01x04 - Episode 4

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It's the old trademark from when

Appleton House was a mill.

This fob's for an apartment

in that complex.

We believe Alastair's abduction

is a personally motivated attack

on the Chief Constable.

g*nf*re

Come forward and help us

bring him home.

Any comment on this video of

Alastair being held in captivity?

MUFFLED: Please, let me go!

We'll need a list of past cases,

potential enemies

with the means to pull off something

like this.

Vasil's crew are laughing at you.

You need to hit 'em back twice as

hard so you can keep your respect.

The money gets dropped off.

20 minutes later, it's picked up.

That's your window.

Maybe this is the opportunity we've

been waiting for to take Vasil out.

Let's do it.

Here, keep it. Bless you, Beti.

Saw my dad at the hospital.

You didn't tell me.

I don't like this.

Look, we're meeting in Lister Park.

There'll be plenty of people about

and I'll share my location

the whole time.

Harry Virdee. Now the game begins.

Let the boy go.

REPORTER: It was the prelude to the

nightmare of violence

Bradford had dreaded.

Running battles between police

and Asian gangs through the city

centre,

sending shoppers running

for safety

and destroying all

pretensions of civic harmony.

In this continuing summer of racial

violence in Northern towns,

this is yet another victory

for the extremists.

There is no doubt that this is a

battle for Bradford's streets.

There can only be one outcome, one

way these streets can be reclaimed,

and that's by the use of law

and order.

But one has to wonder,

at the end of the evening,

what a cost that's going to be.

GLASS SHATTERS

CAR ALARMS BLARE

DISTANT SHOUTING

SHOUTS APPROACH

MAN: Come on, then!

Stop! I can'tI can't breathe!

Where's your inhaler?

You good?

Come on, we've got to keep going!

I can't. I'm wheezing so bad.

You go!

I'm not leaving you! Come on!

Harry, they're going to k*ll us!

DISTANT SHOUTS

RIAZ WHEEZES

Riaz! Harry!

You can't hide forever.

You're dead! You're dead!

They're round here somewhere.

You seen what your lot are doing

to our city?

We'll show you who owns Bradford!

Where the f*ck did they go?

Come on.

MEN SHOU

Lads!

HE GASPS

HE GRUNTS

Oh, my God!

No, no, no

No, no

Come on, Tara.

Come on.

Come on!

SHE COUGHS

It's all right. It's all right.

COUGHING CONTINUES

Hey, hey, it's OK.

SHE SOBS

MESSAGE ALERT BEEPS

MESSAGE ALERT BEEPS

WHISPERS: Aaron, where did you get

this from?

Uncle Riaz's shop.

Oh, thank God you're OK.

What the hell is going on?

They won't tell me anything.

Thanks for coming.

Are you all right? Mm-hm.

The house is secure.

There's a squad car outside -

it's not going anywhere -

and Harry is at the hospital.

I can take you there now.

Where's Aaron? Is he OK?

He's fine. He's with Nadia.

Come here.

I heard about Tara. I spoke to

the duty doctor. She's stable.

OK, good.

What the f*ck happened tonight?

Who were that man on the phone?

I don't know, but I'll find out,

I promise.

We should go home.

You're no good to anyone

if you collapse.

Yeah, I can't. I've got to wait

for Mandip - she's on the way.

She's with Tara. I just saw her.

DISTANT CRASH

Get off me! No, get off me!

DISTANT SHOUTS

She won't let me do anything.

I'll get help.

What's happening? Just, please,

put it down. Tara

You did this to me!

Please, let go of it!

She's likely hallucinating. You did

this to me Tara, it's me, Saima.

The nurse tried to give her

a sedative but she freaked out.

It's all right.

TARA CRIES

Tara, you're safe. Tara.

You're having a panic attack caused

by whatever drugs you were given.

Just let us help you.

Just look at me. I'm right here.

TARA SOBS

It's OK.

It's OK. Look at me. Look at me.

I'm not letting you go.

I'm not letting you go.

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

Who would do this to her?

Is this connected

to your police work?

She'll be sedated until morning.

I'm not going anywhere.

You can use the family room,

if you like,

it'll be more comfortable.

No.

Thank you for what you did for her.

