New Tricks s05e03 Episode Script
Face for Radio
ANSWER MACHINE: Please leave a message after the tone.
' ON PHONE: Jack, it's Brian.
Just haven't heard from you for a while.
Well, since Look, give me a call when you get a chance.
ON PHONE: Hi, Jack.
It's Sandra.
Call me.
ON PHONE: You all right, mate? It's Gerry.
Look, I wondered if you fancied a pint sometime this week.
Erm, well, give us a shout if you do, eh? ON PHONE: OK, Jack, I know you're upset, I get that, but would it kill you to let us know you're all right? Jack, where are you? £ It's all right It's OK £ Doesn't really matter if you're old and grey £ It's all right I say, it's OK £ Listen to what I say £ It's all right Doin' fine £ Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine £ It's all right, it's OK £ We're getting to the end of the day.
£ It's just one of his long, dark teatimes of the soul.
He'll be back.
Brian, I don't think I expect he'll walk through that door any minute.
I'll see you there in ten minutes, sir.
OK, fine.
Would've been bloody impressive though, wouldn't it? Morning.
Morning.
I think you'll like this case.
Should get the juices flowing.
On 30th September 1998, the studios of Roxy Radio in Barnet burnt to the ground.
The local radio station was part of Sir Max Wyatt's media empire.
As you'll know he was the subject of some scrutiny in the late-'90s.
Well, he was ripping off his employees' pensions.
The minute Wyatt got wind of the investigation, he topped himself in his Roller.
The fire was originally thought to have been an insurance job ordered by Wyatt.
However, the murder squad were involved because there was a death in the fire, but they drew a blank.
It seems the fire cannot be linked to either the pension fund or any other of Wyatt's dealings, so it's a fresh case.
Lots of challenges.
What do you think? Yeah, it sounds interesting.
As I said, the fire did result in a death.
That of Johnny Deacon.
He was the DJ on air at the time.
Hey! Johnny "Decks" Deacon, I remember him from Radio 1.
He was a cheeky-chappy type.
He had quite a following at the time.
Apparently he still does.
Mr Kirkham, would you like to come in? This is Jeremy Kirkham, the president of the Johnny Deacon fan club.
Life president, actually.
One of the club's recent activities was to launch a fairly intensive campaign, demanding Mr Deacon's killer be brought to justice.
In the meantime, Mr Kirkham would like to take this opportunity to tell you quite what Johnny Deacon meant to him.
Oh, I need to set up first.
Set what up? Er, my speaker system, my projector Johnny was a consummate broadcaster, he deserves to be heard in digital quality stereo.
Is over here all right? No, that's Jack's desk.
Here, come with me.
Just get this Turn right.
Could you and I have a word? Yes, certainly.
Personnel files.
They're potential replacements for Jack.
UCOS has budget for three positions besides yours.
They're all filled.
Sandra Jack's on leave of absence.
Well, we both know that's a lie.
The longer you perpetuate it, the worse team morale is going to be.
Giving away Jack's job is hardly going to help, is it? I disagree.
I think it'll signify you've moved on.
Look, take a few days to look through the candidates, maybe by then Jack will have got in contact.
But if we haven't heard anything within a week, I expect to be sitting in on some interviews.
Sir! The geek squad is ready for us.
Johnny Deacon was a born broadcaster.
In his future would be a golden era at Radio 1 where he would stand with the greats.
His extensive charity work.
And of course, in his final days, the UK's hardest hitting talk-radio star at Roxy Radio, where he would court controversy and rattle the cages of the powers that be.
Of course it was here that he met his untimely end.
Well, that's the bit that we're sort of interested in, really.
Yes, and I actually have a recording of Johnny's final moments.
You've got a tape of him dying? Well, yes, Johnny was a consummate professional, he carried on recording right until the end.
That was sort of my finale.
Can we wind to that, please? Yep.
RECORDING: Now it's a year this week since Diana, Princess of Wales died.
What are your thoughts 12 months on from those extraordinary scenes of mourning? Did we all overreact? Did the death of a divorced adulteress warrant the outpouring of grief? That was Johnny, uncompromising.
I wanna know what you think.
Graham is waiting for your call.
Graham Madeley, his producer, they'd been together for years.
OK, first on the line is Helen.
FIRE ALARM OK, that's the fire alarm, sorry about that.
That does indeed I think we've Are we? No, the studio is on fire.
But I'm not sure yet Wow, it really is on fire.
Graham! Mate? What's going on? Graham? Shit! (COUGHS) Graham! Graham, I can't get out! Graham! Anyone! (COUGHS) For God's sake, help me! (COUGHS) Have you got a copy of the recording, Jeremy? Yes.
I maintain the full Johnny Deacon library and recordings dating right back to his hospital radio days.
I can offer you full access Thank you very much.
I don't think that'll be necessary, but Brian, could you help him pack up please? The original murder squad looked into forensics and motive and took statements from the two survivors - Graham Madeley, the producer and Sharon Revie, the cleaner.
Although she was quite badly burnt.
How badly? She was blinded.
Oh! I'd have thought Jeremy might have mentioned that.
There we go.
Thank you.
There was no CCTV, but they had keycodes on the front door and the studio door and they think that's what killed Johnny.
How? The fire damaged the entire system, couldn't unlock the door.
The fire investigation concluded that "an incendiary device had been placed in a storage cupboard near the studio.
It was a simple device.
Easy to build if you had a bit of know-how.
The only specialist bit of kit was the slow fuse.
" So what was the motive? Insurance job? Well, arson's usually a crime of impotent rage.
Question is, who was the target of that rage? Johnny Deacon or Roxy Radio? Or the Wyatt Corporation.
When it turned out that the pension fund had gone, they made 5,000 redundant to try and cut costs.
After Max Wyatt pissed away their pensions, maybe they were entitled to a bit of impotent rage.
And we've got 5,000 suspects? Yes.
I bet the Wyatts did have some specific threats though.
They just weren't exactly on speaking terms with us at the time.
I don't know about this, Gerry.
All I wanna know is if he's made any phone calls in the last two weeks and who to.
All right.
Thanks, mate.
I owe you one.
I just need any credit- or debit-card transactions from the last few days.
What? Yes, of course.
I have full authorisation.
"Who?" DAC Strickland, of course.
I've tried calling him, I've tried, but all I get is the answering machine.
Me, too.
What? Cameron Wyatt? Yes.
Detective Superintendent Pullman, Gerry Standing, UCOS.
We'd like a word, please.
Oh.
You getting ready to move? No, I'm getting ready to be evicted.
The house is the last thing to go next week.
You're servicing your father's debts? It's not as if the old bastard hung around long enough to do it himself.
So, how can I help you? The fire at Roxy Radio.
The one thing you can't pin on the old man.
To be honest, whatever money the fire insurance raised would've been a drop in the ocean.
When I ran the place, we barely broke even.
You ran the station? I was running it at the time of the fire.
Before the fire, did the company receive any threats? Perhaps related to your father's business troubles? Look, what Dad did, it's not just me left like this.
People who worked for us for years, trusted us to put money into the company pension, first we took that away, then we sacked them.
Of course there were threats.
Were any of these redundancies at Roxy Radio? No.
That place virtually ran on a skeleton staff as it was, there was no fat to trim.
Although there was a sacking.
When? About three weeks before the fire.
Georgina, I think.
She was a broadcast assistant.
Why did you give her the push? She'd had a warning about stealing office supplies and was caught again.
Office supplies? I know.
What's a few paperclips compared to a 20 million-pound pension fund? £ THE BANGLES: Walk like an Egyptian £ All the kids in the market place say way-oh way-oh way-oh way-oh! £ Walk like an Egyptian.
£ Welcome to Roxy Radio, where the '80s never ended.
We're here to see Graham Madeley.
I'm afraid that's not possible.
Why not? Cos he's on the air till one! ON SPEAKER: That's right, folks.
It's Graham here with another of those great '80s sounds from Kylie, who's feeling lucky, lucky, lucky?' We'll wait.
Gerry! £ KYLIE MINOGUE: In my imagination £ There is no complication £ I dream about you all the time £ £ CULTURE CLUB: You said £ I'm a man without conviction £ I'm a man who doesn't know £ Karma, karma, karma, karma karma chameleon £ You can go through now.
Thank you.
£ You come and go.
£ ON SPEAKER: And that's all from me, Graham Madeley, but we'll be back tomorrow, so until then, keep it real, keep it retro.
Keep it Roxy Radio.
Hi, guys.
I heard you want a little pow-wow.
£ PHIL COLLINS: In The Air Tonight When I hear this, I always think of Johnny, cos he's in the air.
When I play this, I can feel him looking over my shoulder.
You were close, then? Like brothers.
Went back to the hospital radio days.
25 years.
