The Lady (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

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SARAH: Out of the blue,
this handsome, gorgeous man
appeared.
INTERVIEWER:
You're living the fairy tale.
TOMMY: To the happy couple.
Cheers.
Well, you know our Tommy.
Can't say no to a pretty face.
Unless
they're trying to tie him down.
JANE: Get out of the strip club
and call me back.
You can't just ignore me, Tommy!
It's not funny. Argh!
SIMON: You said
certain things happened
in your childhood that your parents
didn't want to know about.
Do you feel
that's what's happening here?
I have tried to kill myself
in the past.
I just need to know
you're not using me.
I wouldn't do that.
Things seem to be going much better
between the two of you.
I think he may be planning
to propose when we're in France.
Mum said you're buying
a place in the Cotswolds?
He's always had
an excellent head for business.
Sorry,
so the cottage is for your mother?
Loony Bin Jane. I'll just
jump in the river, shall I?
That'll solve all your problems,
won't it, Tommy? You're insane.
If we were married,
you wouldn't treat me like this.
But you'd rather
just keep stringing me along
as long as Tommy gets what he wants!
You are sick, do you know that?
Shut up! Will you SHUT UP?!
There's something deeply wrong
with you.
'What is it
you want the police to do?'
I would like someone
to stop us hurting each other.
If you don't have somebody here
soon, somebody is.
We're three days
into a national manhunt
and still no closer
to bringing her in.
SMART: 'If she's taking risks,
maybe she intends
'to be dead
before we can get to her.'
BIRDSONG
They found the car.
Local bobby spotted
the licence plate from the road.
Is she in it?
We don't know yet.
Parked in a lay-by.
No signs of movement.
He's asking if he should approach?
Yeah. Tell him yes,
but with caution.
Jane?
Jane Andrews?
MUFFLED: Are you OK?
Can you open this door?
Jane?
KNOCKING.
STEADY BEEP
DOUGLAS CLEARS THROA
I'm Detective Chief Inspector
Keith Douglas,
attached to the Serious Crime Group.
The other officer is
Detective Sergeant Kay Smart,
also attached
to the Serious Crime Group.
We are in the interview room
at Bloomsbury Police Station,
and I am interviewing
Please could you state
your full name?
Jane Dawn Elizabeth Andrews.
Whatever happened between them,
it couldn't have been deliberate.
I mean, Janey can't have been
in her right mind.
MAN: Cut there.
Just one moment, Francesca.
Was that not
That was great. We just need
to check your mic for sound.
Oh, OK.
Yeah, we're all good.
So, if you can go back
to before Tommy's death,
did you ever think
he might be in danger?
SHE SIGHS
You have to remember
she really did love him.
She was a woman scorned,
and she took her revenge.
I think she was telling the truth.
She was prepared to say anything
to save her skin.
You've told us
that after Thomas Cressman's call
to the emergency services,
the arguments continued,
and then you decided
to leave the house.
You drove around for a while,
and, following a phone conversation
with Mr Cressman,
you decided to return.
Is that right?
Yes.
He said to come home, so I did.
And when you got back,
there was another big row,
and you went up to bed.
Yes.
And I tried to go to sleep.
But he curled up next to me
and said
"Oh, come on."
"I want to have sex with you.
You know you like it."
And then he
sort of grabbed me
and, well, I was,
I was frightened, so I went down
and I got the cricket bat.
Just to place next to the bed.
Protect myself.
But then Tommy woke up, and he
was going on
about how horrible I was.
And he kneed me in the back.
And
I should've just left.
But I went down.
And I saw I saw the knife
on the draining board.
I thought if he did anything,
I-I'd just say
"Look, I've got a knife."
"Don't touch me."
And then, eventually,
I went to sleep.
And he just started hitting me.
So I picked up the bat,
and I hit him,
and he was lashing out at me,
and he was pulling my hair out.
So I grabbed the knife.
And he just came at me, and I
I didn't know what was happening.
I just remember him falling down,
so I ran out of the room.
