1 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:37,540 Come on. Come on. 2 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,840 Got you. I got you again. 3 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:43,320 I got you. I got ya! 4 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,180 You're dead! No, I'm not! 5 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:53,960 Aargh! 6 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,240 Yeah, right. I told you, didn't I? 7 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,640 It's dangerous round here! Oi! Where d'you think you're going?! 8 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,200 Very dangerous indeed! 9 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,700 Draper, don't chase 'em up there! 10 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:08,760 Told you, lads. 11 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,760 Should've kept away, shouldn't you?! 12 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,480 Ah, Detective Sergeant Bacchus, I didn't realise you cared! 13 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,440 I don't. Special occasion, is it? 14 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,120 Wedding anniversary. 15 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,640 Ten out of ten for remembering. 16 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,840 It was yesterday. Five out of ten. 17 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,520 Ah, shut your head, will you, man. Pass us the bin. John! 18 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,100 Put 'em down. We've got a body out at Rinton. 19 00:01:55,320 --> 00:02:01,440 "Let's go with Labour", that's their slogan. "Let's go with Labour". 20 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,880 But does anybody have any idea where they're going? 21 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,320 Come on... 22 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,960 It's touch and go, they reckon. 23 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,240 The general election on Thursday. 24 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,160 Ah. Yep. 25 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:30,600 Neck-and-neck, and we had a 9,000 majority last time round. "We"? 26 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,560 You don't vote Labour, do you, sir? 27 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,760 Would that be a problem? 28 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,640 You like paying taxes, do you? 29 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:39,320 No, not really. 30 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,280 Oh. Have you signed that form for us? 31 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,360 What form? Sir, I keep... 32 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,720 The seminar down in London at the weekend. 33 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:52,160 Oh, yeah. "Detectives and the criminal underworld - a modern approach to policing in the 1960s." 34 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,280 Yeah. Yeah. I know the man who's running the course. Yeah? You're not going. 35 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,720 Perhaps the African can tell us! 36 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,280 I'm a British subject now, Mr Mundy, 37 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,200 with a British passport and these people know me. 38 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:07,760 Yeah, tell them about the war. 39 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,200 Where was he when you were risking your life, eh? 40 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,200 Sssh! 41 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,600 Unlike some, Mr Mundy, I live in County Durham. 42 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,800 I work in County Durham! 43 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,680 And I've built up my businesses in County Durham. 44 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,600 And I'm not a London barrister 45 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:29,800 who only turns up at the weekends when he feels like riding to hounds! 46 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,280 That was a cheap dig, that, wasn't it, sir? 47 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,680 Up and down the country the Tories are about to be rejected. 48 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,440 Rubbish. Excuse me. Men like you, Mr Mundy. 49 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,920 Men who've had their chance for 13 years and have failed. 50 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,440 Clear the roads, please. You're blocking the thoroughfare. 51 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:52,120 There are cars coming. Thirteen years of bone-headed Tory misrule! 52 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:57,600 Nonsense! Can we clear the road, please? We're trying to get through. Oh, yes. Sorry. Apologies. 53 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,480 You see? Even the police want to get rid of you! LAUGHTER 54 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,380 On the pavements, everyone. 55 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,080 Oh... 56 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,620 You better get to work, Jed. 57 00:04:08,620 --> 00:04:12,200 Off you go. I wouldn't care but he's a Rhodesian. 58 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,240 You don't want a bigmouth like him winning, do you? 59 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,240 I don't vote in elections, Sergeant, so it's all the same to me. 60 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,540 Morning. 61 00:04:33,540 --> 00:04:35,360 Round the back, sir. 62 00:04:36,900 --> 00:04:38,300 Morning. 63 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,320 Ah. 64 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,120 He's everywhere! 65 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,240 Chief Inspector Gently. 66 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,260 This is Detective Sergeant Bacchus. 67 00:04:57,260 --> 00:04:59,480 Henry Blythely, the miller. 68 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,820 He's in here. Follow me. 69 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,320 I had just finished working, 70 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,360 and these lads come in 71 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,000 and get chased up here. 72 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,720 Patrick Fuller, mill manager. Yes? 73 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:22,220 Yeah. 74 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,280 Climbs the ladder, secures the rope, 75 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:30,520 rope round his neck... 76 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,800 Off he goes. Why have they called us here? 77 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,040 Because somebody might've hoisted him up there, Sergeant. 78 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,920 Mr Fuller a friend of yours, was he? 79 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,680 We were close... 80 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,120 for a good many years. 81 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,880 Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend with the... 82 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,520 Try and be a bit more thoughtful, eh? 83 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,160 I reckon about eight to ten hours. 84 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:02,720 Do you want to take a bet? 85 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,400 No I don't. You're too good at it. 86 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,280 The rope's cut in deep, sir. Yeah. 87 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:08,360 Too thin for the job. 88 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,520 No sign of a suicide note? 89 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,880 No. Just them. Must be an office somewhere. 90 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,520 He was just the loveliest boss. And...and... 91 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,600 and I've never known anyone die before! 92 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,680 Ssh. It's all right. Here you go. 93 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,320 Look, take that. 94 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,720 Bit too thoughtful, maybe. 95 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,080 SHE BLOWS HER NOSE LOUDLY 96 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,320 Yeah? No. Invoice. 97 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:47,580 Can I help? Well, we're just wondering if Mr Fuller's left a note or a letter, or anything. 98 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,200 Guv... 99 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,440 Looks like a robbery, that. 100 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,480 Can you have a look at this, please? 101 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,140 Don't touch anything. 102 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:13,600 There's meant to be about 50, 60, 103 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,600 So you handle the petty cash? 104 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,840 Me? No, I never go in there. 105 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,320 I mean, I'm only 17. 106 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:24,200 So how do you know how much was in there? Well, Patrick asks me to keep a log. 107 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,800 Was the office locked this morning? I only came up with you, didn't I? 108 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:32,880 Cos when I just arrived they'd just found Patrick. So, no... 109 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,320 I mean, I've got the keys. 110 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:36,920 Get forensics out. 111 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,820 Can I use your telephone? 112 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,340 D'you want to see me keys? OK. 113 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:49,400 They're in here somewhere! 114 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,920 My wife's very upset. 115 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:06,040 She a friend of the deceased as well? We were all friends here. It's a family firm. 116 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,760 Who's the next of kin? 117 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,800 Brenda, his wife. 118 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,600 Ah. I'll need an address, please. 119 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,120 Mr Blythely, how many people have a key to Patrick Fuller's office? 120 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:20,600 Patrick himself, Julie... 121 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,480 Draper, myself. 122 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,380 Why Draper? 123 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,880 He's the foreman. No, I don't know why either. 124 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,240 Last foreman retired four months back, Patrick chose Draper. 125 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,960 Best man for the job, he says. Cos I queried it. 126 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,760 I mean, the man can barely bother to be lazy. 127 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:40,840 Did he bring him in from outside? 128 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:45,420 No, no. He's worked here for years, if you can call it work. 129 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,840 Thank you. 130 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:53,400 Mr Draper. Can you gather everybody in the canteen, please? 131 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,600 Aye, I'm just doing this. 132 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,080 Now? 133 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,000 HE SHOUTS: Sir, yes, sir! 134 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:09,820 CRYING 135 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,440 Look at me. Making an exhibition of myself. That's all right. 136 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,040 It's very upsetting. 137 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:23,880 Brenda. 138 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,360 Patrick Fuller's wife... that's her address. 139 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,320 I think one of you should go straight away. 140 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,380 Thank you. If we could have you in the canteen now, please. 141 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,560 OK? 142 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,980 D'you wanna chuck us your hankie? 143 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,200 Forensics are on their way, sir. 144 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,720 And an ambulance. 145 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,800 SHE BLOWS HER NOSE LOUDLY 146 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,200 Canteen please, Julie. 