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[augustusaugustus]

13.151 Twanky (Part Two)

SKASE: You’re a star, Rodney, my boy.

DEAKIN: Rod! I’m on stage!

A completely over-the-top farce, which is exactly what an episode about a Sun Hill panto should be. Everyone is brilliantly IC, too, from Derek & Jack getting drunk together then arguing on stage, to Rod thinking he’s too cool for the whole thing until he gets cast and decides he’s the next Laurence Olivier.

[forensicated]

05x17 - In The Frame

Burnside is running late for the weekly crime meeting in Brownlow's office. Reg is holding court with a recap of last week's minutes as he arrives. No sooner does Frank's bum hit the seat than Tosh arrives to call him out of the meeting for an urgent phone call. Brownlow is NOT impressed.

The call is from a woman who won't give her name which makes Burnside hang up on her. Tosh tells him the woman would only say she had urgent information for him. A few seconds later, the woman calls back and tells Frank not to hang up because it's important. When asked what she wants, she says simply "Gold bullion." He agrees to meet her.

The crimes surrounding local pubs have apparently decreased thanks to a Pub Watch initiative. Reg is keen that Mr Brownlow write a letter of thanks to each publican involved. There has however been a spate of thefts from vehicles. Tom points out that every single one of them has had the stolen property on clear view on seats, dashboards or parcel shelves which makes him think it's more the work of opportunist thieves. He suggests some crime prevention leaflets put under the wipers of cars in the worst affected areas and volunteers Bob Cryer to do it.

Burnside arrives at a local pub and is soon approached by a blonde who rudely shouts for a drink. She counts coppers out of her purse to find that she doesn't have enough and tells Frank that 'times are hard' whilst showing him her empty cigarette packet and walking off. "For us all, lady. For us all." He calls after her. The barman finally arrives and asks 'Well what did she want?"' Frank is confused and asks what he means. "The lady who was with you?" "She's not with me, mate!" The woman in question left a carrier bag behind when she left the bar but neither Frank nor the barman seem to notice.

Bob is out leafleting cars in the area that have had a lot of car thefts.

Frank continues to wait and is soon approached by two men. The taller of the two flashes a warrant card and introduces himself as Chief Inspector Starling. His colleague is Sgt Yensen and they are attached to Operation Backwoods. They invite Frank to 'calmly walk outside with them.' Frank protests but they won't take no for an answer.

Outside, Starling explains Operation Backwoods is a Home Office Investigation into allegations of corruption against MET officers. "Allegations made by villains serving time!" Frank scoffs. Starling says that some of the allegations go back years whilst others are more recent. Frank asks what any of it has to do with him. Yensen reaches into the bag the woman left at the bar to show that it's full of cash, insinuating she'd left it for Frank. Frank takes one look and does a runner! Unfortunately for him, 2 other officers are waiting for him. Outnumbered, Frank has to give in and go with them.

Hearing that Brownlow wanted to speak to Frank after his quick exit from the meeting, Tosh goes to offer his help. Brownlow makes it clear that he suspects Frank's late arrival and quick exit from the meeting was a pre-organised stunt and warns him that he wants at least one CID member present at the weekly Crime Meetings every week without fail. He wants to see Frank the moment he gets back from 'seeing his informant.' That might be a bit awkward…

A mother pushing a buggy asks Bob to do something about the cars he's leafleting as a lot are parked on the pavement. He promises he'll look into having them towed and asks her to leave it with him.

Tosh returns to CID to find unknown men in Frank's office going through his desk and filing cabinets. "What's your game? Who are you?"

Frank is led into an almost empty block of offices with only a phone on the floor in one of the rooms. In another, he's brought to the attention of the Chief Superintendent in charge of the operation. He's not best pleased to see him! Chief Superintendent Alan Pearson has history with Frank - and it's obviously not pleasant. Pearson sends Yensen to 'make the witness available. Frank accuses him of always doing things underhand or 'going round the back' - claiming he had previous for exactly this when a DC under Frank. Pearson insinuates that that was all Frank's doing because of the way he operated. He makes out he had to transfer to a county force to escape his reach. That in turn gave him access to accelerated promotion which made him a Chief Superintendent when he transferred back to London. Frank asks him to cut to the chase and tell him why he's there. Pearson lifts a cassette player and replays Frank's conversation with the blonde in the pub that morning. In the office with Pearson's spin, it sounds suspiciously like the woman is giving Frank a bribe. "You know as well as I do that this is a set-up." Pearson looks smug. "£2000 in a carrier bag….?" "Not even you would stoop that low!" Frank snaps back.

