
Episode 1
Episode 1 | 46m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Ann is distraught when her daughter goes missing. She pleads with the police for help.
In Billingham, in 1989, Ann Ming and her 22-year-old daughter Julie share a close bond, spending time together every day, along with Julie’s five-year-old son, Kevin. When Julie goes missing, the police shrug off Ann’s concerns, as Ann pleads with the police to help find her.
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Episode 1
Episode 1 | 46m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
In Billingham, in 1989, Ann Ming and her 22-year-old daughter Julie share a close bond, spending time together every day, along with Julie’s five-year-old son, Kevin. When Julie goes missing, the police shrug off Ann’s concerns, as Ann pleads with the police to help find her.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(passersby chattering) (bell clanging) (Ann blowing) (toilet flushing) - It's absolutely mafted in here.
(soft poignant music) - Mrs Ming?
- Yes?
- I'm Lord Goldsmith.
- Oh, hello.
- I'm the Attorney General, and I shall be chairing our little meeting today.
I thought we might have a quick tour before we start.
- Ah, thank you.
- Morning.
- Morning.
- Morning.
- Good morning.
- Morning.
- Morning?
It's 2:30 in the afternoon.
- Well, it's always morning here until the House sits, one of our little conventions.
Right, here we are.
You ready?
- Ah, yes.
- You do have a speech, don't you?
- Well I made some notes, but I don't think I'll need them.
- Mrs.
Ming, these are some of the most powerful and respected people in the country.
I have seen seasoned speakers go completely dry.
- Look, I may not be hoity-toity like you lot, but I know what I wanna say.
I've had 13 years to think about it.
(bright upbeat music) ♪ I've been looking so long at these pictures of you ♪ ♪ That I almost believe that they're real ♪ ♪ I've been living so long with my pictures of you ♪ ♪ That I almost believe ♪ ♪ That the pictures are all I can feel ♪ (car rumbling) (birds chattering) - Hi love, it's me.
- Sorry Mom, I'll be right down.
- Oh.
(toys clattering) (Ann sighing) - Hiya.
- [Ann] Did they take anything valuable?
- Who?
- The burglars.
- Oh, thanks Mom.
- Where's Kevin?
- In his room.
- Oh, is he sleeping?
- No.
- Well, what's going on?
What is it love, is it Kevin?
- It's Matthew.
- What about him?
- He's moved to London.
He got a job down there.
- When?
- A few days ago.
We are separating.
- Well, ah, what's happened, love?
- Ah, lots of things.
It hasn't been working for a while.
- Well, why didn't you say something?
- I don't know.
I didn't wanna disappoint you.
- Come here.
Oh sweet, sh.
- I'm sorry, Mom.
- Sh, you could never disappoint me.
- [Julie] I don't want Kevin seeing me like this.
- Listen, if you need to cry love, you have a cry.
Is it, can it be saved, do you think?
- I don't think so, Mom.
- Julie.
Did he do something, Julie?
- Please, Mom.
- Look, no one's gonna blame you if you can't make it work love, you know that.
You can't just give up with the first sign of trouble.
- I know, Mom.
- I'm just saying, it's like me and your dad, you know you, sometimes you have to work at these things.
- Will you come with me to the court in the morning?
Wanna be there for 10:00.
- What do you mean, the court?
- To apply for legal separation.
The solicitor said it's best if we make it official.
- (sighing) I mean, of course I will love, but are, are you absolutely sure this is what you want?
- We aren't getting back together, Mom.
(Kevin singing) - Hiya, Nana.
- Oh, yes.
Oh, mwah.
Come on, let's get you ready.
Your mom will be late for work.
- Will you ring us in the morning?
We need to leave around 9:00, so can you call me at 7:30?
- Why don't you come and stay at home tonight?
We won't have to rush.
- I'd rather sleep in me own bed.
- All right, well I'll be here at 8:30 then.
- Thanks, Mom.
You have everything?
- Yeah.
- You be a good boy for Nana, okay?
- Mm-hmm.
- Bye.
- Good boy.
Bye love, take care.
See you in the morning.
(car rumbling) That's a good boy, I'll take your bag.
(chuckling) Let's go see who's inside, shall me?
- [Kevin] It's Granddad.
