Once Upon A Time On The Westway

Peter Davison and Sean Hughes are joined by a host of guest stars for a new series of The Last Detective.

Jimmy the Gent Vincent (Anthony Valentine) is released from prison to a big welcome home party with his family, friends and ex-cons.

But within 24 hours of his release, Jimmy is found floating in his swimming pool. He’s been shot dead.

Before his murder Jimmy had been writing a no-holds barred expose of his life as a criminal which threatened to implicate many in the murky underworld. Was he killed to stop him publishing?

Julie Davies (Emma Amos) is cross that Mod (Sean Hughes) shows no sign of moving out of their house, even though he was meant to be a temporary resident. She gives Dangerous an ultimatum: either Mod goes by the end of the week or she leaves.

Mod is spoiling their attempts at reconciliation. Both Julie and Dangerous want their relationship to work this time round.

An armoured van is ambushed on the streets of Willesden by a double decker bus. Two men in balaclavas leap out of the bus, carrying a gun and a canister of petrol. One man pours petrol over the windscreen of the van, and holds out his lighter.

Gary Green (O.T. Fagbenle), the driver of the van, opens his door and is grabbed by one of the men. He is dragged to the back of the van and ordered to open the doors with a gun pointed at his head. The other two guards sit tight, refusing to move, until a bullet ricochets around the inside of the van. They jump out leaving the two men to help themselves to trays of diamonds. The robbers race away in a waiting getaway car.

The diamond heist has all the hallmarks of a job by Jimmy the Gent, and he just happens to have been released from prison that day…

Thursday 3 May 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM