0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains some strong language
0:00:05 > 0:00:08# It's all right, I say, it's OK
0:00:08 > 0:00:09# Listen to what I say
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# It's all right, doing fine
0:00:13 > 0:00:16# Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine
0:00:16 > 0:00:19# It's all right, I say, it's OK
0:00:19 > 0:00:21# We're gettin' to the end of the day. #
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- RADIO:- '..Ricky Ponting's call. Andrew Strauss has won the toss...'
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Who won the toss?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43We did. We're batting.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Nice one. The Aussies are going down!
0:01:45 > 0:01:47I bloody hope so!
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Nine million people in London and one forest.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Where the hell is everybody?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Indoors.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Edible or fatal, what do you reckon?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Cantharellus cibarius, chanterelle.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Be my guest.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- No, thank you. - I used to forage for fungi in here.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Fungi foraging, is that right?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Mm. The one you've really got to watch out for is the death cap.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Ah, there he is. Gerry?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Gerry?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45What's he doing?
0:02:45 > 0:02:46I have no idea. Gerry?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Oh. He's scared of trees.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- What?- I'm not scared of trees. I'm scared of woods.- Woods?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- Forests!- Oh, come on, Gerry! Behave yourself!
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- SARCASTICALLY:- Come on, come on. That's it. Just through here.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01There we go.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05So this Simon bloke used to jog through Epping Forest every day?
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Yeah, three miles, from his house in Woodford to his office in Loughton.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13And then on July 9th, 2009, he set off on his regular route,
0:03:13 > 0:03:14but never made it into work.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Nothing's been seen or heard from him since.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Nothing missing? Passport, cash?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22No, and the bank cards that were in his wallet were never used.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24The only trace of him SOCA found was his DNA in a water bottle,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28discovered over there somewhere. And that could have been left any time.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29And he ran every day?
0:03:29 > 0:03:30What was his job?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Marketing for a construction company owned by his father-in-law.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35That could be bad for your health.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38What, running every day or working for your father-in-law?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Perhaps he was involved in something he shouldn't have been.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42MIT tried to find trouble,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45but he was happily married, had a good job, first kid on the way,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47no brushes with the law, no apparent problems.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49In other words, they didn't get anywhere.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51The father-in-law looked dodgy.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53But without any evidence of a murder,
0:03:53 > 0:03:55he soon became a straight missing person.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Well, what changed things?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59A few days ago, a park ranger found his work ID
0:03:59 > 0:04:02pass in the forest near Epping Town, about three miles away.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06He handed it in and forensics have found traces of Simon's blood on it.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Any sign of the rest of him?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10No, they're still looking, but they don't fancy their chances.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13And also, forensics showed that the pass had been moved by a fox.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14So the body could be anywhere.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18I hate foxes and all.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Yeah, that's him. Ran past here every morning, just gone nine.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Place is dead on a weekday. You know the regulars.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Mr Foley, you're the only person who says
0:04:32 > 0:04:34that they saw Simon in the forest that morning.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I know he was here because he stopped to talk.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40First time ever. Normally he just waved as he ran past.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41What did he ask you?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Who won the toss. First day of the Ashes.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46England against Australia. Cricket.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- How did he seem?- Happy.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Did anyone else come past that morning?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Sorry. The old grey cells.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I'm a lot older than you lot.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Maybe not you.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10So apart from blind-as-a-bat Bob Foley,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13the last person to see Simon that morning was his wife?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- Yeah.- Right.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- She was eight-and-a-half months pregnant at the time, though.- Oh.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23More promisingly, her father, Frank Miles, has got GBH on his CV.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Yeah, but I assume they checked the computers the first time round.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27All clean.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30But a handful of files was deleted from Frank's computer the day
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- after Simon disappeared.- Yeah?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35And his company books stank.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Why?- They were immaculate.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Look, I'm sorry, Becky,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46but did you notice anything different about Simon that morning?
0:05:47 > 0:05:52No. We were getting the new bedroom sorted out, talking about cots.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57He said that he would call me later that morning at work,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00kissed me goodbye and ran off down the street.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01DOOR OPENS
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Chicken?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Frank Miles?
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Yeah?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Detective Superintendent Pullman, Unsolved Crimes.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Gerry Standing.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21They found Simon's work ID pass in Epping Forest
0:06:21 > 0:06:22with his blood on it.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27So that's that, then.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Broke her heart, not knowing.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Look, do either of you know if Simon was in any trouble at all?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38That lad's trouble was not having any trouble. Eh, Becks?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42When she met him, he didn't even have a bank account.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Mr Miles, Simon told a close friend that two days
0:06:45 > 0:06:48before he disappeared, you and he had an argument.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Here we go! Look, it was nothing.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54He mishandled a meeting with a client. That was all.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Pressure of the baby coming, he said.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59I told him to pull his socks up.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00So you didn't rate him, then?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01I didn't say that.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Well, how would you describe your relationship with your son-in-law?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07If she was happy, I was happy.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12The day before he disappeared,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15he tried to take £2,000 out of his account.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Yeah, that's for Josie's bedroom. One of my builders done it up.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21He insisted on paying his way, I'll give him that.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Mr Miles, in your previous statement, you said that you spent
0:07:24 > 0:07:26the morning with Becky at her house.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Give it a rest, will you?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Just routine, Frank.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I was giving her a hand. Wasn't I, Becks?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Out to here she was, bless her.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Yeah, well, I'm sure she'd have preferred her late mum,
0:07:40 > 0:07:41- but there we are.- Sorry. Excuse me.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Well done(!)
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Becks?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Helping her, my arse!
