01x04 - Building Bridges

[bunniefuu]

I believe engineers have identified
six different types of bridges.

There's a beam bridge, which is well,
it's just a slab of concrete,

or even a log across the stream.

There's an arch bridge,
like the Rialto in Venice. It's very nice.

There's a suspension bridge,

like the Golden Gate in San
Francisco.

There's 3 other types of bridge.

What they all have in common,
though, is that their purpose

is to cross a divide of some
sort.

And on the whole
they can be very successful.

But that's assuming that the two sides
are happy about being connected.

'Cause sometimes all you do
is let the enemy across.

Cara Gibson, 38,

lived on the Bar stock Road,
Hillhead.

Where's her coat? It's
freezing.

Could've come off during a
struggle.

SOCO"s found hair and blood
on the bridge, some footprints.

They might be able to make a
cast.

I guess the k*ller just knocked her
unconscious and threw her in to the river.

- Clarko!
- Ash.

Nice suit.

Och, you know,
I've heard that you'd retired.

Promoted actually. DS.
Marine Homicide.

The divers found this
near the er... victim.

It's a different pace for you.

Thanks for the extra prints on this.
Good to see you, Ash.

Cara Gibson.

- Feel like I know that name.
- She's a writer.

TV personality.
Big on social media and all that.

She was also a popular TV
columnist.

Hm. Not that popular.

♪ Throw a vine to the darkness.

♪ Cover your shadows, placed
inside. ♪

♪ This light will shine

♪ Unbroken tonight.

Vocalizing...

*ANNIKA (2021)*
Season 01 Episode 04

Episode Title: "Episode # 1.4"
Aired on: Septe 07, 2022.

I'm not criticising, but you share
a hobby with naval prisoners of w*r.

It's not a hobby. Hold this.

- What is that?
- A wrought iron truss.

What bridge is it?

Menai Bridge. Built by Thomas
Telford.

He was an only child
and his mum was a single parent.

And I see why he is a genius.

He left home at 16 and never
went back.

Yep, right.

So I was thinking, it's been ages
since we hung out.

- Me with work, you with
- Yeah.

You know, the things you do.

Why don"t we go out, somewhere
fun?

And when you say fun...

I mean an exhibition
on bridges at the aquarium.

They're doing a lates event.

For the extra adrenaline?

Yeah. Exactly.

Tomorrow, after therapy?

Sure.

How is the new therapist?
She seemed nice.

Very - very smiley
and she had, you know, nice hair.

Jake likes her.
I mean, not that I've spoken to him.

Might"ve been 15 Telford left home.
Maybe even 14.

Cara Gibson,
she was a Writing from Life lecturer

at Glasgow University,
but better known for her best sellers.

Pretty broad subjects; Welfare,
culture,

the music industry, modelling.

I read Work shy back in the day.
Well, the first few pages.

It's a fun read if you hate the
poor.

Well, calling people
lazy and responsible

for their own situations
gave her a pretty good media career.

Lots of talk radio, panel shows.

She even fronted a short-lived
TV show,

where people in poverty
were given a makeover

to try and pass them off as
aristocracy.

Why was she back at university
getting paid by the hour to teach?

She just stopped writing.

- Guess she made some enemies.
- Mm.

Well. She definitely made one.

- Have we found her mobile?
- No, it wasn't in her bag,

but we've requested the phone records.
And we have her bank statements.

It's the usual stuff mostly,
but she had been having lunch

at The Menagerie for the last
few days.

Evelyn Billy sings there.

She's er...

one of the stars featured
in Sour Note, the band exposé one.

Fix Me Up. They were terrible,
and I know cos my daughters liked them.

When she got done for drugs
it was a relief. House went quiet.

After the book came out
everyone was booted out the band.

So, there's a possibility that
Cara

was trying to make contact
with this singer.

Why though if she ruined her
career?

- Family call. Can I?
- Sure.

Hi.

Let"s pull together
CCTV from Kingley Bridge,

and sort an appeal for
witnesses.

We"ll go to her university digs.

And why don"t you treat yourself
to lunch at The Menagerie?

- Oh, really?
- No, not really.

