0:00:02 > 0:00:03# It's all right It's OK
0:00:03 > 0:00:06# Doesn't really matter if you're old and grey
0:00:06 > 0:00:08# It's all right I say it's OK
0:00:08 > 0:00:11# Listen to what I say
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# It's all right, doing fine
0:00:13 > 0:00:17# Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine
0:00:17 > 0:00:19# It's all right I say it's OK
0:00:19 > 0:00:22# We're gettin' to the end of the day. #
0:00:41 > 0:00:44'I think I'll be all right with this, you know...
0:00:44 > 0:00:46if this is the way it has to be.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I'll be able to see a bit more of Mark...
0:00:48 > 0:00:50and the baby, of course...
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Go on, in your basket.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54..when he or she comes along.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58I'll be able to hold my head up high knowing I've done the right thing...
0:00:58 > 0:01:00like whatshisname.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Serpico.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Oh. I didn't know we had company.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- Hello.- Hello.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Brian, this is Margaret Kirby, from my book group.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11The Raymond Chandler thing?
0:01:11 > 0:01:12The Little Sister.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Have you read it, Mr Lane?
0:01:16 > 0:01:18No.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Margaret wants your help.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22What kind of help?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24She joined the book group just a few weeks ago...
0:01:24 > 0:01:26There was a sign up in the library.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30..but we had our first proper talk last night, in the coffee break.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I can't drink caffeine beyond mid-afternoon.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36I have a restless leg.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Margaret's looking for her brother.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Ah.- He went missing, six years ago.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Are the police aware?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45We've never kept in touch, really.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49I thought - that is to say, I'd heard -
0:01:49 > 0:01:52that he'd gone to live in New Zealand.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I tried to contact him a few months ago and I can't find him.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I employed someone...
0:01:58 > 0:02:00A private detective.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04He couldn't find any trace of Peter in New Zealand.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Why did you try to contact him?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- I'm sorry?- You said you weren't in touch.
0:02:08 > 0:02:14Our parents are dead and Peter didn't have any children.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18My son... I've just got the one boy...
0:02:18 > 0:02:21He and his wife had a little girl six months ago.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25She's a new member of a very small family
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and I thought Peter might like to meet her,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30or at least that he'd like to know...
0:02:30 > 0:02:32The police could help you with this, you know.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34She doesn't want to go to the police.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36My...
0:02:36 > 0:02:39My brother's name is...
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Peter Sale.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43The Florence Epstein murder?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46It's an unsolved case, Brian.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- That's your department.- Was.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52My brother was a witness because he was Florence Epstein's accountant.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55But he was never charged with anything.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I don't know if you realise, Margaret, or if Esther's told you...
0:02:58 > 0:03:02I know you're not a policeman any more.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04If you were, Mr Lane, I certainly wouldn't presume
0:03:04 > 0:03:06to ask you to shift your focus from chasing criminals...
0:03:06 > 0:03:11Lots of retired policemen take on private cases.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14And I'm sure we could come to an arrangement about fees.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17No, no, no, no, no. We wouldn't dream of taking your money.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21No, this is about keeping those cogs turning, isn't it, Brian?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- Exercising your muscles. - I'm fine, Esther.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25You are today.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27What about tomorrow, or the next day, next week,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30when you're telling me that you can't switch your brain off?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Well, this is something for your brain to do.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I can't promise to find your brother.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39But you'll try?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43All right, yes. I'll try.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Well, here we go, Esther.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Working without the safety net of the Metropolitan Police.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Just my mind versus the problem at hand.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55That's nice!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Like Sherlock or that fella in your book...
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Mr Darcy?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Darcy? No! Marlowe!
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Phillip Marlowe. DOORBELL RINGS
0:04:03 > 0:04:04I'll get it.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Brian Lane?- Yes, hello. - Maxine Wilson, Mr Lane.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- I'm the deputy editor on the crime...- A reporter?
0:04:14 > 0:04:18- Well, Deputy Editor, but yes. - I'm afraid I can't talk about any...
0:04:18 > 0:04:19No, no, I understand.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22This isn't about the circumstances of your dismissal from UCOS.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I actually wanted to talk to you about a case you investigated
0:04:25 > 0:04:26back in 1988.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28The Derek Spencer murder?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31We've received some information that calls into question
0:04:31 > 0:04:33your handling of the evidence on that case.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- I wonder if I might come inside... - No, you may not.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38There's also the question of your drinking problem, Mr Lane,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41and how that might have affected the investigation
0:04:41 > 0:04:42of a number of cases...
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- KNOCKS ON DOOR - Mr Lane!
0:04:45 > 0:04:46An anonymous call?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Yeah, just after four this morning, according to the note.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50And who is this Larry Gofton?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53A small-time con man. Quite clever, quite successful.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Hasn't been heard from in years. - Related to a UCOS case?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Nothing ongoing, no, but according to the system
0:04:58 > 0:05:00his name is connected to several unsolved cases.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- So he might be able to clear some up?- If he wants to talk.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05And if whoever called in was correct about his whereabouts.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09They said he's now calling himself Archer. Laurence Archer.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11It's worth checking out. Anything else?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13And I don't want to talk about Brian Lane.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15That's unfortunate, because I do. Look, what Brian did was...
0:05:15 > 0:05:18SHOUTING
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Dirty tricks, is what this is!
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Not enough that you get rid of me from UCOS -
0:05:24 > 0:05:26you've got to go and ruin my reputation now.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- What are you talking about, Brian?- This has nothing to do with you, Sandra.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Nothing to do with me either, Brian, I don't know what you're talking about.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- Did you let him come down here? - Couldn't stop him, Guv,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37and, anyway, I think you should hear what he's got to say.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39There's a journalist outside my house.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- At my front door.- What does he want? - He's a she. And ask him!
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- I don't know, Brian.- Asking questions about the Spencer case.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- What's the Spencer case? - Ancient history, is what it is.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- And it was all above board.- There were some questions at the time...
