A lot of seemingly unconnected things happen in this episode,and you don't know if any will connect up by the end.Most of them do,lots of familiar faces of the era guest star here.Another winner from Series 9,hope you enjoy yourselves.
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00.
00:30what a lovely morning why it is a lovely morning so it is daft really I always say it's a lovely
00:55morning never think to check first you should never make factual statements without first
01:00checking the evidence. good advice is that. give it time. sorry. say that to the lads to test them. walk into the office saying what a lovely morning especially when it's pelting down. keeps them on the toes.
01:25can i drag your mind on the business matters? it's a bit early. important business. go in the football sweep aren't you?
01:39plenty on it for an early retirement. choose a ticket.
01:43what's up? no give me two bob. extortion. look on it as an investment.
01:51if united draw five all i'm laughing. not my fault i only sell the tickets for a good cause.
01:59piece of snow. yes put him on. i've started work look. morning mr bradley.
02:13just one last cup.
02:15is he daring him?
02:19just a few routine inquiries madam.
02:21how's the murder investigation?
02:23depends upon the result of a post-mortem.
02:25medical profession to the rescue again?
02:29the old favorite. blow to the head.
02:31woman bangs her head on the fender.
02:33the question is whether somebody was waving the fender about at the time.
02:37yeah i don't know what we'd do without the medical profession.
02:41die in peace?
02:43give over.
02:47and while we're solving the murder
02:49there's a little shoplifting mafia we've been trying to crack for the past couple of months.
02:54we're keeping watch on a lad who might be planning to nick the crown jewels
02:58and somebody keeps turning over every chemist shop in the parish.
03:02thank you for a lovely breakfast.
03:05your turn tomorrow.
03:06i wonder what'll happen.
03:08and in answer to your next question.
03:11i wasn't going to ask a question.
03:13i haven't forgotten that we're going out tonight.
03:16and i shall try to be home in good time.
03:19despite the enormous workload on my shoulders.
03:22well done.
03:24yeah i've remembered we're going out tonight but
03:27i've forgotten where we're going.
03:29dinner with the tallbirds.
03:30oh that's right.
03:32yeah.
03:33both doctors aren't they?
03:34specialists.
03:35she's a gynaecologist.
03:37he's ears nose and throat.
03:39be hard luck if one of them breaks a leg.
03:44ah morning sir.
03:45morning sir.
03:46morning sir.
03:47where's the rest of the group?
03:48uh house to house on the Tensford estate.
03:50the woman that was murdered sir.
03:51murdered subject to the medical report.
03:54is that where you're going?
03:55ah no sir.
03:56sterling street school requested a headmaster.
03:58is that a good enough reason?
04:00i was there last month sir giving one of our pep talks
04:02about not wrecking telephone boxes
04:04and not digging up corporation flower beds.
04:06don't hesitate to call us i said for the slightest thing.
04:09if you will go around issuing invitations like that.
04:12i got the impression it was fairly serious sir.
04:14all right off you go.
04:16quickly.
04:19chief inspector hawkins.
04:23i'll put mr forster through.
04:37good morning maurice.
04:39are you doing the groundwork now?
04:42yes we're a bit short-handed this morning.
04:46hang on a minute.
04:48what are you doing this morning?
04:49uh castle street surveillance sir.
04:51relieving pc connors in uh 20 minutes time.
04:54all right you carry on and we'll get someone over there as soon as possible.
04:58why don't you call and see me here this morning?
05:03we can supply a cup of coffee.
05:05well it doesn't taste very nice but
05:07local c.i.d.
05:10another chemist shop broken into.
05:12it's getting beyond a joke.
05:14it never was a joke.
05:17here's all the relevant information.
05:20immediate action please.
05:22i've written that in capital letters.
05:24yes sir.
05:25you better get changed and get over to castle street.
05:28i'm going off tonight for a weekend's fishing.
05:30what do you think of my chances?
05:32don't answer there's work to do.
05:55yes sir.
06:12yes sir.
06:21come in
06:42morning mr. so. morning mr. Bradley. good to see you again. sit down make yourself at home. thank you.
06:46I've been trying to remember that word that you used on your last visit here.
