Bergerac (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

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That family
They're not what
they show the world.
It wasn't Mia and Tomos.
They've got a solid alibi.
You know what he did. Yeah,
but what if he didn't?
What if Bergerac really did
try to falsify that evidence?
I hear you have a story for me.
Why did you go back to work?
Grief was defining me.
Because I was a mess.
Because I needed
to prove something.
We were gonna talk, weren't we?
Er, yeah, we will.
You keep saying that.
Ellie, these photographs
were on your phone.
They're of the Wakefield
house. Did you take them?
Cate sent them to me.
So Cate's got a second phone.
The last text that
Cate sent to Ellie.
Well, if you won't
expose Arthur, I will.
Whoever killed Cate will
be brought to justice.
I'm missing zumba for this.
Well, you don't need it.
You look top notch.
That came out wrong.
I Didn't it just?
Morning, good morning,
good morning. Erm
Right. I just went
to the opera house.
Well, I had to track down
the guy with the keys
and get him out of bed first.
So, on the night that
Cate was murdered,
Arthur and Julien Wakefield are
sat up here, yeah? In the box.
Yeah. Margaret is down
there in the stalls.
Now, we've got witness
statements saying that Arthur
and Julien didn't leave the
box during the performance.
But when the lights are
down, during the performance,
you can't actually
see into the box.
So Arthur and Julien could have left
and no-one would have seen them.
Er, yeah, but we
spoke to the ushers,
who said that nobody
left until the interval.
Yeah, so outside the box,
there is a short corridor
with two doors. One door
leads to the, erm
what-do-you-call-it.
The The landing.
The dress circle! Another
door opens onto a stairwell,
down a fire escape,
leading to an alleyway
behind the theatre.
So Arthur could have
slipped out of the box,
down the fire escape,
back to the house,
killed Cate, back
to the theatre,
mingled in with the
crowds after the interval
and absolutely no-one
would have seen them.
Or Julien.
You said Arthur could have slipped
out. But Julien could have too.
Yeah. Arthur or Julien.
Yeah, I said that.
Or Margaret, come to that. Well,
no, Margaret's the only one
with an alibi that
we can corroborate,
because there was
an usher on duty
outside the door to the
stalls all evening. Er, no.
Arthur and Julien both
gave statements that says
that neither one left the box
throughout the performance.
Yeah, I know. And we
just believe them?
Influential, high-status
individuals, they're like
"it wasn't us," and we're like,
"yeah, I mean, I guess
it rules THEM out."Jim
Yeah, except now that
we know that Arthur,
not only does he have a motive,
because Cate was going
to expose him as a fraud,
he also had opportunity as well.
Well, you're right
about one thing.
Arthur Wakefield is a
high-status individual.
He's a former Member
of the States,
not to mention the advisory
committees he's on, the
It doesn't mean that
he's above the law.
It means we have
to tread carefully.
Fine. Well, I promise
I'll play nice.
You promise you'll
play nice when?
Well, I want to arrest him.
Absolutely not!
See, this, this right here, this
is how they get away with it. They?
Yes, rich, powerful
men. Guilty men.
Because everyone is too
scared to stand up to them.
Yes, you're right, I'm quite
the establishment stooge.
Well, I want to search
his house, then.
Come on, Cate had a
second, secret phone
that she's hidden somewhere.
I mean, who knows what
we're going to find on that?
Cate wouldn't hide a phone
containing compromising information
about Arthur in his house.
Yes, but if he killed her,
he could have taken it.
Fine. But don't antagonise him.
New line of inquiry,
really appreciate his
cooperation, all that.
Er, thinking about this, maybe
it is best Jim is lead on this.
I mean, it's his
suspect, it's his theory.
That's incredibly selfless
of you. Thank you, Barney.
Where are we with
the ransom money?
I've been in touch with the
banks, the high-end stores.
That money will pop
up sooner or later.
Keep me posted. Go
away. Thank you.
Watch him. I don't want to
spend the rest of my career
teaching schoolkids
how to cross the road.
Ah. Sorry for the
intrusion, Mr Wakefield.
As a result of new information
which has come to light,
we've obtained a warrant
to search the property
for digital and electronic devices
belonging to Cate Wakefield.
Let's not be coy, DCI Bergerac.
We both know what's going on here.
Did you know that Cate was
in contact with Ellie Robson?
Ellie had shared her concerns
about your purchase of
her father's company.
