Next Of Kin (2018) s01e04 Episode Script
Episode 4
1 Manning Point will deliver 5,000 jobs in construction alone.
Guy, this is Mr.
Khalid.
- Guy Harcourt, pleased to meet you sir.
- Very good to meet you.
You tried to kill him.
Then you shot me.
It was never anyone's intention to hurt Danish.
- It's me.
- Dani! Look, I don't wanna ask.
I need that money.
- Mr Harcourt? - Yeah.
We'd like you to come with us to the station.
You confirm £12,000 was paid out of your account last night? There's a mistake.
Someone hacked my account.
Guy.
What? Do you think no one would notice? [SHOUTING FROM COMPUTER VIDEO.]
You're under British custody now.
I just need you to identify some people for me.
A simple yes or no will do.
- Yeah.
- That's a positive ID on number three.
- [GUNSHOT.]
- Joe! No, no, no! Mona, you've gotta pick a side.
Talk to Danish.
Persuade him to work with us.
Will you help us? Down by the river By the boats Where everybody goes to be alone Where you won't see any rising sun Down to the river we will run When by the water we drink to the dregs Look at the stones on the river bed I can tell from your eyes You've never been by the riverside [DISTANT VOICES ECHOING.]
[CHILD LAUGHING.]
[THUD.]
[SHUTTER CLANKS OPEN.]
Having reflected hard on your invitation in the last interview, my client would like to offer her assistance.
If If you need me to speak to him I'm afraid that ship has sailed, Dr Harcourt.
Oh What do you mean? DS Townsend was shot dead in Lahore.
What? One of three men murdered whilst trying to make contact with your nephew.
- Where is he now? - Well, you tell us.
Karachi? Learning his trade over the Afghan border? - [BEEP.]
- No, wait.
Wait.
If If you need to find him, I think there may be somebody who can help.
Who? There's There's a young woman.
She works in my brother's clinic.
She visited me when I was in hospital.
[CLUCKING.]
I I should have come earlier.
He's my brother's son.
My colleague will be in touch.
So I've got to ask.
Why didn't they charge you? They erm They made me sign the 0fficial Secrets Act.
Oh, come on.
I've agreed to be a a tasked witness.
Oh, yeah? What does that mean? That's a deal.
It means I might have to talk to Danny.
Try to get him on side.
Does that mean we get our lives back? I hope so.
So, work's been interesting.
Khalid's office found out I got nobbled by the police.
What did they say? That I'm paid to be an asset, not a Liability.
So I'll probably have to wheel you out, scotch any rumours.
Yeah, of course.
It's the least I can do.
Did they ask you about my work? The police? No.
Sure? Yeah, I think I'd remember.
Why? They were digging around in my business account.
It's intrusive.
- Well, you've got nothing to hide.
- Yes, I know that.
Thank you.
Forgive me.
[ENGINE STARTS.]
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
- Mona.
Are you OK? - Yeah.
Everything's fine.
So what did they want? Oh, just some money was missing from the account and the police wanted a statement.
- So they kept you in overnight? - Yeah.
It's not just you that's getting it, you know.
Did he tell you? I had the Feds round my work an' all.
I'm on final notice.
They want to cut my shifts in half, Mon.
Well, if you need any more money, you know where to come.
That's not what I'm saying.
I'm at the sharp end.
I'm the young, proud Muslim.
Do you know how much Islamophobia there is right now? All right, Malcolm X, chill out.
Why don't you move in here? You can kip down with your mum.
There's clearly enough food in the fridge.
You think my life's a joke? Laugh it up.
It's me that's out of a job.
Omar! - Where's Sammi? - In his room.
Did you speak to Danny? The police are looking for him now.
Police? Is he OK? Did he get his papers? Papers? Ticket home.
From the £12,000? Look, I'm sorry, Rahana, - but I really can't talk about it.
- Hey.
Why don't you just give her a bit of space? Yeah? Yeah.
The police took his laptop.
Hey, monster.
What are you doing? RS.
Your room looks tidy.
Hey? Was Uncle Kareem a terrorist? What? No, no.
Where's this coming from, darling? Doesn't matter.
Is it the other kids at school? I'll talk to the school in the morning.
Mum, don't.
OK.
You know, your Uncle Kareem He was the kindest man in the world.
What about Danny? What about him? - Is he a terrorist? - No.
- Did he kill Uncle Kareem? - Of course not.