- "With her realm safe once again, the queen threw a party, and there was jelly, and cake, and lots and lots of chocolate."
- I like that.
(kiss smacking) - Good night, Boogers.
Sweet dreams.
You warm enough?
- Mm-hmm.
- You know what, when your Mommy was young, she used to get cold in the night, so I would tuck her in tight, like a sausage roll.
Good night, sweet love.
We'll see you in the morning, yeah?
- Night, Nana.
- Night, darling.
Why didn't she say something?
She, she always tells me everything.
- She was probably just embarrassed.
Marriage can be tough.
- Speak for yourself.
- I wouldn't worry, love.
- I can't help it.
- She'll be fine, she's a big girl.
(Ann sighing) - [Charlie] I'll teach you how, you've gotta preserve it.
And that's why it's called a sentry, 'cause- - She's not picking up.
(phone ringing) - Well, you know our Julie.
She used to sleep through a bombing raid.
- Um, I think we ah, we'd best go round and wake her up ourselves, hey Kev?
- Yeah.
- All right.
See you later.
- See you, Granddad.
(birds chattering) (dog barking) (knuckles knocking) (door clattering) (doorbell ringing) (knuckles knocking) - Julie, it's me love.
(knuckles knocking) (soft uneasy music) (doorbell ringing) Julie.
(flap squeaking) Are you there, Julie?
(soft uneasy music continues) (birds chattering) (phone beeping and ringing) (soft uneasy music continues) Come on, Julie love, pick up.
(phone beeping) (tense uneasy music) (soft uneasy music) (metal clinking) - [Worker] Have you got this shipped yet?
- Gary, Gary.
Can you come with me?
- Wait, what?
I can't hear you.
- Can you come?
(workers chattering) I didn't wanna worry your dad, and you were closer anyway.
- Yes, fine.
Look, maybe she stayed at a mate's.
Slow down, Mom.
- I've called everyone I can think of.
- Oh, maybe she stayed at someone else's.
She's a grown woman, Mom.
- She, she should've rung me.
Anyway, her curtains are drawn.
- All right, well she probably drew them before she went out to work.
Have you called the pizza place?
- No, they're not open yet.
Come on.
Come on, darling.
(soft uneasy music) (door clattering) Come on darling, well stay back, all right?
- All right, step back Mom.
(Ann speaking inaudibly) (glass shattering) - Nana.
- It's okay.
(glass shattering) You're all right, stay there.
(soft uneasy music) - Yeah, go back around the front.
I'll find the keys and let you in.
- Come on sweetheart, it's all right.
Watch the glass, miss it.
- Julie?
- Why did he do that?
- We've not got keys, love.
- Julie?
- Where's Mommy?
- Ah, we'll find out soon enough.
(door clattering) What's going on, Gary?
- There's no key.
I'm gonna look upstairs.
- Is she sleeping?
- Um, I don't know, my love.
(soft sombre music) (window clattering) - There's something wrong in here, Mom.
Everything's tidy, the bed's made.
- Well pass the phone out, I'm calling the police.
- Where's me Mommy?
- It's all right darling, we'll find her.
Promise, okay?
- [Bev] Everything all right, Ann?
- Our Julie's missing, have you seen her?
- Sorry, no I haven't.
- What's wrong?
- It's all right, sweetheart.
You're all right.
(window clattering) Cheers, love.
(sighing) (phone beeping) - Emergency, which service?
- Yeah, police please.
- Connecting you now.
- [Officer] Police, how can I help?
- Hi um, my daughter's disappeared.
She's not at her home.
- [Officer] Can you tell me your daughter's name and address?
- Yeah it's um, it's Julie Hogg, 52 Redford Road, Billingham.
- All right, how old is she?
- She's 22.
- [Officer] And when did you last see her?
- Uh, last night, but my son's just broken in, she's not here.
- [Officer] Well, it's too soon to be reporting her missing, but- - [Ann] Has there been any accidents reported?
- [Officer] No, nothing locally, no.
I suggest you wait in the house here for now, and wait for her to call you.
- Ah, all right, well thank you.
He says we're to go home and wait for her to call.
- Oh, you go home with Kevin, I'll board up the window.
- All right.
Kevin darling, come here.
You go wait in the car for Nana, yeah?
I'll be two minutes.
