After the Flood (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

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He was just living his life.
I'm sorry.
'It's Chris.
Chris from the car park.
'I'm calling
about our locked room mystery.'
That's Alex Welland.
Daniel Eden's still on the board
for now, but not a priority.
Tasha Eden, she was with a man
and another woman
a pregnant lady.
This is the room
he wanted to show me.
There's nothing here.
The whole point of that place
is it's eco-friendly.
That doesn't offset the fact that
Jack Radcliffe's flooding the town.
Dan looked after all the money
for Nanta.
All I do know is that
over one hundred grand is gone.
No, Chris!
Round the back.
You OK?
Yeah. Yeah, think so.
Do we know who it is?
Chris Robinson, the caretaker
who found the body in the lift.
I saw him hanging through the window
around the side
..hanging from the bannister.
What? You were here on a job?
I thought Roy had you on desk duty.
Yeah, I'm here for Pat's sister.
Erm Robinson got fired
from his job today
didn't respond very well,
wouldn't hand his security pass in.
Kelly worried that it would
just make things worse for him,
so I said I'd pop round
and have a word.
CID and CSI are on their way.
Gibbo, get a first account from Jo.
When you've done your statement,
get off home, all right?
Yeah, thanks.
Do it out here?
Yeah.
Mackie just called. So
I, erm
I have to tell you something.
How did you find him?
Yeah, not about tonight.
I put the lift man's DNA
into an online genealogy database.
I know. I know.
I didn't think it through.
I just
I thought I might find something,
but I found a match.
Tasha Eden?
Yeah, who then turned up
at our house.
When?
The other night.
She'd tracked me down
because, as far as she's concerned,
her brother died five years ago,
except, of course, he didn't.
He hadn't died.
He'd faked his own death
and become Alex Welland,
who then dies two days
before the flood.
Or is killed murdered.
For what? By who? And who knows?
That's what I'm trying to work out.
On your own.
Yeah, because
OK, technically, in submitting
the DNA, I did break the law.
There's nothing technical
about it, Jo.
So, it was you with Tasha Eden
at the Nanta office?
Nanta is Tasha's nickname.
That's why that name jumped out
to her
when she saw the responses
to the lift man's E-FIT.
And tonight, you find the caretaker
because you're at his house.
I met him when the body was found
in the lift,
and I saw him again after I'd looked
at the crime scene photos,
and a red car that I REMEMBER seeing
wasn't there, so I just
I just went back to ask him
if he remembered it, and he didn't,
but I did then find out that
that is a Jack Radcliffe building.
Chris showed me round the offices
cos they've never been used,
but the one nearest to the lift
has had its lock changed,
and Chris is surprised, you know,
he says, if I'm interested,
he'll let me know
when he's got a new key, and he did.
He left me a message saying
that he'd found something weird,
and to meet him there.
So I turn up, he doesn't,
but I do get to look
inside that room, and
compared to the others,
it's been, like, cleaned,
like, like, scrubbed.
I mean, why that room?
Why none of the others?
Er You say he left you a message?
Yeah. Yeah. Erm
Here.
'You have
one new message.'
'Hello there! It's Chris.
Chris from the car park.
'I'm calling
about our locked room mystery.
'Finally gotten it open.
'I think you're gonna enjoy
taking a look inside.
'It's a proper head scratcher.
'Anyway, come by anytime today,
see for yourself.'
Whoa, no, Pat, what are you doing?
You can't delete that,
that's evidence.
Yeah, against you!
But, Pat No, that's perverting
the course of justice.
Jo, you can't carry out
your own investigation.
You didn't even have permission
to go back to the car park.
They'll crucify you.
And you're gonna be a bloody good
detective one day, so just stop.
Really, just stop,
or that will be it,
especially if they find out
about all this DNA stuff.
Look, just
Just think
about what your dad would say.
You really think he'd want you
to throw your career away
before it'd even begun? No.
So just
..leave it alone. Leave it to CID.
What?
I told Mackie
I was out at the caretaker's
doing Kelly a favour,
getting Chris's security pass back.
Well, you better start being
nice to her, then.
I'll have a word.
God, why did he kill himself?
Didn't seem the type.
Is there a type?
Hm.
Right. Bed. Come on.
You can tell me
all about Tasha Eden.
