The Capture (2019) s02e04 Episode Script

The UK's under attack by
a suspected foreign power.
Do you know what
the government's response is?
Neither do I.
Gregory Knox? DS Flynn, Homicide.
I need you to follow
me, quickly and quietly.
Get in.
The cameras on Flynn's ward were
isolated, on a secure network,
controlled from
the seventh floor of CTC.
Operation Vanguard is compromised.
Thanks to us, a core
member of Napier's team was
given a full, unrestricted pass.
Louie, Rachel.
Whoever's behind this is
watching everything we do.
Who do we know with that much access?
I'm advocating the use of racial
profiling wherever it keeps us safe.
- Minister, we have to
- Now I'm finished.
Like everything else we've
discussed, Khadija, you keep this
- under wraps.
- Until you can give me
everything, the deep fake scandal.
Mr Turner, why won't you
respond to the love child
allegations made by Victoria Bello?
In case you haven't noticed,
Isaac, you've just lost your job
in government! It's over!
No!
Welcome to the nightmare
that is correction, Isaac.
Look, Abigail, this is a bad time.
Well, I can't choose when Mum
and Dad go on a city break.
I've got tons I need
to talk to you about.
I'm starting a podcast.
Maybe you can tell me about it tomorrow.
Don't worry, I'll
sleep, now you're here.
It's been like this since
the burglary. Which is weird
because that happened in the daytime
when I wasn't even home.
- What burglary?
- I thought Dad would've told you.
You were burgled months
ago and nobody told me?
I'm a police detective!
The boiler's on a timer.
If you want a shower,
you've got five minutes.
Where are we going?
Not far.
That's why you said to come
down? So you could tell me not
- to walk around the flat naked?
- Exactly.
Does the idea of my naked
body offend you, Rachel?
It It's not the
most private of flats.
What does that mean?
The neighbours? Can they see in?
Something like that.
What, are they perverts?
Why don't you just go and arrest them?
I'm working on it.
Look, it's just a suspicion, OK?
But it's a pretty strong suspicion,
so just definitely
don't walk around naked.
Yeah, I get it. Jesus.
Why didn't you just
tell me all this upstairs?
Because they listen, too.
If it's all the same to you, Rachel
I don't think I'm going
to stay much longer.
Actually, I sort of need you to stay for
as long as you said you would.
If you change the plan, they might
assume it's because I've told you.
- And?
- And, I don't want them to know
that I know that they're watching.
And what?
I'm supposed to hang out in
the flat while they spy on me?
You'd be surprised how
quickly you get used to it.
You are fucking weird.
Dad?!
There's more, look.
11, 12,
13, 14, 15,
- 16, 17, 18
- Isaac!
The recently dismissed
Minister for Security, Isaac Turner,
is yet to respond to
requests for comment.
Ms Bello claims the affair
happened four years ago,
while the MP was visiting Nigeria.
Now she and her
three-year-old son are applying
for British citizenship amid
questions of political assistance
and interference.
I told McKenzie to shut this down.
You knew about it?!
I-I knew it was circling.
Did Zac Turner use his power
at the Home Office
to block this young woman's application?
Why didn't you tell me?
There's nothing to tell.
It's a baseless smear.
You two, upstairs.
And stay away from the TV.
She's got an iPhone, Isaac.
- Hello?
- Yes, have you seen it?
Of course you've seen it.
Look, I need you to find
the paperwork before anyone
else gets their claws into it.
We need a full timeline
of Bello's application
to show there was no interference
from our department.
I've moved to Policy, Isaac.
I don't work
I know you don't work for me
any more, I'm not an idiot.
I-I just guessed you might
be interested in helping me,
seeing as this implicates you too.
You know I'd want to help you.
But?
You're a bit toxic right now.
So you're still checking my numbers?
Why did you say those things?
Look, I'm working on
something, but when I'm done,
it won't be me who's toxic.
I'll do what I can.
I am not one of your fawning
staff, I am not Aliza,
I am your wife. What is going on?
Will you stay?
Fine.
But I want us to spend
the evening together.
What did you have in mind?
Talk? You know, be sisters?
And I want to tell you about my podcast.
- Tonight.
- Sounds good.
Can I help you?
I tried calling you, ma'am.
DSU Garland instructed me to run
the homicide reports in your absence.
And?
I just wondered if you
had any guidance for me?
I'm on compassionate leave.
Yes, DSU Garland mentioned that.
