1 00:00:07,601 --> 00:00:09,301 Come on, Philby! 2 00:00:09,351 --> 00:00:11,151 On her way, home! 3 00:00:11,302 --> 00:00:12,702 Good boy. 4 00:00:32,782 --> 00:00:34,482 Get in the car, please. 5 00:00:38,259 --> 00:00:40,459 Come on, love, it does no good. 6 00:00:42,748 --> 00:00:44,948 You won't get away with it! 7 00:02:21,533 --> 00:02:24,933 We've become too successful, that's the problem. 8 00:02:25,083 --> 00:02:27,983 You shouldn't have let 'em print our address in the newspaper. 9 00:02:28,033 --> 00:02:30,033 They didn't exactly ask permission. 10 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:32,883 We're going to have to choose our cases carefully. 11 00:02:34,233 --> 00:02:36,533 We never have to do that before. 12 00:02:36,533 --> 00:02:37,483 ... detective agency. 13 00:02:37,483 --> 00:02:39,031 This one is not a case. 14 00:02:39,081 --> 00:02:39,731 Right. 15 00:02:39,731 --> 00:02:42,531 He only wants a photo of you in black leather. 16 00:02:42,681 --> 00:02:44,081 What? 17 00:02:44,231 --> 00:02:46,231 That should be easy to satisfy. 18 00:02:46,581 --> 00:02:48,781 Sorry, no callers at the house. 19 00:02:48,931 --> 00:02:52,531 Put it in writing please and we'll give it our attention in due course. 20 00:02:53,852 --> 00:02:55,952 So where are we going to get the black leather? 21 00:02:55,952 --> 00:02:57,402 Oxfam shop? 22 00:02:58,166 --> 00:03:03,016 All we've got to do, is take the ones with the least work, for the best pay. 23 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:04,366 How like a man! 24 00:03:04,366 --> 00:03:06,116 Well, I'm the accountant. 25 00:03:06,116 --> 00:03:08,016 And we are a business. 26 00:03:08,172 --> 00:03:11,272 I didn't go into this to make money. 27 00:03:12,322 --> 00:03:14,922 Well, not just to make money. 28 00:03:14,972 --> 00:03:17,572 - I did it for the... - For the interest. 29 00:03:17,606 --> 00:03:20,806 You like puzzles, Mrs Wainthropp. So do I. 30 00:03:20,856 --> 00:03:23,056 She likes tidying people up. 31 00:03:23,206 --> 00:03:25,706 I don't like mess. 32 00:03:26,956 --> 00:03:29,956 People whose life have got into a mess. 33 00:03:30,693 --> 00:03:33,143 Ask for help, it's right to help. 34 00:03:33,143 --> 00:03:34,943 If you get the proper fee. 35 00:03:34,993 --> 00:03:36,693 Now, this one here, look. 36 00:03:36,743 --> 00:03:39,343 Decollage note paper with a crest. 37 00:03:39,393 --> 00:03:42,093 A man of means who can afford to pay. 38 00:03:42,143 --> 00:03:45,293 I never thought that I have to choose, reject people, 39 00:03:45,293 --> 00:03:49,333 all these letters and phone calls and more coming in all the time. 40 00:03:49,343 --> 00:03:51,343 Oh! Second post. 41 00:03:53,193 --> 00:03:56,393 Life is choice, Mrs Wainthropp. 42 00:04:06,045 --> 00:04:09,045 Orh! Funny one here. 43 00:04:14,118 --> 00:04:17,318 This is a poison pen letter. 44 00:04:19,207 --> 00:04:23,007 It could be abusive, obscene. 45 00:04:23,057 --> 00:04:28,657 It could accuse you of crimes you couldn't prove you didn't commit. 46 00:04:29,387 --> 00:04:32,987 It could threaten to kill you... 47 00:04:33,396 --> 00:04:36,396 ...or hurt your children. 48 00:04:38,886 --> 00:04:40,886 That's sick! 49 00:04:42,317 --> 00:04:43,917 Damn! 50 00:04:45,267 --> 00:04:47,267 All right, I'm coming! 51 00:04:50,606 --> 00:04:52,806 Wainthropp Detective Agency? 52 00:04:52,856 --> 00:04:55,456 No callers at the house! 53 00:04:55,606 --> 00:04:57,606 You got my letter, I see. 54 00:04:57,606 --> 00:04:59,656 You better come in. 55 00:05:16,411 --> 00:05:19,111 There's no truth in it, Mrs Barnsby. 56 00:05:19,261 --> 00:05:20,961 None at all. 57 00:05:21,011 --> 00:05:23,411 I hardly need to tell you that. 58 00:05:23,586 --> 00:05:26,386 Obscene lies. Filth! 59 00:05:26,386 --> 00:05:27,836 Just like all the others. 60 00:05:27,886 --> 00:05:30,386 I don't know what to think, Mr Winterton. 61 00:05:31,108 --> 00:05:34,608 Copies seem to being sent everywhere, it's very embarassing. 62 00:05:35,668 --> 00:05:38,768 I can't talk to Tommy about it in any depth. 63 00:05:38,918 --> 00:05:41,718 It would take a trained social worker. 64 00:05:42,568 --> 00:05:44,568 All he says is 65 00:05:44,568 --> 00:05:47,518 "Everyone knows I'm his favourite". 66 00:05:48,668 --> 00:05:52,668 Meanwhile, it seems better to keep him out of school. 67 00:06:02,189 --> 00:06:05,789 Why should you pay for an investigation? 68 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:09,439 Because I'm the prime suspect. 69 00:06:10,407 --> 00:06:12,907 Repressed middle-aged spinster living alone 70 00:06:12,907 --> 00:06:15,507 watching the village from her upstairs window. 71 00:06:15,957 --> 00:06:17,957 Classic case. 72 00:06:18,221 --> 00:06:20,421 What are you repressing? 73 00:06:20,871 --> 00:06:24,171 Disappointment mainly at a wasted life. 74 00:06:24,455 --> 00:06:26,405 I was an accountant. 75 00:06:26,405 --> 00:06:28,005 Good at my job. 76 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:30,855 But the firm was taken over and I was made redundant. 77 00:06:30,905 --> 00:06:33,550 I came back to the village to look after my parents. 78 00:06:33,555 --> 00:06:36,195 They died and left me reasonably comfortable, 79 00:06:36,205 --> 00:06:39,005 so I can well afford to employ you. 80 00:06:39,312 --> 00:06:40,912 How much were you thinking? 81 00:06:40,912 --> 00:06:42,262 Six hundred. 82 00:06:42,262 --> 00:06:45,212 Three hundred now and three hundred when the job's done. 83 00:06:45,601 --> 00:06:48,351 Have you had any of these poison pen letters yourself? 84 00:06:48,351 --> 00:06:51,701 Yes, some of them actually accusing me of writing the letters. 85 00:06:51,701 --> 00:06:53,901 But, they could have been from anyone. 86 00:06:53,951 --> 00:06:57,351 Six hundred and no knowing how long it will take? 87 00:06:57,501 --> 00:07:00,401 With all the publicity, we have a lot cases offered. 88 00:07:00,551 --> 00:07:03,001 When you think what we're in a position to charge... 89 00:07:03,001 --> 00:07:05,201 - We'll accept the case. - Eh? 90 00:07:05,251 --> 00:07:08,351 It's not a question of money, it's a question of need. 91 00:07:08,401 --> 00:07:12,001 There'll be expenses on top, but we're not extravagant. 92 00:07:14,351 --> 00:07:17,351 I can't see why the police can't help. 93 00:07:17,401 --> 00:07:20,001 You think they'll be able to do something. 94 00:07:20,151 --> 00:07:21,951 It's an impossible job. 95 00:07:22,001 --> 00:07:23,501 Local postmark. 96 00:07:23,551 --> 00:07:25,951 Means they were posted anywhere in the Ackersley area. 97 00:07:26,001 --> 00:07:27,001 Fingerprints. 98 00:07:27,051 --> 00:07:29,250 Lots on the envelope, none on the actual letters. 99 00:07:29,201 --> 00:07:31,001 He or she wears gloves. 100 00:07:31,051 --> 00:07:33,351 Paper? You can buy anywhere. 