Do you think Morgan
could study in Glasgow?

I mean it's on the doorstep.

- She's already got the accent.
- Does she want to?

She could be encouraged to.

- Is she going to open days?
- Not yet.

The world"s her oyster then.

You"ve got England, Europe.

- Well, that"s a bit
- The States.

- There's a massive ocean
- And Australia.

It's got some great
universities.

What are you trying to do to
me?

Australia.

- Graham Kennedy.
- ID?

Not allowed to smile in these?

Did you know her?

Cara and I worked
at the university together.

She was a force of nature.

A good friend.

I get why people do it

but they're just gonna rot there,
aren't they?

Huh. Mm.

I mean you could find a vase
though.

When did you last see Cara?

A few days back.

She locked herself out.

Was there any indication
there might"ve been something wrong?

I'm the maintenance guy.

Hm. They're the ones
who notice the most.

Yeah. Well, I don"t.

I'm just in and out.

Why don't you try him?

Fraser Clanahan, our co-writer.

He teaches at the Kelvin bridge
Campus.

Sorted her out with this cushy number.
Uni pays half rent.

Thought you didn"t know much?

Well, she makes a lot of
call-outs.

Drinks too much.
You know, stuff gets damaged.

And how do you know
where she keeps her booze?

She doesn"t have a wine
cellar.

I can't find her laptop

and she must have one.

Is that everything then?

One
two. One two.

♪ I will be

♪ with you

♪ while the chief ♪

♪ puts sunshine on Leith. ♪

♪ I'll thank him

♪ for his work
and your birth and my birth. ♪

♪ Yeah.

Evelyn Bailie?

Oh, now I miss my granddad.

Only he calls me that.

It's Evie B.

Need to talk to you about Cara
Gibson.

Oh, couldn"t believe it when I heard.
I'm gonna post a tribute on TikTok.

Well, that"s pretty generous.

Given what she did to you.

Look, I was gonna leave the
band anyway.

Work on my solo material.

Got a new track dropping
next week if you're interested.

Yeah. Cara came here
last week for lunch.

Three or four days in a row.

- What did she want?
- To interview me.

She was writing another book.

- What about?
- Dunno. Her big comeback.

I stopped listening
when she said I wouldn"t get paid.

I'm not giving away content for
free.

And she screwed your career.

Where were you last night
between 10 and 11 p.m.?

Working men"s club.

Darnley.

Tough gig.
Play there you can play anywhere.

There is one thing.

I mean it might be something
and nothing.

Cara got all angsty about the
book.

She said she didn"t want to write it,
but, had to.

- What was gonna be in it?
- Don't know.

Just that when it came out

she said that her life
would either start getting better

or get a whole lot worse.

♪ While the chief
puts sunshine on Leith. ♪

I'm wasted in this job.

♪ I will be with you.

I remember once being in a cab

going over the Forth Bridge
and the driver was telling me

that the bridge existed
in a never-ending struggle

between tension and compression.

Like two sides
constantly pulling away from each other.

And if the engineers didn't
manage

the demands of these two
opposing sides, the bridge would buckle.

Or collapse completely.

I mean I was trying to kiss someone
in the back seat at the time

so I - I may have missed
some of the physics.

But, I remember thinking that

in keeping a stable structure
together,

some tension is clearly
important.

Just not too much.

Your co-writer, Cara,
was pretty controversial.

Can you think of anyone
who might"ve bore a grudge?

Half the stuff she said
was just for clicks.

She had a big heart.

And what about Maggie Fisher?

One of the residents mentioned in Workshy.
Cara had highlighted her name.

She was from the Braebank
Tower blocks.

Hated us telling
the truth about the place.

The crime that people
are abusing government benefits.

She thought we had an agenda.

But we both grew up in places
like that.

Parents down the boozer,
not one book in the house.

You and Cara took out
a restraining order against her.

She must've crossed the line.

For harassment, nasties in the post.
But nothing for years.

From Michael.

Cara was writing another book.

That"s news to me.

But I haven't seen Cara recently,
she dropped out of our pub quiz team.

Do you know why?

It's nice that you're loyal.

