Code of Silence (2025) s01e06 Episode Script

It's Alison.
She says the robbery's happening
at the Hawthorne Estate Hotel.
'Back straight, smile wide.'
Whatever you do,
do not be yourself.
'Just open the door.'
She's at the hotel.
Tell her to leave.
She needs to stay out of this.
'Necklace has changed hands.
Two bodyguards.'
Now.
DEVICE BEEPS
ALARM RINGING
Alison!
Liam
Braden. Stop! Argh!
You know where Liam is now?
Did you not arrest him at the hotel?
EXHALES
Any news on Ben yet, Nia?
I'll call again, Sir.
Thanks.
Yeah.
MONITOR BEEPING,
VENTILATOR HISSING
Braden can't be in Glasgow and
Plymouth at the same time, can he?
So can we just try and work out
which is the more credible sighting?
Thank you.
ASHLEIGH SIGHS
You should go home. Get some sleep.
No, I'm fine. I'm OK.
I wanna I really wanna be here.
How are you?
Spoke to the bodyguard's family.
You know.
It's not your fault.
You did everything that you could.
Any leads on the phones?
No, we've had, erm,
hundreds of calls since the appeal,
but it's just wishful thinking.
And the Joshi team have been
on the phone, asking for updates.
Again. You?
I spoke to Interpol, Europol.
Nothing.
Should've listened to you
about Alison, shouldn't I?
She was over-involved.
What's Antony saying? Anything yet?
No, Antony is saying no comment,
all through the night.
It's really fun.
Helen has coached him well.
Yeah. Sure she has.
She'd have paid him off
to keep quiet, do his time.
Just got off the phone with Sara.
She's at the hospital.
Ben's out of surgery.
He's not conscious yet, and we
won't know anything for a few hours.
Oh, my God.
OK.
OK, everyone.
Er
DC Lawford put himself on the line
for the job yesterday.
Put the safety of others
ahead of himself.
Let's make sure
that wasn't for nothing.
Let's put all our efforts
into finding Braden and Liam.
We're not gonna let them walk away
this time.
Oh, God, Alison's mum is still here.
She's wants to see her.
Sure.
ALISON SOBS GENTLY
Hello.
This is Julie, my mum.
Hi, Julie. I'm James. Hi.
Ashleigh. Hi.
Ashleigh is gonna help
find you somewhere safe to stay
while we find Braden.
Does that mean we're not going home?
No. No.
Not yet. Not yet, OK?
But I can send someone to collect
anything you need, if that helps?
Can I.
Can I have a quick word with Alison?
Got a favour to ask.
Is there any news on Ben?
Yeah. Yes, yeah.
Ben Ben's out of surgery.
He's still unconscious,
but he's stable.
OK, I can't give you
your phone back,
but we were wondering
if you might be able
to send Liam a message.
OK, it's not like he's gonna reply,
but if he checks his messages,
that might help us
to locate where he is.
Is that OK?
And what should I say?
Just keep it simple.
Just ask him to let you know
he's OK. Yeah.
OK.
That?
Great. Yeah, that's great.
Thanks, Alison. Thank you.
Thank you.
The The information I gave you,
is it enough to arrest
Helen and Joseph?
We're bringing Helen and Joseph in
for questioning.
One step at a time.
Oh, so you're interviewing them?
Yeah.
Can I be with Mum?
Yeah.
KNOCK ON DOOR
RAPID KNOCKING
Braden?
Yeah.
Braden, what are you doing here?
You're all over the news.
Look, Danny would want you
to help me.
If the police come here,
I'm telling 'em you threatened me.
HE SIGHS
What a mess.
Yeah.
It was the kid.
HE EXHALES
Liam Barlow.
Liam?
Mm.
What'd he do?
He convinced me
we were gonna stitch up the police,
but it was me that got played.
EXHALES SHARPLY
Your Danny recommended him.
Well, someone informed on Danny
for that ransomware gig.
And you think it was Liam?
It opened up a vacancy, innit?
For some slippery little
Mancunian fucker to step into.
You sure no-one followed you?
So, Oliver's gonna stay with you.
There's stuff in the kitchen,
but if there's anything you need,
just let him know.
