Part 2 of 6 of the 1985 thriller. Frances Carr and her daughter Clare are kidnapped by the IRA in a ambush that leaves the chauffeur dead. As her husband Geoffrey is left bewildered by what happens next as the authorities try and work out who has her and why, a clue may come from a young boy who witnessed the kidnapping. However, his family is either too scared or too partisan to admit to what he saw, but it doesn't stop the IRA group from planning on their next move - silencing the only witness to the crime...
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01:00Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard Aer Lingus flight EI153 to Dublin.
01:20Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts and observe the no smoking sign. Thank you.
01:50Please stand by, Lucy.
02:17Simon.
02:19Dear God, who's on his way home, anyone?
02:25Paul is on the extortion in Brazil and Peter and John are negotiating the kidnap ransoms in Italy.
02:32Peter will be back on Wednesday.
02:35Get Simon to meet me here as soon as possible.
02:39Aer Lingus announces the arrival of flight EI153 from London Heathrow.
03:08Mr. Carr, Mr. Carr.
03:26Any idea who did it, Mr. Carr?
03:40I'm sorry, I don't have anything to say at the moment, but there will be a statement, I promise you.
03:44Carr is insured.
03:59Took out a kidnap and ransom policy when he traveled in South America and half the world's business executives are in people's prisons.
04:06Boom period.
04:08Silly fellow didn't tell us that he'd moved to Ireland, acquired a family, small details like that.
04:13Does that affect the policy?
04:15Technically, but the underwriters will fork out.
04:21How are things on the home front?
04:25We've separated.
04:27I've moved out.
04:29Access?
04:30Weren't you afraid to see my son twice a week?
04:34Good.
04:38Italy wasn't about the home front.
04:42The hostage had a heart attack and died while the ransom was being paid.
04:46Well, it's a moot point.
04:47How long you've been dead, Simon.
04:49Underwriters do wince a little when a large sum of money is paid out for a corpse.
04:53I did a proof of life for...
04:54Water under the bridge, Simon.
04:57All I'm saying is that it would be a bit bloody silly if I were to send you over there to save someone's wife when all you could think about was saving your marriage.
05:04There's nothing left to save, sir.
05:09Good.
05:13Packed your toothbrush?
05:14Yes.
05:15He has all you need to know.
05:17Has Carbon contacted?
05:19He will be. He's en route.
05:22I'm the only man in my set whose marriage is still intact.
05:26No particular reason for it.
05:30Well, I'm sorry it's Ireland.
05:32Hope you have a good Mac.
05:34That's a lousy four car.
06:05Superphone?
06:07Ah!
06:09Inspector Carney.
06:10Oh, Harry.
06:11I was just asking.
06:12You've got straight from Dublin, miss.
06:15Anything new?
06:16Well, the astrologer says they're in Newark.
06:20No prince.
06:22Except for a family chauffeur.
06:25And a few more.
06:26And a few more.
06:27And a few more.
06:28And a few more.
06:29And a few more.
06:30And a few more.
06:31And a few more.
06:32And a few more.
06:33And a few more.
06:34A family chauffeur!
06:35One bullet was recovered!
06:38Mm-hm.
06:40About 9 million.
06:48Yes, we'll have to find the poor lady's quick.
06:51Otherwise my son will never forgive me.
06:55We were going on holiday this week.
06:58They know all that about these fellas, don't they?
07:14How much time did they have before the body was discovered?
07:17Two hours.
07:18Perhaps a little more.
07:19They just might have made the border before the alarm went out.
07:22Not at all.
07:23They wouldn't bank on that.
07:24I bet they're still in the south.
07:26Then two shots.
07:27And then there was another two shots.
07:29Four shots.
07:30Right.
07:31A white hostess.
07:32There was no shot.
07:33It was a snappier, whippier type of sound.
07:36Sergeant, take that man's statement.
07:38Right, sir.
07:39This way, please.
07:46Car.
07:47So we'll tell her to handle it.
07:55It is the IRA.
