1 00:00:01,602 --> 00:00:04,302 (gentle music) 2 00:00:57,637 --> 00:01:00,067 (screaming) 3 00:03:02,366 --> 00:03:03,966 Alright, Dave? 4 00:03:03,967 --> 00:03:06,607 - Steady. - Sorry. 5 00:03:09,072 --> 00:03:10,332 OK. 6 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:21,393 You'll give yourself indigestion. 7 00:03:21,388 --> 00:03:22,698 I don't want to be late. 8 00:03:23,912 --> 00:03:26,092 No one turns up to rehearsals on time. 9 00:03:27,447 --> 00:03:29,687 The costumes arrived yesterday. 10 00:03:29,688 --> 00:03:31,648 They are so beautiful. 11 00:03:33,307 --> 00:03:35,497 I don't know where Harold finds the money. 12 00:03:36,883 --> 00:03:37,783 The economy's booming. 13 00:03:37,780 --> 00:03:39,790 No doubt Harold's exports and imports 14 00:03:39,792 --> 00:03:41,322 are booming too. 15 00:03:41,324 --> 00:03:43,314 And there are dark rumours 16 00:03:43,307 --> 00:03:44,417 of a change of venue. 17 00:03:44,422 --> 00:03:46,242 Apparently the corn exchange 18 00:03:46,236 --> 00:03:47,996 is no longer good enough for him. 19 00:03:49,489 --> 00:03:50,369 Was it ever? 20 00:03:54,390 --> 00:03:56,530 You haven't finished your supper, Harold. 21 00:03:58,186 --> 00:04:00,766 Dinner, woman. Dinner. 22 00:04:00,772 --> 00:04:02,522 How many times do you have to be told? 23 00:04:02,523 --> 00:04:04,223 I'm sorry, Harold, I'm sorry. 24 00:04:06,754 --> 00:04:09,164 Did you get all the Amadeus publicity out? 25 00:04:09,162 --> 00:04:11,152 Yes, Harold, yes. 26 00:04:11,146 --> 00:04:12,826 That is, I haven't done the Ferndale Centre. 27 00:04:12,825 --> 00:04:16,135 It's a long way and there's no direct bus route. 28 00:04:16,141 --> 00:04:17,481 I was wondering, would you mind... 29 00:04:17,476 --> 00:04:20,506 When you see Peter Hall running around 30 00:04:20,510 --> 00:04:23,860 sticking up posters, let me know. 31 00:04:23,857 --> 00:04:25,537 I shall be happy to join him. 32 00:04:47,575 --> 00:04:49,065 Hello, Dierdre. 33 00:04:49,071 --> 00:04:50,361 Oh. 34 00:04:52,376 --> 00:04:55,156 - How are things? - I'm running late. 35 00:04:55,159 --> 00:04:58,099 I couldn't settle Daddy for ages. 36 00:04:59,230 --> 00:05:00,580 Bad again, is he? 37 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:02,921 You could say that. 38 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:10,386 What can I do? 39 00:05:11,755 --> 00:05:14,015 Shall I... Shall I set up for you? 40 00:05:14,017 --> 00:05:16,207 Oh, thank you, David. 41 00:05:16,208 --> 00:05:19,028 I need that little piecrust table with the cakes on 42 00:05:19,027 --> 00:05:21,637 and Salieri's wing chair. 43 00:05:22,781 --> 00:05:23,861 Right. 44 00:05:23,863 --> 00:05:25,523 Whoo! 45 00:05:28,872 --> 00:05:31,212 (snapping) 46 00:05:42,581 --> 00:05:45,571 Does that look Viennese, that? 47 00:05:45,572 --> 00:05:47,832 Very Blue Danube. 48 00:05:47,834 --> 00:05:50,274 Every time I get roped into this, 49 00:05:50,266 --> 00:05:52,486 I tell myself it'll be the last time. 50 00:05:52,487 --> 00:05:56,427 Don't we all? Cully coming home for this one, is she? 51 00:05:56,428 --> 00:06:00,078 Oh, yes. Never misses if her mother's in it. 52 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,920 She... Has she brought any boys home yet? 53 00:06:03,915 --> 00:06:04,775 Who, Joyce? 54 00:06:06,795 --> 00:06:08,845 Yeah, one or two. 55 00:06:08,849 --> 00:06:13,509 I wish David would... He's not getting any younger. 56 00:06:13,511 --> 00:06:15,621 I'd love to see him if not settled 57 00:06:15,615 --> 00:06:16,725 at least going out with someone. 58 00:06:16,730 --> 00:06:21,340 Well, he will. He just hasn't met her yet. 59 00:06:21,338 --> 00:06:22,308 Yeah. 60 00:06:25,166 --> 00:06:30,376 Three copies of Notes From A Small Island. 61 00:06:33,342 --> 00:06:35,082 Two. 62 00:06:35,081 --> 00:06:37,101 I knew that girl with the Mickey Mouse rucksack 63 00:06:37,099 --> 00:06:41,869 was up to no good. Appassionata, two. 64 00:06:41,866 --> 00:06:42,986 Four. 65 00:06:43,945 --> 00:06:45,275 Now they're bringing them back. 66 00:06:45,276 --> 00:06:47,356 You just don't mark the stuff off. 67 00:06:47,363 --> 00:06:50,223 I still think we should have done this on Sunday. 68 00:06:50,216 --> 00:06:53,016 But then Harold wouldn't be running round 69 00:06:53,017 --> 00:06:56,737 incandescent with rage because we've missed rehearsal. 70 00:06:56,739 --> 00:06:58,979 There's no fun if you can't see it. 71 00:06:58,981 --> 00:07:01,771 Nicholas can act it out when he gets back. He'll enjoy that. 72 00:07:01,766 --> 00:07:04,206 I believe he's got a secret passion, our Nico. 73 00:07:05,315 --> 00:07:06,905 (coughs) 74 00:07:06,906 --> 00:07:08,486 Well, it's not for dusting. 75 00:07:08,490 --> 00:07:12,340 I think he's having an affair. 76 00:07:12,343 --> 00:07:14,713 (humming) 77 00:07:25,808 --> 00:07:28,728 - Hello, Rosa. - Ah, Nico. 78 00:07:28,731 --> 00:07:31,171 Costumes come? 79 00:07:31,165 --> 00:07:34,935 - Shall I hear your lines? - No, I'm all right, I think. 80 00:07:42,855 --> 00:07:44,525 - Careful. - Is Joyce here? 81 00:07:44,525 --> 00:07:45,625 Green room. 82 00:07:49,118 --> 00:07:50,718 Oh, let's have a look. 83 00:07:50,718 --> 00:07:53,088 Nico, don't start pulling them about. 84 00:07:53,090 --> 00:07:54,570 - Wow. Is this one mine? 85 00:07:54,568 --> 00:07:56,668 - No, it's the Emperor Joseph's. 86 00:07:57,946 --> 00:07:59,226 Careful. Mind that wig. 87 00:07:59,229 --> 00:08:01,459 I'd give anything to play Mercutio. 88 00:08:01,460 --> 00:08:04,250 I should get Amadeus out of your system first. 89 00:08:07,871 --> 00:08:10,341 Salieri. 90 00:08:10,341 --> 00:08:12,391 Kapellmeister. 91 00:08:12,394 --> 00:08:13,264 Tutor. 92 00:08:14,133 --> 00:08:16,593 Patron saint of mediocrities. 93 00:08:17,926 --> 00:08:20,946 - Murderer. - Don't be silly. 94 00:08:20,953 --> 00:08:24,013 - He killed Mozart. - Never proved. 95 00:08:24,014 --> 00:08:27,324 A life for a life. 96 00:08:29,198 --> 00:08:30,638 It's only a play. 97 00:08:47,012 --> 00:08:49,342 (dog barks) 98 00:08:58,736 --> 00:09:01,066 Where is everyone? 99 00:09:03,955 --> 00:09:05,135 Dierdre! 100 00:09:07,557 --> 00:09:08,887 Don't mind, Dierdre. 101 00:09:11,470 --> 00:09:12,810 Yes, Harold? 102 00:09:15,298 --> 00:09:18,148 - Where are my actors? - Well, I'm not... 103 00:09:18,150 --> 00:09:19,650 Ooh, Rosa... 104 00:09:19,647 --> 00:09:22,387 I know where Rosa is, you stupid girl. 105 00:09:22,394 --> 00:09:23,964 What about lighting and design? 106 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,780 Oh, yes. Tim and Avery are stocktaking, 107 00:09:27,776 --> 00:09:29,976 but they'll be here on Thursday. 108 00:09:29,976 --> 00:09:35,186 I need them here now, today, not Thursday. 109 00:09:35,198 --> 00:09:37,038 You should have told them. 110 00:09:37,042 --> 00:09:39,692 It's not Dierdre's fault. 111 00:09:39,686 --> 00:09:41,766 Anyway, I... I need her to help me 112 00:09:41,774 --> 00:09:43,874 with the interval tape. 113 00:09:44,866 --> 00:09:45,726 Alright? 114 00:09:47,793 --> 00:09:51,463 - Where is my star? - Here I am, maestro. 115 00:09:53,638 --> 00:09:57,288 I'm not in a humorous vein today, Nicholas. 116 00:09:57,291 --> 00:09:59,721 Where is Esslyn? 117 00:10:02,927 --> 00:10:05,567 God, what am I doing here? 118 00:10:05,572 --> 00:10:09,152 Casting pearls before uncultured swine. 119 00:10:09,154 --> 00:10:13,624 I, who directed a number one tour of Spider's Web 120 00:10:13,624 --> 00:10:15,834 with the original West End cast. 121 00:10:15,834 --> 00:10:17,514 So renowned that one critic said 122 00:10:17,505 --> 00:10:19,305 he'd never seen anything like it 123 00:10:19,314 --> 00:10:21,524 in the whole of his theatrical life. 124 00:10:32,535 --> 00:10:35,975 - [Harold] How often Johnny G would turn to me for advice. 125 00:10:35,979 --> 00:10:38,239 "Harold, love," he would say. 126 00:10:38,239 --> 00:10:42,219 "Dear boy, this speech of Prospero's..." 127 00:10:44,717 --> 00:10:46,727 Where the hell have you been? 128 00:10:46,730 --> 00:10:50,450 You do realise that the first night is barely a week away? 129 00:10:50,453 --> 00:10:54,033 Better get on with it, then, hadn't we, hm? 130 00:11:10,284 --> 00:11:12,724 (dog whimpers) 131 00:11:19,294 --> 00:11:21,004 I'll go to England. 132 00:11:22,183 --> 00:11:24,643 England loves music. That's the answer. 133 00:11:26,634 --> 00:11:30,554 We were yet again in the library of the Baroness Wald... 134 00:11:32,655 --> 00:11:35,365 - Waldstaten. - I know, I know. 135 00:11:35,369 --> 00:11:38,509 Waldstaten. 136 00:11:38,511 --> 00:11:41,481 That room fated to be the scene 137 00:11:41,482 --> 00:11:43,952 of ghastly encounters between us. 138 00:11:45,570 --> 00:11:49,320 Again, too, the compensating crema al mascarpone. 139 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:54,530 I was there when I was a boy. They absolutely adored me. 140 00:11:56,104 --> 00:11:59,034 I had more kisses than you've had cakes. 141 00:12:01,219 --> 00:12:05,009 When I was young, everyone loved me. 142 00:12:05,011 --> 00:12:08,521 He's doing it again, masking me at every turn. 143 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:09,540 - No, I'm not. 144 00:12:09,542 --> 00:12:12,252 - Yes, you are. Horrid Nicholas. 145 00:12:12,248 --> 00:12:14,888 I'll say whether he is or not, thank you. 146 00:12:14,892 --> 00:12:17,072 Salieri is the lead in this play. 147 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:19,310 It is me the people come to see over and over again. 148 00:12:19,311 --> 00:12:22,271 They couldn't believe their eyes the first time. 149 00:12:22,273 --> 00:12:25,163 - How dare you. - Don't be so pompous. 150 00:12:25,156 --> 00:12:28,596 Everyone knows you're only an accountant. 151 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,900 And everyone knows your chances 152 00:12:30,896 --> 00:12:33,906 of ever getting into the professional theatre. 153 00:12:35,767 --> 00:12:40,357 Kitty, could you just try this on? Sorry. Sorry. 154 00:12:45,092 --> 00:12:48,262 I think Esslyn should be playing Leopold Mozart. 155 00:12:48,257 --> 00:12:51,007 He's described as a jealous, dried-up old turd. 156 00:12:51,006 --> 00:12:53,376 - [Harold] Leopold Mozart is not in the play. 157 00:12:53,377 --> 00:12:55,387 - Are you sure? - What? 158 00:12:55,389 --> 00:12:56,599 Page 49. 159 00:12:59,182 --> 00:13:00,542 - [Harold] Well, I can't see it. 160 00:13:00,540 --> 00:13:02,420 Only in spirit. 161 00:13:02,417 --> 00:13:04,827 You mustn't allow Esslyn to do as he likes. 162 00:13:04,826 --> 00:13:08,186 He'll unbalance the whole play. You must be firm with him. 163 00:13:08,193 --> 00:13:12,443 - You were firm with Sir John. - He was a joy to direct. 164 00:13:12,438 --> 00:13:14,888 A true professional. 165 00:13:14,888 --> 00:13:16,888 Then he acknowledged my talent. 166 00:13:16,891 --> 00:13:18,801 It takes one to know one, Harold. 167 00:13:21,692 --> 00:13:24,202 Another few weeks and I won't be needing padding at all. 168 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,700 - Ow! - Rosa? 169 00:13:26,702 --> 00:13:29,232 Darling, have you pricked your finger? 170 00:13:33,209 --> 00:13:38,169 Maybe she'll go to sleep for 100 years, give us all a break. 171 00:13:49,909 --> 00:13:52,359 - Rosa. - Leave me alone. 172 00:13:57,736 --> 00:13:59,616 Would you like a plaster for that? 173 00:13:59,615 --> 00:14:01,105 No. 174 00:14:14,540 --> 00:14:19,750 Twenty years we were married and he'd never give me a child. 