I don't know what Ellie
would have gained from that,
but the Robsons had
hired a team of lawyers
to go through the
contract line by line.
Cate she was a
lifeguard from Coventry.
Had they missed
something, I hardly think
she'd be the person to find it.
Fond of her though I was.
Anyway, erm, tell your officers
to help themselves
to tea and coffee,
and I think Margaret might
have left out some biscuits.
Barney.
Look, I've got to go.
I've got a thing, and then
I'm having lunch with my
daughter. I'll be back about two.
Whoa, where? What
about the search?
Well, keep going. You never
know, you might find that phone.
He's up to something.
Yeah. Probably looked
like I was hiding there,
but I was actua I
had to search that area.
Mm-hm.
We've got a suspect.
He's powerful.
He's connected. He's
a bit of a bully.
And so bringing charges against
him is gonna be a challenge.
Sounds like quite
a breakthrough.
It is. Yeah, it is. And so
this, this is a distraction.
If just if I'm honest.
It's a split focus.
So you'd like to stop.
Look, I am stable.
I'm sober. You know? I'm
meeting Kim later for lunch.
We're going to talk about her mum.
I'm actually going to initiate that.
I'm better at this
than I thought.
Yeah, you are. And so, you can
tell Uma that I'm fixed. Yeah?
Why don't you tell her? It would
be better coming from you, I think.
But look, hey, I can do
you have, like, Yelp reviews?
I could leave a good review.
I'd be very happy to do that.
And what about tomorrow?
Well, I just said,
I won't be coming.
Your mental state tomorrow.
See, grief is like a minefield.
You're fine, you're walking
along Click! You're in pieces.
I know there might
be some bad days.
I don't think you know how bad.
I lost my wife too.
Nine years ago. Heart
attack. She was 36.
I'm I'm sorry.
I was well, you can imagine.
I was not a person.
I was just grief. The
patron saint of grief.
A therapist saved
my life. Literally.
It's it's why I became one.
And it's why I offered to
take you on as a client.
You asked for me? Well,
no, I mean that sounds
No, Uma sent a request
out to a bunch of us
and I guess I was the
one who responded first.
But the reason I did so was
because You've been here.
And I have a map
with the way out.
You are in a different world
now. Different rules apply.
1st of May, 2014, Sophie
Armstrong is abducted.
Sophie's found by Bergerac
on the 4th of May.
She identifies
you by your voice.
So you're arrested,
your house searched,
your car seized.
But they don't have enough to
charge you, so you're released.
This is a request to search
your car by Bergerac.
7th of May.
When they find a strand of
what is later discovered
to be Sophie's hair.
You're charged, you go to court,
you go to prison.
You were smart, though.
Getting your lawyer to
request all the evidence under
the Freedom of Information Act.
Yeah, yeah, he went
through all this,
he said there wasn't anything
reliable that we could
use in an appeal.
Yeah. The problem is,
your lawyer is an idiot.
I kept thinking "if there's a
request to search John's car,
"there must be one for
his house." There isn't.
You know why? It's
so fucking obvious.
Searches are automatic.
When someone's arrested,
police can search any property
in their possession or control.
So I looked, and sure enough,
a search WAS done on your car
straight after you were arrested.
And it found nothing.
So this is an additional search.
Specifically
requested by Bergerac.
Which magically
produced the evidence.
He planted it!
HE EXHALES
I knew it!
I knew it.
This hair is literally the only
reason that I went to prison.
This proves it. This
He stitched me up.
Hmm.
There's not enough.
What? What are you talking about?
This is great. She's right.
It's still basically John's
word versus Bergerac's.
That is not a story,
that is gossip.
Was there anything else?
Not in the police evidence.
But take away forensics
and the case gets sketchy.
The victim was blindfolded
the whole time,
so she could only identify
John by his voice.
I'm talking to her later.
Yeah, but in the meantime, you
can publish with this, right?
Not really. There's
no follow-up.
You want to release a
story in instalments,
each one getting
bigger and worse.
This is just one big sugar
hit and then nothing.
There's nowhere to go after this.
Yeah, but with the right campaign,
the right push
from the newspaper,
I mean, that's got to be
enough to, I don't know,
get Bergerac suspended, surely?
It doesn't work like that. Look,
you said you had a story
for me, and you might.
I just haven't found it yet.
I'll talk to the girl, and
then I'll talk to Bergerac,
and then we'll see
where we are, OK?
Yeah.
Jesus.
