Virdee (2025) s01e04 Episode Script
Episode 4
1
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It's the old trademark from when
Appleton House was a mill.
This fob's for an apartment
in that complex.
We believe Alastair's abduction
is a personally motivated attack
on the Chief Constable.
GUNFIRE
Come forward and help us
bring him home.
Any comment on this video of
Alastair being held in captivity?
MUFFLED: Please, let me go!
We'll need a list of past cases,
potential enemies
with the means to pull off something
like this.
Vasil's crew are laughing at you.
You need to hit 'em back twice as
hard so you can keep your respect.
The money gets dropped off.
20 minutes later, it's picked up.
That's your window.
Maybe this is the opportunity we've
been waiting for to take Vasil out.
Let's do it.
Here, keep it. Bless you, Beti.
Saw my dad at the hospital.
You didn't tell me.
I don't like this.
Look, we're meeting in Lister Park.
There'll be plenty of people about
and I'll share my location
the whole time.
Harry Virdee. Now the game begins.
Let the boy go.
REPORTER: It was the prelude to the
nightmare of violence
Bradford had dreaded.
Running battles between police
and Asian gangs through the city
centre,
sending shoppers running
for safety
and destroying all
pretensions of civic harmony.
In this continuing summer of racial
violence in Northern towns,
this is yet another victory
for the extremists.
There is no doubt that this is a
battle for Bradford's streets.
There can only be one outcome, one
way these streets can be reclaimed,
and that's by the use of law
and order.
But one has to wonder,
at the end of the evening,
what a cost that's going to be.
GLASS SHATTERS
CAR ALARMS BLARE
DISTANT SHOUTING
SHOUTS APPROACH
MAN: Come on, then!
Stop! I can'tI can't breathe!
Where's your inhaler?
You good?
Come on, we've got to keep going!
I can't. I'm wheezing so bad.
You go!
I'm not leaving you! Come on!
Harry, they're going to kill us!
DISTANT SHOUTS
RIAZ WHEEZES
Riaz! Harry!
You can't hide forever.
You're dead! You're dead!
They're round here somewhere.
You seen what your lot are doing
to our city?
We'll show you who owns Bradford!
Where the fuck did they go?
Come on.
MEN SHOU
Lads!
HE GASPS
HE GRUNTS
Oh, my God!
No, no, no
No, no
Come on, Tara.
Come on.
Come on!
SHE COUGHS
It's all right. It's all right.
COUGHING CONTINUES
Hey, hey, it's OK.
SHE SOBS
MESSAGE ALERT BEEPS
MESSAGE ALERT BEEPS
WHISPERS: Aaron, where did you get
this from?
Uncle Riaz's shop.
Oh, thank God you're OK.
What the hell is going on?
They won't tell me anything.
Thanks for coming.
Are you all right? Mm-hm.
The house is secure.
There's a squad car outside -
it's not going anywhere -
and Harry is at the hospital.
I can take you there now.
Where's Aaron? Is he OK?
He's fine. He's with Nadia.
Come here.
I heard about Tara. I spoke to
the duty doctor. She's stable.
OK, good.
What the fuck happened tonight?
Who were that man on the phone?
I don't know, but I'll find out,
I promise.
We should go home.
You're no good to anyone
if you collapse.
Yeah, I can't. I've got to wait
for Mandip - she's on the way.
She's with Tara. I just saw her.
DISTANT CRASH
Get off me! No, get off me!
DISTANT SHOUTS
She won't let me do anything.
I'll get help.
What's happening? Just, please,
put it down. Tara
You did this to me!
Please, let go of it!
She's likely hallucinating. You did
this to me Tara, it's me, Saima.
The nurse tried to give her
a sedative but she freaked out.
It's all right.
TARA CRIES
Tara, you're safe. Tara.
You're having a panic attack caused
by whatever drugs you were given.
Just let us help you.
Just look at me. I'm right here.
TARA SOBS
It's OK.
It's OK. Look at me. Look at me.
I'm not letting you go.
I'm not letting you go.
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
Who would do this to her?
Is this connected
to your police work?
She'll be sedated until morning.
I'm not going anywhere.
You can use the family room,
if you like,
it'll be more comfortable.
No.
Thank you for what you did for her.
MANDIP SOBS
Sorry.
So SOCO have finished at your house,
and they've collected the envelope
that the phone came in,
so you can go home any time.
Thanks, boss. Thank you.
What if this man turns up at the
house, tries to hurt us?
Look, he won't.
But I need to be there in case
he makes contact again.
Can you stay at your dad's for a few
days, see how we go? Mm.
Tara'll be fine, Harry, trust me.
PHONE RINGS
Yeah?
Mr Boardman? Yeah.
I'm on my way, boss.
HE SIGHS
I've not been around much
since he were a kid.
I can't let him down now.
Do you know who has my son, Harry?
Youyou must have some kind of
working hypothesis.
Are these attacks linked
in some way?
I believe there's a drug connection
to the case.
Priti Parmar and her ex-boyfriend
Xavier were in the business.
Also, both Priti and Tara
had henna on their bodies,
which is being analysed as we speak.
We're pursuing all South Asian
connections.
It could also be a smokescreen.