MANDIP SOBS

Sorry.

So SOCO have finished at your house,

and they've collected the envelope

that the phone came in,

so you can go home any time.

Thanks, boss. Thank you.

What if this man turns up at the

house, tries to hurt us?

Look, he won't.

But I need to be there in case

he makes contact again.

Can you stay at your dad's for a few

days, see how we go? Mm.

Tara'll be fine, Harry, trust me.

PHONE RINGS

Yeah?

Mr Boardman? Yeah.

I'm on my way, boss.

HE SIGHS

I've not been around much

since he were a kid.

I can't let him down now.

Do you know who has my son, Harry?

Youyou must have some kind of

working hypothesis.

Are these attacks linked

in some way?

I believe there's a drug connection

to the case.

Priti Parmar and her ex-boyfriend

Xavier were in the business.

Also, both Priti and Tara

had henna on their bodies,

which is being analysed as we speak.

We're pursuing all South Asian

connections.

It could also be a smokescreen.

Right. We don't know who this guy

is, but he's playing with us,

wanting to see if we can unravel

who he is.

Feels like he's building

to something.

This came into HQ an hour ago.

DISTORTED VOICE: I have in my

possession Alastair Boardman.

A few hours ago, I challenged

DCI Virdee to arrest me -

he chose instead to rescue

his niece.

At 4pm today,

I will phone this number.

I want to speak to DCI Virdee,

nobody else.

He sent it from a burner device

on a VPN.

We assume the call at

..four o'clock will follow a

similar pattern.

Harry, have you any idea

why this man

wants to talk to you and only you?

Let's go.

Looks like the kid was right.

Make a move and I'll blow

your f*cking head off.

HE GRUNTS

Grab the bags!

Come on, hurry up!

Let's have a look.

That'll do. Move.

Come on, let's bounce!

Come on, then. Come on, slowcoach.

Who's that? Who the bloody hell's

this, now?

It's Vasil's crew. ALL: Oh, sh*t!

g*nf*re

Drive! Drive! Drive!

What's this prat doing?

g*nf*re

Keep going! Keep going! Keep going!

Keep going!

Ah, yeah!

THEY LAUGH

Come on!

MESSAGE ALERT BEEPS

That were good timing.

How you feeling?

Shouldn't you be at home?

I needed to see my wife.

The house were quiet

without you both last night.

I came to see Tara, too.

Of course.

Come here.

Look, I've got to go.

Mm. See you in there.

DISTORTED VOICE: I want to speak to

DCI Virdee, nobody else.

Can I go in? Yeah.

Thank you.

I can't remember much.

I'm not here for that.

I'm here for you.

I never saw his face.

Don't remember a thing.

Great reporter I am.

Tara, we don't have to do this now.

No, it's OK.

It were hot, like, humid,

no air in the room,

just tropical hot.

I think we were below ground.

He had these glass tanks everywhere,

filled with these wasps.

Never seen anything like 'em.

Yeah, that's it.

Thosethings.

There was, like, UV lamps

or something.

This is all great, Tara.

You're being a huge help, all right?

Is there anything else you can

remember about him or Alastair?

Maybe that's enough now, Harry.

Alastair were tied up,

out of it.

I don't know if he were hurt,

or drugged, maybe.

It's fine. OK.

What?

What is it? Um

See there? That's Urdu text.

What does it say?

It'sthree numbers.

4-2-0.

420? Why's he

written that on my neck?

In Urdu, it's "chaar saw bees".

It's slang for dishonest.

They used to call us it growing up

because our shop were

420 Lammington Lane.

Kept accusing us of

overcharging people,

which we were, of course.

Right, get some rest now, please.

Come on, let's leave her alone.

All right, bye. Bye.

Well done.

Nice one.

It's quite the loot. Vasil's going

to feel the pain of this.

Too right. I mean, this will cover

what we lost at the club and some.

It gets distributed.

You what? Is she having a laugh?

Get your missus to wind her neck

in.

Hey. Watch your mouth.

We spread it through community

projects, make a show.

We didn't earn it, so let Vasil see

that we gave it all away.

Are you both off your heads?

There's well over a mill here!

No, she's talking sense.

