Between the Lines (1992) s01e07 Episode Script

It's been the same thing every night on this picket.
Nothing to see.
Scab! There's no reason to stay here, you all have homes to go to.
And the innocent residents - Please Please! - Scab! Pick it up from there, would you? we know what you're doing! we know what you're doing! well? The pub chuck-outs have wandered off but if you want my opinion, the crowd's bigger than ever.
Damn.
we want to start loading the lorries, sir.
If we're to get them on the road by 3am, we have to start now.
- Can they be seen by the pickets? - They reckon not.
Tell them to wait till midnight and then go ahead, but carefully.
- Sir.
- Oh, Jim.
Bring the men hot food as and when.
It's going to be a long night.
- Here, Dad.
- Nice one, Billy.
where'd you get it? A Paki's about a mile away.
Filth told him to close after I got there.
- Bastards.
- Mango and coriander.
- Eh? - You come out the closet or something? Go home! Right, you three next.
Don't hang about.
- Sir.
- well, go on, get going.
wakey-wakey, the A-Team's here.
- Anything good on, sarge? - Soup and burgers? No, I meant is there anything good on the box? It's like a joke.
It was like a joke, only jokes have a funny bit at the end.
I see.
So how is it in the executive suite, then, sarge? - Drinks cabinet running low? - You're a cheeky bastard, Hartwell.
I'm a cheeky, cold, tired bastard, sarge.
Ah! Here we go! what idiot threw that? Pack it in, you idiots! we should rip up the pavement and stone them.
- Shut up and drink your soup.
- Can I chuck this at 'em? Germ warfare.
I'd say it's more about image than information.
Yeah, but it's your manner as well.
You know, the Heseltine smile however tricky the question.
- More coffee, anyone? - No, thank you.
I'll give you a hand clearing up, then we really must go.
It's after midnight.
well, we're all politicians now.
There are cameras everywhere, just waiting to catch us out.
But if the camera likes us, up we go.
- It also helps to be a good copper.
- It helps but it's not essential.
It was a good show in Liverpool.
You managed it well.
Particularly the press.
Tony, we really should go.
You need your sleep.
Scab! Scab! - we need more presence, sir.
- It's not just the crowd.
The idiots in the factory said they'd be discreet.
And are they being? I'm by the crowd and I see people going backwards and forwards in the lorries.
- Can the crowd see them? - They're too busy chucking things at us.
They're going to go crazy when they realise and as for getting the lorries out I'm going to disperse the crowd.
Couldn't we just stop the lorries? Here come the lorries.
They betrayed us.
Horses first, followed by sections one, three, four and five.
we'll keep two in reserve here at forward control.
Keep up until we've taken the area within - Yes, sir.
- Ready to go in five minutes.
Please disperse! If you do not disperse, horses will be used.
He likes you, doesn't he? - Yes.
- That can't do any harm.
No.
Chief Superintendent Clark, - I think we could handle that.
- Yup.
- Tony.
- Yes.
will you give me an honest answer to a straight question? Possibly.
Is your affair over with Jenny Dean? I know about it.
Is it over, Tony? I thought it was.
- You bastards! - Get on out of it! Jesus, it's serious! - Argh! - Danny! Danny! Medic! Go together! Billy! - Billy! - You! was it you? Argh! Billy! I love you.
I know.
Tony one thing you must understand.
Ever again and I leave you.
And no discussions.
I couldn't go through all that pain again.
RDw Chemicals in Battersea, where mounted police - Sorry, sir.
- Have you seen this? - Yes, sir.
- One of the crowd is in a coma at the London Royal Infirmary.
They give him 50-50.
Commander Huxtable wants you leading the inquiry, starting an hour ago.
And we do have one huge advantage, which is there were more cameras there than at the Coronation.
- How would you know? - Harry told me about it.
All right, first I want videos running on all four channels.
They've been running since 7:30, guv.
Oh.
Brownie badge.
Er newspapers.
Your cheese roll, your coffee.
what is this, Little House On The Prairie? OK, first we'll collate the media stuff, then we'll go down to TSG and seize the documents.
Mo, ring Commander Neame at his area HQ, get him to send us the riot film the TSG shot.
Guv! Got Commander Neame on one.
Above all, we had to police the protestors and the innocent members of the public.
- 12 people - Tape's arrived from the TSG.
Good, let's have a look at that.
Before you do, I've got a surprise for you on this.
It's that Cope woman from Liverpool.
Oh, right.
Thought she looked familiar.
- Could be useful to speak to her.
- Yeah.
I suppose I might as well.
She might be able to help get the press to release their photos.