And then I panicked,
so I got in my car, and I just
I just drove and drove and drove.
SHE SNIFFLES
So, after leaving the house,
you made a number of calls and sent
a number of text messages
where you seemed unaware
of what happened to Mr Cressman.
Were you trying
to convince your friends
that his death
was nothing to do with you?
No, I just
I didn't know he was dead.
'Denying it,
claiming it was an accident.
'Her story was all over the place
from the start.'
Well, if in doubt,
play the self-defence card.
But we had what we needed,
so we charged her with murder.
The only surprise
was that she got bail.
Janey?
Brought you a cup of tea, love.
Thanks, Mum.
You're settling in, then.
That's good.
That, erm
That lady solicitor called.
She wants you to ring her back
about a meeting next week.
OK.
Does that mean you have
to go back down to London?
I guess so.
They said they'd sort somewhere
for me to stay.
Where did Dad put my sewing machine?
Ah, it's on the landing.
She sounded very on the ball,
the solicitor.
I'm sure she'll be able
to sort things out.
That's not really how it works, Mum.
She can't just "sort it out".
But it wasn't your fault, was it?
I mean, it's like you say,
it was an accident.
You didn't mean for it to happen.
No, of course not.
Do we still have
that gingham cotton that I bought?
The pale blue one?
I don't know.
It might be in the airing cupboard.
HE KNOCKS
All right, Jane, love?
This just came for you.
'I told her you'd be welcome
to stay with us during the trial.'
Especially after reading such
diabolical things in the papers.
I've been trying not to look.
Of course.
I knew there had to be more to it.
All this talk
of premeditated murder -
it simply didn't ring true.
It's not.
I loved Tommy.
I never meant to hurt him.
That's what I told the police.
I was just trying
to get away from him.
I had no idea he was badly hurt.
I thought I'd just
given him a scratch.
A scratch?
Oh, you poor thing.
And did the Duchess
really contact you?
While you were on the run?
Yes.
Yes, she did.
Well, that's quite something.
Clearly, she still cares about you.
I know.
I'm making matching gingham dresses
for Beatrice and Eugenie.
Are you?
As a thank-you.
How sweet.
Coffee, darling?
Please.
Thank you so much for this.
I really appreciate you both
letting me stay.
Well, Roger and I are happy to help.
Pay no attention.
At the end of the day, it doesn't
matter what rubbish they print.
No, you're right.
You just tell the truth,
and it'll all come out in the wash.
I've always had the utmost faith
in British justice.
REPORTERS CLAMOUR
Do you expect to
get away with murder, do you, Jane?
'Everyone had made up their minds -
the press, the public.'
They cast her
as this "bunny boiler".
'There she was on every front page,
just like when she was with Fergie.'
I'm sure she was lapping it up.
'Head to toe in black.'
Like she was
some sort of grieving widow.
I mean, seriously?
Poor thing must've been terrified.
There is no doubt
as to the identity
of Thomas Cressman's killer.
Jane Andrews wielded the bat
and held the knife.
The real question we must consider
is why she committed
these violent acts.
And on this occasion,
we need not look far for motive,
for, as you will see,
hers was the classic one
of the jilted and betrayed lover.
Having learnt that Mr Cressman
no longer intended to marry her,
she returned to that house
with one thought in mind.
Namely
to take her revenge
by ending his life.
Now, the defence
will try and persuade you
that Miss Andrews
was acting in self-defence,
that she was afraid
for her own safety.
And in order to support this,
they will paint
a picture of the deceased
that bears no relation to the truth.
Indeed, the evidence will show you
that it was, in fact, Jane herself
who was the controlling
and, ultimately, violent partner
in this relationship,
a relationship
that was brutally ended
by a cold-blooded,
premeditated murder.
MURMURS FROM GALLERY
The, erm, body of the deceased
was in a very awkward position,
wedged between the bed and the wall.
We could see that he'd been stabbed
in the chest, and his hands were
like this.
