1 00:00:01,364 --> 00:00:02,794 (thunder booming) 2 00:00:02,790 --> 00:00:04,650 (dramatic music) 3 00:00:04,651 --> 00:00:08,391 (jungle animals clamouring) 4 00:00:19,486 --> 00:00:22,436 (insects buzzing) 5 00:01:31,651 --> 00:01:33,731 - There they are! 6 00:01:33,729 --> 00:01:35,239 I made those marks last year. 7 00:02:04,544 --> 00:02:08,114 Just look at it, I knew I was right. 8 00:02:08,107 --> 00:02:09,117 It's a Yellow Roth. 9 00:02:11,016 --> 00:02:11,886 - And are you sure 10 00:02:11,885 --> 00:02:14,255 it's the only one of its kind in the world? 11 00:02:14,259 --> 00:02:15,299 - Of course. 12 00:02:23,031 --> 00:02:25,991 (monkeys howling) 13 00:03:09,759 --> 00:03:12,289 It's supposed to be worth at least a 100,000 pounds. 14 00:03:12,286 --> 00:03:15,666 - I know someone who'll pay a lot more than that. 15 00:03:15,674 --> 00:03:16,574 - Please don't get caught. 16 00:03:16,571 --> 00:03:19,071 - I'll phone you the moment I get home. 17 00:03:24,228 --> 00:03:26,998 - This is our crowning achievement, Madeline. 18 00:03:26,998 --> 00:03:29,848 It'll flower again in 12 months' time. 19 00:03:29,845 --> 00:03:31,415 Perhaps now is the time to call it a day? 20 00:03:31,416 --> 00:03:33,916 - Oh, you've been saying that for as long as I've known you. 21 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:35,539 - But this time I mean it. 22 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,930 - We'd miss it, Jimmy, it's exciting! 23 00:03:39,934 --> 00:03:41,694 (fist knocks) 24 00:03:41,690 --> 00:03:43,380 - Madam, taxi here. 25 00:03:43,379 --> 00:03:44,249 - Thank you. 26 00:03:49,576 --> 00:03:52,436 (dramatic music) 27 00:04:46,371 --> 00:04:49,851 (cheerful upbeat music) 28 00:04:59,137 --> 00:05:02,087 (people laughing) 29 00:05:24,407 --> 00:05:27,727 - Roll up, roll up and try your luck, ladies and gentlemen! 30 00:05:27,733 --> 00:05:30,713 Only a pound a ticket or six for a fiver. 31 00:05:33,312 --> 00:05:34,662 No, I'm sorry, ladies. 32 00:05:34,657 --> 00:05:37,467 If you haven't got a zero, you haven't got a prize, okay? 33 00:05:37,472 --> 00:05:38,542 Maybe next time. 34 00:05:41,573 --> 00:05:43,713 Roll up, roll up, ladies and gentlemen, 35 00:05:43,706 --> 00:05:44,996 and try your luck! 36 00:05:45,003 --> 00:05:48,403 Only a pound a ticket or six for a fiver. 37 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,060 Six tickets for a fiver! 38 00:05:50,057 --> 00:05:53,787 Wonderful value here, wonderful prizes too. 39 00:06:17,342 --> 00:06:20,602 Captain, wanna try your luck? 40 00:06:20,597 --> 00:06:22,167 - Put me down for a fiver. 41 00:06:22,174 --> 00:06:26,014 - Good man, so wait till I get your winning tickets 42 00:06:26,009 --> 00:06:29,169 to the top, remember if you've got a nought, 43 00:06:29,166 --> 00:06:30,026 you've got a winner. 44 00:06:30,034 --> 00:06:34,044 One, two, three, four, five, six, there you are. 45 00:06:34,037 --> 00:06:34,907 - Thank you. 46 00:06:34,906 --> 00:06:35,946 - Thank you. 47 00:06:37,504 --> 00:06:40,044 - 60, I've won, Barnaby, I've won. 48 00:06:40,035 --> 00:06:41,195 - So you have, Captain. 49 00:06:41,203 --> 00:06:43,363 Let us see what you have won. 50 00:06:45,177 --> 00:06:46,597 There you are. 51 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,870 - Oh no, not the bloody tea cosy. 52 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:52,347 I won that thing last year! 53 00:06:53,465 --> 00:06:55,215 Look, this time, be a good chap, 54 00:06:55,217 --> 00:06:57,147 pop it in with the compost would you? 55 00:07:00,003 --> 00:07:02,723 - Roll up, roll up, try your luck, try your luck! 56 00:07:02,724 --> 00:07:05,534 Wonderful, wonderful prizes, ladies and gentlemen, 57 00:07:05,529 --> 00:07:06,459 a pound a ticket! 58 00:07:31,925 --> 00:07:33,345 (Mrs. Maitland faintly speaking) 59 00:07:33,346 --> 00:07:34,206 - Yes. 60 00:07:45,316 --> 00:07:47,756 Stand by your beds, here they come! 61 00:07:50,096 --> 00:07:52,086 - Hello, good afternoon. 62 00:07:52,087 --> 00:07:55,127 (crowd applauding) 63 00:08:02,691 --> 00:08:05,781 Let me introduce my research assistant, Jonathan Makepeace. 64 00:08:05,777 --> 00:08:07,267 And together we'd like to congratulate 65 00:08:07,268 --> 00:08:08,968 the Midsomer Malham Orchid Society 66 00:08:08,968 --> 00:08:12,368 for yet another magnificent display. 67 00:08:12,367 --> 00:08:14,517 And I'd like to thank Munro Hilliard 68 00:08:14,515 --> 00:08:16,115 for hosting this wonderful show 69 00:08:16,121 --> 00:08:18,911 in his perfectly elegant Malham Manor. 70 00:08:18,914 --> 00:08:21,964 (crowd applauding) 71 00:08:24,256 --> 00:08:26,516 But before we hand out the prizes Jonathan here 72 00:08:26,516 --> 00:08:28,576 has got some very exciting news for you. 73 00:08:28,581 --> 00:08:32,241 - Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure 74 00:08:32,241 --> 00:08:35,521 to announce a single Monkey Orchid 75 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:38,635 is growing again in a wood on the downs. 76 00:08:38,643 --> 00:08:40,103 - [Crowd] Ooh! 77 00:08:40,103 --> 00:08:43,603 - We need volunteers to mount a 24-hour vigil 78 00:08:43,596 --> 00:08:46,446 to protect it from poachers while it's in bloom. 79 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:55,843 Your chairman, Mr. Hilliard, has offered to organise a rota. 80 00:08:55,837 --> 00:08:57,757 - I'll volunteer, Mr. Hilliard. 81 00:08:57,759 --> 00:09:01,469 - Good show, Mrs. Maitland, and if any more of you 82 00:09:01,468 --> 00:09:02,878 would care to give me your names 83 00:09:02,876 --> 00:09:06,416 before the end of the day, I'd be most grateful. 84 00:09:06,421 --> 00:09:09,981 Now, it's over to you, Professor Winstanley. 85 00:09:09,977 --> 00:09:13,497 - Well, goodness, the judging wasn't easy this year, 86 00:09:13,501 --> 00:09:18,511 but the winner of best plant in show goes to 87 00:09:25,450 --> 00:09:30,070 Captain Tucker for his miniature cymbidium. 88 00:09:30,074 --> 00:09:33,124 (crowd applauding) 89 00:09:38,267 --> 00:09:41,637 Congratulations, very well-earned. 90 00:09:41,644 --> 00:09:43,204 - [Captain] Thank you, Professor. 91 00:09:43,197 --> 00:09:44,917 - Second prize goes to Mr. Hilliard 92 00:09:44,918 --> 00:09:46,478 for his Phalaenopsis Follett. 93 00:09:46,481 --> 00:09:49,711 (crowd applauding) 94 00:09:49,714 --> 00:09:51,374 - Well done, Munro. 95 00:09:53,489 --> 00:09:58,699 - And third prize goes to Mr. Plummer's Dendrobium nobile. 96 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:01,972 (crowd applauding) 97 00:10:06,646 --> 00:10:08,436 - It was a close run thing, Mr. Plummer. 98 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:11,911 - Yeah, well, we live to show another day, don't we. 99 00:10:11,913 --> 00:10:12,833 - We do indeed. 100 00:10:12,831 --> 00:10:14,741 - Hm, oh. 101 00:10:20,172 --> 00:10:21,862 - Well, ladies and gentlemen, 102 00:10:21,862 --> 00:10:23,212 I think I can speak for all of us 103 00:10:23,206 --> 00:10:25,786 when I thank Professor Winstanley 104 00:10:25,792 --> 00:10:28,942 for giving so generously of her precious time. 105 00:10:28,941 --> 00:10:29,811 Thank you. 106 00:10:29,810 --> 00:10:35,020 - Thank you. (crowd applauding) 107 00:10:37,919 --> 00:10:40,399 It's been a pleasure, I'll see you next year. 108 00:10:43,126 --> 00:10:46,596 (cheerful upbeat music) 109 00:11:00,048 --> 00:11:01,788 - Only a poxy third. 110 00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:05,217 - You mean you were beaten again by Munro Hilliard? 111 00:11:05,217 --> 00:11:07,927 - Pompous old twit, just 'cause he owns the place 112 00:11:07,934 --> 00:11:09,894 he thinks it's his right to win. 113 00:11:09,888 --> 00:11:13,068 Yeah, well he only came second and he was gutted. 114 00:11:13,069 --> 00:11:16,089 - Well, you know what I think about your bloody orchids. 115 00:11:16,092 --> 00:11:18,452 Just fancy, overpriced weeds, 116 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:22,836 and if you buy any more you're gonna ruin us. 117 00:11:22,844 --> 00:11:25,314 Can't you grow something we can eat? 118 00:11:25,314 --> 00:11:28,184 (dramatic music) 119 00:11:31,973 --> 00:11:33,173 - How's it going? 120 00:11:33,172 --> 00:11:35,332 - Still a bottle of Rioja's left, if you wanna try for it. 121 00:11:35,333 --> 00:11:36,363 (Joyce chuckles) 122 00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:38,403 - Congratulations on yet another 123 00:11:38,396 --> 00:11:40,496 botanical extravaganza, Mrs. Barnaby. 124 00:11:40,502 --> 00:11:41,942 - Oh, thank you, Miss Villiers. 125 00:11:41,941 --> 00:11:44,261 - Can I tempt you to the tombola? 126 00:11:44,256 --> 00:11:46,356 It's a pound a ticket or six for a fiver. 127 00:11:46,361 --> 00:11:47,841 - Yes, of course. 128 00:12:00,251 --> 00:12:03,261 250, that's a prize, isn't it? 129 00:12:03,264 --> 00:12:04,374 - It certainly is. 130 00:12:09,239 --> 00:12:14,349 - Thank you, Baedecker's Guide to Switzerland. 131 00:12:19,197 --> 00:12:20,777 How wonderfully serendipitous. 132 00:12:22,054 --> 00:12:24,264 Thank you, Mr. Barnaby! 133 00:12:24,257 --> 00:12:27,387 (suspenseful music) 134 00:12:33,156 --> 00:12:35,386 - You know, I've got something at home 135 00:12:35,392 --> 00:12:37,982 that you would literally kill for. 136 00:12:37,976 --> 00:12:39,686 - Is that a fact? 137 00:12:39,686 --> 00:12:41,236 - You'd re-mortgage your manor house here 138 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,360 and its grounds, just to get your hands on it. 139 00:12:44,361 --> 00:12:48,491 - The Hilliards don't have mortgages, Henry, excuse me. 140 00:12:50,073 --> 00:12:53,033 (birds squawking) 141 00:13:26,504 --> 00:13:29,034 - I've done my horticultural duty for today. 142 00:13:29,027 --> 00:13:31,047 I'm off to London for some excitement. 143 00:13:37,014 --> 00:13:39,134 You're gonna ruin us, you know. 144 00:13:39,131 --> 00:13:40,641 How much did that one cost? 145 00:13:40,643 --> 00:13:41,873 - It's priceless. 146 00:13:43,031 --> 00:13:45,361 - Well, don't expect me back for breakfast. 147 00:13:57,505 --> 00:14:00,025 (horn honks) 148 00:14:35,184 --> 00:14:37,884 (sombre music) 149 00:14:46,369 --> 00:14:47,329 - Madeline! 150 00:14:50,167 --> 00:14:52,167 Good morning, Socrates. 151 00:14:53,576 --> 00:14:56,106 Madeline, it's me, Harry! 152 00:15:07,036 --> 00:15:10,366 (dramatic music) 153 00:15:10,367 --> 00:15:13,317 (woman screaming) 154 00:15:35,538 --> 00:15:38,318 (siren wailing) 155 00:15:43,477 --> 00:15:46,117 - Did you touch anything, Harry? 156 00:15:46,121 --> 00:15:49,121 - No, 'course not, I only come here to change a heater. 157 00:15:51,086 --> 00:15:53,556 Look, aren't you gonna cover her up or something? 158 00:16:04,537 --> 00:16:05,887 - Morning, sir. 159 00:16:05,894 --> 00:16:07,254 - Morning, Scott. 160 00:16:07,248 --> 00:16:09,858 - This is Harry Rose, he's the local handyman. 161 00:16:09,855 --> 00:16:11,845 - Builder, decorator, plumber and electrician, 162 00:16:11,846 --> 00:16:12,726 if you don't mind. 163 00:16:12,733 --> 00:16:15,543 - Yeah, that too, he does some odd jobs for Miss Villiers. 164 00:16:15,538 --> 00:16:16,408 He found her. 165 00:16:16,406 --> 00:16:19,536 - [Tom] Would you mind waiting outside please. 166 00:16:19,539 --> 00:16:20,429 - No, course not. 167 00:16:23,483 --> 00:16:26,673 - So we've got an old woman's list, 168 00:16:26,674 --> 00:16:29,244 suitcase, passport, Swiss money. 169 00:16:29,239 --> 00:16:32,659 Cancel papers and milk, hide safe key. 170 00:16:33,806 --> 00:16:36,086 - [Tom] Could it have been a coronary? 171 00:16:36,089 --> 00:16:40,699 - Well, Harry Rose called the local plod and he called me 172 00:16:41,803 --> 00:16:44,983 'cause he couldn't work out what these stains were. 173 00:16:44,982 --> 00:16:47,342 But he thinks she might have topped herself. 174 00:16:49,526 --> 00:16:52,216 (sombre music) 175 00:16:53,753 --> 00:16:55,843 - She won this book on my tombola stand. 