This programme contains some strong language.
BELL RINGS
You haven't got any spare socks, have you, Kev? Don't be a dick. Why would I have spare socks?
Nick, you got any spare socks? No.
We look as good as anybody in there. You stay this side of the door.
Leave it. What dress code? White socks. What? White socks.
Nice one, you muppet!
Eh? You daft git. ..It's not age. I've got a perforated eardrum.
I fractured me skull couple of years ago. Course you did. Playing football. Ask the lads.
I tell you what, feel there.
There's a bump. A big bump. A big bump there. Bit further back, yeah?
There's nothing there. No? Oh, never mind.
It sticks out some days more than others. His wife's over there!
Are you married?
What you do that for? Well, he is, isn't he? So are you. So? So...
Are you having that or what? Look at his face!
Jesus. What?! You're unbelievable. It's a joke. Yeah, so are you.
Whose round is it?
Are you two sisters?
The Sandman. Topless? On Thursdays. Since when? Since the Patriot opened. Landlord's desperate.
Ten minutes after closing, wheels these birds in doing karaoke topless. Cracking voices.
SHOUTING
Calm down! This lot'll think we're pissed. ..Swear to God, we're tame.
Tame. Tame.
I mean, how close is this? No harm done. See?
Now, is it me, or am I being judged by the Nolan Sisters?
Oh, God.
It's no joke being looked at. Pisses me off!
It's OK. Just stay close. Makes you ask who people think they are!
What d'you do? Telesales. Supervisor.
Don't you agree?! So how's work?
I should have finished at seven.
Cat got your tongue?
Leave her alone, please.
What did you say?!
All right, mate, give it a rest, eh?
Say something else. He said shut your mouth.
You're scaring people. Just leave 'em alone. We just wanna go home.
Referee looks a bit pasty. ..What do you reckon?
Hey! They're kids!
Here we go.
This lady's first. Let them get it. This lady's first.
Barney, just give 'em the taxi. Let 'em have it. No. ..It's yours.
What you waiting for? Thank you.
Get an ambulance!
SIRENS IN DISTANCE
Split up! What happened? I don't know! He just went down! I didn't even hit him!
I was into his mate! He can't have been knifed! Who had a knife? Move!
I couldn't see which way you'd gone! Ade, piss off! We've gotta split up. Into pairs! Not pairs!
What we gonna do?! Just go! Don't run, find a pub... Just piss off!
All right, girls? Where you taking us? Piss off!
Suit yourselves.
Ade! Ade! Get in here!
Number 5, egg-fried rice, mate!
Actually, mate, can you take us to Pritchard Street in Trencherfield? ..I'd rather go straight home.
What've you brought us here for?
I'm not giving my address if the police are checking taxis. Oh, right.
Hiya. Have you got a taxi free?
Er, now. Yeah, name's Barney.
Outside the Triangle. Yeah, I work here. Security.
Can you speed it up? It's just that I've just heard my wife's gone into labour. ..OK, cheers.
RADIO: 'Stockport County have also said they're interested in a move.
'It's reported teenagers in problem areas could face all-night curfews.
'Orders could be imposed on specific streets.
'It's reported that ex-EastEnders star Daniella Westbrook's...'
Are you not going into work? In a sec. You're late. In a sec.
What happened to your face? Slipped on the step last night.
Serves him right for having too much beer.
OK, I'll see you tonight.
Nick, listen...
Lads.
Great(!) ..Later.
What were you lot drinking last night?
Bunch of birds beat you up?
Sounds like a treat. Sorry I missed it.
PAGER BEEPS
Shit!
He's not dead. They've found a knife in a waste bin in Market Street.
All right. Who did it?
Well, one of us must have.
I couldn't get near him. We was ALL in there.
I think you're barking up the wrong tree. It just happened. Knifed three times and it "just happened"?!
So who was it? One of his own lot? Why not? Feasible - the speed it went down.
That little guy was off his face. That big bloke in the leather, he was the type to be tooled up.
He was straight in there, reaching into his pocket. Nah, he was tucked into me.
After that.
Nick, there's somebody in the office to see you. Who? A visitor.
- Who? - Your girlfriend. Your mum's not well. ..I was trying to be discreet.
