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Can you see me? Are we starting?

Your camera's off.

I'm just letting people in as they
arrive.

Any chance of actually starting this
thing on time?

Yeah, it's only just quarter to, Moira.

I can't see you.

Hi there.

Hi, Moira. I said I can't see you. Oh,
really?

Um, not you, Estelle.

Hi. Yeah, I just need...

Okay. Hiya. Welcome, everyone, to this
slightly unusual meeting of Causton

Grammar Parent -Teacher Association.

Due to the unfortunate way things ended
last time, the decision was taken to

move online.

My hope is that we can communicate more
constructively this time.

Constructive criticism surely involves
listening.

Not cancelling events unilaterally with
no consultation, no real evidence. The

issue which you're referring to is on
the agenda, Moira. Thank you.

But first, I'm going to hand over to our
deputy head, Mr Crawford, for some

housekeeping. Hi there, everyone. My
connection's a bit dodgy, but hopefully

we're going to be OK.

So the minutes from our last meeting
have been reviewed, and, well... Oh,

whatever. Get on with it.

Sorry, really sorry.

No, no, I'm not sitting through all of
this. We need to talk about Holly.

Well, we've got a meeting that's in the
diary next week to discuss Holly. Every

day she's excluded is another day she's
missing her education, all her training

for the athletic trials. It's just not
fair.

It's not lawful. I understand you're
upset, but this isn't the appropriate

forum. Appropriate forum?

Waste of time!

Perhaps we should move on to item one on
the agenda.

Cancellation of PTA fundraising event, a
Q &A with Piers Mayhew.

Any thoughts?

Oh, here we go.

Do we have to?

Well, if you could please keep yourself
on mute, unless you have something

constructive. I'm sure you would love to
mute me, Mr Crawford, but as chairwoman

of the PTA, I am entitled to have my
say.

Go for it, Moira.

Cancelling an event.

At such short notice is an insult to the
work of this committee.

Do you have any idea how difficult it is
to secure a speaker like Piers Mayhew?

He is your brother.

Meaning? Was it that difficult to book
him?

He is the region's best -selling
children's author. Given his recent

on social media, I simply don't see how
we can go ahead.

Oh, that's not what you were saying
until Kara got involved.

Where is she, anyway? She's off sick.
She'll be in tomorrow.

How convenient.

I cannot allow you to keep derailing
these meetings, Moira. If it continues,

will be ejected from this court.
Derailing?

I stayed on as PCA head as an act of
goodwill because nobody else would do

And we appreciate it.

Item two of the agenda.

Second -hand uniform sale.

And as a PTA head, I am entitled to call
an emergency meeting.

It's said so in the Constitution. Second
-hand uniform sales.

Have you read the PTA rules?

Because they... Okay. I have muted you,
Moira. I'm so sorry. There can be no

further...

Happy? Yeah. Looks brilliant.

Mmm, that smells incredible.

We've got butter chicken, land skewers,
and dog.

Oh, and you think you're getting some,
do you? Well, you're out of luck,

nobody wants to deal with the aftermath
of that.

You're just betting Paddy up to take the
blame for you.

That's an outrageous accusation. I don't
know what you're talking about.

See, he is home on time.

What's that?

Mum said you're unreliable. Hold on, I
didn't say Dad was unreliable. I said

sometimes his job...

Winter? Ryan?

Okay. I'll see you there.

You're kidding.

Dad, if I ever get married, it will not
be to a policeman.

It's Del Hallis, 52, head teacher.

She was running a PTA meeting online
when she was killed.

She was killed on camera in front of a
dozen people. No one saw anything,

though. The killer must have stayed low
and out of shot.

That looks like a javelin.

It is.

The angle suggests it was an upward
-stabbing motion from low down.

You won't need my help with time of
death.

It's on camera at 5 .48 precisely.

After -school clubs finish at 5pm and
then the school's locked and only the

staff have the code.

Has next of kin been notified?

Yeah, we're trying.

There's a husband.

Blake Anderson, he runs the bike shop in
town, but he's not picking up his

phone. And then there's a daughter,
Cara.

She's an art teacher here, but also
uncontactable.

Apparently she's off sick today.

I assume curry night's cancelled?

No, no, please go. They've gone to so
much effort.

You could get them to save some for me.
Lamb skewers or something.

Lamb skewers?

Maybe just a naan.

The chaplain was kept here, sir.

This must have been planned.

They knew you should be on that call and
you should be wearing headphones and

wouldn't hear them coming.

And there's something else.

This classroom belongs to the victim's
daughter, Cara.

Interesting message, right?

Always behind you.

Not fully dry.

This is recent.

Who was first on the scene?

Tim Crawford. Debt he had.

DCI Barnaby. Were you on the video call?

I did it from my classroom, just down
the corridor.

Did you see anybody?

No. I ran over straight away, but by the
time I got... I'm sorry. Is there

somewhere we can talk?

I'll start from just here.

Oh, uh, sorry, uh, end of year prank, I
guess.

Is this graffiti new? What's that?

Oh, yeah, uh, Hillary.

Yeah, yeah, the kids love it when they
find out my middle name.

What kind of head teacher was Estelle?
Which is ambitious, which is not a bad

thing, but...

I'll put it this way. She expelled more
pupils in two years than the last head

did in 12.

Anyone recently?

Holly Randall, last week.

Her parents are appealing it. There was
a Paul and Josephine Randall on the

video call list you gave me. Yeah,
that's them.

Paul, he stormed out at the beginning,
but Josie, she was on for the whole

How far away do they live?

Just over the road.

What was Holly expelled for?

Um, she... Tim!

You OK?

Yeah, yeah, um, where are the girls?

Oh, they're in the car. We were at their
ballet lesson.

Oh, sorry.

I'm Felicity. I'm the school
receptionist. They were just asking

Randall. Surely no -one's blaming her
for this. I mean, she's made some silly

mistakes, but... What kind of mistakes?

She stole a brand -new tablet from the
ICT class and sold it online.

She was trying to get money to go on the
Year 12 residential, which is way too

expensive now.

Yeah, well, we can't use that place in
the Lake District any more, can we?

Health and safety nightmare.