176 00:16:57,486 --> 00:17:00,056 - So we've got something old, 177 00:17:03,565 --> 00:17:05,195 something very new, hmm, 178 00:17:08,382 --> 00:17:12,682 a borrowed library book, and something blue. 179 00:17:14,847 --> 00:17:16,987 Think she was going to Switzerland to be married? 180 00:17:16,985 --> 00:17:18,865 - [Tom] Married? 181 00:17:18,872 --> 00:17:22,682 - Yeah, and if it all fell through? 182 00:17:22,678 --> 00:17:24,388 - What, she was jilted? 183 00:17:24,391 --> 00:17:27,091 - It's a reason for her to kill herself. 184 00:17:28,562 --> 00:17:30,422 Oh, come and have a look at this, sir. 185 00:17:39,538 --> 00:17:40,668 Hide safe key. 186 00:17:42,289 --> 00:17:44,319 Think we should open it, sir? 187 00:17:44,317 --> 00:17:46,727 - Yes, we should, did you find the key? 188 00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:50,970 - No, sir, Rose doesn't know where she kept it. 189 00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:53,969 But with these old things you don't need one anyway. 190 00:17:53,973 --> 00:17:54,843 - Really? 191 00:18:03,257 --> 00:18:05,947 (quirky music) 192 00:18:10,511 --> 00:18:11,901 Where did you learn to do that? 193 00:18:11,901 --> 00:18:13,711 - School of hard locks, sir. 194 00:18:16,857 --> 00:18:20,077 - Oh joy, a diary, hmm. 195 00:18:25,261 --> 00:18:29,431 (speaking in foreign language) 196 00:18:31,990 --> 00:18:33,550 My Latin's a bit rusty, Scott, 197 00:18:33,551 --> 00:18:38,031 but I think this is saying something rather rude. 198 00:18:38,034 --> 00:18:38,904 - Ancient history? 199 00:18:38,903 --> 00:18:41,983 - No, no, no, it's this year's diary. 200 00:18:41,976 --> 00:18:44,966 This year's, this month's, this week. 201 00:18:44,968 --> 00:18:46,368 - She is a goer, isn't she. 202 00:18:46,373 --> 00:18:48,523 - Well, she was, do you wanna see? 203 00:18:48,524 --> 00:18:50,234 - No, thank you, sir, Latin wasn't on the syllabus 204 00:18:50,234 --> 00:18:51,184 at my local Comprehensive. 205 00:18:51,183 --> 00:18:53,563 - But safe breaking no doubt was? 206 00:18:55,562 --> 00:18:59,522 Oh, an account book by the looks of it. 207 00:18:59,524 --> 00:19:03,964 And one not intended for inspection by the tax man. 208 00:19:03,956 --> 00:19:06,836 Not with all the sums written out in Roman numerals. 209 00:19:07,835 --> 00:19:10,105 We need to get this stuff translated. 210 00:19:10,108 --> 00:19:13,028 George, seen the body? 211 00:19:13,032 --> 00:19:14,842 - Yes, and I presume this is part 212 00:19:14,842 --> 00:19:16,582 of the crime scene as well? 213 00:19:16,583 --> 00:19:18,853 - Eh, no, not exactly. 214 00:19:18,846 --> 00:19:20,496 Sergeant Scott has got a unique 215 00:19:20,504 --> 00:19:24,744 but highly effective way of opening a locked safe. 216 00:19:24,735 --> 00:19:25,595 Come on. 217 00:19:38,782 --> 00:19:39,952 How long has she been dead? 218 00:19:45,654 --> 00:19:47,264 - Certainly since last night. 219 00:19:48,928 --> 00:19:52,298 So what makes you think it's anything but natural causes? 220 00:19:52,296 --> 00:19:54,906 - Well, we've got these stains here. 221 00:19:54,913 --> 00:19:56,193 - Take a statement from Rose will you, 222 00:19:56,185 --> 00:19:58,575 see if you can trace her next of kin. 223 00:20:01,847 --> 00:20:04,667 George, how's your Latin? 224 00:20:05,935 --> 00:20:10,515 - Purely medical I'm afraid, you want a translator? 225 00:20:10,523 --> 00:20:13,413 Brother Robert up at Midsomer Abbey is your best man. 226 00:20:14,479 --> 00:20:16,129 And the bonus is his bees 227 00:20:16,132 --> 00:20:18,722 produce the best honey I've ever tasted. 228 00:20:18,722 --> 00:20:21,192 (bees buzzing) 229 00:20:21,189 --> 00:20:23,439 - Harry Rose reckons she's got no next of kin 230 00:20:23,442 --> 00:20:25,722 'cause she told him once she was adopted. 231 00:20:25,715 --> 00:20:28,425 She was a classics teacher at Midsomer Ladies College, 232 00:20:28,426 --> 00:20:30,546 retired now of course. 233 00:20:30,553 --> 00:20:32,033 - What about Rose? 234 00:20:32,034 --> 00:20:33,884 - He works for just about everybody in the village. 235 00:20:33,879 --> 00:20:35,989 - Hmm, services everybody in the village. 236 00:20:35,985 --> 00:20:37,395 - Yeah, that too, sir. 237 00:20:37,401 --> 00:20:40,101 (gentle music) 238 00:20:47,527 --> 00:20:49,007 - Brother Robert? 239 00:20:55,630 --> 00:20:58,410 Brother Robert, good morning, sir. 240 00:20:58,411 --> 00:20:59,281 - [Brother Robert] Hi. 241 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:00,580 - I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, 242 00:21:00,583 --> 00:21:02,613 and this is Detective Sergeant Scott. 243 00:21:03,492 --> 00:21:06,092 We've come about the translation? 244 00:21:06,089 --> 00:21:08,469 - Oh, yes, the translation. 245 00:21:10,697 --> 00:21:14,507 They won't sting you, young man, if you keep still. 246 00:21:14,514 --> 00:21:15,384 (Scott sneezes) 247 00:21:15,382 --> 00:21:16,922 Bless you. 248 00:21:16,923 --> 00:21:18,753 Cymbidium, odontioda, 249 00:21:20,008 --> 00:21:22,438 phalaenopsis, paphiopedilum. 250 00:21:23,366 --> 00:21:25,796 These are all orchids. 251 00:21:25,796 --> 00:21:30,366 An odontioda orchid was sold for 500 pounds 252 00:21:30,373 --> 00:21:34,173 to a C.M. on the 6th of September last year. 253 00:21:34,168 --> 00:21:35,848 - 500 pounds for a flower? 254 00:21:35,847 --> 00:21:37,117 They must be barking. 255 00:21:37,116 --> 00:21:39,376 - You need an expert for this. 256 00:21:39,382 --> 00:21:40,432 - Any suggestions? 257 00:21:41,853 --> 00:21:44,263 - Do you know Professor Winstanley? 258 00:21:44,262 --> 00:21:45,852 - My wife does, she came to judge 259 00:21:45,847 --> 00:21:47,407 the flower show the other day. 260 00:21:49,330 --> 00:21:54,000 Now, Brother Robert, I'm afraid this diary contains, 261 00:21:55,096 --> 00:21:57,166 well, lurid details 262 00:21:57,171 --> 00:22:01,251 of rather robust sexual activity. 263 00:22:02,259 --> 00:22:05,929 - Really, hmm. 264 00:22:08,187 --> 00:22:12,357 (speaking in foreign language) 265 00:22:22,404 --> 00:22:23,604 I see what you mean. 266 00:22:25,188 --> 00:22:30,028 Saturday, we satisfied ourselves like street dogs. 267 00:22:30,027 --> 00:22:32,837 We drank wine and did it again and again. 268 00:22:35,292 --> 00:22:40,122 Last night, I shudder to recall, he was impotent. 269 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:41,990 Tomorrow therefore, I shall arouse him 270 00:22:41,986 --> 00:22:46,656 not only with my endearments but with a potion. 271 00:22:50,485 --> 00:22:53,385 - Perhaps it's a little unfair given your calling, 272 00:22:53,394 --> 00:22:57,344 Brother Robert, to ask you to translate this stuff. 273 00:22:57,335 --> 00:22:58,385 - Not at all. 274 00:22:58,385 --> 00:22:59,705 (bell tolling) 275 00:22:59,713 --> 00:23:01,143 Time for vespers. 276 00:23:02,142 --> 00:23:07,292 I'll let you know what progress I'm making, goodbye. 277 00:23:07,289 --> 00:23:10,809 (sombre music) 278 00:23:10,812 --> 00:23:11,862 - Thank you. 279 00:23:12,985 --> 00:23:15,675 (jaunty music) 280 00:23:35,142 --> 00:23:38,782 - I'm terribly sorry, Inspector. 281 00:23:38,783 --> 00:23:41,263 We had a crisis with our strelitzias. 282 00:23:52,304 --> 00:23:54,864 (Scott sneezes) 283 00:23:54,861 --> 00:23:57,411 - Well, these are beautiful, aren't they? 284 00:23:57,411 --> 00:23:59,521 - This collection was started by Sir Wilfred Hilliard, 285 00:23:59,522 --> 00:24:02,482 a great traveller and plant collector, 286 00:24:02,484 --> 00:24:04,564 the grandfather of the current president 287 00:24:04,559 --> 00:24:06,649 of the Midsomer Orchid Society. 288 00:24:06,654 --> 00:24:08,544 I'm sure your wife must know him. 289 00:24:08,542 --> 00:24:10,062 - Oh, I'm sure she does. 290 00:24:10,064 --> 00:24:12,484 - Jonathan, come and meet, 291 00:24:12,483 --> 00:24:14,973 but you've met already, haven't you? 292 00:24:14,965 --> 00:24:16,315 At the Malham Flower Show? 293 00:24:17,926 --> 00:24:19,366 - Yes. 294 00:24:19,365 --> 00:24:20,225 - Good morning. 295 00:24:21,346 --> 00:24:25,966 - Now, I take it you both knew Miss Madeline Villiers? 296 00:24:26,852 --> 00:24:27,932 - Knew? 297 00:24:27,926 --> 00:24:32,396 - Yes, knew, oh, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. 298 00:24:32,399 --> 00:24:35,909 Miss Villiers was found dead yesterday morning. 299 00:24:36,830 --> 00:24:39,720 - Dead, that's terrible! 300 00:24:41,418 --> 00:24:43,198 - But she was at the flower show. 301 00:24:43,201 --> 00:24:47,301 - Yes, she was, she gave you three of my tombola tickets. 302 00:24:47,299 --> 00:24:51,119 And it seemed to me you knew her quite well. 303 00:24:52,140 --> 00:24:54,060 - Well, yes, we both did. 304 00:24:55,130 --> 00:24:57,950 - Madeline admired Jonathan's devotion to our orchids. 305 00:25:00,521 --> 00:25:02,251 - Just that? 306 00:25:02,252 --> 00:25:06,282 - Well, and I also advised her on her magnificent garden. 307 00:25:07,236 --> 00:25:08,676 - I can't believe she's dead. 308 00:25:10,656 --> 00:25:13,766 - Me neither, it's, it's awful. 309 00:25:13,774 --> 00:25:17,124 (Scott sneezes) 310 00:25:17,121 --> 00:25:19,541 - Sorry, it's hay fever. 311 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,380 - Oh, let's go into the office. 312 00:25:27,183 --> 00:25:28,823 - This is very kind of you, thank you. 313 00:25:28,819 --> 00:25:30,209 - I'm intrigued. 314 00:25:40,394 --> 00:25:44,034 Goodness me, it appears that Madeline 315 00:25:44,033 --> 00:25:47,263 has been selling some of the world's rarest orchids, 316 00:25:48,579 --> 00:25:50,379 for considerable amounts of money! 317 00:25:53,793 --> 00:25:57,453 Look at this one for example, a phragmipedium kovachii. 318 00:25:57,453 --> 00:26:00,843 That's from Peru, it's an incredibly rare plant. 319 00:26:00,842 --> 00:26:04,442 Sold on the 10th of July 320 00:26:04,439 --> 00:26:07,299 to J.K. for VXCIX, 321 00:26:09,736 --> 00:26:14,156 that's 5,999 pounds. 322 00:26:14,163 --> 00:26:16,843 - And a Neofinetia falcata variegated 323 00:26:16,837 --> 00:26:19,287 to C.P. for 50,000 pounds! 324 00:26:21,296 --> 00:26:22,166 - No! 325 00:26:22,165 --> 00:26:23,625 - 50 grand for a flower? 326 00:26:24,532 --> 00:26:26,412 - Rich old Japanese men collect them, 327 00:26:26,409 --> 00:26:30,179 the little white flowers, amazing leaves, beautiful. 328 00:26:30,183 --> 00:26:31,053 - Yeah, but 50 grand! 329 00:26:32,362 --> 00:26:33,582 - There it is. 330 00:26:35,783 --> 00:26:39,043 - Good God, Jonathan, look at this! 331 00:26:39,041 --> 00:26:42,511 Paphiopedilum rothschildianum flavum. 332 00:26:42,508 --> 00:26:44,428 - Flavum doesn't exist anymore! 333 00:26:44,427 --> 00:26:46,117 - Oh yes it does, according to this. 334 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:49,140 - Paphiopedilum, what is that? 335 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:52,530 - It's a slipper orchid, from paphos, meaning slipper. 336 00:26:52,531 --> 00:26:54,771 It refers to the shape of the bottom petal. 337 00:26:55,782 --> 00:26:58,932 - A Yellow Roth, I don't believe it! 338 00:26:58,931 --> 00:27:00,601 - Sold to H.P. 339 00:27:01,767 --> 00:27:05,967 for 150,000 pounds! 340 00:27:08,576 --> 00:27:09,446 - Who's H.P? 341 00:27:10,431 --> 00:27:14,041 - At that price it's probably Harry Potter! 342 00:27:14,042 --> 00:27:15,692 - Or Henry Plummer? 343 00:27:26,388 --> 00:27:29,258 (bird squawking) 344 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:38,830 - Henry? 345 00:27:41,850 --> 00:27:45,590 (suspenseful sombre music) 346 00:27:58,508 --> 00:27:59,378 Henry? 347 00:28:20,121 --> 00:28:20,991 Henry? 348 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,670 (dramatic music) 349 00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:43,014 (Deborah screaming) 350 00:28:47,479 --> 00:28:51,559 (people speaking indistinctly) 351 00:29:01,955 --> 00:29:03,755 - [Tom] How long's he been dead, George? 352 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,500 - [George] More than 36 hours. 