1 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,790 CAR PULLS UP OUTSIDE 2 00:01:29,830 --> 00:01:33,800 The district nurse is with him now and the doctor's on his way. 3 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,950 I'm sorry. 4 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,520 He's gone. 5 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,920 I know he's gone. 6 00:02:20,490 --> 00:02:24,550 And we all know who killed him. 7 00:02:49,580 --> 00:02:50,970 Troy? 8 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:52,760 Could I have a red one, please, sir? 9 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,000 I've unwrapped this one now. 10 00:02:59,300 --> 00:03:01,900 So how old's this Melissa Townsend then? 11 00:03:01,900 --> 00:03:04,720 - Twenty-two. - Bit young, isn't it? 12 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,400 Her father wanted her to get used to the responsibilities 13 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,920 of property ownership early on. 14 00:03:09,930 --> 00:03:13,270 Seems she didn't do much in the way of maintenance. 15 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,120 She passed the first landlord's exam then? 16 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,060 Troy! 17 00:03:24,420 --> 00:03:27,080 What the hell do you think you're doing? 18 00:03:29,270 --> 00:03:31,400 You might not mind writing off that heap of junk 19 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,810 but mine's just out of the showroom. 20 00:03:35,420 --> 00:03:37,790 I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. 21 00:03:37,790 --> 00:03:40,670 This is Detective Sergeant Troy. 22 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,770 I thought you chaps were supposed to know how to drive. 23 00:03:43,780 --> 00:03:45,395 And your name is? 24 00:03:45,395 --> 00:03:48,410 Frederick Bentine-Brown. 25 00:03:50,620 --> 00:03:53,720 And I'd like to know where to write my letter of complaint. 26 00:03:53,730 --> 00:03:56,860 You have every right to do so, of course. 27 00:03:56,860 --> 00:03:59,080 And we have grounds, thank you, 28 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,410 for charging you with reckless driving 29 00:04:01,420 --> 00:04:03,120 but we're a bit busy at the moment, sir, 30 00:04:03,130 --> 00:04:06,540 so why don't you just climb back into your motor car 31 00:04:06,550 --> 00:04:10,370 and continue with a little more care. 32 00:04:14,380 --> 00:04:16,800 And let us get on with our investigations. 33 00:04:16,810 --> 00:04:19,960 Wouldn't want to keep you from your crime-busting. 34 00:04:19,970 --> 00:04:23,570 Somebody stolen a lawn mower, have they? 35 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,100 Troy, if you're going to drive innocent members of the public off the road, 36 00:04:39,110 --> 00:04:43,390 try not to pick on influential multi-millionaires, will you? 37 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,590 "If Neil dies before the roof is fixed" 38 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,490 "you'll follow him close behind." 39 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:15,910 Those two were sent before old Neil croaked. 40 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,960 The "No better than an animal" one arrived this morning. 41 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,470 "Good for nothing animals get put down." 42 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,480 Melissa! 43 00:05:27,420 --> 00:05:29,120 She drives me to distraction. 44 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,630 Well, the whole thing's absurd. 45 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,200 The tiny peppercorn rent he was paying, 46 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,440 how anyone expects me to spend thousands on a new roof. 47 00:05:37,540 --> 00:05:41,700 Ridiculous. It's not as if I have any money. 48 00:05:41,710 --> 00:05:45,490 My daughter's allowance is perfectly adequate. 49 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:48,490 I believe the young should learn the value of money. 50 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:52,210 And that's bullshit-ese for "I'm a complete and utter tight-wad". 51 00:05:52,210 --> 00:05:54,220 Refuses to take anything seriously. 52 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:57,210 If her friend Sally hadn't told me about all of this, 53 00:05:57,220 --> 00:05:58,245 I would never have known. 54 00:05:58,245 --> 00:06:00,670 Oh yes. The meddler. 55 00:06:00,670 --> 00:06:02,600 Uh, Sally who is that? 56 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:03,960 Rickworth. 57 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,750 She was at the cottage when Neil Laxton died. 58 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,310 The only reason my father hasn't made a pass at her 59 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,240 is he's currently besotted with a Tuscan peasant girl 60 00:06:13,250 --> 00:06:15,920 who can't speak a word of English. 61 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,200 It's why they get on so well. 62 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,410 Sally's the district nurse 63 00:06:20,410 --> 00:06:23,070 and a lovely person. 64 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:25,020 Father's a vicar. 65 00:06:25,030 --> 00:06:26,910 Quite what she sees in my daughter. 66 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,780 You like them young and innocent, don't you, Daddy? 67 00:06:29,780 --> 00:06:31,920 Daughter substitutes. 68 00:06:31,930 --> 00:06:34,950 He's never been too keen on this one. 69 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,730 You'll never credit it. 70 00:06:58,740 --> 00:07:01,270 They're putting a tarpaulin on Neil's roof. 71 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:04,170 I don't think that girl could be more offensive if she tried. 72 00:07:04,180 --> 00:07:06,120 Oh! 73 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,400 - Well, thank you, sir. - Thank you, Mr. Townsend. 74 00:07:15,410 --> 00:07:18,650 We'll keep you informed of any progress. Thank you. 75 00:07:22,430 --> 00:07:24,480 Bit frosty in there. 76 00:07:24,490 --> 00:07:25,950 Distinctly. 77 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:27,720 She doesn't seem too bothered. 78 00:07:27,730 --> 00:07:29,740 I think I'd be getting the security guards in by now. 79 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:33,920 PHONE RINGS 80 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:34,880 Hello? 81 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,440 Ah, Joycie. I'm just off to visit the Balcombes. 82 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,370 Wasn't there something you wanted me to pick up? 83 00:07:40,380 --> 00:07:41,980 Yes. The recipe. 84 00:07:41,980 --> 00:07:44,750 Oh, yeah. What recipe was that? 85 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,460 It was that apple jelly you liked so much from the WI stand. 86 00:07:48,460 --> 00:07:51,870 Oh, right. Well I'll talk to her about it. Bye. 87 00:07:56,050 --> 00:07:58,050 - You know them? - Yeah. 88 00:07:58,060 --> 00:08:01,920 Cherrie's a legendary jam maker and Hugo's an ex-botanist. 89 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,000 He was a great explorer in his time. 90 00:08:04,010 --> 00:08:08,640 They're both bats, of course, but she does do a very good tea. 91 00:08:10,610 --> 00:08:14,130 Melissa knew about Neil's chest infection. 92 00:08:14,140 --> 00:08:16,280 We told her time and time again, didn't we, Hugo? 93 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,330 Endlessly. 94 00:08:17,340 --> 00:08:21,640 And she knew that the damp conditions were making it worse. 95 00:08:21,650 --> 00:08:23,920 Charlie, here you are, come on. 96 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,920 And how did Joan Farley take it, Neil's death? 97 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,140 Joan would never send threatening notes. 98 00:08:30,140 --> 00:08:33,820 She's a member of the Women's Institute. 99 00:08:39,740 --> 00:08:41,710 I'm very flattered you asked. 100 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,010 Of course any wife of mine would have to give up her job. 101 00:08:44,020 --> 00:08:45,892 - Freddie! - No, no, no, no, no. 102 00:08:45,892 --> 00:08:47,728 It's non-negotiable. 103 00:08:47,730 --> 00:08:49,920 I like my job. 104 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:51,170 It's who I am. 105 00:08:51,170 --> 00:08:53,350 Well, certainly keep the uniform. 106 00:08:53,350 --> 00:08:56,980 In fact, I insist upon it. 107 00:08:58,780 --> 00:09:01,700 Ah, Melissa! 108 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,420 Try and talk some sense into the girl, would you? 109 00:09:05,420 --> 00:09:08,700 Sorry. Can't stay. Have to be in Geneva for supper. 110 00:09:14,510 --> 00:09:16,920 He just won't listen. 111 00:09:16,930 --> 00:09:20,570 It is multimillions, you do know that. 112 00:09:21,570 --> 00:09:23,850 I don't love him. 113 00:09:23,860 --> 00:09:26,140 You are priceless. 114 00:09:26,140 --> 00:09:28,940 Divorce him after a year or two. 115 00:09:28,940 --> 00:09:31,100 You'd clean up. 116 00:09:34,410 --> 00:09:36,580 What did the police say? 117 00:09:36,590 --> 00:09:39,710 They think I should take the threats seriously. 118 00:09:39,710 --> 00:09:41,180 Well, you should. 119 00:09:41,180 --> 00:09:44,580 It might help if you looked just a little upset. 120 00:09:44,580 --> 00:09:47,600 But I've got vacant possession. 121 00:09:47,610 --> 00:09:49,400 Melissa! 122 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,800 It was a joke. 123 00:09:51,810 --> 00:09:56,260 God, you can be so provincial sometimes. 124 00:10:02,010 --> 00:10:03,990 I've been thinking. 125 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,440 I'm not sure it's a good idea 126 00:10:05,450 --> 00:10:07,250 you coming to the tennis do this evening. 127 00:10:07,250 --> 00:10:09,220 Joan's going to be on the bar. 128 00:10:09,630 --> 00:10:13,820 It's probably too provincial for you anyway. 129 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,460 Fine! 130 00:10:22,330 --> 00:10:24,770 Melissa! DOOR SLAMS 131 00:10:35,090 --> 00:10:37,765 Now just remember, one tablet in the morning 132 00:10:37,765 --> 00:10:39,470 and another half in the evening. 133 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,230 Oh no, there'll be nothing to pay, Albert. 134 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,850 Just you concentrate on getting old Kezzie back on her feet. Bye bye. 135 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,910 DOGS AND CATS WHINE 136 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,360 JAZZ PLAYS 137 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,265 It's the open air life, you see. 138 00:12:00,265 --> 00:12:02,490 Gives you an appetite. 139 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:07,550 And I'm not just talking about bacon and eggs, if you get my drift. 140 00:12:08,030 --> 00:12:11,620 Yes. Yes, I think I do. 141 00:12:11,630 --> 00:12:13,840 Would you excuse me? 142 00:12:15,140 --> 00:12:17,530 No, her backhand has seriously improved. 143 00:12:17,530 --> 00:12:19,520 B team material at least. 144 00:12:19,530 --> 00:12:22,070 And this isn't just because you want to keep her away from her husband 145 00:12:22,070 --> 00:12:24,540 on the away fixtures? 