1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,600 We simply must be brave, mustn't we? 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,040 Heaven knows, it'll be hard. 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:09,040 It'll be beastly, 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,080 but we're strong people, Tony, you and I. 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,120 And what we feel for each other, it'll endure. 6 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,720 It will endure. 7 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:21,560 So... 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,640 I shall stay in my shop, 9 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:26,400 you in yours, 10 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,959 and all I ask is that you don't grow to hate me. 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:32,840 How could I hate you, Madelaine? 12 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,160 You mean everything to me. 13 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,639 What the hell was that? 14 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,120 Cut! 15 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,239 Billy, what was that? 16 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,279 Just a car backfiring I think, Miss Dare. 17 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,080 It sounded like a pistol. 18 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,519 Didn't it sound like a ruddy pistol, Stew? 19 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,559 - You alright, my pet? - Yeah, I'm fine. 20 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:52,439 I think I'm just a bit tired. 21 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,199 Of course darling, you must be. 22 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,839 Tell you what, how about a proper dinner after this? 23 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,520 Like we used to before the war. 24 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,119 Oh, yeah, that would be wonderful. 25 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,439 Mm, none of this canteen muck! No offense. 26 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,999 - Sandra, are you okay? - Yes, yes. Jesse, I'm fine. 27 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,959 Don't fuss. How was my pout at the end? Was it... 28 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:12,599 You could do with a dab, actually. 29 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,879 Miss Dare only wears Victory Red. Bèsame. 30 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,639 Please, can we just stop faffing and get on with it? 31 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,359 - Mary, thank you. - Yes Miss Dare. 32 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,919 Alright. Alright! Ad astra per aspera, we must have bodies! 33 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,840 - Abracadabra. - Stew, stop it. 34 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:31,759 I can't concentrate. 35 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,639 Have... quiet! 36 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,999 Lovelorn in London, scene 28, take three. 37 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:39,839 Action! 38 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,920 We simply must be brave, mustn't we? 39 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:45,960 Heaven knows, it'll be hard. 40 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:47,800 It'll be beastly. 41 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:49,720 But we're strong. 42 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:58,359 Oh, wow. 43 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,520 Oh, my... 44 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,120 And this is on his bedroom wall? 45 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,160 Rose red and rolled gold. 46 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,239 I said to him, 'Stewart, Stew', I said, 47 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,319 'You are just like this paper. 48 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,759 You're so strong and modern'. 49 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,119 He handled this very roll. 50 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,400 Can I touch it? 51 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,800 Er, I shouldn't really, but, erm, 52 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,559 well, since you're extras in my cake shop. 53 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,479 This is the last thing he sees when he gets into bed? 54 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,039 - Yes. - And the first thing he sees 55 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,079 when he gets up in the morning, when his hair's all disarranged. 56 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,640 It's 14 shillings. 57 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,080 Hm. 58 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:56,400 Tell you what, it's a bit irregular, but erm, 59 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,760 I could let you have a sample for, well, sixpence, say? 60 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,039 And then you could keep a little reminder of him wherever you go. 61 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:07,719 Oh, yes. 62 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,360 Yeah. 63 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,679 - Keep the change. - Thank you. 64 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,759 Mr. Book. Didn't expect a welcoming committee. 65 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,560 I thought I'd better prepare you. 66 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:35,839 - For what? - There have been some changes 67 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,199 since you went away on your long errand, Jack. 68 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,919 Oh, by the way, Lord Belborough's first folio, 69 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,960 what did they say? Is it genuine? 70 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:44,480 As his teeth. 71 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:46,440 Oh dear. 72 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,159 Move aside, please. 73 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,680 - What the hell? - Close. 74 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,160 Hollywood, or rather the nearest England can get to it. 75 00:03:58,640 --> 00:03:59,720 Yes, Jack. 76 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:01,960 We're going to be in pictures. 77 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,239 Right then, let's hear it, whenever you're ready. 78 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:06,360 Mm. 79 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:08,560 Life and death. 80 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,320 The whole world is here in this little patch of London town. 81 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,400 Are you going to do it like that? 82 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,479 Life and death, the whole world here, in this little... 83 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,400 No, I think we'll just lose the line. 84 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:25,200 I'm already worried about the... 85 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:27,160 mustache. 86 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:29,880 You'll be smashing in the background, though. 87 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:31,720 Let's take ten. 88 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,759 -Ten minutes, all. -Ten minutes. 89 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,439 - Billy. - Nerina. 90 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,839 Rather jumpy this morning, isn't she, our dear Sandra? 91 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:43,119 We work long hours in the picture business, Nerina. 92 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,159 Oh, don't I know it. And it must be so hard 93 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,720 to keep that from telling on the faces of your stars. 94 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,440 If you'll excuse me. 95 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,679 Just the exteriors are being done here, you understand. 96 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,239 The rest is at Ladyhurst, that's the studios. 97 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,440 - You see, I know all the jargon. - Who's in it? 98 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,199 - Morning, Mr. B. - Good morning. 99 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,599 Stewart Howard. 100 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,759 -Yes, Mr. Howard. -I like him. 101 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,119 He's passed me by entirely, I'm afraid. 102 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:10,559 He plays the hero. 103 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,199 The idealistic young bookshop owner, 104 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:14,919 in love with the girl next door. 105 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,239 Did you never see him in that submarine picture? 106 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,159 He went mad and tried to throttle everyone. 107 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:20,879 I mean, it was proper sweaty. 108 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,399 - Alas. - Well, who else? 109 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,719 Patience. You have literally arrived halfway through 110 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,799 this picture and you've yet to set eyes on our leading lady, 111 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,039 who's also Stewart's fiancé. 