1 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,440 PANTING 2 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:45,720 Next. 3 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,480 Next. 4 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,480 TRAIN HORN BLARES 5 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:33,000 Platformone for the next service to London Waterloo. 6 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 All aboard, please! All aboard! 7 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,280 Oh! 8 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,120 Oh, let me help you with your... 9 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,440 Oh, thank you! 10 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:04,520 Thank you so much. 11 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,000 SHE COUGHS 12 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,240 Oh! 13 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,920 Fudge? 14 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:30,200 Home-made. 15 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,720 Keep the paper. 16 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,000 I've chosen a horse. 17 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,360 Sweet tooth, I see. 18 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,360 Are you going up to London to study? 19 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,400 No, my studying days are long gone. 20 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,480 Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam. 21 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,120 Soon to be of Whitehall. 22 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,120 Lavinia Pinkerton. Pleased to meet you. 23 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,040 You're Nigerian? I guessed. 24 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,160 Papa was stationed there. 25 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,560 Though why anyone would leave such beauty 26 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,280 for these dreary shores, I do not know. 27 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:17,920 Won't you miss home? 28 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,000 Won't home miss you? 29 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,760 I think I'm here to make home proud. 30 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,200 Sir William Ossington of the Colonial Office - 31 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,000 I was his attache. 32 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,200 Always said I was wasted in regional government. 33 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,560 So, when he was recalled, he asked for me 34 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,320 to work for him at Whitehall. 35 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,320 Whitehall, you say? 36 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:40,880 Perhaps you might happen to know what time Scotland Yard closes? 37 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,360 It's vital I don't miss them. 38 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,680 You see, I must get back to Algernon, 39 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,800 but I have to report... 40 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,280 ..murder. 41 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:50,680 Murder? 42 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,240 Murder. 43 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,080 Tommy Pierce, pushed. 44 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,000 I found him on the parapet. 45 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Harry Carter, the publican 46 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,720 down in the next village, Ashe Bottom, drowned. 47 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,000 Two murders?Perhaps three. 48 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,680 If my suspicions are correct. 49 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,040 But I do know for certain there'll be more. 50 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,200 The murderer has a point to make 51 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,240 and will keep killing until it's made. 52 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,000 I must stop them.But if you know the murderer's identity, 53 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,760 why not tell the police? 54 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,400 I tried! 55 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,000 The village policeman is fine with lost cats, 56 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,680 but to listen to an old Auntie talking mass murder? 57 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,200 Especially when the suspect is a respectable person. 58 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,160 No, not many people do, you know? 59 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:38,560 Listen. 60 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,000 Scotland Yard is my last hope. 61 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,600 But, Auntie... 62 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,600 LUKE LAUGHS 63 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,800 ..how can someone murder three people in an English village 64 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,880 without it being noticed? 65 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,040 Inoticed, my dear. 66 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:58,000 And murder is easy 67 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,200 for a certain type of person. 68 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:08,880 TRAIN HORN BLARES Well, we mustn't miss the race. 69 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,080 Have you picked a winner? 70 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:11,800 I love the Derby, don't you? Oh... 71 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,000 STEAM HISSES 72 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,640 It'sabsurd to think a grown woman can't place a bet 73 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,720 without opprobrium in this day and age! 74 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:45,560 Papa and I did Port Harcourt races every week. 75 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,000 He could always spot a winner - as indeed can I, I believe. 76 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 I've... I've sent my bags ahead. 77 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,040 Can I...? Can I accompany you to Scotland Yard. 78 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,400 No need. 79 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,200 Whatever happens now, 80 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,360 someone else knows the truth. 81 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,400 Someone I can trust, can't I? 82 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:09,800 Yes. 83 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:11,160 Yes, of course. Last bets! 84 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,560 Last bets! Oh, hurry! 85 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,000 Last bets, everybody! 86 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,880 40-1 on Jujube II! 87 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,440 40-1! Auntie, are you quite sure? 88 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:23,520 Perfectly. 89 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,640 20 guineas on Jujube II. 90 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,000 And they're lining up now. 91 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,440 And, er... Lining up. 92 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,080 ..all this on Never Say Die. 93 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,680 1954 Epsom Derby. 94 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,720 On second thought, Jujube II. 95 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,040 They're coming up rather quickly... Jujube II. 96 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,000 All right. It could be a go first time. 97 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,480 Starters giving the nod. He looks happy. 98 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,840 And they're off first time to a very good start! 99 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:51,240 Extremely good start! 100 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,800 Moonlight Express coming on the stand side. 101 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,720 Then comes Arabian Phoenix and Never Say Die. 102 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,280 Dark Corsair is very well placed, and it's Never Say Die 103 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:01,360 from Dark Corsair! 104 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,440 Arabian Phoenix falling back! 105 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,240 And here comes Jujube II! 106 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,720 Jujube II coming on the wide outside to beat them all! 107 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,400 50 yards to go! 108 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,360 Jujube II is going to win it! 109 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,120 TYRE SCREECH LOUD CRASH 110 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:17,920 Jujube IIthe winner! 111 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,320 Hereyou are, mate. Take your winnings. 112 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,320 Officer! 113 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,600 Officer, erm... 114 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,000 I know this woman! 