Cara was doing the 12 steps,
she didn"t wanna hang around pubs.

Do you know why she might"ve been
at the Kingley Bridge last night?

And where were you
between 10 and 11 p.m.?

A university event. The hall
here.

Just got the Vice Chancellor"s job,
had to show my face.

- I'll ping over the details.
- Thanks.

It's not bad for a boy who grew up
in a house with no books.

I guess
as well as being addicted to alcohol,

Cara might"ve been
a bit addicted to attention.

Do you think the new book
was a way of getting some back?

Could be.

But I'm thinking we should take
another look at Graham Kennedy,

he wasn't being upfront with us.

You felt we could put
more resources on it?

Yeah, I'd love to,
but I'm getting pressure

from Oban about my budget.

- Can we keep it in the team?
- Sure.

So, that uniformed officer
at the bridge.

- Yeah, bad evidence handling.
- I wasn't thinking of that.

Oh she - she knew me
from Border Command.

- It's all good.
- Yeah.

But Marine Homicide"s a new
unit,

people are still getting
their heads around it

I'm fine.

I'm gonna grab a coffee, do you
want one?

Yeah. Thanks.

Hey brother,
thought I'd find you here.

Ach, did I forget a wedding?

You forget all of 'em.

Catch anything?

Aye, a brute.
I let it go, you just missed it.

What's with the jacket?

My new unit.

Happy for you.

Annika"s my boss.

What a kick in the ba*ls.

Did you get any chat about a woman
coming off the Kingley Bridge?

You mean aside from her dying?

Nah.

I suppose you want me
to ask around for you.

Cheers, Adie. I appreciate it.

Stop, I'm welling up.

- It's in the oven.
- What is?

The takeaway.

How is the new therapist?

She looked at the clock.

Probably didn"t want
the session to run over.

When would you look at the
clock?

When I'm really interested
in what someone is saying to me.

Okay, fine.

What do you wanna do?

I want you to call Jake
and see if he can recommend someone else.

Okay, sure.

I mean, I'll have to look up
his number though,

cos I deleted it.

Course you did.

I'll get the plates.

Oh, look.

There it is.

Well that"s - wow, er...

Yeah, that's a surprise.

I'll erm...

Well, it's here and er...
Morgan asked then I'll

Is Morgan doing anything
later?

My wee sister"s staying with me
for a couple of days. Same age.

Yeah, we're actually going
to an exhibition on bridges.

- Erm, Morgan is really... I'll ask.
- Thanks.

The last time Erin stayed with me
I took her to the secret bunker.

Oh, the nuclear shelter?

Yeah, she thought
I was taking her to a nightclub.

The only one there
with glitter on her face.

Okay. So forensics
came back.

The hair and blood found at the scene
matches Cara"s.

Red fibres were also recovered,
most likely from a carpet.

And we've got the results
from the post-mortem.

Her blood alcohol levels were sky high,
point one five percent

so she would've been visibly
drunk,

throwing up.

What made her fall off the
wagon?

From our singer we know
that she was writing another book

and that she was worried about
it.

She might"ve been writing that
on her laptop.

Which is missing from her
flat.

Her last crop of books created a stink,
probably bracing herself for the next one.

What do we know about the woman
with the restraining order?

Maggie Fisher.

Currently fitted with an ankle tag
for a serious as*ault and breach.

And the signal was lost
just before 10 p.m.

the night of the m*rder.

Yeah, I maybe should"ve
said that right at the top.

Yeah, I mean,

like before the erm,
thing about your sister staying over.

Which happens
in the chat on the way out.

Exactly. Yeah, I mean it's fine though,
cos we've got it all covered.

Thanks for coming with me.

Not even sure I'm doing the
right thing.

Well, she was our friend,
we have to do what we can.

- It's better than doing nothing.
- Yeah.

Well, Maggie"s ankle tag
is loud and clear today.

Be a cold day in hell
before I cry over that two-faced cow.

We've found a copy

of Work shy open on Cara"s desk
and she"d circled your name.

- Any ideas why?
- Don't know, don't care.

She called me last week,
I deleted her voicemail.