I just
didn't want to tread on your toes
without checking.
What's the status on Vanguard?
- No change.
- The camera networks?
Assumed compromised. Tech's
working on a solution.
Update me when they have one.
Meanwhile, cross-check ballistics
and forensics from the hospital against
the attacks on Edison Yao
and Joseph Mwangi.
Yes, ma'am.
That should keep you busy.
Is it even safe to talk?
For now.
We've swept the hardware,
found no devices.
Assuming the compromise
came via the network,
- it's neutralised, it's offline.
- But?
Well, we can open the beach,
but it's not safe to
go back in the water.
Soon as the ops room's
back online, it's at risk.
Where the fuck are we supposed
to go if they can hack us here?
Look, it's maybe not be my place to ask,
Guv, but are we doing enough
to rule out internal compromise?
Anyone in particular
you're concerned about?
No-one in particular. I just
don't want to move the op,
only to find out
the problem's moved with us.
You're right, Tom. It's not your place.
Understood.
What are you doing?!
I don't know what kind of
microphones they have out there.
I don't even know if the house is safe.
Fuck sake!
Our police protection?
For all we know it was
them that bugged the place.
Did you have eyes on the whole time?
Eyes on? Why would they want to bug us?
It's the kind of thing I can't
get into, Simmy. Security things.
I'm not talking about security things.
I'm asking about the woman on the news
who said she had your child.
Yeah. Victoria.
She's a care worker.
She looked after Mum, at the end.
So, you know her?
We met at the funeral.
And now what?
She's just cooked this up to
try and get into the country?
It's bigger than that.
Somebody else is behind it.
At first I thought it was China,
trying to smear me in the run-up
to the facial rec contract.
And now?
Now
Who turned that off? Who turned it off?!
Isaac, enough!
You tripped the switch.
Look, I'm sorry
for all the "need to know" crap.
I just need you to trust me.
What's all this?
On behalf of Ms Bello, we have
written to Mr Turner this morning,
requesting a sample of his DNA
for paternity testing.
If Mr Turner fails to provide
a sample within seven days,
then we will begin court proceedings.
Ms Bello claims the affair
happened four years ago,
while the MP was visiting Nigeria.
Now she and her three-year-old son
No, no, this isn't about China.
It's not about facial rec.
This is about me.
Someone's trying to destroy me.
Isaac Turner has found
himself at the centre of
an immigration scandal.
The question still remains
This ring any bells?
I thought you said you
could shut this story down.
- I stopped the BBC from breaking it.
- It's not on the BBC!
It's all different channels
these days, McKenzie!
Had such high hopes for him, you know.
- From the person who sacked him?
- I didn't have much of a choice.
It's hardly going to help
his chances of bouncing back.
Sir? Commander Hart to see you.
- And more shit, hot off the shovel.
- Home Secretary.
Danny. Seen this?
It's your daily briefing
on Vanguard, sir.
Go on, McKenzie. Fuck off.
Following last night's attack,
the operation remains
profoundly compromised.
Comms and camera
networks are not secure.
Technical staff are
working round the clock
to safeguard the op, but until then
It's 1956. Who's doing this?
Our focus is widening.
Suspects besides China
are being explored.
I thought as much. Just typical.
I'm sorry?
It may have been possible.
Who knows what Beijing is thinking?
It just didn't sound right to me.
You've lost me, Home Secretary.
China didn't need to strong-arm us into
the facial rec contract.
They had it in the bag.
But why commission Turner's report
if your mind was already made up?
The public need to see a process, Danny.
All voices aired.
And Turner's concerns are valid.
China poses a security risk.
Yes. We know.
Then you should also know
that the risk posed by going
with China is the same as
the risk posed by not going with China.
If they feel like hacking us,
that is in their gift.
So, who would you go with?
After China, who else is there?
Everything the Home Secretary says
backs up Rachel Carey's theory.
China's going to lose
the facial rec bid,
the US are waiting in line.
You still don't trust her?
The jury is very much out on that.
Did she seem stable to you?
You mean, after she found
DS Flynn murdered?
What's Frank got to say for himself?
So far, he's proving elusive.
We need a clean shot and secure comms.
If Frank's not to blame,
he can bloody well help.
Doorstep him if you have to.
Remind him the special relationship
is meant to be reciprocal.
What was that?
Take it back. Take it back.
I'm afraid I can't take it back.
We are midway through a procedure.
