[ Alison breathing shakily ]
♪♪
[ Sirens wailing ]
♪♪
[ Door closes ]
[ Discordant music playing ]
♪♪
[ Music swells ]
♪♪
[ Music stops ]
[ Breathing shakily ]
♪♪
[ Music fades ]
[ Muffled conversations ]
♪♪
Jayne: Spill. Have they shagged yet?
Yeah, I think so.
And he wants her to leave her husband.
And just go away with him.
-What leave everything? -Mm-hmm.
I would shag Garry if it'd get me out of this place.
Would you?!
No!
[ Laughing ]
But anywhere is better than this place.
When you two have finished gossiping,
Jayne, I need you on the tills.
A detective was looking for you on the breakfast shift.
For me?
Why?
♪♪
[ Knocks on door ]
♪♪
-Hi. -Nia: Hey, can I help you?
I'm here for DS Francis.
♪♪
-Nia: Over there. -[ Phone ringing ]
♪♪
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.
Erm, you signed up when you started working for the canteen.
-You read lips, right? -Alison: Yes.
Ashleigh: Oh, good. Okay.
All of our usual lip-readers are busy on other jobs.
One sec.
[ Footsteps fading ]
[ Phones ringing faintly ]
[ Muffled conversations ]
♪♪
-James: Hello. -Ashleigh: This is Alison.
Alison works in the canteen. She's a lip-reader.
This is Detective Inspector Marsh.
-James. James. -James. Hi.
And this is DC Lawford.
Ben. Hello.
James: So, you lip-read?
Er, 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.
James: Okay, can we just have a moment?
Is that alright? Have a seat there.
Ashleigh: Yes, sir, all our usual 'terps
are tied up on other jobs.
[ Muffled voices speaking ]
[ Muffled voices continue ]
♪♪
I -- I can do it if you tell me what it is.
-Okay, that was impressive. -[ Laughs ]
-Okay well that answers -- -How did she do that?
James: Ah.
Well...
We're all watching a gang 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.
-Oh. -James: Exactly.
Cool.
With lip-reading it's not just about seeing words.
It's who's talking and what you know of them.
Because you kind of need context.
But we've also got to be very careful about what we tell you.
-For your own protection. -Oh.
Ashleigh: Alison.
Do you need an interpreter, or anything like that?
Well, I don't have one now.
James: You can't talk about anything
that we've spoken about today.
Oh, okay.
I guess, you'll need to just check me out first.
Make sure you all can trust me.
We'll let you know. DS Francis will be in touch.
♪♪
[ People speaking faintly ]
-[ Mumbles ] -What?
-Why aren't those in the fridge? -Well, I'll take them now.
[ Cork pops softly ]
[ Man speaking faintly ]
[ Distorted ] A non-alcoholic beer.
You would like a beer?
[ Faintly ] A non-alcoholic beer.
A non-alcoholic beer?
Okay, I'll get you that.
♪♪
[ Phone vibrates ]
♪♪
James: 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.
Ashleigh: We picked up another text.
The meeting place is a picnic bench
on the south side of the park.
Nia: Alison, come through.
Ashleigh: Went to three numbers.
One unknown, one we think is Braden Moore.
And the other, you'll like this, is Joseph Holhurst.
-Oh, Christ. -Yeah.
Okay, so Helen's getting the old gang back together.
Well minus her old man, I guess. Isn't Danny Heath still inside?
For the ransomware attack on the insurance firm,
he's got eight months.
Okay, so Helen's recruiting...
-Oh, Alison. Hey. -Hi.
Hey, you alright?
Nice to see you. Come in, come through.
This gang that we are watching,
er, they target, er, jewellery stores, workshops.
They're 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 pieces of the jigsaw?
Exactly, you know, we're doing what we can.
We've got the live feeds.
-We're watching -- -I need to see you.
Oh, okay. 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, okay?
Alison.
These are the people we'll be watching, okay?
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.
-Mnh-mnh. -No?
Here we go. Here we go.
Nia...
Have a seat.
♪♪
Okay.
♪♪
Ben: Someone's approaching the rendezvous.
Unknown IC1 male, grey jeans, brown hoodie.
-Who is that? -James: No idea.
Ben: Awaiting orders. Shall I move him on?
♪♪
James: Nia, anything?
-Nia: Not yet. Nothing. -He looks really nervous.
