1 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,400 'Chapter One. Sorrow. 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,280 'There were many who considered Atticus Pund 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,560 'to be the world's greatest detective, 4 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,520 'but as he walked down Harley Street on that awful... 5 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:23,960 'no, fateful... yes... 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,000 'day in the summer of 1955... 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,720 'Chapter One. Sorrow. 8 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,120 'There were many who considered Atticus Pund 9 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,440 'to be the world's greatest... 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,320 'A single magpie watched him from a tree as he returned. 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:38,440 'What was it telling him? 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,560 'He was about to find out. 13 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:50,160 'The Church of St. Bartles had a long and varied history. 14 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:52,000 'Boring. 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,000 'As Pund walked home, 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,440 'he was already putting it all into context. 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,800 'Brent, the gardener at Pye Hall... 18 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,520 'Chapter Five. Silver. 19 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:03,920 'Come on, come on, come on, come on.' 20 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,320 'Yes! 21 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:10,640 'Clarissa Pye was... 22 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,080 'Robert Blakiston had never... 23 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:15,040 'No.' 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:18,840 Uh-huh! 25 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:20,280 'Detective Inspector Chubb 26 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,800 'very much liked grabbing a suspect by the throat. 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,080 'That was his method, and it might've worked for him, 28 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:26,600 'but Pund wasn't so sure. 29 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,120 'Chapter Seven. 30 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,000 'A Secret Never to Be Told. 31 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,160 'What else can I tell you about Atticus Pund? 32 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,160 'He had solved his last case, 33 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:40,840 'the death of Mary Blakiston, 34 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,920 'soon followed by another death at Pye Hall. 35 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:45,600 'And of course the tragedy 36 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,280 'that had taken place twelve years before. 37 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,000 'Three deaths that seemed to have no connection 38 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:57,120 'until Atticus Pund brought them together and made sense of them. 39 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:58,760 'He was more than a friend. 40 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:03,640 'He was the kindest and wisest man I ever knew. 41 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,760 'The end.' 42 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,880 - Halt, halt, halt. Stop, stop. - What? 43 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,560 - Your phone. - Oh. 44 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:24,120 Ah! 45 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,200 Oh! 46 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:29,800 Uh... Charles. No. I'm... 47 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:31,280 I'm at the book fair. 48 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,040 - Yesterday was... - Please! 49 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,080 ...wall-to-wall, so, and I've got Klaus at nine, 50 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,160 so can I call you back later? 51 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,800 Yeah. OK, bye. Bye. Bye. 52 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,040 Entschuldigung, ich... Ich habe vergessen, 53 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:44,920 dass es in der Tasche war. 54 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:56,080 Oh, hi, Susan! 55 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:57,440 Oh, hi! 56 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,520 So... 57 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,520 - Morning, Klaus! - Atticus Pund. 58 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,400 - You have considered my offer? - Yes. 59 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,000 - And? - It's not enough. 60 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,240 I don't agree. 61 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,520 - Well, you wouldn't, would you? - Come on, Susan. 62 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:15,920 We're old friends. We don't need to haggle. 63 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,960 Oh, I thought that was what I was here for. 64 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,000 Eighteen million copies sold worldwide, 65 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,720 two and a half million in this territory, 66 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,320 thirty-five languages, and a TV series on the way. 67 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:26,960 Worterhaus are no longer interested. 68 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:28,640 Oh, we left Worterhaus. 69 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,880 - Alan Conway didn't like them. - He reads his translations? 70 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,760 He reads his royalty statements. They were getting lazy. 71 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,520 - Vielen Dank, Theo. - Bitte. 72 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,880 We can go to 75,000 Euros. 73 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,920 - No, we won't go below 100. - That's too high. 74 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:40,840 Well, he has a new book. 75 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:43,080 "Magpie Murders" - have you read it? 76 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,440 He hasn't delivered it yet, but it'll be number one 77 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,160 like the last one, and the one before. 78 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:48,120 OK. 79 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,240 I can give you an answer this evening. 80 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,800 Not here. How about a drink at your hotel? 81 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,680 You're not the only interested party, Klaus. 82 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,560 Nice doing business. 83 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:18,040 - Miss Ryeland. - Yes? 84 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:19,960 Your champagne. 85 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,240 I didn't order any champagne. 86 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:23,840 Are you sure? 87 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:27,640 Yes. 88 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,800 Then I must have the wrong room. 89 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,320 No, um... 90 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,800 I think you should leave it. 91 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,880 Actually... 92 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,240 why don't you share it with me? 93 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,520 I'm sorry, madam. Hotel policy... 94 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:56,800 Oh. 95 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:02,240 I was told it was a full-service hotel. 96 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,280 It can be. 97 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,680 How did you know where to find me? 98 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,160 I rang your office. Alice told me. 99 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,080 Remind me to talk to her. 100 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,760 You don't know who you might have found me with. 101 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,880 - Klaus Eckerman? - Oh, pft! 102 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,400 God, no. 103 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,320 Credit me with some taste. 