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Questions which I answered, and they're in the file...
0:05:55 > 0:05:56and the evidence on that case
0:05:56 > 0:05:59was as solid as anything I've ever worked on.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01It absolutely was, Brian.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Then why's this journalist got hold of it,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07and why is she on my front step trying to get me to talk?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- I don't know.- Well, it's got to be Embleton's mates -
0:06:10 > 0:06:13feeding stuff to the press so he looks like an unreliable witness.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15No, no. Hang on, Gerry, we don't know that.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16That's almost certainly correct.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20They're going to try to make you look incompetent, dishonest and drunk, Brian.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Well, we can do something about that, can't we?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25No, we can't.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Thank you very much(!)
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Surely you can make some calls, Sir?- To whom?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32No-one is going to admit to being behind this.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35And it's certainly not in our interest to get involved.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Once they've finished painting Brian as a disgrace to the police force,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41they're going to tell the story about how he was forced to retire
0:06:41 > 0:06:43and then they're going to shine the spotlight
0:06:43 > 0:06:45on the people who brought him out of retirement
0:06:45 > 0:06:47and put him back on the police payroll again.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Your actions, Brian,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51have brought an awful lot of trouble to OUR door too.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Jonathan Epstein? I'm Brian Lane.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12From the Unsolved Crime and Open Cases Squad.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Yes.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16You're reopening my case? Is that what this is?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18No... Not exactly.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I shouldn't be in here.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Well, you did lock your wife in the basement
0:07:22 > 0:07:26and then torture her until she gave up the passwords to her bank account
0:07:26 > 0:07:28and then cave her head in with a hammer.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Yeah, but now that Florence has passed on,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32I'm not likely to re-offend again, am I?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35I suppose nobody wants to take that chance.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Three women write to me in here.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42They all want to marry me.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44How will you choose one?
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Ah, I see.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50What do you see?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53You're still holding a torch for Annabel Skinner.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56You had an affair with this woman...
0:07:56 > 0:08:00It was much more than an affair. We were...
0:08:00 > 0:08:02So, where is she?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07All right, you had...whatever you might call it with this woman.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Your wife's got all this money in her own account,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12which you won't see a penny of if you leave her.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16So, you and Annabel Skinner lock Florence up and torture her
0:08:16 > 0:08:18to get your hands on that money.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19And then you kill Florence.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23But what happened to the money, Mr Epstein?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27It left Florence's account and then it disappeared.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Just like Annabel Skinner.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Who do you think called the police?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34She wasn't there when the police arrived, was she?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Did you ever hear from her again?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41If you're not here to help me, what do you want, Mr Lane?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43I'm looking for Peter Sale.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Why?- He's gone missing.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Do you think he's got my money?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- It never was your money. - You know what I mean.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52I think Annabel Skinner's got your money.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Then why are you looking for Peter?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Because his sister asked me to.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I barely knew him.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00He was your wife's accountant.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02According to the case file, you introduced them.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04He was a patient of mine.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07He had ankylosing spondyloarthritis -
0:09:07 > 0:09:11a genetic disorder which affects the strength of the bones
0:09:11 > 0:09:15AND can cause a lot of dental problems.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18I carried out two root canals and some bridgework.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Ooh...
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Squeamish?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23A bit.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26You should still go for your regular check-ups, though.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Once they're gone, they're gone.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33I wish they'd let me practise in here.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37I don't think much of the regular chap. And I miss it.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Did Peter Sale come in off the street?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43No, he was referred.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Can you remember who...?
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Laurence Archer. Two crowns and some composite fillings.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49How long ago was this?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Seven years.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Peter Sale had a toothache, Laurence Archer recommended me.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00I performed the root canals and then he came back for the bridgework
0:10:00 > 0:10:03and that's when we started talking about Florence's accounts.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06So how did Sale and Archer know each other?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- They played golf together. - What, and they were close, were they?
0:10:09 > 0:10:10How would I know? Ask Laurence.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12I will, if you've got an address for him?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14No.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16But I know which golf club he plays at.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05DOOR BUZZES
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Hello? Mr Archer?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Anyone there?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05OBJECT WHACKS HEAD
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Brian. Brian!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Come on, mate.- Is he OK?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I think he will be.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Don't worry, mate, we're still here.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- There was a book.- What book?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I'm fine.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35You've had a nasty bump to the head, sir, for a man your age.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- You should be sitting down. - I'm fine!
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- Sorry, sir.- I'm with them.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Then one of them needs to come and get you, sir.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Sandra.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- He says I need authorisation. - He's right, and you don't have it.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- I just want to...- How's your head?
0:12:57 > 0:12:58It hurts.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00OK, they're going to get you X-rayed
0:13:00 > 0:13:03and then we're going to have a chat back at UCOS.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Fine, I could do with a nice cup of tea.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Not that kind of chat, Brian.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15What were you doing at Laurence Archer's?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Are you not going to turn that on?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Are you sure you don't want to make this official?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21We don't think you killed him, Brian.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Oh, are you sure(?) I seem to be guilty of everything else.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Grow up, Brian.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29This is still an active murder case, anyway.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Shouldn't I be talking to a Murder Investigation Team?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34That's where you're going straight after this.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Listen, mate. We got to that address five minutes after you.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41It came up on one of our cases. We are still involved.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44What case? So who were you looking for?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47We need to be asking the questions here, Brian.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I was looking for a man named Peter Sale.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54I was led to believe that Laurence Archer was an old friend of his
0:13:54 > 0:13:56and might know where to find him.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Why are you looking for Peter Sale?
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Cos he's gone missing.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03His sister asked me to help try and find him, as a favour.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Who gave you Laurence Archer's name in connection with this?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Jonathan Epstein. I went to see him in prison this morning.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Who?- Jonathan Epstein. Do you not remember him?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Murdered his wife, Florence, for her money.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17But the money was taken by Epstein's girlfriend,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20who called the police on him and did a runner.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Peter Sale was Florence's accountant.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I remembered him being interviewed at the time
0:14:25 > 0:14:27and I thought it might be connected with that.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29So Epstein put you onto Archer?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32He told me that Archer and Sale played golf together,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35so I went to the golf club and they gave me Archer's work address.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38And he was dead when you got there?