Yensen returns with a folded note that he hands to Pearson who excuses himself from the room. Frank asks Starling who the money belongs to. He responds that it's the witnesses' money but Frank points out the woman barely had 2p never mind £2k! He asks again who gave her it and he tells him it's the property of the Home Office.

Tosh interrupts Brownlow tending his flowers to tell him about Operation Backwood and Frank. Charles is horrified that they're working in Sun Hill without him having been informed. Tosh explains they don't have to let anyone know because they're working on enquiries originating from people in prison. Charles rings the Home Office and demands that he be told where Frank is and why he has been taken in to 'help'. He warns if they don't ring him back within the hour he will involve the Comissioner.

Bob controls his patrol along the street and notes what looks like a Sgt from the US Army's jacket with a camera in plain view on one of the seats. He leaflets it and moves on to the next one. The owner of the car returns and Bob reprimands him for parking on a double yellow line and having wheels on the pavement and asks him to move his car. The man apologises and says he was in a hurry when he'd parked and agrees to move it if Bob can allow him a couple of minutes to return to his sisters for the rest of his stuff. Bob remains firm - move the car. The man gives in and gets in the front seat and Bob walks off. A matter of seconds later, the car explodes, sending Bob flying and killing the American Sgt instantly.

The road is shut off and the fire brigade extinguish the fire. Brownlow tries to send Bob to hospital, but he insists he wants to stay at work. Bob agrees for a paramedic to check him over whilst Charles tells him that the Anti Terrorist Squad have taken over the investigation.

Pearson returns to the office and tells Frank he's not under arrest. He reminds him of a criminal he arrested for robbery roughly 10 years ago, Thomas Norton. Norton has applied for parole and his wife, Nancy Norton was allegedly under the impression that Frank could help smooth the way for her husband's release. Frank frowns, telling them he's never met the woman. Pearson and Starling exchange a smug smirk and Frank realises what he is getting at - Nancy Norton is the woman from the pub and the 'witness'. Pearson claims that Frank agreed on a fee of £2K for him to put in a good word for her husband at his parole hearing. Frank insists he wants to see Mrs Norton and have her repeat the allegation in front of him. Pearson admits that they can't do that because they don't know where she's gone!

Frank insists he's going to return to Sun Hill until they can present Nancy Norton. Pearson claims to have a statement from her detailing Frank approaching her to agree to put in a good word for her husband for a sum of money. "By the end of the day, you'll be suspended from duty pending criminal proceedings," Frank tells Pearson that he wants to make a statement of his own.

Back at Sun Hill, Tosh and Brownlow are officially in the dark regarding what's happened to Frank. Tosh admits he's made some phone calls to people who owe him favours. Charles tells him it's not wise to make calls that can be recorded as Operation Backwoods has sweeping powers in their search for corruption and could claim that Tosh is involved himself or trying to cover something up for Frank. Tosh claims he's been told that Frank is likely being held at an address in Southwark and, if pushed, he could get a firm address.

Frank is taken to another room with recording equipment set up. He starts his statement by saying that he and Pearson first met when he was a DC under Frank's Sgt. Pearson snaps at him to keep to the point; the interview is about his interaction with Norton's wife. Frank corrects him - the interview is about alleged corruption and that's exactly what he's reporting - being set up by Pearson! Starling pauses the interview 'for refreshments'. "Frightened of what I might say?" Frank growls. Pearson warns him he's there in connection with corruption and warns him not to cloud the issue. "Can I go to the toilet? Or is that irrelevant?"

DCI Watson of the Anti-Terrorist Squad introduces himself and his colleague Agent Caxton from the US Embassy to Charles. Agent Caxton tells Charles that the gentleman killed was a US Air Force Sgt based at Mildenhall. He spent the night with his sister and English brother-in-law at their home in Sun Hill. The visits were a regular thing at least a couple of times a month and always on a Monday. The Anti-Terrorist Squad believe he was picked out as an easy target by a Terrorist organisation. Agent Caxton wants to speak to Bob.

