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When are they going to stop making that awful noise?

My head feels like it's about to explode.

Why are you dressed as Rod Stewart?

I just thought I'd make a special effort

for our special guest.

He looks amazing! Hasn't changed at all.

Must have an incredible surgeon.

- Effort? - Judith!

Today, the musical legend, Dura,

is starting to record his comeback album

in our millhouse.

Do they not have recording studios nowadays?

Yes, of course,

but Dura wanted to use our millhouse

because of the sonority of the stone.

A chamber that resonates on a frequency

that only Dura can create.

Twaddle. And where are you going with my nightie?

Dura wants to borrow it.

It's a size 6, well, nearer a 4 actually.

It'll never fit him.

He doesn't want to wear it. He wants to stand on it.

He wants to stand on my Dior silk?

- For the next track. - Why on earth?

I'm not sure, but I know it will be mind-blowing.

What utter clap trap!

What does he think he'll achieve with a comeback album anyway?

No one knew he disappeared in the first place.

Will someone please shut him up!

I got you that silk.

Can I ask what you need it for?

It's the silk worms.

Part of their soul remains in the threads.

That's what creates the resonance.

The vision of enveloping my voice in Mediterranean stone

is closer than ever.

Can I have a selfie?

Thank you.

- The key, please. - Yes, of course.

You always lock yourself in, don't you?

It's important that my process is not interrupted

or contaminated by any other human being.

I gave him the nightie and he's started channeling.

Thanks, Jez. This is Marco, our engineer.

Hey, Jez.

Jez owns this place.

Cool. It's quite the gaff.

Cheers, dude.

Marco has been with Dura since the beginning.

It's so cool he's here for the comeback.

You're responsible for the "Butterfly Hair" album.

Guilty as charged.

The vibraphone on that album changed my life.

All about the bounce.

Ready when you are. Good luck.

Good luck, my darling.

Why all the "good luck"?

I am Dura! I am one.

I don't need luck! I am luck!

Come on.

Hurry up!

Whatever is the matter, darling?

We need to get inside.

De Niro once got in my cab

when I was driving in New York.

Did you drive one of those yellow cabs?

Sure did. So, he gets in and says...

"Hi, take me to The Guggenheim."

And I say, "Are you talking to me?"

- More drinks? - Go on, then.

All right.

What the heck is he doing here?

Hiya, Dad.

There you are! I went to the garage.

Not like you to close early.

- It's a Sunday? - Then I thought,

I bet she's frolicking with that new fella.

She got a lot of making up to do in that department.

I can't remember the last time she had a boyfriend!

Where is he then? The cowboy.

You said he had "Legs that go on for..."

- Dad! - Legs that go on for miles.

Hi Trevor, I'm Cooper.

- Great to meet you. - Hey, you're right.

He does have a cowboy look about him.

Are you all right?

- There's been a murder. - What?

That was Caron.

Some old rock star's been murdered at the chateau.

Rock star?

What's a rock star doing at the chateau?

Recording a comeback album.

Somebody called "Drury" or something.

- Do you mean "Dura"? - Yeah. That's the one.

My God! I'm a huge fan.

Me too. I've never been the same again after "Butterfly Hair".

He's making a comeback album?

Not anymore.

Will you take me to the chateau?

Yeah, yeah, of course.

- Can I come, can I come? - Dad! For goodness' sake!

I'm afraid we're going to have to get going.

This has been lovely.

See you, Trev.

It's been lovely to meet you properly, Cooper.

You too.

And Dom, you really are a great guy.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Dura. That takes me back...

Talking of rock stars, Cooper.

Answer me this,

Elvis, alive or dead?

What?

Jean!

Hello love, are you all right?

- Yes. - Hello.

I have something to tell you. I hope you can forgive me.

I went to see Simone.

I feel like a weight has lifted from my shoulders.

Well done.

Jean, she was so adorable.

So interested in the shop,

asking if we had a good enough alarm system

so I would be safe.

She seems so different.

I, however...

- "Staircase Mind." - Sorry?

It means when you leave a conversation

then think about everything you should've said.

- Really good. - Thank you.

Listen love, I've got to be somewhere,

but I'll pop by later and we'll talk it through.

Thank you, Jean.

How did your visit with Charlie go?

Is she still madly in love with you?

Yes.

I told you she would be.

Did you get any information?

Her and Jean's shop is going really well.

How do I get in there?

I know she's had an alarm fitted.

She always uses her date of birth for the code.

Unless she's changed her lifetime habit.

