1 00:00:02,105 --> 00:00:05,225 (suspenseful music) 2 00:00:20,663 --> 00:00:23,713 - [Ernest] Do you come here seeking knowledge? 3 00:00:23,711 --> 00:00:24,981 - I do. 4 00:00:24,980 --> 00:00:27,780 - [Ernest] Do you come seeking truth? 5 00:00:27,777 --> 00:00:28,647 - I do. 6 00:00:29,758 --> 00:00:32,578 - I summon Asgaroth, demon of earth. 7 00:00:35,066 --> 00:00:38,916 I summon Kelmaret, demon of air. 8 00:00:40,060 --> 00:00:44,050 I summon Belas, demon of water. 9 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,680 I summon Thame, demon of fire. 10 00:01:01,426 --> 00:01:05,676 Take power from the weapons of power. 11 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,810 The knife, the arrow, the axe and the sword. 12 00:01:11,134 --> 00:01:15,484 And whosoever betrays the secrets of the Temple 13 00:01:16,698 --> 00:01:21,348 will be forever cast down into eternal darkness. 14 00:01:34,142 --> 00:01:38,162 Now embrace the darkness of Thoth! 15 00:01:40,430 --> 00:01:42,450 - [Altogether] Asgaroth! 16 00:01:42,452 --> 00:01:44,102 Kelmaret! 17 00:01:44,099 --> 00:01:45,679 Belas! 18 00:01:45,675 --> 00:01:46,535 Thame! 19 00:01:50,531 --> 00:01:53,221 (fire roaring) 20 00:01:59,473 --> 00:02:02,693 (lighthearted music) 21 00:03:03,214 --> 00:03:07,374 - Well, I set out to write a serious book 22 00:03:07,374 --> 00:03:10,084 debunking magic and superstition. 23 00:03:10,075 --> 00:03:11,495 Then I rapidly realised that anything 24 00:03:11,504 --> 00:03:15,014 so profoundly stupid should also make people laugh. 25 00:03:15,008 --> 00:03:16,958 (laughs) 26 00:03:16,957 --> 00:03:19,347 - I loved the Temple of Thoth ritual, 27 00:03:19,345 --> 00:03:23,965 which you say you invented after two bottles of Scotch. 28 00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:28,268 Do people really believe that that was handed down 29 00:03:28,270 --> 00:03:30,060 by an Egyptian god? 30 00:03:30,064 --> 00:03:30,934 - Absolutely. 31 00:03:33,588 --> 00:03:35,788 Listen, let me give you a perfect example. 32 00:03:35,788 --> 00:03:38,788 Take some half-baked magical mythology, 33 00:03:38,791 --> 00:03:43,601 dress it up as some unpleasant racial conspiracy theories 34 00:03:43,598 --> 00:03:47,288 and set it to one of Wagner's overblown operas. 35 00:03:48,832 --> 00:03:52,942 Believe it and you get Hitler and the SS, which is, you know 36 00:03:52,941 --> 00:03:54,761 is a great deal less entertaining. 37 00:03:57,309 --> 00:03:59,919 (car revving) 38 00:04:02,127 --> 00:04:05,287 See, mostly it's gullible fools being manipulated 39 00:04:05,286 --> 00:04:06,586 by more gullible fools. 40 00:04:07,516 --> 00:04:11,546 It's like a former friend of mine who runs a very lucrative 41 00:04:11,553 --> 00:04:12,973 internet business that peddles 42 00:04:12,971 --> 00:04:16,071 all the paraphernalia of magic. 43 00:04:16,068 --> 00:04:17,658 - Does it matter? - Yes, because there 44 00:04:17,663 --> 00:04:18,733 are all these idiots out there 45 00:04:18,727 --> 00:04:22,047 who are gonna take it too seriously and wherever we-- 46 00:04:22,051 --> 00:04:24,481 - Ernest, darling, I'm back. 47 00:04:29,558 --> 00:04:31,598 Oh, there is no point watching 48 00:04:31,597 --> 00:04:34,087 that interview over and over again! 49 00:04:37,350 --> 00:04:38,630 We have to forget it. 50 00:04:42,217 --> 00:04:45,467 - When Aloysius Wilmington is dead 51 00:04:48,872 --> 00:04:50,962 that's the day I'll forget it. 52 00:04:50,955 --> 00:04:54,165 (lighthearted music) 53 00:05:23,809 --> 00:05:27,109 (footsteps pattering) 54 00:06:05,507 --> 00:06:07,417 - See you at the show! 55 00:06:16,267 --> 00:06:18,717 - O'Lord our heavenly Father, 56 00:06:18,722 --> 00:06:20,892 Almighty and everlasting God 57 00:06:21,954 --> 00:06:25,914 who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day, 58 00:06:25,906 --> 00:06:28,176 defend us in the same with thy mighty power 59 00:06:29,128 --> 00:06:32,928 and grant that this day we fall into no sin, 60 00:06:32,934 --> 00:06:35,374 neither run into any kind of danger. 61 00:06:39,676 --> 00:06:42,546 (bell ringing) 62 00:06:42,550 --> 00:06:45,850 (church bell ringing) 63 00:06:50,545 --> 00:06:54,105 - Getting the books out is your problem, Simon. 64 00:06:54,112 --> 00:06:57,162 Not getting them out could be an even bigger one. 65 00:06:57,156 --> 00:06:59,206 - You don't have to take any risks. 66 00:06:59,210 --> 00:07:04,100 - Wipe out the whole of your debt for one book. 67 00:07:04,101 --> 00:07:05,611 You know what it is! 68 00:07:05,613 --> 00:07:06,763 - I'll call you later. 69 00:07:15,748 --> 00:07:16,898 - That looked fraught. 70 00:07:23,036 --> 00:07:26,096 So anything promising today? 71 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:32,370 - All I can do is examine everything 72 00:07:32,369 --> 00:07:33,619 as I catalogue it, Isolde. 73 00:07:35,518 --> 00:07:36,718 - We know it's in here. 74 00:07:38,812 --> 00:07:41,182 Open your spirit to other ways of seeing. 75 00:07:43,578 --> 00:07:45,508 You fear its power too, Simon. 76 00:07:47,144 --> 00:07:52,364 Believe and the book will find us. 77 00:07:52,928 --> 00:07:56,138 (lighthearted music) 78 00:08:20,825 --> 00:08:23,425 (car revving) 79 00:08:29,056 --> 00:08:30,836 - Where are the cornflakes? 80 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:32,184 Joyce! 81 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:33,798 Joyce, are we out of cereal? 82 00:08:33,795 --> 00:08:35,315 - [Joyce] Oh, I forgot. 83 00:08:35,317 --> 00:08:36,927 - You forgot? 84 00:08:36,933 --> 00:08:39,853 What's with all these sweets and chocolates, then? 85 00:08:39,853 --> 00:08:40,763 - Well, if we're having a Halloween party, 86 00:08:40,757 --> 00:08:42,567 we should do it properly. 87 00:08:43,752 --> 00:08:45,892 - What Halloween party? 88 00:08:45,886 --> 00:08:48,136 (doorbell ringing) - It was your idea, Tom. 89 00:08:48,142 --> 00:08:49,742 That's Ben. - I know that's Ben. 90 00:08:49,738 --> 00:08:50,968 What was my idea? 91 00:08:57,568 --> 00:09:00,088 - Trick or treat? - Two minutes. 92 00:09:02,594 --> 00:09:05,204 (car revving) 93 00:09:06,821 --> 00:09:07,691 (tyres screeching) 94 00:09:07,690 --> 00:09:09,860 - Wilmington, Wilmington! 95 00:09:11,436 --> 00:09:13,566 I'm not gonna sit back and take any more of this. 96 00:09:13,574 --> 00:09:15,424 - Do what thou will, Ernest. 97 00:09:15,422 --> 00:09:17,702 Isn't that the whole of your law? 98 00:09:17,703 --> 00:09:19,843 - The book was one thing, but television! 99 00:09:21,019 --> 00:09:23,279 Everyone in the village knows that you meant me. 100 00:09:23,282 --> 00:09:25,192 The SS! 101 00:09:25,190 --> 00:09:28,550 - The SS was an extremely specific exemplar. 102 00:09:29,642 --> 00:09:32,192 I think, gullible fools, 103 00:09:32,186 --> 00:09:34,976 was the more generic classification. 104 00:09:34,983 --> 00:09:37,593 (car revving) 105 00:10:30,115 --> 00:10:30,975 - Hi! 106 00:10:32,003 --> 00:10:32,963 How is she? 107 00:10:34,801 --> 00:10:35,671 - A happy day. 108 00:10:35,670 --> 00:10:37,060 - Oh, great! 109 00:10:40,329 --> 00:10:42,249 Well, there will be more happy days. 110 00:11:07,490 --> 00:11:10,020 Oh, you look chirpy this morning. 111 00:11:16,290 --> 00:11:17,720 - Don't open the window. 112 00:11:17,719 --> 00:11:19,729 - It's just some light. 113 00:11:19,731 --> 00:11:21,301 - They can't get in, can they? 114 00:11:22,411 --> 00:11:23,351 - Of course not, Rosemary. 115 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:25,170 But who, who is it? 116 00:11:25,171 --> 00:11:26,271 Who can't get in? 117 00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:32,435 - Yes, much better today, thank you. 118 00:11:36,154 --> 00:11:41,374 - Nice, 19th century binding, but a 17th-century text. 119 00:11:41,618 --> 00:11:42,678 I can sell these 120 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:46,253 but they won't make much inroad into your debt. 121 00:11:46,247 --> 00:11:48,997 - The more I take the harder it gets. 122 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,670 - What about the big one? 123 00:11:51,670 --> 00:11:54,500 - The Thoth book's a myth, Hugo. 124 00:11:54,495 --> 00:11:55,355 You saw him on the telly. 125 00:11:55,364 --> 00:11:56,244 He made it all up. 126 00:11:56,237 --> 00:11:57,657 - If I don't get that book from you, 127 00:11:57,658 --> 00:12:00,478 I'll have words with Aloysius myself. 128 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,980 He may be fool enough to give you the run of his library, 129 00:12:02,983 --> 00:12:06,773 but when he knows you've stolen books worth 13,000 quid 130 00:12:06,768 --> 00:12:09,998 to pay back money you, well, stole from me 131 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,570 to feed a little cocaine habit. 132 00:12:16,606 --> 00:12:21,816 (lighthearted music) (bell ringing) 133 00:12:53,037 --> 00:12:54,727 - We are missing some stock, Pa. 134 00:12:54,733 --> 00:12:57,493 Ritual knives, an axe, arrows. 135 00:12:57,485 --> 00:13:01,335 - Stock-taking isn't the first thing on my mind, Isolde. 136 00:13:01,343 --> 00:13:03,823 You would do better finding out what Simon Wilmington 137 00:13:03,815 --> 00:13:06,225 is doing in his uncle's library. 138 00:13:06,234 --> 00:13:09,594 The book is in there, find it! 139 00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:12,177 Push him, Isolde. 140 00:13:12,177 --> 00:13:14,137 - I can't push much harder. 141 00:13:15,622 --> 00:13:17,842 - Of course you can. 142 00:13:21,566 --> 00:13:22,866 You're a witch. 143 00:13:26,664 --> 00:13:28,814 - I want you to look very closely. 144 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:31,388 A perfectly empty tube. 145 00:13:31,394 --> 00:13:34,944 Let me place it there and we say the magic word Abracadabra! 146 00:13:34,936 --> 00:13:37,256 - [Kids] Abracadabra! 147 00:13:37,256 --> 00:13:40,966 - And then again we have a cup how is this possible? 148 00:13:40,966 --> 00:13:43,696 Look, there is nothing inside. 149 00:13:43,698 --> 00:13:46,008 There is nothing here. 150 00:13:46,013 --> 00:13:48,573 Oscar, not you again! 151 00:13:48,568 --> 00:13:52,238 We don't want any rabbits here! 152 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,770 - [Kids] Oh, yes, we do! 153 00:13:54,774 --> 00:13:55,974 - Oh, no, we don't! 154 00:13:55,973 --> 00:13:57,883 - Oh, yes, we do! - No! 155 00:14:01,770 --> 00:14:02,640 - I was expecting more than nine months. 156 00:14:04,063 --> 00:14:06,463 - Well, you can never second-guess. 157 00:14:06,461 --> 00:14:07,461 What a judge will do? 158 00:14:07,463 --> 00:14:08,973 You shouldn't even try. 159 00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:10,933 - If his solicitor hadn't got the evidence 160 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:12,654 for the other burglaries thrown out. 161 00:14:12,654 --> 00:14:13,834 How was that hearsay? 162 00:14:13,832 --> 00:14:15,422 The man was boasting in the pub! 163 00:14:15,417 --> 00:14:16,867 - It was always a possibility. 164 00:14:16,867 --> 00:14:19,327 I mean, his counsel was very good. 165 00:14:20,619 --> 00:14:21,979 - Was it the way I gave evidence? 166 00:14:21,975 --> 00:14:24,455 - No, it was not, oh, Jones, come on. 167 00:14:24,458 --> 00:14:26,168 Coffee, now! 168 00:14:26,168 --> 00:14:29,118 - Then slowly we open the very magical very. 169 00:14:29,118 --> 00:14:32,078 (kids laughing) 170 00:14:32,081 --> 00:14:33,911 Oscar, not you again! 171 00:14:34,813 --> 00:14:38,563 You have to go home, now! 172 00:14:38,557 --> 00:14:40,557 - Right, then, let's go. 173 00:14:40,557 --> 00:14:42,767 - I'd ask if my bum looks big in this, 174 00:14:42,768 --> 00:14:44,678 but I can't get it in. (laughs) 175 00:14:44,678 --> 00:14:45,548 - Come on! 176 00:14:48,368 --> 00:14:53,578 (audience cheering) (audience applauding) 177 00:14:56,673 --> 00:14:57,743 Excuse me. 178 00:14:57,740 --> 00:14:58,980 - Usual chaos. 