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♪ Heartbeat

♪ Why do you miss when my baby kisses me?

♪ Heartbeat

♪ Why does a love kiss stay in my memory? ♪

DOGS YAPPING

♪ THE BEATLES: 'I am the Walrus'

♪ I am he as you are he

♪ As you are me and we are all together

♪ See how they run, like pigs from a gun, see how they fly

♪ I'm crying

♪ Sitting on a cornflake

♪ Waiting for the van to come... ♪

Oh, it's a beauty. Send her in!

♪ I am the egg man

♪ They are the egg men

♪ I am the walrus Ku-ku ku-chu

♪ Mr. City Policeman sitting pretty

♪ Little policemen in a row

♪ See how they fly, like Lucy in the sky, see how they run

♪ I'm crying... ♪

♪ I'm cry.....

David, get to bed.

There's dogs!

Now uh, come on, now.

What I want to mean is, how many chances

have you had to have a share in a racehorse?

I mean, don't happen to people like us, do it?

Only happens to millionaires.

And I thought you were a millionaire, Claude.

I've got no more than I ever had.

Except money.

Ah well, the thing is, what I've done,

I've taken him up to Ted Shaw's livery, you know.

And he's gonna train him professionally,

but of course, it's gonna cost a few bob.

Oh, you're serious, then?

Ah well, you've got to spend a bit to win a bit.

What I thought might be an idea to offer one or

two of me real mates a chance to have a share.

Have you asked Nick and Kate yet?

I'd rather take him to the knacker's.

Eh, keep it quiet.

Evening.

What's he up to?

He's talking about having his race horse trained professionally.

What, shelling out real money?

It's hard to believe.

He must know something about that horse that no-one else does, eh George?

David?

David!

David, stop! Stop, you silly beggar!

Ma, you shouldn't be out. It's cold.

I wouldn't be out if you were in bed.

Well, there's dogs!

Oh, there's folk! I should show 'em how to get to t'road.

What the...?

Nobody about, you said!

Well, it were no more than a knock. Drive, come on!

Ma?

You all right, Ma?

Are you alright?

- Here you go. - That was lucky!

Skill. George, put another one on the Doctor's slate.

Ma...

What is it, lad?

I couldn't move her.

You did the best thing, David.

It just hit her. Hit her down.

I'll keep an eye out for this ambulance.

Hey, Ma'll not want to go to hospital.

She has to go, David. They can help her there.

Will you be all right?

Hey, I could stay up late, couldn't I?

Kate, I'll see you there. I'll try and find out what's happened.

Okay.

Here you go, David. Plenty of sugar.

Aye, great.

So, can you tell me more about the accident?

Ma won't be best please with us, bringin' her to hospital.

I mean, I'll be in trouble.

Nah, I don't think so.

She's got a hell of a temper. She'll want to be home.

Now, it was a car that knocked her over?

Aye. Smack!

I couldn't wake her. But I went for t'doctor.

I didn't know where to look when the doctor weren't at the doctor's.

But I found her!

Well, there can't be that many vehicles in those woods.

Do you know whose it was?

They had dogs.

Someone you know?

Bloody noisy dogs, they were snarlin' and yappin'.

I wouldn't have dogs like that.

They want a good kick up the bum!

What sort of car was it, David?

Land Rover.

Here, there's that many folk here.

Do you know who the Land Rover belongs to?

Hello Doctor!

Ma will want to be off, I reckoned.

She's gonna have to stay in hospital for a while, David.

We need to make sure she's better before she comes home.

Oh no, she'll be cross wi' us.

I know.

Look, why don't you go and see her?

She's just through that door at the end of the corridor.

She's had a heart attack.

Not serious, but she's pretty weak and badly bruised.

Did she say anything about a hit-and-run?

She's very shaken, Nick.

And upset about being here at all.

Maybe after a good night sleep.

It's hard going with David.

He's not going to make much of a witness.

Doctor says you're poorly, Ma.

I'm fine. It's nowt.

They make such a fuss, when the doctors get a hold of you.

I ran to t'village.

You did right.

PC Rowan, has he been askin' questions?

Aye, he has.

Tell him I fell. I fell, that's all.

Listen, David. I fell down, and you found me by the track.

Aye, you fell.

You mustn't say owt about my being knocked over.

