[music playing]
["reach" by s club 7 plays]
S CLUB 7: [SINGING]
- -each other.
Never ever forget that...
GIRL: We played
musical statues, and I won.
Did you? You have a good time?
S CLUB 7: [SINGING]
- -and you've got me, so...
ALL: [SINGING]
Reach up for the stars.
PAUL PRESTON: Excuse me.
I didn't say any singing
was allowed, OK?
S CLUB 7: [SINGING]
- -heart's desire.
Reach up for the stars.
PAUL PRESTON: Stop messing.
I thought you were in Sheffield.
Just getting off the
train when I was beeped.
Oh, well, there's nothing like
being thrown into the deep end.
How are you doing, mate?
It's fine.
Well, we're going to
have to hold on, OK?
Yeah, it's fine.
Just hold on.
I can think of cheaper
places to live than here.
Well, Sheffield for one.
But you'd have been
mad to turn the job down.
Oh, no, you're right.
You all right?
How's your
daughter... Is it Tessie?
Cassie.
Oh, she's fine about it.
- How old is she?
- 11.
[women laughing]
Who do you reckon's
in charge here?
Look out for a traffic sergeant.
They normally take control.
Do you want a f*g?
Sergeant Terry Harding.
Are you Traffic
Investigation Unit?
That's us.
Dr. Leo Dalton.
I'm Professor Sam Ryan.
[MUSIC - THE POGUES,
"IRISH ROVER"]
THE POGUES: [SINGING] We
had 5 million hogs, 6 million dogs,
We had eight...
How long ago did this happen?
An hour or so.
Floor it, Rich.
[music playing]
[screaming]
Watch out!
[screaming]
[crash]
[theme music]
Bit of a mess.
Bloody great mess.
[officers yelling in background]
I have indeed, sir?
Yeah, I'll go and get it.
She's over here.
She looks like she's
the one from the Merc.
That's mine. No
one touch it, please.
Sean.
OFFICER 1: Someone get
a statement from him now!
OFFICER 2: Once
that one's out of the way,
we've got to move
onto the next one.
OFFICER 1: Get him to
make a statement now.
You OK, mate?
You OK?
Come on, let's get you
back in the ambulance.
OFFICER 1: Hurry up here.
OFFICER 1: Please.
Hurry!
You two, help me now.
Think the van was
hit by the Arctic,
lost control, and
went into the lamppost.
That's where the
petrol t*nk is on this.
How many were in this?
Just the one, as
far as we can tell.
Italian plates.
Have you got pictures of this?
Some. SOCO will get those.
LEO DALTON: How many fatalities?
The one you want is
on the passenger side.
Right.
[sobbing]
OFFICER 1: Well, where are they?
I asked more than
a half an hour ago.
Come here, baby.
OFFICER 3: Well,
I'm holding him.
All right?
Keeps everything nice and fresh.
I swear by the stuff.
DCI Carol Deacon.
Sam Ryan, pathologist.
Good to meet you.
[officers yelling in background]
Mr. Brent.
OFFICER: Professor Ryan?
Yeah?
You're wanted.
We should be able to get
some vital stuff from that.
I'll take a closer look when
we get back to the hangar.
Um, have a word
with the professor.
I thought you ought to see this.
Is that your governor?
Yeah.
So who's she?
TERRY HARDING: I don't know.
Check her out.
WOMAN [ON TV]: So
you feel nothing for me now.
MAN [ON TV]: You know
I could never say that.
Nick!
I'm in here.
WOMAN [ON TV]: Look at me.
You've met someone else.
That's what it is.
[retching]
Nick?
[vomiting]
I hear this is a
new place for you.
Very new, yes.
You got chosen?
One.
You?
No.
If you need anything at all...
Information, what have you...
Just let me know.
Thanks.
Did you find out who she is?
That's a DCI from the Met.
She's got an interest in one of
the victims involved in the accident.
Nick.
NICK: Been in an
accident, pile-up.
I've been drinking.
sh*t, Nick!
Wasn't my fault.
Nick, you're going
to need stitches!
This is a mess!
TERRY HARDING: This
is is the BM's tire mark.
It's striated.
