The Moor

-I ate them all. -Do you have any?

-No. -Do you want some more?

What kind?

-What's your favorite? -Opal Fruits.

No, the sherbet one, with the lolly.

-Dip Dab? -Is that the one with the lolly?

Because I don't like the one with the licorice.

Yeah, it's the one with the lolly.

I'm going to get us some sweets, okay?

But we don't have any money, do we?

We don't need any, if you help me.

All you need to do is go into the shop

and tell the man that you've lost your dad.

-Why? -Just to distract him from it.

-Okay? -Why?

Because I can't,

-he doesn't like me. -Why?

Are you going to say that all day, or do you want some sweets?

Come here, look.

Do you remember when you got lost in Safeway?

You went up to that lady and you asked her

if she could help you find your dad.

-Yeah? -Just do that, okay?

But my dad's away on a work trip this week.

I know, it doesn't matter.

But what if he calls my dad like the lady did?

He doesn't know who your dad is.

Just act upset for a minute and then run away, okay?

I'll meet you there.

I'll get you Opal Fruits and Dip Dabs.

-Okay. -You go in first.

You're out by yourself?

Oh, not at all.

Oh, it's your daddy. What's he look like?

He has a beard, um...

and he's wearing , black and white.

What about you? You see--

Hello?

Shit.

Now, what can I do for you then?

My friend was in here.

-Little boy? -Yeah.

He was looking for his dad.

No, he's okay.

His dad come and took him.

I've never been up there.

I go up there all the time.

You've heard what they're going to do then?

Yeah.

Uh...

Have they been to see you?

The police? No.

No, the reporters, the media.

You know what they're like.

You?

They don't know where I live now,

I made sure of that.

And the police?

Well, they told me there is nothing they can do this time.

He's served his whole sentence, it's the law.

I'm sorry.

It can't happen, it just...

can't.

If they could find something,

if they could find Danny...

they could never let him out then.

Do you really think Danny's up there on the moor?

With me whole heart, and who knows how many.

I know, I know the chances are finer.

But I have to try, don't I?

I have to do something.

One thing I know isn't crazy,

even if I never find anything, I can put it out there.

What they're doing, that they're about to let that

monster out, I can make sure everyone knows.

You mean go to the media?

I'd never go to those bastards.

Then what?

Why I wanted to talk to you.

You have that radio show on the internet.

-My podcast? -Yeah.

Well, yeah, you can show what I'm doing.

Yeah, you know how to put this stuff out there.

That's--

that's not how it works, that's not what I do.

I-- I talk to people.

People in entertainment, that's all.

I'm not a documentarian.

All I want is for you to show everyone.

Make it so they can't ignore it and they can't let him out.

Uh, Bill, I really can't--

I know it's not exactly what you're doing now.

No-- It's not that I won't, I can't.

My little podcast wasn't--

wasn't a success.

Hardly anyone listened,

my numbers were terrible.

I've got a day job to pay the bills.

I mean, I'm-- I'm not the person

to put out there what you're doing.

I've heard your show.

Didn't think it was your kind of thing.

Well, it isn't...

Jacqueline listened to it every week.

Ah, saw it to the end.

You know, so I did too.

And every week I'd wonder if...

this was a show where you'd talk

about what happened...

about Danny.

And I'd wonder if this was a show

where I'd see that look on me wife's face.

The same one she had every time they talked about it on TV.

But you never did.

You never talked about the one thing

that would get your numbers up, get you noticed.

Share it in the news.

And you can't tell me they haven't offered you stuff,

stuff that you really wanted, you know,

just to talk about it.

Over the years, those vultures in the papers

got to everyone, you know.

Parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, cousins.

But not me and you.

People have to know what I'm doing.

And that means the media.

But after all they've done, it can't be them.

And it can't be tainted like that.

That's why we have to be the ones to do this.

Come on, I'll introduce you.

-Claire? -Yeah.

This is Liz.

She's a friend of one of the moor rangers.

She's been helping me stay safe up here.

-Safe? -Yeah, these are peat moors.

Rich habitat for wildlife,

but, uh, well, there's dangers as well.

Especially off the established trails where we'll be going.

You sure you don't want to come?

Sorry, just give me a sec.

Okay.

The first disappearance

was very concerning to us at the time.

And once we realized

there was a pattern of children going missing,

that became our only priority.

But there was not much to go on, there was very little evidence.

Oh, it were awful,

they called it the summer of fear.

And it did put the fear into everybody,

every parent.

You just kept hold of your children all the time.

Uh, I remember Mum, she used to just let me

go to school and it was fine, right?

And then, uh, when-- when all of this happened,

um, yeah,

she used to drop me off, drop my brother off,

and that was it.

We got picked up straight after school.

Teachers dropped us off at the gate.

Mum picked us up and off we went back again.

I remember once losing my daughter in the supermarket

and literally, she'd only turn round to look at something,

but the panic that were there,

you just didn't let go of the hands for a minute,

just in case they disappeared.

Well, yeah, the hardest part was dealing with the parents.

It's difficult to imagine what something like that

must have been like.

There was a speech in the school hall,

and they sent us to speak to this, uh, woman,

social worker, something, I don't know.

Uh, we all had to chat with her, uh...

I guess.

-How did it go? -Ah, nothing today.

Yours?

You look shattered.

We covered a lot of area though.

Could you grab the map out of me coat and I'll show you?

So...

this is where we were...

and this is where we'll be tomorrow.

What's it like out there?

Well, it's no place for a kid to be.

From that point on,

we directed our attention towards the moor.

They were up there all the time, volunteering, searching.

We never really thought about the place before then,

it was just there.

The weather was awful, apparently rain, mist.

Any way it could have hindered us, it did.

The logistics of searching so much, well,

quite honestly, dangerous moorland.

They never found anything.

We used to go berry picking in-- in summer, do you remember?

Uh, it was like a really traditional summer,

but it just stopped,

no announcement or anything.

Just stopped.

People just didn't go anymore.