Have you got anywhere with the TV news? They're not prepared to release the film but they will see you tomorrow.
Good.
Good.
well done.
That's enough of this one.
Let's look at the TSG tape.
She is very photogenic.
Here.
No prizes for guessing which reporter.
All right, Col.
How is he? You're doing all right, ain't you, tiger? I'm going to have a bit of a tan.
- Christ, are you awake? - Of course I am.
- No way of shutting you up, is there? - No.
Here, we got the bastard for you.
- Are you serious? - what? About squaring it for Danny? Yeah.
You just went for the first poor bastard.
No, I didn't.
I clocked him and I went for him.
So why didn't you nick him? what's up with you? Look, I sticked him.
He had it coming.
I'd have done the same for you.
Come on.
Let's get some coffee.
Oh.
There.
Look, that's someone using a truncheon.
Yeah, but Page went down over a barrier.
It's all very entertaining but basically useless.
we need to speak to Page's father and brother and find out where they were and what they saw.
I'll leave it to you to sort out.
Need to install you in TSG.
Oh, that'll be nice.
But first I'm going to take you to lunch.
I'll see what I can do.
Thanks.
Hasn't changed, has it? So why didn't you return my call? Doorstep syndrome.
I'm a married man.
Is that not supposed to be happily married? Sorry to interrupt.
You're going to be late, guv.
Sorry, Miss Cope.
I'll phone you.
Thanks.
In the office.
Sir.
Then I'll say I went down Kirtling Street with you.
- I can't put that.
It doesn't make sense.
- Davis made an arrest down there.
If we're down as assisting him, we can't have been near the gates.
All right? You have to get him to agree.
with the assistance of Constables Hartwell and Cameron.
Come in.
- Tony Clark, isn't it? - Yes, sir.
- This is - we need no introducing.
- How are you, Harry, you old rogue? - Hello, sir.
Erm Two coffees when you've a moment.
well, gentlemen, what can I do you for? well, sir, to sort out what went down last night, we need to seize all relevant documents and I want to place Inspector I want to place Harry here for a while to collate all relevant info.
Seizing the documents is a little melodramatic, don't you think? Everything you need to know will be in our report, which the commissioner has asked for, and will be with him and the Home Office and the PCA and you hopefully by the early part of next week.
- All the same, sir, we do need - I hope, Superintendent Clark, that you're not judging the TSG to be guilty before proven innocent.
- No, sir, of course not.
- Good.
I imagine you're not basing anyone at union headquarters to discover whether injuries to Mr Page were inflicted by a rioter.
- No, sir, but - I'd rather you didn't base anybody here.
If you identified one of my men as being responsible, then I'd feel differently about it, but you haven't, have you? - No, sir.
- Good.
However, I would like Inspector Naylor to take some preliminary statements from some of your men.
- They're all filing their reports.
- All the same, sir.
Clark, don't rush in like a bull in a china shop.
Sir, we have the press reports, the videotape from your own camera, which you very kindly sent to us, and we're quite hopeful we may even get the BBC news footage by tomorrow.
But without a clear idea of who was where, it will be difficult for us to make head or tail of what it is we're watching.
As I told you before, Mr Clark you'll have my report and those of the TSG offices by next week.
I'm afraid I must repeat that I want all documents now.
And I want to speak to those men.
As the investigating officer confirmed by the PCA, I have that authority and I will use it with or without your cooperation.
Coffee, sir.
Sugar? The medic found him here.
He reckoned he'd fallen over the crowd barrier and maybe bashed his head against the gate.
Twice? Oh.
You see, the doctor's report indicates two blows, probably with a baton.
One to the head and one to the back of the neck.
Hello.
Oh, hi, guv, I'm sorry to bother you at home.
Just a quick message.
Billy Page's father launched an official complaint against the TSG today.
He and Billy's brother Dan also made a statement.
Unfortunately, the family's refusing to speak to us.
But Mr Page says he saw Billy being hit by a constable, possibly black.
- I've got copies here.
- All right, thanks.
I'm seeing the news editor at nine.
I'll be in after.
- Bye.
- Yeah, OK, bye.
My brief is to investigate policemen.
The tapes would be used by my team to identify That's all very well but Commander Neame wants to identify rioters.
If I gave you it, I don't believe other departments wouldn't get access to it.
They wouldn't but I don't blame you for not believing it.
what about the police cameras and the factory security cameras? I'm surprised there wasn't enough footage there.
Did Commander Neame accept your decision? No, he was bloody rude.
He threatened me with a production order.
If he wants press cooperation, he's going the wrong way about it.
