1 00:03:10,700 --> 00:03:12,120 Yes? Mrs. Dessard? 2 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:14,520 Yes? Seven Dolls Police. 3 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,240 You phoned. Made a complaint? 4 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:19,679 I did. 5 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:20,680 Yes. 6 00:03:32,980 --> 00:03:33,980 Rotten egg? 7 00:03:34,540 --> 00:03:35,540 Yes. 8 00:03:37,540 --> 00:03:38,900 I asked for a detective. 9 00:03:39,950 --> 00:03:41,230 Well, I am a detective. 10 00:03:41,510 --> 00:03:42,510 You? 11 00:03:42,690 --> 00:03:43,990 You know more than a kid. 12 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:52,930 The, uh... The complaint. 13 00:03:55,390 --> 00:03:56,530 It's about my husband. 14 00:03:57,490 --> 00:03:59,610 You're making a complaint against your husband? 15 00:04:00,030 --> 00:04:01,030 Yes. 16 00:04:02,410 --> 00:04:03,590 Well, so where is he? 17 00:04:04,990 --> 00:04:05,990 Upstairs. 18 00:04:09,670 --> 00:04:11,970 Well, would you mind telling me the nature of it? Yes. 19 00:04:12,550 --> 00:04:13,550 I'll tell you. 20 00:04:15,850 --> 00:04:20,390 My husband... He's trying to poison me. 21 00:05:00,590 --> 00:05:01,590 Where are you going? 22 00:05:01,670 --> 00:05:03,350 I don't know yet. I'll make my mind up on the way. 23 00:05:04,270 --> 00:05:05,270 On your way where? 24 00:05:05,390 --> 00:05:06,790 I just said I don't know yet. 25 00:05:07,230 --> 00:05:08,730 It's pouring with rain outside. 26 00:05:09,290 --> 00:05:10,290 Exactly. 27 00:05:11,070 --> 00:05:12,070 Oh, well. 28 00:05:12,630 --> 00:05:14,350 Anyway, you want me out for the day? 29 00:05:15,910 --> 00:05:18,910 I do not want you out for the day. No, I'd expect I'll find something to do. I 30 00:05:18,910 --> 00:05:21,330 have never once said that I wanted you out for the day. Now, have I said that? 31 00:05:21,390 --> 00:05:22,390 Well, you didn't have to say it. 32 00:05:22,550 --> 00:05:23,550 No? It was implied. 33 00:05:23,830 --> 00:05:25,170 Oh, now, wait a minute. Don't start that scene. 34 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,080 You are perfectly welcome to stay home all day, if you wish. Oh, thank you. 35 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,800 happens to be the first full Saturday I've had off in ages, and I intend to be 36 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,020 very busy, not doing anything. 37 00:05:36,940 --> 00:05:40,400 Now, Mike will be calling around later. Oh, I see. No, you do not see. Neither 38 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:41,400 do you. Let me finish. 39 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,300 Mike will be calling around later, and we're probably going out somewhere. Now, 40 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,540 I don't know where yet, because we haven't made any set plans on this first 41 00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:53,280 Saturday that I've had off since God knows when. 42 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,120 All right? 43 00:05:55,950 --> 00:05:59,230 And the reason I asked you earlier what your plans were... It's because you 44 00:05:59,230 --> 00:06:00,830 don't want any responsibilities today. 45 00:06:01,050 --> 00:06:02,050 That's right. 46 00:06:02,350 --> 00:06:06,270 Now, you are a responsibility, and I like you being a responsibility, but not 47 00:06:06,270 --> 00:06:07,270 today. 48 00:06:07,810 --> 00:06:12,470 Today, I don't want to be asked where a certain clean shirt is or what we're 49 00:06:12,470 --> 00:06:13,470 having for lunch. 50 00:06:13,590 --> 00:06:16,230 I don't want to be asked what time it is. I don't want to be asked any 51 00:06:16,230 --> 00:06:18,110 unnecessary questions. I don't want to be called. 52 00:06:18,470 --> 00:06:19,650 I don't want to be summoned. 53 00:06:20,410 --> 00:06:21,510 Just for this one day. 54 00:06:23,170 --> 00:06:24,170 Now, do you understand? 55 00:06:24,630 --> 00:06:27,730 Yeah. You want me out of the way? Oh, for God's sake. 56 00:06:28,410 --> 00:06:30,570 Now, what the... Trap me. 57 00:06:35,030 --> 00:06:36,150 Yeah, being poisoned? 58 00:06:36,390 --> 00:06:38,470 What? That's what you said, sir. Poisoned by who? 59 00:06:38,970 --> 00:06:39,970 By a husband. 60 00:06:40,590 --> 00:06:41,590 According to her. 61 00:06:42,250 --> 00:06:45,730 Yeah, OK. What's she look like? Look like, sir? Well, the woman. Does she 62 00:06:45,730 --> 00:06:47,090 like a victim of poisoning? 63 00:06:47,430 --> 00:06:48,990 Oh, no. She looked quite well. 64 00:06:49,370 --> 00:06:50,370 Bit odd. 65 00:06:50,630 --> 00:06:53,430 She even had a padlock and chain on the food cupboard in the kitchen. 66 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:55,240 Did she describe her symptoms? 67 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,860 Yeah, well, she was a bit vague, sir. Any proof, sample of poisoned food, 68 00:06:58,980 --> 00:06:59,980 liquid? No. 69 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:03,280 Anyone to witness the fact that her husband may be maliciously administering 70 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:04,099 poison to her? 71 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:05,520 No, sir. Did you talk to her husband? 72 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:07,400 No. Well, he wasn't around. 73 00:07:07,700 --> 00:07:09,420 She does have a husband, that's one. 74 00:07:09,820 --> 00:07:12,180 Oh, yes, sir. Well, according to her. 75 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,140 Anyway, she hasn't made a written complaint yet. You know, just a verbal 76 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,120 Yeah, good, good. Keep it that way. Sir? Look, it's a domestic, Phillips. 77 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:21,320 You're supposed to be attached to CID. 78 00:07:22,090 --> 00:07:23,230 Yeah, well, she asked for CID. 79 00:07:23,530 --> 00:07:26,230 Of course she did. Her kind would. When did she make the complaint? 80 00:07:26,870 --> 00:07:27,870 Yesterday evening. 81 00:07:28,190 --> 00:07:29,270 Well, there you are then. 82 00:07:30,830 --> 00:07:31,830 Helen. 83 00:07:32,010 --> 00:07:33,010 It's the weekend. 84 00:07:33,470 --> 00:07:34,470 Oh, so what? 85 00:07:34,530 --> 00:07:36,150 So people get weird at weekends, don't they? 86 00:07:36,710 --> 00:07:37,710 Especially domestics. 87 00:07:37,790 --> 00:07:39,530 Got to face each other for two whole days. 88 00:07:40,130 --> 00:07:41,130 Mind works overtime. 89 00:07:41,910 --> 00:07:46,510 But if she rings again, ask for me. If she rings again and asks for you, then 90 00:07:46,510 --> 00:07:49,170 you tell Uniform. You get them to send a WPC. 91 00:07:49,390 --> 00:07:50,650 You leave it alone. 92 00:07:51,370 --> 00:07:54,930 Well, unless, of course, she dies, we get landed with a suspicious death. 93 00:07:55,790 --> 00:07:57,090 Oh, marvellous. 94 00:07:57,430 --> 00:07:58,550 Then there's the weather factor. 95 00:07:59,330 --> 00:08:01,670 The what? All that rain, non -stop. 96 00:08:02,030 --> 00:08:03,030 Soaks the brain. 97 00:08:03,410 --> 00:08:05,390 People always imagine the worst on a wet weekend. 