- You saw that lump, didn't you?
- You have to remember,
these tests are a precaution
while we await
the reports from your biopsy and CT.
If the results are still unclear,
we will move on to capsule endoscopy.
I had one of those, didn't I?
No. With capsule endoscopy,
you'll swallow a small pill
containing a wireless camera,
which passes through
the small intestine,
taking and transmitting
many hundreds of video images
for analysis.
It's remarkable the things that
can be done with a camera nowadays.
Is that so?
First Rowan's not answering
my calls, now Rhys.
I stop being a minister for
what, ten minutes, I'm a pariah?
If I was still at the Home Office,
I'd have the PR war machine
gunning for these pricks.
Well, you're not at the Home Office.
You're at home.
Can I make a suggestion?
Just agree to the paternity test.
Don't you see? There
won't be a paternity test.
Because they'll fake it, like
they fake everything else.
Hello?
Does your property have rear access?
Thanks so much for coming in,
chez Turner.
Sorry for the
Simone, this is Detective Carey.
Rachel.
- Do you mind if I?
- Yes, yes.
I thought you didn't trust the police.
Yes.
I mean, I trust her.
All clear?
From now on,
if you want to contact me,
I'd like you to use this.
Would you mind if I had a word
with the minister in private?
Former minister.
Keep up.
Yeah, it's him.
How confident are you?
I'm confident.
Those are the guys I saw
getting into the grey van.
Can you ID him?
With that mask, facial
rec won't be easy.
That's if I can even find
someone I trust enough to run
the search. If I give this to SO15,
they'll want to know where it came from.
You can hardly say you were
wearing a hidden camera.
Well
Uh, well
I got the Home Secretary to admit
the government is
complicit in Correction.
Khadija's tie camera? You did it?
Being honest, I've no idea how
I managed to record anything over
the thumping of my heart!
I kept thinking he'd suss me any second.
Does that give us enough
to take to Khadija?
- Against Correction?
- Mm.
I've barely got my foot in the door.
I need to witness the UK
Correction programme from
the inside. I need to
record enough evidence
to prove what they're
capable of, beyond doubt.
And I need to do it all
without getting caught.
So, what are you thinking, potentially?
Months?
I don't know.
- Years?
- I don't know.
The people involved in this
They'll stop at nothing
to keep it secret.
You've seen the latest?
The Lagos thing?
Well, I wasn't sure if that was
What, you thought it was real?
You're a politician.
- I'm not that kind of politician.
- I wasn't judging.
It's all part of it.
You said yourself,
this isn't China trying
to take our facial rec.
Someone wants to destroy me.
You must have made
some powerful enemies.
I'm trying to catch the man
who killed my friend.
If we can get to him, maybe
he can fill in the blanks.
I think I know someone who can help.
I don't appreciate your
minion tailing me to
a private appointment,
much less reporting it.
I hope you know what you're doing,
taking her under your wing.
On behalf of the Service, I apologise
for DCI Carey's behaviour.
- As regards your privacy, I'm
- Stomach.
- They think
- Jesus
Frank.
Got me waiting by the phone
like a lovesick 12-year-old.
- Who's your doctor?
- Stanley fucking Kubrick.
Shoved a camera up my ass,
down my throat.
Now he wants me to swallow one whole,
like my stomach hasn't been
through enough fireball spinning all
- night long.
- I'm sorry.
What about the embassy?
Are they looking after you?
I haven't told them. You're sick,
they look at you differently,
like you're some sort
of fucking nonentity.
I kept mine to myself.
You had cancer?
Told work I was
glamping in the Hebrides.
In fact, I was having my
thyroid gland removed at
the Royal Marsden.
I was lucky, relatively.
Wow.
It never came back?
No chemo?
Complete remission for seven years.
Mazel tov.
What do you put that down to?
Sorry, I didn't ask you
here to swap health stories.
And now I can't even
ask you what I need to.
Because I'm sick?
Didn't you just hear what I said?
The BBC's suffered a second hack.
This time direct on
the Newsnight studio.
The hardware sabotaged.
Still haven't heard a question.
We ran checks on
everybody who had access to
the equipment
with one exception.
You think it's the kid I sent, huh?
You think Louie sabotaged
your news programme?
I mean, Jesus Christ,
I was trying to do you a fucking favour.
I had to ask.
Whoever's behind this has
the capacity to compromise
- Operation Vanguard entirely.
- Beijing.