146 00:12:30,380 --> 00:12:32,830 We'll talk later. 147 00:12:36,230 --> 00:12:38,530 - We're not going yet. - Oh! 148 00:12:38,540 --> 00:12:41,360 Thank you for making an effort. As usual. 149 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,340 I don't think I can take much more of the pig-farmer. 150 00:12:44,350 --> 00:12:44,986 Derek? 151 00:12:44,986 --> 00:12:48,158 Mmm, the one with the shoes like Cornish pasties. 152 00:12:48,170 --> 00:12:52,710 Georgina, I'm club secretary, will you please keep your voice down? 153 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,020 Why do you have to be a member any way? 154 00:12:55,030 --> 00:12:58,220 You've got a tennis court of your own. 155 00:13:07,010 --> 00:13:09,120 You going to be okay for tennis tomorrow? 156 00:13:09,130 --> 00:13:11,400 - Mm? - At Melissa's? 157 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,880 I've changed my mind. I'm not going. 158 00:13:13,890 --> 00:13:17,100 Do I detect a slight falling out? 159 00:13:21,450 --> 00:13:23,860 Are you sure about Georgina Canning? 160 00:13:23,870 --> 00:13:26,040 Every time I try and talk to her she walks off. 161 00:13:26,050 --> 00:13:29,000 That's how you know you're in with a chance, Derek. 162 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,240 She likes to be pursued. 163 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:40,120 - You stirring again? - Who me? 164 00:13:52,820 --> 00:13:56,660 Nothing's wrong. Everything's just perfect. 165 00:13:56,670 --> 00:14:00,680 Well, if you want to talk, I'm always around. 166 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:03,910 You're such a sweet man, Raif. 167 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,320 I'd wondered where you'd gotten to. 168 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,550 Can't have you standing here all alone. 169 00:14:16,550 --> 00:14:19,820 Well, I wouldn't want to hog you. 170 00:14:20,230 --> 00:14:21,470 Very good. 171 00:14:21,470 --> 00:14:24,940 Hog. Pig farming. 172 00:14:25,850 --> 00:14:29,060 Doesn't want to hog me! 173 00:14:30,460 --> 00:14:34,850 I like a girl who can make me chuckle. Same again? 174 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:52,590 An interesting surprise. 175 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:56,430 How's it looking? 176 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,960 A bit of sport to be had. 177 00:14:58,970 --> 00:15:01,490 Our sweet little meddler's a touch under the weather. 178 00:15:01,490 --> 00:15:03,730 Oh, God! 179 00:15:05,350 --> 00:15:07,630 Red wine. 180 00:15:37,630 --> 00:15:40,060 Get it laundered. 181 00:15:45,210 --> 00:15:49,280 Adam, may I have the use of your jacket, please? 182 00:16:12,020 --> 00:16:14,500 You just missed all the fun. 183 00:16:14,510 --> 00:16:16,110 Melissa turned up. 184 00:16:16,110 --> 00:16:17,160 Melissa? 185 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:21,130 Quite a floor show. She just left. 186 00:16:26,690 --> 00:16:28,940 Melissa! 187 00:16:53,090 --> 00:16:56,090 RADIO PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC 188 00:17:04,980 --> 00:17:08,910 TYRES SCREECH - CRASH 189 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,370 Good night, was it? 190 00:19:01,370 --> 00:19:05,690 Well, it must have been about 11:30. 191 00:19:05,690 --> 00:19:09,420 I was absolutely sparko at the time, 192 00:19:09,430 --> 00:19:12,520 didn't really register what it was. 193 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,940 Look at what they've done. 194 00:19:21,810 --> 00:19:25,610 You might want to have a word with Sally Rickworth. 195 00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:28,900 Sir. 196 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:32,120 There's been a break in at the vet's at Malham. 197 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:35,080 A load of barbiturates and syringes. 198 00:19:35,290 --> 00:19:39,320 "Good for nothing animals get put down". 199 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:45,240 "If Neil dies before the roof is fixed," 200 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,280 "you'll follow him close behind." 201 00:19:48,990 --> 00:19:50,880 What do you think, sir? 202 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,370 Not particularly educated? 203 00:19:52,380 --> 00:19:55,350 Someone trying to give us that impression. 204 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:57,440 Sweet? 205 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,420 Thank you. 206 00:19:59,420 --> 00:20:01,600 Hello. What's this? 207 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,270 What's happened here then? 208 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:28,510 It seems Sally Rickworth knocked our car on her way back last night. 209 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,640 - Melissa's friend? - A bit sloshed, I think. 210 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:32,280 Sir? 211 00:20:32,290 --> 00:20:35,780 Nice deep breath. Okay. Blow. 212 00:20:35,790 --> 00:20:38,720 I hope you've got a good garage. 213 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,560 The nice young girl who's too good for Melissa. 214 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,400 So it seems. 215 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,210 BEEPING Alright, miss. 216 00:20:49,220 --> 00:20:51,540 Look, I'm sorry, but it does shows positive. 217 00:20:51,540 --> 00:20:54,800 I'm afraid we'll have to take you down to the station. 218 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,880 Drunk driving. 219 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,130 Drove into the Balcombes' car last night. 220 00:21:15,140 --> 00:21:19,350 Oh, yes. Still over the limit this morning. 221 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,380 You'll never guess what? 222 00:21:33,380 --> 00:21:36,580 The vicar's daughter's been done for drunk driving. 223 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,040 You've worked wonders. 224 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:50,250 She's like a sack of spuds before she came to you. 225 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,920 I didn't think she was quite that bad. 226 00:21:53,930 --> 00:21:56,700 She was. A total transformation. 227 00:21:56,700 --> 00:21:58,200 You're very sweet, your Lordship. 228 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,430 John, it's John. That's quite sufficient. 229 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,040 Actually, I was wondering, we're having drinks on Thursday. 230 00:22:03,050 --> 00:22:07,270 It's rather late notice but Freddie Bentine-Brown will be coming. 231 00:22:10,170 --> 00:22:13,010 Adam. Do you know Lord and Lady Hislop? 232 00:22:13,020 --> 00:22:16,200 - This is Adam Keyne. - How do you do? 233 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,330 Have you heard about Sally Rickworth? 234 00:22:18,330 --> 00:22:20,330 She's been done for drunk-driving. 235 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:23,350 Ploughed into the Balcombes' Saab last night, failed to stop. 236 00:22:23,350 --> 00:22:25,380 She'll lose her job. 237 00:22:25,390 --> 00:22:27,920 Well, if she can't drive, district nurse. 238 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,720 My god. That's awful. 239 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,030 Well, I think drink-driving is unforgivable. 240 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,160 Oh, yes, yes, no. When I said, I... 241 00:22:37,170 --> 00:22:39,130 I meant... 242 00:22:41,630 --> 00:22:44,620 Well, must get on. 243 00:22:48,230 --> 00:22:52,240 I locked up at about 7:00 yesterday evening after surgery. 244 00:22:52,250 --> 00:22:55,560 Discovered this just before 8:00 this morning. 245 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,840 If those drugs were given to humans, would they be fatal? 246 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,040 Oh, yes. Pentobarbitone. 247 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,740 We use it for large livestock, cattle, horses. 248 00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:07,160 Nothing else taken? 249 00:23:07,170 --> 00:23:09,340 Apart from the syringes, no. 250 00:23:09,350 --> 00:23:13,320 You think there's any connection with the threatening notes? 251 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,420 Oh, it's common knowledge in the village. 252 00:23:15,430 --> 00:23:19,300 "Good for nothing animals get put down" etcetera. 253 00:23:19,510 --> 00:23:21,990 Do you know how it became common knowledge? 254 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,080 Melissa must have showed them to Adam. 255 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,700 Adam made a joke of it at the tennis club. 256 00:23:26,710 --> 00:23:29,410 From there it's one breath away from the post office queue. 257 00:23:29,420 --> 00:23:31,990 I mean, you might as well take a megaphone onto the High Street. 258 00:23:31,990 --> 00:23:33,740 Adam, who's that then? 259 00:23:33,740 --> 00:23:36,460 Oh, Adam Keyne. Club captain. 260 00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:39,660 And they're good friends, are they, Adam and Melissa? 261 00:23:39,670 --> 00:23:41,540 Yes. 262 00:23:41,550 --> 00:23:43,470 You seem uncertain. 263 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,690 Oh, no. They're friends. Two of a kind. 264 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:50,380 Anyway, I tried to phone Melissa this morning to warn her, 265 00:23:50,380 --> 00:23:52,140 but there was no reply. 266 00:23:52,150 --> 00:23:54,600 Look, I'd appreciate it if you kept the details 267 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,210 of this break-in to yourself for the moment, please. 268 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,080 Adam and Melissa, you said they were two of a kind. 269 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,320 What kind would that be? 270 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,950 Well, I suppose you might say 271 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,780 they both have a habit of sailing rather close to the wind 272 00:24:11,780 --> 00:24:14,450 in their personal lives. 273 00:24:26,140 --> 00:24:28,140 DOG BARKS AGGRESSIVELY 274 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,090 That's enough. That will do. 275 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,660 That's enough. 276 00:24:33,670 --> 00:24:37,620 It's coppers, see. Got a taste for 'em. 277 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,770 - Morning everybody. - (SOME): Morning. 278 00:24:41,770 --> 00:24:43,070 Now, if you would just bear with me 279 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,000 I've got to have a chat with these two gentlemen. Thank you. 280 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,220 Hello, you soppy old thing. 281 00:24:53,340 --> 00:24:55,620 Would you like to come with me? 282 00:25:07,820 --> 00:25:10,840 Found what looks like a fresh footprint. 283 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,860 It's quite small. Distinct tread. 284 00:25:15,860 --> 00:25:17,670 Looks like Wellies. 285 00:25:17,670 --> 00:25:19,360 I'd guess quite new. 286 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:22,160 A woman's? Or a child's perhaps? 