We only took from him

to draw him to us.

We cover our costs, give the rest

away, really rile him up.

To show him we can hit him

harder than he hit us.

You've been moaning about Harry.

Well, here's your answer.

Now, when Vasil comes for us,

our actions are purely self-defence.

What time's the kid get here?

He's on his way.

I'll go see if I can find him.

OK, it's four o'clock.

PHONE VIBRATES

As before, encrypted, untraceable.

Keep him talking. I'm going

to see if I can hack him.

Share the screen.

Oh!

ALASTAIR BREATHES RAGGEDLY

DISTORTED VOICE: Are you there,

Virdee?

We all want Alastair home safely.

You have the power to

make that happen.

You're right. I have all the power.

So, DCI Virdee

..tell them what you did

..the life you took.

I have your attention, it seems.

Tell them. I don't know what

you're talking about.

Do you know what I have here?

Black Widow.

How long do you think he has,

DCI Virdee?

ALASTAIR WHIMPERS

Oh, sh*t!

No! Take that thing off him!

Please! Please, you

don't have to do this!

Tell them what you did

..m*rder*r. What's he saying?

What do you know?

Alastair might not have long.

Virdee! All Virdee cares about

is himself.

He'd let the boy die rather than

tell anyone what he did.

What's he saying? What do you know?!

He's telling the truth.

Are you admitting to being a k*ller?

I said it! Now take it off!

ALASTAIR SOBS

Your face, DCI Virdee,

let me see it.

Chaar saw bees.

Chaar saw bees.

I believe this belongs to you.

No.

I gave that to Harry's mum.

Is that all you've got to say

to me?

You nearly died.

Does that not make you want

to fix things with your son?

He's not my son

..not as long as he's married to

you.

You know, all Harry has ever wanted

to do is make you proud.

He thought you were the

bravest man he knew

..but all I've ever seen is a

coward.

A coward is a man who

abandons his family.

You disowned him.

You have punished

and humiliated him,

all because he broke your rules.

You're a bully and you can't stand

that Harry isn't afraid of you.

I used to feel sorry for you.

But you will never be

worthy of my family.

There you go.

Rich man.

You're holding around 60k there.

What you going to do with

all that dosh?

I ain't giving you 60k.

I don't want the cash.

I want a one-to-one with the boss.

You've got rough hands.

Skin's like sandpaper.

Bosses don't work the shop floor.

You ain't in charge.

You can keep that

..and get me an audience with the

real leader of Bradford West.

You'd pay 60 grand for a chat?

Maybe he's not as smart

as we thought. No.

Why did the Shala crew take you?

Because I did summat

they didn't like.

So why not just k*ll you?

Can't.

Kids run the game round here.

k*ll me and the rest'll walk.

They injected me

with what I used to supply.

Make me an addict

and I'm no threat to no-one.

So you're a junkie now?

I'm on a detox programme.

I'll bounce back from it. Takes more

than drugs to put me down.

So what do you want from me?

A cut.

What do you mean, a cut?

You learned nothing?

Go get a job, do something good.

What? Frying chicken

for minimum wage?

I want what you've got.

And if you take what I've got,

what happens to us?

I ain't looking for trouble.

I'm just saying I can increase

what you're bringing in.

Is it?

Just give me 5% of the BD4 take.

I run that area.

He ain't even on that.

Yeah, well, it's not my problem he's

not smart enough to negotiate.

Hey!

All right, I'll give you a shot.

But no more selling on the streets

for you.

And keep the gold -

the value's climbing.

You start work for me here,

tomorrow.

I'll be there in the afternoon,

show you the ropes. Now piss off.

What the f*ck did you just do?

Saw something in him,

might cause me a problem one day.

I have to take this man's

accusation very seriously.

Look, I said what was needed.

I'd have confessed to k*lling

JFK if it got him to stop.

Boss, youyou don't actually

believe I k*lled someone?

That will be all, DCI Virdee.

DOOR SLAMS SHU

They're going to suspend me.

The guy thinks he knows me.

He called me dishonest.

The henna, the wasps,

it's all connected somehow.

Well, if it's personal, and it

has an Asian connection

..I'll start with cases you've

worked on

with South Asian offenders.