Some marriages don't last that long.
But then Johnny was always married to the job.
But he must have had some kind of personality change coming here.
We heard a recording.
Still, he expressed some pretty extreme views.
Did he upset anyone? That was the point of the show, to get the listeners calling in.
Johnny would have preferred playing music, believe me.
You nearly finished, chicken? Why? Does Sarah miss her Monkey Man? Always.
Were you friends with Johnny too? We wouldn't have got together if it hadn't been for him.
Sarah was in the audience at one of Johnny's nightclub PAs in Ilford.
Has he sold you a fun-day ticket yet? It's for a good cause.
We're trying to save the station by getting the community behind us.
Yeah, we'll bear it in mind.
One more thing, Georgina.
Who? The girl who was sacked just before the fire.
Do you know why? Ah, her.
Yeah, I had nothing to do with her.
I just heard she was given the push.
Well, maybe your employee records will shed some light.
I doubt it.
They got destroyed in a fire.
Oh.
Sharon Revie? Brian Lane.
I called you this morning.
Of course.
I recognise the voice.
Come in.
Sharon, I need to talk to you about the fire.
I don't remember much.
Just tell me what you can.
I was cleaning the offices as usual when I heard the fire alarm go off.
I assumed it was just a drill.
Well, you do, don't you? I left my handbag in my locker, so I went back for it.
Why? Because it had my fags in.
By the time I was making my way out, the place was full of smoke.
I lost my bearings.
I don't remember any more.
Oh.
Come on! It's not often I wish I wasn't a bloke.
I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to leave.
This is a women-only space.
I wish I could.
Police.
We need to talk to Georgina Achebe.
How can I help? I wasn't sacked because I took a few pens.
I was sacked because I turned down Johnny Deacon.
What for? What do you think? It had been going on for weeks, but it was my first job, and I thought it came with the territory.
So what happened with Johnny? He started telling his usual jokes.
Told me he was curious, that he'd never slept with a black girl before, the usual creepy stuff.
And then I realised he had me cornered.
And that's when he started groping me.
What did you do? I slapped him round the face and went straight to Graham.
He was still with Sarah, so he acted all sympathetic, sent me home, promised me he'd speak to Wyatt on my behalf.
But the next morning I was told to clear my desk.
My radio career was over before it had even started.
That's why I came to work here.
Very admirable, but it wasn't the first thing you did, was it? What? You'd been unfairly dismissed, sexually assaulted and your career had just been killed.
I don't understand.
Do you have an alibi for the night of the fire? It was ten years ago.
Do I need one? I'd have felt like getting my own back.
Yeah, but how far would you go? I don't know.
How about keying his car? Yes, I'd get a certain sense of satisfaction from that.
Slashing his tyres? Maybe.
What about smashing both windscreens and all four windows? I'm pissed off, not psychotic.
Then we're looking for a psychopath.
That's what happened to Johnny's car a week before the fire.
But it wasn't the first time Johnny had incited violence.
In 1987, he was doing a gig when some bloke smacked him one for copping off with his daughter.
Frank Bryant was charged with assault.
But Johnny dropped the charges.
Why? Doesn't say.
You don't honestly think this Bryant bloke turned up ten years later and set him on fire? What we do need is to find out whoever else he crossed.
Luckily for us, Johnny always broadcast his arguments.
I think Johnny's one-man fan club might be of use after all.
Where did you get all these? I started recording them from the radio in 1986.
I had some health problems when I was a kid, never really at school.
My mum bought me a radio cassette as a bit of company.
I see.
It's a commitment maintaining an archive like this, but of course, I started on the big project three years ago.
Full format transfer from cassette tape to CD.
No point in being analogue in a digital age.
Every show Johnny ever did.
Except for the hospital-radio shows.
That's when I first heard him, when I was in for one of my operations.
Right.
I'm gonna send some lads down to box this lot up and take it to the station.
Box it up? Have you any idea how much my collection is worth? But I need to listen to them.
Well, can't you just listen to them here? I could put the kettle on, make us both a cuppa.
He won't be long.
He's just finished recording some jingles.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Oh! Look at all this stuff! Smash Hits Award for most popular DJ.
Johnny won in '86.
Sarah says I'm Johnny's mad curator, keeping his memory alive.
Quite the ladies' man, wasn't he? The ladies were queuing up.
Not according to Georgina Achebe.
She says that Johnny forced himself on her.
She was a bitch.
She'd only been in radio for five minutes and she thought it was OK to risk the career of someone with over 20 years' broadcasting experience.
No, no, no.
He risked that himself when he assaulted her.
Assaulted? No, bit of fun.
So he did make a pass? Yes, but she should have treated it as a compliment.
He found her attractive.
Cameron Wyatt agreed.
That's why he sacked her.
She was trying to damage Johnny's career.
I'd say it was Johnny's libido doing all the damage.
And it wasn't the first time, was it? I am not sure what you're getting at.
Milton Keynes, Frank Bryant and his daughter! That was a misunderstanding.
Johnny dropped the charges.
Why? Like I said, it was a misunderstanding.
JOHNNY: But we are gonna have to accept that Britain is full.
Let's pull up the drawbridge, put up the sign, "Closed to immigrants.
" Except perhaps the Polish.
My cleaning lady's a Pole.
She's a damn hard worker.
I haven't got a problem with gays.
Just keep it behind closed doors away from children.
Don't shove it in our faces and down our throats.
What is more British than a good old fox hunt? I mean, if we ban it, what are we gonna put on our Christmas cards? Seriously! Yes, well, he was quite opinionated.
Well, he told it like it was.
And he knew how to get a debate going.
The lines would be jammed every night with calls, people desperate to get on his show.
Who was this Tarzan Girl who kept calling? I don't Tarzan Girl? MACHINE REWINDS Hi, Johnny.
It's Tarzan Girl again.
Just wanted to say I love you and the show and can you play Tarzan Boy by No.
Do you know why that is? Because this is a talk show! Stupid cow.
Now, I've only listened to a week's worth of shows, and she's already rung in three times.
Johnny, he got a lot of nutters.
I mean, that was all part of the fun.
So, Jeremy, what else do you get up to? Not much.
I've got the shop, obviously, takes up most of my time.
You know, it's nice to have a hobby, but it's nice to get out too.
Smell the roses, drink the wine, make some friends.
I just never worked out how you actually did it.
Made friends.
Oh, it's easy.
In fact, it's so easy, you've just done it without even realising.
What? Really? Me and you? Yeah, of course.
By the way, this is not a complete collection.
What are you trying to say? There's a tape missing.
No, that's not missing.
There wasn't a show that day, because of the pensioners occupying the station.
A week before the fire, the station was invaded and occupied by this militant gang of Wyatt Corporation pensioners.
Hmm-mmm.
When the police finally entered the building, they found the ringleaders had chained themselves to the desks, although they did come quietly.
OK, next question - are you absolutely sure this is where we'll find the ring leader? CHANTING: Fair trade, not free trade.
Fair trade, not free trade.
Fair trade, not free trade.
Thanks.
Which one is Harriet Longthorn? She's just around the corner.
Fair trade, not free trade.
There she is.
Harriet Longthorn? Yes, dear.
Detective Superintendent Pullman, Brian Lane, UCOS.
We're reinvestigating a fire at Roxy Radio studios, hoping you could help us with our inquiries.
Help with our inquiries! CROWD: Ooh.
Yes, I'd just like to ask you a few questions.
That's how it usually starts, a few questions.
It's up to you.
You can talk to us here or down at the station.
CHEERING BANG ECHOES I thought you'd From upstairs, it sounded like- You thought I'd killed myself.
(CHUCKLES) Well, your family does have a history of it.
I can't afford a Bentley, or a gun.
I'd have stuck my head in the oven, but they've turned off the gas.
I'm sorry, it's not funny, is it? Oh, yes, it is.
In fact I've done a lot more laughing since this whole thing kicked off.
Really? There was never any time before.
I was on the corporate treadmill from the age of 16.
I'd still be on it if it wasn't for Dad.
You sound like you're glad that you got caught out.
I am.
Oh, I'd been at it for years.
Living to work, ignoring Gemma and the kids.
Doing things I could never be proud of.
Like ignoring Georgina Achebe's sexual harassment case? I didn't want to be bothered with the problems of some tiny part of the business.
Hmm! Actually, the less time I spent in a room with Graham and Johnny the better.
Really? Hmm.
Johnny was a straightforward arsehole, which is why he was so good on the radio.
Graham gave me the creeps.
The way he was always sucking up to Johnny, always agreeing with him, telling him how great he was.
But that's showbiz, isn't it? They hated each other, just couldn't function apart.
In fact, that's what Graham seemed scared of, being without Johnny.
Hmm! Cheers.
Here! Take this.
