1 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:24,557 (CAR DOOR CLOSES) 2 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:41,908 No, please! 3 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,678 (PANTING) 4 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:48,589 No! 5 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:52,479 No! 6 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:55,835 No! 7 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:06,749 Right. 8 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,109 You! 9 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,829 You damned me! 10 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,354 (SCREAMING) 11 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,954 - George Barton? - He called about an hour ago. 12 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:19,877 - What for? - Animal rights. 13 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,035 Animal what? 14 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:22,957 Said he'd been given your name by Charlie Hungerford. 15 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,399 Oh, thank you, Charlie. 16 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,078 (PHONE RINGS) 17 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:27,599 Bureau des Étrangers. 18 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,676 - WOMAN: Is that the police? - Well, yeah... 19 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,792 - It's about Jerry Bruce. - Jerry who? 20 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,199 Jerry Bruce. 21 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,679 They killed him. Jerry Bruce's death was no accident. 22 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,069 Hello? 23 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:48,510 - Jerry Bruce? - Yeah, who is he? 24 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:50,358 Wouldn't we like to know? What's your interest in him? 25 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,358 - I just had this funny phone call, didn't I? - You should be used to those. 26 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,836 No, it was some anonymous female. She sounded hysterical. 27 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,154 What did she say? 28 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:02,273 "They killed him. Jerry Bruce's death was no accident." 29 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,997 Do you fancy a coffee? 30 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:08,713 Hit and run then, was it? 31 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:11,877 Anything but, actually. The driver drove him to the hospital himself. 32 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,228 And what sort of a state was he in? 33 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,510 He was fine. A little shaken up, of course. Who wouldn't be? 34 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,110 No he was stone cold sober. Apparently drives for a living. He's a chauffeur. 35 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,676 - So what's the problem? - The coroner isn't happy. 36 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,268 The problem is he isn't prepared to let anybody bury Bruce 37 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,197 until he's had the answers to a couple of questions, 38 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,596 such as for starters, "Who the hell was Bruce anyway?" 39 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,998 Look, I seem to be out of change. Have you got any, by any chance? 40 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:37,952 Take a look at those. 41 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,429 That's all he had on him, apart from a few quid. 42 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:47,111 No chequebook, no driving license, no credit cards, nothing. 43 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,437 It seems he worked as a beach photographer. 44 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,552 One of those who takes your picture whether you want him to or not, 45 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,150 usually after a heavy lunch and from your least flattering angle, 46 00:05:57,280 --> 00:06:00,909 then slips you one of those just in case you should be unwise enough to order a copy. 47 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,873 And this is the address of the studio, yeah? 48 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,039 Nothing so grand. A holiday flat he'd been renting. 49 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,230 (SIGHS) Well, I suppose you'd better take over the case. 50 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:11,918 - Is there a case? - There is. 51 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,439 His flat was burgled yesterday 52 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,393 and cleared of anything that might have told us where he'd come from. 53 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,988 At least that's the assumption, as nothing could be found. 54 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,714 This doesn't seem to have been his week, does it? 55 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:23,796 He should have stayed on the mainland. 56 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,718 - Is that where he came from? - That's what he said when he took the flat. 57 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,273 Oh, the books come with the flat, do they, Mr Dudley? 58 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,389 Do you mind? 59 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,956 My interest in black magic faded when Billy Daniels did, love. 60 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,389 - Billy who? - You heard, Sergeant. 61 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:51,955 Well... 62 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,192 Into the occult in a big way, your Mr Bruce, was he? 63 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,072 Well, obviously. 64 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,556 Mind you, I don't think we've had any virgin sacrifices up here this week. 65 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,240 More's the pity. But then, how would I know? 66 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,069 I've hardly been able to set so much as a cloven hoof in here since I gave him his keys. 67 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,873 What you might call a very private person, Jerry. 68 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,594 And this last week, well... 69 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,917 - What about this last week? - Well, what indeed? 70 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,510 He'd got like a bloody hermit crab. Hardly opened this door. 71 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:25,350 I've had to knock at least half a dozen times to make sure he wasn't dead or something. 72 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,756 As it turned out, I needn't have bothered, need I? 73 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,829 You identified the body for us, didn't you, Mr Dudley? 74 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,633 Yes, and you can keep that for a game of soldiers in future. 