01x03 - Episode 3

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Ranjit Virdee, 62,

was found Shocking!

Stop trading on my name for access.

I'm an investigative reporter.

I've got a right to ask questions

about what's going on in there.

I didn't get your name, Beti.

I want my son back.

I'm not interested in playing games.

Don't say anything.

Priti Parmar had wasp's eggs

inserted in the sockets.

This has purpose.

We will find who did this

to your daughter.

Priti switched sides.

The Shala Crew to Bradford West.

Enough!

She stole from Vasil.

Maybe, she's stealing from her new

employer, maybe they punish her.

Vasil plays you, man.

Hard to tell who's playing

who these days.

And what's that supposed to mean?

Can't sit there messing up

an important day for you

and your family.

I'm just a mess, Saima.

Beizzat means dishonoured.

I will report more

information as soon I have it.

Leave! It's not safe!

MUSIC: All Rise

by Blue

# I'm telling you now, objection

overruled, oh, baby #

Not sure this is fair deal, Riaz.

Here, do this trigonometry yourself,

then.

Can't even say that word.

# Three for the calls

you've been making

# It's four all the times

you've been faking

# All rise

(I'm gonna tell it to your face)

# All rise

(I rest my case) #

Right, take one of those chocolates.

Take 'em all, that's ours. Mm-hm.

Chocolate Crush.

Yeah, maybe go for one of those,

actually. I like that.

What else have we got in here.

A few of those.

Hey!

Youyou can't do that.

You brown b*stards have got enough.

Stop it!

Keep going! Take what you can!

What's the matter?

Can't breathe, love?

Get off me.

Get off him!

HE GROANS

f*ck

Don't want to hang round here

anyway.

You lot stinking up the place!

What are you doing, scrapping with

them for?

You should have called me.

They're never going to leave us

alone.

I wish I could fight like you.

That's not going to be a problem,

with that big brain of yours.

You can't be here, pal.

What's happened here, mate?

This is a crime scene. OK.

Clear off. Clear off!

I'm just asking what's going on.

Hey

Gather round.

All right. I need statements

from everyone here -

the ones who want to talk to us

and the one's who don't.

This is a public attack

on Bradford's biggest LGBTQ+ night,

so we need to get on

Get on top of this before it hits

the press, all right? Go on.

You knew something were going to

happen, didn't you?

Who did this?

I don't know yet.

What was that gas?

Nonlethal, but some people are

reacting badly.

Look, are you OK?

I can get you checked out in A&E.

I'm fine. You?

Yeah, I'm all right.

I've got a car to take you home.

I'm staying at Leila's.

Can we get dropped there, yeah?

Of course you can.

Right. OK, see you soon.

Heard there was a body, but gora

cops won't let me in my own club.

Who was it?

Your club manager.

Tyrone Graves, throat slit.

HE EXHALES HEAVILY

Look, Beizzat night's

one of my biggest earners.

First Priti, now this.

You're telling me

Vasil has nothing to do with this?

Vasil's not stupid.

Losing customers is

bad for both for you both.

This is

..something different.

f*ck this.

Riaz, think about it.

Someone's pulling the strings here.

Trying to start a w*r.

Yeah, and they're going to get it.

Don't do anything stupid, brother.

You know, you think you're in

control, but look around you.

This city's got rules of its own.

SIREN WAILS

PEOPLE COUGH

Do you reckon it was a hate crime?

Maybe.

But it feels smarter than that.

Like there's a pattern we're

missing.

The clues on Priti's body.

If we'd found them sooner,

we might've stopped this. Come on!

Just a sec. I need to take

a look at the victim, all right?

All right, sure.

It's urgent. Don't worry, sir.

Got it, yeah? Yeah.

Boss, we can't tamper with evidence.

If it's still on the crime scene,

it's still my body.

You going to help or not?

He would have knocked him out

and waited for the perfect time

to slit his throat

and throw him off the balcony.