Oh, thanks! '85! Whoa, I'll save that for a special occasion.
Then I'll take it back.
Don't put off the good stuff.
It's not the most original thought, but life's too short.
Maybe you're right.
I'll open it tonight.
And thanks! At Roxy Radio, someone died.
That was nothing to do with the campaign.
You and your gang did occupy the building the week before.
Walked in, chained yourselves to the desks in the middle of broadcast.
What was stopping you from walking in a week later to plant an incendiary device? That's not what we're about.
We inconvenience and disrupt, that's all.
We'd already made our point at Roxy Radio.
We'd have moved on to the next target.
How did you get past the keycode doors? Ooh I can't remember, dear.
Who gave you the codes? Somebody with a grudge? Hmm, well there had been massive redundancies.
Not at Roxy Radio.
That was one of the few places where people hadn't lost their jobs.
Except for one person.
I'm going to see Georgina Achebe, see how she feels about direct action.
Hold on, listen to this.
"He's not right, I can tell by the look in his eyes.
He didn't give a damn.
He's a dirty pervert.
Look, I admit I hit him, but you can't tell me he didn't deserve it.
Not after She's only 15, for God's sake.
" You auditioning for something? This is a transcript of the statement that Frank Bryant gave the boys at Milton Keynes.
No wonder he dropped the charges.
Johnny got smacked because he spent the night with Bryant's daughter.
The 15-year-old? Exactly.
Graham Madeley made a statement saying that Johnny never touched the girl and the assault was unprovoked.
The girl wouldn't make a statement either way, which left the Milton Keynes boys on a very sticky wicket.
No complaint from the victim, no charges.
I'm beginning to see why Johnny wanted Madeley around all the time.
He knew too much about him to let him go.
Before I was sacked, there was a memo sent round telling everyone to be vigilant about security because of the protests.
It seemed like a good way to get back at everyone.
And I bet that felt good too.
Yeah.
It did.
So good that you thought you'd take it further.
No.
You vandalised Johnny's car That wasn't me either.
That wasn't enough so you decided to burn the place down.
No, I promise, once I'd given Harriet the code that was me out.
I never wanted to set foot in that studio again.
I didn't realise until I'd left, but that place was poisonous.
What do you mean? The atmosphere between Johnny and Graham for a start, everyone commented on it.
What atmosphere? I thought they were friends! Not from what I could see.
I don't even think they liked each other.
There was no back and forth between them.
When you're close to someone, you take the piss.
The better you like them, the further you go, right? You mean they didn't banter? Johnny did.
It wasn't humorous.
It was cruel.
I only ever heard Graham come back at him once.
When Johnny took the piss out of him for Sarah leaving him.
That's not funny.
Nonot funny.
But it was true.
Sarah and Graham had had this huge row at the Roxy Radio summer party.
When was this? About three weeks before the fire, just before I was sacked.
It happened during the firework display.
Everyone was outside.
When the noise died down we all heard Sarah shouting that Graham could come home when he wanted cos she wouldn't be there when he got back.
Look, I didn't burn that place down.
You have to believe that.
I think we can rule out the Grey Panthers but Georgina is still in the frame for me.
She still not copping for the car vandalism either? No - insisting it wasn't her.
Popular guy, wasn't he? Tell me! Only listened to a few of his shows, I wanted to set fire to him myself.
I was the same when I heard what Frank Bryant had to say.
The only person with a good word for him so far is Graham.
Everyone reckons Johnny treated him like muck.
He won't hear a bad word about him.
His office is like a shrine to Johnny.
He's a Deacon disciple.
Truebut the more we question him, the less comfortable he is.
Yeah.
Whoa, hold on, wait! Enjoy it.
That's what I was trying to do.
No, no, no.
Look, look, look (SLURPS) Well? Gorgeous.
That's what I mean.
You've got to give yourself time to enjoy life's little pleasures.
Oh, here we go.
Ever since you had that bonding session with Cameron it's been all "smell the flowers, feel the wind".
(CHORTLES) Well, I think he's right.
I mean, we're all on a hamster wheel, aren't we? Well, maybe I'm thinking of opting out of the rat race.
Are we rats or are we hamsters? Maybe I don't want to be any kind of rodent.
Maybe I don't want to work until they find me cold and stiff in the corner of the cage.
Now listen, it's the Roxy Radio fun day tomorrow.
Think we should go along and rattle a few cages, especially Graham's.
How are we gonna do that? He'd be on his guard as soon as he saw us.
Only you and me.
He doesn't know Brian, does he? He could just be a fan going along to ask some pertinent questions.
Yeah Well, no, the only problem is he doesn't really look like a Roxy Radio fan, does he? Mmm Well, I could do, though.
What's a Roxy Radio fan look like? £ EASTENDERS THEME Esther! It's me.
Have I got any clothes in pastel shades? Jeremy just popped round.
I said you wouldn't be long so he might as well stay and have a cuppa.
And watch EastEnders.
Right.
We've had a lovely chat.
You don't mind, do you? You did say we were friends now.
No, it's fine.
Another biscuit? Oh, yes, please.
Ta.
Right, I'll see you.
Bye! Bye.
(Go on, go on.
) Sshh! (SIGHS) Well, I think it's nice that you've got a new friend.
I was just being polite.
I was just trying to boost his confidence, so he might go out and find some friends his own age, maybe go to a disco or something.
Talk about the blind leading the socially inept! What's that supposed to mean? You haven't got any friends either, have you? Of course I have! What do you call Sandra and Gerry and Jack? Your colleagues.
He's come as what?! Oh, that is brilliant! Yeah, I'm on my way out now.
I'll see you later.
OK, bye.
PHONE RINGS Pullman.
Oh, hello, sir.
Could I call you back cos? No, I haven't really had the time cos this case has been qu No, sir.
Yes, right away, sir.
Come on, then! I feel like a right berk.
I look like a right berk.
No, it's terrific! You'll blend in.
What has Esther done to me?! Are you sure you've never seen Miami Vice? I've told you.
I don't watch police shows - a load of rubbish! I think you're supposed to be Crockett.
No, Esther said something about how she'd like to come home to Don Johnson.
Oh I take it he doesn't wear socks? £ .
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The only sound £ I think we're alone now Alone now £ And we all love that one! Are you having a good time? (ALL, GLUMLY): Yeah.
Well, that's good cos a little bird tells me it can only get better.
CLIFF RICHARD: £ I like small speakers £ I like tall speakers £ Hiya.
Hi.
Day two of campaign Get A Life.
You were talking about this fun-day thing and I thought it sounded like, well, fun.
So I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool if you were Crockett and I was Tubbs?" Or is it the other way round? Look, Jeremy, I'm working.
Oh Oh, sorry.
I didn't mean to get in your way.
I'm a bit rubbish at this.
I'll go.
No, no, no.
I know I'm getting on your nerves.
I do with everyone.
You're fine.
There's someone you should meet.
£ .
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Into the breakfast show Oh-o-o-o-oh £ And it's all kill and no filler today! And, remember, at Roxy, we're never going to give you up.
£ Never going to give you up £ Must be really nice for you.
Why? Working with your wife.
Yeah, it suits us.
Huh, I couldn't have worked with any of mine.
Not without it ending up coming to blows.
Huh, we've had our moments.
Yeah, that's right - you split up for a while, didn't you? Yeah, it was a bit of a rough patch.
I was working too hard and we weren't seeing enough of each other.
Is that all? Well, isn't it enough? And here she is! What can I do for you, my little chickadee? Hmm! Mmm.
Barry wants to know what time you're starting the display.
When it gets dark, dizzy daydreamer! What display? Fireworksto music.
It's brilliant! Yeah.
I've gone a bit edgy this year - Two Tribes by Frankie - a bit of politics.
Do you mean you actually put together the firework display? Yeah.
Yeah, I took my fireworks exams when I was doing the Radio 1 Roadshows.
Johnny liked a bit of an entrance.
Last year, he did Bohemian Rhapsody.
It was amazing! Just how everything went off in time to the music.
I'll never be able to do that.
Maybe one day.
Sarah came on the refresher courses with me one year.
She wasn't a natural, were you? I don't like the ones that bang.
So how do you actually get them all to go off to the music? Just use the right fuses.
Fuses? Yeah.
Excuse me.
And we have another request from our fun-day funsters! It's Tarzan Boy by Baltimora.
TARZAN BOY PLAYS Want to dance? Yeah.
You like this tune? I love it.
£ Woah oh o-o-o-o-oh o-oh £ Woah o-o-oh £ Tarzan Girl? Mmm! I think I'll follow this up with Hi-Fidelity - can't beat the Kids From Fame! Actually, I think that's going to have to be your last track.
What? You've got to come down the station.
My boss wants to talk to you urgently.