[SHOUTING.]
[DRINK BEING POURED.]
Those men, in the car, what did they want? Police? Yeah.
Did they ask about your father? Your father.
Great man of science.
Handing out pills like jilebis.
Better than you.
Better than me.
Better than all of us.
Was he a real Muslim? No.
This weakness, shame.
You carry it with you, like this epilepsy.
Where is your sickness? Who is your father? You are.
You wish to be clean? Yeah.
Good.
Here.
This belongs to you.
Never forget where you come from.
Yeah.
We're here.
Thanks.
- More police? - Yeah.
They won't be long.
If that poor boy had a mother of his own.
You can't dump this all on Rahana.
Maybe Danny knows exactly what he's doing.
Maybe 'that poor boy' isn't who we think he is.
What do you mean? What was he doing in Lahore? Kareem told me that he was making a detour before the airport.
What if What if Kareem was going to get Danny but it was a trap and they killed him? - I'm not listening to this.
- What if Danny set it up? [THUD.]
Argh! Ammi! Ooh - Here, let me see.
- It's OK.
Any pain? I gave Danish money for his flight.
He said he wanted to see his father.
What have I done? HART: Now, you need to ask yourself, "That boy that I know and love" has he gone for good? "Or is he still in there?" You know that that video, that hatred.
That's just not who we are.
Now, you have the intercept phone? Yeah.
We've had this script cleared by CPS.
It's not easy.
We need you to read it, learn it and own it.
Everything you say to your nephew on that phone is evidence.
You have to stick to the wording.
He needs to volunteer to help us, of his own free will.
So hang on to the phone, keep it with you at all times.
The next voice you hear may very well be your nephew's.
Do you know if DS Townsend He have any children? Yeah.
RECORDING: You're under British custody.
I'm DS Townsend.
- Do you understand? - DANNY: Yeah.
Right, first we need to identify some people.
A simple yes or no will do.
One? Two? And number three? That's a yes? Then say it.
Say yes.
- Yeah.
- Right.
Thank you.
- Yeah, it's a positive ID on number - [GUNSHOT.]
[SECOND GUNSHOT.]
BARNES: DS Townsend, please respond.
DANNY: No, no! No! No! Now, they're holding some sort of discussion.
- What about? - Don't ask me.
Who confides in an old man? But they are serious types, you know.
Go in.
Hear what they have to say.
They won't bite.
- Assalaam alaikum.
- Waalaikum salaam.
[LEADER SPEAKS IN URDU.]
[ASKS QUESTION IN URDU.]
[ALL REPLY.]
[QUESTIONS AND REPLIES CONTINUE.]
You are all God's chosen.
Of course, there will be an inquiry into his death.
And the Consul's been summoned for a dressing down by the authorities over there.
But you clearly followed procedure.
In essentials.
DS Townsend showed great courage.
I would like that noted.
Of course.
Did he manage to glean anything from the witness, as far as you can tell? Could we have the room, please? Thank you.
I need to ask you for your complete discretion.
Of course.
How much do you know about this man? [LIVELY CHATTER NEARBY.]
[FERVENT SHOUTING ON VIDEO.]
[GUNFIRE ON VIDEO.]
Your mother and father, they're blind to the ugliness .
.
the children, murdered by Yankee bombs in Aleppo.
The answer's staring you right in the face.
Take strength from the word of Allah.
Thanks very much.
This lot's certainly a sight for sore eyes.
It's a bit much for tea.
Oh, I expect you'll make light work of it.
- I'm sure we all will.
- Oh, Mona, this is Simon Coulter.
He's leading the Manning Point deal.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hello.
Hello.
I'm Mr Khalid's Man Friday, Europe and North America.
So what time zone are you in today, then? It doesn't matter.
He never sleeps.
Simon, I understand we've hit some headwinds? Yes.
Infrastructure, Growth and Investment Committee.
- Right.
- It's a cross-party affair, that's the trouble.
- Do you need me to grease the wheels? - No.
It's not that.
I've just heard that the police are investigating Mr Khalid's personal affairs.
- What? - Which branch of the police? I can't tell you that.
Guy, you know anyone you can call? Sure.
I can ask around.
- Does Mr Khalid know? - No.
He'll be disappointed.
- Right.
- Manning Point isn't the only energy project we have on the table at the moment.
- We'll get right on it.
Guy? - Sure.
We were assured that the Treasury had done all the usual checks and everything was good to go.