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Wherever he was that morning, he wasn't with her.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56She's 35 years old and still saying "how high?"
0:07:56 > 0:07:58when her father says "jump". It's bloody pathetic!
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Can you imagine my girls being on that kind of leash?
0:08:01 > 0:08:02They'd have laughed in me face.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Your brother came to see you the night before he disappeared, yeah?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Si came over for dinner.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- It was my 70th. - Did Simon give you this?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Si's dad made that. He loved his whittling.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19He was a tree trimmer.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Is this him and Simon, then?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Yes, they were very close.
0:08:22 > 0:08:28Bill passed away not long after Simon's business went bust.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Simon was very down, poor boy. - Depressed?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34He went to Africa to sort his head out.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37And that's where he met his Becky.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38How was he when he came back?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Well... I've never seen him happier.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Simon had an argument with Frank Miles the day before
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- he came to see you. - They told us before.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51Si never mentioned it, but he did seem worried about something.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Yes, we just thought he was nervous about the baby.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I teased him enough about how his life was about to change.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Did he talk much about his relationship with Frank Miles?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Or any other problems he was having?
0:09:03 > 0:09:07After the wedding, we hardly ever saw him, did we, Tim?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10His life was one long honeymoon, I think.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16I... I still keep thinking
0:09:16 > 0:09:19he's going to come back through that door, you know.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Sorry.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Yeah, but this guy's landed on his feet.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26He's solvent again, he's straight, he's happy.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Could be a mugging that's gone wrong, you know.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31We assume he's happy. I'm not sure I'm buying the package.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36Yeah. Imagine being cooped up in an office with Frank Miles every day!
0:09:36 > 0:09:39With his previous and wobbly alibi, Frank's the key man.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42So let's find out what he was trying to scrub over at work and see
0:09:42 > 0:09:44if there's a motive in there.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Here, Guv'nor, this Simon bloke may not be as straight as we think.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52He was in regular contact with an unknown Pay As You Go.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54It hasn't been used since he disappeared,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58but it gets switched on every couple of months or so.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Somebody thinks he's still alive, then.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Checking for messages, aren't they?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Get the techies to pinpoint exactly where it's being turned on.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Now, how come the banks blocked this two grand Simon's tried to take out?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Well, that's probably because he was a non-discharged bankrupt.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Poor sods get treated like criminals these days.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19So what was his failed business?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22It was called Tree Walkers.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Apparently, Simon wanted people in built-up areas to use woods
0:10:25 > 0:10:26and forests more.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29So he set up a park in Epping Forest where people could climb up
0:10:29 > 0:10:31trees and then swing and slide off them.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Guess it's not quite as much fun as it sounds. Eh, Gerry?
0:10:34 > 0:10:35I can't believe I missed it.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Danny and Steve, I want you to go and visit Dom Akers.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41He's the one who told us about the argument.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44See if Simon shared anything else with him about Frank.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Right you are. Oh, Gerry...
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Who's Janice McLaren?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54She's a very nice girl. And you need to meet her.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Yeah, well, I reckon he was dead right away, to be honest.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Why?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Well, you know, I mean, we were always like that,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05and then suddenly, not a word.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06You were buddies at school?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Yeah, yeah. He was my best man. I was his.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13You know, we were always in each other's pockets.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Well, I don't mean Brokeback Mountain or anything.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17I mean, you know, we were close.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19When did you last see Simon?
0:11:19 > 0:11:23When he babysat my kids about two days before he disappeared.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I mean, my wife had left.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27I was trying to get this place up and running.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30You ever seen Kramer vs. Kramer?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33You know, Dustin Hoffman trying to make French toast?
0:11:33 > 0:11:34That was me. All over the shop.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Have you got the hang of it now?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- What?- Making French toast?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43So, when Simon came to see you, that's
0:11:43 > 0:11:45when he told you about his argument with Frank, yeah?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Yeah.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Did he say what it was about?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51He said Frank wanted a "bigger work commitment".
0:11:51 > 0:11:54He said everything was "coming to a head".
0:11:54 > 0:11:58I mean, all I wanted to do was to get some sleep, so I didn't push it.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59I mean, I regret that.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01He seemed worried, though?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Yeah, well, Si always joked that there were three people in his
0:12:04 > 0:12:07marriage bed. One of them would break his nose just for snoring.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Yeah, it was the first time I'd seen him really worried.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Did Simon think Frank was on the make?
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Oh, yeah.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16That bother him?
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Look, if Si found a pound on the pavement, he'd want to hand it in.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22He was straight.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Thanks.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Aled Jones locked in a room with Vinnie Jones.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36- What?- Simon and Frank.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Look, I've got a dental appointment. I'll see you back at the ranch, OK?
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Sorry, Mum.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I've got enough on my plate at work without needing to get morbid
0:13:15 > 0:13:17over Dad for an evening.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Why should that bother me? It's just a date.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24No, actually, I've just checked
0:13:24 > 0:13:27and I've already got plans for Thursday.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29No, it's a work thing.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31No, I can't cancel.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Look, somebody's just come in. I've got to go. OK. Bye.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- All right? - How long have you been here?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48About ten minutes.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Did you know that cuckoos emigrate to the
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Congo Basin from Epping Forest?
0:13:56 > 0:14:00I was about to put the kettle on. Do you want me to do you one, too?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Yeah. Thanks.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Have you said something to her?
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- What about?- Well, I don't know. Doesn't take much.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Touchy, is she?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Complicated.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Her dad used to be in the Met, right?
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Don't even go there.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- I'm off to see Frank Miles again. - I'll come with you, if you like.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Fine.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47You and Simon didn't see eye-to-eye,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50yet you drew up a contract offering him a full partnership in your firm.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Why's that?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54I wanted to give him and Becks some security.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Baby on the way and everything.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59I knew she didn't want to run the company, so...