Er, almost as if
he was trying to
cover the wound,
or extract the knife from his body.
And can you describe the knife
that you found at the scene?
It was a kitchen knife
with an eight-inch blade,
and it had been taken
from the block in the kitchen.
Well, it appeared that Mr Cressman
had also been hit over the head
with a cricket bat and stunned,
prior to being stabbed.
Was there any sign that Mr Cressman
had attempted to defend himself
against the attack?
No, there was not.
No defensive wounds
were found on his body.
No defensive wounds,
suggesting that Tommy was
defenceless when the attack came.
Well
I'm sure things will go better
this afternoon.
I'm sure they will.
'Seeing her in court was pretty
unpleasant, as you can imagine.'
But someone needed
to speak for Tommy.
What did you make of Jane Andrews
when she and Tom first began dating?
I was aware of who she was
and where she'd worked,
and I think that had maybe
impressed Tom a bit.
And I'm sure
she was attracted to him.
But I think, ultimately, she was
very attracted to his lifestyle.
Did you have any misgivings
about the relationship?
It was kind of full-on
from the start.
Jane became increasingly possessive.
She basically gave him no space.
And how did Tommy respond when
faced with this kind of behaviour?
Erm, Tommy was
an incredibly gentle kind of guy.
Plus, he was worried
about what she would do.
MURMURS FROM GALLERY
I could've done that for you.
It's fine, Mum. It's done now.
This house is something else.
You'll have to buy Aleksandra
a present to say thank you
when all this is
you know.
I shall when I get a chance.
Everything's gonna be all right,
you'll see.
And tomorrow,
you'll tell your side of the story.
Put things straight.
Mum, tomorrow, there's going to be
things you won't want to hear.
Right.
Things that happened to me
when I was young.
Oh, Jane, I
So if you'd rather not be there,
you and Dad
No.
No, we'll be there.
You just
You say what you have to.
Miss Andrews.
Before dealing
with the events of that night,
I want to deal briefly
with your medical history.
In the spring of 1999,
did you undergo a few sessions
with a private psychotherapist?
Yes, I did.
Tom arranged them for me.
And what was the particular focus
of the psychotherapy?
To deal with my abuse as a child.
And the abuse to which you refer,
was it sexual abuse?
Yes.
MURMURS FROM GALLERY.
At about what age,
so far as you were concerned?
About eight years old.
Am I right in saying you do not wish
to say who was involved in that?
That is correct.
But am I right that we are not
talking about parental abuse?
That's right, yes.
So, during your relationship
with Thomas Cressman,
you were still dealing
with the effects of that abuse.
This left you with
a heightened perception of threat.
Is that right?
Yes.
And in a high-stress situation,
you would find yourself less able
to make rational judgements,
instead, finding yourself in a
a sort of "grey mist"
of helplessness.
Is that right?
Yes, that's true.
Can you now tell me about
your relationship with Mr Cressman?
Tommy and I were together
for nearly two years.
I was devoted to him.
But, in terms of your sex life,
would it be correct to say
that you were
relatively innocent
and straight-laced, sexually,
whereas Thomas
was relatively adventurous?
Yes, that's true.
In what ways, Miss Andrews,
was Thomas "relatively adventurous",
so far as you were concerned?
He would want
to have anal sex with me.
MURMURS FROM GALLERY
And he wanted me to dress up
in kinky clothing.
You also discovered
sexually explicit emails
on Mr Cressman's computer,
did you not?
Did you take these to imply
that Mr Cressman was no longer
committed to your relationship?
What was his attitude
to your future together?
He was committed.
But he had periods of
confusing moments on his part
where he would say
that he needed space.
And this caused rows between you?
Yes.
Because I would
push him to find out
where our future was going.
And are we talking merely about rows
where people shout at each other,
or was there, on occasion,
more than that?
Yes.
In the sense that?
That he hit me.
And, on another occasion
when we were arguing,
he pushed me down the stairs.
GASPS, MURMURS
Well, we'd been warned
that things were probably
gonna get pretty nasty.
