Jean: morning, susan.
Susan: how's she
holding up?
Millie:
well enough under
the circumstances.
Alice has got 5 days.
We need to concentrate.
I know.
Come on.
Get that brain
of yours into
gear.
Why do they want
lizzie dead,
As well
as richards?
Ah. Because she's still
dangerous to them.
They're after her
because they
don't know
What richards
told her,
And they daren't
take the risk
That she might
know
Whatever it was
that richards
knew.
It's in these
clippings somewhere.
Something makes
that story worth
k*lling for.
Sorry. I couldn't
get away.
Anything about
the salisbury crash?
There's nothing
in the case file,
Apart from a note saying,
Please refer
all information
To the ministry
of defense.
Official secrets.
And to think it
used to be our job
To protect them.
Not anymore.
But surely this isn't
something that the army
Would want to publicize
if they had a choice?
Go on.
Well, I just think
they did have a choice.
It happened
in the middle of the night,
In the middle of nowhere
on salisbury plain.
All the people involved
were m*llitary personnel.
They could have kept this
as quiet as they liked,
And yet, richards was
reading about it
In his daily newspaper.
You're right.
That is odd.
The families of these
servicemen must've
Wanted to know
what was happening.
Hmm, yes, good.
We need to
find out who
the families are.
If we can get
to them,
Maybe we'll find out
the truth.
Susan: I have to
pick the children
up from school.
The german business world
would crumble without me.
I've got to get to work.
I'm sorry. Your services
are no longer required.
What?
The translation post
has been reassigned.
Your services are no
longer required here.
I don't understand.
Why?
I can't go
into details.
Why?
I believe some query
As to your security
clearance.
I'm sorry.
Sam?
Sam!
Sam!
Sam!
Look at the dog.
Yes.
Mummy, are you
all right?
Yes, yes
of course, darling.
Come on.
Shall we go home?
[Footsteps]
[Door shuts]
Lizzie? It's me.
[Knock knock knock]
Forgot my keys.
Sorry.
Aren't you supposed
to be at work?
Apparently not.
How are you?
How are you feeling?
I don't know.
How should I be feeling?
I'll go and make
us some tea.
These should lead us
to the families.
I hope you ladies
are in the mood
For a little
light reading.
Mummy?
Yes?
If daddy goes abroad,
does that mean sam and i?
Come, too, or does it
mean boarding school?
Who told you daddy's
going abroad?
I heard you talking.
Come here.
Nothing's
decided yet.
But if?
I don't want you
worrying about it.
I don't want to go
to boarding school.
[Telephone ringing]
Hello?
Well, this is either
very important,
Or it's the world's
biggest coincidence.
What is it?
[Static pop]
You know we were
gonna
talk to the families,
Ask them about--
Jean, did you
hear something?
Like what?
[Static pop]
It's nothing.
Don't worry about
talking to the families.
It's only dinner.
I'm sure they can all make it.
I have to go,
I'm sorry.
I'll--i'll see you
tomorrow. Bye now.
Mummy, are you
all right?
Yes!
What is it?
What's going on?
Nothing, dear.
Millie: you sure it
wasn't just a noise?
Telephones do make
noises, you know
Of course it
wasn't just a noise.
Look. Whoever k*lled
richards thought
A m*llitary court was
the best way to keep
Lizzie's trial
under their control.
The k*ller is
in the army
Or the
government.
I, uh--i lost my job.
Someone's altered
my security clearance,
So I can't get governmental
translation work anymore.
Do you see? Somebody
knows about us.
And the police
have
a file saying,
Refer to
the ministry
of defense.
Say we go
to the police?
What if they refer
us straight
To the person
who k*lled
john richards?
Somebody knows.
Somebody who
tried
to k*ll lizzie,
Who did
k*ll richards.
Somebody is
watching us.
I can't do
this again.
Susan, it's not
like that.
No, I can't.
Susan!
Susan, hang on.
I had to make
myself ready
to die for them.
Do you
understand?
I know, I know.
No, you don't!
You don't know!
That's the
problem.
You don't know!
None of you do!
And now it's
happening
all over again.
None of you
have children.
I know.
None of you have
families, jean.
And neither did the men
who d*ed that night.
It's what I was trying
to say on the telephone.
The men in the crash.
We were gonna talk
to their families,
Find out who was
asking questions,
But they don't
have any,
They don't have families,
none of them.
No--no wives,
no, no parents,
No sweethearts.