101 00:07:33,401 --> 00:07:34,651 They have to licked the stamps. 102 00:07:34,651 --> 00:07:36,251 There's something in spit. 103 00:07:36,301 --> 00:07:37,701 DNA? 104 00:07:37,751 --> 00:07:41,151 Have you any idea how much a DNA test of the whole village would cost? 105 00:07:41,201 --> 00:07:43,301 And we can't force people to give samples. 106 00:07:43,351 --> 00:07:46,401 It's not a custodial crime. A nuisance, not a felony. 107 00:07:46,401 --> 00:07:47,901 Nuisance? 108 00:07:48,051 --> 00:07:50,651 There's folks left their homes. 109 00:07:50,701 --> 00:07:52,051 I have to see a couple tomorrow, 110 00:07:52,051 --> 00:07:54,651 about to move out to a flat in Preston. 111 00:07:54,701 --> 00:07:58,651 There's marriages broken, there's a woman on tablets for her nerves. 112 00:07:58,651 --> 00:08:00,701 Can you prove she won't be on tablets anyway? 113 00:08:00,701 --> 00:08:01,701 Ah.... 114 00:08:01,751 --> 00:08:03,701 The Sergeant at Ackersley is doing his best, 115 00:08:03,701 --> 00:08:05,551 but as you say, it's a low priority. 116 00:08:05,601 --> 00:08:06,551 I say?! 117 00:08:06,551 --> 00:08:08,651 And we haven't the time or the money. 118 00:08:08,651 --> 00:08:10,951 Anyway, this isn't a case for forensics. 119 00:08:11,101 --> 00:08:14,701 It's not logical, it's psychological. Twisted motives. 120 00:08:14,751 --> 00:08:16,451 Think laterally. 121 00:08:16,601 --> 00:08:18,201 Don't get me wrong, Mrs Wainthropp. 122 00:08:18,251 --> 00:08:21,051 I'm delighted you're taking it on, but er, I tell you frankly. 123 00:08:21,201 --> 00:08:23,601 You're on a hiding to nothing. 124 00:08:24,851 --> 00:08:26,101 Aaah! 125 00:08:26,101 --> 00:08:29,751 Six jobs on hold, all paying better money. 126 00:08:31,901 --> 00:08:33,501 I was thinking. 127 00:08:34,251 --> 00:08:37,051 You and me might take on one of the other cases. 128 00:08:37,201 --> 00:08:39,201 Ourselves. 129 00:08:41,512 --> 00:08:43,312 We'll have to tell her. 130 00:08:43,562 --> 00:08:45,562 Not immediately. 131 00:08:45,612 --> 00:08:48,212 I've never kept anything from her, you know. 132 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:51,062 At least, not very often. 133 00:08:52,812 --> 00:08:54,812 Nothing really important. 134 00:08:56,862 --> 00:08:59,362 If you're a detective, who is paying you? 135 00:08:59,412 --> 00:09:03,612 I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to reveal the name of my client. 136 00:09:05,739 --> 00:09:10,039 You don't need to go to Shepton Fell to find out who's writing the letters. 137 00:09:10,489 --> 00:09:12,489 It's Miss Allowby. 138 00:09:13,396 --> 00:09:15,096 Done, at £500 a week. 139 00:09:15,146 --> 00:09:17,146 His name's Harold Skimmer. 140 00:09:17,196 --> 00:09:18,496 We'll need transport. 141 00:09:18,546 --> 00:09:20,146 Ah ah, not a car, Jeffrey. 142 00:09:20,146 --> 00:09:22,106 Now once and for all, we just can't afford. 143 00:09:22,106 --> 00:09:23,556 It's an investment! 144 00:09:23,556 --> 00:09:25,356 We could use the reward money. 145 00:09:25,406 --> 00:09:28,556 That £15,000 has gone into the building society 146 00:09:28,556 --> 00:09:31,906 to top up my much depleted redundancy money. 147 00:09:31,956 --> 00:09:34,156 What's wrong with your friend's scooter? 148 00:09:34,206 --> 00:09:35,806 We can't always rely on it. 149 00:09:35,806 --> 00:09:37,056 She sometimes uses it. 150 00:09:37,056 --> 00:09:38,506 Well find out if she'll sell it to us. 151 00:09:38,506 --> 00:09:39,856 We might be able to afford that. 152 00:09:39,906 --> 00:09:40,906 Right. 153 00:09:40,856 --> 00:09:43,256 If you can get it cheap enough. 154 00:09:44,506 --> 00:09:46,756 How do you know it's Miss Allowby? 155 00:09:46,756 --> 00:09:48,756 Who else would it be? 156 00:09:48,806 --> 00:09:51,006 She watches everyone. 157 00:09:53,974 --> 00:09:57,974 Selling your house and moving in to town? 158 00:09:58,024 --> 00:09:59,424 It's a big step. 159 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:01,674 We haven't sold it yet. 160 00:10:07,115 --> 00:10:09,715 What did the letters accuse you of doing? 161 00:10:09,765 --> 00:10:11,565 Personal matters. 162 00:10:11,815 --> 00:10:13,615 Private. 163 00:10:14,165 --> 00:10:15,965 Lies! 164 00:10:17,554 --> 00:10:18,754 They're late. 165 00:10:18,754 --> 00:10:22,104 People don't think, I've got a child to collect from school. 166 00:10:23,402 --> 00:10:25,802 If they were all lies... 167 00:10:26,767 --> 00:10:30,967 Miss Allowby wouldn't have seen anything because there'll be nothing to see. 168 00:10:31,017 --> 00:10:34,517 What she saw, she made something of it. 169 00:10:35,367 --> 00:10:37,967 But there was nothing, okay? 170 00:10:38,017 --> 00:10:40,717 We've only been here two years. 171 00:10:40,567 --> 00:10:43,767 We wanted fresh air and scenery for the children. 172 00:10:44,917 --> 00:10:46,917 Then the letters. 173 00:10:47,156 --> 00:10:48,956 Just insults at first. 174 00:10:48,956 --> 00:10:51,756 Calling names. Yuppies and such. 175 00:10:52,206 --> 00:10:55,406 Then worse. Sick. 176 00:10:55,456 --> 00:10:58,456 And at the end, copies sent all over. 177 00:10:58,506 --> 00:11:01,306 You can see everything from that bloody window. 178 00:11:01,356 --> 00:11:04,556 And the village people, look at me, talking. 179 00:11:07,297 --> 00:11:08,897 Quarter to three. 180 00:11:08,947 --> 00:11:10,447 What kind of time is that? 181 00:11:10,497 --> 00:11:14,697 If people is serious about buying a house, you'd think they'd be punctual. 182 00:11:15,956 --> 00:11:17,756 Here's a car. 183 00:11:20,579 --> 00:11:23,879 I'll go walk on the streets for a while and ask about. 184 00:11:35,946 --> 00:11:37,246 It's all local. 185 00:11:37,296 --> 00:11:40,096 Coconut ice, that's old village. 186 00:11:40,180 --> 00:11:42,130 The mango surprise is new village. 187 00:11:42,130 --> 00:11:43,330 It doesn't sell. 188 00:11:43,380 --> 00:11:46,180 I remember the village shop when I was a girl. 189 00:11:46,230 --> 00:11:47,930 [indistinct] in a jar. 190 00:11:47,980 --> 00:11:52,180 Oh gobstoppers, liquorice [indistinct] and sherbet [indistinct]. 191 00:11:52,230 --> 00:11:54,800 Those days are gone. We mustn't hanker. 192 00:11:54,803 --> 00:11:56,303 Have you made a decision? 193 00:11:56,303 --> 00:11:58,153 Oh, the fudge. 194 00:12:02,732 --> 00:12:06,232 They're mixing then, do they, the old and the new? 195 00:12:06,382 --> 00:12:07,682 They mix... 196 00:12:07,732 --> 00:12:10,532 ...mixing in might be oversaying in the situation. 197 00:12:10,514 --> 00:12:12,114 Pound of fudge, you said? 198 00:12:12,164 --> 00:12:13,364 Half a pound. 199 00:12:13,414 --> 00:12:16,214 Gift-wrapped? It is extra, but worth it. 200 00:12:16,164 --> 00:12:18,364 Gift-wrapped? Huh huh. 201 00:12:20,517 --> 00:12:25,517 I was just wondering who mainly receives these poison pen letters. 