No, I think he's got what he wants.
Thanks for your time.
If your boss was less impetuous and gave the dust time to settle, we'd all be keen to help.
But barely 24 hours have elapsed.
Some of my men have got close mates seriously hurt in that riot and now is not the time to come charging in here looking for scapegoats.
Do I make myself clear? Could I have a list of the rioters you've identified and intend to charge? - Can't do it, Harry, not yet.
- You can't go in.
Excuse me.
- Nice job.
- I beg your pardon.
- Nice job with the BBC.
- You're way out of line, young man.
what are you suggesting? I'm just saying it's a nice job, working for the BBC.
Oh, sir, erm how many police cameras were in operation the night of the riot? - One.
- which was videotaped.
- Yes.
- And you have the factory's footage? - I believe so.
why? - Because we were only sent one tape.
- Really? - Really? I'll arrange for you to see the other.
Obviously an oversight.
Really? would you get out of my office, please? Sir.
Up you get, Mr Dunn.
All right, can you hold the doors? You're doing very well, Mr Dunn.
- Mrs Page? - Mm? Could I have a word, please? Just a minute, John.
Commander Neame is a respected member of this force and you do not swagger in and out of his domain like a Gestapo Gauleiter.
He quite cynically prevented me getting access to the TV film.
Has he not the right to pursue attempts at prosecuting criminals? He's obstructed me every step of the way, didn't give me film from a second camera.
- You have it now.
- Yes, but Tony, we cannot function without the cooperation of other departments and senior officers.
- If everyone went barging in - He was rude and obstructive.
He is a senior officer and will be treated with respect.
- Do you understand me? - I think we may have to take you off if Come in.
Yes, Inspector, what is it? Something interesting come up on the second TSG tape.
- Can't it wait? - It is relevant to your discussion, sir.
Now, that's the second petrol bomb, the one that hit Dunn.
Right, here we go.
Now, this angle's very useful cos this is the middle group and the camera follows them all the way up to the gates where Page was found.
Look at this.
- Harry, what are you doing? - I'm afraid I'm not doing anything, sir.
That's what's on the tape.
Could you fast-forward it? - well, I've been forward.
- Have you? Hi, Tony, it's me.
I've got something for you.
Yes.
In fact, I've got quite a lot for you.
when can I collect them? - Rewind it.
- 7:30, yeah, that sounds fine.
Just a minute.
what is it? I've arranged a meeting with Mr Page for 6:30.
Excellent.
Listen, I've got a meeting at 6:30.
How about 9:00? - Even better.
At my office? - OK, great.
I'll see you there.
Bye-bye.
- was that the TSG? - No, it was that journalist woman.
Cope.
Has she got the photos? Yeah.
So we got a meeting with Page's dad? Yeah.
I spoke to his wife.
She had a quiet word and he's agreed.
- And the brother? - He's too angry to cooperate.
- He's best left out of it for now.
- OK.
what with that and the photos, it's been quite a good day.
- well? - It's a children's programme at the end.
Is he just being bloody-minded or is he hiding something? Silly little joke.
- And Clark? - Clark? Clark stays.
we'll see.
Yes, I think we will.
Yeah, all right, listen, if it's going to be after midnight, I'll phone you.
OK.
Bye-bye.
Sir, this is none of my business and if you tell me to piss off, I'll understand.
- well, get on with it.
- Jenny Dean, sir.
- what about her? - I saw her a couple of days ago.
I know it's over and so does she but I think it would make easier for her if you saw her, to let her down gently.
I'll think about it.
It'll be that nice policewoman.
- Can I help you? - Yeah, I'm Superintendent Clark.
Let me get the bastard.
Any more and I will choke you! Stop it.
Stop it, all of you.
How dare you behave like this in the street in front of everybody? - I'm sorry, Mrs Page.
- I know exactly what happened.
He's a hot-headed idiot.
Daniel, this is Miss Connell and Mr Superintendent Clark.
Sorry, Superintendent.
They've come to find out who it is who hurt our Billy.
I can't honestly say I saw anything too clearly, it was all a bit frantic.
But what I do know is there was a black copper.
- You're quite sure about that? - Yeah.
Yeah, I'm sure.
And was he beating Billy? Yeah.
I think so.
Thanks, Maureen.
I'll make my own way home.
- Night, guv.
- Good night.
Tony.
Ground floor.
Going up.
Ow.
Ow, ow, ow, ow.
- So who did that? - I'm afraid there's another man.
Ow.
Tony.
Ow.
Ow.
- Definitely black? - Oh, yeah.
west Indian or Asian? west Indian, I'd say.
Right.
