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Red
leather, yellow leather.

Red leather.
I'm good.

Come on, people.

Let's make this a good one!

Thank you, Dawn.

I'm feeling good, feeling good.

Gonna be a good one.

Let's do it.

Come on.

Ladies
and gentlemen,

live from Ballarat
Studios, BTV Channel 8

and Tyneman Electrics are proud
to present "Game of Champions,"

the quiz show where only
the smartest survive.

And now, please welcome
the stars of the show, Alan

and Verity Coleman.

Thank you, Tony.

And welcome, ladies
and gentlemen.

Have we got an exciting
show for you tonight!

After countless heats and
thousands of questions,

tonight's game is the
championship round.

One contestant will
take home all the prizes

and 1,000 pounds in cash
courtesy of Tyneman Electrics.

The loser will go
home with nothing.

And now it's time
for me to introduce

to you our contestants.

Our longest-running
champion ever, the man

with all the answers, Simon Lo.

And his challenger, the very
charming James Holbrook.

Are you ready to play
"Game of Champions"?

Oh, your father traded
his family for years.

What, the Chinese bloke?

No, James Holbrook.

He's nice.

Oh, come on.

He's not that good-looking.

Simon, this
is your final question.

Get this right, and
the money is yours.

The Stanford-Binet
test tells us which

of these has the lowest IQ?

A, moron.

B, cretin.

C, imbecile.

D, idiot.

And your time's up.

Your answer, please.

Cretin.

And that's wrong.

Simon Lo, thanks for
playing "Game of Champions."

And congratulations to our new
quiz champion, James Holbrook.

Congratulations, James, as you
take away 1,000 pounds in cash,

together with these great
prizes from Tyneman Electrics.

Tune in tomorrow night when our
new champion, James Holbrook,

will return to defend his title.

Thanks.

- Have you seen him?
- No sign of him.

You were meant to be
keeping an eye on him.

Don't start, Alan.

This wasn't my idea.

There you are.

We were getting worried.

This isn't fair!

I know, Simon, you must
be very disappointed.

No.

You made me lose!

Settle down, son.

Don't tell me to settle down!
This is fixed!

Simon?

He's dead.

SUPT.

So we may be
calling on you, gentlemen,

at a later time, all right?

James Holbrook, I take it.

It is.

What are you doing here?

Oh, James's fiancée called me.

I'm the family doctor.

What about you?

I was in the audience.

I like quiz shows.

Explains the civvies.

You look very smart.

I might go take a look at
the room where it happened.

Are you coming?

I almost reckon it
was a heart attack.

Yes, I just
checked his history.

Makes sense.

Heart disease runs
in the family.

The bloke wins
1,000 quid then dies.

It's ironic, really?

Yes.

I better talk to
the boy's fiancée.

PATRICK No bloody way!

Patrick--

That chink is not
going back onto the show.

Simon's the holdover champion.

People keep coming
into the store

just to tell us how much they
hate that little bastard.

Superintendent.

Anything you need?

Yes, actually, I'd
like to talk to Dawn

Prentice, James's fiancée.

Dr. Blake, our police surgeon.

We sent Dawn home.

She was the one
who found his body.

Hmm.

Dreadful thing.

It certainly is.

I couldn't help
overhearing Simon

Lo coming back on the show?

Over my dead body.

Simon was our
previous champion.

Now James is dead.
We have to bring him back.

They're the rules.

I'm with Patrick on this.

You saw him after the show.

He was outta control.

Took losing badly, did he?

He was upset.

He threatened us.

Where is he now?

Well, he went home.

Couldn't get out of here fast
enough after we found James.

And you wanna put
him back on air.

We might leave you to it.

Well, you didn't lose
any money, Patrick.

At least that's something.

Oh, Jesus.

Oh,
James, I really never

expected to see you in here.

Certainly not yet.

We all knew your
heart needed some attention.

But to fail you right
after you won 1,000 pounds?

You were very good on
the music questions.

And what have you done here?

So much for a heart
attack, James.

Lawson!

Oh!
Bloody hell.

What?

Listen, James Holbrook
was electrocuted, not heart.

Well, not a heart
attack as such.