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Of course he was.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42That wasn't Laurence Archer, Brian. There's no such person.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46It was an alias. His real name's Gofton.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- What, Larry Gofton? The con man?- The same.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52We got an anonymous call during the night,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55telling us that Gofton was now living as Laurence Archer.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Gofton was a key witness in several open cases, so we looked into it.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Imagine our surprise when we show up to find Gofton dead
0:15:02 > 0:15:05and you spark out on the floor.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Well, we can check the prison records,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- see if Epstein made any calls this morning.- Not your job, Brian!
0:15:13 > 0:15:15I'm looking for Peter Sale.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Epstein told me Sale and Archer were friends.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I tracked Archer down to his place of work
0:15:20 > 0:15:24but he was dead when I got there. Then somebody hit me over the head.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26That's all I know.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Can I go now?- No, not yet.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33When you came round, you were mumbling about some book.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37I don't remember.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38That'd be a first.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41I don't remember.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47Fine. Gerry, take Mr Lane up to the MIT, will you?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Mr Lane?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53We have a lot to talk about, Mr Lane.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I can't go back to my boss empty-handed.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- I'm not talking to you. - I'm not stupid, Mr Lane.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01I know my information is coming from someone high up
0:16:01 > 0:16:04and it's pretty obvious they're trying to use me to discredit you.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Why don't you give me your side of the story?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09My side of the story, you say?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12That's all I'm after. I'm sure there's a simple explanation for...
0:16:12 > 0:16:13All right.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Here's my side of the story...
0:16:17 > 0:16:19You're a muck-raker,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22working for a bunch of scumbags and I'm not talking to you.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- I feel terrible about this. - It's not your fault, Margaret.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29It's Brian's fault
0:16:29 > 0:16:32for wandering about in places where he's not meant to be,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35and not being careful enough when he was doing it.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36They sneaked up on me!
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Well, you shouldn't be so easy to sneak up on, should you?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42But I've got you in trouble with your old work.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44No, that's a complicated situation.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I can't believe Peter would have got himself
0:16:47 > 0:16:49mixed up in something dangerous.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54You think this is connected to that awful Epstein business?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Well, it was Epstein who told me about Archer, but...
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Laurence Archer? - Yes. Do you know him?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03I didn't "know" him, no.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05He was a business associate of Peter's.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07I only met him once.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Quite charming, though.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Peter had a party, a Christmas thing,
0:17:13 > 0:17:17and Laurence Archer was there with that awful Skinner woman.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- You met Annabel Skinner? - I didn't take to her from the off.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Of course, I didn't know just how awful she would turn out to be.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28She wore real fur, you know. Mink.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- I'm afraid I don't hold with that.- No.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32My brother knew these people,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35but that doesn't mean he had anything to do with what happened.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37No, no, it doesn't...
0:17:37 > 0:17:40He was certainly never accused of anything.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41And now he's disappeared...
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Might there have been anyone else looking for him, do you think?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48No.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Well, I can't imagine who. Why?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Nothing, just thinking.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Oh, Esther, I 'm so sorry for causing trouble.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02You have to believe me, if I thought Peter was mixed up in any...
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Nonsense, Margaret. Of course you didn't.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08We understand, don't we, Brian?
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Do you think my brother's in danger, Mr Lane?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Honestly, I wouldn't know.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Well, he's hidden himself pretty well, hasn't he?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20If someone was looking for him...
0:18:20 > 0:18:23YOU couldn't find him and you're his sister.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I should be on my way.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- I'll see you out.- Thank you, Esther.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- Goodnight, Margaret. - FRONT DOOR CLOSES
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- Are you all right? - HE GRUMBLES
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Come to bed.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Laurence Archer never existed.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- What?- It was an alias used by a con man called Larry Gofton.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58But if Gofton was using that alias all those years ago,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01and he was at a party with Annabel Skinner...
0:19:01 > 0:19:04What if Gofton was working with Skinner all along?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07What if the two of them planned to get hold of Florence's money
0:19:07 > 0:19:10and let Jonathan Epstein take the fall?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Well, maybe Peter Sale was involved in that plan somehow.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16He was her accountant, after all. He had access to all the...
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Are you going to go on with this?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21What about Sandra and the others? What are they going to say...
0:19:21 > 0:19:22I don't work at UCOS any more.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24It's not up to them how I spend my time.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32There was a black leather notebook on the desk in Archer's office.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36It had a number on it...
0:19:36 > 0:19:37A phone number...
0:19:39 > 0:19:42I remember everything, why can't I remember that number?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Maybe because somebody hit you over the head?
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Come to bed.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52It'll come back to you in the morning.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Well, I'm going to bed.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06So, this bloke, who Brian's looking for, Peter Sale...
0:20:06 > 0:20:09was the accountant of this dead woman.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- Florence Epstein, yeah.- Who was killed by her husband Jonathan
0:20:12 > 0:20:15with a hammer, so he could run off with another woman.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18But that other woman nicks all the money and shops him to the cops.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Well, why haven't we got anything on her?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- Love, Gerry.- Love?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25This Jonathan Epstein's a complete fruitcake.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27He falls for this Annabel Skinner woman so hard
0:20:27 > 0:20:30that even though she rips him off and does a runner,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32he wont so much as give a description of her to the police.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34What, and he thinks he's going to come out
0:20:34 > 0:20:37and they're going to live happily ever after, does he?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40She's long gone. Why does love make such a mug of some people?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43And how many times have you been married?