Frank eyeballs the Sgt who is taking him to the toilet. "Want to come in and hold it for me too?" he snarks before the man allows him into the bathroom alone.

Bob lets himself up into CID asking Tosh if Ted still has a bottle in his desk drawer. Tosh is surprised and asks about his 'lucky escape. "Lucky? Is that what you call it?" Bob sinks his glass in one. Tosh hands him the second glass for him to sink too.

Of course Frank whistles 'Born Free' whilst escaping... 🤣🤣

Frank runs as quickly as he can away from the scene towards a telephone box. He calls Tosh and tells him he's been set up by Pearson via an old case involving a criminal called Tommy Norton. He tells Tosh to find his wife, Nancy Norton before the Operation Blackwood lot does. It's a good job he manages to get it out as the call is ended immediately after by Pearson's henchmen dragging Frank out.

Bob is still in shock and reckons if he'd stood and waited for the man to move his car they'd still be collecting all the pieces of his body as well as the American Sgt's as DCI Watson and Agent Caxton track him down. Bob can't tell them what they want to hear because he saw nobody near the car or the man and nobody hanging around the area. Caxton insists they go over it again, despite Bob telling them that he has told them everything he can remember. "But-" "NO BUTS!" Watson spits, leaning into Bob's face.

Pearson mocks Frank for making himself look guilty by escaping. Frank doesn't care what Pearson thinks and orders him again to present his 'star witness', charge him or suspend him. Pearson claims Frank has left him no alternative and that they will have to go and get it over with.

At the same time, Tosh enters a pub and makes his way over to the blonde at the bar. "Hello Nancy…"

Bob is getting angrier as DCI Watson and Agent Caxton refuse to believe that he saw nothing suspicious. He repeats that he told the man to move the car or it would be towed away because it was parked on a double yellow line and obstructing the pavement. Caxton tells him he should have left the man alone and then he'd still be alive. He claims that they'd had a warning of a terrorist attack and - if Bob had let the man return to his sister's house - he might have got the warning! "You can't be sure of that!" "He would have gotten the message!" Watson shouts at Bob, telling him that he would then have had the car checked over before he got in it and found the bomb. Caxton then starts a rant about how the man was over - not by choice - to protect the UK from a potential Soviet threat. If he's not there by choice - why is he in the Navy? He wasn't conscripted. Ahem. Watson stops him but not before Caxton fully blames Bob for the Sgt's death and tells him he hopes it's engraved on his conscience for the rest of his life. Nice.

Tosh literally drags Nancy out of the pub to his car but they're ambushed by Operation Blackwood officers who make a violent grab for the pair. Nancy bites the hand of the man who tries to restrain her and knees him in the testicles whilst Tosh fights his man off. They break free and get into the nearest taxi.

[If the behaviour by Operation Blackwood officers doesn't draw their 'investigation' into Frank into question there I don't know what would!]

Brownlow is forced to ask Frank for his warrant card to suspend him from duty. Frank calmly tells him that he hasn't done anything wrong as he hands it over. He explains to Frank that Pearson has framed him because he wrongly believes he took a bribe from a criminal years ago. Frank is concerned it will affect his chances of promotion as those involved will believe there's no smoke without fire. During this, Brownlow gets a telephone call and tells the person - Tosh - on the other end to come through. Tosh enters a few seconds later with Nancy and asks her if she can see a man who threatened her in the room. Nancy points at Starling and tells Charles, Frank and Tosh that he told her that her husband would not get parole if she didn't help him set up Frank Burnside. Starling denies the allegation. "And guess who put him up to it." Frank mutters under his breath. Pearson shifts suspiciously. Charles calls Scotland Yard and gets them to set up an investigation to look into it what Nancy has confessed and hands Frank his warrant card back!

"Always got someone else to do the dirty work for you, didn't you." "They'll get you one day, it's only a matter of time." Pearson glares. "They'll have to be a damn sight cleverer than you!" Frank retorts.

