1 00:00:02,130 --> 00:00:04,800 CHILDREN: 2 00:00:04,860 --> 00:00:07,000 3 00:00:07,060 --> 00:00:09,600 merrily, merrily 4 00:00:09,660 --> 00:00:11,730 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:13,930 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,240 7 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:18,280 merrily, merrily 8 00:00:18,330 --> 00:00:20,740 9 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,440 -[ Clattering] 10 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:24,740 11 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:26,000 MAN: Oh, baby! 12 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:28,170 You're really turning me on! 13 00:00:28,230 --> 00:00:30,300 - You shouldn't say these things. - 14 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,140 15 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,440 MAN: You don't know what you're doing to me. 16 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:39,030 But you're making me really hot. You know what I mean'? 17 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:39,970 CHILDREN: 18 00:00:40,030 --> 00:00:40,970 [Screaming] 19 00:00:41,030 --> 00:00:42,910 20 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,200 21 00:00:45,260 --> 00:00:48,680 [Keyboard clacking, DVDs shuffling] 22 00:00:48,730 --> 00:00:50,800 23 00:00:50,860 --> 00:00:53,000 24 00:00:53,060 --> 00:00:54,510 Silence! 25 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,560 This is a bloody library! 26 00:00:58,630 --> 00:01:01,610 -[ Alarm wailing] - Oh, Brian. 27 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:06,770 Come on. 28 00:01:10,130 --> 00:01:12,610 29 00:01:12,660 --> 00:01:15,670 if you're old and gray 30 00:01:15,730 --> 00:01:18,400 I say it's okay 31 00:01:18,460 --> 00:01:20,500 32 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,530 33 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,580 if the sun don't shine 34 00:01:26,630 --> 00:01:29,130 I say it's okay 35 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,300 the end of the day 36 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,040 SubRIP by docent{mults.org 37 00:01:35,530 --> 00:01:37,530 STANDING: Hold on. We've seen all these. 38 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,940 - HALFORD: And these. - Yep, we've read all of them. 39 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,740 And none of them seemed Worth pursuing. 40 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:42,870 STANDING: Well, then. 41 00:01:42,930 --> 00:01:44,200 So now we're gonna read them all again. 42 00:01:44,260 --> 00:01:44,870 Why'? 43 00:01:44,930 --> 00:01:47,370 Because the DAC has noticed that a bunch of these files 44 00:01:47,430 --> 00:01:48,930 never seem to get to the top of the pile, 45 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,100 and he'd like to see some of them progressed. 46 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:52,330 So that's what's gonna happen. 47 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,840 Smashing. 48 00:01:54,900 --> 00:01:57,030 [indistinct talking] 49 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:11,830 [Door closes] 50 00:02:16,530 --> 00:02:18,440 Well, is this all right'? 51 00:02:19,130 --> 00:02:21,700 This is heaven. 52 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,170 They've got over a million volumes. 53 00:02:24,230 --> 00:02:27,110 And unlike the British Library, they're on open shelves, 54 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:28,570 so you can browse them yourself. 55 00:02:28,630 --> 00:02:29,400 Terrific. 56 00:02:29,460 --> 00:02:30,840 LANE: And you can take them home. 57 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:32,470 What, like a library, you mean'? 58 00:02:32,530 --> 00:02:38,770 Look, there's no racks of CDs, DVDs, no misery memoirs. 59 00:02:38,830 --> 00:02:40,900 - No fun at all, then? -It's a proper library. 60 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,370 It smells of books. 61 00:02:42,430 --> 00:02:44,470 - Any progress with these files'? - Nah. 62 00:02:44,530 --> 00:02:45,940 LANE: Yeah, this one's interesting. 63 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,070 Richard Symes, 2007, suspicious death. 64 00:02:49,130 --> 00:02:52,600 Died from traumatic injuries apparently sustained in a fall. 65 00:02:52,660 --> 00:02:55,010 It wasn't interesting last time we looked at it. 66 00:02:55,060 --> 00:02:56,970 Well, among the deceased's possessions 67 00:02:57,030 --> 00:02:58,440 was a London Library card. 68 00:02:58,500 --> 00:02:59,440 Do leave off! 69 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:01,530 Don't you think you're getting a little bit, uh -- 70 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,510 forgive the expression -- obsessive? 71 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,470 Hang on a moment. I think Brian's got a point to make. 72 00:03:05,530 --> 00:03:08,070 - Thank you. - At least I hope he has. 73 00:03:08,130 --> 00:03:09,940 Richard Symes had a load of books 74 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,170 out from the London Library, 75 00:03:11,230 --> 00:03:14,070 some of which he'd taken out just before he died, 76 00:03:14,130 --> 00:03:16,470 which seems a bit odd if you're feeling suicidal. 77 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:17,940 Accident? 78 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,570 What's he doing falling off a roof 79 00:03:19,630 --> 00:03:21,130 on a cold, Wet night in November'? 80 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,330 Any motive for murder'? 81 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,530 Not according to the original inquiry. 82 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,170 Coroner recorded an open verdict. 83 00:03:27,230 --> 00:03:29,110 What makes you think we're gonna do any better? 84 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:30,300 Is there any new evidence? 85 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,170 No, but I was wondering, 86 00:03:32,230 --> 00:03:34,000 did anybody ever read these books? 87 00:03:34,060 --> 00:03:37,200 Reading the books might tell an investigator something. 88 00:03:37,260 --> 00:03:38,540 All right, you go and read them. You're a member -- 89 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,130 Oh, well, now, no. Now, Sandra, hang on a minute. 90 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:42,440 I've only just joined. 91 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:46,030 If I go barging in there with me ex-copper's boots on, 92 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:47,070 I'll put everyone's backs up. 93 00:03:47,130 --> 00:03:48,570 Just find the books and have a look at them. 94 00:03:48,630 --> 00:03:49,900 Any reader can do that. 95 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,140 Basically, Brian, you'll be drawing your salary 96 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,840 for sitting on your ass with your nose in a book. 97 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:56,600 Enough said. 98 00:03:57,930 --> 00:04:00,070 Dr. Richard Symes, head 99 00:04:00,130 --> 00:04:03,200 of the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, 100 00:04:03,260 --> 00:04:06,140 London Municipal University. 101 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,670 He was an authority on botanical sciences in the 18th century. 102 00:04:09,730 --> 00:04:11,970 I've solved this already. He died of boredom. 103 00:04:12,030 --> 00:04:12,900 [Chuckles] 104 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,470 LANE: The body was discovered November 2007. 105 00:04:16,530 --> 00:04:18,510 Now, the postmortem found injuries 106 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,630 consistent with a fall from the roof terrace 107 00:04:20,700 --> 00:04:22,610 of the university library building. 108 00:04:22,660 --> 00:04:24,900 - HALFORD: Witnesses? - LANE: No, nobody saw the fall. 109 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,570 Body discovered by Pavel Illich, a security guard. 110 00:04:28,630 --> 00:04:29,400 Family? 111 00:04:29,460 --> 00:04:31,910 Yes, a widow, Paula Symes. 112 00:04:32,830 --> 00:04:35,870 Ooh, hello. Maybe he didn't die of boredom. 113 00:04:35,930 --> 00:04:37,640 So predictable, Gerry. 114 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:41,040 Described as an antiquarian book dealer, no children. 115 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:43,040 - I'll talk to her. - I'll come with you. 116 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:45,130 Jack, you can go to the university 117 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:46,830 and check if the security guard's still around 118 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:49,000 and see if any of his colleagues are available for interview. 119 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:50,200 - Yeah. - And, Brian'? 120 00:04:50,260 --> 00:04:52,610 I'll get my reading boots on. 121 00:04:56,260 --> 00:04:58,330 [indistinct conversation] 122 00:05:08,330 --> 00:05:10,170 - Pavel Illich'? -[ Russian accent] Yes. 123 00:05:10,230 --> 00:05:11,540 My name's Jack Halford. 124 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,270 I'm with the Metropolitan Police. 125 00:05:13,330 --> 00:05:16,170 We're re-investigating the death of Richard Symes. 126 00:05:16,230 --> 00:05:17,330 You found the body'? 127 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,070 Uh, yes, about Where you're standing now. 128 00:05:19,130 --> 00:05:20,510 Hmm. 129 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,770 Can we get access to the roof terrace'? 130 00:05:22,830 --> 00:05:24,030 Sure. 131 00:05:24,100 --> 00:05:26,170 - This way, please. - Thank you. 132 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:32,540 Come this way, please. 133 00:05:33,230 --> 00:05:34,760 HALFORD: All this work. 134 00:05:34,830 --> 00:05:36,900 Refurbishing the library, are they? 135 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,840 Never. It's being turned into student accommodation. 136 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:41,140 More money that Way. 137 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,700 So, Where are they putting the library? 138 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,440 No more library. 139 00:05:52,130 --> 00:05:54,200 HALFORD: Did you know Richard Symes'? 140 00:05:54,260 --> 00:05:55,760 PAVEL: I knew who he was -- 141 00:05:55,830 --> 00:05:59,240 security, we have to know -- but not more than that. 142 00:05:59,300 --> 00:06:01,240 HALFORD: What was he doing up here'? 143 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:05,000 This roof terrace is hardly the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, 144 00:06:05,060 --> 00:06:06,300 is it'? 145 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:07,930 Library is a no-smoking area. 146 00:06:08,730 --> 00:06:11,300 Students, staff come out here for a cigarette. 147 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,280 According to my information, Symes was a nonsmoker, 148 00:06:14,330 --> 00:06:15,970 so what might have been the attraction 149 00:06:16,030 --> 00:06:18,870 on a Wet November night? 150 00:06:18,930 --> 00:06:20,410 A mystery. 151 00:06:30,300 --> 00:06:32,900 Type in as much information as you have about a book. 152 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,940 [Keyboard clacking] 153 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:41,870 Mr. Lane'? 154 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:44,240 Yeah, sorry, sorry. 155 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:50,840 The display shows that we've got it. 156 00:06:50,900 --> 00:06:52,170 Now click on "availability." 157 00:06:53,660 --> 00:06:56,300 Now you can see the book's available for borrowing. 