Are you sure?

Flash burns on his
hands, soles of his feet.

I'm surprised the ambulance
boys didn't pick up on it.

There must be something
of an electrical fault

or something live in that
room that he touched.

Superintendent
Lawson, Ballarat Police.

Get me Alan Coleman, BTV 8.

Alan Coleman.

This question goes
to Matthew Lawson.

First practical use
of the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell, 1876.

Correct.

Mr. Coleman,
Superintendent Lawson.

I need you to close down
that dressing room now.

I was horrified to get
your call this morning,

Superintendent.

It's awful to think
that the station might

have had a hand in his death.

But I've had Roger check all
the electrics in the room.

He couldn't find anything.

And who's Roger?

Uh, the station technician.

Part-time, of course.

Can you get him up here?

Well, first I thought it
might have been the lights.

They're fine.

Then I checked the kettle.

I thought James might have
made a cup of tea or something.

Nothing?

Nothing.

I put everything through the
voltmeter, even the television,

even though I'd checked
that at the store

before I brought it in.

The store?

Roger works part-time
at Tyneman Electrics as well.

And electrics seemed
to be the issue here.

I thought James
had a heart attack.

Not according to the doctor.

We had high hopes for James.

He was very popular.

SUPT.

I'd noticed.

It's Dawn I
really feel for.

It was the television.

I put it through
the voltmeter.

It's fine.
- You may have.

But you didn't actually look at
the television, did you, Roger?

I checked it.

What's he doing?

Lawson.

Here we are.

Have a look at this.

Have a look at that.

It's a screw that's
missing from the back panel

of the television set.

That's brand-new.

It's never been used.

What?

Someone tampered
with the television.

Roger brings the
prizes in from the shop

on the day of the show.

The television was brand-new.

Where did it go after that?

In this office.

And Roger was the only
one who had access to it

before the show?

And me, Alan, and Dawn.

All right, Alan.

Tell me, what about
after the show?

It was in the
champion's dressing room.

Roger took it there
before we went to air.

Thank you, Dawn.

I told her to take the day off.

Who else had access
to the television

once it was put in
the dressing room?

The door was unlocked.

Anyone could have gone in.

And the room was left open after
James's body was taken away.

But--

Simon went missing
after the show.

We couldn't find him
for about 10 minutes.

Then suddenly, he appears.

Basically attacked us.

He was in a filthy mood.

So you think he might
have tampered with the set?

No, I have no idea.

The point is the television
was in the dressing room.

And Simon had just
lost 1,000 pounds.

1,000 pounds.

That'd be motive.
SUPT.

Possibly.

Dawn.

Are you sure you should
be at work today?

Oh, I have to be
doing something.

This place would fall
apart without me, so--

Yes.

Look, I know this is
difficult. But what did you

see when you entered that room?

I saw James
lying on the floor.

Anything else?

No.

Why?

I'm just trying
to work things out.

Where were you before that?

I was looking for Simon.

We were all looking for Simon.

Yes, so I gather.

Well, if I had have
been here, none of this

might have happened.

So maybe you should ask Simon
where he was when James died.

Well, everyone was out looking
for Simon Lo after the show.

Roger Lambert checked the
circuitry of that television.

There was no damage.

And no wires were out of place.

Well, someone got to it.

He also reckons that Simon Lo
had more than a working man's

knowledge of electronics.

How would Roger
Lambert know that?

He was at school with Simon
and Dawn and James, apparently.

They all went to
school together?

In the same class.

Bloody hell.

Well, maybe we should
be talking to Roger.

I think I'll have
a chat with Simon.

Mr. Coleman said that you
attacked him last night.

Is this correct?
- Yes.

Why?

I should have won.

SUPT.

You were
missing for 10 minutes

after the show had finished.

Where were you?

That's an exaggeration.

So you weren't missing?

It was 8 minutes.

SUPT.

Where were you?

Out.
SUPT.

What were you doing?

Nothing.

I don't know how
you do things at home.

But you don't get to piss
me about in my own country.

Do you understand?

Are you going to hit me now?

Mr. Lo.

Mr. Lo, please.

Now, James Holbrook is dead.