98 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,180 And, of course, when his husband and wife are stuck at home all day, getting 99 00:08:53,180 --> 00:08:56,120 each other's nerves, having rows, a lot of noise, a lot of problems. 100 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,820 They imagine they're being got at by each other, yeah. Right, but 101 00:08:58,820 --> 00:08:59,820 subconsciously, mate. 102 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:01,260 Most of it's all down to the subconscious. 103 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:02,619 Oh, yeah. 104 00:09:02,620 --> 00:09:05,440 If she drives a car, she might just get it into her head, he's trying to fix the 105 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,600 brake. Or he might convince himself she's putting broken glass in his apple 106 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:09,920 crumble. But it's the woman. 107 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,020 What? In this case, it's the woman who says she's being poisoned. 108 00:09:14,300 --> 00:09:15,440 Thinks she's being poisoned. 109 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:17,100 Oh, right, then. Thinks it. 110 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,060 I mean, my old man and my old woman. 111 00:09:19,370 --> 00:09:20,209 They never got on. 112 00:09:20,210 --> 00:09:21,930 Always chucking accusations at each other. 113 00:09:22,430 --> 00:09:25,110 And my old woman makes the worst real gravy in the world. 114 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:27,510 What's that got to do with anything? 115 00:09:27,890 --> 00:09:28,890 I'm just saying. 116 00:09:29,070 --> 00:09:31,330 My old man loves real gravy. Always has. 117 00:09:31,790 --> 00:09:35,450 And he used to reckon, when he was in a bad mood, which was often, that she was 118 00:09:35,450 --> 00:09:36,570 trying to spike it intentionally. 119 00:09:36,890 --> 00:09:37,890 Spike the gravy. 120 00:09:38,130 --> 00:09:39,230 He was wrong, of course. 121 00:09:39,510 --> 00:09:40,489 Oh, good. 122 00:09:40,490 --> 00:09:43,630 Because all us kids used to have to eat it as well, didn't we? Look, supposing 123 00:09:43,630 --> 00:09:44,630 someone's right. 124 00:09:44,830 --> 00:09:45,830 Right? Yeah. 125 00:09:46,670 --> 00:09:48,230 Supposing they really are being poisoned. 126 00:09:48,620 --> 00:09:51,040 Well, then they talk to their doctor, don't they? Or their friends or any 127 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,340 relative that might be on their side. 128 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,080 But not us. 129 00:09:54,180 --> 00:09:56,420 What? They don't talk to us. 130 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:57,820 You heard what a man said. 131 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:01,240 Anyway, this real gravy of hers is terrible. 132 00:10:01,580 --> 00:10:02,880 Really diabolical. 133 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:05,800 The poor old girl's been trying for years to get the hang of it. 134 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,180 I mean, I've seen it lying there in the pan. 135 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,280 Looking like a boiled rubber glove. 136 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,360 Hello? Oh, hello, Mike. How are things? 137 00:11:54,460 --> 00:11:55,460 Oh, good. 138 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,780 Me? Oh, I'm just pottering around, taking things easy. I'm even going to 139 00:11:59,780 --> 00:12:00,780 fire. 140 00:12:00,860 --> 00:12:01,860 Yeah, what a day. 141 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:05,040 Going where? 142 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:06,720 What, in this weather? 143 00:12:09,100 --> 00:12:10,100 I see. 144 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,560 You're still calling around later, are you? 145 00:12:15,620 --> 00:12:16,620 Oh, good. 146 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,760 No, no, that's all right. We've got the whole day. We can make up our minds 147 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:21,760 where to go later on. 148 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,280 Oh, he's gone out? 149 00:12:24,140 --> 00:12:25,140 Yes. 150 00:12:26,740 --> 00:12:27,860 All right, I'll see you then. Cheers. 151 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:29,240 Bye. 152 00:12:32,060 --> 00:12:33,060 CID. 153 00:12:33,260 --> 00:12:34,260 Who? 154 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:36,500 Oh, just a moment, please. 155 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:37,960 Pete, for you. 156 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:39,280 Lady friend. 157 00:12:41,340 --> 00:12:42,340 Hello. 158 00:12:43,620 --> 00:12:45,420 Oh, yeah, hello, Mrs. Dessart. 159 00:12:47,950 --> 00:12:49,330 Well, no, not really. 160 00:12:51,110 --> 00:12:55,350 Well... Because there hasn't really been much time to get things done, has 161 00:12:55,350 --> 00:12:56,350 there? 162 00:12:57,890 --> 00:13:01,450 Oh, yeah, look, of course I realise how important it is, but it was only at your 163 00:13:01,450 --> 00:13:02,750 house a couple of hours ago, remember? 164 00:13:03,590 --> 00:13:04,590 Was it? 165 00:13:05,290 --> 00:13:08,350 All right, then, two hours, 15 minutes ago. 166 00:13:09,230 --> 00:13:14,310 Look, anyway, I've had a word with the inspector, and he reckons that a WPC 167 00:13:14,310 --> 00:13:15,310 be... What? 168 00:13:17,859 --> 00:13:19,340 A WPC is a policewoman. 169 00:13:20,860 --> 00:13:24,020 No, no, not a lady detective, but a policewoman just the same, yeah. 170 00:13:25,660 --> 00:13:26,660 Oh, fine. 171 00:13:27,620 --> 00:13:31,780 Yes. Look, I tell you what, I'll pop up and see one right now and make sure 172 00:13:31,780 --> 00:13:32,880 she's there within the hour, yes? 173 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,000 Well, thank you, Mrs. Itzard. 174 00:13:37,420 --> 00:13:38,700 Yeah. Bye -bye. 175 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,500 I told her I'd send a WPC. 176 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,079 I'm not dead. 177 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:47,840 Just make sure you do it. What's that? 178 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:49,280 Yeah, it's just a crank. 179 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:52,300 Weekend weirdo. Thinks her husband's trying to poison her. 180 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:53,840 You want to see her? 181 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:54,920 Yes, sir. 182 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:55,960 How old? 183 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,080 About 50. 184 00:13:57,980 --> 00:14:01,220 50. The first time she's phoned, asked for you personally? 185 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:02,720 Oh, yes, sir. 186 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:04,400 Won't end there, then, will it? 187 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:05,920 Not for you. Not now. 188 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:07,900 Sir? She's got your name. 189 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,620 Ergo, she's got you. You are now her champion. 