158 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:57,840 All you need to do is note down the shelf mark, 159 00:06:57,900 --> 00:06:59,000 and you can find it. 160 00:06:59,060 --> 00:07:00,940 Well, I think I've got the hang of that. 161 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,170 Thanks very much, Emma. 162 00:07:03,230 --> 00:07:05,270 Just ask if there's anything you need help with. 163 00:07:05,330 --> 00:07:07,930 What's your particular area of interest? 164 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,700 Yeah, well, oh, books, really. 165 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,000 [Chuckles] 166 00:07:13,060 --> 00:07:14,540 Well, you've come to the right place. 167 00:07:25,630 --> 00:07:28,630 [indistinct conversations] 168 00:07:57,630 --> 00:07:59,340 [Knock on door] 169 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,440 Mr. Halford, the vice chancellor. 170 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:04,500 - Jeremy Ventham. - Jack Halford. 171 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,100 Thank you for seeing me, Mr. Ventham. 172 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,900 It's "Doctor" actually, 173 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,600 but we don't go in for formality at LMU. 174 00:08:10,660 --> 00:08:12,840 Oh, not being a varsity man myself, 175 00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:16,070 I don't grasp all the distinctions. 176 00:08:16,130 --> 00:08:18,110 - Sit down, Jack. - Thank you. 177 00:08:19,230 --> 00:08:22,230 I told your secretary that we're, um, 178 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:26,110 investigating the circumstances of the death of Richard Symes. 179 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:30,010 Yes, uh, very sad business. 180 00:08:30,060 --> 00:08:31,970 Can you think of any reason 181 00:08:32,030 --> 00:08:34,470 why he would have been on the roof terrace that night? 182 00:08:34,530 --> 00:08:35,940 Your guess is as good as mine. 183 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 I was hoping to see some of his old colleagues, 184 00:08:38,060 --> 00:08:40,870 but, of course, his department doesn't exist anymore, does it'? 185 00:08:40,930 --> 00:08:42,200 That's right, Jack. 186 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:44,570 History and philosophy of science -- 187 00:08:44,630 --> 00:08:46,730 bit ivory-tower for us. 188 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,470 Doesn't out it with LMU's target demographic. 189 00:08:49,530 --> 00:08:50,340 Really? 190 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,270 A bright kid with straight A's 191 00:08:52,330 --> 00:08:53,600 or the International Baccalaureate 192 00:08:53,660 --> 00:08:56,300 wants to hear about accountancy, management economics, 193 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,600 company and commercial law. 194 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:00,370 She's made an investment. She's heavily leveraged. 195 00:09:00,430 --> 00:09:03,000 She wants to see big-time payback. 196 00:09:03,060 --> 00:09:05,470 When was the Symes department closed down'? 197 00:09:05,530 --> 00:09:06,840 Just after his death. 198 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:09,810 How did he feel about the department closing down 199 00:09:09,860 --> 00:09:11,540 and the imminent end of his career? 200 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,540 Well, nobody wants to be in a situation like that, 201 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,070 but, uh, I mean, the fact is, 202 00:09:16,130 --> 00:09:18,470 poor old Richard wanted to go on living in the 1960, 203 00:09:18,530 --> 00:09:19,470 when he was a student. 204 00:09:19,530 --> 00:09:22,030 Academia was a different world back then -- 205 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:25,870 jobs for life, "grants," not loans. 206 00:09:25,930 --> 00:09:28,170 Cloud-cuckoo-land. It couldn't last. 207 00:09:28,230 --> 00:09:29,610 We all had to grow up. 208 00:09:29,660 --> 00:09:31,440 And he accepted it'? 209 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:33,770 I think he found ways to live with it. 210 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:44,510 JASPER: Yes, all right. Till after lunch, yes. 211 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,240 Am I right for Bibliography? 212 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:51,830 Dear me, no. This is Biography, "A" to 213 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:54,000 Two more floors to go. 214 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:55,870 You're new here, aren't you'? 215 00:09:55,930 --> 00:09:56,930 Yes. 216 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,700 Don't worry. We still get lost. 217 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,400 And we've been regular users for 30 years. 218 00:10:01,460 --> 00:10:02,870 Follow us! 219 00:10:02,930 --> 00:10:04,200 LANE: Thank you. 220 00:10:04,260 --> 00:10:08,340 I'm Jasper Urquhart, by the way. This is my wife, Sophie. 221 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:09,900 Brian Lane. How do you do'? 222 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,340 What's your field, Brian'? 223 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:12,340 LANE: Sorry'? 224 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,810 What are you researching into'? If it's not a secret. 225 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:19,610 Oh, well, uh, history and philosophy of science 226 00:10:19,660 --> 00:10:20,830 and so forth. 227 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:22,030 Oh, interesting. 228 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:23,470 That's rather close to our own field. 229 00:10:23,530 --> 00:10:24,940 LANE: Oh'? What's that, then'? 230 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,130 The corn field. 231 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,640 SOPHIE: Oh, Jasper, you Wicked man. 232 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:32,440 Or the fallow field or the pasture. 233 00:10:32,500 --> 00:10:34,240 We're economic historians, Mr. Lane, 234 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:37,640 and we specialize in the Agricultural Revolution. 235 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:38,570 Fantastic. 236 00:10:38,630 --> 00:10:41,630 Not a fashionable topic in today's academic world, 237 00:10:41,700 --> 00:10:43,200 but we struggle on. 238 00:10:43,260 --> 00:10:46,680 Religion that way, Bibliography this Way. 239 00:10:47,430 --> 00:10:49,100 HALFORD: I must say, I'm a bit surprised 240 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:50,940 at the university closing its library. 241 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,700 Wasn't cost-effective, given the overhead. 242 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,210 If the students need books, 243 00:10:55,260 --> 00:10:57,470 there's our excellent and highly profitable shop, 244 00:10:57,530 --> 00:10:59,470 but, quite frankly, Jack, 245 00:10:59,530 --> 00:11:02,130 LMU's new Multimedia Learning Resource Center 246 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,440 is a far better source of information access 247 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:05,940 than any old library. 248 00:11:06,730 --> 00:11:08,730 It's the digital age. 249 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:09,930 Books are history. 250 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,410 Yes, well, thanks for your time, Jeremy. 251 00:11:13,460 --> 00:11:15,530 Um, we may need to talk again. 252 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:16,870 Of course, Jack. 253 00:11:16,930 --> 00:11:22,670 Uh, as a matter of interest, what's your academic discipline? 254 00:11:22,730 --> 00:11:25,140 Oh, I came up through the business school. 255 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,670 Before I became vice chancellor, 256 00:11:26,730 --> 00:11:28,730 I was head of the Department of Financial Control. 257 00:11:30,060 --> 00:11:33,040 There's no end to what people study these days, is there? 258 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:34,340 [Chuckles] 259 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,740 Check out our prospectus, Jack. 260 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,270 You might find something that appeals. 261 00:11:40,260 --> 00:11:41,970 Oh. 262 00:11:42,030 --> 00:11:43,030 Thank you. 263 00:11:56,430 --> 00:11:58,340 [Light clicks] 264 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:02,100 Thought this might help. 265 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:03,230 Thanks. 266 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:09,170 Oh. 267 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:17,140 Any assistance we can give, feel free to ask. 268 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:18,500 Thanks very much. 269 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:20,100 Shh! 270 00:12:24,830 --> 00:12:26,830 STANDING: Oh, that's a bit posh. 271 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:29,900 -[ Car alarm chirps] - I've never met a rich widow. 272 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,410 PULLMAN: She doesn't own the business. She just works here. 273 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:34,600 STANDING: Well, maybe someday. 274 00:12:34,660 --> 00:12:36,200 PAULA: Richard's sudden death 275 00:12:36,260 --> 00:12:39,210 was a deeply traumatic experience for me. 276 00:12:39,260 --> 00:12:41,260 These past three years, I've moved on. 277 00:12:41,330 --> 00:12:43,210 I really see no purpose in reopening the matter. 278 00:12:43,260 --> 00:12:45,330 PULLMAN: The cause of death was never established. 279 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,170 The cause of death was Jeremy Ventham. 280 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:49,570 What exactly do you mean by that? 281 00:12:49,630 --> 00:12:52,300 I don't mean that he pushed him off the roof. 282 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:55,370 He just destroyed Richard's life, that's all. 283 00:12:55,430 --> 00:12:56,410 How'? 284 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:59,670 Richard believed in giving his students the very best, 285 00:12:59,730 --> 00:13:01,830 and he expected the best from them. 286 00:13:01,900 --> 00:13:05,430 I know that because he was my teacher 20 years ago. 287 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:07,770 Richard believed in academic standards. 288 00:13:07,830 --> 00:13:09,930 So, what did Jeremy Ventham do Wrong? 289 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,370 Ventham thinks that the university is a degree factory 290 00:13:13,430 --> 00:13:14,960 and that the students are customers. 291 00:13:15,030 --> 00:13:17,270 So they should get what they want for their money. 292 00:13:17,330 --> 00:13:18,310 Meaning'? 293 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,930 Meaning high marks for average achievements 294 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,670 and pass marks for no achievement at all. 295 00:13:23,730 --> 00:13:25,070 Richard objected to this, 296 00:13:25,130 --> 00:13:27,940 but Ventham told him to teach to their expectations. 297 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,530 When Richard tried to defend his department's integrity, 298 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,170 Ventham decided to close it down. 299 00:13:33,230 --> 00:13:36,000 When you say this was the cause of your husband's death -- 300 00:13:36,060 --> 00:13:38,840 I don't know whether he took his own life, 301 00:13:38,900 --> 00:13:42,400 but I know he felt betrayed and abused. 302 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,200 ESTHER: Brian'? 303 00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:53,070 You know, Esther, I ask myself if I'm not wasting my talents 304 00:13:53,130 --> 00:13:55,630 in the rough and tumble of criminal investigation. 305 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:58,270 I'm sure I'm better suited to the life of the mind. 306 00:13:58,330 --> 00:13:59,270 Quite possibly. 