Virdee (2025) s01e03 Episode Script
Episode 3
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Ranjit Virdee, 62,
was found Shocking!
Stop trading on my name for access.
I'm an investigative reporter.
I've got a right to ask questions
about what's going on in there.
I didn't get your name, Beti.
I want my son back.
I'm not interested in playing games.
Don't say anything.
Priti Parmar had wasp's eggs
inserted in the sockets.
This has purpose.
We will find who did this
to your daughter.
Priti switched sides.
The Shala Crew to Bradford West.
Enough!
She stole from Vasil.
Maybe, she's stealing from her new
employer, maybe they punish her.
Vasil plays you, man.
Hard to tell who's playing
who these days.
And what's that supposed to mean?
Can't sit there messing up
an important day for you
and your family.
I'm just a mess, Saima.
Beizzat means dishonoured.
I will report more
information as soon I have it.
Leave! It's not safe!
MUSIC: All Rise
by Blue
# I'm telling you now, objection
overruled, oh, baby #
Not sure this is fair deal, Riaz.
Here, do this trigonometry yourself,
then.
Can't even say that word.
# Three for the calls
you've been making
# It's four all the times
you've been faking
# All rise
(I'm gonna tell it to your face)
# All rise
(I rest my case) #
Right, take one of those chocolates.
Take 'em all, that's ours. Mm-hm.
Chocolate Crush.
Yeah, maybe go for one of those,
actually. I like that.
What else have we got in here.
A few of those.
Hey!
Youyou can't do that.
You brown bastards have got enough.
Stop it!
Keep going! Take what you can!
What's the matter?
Can't breathe, love?
Get off me.
Get off him!
HE GROANS
Fuck
Don't want to hang round here
anyway.
You lot stinking up the place!
What are you doing, scrapping with
them for?
You should have called me.
They're never going to leave us
alone.
I wish I could fight like you.
That's not going to be a problem,
with that big brain of yours.
You can't be here, pal.
What's happened here, mate?
This is a crime scene. OK.
Clear off. Clear off!
I'm just asking what's going on.
Hey
Gather round.
All right. I need statements
from everyone here -
the ones who want to talk to us
and the one's who don't.
This is a public attack
on Bradford's biggest LGBTQ+ night,
so we need to get on
Get on top of this before it hits
the press, all right? Go on.
You knew something were going to
happen, didn't you?
Who did this?
I don't know yet.
What was that gas?
Nonlethal, but some people are
reacting badly.
Look, are you OK?
I can get you checked out in A&E.
I'm fine. You?
Yeah, I'm all right.
I've got a car to take you home.
I'm staying at Leila's.
Can we get dropped there, yeah?
Of course you can.
Right. OK, see you soon.
Heard there was a body, but gora
cops won't let me in my own club.
Who was it?
Your club manager.
Tyrone Graves, throat slit.
HE EXHALES HEAVILY
Look, Beizzat night's
one of my biggest earners.
First Priti, now this.
You're telling me
Vasil has nothing to do with this?
Vasil's not stupid.
Losing customers is
bad for both for you both.
This is
..something different.
Fuck this.
Riaz, think about it.
Someone's pulling the strings here.
Trying to start a war.
Yeah, and they're going to get it.
Don't do anything stupid, brother.
You know, you think you're in
control, but look around you.
This city's got rules of its own.
SIREN WAILS
PEOPLE COUGH
Do you reckon it was a hate crime?
Maybe.
But it feels smarter than that.
Like there's a pattern we're
missing.
The clues on Priti's body.
If we'd found them sooner,
we might've stopped this. Come on!
Just a sec. I need to take
a look at the victim, all right?
All right, sure.
It's urgent. Don't worry, sir.
Got it, yeah? Yeah.
Boss, we can't tamper with evidence.
If it's still on the crime scene,
it's still my body.
You going to help or not?
He would have knocked him out
and waited for the perfect time
to slit his throat
and throw him off the balcony.
Same for his feet.
Check his hands.
Hands are clean.
Not another one.
Evidence bag.
Looks like some sort of coat of
arms.
It's the old trademark from
when Appleton House were a mill.
This fob's for an apartment
in that complex.
We were supposed to find this
clue in the autopsy.
Appleton House is
just around the corner.
Control, this is Alpha Lima on
location
Keep 'em here for questioning.
Scan this and tell me
what apartment it's for.
Come on.
Flat 716. Top floor.
With me. Secure the exits.
No-one leaves.
And we'll need
CCTV for the past 24 hours.
DEVICE BEEPS
Room clear, Detective Virdee!
Someone forced their way in.
In here!
This must be our man.
Whoever lives here was taken
12 minutes ago.
Paused at 21 minutes past 12.
DOOR SLAMS, GUNFIRE
GUNFIRE
GUNSHOTS
GUNSHOTS CONTINUE
I've got you.
HE GRUNTS
Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
Come on.
You're all right. You're OK.
All right. Come on. Come on.
HELICOPTER BLADES WHIR
We've got patrols out,
and if they're lucky enough to catch
the plates on CCTV, we'll be
the first to know.
There's nothing more
either of you could have done.
If I'd just acted faster
You put yourself
in the line of fire, Khalil.
No-one's forgetting that.
Am I going to get strung up in
front of professional standards?
Well, you may use reasonable
force in self-defence
under extreme circumstances.
Your life was under threat
..so use of a firearm was
entirely justified.
How are the officers?
No life-threatening injuries,
sothey'll make it.
Sir, come and take a look at this!
UV torch.
Cut the lights.
Boss
Ma'am
Yes?
It's the tenancy agreement.
What is it?
The victim's Alastair Boardman.
Are you OK?
No.
It were Tyrone.
Someone slit his throat.
Then gassed everyone at the club.
Gassed 'em?