190 00:14:11,060 --> 00:14:12,060 Won't end there now. 191 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,600 And, uh... A woman policeman, not going to make much difference. She will ring 192 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:18,340 and ring and ring, and she'll always ask for you. 193 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:20,460 Let her come here and ask for you. 194 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:23,860 Maybe even start hanging around outside, follow you around, find out where you 195 00:14:23,860 --> 00:14:25,220 live. I'll put money on it. 196 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:26,839 All right. 197 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,520 Let him go there, wrap it up, get her off his back before she becomes a 198 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:31,520 liability. Yes, sir. 199 00:14:34,020 --> 00:14:36,520 You go there and you keep her quiet. 200 00:14:36,940 --> 00:14:39,340 Yes, sir. And don't complicate it any further. 201 00:14:39,620 --> 00:14:40,620 Okay. 202 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,340 Yeah, make sure, will you, Jake? 203 00:14:43,310 --> 00:14:44,310 Make sure? Yeah. 204 00:14:44,430 --> 00:14:45,430 Go with him. 205 00:14:47,710 --> 00:14:49,190 You've started something, haven't you? 206 00:14:49,590 --> 00:14:50,590 Oh, sorry. 207 00:14:50,750 --> 00:14:53,510 Sorry? It's warm in here. It's dry. 208 00:14:54,030 --> 00:14:55,030 Not out there. 209 00:14:55,390 --> 00:14:57,350 It's pouring down with bloody rain out there. 210 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:54,500 I'll catch you. Come on in. 211 00:15:55,620 --> 00:15:57,180 How are you? 212 00:15:58,060 --> 00:16:00,340 Fine. Here, come on, give me that coat. 213 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,420 You know, it's almost impossible to drive out there. Yes, I bet. 214 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:04,720 I'll get this dry. 215 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:06,000 A couple of bottles of wine. 216 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:08,220 I thought we were going out. 217 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:11,580 We are, as soon as it eases off. In the meantime, emergency rations. 218 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:12,880 Go in there, get yourself warm. 219 00:16:22,140 --> 00:16:23,410 Here. Try your hand. 220 00:16:24,010 --> 00:16:25,010 Thanks. 221 00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:26,910 Oh, a couple of bottles, you said. 222 00:16:27,510 --> 00:16:28,750 So it's best to have a choice? 223 00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:30,030 Yes, a good choice. 224 00:16:31,170 --> 00:16:32,670 Do you have authority on wine? 225 00:16:32,990 --> 00:16:35,550 No, but I know a good label when I see one. 226 00:16:38,550 --> 00:16:40,250 Oh, that'll die. 227 00:16:40,510 --> 00:16:41,510 Oh, no. 228 00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:46,370 But that's out there, and we're in here. 229 00:16:55,470 --> 00:16:56,470 So you come. 230 00:16:56,590 --> 00:16:58,450 I was watching from the window. 231 00:17:00,670 --> 00:17:01,670 So who's this? 232 00:17:02,270 --> 00:17:04,250 Ah, this is Detective Sergeant Barrett. 233 00:17:04,670 --> 00:17:05,670 Detective Sergeant? 234 00:17:05,950 --> 00:17:06,729 That's right. 235 00:17:06,730 --> 00:17:07,730 Come with you, has he? 236 00:17:08,130 --> 00:17:09,130 Uh, yeah. 237 00:17:09,530 --> 00:17:11,609 Oh. Well, I suppose that's all right. 238 00:17:13,430 --> 00:17:14,430 He'll be asleep. 239 00:17:14,510 --> 00:17:16,010 He always has a sleep at midday. 240 00:17:17,210 --> 00:17:18,690 He hasn't answered yet. 241 00:17:18,990 --> 00:17:19,990 Who hasn't answered? 242 00:17:20,589 --> 00:17:21,589 My husband. 243 00:17:21,630 --> 00:17:25,050 I wrote this to remind him to pay the electric bill. You don't ask him to pay 244 00:17:25,050 --> 00:17:27,020 it. Ask him? You know, talk to him? 245 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:28,480 I don't want to talk to him. 246 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,120 Why should I talk to him? Well, how do you know if he's going to pay or not 247 00:17:33,580 --> 00:17:35,300 He'll leave a note of his own, won't he? 248 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,800 An answering note on the stair. 249 00:17:38,740 --> 00:17:40,540 Best way of dealing with a person like him. 250 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:43,280 Beats you and your gravy. 251 00:17:49,060 --> 00:17:50,160 So we're not going bowling? 252 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:52,480 No. 253 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,100 What did you say? Thank God for that. I didn't say anything. 254 00:17:59,220 --> 00:18:01,020 There's the theatre. We could go to the theatre later. 255 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:03,480 Maybe. 256 00:18:03,860 --> 00:18:04,860 Or the cinema. 257 00:18:05,860 --> 00:18:06,860 I'm not sure what's on. 258 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:08,160 We've got a paper. 259 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:10,220 Yes, I'm with. 260 00:18:11,620 --> 00:18:14,820 Then there's lunch. I ought to be buying us some lunch. I can cook us some 261 00:18:14,820 --> 00:18:15,820 lunch. 262 00:18:16,980 --> 00:18:18,180 Anyway, your coat's not dry. 263 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:20,320 Oh, thank you. 264 00:18:28,910 --> 00:18:29,910 Any music? 265 00:18:31,350 --> 00:18:32,350 What? 266 00:18:32,710 --> 00:18:33,810 Do you have any music? 267 00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:35,890 Oh, yes, of course, hang on. 268 00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:41,310 I, er... I have to talk to you. 269 00:18:44,350 --> 00:18:48,530 Well, do you want the music during the talk, before or afterwards? 270 00:18:49,530 --> 00:18:50,530 Afterwards. 271 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:03,500 What is it we're about to have? 272 00:19:04,820 --> 00:19:10,900 Yes, well, um... I suppose it's about us. You suppose? 273 00:19:11,140 --> 00:19:12,180 Well, no, it's about me. 274 00:19:13,860 --> 00:19:17,620 I'm doing all kinds of things I haven't done for years. 275 00:19:17,860 --> 00:19:18,439 Like what? 276 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,840 And... You've probably noticed I haven't got the words right. I haven't had to 277 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:23,840 use them for years. 278 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:31,200 If I... If I don't see you for a couple of days, I... I feel... 279 00:19:33,290 --> 00:19:34,290 Lousy. 280 00:19:35,010 --> 00:19:37,430 When I know I'm going to see you, I'm on top of the world. 281 00:19:38,550 --> 00:19:40,250 I'm even nice to people who work under me. 282 00:19:41,090 --> 00:19:42,230 I think I've got them worried. 283 00:19:44,590 --> 00:19:48,330 And would you believe, I even have imaginary conversations with you when 284 00:19:48,330 --> 00:19:49,330 not there. 