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- OK. Now tell us what Simon had on you, Frank.- Eh?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05The only reason you'd offer him a full partnership is to shut him up.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07So admit it. This was a sweetener.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11I'm clean, sweetheart. You lot checked, remember?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Pristine. Just that two-year stretch for maiming your rival.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I was a child. I learnt my lesson.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Richard Marston.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Richard Marston? No, don't ring a bell.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Sorry.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Your old bank manager,
0:15:28 > 0:15:32who, as you know, is in the middle of a stretch himself for fraud.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34We've just paid him a visit.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36He was Simon's bank manager, too, wasn't he?
0:15:38 > 0:15:42And a few days before he disappeared, out of the blue, you
0:15:42 > 0:15:46paid him a grand to block all large withdrawals from Simon's account.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Which was why Simon couldn't take out £2,000 for Josie's bedroom.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52One minute you want to make him a partner,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55the next, you don't trust him with his own money. What happened?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Simon turned down your offer of partnership
0:15:57 > 0:16:00because he didn't like the way you ran your business. Isn't that right?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Give me strength!- And that got you scared, someone with scruples.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Like having a bomb in your office.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Get some proper evidence or I'll sue you for harassment.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16We could hold him for bribing a banking official.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I want to break Becky first. It's time that girl grew up.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Simon and I both volunteered for the same charities in the Congo.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27- It was meant to be.- Thank you.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Meant to be what?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30You know, destiny.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34What were you two doing out there exactly?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Protecting communities in the rainforest.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Sounds idealistic.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42It was. All I'd ever known was this corner of London.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44And then meeting him in that place,
0:16:44 > 0:16:48it was the most intense, amazing thing that ever happened to me.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Five months later, we were engaged.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Lovely story.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00Where was your father the morning Simon disappeared, Becky?
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Here.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04He wanted to give me a hand.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Then why not just give Simon the morning off?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09You see, we know that you're lying.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13We also know that your father controlled Simon's bank accounts.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Dad came over to ask me
0:17:17 > 0:17:20if I knew why Simon had tried to take so much money out.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23The £2,000 wasn't for Josie's bedroom?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Dad was paying. - So what did Simon want it for?
0:17:29 > 0:17:30I didn't know.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31I still don't.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33So what did your dad do then?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Did he go and try and find Simon in the forest?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42You're protecting your father, I understand that,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44but if you think he's involved, you need to tell us.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Withholding evidence.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Trust me, you don't want her visiting you in prison.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Dad left in his van. I don't know where he was going.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00We think Simon had dirt on your dad.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Becky?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Daddy's been pulling your strings long enough now, don't you think?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12The day after Simon disappeared,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15I downloaded everything on his hard drive at work.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I wanted some clue where he was.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21And did you find anything?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22No.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32But you will.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39You deleted those files about half an hour too late, Frank.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42£1 million worth of projects off the books.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45You were taking cash in hand to a whole new level.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46What did you do to her?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Your 35-year-old daughter thinking for herself!
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Whatever next? The '60s?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55There was a bloody famine going on in my industry.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Still is.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00You do what it takes to feed your family and survive.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I was keeping my tax bill down. So what?
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Look at what those MPs did.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09Yeah, and the multinationals paying 2%?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I'm sure you lot always pay the VAT on your conservatories
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- and click in and out with your bleeding Oyster Cards.- Well, I do.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20What with the famine and everything, being done for tax
0:19:20 > 0:19:23evasion on a million quid would have finished you off.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24And Simon knew that.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Was he blackmailing you, Frank? Is that why you did him?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Cos he threatened to call the tax man?
0:19:35 > 0:19:38All right, Simon isn't signing. That's what the argument's about.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40But his problem isn't bloody tax!
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Keeps coming up with all these excuses.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I tell him to stop treating me like a tool and then he blurts it out -
0:19:49 > 0:19:51taking a partnership with me would be
0:19:51 > 0:19:54like signing his own death sentence.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Yeah, and then it gets worse.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59He says he can't live with my family any more.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01It wouldn't be fair on us or the baby.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03He needs to get away.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06And he just ups and leaves the room.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Yeah, I blocked his account.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13And then I went round to Becky's to ask her about it,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16but only because I wanted it all sorted.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I spent the rest of that morning driving around on my own,
0:20:22 > 0:20:25trying to work out what the hell to do about him.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I knew that story would never wash with you lot.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33But if you think I ever hurt the lad, you're miles off.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34He was family.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40You're in luck tonight, Gerry. Janice can squeeze you in.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Are you sure it's all right?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43What's she going to do? Turn you into a werewolf?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Trust me, I've tried her myself. Satisfaction guaranteed!
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- Thanks, mate.- No problem.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- How's it going your end?- What?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- The search for your son?- Oh, yeah.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- Night-night, Guv'nor!- Night, Guv! - Night.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57We could put it through the system, you know.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- There are ways and means. - No, it's OK, Gerry.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01I get on pretty well with the blokes down there.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- No, it's all right. Honestly, it's fine.- Look, Steve,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07it's the whole reason you came to London in the first place.
0:21:08 > 0:21:1025 Radford Road, NW10.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12What's that?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14That's where he is.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16- What, your son?- Yeah.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- Well, how d'you find him? - Looked him up in the phone book.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21THEY LAUGH
0:21:22 > 0:21:26I was so wrapped up in my own work, I wasn't exactly blameless, you know.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28What, you were shagging around, you mean?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32No, no. But she... You know, she had an affair with one of my colleagues. I punched him out, remember now.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37Then I went home and we'd this big set-to in the kitchen
0:21:37 > 0:21:41and I... I threw this radio at her.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Radio? You trying to hit her with it?
