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Episode 4 | Written by Gwyneth Hughes
  • Tuesday 30 January 2007, 9pm, BBC One

  • It's August Bank Holiday and Leanne is still missing. Determined to have a normal day, Barbara and John have promised to take the family out. But when Barbara reaches Matt's home earlier than scheduled, she's horrified to find Matt giving an interview to a documentary team. She feels Matt is seeking to make money from her daughter's disappearance. A rift is developing between them.

    Matt takes his children to the local fair and fun run with Sarah and the family's police liaison officer, Simone Farnes. Also at the fair are Tops, who has been training hard for the fun run, and Matt's friend, Gary. But Matt doesn't stay long. Feeling paranoid, he mistakes a passing blonde for Leanne and becomes deeply distressed. Sarah takes him back to her flat for some privacy...

    Across town, Leanne's older daughter, Tanya, spends the day at the shopping-mall with her adored father, Daf. She's desperate to live with him in France.

    Meanwhile, Simone is looking after the youngest siblings at the fair. She takes them to the lakeside to look at the boats, where they are disturbed by a man calling out from the middle of the water. Something has surfaced out on the lake. Finally, 34 days after she went missing, Leanne's body is discovered.

    As the family is left reeling with shock, the police struggle to make sense of Leanne's murder. They may have found her body, but are no closer to finding her killer...

    The Cast

    Hugh Bonneville as DSI Iain Barclay
    Hugh Bonneville
    DSI Iain Barclay

    David Oyelowo as Matt Wellings
    David Oyelowo
    Matt Wellings

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