Tell the police there were nobody in the woods.

No dogs, no cars, no people.

It's important. Can you remember?

They had dogs.

It has to be a secret.

We have to pretend they weren't there.

Promise me it'll be a secret.

Aye, I promise.

You're better off with one of them than this junk.

What's it in for?

Shock absorbers.

Treats it like a tank, they do. Keeps coming back for more.

Have you had anyone in with a broken headlamp this morning?

No. Why's that?

There was a hit-and-run up at Beckham Wood last night.

Florence Stockwell's in hospital.

Is she bad?

She'll be alright, no thanks to the driver.

I'm looking for a Land Rover with a broken head lamp.

Nasty business.

Could be local. It's not easy to find, that place.

So keep your eyes open, will you, Malcolm.

Why would the Chief Inspector ask me to go in for the sergeant's exam again?

Eh? Why?

Oh, hang on. I'm trying to read it.

What if there were a sergeant's job going and he had me in line for it.

"In view of the fact that you only just failed last year..."

- So you weren't lying after all. - Oh, go on, get on with it.

"...we feel this would be the right time to resit the examination."

Oh, come on Alf. You're always banging on about exams.

It's just their way of keeping us out of the pub.

- (BLAKETON) Bellamy! - I'm serious. Examination's next week.

D'you think he's giving me the nod?

I don't know. Ask the sarge.

Bellamy!

No, not a word with Blaketon, right.

He's never let me forget I failed last time.

Yes, sarge.

Hello David.

You alright?

I'm off to see your mum later.

Thought we find out what happened last night.

Can I come in then?

Any chance for a cup of tea?

David, this vehicle last night, you said it was a Land Rover.

There were no-one here.

Sorry?

Ma fell over.

Yeah. She was knocked over.

David, you said you saw a Land Rover.

I saw the tracks. I also found a piece of broken headlamp.

There was no-one here.

No car.

Ma fell.

Right. Struggling, Harry?

You could do with losing a bit of weight.

Wouldn't do any harm if you give us a hand.

Hey, I'm a client, Harry.

I pay good money to this firm to have my investment looked after.

You don't keep a dog and bark yourself, you know.

Feed one of those mineral blocks in Agamemnon's field, will you?

- Aga who? - Agamemnon.

Who's he when he's at home?

He happens to be my racehorse.

Well, he'd better not be far away cause those are heavy.

Come and have a look at him.

- No, got work to do. - Come on!

Come on, it'll only take a minute.

Now then Harry, is that an 'orse or is that an 'orse?

Why, he's fit for a 'orse, I'll give you that.

Anybody'd give their right arm to have an interest in something like that.

Have you ever thought of like having a share in a racehorse?

Are you asking me to put my money into a racehorse?

I've lost three customers this month already.

Well, in that case, you can't afford not to be in, can you?

I mean, he's gonna make us a fortune.

And you don't win a raffle unless you buy a ticket.

Bye, Claude.

His mother won first time out at Redcar at 33 to 1.

(Nearly.)

So you went out to see the hens?

It weren't till we got to bed.

I remembered I hadn't shut them up for the night.

We've got no shortage of foxes to take us hens if chance comes their way.

And this was after David had gone out?

Before. He were in his bed.

So you were already outside when he heard the dogs?

Did you hear them?

I know nowt about dogs.

There were a vixen howlin' over by Darly Top.

Alright, let's start at the other end, then.

You were knocked over by a car or a Land Rover

coming out of the wood.

I don't know where you get that from, lad.

Didn't your missus tell you it was me heart.

I just blacked out.

Lucky my lad came to see where I got to.

Well last night, David told me it was a hit-and-run.

- Did he? - Yeah.

I found a piece of broken glass from a headlamp.

I thought you were knocked over, Mrs. Stockwell.

I were not knocked over.

My lad's a bit on the slow side. It's no secret.

He doesn't always know what's happening around him

especially if he's in a state.

He must have been in quite a state last night.

- Have you talked to him this morning? - Yes.

Happen he's a bit clearer about it.

So, you've no need to waste more of your time on it, have you?