75 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,193 What, turn you right off, did it? 76 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:42,313 Sergeant, I've seen dead bodies before, but I've never seen one with a look like that on his face. 77 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,592 My God, anyone would have thought he'd just come face to face with old Nick himself. 78 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:50,838 - Well, perhaps he had. - You smiled when you said that, Sergeant. 79 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:55,795 - You live in the flat just below, don't you? - That's right. 5A, if ever you're passing. 80 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,708 - And you heard nothing? - Not a dicky-bird. Right pros whoever they were. 81 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,353 All the same... 82 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,315 what self-respecting burglar would leave this behind, eh? 83 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,998 Did you know he was on these? 84 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,190 - What are they? - Durophet. 85 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,710 - Duro-what? - Uh, pep pills. Speed. 86 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:25,592 No, I didn't. 87 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,558 - Paid his rent in advance, presumably? - Oh yes. 88 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,592 - Was it cash or cheque? - Cash. 89 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,188 Did he ever mention where he came from on the mainland? 90 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,153 No, just London. That was all. 91 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:41,872 (GLASS CRACKING) 92 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:54,196 - Who's this? That a girlfriend? - Oh, very much so. For a while anyway. 93 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:55,833 How do you mean? 94 00:08:55,960 --> 00:09:00,317 Well, up until the end of last week, she was never away from the place, day or night. 95 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,159 Then suddenly, no more Helene. 96 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,077 And he was doing a hard-done-by as well. 97 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,272 I did wonder whether they'd had some sort of row or something. 98 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,391 - Helene, you said? - Duvall. 99 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,830 - Oh, French, is she? - Originally, I believe, yes. 100 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,758 She runs this little shop in St Helier. 101 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,190 You'll find some even funnier books in there from what I've heard. 102 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:47,394 Helene. 103 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:51,557 We thought you'd died. 104 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:57,673 Well? Doesn't your favourite author at least get a cup of coffee? 105 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:16,433 - Something wrong, Helene? - Was it really necessary to go that far? 106 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:18,232 Oh, absolutely, love. 107 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:22,478 He was dangerous to us. You were very wise to tip us off about him. 108 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:29,192 - Couldn't you simply have warned him off? - You know what they're like. 109 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:30,833 When they feel they've been insulted, 110 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,316 they're simply incapable of half-measures, I suppose. 111 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,508 - So the cause of death was heart failure, was it? - Right. 112 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:39,676 Brought on by the shock of the accident, presumably? 113 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,552 That couldn't have helped, could it? 114 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:43,398 Did you realise at the time he was on speed? 115 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,593 Not at the time, no, but the treatment would have been the same, of course, even if I had. 116 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,075 - Did he ever recover consciousness? - Yes, briefly. 117 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,873 Did he say anything? 118 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,070 - Just the one thing. - Yeah, what? 119 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,078 Well it was all a bit odd, really. He objected to being sedated. 120 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,953 At first we thought he was some sort of religious nut. 121 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,548 And then after I'd finally got the needle into him, 122 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:07,992 he sort of fixed me with his glittering eye and said, "You've damned me." 123 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,590 - He said what? - "You've damned me." 124 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,029 I must say, when I saw the look on the poor bastard's face, 125 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:19,154 when it was all over, I did rather wonder whether he knew something we didn't know. 126 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,430 Not a pretty sight. 127 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:29,869 Well, just so long as it doesn't put you off your lunch. 128 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,753 My wife reckons this job brutalises you, you know. 129 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,916 Good Lord, she doesn't, does she? 130 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:50,758 (BELL RINGS) 131 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:26,071 - Are you looking for anything in particular? - A Miss Helene Duvall, actually. 132 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,953 - I am Helene Duvall. - I thought you must be. 133 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,914 I'm Sergeant Bergerac, from the Bureau des Étrangers. 134 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,713 - We spoke on the telephone. - We did? 135 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,276 - Yes, you wanted to report a murder. - A murder? 136 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,311 Yes, of a Mr Jerry Bruce? 137 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,193 - Is this some kind of Joke? - It had better not be. 138 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,279 - Jerry Bruce died in an accident. - Yeah, that's what we thought, till you phoned us. 139 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,038 I never rang you. 140 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,594 Now, Miss Duvall you have a very distinctive accent. 