307 00:13:59,330 --> 00:14:01,540 Look, will you please come and have a look 308 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,370 at the cracks in the plasterwork upstairs? 309 00:14:03,430 --> 00:14:05,370 I think we could be talking about subsidence. 310 00:14:05,430 --> 00:14:07,740 Why don't you get that Polish bloke to have a look at it'? 311 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,780 He can't deal with subsidence. It might need underpinning. 312 00:14:10,830 --> 00:14:12,640 It could be an insurance job. 313 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:14,700 Well, whatever you decide, my dear. 314 00:14:15,900 --> 00:14:18,540 I'm beginning to feel I could spend the autumn of my days 315 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:20,840 in scholarly seclusion, 316 00:14:20,900 --> 00:14:23,030 unearthing the mental and spiritual riches 317 00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:24,470 of the world of literature. 318 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:26,600 Why not go the whole hog and become a monk'? 319 00:14:27,860 --> 00:14:29,970 You've already got the haircut. 320 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:33,370 Contrary to what you told my colleague, it's been put to us 321 00:14:33,430 --> 00:14:35,270 that you were forcing Richard Symes out of a job 322 00:14:35,330 --> 00:14:37,570 because he refused to lower his standards 323 00:14:37,630 --> 00:14:40,070 to get more students through the system with higher grades. 324 00:14:40,130 --> 00:14:42,340 Richard Symes wasn't a martyr for academic standards. 325 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:43,970 He took the offer of early retirement 326 00:14:44,030 --> 00:14:45,060 because I gave him a choice -- 327 00:14:45,130 --> 00:14:48,410 either go quietly with a generous retirement package 328 00:14:48,460 --> 00:14:50,530 or face criminal prosecution and dismissal. 329 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:51,630 For what? 330 00:14:51,700 --> 00:14:54,140 The theft of books from the university library. 331 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,610 Some valuable items went missing. 332 00:14:56,660 --> 00:14:58,340 Books of the same description 333 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,100 appeared in the antiquarian market. 334 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,140 You know Paula Symes is in the rare book trade? 335 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:02,870 Yes. 336 00:15:02,930 --> 00:15:05,570 We believed she was in charge of what you'd call the handling. 337 00:15:05,630 --> 00:15:07,200 How did he get the books out of the library? 338 00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:09,040 I have no idea. 339 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:11,270 We had an electronic security system. 340 00:15:11,330 --> 00:15:12,670 If I'd known the details, 341 00:15:12,730 --> 00:15:13,970 I could have sacked him on the spot 342 00:15:14,030 --> 00:15:15,270 instead of buying the bugger off. 343 00:15:15,330 --> 00:15:17,330 Was any of this reported to the police? 344 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,570 That's not what I wanted, for the sake of LMU's image. 345 00:15:20,630 --> 00:15:23,010 But confronted with my suspicions, 346 00:15:23,060 --> 00:15:24,840 Symes seemed happy enough 347 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:27,540 at the prospect of taking the money and going. 348 00:15:28,730 --> 00:15:34,440 It's a sad, sordid story, but that's all there is to it. 349 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,970 [Sighs] 350 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,370 [Clatter] 351 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,880 Look at the state of this lot. 352 00:16:19,930 --> 00:16:22,740 I only hope they appreciated what they're getting. 353 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,400 University wasn't an option when I was young. 354 00:16:25,460 --> 00:16:27,340 It was a privilege of the elite. 355 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:28,770 It's not much of a privilege now. 356 00:16:28,830 --> 00:16:30,830 In fact, most of them are up to their necks in debt for it. 357 00:16:30,900 --> 00:16:34,540 Yes, well, I hope it inculcates a sense of adult responsibility. 358 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,800 - I doubt it. - No, no, no. Now, look. 359 00:16:36,860 --> 00:16:40,140 Is that deep, or is it bloody obvious? 360 00:16:42,660 --> 00:16:44,660 I think you'd have to have a degree in philosophy 361 00:16:44,730 --> 00:16:45,800 to work that one out, Jack. 362 00:16:45,860 --> 00:16:47,770 Yeah, well, a bit late in the day for degrees now. 363 00:16:47,830 --> 00:16:49,810 -It's never too late. - Come on, Sandra. 364 00:16:49,860 --> 00:16:52,840 How could I possibly hold my own with all these smart kids'? 365 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:54,930 When I was at university, you didn't have to be a genius, 366 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,370 and it's certainly not got any harder. 367 00:16:56,430 --> 00:16:58,570 Well, maybe. 368 00:16:58,630 --> 00:17:01,470 - Pavel, hello. - Oh, hello. 369 00:17:01,530 --> 00:17:04,170 Uh, this is Pavel Illich. He found Symes' body. 370 00:17:04,230 --> 00:17:07,230 This is my colleague, Detective Superintendent Pullman. 371 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:08,270 Orr duty'? 372 00:17:08,330 --> 00:17:10,000 Security is a part-time job. 373 00:17:10,060 --> 00:17:12,240 I'm also a PhD student in economics. 374 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:13,770 Working your way through college? 375 00:17:13,830 --> 00:17:14,830 Well done. 376 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:17,270 Isn't that Jasper Urquhart? 377 00:17:17,330 --> 00:17:18,310 Yes, it is. Yes. 378 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:20,430 We were told the Urquharts had retired. 379 00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:22,810 Well, yes, but they came back, part time. 380 00:17:22,860 --> 00:17:25,740 Teach economic history as option to economics undergraduates. 381 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,300 - Big demand for that, is there'? - PAVEL: No, not really. 382 00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:30,770 As Henry Ford say, "History is punk." 383 00:17:30,830 --> 00:17:31,860 - HALFORD: Bunk. - PAVEL: Yes. 384 00:17:31,930 --> 00:17:34,100 A soft option for wankers. 385 00:17:34,900 --> 00:17:37,600 Economists with any brain wants to do what I'm doing -- 386 00:17:37,660 --> 00:17:40,440 learn to build mathematical models of derivative trading, 387 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:43,100 join the merchant bank, and make megabucks. 388 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,800 So, why were the Urquharts brought back? 389 00:17:45,860 --> 00:17:48,470 Vice chancellor says economics students 390 00:17:48,530 --> 00:17:51,100 need more breadth of cultural understanding. 391 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,040 If you excuse me, I have a meeting with my supervisor. 392 00:17:55,660 --> 00:17:58,700 Doesn't sound like a Jeremy Ventham line to me. 393 00:18:01,030 --> 00:18:03,570 Brian, join me. 394 00:18:03,630 --> 00:18:05,440 Oh. Thank you. 395 00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:10,130 Are you settling in as a library member'? 396 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:11,670 Yeah, very well, thank you. 397 00:18:11,730 --> 00:18:13,040 Good. 398 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:19,670 Now, Brian, tell me, as a philosopher of science, 399 00:18:19,730 --> 00:18:24,340 do you support Kuhn's idea of revolutionary paradigm shifts? 400 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,380 Or are you tempted 401 00:18:26,430 --> 00:18:30,500 by the radical antinomianism of Feyerabend'? 402 00:18:31,530 --> 00:18:33,130 I try to keep an open mind. 403 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:34,730 [Chuckles] 404 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,210 Mm. 405 00:18:36,260 --> 00:18:38,500 I'm sure it's very wise. 406 00:18:39,260 --> 00:18:43,180 So, what brings Jasper and yourself to the library? 407 00:18:43,230 --> 00:18:45,710 We're academics. Where else will we go'? 408 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,830 Especially since our university library has been taken over 409 00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:53,370 by a Multimedia Learning Resource Center... 410 00:18:53,430 --> 00:18:58,400 full of undergraduates playing with their mobile phones. 411 00:18:58,460 --> 00:18:59,960 Point taken. 412 00:19:03,130 --> 00:19:06,010 What exactly are you researching, Brian'? 413 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:11,640 Bibliographical questions in my field of interest. 414 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,470 So, how is the work progressing? 415 00:19:15,530 --> 00:19:17,300 Mm... 416 00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:21,770 I can't quite see the wood for the trees at the moment. 417 00:19:23,900 --> 00:19:25,270 Really? 418 00:19:26,330 --> 00:19:29,330 You know, sometimes it helps to talk things over. 419 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,540 Oh, I think I've got to work this one out for myself. 420 00:19:51,130 --> 00:19:53,010 HALFORD: If Symes was a thief, 421 00:19:53,060 --> 00:19:55,170 maybe that's what he was doing on the roof. 422 00:19:55,230 --> 00:19:56,170 STANDING; What? 423 00:19:56,230 --> 00:19:59,610 The university library has an electronic security system. 424 00:19:59,660 --> 00:20:01,940 All the books have to be checked at the desk. 425 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,240 Otherwise, they set off an alarm 426 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:05,100 when they go through the turnstile. 427 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,730 But Symes may have found a way 'round that. 428 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,870 He takes the books onto the roof, 429 00:20:09,930 --> 00:20:11,600 chucks them down to an accomplice, 430 00:20:11,660 --> 00:20:13,570 who takes them off to Paula to be fenced. 431 00:20:13,630 --> 00:20:15,870 Okay, okay, if we go with that, 432 00:20:15,930 --> 00:20:17,430 then we could be looking at an accident. 433 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:19,770 Symes leans over too far. 434 00:20:19,830 --> 00:20:21,770 Yeah, but what about this accomplice, 435 00:20:21,830 --> 00:20:23,270 the book catcher on the ground'? 436 00:20:23,330 --> 00:20:25,900 At the very least, he would have witnessed the death. 437 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,000 Right, so we're looking for an accomplice/witness. 438 00:20:30,060 --> 00:20:31,130 And murderer. 439 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,510 There was a criminal conspiracy. Thieves fall out. 440 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,140 Nicking library books is hardly a criminal conspiracy, is it'? 441 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,640 I mean, I can't see middle-class professional people 442 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:41,940 killing each other over it. 443 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,070 There could be a lot at stake, Gerry. 444 00:20:44,130 --> 00:20:46,270 Talking about book theft's made me realize 445 00:20:46,330 --> 00:20:49,000 what Symes' reading list was all about. 446 00:20:49,060 --> 00:20:49,670 Go on. 447 00:20:49,730 --> 00:20:52,570 Well, I thought it must be about particular subjects 448 00:20:52,630 --> 00:20:55,840 or authors or periods of history. 449 00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:58,100 But that was all Wrong. 450 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:02,270 All these bibliographies and catalogs include information 451 00:21:02,330 --> 00:21:05,240 about books that are quite exceptionally valuable. 452 00:21:05,300 --> 00:21:07,300 That's the common factor. 