Original subtitles

-AH.

THE OWNER SAID IT WOULD BE OUT HERE.

[HUMMING]

(TRIUMPHANTLY) AH.

-AH, VERY GOOD.

-LOOK.

CLOSER.

-JIM?

-CHRIS SAID HE'D NEVER USED JAMES FRAZER'S

FACE ON A BOOK COVER.

AND WHEN I ASKED HIM WHO THE MODEL FOR THIS

WAS, HE WENT ALL BLANK.

-AT LEAST YOU KNOW I'M NOT GOING MAD.

WE JUST ASSUMED THE MAN WAS COUSIN JIM,

BECAUSE HE TOLD US SO.

AND EVERYONE ROUND THE TABLE SEEMED TO CONFIRM IT.

BUT THEY DIDN'T SEE HIM.

-YES, SO WHEN YOU SAW HIM FALL IN THE RIVER THE NEXT DAY--

-AND THE REAL COUSIN JIM TURNED UP DEAD--

-YOU COULD PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART AND SAY IT WAS

COUSIN JIM YOU SAW TRYING TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.

-CONSTABLE STUART SAID THAT THE LAST PERSON WHO FELL IN

THE RIVER TURNED UP THREE DAYS LATER AND A MILE DOWNSTREAM.

-AH.

BUT JIM TURNED UP ONE DAY LATER AND A MILE DOWNSTREAM.

-WHICH COULD MEAN THAT HE WAS ALREADY DEAD AND BEING CARRIED

DOWNSTREAM BEFORE WE GOT HERE.

-NOW, HE WAS ALIVE ON FRIDAY EVENING.

FERN SAW HIM.

-ASSUMING FERN IS TELLING THE TRUTH.

SHE WAS NAMED IN THOSE LETTERS ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

-HM.

-WE DAREN'T TRUST ANYBODY.

-AH.

ISN'T THIS ALL TERRIBLY BORING FOR YOU, MR. COUTTS?

-TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, LADIES, I'VE HAD MANY A WORSE

SUMMER THAN THIS.

[ALL CHUCKLE]

-SUZANNE HAS MADE A GAME CASSEROLE FOR TONIGHT.

THERE'S LOADS.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MENU?

-ER--

SAUSAGE AND BEANS.

-WHY DON'T YOU JOIN US?

YOU CAN GIVE US A PROGRESS REPORT.

-ON THE GARDEN?

-WHAT ELSE?

-I WAS HOPING I MIGHT HAVE SET YOUR MIND AT REST OVER JIM.

BUT A LITTLE BIRD TELLS ME I JUST FANNED THE FLAMES A BIT.

-YOU'VE HAD A CALL FROM HAMILTON TEED.

-THIS IS YOUR ORIGINAL TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY.

AND TO ME, THAT'S NOT SUCH A BAD THING.

LOOK--

I COULD TAKE THE HUMP.

OR I COULD BUILD BRIDGES.

I KNOW WHICH ONE SUZANNE WOULD RATHER SEE.

-WE'D LOVE TO.

-HAMILTON TEED SHOWED ME THE PICTURE YOU GAVE HIM.

WERE YOU THE OTHER BOY IN IT?

-AH, THOSE WERE HAPPIER TIMES, ALL RIGHT.

-WHAT MADE YOU MOVE APART?

-IT ALL GOT SET IN MOTION WHEN MY FATHER DIED.

I COULDN'T BE THE SAME FRIEND I'D ALWAYS BEEN.

I HAD RESPONSIBILITIES NOW.

OUR FATHERS WERE BROTHERS.

BUT MY DAD WAS THE OLDEST.

SO MY SIDE GOT THE FAMILY SILVER.

AND JIM'S GOT THE FREE SCHOOL DINNERS.

-WELL, YOU SEEMED VERY CLOSE IN THE PICTURE.

-OH, WE WERE.

WHEN WE WERE KIDS, HE PRACTICALLY LIVED HERE.

I SUPPOSE HE STILL FELT AS IF HE COULD TREAT THE

PLACE AS HIS OWN.

-IF YOU DIDN'T KEEP THE DOORS LOCKED, HE'D COME WALKING IN.

IT'S VERY SAD.