What's she like?
God, I dunno.
She's still reeling from the fact
that her brother wasn't dead,
and now he is and was murdered,
but
I dunno. I like her.
Hey.
How you feeling?
I don't know.
There's so much
that doesn't make sense.
And you're not helping.
Yeah? Well, I'm also finding out
I didn't know him.
What?
You know
The man who was here before
when you said
he was to do with work,
that must mean he knew Daniel?
Tasha, come on, man.
Please, look.
I know you're looking for answers.
Right, I get it.
But sometimes,
there just aren't any.
So if I were you
..I would go home tomorrow.
You want me to go?
Then I'm definitely going to stay.
OK.
Suit yourself.
Having a shower in the evening?
That's new.
I'm off early in the morning.
It's the selection interviews.
I mean, why bother?
Who'd vote for your mob these days?
Parliamentary candidate
will be as good as it gets.
Hey, you know the best cover-up
for people having an affair,
apparently, is running.
You jog off, meet up,
do the business, come home,
and cos you've done 5K,
in the shower, no questions asked.
You should take it up.
The fostering agency need to know
if we're taking that girl.
We've had that conversation. No.
We've fostered for 20 years.
I'm thinking about me now
about me and getting to Westminster.
And jiggy-jogging.
Your obsession with me
having an affair is ridiculous.
If Jack and I are close
it's because
that's what our jobs demand.
Ho-ho!
Have a lie-in. You're not in today.
Oh, tell that to this one.
It's on the move. Look.
Aw! Come here. Come here.
Aw!
That's amazing.
Ew! Ugh! Gross. Yuck. Put it away.
Good morning, Sophie.
Hi, Sophie.
Er, Soph, is your mum up yet?
Yeah, they're out at the house,
seeing what can be saved.
I'm in this morning.
Oh, it's all right.
I'll pop in and see her.
You give us a lift, yeah?
Mm-hm.
Mm.
Where are you going?
I'm just getting my waterproofs.
Morning. If you haven't heard,
Chris Robinson,
the caretaker
who discovered the body in the lift,
was found dead last night.
Apparent suicide.
Yeah. I've spoken to his employer,
Jack Radcliffe,
who's informed us
that he fired Chris yesterday
for involvement in a parking scam.
Before leaving this to CID, though,
I just want to complete
a few enquiries, so, Babak,
you're with me this morning.
For the rest of you
..following receipt
of the DNA results,
Tasha Eden's
formally identified the body
as that of her brother,
Daniel Eden.
And it turns out, we could have a
minor criminal family on our hands.
Daniel and his father
were investigated
for fraudulent accounting here
in 2005.
The father, a French national,
then did time in Marseille
for similar offences,
and Miss Eden herself
has been arrested
for affray and assault, so
she is also a person of interest
now.
Let's, erm Let's get her in.
Yes? You have a problem with that?
I
Well, only in so far as
she can't be a suspect.
She wasn't even in the country
when her brother was killed.
That doesn't mean
she isn't involved.
Well, then, why come forward
and make an identification?
Well, perhaps she needs Daniel's
death to be formally recognised.
Maybe it's to do with
the inheritance or the business.
We know she was at the Nanta offices
with an unidentified male,
could be someone she's working with,
could be the killer.
She also told us yesterday
she'd never heard of Alex Welland,
which is bullshit if she's at Nanta.
Shall I go on?
Let's go. Come on, Babak.
You found Robinson, the caretaker?
Yes, sir.
While "helping your sister"?
Sister-in-law, yeah.
Right, right,
cos desk duty was an order.
Hey. When you don't have a shift,
don't come in.
What you trying to do?
Make the rest of us look bad?
I was just getting my raincoat.
Aw, Jo. What you doing?
Everyone in this street
was really lucky last time
cos you didn't get flooded,
but if it rains
like they say it's gonna rain,
you could get done,
because everywhere's waterlogged.
Yeah? If it does flood,
this thing here
will stop the top half of your homes
from getting ruined.
You just stuff it down the toilet
with a towel.
Courtesy of the Flood Relief Fund!
Didn't know
you could do that.
Brilliant.
Rob, give us a hand, sweetheart.
So, yeah, just, you know, remember,
get yourself a flood kit together.