Right. We don't know who this guy
is, but he's playing with us,
wanting to see if we can unravel
who he is.
Feels like he's building
to something.
This came into HQ an hour ago.
DISTORTED VOICE: I have in my
possession Alastair Boardman.
A few hours ago, I challenged
DCI Virdee to arrest me -
he chose instead to rescue
his niece.
At 4pm today,
I will phone this number.
I want to speak to DCI Virdee,
nobody else.
He sent it from a burner device
on a VPN.
We assume the call at
..four o'clock will follow a
similar pattern.
Harry, have you any idea
why this man
wants to talk to you and only you?
Let's go.
Looks like the kid was right.
Make a move and I'll blow
your fucking head off.
HE GRUNTS
Grab the bags!
Come on, hurry up!
Let's have a look.
That'll do. Move.
Come on, let's bounce!
Come on, then. Come on, slowcoach.
Who's that? Who the bloody hell's
this, now?
It's Vasil's crew. ALL: Oh, shit!
GUNFIRE
Drive! Drive! Drive!
What's this prat doing?
GUNFIRE
Keep going! Keep going! Keep going!
Keep going!
Ah, yeah!
THEY LAUGH
Come on!
MESSAGE ALERT BEEPS
That were good timing.
How you feeling?
Shouldn't you be at home?
I needed to see my wife.
The house were quiet
without you both last night.
I came to see Tara, too.
Of course.
Come here.
Look, I've got to go.
Mm. See you in there.
DISTORTED VOICE: I want to speak to
DCI Virdee, nobody else.
Can I go in? Yeah.
Thank you.
I can't remember much.
I'm not here for that.
I'm here for you.
I never saw his face.
Don't remember a thing.
Great reporter I am.
Tara, we don't have to do this now.
No, it's OK.
It were hot, like, humid,
no air in the room,
just tropical hot.
I think we were below ground.
He had these glass tanks everywhere,
filled with these wasps.
Never seen anything like 'em.
Yeah, that's it.
Thosethings.
There was, like, UV lamps
or something.
This is all great, Tara.
You're being a huge help, all right?
Is there anything else you can
remember about him or Alastair?
Maybe that's enough now, Harry.
Alastair were tied up,
out of it.
I don't know if he were hurt,
or drugged, maybe.
It's fine. OK.
What?
What is it? Um
See there? That's Urdu text.
What does it say?
It'sthree numbers.
4-2-0.
420? Why's he
written that on my neck?
In Urdu, it's "chaar saw bees".
It's slang for dishonest.
They used to call us it growing up
because our shop were
420 Lammington Lane.
Kept accusing us of
overcharging people,
which we were, of course.
Right, get some rest now, please.
Come on, let's leave her alone.
All right, bye. Bye.
Well done.
Nice one.
It's quite the loot. Vasil's going
to feel the pain of this.
Too right. I mean, this will cover
what we lost at the club and some.
It gets distributed.
You what? Is she having a laugh?
Get your missus to wind her neck
in.
Hey. Watch your mouth.
We spread it through community
projects, make a show.
We didn't earn it, so let Vasil see
that we gave it all away.
Are you both off your heads?
There's well over a mill here!
No, she's talking sense.
We only took from him
to draw him to us.
We cover our costs, give the rest
away, really rile him up.
To show him we can hit him
harder than he hit us.
You've been moaning about Harry.
Well, here's your answer.
Now, when Vasil comes for us,
our actions are purely self-defence.
What time's the kid get here?
He's on his way.
I'll go see if I can find him.
OK, it's four o'clock.
PHONE VIBRATES
As before, encrypted, untraceable.
Keep him talking. I'm going
to see if I can hack him.
Share the screen.
Oh!
ALASTAIR BREATHES RAGGEDLY
DISTORTED VOICE: Are you there,
Virdee?
We all want Alastair home safely.
You have the power to
make that happen.
You're right. I have all the power.
So, DCI Virdee
..tell them what you did
..the life you took.
I have your attention, it seems.
Tell them. I don't know what
you're talking about.
Do you know what I have here?
Black Widow.
How long do you think he has,
DCI Virdee?
ALASTAIR WHIMPERS
Oh, shit!
No! Take that thing off him!
Please! Please, you
don't have to do this!
Tell them what you did
..murderer. What's he saying?
What do you know?
Alastair might not have long.
Virdee! All Virdee cares about
is himself.
He'd let the boy die rather than
tell anyone what he did.
What's he saying? What do you know?!
He's telling the truth.
Are you admitting to being a killer?
I said it! Now take it off!
ALASTAIR SOBS
Your face, DCI Virdee,
let me see it.
Chaar saw bees.
Chaar saw bees.
I believe this belongs to you.
No.
I gave that to Harry's mum.
Is that all you've got to say
to me?
You nearly died.
Does that not make you want
to fix things with your son?
He's not my son
..not as long as he's married to
you.
You know, all Harry has ever wanted
to do is make you proud.
He thought you were the
bravest man he knew
..but all I've ever seen is a
coward.
A coward is a man who
abandons his family.
You disowned him.
You have punished
and humiliated him,
all because he broke your rules.
You're a bully and you can't stand
that Harry isn't afraid of you.
I used to feel sorry for you.
But you will never be
worthy of my family.