Some people are so stupid.

What are you planning to do?

Have you seen the film "Misery"?

Yes.

In the film, she breaks his feet

but in the book she cuts his foot off.

And?

Both of these things are terrific ideas

but one of them has a lasting effect.

What I'm saying is that whatever I do to Jean

will leave its mark.

Forever.

Dominic, it's absolutely dreadful.

Thank you for coming, Jean. This is Dura's wife, Manderina.

And the man?

That's their sound engineer, Marco.

What happened?

It looks like he died from a severe head injury.

It appears that his head was bashed repeatedly

against the studio wall.

Studio?

Jeremy has converted the stone millhouse

into a temporary studio.

But the strange thing is Dura locked himself in.

Now, the reason I called you is this.

This symbol was drawn on the side of his head.

That looks like a snake to me.

Snake?

Yeah, snakes can symbolize lots of things.

Fertility to Hopi tribes in North America

and passion to some Abrahamic traditions, yeah.

Where was everyone else?

In the sound van.

They heard him screaming over the playback.

That's awful.

Okay.

So, we've got a man

who had his head bashed against the wall,

a symbol of a snake drawn on his face,

and it all happened in a locked room?

Right.

- Can I keep this? - Of course.

Okay.

I met him donkeys years ago.

He wouldn't remember because we were utterly smashed.

Brilliant!

I couldn't believe it when his wife called out of the blue

asking if they could use the chateau's millhouse.

I met him years ago at a little low-key gig in SoHo.

Next thing I know, I'm backstage and he says to me,

"Hey man, we should gig together sometime soon."

He thought I was Brian Jones from The Rolling Stones!

Yeah, I can see that. Yeah! Did you put him right?

Absolutely not, he handed me a guitar and we had a jam.

This is Jean, my colleague.

A few more questions.

How long have you worked with Monsieur Dura?

There is no "Monsieur".

It is just Dura.

One name. One "Dura".

"As One we can be One."

Sorry.

Forty years, on and off.

I worked on his very first album,

and now...

Life's so unfair, isn't it?

It really is.

You've only just reconnected and now he's dead.

I know darling,

but we must find the positive and do his memory justice.

That chateau millhouse will become a destination

for all Dura devotees.

That's right!

Our very own Graceland!

How exciting!

Forgive me for asking the next question,

but do you know anyone who would want to kill Mons...

...Dura?

What brought you here?

A three record deal.

He chose Sainte Victoire

because of the sonority of the Mediterranean stone.

"When the rhythm of the dance changes,

the sound it produces also changes.

Each atom perpetually sings its song."

An Alexandra David-Néel quote.

You have heard of her?

Yes!

The first European woman to visit Lhasa in Tibet

when it was closed to the rest of the world.

I sourced a first edition of one of her books

once for a customer.

She was quite the trailblazer.

That's what Dura used to called Chloe.

Sorry, who's Chloe?

Chloe is our savior.

She works for the record company that offered Dura

this three album comeback deal.

It took a bit of persuading as he was such a recluse,

but once Dura had found his concept,

he was really excited.

What am I going to do?

How long do you think he was planning to stay?

What?

Dura is legendary for his long studio sessions.

He once spent three weeks recording a triangle.

You know, when I first heard Dura,

the way he used his Tamaland just blew my mind.

I thought his wife was called Manderina?

No, this! It's a Tamaland speaker.

The Doppler effect on that is just mind-blowing.

Sorry?

You know when the sound of a train whistle

goes down in pitch as it passes you?

Yeah.

That's the "Doppler effect".

A combined amplifier and loudspeaker.

Why was it so mind-blowing?

It made the notes, make sounds

that had never been heard before.

I can't believe I'm in the same room as some of the equipment

that produced "Sonic Serpent".

This is the actual Tamaland speaker

that is on that album cover.

And I've just touched it.

Just touched it again.

The lock is intact.

Yeah.

No one is getting through these walls.

So how did they get in?

It's impossible.

Are you actually crying?

No.

What are you talking about?

There is a bell, you know!

Hello. I think you need to get your bell fixed.

The bell does work actually.

How can I help you?

I'm here to see Manderina.

Chloe! Thank God you're here.

It's so good to meet you in the flesh!

Judith, Jeremy, this is Chloe from the record company.

She commissioned our album deal.

How are you doing?

I'm ok.

When did you get here?

I landed an hour ago.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I was really looking forward to being part

of the artistic process.

Our FaceTime communication played an integral part

in the preparations.

Yes, it was such a shame Dura could never join us.