Our suspicions are
shifting away from China.
Ah, where are they shifting to?
I could share that
if you were prepared to help.
You accuse me of sabotage,
and now you want my help?
If the accusation's false, you
should have no reason not to.
Mm-mm-mm.
The seventh floor is down.
Vanguard needs a new home.
And I'm the little piggy who
built his house out of brick.
Can you let us in?
I'll consider it.
Can you consider it soon?
Our officers are being killed.
Yeah, sorry about that.
Flynn.
Fucking shame.
Faith.
What's that?
What I put my recovery down to.
Fuck off.
Well, I was hardly devout.
I quit Sunday School after
they told me I'd sinned
for kissing Sarah Crawley
in the Bible cupboard.
But, yeah, it helped.
Revisiting my religion.
Prayer, confession
repentance.
Obviously, we're not
from the same faith.
We carry the same burdens.
Guilt and regret.
If you want to give
yourself the best chance,
you'll free yourself of them.
Who says I have any guilt or regret?
A lifetime in our trade?
Come on, Frank.
Don't tell me your stomach's
the only thing keeping you
awake at night.
- Ooh. Enjoy.
- Thank you.
I just came to grab a few things.
I'm rushing straight out again.
Due at a conference.
To tell you the truth, I'd rather
avoid this place altogether.
Not easy when half your clients
are in the same building.
I can see how busy you are.
Oh, no, please. They said
there'd be follow-ups.
Your colleagues came
to see me this morning.
Has there been a development
in the case?
Actually, Mr Knox, I came
to ask for your help.
Help?
I understand you have access to
the Xanda Tech facial
recognition software.
It-it-it was well within
the CRC's remit to assess
Xanda's capabilities.
Mr Knox, you're not in trouble.
May I show you something?
I see.
The mask.
Turner said the Xanda
programme can unmask?
Is this him?
The man who tried to kill me?
The detective who saved
your life, Patrick Flynn
He died.
You help me, I can bring
his killers to justice.
I'll do what I can.
It's getting busy out there.
Really, I should start
canvassing. Either that
or borrow an air rifle
from one of the neighbours.
Is there anything else
you want tell me
About Lagos?
No, I don't think so.
I mean I don't even remember that.
Wait, is that supposed to be my hand?
Which? The one holding
the glass of wine,
or the one holding her waist?
Simmy, this-this is faked.
Fake photo.
That's what you're going with.
Obviously not completely fake.
But, I mean, that's not my hand.
Not your hand? Whose hand is it?
Yeah, you know what I mean.
You look like you were enjoying
yourself at the funeral.
Come on.
I mean, that's not
Obviously, it wasn't all doom and gloom.
No, I can see!
Remind me why you
didn't take me with you.
Why I didn't take you with?
You're the one who chose not
to come. Do you not remember?
Harry was starting nursery.
You were starting back at work.
You didn't complain, going alone.
Well, it's not exactly like
the two of you saw eye-to-eye.
Who sees eye-to-eye with
their mother-in-law?
You still go.
Well, maybe you should
have been there, then.
Dad?
- Who took this?
- Isaac. Isaac!
Ruby, pack a bag,
we're going to Nanny's.
Oi! Oi!
How much did they pay you for it?!
Pricks!
Who lives in that house?
The one over there with the green shed.
Oh, uh, Rubes?
I've told her to pack
a change of clothes.
Why?
I'm taking them to Mum's.
Oh, come on, please, you
don't need to do that.
Simmy, surely you can
see this is all fake.
Ruby, and a toothbrush!
I need to work. The kids
need to get out the house.
Simm, I didn't put my hand on her waist.
It looked pretty convincing.
Trust me. You have no idea.
Simone, think about it.
If you leave now,
how's it going to look?
You're worried how it's going to look?
A bit, it makes it look like
this love-child nonsense
is getting to us.
It is. A bit!
OK, at least let me walk you to the car.
- I hope you're proud of yourselves.
- I beg your pardon, Mr Turner?
I said I hope you're proud, forcing
my family away from their home.
Will you agree to a paternity test,
Mr Turner?
Ha-ha! You'd like that, wouldn't you?
We'd like you to take our questions,
Mr Turner.
You know what?
I would take your questions
if I could trust you
to report my answers. But
you're not here for the facts,
are you? You're here to stir the pot.
You're here to turn this nothing
of a story into a scandal.
No wonder mainstream
media's time is up. You know what?