112 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,799 His real life fiancé. 113 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,439 - Sandra Dare. - She's using my room. 114 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,119 Decanted my things so she can do her mascara, 115 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,600 sip her Vichy water, whatever it is these people do. 116 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,240 I had a cigarette card of her, 117 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:48,640 before the war, of course. 118 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:50,640 Ah, 119 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:52,520 - Mr. Book. - Ah. 120 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,159 Not getting too much in your way, I trust? 121 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,280 Not at all. It's certainly an education. 122 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,839 Larry Olivier calls film an anemic little medium. 123 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:02,560 He's such a crushing snob. 124 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,159 'For he to-day would shed his blood with me 125 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,079 shall be my brother, be he ne'er so vile.' 126 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:09,639 Churlish when they gave him the Oscar. 127 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,639 Jack, this is Mr. McKendrick. 128 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,839 - Delighted. - Oh, and here's Nora. 129 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:15,039 The gang's all here. 130 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:16,800 So, you're the director? 131 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,239 - And the writer. - I thought you'd be older. 132 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:20,839 With a monocle and a riding crop. 133 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:22,119 Mustn't believe everything you read 134 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,760 in the film magazines, young lady. 135 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:25,999 I've seen you before. 136 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,399 Mr. McKendrick had a lot of green Penguins 137 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:29,839 from us last summer. 138 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:32,119 Oh, yeah. You look different. 139 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,400 It's the shorts. 140 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:34,999 I'm not wearing shorts. 141 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,479 That's why you look different. 142 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,559 Yes, you were a very a busy bee as I recall. 143 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:39,999 You were always running about the place, 144 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,679 - weren't you, Mr. McKendrick? - Jesse. 145 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:42,920 Jesse. 146 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:46,119 Ah. Hello, Nerina. 147 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,279 In search of material for your next article? 148 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,640 - Always. - Well, bins are round the back. 149 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,280 Ah-haha. 150 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,279 Aren't you going to introduce me? 151 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:56,999 This is Mr. Book. From... 152 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,679 Oh. The apostrophe man. 153 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,399 They subbed your sign. 154 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,319 I'm trying not to look. 155 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,399 Would you by any chance be a member of His Majesty's press? 156 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,600 Nerina Bean. Picture Goer. 157 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:12,159 If you have juicy tit-bits, my door is open. 158 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:13,919 I'll bear that in mind. 159 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,359 - Iced fingers. - Oh, they're not real. 160 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,359 Don't break a tooth. 161 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,200 It's lovely, yeah. 162 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:39,799 And he has this? 163 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,639 Mm. From his ceiling. 164 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,960 All the way down to his skirting boards. 165 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,479 Does he talk about her? Fiancé? 166 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,559 Does he say, 'I don't like her anymore, she's too old for me'? 167 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,399 - No. - Does he say, 168 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,799 'She's so old it's like kissing a leg of mutton'? 169 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,039 No. She's only 45, thank you very much. 170 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,599 He says he was very excited about Lovelorn in London 171 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:06,799 from the moment he saw the script. 172 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,319 And he's very excited about married life. 173 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:14,599 Though, he also adds, one must keep an open mind, 174 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,799 because who knows what fate may throw your way. 175 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,479 - Hear that, Barbara? - Urgh. 176 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:23,959 Heavens! Girl has it bad. 177 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,800 Barbara! Oh! 178 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,120 Home is the hunter. 179 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:31,480 Oh, my God. 180 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:56,360 Inspector. 181 00:09:58,040 --> 00:09:59,760 Is this a sad one, Morris? 182 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,199 - Well... - 'Cause I've been up all night 183 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:03,720 with the razorblade case, so... 184 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,120 Alright, let's have it. 185 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,119 Film-struck girl, extra, dead, on the counter. 186 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,879 It's suspicious. I've shut down filming for the time being. 187 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,759 - Have the parents been informed? - Yes, Sir. 188 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,639 Er, she and the family didn't get on. 189 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,439 Her friend said that's why she spent so much time at the, er, 190 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,240 the pictures. 191 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:26,960 Inspector. 192 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:29,480 Book. 193 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,720 We are at home to death, it seems. 194 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,560 Oh, they're, er, upstairs. 195 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:47,600 Hm. 196 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:49,640 By Royal Appointment. 197 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,279 What are they keeping from us, Stewart? 198 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,480 All this waiting is making me tired. 199 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,680 Perhaps one should have a mask made. 200 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:01,840 A mask? 201 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,120 With a permanent rictus smile. 202 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,000 They can do wonders with makeup now. 203 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,879 Hm. I have Boris Karloff's number, if you'd like. 204 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:20,439 'Dearest Miss Dare, you don't know me, 205 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,919 but I'm your most devoted admirer'. 206 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,679 I wonder what they'll think of Lovelorn in London. 207 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:32,839 - Who? - Them! 208 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:33,920 They'll buy it. 209 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:36,719 They love us, don't they? Both of us. 210 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,720 They'll throw bottles at the screen. 211 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,280 Do you know what they shouted at the test of Brief Encounter? 212 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,199 Why doesn't she just, hm, kiss him? 213 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,080 Only they didn't say 'kiss'. 214 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:59,199 Relax, darling. It'll be another smash. 215 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:00,839 We're the nation's most blissfully 216 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,519 - engaged couple, remember? - Mm. 217 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,239 And what a long engagement it's been. 218 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,039 Oh, God, I can't wait to be back at the studio. 