147 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,280 Are you thinking what I'm thinking, sir? 148 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:12,000 There's no suicide note. I don't know what Patrick Fuller's doing here in the middle of the night. 149 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,400 It's not his job to mix the flour, though, is it? 150 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,760 My first question is this. 151 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,640 Have any of you been up to the office this morning, Patrick Fuller's office? 152 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,080 Yes, Julie, I know you have. 153 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:43,120 I ask this because the office was open. As was the safe and the petty cash box, which is empty. 154 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,880 I shall need all of you on nightshift to remain behind for questioning. 155 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,800 And in order to exclude you all, I shall want your fingerprints taken. 156 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,520 You calling us tea leaves? 157 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,920 Why don't you shut up, Draper, you're a moron. 158 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,360 Somebody's dead, man. Oh, you managed to come to work, have you? 159 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,280 Had permission to help the campaign this morning. Permission to be his bum boy. 160 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,840 Shut your stupid face, Draper. 161 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,320 The pair of you! There's a dead man upstairs. 162 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,280 Show some respect. 163 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,080 Be a bit more thoughtful. 164 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,120 Why is there an ambulance outside? 165 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,760 Mr Pershore! Mr Pershore. Thank God you've come. 166 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,440 Chief Inspector Gently, sir. 167 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:25,080 Police? May I ask why you're here, Mr Pershore? 168 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,680 Why I'm here? 169 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:29,440 I own the mill. 170 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,720 Hanged? Some time last night. 171 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,800 What a bloody waste of a life. 172 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,760 You're assuming suicide, then? 173 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:42,520 Well...what else? 174 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:46,480 Can you think of any reason why Patrick Fuller would kill himself? 175 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,200 No. Just happened to be passing, did you? 176 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,440 No, I try to call in everyday to check things are running smoothly. 177 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,800 Though you're up to your eyes in the election. 178 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,520 Business is business. People depend on the mill for their livelihoods. 179 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,920 I believe... Yeah, I've heard the speech. 180 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:07,440 Maybe you didn't trust Mr Fuller to run the place properly? I trusted Patrick implicitly. 181 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,720 Sir, we've found something. 182 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,480 Don't go anywhere, will you? 183 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,880 Democracy will just have to muddle along without you for a while. 184 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,800 I'm trying to tame him. 185 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,200 HE LAUGHS 186 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,040 It's over here, sir. It's an earring. 187 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,440 Got a handkerchief, Taylor? Sir. 188 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,220 Thank you. 189 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,480 And then there was this, sir. Torn clothing, maybe? 190 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,360 That could match Fuller's jacket, that. 191 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,120 Get forensics on it, will you? Yes, sir. 192 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:54,280 What're you thinking, guv? 193 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,040 Not sure. 194 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,800 Still suicide, but with petty cash missing and that and this. 195 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:05,000 Oh, somebody has got to go and break the bad news to the wife. 196 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:09,600 I'm afraid it's you. Thank you. 197 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,440 Oh, and when I get back, sir, I want to talk about that seminar. 198 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,240 Yeah, I read the bumf. It's a recruitment seminar. 199 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,000 You looking for another job, John? 200 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,960 We need to talk soon. 201 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,800 Fair enough. 202 00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:36,500 Mrs Fuller? Yes. 203 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:39,040 I'm Detective Sergeant Bacchus. 204 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,460 May I come in? 205 00:13:43,460 --> 00:13:45,940 Patrick's dead, isn't he? 206 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,980 Um, Mrs Fuller, it's... 207 00:14:04,980 --> 00:14:08,060 It seems possible that your husband took his own life. 208 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,940 Yes. I'm sorry. 209 00:14:11,940 --> 00:14:15,060 Did you already know about this? No. 210 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:21,220 It'll all come out, won't it? 211 00:14:21,220 --> 00:14:23,440 My life... 212 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,000 picked over. 213 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:29,340 Laughed at. Gossiped about. 214 00:14:29,340 --> 00:14:31,840 What will all come out? 215 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,140 Patrick's...sordid... 216 00:14:34,140 --> 00:14:35,800 behaviour. 217 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,660 He had another woman. 218 00:14:41,660 --> 00:14:44,500 If you can call a 17-year-old girl a woman. 219 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:46,040 17? 220 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:47,940 Oh, I expect you noticed her. 221 00:14:47,940 --> 00:14:49,580 Men seem to. 222 00:14:49,580 --> 00:14:52,800 Julie? 223 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:57,220 You don't think Patrick hired her for her secretarial skills, do you? Or her conversation? 224 00:14:57,220 --> 00:15:01,420 To call her as thick as two short planks wouldn't be fair on the planks. 225 00:15:01,420 --> 00:15:04,020 How do you know about this? 226 00:15:04,020 --> 00:15:05,580 Oh, I have a sense of smell. 227 00:15:05,580 --> 00:15:07,520 Galore by Five Star. 228 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,500 Her perfume. 229 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:13,300 All over him, when he'd been working late. 230 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:15,140 And did it make him feel better? 231 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,540 Did it make him feel like a real man, again? 232 00:15:21,940 --> 00:15:24,380 I don't think so. 233 00:15:24,380 --> 00:15:28,580 I'm not sure I'm with you here, Mrs Fuller. Make him feel better about what? 234 00:15:28,580 --> 00:15:32,140 He'd been utterly humiliated. By who? 235 00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:36,620 By that dreadful man that we all have to be so grateful to, don't we? 236 00:15:36,620 --> 00:15:40,760 Who pays us next to nothing for the business and then... 237 00:15:41,780 --> 00:15:42,980 Look, look at this! 238 00:15:42,980 --> 00:15:48,280 He screws Patrick into the ground over the mill, 239 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,060 then he gives him a car! 240 00:15:51,060 --> 00:15:53,920 How kind! How superior! 241 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,800 How very socialist of him! 242 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,860 Are you saying that your husband used to own the mill? It was the family firm. 243 00:16:00,860 --> 00:16:02,720 Sold it to Pershore a year ago. 244 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,020 I say sold. It was daylight robbery. 245 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:12,660 But Mr Man Of The People, he kept Patrick on, you see. 246 00:16:12,660 --> 00:16:14,620 As an employee. 247 00:16:14,620 --> 00:16:18,640 Working him all hours, introducing workers' rights 248 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:24,040 and trade union-negotiated rest breaks, but what about our rights? 249 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,080 He stole his pride, 250 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,060 and now he's given him an early grave. 251 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,660 He was a changed man. 252 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,940 Oh, I lost my husband a long time ago. 253 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:44,780 Obviously the mill's non-operational until the police say otherwise, but if you wouldn't mind staying here 254 00:16:44,780 --> 00:16:49,300 until they have all they need. You will, of course, be paid for a full day's work. 255 00:16:50,460 --> 00:16:57,660 May I also say I know lots of you have known and worked for Patrick for many years... 256 00:16:57,660 --> 00:17:00,760 The foreman not interested in what the owner has to say? 257 00:17:02,660 --> 00:17:06,060 He's paying us to sit and drink tea. That's all I need to hear. 258 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:09,960 Can't buy my vote, though. 259 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:15,260 Calls himself a socialist. If this was Cheltenham he'd stand as a Tory. It's power he wants. 260 00:17:15,260 --> 00:17:18,780 You don't seem very upset by Patrick Fuller's death. 261 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:22,940 Crying like a baby inside. 262 00:17:28,140 --> 00:17:31,280 Mr Pershore says can he have a word? 263 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,720 How long have you known Mr Pershore, Jed? 264 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,220 Few months. 265 00:17:36,860 --> 00:17:38,560 He's the best man I've ever met. 266 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,520 When I first met him I was on the floor. 267 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,740 He's picked us up and give us a new start. 268 00:17:44,740 --> 00:17:47,540 Like he'll do with the whole town when he wins the seat. 269 00:17:49,060 --> 00:17:51,060 When did you last see Patrick? 270 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,540 Um, it was... It was yesterday afternoon. 271 00:17:58,180 --> 00:18:01,600 Patrick, you're early. Go away. 272 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,780 What's wrong? What's happened? I said go away! Are you deaf? 273 00:18:04,780 --> 00:18:06,340 Patrick! 274 00:18:06,340 --> 00:18:08,500 SHOUTING: GO AWAY! 275 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,660 'Did he behave like that very often?' 276 00:18:12,660 --> 00:18:16,760 More and more, since he lost the mill to Pershore. 277 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,080 And why did your husband sell the mill? 278 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,600 No, what you should be asking is why he didn't sell it a long time ago! 279 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,060 Stubborn pride. Losing money? 280 00:18:27,060 --> 00:18:29,220 Year after year. 281 00:18:29,220 --> 00:18:34,660 He was borrowing just to see it get further and further into debt. 282 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,100 I had to borrow it from my mother. 283 00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:40,380 I had to lie to my mother! 284 00:18:40,380 --> 00:18:44,340 And then up steps Mr Pershore. 285 00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:46,240 Our saviour. 286 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:51,980 Our knight in shining armour. Sorry, I can't... 287 00:18:51,980 --> 00:18:55,060 SHE SOBS 288 00:18:57,940 --> 00:19:02,800 Don't worry about it, Julie, it was going to the cleaners anyway. I'm so sorry. I'm so useless. 289 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,440 Julie, it's fine. 290 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:06,260 Thank you. 291 00:19:12,660 --> 00:19:15,900 She was very fond of her boss. We all were. 292 00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:18,140 Except Sam Draper. 293 00:19:18,140 --> 00:19:20,420 Though he had more reason to be than most. 294 00:19:20,420 --> 00:19:21,700 Yes. 295 00:19:27,260 --> 00:19:31,420 So why did Patrick Fuller promote a man like Sam Draper? 296 00:19:31,420 --> 00:19:34,220 Oh, we all make mistakes. 297 00:19:35,260 --> 00:19:38,060 Is that what your young friend has against him? 298 00:19:38,060 --> 00:19:39,600 My young friend? 299 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,520 Yeah. Jed Jimpson? 