353 00:29:05,498 --> 00:29:08,208 - Looks like he'd been out to dinner. 354 00:29:08,206 --> 00:29:10,086 - Perhaps the bill didn't agree with him, sir. 355 00:29:24,566 --> 00:29:25,436 - Mrs. Plummer? 356 00:29:31,482 --> 00:29:33,532 I know this isn't easy, but please bear with us. 357 00:29:33,533 --> 00:29:36,743 Can you tell me, when did you last see your husband alive? 358 00:29:38,069 --> 00:29:40,729 - [Deborah] Around 7:30 on Saturday night. 359 00:29:41,667 --> 00:29:44,017 He was going into town to see this play, 360 00:29:45,775 --> 00:29:48,025 well, some floozy actress actually. 361 00:29:49,540 --> 00:29:51,470 - And where did you go, Mrs. Plummer? 362 00:29:53,407 --> 00:29:57,727 - Me, I went up to London. 363 00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:02,330 I got back yesterday after midnight. 364 00:30:03,866 --> 00:30:06,856 Got up late, and when I saw that his bed 365 00:30:06,858 --> 00:30:10,018 hadn't been slept in, I went looking for him. 366 00:30:10,018 --> 00:30:11,848 - Have you any idea why? 367 00:30:13,355 --> 00:30:16,685 - Yes, I'll show you. 368 00:30:16,686 --> 00:30:19,546 (dramatic music) 369 00:30:27,885 --> 00:30:29,245 When I left this place 370 00:30:29,245 --> 00:30:31,695 was full of the most beautiful flowers. 371 00:30:33,062 --> 00:30:36,272 Only a madman would do a thing like this. 372 00:30:46,485 --> 00:30:49,865 - Looks like it's been sprayed with something, sir. 373 00:30:49,870 --> 00:30:51,570 Weed killer? 374 00:30:51,569 --> 00:30:54,589 - Do you think this is why your husband committed suicide? 375 00:30:55,669 --> 00:30:59,969 - I don't know, but orchids were his passion. 376 00:31:03,081 --> 00:31:05,681 He certainly loved them more than he loved me. 377 00:31:08,462 --> 00:31:10,572 - Can you think of anyone who would want to destroy 378 00:31:10,568 --> 00:31:12,398 your husband's orchid collection? 379 00:31:12,403 --> 00:31:14,623 - I was never part of that world. 380 00:31:14,624 --> 00:31:16,234 - I couldn't help noticing at the flower show, 381 00:31:16,230 --> 00:31:19,820 you know, it's very competitive, isn't it? 382 00:31:19,817 --> 00:31:22,837 - Orchid growers are jealous to the point of lunacy, 383 00:31:22,841 --> 00:31:24,581 but no orchid lover would destroy 384 00:31:24,582 --> 00:31:26,362 the very plants they idolise. 385 00:31:26,355 --> 00:31:28,215 And Henry's orchids didn't come cheap. 386 00:31:28,221 --> 00:31:30,021 - They certainly did not. 387 00:31:30,015 --> 00:31:31,645 I've reason to believe that your husband 388 00:31:31,652 --> 00:31:36,562 recently paid out 150,000 pounds for a very rare orchid. 389 00:31:36,563 --> 00:31:37,533 Did you know anything about that? 390 00:31:37,532 --> 00:31:40,002 - 150,000 pounds? 391 00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:42,559 Where'd he get that kind of money from? 392 00:31:42,561 --> 00:31:45,561 - Well, I don't know, I understood he was retired. 393 00:31:46,562 --> 00:31:49,832 Still, there must be considerable equity in this house. 394 00:31:49,826 --> 00:31:51,466 Maybe, you know, he? 395 00:31:51,473 --> 00:31:53,983 - This was my mother's house, the last thing 396 00:31:53,976 --> 00:31:56,366 I wanted to do was to come back and live here. 397 00:31:57,938 --> 00:32:01,628 Henry may have been ready for retirement, but I'm not. 398 00:32:03,871 --> 00:32:05,511 - Could he have raised a loan against it? 399 00:32:05,508 --> 00:32:07,828 - He may have been reckless but not that reckless. 400 00:32:07,834 --> 00:32:11,984 - Mrs. Plummer, are you sure you don't know anything 401 00:32:11,976 --> 00:32:14,096 about this very rare orchid? 402 00:32:14,997 --> 00:32:18,877 - No, I don't, but if it ever existed, 403 00:32:18,876 --> 00:32:21,476 it's probably perished along with the rest of them. 404 00:32:23,433 --> 00:32:24,423 Will you excuse me? 405 00:32:27,793 --> 00:32:31,533 (sombre suspenseful music) 406 00:33:14,150 --> 00:33:15,300 - What's wrong, Harry? 407 00:33:17,622 --> 00:33:20,032 - I didn't think it was right to tell you on the phone. 408 00:33:21,311 --> 00:33:23,971 I can't make this any easier, Mr. Fong, she's dead. 409 00:33:27,757 --> 00:33:32,117 - Dead, how can she be dead? 410 00:33:34,107 --> 00:33:35,757 I spoke to her only last week. 411 00:33:37,525 --> 00:33:40,605 (sombre music) 412 00:33:40,614 --> 00:33:42,164 - I found her sitting in this chair 413 00:33:42,157 --> 00:33:45,167 that morning dressed in a Greek costume. 414 00:33:47,892 --> 00:33:49,202 She looked very peaceful. 415 00:33:52,626 --> 00:33:53,616 - Where is she now? 416 00:33:55,441 --> 00:33:56,591 - The police took her. 417 00:33:58,006 --> 00:34:00,546 She had her bag packed ready to leave with you. 418 00:34:02,010 --> 00:34:03,000 They took that too. 419 00:34:09,216 --> 00:34:13,296 (speaking in foreign language) 420 00:34:33,986 --> 00:34:35,286 - Who did this? 421 00:34:36,284 --> 00:34:40,114 - [Harry] The police, they took the books with them as well. 422 00:34:47,113 --> 00:34:48,363 - Where's the orchid? 423 00:34:48,359 --> 00:34:51,079 - Well, she sold it like you told her to. 424 00:34:57,378 --> 00:34:59,258 - She was a remarkable woman, Harry. 425 00:35:00,748 --> 00:35:04,218 And I know you took good care of her, thank you. 426 00:35:05,709 --> 00:35:08,709 - [George] She was poisoned by hemlock. 427 00:35:08,712 --> 00:35:09,582 - Hemlock? 428 00:35:09,581 --> 00:35:13,761 - Conium maculatum, great favourite of the Greeks. 429 00:35:13,759 --> 00:35:15,819 In fact, an infusion of hemlock 430 00:35:15,824 --> 00:35:18,574 was used to kill Socrates in 399 B.C. 431 00:35:18,566 --> 00:35:21,056 - A bit before my time, Mr. Bullard. 432 00:35:21,058 --> 00:35:23,928 - So she'd booked a flight to Switzerland. 433 00:35:23,926 --> 00:35:27,096 Suitcase was packed, she was about to be married. 434 00:35:27,095 --> 00:35:28,955 - She was looking forward to the honeymoon, as well. 435 00:35:28,962 --> 00:35:29,832 - Pardon? 436 00:35:29,830 --> 00:35:32,520 - Well, I was thinking of the knickers, sir. 437 00:35:32,517 --> 00:35:35,657 - Hmm, course you were. 438 00:35:35,656 --> 00:35:37,226 But I agree, it's a scenario 439 00:35:37,230 --> 00:35:39,060 that can't include suicide, can it? 440 00:35:41,036 --> 00:35:43,656 But a million quids' worth of smuggled orchids? 441 00:35:43,664 --> 00:35:46,034 Now that would be a very good reason 442 00:35:46,031 --> 00:35:47,441 why someone would kill her. 443 00:35:49,743 --> 00:35:52,253 I tell you what I'd really like to know, George, 444 00:35:53,246 --> 00:35:57,116 is if our Mr. Plummer here really did hang himself. 445 00:35:59,175 --> 00:36:00,645 I think it's time we paid a visit 446 00:36:00,650 --> 00:36:03,150 to the chairman of the Midsomer Orchid Society. 447 00:36:04,195 --> 00:36:06,765 We may have an orchid war on our hands. 448 00:36:06,770 --> 00:36:07,710 Thank you, George. 449 00:36:10,524 --> 00:36:11,394 - What knickers? 450 00:36:28,751 --> 00:36:29,621 - Yes? 451 00:36:29,619 --> 00:36:32,039 - I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, 452 00:36:32,035 --> 00:36:34,165 this is Detective Sergeant Scott. 453 00:36:34,173 --> 00:36:35,843 - What have you come to inspect? 454 00:36:36,946 --> 00:36:39,106 - Is Mr. Hilliard at home please? 455 00:36:39,105 --> 00:36:40,085 - I'm afraid not. 456 00:36:42,129 --> 00:36:43,849 - Where would he be then, Jeeves? 457 00:36:44,944 --> 00:36:48,494 - He's on the downs, on orchid patrol. 458 00:36:48,494 --> 00:36:51,194 (jaunty music) 459 00:36:56,350 --> 00:36:57,980 - Are you sure this is the right place, sir? 460 00:36:57,978 --> 00:36:58,848 - Yes, I am. 461 00:36:58,846 --> 00:37:02,346 This is Pie Crust Down, that is Pie Crust Woods, 462 00:37:03,755 --> 00:37:05,365 and they're in there somewhere. 463 00:37:06,695 --> 00:37:07,555 Watch your feet. 464 00:37:13,613 --> 00:37:15,703 - You there, keep still! 465 00:37:18,244 --> 00:37:19,234 - What the... 466 00:37:19,234 --> 00:37:20,434 - Don't move, I said! 467 00:37:20,427 --> 00:37:22,397 - Just calm down, sir! 468 00:37:22,398 --> 00:37:24,068 - Don't step back, keep still! 469 00:37:25,276 --> 00:37:26,516 Aw, imbecile! 470 00:37:26,518 --> 00:37:28,078 - [Captain] Idiot! 471 00:37:35,933 --> 00:37:37,643 - Why didn't you stand still? 472 00:37:45,744 --> 00:37:48,154 First time it's flowered in five years, 473 00:37:50,030 --> 00:37:52,380 and you've trampled it to death, you idiot! 474 00:37:53,648 --> 00:37:54,518 - Sorry about that. 475 00:37:54,517 --> 00:37:56,227 - Now I know where the expression 476 00:37:56,234 --> 00:37:58,624 flat-footed copper comes from. 477 00:37:58,622 --> 00:38:00,352 - And you sir, Mr. Hilliard, isn't it? 478 00:38:00,353 --> 00:38:01,753 You could find yourself in jail 479 00:38:01,750 --> 00:38:03,070 for threatening a police officer 480 00:38:03,074 --> 00:38:05,564 with a lethal weapon, put it down. 481 00:38:05,556 --> 00:38:07,376 - It's about as lethal as I am. 482 00:38:07,381 --> 00:38:09,831 - And that could be more lethal than you think. 483 00:38:10,749 --> 00:38:12,369 As I seem to have found a quorum 484 00:38:12,365 --> 00:38:16,465 of the Midsomer Orchid Society out here on manoeuvres, 485 00:38:17,401 --> 00:38:19,241 I'll take this opportunity to tell you 486 00:38:19,236 --> 00:38:23,786 that another of your members, Henry Plummer, is dead. 487 00:38:25,159 --> 00:38:27,039 - Henry's dead? 488 00:38:27,036 --> 00:38:28,376 - Good God! 489 00:38:28,381 --> 00:38:33,591 - And somebody destroyed not one, for which I do apologise, 490 00:38:34,616 --> 00:38:38,316 somebody destroyed his entire orchid collection. 491 00:38:38,318 --> 00:38:41,768 Anybody any idea who could have done that and why? 492 00:38:45,627 --> 00:38:48,037 - Plummer was a parvenue, 493 00:38:48,036 --> 00:38:51,726 desperate for a reputation among real orchid growers. 494 00:38:52,624 --> 00:38:56,414 But he bought his plants rather than grow them himself. 495 00:38:57,973 --> 00:39:01,163 I'm sorry the poor man's dead but, well, 496 00:39:02,102 --> 00:39:05,442 he wasn't exactly the most popular of our members, was he? 497 00:39:05,439 --> 00:39:08,919 - No genuine collector would destroy a single orchid, 498 00:39:08,921 --> 00:39:11,331 let alone an entire collection. 499 00:39:11,330 --> 00:39:12,740 - Unlike Mr. Flatfoot here. 500 00:39:14,427 --> 00:39:17,227 - And where were you on Saturday night, Mr. Hilliard? 501 00:39:17,232 --> 00:39:19,612 - Having dinner with the Lord Lieutenant of the county, 502 00:39:19,609 --> 00:39:22,539 in the company of my wife, if you really want to know. 503 00:39:24,139 --> 00:39:27,269 (suspenseful music) 504 00:40:02,725 --> 00:40:05,705 - Thank you for that, thank you very much. 505 00:40:06,855 --> 00:40:09,565 - Something here, sir. 506 00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:11,683 Our Miss Villiers took three trips to Borneo 507 00:40:11,682 --> 00:40:14,422 in the last 12 months and one to Peru. 508 00:40:14,424 --> 00:40:16,084 - Borneo and Peru? 509 00:40:16,082 --> 00:40:17,712 - It's not bad for a retired school teacher. 510 00:40:17,709 --> 00:40:19,569 - No, it is not, on my pension I'll be lucky 511 00:40:19,565 --> 00:40:20,765 to get as far as Bournemouth. 512 00:40:20,773 --> 00:40:21,913 - Oh. 513 00:40:21,911 --> 00:40:25,281 - [Tom] Ooh, still, we are not without influence 514 00:40:25,279 --> 00:40:27,179 at her travel agents, are we? 515 00:40:33,585 --> 00:40:36,705 - Hello, Dan, what can I do for you? 516 00:40:36,707 --> 00:40:38,057 One way ticket to Rio? 517 00:40:38,063 --> 00:40:39,513 - Why would I go to Rio 518 00:40:39,512 --> 00:40:41,612 when it's all kicking off in Midsomer? 519 00:40:41,612 --> 00:40:42,622 (Cully laughs) 520 00:40:42,619 --> 00:40:45,239 We found this in Miss Villiers' passport. 521 00:40:47,405 --> 00:40:49,125 We think she had an account here. 522 00:40:50,022 --> 00:40:52,612 - Yes, well she may have, but all our records 523 00:40:52,608 --> 00:40:54,548 are confidential under the data protection act. 524 00:40:54,550 --> 00:40:56,900 - (exhales) I'll see you later. 