Yeah.
OK.
No, thank you.
No, I'm fine. Thank you.
Alison? I should get back.
I'll check the back doors.
OK.
You should get some rest.
You must be completely exhausted.
Have you spoken to Mark?
Because Helen and Joseph
came to the pub,
so he might know something.
We are speaking to him, but just
I know that it's hard, but you do
need to let us do our jobs, OK?
Can. Can I go and see Ben?
I don't think that's a good idea.
He's only just got out of surgery.
It's just I need to do something.
Please.
Sara?
How are you doing?
You brought her?
We're just here to drop off
some flowers, that's all.
Sara, I'm I'm sorry.
Do you honestly think
that you can just
show up with flowers
and everything'll be OK?
You shouldn't be here. It's
It's already way too complicated.
I I was trying to help. I was
I was trying to stop the robbery.
You slept with one of the suspects!
Was that
Was that part of your plan?
OK.
We should go. Come on.
If you had just done
what you were told
..and waited outside,
Ben would've
He'd have waited for armed response.
He wouldn't be in there.
I know.
Any more activity, let us know.
Sir.
Yeah?
Liam's phone was switched on.
It pinged a tower in Budapest.
In Budapest?
You don't buy it?
HE SCOFFS
Why is someone
as tech savvy as Liam
letting us track where he is?
KEYBOARD CLACKING
COMPUTER CHIRPS,
BEEPS
Ready?
Let's do it.
DEVICE BEEPS
Interview commences at 11:17am.
My client would like
to make a statement.
Right, well, we've got some
questions we wanna ask you, Helen.
I've advised my client not to answer
any questions at this stage.
I want to start by saying
that I'm shocked
by what happened at the hotel.
My heart goes out to the family
of the bodyguard who died
and to the police officer
who was injured.
Braden Moore is an associate
of my estranged husband.
He got in contact with me,
wanting to get involved
in some property deals
that I'm planning.
I made it clear that I did not
want to associate with him.
'I've known Helen Redman
for years.'
We reconnected recently
when she expressed an interest
in investing
in one of my property developments.
And I introduced her
to another business associate,
Chandra Bakshi.
Why are
Why are you protecting her, Joseph?
I was introduced to Braden Moore
at the ice rink.
If I'd had any knowledge
of what he was planning,
of course, I would've reported it
to my employer and to the police.
If Braden somehow got the idea
to take the necklace
when he met Miss Bakshi,
it was wholly without my knowledge.
PAPER RUSTLES
That's all I've got to say.
Should we wrap up there?
Unless you have evidence to charge?
Not yet. But, er
You spoken to Liam's girlfriend,
Alison?
Why do you ask?
Lovely girl.
Thought she might know something.
But then, of course, juries
might not rate her as a witness
on account of her being deaf.
So easy for her to misunderstand.
And you know what barristers
can be like.
Ruthless.
DOOR OPENS,
CLOSES
All our evidence for conspiracy
is on a hit for the vault,
not the hotel.
They've covered every angle.
They've got all their stories
lined up.
PHONE BUZZES
Better to let them run for now.
Gives us time
to build a stronger case, no?
Yes?
Is that confirmed?
OK. Thanks.
We just had a confirmed sighting
of Braden.
He is still in Kent.
He's somewhere near Faversham,
apparently.
He could be at Danny Heath's place.
Danny Heath's.
Let's get an armed unit down there,
and let's get you down there too.
Erm
ALISON SIGHS
Yeah.
That's the records you asked for.
Fostering records from Manchester.
Right.
Not many match
the criteria you gave me.
I think this is him.
Thanks, Nia.
INHALES SHARPLY
'He's not here.'
The team have been through
the whole house.
But Molly does admit
that Braden was here.
Any idea which way he was headed?
'No. She claims to have no idea.
'Says that he threatened
to kill her.'
Said that she was too shaken up
to call it in after he left.
'OK. Bring her in.'
I'll be back soon, OK?
Let's go.
We've had to release
Helen and Joseph.
You can't charge them?
They're blaming it all
on Liam and Braden,
saying they planned it alone.
Mm. But what about the evidence
that I have given to you?
The information you gave us
was very helpful,
but it wouldn't stand up in court.