Same for his feet.

Check his hands.

Hands are clean.

Not another one.

Evidence bag.

Looks like some sort of coat of

arms.

It's the old trademark from

when Appleton House were a mill.

This fob's for an apartment

in that complex.

We were supposed to find this

clue in the autopsy.

Appleton House is

just around the corner.

Control, this is Alpha Lima on

location

Keep 'em here for questioning.

Scan this and tell me

what apartment it's for.

Come on.

Flat 716. Top floor.

With me. Secure the exits.

No-one leaves.

And we'll need

CCTV for the past 24 hours.

DEVICE BEEPS

Room clear, Detective Virdee!

Someone forced their way in.

In here!

This must be our man.

Whoever lives here was taken

12 minutes ago.

Paused at 21 minutes past 12.

DOOR SLAMS, g*nf*re

g*nf*re

g*nshots

g*nshots CONTINUE

I've got you.

HE GRUNTS

Hey. Hey, hey, hey.

Come on.

You're all right. You're OK.

All right. Come on. Come on.

HELICOPTER BLADES WHIR

We've got patrols out,

and if they're lucky enough to catch

the plates on CCTV, we'll be

the first to know.

There's nothing more

either of you could have done.

If I'd just acted faster

You put yourself

in the line of fire, Khalil.

No-one's forgetting that.

Am I going to get strung up in

front of professional standards?

Well, you may use reasonable

force in self-defence

under extreme circumstances.

Your life was under threat

..so use of a firearm was

entirely justified.

How are the officers?

No life-threatening injuries,

sothey'll make it.

Sir, come and take a look at this!

UV torch.

Cut the lights.

Boss

Ma'am

Yes?

It's the tenancy agreement.

What is it?

The victim's Alastair Boardman.

Are you OK?

No.

It were Tyrone.

Someone slit his throat.

Then gassed everyone at the club.

Gassed 'em?

Yeah.

Cheers.

Nothing deadly, just

..designed to sh*t people up.

Do you think Vasil was behind it?

Yeah.

Harry thinks not.

Who does he think it is?

Jury's out.

What if it's a message - a warning?

Yeah.

Vasil giving us a big

"f*ck you."

Yeah, but what if it isn't?

Hey

Hey, come on. Come on.

Nobody knows you're here.

Yeah?

We're good.

We're good.

What are we going to do about Vasil?

Hmm

You're worried about Harry.

Yeah.

He's always done right by me.

You're a man of your word,

but you're not kids any more.

Keeping hold of promises you

made years ago,

maybe it's holding you back.

You should trust your instinct.

OK.

So

..we find a way to make back the

100K we're losing from Beizzat

..and maybe this is the opportunity

we've been waiting for

..to take Vasil out.

Let's do it.

Alastair Boardman is

20 years old,

he is a politics

student at Bradford Met university,

and he is also Chief Constable

Jonathan Boardman's son.

His last known communication was

eight hours ago,

when he texted a friend to say he'd

arrived home safely.

We have reason to

believe that the k*ller took

Alastair from his home at roughly

12 midnight.

Excuse me. Yeah.

DS Conway.

Hi, DS Armitage.

OK.

We're all running on fumes.

I get that.

But I need you to pull through,

and get on with this

like your lives depend on it,

because Alastair's certainly does.

First priority, the van our suspect

was seen leaving in.

MUSIC AND CHATTER ON PHONE

SCREAMING ON PHONE

The UKCA has been asked to take over

the investigation

now that it

involves the Chief Constable's son.

It'll take your team 48

hours to get up to speed

in an investigation that

HMET are already on top of.

You've got two dead,

and a missing person.

I wouldn't call that

"on top of things."

Vital evidence was also

tampered with

And it gave us a head start, which

nearly got us our suspect, so

..I'm happy to

stand by my decision as SIO.

Boardman has overseen the arrest

and imprisonment of some of

Bradford's biggest drug suppliers.