525 00:40:58,772 --> 00:41:00,702 - Where are you going? 526 00:41:00,700 --> 00:41:01,770 - I'm gonna get a search warrant. 527 00:41:01,774 --> 00:41:05,684 - Dan, I'm sure we can find a way around it. 528 00:41:05,684 --> 00:41:06,554 Come sit down. 529 00:41:09,771 --> 00:41:12,881 Just don't tell anyone about it, that's all. 530 00:41:12,877 --> 00:41:14,597 - Cross my heart and hope to die. 531 00:41:17,633 --> 00:41:18,503 Nice uniform. 532 00:41:23,514 --> 00:41:27,074 - Right, Madeline Villiers, she was a frequent flyer. 533 00:41:27,070 --> 00:41:30,230 Last year she went to the far east three times 534 00:41:30,229 --> 00:41:33,919 and South America and Borneo earlier this year. 535 00:41:33,921 --> 00:41:37,021 - Oh, now that's very interesting. 536 00:41:37,017 --> 00:41:37,887 - What is? 537 00:41:37,886 --> 00:41:42,286 - Well, this account's also used by Mr. Jimmy Fong. 538 00:41:42,293 --> 00:41:43,493 Got an address for him? 539 00:41:46,318 --> 00:41:49,468 - No, but he was due to fly into the UK 540 00:41:49,467 --> 00:41:52,457 from Bangkok last Saturday. 541 00:41:52,460 --> 00:41:55,410 - Saturday, that's the day of the Midsomer Flower Show 542 00:41:55,411 --> 00:41:57,971 and the day Madeline Villiers was killed. 543 00:41:59,582 --> 00:42:01,232 Thank you, Cully. 544 00:42:01,229 --> 00:42:03,199 Tell you what, if you print this out for me, 545 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,320 I will buy you lunch. 546 00:42:06,265 --> 00:42:07,125 - Sounds nice. 547 00:42:07,134 --> 00:42:08,254 - [Dan] Mm-hmm. 548 00:42:08,246 --> 00:42:09,186 - Come in, please. 549 00:42:15,139 --> 00:42:17,529 You are her sole executor, Mr. Fong. 550 00:42:19,403 --> 00:42:22,963 Please sit, Miss Villiers 551 00:42:22,959 --> 00:42:26,519 has left you her entire estate 552 00:42:26,515 --> 00:42:30,265 on condition that she is cremated 553 00:42:30,269 --> 00:42:33,899 and her ashes scattered as orchid fertiliser, 554 00:42:35,681 --> 00:42:37,621 I always found that quite odd, 555 00:42:40,518 --> 00:42:42,948 on the slopes of Mount? 556 00:42:44,032 --> 00:42:44,942 - Kinabalu. 557 00:42:46,045 --> 00:42:48,655 - Where is that, exactly? 558 00:42:48,662 --> 00:42:49,812 - Borneo. 559 00:42:49,809 --> 00:42:50,679 - Aah. 560 00:42:52,655 --> 00:42:56,085 - What happened to the books they took out of her safe? 561 00:42:56,086 --> 00:42:59,066 - We'll make sure the police pay for the damage 562 00:42:59,068 --> 00:43:02,488 and restore them to their rightful owner, you. 563 00:43:04,959 --> 00:43:07,439 - Now it looks as if all the money Miss Villiers 564 00:43:07,441 --> 00:43:08,661 made from selling the orchids 565 00:43:08,661 --> 00:43:11,041 was paid into this Swiss bank account. 566 00:43:11,039 --> 00:43:14,129 - Yeah, yeah, go on, go on. 567 00:43:14,127 --> 00:43:16,917 - Yeah, well, we know she sold the Papa-- 568 00:43:16,921 --> 00:43:18,291 - Paphiopedilum. 569 00:43:18,286 --> 00:43:20,736 - That's the one, for 150,000 grand, 570 00:43:20,736 --> 00:43:24,906 and yet only 25 of it was paid into her account. 571 00:43:26,147 --> 00:43:30,947 - Hmm, which means that 125,000 pounds 572 00:43:30,954 --> 00:43:32,954 could still be unpaid, doesn't it? 573 00:43:32,953 --> 00:43:36,883 And if the buyer were indeed Henry Plummer, 574 00:43:36,877 --> 00:43:40,217 and if the orchid were destroyed by someone 575 00:43:40,224 --> 00:43:41,894 before he's even fully paid for. 576 00:43:46,532 --> 00:43:49,242 Maybe Henry Plummer was going to sell 577 00:43:49,243 --> 00:43:51,523 on the orchid at a profit. 578 00:43:51,516 --> 00:43:53,676 - And you reckon someone clobbered him first 579 00:43:53,675 --> 00:43:57,075 and then strung him up to make it look like suicide? 580 00:43:57,083 --> 00:43:59,103 - We may be looking for a third party here Scott, 581 00:43:59,097 --> 00:44:02,437 someone who killed Henry Plummer for his orchid. 582 00:44:02,444 --> 00:44:03,844 - And then burned the rest of the collection 583 00:44:03,841 --> 00:44:05,071 to cover his tracks? 584 00:44:05,072 --> 00:44:06,972 - Who else knew that Henry Plummer had that orchid? 585 00:44:06,969 --> 00:44:09,429 - Well, if I was a gambling man, sir, 586 00:44:09,429 --> 00:44:11,409 I'd put a couple of quid on that toff, Hilliard. 587 00:44:11,411 --> 00:44:14,001 - No, no, if he said that he and his wife 588 00:44:13,997 --> 00:44:16,567 had dinner with the Lord Lieutenant 589 00:44:16,573 --> 00:44:18,693 on the night of the murder they probably did. 590 00:44:19,690 --> 00:44:22,520 I'd like another look around Miss Villiers' cottage. 591 00:44:22,517 --> 00:44:23,817 (suspenseful music) 592 00:44:23,823 --> 00:44:26,783 (birds squawking) 593 00:44:46,519 --> 00:44:48,149 - [Dan] I suppose we could always... 594 00:44:48,146 --> 00:44:50,486 - Get a warrant you were about to say, Scott? 595 00:44:51,785 --> 00:44:53,625 - Yeah, exactly, sir. 596 00:44:53,631 --> 00:44:54,621 - Oh, it's you lot. 597 00:44:55,767 --> 00:44:57,297 - What are you doing here? 598 00:44:57,304 --> 00:44:59,394 - Me, I'm just finishing a job 599 00:44:59,386 --> 00:45:01,936 she's already paid me for, new outside tap. 600 00:45:01,941 --> 00:45:05,331 - Mr. Rose, how very honourable of you. 601 00:45:05,330 --> 00:45:06,660 - [Dan] You got a key? 602 00:45:06,664 --> 00:45:08,704 - No, the solicitor's locked it all up. 603 00:45:19,457 --> 00:45:21,187 - What a lovely garden. 604 00:45:21,189 --> 00:45:24,559 - Yeah, young fella comes in to do it, 605 00:45:24,559 --> 00:45:26,699 he's a university student into plants. 606 00:45:48,978 --> 00:45:51,128 - Come and have a look at this, sir! 607 00:46:00,823 --> 00:46:02,633 Is this anything to do with you, Harry? 608 00:46:02,634 --> 00:46:04,414 - No, it's not my department, 609 00:46:04,410 --> 00:46:06,780 but I do know that stuff's deadly. 610 00:46:06,777 --> 00:46:09,117 It's got sulfuric acid in it, don't touch it. 611 00:46:36,381 --> 00:46:39,771 Told ya, you're supposed to dilute it 612 00:46:39,768 --> 00:46:41,708 one part to a hundred. 613 00:46:41,707 --> 00:46:43,227 - It wasn't you who poured this stuff 614 00:46:43,230 --> 00:46:45,100 on Henry Plummer's orchids, was it? 615 00:46:45,096 --> 00:46:48,256 - Me, I wouldn't touch that stuff with a stick. 616 00:46:49,768 --> 00:46:51,258 - Get a sample of that, Scott, 617 00:46:51,259 --> 00:46:53,319 for Georgie Bullard to analyse. 618 00:46:53,323 --> 00:46:58,103 Mr. Rose, what do you know about hemlock? 619 00:46:58,099 --> 00:46:59,529 - Now that I do know about. 620 00:47:18,088 --> 00:47:18,958 That's hemlock. 621 00:47:20,926 --> 00:47:22,356 - How do you know? 622 00:47:22,363 --> 00:47:24,923 - She told me, it's poisonous. 623 00:47:26,575 --> 00:47:29,365 Something to do with some old Greek she was keen on. 624 00:47:29,370 --> 00:47:33,340 Name of Socrates, got a bust of him indoors. 625 00:47:33,335 --> 00:47:35,305 - How do you turn this into a poison? 626 00:47:36,252 --> 00:47:40,152 - No idea, it smells like mouse pee if you crush it. 627 00:47:40,151 --> 00:47:43,051 Madeline, I mean Miss Villiers, kept a bottle of it 628 00:47:43,050 --> 00:47:46,710 just in case she got one of them debilitating diseases. 629 00:47:46,710 --> 00:47:47,580 Look, I've gotta get on. 630 00:47:47,579 --> 00:47:50,129 I've got a wiring job in Causton in an hour. 631 00:47:50,130 --> 00:47:51,340 - Where'd you learn all these decorating 632 00:47:51,340 --> 00:47:54,220 and building skills, Harry, in prison? 633 00:47:54,217 --> 00:47:57,347 (suspenseful music) 634 00:48:08,899 --> 00:48:11,599 - I'm a lifer out on licence. 635 00:48:12,819 --> 00:48:14,949 But I think you know that already. 636 00:48:14,947 --> 00:48:17,537 - I thought you had that look of the old lag about you. 637 00:48:17,543 --> 00:48:18,573 What'd you go down for? 638 00:48:18,565 --> 00:48:21,345 - Manslaughter, for which you've served what, 639 00:48:21,349 --> 00:48:23,129 eight years, I believe. 640 00:48:23,125 --> 00:48:26,095 - I did a mini-cab driver when I was drunk. 641 00:48:26,104 --> 00:48:27,174 But I'm clean as a whistle now. 642 00:48:27,167 --> 00:48:28,997 And I had nothing to do with her death. 643 00:48:29,002 --> 00:48:30,602 - We're not suggesting you did. 644 00:48:30,597 --> 00:48:31,767 - I've built up a nice little business, 645 00:48:31,765 --> 00:48:33,375 I've kept my nose clean. 646 00:48:33,382 --> 00:48:34,562 I don't wanna go back inside. 647 00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:35,570 - Where do you live? 648 00:48:35,571 --> 00:48:37,371 - Causton bail hostel, 649 00:48:37,365 --> 00:48:40,145 and if you wanna go on living there, Harry, 650 00:48:40,149 --> 00:48:42,839 I'd like to hear everything you're not telling us 651 00:48:42,839 --> 00:48:44,349 about the late Miss Villiers. 652 00:48:45,915 --> 00:48:48,475 - Well, she wasn't the righteous spinster 653 00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:49,830 everyone thought she was. 654 00:48:49,825 --> 00:48:53,725 - So I believe, and apart from your good self, 655 00:48:53,725 --> 00:48:56,135 who visited her in the last few days? 656 00:48:57,249 --> 00:48:59,099 - I'm not here all the time, you know, 657 00:49:01,180 --> 00:49:02,920 but I did notice a pizza box 658 00:49:02,922 --> 00:49:05,252 and a couple of lager cans in the incinerator. 659 00:49:05,249 --> 00:49:08,379 (suspenseful music) 660 00:49:23,067 --> 00:49:26,537 - A present from old Socrates, Mr. Rose? 661 00:49:31,377 --> 00:49:34,057 - I'm pretty sure it's a hybrid. 662 00:49:34,057 --> 00:49:35,847 Yes, here we are. 663 00:49:39,331 --> 00:49:40,421 That's the one. 664 00:49:42,096 --> 00:49:45,926 - Oh yes. (clears throat) 665 00:49:49,510 --> 00:49:50,890 That's a nice flower. 666 00:49:50,886 --> 00:49:52,436 - My phalaenopsis? 667 00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:55,160 They ooze glamour, don't you think? 668 00:49:56,986 --> 00:50:00,466 They add a sort of, I don't know, sexiness to a room. 669 00:50:05,296 --> 00:50:08,106 Yes, I'm right, it's the hybrid, 670 00:50:08,112 --> 00:50:10,202 also known as the Bardo Rose. 671 00:50:10,197 --> 00:50:11,417 - Ah, Rose. 672 00:50:11,417 --> 00:50:12,827 - Well, it's not actually a rose-- 673 00:50:12,833 --> 00:50:15,873 - No, no, no, Madeline Villers 674 00:50:15,870 --> 00:50:18,400 employed a handyman called Rose. 675 00:50:18,403 --> 00:50:20,053 Do you know that man, Professor? 676 00:50:20,051 --> 00:50:22,471 - Harry Rose, indeed I do. 677 00:50:22,470 --> 00:50:24,030 Harry's an absolute godsend 678 00:50:24,910 --> 00:50:27,350 to a good number of people in the neighbourhood. 679 00:50:29,216 --> 00:50:30,776 (siren wailing) 680 00:50:30,780 --> 00:50:32,490 - Come up with some interesting info, sir. 681 00:50:32,491 --> 00:50:33,501 - [Tom] Yeah? 682 00:50:33,502 --> 00:50:36,142 - Yeah, Miss Villiers' account in Switzerland 683 00:50:36,140 --> 00:50:38,740 was shared with a bloke called Jimmy Fong 684 00:50:38,736 --> 00:50:40,316 who's been making withdrawals. 685 00:50:41,885 --> 00:50:44,935 - Jimmy Fong, who he? 686 00:50:44,941 --> 00:50:46,971 - (chuckles) I dunno, but he also shares 687 00:50:46,974 --> 00:50:49,094 a travel agent's account with Miss Villiers, 688 00:50:49,090 --> 00:50:51,770 and he flew in three days ago from Bangkok. 689 00:50:51,769 --> 00:50:55,039 - My god, her smuggling partner, perhaps? 690 00:50:55,044 --> 00:50:56,744 - Chinese maybe, trips to the far east. 691 00:50:56,744 --> 00:50:57,614 Could well be. 692 00:50:57,612 --> 00:50:58,692 - And with all this money at stake, 693 00:50:58,694 --> 00:51:00,954 maybe there was a falling out among thieves. 694 00:51:00,946 --> 00:51:02,016 Where is he now? 695 00:51:02,020 --> 00:51:05,420 - I dunno, but he'll soon be very short of dosh 696 00:51:05,419 --> 00:51:08,299 because I've just frozen their joint Swiss bank account. 