We're just trying
to find out what

happened to him, all right?

So we're simply--
we're simply asking

some questions here today.

Are you
familiar with electronics, Mr.

Lo?

Obviously.

So if I was to ask you
to pull apart a television,

for example--

The electrics of
a television set

consist of a rectifier to
convert from alternating

to direct current, also
capacitors, a regulator,

and a control circuit--

basic circuit theory.

I think that means he could.

Did you sabotage
the television in Mr.

Holbrook's dressing room?

No.

He's not even trying to
make himself look innocent.

I don't think he
feels he needs to.

Clearly, the fact that
a man's been murdered

doesn't seem to
bother him a bit.

So what's your next move?

I'll let him
sweat it out for a bit.

Then I'll pull him back in.

He didn't appear
to be sweating that much to me.

Yeah, he's an
annoying piece of work.

I think he must be Filipino.

He's speaking Tagalog.

Anything else I should know?

Yes.

You should be investigating
him for murder.

Thought so.

1, 2, 3.

Uh, what's going on?

Don't worry.

It'll be fine.

Yes, you say that every
time you borrow something.

"Sunny Side Up" is
on this evening.

Right.

Uh, what are you trying to do?

Well, I'm, uh, working out
how to turn a television set

into a murder weapon.

Do you actually know
what you're doing?

Well, just basic circuit
theory, according to Simon Lo.

Right, so how do you do it?

Well, if you're not concerned
about damaging the television,

you simply run a high-tension
supply from the cathode

ray to the, um, aerial socket.

And you don't wanna do that?

Well, no.

That'd blow the tube.

And you don't
wanna blow the tube?

Danny, whoever sabotaged James
Holbrook's television didn't

leave a single sign
apart from a small screw

they dropped on the floor.

Yeah, but are we actually
sure that it was sabotaged?

No.

No.

But I can't, for the life of me,
think of another explanation.

What's happened?

Lucien!

Um, yes, I'll go find
the-- the fuse box, shall I?

There you are.

What did you do to it?

He was conducting
an experiment.

What sort of experiment?

He wanted to know
how long it was gonna

take to get from the living room
to the fuse box with the house

in complete darkness.

And I did find the fuse box.

But not the fuse wire.

My guess is that it's ruined.

Pretty much.

Hmm.

Thank you, Jean.

Excuse me.

Trouble on the home front?

No, I was testing a theory
about how a television might be

dangerous if you touched it,
and how that could happen

without blowing the tube.

You know, I've been
thinking about that too.

You take a couple of cables.

Then you wire them
from the main socket

through the back of the
set to the aerial socket.

But you'd have to touch
the aerial to get a shock.

Right.

Of course, you'd have to
take the cables out again

before anyone found them.

Right.

It seems you've been giving
this some thought, Roger.

Well, I was trying
to work out why there

wasn't any damage to the set.

Tell me, was the television
on when you left it in the room?

No.

I'll get it if
the lights stay on.

Well.

Listen, I understand you
went to school with Simon.

Simon, Dawn, James, and me.

It was a special
academic program.

I was never really in
the running, though.

It must have been tough
competing with him, eh?

Simon always came out ahead.

I heard the police
were talking to him?

Yes.

What do you think?

Simon was always playing with
circuits and wires at school.

If it was me, I'd
be locking him up.

You know it's gonna cost
you to have it repaired?

Yes, lovely.

We'll do that.

Thank you.

Phone call for you.

Right.

Excuse me, Roger.

Yes, Dr. Blake.

What kinda trouble?

That man has absolutely
no business being here.

OK, I understand that.

I'm going to get to this.

He's a contestant
on a television.

Please!
Don't give me that!

Just everybody
relax so I can understand

what's happened here.

You just keep this
man away from the shop.

Yes, I'm
trying, sir, all right?

If you can just step back--

He pushed me into the traffic!

Doc, glad you're here.

This man came
into my shop making

certain wild allegations--

They're true.

My manager here
asked him to leave.

He assaulted him, so I grabbed--

That's a lie!

He pushed me onto the road.

A car ran into me.

He tried to kill me.
- Hang on.

Hang on.

A car hit you?

Are you hurt?