Who went through Market Street? What you asking ME for? You grabbed a taxi on Blackfriars.
So? So how'd you get to Blackfriars without going down Market Street?
You're getting on me tits. It wasn't me.
Corporation Street. Down the back of Arena, back up to Blackfriars. OK?
Where were you? If they found it in Market Street, it has to be one of us.
His mates stayed with him. I saw 'em. So?
Who said, "Split up"? What? Who said, "Split up," first?
Barney. I've seen him kick off before.
What's it matter? He's the only one that I know who'd carry a knife.
HORN BEEPS
Barney. It's OK, I'm on the bus. Get in. I'll detour.
'..Wearing a Fred Perry polo shirt with black trousers and black shoes.
'The fourth man was stocky with receding hair, wearing black trousers with white socks...'
Jesus! Calm down. That's half of Manchester.
'..A Swiss army knife confirmed to be the weapon...' That bouncer could pick me out. Shhh!
'..Police are anxious to trace witnesses.
'Detective Inspector Stuart Fielding had this to say.
'This father of two is fighting for his life because there's a growing culture
'for young men to carry weapons, especially knives.
'Police have issued a freephone number to the incident room. It's...'
SWITCHES RADIO OFF
If you did it, I wanna know.
Me? ..Cheers, Kev. Everybody knows where everybody else went. You buggered off on your own.
We ALL buggered off on our own. You went to Market Street. No, I didn't.
Barney, this is serious shit. The more we know, the more we know what to say.
Again, cheers, Kev. Come here.
Piss off, Leach! Why do you always think people have got to answer to you?!
You're just a gobshite, and you started all this. Nobody knows where anybody went!
Did you see Kev get a taxi? No, I went with... Did Nick see Kev get a taxi? No, because...
So bollocks! Great gig, Kev! Get everybody accusing everybody else!
Has he blamed you? No.
What're you doing? I'm trying to get this started, and the bloody... What's in there? It's just me stuff!
Nick, you can't run a whole cycle for that much. There's...
Just tell me what to press! ..What have I done?
Have you put powder in? No.
I'm making a coffee. Do you want one? OK.
RINGING TONE
Manchester Royal Infirmary. Can I have Intensive Care, please? Do you know which Intensive Care? No.
I'm making enquiries about Michael Bradbury. He was brought in last night. I'll just check.
Oi! Watch the turds.
Watch the turds!
Hello? Oh, hiya. I'm just making enquiries about Michael Bradbury.
He came in last night. Are you a relative?
No, I'm...just a mate. Is he OK?
Sorry, I can only give information to relatives. If you leave your number, they could call you.
Er, no, you're all right.
Come on, bedtime. Let's see if Mum's back yet. If she's not, can we stay up? We'll see.
Dad, watch me!
Why didn't you tell ME?
Nothing to tell.
You told Martin!
He just wanted to know about work.
If Mack got to find out...if you were to end up with a conviction, he won't stand by you.
That bastard started it, not us. He's got kids!
I didn't do it! ..I'll be an hour. Kev!
Hiya, Kev. Is it Kev or Nick? Kev.
Sorry, I get you lot mixed up. Barney's the same... Is he in? Yeah.
Straighten that off. Try it again. DOOR CLOSES ..Hiya.
Barney?
Come on, kids.
I just said, IF you had. I know, Kev. But it's always you.
Rest of us are going, "What if none of us did it?" Kev's going, "It's you." I haven't accused anybody.
Kev the spokesman(!) Well, you're not.
DOORBELL RINGS
Maybe it WAS one of his own mob. I don't care. Then let's go to the police. Witnesses saw what happened.
Not enough or they wouldn't be appealing. Barney, come here. Stick some milk in.
MAN'S VOICE
Barnaby Watson? Yeah.
You have a Vodafone number 07850 955 897. I've lost it.
When did you lose it? Yesterday. Day before. I can't remember. Why?
Did you ring the MRI? No. What for?
Can we come in, please? No. What's this about?
I think we'd better discuss this at the police station.
Get your hands off me. Barney! Take the kids inside! He's done nothing wrong!
It's OK! Just get the kids inside!
No, now. Come round now. ..I don't want to talk about it, Mum. Just get here, all right?