07:57Both the provost and the INLA have already denied involvement.
08:01Does that mean anything?
08:03Yes.
08:06Then it's a straightforward kidnap for money.
08:11Might be.
08:12Breakaway group.
08:13Cowboys.
08:14Criminals.
08:15Same difference.
08:16If anyone approaches you, you get in touch with us immediately.
08:22This is a direct line.
08:26They may threaten to harm your wife and daughter
08:28if you tell the police.
08:29By harm, you mean kill.
08:31They'll be bluffing, Mr. Carr.
08:33They're not going to kill someone who's worth money to them.
08:38I'll bear that in mind.
08:56I'm sorry, Mr. Carr,
08:58but I have to make you realise the kind of people you're dealing with.
09:02If you do pay a ransom,
09:04there's absolutely no guarantee they'll honour the deal.
09:09And if I don't pay?
09:10Negotiate.
09:11Talk money.
09:12But don't agree to do anything until you come back to us first.
09:15You must trust us, Mr. Carr.
09:17We'll do anything.
09:18We'll do anything.
09:19We'll do anything.
09:20We'll do anything.
09:21We'll do anything.
09:22We'll do anything.
09:23You must trust us, Mr. Carr.
09:25We're not going to go blundering away in there.
09:28We want to get your wife and child back safely to you.
09:33But we want to get them too.
09:53I don't know what you're talking about.
09:56I'm not talking about you.
09:58I'm not talking about you.
10:00I'm not talking about you.
10:02I'm not talking about you.
10:04I'm not talking about you.
10:06I'm not talking about you.
10:08I'm not talking about you.
10:10I'm not talking about you.
10:12I'm not talking about you.
10:14I'm not talking about you.
10:16I'm not talking about you.
10:18I'm not talking about you.
10:20Where's my daughter?
10:29Please, what have you done with her?
10:31She's 12.
10:3312.
10:35She will be terrified.
10:37Let me see her.
10:39You've got to let me see her.
10:41Why won't you answer me?
10:43Let me see her.
10:45Please.
10:47Let me see her!
10:49Please, let me see her!
11:06Do you like my holiday clothes?
11:08Don't miss Lockheed Forest Park. A must for nature trailers.
11:20You'll get used to it.
11:24What do you mean?
11:26Don't let her upset you.
11:28Bitch doesn't upset me! It was the boy!
11:32We were clear, it was perfect!
11:34You should have done something about the boy!
11:36I don't shoot children or civilians.
11:40What about her? The girl?
11:42They're different.
11:44How different?
11:46Of course they're different!
11:48They're responsible for the soldiers in the north and the shit state down here.
12:06The boy, what did he see?
12:14He caught a glimpse across a field.
12:18A glimpse?
12:26I am not known, but you are.
12:30We have got to do something about him, Frank.
12:36Come on, kids, move along.
13:02Kevin! Kevin!
13:04Kevin!
13:06Who did it, Kevin? Was it the Martians?
13:08Did you see them do it?
13:10Come on out, Kev.
13:12Kevin's in bed, and that's where you should be.
13:22He was a hero of Wicklow.
13:24C Company, 6th Battalion.
13:28He shot the Brits.
13:30He did.
13:32Indeed, he did.
13:34They all came to bury him.
13:36Tom Barry, Dan Breen, Ernie O'Malley.
13:40And it's still going on, you see.
13:44It'll go on, he used to say, till Ireland is all one, sea to sea.
13:58You saw nothing.
14:02Do you hear me?
14:04He knows everything.
14:08If you open your mouth, he'll tell me.
14:12You wouldn't want him coming up there at the grave to tell me now, would you?
14:20Mother, I've told the police we heard and saw nothing.
14:24Now will you leave the boy alone?
14:26He's had enough.
14:32How's the girl?
14:34Not too happy.
14:36She's coughing as if she's never going to stop.
14:38Maybe we should bring her here.
14:40No.
14:42Willie's with her.