285 00:19:50,250 --> 00:19:52,670 The other day we were out in the country looking for some gear that had been 286 00:19:52,670 --> 00:19:56,650 stolen and stashed away on this farm. I was standing in a wood waiting for the 287 00:19:56,650 --> 00:19:57,650 others. You know what? 288 00:19:58,550 --> 00:19:59,550 What? 289 00:20:00,010 --> 00:20:02,570 If I'd had a penknife, I'd have carved your name on a tree. 290 00:20:06,210 --> 00:20:07,270 Could have borrowed one. 291 00:20:08,150 --> 00:20:09,150 Yeah. 292 00:20:10,990 --> 00:20:14,930 But it is... It's like being at school again. 293 00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:24,330 Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I'm in a bit of a 294 00:20:24,330 --> 00:20:25,330 bad way. 295 00:20:28,230 --> 00:20:29,230 Because of you. 296 00:20:36,940 --> 00:20:38,100 You can chuck me out now if you like. 297 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:41,100 No, I shan't do that. 298 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:44,240 So what about you? 299 00:20:48,740 --> 00:20:49,800 Now I'll tell you. 300 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:54,800 It's probably the last thing that I need. 301 00:20:59,060 --> 00:21:05,180 But the first thing that I want... Right now, the only thing I want... 302 00:21:09,999 --> 00:21:11,700 All right, what about your doctor? 303 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:13,800 Wouldn't it be advisable to go and see him? 304 00:21:14,220 --> 00:21:15,700 I don't get on with my doctor. 305 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,120 At least you could explain the problem to him, describe your symptoms. 306 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:20,000 And I don't like the waiting room there. 307 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:22,920 The receptionist is rude and you're made to wait for hours. 308 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,840 And I've got better things to do than sit on an uncomfortable chair, listening 309 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,980 to old women discussing their bad legs and young women talking about their 310 00:21:30,980 --> 00:21:33,720 children. What are your symptoms, Mrs. Isard? 311 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,070 What? What makes you think you've been poisoned? 312 00:21:37,910 --> 00:21:40,430 I've already told Mr... He forgot to tell me. 313 00:21:41,750 --> 00:21:42,750 Oh. 314 00:21:43,870 --> 00:21:45,190 Well, I've been sick a lot. 315 00:21:45,510 --> 00:21:46,449 Any cramp? 316 00:21:46,450 --> 00:21:47,490 Cramp? In a stomach. 317 00:21:48,510 --> 00:21:53,050 No. Well, a bit of pain now again. I suppose you could call that cramp. Have 318 00:21:53,050 --> 00:21:54,190 ever passed out, been unconscious? 319 00:21:55,090 --> 00:21:56,310 No, not yet. 320 00:21:56,610 --> 00:21:59,690 Any burning sensation round the mouth, on the lips, after you've eaten 321 00:21:59,690 --> 00:22:00,690 or drunk something? 322 00:22:01,250 --> 00:22:02,250 No. 323 00:22:02,850 --> 00:22:03,910 But then I'm careful. 324 00:22:04,650 --> 00:22:05,690 And what about smell? 325 00:22:05,990 --> 00:22:09,430 Smell? Have you tasted anything? Any food or drink that had an odd smell to 326 00:22:09,490 --> 00:22:10,850 Something you wouldn't normally associate with it? 327 00:22:11,070 --> 00:22:12,070 Like what? 328 00:22:12,170 --> 00:22:14,510 Well, like almonds, for instance. 329 00:22:16,510 --> 00:22:18,930 No, I haven't tasted anything almondy. 330 00:22:32,590 --> 00:22:34,430 I don't need to see a doctor. I know. 331 00:22:34,630 --> 00:22:36,030 He's threatened to poison me. 332 00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:37,930 That's enough, isn't it? Surely that's enough. 333 00:22:38,230 --> 00:22:39,290 When he threatened you? 334 00:22:39,530 --> 00:22:41,810 Yes. Did he write the threat on one of his notes? 335 00:22:42,470 --> 00:22:44,090 Oh, no. That was when we were talking. 336 00:22:44,330 --> 00:22:45,490 A verbal threat? 337 00:22:45,690 --> 00:22:46,870 Yes. And when was that? 338 00:22:48,570 --> 00:22:50,850 What? When did he make this verbal threat? 339 00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:53,730 He made more than one. When we were talking, Mrs. Itard. 340 00:22:54,570 --> 00:22:55,570 When? Yes. 341 00:22:56,730 --> 00:23:00,850 But when was the last time you had a normal speaking conversation with your 342 00:23:00,850 --> 00:23:01,850 husband? 343 00:23:05,870 --> 00:23:07,070 When did we go decimal? 344 00:23:10,330 --> 00:23:11,330 1971. 345 00:23:12,590 --> 00:23:13,930 Well, it was round about then. 346 00:23:24,370 --> 00:23:26,750 There's a club out at Ilford. I know the manager. We could go there. 347 00:23:28,510 --> 00:23:30,130 What do they do there in the afternoons? 348 00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:32,030 Gamble. Do you like gambling? No. 349 00:23:33,210 --> 00:23:34,210 We could watch. 350 00:23:34,270 --> 00:23:35,270 No, thanks. 351 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,000 Well, driving the countries out. 352 00:23:42,820 --> 00:23:43,820 Absolutely. 353 00:23:46,620 --> 00:23:48,600 Then again, we could ring up some friends. 354 00:23:48,820 --> 00:23:50,440 Friends? Yeah. Whose friends? 355 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:51,559 Well, I don't know. 356 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,220 Yours, mine. Make a party of it. 357 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:55,640 No? No. 358 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,240 Good, I didn't like that idea much myself. 359 00:24:00,060 --> 00:24:01,440 Give me time, I'll think of something. 360 00:24:06,140 --> 00:24:07,140 So what did... 361 00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:10,040 You and Ray do it yourselves on a wet Saturday afternoon. 362 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,460 How am I supposed to answer that? 363 00:24:15,420 --> 00:24:18,560 Do you mean the beginning of the relationship when there was just the 364 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,380 and we still tried to be romantic? Or do you mean later when it was a busy 365 00:24:22,380 --> 00:24:23,380 working marriage? 366 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,240 I suppose I don't really know what I mean. Yes, you do. You asked. 367 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:29,320 Yeah. 368 00:24:29,780 --> 00:24:30,780 I did. 369 00:24:31,060 --> 00:24:32,060 So I'll tell you. 370 00:24:37,350 --> 00:24:38,610 It was a good marriage. 371 00:24:40,450 --> 00:24:41,450 I miss the man. 372 00:24:44,830 --> 00:24:47,590 But I do know that two -thirds of the way through that marriage we wouldn't 373 00:24:47,590 --> 00:24:52,370 been sitting here by the fire drinking wine and not wanting to do any more than 374 00:24:52,370 --> 00:24:53,370 that. 375 00:24:55,910 --> 00:24:57,410 And I wouldn't have been feeling good. 376 00:24:58,870 --> 00:25:01,850 In a different way, maybe, but not in the same way as I'm feeling good right 377 00:25:01,850 --> 00:25:02,850 now. 378 00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:06,670 It's a sad thing about relationships, isn't it? 379 00:25:07,850 --> 00:25:08,850 Fun goes. 380 00:25:10,030 --> 00:25:11,690 The kind of fun that was there at the beginning. 