Have you told them about the situation
with Piers?

Piers? No.

Piers Mayhew.

He's the brother of our PTA chairwoman,
Moira.

He was meant to do a fundraiser for us,
but, well, he... He got a bit

provocative on social media.

He's a misogynist and a troll.

Unfortunately for him, one of the women
he targeted was Estelle's daughter,

Cara. She persuaded her mother to cancel
his event and he wasn't very happy

about it. Neither was Moira. She threw a
chair at him when she found out last

Friday. That's why we were at the
meeting online today.

Have you managed to contact Cora? I've
left messages.

She was on a yoga retreat in Snowdonia
over the weekend.

She did text Estelle to say that she was
sick, so she might not have travelled

back yet.

She was going on about some kind of
digital detox.

Very into that sort of thing.

Thank you. We'll be in touch about
opening the school tomorrow.

Certain areas, obviously, will remain
off -limits.

Yep. Yep, of course.

Um, DCI Barnaby?

I don't know if this is important, but
when I was leaving today, Moira's

grandson, Dominic, was hanging around
outside of Stirl's office.

Well, he was giving a talk to the sixth
form about starting university.

Well, yes, but that was finished by 3
.30, though. I saw him at four.

Look, I don't want to cause any
problems.

He's a great kid, but, um, it's just he
looked pretty upset.

Thank you.

What do you mean he was upset?

Like I said.

We used to live next door.

And when my daughter died, when I was
going through all the guardianship stuff

for Dominic, she held me together.

This must be very difficult.

I was shouting at her when it happened.

About stupid things, things that don't
even matter.

Gran, it's okay.

We heard about an incident at a meeting
last Friday.

With a chair?

Who told you that?

I'd had enough.

That's all.

and I woke pontificating.

The chair was in my way, so I moved it.

A bit too hard.

Sorry.

I don't see how all this is relevant.

I mean, surely you're not accusing me.

I was on the video call.

You visited the school earlier, is that
right?

I did a talk.

Yeah. How to succeed at university.

Dominic was head boy.

He's now on a very competitive course.

Did you see Estelle Hallis?

No. Are you sure?

A witness saw you outside her office at
around 4pm.

Gran wanted me to nag her about the book
event with Pierce.

I knocked, and she didn't answer.

So I left.

The witness said that you looked upset.

I wasn't.

Hiya! I thought you weren't in till
tomorrow.

I thought you weren't in.

I like my hat.

Have you seen it out there? There's like
20 police cars at the school.

These gentlemen are the police.

Oh, right.

Rhys Chapman. She's the dusty old book,
some of the fabulous textiles.

It's how Alice has been murdered.

What?

Seriously? Seriously.

Attempted death with a javelin.

That's not how you tell people.

That's how you told me.

Does Cara know?

We're trying to get a hold of her. Yeah,
she's not been picking up all weekend.

She's my housemate.

We were told she's on a yoga retreat in
Wales.

Yeah, but he should be back.

This is going to destroy us.

They were really close.

I'm sorry, do you mind?

Did Estelle ever talk about her
marriage?

She seemed happy enough.

You don't like Blake?

Don't trust him.

I don't know, there's just something.

Collie, is everything all right?

My girlfriend, she worked a Saturday job
at his bike shop.

Is that Holly Randall?

Yeah. So she works with Estelle's
husband?

OK. Well, I've left my number. Do call
if Cara gets in touch.

It's unusual.

It's all my own work.

We run knitting sessions on Thursdays.
Everyone's welcome.

No, my gran taught me to knit on the
school holidays, but I couldn't do it

Well, you never lose it.

It's like riding a big woolly bike.

Please don't be shy, Winter. I'd love a
nice scarf.

Yeah, hello.

OK, tell him to stay put. I'll get DS
Winter over there now.

Thanks.

Who was that?

They've located Estelle's husband at the
bike shop. You go over there and see

what you make of him while I talk to the
girl who was expelled.

Only, um, try not to needle him.

What?

You see, you've got to unravel the whole
case before you can knit it back

together.

But don't let him pull the wool over
your eyes.

Lunchbox is on the table and peek, it's
in the wash, please.

Please!

Lucy seems freaked out by all the
police. I'm not sure what to say.

Oh, come on.

Again?

You promised that you would check next
time before donating things.

That must stuff from the attic.

Your old awards from school. He's still
going on about that.

A tidy house helps me cope.

What's this?

And these?

You know what they are.

What are you doing?

You waited.

You didn't turn up. There was a bit of a
problem. I didn't want to worry you

about it.

What was the problem?

Rhys. Okay, look, don't freak out, but
Cara is not on a yoga

retreat in Wales.

I'd keep my phone off on the bike, so
when I turned it back on, all the missed

calls... I knew it was bad.

I think I... Can I see her?

Because I think I need to, for it to...
feel real.

We can arrange that, of course.

Were you cycling with anyone today?

I was on my own, up in the children's.

How long had you been married?

Eight years next month.

Second time lucky for both of us. What
was the situation with Estelle's first

husband? Left when Cara was a baby.

How did you meet?

Online.

She was teaching in Nottingham, but she
always wanted to move back to Midsomer,

so when she got the headmistress job, we
came down here.

We were told that she expelled a lot of
students.

Did that make her any enemies?

No.

It's not like she ever abandoned the
kids.

She'd go out of her way to find them
places at another school.

Somewhere they could start again.

She was friends with Moira Mayhew, is
that right?

Was, yeah.

She phoned on Saturday, going ballistic
about this book event.

They still put her on speaker, and the
language coming out.

Seriously.

She might be getting on.

But she scares the hell out of me.

So, Josie, you were on the call right
until the end, but, Paul, you left a

couple of minutes in.

I'd had enough.

I took myself outside to calm down.

Are the fields behind this house the
school playing fields?

I wasn't running across them to murder
the headmistress, if that's where you're

going.

I was in the garden. She could see me.

And what were you doing, Holly?

Wasting my life in the park.

I'm sorry.

She's having a tricky time.

I heard about the expulsion. You stole
computer equipment.

It was stupid.

I said I was sorry.

Someone told her form teacher.

Kara Hollis?