300 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,740 Well, Jed would have made a better foreman, but... 301 00:19:45,740 --> 00:19:48,600 not my decision. You employ a manager, you let him manage. 302 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,780 Would being overlooked have made Jed angry with Patrick Fuller? Not at all. 303 00:19:52,780 --> 00:19:55,260 Jed has eyes on a bigger prize. 304 00:19:55,260 --> 00:19:58,180 The bright lights of London. A career in politics. 305 00:19:58,180 --> 00:20:01,720 Ah. Another one who can't wait to shake off the North East? Your sergeant? 306 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,260 Oh, yeah. 307 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:09,020 Well, I can see what Jed gets from helping you with your campaign, 308 00:20:09,020 --> 00:20:12,080 but what does he get from working in a flour mill? 309 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:16,120 Well, Jed needs some stability in his life. 310 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:18,800 He needs... 311 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,780 Well, he needs a father. That's you, is it? 312 00:20:21,780 --> 00:20:23,960 Yes, in a way. 313 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,000 Where's his real father? 314 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,720 Dead. Six or seven months ago. 315 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,020 Dead how? Liver failure. 316 00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:31,580 Alcoholic? 317 00:20:31,580 --> 00:20:35,220 Jed doesn't talk about it and I didn't know the man, but... 318 00:20:35,220 --> 00:20:37,820 he was devastated. 319 00:20:37,820 --> 00:20:39,760 Jed has real potential. 320 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,820 He has ideas. 321 00:20:41,820 --> 00:20:44,260 Concrete ideas, not university ideas. 322 00:20:44,260 --> 00:20:46,140 Ways to help people. 323 00:20:46,140 --> 00:20:49,920 With a bit of money from me, he turned an old workshop 324 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:55,320 into a place where the young lads could congregate, instead of getting into trouble on street corners. 325 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,140 Practical outcomes, you see. 326 00:20:58,140 --> 00:20:59,860 That's what politics is about. 327 00:20:59,860 --> 00:21:03,460 Real leadership. And Jed will be a real leader someday. 328 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,840 So, what did make Patrick Fuller choose Sam Draper? 329 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,400 I don't know. 330 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,200 See, when we arrived this morning, the safe in Patrick Fuller's office 331 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,540 was open, but it hadn't been broken into. 332 00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:23,680 Now, we think that some petty cash had been taken. 333 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:28,860 So obviously I need to find out if anything else is missing. 334 00:21:28,860 --> 00:21:32,080 You are presumably familiar with the contents of this safe? 335 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,280 Yes, of course. Are you a key holder? Yes. 336 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,060 Who else has a key to the safe? 337 00:21:37,060 --> 00:21:39,100 Only Patrick Fuller. 338 00:21:44,820 --> 00:21:46,820 Something wrong? No. 339 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:49,860 Something missing? Er, no... 340 00:21:50,900 --> 00:21:52,900 Uh, well... 341 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:55,280 There's an insurance policy, 342 00:21:55,280 --> 00:22:00,020 but that's probably held at my solicitor's. There's the petty cash, of course. 343 00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:01,740 It should have contained... 344 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,780 .. 345 00:22:06,780 --> 00:22:09,560 When did you last see Patrick Fuller alive? 346 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,440 Yesterday afternoon. 347 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,580 I called him over to see me at my election headquarters. 348 00:22:14,580 --> 00:22:16,760 I'd just had a visit from the firm's auditors. 349 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,200 There were holes in the accounts. 350 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,140 ♪1,500?! 351 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,980 But where's it gone? 352 00:22:23,980 --> 00:22:26,620 This is what audits are for, Patrick. 353 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,680 There'll be an explanation. 354 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,900 There always is. PHONE RINGS 355 00:22:31,900 --> 00:22:33,280 Yes? 356 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:34,840 Yes, I'm coming now. 357 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:39,260 I'll go through everything. I'll track it down. I promise. 358 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,860 I should've stayed with him and sorted it out. 359 00:22:43,860 --> 00:22:45,460 But I was busy. 360 00:22:45,460 --> 00:22:48,380 Yesterday was a frantic day. 361 00:22:48,380 --> 00:22:51,540 Did it occur to you at the time he might've taken the money? 362 00:22:51,540 --> 00:22:54,240 No. Absolutely not. Not then. 363 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,080 And now? 364 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:00,020 Why didn't you tell me this straightaway? 365 00:23:00,020 --> 00:23:02,700 Because I don't want to believe this about Patrick. 366 00:23:04,380 --> 00:23:07,380 Now, look, there's something else I need to tell you. 367 00:23:07,380 --> 00:23:11,040 I came to find Patrick at the mill last night. 368 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,780 What time was this? About 11. 369 00:23:13,780 --> 00:23:16,880 Patrick wasn't here, so I let myself into the office. 370 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,520 I'd had time to think. 371 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,500 I'd remembered there'd been an accounting error at one of my other companies. 372 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:27,020 If the same thing had happened here, I could call Patrick, tell him to stop worrying. 373 00:23:29,660 --> 00:23:31,260 So, he... 374 00:23:31,260 --> 00:23:34,960 opened the safe, but the accounts books weren't there. 375 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:36,780 He must have taken them home. 376 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:42,060 What I did find, though, was an envelope containing 377 00:23:43,060 --> 00:23:45,820 And no indication of what it was for. 378 00:23:45,820 --> 00:23:48,080 Where's this 379 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:52,780 In my safe at my campaign office. I need to see it. 380 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,500 Morning, boys. Morning, Mr Pershore. Carry on. 381 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,980 Oh, that's it! Off to work. 382 00:24:13,980 --> 00:24:17,260 Hello, everybody. Morning, Mr Pershore. 383 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,500 Thursday's winner. 384 00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:24,100 Yes! Thanks, Jed. 385 00:24:29,780 --> 00:24:32,240 Jed's enthusiasm is sometimes a little bit... 386 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,360 Chemically induced? 387 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:39,500 I'm helping the lad onto the straight and narrow, one step at a time. 388 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:44,500 Will I be getting your vote, Mr Gently? No, but then neither will anybody else. 389 00:24:46,580 --> 00:24:48,980 The 390 00:24:53,620 --> 00:24:55,760 These holes in the accounts. 391 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,660 How long had it been going on? 392 00:24:58,660 --> 00:25:01,220 ♪1,500 over three months... 393 00:25:01,220 --> 00:25:03,880 an initial withdrawal of 500, 394 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,600 then a month later, 1,000. 395 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,540 And Patrick Fuller never came back yesterday with an explanation? 396 00:25:09,540 --> 00:25:11,180 No. 397 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:23,300 Chief Inspector, I have many enemies in the local Tory press. 398 00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:26,920 They will make mischief out of this if it becomes public. 399 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,660 A free press is part of a democracy. 400 00:25:30,660 --> 00:25:35,900 Would you tell me the serial numbers on the first and last notes, please? 401 00:25:38,780 --> 00:25:42,680 D64-741271. 402 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:48,280 D64-741371. 403 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,340 Thank you. 404 00:25:52,460 --> 00:25:54,500 Sequential. 405 00:26:01,660 --> 00:26:04,500 Now put the notes back in the safe, please. 406 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:18,300 So, when you found the telephone Patrick Fuller and ask him 407 00:26:18,300 --> 00:26:21,820 why there was such a large amount of unexplained cash in your safe? 408 00:26:21,820 --> 00:26:23,340 No. 409 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:25,340 Why not? 410 00:26:25,340 --> 00:26:27,760 Mr Gently, I didn't know any more what to think. 411 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:34,240 Holes in the accounts, Patrick looking as if he had all the cares of the world on his shoulders. 412 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:39,140 I decided not to pursue the matter until after polling day. If there was going to be... 413 00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:40,920 a scandal of some kind, 414 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,420 I wanted to protect my campaign. 415 00:26:44,420 --> 00:26:51,000 And if that's contributed to what's happened, then I'm partly responsible for a friend's death. 416 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,140 Did you lock up when you left? 417 00:26:53,140 --> 00:26:54,660 Yes. 418 00:26:54,660 --> 00:26:56,380 Did... 419 00:26:56,380 --> 00:26:59,300 Did Patrick...leave a note? 420 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:01,580 No. Not that we know of. 421 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:07,460 Is there anything else you'd like to tell me about Patrick Fuller, Mr Pershore? 422 00:27:08,580 --> 00:27:09,940 No. 423 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,660 So, Fuller's got woman trouble, 424 00:27:15,660 --> 00:27:21,020 money trouble, and he's behaving like a man under pressure. Yeah. 425 00:27:21,020 --> 00:27:23,140 What's the connection? 426 00:27:23,140 --> 00:27:26,720 Did she think he was stealing money? He wouldn't've told her if he was. 427 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,620 Feeling enough pressure to hang himself? She seemed to think so, 428 00:27:30,620 --> 00:27:32,800 thought his behaviour was really strange. 429 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,040 Look, there's a store room with a woman's lost earring in it. 430 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,660 A piece of Fuller's jacket snagged on a nail on the wall. 431 00:27:39,660 --> 00:27:43,240 He was knocking Julie off in that store room. We've got to talk to her. 432 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,780 Yeah, all right. Right. 433 00:27:45,780 --> 00:27:50,220 I'll bring a couple of sheets in case she wants to blow her nose again. 434 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,300 So, was Pershore trying to bribe you then? 435 00:27:54,300 --> 00:27:57,680 Couldn't actually tell. I think he's a bit too intelligent for that. 436 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,180 Get away, man, the man's as bent as a dog's hind leg. 437 00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:02,820 What more do you need to know? 438 00:28:02,820 --> 00:28:06,080 He takes the mill off Fuller for tuppence ha'penny and 439 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:10,260 then he swans around Durham talking about "let's change the world". 440 00:28:10,260 --> 00:28:15,100 What does he want to change the world for? He's already making a fortune out of it, thank you. 441 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:16,660 And he wears puff juice. 442 00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:18,240 Beg your pardon? 443 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,760 Scent. It's urgh... Don't tell me you couldn't smell it on him. 444 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,780 It's like an Egyptian knocking shop. 445 00:28:23,780 --> 00:28:26,040 Sorry, I just... 446 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,640 I just don't like him, he's... 447 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,600 Oh, sir. 448 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,000 Please can I go on that course? No. 449 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,280 Why? Because you don't need to. 450 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,860 I can summarise it for you in two sentences. 451 00:28:36,860 --> 00:28:39,500 "A modern approach to policing crime in London". 452 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:43,280 One, find out where the villains drink. Two, ask them for a bribe. 453 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,740 You're just a cynic, guv. Am I? 454 00:28:45,740 --> 00:28:49,240 I'll go over your head on this. You what? 455 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,200 I really want this. 456 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,140 There is no future for me here. See you at the mill. 457 00:29:07,740 --> 00:29:10,540 Better late than never. 