Yeah.
Cheers.
Nothing deadly, just
..designed to shit people up.
Do you think Vasil was behind it?
Yeah.
Harry thinks not.
Who does he think it is?
Jury's out.
What if it's a message - a warning?
Yeah.
Vasil giving us a big
"fuck you."
Yeah, but what if it isn't?
Hey
Hey, come on. Come on.
Nobody knows you're here.
Yeah?
We're good.
We're good.
What are we going to do about Vasil?
Hmm
You're worried about Harry.
Yeah.
He's always done right by me.
You're a man of your word,
but you're not kids any more.
Keeping hold of promises you
made years ago,
maybe it's holding you back.
You should trust your instinct.
OK.
So
..we find a way to make back the
100K we're losing from Beizzat
..and maybe this is the opportunity
we've been waiting for
..to take Vasil out.
Let's do it.
Alastair Boardman is
20 years old,
he is a politics
student at Bradford Met university,
and he is also Chief Constable
Jonathan Boardman's son.
His last known communication was
eight hours ago,
when he texted a friend to say he'd
arrived home safely.
We have reason to
believe that the killer took
Alastair from his home at roughly
12 midnight.
Excuse me. Yeah.
DS Conway.
Hi, DS Armitage.
OK.
We're all running on fumes.
I get that.
But I need you to pull through,
and get on with this
like your lives depend on it,
because Alastair's certainly does.
First priority, the van our suspect
was seen leaving in.
MUSIC AND CHATTER ON PHONE
SCREAMING ON PHONE
The UKCA has been asked to take over
the investigation
now that it
involves the Chief Constable's son.
It'll take your team 48
hours to get up to speed
in an investigation that
HMET are already on top of.
You've got two dead,
and a missing person.
I wouldn't call that
"on top of things."
Vital evidence was also
tampered with
And it gave us a head start, which
nearly got us our suspect, so
..I'm happy to
stand by my decision as SIO.
Boardman has overseen the arrest
and imprisonment of some of
Bradford's biggest drug suppliers.
We believe Alastair's abduction is
a personally motivated
attack on the Chief Constable.
DCI Virdee, you and Mr Boardman
worked closely
on a number of drugs
cases, is that correct? Correct.
My team will conduct a full
assessment
of Boardman's case history.
You'll be on hand to answer queries,
but as of this moment,
you're not to actively pursue any
leads in this investigation
without my specific authorisation.
We'll conduct the press briefing.
Is that strictly necessary?
I understand you've
been on duty all night.
I suggest you take this opportunity
to go home and get some rest.
You will be needed later, to help
co-ordinate your files with ours.
Are we really going to
stand down from this?
No, not now we're not.
I mean, it'll take 'em 24
hours to get up to speed.
Let's use that time. Yeah.
What else have we got?
The wasps.
There's got to be something there.
Yeah.
Entomology report landed
an hour ago.
Insect is a tarantula hawk,
otherwise known as a spider wasp.
It's a parasitoid.
It'll sting a tarantula,
then lay a single egg inside,
using the spider as a living host
to incubate the larvae.
They're obviously not
native to the UK.
Entomology believes this particular
species was imported from Asia.
Right.
Contact the Animal
and Plant Health Agency,
see if anybody's submitted a
licence to import hawk wasps.
I mean, it's a long shot
but it's worth a try.
SAIMA: Take him to ward three,
please.
All right?
Can you see to this man, please.
Fancy a cuppa?
You look like you could use one.
Thanks, Bertie.
What would I do without you?
I heard that divorce in Islam
is like three words?
So get rid of the fella
and I'm all yours.
You're too late, mate.
She's chosen me. Fair enough.
I ain't got the moves to compete
with you, Bertie.
Thanks, Bertie.
I needed that.
In a bit. Toodle-pip.
How was it in there?
Oh, shit.
How's it out there?
Not good.
Look, I'm sorry about last night.
I couldn't let go of me own shit
to be there for you.
You're missing the point, Harry.
It's not your shit.
It's ours.
We're supposed to deal with
this together.
You're right.
PAGER BEEPS
Oh
Oh, fuck.
I've got to get back in.
Right. I'll walk in with you. Right.
What time do you finish?
No idea. Until I can't see straight,
probably. Why?
I need to talk to you about summat.
Sounds serious.
Divorce?
Never. Good.
Fish and chips and a chat?
You're on. Mushy peas, curry sauce?
I think you had enough curry
sauce the other night? Oh
Too soon?!
Yeah.
THEY LAUGH
Who's that nurse? That's Sister
Hyatt and her husband, Harry.
UNTRANSLATED ARGUING
Sorry, er
We've found you a bed on CCU.
You'll be able to recover
from your stent procedure there.
I've got to head,
but I just wanted to say goodbye.
Would you say you're honest,
Simran?
Maybe she has to rush off because
it is time for her midday prayers?
He knows who you are.
Right.
No.
I should've told you who I was.
But after the way you've treated me
and Harry,
are you really that surprised?
I am the same person
I was yesterday.
Maybe you should ask yourself how
you could call me Beti then,
but not today.
UNTRANSLATED ARGUING
RIAZ: You feeling all right?
Why?
Almost took my head off in there.
Well, if you spent less time
on horses and more time training
Fuck off.
Listen, you drop your guard, you get
hit.
I'm not going to let the
club attack go unanswered.
Vasil will get his,
I just need to work out details.
And, no,
I don't need Harry's permission.
Talk to you later.
See you later.
ENGINE STARTS
Yo, can I have a word?
That depends.
What do you want?
My name's Ateeq Farooqi.
You're that missing kid.
I want to join Bradford West.
No idea what you're
talking about, mate.
Come on, we all know you're the guy.
Enzo, I followed you here.
Oh, aye?
I heard about the club attack.
