1 00:00:02,142 --> 00:00:07,362 (sombre music) (hammer clanging) 2 00:00:20,820 --> 00:00:23,430 (eerie music) 3 00:00:27,977 --> 00:00:33,187 (swords clanking) (dramatic music) 4 00:00:50,329 --> 00:00:52,889 - [Peter] Unhand the maid or perish! 5 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:53,746 - Never! 6 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,470 I'll unhorse you here! 7 00:00:57,467 --> 00:01:02,677 (swords clanging) (sombre music) 8 00:01:15,455 --> 00:01:18,575 (suspenseful music) 9 00:01:19,864 --> 00:01:22,824 (hammer clanking) 10 00:01:39,482 --> 00:01:42,612 (suspenseful music) 11 00:01:49,514 --> 00:01:54,734 (man yelling faintly) (woman screaming) 12 00:01:56,916 --> 00:02:02,126 (door creaking) (sombre music) 13 00:02:05,028 --> 00:02:07,978 (hammer clanging) 14 00:02:10,936 --> 00:02:12,656 - [Boss] How is he, Foley? 15 00:02:12,663 --> 00:02:14,453 - Ready to run for his life, boss. 16 00:02:14,447 --> 00:02:18,407 - Good, 'cause I'm putting a real jockey up on him 17 00:02:18,409 --> 00:02:19,709 for tomorrow's race. 18 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:22,737 A top rider from Newmarket. 19 00:02:24,635 --> 00:02:25,615 - You can't do this. 20 00:02:25,624 --> 00:02:28,484 - You need a rider with a bit of class, don't you, boy? 21 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:31,691 - The race is mine, you owe me. 22 00:02:31,689 --> 00:02:33,569 - I owe you nothing! 23 00:02:33,571 --> 00:02:36,291 (dramatic music) 24 00:02:36,285 --> 00:02:39,235 (horse whinnying) 25 00:02:43,084 --> 00:02:45,874 (water hissing) 26 00:02:48,225 --> 00:02:51,005 (lilting music) 27 00:03:48,357 --> 00:03:52,877 Bantling Boy's eating up the ground, pulling double. 28 00:03:55,568 --> 00:03:57,888 - Jake's done wonders with him. 29 00:03:57,894 --> 00:04:00,454 - I'm the damn trainer, Marianna. 30 00:04:00,448 --> 00:04:02,588 - How many years since your last winner? 31 00:04:02,586 --> 00:04:03,626 - He'll win the Cup. 32 00:04:04,673 --> 00:04:06,103 And then maybe, even you might find it in yourself 33 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:08,250 to give me some damn credit, go on! 34 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:22,650 (sirens wailing) (cord rattling) 35 00:04:24,983 --> 00:04:26,373 - Car thefts, Scott. 36 00:04:26,370 --> 00:04:29,740 Our superintendent is hoping for something better. 37 00:04:29,738 --> 00:04:30,608 - Me too sir. 38 00:04:32,140 --> 00:04:34,810 That's a nice outfit, sir, Mrs. Barnaby choose it for you? 39 00:04:34,809 --> 00:04:36,449 - Yes, she did. 40 00:04:36,453 --> 00:04:38,823 I'm off to the charity event at Causton Races. 41 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:40,200 - Oh, are you going to have yourself a flutter? 42 00:04:40,196 --> 00:04:41,986 - Certainly not, that's a mug's game, that, Scott. 43 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:46,130 - I don't know, I enjoy a punt on the horses, studying form. 44 00:04:46,129 --> 00:04:50,359 - Well, plenty of form there for you to study, Scott, enjoy. 45 00:04:50,358 --> 00:04:53,488 (telephone ringing) 46 00:04:56,014 --> 00:04:58,494 - Go on, get your glad rags on. 47 00:04:58,485 --> 00:04:59,935 We'll make a day of it. 48 00:04:59,935 --> 00:05:04,035 - Sam, I've told you, I'm already committed. 49 00:05:04,978 --> 00:05:06,428 (horn honking) 50 00:05:06,425 --> 00:05:07,545 They're here! 51 00:05:08,605 --> 00:05:11,205 (light music) 52 00:05:16,567 --> 00:05:19,357 (laughing) 53 00:05:19,356 --> 00:05:20,906 - Sir Peter! 54 00:05:20,908 --> 00:05:21,778 Have at you! 55 00:05:24,098 --> 00:05:26,128 - Die! - Die, varlet! 56 00:05:26,134 --> 00:05:28,414 (Peter hissing) - Surrender saucy knave! 57 00:05:28,414 --> 00:05:30,034 - Die! (hissing) - Put that back 58 00:05:30,028 --> 00:05:31,978 immediately, Geoffrey. 59 00:05:31,980 --> 00:05:34,750 - [Geoffrey] Sorry, Angela, sorry! 60 00:05:34,754 --> 00:05:36,614 (Geoffrey laughing) 61 00:05:36,612 --> 00:05:39,372 (horn honking) 62 00:05:39,371 --> 00:05:40,651 - Morning, Lady Hartley. 63 00:05:40,653 --> 00:05:41,533 - Morning. - Come on, Jo. 64 00:05:41,529 --> 00:05:43,649 I've got a horse to shoe. 65 00:05:43,645 --> 00:05:44,755 - Peter, come here. 66 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:50,264 Thanks for having him; now you be good. 67 00:05:50,256 --> 00:05:52,606 - He always is. 68 00:05:52,608 --> 00:05:55,218 (light music) 69 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:05,507 - Is she coming? 70 00:06:05,511 --> 00:06:07,561 - Yes, she's still on the phone. 71 00:06:07,557 --> 00:06:08,557 (Tom sighing) 72 00:06:08,556 --> 00:06:10,616 - It's work, Tom, she's up for a part. 73 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:13,270 - Oh, we'll miss the first race, ah! 74 00:06:17,718 --> 00:06:18,788 - I have an audition. 75 00:06:18,785 --> 00:06:20,965 - Oh, that's great, Cully, what is it? 76 00:06:20,974 --> 00:06:21,954 - Oh, to play Hero. 77 00:06:21,954 --> 00:06:24,194 - Shouldn't that be heroine? 78 00:06:24,186 --> 00:06:26,516 - No Dad, Hero's a woman. 79 00:06:26,521 --> 00:06:29,821 It's Shakespeare, "Much Ado about Nothing." 80 00:06:29,816 --> 00:06:31,926 - Let's hope this time it isn't. 81 00:06:31,926 --> 00:06:34,526 (light music) 82 00:06:49,791 --> 00:06:52,481 (crowd cheers) 83 00:06:59,276 --> 00:07:01,326 - [Announcer] The next race is the Causton Gold Cup 84 00:07:01,328 --> 00:07:02,738 sponsored by Tate's bread. 85 00:07:02,735 --> 00:07:04,455 Local hopeful Bantling Boy is owned 86 00:07:04,455 --> 00:07:07,045 by a syndicate of Midsomer villagers and is trained 87 00:07:07,052 --> 00:07:08,702 by Bruce Hartley. 88 00:07:08,701 --> 00:07:10,321 - Well, he's been working terribly hard 89 00:07:10,316 --> 00:07:11,186 for the last year. 90 00:07:11,185 --> 00:07:12,185 He's come on tremendously well. 91 00:07:12,192 --> 00:07:15,252 We've got the right man on top of him today, as well. 92 00:07:15,247 --> 00:07:17,317 He's a very genuine animal, so-- 93 00:07:18,229 --> 00:07:19,899 - More than can be said for you. 94 00:07:21,496 --> 00:07:22,836 - [Announcer] And for our next race, 95 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,560 the course for the Golden Cup going into the preview now. 96 00:07:25,563 --> 00:07:26,913 Five runs, for what promises 97 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:29,963 to be a very good competitive race. 98 00:07:36,098 --> 00:07:37,958 - 500 to win, Bantling Boy. 99 00:07:39,949 --> 00:07:42,279 - 15 hundred to five. 100 00:07:42,277 --> 00:07:45,187 Ticket 74, thank you, guv'nor. 101 00:07:49,167 --> 00:07:50,317 - Steady. 102 00:07:50,324 --> 00:07:51,944 - I know my job, Mr. Hartley. 103 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,000 You must be gutted. 104 00:07:58,999 --> 00:08:01,349 - I could gut Bruce Hartley, that's for sure. 105 00:08:02,837 --> 00:08:05,707 - Been going since I retired the Horseguards. 106 00:08:05,714 --> 00:08:09,634 Wife thinks I'm mad, but is the world any saner, Barnaby? 107 00:08:09,634 --> 00:08:10,564 (chuckling) 108 00:08:10,563 --> 00:08:13,023 - How many rescue horses have you got at Fallowfields now? 109 00:08:13,024 --> 00:08:14,444 - Too many. 110 00:08:14,442 --> 00:08:16,892 But horses have rescued me often enough. 111 00:08:16,892 --> 00:08:20,392 Hauling artillery over the Italian Mountains in '45. 112 00:08:20,388 --> 00:08:21,698 (chuckling) 113 00:08:21,699 --> 00:08:22,569 Splendid creatures. 114 00:08:22,568 --> 00:08:24,378 - Yes, indeed they are. 115 00:08:26,844 --> 00:08:28,214 - Dad? 116 00:08:28,205 --> 00:08:29,935 Oh hi, Major. 117 00:08:29,937 --> 00:08:31,367 Can I borrow your wallet for a second? 118 00:08:31,365 --> 00:08:32,455 - Why? 119 00:08:32,460 --> 00:08:33,870 - We're gonna put a bet on. 120 00:08:35,619 --> 00:08:38,239 - Smile like a sunburst, that girl of yours. 121 00:08:38,236 --> 00:08:41,046 Hasn't changed since her pony club days. 122 00:08:41,049 --> 00:08:41,919 (dramatic music) 123 00:08:41,917 --> 00:08:43,827 - [Announcer] Jockeys mounting up now, 124 00:08:43,829 --> 00:08:44,759 they will play it up a little bit, 125 00:08:44,764 --> 00:08:47,134 will be followed out by Bantling Boy, ridden by Simon Winter 126 00:08:47,130 --> 00:08:51,210 and wearing the colours of the Bruce Army Guard. 127 00:08:56,667 --> 00:08:59,147 - Yeah, can I have 50 pounds to win please, 128 00:08:59,153 --> 00:09:02,653 on Hawksbill, that's 3:30 at the Causton Cup, thank you. 129 00:09:02,653 --> 00:09:04,733 - You've done your money there, squire. 130 00:09:04,725 --> 00:09:06,635 Bantling Boy'll romp home. 131 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:07,510 Gonna win me plenty. 132 00:09:07,508 --> 00:09:09,718 - Oh yeah, you got the mortgage on it, have you? 133 00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:10,806 - I own a leg of it. 134 00:09:12,673 --> 00:09:15,713 That horse could win pulling a milk float. 135 00:09:15,711 --> 00:09:18,031 (bell ringing) 136 00:09:18,028 --> 00:09:19,808 - [Announcer] Here comes Simon Winter on Bantling Boy 137 00:09:19,811 --> 00:09:21,731 just cantering up the post. 138 00:09:21,731 --> 00:09:22,921 Just the five runners then 139 00:09:22,919 --> 00:09:24,809 for this afternoon's big race. 140 00:09:24,809 --> 00:09:26,389 But it's real appeal. 141 00:09:26,392 --> 00:09:31,612 Letting the stalls now horse bill. 142 00:09:34,744 --> 00:09:37,714 (horse whinnying) 143 00:09:37,710 --> 00:09:40,580 (dramatic music) 144 00:09:54,906 --> 00:09:56,906 With Indian Tonic on the rails and Carmelite 145 00:09:56,909 --> 00:09:58,079 moving well behind her. 146 00:09:58,077 --> 00:10:00,247 But it's Hawksville moving in on three. 147 00:10:00,254 --> 00:10:02,164 - Come on Barnable, what's he holding them up for? 148 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:03,090 Come on. 149 00:10:03,088 --> 00:10:04,338 Come on give him a bit of stick there, 150 00:10:04,336 --> 00:10:06,376 come on boy, yeah. 151 00:10:06,377 --> 00:10:09,507 (audience cheering) 152 00:10:11,093 --> 00:10:11,963 - Come on! 153 00:10:13,567 --> 00:10:14,437 - That the one you've backed? 154 00:10:14,436 --> 00:10:16,336 - Yes, he's local, Midsomer trained. 155 00:10:16,335 --> 00:10:18,345 - Come on, Bantling Boy! 156 00:10:18,351 --> 00:10:21,381 (audience cheering) 157 00:10:21,379 --> 00:10:22,249 Come on! 158 00:10:23,183 --> 00:10:27,803 - [Announcer] Length and a half behind in second place. 159 00:10:27,797 --> 00:10:29,487 - [Both] See him fly, his feet are wings. 160 00:10:29,493 --> 00:10:31,173 Of noblest blood, sired by kings. 161 00:10:31,170 --> 00:10:35,430 See him fly, his feet are wings of noblest blood. 162 00:10:36,414 --> 00:10:37,284 - I told him to drop him out. 163 00:10:37,283 --> 00:10:39,263 - No, he needs to pick up the pace. 164 00:10:39,262 --> 00:10:41,142 Come on Bantling Boy! 165 00:10:41,141 --> 00:10:42,851 - [Announcer] Sir Richard out and committed in front 166 00:10:42,851 --> 00:10:45,371 of Hawksville, but here comes Bantling Boy 167 00:10:45,374 --> 00:10:47,754 moving equally as strongly making his move 168 00:10:47,751 --> 00:10:48,621 to join him. 169 00:10:49,716 --> 00:10:50,696 - Come on, Bantling Boy! 170 00:10:50,701 --> 00:10:52,971 - There he is, come on Bantling Boy! 171 00:10:52,973 --> 00:10:53,963 - How much have you put on? 172 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,560 - I put 30 pounds to win. 173 00:10:56,562 --> 00:10:58,862 - 30, come on, Bantling Boy! 174 00:10:58,857 --> 00:11:02,327 Come on, come on, Bantling Boy, come on! 175 00:11:04,314 --> 00:11:05,784 - [Announcer] A confident looking Bantling Boy 176 00:11:05,777 --> 00:11:10,537 with three furlongs to go. - Come on Hawksbill. 177 00:11:10,537 --> 00:11:12,167 - Come on, yeah he's going! 178 00:11:12,168 --> 00:11:13,038 - Come on! 179 00:11:13,036 --> 00:11:14,006 Whip him on my son! 180 00:11:14,011 --> 00:11:17,231 (audience cheering) 181 00:11:17,226 --> 00:11:18,376 - Go, go, go! 182 00:11:18,376 --> 00:11:19,836 - [Announcer] And they're neck and neck inside the final 183 00:11:19,835 --> 00:11:21,485 furlong with Hawksbill still-- 184 00:11:21,485 --> 00:11:22,715 - Get up there! 185 00:11:22,716 --> 00:11:25,836 (audience cheering) 186 00:11:27,742 --> 00:11:31,522 - [Announcer] Hawksbill, Bantling Boy's got his nose in. 187 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,870 (cheering) 188 00:11:35,313 --> 00:11:37,933 - Push him on, push him on! 189 00:11:37,925 --> 00:11:41,045 (audience cheering) 190 00:11:52,044 --> 00:11:54,744 (upbeat music) 191 00:11:58,253 --> 00:12:01,303 (bell ringing) 192 00:12:01,296 --> 00:12:03,986 (upbeat music) 193 00:12:33,606 --> 00:12:34,886 - Well done, Ray. 194 00:12:34,892 --> 00:12:36,202 - I'll do that with you Jake. 195 00:12:40,447 --> 00:12:41,507 - Sam Tate. 196 00:12:41,511 --> 00:12:43,301 Interested in selling him? 197 00:12:43,295 --> 00:12:44,155 - Well-- 198 00:12:44,164 --> 00:12:46,064 - I'll give you 500,000. 199 00:12:46,059 --> 00:12:46,929 - Pounds? 200 00:12:46,928 --> 00:12:47,848 - Guineas if you like. 201 00:12:47,851 --> 00:12:49,991 - Oi, keep away from my owners. 202 00:12:49,988 --> 00:12:51,108 - I'll talk to who I like. 203 00:12:51,114 --> 00:12:53,174 - He's not for sale, get away! 204 00:12:53,169 --> 00:12:54,139 - Don't push me. 205 00:13:00,916 --> 00:13:03,296 I'll see you finished, Hartley. 206 00:13:03,304 --> 00:13:05,714 He'll be the last horse you ever train. 207 00:13:08,475 --> 00:13:09,815 - 30 pounds bet at three to one. 208 00:13:09,821 --> 00:13:12,001 That's 90 pounds profit. 209 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,550 And that means dinner at the Bon Chance Restaurant. 210 00:13:14,554 --> 00:13:16,194 Bottle of Bone, steak au pois? 211 00:13:16,192 --> 00:13:17,432 - No. 212 00:13:17,432 --> 00:13:19,622 This money's going to charity, 213 00:13:19,622 --> 00:13:20,922 to Fallowfields. 