There you go.
Rich man.
You're holding around 60k there.
What you going to do with
all that dosh?
I ain't giving you 60k.
I don't want the cash.
I want a one-to-one with the boss.
You've got rough hands.
Skin's like sandpaper.
Bosses don't work the shop floor.
You ain't in charge.
You can keep that
..and get me an audience with the
real leader of Bradford West.
You'd pay 60 grand for a chat?
Maybe he's not as smart
as we thought. No.
Why did the Shala crew take you?
Because I did summat
they didn't like.
So why not just kill you?
Can't.
Kids run the game round here.
Kill me and the rest'll walk.
They injected me
with what I used to supply.
Make me an addict
and I'm no threat to no-one.
So you're a junkie now?
I'm on a detox programme.
I'll bounce back from it. Takes more
than drugs to put me down.
So what do you want from me?
A cut.
What do you mean, a cut?
You learned nothing?
Go get a job, do something good.
What? Frying chicken
for minimum wage?
I want what you've got.
And if you take what I've got,
what happens to us?
I ain't looking for trouble.
I'm just saying I can increase
what you're bringing in.
Is it?
Just give me 5% of the BD4 take.
I run that area.
He ain't even on that.
Yeah, well, it's not my problem he's
not smart enough to negotiate.
Hey!
All right, I'll give you a shot.
But no more selling on the streets
for you.
And keep the gold -
the value's climbing.
You start work for me here,
tomorrow.
I'll be there in the afternoon,
show you the ropes. Now piss off.
What the fuck did you just do?
Saw something in him,
might cause me a problem one day.
I have to take this man's
accusation very seriously.
Look, I said what was needed.
I'd have confessed to killing
JFK if it got him to stop.
Boss, youyou don't actually
believe I killed someone?
That will be all, DCI Virdee.
DOOR SLAMS SHU
They're going to suspend me.
The guy thinks he knows me.
He called me dishonest.
The henna, the wasps,
it's all connected somehow.
Well, if it's personal, and it
has an Asian connection
..I'll start with cases you've
worked on
with South Asian offenders.
Pawa.
Pawa?
You've heard of him, right?
Bradford's most violent kingpin.
Career case for you, bringing him
down. Of course.
Me and Boardman worked
that case together.
But Pawa got banged up for life.
He's in India,
in Punjab Central Prison.
There was that extradition order
in 2017.
I need you to contact them.
Get a prison status check,
all right?
We also need a list of every
cellmate Pawa's had.
He were in for two stretches,
2002-2008,
and then when we got him in 2017.
OK. Start with Pawa.
If they suspend you,
do you still expect me to tell you
what I've found out?
Do you honestly think I had anything
to do with Alastair's abduction?
No. There's your answer, then.
Another thing
..Tara said the room she were in
were red hot.
Tropical's the word she used.
He's using UV lights to breed
these wasps -
takes up a lot of electricity.
Who else do we know does that?
Cannabis plant owners.
And how do we get them?
Electricity reports
on unusual consumption.
I'll get in contact with the
electricity providers,
get a list of addresses with
excessive usage in the past
18 months. Anything with a 20% spike
within five miles
of Lister Park, where Tara
was taken from, yeah?
And prioritise remote locations.
All right.
Khalil? Look, you hit
something, you tell me, yeah?
Stay home, Harry.
You need to be contactable.
4-2-0. One hour.
ON PHONE: 4-2-0. One hour.
They're both hiding something.
I didn't even know they still
spoke to each other.
You don't think this is
connected to last night?
I don't know what to think.
It doesn't make sense.
I mean, we know Riaz is full of
secrets, but Harry?
I've seen kids I teach
with burner phones like this -
they're usually selling drugs
or working for dealers.
Why would Harry be doing that?
But Riaz? Face it.
Come on, we don't know the half of
what he went through in prison,
or who he was involved with.
Seven years inside, it changed him,
Sai.
I know.
What are you going to do?
I'm going to figure out
what's going on.
So, with the Urdu henna and the
Asiatic wasps,
DCI Virdee and I believe we should
be looking into all his past cases
involving an Asian perpetrator.
And Pawa's obviously
the most infamous one.
Fine. We need to rule this guy out.
Contact Punjab Central Prison.
SHE GASPS
MACHINE ALARMS BEEP
Lammington Lane? Yeah. Cheers.
This is a video file from
Punjab Central Prison.
PRISON GUARD:
That was Pawa.
PHONE VIBRATES
Cheers, thank you.
DISTANT COMMOTION
SHOUTING
Me mum locked up the shop. Yeah?
We should be all right in here.
What the hell?
THEY GRUN
Oi! Oi!
HARRY GRUNTS
Oi! Oi, get off him!
Come on! Do something!
Riaz?
Mum, call the police!
SHE GRUNTS
Mum!
RIAZ WHIMPERS
Oi. Get off him.
THEY GROAN
GROANING
HE SCREAMS
Fu
HE PANTS
HE GASPS FOR AIR
No, no, no, no, no, no!
HE WHIMPERS
HE GROANS
What are we doing here, Harry?
Who'd you tell?
You told someone.
No. Why?
The guy who took Alastair Boardman
calls me at the police station,
torturing the kid live on the phone,
tells me to confess,
calls me "chaar saw bees".