Yeah, dry clothes, medicine,
insurance documents.
I'm gonna come round
and fit yours myself.
We've got a downstairs
and upstairs lavatory.
And a stairlift.
Right, well, all right.
It's all right.
We'll sort it for you.
Molly? Hiya. I'm gonna shout.
Can I have your attention, please?
Thank you.
On the hour, they're gonna test
the flood warning sirens, all right?
But it is just a test!
Right, but at any other time,
follow the flood drill
and get to safety.
But the sirens
you will hear shortly are a test!
And if they don't work,
like last time,
Sergeant Mackie will come round
and do an imitation of one.
Double act.
I've heard about these.
Yeah, really good.
Wish we had more.
If Jack Radcliffe gave us
the five grand he owed us, we would.
He hasn't paid?
No. Look.
All the benefits
without having to cough up.
What a snake.
How's Sarah?
70 miles away, getting interviewed
to be a Tory candidate
in a by-election.
Can you be a councillor and an MP?
Could she still live in Waterside?
I'll let you know when I'm told.
Molly!
Molly! Sorry, excuse me. Molly.
Guess what?
Hang on. Walk and talk.
Er, go on. I'll follow you.
Sorry, sweetheart. Go on.
So the council have signed off
on Uplands Eco Housing.
What do you mean?
Well, they're saying it's finished.
It's passed all inspections.
Hang on, what about all the water
running off the hill?
Yeah. Right. What about it?
They don't care, and to prove it,
they're putting in planning
applications to double the size
of Uplands Two
on the same hillside.
Fuck off.
It's all online for anyone to see,
with Jack Radcliffe promising ponds
and swales again.
It's the same Chair of Planning,
Sarah Mackie,
so they know
exactly what they're doing.
Oh, go away.
What's up?
- Nothing. It's, erm, some uni stuff.
- Molly, love?
Right. I'm coming! Do you know,
I'm gonna think of Jack and Sarah
when I'm stuffing this
down the toilet.
All right. Off we go.
All right.
Come on.
Oh, hey, Jo.
Seeing what we can salvage,
precious bits and pieces.
Keith, I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry. I didn't realise
you'd had it this bad.
It's just where we've measured
Sophie's height that I mind losing,
you know, can't wash that down
and put it in a box.
Hm.
Listen, you can stay with us
for as long as you'd like.
No need, thanks.
Jack's sorted us a place on Uplands.
We'll be out of your hair
by tonight.
Oh, well, that's good.
Yeah, it's great.
Thanks for everything, though.
Ooh. Sorry, work.
Erm Kelly?
Kelly?
Listen, I do wanna thank you
for everything, actually.
Oh. Oh. No, God, I mean,
I should've been more welcoming.
I just, erm
I just wanted to say
that I'm sorry about Chris Robinson.
Oh, God, yeah. Awful.
Jack rang this morning. The police
had called to let him know,
and he was in a right state
cos, you know,
if he hadn't sacked him
Course, yeah.
And I liked Chris.
He were funny when he weren't upset.
Yeah. I was the one that found him,
actually Found his body.
You? Oh, God, are you OK?
Yeah, I'm fine.
I mean, it's horrible, but
He hung himself.
Mm.
Er, the thing is, I, erm
I told my colleagues
that I was round at Chris's
picking up his security pass
for you.
For me?
Mm. Why?
Well, I've been investigating
things a bit above my pay grade,
and there was there was
something I wanted to ask Chris,
but I'm only a trainee, so
just was wondering,
if anybody asks
would you mind backing me up?
Yeah. Yeah, sure. No problem.
I mean, I owe you one.
Several, actually.
OK, thank you. Thanks.
No, don't be daft.
Just wish Jack hadn't been so hard
on Chris.
I mean, if you change the lock,
don't sack the security guy
cos he gets a new key.
But then Jack's been stressed
ever since he had
that construction plant stolen
six, seven weeks ago, so
Sorry, I thought
that Chris was sacked
for renting out parking spaces?
Well, yeah, that as well,
but it was the key
that set Jack off.
I mean, I thought
he were gonna deck Chris.
He went nuts.
Now feels bad, of course.
Made him generous, though.
Letting us have an Uplands house
for as long as we need.
How long's that gonna be?
Excuse me.
Excuse me!