And, er, so it began.
Well, now we come to the rows
between yourself and Tom
on Saturday the 16th of September,
last year.
Yes.
The Saturday morning,
he calls and tells me
things with Jane were just awful.
He sounded stressed and hassled.
I told him if they got married,
this is how it would be.
She was just too hysterical.
I asked him what had started
the argument,
and he said that she wanted to know
if they were getting married,
and he told her that she wasn't
stable enough
to be the mother of his children.
Was there one aspect of those rows
which you did not
tell the police about?
On Saturday morning
he put a pillow over my head
and tied me to the bed.
His full weight was on top of me.
And he anally raped me.
SHOCKED CHATTER
FROM GALLERY
DOUGLAS: 'I mean, they basically
threw everything at it.'
But to say
she was raped, you know,
and-and like that, I mean
To be honest,
it was just disgusting.
Vile
despicable lies.
I don't know.
Miss Andrews,
when you placed a knife by your bed,
what exactly
did you fear might happen?
I was afraid that
he was going to rape me again,
like he had that morning.
And when he began to attack you,
you tried to ward him off.
First with a blow
from the cricket bat,
and when that failed,
you took up the knife.
Yes.
Did you, however,
intend that Thomas Cressman
be stabbed with it?
No, not at all.
We just
came together, and the next thing
I knew, he was on top of me.
And that's the point
the knife went in?
And at that stage, did you know
how badly injured he was?
No.
I just panicked.
I crawled out from underneath him
and ran out of the room.
I was terrified
that he was going to come after me.
So I took my dressing gown cord
and tied the door.
I couldn't think.
So, one might say
you were in a "grey mist"?
Yes.
And as you left the house, was
there any sight or sound from Tom?
No.
No, there was nothing.
That's when I realised
he must be dead.
ALEKSANDRA: 'Well, you see,
'that's when her story
really began to change.
'This was quite different
to the tale I'd been told.'
And I realised that I had made
a dreadful mistake.
There are one or two things
that are a bit confusing.
What do you mean?
Well, you said yourself
you'd told differing versions
to different people.
Yes, because I was confused.
And scared.
Right.
It's just, you told me that you
thought you'd given him a scratch.
But then, today,
you said you knew he was dead
before you left the house.
I know. I just
couldn't even admit it to myself.
You know, Roger and I
have been talking,
and he feels, we both feel
that, actually,
it might be more appropriate
for you to move into a hotel
for the remainder of the trial.
Maybe tomorrow?
I see.
It's just simpler all round.
Don't you think?
Oh, hello.
SHE GIGGLES.
You're doing a very good job.
SHE SNIFFLES
So, Miss Andrews.
You left the house
in the early hours of Sunday morning
and spent the next
two and a half days
driving round the country.
During which time,
as far, as far as you knew
nobody had found Tom's body.
Why not tell someone?
Even as you were keying in messages
and speaking to people
on your phone,
why did you not say
this man was lying there, dying?
I didn't want anybody to think
I'd fled the scene.
Left Tom to die in that room.
Oh, so the messages
were calculated to mislead?
No.
I know it's absurd.
It doesn't make any sense.
No, no, it-it makes perfect sense.
This was no "grey mist",
er, whatever that may be.
Rather, you were
deliberately attempting
to mislead your friends
and former husband.
And now you've told this court
that you'd been admitted
to Charing Cross Hospital
after falling down some stairs.
Tommy pushed me down the stairs.
I was very upset.
But you never told that
to any doctor,
to any police officer, did you?
Just as you never told anyone
about the occasion
you say you got a bruise
on your head because he hit you.
No. Because I was too ashamed.
But when you're talking
to the police,
this is not a time for shame.
Is it?
I just wanted to get the interview
over and done with.
But what was the reason that
you failed to mention something
that you now rely on in this court?
Namely, that earlier that day,
he had had sexual intercourse
with you by force?
Because I was totally ashamed
and embarrassed.
You were seen three times by a
woman doctor at the police station.