179 00:15:01,307 --> 00:15:03,357 - I know what Simon's doing. 180 00:15:04,936 --> 00:15:07,716 - You've got a long nose, old girl. 181 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,880 Just keep it out of my business. 182 00:15:14,182 --> 00:15:17,182 - Oh, no, Oscar! (laughing) 183 00:15:17,175 --> 00:15:19,805 Oscar, not you again! 184 00:15:19,813 --> 00:15:21,983 You are interfering with my work. 185 00:15:21,984 --> 00:15:23,844 What shall we do with him? 186 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,320 Send him back? 187 00:15:25,321 --> 00:15:27,861 - No! - Oh, yes, we will! 188 00:15:27,863 --> 00:15:29,813 We don't want rabbit here! 189 00:15:29,813 --> 00:15:32,693 - [Kids] Oh, yes, we do! 190 00:15:32,693 --> 00:15:35,073 - Do we have to congratulate him? 191 00:15:35,070 --> 00:15:36,930 - Yes, we do, come on. 192 00:15:44,910 --> 00:15:48,730 Mr. Balliol, congratulations. 193 00:15:48,729 --> 00:15:50,209 May we join you? 194 00:15:50,211 --> 00:15:52,911 - That depends on what you want, Chief Inspector. 195 00:15:52,911 --> 00:15:54,851 - Detective Sergeant Jones here, is very upset 196 00:15:54,850 --> 00:15:57,930 because he thinks your client got off very lightly. 197 00:15:57,926 --> 00:15:59,506 Which, of course, he did. 198 00:15:59,511 --> 00:16:01,901 - We've only met across a crowded courtroom. 199 00:16:01,899 --> 00:16:02,769 Tristan Balliol. 200 00:16:05,058 --> 00:16:05,928 We were lucky. 201 00:16:06,883 --> 00:16:08,053 No thanks to you, Sergeant. 202 00:16:08,051 --> 00:16:10,611 You blocked all my attempts to dent your evidence. 203 00:16:10,606 --> 00:16:13,486 That hearsay was really a last gambit. 204 00:16:16,606 --> 00:16:18,846 - He'll be out in six months. 205 00:16:18,847 --> 00:16:20,817 - Well, justice has to be just. 206 00:16:21,881 --> 00:16:23,801 It's not always fair, it's not always right. 207 00:16:23,796 --> 00:16:26,366 And even if we do talk about it as if it's just a game, 208 00:16:26,371 --> 00:16:28,141 none of us actually believes that. 209 00:16:30,494 --> 00:16:33,034 - I want a writ against Wilmington and I want it today. 210 00:16:33,032 --> 00:16:34,332 - Pa-- - I intend go to court 211 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:35,977 and get an injunction against his slander! 212 00:16:35,975 --> 00:16:38,055 - Pa, there is no case. - Oh? 213 00:16:39,019 --> 00:16:40,219 Aren't we supposed to live in a country 214 00:16:40,218 --> 00:16:42,368 where a man's beliefs can't be mocked? 215 00:16:42,366 --> 00:16:45,436 - Chief Inspector Barnaby and Sergeant Jones, 216 00:16:45,435 --> 00:16:47,465 this is my father, Ernest Balliol. 217 00:16:49,269 --> 00:16:51,159 - Well, I think there is one thing 218 00:16:51,156 --> 00:16:53,746 you might need to know, Tristan. 219 00:16:53,753 --> 00:16:56,403 I drove into Wilmington's car this morning. 220 00:16:57,361 --> 00:17:01,881 I didn't hit him, but, I think I took his door off. 221 00:17:06,141 --> 00:17:09,101 (kids chattering) 222 00:17:10,854 --> 00:17:11,984 - Ssh, quiet! 223 00:17:13,877 --> 00:17:18,897 Now, first prize, Elizabeth Shepherd. 224 00:17:18,903 --> 00:17:21,153 I don't know what she's meant to be, 225 00:17:21,145 --> 00:17:24,585 but she certainly frightened me. 226 00:17:24,586 --> 00:17:25,886 - I'm meant to be a good witch! 227 00:17:25,892 --> 00:17:29,502 - Ah, but we cannot let the bad witches know. 228 00:17:29,497 --> 00:17:33,487 Now everybody off the stage, everybody off the stage! 229 00:17:33,490 --> 00:17:35,170 Off the stage! 230 00:17:35,169 --> 00:17:37,429 And now for the most dangerous, 231 00:17:37,432 --> 00:17:40,372 the most death-defying feat ever performed 232 00:17:40,372 --> 00:17:41,412 on the stage of-- 233 00:17:41,410 --> 00:17:42,690 - Hope your tights don't split! 234 00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:45,287 - This ancient village hall. 235 00:17:45,294 --> 00:17:47,124 The Cabinet Of Death! 236 00:17:48,631 --> 00:17:50,891 (gasping) 237 00:17:52,079 --> 00:17:54,189 Drums, Simon, if you please! 238 00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:58,011 (upbeat drum music) 239 00:17:58,005 --> 00:18:00,595 Now, my lovely assistant. 240 00:18:00,601 --> 00:18:01,471 (laughing) 241 00:18:01,470 --> 00:18:02,340 No! 242 00:18:03,468 --> 00:18:04,948 I don't think so. 243 00:18:07,347 --> 00:18:08,427 My lovely assistant. 244 00:18:08,432 --> 00:18:13,652 (kids applauding) (kids cheering) 245 00:18:16,753 --> 00:18:19,503 She will now enter the Cabinet Of Death 246 00:18:19,495 --> 00:18:23,805 where she will be pierced by blades of burnished steel 247 00:18:23,812 --> 00:18:28,332 and live to tell the tale, without a mark on her. 248 00:18:28,327 --> 00:18:33,537 Look upon this work of terror, ye children, and tremble! 249 00:18:35,196 --> 00:18:36,656 (kids laughing) 250 00:18:36,658 --> 00:18:37,528 Oscar! 251 00:18:39,866 --> 00:18:45,076 Oscar, Oscar, Oscar, Oscar, pack your lettuce, you're fired! 252 00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:47,999 - [Kids] Aw! 253 00:18:50,724 --> 00:18:53,274 - Lovely assistant, are you ready to enter the Cabinet 254 00:18:53,271 --> 00:18:57,951 Of Death with only my magical power to protect you? 255 00:18:57,950 --> 00:19:01,130 - I am, oh great magician! 256 00:19:02,298 --> 00:19:03,548 - Enter! 257 00:19:03,553 --> 00:19:08,773 (upbeat music) (applauding) 258 00:19:14,173 --> 00:19:17,393 The blades are now piercing her body. 259 00:19:30,691 --> 00:19:32,871 Speak to me, lovely assistant! 260 00:19:34,350 --> 00:19:36,680 (gasps) 261 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:37,746 Speak to me. 262 00:19:41,869 --> 00:19:44,649 I fear the worst. 263 00:19:56,355 --> 00:19:57,395 Anton, Anton 264 00:20:00,052 --> 00:20:03,182 Get the curtains, the curtains, now! 265 00:20:04,337 --> 00:20:07,537 (lighthearted music) 266 00:20:07,538 --> 00:20:10,488 (kids chattering) 267 00:20:37,226 --> 00:20:40,786 - Black mashed potatoes for the bodies 268 00:20:40,792 --> 00:20:43,062 sliced carrots for the eyes. 269 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:45,852 And for the legs 270 00:20:47,904 --> 00:20:49,764 Cully thought sausages. 271 00:20:52,210 --> 00:20:53,700 To make spiders, Tom. 272 00:20:53,701 --> 00:20:55,091 - Oh. 273 00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:56,938 Well, if black is the theme, 274 00:20:56,944 --> 00:20:59,134 your sausages are usually the right colour. 275 00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:04,508 - Last year you were worried about Halloween. 276 00:21:04,514 --> 00:21:06,954 Young children wandering the streets, 277 00:21:06,954 --> 00:21:09,394 older ones throwing fireworks, 278 00:21:09,394 --> 00:21:11,944 people opening their doors to hulking teenagers, 279 00:21:11,938 --> 00:21:14,008 long past trick-or-treating. 280 00:21:14,013 --> 00:21:16,263 - Was I? - You wanted Halloween 281 00:21:16,255 --> 00:21:19,015 to be safer and friendlier. 282 00:21:19,018 --> 00:21:22,628 A party in every neighbourhood to provide focus 283 00:21:22,626 --> 00:21:24,676 and a jolly end to the evening, 284 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:29,760 not to mention a drink for parents desperately in need. 285 00:21:29,758 --> 00:21:30,628 - Did I really say all that? 286 00:21:30,627 --> 00:21:33,157 - Tom! - It's a great idea, Joyce. 287 00:21:33,157 --> 00:21:35,867 Well, yes, it is, it is! 288 00:21:35,868 --> 00:21:37,928 I talked about it to the WI. 289 00:21:37,926 --> 00:21:39,006 - Oh, well. 290 00:21:39,007 --> 00:21:41,617 - And as I'd started the ball rolling 291 00:21:41,624 --> 00:21:44,424 it seemed like we should have the party in this area. 292 00:21:45,565 --> 00:21:48,695 Cully's coming down to help with the decorations. 293 00:21:48,696 --> 00:21:49,556 - Barnaby. 294 00:22:07,838 --> 00:22:09,548 - Mr. Bullard's already inside, sir. 295 00:22:09,548 --> 00:22:10,418 Is he? 296 00:22:10,416 --> 00:22:11,286 Thank you. 297 00:22:17,858 --> 00:22:19,748 - Evidence of cardiac arrhythmia. 298 00:22:20,642 --> 00:22:23,942 That doesn't mean naturally occurring heart attack. 299 00:22:23,937 --> 00:22:26,967 Now, there are several scratches, skin punctures 300 00:22:26,971 --> 00:22:28,941 discoloration round the wounds. 301 00:22:28,942 --> 00:22:30,902 Not deep, but they've drawn blood. 302 00:22:31,820 --> 00:22:33,800 They were inflicted just before death. 303 00:22:36,066 --> 00:22:37,976 It was an amateur magic show, Tom. 304 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:39,582 She was in the cabinet. 305 00:22:39,578 --> 00:22:42,738 It's full of sharp blades which were designed to retract. 306 00:22:42,737 --> 00:22:44,287 Some didn't. 307 00:22:44,291 --> 00:22:46,851 When they opened the cabinet she was unconscious. 308 00:23:13,528 --> 00:23:17,898 - They call themselves the Midsomer Magic Circle. 309 00:23:17,895 --> 00:23:20,075 And they meet up once every year. 310 00:23:20,077 --> 00:23:22,007 You know, put on a show for the kids. 311 00:23:23,048 --> 00:23:24,738 - [Male Voice] Who does the box belong to? 312 00:23:24,738 --> 00:23:27,308 - The box belongs to one Aloysius Wilmington. 313 00:23:27,313 --> 00:23:28,623 He's the chief magic man. 314 00:23:28,616 --> 00:23:29,896 The rest just help him out. 315 00:23:29,897 --> 00:23:32,677 Go on, open up, have a look-see. 316 00:23:35,731 --> 00:23:36,951 - What's that? 317 00:23:44,030 --> 00:23:45,390 - We'll have a closer look at that. 318 00:23:45,385 --> 00:23:50,595 (lighthearted music) (birds singing) 319 00:23:52,283 --> 00:23:55,543 - Isolde, you have to keep a check on Simon every day. 320 00:23:56,905 --> 00:23:59,925 - I don't know what these rumours about Jean Wildacre mean, 321 00:24:00,963 --> 00:24:03,633 but I think it's best that Isolde stays away. 322 00:24:04,691 --> 00:24:07,601 Or at least Aloysius is gonna be shocked by what happened. 323 00:24:07,596 --> 00:24:09,216 - I don't care about that. 324 00:24:09,220 --> 00:24:11,400 The timing is perfect. 325 00:24:11,399 --> 00:24:13,719 The aura surrounding a death is like a bridge, 326 00:24:13,724 --> 00:24:16,284 the spirits pass in both directions. 327 00:24:17,228 --> 00:24:18,838 - Especially if she was killed. 328 00:24:18,844 --> 00:24:20,174 - Oh, Isolde, please! 329 00:24:20,168 --> 00:24:22,118 - We might as well be practical. 330 00:24:22,118 --> 00:24:23,928 - Isolde is right. 331 00:24:23,932 --> 00:24:27,122 A violent death fractures the astral plane. 332 00:24:27,123 --> 00:24:28,683 It could lead her to the book. 333 00:24:28,677 --> 00:24:30,337 - It's so close to Halloween. 334 00:24:31,690 --> 00:24:34,840 The boundaries of the spirit world are peeling away. 335 00:24:36,987 --> 00:24:40,867 Can't you feel it? 336 00:24:40,866 --> 00:24:42,336 - Make sure she's not roaming round 337 00:24:42,336 --> 00:24:45,806 the village saying that to Derek Wildacre, 338 00:24:45,808 --> 00:24:48,058 or any odd policeman she might run into. 339 00:24:53,222 --> 00:24:55,382 - My daughter's in America working. 340 00:24:56,924 --> 00:24:58,024 She's on her own now. 341 00:25:00,834 --> 00:25:03,134 Jean and I have been looking after the kids. 342 00:25:07,757 --> 00:25:08,797 They don't know yet. 343 00:25:11,115 --> 00:25:12,255 They think it's magic. 344 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:18,240 - Mr. Wildacre, we believe that your wife 345 00:25:18,236 --> 00:25:20,156 did not die from natural causes. 346 00:25:22,127 --> 00:25:25,257 (suspenseful music) 347 00:25:41,990 --> 00:25:45,290 (footsteps pattering) 348 00:25:46,829 --> 00:25:48,999 Anything from the labs? 349 00:25:48,996 --> 00:25:52,026 - Not yet, but the cabinet's thrown up something. 350 00:25:52,031 --> 00:25:54,271 We just don't know what it is yet. 351 00:25:54,273 --> 00:25:56,373 They went through this Cabinet Of Death routine 352 00:25:56,368 --> 00:25:58,938 three times in rehearsal. 