[dsboulton]

13.120 Coup de Grace

[jimcarver]

13.32 All for Love

[rodskase]

13.10 Turnaround

[tomproctor]

13.92 These Foolish Things

[steveloxton]

13.20 Breaking Up

[reghollis]

11.126 A Year and a Day

[sgtsteele]

11.3 Hit and Miss

[inspectormonroe]

10.106 Instant Response

[augustusaugustus]

13.151 Twanky (Part One)

SKASE: Certain similarities between Tosh and Shakespeare. They’re both bald Brummies with ‘tashes and they’ve both done sod all for hundreds of years.

(In two parts, because who could limit this to just 30 pics?)

[forensicated]

05x16 - A Death In The Family

TW: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the focus of the entire episode.

Taffy and June are walking the beat, pausing to talk to a member of the public before they get distracted by a woman screaming a few houses down. They politely make their excuses and run to help.

The woman keeps repeating "My baby! My baby!" and leads the officers into the house. Her husband approaches cradling their motionless son, Christopher. June tries to get sense from the pair and asks if the baby is ill. She tries to get the father out of the room whilst she checks him over and tries to perform CPR. Taffy contacts CAD for an ambulance and comforts the family, encouraging them to keep things as normal as possible for their 9 year old daughter, Debra. Debra quietly says to Taffy 'it was me, it was my fault!' before her mother comforts and reassures her. June comes down the stairs and slowly shakes her head, leading Taffy to quietly update CAD that the baby has sadly passed away and CID are required to attend.

The family GP arrives and Taffy tells her that June is upstairs with the baby. Mr Robins, Christopher's father tells the doctor they found him approximatley 10 minutes ago. He'd woken in the night for a feed but had seemed to sleep through after. The doctor checks the baby over and sadly there is nothing that can be done, Christopher has died.

Downstairs Debra asks if Christopher is dead. Taffy tells her that her mummy and daddy will explain everything, before asking Mr Robins if there is anywhere else that Debra can go for a short while. Mr Robins contacts his sister in law to come and collect her.

At the front desk, Tony takes a report of a 9 year old boy who hasn't arrived at school. He suggests the boy may be playing truant and his mother snaps back that she'll beat him black and blue if he is (!).

Christine and Bob discuss the Robins family. Bob tells her that the Robins lost Linda, a 4 month baby girl, to cot death 4 years previously. There were no suspicious circumstances at the time and Bob suggests that cot deaths potentially run in families. Tom was unable to get hold of anyone in CID so has left a message for Tosh to visit the house when he gets in. Christine suspects that CID may be a bit 'sniffy' given that it's the second baby death to the same parents.

Tosh asks Bob to accompany him to the Robins house due to his prior connection - it was him who had dealt with their previous cot death. Debra is leaving with her auntie as they arrive. Bob quietly updates June and Taffy that this is the second time that the Robins have lost a child so to tread extra carefully. He asks June to not let SOCO into the house until the parents have decided where they want to go whilst the investigation is carried out. He advises that she keep a close eye on Mrs Robins to support her and then asks Taffy to contact the Coroners Office. Taffy quietly tells him what Debra said to him about it being her fault.

Tosh introduces himself to the family and gently explains what's going to happen, including SOCO removing certain items of clothing and bedding examination. He assures them it's routine procedure and nothing personal. Mrs Robins insists she doesn't want to leave the house despite June's gentle encouragement. Tosh explains that they will need to be questioned about the circumstances of Christopher's death but reassures them they are not under arrest. He suggests that it is done at the station as it may be less distressing.

The doctor asks for a quiet word with Tosh and leads him outside, leaving Bob with the Robins'. She tells Tosh - and the newly arrived Christine - that it's vital the family are allowed to say their goodbyes. Christine doesn't want to allow it as - technically - it's a suspicious death. The doctor eyes her cooly and tells her it's a cot death and that 6 babies die in similar circumstances every day. Tosh suggests it would be OK as long as the room stays untouched. Christine asks June to accompany the parents but to not allow them to touch the baby or anything else in the room.

The mortuary assistants respectfully remove Christopher's body from the house whilst the parents are in the garden with June. Bob asks the SOCO officer to give the family time to leave the house before going up to Christopher's bedroom.

The Robins' GP tells Tosh that Mrs Robins had a very mild bout of Post Natal Depression after Christopher was born. She didn't take any medication for it and it ended quickly. She continues to explain that both parents became very overprotective of Debra after Linda's death and she was concerned about how they sufficated the then 5 year old with affection. She had noticed that it had lessened significantly when Christopher was born.