It would appear the driver
was trying to steer it one way,
but it just wasn't having it.
LEO DALTON: Any idea what
might have caused that to happen?
TERRY HARDING: It's
hard to say at the moment.
SAM RYAN: Hold it!
Can you get it to stop?
TERRY HARDING: Oi!
What is it?
Look, sir.
What the hell is that?
SAM RYAN: It's an arm.
It's somebody's arm.
Tell him not to move.
Turn it off!
I'm going to need
something to put it in.
But see if you can find
out who it belongs to.
[music playing]
OFFICER: All
right, you're clear.
SAM RYAN: Thanks.
That's undergoing
postmortem change.
The tissues are discolored.
That's weird.
CAROL DEACON: What is?
SAM RYAN: This
limb's been severed
from the rest of the
body for some time.
CAROL DEACON: Some time?
What, an hour, two hours?
SAM RYAN: No.
LEO DALTON:
Much longer than that.
It hasn't happened
in this accident.
It could have been
in one of the vehicles.
I don't think we should jump
to any conclusions just yet.
Well, that arm's had to
come from somewhere.
Will you ring Harry,
let him know there's
a little extra arriving?
It's impossible for us to
get any closer to the scene.
The police are keeping
people well back.
All I can see...
Looks nasty.
REPORTER: is the
tangled wreckage...
Yeah.
REPORTER: of cars and lorries.
I bet it's coming this way.
One vehicle, I can tell you...
WOMAN: I can stay.
MAN: No, you get out of here.
You sure?
One of us has to
have a social life.
REPORTER: Cutting apparatus
has been used to free people
from the wreckage.
The emergency services...
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Hi, Leo.
An arm without a body?
Is this the crash?
I take it there's more
than just an arm that...
Really?
Come on, then.
LEO DALTON: Oh, now I
know what I'm aiming for.
This is nice.
Do you fancy a drink?
I'd go for a beer.
In the fridge, in the kitchen.
Would you get me one too?
Sure.
I just want to
make a quick call,
see what I can find
out about DCI Deacon.
Mrs. Stevens, Detective
Chief Inspector Carol Deacon,
Metropolitan Police.
I'm really sorry.
DS Johnson, DCI Deacon.
When do you think Mr. Barrett
will be able to talk to us?
You better speak to Dr. Peters.
A rough idea?
Not for a while...
Certainly not for a while.
He's very poorly.
Could you get
Dr. Peters for me, please?
I can try, but he's the only
neuro register on call tonight.
CAROL DEACON: I want that
officer to remain on the door.
The only person he
speaks to is either you or me.
Learn anything?
She's a high flyer, future
commissioner material.
Oh, I'd have
curtsied if I'd known.
Any idea what her interest
in the crash might be?
She's interested in
one of the victims,
involved in some
misdemeanor or other.
I wonder which one.
ANN CUNNINGHAM: Harry.
Harry.
Harry.
You wanted me to wake you.
I'm just on my way out.
You know, you really
shouldn't study so hard.
You're going to
make yourself ill.
I wasn't studying last night.
I had to stay late and
log crash fatalities.
All the same.
And I'm out tonight,
Covent Garden.
Thanks for waking me.
ANN CUNNINGHAM: OK.
[music playing]
This arm, what's that about?
I'm not sure.
Are we suspicious, though?
Well, I think an arm without a
body is definitely suspicious.
Well, do you
mind if I work on it?
It can go towards my exam.
Detective Sergeant
Johnson, Metropolitan Police.
Does a Nicholas
Connors live here?
He's at work.
Are you Mrs. Connors?
That's right.
You're no doubt aware that
last night, your husband's car
was involved in
a traffic accident.
No.
At about 9 o'clock?
Uh, it's nothing
to do with Nick.
He was with me.
But the car is a Mercedes
registered in your husband's name?
Oh, no, wait, he came
home by taxi last night.
So I don't know.
Where does he work?
We'd like to speak to him.
Tissues look discolored.
SAM RYAN: They are.
I don't get it.
That means it can't
be a result of the crash.
Exactly.
HARRY CUNNINGHAM: I
thought the body must still
be in the wreckage somewhere.