What? I tell you what, shall we erm? Mona? Of course.
Is it true you were shot? Yes.
- Where? - Oh, just here.
- Jeez! - Tell us, what happened? Well, the moral of the story is, never use a cashpoint in Lahore.
[CHUCKLES.]
[INTERCEPT PHONE BUZZES.]
But you're fighting fit now? - Yes.
- [PHONE BUZZES.]
Sorry.
Please excuse me.
- Danny! - Auntie.
Danny, wait.
Wait.
The The Counter Terrorism Unit, they want to bring you in.
They want you to help them identify enemy insurgents.
- It's up to you - Wait.
It's up to you whether or not you choose to accept but if you do Wait.
Auntie .
.
you need to be aware that this is a potentially dangerous - Wait.
Listen.
Wait.
- What? There was a meeting.
We're on the move.
They say they're gonna do another one.
Another what? Attack.
More attacks.
Wh Where? Danny Danny, where are the attacks? Home.
Back home.
Look, you need to tell me These people are serious.
- [LINE GOES DEAD.]
- Danny? Danny? I won't be long.
Did you hear? Every word.
- Well - No, it's OK.
He's got in contact and he has invaluable information for US.
Now, look.
When he said the attacks would happen 'at home' Well, he meant here, where he was raised.
Isn't that obvious? I just had to be sure.
What do I tell my family? [MAN SPEAKING IN FRENCH ON RADIO.]
[SOFT CLATTERING.]
Sorry.
I - Rahana.
- Yeah? Come sit.
Just trying to clear my head.
[MUSIC IN BACKGROUND.]
[LIVELY CHATTER.]
Hi.
How are you? That looks good.
There you go.
- Are you sure you're OK to do this? - Of course I am.
I'm not gonna miss out on my son's big day, am I? So much food! See? You've got Nani to thank for that.
All right, mate.
Two quid.
Appletiser for your mum, bottle of beer for your dad.
Dad.
It's a bar.
I'm ten.
This is your big chance for a secret sip.
- I'll come with you.
- Wait a minute.
What about me? - What about you? - What am I gonna do with this lot? - Improvise.
- Look at this face.
It's cultural appropriation! - [LAUGHS.]
- Stop moaning, Dad.
All right, you cheeky bugger.
Get me a beer.
Shall we go? Come on, then.
[MUSIC CONTINUES.]
All right, Mrs Harcourt? Mm-hm.
Just getting some air.
[HE SIGHS.]
I don't know what's going on with you.
Yeah, I know.
It's an official secret, so you're gonna tough it out on your own, which is just the way you like it.
Honey Our life, Mona Our life's in that gym.
Dancing his socks off to whatever the hell that was.
[THEY LAUGH.]
Polynesian blues! I'm not a big fan, if I'm honest.
Don't be all charming.
Well, maybe it's a slow burn.
You never know.
I heard Danny today.
How was he? Breakable.
A bit like when he was younger and he started to get ill.
You know what I was thinking? I saw Sammi in there and I thought Well, what if it was him? What, Sammi? No, no, no.
Why? Well, he's ten years old, for a start.
Yeah, but what if in six years' time he's angry with you, me and pissed off with the world, goes online, gets involved - No! What you're saying is insane! - Why? - He's our boy.
- Yeah, and so is Danny.
- Oh, is he? - Yes! OK, I'm sorry if I somehow implied that he wasn't your our flesh and blood.
- And? - Oh, come on, Mona.
He was troubled, all right? His dad's trying to save the planet which is lovely - He was saving lives! - Whatever it was he was doing, it didn't do Danny any bloody good.
Don't talk about my brother like that, all right? - Hey, hey, hey! - Get off me! You know, I saw you today.
At that posh tea with that reptile MP.
- Come on, that was work.
- Yeah, and you were hiding something.
OK, for the record, do you want to know what I was doing, Mona? I was grovelling.
I was grovelling because you broke into my bank account.
- Your bank account? - You got me arrested! You lied to my face.
I mean, Jesus Christ.
I've got the mother-in-law living in the spare room, I'm writing blank cheques to your lazy-arse brother Mona, don't walk away from me.
Yeah, what? I thought I might have done enough to earn my stripes, that I was actually in.
- In what? - Oh, I don't know, Mona.
That bunker you live in that no one's allowed to come into.
What the hell are you talking about? What I'm talking about is.
