Bergerac

The victim is Tony Sallinger, 64. It was his wedding.

We all know Ian Monkford from the Drugs Squad.

Thanks for the intel on the contaminated batch.

What was Tony's blood type when he gave a sample at the hospital?

A positive. When he died, he was O positive. Now we have a case.

Who's for a more fitting send-off?

Arrest her. She was secretly recording mother with her phone.

It would be best if you went back to Manchester.

I've found Richard on Saturday night. He lied.

Why would he do that if he didn't have anything to hide?

If the blood changed, somebody else must have done it.

I've brought you this.

Your disregard for protocol isn't charming, Jim. It's dangerous.

It will end up getting someone killed one day.

It might not be you, but someone always gets hurt.

Have you rung that vet yet?

Was I supposed to?

You really liked her profile.

Well, yeah, I did, until she said YOLO.

Granny wants us there from six to meet and greet - her words.

Have you RSVP'd? You have to RSVP? Yes. It said so on the invite.

There was an invite? Oh, my gosh! I'll do it.

All right? You seem a bit wired.

I'm excited.

I love a party.

I woke up this morning and I wanted a drink.

I thought I had it cracked.

I stopped coming to meetings.

I didn't think I was in danger any more.

But now my daughter is moving away.

She's got a place in this...

...this amazing school on the mainland...

...and I'm scared.

She gives sobriety a point.

If I drink, there's a consequence.

She knows it, too. Erm...

She got me on a dating app.

She wants me to find someone to...

...to make an effort for, she says.

She means someone to stop me setting fire to my life, because...

...I could.

I have.

Yeah, we... we all have.

Hi.

SHE SIGHS

Erm, anybody else?

Tasha, go ahead.

CHATTER

How did you know I'd be here?

I was literally about to ask you the same thing.

This is my third 8am meeting.

You've never been here before. You said you were leaving.

I changed my mind. I thought I'd have a mini-break.

I grew up here.

I told you, your father's death has been investigated twice.

I know.

I was there when you told me.

Don't do this.

Mm... Nicola, it's a live investigation. Don't get in our way.

Oh, my God, the zoo. MOBILE PHONE BUZZES

I forgot about the zoo. That's today sorted.

Kara?

You're kidding me?

Morning. Morning. Thank you.

Morning, everyone. Morning. Morning.

Called in at 8am this morning.

Putting time of death between 7pm and 10pm last night.

What do you think Ian?

This is more your wheelhouse. Accidental overdose?

Well, there's, erm... There's no sign of violence,

there's no injuries, so, if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck...

Could it be the contaminated batch?

I mean, I suppose so.

That stopped circulating weeks ago,

and it's not like they hold on to this stuff for a rainy day.

Where's the rest of it? Sorry, how do you mean?

Well, there's a syringe but there's no paper, no wrapper.

What were the drugs in? Oh, right, well, erm...

...what sometimes happens is another user will come in

and they'll see leftovers and they'll, like...

Well, they'll just grab everything they can.

I mean, it might even have been whoever phoned it in.

Hmm.

If toxicology come back and it's the contaminated batch,

talk to your guys, get them to prioritise this.

I do not want this stuff on the streets any longer. Right.

Actually, would you mind waiting in the car?

I just want to brief the team. Erm, no. Of course.

We know that Karl gave a statement at the inquest

into Sally Mercer's death that basically exonerated Tony,

but it's possible that he changed it from a previous statement

that said Tony was in fact drunk at the time of the accident,

then our first question to Karl would have been, "Why?"

If someone heard Tony's speech... VOICES FADE

But we keep coming back to this crash.

It connects Tony to Andy the waiter, it connects Tony to Karl,

so familiarise yourselves with the details,

cross reference with everyone at the wedding.

Maybe there's another link we've missed. Yeah.

Listen, liaise with Ian,

but, moving forward, let's keep some clean lines.

He is just here to help us with phone footage and identify guests.

Everything else is need-to-know.

Is this on us? Should we have arrested Richard last night?

It wasn't Richard.

We don't know that. If he was bribed and he saw Tony's speech,

this could be him going around clearing up anyone else who knew.

It wasn't Richard. I went to see him again.

He was screwing some nurse while Tony's bloods were being taken

and he was still screwing her on the night of Tony's murder.

We were supposed to be going through Professional Standards.

I just thought it would've been quicker if I spoke to him direct.

And, look, have you got any photos on your phone from ten years ago?

Group shots, parties, that sort of thing. You and other officers.

Can you email them to me? Hang on.

When exactly were you planning on telling me about Richard?

That was me telling you. Right, so who are we looking at now?

I will get back to you on that one.

In the meantime, send me those pictures.

Along here, I'm thinking tinted mirrors.

I went to this restaurant in Covent Garden

where they had these boughs of blossom - artificial, sure -

around tinted mirrors. It made it absolutely magical.

Who are your target customers?

You know, income level, age, that sort of thing.

Elite, established middle-class, and technical middle-class.

What's the churn rate of other restaurants nearby?

Less than the national average.

The French restaurant across the road has been trading for 12 years.

The Japanese, which we should try, by the way,

has been trading for ten.

So, who needs another restaurant?

I made dummy bookings at both.

There's a three-week waiting list for the French

and a month for the Japanese.

No further questions. Though I may probe you more later.

Mrs Hungerford! SHE GIGGLES

KNOCK ON DOOR

Oh, good. That's Daniel, my business partner. Oh.

Hiya, Daniel. Hi. I need to talk to you. Oh, right.

Is everything all right?

Where's he gone? I wanted to meet him. He, erm...

No, he...

There's been a bit of a hitch. Too tedious to talk about.

Nigel, what sort of hitch? Erm...

An investor.

Told you, boring.

Now, I hope you know as much about kitchens

so you can grill me some more.

NIGEL LAUGHS Grill me!

Then there's nothing? Literally no-one enters or exits the road?

BARNEY SIGHS

OK, take it back further, to 6pm last night. Mm-hm.

Taking it back.

Right, stop. Go back.

Going back now.

OK...

OK, there's Karl Furman.

He comes in at what? 7:14pm.

Then no-one enters or exits the road until after his time of death.

Which means that whoever killed him must've already been at the house.

Or...

...they came from the other end.

What's at the other end? Mount Pleasant.

You don't have any cameras there. We only found Karl Furman

cos he was on Royal Square, then we lost him.

Picked him up here. Hang on a second. Found him? When was this?

7:14pm yesterday, like you said.

Called it in straight away.

I thought that's why you're here. Who did you speak to?

I don't know. Some bloke.

Said someone was going to look into it.

Bye, then.

Hi, Nicola. How are you doing?

Oh, hey. Any news?

About what?

You need to get your guy from Forsyte and find out

if they're doing this across the board or if it's just us.

Sorry, Nicola. Go on. You were...

You said you might, with Monica, just, I don't know,

just see how she's behaving. Yes, I'm going to see her tomorrow

and I'm just going to ask her straight out

when Tony told her I own the company. Are you sure?

Be careful. Oh, it'll be fine. I'll wear a stab jacket.

Sorry, Nicola, I have to go now.

OK. Well, let me know how you get on either...

CELL END TONE

NICOLA SCOFFS

I remember it because my mate Annie

was shagging the officer who brought him in.

Didn't we all know about it.

She said his name, but I'm shit with names,

so it didn't mean anything to me and I thought she'd made him up.

Then, one day, there he is.

Anyway, her and her fella piss off.

There's a storeroom downstairs and, all I'm saying is, it locks

from the inside, so I'm left to sort it with the other copper.

And the...

...the other officer, did you know him?

It's Jersey, love. We know most of you.