381 00:25:12,690 --> 00:25:14,250 Yes. It all gets too safe. 382 00:25:16,070 --> 00:25:17,450 You're surprised we've left. 383 00:25:18,210 --> 00:25:20,510 Nothing to get emotionally worried about. 384 00:25:20,930 --> 00:25:23,990 And all your well -meaning friends tell you that's how it should be. 385 00:25:24,310 --> 00:25:29,730 That any worthwhile relationship with maturity becomes more down -to -earth 386 00:25:29,730 --> 00:25:30,930 practical. Yes. 387 00:25:32,810 --> 00:25:34,870 You forget how to carve a name on a tree. 388 00:25:40,780 --> 00:25:42,700 I forget why he wanted to carve it in the first place. 389 00:25:50,580 --> 00:25:52,720 Would your husband mind if we woke him up, Mrs. DeSante? 390 00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:54,640 You'd better ask him yourself. 391 00:25:54,980 --> 00:25:56,740 Oh, well, would you mind if we had a word with him? 392 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:58,400 No. 393 00:25:58,600 --> 00:25:59,600 Why should I mind? 394 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:06,160 Up there. 395 00:26:07,980 --> 00:26:08,980 Top floor. 396 00:26:09,580 --> 00:26:10,200 Top room 397 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:25,100 Guess 398 00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:26,100 what? 399 00:27:06,890 --> 00:27:07,910 Mr Rousseau? Yeah. 400 00:27:08,310 --> 00:27:09,430 Where from? I know you are. 401 00:27:10,110 --> 00:27:11,110 It's obvious. 402 00:27:11,690 --> 00:27:12,690 So you are. 403 00:27:14,210 --> 00:27:15,830 There's nothing I really want to say to you. 404 00:27:16,070 --> 00:27:18,890 All the same, we'd like a word, if you don't mind. 405 00:27:21,230 --> 00:27:22,230 The honour. 406 00:27:46,380 --> 00:27:47,380 That's what she says. 407 00:27:48,740 --> 00:27:51,760 So, to get things straight, we thought we ought to talk to you. 408 00:27:52,700 --> 00:27:55,040 You know, to ask... Ask you if I'm trying to poison her? 409 00:27:56,260 --> 00:27:57,260 Well, yeah. 410 00:28:00,540 --> 00:28:01,820 Let me tell you something, son. 411 00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:14,420 If... If I had the courage, I think I'd do it. 412 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:16,600 What's that? 413 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:19,700 I quite like to do it. 414 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,060 It's never even crossed my mind before. 415 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:29,760 But now you've mentioned it. Mr. Izzard, only reason we're here is because your 416 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,100 wife has made a complaint against you. 417 00:28:31,380 --> 00:28:34,480 We just want to get a peace between us. Peace? There's enough peace in this 418 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:35,480 house, isn't there? 419 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,740 Absolute bloody dead silence. Isn't there peace for enough? 420 00:28:37,940 --> 00:28:41,680 We can't... Her down there, me stuck up here in this lousy rotten room. 421 00:28:42,180 --> 00:28:44,100 You don't have to be up here, surely? No. 422 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:48,020 I do too. It's the only way I can get away from her and me own home. 423 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:49,840 You own the house? 424 00:28:52,020 --> 00:28:53,020 Well, no. 425 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:54,800 We both do. 426 00:28:55,780 --> 00:28:57,580 Must be worth a few bob these days. 427 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:00,120 Yeah, 428 00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:03,540 I expect it is. 429 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,260 I wouldn't kill her. 430 00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:15,420 a real anger in me anymore. 431 00:29:25,140 --> 00:29:30,720 I mean, he never really said a lot before we got married, even less 432 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:36,800 He just went dead from the start. 433 00:29:38,020 --> 00:29:43,120 We've never had a proper round, do you know that? Not one in all these years. 434 00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:48,440 I mean, one good row might have done a bit of good, but we should have got us 435 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:49,900 talking to one another. 436 00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:55,000 They're the only shouting matches we ever have with some paper. 437 00:29:56,260 --> 00:30:00,680 I once used up a whole notepad on one argument. 438 00:30:02,060 --> 00:30:03,060 Do you have any children? 439 00:30:03,740 --> 00:30:04,740 Children? 440 00:30:08,220 --> 00:30:09,220 Oh, 441 00:30:10,860 --> 00:30:12,540 well, what's your job, Mr. Rousseau? 442 00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:16,980 Hey, well, I'm in printing for as long as printing lasts. 443 00:30:17,260 --> 00:30:19,240 Yeah, well, there's a lot of new things on the way. 444 00:30:19,820 --> 00:30:21,420 Would you consider coming downstairs with us? 445 00:30:22,860 --> 00:30:26,100 Downstairs? Well, I think all of us, your wife included, could maybe sit 446 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:27,960 the table and try and get some kind of conversation going. 447 00:30:55,199 --> 00:30:56,199 Mrs. Slithard? 448 00:30:57,300 --> 00:30:58,440 Yes, Mrs. Slithard? 449 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:07,300 This is for you. 450 00:31:07,980 --> 00:31:09,220 What? It's cake. 451 00:31:09,820 --> 00:31:10,739 Homemade cake. 452 00:31:10,740 --> 00:31:11,740 I made it. 453 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,860 Oh, thank you. It's because you've been so helpful. 454 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,260 Understanding. Well, it... Are you married? 455 00:31:18,020 --> 00:31:19,020 Uh, no. 456 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:20,280 You live with your mother, do you? 457 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,580 Well, I live with my parents, yeah. And I expect your mother makes cakes and 458 00:31:24,580 --> 00:31:25,580 things for you, does she? 459 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:27,500 Oh, yes, she does. I bet she does. 460 00:31:27,860 --> 00:31:30,280 The rubbish they turn in the shops, you couldn't call those things cakes. 461 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:32,460 So what happened? 462 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:33,860 What are you going to do with him? 463 00:31:34,740 --> 00:31:36,020 You're the understanding one. 464 00:31:36,860 --> 00:31:37,860 Well, 465 00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:41,640 we've had a chat with your husband. Managed to say something then, did he? 466 00:31:42,180 --> 00:31:42,899 Oh, yeah. 467 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:46,240 And he admitted it, eh? I expect he did to you. You probably scared the life out 468 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:47,800 of him. No, he didn't admit anything. 