287 00:25:22,170 --> 00:25:24,040 It could be Peggy, our gardener's. 288 00:25:24,050 --> 00:25:27,440 Well, we'll need a print of it. Get forensics on to it. 289 00:25:27,950 --> 00:25:31,310 And we'll need to see your gardener's boots of course. 290 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,350 If you could arrange that please, it's just for elimination. 291 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:37,230 I'll talk to her. 292 00:25:37,230 --> 00:25:39,200 One other thing. 293 00:25:39,210 --> 00:25:40,950 You may have already heard about it. 294 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,940 The incident at the tennis club party last night. 295 00:25:44,050 --> 00:25:45,070 Yeah. 296 00:25:45,070 --> 00:25:48,330 It may not be related but Joan Farley. 297 00:25:48,340 --> 00:25:50,420 She's clearly distraught with grief. 298 00:25:50,430 --> 00:25:54,400 She may be capable of doing something she'll regret. 299 00:25:55,850 --> 00:26:00,030 Questo piazza e la piu bella d'italia. 300 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,900 (WHISPERS) Questo piazza e la piu bella d'italia. 301 00:26:02,900 --> 00:26:06,960 (REPEATS) 302 00:26:08,950 --> 00:26:11,920 PHONE RINGS 303 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:19,610 Hello? 304 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,425 Mr. Townsend. This is Tom Barnaby. 305 00:26:21,425 --> 00:26:22,930 Is your daughter there please? 306 00:26:22,930 --> 00:26:25,010 Ah, just a second. 307 00:26:25,825 --> 00:26:27,925 Melissa. 308 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,910 Melissa? 309 00:26:31,020 --> 00:26:32,380 No, she doesn't seem to be. 310 00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:34,060 Have you seen her this morning? 311 00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:36,380 Yes, about half an hour ago. 312 00:26:36,380 --> 00:26:39,300 I need to speak to her urgently, please. 313 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:42,550 Could you get her to give me a ring as soon as she gets in? 314 00:26:43,070 --> 00:26:45,320 Yes, of course. 315 00:26:51,950 --> 00:26:54,990 Yes, I threw wine at her. 316 00:26:54,990 --> 00:26:57,360 The bitch deserved it. 317 00:26:57,370 --> 00:27:00,260 If this is a bad time for you, Mrs. Farley we could, er... 318 00:27:00,270 --> 00:27:02,860 Clive don't mind if you don't. 319 00:27:03,070 --> 00:27:05,600 He's not proud. 320 00:27:05,610 --> 00:27:07,680 Are you Clive? 321 00:27:09,190 --> 00:27:12,240 CATS MEOW 322 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:18,360 He's a diabetic. I give him his insulin. 323 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,260 Is this about those threatening letters? 324 00:27:22,260 --> 00:27:23,850 Yesterday evening, Mrs. Farley, 325 00:27:23,860 --> 00:27:26,380 what time did you arrive at the tennis club? 326 00:27:26,390 --> 00:27:28,780 Seven thirty. 327 00:27:28,990 --> 00:27:30,170 Tom Grover picked me up. 328 00:27:30,170 --> 00:27:31,950 Dropped Helen off, that's his daughter. 329 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,110 She kept an eye on Clive for the evening. 330 00:27:35,110 --> 00:27:37,780 We went straight over. 331 00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:40,460 Who is Tom Grover? 332 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:42,740 Landlord of the Horse Shoes. 333 00:27:42,750 --> 00:27:45,470 He helped set the bar up for the evening. 334 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,040 What time did you leave? 335 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,200 When it all wound up, 1:30. Why are you asking? 336 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:52,370 And he brought you back again, did he, Mr. Grover? 337 00:27:52,380 --> 00:27:53,860 Yes. We came back straight back. 338 00:27:53,860 --> 00:27:57,040 Dropped me off and picked Helen up. 339 00:27:57,250 --> 00:28:00,780 Mrs. Farley, I notice that you have cats. 340 00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:04,820 Do you ever use the vet's surgery? Raif Canning. 341 00:28:05,030 --> 00:28:07,920 Haven't been there for years. 342 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,670 What's that got to do with anything? 343 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:15,600 Mrs. Farley, do you have any Wellington boots here? 344 00:28:23,380 --> 00:28:26,010 Worn flat, sir. 345 00:28:27,870 --> 00:28:29,660 Thanks for your time. 346 00:28:29,670 --> 00:28:32,000 There's just one thing. 347 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,200 I'm sure you realise it anyway. 348 00:28:34,210 --> 00:28:39,130 If someone does murder Melissa Townsend, or tries to, 349 00:28:39,140 --> 00:28:42,640 they'll be spending the rest of their days in prison. 350 00:28:42,650 --> 00:28:45,610 We'll make sure of it. 351 00:28:46,390 --> 00:28:49,310 I wouldn't do a thing like that. 352 00:28:52,620 --> 00:28:54,800 Clive's weekly visit. 353 00:28:57,380 --> 00:29:00,380 So that's two people who know how to use a syringe 354 00:29:00,380 --> 00:29:02,650 and who know Melissa. 355 00:29:02,860 --> 00:29:06,320 Joan Farley isn't exactly her biggest fan. 356 00:29:06,330 --> 00:29:09,690 But why would someone who's planning a murder so clinically, 357 00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:11,780 the notes, the drugs, 358 00:29:11,780 --> 00:29:15,220 why would they show such open aggression towards Melissa? 359 00:29:15,220 --> 00:29:16,900 And so publicly? 360 00:29:16,900 --> 00:29:19,320 Maybe she can't help herself. 361 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:23,730 Siamo arrivato a Venezia. 362 00:29:23,930 --> 00:29:26,910 Siamo arrivato... 363 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,080 No that's wrong. As hon. 364 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,940 We arrived in Venice. 365 00:29:33,950 --> 00:29:37,460 The girl is beautiful 366 00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:40,930 The beautiful girl. 367 00:29:42,667 --> 00:29:46,267 The family is happy. 368 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,370 The family is happy. 369 00:29:57,420 --> 00:30:01,530 We arrived in Venice. 370 00:30:01,530 --> 00:30:05,020 The girl is beautiful. 371 00:30:34,820 --> 00:30:37,800 (MUFFLED SCREAMING) 372 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:44,090 Already the middle of the day. 373 00:30:57,670 --> 00:30:59,220 Daddy! 374 00:30:59,220 --> 00:31:02,500 The beautiful girl. 375 00:31:44,140 --> 00:31:46,620 Are you angry with me? 376 00:31:47,820 --> 00:31:50,660 Why would I be angry with you? 377 00:31:50,670 --> 00:31:54,490 Because I didn't go round to Neil's sooner? 378 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,250 It's not your fault. 379 00:32:01,110 --> 00:32:04,720 There's only one person whose fault it is. 380 00:32:12,230 --> 00:32:14,020 What time did you speak to her? 381 00:32:14,030 --> 00:32:16,350 Around 10 o'clock. She was fine. 382 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,380 Archie said she'd just popped out. 383 00:32:18,380 --> 00:32:21,640 Being late isn't exactly unusual for Melissa. 384 00:32:22,260 --> 00:32:25,080 I saw Georgina's getting on well with Derek last night. 385 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,350 - Pardon? - Don't listen to him. 386 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,840 It's a bit odd now you come to mention it. 387 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,330 Derek actually propositioned Georgina. 388 00:32:32,340 --> 00:32:34,930 - You'll have to watch her, Raif. - Adam! 389 00:32:34,940 --> 00:32:36,330 Have you round to one of those parties 390 00:32:36,340 --> 00:32:39,350 before you can say, "car keys in the middle". 391 00:32:45,890 --> 00:32:48,130 What the hell? 392 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,850 She's dead. 393 00:33:26,900 --> 00:33:28,900 SIREN WAILS 394 00:33:39,270 --> 00:33:42,490 It looks like the contents were injected into the liver. 395 00:33:42,490 --> 00:33:44,840 There's no other obvious cause. 396 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,450 Time of death? 397 00:33:46,460 --> 00:33:48,930 At this stage, provisionally, 398 00:33:48,930 --> 00:33:51,400 I'd say an hour either side of 11:00. 399 00:33:51,410 --> 00:33:53,720 There's no sign of the father, sir. 400 00:33:53,730 --> 00:33:56,700 Got the ones who found her back at the cars. 401 00:33:56,710 --> 00:33:58,560 We should have prevented this. 402 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,840 Raif Canning, the vet, is one of them. 403 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,300 Sir. 404 00:34:16,330 --> 00:34:21,450 Mr. Townsend, I know you won't feel up to talking, but 405 00:34:21,660 --> 00:34:24,155 when we were with you last 406 00:34:24,155 --> 00:34:29,510 you gave the impression that your daughter may have had a few enemies. 407 00:34:29,510 --> 00:34:31,560 There are a lot of people who'll say that 408 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:35,920 she left the world a worse place than when she came into it. 409 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,200 But she was my daughter. 410 00:34:41,940 --> 00:34:45,160 - My daughter. - Melissa! 411 00:34:45,700 --> 00:34:47,570 Melissa! 412 00:34:49,390 --> 00:34:53,430 - Melissa! - I'm so sorry, love. You can't. 413 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:55,790 It's procedure. I'm sorry. 414 00:34:55,790 --> 00:34:57,750 Why don't we take you inside? 415 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,540 Sally, come with me. 416 00:35:07,870 --> 00:35:10,200 Quite a performance. 417 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,050 Give it a rest, Adam. 418 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:35,920 She's devastated. 419 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:37,570 On top of everything else, 420 00:35:37,580 --> 00:35:40,960 the drink driving, losing her licence, her job. 421 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:42,980 And now this. 422 00:35:42,990 --> 00:35:47,200 I just couldn't leave her in her house on her own. 423 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,220 I think I'll put her in the guest room. 424 00:35:51,770 --> 00:35:55,030 - Dead? - At her home. 425 00:35:55,230 --> 00:35:58,230 She has been murdered. 426 00:35:59,460 --> 00:36:00,650 How? 427 00:36:00,660 --> 00:36:05,320 It looks as if she may have been injected with something. 428 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,190 We need to establish everyone's movements. 429 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,990 Can you tell us where you've been since we saw you earlier? 430 00:36:23,190 --> 00:36:26,040 Um. 431 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:30,590 Clive's sister came over after the nurse had gone. 432 00:36:31,300 --> 00:36:35,890 I went to Neil's cottage. Been doing some packing up. 433 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:42,050 And then I went to the church hall about 12:00. 434 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,600 About quarter past. 435 00:36:45,610 --> 00:36:48,490 I noticed because she's normally right on time. 436 00:36:48,490 --> 00:36:50,810 Joan enjoys the flower arranging. 437 00:36:50,820 --> 00:36:53,460 Do you have a time for when Melissa was...? 438 00:36:53,470 --> 00:36:57,150 Time of death was between 10 am and midday. 