104 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,320 Aren't you supposed to be teaching? 105 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,280 I took the day off. 106 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:32,280 - You came all this way. - Mm. 107 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:34,440 God, you're lovely. 108 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,600 Where did you get the waistcoat? 109 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,480 I bribed a waiter. 110 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:43,360 Aw. 111 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,200 Glad to see you. I've had a horrible time here. 112 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,880 We can go home together. 113 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,880 Same flight? 114 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:52,520 Ah...! 115 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,680 Alice is promoted. 116 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,240 We have the weekend. 117 00:06:58,240 --> 00:06:59,520 - Great. - Mm. 118 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:01,840 Can't wait. 119 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:03,840 Yamas. 120 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:05,400 Chin-chin. 121 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,160 'The train now arriving on platform four... 122 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:12,440 '...Express. 123 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:13,960 'Stansted Airport, 124 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,720 'calling at Stansted Airport only.' 125 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,320 I'm going to take a taxi. Do you want to share? 126 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:21,960 No. I'll take the tube. 127 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:23,680 What time am I gonna see you tomorrow? 128 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,080 I'll come at lunchtime, but I'm out in the evening. 129 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:27,120 Oh! Where? 130 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,560 We're rehearsing the school play. 131 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,000 OK. Well, see you when I see you. 132 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,720 And thanks for surprising me. 133 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:36,560 Thank you. 134 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:41,840 So, how was Frankfurt? 135 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,160 Oh, the usual madness. 136 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,040 This is for you. 137 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,640 Oh. 138 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,440 - You shouldn't have. - I didn't. It's from Andreas. 139 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:54,560 - And no smutty jokes. - Oh. He found you, then? 140 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,520 Yes, I'll talk to you about that another time. 141 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:57,840 Just tell me it's arrived. 142 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,240 - Charles wants to see you. - Meaning? 143 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,200 He looked happy when he came in. 144 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,240 Hmm? 145 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:05,800 - Ah! - So? 146 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:06,920 I had dinner with him last night. 147 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:07,880 And? 148 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,400 He was his usual charming self. 149 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,880 But he's finished it. 150 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,040 - "Magpie Murders". - One for sorrow, two for joy, 151 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:16,360 three for a girl, and four for a boy. 152 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,520 Five for silver, six for gold, 153 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,120 seven for a secret never to be told. 154 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:20,800 It's very Agatha Christie. Have you read it yet? 155 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,400 - I've started it. - And? 156 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,640 Number one in time for Christmas. 157 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,960 Yay! That's my weekend taken care of. 158 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,280 Oh, one moment, Susan. We have the meeting next week. 159 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,040 - Oh, Cityworld Media. - Oh, don't say it like that. 160 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:33,600 You make them sound like the enemy. 161 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,000 They don't understand publishing. 162 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,040 Which is why they want you in charge after the buyout, 163 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:38,560 but they are gonna need an answer. 164 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:40,680 I don't know, Charles. It's all right for you. 165 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:43,280 Grandchildren. Retirement. Cruises. 166 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,240 I will still be here for you. I've told you. 167 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,400 I'm just not sure that I'm cut out to run a company. 168 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,120 Finances. Targets. 169 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,960 It's not what I'm used to. I'm an editor. 170 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,240 And you're the best in the business, 171 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,520 but, look, this is a huge opportunity for you. 172 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,920 A proper salary more than I could ever afford to pay. 173 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,440 Plus a five per cent share. 174 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,800 - After five years. - You'll be rich. 175 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,520 Not as rich as you. 176 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,960 Think of the company! Think of what you could make it. 177 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,240 Let's talk on Monday. 178 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,360 - Enjoy the read. - Yes. 179 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,240 Thank you, Aziz. Thank you. Sit down. 180 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,280 Omirou odysseia. 181 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:30,840 Homer's Odyssey. 182 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,520 One of the greatest epic poems ever written. 183 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,680 Who can tell me what any of those words meant? Aziz? 184 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,560 George? 185 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,160 Six of them. Just six. 186 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,720 Last year it was eight. 187 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,640 Do you know why they even have it as an option? 188 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,200 Well, you got to have somewhere to put the nerds. 189 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,440 Because it's tradition. It makes the school look good. 190 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,600 I've been watching you walk by 191 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,160 And I haven't said a word 192 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,880 But now I'm ready to get you 193 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,320 Baby, I want to be your girl 194 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:02,120 I take what I want 195 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,760 Baby, I want you 196 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,600 Come and pick me up 197 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,880 Carry me away 198 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,160 Pack it up now, baby 199 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:22,640 Pack it up today 200 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,880 Cos I take what I want 201 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,960 Don't you know I want you? 202 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,600 Yes, I do 203 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,840 I'm gonna get you, baby 204 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,160 I've got a claim on you... 205 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,440 'Chapter one. Sorrow. 