141 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,712 And one perhaps that would be easy to imitate, yes? 142 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,512 Now, why would anyone want to do that? 143 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,916 Whoever rang you, Sergeant, it certainly wasn't me. 144 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,794 - But you knew Jerry Bruce, didn't you? - Of course. He came into the shop. 145 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:10,040 I think you knew him better than that. He had a photograph of you, framed, in his flat. 146 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,999 Why did you two suddenly stop seeing each other? Was it a lover's tiff? 147 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:17,473 He was not my lover. 148 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,636 - We were Just... - Good friends? 149 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,194 - That's right. - Then why did you stop seeing him? 150 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:27,348 I didn't. It Just so happened that for a week or so, I haven't seen him, that's all. 151 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,755 Where did he come from in England? Do you know? 152 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:31,598 He never talked about things like that. 153 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:33,950 - What did you talk about? - Oh, the usual thing. 154 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:35,433 - Books? - Yes. 155 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:41,237 Books about the occult? Books about black magic? Close encounters of the other kind? 156 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,591 That had to be something you two had very much in common. I mean, given that lot. 157 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,029 Look, Sergeant, why am I being asked all these questions? 158 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,789 I told you. Your phone call made us curious. 159 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,515 I told you, I made no such phone call. 160 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,474 All right. Put it this way, somebody did. 161 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,797 Somebody who sounded very much like you to me. 162 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,510 Oh, you stupid bitch. 163 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,118 - Sergeant Bergerac? - Yeah? 164 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:34,958 Oh, you do exist, then? 165 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,310 - I'm sorry, have we met? - We have now, at last. 166 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,512 No thanks to you it seems to me. George Barton. 167 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,552 Oh, Mr Barton. I was Just about to give you a ring. 168 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,116 - Of course you were. - Would you like to go on through? 169 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,717 Right, Mr Barton, take a seat. 170 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:04,675 - Now, what can we do for you? - Well, for starters, you can stop it. 171 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,950 - Stop what? - What's going on right next door to me. 172 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,149 What is going on? 173 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,750 Dumb animals are being tortured. That is what's going on. 174 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,632 Some sort of research establishment, is this, sir? 175 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,877 - It's a private house! - What makes you think anything's going on? 176 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,639 I don't think, Sergeant, I know. I've got ears. 177 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:26,515 I know an animal in mortal agony when I hear it. And I've got a nose. 178 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,632 I know what it is they're burning in that furnace when they've finished. 179 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:33,116 - Look, Mr Barton, if what you allege is correct... - It is correct! 180 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,232 If what you allege is correct, then you've got to go through the proper channels, 181 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,237 which, in your case, has to be the local police. 182 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,396 Look, I've done all that, haven't I? 183 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,875 Nobody listens. Everybody thinks I'm some sort of nut. 184 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:48,518 That's why Charlie Hungerford pointed me in your direction because he thought you just might. 185 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,437 - And I'm willing to Mr Barton, but... - Good. 186 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:51,754 But having said that, 187 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,713 I would then have to say that it is really none of this department's business. 188 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:59,038 Sergeant Bergerac cruelty to animals is everybody's business! 189 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:05,389 Never mind. Never mind. Message received and understood. 190 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:07,556 - Look, Mr Barton... - No, you look, Sergeant. 191 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,831 Look, into what's going on in that house, because if you don't 192 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:14,714 don't you be surprised if you find there are some of us who will. 193 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,273 (DOG BARKING) 194 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:20,909 (SIGHING) 195 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:22,712 Another satisfied customer? 196 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,717 Oops! Oh, hello! Nice doggy. 197 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,593 So you uh... You managed to talk to our Jim, then, did you? 198 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,508 Oh I talked to him, all right. There's just this one problem. 199 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,108 He wasn't bloody listening, was he? 200 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:41,154 Oh, dear. 201 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:43,753 (PHONE RINGING) 202 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:47,629 Bureau des Étrangers. 203 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,991 - HELENE: Seargeant Bergerac, please. - Hold on, please. 204 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:55,636 - Jim. Helene Duvall. - Bergerac. 205 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,389 Seargeant Bergerac, can we talk? 206 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:01,238 Yeah, sure, I'll come round to the shop. 207 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,670 No, not to the shop. We're closed. Come to my flat. 208 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:09,112 - All right, what's the address? - It's 6B, Jaystone Tower. 209 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,554 I'm on the sixth floor, by the lift. 210 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,716 Right. On my way. 211 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,355 - Hello, Charlie. - Oh, Jim, I was hoping I'd catch you. 212 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,392 - Bit out of your way, isn't it? - Well, it's official business, you know. 213 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:29,750 - With me? - Well, no, not exactly. 