469 00:31:48,770 --> 00:31:51,910 In fact, he assured us he has no intention of harming you. 470 00:31:52,930 --> 00:31:54,090 Do you believe that? 471 00:31:54,790 --> 00:31:55,790 You believe him? 472 00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:58,950 Well, we've been given no reason to disbelieve him. So what does that mean? 473 00:31:59,210 --> 00:32:01,510 It means, Mrs Isard, that there's nothing more we can do here. 474 00:32:01,750 --> 00:32:03,990 Nothing more? We've spent a great deal of time... I'm asking him! 475 00:32:04,350 --> 00:32:06,390 Oh, yes, I'm afraid he's right. 476 00:32:07,210 --> 00:32:11,970 The only advice we can offer you now, if you're still concerned, is perhaps you 477 00:32:11,970 --> 00:32:12,970 should see a solicitor. 478 00:32:19,150 --> 00:32:20,150 Leave it! 479 00:32:26,690 --> 00:32:27,690 Rain's stopped. 480 00:32:32,470 --> 00:32:32,990 Let 481 00:32:32,990 --> 00:32:39,990 it ring. 482 00:32:40,610 --> 00:32:42,350 What? Why not leave it? 483 00:32:42,810 --> 00:32:44,630 I can't just leave it. 484 00:32:44,870 --> 00:32:45,910 It's the health, isn't it? 485 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:52,200 Persistent. 486 00:32:54,460 --> 00:32:55,860 I can't. 487 00:32:58,220 --> 00:32:59,980 If it's for me... Shut up. 488 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:03,500 Hello? 489 00:33:04,700 --> 00:33:05,700 Hello, is there? 490 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:08,520 Steve? 491 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:10,720 Where are you? You sound miles away. 492 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:13,960 What? 493 00:33:14,540 --> 00:33:16,380 Why are you there? What are you doing there? 494 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:19,320 How did you get there? 495 00:33:21,710 --> 00:33:22,790 No, I think. Coming back? 496 00:33:26,130 --> 00:33:28,590 Oh, all right, but tell her I'll send the money on to her. 497 00:33:30,370 --> 00:33:31,370 What? 498 00:33:32,210 --> 00:33:35,490 Well, I mean, all right, if they don't mind you staying overnight. 499 00:33:37,130 --> 00:33:38,850 Well, look, give me your number and I'll ring you back. 500 00:33:39,990 --> 00:33:40,990 What? 501 00:33:41,310 --> 00:33:43,610 Oh, all right, then. Look, I'll see you tomorrow afternoon. 502 00:33:43,970 --> 00:33:45,010 Oh, and Steve, how's Dad? 503 00:33:46,350 --> 00:33:47,350 Hello? 504 00:33:56,460 --> 00:33:57,460 Are you all right? 505 00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:58,720 Yeah, apparently. 506 00:33:59,860 --> 00:34:01,800 He got on a train and went to Herne Bay. 507 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,200 Without telling you? 508 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,000 There was a slight breakdown of communications this morning. I see. 509 00:34:07,460 --> 00:34:09,120 What's so fascinating about Herne Bay? 510 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,780 My dad lives there now with his sister. She takes care of him. 511 00:34:13,380 --> 00:34:15,020 I used to go fishing once at Herne Bay. 512 00:34:15,340 --> 00:34:17,040 Deep -sea fishing at the end of the pier. 513 00:34:18,820 --> 00:34:19,820 Worried? 514 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:21,960 Yes. 515 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:24,880 I don't know why. 516 00:34:32,969 --> 00:34:34,429 Strong cup for coffee, I think. 517 00:34:34,630 --> 00:34:35,509 Good idea. 518 00:34:35,510 --> 00:34:37,270 All that midday boozing. 519 00:34:42,590 --> 00:34:43,590 You're still beautiful. 520 00:34:44,770 --> 00:34:46,750 And it's still your day off, so relax. 521 00:34:47,530 --> 00:34:48,530 Yes. 522 00:34:51,650 --> 00:34:52,650 Do you want anything to eat? 523 00:34:53,030 --> 00:34:54,029 No, thanks. 524 00:34:54,030 --> 00:34:55,030 Just coffee. 525 00:34:57,050 --> 00:34:58,050 Cake. 526 00:34:58,190 --> 00:34:59,890 Well, sir... Yeah, tell him the truth. 527 00:35:00,170 --> 00:35:02,070 You offered a bribe. And you accepted it. 528 00:35:02,779 --> 00:35:03,779 Anyway, I'm off on. 529 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,080 Just about had enough for a Saturday. 530 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:06,580 And you put the woman straight? 531 00:35:07,140 --> 00:35:08,460 Yes, sir. Right off her back? 532 00:35:08,700 --> 00:35:09,740 Oh, yeah, I'd say so. 533 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:10,999 Once and for all? 534 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,000 Yes, sir. Good. 535 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:13,720 Talk to anyone else at the house? 536 00:35:14,220 --> 00:35:15,940 Yes, sir. The husband, he's a... A chick? 537 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,920 Oh, I'd say he's OK, sir. Bit of a poor sob, but OK. 538 00:35:19,260 --> 00:35:20,260 Nothing weird. 539 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:21,500 But not her. 540 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:23,400 She's as nutty as this. 541 00:35:24,140 --> 00:35:27,640 Oi! And they won't be disgusting us at this particular moment in time. Because 542 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,320 at that house, they don't do things like that. 543 00:35:29,580 --> 00:35:31,140 They just leave notes all over the place. 544 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:32,650 Notes? Notes. 545 00:35:33,290 --> 00:35:34,850 I reckon we've heard the last of her. 546 00:35:49,530 --> 00:35:55,590 I turned 547 00:35:55,590 --> 00:36:01,130 to ask you something. 548 00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:02,860 What's that? 549 00:36:03,580 --> 00:36:04,900 That girl you lived with. 550 00:36:05,620 --> 00:36:06,620 Kate? 551 00:36:07,140 --> 00:36:08,140 Yes. 552 00:36:10,180 --> 00:36:12,440 Did you used to do with yourselves on winter weekends? 553 00:36:13,020 --> 00:36:16,780 We stayed fairly close most days. Some people said we seemed inseparable. 554 00:36:19,940 --> 00:36:21,300 All the time you were with her? 555 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:22,640 Yeah. 556 00:36:24,460 --> 00:36:25,660 You were always that close? 557 00:36:30,670 --> 00:36:31,830 Fun didn't go for you two, then? 558 00:36:32,350 --> 00:36:33,550 Not as far as I was concerned. 559 00:36:39,810 --> 00:36:42,230 Seems a pity you ever split up, if you were that inseparable. 560 00:36:46,050 --> 00:36:47,050 Some more coffee? 561 00:36:47,470 --> 00:36:48,470 No, thanks. 562 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:03,960 Must have been some bad days. 563 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:05,920 Bad days? 564 00:37:05,940 --> 00:37:07,240 Between you and this Kate. 565 00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:10,200 One or two, maybe. None worth getting upset about. 566 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,420 It sounds a little bit too perfect. 567 00:37:14,860 --> 00:37:15,860 You're probably right. 568 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:17,340 Am I? It was too perfect. 569 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,020 Right then, so tell me, where did you split it? Maggie. 