420, this place.
Did you tell Pawa?
Pawa? Don't fuck with me, Riaz.
When you were inside with him,
did you slip up,
tell him something you shouldn't
have? No.
Are you sure about that?
WHISPERS: I can't fucking believe
this
In prison, he were my first
cell mate - you know this.
18 and they stuck me in there with
him.
How could you be so fucking stupid?
You don't know what it
were like for me,
full of psychos and violent
offenders, and the
I were a kid. I was scared.
I was scared of what he'd do
to me, so I told him.
I didn't think it would come back
on us!
You fucked me. No. No, no, no.
You fucked yourself, right?
Let's be honest, shall we?
Paul King, right?
Paul King, you didn't need to kill
him. You lost it.
Or maybe you just wanted to, hmm?
Go on, then. Go on.
I should have burned this shithole
down years ago.
You checked the bastard's
still in prison?
Got visual confirmation, but
..something still feels off.
Well, I took out his entire network,
no point hunting there.
So who's left?
Only those who helped put him away.
What were the name of that guy,
the accountant?
What, Henford?
Yeah.
You focus on him
and I'll see what I can find out.
Come on.
HE GURGLES AND CHOKES
She's breathing.
Swap clothes with me.
Harry, give me your clothes
and leave.
What are you talking about?
I am not letting you take the blame.
COMMOTION OUTSIDE
W-we'll explain it.
Self-defence, he's off his face on
something. The police will
Lock you up
and throw away the key.
Listen to what's going on out there.
Bradford's burning.
I don't want people knowing I was
too chicken shit
to protect me own mum. Riaz
I'll be an embarrassment!
You've saved me enough times.
It's my turn now.
No. No, I can't!
I did this, Riaz, this was me.
I did this!
Nobody knows you're here.
Me mum didn't see you.
Just give me your clothes and leave!
Don't let me be that guy
who couldn't even save his own mum.
Please, Harry.
It's my izzat.
HE SNIFFLES
COMMOTION CONTINUES
INDISTINCT CHATTER
Ma'am.
So, I've been doing a check on
properties within five miles
of Lister Park that are using more
than 20% of their usual electricity,
just like we do with cannabis farms.
In Tara's statement, she spoke about
seeing spider wasp tanks
and UV lights,
and these seven addresses
match the profile.
That one highlighted is most
significant -
it's a 40% spike in usage.
And the owner, Visam Bhuchar,
was arrested in 2015
for illegally owning
and breeding Mesobuthus tamulus -
it's the Indian red scorpion.
Not spider wasps, but a red flag.
Absolutely.
Visam Bhuchar has a long
list of pre-cons,
he was even arrested twice
by Boardman when he was a detective.
Did you have something for us,
DS Amin?
I want a full team ready to go in
30 minutes.
This could be our guy.
Well done.
What are you doing here, Saima?
What have you got yourself into,
Riaz?
Are you in trouble?
No.
Is Harry involved?
Involved in what?
Found this hidden in his car.
So what?
It's got one number saved in it.
Belongs to this.
Aaron took it from your desk
yesterday.
I need you to tell me the truth,
Riaz.
Stop.
Come on.
Just because you don't tell us
what you do
doesn't mean we don't see it.
Whatever mess you're in,
whoever your working for
..you keep Harry out of it.
You see, you don't know what you're
talking about, all right?
Back off.
Go home.
GO HOME!
Hello, TMB Accountancy.
Hiya, could I speak to
Matthew Henford, please?
I'm sorry, Matthew doesn't work here
any more.
He's left the company?
Yes, six months ago.
All right, any idea which
accountancy firm he moved to?
He's working from home nowadays.
Got it. Thanks for your help.
This is the house of our suspect,
Visam Bhuchar.
Bhuchar has priors for drug
offences,
armed robbery and assault.
He was arrested twice by
Chief Constable Jonathan Boardman
when Boardman was a detective
working in serious crimes,
so he has motive.
We'll be going in strong
with armed support.
You all have your briefing
documents. Yep. Yeah.
Any questions?
All good. I'm all good.
Let's get to it.
Come on, everyone.
Visam Bhuchar should be considered
armed and dangerous.
Blockade both sides of the street.
Stand back until everyone's ready.
HARRY: Boss, listen to me.
I know I'm suspended,
you can fire me later,
but I need assistance at an address.
Green Manor Farm, Baildon -
it's Matthew Henford's place.
He was Pawa's accountant and
something's not right.
Harry, we are at a suspect's house.
We have credible intel and I cannot
speak to you about this.
Go home.
I just
SHE HANGS UP
Armed police! Armed police!
Armed police!
It's empty. Alastair isn't here.
Just a few cannabis plants.
CHITTERING
WHIMPERING
Alastair. Alastair!
I'm going to get you out of here.
ALASTAIR MUMBLES
HE MUMBLES MORE INTENSELY
I intend to surrender
..on one non-negotiable condition.
DCI Harry Virdee.
Sir, our job isn't to give
criminals what they want.
Our job is to save my son.
Do you not think all this is
connected?
What do you mean?
I don't think Harry and Riaz
are the men we think they are.
Take out this Riaz Hyatt.
