Cooper & Fry

BIRDS CHIRPING

HAMMERING

DOOR CLOSES

CREAKING

CHATTER

Why does he have to be so stupid?

"Be careful," I say a hundred times.

CAR APPROACHES

Just give him something to do.

Mr Barcroft, what can I do for you?

All on schedule, I hope, Nikolai?

It's all good. No problem.

Don't let me hold you up, then.

FLOORBOARDS CREAKING

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

HE MUTTERS

Are you OK, Raymond?

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

SHOVEL THUDS

SHOVEL THUDS

HE BREATHES SHAKILY

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

HE GRUNTS

HE SIGHS

DOORBELL RINGS

DOORBELL RINGS

Mum?

RADIO CHATTER

DOOR OPENS

Shit.

- Mum? - Get off me.

SHE SIGHS

- What are you doing here? - Nice to see you too, Mum.

Right, you just stay there, yeah? I'm gonna put the kettle on.

Tripped on that bloody rug, didn't I?

Course you did.

WATER POURS

SHE SIGHS

PHONE CHIMES, SHE SIGHS

Through that door.

DOOR BEEPS

Hold the door. Hold the door, please!

Can you open the door, please?

- You got your...? - Yeah, I left it in the car.

Hello? BANGS ON DOOR

Hello?

Sorry I'm late, sir.

I forgot my pass and some idiot wouldn't let me...

- Oh, hello. - DC Diane Fry?

DI Paul Hitchens. This is DS Todd Eland.

- Welcome to Edendale. - Thank you, sir.

You met DC Ben Cooper. Yeah?

Yeah. Just briefly.

There's no time to get settled in, I'm afraid.

Human remains have been found buried in the yard of a nearby farm.

So let me show you to the briefing room.

Yeah.

Sickeningly overqualified,

and yet she willingly swaps the bright lights of Leeds for Edendale.

- Yeah, but why? - I don't know.

Do us a favour, yeah? You find out.

- Ben? - Yeah?

- How's Isobel? - You know Mum - getting on with it.

Tracy Garnett. Intelligence officer. Welcome to the madhouse.

Right.

Firstly, I'd like to welcome Detective Constable Diane Fry

to the Greater Derbyshire Major Crimes Unit.

As you know, it's been difficult to fill the post of DC in these parts,

so I'm very grateful that Diane is here,

and I'm sure you'll all make her feel very welcome.

Now, Tanglewood Farm.

As you know, human remains have been found,

and SOCO are on site excavating to recover those remains.

Obviously, victim identification is the priority,

through DNA and checking if there's anything on the body

to see if we can get a name.

Todd has positive ID on the owner of the property.

Yep, er, Alex Barcroft.

But the farm has recently changed hands,

and it's estimated the burial predates the sale.

Previous owner is Raymond Carlisle,

70s, lives in Lowbridge Care Home.

He's been there about a year.

If the property has been empty for months,

then the body could have been brought in from outside

and, well, buried there.

Well, that's true, Diane,

but it's more likely a connection to the farm.

I want a full sweep, CCTV footage.

Who lived there? Who worked there? Everything.

You can work together with Ben on that.

Can't wait (!)

When will we get the initial forensics report on the body?

Well, why don't you, er,

hurry Dr Taylor along when you're up there?

Things take a little longer around here

in the Greater Derbyshire area, Diane,

but rest assured, this is a top priority.

And until we can prove otherwise, this case is a murder investigation.

Right.

- "Barrel." - It's a nickname.

- Take my car, yeah? - I'd prefer to drive.

Yeah, but you don't know where you're going.

Yeah, that's what satnavs are there for.

This time of day, town's gonna be gridlocked,

and I know the back roads, so...

Fine. Whatever.

Yeah. Wait, wait. OK, let's start again, yeah?

Hello. My name's Ben. Pleased to meet you.

What brings you to Edendale?

I've been paid by the government to expand the gene pool.

HE SCOFFS

HE SUCKS HIS TEETH

- Young Cooper. Jesus.

Hello.

I wondered if it'd be you.

You know each other?

Aye, I used to play rugby with his dad.

Good player, Joe. Good copper, too.

- Your dad's in the force? - Was.

I take it you don't know the identity of the body, Mr Barcroft?

No. Sorry.

Estate agents forgot to mention any buried corpses.

If the builders hadn't ballsed up, they never would've found it.

Sorry, erm... S...

What do you mean?

Well, that trench, it's not in the plans.

- So who instructed...? - So why were they...?

- Ladies first. - Who told them to dig there, then?

I don't know.

No CCTV.

The Carlisles were a proud farming family.

You just wouldn't let a house get into a state like this.

It's weird.

This whole place stinks.

That's country life. You'll get used to that.

No, no, not that.

It smells like...

like ammonia.

Right. Let's check this farmhouse out.

Shouldn't we be heading to the crime scene?

DOOR CREAKS

Definitely a fixer-upper.

So, come on.

There must be some reason you moved all the way out here.

I just fancied a change.

In Leeds, there'd be half a dozen of us sweeping a house this size.

- How do you wanna do this? - Suspect is evasive.

Changes the subject.

It's not an interesting story, and we have work to do.

Let me guess, you saw an influencer growing veg.

You thought, "That's life affirming. I'll give that a go."

So you moved to the country, right?

If you'd like, I can show you the right way round to hold a shovel.

Thank you, but being in this job, I've been around plenty of tools.

We should be systematic.

So do you want to do downstairs and I'll start upstairs?

Let's just look around here.

Looks like the farm accounts.

They were haemorrhaging money.

Salt, nitre, long peppers and... ponie.

What the hell is ponie?

CLATTERING

Probably just the wind.

CLATTERING

- THUD - What about that?

Looks like the owner didn't grow out of their teenage goth phase.

They were scared of something.

These signs are to ward off evil.

Special interest of yours, is it?

My mother's.

There's two of them.

If one of these is Raymond Carlisle...

..where's the brother?

FOOTSTEPS

Hey, hey!

Oi! Come here!

Stop!

Oi!

Come back!

CHATTER

Could have helped.

She's a person of interest. We need to get ID.

I already know who she is. Her name's Cara Doyle.

She's a regular customer.

Possession of drugs, shoplifting, the usual.

She was probably just squatting.

- You didn't think to say anything? - You were already out the door.

Impressive speed, by the way.

Can I help you, officers?

DC Diane Fry.

When can we get the initial findings?

What my colleague means, Dr Taylor,

is we'd very much like your first impressions

without you committing to any specifics at this early stage.

I see one male adult.

Advanced decay, so no fingerprints.

Forensic archaeologist estimates it's been there 12 to 18 months.

Raymond Carlisle was still living here back then.

Any ID on the body? Bank cards, driver's licence? No?