Like he's waiting for someone.
Ashleigh: Hold on. Ben, he might be part of this.
Hulk's here.
New contact with Cruella. Entering east gate.
♪♪
Ben: Contact with Wolf, Central Park.
Full house.
James: Nia, do we have an ID on the IC1 male
-in the brown hoodie? -Not yet.
Okay, keep trying.
Nia: There's not much to go on.
I'm looking back through the messages.
♪♪
Okay, what about this one? What about this one?
What can you see there?
Here, anything you can see.
Anything at all.
Ashleigh: James, just give her...
♪♪
-Liam. -James: Liam.
That's his name. His name is Liam.
James: Nia, check for any associates
of the gang called Liam.
♪♪
If we play the surveillance feeds back,
are you okay to try again,
to -- to get any information we might have missed?
-So if I... -[ Computer keys clacking ]
...play this back...
anything you can get from this.
Wait.
Can you just go back a bit?
Yeah, well if I... Here, you do it.
Oh, okay.
♪♪
She is introducing man in a hoodie to Wolf.
♪♪
He said his last name. I missed it before.
So Hoodie says his name's Liam.
Then I think his second name is something like Barlow or Marlow.
But P, and a B, and M, they all look the same.
Okay. What else? Keep watching, what else?
♪♪
Oh, Hulk said, "I think he can help us."
♪♪
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 nothing --
They found him, yeah.
James: Okay, I need a full profile on him.
As quick as you can, yeah?
[ Phones ring in distance ]
[ Alison giggles ]
Very good work today. Very, very good.
Ashleigh: Oh...
You need to fill in this form if you want to be paid today.
-Okay. -James: Alison? Alison?
Erm, very important that you don't look up anything
that you see in this office today, okay?
For your own safety...Alright.
-Okay. -James: Okay.
[ People laughing on TV ]
Man: Just a golden job.
He knows his sports, this lad, doesn't he?
So, Christy, over to you...
♪♪
[ Phone vibrating ]
♪♪
Ashleigh: 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. -James: How we doing?
-Ben: Good -Do you wanna roll the tapes?
Ben: Sir.
-[ Sighs ] -James: There you go.
No, it's not really clear. I can barely see the face.
Okay. Well, then you -- you use this.
And you take as long as you need.
♪♪
James: What is she saying? Here, what is she saying?
♪♪
Cruella is saying something about Belmarsh.
-Is someone in prison there? -Yeah...well, 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 17th? Alternate dates?
-7th and 17th. -James: 7th and...
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 here? There.
Put him in a flat.
-Put him in a flat. -James: Good.
Could it be The Tap? It's the name of a pub.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, that -- it could be tap.
Are they talking about Hoodie?
♪♪
[ Phone vibrating ]
Shit. Erm, sorry, I'm gonna have to go.
-What? -[ Door opens ]
♪♪
Excuse me. Hello. Erm, what is happening?
Our landlord is selling our estate
to this management company.
Sorry, erm, does that mean our rent is going to go up?
Someone's got to pay for her expensive suits.
No, no, no, no, no.
[ Phone vibrates ]
♪♪
We've got intel that the gang are meeting
in a bar not far from here.
We can watch on my tablet.
Saves us going to the station.
Alison: How do you know they're going to 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.
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.
-Okay. -Ashleigh: Yeah?
-But you're buying. -[ Laughs ] Okay.
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.
I'm just gonna talk to you like we're friends,
and you can just ignore me and you watch them, okay?
-Yeah. -You ready?
Okay.
♪♪
[ Lively music plays ]
♪♪
What do you want?
Can I have an Aperol Spritz, please?
Two Aperol Spritz, please.
Thank you.
♪♪
Thank you.
♪♪
Okay, we gotta go.
♪♪
Okay, I'm just gonna chat while you get what you can.
Take your time.
Okay?
Oh, Wolf is here.
♪♪
Are you okay?
I need to get closer. The angle is really bad.
Ashleigh: It's too dangerous.
Keep trying from here.
You're not gonna get everything straight away.
♪♪
Ashleigh: Are you okay?
I can't see anything from here.
Okay.
Drink up.
Why? What are you...
Wait. [Whispers] Alison!
♪♪
[ Lively music playing ]
Hi, can I have an Aperol Spritz on her tab?