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- Morning.- Oh, yeah, Guv.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I've looked through the logs of that anonymous call, but it looks like
0:20:49 > 0:20:51it was made from a pay-as-you-go phone, bought for cash.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54The service provider confirms that it hasn't been switched on
0:20:54 > 0:20:57since that call, so it looks like it was used once and then dumped.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59And it's taken you two days to find that out?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01We are a man down, sir.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03In the absence of a lead on our anonymous caller,
0:21:03 > 0:21:05you're meant to be compiling
0:21:05 > 0:21:07background information on Gofton for MIT.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Well, I hadn't quite finished, sir.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11There's no trace of Gofton, as we know,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14but now we realise he's calling himself Laurence Archer
0:21:14 > 0:21:15a different back-story emerges.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Have a look at that. Longbow Company.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19High-class domestic cleaning -
0:21:19 > 0:21:22hoovering and dusting rich people's houses.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Gofton was running this as Archer? - So it seems.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Bit of a comedown for him.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Actually, this might be a nice little earner.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Three years ago, a team out of West End Central
0:21:31 > 0:21:34were investigating a series of high-profile burglaries,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37and they noticed that a large proportion
0:21:37 > 0:21:38of the houses that were burgled
0:21:38 > 0:21:40were cleaned by Archer's company.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42So he was using his people as scouts.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44That's what they thought, but they couldn't prove it.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Brian, that journalist is still out there.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Good luck to her, she's getting nothing out of us.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It's harassment, surely?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04How are you feeling today?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09You made short work of these eggs, anyway.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- Hmm?- Your head.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- What about it?- How is it feeling?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Hmm...
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Brian?
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Yeah, go on, if you're putting the kettle on anyway, I'll have a cup.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Ta.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26A serious head injury? Who would know(!)
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Six, two, three...
0:22:35 > 0:22:36zero, six, two, three!
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Yes! Lane shoots, Lane scores!
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Yay!
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Oh, bloody hell.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Ow.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53HE MUMBLES PHONE NUMBER
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- VOICEMAIL:- 'This is Longbow Cleaning Company.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00'Sorry nobody's here to take your call,
0:23:00 > 0:23:03'but if you leave a message after the tone, we'll contact you...'
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Mr Lane?
0:23:48 > 0:23:49Well, that's that, then.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53I can pull the company accounts, see who they were trading with
0:23:53 > 0:23:54and follow that trail.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Companies House will have an address for Archer
0:23:56 > 0:24:00and their registration details for this place and the design company.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Well, that's smashing, thanks very much.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06It turns out this place closed nearly three years ago.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08About the time West End Central were looking at it
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- in connection with those burglaries.- Exactly.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13So, Archer shut up shop when it started getting too hot
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- and moved on to pastures new. - The design company?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Not directly, no.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18The design company's only been open for four months.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21I think it's worth checking whoever was working there at the time,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- when it closed, and see if they know what Archer went on to.- Yeah.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11CREAKING IN DISTANCE
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Ah!
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Silly old sod.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41PHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE
0:25:48 > 0:25:50RINGING GETS LOUDER
0:25:55 > 0:25:58RINGING CONTINUES
0:26:03 > 0:26:06RINGING CONTINUES
0:26:14 > 0:26:16IN MUFFLED VOICE: Hello?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- STEVE:- Hello? Is that the Longbow Cleaning Company?
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Um... Yes...
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Yeah, this is Steve McAndrew. I work for the Metropolitan Police's
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Unsolved Crime and Open Cases squad.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29We've just been round to your registered office
0:26:29 > 0:26:32and it seemed to be deserted. Can I ask where you are right now?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Hello? Hello?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42I know you're still there, I can hear you breathing.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46What's going on?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Can we turn round and go back?
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- Why, what is it?- I'm sure there's somebody in that building,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- I think we should go back. Hello? - HE HANGS UP
0:27:01 > 0:27:04DOOR CREAKS OPEN
0:27:27 > 0:27:30FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- VOICE IN SLOW MOTION:- Brian...
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Esther?! What the bloody hell...?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Shush! Keep your voice down!
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Why would someone be hiding in here?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48And if they are hiding, why answer the phone?
0:28:48 > 0:28:50- Is that Gerry?- Sssshhh!
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- Oh, it's Gerry and Sandra. - Keep your voice down!
0:28:53 > 0:28:55What?! Why are we hiding from them?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Shut up, Esther!
0:29:03 > 0:29:05PHONE RINGS
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Here's the phone that I rang.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Well, it doesn't look like there's anyone here now.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18They must have got out when they realised we were coming back.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21I think we need to take a serious look through this company's records
0:29:21 > 0:29:23and get a search warrant for this place.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Well, if he's going to be trawling through company records,
0:29:25 > 0:29:27I'm with you, Guv'nor.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29OK, let's go and see Jonathan Epstein.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35DOOR CLOSES
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Now, what on earth is going on, Brian?
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Why did you come here?
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Because YOU were acting strangely, stranger than usual,
0:29:46 > 0:29:50and the address for this place was on your computer.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I was looking for clues.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54The phone number for this company
0:29:54 > 0:29:57was on a notepad in that place where I got hit,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00but there was only an answering machine when I rang,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03so I thought I'd come here and see if there was anyone I could talk to.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Now, it sounded as though someone answered the phone to Steve.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09No, that was me.
0:30:09 > 0:30:10What?!
0:30:10 > 0:30:14You... You've just broken into the place...
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Why would you answer the phone?
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Spur-of-the-moment thing.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22It's a miracle you lasted so long as a detective.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23Come on, let's get out of here.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- Did you find any "clues"?- No.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Oh, hang on. What about this?
0:30:33 > 0:30:36- What about what?- This.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Could this be something?
0:30:43 > 0:30:45"Ennis-McCrea. Building contractors."
0:30:45 > 0:30:48What have they got to do with anything?
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Ennis-McCrea...
0:30:51 > 0:30:53There was a court case about six years ago.
0:30:53 > 0:30:54It was an organised-crime thing.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Ennis-McCrea was a front company for organised crime.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02What, concrete boots? Bodies buried in motorway bridges?
0:31:02 > 0:31:03Does that still go on?
0:31:03 > 0:31:05You'd be surprised.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10What could it have to do with any of this?