115 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,640 I have... I have her money here! 116 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,000 See? My name is Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam. 117 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,400 That's O-B... 118 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,000 I... 119 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,160 My mistake. Never mind. 120 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:16,880 Officer, I saw a car. 121 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,760 MUSIC PLAYS 122 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,760 Arespectable old woman, Jimmy. 123 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,480 Talking one minute, dead the next. 124 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,000 While I stood there with her Derby winnings in my hand! 125 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:44,360 MaybeI should find her village, 126 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,640 pay my respects to her family as the last person to see her...? 127 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,160 Very admirable, cousin, but how? 128 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,440 Andwhat about Whitehall and your old employer? 129 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:55,720 Sir William Ossington. 130 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,720 Ossington? 131 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,120 That colonial butcher? 132 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:05,000 Heh! Behold the Imperial African! 133 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,240 Self-colonised, collaborating with his oppressors! 134 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,520 Hey, no wonder you sound like an Englishman. 135 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:14,320 He offered me a job. As what? 136 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:15,800 His man Friday? 137 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,240 SHE TUTS 138 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,200 Ido hope you can type. 139 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,600 How is your filing? 140 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,000 As his attache here in London. 141 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,240 It's a senior diplomatic post. 142 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:26,440 There'll be no typing. 143 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:27,640 Ngozi! Eh, eh? 144 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,760 MUSIC PLAYS PEOPLE CHEER 145 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,840 But that poor, poor woman. 146 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:58,200 Obi, please, I beg. 147 00:10:58,200 --> 00:10:59,560 Stop talking about this Auntie. 148 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:01,000 She was talking of murder! 149 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,600 Murders in her village. 150 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,760 She said he'd kill again, and now she's dead. 151 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,160 Doesn't that seem...? 152 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,000 Someone should go there and... 153 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Let me get this straight, oh, great black saviour. 154 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,640 You roll up to some deep bush place full of homicide... 155 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:20,000 And start asking questions about murder? 156 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,320 Do you want to be arrested? 157 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,240 Shouldn't someone at least return her money? 158 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,000 Shouldn't someone be in his own village, 159 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,000 helping his own people gain independence back home? 160 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,000 When were you last home, Miss Ngozi? 161 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,560 You'vebeen in England "studying" for years. 162 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:38,360 Or perhaps you've become fond of the climate?Oh... 163 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,000 Ngozi, the hook only catches the fish 164 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,200 with its mouth open. 165 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,200 NGOZI TUTS 166 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,600 Or perhaps we both owe it to our people 167 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,240 to do what's right and make them proud, 168 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,000 whether that's back home in the village 169 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,560 or somewhere in England? No! 170 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,200 No! 171 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,760 You're not going to any village - you're going to bed! 172 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,440 And tomorrow, Whitehall! 173 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,160 Mm. 174 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,200 TYRE SCREECH LOUD CRASHING 175 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:20,560 PANTING 176 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,600 No, that's fine. 177 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,040 Thanks for letting me know. 178 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,560 And what did they say? 179 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:41,480 Sir William is away. 180 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,000 Nothing to worry about. 181 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,000 I have to wait for his letter before reporting for duties. 182 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,320 Just a couple of days. 183 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,880 KEYS JANGLE 184 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,240 Miss? 185 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,040 Miss, can you, err...? 186 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,000 Can you point me to the family of a Miss Pin...? 187 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,440 Hurry, or we'll miss the verdict. 188 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,000 Lacking witnesses to the demise of Harry Carter, publican 189 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,000 of The Seven Stars, Ashe Bottom, 190 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,000 I am dispensing a verdict of death by drowning 191 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,480 at Wychwood watermill, 192 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,400 whilst under the influence of strong liquor. 193 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,000 For the avoidance of doubt... 194 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:39,200 ..anaccident. 195 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,640 Next case. 196 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:45,480 Tommy Pierce, window cleaner of Ashe Bottom. 197 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,440 Major Horton to the stand! 198 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,560 COUGHING 199 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:57,480 Well, he was larking around on the balcony balustrade 200 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,000 at Ashe Manor, East Wing. 201 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Doing impressions. 202 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,440 Impressions of whom? 203 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,000 Well, Lord Whitfield, I believe. 204 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:14,640 Well, I shook my fist and carried on walking with me dogs. 205 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,000 Didn't see him fall. 206 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,640 Calling Dr Thomas to the stand. 207 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:24,560 The impact of said fall resulted in the complete bisection 208 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,320 of C3 and C4. 209 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,080 He broke his neck. 210 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,040 Thank you, Dr Thomas. 211 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,320 Calling Miss Waynflete to the stand. 212 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,320 So Tommy Pierce had been employed to clean the windows 213 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:44,440 at Ashe Manor. 214 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,000 Where were you at this time? 215 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,440 I was working downstairs, 216 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,600 labelling Lord Whitfield's Anglo-Saxon goblets. 217 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:52,000 I heard his impressions, 218 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,600 but I didn't see him fall. 219 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,280 So who found the body? 220 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,560 Lavinia Pinkerton to the stand! 221 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:00,680 Where is she? 222 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:03,560 Oh, dear old Pinkerton. 223 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,280 She's probably looking after Algernon. 224 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,160 Not present. 225 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,560 In which case... Oh! Oh, blast! 226 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,160 ..with no more witnesses 227 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,880 and given we have heard ample evidence of the deceased, 228 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,000 Thomas Pierce's history of delinquent 229 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,840 and foolhardy behaviour, 230 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,520 I confidently bring this inquest to a close 231 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,040 with a verdict of accidental death. 