458 00:29:10,540 --> 00:29:13,720 Pathologist said Fuller was on the job shortly before he died, 459 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,660 and forensics have found fibres on the contents of the safe. 460 00:29:16,660 --> 00:29:19,160 Possibly from work gloves. Where've you been? 461 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,160 Talking to people about Geoffrey Pershore. 462 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:26,640 Right. And? His parents owned a lot of farmland in Southern Rhodesia, 463 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,000 but he was educated here. Fought in the war. 464 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,540 So did Hitler. Hitler didn't fly a spitfire for the RAF. 465 00:29:33,540 --> 00:29:38,260 Right, well, you know, then he's a war hero, let's give him a medal. We did. 466 00:29:38,260 --> 00:29:42,560 Since then he's settled here and built up a string of successful businesses. 467 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,400 As you do, if you're a socialist. 468 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,980 Where's Julie? She's waiting for us. 469 00:29:46,980 --> 00:29:51,080 As you can see, the mill's re-opened. Except the place where we found the body. 470 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,240 Give me a minute. And tell the Blythelys I want to talk to them. 471 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,160 This your office? See why you're a detective. 472 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:14,160 These yours? 473 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:19,160 I'm just more and more impressed. 474 00:30:22,980 --> 00:30:24,940 Show some respect. 475 00:30:24,940 --> 00:30:26,940 A man lost his life here. 476 00:30:26,940 --> 00:30:28,880 The man who gave you your job. 477 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:34,320 The job that nobody else seems to think you deserve. Explain that to me. Best man available. 478 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,160 Well, you don't do anything, Mr Draper. 479 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:38,960 You're not a natural leader, are you? 480 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,380 Army disagreed. 481 00:30:41,380 --> 00:30:43,560 I was a sergeant in the Engineers. 482 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:48,260 Not one of the few, I know, like Pershore. I was one of the many. 483 00:30:48,260 --> 00:30:52,240 Didn't come back to rich parents or university. 484 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,380 I came back to nowt, Mr Gently. 485 00:30:55,380 --> 00:30:57,360 Except broken promises. 486 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,100 So I'll take what I can get. 487 00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:05,600 Do you think Patrick Fuller killed himself, Mr Draper? 488 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,360 You should be talking to Jed Jimpson. 489 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,760 He was here with Blythely last night. 490 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:16,500 Rowing with Fuller yesterday. About what? The machines were full tilt, I couldn't hear. 491 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:18,980 It was threatening. It was nasty. 492 00:31:18,980 --> 00:31:21,120 Why didn't you mention this before? 493 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:22,600 You never asked us. 494 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,600 Too busy calling me lazy. 495 00:31:34,260 --> 00:31:35,960 Right. 496 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,260 Tell us about Patrick Fuller, Julie. 497 00:31:40,260 --> 00:31:42,800 He was a Capricorn, the same as me. 498 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,960 I think that's why we got on. 499 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,820 What are you, Sergeant Bacchus? 500 00:31:47,820 --> 00:31:49,600 I've got you a present. 501 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,960 Oh! Um... No, no, no, I didn't... 502 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,280 Ah, thank you. That's... 503 00:31:55,280 --> 00:32:00,640 I didn't mean his star sign, Julie, you know, I was talking about... 504 00:32:01,740 --> 00:32:04,760 I went out with this bloke once, right, and I said to him, 505 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,040 I asked, "What star sign are you?" And you never guess what he said. 506 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,620 Herpes. 507 00:32:09,620 --> 00:32:11,600 Made us laugh for weeks. 508 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:15,240 Herpes isn't even a star sign. No. 509 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,800 Er, Julie. Erm... 510 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,920 Patrick Fuller. You were close, weren't you? 511 00:32:28,740 --> 00:32:30,520 I'm gonna miss him. 512 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,880 He was so lovely to work for. 513 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:40,180 Ever so kind and gentle and very patient, cos I'm still learning the job and me spelling's shocking. 514 00:32:40,180 --> 00:32:45,240 I goes, "How come there's a P in pneumatic then?" And Patrick says, "The P is silent, 515 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,380 "same as in swimming." 516 00:32:47,380 --> 00:32:51,320 Which just confused us even more, but me dad explained when I got 517 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:55,800 home, and he didn't mean that sort of P. It was a joke. 518 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:03,780 Tell us about working late with Mr Fuller. 519 00:33:03,780 --> 00:33:07,120 Half past six sometimes. Yeah. 520 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,880 Was that in the morning, was it? 521 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,660 In the morning? 522 00:33:10,660 --> 00:33:12,880 No, he wasn't that bad! 523 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:20,140 Those are nice earrings, Julie. And the perfume you wear, is that Galore by any chance? 524 00:33:20,140 --> 00:33:23,700 Yeah. And did Patrick buy you these? 525 00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:27,280 The earrings and the perfume? What's going on? 526 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:32,420 You and the boss, Julie! Were you having it off with him?! That's... 527 00:33:32,420 --> 00:33:35,800 I'm going to tell my dad you said that. 528 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:40,180 And copper or no copper he's going to come down here and thump you. 529 00:33:40,180 --> 00:33:42,480 Julie, erm... 530 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,400 Your earring... 531 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,960 ..was found in the store room. My earrings are here. 532 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,500 And I have pierced ears. 533 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,200 This is a clip-on one. 534 00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,440 And right next to it... 535 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:05,920 This thread from Patrick Fuller's jacket. 536 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,060 Why are you showing them to me? 537 00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:14,280 Julie, we know that sex took place, right. 538 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,880 Now we're going to ask you to do an examination. 539 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,360 You know, a test. 540 00:34:24,780 --> 00:34:28,000 It won't take them long to examine me, Sergeant Bacchus. 541 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,400 I'm not really a Capricorn. 542 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:31,960 I'm a Virgo. 543 00:34:41,220 --> 00:34:47,700 Well, um, er...I don't think we need bother with that then, Julie. 544 00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:49,460 John, why don't you take Julie home? 545 00:34:49,460 --> 00:34:50,960 Yeah, I'll take you home. 546 00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:58,440 We started work 9.30 in the evening and worked through till morning. 547 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,520 Mr Pershore's doubled our output. 548 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:04,380 Where were you working between midnight and 1.30? I'll show ya. 549 00:35:04,380 --> 00:35:08,720 I'm sorry, I have to go. I'm a lollipop lady. The school's are out soon. 550 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:10,120 I won't keep you long. 551 00:35:11,220 --> 00:35:14,080 How well did you know Patrick Fuller, Mrs Blythely? 552 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,700 Patrick and Henry were best friends, really. 553 00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:21,960 Henry worked here for Patrick's dad. 554 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,260 I'm sorry, I've really got to go. I can't miss work. 555 00:35:25,260 --> 00:35:28,480 I'm afraid I gonna have to ask you to be late for work. 556 00:35:40,980 --> 00:35:43,720 Is this where you were working? Aye. 557 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,900 Well, we know Patrick Fuller was dead by 1.30, so... 558 00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:52,040 where were you between midnight and then? 559 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,340 We were working between here and where we feed the grain in. 560 00:35:55,340 --> 00:35:59,400 Both of you? Well... 561 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,960 What? 562 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:07,080 What? I had an early start on the campaign next day so I left early. 563 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:08,960 I see. And went where? 564 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,920 Home. Anybody corroborate that? 565 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,220 I live on my own since my dad died. 566 00:36:14,220 --> 00:36:20,800 All right. Well, around that time, did you see or perhaps hear anything? 567 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,720 Nothing, no. 568 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,120 Sorry, cos when all this is going... 569 00:36:34,700 --> 00:36:37,760 LOUD MACHINERY 570 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,360 I see. Thank you. 571 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:17,860 How about you, Mrs Blythely? 572 00:37:17,860 --> 00:37:21,680 I'm in bed by 10.30, 11, so... 573 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:25,160 Is it true you had an argument with Patrick Fuller yesterday? 574 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,600 Who told you that, Sam Draper? 575 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,220 Is it true? 576 00:37:29,220 --> 00:37:30,800 Yeah. 577 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,340 Argument about what? 578 00:37:32,340 --> 00:37:35,760 The way he did his job. Or failed to do it. 579 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,680 You thought you could do it better? 580 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,540 Anybody could do it better. 581 00:37:39,540 --> 00:37:44,100 So I was telling Patrick Fuller, if he didn't get rid of him, I'd get Geoff to do it. Geoff? 582 00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:45,860 Sorry. Mr Pershore. Sorry. 583 00:37:45,860 --> 00:37:50,060 Anyway, Patrick Fuller was blind about Draper. 584 00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:52,300 Like talking to a brick wall. 585 00:37:52,300 --> 00:37:55,140 Sorry, but he wasn't all that bright. 586 00:37:55,140 --> 00:37:58,800 Did you say that to Patrick Fuller's face? Yeah. 587 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:04,400 I told him he didn't have the brains to run a business, and that's how come he lost the mill, and Geoff... 588 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,220 Mr Pershore got it. And what was his response? 589 00:38:07,220 --> 00:38:08,980 He told me to get back to my work. 590 00:38:08,980 --> 00:38:11,980 My place. Get back to my station. 591 00:38:11,980 --> 00:38:14,560 Which is presumably how the mill used to be run. 592 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,940 And why it went bust. It's very easy to speak ill of the dead. 593 00:38:17,940 --> 00:38:19,940 He wasn't dead when I said it. 594 00:38:19,940 --> 00:38:21,820 What do you think, Mr Blythely? 595 00:38:21,820 --> 00:38:24,720 He was your friend and used to be your employer. 596 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,760 I'll be honest. Patrick and I were close for a lot of years, 597 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,480 but Jed's right. He had no idea how to run a business. 598 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,000 Mr Pershore is streets ahead of him. 599 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,360 Were you close friends at the time of his death? How do you mean? 600 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:45,960 I mean if he had been conducting an affair, would he have confided in you? 601 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,560 The thing is, since Mr Pershore rescued the mill, 602 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:53,440 there's been a lot more work on my shoulders, and on Patrick's. 603 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:57,400 We didn't see so much of each other outside of work as we used to. 604 00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:01,780 I'm sorry. Did you just say "yes" or "no", Mr Blythely? 