You're right. Get your phones out.
If you're not part of
the mainstream media,
get your phones out
and hit the red button,
because you cannot trust
this lot to tell the truth.
It's not even their fault.
Most of them, all of them,
they don't have any idea
how fake their own news is.
They're just doing their jobs,
chasing stories that don't exist,
ruining lives without
taking responsibility.
How many times have we
seen families hounded by
the media like this?
Then the truth comes out
and they all move on,
and do they apologise?
No, of course not. You know what?
I've got news for them.
The truth is coming.
And when it comes, you'll
know about it, believe me.
It's going to blow this
bullshit right out of the water.
Until then, my advice?
Don't believe a single word
they tell you. Excuse me.
Thank you for coming
straight away, Mr Napier.
As we can see from your CT,
there is significant lesser curve
gastric wall thickening with
extensive regional adenopathy.
There appears to be
extensive lesions within
the right lobe of the liver,
and above the diaphragm there are
multiple sub-centimetre bilateral
- pulmonary lesions
- Doc.
I've had a burning in the pit of
my stomach for the past four months.
Whatever you've got to tell me,
I've already imagined
it and worse. So, please,
in English, what am I looking at?
Stage four stomach cancer.
Once we've received the
results of your biopsy,
we can make a diagnosis
Mr Napier,
patients often find it useful
to include a friend
or a family member
in this part of the process.
Someone to ask questions,
take information on board.
Do you have somebody who could do that?
Isaac Turner lashed out at
the press on his doorstep this morning,
in a tirade against the British media.
- You seen it?
- Families hounded
by the media like this!
And do they apologise?
No, of course not.
You know what?
I've got some news for them.
The truth is coming
God, he sounds like a religious nut.
Jesus wept.
And when it comes, believe me,
it's going to blow this
bullshit right out of the water.
Until then, my advice?
Don't believe a single
word they tell you.
His erratic behaviour is the latest in
a long line of scandals
Do you think our esteemed
Home Secretary regrets allowing
Isaac Turner quite so much insight?
It's not like he actually said it.
Are we going to wait until he does?
That was not helpful.
It seems to have got the
vultures off my drive, so
"The truth is coming"?
What was that, a teaser?
"Don't believe a single word"
seems to be trending higher.
I've told you what they're capable of.
You want to scream from the rooftops?
You will get your chance. But
until I tell you otherwise,
just whatever they say,
just keep your head down
and go along with it.
What about Knox?
Did he agree to help?
After some persuading.
I'm toxic, right?
Maybe this test will
buy you some favour.
Test?
Yeah. I saw your tweet.
"#TheRealZacTurner."
"Looking forward to paternity
test results. Nothing to hide."
What the?
That's my study.
I take it that's not you, then.
Isaac?
Isaac?
Hello, everyone.
I just wanted to respond,
directly and calmly,
to the allegations
you're hearing about me,
which I can assure you
are entirely without merit.
I've nothing to hide,
which is why I am co-operating
with the paternity test.
In fact, I have agreed
to appear first thing
tomorrow morning on BBC One,
by which time, I'm told,
we can expect a result,
to give my side of the story.
So let's hope they listen.
Looking forward to seeing
you all at breakfast.
Once again, nothing to hide.
Well, this is random.
What were you expecting,
a bench by the Thames?
It's a CCTV blind spot. I don't
get to choose where they are.
You promised me an exclusive.
If Isaac Turner has a meltdown
and blurts it out to anyone with
- a phone, that's not exclusive.
- He won't.
You sure about that?
You're not just the least
bit concerned about where
his head's at?
Welcome to the nightmare
that is Correction, Isaac.
Is this Rowan Gill?
Our enemies fake things
that we can't deny.
He bugged the Home Secretary
with your hidden camera.
His head is in the right place.
Worst of all, if we do ever
prove it or deny it, we're fucked.
- Why?
- You know why.
We're as guilty of it as they are!
I'm going to need the file.
Not yet.
Khadija, you know the
risks if we move too soon.
Well, make sure Turner stays on point.
We sat on that love child story for him.
He pays us back by
ranting against the media?
He was just letting off steam.
Well, two can play at that.
You know, Rabbi
You think about all the
good things that you did
in your life and
And all the bad things?
Everything I did
Everything
was in the service of
making the world a safer place.
I'm just not sure that
Everyone's going to see it that way.
So, this is why you've come
back to shul after 50 years?