232 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,000 FOOTSTEPS 233 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:50,760 So,you're a journalist? 234 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,080 That explains it. 235 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:55,360 Oh, a rather bad journalist. 236 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:56,760 Me? no! 237 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,720 I thought you might have been. 238 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,560 Just your averagely observant secretary. 239 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:02,640 I live in Wychwood, 240 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,400 so there's precious little to challenge 241 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:05,800 my powers of observation. 242 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,200 Until you arrived. 243 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,240 Fitzwilliam. 244 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,000 Er, Luke Fitzwilliam. 245 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,480 And what brings you to Wychwood, Er Fitzwilliam? 246 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,240 Our sparkling society? 247 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,120 Actually... Because we haven't any. 248 00:17:24,360 --> 00:17:26,320 Fresh air and exercise? 249 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:27,800 Convalescence? 250 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:29,600 Are you an invalid, Mr Fitzwilliam? 251 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,120 I find myself in excellent health. 252 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:32,520 I'm pleased to hear it. 253 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,000 Though I hope you have a reason to be here in Wychwood, 254 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,800 otherwise I am obliged to inform the authorities. 255 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,040 What if I'm on a secret mission? 256 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,040 Blink twice if you're a spy. 257 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,160 Cultural anthropologist. 258 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:56,320 Bless you. Thank you. 259 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:57,800 No. Me. 260 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,160 I-I am. 261 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,000 A cultural anthropologist. 262 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,400 Researching a book. 263 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,680 Er, Comparing Customs and Folklore in Rural England and Nigeria. 264 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,240 I'll be in Wychwood a while, comparing the local... 265 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,560 ..customs and folklore. 266 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:17,720 Hmm. 267 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Well, satanic rituals are every third Tuesday of the month. 268 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 LUKE LAUGHS 269 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Very amusing. 270 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,160 Er... 271 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,560 Well, a pleasure to have met you, Miss, er...? 272 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,120 Conway. 273 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:38,440 Bridget Conway. 274 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:05,560 DOOR CREAKS 275 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:06,960 Innkeeper'sout. 276 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,000 Thank you. 277 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,160 INDISTINCT COMMENTARY 278 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,280 LAVINIA:Themurderer has a point to make. 279 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:52,960 I must stop them. 280 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,000 BIRD SCREECHES 281 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:22,640 LUKE GASPS 282 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 TOMMYSCREAMS 283 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,080 Thinkyou'll find you're in the wrong place, sir. 284 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,960 His Lordship and the other guests will be inside the house. 285 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,600 KNOCKING 286 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,440 PIANO MUSIC PLAYS 287 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:05,320 LordWhitfield? 288 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:11,000 I received your very generous invitation 289 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 and I just wanted to... Mr Fitzwilliam? 290 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,800 We have never had a cultural anthropologist for supper, 291 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,880 so we thought we'd have you for starters. 292 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,560 Mr Fitzwilliam, Lord Whitfield. Hmm. 293 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,520 My Bridget tells me you are writing a book on superstitions. 294 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,160 Yes. 295 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,400 Yes. 296 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,680 Similarities between cultures, the remarkable universality... 297 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,760 Yeah, I've never approved of superstitions. 298 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,760 Have I, Bridget? 299 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:43,880 Mm... 300 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,160 "Have nothing to do with foolish and irreverent myths. 301 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:47,880 "Rather, train yourself for Godliness" - 302 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:49,040 Timothy, 4:7. 303 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,800 So, what sort of man are you, Mr Fitzwilliam? 304 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,360 Old Fashioned? 305 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:57,000 Dark 'n' Stormy? 306 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,320 A Highball chap, I'd say. 307 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:00,640 I'll mix you one. 308 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,800 You recall Dr Thomas from the inquest? 309 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,600 Reverend and Mrs Humbleby. 310 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,000 Andtheir daughter, Rose. 311 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,800 Delighted to meet you, young man. 312 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,520 Pleased to make your acquaintance. 313 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,800 You know, some say the books are the key to the castle. 314 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,800 And look where they have got you. 315 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,600 From your mud hut... 316 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,240 ..toall this. 317 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,760 QUIET LAUGHTER 318 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,480 Thanks. 319 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,200 Dinneris served. 320 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,680 My love?Thank you. 321 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,800 Bridget used to be his secretary. 322 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,160 Now they're engaged. 323 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,520 So romantic. 324 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,040 Come, Rose. 325 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,000 I'm comparing everyday pagan practices 326 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,560 in a typical English village to those in Nigeria. 327 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,000 You hear that? "Pagan practices!" 328 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,280 In Wychwood, Reverend Humbleby! 329 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,440 This isn't the Middle Ages, my Lord. 330 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,120 The Church is increasingly forward thinking. 331 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:18,000 So, Fitzwilliam, 332 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,880 d-do you make a decent living book-writing? 333 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,640 Never had to find out. Well, how's that? 334 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,240 My father's village is very fortunate. 335 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,360 2,000 square miles of arable land and, er, 336 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:32,600 mud huts. 337 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,520 Oh, and oil. 338 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:37,760 Hmm! 339 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,320 You'll be running yourselves before you know it. 340 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,160 Well, Fitzwilliam, I'm in cement, 341 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,640 which holds the modern world together. 342 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,680 My father was the village cobbler. 343 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,040 But I just pulled myself up by... 344 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,680 A spot of wartime profiteering? 