We thought she'd help sort it out, but
Kara told us down. No discussion, just

out.

For a kid who's never been in any
trouble before.

I mean, we know what it's really about.

Holly's very sporty. She was training
for the school's national championships,

but she's not academic as such.

I'm really thick.

That's not what she's saying.

It's just Estelle was... precious about
those exam results.

So the decision was taken by the
headmistress?

I don't know why Miss Alice even thought
she could tell her.

I thought she was all right.

But she was so fake.

I've got you, Holly.

I'm always behind you.

Always behind you?

Are you sure you haven't been to the
school today?

Yeah. Because there's graffiti on the
wall of Cara Hallis' art room with that

exact phrase.

Not in green paint?

Yes. You were washing green paint off
your hands when you got home.

She told me it was off a fence in the
park.

It was just a joke.

I was there, OK?

But I didn't touch if they were Hallis.

Or Dominic.

Dominic was with you at the school?

I went to see him after his talk.

We were messing around in the staff
room.

But then we heard the police car turn
up.

We made it out across the field.

Hmm. Causton Grammar?

Oh, yeah.

I'm a teaching assistant.

Ah. How do you find it there?

Oh, um, I used to like it.

Well, since Estelle started, there's a
lot more politics now.

What sort of thing?

Everyone assumed Tim Crawford would be
the next head.

He applied for it, and his wife still
isn't over it.

Was there tension between Felicity and
Estelle?

She thought Estelle was trying to push
Tim out.

I just put it down to sour grapes, but
then Felicity found an email chain with

the governors and... Did she confront
Estelle?

It was weird.

She was going to. She was all riled up
and then changed the tune.

Said it was all a misunderstanding and
refused to speak about it ever since.

OK, well, thank you. If Cara Hallis does
get in contact with anyone at the

school, make sure she calls me straight
away.

Cara not know yet?

Surely Tim called her.

Everyone's calling her. No reply.

Well, if she was going to pick up to
anyone, it would be Tim.

Why do you say that?

He was her mentor in her NQT year.

Just stuff and gossip, probably.

Well, that was interesting.

Follow -up on Felicity Crawford's
movements, because there was much more

between Felicity and Estelle than she
led on.

She said that she was at ballet with her
kids. I'll check.

Well, so I got an address for Piers
Mayhew. Sister Moira definitely

how hostile things were.

Deception runs in the family, then.

Because if Holly's telling the truth,
Dominic Mayhew is lying through his

What about?

He told us he left the school at four.

Holly says he was still there when
Estelle was murdered.

Are you a kid's TV presenter?

Yeah, guilty.

And what were you a fan of? Crazy
Carousel or Gunshtown?

Oh, no, I just saw the photos.

Oh, well, before your time, obviously.

I was glad to leave it all behind, to be
honest.

You're a children's author now.

Yes, a bit of a pivot.

But I had this idea about a boy who can
turn himself into sea creatures, and,

well, it sold rather well.

We're here to talk about Estelle Hallis.
I believe Moira has told you what

happened. Indeed.

And I'm suspect numero uno, am I?

Well, we have some questions.

Estelle was weak.

She caved into pressure from the
snowflake mob. But as her daughter Kyra

real problem with, she was the one
leading said mob.

And you had an argument with Kyra
online?

There was a debate about sensitivity,
rewrites in children's books, expunging

references to characters being fat,
censorship.

essentially, and I thought very strongly
about it.

And yes, a few glasses of New World
Rising had been consumed, and possibly I

overstep the mark, but nothing to
justify my wholesale cancellation.

Where were you this afternoon, around 5
.45?

Oh, I was at the Kingston Arms from 5 o
'clock.

The landlord, Pete, can vouch for me.

This looks amazing.

Sorry we're so late.

Oh, don't worry.

Well, how cross is Becky with me on it
going with one to teenager?

She'll get over it. But listen, is it
really a dull hollis?

I didn't laugh.

I promise.

She didn't have to. It's all over the
teacher message group.

Well, I would never contradict a group
of educators.

Oh, well, I remember her from that
conference in Birmingham last year.

She's a fellow historian.

She writes about female spies in World
War II. It's fascinating.

I'll put it on my reading list.

I tell you what, I did not enjoy being
back in the headteacher's office again

today. Traumatic memories.

I loved school.

We know you did, head girl.

We're an elite breed.

I thought you'd be much more likely to
get expelled.

How dare you?

I was an excellent head girl.

I liked the power.

Oh, yes.

I can totally see it now.

It was him over there getting himself
expelled.

I was not expelled. I was suspended.

What did you do?

Oh, just stupid 14 -year -old stuff.

Such as?

Come on.

We will get it out of you.

I can assure you, you won't.

Not a good time, Holly.

I just wanted to say I'm sorry about
your wife.

I know me and her. She was trying to
help you, Holly. She liked you, Holly.

expelled me. Because you stole from the
school.

Oh, nice, yeah. Where'd you steal these
from, eh?

I'm sorry.

I just... Her last days were filled with
nothing but stress because of you.

Now get out!

Blake? Don't come back.

There's no job for you here anymore.

Have a good one.

Ta -da. Oh, thanks, sir.

Oh. Yeah, I thought I'd get back into
it. It's maybe good for relaxation.

Oh, you don't have to justify it to me.

I would just question whether green is
your colour.

I'm told that it brings out my eyes.

Oh, so it does. I stand corrected.

Shall we watch some footage of a murder
again, then?

That's what we get paid for.

I hope there'll be some kind of
reflection or something, but there's

They've been very careful. Yeah, they're
at precisely 5 .48.

Anything else to see?

No, they have cameras at key locations.
We're not everywhere.

OK.

Oh, Dominic admitted to lying.

He was worried about getting in trouble
for the graffiti, apparently.

And he thought that was worth lying for
in a murder investigation.

What did you make of Estelle's husband?

His grief seemed genuine enough, and
there's no financial motive.

Well, she's well off.

Five rental properties between here and
the Midlands.

Yeah, but it all goes to Cara, though.
The solicitor sent the will through this

morning. I assume Cara hasn't made
contact overnight.