Not one.
Now, tell me is that
a coincidence,
Or is it something else?
I'm so sorry.
I just can't think
about this
anymore.
Susan, you're good
at this type of thing.
Look. We need you.
Other people
need me more.
All I want to know is
what can be done?
I
all I can tell you
miss mcbrian
Is nothing
can be done.
I'm truly sorry.
I know she was
your friend.
She still is my friend.
There's nothing you
or anyone else can do now.
She refused the chance
of an appeal.
Alice merren will be
hanged in 5 days' time.
What if there
were
new evidence
in the case?
Hypothetically
speaking.
If there were compelling,
conclusive evidence,
We could present it
to the home secretary,
But there isn't,
is there?
We need your help.
It was easier to get
to see you this time.
They loosen up
the regulations
Once the sentence
is passed.
It's compassionate.
Is this a bad idea?
No. No.
Tell me what you've got.
Anything's better
than just waiting.
You knew john
better than anyone.
Can you have a look
at these and tell us
What you think
we're missing?
We think john found
out something
I
about this crash
He saw something
in these reports that
sent up a red flag,
And that he
was k*lled for it,
But we can't work
out what it was.
I f there's a pattern
or a clue--
Ssh, ssh, ssh.
4 Men, and none
of them have loved ones.
Far too much
of a coincidence.
They were chosen.
That's what john saw
in these stories.
You've been working
from a false assumption
All along.
Code 14, corruption
in the data set,
Redo calculation
from start.
You used it yourselves
to get to see me.
What? What di d we
get wrong?
Everything comes back
to the m*llitary.
You were right
about that.
You were wrong about john.
He was recruited
for bletchley,
And then he was
assigned somewhere else,
Somewhere secret.
Couldn't tell me where.
What if he never left?
The car crash
on salisbury plain
is a cover story.
What if john's
career is, as well?
What if he didn't need
to see a clue
In these
newspaper reports
Because he already
knew the story...
From the inside.
Blood on his hands.
Alice, do you think
john could have been
responsible
For these deaths?
I don't know.
He was a good man.
He wouldn't--
The only thing that
makes sense is
That john wasn't working
For some fertilizer
company after the w*r.
He was still working
for the army.
And whatever john was
doing for the army
Is what they're trying
to cover up.
So which department
in the army was he
working for?
Sorry.
I have to go now.
Jean, will you--
Could you give
lizzie my love?
Of course.
Thank you.
Richards didn't
just disappear
for 12 years.
He was posted somewhere.
We need to
find out where.
Well, don't
look at me.
I'm no use to you.
All the people I
know are connections
from the army
Or the
government,
and and our cards
are marked there.
If we go asking
any
of them about--
Jean, the m*llitary archives
Will show
where he was posted.
The police.
A scotland yard
requisition form
Would get you in.
You could lose
your job.
But not my life.
Ben, is the dci in?
Uh, no.
Meeting upstairs.
What was it?
Um, records department
wanted a signature on this.
It's just file requests.
Who wants it?
A somebody fowler,
I think.
Don fowler?
Mm-hmm.
The dci's supposed
to sign for
restricted files.
Yeah, i--i know. Um...
There.
Don't tell anyone.
I'll have all you
girls knocking
on my door.
Promise.
No paperwork
must leave the room.
At bletchley
and after bletchley
Millie, voice-over: two piles--
Anything at all
with richards' name on it.
Ah, here we go.
Classified and redacted.
Millie, voice-over: there's
still nothing post bletchley.
Bletchley.
Bletchley.
This is a dead end.
Nothing here shows us
where richards was posted.
All right.
Let's go at it
a different way.
He left bletchley,
and he went
somewhere else.
I mean, he literally
went somewhere else.
He took a train.
Travel orders.
Good girl.
Let's see,
shall we?
Here we go.
Richards, j.
I
travel order 6741
fourth of april,
Countersigned and stamped.
Bletchley to salisbury.
Salisbury.
Salisbury plain
is where the
crash
happened.
Salisbury is
where the fake
fertilizer
company
Is supposed to be.
So what's
in salisbury?
There.
What is it?
Transfer request docket.
Richards, j.
Fourth of april 1943.
From the government
code and cypher
school,
Bletchley, to
the biology
department,
Porton, salisbury.
The biology department?
Oh, my god.
That place.
Jean?
What's at porton?
It's called
portondown now.
It started in the great w*r,
making mustard gas.