345 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,320 ..my bootstraps... 346 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,000 HE CHUCKLES 347 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 Ahem! 348 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,680 ..righteous hard work and the grace of God. 349 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:05,920 Mm. 350 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,800 The chapter I'm working on now? 351 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:19,000 Well, it concerns popular beliefs around violent death, 352 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000 falls or accidents. 353 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,440 Many cultures believe when a life is cut short 354 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,200 it's spirit lives on, 355 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,880 restlessly walking the earth. 356 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,160 Goodness! How terrifying. 357 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:31,560 Quite right. 358 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,560 No-one wants the likes of Harry Carter 359 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,000 restlessly walking around. 360 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,920 Mr Carter was rather a terror. 361 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,120 That drunk violently accosted me on my own estate! 362 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:41,160 Didn't he, Bridget? Hmm? 363 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,760 And as for Tommy Pierce! 364 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,480 Oh, impertinent devil... 365 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:47,800 Voice of an angel. 366 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,360 In my medical opinion, the lad was unbalanced 367 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:52,000 in more ways than one. 368 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,560 You didn't mention that interesting detail at the inquest, Dr Thomas. 369 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,160 Sad. Many deaths recently. 370 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,400 Yes, and now Miss Pinkerton! 371 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,160 What? 372 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:16,320 Dead? 373 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:17,680 How? 374 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,000 Struck down. 375 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,360 Yesterday in London. 376 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:24,000 What? I should've been notified of any accident. 377 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,360 It's protocol.Dead? Are you absolutely certain? 378 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:29,400 Yes. Mr Fitzwilliam, how could you possibly know this? 379 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,240 Woman struck down by car. 380 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:35,800 It was in The Standard, late edition. 381 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,760 They don't deliver it here? 382 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,320 Poor, dear Lavinia. 383 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,040 Another tragic accident. 384 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,200 Such a shame. 385 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,160 I'm sorry, I still don't quite understand. 386 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,280 What was it that drew your attention to the death 387 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,000 of a perfect stranger? 388 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000 I happened to notice her address. 389 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,800 Wychwood. 390 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,400 Such a coincidence. 391 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,480 Such. 392 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,040 How did they identify her? 393 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,440 Her name was engraved on her umbrella, I believe. 394 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,480 Miss Pinkerton left no relatives? 395 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,480 Only Algernon Jones. 396 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,000 Her cat. 397 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,280 Poor old Pinkerton, 398 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,680 not living to see my Whitfield New Town! 399 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,520 None of us shall, providence willing. 400 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:35,720 Gentlemen. 401 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,440 No business talk now. 402 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,840 If I'd had my way, 403 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:45,000 Whitfield New Town would be fully erected by now. 404 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,120 The cement beacon lighting our way to a brighter future! 405 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,280 If some people weren't dead set against me. 406 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,000 A brighter future for whom? 407 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,480 Certainlynot the people of Ashe Bottom. 408 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,760 You sit here in your mansion, 409 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,680 drawing up your elaborate plans 410 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:07,120 instead of building some decent, affordable homes! 411 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,880 This is a new town, 412 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,160 carrying my name. 413 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,320 No-one gives a fig for your name! 414 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,920 Steady on, Vicar, old chap. And you, Doctor. 415 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,520 What exactly do you on the board? 416 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:25,320 Apart from toady to his lordship's pipe dream? 417 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,160 I said at the last board meeting, and as your priest, 418 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,400 it's pure vanity! 419 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:31,640 It won't do! 420 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:34,840 It won't... 421 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,040 Arthur?Father? 422 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:44,560 A-Arthur, what's wrong? 423 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,040 Stand aside, man! 424 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,040 He's just fainted. 425 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,000 We'll get him home safely. 426 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,320 Goodbye. 427 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,520 Well, hope all's well for Saturday. 428 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,840 We need the Humblebys for the mixed doubles. 429 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,000 You too, Fitzwilliam. 430 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,200 Too much of your excellent port, my Lord. 431 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,040 Nothing a strong coffee and an aspirin won't fix. 432 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,760 Thank you. 433 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,000 Miss Conway? 434 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:39,600 Goodnight. 435 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,000 Help! 436 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,440 MUFFLED SHOUTS 437 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:07,720 Help! 438 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,000 ConstableReed! Anyone! 439 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,120 Help! 440 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:18,920 It's my maid, Amy! 441 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,200 She's in her room! 442 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:22,360 Something dreadful! 443 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,120 Thedoor's locked from the inside! 444 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,400 It's the first door on the left! 445 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,760 BANGING 446 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,440 Amy! 447 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,000 Amy! Amy! 448 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,760 Stay with me! Stay with me! 449 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,320 Amy! 450 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,040 AMY GASPS 451 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:50,160 No! 452 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,640 I'm sorry. 453 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,000 I was just too late. 454 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,560 Couldn't have saved her anyway. 455 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,000 Oxalic acid. 456 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,720 Red hat paint. 457 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,480 Her internal organs must be liquified. 458 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,000 Poisoned? 459 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,800 You think someone might've...? 460 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,000 Forced her to drink hat paint? 461 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,200 I gave her some cough linctus yesterday. 462 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,760 She must have mixed up the bottles. 