214 00:13:20,916 --> 00:13:21,886 - What, you mean you're going to spend out 215 00:13:21,885 --> 00:13:24,255 winnings saving some nag from the gluepot? 216 00:13:24,262 --> 00:13:25,132 - Yes. 217 00:13:25,131 --> 00:13:26,001 - Well, what a waste. 218 00:13:25,999 --> 00:13:26,869 - Fish and chips? 219 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,210 - I will not sell, that's final. 220 00:13:31,207 --> 00:13:35,687 - Half a million quid, that's 125 grand apiece. 221 00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:38,010 - He'll be worth even more next year. 222 00:13:38,005 --> 00:13:39,375 - And if he breaks his leg tomorrow, 223 00:13:39,381 --> 00:13:41,291 he'll be dog food. 224 00:13:41,290 --> 00:13:43,810 - The money would be very useful. 225 00:13:43,813 --> 00:13:47,493 - My father left us Bantling Boy as a reward 226 00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:48,764 for our loyalty. 227 00:13:48,755 --> 00:13:51,235 I demand the same loyalty from you. 228 00:13:51,237 --> 00:13:52,737 - Don't try and dress it up, Bruce. 229 00:13:52,738 --> 00:13:55,088 We all know why he left the damn horse 230 00:13:55,085 --> 00:13:56,005 to the four of you. 231 00:13:56,013 --> 00:13:58,153 - This has nothing to do with you. 232 00:14:03,140 --> 00:14:05,400 (sobbing) 233 00:14:08,734 --> 00:14:11,234 The terms of the syndicate require 234 00:14:11,226 --> 00:14:13,186 a unanimous decision. 235 00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:14,276 - Dr. Osgood. 236 00:14:15,511 --> 00:14:18,431 Are you loyal to Bruce on this? 237 00:14:18,431 --> 00:14:21,121 - Yes, I'm with Bruce on this. 238 00:14:23,248 --> 00:14:24,338 - Well I say we sell. 239 00:14:25,740 --> 00:14:26,940 I need the money. 240 00:14:26,939 --> 00:14:30,769 - Yeah, me and all, we'll get ourselves a lawyer. 241 00:14:31,976 --> 00:14:33,906 - You want to break up the syndicate? 242 00:14:36,084 --> 00:14:37,754 You want the truth to come out? 243 00:14:41,314 --> 00:14:42,624 'Cause it will. 244 00:14:44,624 --> 00:14:48,074 Bantling Boy will be sold over my dead body! 245 00:14:54,379 --> 00:14:57,329 (dramatic music) 246 00:14:57,330 --> 00:14:58,650 - [Angela] I just thought for once in your life, 247 00:14:58,654 --> 00:15:01,664 you'd want to show a little consideration for somebody else. 248 00:15:01,657 --> 00:15:04,307 - [Bruce] That's rich, coming from you. 249 00:15:04,312 --> 00:15:05,542 - [Angela] I'm not going to beg, Bruce. 250 00:15:05,540 --> 00:15:08,990 - Then get into bed with Sam Tate. 251 00:15:08,992 --> 00:15:10,452 You can give him what he wants. 252 00:15:10,452 --> 00:15:11,612 Why the hell should I? 253 00:15:11,609 --> 00:15:13,089 - How dare you? 254 00:15:14,052 --> 00:15:16,432 - Bite his hand off, Mother. 255 00:15:16,426 --> 00:15:19,716 Before you're past your sell-by date. 256 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:22,589 (dramatic music) 257 00:15:24,664 --> 00:15:26,904 You and that half wit brother of yours. 258 00:15:30,201 --> 00:15:32,461 (sobbing) 259 00:15:40,075 --> 00:15:40,935 - Angela. 260 00:15:43,124 --> 00:15:44,044 Don't cry. 261 00:15:44,038 --> 00:15:46,658 (sobbing) 262 00:15:46,656 --> 00:15:48,836 (dramatic music) 263 00:15:48,837 --> 00:15:49,707 - [Ray] Why now? 264 00:15:49,705 --> 00:15:51,775 - Because Bruce said he would tell. 265 00:15:51,778 --> 00:15:54,398 He said he'd tell everybody. 266 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,500 - I can't believe this, they knew? 267 00:15:56,501 --> 00:15:58,231 All them knew! 268 00:15:58,231 --> 00:16:00,331 Well, damn the lot of them, and damn you! 269 00:16:00,332 --> 00:16:01,202 - Ray! 270 00:16:02,271 --> 00:16:04,531 (sobbing) 271 00:16:10,792 --> 00:16:13,662 (dramatic music) 272 00:16:56,291 --> 00:16:58,901 (man yelling) 273 00:17:04,123 --> 00:17:06,993 (dramatic music) 274 00:17:10,131 --> 00:17:14,141 - I know, I know, it has to stop, no, no, 275 00:17:14,138 --> 00:17:17,408 don't come round, please, John. 276 00:17:17,412 --> 00:17:18,282 John? 277 00:17:47,151 --> 00:17:50,281 (suspenseful music) 278 00:18:12,532 --> 00:18:13,492 - Good boy. 279 00:18:30,270 --> 00:18:33,400 (suspenseful music) 280 00:18:42,337 --> 00:18:45,287 (horse whinnying) 281 00:19:03,748 --> 00:19:06,618 (dramatic music) 282 00:19:15,344 --> 00:19:16,874 - [Ray] Mariana! 283 00:19:16,870 --> 00:19:17,740 - In here. 284 00:19:30,597 --> 00:19:31,987 Stay back, Ray. 285 00:19:31,994 --> 00:19:33,454 He's dead. 286 00:19:33,454 --> 00:19:34,434 - What happened? 287 00:19:34,434 --> 00:19:38,684 - I don't know, I found him, Jake's disappeared. 288 00:19:39,721 --> 00:19:40,931 - We need the police. 289 00:19:40,930 --> 00:19:42,030 Don't touch anything. 290 00:19:43,923 --> 00:19:45,893 Mariana, come away. 291 00:19:52,176 --> 00:19:55,036 (sirens blaring) 292 00:20:03,724 --> 00:20:05,134 - I doubt it was a kick. 293 00:20:05,132 --> 00:20:06,812 A blunt heavy weapon, I suspect. 294 00:20:07,717 --> 00:20:09,787 The horse could have stood in the pooling blood. 295 00:20:09,793 --> 00:20:11,523 - Or the hoof's been smeared with blood 296 00:20:11,524 --> 00:20:14,074 to make the death appear accidental? 297 00:20:14,068 --> 00:20:14,938 Possibly. 298 00:20:16,122 --> 00:20:17,502 Thanks for your help. 299 00:20:19,953 --> 00:20:23,783 - Mr. Craxton, when did you last see Bruce Hartley alive? 300 00:20:23,775 --> 00:20:25,515 - About eight-ish last night. 301 00:20:25,517 --> 00:20:26,597 Drunk as a handcart. 302 00:20:26,601 --> 00:20:27,751 Shouting his head off. 303 00:20:29,010 --> 00:20:31,520 Bruce was a pain in the ear with everybody. 304 00:20:31,523 --> 00:20:32,843 - Including you? 305 00:20:32,837 --> 00:20:34,087 - I left here about eight. 306 00:20:34,088 --> 00:20:35,758 By nine, he was up at Bantling Hall having 307 00:20:35,756 --> 00:20:37,106 a blazing argument with the syndicate. 308 00:20:37,112 --> 00:20:38,642 That's the way he was. 309 00:20:38,644 --> 00:20:39,924 - What syndicate? 310 00:20:40,876 --> 00:20:42,596 - Bruce Hartley owned Bantling Boy 311 00:20:42,596 --> 00:20:45,306 with Dr. Osgood, Trevor Machin, and Joanna, my wife. 312 00:20:47,215 --> 00:20:49,535 Look, I have nothing to do with any of that. 313 00:20:49,541 --> 00:20:50,991 I've got a horse to shoe. 314 00:20:50,990 --> 00:20:52,710 - Of course you have Mr. Craxton. 315 00:20:54,514 --> 00:20:56,784 Jake Foley, the stable lad. 316 00:20:56,784 --> 00:20:58,894 Where can we find him? 317 00:20:58,894 --> 00:21:01,484 - Don't know, seems he went last night. 318 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,200 - And we'll need this hammer please for forensics. 319 00:21:04,201 --> 00:21:05,561 Yes, George? - Thank you. 320 00:21:08,028 --> 00:21:09,318 - Why? 321 00:21:09,321 --> 00:21:10,781 - Just routine, Mr. Craxton. 322 00:21:17,944 --> 00:21:20,524 - Don't play little Miss Innocent with me. 323 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,850 You brought nothing into this marriage. 324 00:21:22,845 --> 00:21:23,885 - How dare you! 325 00:21:23,888 --> 00:21:25,238 - Was it Osgood? 326 00:21:25,243 --> 00:21:26,213 Or the two of you together? 327 00:21:26,213 --> 00:21:27,603 - Leave, Angela, now! 328 00:21:36,244 --> 00:21:38,844 - D.C.I. Barnaby, this is D.S. Scott. 329 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:39,710 - Sorry. 330 00:21:41,843 --> 00:21:42,733 My mother-in law. 331 00:21:44,241 --> 00:21:45,111 - Mrs. Hartley, 332 00:21:46,337 --> 00:21:49,707 do you feel able to answer a few questions for us? 333 00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:51,058 - If I can be of any help. 334 00:21:57,411 --> 00:21:59,531 - Jake Foley, I understand he's missing? 335 00:22:00,403 --> 00:22:01,493 - Yes. 336 00:22:01,488 --> 00:22:03,378 Jake was the real horseman here. 337 00:22:03,375 --> 00:22:05,135 He should've been on Bantling Boy yesterday, 338 00:22:05,137 --> 00:22:08,257 but Bruce took the ride from him. 339 00:22:08,255 --> 00:22:10,005 - How did Jake take that? 340 00:22:10,007 --> 00:22:11,457 - He put up with it. 341 00:22:11,456 --> 00:22:13,096 - He put up with it? 342 00:22:13,103 --> 00:22:14,513 - We all put up with Bruce. 343 00:22:15,512 --> 00:22:18,292 His drinking, his violent temper. 344 00:22:19,255 --> 00:22:20,665 - Was your husband violent last night, 345 00:22:20,674 --> 00:22:22,424 Mrs. Hartley, towards you? 346 00:22:23,312 --> 00:22:24,432 - We did argue, I, 347 00:22:27,243 --> 00:22:30,063 I fell, sprained my wrist. 348 00:22:30,965 --> 00:22:32,365 - What did you argue about? 349 00:22:33,978 --> 00:22:34,918 - It was personal. 350 00:22:36,547 --> 00:22:39,447 - Okay, just one more question please: 351 00:22:39,453 --> 00:22:42,053 were you alone here last night with your husband? 352 00:22:43,154 --> 00:22:44,024 - Yes. 353 00:22:47,078 --> 00:22:49,758 - You know, a very angry woman swinging a heavy 354 00:22:49,755 --> 00:22:53,455 weapon might just do that kind of damage to herself. 355 00:22:53,456 --> 00:22:56,046 - What, do you mean the sprained wrist? 356 00:22:56,053 --> 00:22:58,473 It was very neatly bandaged, wasn't it? 357 00:22:58,472 --> 00:23:01,432 Scott, the people in the syndicate that own Bantling Boy-- 358 00:23:01,433 --> 00:23:03,463 - I met one of them yesterday, sir. 359 00:23:03,456 --> 00:23:05,156 Trevor Machin, lives in a wheelchair. 360 00:23:05,155 --> 00:23:07,015 Has got breath like a badger. 361 00:23:07,022 --> 00:23:09,092 - You can start with Trevor Machin then. 362 00:23:09,087 --> 00:23:09,957 - Where? - Where exactly 363 00:23:09,955 --> 00:23:11,105 did you meet him? 364 00:23:11,106 --> 00:23:13,166 - The Hammer and Pennant. 365 00:23:13,169 --> 00:23:15,419 - The Hammer and Pennant, Scott? 366 00:23:15,416 --> 00:23:18,026 I thought you were supposed to be investigating car thefts? 367 00:23:18,033 --> 00:23:19,993 - Well, I noticed that most of the car thefts 368 00:23:19,993 --> 00:23:21,653 took place in pub car parks, 369 00:23:21,651 --> 00:23:23,361 so I did a sort of tour. 370 00:23:23,361 --> 00:23:24,801 - A forensic pub crawl, was it? 371 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,160 - Public house to house inquiries, sir. 372 00:23:27,157 --> 00:23:28,497 - I'm off to Bantling Hall. 373 00:23:28,502 --> 00:23:30,422 Put out a call for this Jake Foley. 374 00:23:30,420 --> 00:23:31,290 - Yes, sir. 375 00:23:35,613 --> 00:23:36,853 - [Geoffrey] Yes! 376 00:23:36,846 --> 00:23:37,926 - A hit! 377 00:23:37,931 --> 00:23:41,621 Come on, bull's eye next, go for gold, yes? 378 00:23:41,619 --> 00:23:42,979 - Shoot it again! 379 00:23:44,257 --> 00:23:46,107 - [Peter] I can do it myself. 380 00:23:46,113 --> 00:23:47,833 - Going to help. 381 00:23:47,834 --> 00:23:48,734 - No, you can't. 382 00:23:52,424 --> 00:23:56,094 - Excuse me, Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, 383 00:23:56,094 --> 00:23:57,184 Causton CID. 384 00:24:01,149 --> 00:24:02,399 - Come inside, will you? 385 00:24:05,039 --> 00:24:05,909 - [Geoffrey] Shoot. 386 00:24:05,908 --> 00:24:06,778 - No, get off. 387 00:24:11,378 --> 00:24:13,008 Stupid! 388 00:24:13,005 --> 00:24:16,165 You made me miss, go and fetch! 389 00:24:18,677 --> 00:24:21,187 - Cecil Hartley, third Baron Bantling: famous 390 00:24:21,190 --> 00:24:24,340 Catholic, involved in the Gunpowder Plot. 391 00:24:24,339 --> 00:24:27,769 George, fourth Baron Bantling: betrayed 392 00:24:27,769 --> 00:24:29,409 the king at Marston Moor. 393 00:24:31,023 --> 00:24:33,823 Thomas Bantling: fought in the American War 394 00:24:33,817 --> 00:24:36,597 of Independence, for the Americans. 395 00:24:36,601 --> 00:24:38,351 There's more bloodshed and treachery 396 00:24:38,353 --> 00:24:39,943 in the Bantling family, Inspector, 397 00:24:39,938 --> 00:24:42,128 than all Shakespeare's plays put together. 398 00:24:43,838 --> 00:24:45,088 Shut the door, will you? 399 00:24:50,667 --> 00:24:53,357 You may as well know: my relationship with my son 400 00:24:53,357 --> 00:24:55,227 had been in low water for some time. 401 00:24:56,121 --> 00:24:57,211 - Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. 402 00:24:57,205 --> 00:24:59,655 Was there a particular reason? 403 00:24:59,655 --> 00:25:02,055 - When my husband died last year he left me 404 00:25:02,064 --> 00:25:03,884 nothing but debts. 405 00:25:03,878 --> 00:25:06,118 I was Lady of the Manor, I'm now Maid 406 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:06,990 of all Work. 407 00:25:06,989 --> 00:25:09,239 I cook, clean, do accounts for tradesmen 408 00:25:09,238 --> 00:25:11,228 to keep body and soul together. 409 00:25:11,229 --> 00:25:14,289 - And I take it your son was unsympathetic? 410 00:25:14,285 --> 00:25:15,825 - There was a profound shallowness 411 00:25:15,828 --> 00:25:17,148 about my son. 412 00:25:17,152 --> 00:25:19,882 A childlike selfishness which he inherited 413 00:25:19,884 --> 00:25:20,794 from his father. 414 00:25:21,917 --> 00:25:23,757 - What about his wife, Marianna? 415 00:25:23,763 --> 00:25:25,563 - The girl lacked background. 416 00:25:25,556 --> 00:25:27,066 My son made a bad marriage. 417 00:25:29,081 --> 00:25:29,951 - Have you lived here alone, 418 00:25:29,949 --> 00:25:31,459 since your husband's death? 419 00:25:31,458 --> 00:25:33,038 - I live with my brother Geoffrey. 420 00:25:33,043 --> 00:25:35,153 A full time occupation in himself. 421 00:25:36,088 --> 00:25:38,638 Body of a man, mind of a child. 422 00:25:40,663 --> 00:25:42,593 Men who remain children seem to run 423 00:25:42,594 --> 00:25:43,604 in my family. 424 00:25:46,139 --> 00:25:49,079 - This horse, Bantling Boy, 425 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,680 your husband left it to a syndicate, didn't he? 426 00:25:51,676 --> 00:25:53,486 Why did he do that? 427 00:25:53,490 --> 00:25:55,820 - Bruce and my husband wasted a fortune 428 00:25:55,816 --> 00:25:58,126 on useless horses. 