06:53I use quite a lot of words mr. Bradley according to the situation.
06:57it describes a police informer. grass?
07:01I'm about to become one. I've no objection to that. who are you informing on?
07:05one of the boys. what's he been doing? there was a fight in the playground this morning.
07:10no bones broken or anything. just a plain straightforward bare knuckle contest you know.
07:15I had him in here. read the riot act. asked him what it was all about.
07:19it appears this lad Simpson had sold the other lad a watch.
07:22and the other lad was behind in his payments.
07:25higher purchase. in a primitive form.
07:27fairly primitive at the best of times. agreed.
07:31I gave him my views on money lenders and on the capitalist ethic in general.
07:35but um after I talked to a couple of the other lads and some of the staff.
07:40it emerges that Simpson has been selling quite a lot of stuff around the school.
07:44watches, odd bits of jewelry. cheap and nasty for the most part.
07:48dirty books and magazines. shoplifting.
07:51yeah seems pretty obvious.
07:53how old is he? 15.
07:56one of your underprivileged lads is he?
07:59not by our standards.
08:00certainly underprivileged compared with the average oil executive or chief constable.
08:04but um compared with most of the kids in the school
08:07well the family owns the house they live in.
08:09that makes them aristocracy by local standards.
08:11what sort of lad is he?
08:13the sort of lad that needs a kick up the backside.
08:16haven't you tried?
08:18oh yes.
08:20no disrespect mr. snow but you're my last resort.
08:24always nice to know what you are.
08:43Oh the king is relieved.
09:06that's the cause of all the trouble?
09:11of all the trouble?
09:13well I'm bound to admit that at a glance I can't tell whether it is stolen property or not.
09:18I thought all you lot had photographic memories.
09:20just a story we put about to frighten people.
09:24you want to talk to the boy?
09:26not yet. rather go around by the back door talk to the parents.
09:31I believe there's only one.
09:33one parent?
09:34father found himself a dolly bird.
09:36what they call a single parent family.
09:40I've heard that story before.
09:42well no doubt if you go and see the mother
09:45you'll hear it again.
10:10thanks.
10:21well you agree Arthur. I've got good reasons for being suspicious.
10:27indeed yes.
10:29ask Mr. Watt to come in and see me please.
10:33yes sir.
10:35I agree it needs investigating.
10:38I've no intention of carrying out the investigation myself.
10:42no point in keeping a dog.
10:53cheese up.
10:54thanks.
10:55and how's peeping Tom this morning?
10:57ah plenty of peeping. nothing to see.
11:00ah hard luck.
11:01if you want to buy a car why don't you just go over and ask him.
11:04we're not interested in second hand cars.
11:06the people selling them.
11:08it's a nice room this.
11:11but you don't use it.
11:12ah the brewery sent a fellow down to have a look at it.
11:14they fed him into a computer and said that the room wasn't viable.
11:18whatever that means.
11:19still it's handy for espionage isn't it?
11:22not bad.
11:23well if there's anything i can do for you like keeping the eyes open or anything.
11:28we'll know where to find you Mr. Davis.
11:33ah you're open about now aren't you?
11:35did you fancy dropping something stronger?
11:37no thanks.
11:39just thought you might be needed downstairs.
11:44oh.
11:46i dare say.
11:47we get a lot of second hand car dealers in over the lunch time.
11:58mr. what?
11:59mr. forster is a builder's merchant job.
12:02come here sit down.
12:03go.
12:06i think i know your place don't i?
12:08along sutherland road.
12:09oh one of my places.
12:10how many places all together?
12:12three.
12:13sutherland road's your main depot isn't it?
12:15the largest in the area yes.
12:17bricks.
12:18breeze blocks.
12:19concrete blocks.
12:20sand.
12:21cement.
12:22gravel.
12:23all the big scale stuff.
12:24then i've got a timber yard in salisbury street.
12:25and a new place for bathroom fittings.
12:27sanitary ware.
12:28that kind of thing.
12:29on the new estate.
12:30so what's your problem?
12:34can you read a balance sheet?
12:36i've read a few in the line of duty.