175 00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:25,230 It was never the right time, you see. 176 00:14:26,718 --> 00:14:30,218 We were too young. We didn't have enough money. 177 00:14:31,329 --> 00:14:33,049 The business wasn't established. 178 00:14:34,824 --> 00:14:37,514 But then, when the business was thriving, 179 00:14:37,512 --> 00:14:40,622 he'd give me all that moralistic claptrap 180 00:14:40,620 --> 00:14:43,440 about it being no sort of world to bring a child into. 181 00:14:45,123 --> 00:14:48,063 And then to get Kitty pregnant. 182 00:14:54,099 --> 00:14:57,499 Sometimes I don't know which of them I hate the most. 183 00:15:10,629 --> 00:15:12,709 - Evening, sir. - Hello, Troy. 184 00:15:12,707 --> 00:15:15,047 - What have you got? - A middle-aged woman. 185 00:15:15,050 --> 00:15:18,520 Doc Bullard reckons she's been in the water some time. 186 00:15:18,518 --> 00:15:20,108 - Hello, George. - Tom. 187 00:15:20,107 --> 00:15:23,407 - Straightforward, is it? - Hard to say at this stage. 188 00:15:24,778 --> 00:15:26,858 Terrible bang on the side of the head. 189 00:15:26,864 --> 00:15:28,964 Could have happened while she was in the water. 190 00:15:30,857 --> 00:15:32,417 - Do you know her, sir? - No. 191 00:15:36,418 --> 00:15:37,568 But I know who she is. 192 00:15:48,156 --> 00:15:49,926 Couldn't this have waited till morning? 193 00:15:49,929 --> 00:15:53,069 We can't start a postmortem without identification, sir. 194 00:16:08,549 --> 00:16:12,409 Yes. That's my cousin. 195 00:16:14,589 --> 00:16:15,459 Agnes Grey. 196 00:16:17,748 --> 00:16:20,388 - [Troy] I knew we had a case as soon as I saw 197 00:16:20,386 --> 00:16:22,216 - that crack on her head. - Oh, yeah? 198 00:16:22,222 --> 00:16:25,162 - [Troy] No water in the lungs. Dead when he threw her in. 199 00:16:25,162 --> 00:16:26,572 Stands to reason. 200 00:16:26,569 --> 00:16:28,099 - [Barnaby] Sometimes I wonder why we bother 201 00:16:28,102 --> 00:16:30,362 going through all the usual procedures. 202 00:16:30,364 --> 00:16:32,194 We could just come straight to you. 203 00:16:34,546 --> 00:16:36,796 Tyre lever, didn't they reckon on the report? 204 00:16:36,798 --> 00:16:38,708 Yeah, or a crowbar. 205 00:16:38,714 --> 00:16:41,924 You could almost say he'd done the poor woman a kindness. 206 00:16:41,918 --> 00:16:43,368 Pardon? 207 00:16:43,367 --> 00:16:45,007 She was suffering from cancer, 208 00:16:45,005 --> 00:16:47,265 quite advanced and apparently never treated. 209 00:16:47,272 --> 00:16:52,492 - I didn't see that. - Nobody's perfect. 210 00:17:04,910 --> 00:17:06,530 This is Agnes' place here, sir. 211 00:17:40,364 --> 00:17:42,804 No, no. 212 00:17:48,784 --> 00:17:50,704 Excuse me. 213 00:17:52,124 --> 00:17:54,924 - We're Causton CID. - Oh. 214 00:17:54,918 --> 00:17:55,798 - And you are...? 215 00:17:55,796 --> 00:17:58,136 - Jenny Evers. Something wrong? 216 00:17:58,143 --> 00:18:01,943 I'm afraid Miss Grey has had an accident. 217 00:18:01,936 --> 00:18:03,816 Oh. 218 00:18:03,815 --> 00:18:06,495 Do you know her well? 219 00:18:06,503 --> 00:18:10,203 Not very. We chat about holidays sometimes. 220 00:18:10,204 --> 00:18:13,984 She's always going away. She went to Austria in the spring. 221 00:18:13,979 --> 00:18:16,009 I thought she'd gone off again 222 00:18:16,012 --> 00:18:17,842 when I saw the car had disappeared. 223 00:18:19,644 --> 00:18:20,614 And when was that? 224 00:18:22,358 --> 00:18:23,378 About a week ago. 225 00:18:26,881 --> 00:18:28,761 How come you know of Agnes Grey? 226 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,630 She used to come to the plays 227 00:18:30,631 --> 00:18:32,231 Joyce's drama group put on. 228 00:18:32,226 --> 00:18:34,086 Esslyn belongs to the same group. 229 00:18:34,093 --> 00:18:36,553 He's a cold devil. He looked down at her 230 00:18:36,554 --> 00:18:38,194 as if she was a lump of meat. 231 00:18:38,189 --> 00:18:39,949 Esslyn is not known 232 00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:41,603 for his affectionate nature. 233 00:18:43,039 --> 00:18:44,109 Lunch? 234 00:18:44,113 --> 00:18:46,353 Can't. I'm supposed to be buying a book 235 00:18:46,345 --> 00:18:47,635 for my mum's birthday. 236 00:18:55,625 --> 00:18:56,485 Well, hello. 237 00:18:58,888 --> 00:18:59,758 Afternoon. 238 00:19:01,297 --> 00:19:04,177 - How can I help? - I'm looking for a book. 239 00:19:04,178 --> 00:19:06,648 - Books are what we do best. - For my mother. 240 00:19:08,075 --> 00:19:09,605 Something light? 241 00:19:09,607 --> 00:19:11,317 I've got a lovely new Trollope. 242 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:13,147 - Pardon? - Or Catherine Cookson 243 00:19:13,154 --> 00:19:14,894 goes down well in the home counties. 244 00:19:14,894 --> 00:19:17,034 - That a fact? - It's the contrast. 245 00:19:17,032 --> 00:19:19,522 All these dark, satanic mills. 246 00:19:19,524 --> 00:19:21,224 Actually, she's more into this 247 00:19:21,223 --> 00:19:23,243 heritage Edwardian lady stuff. 248 00:19:23,244 --> 00:19:27,424 She's already got the tea towels, the chopping board, 249 00:19:27,419 --> 00:19:29,369 the oven mitt. 250 00:19:29,367 --> 00:19:31,387 We're running out of ideas. 251 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:34,462 So you thought you'd get the diary. 252 00:19:37,543 --> 00:19:41,013 I designed the set for that. My partner did the lighting. 253 00:19:41,014 --> 00:19:43,704 He has a way with a lamp you wouldn't believe. 254 00:19:43,701 --> 00:19:45,831 Ah. 255 00:19:45,831 --> 00:19:47,971 Avery, I'm in a hurry. 256 00:19:47,969 --> 00:19:50,659 Now, what do you call this? 257 00:19:50,660 --> 00:19:52,850 The third finger of your right hand. 258 00:19:52,852 --> 00:19:56,252 You are supposed to dust this place thoroughly every morning 259 00:19:56,248 --> 00:19:57,998 in exchange for that room upstairs. 260 00:19:58,001 --> 00:19:59,971 I overslept. I'll do it tomorrow. 261 00:19:59,970 --> 00:20:02,010 Where are you going anyway? 262 00:20:02,014 --> 00:20:05,014 I'm... meeting someone. 263 00:20:05,007 --> 00:20:05,877 Alright? 264 00:20:10,408 --> 00:20:12,908 If you're in a hurry, mate, I should try Smiths. 265 00:20:17,915 --> 00:20:19,405 That took you long enough. 266 00:20:20,710 --> 00:20:24,130 He only tried to sell me a diary, in the middle of October. 267 00:20:25,308 --> 00:20:26,178 In the end I got her 268 00:20:26,177 --> 00:20:27,527 a nice little car vacuum set. 269 00:20:29,093 --> 00:20:31,133 Your mother doesn't have a car. 270 00:20:31,126 --> 00:20:34,426 No, but it'll do for cushions and stuff. 271 00:20:34,432 --> 00:20:36,232 Is that the forensic on Agnes Grey? 272 00:20:36,225 --> 00:20:41,345 Yeah, it is. Leaf mould and pine needles on her clothes. 273 00:20:41,351 --> 00:20:43,891 Nothing under her nails. No skin flakes, no hair, 274 00:20:43,889 --> 00:20:45,569 no bits of cloth, no blood. 275 00:20:45,568 --> 00:20:48,478 And we know from the PM there were no scratches. 276 00:20:48,483 --> 00:20:50,803 She didn't put up much of a fight, then. 277 00:20:52,054 --> 00:20:53,884 Is this the key that was round her neck? 278 00:20:53,878 --> 00:20:54,748 Yeah. 279 00:20:58,122 --> 00:20:59,442 To a very large padlock? 280 00:21:05,149 --> 00:21:07,499 (knocking) 281 00:21:11,229 --> 00:21:12,979 Your appointment, Mr.Carmichael. 282 00:21:12,977 --> 00:21:16,547 Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. 283 00:21:16,547 --> 00:21:17,417 Right. 284 00:21:19,904 --> 00:21:21,524 Would you like to come through? 285 00:21:25,379 --> 00:21:26,419 What is it now, Tom? 286 00:21:30,582 --> 00:21:31,452 Thank you. 287 00:21:37,087 --> 00:21:39,897 Agnes Grey. 288 00:21:39,904 --> 00:21:41,614 Is her body released for burial? 289 00:21:41,610 --> 00:21:43,840 You could have told me that over the phone. 290 00:21:43,837 --> 00:21:47,557 Your cousin was murdered, Esslyn. 291 00:21:49,945 --> 00:21:53,275 Agnes? Well, who would... 292 00:21:55,249 --> 00:21:58,499 I mean, she's just not the sort. 293 00:22:00,070 --> 00:22:01,890 Tell me about her. 294 00:22:01,894 --> 00:22:03,434 There's not much to tell. 295 00:22:05,012 --> 00:22:09,932 She did the same job for 25 years, took early retirement. 296 00:22:09,930 --> 00:22:12,910 What job was this, sir? 297 00:22:12,905 --> 00:22:14,885 With the BBC World Service. 298 00:22:14,886 --> 00:22:18,516 She spoke excellent French and Italian. 299 00:22:18,524 --> 00:22:21,794 Although her degree was in art history. 300 00:22:22,686 --> 00:22:24,316 She always sent holiday postcards 301 00:22:24,323 --> 00:22:27,063 from the Uffizi or the Louvre 302 00:22:27,055 --> 00:22:30,135 or some other dry as dust mausoleum. 303 00:22:30,141 --> 00:22:35,361 What about men? Was she ever engaged or married? 304 00:22:35,741 --> 00:22:37,421 No. 305 00:22:37,419 --> 00:22:40,759 Poor Agnes. Plain little soul. 306 00:22:40,756 --> 00:22:42,806 Friends, then? 307 00:22:44,061 --> 00:22:47,521 She preferred animals, even as a child. 308 00:22:47,523 --> 00:22:49,103 Drove her parents mad. 309 00:22:49,098 --> 00:22:51,598 She was a kind person, then, was she? 310 00:22:53,342 --> 00:22:56,462 Agnes always identified 311 00:22:56,459 --> 00:23:01,669 with the weak and wounded. To quite a morbid degree. 312 00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:08,410 But I suppose she was rather a loser herself. 313 00:23:12,381 --> 00:23:16,071 Blimey. Fancy having that as your only living relative. 314 00:23:16,073 --> 00:23:18,313 No wonder she preferred to save the whales. 315 00:23:19,723 --> 00:23:22,093 (humming) 316 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,340 - What are we looking for, sir? 317 00:23:53,339 --> 00:23:54,639 - I don't know, Troy. 318 00:23:54,638 --> 00:23:56,438 But I'm missing something. 319 00:24:03,962 --> 00:24:05,372 I'll check out the bedroom. 320 00:24:49,226 --> 00:24:51,446 Bastard even ripped her clothes. 321 00:24:54,375 --> 00:24:56,895 He certainly went to town on this place. 322 00:24:56,903 --> 00:25:00,043 No handbag. I assume he took that when he killed her. 323 00:25:00,041 --> 00:25:01,691 Probably. 324 00:25:01,689 --> 00:25:04,109 There's a little bit of jewellery. 325 00:25:04,108 --> 00:25:07,188 Pearl brooch, little gold ring. 326 00:25:07,194 --> 00:25:09,754 One of those crosses on a bead necklace. 327 00:25:09,753 --> 00:25:10,863 Rosary? 328 00:25:16,990 --> 00:25:19,770 - I don't get this place. - How do you mean? 329 00:25:19,773 --> 00:25:22,633 Agnes Grey really appreciated beautiful things, 330 00:25:22,626 --> 00:25:24,786 yet there's nothing here, apart from a few books, 331 00:25:24,785 --> 00:25:29,385 to reflect that. Dreary furniture, dull clothes. 332 00:25:30,645 --> 00:25:33,585 Perhaps she thought she didn't deserve beautiful things. 333 00:25:33,585 --> 00:25:35,855 It doesn't sound as if she had much confidence. 334 00:25:47,294 --> 00:25:49,284 Anything interesting? 335 00:25:49,277 --> 00:25:53,267 Not really. Mainly bills. 336 00:25:53,272 --> 00:25:54,142 Ah. 337 00:25:55,191 --> 00:25:58,601 - A letter with a donkey on. - Oh, good God. 338 00:25:58,601 --> 00:26:01,731 "Dear Miss Grey, thank you from the bottom of our hearts 339 00:26:01,732 --> 00:26:03,962 for another wonderful contribution 340 00:26:03,959 --> 00:26:05,669 towards the five-acre meadow 341 00:26:05,669 --> 00:26:07,169 and new stabling block." 342 00:26:07,168 --> 00:26:08,718 "The 150..." 343 00:26:11,748 --> 00:26:13,418 150,000 pounds. 