14:44If the guards find one house, we still have the other hostages to bargain with.
14:46That makes sense.
14:48What about the boy?
14:50The guards will have him.
14:52That won't block him up, will it?
14:54Find out what's happening, Ronan.
14:56Put pressure on the family.
14:58If it looks bad, lift him.
15:00On my own?
15:02Take your driver, pal, in Dundalk.
15:04Martin, he won't pay him.
15:08Go now.
15:10Don't harm the boy.
15:12What about the guards?
15:14Take the arm and leg.
15:18We're sitting on two million.
15:20Quit here, Ronan.
15:30The press, master.
15:34However I put this, it's going to sound inappropriate.
15:38But these events are bound to have repercussions on the company.
15:44If you can issue a statement...
15:46I do not care nor wish to talk about the company.
15:48Frequently what I feel myself, but...
16:00They're on my land.
16:02I told them, master.
16:14Have you had any approaches from the kidnappers, Mr. Carr?
16:18Have the police any ideas?
16:20Are you politically involved at all, Mr. Carr?
16:22Have you got anything to say to the kidnappers, sir?
16:26Anything to say?
16:30Tell them, uh...
16:32Please not to harm my wife and daughter.
16:38Do you have any message for them, sir?
16:40In case your wife sees the paper.
16:42Just, I love you.
16:48What about your company, Mr. Carr?
16:50Will you be selling shirts?
16:52Can't you see what Mr. Carr is going through?
16:58Friends, press, lunatics.
17:06The whole matter is extremely delicate and I just suggest we all go home now.
17:10You had pictures of him arriving and that's quite enough, I would have thought.
17:14I've got more retreatment.
17:16She'll put anything important through to her study.
17:20Come on.
17:40Come on.
18:10Moira's filtering them.
18:12Have the vultures gone?
18:14Settle in the trees.
18:16Eat something, Geoffrey.
18:22I'm worried someone will speculate.
18:24How ridiculous.
18:26What?
18:30What?
18:32What's ridiculous?
18:34Oh, uh, what I said out there.
18:38I love you.
18:40I love you.
18:42I love you.
18:44I love you.
18:46I love you.
18:48I love you.
18:50I love you.
18:52I love you.
18:54I love you.
18:56I love you.
18:58So I've never said it to her.
19:00I've never said it to anyone before tonight.
19:04And then I didn't say it to anyone.
19:06Eat something, Geoffrey.
19:10Then drink something.
19:14I didn't really drink until I came to Ireland.
19:16Good place to learn.
19:18Yes.
19:24Isn't this Prost and Whiskey?
19:26It is. I have my confession tomorrow.
19:29PHONE RINGS
19:33Geoffrey Carr.
19:35It's Stephen Bennett, Mr Carr, 1T.
19:37We met while you were on a South American licensing trip.
19:40Security aspects?
19:42Oh, yes, yes.
19:44Do you remember the procedure?
19:46The pro... Um...
19:48Yes.
19:50Our man will be in La Paz tomorrow.
19:53La Paz?
19:55Very sound, reliable...
19:57Oh, good, good.
19:59I'm deeply sorry to hear of your present misfortune
20:01and hope our matter reaches a satisfactory conclusion.
20:05Goodbye.
20:10Bloody insurance man.
20:22MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO
20:41How's the girl?
20:43Asleep.
20:45Give her some of these.
20:49Drink it.
20:53I said drink it, not lick it.
21:00Jesus Christ almighty, the woman's got the taste at last.
21:06It's going wrong.
21:08Will you stop saying that?
21:12You mean it's not going as you planned it?
21:16Nothing ever does.
21:19Kid.
21:21Draw the curtains.
21:27Jeffrey Carr appeals to the kidnappers.
21:29Radio 2 News with Brian Byrne.
21:36Jeffrey Carr, whose wife and child were abducted from a car
21:39after their chauffeur was shot near Octocloy, County Wicklow,
21:42today appealed to the kidnappers.
21:45Tell them, er, please not to harm my wife and daughter.