Why? He hasn't done anything.
What's going on? It's all right, love.
But I'm not leaving now.
I'm on for another hour.
Graham, mate, you don't want to make a scene in front of all these nice people, do you? Brian? And I'll be signing off now but I'll be leaving you in the capable hands of Barry The Kid Johnson.
See you on the flip side.
Good boy.
Graham, it's going to be OK.
I'm coming too.
You have been a certified pyrotechnist since 1985.
I told you that.
Meaning you had access to the specialist fuse that was used to burn down Roxy Radio.
Why would I burn down the place where I work, the place I'm fighting to keep open now? That's a good question.
Tell us about yours and Sara's separation.
There is nothing to tell.
It was a blip.
She came back.
When was that? I don't know.
After the fire.
Why then? So she could stand by me through the most difficult time of my life.
That's what wives do.
Then why weren't you living together at the time? It was nothing.
Cameron Wyatt offered me my own show, the afternoon slot.
I didn't want it.
Why not? I told you, Johnny and I were a team.
So Johnny objected to you having your own show, especially in a less anti-social time slot.
I mean, you were a married man, after all.
Or was that something else he objected to as well? He made you choose, didn't he, between Sarah and him? She must have been very hurt when you made your decision.
I've known him such a long time - couldn't just leave him.
If you didn't, you were going to lose your wife.
She didn't understand.
Johnny and I have been through a lot.
Or was it that he had put you through a lot? I don't understand.
The attack on Georgina wasn't the first inappropriate act, was it? Tell us about Milton Keynes.
You seem to know everything.
You tell me.
Oh, we do know everything - now.
We know that Frank Bryant's daughter was only 15 years old.
(SIGHS) Those were very different times.
Age wasn't such a big deal.
I think it was, especially the age of consent.
We didn't know she was that young - didn't seem to bother her.
She was just a groupie.
No, no, no, no, no.
That came out wrong.
You see, the question I keep asking myself is, how many other groupies were there? How many other angry fathers did you have to deal with? You don't understand.
No, I think we do.
You weren't just Johnny's friend and manager - you were an accomplice to a sexual predator.
How does it go, eh? What happens on tour, stays on tour? But then Georgina came along.
A bit close to home, that, weren't it? You had to pull out all the stops to keep her out of the picture.
You even had to involve Cameron Wyatt.
Was that the last straw? Was that when you finally decided Johnny had to go? I think .
.
I need to speak to a solicitor now.
I really thought we were on for a full confession there.
He knows we haven't anything concrete.
It's all theory and no evidence.
Maybe that's because he didn't do it.
Tarzan Girl.
Sorry? I think Johnny was being stalked by one of his listeners.
When she didn't get the attention she wanted, she vandalised his car.
When that didn't work, she started playing with matches.
Don't tell me you want me to put out an APB for Tarzan Girl, Brian.
No need.
JOHNNY: You're on the air.
What do you want to say? Hi, Johnny.
Love the show.
Thanks, but the topic is whether teenagers should be given the morning-after pill or made to face the consequences of their bad behaviour? Yeah, I was just wondering if you'd play a record for me - Tarzan Boy.
Do you remember it, Johnny? Never did remember, though, did he? Now, back in '85 when that song was in the charts, you would be, what, 15? Was that how old you were when you met Johnny? Yeah, the 12th of August - the best day of my life.
That was the day I went to see Top Of The Pops live.
Sounds like fun.
Yeah, it was.
We were in the crowd right at the back.
That's when Graham came up and started chatting to me.
I had a Johnny Deacon badge on, and he asked me if I wanted to go backstage and meet him.
Did you? Yeah, and I met Bolton.
He was your favourite, wasn't he? Oh, yeah.
Sharon, did, um did something happen that night, something you weren't ready for? He said he had some new records back at his flat that I might like.
He said it would be a nice thankyou.
He said I should be grateful that he'd picked me out of all the other girls.
Afterwards I was so bloody ashamed of myself.
I'd been so stupid.
It wasn't your fault.
You were only 14.
How did you end up at Roxy Radio? I saw the ad in the paper and applied.
I thought if I was going to be a cleaner, it might as well be somewhere interesting.
I couldn't believe it when Johnny joined the station.
How was that - seeing each other every day? I saw him, but he didn't see me.
I was just the cleaner.
Is that why you started calling into the show? Jog his memory? It didn't work.
I needed to do somethingbigger, show him I wasn't just going to be ignored.
You smashed Johnny's car up? I don't know what got into me.
Once I started, I couldn't stop.
What was wrong with me? What did I do something like that for? Because Johnny Deacon raped you.
No, he didn't.
Look, I know you went back to the flat, but you were underage, you were vulnerable It wasn't Johnny.
It was Graham.
Graham? Graham Madeley? Yes.
Johnny would never do a thing like that.
But Graham I think he'd done it before.
Is that why you started the fire at night, to kill Graham? I didn't start the fire! I'd never do anything to hurt Johnny I was trying to help him.
I knew he was trapped - I heard him screaming, and then there was an explosion.
The Fire Brigade thinks it was something electrical, and all I saw was a flash.
And it was the last thing I ever saw.
I'm sorry, Sharon.
I should've been on my way home by then.
Why weren't you? I was running late all night.
I had to wait to get my cleaning stuff.
There was someone in the ladies when I got there.
How do you mean? There was no broom cupboard.
I had to store all my cleaning stuff in the ladies loo.
Who was in there? I don't know.
I knocked, there was no answer, and I assumed it was that black girl.
Georgina? No, no, no, couldn't have been.
At that time you were the only woman working there.
Could have been anyone in the toilet.
You're right.
It could have been any woman who knew the security code and had firework training - anyone at all.
Now, we can do this the hard way or the easy way.
The hard way involves us going through every report, each statement until we prove you were there.
That option involves me telling the jury at your trial how uncooperative you have been.
Or there's the easy way.
That's where you tell me everything.
And I do mean everything, Sarah.
I don't know We know about Graham and the girls - the young girls.
I don't know what you're getting at.
How old were you when Graham and you got together? Graham tell you that? Bet that's what he told all the other girls.
What other girls? There weren't any.
Stop lying to me! Sarah No, no.
I don't want to listen to this.
I want Graham.
Sit down, Sarah.
I want to see him now.
OK, you can see him, but I want you to listen to something first.
SHARON: He said he had some new records back at his flat that I might like.
He said it would be a nice thankyou.
He said I should be grateful that he'd picked me out of all the other girls.
Afterwards, I was so bloody ashamed of myself.
I'd been so stupid.
It wasn't fault- Still want to see Graham? On his car, love? I didn't know I had it in me.
Once I started I just couldn't stop.
What did I do that for? What was wrong with me? Johnny Deacon raped you.
No, he didn't.
I know you went back to his flat, but you were underage, vulnerable It wasn't Johnny.
It was Graham.
(SOBS) You did the right thing, Sarah.
Confession always goes down better when it comes to sentencing.
So you said.
Sarah! Darling! Sarah? (SPITS) Not strictly procedural, but bloody effective.
I'm sorry.
You were saying? Nothing, sir.
No, go on.
I'm interested in anything you have to say about procedure, considering how it's been ignored around here.
I'm not sure I understand, sir.
An illegal mobile phone trace, an even more illegal credit card search - neither of them fruitful, which suggests that Jack Halford doesn't want to be found, which is his prerogative considering he's no longer an employee of the Metropolitan Police.
Since when? Since he walked out of here without a backward glance.
This is ridiculous.
I will not have this department held to ransom.
It's time to move on.
Quite right, sir.
You'll get my resignation in the morning.
What?! Fine.
We'll interview for yours and Jack's replacements.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Was this supposed to show me the error of my ways, prove how indispensable Jack really is? Let me tell you this - no-one in this department is indispensable.
Do I make myself clear? Crystal, sir.
So would you prefer my application for a transfer in writing or will an email do? Don't be a bloody fool, Sandra.
Well, don't expect a reference! That could have gone better.
No, it was pretty impressive from where I stood.
Should buy Jack a bit more time, shouldn't it? Hope so.
Hope? Of course he's coming back.
There was no need for you to fall on your swords.
Bloody stupid.
What if Strickland meant it? Well, what if he did? What are you saying? I'm only talking for myself, but if Jack doesn't come back Jack is coming back! How many times? Brian, I don't think he is.
Look, we have had a good run.
We've solved a few cases.
Maybe it is time to move on.
Well, that's all well and good at least it is if you've got somewhere to move on to.
Brian! (SIGHS) Jack? Oh, Mary, where is he? No, no, no.
I'm not having this.
£ It's all right, it's OK £ Doesn't really matter if you're old and grey £ It's all right, I say it's OK £ Listen to what I say £ It's all right, doing fine £ Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine £ It's all right, I say it's OK £ We're getting to the end of the day.