- Hey Ann, can I do anything?
- No, will you just do us a favour, Bev?
Just keep an eye on this house for us, will you?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course I will.
- [Ann] And let me know when you see her.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.
- Oh, is that right?
- (laughing) You're putting- - Did either of you lads hear our Julie come home last night?
- Oh, I didn't see nowt, Mrs.
Ming.
- [Bev] Well if she comes back, I'll get, give you a ring straight away, aye?
- Yeah, thanks Bev.
- Bye, love.
(soft uneasy music) (horn honking) (car rumbling) (customers chattering) - Charlie?
Charlie, Charlie.
- Yeah, you all right, love?
- No have, have you seen our Julie?
- Well, what do you mean?
- Well, she's missing.
- What do you mean, she's missing?
- She's not at home.
- She can't have gone far.
- Well that's what they told- - Hey, hey.
(Ann gasping) Hey, hey, hey, look at me, look at me.
- Yeah.
- We'll find her, okay?
- Okay.
- Now I'll just close up, and I'll join you.
- Okay.
- [Matthew] As soon as I hear anything.
- [Ann] Well I hope you're right, Matthew.
- Bye then.
(phone clattering) - He hasn't heard from her, wants us to keep him posted.
- Who else can we call?
- No, no, we'll have to keep the line free.
- Someone must know something.
- We need to keep it free.
Go and be with Kevin.
(phone clattering) What are you doing?
(phone beeping) - I'm calling the pizza shop.
- No, leave it Charlie, please.
What if she's in trouble?
What if she tries to call, and she can't get through?
- I'll go and check on Kev, then.
How you doing, Kev?
- [Kevin] I can't find my dinosaur.
- [Charlie] You can't find it?
Well, where did you last see it?
(phone ringing) - Oh my God, Julie?
- Hold on, Kevin.
- Sorry?
- Oh.
- Is that Mrs.
Ming?
- Yeah, it is.
- [Clerk] It's Middlesbrough County Court here.
We're trying to reach your daughter, Julie Hogg.
She failed to show up for her appointment this morning.
- I know.
- We've- - Oh, Charlie.
- I know.
(door clattering) - Has she called?
- No, no love, she hasn't.
- What can I do?
- Um, well could you stay and look after Kevin, darling please?
- Yeah, of course.
- Look, and if Gary calls, tell him to meet us at the pizza shop.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Thanks Angela, love.
You sure you don't want me to drive?
- Kev.
- He's here, he's here.
- [Ann] Just let me do the talking, all right?
- [Charlie] All right, all right.
- Any news?
- No, I just got here.
- Oh God.
- You all right?
- Well at least, and you know.
Ah, listen- - Sorry, not open yet.
- Just wonder did, did one of you take our Julie home last night?
(staff chattering) - It's a simple question.
- Please, we have work to do.
- Look, she is missing.
She's missing, do you understand?
You need to help us find her.
(boss and staff speaking in foreign language) - Hey, what are they saying?
If you have something to say, say it in English, yeah?
(staff speaking in foreign language) - Yeah, we do not know where your daughter is.
Now please, you must leave.
- Why are you being so defensive?
- Defensive?
- You're lying to us.
- Gary, just calm down.
- Well you dare, you dare to accuse me of lying, huh?
- Yeah.
- Get outta my shop.
- But you know, you know to say this seriously- - Get of my shop now.
- The last place she was seen was here.
- Get out of my shop now.
- Just leave, just leave and- - Do you know where she is?
- Get out of my shop now.
- Hey wait, hey wait.
- I do not know where- - She was- - Get out of my shop.
(owner and family shouting) I don't know where she is.
- You don't know where she is?
- I am not lying, get out.
- What am I supposed to think?
- Get out of my shop right now.
- No Gary, calm down.
- Hey, no, no.
(men shouting) (glass shattering) - Stop it, no Gary, God.
(bystanders chattering) Wait, for God's sake.
- Where's my wife, see- - No.
- [Charlie] They've taken my glasses, I can't see out, I was never a fighter.
- Can you at least tell me if you're charging them?
- They haven't been questioned yet.
- And what about the men from the pizza shop?
- [Officer] What about them, Mrs.
Ming?
- Well, are you gonna be questioning them as well?
About our Julie?
- Mrs.