344 00:26:14,439 --> 00:26:15,329 Let me see that. 345 00:26:21,076 --> 00:26:23,576 I want every bit of paper in this place bagged. 346 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:26,352 And find out the name of her bank while you're at it. 347 00:27:02,688 --> 00:27:06,968 First may I offer my condolences on your sad loss? 348 00:27:06,967 --> 00:27:08,357 Thank you, Mr. Makepeace. 349 00:27:08,364 --> 00:27:11,564 I'm not sure if Miss Grey made you privy 350 00:27:11,558 --> 00:27:13,398 to the dispensation of her will. 351 00:27:13,404 --> 00:27:17,964 Well, as I only have two legs and no tail, 352 00:27:17,961 --> 00:27:19,801 I don't expect to benefit. 353 00:27:21,057 --> 00:27:25,157 Quite. It's quite straightforward. 354 00:27:25,163 --> 00:27:27,293 All monies at the time of her death 355 00:27:27,285 --> 00:27:29,615 and the proceeds from the sale of her house 356 00:27:29,618 --> 00:27:31,498 go to various charities. 357 00:27:31,495 --> 00:27:34,585 They're carefully listed in some detail. 358 00:27:34,592 --> 00:27:35,472 I don't think you'll find your 359 00:27:35,467 --> 00:27:37,827 duties as executor too onerous. 360 00:27:37,827 --> 00:27:39,297 Good. 361 00:27:42,002 --> 00:27:43,972 There is one more thing. 362 00:27:52,892 --> 00:27:54,982 (sighs) 363 00:28:22,396 --> 00:28:24,686 You can have the afternoon off, Mrs. Maddox. 364 00:28:24,692 --> 00:28:27,202 But I've got all these... 365 00:28:33,911 --> 00:28:36,351 Here. 366 00:29:33,127 --> 00:29:36,467 Kitty? I'm going to have to work late. 367 00:29:36,467 --> 00:29:39,697 So you'd better go to rehearsals without me. 368 00:29:39,696 --> 00:29:44,906 Hm? No. No, I won't overdo things. I'm really very strong. 369 00:29:47,461 --> 00:29:50,561 (chuckles) 370 00:29:50,558 --> 00:29:52,858 Who's a silly kitten? 371 00:29:54,767 --> 00:29:56,327 Love you. 372 00:29:56,333 --> 00:29:58,493 (American accent) Love you too, baby. 373 00:30:11,433 --> 00:30:13,803 (mutters) 374 00:30:34,430 --> 00:30:38,150 Unbelievable. 60... What was it? 375 00:30:38,152 --> 00:30:42,152 860,000 pounds over seven years. 376 00:30:42,154 --> 00:30:46,504 - Maybe she won the lottery. - Not in 1991, she didn't. 377 00:30:46,502 --> 00:30:49,042 And then to give it all to animals. 378 00:30:49,042 --> 00:30:51,252 Everyone needs something to love, 379 00:30:51,247 --> 00:30:53,447 and at least animals love you back. 380 00:30:53,447 --> 00:30:54,847 Not the same, though, is it? 381 00:30:54,852 --> 00:30:57,742 I wouldn't fancy cuddling up at night to a cocker spaniel. 382 00:30:57,741 --> 00:30:59,741 Don't you knock it before you try it. 383 00:31:24,154 --> 00:31:27,604 And so far over 700 people have signed the petition 384 00:31:27,601 --> 00:31:29,721 protesting against the reduction 385 00:31:29,723 --> 00:31:31,423 in library opening hours. 386 00:31:32,788 --> 00:31:35,238 Causton CID, who are investigating 387 00:31:35,238 --> 00:31:38,248 the murder of Agnes Grey, from the Midsomer area, 388 00:31:38,247 --> 00:31:41,617 would like to talk to anyone who knew her. 389 00:31:41,620 --> 00:31:44,760 They are also anxious to trace her car, 390 00:31:44,758 --> 00:31:49,458 a Ford van, registration number B920 BOO. 391 00:31:53,319 --> 00:31:57,809 I don't want money. You know what I want. 392 00:31:58,741 --> 00:32:00,411 Not such an ugly word as murder. 393 00:32:02,224 --> 00:32:03,844 Oh, yes, I have proof, alright. 394 00:32:04,759 --> 00:32:08,859 Monday night. I'll give you till Monday. 395 00:32:20,148 --> 00:32:21,018 Hello, Dad. 396 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,110 Cully! Cully. 397 00:32:25,111 --> 00:32:29,081 Cully, this is a... This is a surprise. 398 00:32:29,078 --> 00:32:31,548 I thought you were coming home tomorrow. 399 00:32:31,545 --> 00:32:35,975 - I caught a late train. - Oh. You must be starving. 400 00:32:35,976 --> 00:32:38,266 Oh, no, don't fuss. Sit down and talk to me. 401 00:32:51,626 --> 00:32:52,806 Kitty! 402 00:32:52,809 --> 00:32:55,869 Up here, darling, in the bath. 403 00:32:56,915 --> 00:32:59,205 (phone rings) 404 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:07,760 Hello. 405 00:33:07,758 --> 00:33:10,808 Rosa, what the hell do you want? 406 00:33:23,391 --> 00:33:25,651 (hums) 407 00:33:54,493 --> 00:33:56,863 (sings in French) 408 00:34:24,033 --> 00:34:26,473 I think it's only fair to tell you. 409 00:34:26,472 --> 00:34:30,392 Fair? You call this fair? 410 00:34:30,393 --> 00:34:32,373 As soon as tonight's out of the way, 411 00:34:32,374 --> 00:34:34,714 I shall start divorce proceedings. 412 00:34:34,710 --> 00:34:36,950 The child will be provided for. 413 00:34:36,951 --> 00:34:38,461 You can provide for yourself. 414 00:34:39,829 --> 00:34:41,049 Judging by the alacrity 415 00:34:41,049 --> 00:34:43,299 with which you jumped into my bed, 416 00:34:43,302 --> 00:34:45,302 you shouldn't find that difficult. 417 00:34:55,153 --> 00:34:58,253 Esslyn, baby. 418 00:34:58,250 --> 00:35:00,280 This is just a stupid misunderstanding. 419 00:35:01,624 --> 00:35:04,204 I love you. 420 00:35:04,198 --> 00:35:06,078 (door closes) 421 00:35:07,972 --> 00:35:08,872 Ten hours to go. 422 00:35:09,870 --> 00:35:12,550 I wish first nights didn't make me so nervous. 423 00:35:12,549 --> 00:35:14,709 (phone rings) 424 00:35:14,706 --> 00:35:18,556 At least... you can't forget your lines. 425 00:35:18,556 --> 00:35:20,696 I can forget my moves. 426 00:35:23,056 --> 00:35:24,266 Barnaby. 427 00:35:25,886 --> 00:35:28,086 - [Troy] Did she seem genuine, this Peggy Marshall? 428 00:35:28,086 --> 00:35:29,286 - [Barnaby] I'd say so. 429 00:35:30,317 --> 00:35:33,187 - [Troy] Can bring out a lot of wackos, public appeals. 430 00:35:44,759 --> 00:35:48,809 - Miss Marshall? - Yes. 431 00:35:48,805 --> 00:35:51,325 I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. This is... 432 00:35:51,328 --> 00:35:53,228 Detective Sergeant Troy. 433 00:35:53,226 --> 00:35:55,536 I hope you don't mind our meeting here. 434 00:35:55,540 --> 00:35:58,150 Of course not. It's very good of you to get in touch. 435 00:35:58,147 --> 00:36:01,867 So, how did you know Agnes Grey? 436 00:36:03,955 --> 00:36:06,845 I was assigned to take her under my wing 437 00:36:06,854 --> 00:36:10,334 when she first accepted instruction in the faith 438 00:36:11,765 --> 00:36:13,495 around six months ago. 439 00:36:13,504 --> 00:36:17,874 That'd be the Catholic Church, would it? 440 00:36:17,865 --> 00:36:19,685 There is only one faith, young man. 441 00:36:21,869 --> 00:36:26,719 I discovered almost at once that Agnes was greatly troubled. 442 00:36:26,717 --> 00:36:29,127 - Did you know she had cancer? - Yes. 443 00:36:29,126 --> 00:36:32,146 She had already decided not to have any form of treatment. 444 00:36:34,173 --> 00:36:38,523 I felt a great... loneliness in her, Inspector. 445 00:36:38,521 --> 00:36:41,171 She didn't seem to have a single friend. 446 00:36:41,169 --> 00:36:44,119 Did she ever tell you exactly what was troubling her? 447 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:48,890 No, just that she had done something very wrong 448 00:36:48,888 --> 00:36:52,888 and wanted to put matters right before she died. 449 00:36:52,889 --> 00:36:53,979 Did she indicate how? 450 00:36:55,288 --> 00:36:56,698 It wasn't straightforward. 451 00:36:58,405 --> 00:37:00,585 Apparently another person was involved. 452 00:37:07,083 --> 00:37:07,953 Bitch. Bitch. 453 00:37:22,461 --> 00:37:24,551 I see you've been got at. 454 00:37:24,548 --> 00:37:26,558 Avery's right, I have been slacking. 455 00:37:26,559 --> 00:37:28,549 I've things on my mind. 456 00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:30,880 Oh. Interesting things? 457 00:37:32,074 --> 00:37:33,884 Secret things. 458 00:37:33,878 --> 00:37:35,098 You shouldn't mention it, then. 459 00:37:35,098 --> 00:37:38,238 Teasing people is ill-mannered. 460 00:37:38,237 --> 00:37:40,347 Suffice it to say that any day now, 461 00:37:40,354 --> 00:37:42,934 my life may well be miraculously transformed. 462 00:37:42,929 --> 00:37:45,859 You really are the most irritating boy. 463 00:37:48,007 --> 00:37:50,527 - Is that our lunch? - No, it's our lunch. 464 00:37:52,532 --> 00:37:55,462 I just saw Esslyn in a BMW. 465 00:37:55,462 --> 00:37:57,672 Bit early for cheap thrills, isn't it? 466 00:37:57,673 --> 00:37:58,843 Jumped a red light. 467 00:38:18,406 --> 00:38:20,106 So, how do you feel? 468 00:38:20,111 --> 00:38:22,471 - Ugh. - No. It'll run like a dream. 469 00:38:22,469 --> 00:38:24,729 You're a brilliant stage manager. 470 00:38:24,731 --> 00:38:26,241 I've got some brilliant help. 471 00:38:27,359 --> 00:38:29,679 Is your... Is your dad coming? 472 00:38:29,684 --> 00:38:33,824 No. No, I've persuaded him to wait until the last night. 473 00:38:33,819 --> 00:38:37,199 With a bit of luck, by then he'll have forgotten about it. 474 00:38:37,202 --> 00:38:40,152 - Ooh, personal props. - Oh, I'll... I'll do those. 475 00:38:41,415 --> 00:38:44,785 You're very kind, David. Thank you. 476 00:38:44,793 --> 00:38:47,463 Ah, darling, how lovely to see you. 477 00:38:47,457 --> 00:38:49,617 Completely sold out as usual. 478 00:38:49,621 --> 00:38:52,301 Sit where you like. The press seats are reserved. 479 00:38:53,441 --> 00:38:55,441 Ah, good evening, sir. Sir John 480 00:38:55,439 --> 00:38:57,299 is devastated not to be here. 481 00:38:57,302 --> 00:38:59,812 But the journey was just too much for him. 482 00:38:59,808 --> 00:39:01,128 This is going to be the greatest 483 00:39:01,132 --> 00:39:02,742 disaster since my Aunt Laetitia 484 00:39:02,738 --> 00:39:04,988 fell off the Matterhorn. 485 00:39:04,992 --> 00:39:08,602 - Uh-huh. - On the other hand, 486 00:39:08,598 --> 00:39:11,628 a bad dress rehearsal does make a good first night. 487 00:39:12,790 --> 00:39:15,610 I wonder what fatuous idiot first thought of that one. 488 00:39:16,929 --> 00:39:18,649 I believe it was Abraham Lincoln. 489 00:39:20,475 --> 00:39:22,605 My God. 490 00:39:22,612 --> 00:39:25,382 It's actually filling up. 491 00:39:25,381 --> 00:39:27,361 You'd think they'd know better by now. 492 00:39:28,372 --> 00:39:31,552 So there she was, snivelling in the prompt corner. 493 00:39:31,545 --> 00:39:33,755 "What's the matter, Dierdre?" I said. 494 00:39:34,739 --> 00:39:38,029 Her senile old fool of a father 495 00:39:38,034 --> 00:39:39,174 had forgotten to take his tablets 496 00:39:39,170 --> 00:39:41,190 and gone out directing traffic 497 00:39:41,193 --> 00:39:42,453 at Badger's Drift. 498 00:39:44,850 --> 00:39:47,520 "How terrible," says I. "Yes," says Dierdre. 499 00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:50,329 "He doesn't know that area at all." 500 00:39:50,326 --> 00:39:52,026 (laughter) 501 00:39:53,075 --> 00:39:54,845 - Very funny. - Thank you. 502 00:39:56,646 --> 00:39:57,796 You know your problem, Esslyn? 503 00:39:57,804 --> 00:40:00,094 What might that be, Nicol-arse? 504 00:40:00,087 --> 00:40:02,987 Too full of the milk of human kindness. 505 00:40:02,990 --> 00:40:04,900 (gasps) 506 00:40:04,903 --> 00:40:08,243 What? You've quoted from the Scottish play. 507 00:40:08,244 --> 00:40:09,974 - What, Macbeth? - Oh! 508 00:40:11,911 --> 00:40:13,671 You have to go outside the dressing room, 509 00:40:13,674 --> 00:40:15,764 turn round three times and come back in. 510 00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:18,550 Don't be ridiculous. 511 00:40:27,677 --> 00:40:29,497 Is that clockwise or anticlockwise? 512 00:40:47,733 --> 00:40:49,333 Oh, Daddy. 