♪ Manfred Mann: 'My Name is Jack'

♪ My name is Jack and I live in the back of the Greta Garbo Home

♪ With friends I will remember Wherever I may roam

♪ And my name's Jack

♪ And I live in the back

♪ Of the Greta Garbo Home For wayward boys and girls

♪ We all love Jack We live in the back

♪ Of the Greta Garbo Home For wayward boys and girls

♪ There goes Fred with his hands on his head

♪ Cos he thinks he's heard the bomb

♪ And here comes Superman Who really puts it on

♪ It's lots of fun and I love to run up and down the stairs

♪ I make as much noise as I want And no-one ever cares

♪ And my name's Jack

♪ And I live in the back

♪ Of the Greta Garbo Home For wayward boys and girls

♪ We all love Jack We live in the back

♪ Of the Greta Garbo Home For wayward boys and girls. ♪

Oh, come on, Alf.

You can't do that sergeant exam with a book in front of you.

Now, come on. Arrest without a warrant.

All right, I know that.

- So, tell us. - Yeah, come on, Alf.

Where a constable has reasonable cause has reason to suspect

that a felony has been committed, he may arrest, without warrant,

anyone who is, with reasonable cause, guilty of the offence.

And it's the same for about to commit a felony.

That's very good.

Alright, try this. Search without a warrant.

- Get lost. - I'm very impressed!

It's good to see such dedication to the law, Ventress,

and in Ashfordly Police Station of all the most unlikely places.

Now, this uh, report of yours, Rowan,

gives us an unusual angle on police powers.

Well, it's a bit difficult to explain, sarge.

Aye. PC Rowan here is itching to arrest a person or persons unknown

for a hit-and-run incident

which the supposed victim and sole witness says never took place.

And it won't be difficult finding the vehicle

that Mrs. Stockwell says never hit her.

It will stick out like a sore thumb in the North Riding.

Cos it's a muddy Land Rover.

Ma!

Ma! Ma, summat bad's happened!

They want to keep an eye on you for a few more days.

I'm grateful for all that's been done but I've no time for all this fussing.

I must be in me own home.

- I'm right as rain now. - No, you're not.

And you haven't been for a while, have you?

I've David to think on.

I'll pop in on him when I can.

The next time I'm in Ashfordly I'll bring him to see you.

Look, if you're worried that he can't manage on his own...

I said nowt about that.

He can manage well enough for a bit. I can see to me own child.

I'll have no busybodies popping up there and poking their noses.

I don't, I'll not stay...

I'll tell David how you are.

I'm sure he'll be fine.

No one knows who the father was.

There were a bloke came down from Sunderland,

use to buy their pegs off them when Florence's father

was till coppicing the woods.

Stayed in a tent there. Some people thought it was him.

Didn't David have any help?

Folk didn't think about that.

The Stockwells kept themselves to themselves.

And the old man died during the war.

I don't supposed the wood's been worked since then.

Bit of firewood maybe.

So how do they keep going?

I know one thing though.

David won't be able to stay for long without his ma.

Whisky, Claude?

Well, all right, then, go on. Large.

Hey, did you read that article in the paper

about how they are increasing all the horses in the Metropolitan Police?

- Are they? - Ah.

Apparently, they're outdoing all the coppers in the IQ tests!

Very good Claude. If that's the best you can do, I'm off. Cheers.

Claude, you'll never go to heaven.

Hey, we went to see your horse today.

Yeah, how much did you say a share was?

How many times do I have to tell ye?

Tell everybody, they'll all want to be in.

We'll talk about it later, alright.

- Five pounds. - I must say we're very impressed.

It looks like it's got a bit of class.

Bit of class? That horse is a complete and utter thoroughbred.

If it could talk it won't speak to any of us, I'll tell you.

Was he a bit confused?

No.

Upset. Worried.

But he knew what he was talking about.

Yeah.

He said a car hit his mother.

He's not saying that now.

And neither is Florence.

Could be she's lying. She's got David lying too.

Why?

Well, maybe she's frightened of someone.

Someone local, like we thought.

KNOCK AT DOOR

Doctor! I need t'doctor!

Right, you're in.

And don't forget, you don't back the horse until I tell you, right?

If I were you, I'd keep a bit quiet about having shares like.

You know what they're like around here.

They get a bit jealous if they think somebody's on to a good thing.

You'd better put your name down for a Roller.

Don't worry Uncle George.

Sometimes you've just got to go for it.