Thanks very much for coming in, David.
- My pleasure.
- would it be all right if we called you? - No problem.
- Thanks.
The medic thinks he's black as well.
what have we got? Five officers.
Two west Indian, three Asian.
- Hello? - You rang? - Oh.
Hang on.
Er - It's all right, guv.
Hello, Jenny.
I wanted to see you and set the record straight and erm apologise.
I behaved badly.
- Yeah, you did.
- You do realise it's over, don't you? - Mm.
- OK, good, let's meet.
- when? - Tomorrow lunchtime, possibly.
- I'll ring you first thing to confirm it.
- Right.
Great.
Bye.
Harry! Thanks.
Have we got enough eyewitness detail to identify any of the black TSG men? well, I might - Superintendent Clark.
- Hi, Tony, it's me.
Harry, do you mind? - Hello, Molly.
- Can you come to my place tonight? - Tonight? I really don't think - I've got something you should see.
Have you? - why? - Personal reasons, sarge.
Personal domestic or personal job? - Just personal.
- Be straight with me.
I can be a powerful friend.
Get on the wrong side of me I know what's going on.
- Do you, sarge? - Yes.
You are panicking.
You want to break cover.
Not on my team, son.
Nobody breaks ranks.
- I don't think you understand.
- I watched it.
Stay calm, button your lip, stick by us and we'll stick by you.
- Understood? - Yes, Sergeant.
And I take it this transfer request is withdrawn? You gave me the impression it was something more important than a great new Indian restaurant you wanted to share with me.
It is.
I wanted you to see this brilliant new film.
I hope it's not too long.
I've got to be going by ten.
Oh, it's not that long.
- where did you get - Look.
where did you get this? - A friend.
- I love you, you are a genius.
- I know.
- This is what Neame was trying to hide.
I've got him cold.
Just when the second TSG tape was becoming incriminating, he over-recorded it with Ed The Duck.
- Ed The Duck? - Yeah.
Oh.
Don't make me laugh.
Bed.
If you love her, then you should go, but if you're just keeping up appearances, then you should stay here with me.
I should go.
- Hello? - Hi, Jenny, it's me.
- You still on? - I can make one o'clock today.
- what about Franco's? - where? - By the river.
- No, that's a bad idea.
- Benny's, then? - Yeah, at Benny's.
- I'd love to see you again.
- I've got to go now.
I'll see you.
Bye.
I shouldn't be late, darling.
See you.
Bye.
Hello? I think it's a chap called Cameron.
Are you sure? well Better set up an ID parade this afternoon for Page's dad.
Harry, do you mind? Read this.
Oh, Jesus.
You knew nothing about this? - I didn't.
- Molly Cope means nothing to you? You had two meetings with her last week and didn't you work intimately with her in Liverpool? - Yes, sir - Don't "yes, sir" me! You're not only going over the top with this vendetta against Neame but you're going over the side with a lefty.
- Sir - Don't piss me about.
You will not play power games with your seniors.
- Yes, sir.
- Now, tell me, did you set this up? - Not exactly, sir.
- what exactly, sir? It was a trade.
I gave her the story in exchange for the TV footage we needed.
It clearly identifies one of the TSG men hitting Page.
I want a copy of that film and a report of your progress in my office by tomorrow.
- Understood? - Understood, sir.
Er, got a suspect? - I think so, sir.
- Good.
well done.
Er, right Not surprisingly, Commander Neame is being unhelpful about the parade.
- Of course.
Call the witness for 2:30.
- Right, guv.
Oh, and Commander Neame also indicated that he thought your enquiries were arrogant, aggressive and now openly racist.
what do you think? I think you need to be careful.
- How's Sue? - Great.
She knew about us.
- How? - I don't know.
It's going to be all right.
Good.
I'm really sorry.
I suppose I was just totally unpleasant.
I think I thought it would be easier if you hated me.
- It wasn't.
- I know.
Have you got another man? Men we're not like you, you know.
No, I'd noticed.
So it's nobody I know, then.
- Mr Page, hello.
- Hello.
Sir, thank you so much for cooperating with the ID parade.
My pleasure.
Right, Sergeant, let's get on with it.
I've got a good feeling about this.
End of the room, face the glass.
I think we should bring him in anyway.
- Because of the TV film? - why not? well, it looks like him but I wouldn't say it was 100% and it's touchy.
- Because he's black? - Yeah.
And because of Neame.
He's after you.
Better not make a mistake.
You were in Special Branch with him, weren't you? - Yeah.
- How was he? Rock-solid.
Dealt very straight.
Completely loyal to his men.