513 00:40:49,333 --> 00:40:50,593 I just came to wish you good luck. 514 00:40:50,586 --> 00:40:52,846 You're not supposed to be out by yourself. 515 00:40:52,848 --> 00:40:55,058 I just came to wish you good luck. 516 00:40:55,059 --> 00:40:57,009 Oh, thank you very much. 517 00:41:00,084 --> 00:41:03,274 Come on, darling. Let's go and find you a seat. 518 00:41:17,185 --> 00:41:20,225 Bold effects are, as you know, my forte. 519 00:41:20,230 --> 00:41:23,080 You can never have too much verismo. 520 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:24,480 What is verismo? 521 00:41:24,481 --> 00:41:27,031 Hello, Doris. Nice to see you again. 522 00:41:27,952 --> 00:41:29,672 Would you like a programme? 523 00:41:29,666 --> 00:41:33,126 - [Harold] If it's wishy-washy naturalism you're after, 524 00:41:33,128 --> 00:41:34,918 stay at home and watch television. 525 00:41:34,922 --> 00:41:36,212 Troy, you made it, then. 526 00:41:36,207 --> 00:41:39,197 This is my daughter, Cully. Cully, Gavin Troy. 527 00:41:39,197 --> 00:41:41,067 - Hi, Gavin. - Pleased to meet you. 528 00:41:50,010 --> 00:41:52,550 - [Harold] ..finest cast since Spider's Web 529 00:41:52,550 --> 00:41:54,570 and you're going to be superb. 530 00:41:54,567 --> 00:41:56,367 There's a full house out there 531 00:41:56,369 --> 00:41:58,289 and the atmosphere's electric. 532 00:42:02,418 --> 00:42:05,028 - Neck and leg break, Mum. - Good luck, everyone. 533 00:42:07,673 --> 00:42:09,273 Especially you. 534 00:42:10,780 --> 00:42:13,080 (bell rings) 535 00:42:17,843 --> 00:42:19,373 Sorry. 536 00:42:20,974 --> 00:42:23,594 - Will it be OK? - You look lovely. 537 00:42:26,749 --> 00:42:31,009 All set? 538 00:42:31,009 --> 00:42:32,729 Stayed behind to gloat, have you? 539 00:42:34,575 --> 00:42:35,915 I beg your pardon? 540 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,680 Do you think I don't know who's responsible for this? 541 00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:41,189 And for doing over my car. 542 00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:46,049 You don't think that breaking us up 543 00:42:46,045 --> 00:42:47,765 is gonna bring him back, do you? 544 00:42:49,548 --> 00:42:51,428 I'm sure I don't know what you mean. 545 00:42:56,775 --> 00:43:00,425 Wanna know how he described your sex life? 546 00:43:01,994 --> 00:43:05,184 He said it was like humping a tranquillised carthorse. 547 00:43:11,144 --> 00:43:14,314 (humming) 548 00:43:50,007 --> 00:43:53,377 This is it, lover. No turning back. 549 00:43:53,381 --> 00:43:57,161 No turning back. 550 00:43:57,157 --> 00:43:58,507 Merde in your eye. 551 00:44:03,262 --> 00:44:06,462 (applause) 552 00:44:06,463 --> 00:44:09,003 Ah. That's for my set. 553 00:44:10,742 --> 00:44:13,182 - Assassin. Assassin. - Salieri. Salieri. 554 00:44:13,178 --> 00:44:15,858 - Assassin. Assassin. - Salieri. Salieri. 555 00:44:15,856 --> 00:44:19,406 - Assassin. Assassin. - Salieri. Salieri. 556 00:44:19,406 --> 00:44:21,906 - Assassin. Assassin. - Salieri. Salieri. 557 00:44:21,910 --> 00:44:24,170 - Assassin. Assassin. - Salieri. Salieri. 558 00:44:24,172 --> 00:44:26,402 - Assassin. Assassin. - Salieri. Salieri. 559 00:44:26,398 --> 00:44:28,628 - Assassin. Assassin. - Salieri. Salieri. 560 00:44:28,625 --> 00:44:31,505 - Assassin. Assassin! - Salieri. Salieri! 561 00:44:33,788 --> 00:44:36,088 I know who started the tale. 562 00:44:37,344 --> 00:44:39,864 I know who started the tale. 563 00:44:42,255 --> 00:44:46,105 - The old man's valet. - The old man's cook. 564 00:44:51,128 --> 00:44:52,388 Squeak, squeak, squeak! 565 00:44:53,988 --> 00:44:55,938 Meow! 566 00:44:55,937 --> 00:44:57,497 Squeak! 567 00:44:57,502 --> 00:45:01,332 Meow! Meow! Meow! 568 00:45:01,326 --> 00:45:04,346 I'm going to pounce-bounce. 569 00:45:04,350 --> 00:45:07,140 I'm going to scrunch-munch. 570 00:45:07,144 --> 00:45:11,284 I'm going to chew-poo my little mouse-wouse. 571 00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:14,590 I'm going to tear her to bits 572 00:45:14,589 --> 00:45:16,789 with my paws-claws. 573 00:45:16,789 --> 00:45:20,619 - No! - Paws-claws. Paws-claws. 574 00:45:24,501 --> 00:45:27,461 (music reaches climax) 575 00:46:28,343 --> 00:46:31,123 These cakes are absolutely vile. 576 00:46:33,389 --> 00:46:37,539 Hello, Mr.Tibbs. How are you enjoying it? 577 00:46:37,537 --> 00:46:39,727 I just came to wish you good luck. 578 00:46:39,726 --> 00:46:41,756 Do you want a cup of coffee? Don't get up. 579 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:43,830 I'll bring you one down. 580 00:46:43,826 --> 00:46:45,666 (mouths) 581 00:46:53,254 --> 00:46:56,424 How lovely to see you. Are you enjoying the play? 582 00:46:56,420 --> 00:46:58,890 I'm so glad. It's a beautiful play, isn't it? 583 00:46:58,890 --> 00:47:01,500 I have to go. Excuse me one second. 584 00:47:03,065 --> 00:47:04,865 Very good, isn't it? 585 00:47:04,874 --> 00:47:07,054 I reckon they're on a par with that lot in EastEnders. 586 00:47:07,045 --> 00:47:08,845 - The one playing Mozart is. - Yeah. 587 00:47:10,337 --> 00:47:14,177 It's good, this. I've never been to the theatre before. 588 00:47:14,177 --> 00:47:15,837 This isn't the theatre, Gavin. 589 00:47:19,871 --> 00:47:21,851 Well, I must say, 590 00:47:21,853 --> 00:47:24,763 our little ensemble's excelling itself tonight. 591 00:47:24,761 --> 00:47:26,721 Half the cast were making it up 592 00:47:26,724 --> 00:47:28,884 and the Emperor Joseph's walking as if he's got 593 00:47:28,881 --> 00:47:30,081 a duck up his knickers. 594 00:47:31,851 --> 00:47:35,711 But the lighting was, as always, magnificent. 595 00:47:39,411 --> 00:47:44,631 Now, I can offer... anchovy and provolone on olive bread 596 00:47:46,689 --> 00:47:50,779 or walnut and banana on fruit loaf with brown sug... 597 00:47:50,784 --> 00:47:52,244 Where are you going? 598 00:47:53,270 --> 00:47:55,990 A spot went on stage. I've got to fix it. 599 00:47:55,990 --> 00:47:57,600 I didn't notice that. 600 00:48:04,102 --> 00:48:07,402 Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going. 601 00:48:07,397 --> 00:48:08,267 Yeah. 602 00:48:09,952 --> 00:48:11,442 Trouble? 603 00:48:11,443 --> 00:48:13,223 Flickered a bit, then went out. 604 00:48:13,216 --> 00:48:17,086 - I didn't notice that happen. - Don't you start. 605 00:48:17,091 --> 00:48:19,411 - You OK, Tim? - Perfectly OK. 606 00:48:19,409 --> 00:48:21,179 As soon as people stop coming 607 00:48:21,178 --> 00:48:23,058 up to me wanting to know if I'm OK. 608 00:48:24,861 --> 00:48:26,111 OK. 609 00:48:27,303 --> 00:48:29,373 Sorry. I'm a bit edgy. 610 00:48:29,367 --> 00:48:31,087 I'll be glad when tonight's over. 611 00:48:34,258 --> 00:48:35,928 Where's the three-minute buzzer? 612 00:48:37,073 --> 00:48:40,243 - It's only just... - How dare you answer me back. 613 00:48:40,243 --> 00:48:43,473 You're a brainless, moronic cretin. What are you? 614 00:48:47,859 --> 00:48:50,159 (bell rings) 615 00:48:58,167 --> 00:49:01,227 - Hey, what happened to you? - Walked into an accountant. 616 00:49:05,987 --> 00:49:09,867 Poor love. Kiss it better. 617 00:49:35,965 --> 00:49:40,095 I have been listening to the cats in the courtyard. 618 00:49:41,116 --> 00:49:44,866 They're all singing Rossini. 619 00:49:44,872 --> 00:49:47,202 (laughter) 620 00:49:51,199 --> 00:49:53,809 - Where do we go, then? - What? 621 00:49:53,813 --> 00:49:55,563 Do we do it here? 622 00:49:57,883 --> 00:50:00,463 Why not? Well? 623 00:50:02,273 --> 00:50:03,373 Let's get on with it. 624 00:50:05,469 --> 00:50:09,299 There are your manuscripts. Please take them and go. 625 00:50:09,296 --> 00:50:10,896 Now. At once. 626 00:50:14,445 --> 00:50:17,505 - You shit. - Via! Don't return. 627 00:50:17,507 --> 00:50:19,557 You rotten shit! 628 00:50:22,899 --> 00:50:27,139 Bloody hell. What's going on down there? 629 00:50:41,583 --> 00:50:44,153 If he lays another finger on me, I'll frigging kill him. 630 00:50:44,151 --> 00:50:46,161 - Shh. - Let it be Herr Sommer. 631 00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:49,030 - Bastard. Bastard. - He can't do much harm. 632 00:50:49,028 --> 00:50:52,358 To be frank, no one can do much harm musically 633 00:50:52,364 --> 00:50:54,874 - to the Princess Elizabeth. - Nico, you're on. 634 00:50:56,045 --> 00:50:58,385 Mozart certainly did not suspect me. 635 00:50:59,340 --> 00:51:04,190 The emperor made his announcement in his usual way. 636 00:51:04,189 --> 00:51:05,589 Well, there it is. 637 00:51:07,877 --> 00:51:11,607 And I commiserated with the loser. 638 00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,110 I think we should bring the curtain down. 639 00:51:26,106 --> 00:51:27,386 Not before my death scene. 640 00:51:27,389 --> 00:51:29,999 Harold would only take it up again. 641 00:51:29,996 --> 00:51:31,116 Well, that's true. 642 00:51:31,122 --> 00:51:33,552 We don't know what Esslyn will do next. 643 00:51:33,551 --> 00:51:36,601 I'm alright. Forewarned is forearmed. 644 00:51:40,465 --> 00:51:42,105 Wolfi? 645 00:51:42,112 --> 00:51:45,912 - Stanzi. - Oh, Wolfi, my love. 646 00:51:45,913 --> 00:51:48,813 - Little husband of my heart. - Oh. 647 00:51:50,068 --> 00:51:53,128 Oh, my dear one. Come with me. 648 00:51:55,010 --> 00:51:55,990 Come on, now. 649 00:51:59,099 --> 00:52:02,509 - There, there. - Salieri... 650 00:52:04,137 --> 00:52:05,867 Salieri has killed me. 651 00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:07,890 Yes, my dear. 652 00:52:09,181 --> 00:52:11,591 He has. He told me so. 653 00:52:12,695 --> 00:52:15,065 Yes. Yes, I'm sure. 654 00:52:22,454 --> 00:52:26,734 Now I will go to become a ghost myself. 655 00:52:29,514 --> 00:52:32,874 I will stand in the shadows 656 00:52:32,871 --> 00:52:37,081 when you come here to this earth in your turn. 657 00:52:39,013 --> 00:52:44,233 And when you feel the dreadful bite of your failures 658 00:52:44,591 --> 00:52:49,441 and hear the taunting of an unachievable, uncaring God... 659 00:52:49,442 --> 00:52:51,052 (whispers) Joyce. 660 00:52:51,049 --> 00:52:53,149 ..I will whisper my name to you. 661 00:52:54,664 --> 00:52:55,534 Salieri, 662 00:52:57,145 --> 00:53:00,795 patron saint of mediocrities. 663 00:53:01,796 --> 00:53:02,776 Truth will out. 664 00:53:03,767 --> 00:53:07,367 And in the depths of your downcastness, 665 00:53:08,612 --> 00:53:13,832 you can pray for me and I will forgive you. 666 00:53:19,459 --> 00:53:21,699 Vi saluto. 667 00:53:36,342 --> 00:53:39,162 (screams) 668 00:53:45,131 --> 00:53:48,021 Get the curtain down. Get it down! 669 00:53:57,070 --> 00:54:02,150 Washed in the blood of the lamb. 670 00:54:02,149 --> 00:54:05,069 Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your attention, please? 671 00:54:06,788 --> 00:54:09,618 There has been an accident. 672 00:54:10,917 --> 00:54:13,257 Would you all please stay in your seats 673 00:54:13,263 --> 00:54:16,073 for the next few minutes? Thank you. 674 00:54:43,656 --> 00:54:45,946 - [David] I'm absolutely certain, Tom. 675 00:54:45,952 --> 00:54:49,892 The tape was on the blade when Dierdre checked the razor. 676 00:54:49,894 --> 00:54:52,204 - I was here. - And when was that? 677 00:54:53,571 --> 00:54:55,401 A few minutes before curtain up. 678 00:54:57,318 --> 00:55:00,358 So it just sits there until the end of the play? 679 00:55:00,362 --> 00:55:01,232 Yes. 680 00:55:02,826 --> 00:55:05,246 Anyone could have tampered with it. 681 00:55:05,253 --> 00:55:08,673 Bit risky. People are using the props table all the time. 682 00:55:08,673 --> 00:55:11,543 But the light's dim, actors milling about. 