01x01 - Episode 1

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SHAKY BREATHING

MUFFLED SIRENS

DOOR SLAMS

SILENCE

INDISTINCT HUM OF CONVERSATION

MUFFLED CHATTER

Spill. Have they shagged yet?

Yeah. I think so. No!

And he wants her to
leave her husband

and just go away with him.

What, leave everything?

I would shag Gary if it'd
get me out of this place.

Would you?!

No! THEY LAUGH

Of course not!

But anywhere is better
than this place.

When you two have
finished gossiping, Jayne,

need you on the tills.

Detective was looking for
you on the breakfast shift.

For me?

Why?

KNOCK ON DOOR

Hi. Erm... Hey.
Can I help you?

I'm here for DS Francis?

Over there.

Hi. I'm Alison Brooks.

Apparently, you
were asking for me?

Yeah, I was. Alison, yeah.
Erm, thank you for coming up.

I got your name from the
Community Skills Database.

You signed up when you started
working for the canteen.

You read lips, right? Yeah.

Oh, good. OK. All of our usual
lip-readers are busy on other jobs.

One sec.

PHONE RINGS

Hello.

This is Alison. Alison
works in the canteen.

She's a lip-reader.

This is Detective
Inspector Marsh. James.

James. SOFTLY: James, hi.

And this is DC
Lawford. Ben. Hello.

So, you lip-read? Did
you have lessons, or...?

I just picked it up.

And how much of a
conversation can you read?

Well, it depends. You
know, some people are easy.

It depends on the situation.
OK. Can we just have one moment?

Is that all right?
Have a sit-down.

Sir, all our usual terps
are tied up on other jobs.

MUFFLED CHATTER

I-I can do it if you
tell me what it is.

MURMURS: OK. That
was impressive.

OK... She got that.

Well, we're all watching a g*ng
who are planning a robbery.

A big robbery.

And we have reason to believe
they're meeting tomorrow,

but they're always careful to meet
in places where we can't bug them.

That's why we need a lip-reader,

so we can understand
what's being said.

Ah. Exactly.

Well, with lip-reading, it's
not just about seeing words.

It's who's talking and
what you know of them,

cos you kind of need context.

But we've also got to be very
careful about what we tell you,

for your own protection.

Oh. Alison...

do you need an interpreter
or anything like that?

Well, I don't have one now.

You can't talk about anything
that we've spoken about today.

No, OK.

Oh, you need to check me out.

Make sure you all can trust me?

We'll let you know. DS
Francis will be in touch.

Hi!

You're on tonight? What?

Why aren't those in the fridge?
Well, I'll take them now.

Can I get a non-alcoholic beer?

Non-alcoholic beer? You
would like some beer?

Non-alcoholic beer?

Non-alcoholic beer?
OK. I'll get you that.

PHONE BUZZES

Good. I've negotiated
an extra hour,

which means we now have
surveillance until 11:30.

And then the team is
due on a job in Dover,

which gives us a fighting chance

to figure out what Helen
Redman is cooking up this time.

We picked up another text.

The meeting place is a picnic bench
on the south side of the park.

Alison, come through.

Went to three numbers.

One unknown, one we
think is Braden Moore,

and the other, you'll like
this - Joseph Holhurst.

Oh, Christ, really? Yeah.

OK, so Helen's getting the
old g*ng back together.

Well, minus Rob Byron, I guess.
Isn't Danny Heath still inside?

For the ransomware attack
on the insurance firm.

He's got eight months.
OK. So Helen's recruiting.

Oh, Alison. Hey. Hey.

Hey. You all right?

Nice to see you. You
all right? Come through.

This g*ng that we're watching,

they target jewellery
stores, workshops.

Not afraid to use violence.

We can't arrest them until
we have enough evidence

to secure a conviction,
but that's...

like trying to do a jigsaw
without the picture on the box.

And, what, you want me to
find that piece of the jigsaw?

Exactly. You know,
we're doing what we can.

We've got the live feeds,
we're... I need to see you.

Oh, OK. Sorry.

We have surveillance
teams in the park,

and we're watching the
live feeds whenever we can.

But today, we need you to just
sit and watch the monitors

and tell us what you see. OK?

Alison. Hi.

These are the people
we'll be watching, OK?

We call her Cruella.

We call him Hulk.

And that's Wolf.
ALISON CHUCKLES

What, like a code name? Yeah.

We need you to tell us if
you know any of these people.

No. No?

Here we go. Here we
go. Nia? Have a seat.

OK.

BEN: 'Someone's approaching
the rendezvous.'

Unknown IC1 male, grey
jeans, brown hoodie.

Who is that? No idea.

'Awaiting orders.
Shall I move him on?'

Nia, anything?

NIA: Not yet. Nothing.

He looks really nervous. Like
he's waiting for someone.

Hold on. Ben, he
might be part of this.