570 00:37:21,260 --> 00:37:24,880 No, really, I want to know. I mean, if it was that idyllic. All right, then, if 571 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:25,880 you must know, she chucked me. 572 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,100 Chucked you? Didn't need me anymore. Found someone better. 573 00:37:33,070 --> 00:37:36,150 Oh. I'm not going to invent excuses for it all and call her the biggest bitch in 574 00:37:36,150 --> 00:37:37,670 the world. I'm too old for those kind of lies. 575 00:37:37,910 --> 00:37:39,070 Anyway, she wasn't a bitch. 576 00:37:40,110 --> 00:37:41,110 And I loved her. 577 00:37:44,230 --> 00:37:45,230 Then. 578 00:37:49,570 --> 00:37:49,930 A 579 00:37:49,930 --> 00:37:57,430 marvellous 580 00:37:57,430 --> 00:37:58,430 day. Yes, really. 581 00:37:59,090 --> 00:38:00,090 It's not over yet. 582 00:38:02,220 --> 00:38:03,220 Can you stay tonight? 583 00:40:28,710 --> 00:40:31,330 I said I'd be up before you one of these days. I thought you were going to be up 584 00:40:31,330 --> 00:40:32,049 this afternoon. 585 00:40:32,050 --> 00:40:32,729 I was. 586 00:40:32,730 --> 00:40:33,609 By train. 587 00:40:33,610 --> 00:40:34,209 That's right. 588 00:40:34,210 --> 00:40:37,010 But I didn't think I could face a Sunday in Herne Bay. Well, not in the winter. 589 00:40:37,270 --> 00:40:39,370 So I decided to hitch it back this morning at four o 'clock. 590 00:40:40,030 --> 00:40:41,030 You tried? 591 00:40:41,070 --> 00:40:43,430 Yeah, it was easy. I got a lift almost all the way here. 592 00:40:43,730 --> 00:40:44,730 A milk lorry. 593 00:40:49,210 --> 00:40:50,210 Morning, Steve. 594 00:40:51,570 --> 00:40:52,570 Hello. 595 00:40:52,670 --> 00:40:54,090 I didn't see any point in hiding. 596 00:40:56,270 --> 00:40:57,270 No, why should you? 597 00:40:57,660 --> 00:40:58,660 It's obviously a free house. 598 00:41:03,340 --> 00:41:04,340 Morning, Carl. 599 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,560 Oh, uh, I don't think you were in today, sir. No, neither did I. 600 00:41:16,300 --> 00:41:17,580 So, uh, so what's the matter? 601 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,640 There's been a case of suspected poisoning. 602 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:22,120 Well, not another one. 603 00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:23,700 Where? At the Assard's house. 604 00:41:24,700 --> 00:41:26,320 What? Yeah, that was night. 605 00:41:27,329 --> 00:41:30,210 You mean he did it after all? No, no, no. He appears to be the victim. 606 00:41:30,890 --> 00:41:34,370 Victim? He was found on the street last night in a state of semi -collapse. They 607 00:41:34,370 --> 00:41:37,310 then rushed him to the Royal Free, where he just about managed to tell him that 608 00:41:37,310 --> 00:41:38,310 he'd been poisoned. 609 00:41:38,370 --> 00:41:39,370 He's still alive? 610 00:41:39,470 --> 00:41:40,470 Last I heard, yeah. 611 00:41:41,490 --> 00:41:42,890 She did it. Looks like it. 612 00:41:43,190 --> 00:41:46,250 So, where's Phillips? He's not in today, sir. He's now ringing. 613 00:41:46,550 --> 00:41:47,308 Yes, sir. 614 00:41:47,310 --> 00:41:50,290 Turn to go straight to the Royal Free, wait for a report, then you can bring it 615 00:41:50,290 --> 00:41:50,788 to us. 616 00:41:50,790 --> 00:41:52,670 And where will we be, sir? At the Assad's house. 617 00:41:59,820 --> 00:42:01,060 Would you like me to light that? Oh, please. 618 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:02,620 Wood and... Oh, absolutely. 619 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:14,820 He's not moving in, you know. 620 00:42:15,660 --> 00:42:16,880 What? Mike. 621 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:18,840 He isn't moving in. 622 00:42:20,220 --> 00:42:23,240 He isn't going to be sitting in your chair, he isn't going to be hanging his 623 00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:25,840 coat on your peg, and he isn't going to start telling you what to do. 624 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,560 I never said he was. He's just a friend. 625 00:42:28,710 --> 00:42:31,850 A very dear friend. And now and again he's going to call here and he's going 626 00:42:31,850 --> 00:42:32,990 stay the night with me. 627 00:42:34,410 --> 00:42:37,990 And no one, not even you, is going to start making me feel ashamed about that 628 00:42:37,990 --> 00:42:39,530 because that's when it starts to get dirty. 629 00:42:42,390 --> 00:42:43,390 Do you understand? 630 00:42:44,150 --> 00:42:45,150 Sorry, what was that? 631 00:42:49,070 --> 00:42:51,770 When was the last time you went to see Grandad? It must have been ages ago. 632 00:42:53,670 --> 00:42:54,770 No, it wasn't. 633 00:42:55,270 --> 00:42:56,270 Aunty Wences, it was. 634 00:42:56,630 --> 00:42:57,630 Yes, she would. 635 00:42:58,110 --> 00:43:01,450 Now, I've been very busy these last few months, as you well know, but I managed 636 00:43:01,450 --> 00:43:03,090 to get to see him whenever I've got the time. 637 00:43:03,350 --> 00:43:04,350 You had the time yesterday. 638 00:43:04,690 --> 00:43:08,370 A whole day, didn't you? Now, don't start that game with me, Steve. What 639 00:43:08,390 --> 00:43:11,330 Because you had no intention of visiting him yourself yesterday, not when you 640 00:43:11,330 --> 00:43:12,029 left here. 641 00:43:12,030 --> 00:43:14,850 I might have... No, you left here feeling very sorry for yourself because 642 00:43:14,850 --> 00:43:17,150 wanted a day on my own for a change. No, I never said anything about... You 643 00:43:17,150 --> 00:43:18,150 didn't have to say anything. 644 00:43:19,359 --> 00:43:22,220 So you made up your mind out there in the rain to get on a train and go to 645 00:43:22,220 --> 00:43:24,400 Bay, and not because you wanted to see Grandad, but because you wanted to buy 646 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:25,400 some sympathy. 647 00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:29,260 No. Oh, and I bet you arrived there soaking wet like a poor little orphan in 648 00:43:29,260 --> 00:43:32,680 storm, and I bet Aunty Wynne just loved that. Yes, because she's kind enough 649 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,640 to... And I bet she dried your clothes and sat you by a warm fire and gave you 650 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:39,580 some warm soup and told you just how badly that you had been treated. Yes, 651 00:43:39,580 --> 00:43:42,380 because she's kind enough... And I bet you loved every daft, stupid minute of 652 00:43:42,380 --> 00:43:43,640 it. Don't worry, just shut your mouth! 653 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,660 And you saw your husband in that condition? 654 00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:56,320 Yes. He came down the stairs. 655 00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:57,860 And yet you didn't try and help him? 656 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,080 No. Why should I? 657 00:44:00,900 --> 00:44:02,360 Where is he? Where's Mr Phillips? 658 00:44:02,700 --> 00:44:05,060 Oh, he's busy at the moment. 