12:38have a look at that.
12:39see if you notice anything.
12:40the right hand columns the figures for the last financial year.
12:43the left hand column.
12:44figures for the previous year.
12:45well do you notice anything?
12:47i notice very large sums of money.
12:50and i noticed that last year your annual turnover went up by about...
12:58forty percent.
13:00and your profits went down by about a half.
13:04so i imagine that's why you're here.
13:06very good.
13:07but that could be down to increased costs and inflation.
13:10couldn't it?
13:11yes it could be.
13:12but you don't think that?
13:13i've made all the allowances i can for those factors.
13:16there's still an awful lot of money missing that i can't account for.
13:18about how much?
13:20well it's difficult to say exactly.
13:22are we talking about petty pilfering or an organized bracket?
13:25between ten and fifteen thousand pounds over the year.
13:28so it's hardly petty pilfering.
13:31and you'd like me to deal with it?
13:33i have explained to mr cullen we are old friends but i don't expect preferential treatment.
13:42may i keep this?
13:43first of all means.
13:44oh that is confidential of course.
13:46and i presume you'd like the inquiry carried out with tact and discretion?
13:50well naturally.
13:51who's the best person to talk to about the inner workings of your organization?
13:55ah that'll be dave yates my general manager.
13:58is he trustworthy?
13:59well of course he's trustworthy.
14:02a sort of unpleasant question we have to ask mr forster.
14:05i'd telephone mr yates at his office.
14:09he can see this afternoon if that's convenient.
14:13yes it's convenient.
14:15well are we ready for lunch?
14:18i'm afraid i'm not familiar with the procedure in these matters mr snow.
14:23nobody's ever accused my son of shoplifting before.
14:26it's simple enough really.
14:27well i'm glad it's simple.
14:29explain to me.
14:30we suspect your son of shoplifting but there's no real proof.
14:34my guess is that we'll find that proof one way or the other in his room.
14:39but isn't there something about search warrants?
14:42there's a great deal in the law about search warrants.
14:45but i can ask your permission to search the house and you can give me that permission.
14:49or not.
14:50or not.
14:53i'll show you his room.
15:12what are you doing in here?
15:28handy for the files sir.
15:30nobody to do the fetching and carrying for me.
15:33all right. rough is that.
15:36by the way to get the job to get the job to get the job to get the job?
15:41all right.
15:43i'm sorry.
15:45gray.
15:47yes.
15:48i told CID we'd put it with the others and crack the lot.
15:50at a stroke.
15:51naturally.
15:52punchy a swift half?
15:53i'm tempted but...
15:54duty calls.
15:55there could be a phone call.
15:57medical report on that woman's body.
15:59true I should have remembered since I'm supposed to be leading a murder inquiry.
16:03no time to concern myself with bricks really.
16:06sorry sir?
16:07oh nothing. just either way there's no time to spare for three pounds.
16:12I'm trying to get my desk clear so I can go fishing this weekend.
16:15what do you fish for?
16:17anything that's good enough to take the bait.
16:20I did actually catch a fish once.
16:23good.
16:25the thing to be...
16:29sorry sir?
16:31oh nothing. I was just going to say the thing to be is a close personal friend of the chief constable.
16:35but on second thoughts I don't think I'll say it.
16:41thank you.
16:51is that what you wanted to find?
16:53I didn't really want to find anything.
16:55no but you did find things.
16:57I did rather.
16:59so what happens next?
17:01we'll have to interview your son and from what you were telling me we'll have to interview some of his friends as well.
17:05wait a moment I didn't say anything about his friends taking anything.
17:07you did say there's a group of them and that they do everything together.
17:11he brings them back here.
17:13circumstantial evidence?
17:15something we'll have to check.
17:17everything's got to be checked.
17:19so where will this interview take place?
17:23at the school probably.
17:25in the presence of the parents or guardian?
17:27I suppose that's me.
17:29the mother or the father?
17:31I divorced his father.
17:33I refuse to blame that.
17:35you know the old broken home routine.
17:37no I'll take the full responsibility myself.
17:45just like being back among the workers again.
17:47sandwiches in the office.
17:49surrounded by activity.