Hulk's here.

New contact with Cruella.
Entering east gate.

'Contact with Wolf,
central path.' Full house.

Nia, do we have an ID on the
IC1 male in the brown hoodie?

Not yet. OK, keep trying.

There's not much to go on.

I'm looking back
through the messages.

OK, what about this one?
What about this one?

What can you see there?

Here, anything you can see.

Anything at all.

James, just give her...

Liam. Liam?

That's his name.
His name's Liam.

Nia, check for any associates
of the g*ng called Liam.

If we play the
surveillance feeds back,

are you OK to try again?

To get any information
we might have missed.

So, if I play this back...

Right. Anything you
can get from this.

Wait. Can you just go back
a bit? Yeah, well, if I...

Well, here. You do it. Oh, OK.

She's introducing man
in a hoodie to Wolf.

SHE MUTTERS

He said his last name.
I missed it before.

So, Hoodie says his name's Liam.

And then I think his second
name is something like...

like Barlow or Marlow.

But P and a B and an M,
they all look the same.

OK. What else? Keep
watching. What else?

Oh, Hulk said,

"I think he can help us."

Yeah. So, Hoodie is
telling Wolf about himself.

He's not from Canterbury.

He's moved around a lot.

Yeah, it's like it's
some sort of interview.

Liam Barlow, 29. No
previous convictions.

I have an address in
Manchester, but...

They found him. Yeah.

OK, I need a full profile on
him. As quick as you can, yeah?

ALISON EXHALES, CHUCKLES

Very good work today.

Very, very good. Oh.

You need to fill in this
form if you wanna be paid.

OK. Alison? Alison?

Erm... very important that
you don't look up anything

that you've seen in
this office today, OK?

For your own safety.

SOFTLY: OK. OK.

TV: 'Fantastic, well done, John.

'He knows his sport,
this lad, doesn't he?

'So, Christine, over to you...'

PHONE BUZZES

Today, the footage is from CCTV,
so it won't be as good quality,

but we need a date and
location for the robbery.

BEN: Morning, Sir.
How are we doing?

Good. Do you wanna
roll the tapes?

Sir.

Anything?

No, it's not really clear.

I can barely see the face. OK.

Well, you use this, and you
take as long as you need.

What's she saying?
Here. What's she saying?

Cruella is saying something

about Belmarsh?

Is someone in prison there?

Yeah. We know. Yeah. What else?

Keep looking.

I think she's saying a
date. Let me go back a bit.

Actually...

Actually two dates,


Could it be 7th or




Maybe the robbery might
happen between those dates.

I mean, it's very
hard to see, but...

She says "big, risky".

"Keep an eye on him."

What's he saying here? This
guy, what's he saying there?

"Putting him in a flat..."

Putting him in a flat.

Good. Near the app.

Could it be The Tap?
It's the name of a pub.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah,
it could be "tap".

Are they talking about
Hoodie? SOFTLY: Ashleigh.

PHONE BUZZES

sh*t. Erm, sorry,
I'm gonna have to go.

What? DOOR OPENS

SPEECH MUTED

SPEECH MUTED

MUFFLED: Load of nonsense...

Excuse me. Hello. Erm,
what is happening?

Our landlord's selling our estate
to this management company.

Sorry, erm, does that mean
our rent's gonna go up?

Someone's got to pay
for her expensive suits.

No, no, no, no.

PHONE BUZZES

We've got intel

that the g*ng are meeting
in a bar not far from here.

We can watch on my tablet.

Saves us going to the station.

How do you know they're
gonna meet at the bar?

Someone got lazy. We're
monitoring their messages.

But that's why we
need to be quick,

because they could change
their passwords at any time.

PHONE BUZZES Yeah.

They're having technical
problems with the camera.

Would you be up for
going into the bar?

Into the bar? We'd just
be friends having a drink.

We won't get too close to them.

OK. Yeah?

But you're buying.
CHUCKLES: OK.

Wolf, Hulk and Hoodie are
at a table to the left.

On the left? Yeah. Our
team will be in there.

And we can just take their
place as they leave. OK.

I'm just gonna talk to
you like we're friends,

and you can just ignore
me, and you watch them, OK?

OK. You ready? OK.

ANIMATED CHATTER, MUSIC PLAYS

What do you want? Can I have
an Aperol spritz, please?

Two Aperol spritz,
please. Thank you.

HUSHED VOICES

Thank you.

WHISPERS: OK. We gotta go.

OK, I'm just gonna... chat,
while you get what you can.

Take your time.
OK? Erm... Yeah.

Oh. Wolf is here.

Are you OK?

I need to get closer.
The angle's really bad.

It's too dangerous.
Keep trying from here.

You'll not get
everything straight away.

Are you OK?

I can't see anything
from here. OK.

Drink up. Why?

What are you...? Wait!