Riaz!
GUNSHOTS
.
It's the old trademark from when
Appleton House was a mill.
This fob's for an apartment
in that complex.
We believe Alastair's abduction
is a personally motivated attack
on the Chief Constable.
GUNFIRE
Come forward and help us
bring him home.
Any comment on this video of
Alastair being held in captivity?
MUFFLED: Please, let me go!
We'll need a list of past cases,
potential enemies
with the means to pull off something
like this.
Vasil's crew are laughing at you.
You need to hit 'em back twice as
hard so you can keep your respect.
The money gets dropped off.
20 minutes later, it's picked up.
That's your window.
Maybe this is the opportunity we've
been waiting for to take Vasil out.
Let's do it.
Here, keep it. Bless you, Beti.
Saw my dad at the hospital.
You didn't tell me.
I don't like this.
Look, we're meeting in Lister Park.
There'll be plenty of people about
and I'll share my location
the whole time.
Harry Virdee. Now the game begins.
Let the boy go.
REPORTER: It was the prelude to the
nightmare of violence
Bradford had dreaded.
Running battles between police
and Asian gangs through the city
centre,
sending shoppers running
for safety
and destroying all
pretensions of civic harmony.
In this continuing summer of racial
violence in Northern towns,
this is yet another victory
for the extremists.
There is no doubt that this is a
battle for Bradford's streets.
There can only be one outcome, one
way these streets can be reclaimed,
and that's by the use of law
and order.
But one has to wonder,
at the end of the evening,
what a cost that's going to be.
GLASS SHATTERS
CAR ALARMS BLARE
DISTANT SHOUTING
SHOUTS APPROACH
MAN: Come on, then!
Stop! I can'tI can't breathe!
Where's your inhaler?
You good?
Come on, we've got to keep going!
I can't. I'm wheezing so bad.
You go!
I'm not leaving you! Come on!
Harry, they're going to kill us!
DISTANT SHOUTS
RIAZ WHEEZES
Riaz! Harry!
You can't hide forever.
You're dead! You're dead!
They're round here somewhere.
You seen what your lot are doing
to our city?
We'll show you who owns Bradford!
Where the fuck did they go?
Come on.
MEN SHOU
Lads!
HE GASPS
HE GRUNTS
Oh, my God!
No, no, no
No, no
Come on, Tara.
Come on.
Come on!
SHE COUGHS
It's all right. It's all right.
COUGHING CONTINUES
Hey, hey, it's OK.
SHE SOBS
MESSAGE ALERT BEEPS
MESSAGE ALERT BEEPS
WHISPERS: Aaron, where did you get
this from?
Uncle Riaz's shop.
Oh, thank God you're OK.
What the hell is going on?
They won't tell me anything.
Thanks for coming.
Are you all right? Mm-hm.
The house is secure.
There's a squad car outside -
it's not going anywhere -
and Harry is at the hospital.
I can take you there now.
Where's Aaron? Is he OK?
He's fine. He's with Nadia.
Come here.
I heard about Tara. I spoke to
the duty doctor. She's stable.
OK, good.
What the fuck happened tonight?
Who were that man on the phone?
I don't know, but I'll find out,
I promise.
We should go home.
You're no good to anyone
if you collapse.
Yeah, I can't. I've got to wait
for Mandip - she's on the way.
She's with Tara. I just saw her.
DISTANT CRASH
Get off me! No, get off me!
DISTANT SHOUTS
She won't let me do anything.
I'll get help.
What's happening? Just, please,
put it down. Tara
You did this to me!
Please, let go of it!
She's likely hallucinating. You did
this to me Tara, it's me, Saima.
The nurse tried to give her
a sedative but she freaked out.
It's all right.
TARA CRIES
Tara, you're safe. Tara.
You're having a panic attack caused
by whatever drugs you were given.
Just let us help you.
Just look at me. I'm right here.
TARA SOBS
It's OK.
It's OK. Look at me. Look at me.
I'm not letting you go.
I'm not letting you go.
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
Who would do this to her?
Is this connected
to your police work?
She'll be sedated until morning.
I'm not going anywhere.
You can use the family room,
if you like,
it'll be more comfortable.
No.
Thank you for what you did for her.
MANDIP SOBS
Sorry.
So SOCO have finished at your house,
and they've collected the envelope
that the phone came in,
so you can go home any time.
Thanks, boss. Thank you.
What if this man turns up at the
house, tries to hurt us?
Look, he won't.
But I need to be there in case
he makes contact again.
Can you stay at your dad's for a few
days, see how we go? Mm.
Tara'll be fine, Harry, trust me.
PHONE RINGS
Yeah?
Mr Boardman? Yeah.
I'm on my way, boss.
HE SIGHS
I've not been around much
since he were a kid.
I can't let him down now.
Do you know who has my son, Harry?
Youyou must have some kind of
working hypothesis.
Are these attacks linked
in some way?
I believe there's a drug connection
to the case.
Priti Parmar and her ex-boyfriend
Xavier were in the business.
Also, both Priti and Tara
had henna on their bodies,
which is being analysed as we speak.
We're pursuing all South Asian
connections.
It could also be a smokescreen.
Right. We don't know who this guy
is, but he's playing with us,
wanting to see if we can unravel
who he is.