No pleasing you, is there?
Because we're on the back foot!
Doing these random,
retaliatory actions.
It was your idea.
Please don't call it
an "idea". It was
It was damage limitation.
Just as falling down
a flight of stairs
and grabbing something
is not a "strategy".
No, it's survival.
The custody desk called.
Uniform have arrested someone
with a wad of the ransom money.
Kara's interviewing them now.
He was trying to buy a
five grand watch for cash.
Luckily, we'd issued
the serial numbers
to all the high-end stores.
The shop owner is suspicious,
checks the numbers, and sure
enough, it's the ransom money.
He keeps the guy talking while
the assistant calls the police.
You think he's working
with Mia and Tomos?
He says he doesn't know them.
Says he didn't know about
the abduction or the murder,
he's never even heard
of the Wakefields.
Says he was just hired
to make the ransom call
and grab the money
from Julien Wakefield.
Hired by who? A mate
of a mate of a mate.
That's conveniently vague.
And at no point he thought
this is a bit suspicious?
He thought it was, and I
quote, "a rich dude sex thing."
OK, let's massively park that.
Where's the rest of the cash?
He was told to leave it at a
parcel drop locker in Almorah,
in time for a pick-up
at 1.45 today.
Well, it's 20 past. We need to get
eyes on that drop location now.
Yeah, I will get this idiot
stowed away in a cell,
call Jim and head over.
Er, Jim is busy having
lunch with his daughter
and generally sabotaging
his career today, I think.
No. This is the first bit
of good luck we've had.
Go. Go, go, go! OK.
Sorry, sorry, I had a meeting
It's OK. ..that overran.
I ordered for you. Full
English, no tomatoes,
white toast,
The "happy heart attack",
I think they call it.
HE LAUGHS Perfect.
Erm Remember when
we came here with Mum
and they forgot
the side of bacon
she ordered with her
veggie breakfast?
HE LAUGHS Yeah.
Yeah, and she didn't
want to be difficult
because she knew
how busy they were.
But, my God, she really
wanted that bacon.
And then I laughed at her
and she threatened to
throw my phone in the sea.
Then you gave her all your
bacon and half a sausage,
and she looked at
you all heart-eyes.
She always loved a
low-grade pork product.
DCI Bergerac! I was right.
I was passing, and, erm,
I see your car and thought
it'd be rude not to say hello.
So who's this?
Kim. His daughter.
She's beautiful.
Sure she's yours?
Would you give us a sec, love?
Why don't you look
at the cakes, yeah?
Choose one for Granny.
This is
You can't do this.
I'm sorry, am I encroaching
on your territory?
Is this about this
morning? Jesus.
Sorry for any disruption
while we try to find out who's
killed your daughter-in-law.
I know exactly
what you're doing.
You know, you really should
get a DNA test. She's stunning.
Don't you look Don't
fucking look at her.
All right?
So just say what you
came here to say.
Well, you'll hear soon enough.
Ask me what you want to ask me.
Unless, of course,
it's did I kill Cate.
Because you won't
believe the answer.
Did you even like Cate?
You know, naivety, it's
like a mental illness.
It's all skipping through meadows
for the person who has it.
And a pain in the arse for
the people around them.
That's very moving.
Look at you,
clutching your pearls.
You're far more ruthless
than I could ever be.
In fact,
I think you're the most
dangerous man I've ever met.
Hey, you're back.
What did you go for?
Er, death by
chocolate. Good choice.
What a way to go.
It's nice to meet you, Kim.
And I'll see you
soon, DCI Bergerac.
Who is he?
Er, just
Just somebody
connected to the case.
Erm, I'm just gonna
I just well, I
just need to pee.
HE EXHALES FORCEFULLY
Boss? Hey, look, something
I need you to do.
Check all traffic
CCTV and speed cameras
for any car connected
to the Wakefields
during the opera performance.
Every possible route from
the theatre to their house.
Can you get Simon to do
that? I'm not at the station.
Why, where are you now?
SHE SIGHS
I need to go. I'm really
sorry. There's been a
Something's come up at work,
and I need to be there.
Yeah, sure, no worries. Yeah,
but I can drop you home
sorry, at Granny's first?
I'm so sorry.
Honestly, Dad, it's fine.
Shit, he's early.
Kara?'Suspect has picked up
the bag. Should we intercept?'
How long till
backup? '15 minutes.
'We'll lose him if
we don't go now.'