You're right. It just makes me a bit uneasy to see Claude smiling.

Hey, let's celebrate.

Okay.

There's not much I can do, David.

It's been badly mauled.

You stop it dying!

Well, I could clean it up, stop the bleeding, but I don't know...

But it won't live. Not long!

Let's try.

DOGS YAPPING

It's coming through!

Just a second.

There's nowt for you here, Claude. It's all nailed down.

I'm not in the mood, Malcolm. I want a serious word.

What word's that?

I can't understand why people hunt for sport, that's their business.

But when their business interferes with my business,

it stops being just their business, it becomes my business.

- What? - I'm talking about badger digging!

- Eh? - Yes, you might as well eh.

And you know what about badger digging.

All of a sudden, the cops start coming round asking questions of everybody.

You've got a nerve, Greengrass!

I've followed the Ashfordly Hunt for 20 years. Badger digging?!

If you are accusing me of it, I've nowt to do with badger digging.

Don't come the odd talk to me, Malcolm.

Cause I'm to know you were involved a few years back.

Well?

Well, I don't want outsiders coming round here spoiling things for me.

So I'm just marking your card.

So you can just go and mark theirs. Got it?

I saw a badger when I was about 12.

At least I think it were a badger.

My mate said it was an overweight sheep dog.

You wouldn't want to see this one.

You know, something had a right old go at it.

- Morning, sarge. - Morning, Rowan.

Kate thought it might have been dogs.

I suppose dogs do have a go at badgers.

Yeah they will. They reckon a good badger can see a dog off, though.

Nature study this morning, is it?

No sarge. Kate had to sort out a half-dead badger last night.

What you and your missus do in your private life is your own business.

Ventress?

Uh, he had something to do, sarge.

Hasn't Alf told him?

Having trouble with your bowels, Ventress?

No, sarge.

I mean, just a bit.

I don't know what the modern ideas on potty training are...

but my mother persuaded me at quite an early age

that the best results were achieved more comfortably

with the trousers off.

- Oh. - Oh indeed, Ventress.

Now when you feel you can make it back to your desk...

I thought I might try and get some more out of David Stockwell

about that hit and run.

So what did he say?

Not much. All he talks about is badgers.

I think I'll have a look round the woods.

Come and talk to me, Rowan.

If you're searching the woods, you'd best know what you're looking for.

Come on, my beauty.

- Morning, Claude. - Harry?

Been thinking about this horse of yours.

Oh, aye? Decided to fill your boots, have ye?

Ah. Bit of spare cash wouldn't go amiss.

Mine you, there's no risk.

I thought you knew me better than that.

If there were any risk, I wouldn't have my money in it, would I?

Don't worry. That horse is gonna be hooked up until it's a certainty.

- Hooked up? - Hah.

Not trying too hard to win it until them in the know

have been told to dip their bread.

I'm in.

You're not a bad judge, partner.

He's beautiful, in't he?

Badger baiting, Rowan.

This came in from Middlesbrough last week.

It's mostly RSPCA information.

It's a new one on me, sarge.

Not on me, I'm afraid. Although it's been a few years back.

Now, somewhere in here...

Yes! Here they are.

Now, there are various ways to get a badger out.

Say you've got the dog in the tunnel behind him, biting him.

You're outside the hole with these.

Now, they're powerful little animals, but they won't do much harm like that.

You just pick 'em up and drop it in the bag.

Now these go on the end of flexible rods, like chimney brushes.

Now you've got the badger trapped.

You push the rod down the hole until the barb finds him.

You twist. The barb bites into the skin.

And you just keep pulling.

It'll be pretty bloody when it comes out. But it'll still be alive.

Well I picked these up on a raid a few years back.

And using them counts as cruelty.

Although magistrates round here don't think it's worth more than a modest fine.

But you do?

Oh, aye, I do.

Hello, David.

You off to see your mum?

Aye.

How's the badger?

Eating fit to bust.

Well, you can let it go now. Back with its mates.

They've gone.

Where?

Look, just gone.

Oi! Claude!

It wasn't me cause I wasn't there.

And if I was, it must have been somebody else.

I don't doubt it, Claude. I want you to help me.

What with? Your enquiries?

What do you know about badgers?

Badgers?

Yeah. Small little black and white furry things. Eat worms.