Feels like he's building
to something.
This came into HQ an hour ago.
DISTORTED VOICE: I have in my
possession Alastair Boardman.
A few hours ago, I challenged
DCI Virdee to arrest me -
he chose instead to rescue
his niece.
At 4pm today,
I will phone this number.
I want to speak to DCI Virdee,
nobody else.
He sent it from a burner device
on a VPN.
We assume the call at
..four o'clock will follow a
similar pattern.
Harry, have you any idea
why this man
wants to talk to you and only you?
Let's go.
Looks like the kid was right.
Make a move and I'll blow
your fucking head off.
HE GRUNTS
Grab the bags!
Come on, hurry up!
Let's have a look.
That'll do. Move.
Come on, let's bounce!
Come on, then. Come on, slowcoach.
Who's that? Who the bloody hell's
this, now?
It's Vasil's crew. ALL: Oh, shit!
GUNFIRE
Drive! Drive! Drive!
What's this prat doing?
GUNFIRE
Keep going! Keep going! Keep going!
Keep going!
Ah, yeah!
THEY LAUGH
Come on!
MESSAGE ALERT BEEPS
That were good timing.
How you feeling?
Shouldn't you be at home?
I needed to see my wife.
The house were quiet
without you both last night.
I came to see Tara, too.
Of course.
Come here.
Look, I've got to go.
Mm. See you in there.
DISTORTED VOICE: I want to speak to
DCI Virdee, nobody else.
Can I go in? Yeah.
Thank you.
I can't remember much.
I'm not here for that.
I'm here for you.
I never saw his face.
Don't remember a thing.
Great reporter I am.
Tara, we don't have to do this now.
No, it's OK.
It were hot, like, humid,
no air in the room,
just tropical hot.
I think we were below ground.
He had these glass tanks everywhere,
filled with these wasps.
Never seen anything like 'em.
Yeah, that's it.
Thosethings.
There was, like, UV lamps
or something.
This is all great, Tara.
You're being a huge help, all right?
Is there anything else you can
remember about him or Alastair?
Maybe that's enough now, Harry.
Alastair were tied up,
out of it.
I don't know if he were hurt,
or drugged, maybe.
It's fine. OK.
What?
What is it? Um
See there? That's Urdu text.
What does it say?
It'sthree numbers.
4-2-0.
420? Why's he
written that on my neck?
In Urdu, it's "chaar saw bees".
It's slang for dishonest.
They used to call us it growing up
because our shop were
420 Lammington Lane.
Kept accusing us of
overcharging people,
which we were, of course.
Right, get some rest now, please.
Come on, let's leave her alone.
All right, bye. Bye.
Well done.
Nice one.
It's quite the loot. Vasil's going
to feel the pain of this.
Too right. I mean, this will cover
what we lost at the club and some.
It gets distributed.
You what? Is she having a laugh?
Get your missus to wind her neck
in.
Hey. Watch your mouth.
We spread it through community
projects, make a show.
We didn't earn it, so let Vasil see
that we gave it all away.
Are you both off your heads?
There's well over a mill here!
No, she's talking sense.
We only took from him
to draw him to us.
We cover our costs, give the rest
away, really rile him up.
To show him we can hit him
harder than he hit us.
You've been moaning about Harry.
Well, here's your answer.
Now, when Vasil comes for us,
our actions are purely self-defence.
What time's the kid get here?
He's on his way.
I'll go see if I can find him.
OK, it's four o'clock.
PHONE VIBRATES
As before, encrypted, untraceable.
Keep him talking. I'm going
to see if I can hack him.
Share the screen.
Oh!
ALASTAIR BREATHES RAGGEDLY
DISTORTED VOICE: Are you there,
Virdee?
We all want Alastair home safely.
You have the power to
make that happen.
You're right. I have all the power.
So, DCI Virdee
..tell them what you did
..the life you took.
I have your attention, it seems.
Tell them. I don't know what
you're talking about.
Do you know what I have here?
Black Widow.
How long do you think he has,
DCI Virdee?
ALASTAIR WHIMPERS
Oh, shit!
No! Take that thing off him!
Please! Please, you
don't have to do this!
Tell them what you did
..murderer. What's he saying?
What do you know?
Alastair might not have long.
Virdee! All Virdee cares about
is himself.
He'd let the boy die rather than
tell anyone what he did.
What's he saying? What do you know?!
He's telling the truth.
Are you admitting to being a killer?
I said it! Now take it off!
ALASTAIR SOBS
Your face, DCI Virdee,
let me see it.
Chaar saw bees.
Chaar saw bees.
I believe this belongs to you.
No.
I gave that to Harry's mum.
Is that all you've got to say
to me?
You nearly died.
Does that not make you want
to fix things with your son?
He's not my son
..not as long as he's married to
you.
You know, all Harry has ever wanted
to do is make you proud.
He thought you were the
bravest man he knew
..but all I've ever seen is a
coward.
A coward is a man who
abandons his family.
You disowned him.
You have punished
and humiliated him,
all because he broke your rules.
You're a bully and you can't stand
that Harry isn't afraid of you.
I used to feel sorry for you.
But you will never be
worthy of my family.
There you go.
Rich man.