463 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,600 A very silly girl 464 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,040 had a very silly accident. 465 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,000 What a frightful morning. 466 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,600 Poor Amy. 467 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,000 You knew her? 468 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,440 An orphan. 469 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,600 The Carters took her in. 470 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,720 Sent into service at 15, 471 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,040 but she was too free spirited for the work. 472 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,040 What a tragic life. 473 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,040 Wychwood can be welcoming. 474 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:02,520 But it rather depends. 475 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:03,880 Depends? 476 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,360 On what? 477 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:06,520 Where you came from. 478 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,600 I hope the Vicar is recovered? 479 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,120 An infection. 480 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,120 Dr Thomas has given him Penicillin. 481 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,000 Take care, Mr Fitzwilliam. 482 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,280 Constable. 483 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,280 Thisvillage really is... 484 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,400 A deep bush place full of homicide? 485 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,520 Exactly. 486 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,320 Were there any relatives there? 487 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,240 No, there's no relatives to return the money to. 488 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:50,640 A girl just died. 489 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,000 Right in front of me. 490 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,280 And everyone's insisting it's an accident. 491 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,120 Please do forward the letter from Whitehall 492 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,000 when it arrives, Ngozi. 493 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:03,040 But now I must go find out how to drown a man. 494 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,240 LAVINIA:Murder... 495 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:25,560 ..Harry Carter... 496 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:27,520 ..the publican down in the next village.... 497 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:28,640 ..Ashe Bottom... 498 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,680 ..drowned... 499 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,040 HE GASPS 500 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,480 LUKE GASPS 501 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:04,680 PANTING 502 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:14,680 MrFitzwilliam? 503 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,680 I've stopped the water. 504 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:22,600 That'squite a pickle you've got yourself into. 505 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,680 Now that I've saved your life, 506 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,520 perhaps this might be the time to... 507 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,520 To ask you, 508 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,000 Mr Fitzwilliam... 509 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,360 ..what it is you are doing here? 510 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:53,640 Me? 511 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,280 Nothing! 512 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,280 I could ask you the same question. 513 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,000 Well, I'm here because I am always here. 514 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:01,680 Livedhere all my life. 515 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,240 Whereas you... 516 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:06,440 Are you one of those men 517 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,800 who never know when to leave well enough alone? 518 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,000 You clever women are the cruellest. 519 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:18,000 Well, there is precious little reward for our cleverness, 520 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,360 so we must get our small pleasures where we can. 521 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,840 So, spanking new tweeds, 522 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,240 turning up at stranger's inquest, 523 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:42,760 spurious book on folklore 524 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,640 about which you know virtually nothing. 525 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:50,160 The only area in which you seem to show any expertise 526 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,040 is Miss Pinkerton's death, 527 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,000 a subject on which you are so well informed 528 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,720 I can only conclude 529 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:57,360 that you killed Miss Pinkerton. 530 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:03,000 I know she was killed. 531 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,480 Deliberately. And even if Carter wasn't pushed... 532 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:08,480 He drank, fell, drowned. 533 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:09,800 Accident. 534 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,000 All right. 535 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,440 What about Amy Gibbs and her red hat paint? 536 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,840 Amy Gibbs and her what? 537 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,600 Amy Gibbs and... 538 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:20,280 Red hat paint. Amy Gibbs mistook her cough linctus for oxalic acid. 539 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,840 She most certainly did not! 540 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,560 You accuse me of killing old women, but draw the line at hat paint? 541 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,280 Only a man wouldn't! 542 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,280 LUKE CHUCKLES 543 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,240 And that is because no-one has used hat paint since the war! 544 00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:36,000 And if Amy Gibbs wanted a different colour hat, she'd buy a new one! 545 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,000 And it would never be red! Why not? 546 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,520 Amy Gibbs had flaming red hair, 547 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,320 and redheads don't wear red hats! 548 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:47,200 You... 549 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:49,400 You'reright. 550 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,680 See, that never would have occurred to a man. 551 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,000 Right. 552 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,000 I'm going to pay Miss Waynflete a visit, 553 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,840 get an explanation for this cough linctus hat paint nonsense. 554 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:06,720 Are you coming? 555 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:12,560 KNOCKING 556 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,680 I was concerned for you 557 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,640 after this morning's tragic events. 558 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,160 Thank you, Mr Fitzwilliam. 559 00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:32,680 I thought she might help you with your research. 560 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,600 Miss Waynflete is quite the history buff. 561 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,160 Amateur curiosity. 562 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,160 SHE LAUGHS 563 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,760 I curate Lord Whitfield's private collection and library. 564 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,200 Sugar? Yes. 565 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:44,400 Four, please. 566 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,640 I've no wish to upset you further, Miss Waynflete. 567 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,200 Could I search Amy's room? 568 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,440 I just... I may have lost my watch. 569 00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:57,760 This morning. 570 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,000 Her door was locked? 571 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,080 Strange girl. 572 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,360 Insisted on shutting herself in at night. 573 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,120 Oh, poor Algernon Jones! 574 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,680 He has a nasty ear infection. 575 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,360 But he was Lavinia's 576 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,520 so I can't let him go to strangers. 