206 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,080 'There were many who considered Atticus Pund 207 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,000 'to be the world's greatest detective, 208 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,920 'but, as he walked down Harley Street 209 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:53,200 'on that fateful day in the summer of 1955, 210 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,760 'he knew that he was facing the greatest mystery of all - 211 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,840 'his own mortality.' 212 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,360 You can get dressed now, Mr Pund. 213 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,240 So, Dr Benson, tell me the worst. 214 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:29,000 Well, there's no sign of any further deterioration, 215 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,160 but I'm afraid it's still not good news. 216 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,320 - Oh. How much time do I have? - It's not easy to be precise. 217 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,400 I'm afraid the tumour is very advanced. 218 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,520 Had we been able to spot it earlier, 219 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,280 there's a small chance we might have been able to operate. 220 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,600 I'm sorry. 221 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,400 There's no need to be. 222 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,520 I've had a long life. 223 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,680 And I will say in many respects it's been a good one. 224 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,080 I've expected to die on many occasions before now. 225 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,640 You might even say that death has been a companion of mine, 226 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,120 always two steps behind. 227 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,080 Now he's caught up. 228 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:22,880 Even so, it would help me to know, for example, 229 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:27,800 if I were considering a skiing holiday in the Bavarian Alps...? 230 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,280 It wouldn't be a good idea. 231 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,200 Do you ski? 232 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:40,360 No. 233 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,560 And now I never will. 234 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,400 - Why didn't you tell me? - 'Tell you what, Susan?' 235 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:50,640 I've just finished the first chapter, 236 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,800 - 'Atticus at the doctor's.' - Ah, yes. 237 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,680 Did he tell you he was gonna kill him off? 238 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,080 Well, I haven't got to the end yet. 239 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,400 It might not be terminal. 240 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,440 Well, it bloody well better not be. 241 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,000 Ah. Sorry, can't talk. 242 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,600 My car is here. 243 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:03,640 Where's Alan? 244 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,560 'In London. Heading back home tomorrow.' 245 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,520 Well, maybe you should call him. 246 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,360 'Finish the book. We'll talk Monday.' 247 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,560 Thank you. 248 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,360 Excuse me. Eh, are you Alan Conway? 249 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,520 - Yes. - I just want to say, 250 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,720 I love your books. When's the next one coming out? 251 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,800 - Soon. - Oh. I know it's a bit cheeky, 252 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,400 but I don't suppose I could get a quick selfie with you? 253 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,320 - No! - My husband won't believe I... 254 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,560 No. I'm sorry. I'm late for my train. 255 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,640 'Passengers are reminded that smoking is not permitted 256 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,280 'anywhere on the station concourse.' 257 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,920 'The end.' 258 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,600 Not necessarily. 259 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:54,160 The cancer's at stage 4. 260 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,120 That gives you a ten per cent chance. 261 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:57,960 Ten per cent is my royalty. 262 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,200 Never enough. 263 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,800 'Dear Charles, I'm very sorry that I wasn't on my best form 264 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,520 'at dinner last night.' 265 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:12,520 "The Magpie Murders". 266 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,360 Not "The Magpie Murders"! "Magpie Murders"! 267 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:16,920 That's the bloody title! 268 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,240 Excuse me? Are you Alan Conway? 269 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,240 I love your books. 270 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,520 - Come here. - Oh, stop. 271 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:36,920 Get a room. 272 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,440 Ugh! 273 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:01,920 Who was that? 274 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,800 My dad. 275 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,000 You don't like him much. 276 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,080 I wish he'd drop dead. 277 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,040 Arsehole! Not again. 278 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:25,920 Suck it. 279 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,440 I hoped you'd already gone. 280 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,920 Just thought I'd say goodbye. 281 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:42,920 Well, goodbye, then. 282 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,200 Did you deliver the manuscript? 283 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,000 - Am I still in it? - Do you care? 284 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,320 Alan... 285 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,040 I think we've said everything we need to say, don't you? 286 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:53,440 No. I don't. 287 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:54,920 Well, I do. 288 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,040 I'm sorry. 289 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,680 Sorry about what exactly? 290 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,160 Humiliating me? Disappearing whenever you fancied it? 291 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:10,440 Partying with your friends 292 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,360 and presumably having a good laugh about me at the same time? 293 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:15,720 I've had enough. 294 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,400 Just get out. Go on. 295 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,080 You can leave the car. 296 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,000 My car, you mean? 297 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,560 I think you'll find it's my name on the registration. 298 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,040 Just out of interest, how am I meant to get to the station? 299 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,280 Call a taxi. 300 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,720 You can't do this to me, Alan. I have rights, you know. 301 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,040 You have nothing. 