429 00:25:58,131 --> 00:26:00,341 Bantling Boy was just a homebred yearling 430 00:26:00,341 --> 00:26:01,741 when he willed it to the syndicate. 431 00:26:01,738 --> 00:26:02,938 Now it's worth thousands. 432 00:26:02,937 --> 00:26:06,377 Just another of life's ironies. 433 00:26:06,378 --> 00:26:08,438 - I understand there was some sort of argument 434 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,830 at the meeting of the syndicate last night? 435 00:26:10,831 --> 00:26:12,261 - They had an offer for the horse. 436 00:26:12,259 --> 00:26:13,709 Bruce refused to sell. 437 00:26:15,304 --> 00:26:17,404 His death will make the rest of them 438 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,030 considerably richer. 439 00:26:19,026 --> 00:26:19,896 - How? 440 00:26:19,895 --> 00:26:21,995 - If one member dies, their share passes 441 00:26:21,998 --> 00:26:23,318 to the remaining members. 442 00:26:23,322 --> 00:26:24,592 - Oh, I see. 443 00:26:24,591 --> 00:26:27,621 - All of which is cold comfort to me. 444 00:26:28,546 --> 00:26:30,416 I shall have to sell Bantling Hall to settle 445 00:26:30,423 --> 00:26:32,103 my husband's debts. 446 00:26:33,155 --> 00:26:35,365 It's been in the family 500 years. 447 00:26:36,419 --> 00:26:38,129 Devastating loss. 448 00:26:38,129 --> 00:26:40,479 - More devastating than the loss of your son? 449 00:26:41,987 --> 00:26:43,507 - Frankly, Inspector, yes. 450 00:26:46,731 --> 00:26:47,651 - Mr. Machin, I'd like to know 451 00:26:47,649 --> 00:26:50,589 where were you last night, about 10 o' clock please? 452 00:26:50,594 --> 00:26:53,114 - Whoa, I'm stuck in this wheelchair. 453 00:26:53,113 --> 00:26:53,983 I couldn't have killed him, 454 00:26:53,981 --> 00:26:55,721 no matter how much I wanted to. 455 00:26:55,719 --> 00:26:59,309 - This horse of yours, Bantling Boy, 456 00:26:59,306 --> 00:27:00,896 how did you get a share in it? 457 00:27:00,902 --> 00:27:02,782 - I was 30 years a gardener up at the Hall. 458 00:27:02,779 --> 00:27:04,459 It broke my back. 459 00:27:04,457 --> 00:27:07,017 Colonel Hartley left it me as a reward. 460 00:27:07,022 --> 00:27:08,762 But you're chasing shadows if you think 461 00:27:08,764 --> 00:27:09,964 the horse is behind it. 462 00:27:10,901 --> 00:27:11,771 No. 463 00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:15,029 This is family matters. 464 00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:15,900 - In what way? 465 00:27:15,899 --> 00:27:18,009 - Have you met Hartley's wife? 466 00:27:18,013 --> 00:27:18,883 Marianna? 467 00:27:18,881 --> 00:27:20,891 Her with her swimming pool eyes? 468 00:27:22,517 --> 00:27:24,697 Talk to Dr. Osgood. 469 00:27:24,696 --> 00:27:27,056 Him and Hartley were like that. 470 00:27:28,565 --> 00:27:30,295 But behind Hartley's back, 471 00:27:31,411 --> 00:27:34,981 Osgood and Marianna are like that, and all. 472 00:27:34,984 --> 00:27:35,854 - Were they having an affair? 473 00:27:35,852 --> 00:27:37,782 - A bit of one-with-the-other, yeah. 474 00:27:37,782 --> 00:27:41,302 And I saw Osgood driving up to the stables last 475 00:27:41,296 --> 00:27:43,266 night like a bat out of hell. 476 00:27:43,267 --> 00:27:44,357 - What time was this? 477 00:27:45,634 --> 00:27:47,944 - About 10 o' clock. 478 00:27:47,938 --> 00:27:49,458 - Thank you, that's very useful. 479 00:27:49,461 --> 00:27:51,101 - See yourself out, can you? 480 00:27:53,086 --> 00:27:53,956 - Yeah. 481 00:28:01,430 --> 00:28:04,300 (dramatic music) 482 00:28:27,999 --> 00:28:30,139 - Ginseng and dandelion. 483 00:28:30,137 --> 00:28:32,097 Sharpens the mind. 484 00:28:32,097 --> 00:28:33,647 - Thank you. 485 00:28:33,651 --> 00:28:36,351 I understand Dr. Osgood, that you and Bruce 486 00:28:36,351 --> 00:28:37,461 Hartley were friends? 487 00:28:38,416 --> 00:28:40,036 - Grew up in the village. 488 00:28:40,042 --> 00:28:42,832 Climbed the same trees, chased the same girls. 489 00:28:42,825 --> 00:28:45,195 - So you were very good friends, then? 490 00:28:45,204 --> 00:28:46,964 So it was Bruce Hartley that left you the share 491 00:28:46,956 --> 00:28:48,216 in Bantling Boy, was it? 492 00:28:48,217 --> 00:28:50,857 - No, his father bequeathed it to me. 493 00:28:50,855 --> 00:28:53,095 I became his doctor in his final years. 494 00:28:53,097 --> 00:28:56,347 Dead long before they buried him, poor chap, cancer. 495 00:28:56,350 --> 00:28:58,640 - When did you last see Bruce Hartley? 496 00:28:58,644 --> 00:29:00,004 - At Causton races. 497 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,030 French kissing a bottle of champagne. 498 00:29:02,030 --> 00:29:03,980 Bit chateaued, I'm afraid. 499 00:29:03,983 --> 00:29:07,273 - Would you say he's got a problem with drink? 500 00:29:07,268 --> 00:29:09,298 - Bruce was a functioning alcoholic, sergeant. 501 00:29:09,301 --> 00:29:11,031 Like his father. 502 00:29:11,034 --> 00:29:13,614 - Causton races, you say? 503 00:29:13,607 --> 00:29:15,427 You're not being entirely honest with us, 504 00:29:15,432 --> 00:29:17,242 are you Doctor Osgood? 505 00:29:17,236 --> 00:29:20,126 We know that you saw him up at the Hall last night. 506 00:29:21,271 --> 00:29:22,401 - Ah, you've heard about that. 507 00:29:22,397 --> 00:29:24,157 - Oh yes, indeed. 508 00:29:24,159 --> 00:29:25,609 And we also have a witness who saw 509 00:29:25,609 --> 00:29:27,259 you driving towards the stables around 510 00:29:27,256 --> 00:29:29,466 about 10 o'clock last night. 511 00:29:29,467 --> 00:29:33,117 I'm assuming it was you who bandaged Marianna's wrist? 512 00:29:33,116 --> 00:29:34,606 Is she a patient of yours? 513 00:29:34,607 --> 00:29:36,407 - Yes, Marianna called me. 514 00:29:36,411 --> 00:29:38,331 Bruce had assaulted her again. 515 00:29:39,279 --> 00:29:41,099 - Just a house call, was it doctor? 516 00:29:44,097 --> 00:29:44,967 - Okay. 517 00:29:47,099 --> 00:29:49,199 Marianna and I are involved. 518 00:29:49,195 --> 00:29:50,925 But Bruce knew nothing. 519 00:29:50,926 --> 00:29:53,156 I love Marianna and I begged her to leave him. 520 00:29:53,157 --> 00:29:56,737 - And how did you feel, knowing that your good 521 00:29:56,744 --> 00:29:59,154 friend had assaulted the woman you love? 522 00:29:59,153 --> 00:30:02,483 Did you confront him, teach him a lesson? 523 00:30:02,479 --> 00:30:03,759 - He'd cleared off, Inspector. 524 00:30:03,762 --> 00:30:05,382 I assumed he'd gone to the pub. 525 00:30:07,687 --> 00:30:09,307 - How do you like him for it, sir? 526 00:30:09,309 --> 00:30:11,319 Love ripens into vengeance? 527 00:30:11,321 --> 00:30:12,371 Crime of passion? 528 00:30:12,374 --> 00:30:13,544 - Possibly. 529 00:30:13,538 --> 00:30:14,758 But what about this syndicate? 530 00:30:14,757 --> 00:30:16,537 This strange collection of locals who own 531 00:30:16,543 --> 00:30:17,463 Bantling Boy? 532 00:30:17,463 --> 00:30:20,593 - Well, Trevor Machin was the Colonel's gardener. 533 00:30:20,591 --> 00:30:21,611 Osgood was his doctor. 534 00:30:21,613 --> 00:30:25,483 - Yeah, but why leave Joanna Craxton a leg of the horse, eh? 535 00:30:25,477 --> 00:30:26,347 - Pass. 536 00:30:27,494 --> 00:30:31,584 Right; lunch, then we'll find out. 537 00:30:35,647 --> 00:30:36,807 - He's off his food, Ray. 538 00:30:36,805 --> 00:30:38,085 Hasn't touched an oat. 539 00:30:38,088 --> 00:30:40,068 The vet's scoped him, done a blood test. 540 00:30:40,069 --> 00:30:41,839 Something or somebody's got to him 541 00:30:41,841 --> 00:30:42,711 that's for sure. 542 00:30:42,710 --> 00:30:43,660 - Somebody? 543 00:30:43,656 --> 00:30:44,756 - He's worth big money now, 544 00:30:44,761 --> 00:30:47,261 and there's nothing in the way of security here. 545 00:30:48,244 --> 00:30:49,304 Maybe we should move him. 546 00:30:49,304 --> 00:30:50,424 - Where? 547 00:30:50,423 --> 00:30:52,203 - I don't know, anywhere but here. 548 00:30:54,075 --> 00:30:55,935 I'd like to be a million miles away myself. 549 00:30:55,939 --> 00:30:56,809 - Yeah, me too. 550 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,530 But I'm only going as far as the forge, 551 00:30:59,526 --> 00:31:01,096 so call me if you need me. 552 00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:05,231 (dramatic music) 553 00:31:24,597 --> 00:31:27,287 (dogs barking) 554 00:31:44,790 --> 00:31:46,410 - You know, my uncle was a bookmaker. 555 00:31:46,406 --> 00:31:47,406 - Was he? 556 00:31:47,407 --> 00:31:48,557 - Yeah. 557 00:31:48,564 --> 00:31:49,614 - In the blood then, is it? 558 00:31:49,607 --> 00:31:50,477 - Yeah. 559 00:31:50,476 --> 00:31:52,236 Used to carry the satchel for him at Kempton Park. 560 00:31:52,235 --> 00:31:53,675 Do the old tic tac. 561 00:31:53,684 --> 00:31:55,274 100 to 30, Burlington Bertie. 562 00:31:55,273 --> 00:31:56,143 All that stuff. 563 00:31:56,142 --> 00:31:57,012 - What a sheltered life I've led. 564 00:31:57,010 --> 00:31:58,890 - I'm sure you've had your moments, sir. 565 00:31:58,887 --> 00:32:01,287 - Not at Kempton Park, I haven't. 566 00:32:01,293 --> 00:32:04,163 (dramatic music) 567 00:32:08,535 --> 00:32:09,735 Mr. Craxton! 568 00:32:09,739 --> 00:32:11,999 - [Craxton] Just a minute. 569 00:32:32,188 --> 00:32:35,398 - Mr. Craxton, we're here to see your wife. 570 00:32:35,403 --> 00:32:36,273 Is she in? 571 00:32:36,271 --> 00:32:37,541 - She's in the back garden. 572 00:32:37,540 --> 00:32:39,080 - Is this you, sir? 573 00:32:39,084 --> 00:32:40,984 - Yeah, we have mediaeval tournaments up 574 00:32:40,981 --> 00:32:44,061 at Bantling Hall every year, for charity. 575 00:32:44,057 --> 00:32:45,377 - That your son? 576 00:32:45,382 --> 00:32:47,782 - Yeah, he loves all that malarkey. 577 00:32:47,780 --> 00:32:48,990 Mad over it. 578 00:32:48,989 --> 00:32:49,859 This way. 579 00:32:51,562 --> 00:32:53,562 - Put a nasty dent in your skull. 580 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,160 - WMD, Scott, weapons of mediaeval destruction. 581 00:32:59,302 --> 00:33:01,172 Mrs. Craxton, I understand that you're one 582 00:33:01,168 --> 00:33:02,728 of the owners of Bantling Boy? 583 00:33:03,723 --> 00:33:06,613 - Yes, I'm a visiting nurse. 584 00:33:07,591 --> 00:33:10,411 I looked after Lord Bantling during his illness. 585 00:33:10,407 --> 00:33:12,277 And he left me a share in the horse. 586 00:33:13,770 --> 00:33:15,130 - We're trying to establish the whereabouts 587 00:33:15,130 --> 00:33:18,200 of people around about 10 o'clock last night. 588 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:20,026 - Well I was here, with Peter. 589 00:33:20,025 --> 00:33:22,475 - And were you all three together all the time? 590 00:33:24,660 --> 00:33:27,030 - No, Ray had gone for a walk. 591 00:33:30,084 --> 00:33:30,954 - A walk? 592 00:33:30,952 --> 00:33:35,372 - Tell them, Joanna, tell them what you like. 593 00:33:36,714 --> 00:33:39,964 - He just wanted to get out for some air. 594 00:33:39,957 --> 00:33:41,717 You know, wanted to be on his own. 595 00:33:42,741 --> 00:33:44,501 - Can I take it your husband is not entirely 596 00:33:44,503 --> 00:33:46,313 happy about your involvement 597 00:33:46,307 --> 00:33:47,787 with Bantling Boy? 598 00:33:49,046 --> 00:33:51,526 - You'll have to ask him about that yourself. 599 00:33:51,531 --> 00:33:52,401 Excuse me. 600 00:34:13,250 --> 00:34:16,730 - Hiya, what's the game you're playing? 601 00:34:16,725 --> 00:34:19,565 - The Secret of the Ring. 602 00:34:19,568 --> 00:34:21,158 Want a go? 603 00:34:21,163 --> 00:34:23,223 - Yes, yes please. 604 00:34:23,216 --> 00:34:26,416 - Here, hold this, okay, 605 00:34:26,420 --> 00:34:28,070 now wait, 606 00:34:28,068 --> 00:34:30,258 steady. - Hello? 607 00:34:30,257 --> 00:34:31,437 - When I tell you, 608 00:34:32,730 --> 00:34:33,600 fire! 609 00:34:36,722 --> 00:34:38,682 Yes, you got him! 610 00:34:40,246 --> 00:34:43,536 - Is killing people your idea of fun, young man? 611 00:34:43,541 --> 00:34:45,291 - It's only a game. 612 00:34:45,293 --> 00:34:46,833 - Sir, we've got a treble nine call 613 00:34:46,826 --> 00:34:48,416 from Lodge stables, it's Marianna Hartley. 614 00:34:48,424 --> 00:34:50,224 I think we should get down there. 615 00:34:50,215 --> 00:34:51,075 - Right. 616 00:34:51,083 --> 00:34:51,953 - If all the killing in the world was only 617 00:34:51,952 --> 00:34:55,482 a game, nobody would ever be hurt, would they? 618 00:34:56,718 --> 00:34:59,648 - No, No, that is true, very true. 619 00:35:01,903 --> 00:35:03,483 Out of the mouths of babes. 620 00:35:08,765 --> 00:35:10,185 - Somebody's prowling around. 621 00:35:10,193 --> 00:35:12,383 I've seen them twice, now. 622 00:35:12,380 --> 00:35:14,010 Bantling Boy's ailing. 623 00:35:14,009 --> 00:35:15,979 I'm worried he's been got at. 624 00:35:15,980 --> 00:35:16,850 - Got at? 625 00:35:18,485 --> 00:35:19,345 - I don't like saying this, 626 00:35:19,353 --> 00:35:22,343 but Jake Foley was in trouble a few years ago. 627 00:35:22,341 --> 00:35:23,801 A doping scandal. 628 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:24,830 Race fixing. 629 00:35:24,833 --> 00:35:26,183 - Was he prosecuted? 630 00:35:26,178 --> 00:35:27,048 - No. 631 00:35:27,046 --> 00:35:28,266 Nothing was proved. 632 00:35:28,274 --> 00:35:29,204 But mud sticks. 633 00:35:29,202 --> 00:35:31,202 He had trouble getting rides. 634 00:35:31,204 --> 00:35:32,514 That's why he came to us. 635 00:35:33,956 --> 00:35:36,236 - I presume if Bantling Boy is a sick horse 636 00:35:36,243 --> 00:35:38,513 that could reduce his value? 637 00:35:38,513 --> 00:35:39,383 - Oh, yes. 638 00:35:39,382 --> 00:35:40,382 The vet's been up. 639 00:35:40,379 --> 00:35:42,039 It'll be all round the county, by now. 640 00:35:42,037 --> 00:35:43,747 - So Sam Tate, who wants to buy the horse, 641 00:35:43,747 --> 00:35:45,677 he could save himself a lot of money? 642 00:35:46,584 --> 00:35:47,454 - Yes. 643 00:35:48,450 --> 00:35:50,850 You don't think Sam Tate's behind this do you? 644 00:35:52,986 --> 00:35:55,286 - We've spoken with Dr. Osgood, Mrs. Hartley 645 00:35:55,287 --> 00:35:58,067 and you haven't been entirely frank with us, have you? 646 00:35:58,074 --> 00:35:59,804 About your relationship with him? 647 00:36:01,004 --> 00:36:01,874 - No. 648 00:36:03,392 --> 00:36:04,262 Sorry. 