HUSHED: Alison!

Hi. Can I have an Aperol
spritz? On her tab. Thank you.

Can I get some napkins?

Oh, Jesus Christ.

'You shouldn't have got so
close. They could've seen you.'

'Do you wanna know what I saw?'

'What did you see?'

This isn't about
the jewellery shop.

Yeah, I think they were talking

about something like metric...

like a bio-metric...

'Biometrics? Are you sure?'

'I can't think what else it can
be. It's such a clear shape.'

'Biometrics?

'That sounds like they're
going for a vault.

'That is a step
up for this g*ng.'

'Hoodie thinks he can break in.

'I think he's a
computer hacker.'

Did you see anything else

about the venue?

No. I think Hoodie
needs something.

I don't know what,

but I think Cruella is
gonna get him information.

'You did well. You
got loads this time.'

'It's so much easier when
you're in the room with them.'

'These people are dangerous.

'You don't want to
get close to them.'

Ah. Can I get you something?

No, thanks.

WOMAN LAUGHS LIGHTLY

THEY CHUCKLE

Alison. Hi.

We should, er... It's
a live feed today.

See you. See you around.

'They're meeting
in the play area.'

What, you got that from
the phone messages?

How do you know about that?

I saw you say
something about phones.

Thank you.

We're looking for a potential
high-security facility.

Somewhere that uses biometrics,

which is new territory
for this g*ng.

Did you find out what
they're planning to steal?

Look, just stick to lip-reading.
Leave the detection to us.

Contact with Hulk.

Cruella, south side with Driver.

JAMES: That's a sh*t
angle, isn't it?

LAUGHTER AND SQUEALS

ON EARPIECE: 'And we have Wolf.'

Hoodie's joining the party.

OK, we've got them, we
just need to see them.

ALISON SIGHS

I can't see anything. She...

Can I get... Can I get closer?

You can't? Nothing at all?
You can't see anything?

I can't lip-read the back of a
head. They won't like anyone closer.

Bad idea.

Just get a little bit
closer. She's got a point.

They're right there talking
about it. Right there.

OK. Ask her to move in.


with caution.

Oh, OK. Oh, no.

Er, this isn't
gonna work, is it?

Oh, sh*t. Oh, yeah.
This isn't gonna work.

f*ck's sake. Great. OK.

Stand her down. Yeah? Yeah.


All units, stand down.

They were right there
talking about it.

They were right under
our noses. Right there.

I'm really sorry, I...

OK, well... Right,
listen. Listen!

I wanna know where they've
gone to after that, OK?

I wanna know where they've
gone, who they've spoken to,

what tasks they were given.

Ben, a list of all
high-security facilities

that use this biometric data.

Let's try and pinpoint
a venue, can we, please?

Let's try to make sure today wasn't
a complete f*cking waste of time.

Can I just...? What?

Sorry, I need... I need
to go to the toilet.

Alison?!

Ashleigh?

Can we talk? Yeah.

Look, I'm really sorry that I
didn't get anything earlier.

Don't worry.

We were asking too much.

No, and James... James
wasn't angry with you.

This isn't just about
stopping a robbery. There's...

Cruella, her husband is in
Belmarsh Prison for ten years,

for manslaughter.

A member of the public died
during their last armed robbery,

and James blames himself
for not stopping it.

That's why we're
pushing really hard.

Was it... Was it James' fault?

No. The investigation
cleared him, but a man died.

Erm, and, you know,
he had a wife.

So... sometimes, the IOPC's
blessing isn't enough.

Well... I could see a lot more

if you just get me closer.

I mean, I got a lot
more in the wine bar.

I don't think
that's a good idea.

OK. But The Tap is a pub, right?

The Canterbury Tap.

And they've put Liam
in a flat nearby,

so maybe he might go in there.

Have you been
researching the case?

No...

You really, really need to
leave the investigating to us.

But...

Hello. Cinnamon
roll and a pastry.

Erm... My coffee?

Oh!

Enjoy. Erm...

Did you use nut milk? No.

No. I'll get you another one.

Night. Alison!

Can we have a chat
before you go?

OK.

I'm... really sorry, but Karl
thinks this isn't working out.

But he didn't ask
for the nut milk.

And even if he did, he
waited till I turned away.

Look, I'm sorry.

No, I really need
this job. I know.

And I don't wanna lose you.

You're gonna find
something else. No!

KARL: Samira!

Alison... You could've
told me yourself.

DOOR CLOSES

BAR MANAGER: Oh. Hello again.

Hi. Erm... Can I have a
half of Cold Zombie, please?

You know your craft beer, then?

I like the names. Cold Zombie.

Dead Pig Ditch. Bobby's Biscuit.

It makes it easier to lip-read
when people order them.

You work in a bar?
Yeah, I used to.

But I'm currently looking
for a job at the moment. Oh.