No. Well, there's a text from her on
Estelle's phone, though. It was sent

night. It said that she had food
poisoning and couldn't drive back, but I

contacted every yoga centre in
Snowdonia, and not one of them has a

her booking.

Tracking her down needs to be a
priority.

I'm meant to be in a meeting upstairs.

Just quickly.

Traumatic aortic rupture. One clean
stab.

No hesitation.

Thank you. It's my pleasure.

Any developments on our other case?

What? What other case? I need you full
time on this.

The case.

Of the delinquent DCI.

We're brainstorming reasons you got
suspended from school.

And what do you have so far? Setting off
a fire extinguisher.

Starting a food fight?

Something involving nudity.

Miles off.

Miles and miles.

Okay.

Mr. Crawford!

Tim! Oh, hi, Moira.

Dominic has something to say.

Yeah, hi.

Sorry for the damage to the staff room
yesterday.

It was me and Holly.

Holly's the one who did the graffiti. He
just didn't stop her.

Well, sounds like we need to have a
little chat.

Right, yes.

It really wasn't his fault.

I'm sorry.

What were you thinking?

How does that possibly help your case?

I know. I made it all worse.

You can still help me.

I don't think I can.

Not now.

Please.

Any idea where in Snowdonia it was?

No.

Or if she was going with anyone?

She didn't tell me anything about it.

She didn't take any of her yoga stuff?

Well, she said they provided mats and
everything.

I thought you said she didn't tell you
any details about the trip?

Oh, yeah.

No, she didn't. Just that.

Just that one very specific thing?

I can't do this.

I'm feeling sick all the time.

Look, there is no yoga retreat.

She was supposed to fly to Boston Friday
night, but she's disappeared.

Why was she going to Boston?

She was delivering a rare book to some
American guy.

Signed, first edition, all that.

Except it was fake.

Rare books?

Is Moira Mayhew involved in this? I
don't want to get her in trouble.

She's just trying to put Dominic through
uni and...

I've got a slight tax issue.

So you're selling fake books to
collectors? It was just this one.

The guy paid 70 grand, so he wanted it
hand -delivered. She asked me to do it.

How did Cara get involved?

I didn't think about it until I agreed,
but I... I got arrested at a climate

change protest last year. I can't get
the paperwork to enter the US.

So you asked Cara to go instead?

She was meant to be on the 9pm flight.

I've been calling and calling.

It's like she's vanished off the face of
the planet.

Winter, sorry I couldn't pick up. I had
a feeling that Rhys Chapman was about to

crack, and he did. Kara was never going
on that yoga retreat.

She was flying to Boston.

Well, she didn't make it, sir.

School caretaker found her body half an
hour ago.

Thank you.

It's definitely her.

Driving licence.

No sign of her phone, though.

This is all due to be collected today.

Flower?

We've got a huge depressed skull
fracture.

Rigour has completely dissipated.

I'd say she's been dead for three or
four days.

Friday or Saturday?

So she'd already been dead for days by
the time her mother was killed.

So the message about food poisoning is
from the killer, just playing for time.

These were in her jacket. They're most
commonly prescribed for anxiety and

attacks.

I can't see properly, but I think
there's discolouration on the

back of the calves and thighs where the
blood settled.

That tells us...

She wasn't always in this position.

She was in a fleeted position somewhere
for at least 12 hours after death.

Then moved to the locker.

We're missing a crime scene.

Given where she's been found, let's
focus on the school.

Contaminated by hundreds of kids.

We'll just have to do what we can.

That's in Barcelona.

We travelled round Europe together last
summer on a grand tour.

I always thought boyfriends, come and go
and whatever, but me and Cara,

I thought she'd always be in my life.

It's a huge loss.

I'm sorry.

Well, the main thing now is that he
doesn't get away with it.

Who?

This guy, Pierce Mayhew.

I know who he is.

Kara got into an argument with him
online.

Yeah, but do you know about the other
account?

Our friend from art school, his auntie
used to work with Pierce in TV, and she

told Kara all these stories about him.
Drunk on set, abusive to runners,

creep. And Kara set up an anonymous
account to share the story.

Did Pierce know it was Kara? He found
out.

Last week, and he came to the house
looking for it. He only left when I

threatened to call the police.

Hold on.

This last post on Thursday, stay tuned,
more to come. Any idea what that was?

No, but he was freaking out about the
press, like anyone remembers who he is.

Were you aware that Cara was taking
medication for panic attacks?

No.

She did get a prescription last year.
She saw an accident on a school trip,

of the instructors.

I was worried about her popping pills,
though. I thought she decided not to.

I can't believe she didn't tell me that.

She was my best friend.

Winter? Oh, sir, someone's given the art
room a thorough bleaching. But there's

some blood showing up by the door.

They're testing the store cupboard now
and it's lighting up like a Christmas

tree. Sir, we know where her body was
kept.

Good work.

Oh, one more thing, sir. She emailed
Paul Randall on Wednesday saying that

would contact the driving agency if he
didn't do it himself.

Paul then asked for a meeting with her.

Do we know if that meeting took place?

He's not on the visitor log, but Rhys
Chapman is. He's down at the visiting

at 1 .15 on Friday.

That's the only entry I can find for
him.

Interesting. He didn't mention that.

Well, let's pay the Randalls a visit,
but first we need to talk to Piers

It turns out that Kara was getting ready
to destroy his reputation.

People spread rumors online all the
time.

Nobody's going to pay attention to Kara.

You seem very sure about that.

Look, I wish you could help, but I'm
sitting in that chair most of the

working on the next novel.

Okay, I did run a few errands, so if you
can give me a more specific time... So

you can ask someone to lie for you?

Like you did when Estelle was killed?

Don't know what you mean.

We spoke to the landlord of the Kinneth
and Arms on our way over here.

Your friend Pete.

Except he said he's not your friend.

And he was only too happy to report that
you were not at his pub from 5pm

yesterday. You got there over an hour
later at 6 .15 and had one drink.

And then phoned him and asked him to
lie.

Okay, okay, you got me.

I'm an extremely foolish.

I listened to Moira, and that was a
mistake.

What's Moira got to do with this?

Well, she was afraid I'd be a suspect.

And with good reason, as it turns out.