Why don't you ever fucking trust me? - Guy, come back! - Get off me! I'm sick of it.
You've looked better.
Thanks very much.
[HE SIGHS.]
OK Big ask.
You know those people I'm working with? - Mm'hm? - Well, you remember Muammar Khalid? - I do.
- Well, they've got the fear.
They think he's under some kind of police investigation.
Vivien, I don't know how this works.
What do we do? Is it blink once for yes, twice for no? Where's this coming from? Does it matter? Simon Coulter.
Khalid's Business Affairs guy.
False alarm.
That's what you tell them.
What is going on? And if you take my advice, - you'll walk away.
- I can't.
Why not? You haven't broken any laws? Of course not.
All right.
Just between us.
A big national investment like - Manning Point? - Exactly.
So, the Infrastructure, Growth and Investment Committee, they form what they call an informal task force, run a health check on a prospective investor.
Smokes out any impropriety, financial history, business dealings.
Kompromat.
Anything that might embarrass the government.
Well, last week, Simon calls and he says, 'You need to speak to your friends on the Committee because Mr Khalid can't hang around.
He either signs this contract or he'll take his money elsewhere.
' So there were no questions asked? There was no task force into Khalid? Right.
And you didn't think that he might have something to hide? Well, nothing heavy.
- Guy.
- [TEXT ALERT.]
Yeah, I've got to take this.
- Vivien.
- Look I need to think about who my friends are.
And so do you.
I think you should call Guy.
So when are you going to tell us? Tell you what? Danny.
Pakistan.
Literally anything? I can't, all right? Honestly, Mon, you're morphing into Ami.
The pair of you, acting all tough, sitting on your secrets.
You sound like Guy.
Do you remember that weekend we went camping in the Pennines? Never again! Asians and tents.
- I told him.
- Told him what? I came out.
The only person I trusted.
My spotty, sweet, sports-mad 14-year-old nephew Danny.
I know you think he's gone but he's not.
I promise he's still in there.
[DOOR INTERCOM RINGS.]
Mrs Harcourt? You need to come with me.
[SHIP'S HOOTER SIGNALLING.]
You want anything? I'll come.
Five minutes.
Stop! Shit! Shit! [PANTING.]
Thank you.
Thank you My name is DS Elliot Hart, Counter Terrorism.
- What? - BARNES: Identify the witness.
- Danish Shirani? - Yeah.
How do you know my name? This conversation is being recorded.
Give me your phone.
We've been using it to track you.
Understand? Yeah.
I need to get out of here.
These men, they're terrorists, you know that? It's a potentially dangerous action Yeah.
Just get me out of here! - How many attacks are being planned? - Two.
I heard two.
Can you tell us the targets and timings? No.
They said go to London and wait for the order.
[RINGS BELL.]
Danny, it is essential you help us identify both targets.
I told you, I don't know! This one is a recording device.
Take it with you.
Don't encourage or provoke any action.
Hang on.
No, what? - You're sending me back? - Danny.
No! No way.
I'll come in.
- I'll do anything.
- Danny, stop, you need to listen to me.
No! I'm not! I'm not going back! I'm gonna get you to talk to Danny now, OK? - Lives are at stake.
- I know that.
They're killers! DS Hart, I'm putting her on.
HART: Danny, I need you to hear this from someone you can trust.
What? MONA: Danny.
No.
Tell them.
Come on, tell them I'm not going back.
- No.
Listen to me.
- You bastard.
MONA: You messed up.
Think, all right? - Think about your family.
About - No, no.
Not you and all! About what you've put them through.
Saira, your mum Your dad.
If he made a mistake, he would go back and he would fix it.
They'll kill me.
WOMAN: Two seconds! [SOFTLY.]
This guy's police.
I know that.
Egg and cheese and pickle sandwich.
MONA: He would go back and he would put it right.
So you need to go back and make sure that those bastards pay for what they did to him.
It's your choice.
HART: Danny we haven't got long.
Oi! Feeding time at the zoo.
HART: Heading towards M20, junction 12.
Northbound.
You're doing the right thing.
This is the best way you can help Danny.
These people that Danny is with, they're planning another attack.
Treasury want Manning Point signed and sealed tomorrow.
Cheers! Don't kid yourself, Guy.
Men like Khalid and their pet preachers, they prepare the soil and people die.
Sammi thought they were looking at that video of Kareem.
Come on.
For Sammi.