It simply brushed against him.

That's all.
- Thank you, Patrick.

I was talking to Mr. Lo.

Are you hurt?

I hurt my knee when
I fell on the gutter.

Just step aside with me
for a moment, would you?

Did you hit your head?

I can't remember.

All right, Mr. Lo, just
follow my finger with your eyes

and tell me why were you here.

He was making absurd
claims about the show.

What's he saying?

Professor Waterman.

We talk English here, Mr. Lo.

If you wanna speak Chinese,
you can go back home.

Actually, Patrick,
he's speaking Tagalog.

I don't give a damn.

He speaks English.

And he learns how to behave.

I'll be laying a complaint.

God alone knows what
rubbish he'll be telling you.

Who's Waterman?

That went well.

Yes.

It's all going terribly
smoothly today, Danny.

Better track down this Waterman.

See you, Doc.

Professor Waterman?

Yes?

Dr. Lucien Blake,
police surgeon.

Simon Lo mentioned your name.

Do you mind if we have a chat?

Simon Lo.

Frankly, I was glad to
see the back of him.

He didn't belong in
our school system.

Roger Lambert certainly
had a few things to say.

I'm not surprised.

Roger and James Holbrook
got themselves into a lot

of trouble with our Mr. Lo.

What kind of trouble?

There was some violence
on the oval one lunchtime.

It was understandable
with Simon Lo.

But he got out of hand.

We had to expel Roger Lambert.

Tell me, why was Roger
expelled and not James?

Lambert was a bad influence.

James told us everything.

You want to know what
Simon Lo was really like?

Read this.

Simon Lo wrote it just
before he graduated.

It's typical of the boy.

"Critical Analysis
of the Teaching

Methods of Professor
M. Waterman."

He gave this to you?

I hope your patients
treat you better.

"Professor Waterman
has a pompous manner

that attempts to hide
consistently sloppy thinking

and incorrect--"

You don't need to read it out.

"He has a weak grasp
of higher mathematics

and conceptual physics."

Well, it goes on and on,
much like the boy himself.

I had 12 other pupils
to teach at this time.

"Use of terms of
abuse, especially

the word 'idiot.'" You
called him an idiot?

It was the only way I could
get him to stop answering

every single question.

Well, clearly,
he's not an idiot.

Well, obviously, but
it proved to be most

effective at the
time, especially when

the other students cottoned on.

Professor, was that
really necessary?

The other students
needed to step up,

Dawn Prentice, for example,
such a clever girl,

always in Simon's shadow.

Right.

Tell me, have you
had or, indeed,

do you have contact with Alan
Coleman and Patrick Tyneman?

Well, yes, indeed.

I write questions
for their show.

There's a whole group of
us, academics, of course.

Of course.

And let me guess, the
"idiot" question, that

was one of yours, wasn't it?

Quite possibly.

They came to you,
didn't they, wanting

to know how to
unsettle Simon, and you

told them exactly how to do it?

I have signed a
confidentiality contract.

I couldn't possibly comment.

Thank you, Professor.

I think I have
everything I need.

You did a good job on it.

Took me half the
morning to fix it up.

Is it working now?

It was in the shop.

Well, the reception
used to be fine.

Well, you'll need to adjust
that during transmission.

Oh, that can be your job.

She's not too happy
with you, is she?

No.

Roger, tell me about getting
expelled from school.

Who did you talk to?

Oh, some obnoxious
chap called Waterman.

That'd be right.

Me and James had an
argument with Simon Lo.

It was more than just
an argument, wasn't it?

All right, we beat him up.

You'd call Simon an
idiot, and he'd lose it.

Then we'd get stuck into him.

It became a sort of game.

Really?

I wonder if Simon
saw it like that.

So you got kicked
out, but not James.

Why?

'Cause James said I
was the sole instigator.

We were mates.

He never talked to me again.

I think I'd be pretty
resentful of James

if that had have been me.

It was years ago.

And I didn't sabotage his TV,
if that's what you're asking.

Uh, it's
Superintendent Lawson again.

Right.

I would like you to
do something about it.

I'm sorry, Mr. Lo.

But--

He pushed me in
front of a car.