353 00:25:58,944 --> 00:26:01,244 Aloysius is a bit of a stickler, apparently. 354 00:26:02,364 --> 00:26:06,614 These blades retract when the door is closed. 355 00:26:06,611 --> 00:26:07,551 - Oh, yeah! 356 00:26:07,546 --> 00:26:10,636 - So whoever's inside can get out through the back 357 00:26:10,643 --> 00:26:12,353 and reappear somewhere else. 358 00:26:13,646 --> 00:26:16,096 Some of the blades have been jammed. 359 00:26:16,096 --> 00:26:18,026 - What, deliberately? 360 00:26:18,025 --> 00:26:21,085 - Little slivers of wood were pushed inside. 361 00:26:21,091 --> 00:26:22,141 - But it worked in rehearsal. 362 00:26:22,144 --> 00:26:24,164 Three times it worked in rehearsal. 363 00:26:24,157 --> 00:26:25,407 - Yeah. 364 00:26:25,408 --> 00:26:28,878 But a few of the blades had a tiny residue on them 365 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,860 and they're with forensics now. 366 00:26:30,859 --> 00:26:33,989 (suspenseful music) 367 00:26:35,541 --> 00:26:38,231 (bell ringing) 368 00:26:41,038 --> 00:26:43,198 So the night of rehearsals, you left the village hall 369 00:26:43,196 --> 00:26:45,646 before Mrs Wildacre? 370 00:26:45,647 --> 00:26:47,317 - Yes. 371 00:26:47,315 --> 00:26:48,535 - And you walked home? 372 00:26:48,535 --> 00:26:51,875 - Well, I did stop at the pub, for a drink with everyone. 373 00:26:52,873 --> 00:26:56,783 - Everyone being? - Aloysius, Simon, 374 00:26:56,783 --> 00:26:57,823 Hugo, of course. 375 00:26:57,815 --> 00:27:00,125 Hugo's always in the pub. (laughs) 376 00:27:00,130 --> 00:27:01,500 - Anybody else? 377 00:27:01,496 --> 00:27:02,866 What about Mrs Wildacre? 378 00:27:03,967 --> 00:27:04,847 - Oh, no, no. 379 00:27:05,886 --> 00:27:10,846 Mrs Brand, yes, that's right, she did drop by briefly. 380 00:27:11,996 --> 00:27:14,086 - Well, thank you. 381 00:27:14,088 --> 00:27:16,258 I know where to find you. 382 00:27:18,489 --> 00:27:20,479 (bell ringing) 383 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,900 - [Male Voice] Were you close to Mrs Wildacre? 384 00:27:22,903 --> 00:27:24,563 - Not in any intimate sense. 385 00:27:24,561 --> 00:27:28,091 I mean, we knew each other when we were young, that's all. 386 00:27:28,086 --> 00:27:31,346 I think the older you get the more that tends to matter. 387 00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:33,909 - Yeah, this trick she was involved in, 388 00:27:33,914 --> 00:27:34,784 the Cabinet Of-- 389 00:27:34,782 --> 00:27:36,832 - Ah, the Cabinet Of Death. 390 00:27:36,833 --> 00:27:39,753 Yeah, well, I rather think we won't be using that again. 391 00:27:41,469 --> 00:27:44,419 (kids chattering) 392 00:27:45,452 --> 00:27:48,492 - The idea that someone killed her. 393 00:27:50,013 --> 00:27:51,863 Everyone loved her. 394 00:27:51,855 --> 00:27:55,365 - Did she go straight home after rehearsals, Mrs Brand? 395 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:57,630 - Yes, she must have done. 396 00:27:57,628 --> 00:27:59,718 - [Male Voice] And what about everyone else? 397 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,980 - We usually call at the pub. 398 00:28:06,488 --> 00:28:08,628 - So who was there? 399 00:28:08,626 --> 00:28:12,446 Aloysius and Simon Wilmington, yourself 400 00:28:12,452 --> 00:28:16,492 Hugo Cartwright, and Mr. Thorneycroft? 401 00:28:16,494 --> 00:28:18,184 - Yes, that's right. 402 00:28:18,180 --> 00:28:20,120 Come on in children, come on in. 403 00:28:20,124 --> 00:28:21,184 It's wet out there. 404 00:28:21,176 --> 00:28:22,146 You're being very slow. 405 00:28:22,146 --> 00:28:23,276 Take your coats off. 406 00:28:23,283 --> 00:28:24,983 That's it, no pushing. 407 00:28:24,983 --> 00:28:26,483 - Now I remember quite clearly, 408 00:28:26,477 --> 00:28:28,587 I bought the cabinet at auction. 409 00:28:28,594 --> 00:28:33,814 Property of one Waldo The Wonderful, end-of-pier magician. 410 00:28:33,974 --> 00:28:35,724 - [Male Voice] Did you test it before the show? 411 00:28:35,715 --> 00:28:36,895 - Always. 412 00:28:36,904 --> 00:28:39,924 - And did all the blades retract? 413 00:28:39,917 --> 00:28:42,007 - It was in perfect working order. 414 00:28:43,035 --> 00:28:46,135 - When did you last touch the interior of that cabinet, 415 00:28:46,142 --> 00:28:49,552 in particular the sharp ends of the blades? 416 00:28:49,552 --> 00:28:51,272 - Maybe at the rehearsal. 417 00:28:51,272 --> 00:28:52,882 But even if it wasn't working properly, 418 00:28:52,878 --> 00:28:55,218 the worst you'd get would be a few scratches. 419 00:28:56,455 --> 00:28:58,885 - Mr Wilmington, could you help us? 420 00:29:00,873 --> 00:29:03,143 Tell me, what is that? 421 00:29:05,161 --> 00:29:07,091 - This is not magic for children. 422 00:29:08,154 --> 00:29:10,244 This is real mumbo-jumbo. 423 00:29:10,239 --> 00:29:11,659 - How do you mean? 424 00:29:11,657 --> 00:29:14,277 Practitioners of the dark arts. 425 00:29:14,275 --> 00:29:17,785 You're gonna initiate someone into your magical order, 426 00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:19,459 you need to have the right gear. 427 00:29:34,347 --> 00:29:35,217 Ah! 428 00:29:37,212 --> 00:29:39,132 This is what it should look like. 429 00:29:39,133 --> 00:29:40,463 - Oh, yes! 430 00:29:40,463 --> 00:29:42,433 Can I hang on to this? 431 00:29:42,428 --> 00:29:43,298 Thank you. 432 00:29:45,556 --> 00:29:47,306 Mr. Wilmington, I'll need to talk 433 00:29:47,308 --> 00:29:49,528 to your nephew, Simon Wilmington. 434 00:29:49,529 --> 00:29:51,419 He does live here, doesn't he? 435 00:29:51,416 --> 00:29:52,666 - He's not in right now. 436 00:29:54,408 --> 00:29:55,958 I don't think that you'll find Simon 437 00:29:55,962 --> 00:29:57,062 has anything to hide. 438 00:30:01,812 --> 00:30:03,122 - I legged it to the pub. 439 00:30:04,022 --> 00:30:05,482 Oscar had made us late. 440 00:30:06,765 --> 00:30:08,565 - That would be Oscar-- 441 00:30:08,568 --> 00:30:10,488 - Oscar Oryctolagus Cuniculus. 442 00:30:12,656 --> 00:30:14,306 Oscar the rabbit. 443 00:30:14,314 --> 00:30:17,754 The top hat extrication purposes, Sergeant. 444 00:30:19,381 --> 00:30:21,801 - [Sergeant] Did anyone go with you? 445 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,800 - Aloysius and Simon had a pint. 446 00:30:24,803 --> 00:30:26,523 - Mr. Thorneycroft and Mrs Brand? 447 00:30:28,787 --> 00:30:29,777 - They didn't come. 448 00:30:32,791 --> 00:30:34,121 - On the day of the show, did you see 449 00:30:34,115 --> 00:30:35,545 or hear anything unusual? 450 00:30:38,015 --> 00:30:40,355 - Jean was the last person anyone would kill. 451 00:30:42,947 --> 00:30:45,237 She and Derek were a happily-married couple. 452 00:30:49,036 --> 00:30:51,266 - Do you know anyone with a grudge? 453 00:30:51,267 --> 00:30:52,937 Anyone she'd argued with lately? 454 00:30:57,492 --> 00:30:58,362 - Only me. 455 00:31:01,663 --> 00:31:03,513 I'd had enough of the Magic Circle. 456 00:31:03,509 --> 00:31:05,289 I was ready to resign. 457 00:31:05,292 --> 00:31:08,092 Jean thought I'd be letting the side down, that was Jean. 458 00:31:08,086 --> 00:31:09,736 Team player to the last. 459 00:31:15,625 --> 00:31:17,585 - Well, I appreciate your honesty. 460 00:31:26,501 --> 00:31:28,351 They're an odd lot, sir. 461 00:31:28,346 --> 00:31:29,696 - What, people in general? 462 00:31:31,045 --> 00:31:32,905 - Wilmington's Magic Circle. 463 00:31:32,913 --> 00:31:35,283 I couldn't get a straight answer out of any of them. 464 00:31:37,311 --> 00:31:38,181 Good book? 465 00:31:38,180 --> 00:31:40,390 - Yeah, yeah it is, very good. 466 00:31:40,389 --> 00:31:43,789 In his younger day, Aloysius Wilmington 467 00:31:43,789 --> 00:31:46,429 apparently presided over magical rituals 468 00:31:46,427 --> 00:31:51,637 that involved nude dancing, singing, drugs and sex. 469 00:31:52,117 --> 00:31:53,317 Have a look. 470 00:31:53,319 --> 00:31:56,519 Don't look at the photographs, you're too young. 471 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,480 - Orgies we thought, sir. 472 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,960 We used to speculate about what they got up to-- 473 00:32:00,955 --> 00:32:03,225 - And what did you think they got up to? 474 00:32:03,225 --> 00:32:04,085 - We were kids. 475 00:32:04,093 --> 00:32:05,673 - Speculate no further, my children. 476 00:32:05,672 --> 00:32:07,782 But it seems some people are not 477 00:32:07,781 --> 00:32:11,131 too happy to have their past lives re-heated and served up 478 00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:12,829 in Wilmington's book. 479 00:32:12,828 --> 00:32:15,018 Ernest Balliol being one of them. 480 00:32:15,016 --> 00:32:17,106 So for starters, first thing tomorrow morning, 481 00:32:17,114 --> 00:32:19,114 we are gonna have a chat with him. 482 00:32:19,105 --> 00:32:20,405 Good night to you two. 483 00:32:20,409 --> 00:32:21,549 - [Both] Good night, sir. 484 00:32:24,215 --> 00:32:27,685 - Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O'Lord, 485 00:32:27,687 --> 00:32:30,717 and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils 486 00:32:30,721 --> 00:32:32,911 and dangers of this night. 487 00:32:32,907 --> 00:32:38,117 (suspenseful music) (door banging) 488 00:32:47,217 --> 00:32:49,937 - No little Izzy tonight? 489 00:32:49,938 --> 00:32:53,488 Well not much of a bibliophile, is she? 490 00:32:54,443 --> 00:32:57,043 More bedroom than book room. 491 00:32:57,039 --> 00:32:59,379 - You must be out of your mind. 492 00:32:59,375 --> 00:33:01,125 The police are all over the place. 493 00:33:01,126 --> 00:33:03,226 They think someone killed Jean. 494 00:33:03,233 --> 00:33:04,223 It's crazy. 495 00:33:06,882 --> 00:33:09,302 - [Hugo] She sussed you were selling to me. 496 00:33:09,301 --> 00:33:11,891 - So I'd kill for a few books? 497 00:33:11,887 --> 00:33:14,667 - How many millions would you lose if Aloysius cut you off? 498 00:33:14,671 --> 00:33:16,621 Bear that in mind. 499 00:33:16,621 --> 00:33:21,841 Oh, and I still want that book. 500 00:33:27,219 --> 00:33:28,089 Find it! 501 00:33:40,035 --> 00:33:42,725 (bird singing) 502 00:34:06,447 --> 00:34:09,137 (bell ringing) 503 00:34:32,154 --> 00:34:35,374 (lighthearted music) 504 00:34:54,203 --> 00:34:55,853 - Oh, look at that. 505 00:35:00,371 --> 00:35:02,811 Don't tell Mrs Barnaby about this. 506 00:35:02,811 --> 00:35:05,681 It might give us some expensive ideas for Halloween. 507 00:35:07,317 --> 00:35:08,587 - Good morning. 508 00:35:10,224 --> 00:35:11,194 - Mr. Balliol. 509 00:35:12,226 --> 00:35:14,396 - Welcome to Magicmaister, gentlemen. 510 00:35:16,251 --> 00:35:18,841 Are you here on a spiritual journey? 511 00:35:18,837 --> 00:35:20,337 - No, we're not. 512 00:35:20,339 --> 00:35:21,209 Remember us? 513 00:35:21,207 --> 00:35:22,077 I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby 514 00:35:22,076 --> 00:35:24,766 and this is Detective Sergeant Jones from Causton CID. 515 00:35:29,281 --> 00:35:30,891 Could you tell me about this? 516 00:35:40,651 --> 00:35:41,771 - You'll have to decide if you want 517 00:35:41,766 --> 00:35:44,316 books in this state rebound, Uncle. 518 00:35:44,321 --> 00:35:45,201 - Oh, no, no, no. 519 00:35:45,197 --> 00:35:48,147 Sooner or later everything in here will be yours. 520 00:35:48,148 --> 00:35:51,008 Your job, you have to decide. 521 00:35:51,005 --> 00:35:52,455 If you think a book has something 522 00:35:52,464 --> 00:35:54,784 to contribute to the sum of human knowledge, 523 00:35:54,779 --> 00:35:58,009 then I'm sure it will deserve a new coat. 524 00:35:58,012 --> 00:35:59,782 - That's not easy to decide, 525 00:35:59,784 --> 00:36:02,424 especially with the earlier stuff. 526 00:36:02,422 --> 00:36:04,642 But if my Latin was as good as yours. 527 00:36:04,643 --> 00:36:06,793 - Lust and congenital laziness 528 00:36:06,791 --> 00:36:08,481 might run in this family, Simon. 529 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,100 But modesty doesn't. 530 00:36:11,098 --> 00:36:13,188 Your Latin is excellent. 