659 00:44:05,740 --> 00:44:06,860 Did he ask for help? 660 00:44:08,580 --> 00:44:09,580 What? 661 00:44:09,860 --> 00:44:14,140 Your husband. When he came down those stairs, obviously in a great deal of 662 00:44:14,260 --> 00:44:15,260 did he ask for help? 663 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:16,560 No. 664 00:44:17,379 --> 00:44:20,920 I have to ask you this, Mrs. Isard. Did you administer poison or any other 665 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:24,480 destructive substance in an attempt to endanger your husband's life? Of course 666 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,600 not. He was trying to poison me. 667 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,740 If you don't mind, we'd like to go upstairs, have a look at your husband's 668 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:33,840 Is he all right? 669 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:35,540 I think so. He's in his room. 670 00:44:35,820 --> 00:44:37,060 Still talking to you? Yeah, just about. 671 00:44:38,100 --> 00:44:39,100 Maybe I should go. 672 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:40,360 Do you want to stay in his room? 673 00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:43,220 I really think I ought to leave. Oh, look, stay and have some coffee. At 674 00:44:43,220 --> 00:44:45,060 sit down and have coffee with me. All right. 675 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:47,040 He's been a bit touchy. 676 00:44:47,460 --> 00:44:49,420 Perhaps he feels he's let you down. 677 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:50,980 Father's footsteps and all that. 678 00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:52,860 Still, he's at the university. 679 00:44:53,420 --> 00:44:55,120 What do you mean, if? Of course he's going. 680 00:44:55,460 --> 00:44:56,840 Because you made up his mind for him? 681 00:44:58,340 --> 00:44:59,340 Yes. 682 00:45:02,660 --> 00:45:03,660 God almighty. 683 00:45:04,380 --> 00:45:05,380 Yeah. 684 00:45:05,660 --> 00:45:07,660 Sorry this stuff hasn't been washed up for days. 685 00:45:09,900 --> 00:45:11,520 This lot hasn't been washed up for weeks. 686 00:45:17,410 --> 00:45:20,670 Yeah. Till he's weathered. Gets too dirty, hide it. 687 00:45:29,450 --> 00:45:31,250 Stomach cramp, sickness, vomiting. 688 00:45:31,790 --> 00:45:33,610 That's what he told them when they wheeled him in. 689 00:45:35,250 --> 00:45:38,610 OK. Let's see what he cooked for himself last night, shall we? 690 00:45:40,470 --> 00:45:42,170 Sheesh. Razzie fat. 691 00:45:42,490 --> 00:45:43,490 Once old. 692 00:45:43,870 --> 00:45:46,170 Probably even got dust and cobwebs mixed up in there, wouldn't it? 693 00:45:46,730 --> 00:45:47,730 That thing's lethal. 694 00:45:48,790 --> 00:45:52,490 Well, there's no point in looking for narcotics or corrosive, is there? The 695 00:45:52,490 --> 00:45:54,090 bloody fool's poisoned himself. 696 00:46:00,010 --> 00:46:01,370 That girl, Kate. 697 00:46:02,090 --> 00:46:03,090 What about her? 698 00:46:04,010 --> 00:46:05,010 Do you ever see her? 699 00:46:05,470 --> 00:46:06,448 Occasionally, in passing. 700 00:46:06,450 --> 00:46:07,450 How is she? 701 00:46:07,490 --> 00:46:08,490 Very happy. 702 00:46:08,670 --> 00:46:09,670 What with her new man? 703 00:46:10,530 --> 00:46:12,270 By all accounts, he was the right choice. 704 00:46:12,830 --> 00:46:13,830 The right man. 705 00:46:14,390 --> 00:46:15,390 Her. 706 00:46:25,050 --> 00:46:27,590 Do you ever feel like carving her name on a tree? 707 00:46:28,830 --> 00:46:29,830 Never. 708 00:46:32,770 --> 00:46:33,870 Hospital confirmed, then? 709 00:46:34,150 --> 00:46:35,390 Yeah. Food poisoning. 710 00:46:35,750 --> 00:46:38,370 They didn't even need to pump him. They'd thrown the whole lot up by the 711 00:46:38,370 --> 00:46:39,370 they got him to a bed. 712 00:46:39,530 --> 00:46:40,690 Anyway, they kept him overnight. 713 00:46:40,910 --> 00:46:41,848 Did a few tests. 714 00:46:41,850 --> 00:46:43,830 So, and then discharged him, what, a couple of hours ago? 715 00:46:44,190 --> 00:46:45,190 Where is he now? 716 00:46:46,490 --> 00:46:47,750 What? With him. 717 00:46:47,990 --> 00:46:48,990 We brought her along. 718 00:47:00,870 --> 00:47:02,510 Mr and Mrs Izzard? 719 00:47:02,750 --> 00:47:05,050 Yeah? I'm Detective Chief Inspector Russell. 720 00:47:05,510 --> 00:47:06,870 Detective Chief Inspector? 721 00:47:07,270 --> 00:47:09,710 Now, you've caused us a hell of a lot of trouble. Do you know that? 722 00:47:11,690 --> 00:47:12,950 I couldn't help being ill, could I? 723 00:47:13,530 --> 00:47:15,430 Maybe you'd like to ask him how I feel. 724 00:47:15,670 --> 00:47:17,850 What it feels like waiting to be ill. 725 00:47:18,190 --> 00:47:19,350 Why don't you ask him yourself? 726 00:47:19,690 --> 00:47:20,690 He's sat right next to you. 727 00:47:21,750 --> 00:47:23,330 What sort of people are you? 728 00:47:23,690 --> 00:47:27,230 Mr. Ithard, last night you thought you were dying, yet you're too proud or too 729 00:47:27,230 --> 00:47:28,450 stupid to ask your wife for help. 730 00:47:28,650 --> 00:47:32,550 And you, you must have thought he could have been dying, yet you do nothing to 731 00:47:32,550 --> 00:47:33,550 help him. Why? 732 00:47:34,610 --> 00:47:36,830 I wasn't thinking he might be dying. 733 00:47:38,350 --> 00:47:39,350 I was hoping. 734 00:47:42,700 --> 00:47:44,020 Bob, get these people out of here. 735 00:47:48,700 --> 00:47:50,240 I can go now, can I? 736 00:47:50,820 --> 00:47:51,820 Yep. 737 00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,800 Well, they said I was to rest and take care of myself. 738 00:47:55,740 --> 00:47:57,840 Well, you'd better go home then, hadn't you? Do it. 739 00:48:00,180 --> 00:48:01,180 Yeah. 740 00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:25,060 I've met some weird ones in this game, but... 741 00:48:25,060 --> 00:48:29,440 What's up? 742 00:48:31,660 --> 00:48:33,960 I was just thinking... Hiya. 743 00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:42,640 She locked her food up. He didn't. 744 00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:43,900 So? 745 00:48:45,380 --> 00:48:46,680 So what's the stopper? 746 00:48:47,300 --> 00:48:48,480 Over a period of years. 747 00:48:49,620 --> 00:48:53,440 Going up to his room each day and making sure it stays the way it is. It stays 748 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,800 the way it is because he's too bloody lazy to wash anything. 749 00:48:56,180 --> 00:48:56,959 You're right. 750 00:48:56,960 --> 00:49:00,660 So what's to stop her adding a little something of her own each day to make it 751 00:49:00,660 --> 00:49:01,660 even worse? 752 00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:04,140 The state of that room, he'd never notice it, would he? 753 00:49:06,980 --> 00:49:07,980 Day after day. 754 00:49:16,430 --> 00:49:19,210 Well, no one's got a such deliberate food poisoning, are they? Not now. 755 00:49:26,250 --> 00:49:27,430 Now, don't you start again. 756 00:49:28,510 --> 00:49:29,510 Please. 757 00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:54,800 One coffee. 758 00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:02,840 So where are you? 759 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:04,440 Hiding my face. 760 00:50:53,450 --> 00:50:54,450 Uh huh.