to become the man I know I can be.

How did you react to the news of Mr Tickel's death?

Shock. Absolute shock. Fell to pieces. Devastation.

Awful, I mean we couldn't believe it, it was...tragic...

Can I just refer you to Dr Tara Strachan,

who I believe was in your department for a meeting at that time,

and she described the atmosphere in the office

as an atmosphere of elation,

and you, Mr Smith, were seen to be punching the air.

Do you remember doing that?

I, er... I do not remember to that.

S... Well, if you weren't punching the air, do you remember what you were doing?

I...I cannot say to that.

Is it fair to say that information coming in and out of DoSAC is...

sticky, for want of a better word?

Yes. I would certainly agree with that...to that.

If I...if I may speak freely at this point,

I...I think the reason for a lot of leaks coming out of DoSAC is that

it's very hard to get information out of the official channels.

There's a kind of blockage, is there? Exactly that.

Um, and an information blockage. Er, and it...and it...

and it has to find its way out through other...routes.

No, it is actually Terri Coverley, um...

who is Head of Press, in name only.

Good, yes. It's Terri, definitely. Yep.

I, Teresa Jessica Coverley, do sincerely declare and affirm

that the evidence I shall give will be the truth,

the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Please be seated, Mrs Coverley. Thank you very much.

Mr Hodge has some questions.

Very good to see you this morning, infamous Terri Coverley.

SHE LAUGHS DARKLY

Why are you smiling? I'm not smiling.

Yeah, or rather I'm smiling, but it's something I do when I'm nervous, erm...

And you have a guilty conscience? No, no. No, no.

No, I don't have a guilty conscience but I do have a guilty face.