17:51just enough to keep me going.
17:55Gene's taking me out to dinner tonight with a couple of witch doctors.
17:59oh specialists I beg the pardon.
18:01have you ever listened to the medical profession talking amongst themselves off duty?
18:07I can't say I have.
18:09almost as frightening as listening to coppers.
18:11I bet that's your medical report.
18:13Chief Inspector Hawkins.
18:15Chief Inspector Hawkins.
18:17Chief Inspector Hawkins.
18:19no Snow.
18:20I thought you were going to be someone else.
18:21I should have been here to relieve me by now.
18:24who?
18:25the big fella?
18:26PC Snow.
18:27oh er
18:29he used to be a dog handler.
18:30that one.
18:31told you that did he?
18:34er
18:35yeah.
18:36yeah he likes a chat does PC Snow.
18:41I can er
18:42fix your nice ham sandwich if you're getting paid.
18:44all right thanks.
18:49yeah he never stops talking.
18:54almost friendly.
18:57oh
18:58oh
18:59oh
19:01oh
19:02oh
19:03oh
19:04oh
19:05oh
19:06oh
19:07oh
19:08oh
19:09oh
19:10oh
19:11oh
19:12oh
19:13oh
19:14oh
19:15oh
19:20oh
19:24oh
19:36oh
19:37oh
19:38oh
19:39oh
19:40oh
19:41but we found these in your room peter you let him go into my room well i couldn't really stop him
19:51you mean if i hadn't gone into your room if i hadn't found all these things that would have
19:54been all right you're saying it's all right as long as you don't get found out there's men making
19:59thousands of pounds every day because they haven't been found out the men that own those shops we
20:05only lift things from big shops not small shops only big shops with invisible owners we
20:09pardon we only lift things that's what you said who are the others
20:15we'll find out anyway so go ahead find out anyway oh don't worry i'll plead guilty but i'm not shopping
20:24anyone there's yourself peter we know who your friends are funny that why i know who my friends
20:31are too genuine juvenile shoplifting ring they haven't nicked 10 000
20:39pounds worth of face in bricks and concrete blocks by any chance the biggest item an alarm
20:45clock never mind just thought we might kill two birds i bet that's your telephone call
20:50chief inspector hawkins it is yes yes you sure about that
21:01well i don't know whether that's the answer we wanted it'll save us a lot of bother that's one
21:07thing yes okay thanks very much medical report says there's no evidence to suggest anyone else was
21:15involved the woman had been drinking heavily and death was caused by a blow to the head that could
21:20have been the result of a fall she lived on her own didn't she yes so get a sergeant and a pc to
21:27complete the formal inquiries and report to the coroner we've all got plenty of other work to get
21:32on with got a list of seven names here peter all friends of yours all been to your house on many
21:38occasions now there's an easy way and there's a hard way always is wouldn't you say we've got all their
21:45addresses we have to go and search all their rooms as well that depends if all the other parents give
21:50their permission doesn't it no it doesn't depend on that at all it depends on whether you'll help us
21:54save everybody time and trouble tell us who's involved and who isn't it doesn't matter what i
22:01say whatever i say you're bound not to believe me you'll go and check to be sure so if it doesn't
22:06matter what i say best if i don't say anything all right you please yourself but i'm not impressed
22:13i've met too many genuine hard men like to use your telephone mr bradley of course i'd like to talk
22:19to those other lads two of those other lads are girls hadn't you noticed
22:24i want a couple of men sent over to sterling street school to assist and members of the inquiry
22:32team to resume normal duties oh and i'd like to check that sergeant evans has called off the house
22:37the house on the thamesford estate you've got your cup i'll get you some fresh tea thanks
22:46forgotten you have they
22:48happens all the time
22:53bags of action across there isn't there what they never stop still it's a bit of a doddle really
23:09isn't it this job what you know what i mean one thing i will tell you
23:16yeah for future reference i take sugar
23:23mr watts
23:34how do you know sorry to keep you waiting
23:38ah it's all right it's quite peaceful makes a change
23:41i'd have to ask you to give me a couple of minutes more mr watts
23:44there's a traveler outside i have to get rid of wants us to be agents for a central heating system
23:50that i know on good authority is liable to explode i should get rid of him two minutes mr watts
24:14thank you amber control
24:28sustenance
24:33what's up
24:34three spoonfuls
24:36well done