214 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,713 All right, then, see you. 215 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:36,150 - No, well, it's this friend of mine, George Barton. - You just missed him, Charlie. 216 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,111 - Oh, have I? - Yeah, him and the Hound of the Baskervilles. 217 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,676 - Given you a bit of earache, has he? - You disappoint me. Do you know that, Charlie? 218 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:42,869 I do? 219 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,594 I would have thought that the chairman of the Law and Order Committee 220 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,837 would have channelled a complaint to the police more precisely than that. 221 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,198 He's got a bit of a bee in his bonnet, has our George. 222 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,959 - He sees vivisectionists under every bed. - Yes, so I gathered. 223 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,196 So what I thought was, if he could get a sympathetic hearing 224 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,073 - from at least one member of the force... - So you could get him off your back? 225 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,758 Oh, Jim, you're getting cynical in your old age. 226 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,677 Yeah, I think I got it from the in-laws I used to have. 227 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,475 He's not liable to do anything stupid, is he? Like putting poison into chocolate bars? 228 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,512 - Old George? He wouldn't harm a fly. - Yeah, possibly. 229 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,553 But in Barton's book, flies rate just above people, don't they? 230 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:46,993 (GOAT BLEATING) 231 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,232 (DOORBELL RINGING) 232 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:12,749 - Ah, Sergeant, please come in. - Thank you. 233 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,278 Please go through. 234 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,993 - Would you like a drink? - No, no thanks. 235 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:29,830 Look, there's something I wanted to clear up about Jerry's death. 236 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:34,397 - Oh, yeah? - Well, we were lovers. I lied to you. 237 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:40,274 Oh, for a while it was wonderful between us, but there was a row. 238 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,837 He wanted a more permanent relationship, to own me, children. 239 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:51,831 I couldn't accept that. There was a terrible argument. 240 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,109 And, in the end, I told him I never wanted to see him again. 241 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,834 I suppose I got my wish, didn't I? 242 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:11,074 - Then why did you lie about it? - Well, I felt so foolish, ringing you like that. 243 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:16,069 - It was so stupid. - What, telling the police that he'd been murdered? 244 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,751 When I heard that he was dead, I felt as if he had been murdered, 245 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:25,112 by me Just as surely as if I'd stuck a knife into him. 246 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:30,631 He used to ring me all the time. I never would take his call. 247 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,638 Are you suggesting that he threw himself in front of that car on purpose? 248 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,355 Oh, please, Sergeant, don't say that. 249 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,950 And there's nothing else you want to tell me about him? 250 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,195 There's nothing else to tell. 251 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,108 All right. Well, thanks for that anyway. 252 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,830 Oh, I'll show you to the door. 253 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,514 Oh, and I'd get a steak for that eye if I were you. 254 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,519 Oh, yes. I uh... I walked into a door you know. 255 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,399 Miss Duvall. 256 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,716 Oh, damn him! 257 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,513 (RINGING) 258 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,238 - Bellow. - Bart, It's me, Helene. 259 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:44,429 What do you want? 260 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,279 I just wanted you to know that it's all right now. I talked to him. 261 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:48,515 Who? 262 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,837 The police sergeant, the one who came to the shop. 263 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,797 I explained everything to him. 264 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,275 I told him that I'd broken off my affair with Jerry, 265 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,756 and that I felt I might have been responsible in some way for the accident, 266 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:03,839 - because he was so upset. - And you think he believed you, hmm? 267 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,154 You really think he believed you. 268 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:18,191 (DOGS BARKING) 269 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,593 (DOG BARKING) 270 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:45,753 All right, Sam. 271 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:15,553 All right, boy. 272 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,713 All right, Sam. 273 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:32,275 (DOG WHIMPERS) 274 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:33,515 Stay. 275 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,232 (SAM WHIMPERING) 276 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,188 (WHIMPERING) 277 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,717 (SAM PANTING HEAVILY) 278 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,319 (SAM WHIMPERS) 279 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,158 What the hell's been happening here, then? 280 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,748 He got himself trapped in his shed, him and his dog. 281 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,316 - Apparently he stored petrol in there. - Poor old devil. 282 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,476 That's the only house round here, isn't it? 283 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,511 That's right. You know who lives there, don't you? 284 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,553 Yeah, one of our distinguished tax exiles. Jersey's answer to Dennis Wheatley, I understand. 