By the last w*r, it was
the defense department's
Research laboratory
for chemical weapons.
As far as I know,
it still is.
Jean: richards
was collecting
newspaper articles.
He told lizzie that
they were vital.
Now if this story's
what we think it is,
If they're covering up
something far worse than
Just an accident
and if richards
was to blame for that,
He'd have no reason
to be collecting
newspaper clippings.
He didn't know until
he read it in the paper,
But the minute he read it,
he knew what it was.
He knew the truth
behind the cover story.
He'd seen it before.
He had blood
on his hands
But not from this.
This horrified him.
This made him
collect evidence
And give it to lizzie
for safekeeping.
That's it, isn't it?
He was gonna
blow the whistle.
He knew what
they would do.
So they k*lled him.
What on god's earth did
they do to those men?
We could find out.
Well, they were
hospitalized.
We just need
to find out
which hospital.
Jean: lizzie?
She's gone.
Visitor.
Who is it?
You must be
angry.
I would be.
We were very
young.
It felt like
the only thing to do.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
It doesn't matter.
It does, though.
Did you love him?
Yes.
Then why didn't
you stay together?
It wasn't
that simple.
He was engaged
to someone else.
But... His family...
He didn't love her,
And then the w*r.
Did you ever
think about me?
All the time.
Every day.
So did john.
I miss him.
Me, too.
It's all right.
You don't
have to stay.
You can go
if you like.
No, no.
I want to stay.
I want to see you.
I just--
I want to stay.
Giddyap, horsy.
Come on!
I told jean I can't
do this anymore.
Why are you asking me to
do something I can't do?
Because I think
you can do it,
And none of
the rest of us
can.
One man dead, 3 men
with chemical burns.
That much
we know is true.
It's the causes
and the reasons
That are
a pack of lies.
Whatever was done
to those men
Was done on purpose,
and it was done in
the name of the army
Or the government.
I don't know
which is worse,
But that's what
we need to show
Because then we can
demonstrate that
Alice merren wasn't
responsible
For john richards'
m*rder.
Why are you here,
millie?
Lucy found where they're
treating the soldiers.
It doesn't have
to be public.
The solicitor can approach
the home secretary
In camera and have
the case declared null,
But none of that
happens without proof.
I'm right, aren't i?
It's the same hospital
where timothy was treated
after the w*r.
All those exercises,
all that physical therapy,
I
learning to walk again
And all the while you
were there by his side.
You were a fixture.
It was 7 years ago.
It only takes one
nurse to remember you.
Someone's bound to.
I have no reason
to
go back there.
Yes, you do.
There's a foreign posting
coming your way.
You need timothy's
medical records
For the insurance company.
You wouldn't ask,
but you just need
a quick favor.
You're in a hurry.
Gosh, you've got
all the answers,
haven't you?
She's a lot like you.
She's nothing
like me.
She thought she was
giving herself up
To save her
daughter's life.
It isn't just
alice, either.
Lizzie's gone missing.
Lucy: there's an entry here
on the company that
employed richards.
Even if porton is
a secret,
The cover company
that they created,
That has to be public,
And there's a ceo listed
for the company.
Yes. Daniel
thomas.
I know.
I tried that.
He's a fake, too.
But that's now,
but ten years ago,
The ceo was listed
as oliver masters.
So? They changed
the fake boss
of the fake company.
Masters isn't fake.
Timothy, can I ask
you about the army?
If your commanding
officer did something
that was wrong,
Would you still be proud?
Yes.
The army
isn't a man.
It's not my
commanding
officer
Or the battalion
commander
Or the general.
It's more than any
of those people.
People make
mistakes,
Do cruel
or foolish things.
Sometimes they
do evil things,
But do we think
the entire german
army was evil,
Or were they just
following the orders
of an evil man?
The army's
about loyalty
and discipline.
Those were
the things I
felt proud of.
I suppose I'd like
to feel them
again.
Except without
the b*ll*ts.
Except without
the b*ll*ts, yeah.
Masters' research is
mentioned throughout
these journals.
Ok. Here we go.
Oliver masters, ceo,
newgate
laboratories,
But here...
Professor
oliver masters,
Crossover functions
of diseases of
the metabolism, 1936.
Neural decay as
a precursor
Of metabolic
failure, 1937.
Two other papers
in 1938,
One on human biology,
one on biochemistry,
And then the w*r starts,
and he just vanishes.