Well, you know what he was like about technology.

Look, there's no easy way to say this,

there's bad news from the record company.

We'll be calling in our investment

in the next 24 hours.

What?

Are you actually serious?

He's not even cold

and you're already talking money?

As Dura is unable to fulfill his commitments,

we have no choice but to do this.

How can he "fulfill his investment"?

He is dead!

Money needs to be in the account today.

I'm afraid business is business.

He said that you were his trailblazer.

That you had given him a reason to create again.

How can you be so cold?

Like I said,

business is business.

It's like I don't recognize your face.

The irony!

"The Masks We Have."

- Dura's third album. - What?

"The Masks We Have".

Recorded the whole thing in a public lavatory

in Hyde Park.

That's disgusting.

I'll give you 24 hours or I'll be calling our lawyers.

I think you'd better leave.

Hang on, lady.

You're going out of the tradesman's entrance.

That way!

John, I've sorted it.

The money will be in your account tomorrow.

I'll pay you well for your silence...

Please, John, we have worked together for years.

Please, don't tell them.

Judith?

Who was that woman?

She's from Dura's record company.

Frightful woman.

Only just got off the plane

and she's demanding their advance back.

I had to physically remove her!

Want one?

No, thanks. We'll be off now.

Same.

Open your eyes.

Well?

Yeah. It was good.

Did you feel it?

The journey of the bell? Did you feel it?

I'm not sure.

That's why the album is called "Journey of the Bells".

- Really? - Yeah.

The resonance of the bell

travels continuously throughout the album.

And through you.

What happens when you turn the record over?

Well, that's where Dura was a maverick.

He thought of everything on every musical journey

he ever created.

The album came...

with a free bell.

Which you rang when you turned the record.

I lost the clapper years ago at a house party in Lester.

Go on then. Play another one.

Yeah? All right.

Now, now. This is one of his absolute best.

Dura was the first artist to use the lithophone

in a non-percussive way.

"Lithophone" as in Xylophone?

Yeah! But with rocks.

He used water to strike the rocks

and created notes and sounds

that no one had never heard before.

He was good-looking, wasn't he?

Look at his eyes.

He was so beautiful.

That's interesting.

His tattoo. Is the Chakana.

Considered to be the most holy sign of Inca culture.

It represents the tree of life

and the four realms of the world.

Hang on!

This symbol was drawn on Dura's face when he died.

It's all about the Incas.

Right.

The Chakana, and now the snake.

No. I'm not with you.

The snake in Inca Symbolism

means the passage to the underworld.

That's really interesting.

Manderina got a snake tattoo when they got married.

No, no. It couldn't be her.

Yeah.

And they would have made loads with the comeback.

And the record company was set to make a killing, too.

You might want to rephrase that.

But Chloe did want her money back sharpish, didn't she?

- Then there's the phone call. - What phone call?

I overheard her talking to someone, saying,

"Don't tell anybody, I'll give you the money back."

- Sounded like blackmail. - Really?

How could she have murdered him?

She came straight from the airport.

How did she get through the door, bash his head,

and draw that mark? It doesn't make sense.

Nothing in this case makes any sense.

But, that's all we've got to go on.

I think we need to find out more about this Chloe character.

Hey...

The first track on this album is called,

"Keep my Eye on You."

How very appropriate.

This one is 28 minutes long

and in the middle, it goes backwards.

Fantastic!

Is that really necessary?

I should have cut eyeholes out.

Dom, she's never even seen us.

Stop it! We're supposed to be incognito.

That's a great band name!

I first met Dura...

in a low profile gig in SoHo...

Is all Dura's stuff still in your millhouse?

Dad! Stop sniffing for merchandise.

He's not even cold!

Yes. We're thinking of making it into a shrine.

Like Graceland.

They have never changed a thing

in the bathroom where Elvis died?

Even left his hemorrhoid cream in place.

That's awful!

How do you know that?

Mate of mine worked in the gift shop.

Is there any chance I could come and have a look?

I'm a big fan.

His wife is still at the chateau,

I suppose there is no harm in asking.

Maybe give it a couple of days, Dad?

As I was saying, after the gig, Dura thought

I was Brian Jones from The Rolling Stones!

You sit down and I'll get the drinks in.

You'll have the money tonight.

Don't get aggressive.

Dura's death has cleaned everything up.

I've recorded it.

I can't understand you.

I'll be back.

Charlie...

The peridot earrings I bought at auction

a few weeks ago, have you sold them?

Yes, I sold them last week.