302 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,360 Goodbye, James. 303 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,320 You never did like Alan, did you? 304 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,440 He's an unpleasant man. 305 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,080 You knew him before I did. 306 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:52,840 I knew him when he was just a teacher, 307 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,360 before he married Melissa. He was unpleasant then. 308 00:18:55,360 --> 00:18:57,760 Tzatziki. Keftedes. Aubergine. 309 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,560 Greek halloumi and hummus. 310 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,440 - What would I do without you? - You wouldn't eat. 311 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,240 - Retsina? - Why not? 312 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,000 Yay! 313 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,400 Charles wants me to give him an answer. 314 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,920 - Mm, the job. - Yeah. 315 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,640 And? Are you going to do it? 316 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,080 I don't know. 317 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,000 I'm an editor. It's all I've ever done. 318 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,360 - Running a company... - Don't undersell yourself. 319 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:22,680 You're brilliant. You could do that. 320 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,200 It's not that. 321 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,280 It's just once we're owned by an investment company, 322 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,200 all they're interested in is their figures, 323 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,560 - and if things go wrong... - But they won't go wrong 324 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,080 because you have Atticus Pund. 325 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,760 Thank God. Yeah. 326 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,760 The new manuscript arrived. 327 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,280 And? 328 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,600 "Magpie Murders". 329 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,000 It's 1955, and we're in the village of Saxby-on-Avon. 330 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,240 Where's that? 331 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,360 Oh, that doesn't exist. They never do. 332 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:53,040 Mary Blakiston is found dead at Pye Hall. 333 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,880 It's the ancestral home of Sir Magnus. 334 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,600 She was his housekeeper. 335 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,400 - What happened to her? - She fell down the stairs. 336 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,120 Or was she pushed? 337 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:03,960 Another two-hundred pages, and I'll find out. 338 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,800 So, I'm gonna have to abandon you this afternoon. 339 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,920 No! No, no, no. I don't know what I'll do. 340 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,480 Who are you playing? 341 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,360 Man U. 342 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:15,600 Kicks off at three. 343 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,880 And then I've got the school play at six. 344 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:31,360 'As Pund walked home, 345 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:34,480 'he was already putting it all into context. 346 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,840 'It was just another throw of the dice, 347 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,520 'and in a way his entire life had been lived 348 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:42,760 'against the odds.' 349 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,720 - There you are! - Hello, James. 350 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,360 I was getting quite worried about you. 351 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,200 - Why? - You're late for elevenses. 352 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,680 Oh. 353 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,200 - Where have you been? - To see Dr Benson. 354 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,760 Oh. Is he a client of ours? 355 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,080 No, she's a doctor. 356 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,280 - Anything I need to know? - I don't think so. 357 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,840 Well, you have a client arriving in ten minutes. 358 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,120 - I put an extra cup out. - What client? 359 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:19,280 Joy Sanderling. Don't you remember? 360 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,040 You may have forgotten to tell me. 361 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,200 Oh. 362 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,200 Well, she rang the day before yesterday, 363 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,720 and you don't have anything on your desk at the moment, 364 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:27,800 so I said it would be all right. 365 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,520 Forgive me, James. I'm not in the mind 366 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,680 to take on a new client just at the moment. 367 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,640 She's come a long way. 368 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,840 She sounded very distressed. 369 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,200 I'm very much in love with Robert Blakiston. 370 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,720 We were childhood sweethearts. 371 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,240 And I'm going to marry him, no matter what anyone says. 372 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,760 And what do they say, Miss Sanderling? 373 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,600 About me? 374 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,840 About your fiancé. 375 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,200 They think he killed his mother. 376 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,080 That would be enough, I think, to make anyone think twice. 377 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,840 But I know they're wrong. 378 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,760 It's just village gossip. It's a lot of nonsense. 379 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:05,240 So, what is it that occurred to give them this foolish idea? 380 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,840 Robert works in the local garage, 381 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,600 and his mother, Mary Blakiston, lived in the village. 382 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,520 The two of them didn't get on. 383 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,600 She was always nagging him, and going on at him. 384 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,640 It was almost like she didn't want him to leave home. 385 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,280 Sounds like my mother. 386 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,080 This whole thing began because of a silly argument. 387 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,240 Robert's got a temper to him, I'll admit that. 388 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,760 But she'd been going on at him to mend a light in her cottage, 389 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,040 and she just picked on him at the wrong time. 390 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,720 - The bathroom light. - I know. 391 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,520 - You said you'd mend it. - I will. 392 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,360 It's been a week now! 393 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,160 I'm on my own. 394 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,520 You should be ashamed of yourself. 395 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,280 I'm having a drink, Mum. All right? 396 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:43,800 Every minute of every bloody day, you never leave me alone. 