Anyway, her panic was infectious, and
she persuaded me to get myself an alibi

a populated place as soon as possible.

So where were you really when Estelle
was killed?

Well, unhelpfully for all of us, I was
sitting at that computer, writing.

A topic I must get back to, if there's
nothing else.

Nothing for now.

You're probably safe to take Pete off
your Christmas card list, though.

My grandmother had it, and she lived
right until her 80s, so we know it's not

death sentence.

But still, MS.

You know what you want to hear?

Of course.

And you drive for a living.

I was planning to declare it.

And I do get it. I'm driving kids
around. But what if I need a test to

license? I wanted other work lined up
first.

He's been keeping the driving to a
minimum.

But then another bill comes in.

We overstretched on this place.

It got quite tight.

You don't have to pretend.

I know we're losing the house.

And it's my fault car and him.

I told her about Dad's diagnosis back
when I thought I could trust her.

Before I killed her.

That is.

Obviously.

Holly. That's a sick joke to make. Why
would you say that?

Why else are they here, though?

They don't care about your house.

Or my education.

Or how you pay your bills.

They think one of us did it.

That's the only reason they're talking
to us.

I really do apologize.

It's okay. We're here to ask difficult
questions. And yes, it would be helpful.

If you could tell us where you were from
Friday afternoon to Saturday night.

Friday we were all here and Saturday
Paul was at the shops and me and Holly

doing the garden.

It's Blake Anderson you should be
talking to.

His wife and stepdaughter are both dead
and he's super aggressive.

Your boyfriend said that you liked
working with Blake.

That was before he lost it with me.

Like I honestly thought he was going to
hit me.

I was just trying to give him some
flowers.

When was this?

Last night?

So instead of harassing my disabled dad,
perhaps you could ask Blake why he has

anger issues.

And then you could leave us alone.

What were you looking at?

Holly?

There's more in the list if you'd like
Tom.

Oh, is that a style of academic work?

No, a photo from her phone with checking
I'm not missing anything.

It looked like she did a knitting course
at Top Yarns.

I thought maybe it was her research,
because she's marked up the stitches

letters. But Estelle was a historian.

What would that have to do with
knitting?

Remember I said that she'd written about
female spies in World War II?

I remember everything you say.

Well, sometimes they used knitting to
hide messages.

So they'd do sequences of smooth
stitches and then raised stitches, like

and it would spell out words in Morse
code.

One of the spies was called Phyllis
Latour.

Hang on. Phyllis Latour. This artwork is
called Oolala Tour.

Unless it's Oolala Tour, in which case
she wasn't learning to knit, she was

deciphering a code.

Can you read this?

I could give it a go, but you probably
need a knitter, really.

No, I know just the man.

Is everything okay with Holly?

Mm -mm.

She's fine.

So I wanted to speak to you.

Look, I'm her mother, aren't I?

So I love her, no matter what.

Okay. And you love her too.

Enough to want to protect her.

I think you know what I'm asking you,
Dominic.

I need you to tell me the truth.

Oh, that's great.

What does it say?

You're kidding, right? This is going to
take me ages.

I have the utmost faith in you. Anything
more overnight?

Oh, yes.

Digital flagged something weird in
Cara's search history. She kept

searching for a Terence McGregor maths.

Well, it seems that he was a professor
of applied mathematics, lived in

Drift five years ago, aged 87.

And no obvious connection to Kara? Not
that I can find.

Well, keep digging.

OK, mother and daughter both killed on
school grounds. Kara was killed first,

presumably it all starts with her.

The last sighting of Kara was 4 .50pm on
Friday when the in -person PTA meeting

disbanded. When Moira threw a chair at
her. Moira could have followed her into

the classroom after the argument.

But what if Kara revealed that she knew
about the book fraud?

Or, um, Holly has to be high on the
list.

Well, she's impulsive. She felt betrayed
by both Kara and Estelle.

Yeah. Oh, we need to speak to Felicity
Crawford again. I just heard back from

the ballet studio that her kids go to,
and they missed their lesson on Monday.

So I called their primary school, and
she booked them in to stay late.

So Felicity lied about where she was
when Estelle was killed.

I'd like to talk to her about that and
about the saffron gossip surrounding her

husband. And Kara.

I

did

sort of twig that Kara had a crush on
me.

Did I do enough to discourage it?

Probably not.

It's nice to have the attention.

You know what it's like.

She was like a love -thick puppy.

Tim had to have a word with her.

It was reassuring, in a way.

Wrong classroom.

Sorry, miss.

Thank you.

Reassuring that Kara had a crush on your
husband.

Well, no, she made it so obvious. I
mean, if something had been going on,

she would have been more careful,
wouldn't she?

No lines were crossed.

Not even slightly.

Do you have any idea why your wife lied
about taking your daughters to ballet on

Monday? What?

Where were they then?

I went to see a psychotherapist. That's
not what you said before.

I lied because Tim was there, and it
wasn't something that I wanted to

in front of my husband.

I think there must be some crossed
wires.

Felicity and I, we don't have secrets.

That is one complicated marriage.

See if the therapist backs her up.
There's been a new voicemail left on

Estelle's mobile.

It's from Dominic's university tutor.

Apparently got himself kicked out.

Estelle was trying to help.

Oh, it's Sarah.

Why is she calling you?

Oh, I'll speak to Dominic. Hi, Sarah.

Yeah, he's just realised.

Attendance lectures, failure to submit
essays.

After everything I did to help you get
in there. The coaching, the extra

tutorials.

Maybe that was the problem.

When I had to do it for myself, I
couldn't cope, could I?

You never let me learn to cope.

I spoke to your tutor, Dominic.

He said that Estelle called him at 4
.30pm on Monday, that's about an hour

before she was killed, saying that you
had just left her office in a highly

emotional state. She called them for me.

She said she couldn't, and Mr Crawford
had already tried.

Tim Crawford knew about this.

He was trying to help.

Just to be clear, Dominic, you're
admitting that you met Estelle shortly

she was murdered, that you were in her
office, and that you were upset.

Well, I talked to her, but I didn't do
anything.

You told us that you just knocked on the
office door, that you didn't go in.