219 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:12,839 Haven't you enjoyed our little field trip? 220 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,519 If we're back at Ladyhurst, it gets that dreadful 221 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,999 Nerina Bean out of my hair. The studio has gates. 222 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,799 - Fire-breather of Picture Goer. - Hm. 223 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,039 You know when you lift a stone, or a branch, 224 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,599 and suddenly all these ghastly, filthy, damp 225 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,719 little monstrosities are exposed to the daylight, 226 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,479 huh, scrabbling back into the shadows, 227 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,559 well, beneath them are even worse filthy, 228 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:39,679 damp little monstrosities. 229 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:44,760 And under them is Nerina Bean. 230 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:46,959 She's always been rather sweet to me. 231 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:48,640 - Mhm. - Well, 232 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:51,719 we've got good news for her, don't we? 233 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,919 - Do we? - Deliveries. 234 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,199 - Oh. - Our new three-picture deal? 235 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,800 Picture Goer exclusive. 236 00:12:58,520 --> 00:12:59,960 Yeah. 237 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,319 What do you want, barley sugar boy? 238 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,279 I'm afraid there's been an accident. 239 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,119 The contents of her handbag. 240 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,640 Melancholy, isn't it? 241 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,239 Evidence of a little life spilled on the floor. 242 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:24,640 Ooh, what's this? 243 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,919 You kiss your excess lipstick onto your favorite star. 244 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,479 Oh yeah, well, takes all sorts. 245 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,840 - This interests me, may I? - Mhm. 246 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:38,160 Very carefully wrapped. 247 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,080 Tenderly, I'd say. 248 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:43,439 Ah. 249 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,280 Well, they are still on the ration. 250 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,439 They look expensive. But there are only coppers in this purse. 251 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:50,519 - Trottie... - Yes? 252 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,639 Did they have money, these girls? 253 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:53,879 Very little. 254 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,520 So, they didn't buy them. 255 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,840 I didn't notice the production providing fancy confectionery. 256 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,320 No, the fans bring them. 257 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,799 Letters and presents, 258 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,640 sad little things they knitted. 259 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:09,480 They're left through there. 260 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,840 Billy brings them up to them. 261 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,520 Actually, he had a box of chocolates with him, just now. 262 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,160 Puncture mark. 263 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,559 Barbara was breathless, Trottie, yes? 264 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,040 Yes, and twitchy. 265 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,639 - Strychnine! - Oh, hells bells! 266 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,160 Poor girl. 267 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:45,639 Someone's been at these. 268 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,239 Oh darling, you shouldn't be... 269 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:48,719 you don't know where they've been. 270 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,639 Drop it! It's poison! 271 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,599 Don't be absurd, they're by Royal Appointment. 272 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:54,119 I'm afraid it's true, Sir. 273 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,319 You, you didn't have any, did you, Miss Dare? 274 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,839 - Oh, er, no, no. - What about you, Mr. Howard? 275 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:00,240 - No. - Oh, good. 276 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:01,959 Have you ever received chocolates 277 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:03,039 like this before, Miss Dare? 278 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,799 Er, yes, all the time. My fans know they're my favorite. 279 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:07,959 But I never eat them. 280 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,599 Well, it seems reasonable to assume then 281 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,359 that you were the intended victim. 282 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,400 Intended victim? 283 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,599 Well, what does he mean, intended victim? 284 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,279 We're investigating the death of Barbara Markham. 285 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,319 Oh, yes, that unfortunate young woman. 286 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:24,640 Yes. 287 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,919 Oh my God, I have been sent some strange things in my time, 288 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,119 but why would anyone want to kill me? 289 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,039 Billy, who gave you these chocolates? 290 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,519 Nobody. They were just with the usual mail. 291 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,119 I always have to deal with it. 292 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:39,640 Where anyone could've got at them. 293 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,359 And Barbara and her friend presumably did. 294 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,800 Jesus Christ, we could've both died. 295 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:47,599 What were you thinking about, bringing that muck up here? 296 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,559 Sorry, Mr. Howard. But you told me to bring everything... 297 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,040 No, don't answer me back. 298 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,200 I need to find myself a new assistant. 299 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,240 You alright, my love? 300 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,639 It's a brutal question, Miss Dare, 301 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,480 but I'm afraid it must be asked. 302 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,040 Do you have any idea who might wanna kill you? 303 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,479 - No! - Can't this wait? 304 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,119 - Yes, of course. - Excuse us. 305 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,360 - Sir... - Out! 306 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,119 I need to remind you that this is an official 307 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:18,759 murder investigation. 308 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,839 - It's alright. -Don't talk to the press! 309 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,280 There once was an actress called Dare, 310 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,200 whose allure was exceedingly rare. 311 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,520 Her chocolates were spiked with strychnine, not nice. 312 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,160 It was Barbara that ate them, 313 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,280 not fair. 314 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:58,119 I hope we did the right thing, 315 00:16:58,120 --> 00:16:59,720 letting those people in to the lane. 316 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:01,479 Why did you? 317 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,719 I'm afraid it was money. 318 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,359 Yes, my love, those little pieces of paper, 319 00:17:06,360 --> 00:17:08,719 they keep us out of the small claims courts. 320 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,519 How much? 321 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,239 Twenty guineas. 322 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,359 - Per week? - Per diem. 323 00:17:14,360 --> 00:17:16,240 For ten diems. 324 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,399 What the devil's going on out there? 325 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,239 Bobbies swarming about like the cup final. 326 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,839 - Ah, Mrs. Goodwin. - Yes. 327 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:28,880 I'm afraid there's been an accident. 328 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,839 Ooh. Oh, nothing to do with Sandra Dare, I hope? 329 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:34,359 I heard she was in the neighborhood. 