24:36important message from kate kennedy was that somebody's on his way to relieve me
24:42oh we'll miss you
24:44ah get rid of him all right did you central heating fella oh yes yes
24:54no part of the job having to deal with people you'd rather not be bothered with i know how you feel
25:00yes no for the next 20 minutes i'm busy
25:05all right
25:07oh where do we start
25:11bricks gravel or timber
25:13it's a good question
25:14let's start with the basics then
25:16how involved is mr forster in the running of the firm
25:19oh not a great deal
25:20not now
25:21when he first started he was a little man in a back street with a bucket in a handcart
25:25yeah he told me
25:26tells everybody
25:27so effectively you're in charge of the shop
25:30and it was you noticed that there was 15 000 pounds a stray in the book somewhere
25:34i voiced my suspicions to mr forster then when he saw the balance sheet for last year
25:38he took notice
25:38wouldn't you
25:40not being the tycoon type i don't think there's any point in saying what i'd do
25:44um builder's merchants that's a sort of middleman operation isn't it
25:48yeah like most things we order 100 000 bricks say from a brick manufacturer
25:52then we send them to the building trade as and when they want to buy them
25:55and that applies to all your business across all kinds of building materials
26:00oh what i'm trying to get at is there are two points in the process where you can work the fiddle
26:05when the stuff arrives or when it goes out
26:07no no everything's booked down and signed for
26:10yes but if i sign a piece of paper accepting delivery of say 20 000 bricks
26:15well it's easy enough to lose 500 between me and the lorry driver a couple of backhanders and you're away
26:19well we make allowances for stuff that gets damaged in transit of course
26:22that's part of the normal procedure
26:24oh but your materials are all bulk aren't they i mean
26:27when it comes to stock taking it's not like running a corner shop
26:30you can't count gravel on your fingers if you see what i mean
26:33well we make the system as foolproof as possible
26:35but not proof against a really smart lad who's good at figures
26:38i take it you've got copies of all these invoices delivery notes and all that
26:44every transaction is recorded
26:46and how many would that run into in a year say hundreds
26:50thousands mr watt
26:51that represents last week
26:54so where's the double check
26:57i mean you can't go through every one day by day
27:00the final analysis we have to trust people
27:02and that's the tricky part
27:04we're aware of that
27:05i'd very much like a conducted tour of the premises
27:09that's easy
27:10now
27:11please
27:12i uh
27:14take it nobody knows who i am
27:16i frightened somebody
27:17pretend i'm a factory inspector
27:19that would frighten them even more
27:21all right
27:22friend of mr forsters
27:23fair enough
27:24it's almost true
27:25i'm a friend of a friend
27:26afternoon
27:33afternoon
27:34what kept you
27:35organized crime
27:36oh i didn't know you were that way inclined
27:38been solving some
27:39have a medal
27:40so
27:41anything going on here
27:42uh not a lot
27:44fellow bought a humber about uh
27:46twenty past two
27:47what you been solving then
27:49a bunch of kids
27:51five lads and two girls
27:52been running a highly organized shoplifting ring
27:54what do you do
27:55beat them into submission
27:56i've got ways of making them talk
27:58i'll bet
27:58confiscate the rice lollies
28:00no it's all a bit sad really
28:02having to tell mommy her beloved son's a thief
28:04the sort of kids were though rough
28:05no a bit soft if anything
28:07don't think they wanted the money
28:09just a sort of protest as far as i can make out
28:11well
28:12all thieving's a protest innit
28:14i didn't know that
28:15fellow does a bank
28:16he's protesting because the bank's got more money than he has
28:19and his chummy across the road planning his protest would you say
28:23no sign of it
28:24i think i can promise you a boring couple of hours
28:27our friend downstairs doesn't help much
28:29the landlord he's all right
28:31he never shuts up
28:32plenty of people like that
28:33i'll see you then
28:36i shouldn't be surprised
28:37well
28:55it's been a funny sort of day
29:00it certainly has
29:02sorry
29:03well there is no point in being sorry is there
29:07yes there is
29:08sorry for hurting people
29:11if only i knew why
29:13don't ask me why i don't know the answer to that
29:16it's just
29:17at the time it just seemed sensible
29:20but i don't know why
29:23and i'm sorry about that too
29:27i'm sorry i don't know why
29:28i'll go and make some tea
29:35hello