697 00:51:09,371 --> 00:51:10,601 - How did you manage that? 698 00:51:10,601 --> 00:51:13,531 - Well, once upon a time, sir, there was a Swiss copper 699 00:51:13,531 --> 00:51:16,701 from the fiscal police, nice feller, family man. 700 00:51:16,701 --> 00:51:18,381 Anyway, he got into a bit of bother 701 00:51:18,380 --> 00:51:20,830 with a prostitute and then I got him out of it. 702 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:23,730 - You never cease to amaze me, Scott. 703 00:51:24,618 --> 00:51:27,928 Can you amaze me some more by tracking down this Jimmy Fong. 704 00:51:27,931 --> 00:51:29,401 Hey, how's Brother Robert getting on 705 00:51:29,401 --> 00:51:30,981 with his diary translation? 706 00:51:30,980 --> 00:51:33,030 - (sighs) Let me put it this way, sir, 707 00:51:33,030 --> 00:51:35,730 up at the abbey they still tell the time with a sundial. 708 00:51:35,731 --> 00:51:37,811 Perhaps we should've asked Professor Winstanley? 709 00:51:37,806 --> 00:51:40,046 - Yes, we should, I think we'll find 710 00:51:40,047 --> 00:51:42,287 she knows much more than she is telling us. 711 00:51:42,289 --> 00:51:44,409 - Yeah, so no doubt you'll be going 712 00:51:44,406 --> 00:51:46,526 to see her again for another word? 713 00:51:46,533 --> 00:51:48,703 - Yes, indeed I will. 714 00:51:48,699 --> 00:51:50,519 - Are you sure you'll be safe, sir? 715 00:51:53,603 --> 00:51:55,893 - So what is it about these plants 716 00:51:55,886 --> 00:51:58,346 that turns collectors into criminals? 717 00:51:59,682 --> 00:52:03,932 - Addiction, obsession, mania, 718 00:52:03,926 --> 00:52:05,506 call it what you will. 719 00:52:05,510 --> 00:52:07,500 Personally I'm attracted 720 00:52:07,502 --> 00:52:11,292 both to the peculiar and the erotic. 721 00:52:12,392 --> 00:52:15,942 Take this Paphiopedilum sanderianum here. 722 00:52:15,938 --> 00:52:17,998 Just look at its luscious folds, 723 00:52:18,002 --> 00:52:21,672 that perfectly round glistening pouch. 724 00:52:26,969 --> 00:52:29,989 Did you know that orchid is a Greek word meaning testicle? 725 00:52:31,779 --> 00:52:33,239 - Is that a fact? 726 00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:36,050 - Do you see what I mean? 727 00:52:36,051 --> 00:52:40,021 - (clears throat) What does Mr. Winstanley 728 00:52:40,024 --> 00:52:42,794 think of your passion for orchids? 729 00:52:42,787 --> 00:52:44,457 - He walked out on me years ago. 730 00:52:48,365 --> 00:52:51,565 - Does the name Jimmy Fong mean anything to you? 731 00:52:51,567 --> 00:52:55,337 - Fong, of course, he's a notorious orchid smuggler. 732 00:52:55,342 --> 00:52:58,022 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 733 00:52:58,021 --> 00:53:00,211 have been after him for years. 734 00:53:00,210 --> 00:53:02,820 - Did you know that he was involved with Miss Villiers? 735 00:53:05,070 --> 00:53:10,280 - I'm intrigued, but I had absolutely no idea. 736 00:53:10,617 --> 00:53:13,427 - With all due respect, Margaret, 737 00:53:13,433 --> 00:53:15,913 I think you are holding something back. 738 00:53:15,914 --> 00:53:17,664 - I never hold anything back. 739 00:53:19,803 --> 00:53:24,583 - Venous engorgement, enlargement of the vein 740 00:53:24,579 --> 00:53:28,849 above the point of injury and cyanosis. 741 00:53:30,804 --> 00:53:34,094 See the blue discoloration of the fingertips? 742 00:53:34,089 --> 00:53:35,589 - So he was strangled first 743 00:53:35,590 --> 00:53:38,520 and then hung up to make it look like suicide, yeah? 744 00:53:39,656 --> 00:53:41,866 - And what about the weed killer? 745 00:53:41,867 --> 00:53:44,567 - Yes, it was in pretty common use 20 years ago, I'm afraid. 746 00:53:44,568 --> 00:53:47,838 Banned now, of course, and I'm still awaiting test results. 747 00:53:49,761 --> 00:53:51,911 Oh, that old bottle did contain hemlock. 748 00:53:51,906 --> 00:53:53,056 (phone ringing) 749 00:53:53,055 --> 00:53:54,305 - Oh, excuse me, gentlemen. 750 00:53:56,173 --> 00:53:57,063 Hold on, Charlie. 751 00:53:58,352 --> 00:54:00,402 - Thank you, George, thank you for that. 752 00:54:01,501 --> 00:54:02,701 - Yeah, go on, Charlie. 753 00:54:04,598 --> 00:54:07,498 What, nothing at all? (sighs) 754 00:54:07,497 --> 00:54:08,587 All right, thank you. 755 00:54:10,458 --> 00:54:12,188 There is no one by the name of Fong 756 00:54:12,189 --> 00:54:15,799 at any of the BandBs or hotels within 50 miles of here, sir. 757 00:54:15,797 --> 00:54:17,567 Perhaps he's gone back to Bangkok already. 758 00:54:17,570 --> 00:54:20,800 - Yeah, maybe he has, if he had come all that way 759 00:54:20,802 --> 00:54:22,562 to kill Miss Villiers. 760 00:54:23,899 --> 00:54:25,999 But what if he'd come over to marry her? 761 00:54:27,383 --> 00:54:29,713 And how do you think he'd react if he arrived early 762 00:54:29,707 --> 00:54:34,917 and caught her in flagrante with Henry Plummer perhaps? 763 00:54:35,254 --> 00:54:39,494 - Well, it would certainly cure his jet lag, sir. (chuckles) 764 00:54:39,487 --> 00:54:42,887 - Perhaps the floozy actress was actually Miss Villiers, 765 00:54:43,873 --> 00:54:47,393 and our Henry Plummer was repaying some of his debt in kind. 766 00:54:47,391 --> 00:54:52,251 - Yeah, and if he was 125 grand shy in the kitty, 767 00:54:53,991 --> 00:54:56,911 I think the Chinaman might want his orchid back as well. 768 00:54:59,278 --> 00:55:01,888 - I'd like to hear the merry widow sing some more. 769 00:55:02,895 --> 00:55:05,675 (pensive music) 770 00:55:26,083 --> 00:55:31,303 - Looks like the handyman's got his hammer out already, sir. 771 00:55:32,725 --> 00:55:35,765 (doorbell ringing) 772 00:55:38,542 --> 00:55:39,812 - Good afternoon, Mrs. Plummer. 773 00:55:39,808 --> 00:55:40,678 - Please come in. 774 00:55:40,677 --> 00:55:41,647 - Thank you. 775 00:55:41,654 --> 00:55:43,074 - Have you come to tell me you're going to release 776 00:55:43,072 --> 00:55:46,212 Henry's body so that I can arrange the funeral? 777 00:55:46,213 --> 00:55:49,253 - No, it's not gonna be as easy as that. 778 00:55:49,245 --> 00:55:51,655 It appears that your husband's death 779 00:55:51,664 --> 00:55:53,474 was not suicide after all. 780 00:55:54,513 --> 00:55:55,563 - It wasn't suicide? 781 00:55:57,492 --> 00:55:58,362 What are you talking about? 782 00:55:58,361 --> 00:56:02,031 ♪ And leave the rest to me ♪ 783 00:56:02,033 --> 00:56:04,563 ♪ Give me the moonlight ♪ 784 00:56:04,556 --> 00:56:07,606 ♪ Give me the girl ♪ 785 00:56:07,608 --> 00:56:12,818 ♪ And leave the rest to me ♪ 786 00:56:13,030 --> 00:56:15,790 ♪ Give me a shady ♪ 787 00:56:15,792 --> 00:56:17,432 - Mr. Rose. 788 00:56:17,429 --> 00:56:18,929 - Inspector. 789 00:56:18,931 --> 00:56:22,281 - Supporting Mrs. Plummer in her darkest hours I see. 790 00:56:26,292 --> 00:56:28,992 - Harry's helping me with Henry's belongings. 791 00:56:30,265 --> 00:56:33,765 The good stuff goes to Oxfam, the rest in the incinerator. 792 00:56:37,330 --> 00:56:40,200 (Deborah crying) 793 00:56:41,755 --> 00:56:43,335 - Strangled, oh my God! 794 00:56:47,056 --> 00:56:49,666 Who on earth would strangle Henry? 795 00:56:49,665 --> 00:56:51,525 - Well, that's what we're trying to find out. 796 00:56:51,526 --> 00:56:55,896 Mrs. Plummer, on the night of your husband's death, 797 00:56:55,895 --> 00:56:57,555 you drove to London, didn't you? 798 00:56:58,736 --> 00:57:02,496 - I did, I left at around about quarter to eight. 799 00:57:03,538 --> 00:57:06,088 I went to a club, and then I stayed 800 00:57:06,092 --> 00:57:08,072 with some friends in Chiswick. 801 00:57:08,073 --> 00:57:11,083 - And those friends, they'd vouch for that would they? 802 00:57:11,076 --> 00:57:14,986 - (scoffs) You're not suggesting it was me are you? 803 00:57:14,987 --> 00:57:17,637 - Well, you yourself suggested 804 00:57:17,635 --> 00:57:19,745 that you lived separate lives. 805 00:57:19,752 --> 00:57:23,972 - So what, sleeping in separate beds was a luxury. 806 00:57:26,008 --> 00:57:29,758 - How was your husband's relationship with Miss Villiers? 807 00:57:29,762 --> 00:57:31,482 - What relationship? 808 00:57:31,482 --> 00:57:33,102 - Did he ever visit her? 809 00:57:35,212 --> 00:57:36,312 - Are you suggesting? 810 00:57:37,822 --> 00:57:41,582 Why would he visit a dried up old spinster like her? 811 00:57:41,576 --> 00:57:43,276 - What about Harry Rose? 812 00:57:44,537 --> 00:57:47,507 Will he be moving in when all this is over, Mrs. Plummer? 813 00:57:48,906 --> 00:57:52,556 - What sort of person do you think I am? 814 00:57:52,555 --> 00:57:55,615 My husband's been murdered, damn it! 815 00:57:56,578 --> 00:57:59,168 Harry may be very good at practical things, 816 00:58:00,282 --> 00:58:02,502 but that's as far as it goes! 817 00:58:02,501 --> 00:58:05,901 (phone ringing) 818 00:58:05,902 --> 00:58:09,452 Hello, oh, just a moment, Spencer. 819 00:58:11,408 --> 00:58:13,758 As it happens, this is my solicitor 820 00:58:13,764 --> 00:58:15,894 who's sorting out the probate. 821 00:58:15,891 --> 00:58:17,941 Now, if you want to talk to me further 822 00:58:17,935 --> 00:58:19,785 I'd like him to be present. 823 00:58:19,791 --> 00:58:22,191 Now you can either wait until he gets here 824 00:58:22,189 --> 00:58:24,009 or you can see yourselves out. 825 00:58:28,591 --> 00:58:29,521 - [Tom] Mr. Rose! 826 00:58:33,888 --> 00:58:35,468 - Look, I'm in a rush. 827 00:58:35,473 --> 00:58:36,813 I've gotta get this to the Oxfam shop 828 00:58:36,808 --> 00:58:38,488 in Causton before it closes. 829 00:58:38,487 --> 00:58:40,547 - Not only musical, but virtuous too. 830 00:58:40,551 --> 00:58:42,521 Look, I'll tell you what, Mr. Rose, 831 00:58:42,522 --> 00:58:45,302 why don't you call in to Causton police station 832 00:58:45,296 --> 00:58:47,956 when you've done all this, for a little chat? 833 00:58:47,955 --> 00:58:49,545 - Just to tie up a few loose ends, Harry, that's all. 834 00:58:49,550 --> 00:58:52,600 - Round about four o'clock, all right? 835 00:58:52,601 --> 00:58:54,251 - Whatever you say. 836 00:59:01,830 --> 00:59:04,100 (sombre music) 837 00:59:04,095 --> 00:59:05,135 - What have we here? 838 00:59:08,329 --> 00:59:09,199 Excuse me, sir. 839 00:59:10,486 --> 00:59:11,796 We're Causton C.I.D. 840 00:59:11,801 --> 00:59:14,451 Are you Mr. Fong, Mr. Jimmy Fong? 841 00:59:15,868 --> 00:59:18,708 - Me, no, I am Weng Tu Ho 842 00:59:18,714 --> 00:59:22,134 from Happy House Chinese restaurant in Causton. 843 00:59:24,043 --> 00:59:25,853 Do you want to order something? 844 00:59:25,847 --> 00:59:27,067 - What's in the box? 845 00:59:29,652 --> 00:59:34,312 - Crispy duck with pancake and barbecue sauce, very tasty. 846 00:59:35,554 --> 00:59:37,754 You welcome any time. 847 00:59:46,954 --> 00:59:48,644 - That's a big car for an errand boy. 848 00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:49,520 - Isn't it just? 849 00:59:50,590 --> 00:59:53,050 Check out this Happy House restaurant. 850 01:00:00,548 --> 01:00:03,988 - So if you are the real Weng Tu Ho, sir, 851 01:00:03,989 --> 01:00:07,099 can you tell me who the man with the black BMW is please? 852 01:00:07,096 --> 01:00:09,586 - I don't know, he don't give me no name. 853 01:00:09,588 --> 01:00:12,128 Maybe Jimmy Fong, maybe not. 854 01:00:12,132 --> 01:00:15,642 - Yeah, maybe, why is this fella, whose name you don't know, 855 01:00:15,636 --> 01:00:19,436 Weng, why is he delivering Chinese food for you? 856 01:00:19,442 --> 01:00:21,762 - He was eating Pearl River special lunch here 857 01:00:21,757 --> 01:00:25,527 when takeaway motor bike got flat tyre, a big mess. 858 01:00:25,531 --> 01:00:29,921 So this man say he has got car, he go himself. 859 01:00:29,924 --> 01:00:32,154 - Just like that? 860 01:00:32,149 --> 01:00:35,509 - Just like that, we Chinese always help each other. 861 01:00:36,407 --> 01:00:37,377 - That's very noble. 862 01:00:37,381 --> 01:00:39,301 Can you tell me where he is now please? 863 01:00:39,295 --> 01:00:42,515 - I don't know, he bring takeaway money back, then go. 864 01:00:42,517 --> 01:00:44,557 Maybe he come back, maybe not. 865 01:00:45,937 --> 01:00:49,947 - Now, Mr. Rose, the weed killer 866 01:00:49,952 --> 01:00:51,362 found in Miss Villiers' shed 867 01:00:51,359 --> 01:00:55,179 matches that used to kill Mr. Plummer's orchids. 