This is a construction site,
I'm sorry,
but you can't just walk in
off the street. You knew my brother.
What's his name?
To me, he's Daniel Eden.
To you, Alex Welland.
OK.
He and Lee Ellison worked together.
I know you know Lee
because I saw you together
at his place yesterday.
Yeah, so I'd like to know
what you can tell me
about my brother.
I have some very important clients
arriving, and, erm
no offence, but your brother
wasn't a man of his word.
Now, for all I know, that could be
a trait in your family, so, erm
if you wanna talk
..well it has to be
..mutually beneficial.
OK.
Yeah? Right.
Who's William Caine?
William Caine? Mm.
Don't know, never heard of him.
William Caine owns this piece
of land we're standing on.
Well, maybe co-owns it with you
now that your brother's dead,
so where is he?
I told you, I don't know him.
OK, this conversation's over. Mal!
Did you kill my brother?
I've seen you lose your temper.
And if you're angry with Lee, maybe
you were even angrier with Daniel.
Do you know, I am not having
the best day of my life right now.
Hey, did you kill my brother?
No, I did not kill your brother.
But if it's any consolation
his death is fucking things up
for me, big time,
and it's costing me a packet.
Sorry for your loss.
Do you wanna escort her off?
OK, then.
Do you know, I've spoken
to the police already today,
and I don't mind calling 'em back.
OK.
OK.
So, Jack Radcliffe hasn't had
a planning application rejected
since Sarah Mackie became
Chair of Planning four years ago.
What, have they been shagging
all that time?
Eh?
Oh, sorry. No, er
What I'm saying is Jack and Sarah
are working the system.
What, breaking the law?
No. No, no, no. They don't have to.
Sorry, I don't understand.
Right, so basically,
to get, erm, planning permission
on a housing development
in this country,
you've got to show
that you're gonna put in, like,
water retention basins and ponds.
Right.
Erm, to hold the water
that would otherwise run off.
Right,
but once you've started building,
it's up to you
whether you put 'em in or not
because it's not mandatory,
it's just recommended.
Well, that can't be right.
Right.
Yeah, you mean you do that 60 miles
down the road in Wales,
yeah, you'd be breaking the law,
but here, no.
The government keep saying they're
gonna make it a legal requirement,
but THIS evening,
Jack and Sarah are pushing through
planning applications
for Uplands Two.
So they won't be subject to any sort
of changes in the law like that.
They're working the system,
knowing that they are making
Waterside
more vulnerable to flooding,
that they're gonna ruin
people's lives and worse.
Right. What can we do to fuck it up?
Seen another red car?
Ha.
Why are we meeting here?
Chris Robinson's house,
where he died.
Yeah, and?
Why was Chris sacked?
For renting out parking spaces.
Correct, but also because he got
into that locked office.
Jack went ballistic, apparently.
His PA said she actually felt scared
for Chris.
Jo, what are you saying?
I'm saying
Just wanna see
if there's any CCTV around here.
Yeah because?
Cos what if Chris
didn't take his own life?
What if he was murdered?
Tasha Eden?
We'd like to invite you
down to the station for a chat.
Can I say no?
Yeah, it's voluntary.
But that could change.
I mean,
it's crappy door-cam footage,
but it's from a house
almost opposite Chris Robinson's.
It's a blurred figure
walking towards
Chris Robinson's blurred house.
You didn't even see if he
goes in or not.
It's from before he died, though.
And we've got why Chris
was sacked now.
That's still hearsay at the moment.
OK, he was also sacked
for renting out parking spaces,
one of which would have been
for your red car,
which maybe belonged to the killer.
Yeah, but no-one else remembers it.
Everyone else goes, "What red car?"
The cleaned room, then,
and the changed lock,
you passed that info on to Babak.
Who's probably done nothing with it.
Yes, well, I've been asking round,
and no local cleaning company's
touched that building,
meaning someone's
done it themselves.
Yeah, but, Deepa,
if we go to DCI Roy,
something has to be concrete,
and nothing is!
OK.
But if Chris's suicide
wasn't suicide,
we can't sit on this.
There has to be a way
to move it forward.
You said Pat was great
about everything last night.
Go to Pat.
Tasha, can you confirm that,
in an earlier statement,
you said that you believed
Daniel died five years ago?