Nope, it's a rogue arm,
doesn't belong to anybody.
So I'm going to radiograph
it and keep it intact.
And hopefully,
we'll find a match.
Can you ring round
mortuaries, hospitals,
find out if they've had
anyone in with a missing arm?
Mr. Brent.
Yes, ma'am.
CAROL DEACON: Would
you like to come through?
I'm just about to make
a start on these bodies.
Give me five minutes
and I'll be with you.
Who are we are kicking off with?
The two unidentified ones.
Two?
The girl driving
the Merc, no ID.
Can't we put a trace
on the car registration?
Wasn't her car.
Yeah.
OK, thanks, anyway.
I'll take her, and you
take the fire victim.
The teeth should
be intact, at least.
How about this arm?
I've tried the other mortuaries
and half a dozen hospitals.
So far, no join.
Probably something very obvious.
Wish I had your optimism.
I couldn't believe
what I was seeing.
It was insane.
I felt the impact
push me forward.
And my truck's a big vehicle.
Then there was
this other impact,
so we moved forward again.
I didn't know till
later it was a family.
[screaming]
Two kids, that right?
That's right.
I didn't know that,
not at the time.
Anything else?
No.
Nothing else.
All right, thanks.
Don't I have to be
called in, my statement?
No, we only do that when
we're questioning people.
Have I got to sign anything?
Not just at the moment.
I'll get you to come
back at a later date,
verify various points, then
we'll draw up a statement.
But at least now you know what
happened, whose fault it was.
We do.
But these investigations
take some time.
And we need to back up
your statement with facts.
So be a while before
we'll be in touch.
We didn't get anything
from the phone in the van.
Not surprised.
It had burnt to bits.
What do you think they're up to?
Who knows?
They should have
put a call in, let
us know what was going down.
Maybe they tried.
We've got to find out what
went on before traffic do.
Or Sam Ryan.
The moment Barrett
comes round, I want to know.
If he does.
CLIVE JOHNSON: So what
did you do when you realized
the vehicle was missing?
I called the local
cop shop first thing,
reported it stolen.
Thanks.
Not odd, is it, eh?
Out of my own car park?
But no overnight security?
We keep cars there,
not copper bullion.
So what time did you leave here?
I always have a few
drinks when I work late.
How'd you get home?
Taxi.
Well, thanks for your
time, Mr. Connors.
We'll let you know when
we've finished with your car.
So your insurance
people can take over.
Thanks.
You don't mind if I
see you out, do you?
Got a client
chomping at the bit.
No, sure.
ASSISTANT: Nick.
Yeah?
I've got a problem getting
print-outs for the end
of the month.
Why?
Emma hasn't shown, and
I don't know her password.
Call her at home.
Find it out.
WOMAN: Do you want a cigarette?
Sure.
[screaming]
SAM RYAN: We have a total
of 11 fatalities... six male adults,
four female adults,
and one child.
Do they know what happened yet?
Someone wasn't looking
where they were going.
No, they don't.
So anything we can
give the police, the better.
Be on the lookout for
seat belt bruising or not,
as the case may be.
That wouldn't really be the
cause of the crash, would it?
Well, if someone
wasn't wearing a belt
and got distracted,
you never know.
- Morning.
- Morning, Ryan.
I suppose.
Yours is the wee girl.
You OK about that?
Yeah, sure.
Let's turn it around.
I want to have a
look underneath.
Body is of a young girl, a
young girl aged approximately
six or seven years old.
There are some
abrasions to both her legs.
The female is approximately
between 25, 35 years of age.
Her injuries are extensive.
The chest looks distorted.
I presume it's one
of the fatalities you're
interested in.
Maybe more than one.
SAM RYAN: She could
have cracked her sternum.
But there's a marked deformity
between the breast and evidence
of extensive bruising.
HARRY CUNNINGHAM:
There are no visible injuries
to the head or the face.
There is a large wound,
approximately 10 centimeters...
A large wound in
the chest, which...
Which is the probable
cause of death.
There is severe bruising
all around the wound,
suggesting this was caused
by some object impacting
on the chest area.
Slide down for me.
Set.