You're holding around 60k there.
What you going to do with
all that dosh?
I ain't giving you 60k.
I don't want the cash.
I want a one-to-one with the boss.
You've got rough hands.
Skin's like sandpaper.
Bosses don't work the shop floor.
You ain't in charge.
You can keep that
..and get me an audience with the
real leader of Bradford West.
You'd pay 60 grand for a chat?
Maybe he's not as smart
as we thought. No.
Why did the Shala crew take you?
Because I did summat
they didn't like.
So why not just kill you?
Can't.
Kids run the game round here.
Kill me and the rest'll walk.
They injected me
with what I used to supply.
Make me an addict
and I'm no threat to no-one.
So you're a junkie now?
I'm on a detox programme.
I'll bounce back from it. Takes more
than drugs to put me down.
So what do you want from me?
A cut.
What do you mean, a cut?
You learned nothing?
Go get a job, do something good.
What? Frying chicken
for minimum wage?
I want what you've got.
And if you take what I've got,
what happens to us?
I ain't looking for trouble.
I'm just saying I can increase
what you're bringing in.
Is it?
Just give me 5% of the BD4 take.
I run that area.
He ain't even on that.
Yeah, well, it's not my problem he's
not smart enough to negotiate.
Hey!
All right, I'll give you a shot.
But no more selling on the streets
for you.
And keep the gold -
the value's climbing.
You start work for me here,
tomorrow.
I'll be there in the afternoon,
show you the ropes. Now piss off.
What the fuck did you just do?
Saw something in him,
might cause me a problem one day.
I have to take this man's
accusation very seriously.
Look, I said what was needed.
I'd have confessed to killing
JFK if it got him to stop.
Boss, youyou don't actually
believe I killed someone?
That will be all, DCI Virdee.
DOOR SLAMS SHU
They're going to suspend me.
The guy thinks he knows me.
He called me dishonest.
The henna, the wasps,
it's all connected somehow.
Well, if it's personal, and it
has an Asian connection
..I'll start with cases you've
worked on
with South Asian offenders.
Pawa.
Pawa?
You've heard of him, right?
Bradford's most violent kingpin.
Career case for you, bringing him
down. Of course.
Me and Boardman worked
that case together.
But Pawa got banged up for life.
He's in India,
in Punjab Central Prison.
There was that extradition order
in 2017.
I need you to contact them.
Get a prison status check,
all right?
We also need a list of every
cellmate Pawa's had.
He were in for two stretches,
2002-2008,
and then when we got him in 2017.
OK. Start with Pawa.
If they suspend you,
do you still expect me to tell you
what I've found out?
Do you honestly think I had anything
to do with Alastair's abduction?
No. There's your answer, then.
Another thing
..Tara said the room she were in
were red hot.
Tropical's the word she used.
He's using UV lights to breed
these wasps -
takes up a lot of electricity.
Who else do we know does that?
Cannabis plant owners.
And how do we get them?
Electricity reports
on unusual consumption.
I'll get in contact with the
electricity providers,
get a list of addresses with
excessive usage in the past
18 months. Anything with a 20% spike
within five miles
of Lister Park, where Tara
was taken from, yeah?
And prioritise remote locations.
All right.
Khalil? Look, you hit
something, you tell me, yeah?
Stay home, Harry.
You need to be contactable.
4-2-0. One hour.
ON PHONE: 4-2-0. One hour.
They're both hiding something.
I didn't even know they still
spoke to each other.
You don't think this is
connected to last night?
I don't know what to think.
It doesn't make sense.
I mean, we know Riaz is full of
secrets, but Harry?
I've seen kids I teach
with burner phones like this -
they're usually selling drugs
or working for dealers.
Why would Harry be doing that?
But Riaz? Face it.
Come on, we don't know the half of
what he went through in prison,
or who he was involved with.
Seven years inside, it changed him,
Sai.
I know.
What are you going to do?
I'm going to figure out
what's going on.
So, with the Urdu henna and the
Asiatic wasps,
DCI Virdee and I believe we should
be looking into all his past cases
involving an Asian perpetrator.
And Pawa's obviously
the most infamous one.
Fine. We need to rule this guy out.
Contact Punjab Central Prison.
SHE GASPS
MACHINE ALARMS BEEP
Lammington Lane? Yeah. Cheers.
This is a video file from
Punjab Central Prison.
PRISON GUARD:
That was Pawa.
PHONE VIBRATES
Cheers, thank you.
DISTANT COMMOTION
SHOUTING
Me mum locked up the shop. Yeah?
We should be all right in here.
What the hell?
THEY GRUN
Oi! Oi!
HARRY GRUNTS
Oi! Oi, get off him!
Come on! Do something!
Riaz?
Mum, call the police!
SHE GRUNTS
Mum!
RIAZ WHIMPERS
Oi. Get off him.
THEY GROAN
GROANING
HE SCREAMS
Fu
HE PANTS
HE GASPS FOR AIR
No, no, no, no, no, no!
HE WHIMPERS
HE GROANS
What are we doing here, Harry?
Who'd you tell?
You told someone.
No. Why?
The guy who took Alastair Boardman
calls me at the police station,
torturing the kid live on the phone,
tells me to confess,
calls me "chaar saw bees".