649 00:36:05,665 --> 00:36:08,815 Last night after Bruce hit me, He stormed off. 650 00:36:09,951 --> 00:36:12,931 I called John and he came up here but he left. 651 00:36:12,933 --> 00:36:14,603 He has nothing to do with Bruce's death. 652 00:36:14,601 --> 00:36:16,431 - And what about you? 653 00:36:16,430 --> 00:36:17,710 Were you angry with your husband? 654 00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:19,238 Angry that he'd attacked you? 655 00:36:19,244 --> 00:36:21,214 - Did you go looking for him? 656 00:36:21,212 --> 00:36:22,482 Find him in here, and then-- 657 00:36:22,484 --> 00:36:23,354 - No! 658 00:36:24,861 --> 00:36:26,631 I married a vulgar bully of a man. 659 00:36:26,634 --> 00:36:29,424 And, yes, I've wished him dead, often enough. 660 00:36:29,418 --> 00:36:30,608 But I didn't kill him. 661 00:36:32,588 --> 00:36:33,808 - Well, right now the most important thing 662 00:36:33,808 --> 00:36:36,738 is to increase your security, isn't it? 663 00:36:36,738 --> 00:36:39,258 Whoever killed your husband may have been trying 664 00:36:39,261 --> 00:36:41,971 to steal Bantling Boy when he disturbed them. 665 00:36:41,972 --> 00:36:44,302 - I said to Ray, maybe we should move him somewhere safer. 666 00:36:44,298 --> 00:36:46,238 - Yeah, yeah, that would be a good idea. 667 00:36:46,237 --> 00:36:49,237 And in the meantime, Sergeant Scott can stay with him. 668 00:36:50,183 --> 00:36:51,593 He's very good with horses. 669 00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:55,540 Spent many happy days with them. 670 00:36:55,541 --> 00:36:59,781 - Yes, sir, not sure I fancy spending the night with one. 671 00:37:01,213 --> 00:37:02,083 - Cully! 672 00:37:05,717 --> 00:37:06,587 Cully, 673 00:37:08,234 --> 00:37:09,714 how did it go? 674 00:37:09,708 --> 00:37:12,858 - I was wrong for the part, again. 675 00:37:17,289 --> 00:37:18,529 - It'll come. 676 00:37:18,530 --> 00:37:20,160 - Will it? 677 00:37:20,163 --> 00:37:22,743 I feel so useless, just sitting around waiting 678 00:37:22,742 --> 00:37:24,562 for my agent to ring. 679 00:37:24,556 --> 00:37:25,886 I'm not making any money, 680 00:37:26,851 --> 00:37:28,881 just frittering away my life, you know? 681 00:37:32,189 --> 00:37:33,059 - I'm sorry. 682 00:37:40,687 --> 00:37:44,297 Hey, do you remember the Fallowfields? 683 00:37:44,295 --> 00:37:45,155 - Yeah, why? 684 00:37:46,919 --> 00:37:47,789 - I've got to drop this off up there. 685 00:37:47,787 --> 00:37:48,907 Will you come along with me? 686 00:37:48,914 --> 00:37:50,214 It'll take you out of yourself. 687 00:37:50,207 --> 00:37:52,017 - It's all right Dad, you don't have to. 688 00:37:52,022 --> 00:37:54,702 I'm just a misery right now. 689 00:37:54,701 --> 00:37:55,661 - Come on, you know what they say! 690 00:37:55,661 --> 00:37:57,841 Misery needs company. 691 00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:58,710 Come on. 692 00:38:00,613 --> 00:38:03,843 - 90 pounds. - Yes, 90 pounds. 693 00:38:03,835 --> 00:38:05,745 Mrs. Barnaby won that on Bantling Boy 694 00:38:05,754 --> 00:38:07,664 and she insisted that you to have it. 695 00:38:07,662 --> 00:38:10,062 - Splendid, need every bit of help we can get. 696 00:38:11,593 --> 00:38:14,753 - I wonder, Major, if you could help us out here? 697 00:38:15,691 --> 00:38:18,691 We think that Bantling Boy has been got at. 698 00:38:18,694 --> 00:38:20,934 And or someone is trying to steal him. 699 00:38:20,925 --> 00:38:22,335 He needs stabling somewhere, you know, 700 00:38:22,340 --> 00:38:24,430 out of the way, somewhere safe. 701 00:38:24,429 --> 00:38:26,169 - This is the back of beyond. 702 00:38:26,165 --> 00:38:28,105 You get nobody out here except the odd 703 00:38:28,110 --> 00:38:31,580 birdwatcher and the occasional rambler 704 00:38:31,575 --> 00:38:32,635 bimbling about. 705 00:38:32,635 --> 00:38:34,295 Be safe enough here. 706 00:38:34,303 --> 00:38:37,943 - So do you think you could manage Bantling Boy? 707 00:38:37,942 --> 00:38:41,982 - Well, George, my head man's just retired. 708 00:38:41,978 --> 00:38:45,098 92, lovable old biscuit. 709 00:38:45,095 --> 00:38:48,015 Complete horse nut like myself. 710 00:38:48,015 --> 00:38:50,325 Point being, it's left us a bit thin 711 00:38:50,330 --> 00:38:51,940 in the ranks. 712 00:38:51,936 --> 00:38:54,906 - Well, Perhaps Cully could help you out 713 00:38:54,907 --> 00:38:56,267 while you've got some time on your hands. 714 00:38:56,267 --> 00:38:57,157 Couldn't you? 715 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,660 - I wondered why you'd dragged me up here. 716 00:38:59,662 --> 00:39:01,442 - Doesn't pay much I'm afraid. 717 00:39:01,435 --> 00:39:05,325 Just three square meals and BFH: bus fares home. 718 00:39:05,334 --> 00:39:06,804 Is that agreeable? 719 00:39:07,879 --> 00:39:08,789 - Sounds great. 720 00:39:10,277 --> 00:39:11,687 Until I get a better offer. 721 00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:17,910 (light music) 722 00:39:37,610 --> 00:39:40,720 (dogs barking) 723 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:43,329 (light music) 724 00:40:49,507 --> 00:40:52,377 (horse neighing) 725 00:40:55,154 --> 00:40:56,024 - Police! 726 00:40:56,022 --> 00:40:57,362 Stay where you are! 727 00:40:57,355 --> 00:41:01,255 (suspenseful music) 728 00:41:01,264 --> 00:41:02,964 (horse neighing) 729 00:41:02,957 --> 00:41:06,087 (suspenseful music) 730 00:41:29,343 --> 00:41:31,963 - Why did you go on the run, Mr. Foley? 731 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,560 - The only running I did was to catch 732 00:41:33,556 --> 00:41:34,956 the last bus to Causton. 733 00:41:35,943 --> 00:41:39,173 Bruce fired me, told me to clear out. 734 00:41:39,165 --> 00:41:40,515 - Why? 735 00:41:40,521 --> 00:41:42,961 From what I hear, the success of Bantling Boy 736 00:41:42,961 --> 00:41:44,541 was very much down to you. 737 00:41:44,535 --> 00:41:45,395 - Why? 738 00:41:46,527 --> 00:41:49,017 Bruce was a wannabe jockey but a few sizes 739 00:41:49,019 --> 00:41:50,439 too large. 740 00:41:50,437 --> 00:41:51,947 That's why he jocked me off. 741 00:41:51,949 --> 00:41:53,469 Jealousy. 742 00:41:53,471 --> 00:41:54,341 - And that made you bitter? 743 00:41:54,340 --> 00:41:55,250 - Course it did. 744 00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:57,480 - Why did you go back to the stables, 745 00:41:57,475 --> 00:41:58,335 last night Jake? 746 00:41:59,488 --> 00:42:01,808 - I heard they called a vet out to Bantling Boy. 747 00:42:01,813 --> 00:42:02,943 - Yeah, because someone got to him. 748 00:42:02,939 --> 00:42:03,809 Was it you? 749 00:42:03,808 --> 00:42:06,098 - I've raised that horse since a yearling. 750 00:42:06,099 --> 00:42:08,849 He's not sick, he's pining. 751 00:42:08,851 --> 00:42:09,721 - For you? 752 00:42:11,448 --> 00:42:13,538 - There's a bond between a horse and his minder 753 00:42:13,543 --> 00:42:15,253 that goes deep. 754 00:42:15,254 --> 00:42:16,924 - Your four-legged friend is he? 755 00:42:18,006 --> 00:42:20,026 Of course, you've doped a few of your friends 756 00:42:20,029 --> 00:42:21,789 in the past, haven't you? 757 00:42:21,791 --> 00:42:22,901 Fixed the odd race? 758 00:42:22,897 --> 00:42:23,897 - That was all malicious. 759 00:42:23,898 --> 00:42:25,988 I was never charged with anything! 760 00:42:25,993 --> 00:42:27,823 - I have to ask you this Mr. Foley. 761 00:42:29,851 --> 00:42:31,121 Did you kill Bruce Hartley? 762 00:42:31,124 --> 00:42:36,074 - No, you wanna know who I think did it? 763 00:42:36,070 --> 00:42:36,940 (chuckling) 764 00:42:36,942 --> 00:42:38,812 Sam Tate. 765 00:42:38,808 --> 00:42:40,268 Tate's bread? 766 00:42:40,268 --> 00:42:41,388 - Why him? 767 00:42:41,394 --> 00:42:42,824 - Him and Bruce had a right set-to 768 00:42:42,823 --> 00:42:43,873 after the race. 769 00:42:44,804 --> 00:42:46,714 If anyone's going to be dancing on Hartley's 770 00:42:46,712 --> 00:42:49,082 grave, it'll be Sam Tate. 771 00:42:52,646 --> 00:42:56,016 - [Joanna] With Bruce gone, that just leaves the Doctor. 772 00:42:56,023 --> 00:42:57,333 - So don't disappoint me. 773 00:43:02,203 --> 00:43:03,073 - It's the police. 774 00:43:03,071 --> 00:43:04,361 I don't want to be seen here. 775 00:43:04,355 --> 00:43:06,955 I don't want them digging into our business. 776 00:43:06,961 --> 00:43:08,951 - No, just keep out of sight. 777 00:43:17,889 --> 00:43:21,089 If I'm on your list, you can cross me off right now. 778 00:43:21,087 --> 00:43:23,437 - Mr. Tate, you had a bit of a run in with Bruce Hartley 779 00:43:23,436 --> 00:43:24,796 at the race course the other day. 780 00:43:24,802 --> 00:43:28,072 - He made a backside of himself, if that's what you mean. 781 00:43:28,066 --> 00:43:31,556 I offered to buy Bantling Boy and what I want I usually get. 782 00:43:31,559 --> 00:43:35,279 - Mr. Tate, have you or any of your acquaintances 783 00:43:35,281 --> 00:43:37,601 been anywhere near Bantling Boy since the race? 784 00:43:37,596 --> 00:43:38,856 - No, nowhere near. 785 00:43:40,902 --> 00:43:42,732 - Do you live here alone, Mr. Tate? 786 00:43:42,726 --> 00:43:44,336 - Yes, divorced two years ago. 787 00:43:44,343 --> 00:43:46,073 I've been happily unmarried ever since. 788 00:43:46,073 --> 00:43:48,263 Ever heard of Tate's Oven-Ready Bread? 789 00:43:48,263 --> 00:43:49,413 - Oh indeed I have. 790 00:43:50,369 --> 00:43:52,639 The crust you can trust. 791 00:43:52,635 --> 00:43:54,925 - That's the one it's disgusting. 792 00:43:54,926 --> 00:43:57,446 But people buy it 'cause it saves time. 793 00:43:57,449 --> 00:43:59,379 And time is money. 794 00:43:59,378 --> 00:44:01,808 I've got a Board meeting in an hour, Inspector. 795 00:44:01,808 --> 00:44:02,748 Bye! 796 00:44:02,746 --> 00:44:04,016 - [Inspector] Well thank you, Mr. Tate. 797 00:44:04,019 --> 00:44:05,509 Thank you very much. 798 00:44:05,510 --> 00:44:06,770 For your valuable time. 799 00:44:07,696 --> 00:44:08,566 - Bye. 800 00:44:15,770 --> 00:44:16,640 - Scott, 801 00:44:19,366 --> 00:44:21,336 run a car check on that. 802 00:44:21,338 --> 00:44:22,488 - Yes, sir, certainly. 803 00:44:26,510 --> 00:44:28,450 Hey Sarge, it's D.S. Scott here. 804 00:44:28,449 --> 00:44:30,509 Could you run a vehicle check on a registration 805 00:44:30,514 --> 00:44:35,734 for me please, kilo, one, five, three, echo, yankee, Mike. 806 00:44:35,769 --> 00:44:38,059 No, I'll wait for it, thank you. 807 00:44:38,058 --> 00:44:39,148 What do you make of Sam Tate, sir? 808 00:44:39,147 --> 00:44:41,317 They reckon he started as a delivery boy 809 00:44:41,316 --> 00:44:42,186 on the bread vans. 810 00:44:42,185 --> 00:44:43,175 - Yeah. 811 00:44:43,181 --> 00:44:44,161 I don't suppose he got rich keeping 812 00:44:44,163 --> 00:44:45,113 on the right side of the law. 813 00:44:45,112 --> 00:44:46,442 - No. 814 00:44:46,436 --> 00:44:47,726 Yeah? 815 00:44:47,729 --> 00:44:48,599 Thank you. 816 00:44:48,597 --> 00:44:49,867 Cheers, thanks very much. 817 00:44:50,888 --> 00:44:52,228 It's Joanna Craxton, sir. 818 00:44:52,230 --> 00:44:54,370 What's she doing up here? 819 00:44:54,371 --> 00:44:56,401 - I suspect she's come to see a man 820 00:44:56,404 --> 00:44:57,704 about a horse. 821 00:45:03,307 --> 00:45:05,447 - Bruce Hartley as Richard the Lionheart. 822 00:45:06,727 --> 00:45:08,957 He were the biggest chicken I ever met. 823 00:45:11,690 --> 00:45:13,390 - Are we going to meet here? 824 00:45:13,390 --> 00:45:14,480 - Peter's indoors. 825 00:45:14,484 --> 00:45:16,344 I don't want him hearing our business. 826 00:45:18,593 --> 00:45:21,103 Sam Tate wants an answer by tomorrow night. 827 00:45:21,096 --> 00:45:22,266 - We sell. 828 00:45:22,274 --> 00:45:23,664 Me and Joanna's agreed. 829 00:45:23,661 --> 00:45:24,551 What's your vote? 830 00:45:25,757 --> 00:45:28,587 - I think Marianna, as Bruce's wife, 831 00:45:28,593 --> 00:45:29,953 should have a say in this. 832 00:45:31,544 --> 00:45:33,634 - But that's not the Syndicate rules, Doctor. 833 00:45:33,629 --> 00:45:35,589 We own Bruce's share. 834 00:45:35,589 --> 00:45:38,289 - Morally, Marianna has a right. 835 00:45:38,290 --> 00:45:39,160 - Morally? 836 00:45:40,073 --> 00:45:41,953 You still knocking a slice off her? 837 00:45:41,950 --> 00:45:42,820 - Trevor! 838 00:45:42,818 --> 00:45:44,418 - You'll be laughing all the way to Bruce's 839 00:45:44,421 --> 00:45:45,971 funeral, that's for sure. 840 00:45:46,882 --> 00:45:47,962 - That settles it. 841 00:45:47,956 --> 00:45:49,996 The horse is not for sale. 842 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:50,870 Good bye! 843 00:45:53,126 --> 00:45:54,446 - He don't care, do he? 844 00:45:54,452 --> 00:45:55,322 Bloody toff! 845 00:45:57,851 --> 00:46:00,261 - We've got another problem. 846 00:46:00,260 --> 00:46:01,610 Bantling Boy is ailing. 847 00:46:01,605 --> 00:46:03,265 He's been shipped up to Fallowfields. 848 00:46:03,273 --> 00:46:04,413 - Who's gonna pay for that? 849 00:46:04,410 --> 00:46:05,340 I'm skint! 850 00:46:05,338 --> 00:46:07,668 - It's a charity, Trevor. 851 00:46:07,665 --> 00:46:10,785 But if word gets out, his price will drop. 852 00:46:10,791 --> 00:46:12,741 - Damn Osgood. 853 00:46:12,741 --> 00:46:15,001 We've got to sell that horse before it drops 854 00:46:15,004 --> 00:46:16,234 dead in its stall. 855 00:46:19,202 --> 00:46:21,612 - Keep coming, keep coming, that's it, 856 00:46:21,611 --> 00:46:24,361 back you come, come on, come on, slowly! 857 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:25,870 Come on, come on. 858 00:46:25,870 --> 00:46:27,730 Keep coming, keep coming. 859 00:46:27,729 --> 00:46:30,079 That's it, whoa, that's it! 860 00:46:34,836 --> 00:46:36,856 This takes me back to the Pony Club trials. 