Pick him up now. I'm on my way.
OK, ready? Let's go.
You stay in the car,
OK? Whatever happens.
Why, what might
happen? Nothing.
But just stay in the car.
Oh, shit!
Stop, police!
SCREECH OF TYRES
Hey!
Dad!
Ugh! KIM SCREAMS
Aargh!
Kim!
I'm OK.
I'm OK.
Julien!
I'm so sorry, love.
It's not your fault. You
told me to stay in the car.
You shouldn't have been
anywhere near there.
You go. I'll handle this.
No, I'll talk to her.
It's fine.
The secret is, don't
break eye contact.
We got caught up in
something, and, erm
I told her to stay in the car.
So, it's her fault. No, no
OK, look, I didn't mean that.
I was arresting someone and
they made a break for it.
And they ran into her.
I know what you're doing. Yeah.
I've interviewed much scarier
people than you, Charlie.
Much more intimidating
people than you.
So this this won't work.
Just do me a favour and
step away from the knife.
You and I have had
our disagreements.
But I never thought Kim
was unsafe with you.
Of course of course
she's safe with me. Jesus.
But she'll be scarred.
No, she won't. It's tiny.
It might not even be a scar.
Look, I feel like
shit about it, yeah?
I'm aware of how it looks.
It won't happen again.
How do you know?
Because I will be more aware.
Things are spiralling, Jim.
What things? No
No, they're not.
You can go now.
Are you dismissing me?
Is that what's
I'm being dismissed.
Yeah. Right.
She is fine.
Is Julien's lawyer here yet?
He says he doesn't want one.
He doesn't want one? It
would be a Wakefield lawyer,
wouldn't it? Someone
from the firm they use.
Jeez. He doesn't want his father
to know he's been arrested.
This family. They are insane.
Wait, you can't interview him yet.
We need to search the annexe first.
No. Forensics have
been there for a week.
You know what I mean.
Look, we can't risk
Arthur getting suspicious.
I don't want him to know
about Julien either,
not yet. It'll be fine. Honest.
So, let me get this straight.
You paid someone to
ransom your own daughter?
Did you also pay Mia and
Tomos to kidnap her as well?
No. I just, erm, took
advantage of the situation.
You'll have to help us out here.
I was walking past her room
when I saw Tomos take her.
And, erm, I went to stop him,
of course. But then I stopped.
Why?
Because I knew that she
would be safer with them
than with me. You
see what it is is
is-is that I, erm,
I owe some money,
or someone thinks that
I owe them some money,
and I do owe them some money,
but I want it written down
that it is not fair, you see.
Who?
I can't tell you that.
Have they threatened you?
They've done more than that.
Do you think they killed Cate?
I think you better tell
us their name, don't you?
Er Rachini Wilson.
She runs this card game
from the back of
The back of her little
arcade. Yeah, we know Rachini.
Well, it wasn't very
much at first
..then I had this
losing streak. Erm
How much? Well, let
me guess. 250,000.
She said that she would
wait and extend my credit.
I just needed one big
win. Or a few big wins.
Yeah, she stopped waiting.
Why didn't you ask your
father for the money?
You've met my father.
And that would have been
worse than Jesus this?
You don't know what
he can be like.
What can he be like, Julien?
That's all I'm prepared
to say right now.
Rachini Wilson. Where
to start? Loan sharking,
bit of pimping, bit of dealing.
But her primary
income stream are
the private poker
games that she holds in
the backroom of her
arcade in Almorah.
Guests play the house
and losses are collected
at the little cash booth in the
arcade. £500 for a £1 token.
Any debt collection is delegated,
so she keeps her hands clean.
She's one of the nastiest criminals
in Jersey, but she is smart,
so not so much as a
parking ticket to her name.
We've discovered that Julien
Wakefield is in debt to her
for £250,000.
None of this is Rachini's style.
There'd be
indicators. We'd know.
That's right - usually when she
takes a drill to someone's kneecaps,
she leaves behind
a silk glove(!)
No, I'm saying she
doesn't kill people.
Well, for a quarter of a million
pounds, she might diversify!
To what end?
To scare Julien Wakefield.
To say "pay up or
you're next". No.
I'm not going to sell this to
you, Jim. We are talking to her.
SIREN WAILS
TYRES SCREECH TO HAL
Go, go!
Round the back.
Police, stay where you
are! Stay back already!
Stay where you are, do not move.
Get down, get down on the
ground. Stay where you are.