I don't know what you're talking about. You made the call, Barney. No, I didn't.
So whose voice is this, Barney?
'Hello? Oh, hiya. I'm just making enquiries about Michael Bradbury.
'He came in last night. Are you a relative?
'No, I'm...just a mate. Is he OK? I'm sorry...'
Need to hear it again?
So where are your mates? Three mates.
Or is it just you?
You started a riot all by yourself?
You won't object to an ID parade, then?
KNOCK ON DOOR
His wife's here, sir, with a solicitor.
Did they see you? No, I legged it. What if they saw you? They didn't.
I don't even know if that's what he got arrested for. What else?!
What else would he be arrested for? He coulda nicked that mobile phone. Four coppers for a mobile phone?
KNOCK ON DOOR
We're not in. I'm parked out front. So am I.
Open it. I know there's somebody in there.
We coulda nipped to the pub.
Great mate you are.
Do you want a beer, Lynne? No. Barney didn't do it.
There were loads of stuff going on...
I'm telling you Barney didn't do it. You know why they think it was him?
He phoned the hospital to see how the bloke was.
Who else has done that? ..Have you?
You?! ..Barney's got an assault on file. Sixteen-year-old, on the picket line at Clow Bridge.
He didn't do it, but he got three months. They love him down there(!)
None of us should be down there.
Well, go and tell 'em! The kids are going out their minds cos they saw him being dragged off!
Get off me!
We was all involved in that fight. They could arrest us for that alone. But we didn't do anything wrong.
You bloody have! You're all standing here letting Barney carry it!
Oh, great mates(!)
Here we go.
Ade, if you don't pay for the bowling trip, you're not coming.
Nobody thinks I mean it.
What the hell's happened to the loading? Ade! Get it finished. No.
Now! No. ..Kev!
Give us five minutes. We haven't got five minutes!
BELL RINGS
Barney's grassed us up! Police are outside with a bloody camera!
They know we work here! It was Lynne, probably. They've got a witness that can pick us out!
I'm just gonna walk out. They'll have you. They will anyway.
What about nipping out the back...? There's another car out back.
I can't stand any more of this shit!
Come on. No. Kev's right. It's just gonna get worse. No!
Nick!
None of these? No.
Meg, it's me. I might not get home, so you'll have to sort me mum out.
Nick... Because I might have been arrested.
I haven't done anything wrong, but ring a solicitor. Nick! Listen!
Try the Yellow Pages. S for Solicitor... Nick, listen to me!
..L for Legal, whatever. They'll get me!
They'll get me. You what?
You twat! I didn't mean to!
What was you doing with a knife?! You knifed him!
He had his hand on me throat! I couldn't breathe! I couldn't see!
Outside now. No. Now. NO!
Which one? Just hold it!
Don't let him get me!
I'm his brother. ..Where they taking you? I don't know. I'll follow you.
Him? No.
I'm not going. I'm not going! I'm not going!
You're on your own, Ade, you fat bastard!
Is he one of them? Him. It's definitely him!
Ade did it.
OK, where's the other one?
There were four of you.
We'll keep coming back till we find him.
Three. The other bloke wasn't with us. He was just in the taxi queue.
So you're not denying you were in the fight?
He was just standing in the queue. He called out. He knew one of you.
He tried calming everybody down. "Hang on, lads." Something like that.
You know we were in the fight. You were looking for trouble. Not one of us was pissed. We'd no money left.
We were going home. Your mate says you were heading for a club. We talked about a club. We always do.
Look, me mum's not well. Diddums.
Dying. My girlfriend can't put her to bed cos she's too heavy. Not my problem.
How well do you get on with your mates? I want to ring me kids. Kevin Leach and Nick Anderson.
Neither of 'em seems so sure of you.
You've got the knife. Oh, yeah.
And you've got my jacket.
So you've got blood samples that won't match. You've got fingerprints that won't match the knife.
So what are you supposed to be holding me for?
Are you shagging him or what? YOU'RE meant to be saying all this.
I wasn't making accusations. Yeah, you were.
I'm just saying Nick's got more sense than to carry a knife, let alone use one. And Kev hasn't?
Who are you? I'm his wife.
We thought they were keeping you in.
Has anybody else come through? I don't know. What've they charged you with? Affray.