439 00:37:00,270 --> 00:37:03,180 What sort of mood was Mrs. Farley in when she got here, would you say? 440 00:37:03,180 --> 00:37:05,160 Oh, she was a bit anxious, I suppose. 441 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,760 Putting it mildly. 442 00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:11,270 Oh, we all heard what she said, Cherrie. 443 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,710 Joan blames Melissa for Neil's death. 444 00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:16,600 We all know that and we have done for some time. 445 00:37:16,610 --> 00:37:20,020 I can't believe that you imagine Joan is capable of murder. 446 00:37:20,020 --> 00:37:22,100 It's a ridiculous concept. 447 00:37:22,110 --> 00:37:24,840 And there are one or two others would've been tempted as well. 448 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,570 Oh, not now. That is true. 449 00:37:27,580 --> 00:37:31,460 Melissa had a reputation for breaking up marriages. 450 00:37:31,460 --> 00:37:33,670 Got any names you can give us? 451 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,720 Two couples left the village last year, neither marriage survived. 452 00:37:36,730 --> 00:37:38,955 Then, well this year, there was... 453 00:37:38,955 --> 00:37:41,380 You could try Liz Keyne. 454 00:37:41,380 --> 00:37:44,880 Her husband spent an unhealthy amount of time with Melissa. 455 00:37:44,890 --> 00:37:46,040 Adam Keyne? 456 00:37:46,050 --> 00:37:48,450 Wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit. 457 00:37:48,450 --> 00:37:50,050 My god, love is blind. 458 00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:52,060 Not so blind these days, I think. 459 00:37:52,070 --> 00:37:54,800 Love can be a curse as well as a blessing. 460 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,960 True. Very true. 461 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,060 And you could try Sally Rickworth. 462 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:02,250 I thought Sally and Melissa were friends? 463 00:38:02,260 --> 00:38:08,330 Melissa had an affair with Sally's husband, now ex-husband, Mark. 464 00:38:08,340 --> 00:38:10,910 Mark Rickworth. Who's he? 465 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,280 A property developer. Lives in Causton. 466 00:38:13,290 --> 00:38:16,420 And Sally and Melissa fell out recently. 467 00:38:16,420 --> 00:38:18,825 Wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't something to do with 468 00:38:18,825 --> 00:38:22,050 Sally's new millionaire boyfriend. 469 00:38:22,260 --> 00:38:25,690 And what millionaire boyfriend would that be? 470 00:38:33,060 --> 00:38:37,600 Raif, I've invited Lord and Lady Hislop round for drinks on Thursday 471 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:41,335 together with a couple of other people from the Midsomer Horse Society, 472 00:38:41,335 --> 00:38:44,620 Freddie Bentine-Brown and Julia. 473 00:38:44,630 --> 00:38:46,610 Fine. 474 00:38:46,620 --> 00:38:51,200 I was wondering, do you think Sally will still be here by then? 475 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,820 Well, if she is she can join us. 476 00:38:54,130 --> 00:38:56,990 I'm not sure she'd really enjoy it, though, would she? 477 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,200 You are such a snob. 478 00:38:59,210 --> 00:39:01,010 I don't know what you mean. 479 00:39:01,020 --> 00:39:03,160 Is Sally the wrong type to be associated with 480 00:39:03,170 --> 00:39:05,050 in front of the Hislops? 481 00:39:05,060 --> 00:39:07,610 I'm just not sure she'd be comfortable, that's all. 482 00:39:07,620 --> 00:39:10,310 The thing is, Freddie Bentine-Brown 483 00:39:10,310 --> 00:39:12,840 has been trying to persuade Sally to marry him. 484 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:13,970 What? 485 00:39:13,980 --> 00:39:17,460 As far as I'm concerned she's far too good for him. 486 00:39:30,020 --> 00:39:32,420 What's wrong? 487 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,590 Do you know something about Melissa's death? 488 00:39:59,230 --> 00:40:01,650 DOORBELL RINGS 489 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,310 DOOR BANGS 490 00:40:08,210 --> 00:40:11,250 Open the door, Mr. Keyne. 491 00:40:12,660 --> 00:40:14,690 Come along, sir. We know you're in there. 492 00:40:14,690 --> 00:40:16,170 It's the collection agency. 493 00:40:16,180 --> 00:40:18,380 DOOR BANGS 494 00:40:18,380 --> 00:40:20,780 Come on, Mr. Keyne. 495 00:40:22,150 --> 00:40:24,400 Next time we'll be with the bailiffs. 496 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,680 This is your last chance. 497 00:40:26,990 --> 00:40:30,940 It isn't just the debts that are worrying you. 498 00:40:38,710 --> 00:40:41,240 Most women discover someone's been banging their old man, 499 00:40:41,250 --> 00:40:42,540 it'd be like cats and dogs. 500 00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:43,830 Never speak again. 501 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:45,840 But Melissa and Sally were friends. 502 00:40:45,850 --> 00:40:48,600 Human nature is a curious thing, Troy. 503 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:50,260 Not that curious, surely. 504 00:40:50,270 --> 00:40:52,700 I mean, the way she was at the murder scene? 505 00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:54,260 I wonder whether maybe... 506 00:40:54,270 --> 00:40:56,950 they liked their bread buttered both sides, so to speak. 507 00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:01,960 But then she has a boyfriend and there's talk of her re-marrying. 508 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:05,400 Yeah, but nobody's going to marry Bentine-Brown for love, are they? 509 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:06,550 Or lust. 510 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,590 The only way a sub-species like that is gonna get a stunner like Sally 511 00:41:09,590 --> 00:41:12,400 is if he's got a few million in the bank. 512 00:41:16,580 --> 00:41:18,380 Sally. 513 00:41:18,390 --> 00:41:21,560 The police are here to talk to you. 514 00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:36,780 I was looking where the ball had gone, and there she was. 515 00:41:36,780 --> 00:41:39,410 None of us had noticed. 516 00:41:40,310 --> 00:41:42,310 She's gone. 517 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:50,590 "Didn't want to be any trouble." 518 00:41:51,450 --> 00:41:54,890 - Oh, she must've overheard us. - Overheard what? 519 00:41:54,900 --> 00:41:58,240 My wife didn't want Sally to be here 520 00:41:58,250 --> 00:42:00,370 when Lord and Lady Hislop came for drinks. 521 00:42:00,380 --> 00:42:01,620 That is not true. 522 00:42:01,620 --> 00:42:03,480 Oh, I think it is. 523 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,920 Georgina is so desperate to get onto the committee 524 00:42:05,930 --> 00:42:09,680 of the Midsomer Horse Society, has been for years, 525 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:15,700 she's worried the honourables might think she wasn't quite the right type. 526 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,370 Oh, right. 527 00:42:18,370 --> 00:42:20,630 Well, we'll try her place. 528 00:42:20,630 --> 00:42:23,670 And, incidentally, 529 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:29,650 do either of you know why Sally and Melissa fell out recently? 530 00:42:29,660 --> 00:42:32,100 Well, no. Not really. 531 00:42:32,110 --> 00:42:33,900 Mrs. Canning? 532 00:42:33,910 --> 00:42:37,700 Oh, you don't have interests in my friends from the tennis club, do you? 533 00:42:37,700 --> 00:42:39,660 That's not true, either. 534 00:42:39,670 --> 00:42:42,120 Oh why is it everytime we go to a party 535 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:46,260 you spend the entire evening asking me when we're going to leave? 536 00:42:46,270 --> 00:42:49,860 Actually on this occasion my husband's absolutely right. 537 00:42:49,870 --> 00:42:53,460 I've no idea why Sally and Melissa fell out 538 00:42:53,460 --> 00:42:56,720 and I'd prefer to keep it that way. 539 00:43:12,150 --> 00:43:14,100 What about the car? 540 00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:16,060 It's already sold. 541 00:43:16,070 --> 00:43:19,940 When the client's get back from Hong Kong, that goes too. 542 00:43:19,940 --> 00:43:22,470 We can always start again. There's my savings account. 543 00:43:22,470 --> 00:43:24,170 It's all gone. 544 00:43:24,180 --> 00:43:27,330 - Not all of it? - Yes! All your dear old granny's money. 545 00:43:27,340 --> 00:43:29,800 Now do you understand? 546 00:43:38,060 --> 00:43:40,660 There is a way out. 547 00:43:48,450 --> 00:43:49,920 How did it go today? 548 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:51,960 Oh. 549 00:43:53,060 --> 00:43:55,150 We're not actually going to eat those, are we? 550 00:43:55,150 --> 00:43:58,110 Medlar jelly. It's Cherrie's recipe. 551 00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:01,400 You have to let the fruit go rotten before you eat it. 552 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,340 You've got to be kidding? 553 00:44:03,340 --> 00:44:06,340 It's in the book. I checked. 554 00:44:43,980 --> 00:44:46,780 Medlar jelly. 555 00:44:46,980 --> 00:44:49,180 Medlar. 556 00:44:49,180 --> 00:44:50,900 What is it? 557 00:44:50,900 --> 00:44:54,530 Someone described their friend as the meddler. 558 00:44:54,740 --> 00:44:59,660 I wonder if she meant one who meddles or the fruit. 559 00:44:59,670 --> 00:45:03,700 There are quite a few trees over Malham Way in the bigger gardens. 560 00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:05,590 Quite popular locally. 561 00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:09,370 "Medlars spread on straw" 562 00:45:09,380 --> 00:45:14,350 "ripen by their own corruption." 563 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:27,960 I didn't want to cramp Georgina's style. 564 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,300 I thought it was best if I came away. 565 00:45:31,310 --> 00:45:32,560 Thank you. 566 00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:35,350 We're asking everyone this. 567 00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:39,890 Where were you between 10 o'clock and midday yesterday morning? 568 00:45:39,900 --> 00:45:45,280 Um, I left the police station a little after 10:00. 569 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:49,560 And then I had to make a visit to the Farley's to check on Clive. 570 00:45:49,570 --> 00:45:51,850 Yes, we saw you. 571 00:45:51,850 --> 00:45:53,850 What time did you leave there? 572 00:45:53,860 --> 00:45:57,330 Um, I wasn't there long. 573 00:45:57,330 --> 00:46:00,050 I was back here before 11:00. 574 00:46:00,060 --> 00:46:02,060 And after 11:00? 575 00:46:02,060 --> 00:46:03,880 I didn't do anything. 576 00:46:03,890 --> 00:46:06,420 I just... 577 00:46:06,420 --> 00:46:09,250 I was upset about the breathalyser thing. 578 00:46:09,250 --> 00:46:11,660 I didn't do anything. 579 00:46:11,870 --> 00:46:14,310 There was no-one else here? 580 00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:17,460 I've lived alone since my marriage break-up two years ago. 581 00:46:17,460 --> 00:46:20,590 No romantic interests since then? 582 00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:22,620 No. 583 00:46:22,630 --> 00:46:26,260 And Mr. Bentine-Brown? 584 00:46:27,020 --> 00:46:29,310 Ah, it's not serious. 