Not as much as you by the sound of it.

No, I wouldn't know a badger sett if I fell into one.

So if I were to take you up to Beckham Woods where the Stockwell lives...

To the woods? I didn't know you cared!

Look, I've got better things to do

than to go on countryside rambles with coppers.

Would you want me to find out what those better things are?

- When do you want to go? - Now. Come on.

Oh, not on that.

Ma?

Hello, son.

- Are you managing? - Aye, I am.

- Eating all right? - I found a badger. It were poorly.

There's work needs doing, David.

There was a dead 'un too. I took it to t'doctor.

What?

No, I took the poorly badger to the doctor. She made it better.

Ma's doing well for visitors today.

Here, why don't you go and buy her some flowers?

She'd like that.

I'm glad you've both kept your mouths shut, Florence.

Is this it?

You wanted me to show you a sett.

If you'd wanted a badgerologist you should have gone and got one.

Well I know they can dig, this lot must've used a bulldozer.

Don't look at me, I'm not an expert on badgers.

I mean I don't bother wi' owt I can't eat.

Well that must make 'em sleep easy in their beds.

I mean they're vermin, aren't they?

I don't know, perhaps the Stockwells thought they're after their hens.

Nah, doesn't make sense.

That David's been looking after an injured one.

You can't take note about what he do.

I mean he's threepence short of a tenner.

You're being as generous as ever.

So, are there any more like this?

How many more do you want to see?

I want to see if there's any more in these woods, Claude.

It's not a problem, is it?

Only for me feet.

Come on.

You still here?

I'm waitin' for t'bus.

Well, you'll have a long wait. The last one went an hour ago.

I have to walk, then.

Come on. Hop in, son.

Thanks, Mr. Capshaw!

Can we go home now, sir?

You know Blaketon was saying

that a badger that will put up a good fight will be worth about £10.

Even more, dare I say.

Wait, wait.

The only interest I've ever had in badgers

is the shaving brush belonging to me dad.

And if so, that's got less hair on than my head.

No-one's pointing the finger at you, Claude.

But you know something.

You've been twitching something terrible all afternoon.

Well, no surprise on the back of your bike with my complaint.

- What complaint? - I don't want to spoil your dinner.

Someone's been digging badgers, Claude.

You know who it is.

I don't. I've no idea.

You know it's going on.

Alright, look. There were some blokes up on Denby Top wi' terriers last night.

I mean, they're probably the same mob that has been digging around here.

But they weren't from round here. They were strangers.

How close did you get?

Close enough for a quick scarper.

They're a nasty lot, you know, terrier and man.

You want to watch it if you're going after them.

They not all that bothered about who they hurt.

I know. That's why Florence Stockwell's lying in hospital.

Come on.

Your ma's been poorly for some time.

You'll need to help her.

Aye.

She'll need some money from time to time.

I'll sell more firewood.

You can help her wi' money. You can help me, as well.

Oh aye?

I bet you know every badger sett from here to Aidensfield.

I've got these two mates in Middlesbrough,

they want to have a look.

Oh, your mother said it was all right before.

I've got to go.

Look, you're the expert on this.

These guys will give you two quid a time for each sett.

Thanks for... thanks for t'lift. I've got to go.

You could have a tenner stashed away for your ma when she comes out.

That'll make life easier for her.

David! Our little secret.

Surprise for your ma!

Ma!

I don't know where you got this from, Colonel Smedley.

There are no accusations flying around.

And I can assure you that no one is suggesting that

any members of the Ashfordly Hunt...

All right, I am sorry, Colonel Smedley.

Your co-operation is much appreciated. Thank you.

I've just had a nice chat with the Master of Foxhounds.

Who's been winding him up?

Well, I dunno.

I think he wants to give me a lecture on country ways

and how to avoid treading on people's toes.

So, what are you going to do?

I think I'll go and see David again.

Got to give him that ten bob back.

And it's time I talked to him properly.

KNOCKING David! It's PC Rowan!

Are you in there?

Kate asked me to give you this. You don't have to pay her.

That were for what she did.

I'll leave it with you.

She wanted to know how the patient's doing.

Oh, it's all right.

Oh, good.

I went for a walk through these woods this afternoon.

I saw that sett that was dug up.

