Bodyguard

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Don't do that! Please don't do that! Please just stay still.

You have children? Yes. I do, two.

That's Ella. She's ten.

Charlie. He's eight.

The Government is intent on forcing through a beefed-up

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, RIPA-18 as it's being dubbed,

spearheaded by you.

Only those intent on acts of violence have anything to fear.

I want you right beside me, not because it's your job,

but because it's our choice.

This is a very, very dangerous politician.

Someone who must be stopped.

EXPLOSION

Despite the heroic efforts of our emergency services,

the Home Secretary, Julia Montague, succumbed to her injuries

and was pronounced dead a short while ago.

GUNSHOT

Someone tampered with my gun.

The police searched your flat.

If they found an illegal firearm, they'd seize it,

they wouldn't just change out the bullets for blanks.

The PM's asked me to step up to Acting Home Secretary.

Now, it goes without saying, I'd never wish in a million years

to assume this role under these circumstances.

There's a simple, plausible story for you to stick to.

And you will stick to it.

Finally.

We've got your shooter.

Sergeant Andrew Apsted.

Served in Helmand Province, two tours.

This could be the original bomb-maker.

The war in the desert, we've brought it back to the streets of Britain.

Andrew Apsted.

We need more on him.

Who he joined the Army with, who he served with.

And where did he get that rifle?

A PSL, with no history.

Traceable back to me.

Maybe I can make a couple of calls.

I thought they were sending you a cab? Yeah.

I don't need their shitty cab.

Chanel Dyson was the late Home Secretary's PR, until she was fired.

Thank you for being such a sweetheart that day.

You're very welcome.

Just cos I was going to suggest a drink.

The male subject has been identified as Luke Aikens.

Aikens is believed to be a senior figure in organised

criminal enterprises.

Nadia, we're desperate to find the person who's been creating

these devices.

Is this the man your husband met?

Only problem is they know about you.

That'll be David Budd.

He's the only one who challenged me.

In her hotel room a few days before she was killed,

the Home Secretary received a visit from Longcross.

He supplied her with an encrypted file of kompromat

she subsequently shared with the Prime Minister.

She offered them greater powers in return for the

compromising material. A series of scandals, all covered up.

A sexual assault.

Drug addiction.

Financial impropriety.

Last night, I learned they relate to the Prime Minister.

It looks like they're convinced the kompromat wasn't with

the Home Secretary at the time of the explosion.

It's still out there.

They seem pretty sure if anyone knows where it's hidden, you do.

Julia Montague's home was thoroughly searched,

all of her devices seized.

There was no tablet found.

Six long weeks have passed since the incident

that triggered the current terror alert...

The Metropolitan Police remain on the highest level of vigilance,

responding to terror alerts on a daily basis,

most of them thankfully false alarms...

The police and Security Service MI5 stand at an almost

unprecedented level of alertness to a home-grown terror threat,

yet still there have been no further arrests, no breakthrough,

and the assassination of Home Secretary Julia Montague rem...

PHONE CHIMES

Hey, David, it's Chanel.

Um, it was really lovely to run into you.

I meant it about that drink, may... PHONE DIALS

David!

I was getting worried you were never going to call me back.

Anything to play hard to get.

SHE LAUGHS

Well, let's meet up.

I know just the place.

DRILL WHIRS

Ma'am.

LOCK BEEPS

As you were.

Ma'am. Deepak.

Sorry, nobody told me... I wanted an update.

Yes, ma'am.

We've now interviewed all the security staff on duty

the night before the bombing at St Matthew's College.

They all claim not to have witnessed any kind of break-in or intruder.

"Claim"?

The bomb didn't plant itself, ma'am.

Maybe we're looking at bribery and/or intimidation.

They also needed access to the CCTV, to delete part of the recording.

This sounds like a new line of inquiry.

Yes, ma'am.

Luke Aikens.

We're exploring whether he could've played a role in the

assassination of the Home Secretary.

Possible motivation being to prevent increased scrutiny

into criminal communications. RIPA-18?

Yes, ma'am.

Aikens is a significant player in organised crime, and as you know,

ma'am, he's always successfully avoided criminal charges.

"As I know"?

Er, yes. I saw in the file.

You led the Organised Crime Unit...

..across the investigations into Aikens' activities.

Well, that was some time ago.

Why wasn't I informed earlier about this new line of inquiry?

I'm sorry, ma'am, I... Who initiated it?

I'm acting on information from David Budd.

Every step forward, we take one back.

LOCK BEEPS

SHE KNOCKS

LOCK BEEPS

Something happened, boss?

There's always been whispers Luke Aikens had senior officers

in his pocket - officers prepared to sabotage investigations into

his criminal empire.

Our officers?

There's still so much of the Home Secretary's assassination

we can't put together, but a lot of it can be explained

if all along there's been an inside man...

..or woman.

MUFFLED DANCE MUSIC

You made it!

Never one to turn down a free drink.

We have a table downstairs, if that's OK?

It's your manor, your rules.

What would you like to drink?

Er...

A beer's fine, please.

Oh, cheap date! The same again, please.

But we'll have them downstairs. Sure, Chanel.

Welcome to my manor.

Actually, it was good running into you.

Because here we are.

That too. I...

When you finished at the Home Office, I heard a few things.

About me?

Yeah, about you.

They were always beefing me.

What was it this time?

That your money comes from companies registered offshore.

So?

I think there was a concern these companies weren't fully legit.

Listen, David, you're not a business person.

And I'm certainly not.

I have clever people to do all that for me.

So, we could sit here and talk about corporate law all night

and neither of us will be any the wiser.

Fair point.

THEY LAUGH

Paid for with Nazi gold.

HE CHUCKLES

Thank you.

Cheers. Cheers.

What?

Just trying to figure you out.

Well, depending on who you talk to, I'm either deceptively deep

or deceptively shallow.

Either way, you're deceptive.

What's wrong?

I'm sorry...

Well?

A...belt on the right-hand side.

We don't normally allow coppers.

And we definitely don't allow THEM.

Makarov, is that right?

Looks like someone's been talking.

Well, you go around asking for a PSL,

it's going to come to my attention.

You supply Andy Apsted?

Tell me one thing.

He come to you, or did you go to him?

Well, here's a question for you.

Is that thing loaded?

What do you think?

It's what it's loaded with that matters.

You swapped in the blanks?

HE GRUNTS

HE GROANS

Apologies, everyone. The lad's just had too much to drink.

Try not to let it spoil your evening.

Sarge, you're going to want to log in to Thornton Circus.

We've got something on Andrew Apsted. Yeah?

SHE POUNDS THE DESK