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Oh, I don't know. I just didn't know what I was doing.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Anyway, she showed me the door.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Only time I ever lost it with a woman and it cost me my son.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57What, and this was nine years ago?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Eight-and-a-half.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Well, hang on. I mean, she's not even ex-directory.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- She's not exactly hiding, is she? - No, no.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06So what's stopping you getting in touch?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Well, guilt. I missed her head by this much, Gerry.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17Anyway, Stewie's a good footballer, you know. Well, he was, anyway.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- Yeah? - Yeah, like a little Archie Gemmill.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Little? Archie Gemmill was only that high!
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- So what's he now, 17?- 16.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Listen, mate, obviously, I love my girls to bits, right?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34But I would have loved a son.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37So don't you waste it.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Hello, I'm Gerry.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- Come in.- Thank you.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- Who's it?- You're it, Gerry!
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- I don't want to be.- Do it!- No!
0:23:08 > 0:23:09- Just do it!- No!
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- Do it!- OK!
0:23:11 > 0:23:18One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Hello? Hello?
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Don't leave me! Come back!
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Please! Please! Come back!
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Come back!
0:23:40 > 0:23:42'Come back! Come back!'
0:23:42 > 0:23:43No!
0:23:43 > 0:23:45'Come back!'
0:23:45 > 0:23:46Come back!
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Oh.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- Are you all right?- Oh.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58The little bastards!
0:24:19 > 0:24:21CAR HORN BEEPS
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Rugby? What?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07PHONE RINGS
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Stu's no Archie Gemmill any more, that's for sure.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- So he's an egg chaser?- Yeah!
0:25:31 > 0:25:32When you going to see him?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Tonight, before I lose my bottle.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37So anyway, it was all your cousins' fault, yeah?
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Yeah. Apparently, they abandoned me in the woods when I was about eight.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- Oh, and get this. They lived in Chigwell, right?- Yeah, yeah.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46So it was probably Epping bleeding Forest!
0:25:46 > 0:25:47So what's the cure?
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Exposure therapy. Spend as much time as possible in wooded areas.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Maybe our Danny can take you fungi foraging, eh?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57OK, so who's the owner of the Pay As You Go, then?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Her over there.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Lois Akers.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02What, as in best mate Dom's wife?
0:26:02 > 0:26:07Yeah. Wonder if our Simon's been playing away from home.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Looks like a local derby.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Simon wasn't my lover. He was my spy.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Your spy?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15My eyes and ears in my own home.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Checking my children were all right.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Dom and I weren't exactly on speaking terms.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Why would Simon have gone behind Dom's back like that?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Because he understood my situation.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Which was?
0:26:25 > 0:26:26I had no-one.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29My friends were confused about why I'd left my kids.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Mum and Dad thought I'd lost the plot and Dom
0:26:32 > 0:26:34and I weren't even talking.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Simon didn't judge me. He just got it.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Come on, Lois. This is bullshit!
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Did you leave Dom and your kids for Simon?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I left my family because I'd been pleasing everyone
0:26:46 > 0:26:49but myself for ten years and it was making me miserable.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Did Dom ever find out that Simon was "talking" to you behind his back?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58If he knew, he never said anything to me about it.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59When d'you last speak to him?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01A week before he disappeared?
0:27:01 > 0:27:02And how did he seem?
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Something was bothering him. He didn't say what it was.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08What do you think happened to him?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11I was worried that he'd done something very stupid.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Suicide?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Do you know what I think?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I think you thought he was alive.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19That's why you kept turning your phone on.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21It's called hope.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Actually, you had a 30-second conversation with Simon
0:27:23 > 0:27:25the day before he disappeared.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Sorry, I don't remember that.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Well, maybe he did top himself.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33So why try and take all that money out?
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Well, that knockback could have been just what tipped the scales.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40I know that banks make me feel suicidal every now and again.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41If he'd killed himself,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45I'm sure we'd have found more than a work pass by now.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Look, we all reckon that they were at it.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Yeah, they must have been.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50And I reckon that's why she left her husband.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Then surely that gives her a possible motive.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56What if Simon promised Lois that he'd leave Becky,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59and then in that phone conversation that she's conveniently forgotten,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02he told her he wasn't going to keep his side of the bargain?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Tells her he can't make the break cos of the baby.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06She wouldn't be too thrilled about that, would she?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08But she claims she was on the market all morning
0:28:08 > 0:28:10on the day that Simon disappeared.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13That call to Lois was made two minutes after Simon had his bank
0:28:13 > 0:28:15withdrawal turned down.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Well, what about Dom Akers?
0:28:17 > 0:28:20I mean, he would have wanted to grind more than just a few
0:28:20 > 0:28:22coffee beans once he knew that Simon was in his old woman's knickers.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26We should check out his alibi, too, then.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29I reckon we need to find out more about what made Simon tick.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32We're getting different pictures at the moment. Boss?
0:28:34 > 0:28:35Yeah. Fine.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- What's the date today?- 12th.
0:28:46 > 0:28:47Thought so.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52You've let him go?
0:28:52 > 0:28:55The SFO are all over your dad for tax evasion.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- We don't have enough to hold him yet.- He'll come straight back here.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Becky, why was Simon so unhappy?
0:29:03 > 0:29:07- He wasn't.- That's not what your dad told us.- Or Lois Akers.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Was he sleeping with her?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14You suspected that, didn't you?