You got a tux?

- Sorry?
- Old folks" poker night.

This is the closest
they"ll get to a casino.

You'd look good on the tables.

And since you're so interested

in my red carpet.

You sounded angry
that Cara had called you.

Aye.

We're all just thieves
and scroungers, right?

No one"s put money
in to this place for years.

We were supposed to get
a skate park and that never happened.

And now they're tearing
the whole place down

and dumping us
in crappy houses miles away.

You"ve got a record for as*ault,
ain't ya?

Somebody said something
to my daughter in a pub,

I jumped in to protect her.
That"s all that was.

And on the night of the m*rder,
where were you?

Am I suspect?

Cos I'm rethinking that casino gig
I was giving you.

So your ankle tag"s working
again.

It's just it went off grid
around the time that Cara was k*lled.

It was faulty, I've reported
it.

- So where were you?
- At home.

Tucked up in bed
with Eddie Baines, all night long.

- And he"ll confirm that, will he?
- Aye, if he's got his breath back.

- What do you know about this guy?
- Hm?

Oh, Graham.

Clever laddie.

He went to uni.
He's probably a lawyer by now.

Yeah. He's not.

It's going to be
okay.

Ming Mei Zhao?

DC Ferguson. How can I help you?

I'm a friend of Cara Gibson.

I think I know who m*rder*d her.

Better come through then.

I'm working on my PhD,
but I need extra money

so I cover shifts at a taxi
firm.

Cara called for a cab that
night,

it was about a quarter-after-10,

pick-up was from her apartment
to the university.

She must've been going to her
office.

Bit late to be working?

So it is, she"d never get
everything done otherwise.

How was she?

Drunk. Slurring.

Did Cara say anything?

Why she was going out,
who she was seeing?

What was the driver"s name?

Lachie Nevin.

I try to avoid sending him
to pick up women clients.

He gives me bad vibes.

But, last night

we were so busy,

he didn"t call in
to confirm the drop-off for ages.

And I started to wonder.

You"ve got driver records,
right?

Looking for Lachie Nevin.

Aye, that"s him.

Lachie!

Stop! Police!

Stop!

Police!

I said stop!

Argh!

Important to look
both ways, Lachie.

More on Graham Kennedy.

He was studying law at
Strathclyde,

but dropped out when he was
accused
of stealing from student dorms.

Whole thing was dealt with
in-house.

- Any connection with Cara back then?
- No.

But he grew up in Braebank,
the community that Cara slated,

and he has keys to her flat.

- We should talk to him again.
- Yeah, sure.

But, check out Maggie"s alibi first
and get those carpet fibres to the lab.

Oh.

Oh, hello.

I've gotta just deal with
something.

I'll be two secs.

Yeah.

Ah, sod it.

Excellent.

So I had a dream about
a bridge last night.

What does that mean?

- Did it break?
- It totally collapsed.

And then it got washed away by
the river.

Okay, well. It could signify

inner conflict, intimations of
doom.

Imminent catastrophe.

What if I said
I had a dream about a cat?

- Well, then you're fine.
- That"s what happened.

Some therapists Morgan might
prefer.

- Thanks.
- How is she?

Er, fine. Yeah. She's erm...

Doing a school project, she's
making a

- A bridge.
- Yeah, but you see. I...

I wanna say cat now.

You know if she's interested,
she might wanna

- check out the
- The exhibition.

- I saw that.
- They're doing lates.

And, we will be going.

At some point er, very soon in
fact.

Well, me too.

I love bridges.

Lots of nice, erm...

- Buttresses.
- Exactly.

So, have fun, whenever you er...
manage to get there.

You too.

And thanks for dropping this
off.

No, no problem. I was passing.

- Yeah, we're on the river.
- Yeah, I was swimming past.

That's very funny, swimming.

- Graham Kennedy.
- You again.

- I enjoyed it so much last time.
- I'm glad you got something out of it.

What do you want?

I need to know your
whereabouts

between 22.00 and 23.00 hours
two days ago.

Why am I suddenly in the
frame?

Just routine.

You asking everyone, are you?

Plus you didn"t mention
you were from Braebank.