Yes.
And you haven't seen
or spoken to him in that time?
Do you think I go to seances?
No, I ask because, in that case,
how did you know about Nanta?
It's a business that was formed
after you thought Daniel died.
It's only been in existence
three years.
Also, Daniel isn't registered
as the owner, Alex Welland is,
yet you still went
to the Nanta offices, why?
Nanta was Daniel's nickname for me.
I tried my luck online,
put it in and the office came up.
And who was the man you were with
at Nanta? What's his name?
You don't know his name?
Well, if it looks like
I'm struggling to believe you,
you'll be right,
because I have information
that suggests you knew
perfectly well Daniel was alive.
My father and I
heard my brother died
on the 5th of May, 2019,
at 4:20 in the afternoon,.
He'd been in a motorcycle accident
in the Philippines.
Tasha, Daniel flew to France
three and a half weeks ago.
To Nimes.
12 miles from your home
in Gallargues-le-Montueux.
There's more.
Your brother in Vergeze,
four miles from Gallargues.
And then, in Gallargues itself,
at the bottom of the road,
where you live.
So, Tasha,
which of my previous questions
would you like to revisit first?
No.
You've got all this,
but what are you doing
about who killed Daniel?
Where are you with the one thing
that really matters? Nowhere!
Please. Please, sit down.
No, fuck off!
Putain de merde.
I am allowed to go.
What are you doing?
Look where you're going!
Tasha! Tasha?!
Tasha, what's wrong?
Hey, hey, what's happened?
Daniel came out to France
last month.
What?
He was at the end of my road.
They've got photos of him.
And it's him.
Why would he come and not see me?
This is like going mad,
this is like someone's using me,
cos now they're saying I'm involved,
and next, it'll be I'm why he died.
And Lee tells me nothing.
Even when I've seen him
and Jack Radcliffe arguing.
And I fucking hate everyone!
Jo. Jo.
What did she say?
I'm not sure, she's upset,
but if anyone thinks
she's tied up in this,
it's ridiculous.
Jo, as ever, you don't know that.
No, she's here because of me!
And if you're looking at her,
you're not looking at whoever it was
went round to Chris Robinson's house
last night before he died.
Look.
It's inconclusive, but
It's not inconclusive,
it's nothing.
You have just ignored
everything we talked about.
What, because I spoke to Kelly?
No. Coming into the briefing room
earlier, piping up.
You just can't stop, can you?
They're focusing on Tasha,
who has nothing to do with this.
You've known that woman
for five minutes.
I am trying to do the right thing,
Pat.
Right, well, why don't you try
and do the right thing for us,
or just me?
Because I could get busted
for covering up for you,
but, no, I always come last
with you.
No, that's not fair.
Not fair?
You lied to me
about when our baby was due!
Look, I have said sorry about that,
and I will say it again.
I am sorry, but I'm trying to say
something valid here.
And me not telling you
about when the baby was due,
that wasn't about you.
So, what was it about, then?
Trying to get ahead,
trying to get on the course,
trying to become a detective?
I mean, how maternal can you get?
Do you even want this baby?
Do you know a lot of couples
break up after the first baby?
It's like
one in five in the first year.
Is that what this is?
Is that what
is at the heart of all this?
Do you
Do you want to be with me?
Oh, God.
No
No, no, go on,
just sink our careers
while I go and try and find
Tasha fucking Eden!
There you go.
Thanks, Mum.
So what's up, hey,
what's the matter?
I'm just
I'm in too deep.
I'm way out of my depth,
and Pat is yelling, "Stop!"
and I probably should,
but I'm onto something
that no-one else is looking at,
but I can't make everyone see
what I can see
without losing my job!
If Dad had been in this situation,
what do you think he'd have done?
You're the one that's like him.
Ask yourself. What do you think?
Oh, God, stay where you are.
It's Mackie.
He always tells Pat where I am.
I feel sorry for him.
For Mackie, why?
Because Sarah's playing away
with Jack Radcliffe.
What?
Yeah.
Big yeah. For years.
Oh, God. I hate that. I hate that.
If you're not happy with someone,
just end it.
Don't cheat on 'em, just leave.
Yeah.
Oh, actually, Finn's gonna be here
in a minute. Do you want anything?