397 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,240 Don't use that language with me. 398 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,840 - I'm not a child any more. - No? 399 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,960 I'll tell you what you are. 400 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,120 You're the biggest disappointment of my life. 401 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:53,440 Well, then get someone else to do it! 402 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,040 All right? And if you can't find anyone, 403 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,760 then just drop dead and give me a bit of peace. 404 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,520 'She was found dead the very next day. 405 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:07,800 'At Pye Hall. 406 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,800 'It's the ancestral home of Sir Magnus Pye. 407 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,600 'She was his housekeeper.' 408 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,880 Mary Blakiston made Saxby-on-Avon 409 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,360 a better place for everyone. 410 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:26,240 'And of course everyone's saying that he did it. 411 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,320 'That he pushed her down the stairs. 412 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,400 'How can they be so unkind?' 413 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:37,400 So, although we are here today to mourn her departure, 414 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,160 we must also remember what she left behind. 415 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,360 'And what do the local police make of this?' 416 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,200 'They're still investigating.' 417 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,400 But they talked to Robert several times. 418 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:48,880 They clearly have their suspicions. 419 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,880 Miss Sanderling, you say you're engaged to be married 420 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,480 to Robert Blakiston - what did his mother think of this? 421 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,680 She was against it, of course. 422 00:23:58,080 --> 00:23:59,480 For what reason? 423 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,960 I don't want to talk about it. 424 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,080 Forgive me, but some might say this gave him exactly the motive 425 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,800 to wish to do away with her. 426 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,520 People are saying all sorts of horrible things, Mr Pund. 427 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:11,840 But none of it's true. 428 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,720 I was with him the morning she died. 429 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:20,880 He has his own flat, and I stayed over that night. 430 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,160 So, it couldn't have been him. 431 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,160 Then what exactly is it that you want me to do? 432 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,200 I want you to come to Saxby-on-Avon. 433 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,280 Just for one day. 434 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,920 If you look into it and tell people it was an accident, 435 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,240 I'm sure they'll believe you. 436 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,240 You're famous. Everyone knows who you are. 437 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,080 That's all I'm asking, Mr Pund. 438 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,480 Come to Saxby. Tell them the truth. 439 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,680 - Yes! That's it! - Oh! 440 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,440 Sorry! 441 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:51,800 It's all right. 442 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,280 I take it that was Arsenal? 443 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,040 Xhaka off a free kick. What a player, eh? 444 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,880 Ooh. 445 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,800 - What did he say? - He won't do it. 446 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,640 He says there's nothing he can do about village gossip 447 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,680 and that if we just ignore it, it'll go away. 448 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:10,640 Bastard. 449 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,360 No, I liked him. 450 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:14,440 I think he would have helped if he thought he could. 451 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:17,800 What are we gonna do? 452 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,240 I don't know. 453 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,880 Well, there are other detectives. 454 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,560 No. I don't think so, Robert. 455 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,080 I'm not gonna let them take you away from me. 456 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,560 I love you, Joy, and I'm not gonna be driven away 457 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,120 by people who don't know anything. 458 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:31,680 It's not going to happen. We'll get through this. 459 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,160 We don't need to get the train yet. 460 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,640 - Let's have lunch. - Lyon's Corner House? 461 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:39,920 My treat. 462 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,440 Oh, for God's... 463 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,600 - I just... - Claire. It's not a good time. 464 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,880 - You're watching the football. - Trying to, yes. 465 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,520 Five minutes. You can talk to me and watch it at the same time. 466 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:18,880 Um... 467 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,320 I want my old job back. 468 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,320 I thought we both agreed it wasn't working. 469 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:26,960 I need the money, Alan. 470 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,080 I might as well be honest with you. 471 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,200 You know there's not much work in the country, 472 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,960 and, well, you wouldn't want to see your own sister 473 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,120 - stuck working behind the bar. - Oh! 474 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:43,720 Anyway, I enjoyed being part of your world. 475 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,000 - That's not what you said. - I was wrong. 476 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,360 I'm sorry, but I was under a lot of stress, 477 00:26:48,360 --> 00:26:52,400 and frankly you weren't exactly paying me a fortune. 478 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,160 Even so, I spoke out of turn, 479 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:59,400 and, well, I was just wondering if you might think again. 480 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:01,960 I don't know. 481 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,080 Oh, you're still coughing. 482 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:07,520 I thought you were getting that looked at. 483 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,720 I've seen a doctor. It's just a chest infection. 484 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,640 - Nothing to worry about. - Mm. 485 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,880 I see you've finished the new book. 486 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,520 Yes. 487 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:18,520 Who typed it for you? 488 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,760 I did, Claire. I can type, you know? 489 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,720 Oh, for God's sake! 490 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,440 Sorry, I've got to take this. Excuse me. 491 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,200 'Hi, Alan, I was just talking about you.' 492 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,320 Yes, stop talking. 