861 00:46:36,859 --> 00:46:38,569 Do you remember the Causton show? 862 00:46:38,569 --> 00:46:39,939 "The Five Foot Wall." 863 00:46:39,935 --> 00:46:41,045 - Yeah, you were an old worryguts. 864 00:46:41,047 --> 00:46:43,237 - Yeah, and you were lucky to get away 865 00:46:43,235 --> 00:46:45,525 with just a broken arm there, weren't you? 866 00:46:45,526 --> 00:46:46,386 Grab that. 867 00:46:47,468 --> 00:46:50,368 Greenstick fracture, wasn't it? 868 00:46:50,374 --> 00:46:51,534 At least you got a lot of exercise out of it, 869 00:46:51,528 --> 00:46:52,978 didn't you? 870 00:46:52,982 --> 00:46:55,152 Now these days kids seem stuck in front 871 00:46:55,148 --> 00:46:57,418 of computers all the time. 872 00:46:57,421 --> 00:46:58,961 Okay. 873 00:46:58,964 --> 00:47:00,894 Playing games the entire purpose 874 00:47:00,893 --> 00:47:03,373 of which is to kill people. 875 00:47:03,365 --> 00:47:06,035 The Craxton's boy's obsessed with them. 876 00:47:06,044 --> 00:47:08,314 He's nine years old, Cully, nine years old. 877 00:47:09,558 --> 00:47:12,018 We never let you play games like that, did we? 878 00:47:12,019 --> 00:47:15,429 - I hated computers; films were my thing. 879 00:47:16,315 --> 00:47:18,035 Having said that, when I was nine my favourite 880 00:47:18,035 --> 00:47:19,415 film was "Terminator." 881 00:47:20,883 --> 00:47:22,023 - Was it? 882 00:47:22,019 --> 00:47:23,759 - A fascination with gruesome deaths does run 883 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:24,840 in the family. 884 00:47:24,838 --> 00:47:25,708 - You think so. 885 00:47:27,503 --> 00:47:28,653 - Thanks Dad. 886 00:47:28,650 --> 00:47:29,810 I'm gonna go though 'cause I've gotta pick 887 00:47:29,808 --> 00:47:31,098 up Bantling Boy at three. 888 00:47:31,096 --> 00:47:33,346 - Thank you, Cully, thank you. 889 00:47:33,354 --> 00:47:36,664 Hey, is the phone ringing? 890 00:47:36,658 --> 00:47:39,448 - No, I think my agent died. 891 00:47:56,956 --> 00:47:58,186 - [Jake] I need to see him. 892 00:47:58,190 --> 00:47:59,240 - Keep away from that horse! 893 00:47:59,243 --> 00:48:00,543 - He's pining, that's what's the matter with him. 894 00:48:00,544 --> 00:48:02,754 - I'll call the police, I mean it! 895 00:48:02,747 --> 00:48:03,617 - Calm down, Jake. 896 00:48:03,615 --> 00:48:04,965 - Get out of my way! 897 00:48:04,968 --> 00:48:06,128 - Clear off, Jake. 898 00:48:06,133 --> 00:48:09,383 You heard her. 899 00:48:09,378 --> 00:48:11,358 - If anything happens to Bantling Boy. 900 00:48:15,478 --> 00:48:16,788 - Why have the police let him go? 901 00:48:16,792 --> 00:48:18,452 - Because they haven't got anything on him. 902 00:48:20,254 --> 00:48:22,364 - I think he did it, Ray. 903 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:23,230 He hated Bruce. 904 00:48:23,229 --> 00:48:24,459 - We all hated Bruce. 905 00:48:24,456 --> 00:48:26,016 The way he treated the horses. 906 00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:29,800 The way he treated you, made my blood boil. 907 00:48:35,556 --> 00:48:37,516 (horn honking) 908 00:48:37,522 --> 00:48:39,612 I'll fetch Bantling Boy. 909 00:48:50,159 --> 00:48:53,579 - Think of it as a marriage of convenience. 910 00:48:53,579 --> 00:48:56,319 Angela Hartley, née Bantling of Bantling 911 00:48:56,324 --> 00:48:59,294 Hall and Sam Tate, Roughley Road, Barnsley. 912 00:48:59,293 --> 00:49:00,163 Made in heaven. 913 00:49:00,162 --> 00:49:01,722 - Sam, please. 914 00:49:01,722 --> 00:49:04,332 - This place will be sold off, developed, 915 00:49:04,329 --> 00:49:06,559 maybe even bull-dozed. 916 00:49:06,561 --> 00:49:07,531 Now is that what you want, 917 00:49:07,527 --> 00:49:08,977 for you and Geoffrey? 918 00:49:08,980 --> 00:49:10,720 - Not now, Geoffrey, please. 919 00:49:10,721 --> 00:49:12,801 We have business to discuss. 920 00:49:13,693 --> 00:49:16,873 - Great tradition, showing the flag. 921 00:49:21,524 --> 00:49:24,594 - Well, he's settled in, but still not feeding. 922 00:49:24,589 --> 00:49:26,779 - Jake Foley reckons he's pining for him. 923 00:49:26,779 --> 00:49:28,449 Is it possible? 924 00:49:28,447 --> 00:49:29,427 - Well, yes. 925 00:49:29,427 --> 00:49:30,297 Could be. 926 00:49:31,231 --> 00:49:34,381 - The Major mentioned he'd lost his head man? 927 00:49:34,380 --> 00:49:36,270 Do you think he'd take on Jake Foley? 928 00:49:36,267 --> 00:49:38,867 - Well, he's very experienced but isn't there a risk? 929 00:49:38,874 --> 00:49:39,894 Don't you suspect him? 930 00:49:39,886 --> 00:49:41,136 - No, no, I don't. 931 00:49:41,137 --> 00:49:43,567 I suspect he is genuinely fond of this horse. 932 00:49:45,297 --> 00:49:46,907 - Pining for Jake, are you boy? 933 00:49:48,415 --> 00:49:50,805 - You know who killed him, don't you, eh? 934 00:49:55,460 --> 00:49:56,720 - Don't, no! 935 00:49:56,715 --> 00:49:57,685 Leave me alone. 936 00:49:57,689 --> 00:49:58,809 - It's all right, it's not gonna hurt. 937 00:49:58,812 --> 00:50:00,362 - I don't want him touching me. 938 00:50:00,359 --> 00:50:01,229 Go away! 939 00:50:01,228 --> 00:50:02,098 Go away! 940 00:50:03,639 --> 00:50:04,509 - Any vomiting? 941 00:50:04,507 --> 00:50:06,417 - No, but he's been having nightmares 942 00:50:06,423 --> 00:50:08,403 and cold sweats. 943 00:50:08,404 --> 00:50:10,204 - Joanna's out on call, is she? 944 00:50:10,197 --> 00:50:11,067 - Yes. 945 00:50:12,835 --> 00:50:13,935 - You did right to call me. 946 00:50:13,944 --> 00:50:16,084 It's always better to be safe than sorry. 947 00:50:21,659 --> 00:50:23,619 (clock ticking) 948 00:50:23,624 --> 00:50:26,494 (dramatic music) 949 00:51:02,786 --> 00:51:06,066 (glass smashing) 950 00:51:06,068 --> 00:51:08,938 (dramatic music) 951 00:52:04,787 --> 00:52:07,917 (suspenseful music) 952 00:52:10,262 --> 00:52:12,862 (chattering) 953 00:52:12,859 --> 00:52:13,729 - George. 954 00:52:19,201 --> 00:52:22,101 - Blow to the skull, exactly as with Bruce Hartley. 955 00:52:22,100 --> 00:52:25,690 But this was found tied 'round victim's mouth like a gag. 956 00:52:27,762 --> 00:52:30,192 - Was that applied before or after the blow to the head? 957 00:52:30,188 --> 00:52:32,168 - 'Can't be sure, what's certain 958 00:52:32,173 --> 00:52:33,943 is the head blow killed him. 959 00:52:33,935 --> 00:52:35,845 This skull's very crushed. 960 00:52:35,853 --> 00:52:38,463 - Anything back from forensics on Craxton's hammer? 961 00:52:38,460 --> 00:52:39,330 - I'll chase it up. 962 00:52:39,329 --> 00:52:40,199 - Thanks George. 963 00:52:42,506 --> 00:52:44,796 Bruce Hartley, John Osgood. 964 00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:47,280 They both opposed the sale of Bantling Boy, yeah? 965 00:52:47,281 --> 00:52:48,151 - Yeah. 966 00:52:48,150 --> 00:52:50,170 - Which leaves Trevor Machin and Joanna 967 00:52:50,170 --> 00:52:52,060 Craxton free to sell the horse, yeah? 968 00:52:52,057 --> 00:52:55,317 - Yeah and Sam Tate, who always gets what he 969 00:52:55,321 --> 00:52:58,051 wants now has a clear way to buy it. 970 00:52:58,053 --> 00:53:00,523 I'd say that makes the three of them joint favourites. 971 00:53:00,524 --> 00:53:01,884 - Would you? 972 00:53:01,879 --> 00:53:04,749 Remind me, what horse did you back for the Causton Cup? 973 00:53:07,781 --> 00:53:09,451 - Dr. Osgood is dead. 974 00:53:11,378 --> 00:53:14,158 - Death's the cost of living for all of us, innit? 975 00:53:14,161 --> 00:53:16,421 Well, there'll be no more problems 976 00:53:16,415 --> 00:53:18,235 'cause me and Joanna will sell. 977 00:53:18,236 --> 00:53:21,696 - I'm not sure I can trust you, Trevor. 978 00:53:21,701 --> 00:53:24,591 You've been keeping things from me, haven't you? 979 00:53:24,590 --> 00:53:26,260 Bantling Boy's a sick horse. 980 00:53:26,258 --> 00:53:27,508 - It's not you who's been getting at him, is it? 981 00:53:27,512 --> 00:53:30,172 - He's been shipped up to Fallowfields. 982 00:53:30,168 --> 00:53:33,118 Most horses come out of there feet first. 983 00:53:33,119 --> 00:53:34,889 - Are you buying, or not? 984 00:53:34,891 --> 00:53:37,361 - 250,000. 985 00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:38,740 - That's half of what you said. 986 00:53:38,736 --> 00:53:41,276 - You're no worse off. 987 00:53:41,283 --> 00:53:43,203 Your stake's doubled now Osgood and Hartley 988 00:53:43,202 --> 00:53:44,422 are out of the mixture. 989 00:53:44,422 --> 00:53:46,872 - This isn't sweetie money we're talking about. 990 00:53:49,114 --> 00:53:51,204 - Two of the owners of this horse 991 00:53:51,199 --> 00:53:53,899 have come to a sticky end, Trevor. 992 00:53:53,900 --> 00:53:56,000 We don't want you suffering the same fate. 993 00:53:55,996 --> 00:53:58,406 - Are you threatening me? 994 00:53:58,405 --> 00:54:00,575 - Just making a once and only offer. 995 00:54:01,846 --> 00:54:03,226 Phone me, Trevor. 996 00:54:07,163 --> 00:54:10,493 - It seems Scott, that our Dr. Osgood paid 997 00:54:10,490 --> 00:54:13,570 a visit to the Craxton's yesterday. 998 00:54:13,572 --> 00:54:14,442 - What time? 999 00:54:15,401 --> 00:54:17,271 - Why do doctors always write in Sanskrit? 1000 00:54:17,267 --> 00:54:19,037 Can you make head or tail of that? 1001 00:54:21,031 --> 00:54:21,951 - No. 1002 00:54:21,948 --> 00:54:22,948 - Well it means, they might have been the last 1003 00:54:22,950 --> 00:54:24,100 ones to see him alive. 1004 00:54:25,119 --> 00:54:27,409 Let's give the Craxton's a house call of our own, 1005 00:54:27,413 --> 00:54:28,283 shall we? 1006 00:54:29,394 --> 00:54:31,324 - It was Ray who called the doctor. 1007 00:54:31,323 --> 00:54:32,783 Peter was having nightmares. 1008 00:54:34,003 --> 00:54:35,723 I was out visiting a patient. 1009 00:54:35,723 --> 00:54:38,343 - The name of this patient? 1010 00:54:38,340 --> 00:54:39,210 - Dickinson. 1011 00:54:40,082 --> 00:54:41,062 But she's got Alzheimer's. 1012 00:54:41,062 --> 00:54:42,172 She can't remember which way's up, 1013 00:54:42,167 --> 00:54:44,047 never mind who was where when. 1014 00:54:44,054 --> 00:54:46,584 - And the night Bruce Hartley died, 1015 00:54:46,578 --> 00:54:50,268 you say you were at home here on your own, 1016 00:54:50,269 --> 00:54:52,179 your husband had gone for a walk. 1017 00:54:52,177 --> 00:54:53,687 - Yes, I was here with Peter. 1018 00:54:55,222 --> 00:54:56,562 Are you implying that I had something to do 1019 00:54:56,556 --> 00:54:58,096 with these murders? 1020 00:54:58,100 --> 00:55:02,220 - Well, the two people who refused to sell 1021 00:55:02,218 --> 00:55:04,108 Bantling Boy are now dead. 1022 00:55:04,106 --> 00:55:06,556 And you are much the richer for it, aren't you? 1023 00:55:07,703 --> 00:55:10,953 - It's not my doing, none of it. 1024 00:55:12,750 --> 00:55:15,110 - Oh, who have we here? 1025 00:55:15,106 --> 00:55:16,786 - I'm Sir Peter Bantling. 1026 00:55:16,785 --> 00:55:18,395 - [Inspector] Are you? 1027 00:55:18,401 --> 00:55:20,251 - Rehearsals for the tournament. 1028 00:55:20,247 --> 00:55:21,727 We're due up at the Hall. 1029 00:55:21,727 --> 00:55:25,347 - I hear, Peter, you've been having nightmares? 1030 00:55:25,346 --> 00:55:27,576 It could be "The Secret of the Ring." 1031 00:55:27,577 --> 00:55:29,437 Those computer games certainly give me nightmares. 1032 00:55:29,444 --> 00:55:32,024 - With "The Secret of the Ring" I'm never scared. 1033 00:55:32,019 --> 00:55:33,429 Never, ever. 1034 00:55:33,427 --> 00:55:35,277 - Look, I'm late, Inspector. 1035 00:55:35,283 --> 00:55:36,783 Ray's up there, waiting. 1036 00:55:36,784 --> 00:55:37,934 Peter, get in the car. 1037 00:55:39,276 --> 00:55:40,146 - Bye. 1038 00:55:40,145 --> 00:55:41,585 - Bye, Sir Peter. 1039 00:55:44,990 --> 00:55:46,580 He's a fine little lad, isn't he? 1040 00:55:47,714 --> 00:55:50,134 Has he always been troubled with nightmares? 1041 00:55:50,131 --> 00:55:51,171 - No more than most. 1042 00:55:52,571 --> 00:55:54,221 It's a troubled world, isn't it? 1043 00:55:55,683 --> 00:55:56,993 - Indeed it is. 1044 00:56:03,561 --> 00:56:05,811 - Trevor, what is this proposition? 1045 00:56:07,523 --> 00:56:11,933 - Sam Tate has cut his offer to 250. 1046 00:56:11,934 --> 00:56:13,214 - So? 1047 00:56:13,206 --> 00:56:14,646 - Persuade him to up his bid, 1048 00:56:14,645 --> 00:56:17,145 and I'll give you 20% of every penny 1049 00:56:17,147 --> 00:56:18,727 more you can get out of him. 1050 00:56:18,732 --> 00:56:21,022 - What makes you think I have any influence? 1051 00:56:21,016 --> 00:56:22,326 - You've got him 'round your little finger. 1052 00:56:22,330 --> 00:56:24,120 He's a ladies man. 1053 00:56:24,123 --> 00:56:25,923 - What about Joanna? 1054 00:56:25,917 --> 00:56:27,757 - Well, she ain't got your class, has she? 1055 00:56:27,762 --> 00:56:29,802 Now tell Tate I will not sell. 1056 00:56:29,796 --> 00:56:32,086 Not for 250 grand, never. 1057 00:56:32,090 --> 00:56:34,040 - You may regret saying that. 1058 00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:37,040 - I'll take my chance. 1059 00:56:38,169 --> 00:56:40,259 Thanks for the veg. 1060 00:56:40,264 --> 00:56:43,374 Put them through to the kitchen for me, would you? 1061 00:56:43,372 --> 00:56:45,182 - You may be fiddling yourself a disabled 1062 00:56:45,176 --> 00:56:47,696 pension, Trevor, but you won't get me waiting 1063 00:56:47,699 --> 00:56:48,909 on you hand and foot. 1064 00:56:50,554 --> 00:56:53,424 (dramatic music) 1065 00:56:56,594 --> 00:56:59,294 (upbeat music) 1066 00:57:04,805 --> 00:57:07,325 - Come on everybody, come on. 1067 00:57:08,763 --> 00:57:11,113 (laughing) 1068 00:57:13,775 --> 00:57:16,065 (horn honking) 1069 00:57:16,067 --> 00:57:18,757 (upbeat music) 1070 00:57:31,461 --> 00:57:32,821 Can we have the yeomen, 1071 00:57:32,818 --> 00:57:35,148 the bowmen and the camp followers 1072 00:57:35,145 --> 00:57:37,575 into the jousting field now? 1073 00:57:45,413 --> 00:57:48,073 - Mr. Craxton, a couple of questions please. 1074 00:57:48,072 --> 00:57:49,302 - What, in the middle of all this? 1075 00:57:49,302 --> 00:57:51,012 - I'm in the middle of a murder inquiry, Mr. Craxton 1076 00:57:51,009 --> 00:57:53,249 and I believe you were the last person 1077 00:57:53,254 --> 00:57:55,514 to see Dr. John Osgood alive. 