605 00:39:01,780 --> 00:39:04,500 I didn't know anything about any affair. 606 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,240 And you? 607 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,160 Wouldn't have thought he had it in him. 608 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,100 And what about you, Mrs Blythely? 609 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,040 Affair with who? Julie? 610 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,680 HE LAUGHS Patrick Fuller in bed with Julie? 611 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,160 That takes some imagining, that does. 612 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:23,820 I'm sorry, I have to go. 613 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:42,000 Sir, the earring. The bloke who made it was in Birmingham when we were doing the rounds. 614 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,120 He was buying silver, would you believe? 615 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,680 A jeweller buying silver? 616 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,240 Knock me down with a feather. 617 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:50,240 Go on. 618 00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:52,960 So I left a message with him and he's just called in. 619 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,880 He said somebody fitting Patrick Fuller's description 620 00:39:55,880 --> 00:40:00,920 bought a pair of mother of pearl earrings like this, But he remembers because Fuller brought them back 621 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,560 to get them changed from pierced to clip-on ones. 622 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:10,200 Typical husband, doesn't realise his wife's ears aren't pierced. He bought another item to go with them. 623 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:14,880 Well, they didn't cost a thousand quid and Julie's got pierced ears, sir. 624 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,160 I wonder if Mrs Blythely does. 625 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,800 It shouldn't have happened, 626 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,680 but it did. 627 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,540 My husband's best friend. 628 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:32,560 But I loved Patrick. 629 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,320 Very much. 630 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:36,920 And your husband? 631 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,200 Had you stopped loving him? 632 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:42,640 Henry is a lot older than me. 633 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:46,200 He is comfort and companionship... 634 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,000 What about his wife? 635 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,120 Sat in that semi-detached morgue of a house going 636 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,960 quietly crackers all day because she thinks he's knocking Julie off? 637 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:58,160 Nice of you to send me to break the news to her, by the way. 638 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,520 Well, I could hardly tell her myself, could I? 639 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:04,120 I'm not proud of my behaviour, Sergeant. 640 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,240 But love is where it falls. Right. 641 00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:08,800 I must remember that one. 642 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,640 Mrs Blythely, what happened on the night...? 643 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,480 Please, don't tell Henry. 644 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,640 I mean, what purpose would it serve now? 645 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:20,440 I can't promise that, Mrs Blythely. 646 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,120 What happened on the night that Patrick died? 647 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:27,860 If I knew anything about that night I'd have come forward. I swear. 648 00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:31,900 Didn't you swear to love, honour and obey your husband? 649 00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:33,780 Tell us what you do know. 650 00:41:36,900 --> 00:41:38,480 Henry was working. 651 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:42,740 When Henry works you know you won't see him, he's so diligent. 652 00:41:42,740 --> 00:41:44,760 Patrick would be waiting. 653 00:41:48,180 --> 00:41:52,580 We were always so happy in those moments, but maybe there was 654 00:41:52,580 --> 00:41:55,440 a sadness in him I didn't see... that I didn't 655 00:41:55,440 --> 00:42:00,160 want to see because he was so lovely. He was so loving. 656 00:42:01,220 --> 00:42:02,740 People think... 657 00:42:04,300 --> 00:42:10,180 that passion and love are just for the young, for the beautiful. 658 00:42:10,180 --> 00:42:14,000 And I'd said how wonderful Julie looked and she did. 659 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:18,180 She looked so young and pretty in those earrings. 660 00:42:18,180 --> 00:42:20,300 And the scent she wore! 661 00:42:20,300 --> 00:42:23,440 And Patrick bought them for me. 662 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,900 Tell me about his sadness. 663 00:42:27,140 --> 00:42:32,460 What do lovers say when they know they'll never be together as they should be, as man and wife? 664 00:42:32,460 --> 00:42:38,320 Because for me to leave Henry and him to leave Brenda... 665 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:44,460 Well, it was never going to happen. So... I mean, he didn't kill himself because of me, did he? 666 00:42:44,460 --> 00:42:46,920 There was no reason to. 667 00:42:48,820 --> 00:42:54,920 As far as you are aware, did anybody at the mill guess about the affair? 668 00:42:56,540 --> 00:42:59,440 We always had to be careful. I mean... 669 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:05,220 We tried to avoid each other during the day because we couldn't be near each other without touching. 670 00:43:05,220 --> 00:43:07,400 People might see. 671 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,580 Who, Mrs Blythely? Who saw? 672 00:43:10,580 --> 00:43:12,300 Nobody. No-one saw. 673 00:43:14,180 --> 00:43:15,680 I mean... 674 00:43:19,300 --> 00:43:22,720 There was a time when we thought that Sam Draper might have seen us. 675 00:43:25,420 --> 00:43:27,660 I thought for a minute he had... 676 00:43:29,220 --> 00:43:30,760 He didn't see anything. 677 00:43:34,420 --> 00:43:35,940 When was this? 678 00:43:35,940 --> 00:43:38,420 Three, four months ago. 679 00:43:38,420 --> 00:43:40,980 But we were lucky and we were more careful after that. 680 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,900 Please. 681 00:43:44,900 --> 00:43:48,180 If this has to come out, 682 00:43:48,180 --> 00:43:53,680 can I tell Henry myself? Please. I'm afraid that won't be possible. 683 00:43:56,820 --> 00:43:58,960 I need you here for the time being. 684 00:44:02,380 --> 00:44:06,940 Draper must have caught them together in that office. He must have. He was blackmailing Fuller. 685 00:44:06,940 --> 00:44:09,420 And that is how he got the foreman's job. 686 00:44:09,420 --> 00:44:11,880 Probably. 687 00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:15,440 But Blythely was in the mill for the whole night when Fuller died. 688 00:44:16,980 --> 00:44:22,100 And we're assuming he didn't know about his wife's affair with his best friend. 689 00:44:22,100 --> 00:44:27,800 Maybe he caught them at it that night? Go and get Draper. 690 00:44:45,780 --> 00:44:48,040 SHOUTING: Mr Draper? 691 00:45:42,820 --> 00:45:48,960 No sign of Draper but, look, I think he was planning on leaving town. 692 00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:50,640 You left it too late. 693 00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,660 What? 694 00:45:59,740 --> 00:46:04,980 Sir, the serial numbers are in the same sequence as the ones that Pershore showed you. 695 00:46:04,980 --> 00:46:08,180 So, Fuller was paying Draper off. Mm. 696 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:16,820 Have a look. Anything on him? Just some betting slips, sir. 697 00:46:16,820 --> 00:46:20,720 Sir, looks nasty that. 698 00:46:21,740 --> 00:46:24,240 Hasn't been in the water long. 699 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:27,400 Entered the river where? 700 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:30,120 Well, we found some blood up on the corner there, sir. 701 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:43,700 Somebody hit him, 702 00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:47,060 he fell and hit his head, maybe? 703 00:46:47,060 --> 00:46:49,240 Jed Jimpson, sir? 704 00:46:49,240 --> 00:46:52,120 Possibly. Get him brought in anyway. 705 00:46:53,940 --> 00:46:55,800 We need to speak to Mr Blythely. 706 00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:00,700 First you lose your boss, then you lose you foreman. 707 00:47:00,700 --> 00:47:03,880 Where were you for the last couple of hours, Mr Blythely? 708 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:04,880 Here. 709 00:47:05,940 --> 00:47:09,380 Asleep. Can anybody corroborate that? 710 00:47:09,380 --> 00:47:11,760 As you know, I work nights. 711 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:13,900 My wife works days. 712 00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:17,200 And can you think of anybody who might want Mr Draper dead? 713 00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,320 Where would you like me to start? 714 00:47:21,820 --> 00:47:24,980 Give us a couple of minutes will you. 715 00:47:24,980 --> 00:47:26,680 Why? Go on. 716 00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:37,460 Well, you could start with the reason Draper was blackmailing Patrick Fuller? 717 00:47:37,460 --> 00:47:40,860 Blackmailing? Yes. Any idea why? 718 00:47:40,860 --> 00:47:42,760 How would I? 719 00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:46,460 Over his affair with your wife, perhaps? 720 00:47:46,460 --> 00:47:50,760 Or are you going to go on pretending you didn't know? 721 00:47:53,940 --> 00:47:55,540 Of course I knew. 722 00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,700 I knew almost from the day it started. 723 00:48:00,700 --> 00:48:03,400 Did Patrick Fuller tell you? No. 724 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:06,760 I didn't need anybody to tell me, Chief Inspector. 725 00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:11,800 I could smell it on her. 726 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:18,260 What? From the perfume he gave her? No, Mr Gently. 727 00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:23,440 I could smell love on her. 728 00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:26,600 Happiness. 729 00:48:30,300 --> 00:48:32,180 He made her happy. 730 00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:39,080 But you lost your wife and your best friend. 731 00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:44,120 I've lost them both for good now, haven't I? 732 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:53,700 Two deaths. A murder and suicide, or two murders. 733 00:48:53,700 --> 00:48:57,560 Exactly! I mean, you know, Blythely had a clear motive to kill Fuller. 734 00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:01,180 And what if Draper had decided to blackmail Blythely as well? 735 00:49:01,180 --> 00:49:05,480 "Give us your money or I'll tell everybody that your wife's shagging your best mate". 736 00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,060 And, bang, in he goes. And then there's Jimpson. 737 00:49:08,060 --> 00:49:11,920 He was seen rowing with Fuller and he attacked Draper right in front of us. 738 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:15,820 Jimpson's not in the digs, sir, or his campaign office. 739 00:49:15,820 --> 00:49:18,720 That was deserted. Keep looking. 740 00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:24,540 And right in the middle of all this, who have we got? Pershore. Knight in shining armour. 741 00:49:24,540 --> 00:49:29,320 Mrs Blythely, your lover was being blackmailed by Sam Draper. 742 00:49:30,860 --> 00:49:33,640 So he did see us, then. 743 00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:36,400 And somebody's killed Sam Draper. 744 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,420 What? 745 00:49:38,420 --> 00:49:41,960 Obviously it can't have been Patrick Fuller, 746 00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:46,120 which makes me wonder if there were other secrets Sam Draper knew about. 747 00:49:47,700 --> 00:49:51,360 Like what? Were there other parts of his life that Patrick kept hidden? 748 00:49:52,940 --> 00:49:55,300 Well... 749 00:49:55,300 --> 00:50:01,020 There was Sunday nights, of course. I mean, they swear to keep that secret, don't they? 750 00:50:01,020 --> 00:50:03,380 Who swears to keep what secret? 751 00:50:03,380 --> 00:50:05,240 The Brotherhood. 752 00:50:05,240 --> 00:50:06,800 Was Patrick a Mason? 753 00:50:13,860 --> 00:50:17,200 Sir, have you ever been asked to roll your trouser leg up? 754 00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:19,060 Many times. You? 755 00:50:19,060 --> 00:50:22,640 Yeah. Chief Constable asked if I was interested. 