To atone for your sins.
Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you,
but you've come to the wrong place.
No amount of prayers can save you
from your sins against your fellow
human beings,
and no rabbi can offer you forgiveness.
Your atonement is in your hands
through your mitzvahs
your good deeds in everyday life.
My God, I've been trying
to call you all evening.
I was putting the kids to bed.
Besides, I know what
you're going to say.
Oh, yeah?
That tweet wasn't real, nothing's real.
What about that rant on
our doorstep? Was that real?
Uh, yeah.
That was real.
Listen, Simone
Tomorrow morning, on the TV
They're going to make it seem
like I'm the father of that boy.
Who hates you enough
to do all this, Isaac?
I mean, apart from me right now.
Why do you hesitate?
Earlier, when I suggested you do
the paternity test, you hesitated.
Did I?
There it is again.
I don't know, Simone.
Maybe I am the father.
He looks like you.
What?
Victoria Bello's son, Amandi.
I've been looking at him.
So, I mean, what, what are you
trying to say exactly?
We all look the same?
No, Isaac,
I'm saying he looks like you.
Just wait one second.
Isaac, what is it?
There's another fucking journalist.
Hold on, I'll call you back.
It's 11 o'clock at night!
What the hell do you
think you're doing?!
Look, I'm sorry for the tardiness.
I'm here to pick up a Mr Isaac Turner?
For what?
You're going to Media City?
What, Manchester?
- Uh, Salford.
- I'm going to be on the telly, am I?
Well, I believe so, sir, yeah.
So, what, BBC Breakfast
are expecting me?
You are Isaac Turner?
Make yourself comfortable
in the back, sir.
Just one puff. It'll stop
you stressing all the time.
I'll smoke that
if you drink this, neat.
Who says "neat"?
It sounds like something Dad would say.
It means without a mixer, you idiot.
Oh.
Your turn.
Oh, shit.
Firm but fair. So why, then,
did the woman who claims
to have had a lovechild with
the Security Minster find
her application languishing in
the system five times
longer than average?
Coincidence or interference?
In an exclusive interview,
we speak to Victoria Bello
from her home in Lagos.
Oh, fuck.
I was told over and
over by the Home Office
that my application could not be traced.
Once, they even told me that
I must have been mistaken
and I couldn't have applied,
as if they were trying to wear me down.
Look, I don't want anything
from Mr Isaac Turner.
But my son has the right to
grow up in the country of his father.
Later I'll be speaking to
the Shadow Home Secretary,
who is leading the calls
for an urgent inquiry into
the mishandling of Bello's
case by the Home Office.
- You do?
- Oh, Abby, I think you're right.
I really do need to sleep.
It's been really fun.
Wait, I still haven't
told you about my podcast.
Go on, then, tell me about your podcast.
Don't diss it till you've
heard it, Judge Judy.
You'd actually be really into it.
It's a bit like Serial,
only it's called Free Shaun.
Or I might go more
esoteric like The Bus Stop.
What are you talking about?
Free Shaun? As in Shaun Emery?
Half the people think
he killed that woman,
the other half didn't.
But they don't know.
I've met him.
Abigail, Shaun Emery was guilty.
What?
He pleaded guilty at the hearing.
I should know. I was there.
- But you said?
- I was wrong.
Look, I-I think it's great
that you're podcasting.
I think it's really neat.
But I just think you should
pick a different story.
I mean, that story's over.
They've got you staying
at the Donlevy Hotel.
Would you like to check in
or go straight to the studio?
Yes, just go straight to the studio.
Isaac?
Mini Oops, nearly
called you "Minister" then.
Easily done. Thanks for
coming in so horribly early.
After all the build-up,
we just had to lead with the lovechild.
So, I'm really going on, then?
Um, I certainly hope so!
I suppose they'll
just hack into it live.
I wonder what they'll
make me say this time.
Do you, um, need somewhere to change?
No.
Right, then.
There's teas and coffees
in the green room.
Are you a part of it?
Part of?
Cos someone must be, on the inside.
Just one second.
- Hello?
- Isaac?
Aliza?
I thought your 6am calls
were a thing of the past.
Only when it's good news, right?
What, you can prove no-one's
interfered with the Bello case?
No. I haven't even looked into that.
Right, well, Newsnight fucking
have, so what's the good news?
You were right, of course.
I have been checking the numbers.
You'd never know it
from the usual platforms.
The hate for you there
is growing, if anything.