Just need to confirm
your name, please.
Do I have to tell
you? Yes, sir, you do.
I have the right to ask you.
Good afternoon, Mrs Wilson.
I'm Detective Inspector Crozier.
Can you tell me where you
were on the evening of Tuesday
the 3rd of September,
between 7.30pm and 10.30pm?
Before I answer that, I need you
to tell me if I'm under caution.
No Not yet.
I was here. Well, we'll need
access to your CCTV, then,
so we can pull all the data.
Is that Jim Bergerac
lurking back there?
Get that beautiful
face over here.
Rachini.
DI Crozier wants
to look at my CCTV.
How far back do you want to go?
Just as far as last Tuesday.
I'll tell you what. Let's
round it up to two weeks.
Last Tuesday will be fine.
You know, it would help if
I knew what this was about.
It's about the murder
of Cate Wakefield.
Murder? Come on.
We know that Julien
was a regular here.
We know that he owed
you a lot of money.
And we also know that
you subcontract people
to "encourage" that recovery.
There's an implication
there I'm not thrilled with.
It's a murder investigation,
Rachini. For what it's worth,
I don't think murder is your style.
But we can be a real ballache, yeah?
We can poke around
your finances,
issue warrants to
search your properties.
So why don't you
answer our questions?
You can save everyone
a ton of paperwork,
and then you and your buddies
can enjoy the rest of your day.
If someone owes me
money, it's their debt.
Not their wife's,
not their kid's.
When was Julien last here?
Three weeks ago. Let's just say
he did not have a good night.
OK, was that when you told him
you were calling in his debt?
No. That was Tuesday night.
He called, asked if I
could raise him a stake.
Said he'd got a sure tip on
the horses and if it came in,
he could clear his debts.
So he called you? When was this?
Here we go. 8.22pm,
seven-minute call.
Is that a landline
number? Old school.
We're gonna need that.
If I'm not under caution, I
don't need to give you anything.
But I'll tell you what.
I'll take a screenshot
and send it over.
Did you give him the stake?
He already owed me 250.
Even I have my limits.
So you threatened him?
I said we'd reached the
end of our friendship.
How he chose to interpret
that is up to him.
Thanks for your help. Any
time. But you know that.
She just drove a bus through
Arthur Wakefield's alibi.Jim.
If Julien was on the
phone to Rachini,
then he wasn't in the
opera box with his dad.
Why is she asking us about
footage from two weeks ago?
OK. I was, I was here.
I had a drink with her.
I had one drink with her.
I wasn't in a good place.
Well, no wonder you didn't
want us to speak to her, then.
No, I didn't think she
was a credible suspect.
Barney, I still don't.
Come on. Cate's murder was,
it was chaotic, it was
impassioned, it was personal.
Jim! Fucking focus!
Rachini Wilson is
a violent criminal
who threatened the
husband of the deceased.
That is what we call a
solid and compelling lead.
And you would know that
if you weren't so lost down this
Arthur Wakefield rabbit hole!
You used to be better at this.
I heard someone opening a door,
and I thought it was Blakely.
Then he started to
take my blindfold off
and I was terrified.
I'd seen a film where the
kidnapper has to kill the hostage
because she sees him. And so,
I had my eyes well,
like, clamped shut.
And then he said my name.
And I realised that it was
It was Jim, not Blakely.
So you were blindfolded
the whole time?
Yeah, erm when he grabbed
me, put a bag over my head.
But you never saw his
face. So, devil's advocate,
how did you know it
was John Blakely?
I recognised his voice.
Yeah, talk me through
that. How did that happen?
Like, did you just hear his
voice and like, know it was him?
Or did somebody play it for you,
maybe Jim Bergerac, and
ask you "is this him?"
Does it matter? Maybe not.
But it's about your
confidence in the conviction.
They found my hair in his car.
He disputes that.
You've spoken to Blakely?
I thought you said you were writing
a feature on Jim Bergerac. I am.
Does he know?
So, it's that kind
of article, is it?
John Blakely's life was ruined.
What about my life?
That beast locked me in
a cellar for three days.
Ever since, I've slept with
a baseball bat under my bed.
I have panic attacks.
I'm just saying, what if
he's telling the truth?
What if the wrong
man went to prison?
Run a check on vehicles
connected to Rachini Wilson
and any of her known associates.
I was just about to call you.
Bergerac wanted a speed cam
check on all the Wakefield cars
between their house
and the theatre.