330 00:17:34,360 --> 00:17:37,239 - Oh, so that's why we're here. - Always been a fan... 331 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,999 They don't wanna hear about your juvenile antics, woman. 332 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,159 Miss Dare is perfectly sound, I'm happy to say. 333 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,799 The Scarlet Pimpernel you had from us last time, wasn't it? 334 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,119 - I trust you enjoyed? - Oh, very much. 335 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:51,159 - And I promised you the sequel. - I'm teeing off at quarter-to. 336 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:52,639 - Sshh! - Sorry? 337 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,119 Sshh. Thinking. 338 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,279 - I Will Repay. - What? 339 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,639 That's the sequel. To the Scarlet Pimpernel. Jack? 340 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,999 - Oh, erm... - Underneath Hardy Perennials, 341 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,759 the biography of Danton and the stack of unpaid bills. 342 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,280 Got anything on, er, how to cook? 343 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,119 I beg your pardon? 344 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:12,879 That's what she needs. 345 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,560 Can hardly boil a ruddy egg. 346 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,439 How are your feet? 347 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:18,799 Oh, much better. 348 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,280 Oh, I'll wait in the car. 349 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,319 Ah, that's just a bob. 350 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:29,080 Oh, and I put this to one side too, on the house. 351 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,799 - What is it? - Oh, just a little play. Ibsen. 352 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,080 'A Doll's House'. 353 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,480 It's about a woman who realizes she's rather trapped. 354 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:38,160 Unfulfilled. 355 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,680 Thought you might find it enlightening. 356 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,119 Thank you. 357 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:45,240 Cheerio. 358 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:50,520 How's business been? 359 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,040 Boomin'. 360 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:53,679 'Goodbye to Berlin'. 361 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,280 All the Stewart Howard fans are mad for it. 362 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,160 Is he in the film version? 363 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,400 That's what I'm telling 'em. 364 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,439 I, er, better unpack. 365 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,039 Oh, Jack, be a darling and fetch my bag from my room, would you? 366 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,080 It's the green one with the amber clasp. 367 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,760 Righto. 368 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,200 Ah. 369 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:55,680 Hm. 370 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,520 Do you really think someone tried to kill me? 371 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,760 - It really looks that way. - Good God. 372 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,800 Well, at least we'll be back at Ladyhurst tonight. 373 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:05,599 You sure you're okay to shoot? 374 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,239 - I'll have to be, won't I? - Deidre! 375 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,159 Silly me. My memory. Sandra. 376 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,159 - Are you ready? - Ready? 377 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,520 My exclusive. 378 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:20,519 Oh, excuse me. Erm, I promised an interview. 379 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:21,959 - Harold! - Miss Dare. 380 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,320 Erm, Nerina, I can give you two minutes. 381 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,720 A necessary evil, I suppose. 382 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,560 One must feed the machine, Mr. Book. 383 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,400 Ah, 384 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:36,280 finally. 385 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,360 Ah. 386 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:40,959 If you'd be so kind. 387 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:42,279 You know my motto. 388 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,400 If you've nothing nice to say, 389 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,399 come and sit by me. 390 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,760 And here you are. Sitting by me. 391 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,639 Ah yes, but I do have something nice to say, Nerina. 392 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:55,720 Oh? 393 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,439 Lovelorn in London is the first of a new three-picture deal. 394 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,199 Oh. 395 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,959 A deal Stewart and I have signed on for. 396 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,759 Isn't that marvelous? 397 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:07,840 Marvelous. 398 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,359 And you're shooting interiors at Ladyhurst, aren't you? 399 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:13,759 - Mhm. - Not exactly MGM, 400 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:17,080 - is it, Ladyhurst? - Oh, it'll do nicely. 401 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:19,999 You know the place though, don't you? 402 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,840 Made plenty of pictures there in the past. 403 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,119 I like the one where you played the simple crafter's daughter 404 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:27,839 - who married a duke. - Hm. 405 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,519 Yes, and the one where you played a simple 406 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,439 fisherman's daughter who married a jute magnate. 407 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,879 - Yes. - I always forget what jute is. 408 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,160 It's a kind of fiber. People make bags with it. 409 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,640 What's the first film you made there, Sandra? 410 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,440 At Ladyhurst? 411 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,920 - Hm. - Erm, 412 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,920 I don't know. Er... 413 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,919 Springtime for Mary, I think. 414 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,439 Oh, about a simple blacksmith's daughter who married... 415 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,720 Alright. 416 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,240 I think it was quite a bit before that. 417 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,359 Do you know, our readers would be fascinated to learn 418 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:10,480 that not all Sandra Dare's pictures were talking pictures. 419 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:16,360 I love those old inter-titles, 'Came the Dawn' and all that. 420 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,840 But I can check the date later, Deirdre. 421 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,600 That is your real name, isn't it? 422 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,760 The one you used to go by. 423 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,600 Deirdre Piddock. 424 00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:32,920 Perhaps you should concentrate on the present, Nerina. 425 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:34,520 Oh? 426 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,119 Someone is trying to kill me! 427 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,799 Jesse and I are taking Sandra for supper. 428 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,599 Try to take her mind off things. 429 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,959 If that's not inappropriate under the circumstances. 430 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,960 Well, one must eat. 431 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:51,919 Where are you going? Wheeler's? 432 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,199 No. Camille's. On the Strand. 433 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,520 Good choice. 434 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:57,320 Don't have the oysters. 435 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,959 I saw them taking that girl away. 436 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:03,919 - I assumed it was an accident. - No. 437 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,399 - Poisoned chocolates. - Really? Oh... 438 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,199 And they were intended for me. 439 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,679 And that poor sad girl intercepted them. 440 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,839 Oh, how's that for an exclusive? 