683 00:55:11,540 --> 00:55:15,280 You can't just whip it off. You'd need a knife. 684 00:55:15,281 --> 00:55:16,871 Even then you'd have to be careful. 685 00:55:16,868 --> 00:55:18,328 That thing was bloody sharp. 686 00:55:21,544 --> 00:55:24,554 - [Kitty] I can't believe it. 687 00:55:24,553 --> 00:55:26,743 Who would do such a dreadful thing? 688 00:55:29,871 --> 00:55:31,281 Everyone liked Esslyn. 689 00:55:32,780 --> 00:55:36,210 Well, obviously not quite everyone, darling. 690 00:55:37,128 --> 00:55:38,538 Perhaps it was an accident. 691 00:55:38,542 --> 00:55:40,792 Of course it was an accident. 692 00:55:40,788 --> 00:55:44,258 The tape got torn or something. It's outrageous, 693 00:55:44,260 --> 00:55:46,730 keeping us shut in here like naughty children. 694 00:55:46,733 --> 00:55:49,503 That's show business. Start the evening with Mozart, 695 00:55:49,495 --> 00:55:52,745 end up with Gotterdammerung. (laughs) 696 00:55:52,752 --> 00:55:55,082 - How can you be so heartless? - I'm sorry. 697 00:55:55,083 --> 00:55:56,823 It's all that stupid girl's fault. 698 00:55:56,823 --> 00:55:59,023 If she'd checked properly... 699 00:55:59,015 --> 00:56:01,145 Dierdre is not stupid. 700 00:56:03,144 --> 00:56:05,044 And I doubt very much whether any of this 701 00:56:05,042 --> 00:56:07,302 will prove to be her fault. 702 00:56:07,304 --> 00:56:09,004 Then why has she disappeared? 703 00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:11,540 - [Nico] Her father ran off after it happened. 704 00:56:11,540 --> 00:56:14,850 I heard Tom talking to David Smy about it. 705 00:56:14,845 --> 00:56:16,195 David Smy? 706 00:56:23,435 --> 00:56:26,925 He's an assistant stage manager, the lowest of the low. 707 00:56:26,928 --> 00:56:30,148 As director, I should be seen first. I am in charge here! 708 00:56:30,153 --> 00:56:32,423 The police are in charge here, sir. 709 00:56:32,423 --> 00:56:34,353 Now, if you'll please just... 710 00:56:40,025 --> 00:56:41,275 Excuse me. 711 00:56:47,876 --> 00:56:50,086 - How is she? - Not good. 712 00:56:50,089 --> 00:56:51,859 The paramedics gave her some stuff, 713 00:56:51,859 --> 00:56:53,839 but it's made her pretty sleepy. 714 00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:55,620 Is there anything I can do? 715 00:56:55,623 --> 00:56:58,273 I don't think so, but thanks all the same. 716 00:56:58,272 --> 00:57:01,192 Cully, I'm sorry. I should have got these to you before. 717 00:57:02,266 --> 00:57:04,486 - Joyce? - Tom. 718 00:57:04,493 --> 00:57:06,493 Cully's gonna drive you home. 719 00:57:06,488 --> 00:57:08,528 I'll be with you as soon as possible. 720 00:57:08,528 --> 00:57:11,768 Why don't I drive? If that's alright. 721 00:57:11,765 --> 00:57:14,395 That's very good of you, Nicholas, 722 00:57:14,403 --> 00:57:16,073 but we do need to talk. 723 00:57:16,071 --> 00:57:17,471 Can you come into the station, please, 724 00:57:17,468 --> 00:57:18,708 tomorrow, two o'clock? 725 00:57:25,959 --> 00:57:27,729 At last. 726 00:57:27,734 --> 00:57:29,924 Sorry you've been kept hanging about. 727 00:57:29,918 --> 00:57:31,698 It is getting rather late. 728 00:57:31,701 --> 00:57:33,511 If anyone wants to go... 729 00:57:33,509 --> 00:57:35,669 Now he tells us. 730 00:57:35,674 --> 00:57:38,594 My sergeant will arrange interview times. 731 00:57:38,594 --> 00:57:40,214 I elect to be seen now. 732 00:57:44,016 --> 00:57:46,396 - [Avery] What are you doing, Kitty? 733 00:57:46,403 --> 00:57:48,583 - Rosa. - You can't go back 734 00:57:48,583 --> 00:57:50,713 to White Wings by yourself tonight. 735 00:57:50,710 --> 00:57:52,920 You come and have some supper with us. 736 00:57:52,922 --> 00:57:54,632 We'll be cooking, won't we, Tim? 737 00:57:57,049 --> 00:58:00,009 Oh, dear. Kitty... 738 00:58:00,011 --> 00:58:03,721 Don't worry about me. I shall book into the nearest Hilton. 739 00:58:08,488 --> 00:58:10,078 I can tell you now, Tom, 740 00:58:10,075 --> 00:58:12,565 I felt a faintly sinister frisson 741 00:58:12,565 --> 00:58:15,025 to this production from the very beg... 742 00:58:20,060 --> 00:58:22,320 What is the matter with you? 743 00:58:22,322 --> 00:58:23,962 All I did was ask the wretched 744 00:58:23,962 --> 00:58:26,222 girl back for a bit of supper. 745 00:58:26,224 --> 00:58:28,544 When I sit down with someone, I like to be sure 746 00:58:28,539 --> 00:58:30,189 I'm going to get up again. 747 00:58:30,187 --> 00:58:32,927 - Go on, you don't mean Kitty? - Yes. 748 00:58:36,065 --> 00:58:40,025 God forgive me, yes, I do. 749 00:58:42,710 --> 00:58:45,010 Dad. 750 00:58:46,224 --> 00:58:48,704 Dad. 751 00:58:53,217 --> 00:58:55,577 Are you coming? 752 00:58:55,583 --> 00:58:57,013 Dad. 753 00:59:03,751 --> 00:59:05,981 - There she is. - I see her. 754 00:59:12,936 --> 00:59:15,206 - Are you Dierdre Tibbs? - Yes. 755 00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:18,150 You're looking for your father? 756 00:59:18,151 --> 00:59:20,591 I'm sure he's making for the day centre. 757 00:59:20,589 --> 00:59:24,829 - It's two minutes in the car. - He feels safe there. 758 00:59:24,834 --> 00:59:26,714 We'll get you there, love. 759 00:59:27,995 --> 00:59:31,805 He wasn't a very nice man, sometimes mean. 760 00:59:33,479 --> 00:59:36,969 But we were young together. 761 00:59:38,661 --> 00:59:40,281 We were very happy for a while. 762 00:59:41,925 --> 00:59:44,415 - [Barnaby] Can you think of anyone 763 00:59:44,421 --> 00:59:45,671 who would want to kill him? 764 00:59:46,597 --> 00:59:47,927 Kitty, of course. 765 00:59:50,441 --> 00:59:53,261 He only married her because she was pregnant. 766 00:59:53,259 --> 00:59:56,039 Now, the chances are it wasn't even his. 767 00:59:56,042 --> 00:59:57,212 What makes you say that? 768 00:59:59,495 --> 01:00:00,765 She's having an affair. 769 01:00:01,714 --> 01:00:04,184 Esslyn was going to change his will 770 01:00:04,177 --> 01:00:05,867 and start divorce proceedings. 771 01:00:06,773 --> 01:00:09,543 Do you have any idea who her lover was? 772 01:00:13,561 --> 01:00:16,011 Or how Esslyn found out? 773 01:00:21,127 --> 01:00:23,357 Oh, Tom. 774 01:00:25,239 --> 01:00:26,929 How was I to know what she'd do? 775 01:00:29,056 --> 01:00:33,116 I'd do anything, anything to take it back. 776 01:00:38,488 --> 01:00:40,418 I don't know what you're playing at, 777 01:00:40,421 --> 01:00:43,361 constantly passing me over like the boot boy. 778 01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:47,150 How am I supposed to retain the respect of my actors? 779 01:00:47,147 --> 01:00:50,867 If there's one thing I cannot stand, it's high-handedness. 780 01:00:52,022 --> 01:00:54,462 - It's getting very late. - Whose fault is that? 781 01:00:54,456 --> 01:00:56,586 And I'm on the verge of losing my temper. 782 01:00:58,033 --> 01:01:00,793 Now, earlier on tonight, when you were backstage, 783 01:01:00,789 --> 01:01:03,239 did you see anything out of the ordinary? 784 01:01:03,236 --> 01:01:05,076 Anyone there who shouldn't have been there? 785 01:01:05,081 --> 01:01:08,441 Someone handling the props who doesn't normally? 786 01:01:08,444 --> 01:01:10,604 I was hardly backstage at all. 787 01:01:11,546 --> 01:01:14,116 People expect to see me front of house. 788 01:01:14,122 --> 01:01:17,032 It's the only chance they get to mingle. 789 01:01:17,031 --> 01:01:19,211 I went to wish the actors good luck, of course. 790 01:01:19,210 --> 01:01:21,770 You followed me down there, I believe, Tom. 791 01:01:21,765 --> 01:01:23,925 The buzzer was late at the end of the interval, 792 01:01:23,933 --> 01:01:26,253 so I popped round just for a second 793 01:01:26,248 --> 01:01:29,688 to chivvy that utterly clueless stage manager. 794 01:01:29,689 --> 01:01:30,559 There. 795 01:01:32,025 --> 01:01:37,165 I thought the second part was much improved, didn't you? 796 01:01:39,918 --> 01:01:42,768 Except for the utter shambles at the end. 797 01:01:45,035 --> 01:01:47,795 Are you sure you know what's going on here, sir? 798 01:01:49,146 --> 01:01:50,556 Certainly. 799 01:01:50,564 --> 01:01:53,334 Someone has sabotaged Amadeus. 800 01:01:53,327 --> 01:01:56,647 Did you have any reason to wish Esslyn dead? 801 01:01:56,654 --> 01:01:57,764 Me? 802 01:01:58,948 --> 01:02:02,628 He was my leading man, my star. 803 01:02:02,628 --> 01:02:06,888 Now I've got to start all over again training Nicholas. 804 01:02:24,327 --> 01:02:27,257 - [Barnaby] Neil, will you take Mrs. Winstanley home? 805 01:02:27,257 --> 01:02:28,707 It's Martyr Warren. 806 01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:32,120 I didn't mean to be any trouble. 807 01:02:32,118 --> 01:02:33,678 - [Neil] This way. 808 01:02:33,683 --> 01:02:36,263 He's really lost it, hasn't he, that bloke? 809 01:02:36,258 --> 01:02:37,128 A long time ago. 810 01:02:37,126 --> 01:02:38,386 Just the type we're looking for. 811 01:02:38,393 --> 01:02:40,783 Perfect. He couldn't have done it. 812 01:02:40,781 --> 01:02:42,941 He wasn't in the wings more than three minutes. 813 01:02:42,940 --> 01:02:45,430 I don't understand why it was done this way, so risky, 814 01:02:45,432 --> 01:02:47,912 so complicated. 815 01:02:47,913 --> 01:02:50,493 All he had to do was wait for the next dark night 816 01:02:50,489 --> 01:02:52,119 and bash the bloke's head in. 817 01:02:52,124 --> 01:02:52,994 What if he couldn't wait? 818 01:02:52,992 --> 01:02:54,412 What if tonight was his last chance? 819 01:02:54,411 --> 01:02:57,751 I reckon that puts his wife in the frame. 820 01:02:57,752 --> 01:03:00,632 She kills him at home, straight off it's a domestic. 821 01:03:00,634 --> 01:03:03,304 This way it could have been anybody. 822 01:03:03,304 --> 01:03:04,174 Good point. 823 01:03:24,854 --> 01:03:27,224 - There he is! - Kev'll be quicker, love. 824 01:03:27,223 --> 01:03:29,743 - [Dierdre] Yes, but he's a stranger. 825 01:03:29,736 --> 01:03:30,826 Daddy'll be frightened. 826 01:03:32,961 --> 01:03:34,401 It's alright, Daddy. 827 01:03:36,858 --> 01:03:39,588 Mr. Tibbs. 828 01:03:39,590 --> 01:03:42,930 Come along, now. Time to go home. 829 01:03:43,990 --> 01:03:45,240 Your daughter's waiting. 830 01:03:48,933 --> 01:03:50,633 Washed in the blood of the lamb. 831 01:03:52,394 --> 01:03:56,184 Streaming. Streaming everywhere. 832 01:03:56,179 --> 01:03:59,129 It's all over now. Let me help you down. 833 01:04:16,839 --> 01:04:18,189 - [Troy] There's no way he could 834 01:04:18,191 --> 01:04:20,251 be in the frame, old Mr. Tibbs? 835 01:04:20,245 --> 01:04:22,125 - [Barnaby] For God's sake, Troy. 836 01:04:22,132 --> 01:04:23,602 - [Troy] He was backstage. 837 01:04:23,603 --> 01:04:25,523 - [Barnaby] If that's all it takes, so was I. 838 01:04:25,521 --> 01:04:27,571 - [Troy] Yeah, but you're not 839 01:04:27,571 --> 01:04:29,271 one sandwich short of a picnic, sir. 840 01:04:38,335 --> 01:04:42,515 Oh, Tom. This is kind of you. 841 01:04:42,517 --> 01:04:43,617 - How is he? 842 01:04:43,623 --> 01:04:47,503 - Fractured ribs. A broken leg. 843 01:04:47,502 --> 01:04:50,402 He'll get better, but it'll take a long time. 844 01:04:50,400 --> 01:04:53,900 - I'm really sorry. - He was so frightened. 845 01:04:53,904 --> 01:04:57,704 Yeah, it was a bad business. Detective Sergeant Troy. 846 01:05:00,953 --> 01:05:03,943 We were hoping you might be able to help us. 847 01:05:03,941 --> 01:05:06,941 Anything. Anything I can do. 848 01:05:06,938 --> 01:05:09,158 I believe you checked the razor 849 01:05:09,159 --> 01:05:11,309 just minutes before the curtain went up. 850 01:05:11,307 --> 01:05:15,817 That's right. And the tape wasn't snagged or torn, 851 01:05:15,822 --> 01:05:18,322 as Harold has been suggesting. 