So, you're gonna try and pin a
m*rder

on the black guy from Braebank?

- Nice.
- I'm not pinning anything.

It's a homicide investigation.

You actually think
you're one of them, don"t you?

Part of the team.

You're not.

Everyone"s colour blind
til you put a foot wrong.

I've looked at the reports,

I know you got a raw deal
when you were a student.

Accused of stealing.

Well. They didn"t understand
how a kid from Braebank

could afford a fancy mobile.

But my mum worked three jobs.

Nursing, cleaning.

- Her motto was: 'If you don"t work '
- You don't eat.

Where's your family from?

England.

You know what I mean.

Guyana.

Mm. Trinidad.

Must've stung
when Cara showed up though, right?

Nice flat.

Friends in high places,
pulling the strings.

Plus she wrote
that book about Braebank.

I didn"t k*ll her.

She wasn't worth doing time for.

Did you sleep with her?

Have a nice day.

Cara"s laptop's missing.

It's one,

just like that,

in fact.

Aye well she gave it to me.

You said you barely knew each other,
so why would she do that?

So, I'm gonna take this laptop,

and you, in for questioning.

Don"t you need
two police officers to detain a suspect?

- Some of that law stuff stuck then.
- Mm.

I'll come in.

No need for the heavy mob.

We know you picked up
Cara Gibson shortly after 22.15

to go to the university.

Well. I'm a cabbie, ain't I?

There's no record of her
arriving there,

so as it stands,

you're the last person to see
her alive.

And the last person
is always the one that did it.

She asked me to stop the cab,
said she felt sick.

Wasn't having her spewing her guts
over the seats, so I kicked her out.

What she did after that I don"t
know.

Or care.

- Nice.
- Mm.

Vulnerable woman roaming the
streets.

Where did you kick her out?

I can't remember.
Had another fare, airport.

So, if it was that simple,
why did you run?

Cos when I seen that she"d died,
I knew that someone

would be pointing the finger at
me.

And I was bang on.

When you picked her up
she was wearing this coat.

- Now is missing.
- I've already got a jacket.

Which is a wee bit scuffed, cos I got hit
by a car. What you gonna do about that?

We've got you for 12 hours, Lachie.
We can do what we like.

Including having
a wee dig in to your past.

So, how about you have another
shot

remembering where you dropped
Cara off.

Okay.

Starting to come back to me now.

- Go on.
- How about that?

It was a pub.

River View Inn, near the Kingley
Bridge.

- Did she go in?
- Aye.

But it's a decent place,
they don"t serve drunks.

The cabbie says
that Cara left her coat in the taxi.

He tossed it the next day
on the way to work.

Phone was in the pocket.

Oh, that explains
why we couldn"t find it.

He says he dropped her off
at around 22.30

and picked up
the next fare a few minutes after.

We're getting the car"s GPS information,
checking the dashcam.

Mhm. And you'll go to the pub,
right?

Well, someone"s got to do it.

The bloke Maggie was with
confirms she never left the flat.

So, we've got nothing.

We've got Cara"s laptop.

Graham Kennedy had it stashed
in his van.

Oh. You went to see him alone?

Yeah, he's in an interview
room.

I really think he's our guy,
and once we go through Cara"s files

Because we've got this.

He was going
in to the uni gym at 22.30.

So not enough time
to get to the bridge and k*ll Cara.

But he still had her laptop.
If tech work on it overnight,

we might get something off it.

Do you wanna come
to an exhibition on bridges, cheer you up?

I'll push on with this laptop.

- Do you wanna come?
- No, I don"t.

Why you following me?

Cos there's only
one way out of the room.

You were head-hunted, Tyrone.

I hear there are grown men
in Border Command

who are still inconsolable that
you left.

You don't need to keep proving
yourself.

Just trying to be a good cop.

You don"t wanna just be a good
cop.

You wanna leap tall buildings
and solve crimes with your x-ray vision.

I"ve gotta represent.

When do you get to ease off?

When I retire.

Or when I get the x-ray vision
thing.

Jake!

What?

What?

What about that?
Morgan, hey, it's Jake!