420, this place.
Did you tell Pawa?
Pawa? Don't fuck with me, Riaz.
When you were inside with him,
did you slip up,
tell him something you shouldn't
have? No.
Are you sure about that?
WHISPERS: I can't fucking believe
this
In prison, he were my first
cell mate - you know this.
18 and they stuck me in there with
him.
How could you be so fucking stupid?
You don't know what it
were like for me,
full of psychos and violent
offenders, and the
I were a kid. I was scared.
I was scared of what he'd do
to me, so I told him.
I didn't think it would come back
on us!
You fucked me. No. No, no, no.
You fucked yourself, right?
Let's be honest, shall we?
Paul King, right?
Paul King, you didn't need to kill
him. You lost it.
Or maybe you just wanted to, hmm?
Go on, then. Go on.
I should have burned this shithole
down years ago.
You checked the bastard's
still in prison?
Got visual confirmation, but
..something still feels off.
Well, I took out his entire network,
no point hunting there.
So who's left?
Only those who helped put him away.
What were the name of that guy,
the accountant?
What, Henford?
Yeah.
You focus on him
and I'll see what I can find out.
Come on.
HE GURGLES AND CHOKES
She's breathing.
Swap clothes with me.
Harry, give me your clothes
and leave.
What are you talking about?
I am not letting you take the blame.
COMMOTION OUTSIDE
W-we'll explain it.
Self-defence, he's off his face on
something. The police will
Lock you up
and throw away the key.
Listen to what's going on out there.
Bradford's burning.
I don't want people knowing I was
too chicken shit
to protect me own mum. Riaz
I'll be an embarrassment!
You've saved me enough times.
It's my turn now.
No. No, I can't!
I did this, Riaz, this was me.
I did this!
Nobody knows you're here.
Me mum didn't see you.
Just give me your clothes and leave!
Don't let me be that guy
who couldn't even save his own mum.
Please, Harry.
It's my izzat.
HE SNIFFLES
COMMOTION CONTINUES
INDISTINCT CHATTER
Ma'am.
So, I've been doing a check on
properties within five miles
of Lister Park that are using more
than 20% of their usual electricity,
just like we do with cannabis farms.
In Tara's statement, she spoke about
seeing spider wasp tanks
and UV lights,
and these seven addresses
match the profile.
That one highlighted is most
significant -
it's a 40% spike in usage.
And the owner, Visam Bhuchar,
was arrested in 2015
for illegally owning
and breeding Mesobuthus tamulus -
it's the Indian red scorpion.
Not spider wasps, but a red flag.
Absolutely.
Visam Bhuchar has a long
list of pre-cons,
he was even arrested twice
by Boardman when he was a detective.
Did you have something for us,
DS Amin?
I want a full team ready to go in
30 minutes.
This could be our guy.
Well done.
What are you doing here, Saima?
What have you got yourself into,
Riaz?
Are you in trouble?
No.
Is Harry involved?
Involved in what?
Found this hidden in his car.
So what?
It's got one number saved in it.
Belongs to this.
Aaron took it from your desk
yesterday.
I need you to tell me the truth,
Riaz.
Stop.
Come on.
Just because you don't tell us
what you do
doesn't mean we don't see it.
Whatever mess you're in,
whoever your working for
..you keep Harry out of it.
You see, you don't know what you're
talking about, all right?
Back off.
Go home.
GO HOME!
Hello, TMB Accountancy.
Hiya, could I speak to
Matthew Henford, please?
I'm sorry, Matthew doesn't work here
any more.
He's left the company?
Yes, six months ago.
All right, any idea which
accountancy firm he moved to?
He's working from home nowadays.
Got it. Thanks for your help.
This is the house of our suspect,
Visam Bhuchar.
Bhuchar has priors for drug
offences,
armed robbery and assault.
He was arrested twice by
Chief Constable Jonathan Boardman
when Boardman was a detective
working in serious crimes,
so he has motive.
We'll be going in strong
with armed support.
You all have your briefing
documents. Yep. Yeah.
Any questions?
All good. I'm all good.
Let's get to it.
Come on, everyone.
Visam Bhuchar should be considered
armed and dangerous.
Blockade both sides of the street.
Stand back until everyone's ready.
HARRY: Boss, listen to me.
I know I'm suspended,
you can fire me later,
but I need assistance at an address.
Green Manor Farm, Baildon -
it's Matthew Henford's place.
He was Pawa's accountant and
something's not right.
Harry, we are at a suspect's house.
We have credible intel and I cannot
speak to you about this.
Go home.
I just
SHE HANGS UP
Armed police! Armed police!
Armed police!
It's empty. Alastair isn't here.
Just a few cannabis plants.
CHITTERING
WHIMPERING
Alastair. Alastair!
I'm going to get you out of here.
ALASTAIR MUMBLES
HE MUMBLES MORE INTENSELY
I intend to surrender
..on one non-negotiable condition.
DCI Harry Virdee.
Sir, our job isn't to give
criminals what they want.
Our job is to save my son.
Do you not think all this is
connected?
What do you mean?
I don't think Harry and Riaz
are the men we think they are.
Take out this Riaz Hyatt.
Riaz!
GUNSHOTS