Ming, she probably got home from work, decided to go to a nightclub.
Maybe she got drunk, sleeping it off somewhere.
- For a day and a bloody half?
- Mm.
- She has got a little boy, there is no way.
She would never, ever leave him for that long.
- Even so, it's still too soon to report her as missing.
- Listen, I am telling you, something's happened to her.
Why won't any of you listen to me?
- Pardon me, it's Mrs.
Ming, is it?
- Yes.
- Sergeant Belgenson.
I'm afraid he's right.
It's too soon a file a missing person report.
But I'd be happy to come to your home in the morning if your daughter still hasn't returned.
- Then you go down.
- Okay.
- Danielle?
- Yeah?
- Too slow, one more time.
- Love, can you stay here for a second Kev, yeah?
- Okay.
- I just wanna talk to Nana, just stay there.
Finally.
- Any calls?
- No, sorry.
What about Dad and Gary?
- They're keeping them in overnight, to cool off.
Hey, come on.
No tears love, please.
Hey, for Kevin.
Look, maybe she'll come home tonight, hey?
- Yeah, maybe.
(soft uneasy music) (door clattering) - Hi, Granddad.
- Hey.
(soft uneasy music continues) - Anything?
- Mm.
- Police been?
- No, not yet.
Don't you think you're too old to be picking fights?
- Probably.
- We've seen this kinda thing before.
- What do you mean?
This is her.
- Young woman's marriage breaks down, she's got no real prospects here in Billingham, so she decides to make a fresh start.
It's possible she's walked down to the A19, and hitched a ride to London.
- You must be joking.
That's not our Julie.
- [Ann] Do you have kids, either of you?
- No.
- Well believe me, parents know their kids, she's not gone to London.
- All right, tell us about her husband.
- What about him?
- [Officer] Do you know why they're separating?
- No, no, no Matthew wouldn't hurt a fly, if that's what you're getting at.
- Was there a reason they decided to split up?
- Well it, it just didn't work out for them, that's all.
(sighing) Look, we need your help finding her.
Will you just put out an appeal?
Send someone to her house, I don't know, just do something.
Look, she's not gone to London, and it nowt to do with Matthew, so.
I spoke to him yesterday, he's as worried as we are.
- I know it must be hard to not knowing where she is, but experience doesn't count for nothing, Mrs.
Ming.
The most likely explanation is that she's just gone away for a few days.
- [Belgenson] That's right.
- No, I'm telling you, she would never leave her son, never.
(Belgenson chewing) (Ann snoring) (Kevin chewing) - Hi, Granddad.
- Shh.
Good lad, there.
- I'm still hungry.
- Okay, don't disturb Nana.
(Ann snoring) All right.
- Oh God.
(clearing throat) Sorry.
- Oh sorry love, I didn't wanna wake you.
- No, don't be daft.
Do you want more um, toast love?
- Yes, please.
- Hey, I'll do it love.
Why don't you get some kip?
- No, no, I'm fine, I- - You're exhausted, Ann.
- I'll sleep when I've heard from Julie.
(doorbell ringing) Oh, please God let it be her.
Hi, Bev.
- Sorry to bother you.
- What is it?
- I just, um, I thought you might wanna hear this.
- Hear what?
- Our Sean, he's got a mate who's police.
Apparently they've had an anonymous tip off.
- Well spit it out, Bev.
- Um, the caller said that they saw a drunk lass getting bundled into a car outside of the pizza shop on Wednesday night.
- Oh, Jesus.
- Three or four men, apparently.
- [Charlie] Oh my God.
- It, it might be nothing, do you know?
It might be nowt.
(tense uneasy music) - Mrs.
Ming, I don't know how you got that information, but it's confidential.
- Confidential my ass.
I wanna know what you're doing about it.
- All I can tell you is that as soon as we have any news, we'll be- - No, I am sick of being fobbed off.
Our daughter's gone missing, and you're not taking it seriously.
(officer chuckling) I don't care what you think of me.
I just need you to do something about finding our Julie.
- We'd like to speak with someone senior, please.
And we're not leaving until we do.
- Mr.
Ming, let me assure you, we're doing everything we possibly can to find your daughter.
- [Charlie] Are you though?
What exactly are you doing?