1078 00:57:55,506 --> 00:57:58,216 - When he left mine, that was the last I saw of him. 1079 00:57:59,448 --> 00:58:02,318 Excuse me, I'm in the middle of a battle. 1080 00:58:02,323 --> 00:58:05,023 (upbeat music) 1081 00:58:18,666 --> 00:58:21,206 - You bought yourself a horse yet, Mr. Tate? 1082 00:58:21,209 --> 00:58:24,119 - No, but I'm working on it. 1083 00:58:38,977 --> 00:58:41,017 - I wish you'd leave Sam to me, Trevor. 1084 00:58:41,017 --> 00:58:43,427 - Put my trust in pillow talk, no. 1085 00:58:45,014 --> 00:58:49,374 - Peter, would you take Mr. Machin his drink, please? 1086 00:58:49,373 --> 00:58:50,833 - No! 1087 00:58:50,832 --> 00:58:53,402 - You, young man, will do as I say! 1088 00:58:54,873 --> 00:58:57,093 (yelling) 1089 00:58:57,089 --> 00:58:58,069 - [Trevor] Little monkey! 1090 00:59:02,636 --> 00:59:03,706 - Make ready. 1091 00:59:08,433 --> 00:59:09,473 Approach. 1092 00:59:27,841 --> 00:59:29,451 - [Scott] What's she doing, sir? 1093 00:59:29,454 --> 00:59:33,234 - She's giving her favour to her chosen knight, Scott. 1094 00:59:33,229 --> 00:59:34,659 - Making him the favourite, is that it? 1095 00:59:34,657 --> 00:59:36,947 - That's where the phrase comes from, Scott. 1096 00:59:37,911 --> 00:59:39,551 - Let battle commence! 1097 00:59:43,050 --> 00:59:45,920 (dramatic music) 1098 01:00:02,826 --> 01:00:05,776 (horses neighing) 1099 01:00:12,178 --> 01:00:15,048 (dramatic music) 1100 01:00:35,945 --> 01:00:36,895 Vicar. 1101 01:00:36,904 --> 01:00:39,774 (dramatic music) 1102 01:00:46,845 --> 01:00:47,795 Give mercy! 1103 01:00:48,935 --> 01:00:51,275 (groaning) 1104 01:00:53,059 --> 01:00:55,269 - Ray and Joanna Craxton are a double act, sir. 1105 01:00:55,269 --> 01:00:56,649 They'll share the money from selling the horse. 1106 01:00:56,646 --> 01:00:57,926 That's the motive. 1107 01:00:57,928 --> 01:01:00,118 - Trevor Machin also stands to gain from the sale 1108 01:01:00,118 --> 01:01:05,328 of the horse, if money is the motive behind all of this. 1109 01:01:06,007 --> 01:01:07,757 - Well, if it's not money, sir, what is it? 1110 01:01:08,825 --> 01:01:10,155 - The boy Peter. 1111 01:01:11,035 --> 01:01:13,575 He's clearly upset, having nightmares. 1112 01:01:13,579 --> 01:01:14,889 You should have seen him this afternoon, 1113 01:01:14,893 --> 01:01:17,203 running at Trevor Machin with his little sword. 1114 01:01:17,198 --> 01:01:18,808 - I'm not with you on this, sir. 1115 01:01:18,814 --> 01:01:22,054 - Scott, there is something between his mother 1116 01:01:22,046 --> 01:01:25,886 and Trevor Machin that makes the boy very angry. 1117 01:01:25,894 --> 01:01:28,614 - You think Machin's got some hold over her? 1118 01:01:28,611 --> 01:01:29,961 - Yeah, could be. 1119 01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:31,870 - He was certainly keen to finger Dr. Osgood 1120 01:01:31,872 --> 01:01:33,282 when I spoke to him. 1121 01:01:33,276 --> 01:01:35,606 - Tom, I thought you'd want to see this 1122 01:01:35,612 --> 01:01:37,832 straight away, just back from forensics. 1123 01:01:39,220 --> 01:01:41,530 No prints, I'm afraid, but it's a pretty close 1124 01:01:41,534 --> 01:01:44,724 fit with the head wounds on Hartley and Dr. Osgood. 1125 01:01:44,715 --> 01:01:46,305 Definitely the type of weapon you're looking for. 1126 01:01:46,310 --> 01:01:47,410 - Thank you, George. 1127 01:01:48,322 --> 01:01:49,902 - Ray Craxton's spent a lifetime swinging 1128 01:01:49,897 --> 01:01:53,387 hammers like that, sir, with deadly accuracy. 1129 01:01:53,392 --> 01:01:55,992 - Yes, but everybody knows that Scott. 1130 01:01:55,986 --> 01:01:58,066 The killer could be using that fact. 1131 01:02:00,896 --> 01:02:04,026 (suspenseful music) 1132 01:02:25,565 --> 01:02:28,515 (hammer clanging) 1133 01:02:33,899 --> 01:02:36,769 (dramatic music) 1134 01:03:36,222 --> 01:03:37,732 - The same hammer blow. 1135 01:03:37,734 --> 01:03:39,664 Exactly the same weapon profile, Tom. 1136 01:03:39,663 --> 01:03:41,283 Skull crushed and this again. 1137 01:03:42,781 --> 01:03:44,041 - Why would you do this? 1138 01:03:44,042 --> 01:03:45,032 - It's a statement. 1139 01:03:45,961 --> 01:03:49,421 They're being killed, then they're gagged. 1140 01:03:49,423 --> 01:03:51,793 They're being ritualistically silenced. 1141 01:03:51,790 --> 01:03:53,300 - Would make sense of it. 1142 01:03:53,302 --> 01:03:55,252 - But silenced about what? 1143 01:03:55,245 --> 01:03:56,105 And by whom? 1144 01:04:00,382 --> 01:04:02,572 - [Sam] Inspector Barnaby's car isn't it? 1145 01:04:03,617 --> 01:04:05,377 - I'd better go. 1146 01:04:05,376 --> 01:04:06,816 - Take care. 1147 01:04:06,816 --> 01:04:09,676 (dramatic music) 1148 01:04:13,103 --> 01:04:14,633 - Yeah, I was on my own. 1149 01:04:14,625 --> 01:04:17,375 Working here 'till 10, on them shields. 1150 01:04:17,378 --> 01:04:19,868 - When did you last see Trevor Machin, Ray? 1151 01:04:19,870 --> 01:04:20,810 - What's going on? 1152 01:04:22,258 --> 01:04:25,338 - Trevor Machin was murdered last night. 1153 01:04:25,344 --> 01:04:26,374 - Oh, my God. 1154 01:04:26,366 --> 01:04:28,256 - You think I killed him. 1155 01:04:28,264 --> 01:04:29,134 And Dr. Osgood. 1156 01:04:29,132 --> 01:04:30,342 And Bruce Hartley. 1157 01:04:30,339 --> 01:04:31,469 Am I right? 1158 01:04:31,465 --> 01:04:33,005 - Can we continue this conversation 1159 01:04:33,008 --> 01:04:34,568 at the station, Mr. Craxton? 1160 01:04:41,464 --> 01:04:42,334 - Ray! 1161 01:04:44,384 --> 01:04:47,324 He wouldn't harm a fly, let alone kill anybody. 1162 01:04:47,324 --> 01:04:48,844 - Just his hobby is it? 1163 01:04:48,836 --> 01:04:49,986 Malleting people? 1164 01:04:49,994 --> 01:04:50,864 Excuse me. 1165 01:04:52,694 --> 01:04:54,354 - I liked none of them, no. 1166 01:04:54,352 --> 01:04:58,492 - Nevertheless, your wife now owns outright 1167 01:04:58,492 --> 01:05:00,422 a horse worth half a million pounds. 1168 01:05:00,421 --> 01:05:02,731 - Everybody in Midsomer's made money out of that horse. 1169 01:05:02,725 --> 01:05:04,765 Even the vicar trousered a fair few quid. 1170 01:05:04,769 --> 01:05:07,009 Look, it's caused me and Joanna nothing 1171 01:05:07,011 --> 01:05:10,761 but arguments, I killed nobody. 1172 01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:13,130 I don't know why you're picking on me. 1173 01:05:13,131 --> 01:05:14,581 - Because you don't have an alibi for the times 1174 01:05:14,581 --> 01:05:15,451 of the three murders, sir. 1175 01:05:15,449 --> 01:05:16,709 - What about Sam Tate? 1176 01:05:16,708 --> 01:05:19,028 And that two-faced cow Angela Hartley? 1177 01:05:19,033 --> 01:05:20,443 You haven't pulled them in have you, no. 1178 01:05:20,443 --> 01:05:22,213 - Oh, come on. 1179 01:05:22,213 --> 01:05:24,153 We question everyone alike, 1180 01:05:24,153 --> 01:05:25,353 no matter who they are. 1181 01:05:25,352 --> 01:05:26,632 - Well you're not going to get the right answer 1182 01:05:26,634 --> 01:05:28,004 questioning the wrong man. 1183 01:05:28,991 --> 01:05:30,301 I didn't do it. 1184 01:05:34,173 --> 01:05:37,663 - The police think that Ray killed all three of them. 1185 01:05:37,656 --> 01:05:39,406 - Well, they're wrong aren't they? 1186 01:05:44,611 --> 01:05:46,201 - What if Ray starts talking? 1187 01:05:48,125 --> 01:05:49,215 About the syndicate. 1188 01:05:51,701 --> 01:05:53,111 He knows everything Angela. 1189 01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:55,710 All of it. 1190 01:05:56,915 --> 01:05:58,265 Me, 1191 01:05:58,270 --> 01:05:59,140 you. 1192 01:05:59,139 --> 01:06:00,649 - How does he know? 1193 01:06:00,648 --> 01:06:01,568 Did you tell him? 1194 01:06:01,565 --> 01:06:03,285 - I had to. 1195 01:06:03,286 --> 01:06:04,646 Bruce threatened to tell everybody. 1196 01:06:04,652 --> 01:06:06,442 I wanted Ray to hear it from me. 1197 01:06:06,435 --> 01:06:07,805 - Stay calm Joanna. 1198 01:06:07,811 --> 01:06:09,181 We don't need to panic. 1199 01:06:13,202 --> 01:06:15,442 I can look after Peter as long as you like. 1200 01:06:16,883 --> 01:06:18,083 We're in this together. 1201 01:06:20,376 --> 01:06:21,326 Always have been. 1202 01:06:26,798 --> 01:06:28,138 - We searched Craxton's cottage 'till we 1203 01:06:28,144 --> 01:06:29,324 ran out of places to look, sir. 1204 01:06:29,322 --> 01:06:30,862 Nothing, any luck your end? 1205 01:06:30,855 --> 01:06:33,795 - No, he's denying any involvement. 1206 01:06:33,795 --> 01:06:35,425 I've got nothing, you've got nothing, 1207 01:06:35,432 --> 01:06:36,492 we're gonna have to release him. 1208 01:06:36,486 --> 01:06:38,196 Here, take a look at that. 1209 01:06:38,196 --> 01:06:40,036 That's the Bantling Family Crest. 1210 01:06:40,041 --> 01:06:41,251 - Yeah, but sir, surely, it's gotta be him. 1211 01:06:41,251 --> 01:06:42,911 Can't we lean on him a bit? 1212 01:06:42,909 --> 01:06:44,249 Keep his feet to the fire? 1213 01:06:44,254 --> 01:06:46,814 - Sergeant, this is Midsomer, not the Met. 1214 01:06:46,808 --> 01:06:49,328 Did they not teach you about the Holy Trinity up at Hendon? 1215 01:06:49,332 --> 01:06:51,092 Three things required before you move 1216 01:06:51,094 --> 01:06:53,604 from suspicion to conviction. 1217 01:06:53,596 --> 01:06:56,106 Motive, opportunity, and evidence. 1218 01:06:56,109 --> 01:06:58,849 And the greatest of these three, my son, 1219 01:06:58,852 --> 01:07:01,472 is evidence, which in Ray Craxton's case we do not have. 1220 01:07:01,469 --> 01:07:02,339 - Yeah, but sir-- 1221 01:07:02,337 --> 01:07:03,637 - He will be released. 1222 01:07:03,638 --> 01:07:05,628 Bring that along with you. 1223 01:07:07,362 --> 01:07:09,282 - See him fly, his feet are wings, 1224 01:07:09,281 --> 01:07:11,321 keeper of the secret of the ring. 1225 01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:13,320 - Get on, quick sticks. 1226 01:07:14,776 --> 01:07:15,986 We'll be late. 1227 01:07:17,413 --> 01:07:19,153 (doorbell ringing) 1228 01:07:19,152 --> 01:07:20,892 Who the hell's that? 1229 01:07:23,032 --> 01:07:24,532 - What do you see? 1230 01:07:24,534 --> 01:07:28,454 - Well, it's a coat of arms, isn't it? 1231 01:07:28,454 --> 01:07:30,814 - Yes, the hammer and the pennant. 1232 01:07:32,114 --> 01:07:33,894 Now, we've had three people killed 1233 01:07:33,887 --> 01:07:37,257 with a hammer and two of them were gagged. 1234 01:07:37,255 --> 01:07:38,855 Each with a piece of triangular cloth 1235 01:07:38,860 --> 01:07:40,340 in the shape of the pennant. 1236 01:07:41,280 --> 01:07:42,270 - That could be a connection, sir. 1237 01:07:42,270 --> 01:07:45,960 But why not gag all three of the victims? 1238 01:07:45,961 --> 01:07:47,421 - Why not, indeed. 1239 01:07:47,421 --> 01:07:50,391 Something different about Bruce Hartley's death? 1240 01:07:51,581 --> 01:07:53,871 - Oh, Inspector, we were just going to Fallowfields 1241 01:07:53,872 --> 01:07:54,862 to see Bantling Boy. 1242 01:07:54,856 --> 01:07:56,936 - Ah, Lady Hartley, could you tell me, 1243 01:07:56,941 --> 01:08:00,301 where you were last night, you and Geoffrey? 1244 01:08:00,299 --> 01:08:02,469 - I was working in my office on some accounts. 1245 01:08:02,467 --> 01:08:05,157 The boys were playing their computer games. 1246 01:08:05,158 --> 01:08:06,458 Is that all, Inspector? 1247 01:08:06,461 --> 01:08:09,981 - Geoffrey, that shield up there. 1248 01:08:12,874 --> 01:08:14,474 What does that mean to you? 1249 01:08:17,445 --> 01:08:18,305 (chuckling) 1250 01:08:18,313 --> 01:08:20,303 - The Crest of the Bantlings. 1251 01:08:20,298 --> 01:08:22,028 - Into the car boys. 1252 01:08:22,029 --> 01:08:22,899 - Good bye. 1253 01:08:24,854 --> 01:08:25,724 - Peter. 1254 01:08:30,631 --> 01:08:33,111 - If you think Geoffrey had anything to do with these 1255 01:08:33,113 --> 01:08:36,453 dreadful murders you are very much off track. 1256 01:08:36,449 --> 01:08:38,249 He is completely harmless. 1257 01:08:38,253 --> 01:08:39,923 - I'm sure he is. 1258 01:08:39,922 --> 01:08:43,272 But I have to ask these questions, Lady Hartley. 1259 01:08:43,269 --> 01:08:45,089 Sometimes the most unlikely people 1260 01:08:45,093 --> 01:08:48,273 do the most extraordinary things, don't they? 1261 01:08:52,173 --> 01:08:53,493 I'll drop you off at the station, Scott, 1262 01:08:53,487 --> 01:08:56,707 if I may, head up to Fallowfields with them. 1263 01:09:01,670 --> 01:09:04,540 (dramatic music) 1264 01:09:06,611 --> 01:09:08,551 - Mrs. Hartley] Put it away now, Peter. 1265 01:09:12,414 --> 01:09:14,244 - The secret of the ring. 1266 01:09:16,632 --> 01:09:18,382 - The secret of the ring. 1267 01:09:21,577 --> 01:09:22,577 - [Joanna] I want to get out, Ray. 1268 01:09:22,579 --> 01:09:24,309 - [Ray] Yeah, so do I. 1269 01:09:24,310 --> 01:09:26,960 - I meant you and me, and our Peter. 1270 01:09:27,990 --> 01:09:30,000 We just pack everything and go. 1271 01:09:32,818 --> 01:09:35,728 I want us to start again. 1272 01:09:37,271 --> 01:09:39,551 We could be back to how we were. 1273 01:09:41,024 --> 01:09:42,034 Just us three. 1274 01:09:42,025 --> 01:09:42,885 - No, Joanna. 1275 01:09:44,113 --> 01:09:45,263 There's no going back. 1276 01:09:46,530 --> 01:09:47,730 You destroyed all that. 1277 01:09:48,615 --> 01:09:51,605 You and Angela and the whole damn lot of them. 1278 01:09:51,613 --> 01:09:52,483 - Ray, please. 1279 01:09:52,482 --> 01:09:54,222 - The hell with you! 1280 01:09:55,349 --> 01:09:56,749 (clearing throat) 1281 01:09:56,747 --> 01:09:58,567 - It's all cleared with the Custody Sergeant, Mr. Craxton. 1282 01:09:58,569 --> 01:10:00,839 You're free to go. 1283 01:10:00,836 --> 01:10:01,696 - Thanks, 1284 01:10:03,188 --> 01:10:04,228 for nothing. 1285 01:10:09,031 --> 01:10:11,811 (alarm blaring) 1286 01:10:14,227 --> 01:10:17,087 - Doesn't Bantling Boy look a picture? 