493 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,680 I want you to get the papers over to me as soon as possible. 494 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,200 I'd like to sign them this weekend. 495 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:47,720 'The sister. 496 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,680 'Unmarried, unloved, 497 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,280 'and always desperate for cash. 498 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,880 'Clarissa Pye looked ridiculous, 499 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,640 'and she was the only one in the village who didn't know it. 500 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,640 'She had grown up in Pye Hall, 501 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,960 'but her brother had cast her out. 502 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,440 'And now she was alone.' 503 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:18,880 I don't suppose there's any chance 504 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:20,360 you could drop them in tomorrow, is there? 505 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:22,600 - 'On a Sunday? Well...' - That's great! 506 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,640 Thank you. See you then. 507 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,360 Claire? 508 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,200 The bloody manuscript! 509 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,560 - I can't believe it. - It was that bad? 510 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,720 I haven't finished it. There's no last chapter. 511 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,160 Alice or Jemima must have buggered up the photocopying. 512 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,440 It's missing the last chapter. 513 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,840 So you don't know who did it. 514 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,640 It's not funny, Andreas. It's bloody annoying. 515 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,440 I'm sorry. Can't you work it out for yourself? 516 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,760 No! These things are always way too complicated for me. 517 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,520 Oh, is there anything more useless 518 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,240 than a whodunit without the ending? 519 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,120 - Maybe I should call Charles. - Why? 520 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:16,800 Well, he might have the missing pages. 521 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,320 Don't. It's Sunday morning. Talk to him tomorrow. 522 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,280 Come on. Get in. 523 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,280 - Come here. Come here. - Ugh! 524 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:26,760 Alan? 525 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,400 I forgot to ask, how was the school play? 526 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,520 Well, they knew their lines at least. 527 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,160 You got home very late. Must have been midnight. 528 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,880 Well, I stayed on for a drink. 529 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,000 - With the kids? - With the teachers. 530 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,280 - I tried not to wake you. - You didn't. 531 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,800 Susan, there's something I haven't told you. 532 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,360 Oh, God. You're going back to your wife. 533 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,560 - No. She wouldn't have me - She adores you. 534 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,800 - Only because we're divorced. - Oh. 535 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:14,600 Well, go on. 536 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,320 I'm thinking of leaving the school at the end of the term. 537 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,240 Oh! 538 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,160 - Why? - Because I am wasting my time. 539 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,680 Half the kids there don't want to learn, 540 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,880 and the other three are going to turn into bankers or lawyers. 541 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,960 You should move into the state sector. 542 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,160 - Ancient Greek? - Oh, yeah. 543 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,040 Wow! 544 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,920 What else can you do? 545 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,040 Well, the thing is that my cousin, Yannis, 546 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,960 has been offered a hotel in Crete, near Agios Nikolaos, huh. 547 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,640 And he wants me to go in with him to buy it and run it. 548 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,160 In Crete? 549 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,600 We're just talking, but it's an opportunity. 550 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,560 For me and for you. 551 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,440 You want me to go with you? 552 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,360 I wouldn't go without you. 553 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,920 You haven't talked to me about this before. 554 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:01,720 I was going to mention it earlier, but I couldn't. 555 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:02,680 Why not? 556 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,240 Well, obviously with this buyout, 557 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,600 you becoming CEO and everything... 558 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,440 No, but I haven't even made my mind up about that yet! 559 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:09,440 Exactly. 560 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,360 I'm waiting for you to say no. 561 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,360 No, Andreas! 562 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:13,920 Even if I don't take this promotion, 563 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,400 I'm still going to stay in publishing. 564 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,880 It's all I've ever known. I mean what the... 565 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,240 What am I gonna do in Greece? Hmm? 566 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:21,520 I'm not Shirley Valentine. 567 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,040 I just thought we could talk about it. 568 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,520 We are talking about it. 569 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:26,960 No. 570 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:35,960 'And the latest traffic news for London 571 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,840 'on this sunny Monday morning. 572 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,360 'Slow-going on the A501...' 573 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:40,680 When's your first lesson? 574 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,680 Not until ten, but I need to be there for assembly. 575 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,320 We'll make it. 576 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,320 - I'm sorry... - I'm sorry... 577 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,720 No, I... I shouldn't have just sprang it on you. 578 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,560 Not when you've got so much on your mind. 579 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,840 I'm just a bit surprised, that's all. 580 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,880 If you're not happy, Andreas... 581 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,600 I am happy with you. 582 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,640 Yes, but I'm here. 583 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:16,840 In London. You know, it's my work, it's my home... 584 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,400 God! This traffic! 585 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,320 Look, I'm not making any decisions, I promise. 586 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:21,520 I just want to talk. 587 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,800 You should've mentioned it earlier. 