453 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:10,040 So, Symes was doing his homework for the thefts? 454 00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:12,870 So, are we talking serious money, for old books'? 455 00:21:12,930 --> 00:21:16,400 Tens of thousands of pounds, in some cases, millions. 456 00:21:16,460 --> 00:21:19,530 Yeah, but the university was just a poly a few years ago. 457 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,700 They Wouldn't have had rare books lying around, surely? 458 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,400 They might not have known what they'd got. 459 00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:25,810 Right, I want to know more about Paula and her book business. 460 00:21:25,860 --> 00:21:27,710 - Jack, you haven't met her. - No. 461 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,740 So keep an eye on her for a few days, see how she operates. 462 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:30,540 Right. 463 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,730 PULLMAN: Brian, are you finished in the library? 464 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,400 Oh, dear me, no, no. I still need to be there. 465 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:37,770 There's some very funny stuff going on. 466 00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:38,430 Like what? 467 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:42,170 Well, my documents have been suspiciously disturbed. 468 00:21:42,230 --> 00:21:43,870 So have you, from time to time. 469 00:21:43,930 --> 00:21:45,130 And there's something very odd 470 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,510 about the way the Urquharts are behaving towards me. 471 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,010 Just who do they think you are, Brian'? 472 00:21:50,060 --> 00:21:53,870 Just another member of the intelligentsia, obviously. 473 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:19,160 Morning, sir. 474 00:22:19,230 --> 00:22:20,800 HALFORD: Thank you. 475 00:22:57,430 --> 00:22:59,100 Oh. 476 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,340 [Sighs ] Mr. Lane, this is a library. 477 00:23:04,230 --> 00:23:06,230 According to the original inquiry, 478 00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:08,100 you were both working in the university library 479 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,870 the night Richard Symes died. 480 00:23:09,930 --> 00:23:11,530 - Yes. - Yes, that's right. 481 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:12,770 PULLMAN: And in your interviews, 482 00:23:12,830 --> 00:23:14,710 you said that you suspected nothing suspicious. 483 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,540 Is that still your recollection? 484 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:17,900 The first we knew of it 485 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,570 was the sound of the ambulance and the police arriving. 486 00:23:20,630 --> 00:23:22,070 Did you speak to him that evening'? 487 00:23:22,130 --> 00:23:23,230 No, not at all. 488 00:23:23,300 --> 00:23:24,500 PULLMAN: How well did you know him'? 489 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,270 Well, we were in different departments, 490 00:23:26,330 --> 00:23:28,240 but we had interests in common. 491 00:23:28,300 --> 00:23:32,300 Richard was a specialist in 18th-century botanical science, 492 00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:34,570 and obviously that was relevant 493 00:23:34,630 --> 00:23:36,730 to our study of agricultural history. 494 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,140 SOPHIE: In fact, we three collaborated 495 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:39,700 on an academic paper. 496 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,330 In the Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 497 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,400 Was there anything in Richard's behavior 498 00:23:44,460 --> 00:23:47,170 that might lead you to believe that he would take his own life'? 499 00:23:47,230 --> 00:23:49,640 No, no, not at all. 500 00:23:49,700 --> 00:23:52,270 But you can never tell with people, can you'? 501 00:23:52,330 --> 00:23:53,400 Did he have any enemies? 502 00:23:53,460 --> 00:23:55,030 None that we know of. 503 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,940 What can you tell us about the allegations 504 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,030 that he was systematically stealing the university's books'? 505 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,970 Well, we were aware that books were missing from the library, 506 00:24:06,030 --> 00:24:07,870 but we never suspected Richard. 507 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,440 Item 17 on your list, 508 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:19,530 a copy of Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass," 509 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,080 1872, first edition. 510 00:25:22,130 --> 00:25:25,080 A reserve price of £500 had been set. 511 00:25:25,130 --> 00:25:26,610 However, it's been brought to my attention 512 00:25:26,660 --> 00:25:29,640 that this item is not complete as described in your catalog. 513 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:32,540 Page 63 is missing. 514 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,630 Due to the incomplete nature of the item, 515 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:36,000 the reserve has been removed. 516 00:25:36,060 --> 00:25:39,910 Nevertheless, I'll start by asking for £500. 517 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,270 £400'? 518 00:25:41,330 --> 00:25:43,000 £300'? 519 00:25:43,060 --> 00:25:44,940 £250'? 520 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,500 £250 I have. Any advance? 521 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,800 £260, anyone? 522 00:25:48,860 --> 00:25:51,470 £260 I'm bid. Any advance? 523 00:25:51,530 --> 00:25:53,130 Madam? 524 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,470 The bid is £260. 525 00:25:55,530 --> 00:25:56,770 Anyone? 526 00:25:56,830 --> 00:25:58,170 [Gavel bangs] 527 00:25:58,230 --> 00:26:00,040 Sold to the gentleman in the second row. 528 00:26:02,830 --> 00:26:03,970 MAN: Good afternoon, sir. 529 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:06,170 TIMOTHY: Afternoon. The name is Timothy Mortimer. 530 00:26:06,230 --> 00:26:07,440 - MAN: Mortimer. - TIMOTHY: Mortimer. 531 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:10,530 And the address is flat 3. 532 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,010 -75 Winchfield Road. - Winchfield. 533 00:26:13,060 --> 00:26:14,770 Winchfield Road, West Hampstead. 534 00:26:14,830 --> 00:26:15,430 Lovely. 535 00:26:15,500 --> 00:26:18,030 [Keyboard clacking] 536 00:26:28,860 --> 00:26:30,740 Great system, this, eh'? 537 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,140 What's your particular field of interest? 538 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:35,300 Business. 539 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:36,470 Oh, yes? 540 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,670 Particularly my own and how to mind it. 541 00:26:45,930 --> 00:26:48,270 [indistinct whispering] 542 00:27:19,530 --> 00:27:21,600 [indistinct talking] 543 00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:26,140 [Glasses clink] 544 00:27:37,660 --> 00:27:39,870 HALFORD: His name is Timothy Mortimer, 545 00:27:40,030 --> 00:27:42,600 and he was Richard Symes' research student 546 00:27:42,660 --> 00:27:44,270 at the time of Symes' death. 547 00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:46,570 So, Symes' widow and his research student 548 00:27:46,630 --> 00:27:48,130 are involved in their own book scam. 549 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,230 And now they're getting up close and personal. 550 00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:54,000 And maybe Mortimer was also involved in the library thefts. 551 00:27:54,060 --> 00:27:55,270 We'll call them both in for interview. 552 00:27:55,330 --> 00:27:57,780 You and I will take her. You two, do the boyfriend. 553 00:27:57,830 --> 00:27:59,640 Oh, no, no, no Way. No, Wrong. 554 00:27:59,700 --> 00:28:00,640 Sorry'? 555 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:04,230 Well, if I show me hand as -- as an investigator, 556 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:06,100 me cover's blown at the library, isn't it? 557 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:07,610 Brian, you're not there undercover. 558 00:28:07,660 --> 00:28:08,770 You're just doing a bit of reading. 559 00:28:08,830 --> 00:28:12,000 This has gone way beyond that. I'm definitely being spied on. 560 00:28:12,060 --> 00:28:13,410 And you've said that before. 561 00:28:13,460 --> 00:28:16,200 This is not about my medication. 562 00:28:16,260 --> 00:28:18,970 This case is all about books and libraries, 563 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:20,600 and that's where it will be solved. 564 00:28:20,660 --> 00:28:21,660 I know it is! 565 00:28:21,730 --> 00:28:23,570 Oi! I'm the governor here. 566 00:28:23,630 --> 00:28:25,510 Yes, we are all clear about that, aren't we, Brian'? 567 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,070 There's no argument who gives the orders around here. 568 00:28:28,130 --> 00:28:30,770 But, I mean, think about this interview with Mortimer. 569 00:28:30,830 --> 00:28:33,330 It's all gonna be about ducking and diving, 570 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:34,930 a bit of rumpy-pumpy on the side. 571 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,630 I mean, that's my territory, innit'? 572 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:39,070 I mean, poor old Brian would be way out of his depth. 573 00:28:39,130 --> 00:28:42,370 Maybe Gerry would be better off on his own. 574 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:47,340 I'm sorry. Look, I just think I'll be more cost-effective 575 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,140 if I can do another couple of days in the library, that's all. 576 00:28:51,900 --> 00:28:53,340 A couple of days. 577 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:55,140 Yes! 578 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,900 The meter's running. 579 00:28:58,830 --> 00:29:01,400 STANDING: So, what exactly do you do for a living, Tim'? 580 00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:04,200 Well, I suppose I've got what you'd call a portfolio career 581 00:29:04,260 --> 00:29:05,210 at the moment. 582 00:29:05,260 --> 00:29:07,970 I'm still finishing my PhD. I do a bit of teaching. 583 00:29:08,030 --> 00:29:10,800 I make a bit of money as a runner in the book trade. 584 00:29:10,860 --> 00:29:13,270 - What does that mean'? - I buy and sell books. 585 00:29:13,330 --> 00:29:15,040 But I don't have a business premises 586 00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:18,630 or issue catalogs or carry much stock. 587 00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:20,800 If I see a book at a good price, I'll buy it, 588 00:29:20,860 --> 00:29:23,240 try to sell it on quickly to a more established dealer. 589 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:25,800 See, we've got a little problem. 590 00:29:25,860 --> 00:29:30,000 We think that you conspired with Paula Symes 591 00:29:30,060 --> 00:29:35,670 to defraud the auction house and the vendor 592 00:29:35,730 --> 00:29:37,140 when this book was sold. 593 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:40,900 Well, that's putting 594 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,670 a particular interpretation on events. 595 00:29:43,730 --> 00:29:46,540 This book was on sale in the shop where you work, 596 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,340 described as complete and offered at £600. 597 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,210 Now, a page has recently been tipped in. 598 00:29:52,260 --> 00:29:54,330 I believe that's the technical term? 599 00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:57,540 A repair has been effected. 