OK.
Set, keep going.
Ooh, that's it.
OK, great, perfect.
I hit my brakes,
and they just...
What?
Just what?
[music playing]
Nothing.
You were going to say
something about your brakes.
I just couldn't stop in time.
[screaming]
Did your brakes work properly?
Yes.
But you still couldn't stop?
Look, that's my
partner in there,
and they don't know whether
she's going to live or not.
So at the moment...
At the moment, I don't give a
monkey's butt what happened.
I just want her to get better.
So if you wouldn't mind,
just leave us alone, all right?
Please.
SAM RYAN: There are serious
injuries to the internal organs.
CAROL DEACON: Harry
Cunningham is your junior?
Yes, that's right.
Is he up to doing a postmortem?
He's spent five years
training as a doctor,
a year in extremely difficult
circumstances in a hospital,
and a further three
years in histopathology.
I think he'll handle it.
The right kidney and liver
have been damaged on impact
and have suffered
massive internal bleeding.
I would say she was
approximately eight weeks pregnant.
Pregnant?
Which means there's
a father somewhere.
[music playing]
[screaming]
There are still some
remnants of clothing.
The fire must have moved
rapidly through from the rear
of the vehicle, because
the front of the body,
in parts, has not
suffered as much.
Clothing to the upper arms
and the gloves he was wearing
have both been burnt,
but not destroyed.
And clothing on the
lower half the body
has remained
more-or-less intact.
Keep it coming, bit
more, bit more, bit more,
towards the Arctic, yes.
I'll tell you when to stop.
Oh, oh, whoa, whoa!
Stop!
SAM RYAN: There's no
bruising on either shoulder,
which could indicate she
wasn't wearing a seat belt.
And if she wasn't
wearing a seat belt,
then the facial damage
becomes a natural progression.
Anything that might
identify the burnt corpse?
Not as yet, no.
But we've always got the teeth.
So it's the burnt corpse
you're interested in, is it?
Not exactly.
Any news on the arm?
We have a possible lead.
I think it will turn out to
be something or nothing.
Professor Ryan...
What about her?
Nothing.
No, no, go on.
As I understand
it, she has a bit
of a reputation for blowing
things out of proportion.
That's my reason
for working with you.
Sometimes, there's
bruising on the ball of the foot
if they've tried to
brake very hard.
But in this case, no sign.
There's grazing on the
heels, but nowhere else,
bits of grit
embedded in the skin.
The assumption is that
she was thrown from the car.
Then this could have happened
as she slid across the surface.
Thanks.
Only it's just the heels
that are damaged.
It's as if she was
dragged across the road
rather than thrown across it.
But you're saying that no
one could have done that?
That's what it looks
like at the moment.
Well, we'll see.
LEO DALTON: Sam, take
a close look at these teeth,
the ones you cling filmed.
OK.
They've got some rather
unusual bridge work.
Hm, my guess is it hasn't
been done in this country.
The van had Italian plates.
No, I'd say it was from
some third-world country.
It's pretty primitive dentistry.
Hm.
That could help me.
I need charts of those.
I'll get overseas
inquiries onto it.
[music playing]
Thank you.
Thank you.
[music playing]
[non-English speech]
What happened in there?
Nothing.
Because if you have a
problem, we need to sort it out.
I don't have a problem.
It's just, most people do the first
time they do an autopsy on a child.
You can ask Leo.
Yes?
Professor Ryan,
sorry, a DCI Deacon...
Thought you'd like
to know, we think
we've identified the pregnant
woman, Emma Charlston.
It would appear she took her
boss's car without telling him.
She hasn't been
positively identified.
No.
Well, we're getting one
of her work colleagues in,
but it looks like it's her.
When she didn't show
up for work this morning,
the firm did a bit
of ringing around.
Her boss put two
and two together.
The boss whose car it was?
That's right.
Young girl, powerful car,
obviously couldn't handle it.
You think she might have been
carrying a spare arm as well?
We're working on that.
I'm sure when Traffic have
put all the pieces together,
it'll make sense.
I don't quite follow
your reasoning.
Your colleague does.
Dr. Dalton seems to think
it makes perfect sense.