0:29:17 > 0:29:20That's the real reason you looked at his computer.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Choosing cots, discussing the baby's wallpaper.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- It's all bollocks, isn't it? - But we were OK.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Why are you denying the truth, Becky?
0:29:30 > 0:29:31Do you blame yourself?
0:29:38 > 0:29:39Put it on the tab.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48Leave me alone.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Becky?
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I knew he was seeing someone, the hushed phone conversations,
0:29:57 > 0:29:59but I never thought he'd dare go for her.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Becky, we only have the word of one old man that Simon ever left
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- this house that morning.- What?
0:30:07 > 0:30:08I could barely stand up!
0:30:10 > 0:30:11I love Si.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15I didn't kill him, but you're right,
0:30:15 > 0:30:16if he's dead, it's my fault.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21We made a pact in the Congo,
0:30:21 > 0:30:24that us being together, living in a rain forest
0:30:24 > 0:30:26and helping people, that was all we wanted in life,
0:30:26 > 0:30:30all we needed. It sounds silly, doesn't it? We were in love.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33Then Si proposed.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36And suddenly, we had a wedding in London to organise
0:30:36 > 0:30:38and Dad wanted to put on a show.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40I can imagine.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42I promised Si we'd give it a year here,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45and then we'd go back to our life in the rainforest.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Then I got pregnant with Josie,
0:30:49 > 0:30:51and suddenly, my body was screaming at me to nest.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53And by now, Si was desperate to get away.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56He could tell that I was being pulled back by my dad, my old,
0:30:56 > 0:30:57conventional life.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01He was so upset.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05One day, I thought I'd miscarried cos of the stress.
0:31:05 > 0:31:11And that's when I decided that Josie was the bigger priority than Si.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16So I stopped listening to him.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21And when I broke my word, it broke his heart.
0:31:24 > 0:31:25He said that to me.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27FRONT DOOR OPENS
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Going to see if Mummy's in here. There you go.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Look, we've both got kids and we both lost partners.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48You both lost Simon.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51It's a good thing that you knew each other from before, though.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- You had that foundation. - Nothing was going on then.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56It's nothing to do with them, Dom.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Si once said to me, case anything ever happened...
0:32:03 > 0:32:06..he'd rather a friend loved Becky than a stranger.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10And is that how you felt when you found out about him and Lois?
0:32:12 > 0:32:14We were on the way over to see you, actually,
0:32:14 > 0:32:15so you've saved us a trip.
0:32:20 > 0:32:21I had no idea.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24There was a lot in Simon's life you had no idea about, wasn't there?
0:32:24 > 0:32:27- Get out!- Where were you the morning Simon disappeared?
0:32:27 > 0:32:29I was at home with my kids.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32- What, on a Wednesday in term time? - They were off sick.
0:32:32 > 0:32:33Now!
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Outrageous!
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Bloody suspicious!
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Now the question is, did Simon get killed because Dom was
0:32:47 > 0:32:49shagging his wife or because he was shagging Dom's wife?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Could be either or now, couldn't it?
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Yeah. That's exactly why I never tried swinging.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58No. That's what Simon cared about.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Forests?
0:33:06 > 0:33:09"Epping Forest fed kings, Mum, so it can feed us."
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- That's what he used to say.- Epping?
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Used to be a royal hunting forest.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18So did Simon spend a lot of time in Epping Forest as a kid?
0:33:18 > 0:33:20We lived in Chingford, dear. It was the boys' backyard.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Are these trophies all Simon's?
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Oh, no, no, no! Tim's the real runner. Simon was a climber.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Right little chimpanzee!
0:33:27 > 0:33:29He was good, then, Tim?
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Very good. He was talent-spotted.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35Some American university thought he could be the next Seb Coe.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40I had to tell Tim we couldn't afford it, though.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Sorry, I just, err... I just noticed, err...
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Your husband had about £50,000 in his account around that time.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Oh, that was Bill's rainy day fund. We used it to pay off the mortgage.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51- Oh, right. - He was very careful with his money.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57To tell you the truth, he didn't want Tim to be a runner.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01He wanted him to get a profession, something "respectable".
0:34:01 > 0:34:04How did your husband feel about Simon?
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Well, Simon wasn't, you know, academic.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12But Bill was proud of him, in his own way.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Must have been a bit upset when Simon's business failed.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Well...
0:34:20 > 0:34:21Why did it fail, Mrs Belgrade?
0:34:23 > 0:34:24I never really asked, dear.
0:34:26 > 0:34:27What are these?
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Oh, that's when all the boys used to go into the forest on Sundays.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- There you are. - Oh, thanks a lot.- Thank you.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Are you the one filming this?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55I wasn't allowed to go, dear. Just the men.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Bill's friend had the camera.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Who's the other boy?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02That's Dom, Dom Akers.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Simon used to go back there...
0:35:19 > 0:35:21..just to feel close to his dad, you know.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26A pair of chimpanzees!
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Nice to see some kids out in this weather.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38The Olympic effect.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42They all want to be the next Jessica Ennis or Mo Farah.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44They're why I volunteered.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Relax the shoulders, Paul!
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Your mum said you were talent-spotted once.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52That seems a long time ago now.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54What do you do now?
0:35:54 > 0:35:57I sell high-end computer printers.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Ask me anything you like about toner cartridges.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04So what did go wrong with your brother's business?
0:36:06 > 0:36:07Mum wouldn't say, eh?
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Tree Walkers had only been going three months
0:36:13 > 0:36:16when a rope snapped and a punter broke her neck.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17She won massive damages,
0:36:17 > 0:36:21but my brother hadn't sorted out the right insurance.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23So Simon had to foot the bill?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Which he couldn't. Mum still finds it hard to accept.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29It WAS his fault.