21:51Do you have any message for them, sir?
21:53In case your wife sees the paper.
21:55Just, I love you.
21:57In Cork, it was reported that the parking disk system tied up...
22:01We've done it.
22:03When you hear it on there, you know you've done it.
22:06Jesus, this'll make those bastards in Derry set up.
22:10We've got a wee job for you here, Frank.
22:12Just do what you're told, Frank.
22:15Here, you're slitting, Frank.
22:17Five years in the cash, Frank.
22:19Sure, everybody does it.
22:21It's a qualification.
22:23It's good for the soul, Frank.
22:26Get your picture in the Republican News.
22:29A wee something for the grandchildren, you know what I mean?
22:32Did you hear that?
22:34Easy, easy. Easy.
22:37Didn't I tell you?
22:39Well, didn't I tell you, eh?
22:41We'll have the money in a week.
22:45Go on. Admit I was right.
22:48Go on. Admit it.
22:50Don't be so bloody grudging.
22:52No, don't.
22:54No, you idiot.
22:56Stop.
22:58Stop!
23:10You think you're God's gift.
23:20Sorry, sir.
23:22With the phone going, those press people...
23:24Leave it.
23:26It won't take a minute. No, leave it.
23:30Look, I said leave it!
23:32Leave everything.
23:34I want this room left exactly as it is until Mrs Carr returns.
23:37Do you understand?
23:42I'm sorry.
23:49Where will you be sleeping? Here.
23:56Here.
24:21I don't know.
24:23What?
24:26Oh, well, it doesn't matter.
24:28Does it?
24:30Does it?
24:55Hello?
25:22Hello?
25:24Yes?
25:30How do I know you have them?
25:33I can't raise any money by...
25:41You must prove to me that you've got...
25:43In 40 seconds I'm putting this phone down, Mr Carr.
25:46Be in the phone box in Drumley Gee at 11 o'clock, alone.
25:52Drum...
25:54Drumley Gee, Kildare.
25:56The money must be in used fives and tens.
25:58One word to the police and they'll be shot.
26:01You get nothing.
26:03Unless you ask her a question.
26:06Ask her...
26:08What is her sister's name?
26:10Her married name.
26:12No, no, ask her...
26:14Hello?
26:16Hello?
26:18Hello, hello?
26:20Hello?
26:21Margaret Healy.
26:25Where did we spend our honeymoon, our first honeymoon?
26:27This isn't a bloody quiz show, Mr Carr.
26:43What time did the man tell him to be at Drumley Gee?
26:4511 o'clock.
26:50Phone the police.
26:52He doesn't want the police informed.
26:54They know. That's tap. The guard are very good at it.
26:56They'll follow him. There may be a shootout.
26:58Get me the number, please.
27:03Now, you tell them you want to cooperate.
27:05Ask them where Mr Carr is.
27:07What a stupid...
27:09Well, you tell them if you're the suspect.
27:11I'm only here to advise.
27:13Oh.
27:15Is that what you're doing?
27:17Yes.
27:41There he is!
27:47There he is!
28:17There he is!
28:47There he is!
29:03It is a grand day, sir.
29:05Yes.
29:07It will be wet later.
29:09Will it?
29:11Aye, sir.
29:17PHONE RINGS
29:47PHONE RINGS
30:07The insurance man cometh, master.
30:09Simon Mitchell, sir.
30:12Get out.
30:14You're risking my wife's life.
30:16It's a fake call, sir.
30:18How the hell do you know?
30:20Twenty thousand.
30:22They're professionals.
30:24They won't risk a drop for that.
30:37But they gave me proof.
30:41What proof?
30:43Well, I told him to...
30:45ask her a question.
30:47Her sister's name.
30:49That's scarcely an intimate secret between the two of you, master.
30:52Yes, I know. I know. It was ridiculous.
30:55But I couldn't think.
30:57By the time I thought up a better question, he'd put the phone down.
31:00So I didn't know what to do.