285 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,272 (GOATS BLEATING) 286 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,077 Lost, are we? 287 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,077 Oh, I was looking for Mr Bellow. 288 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,998 Tried the front door, did you? I'm Bellow. 289 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:18,360 - I'm Sergeant Bergerac, Bureau des Étrangers. - Oh, yes? 290 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:20,596 - Quite a menagerie. - Yes. 291 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,519 - It's about the fire at Barton's place. - Oh, yes? 292 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,030 - You must've had a grandstand view. - Yes. 293 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,038 Yet, in fact, you weren't the one who first phoned the fire brigade. 294 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,277 I was just about to when I heard them arriving. 295 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,600 - Pity about Mr Barton. - You think so? 296 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,473 - Don't you? - The man was a fool. 297 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:53,310 - Don't mince your words, do you? - My words are far too precious to be minced. 298 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,590 You know he'd laid a complaint against you with us, yeah? 299 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:56,755 - No. - Yeah. 300 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,839 According to him, you've been carrying out experiments on animals up here. 301 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:02,632 (CHUCKLES) 302 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,274 Well, I told you the man was a fool. 303 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:09,158 So, what can I do for you, Sergeant? 304 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,750 Did you notice anyone suspicious hanging around Barton's place? 305 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:14,472 No. Why? 306 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,711 Is foul play suspected, then? 307 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:22,675 I was Just wondering how, in broad daylight, on his own property, 308 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,268 he could get himself burned to death. 309 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,152 I don't know. 310 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,955 Perhaps he thought he could extinguish the flames himself 311 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,755 without bothering the fire brigade. 312 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,474 The sort of stupid thing he would do. 313 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,989 - Well, will there be anything else, Sergeant? - No. 314 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,999 Not for the moment. Thank you. 315 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,232 This is the car that was involved in the fatal accident the other day, isn't it? 316 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:06,554 That's right, sir. Yes. 317 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,318 - Were you driving it, then? - Yes, sir. 318 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,797 - Oh, you work for Mr Bellow, do you? - Well, for the last five years, sir, yes. 319 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:17,550 I had no chance, you see, sir. He ran straight out in front of me. 320 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,478 What could he have been doing all the way out here, I wonder? 321 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,149 Well, I suppose he could have been visiting old friends, sir. 322 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:25,918 Old friends? 323 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:29,032 Well, there is a cemetery just down the road. 324 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:39,354 Oh, well, my lucky day, then. Yeah, thanks. Yeah. Yes, yes. 325 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,153 - What's this? - The answer to all your problems, actually. 326 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,874 At least as far as the mysterious Jerry Bruce is concerned. 327 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,070 His name isn't Bruce at all. It's Green. 328 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,829 Known in the Fleet Street fleshpots as Fearless Frank Green. 329 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:55,954 Scourge of the dissolute, guardian of the public morals and muckraker of the Sunday yuck. 330 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,230 He hadn't claimed any expenses for about a fortnight, 331 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,794 so his editor thought he ought to make a few enquiries. 332 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,798 - Why the assumed name? - Well, his usual MO, it seems. 333 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,708 Just in case he was recognised by one of his legion of fans. 334 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,274 - What was he doing in Jersey? - You can ask his editor. 335 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,436 He's coming over personally to make the formal identification. 336 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:21,319 Bloody hell! 337 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,392 - Thanks. - Pleasure. 338 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:35,552 - (LAUGHING) Black magic rites? In Jersey? - Don't laugh, Sergeant. 339 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,079 Ideal breeding ground. 340 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,714 Flavour of the month for the man who has everything, has had everything, 341 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,149 is very rich and very, very bored. 342 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:46,512 How many of those per square yard have you got on this island of yours? 343 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,631 Besides, he was getting somewhere. Fast. 344 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,069 - Last time we spoke to him. - Oh, yeah? 345 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:56,638 Apparently, he pulled a local bird who got him right in on the inside of the thing. 346 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,638 Saw him as a potential convert. French girl. 347 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:01,796 - Helene Duvall? - That's the one. 348 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,239 Did he say who else was involved? 349 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,069 As far as he could gather, all sorts of local household names. 350 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,476 - Was one of them by any chance, Bart Bellow? - Ah. 351 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,275 According to Frank, he was top cat in the organisation. 