756 00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:24,960 That was before I got his daughter up the duff. 757 00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,220 Now he hates my guts. 758 00:50:27,220 --> 00:50:29,500 Stay away from them. That's my advice. 759 00:50:29,500 --> 00:50:32,400 There harmless enough, sir. It's just... No, they're not. 760 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,580 They're not. They're not harmless. 761 00:50:34,580 --> 00:50:39,500 Police officers should never have a sense of conflicted loyalty. I hate secret societies, anyway. 762 00:50:39,500 --> 00:50:42,600 I know one lodge in London got as many crooks in it as coppers. 763 00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:47,420 What does that tell you? Well, how are we supposed to find out if this Mason thing means anything? 764 00:50:47,420 --> 00:50:52,300 We can't just knock on the Mason door and ask if we can come in for a cup of tea, can we? 765 00:50:52,300 --> 00:50:57,800 You can if you've got a search warrant. Which magistrate's gonna sign that? They'll all be members. 766 00:50:57,800 --> 00:50:59,320 I'll find one. 767 00:51:00,860 --> 00:51:02,360 Well, good luck. 768 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:05,720 Just get after Jimpson. 769 00:51:05,720 --> 00:51:07,940 All right. I'll get the lads onto it. 770 00:51:07,940 --> 00:51:10,300 Do we know where Geoffrey Pershore is, by the way? 771 00:51:10,300 --> 00:51:13,960 Yeah, he's still busy setting up the People's Republic of Durham. 772 00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:15,380 Why? 773 00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:21,820 When he was looking at the contents of his safe, I felt he was expecting something else to be there. 774 00:51:21,820 --> 00:51:24,800 Like what? I don't know. 775 00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:28,860 What did you do with the account books for the mill, by the way? Me? Yeah. 776 00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,320 No. Pershore said that Fuller took them home. Yes, so he did. 777 00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:35,300 Did you go back and get them? 778 00:51:35,300 --> 00:51:39,480 You didn't ask us to. D'you seriously expect to swan off to London and do a course 779 00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:43,700 on police methods when you haven't even grasped the basics? Go and get them. 780 00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:49,580 Bloody useless little... 781 00:51:49,580 --> 00:51:54,400 Mary Blythely? She's plain as a pikestaff. 782 00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:56,260 That's even worse. 783 00:51:58,460 --> 00:52:00,920 I could understand the 17-year-old moron... 784 00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:02,760 Yeah. Well. 785 00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:05,700 Love is where it falls. 786 00:52:05,700 --> 00:52:08,400 So they say. So who says? 787 00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:09,900 Erm... 788 00:52:11,820 --> 00:52:13,860 Mary Blythely, actually. 789 00:52:13,860 --> 00:52:16,680 HE CLEARS HIS THROAT 790 00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,780 Sam Draper, Mrs Fuller. Who's he? 791 00:52:19,780 --> 00:52:22,100 He wasn't having him as well, was he? 792 00:52:22,100 --> 00:52:23,800 No, no. 793 00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:26,460 He made him foreman of the mill. 794 00:52:26,460 --> 00:52:30,600 He was taken from the river this morning. Almost certainly murdered. 795 00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:35,140 Murdered? We believe he was blackmailing your husband over the affair. 796 00:52:35,140 --> 00:52:40,200 Mrs Fuller, can we talk about your husband's money problems? 797 00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:43,340 That's none of my business. You never asked about it? 798 00:52:43,340 --> 00:52:44,920 Yeah. 799 00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:47,920 And? It's none of my business. 800 00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:51,540 So now what you going to tell me? 801 00:52:51,540 --> 00:52:53,180 That he was a thief as well? 802 00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:59,380 You said that your husband came home and he went straight to his study. 803 00:52:59,380 --> 00:53:01,780 Would you mind if I had a look? No. 804 00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:04,900 It's through here. 805 00:53:22,860 --> 00:53:25,640 Not my strong point, debit and credit and whatnot... 806 00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:30,680 Are you married, Sergeant Bacchus? 807 00:53:31,820 --> 00:53:33,060 Yes. 808 00:53:33,060 --> 00:53:35,320 Where's your wife right now? 809 00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:38,360 At this very moment? 810 00:53:40,340 --> 00:53:43,640 I dunno. Shopping, mowing the lawn, I dunno. 811 00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:45,700 Exactly. 812 00:53:45,700 --> 00:53:47,200 You don't know. 813 00:53:48,940 --> 00:53:50,520 None of us knows. 814 00:54:01,020 --> 00:54:03,700 I used to do accountancy. That's how I met Patrick. 815 00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:16,340 He was copying them. 816 00:54:16,340 --> 00:54:21,280 No, he was adjusting and copying them. 817 00:54:23,060 --> 00:54:25,360 So he was a thief as well. 818 00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:30,000 We know nothing about our own lives, Sergeant. 819 00:54:31,620 --> 00:54:33,400 We live with strangers. 820 00:54:36,180 --> 00:54:39,860 I'm going to have to take these. Yes, that's fine. 821 00:54:46,180 --> 00:54:49,700 Yes, the mafia of the mediocre. 822 00:54:49,700 --> 00:54:51,560 Despicable men. 823 00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:53,400 My husband was a Mason. 824 00:54:55,100 --> 00:55:00,500 They were phoning him all the time, putting more and more pressure on him. Pressure about what? 825 00:55:00,500 --> 00:55:02,200 Well, what do you think? 826 00:55:03,460 --> 00:55:05,880 I don't know. The election! 827 00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:12,680 The masons are all Tories and their bete noire, Mr Pershore, is threatening to win their seat. 828 00:55:14,240 --> 00:55:20,180 So Patrick had Pershore coming from one side and the Masons from the other, 829 00:55:20,180 --> 00:55:24,060 led by that prize idiot Mundy and his little lap dog. 830 00:55:24,060 --> 00:55:26,700 Nicholas Mundy? The Tory candidate? 831 00:55:26,700 --> 00:55:31,220 Yes, the one who rides to hounds and passes himself off as a country squire. 832 00:55:31,220 --> 00:55:34,140 Oh, I'm sure he'll agree to see us, Mrs Fuller. 833 00:55:34,140 --> 00:55:37,720 'Patrick had stopped going to the lodge, so they came to see him.' 834 00:55:37,720 --> 00:55:41,720 Let's continue our talk about Geoffrey Pershore. Is there somewhere private? 835 00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:48,340 And what did they want? For goodness sake, wake up, Sergeant. 836 00:55:48,340 --> 00:55:50,520 What do you think this is? 837 00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:52,080 "The best man wins"? 838 00:55:52,080 --> 00:55:54,740 They wanted something to bury Geoffrey Pershore with. 839 00:55:54,740 --> 00:55:57,140 And they were determined to get it from Patrick. 840 00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:16,820 I've managed to persuade your father-in-law to spare you a few minutes. 841 00:56:16,820 --> 00:56:20,280 Listen, pal. You're just the dog that guards his door. 842 00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:22,920 Don't get carried away with yourself. 843 00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:26,740 I must warn you though, he's in a foul temper. 844 00:56:26,740 --> 00:56:29,140 He's just had lunch with his daughter. 845 00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:32,700 Right. 846 00:56:32,700 --> 00:56:34,200 Thanks. 847 00:56:47,460 --> 00:56:49,320 Good afternoon, sir. 848 00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:52,500 Thanks for letting me see you so quickly. What do you want? 849 00:56:54,860 --> 00:56:58,600 Well, two things, really. 850 00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:01,040 Number one? Number one... 851 00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:03,260 HE CLEARS HIS THROAT 852 00:57:03,260 --> 00:57:08,740 Could I get the constabulary's permission to attend a training seminar in London? 853 00:57:08,740 --> 00:57:11,880 It's a fascinating course, sir, which... Granted. Number two? 854 00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:20,200 Yeah, the second thing is...a favour. 855 00:57:25,220 --> 00:57:27,580 "Adjusting". What does that mean? 856 00:57:27,580 --> 00:57:30,960 I think its accountancy talk for fiddling the books. 857 00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:35,760 So, what did they think that Fuller had on Geoffrey Pershore to discredit him? 858 00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:38,260 Dunno. But now he's dead. 859 00:57:38,260 --> 00:57:41,020 We know he's a Mason, I think it's important that we... 860 00:57:41,020 --> 00:57:46,540 No, the masons are a dead end. Masons only trust other Masons, they don't trust you or me. Fine. 861 00:57:46,540 --> 00:57:49,480 Fine. You know best. Yes. I do. 862 00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:53,400 It's odd, isn't it? Must be something to do with 20 years as a detective. 863 00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:57,540 During which time, by the way, I never attended any seminars on modern policing. 864 00:57:57,540 --> 00:57:59,760 Yeah. You've made your point about that. 865 00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:02,580 Good. So I don't need to hear about it again? No. 866 00:58:02,580 --> 00:58:06,260 Not a word. Excellent! 867 00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:10,980 Geoffrey Pershore's making a speech tonight. 868 00:58:10,980 --> 00:58:12,600 I think we should go and listen. 869 00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:14,580 Why? 870 00:58:14,580 --> 00:58:18,660 Because we haven't found Jed Jimpson yet. He might be there. 871 00:58:18,660 --> 00:58:21,460 I can't. Why not? 872 00:58:21,460 --> 00:58:24,340 Because I've got something I need to do. 873 00:58:24,340 --> 00:58:26,820 Something important. Like what? 874 00:58:26,820 --> 00:58:29,040 I said I'd take the wife out. 875 00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:31,080 I missed her anniversary and... 876 00:58:31,080 --> 00:58:33,700 Our anniversary. 877 00:58:33,700 --> 00:58:37,540 And she'll skin me alive if I say I'm working late again. 878 00:58:37,540 --> 00:58:41,540 Well. That is important, John. So I'll go alone. 879 00:58:41,540 --> 00:58:44,120 Oh... Oh, right. 880 00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:46,440 Are you sure? I feel bad... 881 00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:49,940 No, no, no, don't feel bad. Your wife is your support system, John. 882 00:58:49,940 --> 00:58:53,000 You go and buy her a nice dinner. Thank you. 883 00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:58,640 Hello. I'm Nicholas Mundy. I am your Conservative candidate. I hope we can rely on your vote tomorrow. 884 00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:04,340 Now, remember the slogan, a very important slogan... "on Thursday, vote Mundy". 885 00:59:04,340 --> 00:59:08,440 Ah, hello. I am your Conservative candidate. Detective Chief Inspector Gently. 886 00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:09,940 Have you got a moment? 887 00:59:11,980 --> 00:59:14,840 Surely. It concerns Patrick Fuller. 888 00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:16,940 Patrick Fuller... Er? 889 00:59:16,940 --> 00:59:19,620 The man who hanged himself out at Rinton Mill. 890 00:59:20,760 --> 00:59:27,440 Whose house you visited last week. Ah! I'm sorry, my mind's a sieve at the moment. 891 00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:29,660 Awful business. Awful. 892 00:59:29,660 --> 00:59:32,740 How's dear erm... Mrs Fuller holding up? 893 00:59:32,740 --> 00:59:34,520 Not particularly well. 894 00:59:35,580 --> 00:59:37,960 So? Why did you visit him? 895 00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,020 Well, it's courtesy. 896 00:59:40,020 --> 00:59:43,980 He's a valued member of the local party - thanking those who put in the effort. 897 00:59:43,980 --> 00:59:46,660 and I had not an inkling of what was to come, shocking. 898 00:59:46,660 --> 00:59:49,480 His wife said you put him under pressure. Mr Mundy, sir. 899 00:59:49,480 --> 00:59:51,460 Yes, just a couple of minutes. 900 00:59:51,460 --> 00:59:53,620 Sorry, pressure? What sort of pressure? 901 00:59:53,620 --> 00:59:56,980 That's what I'm asking you. Mr Mundy. We really must be moving on. 902 00:59:56,980 --> 00:59:58,540 No, really. I really... 903 00:59:58,540 --> 01:00:03,280 Chief Inspector, would it be possible to carry on this after the election tomorrow? 904 01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:04,980 Now would be better. 905 01:00:06,740 --> 01:00:13,740 Are you seriously expecting me to halt my electoral campaign at this crucial stage, Chief Inspector? 906 01:00:15,860 --> 01:00:18,000 No. I'll talk to you on Friday. 907 01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:19,480 Thank you. 908 01:00:19,480 --> 01:00:22,740 Hello. I'm Nicholas Mundy. I'm your Conservative candidate. 909 01:00:22,740 --> 01:00:24,700 Are you "blue through and through"? 910 01:00:43,660 --> 01:00:49,540 Now, I'll need all metal objects watches, rings, etc. Right. 911 01:00:49,540 --> 01:00:53,500 And if you could just change into these. 912 01:00:53,500 --> 01:00:56,640 OK. I'm Maurice, by the way. Maurice Hilton. 913 01:00:56,640 --> 01:00:58,620 Haven't learnt how to do that yet. 914 01:00:58,620 --> 01:01:00,620 HE LAUGHS 915 01:01:13,460 --> 01:01:15,820 ♪1,500. 