202 00:12:25,667 --> 00:12:28,167 Old or new villagers? 203 00:12:28,317 --> 00:12:29,417 Oh yes? 204 00:12:29,467 --> 00:12:31,867 You're from some bloody newspaper, arent' you? 205 00:12:31,867 --> 00:12:33,217 Pardon my French. 206 00:12:33,267 --> 00:12:34,717 Do I look like a reporter? 207 00:12:34,717 --> 00:12:36,617 They come in all sizes. 208 00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:39,067 They've been here then, asking questions? 209 00:12:39,067 --> 00:12:41,267 We prefer not to talk to reporters. 210 00:12:41,267 --> 00:12:43,867 It's a private matter between ourselves. 211 00:12:43,917 --> 00:12:46,117 That will be £3.50. 212 00:12:46,367 --> 00:12:49,667 Including the gift box with mordern view. 213 00:12:51,904 --> 00:12:54,104 I'm not a reporter. 214 00:12:54,954 --> 00:12:57,354 Only came to see the village. 215 00:12:58,642 --> 00:13:00,692 Mrs Harrow gave me a lift from Preston. 216 00:13:00,692 --> 00:13:02,392 She told me about the letters. 217 00:13:02,442 --> 00:13:04,142 Their business. 218 00:13:04,292 --> 00:13:07,292 Call woman or something like that, everyone know it. 219 00:13:07,342 --> 00:13:09,342 Something like what? 220 00:13:09,492 --> 00:13:12,292 Black lace came into it, that's what I've heard. 221 00:13:12,342 --> 00:13:14,342 And latex underwear. 222 00:13:14,951 --> 00:13:16,300 And you believed it? 223 00:13:16,301 --> 00:13:18,701 - No, oh no! - Oh no. 224 00:13:22,996 --> 00:13:24,946 The new villagers are yuppies. 225 00:13:24,946 --> 00:13:26,546 People with jobs in town. 226 00:13:26,696 --> 00:13:30,256 Paid off ... houses because it's an area of scenic beauty. 227 00:13:30,260 --> 00:13:32,160 And the old villagers? 228 00:13:32,210 --> 00:13:35,310 Put up a living from traditional village occupations. 229 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,360 Mostly farming I suppose. 230 00:13:37,410 --> 00:13:40,410 Oh, bed and breakfast, gift shops, 231 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,760 jobbing, gardening, cleaning. 232 00:13:42,810 --> 00:13:44,810 Living off welfare. 233 00:13:44,860 --> 00:13:46,610 It's all sheep around here. 234 00:13:46,610 --> 00:13:48,610 They're not labour intensive. 235 00:13:49,373 --> 00:13:51,873 What's this? Hague a la bou... 236 00:13:51,923 --> 00:13:53,723 Ah ah, better not. 237 00:13:53,776 --> 00:13:57,776 She sees these things on TV, but they never seemed to come out right. 238 00:13:58,026 --> 00:14:01,226 There's some scrag end not gone off yet, at the back of the fridge. 239 00:14:01,276 --> 00:14:02,776 With a hog pork. 240 00:14:02,826 --> 00:14:04,426 You never get tired of hog pork. 241 00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:07,476 It's safe and entirely free from additives. 242 00:14:07,926 --> 00:14:10,176 Ah! She's home. 243 00:14:10,176 --> 00:14:11,426 How are we gonna tell her? 244 00:14:11,426 --> 00:14:13,926 Straight out. Best way. 245 00:14:16,654 --> 00:14:18,454 Have a good day, luv? 246 00:14:18,504 --> 00:14:19,904 Aw, you look tired. 247 00:14:19,954 --> 00:14:21,254 Shall I get you some Dubonnet? 248 00:14:21,254 --> 00:14:22,554 We've got something to tell you. 249 00:14:22,604 --> 00:14:24,104 Oh, can't it keep? 250 00:14:24,154 --> 00:14:26,354 Mrs Harrow been bending me ear all afternoon. 251 00:14:26,404 --> 00:14:28,404 Straight out you said, Mr Wainthropp. 252 00:14:28,454 --> 00:14:29,954 Straight out what? 253 00:14:30,004 --> 00:14:31,304 It's not important really. 254 00:14:31,304 --> 00:14:33,054 Yes, it is! 255 00:14:35,823 --> 00:14:39,323 You... you remember the er... 256 00:14:39,373 --> 00:14:42,173 ...the decollage note paper 257 00:14:42,223 --> 00:14:45,423 ...th-th-the man of substantial means. 258 00:14:46,380 --> 00:14:48,980 Oohf... Jeffrey and me er... 259 00:14:49,030 --> 00:14:52,030 ...are underemployed at the moment. 260 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,280 And with so many cases pending, 261 00:14:55,830 --> 00:14:58,530 ...there's an effect on cash flow. 262 00:14:58,580 --> 00:15:01,580 They need our services, Mrs Wainthropp, and they're not going to wait forever. 263 00:15:01,630 --> 00:15:03,630 There's nothing for us to do here while you're out on your own, 264 00:15:03,630 --> 00:15:05,680 so we've taken on a case. 265 00:15:08,785 --> 00:15:11,085 I'll have that Dubonnet now. 266 00:15:28,074 --> 00:15:32,274 We'll come to the "decollage" gentleman in a minute, one case at a time. 267 00:15:34,030 --> 00:15:37,330 Think laterally, the DCI said. 268 00:15:38,744 --> 00:15:41,344 I'm not sure I know how to go about it. 269 00:15:41,394 --> 00:15:42,894 Well you lie in your bath with your eyes closed 270 00:15:42,944 --> 00:15:45,144 and say the first thing that comes into your head. 271 00:15:45,894 --> 00:15:48,294 - Is that really it? - Yeah. 272 00:15:49,144 --> 00:15:52,344 We've no room here for that kind of behaviour. 273 00:15:52,394 --> 00:15:54,294 If you don't mind me saying, Mrs Wainthropp, 274 00:15:54,294 --> 00:15:56,044 why are you keeping this case to yourself? 275 00:15:56,094 --> 00:15:58,294 I'm not, we're discussing it! 276 00:15:58,344 --> 00:16:00,144 Discussing is not the same as doing it. 277 00:16:00,194 --> 00:16:04,194 Mrs Harrow wouldn't have talked freely in front of you, Jeffrey. 278 00:16:04,244 --> 00:16:06,244 Do any of them talk? 279 00:16:06,394 --> 00:16:09,994 No. None come to think of it. 280 00:16:10,544 --> 00:16:12,844 Who's writing these letters? 281 00:16:13,194 --> 00:16:15,194 Whose turn next? 282 00:16:15,244 --> 00:16:16,744 Does everyone get them? 283 00:16:16,794 --> 00:16:18,244 Can't tell. 284 00:16:18,244 --> 00:16:22,294 They keep it to themselves until it's public and then say it's all lies. 285 00:16:24,565 --> 00:16:29,565 It may have something to do with old villagers and new villagers. 286 00:16:29,715 --> 00:16:32,115 New villagers mainly get them. 287 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:36,680 I've too little to go on. 288 00:16:38,350 --> 00:16:40,850 And I don't know how to find out. 289 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:42,900 That's lateral thinking. 290 00:16:42,950 --> 00:16:45,150 You have to get one yourself. 291 00:16:47,109 --> 00:16:48,309 Get what? 292 00:16:48,359 --> 00:16:49,559 If you were one of them, 293 00:16:49,609 --> 00:16:52,309 persecuted like on the receiving end, 294 00:16:52,889 --> 00:16:54,389 they might trust you. 295 00:16:54,439 --> 00:16:57,639 You haven't even lay down on the floor yet. 296 00:17:02,652 --> 00:17:06,252 I'll have to be living in the village though, wouldn't I? 297 00:17:07,394 --> 00:17:09,194 Temporary. 298 00:17:18,722 --> 00:17:20,222 You've heard. 299 00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:22,472 Everybody's heard. 