600 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:58,970 That's nothing unusual. 601 00:29:59,030 --> 00:30:01,510 I think what I witnessed between you and Timothy Mortimer 602 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,060 speaks for itself. 603 00:30:03,130 --> 00:30:06,130 A copy of a book changed hands at auction. 604 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,870 A copy of the same book was for sale in the shop. 605 00:30:08,930 --> 00:30:10,530 You're making a lot of inferences 606 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,970 after snooping into my personal life. 607 00:30:13,030 --> 00:30:15,340 I think you'd have a hard time proving anything. 608 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:16,670 PULLMAN: Maybe. 609 00:30:16,730 --> 00:30:18,800 But then you and the business you work for 610 00:30:18,860 --> 00:30:20,030 would also have a hard time 611 00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:23,010 whilst we were conducting the investigation, don't you think? 612 00:30:23,860 --> 00:30:25,270 STANDING: We want your cooperation 613 00:30:25,330 --> 00:30:28,830 in our investigation into the death of Richard Symes. 614 00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:31,170 Now, in view of your recent conduct, 615 00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:33,040 you'd be well-advised to come clean 616 00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:34,540 about what you were doing in the past. 617 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:35,670 Do you understand? 618 00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:37,930 Yeah. 619 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,870 Richard Symes was stealing valuable books 620 00:30:39,930 --> 00:30:41,030 from the university, 621 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:43,470 and you were putting them onto the market for him. 622 00:30:43,530 --> 00:30:44,840 That's right, isn't it, Paula'? 623 00:30:44,900 --> 00:30:47,000 Richard thought that Jeremy Ventham 624 00:30:47,060 --> 00:30:49,940 was subverting the standards of the university. 625 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,980 He knew Ventham wanted to destroy his department 626 00:30:53,030 --> 00:30:54,530 and to get rid of him. 627 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,870 The library itself was scheduled for closure. 628 00:30:57,930 --> 00:31:00,640 Collections that had taken decades to build up 629 00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:03,340 would be dispersed, probably at knockdown value. 630 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,030 That's if they Weren't just dumped into skips. 631 00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:06,400 Surely that Wouldn't happen. 632 00:31:06,460 --> 00:31:07,700 PAULA: It's happened before, 633 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,210 with libraries being wiped out by bean-counting barbarians. 634 00:31:11,260 --> 00:31:13,800 So Richard decided to go 635 00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:17,110 for what Ventham would no doubt call payback. 636 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:18,900 He smuggled out some salable books, 637 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,170 and I found buyers for them. 638 00:31:20,230 --> 00:31:22,730 When you say "salable books," what are we talking about'? 639 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,710 Nothing very rare or precious -- 640 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,500 maybe, What, £50 to £100, mostly. 641 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:31,840 And can we be clear about the method and who was involved? 642 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,810 [Camera shutter clicks] 643 00:31:49,230 --> 00:31:51,400 [Camera shutter clicks] 644 00:31:51,460 --> 00:31:53,910 Richard brought the books out onto the roof terrace 645 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,670 and then threw them down to me, and then I took them to Paula, 646 00:31:56,730 --> 00:31:58,730 and she sold them on in the trade. 647 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,370 Thank you, Tim. That's very good. 648 00:32:01,430 --> 00:32:04,880 So, you were in the car park the night of Richard's fatal fall. 649 00:32:04,930 --> 00:32:07,380 - No, not that night. - Oh, come on! 650 00:32:07,430 --> 00:32:09,700 He was at it that night, and you were his accomplice! 651 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,670 No, I didn't know he was taking books that night, 652 00:32:11,730 --> 00:32:14,170 -so I didn't go. - So, Where were you'? 653 00:32:18,460 --> 00:32:19,960 That's difficult. 654 00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:27,570 [Camera shutter clicking] 655 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,070 Oh, Brian, I wanted a word with you. 656 00:32:35,130 --> 00:32:38,740 We need a free and full exchange of views, Jasper. 657 00:32:39,530 --> 00:32:43,070 When did your affair with Tim Mortimer begin, Paula'? 658 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,230 Um, Tim was very supportive 659 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:50,900 in the months after Richard's death. 660 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,530 Eventually a relationship developed. 661 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,840 Okay, so, just to be clear, 662 00:32:55,900 --> 00:32:59,240 you're saying that it started sometime after Richard died'? 663 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:00,210 Yes. 664 00:33:00,260 --> 00:33:02,470 We don't believe you. 665 00:33:02,530 --> 00:33:07,810 STANDING: Paula was, what, 20 years younger than Richard? 666 00:33:07,860 --> 00:33:08,900 Something like that. 667 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,000 And you met her when you were his student. 668 00:33:11,060 --> 00:33:13,060 Graduate student, yes. 669 00:33:13,130 --> 00:33:15,840 Very attractive woman, eh'? 670 00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:18,710 Intelligent, independent. 671 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,270 When did the affair start? 672 00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:25,900 I tried to help Paula out as much as I could 673 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,340 after the shock of Richard's death. 674 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,070 We started seeing each other quite frequently, 675 00:33:32,130 --> 00:33:33,200 and then we both realized 676 00:33:33,260 --> 00:33:35,110 that we were strongly attracted to each other. 677 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:36,610 I don't doubt it. 678 00:33:36,660 --> 00:33:38,540 But what I do doubt is when it started. 679 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,630 I think it happened While Richard was alive. 680 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,300 Look, son, we're gonna be talking to people -- 681 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,000 friends, neighbors colleagues. 682 00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:51,100 We're gonna be checking hotel registers, 683 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,540 credit-card bills, bank accounts. 684 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,910 Now, believe me, I've been there, 685 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,540 and if you were at it, someone will know about it. 686 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,670 Someone always does. 687 00:34:02,730 --> 00:34:06,140 So you'd be better off to come clean right now. 688 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,440 Okay, the truth is, Paula and I started a relationship 689 00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:14,570 about six months before Richard's death. 690 00:34:14,630 --> 00:34:16,610 Was he aware of it'? 691 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,180 I don't know. 692 00:34:20,260 --> 00:34:22,570 LANE: So, why have you two been spying on me'? 693 00:34:22,630 --> 00:34:26,130 Why are you so interested in Richard Symes'? 694 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,070 I'm a scholar in the same field. 695 00:34:28,130 --> 00:34:30,130 No, you're not, Brian. 696 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,680 You've no scholarly publications to your name. 697 00:34:32,730 --> 00:34:35,730 And you're quite ignorant about the basics. 698 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,900 Look, we're not here to discuss my credentials. 699 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,540 We're here because of your outrageously underhand conduct. 700 00:34:43,730 --> 00:34:45,540 Well, the truth is, 701 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,870 we realized you must be looking for the same thing as ourselves. 702 00:34:48,930 --> 00:34:50,370 Yes, and you thought you'd take a shortcut 703 00:34:50,430 --> 00:34:52,470 by plagiarizing my research. 704 00:34:52,530 --> 00:34:55,170 Well, let's see just how far you've got. 705 00:34:56,460 --> 00:35:01,340 We are, of course, talking about a particular book, aren't We'? 706 00:35:02,430 --> 00:35:05,240 Stolen by Richard Symes from the university library? 707 00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:07,430 [Laughs] He shouldn't have done that. 708 00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:09,410 We're the ones who found it. 709 00:35:09,460 --> 00:35:12,440 We took it to Richard because it was in his specialist field 710 00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:13,670 to ask if it really was -- 711 00:35:13,730 --> 00:35:15,330 No, shush! 712 00:35:16,130 --> 00:35:18,570 Let's see what Brian thinks it might be. 713 00:35:22,060 --> 00:35:26,880 Well, we're obviously talking about a work 714 00:35:26,930 --> 00:35:28,500 of considerable value, aren't we'? 715 00:35:31,830 --> 00:35:34,540 We're talking about a major work 716 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,940 about 18th-century botanical science. 717 00:35:40,730 --> 00:35:45,340 Look, I'm not prepared to reveal my hand any further Without -- 718 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,400 Without having some convincing evidence of your good faith. 719 00:35:49,460 --> 00:35:51,070 Bullshit. 720 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,870 Don't forget I could ruin your reputations 721 00:35:53,930 --> 00:35:55,740 with the evidence I've got. 722 00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,140 Right, what have we got here'? Photos. 723 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,330 [Cellphone beeping] 724 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,500 And you've just deleted them. 725 00:36:07,860 --> 00:36:10,340 Pleasure talking with you, Brian. 726 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,000 It was both amusing and instructive. 727 00:36:15,260 --> 00:36:16,830 Now, you've a well-supported alibi 728 00:36:16,900 --> 00:36:18,500 for the night of your husband's death. 729 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,480 But, of course, Tim could have killed him, couldn't he'? 730 00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:26,570 The night Richard died, Tim was with me. 731 00:36:26,630 --> 00:36:28,370 HALFORD: The police found you at the hotel 732 00:36:28,430 --> 00:36:30,470 to notify you of the death, 733 00:36:30,530 --> 00:36:33,530 but they don't record the presence of anyone else. 734 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,470 I got a call from reception 735 00:36:35,530 --> 00:36:38,170 to say that the police wanted to speak with me. 736 00:36:38,230 --> 00:36:40,330 I didn't know what it was about. 737 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,310 Tim hid out in the bathroom. 738 00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:44,900 I didn't particularly want the police 739 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,100 in on my adulterous relationship. 