Are the suspects in sight? Keep visual contact but don't approach.
Delivery.
Guy, this is Mr.
Khalid.
- Guy Harcourt, pleased to meet you sir.
- Very good to meet you.
You tried to kill him.
Then you shot me.
It was never anyone's intention to hurt Danish.
- It's me.
- Dani! Look, I don't wanna ask.
I need that money.
- Mr Harcourt? - Yeah.
We'd like you to come with us to the station.
You confirm £12,000 was paid out of your account last night? There's a mistake.
Someone hacked my account.
Guy.
What? Do you think no one would notice? [SHOUTING FROM COMPUTER VIDEO.]
You're under British custody now.
I just need you to identify some people for me.
A simple yes or no will do.
- Yeah.
- That's a positive ID on number three.
- [GUNSHOT.]
- Joe! No, no, no! Mona, you've gotta pick a side.
Talk to Danish.
Persuade him to work with us.
Will you help us? Down by the river By the boats Where everybody goes to be alone Where you won't see any rising sun Down to the river we will run When by the water we drink to the dregs Look at the stones on the river bed I can tell from your eyes You've never been by the riverside [DISTANT VOICES ECHOING.]
[CHILD LAUGHING.]
[THUD.]
[SHUTTER CLANKS OPEN.]
Having reflected hard on your invitation in the last interview, my client would like to offer her assistance.
If If you need me to speak to him I'm afraid that ship has sailed, Dr Harcourt.
Oh What do you mean? DS Townsend was shot dead in Lahore.
What? One of three men murdered whilst trying to make contact with your nephew.
- Where is he now? - Well, you tell us.
Karachi? Learning his trade over the Afghan border? - [BEEP.]
- No, wait.
Wait.
If If you need to find him, I think there may be somebody who can help.
Who? There's There's a young woman.
She works in my brother's clinic.
She visited me when I was in hospital.
[CLUCKING.]
I I should have come earlier.
He's my brother's son.
My colleague will be in touch.
So I've got to ask.
Why didn't they charge you? They erm They made me sign the 0fficial Secrets Act.
Oh, come on.
I've agreed to be a a tasked witness.
Oh, yeah? What does that mean? That's a deal.
It means I might have to talk to Danny.
Try to get him on side.
Does that mean we get our lives back? I hope so.
So, work's been interesting.
Khalid's office found out I got nobbled by the police.
What did they say? That I'm paid to be an asset, not a Liability.
So I'll probably have to wheel you out, scotch any rumours.
Yeah, of course.
It's the least I can do.
Did they ask you about my work? The police? No.
Sure? Yeah, I think I'd remember.
Why? They were digging around in my business account.
It's intrusive.
- Well, you've got nothing to hide.
- Yes, I know that.
Thank you.
Forgive me.
[ENGINE STARTS.]
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
- Mona.
Are you OK? - Yeah.
Everything's fine.
So what did they want? Oh, just some money was missing from the account and the police wanted a statement.
- So they kept you in overnight? - Yeah.
It's not just you that's getting it, you know.
Did he tell you? I had the Feds round my work an' all.
I'm on final notice.
They want to cut my shifts in half, Mon.
Well, if you need any more money, you know where to come.
That's not what I'm saying.
I'm at the sharp end.
I'm the young, proud Muslim.
Do you know how much Islamophobia there is right now? All right, Malcolm X, chill out.
Why don't you move in here? You can kip down with your mum.
There's clearly enough food in the fridge.
You think my life's a joke? Laugh it up.
It's me that's out of a job.
Omar! - Where's Sammi? - In his room.
Did you speak to Danny? The police are looking for him now.
Police? Is he OK? Did he get his papers? Papers? Ticket home.
From the £12,000? Look, I'm sorry, Rahana, - but I really can't talk about it.
- Hey.
Why don't you just give her a bit of space? Yeah? Yeah.
The police took his laptop.
Hey, monster.
What are you doing? RS.
Your room looks tidy.
Hey? Was Uncle Kareem a terrorist? What? No, no.
Where's this coming from, darling? Doesn't matter.
Is it the other kids at school? I'll talk to the school in the morning.
Mum, don't.
OK.
You know, your Uncle Kareem He was the kindest man in the world.
What about Danny? What about him? - Is he a terrorist? - No.
- Did he kill Uncle Kareem? - Of course not.
[SHOUTING.]
[DRINK BEING POURED.]