577 00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:23,200 Ah, Algernon. 578 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,880 Oh, look! There's your watch. 579 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,560 Oh, thanks. 580 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,840 Well spotted, Miss Waynflete! 581 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:32,800 Had Amy been with you long? 582 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,000 No. 583 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,560 It's unchristian to speak ill of the dead, 584 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,520 but Amy was a far from ideal maid. 585 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,000 Lord Whitfield dismissed her 586 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,840 because her tongue tended to run away with her, I'm afraid. 587 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,000 Still, I doubt she died of insolence.Yes. 588 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,040 CAT MEOWS 589 00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,480 Dr Thomas said Amy mixed up her bottles, 590 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,040 but there's only the one here. 591 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,040 Even in the dark, Amy couldn't mix up one bottle. 592 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,000 If there is a murderer, why didn't Miss Pinkerton give you a name? 593 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,000 She only said the killer was a "respectable" man 594 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,200 with a point to make. 595 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,240 Andwe know that he was in London when Miss Pinkerton was killed. 596 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:24,760 What about the car that killed her? 597 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,240 It sped away. 598 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:28,320 The police at the scene were rather... 599 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:31,000 I was unable to identify the driver. 600 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,160 So? 601 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,000 Whowas out of the village on Derby Day? 602 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,400 Augustus! Come here, sir! 603 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,680 Nelly! Nelly, don't be a madam. 604 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,240 Hello, Major. Hmm... 605 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:47,840 Hmm. 606 00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:00,000 Is that gentleman perfectly well? 607 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,400 Major Horton? 608 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:06,200 He has been a tad peculiar since his wife died last year. 609 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,440 Though she left him all her money, 610 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:14,000 and was, quite frankly, a bit of a gorgon. 611 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,680 Even the dogs have had a spring in their step since she died. 612 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,240 You know, Miss Pinkerton did mention a third victim. 613 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,000 How did Mrs Horton die? 614 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,000 A horrid gastric bug. 615 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,320 So they say. 616 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:34,600 What if there is a murderer walking among us? 617 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,320 And what if he finds out you aren't who you say you are 618 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,240 and you know what you know, 619 00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:42,800 and then he comes for you and...? 620 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,480 There's something I'd like to show you. 621 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,720 MissConway, can I escort you home? 622 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,480 If you like, Luke Fitzwilliam. 623 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:04,680 Obiako. 624 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:08,600 Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam. 625 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,000 Oh! 626 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,000 I'm sorry to have to ask, 627 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,000 but where was Lord Whitfield on Derby Day? 628 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,440 Don't you worry about Gordon. 629 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,560 He has the perfect alibi - me. 630 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,880 The parapet. 631 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,240 Miss Pinkerton said she found Tommy's body... 632 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,040 ..here... 633 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:53,560 Tommy's body couldn't fall from here 634 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:54,720 and land there 635 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,440 without considerable velocity. 636 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,560 In other words... Tommy was pushed. 637 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:02,880 It wasn't an accident. 638 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:05,240 None of them were. 639 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:08,160 No. 640 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:09,400 It was murder. 641 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,560 We need to find a link. 642 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,120 A connection between the victims. 643 00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:24,080 Well, none of them were saints. 644 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:25,320 They had enemies. 645 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:27,840 Perhaps. 646 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,320 Though I wouldn't honestly know because they... 647 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:35,800 All three are from Ashe Bottom! 648 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,280 Down by the brickworks. 649 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,520 Sort of the other side of the tracks. 650 00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:43,000 Then I need to go there, 651 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,520 find out what point this killer's trying to make 652 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,640 and who was out of the village on Derby Day. 653 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:56,400 No, watch it or it's going to fall! 654 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:57,680 Oh! 655 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:24,920 PATRONS FALL SILENT 656 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,000 DOOR CLOSES 657 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:36,520 CouldI, er... 658 00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:37,720 Could I see a menu? 659 00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:43,320 WHISPERING 660 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:47,480 Thena pint of your finest and some pork, er, scratchings? 661 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,280 My condolences for Amy Gibbs. 662 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,760 What's that about my niece? 663 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:02,320 I'll thank you not to come here and stir up feelings! 664 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,600 LUKE CRUNCHES 665 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,600 Oh... 666 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,760 LUKE GAGS 667 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,760 Oh... 668 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:12,320 What is this diabolical stuff?! 669 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,640 LAUGHTER 670 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:17,400 Ugh! 671 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,280 "Nelly! Come here, madam! 672 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:24,760 "Augustus! I say!" 673 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:26,160 It's Horton! 674 00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:29,000 "It's my moral duty to name this pub after me, 675 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:30,920 "isn't it, Bridget?" 676 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:32,360 Lord Whitfield. Yes! 677 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:35,200 Our capitalist running dog lord of the manor. 678 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,000 Ihear it all, driving. 679 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:39,720 His schemes and plans. 680 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:41,240 D'you know what I don't hear? 681 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:43,600 Any work in Ashe Bottom. Hmm... 682 00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:47,400 He'll have his shiny new town, and we'll have sweet F—A. 683 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:48,640 Like always. 684 00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:51,000 Well, Lord Whitfield's a respectable man. 685 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,240 Surely he'll... 686 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,240 LAUGHTER 687 00:45:53,240 --> 00:45:54,760 Respectable? 688 00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:58,480 No more respectable than anyone else from Ashe Bottom. 