We believe Alastair's abduction is

a personally motivated

attack on the Chief Constable.

DCI Virdee, you and Mr Boardman

worked closely

on a number of drugs

cases, is that correct? Correct.

My team will conduct a full

assessment

of Boardman's case history.

You'll be on hand to answer queries,

but as of this moment,

you're not to actively pursue any

leads in this investigation

without my specific authorisation.

We'll conduct the press briefing.

Is that strictly necessary?

I understand you've

been on duty all night.

I suggest you take this opportunity

to go home and get some rest.

You will be needed later, to help

co-ordinate your files with ours.

Are we really going to

stand down from this?

No, not now we're not.

I mean, it'll take 'em 24

hours to get up to speed.

Let's use that time. Yeah.

What else have we got?

The wasps.

There's got to be something there.

Yeah.

Entomology report landed

an hour ago.

Insect is a tarantula hawk,

otherwise known as a spider wasp.

It's a parasitoid.

It'll sting a tarantula,

then lay a single egg inside,

using the spider as a living host

to incubate the larvae.

They're obviously not

native to the UK.

Entomology believes this particular

species was imported from Asia.

Right.

Contact the Animal

and Plant Health Agency,

see if anybody's submitted a

licence to import hawk wasps.

I mean, it's a long shot

but it's worth a try.

SAIMA: Take him to ward three,

please.

All right?

Can you see to this man, please.

Fancy a cuppa?

You look like you could use one.

Thanks, Bertie.

What would I do without you?

I heard that divorce in Islam

is like three words?

So get rid of the fella

and I'm all yours.

You're too late, mate.

She's chosen me. Fair enough.

I ain't got the moves to compete

with you, Bertie.

Thanks, Bertie.

I needed that.

In a bit. Toodle-pip.

How was it in there?

Oh, sh*t.

How's it out there?

Not good.

Look, I'm sorry about last night.

I couldn't let go of me own sh*t

to be there for you.

You're missing the point, Harry.

It's not your sh*t.

It's ours.

We're supposed to deal with

this together.

You're right.

PAGER BEEPS

Oh

Oh, f*ck.

I've got to get back in.

Right. I'll walk in with you. Right.

What time do you finish?

No idea. Until I can't see straight,

probably. Why?

I need to talk to you about summat.

Sounds serious.

Divorce?

Never. Good.

Fish and chips and a chat?

You're on. Mushy peas, curry sauce?

I think you had enough curry

sauce the other night? Oh

Too soon?!

Yeah.

THEY LAUGH

Who's that nurse? That's Sister

Hyatt and her husband, Harry.

UNTRANSLATED ARGUING

Sorry, er

We've found you a bed on CCU.

You'll be able to recover

from your stent procedure there.

I've got to head,

but I just wanted to say goodbye.

Would you say you're honest,

Simran?

Maybe she has to rush off because

it is time for her midday prayers?

He knows who you are.

Right.

No.

I should've told you who I was.

But after the way you've treated me

and Harry,

are you really that surprised?

I am the same person

I was yesterday.

Maybe you should ask yourself how

you could call me Beti then,

but not today.

UNTRANSLATED ARGUING

RIAZ: You feeling all right?

Why?

Almost took my head off in there.

Well, if you spent less time

on horses and more time training

f*ck off.

Listen, you drop your guard, you get

hit.

I'm not going to let the

club attack go unanswered.

Vasil will get his,

I just need to work out details.

And, no,

I don't need Harry's permission.

Talk to you later.

See you later.

ENGINE STARTS

Yo, can I have a word?

That depends.

What do you want?

My name's Ateeq Farooqi.

You're that missing kid.

I want to join Bradford West.

No idea what you're

talking about, mate.

Come on, we all know you're the guy.

Enzo, I followed you here.

Oh, aye?

I heard about the club attack.

Vasil's crew are laughing at you.