Oh, he doesn't vanish.
He just stops publishing.
How did you realize?
I recognized
the name.
He signed
the transfer request.
I mean, he must've
known richards
if he was the one
Asking for him to be
seconded to porton.
Maybe he'll know
exactly what richards
was involved with.
Where's professor
masters now?
According to this,
he retired.
5 Years back
when the ceo changed
To daniel thomas.
I think tomorrow
we should dig him out
of retirement, don't you?
Good luck.
Thank you for doing this.
I hope you find masters.
Uh, thomas park
m*llitary hospital, please.
Brave girl.
Height, please.
5'9".
14 Inches.
Woman: miss havers!
Good gracious!
What a surprise!
Hello, lily.
It must be...
7 Seven years.
Yes. Uh, it's not
miss havers anymore.
It's mrs. Grey.
We always knew it
would be one day.
How is he?
Oh...
Good.
Very good indeed.
Stick's gone, leg's
as good as new.
What on earth
brings you back here?
You're supposed
to
fill out a hundred
forms, you know.
I know. We didn't realize
until yesterday, and then--
Don't worry.
Just don't
tell anyone.
No, of course.
Lieutenant timothy grey,
Discharged sixth
of march 1946.
It should be all
in there.
Thank you so much.
Gosh!
There's
an awful lot of it.
Well, then I shall
let you get on.
Um, give me a call
if you need anything.
Ward c.
It'll be years
before we establish...
[Air hissing]
Who are you?
Um, I'm...
From porton down.
I--i just wanted to ask
you about what happened.
You a scientist?
That's right.
And you want to
ask
me what
happened?
Yes.
You should know.
You did it.
Don't you even
know what you
did?
Sorry. I don't understand.
Piss off.
I just want to ask you
a few questions.
You can ask
what you like.
It's not going to make
any difference, is it?
It's not gonna fix me.
You lied to us,
Lied to us all,
all of you did.
What did we lie about?
We were gonna
help people,
Do something useful.
Cure for the common cold.
Wasn't a cure
for anything, was it?
Just a bloody w*apon.
And then jimmy
was screaming
And dying on the
floor,
And you lot stood
there
making notes.
All you doctors
and scientists can go
And hang yourselves.
They told you
it was medicine?
Who are you?
Soidier: miss, this is
a restricted area.
I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
I didn't mean to upset you
I didn't mean
to upset you.
Susan?
Professor masters?
May we have a word?
It's about the crash that
happened near salisbury.
Salisbury?
Near porton down.
Come in.
We can have you imprisoned
immediately
For spying on a m*llitary
establishment.
Do you understand that?
What the hell
were you doing?
Masters: I'm not sure
I understand.
You knew john richards
back in the w*r.
You requested his transfer
From bletchley park
to porton.
We think that after you
retired from porton
Something happened.
Something john was
prepared to live with
Until this crash
was reported.
The--the crash is
a cover story, isn't it?
Whatever john was ashamed
of it was happening again
But this time he was
prepared to--to say
something to stop it.
Only someone
k*lled him for it.
An innocent woman is gonna
hang for this death
Unless we can show
what really happened.
Pl--please
will you talk to us?
Where's
the other one?
What?
There are 4
of you.
We're one short.
Where's your friend?
Mrs. Grey, I really do advise
you to explain yourself,
Or this is going to go
very badly for you indeed.
[Knock on door]
Come.
Oh, um, please,
sit down.
See if you can talk
some sense into her.
What on earth's
happening?
All right.
Stop.
Stop keeping
things from me.
You always
have been.
Don't think
I don't know.
Damn it. They're
talking about
locking you up.
The children
without a mother.
Is that
what you want?
Stop it.
I will stop when you
tell me the truth.
I
if I tell you the truth
I'm breaking the law.
They'll lock me up anyway.
I don't want
riddles, susan.
I want to know.
The truth?
Yes!
I worked at the government
code and cypher school
at bletchley park.
We intercepted signals
intelligence and...
Broke german encryption.
That's who I am,
that's who I am, timothy.
We saved lives.
We--we made
a difference.
I tried.
You want the truth?
The truth is that
the men in this hospital
Weren't hurt
in a chemical spill.
They were poisoned
by their own government
In secret
without their consent.
They had no idea what
was being done to them.
They were just
laboratory rats
For a weapons experiment.
John richards was going
to spill the beans,
If you will,
and someone k*lled him,
And now, you were going
to let a 17-year-old girl
Take the blame for it.