868 01:00:56,740 --> 01:00:58,470 - Well, it's got nothing to do with me. 869 01:00:58,470 --> 01:01:00,480 - Maybe Deborah asked you to do it as a favour? 870 01:01:00,483 --> 01:01:01,823 - Oh no, she didn't. 871 01:01:01,818 --> 01:01:04,188 - So your favours are just sexual, are they? 872 01:01:05,905 --> 01:01:11,115 - Well, yeah, we do it from time to time. 873 01:01:11,369 --> 01:01:15,769 She gets off on being laid by an ex-con, would you believe. 874 01:01:15,769 --> 01:01:17,889 - Did Deborah ask you to kill her husband? 875 01:01:17,886 --> 01:01:20,866 - No, it's got nothing to do with me, I swear! 876 01:01:20,868 --> 01:01:22,838 - What about Miss Villiers? 877 01:01:22,839 --> 01:01:25,669 Did you have a relationship with her too? 878 01:01:28,146 --> 01:01:30,566 - Look, after eight years of being inside 879 01:01:30,565 --> 01:01:32,615 I had a lot of catching up to do. 880 01:01:33,829 --> 01:01:36,699 And her lover lives abroad and she needed the practise. 881 01:01:37,750 --> 01:01:39,670 Like she said, use it or lose it. 882 01:01:40,627 --> 01:01:42,697 - What about Miss Villiers' orchid smuggling? 883 01:01:42,702 --> 01:01:45,382 What do you know about that? 884 01:01:45,382 --> 01:01:47,792 - Well, I found her the Wardian cabinet 885 01:01:47,791 --> 01:01:49,251 so she could put her plants in it 886 01:01:49,250 --> 01:01:52,170 when she came back from abroad, that's all. 887 01:01:52,170 --> 01:01:53,060 - What about the orchid she sold 888 01:01:53,056 --> 01:01:56,176 to Mr. Plummer for 150,000 pounds? 889 01:01:57,498 --> 01:02:00,138 - 150 grand for a plant? 890 01:02:01,148 --> 01:02:02,188 You're having me on! 891 01:02:04,314 --> 01:02:06,054 (suspenseful music) 892 01:02:06,048 --> 01:02:07,818 - Scott, Mr. Rose seems to be suffering 893 01:02:07,821 --> 01:02:09,751 from some kind of amnesia. 894 01:02:09,750 --> 01:02:12,830 - Yeah, I tell you what, 895 01:02:12,826 --> 01:02:14,236 there are some very good psychiatrists 896 01:02:14,244 --> 01:02:15,764 working in prison these days. 897 01:02:18,634 --> 01:02:20,434 I'll just let the licence board know about him 898 01:02:20,427 --> 01:02:22,567 being involved in a murder investigation. 899 01:02:24,345 --> 01:02:26,265 - Look, I don't wanna go back inside. 900 01:02:39,540 --> 01:02:42,140 All right, I admit, 901 01:02:43,945 --> 01:02:45,455 I knew about the Yellow Roth. 902 01:02:49,039 --> 01:02:53,109 Madeline, Miss Villiers, was livid 903 01:02:53,106 --> 01:02:56,736 because Henry Plummer only coughed up 25 grand. 904 01:02:56,735 --> 01:02:58,175 She said if I went round to Plummer's house 905 01:02:58,184 --> 01:03:01,064 and got it back, she'd give me 50 quid. 906 01:03:01,062 --> 01:03:01,932 - And did you? 907 01:03:06,828 --> 01:03:07,788 - We're wasting our time here, sir. 908 01:03:07,787 --> 01:03:09,687 I say we put him back inside. 909 01:03:09,685 --> 01:03:11,345 - All right, keep your shirt on. 910 01:03:15,451 --> 01:03:19,921 I did go round to Plummer's house about 10 o'clock, 911 01:03:19,924 --> 01:03:22,134 and there was no one there. 912 01:03:22,125 --> 01:03:25,325 But I was already too late, everything was ruined. 913 01:03:25,326 --> 01:03:26,956 - Including the Yellow Roth? 914 01:03:27,859 --> 01:03:30,149 - Well, from what I saw, that was shrivelled up as well. 915 01:03:30,153 --> 01:03:34,653 150 grand's worth of plant zapped just like that. 916 01:03:36,337 --> 01:03:37,537 - Then what did you do? 917 01:03:38,537 --> 01:03:40,397 - Well, I legged it, didn't I? 918 01:03:42,374 --> 01:03:43,414 I phoned Miss Villiers, 919 01:03:43,406 --> 01:03:46,166 but when she didn't answer I went home to the hostel. 920 01:03:48,724 --> 01:03:50,474 Next morning I found her dead. 921 01:03:52,540 --> 01:03:53,970 Never did get the 50 quid. 922 01:03:55,387 --> 01:03:59,277 - Okay, Harry, I don't think for a minute 923 01:03:59,276 --> 01:04:01,336 that you've told me the whole truth, 924 01:04:01,341 --> 01:04:03,271 but I don't think any useful purpose 925 01:04:03,270 --> 01:04:05,120 will be served by locking you up. 926 01:04:05,115 --> 01:04:06,405 You're free to go. 927 01:04:07,597 --> 01:04:09,387 - Thank you very much, sir. 928 01:04:09,390 --> 01:04:12,340 (dramatic music) 929 01:04:39,921 --> 01:04:42,701 (Munro screams) 930 01:04:44,157 --> 01:04:47,017 (Munro grunting) 931 01:05:16,701 --> 01:05:17,891 - That took some force didn't it? 932 01:05:17,886 --> 01:05:18,876 - It certainly did. 933 01:05:27,844 --> 01:05:28,994 - [Tom] Who found him? 934 01:05:28,991 --> 01:05:30,821 - The butler, Feather. 935 01:05:30,816 --> 01:05:33,416 Constable Charles has already taken his statement. 936 01:05:34,715 --> 01:05:38,625 But, Tom, take a look at this. 937 01:05:38,632 --> 01:05:41,762 (suspenseful music) 938 01:05:43,193 --> 01:05:46,193 - Something missing, something taken? 939 01:05:48,531 --> 01:05:50,671 - We thought he'd fallen asleep in there. 940 01:05:52,191 --> 01:05:54,621 He does sometimes, it's so warm and cosy, 941 01:05:56,404 --> 01:05:58,604 and he's got his father's old deck chair. 942 01:06:01,628 --> 01:06:04,018 But when he didn't come in for tea 943 01:06:04,016 --> 01:06:06,566 Feather went to see where he was, didn't you, Feather? 944 01:06:06,570 --> 01:06:09,160 - Yes, ma'am, I found him. 945 01:06:18,728 --> 01:06:20,568 - Mrs. Hilliard, had your husband 946 01:06:20,574 --> 01:06:23,024 recently acquired a new orchid? 947 01:06:25,746 --> 01:06:27,876 - I don't suppose it matters now that he, 948 01:06:31,418 --> 01:06:34,548 yes, yes, and he was terribly excited about it. 949 01:06:35,899 --> 01:06:40,199 This one was so frightfully rare, even unique, he said. 950 01:06:40,198 --> 01:06:42,348 - And was that orchid 951 01:06:42,346 --> 01:06:46,856 the Paphiopedilum rothschildianum flavum, the Yellow Roth? 952 01:06:48,372 --> 01:06:51,012 - Yes, how did you know? 953 01:06:52,919 --> 01:06:55,839 - And for which he must have paid a great deal of money. 954 01:06:57,401 --> 01:07:02,081 - Munro can afford to indulge, Mr. Barnaby. 955 01:07:02,077 --> 01:07:04,757 Like his father and his grandfather before him, 956 01:07:05,744 --> 01:07:09,494 he was addicted to orchids as others are addicted to drugs. 957 01:07:11,756 --> 01:07:16,966 They were his passion, but for this deadly orchid, 958 01:07:17,110 --> 01:07:19,920 this Orchis Fatalis, 959 01:07:21,604 --> 01:07:25,774 price proved too high even for Munro. 960 01:07:31,939 --> 01:07:33,939 - Mrs. Hilliard, have you any idea 961 01:07:33,939 --> 01:07:35,349 where the orchid came from? 962 01:07:37,014 --> 01:07:38,424 - I never asked. 963 01:07:38,423 --> 01:07:41,183 - Would your husband have bought the orchid 964 01:07:41,175 --> 01:07:44,755 if he'd known it was illegally imported into this country? 965 01:07:44,762 --> 01:07:46,652 - He was a conservationist. 966 01:07:48,349 --> 01:07:49,369 - Could your husband 967 01:07:49,371 --> 01:07:52,361 have bought the orchid from Henry Plummer? 968 01:07:52,364 --> 01:07:54,534 - It's very unlikely. 969 01:07:54,529 --> 01:07:58,609 Munro and Plummer despised each other. 970 01:08:01,748 --> 01:08:04,118 He considered him an arriviste. 971 01:08:07,723 --> 01:08:10,473 He'll never come plodding back 972 01:08:10,465 --> 01:08:13,065 from the conservatory, will he? 973 01:08:15,492 --> 01:08:18,532 - I think, gentleman, in the circumstances... 974 01:08:18,525 --> 01:08:20,285 - Ah, yes, yes, I'm sorry. 975 01:08:21,455 --> 01:08:22,965 Thank you, Mrs. Hilliard. 976 01:08:26,157 --> 01:08:28,847 (bell tolling) 977 01:08:29,734 --> 01:08:33,024 - She describes in great detail the sexual acts 978 01:08:33,019 --> 01:08:36,369 between her and her many partners. 979 01:08:36,369 --> 01:08:40,539 (speaking in foreign language) 980 01:08:44,238 --> 01:08:48,678 Wild Asian tiger is growing tame. 981 01:08:48,680 --> 01:08:50,590 How different from the young man. 982 01:08:51,548 --> 01:08:52,668 - Jimmy Fong. 983 01:08:52,674 --> 01:08:56,964 - Hmm, and this is her last entry, most curious. 984 01:08:59,199 --> 01:09:03,369 (speaking in foreign language) 985 01:09:04,579 --> 01:09:06,149 And tomorrow is my wedding day, 986 01:09:06,146 --> 01:09:08,416 but I shall not marry the peacemaker. 987 01:09:13,420 --> 01:09:15,830 - And I think we'll find the peacemaker 988 01:09:15,832 --> 01:09:18,352 is Jonathan Makepeace. 989 01:09:18,352 --> 01:09:19,222 (sombre music) 990 01:09:19,220 --> 01:09:22,170 (water splashing) 991 01:09:31,322 --> 01:09:33,492 Afternoon, Mr. Makepeace. 992 01:09:35,237 --> 01:09:38,977 I wonder if you've got a minute, could you help us please? 993 01:09:38,981 --> 01:09:39,851 - Of course. 994 01:09:40,816 --> 01:09:44,656 - The late Miss Villiers, she kept a diary. 995 01:09:45,706 --> 01:09:46,576 - Really? 996 01:09:46,575 --> 01:09:49,655 - Yes, and in it you feature rather prominently. 997 01:09:51,076 --> 01:09:52,856 - Well, it's not surprising. 998 01:09:52,859 --> 01:09:55,709 I spent hours with her, discussing her garden and-- 999 01:09:55,706 --> 01:09:57,326 - But it wasn't just her flower patch 1000 01:09:57,332 --> 01:10:00,392 you were planting seeds in, was it, Jonathan? 1001 01:10:00,387 --> 01:10:01,597 - I don't know what you're talking about. 1002 01:10:01,597 --> 01:10:04,617 - [Tom] She claims that you were also her lover. 1003 01:10:04,621 --> 01:10:07,371 - Lover, that's ridiculous. 1004 01:10:08,333 --> 01:10:11,133 Oh, that's just some senile old woman fantasising. 1005 01:10:18,614 --> 01:10:23,834 Well, I did go around there a couple of times, yes. 1006 01:10:26,859 --> 01:10:29,759 But I had nothing at all to do with her death. 1007 01:10:29,761 --> 01:10:31,631 - Were you intending to marry her? 1008 01:10:31,627 --> 01:10:32,497 - Marry her? 1009 01:10:32,496 --> 01:10:35,066 - As in make her your wife, till death do you part? 1010 01:10:36,027 --> 01:10:40,267 - Well, yes, but of course I couldn't go through with it. 1011 01:10:41,178 --> 01:10:44,518 The night she died I told her I'd changed my mind. 1012 01:10:44,515 --> 01:10:46,765 She was livid, but when I left 1013 01:10:46,767 --> 01:10:48,717 she was still very much alive. 1014 01:10:48,717 --> 01:10:52,327 - Sorry, I'm just trying to get my head around this. 1015 01:10:52,325 --> 01:10:55,495 Why would a handsome young student like yourself, 1016 01:10:55,495 --> 01:10:57,415 Jonathan, want to marry someone 1017 01:10:57,424 --> 01:10:59,794 who's old enough to be their grandmother? 1018 01:10:59,792 --> 01:11:03,192 - (sighs) It's a little involved. 1019 01:11:03,190 --> 01:11:05,220 - Let me guess, Mr. Makepeace. 1020 01:11:05,223 --> 01:11:09,233 Am I right in saying that this was an attempt to find out 1021 01:11:09,227 --> 01:11:12,167 about her international orchid smuggling operation? 1022 01:11:12,168 --> 01:11:15,598 And that you were prepared to go to almost any lengths 1023 01:11:15,598 --> 01:11:17,268 to discover who was involved? 1024 01:11:18,757 --> 01:11:22,967 - Well, you know, pillow talk 1025 01:11:22,970 --> 01:11:25,260 might've provided a valuable lead. 1026 01:11:26,494 --> 01:11:28,894 We wanted to get to the bottom of it. 1027 01:11:28,893 --> 01:11:29,983 But we didn't mention one word 1028 01:11:29,977 --> 01:11:31,847 about it to anyone, we didn't dare. 1029 01:11:31,854 --> 01:11:33,574 - We didn't dare, we. 1030 01:11:33,574 --> 01:11:35,284 You said we, who's the we? 1031 01:11:36,504 --> 01:11:40,274 Whose idea was it to seduce Miss Villiers 1032 01:11:40,269 --> 01:11:41,459 in the first place? 1033 01:11:42,959 --> 01:11:45,259 - Professor Winstanley's, of course. 1034 01:11:45,256 --> 01:11:48,116 (sombre music) 1035 01:11:55,003 --> 01:11:57,783 - [Margaret] Yes, I did put him up to it. 1036 01:11:57,776 --> 01:12:01,296 Madeline's sexual appetite was well known in the village. 1037 01:12:01,300 --> 01:12:03,400 - You mean Harry Rose told you about it? 1038 01:12:05,638 --> 01:12:08,258 And did Harry Rose also tell you 1039 01:12:09,277 --> 01:12:11,187 that she smuggled rare orchids? 