0:36:30 > 0:36:31Have you ever imagined,
0:36:31 > 0:36:34even for a minute, your brother still being alive?
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Simon would never have gone anywhere without saying goodbye.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Deep down, even Mum knew that.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05HE CLEARS THROAT
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Cor, blimey! This is worse than watching The Shining!
0:37:09 > 0:37:11We need to speak to Lois.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13This is a copy of her bank statement
0:37:13 > 0:37:15for the day before Simon disappeared.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Bit of a shopping spree.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Now, why did she suddenly need so much camping equipment?
0:37:21 > 0:37:22It was for Simon.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Never trust a woman who makes jewellery out of knives and forks.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Is that a Glaswegian proverb?
0:37:29 > 0:37:30No, but it should be.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- What's happened here?- Lois.
0:37:36 > 0:37:37..Hit me twice...
0:37:40 > 0:37:41..No idea. You know, I've...
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Got a bit of a streak in you, then.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47It's the first time I've laid a finger on her.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51Couldn't stop yourself, eh? Shock of the news, feelings running high?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Not buying it, sorry.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Thing is, I'd understand it if you lost it with Simon.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56In fact, I'd probably sympathise.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58In France, you'd get the freedom of the city!
0:37:58 > 0:38:00How could I have known about him and Lois?
0:38:00 > 0:38:03What typically happens is the wrong person picks up the wrong phone.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Have you spoken to my kids' school?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Babysitters! They're not that hard to find!
0:38:07 > 0:38:08My babysitter was Simon!
0:38:10 > 0:38:12He was always there for me.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15But when he needed my help, I wasn't there for him.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18And then today, I find out that Lois was.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24What's this, Lois?
0:38:27 > 0:38:28You don't know?
0:38:29 > 0:38:30It's a wire core flipline.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34This?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36I don't know.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41Then I'm confused because items just like this were
0:38:41 > 0:38:45bought on your Visa card the day before Simon disappeared.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46Along with...
0:38:46 > 0:38:50a hammock, a small cooker, a harness, water purification
0:38:50 > 0:38:55tablets, clothes, rucksack... Well, the list goes on, as you can see.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58This is a screwgate carabiner, by the way.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Lying in your witness statement is a criminal offence, Lois.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Everyone just assumed Simon was happy.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13His life was so much better now. He had a wife, a job.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16He was in the rat race. He was normal.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19The truth is, he was being crushed.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Stuck in a 9 to 5 with that nightmare man,
0:39:21 > 0:39:26choosing the right baby mobile. He wasn't cut out for it.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28It was driving him crazy.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33He once told me that running in Epping Forest every day was
0:39:33 > 0:39:35the only thing keeping him sane.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41The day before he disappeared, he told me he decided to go.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43To leave Becky?
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Walking away before the baby was born was the kindest
0:39:46 > 0:39:49thing for everyone. That's what he said.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52He needed to buy this stuff to take with him,
0:39:52 > 0:39:56but he couldn't get his own money so I lent him my card.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Where was he going?
0:39:57 > 0:40:00He wouldn't say exactly,
0:40:00 > 0:40:02but somewhere he knew he'd be a lot happier.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04The forest?
0:40:04 > 0:40:05The rainforest.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09But he didn't just want to leave. He wanted to vanish.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10Vanish?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Like Lord Lucan, Reggie Perrin?
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Why?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Because he was terrified of Frank tracking him down
0:40:18 > 0:40:21and because he didn't want the world to judge him.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22For walking out on a baby?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24He was panicking, basically.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Then why did he wait till the next day to leave?
0:40:26 > 0:40:29He wanted to see his mum and brother one last time.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30And he bought all this kit
0:40:30 > 0:40:32because he didn't want Becky to find his own stuff missing?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37You also gave him £500 in cash.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41It was all I had left in my account after that.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44You weren't exactly trying to stop him, were you?
0:40:44 > 0:40:47I did keep asking him if he was sure it was the right thing to do.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48The thing is, Lois,
0:40:48 > 0:40:51you and I both know there aren't any rainforests in the UK.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54Simon didn't take his passport.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58He didn't need it.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Yeah, but how does a bloke like him get hold of a fake passport?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04He bought it that lunchtime with the 500 quid
0:41:04 > 0:41:07through a counterfeiter Lois knew on the market.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Who's about to be paid a visit by our colleagues from Hackney.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11It's why Lois didn't say anything before.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14She was worried about being an accessory.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17But she's given us Simon's new name David Tiffany.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20I've ordered a full trace, so this time tomorrow morning,
0:41:20 > 0:41:22we should know where he's been all this time.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24What about that security pass?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Well, maybe he left it with the water bottle to confuse us
0:41:27 > 0:41:28and a fox moved it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30Drink?
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Too right!
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- Steve? - No, I'll catch up later on, OK?
0:41:34 > 0:41:35Boss?
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Err... No, I'm going to hang around for a bit.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39I've got a few things I need to look at.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Oh, come on, Guv'nor! We've done all we can here.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Yeah. I think you deserve it.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44All right. Why not?
0:41:46 > 0:41:47WHISTLE BLOWS
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Right, drop your heads. Ruck! Ruck, ruck, ruck!
0:42:01 > 0:42:02- There you go.- Ta.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06Great work, Stu!
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- Murder, isn't it? Watching your own. - Oh, yeah.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Grandson is it?
0:42:13 > 0:42:14- Sorry?- Out there?
0:42:14 > 0:42:18Oh, no, no. I was just passing, you know.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- Not a scout, are you?- No.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22Oh, well done, Stu!