Oh, no, I'm fine, thanks.
OK.
So, when Jack Radcliffe
bought that brownfield site
across the river,
he announced it was gonna be
the access road for Uplands Two.
Then he sells the site
to a firm called Nanta,
which is odd, because it's,
like, essential, isn't it?
But then the new owner,
Alex Welland,
lets Jack do exactly
what he was gonna do anyway -
build his access road.
Look at what else Jack's doing.
Building drainage outlets.
Yeah.
So, Alex Welland bought land
off Jack Radcliffe?
Yeah, Welland owns it,
him and William Caine,
but something's going on, isn't it?
Because they're letting Jack
build a drainage outlets
on a piece of land
he doesn't even own any more.
Can I have a look at them?
Yeah.
Who's William Caine?
There's a planning meeting
about it tonight
with Sarah Mackie chairing.
We're gonna hijack it.
So, Alex Welland and William Caine
are working with Jack Radcliffe?
I mean, it's weird, isn't it?
But I'm still finding stuff out,
and this is the latest,
so, apparently,
when you own land next to a river,
you have the right
to discharge water into it,
so is that
what Jack's planning to do?
So, Jack's gonna feed run-off water
from the new Uplands
directly into the river?
Yeah, I mean, it'd be legal,
but it would increase
the chance of flooding.
If not for Waterside,
then definitely the next towns
down the river.
Sorry.
That pin I sent,
that's where Lee lives, in a barn,
with shipping containers outside.
OK, thanks. How are you doing?
'I can't believe
he was in my street.
'Daniel was in my street.'
That close, so close.
And I've been thinking about
when he used to visit in the summer,
which I loved, but he'd always
go off on his own each trip,
never saying where he was going
or who he was meeting.
And where are you now?
What are you doing?
Cos they're looking for you again.
'I have to go.'
Oh, my God. Jo, tell him.
I just think
being here's more important.
Do both!
His final exams start tomorrow!
Yeah, so what?
Final exams for what?
I mean, we're in the middle
of something here.
This is the moment.
Cos if we're not flooding,
we're burning.
This is the fight,
happening right here, right now.
Who cares about getting some degree?
Your grandparents would.
Yeah, do your exams and this.
Why does it have to be
one or the other? It doesn't.
Do both! Go and come back.
Jo, tell him I'm right.
Finn, on this occasion,
do as she says.
Sit them, do it,
and see you next time, yeah?
Mum, I've got a cab coming,
so I'm gonna go.
So, how did the interview go?
Oh, felt good at the time,
always a dangerous sign.
How about you?
Well, the investment people came,
no decision
till the end of the month.
I mean, they say they're committed,
but until they sign,
I'm running on empty.
I mean, they could be in on this,
couldn't they?
They could be out to make me fail,
so that I go under,
then they pick up the pieces.
They need you.
I was asked about Uplands
at the selection.
"The green model
for all future developments."
Not my words, someone on the panel.
Uplands Eco equals Jack Radcliffe.
Hmm.
I, erm
I also had a call
from the police today.
About Chris Robinson.
They asked me
where I was yesterday evening.
I said that we were working.
Did they ask where we were?
Yeah, course they did.
Why wouldn't they?
What if this gets back to Mackie?
What did you want me to say?
What would you have said?
Sarah, what are you gonna say?
Deepa,
I'm sending you a location pin.
Do nothing. It's just so you know
where I've gone.
Tell you about it tomorrow.
Oi.
Lee?
Jo, what you doing here?
So, you know Jack Radcliffe.
You work with Jack Radcliffe,
you're in dispute
with Jack Radcliffe.
That changes things.
By the way, anyone who misses me
will very quickly
find a pin for this place.
So, who killed Daniel
and who then put his body
in Jack's building?
I don't know.
I don't know, Jo.
I didn't.
Right, so why have you lied?
Cos it's starting to come across
as if you didn't care about him,
and if you didn't care
I didn't tell you everything
because what's the fucking point!?
Really?
You wouldn't understand, Jo.
Try me.
Because you're police.
Yeah, so try me.
Or I can call this in
and trigger that pin-drop.
Yeah, all right, fine.
We take each other down.
No, no, no, no.
Just don't, all right?
Nothing but the truth.
OK.