Oh, really?
Oh.
Covent Garden good?
Yes, thank you, lovely.
Had a bad day?
Not really.
ANN CUNNINGHAM: It
was the same with your father.
I'm nothing like my
father, Mum, not really.
For a start, I'm not going to
wait till I'm 60 to have kids.
It's too old.
Kid... one child, just you.
How would you have felt
if I'd have d*ed before Dad?
It's not right, is it?
A child going
before his parents?
No.
No, it's not.
I hear five students
d*ed in that pile-up.
Yeah.
Were you involved
with the autopsy?
No.
I was doing the autopsy
on a seven-year-old girl.
That must have been difficult.
No, it's just a job.
Good night, Mum.
Any action?
Just the usual comings
and goings, Sarge.
Doesn't looking like they
know anything's amiss.
At the moment, we're only
assuming this is the order they
were traveling
in, when in theory,
the van could have been
following the BM about.
I don't think so.
Has the driver of the
BM been questioned yet?
He's still in intensive care.
Both the drivers of the
other two vehicles are dead.
SAM RYAN: Something must
have happened to trigger off
the chain of events.
And there's always
this, of course.
We're waiting to hear if
she was over the limit or not.
Is that the Merc?
Yeah.
Well, that wasn't
there, that bottle.
TERRY HARDING: Sorry?
SAM RYAN: The night of
the crash, there was no bottle.
I swear, it wasn't there.
TERRY HARDING:
Huh, must have been.
She was driving too close,
booze impaired her judgement.
She slammed on her
brakes, couldn't stop,
and careered straight
into the side of the Arctic.
No, whatever
happened, that wasn't it.
You don't know that.
I do, because
she wasn't driving.
Deacon thinks the next
drop-off will be soon,
maybe within the
next four or five days.
Hope so.
I'm sick of this gaffe.
Hm.
Sarge.
[camera shutter clicking]
There was no bruising
on the ball of her right foot
where she'd have hit the brake.
The car did brake, didn't it?
Yeah.
Tire marks are
burnt into the tarmac.
And I'd say the brake
light bulbs were illuminated.
Was the driver
wearing a seat belt?
I'll have a look.
I think her face hit
the dashboard, which
wouldn't have happened if
she'd been wearing a belt.
Find out.
Right, car's in
pretty good nick.
So these belts haven't
come from a scrap yard.
And assuming this vehicle
has never been in a bad crash
before, then I'd say the driver
was wearing a belt. See here?
Friction burn marks from
where it rubbed against the body.
Would those friction marks
be different depending
on the size of the driver?
Yeah.
For a big man, the
position of the belt
would be different
to a small woman.
The victim is
quite small, 5' 2".
Would those friction
marks tally with that?
Yeah.
It's a, um... it was a much
bigger person, certainly.
There were no bruise marks
from the belt on the victim.
Then I suspect you're right.
She might not have been driving.
Could you put
that in your report?
Sure.
That blood there,
the tests been taken?
Yeah, they have.
There was no extensive
bleeding from Emma Charlston.
Her injuries
weren't of that sort.
Could it have come
from a severed arm?
I doubt it.
What's that all about?
It's got to belong to someone.
Oh, it does, just nobody
who was in this crash.
Mick Stephens.
There's a laceration
on the forehead
from the right temple to
the bridge of the nose, about
The fracture was so severe
that the brain was exposed.
From the forehead downwards,
there's practically no damage.
The face is intact, as
are the chest and arms.
But there is some
damage to the right hand.
The muscles have been
badly cut and bruised.
And the right knuckle
joint on the little finger...
appears to have been fractured.
Something wrong?
He could have been
in a fight, our boy.
So?
LEO DALTON: Don't know, just
thinking, wasn't his day, was it?
Professor Ryan, there's a
DCI Deacon here to see you.
Emma Charlston
wasn't driving that car.
So who was?
Probably a man.
You couldn't give me
his name, could you?
Is there any reason
why you chose
not to tell me about the
blood found in the car?
It's being analyzed.
So we don't yet know
if there's a match?
You'll be told when
we get the results.
Is there anything else useful
I might be told in the future?