You need to hit 'em back twice as

hard, so you can keep your respect.

I got intel.

I know where they keep the money.

I can help you.

ENZO CHUCKLES

I got skills and I need to earn.

Yeah?

I can tell you how to

take down Vasil's crew.

RH Cash & Carry.

Four o'clock.

Last night, there were an attack on

Blue Murmur's LGBTQ+ Beizzat night.

If you saw anything suspicious,

no matter how small, DM me.

Look, we're all a community,

Bradford,

we got to look out for each other.

NOTIFICATION BEEPS

CONWAY: Blue Murmur Nightclub is

close to this location,

it's about 2.5km

away from the apartment block.

I'm sorry to see you under these

circumstances, sir.

Please, erm

..tell me everything that

happened last night.

I need to hear it from you,

Harry. Yeah.

PRESS CLAMOUR

REPORTER: Is this drug-related?

Alastair is a kind, thoughtful young

man,

adored by his friends and

family.

I implore anyone who has seen or

heard anything,

to come forward and help us bring

him home.

REPORTER: When did you discover

he was kidnapped?

Whoever is holding my little boy,

the control is all yours here.

You have absolute power to do good,

and I know that you can.

Whatever it is that you

Thank you, sir.

The UKCA are collaborating closely

with Greater Yorkshire Police

to apprehend the suspect.

We have teams out across the city,

and we're engaging with local

communities to gather vital

eyewitness reports.

MOBILE PHONES BUZZ

The suspect in question is also

wanted in connection to the murders

of Priti Parmar

and Tyrone Graves.

BUZZING CONTINUES,

REPORTERS MURMUR

If you have any information

regarding these incidents,

please contact the authorities.

Whilst we urge the public to remain

vigilant,

we would also like to reassure the

people of Bradford

Boss.. ..that UKCA are making this

case our top priority.

She's about to be slaughtered.

Thank you, open to questions now.

Any comment on this video

of Alastair being held in captivity?

Chief Inspector,

can we get a statement on this?

Have you not seen this video?

Come on, sir,

let's get you away from this.

REPORTERS CLAMOUR

CONWAY: Thank you, everyone.

In light of these current

developments, that will be all.

Thank you very much.

What the hell is going on?

Please. Please, let me go.

Please!

So, what now?

We have IT tracing the post.

I'm asking Harry.

DCI Virdee's no longer on this case.

I'm aware of that.

But he and I have a robust

working relationship so,

with all due respect, Ms Armitage,

when I ask for his counsel,

that's what I want.

The k*ller's using parasites.

Spider wasps, to be precise.

Spider-what?

They lay eggs.

The preferred host is usually

a tarantula, but

..our guy seems to be

incubating them inside human bodies.

We found this at your son's

residence.

A message from him.

Question is, what exactly does it

mean?

Is the parasite the victim,

the k*ller

..or you?

We'll need a list of past

cases,

potential enemies with the means to

pull off something like this.

Alastair's kidnapping might be

linked to the two murders,

or they could have been staged

to distract us.

Any leads?

Nothing to report on yet, sir.

Now, just because you're here,

doesn't mean we trust you.

Vasil collects big once a month.

And that's tomorrow.

How much are we talking?

I ain't got numbers, but big.

City-wide collection. Mm-hm?

The money gets dropped

off at the freezers at Margalla Cafe

off Auburn Street.

20 minutes later, it's picked up.

Vasil won't be there. Sure?

100%.

And that's your window.

You go in, storm the place,

take the loot

..give me a cut.

50K.

What the hell are you going to do

with all that cash?

There's no way you can wash it all.

That's my business, innit?

AARON: Uncle Riaz! Where are you?

SAIMA: Sh, Aaron, he might be

working!

Hey, come here! Whoa!

Sorry. It's fine!

You said we could visit, and he's

got a habit of holding us to our

promises.

Is that right, big man?