The woman kept going on about how peridot can combat stress.

To be honest, I glazed over.

Do you remember which day?

I don't know...

Do you have the customer details?

Yes! She wanted a written receipt!

Here.

Thank you.

Sorry, somebody's sitting there...

You've got to hear this Dom, go on Trevor.

I once sold some actual grass off Jerry Lee Lewis's grave.

"Grass" grass?

Aye, proper turf.

I remember one "green" party in Chelsea back in the day.

I ended up naked inside a giant fish tank.

No!

Thank God for an age before camera phones.

It sounds amazing!

- Golden days, Dominic. - I bet!

My God, Dura looked amazing for his age,

sort of Peter Pan of rock.

Well he always said he wanted to die before he got old.

You know, I have the last picture of him alive.

- No way? - Yes, I was...

helping him with the album.

Come on. Let's see it then.

Really? A bit grim isn't it, guys?

I'm sure he wouldn't mind. Would he?

Here we go.

Wow, he looked great.

That's not Dura.

- Who is it then? Cliff Richard? - Of course it is.

It was taken yesterday, just before he was killed.

I sold loads of his merchandise back in the day

and unless plastic surgery can make your forehead smaller.

Then again, how many of these have I had?

Dom!

Where've you been?

I've recorded her saying Dura's death "cleaned everything up"!

Have you? Well done, Dom!

Don't sound so surprised!

No, it's great!

And she was lying about only arriving yesterday,

see those earrings she's wearing?

She bought from my shop last week!

- I think you need to call Caron. - Yeah.

Send me that recording, Columbo.

Am I under arrest?

You are by no means under arrest.

Thank you for coming in.

We just need to clarify your whereabouts

at the time of Dura's death.

You told everyone that you flew in on the morning

of the murder.

And?

I like your earrings.

Peridot stones?

The ancient Egyptians believed they would protect them

from night terrors.

Also known very well for healing qualities.

And you bought them from my shop last week.

- May I? - Sure.

You'll have the money tonight.

Don't get aggressive.

Dura's death has cleaned everything up.

I've recorded it.

I can't understand you.

Can you elaborate?

It will be easier for you if you tell the truth, Chloe.

Look, I'm a woman at a record company.

For years, men have been surpassing me

into better positions.

I was still scrabbling around in pubs,

looking for major talent,

finding it, then having it taken away from me.

I've always been a fan of Dura

and I worked out a comeback would make millions.

But, because he was secluded

and no one had seen him in years,

no one would trust me with a budget.

Go on.

So, I made contact with Manderina

and we came up with a deal.

I was so looking forward to meeting Dura in the flesh.

You signed him to the record company

without even meeting him?

All adds to the mystery.

Besides, everyone knew Manderina dealt with all the business.

How did you afford the deal?

I borrowed the money

from the record company's account.

- Illegally? - Of course illegally!

I was going to give it back,

no one would have known it was gone.

Dura would've gone into profit,

and I would've proved to those misogynists

that I was the best they had.

So, what happened?

A colleague found out and started blackmailing me.

I came here last week to tell Manderina and Dura,

but when I turned up

they weren't at the studio that I'd booked.

I rang the sound engineer to see what was going on.

And he told me Manderina had canceled him.

Hang on,

I thought Marco was Dura's regular sound engineer?

I'm sorry, I don't know who you're talking about.

I finally found out they were at the chateau

when Manderina called to tell me what had happened.

But I didn't kill him.

I'm a record company exec, not a murderer.

My God!

What's wrong?

The autopsy report has shown

that he did not die from the head injury.

He had the most horrible death, Jean.

- What? - His lungs exploded.

Rufus! No! No!

Humans can't hear it.

Used to belong to Barbara Woodhouse.

Dom, can you give me a lift to the chateau?

Hey guys, how's it hanging?

The J's are sunbathing out back if you want to join?

We have to take a look in the studio.

I think I forgot something.

Sure, go through.

I never know where to look with an unbuttoned shirt.

Trevor was well oiled earlier.

The selfie that Jeremy says is the last picture of Dura?

Trevor reckons it wasn't Dura.

I say, "Who was it then, Cliff Richard?"

He was having none of it. Hammered.

Dom...

this isn't the same speaker.

- What do you mean? - It's not walnut.

I've sold too many pieces of 18th century furniture

to know this is not walnut grain.

- What are you doing? - Trust me.

Jean!

That speaker has produced

some of the most influential music ever written.

Dom.

Dom, this is not the same speaker

as the one of your album cover.