352 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,516 Oh, yeah. Well, he'd have to be, wouldn't he? 353 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:22,514 Guess who? 354 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,915 - What do you want? - Just a word. 355 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,993 I would like your help. 356 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,874 - Oh, going somewhere nice, are we? - Paris. My mother's sick. 357 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,432 When did you first realise that Jerry Bruce was actually Frank Green? 358 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:39,959 I don't know what you're talking about. 359 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,595 Is that what the row was really about, when you finally realised that he was using you 360 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,154 to infiltrate Bellow's local branch of the magic circle? 361 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,794 I tell you I don't know anything about any of these things! 362 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,196 It's no use packing, Miss Duvall. You're not going anywhere. 363 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:53,389 What do you mean? 364 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:57,308 We have reason to believe that Frank Green was murdered. 365 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,113 Also you are a material witness. 366 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:05,519 And in view of that fact, if you're planning to leave Jersey in the near future, forget it. 367 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,313 I'm a French citizen. You have no right to hold me. 368 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,079 You'd like to bet? What's the matter, Helene? 369 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,760 You afraid that Brother Bellow will slap a hex on you or something? 370 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,553 - It isn't funny. - Oh, come on. 371 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,830 If dancing around graveyards at midnight stark naked 372 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,315 is what it takes to turn you on, then all right. 373 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,318 But don't tell me you actually believe this garbage. 374 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:28,399 You may mock! He mocked at first. 375 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,239 What are you trying to tell me? That Green became a believer, too, eh? 376 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:36,480 Seeing is believing, Sergeant. And he saw things he never would have believed. 377 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,158 Oh, yes, he believed, all right. 378 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,589 - He was conning you, Helene. - No. 379 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,474 Yes, he was. That's the way he always worked. How else do you think he could get his story? 380 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,512 Look, why do you think he was taking those pills? 381 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,518 Each man to his own poison, I suppose. Now, with me, it was the booze. 382 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,631 No! It was to stay awake! 383 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,594 Because he knew that if he fell asleep what would be waiting for him. 384 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,597 Why do you think he was up at Bellow's place that day? 385 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,678 He was begging, Sergeant. Begging for Bellow to call it off. 386 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,349 "It" being a cross between King Kong and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, I suppose. 387 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,597 You saw what happened to him the first time he did lose consciousness. 388 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,836 Frank Green died of heart failure, 389 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,873 almost certainly as a result of being hit by a car driven by Bart Bellow's chauffeur. 390 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,470 But of course! That's how it always work! 391 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,070 That's how it work with him, how it work with George Barton... 392 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,037 What do you know about the death of George Barton? 393 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:27,993 (PHONE RINGING) 394 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:37,549 Hello? 395 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:40,829 Hello? 396 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:50,355 Please, Sergeant, just let me go, huh? 397 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,552 Certainly. Just as soon as you make a full statement 398 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:58,231 telling us all you know about the deaths of Frank Green and George Barton. 399 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,837 Look, Helene, we can give you full protection. 400 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,110 (SCOFFS) Protection? 401 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:52,959 Excuse me. 402 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:05,795 - Yes, Sergeant? - Jerry Bruce. 403 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,270 Or should I say Frank Green? 404 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,960 The one your chauffeur ran down, the bottom of your drive a few days ago? 405 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:13,149 Ah. 406 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,555 Do you realise that he was an investigative journalist 407 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,752 and that you were the one he was investigating? 408 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,956 The price of fame, I'm afraid, Sergeant. 409 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:27,517 The endless attentions of the gutter press goes with the territory. 410 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,551 And well worth putting up with, presumably, 411 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,195 for the sort of money you must get paid for writing this sort of guff. 412 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,356 That is how you see it, is it? 413 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:41,555 I mean, spells, incantations, raising the devil? In this day and age? 414 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:47,357 And is the idea of casting a spell so very different from the standard Christian practice 415 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,232 of praying to some plaster saint? 416 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,271 I really wouldn't know. See, that's not my bag either. 417 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,551 Oh, you must come around sometime, Sergeant. 418 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:58,229 - Let us convert you, hmm? - Like you did with Frank Green? 419 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:02,030 That is, before you realised what his real game was. 420 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,915 I'm afraid you've just lost me, Sergeant. 421 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:11,830 Now, if there's nothing more, I really should be getting back to my guests. 