0:31:12 > 0:31:14- SANDRA:- Tell us about Laurence Archer.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Two crowns and some composite fillings.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Well, that would be handy
0:31:18 > 0:31:22if we needed his dental records to identify his body.
0:31:23 > 0:31:24- His body?- Yeah.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Someone strangled Laurence Archer.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Or Larry Gofton, as he's known on his long criminal record.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35I'm just a dentist. He was a patient of mine.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37He registered as Laurence Archer...
0:31:37 > 0:31:39You sent a friend of ours to his office, yesterday.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41He found the body and then...
0:31:41 > 0:31:43somebody hit our friend over the head.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Is that what was supposed to happen?
0:31:45 > 0:31:48I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50So, it's just a coincidence, is it?
0:31:50 > 0:31:54That you led Mr Lane to Laurence Archer on the day he died?
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Mr Lane was looking for Peter Sale.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59He asked me how I first met Sale
0:31:59 > 0:32:02and I told him Laurence Archer introduced us.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04That's as much as I know.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06So, Sale knew Archer and...
0:32:06 > 0:32:10now Archer's dead and Sale's missing.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14I have no idea about either of those things.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Why would I possibly want Archer dead?
0:32:18 > 0:32:19He was a good friend of mine.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23When did you last have contact with either Sale or Archer?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26I haven't heard from either of them since I was arrested.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Oh, very good friends, eh(!)
0:32:28 > 0:32:30And your accomplice, Annabel Skinner?
0:32:30 > 0:32:33The woman who grassed you up to the police
0:32:33 > 0:32:36and then scarpered with all your wife's money.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Oh, please.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Don't tell me you still hold a torch for her.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- You wouldn't understand. - Clearly not.
0:32:46 > 0:32:47How did you meet?
0:32:49 > 0:32:54Laurence introduced us. She was a friend of his.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Laurence Archer.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59There really is one born every minute.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03So, what do we think?
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Archer, Sale and Skinner conspire together to get Florence's money
0:33:06 > 0:33:09and then let Epstein take the rap for it.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10Well, they picked the right bloke.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13He was obviously more than happy to off his wife.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Yeah, but now Archer's dead and the other two are missing,
0:33:15 > 0:33:17there's a decent chance that one is the murderer
0:33:17 > 0:33:19and the other the next victim.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25DOORBELL RINGS
0:33:29 > 0:33:31We know you're in there, Mr Lane.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33So much easier if you come out and have a word
0:33:33 > 0:33:35and we can be on our way...
0:33:37 > 0:33:40I received some information this morning
0:33:40 > 0:33:43on the arrest of a Mr Adrian Cope in 1989.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46It seems you may have a few things to clear up there as well...
0:33:49 > 0:33:50Mr Lane?
0:34:08 > 0:34:10There are three of them out there now.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12The Ennis-McCrea number's not in use.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Hardly surprising - they were shut down six years ago.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- Did you hear what I said? - Three of what?
0:34:18 > 0:34:19Reporters!
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Oh... Ignore them.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I can't ignore them!
0:34:25 > 0:34:27They're shouting through the letter box,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30they're out there watching the house all day.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32It's like living behind the Iron Curtain.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- They'll get bored. - And what if they don't?
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Esther, love, we have to wait them out.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43I'm not going to talk to them, so we just have to wait them out.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Focus on something else, that's how you do it.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50You find something to focus on and just shut the world out.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Would you mind telling me how I'm going to do that?
0:34:54 > 0:34:59All right, here...
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Just tell me the story so far.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07I can hardly read your writing...
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Right... Well, Jonathan Epstein and Annabel Skinner
0:35:10 > 0:35:13killed Florence Epstein for her money.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Correct.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Peter Sale was Florence Epstein's accountant
0:35:18 > 0:35:22and he was introduced to the Epsteins by Laurence Archer,
0:35:22 > 0:35:23real name Larry Gofton.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27- Are we calling him Archer or Gofton? It's confusing...- Archer.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Archer was a notorious con man.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35We don't say "notorious", we say "known".
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Archer was a known con man...
0:35:38 > 0:35:42Margaret said that she met Archer and Annabel Skinner together,
0:35:42 > 0:35:46and they seemed to have known each other for quite a long time.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50Annabel Skinner and Jonathan Epstein...
0:35:50 > 0:35:52They start an affair...
0:35:52 > 0:35:56and decide to kill Florence Epstein for her money...
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Does that mean Archer and Sale were in on it too?
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- The numbers.- What numbers? - On the back of this card.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06The numbers, I know what they mean!
0:36:06 > 0:36:09How did you get that from what I was saying?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Eh? Oh, I wasn't listening.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13I thought you just wanted something to do.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Come on, get your coat!
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Well, I've been through the records
0:36:17 > 0:36:20for Longbow Cleaning and the Bowman Design company.
0:36:20 > 0:36:21They're tied up in knots
0:36:21 > 0:36:23and it'll take a better man than I am to untie them.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- Well, that was Brian's forte.- Yeah.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Any connection to Peter Sale in any of that paperwork?
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Not exactly, no, but I did look into a company run by Peter Sale
0:36:31 > 0:36:34when he was doing Florence Epstein's accounts.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37One of his other clients was a company called Ennis-McCrea.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39They were listed as building contractors.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Pull the other one! Ennis and McCrea are proper gangsters.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Exactly - they were sent down a few years ago.
0:36:44 > 0:36:45From the look of the books,
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Peter Sale was investing money on their behalf
0:36:47 > 0:36:49through a company run by Laurence Archer.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- You're kidding.- Well, it's got to be a scam, innit?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Skimming money off of Ennis and McCrea
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- and funnelling it through to Archer. - That's what it looks like.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- That's a dangerous game to play. - You can say that again.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03And, by the way, there's no trace of Peter Sale beyond six years ago,
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- just after the Epstein case.- Well, that's what his sister told Brian.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09I think his sister's right when she says he didn't go abroad -
0:37:09 > 0:37:10there's no evidence for that.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12But he does just vanish into thin air.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14If Ennis and McCrea got wind of what he was doing,
0:37:14 > 0:37:16he's probably at the bottom of the Thames.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Do you know what really bothers me?