Vasil's crew are laughing at you.
You need to hit 'em back twice as
hard, so you can keep your respect.
I got intel.
I know where they keep the money.
I can help you.
ENZO CHUCKLES
I got skills and I need to earn.
Yeah?
I can tell you how to
take down Vasil's crew.
RH Cash & Carry.
Four o'clock.
Last night, there were an attack on
Blue Murmur's LGBTQ+ Beizzat night.
If you saw anything suspicious,
no matter how small, DM me.
Look, we're all a community,
Bradford,
we got to look out for each other.
NOTIFICATION BEEPS
CONWAY: Blue Murmur Nightclub is
close to this location,
it's about 2.5km
away from the apartment block.
I'm sorry to see you under these
circumstances, sir.
Please, erm
..tell me everything that
happened last night.
I need to hear it from you,
Harry. Yeah.
PRESS CLAMOUR
REPORTER: Is this drug-related?
Alastair is a kind, thoughtful young
man,
adored by his friends and
family.
I implore anyone who has seen or
heard anything,
to come forward and help us bring
him home.
REPORTER: When did you discover
he was kidnapped?
Whoever is holding my little boy,
the control is all yours here.
You have absolute power to do good,
and I know that you can.
Whatever it is that you
Thank you, sir.
The UKCA are collaborating closely
with Greater Yorkshire Police
to apprehend the suspect.
We have teams out across the city,
and we're engaging with local
communities to gather vital
eyewitness reports.
MOBILE PHONES BUZZ
The suspect in question is also
wanted in connection to the murders
of Priti Parmar
and Tyrone Graves.
BUZZING CONTINUES,
REPORTERS MURMUR
If you have any information
regarding these incidents,
please contact the authorities.
Whilst we urge the public to remain
vigilant,
we would also like to reassure the
people of Bradford
Boss.. ..that UKCA are making this
case our top priority.
She's about to be slaughtered.
Thank you, open to questions now.
Any comment on this video
of Alastair being held in captivity?
Chief Inspector,
can we get a statement on this?
Have you not seen this video?
Come on, sir,
let's get you away from this.
REPORTERS CLAMOUR
CONWAY: Thank you, everyone.
In light of these current
developments, that will be all.
Thank you very much.
What the hell is going on?
Please. Please, let me go.
Please!
So, what now?
We have IT tracing the post.
I'm asking Harry.
DCI Virdee's no longer on this case.
I'm aware of that.
But he and I have a robust
working relationship so,
with all due respect, Ms Armitage,
when I ask for his counsel,
that's what I want.
The killer's using parasites.
Spider wasps, to be precise.
Spider-what?
They lay eggs.
The preferred host is usually
a tarantula, but
..our guy seems to be
incubating them inside human bodies.
We found this at your son's
residence.
A message from him.
Question is, what exactly does it
mean?
Is the parasite the victim,
the killer
..or you?
We'll need a list of past
cases,
potential enemies with the means to
pull off something like this.
Alastair's kidnapping might be
linked to the two murders,
or they could have been staged
to distract us.
Any leads?
Nothing to report on yet, sir.
Now, just because you're here,
doesn't mean we trust you.
Vasil collects big once a month.
And that's tomorrow.
How much are we talking?
I ain't got numbers, but big.
City-wide collection. Mm-hm?
The money gets dropped
off at the freezers at Margalla Cafe
off Auburn Street.
20 minutes later, it's picked up.
Vasil won't be there. Sure?
100%.
And that's your window.
You go in, storm the place,
take the loot
..give me a cut.
50K.
What the hell are you going to do
with all that cash?
There's no way you can wash it all.
That's my business, innit?
AARON: Uncle Riaz! Where are you?
SAIMA: Sh, Aaron, he might be
working!
Hey, come here! Whoa!
Sorry. It's fine!
You said we could visit, and he's
got a habit of holding us to our
promises.
Is that right, big man?
Holding people to promises, eh?
Good lad.
I tell you what,
you see all these toys here?
You can have what you like. Hmm.
How's that sound, yeah?
Wow!
Take your pick.
ENZO: Come on, this way
Oh! You can have that one.
Isn't that Ateeq Farooqi, the lad
who were taken?
Don't know.
Kid wants a job.
Do you want this one?
You want that one? Take it,
then. Take it.
What do you say to Uncle Riaz? Take
it.
You love cars, don't you?
You gave me
SAIMA LAUGHS
He's got sass on him.
Like his mother.
Oh!
Oh, you're good at that.
You're going to spoil him.
I'm allowed to.
I'm his favourite uncle.
Well you would be
if you spent more time with him.
IMITATING HER: "You would be
if you spent more time with him."
And there it is, the Saima
death stare.
Well, there's plenty more
where that came from.
So this is where you spend
all your time, then?
Not all my time.
Ever heard of a paintbrush?
What, have you come all this way
just to have a go?
Well, that's what sisters are for,
in't it?
How's he getting on at school?
Oh
He loves it. Mm?
Already got all the girls chasing
after him. I'll bet.
Little heartbreaker.
Mm.
You know, you can come and see
him
..any time.
Told you, just busy.
Right, I should probably
get him home. Mm.
We'll always be your family, Riaz.
Right, come on, Aaron.
Say bye to Uncle Riaz.
Bye! Come on. See you later, big
man.
Bye! Bye!
Good boy.
That's it.
Hey, do you want to take these?
No, he's had enough sweets,
thank you very much. Wow!
All right.
Go on, then, watch your step.
That's it
See you. See you.
Go on.
UKCA have identified 38
criminals
that Boardman's involved in
sending down,
and they would like us to
assist by going through those files.
They've also had a few
witnesses come forward
whose reports tally with yours.
A man in a gas mask,
on the floor above.
So they've going to the hospital
to interview them.