£ Closed Captions by CSI
' ON PHONE: Jack, it's Brian.
Just haven't heard from you for a while.
Well, since Look, give me a call when you get a chance.
ON PHONE: Hi, Jack.
It's Sandra.
Call me.
ON PHONE: You all right, mate? It's Gerry.
Look, I wondered if you fancied a pint sometime this week.
Erm, well, give us a shout if you do, eh? ON PHONE: OK, Jack, I know you're upset, I get that, but would it kill you to let us know you're all right? Jack, where are you? £ It's all right It's OK £ Doesn't really matter if you're old and grey £ It's all right I say, it's OK £ Listen to what I say £ It's all right Doin' fine £ Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine £ It's all right, it's OK £ We're getting to the end of the day.
£ It's just one of his long, dark teatimes of the soul.
He'll be back.
Brian, I don't think I expect he'll walk through that door any minute.
I'll see you there in ten minutes, sir.
OK, fine.
Would've been bloody impressive though, wouldn't it? Morning.
Morning.
I think you'll like this case.
Should get the juices flowing.
On 30th September 1998, the studios of Roxy Radio in Barnet burnt to the ground.
The local radio station was part of Sir Max Wyatt's media empire.
As you'll know he was the subject of some scrutiny in the late-'90s.
Well, he was ripping off his employees' pensions.
The minute Wyatt got wind of the investigation, he topped himself in his Roller.
The fire was originally thought to have been an insurance job ordered by Wyatt.
However, the murder squad were involved because there was a death in the fire, but they drew a blank.
It seems the fire cannot be linked to either the pension fund or any other of Wyatt's dealings, so it's a fresh case.
Lots of challenges.
What do you think? Yeah, it sounds interesting.
As I said, the fire did result in a death.
That of Johnny Deacon.
He was the DJ on air at the time.
Hey! Johnny "Decks" Deacon, I remember him from Radio 1.
He was a cheeky-chappy type.
He had quite a following at the time.
Apparently he still does.
Mr Kirkham, would you like to come in? This is Jeremy Kirkham, the president of the Johnny Deacon fan club.
Life president, actually.
One of the club's recent activities was to launch a fairly intensive campaign, demanding Mr Deacon's killer be brought to justice.
In the meantime, Mr Kirkham would like to take this opportunity to tell you quite what Johnny Deacon meant to him.
Oh, I need to set up first.
Set what up? Er, my speaker system, my projector Johnny was a consummate broadcaster, he deserves to be heard in digital quality stereo.
Is over here all right? No, that's Jack's desk.
Here, come with me.
Just get this Turn right.
Could you and I have a word? Yes, certainly.
Personnel files.
They're potential replacements for Jack.
UCOS has budget for three positions besides yours.
They're all filled.
Sandra Jack's on leave of absence.
Well, we both know that's a lie.
The longer you perpetuate it, the worse team morale is going to be.
Giving away Jack's job is hardly going to help, is it? I disagree.
I think it'll signify you've moved on.
Look, take a few days to look through the candidates, maybe by then Jack will have got in contact.
But if we haven't heard anything within a week, I expect to be sitting in on some interviews.
Sir! The geek squad is ready for us.
Johnny Deacon was a born broadcaster.
In his future would be a golden era at Radio 1 where he would stand with the greats.
His extensive charity work.
And of course, in his final days, the UK's hardest hitting talk-radio star at Roxy Radio, where he would court controversy and rattle the cages of the powers that be.
Of course it was here that he met his untimely end.
Well, that's the bit that we're sort of interested in, really.
Yes, and I actually have a recording of Johnny's final moments.
You've got a tape of him dying? Well, yes, Johnny was a consummate professional, he carried on recording right until the end.
That was sort of my finale.
Can we wind to that, please? Yep.
RECORDING: Now it's a year this week since Diana, Princess of Wales died.
What are your thoughts 12 months on from those extraordinary scenes of mourning? Did we all overreact? Did the death of a divorced adulteress warrant the outpouring of grief? That was Johnny, uncompromising.
I wanna know what you think.
Graham is waiting for your call.
Graham Madeley, his producer, they'd been together for years.
OK, first on the line is Helen.
FIRE ALARM OK, that's the fire alarm, sorry about that.
That does indeed I think we've Are we? No, the studio is on fire.
But I'm not sure yet Wow, it really is on fire.
Graham! Mate? What's going on? Graham? Shit! (COUGHS) Graham! Graham, I can't get out! Graham! Anyone! (COUGHS) For God's sake, help me! (COUGHS) Have you got a copy of the recording, Jeremy? Yes.
I maintain the full Johnny Deacon library and recordings dating right back to his hospital radio days.
I can offer you full access Thank you very much.
I don't think that'll be necessary, but Brian, could you help him pack up please? The original murder squad looked into forensics and motive and took statements from the two survivors - Graham Madeley, the producer and Sharon Revie, the cleaner.
Although she was quite badly burnt.
How badly? She was blinded.
Oh! I'd have thought Jeremy might have mentioned that.
There we go.
Thank you.
There was no CCTV, but they had keycodes on the front door and the studio door and they think that's what killed Johnny.
How? The fire damaged the entire system, couldn't unlock the door.
The fire investigation concluded that "an incendiary device had been placed in a storage cupboard near the studio.
It was a simple device.
Easy to build if you had a bit of know-how.
The only specialist bit of kit was the slow fuse.
" So what was the motive? Insurance job? Well, arson's usually a crime of impotent rage.
Question is, who was the target of that rage? Johnny Deacon or Roxy Radio? Or the Wyatt Corporation.
When it turned out that the pension fund had gone, they made 5,000 redundant to try and cut costs.
After Max Wyatt pissed away their pensions, maybe they were entitled to a bit of impotent rage.
And we've got 5,000 suspects? Yes.
I bet the Wyatts did have some specific threats though.
They just weren't exactly on speaking terms with us at the time.
I don't know about this, Gerry.
All I wanna know is if he's made any phone calls in the last two weeks and who to.
All right.
Thanks, mate.
I owe you one.
I just need any credit- or debit-card transactions from the last few days.
What? Yes, of course.
I have full authorisation.
"Who?" DAC Strickland, of course.
I've tried calling him, I've tried, but all I get is the answering machine.
Me, too.
What? Cameron Wyatt? Yes.
Detective Superintendent Pullman, Gerry Standing, UCOS.
We'd like a word, please.
Oh.
You getting ready to move? No, I'm getting ready to be evicted.
The house is the last thing to go next week.
You're servicing your father's debts? It's not as if the old bastard hung around long enough to do it himself.
So, how can I help you? The fire at Roxy Radio.
The one thing you can't pin on the old man.
To be honest, whatever money the fire insurance raised would've been a drop in the ocean.
When I ran the place, we barely broke even.
You ran the station? I was running it at the time of the fire.
Before the fire, did the company receive any threats? Perhaps related to your father's business troubles? Look, what Dad did, it's not just me left like this.
People who worked for us for years, trusted us to put money into the company pension, first we took that away, then we sacked them.
Of course there were threats.
Were any of these redundancies at Roxy Radio? No.
That place virtually ran on a skeleton staff as it was, there was no fat to trim.
Although there was a sacking.
When? About three weeks before the fire.
Georgina, I think.
She was a broadcast assistant.
Why did you give her the push? She'd had a warning about stealing office supplies and was caught again.
Office supplies? I know.
What's a few paperclips compared to a 20 million-pound pension fund? £ THE BANGLES: Walk like an Egyptian £ All the kids in the market place say way-oh way-oh way-oh way-oh! £ Walk like an Egyptian.
£ Welcome to Roxy Radio, where the '80s never ended.
We're here to see Graham Madeley.
I'm afraid that's not possible.
Why not? Cos he's on the air till one! ON SPEAKER: That's right, folks.
It's Graham here with another of those great '80s sounds from Kylie, who's feeling lucky, lucky, lucky?' We'll wait.
Gerry! £ KYLIE MINOGUE: In my imagination £ There is no complication £ I dream about you all the time £ £ CULTURE CLUB: You said £ I'm a man without conviction £ I'm a man who doesn't know £ Karma, karma, karma, karma karma chameleon £ You can go through now.
Thank you.
£ You come and go.
£ ON SPEAKER: And that's all from me, Graham Madeley, but we'll be back tomorrow, so until then, keep it real, keep it retro.
Keep it Roxy Radio.
Hi, guys.
I heard you want a little pow-wow.
£ PHIL COLLINS: In The Air Tonight When I hear this, I always think of Johnny, cos he's in the air.
When I play this, I can feel him looking over my shoulder.
You were close, then? Like brothers.
Went back to the hospital radio days.
25 years.
Some marriages don't last that long.