916 01:01:17,580 --> 01:01:20,020 4,000 quid gone where? 917 01:01:23,500 --> 01:01:24,980 Oh... 918 01:01:51,260 --> 01:01:53,900 This is a wonderful journey you're embarking on. 919 01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:03,000 Ready? 920 01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:04,520 Yeah. 921 01:02:21,220 --> 01:02:28,420 Whom have you there? Mr John Bacchus, a poor candidate in a state of darkness, humbly soliciting 922 01:02:28,420 --> 01:02:33,020 to be admitted to the mysteries and privileges of Freemasonry. 923 01:02:34,100 --> 01:02:35,620 Do you feel anything? 924 01:02:35,620 --> 01:02:37,340 Yes, I do, actually. 925 01:02:51,220 --> 01:02:56,220 Mr John Bacchus, are you willing to take a solemn obligation 926 01:02:56,220 --> 01:03:00,220 to keep inviolate the secrets and mysteries of the order? 927 01:03:00,220 --> 01:03:02,900 Um... Yes! 928 01:03:16,700 --> 01:03:18,340 What happened? 929 01:03:18,340 --> 01:03:20,380 Mr Pershore had to cancel. 930 01:03:20,380 --> 01:03:22,420 He's indisposed. 931 01:03:22,420 --> 01:03:24,700 Do you know a Jed Jimpson? Yeah. Is he here? 932 01:03:24,700 --> 01:03:26,340 Haven't seen him since yesterday. 933 01:03:26,340 --> 01:03:28,020 OK, thank you. 934 01:03:28,020 --> 01:03:29,940 Chief Inspector Gently. 935 01:03:29,940 --> 01:03:32,020 We meet at last. 936 01:03:32,020 --> 01:03:33,620 I'm Lisa. 937 01:03:33,620 --> 01:03:36,780 Lisa Bacchus. John's wife. 938 01:03:36,780 --> 01:03:40,440 I saw your photo in the paper a while back. 939 01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:45,300 I, John Bacchus, of my own free will do solemnly promise and swear. 940 01:03:45,300 --> 01:03:51,800 Under no less a penalty than that of having my throat cut across from ear to ear. 941 01:03:54,300 --> 01:03:59,060 Under no less a penalty than that of having my throat cut across from ear to ear. 942 01:03:59,060 --> 01:04:05,780 That I will not reveal the secrets or mysteries belonging to the Free and Accepted Masons. 943 01:04:05,780 --> 01:04:12,700 That I will never reveal the secrets or mysteries belonging to Free and Accepted Masons. 944 01:04:12,700 --> 01:04:15,700 He's not with you tonight then? No. 945 01:04:17,420 --> 01:04:21,820 When he rings to say he's working late I automatically blame it on you. 946 01:04:21,820 --> 01:04:23,300 Sorry. 947 01:04:24,940 --> 01:04:29,740 Sometimes I say to him, "John, why don't you just go and marry Mr Gently, you might as well." 948 01:04:29,740 --> 01:04:31,820 He's married to you. 949 01:04:31,820 --> 01:04:34,260 Aye, but he prefers your company. 950 01:04:34,260 --> 01:04:37,160 No, that's OK. You're nice. 951 01:04:39,740 --> 01:04:41,500 Can I tell you something? 952 01:04:41,500 --> 01:04:43,700 Yeah. 953 01:04:43,700 --> 01:04:45,500 I don't really like policemen. 954 01:04:45,500 --> 01:04:47,860 They're all I've grown up with. 955 01:04:47,860 --> 01:04:50,620 Any party, any gathering, 956 01:04:50,620 --> 01:04:53,300 even my wedding. Policemen. 957 01:04:53,300 --> 01:04:57,580 Standing in a huddle, laughing at jokes the rest of us don't get. Leaving us out. 958 01:04:59,260 --> 01:05:05,740 I watched my mother cope with it and said, "Right, definitely not marrying a policeman." But... 959 01:05:05,740 --> 01:05:06,960 But you got pregnant. 960 01:05:08,380 --> 01:05:12,140 Is that what he told you? Yeah, I got pregnant, 961 01:05:12,140 --> 01:05:15,540 but we were gonna get married anyway. 962 01:05:15,540 --> 01:05:17,660 I love him. 963 01:05:17,660 --> 01:05:21,180 Is that what he told you? No, no, no, I got that bit wrong. 964 01:05:21,180 --> 01:05:24,940 John keeps his private life private. Keeps a lot private. 965 01:05:24,940 --> 01:05:27,140 Guess what I found out this week? 966 01:05:27,140 --> 01:05:29,080 Votes Tory. 967 01:05:29,080 --> 01:05:31,380 HE LAUGHS 968 01:05:31,380 --> 01:05:34,420 Not you, then? No, I want Pershore to win. 969 01:05:34,420 --> 01:05:37,900 I saw him talking in the market last weekend. I think he's great. 970 01:05:37,900 --> 01:05:39,900 Do you trust him? 971 01:05:39,900 --> 01:05:41,380 Yeah. 972 01:05:42,820 --> 01:05:45,780 I better go...rescue me mother. 973 01:05:45,780 --> 01:05:50,480 She's babysitting. Nice meeting you, Mr Gently. George. George. 974 01:05:52,020 --> 01:05:53,940 George? Am I losing my husband? 975 01:05:57,300 --> 01:06:00,460 He's not working late tonight, is he? I don't know where he is. 976 01:06:12,460 --> 01:06:17,980 John Bacchus, you have been brought into the wisdom and light of Masonry. 977 01:06:17,980 --> 01:06:21,200 APPLAUSE 978 01:06:25,980 --> 01:06:27,660 Well done. 979 01:06:27,660 --> 01:06:30,860 Yes, sir. John! 980 01:06:30,860 --> 01:06:32,740 Sir! 981 01:06:32,740 --> 01:06:37,580 If I have one more tearful lunch with my daughter on account of you, 982 01:06:37,580 --> 01:06:40,820 then I shall remove your balls and post them to you. Understood? 983 01:06:40,820 --> 01:06:42,580 Say "yes" and smile. 984 01:06:42,580 --> 01:06:45,540 Yes. Thank you. Understood. Edgar. 985 01:06:45,540 --> 01:06:52,780 Edgar. And if you ever call me Edgar outside of this lodge, then I shall mince them before I post them to you. 986 01:06:52,780 --> 01:06:58,700 Say thank you. Thank you, Edgar. Now, go and meet your new brothers. Hello. 987 01:06:58,700 --> 01:07:01,580 So, John, there's "trouble at mill!" 988 01:07:01,580 --> 01:07:06,220 Do tell. Obviously nothing you say goes outside these walls. 989 01:07:06,220 --> 01:07:11,680 But, um, Pershore's got both tits in the mangle, I hear? Eh, Maurice? 990 01:07:12,860 --> 01:07:14,740 What do you do, Maurice? 991 01:07:14,740 --> 01:07:17,900 Maurice does as he's told. Don't you, Maurice? 992 01:07:19,700 --> 01:07:22,580 I have to go. Have another drink, Maurice. 993 01:07:22,580 --> 01:07:24,500 Brother John's on our side, aren't you? 994 01:07:24,500 --> 01:07:28,680 100% there, Nicholas. I have to go. 995 01:07:34,780 --> 01:07:36,780 Was it something I said? 996 01:07:36,780 --> 01:07:41,700 Maurice has erm...divided loyalties. I suspect he has grounds 997 01:07:41,700 --> 01:07:44,900 to shut down the mill but I think he's a Liberal at heart. 998 01:07:44,900 --> 01:07:49,100 The thing is, Maurice may not look like much, but he could 999 01:07:49,100 --> 01:07:52,680 bury Pershore for us and save the seat tomorrow. Just like that. 1000 01:07:58,140 --> 01:08:00,940 Maurice, you all right? 1001 01:08:00,940 --> 01:08:02,460 Yes. Absolutely fine. Thanks. 1002 01:08:04,340 --> 01:08:06,520 So what do you make of us then? 1003 01:08:07,500 --> 01:08:09,420 What do I make of you? 1004 01:08:09,420 --> 01:08:13,100 I think you're all a bunch of crooks. THEY LAUGH 1005 01:08:14,540 --> 01:08:17,140 So what is it you do for a living then, Maurice? 1006 01:08:17,140 --> 01:08:18,740 We don't ask each other, you know. 1007 01:08:18,740 --> 01:08:20,940 Right. 1008 01:08:22,580 --> 01:08:24,300 Answer the question. 1009 01:08:24,300 --> 01:08:28,020 That has absolutely no authority inside these walls. 1010 01:08:28,020 --> 01:08:29,620 Fine. 1011 01:08:29,620 --> 01:08:31,180 Let's go down the station then. 1012 01:08:31,180 --> 01:08:35,660 I'm not obliged to say anything without the advice of a solicitor. Then let's go down to the bar, 1013 01:08:35,660 --> 01:08:38,260 must be about 20 of them in there. 1014 01:08:40,660 --> 01:08:43,340 What is it they want from you, Maurice? 1015 01:08:43,340 --> 01:08:49,140 What is it they wanted from Patrick Fuller? What is it that you know that can bury Pershore like that? 1016 01:08:49,140 --> 01:08:51,160 How can you close the mill down? 1017 01:08:52,900 --> 01:08:55,100 Is it something to do with flour? 1018 01:08:55,100 --> 01:08:56,940 Are you a health inspector? 1019 01:08:59,820 --> 01:09:01,540 So, what's it to be then? 1020 01:09:01,540 --> 01:09:03,780 Here, now, in the bar? 1021 01:09:03,780 --> 01:09:05,880 Or in the morning in my office? 1022 01:09:07,860 --> 01:09:10,900 Fine. What time? 1023 01:09:28,180 --> 01:09:30,340 Oh! Nice evening? 1024 01:09:30,340 --> 01:09:32,100 Ah, you know. 1025 01:09:32,100 --> 01:09:34,260 Work. 1026 01:09:34,260 --> 01:09:36,020 Working with Mr Gently? 1027 01:09:38,660 --> 01:09:40,860 Yeah. 1028 01:09:40,860 --> 01:09:42,060 Sort of... 1029 01:09:47,180 --> 01:09:48,940 The dogs are barking tonight. 1030 01:09:52,860 --> 01:09:55,340 Think I've got another verruca coming. 1031 01:09:55,340 --> 01:09:56,900 How's Leanne? 1032 01:09:56,900 --> 01:09:59,080 Fast asleep. 1033 01:10:00,500 --> 01:10:02,180 You're up late. 1034 01:10:02,180 --> 01:10:05,300 Where have you been, John? I've told you. You didn't actually. 1035 01:10:05,300 --> 01:10:09,140 Before you lie, I saw George tonight. 1036 01:10:09,140 --> 01:10:11,660 George? My... Your boss. 1037 01:10:11,660 --> 01:10:13,340 Lovely man, by the way. 1038 01:10:13,340 --> 01:10:15,600 Can tell why you talk about him so much now. 1039 01:10:18,060 --> 01:10:19,580 Asked him where you were. 1040 01:10:19,580 --> 01:10:21,180 He didn't know. 1041 01:10:21,180 --> 01:10:24,900 Think he didn't want to lie. 1042 01:10:24,900 --> 01:10:27,060 So, who is she? 1043 01:10:29,420 --> 01:10:31,620 Oh, come on, Lis, I'm not... 1044 01:10:34,260 --> 01:10:37,100 I'm really tired. I'm tired as well. 1045 01:10:37,100 --> 01:10:40,180 So start telling the truth or we can call it a day. 1046 01:10:40,180 --> 01:10:42,260 I was with your dad, all right! 1047 01:10:44,900 --> 01:10:46,700 I was at the Mason's. 1048 01:10:46,700 --> 01:10:48,200 You're not a Mason. 1049 01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:52,740 Well, I am now, why don't you go and telephone your dad and ask him, OK? No, it's not OK. 1050 01:10:52,740 --> 01:10:56,060 Why are we married, John? 1051 01:10:56,060 --> 01:10:58,140 The truth. 1052 01:10:58,140 --> 01:11:00,620 Why did you marry me? 1053 01:11:00,620 --> 01:11:02,740 Because... 1054 01:11:02,740 --> 01:11:08,520 because your dad said he'd ruin my career if I didn't do the decent thing by you. 1055 01:11:10,820 --> 01:11:12,740 And I wanted to. 1056 01:11:12,740 --> 01:11:17,500 I wanted to do the right thing for you, both of you. You and Leanne. 1057 01:11:17,500 --> 01:11:19,740 You haven't used the word "love", John. 1058 01:11:22,980 --> 01:11:24,580 Lisa... 1059 01:11:26,780 --> 01:11:30,420 I don't think I even know who you are, really. 1060 01:11:31,980 --> 01:11:33,880 We live with strangers. 1061 01:11:33,880 --> 01:11:35,420 What? 1062 01:11:36,980 --> 01:11:40,060 A woman said to me today that we live with strangers. 1063 01:11:41,620 --> 01:11:44,420 Well, I can't live with a stranger, John. 1064 01:11:44,420 --> 01:11:47,260 It doesn't have to be like that. 1065 01:11:50,060 --> 01:11:52,040 Goodnight. 1066 01:12:19,020 --> 01:12:21,780 You have a very sweet wife. 1067 01:12:21,780 --> 01:12:23,700 She thinks you're nice and all. 1068 01:12:24,740 --> 01:12:26,300 Where were you, by the way? 1069 01:12:31,440 --> 01:12:34,940 Masonic lodge. What? 1070 01:12:34,940 --> 01:12:36,520 I joined the Masons, sir. 1071 01:12:39,700 --> 01:12:42,140 Why don't you ask me why I joined the Masons? 1072 01:12:42,140 --> 01:12:44,820 I think I'm starting to get the picture. No, sir. I... 1073 01:12:44,820 --> 01:12:48,280 You're not getting the picture at all. He's in Room 4, Sarge. 1074 01:12:48,280 --> 01:12:49,980 Who is? All right. 1075 01:12:49,980 --> 01:12:53,060 Who's in room 4?! I'm telling you, if you give me a bloody minute! 1076 01:12:53,060 --> 01:12:56,020 His name is Maurice Hilton. 1077 01:12:56,020 --> 01:13:01,500 He's the man that went with Mundy to see Patrick Fuller shortly before he died. He's a food safety inspector 1078 01:13:01,500 --> 01:13:06,280 and I found him. I found him by joining the Masons, sir. 1079 01:13:11,820 --> 01:13:16,780 ♪4,000 was withdrawn from the Rinton Mill bank account six months ago. 1080 01:13:16,780 --> 01:13:18,340 And? 1081 01:13:18,340 --> 01:13:20,080 Vanished into thin air. 1082 01:13:29,140 --> 01:13:31,920 Mr Hilton, you know how this goes. 1083 01:13:33,060 --> 01:13:38,100 I intend to investigate every contact in connection between yourself and Patrick Fuller. 1084 01:13:38,100 --> 01:13:40,620 And Geoffrey Pershore. 1085 01:13:40,620 --> 01:13:44,920 You should also know the fraud squad will be looking into your bank accounts. 1086 01:13:46,460 --> 01:13:48,260 I'm sorry, may I get a glass of water? 1087 01:13:48,260 --> 01:13:50,120 Not at the moment, no. 1088 01:13:52,780 --> 01:13:57,460 This was done with the best intentions on everyone's part. 1089 01:13:57,460 --> 01:14:00,900 My team carried out it's annual inspection of the mill. 1090 01:14:00,900 --> 01:14:03,540 The place was decrepit. 1091 01:14:03,540 --> 01:14:06,700 Dirty in places, if not filthy. 1092 01:14:06,700 --> 01:14:08,260 Rat droppings. 1093 01:14:09,820 --> 01:14:13,460 I told Patrick Fuller I'd have to issue a closure order. 1094 01:14:13,460 --> 01:14:15,740 But the mill didn't close, did it? 1095 01:14:15,740 --> 01:14:17,300 It stayed open. 1096 01:14:17,300 --> 01:14:20,580 Well, it was a fellow Mason. Closing the mill would've ruined him. 1097 01:14:20,580 --> 01:14:24,660 Yeah. So you did the decent thing to help your brother Mason? 1098 01:14:24,660 --> 01:14:26,460 No, no, it wasn't like that. 1099 01:14:28,020 --> 01:14:30,380 Geoffrey Pershore had just bought the mill. 1100 01:14:30,380 --> 01:14:32,740 He was promising to modernise the place. 1101 01:14:32,740 --> 01:14:37,180 Saying, "Why make all these people redundant when we could create jobs?" 1102 01:14:37,180 --> 01:14:39,500 Put things right...and he did. 1103 01:14:39,500 --> 01:14:41,980 I mean, he's totally transformed the mill. 1104 01:14:41,980 --> 01:14:44,140 The place is a model of cleanliness now. 1105 01:14:44,140 --> 01:14:48,620 How much did Geoffrey Pershore pay you to forget about the closure notice? 1106 01:14:48,620 --> 01:14:50,260 Nowt. 1107 01:14:50,260 --> 01:14:52,680 I was doing it for the greater good. 1108 01:14:53,820 --> 01:14:55,660 I'm a public servant. 