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Why did we get an anonymous call on the exact same day
0:37:21 > 0:37:23that Brian was asked to look for Peter Sale?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26That's too much of a coincidence, isn't it?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30This storage place stands on the exact spot
0:37:30 > 0:37:32that used to be the Ennis-McCrea builders' yard.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- And you think...- Yes I do.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- Hello.- Hi.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44We're looking for some stuff.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Yep.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Number one, zero, seven, one. - One, zero, seven, one.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02If you could sign in for me, Mr Sale.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10'I never intended to get poor Mr Lane'
0:38:10 > 0:38:12into any trouble.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- He's a very kind man. - Why now, Mrs Kirby?
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Why are you looking for your brother now?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19He's been missing for six years.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Yes, I didn't know that. I thought he'd moved abroad.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24We were never close.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29My son and his wife are expecting a baby.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Family never meant a great deal to Peter, but I thought he should know.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Your son lives in France, is that right?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Nantes, yes.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40It's not that far now that you can get a flight from City Airport.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43You came to Brian through his wife, Esther?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Yes. We're in a book group together.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Can I ask what this is about?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Have you found something out about Peter?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Quite the opposite, I'm afraid.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55We can't find any trace of him.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57When did you last have contact with Peter?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Well, I suppose it would have been
0:39:00 > 0:39:03in the aftermath of that awful Epstein business.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09Peter was being questioned by the police.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12I called him to see how he was bearing up.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15He was finding it all rather stressful,
0:39:15 > 0:39:18but he hadn't done anything wrong, so...
0:39:18 > 0:39:19Are you sure about that?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Did you know a man called Larry Gofton?
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Gofton? No.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- Or Laurence Archer? - Oh, I met Laurence. At a party.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29I didn't take to him.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33And I met her... Annabel Skinner.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37Before everything that happened, obviously. I didn't like her.
0:39:37 > 0:39:38I told Mr Lane.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41You know how you get a feeling about people?
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- But your brother knew her.- Yes.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46How well, I couldn't say...
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Peter had nothing to do with what happened, you do know that?
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Actually, we think he may have been more involved
0:39:53 > 0:39:55than was originally suspected.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58No. No, Peter would never...
0:39:58 > 0:40:01He was an honest man.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02He'd never been in trouble before.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Maybe not, but he was hanging around
0:40:04 > 0:40:06with a lot of people who knew the ropes.
0:40:06 > 0:40:07Maybe he was pushed into it.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Maybe he needed the money to pay back a debt...
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Did Peter ever mention two men called Ennis and McCrea?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16No.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18We think your brother may have owed them money.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20These are not two people you want to owe money to.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26Whatever kind of trouble he was in, Peter would never have hurt anyone.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30But now Laurence Archer is dead.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31Then it's her.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33What, Annabel Skinner?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36That woman had trouble written all over her.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40There was something purely nasty inside her,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43you could feel it as she looked at you.
0:40:43 > 0:40:44And if she killed Laurence Archer...
0:40:47 > 0:40:48Oh, God...
0:40:48 > 0:40:51You have to find Peter. Please.
0:40:51 > 0:40:52You have to help him.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55If Annabel Skinner is looking for him...
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Whatever he's done, you have to help him!
0:41:08 > 0:41:10This one here.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18- One, four, seven.- I know.
0:42:01 > 0:42:02Oh!
0:42:08 > 0:42:10This investigation, Brian, that you've mounted,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12has hardly been done by the book.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15It wasn't an investigation, I was just looking for someone's brother.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Yeah, well, now there's a body
0:42:17 > 0:42:19and we can't even talk about how we found it
0:42:19 > 0:42:21without revealing that you discovered a business card
0:42:21 > 0:42:25whilst illegally entering the Longbow Cleaning Company building.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28The door was unlocked! And anyway, I don't work for you any more.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Surely, if a civilian stumbles onto something
0:42:32 > 0:42:33and brings it to the police...
0:42:33 > 0:42:36He's not a civilian, Esther. He's a retired police officer.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40And the CPS think that someone like Brian should know better.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- Then they don't know Brian. - Well, that's certainly true.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45It's a trail I was meant to follow,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48from the phone number on that notebook in Archer's office,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51to the cleaning company, to that storage place.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53A trail set by who?
0:42:53 > 0:42:54The body's Annabel Skinner.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- What?- A bracelet with her initials engraved on it.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00SOCO reckon that she's been strangled.
0:43:00 > 0:43:01Just like Laurence Archer...
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Only more violently, yeah.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06They think her neck was snapped in the attack.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08And if Annabel Skinner's our victim, then the killer has to be...
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- Peter Sale! - I don't mean to be rude, Esther,
0:43:11 > 0:43:14but you and Brian really can't be here whilst we're discussing...
0:43:14 > 0:43:16This is all a bit obvious, though, isn't it?
0:43:16 > 0:43:19A trail laid by someone that leads neatly to Peter Sale?
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Peter Sale has been missing for six years.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Why has he come out of hiding to kill somebody?
0:43:24 > 0:43:27- Esther!- Yes, all right, I know. It's not our business.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30Come on, Brian, let's get out of their hair.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34The business card I found was for Ennis-McCrea.
0:43:34 > 0:43:35Oh, for Christ's sake.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Annabel Skinner's body was hidden in a storage facility
0:43:38 > 0:43:39on the site of their old offices.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43Somebody's trying to point up a connection to Ennis-McCrea here.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45Well, we think that Sale and Archer
0:43:45 > 0:43:48were skimming money from Ennis and McCrea,
0:43:48 > 0:43:51then they had to steal all the money from Florence Epstein
0:43:51 > 0:43:52to pay it back.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55But we think that Ennis and McCrea found out,
0:43:55 > 0:43:57killed Sale, but somehow Archer got away.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01But if Sale and Annabel Skinner are dead...