'Cause at the moment, you're just sitting there, and you do not have the authority or the expertise- - It's them, Charlie.
- To tell us how we should- - It's them Charlie, hey.
It's the men from the pizza shop.
(fist pounding) - Easy love, easy.
- What have you done with our daughter?
- Easy, easy love.
- What have you done with her?
- Take it easy now.
- What have you done with our daughter?
- Stop please, I said.
- What have you done, Charlie.
Get your hands off me.
- Please step back.
Stay back.
- No, get off me.
Get off me, get off me, will you?
Stop.
At least I've got your attention now.
- You certainly have.
- I thought you'd arrested them, see.
- They're helping us with our inquiries, Mrs.
Ming.
They've done nowt wrong.
One of them saw the incident that we had the call about.
It wasn't your Julie, I'm afraid.
Just a bunch of drunk mates messing about.
- (sighing) Well then, where is she?
She doesn't even go into town on her own.
This is a girl I see every day.
Go and ask the neighbours, they'll tell you we're close, aren't we?
- The thing is, Inspector, it feels like no one's listening to us.
- No, rest assured, we're listening to you.
We're making inquiries.
- What does that even mean?
Look it's been three days, and all we've heard from you lot is words.
No one's even been to her house.
- All right, all right, here's what we'll do.
I'll send a forensics team over to the property.
If anything untowards happened in that house, they'll find it.
- Thank you.
(soft expectant music) (wind whooshing) (officers chattering) - Yes, I'll go talk to her.
- Thank you.
- Look, are you sure I can't help?
- I'm sorry, Mrs.
Ming.
I suggest that you go home, and you wait for us to contact you, okay?
- Okay.
(officers chattering) (soft uneasy music) - Hi Granddad.
- Hey, Kev.
- Any news?
- Nothing.
- [Reporter] Family and friends, they haven't seen- - Come on, sweetheart.
Let's get you some tea, shall we?
- [Reporter] In two weeks.
(soft uneasy music) (camera clicking) - Hi.
- Hi, Nana.
(TV presenter chattering) - Any news?
- Still no.
(TV presenter chattering) - Angela said she can look after Kevin, so you can open the food truck.
- It's fine, I don't mind watching him.
- Oh for God's sake, Charlie.
- As you can see.
(soft sombre music) (camera clicking) - [TV Presenter] Will be more spacious, and conditions- - They've still not called?
- [TV Presenter] Than the current service.
- Where's Kev?
- In his room.
- [TV Presenter] Which in itself, like in Paris- - I'm gonna go around there.
- There's no point.
- What do you mean, there's no point?
- They'll call if they find anything.
- Jesus Christ, Charlie.
- What?
- 34-year-old- - You've been sitting in that chair all bloody week, that's what.
What's wrong with you?
- [Reporter] For reliable service, the trains- - Oh, where are you going?
Will you just talk to me?
- Please, love.
- It's like you don't care that she's missing.
- Of course I care.
(soft sombre music) (phone ringing) - Hello?
- Hi Mrs.
Ming, it's DA Arnold.
- Yeah.
- [Arnold] Could you come over to your daughter's house please?
- Yeah, all right.
I'll be, I'll be right over.
- Thanks.
(soft sombre music) (wind whooshing) (Ann exhaling) (soft sombre music continues) (camera clicking) - Hey.
(rain spattering) (soft sombre music continues) - The only clothes I can't find are the ones she was wearing Wednesday afternoon when I picked up Kevin.
- Are you sure about that?
- Yeah, sure as I can be.
- [Arnold] Has she run away before?
- Oh God, she's not run away, I've told you.
Something's happened to her.
- Putting parents through the ringer is part of what kids do, Mrs.
Ming.
- No, not Julie.
Look, have you found anything unusual?
Anything at all?
- There's no dead bodies in here, if that's what you mean.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you.
- Do you think I needed to hear that?
- Look, everything's in perfect order right now, but we're still looking.
- It's her makeup bag.
(exclaiming) Look our Julie would, she'd never go anywhere without her makeup, not even to the end of the street.
Please, you've gotta listen to me.
- I'm listening.
We'll be in touch once we've completed the search.
(Ann exhaling) So, after a thorough forensic search of the property, I can confirm nothing of significance was found.
- Well, have you searched the loft, what about the back garden?