No.
And if I'd have known this
was going to be such a big deal,
you'd have been informed sooner.
You were there
at that girl's PM.
You knew about this.
That's right.
Why has it taken you so
long to do anything about it?
It's not my shout.
It's traffic.
Laura Stevens,
that must be his wife.
That's right.
Does she know
his brother's already
been in to identify the body?
Yeah.
Yeah, she just wants to see him.
I don't know if I would.
Think I'd rather remember
someone as they were.
And then there's the
parents of Collette Wilson.
She's one of the
students that d*ed.
They want to come in tomorrow.
They've been away on holiday.
Not a nice thing
to come back to.
Sam, this is the right
hand of Mick Stevens,
the guy who d*ed in the BMW.
Oh, his wife's here now.
I think he's been in a fight.
So do the police.
Deacon thinks it could
have been road rage
prior to the accident happening,
possibly with the
driver of the Merc.
The driver of the
Merc's probably male.
Yeah, Deacon said.
Well, that kind of
makes sense, doesn't it?
I mean, if there was
some sort of punch-up,
it was probably
between two guys.
What else did Deacon tell you?
Just that they're bringing in the
owner of the Merc for questioning.
He could be the missing
piece in the jigsaw.
SAM RYAN: I don't think so.
Well, why not?
The missing piece is
the arm, unless the driver
of the Mercedes
confesses to collecting
spare limbs as his hobby.
Who's Emma Charlston?
Sorry?
She was in the crash.
She was identified today.
It says here she works for
Computer Travel Technologies,
which, coincidence
upon coincidence, just
happens to be your company.
Did you seriously think
that I'd never find out?
That nobody would
ever mention it,
or it wouldn't come
up at an inquest?
Just gave her a lift home.
And she happened to die, and
you happened not to mention it?
I didn't know she d*ed.
Oh, don't, Nick.
She was, um... she was
just a girl at the office.
You're just a liar.
Admit it.
You were seeing her.
Come to join me?
Not just the moment, Carol.
I thought you should know,
we might have a bit of a problem.
He knew these things
were going to happen.
I suppose... I suppose
you do things different.
Is she allowing
you to talk about it?
Did you mention
what your old man
does for a living when
you're viewing his body?
There's a chance.
You should have
stopped her going.
Difficult.
That night, he
shouted at Justine.
Is that your daughter?
Yeah.
Then I shouted at
him for making her cry.
I don't even remember
what it was all about now.
We're going to have to
cover our backs, then.
Get me Dr. Leo Dalton's
number, will you?
I didn't even know
he was working.
I thought he was
just going to the pub.
He was working that night?
Yes, with Richard.
They were a team.
What did they do for a living?
You don't know?
Never came up what they did.
They were police officers, CID.
That's right, Leo.
I just found out myself.
Incredible, talk
about incompetence.
I just thought you should know.
All right.
Bye.
She was pregnant.
Emma was pregnant.
Yours?
She told me that night,
just before we crashed.
That's what we
were arguing about.
It will come out at the inquest.
I thought you should know.
God, Nick...
Forty years, I wanted a baby...
Forty years.
[sobbing]
- Sam.
- Hi.
Nice to see you. Come in.
Thank you.
Welcome to my mansion.
Well, it's different.
Euphemism for cheap.
Do you want a drink?
No, thanks.
Is this business or pleasure?
Oh, it's strictly business.
So don't worry, you're safe.
I've just been with Laura
Stevens, husband Nick Stephens.
And she says Mick
and Richard Barrett,
the two guys in the BMW,
they were police officers.
Yeah, I know.
Well, Carol Deacon
rang and told me.
Oh, well, did she say why
she hadn't mentioned it before?
They were from some
different force, or division,
or something.
She only just found out herself.
Oh, I don't believe her.
I don't think that's right.
That's... that's not ethical.
I mean, that's like us withholding
information from the police.
But they're not
withholding information.
No, but they choose
when to tell us.
I mean, there's a possibility that
Laura Stevens might say something.
I think they're just
covering themselves.
I think we're getting a bit
carried away here, aren't we?
I mean, when I was in Sheffield,
I had a very good relationship
with the police service.