29:46the other lad's gone then has he
29:49yeah
29:50good
29:50it's all right
29:52oh if you like miserable divils he's great
29:54i've got the impression he didn't want to talk to anybody
29:56oh he don't mind talking just a bit funny about listening
29:59oh uh
30:02can't remember
30:03do you take sugar
30:04please
30:05how much
30:05quite a lot usually
30:07right
30:07ah thank you for that
30:11you're welcome
30:12i didn't realize it was such a big place
30:14it's a big problem
30:16sit down mr watt
30:18yeah
30:18would you um
30:20would you like a drink
30:21no thanks
30:22my wife's taking me out to dinner
30:24see what i'm saving myself
30:26yes
30:29a big problem
30:30yes
30:32all those lorries zooming in and out
30:35with assorted loads of assorted quantities
30:37it's like the dodgems
30:38difficult enough to avoid being run over
30:40without checking on who's stealing what and where
30:43well i don't like passing the buck mr watt
30:45but i do believe it's your problem now
30:46i'm well aware of that
30:48i'm just uh
30:50sorting out in my mind
30:51it's the best approach
30:52well if i can help
30:53yes i'd like to lean on you
30:55you see there are three ways that i could tackle it
30:58first we could go through all these uh bits of paper covering say the last six months and
31:04look for dubious transactions false signatures or even genuine signatures that turn up more frequently than you'd expect
31:10it's long and it's boring but if you look hard enough you eventually find a pattern
31:14question of man hours though isn't it
31:16correct
31:17and we haven't enough of either on our side
31:19hmm
31:20so what's plan b
31:21well that depends whether they're still at it
31:23if they are we could plant one of our men out in the yard there
31:26well we've got some good shovelers on the strengths
31:29he keeps his eyes and his ears open and we work from there
31:32well i could organize a genuine job there's no trouble
31:34i could use something to be honest if he's strong and willing
31:38and the other way is what i call the judas approach
31:42how's that pieces of silver
31:46we don't talk about that no
31:48first thing you give me a list of all the people who've worked here during the last year
32:03there's a list of our current employees thank you and i can arrange details of those who've left
32:09and naturally we'll check this list for any names that are known to us
32:13and you can tell me of any of these people you don't trust
32:20oh i see i am your judas just a figure of speech
32:32all right mr watt give me the list
32:43as many as that i'm not accusing them all i'm just expressing an opinion
32:49that's what you wanted isn't it that's what i wanted
32:57i'd rather not be seen carrying all this lot aren't with me
33:00well so you get the complete collection at your office tomorrow
33:05and uh i guarantee that nobody here will know about it
33:09you could mention it to mr forster
33:12anyway i'll ring you tomorrow let me know which of your three plans you intend to apply
33:17oh a bit of each i should think perhaps a bit of luck as well that helps
33:22you're a very good hub thanks you haven't cracked it yet then not yet do you know what you're looking
33:39for well approximately your mate wouldn't say a word maybe he thought you knew it all anyway
33:45i can tell you all i know in three sentences go on well i got a phone call from the brewery saying
33:55that they had arranged for the police to use this room and would i render every assistance and you
34:00have a very nice cup of tea that's all i know haven't guessed anything that thing is pointed at the
34:09second-hand car firm across the road so uh i guess that it must be something to do with them
34:14carry on probably to do with the blokes running it right not allowed to say could be thrown in a
34:19tar but carry on guessing well the car firm is run by two men one is called summers and the other
34:26fella's called medcalf a drink in your pub no they go to some drinking club along the road
34:32but uh some of the customers call in here and that's how i know that charlie
34:36summers have been inside post office job wasn't it yeah they've actually told me something hoist
34:42the flag matter of public record summers doing time i see and uh now you're thinking that he might
34:51be getting up to something else right your phone's ringing
35:07somebody in the office that makes a change job for you sir these two chemist shops cid have
35:15checked them over i want you to double check for our files sir method of entry style of the job
35:20possible inside contacts i promised to crack the whole package how many all together sir 17 in a month