- These are highly trained forensics officers, Mr.
Ming.
There won't be one square inch of that property they haven't been over in microscopic detail.
- Well, what about Julie's makeup bag?
She'd never leave home without that.
- Must have been a spur of the moment thing.
If she's gone to London, then- - She's not gone to London, for God's sake.
- All right, Mrs.
Ming, please.
- You can understand why we're worried.
- Of course.
Look, I can't sit here and guarantee your daughter hasn't met grief somewhere in the country.
What I can tell you, there's no evidence that anything happened to her inside that house, and I hope that brings you both some comfort.
- Well, thanks for coming round.
- No problem, and if there's any other news, I'll be in touch.
Bye now.
- Bye.
Do you think there's a chance that they were right all along?
Maybe she really has gone somewhere.
(soft uneasy music) - [Ann] She went missing last Wednesday night, seen her?
- Yeah ma'am, I'm sorry I haven't.
- Well, just let us know if you hear anything then.
- Yeah, I will.
- Thank you.
- Sorry to bother you, then.
- Look, when we're finished here, we'll do Norton.
- Is this really our best bet, love?
- Well, have you got any better ideas?
- I didn't mean it like that, I, I just- - And when we've done Norton, we'll do Roseworth, and then Middlesbrough if we have to.
I'm not sitting on my ass Charlie, waiting, doing nothing.
- I know I didn't mean it, but I'm just wondering if we're chasing our tails, love.
(sirens wailing) (soft uneasy music) - What are they doing?
(police chattering) Hey, I thought you said you were done.
- Morning, we were.
The house was broken into last night.
- Didn't you say you were putting in an alarm?
- Aye, but by the time our boys got here, it was too late.
- Well, what's the point of having an alarm if you're too bloody slow to respond?
- Burglars, was it?
- Well, we found the TV by an open window around the back.
- Is that how they got in?
- We don't know yet.
We are investigating the possibility of that whoever's broken in may have your daughter's set of missing keys.
- Well, why are you being so bloody calm?
Look, whoever broke in could know where Julie is.
And you lot just standing around here, like a bunch of bloody lemons.
- I'm sorry madam- - Mrs.
Ming please, we're trying.
- Why the hell aren't you doing more?
You're the police.
- Just let us try and do our jobs.
We know what we're doing.
- Yeah, that's the thing though, I'm not sure that you do.
- You got batteries?
- Yeah.
- Oh, thank you darling.
- Right.
- Who are these people?
- Um, film crew come here, so we can do a message about your mom.
- Excuse me.
- Now say goodbye.
- Who is that?
- That is the sound.
- Hiya, trace, hiya.
- Look at the camera.
If you could just write as well, that this a blue jacket and a red top, everything she went missing in.
- We need that in the papers, and it's just, otherwise (speaking inaudibly).
- [Interviewer] Mrs.
Ming, what do you think has happened to Julie?
- We have no idea, to be honest.
And we've, we've been out searching, been to the police, and we can't understand it.
It's just, just so not like her to, to do something like that.
And she would never leave Kevin, never.
Yeah, it just doesn't make, doesn't make any sense.
- [Interviewer] If Julie is watching, what would you like to say to her?
- Just Julie, please love if you, if you're listening, just phone anybody, anyone.
The police, friends, anybody, just please, please just let us know you're alive, that's all.
(bright uneasy music) (bells tolling) ♪ On that higher ♪ - Kev still asleep?
- Yeah.
- It's nothing special, but I didn't know what to get you.
- Thanks.
- [Charlie] I'll pop it under the tree, shall I?
♪ In the big midwinter light ♪ - Thanks for coming up, Matthew.
Police reckon if there's one day she's likely to get in touch, it'll be today.
- [Kevin] It's to Kevin, it's for me.
- I wanted to be here for Kevin.
You know, when I saw Ann's TV appeal, I just- - Oh.
- Yeah.
- What have you got, Kev?
- It's a Game Boy.
- [Charlie] Oh, you must have been a good boy this year.
- [Matthew] What do you say to your nana and granddad?
- Thanks.
- You're very welcome.
- That's very generous of you, Ann.
- [Kevin] How do you open this thing?
- Oh yeah, well I wanted him to have something nice, you know?