We can never hold on to staff.

Wait, so are you looking?

Er... I know you're
probably thinking,

"I don't wanna hire a
deaf barmaid." Oh...

But I will learn all your
menu before the first shift.

I don't get people's
orders wrong.

I've got a day job, but
I could work any evening.

All right, OK. So what
you're saying is...?

I'm saying give me a
chance and I'll show you.

LOW HUM OF CHATTER AND MUSIC

MACHINE BEEPS

I'm gonna try it around there.

MACHINE BEEPS

Got it, thank you.

'SWEET DREAMS [Are Made of
This]' PLAYS OVER JUKEBOX

Hi.

What can I get for you?

Just a pint of IPA.

Are you, like, a regular here?

No, I just moved in
around the corner.

I'd better remember
your order, then.

Do you find it hard,
with the music?

Sorry.

You're deaf, aren't you?

Or hard of hearing.
Is that what you say?

I'm deaf. What did you say?

Does the music make
it difficult for you?

Ah. Yeah, sometimes.

But I like the beat.

Yeah. This is a good one.

Bad day?

CHUCKLES SOFTLY Just work.

Can I tell you a secret?

It's my first day,

and I pretended I know
everything about craft beer,

but I actually don't.

HE CHUCKLES

I just got a new job too.

What do you do?

It's too boring to explain.

MACHINE BEEPS

That'll be 6.99.

BOTH CHUCKLE

What's your name?

I'm Alison.

Liam.

Have a good day. And you.

LIAM SIGHS, SNIFFS

Hey, don't worry,
I'll close up here.

You did good tonight.

Come back tomorrow?
What do you think?

PHONE BUZZES Yeah?

All right, yes.
ALISON CHUCKLES

Oh. You going?
Closing, aren't you?

Gotta go to work. Night.

Good night.

KEYS JANGLE

f*ck! Are you OK? DOOR CLOSES

Alison?! I'm fine. I'm OK.

I'll just get a bruised
arse in the morning.

Have you got a death wish?

I-I'm sorry. I forgot
my lights. Don't get up.

Don't get up! I'll
be... I'll be fine.

I'll be fine, I'll be fine.

SHE GROANS OK. You
need a hospital.

I'll drive you.

You OK? Get in.

Sorry.

You were on your way somewhere.

Oh, I missed my meeting.

Erm, besides...

This is more important.

I can't run you over and
then abandon you. Oh.

It's supposed to relieve stress.

HE CHUCKLES SOFTLY

That is weirdly effective.

Do you do this often?

Just throw yourself
in front of cars?

It's my first time.

Well, I'm honoured you chose me.

Are you from Manchester? I
don't always get the accent.

Yeah. Yeah, I am.
INHALES SHARPLY

Just got here, and I
barely know anyone, so...

Well, now I know you.

Now you know me.

SOFTLY: Ow...

Is this happening
now? ASHLEIGH: Yeah.

We picked up a text. We know
they're meeting this morning,

but we don't have a location.



New contact with Hoodie.

All right.

Let's go. Nia?

NIA: We've got a text coming in.

Bright, walker, roast.

OK. Ben. Ben. Where is that?

BEN: There, it's by the
splash park in Vale Gardens.

ASHLEIGH: OK. We've got
a What3words location.

The g*ng are meeting by the
splash park in Vale Gardens.

Can we get officers
there? '6-0-2.

'Hoodie is diverting. He's entering
the electronic shop on Beem Street.'

Wait, wait, wait.

NIA: Nothing on phones, Sir.

Why... Why the change
of location? I dunno.

OK, there's a back alley
down the back of the shop.

Maybe he's trying to shake us?

Nothing on phones?
What is he doing?

What is he doing?

DC FUNG: Contact with Hoodie.

He's carrying a bag.

Subject continuing east
on foot along Beem Street.

What is in that bag? Can
we see what he's bought?

Negative.

'Subject continuing on foot.

'Taking west turn
into Vale Gardens.'

DS BARTON: '6-0-1. New
contact with Hoodie.

'Entering Vale Gardens,
headed toward the splash park.

'6-0-1.

'Hulk on site.'

DI MARSH: Here we go.

He's saying he's sorry. OK.

If we set up a
meeting, you turn up.

There's no f*cking discussion!

Hulk is getting really angry.
Something about a meeting.

Alison. There.

What is he saying?

And... there, what's that?

There, what's he saying there?
We need to know what he's saying.

He's explaining
something. What...?

VOICES FADE AND MERGE

Have you made contact
with Liam Barlow?

You've risked the entire
f*cking operation.

Good morning, Mr Stanford.
I have an appointment.

ALISON: I've got information.

We were so clear to you about
the dangers of getting involved.

I didn't tell him I was
lip-reading for you.

MARSH: You understand how dangerous
this is, being an informant?

LIAM: I'll have to
keep my eye on you.