BUT I WASN'T HAVING IT.

-I KNOW HE IRRITATED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BUT WOULD ANYONE ACTUALLY WANT HIM DEAD?

-TAKE A NUMBER AND STAND IN LINE.

-OH.

-DON'T GO TAKING THAT TOO SERIOUSLY.

JIM WAS ALWAYS OUT AND ROAMING.

YOU'LL SEE ALL THE WORLD'S INDISCRETIONS

FROM A COUNTRY PARK.

-INCLUDING YOURS?

-EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING THEY WANT TO KEEP QUIET.

-HM.

VERY NEATLY AVOIDED.

[ROSEMARY LAUGHS]

-IN MY CASE, I'D HAVE TO SAY IT WAS THE OLD

CHAPEL IN THE GARDEN.

-WHY'S THAT?

-IT WAS SO BLOODY UGLY, IT LOOKED MARGINALLY BETTER WHEN

IT FELL DOWN.

I HAD THIS LONG-TERM PLAN OF RESTORING THE GARDEN BACK TO

ITS PROPER STATE.

BUT THEN I HEARD THAT SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO

GET THE RUINS LISTED.

-WHICH WOULD MEAN YOU'D HAVE TO KEEP IT.

-OH, THEY MIGHT EVEN FORCE ME TO REBUILD IT.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?

BANG GOES ANY HOPE OF GETTING THE GARDEN BACK TO ITS

ORIGINAL STATE.

SO I GOT THE LADS TO MOVE THE STONES AND THE ODD-JOB MAN TO

CLEAR THEM OFF INTO THE WOODS.

-WHY WAS JIM DIGGING ABOUT IN THE GROUNDS?

MARTIN (OFFSCREEN): I HAVE NO IDEA.

ROSEMARY, ANSWER ME THIS, HONESTLY.

HAVE YOU TURNED UP ANYTHING ABOUT JIM'S DEATH THAT ISN'T

PURE SPECULATION?

THEN PLEASE, FOR MY SAKE AND MY FAMILY'S SAKE.

I INVITED YOU TO ACT ON YOUR SUSPICIONS.

NOW I'M ASKING YOU TO LET THE MATTER DROP.

SO I HAD ALL THE BITS OF THE CHAPEL STACKED IN THE WOODS.

AND I'M PLANNING TO REUSE THE STONES AND THE

SLATES IN THE HOUSE.

-IF YOU CAN FIND A BUILDER WHO DOESN'T SPEND HALF HIS TIME

AWAY FROM THE JOB AND THE REST ON THE PHONE TO HIS

STOCKBROKER.

[LAUGHTER]

-SMELLS GREAT, LOVE.

NEED A HAND?

-NOW HE ASKS.

-WAIT TILL I GET MY HANDS ON HAMILTON TEED.

HE MUST HAVE GOT STRAIGHT ON THE PHONE THE MOMENT I WALKED

OUT THE DOOR.

-YEAH, AT LEAST IT MADE MARTIN OPEN UP A BIT IN THERE.

-AH, DIDN'T GIVE MUCH AWAY.

THAT CHAPEL BUSINESS COULD BE MORE SERIOUS THAN

HE'S LETTING ON.

-JUST A PILE OF OLD STONES.

-TAMPERING WITH A LISTED BUILDING IS

THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

YOU CAN GET UP TO 10 YEARS IN JAIL.

-HE RECKONS HE CLEARED THE RUINS BEFORE

THE ORDER WAS MADE.

-YEAH, BUT IF HE'S WRONG, HE COULD BE FORCED TO REBUILD THE

CHAPEL EXACTLY AS IT WAS, STONE BY STONE.

-OH, IT'D COST A FORTUNE!

ROSEMARY (OFFSCREEN): DID YOU LEAVE THE LAMP LIT?

-THAT'S NOT A LAMP.

[GASPS]

ALL MY CLEAN UNDERWEAR'S IN THERE!

-AND THE CARBONS OF JIM'S LETTERS.

-AH.

[LAURA SIGHS]

-SLEEP WELL?

-WELL, IT'S HARD TO SLEEP EASY WHEN YOU'VE BEEN BURNT OUT OF

HOUSE AND HOME.