588 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,920 - You free tonight? - Yes. 589 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,560 Let's go and have dinner. Somewhere, you know, quiet. 590 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,320 Not Greek food. 591 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,120 I'd like that. 592 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,680 Ugh...! 593 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,520 - I'll get out here. - Oh. 594 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,000 I'll get there faster by tube. 595 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,560 I hope you find your chapter. 596 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,720 - See you tonight. - Yeah. 597 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,720 - Hey, Susan. - Hi, Alice. 598 00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:23,840 - Good weekend? - Yes, thanks. 599 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,680 Uh, this manuscript that Charles gave me, "Magpie Murders", 600 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,440 - did you do the photocopying? - No, it was Jemima. 601 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:30,880 Where is she? 602 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,160 I haven't seen her. 603 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,280 I think she might have left out the last chapter. 604 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:35,880 Oh! Do you want me to chase it? 605 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,240 Yes. Could you, please? Is Charles in? 606 00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:40,760 - Uh, he's in his office. - Great. 607 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,120 Charles, I can't believe you did this to me. 608 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,160 You gave me a book without the last chapter. 609 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:50,720 I know. Uh, uh... 610 00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:52,160 - Sit down, please. - Do you have it? 611 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,040 Please, Susan, sit down. I've... something terrible to tell you. 612 00:34:58,640 --> 00:34:59,640 What? 613 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:02,760 Alan's dead. 614 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:05,800 Dead? 615 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,120 I read the book at the weekend. 616 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:08,720 Like you, I got to the last chapter. 617 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:10,520 It wasn't there, so I tried to ring Alan 618 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,160 to see what had happened. I must've rung him 619 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,120 half a dozen times on the Saturday and the Sunday. 620 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,520 and then, last night, I got a call at home. 621 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,160 Who called you? 622 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,720 His solicitor, a man called Sajid Khan. 623 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,440 He found him. 624 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:28,840 God, that's awful. 625 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,920 Charles, I'm so sorry. 626 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:36,960 What happened? 627 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,360 Well, it looks as if Alan fell off that bloody tower of his. 628 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:41,280 He fell? 629 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:42,520 That's what he said on the phone. 630 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,360 Look, I'm afraid it's rather worse than that. 631 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:49,240 I was going through my mail this morning and I... I got this. 632 00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:50,560 It's from Alan. 633 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:53,360 It's a suicide note. 634 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,760 No... 635 00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,040 No... 636 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,800 Why would Alan want to commit suicide? 637 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,560 He was successful. He had a partner. 638 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,360 Well, maybe I had a part in it. 639 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,840 I had dinner with him on Thursday night 640 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,600 while you were in Frankfurt. Well, I... I told you. 641 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:11,800 Um... 642 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,200 It wasn't exactly the cheeriest evening, but... 643 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,920 maybe I should've reached out. If he had this on his mind... 644 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,160 "I'm very sorry, 645 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,280 "but I wasn't on my best form at dinner last night." 646 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,760 He's apologising to you. 647 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:28,720 That makes me feel worse. 648 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:33,120 "By the time you read this, it will all be finished. 649 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,760 "I have achieved great success 650 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:40,600 "in a life that has gone on long enough." 651 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,120 - He had cancer. - If I'd known that, 652 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,240 perhaps I might have been a little more... I don't know... 653 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:51,880 forgiving. 654 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:57,080 Is that why Alan decided to kill off Atticus Pund? 655 00:36:58,400 --> 00:36:59,640 He had cancer, 656 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,800 so he wanted to take his beloved detective with him. 657 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,360 I have no idea. He didn't say anything. 658 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,240 He seemed absolutely fine when I saw him. 659 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,280 Um... 660 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,160 - I'm gonna talk to Jemima. - Why? 661 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,360 She photocopied the manuscript. 662 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,560 Well, I checked the page count on the photocopier. 663 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,640 Three hundred and thirty two pages. 664 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,120 It matches what we were given. 665 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:30,920 So, then Alan didn't give us the whole novel. 666 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,000 I don't believe this. 667 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,080 I don't believe any of it. 668 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,280 First of all, I'm sorry. 669 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,080 I never got on with him, I admit that, 670 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,680 but you've lost a friend. 671 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,120 It's more than that. 672 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:56,400 I know. 673 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,080 Our number-one bestselling author. 674 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,760 What are Cityworld Media going to say? 675 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,240 Well, they won't be very happy. 676 00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:04,360 But the valuation was based on the backlist. 677 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,160 Eight books plus one new one. 678 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,160 Yes, but the new one is missing the last chapter. 679 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:10,800 A whodunit without the solution. 680 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,000 It's not even worth the paper it won't be printed on. 681 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,520 So, what happens now? 682 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,920 The Suffolk police are on their way. 683 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:21,160 Here? 684 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,920 It's just so weird. 