This is the third version of events
you've given us? You've made everything

much harder for yourself.

Why did you lie?

I mess things up.

It's what I do.

Because I'm stupid.

I need a minute.

Tom!

I have a few questions for you, Moira,
as well.

About your book. fraud.

What?

Fake first editions, forged signatures.

Reese told my colleague everything.

It's not my usual way of doing things, I
can assure you.

It's more Kara's involvement that we're
focusing on now.

She knew about the scam. Did she
threaten to reveal it?

I didn't know she was involved until
Rhys told me on Monday.

I'm telling you the truth.

I'd make a joke about forgetfulness, but
I can't remember how it goes.

Well, come in, because you know what
occurred to me this morning.

You remember my old head of science who
moved to Nottingham? Well, he ended up

at the school that Estelle used to teach
at.

So I gave him a ring this morning, and
Estelle's husband, Blake Anderson, not

Blake Anderson at all.

What do you mean?

Well, his real name is Benjamin Ashton.

He went to prison for conning three
separate women out of their life

They met when she was volunteering as a
prison educator.

So his whole marriage to Estelle, that
could be another romance scam.

You should come and interview him with
me. You're great at this.

It's not difficult.

I don't know why you always make it such
a song and dance about it.

It took me a long time to believe that
she liked me because obviously she knew

my past. It was all out there on the
table.

But she believed in new starts.

She was willing to back me.

And that made me think I can back
myself, you know?

What about Cara? Did she know?

We told her we met online.

You should have been up front with us
from the beginning.

I was going to tell you, but I couldn't.

So it's all at the bottom of the lake
now.

What is?

My old life.

Well, what was left of it.

Mementos and photos of my parents.

I threw them away. I was afraid you were
going to search my shop.

Where were you over the weekend?

At home.

With Estelle.

But I can only give you my word for
that, and I know that's not worth much.

In light of Kara's death, your wife's
estate is all yours, her pension, her

property. It is, yeah.

I think it's worth quite a lot.

But Estelle is the one person who knew
every last bit of me and

said yes to it all.

So I profit from this, yeah, I know I
do.

But all I can think about... It's what
I've lost.

Oh.

You're Dominic's girlfriend, aren't you?

Yeah.

And what do you want?

Money.

Peckish? No, it's for the guys at the
station.

I mean, helping me with this knitted
artwork.

And, well... The stitches in the speech
bubble are indeed

Morse code, and it's all about Kara.
It's basically Rhys declaring his love

her. Oh, I assumed you... Oh, ignore me.
I never assumed.

So, Estelle understood the reference to
Phyllis La... tour and cracked the code,

only to discover it was about her own
daughter.

If Estelle told Kara, then that would
make sense of the message that she sent

her mother on Friday morning.

Here. I'm worried. It's obvious I know.
I'll need to have the talk.

So you think Kara was planning to
confront Rhys? Could be why he visited

school on Friday. She asked him to talk,
and then she rejected him, and he

snapped. It would kill for less.

Sir.

Those computers are still here. All my
first editions are accounted for.

I don't understand it.

Well, they must have been looking for
something.

I've no idea what.

They've left my stuff alone. I don't
think there's much of a market in stolen

knitting needles.

I'm sure you're right.

Can I have a word with you in private?

Yeah, if you need to.

I've got things to do upstairs.

Thank you.

You should go through there.

It's about your relationship with Kara.

Is it purely platonic?

Of course, yeah.

On both sides?

I'm not sure what you're getting at.

The message in the speech bubble.

Do you want me to spell it out for you?

Well, that's art. It doesn't literally
mean... I think it does.

You were in love with Kara.

You couldn't tell her, so you poured it
into your art.

But Estelle spotted the Latour
reference, didn't she?

It all came out last week.

Because I've been dating men for so
long, Kara forgot that bi does actually

bi.

She was acting like I tricked her or
something.

So she rejected you?

The rejection, I could handle it.

It was the awkwardness. It was like she
was wary around me. It was awful.

Is that why you visited Kara at school
on Friday?

I just needed to make things right
before she got on the plane.

She said we were good, but we weren't.

I could feel it.

And after that conversation, what did
you do?

I went straight back home.

Look, it's obvious where you're taking
this, and you're so wrong.

I could never, ever hurt Kara.

One more thing, for now.

Does the name Terence McGregor mean
anything to you?

I've never heard of him.

He was a math professor. Kara seemed to
be researching him.

I know who he is.

I couldn't help overhearing.

I bought some crates of books from his
estate when he died.

Turned out to include some highly sought
-after talkings, but I don't know why

enough Kara was interested.

Rotten fish in the air vent?

What?

50 chickens in the staff room.

A truckload of horse manure in the car
park.

Are you really so desperate to know what
got me suspended?

I most certainly am.

Well, Dr.

Perkins, I will tell you on one
condition.

Name it. Under no circumstances does
this get back to winter.

It was a weed killer on the school
sports field applied to burn the grass

a certain shape.

A shape a teenage boy might find
amusing.

The very one.

Lucky to get away with just a
suspension.

Oh, I got a lot more than that. My
parents persuaded a police officer

turn up on our doorstep in uniform. He
said he had some questions. He

the hell out of me.

Stellar parenting.

Yeah.

But then, his questions were all
about...

why I'd done it. He was genuinely
curious about why I was acting out, you

And he showed me that you could make a
mistake and you could be OK, you could

come back from it.

I sometimes wonder if that conversation
was the reason I became a police

officer.

That's actually really nice.

I became a pathologist because I like
knives.

And on the subject of pathology... Ah,
yes.

Cause of death was the depressed skull
fracture.

She was hit once, very hard, with a
pointed object.

This was on display in the art room.

Traces of blood and bleach.

I sent it to the lab for DNA.

Sorry I'm late.

Felicity's therapist called.

She was with him when Estelle was
killed.

That's Tim and Felicity both accounted
for, though.

Yeah.

What?

No, it's... It's not impossible they're
working with a third party, is it?

It's something the therapist said. He
assumed that I was calling because

had followed through on a threat that
she made to Felicity about going to the

police.

What about?

Well, he wouldn't say in client
confidentiality, but...

I looked him up online, and he's an
addiction specialist.