- Listen, I thought you should both know that I'm moving back to Billingham, I'm looking for work.
- But what about Kev?
- Well he'll live with me, obviously.
- No love, no.
He's used to being here now.
- Ann.
- He needs us, Charlie.
- Yeah, well he needs me and all, I'm his dad.
I know how much you love him, and I'm really grateful to you both for looking after him.
- Yeah.
(bright majestic music) (phone clattering) (remote clicking) (soft sombre music) (waves sloshing) (birds chattering) - [Matthew] Charlie said you'd be here.
- Oh, hiya.
- Listen Ann, wanted to talk to you.
Police have given me the keys to the house.
Me and Kevin, we're gonna move back in.
(dogs barking) (children chattering) - They told me they've done all they can.
Do you believe that?
- I don't know.
Look um, I know this is a lot to ask, but would you take Julie's stuff away?
- Oh, why would you?
- Because I just, I don't want Kevin being reminded, you know?
- But what if she comes back?
- It's been two months, Ann.
(boat whistle blaring) (birds chattering) - Why did you go to London?
- There were no jobs here.
- Is there anything you're not telling me, anything at all?
- No.
- Were you having an affair?
- Oh Jesus Christ, Ann.
- I need to understand it.
- No, I wasn't.
I love her too, you know.
- Of course I'll get her stuff love, if that's, if that's what you want.
- [Matthew] Thank you Ann, thanks.
(boat whistle blaring) (birds chattering) (door clattering) (Ann sighing) (Ann sniffing) (soft sombre music) - Oh God.
(crying) (footsteps plodding) Julie?
Julie?
(sobbing) (door clattering) - Ann, Ann are you here?
- Nana?
(soft poignant music) (luggage clattering) (Charlie gasping) (soft poignant music continues) (Charlie sobbing) (Ann crying) (phone ringing) - Hello?
- Ann it's, it's Matthew.
- Hi Matthew, what's up?
- I'm sorry, I didn't know who else to call.
Um, there's a horrible smell in the bathroom.
- Well, just with the toilet after all these weeks, just put some bleach down it and don't use it for a while.
- All right, will do.
- All right, love.
- Thanks for coming around earlier.
- Yeah, no problem.
Speak soon.
- Bye, Ann.
(phone clattering) (Ann sighing) (dog barking) - [Matthew] Okay, come on Kevin, come on.
(doorbell ringing) (knuckles knocking) Kevin, come on get your things together, chop chop.
Hey, Ann.
- Morning.
- Kevin.
- Hi, Nana.
- Hi, you ready for school, Kev?
- [Kevin] Yeah, but the smell's getting worse.
- Is it?
- Yeah, yeah it is.
- All right well, can you ah, and I'll go see to it myself.
(clearing throat) - [Matthew] All right, you get your lunch.
Go on, in the kitchen mate, get your bag, that's it.
(Matthew chattering) (Ann sniffing and exhaling) (soft uneasy music) (toilet lid clattering) (Ann sniffing) - Oh.
(gagging) (soft uneasy music) (tub clanking) (tense dramatic music) Oh no, no.
(sobbing) No, she's under the bath.
She's under the bath.
- Ann?
- (sobbing) Jesus Christ.
- What's wrong?
Just your bag, get your bag.
- [Ann] (sobbing) Oh, God.
Oh.
- Come here, what is it Ann?
What?
- She's under the bath.
- What?
- She's, she's under the bath.
- What?
- She's under the bath.
(sobbing) (soft sombre music) - Okay stay, stay here.
- Oh God, oh.
(sobbing) - No!
- Nana?
- Jesus Christ.
- What's wrong, Nana?
- [Matthew] Oh, Jesus no.
- I'm sorry, come here.
I'm sorry for frightening you.
(sobbing) Hold Nana tight.
- Nana.
- Hold tight.
(sobbing) (soft sombre music) (officers chattering) (camera clicking) - Back, stay back.
- You okay?
(soft sombre music) Just take some time, and sit here.
(Ann sobbing) - Mrs.
Ming, I'm so sorry.
We did a proper search, I promise you.
- You promised me she wasn't in there.
You promised me, you promised me.
No, no.
(soft sombre music) ♪ Ooh, ooh, oh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, oh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, oh ♪ (bright flourish music)
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