1040 01:12:11,185 --> 01:12:15,425 - Oh, good lord, no, Harry's the soul of discretion. 1041 01:12:15,429 --> 01:12:18,679 But we had a pretty good idea, hence the Casanova role 1042 01:12:18,682 --> 01:12:22,412 for Jonathan, which she was perfectly happy with. 1043 01:12:23,478 --> 01:12:26,088 - Jonathan Makepeace said she wasn't very happy 1044 01:12:26,085 --> 01:12:27,895 when he went round to call off the wedding 1045 01:12:27,899 --> 01:12:29,449 on the evening of her death. 1046 01:12:30,850 --> 01:12:31,890 Do you think Jonathan Makepeace 1047 01:12:31,893 --> 01:12:34,283 had anything to do with her death? 1048 01:12:34,281 --> 01:12:37,911 - No, of course not, he's a botanist not a murderer. 1049 01:12:39,216 --> 01:12:42,746 - Hmm, I don't recall suggesting it was a murder. 1050 01:12:45,480 --> 01:12:48,590 - Well, isn't that what you're implying? 1051 01:12:52,997 --> 01:12:54,787 - I'd be very interested to know 1052 01:12:54,791 --> 01:12:56,541 how you think Henry Plummer died? 1053 01:12:58,225 --> 01:12:59,945 - He committed suicide, didn't he? 1054 01:12:59,952 --> 01:13:02,742 - No, Professor, they were both murdered. 1055 01:13:04,373 --> 01:13:05,243 - Oh my God. 1056 01:13:06,188 --> 01:13:10,568 - And the catalyst for both the deaths, it appears, 1057 01:13:10,567 --> 01:13:13,397 was a smuggled orchid, which now I'm pretty certain 1058 01:13:13,403 --> 01:13:16,583 was eventually bought by Munro Hilliard, 1059 01:13:16,584 --> 01:13:19,864 and as a result, he too was murdered. 1060 01:13:21,140 --> 01:13:22,180 - Munro Hilliard? 1061 01:13:30,076 --> 01:13:31,356 I should have brought my suspicions 1062 01:13:31,359 --> 01:13:34,379 about Madeline's smuggling activities to you, shouldn't I? 1063 01:13:36,353 --> 01:13:39,133 The prospect of cracking an international smuggling ring, 1064 01:13:39,127 --> 01:13:42,417 of watching the culprits being brought to justice, 1065 01:13:42,422 --> 01:13:46,312 of being hailed as the saviour of orchid habitats 1066 01:13:46,311 --> 01:13:51,131 in remote corners of the world clouded my judgement . 1067 01:13:53,954 --> 01:13:55,774 Is that so terrible, Mr. Barnaby? 1068 01:13:58,021 --> 01:14:01,391 - The consequences were so terrible. 1069 01:14:02,505 --> 01:14:05,585 A bit of common sense would have told you what could happen. 1070 01:14:06,986 --> 01:14:08,726 But there was never a chair in common sense 1071 01:14:08,729 --> 01:14:10,249 at the university, was there? 1072 01:14:16,883 --> 01:14:20,873 - I was going through Munro's papers and found this. 1073 01:14:20,867 --> 01:14:23,967 - It appears that Madam's late husband 1074 01:14:23,974 --> 01:14:29,194 arranged to pay 175,000 pounds 1075 01:14:29,313 --> 01:14:33,123 from one of his offshore accounts to Mrs. Plummer. 1076 01:14:33,118 --> 01:14:34,598 - Was the payment made? 1077 01:14:34,599 --> 01:14:36,599 - No, sir, there being no sign of the orchid, 1078 01:14:36,601 --> 01:14:38,851 Madam had the account frozen. 1079 01:14:38,853 --> 01:14:39,813 - Mrs. Hilliard-- 1080 01:14:39,812 --> 01:14:40,912 (phone beeps) 1081 01:14:40,907 --> 01:14:41,777 Oh, I'm sorry. 1082 01:14:45,725 --> 01:14:49,345 I know this is a very trying time for you, 1083 01:14:49,353 --> 01:14:51,363 but do you recall your husband 1084 01:14:51,355 --> 01:14:54,935 ever mentioning the name Fong, Mr. Jimmy Fong? 1085 01:14:54,939 --> 01:14:56,769 - No, I've never heard the name before. 1086 01:14:56,772 --> 01:15:01,512 - Well, this has been very useful, thank you for it. 1087 01:15:01,508 --> 01:15:04,938 And as it happens, our Mr. Fong 1088 01:15:04,942 --> 01:15:07,952 is waiting for us at Causton police station. 1089 01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:12,510 - As sole beneficiary of the late Miss Villiers' will, 1090 01:15:12,512 --> 01:15:14,672 my client would like returned to him 1091 01:15:14,670 --> 01:15:18,460 certain items removed illegally from her safe. 1092 01:15:19,811 --> 01:15:22,491 - Legally removed, Mr. Jocelyn, 1093 01:15:22,491 --> 01:15:25,231 in order to further our inquiries into her death. 1094 01:15:26,265 --> 01:15:27,125 If you don't mind, 1095 01:15:27,134 --> 01:15:30,654 I'd like to ask your client a direct question. 1096 01:15:30,645 --> 01:15:33,335 Mr. Fong, last time we met you, 1097 01:15:33,335 --> 01:15:35,375 you were delivering a Chinese meal 1098 01:15:35,379 --> 01:15:38,109 and calling yourself Weng Tu Ho. 1099 01:15:39,664 --> 01:15:42,304 - Just trying to do a fellow Chinaman a favour. 1100 01:15:42,302 --> 01:15:45,162 I always eat at the Happy House when I come to England. 1101 01:15:45,159 --> 01:15:47,479 - And the business which brought you here 1102 01:15:47,484 --> 01:15:52,124 was your very lucrative orchid smuggling I presume? 1103 01:15:53,720 --> 01:15:56,970 - My client will certainly not answer that question. 1104 01:15:57,985 --> 01:16:00,155 He's here of his own volition 1105 01:16:00,164 --> 01:16:04,284 to reclaim his unlawfully-seized property, 1106 01:16:04,283 --> 01:16:07,953 not to be questioned about alleged criminal activities 1107 01:16:07,953 --> 01:16:12,023 for which you have absolutely no evidence. 1108 01:16:12,019 --> 01:16:13,319 - It's okay, Mr. Jocelyn. 1109 01:16:16,315 --> 01:16:18,695 I've devoted all my life 1110 01:16:18,703 --> 01:16:21,313 to saving threatened orchids from extinction. 1111 01:16:21,310 --> 01:16:22,670 - That's a new slant on it. 1112 01:16:22,665 --> 01:16:25,205 - My client will have no further comment to make 1113 01:16:25,210 --> 01:16:26,760 on such a line of questioning. 1114 01:16:26,763 --> 01:16:28,443 - Then perhaps your client will be kind enough 1115 01:16:28,442 --> 01:16:31,012 to tell us what he is doing here in Midsomer? 1116 01:16:34,542 --> 01:16:38,492 - I came here to marry Madeline Villiers 1117 01:16:38,491 --> 01:16:41,631 and to take her away on honeymoon to Switzerland. 1118 01:16:41,628 --> 01:16:43,458 - But when you found she was having it off 1119 01:16:43,457 --> 01:16:46,167 with somebody else, you killed her, didn't you? 1120 01:16:46,168 --> 01:16:48,358 - Kill her, for that? 1121 01:16:48,358 --> 01:16:49,918 - Yeah 'cause she was sleeping 1122 01:16:49,922 --> 01:16:51,702 with half the village, wasn't she? 1123 01:16:56,512 --> 01:16:58,742 - Are insults to the dead 1124 01:16:58,743 --> 01:17:00,623 all you've got left in your arsenal? 1125 01:17:08,034 --> 01:17:10,964 I'm no saint, believe you me, 1126 01:17:10,964 --> 01:17:14,144 but I loved her and she loved me. 1127 01:17:15,270 --> 01:17:16,620 I would never kill her. 1128 01:17:24,217 --> 01:17:29,427 - Mr. Fong, did you kill Henry Plummer and Munro Hilliard 1129 01:17:29,691 --> 01:17:31,111 in order to recover the orchid 1130 01:17:31,109 --> 01:17:34,649 for which your intended had already died? 1131 01:18:00,451 --> 01:18:03,031 - Mrs. Plummer, may I put this to you 1132 01:18:03,954 --> 01:18:06,634 that you stole that orchid, the Yellow Roth, 1133 01:18:06,634 --> 01:18:10,374 from your husband's collection because Munro Hilliard 1134 01:18:10,367 --> 01:18:12,437 had secretly agreed to buy it from you. 1135 01:18:12,442 --> 01:18:15,612 - It was my orchid, damn it! 1136 01:18:15,612 --> 01:18:18,212 Henry had paid for it with my money! 1137 01:18:20,413 --> 01:18:24,413 But yes you're right, Hilliard had agreed to buy it. 1138 01:18:24,412 --> 01:18:26,862 - So you go round to collect the cash, 1139 01:18:26,863 --> 01:18:31,253 but either he refused to pay it to you or he hadn't got it. 1140 01:18:31,252 --> 01:18:34,142 - So you attacked him with a fork and took the orchid back. 1141 01:18:34,140 --> 01:18:37,780 - (scoffs) Attacked him with a fork? 1142 01:18:37,780 --> 01:18:40,150 I've never heard such a load of rubbish in all my life. 1143 01:18:40,147 --> 01:18:42,257 - But you did sell him the orchid? 1144 01:18:44,589 --> 01:18:47,909 - Well, that I will admit to, you see, 1145 01:18:49,020 --> 01:18:51,990 I didn't go to London immediately after the flower show. 1146 01:18:58,082 --> 01:19:00,872 The thought of 150 grand's worth of plant 1147 01:19:00,865 --> 01:19:02,895 just sitting there was too much for me. 1148 01:19:05,786 --> 01:19:10,066 He'd already gone into town, so I took the orchid. 1149 01:19:10,072 --> 01:19:14,642 Then I thought, what the hell, why don't I put a stop 1150 01:19:14,640 --> 01:19:17,870 to this orchid lunacy once and for all. 1151 01:19:17,872 --> 01:19:20,832 (dramatic music) 1152 01:20:00,738 --> 01:20:03,088 There's no law against it, I checked. 1153 01:20:03,094 --> 01:20:06,754 - But there is against selling smuggled orchids. 1154 01:20:07,849 --> 01:20:10,669 - You have to prove it was smuggled first. 1155 01:20:11,853 --> 01:20:14,763 - How was your crispy duck, by the way, 1156 01:20:14,762 --> 01:20:17,692 delivered by the famous orchid smuggler himself, 1157 01:20:17,692 --> 01:20:18,932 Mr. Jimmy Fong? 1158 01:20:21,144 --> 01:20:25,684 - Not enough barbecue sauce, there never is. 1159 01:20:25,679 --> 01:20:28,649 - But he wasn't just bringing you a Chinese takeaway was he? 1160 01:20:28,651 --> 01:20:31,721 He was bringing you some bad news. 1161 01:20:31,717 --> 01:20:35,017 - So where is the rest of the money 1162 01:20:35,022 --> 01:20:36,852 your husband owed to Miss Villiers? 1163 01:20:37,994 --> 01:20:39,014 - I don't have it. 1164 01:20:41,862 --> 01:20:43,952 - Then you'd better find it pretty quick 1165 01:20:45,856 --> 01:20:47,676 because when I come back 1166 01:20:47,681 --> 01:20:51,441 I want either cash or orchid, you understand? 1167 01:20:52,592 --> 01:20:54,832 - Who delivered the orchid to Mr. Hilliard? 1168 01:20:56,118 --> 01:20:56,988 - I did. 1169 01:21:01,538 --> 01:21:02,408 I mean, we did. 1170 01:21:07,044 --> 01:21:08,664 Run me over to the Manor House. 1171 01:21:10,620 --> 01:21:12,770 I don't want anyone to recognise my car up there. 1172 01:21:15,448 --> 01:21:17,848 I thought he was going to have a heart attack. 1173 01:21:20,119 --> 01:21:22,439 I don't wanna sound vulgar, Munro, 1174 01:21:22,444 --> 01:21:24,964 but what about the money? 1175 01:21:24,957 --> 01:21:27,247 - The money didn't come through? 1176 01:21:27,251 --> 01:21:29,911 - So I got Rose to run me up there again yesterday. 1177 01:21:30,932 --> 01:21:34,882 But he wasn't there, no sign of him. 1178 01:21:34,883 --> 01:21:35,753 Munro! 1179 01:21:56,687 --> 01:21:57,737 I'll give him a ring again, 1180 01:21:57,740 --> 01:21:59,420 I'm still waiting for my money. 1181 01:21:59,416 --> 01:22:02,636 - You'll be waiting a very long time, Mrs. Plummer. 1182 01:22:02,641 --> 01:22:05,161 Munro Hilliard was murdered around about the same time 1183 01:22:05,164 --> 01:22:08,334 as Rose drove you up there yesterday afternoon. 1184 01:22:08,331 --> 01:22:09,221 - Murdered? 1185 01:22:10,524 --> 01:22:12,594 - The orchid's been stolen, Mrs. Plummer. 1186 01:22:12,588 --> 01:22:15,998 And Mrs. Hilliard's frozen her husband's bank accounts. 1187 01:22:15,998 --> 01:22:18,028 - Oh my God, I'm ruined! 1188 01:22:20,682 --> 01:22:24,052 Where's my orchid, where's my money? 1189 01:22:24,048 --> 01:22:26,808 Oh my God, I'm broke! 1190 01:22:26,811 --> 01:22:29,311 - I think you know where that orchid is, Mrs. Plummer. 1191 01:22:29,313 --> 01:22:32,383 I think you probably killed Mr. Hilliard to get it back. 1192 01:22:32,379 --> 01:22:35,059 - No, you've got it all wrong! 1193 01:22:35,955 --> 01:22:37,905 He was already dead when I found him! 1194 01:22:39,149 --> 01:22:40,629 - No, let her go. 1195 01:22:44,454 --> 01:22:46,394 No end to your talent is there? 1196 01:22:49,219 --> 01:22:54,429 So you were the obliging chauffeur were you? 1197 01:22:56,038 --> 01:22:58,358 - Well, I didn't have a choice, did I? 1198 01:22:58,363 --> 01:22:59,883 But that's all I did, 1199 01:22:59,875 --> 01:23:01,705 dropped her off a couple of times and waited. 1200 01:23:01,710 --> 01:23:02,580 - Yeah, I bet. 1201 01:23:03,817 --> 01:23:05,057 - It's the truth. 