Get us back to work. I need to pick the van up. I'm taking you home!
Where're you off to? It's my business. Ungrateful little shite!
Sorry, love.
Hello. I'm Maria Kerrigan. Detective Inspector Fielding said to find him here. I'm a witness.
I'm a bit later than I said I'd be.
He's not in. He's never out. Now, or we'll kick it in!
I couldn't breathe! What would you do?! Barney's stuck in there because of you.
They've got the wrong man. Yeah!
They can't charge him! His prints won't match! Barney's safe. Safe?! They can't connect him with...
The knife? Yes! YOUR knife?! Yes! What the fuck was you doing with a knife? I don't know!
Barney's in there rotting and you... Two days! Don't make it sound like Midnight Run! Midnight...?
Where's the harm if he's released? You watched me accuse him! No! You did that yourself, Kev.
Barney's right. You shoot off at the mouth and you've always got to be right. YOU kicked that fight off!
Ade. We could have just walked away from it! We could have walked away!
Listen, you're coming with me. No, Kev. It was self-defence... Please! ..that we can get witnesses to.
Listen... On your feet, out the door. Listen! If we stay here...
No, you're coming with me. Just listen.
Let go of the chair! You're coming wi' me! Now!
Get up! What are you doing?! How long have you known me?!
I'll smack you! I swear to God! Come on!
Come on, Ade!
Let go of this chair, you selfish bastard!
PHONE RINGS
It's Barney! ..Barney, where are you?
Kev? No, it's Nick.
Is Kev all right? He's here. Where are you? Out. Charged with affray.
That woman turned up as a witness.
What woman? You won't say anything...
From the taxi rank. Say that again.
Say again. The woman at the taxi rank.
There wasn't much she could tell 'em - apart from we weren't pissed.
What's going on? Nick! Nick! Don't tell him! Please, don't tell him!
Who's that? It's Ade.
Tell who? ..Me?
All right, mate.
All right, Barney?
Where is he? Barney, I don't think he meant to shaft you.
How do you know? I'm just saying... If you'd seen him half an hour ago, you wouldn't want to kick him.
Assuming I do. Kev's version. Again. I'm not saying what he did was... I'm not asking you to.
KNOCK ON DOOR
Ade. It's Barney.
Come and talk to me.
I'm sorry, Barney.
Will you come and talk to me?
I'll just wash me face. OK.
Ade. I'm coming. Are you a Stan Lee fan?
What? Stan Lee. Marvel Comics.
Yeah. I'm not.
Our Pete is, though.
Used to drag us round all the anorak shops, looking for limited editions.
He once spent eighty quid on one comic.
Which one?
Can't remember.
I should do, cos half the money was mine and he nicked it from...
Fantastic Four!
Right.
How you feeling?
We're looking for grub, Ade. There's nowhere open now.
I knew it was you. ..Once I'd thought it through.
I, er...
You're gonna laugh. March...
end of March...
technically, April first, I got mugged.
I owed Joel Bailey a tenner and he kept asking me for it. I couldn't go into work the next day without it.
It was nearly midnight. So I went up to Tesco's. There's a machine there.
As I was going, they came out of nowhere.
Bloody midnight, they came out of nowhere. And they were just...
One of 'em had a knife. I'm saying, "Hey, what you doing?"
So I gave 'em the money, but they wanted the card as well. I said, "It won't work. That's me daily limit."
But they made me try it. It didn't work. I told 'em that.
So then the big lad just hoofs me in the balls and walks away. We coulda found 'em. Yeah, sure.
There's only one estate round Tesco's... They were kids! And I mean kids!
They had a knife! And they scared me to death!
Now I can't walk anywhere and I've got to get a car and I hate cars! I'm not going to prison cos of them.
What's your best advice on that one, Kev?
Can anybody tell me why we went out Tuesday night?
No-one here caused that fight. Forget the fight.
Now, why were we all out, together? It was your idea.
Did I want a drink out? It's cheaper from the offy.
Did I want to spend hours in pubs,
talking to birds I'm never gonna screw because I'm happy at home? Don't think so.
That's your age showing. No. Yours.
Are you having a go at me now?
How come we only ever go out weekdays? Never weekends.