♪♪
[ Lively music fades ]
♪♪
[ Lively music intensifies ]
♪♪
Can I get some napkins?
♪♪
[ Under her breath ] Oh, Jesus Christ.
♪♪
Ashleigh: You shouldn't have got so close.
They could have seen you.
Alison: Do you wanna know what I saw?
Ashleigh: What did you see?
Alison: This isn't about a jewellery shop.
Yeah, I think they were talking about something like...
metric. Like a biometric.
Ashleigh: Biometrics? Are you sure?
Alison: I can't think what else it can be.
It's such a clear shape.
Biometric.
Ashleigh: Biometrics?
That sounds like they're going for a vault.
This is a step up for this gang.
Alison: Hoodie thinks he can break in.
♪♪
I think he's a computer hacker.
Ashleigh: Did you see anything else about the venue?
Alison: No.
I think Hoodie needs something.
I don't know what, but...
I think Cruella is gonna get him information.
Ashleigh: You did well. You got loads this time.
Alison: It's so much easier when you're in the room with them.
Ashleigh: These people are dangerous.
You don't wanna get close to them.
♪♪
-[ Sighs ] -[ Glasses clink ]
Ah, can I get you something?
No thanks.
[ Door opens, closes ]
♪♪
[ Bicycle pedals clicking ]
[ Bird chirping ]
♪♪
[ Indistinct conversation ]
-Ben: Friday. -Sara: [ Laughs ]
Ben: Well, it's only a couple of...
♪♪
Alison. Hi.
We should er... It's a live feed tonight.
-Alison: Oh. -Ben: See you.
Sara: See you around.
♪♪
Ben: They're meeting in the play area.
Alison: What? You got that from phone messages?
How do you know about that?
I saw you saying something about phones.
Thank you.
We're looking for a potential high-security facility.
Somewhere that uses biometrics.
Which is new territory for this gang.
Did you find out what they're planning to steal?
Look, just stick to lip-reading.
Leave the detection to us.
♪♪
Ben: Contact with Hulk.
Cruella south side with Driver.
[ Children playing, shouting ]
James: Well, that's a shit angle, isn't it?
[ Children laughing ]
♪♪
Ashleigh: And we have Wolf.
♪♪
[ Walkie-talkie beeps ]
Hoodie's joining the party.
Okay, we've got them. We just need to see them.
[ Sighs ]
I can't see anything.
Can I get... Can I get closer?
You can't? Nothing at all?
You can't see anything?
Well, I can't lip-read the back of a head.
They won't like anyone coming closer, bad idea.
But, just a little bit closer.
Ben: Yeah, she's got a point.
James: I mean, they're right there talking about it.
They're right there, okay? Ask her to move in.
706, move closer with caution.
♪♪
Ah, geez.
This isn't gonna work, is it?
Ashleigh: Oh, shit.
James: Oh, yeah. This isn't gonna work.
Ben: For fuck sake.
Right. Okay. Stand her down.
Ashleigh: Yeah? Yeah.
706, stand down.
All units, stand down.
They were right there talking about it.
They were right under our noses. Right there.
-I'm really sorry. -Okay, well, we -- know --
James: Alright, listen. Listen!
I wanna know where they've gone to after that, okay?
I wanna know where they've gone. Who they've spoken to.
What tasks they were given, yeah?
Ben, a list of all high-security facilities
that use this biometric data.
Let's try to pinpoint a venue, can we please?
Let's try to make sure today
wasn't a complete fucking waste of time.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
[ Register beeping ]
[ Conversations continue ]
-Alison: Hold that. -What?
Sorry, I just...I need to go to the toilet.
Garry: Alison?!
[ Indistinct conversations ]
Ashleigh.
-Can we talk? -Ashleigh: Yeah.
I'm really sorry that I didn't get anything earlier.
Ashleigh: 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 10 years,
for manslaughter.
A member of the public died during their last armed robbery.
And James blames himself for not stopping it.
That -- That's why we're pushing really hard.
Alison: Was it -- Was it James' fault?
No. The investigation cleared him.
But a man died, er, and, you know, he had a wife.
So, sometimes the IOPC's blessing isn't enough.
Oh.
I could see a lot more if you'd just get me closer.
I mean, I got a lot more in the wine bar.
I don't think that's a good idea.
Okay. 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?
Well, no.