689 00:45:58,480 --> 00:45:59,600 He's one of us! 690 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:01,240 Well, he used to be. 691 00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:04,360 Born and raised on this street. Mm-hm. 692 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,200 He paid for his peerage from his wartime profiteering, 693 00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:10,320 a few backhanders in the right people's pockets. 694 00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,720 He climbed the greasy pole to "respectability" 695 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:14,240 and pulled the ladder up behind him 696 00:46:14,240 --> 00:46:16,200 quicker than he could yell "Bridget!" 697 00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:19,760 Come on, your turn. 698 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,440 Yeah, let's hear it. 699 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:23,280 I can do Dr Thomas. 700 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:25,560 Nah, not him. 701 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,480 Nothing funny about Dr Thomas. 702 00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:30,640 He's only got time for his private patients 703 00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:32,120 and nothing but linctus for us. 704 00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:33,640 Linctus? 705 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:35,000 What kind of linctus? 706 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,560 Cheap codeine. 707 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:38,760 It's the only medicine we ever get from him. 708 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:41,640 Even children? 709 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:43,040 He put Tommy on it. 710 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:47,000 Lad was leaning like the Tower of Pisa. 711 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:50,320 Just another brown bottle for Harry to drown his woes in. 712 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,840 Until he drank enough to knock himself out. 713 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:56,000 Amy was coughing like a consumptive before he saw her. 714 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,320 And what did he give her? 715 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:01,000 Codeine linctus. 716 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,400 Bet they won't look into Amy's death any more than they did Tommy's. 717 00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:07,240 Huh. 718 00:47:07,240 --> 00:47:08,640 Welcome to Wychwood. 719 00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:30,000 Keep taking the penicillin. 720 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:33,000 It'll mop up the last of the infection in your hand. 721 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,760 Dr Thomas! 722 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:36,120 Ah! Ooh! 723 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:39,280 Ah! 724 00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,240 Iwonder if you might check me over? 725 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:49,480 Reverend Humbleby. 726 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,000 Not still unwell, I hope? 727 00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:52,440 Don't let that one fleece you! 728 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,600 He charges extra for the good stuff. Father! 729 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:56,360 What? Dr Thomas is only... 730 00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,240 Oh, all that flattering and fawning doesn't fool me! 731 00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:00,720 Greasing his wheels! 732 00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:04,200 There's nothing that young man won't do to get what he wants! 733 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,640 I was hoping to be in shape for tennis 734 00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:12,280 up at the manor. 735 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:16,080 Hmm... An old rugby injury playing up. 736 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:17,520 Probably the weather. 737 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,000 OK. 738 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:20,720 Well, walk to the window and back. 739 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:30,800 How's the book going? 740 00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,200 Did I mention I'm writing a book myself? 741 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:34,640 Oh, really? 742 00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:36,800 On what topic? 743 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:38,480 Leg seems fine... 744 00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:43,560 Yes, a scientific guide to improving society. 745 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:46,440 Fascinating. 746 00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:48,000 How? 747 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,680 Judicious elimination. 748 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,000 Of whom? 749 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:53,280 Oh, you know the sort. 750 00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:55,400 People like... 751 00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:57,400 ..Carter. 752 00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:58,840 The wife-beating drunk? 753 00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:00,680 No loss there! 754 00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:04,000 Didn't Tommy's death save us all from his inevitable future life 755 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:05,320 of crime? 756 00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:07,560 Interesting thought, no? 757 00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:10,000 I'm not sure your patients would agree. 758 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,280 How would they know? 759 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:14,800 It's one thing you Africans have right. 760 00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,360 The power of life and death lies solely in the hands 761 00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:20,400 of Chief Bongo Bongo. 762 00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:24,720 It's not that simple. 763 00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:26,000 We have laws. 764 00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:27,520 Laws. Of course. 765 00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:30,400 But now you take me for a mass murderer! 766 00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:31,880 THEY LAUGH 767 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:33,760 Would a murderer be so frank? 768 00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:35,480 I'm merely making a scientific point. 769 00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:39,320 A point? Yesterday, you said Amy mixed up her bottles. 770 00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:40,800 Unpleasant accident. 771 00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:42,480 Miss Waynflete only found the one. 772 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:44,240 I kept the other for testing. 773 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:46,920 You see? 774 00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,040 There's always a scientific explanation. 775 00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,560 Some would call that tampering with evidence, Dr Thomas. 776 00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:54,160 I'm a doctor! Criminology is my hobby. 777 00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:55,800 I always follow protocol. 778 00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:57,000 Protocol? 779 00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:58,200 Augustus! 780 00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:58,200 DOG BARKS 781 00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:01,040 Conduct yourself properly in the proper manner, sir. 782 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,880 It wasn't followed after Miss Pinkerton's death. 783 00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:14,080 Where were you on Derby Day? 784 00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:17,800 Three villages away, attending a birth. 785 00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:19,160 Here we are. 786 00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:22,960 Kreuzhammer's Inferiority and Crime, 787 00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:25,000 translated from the German. 788 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:28,120 And... Race Hygiene. 789 00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:38,400 A scientific programme would weed out the degenerates. 790 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:50,320 You keep these in stock? 791 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,440 Aren't they on prescription? 792 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:56,040 Just a codeine linctus. 793 00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:58,360 Cures most common ills. 794 00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:01,480 One step up from a placebo, really. 795 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:02,840 Why? Want some? 796 00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,600 Kedu? 797 00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,640 You speak Igbo? 798 00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:24,000 And Efik. 799 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:26,720 SomeIjaw. 800 00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:29,800 I've been trying to ascertain your precise tribe 801 00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:31,000 since the inquest, 802 00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:34,040 before extending a proper greeting. 