585 00:46:30,220 --> 00:46:32,650 Okay, so he proposed to me. 586 00:46:32,660 --> 00:46:35,210 Must be quite serious. 587 00:46:35,220 --> 00:46:37,700 Not to me. 588 00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:39,660 He's a very wealthy man. 589 00:46:39,670 --> 00:46:42,310 It has been suggested that I accept 590 00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:46,360 just so I can divorce him later and take him to the cleaners. 591 00:46:46,370 --> 00:46:48,200 I was tempted. 592 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:50,350 Somebody ought to teach him a lesson. 593 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,260 He's the most arrogant man I've ever met. 594 00:46:53,470 --> 00:46:58,930 Were you and Melissa on good terms at the time of her death? 595 00:46:59,580 --> 00:47:03,670 No. We'd had a row. 596 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:08,320 I didn't like how flippant she was being about Neil's death. 597 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,630 But it wasn't her fault. 598 00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,900 Neil Laxton wouldn't let anyone into the house. 599 00:47:12,900 --> 00:47:14,460 He's turned nurses away. 600 00:47:14,470 --> 00:47:18,220 So the idea that she was responsible for his death, it's just not true. 601 00:47:18,220 --> 00:47:23,340 Still someone may have killed her because of it. 602 00:47:23,740 --> 00:47:24,820 May? 603 00:47:24,820 --> 00:47:26,820 May, it's a possibility. 604 00:47:26,830 --> 00:47:30,670 But then Melissa made enemies in the village 605 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,830 for other reasons as well, didn't she? 606 00:47:33,830 --> 00:47:37,100 Or so we understand. 607 00:47:37,110 --> 00:47:39,980 It's malicious gossip. 608 00:47:40,180 --> 00:47:42,150 Your ex-husband, Mark? 609 00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,240 Mark seduced her. 610 00:47:44,250 --> 00:47:46,330 Melissa didn't know he was married. 611 00:47:46,340 --> 00:47:49,980 She was just as upset when she found out about me as I was about her. 612 00:47:49,990 --> 00:47:53,430 It was Cherrie Balcombe, wasn't it, told you this? 613 00:47:55,110 --> 00:47:57,520 Don't. Please, Adam. 614 00:47:57,520 --> 00:47:58,590 You want to lose all this? 615 00:47:58,590 --> 00:48:00,650 I don't want to lose you. 616 00:48:00,660 --> 00:48:03,920 Nothing can go wrong. I've told you. 617 00:48:15,460 --> 00:48:17,360 What did she ever do to you? 618 00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:19,700 I think you should go home, Sally. 619 00:48:19,700 --> 00:48:21,940 We'll talk about this when you've calmed down. 620 00:48:21,950 --> 00:48:24,630 Don't you close that door. Don't you! 621 00:48:25,350 --> 00:48:27,330 She's dead. 622 00:48:27,330 --> 00:48:30,620 How can you say such things? 623 00:48:30,620 --> 00:48:33,640 You come out here. 624 00:48:34,780 --> 00:48:37,040 Open it! 625 00:48:37,240 --> 00:48:39,345 - Sally! - What did she do to you? 626 00:48:39,345 --> 00:48:40,750 Open the door! 627 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:42,770 Stop it! 628 00:48:44,110 --> 00:48:46,360 Come back! 629 00:49:08,250 --> 00:49:11,745 Oh Troy, the drug pentobarbitone 630 00:49:11,745 --> 00:49:14,240 that was used to kill Melissa Townsend 631 00:49:14,250 --> 00:49:16,980 was the same as that taken from the vet's surgery. 632 00:49:16,980 --> 00:49:18,490 No surprises there then. 633 00:49:18,500 --> 00:49:22,120 And the footprint does not match the gardener's. 634 00:49:24,030 --> 00:49:26,550 So this could be the footprint of our murderer? 635 00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:28,810 Indeed it could. 636 00:50:02,030 --> 00:50:03,870 Hello? 637 00:51:36,220 --> 00:51:37,600 Is this about the Balcombes? 638 00:51:37,610 --> 00:51:40,240 Afternoon, Mrs. Rickworth. 639 00:51:40,240 --> 00:51:42,670 They're not pressing charges. 640 00:51:43,180 --> 00:51:45,940 Well, I don't like it when people talk ill of the dead. 641 00:51:45,950 --> 00:51:51,100 You've been to the vet's surgery for any reason recently? 642 00:51:51,100 --> 00:51:53,310 No, I haven't. 643 00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:56,440 Do you have a pair of Wellington boots? 644 00:51:56,650 --> 00:51:58,480 We need to look at them, Mrs. Rickworth. 645 00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:00,720 We're looking at everyone's. 646 00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:09,260 They're normally in here. 647 00:52:12,650 --> 00:52:16,000 If I'd left them in the house, they'd be here. 648 00:52:19,100 --> 00:52:22,100 But I'm sure they were in the car. 649 00:52:23,300 --> 00:52:25,380 DOOR BANGS LOUDLY 650 00:52:26,220 --> 00:52:28,480 Where's Adam? 651 00:52:29,250 --> 00:52:30,900 Is something wrong? 652 00:52:30,900 --> 00:52:32,850 I thought Sally might... 653 00:52:32,850 --> 00:52:35,090 Sorry. It doesn't matter. 654 00:52:35,100 --> 00:52:36,740 I can see you're busy. 655 00:52:36,740 --> 00:52:38,980 Sorry to bother you. 656 00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:55,100 If you do find the boots, you'll call us. 657 00:52:57,480 --> 00:52:59,110 I'm sorry. 658 00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:01,740 I'm not quite myself at the moment. 659 00:53:06,140 --> 00:53:10,970 Elegant. Robust. Good head. 660 00:53:12,300 --> 00:53:15,050 Is Sally invited to your little drinks party? 661 00:53:15,050 --> 00:53:17,860 She can be. I'm rather surprised. 662 00:53:17,870 --> 00:53:19,320 I wouldn't have thought she was your type. 663 00:53:19,330 --> 00:53:21,650 She's not but I'm getting rather tired of the perfect vowels 664 00:53:21,650 --> 00:53:24,460 and the saddle-spread buttocks. 665 00:53:24,460 --> 00:53:27,980 Ms. Rickworth has an excellent figure, good bones. 666 00:53:27,980 --> 00:53:30,000 She's not too stupid and not too bright. 667 00:53:30,010 --> 00:53:32,260 Ideal breeding stock, I'd say. 668 00:53:32,270 --> 00:53:34,430 So, if you could invite her over, 669 00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:38,730 put in a good word about what a sensitive soul I am deep down, 670 00:53:38,730 --> 00:53:40,120 I'll have a word with the Hislops 671 00:53:40,130 --> 00:53:43,160 about who they should vote onto their committee. 672 00:54:03,590 --> 00:54:05,660 DOORBELL RINGS 673 00:54:11,290 --> 00:54:13,265 Mrs. Keyne, good afternoon. 674 00:54:13,265 --> 00:54:16,710 - Is your husband in? - No. 675 00:54:18,910 --> 00:54:20,920 Sir. 676 00:54:21,720 --> 00:54:25,330 Do you mind if we take a look at the soles of those boots, please? 677 00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:29,960 We have a print from a crime scene. 678 00:54:29,970 --> 00:54:33,115 We have to check it against the boots of Melissa's associates and friends. 679 00:54:33,115 --> 00:54:35,000 Yeah, fine. 680 00:54:35,010 --> 00:54:38,870 Er, Mrs. Keyne? 681 00:54:39,820 --> 00:54:44,250 We need to ask you some questions about Melissa Townsend. 682 00:54:45,700 --> 00:54:47,970 Is everything all right? 683 00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:50,930 Actually I've got rather a bad headache. 684 00:54:50,930 --> 00:54:53,320 I don't suppose it could wait? 685 00:54:54,320 --> 00:54:56,370 There's something she doesn't want to talk about 686 00:54:56,380 --> 00:54:58,260 and she's not very good at hiding it. 687 00:54:58,270 --> 00:55:00,410 Stop, Troy. 688 00:55:03,860 --> 00:55:08,100 I'd like another word with Mrs. Rickworth. 689 00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:18,950 - You found them then? - Yes. 690 00:55:18,950 --> 00:55:20,300 Where were they? 691 00:55:20,310 --> 00:55:22,220 I was wondering where they could be 692 00:55:22,230 --> 00:55:25,140 and I remembered that I'd thought about putting them on 693 00:55:25,140 --> 00:55:29,320 to walk home across the fields the other night instead of driving. 694 00:55:29,330 --> 00:55:31,870 But I suppose I couldn't face the walk. 695 00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,670 I thought I must have taken them out of the back of the car 696 00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:38,110 and then changed my mind and left them here by mistake. 697 00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:39,580 By mistake? 698 00:55:39,590 --> 00:55:43,620 Yes. They were at the back. By the dustbins. 699 00:55:43,620 --> 00:55:45,910 Thank you. 700 00:55:47,650 --> 00:55:51,800 When we saw you earlier and Liz Keyne came over, 701 00:55:51,810 --> 00:55:55,090 she seemed to think you might know where her husband was. 702 00:55:55,100 --> 00:55:57,560 Why would she think that? 703 00:55:58,220 --> 00:55:59,680 I don't know. 704 00:55:59,690 --> 00:56:02,000 You've got no idea where he might be? 705 00:56:02,010 --> 00:56:03,040 None at all. 706 00:56:03,140 --> 00:56:05,570 Or why Mrs. Keyne thought you might? 707 00:56:05,580 --> 00:56:07,520 No. 708 00:56:09,230 --> 00:56:12,320 Okay. Thank you. 709 00:56:14,020 --> 00:56:16,900 I'd have put money on the print matching her boots. 710 00:56:16,900 --> 00:56:20,020 Well, leaving them here by mistake. 711 00:56:26,100 --> 00:56:29,130 - Evening. - Lovely, isn't it? 712 00:56:35,470 --> 00:56:40,210 Those are Raif's and those are spares, I think. 713 00:56:40,220 --> 00:56:42,120 And there are no other boots in the house? 714 00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:44,610 Not as far as I know. 715 00:57:55,480 --> 00:57:57,680 Good evening. 716 00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:01,790 I was upstairs hoovering. 717 00:58:03,190 --> 00:58:05,180 I didn't hear you. 718 00:58:05,180 --> 00:58:06,850 Oh, not to worry. 719 00:58:06,850 --> 00:58:13,180 Anyway erm, yes, your new batch of jam jars 720 00:58:13,190 --> 00:58:14,920 for the food stall. 721 00:58:14,930 --> 00:58:18,740 - Memsahib asked me to drop them off. - Thank you. 722 00:58:19,450 --> 00:58:21,780 Well. Must, er, must get on. 723 00:58:21,780 --> 00:58:23,920 Thanks again. 724 00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:42,740 I think the police should be told. 725 00:58:42,740 --> 00:58:46,260 Maybe she was hoovering earlier. 726 00:58:46,860 --> 00:58:48,610 Oh, I don't know. 727 00:58:48,620 --> 00:58:50,740 I've spent a lifetime 728 00:58:50,740 --> 00:58:54,645 trying to fathom the complexities of jungle eco-systems 729 00:58:54,645 --> 00:58:56,476 but they are as nothing 730 00:58:56,476 --> 00:59:00,738 compared to the bizarre machinations of this village. 731 00:59:01,150 --> 00:59:04,140 Just extraordinary. 732 00:59:28,770 --> 00:59:30,710 Sir? 733 00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:37,800 He's not back. 734 00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:40,620 Hasn't he contacted you? 735 00:59:41,580 --> 00:59:46,000 Right, did he take any clothes? A bag? 736 00:59:46,310 --> 00:59:48,800 I wanted children. 737 00:59:48,810 --> 00:59:51,900 But he said we still had some fun years left. 738 00:59:51,910 --> 00:59:55,670 And then it was "we had to build up the car business first". 739 00:59:55,680 --> 01:00:00,880 Now we're bankrupt and there won't be any children. 740 01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:04,840 Why are you talking about your husband in the past tense, Mrs. Keyne? 741 01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:07,620 Because he's dead. 742 01:00:07,630 --> 01:00:09,870 I can feel it. 743 01:01:05,860 --> 01:01:07,760 Hello? 