- Why are you shouting?
- I don"t know. Help me.

Hi again, Morgan.

Have you got a secret way
of looking at the clock?

I don't think so.

Wait, what - where you going?

Blair"s here.

But we haven"t gone round
the exhibition yet.

- Pick me up some leaflets.
- In years to come

you'll reminisce
about this beautiful evening

we shared as mother and
daughter!

- Well, we could still go in.
- But you've just been in.

Er, well yeah, but now
there's a - there's another exhibit,

the Life Cycle of Freshwater
Fish.

- Freshwater what?
- Fish. Which I didn"t get to see.

- It sounds fascinating.
- I don"t know enough about them.

Me neither.

We've released the
cabbie.

Ah, okay.

Dashcam proves
he dropped Cara off at the pub.

Uniform also found her coat
where he said he threw it.

And what are you doing?

I'm on tech support
for this laptop that Tyrone found.

Mhm. And is my daughter
behaving?

Morgan"s - fine.

Can I hear whale music?

Right, so let"s watch
that.

Right, I've got work.
I'll see you guys in the morning.

And I can see your wee bottles.

But just those, okay?

It will downside
having detectives in the family.

That"s the truest thing
anyone"s ever said to me.

So, you stood your mum up
tonight?

She'll be okay.

My old therapist is the
stand-in,

so they can talk through
any issue about it with him.

You saw a therapist?
You're so deep. I love that.

- You"ve not seen one yourself?
- Nah. I'm really happy, and shallow.

- I'd love to be that.
- Stick around. It"ll rub off.

Well, I might just do
that.

- Well, I'm like well and truly informed.
- Me too.

Some great stuff
about the fishes" digestive system.

Yeah.

Do you wanna grab a coffee,
for the drive home?

Actually, I came in that.

Oh, of course. The famous
Mimir.

Norse god who had his head
chopped off.

Well, yeah, but...

Before that he did lots of good stuff.
Drank a lot of mead.

You sail?

Well, I used to, but there was this time
I was on the sea with my dad,

and the wind got up, the waves got big,
we got disorientated,

my dad starts to panic,

and I'm just a kid,
I'd never seen him like this.

And it took all our effort just to get
the pedalo back to the beach.

Oh, you sod.

Yeah, they still
talk about that in Corfu.

- Well, that's me.
- Beautiful.

Mm. Sturdy.

Solid.

Holds her own in storm.

And in terms of knots per hour.

- Annika.
- Mhm.

My place or yours?

Oh, wow. That -

Well

Fish gag.

Oh, plaice. Oh. Sorry

Yeah, sorry. Oh, that is
excellent.

Oh, well. In that case...

I mean give me a pun and I'm
anyone"s.

Hi.

So was I wearing a stab vest
last night?

For a bit.

We should"ve left
half an hour ago. Er...

Perhaps we could eat something
on the way.

Yeah, we"ll pick something up.

And really quickly,
and like you can say yes or no to this

Yes.

So, to be clear,

I was asking if

Yes.

Great.

Cos it's really hard
to get the dry cleaning picked up.

You going to school?

I'd better. Aren't you?

I guess. I'll try and do
my homework on the bus.

Try doing it on a boat.

Yeah? But, then you get to say
a shark ate your homework.

My sister bringing you over
is the best thing she's ever done for me.

You're so sweet.

I mean last time she did take me
to a nuclear bunker,

so competition is not high.

I'll message you.

You better.

Have you been up all night?

- Have you?
- No.

So, moving on.

Well, I went to the River View
Inn,

the owner doesn"t have CCTV,
so there's nothing on Cara.

But the place was rammed that
night

and the barman let her in
to use the phone,

the records are on their way.

We recovered some data

from Cara"s laptop
and we found a partial manuscript.

Me and Blair took shifts going through it.
Turns out it's more of a memoir.

A lot of stuff
about her problems with addiction.

Bit of self-pity

and admitted to all the crappy things
she's done,

but the biggest crappy thing
is her books.

Yeah, she admits to Workshy
being a con.

She said she"d picked up
on a national mood so she"d twisted

words and stories
so that Braebank fit the stereotype.

