS

Marcus!

Marcus!

Looks like yours is bigger than mine.

LOUD CLANG OF METAL

Go ahead.

Get it done.

BREATHES HEAVILY

You left me to die.

I'd have killed you outright.

I couldn't stop myself, and...

..in that moment, the adrenaline...

..racing.

You'd end a life for money?

Would you end one for revenge?

No.

No, I never wanted the money.

You and Marcus, you had the greed. You wanted the better life.

You wanted to take something you hadn't earned.

Something you had no right to. No.

No, all I wanted...

All I wanted was to see it through.

Being rich didn't matter. Being caught didn't matter.

I just knew...

I just...knew

I couldn't go back to being...

him.

Looks like it's shaping up to be a nice day.

How can you be so calm?

You don't scare me, Chris.

Death doesn't scare me.

Right and wrong doesn't scare me.

I have wasted so many years being scared, you have no idea!

EXHALES HEAVILY

Nothing in this world is ever gonna frighten me again.

This is what I wanted, Chris. This is what I stole.

This.

This man.

LOUD CLANG OF METAL

'Detectives want to question 42-year-old John Coniston,

'who's been the site manager at Larson House for several years.

'Mr Coniston lives in the Bristol area...'

CAR HORN BEEPS

-They know about John!

-They know about everything.

-Shit! What are we gonna do?

-Give ourselves up.

-No, we're not.

Listen to me, it's going to be OK.

All we need to do is get away for a couple of days, peace and quiet, and work out our story.

I promise you, babe, there's a way out of this. I've got a plan.

This time, it's gonna work.

Jump in. I'll explain on the way.

Go ahead. Call it in. Tell 'em where we are.

I thought I'd give you a head start.

I'm not going far.

Nearly good to go, then.

Can I drop you somewhere?

Where have you been?

BABY CRIES

DIALS THREE NUMBERS

BUZZES ENTRY