No, that should be us.
Don't even think about it, Harry.
Go on.
His wife works in A&E.
If anyone asks, that is
why you're both there.
And then send him home.
Go on.
MUSIC PLAYS: This Love
by Diana Drill, Nish
& Mazza On The Track
God, you scared me!
Dare I ask?
Guess who's got a Muzmatch
date tonight.
I need your advice.
What, on your dance moves?
Oi, cheeky.
On what to wear.
What do you think? This one?
Come on, Aaron, let's show
Auntie Nadsy how it's done.
# Don't call me crazy #
Whoo!
DOORBELL RINGS
I'll get it! Oh, thanks.
Who taught you how to do that?
Who taught you how to do that?
My teacher.
Who taught you how to do that?
Who taught you how to do that?
My teacher!
Your teacher?! What teacher?!
My dance class one!
SAIMA SQUEALS AND LAUGHS
DOOR OPENS
Er
SHE CLEARS HER THROA
Come on, Aaron. Erm
Aaron, this is Auntie Jyoti.
Come on
Go on, say hello. Nicely.
Hello, Aaron.
Hello.
It's lovely to meet you.
Come on, mate, let's go play ninjas.
He's He's got the same
smile as my Hardeep.
Lights up a room.
For putting you in this situation.
Thank you.
But you're not the one who
needs to apologise.
All these wasted years.
Broke my heart, ruined his health.
It's not too late to fix it.
They were inseparable,
when Hardeep was small.
I never thought his
anger would last so long
Well, I guess I know where Harry
gets his stubbornness from, then.
THEY CHUCKLE LIGHTLY
Do you want tostay for
a cup of tea?
You could spend some time
with Aaron, if you want.
I'd best get back to the hospital.
But I'd love too, soon.
Yeah, he'd love that.
Here.
Keep it.
Bless you, Beti.
Thank you.
I don't like this.
Why?
She's suspiciously pretty.
THEY CHUCKLE
Shut up.
Look.
It's dangerous out there.
People I know are stepping
out of the game.
There's a killer targeting us.
If Peyvan knows something
Then let me come with you.
You shouldn't go on your own.
Oh, come here.
Look, I won't be on me own, anyway.
Me uncle Harry's coming with me.
Serious? Yeah.
Look, we're meeting in Lister Park.
There'll be plenty of people about.
And I'll share my location
the whole time.
Like I said,
I won't be on me own, so
Come here.
OK. Bye. Bye.
Three interviews, and all they can
give us is, "He wore a gas mask."
Yeah, I could've told them that.
Good luck to the UKCA.
So, time to head off?
Yeah, I'm going to pick up
me missus first, so
Bye, then.
Right. Bye.
Is Saima still here?
Uh, she's finished her shift, Harry.
MESSAGE TONE
MUFFLED SCREAMING
SHE PANTS LIGHTLY
Food's on its way.
Saw me dad
..at the hospital.
How long have you known?
Two days.
What's wrong with him?
He had a heart attack.
You didn't tell me.
I were going to, last night
But you didn't.
I'd have called you the second
he were admitted,
but we were worried about what
Who's we?
Me and your mum.
You spoke to me mum?
She really misses you, Harry.
She turned up here, actually.
She met Aaron
What is going on?
I know
I know this is a lot to process
No.
No, you told me, you stood there,
telling me I have to "share my shit"
and the whole time you're keeping
something like this from me?!
I'm sorry.
I really didn't
feel like I had a choice
You've always got a choice, Saima.
And you chose to lie to me.
No. Yes. No.
I didn't lie to you.
PHONE BUZZES
What's that?
When did it arrive?
It was here when I got home.
It's for you.
What is it?
Detective Virdee.
This is how this is going to go.
You will do as I say or bad things
happen to Alastair.
Got that?
First, I need you to show me
you and your wife's mobile phones.
Switch 'em off and drop
'em to the floor.
Now go outside and get into your
car.
Harry It's all right.
I'm not leaving my family.
Well, take 'em with you.
Drop 'em at the police station.
Then you keep going with me.
Harry Think faster, Virdee,
or Alastair pays the price!
All right! All right!
Get Aaron. We're leaving.
Come on, careful, careful.
That's it.
Harry, please, please, come
inside with us. I can't.
Harry, please,
he might kill you! Please!
I need to hear what you're
saying at all times, detective!
Go!
OK, come on.
What now?
Drive.
PHONE BUZZES
I'm here.
Enter the building.
There's an open door to the left.
Up here.
Harry Virdee.
Now the game begins.
What do you want?
I want to find out what
kind of man you are, Harry.
I want to know how far you'll go to
save that reputation of yours
..parasite.
There's only one way out of this
building, and that's past you.
So you've a choice to make.
You can arrest me, lock me up,
but then HE falls to his death.
Or, you let me go.
And Alastair is safe.
So, what'll it be?
Let the boy go.
That weren't one of the options.
MUFFLED SCREAMS
So, how long do you think he'll
last, Detective?
Your face, DCI Virdee.
Let me see it.
Chaar-Saw-Bees.
He called me "dishonest".
The henna, the wasp,
it's all connected somehow.
I want what you've got.
If you take what I've got,
what happens to us?
I'm just saying I can increase what
you're bringing in.
Grab the bags.
Drive! Drive!
SHOUTING
Oi
KNIFE GASHES FLESH
Do something! Mum!
I didn't even know
they still spoke to each other.
We know Riaz is full of secrets,
but Harry
I didn't think it would come back
on us You fucked me.
No, no, no. You fucked yourself.
Go on, then.
The owner was arrested in 2015 for
illegally owning and breeding
the Indian Red Scorpion.
He's playing with us.
Wanting to see
if we can unravel who he is.
Feels like he's building to
something.
Blockade both sides of the street.