531 00:36:14,528 --> 00:36:18,258 - We do sell these ritual knives, yes. 532 00:36:19,322 --> 00:36:21,402 - But did you sell this one? 533 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:22,930 - I couldn't possibly say. 534 00:36:24,038 --> 00:36:26,758 - You knew Jean Wildacre, didn't you? 535 00:36:26,756 --> 00:36:28,636 - "Knew," would be overstating it. 536 00:36:29,533 --> 00:36:31,443 - Was she a customer of yours? 537 00:36:31,441 --> 00:36:32,741 - I hardly think so. 538 00:36:34,976 --> 00:36:39,906 - Mr. Balliol, Jean Wildacre was your neighbour. 539 00:36:39,908 --> 00:36:41,998 Jean Wildacre has just died. 540 00:36:42,004 --> 00:36:44,444 This is a murder investigation. 541 00:36:44,444 --> 00:36:46,014 - We are as shocked as anyone. 542 00:36:47,082 --> 00:36:50,832 - This knife may mean nothing, but I need to know that 543 00:36:50,825 --> 00:36:53,165 if it didn't belong to Jean Wildacre, whose was it? 544 00:36:53,171 --> 00:36:55,901 I don't imagine that you sell many of these things. 545 00:36:55,903 --> 00:36:58,113 - We guarantee confidentiality. 546 00:37:00,063 --> 00:37:01,903 - Are you refusing to cooperate? 547 00:37:01,898 --> 00:37:04,418 - You wouldn't expect a priest to break the secrets 548 00:37:04,422 --> 00:37:06,042 of the confessional. 549 00:37:06,038 --> 00:37:07,768 The goods here possess a sanctity 550 00:37:07,769 --> 00:37:10,569 that is far from any commercial considerations. 551 00:37:10,574 --> 00:37:11,664 - Oh, for crying out loud! 552 00:37:11,659 --> 00:37:13,299 This is a shop! 553 00:37:14,901 --> 00:37:16,811 - If you want to continue any further with this, 554 00:37:16,809 --> 00:37:18,909 I suggest you speak to our solicitor. 555 00:37:21,324 --> 00:37:23,364 - I will come back for your 556 00:37:23,357 --> 00:37:25,377 customer list and if I don't get it, 557 00:37:25,380 --> 00:37:28,200 you will be the one having to speak to your solicitor. 558 00:37:32,627 --> 00:37:35,927 (footsteps pattering) 559 00:37:35,933 --> 00:37:39,063 (suspenseful music) 560 00:38:03,490 --> 00:38:05,890 - It's a book no one knows about. 561 00:38:05,889 --> 00:38:06,939 A book of power. 562 00:38:08,601 --> 00:38:12,391 I can use that power to banish the demons. 563 00:38:12,386 --> 00:38:13,596 They'll obey me then. 564 00:38:16,473 --> 00:38:18,043 You will know peace again. 565 00:38:19,434 --> 00:38:20,744 - Yes, it's lovely, dear. 566 00:38:24,116 --> 00:38:26,486 - Medication isn't the way, I've told Tristan. 567 00:38:26,493 --> 00:38:28,453 The drugs confuse her. 568 00:38:28,454 --> 00:38:31,364 - Well, the psychiatrist said the periods 569 00:38:31,363 --> 00:38:33,853 of calm are shorter now, it's true. 570 00:38:33,845 --> 00:38:35,615 - Psychiatrists can't do anything! 571 00:38:36,691 --> 00:38:39,191 - They've done a great deal, Isolde. 572 00:38:39,194 --> 00:38:40,694 Tristan will tell you how much. 573 00:38:40,685 --> 00:38:42,235 - Tristan! 574 00:38:42,238 --> 00:38:44,138 Come on, Christine, 575 00:38:44,136 --> 00:38:46,466 no one can help Ma, who doesn't see the demons 576 00:38:46,472 --> 00:38:47,722 that are tormenting her. 577 00:38:49,871 --> 00:38:51,341 You know that now. 578 00:38:53,332 --> 00:38:54,222 You're one of us. 579 00:38:55,679 --> 00:38:59,019 - No, I needed to understand why Rosemary... 580 00:39:00,632 --> 00:39:02,772 What happened? 581 00:39:02,769 --> 00:39:04,929 How she got where she is? 582 00:39:04,928 --> 00:39:06,168 That would be a start. 583 00:39:07,754 --> 00:39:10,054 - You don't have the knowledge to understand 584 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,310 or the power to help. 585 00:39:14,281 --> 00:39:15,151 I do. 586 00:39:17,482 --> 00:39:19,052 It's really not your business. 587 00:39:20,756 --> 00:39:21,906 He will find out. 588 00:39:23,467 --> 00:39:25,097 Tristan's got a nose for it. 589 00:39:26,470 --> 00:39:27,750 If he guesses you've joined the Temple 590 00:39:27,753 --> 00:39:29,343 you won't even keep your job, 591 00:39:29,338 --> 00:39:31,158 and as for any more dilly-dallying. 592 00:39:34,447 --> 00:39:36,247 I've seen the way he looks at you. 593 00:39:38,082 --> 00:39:40,622 Can't you just pour a bottle of plonk down his neck 594 00:39:40,620 --> 00:39:43,840 and rip his clothes off and drag him to bed? 595 00:39:43,842 --> 00:39:45,902 I mean, you both need it. 596 00:39:54,603 --> 00:39:57,823 (lighthearted music) 597 00:40:08,987 --> 00:40:11,587 (car revving) 598 00:40:22,991 --> 00:40:25,011 ♪ My name is John Wellington Wells ♪ 599 00:40:25,013 --> 00:40:27,013 ♪ I'm a dealer in magic and spells ♪ 600 00:40:27,006 --> 00:40:29,356 ♪ In blessings and curses and ever-filled purses ♪ 601 00:40:29,357 --> 00:40:31,357 ♪ In prophecies, witches, and knells ♪ 602 00:40:31,363 --> 00:40:33,473 ♪ If you want a proud foe to make tracks ♪ 603 00:40:33,469 --> 00:40:35,579 ♪ If you'd melt a rich uncle in wax ♪ 604 00:40:35,576 --> 00:40:37,576 ♪ You've but to look in on our resident Djinn ♪ 605 00:40:37,578 --> 00:40:39,598 ♪ Number 70 Timothy's axe ♪ 606 00:40:39,601 --> 00:40:42,291 (door banging) 607 00:40:53,307 --> 00:40:56,287 - If you didn't go to the King's Arms, Mr Thorneycroft, 608 00:40:56,289 --> 00:40:59,749 why did you tell Sergeant Jones that you did? 609 00:40:59,751 --> 00:41:03,591 - I couldn't say where I really was, not to my wife. 610 00:41:04,485 --> 00:41:05,405 I was here. 611 00:41:07,363 --> 00:41:09,053 - So you walked here right 612 00:41:09,052 --> 00:41:10,652 after the meeting at the village hall? 613 00:41:10,647 --> 00:41:11,517 - I did. 614 00:41:11,516 --> 00:41:14,856 - I came through the churchyard and over the back wall. 615 00:41:14,860 --> 00:41:15,960 - Over the back wall? 616 00:41:18,176 --> 00:41:19,636 Did anyone see you? 617 00:41:19,635 --> 00:41:21,665 - My neighbour saw me come in. 618 00:41:21,669 --> 00:41:25,499 Anton ensures that no one sees him, of course. 619 00:41:25,495 --> 00:41:26,375 - Alice wouldn't. 620 00:41:28,023 --> 00:41:30,263 It's not what you think! 621 00:41:30,261 --> 00:41:32,761 - It's Gilbert and Sullivan! 622 00:41:36,611 --> 00:41:39,411 - Prejudice denies me recognition as a priest, 623 00:41:39,405 --> 00:41:40,395 but that's what I am. 624 00:41:40,396 --> 00:41:42,296 - Don't waste my time with this crap. 625 00:41:42,304 --> 00:41:44,614 - Don't speak to your father like that! 626 00:41:44,608 --> 00:41:45,828 He has served the Temple. 627 00:41:45,828 --> 00:41:49,188 - The law has no interest at all in your ridiculous beliefs. 628 00:41:49,186 --> 00:41:50,796 - If you don't answer Barnaby's questions, 629 00:41:50,802 --> 00:41:52,522 you'll be in serious trouble! 630 00:41:58,689 --> 00:42:00,889 - Dendrobatidae! 631 00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:01,815 Frogs. 632 00:42:03,669 --> 00:42:06,129 Poison dart, poisoned arrow frogs 633 00:42:06,130 --> 00:42:07,820 from Central and South America. 634 00:42:10,155 --> 00:42:11,815 Their skins secretes some 635 00:42:11,823 --> 00:42:13,703 of the most powerful toxins we know. 636 00:42:14,588 --> 00:42:16,968 Even the smallest amount entering the bloodstream 637 00:42:16,974 --> 00:42:19,164 through a cut or a graze, lethal. 638 00:42:20,895 --> 00:42:24,035 And there's a match with Mrs Wildacre and the cabinet. 639 00:42:25,149 --> 00:42:26,329 - Do you know much about these, sir? 640 00:42:26,329 --> 00:42:27,959 - No, I don't. 641 00:42:27,956 --> 00:42:30,626 I think I know a man who does. 642 00:42:33,188 --> 00:42:35,408 - Pa can handle other people laughing at him. 643 00:42:35,412 --> 00:42:36,982 When it's you, it hurts. 644 00:42:36,984 --> 00:42:37,864 - It was worth coming, then. 645 00:42:37,856 --> 00:42:40,346 - He's just trying to find his path. 646 00:42:40,352 --> 00:42:42,552 - Please, don't make me start on you. 647 00:42:42,552 --> 00:42:44,852 - Witches aren't so easy to hurt. 648 00:42:46,223 --> 00:42:47,373 I went to see Ma today. 649 00:42:47,365 --> 00:42:49,315 - Well, I hope you didn't upset her. 650 00:42:49,319 --> 00:42:51,459 Actually she was quite serene. 651 00:42:51,456 --> 00:42:54,026 - She isn't often like that, I can assure you. 652 00:42:54,032 --> 00:42:56,532 I'd like to keep her at home a bit longer. 653 00:42:56,534 --> 00:42:58,544 I can't always handle her, even with Christine. 654 00:42:58,536 --> 00:43:00,746 - She's gonna be all right. 655 00:43:00,747 --> 00:43:01,617 There's a power that bound her 656 00:43:01,615 --> 00:43:04,245 and a power that will release her. 657 00:43:04,250 --> 00:43:06,730 Very soon I will wield that power myself. 658 00:43:06,732 --> 00:43:08,542 - Don't you ever, leave it alone. 659 00:43:21,013 --> 00:43:22,063 - Yes! 660 00:43:23,953 --> 00:43:27,003 (doorbell ringing) 661 00:43:31,674 --> 00:43:34,204 - Mr. Wilmington, Mr. Simon Wilmington? 662 00:43:34,197 --> 00:43:35,177 - That's right. 663 00:43:35,177 --> 00:43:38,207 - I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby from Causton CID. 664 00:43:38,211 --> 00:43:40,191 Is your uncle at home, please? 665 00:43:40,193 --> 00:43:41,823 - I think he's in the church. 666 00:43:41,819 --> 00:43:42,689 - Is he? 667 00:43:42,688 --> 00:43:43,558 Well, I'll find him there. 668 00:43:43,556 --> 00:43:45,706 In the meantime, Sergeant Jones here 669 00:43:45,709 --> 00:43:47,389 has a few questions for you. 670 00:43:47,387 --> 00:43:48,927 - I don't know anything. 671 00:43:48,931 --> 00:43:50,191 - Oh, well, in that case I won't take 672 00:43:50,192 --> 00:43:51,702 up very much of you time. 673 00:43:51,704 --> 00:43:52,574 Thank you. 674 00:44:00,108 --> 00:44:02,208 - Not much that would interest you. 675 00:44:03,184 --> 00:44:05,184 - Not much that would interest anybody, really. 676 00:44:08,127 --> 00:44:08,997 What's that? 677 00:44:10,321 --> 00:44:11,451 - No, no, no. 678 00:44:14,466 --> 00:44:17,746 - You know Simon's cataloguing his uncle's library? 679 00:44:18,752 --> 00:44:20,392 Must be valuable stuff there. 680 00:44:21,505 --> 00:44:23,345 You'd be up for that. 681 00:44:23,350 --> 00:44:26,070 But there is one book that will burn your fingers. 682 00:44:27,344 --> 00:44:29,174 One that has the power to bring the fires of hell 683 00:44:29,169 --> 00:44:30,819 to consume you right here. 684 00:44:32,474 --> 00:44:34,574 Don't even touch it, Hugo. 685 00:44:36,064 --> 00:44:38,874 Lest the power of Thoth consume you utterly. 686 00:44:38,872 --> 00:44:42,092 (lighthearted music) 687 00:44:48,559 --> 00:44:50,179 - Ah, Mr. Barnaby! 688 00:44:51,712 --> 00:44:54,112 Our Common Prayers are falling to pieces 689 00:44:54,110 --> 00:44:56,420 and I have just bought 50 new ones 690 00:44:56,415 --> 00:44:58,345 that the Rector doesn't want. 691 00:44:58,354 --> 00:45:00,694 - I'm sorry, sir, I'm not with you. 692 00:45:00,690 --> 00:45:03,470 - Well, as chairman of the Fabric Committee, 693 00:45:03,474 --> 00:45:05,594 I'm responsible for maintaining the church. 694 00:45:05,591 --> 00:45:08,151 However, I'm also the biggest contributor 695 00:45:08,145 --> 00:45:09,115 to the Fabric Fund. 696 00:45:09,115 --> 00:45:12,125 So the Rector has to keep up services 697 00:45:12,128 --> 00:45:13,448 from The Book Of Common Prayer, 698 00:45:13,453 --> 00:45:16,123 or I let the building fall down. 699 00:45:16,122 --> 00:45:19,192 Blackmail. (laughs) 700 00:45:19,187 --> 00:45:23,817 Did you know that the Authorised Version 701 00:45:23,817 --> 00:45:27,247 and The Book Of Common Prayer both have their foundations 702 00:45:27,248 --> 00:45:29,848 in the work of one William Tyndale? 703 00:45:30,972 --> 00:45:31,842 - For he-- 704 00:45:31,841 --> 00:45:34,601 - He invented modern English prose. 705 00:45:36,048 --> 00:45:38,488 You know, without him the poetry of Shakespeare 706 00:45:38,488 --> 00:45:41,528 would never have existed as we now know it. 707 00:45:41,533 --> 00:45:44,833 And for his pains he was burned at the stake. 708 00:45:44,828 --> 00:45:45,798 A heretic. 