744 01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:09,740 Anybody there? 745 01:01:13,900 --> 01:01:16,920 FLIES BUZZ 746 01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:29,140 Mrs. Keyne, if you do know anything, you must tell us. 747 01:01:29,150 --> 01:01:32,120 PHONE RINGS 748 01:01:32,620 --> 01:01:34,620 Hello? 749 01:01:37,670 --> 01:01:39,640 Where? 750 01:01:58,950 --> 01:02:00,900 Sir. 751 01:02:00,910 --> 01:02:06,790 Liz had been on the phone asking if we knew where Adam might be. 752 01:02:08,910 --> 01:02:10,860 There he was. 753 01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:40,820 Would've died just about instantly. 754 01:02:41,420 --> 01:02:43,880 The joists have been sawn through. 755 01:02:43,880 --> 01:02:46,030 They left just enough to keep the floor in place. 756 01:02:46,040 --> 01:02:49,080 But it would've given way as soon as he stepped on to it. 757 01:02:50,080 --> 01:02:52,260 Do you think this is connected to Melissa's murder, sir? 758 01:02:52,260 --> 01:02:55,280 - Well, they were friends. - Where is the motive? 759 01:02:55,290 --> 01:02:59,470 Melissa was killed in revenge for old Neil Laxton's death, why this? 760 01:02:59,470 --> 01:03:01,660 What has Adam got to do with that? 761 01:03:01,670 --> 01:03:05,060 And what was Adam doing here? 762 01:03:06,670 --> 01:03:08,780 Wouldn't be a bad spot, though, would it? 763 01:03:08,790 --> 01:03:11,190 For a secret tryst. 764 01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:13,230 All that straw. 765 01:03:13,240 --> 01:03:15,220 - Mmm. - What? 766 01:03:15,220 --> 01:03:17,940 Personally, I think straw's a bit over-rated, sir. 767 01:03:17,940 --> 01:03:19,650 Why? 768 01:03:19,650 --> 01:03:21,760 It's prickly. 769 01:03:22,570 --> 01:03:25,460 What if Melissa and Adam were having an affair 770 01:03:25,460 --> 01:03:29,490 and Liz Keyne decided she'd had enough of the pair of them? 771 01:03:29,500 --> 01:03:32,720 And all that anxiety was what, an act? 772 01:03:38,710 --> 01:03:41,160 Enemies? Adam? 773 01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:44,370 You mean apart from the legions of debtors, 774 01:03:44,380 --> 01:03:47,860 the cuckolded husbands and the cheated lovers? 775 01:03:48,660 --> 01:03:52,200 Yes, I have been a complete and utter fool. 776 01:03:52,210 --> 01:03:57,120 Mrs. Keyne, do you know whether your husband was having an affair? 777 01:03:57,120 --> 01:03:59,090 With Melissa Townsend? 778 01:03:59,100 --> 01:04:01,480 With Melissa? 779 01:04:01,480 --> 01:04:03,440 Not lately. 780 01:04:04,450 --> 01:04:08,260 Their relationship had developed into something much closer. 781 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:12,900 I'm sorry. 782 01:04:12,900 --> 01:04:15,120 I can't do this. 783 01:04:27,890 --> 01:04:30,450 Hugo has got something to tell you. 784 01:04:30,450 --> 01:04:33,080 Something rather important. 785 01:04:34,510 --> 01:04:41,750 Well, I just had Raif round here in his tennis togs. 786 01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:44,290 He wanted to know what had happened about Adam 787 01:04:44,300 --> 01:04:47,860 so I told him how I found the body 788 01:04:47,860 --> 01:04:51,800 and suddenly he became most peculiar. 789 01:04:51,810 --> 01:04:55,570 I asked him what was the matter and he just ran off. 790 01:04:55,580 --> 01:04:57,460 Did he say where he was going? 791 01:04:57,460 --> 01:05:01,200 No. He literally ran to the car. 792 01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:04,510 You think what you said made him realize something? 793 01:05:04,510 --> 01:05:06,800 What exactly did you say? 794 01:05:06,810 --> 01:05:10,070 Well, I told him how I found the body, 795 01:05:10,070 --> 01:05:13,610 sort of, laid out on the plough 796 01:05:13,610 --> 01:05:17,480 and how the flies were tucking in 797 01:05:17,490 --> 01:05:22,220 and how he must have fallen through the loft floor 798 01:05:22,230 --> 01:05:25,170 because the way the beam was sawn through. 799 01:05:25,170 --> 01:05:26,710 Do you have Canning's number? 800 01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:28,460 Yes, yes of course. 801 01:05:28,460 --> 01:05:30,480 Tell them about Joan. 802 01:05:30,480 --> 01:05:32,360 Yesterday evening, 803 01:05:32,370 --> 01:05:37,880 Cherrie asked me if I'd drop off a few empty jam jars at Joan Farley's. 804 01:05:37,880 --> 01:05:39,760 When I got there, 805 01:05:39,760 --> 01:05:43,075 I noticed that she was digging what looked like 806 01:05:43,075 --> 01:05:45,690 quite a large hole in her back garden. 807 01:05:45,690 --> 01:05:48,650 Not in itself necessarily odd. 808 01:05:48,660 --> 01:05:52,390 But when she answered the front door. 809 01:05:52,400 --> 01:05:54,600 Good evening. 810 01:05:55,700 --> 01:05:58,980 Sorry. I was upstairs hoovering. 811 01:06:00,330 --> 01:06:02,620 She lied to you. 812 01:06:02,820 --> 01:06:05,800 Oh, it may have been entirely innocent. 813 01:06:05,810 --> 01:06:08,640 - This is the Cannings' number. - Thank you. 814 01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:14,110 Troy, I want you to go over to Joan Farley's place, please. 815 01:06:14,110 --> 01:06:16,790 Hugo, can you go with him? 816 01:06:17,320 --> 01:06:19,360 Raif Canning? It's Tom Barnaby. 817 01:06:19,360 --> 01:06:22,370 Look, I need to talk to you. It's rather urgent. 818 01:06:22,380 --> 01:06:25,440 So I'm coming straight over, okay? 819 01:07:21,990 --> 01:07:26,920 TENNIS MACHINE THWACKS 820 01:08:29,520 --> 01:08:31,520 Mrs. Canning? 821 01:08:32,680 --> 01:08:34,720 Hello? 822 01:08:43,150 --> 01:08:45,150 Mrs. Canning? 823 01:08:53,820 --> 01:08:55,880 Hello? 824 01:09:03,710 --> 01:09:05,760 Georgina? 825 01:09:22,360 --> 01:09:24,500 Mrs. Canning? 826 01:09:25,160 --> 01:09:27,500 Oh, my God. 827 01:09:29,720 --> 01:09:32,900 What are you doing here? 828 01:09:37,610 --> 01:09:40,680 It appears his wife was asleep when it happened. 829 01:09:40,680 --> 01:09:42,240 Well, that's one less suspect. 830 01:09:42,250 --> 01:09:44,480 They're getting a bit thin on the ground now, sir. 831 01:09:44,490 --> 01:09:47,480 - Have you found anything? - She's not here. 832 01:09:47,490 --> 01:09:49,860 Just her sister-in-law looking after Clive. 833 01:09:49,870 --> 01:09:52,240 We didn't want to start digging without her. 834 01:09:52,250 --> 01:09:54,250 Hang on. 835 01:09:54,450 --> 01:09:55,920 She's just arrived. 836 01:09:55,920 --> 01:09:58,110 Find out where she's been. 837 01:09:58,110 --> 01:10:00,160 Yes, sir. 838 01:10:05,550 --> 01:10:07,720 Sir? 839 01:10:12,220 --> 01:10:15,260 Why did you bury these, Mrs. Farley? 840 01:10:16,950 --> 01:10:19,220 Something else here, sir. 841 01:10:23,860 --> 01:10:27,830 PHONE RINGS 842 01:10:30,020 --> 01:10:32,580 - It's Troy, Sir. - Troy, what have you got? 843 01:10:32,580 --> 01:10:35,710 We've dug up a pair of boots that look like a match for the print. 844 01:10:35,720 --> 01:10:38,680 - What's Joan said about it? - Nothing. 845 01:10:38,890 --> 01:10:40,360 Did she say where she's been? 846 01:10:40,370 --> 01:10:42,530 She's not saying anything at all, sir. 847 01:10:42,540 --> 01:10:45,600 Right, get her down to the station, I'll see you there later. 848 01:10:45,610 --> 01:10:48,240 - There is something else, sir. - What's that? 849 01:10:48,250 --> 01:10:51,200 There was a cardboard box in the hole. 850 01:10:51,210 --> 01:10:56,490 It contains bottles of Pentobarbitone and a number of syringes. 851 01:10:59,130 --> 01:11:03,070 I admit I did think about killing her 852 01:11:04,900 --> 01:11:06,960 but I changed my mind. 853 01:11:08,970 --> 01:11:13,370 You wrote those threatening letters to Melissa Townsend, didn't you? 854 01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:17,240 Yes. 855 01:11:19,840 --> 01:11:23,360 So, you broke into the vet's surgery 856 01:11:23,570 --> 01:11:26,760 and stole the syringes, the drugs, 857 01:11:26,760 --> 01:11:29,600 to carry out your threat. 858 01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:31,920 But then you just changed your mind? 859 01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:34,140 Just like that. 860 01:11:37,530 --> 01:11:41,990 I got to thinking how maybe it was my fault as well. 861 01:11:43,240 --> 01:11:45,470 Neil's death. 862 01:11:48,160 --> 01:11:51,890 I should've checked on him sooner at the cottage, 863 01:11:51,900 --> 01:11:54,540 got the doctor round 864 01:11:56,340 --> 01:12:00,380 before the pneumonia set in. 865 01:12:02,730 --> 01:12:07,130 I was as much to blame as that stuck up little madam. 866 01:12:09,940 --> 01:12:12,350 I should've...(SOBS) 867 01:12:16,050 --> 01:12:19,320 He was my family. 868 01:12:20,800 --> 01:12:24,150 Burying the drugs and the boots 869 01:12:24,160 --> 01:12:28,580 doesn't look like the action of an innocent person. 870 01:12:30,310 --> 01:12:33,730 But I couldn't take them back, could I? 871 01:12:34,530 --> 01:12:36,980 What about the boots? 872 01:12:39,330 --> 01:12:43,280 I heard about you at the vet's being interested 873 01:12:43,290 --> 01:12:47,170 in a footprint out the back. 874 01:12:51,150 --> 01:12:55,430 So I showed you an old pair when you came round that time. 875 01:13:00,400 --> 01:13:03,360 Can't you see? 876 01:13:03,560 --> 01:13:06,580 Someone used the notes I sent 877 01:13:06,580 --> 01:13:10,510 as an opportunity to kill Melissa. 878 01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:13,720 That's what's happened. 879 01:13:16,100 --> 01:13:18,110 They'll laugh it out of court. 880 01:13:18,120 --> 01:13:20,170 Cherrie! 881 01:13:20,980 --> 01:13:23,160 What is it? 882 01:13:23,170 --> 01:13:24,830 I heard about Raif. 883 01:13:24,840 --> 01:13:27,820 And I heard that you'd arrested Joan. 884 01:13:27,820 --> 01:13:29,390 Now, the thing is, 885 01:13:29,400 --> 01:13:32,250 I saw Joan's car outside Neil's house 886 01:13:32,260 --> 01:13:34,620 just after you'd spoken to Raif on the phone. 887 01:13:34,620 --> 01:13:36,920 So if you think she was responsible... 888 01:13:36,920 --> 01:13:39,960 You saw Joan at the cottage? 889 01:13:39,960 --> 01:13:42,280 She was in the kitchen. 890 01:13:42,290 --> 01:13:46,430 I saw her through the window clear as day. 891 01:13:46,440 --> 01:13:50,650 So you see, Joan couldn't possibly have been at the Cannings' 892 01:13:50,660 --> 01:13:53,350 when Raif was murdered. 893 01:14:06,910 --> 01:14:10,160 There's no way she could be protecting Joan? 894 01:14:10,170 --> 01:14:13,540 Like some sort of Women's Institute Mafia? 895 01:14:13,550 --> 01:14:16,590 It's unlikely Cherrie Balcombe would fabricate an alibi for anyone. 896 01:14:16,590 --> 01:14:18,970 Not impossible of course but... 897 01:14:19,180 --> 01:14:23,620 If Joan isn't our murderer, it means we're back to square one. 898 01:14:23,630 --> 01:14:25,540 No, not entirely. 899 01:14:25,540 --> 01:14:28,430 It means that revenge for Neil Laxton's death 900 01:14:28,430 --> 01:14:30,450 is not going to be the motive. 901 01:14:30,460 --> 01:14:34,880 But why was Adam Keyne killed like that? 902 01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:38,010 Why not use a needle like with the others? 903 01:14:38,010 --> 01:14:39,860 He would've been expecting it? 904 01:14:39,870 --> 01:14:42,110 So the murderer did it another way. 905 01:14:42,120 --> 01:14:46,000 This is so very different. 