1109 01:14:55,660 --> 01:15:01,100 So...if I was to look back over your bank records. 1110 01:15:01,100 --> 01:15:04,540 I wouldn't find a payment for 1111 01:15:07,180 --> 01:15:09,260 What did you buy, Maurice? New house? 1112 01:15:10,820 --> 01:15:13,180 What happened, Maurice? 1113 01:15:13,180 --> 01:15:19,460 The date that the 4,000 went missing from the bank account was five months 1114 01:15:19,460 --> 01:15:23,020 after Geoffrey Pershore had bought and modernised the mill. 1115 01:15:23,020 --> 01:15:24,920 So what did he pay you for? 1116 01:15:27,020 --> 01:15:29,660 There was an outbreak of food poisoning. 1117 01:15:29,660 --> 01:15:32,060 In Rinton. 1118 01:15:32,060 --> 01:15:35,580 19 people were hospitalised. 1119 01:15:35,580 --> 01:15:38,620 I traced the source back to the mill. 1120 01:15:38,620 --> 01:15:41,940 Look, it was before Pershore's reforms had kicked in. 1121 01:15:41,940 --> 01:15:44,640 I should have made him stop production when I... 1122 01:15:46,820 --> 01:15:48,860 I didn't. I remember this now. 1123 01:15:48,860 --> 01:15:52,980 Yeah, you blamed a Chinese chippy for the outbreak, didn't you? 1124 01:15:52,980 --> 01:15:54,540 Yeah, it deserved to be closed. 1125 01:15:54,540 --> 01:15:56,580 I found half a goat in the fridge once. 1126 01:15:56,580 --> 01:15:59,760 Scape goat, was it? 1127 01:16:01,300 --> 01:16:06,420 So the mill was never publicly blamed for the outbreak? 1128 01:16:06,420 --> 01:16:12,260 No. So what happened to the 19 people who were never told the truth about how they became ill? 1129 01:16:12,260 --> 01:16:14,040 They all recovered. 1130 01:16:15,820 --> 01:16:17,940 All except one of them. 1131 01:16:17,940 --> 01:16:20,020 And who was that? 1132 01:16:20,020 --> 01:16:25,580 A man in his forties. Six months later died of complications. 1133 01:16:25,580 --> 01:16:29,460 Liver failure. Look, no-one could have foreseen that. 1134 01:16:29,460 --> 01:16:32,580 And that was when you were paid the 1135 01:16:32,580 --> 01:16:37,260 Yes? And Pershore got the closure notice. 1136 01:16:37,260 --> 01:16:38,600 What did he do with it? 1137 01:16:39,820 --> 01:16:42,100 Said he'd keep it under lock and key. 1138 01:16:42,100 --> 01:16:45,400 He said it was his insurance policy. 1139 01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:48,260 In case I ever decided to reveal the truth. 1140 01:16:48,260 --> 01:16:53,220 And Nicholas Mundy? I stupidly told him half the story one night at the lodge bar. 1141 01:16:53,220 --> 01:16:58,660 And ever since he's been pressurising you to get the story in the papers. Aye. 1142 01:16:58,660 --> 01:17:02,740 This man who died. What's his name? 1143 01:17:08,040 --> 01:17:09,960 How can they just print lies, Geoff? 1144 01:17:09,960 --> 01:17:13,200 That scumbag Mundy and his friends in high places. 1145 01:17:13,200 --> 01:17:16,480 They were never going to let me win, Jed. But it's rubbish anyway. 1146 01:17:16,480 --> 01:17:18,880 What's Fuller's suicide got to do with anything? 1147 01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:22,040 It's not Fuller, Jed, it's Draper. They'll get me for Draper. 1148 01:17:22,040 --> 01:17:24,040 They won't, I won't let them. 1149 01:17:24,040 --> 01:17:27,800 You'll keep your mouth shut, Jed. You have a future. 1150 01:17:32,180 --> 01:17:34,640 Ah, we've been looking for you, Jed. 1151 01:17:34,640 --> 01:17:38,640 Salutations, gentlemen. Pour our guests a drink, Jed. 1152 01:17:38,640 --> 01:17:40,280 None for me, thank you. 1153 01:17:40,280 --> 01:17:41,400 Thank you. 1154 01:17:42,400 --> 01:17:45,280 Not going to the count? 1155 01:17:45,280 --> 01:17:47,020 I'll head down in a while. 1156 01:17:49,560 --> 01:17:53,160 How's it going? Still optimistic. 1157 01:17:53,160 --> 01:17:57,080 What can I do for you, Chief Inspector? 1158 01:17:57,080 --> 01:17:59,880 I'm afraid I've come to arrest you. 1159 01:17:59,880 --> 01:18:02,480 Doing the Tories dirty work for them? 1160 01:18:02,480 --> 01:18:05,200 Jed. On what charge? 1161 01:18:05,200 --> 01:18:07,960 Bribing Maurice Hilton. 1162 01:18:07,960 --> 01:18:11,040 Who's Maurice Hilton? Will you shut your face, please? 1163 01:18:11,040 --> 01:18:14,320 Maurice Hilton is a food inspector, Jed. 1164 01:18:14,320 --> 01:18:17,920 He should have closed down Rinton Mill but he didn't. 1165 01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:21,280 Mr Pershore gave him 1166 01:18:21,280 --> 01:18:25,800 Nonsense. Look, Hilton's coughed, you might as well do the same. 1167 01:18:25,800 --> 01:18:29,600 Otherwise we're gonna be here all night. What's your evidence, Mr Gently? 1168 01:18:29,600 --> 01:18:31,680 Maurice Hilton's confession. 1169 01:18:31,680 --> 01:18:34,160 His word against mine, then. 1170 01:18:34,160 --> 01:18:38,000 You didn't do it! He's had smears against him all his life, man. 1171 01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:40,080 There's always someone wanting money off him. I wonder why. 1172 01:18:40,080 --> 01:18:43,440 Because he won't kowtow to the system. 1173 01:18:43,440 --> 01:18:44,880 He wants to change it. 1174 01:18:44,880 --> 01:18:49,680 Really? Where were you Tuesday morning, then? He was with me all day out on the knocker. 1175 01:18:49,680 --> 01:18:51,740 Sam Draper. 1176 01:18:53,120 --> 01:18:54,840 What about him? 1177 01:18:54,840 --> 01:18:59,600 Sam Draper was blackmailing Patrick Fuller over his affair with Mary Blythely. 1178 01:18:59,600 --> 01:19:05,060 Fuller paid him off with bank notes in the same sequence as the ones you showed me. 1179 01:19:05,060 --> 01:19:07,480 Well, if that's true, it's terrible. 1180 01:19:07,480 --> 01:19:11,480 What else was missing from the safe, Mr Pershore? 1181 01:19:11,480 --> 01:19:13,800 Apart from the petty cash. Nothing. 1182 01:19:14,800 --> 01:19:18,840 Nothing except what you called your insurance policy. 1183 01:19:18,840 --> 01:19:22,800 Hilton's closure notice on the mill. 1184 01:19:22,800 --> 01:19:27,880 The document that you bought from Hilton for 1185 01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:31,360 It's not true, Jed. The document Draper took from the safe when 1186 01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:34,920 he went looking for the blackmail money that Fuller promised him. 1187 01:19:34,920 --> 01:19:40,400 Which Fuller never handed over, of course, because he decided to hang himself and have done with it all. 1188 01:19:40,400 --> 01:19:46,480 So are you telling me that Draper didn't come and offer you that document to buy back? 1189 01:19:46,480 --> 01:19:50,080 You said... Jed. What? "You said" what? 1190 01:19:58,520 --> 01:20:01,200 Did you kill Sam Draper, Mr Pershore? 1191 01:20:01,200 --> 01:20:02,840 Of course I didn't. 1192 01:20:02,840 --> 01:20:08,400 Well, I think you did. I can establish a very firm motive and you're unwilling to provide an alibi. 1193 01:20:08,400 --> 01:20:10,400 Never stand up in a court of law. 1194 01:20:10,400 --> 01:20:14,400 But it'll be the end of your political ambitions, wouldn't it? 1195 01:20:14,400 --> 01:20:17,000 Ah. What's wrong, Jed? 1196 01:20:17,000 --> 01:20:19,120 Hero's got feet of clay, has he? 1197 01:20:19,120 --> 01:20:21,440 You said... 1198 01:20:21,440 --> 01:20:24,400 you told me that it was... 1199 01:20:24,400 --> 01:20:26,180 Told you what, Jed? 1200 01:20:27,720 --> 01:20:33,240 He told me that the money was to stop Draper from hurting Henry Blythely. 1201 01:20:34,360 --> 01:20:35,720 What money? 1202 01:20:37,480 --> 01:20:38,720 What's going on, Geoff? 1203 01:20:38,720 --> 01:20:43,120 Oh, here he is. Your bum boy. Come to help him with his seat, have you? 1204 01:20:43,120 --> 01:20:46,320 Keep out of it, Jed. It's finished. Draper's no longer in my employ. 1205 01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:48,600 Clear off, Draper. 1206 01:20:48,600 --> 01:20:51,800 You. Don't tell me to clear off. 1207 01:20:51,800 --> 01:20:55,480 Mr Fancy Pants! You remember, I'll come back whenever I like. 1208 01:20:55,480 --> 01:20:57,520 I've got your nuts in my hand! 1209 01:20:57,520 --> 01:21:00,320 Figure of speech, like, bum boy. 1210 01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:02,800 Not literally...that's your job. 1211 01:21:02,800 --> 01:21:04,680 Jed! No! 1212 01:21:12,120 --> 01:21:16,980 Geoff... 1213 01:21:18,200 --> 01:21:21,080 Geoff... I think he's dead. 1214 01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:40,380 Quick. 1215 01:21:55,240 --> 01:21:57,520 What happened next, Jed? 1216 01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:02,720 Geoff drove me home and... 1217 01:22:02,720 --> 01:22:04,920 Straight home? 1218 01:22:04,920 --> 01:22:07,160 Or did you stop off somewhere else? 1219 01:22:11,280 --> 01:22:16,600 We stopped outside Draper's house and Geoff went in for a while. 1220 01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:19,700 You went in to get the closure notice. 1221 01:22:19,700 --> 01:22:21,320 And you destroyed it. 1222 01:22:21,320 --> 01:22:24,140 I should've burnt it a year ago. 1223 01:22:25,720 --> 01:22:27,380 Some insurance policy. 1224 01:22:28,600 --> 01:22:32,040 But I did it. I killed Draper. 1225 01:22:32,040 --> 01:22:34,880 Geoff's innocent. 1226 01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:37,300 Is he? 1227 01:22:38,920 --> 01:22:42,000 Are you going to let him do this, Mr Pershore? 1228 01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:44,040 Go on thinking you're innocent. 1229 01:22:48,080 --> 01:22:52,280 There was a local outbreak of food poisoning, Jed, about a year ago. 1230 01:22:52,280 --> 01:22:55,560 Do you remember it? Vaguely. 1231 01:22:55,560 --> 01:22:58,240 Did your father contract it? 1232 01:22:58,240 --> 01:23:00,120 He was an alcoholic. 1233 01:23:00,120 --> 01:23:01,880 He contracted everything. 1234 01:23:01,880 --> 01:23:03,680 He was useless. 1235 01:23:03,680 --> 01:23:06,720 This was a particularly severe outbreak. 1236 01:23:06,720 --> 01:23:09,080 Source was traced to the mill. 1237 01:23:09,080 --> 01:23:13,520 A man died of complications from it about six months ago. 1238 01:23:13,520 --> 01:23:16,060 He died of liver failure. 1239 01:23:18,760 --> 01:23:20,240 Me dad? 1240 01:23:29,320 --> 01:23:31,800 I wanted to make it up to you, Jed. 1241 01:23:31,800 --> 01:23:35,920 I made one stupid mistake. 1242 01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:38,180 In the public interest. 1243 01:23:38,180 --> 01:23:42,160 I wanted to keep the mill going while I cleaned it up. 1244 01:23:42,160 --> 01:23:44,480 I made a mistake. 1245 01:23:48,160 --> 01:23:49,920 You talk about fairness? 1246 01:23:49,920 --> 01:23:54,040 You talk about truth and honesty and changing the world?! 1247 01:23:54,040 --> 01:23:58,800 You're a crook, just another crooked businessman! 1248 01:24:06,140 --> 01:24:08,520 I tried to give you your dad back, Jed. 1249 01:24:10,720 --> 01:24:12,120 Was I wrong? 1250 01:24:17,240 --> 01:24:19,000 Oi! 1251 01:24:21,300 --> 01:24:25,240 I don't...need...a dad. 1252 01:24:26,580 --> 01:24:28,900 Jed. 1253 01:24:28,900 --> 01:24:30,440 Is he worth hanging for? 1254 01:24:53,120 --> 01:24:55,160 I should be getting to the count. 1255 01:24:59,420 --> 01:25:01,760 How do you do good in life? 1256 01:25:03,400 --> 01:25:04,720 Do you know? 1257 01:25:06,400 --> 01:25:09,720 How, without taking chances? 1258 01:25:09,720 --> 01:25:12,580 You mean making compromises? 1259 01:25:12,580 --> 01:25:14,880 I didn't compromise, I took a chance. 1260 01:25:14,880 --> 01:25:17,040 And not for me... 1261 01:25:17,040 --> 01:25:19,720 for the good of the mill and its workers. 1262 01:25:19,720 --> 01:25:25,360 And you're going to go on telling yourself that, are you? Till I die. 1263 01:25:33,120 --> 01:25:35,820 The Returning Officer for the constituency of Rinton. 1264 01:25:35,820 --> 01:25:37,780 Have I missed it? 1265 01:25:37,780 --> 01:25:42,540 Any minute now. The reported count for each candidate was as follows. 1266 01:25:42,540 --> 01:25:48,320 Andrew James Carr, 3,109 votes. APPLAUSE 1267 01:25:48,320 --> 01:25:54,280 Nicholas Charles Reginald Mundy, 29,647 votes. 1268 01:25:54,280 --> 01:25:57,700 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 1269 01:25:57,700 --> 01:26:02,160 Geoffrey Pershore, 27,116 votes. 1270 01:26:02,160 --> 01:26:08,920 And that Nicholas Charles Reginald Mundy is therefore duly elected to serve. 1271 01:26:08,920 --> 01:26:12,000 What d'you think Jimpson will get? 1272 01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:15,840 Manslaughter. 3, 4 years. 1273 01:26:15,840 --> 01:26:19,140 Generous of you to let Pershore come to the count. 1274 01:26:19,140 --> 01:26:21,680 I'd have locked him up straight away. 1275 01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:26,640 Thank you. Thank you very much. 1276 01:26:36,500 --> 01:26:38,680 I'm beginning to see why you don't vote. 1277 01:26:38,680 --> 01:26:41,280 Lies everywhere you look. 1278 01:26:41,280 --> 01:26:45,380 It's the lies you tell yourself that kill you. 1279 01:26:45,380 --> 01:26:47,360 Why London? 1280 01:26:49,480 --> 01:26:51,960 Career move. 1281 01:26:53,820 --> 01:26:57,240 Chief Constable put a note on my desk, by the way. 1282 01:26:57,240 --> 01:27:02,960 My objections to your going for the Met have been over-ruled, apparently. 1283 01:27:02,960 --> 01:27:07,540 Have you worked out yet why he's so keen for you to go on this seminar? 1284 01:27:07,540 --> 01:27:11,280 Yep. He's hoping I won't come back. 1285 01:27:11,280 --> 01:27:12,760 And will you? 1286 01:27:15,940 --> 01:27:18,280 How do you resign from the Masons, by the way? 1287 01:27:18,280 --> 01:27:22,800 You don't. You know you've left the Masons when they find you. 1288 01:27:24,480 --> 01:27:26,320 Great. 1289 01:27:29,920 --> 01:27:33,040 Good luck, Sergeant Bacchus. 1290 01:27:33,040 --> 01:27:34,040 Thank you, guv. 1291 01:27:58,580 --> 01:28:01,600 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd