Rogue Agent

The police investigation continues

at Trent Hamilton Agricultural College in Shropshire,

after one of its students was arrested for membership of the IRA.

The authorities are concerned that Kevin Barry, 22, from County Tyrone,

may have been part of a wider IRA cell operating in the area.

Just drive on through, sir.

There's a trick that spies use.

He told me they learn it on their first day of training.

If you want to make an instant connection with someone,

look into their eyes,

just long enough to register their eye color.

- Hi. - Hi.

Uh... I'm here about the job.

- Yeah. Come in. - Thanks.

He said it works every time.

He learned how to hide in plain sight.

How to read people.

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Are you sure I can't buy you a drink?

I don't drink.

He learned how to recruit the right people.

Listen, Ian.

There is something I've been meaning to talk to you about.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

You and your friends.

Not here, though.

How to persuade them.

You're a spy?

I... I'm an officer in the British security services.

The IRA cell have been installed here at Trent Hamilton for over a year.

They are posing as students.

Stealing fertilizer to create bombs.

As you know,

one of them was recently caught back in Ireland,

trying to blow up a police station.

And the others are still here, on active service.

Bloody hell.

Can't believe this is happening.

But...

Sorry.

What can we do about it?

Plenty.

Get close to them in ways that I can't.

Find out things that could really help our investigation.

No.

I'm sorry, no.

Sophie.

Sit down.

Sit.

If you help me do my job,

it will save lives.

I promise you that.

Men.

Women.

Children.

Just read...

- Hey. - Hey.

- Hey. - How you doing?

- Grand. You? - Good.

He said that espionage is storytelling.

Sláinte!

And everyone has a story they want to be told.

Never heard of it.

Tonight is the night.

Tonight, we put into practice everything I have taught you.

Over the last three months.

And remember, this is not a test.

There is no room for failure.

Okay?

Sophie, Mae.

What's your role?

To clear the house.

Get everyone out.

- But there's a moment you have to act. - Well, listen!

- And that is the moment of maximum risk. - On that note, I have an announcement.

So I think we should all go across the road to the Swan,

where I'll buy everyone a round.

Yes!

And that's an offer we can't refuse. Let's go!

Let's go!

Come on!

In that world, duplicity is a necessity.

Niall, I'm gonna use your toilet.

- Go in the pub. - Mate, I'm bursting.

- I'll follow you over in a sec. - Fine. It's upstairs.

- Cool. Ready? - We ready?

- Let's go, guys! - Let's go.

- I left my jacket here. - You're paranoid.

I don't like that, there's no surprise.

- Then I can surprise you. - Surprise me!

- Nah, I'm not doing that. - Oh, yeah!

Can you get me a pint of water?

But the greater the ruse, the bigger the risk.

Oh shit. I forgot my wallet.

- Doesn't matter. I'm buying. - I'll just be a minute.

- You can just get it later. - It's fine, honestly.

Oh, come on.

See you.

You didn't take a shit, did you?

Yeah, there was nothing there.

Thank you.

- Cheers, everyone. - Cheers.

His world was thrilling and mysterious.

But it came at a cost.

Sophie.

Sophie.

Sophie, get up. Get up!

- What? - We've been compromised.

We're extracting. You need to get up.

- What? - They know about us.

About you. Okay? They know.

Sophie..- No!

You do not have a choice.

They could be here any second. Get up. Come on.

A cost to him...

and to others.

- What happens now? - I don't know.

- You don't know? - I don't know.

I never had an agent compromised before.

But I promise you, I will protect you.

I will keep you safe.

Anyone who entered that world left behind the lives they had before.

People they once were.

That was the price they had to pay.

So you have it?

And what does it say?

Perfect.

Oh, yeah. Usual place.

No, she's a beautiful car.

Beautiful. She won't let you down. She's simple, elegant.

- You've made the right decision. - Mmm.

Believe me. It's a whole new world.

Thank you.

So, Andrew, where is she?

You know what the trains are like.

- Come on. - She travels by train?

Alice, welcome.

Nice of you to join us.

There's been a development.

An email chain between senior managers at the bank

proving they did indeed verbally agree with you

to waive the security over the assets.

An agreement that they not only failed to disclose,

but it now seems, have actively tried to cover up,

which is potentially criminal on their part.

Certainly, it blows their case out of the water.

How did we...

I rather feel a celebration is in order.

I must say, Alice, I'm most impressed.

Thank you.

And you're also not a bad lawyer.

I'm joking! I'm joking!

Sam! More drinks.

- Another bottle of Bollinger. - Are you okay?

Hi there.

I saw you walking past this morning.

In fact, I see you most mornings.

Oh, fuck off, mate.

Oh God.

Hi.

- Hi. - Look.

I wanted to apologize for last night.

- I was rude. - No, no, it was, uh... it was my fault.

You must get completely fed up with men coming up and talking to you all the time.

I apologize. It won't happen again.

Okay.

Well,

good.

On a scale of one to ten, how hungover are you?

Fourteen.

And you're gonna get the Tube on a hot summer's day like today?

- Hey, I'll give you a lift. - What?

I'll tell the manager you want a test drive.

No, no, I.. I really don't think that..

I'll put the roof down.

If you wanna puke, you can just do it over the side.

Preferably on a cyclist.

Take the BMW.

Thanks.

My card.

In case you wanna buy a car.

Or have dinner.

Robert Hansen.

Look, um...

I'm not trying to be an arsehole here, but I should put my cards on the table.

I, uh... I don't usually..

You don't usually date guys who sell cars for a living.

Have you had bad experiences with car salesmen before?

Okay.

Well, top marks for persistence.

Tomorrow night works for me.

- Pick you up at eight? - You don't know where I live.

A couple of doors down from the showroom.

You own a blue Mercedes.

It's not a bad car, that.

See you, tomorrow, Alice.

Prick.

It's really a question of loan-to-value ratio

and whether we can roll the wider assets into the case.