Well, this isn't Sheffield, Leo.
Oh, and Sam Ryan's
reputation goes before her.
What does that mean?
Look, Sam...
No, what do you mean?
You know exactly what I mean.
Everyone knows you
love getting involved.
Do you mean meddling?
Is that what you're saying?
Well, that's what people say.
Look, Sam, please...
No, forget it, Leo.
It's really useful to know
where we stand from the off.
Just makes me
wonder why you were
so keen to join my department.
They were going
to hide both of them.
They'd just been to this party.
Kids love parties.
One second, they
were singing away.
And then...
CAROL DEACON: From
the tachograph, John Brent,
car transport driver, good guy;
Ash Williams, Arctic driver, bad guy.
What, he was over
his hours, was he?
Well over.
He'd had just under
three hours rest in 36.
Sam.
Have you got a minute?
DCI Deacon has
some information for us.
Oh, about the
two police officers?
CAROL DEACON:
No, more interesting.
I thought the policemen
were very interesting.
Do you know what the case
was they were working on?
I didn't know they
were on a case.
Laura Stevens thought they were.
I think they were
just out for a drink.
In an unmarked police car?
We're still waiting
for an update.
LEO DALTON: All right, this is to do
with the tachographs and the HGVs.
The Arctic driver had
done well over his hours.
Not really our area, I would
have thought, or yours,
for that matter.
Just trying to keep
you abreast of things.
They've also traced
the burnt-out van.
Yes, apparently, it
was hired in Milan
by an Afran
Calikani, an Albanian.
Is that who the b*rned body is?
[phone ringing]
Possibly.
Excuse me.
[music playing]
[crying]
CAROL DEACON: I have to go.
Have they matched the teeth yet?
Terry Harding, Traffic
Investigation, not my domain.
Seems to me your domain is
whatever you want it to be at the time.
As for the Merc, no, Traffic are
going to need a bit more
than your theory to prove
he was at the scene.
But what about the blood you
told me was being analyzed
on the front of the car?
They're still working on it.
Well, thank goodness it's
just urgent, not imperative.
Any more news on your wife?
Kelly?
Yeah.
No.
Have the doctors
given any indication of...
No.
They're sometimes difficult. I
worked as a doctor in hospital.
And sometimes, you just
don't know what to tell relatives.
It was my fault.
Sorry?
The accident... it was
my fault. My brakes...
What about them?
They didn't work.
But there were a lot
of vehicles involved.
You can't possibly know that...
I couldn't stop.
I think it was a leak,
a brake fluid leak.
I couldn't afford
to get it fixed.
And they really wanted
to go to this party.
So I patched it up.
I k*lled her.
Holly, I k*lled her.
If I'd have been able to stop,
then everything would be OK.
She'd be alive now, and
Kelly wouldn't be in hospital.
You don't know that.
I know it.
There's been plenty of
activity these last few hours...
Three or four of them
coming and going.
They're obviously very busy.
Well, they either know
something's wrong,
or you were, right, Guv.
They're getting ready
for a fresh delivery.
They're rattled.
Well, we haven't blown it.
No, I don't think so.
They'll just think they
were picked up as illegals.
I made a statement
the other day.
I want to know what
happened about it.
Was anyone charged?
Then they should be.
They should be charged.
It was deliberate, I saw it.
The severed arm...
I had it radiographed.
And I think it belongs
to a teenage girl.
It was trapped just
above the elbow.
And I think that's what
caused the amputation.
Do you know how it
might have happened?
No, it could have
been machinery.
You've had no luck tracing it?
No, come up with nothing.
Looks like the Traffic people
have also drawn a blank.
Well, we know the van was
hired by an Eastern European.
The teeth, we think,
are Eastern European.
Maybe the arm belonged to one.
Can you just check it
over, find out all you can?
Yeah, sure.
OK.
Here's the address.
Well, that's different.
And there's a car
outside for you.
Thanks.
Sam, about last night...
You're entitled to
your opinion, Leo.
Let's just leave it at that.
[music playing]
Morning, Professor Ryan.
Morning.
[theme music]
06x01 - The Fall Out 1
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British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.