422 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,476 Monthly meeting of the local witches' coven, is it? 423 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:26,115 I must say, you people have come a long way since broomsticks. 424 00:36:26,240 --> 00:36:31,519 You know, Sergeant, you really shouldn't be so facetious about things of which you know nothing. 425 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,950 Going to have something nasty from the outer circle waiting for me, are you? 426 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:36,798 Next time I nod off? 427 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,397 Good night, Sergeant. 428 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,356 Oh, and, Sergeant? 429 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,079 Sweet dreams. 430 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:07,193 - Police? - Just a routine enquiry. Nothing more. 431 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:12,156 Now do carry on. We mustn't keep the gods waiting. 432 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,754 - Helene isn't here, then? - No, sir. 433 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:24,148 She's a menace, Gary, to all of us. 434 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,274 Yes, sir. 435 00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:38,629 So you think they killed Green and Barton? Morning, everybody. 436 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,671 Green because he was about to blow the gaff 437 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,598 on whatever it is goes on at Bellow's nasty little cocktail parties, 438 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:46,393 and Barton because he was going to give him some bad publicity, too. 439 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,273 - Well, Bellow must be mad, or you are. - It's got to be him! 440 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,913 - Have you read his latest book? - No. 441 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,951 He's serious about it, believe me. 442 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,470 And apart from that, from all the Rollers and the Bentleys lined up in the drive, 443 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,717 a lot of very wealthy people have got a lot to lose if this ever hits the headlines. 444 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:00,909 - Morning, Peggy. - Morning, sir. 445 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,270 What makes you think they'll have a go for Duvall next? 446 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,675 From what I told them last night, they'll feel they've got no option. 447 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,153 And what was that, may I ask? 448 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,909 I let slip some information that Bellow knows she must have given me. 449 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,873 - Not exactly ethical. - Well, neither is two murders. 450 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,672 Well, try not to make it three, please. 451 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,712 Oh, it's no sweat. I've had the place under surveillance since last night. 452 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:22,037 Suitably equipped, presumably, with cloves of garlic? 453 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:23,354 But of course. 454 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,192 Off you go, love. 455 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,709 (CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) 456 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,274 Looks innocent enough, doesn't it? 457 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,597 That's Helene Duvall. 458 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,031 JIM: What's she playing at? 459 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,958 Well, whatever it is, she seems to be doing it willingly. 460 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:45,033 Don't lose him. 461 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,313 (PHONE RINGING) 462 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,349 Hello? 463 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,075 BELLOW: Helene? He's coming for you now. 464 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:26,273 Helene, he can't wait for you to go to sleep. 465 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,356 He's coming for you now. 466 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:02,753 Pull him over. 467 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:04,359 (HONKING) 468 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:15,035 - Well, he doesn't seem to like that idea. - Persuade him. 469 00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,039 (HONKING) 470 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,278 (PLEADING IN FRENCH) 471 00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,755 Ah, Sergeant Bergerac. 472 00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,110 I didn't realise you were a police, or I would've pulled over sooner. 473 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:10,959 You are nicked, my friend. Take him down to the station, Barry, and hold him. 474 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,868 - On what charge? - Don't worry. I'll think of something. 475 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:22,600 (HELENE POUNDING ON DOOR) 476 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,670 (HELENE POUNDING ON DOOR) 477 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,358 (PLEADING IN FRENCH) 478 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:34,428 (CRYING) 479 00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,395 (PLEADING IN FRENCH) 480 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,552 Bellow! Bellow! 481 00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:30,234 Bellow! 482 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,076 (COUGHING) 483 00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:51,838 JIM: Helene! 484 00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:54,154 Helene! 485 00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:56,034 Helene! 486 00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:13,315 (SCREAMING) 487 00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:45,113 Helene. Helene! 488 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,828 Wake up. Helene? Helene? Helene! 489 00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:10,432 - Tricks, then, from beginning to end? - Well, suppose so. 490 00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:14,155 Hey, hey, don't tell me you're a last-minute convert to the faith. 491 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:15,872 (SCOFFS) 492 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:19,436 Funny, though, wasn't it? The way the fire went out when Bellow was killed? 493 00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:21,391 The experts say it can happen. 494 00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:24,512 The sudden flash uses up the available oxygen and snuffs out the fire. 495 00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:26,949 Ah, well, there's a rational explanation for everything, isn't there? 496 00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:32,200 - Hmm. Of course. - Still, a hell of a way to go, wasn't it?