441 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,240 Tragic. 442 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,120 And what an angle. 443 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:21,919 Oh, sorry, that was crass of me. 444 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,280 But, still, 445 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:25,759 what an angle. 446 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:27,880 Well, there's your story, Nerina. 447 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,239 - Are you ready, darling? - Oh yes. 448 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:31,839 I was just leaving. 449 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,120 Congratulations on the new contract, Stewart. 450 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,280 Thank you. 451 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:41,599 Much to chew on. 452 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,879 Oh, it's lovely to see you. 453 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,759 Bus to Ladyhurst leaves in five minutes! 454 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,440 Five minutes, everyone! 455 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,600 ZWhat are you waiting for, the last post? 456 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,599 Mr. Masterson. 457 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,999 What a pleasure to see you again. 458 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,879 Nerina Bean. 459 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,719 - Looking lovely, as ever. - Hm. 460 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,600 What can I do for you? 461 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,079 There we go. 462 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:16,400 Ta. 463 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,679 We met through, erm, Picture Goer. 464 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,160 Me and Barbara, I mean. 465 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,560 There's lots of correspondents, you see. 466 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:30,639 Like-minded folk finding each other. 467 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:31,999 Sandra Dare fans. 468 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,120 Some. 469 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,280 And the other big names, too. 470 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,520 There's a hairdresser I know who's potty on James Mason. 471 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:40,520 But, you know, 472 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,280 Stewart was our favorite. 473 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:44,320 That's why we, 474 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:46,560 why we chose to get jobs as extras. 475 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,520 - To get close. - Oh. 476 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:50,760 You're doing very well, my dear. 477 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,880 You admit to taking the chocolates? 478 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:58,520 Yeah. 479 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:00,199 I'm awfully sorry. 480 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:01,959 We just couldn't resist 'em. 481 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,599 We saw 'em there on the table in the bookshop, and... 482 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,240 I mean, chocs. 483 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,119 Come on, it's been years. 484 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:10,960 They were through there. 485 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:12,720 Yeah, just through there. 486 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,480 What did you do with the note? 487 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:19,839 Note? 488 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,680 Well, there was obviously an enclosure of some kind. 489 00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:26,639 It's not there now. What did you do with it? 490 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,160 I, I, I didn't see any note. 491 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,800 It was over there, look, on the table. 492 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,800 It's funny how easy it is to get close to them. 493 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:45,719 The stars, I mean. Sally Gray once brushed past me 494 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,480 in the powder room at the Walsingham. 495 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,600 You opened the box, 496 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,040 maybe the card fell out? 497 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,880 Do you have back issues? 498 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,039 Picture Goer, I mean. 499 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,399 Of course. January 35 onwards. 500 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,439 Would you be so good as to let us have them? 501 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,840 Course. 502 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,360 I know that look. 503 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,879 Oh, Dog. You naughty boy. 504 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,719 Well, I wouldn't say an obsession, Sir... 505 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,040 Hm. 506 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,239 And you're sure he knows about it? 507 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:41,519 Yeah, he does know where we are. 508 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,280 Thank you, Miss Bruce. You've been most helpful. 509 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,120 I, er, Constable. 510 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,080 Thank you. 511 00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:59,640 Well? 512 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,199 'Oh Stewart. 513 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,360 Oh Stewart, my love, there's so much I want to say to you. 514 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,959 From that moment on the submarine, I knew. 515 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,480 Your look of concentration, your strength. 516 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,120 We were destined to love each other.' 517 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,160 Ship of Shame. Good picture, that one. 518 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,200 They were meant for him. 519 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,040 'We imagine we control our passions, 520 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:27,480 but they direct us. 521 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,319 To the stars we strive, despite adversity. 522 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,159 They drive ordinary people to extraordinary actions.' 523 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,759 Like... like injecting strychnine into strawberry creams? 524 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,719 'So, Stewart, my own best darling, 525 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,200 I implore you not to try. 526 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,159 Follow your heart, break off your engagement, 527 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,120 and we can be together, you and I, my sweetest boy. 528 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:57,399 In life, or in the cold, cold tomb of death. 529 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,920 And if one proves impossible, I'll take the other. 530 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:02,999 Joyously.' 531 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,079 Well, that seems pretty clear. 532 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,599 If the writer can't have him, nobody can. 533 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,639 So, we're looking for a film fanatic. 534 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:09,759 Fanatic being the word. 535 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,800 That would be the obvious explanation. 536 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:14,800 Alright then, bring me up to speed. 537 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:16,680 What do we know about this film lot? 538 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,160 Stewart Howard. 539 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,159 Proof that smoldering Latin looks 540 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,679 sometimes occur spontaneously in Bermondsey. 541 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,399 He and Sandra have bound their careers together. 542 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,639 The nation's sweethearts. 543 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,599 But who can know the truth of it? He's an actor. 544 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,079 And he's young and ruthless and rather over-rewarded, 545 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,919 and appears to be hopelessly in love with someone else. 546 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,200 Who? 547 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:44,559 Himself. 548 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,319 Then there's the honorable Jesse McKendrick. 549 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,279 He lived in rooms on the lane last year, just for a few weeks. 550 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,519 Rich boy. Slumming it for the summer. 551 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:53,959 Ran up and down like a billy goat. 552 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,080 He was always pounding the streets in his plimsolls. 