300 00:17:24,573 --> 00:17:26,773 People said you write the letters. 301 00:17:27,398 --> 00:17:30,598 How could I have known... the details? 302 00:17:30,648 --> 00:17:32,748 There are no details. 303 00:17:32,898 --> 00:17:34,598 It's not true. 304 00:17:35,048 --> 00:17:36,948 Nothing happened. 305 00:17:37,635 --> 00:17:39,435 If you say so. 306 00:17:43,717 --> 00:17:45,717 What am I to do? 307 00:17:46,167 --> 00:17:48,867 Now, the decollage gentleman. 308 00:17:48,917 --> 00:17:51,117 Ah. He's thinking of g-... 309 00:17:52,067 --> 00:17:53,567 He's thinking of getting married. 310 00:17:53,617 --> 00:17:55,217 It's a serious intention. 311 00:17:55,267 --> 00:17:57,667 He wants us to check up on the lady in question. 312 00:17:57,717 --> 00:17:59,317 We don't do divorce. 313 00:17:59,367 --> 00:18:01,267 They're not even married yet. 314 00:18:01,317 --> 00:18:02,917 It will end in divorce. 315 00:18:03,167 --> 00:18:06,367 Bound to if he's already checking up on her before they're wed. 316 00:18:06,417 --> 00:18:08,417 No, he saw a program on telly. 317 00:18:08,667 --> 00:18:10,867 - Alright. - They do it in America. 318 00:18:10,917 --> 00:18:13,917 Hire a private eye to make sure your intended is the faithful type. 319 00:18:13,967 --> 00:18:14,967 How? 320 00:18:14,967 --> 00:18:16,967 Well, the way it's usually done you. 321 00:18:16,917 --> 00:18:21,517 Get someone to make themselves agreeable like and if she responds... 322 00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:23,067 You might call it ... 323 00:18:23,417 --> 00:18:24,917 ...entrapment. 324 00:18:24,967 --> 00:18:26,567 In the nicest possible way. 325 00:18:26,567 --> 00:18:27,317 Ya. 326 00:18:27,315 --> 00:18:32,315 And which of you two clowns will be making himself agreeable? 327 00:18:34,216 --> 00:18:36,716 Anyway, you can't start immediately. 328 00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:41,266 I shall need Jeffrey to go to the reference library first. 329 00:19:20,461 --> 00:19:22,261 Bed and breakfast? 330 00:19:22,411 --> 00:19:24,211 Don't you remember me? 331 00:19:24,261 --> 00:19:26,861 I came yesterday to look at the village. 332 00:19:26,911 --> 00:19:30,311 I was fascinated, it's got such possibilities. 333 00:19:30,361 --> 00:19:32,761 I thought you were one of them reporters. 334 00:19:33,011 --> 00:19:36,211 A painter. Tara Hall. 335 00:19:36,461 --> 00:19:38,161 Perhaps you've heard of me. 336 00:19:38,211 --> 00:19:39,211 No. 337 00:19:39,261 --> 00:19:41,261 How surprising is that? 338 00:19:42,026 --> 00:19:45,626 I've quite a reputation among Royal Academy circles. 339 00:19:45,876 --> 00:19:49,876 But perhaps you don't get to the Royal Academy quite as often as you might like. 340 00:19:49,926 --> 00:19:51,426 Painters come in summer. 341 00:19:51,476 --> 00:19:53,476 We don't get winter painters. 342 00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:55,326 Well I'm on a field trip. 343 00:19:55,576 --> 00:19:58,776 Just a sketch pad, camera, and change of undies. 344 00:19:58,826 --> 00:20:00,526 I'm used to travelling rough. 345 00:20:00,776 --> 00:20:03,976 Yes, rocks are my speciality. 346 00:20:04,226 --> 00:20:08,226 There's a card in your window, "The Old Forge". 347 00:20:08,276 --> 00:20:10,876 The Old Forge never do B and B in the winter. 348 00:20:10,926 --> 00:20:12,926 They've got his mother with them. 349 00:20:12,776 --> 00:20:16,626 Glick Cottage she might get in if she don't mind mice. 350 00:20:16,626 --> 00:20:18,826 I do mind mice. 351 00:20:21,121 --> 00:20:22,721 Good morning. 352 00:20:22,987 --> 00:20:25,287 Miss Allowby will know. 353 00:20:25,437 --> 00:20:27,337 She knows everything. 354 00:20:27,387 --> 00:20:30,887 This lady is a painter of rocks, looking for B and B. 355 00:20:31,294 --> 00:20:33,094 Tara Hall. 356 00:20:34,041 --> 00:20:36,241 - Rocks? - Yes. 357 00:20:37,188 --> 00:20:38,288 Rocks! 358 00:20:38,338 --> 00:20:40,338 - Yes. - Yes! 359 00:20:41,118 --> 00:20:42,518 I think I've heard of you. 360 00:20:42,568 --> 00:20:44,068 Wasn't there something in the Sunday papers? 361 00:20:44,118 --> 00:20:45,818 Maybe. 362 00:20:47,022 --> 00:20:48,622 Beryl Pacey might take her. 363 00:20:48,672 --> 00:20:50,272 They've converted the pigeon loft. 364 00:20:50,322 --> 00:20:52,622 That's right, they have. 365 00:20:52,672 --> 00:20:56,472 Bed and breakfast starting this summer, but they might take one early. 366 00:21:16,140 --> 00:21:19,440 All their defences went up the moment you came into the shop. 367 00:21:19,490 --> 00:21:22,290 I've told you, they think I write the letters. 368 00:21:23,150 --> 00:21:26,150 Where did you get your artistic patters? Very good. 369 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,800 Jeff looked it up in the reference library. 370 00:21:30,050 --> 00:21:34,050 The Beginner's Background to Modern Art in ten easy lessons. 371 00:21:58,134 --> 00:22:00,584 Through here to the bathroom and toilet. 372 00:22:00,584 --> 00:22:03,384 - Oh yes. - I hope you like a shower. 373 00:22:04,002 --> 00:22:06,202 Shut up Bertie. 374 00:22:07,144 --> 00:22:09,544 Shoo! Shoo! 375 00:22:12,037 --> 00:22:13,437 That's Bertie. 376 00:22:13,487 --> 00:22:16,037 We couldn't bear to have him put down. 377 00:22:16,037 --> 00:22:18,537 He keeps trying to get back in again. 378 00:22:18,587 --> 00:22:20,987 Let me know if there's anything you need. 379 00:22:21,037 --> 00:22:23,037 I will, thank you. 380 00:22:29,206 --> 00:22:30,706 I'm sure you'll be very comfortable. 381 00:22:30,756 --> 00:22:32,356 They're good people. 382 00:22:32,506 --> 00:22:35,806 How long will it take before everyone in the village knows I'm here? 383 00:22:35,856 --> 00:22:38,056 Hmm, old village by this evening. 384 00:22:38,106 --> 00:22:40,306 New village don't always notice. 385 00:22:40,456 --> 00:22:42,656 I need them to trust me. 386 00:22:42,994 --> 00:22:44,794 Unlikely. 387 00:22:45,715 --> 00:22:47,215 I thought... 388 00:22:47,665 --> 00:22:50,165 ...if I was to get one of the letters. 389 00:22:50,315 --> 00:22:51,715 Good. 390 00:22:51,965 --> 00:22:53,465 Good! 391 00:22:53,415 --> 00:22:54,215 I'll write it myself. 392 00:22:54,265 --> 00:22:56,765 I brought some of that cheap notepaper and a black pen. 393 00:22:56,815 --> 00:22:59,015 - No. - No? 394 00:22:59,365 --> 00:23:01,165 It wouldn't be convincing. 395 00:23:01,215 --> 00:23:03,815 You'll never bring yourself to write the words. 396 00:23:04,566 --> 00:23:06,366 I'll do it. 397 00:23:07,078 --> 00:23:09,078 I'll do it now. 398 00:23:09,028 --> 00:23:12,028 I'll have it in the post by half past four. 399 00:23:20,467 --> 00:23:22,667 Just as well I can iron shirt. 400 00:23:22,939 --> 00:23:25,389 Will you be taking that bit of cotton wool off before we get there? 