You really, really need to leave the investigating to us.
♪♪
Hello. Cinnamon roll and a pastry.
Erm, excuse me. My -- My coffee?
Oh. Sorry.
♪♪
Enjoy.
Erm, did you use nut milk?
No.
I'll get you another one.
♪♪
Samira: Alison?
Can we have a chat before you go?
Okay.
I'm -- I'm really sorry,
but Karl thinks this isn't working out.
But he didn't ask for nut milk.
And even if he did, he waited till I'd turned away.
I'm -- I'm sorry.
No, I really need this job.
I know and I don't want to lose you.
You're going to find something else.
-No. -Karl: Samira!
♪♪
Karl: Alison.
You could have told me yourself.
♪♪
[ Horn honking ]
Man: Oh. Hello again.
Hi.
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 onto staff.
-Wait. So are you looking? -Uh...
I know you're probably thinking
"I don't want to hire a deaf barmaid,"
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.
Alright, okay. So what you're saying is...?
I'm saying give me a chance, and I'll show you.
[ Rock music playing ]
♪♪
I'm gonna try around there.
♪♪
[ Device beeps ]
Got it, thank you.
♪♪
[ Ominous music plays ]
Hi.
What can I get for you?
Just, err, a pint of IPA.
[ Rock music continues ]
♪♪
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?
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.
[ Both laughing ]
I just got a new job, too.
What do you do?
It's too boring to explain.
♪♪
[ Device beeping ]
It's £6.99.
♪♪
What's your name?
I'm Alison.
Liam.
-Have a good day. -And you.
[ Man yawns, sniffs ]
Hey, don't worry, I'll close up here.
You did good tonight. Come back tomorrow.
-[ Mobile buzzing ] -What do you think?
Yeah? Alright, yes.
[ Speaking indistinctly ]
-Oh. You going? -Closing, aren't you?
I gotta go to work.
Night. -Good night.
[ Dramatic music playing ]
♪♪
Liam: Fuck. Are you okay?
Alison. -I'm fine. I'm okay.
I'll just have a bruised arse in the morning.
Have you got a death wish?
-I'm sorry. I forgot my lights. -Don't get up.
Don't get up! -I'll be fine. I'll be fine!
I'll be fine! Aah!
Okay. You need a hospital.
I'll drive you.
You okay? Get in.
♪♪
Sorry. You were on your way somewhere.
Liam: Oh, I missed my meeting.
And besides, this is more important.
I can't run you over and then abandon you.
♪♪
It's supposed to relieve stress.
♪♪
That is weirdly effective.
♪♪
Do you do this often?
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 deeply ]
Just got here and I barely know anyone.
But...now I know you.
Now you know me.
♪♪
Is this happening now? -Woman: Yep.
Okay, we picked up a text.
We know that they're meeting this morning,
but we don't have a location.
602. Made contact with Hoodie.
James: Alright. Let's go. Nia.
Nia: We've got a text coming in.
Bright. Walker. Roast. -Okay, Ben. Ben, where is that?
There. It's by the splash park in Vale Gardens.
Ashleigh: Okay. We've got a What Three Words location.
The gang are meeting by the splash park in Vale Gardens.
Can we get officers there?
Woman: 602. Hoodie is diverting.
He is entering an electronic shop on Dean Street.
James: Wait. Wait. -Woman: Temporary loss.
Nia: Nothing on phones, sir.
Why -- Why the change in location?
Ben: I dunno.
Okay, there's a back alley down the back of the shop.
Maybe he's trying to shake us?
James: Nothing on phones. What is he doing?
[ Store bell rings ]
Contact with Hoodie. He's carrying a bag.
The subject continuing East on foot on Dean Street.
-What is in that bag? -Can we see what he's bought?
Negative.
Subject continuing on foot.
Taking west turn into Vale Gardens.
Man: 601. New contact with Hoodie.
Entering Vale Gardens, heading toward the splash park.
601.
Hulk on sight.
Here we go.
♪♪
-He's saying he's sorry. -Ashleigh: Okay.
If we set up a meeting, you turn up.
There's no fucking discussion.
Hulk is getting really angry. Something about a meeting.
Ashleigh: Alison, there.
James: What is he saying?
And there, what's that?
There. What's he saying there?
Ashleigh: We need to know what he's saying.
James: There. He's explaining something there.
♪♪