553 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:57,439 Left when it got cold. 554 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:01,159 Ran straight back to Daddy's place. In Wiltshire, I think. 555 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,079 I'm sure I looked it up. 556 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:04,679 And then we must presume wrote his script 557 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,800 on the private lives of the proletariat. 558 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:09,519 Thank you so much for joining us, please. 559 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,080 Good neighbor, was he? 560 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,319 Didn't pay much attention to be honest. 561 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:14,719 I find that hard to believe. 562 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,480 Well, he was obviously taking notes on how to run a bookshop. 563 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,999 And Miss Dare, she had a rich husband who died, didn't she? 564 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,320 Italian national. 565 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,439 Is that why they went to the States? 566 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:25,559 Well, if they'd stayed, 567 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:26,679 he'd have been interned as an enemy alien, 568 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,560 so I suppose they preferred the Californian sunshine. 569 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:31,960 That's made me think rather better of her. 570 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,279 I thought she was just running away from the bombs. 571 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,919 - What about Billy? - Clapper boy... 572 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,639 - Positions please! - And from the look of it, 573 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,159 Stewart Howard's now ex-whipping boy. 574 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,720 Doesn't seem to be much love lost there. 575 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,519 They pose a lot, don't they? 576 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,120 These film stars. 577 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,600 Why is he marrying her, do you think? 578 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,040 To show she's still here. 579 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:01,760 Thank you. 580 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,640 Er, to show she knows what the audience wants. 581 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,479 Stewart Howard's just arrived at the top, ain't he? 582 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,839 Sandra's been there for years, 583 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,080 but she can only stay there for so long. 584 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:14,800 Very perceptive of you, Jack. 585 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,840 What a brutal business this is. 586 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,559 It captures people in time, 587 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,000 then they change, 588 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:27,800 and it mocks them for it. 589 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,039 Right, I'm gonna get onto the film security people, 590 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,679 see if anyone saw who dropped the chocolates off. 591 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,040 What will you do now? 592 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,000 Jack and I are taking this note to dinner. 593 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,479 - We're here. - Oh, allow me. 594 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:06,720 Oh... 595 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,239 Jesus Christ! Me? 596 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:17,359 You. 597 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,880 You've no idea how draining it is, Mr. Book. 598 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,080 Glad-handing. 599 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,120 Scribbling one's autograph. 600 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,239 Pretending to recognize someone who you apparently met 601 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,119 at a village fete ten years ago. 602 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,320 And the smiling. My God, the smiling. 603 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,599 This is simply the next step. 604 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:37,759 They can only love one so much 605 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,800 and there's only one way to go from there. 606 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,240 Er... 607 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,440 How can I bloody well eat after that? 608 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,359 Well, a crazed fan is only the most obvious theory, 609 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,680 but we don't like to be obvious, do we, Jack? 610 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,159 What? Oh. Er, no. No, we don't. 611 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,879 So, if I might repurpose the Inspector's earlier question, 612 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,359 can you think of anyone who might want to kill you, 613 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:05,439 Mr. Howard? 614 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:06,840 Take your ruddy pick. 615 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,199 There's quite a lot of angry ladies out there. 616 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,919 Not to mention their husbands, Saville Row tailors, 617 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,559 Producers, directors, writers. 618 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,919 My ex-agent. My ex-ex-agent. 619 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,320 Uncle Tom Conway an' all. 620 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:21,879 What about prison? 621 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,520 What? 622 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,120 You started to eat your dinner with your spoon. 623 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:29,799 - Ah. - Old habits. 624 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,200 Dead giveaway. 625 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:33,680 Takes one to know one. 626 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,319 I was younger than you. 627 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:38,560 Nothing too terrible. 628 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,559 But I shouldn't like it to get into the popular press, 629 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:42,880 Mr. Book. 630 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:45,560 I should think not. 631 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,559 - What did they get you for? - I went for a drive. 632 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:51,719 Where? 633 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,439 Through a furrier's window in Mayfair. You? 634 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,999 Went to the bank to make a withdrawal. 635 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,359 With a stocking over your face? 636 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,239 Yeah. My mother's. 637 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,759 I'm a Bermondsey boy, Jack. 638 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,760 Rough as a sailor's arse. 639 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,360 Despite all of... this. 640 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:13,559 Do you think it could have something to do with that? 641 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:14,759 The prison? 642 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,279 Well, as you've indicated, it's a wide field. 643 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,639 Tell you what, why not take on young Jack here 644 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,599 - as your new factotum. - Huh? 645 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,559 No harm in having a strapping young fellow like him 646 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,359 hanging around, and you are looking for a new assistant. 647 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,959 I can't. I've already got a job at the bookshop. 648 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,719 I'm sure I can spare you for a few days, 649 00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:34,119 and you know how Nora loves to help out. 650 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:35,519 - Well... - Splendid, yes. 651 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,999 It's a good idea. You know, Mr. Book, 652 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,799 you should all come to Ladyhurst. 653 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,880 Help us get the details right, and, er, 654 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,959 - keep an eye on things. - We'd be delighted. 655 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,759 Thank you for these. 656 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:48,240 I'm a film star. 657 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,080 You alright? 