We can never get pissed cos we've got work, so what's the point? If you've got one, make it.
He gets mugged and he can't tell anybody about it.
How twisted's that? How's that mates?
We've never seen mates. We work together, that's all.
I don't know why I expect anything else... I thought a night on the piss'd do no harm. In with the lads.
What were you gonna do if they'd charged me with it?
I don't know. Keep your mouth shut whilst he blamed other people?
They couldn't have charged you. Why not? You're wrong bloke.
I was the wrong bloke last time! I still ended up inside.
Now, I was crapping myself down there today!
You left me down there crapping myself!
Barney, just have a drink.
We need to agree what we're all gonna say. Why? He's had it.
They'll find him.
We don't have to lie. Just say exactly what happened.
Look, the witnesses they've got are saying the right stuff.
If they have to come and find you, you won't have a leg to stand on.
What've you done?
No! Give it here!
Barney!
SHOUTING
We've gotta make him be sick.
Just keep walking. I want to go to bed. You're not going to bed.
We should stick him in an ambulance.
And let him talk himself into the nick? How do we know he's cleaned out? You joking? It's all over me!
Half of 'em were antibiotics. And Mogadons. So he'll sleep for a week and wake up with no clap.
If he only took the first lot at 11, they can't have been digested. I want to go to sleep. No!
I'm gonna throw!
What're you doing?
It's our fault, mate. It's his birthday. A few too many doubles.
OK. Just take him home. You take him. He weighs a ton.
You take him home, all right? All right, mate.
Bloody hate that. I've not thrown up up since I was five. It's disgusting.
In your dreams! That's not a hard on. There's more action in Bob The Builder.
She'd rather go shopping. If he's not gay, I'm a Zulu. He's done it for the money to get his streaks done.
What's she panting for? Her mouth's not even moving. I'd love to do a voice-over for one of these.
Did you get this off Alec? ..Oi!
Oi! Did you get this off Alec? Mm.
How much?
How much for?
Twenty.
Alec creases me. D'you know how much he pays for these?
He gets 'em off Bezzy, fiver apiece. They're about tenth generation copies. Twenty quid! Suckers!
Hey, did you see that steam room one? What's that?
Yeah. Not one of 'em could string a sentence together. They was rough.
You can hear this director saying, "Look at him." So she looks at him.
He's like, "Smile at the size of his cock." So she smiles at the size of his cock. They're a joke...
SPEECH FADES
No milk.
Watch it, it's boiling. You'll have to sit up.
Who's running the country?
Margaret Thatcher. Hey, she probably is!
I best get to work. Ring in sick.
We can't all ring in sick. I've had too much time off with me mum.
You ring in sick. I'll go in late. ..You can leave early,
say it's your mum, take over from Kev, keep an eye on him. Yeah. OK.
And you'd best see your doctor. Get yourself a sick note.
You're gonna need a week cos they'll be keeping an eye out for you.
You should grow some hair, dye your beard. Come back like Salman Rushdie.
That'll get 'em off the scent. ..Right, see you later.
Thanks for coming back. I just wanted to go over your witness statement. No problem.
So, can we start with his appearance?
As far as I can remember about...5'8".
Dumpy. Very short hair. Did he talk to the three lads standing near you?
He talked to all of 'em. "Come on, you're scaring people."
So he wasn't really with them? Don't think so.
No, they were further back. He looked...well, more like a family man to be honest.
Right. ..Thank you.
How you doin', Ade? Was it a virus? If it had been a virus, he'd have lost weight. Freda! ..No offence.
MUSIC: "Who Let The Dogs Out" by Baha Men
# Who let the dogs out? Who, who, who, who
# Who let the dogs out?
Who, who, who, who
# Who, who, who, who? Who let the dogs out... #
Hey, scare yourselves. Try acting normal.
Have you and Mack slept together?
Don't sit round drinking coffee.
You got a problem with me drinking coffee in Trudy's office, Mack?
Who does he think he is?
He's only just found out about us.
Me and Trudy also have an announcement, and it's a big one.
I once...once turned you down,
and I wish I hadn't.
What do you want me to say?!
Do you love me or not?!
Don't make this worse for me!
Subtitles by Mary Easton BBC Scotland - 2001
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