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A corrupt police detective has a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing.

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crime, drama, thriller

Production

France Télévision Images

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Lou Slack

Col McHugh

Ceri Davies

Samuel Edward-Cook

Owen Davies

Zak Ford-Williams

Curtis 'Lord' Roy

DCI Sandy Mosby

DI Phil Cowper

DC Esther Okoye

Alma McHugh

DS Ibbotson

Peter 'Bulgey' Donovan

DS Khan

Donal McHugh

Ceallach Spellman

Vernon Marley

Artem

Noel Wilkes

Thomas Ajazi

Jade Wilkes

Juliet Donovan

Joleon

Shaheen

Chantelle Pierre

Gayle

Emma Somerville

Roman

Aoife McHugh

Lynne

Zaara Slack

Jenny

Caroline Chesworth

Rachel

Mehmet

PC Morgan

Marta

Prison Nurse

Old Lag

Elise

Joy Okoye

Marva Alexander

Dr Bhaskari

Neurologist

Tipsy Mum

Physio

Rowdy Kid 1

Rowdy Kid 2

John

Vicky Endersley

Imam

Personal Officer

Howard

Doctor

Gwen

Rashid

Sidra

Prison Officer

Misha Duncan-Barry

Belinda Wilkes

Liz Hume Dawson

Mehmood Zada

Funeral Director

Khafiz Zada

Abbott

Aftar Malik

Adib Malik

UPC Officer 1

Jamie Dorrington

UPC Officer 2

Andy - Gastro Pub Customer

Andy M Milligan

Restaurant Birthday Guest

Waiter

Prisoner

OCT Officer

Jean-Pascal Heynemand

Restaurant Birthday Guest

Philip Gascoyne

Neighbour

Paul Edward Davies

O'Connor

Neighbour

Neil

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This programme contains some scenes
which some viewers may find upsetting, - Better

This programme contains some scenes which some viewers may f...

Don't ask me to do something
like that again. It were too close. - Better

Don't ask me to do something like that again. It were t...

Col McHugh!
I've reasonable grounds to suspect - Better

Col McHugh! I've reasonable grounds to suspect

Those are the two people that - Better

Those are the two people that

Some printer paper,
packs of Post-It notes. - Better

Some printer paper, packs of Post-It notes.

Anything that puts Owen at harm's
way, I'll leave. - Better

Anything that puts Owen at harm's way, I'll leave.

So, I'm like,
"Right, OK, something's up." - Better

So, I'm like, "Right, OK, something's up.&quo...

What if I can get the Maliks
out the way for you? - Better

What if I can get the Maliks out the way for you?

I can't make this one go away, Col.
Everyone knows it's Noel. - Better

I can't make this one go away, Col. Everyone knows it&#...

I'm stood there wondering
what to do, right, - Better

I'm stood there wondering what to do, right,

This can never happen again,
Lou, OK? - Better

This can never happen again, Lou, OK?

It's the last time
we see each other, Lou. - Better

It's the last time we see each other, Lou.

The cheeky little bastard. I said,
"You can't buy me off with a box - Better

The cheeky little bastard. I said, "You can't buy ...

"No?" - Better

And I'm not a lifetime guarantee
that no-one from your firm - Better

And I'm not a lifetime guarantee that no-one from your ...

I've shot an intruder dead
then set me house on fire. - Better

I've shot an intruder dead then set me house on fire.

If I judge that I have no choice, - Better

If I judge that I have no choice,

Julia, you sign me up for the fete, - Better

Julia, you sign me up for the fete,

I am leaving my better half
with you, so please be gentle. - Better

I am leaving my better half with you, so please be gentle.

This interview is being conducted
in room three at Leeds Shipcross, - Better

This interview is being conducted in room three at Leeds Shi...

Well, I think it's fair to say he doesn't entirely trust you. - Better

Well, I think it's fair to say he doesn't entirely...

Now, God knows you've got no
shortage of bootlickers lining up - Better

Now, God knows you've got no shortage of bootlickers li...

Subject of the interview
is Vernon Francis Marley, - Better

Subject of the interview is Vernon Francis Marley,

I don't bullshit you,
and I treat you like an equal, - Better

I don't bullshit you, and I treat you like an equal,

OUTGOING DIALLING TONE - Better

OUTGOING DIALLING TONE

Vernon, you are being
interviewed under caution, - Better

Vernon, you are being interviewed under caution,

But it may harm your
defence if you do not mention - Better

But it may harm your defence if you do not mention

Yeah, I know the one. How long ago? - Better

Yeah, I know the one. How long ago?

When I was starting out, me friends - Better

When I was starting out, me friends

"There's this DI, she's killing
it." - Better

"There's this DI, she's killing it."

OK, I'd like to start
then by asking you to confirm - Better

OK, I'd like to start then by asking you to confirm

And if you could describe
in your own words - Better

And if you could describe in your own words

..when he takes
out an automatic pistol - Better

..when he takes out an automatic pistol

Fearing for my life, I clock him
over the head with a wine bottle. - Better

Fearing for my life, I clock him over the head with a wine b...