401 00:23:25,389 --> 00:23:26,989 Hmm? 402 00:23:27,339 --> 00:23:28,839 Oh! 403 00:23:56,259 --> 00:23:58,459 Is it alright if I come in and sit? 404 00:24:00,109 --> 00:24:02,109 You are that reporter. 405 00:24:02,159 --> 00:24:03,459 Painter. 406 00:24:03,509 --> 00:24:05,409 Of rocks. We know that now. 407 00:24:05,459 --> 00:24:07,059 I didn't. 408 00:24:07,586 --> 00:24:09,886 Then you must be a newcomer. 409 00:24:09,936 --> 00:24:12,336 I wouldn't say that. Five years. 410 00:24:12,386 --> 00:24:14,586 Twenty more and you may begin to call it that. 411 00:24:14,636 --> 00:24:16,636 Twenty more years, George, and you'll be dead. 412 00:24:16,686 --> 00:24:18,686 We'll be the old villagers then. 413 00:24:18,736 --> 00:24:20,636 I'm Janet Bransby. 414 00:24:20,681 --> 00:24:22,481 Tara Hall. 415 00:24:24,227 --> 00:24:27,627 I'll er, I'll put you on the grapevine for one bit of news anyway, Janet, 416 00:24:27,677 --> 00:24:29,477 cause I know it'll interest you. 417 00:24:29,527 --> 00:24:31,027 John Winterton. 418 00:24:31,077 --> 00:24:32,677 I've heard. 419 00:24:33,427 --> 00:24:36,727 - This is... - Mr Cullimore. We've met. 420 00:24:38,204 --> 00:24:39,604 Who's John Winterton? 421 00:24:39,654 --> 00:24:42,854 A teacher at the school where Janet and the boys used to go. 422 00:24:43,204 --> 00:24:45,004 Tried to end his life. 423 00:24:45,354 --> 00:24:47,354 Coward's way out. 424 00:24:48,030 --> 00:24:51,130 Good Lord decide when it's your time to go. 425 00:24:52,804 --> 00:24:55,204 We're famous for apple's cake and parking. 426 00:24:55,254 --> 00:24:57,254 True test of the north. 427 00:24:57,404 --> 00:24:59,904 Yeah. Yeah, you told us. 428 00:25:00,154 --> 00:25:02,054 I'm a good catch, you see. 429 00:25:02,111 --> 00:25:04,311 Those were Mother's very last words. 430 00:25:04,361 --> 00:25:06,861 "You're a good catch, Harold, for any young lady". 431 00:25:06,911 --> 00:25:08,711 "You must be wary." 432 00:25:08,861 --> 00:25:10,861 Yeah. You've said. 433 00:25:11,011 --> 00:25:13,511 Every Friday they go out, the four of them. 434 00:25:13,561 --> 00:25:15,061 Girl's night. 435 00:25:15,211 --> 00:25:17,711 Old school friends. 436 00:25:18,035 --> 00:25:19,735 Right. 437 00:25:19,785 --> 00:25:22,985 They're all married. She's divorced. 438 00:25:23,335 --> 00:25:26,635 Can Mr Wainthropp see her through the window, do you think? 439 00:25:26,785 --> 00:25:29,185 Club don't have windows, Mr Skimmer. 440 00:25:29,635 --> 00:25:32,535 Is she enjoying herself a little too much? 441 00:25:32,585 --> 00:25:35,585 Dancing close to strangers and such. 442 00:25:35,935 --> 00:25:39,135 Aye, I never thought when I first saw her on the cosmetic's counter 443 00:25:39,185 --> 00:25:41,185 that it would come to this. 444 00:25:45,332 --> 00:25:47,132 They wouldn't let me in! 445 00:25:47,382 --> 00:25:49,582 Members only. 446 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,360 Good morning. 447 00:25:54,410 --> 00:25:56,410 There's a letter for you. 448 00:25:58,660 --> 00:26:00,260 Nobody knows I'm here. 449 00:26:00,310 --> 00:26:02,510 Didn't you leave a forwarding address? 450 00:26:02,660 --> 00:26:05,260 I'm a free spirit, Mrs Pacey. 451 00:26:05,310 --> 00:26:08,710 Anyway I didn't even know where I was gonna be staying. 452 00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:11,660 Local postmark. 453 00:26:19,833 --> 00:26:21,633 This is vile. 454 00:26:24,418 --> 00:26:26,418 There's been a mistake made. 455 00:26:26,468 --> 00:26:27,768 It's addressed to you. 456 00:26:27,818 --> 00:26:30,218 - I'll tear it up. - No, no, no. 457 00:26:31,417 --> 00:26:33,617 No, I'll keep it. 458 00:26:35,868 --> 00:26:38,468 You don't seemed to be much surprised. 459 00:26:38,718 --> 00:26:40,218 We are surprised. 460 00:26:40,268 --> 00:26:42,668 Having me getting the letter, yes, but, 461 00:26:43,432 --> 00:26:47,732 you seemed to know what kind of thing it was before I opened it. 462 00:26:47,882 --> 00:26:50,132 What you're asking is have we ever had one like it? 463 00:26:50,132 --> 00:26:52,032 It's part of what I'm asking, yes. 464 00:26:52,082 --> 00:26:55,282 No we haven't. But we know folks that have. 465 00:27:02,343 --> 00:27:04,643 I went for a walk around the village last night. 466 00:27:04,693 --> 00:27:06,493 I went up to the church. 467 00:27:08,271 --> 00:27:11,371 They told me what happened to the head teacher at the school. 468 00:27:11,421 --> 00:27:13,421 Huh. Nothing happened to him. 469 00:27:13,471 --> 00:27:15,071 He did it himself. 470 00:27:19,700 --> 00:27:22,500 He was never what you might call a practical motorist. 471 00:27:22,550 --> 00:27:26,050 His car ran out of petrol before the carbon monoxide could kill him. 472 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:30,000 Doesn't seem to be much sympathy for him in the village. 473 00:27:30,050 --> 00:27:32,550 Oo, I suppose they believe what was in the letter. 474 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,100 Was it true? 475 00:27:34,150 --> 00:27:35,750 There is a history. 476 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,500 But it was long ago... 477 00:27:37,650 --> 00:27:40,050 ... and nothing more than affectionate behaviour. 478 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,800 Here he's kept out of trouble and done a good job, until the letter started. 479 00:27:44,950 --> 00:27:47,350 Kept on... got worse. 480 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:50,700 Why do anything like that is beyond me. 481 00:27:52,005 --> 00:27:53,705 Sorry to shock you. 482 00:27:54,355 --> 00:27:57,155 But I wanted you to know what you're up against. 483 00:27:58,305 --> 00:28:00,305 John Winterton's were horrible. 484 00:28:00,455 --> 00:28:03,455 They terrified him, yet inflamed his imagination. 485 00:28:04,305 --> 00:28:08,105 He cracked under the stress and did something rather stupid. 486 00:28:08,455 --> 00:28:10,455 Then the last letter arrived. 487 00:28:10,505 --> 00:28:15,305 Copies to the boy's mother, the local paper, and the police. 488 00:28:18,231 --> 00:28:20,631 You seemed to know a lot about him. 489 00:28:21,078 --> 00:28:23,478 Knowing about people is my hobby. 490 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:28,305 Oh I wish I could draw. 491 00:28:28,355 --> 00:28:31,755 I know art is suppose to be funny these days, but not as funny as this. 492 00:28:32,934 --> 00:28:34,734 Oh, I brought you something. 493 00:28:35,384 --> 00:28:36,984 A map of the village... 494 00:28:37,084 --> 00:28:39,084 on my own computer... 495 00:28:40,134 --> 00:28:41,634 showing where everyone lives. 496 00:28:41,684 --> 00:28:45,384 Who's old village, who's new village and who, as far as I can tell, 497 00:28:45,434 --> 00:28:47,434 has heard from poison pen. 498 00:28:49,452 --> 00:28:53,652 These letters and the copies made, just five so far... 499 00:28:55,183 --> 00:28:57,583 ...are they always the truth? 