906 01:14:48,200 --> 01:14:51,070 And the difference is 907 01:14:51,080 --> 01:14:56,350 that the murderer didn't have to be at the barn at the time. 908 01:14:57,860 --> 01:15:01,910 How did they know he'd step on the weakened spot? 909 01:15:02,780 --> 01:15:05,410 He went there to pick something up. 910 01:15:05,420 --> 01:15:08,860 Adam went there to pick something up. 911 01:15:08,870 --> 01:15:12,710 And what if that something, whatever it was, 912 01:15:12,720 --> 01:15:17,130 was placed on the weakened area above the plough? 913 01:16:27,480 --> 01:16:29,440 Blackmail payment perhaps? 914 01:16:29,450 --> 01:16:31,880 We didn't find anything. 915 01:16:32,910 --> 01:16:35,900 The killer came back and took it away 916 01:16:36,410 --> 01:16:40,520 and if Adam Keyne were trying to blackmail someone, 917 01:16:40,520 --> 01:16:42,870 and his wife knew about it, 918 01:16:42,880 --> 01:16:46,300 that would explain her evasive behaviour 919 01:16:46,310 --> 01:16:49,860 when we asked about her husband's disappearance, wouldn't it? 920 01:17:13,400 --> 01:17:16,750 - What's going on? - Meet the bailiffs. 921 01:17:16,760 --> 01:17:19,390 They're only taking what's owed them. 922 01:17:19,600 --> 01:17:21,760 Ah gentlemen. 923 01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:25,360 I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. 924 01:17:26,710 --> 01:17:31,650 Mrs. Keyne's husband was unfortunately killed yesterday. 925 01:17:31,660 --> 01:17:35,180 Do you think you could possibly come back at a better time, please? 926 01:17:35,180 --> 01:17:37,120 I see, sir. 927 01:17:40,120 --> 01:17:42,770 Those were my grandmother's. 928 01:17:46,610 --> 01:17:49,010 Is it really as bad as this? 929 01:17:49,020 --> 01:17:52,880 Seems Adam spent a lot of other people's money as well as all mine. 930 01:17:53,080 --> 01:17:55,490 They've been very patient really. 931 01:17:55,490 --> 01:17:58,040 I'm sorry but I've got to ask this. 932 01:17:58,040 --> 01:18:03,490 Was Mr. Keyne, Adam trying to blackmail someone? 933 01:18:24,460 --> 01:18:27,490 I found this in the desk after he'd gone. 934 01:18:30,700 --> 01:18:33,080 I tried to stop him. 935 01:18:33,280 --> 01:18:35,690 Not hard enough. 936 01:18:35,700 --> 01:18:37,960 There is a way out. 937 01:18:39,370 --> 01:18:42,880 You know Melissa had some rather extensive debts as well, 938 01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:45,340 the credit cards. 939 01:18:46,840 --> 01:18:51,750 Well, she and I were involved in a little blackmail. 940 01:18:52,820 --> 01:18:55,210 - The person in question... - I don't want to know. 941 01:18:55,220 --> 01:18:58,020 Look, 20 grand by tomorrow. 942 01:18:58,020 --> 01:19:00,710 And that's just for starters. 943 01:19:00,720 --> 01:19:03,220 It could save us. 944 01:19:03,220 --> 01:19:06,240 This person will pay good money to suppress what we've got. 945 01:19:06,240 --> 01:19:08,000 For God's sake Adam, Melissa's been murdered. 946 01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:10,280 Melissa's death had nothing to do with the blackmail. 947 01:19:10,290 --> 01:19:13,390 She was killed by the nutter who sent the threatening letters. 948 01:19:13,400 --> 01:19:14,935 It's got nothing to do with this. 949 01:19:14,935 --> 01:19:15,870 How do you know that? 950 01:19:15,870 --> 01:19:19,860 Just listen. It's going to be fine. 951 01:19:19,870 --> 01:19:22,380 When I pick up the money, I'm going to phone, 952 01:19:22,390 --> 01:19:24,710 make sure the person is at home, nowhere near the pick-up point. 953 01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:27,190 They'll never even know it's me. 954 01:19:30,680 --> 01:19:33,220 Adam didn't tell you who it was he was blackmailing? 955 01:19:33,230 --> 01:19:34,330 No. 956 01:19:34,330 --> 01:19:35,830 But you thought it was Sally? 957 01:19:35,830 --> 01:19:37,380 Well, there's the evidence. 958 01:19:37,390 --> 01:19:40,800 She was obsessive about keeping her affair with Melissa secret. 959 01:19:40,810 --> 01:19:43,840 But how much money did she have for anyone to blackmail out of her? 960 01:19:43,850 --> 01:19:46,960 - She's a nurse. - The bank will tell you. 961 01:19:46,970 --> 01:19:50,220 Unlike mine, her husband actually made money. 962 01:19:50,220 --> 01:19:53,160 Sally did rather well out of her divorce. 963 01:19:53,160 --> 01:19:55,439 100,000 plus. 964 01:20:03,240 --> 01:20:05,480 Sally. 965 01:20:10,200 --> 01:20:11,710 Thank you so much for coming. 966 01:20:11,710 --> 01:20:13,520 I'm so sorry about Raif. 967 01:20:13,520 --> 01:20:16,240 Just awful. I'm so glad you're here. 968 01:20:16,250 --> 01:20:18,840 I need a friendly face when the guests arrive. 969 01:20:18,850 --> 01:20:21,450 I'm sorry? Guests? 970 01:20:21,460 --> 01:20:24,050 Didn't I mention the memorial drinks party? 971 01:20:24,060 --> 01:20:25,810 No, you didn't. 972 01:20:25,820 --> 01:20:28,390 Of course, it's the last thing I want with Raif... 973 01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:29,890 ...but it was too late to cancel. 974 01:20:29,900 --> 01:20:35,160 So I thought... let's make it a celebration of his life. You know? 975 01:20:35,760 --> 01:20:38,350 Of course, if we're looking for blackmail targets, 976 01:20:38,360 --> 01:20:41,400 someone like Bentine-Brown's got to be pretty high up on the list, 977 01:20:41,400 --> 01:20:44,220 - with all his millions. - You got a motive? 978 01:20:44,220 --> 01:20:47,030 He's bound to have his share of secrets. 979 01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:50,870 A bit of insider trading, girlfriend battering, 980 01:20:50,870 --> 01:20:52,440 the list is probably endless. 981 01:20:52,450 --> 01:20:56,220 I think we'll go with something a little more concrete at the moment. 982 01:20:56,630 --> 01:20:59,160 You think Melissa and Adam knew Sally had the money? 983 01:20:59,170 --> 01:21:00,836 Well Liz did. 984 01:21:00,836 --> 01:21:04,670 And Melissa and Sally were close at one time. 985 01:21:04,680 --> 01:21:07,100 That's one way of putting it, as the actress said to the bishop. 986 01:21:07,100 --> 01:21:09,160 Oh, Troy. 987 01:21:09,970 --> 01:21:12,380 Well, she can't have gone far. 988 01:21:15,990 --> 01:21:18,400 And of course Freddie will be here. 989 01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:20,370 Freddie Bentine-Brown? 990 01:21:20,380 --> 01:21:24,260 He's a total softy, underneath that stiff exterior. 991 01:21:24,260 --> 01:21:26,680 And you know he's mad about you. 992 01:21:27,980 --> 01:21:30,970 I think I need some fresh air. 993 01:21:30,980 --> 01:21:35,750 Yes, of course. It's all been so difficult. 994 01:21:39,190 --> 01:21:42,120 Of course, he's absolutely loaded. 995 01:21:42,130 --> 01:21:45,220 They own most of Devon and great swathes of Chelsea. 996 01:21:45,230 --> 01:21:49,240 Not that money's everything, of course, but he's such a sweetie. 997 01:21:52,730 --> 01:21:54,990 Mrs. Canning, Mrs. Rickworth. 998 01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:56,750 Any news? 999 01:21:56,760 --> 01:22:00,040 We need to ask Sally a few questions, please. 1000 01:22:04,800 --> 01:22:08,860 We need to ask you about your relationship with Melissa. 1001 01:22:09,820 --> 01:22:14,210 I've told you we were friends. Good friends. 1002 01:22:20,990 --> 01:22:24,400 Wasn't it more than that? 1003 01:22:28,820 --> 01:22:30,600 Where did you get this? 1004 01:22:30,600 --> 01:22:32,650 Doesn't matter. 1005 01:22:36,100 --> 01:22:38,100 I'll ask you again. 1006 01:22:38,100 --> 01:22:41,500 What was your relationship with Melissa? 1007 01:22:43,190 --> 01:22:45,940 Was it sexual? 1008 01:22:46,150 --> 01:22:49,640 Was your relationship with Melissa Townsend sexual? 1009 01:22:49,640 --> 01:22:51,010 Yes! 1010 01:22:51,020 --> 01:22:53,640 Are you enjoying this? 1011 01:22:54,340 --> 01:22:56,700 Mrs. Rickworth, is it true to say 1012 01:22:56,700 --> 01:23:00,330 you wanted to keep this lesbian relationship a secret? 1013 01:23:00,340 --> 01:23:03,590 My relationship with Melissa and how I felt about it 1014 01:23:03,600 --> 01:23:05,440 is none of your business. 1015 01:23:05,440 --> 01:23:07,870 Sally, 1016 01:23:07,880 --> 01:23:13,280 we're trying to establish if anyone had grounds to blackmail you. 1017 01:23:13,490 --> 01:23:15,120 That's ridiculous. 1018 01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:16,690 Is it? 1019 01:23:16,700 --> 01:23:19,420 You certainly have enough money to make it worthwhile. 1020 01:23:19,420 --> 01:23:21,680 127,000 pounds. 1021 01:23:21,680 --> 01:23:23,670 Have you been checking my bank account? 1022 01:23:23,680 --> 01:23:26,600 It seems you did quite well out of the divorce. 1023 01:23:26,610 --> 01:23:30,730 Are you suggesting I didn't deserve every last penny of that settlement? 1024 01:23:30,740 --> 01:23:34,360 The humiliation he put me through. The affairs. 1025 01:23:34,360 --> 01:23:37,950 And even when he wasn't actually doing it, he was thinking about it. 1026 01:23:37,960 --> 01:23:41,260 Every day of our married life, with his sick eyes, 1027 01:23:41,270 --> 01:23:43,450 wandering over every woman's body. 1028 01:23:43,460 --> 01:23:46,490 You're animals. The lot of you. 1029 01:23:46,600 --> 01:23:49,870 Including Adam Keyne and Raif Canning? 1030 01:23:54,960 --> 01:24:01,140 Sally, when you drove back on the night of the tennis club dinner... 1031 01:24:01,150 --> 01:24:03,940 Oh please! I've already admitted I was over the limit. 1032 01:24:03,940 --> 01:24:07,380 I'm going to lose my job. Can't we just leave it? 1033 01:24:07,580 --> 01:24:10,440 Were you alone? 1034 01:24:11,690 --> 01:24:14,490 Of course I was. 1035 01:24:15,420 --> 01:24:17,890 You don't remember? 1036 01:24:19,710 --> 01:24:21,870 You don't, do you? 1037 01:24:21,880 --> 01:24:25,950 You don't remember anything about the journey back. 1038 01:24:26,760 --> 01:24:29,680 - That is right, isn't it? - Yes! 1039 01:24:29,680 --> 01:24:32,050 I was so drunk I can't remember a single thing 1040 01:24:32,060 --> 01:24:34,830 from getting into the car to waking up when I got back, alright? 1041 01:24:34,830 --> 01:24:36,870 Happy now? 1042 01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:54,280 Tell my guests I'll join them in a minute. 1043 01:24:54,290 --> 01:24:58,600 - And make sure everyone has a drink. - Yes, madam. 1044 01:24:58,600 --> 01:25:02,000 I may be a drunk driver but I'm not a murderer. 1045 01:25:04,940 --> 01:25:06,410 Are you alright? 1046 01:25:06,420 --> 01:25:09,030 They're accusing me of murder. 1047 01:25:09,030 --> 01:25:11,100 That's ridiculous. 1048 01:25:11,100 --> 01:25:14,310 They're saying someone was trying to blackmail me. 1049 01:25:39,940 --> 01:25:41,980 Sorry. 1050 01:25:42,390 --> 01:25:45,760 Mrs. Canning, this is a police interview. 1051 01:25:45,770 --> 01:25:48,390 Why should anyone want to blackmail Sally? 1052 01:25:48,400 --> 01:25:51,460 Nurses are not famous for being blackmail targets. 1053 01:25:51,470 --> 01:25:54,510 And I remembered that I'd thought about putting them on 1054 01:25:54,510 --> 01:25:58,580 to walk home across the fields the other night, instead of driving. 1055 01:25:59,480 --> 01:26:02,160 Would you please leave, Mrs. Canning? 1056 01:26:02,160 --> 01:26:04,580 RAIF: Oh why is it everytime we go to a party 1057 01:26:04,590 --> 01:26:09,580 you spend the entire evening asking me when we're going to leave? 1058 01:26:09,590 --> 01:26:13,450 No, Troy. Let Mrs. Canning stay. 1059 01:26:18,380 --> 01:26:21,240 When you drove back to your cottage 1060 01:26:21,240 --> 01:26:24,300 the night of the tennis club party 1061 01:26:25,060 --> 01:26:28,310 was anyone there at your house? 1062 01:26:28,310 --> 01:26:31,460 Well, yes, there was actually. Melissa. 