Stand back until everyone's ready.
.
Ranjit Virdee, 62,
was found Shocking!
Stop trading on my name for access.
I'm an investigative reporter.
I've got a right to ask questions
about what's going on in there.
I didn't get your name, Beti.
I want my son back.
I'm not interested in playing games.
Don't say anything.
Priti Parmar had wasp's eggs
inserted in the sockets.
This has purpose.
We will find who did this
to your daughter.
Priti switched sides.
The Shala Crew to Bradford West.
Enough!
She stole from Vasil.
Maybe, she's stealing from her new
employer, maybe they punish her.
Vasil plays you, man.
Hard to tell who's playing
who these days.
And what's that supposed to mean?
Can't sit there messing up
an important day for you
and your family.
I'm just a mess, Saima.
Beizzat means dishonoured.
I will report more
information as soon I have it.
Leave! It's not safe!
MUSIC: All Rise
by Blue
# I'm telling you now, objection
overruled, oh, baby #
Not sure this is fair deal, Riaz.
Here, do this trigonometry yourself,
then.
Can't even say that word.
# Three for the calls
you've been making
# It's four all the times
you've been faking
# All rise
(I'm gonna tell it to your face)
# All rise
(I rest my case) #
Right, take one of those chocolates.
Take 'em all, that's ours. Mm-hm.
Chocolate Crush.
Yeah, maybe go for one of those,
actually. I like that.
What else have we got in here.
A few of those.
Hey!
Youyou can't do that.
You brown bastards have got enough.
Stop it!
Keep going! Take what you can!
What's the matter?
Can't breathe, love?
Get off me.
Get off him!
HE GROANS
Fuck
Don't want to hang round here
anyway.
You lot stinking up the place!
What are you doing, scrapping with
them for?
You should have called me.
They're never going to leave us
alone.
I wish I could fight like you.
That's not going to be a problem,
with that big brain of yours.
You can't be here, pal.
What's happened here, mate?
This is a crime scene. OK.
Clear off. Clear off!
I'm just asking what's going on.
Hey
Gather round.
All right. I need statements
from everyone here -
the ones who want to talk to us
and the one's who don't.
This is a public attack
on Bradford's biggest LGBTQ+ night,
so we need to get on
Get on top of this before it hits
the press, all right? Go on.
You knew something were going to
happen, didn't you?
Who did this?
I don't know yet.
What was that gas?
Nonlethal, but some people are
reacting badly.
Look, are you OK?
I can get you checked out in A&E.
I'm fine. You?
Yeah, I'm all right.
I've got a car to take you home.
I'm staying at Leila's.
Can we get dropped there, yeah?
Of course you can.
Right. OK, see you soon.
Heard there was a body, but gora
cops won't let me in my own club.
Who was it?
Your club manager.
Tyrone Graves, throat slit.
HE EXHALES HEAVILY
Look, Beizzat night's
one of my biggest earners.
First Priti, now this.
You're telling me
Vasil has nothing to do with this?
Vasil's not stupid.
Losing customers is
bad for both for you both.
This is
..something different.
Fuck this.
Riaz, think about it.
Someone's pulling the strings here.
Trying to start a war.
Yeah, and they're going to get it.
Don't do anything stupid, brother.
You know, you think you're in
control, but look around you.
This city's got rules of its own.
SIREN WAILS
PEOPLE COUGH
Do you reckon it was a hate crime?
Maybe.
But it feels smarter than that.
Like there's a pattern we're
missing.
The clues on Priti's body.
If we'd found them sooner,
we might've stopped this. Come on!
Just a sec. I need to take
a look at the victim, all right?
All right, sure.
It's urgent. Don't worry, sir.
Got it, yeah? Yeah.
Boss, we can't tamper with evidence.
If it's still on the crime scene,
it's still my body.
You going to help or not?
He would have knocked him out
and waited for the perfect time
to slit his throat
and throw him off the balcony.
Same for his feet.
Check his hands.
Hands are clean.
Not another one.
Evidence bag.
Looks like some sort of coat of
arms.
It's the old trademark from
when Appleton House were a mill.
This fob's for an apartment
in that complex.
We were supposed to find this
clue in the autopsy.
Appleton House is
just around the corner.
Control, this is Alpha Lima on
location
Keep 'em here for questioning.
Scan this and tell me
what apartment it's for.
Come on.
Flat 716. Top floor.
With me. Secure the exits.
No-one leaves.
And we'll need
CCTV for the past 24 hours.
DEVICE BEEPS
Room clear, Detective Virdee!
Someone forced their way in.
In here!
This must be our man.
Whoever lives here was taken
12 minutes ago.
Paused at 21 minutes past 12.
DOOR SLAMS, GUNFIRE
GUNFIRE
GUNSHOTS
GUNSHOTS CONTINUE
I've got you.
HE GRUNTS
Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
Come on.
You're all right. You're OK.
All right. Come on. Come on.
HELICOPTER BLADES WHIR
We've got patrols out,
and if they're lucky enough to catch
the plates on CCTV, we'll be
the first to know.
There's nothing more
either of you could have done.
If I'd just acted faster
You put yourself
in the line of fire, Khalil.
No-one's forgetting that.
Am I going to get strung up in
front of professional standards?
Well, you may use reasonable
force in self-defence
under extreme circumstances.
Your life was under threat
..so use of a firearm was
entirely justified.
How are the officers?
No life-threatening injuries,
sothey'll make it.
Sir, come and take a look at this!
UV torch.
Cut the lights.
Boss
Ma'am
Yes?
It's the tenancy agreement.
What is it?
The victim's Alastair Boardman.
Are you OK?
No.
It were Tyrone.
Someone slit his throat.
Then gassed everyone at the club.
Gassed 'em?
Yeah.
Cheers.