500 00:28:58,729 --> 00:29:01,129 I can't say for all cases. 501 00:29:01,279 --> 00:29:03,279 John Winterton was true. 502 00:29:04,215 --> 00:29:06,215 And that Mrs Harrow... 503 00:29:06,465 --> 00:29:08,065 ...I had a feeling... 504 00:29:08,315 --> 00:29:10,815 Gentleman callers in the afternoon. 505 00:29:17,034 --> 00:29:19,034 Drive me into Preston will you? 506 00:29:19,084 --> 00:29:21,484 I'll get a taxi back on expenses. 507 00:29:32,398 --> 00:29:34,198 I don't know how to begin. 508 00:29:34,248 --> 00:29:36,048 The way Mr Skimmer did it. 509 00:29:36,098 --> 00:29:38,798 He was bringing his mother's prescription in regularly, 510 00:29:38,798 --> 00:29:40,998 just fell into conversation. 511 00:29:43,739 --> 00:29:46,039 Is there any chance it could be true? 512 00:29:46,089 --> 00:29:47,789 Why should I answer? 513 00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:54,605 Because whoever sent those letters, forced you out of the village. 514 00:29:54,605 --> 00:29:56,805 and I'm trying to find out who it was. 515 00:29:56,855 --> 00:29:58,455 There's every chance it could be true. 516 00:29:58,455 --> 00:30:00,305 Now please get out of my way. 517 00:30:00,355 --> 00:30:03,355 You knew what was going on. 518 00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:08,630 I don't think you understand our kind of marriage, Mrs Wainthropp. 519 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,280 Let's just say there may be faults on both sides, 520 00:30:11,230 --> 00:30:13,630 but we have two children that we both loved. 521 00:30:13,780 --> 00:30:15,080 And now if you'll excuse me. 522 00:30:15,130 --> 00:30:16,930 This is a working lunch. 523 00:30:23,641 --> 00:30:27,041 I'd like a glass of Dubonnet and a Scotch Shake please. 524 00:30:32,221 --> 00:30:33,821 Cat got your tongue? 525 00:30:35,169 --> 00:30:37,169 My throat has gone dry. 526 00:30:39,654 --> 00:30:41,354 What're you trying to say? 527 00:30:42,219 --> 00:30:44,619 I had it all worked out before I came in. 528 00:30:45,069 --> 00:30:46,569 Just give me a minute. 529 00:30:47,159 --> 00:30:49,359 Oh, it's that thing. 530 00:30:50,638 --> 00:30:52,438 I expect so. 531 00:30:53,524 --> 00:30:54,274 What? 532 00:30:54,274 --> 00:30:56,374 There's no need to be embarassed. 533 00:30:56,424 --> 00:30:58,024 Young fellow me lad. 534 00:30:58,074 --> 00:31:00,274 Not in these day and age. 535 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,725 They're over by the pharmacy. 536 00:31:02,775 --> 00:31:04,075 Gossamer light. 537 00:31:04,125 --> 00:31:05,925 A whole display unit. 538 00:31:05,975 --> 00:31:07,975 Just pick up a packet and pay. 539 00:31:08,025 --> 00:31:10,025 Nobody will think anything of it. 540 00:31:17,754 --> 00:31:18,854 Thank you. 541 00:31:19,104 --> 00:31:20,904 Wuh, it's been a long day. 542 00:31:21,054 --> 00:31:23,854 You don't get much light to do painting in the winter. 543 00:31:24,504 --> 00:31:26,004 Enough. 544 00:31:25,996 --> 00:31:27,996 Give me time to brood. 545 00:31:28,246 --> 00:31:29,746 About rocks? 546 00:31:29,796 --> 00:31:32,596 No, I've been brooding about my poison pen letter. 547 00:31:32,846 --> 00:31:34,046 I can't make it out. 548 00:31:34,096 --> 00:31:36,296 My first full day in the village. 549 00:31:37,389 --> 00:31:40,389 I thought I might talk to some of the other folk about them. 550 00:31:40,439 --> 00:31:42,039 You can talk if you like. 551 00:31:42,089 --> 00:31:43,889 You'll find they won't. 552 00:31:47,673 --> 00:31:49,273 See ya. 553 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,800 I don't think she recognizes either of us in a romantic light. 554 00:32:12,250 --> 00:32:14,050 She called me young fellow me lad. 555 00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,800 She called me grandpa. 556 00:32:16,865 --> 00:32:18,565 I'm afraid so, Jeffrey. 557 00:32:18,686 --> 00:32:20,836 When it comes to entrapment, 558 00:32:20,836 --> 00:32:23,186 you're too young and I'm too old. 559 00:32:23,917 --> 00:32:26,717 We'll have to find somebody more suitable. 560 00:32:33,613 --> 00:32:35,613 Harrows left the village. 561 00:32:37,762 --> 00:32:39,962 Davenport's left the village. 562 00:32:41,786 --> 00:32:46,386 Winterton took to suicide, still in hospital. 563 00:32:47,536 --> 00:32:49,436 Parmby. 564 00:32:49,436 --> 00:32:52,836 Accident with farm machinery. 565 00:32:56,349 --> 00:32:58,349 That leaves one. 566 00:32:58,243 --> 00:33:00,843 The old villagers look after their own, usually. 567 00:33:01,093 --> 00:33:03,893 Get someone in the ... and you are bound to it. 568 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,560 Well I had nobody to exert that kind of pressure. 569 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,600 Put something in it, won't you please. 570 00:33:10,650 --> 00:33:12,650 Or the fire will go out. 571 00:33:16,106 --> 00:33:17,906 Why did you stay? 572 00:33:18,256 --> 00:33:20,056 Nowhere else to go. 573 00:33:20,282 --> 00:33:22,082 Any road. 574 00:33:22,444 --> 00:33:24,244 What's to hide. 575 00:33:26,817 --> 00:33:28,617 I still get the letters, you know. 576 00:33:28,967 --> 00:33:30,367 Poison pen? 577 00:33:30,417 --> 00:33:32,217 It's a comfort in a way. 578 00:33:32,367 --> 00:33:34,367 Nobody else writes to me. 579 00:33:35,017 --> 00:33:36,517 What do they say? 580 00:33:36,567 --> 00:33:38,767 Just general abuse. 581 00:33:39,417 --> 00:33:42,017 But he puts a £10 note in the envelope. 582 00:33:42,167 --> 00:33:43,117 He? 583 00:33:43,117 --> 00:33:45,317 Well a woman wouldn't send me money. 584 00:33:56,274 --> 00:34:00,674 Why don't you find yourself a bird sanctuary somewhere down south. 585 00:34:20,810 --> 00:34:24,210 That pigeon kept me awake these past two hours. 586 00:34:24,460 --> 00:34:26,860 Jim's just feeding him now, huh. 587 00:34:27,110 --> 00:34:28,410 Oh, there's a... 588 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,560 Oh, so there is. 589 00:34:31,110 --> 00:34:33,310 Two days in a row. 590 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,760 I find that interesting. 591 00:34:42,763 --> 00:34:46,163 If that's Mr Skimmer again, I'm lying down with a sick headache. 592 00:34:47,213 --> 00:34:49,413 Wainthropp Detective Agency. 593 00:34:49,563 --> 00:34:51,563 It's not Mr Skimmer. 594 00:34:52,513 --> 00:34:54,713 I want to take a packed lunch today. 595 00:34:55,463 --> 00:34:57,663 I want to ask around the village. 