852 01:05:18,324 --> 01:05:22,534 - It was in place. - No one is blaming you. 853 01:05:22,526 --> 01:05:25,146 But it remains a fact that some time during the play, 854 01:05:25,154 --> 01:05:29,314 someone removed the razor and took the tape off. 855 01:05:29,305 --> 01:05:33,125 What about this chap who played the valet? 856 01:05:34,246 --> 01:05:36,346 - David? - He handled the tray. 857 01:05:36,353 --> 01:05:38,703 - Would he have had time... - David? 858 01:05:38,699 --> 01:05:42,529 Was there any point during the play 859 01:05:42,525 --> 01:05:45,275 when the wings were completely empty? 860 01:05:46,832 --> 01:05:48,652 I went to the loo once. 861 01:05:48,649 --> 01:05:50,809 It was at the end of the interval. 862 01:05:50,806 --> 01:05:53,616 It took all of two minutes. 863 01:05:53,620 --> 01:05:56,190 When I got back, Harold was yelling at me 864 01:05:56,185 --> 01:05:58,095 about the buzzer being late. 865 01:06:01,904 --> 01:06:04,374 - [Barnaby] Could you drop me off at home, Troy? 866 01:06:04,370 --> 01:06:05,850 - I want to see how Joyce is. - Righto, sir. 867 01:06:06,810 --> 01:06:08,170 And while you're on the spot, 868 01:06:08,166 --> 01:06:10,006 there's a couple of outstanding interviews 869 01:06:10,011 --> 01:06:12,281 - at the bookshop. - (sighs) 870 01:06:12,284 --> 01:06:13,284 Couldn't somebody else do those? 871 01:06:13,275 --> 01:06:15,555 Well, you'll be alright. 872 01:06:15,558 --> 01:06:17,428 Just hang on to your credentials. 873 01:06:21,074 --> 01:06:25,564 I know it irritates Tim, but... I can't help it. 874 01:06:27,185 --> 01:06:29,355 Every time he goes to the post 875 01:06:29,364 --> 01:06:31,574 or shopping or the library, 876 01:06:31,574 --> 01:06:36,604 I keep thinking... is that what he's really doing? 877 01:06:36,600 --> 01:06:38,240 Or is he seeing someone? 878 01:06:38,237 --> 01:06:40,097 I'm sure he's got more than enough on his plate 879 01:06:40,104 --> 01:06:42,044 - coping with you. - But I don't understand 880 01:06:42,036 --> 01:06:44,296 what he sees in me, Nico. 881 01:06:45,943 --> 01:06:48,113 I mean, he's so elegant and... 882 01:06:49,248 --> 01:06:52,358 Oh, handsome and austere. 883 01:06:52,356 --> 01:06:54,336 You know, sort of spiritually opulent. 884 01:06:55,953 --> 01:06:57,523 So what's brought all this on? 885 01:06:59,394 --> 01:07:03,404 I think it's partly because he hasn't always been gay. 886 01:07:05,546 --> 01:07:07,656 I was making sequined jockstraps for Paddington 887 01:07:07,663 --> 01:07:10,673 when I was three, but Tim... 888 01:07:13,262 --> 01:07:15,752 Well, he veered hither and yon 889 01:07:15,745 --> 01:07:18,485 all the way through adolescence. 890 01:07:20,778 --> 01:07:22,498 He even got engaged at one point. 891 01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:25,880 I'm sure he's turned his back on all that now. 892 01:07:27,359 --> 01:07:29,079 I suppose you think that's funny? 893 01:07:31,374 --> 01:07:32,944 - Yeah, I do, actually. 894 01:07:32,938 --> 01:07:35,668 - You're a cruel, heartless boy. 895 01:07:35,670 --> 01:07:37,290 You wait till you fall in love. 896 01:07:38,834 --> 01:07:40,194 I think I'm just about to. 897 01:07:44,898 --> 01:07:47,458 So, when did you get this audition at Central? 898 01:07:47,463 --> 01:07:51,543 The other week. But don't tell anyone. It's secret. 899 01:07:51,540 --> 01:07:53,440 I should get the results any day now. 900 01:07:53,438 --> 01:07:56,218 I've had a few theatre jobs since Cambridge. 901 01:07:56,222 --> 01:07:58,912 - You're kidding? - Third witch in Macbeth 902 01:07:58,912 --> 01:08:01,002 and a Polish tour of Much Ado. 903 01:08:00,997 --> 01:08:02,657 Brilliant. How did it go? 904 01:08:04,084 --> 01:08:06,924 I got mumps, our tents were washed away in a thunderstorm 905 01:08:06,920 --> 01:08:09,140 and Claudio was had up for soliciting. 906 01:08:09,138 --> 01:08:12,618 I can't wait to start. So what are you doing now? 907 01:08:12,617 --> 01:08:15,637 Trudging round the agents. 908 01:08:15,637 --> 01:08:17,647 I'm up for a voiceover next week, though. 909 01:08:20,079 --> 01:08:22,369 So, will you get a grant? 910 01:08:24,041 --> 01:08:25,291 I'll have to come and see you, then. 911 01:08:25,292 --> 01:08:26,802 Stake you to a veggie burger. 912 01:08:43,930 --> 01:08:47,480 - David. - I... 913 01:08:47,481 --> 01:08:50,651 I just thought I'd come and see how things were going. 914 01:08:50,645 --> 01:08:53,005 Thank you. 915 01:08:53,010 --> 01:08:58,220 Oh! I must put them in water straightaway. 916 01:08:58,273 --> 01:09:00,203 They're not for your father, Dierdre. 917 01:09:01,465 --> 01:09:04,385 - They're for you. - For me? 918 01:09:20,379 --> 01:09:23,169 - How are you, love? - I'm still a bit groggy. 919 01:09:25,592 --> 01:09:29,442 I keep seeing him over and over again. 920 01:09:29,437 --> 01:09:31,657 Come on. 921 01:09:31,664 --> 01:09:33,444 There, there, there, there. 922 01:09:33,438 --> 01:09:35,458 Shh, shh. 923 01:09:35,456 --> 01:09:37,716 Cully. 924 01:09:39,773 --> 01:09:40,893 Nicholas. 925 01:09:42,849 --> 01:09:46,399 Tom. I came to see how Joyce was. 926 01:09:48,104 --> 01:09:49,544 Well, you won't see how she is from here. 927 01:09:49,543 --> 01:09:50,643 Try the sitting room. 928 01:09:52,056 --> 01:09:53,616 Right. 929 01:09:53,617 --> 01:09:55,817 Second door on the left. 930 01:09:57,291 --> 01:09:58,161 Second on left. 931 01:10:02,264 --> 01:10:05,084 Don't forget your interview. Two o'clock sharp. 932 01:10:06,227 --> 01:10:07,517 Oh, crikey. 933 01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:10,110 Well, why don't you stay and have some soup? 934 01:10:10,109 --> 01:10:11,669 Then you can go back with Dad. 935 01:10:16,580 --> 01:10:20,040 - [Doris] That's right. The corn exchange, Causton, 936 01:10:20,042 --> 01:10:23,572 at three o'clock. Photographers will also be welcome 937 01:10:23,573 --> 01:10:26,843 to photograph the director, Mr.Winstanley, in person 938 01:10:26,843 --> 01:10:28,933 at the scene of the crime. 939 01:10:28,931 --> 01:10:31,831 The crime that was on the news this morning. 940 01:10:33,767 --> 01:10:38,117 And... Oh, yes, and our drama group production of Amadeus 941 01:10:38,116 --> 01:10:40,446 was in full flight when... 942 01:10:43,370 --> 01:10:44,370 Hello? 943 01:10:47,928 --> 01:10:51,198 Financial Times. 944 01:10:51,198 --> 01:10:54,118 Hello. Is that the Daily Telegraph? 945 01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:56,240 Oh, yes. Could you put me through 946 01:10:56,242 --> 01:10:58,122 to the theatre department, please? 947 01:10:58,121 --> 01:11:00,381 Yes, yes, I will. Thank you. 948 01:11:01,948 --> 01:11:03,408 Are they all coming? 949 01:11:03,410 --> 01:11:05,600 They sounded very interested, Harold. 950 01:11:05,602 --> 01:11:08,182 - Who are you onto now? - The Daily Telegraph. 951 01:11:08,176 --> 01:11:10,716 They asked me to hold. 952 01:11:10,716 --> 01:11:14,756 Hold? At daytime rates? 953 01:11:22,261 --> 01:11:24,531 Why don't people put things back properly? 954 01:11:24,534 --> 01:11:28,274 Look at this. A Room of One's Own under Interior Decoration. 955 01:11:29,841 --> 01:11:31,181 - Nosh up. - Lovely. 956 01:11:36,881 --> 01:11:40,541 - Well, hello again. - Afternoon. 957 01:11:40,540 --> 01:11:41,960 Put the catch down on the door 958 01:11:41,961 --> 01:11:44,031 and turn the notice round to closed. 959 01:11:45,899 --> 01:11:47,989 We're having our lunch. 960 01:11:54,866 --> 01:11:58,276 Detective Sergeant Troy, Causton CID. 961 01:11:58,276 --> 01:12:01,736 It's regarding Mr.Carmichael's death last night. 962 01:12:01,738 --> 01:12:03,948 God, was it only last night? 963 01:12:03,948 --> 01:12:06,388 I understand you were both there. 964 01:12:06,388 --> 01:12:08,548 We were in the lighting box, yes. 965 01:12:10,330 --> 01:12:13,870 At what point did you go backstage? 966 01:12:13,865 --> 01:12:15,265 I didn't go backstage till 967 01:12:15,272 --> 01:12:17,902 after the final curtain, but Tim... 968 01:12:17,900 --> 01:12:22,260 Once. In the interval. To change a light. 969 01:12:24,896 --> 01:12:27,426 Colin Smy was with me all the time. 970 01:12:27,430 --> 01:12:29,480 Did you see anything out of the ordinary 971 01:12:29,484 --> 01:12:31,844 when you were back there? In the wings maybe? 972 01:12:34,875 --> 01:12:36,905 - No. - A glass for you, Sergeant? 973 01:12:36,908 --> 01:12:38,038 No, thank you. 974 01:12:40,376 --> 01:12:42,746 Can either of you think of anyone 975 01:12:42,748 --> 01:12:45,448 who might have wanted to harm Mr.Carmichael? 976 01:12:48,566 --> 01:12:50,956 Well, you've got a wide field. 977 01:12:50,964 --> 01:12:52,864 The man was a heartless shit. 978 01:12:53,915 --> 01:12:56,365 Had personal experience of that, have you, sir? 979 01:13:00,137 --> 01:13:01,227 Bottoms up. 980 01:13:14,874 --> 01:13:16,574 Zilch at the bookshop. 981 01:13:16,573 --> 01:13:18,623 The little fat one wasn't backstage at all. 982 01:13:18,617 --> 01:13:20,137 The thin, sarky one briefly, 983 01:13:20,139 --> 01:13:22,739 but he was with Colin Smy all the time. 984 01:13:22,736 --> 01:13:24,526 I got nothing out of Nicholas. 985 01:13:24,529 --> 01:13:27,339 Though he did say that Esslyn had attacked him, 986 01:13:27,344 --> 01:13:29,754 crushed his hand. He showed me. It was a hell of a mess. 987 01:13:29,745 --> 01:13:34,155 - Why was that? - He says he has no idea. 988 01:13:34,164 --> 01:13:37,924 Bollocks. I bet he found out he was Kitty's fancy man. 989 01:13:38,895 --> 01:13:39,885 He'd better not be. 990 01:13:43,412 --> 01:13:44,392 Where's Colin Smy? 991 01:14:18,732 --> 01:14:20,482 What do you think you're playing at? 992 01:14:20,481 --> 01:14:22,731 You were due at the station at three. 993 01:14:23,640 --> 01:14:27,460 I did it, Tom. I killed him. 994 01:14:37,849 --> 01:14:41,609 Are you confessing to the murder of Esslyn Carmichael? 995 01:14:46,111 --> 01:14:46,991 - Why did you do it? - Why? 996 01:14:50,427 --> 01:14:54,457 It's not an unreasonable question in the circumstances. 997 01:14:54,463 --> 01:14:56,643 He was an awful man. 998 01:14:56,642 --> 01:15:00,412 Sneering, laughing at everyone, cruel. 999 01:15:01,876 --> 01:15:04,676 I decided he should be taught a lesson. 1000 01:15:04,681 --> 01:15:06,191 Bit of a savage one, wasn't it? 1001 01:15:06,188 --> 01:15:08,088 I didn't think he'd die. 1002 01:15:08,091 --> 01:15:09,111 What do you expect a man to do 1003 01:15:09,113 --> 01:15:11,493 if you drag an open razor across his throat? 1004 01:15:11,490 --> 01:15:13,060 - How did you get the tape off? 1005 01:15:13,060 --> 01:15:14,790 - With my Stanley knife. 1006 01:15:14,785 --> 01:15:17,275 - And where's that now? - Still in the scene dock. 1007 01:15:17,277 --> 01:15:20,377 - When did you do it? - I don't remember exactly. 1008 01:15:20,382 --> 01:15:21,252 - It was on impulse. 1009 01:15:21,251 --> 01:15:22,981 - What did you do with the tape? 1010 01:15:22,981 --> 01:15:25,041 I flushed it down the toilet. 1011 01:15:25,035 --> 01:15:27,165 No, you didn't. We tried that. It floats. 1012 01:15:32,793 --> 01:15:37,133 Where was David while all this was going on? 1013 01:15:37,130 --> 01:15:42,160 He was in the men's dressing room. Anyone can vouch for him. 1014 01:15:42,162 --> 01:15:45,782 He'll be able to vouch for himself from the look of things. 