Nothing deadly, just
..designed to shit people up.
Do you think Vasil was behind it?
Yeah.
Harry thinks not.
Who does he think it is?
Jury's out.
What if it's a message - a warning?
Yeah.
Vasil giving us a big
"fuck you."
Yeah, but what if it isn't?
Hey
Hey, come on. Come on.
Nobody knows you're here.
Yeah?
We're good.
We're good.
What are we going to do about Vasil?
Hmm
You're worried about Harry.
Yeah.
He's always done right by me.
You're a man of your word,
but you're not kids any more.
Keeping hold of promises you
made years ago,
maybe it's holding you back.
You should trust your instinct.
OK.
So
..we find a way to make back the
100K we're losing from Beizzat
..and maybe this is the opportunity
we've been waiting for
..to take Vasil out.
Let's do it.
Alastair Boardman is
20 years old,
he is a politics
student at Bradford Met university,
and he is also Chief Constable
Jonathan Boardman's son.
His last known communication was
eight hours ago,
when he texted a friend to say he'd
arrived home safely.
We have reason to
believe that the killer took
Alastair from his home at roughly
12 midnight.
Excuse me. Yeah.
DS Conway.
Hi, DS Armitage.
OK.
We're all running on fumes.
I get that.
But I need you to pull through,
and get on with this
like your lives depend on it,
because Alastair's certainly does.
First priority, the van our suspect
was seen leaving in.
MUSIC AND CHATTER ON PHONE
SCREAMING ON PHONE
The UKCA has been asked to take over
the investigation
now that it
involves the Chief Constable's son.
It'll take your team 48
hours to get up to speed
in an investigation that
HMET are already on top of.
You've got two dead,
and a missing person.
I wouldn't call that
"on top of things."
Vital evidence was also
tampered with
And it gave us a head start, which
nearly got us our suspect, so
..I'm happy to
stand by my decision as SIO.
Boardman has overseen the arrest
and imprisonment of some of
Bradford's biggest drug suppliers.
We believe Alastair's abduction is
a personally motivated
attack on the Chief Constable.
DCI Virdee, you and Mr Boardman
worked closely
on a number of drugs
cases, is that correct? Correct.
My team will conduct a full
assessment
of Boardman's case history.
You'll be on hand to answer queries,
but as of this moment,
you're not to actively pursue any
leads in this investigation
without my specific authorisation.
We'll conduct the press briefing.
Is that strictly necessary?
I understand you've
been on duty all night.
I suggest you take this opportunity
to go home and get some rest.
You will be needed later, to help
co-ordinate your files with ours.
Are we really going to
stand down from this?
No, not now we're not.
I mean, it'll take 'em 24
hours to get up to speed.
Let's use that time. Yeah.
What else have we got?
The wasps.
There's got to be something there.
Yeah.
Entomology report landed
an hour ago.
Insect is a tarantula hawk,
otherwise known as a spider wasp.
It's a parasitoid.
It'll sting a tarantula,
then lay a single egg inside,
using the spider as a living host
to incubate the larvae.
They're obviously not
native to the UK.
Entomology believes this particular
species was imported from Asia.
Right.
Contact the Animal
and Plant Health Agency,
see if anybody's submitted a
licence to import hawk wasps.
I mean, it's a long shot
but it's worth a try.
SAIMA: Take him to ward three,
please.
All right?
Can you see to this man, please.
Fancy a cuppa?
You look like you could use one.
Thanks, Bertie.
What would I do without you?
I heard that divorce in Islam
is like three words?
So get rid of the fella
and I'm all yours.
You're too late, mate.
She's chosen me. Fair enough.
I ain't got the moves to compete
with you, Bertie.
Thanks, Bertie.
I needed that.
In a bit. Toodle-pip.
How was it in there?
Oh, shit.
How's it out there?
Not good.
Look, I'm sorry about last night.
I couldn't let go of me own shit
to be there for you.
You're missing the point, Harry.
It's not your shit.
It's ours.
We're supposed to deal with
this together.
You're right.
PAGER BEEPS
Oh
Oh, fuck.
I've got to get back in.
Right. I'll walk in with you. Right.
What time do you finish?
No idea. Until I can't see straight,
probably. Why?
I need to talk to you about summat.
Sounds serious.
Divorce?
Never. Good.
Fish and chips and a chat?
You're on. Mushy peas, curry sauce?
I think you had enough curry
sauce the other night? Oh
Too soon?!
Yeah.
THEY LAUGH
Who's that nurse? That's Sister
Hyatt and her husband, Harry.
UNTRANSLATED ARGUING
Sorry, er
We've found you a bed on CCU.
You'll be able to recover
from your stent procedure there.
I've got to head,
but I just wanted to say goodbye.
Would you say you're honest,
Simran?
Maybe she has to rush off because
it is time for her midday prayers?
He knows who you are.
Right.
No.
I should've told you who I was.
But after the way you've treated me
and Harry,
are you really that surprised?
I am the same person
I was yesterday.
Maybe you should ask yourself how
you could call me Beti then,
but not today.
UNTRANSLATED ARGUING
RIAZ: You feeling all right?
Why?
Almost took my head off in there.
Well, if you spent less time
on horses and more time training
Fuck off.
Listen, you drop your guard, you get
hit.
I'm not going to let the
club attack go unanswered.
Vasil will get his,
I just need to work out details.
And, no,
I don't need Harry's permission.
Talk to you later.
See you later.
ENGINE STARTS
Yo, can I have a word?
That depends.
What do you want?
My name's Ateeq Farooqi.
You're that missing kid.
I want to join Bradford West.
No idea what you're
talking about, mate.
Come on, we all know you're the guy.
Enzo, I followed you here.
Oh, aye?
I heard about the club attack.
Vasil's crew are laughing at you.