Yeah, I understand
that, all right?

Tyneman tried to kill me.

And you're not doing
anything about it.

Yeah, OK.

He wanted me off his
show, and now this.

Doc.

Just a sec.

Can you talk to him?

And you, Dr. Blake.

Where's Lawson?

Well, he's--

So what's it going
to be, Constable?

He really has no idea how to
get on with people, does he?

No, I don't think it's
ever occurred to him.

He was right about
the show, though.

I spoke to his old
school teacher.

That last question was
designed to unsettle him.

How?

Well, back in the day,
his teacher's preferred term

of abuse for Simon was "idiot."

Of course, the rest of
the class picked up on it.

James was part of that too.

It seems the word "idiot" has
become Simon's Achilles' heel.

What's your point?

Simon was effectively
cheated out of 1,000 pounds.

Now, that gives him
plenty of motive

for killing James Holbrook.

And he still can't
explain those 10

minutes he went missing.

Someone else
should be looking at, um,

Roger Lambert.

He went to school
with James and Simon.

In fact, they got into
trouble for beating Simon up.

Why didn't he
tell us that when he

was dropping Simon Lo into it?

What are you planning
on doing with him?

All right, here we are.

Ah!

Simon, this is Mrs. Beazley.

Hello, Simon.

Is this house yours?

Well, this was, uh--
this was my father's house.

Is he dead now?

Yes.

Yes, he is.

And Mrs. Beazley looked
after him for quite a while.

Right.

Um, Simon, why don't you, um,
come through to my surgery?

What are you doing?

I'm really not sure.

Um, some tea, please?

Simon, can we talk
about that question

that cost you the championship?

I already said
I should have won.

They knew what they were
doing with that question.

Yes.

A, moron.

B, cretin.

C, imbecile.

D, idiot.

Idiot.

Idiot.

It seems, if I may, the very
mention of the word "idiot"

makes your blood pressure
increase instantly.

The adrenaline pumps
through your system.

Your entire body is primed
for fight-or-flight.

It makes calm, logical
thought damn near impossible.

And that's what happened to
you the other night, wasn't it?

Yes.

Yes.

No wonder you got that
last question wrong.

Your old school teacher took
a fairly common term of abuse.

And he made it yours.

The kids in the class
picked up on it.

And pretty soon, you only
had to hear the word,

and you'd lose all control.

Professor Waterman
started it all.

Yes.

When, in fact, you are the
furthest thing from an idiot

I could possibly imagine.

Professor Waterman compiles
questions for the show.

And I'm pretty sure Patrick
Tyneman and Alan conspired

with him to get you kicked off.

Unfortunately, at the
moment, I have no proof.

He didn't like me.

No, he did not.

Neither does your housekeeper.

Well, that's
a little bit different.

She just thought
you were being rude.

Everyone thinks
I killed James.

Yes, they do.

Do you?

I don't know.

Did you?

No.

Do you know who did?

No.

Well, seemingly,
you have considerable motive.

You come across as quite angry.

And that-- that is why
people think it was you.

So the question is, who else
had a reason to kill him?

Do you have a blackboard?

And then he brings him
in here, into the house,

Simon Lo.

What?

That awful man from the show?

Yes.

Why?

Well, why does the doctor
do any of these things?

But isn't Simon Lo a suspect?

Oh, yes.

Well, why would
you bring him here?

And how long is
he gonna stay for?

I suggest you ask the doctor.

Did you watch the show?

Yes.

Then you'll know James
appeared in five heats

before the final.

Which composer is
famous for writing

the opera "Cosi Fan Tutte"?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Correct!

A heat has a total
of 25 questions.

In every heat, he was
asked at least 23 questions

about music, sport,
or European politics,

his specialty subjects.

So you're saying the
questions were rigged?

That percentage is
far beyond probability.

During the first
heat, Verity Coleman

stood at a standard
distance from James.

There's
a standard distance?

Allowing for the
distance from camera,

the contestant occupies one
half of the television screen

while Verity occupies the other.

That's how I started
out, just talking and--

That angle diminished over the
course of James's five heats--

The ticket on
Thursday this week--

culminating in
our final appearance

when Verity's position
meant the camera

had to move to include her.