Lawyers would just exploit
how you came to be on the case
..and, of course,
your relationship with Liam.
Which would undermine
all your evidence.
So everything that I did
and all the risks that I took,
what, they're all for nothing?
What did Mark say?
I bet he knows something.
Mark's not said anything.
Frankly, I think he's a bit scared.
Did Liam ever talk to you
about his time in foster care?
In foster care? Yeah.
What did he say?
There was just one family
that he really liked.
Go on. But the man died
a couple of years ago.
Right. That's what he said?
Yeah. Why do want?
We've been trying to find out
who that man is.
We know that Liam
came from Manchester
and he came from foster care.
Yeah.
But we can find no trace of
Liam Barlow before five years ago.
We did, however, find a Liam Gray.
Fostered by a family in Manchester.
He's the right age,
matches Liam's description.
So he changed his name?
Alison, did Liam ever show you
a picture of this man?
His name's Charlie Fletcher.
That's the man that Alfie killed.
Uh-huh.
That is Liam's ring.
He said that he actually got
that ring from his foster dad.
Charlie was Liam's foster father.
And none of this is a coincidence.
Are you saying
that Liam took the necklace
for revenge for Charlie?
CAR BEEPS,
UNLOCKS
DOOR CLOSES,
SHE SIGHS
You hungry again?
This was dropped off for you.
No, I didn't order that.
You didn't order this?
Actually, yeah, I did.
Sorry, I forgot.
I ordered that for Mum.
I'll take it.
OK.
Thank you.
INHALES SHARPLY
BREATHES SHAKILY
Alison.
How did you find me?
I put a tracker on that cop's car,
DS Francis.
You lied to me.
You told me
that no-one was gonna get hurt.
That wasn't supposed to happen.
Braden promised me.
And you believed Braden?
HE SIGHS
I know.
Did you use my hearing aids
to spy on me
and listen in to my conversations?
I'm sorry.
Do you not know how fucked up
that is? How invasive?
My hearing aid is like a part of me.
I thought you understood that.
Alison, you slept with me
so that you could inform on me.
That's fucked up.
No, I slept with you
because I liked you.
No. No, no, no, no. You betrayed me!
Did you engineer our first meeting?
No!
The crash on your bike?
That was an accident.
I didn't know you!
But you got to know me,
and you didn't stop informing.
HE SIGHS
It made you feel important.
Yeah.
I was, because somebody
was listening to me
for the first time ever!
I know Charlie was your foster dad.
Is that why you took the necklace?
Money's the only thing
that Helen and Braden care about.
That was the only way to hurt them.
You really care about Charlie?
HE SNIFFS
Yeah.
And I care about you.
That's why I came back.
Come away with me.
We can still do it.
I've got a buyer for the necklace
in Panama.
He's gonna pay $5 million in cash.
No!
What kind of life have you got here?
You're about to be kicked out
of your house,
and I meant everything that I said
about bringing your mum.
You could go to the police,
and you could testify
against Helen and Joseph.
We've still got a chance
to make things right.
No.
No.
I'll go to prison
for a very long time.
And I've got a plan.
A private plane
will take us to Belgium,
and then we'll catch a plane
to Brazil.
And no-one will find us there.
I like you. I really do.
But I don't
I'm not really sure
if I know who you are.
You know me.
When we were in my flat,
at the hotel
..that was real.
It could've been real.
But you completely fucked it up.
No. We both did stuff wrong.
And I am sorry. I am so sorry.
But we're on the same side.
We both wanted the same thing -
to stop Helen and Braden.
No. If you wanted to stop them,
you'd go to the police.
HE SIGHS
I can't.
And by the time you call them,
I'll be gone.
I can't go with you.
I can't go with you.
And if you're going, then
..then maybe we should say goodbye.
So that's it?
We just walk away? No.
Good luck.
No.
HE SIGHS
DOORBELL RINGS
Hi, Dawn.
James.
Can I come in?
Yeah.
I've got a little boy
arriving tomorrow.
Five years old.
Mum's in rehab,
Dad's never been around.
Liam Barlow. Sound familiar to you?
Er, no. I was
It's just he was one
of your foster kids.