658 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,040 Yeah. 659 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:57,520 Why wouldn't I be? 660 00:34:58,080 --> 00:34:59,320 I'll leave you to it then. 661 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,439 Let me know if anything interesting turns up. 662 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,079 Oh, and be careful, there is a killer on the loose. Hm? 663 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,600 - Goodnight. - Goodnight. 664 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,600 Yes, Sir. What's your poison? 665 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,440 Varsity Sporting Review. 666 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:22,960 Er, 667 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:25,760 there you are. 668 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,400 What's this? 669 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:00,199 - Hm. - Come on, 670 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,680 it's usually around now that you deign to share. 671 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:07,639 Three things, then. 672 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,719 Who would benefit from Lovelorn in London collapsing? 673 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,039 What was missing from that box of chocolates? 674 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,959 It was lying there with all the other fan mail. 675 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,839 - But no envelope. - Top of the class, Mrs. Book. 676 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,479 So, unless the envelope was disposed of... 677 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,279 The chocolates didn't arrive by post. 678 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,719 So, anyone on the film set could've put it there. 679 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:28,599 Precisely. And finally, the chocolate method, 680 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,919 haphazard though it was, has been tried and failed. 681 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,399 Which means whoever's behind this... 682 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,639 Is going to try again. 683 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,319 What are you going to do? 684 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,239 We're invited to the film studios tomorrow. 685 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:41,280 - Oh. - And Jack has a new job. 686 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,240 As Stewart Howard's stand-in. 687 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:46,320 When are we going to tell him? 688 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,080 Not yet. 689 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:52,920 Shall I read? 690 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,799 Well, I know how you enjoy it, so I'll humor you. 691 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,359 Budge up, then. 692 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:05,560 Oh, there it is. 693 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,279 Been fretting about that since we moved my stuff 694 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,079 to accommodate the stars. 695 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,439 Then fret not, dear. 696 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,320 And recall our solemn pact. 697 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,600 Cave of Fancy, eh? 698 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,480 I've seen some dives in my time, but this... 699 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,000 so dirty. 700 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:34,960 So shady. 701 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,880 The pansies in my garden abhor the shade. 702 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,360 Right, Sir. 703 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,760 It is Sir, is it? 704 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,600 Let's find you on my list. 705 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,560 Name, occupation, 706 00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:56,080 marital status. 707 00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:57,760 Engaged. 708 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:00,479 Who are you? 709 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,079 Medical Officer Strotford Perry. Trottie to my friends. 710 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,480 Late of the Garibaldi Brigade, and I don't mean the biscuits. 711 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:09,239 I can pull out shrapnel, 712 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:11,439 I can strip a Tashanka in under two seconds, 713 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:12,959 and I once took a bullet south of the Erbo 714 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,399 which I wouldn't recommend even to you, Sergeant. 715 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,840 And I never, ever leave a man behind. 716 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,080 He's sitting there. 717 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,359 And I'm getting married to him next Saturday, 718 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:23,479 and the Chief Constable's daughter 719 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,079 is one of our bridesmaids. 720 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:28,839 So, if I were you, I'd just admit the error, right away, 721 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,200 and cross him off your list. 722 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:31,760 What say you? 723 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:38,960 Trottie... 724 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,279 Saturday alright for you? 725 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:42,880 Forecast is good. 726 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:44,880 Quite alright, Trottie. 727 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:46,440 Hm. 728 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:48,240 Well then, 729 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,160 kiss me. 730 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,160 Oh... 731 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,400 Where would I be without you? 732 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,080 I think we both know the answer to that, my love. 733 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:08,960 Anyway... 734 00:39:09,720 --> 00:39:11,400 you were going to read. 735 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:13,800 Of course. 736 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:40,960 She's noticed you. 737 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,360 They always notice me. Girls. 738 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:46,680 Doesn't mean anything. 739 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,279 It's like when kids point at dogs 740 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,359 in the street and say, 'Dog'. 741 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,319 Yeah, well you're getting married soon, so... 742 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,199 You may have seen it in a column by Nerina Bean, 743 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,080 but let me tell you something, Jack. 744 00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:58,560 I've never gone down on one knee to anyone. 745 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:00,999 Sandra popped the question then, did she? 746 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,079 I can imagine that. 747 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,240 Most of the questions were from her business manager. 748 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:07,160 Oh. 749 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:08,480 Oh. 750 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,280 So, you've got an arrangement then? 751 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:13,599 Shouldn't drink so much, should I? 752 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:15,040 Yes, an arrangement. 753 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:16,839 But we all have those, don't we? 754 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,719 You have one with Book. Book has one with Mrs. Book 755 00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:21,199 if we're talking about unusual marriages. 756 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,320 No, look, why'd you say Book's marriage is unusual? 757 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,919 You're like him. Book. 758 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,960 - How? - 'Cause you read. 759 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:31,960 So go on, read me. 760 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,160 Well, erm, 761 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,159 you keep coming here 'cause you think 762 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,480 this is the sort of place that film stars go. 763 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,360 But here's the thing. 764 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:46,960 You don't like it here. 765 00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:48,799 You hate it. 766 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,760 You hate that drink, too. 767 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,280 It's like a pudding from the war. 768 00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:56,919 So, you're thinking, 'How can I be the chap I was, 769 00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:00,160 you know, before I knew that the camera loved me?' 770 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:01,759 Which is a terrible thing to know. 771 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,479 Isn't all it's cracked up to be, can you believe that? 772 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,120 Yeah, I wouldn't mind a bit of it. 773 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,519 Careful what you wish for, son. 774 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,920 Got somebody sending me poison in the post, remember. 