709 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,080 - I'm here to ask you some very 710 00:45:49,082 --> 00:45:51,552 specific questions, Mr. Wilmington, 711 00:45:51,553 --> 00:45:53,763 and I hope that the answers will help. 712 00:45:55,390 --> 00:45:56,670 (laughs) 713 00:45:56,673 --> 00:45:59,193 - I doubt it. 714 00:45:59,185 --> 00:46:02,395 (footstep pattering) 715 00:46:09,362 --> 00:46:11,972 (car revving) 716 00:46:13,127 --> 00:46:15,697 I spent years in South America. 717 00:46:15,702 --> 00:46:18,452 - Yes, you write very entertainingly about, you know, 718 00:46:18,445 --> 00:46:20,795 your life in Ecuador with the Indians. 719 00:46:20,801 --> 00:46:22,791 And you learned, did you not, 720 00:46:22,793 --> 00:46:25,633 how to gather the poison they use to hunt. 721 00:46:25,629 --> 00:46:27,989 - We're talking about cabinet blades here 722 00:46:27,985 --> 00:46:29,315 and Jean, aren't we? 723 00:46:30,842 --> 00:46:33,652 Little poison dart frogs. 724 00:46:35,524 --> 00:46:38,574 Well, I can see this would make me a prime suspect, 725 00:46:38,569 --> 00:46:40,889 but there is, how shall I put it? 726 00:46:41,989 --> 00:46:43,689 An absence of frogs. 727 00:46:45,357 --> 00:46:46,587 - Well, I am gonna have to ask you, sir, 728 00:46:46,587 --> 00:46:50,167 not to leave the village without first telling me. 729 00:46:50,174 --> 00:46:51,794 We're gonna have to talk again. 730 00:46:55,177 --> 00:46:58,307 (suspenseful music) 731 00:47:09,892 --> 00:47:12,122 - Hugo was here last night. 732 00:47:12,123 --> 00:47:13,673 I saw him. 733 00:47:13,667 --> 00:47:15,127 You didn't tell him anything? 734 00:47:16,281 --> 00:47:19,781 - Isolde, I've just found something interesting. 735 00:47:19,777 --> 00:47:21,237 But it's not your book. 736 00:47:22,894 --> 00:47:25,574 - Don't let Hugo Cartwright in here again, right? 737 00:47:25,574 --> 00:47:26,444 - But Hugo-- 738 00:47:26,443 --> 00:47:28,523 - I know you nick books for him. 739 00:47:28,522 --> 00:47:30,182 They're books that don't matter. 740 00:47:31,786 --> 00:47:34,106 But he knows what we're looking for. 741 00:47:35,424 --> 00:47:37,004 We're very close to it now. 742 00:47:38,368 --> 00:47:41,388 No one can be allowed to get in the way. 743 00:47:48,270 --> 00:47:53,360 - Magicmaister.com has sold six ritual knives in two years 744 00:47:53,362 --> 00:47:56,122 with the same stock numbers as the ones you have. 745 00:47:56,115 --> 00:47:57,155 All on the internet. 746 00:47:58,221 --> 00:48:00,311 Most of the business is done that way. 747 00:48:00,307 --> 00:48:03,437 You'll notice none of the addresses is local 748 00:48:03,435 --> 00:48:05,325 and only one of them is in the UK. 749 00:48:05,329 --> 00:48:06,199 - Ah, thank you for this. 750 00:48:06,198 --> 00:48:09,578 Yes, well I was rather surprised at his reaction 751 00:48:09,577 --> 00:48:11,597 to Jean Wildacre's death. 752 00:48:13,508 --> 00:48:14,828 - It's the Magic Circle. 753 00:48:15,839 --> 00:48:17,519 - But, he has no part in that, does he? 754 00:48:17,522 --> 00:48:18,392 - No, no. 755 00:48:18,391 --> 00:48:19,991 They're a bunch of people who enjoy a drink 756 00:48:19,993 --> 00:48:20,923 down the King's Arms 757 00:48:20,921 --> 00:48:23,911 and then put on a children's show with Aloysius. 758 00:48:23,914 --> 00:48:26,074 They all grew up in the 60s and 70s. 759 00:48:26,072 --> 00:48:29,292 Sex and drugs and rock and roll, you know. 760 00:48:30,483 --> 00:48:31,353 Or maybe not. 761 00:48:33,163 --> 00:48:34,593 I'll make sure my father understands. 762 00:48:34,591 --> 00:48:37,331 He will be available for questioning. 763 00:48:37,334 --> 00:48:38,894 - Thank you for coming in. 764 00:48:38,887 --> 00:48:39,767 Much appreciated. 765 00:48:49,288 --> 00:48:52,808 And what do you two know of drugs, sex and rock and roll? 766 00:48:52,807 --> 00:48:53,947 - Nothing. - Not a lot, sir. 767 00:48:53,951 --> 00:48:54,941 - "Nothing", "Not a lot, sir". 768 00:48:54,942 --> 00:48:56,922 That's a good job that my experience 769 00:48:56,916 --> 00:48:58,846 is that much more extensive, isn't it? 770 00:48:58,851 --> 00:49:00,941 - Yes, sir. - Yes, sir. 771 00:49:05,309 --> 00:49:07,269 - The writer was a monk, 772 00:49:07,270 --> 00:49:10,490 working for the Inquisition in the 16th century. 773 00:49:10,492 --> 00:49:11,492 He was in charge of books 774 00:49:11,485 --> 00:49:13,595 that the Catholic church had prohibited. 775 00:49:14,934 --> 00:49:17,024 - Books about magic? - He lists some 776 00:49:17,019 --> 00:49:19,629 well-known mediaeval texts. 777 00:49:19,626 --> 00:49:20,756 Then the page is torn. 778 00:49:20,762 --> 00:49:22,442 The next page is missing. 779 00:49:22,441 --> 00:49:25,981 He saw a man burned at the stake, along with a book, 780 00:49:25,976 --> 00:49:26,876 before he wrote this. 781 00:49:26,883 --> 00:49:29,703 A book considered too dangerous to keep. 782 00:49:29,698 --> 00:49:30,988 - Or too powerful. 783 00:49:33,580 --> 00:49:34,450 This is it! 784 00:49:35,676 --> 00:49:39,296 - Whatever the book was, the monk only had part of it. 785 00:49:39,302 --> 00:49:41,512 But the pages were with this manuscript. 786 00:49:42,381 --> 00:49:43,531 - He said it was here. 787 00:49:44,557 --> 00:49:46,647 All those years ago, Aloysius said it. 788 00:49:47,824 --> 00:49:49,344 And it is. 789 00:49:49,343 --> 00:49:50,913 I can feel the power. 790 00:49:52,325 --> 00:49:53,605 So near! 791 00:49:53,611 --> 00:49:56,831 (lighthearted music) 792 00:50:03,420 --> 00:50:05,400 - Sorry I'm late, as ever. 793 00:50:07,187 --> 00:50:09,127 - Are you hungry? 794 00:50:09,125 --> 00:50:10,645 - No. 795 00:50:10,653 --> 00:50:11,633 No, you get off. 796 00:50:13,638 --> 00:50:15,648 - A glass of wine, then? 797 00:50:21,417 --> 00:50:23,717 - I've been with the police. 798 00:50:23,724 --> 00:50:25,434 Pa's got right up Barnaby's nose, 799 00:50:25,431 --> 00:50:27,551 refusing to answer questions, 800 00:50:27,548 --> 00:50:30,478 banging on about religious persecution. 801 00:50:30,478 --> 00:50:32,288 He doesn't do himself any favours. 802 00:50:32,289 --> 00:50:34,999 Barnaby has got every right to be angry. 803 00:50:34,995 --> 00:50:36,985 - But he's not involved, surely? 804 00:50:38,455 --> 00:50:40,505 - Some bits of his magical junk 805 00:50:40,509 --> 00:50:42,589 were discovered where Mrs Wildacre died. 806 00:50:44,826 --> 00:50:46,336 It's all gobbledegook to you. 807 00:50:47,464 --> 00:50:48,944 You wouldn't know a ceremonial knife 808 00:50:48,944 --> 00:50:50,264 if it fell from the sky. 809 00:50:56,462 --> 00:50:58,222 - [Ernest] You've got to keep control of Simon. 810 00:50:58,221 --> 00:50:59,711 You know he's weak. 811 00:50:59,705 --> 00:51:01,025 - Simon's no problem. 812 00:51:02,312 --> 00:51:03,862 - What about Hugo Cartwright? 813 00:51:04,898 --> 00:51:06,708 - He's looking for the book. 814 00:51:06,712 --> 00:51:07,892 He was a member of the Temple. 815 00:51:07,890 --> 00:51:09,580 He heard Aloysius talk about it. 816 00:51:10,655 --> 00:51:13,485 But it's only the money he cares about. 817 00:51:13,490 --> 00:51:16,550 - What if Aloysius found out about the books 818 00:51:16,545 --> 00:51:17,795 that Hugo's been selling? 819 00:51:17,796 --> 00:51:20,626 He'd put a stop to it fast enough. 820 00:51:20,632 --> 00:51:23,512 - Right, Pa, just the time to get Simon kicked out 821 00:51:23,510 --> 00:51:24,380 of the house! 822 00:51:27,514 --> 00:51:28,594 It's very easy. 823 00:51:31,351 --> 00:51:32,501 I can stop him. 824 00:51:34,145 --> 00:51:37,005 (dramatic music) 825 00:52:12,238 --> 00:52:15,188 - Asgaroth, Kelmaret, Belas, Thame 826 00:52:18,961 --> 00:52:21,741 by the power of the secret name. 827 00:52:31,235 --> 00:52:34,165 (moans) 828 00:52:34,169 --> 00:52:36,339 (crying) 829 00:53:39,552 --> 00:53:43,032 (police siren whirling) 830 00:53:51,929 --> 00:53:53,679 - Who found him? - Postman. 831 00:53:53,681 --> 00:53:54,971 Shop door was open. 832 00:53:56,421 --> 00:53:59,461 (doorbell ringing) 833 00:54:15,221 --> 00:54:16,681 He could have been in a fight. 834 00:54:16,683 --> 00:54:18,403 He has cuts on his hands as well. 835 00:54:20,393 --> 00:54:22,533 - Well, it looks like he's just walked in 836 00:54:23,649 --> 00:54:26,769 taken off his coat and dropped dead. 837 00:54:29,602 --> 00:54:30,472 What's that? 838 00:54:32,874 --> 00:54:33,744 Glass. 839 00:54:53,854 --> 00:54:56,984 (suspenseful music) 840 00:55:25,221 --> 00:55:27,641 - [Male Voice] He was in the pub until closing. 841 00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:28,760 - [Man Voice] He came this way? 842 00:55:28,755 --> 00:55:31,265 - [Male Voice] It was his routine, it never varied. 843 00:55:33,465 --> 00:55:34,415 Here, here. 844 00:55:42,588 --> 00:55:45,718 (suspenseful music) 845 00:56:14,635 --> 00:56:17,005 - Instinct not science, this, 846 00:56:17,012 --> 00:56:19,972 but, like Jean Wildacre, he's covered in cuts. 847 00:56:19,973 --> 00:56:21,733 - Broken glass, George. 848 00:56:21,725 --> 00:56:24,015 - That's perfect entry for the toxin. 849 00:56:24,019 --> 00:56:26,679 - Well, I doubt Mr. Cartwright fell over by chance. 850 00:56:28,217 --> 00:56:32,477 And I doubt that this got here by chance. 851 00:56:33,904 --> 00:56:36,184 - Message from Derek Wildacre, sir. 852 00:56:36,177 --> 00:56:37,307 He wants a word with you. 853 00:56:37,313 --> 00:56:38,453 - Derek Wildacre? 854 00:56:44,671 --> 00:56:48,021 - I suppose I'd better go and chase up Simon. 855 00:56:48,022 --> 00:56:48,892 Come on! 856 00:56:48,891 --> 00:56:50,541 You should be so excited! 857 00:56:54,764 --> 00:56:57,084 - Are you going to say something to her? 858 00:57:01,499 --> 00:57:02,899 - Isolde 859 00:57:02,902 --> 00:57:03,772 - Yes, Pa. 860 00:57:05,018 --> 00:57:07,408 - Don't you think we ought to talk about this? 861 00:57:11,045 --> 00:57:11,905 Did you-- 862 00:57:11,914 --> 00:57:15,004 - Pa, I didn't mean to kill Hugo. 863 00:57:26,555 --> 00:57:29,155 (car revving) 864 00:57:31,673 --> 00:57:32,983 - Mr. Wildacre. 865 00:57:37,811 --> 00:57:39,631 - Is it true about Hugo? 866 00:57:39,626 --> 00:57:40,486 - Yes, sir, it is. 867 00:57:40,494 --> 00:57:42,594 Can we go inside, please? 868 00:57:42,587 --> 00:57:46,167 - People are saying it's the same, the same as Jean? 869 00:57:46,174 --> 00:57:47,044 - Thank you. 870 00:57:51,951 --> 00:57:54,401 - Jean was very close to Lucy, 871 00:57:54,401 --> 00:57:57,951 that's Simon's mother, Aloysius's sister. 872 00:57:57,946 --> 00:57:59,666 I was going through Jean's things 873 00:58:01,703 --> 00:58:03,063 and I found these letters. 874 00:58:04,484 --> 00:58:05,394 They're very old. 875 00:58:07,112 --> 00:58:09,712 They're from Lucy to Jean, from a long time ago. 876 00:58:13,316 --> 00:58:14,956 I wouldn't want to waste your time, or anything 877 00:58:14,963 --> 00:58:17,313 but you did say that if I found anything odd. 878 00:58:18,895 --> 00:58:22,105 (lighthearted music) 879 00:58:40,584 --> 00:58:41,454 - Simon! 880 00:58:44,650 --> 00:58:45,520 Simon! 881 00:58:57,985 --> 00:58:58,875 - She's gone. 882 00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:04,030 So even sex has finally palled 883 00:59:04,033 --> 00:59:06,273 where dearest Izzy is concerned. 884 00:59:06,265 --> 00:59:10,855 - I, well, to be honest, there's something I didn't want 885 00:59:10,863 --> 00:59:12,893 to show her before I showed you. 886 00:59:13,845 --> 00:59:15,015 - Sounds intriguing. 887 00:59:15,939 --> 00:59:17,579 (doorbell ringing) 888 00:59:17,578 --> 00:59:18,448 - Hey 889 00:59:19,566 --> 00:59:22,836 Ah, results from the lab, sir. 890 00:59:22,844 --> 00:59:24,284 There's no doubt about it. 891 00:59:24,283 --> 00:59:25,823 It's frogs. 892 00:59:25,815 --> 00:59:26,675 - It's frogs. 893 00:59:28,419 --> 00:59:30,739 There is a recklessness about these killings, 894 00:59:30,737 --> 00:59:31,637 isn't there, Jones? 895 00:59:31,641 --> 00:59:34,211 But this one's a bit more focused than the first. 