Episode 3 | Written by Gwyneth HughesThursday 25 January 2007, 9pm, BBC One
Barclay is under pressure. Today he has to defend the course of his inquiry to an independent 28-day police review. Despite the lack of evidence, Barclay has turned the case into a murder inquiry. Kyle has been charged with Rosie's abduction. He maintains he never touched Rosie and claims to know nothing about Leanne's disappearance.
Today is also Matt's birthday. Over the past few weeks he's grown close to the attentive Sarah, who spent last night in Tanya's bedroom. Tanya is currently in France, staying with her father, Daf Parry, Leanne's unscrupulous ex-husband. Matt no longer knows who to trust. In many ways, he's right to be wary. Unknown to him, his oldest friend, Gary, a fellow Army veteran, has been seconded as an informant – and his in-laws are growing increasingly critical of his friendship with Sarah.
Matt and police liaison officer Simone Farnes make a disquieting discovery: a matter of days before Leanne disappeared she bought a one-way flight to France, where Daf Parry now lives. Could Leanne have planned to go missing after all? Barclay wants Tanya and Daf on the first flight back to Britain.
In the local woods, a body is discovered. Detectives gather at the scene while the family wait through the night, expecting to hear the worst. But the corpse is not Leanne. It's Branko, the flower-seller...
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The Cast
Hugh Bonneville
DSI Iain Barclay
David Oyelowo
Matt Wellings
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