Now, on at least
five occasions--

at least five occasions
during shooting,

I witnessed conversations of
increasing length between James

and Verdi when details
of impending questions

could have been discussed.

Or perhaps there's more to it.

Such as?

1,000 pounds in cash!

They were having an affair.

Why would they?

Why would anyone
have an affair?

I don't understand
your question.

Well, it's-- it's
difficult to explain.

But the point is if Verity and
James were, in fact, having

an affair and Alan found
out, that would give him

a strong motive to kill James.

Stronger than
being cheated out

of winning the championship?

Maybe stronger.

Jean, um, I think
we might have to set

another place for dinner.

That man's eating with us?

Yes, he is.

Please.

And then after that?

After that, I
thought we could make

up a bed in the spare room.

And what if he electrocutes
us all while we're sleeping?

Well, at least then I
won't be wondering who

killed James Holbrook, will I?

By the way, I think Verity
Coleman might have been

having an affair with James.

Hmm.

How is that connected?

I'm not sure.

I think I'm going to have to
make another visit to TV land.

Excuse me.

Sorry to trouble you.

Um, Dawn Prentice-- Ah.

Dawn, um, I'm wondering
if we could have a chat.

I'm very busy.

If we can walk together?

Certainly.

And tell me, what
is it you actually

do here at the station?

During production,
I'm stage manager.

Daily routine, I open
and close the station,

answer phones, take
notes, organize schedules.

I do some repairs.

And I make tea.

That's
a lot of jobs.

They're all menial.

Professor Waterman tells
me you're very smart.

Not as smart as Simon.

You and James were engaged
to be married, weren't you?

Yes.

He was a very popular
contestant, wasn't he?

Smart, handsome.

It must have been
difficult seeing

how other women reacted to him.

You're thinking something.

Why don't you just ask it?

All right.

Was James having an affair
with Verity Coleman?

And if so, did Alan
Coleman know about it?

You're not sure.

So you're trying to
get a reaction from me.

The question still stands.

I loved James.

Verity, being Verity, always
wants what she can't have.

But James loved me.

And that money was going
to set us up for life.

Any more questions?

No.

Today's
forecasts are for Victoria.

A few light, clearing showers
in the southern districts.

Otherwise, fine.

Cool to mild day south-west
to south-east winds--

Anything
you need Simon?

A cup of tea.

"A cup of tea, please."

- cold
with southerly winds.

He was simply
answering your question.

Rudely.

Don't talk in front of him.

I can't hear!

Well, excuse us, Simon.

But this is where we live.

Ladies and
gentlemen, "Game of Champions"

suffered a tragic loss.

I think I'll go
make that cup of tea.

No, I'll get it.

Shush!

Holdover
champion, Simon Lo, will return.

But who will be his challenger?

Professor Michael
Waterman, respected teacher

and Simon's old school master.

The master meets the student
on "Game of Champions"

tomorrow night at
half past 7:00.

The man's a fool.

He doesn't stand a chance.

Lawson, I think I've got
another suspect for us.

Oh.

No, no, no, no, hear me out.

Hear me out.

Clearly, Simon Lo
struggles with any sense

of emotional connection.

But what he does
understand is patterns.

And what he saw with each
ongoing episode of that show

was Verity Coleman
standing closer

and closer to James Holbrook.

Every woman I've
talked to wanted

to stand closer to that bloke.

Yes, I'm sure.

Look, Simon couldn't
quite put it together.

But what he described was
essentially two people becoming

interested in each other.

And Dawn Prentice confirmed it.

Confirmed it?

Yes, she knew.

The question is how
much did Alan know?

And did he do anything about it?

So a studio full of
people with motive?

Alan Coleman, Verity Coleman,
Roger Lambert, and Simon Lo.

Look, historically,
I know that Simon's

been at the center of trouble.

But it was never,
never of his making.

He still remains number
one on my suspect list.

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tonight at half past 7:00.

You know they'll
rig the questions.

Yes.

And that word Waterman
used to call you,

that's how they'll
try to make you feel.

They're wrong.

Well, they'll still try.