1015 01:15:45,781 --> 01:15:48,011 Oh, no. 1016 01:15:49,817 --> 01:15:51,837 What are you doing here? 1017 01:15:51,835 --> 01:15:54,645 Picking up the van. 1018 01:15:54,653 --> 01:15:56,783 I'm collecting a friend after work. 1019 01:15:57,661 --> 01:15:59,411 What's happening? 1020 01:15:59,413 --> 01:16:02,733 Your father has just confessed to the murder of Esslyn. 1021 01:16:04,777 --> 01:16:05,927 Don't be daft. 1022 01:16:07,901 --> 01:16:09,191 He thinks you did it. 1023 01:16:10,560 --> 01:16:11,430 Me? 1024 01:16:13,062 --> 01:16:13,932 Why would I... 1025 01:16:19,842 --> 01:16:21,842 You saw me, didn't you? 1026 01:16:24,051 --> 01:16:26,141 What did he see, Mr.Smy? 1027 01:16:30,558 --> 01:16:32,548 - [David] Esslyn was being particularly vicious 1028 01:16:32,550 --> 01:16:33,750 about Dierdre's father. 1029 01:16:35,394 --> 01:16:36,414 I was so angry. 1030 01:16:40,204 --> 01:16:44,704 I shook Vim all over those little cakes he eats on stage. 1031 01:16:47,258 --> 01:16:49,808 I mean... (laughs) 1032 01:16:57,064 --> 01:16:58,454 You silly old sod. 1033 01:17:01,975 --> 01:17:03,675 Fancy a cup of tea, Tom? 1034 01:17:03,679 --> 01:17:05,419 No, I do not fancy a cup of tea. 1035 01:17:09,921 --> 01:17:12,881 You're lucky I don't charge you with wasting police time. 1036 01:17:12,882 --> 01:17:13,752 Thanks. 1037 01:17:18,836 --> 01:17:21,196 Don't do it again, alright? 1038 01:17:28,173 --> 01:17:30,243 I've asked Dierdre for supper tonight. 1039 01:17:33,810 --> 01:17:37,100 Really? I didn't know you fancied her. 1040 01:17:39,271 --> 01:17:41,171 I don't fancy her. I love her. 1041 01:17:53,710 --> 01:17:57,190 - Mr.Winstanley? - Yes. Who are you? 1042 01:17:57,189 --> 01:17:58,599 Becky Smith. Causton Echo. 1043 01:17:58,595 --> 01:18:02,155 Come to take a piccy and do a little interview. 1044 01:18:02,164 --> 01:18:03,454 Where are the others? 1045 01:18:03,452 --> 01:18:05,152 They're covering the good stuff. 1046 01:18:05,153 --> 01:18:08,163 Beer festivals, horse shows, the new Mel Gibson. 1047 01:18:08,156 --> 01:18:09,666 I always get the short straw. 1048 01:18:16,151 --> 01:18:18,141 Could come back another day. 1049 01:18:24,327 --> 01:18:27,337 Are you sure you're feeling up to this, Kitty? 1050 01:18:27,342 --> 01:18:31,342 I'll do my best. It is for Esslyn, after all. 1051 01:18:31,336 --> 01:18:35,226 Quite. Can you think of anyone, 1052 01:18:35,225 --> 01:18:37,555 anyone, who might want to kill him? 1053 01:18:41,721 --> 01:18:46,941 Well... Rosa is so full of bitterness. 1054 01:18:47,946 --> 01:18:49,686 She led him a terrible life. 1055 01:18:50,626 --> 01:18:53,616 So you didn't take the tape off the razor yourself? 1056 01:18:54,651 --> 01:18:56,821 - Tom! - You'd had a serious quarrel. 1057 01:18:56,823 --> 01:19:00,083 He was violent towards you, knocked you about on stage. 1058 01:19:00,083 --> 01:19:01,553 That was just part of the play. 1059 01:19:01,554 --> 01:19:03,704 When you came off you were heard to say 1060 01:19:03,702 --> 01:19:06,052 that if he touched you again, you'd kill him. 1061 01:19:06,965 --> 01:19:09,205 People say wild things when they're angry. 1062 01:19:09,207 --> 01:19:10,427 Sometimes they do them. 1063 01:19:11,730 --> 01:19:14,080 Can you imagine me 1064 01:19:14,076 --> 01:19:15,566 doing anything like that? 1065 01:19:17,246 --> 01:19:19,786 He'd discovered you were having an affair. 1066 01:19:19,785 --> 01:19:21,345 That's a lie. 1067 01:19:21,350 --> 01:19:23,560 He was planning to change his will, 1068 01:19:23,555 --> 01:19:26,015 - sue for divorce. - No. 1069 01:19:26,016 --> 01:19:28,376 Leaving you without the proverbial... 1070 01:19:28,382 --> 01:19:30,702 And what about the baby? 1071 01:19:30,697 --> 01:19:33,837 - Poor, fatherless mite. - Is it his? 1072 01:19:33,841 --> 01:19:36,061 Course it is, you cheeky bugger. 1073 01:19:37,871 --> 01:19:41,451 A jury would be very sympathetic, Kitty. 1074 01:19:41,448 --> 01:19:43,828 Violent man, well off. 1075 01:19:43,825 --> 01:19:47,825 Yet still prepared to consign his wife and child to poverty. 1076 01:19:47,827 --> 01:19:51,077 I didn't touch the razor. 1077 01:19:56,817 --> 01:19:59,657 What an utterly useless waste of a day. 1078 01:19:59,656 --> 01:20:01,106 I don't know, sir. We cleared 1079 01:20:01,106 --> 01:20:02,756 quite a few people out the way. 1080 01:20:02,761 --> 01:20:05,291 Cleared so many, we've got no suspects left. 1081 01:20:05,292 --> 01:20:08,172 - (phone rings) - DCI Barnaby. 1082 01:20:10,769 --> 01:20:11,639 Oh. 1083 01:20:16,952 --> 01:20:19,732 - Where's this place again? - It's over there. 1084 01:20:25,368 --> 01:20:28,278 Two cups of Rosy Lee. Help yourself to sugar. 1085 01:20:28,276 --> 01:20:29,606 That's a pound. Thank you. 1086 01:20:29,611 --> 01:20:31,391 - Cheers. - Cheers. 1087 01:20:31,386 --> 01:20:34,466 - How's that bacon coming on? - Almost done. 1088 01:20:34,466 --> 01:20:36,376 - Yes, gentlemen. - Mr.Green. 1089 01:20:37,681 --> 01:20:39,851 Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. 1090 01:20:39,850 --> 01:20:42,090 This is DS Troy. 1091 01:20:42,092 --> 01:20:44,232 Good of you to get in touch about the van. 1092 01:20:44,229 --> 01:20:45,909 Yeah, well, I recognised it 1093 01:20:45,908 --> 01:20:47,908 as soon as I saw it on television. 1094 01:20:47,910 --> 01:20:50,050 You see that alleyway over there? 1095 01:20:50,047 --> 01:20:53,207 I saw it several times, going in, coming out. 1096 01:20:53,207 --> 01:20:55,477 And always that poor lady driving. 1097 01:20:55,480 --> 01:20:57,210 - Agnes Grey? - Yeah. 1098 01:21:10,724 --> 01:21:14,464 Right, Troy. I'd start at that end. 1099 01:21:16,397 --> 01:21:19,327 - There you are. - What are you gonna do? 1100 01:21:19,327 --> 01:21:22,327 I'm going to sample Mr. Green's bacon sandwiches. 1101 01:22:02,749 --> 01:22:07,649 Hello, sir. Trying a spot of breaking and entering, are we? 1102 01:22:07,649 --> 01:22:10,729 I think we should discuss this down the station, don't you? 1103 01:22:15,487 --> 01:22:16,907 Sorry, Sergeant. 1104 01:22:16,905 --> 01:22:19,875 Well, now you're here. you can make yourself useful. 1105 01:22:20,815 --> 01:22:23,375 All the rest of these garages need checking, 1106 01:22:23,380 --> 01:22:25,500 starting with this one. 1107 01:22:37,576 --> 01:22:39,866 Sir. 1108 01:23:23,223 --> 01:23:25,313 I'm sorry I had nothing ready, Harold. 1109 01:23:25,310 --> 01:23:29,010 It's not like you to be home at midday. 1110 01:23:29,005 --> 01:23:30,915 The life of the mind 1111 01:23:30,917 --> 01:23:32,827 is what nourishes, Doris. 1112 01:23:32,825 --> 01:23:35,655 The creative tumult in which the genuine artiste 1113 01:23:35,661 --> 01:23:38,391 must sink or swim. 1114 01:23:38,393 --> 01:23:40,343 This is coarse clay by comparison. 1115 01:23:44,055 --> 01:23:46,215 - Is there any pudding? - Oh, yes. 1116 01:23:47,287 --> 01:23:49,317 Rhubarb cobbler, left over from Sunday. 1117 01:23:51,322 --> 01:23:55,762 I was wondering, Harold, will you be going to the funeral? 1118 01:23:57,110 --> 01:23:59,890 - What funeral? - Ess... 1119 01:23:59,894 --> 01:24:02,294 Oh, Esslyn. No, certainly not. 1120 01:24:02,294 --> 01:24:04,904 Casting Vanya is taking up all my spare time. 1121 01:24:04,903 --> 01:24:07,873 In fact, that's what I'm going to do right now. 1122 01:24:07,870 --> 01:24:09,130 Pardon? 1123 01:24:09,132 --> 01:24:11,652 I'm going to pay a call on Nicholas. 1124 01:24:11,645 --> 01:24:15,375 I have to get him into training. One cannot start too soon. 1125 01:24:15,376 --> 01:24:20,586 He has an antic disposition, but we'll soon stamp that out. 1126 01:24:30,445 --> 01:24:32,295 Yes, Charlie, yes, right. Press 1127 01:24:32,301 --> 01:24:34,851 conference six o'clock tomorrow. 1128 01:24:34,845 --> 01:24:36,455 The arts and antique mob from the Yard 1129 01:24:36,459 --> 01:24:38,459 should've got in touch by then. 1130 01:24:38,463 --> 01:24:40,803 Pictures, yes, pictures. 1131 01:24:40,799 --> 01:24:43,159 No, an arrest is not imminent. 1132 01:24:47,628 --> 01:24:50,508 So you reckon this is a work of art, then? 1133 01:24:50,507 --> 01:24:52,797 Good God, man, of course it's a work of art. 1134 01:24:54,605 --> 01:24:55,515 I thought it might have had 1135 01:24:55,522 --> 01:24:57,092 something to do with religion. 1136 01:24:58,306 --> 01:25:00,326 - Maybe it was once. - Once? 1137 01:25:00,326 --> 01:25:02,696 Churches have been robbed for years. 1138 01:25:02,696 --> 01:25:04,436 Stuff like this ends up in museums 1139 01:25:04,437 --> 01:25:05,767 or with private collectors. 1140 01:25:05,772 --> 01:25:10,992 A 17th-century St Jerome was found in a lake on a plinth 1141 01:25:11,622 --> 01:25:13,032 transformed into a fountain. 1142 01:25:13,025 --> 01:25:14,065 - Nice one. 1143 01:25:14,070 --> 01:25:17,130 - But Agnes Grey was a Catholic. 1144 01:25:17,131 --> 01:25:20,441 Any likeness of the Madonna would be sacred. 1145 01:25:20,436 --> 01:25:23,146 Now, I don't know how she came by it, 1146 01:25:23,150 --> 01:25:25,690 but I can't see her selling it on. 1147 01:25:25,690 --> 01:25:30,540 So that's soap, unscented, wholemeal loaf, tomatoes, 1148 01:25:30,536 --> 01:25:31,846 a lemon and marmalade. 1149 01:25:33,185 --> 01:25:36,045 - Chunky. - OK. Chunky. 1150 01:25:38,249 --> 01:25:40,179 Are you sure you're gonna be alright? 1151 01:25:42,256 --> 01:25:43,126 What? 1152 01:25:44,407 --> 01:25:48,417 Er... I'll be fine. I'll be fine. 1153 01:25:49,712 --> 01:25:52,172 It'll do you good to get out into the fresh air. 1154 01:25:52,166 --> 01:25:55,126 OK, if you're sure. I won't be long. 1155 01:25:55,134 --> 01:25:57,804 I thought I might pop in at the Blackbird. 1156 01:26:00,306 --> 01:26:01,166 Oh, yes? 1157 01:26:09,888 --> 01:26:10,908 See you soon. 1158 01:26:36,303 --> 01:26:38,253 Congratulations, dear boy. 1159 01:26:38,250 --> 01:26:39,140 Nicholas. 1160 01:26:40,944 --> 01:26:46,164 Mm-mm. And, remember, it was us that believed in you first. 1161 01:26:46,693 --> 01:26:49,403 Thanks for all the support and encouragement. 1162 01:26:49,396 --> 01:26:51,826 And the room. Well, everything. 1163 01:26:51,826 --> 01:26:54,186 Hey, it was our pleasure. 1164 01:26:54,193 --> 01:26:55,423 I'll never forget you. 1165 01:26:55,417 --> 01:26:58,347 We shall expect front-circle seats 1166 01:26:58,353 --> 01:27:01,543 - for all your opening nights. - (phone rings) 1167 01:27:01,544 --> 01:27:03,884 Did your disappearances have anything to do 1168 01:27:03,880 --> 01:27:05,070 with this audition? 1169 01:27:05,068 --> 01:27:08,218 - Yes. Coaching. Voice lessons. 1170 01:27:09,291 --> 01:27:10,281 Blackbird Bookshop. 1171 01:27:11,731 --> 01:27:12,771 Sorry, wrong number. 1172 01:27:16,814 --> 01:27:18,874 We thought you were having an affair. 1173 01:27:20,240 --> 01:27:21,660 - What? - With Kitty. 1174 01:27:24,046 --> 01:27:26,776 I couldn't make love to Kitty. She can't act. 1175 01:27:30,766 --> 01:27:32,686 Is there any more champagne? 1176 01:27:32,690 --> 01:27:35,050 No. We've spoilt you quite enough already. 1177 01:27:35,045 --> 01:27:37,765 And it's time we reopened the shop. 1178 01:27:38,907 --> 01:27:41,877 I feel... I don't know, 1179 01:27:41,883 --> 01:27:45,273 as if I'm on the verge of something wonderful. 1180 01:27:45,274 --> 01:27:47,504 (knocking) 1181 01:27:48,997 --> 01:27:52,547 Oh, God, it's Dracula's mother. 