Was that where you found your badger?

They went. They just went.

That's not true, is it?

Someone dug that sett up.

Some might have got away, but some were killed.

And some would have been taken away.

David, you know it's against the law to dig up badgers, don't you?

- To take them away, to hurt them. - No-one took them.

They use dogs, don't they?

Put them in a pit, see how long before the dogs can kill them.

It could be hours before they die.

No!

You've got to stop them!

I can help you.

This thing's well had it.

I've come about money.

It's no good looking here, lad.

Badger money.

Oh.

I'm glad it went in, David.

You're not as daft as you look.

You've no right to use him like that!

He wants to do something to stop them.

We can't do anything unless we catch them digging.

And what if it goes wrong?

He's only got to meet Capshaw and his friends.

Oh yeah! The man who knocked an old woman down and left her!

It's like sending a child!

He wants to stop these people, Kate.

He knows exactly what it's about and he's made his own decision.

He wants these blokes done, Kate! He's got a right to, hasn't he?

DOOR SLAMS

Argh! Ai, help!

You all right, sarge?

Shh!

Now David, is this it?

Aye.

Right then. Off you go, lad.

Bellamy, the art of surveillance is to be invisible.

Yes, sarge.

I can still see you. Find yourself a bloody tree.

Sarge.

- All ready? - They're hidin'.

As soon as you get Capshaw to the setts, you slip away.

Oh, no, no, I can help!

You come straight back and lock the doors.

CAR HORN

Okay?

Bellamy, behind your tree.

DOGS YAPPING

Untouched. Beautiful.

They can smell 'em. Come on.

There'll be a fiver in this.

This is the police!

Stop what you're doing and stand completely still!

Run for it, Al!

I would drop that, if I were you.

HE SHOUTS

Put that down.

Aarrgghh!

Arrgghh!

You looking for these?

They'll end up with a fine for the badger digging,

but that's the way it is.

But by the time they're being charge with resisting arrest

and assaulting police officers...

Bit more than a modest fine then, sarge.

I didn't ask them to resist, did I, Rowan?

Capshaw certainly did.

Well, keep that sling on, Bellamy, for the magistrates. It all helps.

What are you doing, Ventress?

You could use a piece of steak on that eye, sarge.

If you must cram for your sergeant's exam, I suggest you do it at home.

- You knew. - Of course I knew.

And I have it on very good authority,

there's a sergeant's job coming up at Pickering.

What?

So try not to let me down this time, will you?

Promotion's the only way I can get rid of you.

[indistinct]

If anything happens to Florence,

it'll be terrible if he's send off to some sort of home.

What's the alternative?

Well, I had to see Eric Masters this afternoon.

He's got a bit of bronchitis.

He's doing the gardens at the Hall on his own now

and he reckons Lord Ashfordly will let him take on someone else.

Just to help out.

And I don't suppose there's a cottage that goes with the job

with running water and electricity?

- Could be. - You never get them out of the woods.

Oh, we can try.

You can start tomorrow when you go out to tell her

there'll be no charges against her.

How did you know?

Alright Malcolm, spit it out. You've been giving me daggers all evening.

- You know your job. - I hope so.

Well, there's folks reckoned you fancy a better bill

than see a man like Harry Capshaw locked up.

You know what he's been doing?

He's had a hard time and a family to look out for.

He turns to country for a few extra quid, I think that's his business.

Now listen. I turn a blind eye to a lot of things around here

but there's got to be something wrong with people

who like watching animals being torn to pieces in a pit.

MUTTERS OF AGREEMENT

Yeah. And anyone who thinks different can drink somewhere else.

Ah, Claude. I'm glad you called in.

There's a lot of people talking about you.

Perhaps they like to hear my side.

How many did you say had a share in this horse of yours?

How many more times. I've got half a share

and there's six of you with an equal share in the other half.

Well, we reckon there's about eleven of us in it up to now.

Well, you know what they are like around here, George.

I mean, they hear you're on to a good thing, so what do they do?

They make out they're in on it at all, will they.

Well, that is what they say.

I'd like to meet these people.

You can. They're standing behind you.

Are they?

You better pour me a very large Scotch.

Think she'll get on all right?

She'll be safe enough now.

Not many places animals can do what they want.

There's always people.

People can't leave anything alone.