It's the way you
described, fight or flight.

They can use that word.

I'll be ready for it.

You don't have
to go, you know.

I'm smarter than
Professor Waterman.

Even if it's rigged,
I'll beat him.

All right.

Danny, keep an eye on him.

Make sure there's no trouble.

Oh!

Simon!

Sandwiches.

I'm not hungry.

Well, have them later.

Not an easy person
to like, is he?

Well, depends what
you're looking for.

Hello, Simon.

We have to get you ready.

You know where the
makeup room is.

Thank you, Constable.

Oh, that's-- that's fine.

He's hard work, isn't he?

Yeah.

Good bye.

And now, please welcome
the stars of the show, Alan

and Verity Coleman.

Thank you, Tony.

And welcome, ladies
and gentlemen,

to a very special episode
of "Game of Champions."

Tonight, we present the
student and the master,

the returning champion
and his teacher.

Ladies and gentlemen--

I'm confused.

I don't know if I want
him to win or not.

There's no pattern.

None of this makes any sense.

Do we have to
talk about this now?

Simon, your next question.

What chemical appears as number
75 on the periodic table?

A, magnesium.

B, rhenium.

C, beryllium.

D, silicon.

Number 75 on the
periodic table is rhenium.

Correct.

Whoever killed James left no
evidence apart from one screw

on the dressing room floor.

And a number of
people had access

to that room, and,
therefore, the television,

before and after the show.

Any one of them could
have killed him.

I'll turn it up.

What are we missing?

Quite a lot, actually.

Who was the seventh King of
England following the invasion

of the House of Normandy?

A, King John.

B, King Henry.

C, King Lear.

D, King Edward.

King John was the
seventh King of England

after the invasion of Normandy.

Correct!

Perfect score!

He's a machine!

No,
he's not a machine.

He's just very intelligent
in a very particular way.

James Holbrook was loved
by everyone, wasn't he?

Hmm, quite literally.

And yet
someone sabotaged

that television so that after
he won the quiz, he'd be killed.

But why would someone
want to kill him?

Unless we're asking
the wrong question.

Professor
Waterman, Simon has--

If James wasn't
actually expected to win.

You'll need to
have your skates on tonight.

Are you ready to quiz?

I am, Alan.

Simon, you'll be off-air
for the Professor's round.

Bloody hell!

Oh!

SUPT.

Ladies and
gentlemen, if you'd

like to make your
way to the foyer

in a quiet and orderly fashion.

Everything is under control.

Thank you.

I'll shut down the studio until
I can get the wiring checked.

Why would someone
wanna kill him on air?

What the hell just happened?

I don't know.

You're paid to
do a job, Roger.

I checked those wires.

This is a total
bloody disaster.

A man just died
live on television!

Save your arguments
for later, please.

How am I supposed to
sell electrical appliances

when this clown's contestants
keep on getting electrocuted?

Shut up, Patrick!

Everybody, down to
the station, now.

Bloody needle in a haystack.

SUPT.

Four needles in
a very large haystack.

Only one of them tampered
with those headphones.

But the questions were rigged.

I didn't need to kill him.

I checked everything
before the show, everything.

I don't think
people realize

just how smart Simon was.

I did.

I handed
him the headphones.

I actually touched his hand.

SUPT.

What do
you think of James?

Simon had enemies.

James didn't.

James was gonna be our
star, our new champion.

What did you think of Simon?

I couldn't stand Simon.

But to see him
just lying there--

Does this mean
whoever killed Simon

probably killed James too?

Sir?

What?

Uh, Mr. Tyneman's downstairs.

He wants to talk to you.

Great.

For God's sake, Lawson,
it's 2:00 in the morning!

I've been waiting
an hour and a half.

I've been treated
like a criminal.

And you will never, never
tell me to shut up again.

Two people have been
murdered, Patrick.

Well, you think
I don't know that?

One of those murdered was
in here yesterday claiming

that you tried to kill him.

You pushed him
in front of a car.

This is bullshit, Lawson.

Is it?

You were also present
tonight at Simon Lo's death.

You've made no secret about
how much you hated him.

Everybody hated him.

And it was your television
that killed Mr. Holbrook.