896 00:59:34,206 --> 00:59:36,306 What have you got? 897 00:59:36,305 --> 00:59:38,435 - The contents of Hugo's safe. 898 00:59:40,882 --> 00:59:43,042 This is a list of all the books 899 00:59:43,041 --> 00:59:44,571 from Mr. Wilmington's library 900 00:59:44,574 --> 00:59:47,114 sold in the last six months. 901 00:59:48,202 --> 00:59:49,782 These are solicitors' letters. 902 00:59:50,778 --> 00:59:54,048 Hugo was selling books Simon nicked from his uncle 903 00:59:54,052 --> 00:59:56,852 and using the money to pay off Simon's debt. 904 00:59:56,846 --> 00:59:58,936 - How much? - A lot. 905 00:59:58,942 --> 01:00:03,812 Also why keep a piece from the local rag 906 01:00:03,812 --> 01:00:05,582 about the death of Simon's mother? 907 01:00:13,811 --> 01:00:14,941 - Do you know what it is? 908 01:00:14,937 --> 01:00:15,807 - No. 909 01:00:21,572 --> 01:00:26,002 This is from a printing of Tyndale's New Testament. 910 01:00:28,524 --> 01:00:30,334 Oh, this is, 911 01:00:30,331 --> 01:00:31,771 this is quite a find. 912 01:00:31,767 --> 01:00:33,837 Do you have a date for the edition? 913 01:00:33,842 --> 01:00:37,052 - Uncle, these aren't any pages from any edition. 914 01:00:38,617 --> 01:00:39,767 They are unique. 915 01:00:41,026 --> 01:00:44,856 Part of something nobody thought existed. 916 01:00:46,953 --> 01:00:48,083 - Oh, my God. 917 01:00:50,212 --> 01:00:51,622 Is this what I think it is? 918 01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:56,730 - [Jones] I don't buy the weapons. 919 01:00:56,729 --> 01:00:58,459 - Do you not, why? 920 01:00:58,460 --> 01:01:00,010 - Whoever's doing the killing wants us 921 01:01:00,014 --> 01:01:04,074 to think it's about the past, and all that mumbo-jumbo. 922 01:01:04,070 --> 01:01:07,430 Simon Wilmington was stealing valuable books 923 01:01:07,427 --> 01:01:09,997 and giving them to Hugo Cartwright to sell. 924 01:01:10,003 --> 01:01:12,163 Jean Wildacre twigged. 925 01:01:12,161 --> 01:01:13,741 She was going to tell Aloysius. 926 01:01:13,736 --> 01:01:14,976 Simon had to stop her. 927 01:01:14,977 --> 01:01:17,827 Hugo Cartwright was alive, he had to stop him. 928 01:01:17,834 --> 01:01:18,964 Think about it! 929 01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:20,420 - I am thinking about it, but-- 930 01:01:20,420 --> 01:01:23,770 - If he was disinherited, he stands to lose millions. 931 01:01:24,642 --> 01:01:25,712 - Aloysius must have known about 932 01:01:25,709 --> 01:01:27,239 that Cartwright business, though? 933 01:01:27,236 --> 01:01:28,306 - And said nothing? 934 01:01:30,203 --> 01:01:31,433 - Well, it is possible. 935 01:01:31,431 --> 01:01:33,281 - Well, then, Simon didn't know he knew. 936 01:01:33,276 --> 01:01:36,086 - Oh, that's too complicated for me, Jones. 937 01:01:36,091 --> 01:01:37,861 Right, you can get off. 938 01:01:37,864 --> 01:01:41,284 I am gonna have a look at the material in Cartwright's safe. 939 01:01:41,277 --> 01:01:43,167 You're right about that. 940 01:01:43,174 --> 01:01:45,564 It is a very peculiar set of documents. 941 01:01:45,559 --> 01:01:47,179 - Well, I'll see you tomorrow, sir. 942 01:01:47,175 --> 01:01:48,735 - Indeed you will, good night to you. 943 01:01:49,634 --> 01:01:52,764 (cellphone ringing) 944 01:02:07,887 --> 01:02:13,097 ♪ Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace ♪ 945 01:02:13,434 --> 01:02:15,734 ♪ According to thy word ♪ 946 01:02:15,728 --> 01:02:18,898 ♪ For mine eyes have seen thy salvation ♪ 947 01:02:18,897 --> 01:02:23,077 ♪ Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people ♪ 948 01:02:23,079 --> 01:02:26,289 (lighthearted music) 949 01:02:38,609 --> 01:02:40,779 (crying) 950 01:02:42,441 --> 01:02:45,061 - You're safe, Ma, you're safe. 951 01:02:47,475 --> 01:02:48,565 - You can't see them. 952 01:02:49,855 --> 01:02:51,415 So you can't help. 953 01:02:53,378 --> 01:02:54,598 Christine can. 954 01:02:56,059 --> 01:02:57,449 She understands! 955 01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:03,170 - I haven't spoken to her about the Temple. 956 01:03:03,168 --> 01:03:04,188 I would never do that. 957 01:03:04,186 --> 01:03:07,776 - I can't get my head around that you're involved with this, 958 01:03:07,777 --> 01:03:10,837 with my father, with Isolde. 959 01:03:10,842 --> 01:03:13,492 I mean you actually went out, got dressed up-- 960 01:03:13,491 --> 01:03:16,121 - I wanted to know what happened to Rosemary. 961 01:03:17,339 --> 01:03:19,819 It's the ceremony that keeps coming back to terrify her. 962 01:03:19,820 --> 01:03:21,340 - Do you think there's anything I don't understand 963 01:03:21,343 --> 01:03:23,093 about the Temple of Thoth? 964 01:03:25,628 --> 01:03:27,388 Ma's beyond counselling. 965 01:03:27,390 --> 01:03:28,280 She's sick. 966 01:03:29,726 --> 01:03:31,696 Very, very sick. 967 01:03:32,625 --> 01:03:33,605 - I know that. 968 01:03:35,617 --> 01:03:39,557 But sometimes she just wants someone to listen to her. 969 01:03:39,559 --> 01:03:42,319 And I don't know if you can always do that. 970 01:03:42,322 --> 01:03:43,502 If you ever can. 971 01:03:47,066 --> 01:03:47,936 I'm sorry. 972 01:03:49,141 --> 01:03:50,131 - No, you're right. 973 01:03:51,710 --> 01:03:52,930 Maybe I can't. 974 01:03:54,256 --> 01:03:57,466 (lighthearted music) 975 01:04:12,121 --> 01:04:15,921 (footsteps pattering) 976 01:04:15,921 --> 01:04:18,961 - A lot of my life has been wasted. 977 01:04:19,880 --> 01:04:24,940 I wrote volumes of rubbish, dressed in ludicrous robes, 978 01:04:24,937 --> 01:04:28,417 initiated stupid people with rites that I claimed were 979 01:04:28,420 --> 01:04:29,880 thousands of years old. 980 01:04:31,854 --> 01:04:35,224 I scoured the world for magic. 981 01:04:35,218 --> 01:04:40,428 Now I mostly just like to sit and watch the sun go down. 982 01:04:40,672 --> 01:04:42,222 - Thank you. 983 01:04:42,215 --> 01:04:43,275 - Real magic! 984 01:04:44,624 --> 01:04:46,954 Now, I wrote The Revelations of Thoth 985 01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:50,480 with the help of malt whiskey 986 01:04:50,484 --> 01:04:53,034 and a solid grounding in the cadences 987 01:04:53,028 --> 01:04:54,538 of The Book Of Common Prayer. 988 01:04:57,522 --> 01:05:02,042 Ernest now believes that I was unwittingly used 989 01:05:02,037 --> 01:05:04,267 by the spirit of Thoth, 990 01:05:04,268 --> 01:05:07,238 an unclean vessel for the god's revelation. 991 01:05:08,650 --> 01:05:09,520 It was a game for me. 992 01:05:11,382 --> 01:05:13,802 It became an absurd faith for him. 993 01:05:15,550 --> 01:05:20,110 Mind you I'm hardly qualified to laugh about it. 994 01:05:20,107 --> 01:05:22,657 I managed very successfully to fill up my head 995 01:05:22,662 --> 01:05:26,592 with several thousand years' worth of distilled nonsense. 996 01:05:26,593 --> 01:05:27,463 - Yet you seem to have gone 997 01:05:27,461 --> 01:05:30,241 to great lengths to preserve it all. 998 01:05:30,242 --> 01:05:33,182 - Ah, but there are glorious things 999 01:05:33,183 --> 01:05:34,403 on these shelves as well. 1000 01:05:34,403 --> 01:05:35,473 It's a bit like gardening. 1001 01:05:35,466 --> 01:05:37,646 Simon has a lot of weeding to do. 1002 01:05:40,004 --> 01:05:42,734 Do you remember I spoke to you about William Tyndale? 1003 01:05:42,734 --> 01:05:43,604 - Indeed I do. 1004 01:05:46,123 --> 01:05:49,493 - Let me show you something wonderful. 1005 01:06:00,397 --> 01:06:02,637 These pages are from the first 1006 01:06:02,639 --> 01:06:04,499 edition of Tyndale's New Testament. 1007 01:06:05,632 --> 01:06:10,852 To possess this work in 1526 meant death, pure and simple. 1008 01:06:11,377 --> 01:06:13,717 All the world had of this 1009 01:06:13,723 --> 01:06:15,763 were a few pages in the British Museum. 1010 01:06:17,133 --> 01:06:18,003 Until now. 1011 01:06:25,068 --> 01:06:27,018 Simon found these in here. 1012 01:06:28,509 --> 01:06:32,729 Well, this library isn't just my folly, 1013 01:06:32,732 --> 01:06:34,182 it's been my salvation and 1014 01:06:35,631 --> 01:06:37,501 I always hoped that Simon would find 1015 01:06:37,497 --> 01:06:38,737 something in here as well, 1016 01:06:38,738 --> 01:06:43,588 some kind of spark to set his life on a richer course. 1017 01:06:43,591 --> 01:06:46,811 (lighthearted music) 1018 01:07:01,156 --> 01:07:03,656 - You care very much for Simon, don't you? 1019 01:07:06,888 --> 01:07:08,088 - Well, why wouldn't I? 1020 01:07:08,090 --> 01:07:10,230 He is my sister's son. 1021 01:07:10,228 --> 01:07:12,808 - But that's not the whole truth, is it? 1022 01:07:17,766 --> 01:07:19,866 Simon is your son too. 1023 01:07:33,626 --> 01:07:36,866 Your sister, Lucy, wrote several letters to Mrs Wildacre, 1024 01:07:36,869 --> 01:07:38,969 about Simon's paternity. 1025 01:07:39,893 --> 01:07:42,983 Simon's father was you, sir. 1026 01:07:48,391 --> 01:07:49,311 - It happened. 1027 01:07:52,228 --> 01:07:53,518 I don't remember how. 1028 01:07:57,275 --> 01:07:58,475 - Simon doesn't know? 1029 01:08:00,059 --> 01:08:02,779 - No, and there is no reason why he ever should. 1030 01:08:02,780 --> 01:08:04,930 Why, are you thinking of telling him? 1031 01:08:09,391 --> 01:08:11,301 - You're the only one I know with a motive 1032 01:08:11,299 --> 01:08:14,269 that connects Jean Wildacre and Hugo Cartwright. 1033 01:08:15,804 --> 01:08:19,754 Now, sir, take a look at these. 1034 01:08:25,866 --> 01:08:27,556 I know what these are. 1035 01:08:29,620 --> 01:08:31,080 What do they mean? 1036 01:08:31,079 --> 01:08:31,999 The knife you've seen before. 1037 01:08:31,997 --> 01:08:35,097 The arrow was found in Hugo's pocket. 1038 01:08:35,104 --> 01:08:38,874 What connects these weapons to Jean Wildacre 1039 01:08:38,865 --> 01:08:40,025 and Hugo Cartwright? 1040 01:08:40,910 --> 01:08:43,850 What was the connection 30 years ago? 1041 01:08:45,604 --> 01:08:48,464 - I can't remember, I don't know. 1042 01:08:48,459 --> 01:08:51,589 (suspenseful music) 1043 01:09:03,284 --> 01:09:04,674 - Got it? - Yeah. 1044 01:09:09,562 --> 01:09:11,792 - Hey, Cully! - Hello, Dad! 1045 01:09:11,792 --> 01:09:13,182 - Hello. - Hello. 1046 01:09:16,351 --> 01:09:17,721 - Did you bring this? 1047 01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:18,660 - Oh, I did. 1048 01:09:18,658 --> 01:09:19,618 A friend of mine grows them. 1049 01:09:19,623 --> 01:09:21,053 You know what, that's not even a big one. 1050 01:09:21,046 --> 01:09:22,746 - Is it not? 1051 01:09:22,751 --> 01:09:26,411 - Now, can you please try this on? 1052 01:09:26,405 --> 01:09:27,565 - What's that? 1053 01:09:27,573 --> 01:09:29,733 - You didn't think you were going to a Halloween party 1054 01:09:29,732 --> 01:09:31,612 in jeans and slippers, did you, Tom? 1055 01:09:32,735 --> 01:09:34,255 - Oh, no! 1056 01:09:34,263 --> 01:09:35,353 - [Both] Oh, yes! 1057 01:09:37,470 --> 01:09:40,600 (suspenseful music) 1058 01:10:02,692 --> 01:10:04,752 - Dad, phone! - Okay! 1059 01:10:08,969 --> 01:10:09,839 Yep. 1060 01:10:11,373 --> 01:10:14,083 - Oh, fantastic! 1061 01:10:14,078 --> 01:10:15,638 You were made for it, Dad. 1062 01:10:16,779 --> 01:10:18,509 - Was there a phone call? 1063 01:10:18,510 --> 01:10:20,120 - Yes, sorry. 1064 01:10:20,115 --> 01:10:20,975 Mr. Wilmington. 1065 01:10:22,910 --> 01:10:24,250 - Barnaby. 1066 01:10:24,248 --> 01:10:27,998 - It was one of those daft Temple of Thoth ceremonies 1067 01:10:27,998 --> 01:10:29,468 that I invented. 1068 01:10:29,469 --> 01:10:32,199 Part of the initiation ritual. 1069 01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:36,440 North is the knife, south was the arrow, 1070 01:10:37,331 --> 01:10:40,131 west was the axe and east was the sword. 1071 01:10:41,043 --> 01:10:43,023 Now, if it's the one I think we're both talking about, 1072 01:10:43,024 --> 01:10:45,914 then as far as I recall, all of us were there. 1073 01:10:47,049 --> 01:10:48,789 Jean held the knife. 1074 01:10:48,790 --> 01:10:50,650 Hugo held the arrow. 