You need to hit 'em back twice as
hard, so you can keep your respect.
I got intel.
I know where they keep the money.
I can help you.
ENZO CHUCKLES
I got skills and I need to earn.
Yeah?
I can tell you how to
take down Vasil's crew.
RH Cash & Carry.
Four o'clock.
Last night, there were an attack on
Blue Murmur's LGBTQ+ Beizzat night.
If you saw anything suspicious,
no matter how small, DM me.
Look, we're all a community,
Bradford,
we got to look out for each other.
NOTIFICATION BEEPS
CONWAY: Blue Murmur Nightclub is
close to this location,
it's about 2.5km
away from the apartment block.
I'm sorry to see you under these
circumstances, sir.
Please, erm
..tell me everything that
happened last night.
I need to hear it from you,
Harry. Yeah.
PRESS CLAMOUR
REPORTER: Is this drug-related?
Alastair is a kind, thoughtful young
man,
adored by his friends and
family.
I implore anyone who has seen or
heard anything,
to come forward and help us bring
him home.
REPORTER: When did you discover
he was kidnapped?
Whoever is holding my little boy,
the control is all yours here.
You have absolute power to do good,
and I know that you can.
Whatever it is that you
Thank you, sir.
The UKCA are collaborating closely
with Greater Yorkshire Police
to apprehend the suspect.
We have teams out across the city,
and we're engaging with local
communities to gather vital
eyewitness reports.
MOBILE PHONES BUZZ
The suspect in question is also
wanted in connection to the murders
of Priti Parmar
and Tyrone Graves.
BUZZING CONTINUES,
REPORTERS MURMUR
If you have any information
regarding these incidents,
please contact the authorities.
Whilst we urge the public to remain
vigilant,
we would also like to reassure the
people of Bradford
Boss.. ..that UKCA are making this
case our top priority.
She's about to be slaughtered.
Thank you, open to questions now.
Any comment on this video
of Alastair being held in captivity?
Chief Inspector,
can we get a statement on this?
Have you not seen this video?
Come on, sir,
let's get you away from this.
REPORTERS CLAMOUR
CONWAY: Thank you, everyone.
In light of these current
developments, that will be all.
Thank you very much.
What the hell is going on?
Please. Please, let me go.
Please!
So, what now?
We have IT tracing the post.
I'm asking Harry.
DCI Virdee's no longer on this case.
I'm aware of that.
But he and I have a robust
working relationship so,
with all due respect, Ms Armitage,
when I ask for his counsel,
that's what I want.
The killer's using parasites.
Spider wasps, to be precise.
Spider-what?
They lay eggs.
The preferred host is usually
a tarantula, but
..our guy seems to be
incubating them inside human bodies.
We found this at your son's
residence.
A message from him.
Question is, what exactly does it
mean?
Is the parasite the victim,
the killer
..or you?
We'll need a list of past
cases,
potential enemies with the means to
pull off something like this.
Alastair's kidnapping might be
linked to the two murders,
or they could have been staged
to distract us.
Any leads?
Nothing to report on yet, sir.
Now, just because you're here,
doesn't mean we trust you.
Vasil collects big once a month.
And that's tomorrow.
How much are we talking?
I ain't got numbers, but big.
City-wide collection. Mm-hm?
The money gets dropped
off at the freezers at Margalla Cafe
off Auburn Street.
20 minutes later, it's picked up.
Vasil won't be there. Sure?
100%.
And that's your window.
You go in, storm the place,
take the loot
..give me a cut.
50K.
What the hell are you going to do
with all that cash?
There's no way you can wash it all.
That's my business, innit?
AARON: Uncle Riaz! Where are you?
SAIMA: Sh, Aaron, he might be
working!
Hey, come here! Whoa!
Sorry. It's fine!
You said we could visit, and he's
got a habit of holding us to our
promises.
Is that right, big man?
Holding people to promises, eh?
Good lad.
I tell you what,
you see all these toys here?
You can have what you like. Hmm.
How's that sound, yeah?
Wow!
Take your pick.
ENZO: Come on, this way
Oh! You can have that one.
Isn't that Ateeq Farooqi, the lad
who were taken?
Don't know.
Kid wants a job.
Do you want this one?
You want that one? Take it,
then. Take it.
What do you say to Uncle Riaz? Take
it.
You love cars, don't you?
You gave me
SAIMA LAUGHS
He's got sass on him.
Like his mother.
Oh!
Oh, you're good at that.
You're going to spoil him.
I'm allowed to.
I'm his favourite uncle.
Well you would be
if you spent more time with him.
IMITATING HER: "You would be
if you spent more time with him."
And there it is, the Saima
death stare.
Well, there's plenty more
where that came from.
So this is where you spend
all your time, then?
Not all my time.
Ever heard of a paintbrush?
What, have you come all this way
just to have a go?
Well, that's what sisters are for,
in't it?
How's he getting on at school?
Oh
He loves it. Mm?
Already got all the girls chasing
after him. I'll bet.
Little heartbreaker.
Mm.
You know, you can come and see
him
..any time.
Told you, just busy.
Right, I should probably
get him home. Mm.
We'll always be your family, Riaz.
Right, come on, Aaron.
Say bye to Uncle Riaz.
Bye! Come on. See you later, big
man.
Bye! Bye!
Good boy.
That's it.
Hey, do you want to take these?
No, he's had enough sweets,
thank you very much. Wow!
All right.
Go on, then, watch your step.
That's it
See you. See you.
Go on.
UKCA have identified 38
criminals
that Boardman's involved in
sending down,
and they would like us to
assist by going through those files.
They've also had a few
witnesses come forward
whose reports tally with yours.
A man in a gas mask,
on the floor above.
So they've going to the hospital
to interview them.
No, that should be us.