1287 01:10:17,092 --> 01:10:19,062 - Yes, he does. 1288 01:10:19,062 --> 01:10:20,112 - Can I give him this? 1289 01:10:20,112 --> 01:10:21,222 - Mrs. Hartley] Can he? 1290 01:10:21,224 --> 01:10:22,654 - [Woman] I think he'd love it. 1291 01:10:27,831 --> 01:10:28,761 - [Geoffrey] Can I stroke him? 1292 01:10:28,760 --> 01:10:31,180 - Of course you can, Geoffrey. 1293 01:10:34,575 --> 01:10:37,275 (horse neighing) 1294 01:10:37,278 --> 01:10:39,298 - He doesn't like you, Geoffrey, 1295 01:10:39,301 --> 01:10:41,571 he only likes me. 1296 01:10:41,574 --> 01:10:42,724 Can I ride him? 1297 01:10:42,721 --> 01:10:44,041 - That alright, Major? 1298 01:10:44,035 --> 01:10:45,815 - You can sit on him, yes. 1299 01:10:45,818 --> 01:10:47,248 - Okay Peter, come on. 1300 01:10:47,247 --> 01:10:49,087 One, two, three, hup! 1301 01:10:51,035 --> 01:10:51,895 There. 1302 01:10:51,903 --> 01:10:54,023 Sir Peter on his charger. 1303 01:10:54,024 --> 01:10:54,934 - He's the best. 1304 01:10:54,932 --> 01:10:57,872 Out of Midsomer Girl by Bantling Brave, 1305 01:10:57,872 --> 01:11:00,112 from Knight's Maiden by King's Charter, 1306 01:11:00,114 --> 01:11:02,244 who was out of Royal Dynasty-- 1307 01:11:02,241 --> 01:11:04,451 - All right Peter, we've heard enough. 1308 01:11:04,451 --> 01:11:06,071 - It's breeding, you see. 1309 01:11:06,068 --> 01:11:07,418 It's in the blood. 1310 01:11:07,423 --> 01:11:09,413 - Everything's in the breeding. 1311 01:11:10,733 --> 01:11:13,603 (dramatic music) 1312 01:11:27,936 --> 01:11:31,066 (suspenseful music) 1313 01:11:50,971 --> 01:11:51,841 - Ray? 1314 01:12:02,231 --> 01:12:04,731 Are you in there Ray? 1315 01:12:04,726 --> 01:12:07,846 (suspenseful music) 1316 01:12:14,832 --> 01:12:18,672 (door slamming shut) (gasping) 1317 01:12:18,670 --> 01:12:19,720 (yelling) 1318 01:12:19,717 --> 01:12:20,967 - No! 1319 01:12:20,972 --> 01:12:23,842 (dramatic music) 1320 01:13:04,978 --> 01:13:06,568 - It's Joanna Craxton. 1321 01:13:06,574 --> 01:13:07,464 Head caved in. 1322 01:13:08,774 --> 01:13:09,644 - Gagged? 1323 01:13:09,642 --> 01:13:10,632 - Yeah, same as the others. 1324 01:13:10,630 --> 01:13:13,010 Ray Craxton found her. 1325 01:13:13,007 --> 01:13:14,527 - My money says he put her there as well. 1326 01:13:14,529 --> 01:13:15,919 - I thought you were holding him? 1327 01:13:15,916 --> 01:13:16,906 - We were. 1328 01:13:16,907 --> 01:13:17,777 I've just had the super on, wanting 1329 01:13:17,775 --> 01:13:19,365 to know why he was released. 1330 01:13:19,368 --> 01:13:20,708 - Good question. 1331 01:13:20,713 --> 01:13:22,373 - Well, it's the Holy Trinity apparently. 1332 01:13:22,371 --> 01:13:23,751 Motive, opportunity and evidence. 1333 01:13:23,747 --> 01:13:25,097 The greatest of which is evidence 1334 01:13:25,103 --> 01:13:27,053 which in Ray Craxton's case we did not have. 1335 01:13:27,049 --> 01:13:27,919 Did we, sir? 1336 01:13:27,918 --> 01:13:30,488 - No, I preferred my doubts 1337 01:13:30,493 --> 01:13:31,843 to your certainties. 1338 01:13:49,366 --> 01:13:51,786 Lady Hartley, can you look after Peter again? 1339 01:13:51,785 --> 01:13:54,095 His father will be with us. 1340 01:13:54,096 --> 01:13:55,806 - Well yes, of course. 1341 01:13:55,810 --> 01:13:58,570 - You'll never get your hands on him, hear me, never! 1342 01:14:01,649 --> 01:14:02,519 - Thank you. 1343 01:14:09,548 --> 01:14:13,088 (sirens blaring) 1344 01:14:13,087 --> 01:14:14,917 "You'll never get your hands on him," he said. 1345 01:14:14,923 --> 01:14:16,253 - [Scott] Meaning the horse? 1346 01:14:18,330 --> 01:14:19,200 - Or his son. 1347 01:14:20,940 --> 01:14:23,580 Craxton clearly resents Angela Hartley's 1348 01:14:23,578 --> 01:14:26,938 closeness to Joanna and her owning a share of Bantling Boy. 1349 01:14:28,843 --> 01:14:30,793 Scott, there's something staring us in the face 1350 01:14:30,793 --> 01:14:32,563 here, and we are missing it. 1351 01:14:32,555 --> 01:14:34,195 - About Joanna? 1352 01:14:34,199 --> 01:14:35,419 Or the syndicate? 1353 01:14:35,417 --> 01:14:36,857 - The syndicate. 1354 01:14:36,862 --> 01:14:37,732 Yeah. 1355 01:14:39,156 --> 01:14:41,536 As each member of the syndicate died, 1356 01:14:41,544 --> 01:14:43,434 their share was passed to the remaining 1357 01:14:43,431 --> 01:14:45,241 members of the syndicate, yeah? 1358 01:14:45,235 --> 01:14:47,715 Until Joanna Craxton owned the lot. 1359 01:14:48,829 --> 01:14:52,189 But now she's dead, who owns the horse? 1360 01:14:56,371 --> 01:14:59,261 - It's a matter of your husband's will. 1361 01:14:59,259 --> 01:15:01,659 Bequest of Bantling Boy. 1362 01:15:01,657 --> 01:15:03,687 - Oh, I've left my notebook, excuse me. 1363 01:15:19,277 --> 01:15:20,977 - [Geoffrey] Have at you! 1364 01:15:20,978 --> 01:15:22,958 I will be Lord of the Manor now. 1365 01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:24,940 - [Peter] You're knight champion, sir Geoffrey. 1366 01:15:24,944 --> 01:15:28,784 You have to help me reach the next level. 1367 01:15:28,778 --> 01:15:31,568 - Now that Joanna Craxton is dead, 1368 01:15:31,573 --> 01:15:33,133 who owns Bantling Boy? 1369 01:15:33,126 --> 01:15:35,226 - The terms of my husband's will 1370 01:15:35,233 --> 01:15:38,033 are that the horse now belongs to Peter. 1371 01:15:38,027 --> 01:15:39,377 - To Peter? 1372 01:15:39,383 --> 01:15:41,183 - Oh come on, Barnaby. 1373 01:15:41,176 --> 01:15:42,656 You're a man of the world. 1374 01:15:43,960 --> 01:15:48,890 Peter's mother, Joanna, nursed my husband. 1375 01:15:50,362 --> 01:15:51,352 - Were they lovers? 1376 01:15:52,854 --> 01:15:57,264 - Nine years ago my husband raped Joanna. 1377 01:16:02,221 --> 01:16:04,661 (chattering) 1378 01:16:04,656 --> 01:16:05,666 - [Geoffrey] Lord Peter. 1379 01:16:05,669 --> 01:16:08,759 - Joanna was Catholic, so were the Hartley's. 1380 01:16:08,756 --> 01:16:11,526 Just as a divorce was out of the question 1381 01:16:11,529 --> 01:16:13,239 for me, so was abortion for her. 1382 01:16:14,835 --> 01:16:15,715 I paid her money, 1383 01:16:17,389 --> 01:16:18,259 every week. 1384 01:16:19,475 --> 01:16:21,455 She kept quiet and she kept the child. 1385 01:16:27,869 --> 01:16:32,299 - Osgood was his doctor, Machin was his gardener. 1386 01:16:32,300 --> 01:16:34,450 And I take it they and your son Bruce, 1387 01:16:34,448 --> 01:16:37,228 they all knew what had happened to Joanna? 1388 01:16:37,232 --> 01:16:38,532 - They knew. 1389 01:16:38,532 --> 01:16:39,912 - And that's why your husband left 1390 01:16:39,912 --> 01:16:42,592 all the Bantling Boy shares to the four of them? 1391 01:16:42,592 --> 01:16:44,832 As a reward for their silence? 1392 01:16:44,834 --> 01:16:45,894 - Yes. 1393 01:16:45,894 --> 01:16:49,024 (suspenseful music) 1394 01:17:12,994 --> 01:17:16,074 - Peter is very fond of Bantling Boy. 1395 01:17:17,397 --> 01:17:20,787 I doubt he'd want him sold to Mr. Tate. 1396 01:17:20,786 --> 01:17:21,746 - We'll see. 1397 01:17:23,570 --> 01:17:25,300 It will be Peter's decision. 1398 01:17:25,301 --> 01:17:26,691 - Oh, I hope it is. 1399 01:17:28,492 --> 01:17:30,732 - Your sergeant seems to have gone missing. 1400 01:17:31,974 --> 01:17:34,294 Perhaps we'd better find him. 1401 01:17:34,294 --> 01:17:37,034 (suspenseful music) 1402 01:17:37,029 --> 01:17:40,069 (computer beeping) 1403 01:17:42,516 --> 01:17:43,516 Sergeant Scott? 1404 01:17:50,073 --> 01:17:52,163 Are you looking for something, Sergeant? 1405 01:17:55,613 --> 01:17:56,483 - Toilet. 1406 01:17:57,673 --> 01:17:58,603 - This way. 1407 01:18:00,002 --> 01:18:01,202 - It's a proprietary game, 1408 01:18:01,202 --> 01:18:02,772 originally taken off the internet. 1409 01:18:02,766 --> 01:18:04,506 But it's been modified, they've added 1410 01:18:04,507 --> 01:18:06,847 some variables, different loops. 1411 01:18:06,853 --> 01:18:08,093 - And in English that is? 1412 01:18:08,094 --> 01:18:11,184 - Well someone has taken the original game 1413 01:18:11,180 --> 01:18:12,390 and expanded on it. 1414 01:18:13,391 --> 01:18:17,571 The object now seems to be to redeem the honour 1415 01:18:17,572 --> 01:18:19,452 of the Bantling. 1416 01:18:19,449 --> 01:18:21,259 So I followed the pathway plan 1417 01:18:21,263 --> 01:18:23,973 through to the final level, where I 1418 01:18:23,974 --> 01:18:26,714 found this secret chamber. 1419 01:18:27,895 --> 01:18:28,755 And then this. 1420 01:18:30,943 --> 01:18:33,813 (dramatic music) 1421 01:18:35,183 --> 01:18:37,243 The victims' names are all there, sir. 1422 01:18:37,238 --> 01:18:39,608 Bruce Hartley, Dr. Osgood, 1423 01:18:39,605 --> 01:18:41,015 Trevor Machin and Joanna Craxton. 1424 01:18:41,023 --> 01:18:43,373 - Well, that's grotesque. 1425 01:18:43,369 --> 01:18:46,799 - Yeah, all of the deaths are described. 1426 01:18:46,799 --> 01:18:49,899 Each one using mediaeval language. 1427 01:18:49,896 --> 01:18:53,416 Ye hammer of vengeance, and ye pennant of pride. 1428 01:18:53,420 --> 01:18:56,950 The quest seems to be to take revenge 1429 01:18:56,945 --> 01:18:59,845 on the Ring, the betrayers of the secret. 1430 01:19:00,761 --> 01:19:03,051 - Could the ring be the syndicate, 1431 01:19:03,045 --> 01:19:05,685 the ring of owners of Bantling Boy? 1432 01:19:05,693 --> 01:19:09,753 - The hero of the game is Sir Peter, riding a mighty steed. 1433 01:19:09,749 --> 01:19:11,609 It all ties in with Craxton's obsession 1434 01:19:11,605 --> 01:19:13,795 with battle recreations, mediaeval weapons. 1435 01:19:14,827 --> 01:19:17,187 - Why put that on Peter's computer? 1436 01:19:17,194 --> 01:19:19,864 - I think he's used the game to rehearse 1437 01:19:19,864 --> 01:19:21,784 the killings before he carries them out. 1438 01:19:23,325 --> 01:19:25,375 - Could Geoffrey have created this? 1439 01:19:25,379 --> 01:19:28,419 - No, sir, it's beyond him, he's got an IQ of about two. 1440 01:19:29,696 --> 01:19:33,036 I think that when Joanna told Ray, Peter wasn't his son, 1441 01:19:34,013 --> 01:19:35,843 tipped him over the edge into this. 1442 01:19:38,246 --> 01:19:40,756 - I don't know what games you're talking about. 1443 01:19:40,759 --> 01:19:41,879 - "The Secret of the Ring." 1444 01:19:41,875 --> 01:19:44,555 The game you downloaded onto Peter's laptop. 1445 01:19:44,555 --> 01:19:46,065 - His laptop? 1446 01:19:46,067 --> 01:19:47,387 I hate them things. 1447 01:19:47,391 --> 01:19:49,171 I work with my hands, Inspector. 1448 01:19:49,174 --> 01:19:51,684 I'm computer illiterate. 1449 01:19:51,677 --> 01:19:53,507 - When did you first discover that Peter 1450 01:19:53,512 --> 01:19:55,472 wasn't your real son, Mr. Craxton? 1451 01:19:58,861 --> 01:20:00,401 - Joanna told me the night Bruce Hartley 1452 01:20:00,404 --> 01:20:02,184 was killed that Peter wasn't mine. 1453 01:20:03,188 --> 01:20:05,928 They all knew, the whole syndicate. 1454 01:20:06,806 --> 01:20:09,996 They'd been laughing behind my back for years. 1455 01:20:09,997 --> 01:20:13,517 - Mr. Craxton, four people are to be buried. 1456 01:20:13,521 --> 01:20:15,391 The very ones that you say were laughing 1457 01:20:15,388 --> 01:20:16,998 at you behind your back. 1458 01:20:17,004 --> 01:20:18,534 - I didn't kill them! 1459 01:20:20,184 --> 01:20:22,194 My wife is dead! 1460 01:20:22,186 --> 01:20:23,926 And to me Peter is still my son. 1461 01:20:23,928 --> 01:20:28,178 So either charge me, or let me go home and look after him. 1462 01:20:31,216 --> 01:20:33,566 - [Barnaby] The game on your computer, Peter, 1463 01:20:34,464 --> 01:20:37,754 "The Secret of the Ring," what's it about? 1464 01:20:37,754 --> 01:20:40,364 - The quest of the Bantling. 1465 01:20:40,355 --> 01:20:41,435 - The quest? 1466 01:20:41,435 --> 01:20:43,585 - To take back the secret of the ring. 1467 01:20:44,479 --> 01:20:46,039 - Did your father invent the game, Peter? 1468 01:20:46,043 --> 01:20:47,353 Did you play it with Ray? 1469 01:20:48,327 --> 01:20:49,947 - He's not my father! 1470 01:20:49,954 --> 01:20:52,004 I don't want to see him ever again! 1471 01:20:55,741 --> 01:20:57,361 - I had to tell him, Inspector. 1472 01:20:58,264 --> 01:21:00,224 It's his birthright to know who he is. 1473 01:21:00,224 --> 01:21:01,634 What he is. 1474 01:21:01,632 --> 01:21:04,022 He's my husband's son. 1475 01:21:04,020 --> 01:21:07,170 He's heir to the Lordship and Manor of Bantling. 1476 01:21:07,169 --> 01:21:09,049 - Lady Hartley, if I may, 1477 01:21:09,046 --> 01:21:11,376 I'd like to examine your computer please. 1478 01:21:12,852 --> 01:21:14,482 - Feel free. 1479 01:21:14,478 --> 01:21:15,728 I have nothing to hide. 1480 01:21:15,734 --> 01:21:17,654 - [Barnaby] Thank you. 1481 01:21:27,658 --> 01:21:29,068 - That looked champion. 1482 01:21:29,066 --> 01:21:31,496 - Yeah, he's all in good order, fit and keen. 1483 01:21:31,495 --> 01:21:32,865 - I hear he's been entered up for another 1484 01:21:32,872 --> 01:21:34,602 race in Causton next week? 1485 01:21:34,602 --> 01:21:35,472 Is that wise? 1486 01:21:35,471 --> 01:21:37,361 I'm thinking, after a set back? 1487 01:21:38,252 --> 01:21:40,162 - Yeah, you're thinking, if Bantling Boy wins, 1488 01:21:40,160 --> 01:21:42,290 he'll be a more expensive buy. 1489 01:21:42,287 --> 01:21:44,657 - Now that had never occurred to me. 1490 01:21:44,661 --> 01:21:46,031 - Sure. 1491 01:21:46,031 --> 01:21:48,001 He'll take his chance next week. 1492 01:21:48,001 --> 01:21:49,221 You can bank on it. 1493 01:21:49,218 --> 01:21:51,048 - We'll see. 1494 01:21:51,051 --> 01:21:52,821 He might have a new owner by then. 1495 01:22:03,913 --> 01:22:04,783 - Mr. Craxton. 1496 01:22:07,437 --> 01:22:09,427 Mr. Craxton, you're free to go. 1497 01:22:10,305 --> 01:22:14,385 But I would seriously advise you not to try 1498 01:22:14,392 --> 01:22:15,702 and approach Peter, okay? 1499 01:22:17,124 --> 01:22:18,524 - I want my son. 1500 01:22:18,521 --> 01:22:20,391 - Please, be warned. 1501 01:22:21,504 --> 01:22:23,984 For his sake and for yours, 1502 01:22:23,975 --> 01:22:25,795 stay away from Peter. 1503 01:22:38,729 --> 01:22:41,459 Did you get anything from Lady Hartley's computer? 