31:02I suppose I wanted to believe it, just to do something.
31:07Is that another phone box?
31:09Yes.
31:12Tell the police.
31:15Yes, sir.
31:22Dublin junkies.
31:25They insisted it was a joke.
31:28She has an obsession about your wife.
31:31A flat and rimless, stuffed with pictures and articles about her and killing the meat.
31:36Come in.
31:46So, are you getting anywhere?
31:48No.
31:50Oh, that's frank.
31:52At this stage, Mr Carroll, it's eliminate, eliminate.
31:55But how do you know what to believe?
31:57We seem to become the object of everybody's private lunacies.
32:00The press, junkies, astrologers.
32:04I mean, for example, I saw some children last night playing kidnap where it happened.
32:08And one of them even came to a scene and said he was shot at or his friend was.
32:12It was the first thing we did.
32:14Checked all the cottages in the area.
32:25Don't forget your change, Mr Carroll.
32:42Didn't somebody hear two sets of shots?
32:48This idiot says I'm worth six and a half million.
32:50Aren't you?
32:52Oh, I never have any idea how much I'm worth.
32:56That's not good.
32:59We want people to say you're worth as little as possible.
33:02Why haven't we heard? Is something wrong?
33:04They're softening you up.
33:06Are they? Are they?
33:09Well, they have a little.
33:11Black or white?
33:13White, please.
33:15I intend to pay. Let me make that quite clear.
33:17Aha.
33:19The police will try to stop me.
33:21Yes.
33:23And you can get the money through.
33:25I can advise you on that.
33:27You won't do it yourself?
33:29No, sir. May I?
33:31Please.
33:34You don't get the insurance money
33:36until you've paid the ransom in full.
33:38You're aware of that, sir.
33:40Yes.
33:42The kidnap and ransom policy must be kept secret.
33:45That means you cannot go to your bank
33:47and borrow money on the strength of it.
33:49I have to raise what I can myself.
33:51Exactly, sir.
33:55Now, one last point.
33:58My employers prefer the police to be unaware of my presence.
34:02You're in La Paz?
34:04In...
34:06La Paz.
34:08Yes, Mr Bennett was a member of MI5.
34:12Or was it MI6?
34:32Yes, sir.
35:02This isn't it.
35:04It's Kevin in.
35:06Oh, not that again.
35:08He's away with his aunt in Lismore.
35:10May we come in?
35:12Bring them in here.
35:14Eileen, you hear me?
35:16Bring them in here.
35:19Come in.
35:29Will you have some tea?
35:33We're out of tea.
35:35Then we won't bother.
36:01My husband.
36:03He was kicked from the ground you're walking on.
36:08You won't know who to be burying there.
36:10Rita?
36:12McSweeney, mayor of Cork, died in a British prison.
36:16Murdered.
36:18At least they taught you something at the school.
36:26There was a murder down the road.
36:31I think Kevin saw it.
36:35Didn't he, did?
36:39And he's seen the spacemen that took them all away.
36:43They had three legs
36:45and one eye in the middle.
36:49He was here with me in the kitchen when it happened.
36:53Baking scones.
36:55He loves baking.
36:58And making up stories.
37:02Oh, well.
37:04We'd still like to see him, Mrs. Sinnott.
37:07All right.
37:09All right, when he's back, I'll tell him.
37:24Take it easy, son. Take it easy.
37:27Take it easy.
37:30Take it easy, Kevin.
37:32We're not going to hurt you.
37:33I saw nothing!
37:35I saw nothing!
37:38In Milan,
37:40a man whose wife was kidnapped wasn't too keen on getting her back.
37:45She was returned unharmed.
37:47Oh, I see.
37:49I shouldn't love her or have too much money.
37:55I haven't been my usual
37:58business-like self, have I?
38:00You're too emotionally involved.
38:03Yes.
38:05Yes.
38:08I'd have been able to deal with a situation like this rather better
38:11if I hadn't met her.
38:15I find marriage late.
38:18And we'd just decided to have children of our own.