Don't even think about it, Harry.
Go on.
His wife works in A&E.
If anyone asks, that is
why you're both there.
And then send him home.
Go on.
MUSIC PLAYS: This Love
by Diana Drill, Nish
& Mazza On The Track
God, you scared me!
Dare I ask?
Guess who's got a Muzmatch
date tonight.
I need your advice.
What, on your dance moves?
Oi, cheeky.
On what to wear.
What do you think? This one?
Come on, Aaron, let's show
Auntie Nadsy how it's done.
# Don't call me crazy #
Whoo!
DOORBELL RINGS
I'll get it! Oh, thanks.
Who taught you how to do that?
Who taught you how to do that?
My teacher.
Who taught you how to do that?
Who taught you how to do that?
My teacher!
Your teacher?! What teacher?!
My dance class one!
SAIMA SQUEALS AND LAUGHS
DOOR OPENS
Er
SHE CLEARS HER THROA
Come on, Aaron. Erm
Aaron, this is Auntie Jyoti.
Come on
Go on, say hello. Nicely.
Hello, Aaron.
Hello.
It's lovely to meet you.
Come on, mate, let's go play ninjas.
He's He's got the same
smile as my Hardeep.
Lights up a room.
For putting you in this situation.
Thank you.
But you're not the one who
needs to apologise.
All these wasted years.
Broke my heart, ruined his health.
It's not too late to fix it.
They were inseparable,
when Hardeep was small.
I never thought his
anger would last so long
Well, I guess I know where Harry
gets his stubbornness from, then.
THEY CHUCKLE LIGHTLY
Do you want tostay for
a cup of tea?
You could spend some time
with Aaron, if you want.
I'd best get back to the hospital.
But I'd love too, soon.
Yeah, he'd love that.
Here.
Keep it.
Bless you, Beti.
Thank you.
I don't like this.
Why?
She's suspiciously pretty.
THEY CHUCKLE
Shut up.
Look.
It's dangerous out there.
People I know are stepping
out of the game.
There's a killer targeting us.
If Peyvan knows something
Then let me come with you.
You shouldn't go on your own.
Oh, come here.
Look, I won't be on me own, anyway.
Me uncle Harry's coming with me.
Serious? Yeah.
Look, we're meeting in Lister Park.
There'll be plenty of people about.
And I'll share my location
the whole time.
Like I said,
I won't be on me own, so
Come here.
OK. Bye. Bye.
Three interviews, and all they can
give us is, "He wore a gas mask."
Yeah, I could've told them that.
Good luck to the UKCA.
So, time to head off?
Yeah, I'm going to pick up
me missus first, so
Bye, then.
Right. Bye.
Is Saima still here?
Uh, she's finished her shift, Harry.
MESSAGE TONE
MUFFLED SCREAMING
SHE PANTS LIGHTLY
Food's on its way.
Saw me dad
..at the hospital.
How long have you known?
Two days.
What's wrong with him?
He had a heart attack.
You didn't tell me.
I were going to, last night
But you didn't.
I'd have called you the second
he were admitted,
but we were worried about what
Who's we?
Me and your mum.
You spoke to me mum?
She really misses you, Harry.
She turned up here, actually.
She met Aaron
What is going on?
I know
I know this is a lot to process
No.
No, you told me, you stood there,
telling me I have to "share my shit"
and the whole time you're keeping
something like this from me?!
I'm sorry.
I really didn't
feel like I had a choice
You've always got a choice, Saima.
And you chose to lie to me.
No. Yes. No.
I didn't lie to you.
PHONE BUZZES
What's that?
When did it arrive?
It was here when I got home.
It's for you.
What is it?
Detective Virdee.
This is how this is going to go.
You will do as I say or bad things
happen to Alastair.
Got that?
First, I need you to show me
you and your wife's mobile phones.
Switch 'em off and drop
'em to the floor.
Now go outside and get into your
car.
Harry It's all right.
I'm not leaving my family.
Well, take 'em with you.
Drop 'em at the police station.
Then you keep going with me.
Harry Think faster, Virdee,
or Alastair pays the price!
All right! All right!
Get Aaron. We're leaving.
Come on, careful, careful.
That's it.
Harry, please, please, come
inside with us. I can't.
Harry, please,
he might kill you! Please!
I need to hear what you're
saying at all times, detective!
Go!
OK, come on.
What now?
Drive.
PHONE BUZZES
I'm here.
Enter the building.
There's an open door to the left.
Up here.
Harry Virdee.
Now the game begins.
What do you want?
I want to find out what
kind of man you are, Harry.
I want to know how far you'll go to
save that reputation of yours
..parasite.
There's only one way out of this
building, and that's past you.
So you've a choice to make.
You can arrest me, lock me up,
but then HE falls to his death.
Or, you let me go.
And Alastair is safe.
So, what'll it be?
Let the boy go.
That weren't one of the options.
MUFFLED SCREAMS
So, how long do you think he'll
last, Detective?
Your face, DCI Virdee.
Let me see it.
Chaar-Saw-Bees.
He called me "dishonest".
The henna, the wasp,
it's all connected somehow.
I want what you've got.
If you take what I've got,
what happens to us?
I'm just saying I can increase what
you're bringing in.
Grab the bags.
Drive! Drive!
SHOUTING
Oi
KNIFE GASHES FLESH
Do something! Mum!
I didn't even know
they still spoke to each other.
We know Riaz is full of secrets,
but Harry
I didn't think it would come back
on us You fucked me.
No, no, no. You fucked yourself.
Go on, then.
The owner was arrested in 2015 for
illegally owning and breeding
the Indian Red Scorpion.
He's playing with us.
Wanting to see
if we can unravel who he is.
Feels like he's building to
something.
Blockade both sides of the street.
Stand back until everyone's ready.