If it's so mutual, why does he have
to pay you? - Better

If it's so mutual, why does he have to pay you?

Col told me not to.
But I did it, anyway. - Better

Col told me not to. But I did it, anyway.

At this point, I proceed in a
timely fashion to my kitchen drawer, - Better

At this point, I proceed in a timely fashion to my kitchen d...

No, I know, I know how it sounds - Better

No, I know, I know how it sounds

I don't know! He'd messed up
this old lady's face. - Better

I don't know! He'd messed up this old lady's ...

And I don't know,
can we please leave it? No. - Better

And I don't know, can we please leave it? No.

This is the illegally-owned
Smith and Wesson revolver - Better

This is the illegally-owned Smith and Wesson revolver

Morning, Ma'am. Morning. - Better

Morning, Ma'am. Morning.

I had no idea whether
it would go bang or not. - Better

I had no idea whether it would go bang or not.

Anyway, I discharged the weapon, - Better

Anyway, I discharged the weapon,

Well, I'm sorry, if you don't,
I have to. - Better

Well, I'm sorry, if you don't, I have to.

We had a lively exchange of views, - Better

We had a lively exchange of views,

Mr Marley, may I remind you
you're under no obligation - Better

Mr Marley, may I remind you you're under no obligation

Oh, it's as simple as that, is it?
Yeah... - Better

Oh, it's as simple as that, is it? Yeah...

In my experience, people who
waive their right to a solicitor - Better

In my experience, people who waive their right to a solicito...

At your age, with your background, - Better

At your age, with your background,

I know what I'm doing.
I was a copper half my life. - Better

I know what I'm doing. I was a copper half my life.

I'm still in full
possession of my faculties. - Better

I'm still in full possession of my faculties.

Now, the deceased, - Better

Now, the deceased,

Now, the deceased, - Better

Now, the deceased,

Around '87, '88,
he tried to extort me. - Better

Around '87, '88, he tried to extort me.

Esther caught me doing something for
Col - Better

Esther caught me doing something for Col

PHONE RINGTONE - Better

There was an altercation,
he came off worse, - Better

There was an altercation, he came off worse,

They're going to search the house,
so we have to get rid of everything. - Better

They're going to search the house, so we have to get ri...

Why would he wait 35 years
to act on a grudge? - Better

Why would he wait 35 years to act on a grudge?

Who knows what goes
on in the criminal mind? - Better

Who knows what goes on in the criminal mind?

Cos I can't co-operate, Col would
find out. - Better

Cos I can't co-operate, Col would find out.

RINGTONE CONTINUES - Better

RINGTONE CONTINUES

You know that he might not.
This is who he is, Ceri! - Better

You know that he might not. This is who he is, Ceri!

So, why did you set fire
to your house, Vernon? - Better

So, why did you set fire to your house, Vernon?

Course, soon as I'd lit it,
I realised how bloody stupid it was, - Better

Course, soon as I'd lit it, I realised how bloody stupi...

Don't try and play the hard man, Donal. - Better

Don't try and play the hard man, Donal.

Well, if it was as
you just told us, - Better

Well, if it was as you just told us,

I know it's not the end that you - Better

I know it's not the end that you

RINGTONE STARTS - Better

RINGTONE STARTS

Even in a panic, you'd have known
the bullets in Mr Donovan's body - Better

Even in a panic, you'd have known the bullets in Mr Don...

Like I said, - Better

Thank you for meeting here.
My schedule's tight. - Better

Thank you for meeting here. My schedule's tight.

Any women visited
the house recently? - Better

Any women visited the house recently?

It's a drug port. Chemotherapy. - Better

It's a drug port. Chemotherapy.

There's not much
left of your front room, - Better

There's not much left of your front room,

So, got to chat to our friends?
We did. - Better

So, got to chat to our friends? We did.

How you feeling? - Better

How you feeling?

And we passed on everything
you wanted us to. Good. - Better

And we passed on everything you wanted us to. Good.

Sex workers. Every now and
then I get down Holbeck, - Better

Sex workers. Every now and then I get down Holbeck,

You've just got to get through this part. Mm-hm. - Better

You've just got to get through this part. Mm-hm.

RINGING TONE - Better

I don't want her here.
I won't be interviewed - Better

I don't want her here. I won't be interviewed

What if I offered a wee premium? - Better

What if I offered a wee premium?

DI Slack is an...
You won't get another word out of me - Better

DI Slack is an... You won't get another word out of me

There you go. - Better

You've increased your order
twice already in a year. - Better

You've increased your order twice already in a year.

And if I don't feed them,
then somebody else will. - Better

And if I don't feed them, then somebody else will.

Could they not introduce us
to someone else? Who's got surplus? - Better

Could they not introduce us to someone else? Who's got ...

Morning, Ma'am. - Better

Morning, Ma'am.

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A corrupt police detective has a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: N/A

Writer: Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent

Production: France Télévision Images

Genre: crime, drama, thriller

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

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Released: 13 Feb 2023

Awards: N/A

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