I think he was with you in 2012.
Changed his name since then,
I think. Nothing?
I've got a a picture of him.
HE CHUCKLES
That's him.
Have a look at that.
Honestly don't recognise him.
No, nothing?
There were so many kids
over the years.
And I was working back then, so
Charlie did most of the foster care.
HE SIGHS
We're friends, aren't we, Dawn?
Yeah. Of course.
I mean, I could get a warrant
to search the place, if you like.
Or you can just tell me
what you know.
Clock's ticking.
Liam was Charlie's favourite.
The only one he stayed in touch with
right up until he died.
But he's a good lad, James.
Is he? Oh, is he?
He's a good kid, is he? Right, yeah.
Why don't you tell that
to my colleague
who's just spent four hours
in surgery,
having a bullet removed
from his spleen?
Liam didn't pull the trigger.
Oh, did he not?
Oh, so that makes everything OK,
does it?
You think the same about Braden
not pulling the trigger on Charlie?
Does that make him blame-free
as well? I mean
Or is this some kind
of rough-justice thing
against Braden and Helen?
I didn't know what he was planning.
I would've stopped him.
Of course I would!
I don't know where he is.
Dawn
DAWN EXHALES
JAMES SIGHS
'You got anything?'
Liam's definitely been here.
I'll fill you in
on the details later,
but Dawn's not giving him up.
'OK.'
We've just had a report of
a carjacking just outside Ashford.
Description matches Braden.
We tracing that car?
'It pinged the ANPR just outside
Canterbury. Nothing since then.'
I think he's probably
staying off main roads.
TYRES SCREECH
Everything OK?
Gone.
Gone. Gone.
'You really shouldn't be here,
Alison.'
I know,
but have you spoken to the police?
Yeah. I don't think I was much help.
I have been working with them.
I came here because you're
the only one who can help now.
The detectives think
I don't have enough evidence,
and I need someone else
to stand up to them.
They would protect you.
No, I'm sorry, Alison.
You don't cross people like Braden.
I really am sorry, Alison.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
SLOWLY
Hello, Alison.
PHONE BUZZES
ALISON SOBBING
'Hey, hey, Manc.
'Look who I ran into.'
ALISON WHIMPERS,
CRIES
BREATHES HEAVILY
Mrs Brooks.
Thank you.
KEYS JINGLE
DAWN GASPS
Liam.
ALISON GRUNTS
Come here!
BRADEN GRUNTS
Now
We're gonna see how much your
boyfriend really cares about you.
The police will find you.
They will be looking for you
right now.
Ah.
HE CHUCKLES
I knew there was something
about you.
You're always watching.
How long you been ratting?
Since the very start.
Well
Well
You don't feel so clever now,
do you?
How could you be so stupid?
Alfie's gonna be out in a few years.
That's not justice.
I did this for Charlie
for you.
I never meant for you to do this.
I wanted to take something
from them,
the way they took Charlie from us.
Braden contacted me.
He's got Alison.
I'm gonna get her back.
Helen's gonna meet me
take me to Alison.
I just got to give them
the necklace.
Then what?
Then when once Alison's safe,
I'll get on the plane.
I'll manage somehow.
I just wanted to see you.
Say goodbye.
So you'll spend your life
on the run?
I don't have a choice.
You could still do the right thing.
Go to the police!
No.
No. Just promise me
you won't call them.
Braden'll kill her.
He's got nothing to lose now.
He'll do it.
How do you know he won't kill you?
Come here.
SHE SOBS GENTLY
OK, everyone,
I want us to circulate
descriptions of Liam and Alison
to bus stations, train stations.
Let's go ports, airports.
Let's check private airfields, too.
They're likely to be more noticeable
as a couple than they are alone.
OK? Let's get on it.
Where's Liam? Where could he be?
Liam.
Can't say it's good to see you.
I'm alone, like you said.
Where's Alison?
Have you got the necklace?
I wanna see her first.
We'll go in my car.
Inside.
Braden?
Braden!
GUN CLICKS
Whoa.
No sudden moves, OK?
He come on his own?
He did.
And he's got the necklace.
Ah.
Where's Alison?
I need to know that she's safe.