14 months ago, to raise finances,
Jack sold me and Daniel
the riverside brownfield site
on the understanding that whatever
deal he was working on then,
when that came through,
he would pay us back double
what we paid for it.
So, we bit his hand off.
Now, this site
was the access road for Uplands Two,
so he couldn't do without it,
it was a guaranteed deal.
But then seven weeks ago,
Jack then runs out of money,
he's broke,
he can't get any more credit
and he can't let the investors know
because then they'll pull out,
and that's that.
He'd go bust, we'd lose the money,
and then we'd be left
with a worthless piece
of fucking land, so
Wait, wait, wait.
Jack had a load of plant
stolen last month.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He asked us to steal the gear,
so he could do an insurance job,
which
we didn't wanna do any more,
because me and Daniel,
we were going legit.
But Jack begged us.
So that stuff out there,
that's Jack's?
Yeah.
See, he gets the insurance
and half of what we get
when we sell it abroad.
It should have been long gone,
but Daniel,
Daniel did all the exports.
You see, back in the day, I stole,
Daniel shipped.
That's how we met.
He worked on the docks.
I worked on a fucking farm.
I don't know how to ship fuck all.
So, there it sits,
with Jack getting
more and more irate.
Except today, I finally get a slot
to ship tomorrow.
Which I have to take, Jo.
Because Dan
Dan cleaned me out.
You know,
he emptied our bank account.
Yeah, you told me that.
Well, have some more detail.
Our friendly banker
he let him have it in cash.
Do you ever deal
with organised crime groups?
You think I'm fucking mad?
No, never.
OK, so how does William Caine
fit in to all of this?
You know William Caine?
I don't, no. How do you know him?
I don't, no-one does.
His name just started bubbling up
when Daniel died.
And now suddenly,
his name is on the deeds
for the brownfield site.
So, obviously,
I'm looking for him!
You think he has your money?
Probably.
But, look, Jo, I just
I just want out of this.
I'm fucking done, all right?
I am done, so, please,
for old times' sake
and the baby's sake,
just, please,
let me make that shipment tomorrow.
Moving on to item five,
planning applications
for the proposed
Uplands Eco Housing 2.0 development.
The application is made
by Jack Radcliffe
in relation
to the project Uplands Two
and the proposed expansion.
Yeah, never mind Uplands Two.
Can I just ask the council
why the flood prevention measures
for Jack Radcliffe's first
Uplands Eco Housing development
haven't been built?
No interventions, thank you.
Because they WERE a requirement,
but you signed off on the project
and allowed them not to be built.
I'm sorry,
this is a meeting held in public,
not a public meeting.
When it's clear
that the extra run-off water
from the Uplands contributed
to the worst flood
this town has seen to date!
You will be removed
from the chamber!
Why is Jack Radcliffe
being allowed to build
a second Uplands Eco
housing development?
Would it have anything
to do with the developer
and the chair
having a special relationship?
By which I mean
fucking each other's brains out
in the Uplands show home
of a weekday evening.
Jesus Christ.
A relationship with no benefits
to anyone but themselves!
Sorry, we're authorised
to remove you.
Eric, I got picked ahead of you
on the tug-of-war team, please!
They're screwing each other
and they're screwing the rest of us,
and who knows what else
they're up to?
For example,
would they care to explain
what's going on with Alex Welland
and William Caine
on the riverside site,
also owned by Jack Radcliffe?
Come on, own up! You liars!
Honest to God, Eric,
just leave me alone!
Come on!
Thank you very much.
Liars. Liars, all of you!
Come on, Jo.
Look, I need to get
that shipment away tomorrow.
What do you want?
How can we help each other?
I want to find Daniel's killer.
And the one person who keeps pushing
their way to the front of the queue
is Jack Radcliffe.
Jack was working
with you and Daniel,
Jack owns the building
where Daniel's body was found,
and yesterday, he sacks
the caretaker of that building,
who went home
and, we are led to believe,
hanged himself,
except I know that caretaker
had crossed Jack.
OK.
In what way?
He accessed a locked room that Jack
didn't want anyone going into.
Plus, you're telling me
that Jack's got cashflow problems
that could see him going under
imminently.
Look, all I know for sure
..is he needs the money
that's sitting out there.
Hmm
Enough to kill?