But across all social and polling
Your numbers are up.
I'm not talking about a spike,
but if you analyse the timeline
from the racial profiling comments,
the lovechild allegations,
the anti-media rant,
your approval is on
a slow but steady uptick.
Aliza, someone's trying to destroy me.
Destroy you?
Tell your approval ratings that.
Isaac?
Mr Turner? Would you
like to follow me to set?
Zac, just so you know, mate,
it's the headlines on the hour as usual,
- and then we're straight on to you.
- London floor is live.
Good Morning. The G7 summit
- You're having quite a week.
- Salford studio, 20 seconds.
We were debating whether
to go with car crash,
dumpster fire or shitshow.
Studio live in ten, nine
My mistake. Standing by.
And some breaking news.
Lawyers acting on behalf of Nigerian
care worker Victoria Bello say
that a DNA test to determine
whether former Security Minister
Isaac Turner is the biological
father of her child
has produced a negative result.
A surprising twist in the continued
saga of Isaac Turner.
Lawyers working on behalf of
the Bello family say they
plan to seek a second test.
We'll be back with more
updates throughout the morning.
Now, it's over to Lauren and
Will in our Manchester studio.
- Morning, all.
- Good morning.
Well, the saga continues.
It certainly does here,
because first up on the
sofa today is the man who is,
or perhaps was,
at the heart of the so-called
Lagos lovechild allegations,
Isaac Turner. Welcome.
Good Morning.
Your paternity test has come back
negative. You must be delighted.
No, I'm not delighted.
I'm just I'm glad this
whole silly sideshow is over.
I never actually heard
you deny the claims.
Well, you've seen the test results.
I have. I heard you deny them.
You uploaded a video, right,
saying you had nothing to hide?
Yeah. I-I felt it was important
to reassure the public.
Is that what you meant
by "The truth is coming?"
You know, Lauren,
my family and I have
been the target of some
pretty nasty lies. Those
lies have now been exposed,
so, hopefully, everyone can go
back to something like normal life.
Why do you think she made those claims?
She must have known
the DNA test would fail.
I understand the burning ambition
people all over the world
share to come here to the UK.
Unfortunately, it does mean that
some people will go to desperate
lengths to jump the queue.
And, as the government
said in its manifesto,
our immigration system cannot
be fair if it's not firm.
-
- Well, as you brought up
manifesto promises,
and as you're no longer
at the Home Office,
has the government
delivered on that one?
Well, I think the Prime Minister
is laser-focused, rightly so
on the most pressing global issues.
So you blame the Home
Secretary, then, your old boss?
You're putting words into my mouth.
- Hello. Detective?
- I wasn't sure if you'd be up. I'm
I'm not sleeping an
awful lot at the moment.
It's hard to tell what's
early for other people.
You did say to call as soon
as I had something.
Go on.
I was sceptical about
Xanda's unmasking feature.
Given we're dealing with AI modelling,
I took their claims of
100% face-match accuracy
with a sizeable pinch of salt.
But?
It's given us a face,
and I've run the search function.
And?
Well, naturally, the programme can't
access the criminal databases
you're used to, it can only
find what's online.
Mr Knox, do we have a match?
Yes.
Looks like it's from some
corporate security website.
Nikolai Mirsky.
And that's about it.
His name and nationality.
- How do you know his nationality?
- The web page it came from.
Sending.
Languages aren't my forte, but
I know what Russian looks like.
Car won't be a minute.
Oh, Erm That How did it go?
- Great.
- I mean, the result,
it came back negative?
That's what happened?
Yeah.
And that's what's
going out, the same?
They've booked you a late checkout.
Thought you might want to
rest up before heading home.
The room's yours if you want it.
Um
The mini bars in each room
are fully complimentary.
Room service is 24/7. You'll
find the menus on the iPads,
and there's an entry phone
by the door to buzz them in.
Internet access is dead simple
no code, just log straight on.
All right.
Oh. Uh, I'm so sorry. I don't
No worries. That's all right.
Hello?
Hello, Isaac.
Who's this?
You know who it is.
You did good today.
Carry on like that,
you won't even need me.
Listen, you AI robo fucks!
If you're listening,
leave me and my family the fuck alone!
I understand you're upset.
But don't be.
I'm on your side.
What do you want?
I just want to talk.
We're talking.
No, not like this.
Face-to-face.
And how do you propose we do that?
Hello?
Hello?