1075 01:10:50,646 --> 01:10:55,426 I'm almost positive that it was Mrs Balliol's initiation. 1076 01:10:56,715 --> 01:10:58,895 - I'll be over first thing in the morning. 1077 01:11:08,901 --> 01:11:12,031 (suspenseful music) 1078 01:11:46,838 --> 01:11:47,708 - Simon! 1079 01:11:50,258 --> 01:11:52,138 Oh, you're not drunk again, are you? 1080 01:12:20,486 --> 01:12:22,536 - You're not in the mood for this, are you? 1081 01:12:22,540 --> 01:12:24,250 - No, I'm not. 1082 01:12:24,250 --> 01:12:26,100 I've had it up to the back fangs 1083 01:12:26,097 --> 01:12:28,027 with all the magicians and illusions. 1084 01:12:29,109 --> 01:12:31,389 In my day, Joyce, 1085 01:12:31,393 --> 01:12:33,443 Halloween hardly existed. 1086 01:12:33,436 --> 01:12:34,526 What's it all for? 1087 01:12:34,531 --> 01:12:36,551 Selling a load of flaming tosh? 1088 01:12:37,696 --> 01:12:39,716 - You're taking it very seriously. 1089 01:12:39,724 --> 01:12:41,404 - Well, yes, yes, I am. 1090 01:12:41,403 --> 01:12:44,993 I've got two very unpleasant murders here. 1091 01:12:44,989 --> 01:12:46,299 And I don't know why, 1092 01:12:46,303 --> 01:12:48,203 but they both have to do with people 1093 01:12:48,201 --> 01:12:51,921 who actually believe in all this magic this voodoo. 1094 01:12:51,924 --> 01:12:53,534 - Well, that's adults. 1095 01:12:53,529 --> 01:12:55,769 Children have more sense. 1096 01:12:55,771 --> 01:13:00,461 They only pretend to believe in Halloween, for the fun. 1097 01:13:00,463 --> 01:13:02,753 That's why it can't really do them any harm. 1098 01:13:10,557 --> 01:13:12,977 - [Barnaby] The blow didn't kill him, did it? 1099 01:13:12,980 --> 01:13:14,980 - It cut deep, but not that deep. 1100 01:13:14,978 --> 01:13:17,168 - And it was an axe, was it? - Possibly. 1101 01:13:18,862 --> 01:13:20,432 - It's certainly not that one. 1102 01:13:37,118 --> 01:13:39,148 Now, this is what he wanted to show me. 1103 01:13:40,941 --> 01:13:42,531 - [Jones] What does it mean? 1104 01:13:42,530 --> 01:13:44,930 - [Barnaby] Well, he believed it meant murder. 1105 01:13:46,726 --> 01:13:50,026 (footsteps pattering) 1106 01:13:53,921 --> 01:13:57,141 (lighthearted music) 1107 01:14:03,545 --> 01:14:06,145 (car revving) 1108 01:14:10,735 --> 01:14:12,825 - [Simon] My bedroom's on the far side of the house. 1109 01:14:12,825 --> 01:14:14,515 I didn't hear anything. 1110 01:14:14,517 --> 01:14:16,007 It was only when I went into the library-- 1111 01:14:16,008 --> 01:14:17,778 - [Barnaby] Mr. Wilmington, did you know 1112 01:14:17,783 --> 01:14:19,723 that I was here last night? 1113 01:14:19,720 --> 01:14:22,580 - Yes, I saw your car. 1114 01:14:22,577 --> 01:14:23,517 I did try to listen. 1115 01:14:23,515 --> 01:14:24,915 - Did you hear? 1116 01:14:24,923 --> 01:14:26,403 - No, he shut the door. 1117 01:14:26,403 --> 01:14:28,843 - Why did you want to listen in the first place? 1118 01:14:28,843 --> 01:14:30,563 - I wanted to know what you knew. 1119 01:14:33,254 --> 01:14:34,514 I didn't tell the truth. 1120 01:14:36,539 --> 01:14:37,409 About Jean. 1121 01:14:40,532 --> 01:14:45,042 We argued over books I stole for Hugo. 1122 01:14:46,246 --> 01:14:49,226 He threatened to tell Aloysius if I stopped. 1123 01:14:50,688 --> 01:14:52,658 He persuaded me that I'd be a prime suspect 1124 01:14:52,659 --> 01:14:54,199 if you found out about the books-- 1125 01:14:54,202 --> 01:14:56,202 - I doubt Hugo Cartwright had very much 1126 01:14:56,204 --> 01:14:57,834 insight in that department. 1127 01:14:57,831 --> 01:15:00,061 - But I am telling you the truth now. 1128 01:15:01,532 --> 01:15:03,372 That's the least I owe to my uncle. 1129 01:15:19,281 --> 01:15:21,541 - The psychiatrist's gone. 1130 01:15:23,951 --> 01:15:25,621 He'll send her back to hospital. 1131 01:15:27,027 --> 01:15:28,147 She's under heavy sedation. 1132 01:15:28,153 --> 01:15:29,513 She won't come home again. 1133 01:15:30,582 --> 01:15:33,162 Not without the chemical equivalent of a lobotomy. 1134 01:15:34,075 --> 01:15:35,655 - You can't give up. 1135 01:15:39,080 --> 01:15:43,380 - Last night I was upset and angry. 1136 01:15:44,389 --> 01:15:46,069 All the more angry because you've been dragged 1137 01:15:46,066 --> 01:15:49,156 into this unholy mess that constitutes my family. 1138 01:15:50,477 --> 01:15:51,797 - I know how long you've had 1139 01:15:51,801 --> 01:15:54,201 to deal with your mother's illness. 1140 01:15:54,200 --> 01:15:56,150 I know it's got worse and worse. 1141 01:15:56,149 --> 01:16:00,739 But, if you need strength sometimes 1142 01:16:03,468 --> 01:16:05,688 I could be strong enough for both of us. 1143 01:16:09,069 --> 01:16:11,879 - Without you I couldn't have kept her at home at all. 1144 01:16:24,198 --> 01:16:25,148 I'm sorry. 1145 01:16:26,774 --> 01:16:28,974 My feelings for you, I think you know. 1146 01:16:34,166 --> 01:16:36,516 I don't want you hurt. 1147 01:16:36,516 --> 01:16:40,016 - Tristan, I don't think you could ever hurt me. 1148 01:16:41,737 --> 01:16:43,827 Please, let's talk. 1149 01:16:43,832 --> 01:16:45,342 - There's nothing we can say. 1150 01:16:47,169 --> 01:16:51,879 What's in my family it's not just eccentricity. 1151 01:16:54,406 --> 01:16:55,466 It goes much deeper. 1152 01:17:02,069 --> 01:17:04,749 - I summon Kelmaret demon of air! 1153 01:17:07,359 --> 01:17:10,049 (fire roaring) 1154 01:17:13,193 --> 01:17:18,413 I summon Belas demon of water! 1155 01:17:24,331 --> 01:17:25,201 - He's dead, Pa! 1156 01:17:26,717 --> 01:17:28,087 The traitor is dead. 1157 01:17:28,085 --> 01:17:31,025 - Of course he's dead, child! 1158 01:17:32,327 --> 01:17:34,867 He found the book. 1159 01:17:34,871 --> 01:17:37,291 The book has struck him down! 1160 01:17:37,289 --> 01:17:40,499 (lighthearted music) 1161 01:17:56,715 --> 01:17:57,925 - For Mr. Barnaby. 1162 01:18:01,678 --> 01:18:04,288 (car revving) 1163 01:18:05,362 --> 01:18:08,412 - J is Jean Wildacre, knife. 1164 01:18:09,971 --> 01:18:13,931 - H, Hugo Cartwright, arrow. 1165 01:18:13,933 --> 01:18:18,133 - And A, Aloysius Wilmington, axe. 1166 01:18:19,352 --> 01:18:22,912 - E? - Estelle Balliol. 1167 01:18:22,911 --> 01:18:25,411 It was her ceremony that Aloysius remembered. 1168 01:18:26,539 --> 01:18:28,469 This is where they were all standing 1169 01:18:28,468 --> 01:18:30,358 at the time of her initiation. 1170 01:18:31,325 --> 01:18:35,135 See, three murders, three ritual weapons. 1171 01:18:35,142 --> 01:18:38,162 This diagram gives us the connection between them. 1172 01:18:39,271 --> 01:18:40,331 - When was the ceremony? 1173 01:18:40,330 --> 01:18:42,320 - Ah, he didn't say. 1174 01:18:42,316 --> 01:18:44,916 But reading the autobiography, I put it early 70s. 1175 01:18:47,310 --> 01:18:48,610 - So who's R? 1176 01:18:48,614 --> 01:18:50,754 - Ah, don't know. 1177 01:18:50,751 --> 01:18:52,971 The initiation rite says Estelle Balliol 1178 01:18:52,972 --> 01:18:55,512 should be in the centre, but she's not, she's over there. 1179 01:18:55,506 --> 01:18:57,766 I think it'd be easiest to ask her. 1180 01:18:58,749 --> 01:19:00,619 - Ernest Balliol certainly believes 1181 01:19:00,615 --> 01:19:02,925 Aloysius betrayed the Temple. 1182 01:19:02,930 --> 01:19:04,670 - Yeah, but if you're gonna get revenge, (mumbles) 1183 01:19:04,671 --> 01:19:06,931 why wait 30 years to do it? 1184 01:19:06,934 --> 01:19:10,204 Unless it was the publication of the book? 1185 01:19:10,198 --> 01:19:12,608 - But that doesn't explain why Jean and Hugo are dead. 1186 01:19:12,606 --> 01:19:13,546 - No, it does not. 1187 01:19:14,431 --> 01:19:15,301 - Oh! 1188 01:19:18,008 --> 01:19:19,858 From Mr. Thorneycroft. 1189 01:19:25,015 --> 01:19:25,875 - Sausages. 1190 01:19:27,465 --> 01:19:29,145 - Sausages. 1191 01:19:29,154 --> 01:19:31,494 - What's the man playing at now? 1192 01:19:31,493 --> 01:19:34,193 (upbeat music) 1193 01:20:20,723 --> 01:20:25,583 Mr. Thorneycroft, I'm sorry I can't accept gifts. 1194 01:20:25,575 --> 01:20:28,915 Now, I have left a very important murder investigation 1195 01:20:28,922 --> 01:20:31,882 to come and talk to you on this B road. 1196 01:20:33,041 --> 01:20:34,801 - It was Tuesday night. 1197 01:20:34,803 --> 01:20:36,953 I was leaving Mrs Brand's, the usual way. 1198 01:20:36,951 --> 01:20:38,051 - Over the back wall? 1199 01:20:39,151 --> 01:20:40,341 - Past Hugo's shop. 1200 01:20:41,831 --> 01:20:45,861 Somebody outside I didn't want to be seen, of course. 1201 01:20:45,856 --> 01:20:48,126 She was standing outside the shop. 1202 01:20:48,129 --> 01:20:50,109 Talking to herself, mumbling. 1203 01:20:50,110 --> 01:20:52,050 Then she went off, up the alley at the side. 1204 01:20:52,049 --> 01:20:53,479 - Who, Mr. Thorneycroft? 1205 01:20:53,480 --> 01:20:54,350 Who? 1206 01:20:55,980 --> 01:20:56,870 - Isolde Balliol. 1207 01:20:57,900 --> 01:21:00,590 (upbeat music) 1208 01:21:19,922 --> 01:21:22,712 (door banging) 1209 01:21:22,707 --> 01:21:25,487 - Just tell me where she's gone. 1210 01:21:26,521 --> 01:21:29,001 I need to talk to your daughter. 1211 01:21:31,266 --> 01:21:33,696 - She's gone to the Wilmington place, to see Simon. 1212 01:21:33,695 --> 01:21:34,655 She's angry. 1213 01:21:34,655 --> 01:21:36,195 She's not, she's not quite right. 1214 01:21:36,198 --> 01:21:38,598 - Estelle! - Well, is she? 1215 01:21:38,596 --> 01:21:39,526 Is she, Ernest? 1216 01:21:43,263 --> 01:21:44,673 - This is more persecution. 1217 01:21:45,801 --> 01:21:47,761 - Why didn't you tell me yesterday? 1218 01:21:47,764 --> 01:21:48,984 - For God's sake, Isolde. 1219 01:21:48,981 --> 01:21:50,841 My uncle died last night. 1220 01:21:50,837 --> 01:21:52,397 - You think I care about that? 1221 01:21:53,351 --> 01:21:56,101 You wouldn't have known about that book without me. 1222 01:21:56,103 --> 01:22:00,523 Even then I had to push you like a slug. 1223 01:22:00,524 --> 01:22:03,534 I had to sleep with a slug. 1224 01:22:03,527 --> 01:22:05,067 You find something you're not worthy 1225 01:22:05,070 --> 01:22:07,240 to touch and you don't tell me! 1226 01:22:08,303 --> 01:22:09,633 Show it to me! 1227 01:22:09,627 --> 01:22:11,487 - The library's a crime scene now. 1228 01:22:11,493 --> 01:22:12,423 - Are the police here? 1229 01:22:12,422 --> 01:22:14,472 - They think he was murdered like Jean and Hugo. 1230 01:22:14,465 --> 01:22:15,545 - This is more important! 1231 01:22:15,550 --> 01:22:17,370 - Not to me, it isn't. 1232 01:22:17,374 --> 01:22:19,424 I was very fond of the old bastard. 1233 01:22:19,418 --> 01:22:21,728 And as for the book, yes, it is wonderful, 1234 01:22:21,733 --> 01:22:24,813 but a million miles away from all your claptrap. 1235 01:22:24,809 --> 01:22:26,819 At least Aloysius knew what I'd found. 1236 01:22:26,821 --> 01:22:28,021 - You showed it to him? 1237 01:22:29,303 --> 01:22:30,873 You knew what he was. 1238 01:22:30,867 --> 01:22:32,347 How he betrayed me. 1239 01:22:32,348 --> 01:22:33,288 - Shut up, Isolde. 1240 01:22:34,225 --> 01:22:35,715 You screwed me to get what you wanted. 1241 01:22:35,716 --> 01:22:38,806 Well, I listened to your mumbo-jumbo to get what I wanted. 1242 01:22:39,813 --> 01:22:40,813 Call it quits. 1243 01:22:43,870 --> 01:22:45,350 Remember what the monk said, 1244 01:22:46,348 --> 01:22:50,328 "A book to turn the world upside down." 1245 01:22:50,334 --> 01:22:53,584 This is what he risked his soul to save. 1246 01:22:54,630 --> 01:22:58,750 Three charred pages from a New Testament. 1247 01:23:00,084 --> 01:23:01,224 A very special one. 1248 01:23:02,753 --> 01:23:05,633 William Tyndale's first translation. 1249 01:23:05,631 --> 01:23:07,501 St Paul, Izzy. 1250 01:23:07,497 --> 01:23:09,107 Read it. 1251 01:23:09,114 --> 01:23:09,984 - No! 1252 01:23:12,357 --> 01:23:13,227 No! 1253 01:23:14,620 --> 01:23:18,010 Everything I did, for this? 1254 01:23:19,040 --> 01:23:23,500 I killed Hugo for a Bible? 