It was a private examination.
You could've drawn attention,
if you wished,
to anything that had happened to you
that you felt
might be relevant to the trouble
that you were facing.
But you did not draw
anyone's attention to it, did you?
I was too traumatised
by the whole thing.
Ah, well, you were in a fit state
to be interviewed
and to explain all you did
to the police.
Why not explain to the doctor,
"I've been raped,
"and there will be physical signs
of that, if you have a look."?
I physically could not.
You didn't tell anyone about it
because it's completely invented,
that story.
In fact,
both stories about anal rape,
in the morning and the alleged
second attempt that evening,
completely invented, are they not?
No, not at all.
Ever since your arrest,
you have fabricated a succession
of contradictory stories
in a blatant attempt to escape blame
for Thomas Cressman's death,
have you not?
No, that's not true.
Even now, the evidence
you've presented here in court
is riddled with inconsistencies.
You claim that Mr Cressman
attacked you that morning,
and, as a result, you left the house
for several hours.
But then you chose to return.
You claim that you feared
further sexual assault,
yet in the next breath, you say
you happily took off your clothes
and got into bed beside him.
Why would you do that?
Tom wanted me to sleep in his bed.
I couldn't say no.
So, you are afraid for your safety,
yet you left the bedroom
multiple times,
went up and down the stairs,
first to fetch a bat,
later to arm yourself with a knife,
which means that at any point,
you could've left that house again,
but you chose not to.
Now, that makes no sense, does it?
I was afraid of what Tommy might do.
Meanwhile, y-your description
of the attack has changed.
When talking to the police,
you said that Mr Cressman said
he was going to hurt you.
However, as soon as you reach court,
you're claiming
he shouted that he was
going to "fucking kill you".
You claimed initially you thought
you'd just given him "a scratch",
but now you say
you were so covered in blood
that you assumed he must be dead.
Not one word of it rings true.
It's hard to remember.
Everything just happened so fast.
Right.
We earlier heard that
Tom had arranged
for you to see a psychiatrist
to help with your, er, problems.
What problems were they, again?
Er, my child abuse.
Oh, yeah. The child abuse you've now
chosen to reveal in court.
No, that's And about which
you refuse to disclose any details.
I don't want to.
Which is entirely your right.
But it seems convenient,
does it not,
to present us with an allegation
which has never been
officially made, nor legally proven?
Do you want a break?
Ten minutes, members of the jury.
GRAHAM-LLOYD:
Jane, are you all right?
Antibiotics.
Doctor says
it's just a low-grade infection.
You must've been feeling poorly
for days.
A bit.
Bless you.
Us women just soldier on, don't we?
We have to.
DOOR OPENS
Would the foreman of the jury
please stand?
Have you reached a verdict?
Yes.
On the count of murder,
do you find the defendant,
Jane Andrews, guilty or not guilty?
Guilty.
VOICES FADE
I think she honestly thought
she'd get away with it.
CHATTER
SOBBING: Oh, God. Oh, Tommy.
Jane Andrews.
In killing the man you loved,
you ended his life
and ruined your own.
'It is evident
that you made your attack on him
'when you were consumed
with anger and bitterness.
'But nothing could justify
what you did.'
DOOR SLAMS
'Even if you were feeling wronged
and were emotionally vulnerable,
'you were attacking an unarmed man
'who had possibly been asleep
only a few minutes
'before you attacked him.
'You then left him to die
without remorse.'
REPORTERS CLAMOUR
'Therefore,
as your counsel recognises,
'there is only one sentence
I can place upon you
'..and that is life imprisonment.'
People don't believe her. But
that doesn't mean
Jane isn't telling the truth.
It just means people
don't WANT to believe her.
There's no excuse for what she did,
and I know no-one
wants to speak ill of the dead,
but Tom wasn't an angel.
And Janey wasn't a monster, either.
The whole thing is just
terribly, terribly sad.
The fact is, she's a murderer.
However you wanna look at it.