740 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,660 Thanks, Paula. 741 00:36:48,730 --> 00:36:51,400 I think we've made significant progress. 742 00:36:52,460 --> 00:36:55,380 Richard Symes, married to a much younger woman, 743 00:36:55,430 --> 00:36:57,700 who in turn takes a young lover -- 744 00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,740 classic scenario for murder. 745 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,100 Paula gave Mortimer an alibi. 746 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:02,370 Well, she would, Wouldn't she'? 747 00:37:02,430 --> 00:37:03,810 STANDING: Yeah, but Mortimer 748 00:37:03,860 --> 00:37:05,600 could easily have traveled to the book fair with her, 749 00:37:05,660 --> 00:37:07,510 but he would still have had time to get back in the evening 750 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,060 and push Symes off the roof. 751 00:37:09,130 --> 00:37:10,870 No, the book's the key to it. 752 00:37:10,930 --> 00:37:12,100 Not more bleeding books. 753 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:13,300 Go on. 754 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,140 I fronted up the Urquharts today. 755 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,540 They've admitted spying on me. 756 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,300 They're trying to track down a book 757 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,840 stolen by Symes from the university library. 758 00:37:21,900 --> 00:37:24,340 - What book'? - I don't know. 759 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,740 They cottoned on to the fact I was bluffing and clammed up. 760 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,000 Brian, does this help us with Tim and Paula'? 761 00:37:31,060 --> 00:37:32,510 Symes stole the book. 762 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,240 Symes was killed. The book's missing. 763 00:37:35,300 --> 00:37:37,800 If Tim or Paula are now in possession of it... 764 00:37:37,860 --> 00:37:39,470 Well, we can hardly confront them with it 765 00:37:39,530 --> 00:37:40,970 if we don't know what it is. 766 00:37:41,030 --> 00:37:43,840 It's something the Urquharts wanted Symes' opinion about. 767 00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:47,500 So it's got to be in an area Where they had shared interests, 768 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:49,560 history of agriculture or botany. 769 00:37:49,630 --> 00:37:51,070 They did all write a paper together. 770 00:37:51,130 --> 00:37:51,870 What about? 771 00:37:51,930 --> 00:37:53,500 It was some kind of journal, wasn't it'? 772 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,170 LANE: No, no, no. This is important. 773 00:37:55,230 --> 00:37:57,140 Journal of the History of -- 774 00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:58,870 - Turnips, probably. - Turnips'? 775 00:37:58,930 --> 00:38:01,270 No, no, no, Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 776 00:38:01,330 --> 00:38:02,170 That's it. 777 00:38:02,230 --> 00:38:04,870 The library's still open. I can check this out tonight. 778 00:38:04,930 --> 00:38:06,410 It's not that urgent, Brian. 779 00:38:06,460 --> 00:38:08,870 Sandra, it's the thrill of the chase. 780 00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:21,880 [Keyboard clacking] 781 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,480 The Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 782 00:38:36,530 --> 00:38:37,470 Yes? 783 00:38:37,530 --> 00:38:39,070 Well, Where is it'? 784 00:38:39,130 --> 00:38:42,540 Learned journals are on level 7, right at the top. 785 00:38:58,830 --> 00:39:00,870 [Sighs] 786 00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:08,730 PULLMAN: Going-home time, Jack. 787 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,210 Uh, yes, yes. I'm on my Way. 788 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,570 L, uh, had an e-mail from the university. 789 00:39:14,630 --> 00:39:16,070 There's an Emma Curran. 790 00:39:16,130 --> 00:39:19,200 She was the librarian on duty the night that Symes died. 791 00:39:19,260 --> 00:39:20,800 I couldn't track her down at all. 792 00:39:20,860 --> 00:39:24,540 Turns out she's now using her married name -- Emma Woodford. 793 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,370 Works for the London Library. 794 00:39:26,430 --> 00:39:27,930 There's a job for tomorrow. 795 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:29,340 Yeah. 796 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,670 You know, when we were still in the job, 797 00:39:33,730 --> 00:39:37,370 Brian applied to a university as a mature student. 798 00:39:37,430 --> 00:39:39,310 Really? 799 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:40,840 What happened'? 800 00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:42,970 They interviewed him. 801 00:39:43,030 --> 00:39:44,340 Oh. 802 00:39:55,460 --> 00:39:56,960 Ah! 803 00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,730 2005. 804 00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:16,210 "Arboriculture in the French Enlightenment." 805 00:40:16,260 --> 00:40:17,470 You've lost me already. 806 00:40:17,530 --> 00:40:20,440 Arboriculture -- the science of tree cultivation. 807 00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:22,370 LANE: Richard Symes and the Urquharts 808 00:40:22,430 --> 00:40:23,670 Wrote this paper together. 809 00:40:23,730 --> 00:40:25,110 I thought you were trying to work out 810 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:26,770 what this mystery book Was. 811 00:40:26,830 --> 00:40:28,770 Well, have a bit of patience, and I'll get there. 812 00:40:28,830 --> 00:40:33,640 Now, part of this paper is about a fellow called Henri Duhamel, 813 00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:37,700 and a lot of the references are to Symes' PhD thesis 814 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:39,740 on French botanical scientists, 815 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,470 so I'm assuming that Symes Wrote that bit of it. 816 00:40:42,530 --> 00:40:45,840 Now, the Urquharts wanted Symes' opinion on a book, 817 00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:49,100 so they must have thought it was potentially rare and valuable. 818 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,340 And remember, the Urquharts knew 819 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,500 that Symes was an authority on Duhamel. 820 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:54,510 Hold on, hold on. 821 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,980 So, are you saying that this unheard-of French bloke 822 00:40:58,030 --> 00:40:59,870 Wrote a book that was Worth nicking'? 823 00:40:59,930 --> 00:41:03,900 A list of the top 10 antiquarian book prices of all time. 824 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:09,780 In 2006, Duhamel's "Traite des Arbres Fruitiers" -- 825 00:41:09,830 --> 00:41:12,500 that's "A Treatise on Fruit Trees" -- 826 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,700 sold for $4.5 million. 827 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:16,760 Good God! 828 00:41:16,830 --> 00:41:18,500 - Bugger me! - LANE: Worth nicking, eh'? 829 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,100 Worth killing for. 830 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:22,470 Sandra'? 831 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,600 [Police radio chatter] 832 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,930 If I had a copy of Duhamel's "Traite," 833 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:40,770 I would have disposed of it through the trade, 834 00:41:40,830 --> 00:41:43,000 and I'd be living in the Bahamas. 835 00:41:43,830 --> 00:41:45,470 As well as searching your premises, 836 00:41:45,530 --> 00:41:48,870 We'll be investigating your financial records. 837 00:41:48,930 --> 00:41:52,040 Waste as much time and public money as you like. 838 00:42:01,630 --> 00:42:02,970 [indistinct talking] 839 00:42:15,430 --> 00:42:16,810 Sit down, Mr. Halford. 840 00:42:16,860 --> 00:42:17,970 Thank you. 841 00:42:20,230 --> 00:42:23,210 EMMA: Uh, I don't think I can really add anything 842 00:42:23,260 --> 00:42:24,540 to the statement I made at the time. 843 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,130 I was on duty at the university library, 844 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:28,570 but I didn't know anything was wrong 845 00:42:28,630 --> 00:42:30,400 until the police and ambulance arrived. 846 00:42:30,460 --> 00:42:32,500 Did you speak to Richard Symes that evening'? 847 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,010 Only to say hello. 848 00:42:34,060 --> 00:42:35,060 How well did you know him'? 849 00:42:35,130 --> 00:42:37,670 Well, we knew each other professionally but not socially. 850 00:42:37,730 --> 00:42:40,440 Did you notice anything out of the ordinary 851 00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:42,870 in his mood or behavior that evening'? 852 00:42:42,930 --> 00:42:44,340 Not at all. 853 00:42:44,930 --> 00:42:46,370 HALFORD: As a member of the library staff, 854 00:42:46,430 --> 00:42:49,210 you must have noticed that books were going missing. 855 00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:50,240 EMMA: Yes. 856 00:42:50,300 --> 00:42:53,710 Jasper and Sophie Urquhart made a lot of fuss about it. 857 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:54,430 Did they'? 858 00:42:54,500 --> 00:42:56,570 EMMA: Yes, but books do go missing from libraries. 859 00:42:56,630 --> 00:42:58,870 Quite apart from readers failing to return them, 860 00:42:58,930 --> 00:43:01,140 they can be mislaid or mis-shelved. 861 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:02,170 Or stolen. 862 00:43:02,230 --> 00:43:03,900 Yes. 863 00:43:04,700 --> 00:43:07,110 Did you know that Richard Symes was suspected? 864 00:43:08,060 --> 00:43:09,630 No. 865 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:13,210 [sighs ] Right. 866 00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:15,710 Some decisions need to be made. 867 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,710 - Mm. - About the work on the house. 868 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,900 Whatever you decide, dear. 869 00:43:22,030 --> 00:43:25,070 ESTHER: If we don't do something, and soon, 870 00:43:25,130 --> 00:43:27,410 this house could fall down 'round our ears. 871 00:43:28,660 --> 00:43:30,040 Did you hear what I said'? 872 00:43:31,430 --> 00:43:33,970 House fall down around us. 873 00:43:34,030 --> 00:43:36,940 Well, you got anything to say about that? 874 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:37,870 Poe! 875 00:43:37,930 --> 00:43:39,000 What? 876 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:41,040 "The Fall of the House of Usher." 877 00:43:41,100 --> 00:43:42,800 Made me think of Edgar Allan Poe. 878 00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:44,900 [Grunts] 879 00:43:47,430 --> 00:43:49,430 [Sighs] 880 00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:54,570 What are you looking for'? 881 00:43:54,630 --> 00:43:56,440 "Tales of Mystery and Imagination." 882 00:43:56,500 --> 00:43:58,500 - Why? Because that's the answer! 883 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,040 [Sighs] 884 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,540 There you are. 885 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,840 Esther...you're a genius! 886 00:44:05,900 --> 00:44:07,170 [Smooches] 887 00:44:10,300 --> 00:44:12,830 Hey, hey, I've cracked it! 888 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:15,140 [Laughs] 889 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:17,070 I know Where the book is. 890 00:44:17,130 --> 00:44:18,000 Really? 891 00:44:18,060 --> 00:44:19,200 Yes, I said from the start 892 00:44:19,260 --> 00:44:22,270 this whole case would be solved in the library. 893 00:44:22,330 --> 00:44:23,470 Is that it'? 894 00:44:23,530 --> 00:44:25,770 No, that's Edgar Allan Poe. 895 00:44:25,830 --> 00:44:26,900 What's he got to do with it'? 