1255 01:23:26,734 --> 01:23:27,604 - No, no! 1256 01:23:32,188 --> 01:23:34,358 (crying) 1257 01:23:38,361 --> 01:23:39,451 - No, no, no! 1258 01:23:39,445 --> 01:23:40,455 That's enough, let go. 1259 01:23:40,457 --> 01:23:41,427 Let it go! 1260 01:23:41,427 --> 01:23:43,047 - The Tyndale, the fire! 1261 01:23:46,265 --> 01:23:47,825 - [Jones] Stop, that's enough. 1262 01:23:52,094 --> 01:23:53,084 - Hugo Cartwright. 1263 01:23:54,138 --> 01:23:57,188 You were outside his shop the night he was killed. 1264 01:23:57,193 --> 01:23:59,023 - You have no power over me. 1265 01:23:59,956 --> 01:24:01,196 - But I do have a witness. 1266 01:24:01,197 --> 01:24:02,547 - She said she killed him. 1267 01:24:03,765 --> 01:24:05,545 - And it wasn't even necessary. 1268 01:24:10,162 --> 01:24:13,382 (lighthearted music) 1269 01:24:23,998 --> 01:24:26,608 - I'll stay on for a few days. 1270 01:24:30,358 --> 01:24:31,228 - No. 1271 01:24:32,944 --> 01:24:34,254 You have to go. 1272 01:24:36,552 --> 01:24:37,562 I'm so sorry. 1273 01:24:37,564 --> 01:24:40,084 It's the only way, Christine. 1274 01:24:52,057 --> 01:24:54,657 (car revving) 1275 01:24:57,250 --> 01:25:00,730 (police serin whirling) 1276 01:25:01,696 --> 01:25:04,386 (upbeat music) 1277 01:25:21,437 --> 01:25:24,287 - I am here to search your house, Mr. Balliol. 1278 01:25:24,290 --> 01:25:25,840 I'd appreciate your cooperation. 1279 01:25:25,844 --> 01:25:28,004 - No, Sergeant, you can't come in. 1280 01:25:28,003 --> 01:25:29,513 - Show us a search warrant! 1281 01:25:30,661 --> 01:25:32,701 - I have reason to believe there is evidence relating 1282 01:25:32,695 --> 01:25:34,065 to a serious crime. 1283 01:25:34,071 --> 01:25:35,741 I don't need a warrant. 1284 01:25:35,739 --> 01:25:36,759 - Where is Isolde? 1285 01:25:37,992 --> 01:25:40,602 - Ernest, just find Tristan. 1286 01:25:40,603 --> 01:25:41,473 - Right. 1287 01:25:44,488 --> 01:25:45,358 Sergeant. 1288 01:25:49,242 --> 01:25:50,542 - Please, Mrs Balliol. 1289 01:25:55,950 --> 01:25:58,560 (car revving) 1290 01:26:03,277 --> 01:26:05,237 - We have a witness, who says that you were 1291 01:26:05,241 --> 01:26:07,941 outside the shop just before 9:40. 1292 01:26:08,941 --> 01:26:09,811 Is that true? 1293 01:26:09,810 --> 01:26:11,850 - I went there to stop him. 1294 01:26:11,848 --> 01:26:12,948 - To stop him? 1295 01:26:12,954 --> 01:26:14,814 - Hugo was blackmailing Simon. 1296 01:26:16,167 --> 01:26:17,997 It didn't matter when it was only a few books. 1297 01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:21,090 But he was trying to find what we were looking for. 1298 01:26:21,087 --> 01:26:23,457 I could never really trust Simon. 1299 01:26:23,464 --> 01:26:25,524 - What were you looking for? 1300 01:26:27,647 --> 01:26:29,047 - Nothing! 1301 01:26:29,045 --> 01:26:30,715 - You were looking for nothing? 1302 01:26:30,721 --> 01:26:32,421 - Nothing. 1303 01:26:32,421 --> 01:26:33,621 But I didn't know that. 1304 01:26:34,527 --> 01:26:37,367 I believed what my father had told me. 1305 01:26:37,374 --> 01:26:39,594 Somewhere in that library was a book of power, 1306 01:26:39,585 --> 01:26:40,845 hidden for centuries. 1307 01:26:40,846 --> 01:26:43,136 Aloysius's secret. 1308 01:26:44,037 --> 01:26:46,487 But I wasn't gonna give it to my father, it belonged to me. 1309 01:26:46,487 --> 01:26:48,007 I knew how to use it. 1310 01:26:50,273 --> 01:26:51,793 But it was all about nothing! 1311 01:26:53,724 --> 01:26:57,724 - So you were there and you told Simon Wilmington 1312 01:26:57,717 --> 01:26:59,377 that you had indeed killed him. 1313 01:27:00,303 --> 01:27:02,903 And we have a lot of forensic evidence 1314 01:27:02,899 --> 01:27:04,309 from the Cartwright murder scene. 1315 01:27:04,307 --> 01:27:07,037 - Don't be silly! 1316 01:27:07,039 --> 01:27:09,699 There isn't any forensic evidence to find. 1317 01:27:14,025 --> 01:27:16,775 - Can we talk about the the other two? 1318 01:27:16,778 --> 01:27:19,108 Jean Wildacre and Aloysius Wilmington. 1319 01:27:19,114 --> 01:27:20,574 - Why? 1320 01:27:20,574 --> 01:27:21,724 I didn't kill them. 1321 01:27:22,628 --> 01:27:24,558 I didn't mean to kill Hugo. 1322 01:27:26,173 --> 01:27:30,423 It was just the power of the spell was too strong. 1323 01:27:31,668 --> 01:27:33,678 - The power of the spell. 1324 01:27:35,036 --> 01:27:36,526 - Are you really this slow? 1325 01:27:38,123 --> 01:27:41,343 (lighthearted music) 1326 01:28:22,855 --> 01:28:25,715 (dramatic music) 1327 01:28:33,699 --> 01:28:35,419 - Does this mean anything to you? 1328 01:28:38,048 --> 01:28:38,918 - No. 1329 01:28:40,101 --> 01:28:43,181 - If I told you that this was the representation 1330 01:28:43,177 --> 01:28:44,277 of the initiation ceremony 1331 01:28:44,282 --> 01:28:47,342 of the Order of the Temple of Thoth. 1332 01:28:52,905 --> 01:28:55,845 Isolde, can you help me here, please? 1333 01:28:57,483 --> 01:29:00,313 This is something that happened 30 years ago. 1334 01:29:00,309 --> 01:29:04,069 Now, A is Aloysius Wilmington. 1335 01:29:04,073 --> 01:29:05,793 J, Jean Wildacre. 1336 01:29:05,793 --> 01:29:07,863 H is Hugo Cartwright. 1337 01:29:07,858 --> 01:29:10,498 We don't know who the R is. 1338 01:29:10,496 --> 01:29:13,946 We think that the E is your Mum, Estelle. 1339 01:29:16,408 --> 01:29:18,168 - They were all in the Temple then. 1340 01:29:18,170 --> 01:29:19,140 Pa told me. 1341 01:29:20,370 --> 01:29:21,620 E could be Estelle. 1342 01:29:21,622 --> 01:29:23,942 But she's not my mother, all right? 1343 01:29:25,135 --> 01:29:27,135 - Well, Aloysius said he was almost positive 1344 01:29:27,137 --> 01:29:29,247 that it was Mrs Balliol. 1345 01:29:32,111 --> 01:29:33,671 Is there another Mrs Balliol? 1346 01:29:35,156 --> 01:29:36,166 - Of course. 1347 01:29:37,158 --> 01:29:38,028 Ma. 1348 01:29:39,024 --> 01:29:40,284 Rosemary Balliol. 1349 01:29:42,914 --> 01:29:43,784 It makes sense, yes. 1350 01:29:43,782 --> 01:29:46,812 If this was her initiation, then E would be Pa. 1351 01:29:51,005 --> 01:29:52,515 - Is your mother still alive? 1352 01:29:55,332 --> 01:29:56,202 - Yes and no. 1353 01:29:57,294 --> 01:29:58,524 (knocks) 1354 01:29:58,523 --> 01:29:59,393 - Wait. 1355 01:30:07,042 --> 01:30:08,442 What? 1356 01:30:08,439 --> 01:30:09,699 - She was in Ecuador. 1357 01:30:09,701 --> 01:30:10,571 A holiday. 1358 01:30:10,569 --> 01:30:12,409 But she knows about these frogs. 1359 01:30:13,580 --> 01:30:15,510 - But she didn't kill anyone, though. 1360 01:30:22,339 --> 01:30:25,709 Isolde, do you recognise this? 1361 01:30:30,294 --> 01:30:31,854 - I'm a witch. 1362 01:30:31,848 --> 01:30:34,968 It's a picture of me with one of my familiars. 1363 01:30:34,966 --> 01:30:37,556 - A witch on holiday in Ecuador. 1364 01:30:37,562 --> 01:30:38,782 - I know what it is. 1365 01:30:40,993 --> 01:30:42,143 - Who took this photo? 1366 01:30:43,412 --> 01:30:45,392 - My brother, of course, Tristan. 1367 01:30:48,637 --> 01:30:51,237 (car revving) 1368 01:30:59,919 --> 01:31:02,609 (bell ringing) 1369 01:31:10,647 --> 01:31:13,207 - The police have arrested Isolde. 1370 01:31:13,212 --> 01:31:16,032 - Good, it's about time talking out of your backside 1371 01:31:16,028 --> 01:31:17,388 became a criminal offence. 1372 01:31:17,394 --> 01:31:19,004 - She said it herself, Tristan. 1373 01:31:18,999 --> 01:31:20,889 She killed Hugo Cartwright. 1374 01:31:21,971 --> 01:31:22,841 Help us. 1375 01:31:24,266 --> 01:31:26,856 Look, I'm sorry I don't know if your mother's in 1376 01:31:26,861 --> 01:31:28,171 or out of the bin? 1377 01:31:30,313 --> 01:31:31,183 - In now. 1378 01:31:33,889 --> 01:31:35,349 Not inside. 1379 01:31:35,349 --> 01:31:37,259 It's Ma's house, to me, anyway. 1380 01:31:38,575 --> 01:31:40,605 I don't want you in it. 1381 01:31:40,614 --> 01:31:43,404 (birds singing) 1382 01:31:49,217 --> 01:31:51,067 - The police think there was some sort 1383 01:31:51,073 --> 01:31:54,493 of poison for Jean and Aloysius. 1384 01:31:54,493 --> 01:31:56,743 But not, not for Hugo. 1385 01:31:57,631 --> 01:31:59,421 It was the power of Isolde's curse. 1386 01:31:59,423 --> 01:32:01,703 - [Tristan] She couldn't have killed anybody. 1387 01:32:01,698 --> 01:32:02,878 - Why would she say it? 1388 01:32:02,877 --> 01:32:04,257 - Because you made her. 1389 01:32:05,685 --> 01:32:08,895 (lighthearted music) 1390 01:32:14,073 --> 01:32:16,683 (car revving) 1391 01:32:24,829 --> 01:32:27,869 (doorbell ringing) 1392 01:32:35,730 --> 01:32:37,890 - Detective Sergeant Jones, Causton CID. 1393 01:32:37,891 --> 01:32:39,311 I'm looking for Tristan and his father. 1394 01:32:39,309 --> 01:32:41,869 - Well, they're both here, they're in the garden. 1395 01:32:43,050 --> 01:32:44,790 - [Jones] Thank you. 1396 01:32:57,497 --> 01:32:59,707 - Only the best in ritual weapons. 1397 01:33:03,382 --> 01:33:04,372 - What's happening? 1398 01:33:05,655 --> 01:33:09,055 - Jean, Hugo, Aloysius. 1399 01:33:10,684 --> 01:33:13,454 All there the night Ma was initiated into the Temple. 1400 01:33:15,790 --> 01:33:16,660 Remember? 1401 01:33:19,210 --> 01:33:21,940 I've heard her version. 1402 01:33:21,943 --> 01:33:23,903 Heard it here, 1403 01:33:23,902 --> 01:33:26,862 heard it in a locked ward 1404 01:33:26,864 --> 01:33:29,654 heard it when she was in a straitjacket, 1405 01:33:29,651 --> 01:33:32,831 terrors tormenting her psychotic mind. 1406 01:33:32,831 --> 01:33:35,821 She thinks she's possessed by demons. 1407 01:33:37,044 --> 01:33:38,174 Four demons. 1408 01:33:39,765 --> 01:33:40,805 No way back for her. 1409 01:33:42,372 --> 01:33:45,662 No way back for the idiots who put an unstable woman 1410 01:33:45,656 --> 01:33:48,166 through a ceremony that sent her barking mad. 1411 01:33:49,406 --> 01:33:52,126 - We couldn't have known! 1412 01:33:52,132 --> 01:33:53,412 - Three demons dead. 1413 01:33:55,282 --> 01:33:56,152 You're the last. 1414 01:34:00,004 --> 01:34:02,964 People stress them out. 1415 01:34:02,955 --> 01:34:04,735 See how sticky their backs are? 1416 01:34:06,282 --> 01:34:07,152 It's stress. 1417 01:34:09,097 --> 01:34:11,177 - [Jones] Hey, hey, hey! 1418 01:34:20,144 --> 01:34:21,574 - You all right? 1419 01:34:21,567 --> 01:34:23,647 (gasps) 1420 01:34:27,042 --> 01:34:28,352 Can you get up? 1421 01:34:30,222 --> 01:34:31,792 - I doubt there's, 1422 01:34:32,954 --> 01:34:34,604 there's much point. 1423 01:34:54,976 --> 01:34:56,046 - This is the night 1424 01:34:57,280 --> 01:35:01,110 sacred to Thoth when, 1425 01:35:01,110 --> 01:35:03,500 when the veil between the living, 1426 01:35:06,497 --> 01:35:09,587 between the living and the. 1427 01:35:09,590 --> 01:35:12,280 (fire roaring) 1428 01:35:33,389 --> 01:35:35,309 - Aloysius never scotched the rumour 1429 01:35:35,308 --> 01:35:37,518 of a magical book, did he? 1430 01:35:37,518 --> 01:35:38,978 - A pot of gold. 1431 01:35:40,198 --> 01:35:43,558 - Ernest Balliol, he wanted to steal that book for revenge. 1432 01:35:43,556 --> 01:35:47,926 But Isolde, she wasn't so selfish. 1433 01:35:47,925 --> 01:35:50,765 She honestly believed she could use that book 1434 01:35:50,771 --> 01:35:52,651 to restore her mother's sanity. 1435 01:35:52,652 --> 01:35:53,882 - But there was a treasure. 1436 01:35:53,878 --> 01:35:55,568 No. 1437 01:35:55,568 --> 01:35:57,188 - Not the one they expected. 1438 01:35:58,299 --> 01:35:59,969 - Does Simon know about? 1439 01:35:59,968 --> 01:36:00,838 - No, no, no. 1440 01:36:01,720 --> 01:36:03,600 He thinks his father died before he was born. 1441 01:36:03,596 --> 01:36:05,826 I'm not the one to change that now, am I? 1442 01:36:05,828 --> 01:36:07,518 Not even Jones knows. 1443 01:36:08,841 --> 01:36:10,741 - Okay, long faces off. 1444 01:36:10,739 --> 01:36:13,599 Showtime! (doorbell ringing) 1445 01:36:13,596 --> 01:36:16,546 Now, Dad, I never thought I'd have to say to you but 1446 01:36:18,110 --> 01:36:20,200 put your teeth in. 1447 01:36:20,195 --> 01:36:23,315 (children cheering) 1448 01:36:30,659 --> 01:36:31,959 - There you go. 1449 01:36:33,161 --> 01:36:36,381 (lighthearted music)