0:44:01 > 0:44:03then who killed Laurence Archer?
0:44:03 > 0:44:04Exactly!
0:44:04 > 0:44:06What if Archer took the money
0:44:06 > 0:44:09and left Sale to carry the can with Ennis and McCrea?
0:44:09 > 0:44:10Well, it's in character.
0:44:10 > 0:44:14Then Archer stays hidden until Ennis and McCrea have been sent down.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17But why would he risk coming back onto Peter Sale's radar?
0:44:17 > 0:44:19Because Sale had already disappeared.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21What, you mean he got away, as well?
0:44:21 > 0:44:23He might have gone one better...
0:44:23 > 0:44:25Can we get the Ennis-McCrea file up?
0:44:25 > 0:44:27Sir?
0:44:27 > 0:44:28All right, go ahead.
0:44:28 > 0:44:32Because to someone looking to put away Ennis and McCrea,
0:44:32 > 0:44:35a man with inside information about their affairs,
0:44:35 > 0:44:37like Peter Sale would have as their accountant,
0:44:37 > 0:44:40and who's in fear of his life, would be like the Holy Grail...
0:44:40 > 0:44:43- Oh, my God.- I think Brian's right.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46It was a closed session in court with an anonymous witness.
0:44:46 > 0:44:47Peter Sale.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50Now, before we get overexcited, this is all supposition.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52But you still haven't found Peter Sale?
0:44:52 > 0:44:54- No, not yet.- Well, should you have?
0:44:54 > 0:44:59With all the access you've got to databases and whatnot?
0:44:59 > 0:45:00Yes, we should.
0:45:00 > 0:45:05But you can't. Because Peter Sale is in witness protection.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08If we have good reason to think he's committed a crime, sir,
0:45:08 > 0:45:11then surely you could access him.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14All right, I'll make some phone calls in the morning.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17But there must be no mention of Brian's involvement in any of this.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21What? Despite the fact that he's joined all the dots for you?
0:45:21 > 0:45:26Isn't it a shame when politics gets in the way of policing.
0:45:27 > 0:45:31AND there are reporters outside our house.
0:45:31 > 0:45:32That's not my doing.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34I didn't think it was.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38All right, I'll see what can be done.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42Come on, Brian.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53Nothing's certain, Margaret. We just wanted to update you.
0:45:53 > 0:45:54Yes.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58Does any of it ring true?
0:45:58 > 0:46:01I don't know.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04It would explain why I can't find him, but...
0:46:04 > 0:46:09how could Peter have got himself mixed up with these kind of people?
0:46:09 > 0:46:14Well, if he has, at least we should start to get some answers now.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17You've found him?
0:46:19 > 0:46:21It's become a police matter now.
0:46:21 > 0:46:26Will they... I mean, will they keep me up to date?
0:46:26 > 0:46:29I'm sure they'll tell you everything they can.
0:46:29 > 0:46:30Will I be able to see him?
0:46:30 > 0:46:32I don't know, Margaret.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34I'm not in the loop, so to speak.
0:46:34 > 0:46:38Do you think he killed these people?
0:46:38 > 0:46:40Oh, Margaret...
0:46:40 > 0:46:42You do, don't you?
0:46:42 > 0:46:44No-one knows yet.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48I should go.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55If there's ever anything you need, just ask.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57Yes, thank you.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Thank you, Mr Lane.
0:47:01 > 0:47:05I am sincerely sorry to have brought all this trouble to your door.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Strickland was true to his word.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Esther, come here.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40What is it?
0:47:42 > 0:47:44- Look at this.- What?
0:47:44 > 0:47:45A grandchild.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47Oh!
0:47:48 > 0:47:51Can we tell what's what?
0:47:53 > 0:47:57Well, that's head and the arms, I think.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Unless it's upside down...
0:48:02 > 0:48:03What's that?
0:48:03 > 0:48:08I've been reading about ankylosing spondyloarthritis.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10What's that when it's at home?
0:48:10 > 0:48:14It's a chronic inflammatory disease of the axial skeleton.
0:48:14 > 0:48:15Sounds nasty.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20Jonathan Epstein mentioned that Peter Sale had it.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23Said it causes all kinds of dental problems.
0:48:23 > 0:48:27But its main symptom is the fusion of the spine.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29I was just wondering how easy it would be
0:48:29 > 0:48:32for Peter Sale to strangle two fit and healthy people
0:48:32 > 0:48:33if he was suffering from it.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Not just strangle, even.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37He broke poor Annabel Skinner's neck.
0:48:37 > 0:48:41After what she did, we can hardly call her "poor" Annabel...
0:48:43 > 0:48:45- What?- Her neck snapped.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48- And?- Her other bones were... - Were what?
0:48:48 > 0:48:51I need to see those forensic photos.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56You do know how much trouble I could get into, don't you?
0:48:56 > 0:48:58Esther isn't even an ex-copper.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01She won't let me go anywhere on my own.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Where are the others?
0:49:03 > 0:49:05They've gone to see Peter Sale.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Yeah, you were right, he is in witness protection.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10He testified against Ennis and McCrea.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12Strickland got them access for a visit.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Now, I think we were wrong AND right.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17We think that Annabel Skinner's neck broke
0:49:17 > 0:49:19- while she was being strangled, yeah?- Yeah.
0:49:19 > 0:49:23And it did. Look. There's the fracture.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25- See?- Blimey.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28- But how often do you see that, Gerry? - Well, once...twice, maybe,
0:49:28 > 0:49:31you've really got to go some to break someone's neck like that.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Unless the neck's already damaged,
0:49:33 > 0:49:36or the spine isn't flexible enough to compensate for the force.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Look here...
0:49:38 > 0:49:40See the way these vertebrae are fused,
0:49:40 > 0:49:42causing a curvature of the spine here.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45That's known as "bamboo spine".