1182 01:27:52,545 --> 01:27:54,995 You're not letting him in? 1183 01:27:55,004 --> 01:27:57,004 He won't go away until we do. 1184 01:27:58,877 --> 01:27:59,917 Thank you. 1185 01:28:02,803 --> 01:28:04,793 I have the most thrilling news. 1186 01:28:06,192 --> 01:28:07,262 Oh, you've heard already. 1187 01:28:07,256 --> 01:28:10,426 Nico's won a place at drama school. 1188 01:28:10,425 --> 01:28:12,705 Tomorrow morning I sign 1189 01:28:12,709 --> 01:28:16,519 a ten-year lease on a real theatre. 1190 01:28:16,517 --> 01:28:19,367 And I'm sure you'll be very proud to know, Nicholas, 1191 01:28:19,370 --> 01:28:23,410 that I have chosen you to be my new leading man. 1192 01:28:23,407 --> 01:28:26,747 - But Tim's just told you... - Lear looms, dear boy. 1193 01:28:26,746 --> 01:28:30,116 Oedipus. Hamlet. There is no reason why you shouldn't play 1194 01:28:30,120 --> 01:28:34,040 all the major roles under my expert guidance. 1195 01:28:34,043 --> 01:28:36,313 You don't listen, do you, Harold? 1196 01:28:36,314 --> 01:28:39,654 This is the realisation of a dream for me. 1197 01:28:39,654 --> 01:28:42,924 There were times when I thought it would never come to pass. 1198 01:28:42,923 --> 01:28:46,103 Oh, I had my dark nights of the soul. 1199 01:28:47,327 --> 01:28:50,797 And my enemies, as great men always do. 1200 01:28:50,799 --> 01:28:52,999 And they are vanquished, 1201 01:28:52,999 --> 01:28:55,489 as the enemies of great men always are. 1202 01:28:56,982 --> 01:28:59,252 Well, Avery, I look forward 1203 01:28:59,245 --> 01:29:02,385 to your designs on Uncle Vanya 1204 01:29:02,394 --> 01:29:05,324 and your ideas on lighting, Tim. 1205 01:29:06,687 --> 01:29:09,587 Nothing fancy. It is Russia, you know. 1206 01:29:17,541 --> 01:29:20,291 Best get on. Dusters are under the sink, Nico. 1207 01:29:21,872 --> 01:29:23,272 - Nicholas? - What? 1208 01:29:25,292 --> 01:29:28,292 Oh, yes. I will. Promise. 1209 01:29:28,293 --> 01:29:31,353 I have to go now, but when I get back, OK? 1210 01:29:44,993 --> 01:29:47,463 Do you think he will remember us? 1211 01:29:48,680 --> 01:29:49,610 Course not. 1212 01:29:51,078 --> 01:29:53,218 He's on the verge of something wonderful. 1213 01:30:18,706 --> 01:30:20,376 It's from Agnes Gray's bank. 1214 01:30:20,375 --> 01:30:23,805 A weird-sounding lot paid into her account. 1215 01:30:24,724 --> 01:30:26,954 Alekbar Georgiades. 1216 01:30:26,951 --> 01:30:29,391 Count Gottfried von Schell. 1217 01:30:31,822 --> 01:30:35,222 I wouldn't like the job of tracking this little lot down. 1218 01:30:35,216 --> 01:30:37,906 - Should they prove to exist. - Sorry? 1219 01:30:37,910 --> 01:30:40,520 Probably false names maybe covering a syndicate. 1220 01:30:40,520 --> 01:30:43,650 Iffy money too. Offshore accounts. 1221 01:30:43,651 --> 01:30:46,521 - Jersey... - (phone rings) 1222 01:30:47,635 --> 01:30:48,565 DCI Barnaby. 1223 01:30:49,480 --> 01:30:50,790 Oh, good afternoon, sir. 1224 01:30:53,845 --> 01:30:57,735 Yes, yeah. I thought it would be. 1225 01:31:00,116 --> 01:31:02,196 Yeah, I'd appreciate that. 1226 01:31:02,195 --> 01:31:05,465 Yes, thank you, sir. Bye. 1227 01:31:06,820 --> 01:31:08,350 Do they know what it is? 1228 01:31:08,353 --> 01:31:10,523 A 16th-century religious figure. 1229 01:31:10,522 --> 01:31:12,702 Stolen from a country church near Innsbruck 1230 01:31:12,701 --> 01:31:14,691 11 March this year. 1231 01:31:14,686 --> 01:31:18,826 So she's got this nice little number going. Why share it? 1232 01:31:21,001 --> 01:31:22,901 Because she needed help. 1233 01:31:25,141 --> 01:31:26,951 I'd say she needed somebody in haulage. 1234 01:31:26,945 --> 01:31:30,935 I'd say that looks like pretty heavy freight. 1235 01:31:32,878 --> 01:31:34,648 Import export. 1236 01:31:36,256 --> 01:31:39,626 - How could I be so blind? - Harold? 1237 01:31:39,631 --> 01:31:42,871 ("Night on Bald Mountain" by Mussorgsky) 1238 01:31:49,234 --> 01:31:52,504 You said Harold would definitely not have had the time. 1239 01:31:52,502 --> 01:31:55,152 That was before I realised there were two razors. 1240 01:31:55,148 --> 01:31:57,378 - Two razors? - Two razors. 1241 01:31:57,381 --> 01:31:58,911 The first was already in the tray. 1242 01:31:58,914 --> 01:32:01,094 The second one he took in with him. 1243 01:32:01,094 --> 01:32:03,184 Listen, and I'll tell you exactly why 1244 01:32:03,179 --> 01:32:04,739 and how he swapped them round. 1245 01:32:06,651 --> 01:32:08,631 We know that Harold went backstage 1246 01:32:08,632 --> 01:32:10,472 twice during the evening, 1247 01:32:10,467 --> 01:32:12,377 just before the show began 1248 01:32:12,376 --> 01:32:15,016 and at the end of the interval. 1249 01:32:15,015 --> 01:32:17,285 He must have made the first switch 1250 01:32:17,287 --> 01:32:18,797 moments before curtain up, 1251 01:32:18,799 --> 01:32:20,469 swapping the original razor 1252 01:32:20,467 --> 01:32:22,117 with his substitute one. 1253 01:32:22,115 --> 01:32:24,095 This way, a casual glance at the props tray 1254 01:32:24,096 --> 01:32:26,356 would reveal nothing wrong. 1255 01:32:26,358 --> 01:32:27,678 Excuse me. Thank you. 1256 01:32:32,793 --> 01:32:35,823 He must have known it was going to be a fiddly job. 1257 01:32:35,820 --> 01:32:38,630 The interval gave him the perfect opportunity 1258 01:32:38,631 --> 01:32:42,711 and ample time to remove the tape from the actual razor. 1259 01:32:45,526 --> 01:32:48,796 - Trouble? - Flickered, then went out. 1260 01:32:48,797 --> 01:32:51,547 - I didn't notice anything. - Don't you start. 1261 01:32:51,546 --> 01:32:54,636 And then, just minutes before Act Two, 1262 01:32:54,642 --> 01:32:58,702 taking advantage of Dierdre's absence from the wings, 1263 01:32:58,703 --> 01:32:59,753 he swapped 'em back. 1264 01:33:03,793 --> 01:33:06,193 Where's the three-minute buzzer? 1265 01:33:06,193 --> 01:33:08,633 - It's only just... - How dare you answer me back. 1266 01:33:08,629 --> 01:33:13,329 Poor old Esslyn. Never had a chance. 1267 01:33:13,332 --> 01:33:17,002 - So we bring Harold in? - Yes, we do. 1268 01:33:49,787 --> 01:33:52,077 (phone rings) 1269 01:33:55,635 --> 01:33:56,625 Blackbird Bookshop. 1270 01:33:58,909 --> 01:34:00,539 You mustn't ring here. 1271 01:34:00,538 --> 01:34:03,288 I shall do more than bloody ring there. 1272 01:34:03,287 --> 01:34:04,917 If you don't meet me right now, 1273 01:34:04,922 --> 01:34:08,102 I shall be round to tell that poofy little tub of lard 1274 01:34:08,096 --> 01:34:09,596 just what the great love of his 1275 01:34:09,597 --> 01:34:11,267 life does on his afternoons off. 1276 01:34:11,265 --> 01:34:13,835 Why are you being so spiteful? 1277 01:34:18,420 --> 01:34:20,300 Please. 1278 01:34:22,631 --> 01:34:26,211 (Avery sobs) 1279 01:34:26,214 --> 01:34:29,424 - [Tim] You'll set me off in a minute. Don't. 1280 01:34:30,807 --> 01:34:33,097 Look, I don't love her. 1281 01:34:39,991 --> 01:34:45,201 - I love you. - (sobbing continues) 1282 01:34:45,245 --> 01:34:47,535 (siren wails) 1283 01:34:52,273 --> 01:34:55,513 I wonder how they first got together, Harold and Agnes. 1284 01:34:55,508 --> 01:34:58,568 I doubt we'll ever know the exact circumstances. 1285 01:34:58,570 --> 01:35:00,360 But I think we know how it ended. 1286 01:35:28,526 --> 01:35:30,336 (chuckles) 1287 01:35:31,866 --> 01:35:34,086 (screaming) 1288 01:35:35,624 --> 01:35:38,164 (classical music) 1289 01:36:28,994 --> 01:36:31,784 - [Esslyn] Vi saluto. 1290 01:36:45,172 --> 01:36:47,432 Doris! 1291 01:36:52,270 --> 01:36:54,570 (clattering) 1292 01:36:59,854 --> 01:37:01,074 Doris? 1293 01:37:12,032 --> 01:37:15,342 - Martyr Warren? - Yes, that's it. 1294 01:37:22,678 --> 01:37:27,268 Harold, I... I won't say anything. I'll go away. 1295 01:37:31,549 --> 01:37:35,299 Yes, I think that would be for the best, Doris. 1296 01:37:36,439 --> 01:37:38,529 I'm changing my life quite considerably. 1297 01:37:39,421 --> 01:37:40,791 There'll be no place for you here. 1298 01:37:40,787 --> 01:37:42,577 Oh, yes. Right. 1299 01:37:42,579 --> 01:37:45,609 I'll go and... I'll go and p-p-p-pack. 1300 01:37:55,242 --> 01:37:58,272 Pack. Pack. 1301 01:37:58,269 --> 01:38:02,489 Pack. Pack. Pack. 1302 01:38:02,486 --> 01:38:04,946 My dear, I don't think that will be necessary. 1303 01:38:06,689 --> 01:38:08,949 (Doris screams) 1304 01:38:26,451 --> 01:38:29,671 - Get an ambulance. - [Officer] 371 to base. 1305 01:38:29,670 --> 01:38:32,890 Tom, I didn't know you were here. 1306 01:38:32,887 --> 01:38:36,457 - Harold. - Well, what a kerfuffle. 1307 01:38:37,573 --> 01:38:39,453 Still, it couldn't be helped. 1308 01:38:39,450 --> 01:38:41,870 They would try to stop me, you see. 1309 01:38:41,869 --> 01:38:44,329 Agnes Grey, Doris, Esslyn. 1310 01:38:45,865 --> 01:38:49,235 Two stupid women and a man with delusions of grandeur. 1311 01:38:50,631 --> 01:38:53,411 Well, all back to normal now. 1312 01:38:53,414 --> 01:38:56,444 - Who's this? - That's a friend. 1313 01:38:56,441 --> 01:38:57,911 Oh. 1314 01:38:57,906 --> 01:39:00,926 And we'd like you to come along with us. 1315 01:39:00,929 --> 01:39:02,979 - What, now? - Yes. 1316 01:39:02,982 --> 01:39:07,532 Oh, no, it's impossible. I'm casting Vanya tonight. 1317 01:39:08,479 --> 01:39:10,599 Scofield will be along in a minute. 1318 01:39:10,601 --> 01:39:12,831 I've offered him Serebryakov. 1319 01:39:14,329 --> 01:39:16,729 But, Harold, the press are waiting. 1320 01:39:16,725 --> 01:39:19,985 Huh! That moron on the Causton Echo? 1321 01:39:19,988 --> 01:39:22,948 No, no, no, the real press. The Times, The Guardian. 1322 01:39:24,016 --> 01:39:25,176 Michael Billington. 1323 01:39:26,710 --> 01:39:29,370 Michael... 1324 01:39:29,365 --> 01:39:31,425 Tom, is this true? 1325 01:39:31,429 --> 01:39:33,069 Oh, yes. 1326 01:39:36,820 --> 01:39:37,810 I must have my hat. 1327 01:39:45,672 --> 01:39:46,992 Thank you. 1328 01:39:55,865 --> 01:40:01,065 I knew this would happen, Tom. I knew they'd remember me. 1329 01:40:52,562 --> 01:40:55,842 - That was delicious, Joyce. - Cully helped. 1330 01:40:56,785 --> 01:40:59,415 I'm sure I could have helped a bit more, Tom, 1331 01:40:59,424 --> 01:41:01,834 - with this awful business. - Nico. 1332 01:41:01,831 --> 01:41:03,571 What? 1333 01:41:05,310 --> 01:41:07,610 Joyce, I'm sorry. I didn't think. 1334 01:41:07,609 --> 01:41:09,909 It's alright. Really, I'm fine. 1335 01:41:12,405 --> 01:41:13,525 In what way, Nicholas? 1336 01:41:13,531 --> 01:41:17,571 Esslyn was always boasting that he'd make a great director. 1337 01:41:17,567 --> 01:41:20,267 Harold never gave him a chance. If you'd known... 1338 01:41:20,270 --> 01:41:22,950 It wouldn't have saved Esslyn's life. 1339 01:41:22,949 --> 01:41:24,999 Was that the blackmail deal, then? 1340 01:41:25,002 --> 01:41:28,282 Yes, complete control of the new theatre and the company 1341 01:41:28,275 --> 01:41:30,945 or exposure of the business with Agnes Grey. 1342 01:41:30,952 --> 01:41:33,142 Do you actually have proof of that? 1343 01:41:33,144 --> 01:41:36,034 Yeah. Kitty found Esslyn's disc. 1344 01:41:36,031 --> 01:41:38,501 It had details of all the transactions on it. 1345 01:41:38,501 --> 01:41:43,721 And Harold confessed in the last of his lucid moments. 1346 01:41:45,355 --> 01:41:47,265 Last of...? 1347 01:41:47,269 --> 01:41:48,629 He'll never come to trial. 1348 01:41:49,557 --> 01:41:50,487 Poor Harold. 1349 01:41:51,931 --> 01:41:57,151 Can you believe that anyone would commit murder 1350 01:41:57,252 --> 01:41:59,452 for the sake of the theatre? 1351 01:41:59,446 --> 01:42:00,486 - Dad! - Tom! 1352 01:42:03,655 --> 01:42:05,825 Right, the theatre it is. 1353 01:42:08,527 --> 01:42:10,267 - [All] The theatre.