685 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:41,600 "I have left you some notes with regard to my condition 686 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,560 "and the decision I have made." 687 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,280 - Does that even sound like him? - Alan clearly wasn't himself. 688 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,560 Yes, but... suicidal? 689 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,440 Possibly. You know how he was. 690 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:54,320 Always good at hiding his emotions. 691 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,160 Doesn't say the cancer was terminal. 692 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:57,440 He could have got treatment. 693 00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,160 Perhaps he didn't want to go through with any of that. 694 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,600 But he had dinner with you. Why not just tell you 695 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,880 to your face? 696 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,840 Detective Superintendent Locke is here. 697 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:07,200 I've put him in the conference room. 698 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:08,280 Thank you, Alice. 699 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,040 When did you receive this? 700 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,840 It came in the post this morning. 701 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,600 And you last saw Mr Conway on Thursday night. 702 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,360 Yes, he stayed over in London. He had a flat. 703 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:21,880 Well... 704 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,720 Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Mr Clover. 705 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:27,920 Of course, it puts a different complexion on things. 706 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:29,320 You assumed it was an accident? 707 00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:30,760 That's right. 708 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,760 Dark night. Low parapet. 709 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,240 I'm surprised he hadn't had a handrail installed. 710 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:37,240 Was his death instantaneous? 711 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,040 I'm afraid not. 712 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:43,520 No, according to the police doctor, 713 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,120 he may have lain there for some time. 714 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:46,920 Had he been drinking? 715 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:48,640 No. 716 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:50,600 Then he knew exactly what he was doing, 717 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,120 and I have to wonder why he would do it like that. 718 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,240 I mean, is that how you'd do it? 719 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:57,040 Jump off a tower on a Saturday night 720 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,200 and lie there on the grass with half your bones broken? 721 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,800 Why not take sleeping pills or hang yourself? 722 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,600 Have you had experience of suicides? 723 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:07,120 No. 724 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,000 And perhaps you can tell me - is this his handwriting? 725 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,800 Suppose somebody made him write it? 726 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,440 And why would they do that? 727 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,720 - It doesn't sound like him. - Susan. 728 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,240 - Oh, Miss Ryeland. - I prefer Susan. 729 00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:22,520 When people become suicidal, 730 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,640 they don't always think things through. 731 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:26,720 They're not themselves. 732 00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:30,080 At a basic level, their state of mind is not normal. 733 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,000 There's no mystery here. 734 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,560 Mr Conway had terminal cancer. 735 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:39,720 How well did you know him? 736 00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:44,360 - We didn't get on. - Why doesn't that surprise me? 737 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:50,600 Thank you for contacting me. You've been, uh... very helpful. 738 00:40:55,920 --> 00:41:00,080 The letter's handwritten, but the envelope is typed. 739 00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:06,280 Thanking you. 740 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,160 I don't know why you had to get at him like that. 741 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:14,520 - I didn't get at him. - You weren't very polite. 742 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:15,680 Oh. 743 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,360 Listen, Charles. 744 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:21,200 I don't really care how Alan died. I'm sorry. 745 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,040 Right now, I think we should be concentrating 746 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,520 on what happened to the missing chapter. 747 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:25,880 How do we even know he wrote it? 748 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,600 Well, we... we don't. But we need to find out. 749 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,120 You want me to take over after the buyout, 750 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,160 but you know as well as I do that if we don't have this book, 751 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,720 the investors could pull out and the whole company could just... 752 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,520 - ...fold. - Exactly the right word 753 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,920 for publishers going out of business. 754 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:43,280 So, what are you gonna do? 755 00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:48,080 I'm gonna go to Suffolk... 756 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,200 and look for the missing pages. 757 00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:54,560 Alan gave you the manuscript on Thursday night. 758 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:55,600 Yes. 759 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,680 But he always used a pen for the first draft. 760 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:00,120 So? 761 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:01,760 So, there'll be a handwritten draft, 762 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,880 first draft, second draft, notes, other copies. 763 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,280 - There's got to be something. - Where will you stay? 764 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:08,800 Uh, I've got my sister in Woodbridge. 765 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,520 - She can put me up. - All right, take care. 766 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,680 - Let me know how you get on. - Yeah. 767 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,760 I can't believe I finally get to see his house. 768 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,200 Just had to wait until he was dead. 769 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:20,160 Hmm. 770 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,960 Hi, Andreas, it's me. Um, listen, I'm really sorry. 771 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,200 Something terrible has happened at work. 772 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:26,800 Don't worry. I'm... I'm OK. 773 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,560 I... I just haven't got time to explain now. 774 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,360 I've got to go to Suffolk to find this missing chapter. 775 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,760 'Look, you're not really going to Crete, are you? 776 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,080 'At least give me a day or two till I get back 777 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:41,920 'and we can talk about it then. 778 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:44,040 'Missing you already. Love you.'