Trust me.

Exactly as I thought.

A false cover.

I don't understand.

So, that's not supposed to be there?

No, that's a brand new subwoofer.

It was the dog whistle that gave me the idea,

but I'm not sure.

I need to speak to someone who knows about this.

You know an expert in dog whistles?

- No! Professor Thomas. - Who's that?

She's an expert in Military warfare. Loves a rare medal.

Thanks so much for sparing me your time, professor Thomas.

Not at all, good to hear from you.

Call me Penny.

This may sound like an odd question, Penny.

But can sound kill?

That is a fascinating subject.

Sound.

- Dura was killed with sound. - What?

In an enclosed space,

a certain sound frequency can kill a human.

Right.

When we were listening to your records,

you said, the "resonance of the bells"

travels through you continuously.

Yeah.

And when Trevor blew the dog whistle for Douglas,

nobody else could hear it.

- That gave me the idea. - What idea?

That's why I called Professor Thomas.

Part of her studies are on sonic warfare.

My God!

We know that Dura didn't die from the bash on his head.

He died from his lungs exploding

and that was done with a huge sound wave.

He must have hit his head as he was falling to the floor.

Of course!

Who could get inside a locked room?

No one.

Because no one did!

Dom.

What did Trevor say about Dura not being Dura?

When he saw the selfie of Jeremy and Dura,

he said, "Unless plastic surgery can..."

My God!

Come on!

The police again?

I thought they had finished all of their forensics.

I wonder what's going on.

Yes, and he thought I was Brian Jones

from The Rolling Stones.

My colleague would like to ask you a few questions.

Some things are not adding up for me.

So, Marco. How long have you worked with Dura?

Donkey's years.

I did his first album.

It's funny that, because when we questioned Chloe,

she had absolutely no idea who you were.

Is there anything you'd like to say?

No?

Marco,

we have evidence

that it was you who murdered Dura.

Ridiculous.

I was in the van.

Which is exactly where you needed to be

if you were going to kill him with sound.

- What? - Sorry?

The Tamaland speaker had been replaced.

And inside the casing

I found a powerful subwoofer

where a rotary system should be.

That was big enough to kill any man.

How can you kill someone with sound?

A specific low frequency sound inside an enclosed space

can cause fatal physical damage.

I have never heard of this before!

I have it confirmed by an expert.

Why would you kill your boss

when you were about to set the world on fire again?

Do you want to explain or should I?

He was blackmailing you.

Wasn't he, Dura?

Dura?

- What are you talking about? - Dom, let me introduce you,

the great Dura.

Here, in the flesh.

Don't be ridiculous.

This is how I see it.

Manderina and Chloe had sealed a very lucrative record deal.

But you got scared,

because you don't exactly look like you did

on the cover of your albums anymore, do you Dura?

The world is so looks obsessed nowadays, isn't it?

So, you hired a lookalike.

I'm guessing,

some Dura tribute act.

Dura, love your work.

Someone who looked like you,

but much younger.

He would be the face

and then you would record over the tracks after.

But I assume he got greedy

and threatened to tell.

What did he want, Dura?

Obviously more than you were willing to give.

How did you know?

I saw the tattoo around your belly button

when you opened the door.

The J's are sunbathing out back if you want to join.

I'm just here to take a look at the studio.

I think I forgot something.

Sure, go through.

The same one on the cover of the album "Sonic Serpent".

Trevor was actually right.

God!

And of course, you were on it too.

I mean, who else would identify the body?

The stooge, he got greedy.

And was threatening to tell.

I worked out that with our life insurance

and the back catalog,

Dura could make the same amount of money if he was dead.

It's true.

I couldn't face today's press.

The social media scrutiny. I mean, look at me.

Do I look like the Peter Pan of rock?

I wanted to make music,

so much.

Darling.

We had to put a stop to it.

We had to find a way of killing Dura,

without "killing" Dura.

We thought doing it with sound would be quite...

spiritual.

- Sorry? - Sort of...

prophetic.

I wouldn't say having your lungs explode

is very "prophetic".

But who drew the symbol on his face?

I did.

Why take the chance of drawing a symbol?

You see, that was my final clue, Caron.

Sorry?

You thought you were doing him a favor.

The snake would help guide him back to the underworld

and to the start of a new life.

Am I right, Dura?

Indeed, you are.

It is time, my love.

You will both need to accompany me to the station.

Are you all right, Dom?

Nothing will ever sound the same.

Well, at least this means you can start dressing

like a grown up again.

What are you wearing?

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