Holding people to promises, eh?

Good lad.

I tell you what,

you see all these toys here?

You can have what you like. Hmm.

How's that sound, yeah?

Wow!

Take your pick.

ENZO: Come on, this way

Oh! You can have that one.

Isn't that Ateeq Farooqi, the lad

who were taken?

Don't know.

Kid wants a job.

Do you want this one?

You want that one? Take it,

then. Take it.

What do you say to Uncle Riaz? Take

it.

You love cars, don't you?

You gave me

SAIMA LAUGHS

He's got sass on him.

Like his mother.

Oh!

Oh, you're good at that.

You're going to spoil him.

I'm allowed to.

I'm his favourite uncle.

Well you would be

if you spent more time with him.

IMITATING HER: "You would be

if you spent more time with him."

And there it is, the Saima

death stare.

Well, there's plenty more

where that came from.

So this is where you spend

all your time, then?

Not all my time.

Ever heard of a paintbrush?

What, have you come all this way

just to have a go?

Well, that's what sisters are for,

in't it?

How's he getting on at school?

Oh

He loves it. Mm?

Already got all the girls chasing

after him. I'll bet.

Little heartbreaker.

Mm.

You know, you can come and see

him

..any time.

Told you, just busy.

Right, I should probably

get him home. Mm.

We'll always be your family, Riaz.

Right, come on, Aaron.

Say bye to Uncle Riaz.

Bye! Come on. See you later, big

man.

Bye! Bye!

Good boy.

That's it.

Hey, do you want to take these?

No, he's had enough sweets,

thank you very much. Wow!

All right.

Go on, then, watch your step.

That's it

See you. See you.

Go on.

UKCA have identified 38

criminals

that Boardman's involved in

sending down,

and they would like us to

assist by going through those files.

They've also had a few

witnesses come forward

whose reports tally with yours.

A man in a gas mask,

on the floor above.

So they've going to the hospital

to interview them.

No, that should be us.

Don't even think about it, Harry.

Go on.

His wife works in A&E.

If anyone asks, that is

why you're both there.

And then send him home.

Go on.

MUSIC PLAYS: This Love

by Diana Drill, Nish

& Mazza On The Track

God, you scared me!

Dare I ask?

Guess who's got a Muzmatch

date tonight.

I need your advice.

What, on your dance moves?

Oi, cheeky.

On what to wear.

What do you think? This one?

Come on, Aaron, let's show

Auntie Nadsy how it's done.

# Don't call me crazy #

Whoo!

DOORBELL RINGS

I'll get it! Oh, thanks.

Who taught you how to do that?

Who taught you how to do that?

My teacher.

Who taught you how to do that?

Who taught you how to do that?

My teacher!

Your teacher?! What teacher?!

My dance class one!

SAIMA SQUEALS AND LAUGHS

DOOR OPENS

Er

SHE CLEARS HER THROA

Come on, Aaron. Erm

Aaron, this is Auntie Jyoti.

Come on

Go on, say hello. Nicely.

Hello, Aaron.

Hello.

It's lovely to meet you.

Come on, mate, let's go play ninjas.

He's He's got the same

smile as my Hardeep.

Lights up a room.

For putting you in this situation.

Thank you.

But you're not the one who

needs to apologise.

All these wasted years.

Broke my heart, ruined his health.

It's not too late to fix it.

They were inseparable,

when Hardeep was small.

I never thought his

anger would last so long

Well, I guess I know where Harry

gets his stubbornness from, then.

THEY CHUCKLE LIGHTLY

Do you want tostay for

a cup of tea?

You could spend some time

with Aaron, if you want.

I'd best get back to the hospital.

But I'd love too, soon.

Yeah, he'd love that.

Here.

Keep it.

Bless you, Beti.

Thank you.

I don't like this.

Why?

She's suspiciously pretty.

THEY CHUCKLE

Shut up.

Look.

It's dangerous out there.