775 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:14,800 You know, I was a bit stuck when I met Sandra. 776 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:16,480 Typecast. 777 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,360 'Not officer material', they said. 778 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:21,080 Always the problem kid. 779 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:23,039 Sandra changed that. 780 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:25,080 She pulled strings, whispered in ears. 781 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,600 Producers started casting us as lovers. 782 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:29,759 We were lovers by then, of course. 783 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:31,000 D'you love her now? 784 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:34,160 Well, I don't hate her. 785 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,079 - You wanna be your own man. - Course I do. 786 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,520 But that's impossible, isn't it? We're a pair. 787 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:46,239 Like Hope and Crosby. Fred and Ginger. Garbo and Gilbert. 788 00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:47,679 Yeah, except he left, didn't he? 789 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:48,879 What? 790 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,120 John Gilbert. 791 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:52,199 Didn't survive when the Talkies came. 792 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:53,920 Yeah. 793 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:56,360 So, it's all an act then? 794 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:57,999 You and her. 795 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,439 - Golden couple. - All an act. 796 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,680 As much an artifice as Stewart Howard himself. 797 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:08,520 Film is for dreamers, you see, Jack. 798 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:10,640 When you sit there in the dark, 799 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:12,920 there has to be space for you up there. 800 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,319 In that kiss. 801 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,280 In those scenes in the moonlight. 802 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:19,440 Standing by the rail of a ship. 803 00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:21,439 If you've just read in the fan mags 804 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,760 that the screen lovers have broken off the engagement, 805 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:25,920 can't stand to be in a room together, 806 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,920 then there's no space to dream. 807 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,160 Uh. 808 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,080 Scene 49, take eight. 809 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:09,680 And, 810 00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:11,799 action. 811 00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:14,599 It was then I knew we had fallen in love 812 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:16,320 from the pages of a book. 813 00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:19,279 But was that love strong enough to thrive 814 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,199 - out in the teeming world? - Ahem, 815 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:24,519 can we, erm, try it again without him reading in? 816 00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:25,880 I can do it in time. 817 00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:27,999 Yes, of course. 818 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:29,280 Reset! 819 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,680 Still rolling, Sandra. 820 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:35,800 And, 821 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:37,640 action. 822 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:49,279 God, I, I'm so sorry, Jesse. 823 00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:52,000 Er, can I beg ten minutes? 824 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:53,879 A ciggy'll sort me out. 825 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:55,999 - Cut it there. - Cutting it there. Right... 826 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,639 This day... 827 00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,079 Ten minutes, all! 828 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,159 Back at five past. 829 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,240 - Would you like a coffee, Sir? - No. Thank you. 830 00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:44,480 What? 831 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,360 Eric Percival Banks, she's... 832 00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:49,760 she's been married before. 833 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:11,680 Good morning. 834 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:14,319 You're up early. 835 00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:15,400 Oh, I, 836 00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:17,000 I thought you might want a tea. 837 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:41,759 Hey kid, d'you wanna be in pictures? 838 00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:49,040 Your name's not on the list. Who are you? 839 00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,239 We're antiquarian book sellers, isn't it obvious? 840 00:47:52,240 --> 00:47:54,399 And I know we're being extra vigilant, Gerry, love, 841 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,280 but they're with me. 842 00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,120 Alright. 843 00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:27,919 What's this? 844 00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,320 The address of Barbara Markham's parents. 845 00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:33,239 I'll go visit them. 846 00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:35,480 No, no. There's the inquest first. 847 00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:37,760 Just write them a kind letter. 848 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:39,600 I will. 849 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:41,600 Thanks, Book. 850 00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:45,600 You boys are in for the biggest surprise of your lives. 851 00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:49,800 Keep going. 852 00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:52,160 Better this way. 853 00:48:52,720 --> 00:48:54,000 More dramatic. 854 00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,519 Geordie, can we get some lights on, please? 855 00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:01,079 Yes, Mr. Howard. 856 00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:07,800 Amazing. 857 00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:10,280 It's absurd. 858 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:12,360 Ridiculous. 859 00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:15,480 A bizarre exaggeration of reality. 860 00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:17,880 It is wonderful. 861 00:49:19,240 --> 00:49:22,319 What a thrillingly peculiar life you lead, Mr. Howard. 862 00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:23,879 It's an imitation of life. 863 00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:26,480 Hm. Dog's blanket. 864 00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:28,600 But no Dog. 865 00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,240 - Is Dog cast yet? - Yeah. 866 00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:32,840 But she's not much cop. 867 00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:34,520 No screen presence. 868 00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:36,440 Think of a good replacement? 869 00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:39,520 Yeah, I can. 870 00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:45,640 Scads of cash. 871 00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,360 Your Tony's a better book seller than I. 872 00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:51,000 It's fake. 873 00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:53,319 Like everything in here. 874 00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:55,719 Ah. Well, I'm glad you had a chance to look 875 00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:57,880 before the hordes arrived. Let's get some breakfast. 876 00:49:58,320 --> 00:49:59,560 Canteen's in the next block. 877 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:01,360 Lay on, Macduff. 878 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:10,600 Just past the dressing rooms. 879 00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:12,999 D'you know what you're doing next, or...? 880 00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:14,519 Another Robin Hood remake. 881 00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:16,400 I mean, I've got the pins for it, so... 882 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:18,199 - Oh my God. - What? 883 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:27,360 It's one of the extras. 884 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:39,200 No... 885 00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:41,840 I think not. 886 00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:46,360 It's Nerina Bean. 887 00:50:57,160 --> 00:50:59,160 The girl with the poison pen.