Yeah, I can see that.
- Guv? - Yeah.
- Between these four walls - Yeah.
I was a sergeant.
He was a chief super.
And guess who was the super.
Deakin.
Yeah.
So it isn't easy for either of us.
- Thanks, Harry.
- what for? I suppose I'd expect your loyalty to be with them.
Old soldiers.
I'm grateful you've been straight.
- You're my guv'nor.
- Harry, don't.
I think I'm going to cry.
would you like me to leave? Yeah.
Come back with Cameron.
we'll give it a try.
I saw Jenny today.
- I think it'll be OK.
- Good.
Thanks.
I hear Chief Superintendent Deakin's after you for the Cope woman now.
what? who says? Think I read it in the Police Gazette.
The walls here have big ears and even bigger mouths.
I've put him in the interview room, guv.
Er, no, change of plan, Harry.
I want him in here.
Take that in the other office, please.
If it's not urgent, I'm not here.
Hello, Colin.
- Can we get you a tea? - No, thanks, Superintendent.
OK, sit down.
we're very grateful to you for coming in to talk informally to us.
There's something you can help us clear up.
Right, first I need you to see a little bit of film.
That was your wife.
I told her you were tied up.
That's rather tactless of you.
Am I to ring her back? - Uh-huh.
- OK.
well? If you don't wish to speak to me, if you want a solicitor or a fed rep, or if you deny that that was you, I'll arrest you.
when I sent Naylor out to collect you, that's what I had in mind to do anyway, but while he was away I watched the film again.
I'll show you what I saw.
when we first saw it, we all thought we saw you and an as-yet-unidentified officer beating the shit out of an unarmed and defenceless man, a man who is still comatose and critically, possibly terminally ill, in hospital.
Then we watched it again and I saw this.
I saw a youth running away.
TSG man uses baton once.
Twice.
And then I saw you.
Not, as we all thought, joining in, but restraining.
There.
Unidentified man runs off and then we have a witness to this.
You call for help.
Here comes our witness.
His name's Dave and there you go.
Getting on with your job or leaving the scene of the crime.
Make no bones about it, Colin, a very unpleasant, vicious and serious crime with appalling consequences for the victim and his family.
I tell you what.
I'll give you a few minutes to think about it.
You can watch the film again if you want.
You know the man responsible and I'd like you to give us his name.
well, he didn't deny it was him.
No, that was beautifully done, guv'nor.
Question now is whether he spills the beans.
He's probably protecting his friends.
Do we have any idea who they are? - Only the one.
The guy with the burns.
- There's your motive.
well, Colin, are you going to talk to us? - I'm afraid not, sir.
- Fair enough.
where do you live? - where do I live? - Yeah.
- Greenwich.
- I'll give you a lift home.
You two tidy up.
I'll see you tomorrow morning.
Hello.
Hello, Mrs Clark.
I'm afraid he's just left.
He's on his way home.
I understand your loyalty but this is different.
Playground loyalty has no place when it's a dangerous and undisciplined fool.
The man is a liability.
If you withhold evidence from us, it'll cost you your job.
Is he really worth it? - Can I speak to you off the record? - Yeah.
It's going to cost me my job either way.
No one grasses on a mate.
It's been a long slow climb for me in the Met.
we're thick.
All our brothers sell dope.
we're all screwing every wPC we can lay our hands on.
And now we grass on our mates.
Can't do it, boss.
Just can't do it.
Do you mind if we stop somewhere on the way? - Hello.
- It's Sue Clark.
Tony's wife.
- I know he's with you - He isn't It doesn't matter what you say.
I'm sick of you all.
You think you're the centre of the universe but you're just a bunch of immature, insensitive egotists.
Just tell him when he gets home, I'll be gone.
Billy Page, do you know where he is? Through there.
And Dunn? First on the left.
Come on.
Danny? - All right, mate? - All right, Colin.
This is Superintendent Clark of CIB.
Sir.
Hello.
I think you two should have a chat.
I'm going to make a phone call.
Hi.
It's me.
I don't want to talk for long.
I just want to say what you did today could have cost me my job.
- I'm sorry.
I thought - Don't talk.
Just listen.
My job means more to me than anything except Sue.
I won't be seeing you again.
I see.
Is that all you can say? You said shut up and listen and you know me.
- I'm not sure I do.
- And I'm not sure I know you either.
I thought you had more balls.
You should dump your corrupt job and empty sham of a marriage and live.
- Thanks for the advice.
I have to go now.
- Can't you take it? It's not that.
I I've no change.
well? we'll cooperate.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Sue? Sue? She's gone.
I know.