35:27too many 17. one thing must be understood john because mr forster is a close personal friend of mine
35:40there need be no preferential treatment it's also a good reason for getting it sorted out isn't it sir
35:46yes of course it's a question of manpower either we put a lot of men on it for a short period or we take it
35:53slowly and gently
35:58good so if you can see to that i can rest in peace for fishing sir now did you guess
36:10let's talk to him
36:16go on
36:17go on
36:20pc nesbitt uh just a moment sir he's just gone out of the office i'll see if i can catch him
36:26mr cullen for you sir you caught up with me in the corridor
36:34mr hawkins for you sir
36:38chief inspector hawkins yes he caught up with me in the corridor sir
36:47and
37:04telephone i agree you have the same trouble do you
37:07to those are usually somebody very important giving out orders
37:11you think it's any different from me you'll run a pub so i wouldn't know
37:14you get these young whiz kids ringing you up telling you how you can make money for the firm
37:18for the firm not for yourself oh they've got university degrees and all some of them
37:23never thought you needed university degrees to sell beer
37:26that all you needed was some beer it's a right world isn't it
37:30tell me what you know about charlie summers mr davis
37:32i trust that you weren't dashing off anywhere harry uh just home to my wife sir
37:44i'm sure she'll wait with patience and with understanding
37:48yes sir
37:51john would you outline the case
37:54building materials
37:56a firm is short by about 15 000 pounds worth
37:59no i'd like you to try a bit harder than that mr davis you've just told me what i already know
38:04charlie somers owns half that place across the road and he's done a bit of bird i already knew
38:08that now you tell me what you've been hearing in your pub because you have been hearing things
38:12haven't you well you hear things yeah so tell me it's just hearsay if i think it's rubbish i'll say
38:19so i ain't shy what if it's not rubbish if it helps you will you show your appreciation no i will
38:26not give you any money because it's your duty as a citizen to tell me what you know oh come on
38:32come on yourself now you're a licensee remember you tell me what you know about charlie somers and
38:40i promise i won't come into your pub asking to see everybody's birth certificate there that's showing
38:45appreciation in it now here's me complaining because the other fella didn't want to talk to me
38:49come on like a good citizen oh all right
38:58the first thing i heard they know you're watching how they know i don't know somebody must have seen
39:03you creeping in the back door how should i know all i'm telling you is there was a fella in the pub
39:08at lunchtime and he says i hear you've got old bill living upstairs and the fella that said it well if
39:13he knows the whole street knows so from that point of view you might as well pack up and go home except
39:18if they know we're watching they won't try anything on will they but you want to catch the matter don't
39:22you never mind what we want tell me what else you've heard well may sound stupid but i'll pass it on
39:29for what it's worth now they're in the second-hand car business right i got that much just watching
39:37well one night last week past midnight charlie somers took delivery of a lorry load of timber timber
39:43yeah yeah you know off trees people build houses with it you know that sort of thing i live in a
39:49house mr davis well then it's not illegal to be in possession of timber not even in the middle of the
39:54night i'm just telling you i'm not and i'm writing it all down in my book mr davis oh well anyway this
40:03fella turns up with a lorry load of timber and him and summers unloads it and puts her in the workshop
40:08you're still writing all this down are you still writing any case of this kind there's no way of
40:15solving it without a mountain of paperwork so we just meet it head on it's always the same with our
40:21limited resources we'll take a certain amount of juggling sir then you have my authority to start
40:28juggling first thing monday morning right sir there's nothing more that i have to say if you're
40:37wanting to dash off unless you're john now i've said all i wanted to say good night have a good weekend
40:45thank you mind you i think it's gone now what's gone that timber i was telling you about still room
40:58on a page to write some more well it's just hearsay now you won't forget let me worry about that there is
41:06some more isn't there yeah but this could get him into trouble this good if it's true if you break the