Should I keep going?

You don't believe any of this.

You can go home for now.

And I'll tell you to
shut up when I need to!

You too, Parks.

Go home.

Yes, sir.

Does this mean
whoever killed Simon

probably killed James too?

Yes.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I know it's late.

Oh, I didn't think
you'd be sleeping.

Danny!

Evening.

Danny.

You've been busy.

Yes.

Am I missing out on something?

All right, I'm gonna say it.

He was a difficult man.

But he didn't deserve
to die like that.

No, he certainly didn't.

You know, I've been
asking two questions.

Who would wanna kill James?

And two, who would
wanna kill Simon?

Well, the second question's
easier than the first.

Hmm, Jean, say you were
running a successful quiz show,

and you were the
star of that show.

Oh, so she's Alan Coleman?

Yes.

You wanna get rid
of a particularly

unpopular contestant.

What do you do?

I'd keep asking him
difficult questions

till he got one wrong.

You wouldn't kill him?

No, why would I?

Yeah, I would do that too.

Say your wife is becoming
close to another contestant.

No, I'd smack him out.

I'd talk to her.

I'd confront them both.

And then I'd divorce her.

Right.

So you wouldn't
kill James or Simon.

I wouldn't need to.

Danny, James and Simon got
you kicked out of school.

Now you're doomed
to work in a repair

shop for the rest of your life.

OK, I'm really pissed off.

Mm-hmm.

You'd kill them?

No, you wouldn't.

Hey, this is my question.

Why now?

Well, you tell me.

Well, because they're both
more successful than me.

I don't know.

It's just why wouldn't I
get back at them years ago?

And why wouldn't I
just beat 'em up?

I mean, it's so
much more simpler.

I agree.

All right.

Mattie, you're Verity.

No, I want to be Dawn.

Why?

Well, from what you said,
that would make me the smartest.

Right.

OK, you went to school
with James and Simon.

But no one really paid
much attention to you.

Well, everyone seems to be
paying attention to Simon.

And now he's on the show.

It's all happening again.

Uh-huh.

And why do you kill your fiancé?

I don't know.

Do I love him?

He's your ticket out of here.

Well, then why
would I kill him?

I wouldn't.

I couldn't.

Was it an accident?

Now we're asking
the right question.

Good evening, Dawn.

Ready for your questions?

What are you doing here?

Giving you your
moment in the spotlight

after all these years
in Simon Lo's shadow.

Are you ready?

Who was the smartest person
in your class at school?

A, Simon Lo.

B, James Holbrook.

C, Roger Lambert.

Or D, Dawn Prentice.

Come on, give me your answer.

Simon Lo.

Wrong.

The correct answer
is D, Dawn Prentice.

Next question.

You shouldn't be here.

I'm calling security.

True or false.

You didn't know Alan Coleman and
Patrick Tyneman were conspiring

to get Simon off the show.

Come on, Dawn.

True.

Correct.

You had no idea James
was meant to be champion.

Otherwise, you would never have
sabotaged that television set.

Is this all a game to you?

No.

No, not at all.

And it wasn't a game
for you either, was it?

True or false, you loved James.

True.

You hated Simon.

True.

But you only ever meant
to kill Simon, didn't you?

True or false?

Come on.

Answer me!

True.

I killed the man I loved.

Simon was going to
become champion.

He was going to take our money.

So yes, true.

The sad thing is,
Dawn, that makes you

the real loser in all of this.

The loser always
leaves with nothing.

Dawn Prentice, I'm arresting
you for the murders

of Simon Lo and James Holbrook.

Anything you say may
be taken down and used

in evidence against you.

True.

Ladies
and gentlemen,

welcome to another round
of "Game of Champions,"

the quiz show with
all the answers.

And now, please welcome
the stars of the show, Alan

and Verity Coleman.

Well, I think I've
had enough television

to last me a lifetime.

Me too.

How about a game of Pontoon?

Ah, now you're talking.

Kitchen table?

I've got the cards.

1,000
pounds in cash

together with these great
prizes from Tyneman Electrics.

A very hearty welcome to
all of you watching at home.

Now, briefly, this is
the way we play the game.