Where did she get her stories
in the first place though?

- A lot of it from Maggie.
- Who she paid.

Cara might"ve been writing

a poor me memoir
to get her career on track,

but she's got no qualms
about throwing Maggie

under the bus along the way.

Okay, let"s pay her a
visit.

I've not got time to talk to
yous today.

We've got
a protest march about the demolition.

- You still fighting for the community?
- Too right.

If we don"t look after each other,
who will?

But you helped Cara trash it.

She done that all on her own.

But she used stories that you
gave her.

I thought she was my friend.

You don"t
pay friends for stories.

It wasn't about the money.

She seemed interested in us.

I didn"t expect
that she"d make us all look like scum.

And then she informs you

that she's putting you
in her new book but,

if it got out, your standing
in the community would be

I didn't k*ll her.

I - I spoke to - I spoke to her
once a week ago,

told her I'd get battered
if that new book came -

I mean how is that making
amends?

Michael?

A man with a lot to lose?
We're on our way.

A bridge is just this beautiful idea,
isn't it?

And they're often beautiful in
themselves.

But they're so hard to build.
You need loads of experts

and getting the keystone
in the middle right

is a delicate and difficult
moment.

But the main problem with them

is that quite a lot of the time
when you say you're building a bridge,

you're actually burning it to the
ground.

I've got the location.

Why are we going here
exactly?

To visit someone
who calls himself a bridge builder.

It doesn"t look promising now,
but within 5 years

you'll be looking
at a new engineering department,

arts hub and social space
with accommodation and retail.

Our vision, which I will shape
as Vice Chancellor,

is of a connected campus.

Dr Clanahan!

- Detectives.
- Can we have a word?

Of course.

If you make an appointment,
I can give you all the time you need.

Oh, no, that"s fine.

We"ll just shout out
our questions from here.

One of our colleagues sadly
passed away,

we're doing our best
to find out what happened.

You opening a clown
university?

- What do you want?
- Cara was doing a big exposé

about the first book
you wrote together.

She was an alcoholic.
She never remembered anything.

Well, seems pretty lucid
from what I've read.

The place we wrote about
in the book exists.

But not at Braebank.

And Cara was going to talk
about it.

Really loudly and - and really
publicly

and really damagingly
and it's your book too.

And you could lose
your big lecture theatre, your title

and whatever the hell this is.
How about you tell us your whereabouts.

I was busy at the event 'til
11.

You received a call
from the River View Inn

at 22.28, the pub near the
bridge.

Check my phone, it"ll prove
I never left the conference centre.

Your phone never left
the conference centre.

Oh, that"ll be the conference centre
with all those red carpets.

- Mm.
- Brand new.

Fibres on your shoes, fibres on
your coat.

Really?

I've got it.

This is DI Strandhed, all units
to the funfair on Bishop Street please.

Hey. You okay?

Did he have to fight that
hard?

Yeah, I mean if you think
you're gonna lose everything, you fight.

I'd fight. I'd fight you.

Less punchy, more bitey maybe,
more

It's mainly just sugar,
isn't it?

I think it's exclusively
sugar.

It was invented by a dentist though,
so, you know. If it's alright with him.

And this is for

Oh it - erm, it's a thank you.

You don"t have to thank us.

Oh I don"t have to. No.
But it's an homage to the arrest site.

Okay. I'll take one, thanks.

I mean we could try
and arrange to arrest people

at other places though, right?
Because it's gonna be a thing?

- Like the pub.
- Or the zoo.

We could all get penguins.

I haven"t bought this...

You want some?

- Isn't it pure sugar?
- Yeah.

- How was your night?
- How was yours?

Fine.

Mine too.

I learned a lot about dorsal
fins.

See I missed out.

- Shall we talk about your bridge?
- Yes.

So, Thomas Telford travel led
the world

and his bridges and his roads

and canals are everywhere.

But he always came home.

- No, he didn"t.
- No, he didn"t. Not really.

But he should"ve done.

'Cause it's very important
to keep contact with your mother.

And stay

open and talking.

- I'm just gonna
- Yep. Me too.