That's the truth
And now an innocent
woman is going to hang
For something one
of your people did.
That is the truth!
Do you want me to go on
or have you heard enough' ?
So who was it?
Who k*lled him?
Was it you
or did you' just
give the order?
You might
as well tell me.
Oh, god.
If you don't,
I'm sure masters will.
Have you spoken
to masters?
My friends are
with him now.
He may be retired,
but I'm sure he knows plenty
About what's been
going on here.
The ch--chemical
you're talking about
is called sarin.
It's the future.
When we pushed through
germany after the w*r,
We discovered stockpiles
Of the most
ingenious horrors.
Nerve gasses that
k*ll in moments,
Aerosol agents c-capable
of penetrating the skin
Astonishing
and awful creations.
That kind of thr*at
has to be countered.
Men lost their lives.
One or two.
They're casualties of w*r.
The w*r's over.
You have the...
Nerve to say that to me?
Who's your contact?
I want the name
of your contact,
your handler.
I give you my word,
this will go easier
For you if you cooperate.
Let me just get
this straight.
Richards was going
to talk publicly
About an experiment
conducted at porton down?
You're certain of this?
Yes. That's why
he was k*lled.
It was
a domestic m*rder.
No. It was
an assassination.
Look. A young girl called
elizabeth lancaster
Was framed for it.
w*r documents were planted
in her flat so that
The case would come under
m*llitary jurisdiction
But her mother stumbled
across the crime scene,
Thought the worst,
and put herself in her place.
Look. You know all this.
I most certainly
do not.
Well then if you don't
mind me saying,
You're not in possession
of the facts.
You say your friends are
talking to masters now.
Yes. Perhaps he'll know
who's responsible.
Timothy:
wha--what is it?
What's the
matte r?
Masters didn't retire.
He's been promoted.
He was made head
of the whole division
And is evidently
working on his own.
I'm--i'm, sorry.
Who do you think we are?
Enemies of the state.
No, no, no.
You're wrong--unh!
Aah! Aah! Aah!
Masters :
don't be foolish.
You're traitors,
all of you.
I know what richards
was doing,
Passing information
to the lancaster girl
And now you 4.
I want the name
of your contact.
You thought
she was a spy.
You thought
we were spies.
He was passing
classified information
to the russians.
Now tell me who your...
Contact is
Before this gets
a great deal less pleasant.
[Telephone ringing]
Come with me.
[Moaning]
Stay where I
can see you.
[Ringing]
Masters, I need
to talk to you
about john richards.
[Dial tone]
[Dialing]
Operator.
Get me the london office.
Now.
Yes, sir.
Friends in
high places indeed.
How far does this go?
Tell me now
and tell me who
you're working for.
I have to safeguard
the things we value--
Honor and decency...
Goodness.
[Sirens]
I am a patriot.
Whereas--oh--you would
have us all ruled
From moscow in the name
of so-called equality.
What you did
was--was evil.
Well, you're about
to find out
Just how wrong you are.
They're the traitors.
There they are.
Put the g*n down!
Arrest them.
Now!
g*n on the floor!
Do it!
Now!
Dismissed.
Everything is all right,
But one of your
friends has been hurt.
Only a flesh wound,
as I understand it.
My men are
looking after her.
Hurt? Sorry, who--
who--who's hurt?
I'm sorry. I don't
have any names.
I--i have to see them.
I have to go.
I'll get you a car.
Um, what my wife said
about those men being
experimented on.
It's--it's not
true is it?
I can't talk
about that, sir,
And neither can you.
I'll get someone to
take you to the hospital.
Jean: a bunch
of code breakers.
[All laughing]
Jean!
How do we...
Fix this?
We'll start again.
I want you to
take the job.
What?
And--and I don't want to
leave the children behind.
I want us all
to start again
In some...
Exciting new place.
Yes.
You'd be an
excellent
teacher.
Or maybe
research.
Whatever you wanted.
I--i could make some
calls, find out.
God, I'd like that.
[Knock on window]
Hello!
Hi, mummy.
Why are you
in an army car?
Because your
mummy is a hero.
Come on you.
Millie: your very own
big adventure.
Perhaps this time
it will be.
We'll miss you.
I'll miss you.
I'll miss you, too.
Send us a
postcard,
all right?
Let me know
where you wind
up.
Promise.
I have to go.
Thank you.