This is humiliating.

We're not here to embarrass you. We just
need the facts.

Felicity gets quite anxious.

Ever since the girls were born, really.

We all deal with stress in different
ways, don't we?

And for Felicity, she... Well, she takes
things without paying.

Short -lifting.

It just happens when things get on top
of me.

It's not even stuff that she wants.

Most of it ends up in the bin.

Did Estelle know about this? No.

Yes.

Well, she did.

I mean, when I tried to talk to her
about the way she was treating you, she

that... She said that she'd noticed me
taking things.

Christmas fairs.

Some are fates.

I mean, she framed it as concern, you
know, how can I help it?

The message was clear.

She had something over you.

Well, that doesn't mean anything, does
it?

You know that Felicity didn't kill
Estelle.

She can't be in two places at the same
time.

What's this?

A music festival in Croatia.

I need you to give these to Dominic.

Help him go over this university
business.

Since when did you take the slightest
interest in Dominic?

Since he and his girlfriend took an
interest in me.

a surprise for you from your uncle.

Dominic?

There's nothing obviously missing as far
as Moira can tell, but she can barely

speak. The knitting needle hit the
carotid artery.

Massive blood loss, triggering brain
hypoxia.

Moira said that the shop was closed.
It's got to be linked to the break -in,

surely. No sign of forced entry this
time, and no obvious struggle.

Dominic let them in. He trusted them.

Well, they had their own keys.

Besides Dominic and Moira, that leaves
Reese and Pierce.

What's Holly said so far?

She claims she was here all morning,
left at 12 .30.

She sent me these, which were taken
around midday.

That globe has been moved. Is it still
somewhere in the flat?

I'm not sure.

Do you think it's valuable?

It looks old.

Just check it's still here.

I'm going to talk to Holly.

He was fine when I left him. I swear.

Nobody's accusing you, Holly.

Just tell him what you told us about
Piers.

Piers doesn't write his own books.

He stole them.

Me and Dominic started blackmailing him
about it.

What do you mean he stole them?

It was years ago.

Dominic came across these old notebooks
in the bottom of a box in the shop.

They belonged to some lecturer who died.

A maths lecturer?

Terence McGregor?

Yeah.

That's it.

They were full of these handwritten
stories.

Dominic got really into them.

Piers had a look and wanted to borrow
them.

Who else knew about this?

Piers gave Dominic £500 to keep quiet.

Then Dominic told me.

And when Cara got into the whole thing
with Piers online, I told her.

Was Cara threatening to go public?

She said she needed to check it was true
first.

But I went to see him yesterday.

You went to blackmail him?

He agreed to pay for a few things, as
long as we kept quiet.

So excited to tell him.

But now what if I've got him killed?

The only person responsible for
Dominic's death is the person who killed

No sign of that globe.

Moira said that she was collecting
things at the shop for the PTA jumble

It came in as a donation.

Kara saw it, said that she liked it and
asked Moira to put it aside for her.

Wait a minute. So Kara showed an
interest in this globe and then Dominic

in his possession until it vanished
around the time he was killed.

You're thinking whoever killed Dominic
took the globe from the flat. Why?

Logically, there would be two options.

They wanted it themselves or they wanted
to stop someone else getting hold of

it. In which case, what have they done
with it? Hidden it?

Disposed of it?

Get uniform to have a look round, just
in the immediate area, in case they

dumped it straight away.

In the meantime, I have some questions
for Piers Mayhew, Midsomer's premier

plagiarist, apparently.

What globe?

I've been sitting here the whole time
writing. It's what I do.

Hmm. The new novel.

How's that going?

Slowly.

I'd like you to read this, please.

I know what it says.

These stories, none of them are yours.

You stole them. I used the material as a
springboard, that's all. It's

plagiarism. But as you like stories...

Once upon a time, Dominic told Holly
that you stole your novels.

Holly told Kara, and she was going to
tell the world only before she had a

chance.

She was killed.

This is absurd. I did not do this.

Plot twist.

Kara told her mother, Estelle, and she
was killed too.

If you have evidence to arrest me, go
ahead.

Otherwise, this little storytelling
session is over.

Here has to be top of our list.

Estelle, Cara and Dominic were blowing
his world apart between them.

I don't suppose that globe's turned up?
No. Uniform check the wheelie bins, the

public litter bins, the park.

What? I walked past that fencing a few
hours ago. It wasn't pulled open like

that.

Are you serious?

I'm serious.

Okay, fine.

I really should stop buying you suits.

With respect, sir, this is a complete
waste of... Hold on.

You were saying? That your hunches are
always right, sir.

A prize for academic

excellence presented to Timothy Hilary
Crawford, year eight, by Mr Vincent

Bell, headmaster.

Oh, this is Tim Crawford's globe.

Tim's?

From when he was at school.

OK.

But if this was in the PTA donations,
then why did Kara ask Moira to put it

aside for her?

I think I might know.

Vincent Bell.

Here, look.

Vincent Bell, 72, fell to his death
while facilitating a residential trip

group of Year 12 students from Causton
Grammar. That's the school trip Tim

organised in the Lake District.

And the man who died was his old
headmaster.

Kara witnessed the accident on that
school trip too. Reese said that's what

started her panic attacks.

Was she aware that the man she saw die
was Tim's headmaster?

Was it only seeing this globe that told
her that?

Come on.

He was just a random old guy helping out
at the centre.

Kara saw his body hit the ground and
that's why she couldn't sleep for ages.

Did she mention that Tim knew him?

From when he was at school?

What? No.

And she definitely would have mentioned
that.

As far as she was concerned, he was a
stranger to both of them. What did Kara

say when she asked you to keep the globe
for her?

Just to make sure it didn't end up with
the jumble sale stuff.

She said she needed to show it to
someone.

Thank you.

Take good care of each other.

Tim never let on that he knew Vincent
Bell.

And then Cara saw the globe, saw the
names and made the connection.

Exactly. And there's one obvious reason
why Tim would cover up his connection to

Vincent Bell, isn't there?

It wasn't an accident.

But it can't be Tim, though, can it? We
have him on video when Ethel was

murdered. And even if he was working
with his wife or something, we know that

she was with his therapist.