June stands with Bob in the garden and has a cigarette that she tries to hide when Christine appears. Christine tells Bob that they're taking the parents to the station for interview and asks June to attend the mortuary, suggesting she take her time and finish her cigarette first.

The missing boy from earlier is tracked down by uniform and reunited with his mother who gives him a clump around the ear and warns him to wait till she gets him home. Mrs Robins watches the interaction mournfully whilst they're signed into the station. Christine seperates the couple and sends Mr Robins with Taffy, explaining that they need to speak to them separately.

SOCO are seen removing items from Christopher's bedroom as Jim and Tosh look over the downstairs. Jim finds a scuff by the stairs and suggests it could have come from a kick. Tosh isn't so sure as it could have been one of many innocent things. Jim notices damage to a table leg but Tosh reasons that it's difficult to keep a house pristine when you have children. Jim asks Tosh for his reading of the situation as the 'expert on families'. Tosh sadly says that he considers it all perfectly normal. "Could have been one of my kids laying up there."

Mrs Robins tells Christine that Christopher used to cry a lot. She didn't mind the crying because 'to hear him meant he was there. He was alright'. She admits worrying for Debra because she felt jealous of the attention her brother was receiving. She is quick to tell Christine that 'she doesn't mean it!' (telling Taffy it was her fault) and that Debra had blamed herself when Linda (their 4 month old daughter) had passed away when she was 5 years old.

Mr Robins tells Tosh and Taffy that he didn't try to revive his son, he just held him, terrified that history was repeating itself. Tosh asks where Debra had been before Rachel called him upstairs. He remembers calling Debra downstairs for breakfast. He tells them that Debra adored Christopher but wouldn't go and see him on weekday mornings because she is in a rush for school. He promises that she did not go near Christopher that morning and her earlier words were simply shock and grief. Tosh apologises ahead of his next question, telling Mr Robins that he has to ask it. "Why do you think your first baby died?" Mr Robins pauses before admitting that the doctors couldn't find a reason, it was explained as a Cot Death (now Sudden Infant Death). He admits that not knowing the 'real' reason that their child died is a nightmare as they feel it could have been something that they had done or that they neglected to do without realising.

Soon after the interviews end and the Robins are allowed to leave the station. June returns from the mortuary as Tosh offers to drive them home. Christine asks Taffy to go and get them a car as they will drive them home, collecting Debra on the way.

Tosh asks June if anything was found as the cause of death or of note during Baby Christopher's post mortem. "Not even nappy rash." June sighs sadly. Tosh calls through to Christine's office and lets her know once she's back from dropping the Robins home and tells Bob that it is down to what SOCO find at Lambeth. Jim and Tosh are sure that nothing untoward will be found and that it is another sad case of a cot death with noone to blame.

Taffy is found by June in the recreation room, silently staring at the television but not actually watching it. She has to repeatedly call his name to ask if he's alright before he answers. His voice is tired and strained when he finally does, telling her he's alright. She snaps at him not to take it out on her before sighing and asking if he wants to speak about it. Taffy shakes his head, "It's just another death isn't it. Just another bloody death." "... Yeah...." June swallows, before walking out to go and get drunk with Taffy following close behind.

Bob attends the Robins house the next morning with a reciept of the items SOCO removed from the house, telling them sadly that again there is no obvious sign of death and the cause of death will likely be cot death. The Robins explain that they haven't had much sleep as they spent the night talking about what happened. They admit they've had a 'couple of funny phone calls' from what they believe to be accusatory neighbours. Bob says he will get CID to look into it and will return in a couple of days to see how they are. He asks Mr Robins as he leaves if they want to speak to a counsellor but he assures Bob that it's not something they feel would help.

[derekconway]

10.86 Public Spirit

[jimcarver]

9.106 But Not Forgotten

Gifset repost from main

[rodskase]

12.99 Junior

[witchofthemidlands]

“So when I die some poor sod will be left wondering what's happened to me as all my possessions get carted off & stored in boxes in one of those lock ups? Like we did for Ben Brown?” - Suzie Costello - Long Time Dead

Ben Brown may not exactly be a “real” Torchwood character but he is to me & @searching-for-arcadia