HE CHUCKLES
See, I
I always knew you were soft.
Here's your little police snitch.
Get up!
ALISON WHIMPERS
Whoa, whoa.
Liam. Don't trust him.
Shut up!
He's not gonna let us go.
ALISON CRIES
Danny Heath.
Can we just get on with this?
I tracked Danny down.
Got him to let me in
on the ransomware gig.
And I got him sent to prison for it.
All so I could meet Helen Redman
and Braden Moore,
cos you killed Charlie.
That's what this is about?
You fucked up my gig
for Charlie Fletcher?
He might be nothing to you
but he meant a lot to me.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Easy. I'm getting the necklace.
Let me see it.
I'm gonna need you
to put that gun down first.
No chance, Manc.
Now get out.
ALISON YELPS
On your knees.
But you've got the necklace.
Why not let him go?
Not your concern.
On your knees.
No, no, no, no, no!
No, no, please, no
Do what he says.
Please, don't do this, please!
Do what he says.
Just go.
But you got what you wanted.
Get out!
Alison, do what he says.
You got what you wanted.
Please don't hurt him.
Get out!
Alison!
Please, go!
What you sticking around for?
You'll be next! Get out!
Please, go.
OFFICER, MUFFLED:
Armed police! On your knees!
Stay where you are!
OFFICERS CLAMOURING
Putting it down!
CLAMOURING CONTINUES
Don't Don't shoot!
I'm putting it down!
- I got nothing!
- Stop resisting!
Stop resisting!
Stay where you are!
BRADEN GRUNTING,
PANTING
Braden Moore
I'm arresting you for murder,
armed robbery and attempted murder.
You don't have to say anything,
but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention
when questioned
anything which you may later rely on
in court.
OFFICERS CHATTER
Got the suspect secured.
Get him in the car.
You OK?
We got Helen's admission on tape,
which is
Thanks for getting in contact.
You did the right thing.
He was a good man, was Charlie,
wasn't he?
LIAM CLEARS THROAT,
CHUCKLES
Is that why you did it?
Was it all for him?
It was.
I'd believe you if you hadn't
run off with a £5 million necklace.
Look, Alison was just wondering
if she could have a word with him.
Yeah, she can have a minute.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Are you OK?
Yeah.
You gave yourself up for me.
It was worth it.
Mm.
Just so you know,
I was really tempted by your offer.
Next time, eh?
I'm so sorry.
Just
I actually like working hard.
And all I ever wanted
is for people to give me a chance,
the same chance as anyone else.
All right, it's time to go.
CAR DOOR OPENS
I'm sorry.
ENGINE STARTS
SHE INHALES,
SIGHS
Hi.
It's nice to see you.
Yeah, you too.
COURTROOM CHATTER
COURTROOM CHATTER
All rise.
Case of Liam Barlow.
Are you Liam Barlow?
Yes.
Liam Barlow, you are charged
with conspiracy to rob
in that on or before
17th September of this year,
together with Helen Redman,
Braden Moore, Antony Bates,
Chandra Bakshi and persons unknown,
you conspired to rob Amir Joshi
and others.
How do you plead?
Guilty or not guilty?
Guilty.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
Hello.
James.
Sorry, the the door was open.
Oh.
Yeah.
Moving out?
Yeah. We're moving into a new flat.
New start.
Well, I hope
I hope you don't mind me
coming round.
I just wanted to give you some news.
We've arrested Joseph Holhurst.
Not connected to the robbery,
we couldn't do that.
But we had a good look
through his accounts,
and we managed to charge him
with money laundering.
So Hollis and Byrne
have suspended him.
So it's not gonna make
any difference
to us getting kicked out of here?
We also got news back
from the review board.
I didn't wanna say too much
until we knew the outcome,
but, you know, payments
to informants are based on results.
And thanks to you,
we made some pretty big arrests.
And it was your information that led
to the recovery of the necklace.
So, erm
PAPER RUSTLING
£50,000?
Is this for me?
It is.
Thank you.
Well, don't thank me.
It was your hard work.
It's gonna really help.
Well, if you have anything
left over
..you might wanna think about this.
Erm
With your skills
..I'm sure you'll be in demand.