596 00:34:58,213 --> 00:35:00,913 The poison pen seems to have taken a fancy to me 597 00:35:00,913 --> 00:35:02,913 and I want to know more about him. 598 00:35:03,163 --> 00:35:04,663 Her. 599 00:35:06,396 --> 00:35:07,496 Why her? 600 00:35:07,546 --> 00:35:09,346 Always is, ain't it? 601 00:35:11,096 --> 00:35:12,596 What do I say? 602 00:35:14,019 --> 00:35:16,419 Buy something expensive and tell her she meet you. 603 00:35:16,969 --> 00:35:18,469 You could have done that. 604 00:35:18,519 --> 00:35:21,119 When it came to the test, he found he couldn't. 605 00:35:35,134 --> 00:35:38,334 Has it got organic collagens for after-shave moisturizing? 606 00:35:38,584 --> 00:35:39,584 Full of them. 607 00:35:39,634 --> 00:35:44,434 And a delicate, yet totally masculine fragrance to enhance personal freshness. 608 00:35:44,784 --> 00:35:46,684 While we're on the subject, 609 00:35:46,884 --> 00:35:48,384 I think you're beautiful. 610 00:35:48,434 --> 00:35:50,234 Would you like to come out with me? 611 00:35:50,484 --> 00:35:53,084 Sorry, I'm already spoken for. 612 00:35:53,334 --> 00:35:54,534 Oh. 613 00:35:54,884 --> 00:35:56,484 Not a bag, I'll just stuff the er... 614 00:35:56,484 --> 00:35:58,084 Wait. 615 00:35:58,434 --> 00:36:00,334 Take your glasses off. 616 00:36:04,313 --> 00:36:06,313 How about this evening? 617 00:36:06,812 --> 00:36:10,312 I heard your husband had an accident with a tractor. 618 00:36:10,662 --> 00:36:13,862 Farm's a dangerous place when your mind is distracted. 619 00:36:15,127 --> 00:36:16,627 Spanner, please. 620 00:36:21,214 --> 00:36:25,214 I hope you won't take it amiss, but from what I've heard, 621 00:36:25,564 --> 00:36:27,764 there was talk of fraud. 622 00:36:28,244 --> 00:36:30,044 Talk's cheap. 623 00:36:30,207 --> 00:36:32,607 There was nothing proved. 624 00:36:36,590 --> 00:36:39,090 I can see it's not easy for you. 625 00:36:39,140 --> 00:36:41,140 Oh, I'm not so badly off now. 626 00:36:41,290 --> 00:36:44,490 We got the insurance and I've sold the mill quota. 627 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:48,240 It was my husband trying to hang on to the farm. 628 00:36:49,509 --> 00:36:51,509 But she's still here. 629 00:36:51,759 --> 00:36:53,959 We will be when I've sold it. 630 00:36:54,976 --> 00:36:56,476 Sixty. 631 00:36:57,271 --> 00:36:58,771 Seventy. 632 00:36:59,898 --> 00:37:01,398 Eighty. 633 00:37:02,748 --> 00:37:04,248 Ninety. 634 00:37:04,421 --> 00:37:06,621 It's not enough, Mr Wainthropp. 635 00:37:08,911 --> 00:37:10,711 A hundred? 636 00:37:16,542 --> 00:37:18,742 Don't worry, Mr Skimmer. 637 00:37:18,945 --> 00:37:22,545 They will be under our expert surveillance the whole evening. 638 00:37:31,313 --> 00:37:32,313 Afternoon. 639 00:37:32,363 --> 00:37:35,263 Is Tara Hall staying here? I'm her nephew. 640 00:37:35,313 --> 00:37:36,813 Make it hundred and fifty. 641 00:37:39,476 --> 00:37:43,076 The Sergeant at Ackersley had a letter from our anonymous friend this morning. 642 00:37:43,326 --> 00:37:45,926 Keep your grass off my patch. 643 00:37:46,966 --> 00:37:49,066 They think like a landscape gardener. 644 00:37:49,116 --> 00:37:51,116 Technical terminology? 645 00:37:52,355 --> 00:37:56,255 Grass, the informer, patch, the territory. 646 00:37:56,305 --> 00:37:57,805 Right. 647 00:38:12,831 --> 00:38:15,631 I've been hurt once already in me life, Kev. 648 00:38:15,781 --> 00:38:17,281 I've had a bad marriage. 649 00:38:17,331 --> 00:38:19,531 And a breakup that's painful. 650 00:38:19,581 --> 00:38:22,381 You can't blame me for wanting somebody rich, but steady. 651 00:38:22,431 --> 00:38:23,831 I don't. 652 00:38:23,881 --> 00:38:27,481 If its only twenty nine, everybody thinks you must be old at thirty. 653 00:38:27,531 --> 00:38:29,931 But I am only 29, Kev. 654 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,100 I've got to put my glasses on, we keeping bumping into people. 655 00:38:35,150 --> 00:38:37,750 Bump! It adds to the excitement. 656 00:38:42,467 --> 00:38:45,267 All me friends have settled for boring marriages. 657 00:38:45,317 --> 00:38:49,117 If you're a woman, you make your own amusement in this town. 658 00:38:50,843 --> 00:38:53,343 I'm sure I've seen those two before. 659 00:38:53,793 --> 00:38:56,393 What could they be doing in a place like this? 660 00:38:56,743 --> 00:38:58,443 Selling drugs, probably. 661 00:38:58,493 --> 00:39:00,493 They look the criminal type. 662 00:39:04,631 --> 00:39:06,131 The trouble is, 663 00:39:07,947 --> 00:39:10,147 my mother doesn't understand me. 664 00:39:10,797 --> 00:39:12,497 This job you do, 665 00:39:13,047 --> 00:39:15,047 stock control, you said, 666 00:39:15,598 --> 00:39:17,798 in a cardboard box factory. 667 00:39:18,110 --> 00:39:19,610 Aye? 668 00:39:23,256 --> 00:39:27,656 How could you possibly afford to spend so much money taking me out? 669 00:39:41,689 --> 00:39:45,289 If we had proper transport, we'd be dry. 670 00:39:52,101 --> 00:39:56,801 Oh, go away you loathsome bird and stop distracting me. 671 00:39:58,522 --> 00:40:00,022 Oh! 672 00:40:00,876 --> 00:40:02,676 I'm too old for this game. 673 00:40:03,226 --> 00:40:05,026 It's logic I need. 674 00:40:08,087 --> 00:40:10,287 I think I missed something. 675 00:40:16,447 --> 00:40:19,047 I've been doing some lateral thinking. 676 00:40:19,699 --> 00:40:21,899 It's murder getting up. 677 00:40:25,503 --> 00:40:28,803 You were five months pregnant and you have nobody 678 00:40:28,803 --> 00:40:31,603 to exert pressure and make the father marry ye. 679 00:40:31,770 --> 00:40:34,170 I didn't really liked him much anyway. 680 00:40:34,697 --> 00:40:36,697 So what were you gonna do? 681 00:40:40,169 --> 00:40:41,669 She's a witch. 682 00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:43,519 She knows ways. 683 00:40:44,069 --> 00:40:45,869 How to get rid of a baby. 684 00:40:45,919 --> 00:40:47,519 With herbs and such. 685 00:40:47,569 --> 00:40:51,169 And when the letter arrived and all those copies... 686 00:40:51,319 --> 00:40:54,319 Well, everybody knew, so I thought I might as well have it. 687 00:40:56,568 --> 00:40:58,268 Thank you, Mandy. 688 00:41:02,045 --> 00:41:06,045 At first, I thought it was to do with old and new villagers. 689 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:10,298 No, it won't. Both get letters. 690 00:41:10,615 --> 00:41:14,215 Then I realized, it's naught to do with poison pen either. 691 00:41:14,765 --> 00:41:16,565 Not in the usual sense. 692 00:41:16,915 --> 00:41:18,715 Explain, please. 693 00:41:20,411 --> 00:41:24,411 The letters most people get in the beginning are just a smoke screen. 694 00:41:24,961 --> 00:41:26,461 All lies. 695 00:41:27,493 --> 00:41:30,093 But the final letters hit the truth. 696 00:41:30,543 --> 00:41:32,543 And they get results. 697 00:41:33,216 --> 00:41:35,516 Tom Parmby's death was an accident. 698 00:41:35,566 --> 00:41:38,366 Easy to arrange with a tractor. 699 00:41:39,023 --> 00:41:40,823 Better than going to prison. 700 00:41:41,073 --> 00:41:43,573 And they collected the insurance. 