896 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:29,410 Well, he wrote a story called "The Purloined Letter." 897 00:44:29,460 --> 00:44:31,670 A compromising letter goes missing, 898 00:44:31,730 --> 00:44:34,770 and the great detective discovers it in open view 899 00:44:34,830 --> 00:44:36,310 in a domestic letter rack. 900 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,740 I thought we were looking for a book. 901 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:39,710 It's the same principle. Where do you hide a book'? 902 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:40,900 In a library. 903 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:42,910 And that's what Richard Symes did. 904 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,370 He nicked a copy of Duhamel. 905 00:44:45,430 --> 00:44:47,530 He re-bound it with a fake title. 906 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,510 And he stuck it on a shelf at the London Library. 907 00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:50,940 Well, Wouldn't they notice? 908 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,840 No, they've got a million volumes. 909 00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:54,400 How are they gonna know about an extra one 910 00:44:54,460 --> 00:44:55,770 that's not in the catalog? 911 00:44:55,830 --> 00:44:57,970 A book could sit there for years, 912 00:44:58,030 --> 00:45:01,570 especially if it's an obscure subject with a boring title. 913 00:45:01,630 --> 00:45:02,660 Yeah, but why did he do this'? 914 00:45:02,730 --> 00:45:04,940 'Cause he couldn't cash in on the book immediately. 915 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,030 Other people were on the trail of it -- 916 00:45:07,100 --> 00:45:09,200 the Urquharts, in particular. 917 00:45:09,260 --> 00:45:10,710 And he was right to be anxious, wasn't he'? 918 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:12,740 - He was killed over that book. - Maybe. 919 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,500 So, who is it'? 920 00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:18,140 The Urquharts, Tim Mortimer, person or persons unknown? 921 00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:19,500 Oh, I haven't thought about that. 922 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,440 Thank you. And Where amongst the millions of volumes 923 00:45:21,500 --> 00:45:22,440 is this book'? 924 00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:23,600 Well, that's the question, isn't it? 925 00:45:23,660 --> 00:45:25,110 I haven't worked that bit out yet, 926 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:27,870 but if I could just enter into Symes' mind, 927 00:45:27,930 --> 00:45:31,000 I'm sure I could reconstruct his thought processes. 928 00:45:31,060 --> 00:45:33,100 That would be a very impressive trick, Brian. 929 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:34,510 But in the meantime, tell you What, 930 00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:36,270 why don't you just disappear back into the library 931 00:45:36,330 --> 00:45:38,040 and leave all the dreary stuff to us'? 932 00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:39,870 Witness statements, interviews, suspects. 933 00:45:39,930 --> 00:45:42,670 I'm sure I'll have the nub of the matter in my grasp. 934 00:45:42,730 --> 00:45:44,270 Mind you don't go blind. 935 00:45:45,060 --> 00:45:47,200 [Laughs] 936 00:45:49,460 --> 00:45:52,410 Oh, uh, I'm supposed to give this to Dr. Urquhart. 937 00:45:52,460 --> 00:45:54,030 We're expecting her any minute. 938 00:45:54,100 --> 00:45:56,080 Uh, thing is, I'm late for another class. 939 00:45:56,130 --> 00:45:58,170 We'll make sure she gets it. 940 00:45:58,230 --> 00:45:59,500 Cool. 941 00:46:03,030 --> 00:46:05,510 That's not how you spell "plow." 942 00:46:06,100 --> 00:46:07,670 It is in the States. 943 00:46:07,730 --> 00:46:09,440 He's probably downloaded the whole thing 944 00:46:09,500 --> 00:46:10,910 from an American Website. 945 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:12,770 What? Is that what they get up to'? 946 00:46:12,830 --> 00:46:16,370 Yeah, I told you, Jack, doing a degree is not rocket science. 947 00:46:16,430 --> 00:46:18,640 Unless you're doing rocket science, I suppose. 948 00:46:18,700 --> 00:46:22,230 Actually, there are some bits that must be his own work. 949 00:46:22,300 --> 00:46:26,330 For "must have," he's got "must of," 950 00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,670 and he spelled "input" with an 951 00:46:28,730 --> 00:46:30,400 I could do better than this! 952 00:46:30,460 --> 00:46:31,600 So, what's stopping you'? 953 00:46:31,660 --> 00:46:33,300 Well, I Wouldn't come to this place. 954 00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:35,710 I want to be able to stretch the old brain a bit 955 00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:37,740 before it seizes up completely. 956 00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:39,780 Oh, much better places than this, Jack. 957 00:46:39,830 --> 00:46:41,040 Yes, Well. 958 00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:42,940 Oh, hello. 959 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:44,500 Hi, Sophie. 960 00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:46,540 We would like you to come down to the station with us 961 00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,410 to do an interview about the death of Richard Symes. 962 00:46:49,460 --> 00:46:50,910 Oh. 963 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:52,200 Very well, then. 964 00:46:52,260 --> 00:46:55,940 By the way, a budding Nobel Prize winner left you this. 965 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,570 Oh, thank you. 966 00:47:00,930 --> 00:47:02,140 Well, he's progressing. 967 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:03,870 Really'? - SOPHIE: Oh, yes. 968 00:47:03,930 --> 00:47:06,100 Last time, he printed out the bit that said, 969 00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,900 "For further information, click here." 970 00:47:12,030 --> 00:47:14,480 PULLMAN: There's one thing that puzzles us, Sophie. 971 00:47:14,530 --> 00:47:18,440 Jeremy Ventham seems very keen to have got rid of departments 972 00:47:18,500 --> 00:47:21,700 and teachers who, in his terms, Weren't pulling their weight, 973 00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,470 and yet he took you two back on. 974 00:47:24,530 --> 00:47:26,240 So, what favors does he owe you'? 975 00:47:26,300 --> 00:47:27,930 For keeping quiet. 976 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:29,530 About what? 977 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,130 One evening, we happened to be passing through 978 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,640 the "dogmatic theology" section of the university library, 979 00:47:35,700 --> 00:47:37,640 which was somewhat underused. 980 00:47:37,700 --> 00:47:39,940 And we came across Dr. Ventham 981 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,240 having it off with the librarian, Emma. 982 00:47:43,300 --> 00:47:45,330 Who is now at the London Library? 983 00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:46,170 SOPHIE: Yes. 984 00:47:46,230 --> 00:47:48,800 And, of course, they are both married. 985 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:51,010 So you blackmailed him'? 986 00:47:51,060 --> 00:47:54,770 In a nutshell, yes, we did, really. 987 00:47:54,830 --> 00:47:57,210 STANDING: What do you know about a book 988 00:47:57,260 --> 00:48:01,270 written by Henri Duhamel called -- 989 00:48:01,330 --> 00:48:04,800 well, in English, "A Treatise on Fruit Trees"? 990 00:48:04,860 --> 00:48:07,570 It's very rare and very valuable. 991 00:48:07,630 --> 00:48:11,300 We have information that you found a copy of this book 992 00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:14,170 at the London Municipal University library. 993 00:48:14,860 --> 00:48:16,600 Is that right'? 994 00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:19,970 It's what we hoped we might have found. 995 00:48:20,030 --> 00:48:21,940 But we couldn't be sure. 996 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:25,140 The title page was illegibly foxed. 997 00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:26,000 Foxed'? 998 00:48:26,060 --> 00:48:27,130 JASPER: Brown staining 999 00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:30,270 caused by metallic or chemical impurities in the paper. 1000 00:48:30,330 --> 00:48:32,940 And you drew Richard Symes' attention to the book'? 1001 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,440 Yes. He was the authority on Duhamel. 1002 00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:37,630 And you were willing to out him in on the deal? 1003 00:48:37,700 --> 00:48:39,940 We Weren't thinking about any kind of deal. 1004 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,370 We didn't have any notion of the potential value. 1005 00:48:43,430 --> 00:48:46,770 We asked a colleague to confirm an academic discovery. 1006 00:48:46,830 --> 00:48:47,770 And Where was this'? 1007 00:48:47,830 --> 00:48:50,940 In the university library. Richard was working there. 1008 00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,030 STANDING: What did he say'? 1009 00:48:53,100 --> 00:48:54,630 He Wouldn't commit himself. 1010 00:48:54,700 --> 00:48:56,540 He asked us to leave the book with him. 1011 00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:58,440 Said he needed to study it 1012 00:48:58,500 --> 00:49:02,530 and to consult some reference books and bibliographies. 1013 00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,100 We had classes to teach. 1014 00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:06,900 When we looked for Richard later, we couldn't find him. 1015 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,840 And the book hadn't been checked out of the university library, 1016 00:49:09,900 --> 00:49:11,530 but it wasn't on the shelves. 1017 00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:13,840 So we decided to do our own research 1018 00:49:13,900 --> 00:49:15,840 on what the book might be worth. 1019 00:49:15,900 --> 00:49:17,400 And you realized that you'd been closed out 1020 00:49:17,460 --> 00:49:19,240 of a multimillion-dollar scam'? 1021 00:49:19,300 --> 00:49:22,610 Oh. If you want to put it in vulgar terms, yes. 1022 00:49:22,660 --> 00:49:26,540 And you confronted Symes on the roof terrace the night he died. 1023 00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:27,570 SOPHIE: No, no. 1024 00:49:27,630 --> 00:49:29,770 We saw him in his office. 1025 00:49:29,830 --> 00:49:32,740 He said he'd taken the book to show to his wife 1026 00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:36,240 and that she had taken the view that it wasn't a first edition 1027 00:49:36,300 --> 00:49:38,900 and that so many of the plates -- the illustrations, 1028 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,600 because that's what makes these books so valuable -- 1029 00:49:41,660 --> 00:49:44,870 were missing that it was almost worthless. 1030 00:49:44,930 --> 00:49:46,030 And you didn't believe him'? 1031 00:49:46,100 --> 00:49:47,230 Well, we said, "In that case, 1032 00:49:47,300 --> 00:49:48,670 why isn't it back on the shelves?" 1033 00:49:48,730 --> 00:49:50,730 Well, he didn't have an answer. 1034 00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,610 He treated us with contempt. 1035 00:49:53,660 --> 00:49:56,010 This gives you a motive for killing him. 1036 00:49:56,060 --> 00:49:58,740 [Scoffs] But we didn't. 1037 00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:00,670 What, you just shrugged your shoulders? 1038 00:50:00,730 --> 00:50:03,040 I find that very hard to believe. 1039 00:50:03,100 --> 00:50:04,700 SOPHIE: We're not violent people. 1040 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:07,770 We didn't try to hurt him. 1041 00:50:07,830 --> 00:50:09,870 We just grassed him up. 1042 00:50:09,930 --> 00:50:11,670 Grassed him up'? 