0:42:25 > 0:42:28So that's your son, is it?
0:42:28 > 0:42:29- Stepson.- Oh, right.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33So, what's...
0:42:33 > 0:42:34He's a good lad?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Top bloke. No trouble at all.
0:42:37 > 0:42:38Oh, that's great. Yeah.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43Oh! So what, does that run in the family, the rugby?
0:42:43 > 0:42:45No. He was a footballer before.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- His dad brainwashed him.- Oh! HE LAUGHS
0:42:49 > 0:42:54Right. So how does his dad feel about the conversion?
0:42:54 > 0:42:57No idea. He's dead, hopefully.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- Nasty piece of work.- Ah.
0:43:01 > 0:43:02FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS
0:43:02 > 0:43:04OK, guys. That's it. Well done.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Stu, brilliant! See you next week, all right?
0:43:06 > 0:43:09Well done. Well done, mate. In you step, guys.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11- That's great stuff!- Cheers.
0:43:16 > 0:43:17Come on, let's have a cup of tea.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Hello, mate.
0:43:33 > 0:43:34Evening, all.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37- Wasn't sure we'd see you. - Wouldn't have missed it.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43Nah, you're right, though. It was hilarious, wasn't it?
0:43:43 > 0:43:45- Do you ever watch it, Steve? - What's that?
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Reggie Perrin.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Oh, Reggie Perrin? Yeah, I absolutely love that show!
0:43:49 > 0:43:51- Yeah, it's great.- Classic! - Yeah, yeah. Fantastic.
0:43:51 > 0:43:58INAUDIBLE CHAT
0:44:06 > 0:44:11INAUDIBLE
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Here, I tell you what.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Fancy popping down to the Feathers? They're open till one.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43Couple of cheeky ones there, quick kebab and the night bus home.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46- What do you say? - Umm... No, thank you.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49- Danny?- I'm heading home myself in a sec, so...
0:44:49 > 0:44:50All right. See you in the morning.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54I really needed this. Night, both.
0:44:54 > 0:44:55BOTH: Good night.
0:44:57 > 0:44:58Right.
0:45:00 > 0:45:01Another?
0:45:02 > 0:45:04No, thank you.
0:45:04 > 0:45:05OK.
0:45:09 > 0:45:10But we can talk.
0:45:17 > 0:45:23You...you overheard me on the phone yesterday, didn't you?
0:45:25 > 0:45:28So you're probably wondering what it was all about.
0:45:30 > 0:45:36Well, my dad died 38 years ago today.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38At 9.43pm.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47I always dread today. But especially this year.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49Can I ask why?
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Cos I'm now older than he was when it happened.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00So I'm in unchartered waters.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05Complicated, eh?
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Not really.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11I just wanted to check that you were...all right.
0:46:13 > 0:46:14Thank you.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18I'm glad I didn't spend it on my own.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21- Shall we?- Yeah.
0:46:32 > 0:46:38So much for exposure therapy. Now I feel like I'm being watched.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40She's made it bleeding worse.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43HE GROANS
0:46:47 > 0:46:51OK. You're Simon. You've got to hide a load of gear overnight,
0:46:51 > 0:46:54but you've got a paranoid wife stuck indoors,
0:46:54 > 0:46:57a suspicious father-in-law waiting for you at work,
0:46:57 > 0:46:58so where do you put it?
0:46:58 > 0:47:03- Somewhere in here, I suppose. - Right. This was Simon's privacy.
0:47:03 > 0:47:07Now roughly here is where Simon's water bottle was found.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09- Right.- Which has intrigued me from the start
0:47:09 > 0:47:12because Simon's not the sort of bloke to drop litter.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14- No. No.- Maybe he was distracted.
0:47:14 > 0:47:18Which is why I think he stored the gear nearby.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Yeah, but where?
0:47:21 > 0:47:22Where?
0:47:32 > 0:47:34RUSTLING
0:47:34 > 0:47:36- What was that?- What?!
0:47:36 > 0:47:39For God's sake, you're supposed to be calming me down.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48This is a waste of time.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50The first lot would have found something.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52They didn't know Simon had a rucksack to hide.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57And there's something else I doubt they took into account.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59What?
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Simon was a chimpanzee.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07HE GROANS
0:48:09 > 0:48:11God.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14Look, I'm sorry, mate, but all I can see is branches.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17There.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20It's a bit of rope, isn't it?
0:48:20 > 0:48:23I'll bet you a fiver that's a wire-core flip-line.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29Nice work, Danny.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Cost me a fiver.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35So now we know why Simon spoke to Bob Foley that morning.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38To vanish, he needed a witness to put him in those trees.
0:48:38 > 0:48:42So he made a point of speaking to someone he knew would remember.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50So he leaves Bob...
0:48:56 > 0:49:00..runs to the tree, climbs up and takes his rucksack down.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02But he's in a hurry.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07All he's thinking is he can't be spotted.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13But no-one saw a jogger fitting Simon's description lugging
0:49:13 > 0:49:16a bleeding great rucksack come out the forest.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19No. But he's got new clothes now, hasn't he.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26Simon Belgrade disappeared. David Tiffany emerged.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31He probably walked right past Bob Foley.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35So where's he going?
0:49:35 > 0:49:36We don't know.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40There's no record that that passport was ever used.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42No record of him being on a plane.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44No record that David Tiffany ever existed.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46What, Lois made it up?
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Or someone got to him before he got on a plane.
0:49:48 > 0:49:53Hang on, hang on, hasn't Simon blown all Lois' cash on his passport?
0:49:53 > 0:49:55Then how did he pay for a plane ticket?