Those men, in the car, what did they want? Police? Yeah.
Did they ask about your father? Your father.
Great man of science.
Handing out pills like jilebis.
Better than you.
Better than me.
Better than all of us.
Was he a real Muslim? No.
This weakness, shame.
You carry it with you, like this epilepsy.
Where is your sickness? Who is your father? You are.
You wish to be clean? Yeah.
Good.
Here.
This belongs to you.
Never forget where you come from.
Yeah.
We're here.
Thanks.
- More police? - Yeah.
They won't be long.
If that poor boy had a mother of his own.
You can't dump this all on Rahana.
Maybe Danny knows exactly what he's doing.
Maybe 'that poor boy' isn't who we think he is.
What do you mean? What was he doing in Lahore? Kareem told me that he was making a detour before the airport.
What if What if Kareem was going to get Danny but it was a trap and they killed him? - I'm not listening to this.
- What if Danny set it up? [THUD.]
Argh! Ammi! Ooh - Here, let me see.
- It's OK.
Any pain? I gave Danish money for his flight.
He said he wanted to see his father.
What have I done? HART: Now, you need to ask yourself, "That boy that I know and love" has he gone for good? "Or is he still in there?" You know that that video, that hatred.
That's just not who we are.
Now, you have the intercept phone? Yeah.
We've had this script cleared by CPS.
It's not easy.
We need you to read it, learn it and own it.
Everything you say to your nephew on that phone is evidence.
You have to stick to the wording.
He needs to volunteer to help us, of his own free will.
So hang on to the phone, keep it with you at all times.
The next voice you hear may very well be your nephew's.
Do you know if DS Townsend He have any children? Yeah.
RECORDING: You're under British custody.
I'm DS Townsend.
- Do you understand? - DANNY: Yeah.
Right, first we need to identify some people.
A simple yes or no will do.
One? Two? And number three? That's a yes? Then say it.
Say yes.
- Yeah.
- Right.
Thank you.
- Yeah, it's a positive ID on number - [GUNSHOT.]
[SECOND GUNSHOT.]
BARNES: DS Townsend, please respond.
DANNY: No, no! No! No! Now, they're holding some sort of discussion.
- What about? - Don't ask me.
Who confides in an old man? But they are serious types, you know.
Go in.
Hear what they have to say.
They won't bite.
- Assalaam alaikum.
- Waalaikum salaam.
[LEADER SPEAKS IN URDU.]
[ASKS QUESTION IN URDU.]
[ALL REPLY.]
[QUESTIONS AND REPLIES CONTINUE.]
You are all God's chosen.
Of course, there will be an inquiry into his death.
And the Consul's been summoned for a dressing down by the authorities over there.
But you clearly followed procedure.
In essentials.
DS Townsend showed great courage.
I would like that noted.
Of course.
Did he manage to glean anything from the witness, as far as you can tell? Could we have the room, please? Thank you.
I need to ask you for your complete discretion.
Of course.
How much do you know about this man? [LIVELY CHATTER NEARBY.]
[FERVENT SHOUTING ON VIDEO.]
[GUNFIRE ON VIDEO.]
Your mother and father, they're blind to the ugliness .
.
the children, murdered by Yankee bombs in Aleppo.
The answer's staring you right in the face.
Take strength from the word of Allah.
Thanks very much.
This lot's certainly a sight for sore eyes.
It's a bit much for tea.
Oh, I expect you'll make light work of it.
- I'm sure we all will.
- Oh, Mona, this is Simon Coulter.
He's leading the Manning Point deal.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hello.
Hello.
I'm Mr Khalid's Man Friday, Europe and North America.
So what time zone are you in today, then? It doesn't matter.
He never sleeps.
Simon, I understand we've hit some headwinds? Yes.
Infrastructure, Growth and Investment Committee.
- Right.
- It's a cross-party affair, that's the trouble.
- Do you need me to grease the wheels? - No.
It's not that.
I've just heard that the police are investigating Mr Khalid's personal affairs.
- What? - Which branch of the police? I can't tell you that.
Guy, you know anyone you can call? Sure.
I can ask around.
- Does Mr Khalid know? - No.
He'll be disappointed.
- Right.
- Manning Point isn't the only energy project we have on the table at the moment.
- We'll get right on it.
Guy? - Sure.
We were assured that the Treasury had done all the usual checks and everything was good to go.
What? I tell you what, shall we erm? Mona? Of course.