1063 01:26:31,470 --> 01:26:34,225 I'd fallen asleep when I got back. 1064 01:26:34,225 --> 01:26:35,480 She woke me. 1065 01:26:35,480 --> 01:26:38,280 - Sally. Sally, what happened? - Go away. 1066 01:26:38,290 --> 01:26:41,240 - Sally, come on please! - Go away! 1067 01:26:41,240 --> 01:26:45,050 - Sally, this is important. - Away. Go on! 1068 01:26:45,760 --> 01:26:47,910 Alright. 1069 01:26:50,500 --> 01:26:52,180 Melissa? 1070 01:26:52,180 --> 01:26:54,210 I must've flaked out again 1071 01:26:54,220 --> 01:26:57,930 because the next thing I knew I was being woken by the postman. 1072 01:26:57,940 --> 01:27:01,260 It's interesting that you remember being woken by Melissa 1073 01:27:01,270 --> 01:27:03,660 but none of the journey back. 1074 01:27:03,670 --> 01:27:07,670 - I really must attend to my guests. - I'd like you to stay, please. 1075 01:27:09,640 --> 01:27:11,100 If Sally's a suspect, 1076 01:27:11,110 --> 01:27:13,680 why don't you just arrest her and take her to the station? 1077 01:27:13,690 --> 01:27:17,600 - I really can't... - Sally is not a suspect. 1078 01:27:27,030 --> 01:27:29,010 Excuse me, sir. 1079 01:27:30,880 --> 01:27:32,880 Dead? 1080 01:27:33,190 --> 01:27:35,160 Excuse me. 1081 01:27:35,160 --> 01:27:38,220 Raif! The husband! Poor chap's brown bread. 1082 01:27:38,230 --> 01:27:40,680 - Are you sure? - This is his wake apparently. 1083 01:27:40,680 --> 01:27:43,090 Thought it was too late to cancel. 1084 01:27:43,800 --> 01:27:46,320 We shouldn't really impose on the poor woman. 1085 01:27:46,320 --> 01:27:49,750 Waiter! Waiter, this is delicious. Could I have a drop more? 1086 01:27:49,750 --> 01:27:53,140 Oh, the Manningford Alcots. 1087 01:27:53,150 --> 01:27:55,560 I must have a word with Pippa. 1088 01:27:57,540 --> 01:28:01,520 When we asked you about your boots, 1089 01:28:01,530 --> 01:28:03,870 you replied that you'd thought of wearing them 1090 01:28:03,880 --> 01:28:06,170 to walk back from the tennis club. 1091 01:28:06,180 --> 01:28:09,020 Now if you could've used them to walk back across the wet fields 1092 01:28:09,020 --> 01:28:11,180 to your cottage, then presumably, 1093 01:28:11,180 --> 01:28:14,410 you could also have used them to walk from your cottage 1094 01:28:14,420 --> 01:28:17,090 back to the tennis club. 1095 01:28:17,690 --> 01:28:20,740 Or someone could have. 1096 01:28:20,750 --> 01:28:23,310 Who would want to do that? 1097 01:28:23,320 --> 01:28:26,630 The person who drove you back that night. 1098 01:28:26,840 --> 01:28:32,100 Someone who lived just around the corner from you. 1099 01:28:36,080 --> 01:28:39,050 How did it happen? 1100 01:28:41,460 --> 01:28:45,140 Perhaps you were outside having a breath of fresh air, 1101 01:28:45,140 --> 01:28:50,360 escaping from the party when you came across Sally asleep in her car. 1102 01:28:50,360 --> 01:28:52,550 And, well, 1103 01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:55,160 you were so annoyed with your husband for not taking you home, 1104 01:28:55,170 --> 01:28:57,980 you thought, I'll do it myself. 1105 01:28:58,190 --> 01:29:02,240 And driving a 2CV would be fun. 1106 01:29:02,250 --> 01:29:04,620 You hadn't done that since you owned one at university. 1107 01:29:04,630 --> 01:29:08,140 Which is where I assume you met Raif. 1108 01:29:08,140 --> 01:29:11,740 And driving back would've been fine. 1109 01:29:11,950 --> 01:29:13,150 What was it? 1110 01:29:13,150 --> 01:29:15,560 A cat run out in front of you? 1111 01:29:32,760 --> 01:29:34,400 You knew you were over the limit, 1112 01:29:34,410 --> 01:29:37,980 not as much as Sally, but still enough to lose your licence. 1113 01:29:37,980 --> 01:29:43,680 And the... the shame of being done for drunk driving, 1114 01:29:43,680 --> 01:29:45,790 that was too much. 1115 01:29:45,790 --> 01:29:49,110 So you didn't stop. 1116 01:29:49,120 --> 01:29:51,420 And when you got to Sally's cottage, 1117 01:29:51,420 --> 01:29:53,420 you had a brain wave. 1118 01:29:53,430 --> 01:29:57,900 You dragged Sally back in front of the steering wheel. 1119 01:29:57,910 --> 01:30:00,950 You guessed, correctly as it turned out, 1120 01:30:00,960 --> 01:30:05,040 that Sally would assume she was the one who had driven back. 1121 01:30:05,050 --> 01:30:08,000 But what you didn't realize 1122 01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:11,420 was there was someone watching you. 1123 01:30:11,820 --> 01:30:17,470 Someone who'd been waiting for Sally's return. 1124 01:30:17,470 --> 01:30:20,330 Melissa. 1125 01:30:20,340 --> 01:30:24,470 And Melissa watched you take the boots from the back of Sally's car 1126 01:30:24,480 --> 01:30:28,020 and set off across the fields, back to the tennis club wearing them, 1127 01:30:28,020 --> 01:30:29,700 carrying your own shoes. 1128 01:30:29,700 --> 01:30:32,970 And it worked like a dream. 1129 01:30:32,970 --> 01:30:35,380 No one even noticed you'd been gone. 1130 01:30:35,390 --> 01:30:38,940 The problem arose the next day 1131 01:30:38,940 --> 01:30:42,260 when Melissa and Adam discovered 1132 01:30:42,270 --> 01:30:46,760 that you were quite prepared to let Sally, 1133 01:30:47,260 --> 01:30:50,140 innocent district nurse, 1134 01:30:50,150 --> 01:30:54,930 carry the can for the accident, the failing to stop, the drunk driving, 1135 01:30:54,940 --> 01:30:58,510 and let her lose her job in the process. 1136 01:30:59,620 --> 01:31:03,700 So Melissa and Adam decided to blackmail you. 1137 01:31:03,700 --> 01:31:07,030 They knew that if word of your behaviour got out 1138 01:31:07,040 --> 01:31:10,670 you'd certainly be ostracized socially 1139 01:31:10,680 --> 01:31:14,110 and they knew that was something you'd pay an awful lot of money 1140 01:31:14,110 --> 01:31:16,040 to stop happening. 1141 01:31:16,040 --> 01:31:17,740 So it wasn't Sally who was being blackmailed? 1142 01:31:17,740 --> 01:31:18,840 No, no, no. 1143 01:31:18,840 --> 01:31:21,280 Liz was way off beam with that. 1144 01:31:21,290 --> 01:31:25,560 Melissa and Adam were blackmailing Georgina. 1145 01:31:25,560 --> 01:31:28,540 No. No, Melissa wouldn't do that. 1146 01:31:28,550 --> 01:31:31,470 Let me suffer like that just so she could make some money. 1147 01:31:31,480 --> 01:31:33,880 She would have told me. 1148 01:31:37,710 --> 01:31:39,790 Do you have any evidence at all? 1149 01:31:39,790 --> 01:31:41,610 That's a good question. 1150 01:31:41,620 --> 01:31:44,160 When I came into this room, I didn't. 1151 01:31:44,160 --> 01:31:48,710 But now, I think I do. 1152 01:31:51,140 --> 01:31:55,800 You see before you came in, we asked Sally to empty her handbag 1153 01:31:55,810 --> 01:31:59,070 and we didn't find anything incriminating. 1154 01:31:59,270 --> 01:32:03,630 But I have a feeling we will do now. 1155 01:32:03,880 --> 01:32:06,160 May I? 1156 01:32:28,130 --> 01:32:31,210 Nothing personal. 1157 01:32:31,420 --> 01:32:34,440 You murdered three people. 1158 01:32:34,450 --> 01:32:37,490 It all just sort of snow-balled. 1159 01:32:47,470 --> 01:32:49,530 Your own husband. 1160 01:32:49,530 --> 01:32:51,780 I didn't want to. 1161 01:32:51,790 --> 01:32:55,560 He noticed me taking the saw out of the tool shed. 1162 01:32:55,570 --> 01:32:58,900 And when Hugo told him what had happened in the barn... 1163 01:33:02,660 --> 01:33:06,110 it was either him or me. 1164 01:33:08,410 --> 01:33:12,100 But Melissa, Adam. 1165 01:33:12,910 --> 01:33:15,460 They were blackmailing me. 1166 01:33:15,470 --> 01:33:20,080 It wasn't Sally who was driving. It was Georgina. 1167 01:33:20,390 --> 01:33:24,660 I saw her dragging a comatose Sally back in front of the wheel. 1168 01:33:24,660 --> 01:33:27,260 - Are you sure? - Absolutely. 1169 01:33:27,260 --> 01:33:30,540 And if she lets poor dear Sally take the wrap, 1170 01:33:30,550 --> 01:33:34,990 I think she might just pay handsomely for our silence. 1171 01:33:34,900 --> 01:33:37,930 Well, now that is interesting. 1172 01:33:38,330 --> 01:33:40,160 They were scumbags. 1173 01:33:40,170 --> 01:33:42,140 No. Adam maybe. 1174 01:33:42,150 --> 01:33:43,750 But not Melissa. I can't believe... 1175 01:33:43,760 --> 01:33:47,500 My dear girl, Melissa took pleasure from other people's misery. 1176 01:33:47,510 --> 01:33:51,980 It entertained her. Yours included. 1177 01:33:53,600 --> 01:33:57,040 You mean she never cared for me at all? 1178 01:33:57,240 --> 01:33:59,320 Ever? 1179 01:34:00,920 --> 01:34:02,960 No. 1180 01:34:03,070 --> 01:34:05,840 She had the affair with your husband 1181 01:34:05,850 --> 01:34:09,620 so that you'd divorce him and she could get you on the rebound. 1182 01:34:09,630 --> 01:34:12,380 You were quite a challenge. 1183 01:34:12,380 --> 01:34:17,370 Vicar's daughter, first lesbian affair. 1184 01:34:17,770 --> 01:34:20,600 Quite a trophy. 1185 01:34:34,520 --> 01:34:37,970 I expect you'd like to take me down to the station. 1186 01:34:38,980 --> 01:34:43,640 Do you think we could go out the back way? 1187 01:34:55,680 --> 01:35:00,040 The uh... the drink driving, of course, and all the other charges, 1188 01:35:00,040 --> 01:35:01,520 they'll be dropped. 1189 01:35:01,530 --> 01:35:03,490 You'll be able to keep your job. 1190 01:35:03,500 --> 01:35:07,950 Funny, it doesn't seem like much of a relief any more. 1191 01:35:08,260 --> 01:35:11,440 What was all that about you looking in my bag? 1192 01:35:11,450 --> 01:35:13,150 You lied. 1193 01:35:13,150 --> 01:35:15,850 Well, she was trying to frame you. 1194 01:35:16,850 --> 01:35:20,530 It's anything goes, isn't it? 1195 01:35:21,240 --> 01:35:26,090 I'm sorry you had to hear about it so... so bluntly. 1196 01:35:29,600 --> 01:35:34,830 Yes. Life suddenly seems very much clearer. 1197 01:35:39,230 --> 01:35:41,430 Can we give you a lift? 1198 01:35:42,960 --> 01:35:45,970 I have a drinks party to attend. 1199 01:35:46,670 --> 01:35:50,240 And an ego to bring down to size. 1200 01:35:50,240 --> 01:35:52,480 Goodbye. 1201 01:36:01,150 --> 01:36:03,650 - Oh, hello. - Hello. 1202 01:36:03,660 --> 01:36:05,540 You look delightful in green. 1203 01:36:05,540 --> 01:36:07,020 Thank you. 1204 01:36:07,020 --> 01:36:11,230 Mind you, I'd still prefer you in that uniform of yours. 1205 01:36:11,230 --> 01:36:13,260 I liked that bit with the bag, sir. 1206 01:36:13,260 --> 01:36:15,740 Thank you, Troy. 1207 01:36:15,950 --> 01:36:18,820 Very unscrupulous. 1208 01:36:33,490 --> 01:36:35,900 Oh look, there they are. 1209 01:36:35,900 --> 01:36:37,310 Don't much like the look of him. 1210 01:36:37,320 --> 01:36:42,400 Frederick Bentine-Brown, multimillionaire git. 1211 01:36:42,400 --> 01:36:45,610 Lovely bride. She looks positively blooming. 1212 01:36:45,620 --> 01:36:49,630 Ripened by their own corruption. 1213 01:36:49,630 --> 01:36:51,070 Your medlar fruit. 1214 01:36:51,070 --> 01:36:53,020 Oh, of course. 1215 01:36:52,730 --> 01:36:58,050 "The happy couple will be living in the 700 acre Bentine-Brown estate 1216 01:36:58,060 --> 01:37:00,140 "in Midsomer Worthy." 1217 01:37:00,150 --> 01:37:03,590 Have a feeling it won't be an entirely strife-free union 1218 01:37:03,600 --> 01:37:05,400 for dear old Freddie. 1219 01:37:05,410 --> 01:37:07,150 - Medlar jelly. - Mm? 1220 01:37:07,160 --> 01:37:09,410 Try some. Go on. 1221 01:37:16,180 --> 01:37:18,980 Mmm. That's very nice. 1222 01:37:18,990 --> 01:37:21,910 Perhaps we should save it for special occasions. 1223 01:37:21,920 --> 01:37:24,120 Oh that's really not necessary. 1224 01:37:24,120 --> 01:37:26,120 We've got two dozen jars. 1225 01:37:26,130 --> 01:37:28,410 Just tuck in. 1226 01:37:34,180 --> 01:37:38,110 Closed Captions by CSI