But then Johnny was always married to the job.
But he must have had some kind of personality change coming here.
We heard a recording.
Still, he expressed some pretty extreme views.
Did he upset anyone? That was the point of the show, to get the listeners calling in.
Johnny would have preferred playing music, believe me.
You nearly finished, chicken? Why? Does Sarah miss her Monkey Man? Always.
Were you friends with Johnny too? We wouldn't have got together if it hadn't been for him.
Sarah was in the audience at one of Johnny's nightclub PAs in Ilford.
Has he sold you a fun-day ticket yet? It's for a good cause.
We're trying to save the station by getting the community behind us.
Yeah, we'll bear it in mind.
One more thing, Georgina.
Who? The girl who was sacked just before the fire.
Do you know why? Ah, her.
Yeah, I had nothing to do with her.
I just heard she was given the push.
Well, maybe your employee records will shed some light.
I doubt it.
They got destroyed in a fire.
Oh.
Sharon Revie? Brian Lane.
I called you this morning.
Of course.
I recognise the voice.
Come in.
Sharon, I need to talk to you about the fire.
I don't remember much.
Just tell me what you can.
I was cleaning the offices as usual when I heard the fire alarm go off.
I assumed it was just a drill.
Well, you do, don't you? I left my handbag in my locker, so I went back for it.
Why? Because it had my fags in.
By the time I was making my way out, the place was full of smoke.
I lost my bearings.
I don't remember any more.
Oh.
Come on! It's not often I wish I wasn't a bloke.
I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to leave.
This is a women-only space.
I wish I could.
Police.
We need to talk to Georgina Achebe.
How can I help? I wasn't sacked because I took a few pens.
I was sacked because I turned down Johnny Deacon.
What for? What do you think? It had been going on for weeks, but it was my first job, and I thought it came with the territory.
So what happened with Johnny? He started telling his usual jokes.
Told me he was curious, that he'd never slept with a black girl before, the usual creepy stuff.
And then I realised he had me cornered.
And that's when he started groping me.
What did you do? I slapped him round the face and went straight to Graham.
He was still with Sarah, so he acted all sympathetic, sent me home, promised me he'd speak to Wyatt on my behalf.
But the next morning I was told to clear my desk.
My radio career was over before it had even started.
That's why I came to work here.
Very admirable, but it wasn't the first thing you did, was it? What? You'd been unfairly dismissed, sexually assaulted and your career had just been killed.
I don't understand.
Do you have an alibi for the night of the fire? It was ten years ago.
Do I need one? I'd have felt like getting my own back.
Yeah, but how far would you go? I don't know.
How about keying his car? Yes, I'd get a certain sense of satisfaction from that.
Slashing his tyres? Maybe.
What about smashing both windscreens and all four windows? I'm pissed off, not psychotic.
Then we're looking for a psychopath.
That's what happened to Johnny's car a week before the fire.
But it wasn't the first time Johnny had incited violence.
In 1987, he was doing a gig when some bloke smacked him one for copping off with his daughter.
Frank Bryant was charged with assault.
But Johnny dropped the charges.
Why? Doesn't say.
You don't honestly think this Bryant bloke turned up ten years later and set him on fire? What we do need is to find out whoever else he crossed.
Luckily for us, Johnny always broadcast his arguments.
I think Johnny's one-man fan club might be of use after all.
Where did you get all these? I started recording them from the radio in 1986.
I had some health problems when I was a kid, never really at school.
My mum bought me a radio cassette as a bit of company.
I see.
It's a commitment maintaining an archive like this, but of course, I started on the big project three years ago.
Full format transfer from cassette tape to CD.
No point in being analogue in a digital age.
Every show Johnny ever did.
Except for the hospital-radio shows.
That's when I first heard him, when I was in for one of my operations.
Right.
I'm gonna send some lads down to box this lot up and take it to the station.
Box it up? Have you any idea how much my collection is worth? But I need to listen to them.
Well, can't you just listen to them here? I could put the kettle on, make us both a cuppa.
He won't be long.
He's just finished recording some jingles.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Oh! Look at all this stuff! Smash Hits Award for most popular DJ.
Johnny won in '86.
Sarah says I'm Johnny's mad curator, keeping his memory alive.
Quite the ladies' man, wasn't he? The ladies were queuing up.
Not according to Georgina Achebe.
She says that Johnny forced himself on her.
She was a bitch.
She'd only been in radio for five minutes and she thought it was OK to risk the career of someone with over 20 years' broadcasting experience.
No, no, no.
He risked that himself when he assaulted her.
Assaulted? No, bit of fun.
So he did make a pass? Yes, but she should have treated it as a compliment.
He found her attractive.
Cameron Wyatt agreed.
That's why he sacked her.
She was trying to damage Johnny's career.
I'd say it was Johnny's libido doing all the damage.
And it wasn't the first time, was it? I am not sure what you're getting at.
Milton Keynes, Frank Bryant and his daughter! That was a misunderstanding.
Johnny dropped the charges.
Why? Like I said, it was a misunderstanding.
JOHNNY: But we are gonna have to accept that Britain is full.
Let's pull up the drawbridge, put up the sign, "Closed to immigrants.
" Except perhaps the Polish.
My cleaning lady's a Pole.
She's a damn hard worker.
I haven't got a problem with gays.
Just keep it behind closed doors away from children.
Don't shove it in our faces and down our throats.
What is more British than a good old fox hunt? I mean, if we ban it, what are we gonna put on our Christmas cards? Seriously! Yes, well, he was quite opinionated.
Well, he told it like it was.
And he knew how to get a debate going.
The lines would be jammed every night with calls, people desperate to get on his show.
Who was this Tarzan Girl who kept calling? I don't Tarzan Girl? MACHINE REWINDS Hi, Johnny.
It's Tarzan Girl again.
Just wanted to say I love you and the show and can you play Tarzan Boy by No.
Do you know why that is? Because this is a talk show! Stupid cow.
Now, I've only listened to a week's worth of shows, and she's already rung in three times.
Johnny, he got a lot of nutters.
I mean, that was all part of the fun.
So, Jeremy, what else do you get up to? Not much.
I've got the shop, obviously, takes up most of my time.
You know, it's nice to have a hobby, but it's nice to get out too.
Smell the roses, drink the wine, make some friends.
I just never worked out how you actually did it.
Made friends.
Oh, it's easy.
In fact, it's so easy, you've just done it without even realising.
What? Really? Me and you? Yeah, of course.
By the way, this is not a complete collection.
What are you trying to say? There's a tape missing.
No, that's not missing.
There wasn't a show that day, because of the pensioners occupying the station.
A week before the fire, the station was invaded and occupied by this militant gang of Wyatt Corporation pensioners.
Hmm-mmm.
When the police finally entered the building, they found the ringleaders had chained themselves to the desks, although they did come quietly.
OK, next question - are you absolutely sure this is where we'll find the ring leader? CHANTING: Fair trade, not free trade.
Fair trade, not free trade.
Fair trade, not free trade.
Thanks.
Which one is Harriet Longthorn? She's just around the corner.
Fair trade, not free trade.
There she is.
Harriet Longthorn? Yes, dear.
Detective Superintendent Pullman, Brian Lane, UCOS.
We're reinvestigating a fire at Roxy Radio studios, hoping you could help us with our inquiries.
Help with our inquiries! CROWD: Ooh.
Yes, I'd just like to ask you a few questions.
That's how it usually starts, a few questions.
It's up to you.
You can talk to us here or down at the station.
CHEERING BANG ECHOES I thought you'd From upstairs, it sounded like- You thought I'd killed myself.
(CHUCKLES) Well, your family does have a history of it.
I can't afford a Bentley, or a gun.
I'd have stuck my head in the oven, but they've turned off the gas.
I'm sorry, it's not funny, is it? Oh, yes, it is.
In fact I've done a lot more laughing since this whole thing kicked off.
Really? There was never any time before.
I was on the corporate treadmill from the age of 16.
I'd still be on it if it wasn't for Dad.
You sound like you're glad that you got caught out.
I am.
Oh, I'd been at it for years.
Living to work, ignoring Gemma and the kids.
Doing things I could never be proud of.
Like ignoring Georgina Achebe's sexual harassment case? I didn't want to be bothered with the problems of some tiny part of the business.
Hmm! Actually, the less time I spent in a room with Graham and Johnny the better.
Really? Hmm.
Johnny was a straightforward arsehole, which is why he was so good on the radio.
Graham gave me the creeps.
The way he was always sucking up to Johnny, always agreeing with him, telling him how great he was.
But that's showbiz, isn't it? They hated each other, just couldn't function apart.
In fact, that's what Graham seemed scared of, being without Johnny.
Hmm! Cheers.
Here! Take this.
Oh, thanks! '85! Whoa, I'll save that for a special occasion.