38:22And that's why I've been rather
38:25emotional.
38:28You married, Mr Mitchell?
38:31Yes.
38:32Children?
38:33A son.
38:36And you can imagine what it feels like.
38:39Stealing a car, the car, is a serious crime.
38:43I was only looking, sir.
38:47Would you like to go for a ride in it, Kevin?
38:54Whether two men, Kevin, or three.
39:02Four.
39:04And a woman.
39:08She shot at me.
39:11Bang!
39:15How would you write your job description, Mr Mitchell, in one sentence?
39:19The operative's function is to recover the hostages alive.
39:24For the least possible ransom.
39:26Are those two objectives in any particular order?
39:31Mr Carr, our concern is for your family.
39:35The underwriters have already written off the one million pounds.
39:38Oh, I'm glad to hear it.
39:39But presumably they'd rather I paid half a million than a million.
39:42Well, I've not had it.
39:43I've seen that in South America.
39:45I'm not putting my wife and daughters into that.
39:48I don't think you realise, Mr Carr...
39:49Oh, I realise, all right.
39:51When the demand comes, I pay.
39:55I want them back if it takes every penny I've got.
40:00Mrs Sinnott, a man has been killed.
40:03A woman and her daughter, who was a few years older than your son, have been abducted.
40:07They may be killed.
40:09Why should I care about her?
40:11She's rich.
40:12They'll get out of it.
40:13Of course they will.
40:15He'll pay.
40:16He'll not miss the money.
40:18Why should we be frightened to sleep at night?
40:21You've got nothing to worry about here, Mrs Sinnott.
40:24You'll protect us.
40:26Of course.
40:29If Kevin will tell us what he saw...
40:31Her husband was shot for informing.
40:33A grand man.
40:35Oh, he was a grand man, all right.
40:38He was buried by Tom Barry, all right.
40:41He was shot by the IRA.
40:44Or was it the IRB then? I don't remember.
40:51It doesn't matter.
41:00That was a very long time ago, Mrs Sinnott.
41:03Aye.
41:05Aye, it was.
41:07It was.
41:10And if things changed at all...
41:21I am Frances Carr.
41:28Frances Carr.
41:34I'm 34 years of age.
41:50Today is...
41:56Today is...
42:06Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
42:16Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
42:24Thursday.
42:31I had porridge, an egg, that stale bread.
42:40That was Wednesday.
42:46It's still Wednesday.
43:02If you've nothing to do, Frances, learn a poem by heart.
43:10Fancy me remembering Mummy saying that.
43:16A camel's hump is an ugly bump.
43:19Or was it lump?
43:22But she will see it as zoo.
43:25But even uglier is the bump.
43:28Or lump.
43:30You get from nothing.
43:36You get from having...
43:38You get from having nothing to do.
43:41The cure for this ill is not to sit still.
44:12How's my daughter?
44:14OK.
44:16Please let me see her.
44:19Please, I beg you to let me see her.
44:26Will you listen to what I'm saying?
44:33What are you going to do?
44:35Sit down.
44:37Sit down.
45:08Don't touch it.
45:16Tom Ring Diamond.
45:19Tom is the kidnapper's codename.
45:22You're Diamond.
45:24When you want him to contact you,
45:26you have to give him your phone number.
45:29You have to give him your phone number.
45:32You have to give him your phone number.
45:35When you want him to contact you,
45:37put that small ad in the Irish Times.
45:42Three million. I can't pay that.
45:45Or anywhere near it. It's absurd.
45:48I don't believe what you read in the papers.
45:53That's good public relations.
45:58Or bad, under these circumstances.
46:02I borrowed to...
46:05keep control of my company.
46:11I can...
46:13just about scrape up one million or three.
46:19Tom will take some convincing.
46:31Tom will take some convincing.
47:01Tom will take some convincing.
47:31Tom will take some convincing.
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47:37Tom will take some convincing.
47:40Tom will take some convincing.
48:01Tom will take some convincing.