I know.

But what if there was a way to be in two
places at once?

There. Slow that down.

It actually cuts out for a split second.

5 .46 precisely.

Two minutes before Estelle is killed,
you could run from Tim's classroom to

Estelle's office in that time. Tim said
he was having technical issues.

It's possible that all the footage we're
seeing after it cuts out was pre

-filmed. Go to the bit with the javelin.

Look at the time stamp.

It's not 5 .48 in a few seconds, it's 5
.48 on the absolute dot.

He timed the javelin to coordinate with
his faked reaction.

On the pre -filmed footage.

So you go on my whistle!

Mr Crawford.

We haven't even fallen to students yet.

Doesn't feel real, does it? I mean...
Who am I to hurt Dominic?

Who indeed?

I believe this belongs to you.

Why don't you tell us about Vincent
Bell?

Or Mr Bell, as I suppose he was to you,
being your headmaster. I don't want to

talk about him.

Not here.

We know what you did. We have a good
idea how you did it.

I'd just like to know why.

Why?

Because he was a monster.

He was a bully.

He belittled us, terrified us, day and
night.

Was this a boarding school?

Yeah.

There's no escape.

I know for a fact there are men out
there, middle -aged men. They're

from depression.

Unable to form relationships because of
the damage that he did.

You tried to be a good student.

You know, the day that I won that, he
said it made

me conceited.

He made me take off my socks and shoes
and

run 20 laps around the school.

And when he saw that my feet were
bleeding, do you know what he did, DCI

Barnaby?

He smiled.

That man was a sadist.

Then all those years later at the
outdoor centre, there he was.

It was recorded as an abseiling
accident.

Yeah, Hayley.

He was setting up a line so he was close
to the edge.

Excuse me. Do you have the key?

Hello, Timothy.

I thought I recognised the name.

I was back there.

A 13 -year -old little boy.

I was humiliated.

Frightened.

But there was anger in me. I was so
incredibly hungry.

And I knew, I knew in that moment it was
so clear.

That the only way for a man like Vincent
Bell to

face consequences was for a man like me
to make him.

But Kara saw it.

She saw something.

I never knew exactly how much, but...

she trusted me.

And you used that.

You made her believe your lies over the
evidence of her own eyes until... That

was hidden in the back of an attic. I'd
forgotten it existed.

Oh, and when Felicity had given it to
her jumbo sailor, it was like this

Grenade was out there waiting to go off.
I couldn't track it down.

Kara spotted it in the donations at the
shop.

She saw your name and his name engraved
side by side.

Difficult for her to make the
connection.

I saw you. You had your hands on him. I
was trying to grab him. You knew him.

There's only one reason you'd lie about
that.

I'm sorry. Where are you going?

Kara, please.

She was going to the police.

You hid her body in a cupboard.

You moved it to the locker at the
weekend. You knew they were going to the

But what if she'd confided in someone
else? I read her messages.

And that there was one to Estelle.

Something like, um... I'm worried.

He knows that I know.

We believe that message referred to
something else.

It was about her friend, Reese.

It had nothing to do with you.

How did you fake the video call footage?

I filmed myself over the weekend and
switched the feeds.

Cancelling an event at such short notice
is an insult to the work of this

committee. Do you have any...

We appreciate it.

Item two on the agenda.

Secondhand uniform sale.

So we ran over there.

There were two babies shouting at each
other to pay any attention to me. I knew

there would be.

But the incriminating globe was still
out there.

That was you, the break -in at Moyer's
shop, trying to get it back.

Kyra said it was there, but when I broke
in, I couldn't find it.

You know, I knew that Dominic had been
there.

That graffiti in the back room, I... I
never told them my middle name.

You were afraid that he'd work it out.

He knew about the incident on the school
trip. Everyone did.

There you go.

Oh, thanks.

Presented to Timothy Hillary Crawford.

Year eight by Mr. Vincent Bell,
headmaster.

Imagine going through school with a
middle name, Hillary.

Vincent Bell.

I knew I heard that name.

That old guy who died on the year 12
trip.

Was it?

I can't remember now.

Yeah, it definitely was.

Bell's a pretty common name.

But the Vincent Bell who died was a
retired teacher.

It said so in the papers.

Sir, why would you say you didn't know?

You killed him, 19 years old.

I didn't want to.

I just thought if I could get the globe
back.

You murdered Cara, Estelle and Dominic
to cover up the truth about Vincent

Bell's death.

Where was this going to end? Holly
Randall saw that globe too. Was she

A week ago.

That was me.

A good teacher.

A good man.

After one thing Vincent Bell did for me.

He made me want to be a teacher too so
that I could do better.

And I did do better.

I don't understand how I let this
happen.

Almost left this in the office.

Oh, thank you. That's great. Oh, it's
brilliant.

Rebel.

Don't know the half.

I'm going to join you for the second
round, actually. There's something I

to do first.

It's OK. I haven't come to interrogate
you. I just thought you might be feeling

like you've messed up and that there's
no way to come back from it. So I just

wanted to tell you about something.

What is it?

Something incredibly stupid that I did
when I was around your age involving a

sports field and a bottle of weed
killer.

Well, I don't get it.

What was it?

Well, it... Turned out, it was the
making of me.

All right.

Come on in.

Just once around the block?

Yeah. As always, it's a decent walk at
lunchtime. It'll be fine.

What do you look like, eh?

Sorry about that. I'll get the next
round in.

As no need.

It's on Jamie, who will also be dog
-sitting next weekend, jet -washing the

patio and helping you trim that hedge.

Because we broke a deal.

Everything tells me this is bad.

So I finally went through the boxes in
the shed and it turns out your mother

kept it.

The local paper with a full -page spread
detailing your little teenage incident

that led to your suspension.

Nobody breathes a word of this to Betty,
OK? Because I am supposed to set an

example. I'm a figure of authority and
sound judgment. Oh, for goodness sake,

it's not that funny. It is. I mean, the
sheer scale of this artwork.

Anatomically correct. Yes. I mean, you
can see it from space.

It did take me quite a while. Oh, this
is amazing.

This might be...

The greatest day of my life.