Arthur Wakefield's car. It was
on the last camera I checked.
Three miles from the
opera house, 8:46 pm.
20 minutes before
Cate was killed.
Get a couple of uniforms to meet me
over at Arthur Wakefield's house.
Wait Now!
Jim Call Uma.
We've got him. This is it, Barney.
We've finally got him.Jim
Margaret?
Call Lawrence on his mobile.
Get him off the
bloody golf course
and tell him to meet me
down at the station now.
Kara. We're bringing
Arthur in now. Listen,
there's something I need
you to do when we get there.
I think we're in here.
Oh, shit. Sorry,
that one's taken.
Wait a minute. That's
Julien. Why is Julien here?
Well, I'm afraid I
can't answer that.
Why wasn't I told about this?
And where's his fucking lawyer?
Steve, would you take Mr Challis
and Mr Wakefield down to Room 2?
I'll be right with you.
Brilliant, thank you.
Don't take him back
to his cell just yet.
He's about to get a visitor.
When they arrive,
bring them up here.
Thank you for coming
at such short notice.
I know how busy you must be.
Of course. In fact,
I believe I have you
to thank for my job.
You were clearly the most
qualified for the job.
I'm just sorry the Ministers of
State needed reminding of that.
I I want to talk to
you about my son-in-law.
Earlier today he arrested someone
while he was with his daughter.
There was a struggle,
and Kim was hurt.
Oh, my God. Is she all right?
It was just a cut to her hand, but
It could have been a lot worse.
Why did you ask him
to go back to work?
That's not quite what happened.
He asked me.
Did he now?
Well, it's immaterial, I
suppose, because you agreed.
Jim has experience of
complex, violent crimes,
which I felt would be
beneficial to the investigation.
He's an exceptional
police officer.
Who is clearly in distress.
Whose behaviour is
becoming problematic.
Who has suffered an
unimaginable loss.
And I am mindful of that.
What happened today was
regrettable and will be addressed.
But I would hope that part
of the reason you supported
my appointment was because
you trusted my judgment.
PHONE BUZZES Ah.No,
please.Sorry.
Barney?
Huh. He's done what?
He brought him in about an hour
ago. I thought you'd want to know.
Leave this with me.
As I said, Jim's conduct will
be monitored. Quite intensely.
In your initial statement,
you said that on the
night of Cate's murder,
you were sat with your
son Julien in the box at
the Opera House for
the whole performance.
But we have a witness who
states that Julien was on
the phone to them for
seven minutes before 9pm.
So did Julian have this
conversation while sat next to you?
PHONE BUZZES Not
that I'm aware of.
Perhaps your witness
is unreliable.
Yeah. By the way,
we found your money.
Oh, good. Well, that's something.
Yeah. Sadly, though, it turns out
that your son was behind
the ransom demand.
What?
He owed gambling debts.
And he chose to take advantage
of your granddaughter's abduction
to pay them off
with your money
that you got from selling
your favourite car.
Sorry, but we're getting
side-tracked. Um
Were you and Julien
sat together throughout
Tuesday evening's performance?
No comment.
Understood.
Interview suspended.
You were right. Look
who just got a lawyer.
Suddenly appeared five minutes
ago, panting and sweating.
I think she literally ran all
the way from their office.
Wait for it.
THEY SPEAK INDISTINCTLY
You need to see this.
Bingo. Come on.
What's the game plan here?
Is there a game plan?
Because this all kind of
shits over proper protocol.
I want them to think
that they're winning.
Arthur, especially. I
want them colluding.
I want them getting
their story straight.
Because I'm about to blow
it out of the fucking water.
I'd like to clarify my statement.
I failed to remember that
I left my seat momentarily
to make a phone call,
which lasted approximately
seven minutes.
My father remained in our box,
engrossed in the performance.
Opera is my father's passion,
so he probably didn't
realise I'd gone.
And I have no further
comment to make.
Understood. Your colleague
can type really fast.
This car
..belongs to your family, right?
Yes, that's
No comment. For the
purpose of the recording,
this is a photo of a car
registered to Mr Arthur Wakefield.
This was taken on the
night that Cate was killed.
8.46pm.
The car is driving away
from the opera house.
Were you driving it, Julien? No!
I mean, no comment.
So, who was?
Do you know the name
Jonathan Robson?
No? Did you know that
your wife was working
with his daughter, Ellie?