Pawa.

Pawa?

You've heard of him, right?

Bradford's most violent kingpin.

Career case for you, bringing him

down. Of course.

Me and Boardman worked

that case together.

But Pawa got banged up for life.

He's in India,

in Punjab Central Prison.

There was that extradition order

in 2017.

I need you to contact them.

Get a prison status check,

all right?

We also need a list of every

cellmate Pawa's had.

He were in for two stretches,

2002-2008,

and then when we got him in 2017.

OK. Start with Pawa.

If they suspend you,

do you still expect me to tell you

what I've found out?

Do you honestly think I had anything

to do with Alastair's abduction?

No. There's your answer, then.

Another thing

..Tara said the room she were in

were red hot.

Tropical's the word she used.

He's using UV lights to breed

these wasps -

takes up a lot of electricity.

Who else do we know does that?

Cannabis plant owners.

And how do we get them?

Electricity reports

on unusual consumption.

I'll get in contact with the

electricity providers,

get a list of addresses with

excessive usage in the past

18 months. Anything with a 20% spike

within five miles

of Lister Park, where Tara

was taken from, yeah?

And prioritise remote locations.

All right.

Khalil? Look, you hit

something, you tell me, yeah?

Stay home, Harry.

You need to be contactable.

4-2-0. One hour.

ON PHONE: 4-2-0. One hour.

They're both hiding something.

I didn't even know they still

spoke to each other.

You don't think this is

connected to last night?

I don't know what to think.

It doesn't make sense.

I mean, we know Riaz is full of

secrets, but Harry?

I've seen kids I teach

with burner phones like this -

they're usually selling drugs

or working for dealers.

Why would Harry be doing that?

But Riaz? Face it.

Come on, we don't know the half of

what he went through in prison,

or who he was involved with.

Seven years inside, it changed him,

Sai.

I know.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to figure out

what's going on.

So, with the Urdu henna and the

Asiatic wasps,

DCI Virdee and I believe we should

be looking into all his past cases

involving an Asian perpetrator.

And Pawa's obviously

the most infamous one.

Fine. We need to rule this guy out.

Contact Punjab Central Prison.

SHE GASPS

MACHINE ALARMS BEEP

Lammington Lane? Yeah. Cheers.

This is a video file from

Punjab Central Prison.

PRISON GUARD:

That was Pawa.

PHONE VIBRATES

Cheers, thank you.

DISTANT COMMOTION

SHOUTING

Me mum locked up the shop. Yeah?

We should be all right in here.

What the hell?

THEY GRUN

Oi! Oi!

HARRY GRUNTS

Oi! Oi, get off him!

Come on! Do something!

Riaz?

Mum, call the police!

SHE GRUNTS

Mum!

RIAZ WHIMPERS

Oi. Get off him.

THEY GROAN

GROANING

HE SCREAMS

Fu

HE PANTS

HE GASPS FOR AIR

No, no, no, no, no, no!

HE WHIMPERS

HE GROANS

What are we doing here, Harry?

Who'd you tell?

You told someone.

No. Why?

The guy who took Alastair Boardman

calls me at the police station,

torturing the kid live on the phone,

tells me to confess,

calls me "chaar saw bees".

420, this place.

Did you tell Pawa?

Pawa? Don't f*ck with me, Riaz.

When you were inside with him,

did you slip up,

tell him something you shouldn't

have? No.

Are you sure about that?

WHISPERS: I can't f*cking believe

this

In prison, he were my first

cell mate - you know this.

18 and they stuck me in there with

him.

How could you be so f*cking stupid?

You don't know what it

were like for me,

full of psychos and violent

offenders, and the

I were a kid. I was scared.

I was scared of what he'd do

to me, so I told him.

I didn't think it would come back

on us!

You f*cked me. No. No, no, no.

You f*cked yourself, right?

Let's be honest, shall we?

Paul King, right?

Paul King, you didn't need to k*ll

him. You lost it.

Or maybe you just wanted to, hmm?

Go on, then. Go on.

I should have burned this sh*thole

down years ago.

You checked the b*stard's

still in prison?

Got visual confirmation, but

..something still feels off.

Well, I took out his entire network,

no point hunting there.

So who's left?