0:49:55 > 0:49:58- He needs to borrow more money. - From somebody he can trust.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01But someone who might have a motive to kill him.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Dom Akers.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06He found out that Simon and Lois were lovers.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08Simon phoned him and asked to meet.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12Dom arranged for a baby-sitter and went...where?
0:50:12 > 0:50:16Somewhere quiet, well away from CCTV, somewhere they both know.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19The Sunday lake.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21I'll go and ask Eliza.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26I reckon Simon traced this lake from a map, you know.
0:50:26 > 0:50:27Look how precise it is.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32So all we've got to do is check every lake
0:50:32 > 0:50:35and pond in Epping Forest and match it to that.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37Good idea, Gerry.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39There's over 100 of them!
0:50:39 > 0:50:41Tim, Steve McAndrew here.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43We need to know the lake in Epping Forest
0:50:43 > 0:50:45you all used to go to on Sundays.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Could you give me a call back please. Thanks. Bye.
0:50:58 > 0:50:59Boys, this is pointless.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Hang on. Hang on.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05Bingo!
0:51:16 > 0:51:19HE MOANS
0:51:20 > 0:51:22GROANING
0:51:27 > 0:51:29N-no. I'm sorry, boys, I can't...do this.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31You can, Gerry. Come one.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34I can't, I can't, I'm sorry. I'll see you in the car park.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36OK.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39Come on.
0:51:39 > 0:51:40I've lost the signal.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Steve! Danny!
0:52:06 > 0:52:08HE WHISTLES
0:52:29 > 0:52:31PHONE BEEPS
0:52:31 > 0:52:33Bleeding phone!
0:52:39 > 0:52:41THE LEAVES RUSTLE
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Oi! Oi!
0:53:30 > 0:53:32TEXT ALERT
0:53:36 > 0:53:38WATER SPLASHES
0:54:11 > 0:54:14I'm Gerry Standing. From the Metropolitan Police.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16You met my two colleagues.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19Now listen, son, you've got a choice here.
0:54:19 > 0:54:24You kill me too or you bolt for it.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27The thing is, I don't think you're really a killer.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30I think what happened with Simon was just in the heat of the moment.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33And I bet you've been hating yourself ever since.
0:54:34 > 0:54:38But I don't see you as a bolter either.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40So you've got another choice.
0:54:47 > 0:54:53The thing is, I was sure I could stop him from going.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56We arranged to meet so I could give him money for his flight.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59But how could he leave Becky and the baby?
0:54:59 > 0:55:01I was going to have it out with him.
0:55:01 > 0:55:06- She broke her promise! - So? Be a man about it, you prick!
0:55:06 > 0:55:09Dad would be so disappointed.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11- He wouldn't.- You know he would.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14I knew that would do it.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17Dad said he would always trust my judgment.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19- Course he did. - He said those exact words.
0:55:19 > 0:55:23Right. Was that before or after you screwed up Tree Walkers?
0:55:23 > 0:55:25Dad gave me all his savings to set that up.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28That's how much he trusted me.
0:55:28 > 0:55:31That's not true.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33He wouldn't have done that.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35I knew when Si was lying.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39He wasn't lying.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43Everything started spinning.
0:55:44 > 0:55:50With a fraction of Dad's savings, I could have followed my passion.
0:55:50 > 0:55:55My whole life would have been different, but Dad told
0:55:55 > 0:55:59me to abandon my dream then gave the money to Si to chase his.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05Dad would have been better off burning it!
0:56:05 > 0:56:10I think you're right. The way your father treated you was unfair.
0:56:10 > 0:56:14He made me live the life he wished he'd had.
0:56:15 > 0:56:20University, the sensible, well-paid job.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25That's not fair! That is just not fair!
0:56:25 > 0:56:27CRUNCHING NOISE
0:57:04 > 0:57:12Sometimes, in my mind, I pretend I gave Si that money and let him go.
0:57:15 > 0:57:22And when I do, I always see him in a forest somewhere.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27Alone.
0:57:30 > 0:57:31And content.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36They fuck you up, your mum and dad
0:57:36 > 0:57:38They may not mean to, but they do
0:57:38 > 0:57:41They fill you with the faults they had
0:57:41 > 0:57:44Then add some extra just for you.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46You said all that to Tim by the lake?
0:57:46 > 0:57:48No, just the first line. I looked the rest up later.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51- Nice one, Gerry.- I tell you what, your Janice is a genius.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54Yeah, but she wasn't the one in the woods, was she.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56Is that you cured now?
0:57:56 > 0:57:59I can't see me joining the Friends of Epping Forest any time soon,
0:57:59 > 0:58:02- but who knows. Who's for a drink?! - That will be me.
0:58:02 > 0:58:05No, Holly's cooking a mushroom stroganoff.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07Urgh! Not death caps, I hope.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09Guv'nor, you ready for another big night?
0:58:09 > 0:58:11Already planned one.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14I'm going to go home, microwave a curry and watch some rubbish telly.
0:58:14 > 0:58:16Normal service is resumed.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19- Night, Guv. Night, Danny. - Night. Good night.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21- Night.- Good night.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26- Danny?- Yeah?
0:58:28 > 0:58:30Good to have you with us.
0:58:36 > 0:58:38# It's all right It's OK
0:58:38 > 0:58:41# Doesn't really matter if you're old and grey
0:58:41 > 0:58:44# It's all right I say it's OK
0:58:44 > 0:58:47# Listen to what I say
0:58:47 > 0:58:49# It's all right, doing fine
0:58:49 > 0:58:52# Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine
0:58:52 > 0:58:55# It's all right I say it's OK
0:58:55 > 0:58:58# We're gettin' to the end of the day. #
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