Is it true you were shot? Yes.
- Where? - Oh, just here.
- Jeez! - Tell us, what happened? Well, the moral of the story is, never use a cashpoint in Lahore.
[CHUCKLES.]
[INTERCEPT PHONE BUZZES.]
But you're fighting fit now? - Yes.
- [PHONE BUZZES.]
Sorry.
Please excuse me.
- Danny! - Auntie.
Danny, wait.
Wait.
The The Counter Terrorism Unit, they want to bring you in.
They want you to help them identify enemy insurgents.
- It's up to you - Wait.
It's up to you whether or not you choose to accept but if you do Wait.
Auntie .
.
you need to be aware that this is a potentially dangerous - Wait.
Listen.
Wait.
- What? There was a meeting.
We're on the move.
They say they're gonna do another one.
Another what? Attack.
More attacks.
Wh Where? Danny Danny, where are the attacks? Home.
Back home.
Look, you need to tell me These people are serious.
- [LINE GOES DEAD.]
- Danny? Danny? I won't be long.
Did you hear? Every word.
- Well - No, it's OK.
He's got in contact and he has invaluable information for US.
Now, look.
When he said the attacks would happen 'at home' Well, he meant here, where he was raised.
Isn't that obvious? I just had to be sure.
What do I tell my family? [MAN SPEAKING IN FRENCH ON RADIO.]
[SOFT CLATTERING.]
Sorry.
I - Rahana.
- Yeah? Come sit.
Just trying to clear my head.
[MUSIC IN BACKGROUND.]
[LIVELY CHATTER.]
Hi.
How are you? That looks good.
There you go.
- Are you sure you're OK to do this? - Of course I am.
I'm not gonna miss out on my son's big day, am I? So much food! See? You've got Nani to thank for that.
All right, mate.
Two quid.
Appletiser for your mum, bottle of beer for your dad.
Dad.
It's a bar.
I'm ten.
This is your big chance for a secret sip.
- I'll come with you.
- Wait a minute.
What about me? - What about you? - What am I gonna do with this lot? - Improvise.
- Look at this face.
It's cultural appropriation! - [LAUGHS.]
- Stop moaning, Dad.
All right, you cheeky bugger.
Get me a beer.
Shall we go? Come on, then.
[MUSIC CONTINUES.]
All right, Mrs Harcourt? Mm-hm.
Just getting some air.
[HE SIGHS.]
I don't know what's going on with you.
Yeah, I know.
It's an official secret, so you're gonna tough it out on your own, which is just the way you like it.
Honey Our life, Mona Our life's in that gym.
Dancing his socks off to whatever the hell that was.
[THEY LAUGH.]
Polynesian blues! I'm not a big fan, if I'm honest.
Don't be all charming.
Well, maybe it's a slow burn.
You never know.
I heard Danny today.
How was he? Breakable.
A bit like when he was younger and he started to get ill.
You know what I was thinking? I saw Sammi in there and I thought Well, what if it was him? What, Sammi? No, no, no.
Why? Well, he's ten years old, for a start.
Yeah, but what if in six years' time he's angry with you, me and pissed off with the world, goes online, gets involved - No! What you're saying is insane! - Why? - He's our boy.
- Yeah, and so is Danny.
- Oh, is he? - Yes! OK, I'm sorry if I somehow implied that he wasn't your our flesh and blood.
- And? - Oh, come on, Mona.
He was troubled, all right? His dad's trying to save the planet which is lovely - He was saving lives! - Whatever it was he was doing, it didn't do Danny any bloody good.
Don't talk about my brother like that, all right? - Hey, hey, hey! - Get off me! You know, I saw you today.
At that posh tea with that reptile MP.
- Come on, that was work.
- Yeah, and you were hiding something.
OK, for the record, do you want to know what I was doing, Mona? I was grovelling.
I was grovelling because you broke into my bank account.
- Your bank account? - You got me arrested! You lied to my face.
I mean, Jesus Christ.
I've got the mother-in-law living in the spare room, I'm writing blank cheques to your lazy-arse brother Mona, don't walk away from me.
Yeah, what? I thought I might have done enough to earn my stripes, that I was actually in.
- In what? - Oh, I don't know, Mona.
That bunker you live in that no one's allowed to come into.
What the hell are you talking about? What I'm talking about is.
Why don't you ever fucking trust me? - Guy, come back! - Get off me! I'm sick of it.