Only those who helped put him away.

What were the name of that guy,

the accountant?

What, Henford?

Yeah.

You focus on him

and I'll see what I can find out.

Come on.

HE GURGLES AND CHOKES

She's breathing.

Swap clothes with me.

Harry, give me your clothes

and leave.

What are you talking about?

I am not letting you take the blame.

COMMOTION OUTSIDE

W-we'll explain it.

Self-defence, he's off his face on

something. The police will

Lock you up

and throw away the key.

Listen to what's going on out there.

Bradford's burning.

I don't want people knowing I was

too chicken sh*t

to protect me own mum. Riaz

I'll be an embarrassment!

You've saved me enough times.

It's my turn now.

No. No, I can't!

I did this, Riaz, this was me.

I did this!

Nobody knows you're here.

Me mum didn't see you.

Just give me your clothes and leave!

Don't let me be that guy

who couldn't even save his own mum.

Please, Harry.

It's my izzat.

HE SNIFFLES

COMMOTION CONTINUES

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Ma'am.

So, I've been doing a check on

properties within five miles

of Lister Park that are using more

than 20% of their usual electricity,

just like we do with cannabis farms.

In Tara's statement, she spoke about

seeing spider wasp tanks

and UV lights,

and these seven addresses

match the profile.

That one highlighted is most

significant -

it's a 40% spike in usage.

And the owner, Visam Bhuchar,

was arrested in 2015

for illegally owning

and breeding Mesobuthus tamulus -

it's the Indian red scorpion.

Not spider wasps, but a red flag.

Absolutely.

Visam Bhuchar has a long

list of pre-cons,

he was even arrested twice

by Boardman when he was a detective.

Did you have something for us,

DS Amin?

I want a full team ready to go in

30 minutes.

This could be our guy.

Well done.

What are you doing here, Saima?

What have you got yourself into,

Riaz?

Are you in trouble?

No.

Is Harry involved?

Involved in what?

Found this hidden in his car.

So what?

It's got one number saved in it.

Belongs to this.

Aaron took it from your desk

yesterday.

I need you to tell me the truth,

Riaz.

Stop.

Come on.

Just because you don't tell us

what you do

doesn't mean we don't see it.

Whatever mess you're in,

whoever your working for

..you keep Harry out of it.

You see, you don't know what you're

talking about, all right?

Back off.

Go home.

GO HOME!

Hello, TMB Accountancy.

Hiya, could I speak to

Matthew Henford, please?

I'm sorry, Matthew doesn't work here

any more.

He's left the company?

Yes, six months ago.

All right, any idea which

accountancy firm he moved to?

He's working from home nowadays.

Got it. Thanks for your help.

This is the house of our suspect,

Visam Bhuchar.

Bhuchar has priors for drug

offences,

armed robbery and as*ault.

He was arrested twice by

Chief Constable Jonathan Boardman

when Boardman was a detective

working in serious crimes,

so he has motive.

We'll be going in strong

with armed support.

You all have your briefing

documents. Yep. Yeah.

Any questions?

All good. I'm all good.

Let's get to it.

Come on, everyone.

Visam Bhuchar should be considered

armed and dangerous.

Blockade both sides of the street.

Stand back until everyone's ready.

HARRY: Boss, listen to me.

I know I'm suspended,

you can fire me later,

but I need assistance at an address.

Green Manor Farm, Baildon -

it's Matthew Henford's place.

He was Pawa's accountant and

something's not right.

Harry, we are at a suspect's house.

We have credible intel and I cannot

speak to you about this.

Go home.

I just

SHE HANGS UP

Armed police! Armed police!

Armed police!

It's empty. Alastair isn't here.

Just a few cannabis plants.

CHITTERING

WHIMPERING

Alastair. Alastair!

I'm going to get you out of here.

ALASTAIR MUMBLES

HE MUMBLES MORE INTENSELY

I intend to surrender

..on one non-negotiable condition.

DCI Harry Virdee.

Sir, our job isn't to give

criminals what they want.

Our job is to save my son.

Do you not think all this is

connected?

What do you mean?

I don't think Harry and Riaz

are the men we think they are.

Take out this Riaz Hyatt.

Riaz!

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