Then I'll take it back.
Don't put off the good stuff.
It's not the most original thought, but life's too short.
Maybe you're right.
I'll open it tonight.
And thanks! At Roxy Radio, someone died.
That was nothing to do with the campaign.
You and your gang did occupy the building the week before.
Walked in, chained yourselves to the desks in the middle of broadcast.
What was stopping you from walking in a week later to plant an incendiary device? That's not what we're about.
We inconvenience and disrupt, that's all.
We'd already made our point at Roxy Radio.
We'd have moved on to the next target.
How did you get past the keycode doors? Ooh I can't remember, dear.
Who gave you the codes? Somebody with a grudge? Hmm, well there had been massive redundancies.
Not at Roxy Radio.
That was one of the few places where people hadn't lost their jobs.
Except for one person.
I'm going to see Georgina Achebe, see how she feels about direct action.
Hold on, listen to this.
"He's not right, I can tell by the look in his eyes.
He didn't give a damn.
He's a dirty pervert.
Look, I admit I hit him, but you can't tell me he didn't deserve it.
Not after She's only 15, for God's sake.
" You auditioning for something? This is a transcript of the statement that Frank Bryant gave the boys at Milton Keynes.
No wonder he dropped the charges.
Johnny got smacked because he spent the night with Bryant's daughter.
The 15-year-old? Exactly.
Graham Madeley made a statement saying that Johnny never touched the girl and the assault was unprovoked.
The girl wouldn't make a statement either way, which left the Milton Keynes boys on a very sticky wicket.
No complaint from the victim, no charges.
I'm beginning to see why Johnny wanted Madeley around all the time.
He knew too much about him to let him go.
Before I was sacked, there was a memo sent round telling everyone to be vigilant about security because of the protests.
It seemed like a good way to get back at everyone.
And I bet that felt good too.
Yeah.
It did.
So good that you thought you'd take it further.
No.
You vandalised Johnny's car That wasn't me either.
That wasn't enough so you decided to burn the place down.
No, I promise, once I'd given Harriet the code that was me out.
I never wanted to set foot in that studio again.
I didn't realise until I'd left, but that place was poisonous.
What do you mean? The atmosphere between Johnny and Graham for a start, everyone commented on it.
What atmosphere? I thought they were friends! Not from what I could see.
I don't even think they liked each other.
There was no back and forth between them.
When you're close to someone, you take the piss.
The better you like them, the further you go, right? You mean they didn't banter? Johnny did.
It wasn't humorous.
It was cruel.
I only ever heard Graham come back at him once.
When Johnny took the piss out of him for Sarah leaving him.
That's not funny.
Nonot funny.
But it was true.
Sarah and Graham had had this huge row at the Roxy Radio summer party.
When was this? About three weeks before the fire, just before I was sacked.
It happened during the firework display.
Everyone was outside.
When the noise died down we all heard Sarah shouting that Graham could come home when he wanted cos she wouldn't be there when he got back.
Look, I didn't burn that place down.
You have to believe that.
I think we can rule out the Grey Panthers but Georgina is still in the frame for me.
She still not copping for the car vandalism either? No - insisting it wasn't her.
Popular guy, wasn't he? Tell me! Only listened to a few of his shows, I wanted to set fire to him myself.
I was the same when I heard what Frank Bryant had to say.
The only person with a good word for him so far is Graham.
Everyone reckons Johnny treated him like muck.
He won't hear a bad word about him.
His office is like a shrine to Johnny.
He's a Deacon disciple.
Truebut the more we question him, the less comfortable he is.
Yeah.
Whoa, hold on, wait! Enjoy it.
That's what I was trying to do.
No, no, no.
Look, look, look (SLURPS) Well? Gorgeous.
That's what I mean.
You've got to give yourself time to enjoy life's little pleasures.
Oh, here we go.
Ever since you had that bonding session with Cameron it's been all "smell the flowers, feel the wind".
(CHORTLES) Well, I think he's right.
I mean, we're all on a hamster wheel, aren't we? Well, maybe I'm thinking of opting out of the rat race.
Are we rats or are we hamsters? Maybe I don't want to be any kind of rodent.
Maybe I don't want to work until they find me cold and stiff in the corner of the cage.
Now listen, it's the Roxy Radio fun day tomorrow.
Think we should go along and rattle a few cages, especially Graham's.
How are we gonna do that? He'd be on his guard as soon as he saw us.
Only you and me.
He doesn't know Brian, does he? He could just be a fan going along to ask some pertinent questions.
Yeah Well, no, the only problem is he doesn't really look like a Roxy Radio fan, does he? Mmm Well, I could do, though.
What's a Roxy Radio fan look like? £ EASTENDERS THEME Esther! It's me.
Have I got any clothes in pastel shades? Jeremy just popped round.
I said you wouldn't be long so he might as well stay and have a cuppa.
And watch EastEnders.
Right.
We've had a lovely chat.
You don't mind, do you? You did say we were friends now.
No, it's fine.
Another biscuit? Oh, yes, please.
Ta.
Right, I'll see you.
Bye! Bye.
(Go on, go on.
) Sshh! (SIGHS) Well, I think it's nice that you've got a new friend.
I was just being polite.
I was just trying to boost his confidence, so he might go out and find some friends his own age, maybe go to a disco or something.
Talk about the blind leading the socially inept! What's that supposed to mean? You haven't got any friends either, have you? Of course I have! What do you call Sandra and Gerry and Jack? Your colleagues.
He's come as what?! Oh, that is brilliant! Yeah, I'm on my way out now.
I'll see you later.
OK, bye.
PHONE RINGS Pullman.
Oh, hello, sir.
Could I call you back cos? No, I haven't really had the time cos this case has been qu No, sir.
Yes, right away, sir.
Come on, then! I feel like a right berk.
I look like a right berk.
No, it's terrific! You'll blend in.
What has Esther done to me?! Are you sure you've never seen Miami Vice? I've told you.
I don't watch police shows - a load of rubbish! I think you're supposed to be Crockett.
No, Esther said something about how she'd like to come home to Don Johnson.
Oh I take it he doesn't wear socks? £ .
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The only sound £ I think we're alone now Alone now £ And we all love that one! Are you having a good time? (ALL, GLUMLY): Yeah.
Well, that's good cos a little bird tells me it can only get better.
CLIFF RICHARD: £ I like small speakers £ I like tall speakers £ Hiya.
Hi.
Day two of campaign Get A Life.
You were talking about this fun-day thing and I thought it sounded like, well, fun.
So I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool if you were Crockett and I was Tubbs?" Or is it the other way round? Look, Jeremy, I'm working.
Oh Oh, sorry.
I didn't mean to get in your way.
I'm a bit rubbish at this.
I'll go.
No, no, no.
I know I'm getting on your nerves.
I do with everyone.
You're fine.
There's someone you should meet.
£ .
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Into the breakfast show Oh-o-o-o-oh £ And it's all kill and no filler today! And, remember, at Roxy, we're never going to give you up.
£ Never going to give you up £ Must be really nice for you.
Why? Working with your wife.
Yeah, it suits us.
Huh, I couldn't have worked with any of mine.
Not without it ending up coming to blows.
Huh, we've had our moments.
Yeah, that's right - you split up for a while, didn't you? Yeah, it was a bit of a rough patch.
I was working too hard and we weren't seeing enough of each other.
Is that all? Well, isn't it enough? And here she is! What can I do for you, my little chickadee? Hmm! Mmm.
Barry wants to know what time you're starting the display.
When it gets dark, dizzy daydreamer! What display? Fireworksto music.
It's brilliant! Yeah.
I've gone a bit edgy this year - Two Tribes by Frankie - a bit of politics.
Do you mean you actually put together the firework display? Yeah.
Yeah, I took my fireworks exams when I was doing the Radio 1 Roadshows.
Johnny liked a bit of an entrance.
Last year, he did Bohemian Rhapsody.
It was amazing! Just how everything went off in time to the music.
I'll never be able to do that.
Maybe one day.
Sarah came on the refresher courses with me one year.
She wasn't a natural, were you? I don't like the ones that bang.
So how do you actually get them all to go off to the music? Just use the right fuses.
Fuses? Yeah.
Excuse me.
And we have another request from our fun-day funsters! It's Tarzan Boy by Baltimora.
TARZAN BOY PLAYS Want to dance? Yeah.
You like this tune? I love it.
£ Woah oh o-o-o-o-oh o-oh £ Woah o-o-oh £ Tarzan Girl? Mmm! I think I'll follow this up with Hi-Fidelity - can't beat the Kids From Fame! Actually, I think that's going to have to be your last track.
What? You've got to come down the station.
My boss wants to talk to you urgently.
Why? He hasn't done anything.
What's going on? It's all right, love.