You've looked better.
Thanks very much.
[HE SIGHS.]
OK Big ask.
You know those people I'm working with? - Mm'hm? - Well, you remember Muammar Khalid? - I do.
- Well, they've got the fear.
They think he's under some kind of police investigation.
Vivien, I don't know how this works.
What do we do? Is it blink once for yes, twice for no? Where's this coming from? Does it matter? Simon Coulter.
Khalid's Business Affairs guy.
False alarm.
That's what you tell them.
What is going on? And if you take my advice, - you'll walk away.
- I can't.
Why not? You haven't broken any laws? Of course not.
All right.
Just between us.
A big national investment like - Manning Point? - Exactly.
So, the Infrastructure, Growth and Investment Committee, they form what they call an informal task force, run a health check on a prospective investor.
Smokes out any impropriety, financial history, business dealings.
Kompromat.
Anything that might embarrass the government.
Well, last week, Simon calls and he says, 'You need to speak to your friends on the Committee because Mr Khalid can't hang around.
He either signs this contract or he'll take his money elsewhere.
' So there were no questions asked? There was no task force into Khalid? Right.
And you didn't think that he might have something to hide? Well, nothing heavy.
- Guy.
- [TEXT ALERT.]
Yeah, I've got to take this.
- Vivien.
- Look I need to think about who my friends are.
And so do you.
I think you should call Guy.
So when are you going to tell us? Tell you what? Danny.
Pakistan.
Literally anything? I can't, all right? Honestly, Mon, you're morphing into Ami.
The pair of you, acting all tough, sitting on your secrets.
You sound like Guy.
Do you remember that weekend we went camping in the Pennines? Never again! Asians and tents.
- I told him.
- Told him what? I came out.
The only person I trusted.
My spotty, sweet, sports-mad 14-year-old nephew Danny.
I know you think he's gone but he's not.
I promise he's still in there.
[DOOR INTERCOM RINGS.]
Mrs Harcourt? You need to come with me.
[SHIP'S HOOTER SIGNALLING.]
You want anything? I'll come.
Five minutes.
Stop! Shit! Shit! [PANTING.]
Thank you.
Thank you My name is DS Elliot Hart, Counter Terrorism.
- What? - BARNES: Identify the witness.
- Danish Shirani? - Yeah.
How do you know my name? This conversation is being recorded.
Give me your phone.
We've been using it to track you.
Understand? Yeah.
I need to get out of here.
These men, they're terrorists, you know that? It's a potentially dangerous action Yeah.
Just get me out of here! - How many attacks are being planned? - Two.
I heard two.
Can you tell us the targets and timings? No.
They said go to London and wait for the order.
[RINGS BELL.]
Danny, it is essential you help us identify both targets.
I told you, I don't know! This one is a recording device.
Take it with you.
Don't encourage or provoke any action.
Hang on.
No, what? - You're sending me back? - Danny.
No! No way.
I'll come in.
- I'll do anything.
- Danny, stop, you need to listen to me.
No! I'm not! I'm not going back! I'm gonna get you to talk to Danny now, OK? - Lives are at stake.
- I know that.
They're killers! DS Hart, I'm putting her on.
HART: Danny, I need you to hear this from someone you can trust.
What? MONA: Danny.
No.
Tell them.
Come on, tell them I'm not going back.
- No.
Listen to me.
- You bastard.
MONA: You messed up.
Think, all right? - Think about your family.
About - No, no.
Not you and all! About what you've put them through.
Saira, your mum Your dad.
If he made a mistake, he would go back and he would fix it.
They'll kill me.
WOMAN: Two seconds! [SOFTLY.]
This guy's police.
I know that.
Egg and cheese and pickle sandwich.
MONA: He would go back and he would put it right.
So you need to go back and make sure that those bastards pay for what they did to him.
It's your choice.
HART: Danny we haven't got long.
Oi! Feeding time at the zoo.
HART: Heading towards M20, junction 12.
Northbound.
You're doing the right thing.
This is the best way you can help Danny.
These people that Danny is with, they're planning another attack.
Treasury want Manning Point signed and sealed tomorrow.
Cheers! Don't kid yourself, Guy.
Men like Khalid and their pet preachers, they prepare the soil and people die.
Sammi thought they were looking at that video of Kareem.
Come on.
For Sammi.
Are the suspects in sight? Keep visual contact but don't approach.
Delivery.