0:49:45 > 0:49:48It's a classic symptom of ankylosing spondyloarthritis.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52- Is it?- It's a degenerative disease.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55Epstein told me that Peter Sale has it.
0:49:55 > 0:49:56And you said it's genetic.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59Genetic and very rare.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03So what are the chances that Annabel Skinner and Peter Sale both had it?
0:50:03 > 0:50:06Hold on, hold on. What are you saying?
0:50:06 > 0:50:07That they're related?
0:50:07 > 0:50:11- I'm saying this isn't Annabel Skinner.- Well, who is it?
0:50:11 > 0:50:14- Oh, no! - This is Peter Sale's sister.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03- Who is it?- Police, Mr Sale. Detective Superintendent Pullman.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05You should have been told to expect us.
0:51:20 > 0:51:24Just keep trying. Reception's probably a bit patchy round here.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27I always knew this Epstein business would come back to bite me.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31It's not at all what it appears to be.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33I was just the money guy,
0:51:33 > 0:51:37I had no idea what Archer and Annabel were up to.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39But you did take the money.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42I arranged for the money to come out of Florence's account
0:51:42 > 0:51:45and go into an offshore account set up by Archer.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47I never saw a penny.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49Archer took the money and vanished,
0:51:49 > 0:51:52leaving me empty-handed to face Ennis and McCrea.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54MOBILE PHONE RINGS
0:51:54 > 0:51:57That's why I testified against them, I had no option.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Excuse me.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01- Hi, Gerry.- No, it's Brian.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Brian, what on earth are you doing on Gerry's phone?
0:52:04 > 0:52:06Gerry's driving.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08Listen, the dead woman isn't Annabel Skinner,
0:52:08 > 0:52:10we think it's Margaret Kirby.
0:52:10 > 0:52:14The woman we know as Margaret Kirby is actually Annabel Skinner.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17She knew Peter Sale was in witness protection.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20So, this whole thing - the anonymous phone call,
0:52:20 > 0:52:24the trail I was sent on - it's all been about us leading her to Sale.
0:52:24 > 0:52:28She wants revenge, and if she was waiting outside UCOS this morning,
0:52:28 > 0:52:31she could well have followed you all the way there.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34- OK. Thanks, Bye.- What's going on?
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Annabel Skinner is on her way, if she's not already here.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Annabel?
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Who's was the body we saw?
0:52:42 > 0:52:43Not now, Steve, it doesn't matter.
0:52:43 > 0:52:46Mr Sale, I'm afraid we're going to have to get you out of sight.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Steve, draw all the curtains and secure the house.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51- I'll call the local station for backup.- Gerry has, they're on their way.
0:52:51 > 0:52:55POLICE SIRENS WAIL
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Brian?!
0:53:54 > 0:53:57Brian? Brian?!
0:54:51 > 0:54:53Mr Sale?
0:54:53 > 0:54:55Mr Sale?!
0:54:57 > 0:55:00BRIAN CHOKES AND SPLUTTERS
0:55:16 > 0:55:17You bitch!
0:55:19 > 0:55:22BRIAN COUGHS AND GASPS
0:55:24 > 0:55:27I'd stay exactly where you are, if I was you.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42I don't think we're very popular with witness protection.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Yeah, well, Sale was involved in the Epstein business, wasn't he?
0:55:45 > 0:55:49Yeah, he was, when he claimed he didn't know Florence was going to be killed,
0:55:49 > 0:55:51but that's between him and a jury to sort out.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53- Picked on the wrong woman. - So did Annabel Skinner.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55- Nice spade work there, Esther. - Oh, thank you.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57What do we reckon that pub's like?
0:55:57 > 0:56:00Time for a drink to your new-found freedom, Brian?
0:56:00 > 0:56:04Freedom... Yeah. That's what it is, really, isn't it?
0:56:04 > 0:56:06It might seem like freedom to you lot,
0:56:06 > 0:56:09you're not the ones who have to keep him out of harm's way.
0:56:09 > 0:56:10Yeah.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17Why don't you go on and we'll catch you up.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19- Yeah, sure.- Yeah, come on, Esther.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25Sandra, I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27Don't.
0:56:27 > 0:56:31For getting you all into trouble and bringing all this down on UCOS.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34The way you handled Embleton was stupid.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38- Sandra...- And you threw yourself on your sword for a complete stranger.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42But I'd like to think I'd have done exactly the same thing.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46It's what we're here for, isn't it? Especially UCOS.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49Bringing closure to people who've waited too long for it.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51I wish there'd been another way.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53So do I.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58You'll be missed, Brian.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00Oi! Oi!
0:57:00 > 0:57:02When you two have stopped kissing and making up,
0:57:02 > 0:57:05there's a pub there that wants to sell us loads of beer.
0:57:05 > 0:57:06So, come on, then!
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Listen, well done, mate.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10We could never have solved this without you.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12Oh, bugger off, of course you could.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14Yeah, I suppose so.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16THEY LAUGH
0:57:33 > 0:57:36Scampi nearly got mugged by two squirrels!
0:57:42 > 0:57:44Go on. Basket!
0:57:44 > 0:57:48Esther! I said Scampi nearly got mugged by...
0:57:48 > 0:57:51- What are you doing?- That's nice.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53No, I said, what are you doing?
0:57:53 > 0:57:54Sorry, Brian, what?
0:57:54 > 0:57:57What's all this?
0:57:57 > 0:58:00It's that jogger who got attacked in the park the other week.
0:58:00 > 0:58:03What about her? I thought they caught the bloke.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06Well, they got a man who answers the description,
0:58:06 > 0:58:10but I've found several other similar attacks online.
0:58:10 > 0:58:11There's lots in common,
0:58:11 > 0:58:15but it can't be the man they've got because he's left handed.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18- Esther, what are you doing? - It's just interesting.
0:58:18 > 0:58:21It's none of our business... and I'm retired now.
0:58:21 > 0:58:23For the second time.
0:58:23 > 0:58:27You might be, but I'm not.
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