Together they were
planning to release details
of potentially illegal activity
carried out by your father
..in the purchase of
Jonathan's company.
The upshot is, your
father had a motive.
So, do you think he could
have been driving that car?
No comment.
Because if it wasn't him,
then it must have been you.
No. I said, I was only
away for seven minutes.
So maybe it was Margaret?
I mean, no comment.
Margaret was snug in her
seat all night. Whereas you,
you faked a ransom demand
for your own daughter.
That's not going to
play well for a jury.
To be fair, he might just get a
suspended sentence for extortion.
Yeah, but for the murder?
Oh, yeah, no. The murder
is a whole other thing.
Yeah, but it wasn't me in the
car. So it must have been him.
Hang on. So Arthur wasn't in the
box throughout the performance?
Agh. I I don't know. What
do you mean, you don't know?
I-I-I didn't go back after
I made the phone call.
I couldn't breathe after
I spoke to Rachini,
so I just I just
I stayed in the toilet
and I just tried to calm down.
So if you weren't in the box,
you have no idea if
your father was either.
No comment.
It turns out that Julien was absent
for longer than seven minutes.
Would you like to amend
your statement accordingly?
You're enjoying
this, aren't you?
Oh, God, yeah. This
is my Frost-Nixon.
Opera is an art form that
demands constant attention.
I must have been too
engrossed to notice him leave.
So if you were at the theatre,
then who was driving your car
in the lead-up to Cate's murder?
I'm just going to ask you
straight out. Did you kill Cate?
I mean, you'd spent 40 years
building up your business,
and this entitled airhead who
you'd welcomed into your home,
who couldn't even deliver
you a biological grandchild,
was going to take it
all. And for what? For
For the honour of
Jonathan Robson?
That infantile beta-male,
who didn't have
the first clue about
what he invented.
I mean, do you honestly think that
the Cirocel battery would have gone
to market if you hadn't
taken it? Come on.
But Cate couldn't
understand that.
She felt guilty about the
lifestyle that you'd given her.
She wanted to prove a point,
a point that was going to
tear down your reputation,
so you stopped her.
I'd like to amend my statement.
So, three years ago, I discovered
that my son suffered from
a serious gambling addiction.
Since then, I've
covered his debts,
turned a blind eye when valuables
started going missing from my house.
I paid for counselling and
rehab. So don't tell me
he said it was a one-off.
He fell in with the wrong crowd.
About 18 months ago,
Julien took out a life
insurance policy on Cate
for a quarter of a million
pounds. He's an addict.
And addicts like
Julien they, um,
they have a trajectory.
And, you know,
I think we're at the end of it.
Tell me, Chief Inspector
..what was your
reputation built on, hm?
I mean, is it warranted?
Someone so myopic,
so easily distracted
by their prejudice.
Are we to actually believe that
we're safe with you
watching over us?
KNOCKING, DOOR OPENS Hm?
For the purposes
of the recording,
DC Molloy has just
entered the room.
INAUDIBLE WHISPERING
No, I can't. Not now.
There is a pattern of behaviour
here. Come on. This
What did Barney tell you?
No, this is hardly a pattern.
I spoke to your mother-in-law.
She told me what happened
when you arrested Julien.
Pfft. OK. Um She
OK. Look, some context.
She thinks you're buckling
under the pressure of the job.
I told her I didn't need any help
making operational decisions. HE SCOFFS
I'm glad you enjoyed that.
It was before I discovered
you'd ignored a direct order
and arrested Arthur
Wakefield. And for no reason.
Because your case against
him just fell apart, correct?
No, nothing Arthur said
made him less of a suspect.
Just Just Julien more
of a suspect. Listen to me.
No. He threw his son, his son,
under a bus to save
himself. We have to ask why.
Arthur Wakefield is
a vicious old bastard
who earned his wealth
dishonestly. Unfortunately,
there's not enough
prisons in the world
to bang up everyone guilty
of that. So let him go.
No. Uma, I am this close
to breaking him, I swear
I said let him go. And
you are on your last life.
Tell me you understand that.
Because saying stuff in
English, to your face,
doesn't seem to do the trick.
I understand.
Chief Inspector Bergerac?
Chloe Havron, Island News.
I'm writing a story
on John Blakely.
He claims you planted the evidence
that led to his conviction.
I wondered if you had a comment.
Why did you order the
second search on John's car?
Are you a corrupt cop who pursues
vendettas by framing innocent men?
No comment.