Fall Out

THE BILL
Fall Out: Episode 006
Thursday 8 October 2009, 21.00 to 22.00, ITV1
Repeated on ITV1 on Friday 9 October at 22:35 and ITV3 on Monday 12 October at 23:00
*Guest starring Emma Cunniffe as Maggie Reaney*

Sun Hill officers arrive at a local primary school where eight year old Owen Reaney (Jake Hathaway) has been reported missing by his distraught mother Maggie (Emma Cunniffe).
D.S. Stevie Moss (Lucy Speed) and D.C. Terry Perkins (Bruce Byron) question Maggie who says she was only five minutes late. They ask her about Owen’s father, Phil (Alan Cox), but Maggie tells them they’re going through a difficult divorce and that Owen hasn’t seen Phil in months. Terry is appointed the Family Liaison Officer and escorts Maggie and her new partner Danny Maier (Alan McKenna) back to Maggie’s house.
Elsewhere, Phil is informed about his son’s disappearance and is furious that he’s being treated as a suspect. But with a bitter custody battle raging between Phil and his wife, suspicion falls heavily on him.
At Maggie’s house, Stevie and Terry try and manage the tense atmosphere between Maggie, Phil and Danny, all of whom are desperately waiting for news...As the investigation continues, Stevie and Terry discover through CCTV footage that Owen appeared to get into a car willingly with a man, later identified as Nick McCann (Adrian Schiller).
The officers realise that if they can find out who Owen was talking to on Nick’s phone before getting into his car, they may just get the breakthrough they need.
Back at Maggie’s house, Terry bonds with Phil, who reveals that he was refused access rights to his son after Owen had an accident at home and broke his arm. Phil swears he would never hurt Owen and Terry is convinced Phil hasn’t staged an abduction in order to see him again. Later, officers are stunned when they discover the person Owen spoke to on Nick’s mobile was Maggie’s partner Danny.
Danny is arrested and breaks down when questioned about his involvement in Owen’s disappearance. Danny, genuinely distraught about the situation, admits that he knows Nick but is clearly too terrified to reveal anymore. Can Stevie and Terry get Danny to open up before it’s too late for Owen..?
THE BILL is a talkbackTHAMES production and a direct commission by ITV.
This episode was written by Patrick Homes, directed by Jamie Annett and produced by James Hall.