803 00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:43,600 LUKE LAUGHS Glad I backed the right horse. 804 00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:45,640 Let's go to a proper pub. 805 00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:47,400 I cannot believe you built the rugby pitch 806 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:48,640 I played upon! 807 00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,000 With these very hands, my son! 808 00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,800 Yourheadmaster was a very dear friend. 809 00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:56,800 He was a huge influence upon me. 810 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,160 Yes, I can hear that. 811 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:02,640 Did you know Miss Pinkerton, sir? 812 00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:04,280 Pinky? Of course! 813 00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:08,160 We used to pore over the Racing Post together every week. 814 00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:09,920 Loved the gee-gees, did Pinky. 815 00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:12,560 How was the Derby? 816 00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:14,920 Ah, Jujube II! 817 00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:18,000 Winged feet! 818 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,360 I said to the Vicar, "Back the nag!" 819 00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:25,520 Wewere there, Humbleby and I. 820 00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:30,400 OK, raise your glass. 821 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,040 Here's to my dear wife. 822 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:37,240 Her loss must have affected you deeply. 823 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:41,880 Well, she was getting so much better. 824 00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:46,320 Then sudden relapse, 825 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:47,760 wasn't herself. 826 00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,840 She told Amy she was being poisoned. 827 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:52,880 Amy Gibbs was your maid, too? Mm. 828 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:54,280 A nasty business. 829 00:52:57,440 --> 00:52:58,680 By the way, Major... 830 00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:01,560 ..who was the doctor that treated your wife? 831 00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:04,800 Why,that young snapper, 832 00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:06,280 Dr Thomas. 833 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,640 Ha! Well, that was a breeze. 834 00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:15,600 That last ball was definitely out. 835 00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:17,360 It was halfway to Chipping Norton. 836 00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:19,240 Sorry, er... 837 00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:20,440 What did you say? 838 00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:25,680 What did you say?! I don't think so. 839 00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:27,720 Chalk flew, didn't it, Gordon? 840 00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:30,960 Yes, like a bird! 841 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:34,120 Ha, good. 842 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:35,560 Like a dead bird. 843 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,840 Dr Thomas treated Mrs Horton. 844 00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:40,240 She was his first victim. 845 00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:43,000 The one Miss Pinkerton wasn't sure of? 846 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:45,000 She told people she was being poisoned, 847 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:46,440 and Amy was her maid. 848 00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:48,480 She must've known too much, so he killed her too! 849 00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:51,000 Dr Thomas had opportunity and means to kill Amy, 850 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,640 gave Carter and Tommy codeine linctus like Amy 851 00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:55,600 and he was out of the village on Derby Day. 852 00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:57,760 Where is the good doctor? 853 00:53:57,760 --> 00:53:59,440 With a patient? 854 00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:00,760 Or murdering one. 855 00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:05,040 The thing is... 856 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,440 ..Mrs Horton wasn't from Ashe Bottom. 857 00:54:10,240 --> 00:54:12,200 Which means the next victim... Could be anyone. 858 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:18,000 Oh, come on! 859 00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,040 That was clearly my shot! 860 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,160 Don't look at me like that. Miss Conway? 861 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:25,720 Mm? 862 00:54:25,720 --> 00:54:27,920 Oh, Bridget, why are you marrying that man? 863 00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:35,120 Do you know what a secretary earns? 864 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,000 Of course you don't. 865 00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:42,000 Well, pennies compared to Lady Whitfield. 866 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:43,720 For very different duties. 867 00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:45,000 Really? 868 00:54:47,240 --> 00:54:50,320 I doubt Gordon will even kiss me goodnight after a year. 869 00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:56,480 Why do you care? 870 00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:57,680 You'll be in Whitehall. 871 00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:00,520 Becauseit's not what you deserve. 872 00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:03,080 Thisis not... What? 873 00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:07,000 Love? 874 00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:12,080 Have you tried it? 875 00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:15,400 Lovinguntil it hurts? 876 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,200 Only to be jilted for some millionaire widow? 877 00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:24,800 A broken... 878 00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:30,000 ..engagement... 879 00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:33,880 ..isthe perfect cure 880 00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:36,040 for dangerously romantic tosh. 881 00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,240 I simply want to be safe, 882 00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:46,040 not just from being poor. 883 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:50,480 From feelings. 884 00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:08,840 Fitzwilliam! 885 00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:10,440 You're up next with the doctor. 886 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:20,840 Knee's better, then, Fitzwilliam. 887 00:56:22,120 --> 00:56:23,440 Yes. 888 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:25,400 Thank you. 889 00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:29,000 Only I cannot stop thinking about your theory, Doctor. 890 00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:30,240 Not a theory. 891 00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:32,680 Science! 892 00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:35,160 Tommy. 893 00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:36,400 Carter. 894 00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:38,000 Amy. 895 00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:41,640 So who's next for judicious elimination? 896 00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:45,320 Degenerates -was that the word you used? 897 00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:49,360 Humbleby! 898 00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:51,200 Listen, these, er... 899 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:54,440 These pagan rites that Fitzwilliam and my Bridget 900 00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:56,320 are busy uncovering, 901 00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:57,520 I want them stopped. 902 00:56:57,520 --> 00:56:59,880 So who's next, Doctor? Nothing wrong with tradition... 903 00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:02,440 One of the lower races? Me? 904 00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,840 Well, scripture instructs us to rebuke those 905 00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:07,000 who persist in sin. 906 00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:08,600 He who casts the first stone. 907 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:10,080 Mrs Humbleby? 908 00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:12,040 As Wychwood's leading citizen... 909 00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:13,280 Rose? 910 00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:16,920 God has more to worry about... 911 00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:20,640 So, who is it going to be, Doctor? ..inWychwood... 912 00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:21,840 Oh! 913 00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:21,840 HE COUGHS 914 00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:31,680 Arthur? 915 00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,720 In Wychwood! 916 00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:36,240 HE STUTTERS 917 00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:39,200 Arthur! 918 00:57:48,280 --> 00:57:49,480 Doctor? 919 00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:50,760 Doctor?