She was a woman scorned,
and she took Thomas Cressman's life
in anger.
And even that wasn't enough for her.
She had to try
and destroy his good name.
But, you know,
at the end of the day,
we didn't let her get away with it.
Any other personal items?
Oh, no, you can keep that.
Well, unless it's valuable.
Er, no.
It's just
it was a present from
The Duchess of York, actually.
No-one asked for your life story, love.
GUARD: Follow me.
LAUGHTER, CHATTER
INMATE 1:
Ey up, it's Fergie's bird!
INMATE 2:
Welcome home, Your Majesty.
LAUGHTER, JEERS
BANGING
INMATE 3: All right, Your Ladyship?
PRISONERS JEERING
JEERS FADE
MUFFLED BANGING
So, how have you been this week?
Pretty much the same.
Jane, as we discussed last time,
I think your earlier diagnosis
of depression was correct.
Right.
But now that
I'm getting to know you better,
I think it possibly doesn't explain
everything you're dealing with.
Have you ever heard of
borderline personality disorder?
No, I don't think so.
Well, a person with BPD
often has a longstanding pattern
of thoughts and feelings
that probably began
when they were very young.
They experience
certain recurrent impulses
and ways of being in relationships
which often cause them
a lot of distress,
and which often involve
self-damaging behaviours.
So, things like
recurrent suicidal threats.
Does any of that
feel familiar to you?
I don't know.
Maybe.
OK.
Well, we often find that there are
other common behaviours too.
People with BPD
feel deeply entrenched shame.
So whenever they make mistakes
or have weaknesses,
they try very hard
to avoid admitting it.
And sometimes, that means they lie
so they don't have to face it.
Right.
But that doesn't mean
they're trying to deceive.
But they're a way of coping
when you're feeling a lot of pain.
It's a bit like going out in the sun
when you're already sun burnt.
If you're already feeling
emotionally raw,
you can't begin to make
healthy emotional connections.
So I need to stay out of the sun?
For now.
Well, that shouldn't be a problem.
Jane, with the right support,
you can begin to learn to control
your behavioural triggers.
It'll take work,
but I really think this could be
a whole fresh start for you.
JUNE: 'How are your sessions going
with Dr Chaudhry?'
Yeah, good.
We're doing a lot of work
on my triggers,
identifying behavioural patterns,
you know?
Working through
why I do the things that I do.
I think it's really helping.
And
has there been any more news
about the appeal?
Mum, I told you. They said
it'd be ages before we hear.
But it should make a difference,
shouldn't it, this diagnosis?
It changes everything, really.
And the new solicitor thinks there
are new avenues that we can explore.
That's really good, Jane.
Mm.
'Can't believe
it's Christmas already.'
We had a card.
'Sorry?'
We had a Christmas card
from Mr and Mrs Cressman.
'They said they knew it would be
a difficult Christmas
'and they sent their best wishes,
and
'That was'
That That was kind of them,
wasn't it?
I wondered if we
Listen, Mum, I've got to go soon.
No, no, of course.
Er, J Er, Jane?
'Jane, will we, erm, will we
speak to you on Christmas Day?'
'I hate to think of you all alone
in that place.'
Actually, I've made a new friend.
'Oh.'
Well, more of a pen pal.
'The way she's been portrayed,
as completely hard and unfeeling -
'that's not Janey.'
If anything,
she feels things much too deeply.
She had all these
lovely dreams
of a great fairy tale romance,
and when that fell apart,
so did she.
The fact is that woman
never showed any remorse.
Not to me
or to my family.
'So, if you ask me,
they should never let her out.
'And any man
who gets involved with her
'..should be very, very careful.'
I miss Tommy every single day.
The sound of his voice.
The way he laughed.
SHE LAUGHS Silly jokes.
He had this incredible gift
for living.
He was my my beautiful boy.
And now he's gone.
SHE WHIMPERS,
TAKES DEEP BREATH
I just want to keep
my brother's memory alive.
Can we stop there?
INTERVIEWER: Of course.