1504 01:22:41,461 --> 01:22:43,111 - Only that would interest the inland revenue sir, 1505 01:22:43,105 --> 01:22:44,695 but nothing for us so far. 1506 01:22:45,872 --> 01:22:47,682 - Well, I've had to let Craxton go. 1507 01:22:47,676 --> 01:22:48,886 I mean we've got nothing on him, have we? 1508 01:22:48,885 --> 01:22:50,385 We've got no blood stains, no weapon, 1509 01:22:50,387 --> 01:22:52,067 no fingerprints, we've got nothing. 1510 01:22:53,454 --> 01:22:54,654 - It's a bit of a risk, isn't it, sir? 1511 01:22:54,651 --> 01:22:56,711 - Yes, yes it is. 1512 01:22:58,262 --> 01:23:00,392 Look Scott, you can leave that. 1513 01:23:00,386 --> 01:23:02,006 You follow Craxton. 1514 01:23:02,013 --> 01:23:03,783 Don't let him out of your sight and sit tight 1515 01:23:03,775 --> 01:23:05,045 on that cottage. 1516 01:23:05,051 --> 01:23:05,951 - Yes sir. 1517 01:23:05,951 --> 01:23:08,911 (dramatic music) 1518 01:23:14,355 --> 01:23:15,665 - [Sam] We had a deal. 1519 01:23:15,669 --> 01:23:19,049 You can't back out now after everything I've done. 1520 01:23:19,051 --> 01:23:21,081 - Anything you've done, Sam, you did for yourself. 1521 01:23:21,083 --> 01:23:22,943 Always have, always will. 1522 01:23:22,940 --> 01:23:24,620 - And you're Lady Bountiful? 1523 01:23:24,619 --> 01:23:25,789 Come off it, Angela. 1524 01:23:25,787 --> 01:23:28,367 You're as ruthless as I am. 1525 01:23:28,372 --> 01:23:30,092 We're two of a kind. 1526 01:23:30,093 --> 01:23:32,543 - I hardly think so. 1527 01:23:32,543 --> 01:23:36,373 - You think you can ditch me now? 1528 01:23:36,370 --> 01:23:39,740 Now you can control Bantling Boy through Peter? 1529 01:23:39,738 --> 01:23:40,918 No way! 1530 01:23:40,916 --> 01:23:44,356 - Please, don't raise your voice in my kitchen! 1531 01:23:44,357 --> 01:23:47,047 I will not change my mind. 1532 01:23:47,047 --> 01:23:48,687 - Oh, yes you will, Angela. 1533 01:23:49,738 --> 01:23:54,828 Only fools and the departed never change their minds. 1534 01:23:54,827 --> 01:23:57,687 (dramatic music) 1535 01:25:42,618 --> 01:25:45,418 - What's another word for con man? 1536 01:25:45,416 --> 01:25:47,406 Nine letters, ending in R. 1537 01:25:47,407 --> 01:25:51,277 - Ray Craxton's son, Peter, he really is extraordinary. 1538 01:25:51,276 --> 01:25:52,286 - Fraudster. 1539 01:25:52,287 --> 01:25:53,837 - Pardon? 1540 01:25:53,841 --> 01:25:55,691 - Con man, nine letters, ending in R. 1541 01:25:55,686 --> 01:25:57,996 - He can remember Bantling Boy's pedigree 1542 01:25:58,001 --> 01:26:00,621 going back for four or five generations. 1543 01:26:00,618 --> 01:26:04,308 The sires, the mares, everything and all by heart. 1544 01:26:04,307 --> 01:26:07,167 (dramatic music) 1545 01:26:10,065 --> 01:26:12,025 Do you know, that hadn't occurred to me. 1546 01:26:12,029 --> 01:26:15,099 I never thought of that even as a possibility, 1547 01:26:15,102 --> 01:26:15,972 - What? 1548 01:26:15,970 --> 01:26:17,100 - Something Scott said. 1549 01:26:18,337 --> 01:26:21,227 - It's a quest: to take revenge on the Ring, 1550 01:26:21,229 --> 01:26:22,949 the betrayers of the secret. 1551 01:26:24,434 --> 01:26:27,194 To Redeem the honour of the Bantling. 1552 01:26:28,914 --> 01:26:31,094 - Give me the dictionary. 1553 01:26:33,964 --> 01:26:35,884 Honour of the Bantling. 1554 01:26:39,960 --> 01:26:41,550 Band, banshee, bantam, 1555 01:26:43,416 --> 01:26:46,836 bantling. 1556 01:26:46,842 --> 01:26:47,712 Oh. 1557 01:26:49,288 --> 01:26:50,508 Oh, of course. 1558 01:26:52,764 --> 01:26:56,344 - Sleep well, Peter, sleep tight. 1559 01:26:57,269 --> 01:26:58,229 - Night, Geoffrey. 1560 01:27:00,679 --> 01:27:02,399 - Say goodnight, Geoffrey. 1561 01:27:02,399 --> 01:27:03,269 - Goodnight. 1562 01:27:04,950 --> 01:27:07,900 - It's the three of us together now, boys. 1563 01:27:07,904 --> 01:27:09,424 Nothing more to worry about, Geoffrey. 1564 01:27:09,416 --> 01:27:10,476 Nothing, not now. 1565 01:27:11,679 --> 01:27:13,639 This will be our family home forever. 1566 01:27:17,432 --> 01:27:20,302 (dramatic music) 1567 01:27:44,533 --> 01:27:47,313 (phone ringing) 1568 01:27:48,570 --> 01:27:49,440 - [Barnaby] Barnaby. 1569 01:27:49,439 --> 01:27:51,329 - Sir, it's Scott. 1570 01:27:51,327 --> 01:27:52,757 Yeah, I've lost Craxton. 1571 01:27:52,762 --> 01:27:54,442 Yeah, he's on the loose I'm afraid. 1572 01:27:54,439 --> 01:27:55,859 - [Barnaby] Okay, Scott, get yourself over 1573 01:27:55,864 --> 01:27:58,994 to Bantling Hall as fast as you can. 1574 01:28:07,033 --> 01:28:07,903 Ray! 1575 01:28:10,853 --> 01:28:12,333 I told you to stay away from here. 1576 01:28:12,330 --> 01:28:13,430 - I want my son! 1577 01:28:13,425 --> 01:28:14,835 (yelling) 1578 01:28:14,836 --> 01:28:17,496 Peter! 1579 01:28:17,495 --> 01:28:19,745 (yelling) 1580 01:28:20,890 --> 01:28:22,220 Peter! 1581 01:28:22,219 --> 01:28:23,399 (yelling) 1582 01:28:23,404 --> 01:28:24,974 - [Angela] No, no! 1583 01:28:25,857 --> 01:28:27,847 - Peter! - No, don't do it! 1584 01:28:27,848 --> 01:28:29,848 - No, no, Geoffrey, no! 1585 01:28:31,860 --> 01:28:32,730 No, leave him! 1586 01:28:32,729 --> 01:28:34,669 - Peter. - No, no, no, no, no, no, no! 1587 01:28:39,634 --> 01:28:41,374 I don't want to, no! 1588 01:28:43,349 --> 01:28:44,659 I hate you! 1589 01:28:44,657 --> 01:28:45,697 I hate you! 1590 01:28:45,702 --> 01:28:46,572 I hate you! 1591 01:28:46,571 --> 01:28:48,551 - You're a traitor, betrayer! 1592 01:28:48,546 --> 01:28:50,066 - Leave me alone! 1593 01:28:50,066 --> 01:28:52,086 - It was you, Geoffrey, wasn't it? 1594 01:28:52,092 --> 01:28:53,712 You did all this killing. 1595 01:28:53,708 --> 01:28:56,508 Bruce and Trevor, John and Joanna. 1596 01:28:56,505 --> 01:28:58,525 It was you Geoffrey, wasn't it? 1597 01:28:58,531 --> 01:29:00,681 - Is that true, Geoffrey? 1598 01:29:00,684 --> 01:29:01,614 Was it you? 1599 01:29:01,612 --> 01:29:03,752 - Yeah, but not by himself, Lady Hartley. 1600 01:29:06,521 --> 01:29:08,101 Not by himself. 1601 01:29:08,098 --> 01:29:10,138 - Surely you're not suggesting that I-- 1602 01:29:10,142 --> 01:29:11,012 - No, no, no. 1603 01:29:11,011 --> 01:29:13,151 He did it at Peter's bidding. 1604 01:29:14,229 --> 01:29:15,429 Isn't that right Peter? 1605 01:29:17,868 --> 01:29:18,738 Peter? 1606 01:29:21,465 --> 01:29:24,365 Geoffrey, Geoffrey, 1607 01:29:26,043 --> 01:29:27,913 on the night Bruce died, 1608 01:29:29,098 --> 01:29:31,868 can you remember where were you, about 10 o'clock? 1609 01:29:31,871 --> 01:29:33,801 - Bruce upset Angela. 1610 01:29:33,799 --> 01:29:35,859 - And that upset you too, didn't it? 1611 01:29:35,855 --> 01:29:37,655 - Yes, he was mean to her. 1612 01:29:37,658 --> 01:29:39,808 - And he wouldn't sell the horse. 1613 01:29:40,995 --> 01:29:43,235 He wouldn't help Angela keep Bantling Hall. 1614 01:29:54,269 --> 01:29:56,409 - You and that half-wit brother of yours. 1615 01:30:00,064 --> 01:30:02,324 (sobbing) 1616 01:30:12,349 --> 01:30:14,129 - This is home, Angela. 1617 01:30:16,645 --> 01:30:18,355 I wanna stay here. 1618 01:30:18,355 --> 01:30:19,585 - Oh, Geoffrey. 1619 01:30:21,129 --> 01:30:23,539 - So, you went out looking for him, Geoffrey? 1620 01:30:25,873 --> 01:30:26,753 - Yes. 1621 01:30:26,746 --> 01:30:28,226 And I crept up on him. 1622 01:30:30,597 --> 01:30:31,847 He didn't see me. 1623 01:30:36,245 --> 01:30:38,815 Then I found a hammer, so I-- 1624 01:30:44,669 --> 01:30:47,539 (horse neighing) 1625 01:30:55,789 --> 01:30:57,949 - [Barnaby] What did you do with the hammer? 1626 01:30:57,947 --> 01:31:02,317 - I hid it in the Priest's hiding hole. 1627 01:31:02,316 --> 01:31:03,186 - Oh. 1628 01:31:05,027 --> 01:31:07,297 - You couldn't find it. 1629 01:31:07,300 --> 01:31:09,770 - But the idea for that game Geoffrey, 1630 01:31:09,771 --> 01:31:11,721 that was Peter's wasn't it? 1631 01:31:11,721 --> 01:31:13,281 - Yes. 1632 01:31:13,275 --> 01:31:16,115 - He has a lot of ideas, doesn't he, Peter? 1633 01:31:20,032 --> 01:31:22,482 And you are his best friend, Geoffrey. 1634 01:31:24,062 --> 01:31:26,382 You don't have any secrets from one another. 1635 01:31:29,049 --> 01:31:30,559 Bet you told him, didn't you? 1636 01:31:33,023 --> 01:31:35,003 You told him what you'd done to Bruce. 1637 01:31:37,393 --> 01:31:41,353 - He said he'd tell on me if I didn't and they 1638 01:31:41,345 --> 01:31:45,225 would take me away and put me in prison. 1639 01:31:45,234 --> 01:31:47,624 - Why, Geoffrey? 1640 01:31:47,622 --> 01:31:50,332 Why did Peter want you to do to the others 1641 01:31:50,333 --> 01:31:51,593 what you'd done to Bruce? 1642 01:31:51,594 --> 01:31:55,054 - Because, because 1643 01:31:56,141 --> 01:31:58,081 they betrayed the secret. 1644 01:31:58,080 --> 01:31:59,960 - What secret? 1645 01:31:59,957 --> 01:32:01,597 That Peter was a Bantling? 1646 01:32:09,432 --> 01:32:14,652 - Yes, he overheard his mum and dad fighting about it. 1647 01:32:16,205 --> 01:32:17,725 - He's always gonna think of himself 1648 01:32:17,729 --> 01:32:20,239 as yours. - He's not! 1649 01:32:20,239 --> 01:32:23,499 He is the bastard son of the Hartleys! 1650 01:32:23,495 --> 01:32:25,835 - Ray! - That is what he is! 1651 01:32:28,850 --> 01:32:32,070 - They'd been arguing about you, hadn't they Peter? 1652 01:32:33,282 --> 01:32:34,152 - Yes. 1653 01:32:35,388 --> 01:32:38,018 - Your mother told your father that you 1654 01:32:38,016 --> 01:32:39,476 weren't really his real son? 1655 01:32:41,238 --> 01:32:43,028 That you were a bantling. 1656 01:32:44,825 --> 01:32:47,385 - Yes, I am a bantling. 1657 01:32:49,069 --> 01:32:53,809 - The word bantling is an ancient mediaeval term for bastard. 1658 01:32:56,882 --> 01:32:57,772 Isn't that right? 1659 01:33:01,466 --> 01:33:03,156 And you knew that word, didn't you? 1660 01:33:03,156 --> 01:33:07,386 From your mediaeval myths, from your codes of chivalry. 1661 01:33:08,526 --> 01:33:11,036 You knew what it meant to be a bantling? 1662 01:33:13,061 --> 01:33:15,211 - To wear the badge of shame. 1663 01:33:15,209 --> 01:33:18,239 To forfeit all honour, be mocked, 1664 01:33:18,244 --> 01:33:20,954 scorned, outcast for ever. 1665 01:33:24,531 --> 01:33:26,541 - And the ring 1666 01:33:27,482 --> 01:33:31,262 were the owners of Bantling Boy, who knew the secret? 1667 01:33:33,780 --> 01:33:38,190 - They were the possessors, sworn to keep it safe. 1668 01:33:38,191 --> 01:33:42,221 Once betrayed, the secret must be taken back. 1669 01:33:42,217 --> 01:33:43,617 - But how, Peter, how? 1670 01:33:45,801 --> 01:33:48,411 (eerie music) 1671 01:33:51,516 --> 01:33:54,236 - By the knight champion of the Bantling with the Hammer 1672 01:33:54,238 --> 01:33:57,498 of vengeance and the Pennant of Pride in his hand. 1673 01:33:57,502 --> 01:33:59,742 He could steal back the secret of the ring. 1674 01:34:01,599 --> 01:34:04,489 - And Geoffrey was your knight champion, was he? 1675 01:34:13,132 --> 01:34:15,582 - I wanna be Lord of the Manor now! 1676 01:34:15,579 --> 01:34:19,329 - No, you're Knight Champion, Sir Geoffrey. 1677 01:34:19,325 --> 01:34:21,015 Brave and fearless. 1678 01:34:22,892 --> 01:34:25,912 - So Geoffrey stole back the secret 1679 01:34:25,905 --> 01:34:28,715 by silencing them, one by one. 1680 01:34:28,720 --> 01:34:32,990 That was his quest, in that computer game that you created? 1681 01:34:33,923 --> 01:34:34,793 - Yes. 1682 01:34:41,525 --> 01:34:45,055 - And you almost won that game didn't you, eh, Peter? 1683 01:34:45,060 --> 01:34:48,310 Colonel Hartley's Bantling Boy, and Colonel 1684 01:34:49,199 --> 01:34:52,419 Hartley's title, will be all yours. 1685 01:34:54,444 --> 01:34:56,264 - It's breeding. 1686 01:34:56,258 --> 01:35:00,338 Class will tell, horses and people alike. 1687 01:35:00,339 --> 01:35:02,599 - It wasn't a game, Peter! 1688 01:35:07,102 --> 01:35:07,972 Peter? 1689 01:35:12,003 --> 01:35:14,353 - Don't think he can hear us, Mr. Craxton. 1690 01:35:26,943 --> 01:35:29,553 (eerie music) 1691 01:36:02,676 --> 01:36:03,536 - What I don't understand, sir, 1692 01:36:03,544 --> 01:36:05,704 is why Geoffrey turned on Peter in the end? 1693 01:36:05,703 --> 01:36:07,683 After doing his bidding all that time? 1694 01:36:07,684 --> 01:36:11,394 - Peter's last command to Geoffrey was to kill Angela, 1695 01:36:11,385 --> 01:36:14,845 because she knew about his Bantling secret as well. 1696 01:36:14,847 --> 01:36:17,667 But Geoffrey loved Angela, she was his sister, his carer. 1697 01:36:17,673 --> 01:36:20,433 He couldn't do it so he turned on Peter instead. 1698 01:36:20,426 --> 01:36:22,616 - Makes you feel a bit queasy, sir. 1699 01:36:22,618 --> 01:36:23,488 - You what? 1700 01:36:23,486 --> 01:36:24,356 - Well, a little kid like that using 1701 01:36:24,355 --> 01:36:26,715 his computer to turn murder into a game. 1702 01:36:26,724 --> 01:36:29,684 - Ah Scott, when killing becomes entertainment, 1703 01:36:30,582 --> 01:36:32,522 we can all lose touch with reality. 1704 01:36:32,521 --> 01:36:34,081 I thought we'd turn in here. 1705 01:36:34,075 --> 01:36:34,935 - Sir? 1706 01:36:34,943 --> 01:36:35,933 - To tell the landlord that we're onto 1707 01:36:35,931 --> 01:36:37,691 the thefts in his car park. 1708 01:36:47,359 --> 01:36:48,429 - [Announcer] With two furlongs to go, 1709 01:36:48,433 --> 01:36:49,633 plenty of chances. 1710 01:36:49,632 --> 01:36:52,932 Ruby Mist has taken over, Bantling Boy on his shoulder, 1711 01:36:52,927 --> 01:36:54,997 Jake Foley sitting with a double handful. 1712 01:36:55,002 --> 01:36:56,772 And Foley asks for an effort now. 1713 01:36:56,765 --> 01:36:59,755 Bantling Boy storms into the lead, by a length, two lengths. 1714 01:36:59,764 --> 01:37:01,794 And Bantling Boy wins his come-back 1715 01:37:01,785 --> 01:37:03,505 race in a canter. - Yes! 1716 01:37:03,506 --> 01:37:04,516 - Have you had a bet on, sir? 1717 01:37:04,522 --> 01:37:05,392 - I have, Scott. 1718 01:37:05,391 --> 01:37:08,021 I've made myself a nice little killing. 1719 01:37:08,973 --> 01:37:11,583 (eerie music)