41:17law you get into trouble and it serves you right i'm not saying that this bit is true but somebody told
41:24you i'm getting impatient mr davis he's got two wives you were gonna say he was a multiple murderer
41:42not that i know of but he has got two wires one down here and one up in manchester both legal they
41:47can't both be legal oh you know what i mean he's married them both he's got their certificates and all
41:53the rubbish i reckon your page must be just about full now isn't it i reckon it is mr davis
42:02well if you'll excuse me it's time to open up the bar
42:14still busy uh just typing out the report on the two-count shop sir
42:18by any joy there oh same as all the others on the fire sir very professional job somebody who knew
42:24what they were doing what they were looking for in a way i prefer the cowboys who make a mess
42:31it's a complex operation mr watt and mr hawkins are putting their heads together on it
42:37oh i'm reasonably hopeful oh very kind maurice
42:47well will you tell mrs forster that my wife and i will be delighted to come
42:52will we come round one night next week how would that be you working all night as well
42:58oh no sir just till i finish this well i'm always a way to enjoy myself all right then kid so on the
43:05trumpets we have cracked it oh sorry sir better tell us what it is you've cracked uh surveillance in
43:12castle street sir had this whisper that charlie summers was planning a job and according to my
43:16information we can pull him in now a holding charge yes sir what charge bigger me sir wife here one
43:22in manchester uh registrar's office won't be open now will it get on the records let them do the donkey
43:28work oh yes sir and uh while you're at it check all the names on this list with crosses dates of birth
43:38as well oh on second thoughts check all the names on the list with or without crosses but don't start
43:44until i'm outside that door i'm off to enjoy myself good night good night sir good night sir
43:52what's all this about forces uh builders merchants been losing thousands of pounds worth of gear
43:57bricks and sand and timber and wc systems timber yeah timber you know wood hi there hi there i know what
44:10you mean charlie summers had a load in his workshop last week summers oh to hell with it i'll ring records
44:17first get one thing at a time get big of me out the way
44:40all right just this once you said just this once the last time and the time before just as long as
44:54you don't get to expect a cup of tea a privilege not a right that's a short rude answer to that
45:02did you solve all your problems i can't even remember what problems i took with me this morning
45:10my hands full of bricks no comment remind me james oldham 37 rhythm road thamesford
45:18arnold panton flat 14 park mansions thamesford estate ernie's parkinson sorry
45:25well if i'm going too fast it's because i want to get home tonight
45:27all right hey you sort out my bigamist that's your top priority can i carry on ernest parkinson god
45:36bless him 29 and we caught the shoplifters average age 15 years two months
45:43oh what's your reading carl mark's oh it's an abridged version he does go on a bit homework
46:00not on the o-level syllabus oh what's he got to say well if we're to redistribute wealth
46:07he suggests a slightly better way than the way we try no i shouldn't really laugh not after what's
46:16happened today what else can you do what else was there somebody keeps breaking into chemist shops
46:25and stealing dangerous drugs a couple more were done last night and we don't know where to start
46:29masterly inactivity
46:52fancy half
46:52you fancy two
47:04anyway i thought your murder inquiry was the big thing you can cancel that
47:08how can you cancel a murder oh the woman's still dead that's not in dispute but the medical evidence
47:13suggests that she just got drunk fell over and banged her head excuse me
47:18if it's the torbats tell them we're on our way oh john what
47:30right thank you
47:37on cancel that murder what a man walked into a police station half an hour ago and says he killed a woman
47:43but the medical evidence obviously hasn't read the medical report apparently he was very eager to confess
48:06do you sometimes get false confessions don't you as many of those is the real sort that's why we have
48:11to check very carefully john you're not
48:16you're going to interview him i found harry hawkins just as he was off for a weekend's fishing i'm gonna
48:21dress for dinner
48:42you're going to be on my own
48:46and i have to be here
48:50and i'll do
48:51it
48:53and i'll do
48:55it
48:55and i'll do
48:55it
48:55and i'll do
48:56and i'll do
48:57and i'll do
48:59¶¶
49:29¶¶