701 00:41:45,089 --> 00:41:47,489 And what's the result for Mandy? 702 00:41:47,868 --> 00:41:49,868 She didn't get rid of the child. 703 00:41:51,301 --> 00:41:53,101 She gave birth to it. 704 00:41:53,193 --> 00:41:54,993 And she's rearing it. 705 00:41:55,773 --> 00:41:58,573 You've come a long way in a short time. 706 00:41:59,273 --> 00:42:01,473 I've come further since. 707 00:42:03,373 --> 00:42:06,573 It's all about controlling people. 708 00:42:08,768 --> 00:42:12,968 Somebody making herself responsible for the whole village. 709 00:42:13,118 --> 00:42:14,318 You think it's a woman? 710 00:42:14,368 --> 00:42:15,868 I do. 711 00:42:16,810 --> 00:42:19,010 Dishing out punishments. 712 00:42:19,060 --> 00:42:21,260 Laying down the law. 713 00:42:22,110 --> 00:42:25,910 And disguising it all behind poison pen letters. 714 00:42:27,632 --> 00:42:30,832 You never expected me to solve this case. 715 00:42:30,938 --> 00:42:34,138 Because even if I did, I'll never be able to prove it. 716 00:42:35,148 --> 00:42:38,748 And meanwhile, you've been the one to call in a detective. 717 00:42:38,998 --> 00:42:41,798 Proof of innocence, Miss Allowby. 718 00:42:42,779 --> 00:42:44,979 You've decided I'm the poison pen? 719 00:42:45,029 --> 00:42:46,529 Yes. 720 00:42:50,339 --> 00:42:53,139 Very good! Classic. 721 00:42:53,189 --> 00:42:57,389 The person who calls in the detective is really the criminal all the time. 722 00:42:57,923 --> 00:43:00,623 Classic plot for a detective story. 723 00:43:00,773 --> 00:43:03,073 Doesn't mean it isn't so. 724 00:43:03,273 --> 00:43:05,673 Do you want to know the real reason I came to you? 725 00:43:05,723 --> 00:43:07,223 Yes, I do. 726 00:43:08,010 --> 00:43:12,010 I knew weeks ago who the poison pen is, but I couldn't prove my case either. 727 00:43:12,260 --> 00:43:15,860 And since I'm already the prime suspect, nobody would believe me. 728 00:43:16,410 --> 00:43:18,610 But if the super grand sleuth 729 00:43:18,660 --> 00:43:22,410 were to point the finger at the poison pen, that's another matter. 730 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:24,960 You've been using me. 731 00:43:25,510 --> 00:43:26,810 If you like. 732 00:43:26,860 --> 00:43:28,860 I don't like it. 733 00:43:29,410 --> 00:43:32,210 You've been making a fool of me, Miss Allowby. 734 00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,960 And I don't like it at all. 735 00:43:35,010 --> 00:43:37,010 Oh, please! 736 00:43:38,189 --> 00:43:40,189 Don't undervalue yourself. 737 00:43:40,439 --> 00:43:42,589 You've come further in three days on your own 738 00:43:42,589 --> 00:43:45,389 than I did in three months with a lot of help. 739 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:47,739 And you are right. 740 00:43:47,889 --> 00:43:50,289 It is all about control. 741 00:43:50,539 --> 00:43:52,939 Though I'm not the controller. 742 00:43:56,347 --> 00:43:57,947 What help? 743 00:43:58,814 --> 00:44:00,814 I gather facts. 744 00:44:00,964 --> 00:44:03,564 Put them out over the Internet on my computer. 745 00:44:03,814 --> 00:44:05,814 I've friends there. 746 00:44:05,964 --> 00:44:07,764 My only friends. 747 00:44:08,014 --> 00:44:12,014 We consult, compare similar cases. 748 00:44:12,264 --> 00:44:14,464 Reached a decision. 749 00:44:16,455 --> 00:44:19,655 Now I need you to do what I can't do. 750 00:44:21,183 --> 00:44:25,183 Confront the real poison pen using my evidence. 751 00:44:31,955 --> 00:44:33,455 Who? 752 00:44:35,790 --> 00:44:38,990 Keep your grass off my patch. 753 00:44:39,540 --> 00:44:42,340 That's police language, Mr Cullimore. 754 00:44:42,390 --> 00:44:44,390 I don't expect you to understand. 755 00:44:45,050 --> 00:44:46,650 Try me. 756 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:51,000 A village policeman knows everything if he can read the signals. 757 00:44:51,250 --> 00:44:55,650 I only used my knowledge when I needed to and I kept my village in order. 758 00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,500 Then, they retired me. 759 00:44:58,550 --> 00:45:01,350 Took it all away and left me to rot. 760 00:45:01,900 --> 00:45:04,650 There was still work to do, you could help people. 761 00:45:04,700 --> 00:45:06,700 Oh I do help people! 762 00:45:06,950 --> 00:45:09,150 I help the school kids with their reading. 763 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,200 Keep the church all tidy, bell ringing, 764 00:45:11,150 --> 00:45:13,150 help folks with their [indistinct] when they grow [indistinct]. 765 00:45:13,300 --> 00:45:15,400 Helping folks my middle name. 766 00:45:15,497 --> 00:45:16,997 And the letters? 767 00:45:18,010 --> 00:45:20,210 - Was that helping? - It was. 768 00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:22,960 People need keeping in order, they're happier. 769 00:45:24,443 --> 00:45:26,643 We don't have a village policeman now. 770 00:45:26,693 --> 00:45:28,093 There's still a job to do. 771 00:45:28,143 --> 00:45:30,143 Those letters were vile. 772 00:45:31,333 --> 00:45:33,133 The language. 773 00:45:34,801 --> 00:45:36,601 I felt sick. 774 00:45:36,651 --> 00:45:38,451 I knew what to write. 775 00:45:42,015 --> 00:45:44,315 You feel no shame, do you? 776 00:45:44,365 --> 00:45:46,265 I was doing my duty. 777 00:45:46,315 --> 00:45:48,115 I always will. 778 00:45:48,665 --> 00:45:51,465 You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. 779 00:45:52,935 --> 00:45:57,935 I don't think you'll be making any more omelettes in Shepton Fell, Mr Cullimore. 780 00:45:59,417 --> 00:46:00,917 No. 781 00:46:02,029 --> 00:46:04,229 Go away now, please. 782 00:46:36,141 --> 00:46:38,641 Gave me the final check before I left. 783 00:46:38,691 --> 00:46:40,491 Not bad for a week's work. 784 00:46:42,148 --> 00:46:44,548 And the decollage gentleman? 785 00:46:45,375 --> 00:46:47,375 There's been a bit of a problem. 786 00:46:47,625 --> 00:46:49,425 We've not been paid. 787 00:46:49,875 --> 00:46:52,075 We were too successful. 788 00:46:52,681 --> 00:46:55,681 She gave Mr Skimmer the push and Kevin's moved in with her. 789 00:46:55,785 --> 00:46:57,785 Mr Skimmer says he may sue us. 790 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,260 Let's say it's left you feeling a bit... 791 00:47:02,610 --> 00:47:03,810 ...dirty. 792 00:47:03,860 --> 00:47:05,360 Maybe a bit. 793 00:47:05,510 --> 00:47:07,510 As if you've been used. 794 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,360 You could say that. 795 00:47:11,506 --> 00:47:13,506 It's the same with me. 796 00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:20,039 We shall have to choose our cases more carefully from now on. 797 00:47:37,624 --> 00:47:40,124 Go old boy. 798 00:47:41,674 --> 00:47:43,174 Go on. 799 00:47:44,124 --> 00:47:45,624 Home!