But I'm not leaving now.
I'm on for another hour.
Graham, mate, you don't want to make a scene in front of all these nice people, do you? Brian? And I'll be signing off now but I'll be leaving you in the capable hands of Barry The Kid Johnson.
See you on the flip side.
Good boy.
Graham, it's going to be OK.
I'm coming too.
You have been a certified pyrotechnist since 1985.
I told you that.
Meaning you had access to the specialist fuse that was used to burn down Roxy Radio.
Why would I burn down the place where I work, the place I'm fighting to keep open now? That's a good question.
Tell us about yours and Sara's separation.
There is nothing to tell.
It was a blip.
She came back.
When was that? I don't know.
After the fire.
Why then? So she could stand by me through the most difficult time of my life.
That's what wives do.
Then why weren't you living together at the time? It was nothing.
Cameron Wyatt offered me my own show, the afternoon slot.
I didn't want it.
Why not? I told you, Johnny and I were a team.
So Johnny objected to you having your own show, especially in a less anti-social time slot.
I mean, you were a married man, after all.
Or was that something else he objected to as well? He made you choose, didn't he, between Sarah and him? She must have been very hurt when you made your decision.
I've known him such a long time - couldn't just leave him.
If you didn't, you were going to lose your wife.
She didn't understand.
Johnny and I have been through a lot.
Or was it that he had put you through a lot? I don't understand.
The attack on Georgina wasn't the first inappropriate act, was it? Tell us about Milton Keynes.
You seem to know everything.
You tell me.
Oh, we do know everything - now.
We know that Frank Bryant's daughter was only 15 years old.
(SIGHS) Those were very different times.
Age wasn't such a big deal.
I think it was, especially the age of consent.
We didn't know she was that young - didn't seem to bother her.
She was just a groupie.
No, no, no, no, no.
That came out wrong.
You see, the question I keep asking myself is, how many other groupies were there? How many other angry fathers did you have to deal with? You don't understand.
No, I think we do.
You weren't just Johnny's friend and manager - you were an accomplice to a sexual predator.
How does it go, eh? What happens on tour, stays on tour? But then Georgina came along.
A bit close to home, that, weren't it? You had to pull out all the stops to keep her out of the picture.
You even had to involve Cameron Wyatt.
Was that the last straw? Was that when you finally decided Johnny had to go? I think .
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I need to speak to a solicitor now.
I really thought we were on for a full confession there.
He knows we haven't anything concrete.
It's all theory and no evidence.
Maybe that's because he didn't do it.
Tarzan Girl.
Sorry? I think Johnny was being stalked by one of his listeners.
When she didn't get the attention she wanted, she vandalised his car.
When that didn't work, she started playing with matches.
Don't tell me you want me to put out an APB for Tarzan Girl, Brian.
No need.
JOHNNY: You're on the air.
What do you want to say? Hi, Johnny.
Love the show.
Thanks, but the topic is whether teenagers should be given the morning-after pill or made to face the consequences of their bad behaviour? Yeah, I was just wondering if you'd play a record for me - Tarzan Boy.
Do you remember it, Johnny? Never did remember, though, did he? Now, back in '85 when that song was in the charts, you would be, what, 15? Was that how old you were when you met Johnny? Yeah, the 12th of August - the best day of my life.
That was the day I went to see Top Of The Pops live.
Sounds like fun.
Yeah, it was.
We were in the crowd right at the back.
That's when Graham came up and started chatting to me.
I had a Johnny Deacon badge on, and he asked me if I wanted to go backstage and meet him.
Did you? Yeah, and I met Bolton.
He was your favourite, wasn't he? Oh, yeah.
Sharon, did, um did something happen that night, something you weren't ready for? He said he had some new records back at his flat that I might like.
He said it would be a nice thankyou.
He said I should be grateful that he'd picked me out of all the other girls.
Afterwards I was so bloody ashamed of myself.
I'd been so stupid.
It wasn't your fault.
You were only 14.
How did you end up at Roxy Radio? I saw the ad in the paper and applied.
I thought if I was going to be a cleaner, it might as well be somewhere interesting.
I couldn't believe it when Johnny joined the station.
How was that - seeing each other every day? I saw him, but he didn't see me.
I was just the cleaner.
Is that why you started calling into the show? Jog his memory? It didn't work.
I needed to do somethingbigger, show him I wasn't just going to be ignored.
You smashed Johnny's car up? I don't know what got into me.
Once I started, I couldn't stop.
What was wrong with me? What did I do something like that for? Because Johnny Deacon raped you.
No, he didn't.
Look, I know you went back to the flat, but you were underage, you were vulnerable It wasn't Johnny.
It was Graham.
Graham? Graham Madeley? Yes.
Johnny would never do a thing like that.
But Graham I think he'd done it before.
Is that why you started the fire at night, to kill Graham? I didn't start the fire! I'd never do anything to hurt Johnny I was trying to help him.
I knew he was trapped - I heard him screaming, and then there was an explosion.
The Fire Brigade thinks it was something electrical, and all I saw was a flash.
And it was the last thing I ever saw.
I'm sorry, Sharon.
I should've been on my way home by then.
Why weren't you? I was running late all night.
I had to wait to get my cleaning stuff.
There was someone in the ladies when I got there.
How do you mean? There was no broom cupboard.
I had to store all my cleaning stuff in the ladies loo.
Who was in there? I don't know.
I knocked, there was no answer, and I assumed it was that black girl.
Georgina? No, no, no, couldn't have been.
At that time you were the only woman working there.
Could have been anyone in the toilet.
You're right.
It could have been any woman who knew the security code and had firework training - anyone at all.
Now, we can do this the hard way or the easy way.
The hard way involves us going through every report, each statement until we prove you were there.
That option involves me telling the jury at your trial how uncooperative you have been.
Or there's the easy way.
That's where you tell me everything.
And I do mean everything, Sarah.
I don't know We know about Graham and the girls - the young girls.
I don't know what you're getting at.
How old were you when Graham and you got together? Graham tell you that? Bet that's what he told all the other girls.
What other girls? There weren't any.
Stop lying to me! Sarah No, no.
I don't want to listen to this.
I want Graham.
Sit down, Sarah.
I want to see him now.
OK, you can see him, but I want you to listen to something first.
SHARON: He said he had some new records back at his flat that I might like.
He said it would be a nice thankyou.
He said I should be grateful that he'd picked me out of all the other girls.
Afterwards, I was so bloody ashamed of myself.
I'd been so stupid.
It wasn't fault- Still want to see Graham? On his car, love? I didn't know I had it in me.
Once I started I just couldn't stop.
What did I do that for? What was wrong with me? Johnny Deacon raped you.
No, he didn't.
I know you went back to his flat, but you were underage, vulnerable It wasn't Johnny.
It was Graham.
(SOBS) You did the right thing, Sarah.
Confession always goes down better when it comes to sentencing.
So you said.
Sarah! Darling! Sarah? (SPITS) Not strictly procedural, but bloody effective.
I'm sorry.
You were saying? Nothing, sir.
No, go on.
I'm interested in anything you have to say about procedure, considering how it's been ignored around here.
I'm not sure I understand, sir.
An illegal mobile phone trace, an even more illegal credit card search - neither of them fruitful, which suggests that Jack Halford doesn't want to be found, which is his prerogative considering he's no longer an employee of the Metropolitan Police.
Since when? Since he walked out of here without a backward glance.
This is ridiculous.
I will not have this department held to ransom.
It's time to move on.
Quite right, sir.
You'll get my resignation in the morning.
What?! Fine.
We'll interview for yours and Jack's replacements.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Was this supposed to show me the error of my ways, prove how indispensable Jack really is? Let me tell you this - no-one in this department is indispensable.
Do I make myself clear? Crystal, sir.
So would you prefer my application for a transfer in writing or will an email do? Don't be a bloody fool, Sandra.
Well, don't expect a reference! That could have gone better.
No, it was pretty impressive from where I stood.
Should buy Jack a bit more time, shouldn't it? Hope so.
Hope? Of course he's coming back.
There was no need for you to fall on your swords.
Bloody stupid.
What if Strickland meant it? Well, what if he did? What are you saying? I'm only talking for myself, but if Jack doesn't come back Jack is coming back! How many times? Brian, I don't think he is.
Look, we have had a good run.
We've solved a few cases.
Maybe it is time to move on.
Well, that's all well and good at least it is if you've got somewhere to move on to.
Brian! (SIGHS) Jack? Oh, Mary, where is he? No, no, no.
I'm not having this.
£ It's all right, it's OK £ Doesn't really matter if you're old and grey £ It's all right, I say it's OK £ Listen to what I say £ It's all right, doing fine £ Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine £ It's all right, I say it's OK £ We're getting to the end of the day.
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