People I know are stepping

out of the game.

There's a k*ller targeting us.

If Peyvan knows something

Then let me come with you.

You shouldn't go on your own.

Oh, come here.

Look, I won't be on me own, anyway.

Me uncle Harry's coming with me.

Serious? Yeah.

Look, we're meeting in Lister Park.

There'll be plenty of people about.

And I'll share my location

the whole time.

Like I said,

I won't be on me own, so

Come here.

OK. Bye. Bye.

Three interviews, and all they can

give us is, "He wore a gas mask."

Yeah, I could've told them that.

Good luck to the UKCA.

So, time to head off?

Yeah, I'm going to pick up

me missus first, so

Bye, then.

Right. Bye.

Is Saima still here?

Uh, she's finished her shift, Harry.

MESSAGE TONE

MUFFLED SCREAMING

SHE PANTS LIGHTLY

Food's on its way.

Saw me dad

..at the hospital.

How long have you known?

Two days.

What's wrong with him?

He had a heart attack.

You didn't tell me.

I were going to, last night

But you didn't.

I'd have called you the second

he were admitted,

but we were worried about what

Who's we?

Me and your mum.

You spoke to me mum?

She really misses you, Harry.

She turned up here, actually.

She met Aaron

What is going on?

I know

I know this is a lot to process

No.

No, you told me, you stood there,

telling me I have to "share my sh*t"

and the whole time you're keeping

something like this from me?!

I'm sorry.

I really didn't

feel like I had a choice

You've always got a choice, Saima.

And you chose to lie to me.

No. Yes. No.

I didn't lie to you.

PHONE BUZZES

What's that?

When did it arrive?

It was here when I got home.

It's for you.

What is it?

Detective Virdee.

This is how this is going to go.

You will do as I say or bad things

happen to Alastair.

Got that?

First, I need you to show me

you and your wife's mobile phones.

Switch 'em off and drop

'em to the floor.

Now go outside and get into your

car.

Harry It's all right.

I'm not leaving my family.

Well, take 'em with you.

Drop 'em at the police station.

Then you keep going with me.

Harry Think faster, Virdee,

or Alastair pays the price!

All right! All right!

Get Aaron. We're leaving.

Come on, careful, careful.

That's it.

Harry, please, please, come

inside with us. I can't.

Harry, please,

he might k*ll you! Please!

I need to hear what you're

saying at all times, detective!

Go!

OK, come on.

What now?

Drive.

PHONE BUZZES

I'm here.

Enter the building.

There's an open door to the left.

Up here.

Harry Virdee.

Now the game begins.

What do you want?

I want to find out what

kind of man you are, Harry.

I want to know how far you'll go to

save that reputation of yours

..parasite.

There's only one way out of this

building, and that's past you.

So you've a choice to make.

You can arrest me, lock me up,

but then HE falls to his death.

Or, you let me go.

And Alastair is safe.

So, what'll it be?

Let the boy go.

That weren't one of the options.

MUFFLED SCREAMS

So, how long do you think he'll

last, Detective?

Your face, DCI Virdee.

Let me see it.

Chaar-Saw-Bees.

He called me "dishonest".

The henna, the wasp,

it's all connected somehow.

I want what you've got.

If you take what I've got,

what happens to us?

I'm just saying I can increase what

you're bringing in.

Grab the bags.

Drive! Drive!

SHOUTING

Oi

KNIFE GASHES FLESH

Do something! Mum!

I didn't even know

they still spoke to each other.

We know Riaz is full of secrets,

but Harry

I didn't think it would come back

on us You f*cked me.

No, no, no. You f*cked yourself.

Go on, then.

The owner was arrested in 2015 for

illegally owning and breeding

the Indian Red Scorpion.

He's playing with us.

Wanting to see

if we can unravel who he is.

Feels like he's building to

something.

Blockade both sides of the street.

Stand back until everyone's ready.