1202 01:23:05,057 --> 01:23:07,647 - Or did you go back to the Manor House, 1203 01:23:07,654 --> 01:23:10,914 skewer Mr. Hilliard, and then nick the plant for yourself? 1204 01:23:12,909 --> 01:23:15,169 - We are desperately trying to think of a reason 1205 01:23:15,172 --> 01:23:17,942 not to arrest you for the murder of Munro Hilliard. 1206 01:23:17,935 --> 01:23:19,025 - Help us out, Harry. 1207 01:23:20,919 --> 01:23:22,729 (dramatic music) 1208 01:23:22,731 --> 01:23:25,601 - Well, there was one thing, now I come to think of it. 1209 01:23:28,644 --> 01:23:31,914 While I was waiting there I noticed something weird. 1210 01:23:37,548 --> 01:23:39,818 - Right, Harry, let's go, now! 1211 01:23:50,302 --> 01:23:54,572 - I saw this old butcher's bike propped up against the wall, 1212 01:23:54,565 --> 01:23:57,195 and I remember thinking to myself at the time, 1213 01:23:57,203 --> 01:23:59,603 all the butchers I know round here drive vans. 1214 01:24:00,519 --> 01:24:02,859 What kind of meat would anybody be delivering on that thing? 1215 01:24:02,855 --> 01:24:07,055 - A butcher's bicycle, you sure about that? 1216 01:24:07,060 --> 01:24:09,930 (birds chirping) 1217 01:24:27,421 --> 01:24:29,451 - It is very pretty there. 1218 01:24:29,452 --> 01:24:31,162 - Mr. Barnaby! 1219 01:24:31,164 --> 01:24:32,234 - Still hard to believe 1220 01:24:32,228 --> 01:24:34,988 it's worth more than a quarter of a million quid. 1221 01:24:34,991 --> 01:24:37,201 That is, I take it, 1222 01:24:37,196 --> 01:24:41,856 the Paphiopedilum rothschildianum flavum, the Yellow Roth? 1223 01:24:41,863 --> 01:24:44,733 - Oh, if only, you got the genus right, 1224 01:24:44,730 --> 01:24:47,070 but this is the sanderianum. 1225 01:24:47,066 --> 01:24:48,886 It's exquisite, isn't it? 1226 01:24:48,885 --> 01:24:49,765 - And we just take your word for that, do we? 1227 01:24:51,445 --> 01:24:54,135 - The point is no longer about plant appreciation. 1228 01:24:54,135 --> 01:24:57,745 We are here to ask you about the murder of Munro Hilliard. 1229 01:24:59,401 --> 01:25:00,831 - What can I possibly tell you about that? 1230 01:25:00,829 --> 01:25:02,209 - Well, you can tell me 1231 01:25:02,206 --> 01:25:04,396 where you were yesterday afternoon please. 1232 01:25:06,283 --> 01:25:10,453 - I was right here, why do you ask? 1233 01:25:10,454 --> 01:25:12,844 - Because your bicycle was seen 1234 01:25:12,842 --> 01:25:15,662 outside Hilliard's house yesterday afternoon. 1235 01:25:18,099 --> 01:25:20,659 - Well, I, no, I lent it to Jonathan. 1236 01:25:22,353 --> 01:25:23,403 - Makepeace? 1237 01:25:28,889 --> 01:25:29,759 Is he here now? 1238 01:25:30,818 --> 01:25:32,698 - You'll find him in the palm house. 1239 01:25:33,896 --> 01:25:36,846 (dramatic music) 1240 01:26:12,329 --> 01:26:14,509 - And what a perfect place to hide the orchid 1241 01:26:14,507 --> 01:26:17,487 that has already cost three lives, eh, Jonathan? 1242 01:26:17,489 --> 01:26:18,359 - What do you want? 1243 01:26:18,358 --> 01:26:19,228 - What do I want? 1244 01:26:19,227 --> 01:26:22,637 I want to talk to you about three murders. 1245 01:26:22,640 --> 01:26:25,300 - Stay away from me or I'll use it, I promise you! 1246 01:26:25,299 --> 01:26:27,049 - Don't clock up any more penalty points, Jonathan. 1247 01:26:27,051 --> 01:26:28,291 It's bad enough as it is. 1248 01:26:28,292 --> 01:26:30,332 - Jonathan, what do you think you're doing? 1249 01:26:30,325 --> 01:26:32,075 For God's sake put that down! 1250 01:26:32,077 --> 01:26:35,317 - I would do as the professor asks, Jonathan. 1251 01:26:36,467 --> 01:26:39,497 That is the stolen orchid isn't it, the Yellow Roth? 1252 01:26:40,394 --> 01:26:42,274 - Well, yes, it is! 1253 01:26:42,271 --> 01:26:43,321 - Munro Hilliard was willing 1254 01:26:43,317 --> 01:26:46,817 to pay 175,000 pounds for that, Jonathan. 1255 01:26:46,821 --> 01:26:48,731 I bet you've got someone else in mind, haven't you, 1256 01:26:48,729 --> 01:26:50,029 who's willing to pay a good deal more, 1257 01:26:50,032 --> 01:26:52,642 a quarter of a million, maybe? - You can't sell it, Jonathan. 1258 01:26:52,642 --> 01:26:54,702 It's the only one in the world. 1259 01:26:54,698 --> 01:26:57,568 (dramatic music) 1260 01:27:40,420 --> 01:27:42,750 (ducks quacking) 1261 01:27:42,746 --> 01:27:45,606 (wood crackling) 1262 01:27:56,406 --> 01:27:59,536 - We have a witness who'll testify 1263 01:27:59,539 --> 01:28:02,539 that Professor Winstanley's bike, which she lent to you, 1264 01:28:03,564 --> 01:28:06,584 was seen outside Hilliard's house at the relevant time, 1265 01:28:06,578 --> 01:28:09,128 and your prints were on the fork. 1266 01:28:11,729 --> 01:28:13,429 The moment you laid eyes upon it, 1267 01:28:13,428 --> 01:28:16,378 you recognised it, didn't you? 1268 01:28:16,379 --> 01:28:17,509 - The Yellow Roth! 1269 01:28:18,725 --> 01:28:21,015 You and I could breed from it, Mr. Hilliard. 1270 01:28:23,501 --> 01:28:24,701 We could make millions. 1271 01:28:26,181 --> 01:28:31,031 - You think I do this for the money, you greedy little tyke? 1272 01:28:34,105 --> 01:28:36,405 I'm not breeding anything from this beauty. 1273 01:28:38,328 --> 01:28:41,038 All my life, I've waited for a moment like this. 1274 01:28:42,197 --> 01:28:46,387 Not even my father nor my grandfather before him 1275 01:28:46,388 --> 01:28:49,038 ever saw such a perfect bloom. 1276 01:28:49,037 --> 01:28:52,107 - Then let's say you give me 200,000 pounds, 1277 01:28:53,010 --> 01:28:54,380 or I inform the police. 1278 01:28:56,033 --> 01:28:59,673 - Blackmail, how dare you! 1279 01:29:00,892 --> 01:29:04,652 Get out of here, you bloody upstart! 1280 01:29:04,646 --> 01:29:06,436 You're not fit to be in the same room 1281 01:29:06,440 --> 01:29:08,200 as this beautiful plant. 1282 01:29:10,212 --> 01:29:11,592 - We'll see about that. 1283 01:29:39,065 --> 01:29:40,375 (Munro screaming) 1284 01:29:40,378 --> 01:29:43,248 (Munro grunting) 1285 01:29:54,446 --> 01:29:56,136 I threatened to report him to the police, 1286 01:29:56,135 --> 01:29:58,215 and he attacked me, it was self-defense. 1287 01:29:59,441 --> 01:30:00,421 That's what I'll say in court, 1288 01:30:00,421 --> 01:30:02,041 and no one can prove otherwise. 1289 01:30:03,163 --> 01:30:04,673 - Madeline Villiers had no intention 1290 01:30:04,665 --> 01:30:06,185 of marrying you, had she? 1291 01:30:07,329 --> 01:30:08,719 It was she who jilted you. 1292 01:30:08,721 --> 01:30:11,001 - Don't talk rubbish, it was the other way around. 1293 01:30:11,001 --> 01:30:13,501 - It was the last entry in her diary. 1294 01:30:15,102 --> 01:30:17,072 Then what, in a fit of rage 1295 01:30:17,073 --> 01:30:18,723 at seeing your smuggling ambitions 1296 01:30:18,720 --> 01:30:21,110 go up in smoke, you killed her? 1297 01:30:21,111 --> 01:30:24,541 (sombre music) 1298 01:30:24,539 --> 01:30:25,449 - Are you mad? 1299 01:30:28,136 --> 01:30:31,116 Are you suffering from dementia or something? 1300 01:30:31,118 --> 01:30:32,718 - No, Jonathan, I'm not. 1301 01:30:34,559 --> 01:30:37,269 You don't know my future husband, 1302 01:30:37,270 --> 01:30:38,560 although you've lain in my bed, 1303 01:30:38,563 --> 01:30:40,373 tried to coax his name out of me. 1304 01:30:41,824 --> 01:30:44,454 But he and I are made for each other. 1305 01:30:44,451 --> 01:30:46,791 We're meant to spend our last years together, 1306 01:30:48,104 --> 01:30:49,384 it's our destiny. 1307 01:30:49,376 --> 01:30:50,676 - So you just used me, didn't you? 1308 01:30:50,679 --> 01:30:53,759 You debauched old bat! 1309 01:30:53,755 --> 01:30:56,395 I was only your toy boy after all, wasn't I? 1310 01:30:56,404 --> 01:30:58,704 - Don't play the innocent with me, Jonathan. 1311 01:30:59,636 --> 01:31:01,266 I'd hate to think that was all there was 1312 01:31:01,268 --> 01:31:03,088 to our little affair. 1313 01:31:13,139 --> 01:31:16,969 - Tell me, or you'll drink every last drop. 1314 01:31:18,048 --> 01:31:19,588 - Don't be stupid, Jonathan! 1315 01:31:24,776 --> 01:31:25,996 - Tell me! 1316 01:31:25,996 --> 01:31:27,506 - Jonathan, please! 1317 01:31:27,508 --> 01:31:29,128 - Tell me. 1318 01:31:29,134 --> 01:31:30,974 - Please, Jonathan, I beg you! 1319 01:31:30,970 --> 01:31:32,010 - Tell me! 1320 01:31:33,952 --> 01:31:34,822 - Henry Plummer. 1321 01:31:42,486 --> 01:31:43,356 (Madeline gasping) 1322 01:31:43,355 --> 01:31:46,475 (Madeline gurgling) 1323 01:31:56,443 --> 01:31:57,763 - You must have held on to her 1324 01:31:57,757 --> 01:31:59,527 until the hemlock started to work. 1325 01:32:00,739 --> 01:32:04,339 And then went round to steal the orchid from Henry Plummer. 1326 01:32:09,644 --> 01:32:13,104 But something unexpected happened, didn't it, Jonathan? 1327 01:32:22,709 --> 01:32:26,339 - You did this, Hilliard sent you, didn't he? 1328 01:32:27,964 --> 01:32:30,804 You destroyed everything, you toe-rag! 1329 01:32:59,748 --> 01:33:02,618 (Henry grunting) 1330 01:33:12,415 --> 01:33:14,685 - And all for a single orchid. 1331 01:33:17,409 --> 01:33:18,939 - Not just any old orchid, 1332 01:33:22,435 --> 01:33:25,725 the rarest orchid in the whole world. 1333 01:33:27,028 --> 01:33:29,898 (birds chirping) 1334 01:33:50,438 --> 01:33:54,018 - Margaret, I'm sorry. 1335 01:33:55,854 --> 01:33:59,744 - He was such a promising student, such a terrible waste. 1336 01:34:01,808 --> 01:34:03,198 - Sergeant Scott here will need 1337 01:34:03,195 --> 01:34:05,595 to take a statement from you, is that okay? 1338 01:34:05,595 --> 01:34:06,945 - Whenever. 1339 01:34:06,954 --> 01:34:12,174 - (sneezes) I'm sorry. (sneezes) 1340 01:34:17,457 --> 01:34:19,687 - You're not sleeping here? 1341 01:34:19,690 --> 01:34:22,910 - Of course, looking after this is like looking after 1342 01:34:22,912 --> 01:34:27,722 a baby, only I don't have to change its nappies. 1343 01:34:27,719 --> 01:34:30,889 Join me on the night watch if you like. 1344 01:34:30,888 --> 01:34:33,578 (jaunty music) 1345 01:34:39,544 --> 01:34:43,874 - Brother Robert, your eulogy for Miss Villiers 1346 01:34:43,871 --> 01:34:45,981 was lovely, very fitting. 1347 01:34:45,977 --> 01:34:48,147 - Very good of you to say so. 1348 01:34:48,146 --> 01:34:50,856 I had the advantage of knowing the lady 1349 01:34:50,857 --> 01:34:55,837 rather more intimately than most of the congregation. 1350 01:34:55,835 --> 01:34:57,535 - (chuckles) Thank you for it. 1351 01:34:59,220 --> 01:35:00,090 - Goodbye. 1352 01:35:02,806 --> 01:35:06,136 - Mr. Barnaby, I just wanted to thank you 1353 01:35:06,136 --> 01:35:08,476 for giving me a second chance. 1354 01:35:08,479 --> 01:35:09,719 - Oh, Harry, best of luck with it. 1355 01:35:13,202 --> 01:35:14,412 Stay out of trouble. 1356 01:35:14,412 --> 01:35:15,282 - I will. 1357 01:35:31,387 --> 01:35:34,127 - Gamekeeper turning poacher by the looks of things, sir. 1358 01:35:34,127 --> 01:35:37,287 - And heading for a long and restful retirement, I trust. 1359 01:35:42,238 --> 01:35:43,848 - We're going to Mount Kinabalu 1360 01:35:43,848 --> 01:35:46,708 to carry out Madeline's last wish. 1361 01:35:46,705 --> 01:35:48,635 - And what was that? 1362 01:35:48,644 --> 01:35:50,114 - She wanted her ashes scattered 1363 01:35:50,114 --> 01:35:52,464 as fertilisers on the jungle slope. 1364 01:35:52,460 --> 01:35:54,960 With luck she'll help grow unique orchid 1365 01:35:54,963 --> 01:35:56,373 which we'll name after her. 1366 01:35:57,622 --> 01:35:58,562 - Enjoy your trip. 1367 01:36:03,555 --> 01:36:06,765 - You know, I think I'll let someone else 1368 01:36:06,766 --> 01:36:09,056 organise the flower show next year. 1369 01:36:09,057 --> 01:36:10,377 - Oh yes. 1370 01:36:10,384 --> 01:36:13,374 - So what about that lunch you promised me? 1371 01:36:13,367 --> 01:36:15,787 - Now, I'm going to surprise you all here. 1372 01:36:16,672 --> 01:36:18,642 Lunch is on me. 1373 01:36:18,641 --> 01:36:20,831 (Cully gasps) 1374 01:36:20,832 --> 01:36:22,252 Chinese anyone? 1375 01:36:38,345 --> 01:36:41,295 (dramatic music)