1043 00:50:11,730 --> 00:50:14,440 Isn't that what you say'? Or is it "dobbed him in"? 1044 00:50:14,500 --> 00:50:17,310 We denounced him to the authorities, anyway. 1045 00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:19,640 What authorities are we talking about'? 1046 00:50:19,700 --> 00:50:22,940 We said to the security officer, the nice Russian boy -- 1047 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,470 - Pavel Illich'? - SOPHIE: That's it. 1048 00:50:24,530 --> 00:50:28,570 We said, "We're terribly sorry, but we have an awful suspicion 1049 00:50:28,630 --> 00:50:31,870 that Dr. Symes has taken a very valuable book." 1050 00:50:31,930 --> 00:50:34,910 Then you tried to find out what happened to the book'? 1051 00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:35,870 JASPER: Yes. 1052 00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:38,830 To no effect, sadly. 1053 00:50:38,900 --> 00:50:40,840 Of course, we realized he'd probably hidden it 1054 00:50:40,900 --> 00:50:42,240 in the London Library. 1055 00:50:42,300 --> 00:50:43,970 You worked that out'? 1056 00:50:44,030 --> 00:50:46,670 Well, any idiot could have guessed that. 1057 00:51:14,630 --> 00:51:17,470 [Keyboard clacking] 1058 00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:45,530 We'd like you to tell us what you know 1059 00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:46,840 about the death of Richard Symes. 1060 00:51:46,900 --> 00:51:48,270 HALFORD: All Of it this time. 1061 00:51:48,330 --> 00:51:50,540 We've been checking your immigration status. 1062 00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:52,470 You're here on a student visa. 1063 00:51:52,530 --> 00:51:53,800 And you shouldn't be Working. 1064 00:51:53,860 --> 00:51:57,170 And anyhow, that visa expired some years ago. 1065 00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:05,770 Where is Accountancy and Financial Control? 1066 00:52:05,830 --> 00:52:07,540 We don't get many requests for that. 1067 00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:09,970 That's what I thought. Where is it'? 1068 00:52:10,030 --> 00:52:12,410 The basement, the rolling cases. 1069 00:52:13,100 --> 00:52:15,770 You were told that Symes had stolen a valuable book 1070 00:52:15,830 --> 00:52:16,930 from the university. 1071 00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:19,530 The next thing that happened was that Symes was found dead, 1072 00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,580 and the book was never seen again. 1073 00:52:21,630 --> 00:52:23,400 And you kept quiet about it. 1074 00:52:23,460 --> 00:52:25,910 That'll take a lot of explaining, Pavel. 1075 00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:27,500 Yes. 1076 00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:31,300 Well'? 1077 00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:33,600 You think I killed Richard? 1078 00:52:34,230 --> 00:52:35,940 Richard and me, we were like this. 1079 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:36,840 How come'? 1080 00:52:36,900 --> 00:52:40,040 He comes to me maybe three months before he dies. 1081 00:52:40,100 --> 00:52:43,370 He says he wants me for private security job, cash in hand. 1082 00:52:43,430 --> 00:52:47,270 Thinks his wife is shagging that research student Tim. 1083 00:52:47,330 --> 00:52:49,000 I follow them both. 1084 00:52:49,060 --> 00:52:50,440 And it's true. 1085 00:52:50,500 --> 00:52:52,630 Richard gives me, uh, big bunk. 1086 00:52:52,700 --> 00:52:53,870 Yeah. 1087 00:52:53,930 --> 00:52:56,710 Then Richard says, "I have this little earner going. 1088 00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:57,900 Do you want some?" 1089 00:52:57,960 --> 00:52:59,670 And I say yes. 1090 00:52:59,730 --> 00:53:02,070 He was stealing books from the library. 1091 00:53:02,130 --> 00:53:05,600 Throws them off roof to Tim, and his wife, Paula, sells them. 1092 00:53:05,660 --> 00:53:08,040 But Richard says, "They're cheating on me. 1093 00:53:08,100 --> 00:53:09,510 I owe them nothing." 1094 00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:10,970 So I become his partner. 1095 00:53:11,030 --> 00:53:13,100 And you became the book catcher? 1096 00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:15,730 Yes, I became the book catcher. 1097 00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:17,930 So the Urquharts Weren't actually giving you any news. 1098 00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:20,670 No. I had caught that book myself. 1099 00:53:20,730 --> 00:53:22,270 What did you do with it'? 1100 00:53:22,330 --> 00:53:23,970 I gave it back to Richard. 1101 00:53:24,030 --> 00:53:26,410 He says, "I'll hide this until I can put it on the market. 1102 00:53:26,460 --> 00:53:27,960 It's Worth megabucks." 1103 00:53:28,030 --> 00:53:30,440 And the night he died, you were there'? 1104 00:53:30,500 --> 00:53:32,200 Yes. 1105 00:53:32,260 --> 00:53:33,430 I'm waiting in the car park. 1106 00:53:33,500 --> 00:53:36,240 Richard throws some books. I take them to the car. 1107 00:53:36,300 --> 00:53:40,000 Then I look up, and there's a fight going on. 1108 00:53:40,060 --> 00:53:42,440 Richard and vice chancellor. 1109 00:53:42,500 --> 00:53:43,840 Ventham was up there'? 1110 00:53:43,900 --> 00:53:44,870 PAVEL: Yes. 1111 00:53:44,930 --> 00:53:48,070 Richard falls, vice chancellor disappears. 1112 00:53:48,130 --> 00:53:51,540 I check the body, and Richard is dead. 1113 00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:54,510 How did Ventham know he'd be there'? 1114 00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:57,300 The only person who could have told him was you. 1115 00:53:57,360 --> 00:54:00,100 The small problem with my student visa, 1116 00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:02,970 vice chancellor also knew about it. 1117 00:54:03,030 --> 00:54:04,170 He said he'll keep quiet 1118 00:54:04,230 --> 00:54:06,230 if I gave information about Richard 1119 00:54:06,300 --> 00:54:07,970 so he could give him the sack. 1120 00:54:08,030 --> 00:54:10,670 Oh, so you were spying on Symes for Ventham'? 1121 00:54:10,730 --> 00:54:12,540 HALFORD: Busy little bugger, Weren't you'? 1122 00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:14,840 Did you tell Ventham about the really big scam, 1123 00:54:14,900 --> 00:54:16,430 the Duhamel book'? 1124 00:54:16,500 --> 00:54:19,410 Yes, I did. 1125 00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:45,400 WOMAN: You've missed the vice chancellor, I'm afraid. 1126 00:54:45,460 --> 00:54:46,840 He's flying out to Geneva tonight 1127 00:54:46,900 --> 00:54:48,070 for an academic conference. 1128 00:54:48,130 --> 00:54:49,270 Will he be at the airport now'? 1129 00:54:49,330 --> 00:54:51,430 No, he said he had something to do in town on the way. 1130 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:53,130 Thank you. 1131 00:55:17,430 --> 00:55:19,070 [Cranking] 1132 00:55:19,130 --> 00:55:21,300 Oi! I'm in here! 1133 00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:23,930 Oi! I'm still in here! 1134 00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:25,370 Excuse me. 1135 00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:33,530 Help! 1136 00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:37,410 JEREMY: There's no one here but us, Mr. Lane. 1137 00:55:37,460 --> 00:55:39,570 - You've found it, haven't you'? - Found what? 1138 00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:42,440 - Aah! - Don't ma . V silly buggers- 1139 00:55:42,500 --> 00:55:44,810 Give me the book, and this will all be over. 1140 00:55:44,860 --> 00:55:46,210 I can't move! 1141 00:55:46,260 --> 00:55:48,470 Slide the book along the floor. 1142 00:55:48,530 --> 00:55:50,300 What book'? There's hundreds in here! 1143 00:55:51,300 --> 00:55:54,400 Aah! Aaaaah! 1144 00:55:54,460 --> 00:55:55,410 Where's Brian Lane'? 1145 00:55:55,460 --> 00:55:57,000 Well, I believe he's in the library somewhere. 1146 00:55:57,060 --> 00:55:59,340 He's an investigator for the Metropolitan Police. 1147 00:56:00,130 --> 00:56:01,840 - Look, I really don't know -- - STANDING: Yes, you do. 1148 00:56:01,900 --> 00:56:03,070 You've been Watching him! 1149 00:56:03,130 --> 00:56:05,200 And reporting to your boyfriend, Jeremy Ventham. 1150 00:56:05,260 --> 00:56:06,300 So, Where is he'? 1151 00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:07,670 The basement. 1152 00:56:09,530 --> 00:56:12,810 Jeremy said he was just trying to recover university property. 1153 00:56:15,100 --> 00:56:18,340 [Groaning ] oi! Hey, no! 1154 00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:20,840 Aah! No! 1155 00:56:20,900 --> 00:56:22,270 Aaah! 1156 00:56:22,330 --> 00:56:24,040 - Aaaaah! -[ Cracking] 1157 00:56:24,100 --> 00:56:26,740 Aah! [Groaning] 1158 00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:28,040 - Come here! - STANDING: Oi! 1159 00:56:28,100 --> 00:56:30,340 All right, that'll do. That'll do. 1160 00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:31,670 [Groaning] 1161 00:56:31,730 --> 00:56:33,830 - HALFORD: You all right'? - LANE: I've got it. 1162 00:56:33,900 --> 00:56:36,400 I've got the book. Look, it's French. 1163 00:56:36,460 --> 00:56:37,740 It's 18th century. 1164 00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:40,830 And it purports, according to the cover, to be an exposition 1165 00:56:40,900 --> 00:56:43,270 of the merits of double-entry bookkeeping. 1166 00:56:43,330 --> 00:56:44,640 - That's mine! - Get off. 1167 00:56:44,700 --> 00:56:46,700 Whereas, in fact... 1168 00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:52,740 ...it is an exposition 1169 00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:54,970 of the merits of double-entry bookkeeping. 1170 00:56:55,030 --> 00:56:56,370 - Shit! - PULLMAN: Come on. 1171 00:56:56,430 --> 00:56:58,270 Well, never mind, Brian. 1172 00:56:58,330 --> 00:57:03,180 Only another 999,999 volumes to go. 1173 00:57:03,230 --> 00:57:04,870 [Sighs] 1174 00:57:12,300 --> 00:57:13,670 STANDING: Well, I'm going for a pint. 1175 00:57:13,730 --> 00:57:15,400 You going to the library? 1176 00:57:15,460 --> 00:57:17,340 I've had it with libraries. 1177 00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:18,870 Eh'? 1178 00:57:18,930 --> 00:57:20,070 They're full of weirdos. 1179 00:57:20,130 --> 00:57:22,110 I thought that's why you felt so at home. 1180 00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:24,160 Anyway, they're a thing of the past. 1181 00:57:24,230 --> 00:57:26,510 - Oh, really? - This is the way forward. 1182 00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:27,870 Linked to the Internet, 1183 00:57:27,930 --> 00:57:30,340 it allows me to access the world's literary culture 1184 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:31,970 from the comfort of my own armchair. 1185 00:57:32,030 --> 00:57:32,970 Cool. Let's have a go. 1186 00:57:33,030 --> 00:57:34,570 Can you play "Football Manager" on it'? 1187 00:57:34,630 --> 00:57:36,540 LANE: No, you can't. Be careful. 1188 00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:37,540 I've just downloaded 1189 00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:39,400 "The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin." 1190 00:57:39,460 --> 00:57:41,770 Now, there's a man who spent his life in libraries. 1191 00:57:41,830 --> 00:57:43,600 [Chuckles] Here's a good quote. 1192 00:57:43,660 --> 00:57:45,270 What's that, then? 1193 00:57:45,330 --> 00:57:47,240 STANDING: "Books are a load of crap." 1194 00:57:47,300 --> 00:57:49,470 I think you'll find that's an example 1195 00:57:49,530 --> 00:57:51,840 of Larkin's use of irony. 1196 00:57:51,900 --> 00:57:54,900 Subtitling made possible by Acorn Media 1197 00:57:57,530 --> 00:57:59,980 1198 00:58:00,030 --> 00:58:02,940 if you're old and gray 1199 00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,480 I say it's okay 1200 00:58:05,530 --> 00:58:08,310 1201 00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:11,000 1202 00:58:11,060 --> 00:58:14,010 if the sun don't shine 1203 00:58:14,060 --> 00:58:16,470 I say it's okay 1204 00:58:16,530 --> 00:58:19,240 the end of the day