-IT WAS A TENT.

-IT'S THE SAME PRINCIPLE.

-YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY, IN THE GARDEN--

-MMM?

-I SAW MARTIN PASS GEORGE SOMETHING.

AND HE LOOKED VERY FURTIVE.

-OUR GEORGE?

-(POINTEDLY) GEORGE MARSDEN PLUMMER, THE ARSONIST.

-GOOD MORNING, MISS BOXER, MRS. THYME.

-OH, I THOUGHT YOU WORKED EVENINGS.

-8:00 TILL 10:00, BUT SOMEONE CALLED IN SICK.

WHAT CAN I GET YOU?

-OH, I THINK I COULD STRANGLE DOWN SOME BROWN TOAST AND TEA.

-WHOLEMEAL OR GRANARY?

-SURPRISE ME.

-(LAUGHING) I'LL BRING YOU AN EGG, THEN.

MRS. THYME?

-I THINK I'LL HAVE THE FULL MONTY.

-IS THAT ONE OF CHRIS'S COVERS?

-I DON'T KNOW.

IS IT?

-I CAN ALWAYS TELL.

-YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THE SITTER.

-MM, YOU SEE HIM AROUND.

-WHAT DOES HE DO?

-SOMETHING WITH A VAN.

I THINK HE DOES ODD JOBS FOR MARTIN.

[SHOOING CHICKENS]

-I BET YOU COULD WORK WONDERS WITH A COUPLE OF THOSE FOR

SUNDAY LUNCH, RUPERT.

-YOU'D BE AMAZED AT WHAT I COULD GET UP TO WITH A PAIR OF

OLD BROILERS.

WHAT WAS THAT FOR?

-JUST IN CASE.

-OI, OI!

FOUND TOOLS, LADS.

-UNEXPLODED DOODLEBUG.

-WELL.

NOW, THIS IS JUST ABOUT WHERE THE ALTAR WOULD'VE BEEN.

RUPERT (OFFSCREEN): MAYBE IT'S HOLY RELICS.

LAURA (OFFSCREEN): I DOUBT THEY'D'VE KEPT THEIR SAINTED

BISCUIT TINS.

WONDER IF THIS IS WHAT OUR HOLE-DIGGER WAS LOOKING FOR?

AH.

DID YOU EVER BURY A TIME CAPSULE WHEN YOU WERE A BOY?

-I BURIED A FROG IN A MATCHBOX ONCE.

DUG IT UP AFTER A WEEK TO SEE HOW IT WAS DOING.

LAURA (OFFSCREEN): AH.

HUXTON (OFFSCREEN): A MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE.

-IT'S A FRIENDSHIP PACT.

"WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DO SOLEMNLY DECLARE THIS LIFELONG

PACT OF LOYALTY AND FIDELITY.

AND MAY HE THAT BREAKS IT OR BETRAYS THE OTHER SUFFER DARK

DAYS, DISGRACE, AND A HORRIBLE DEATH.

SIGNED IN THEIR HEART'S BLOOD THIS 13TH OF OCTOBER BY--

(SURPRISED PAUSE) MARTIN FRAZER AND JAMES ANTHONY

FRAZER."

-GOOD MORNING, MARTIN.

UM-- THE POST HAS JUST ARRIVED WITH A FINAL LETTER FROM YOUR

COUSIN JIM.

IT'S, UH, ABOUT AN AFFAIR THAT COULD

AFFECT THE WHOLE VILLAGE.

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SHRED IT WITHOUT GIVING YOU A

CHANCE TO SEE IT.

-MR. TEED!

MR. TEED.

[TEA KETTLE WHISTLING]

-WELL, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER INQUEST.

-MAYBE IT WON'T BE WITH WARWICK JARDINE.

-THE POLICE THINK THIS WAS A PETTY CASH ROBBERY GONE WRONG.

(SKEPTICALLY) PETTY CASH.

THE ONLY CASH IN THE OFFICE WAS THE EDITOR'S BUS FARE.

AND THAT WAS STILL IN THE JAM JAR.

-SO HOW DO THEY EXPLAIN?

ROSEMARY (OFFSCREEN): THEY THINK THE THIEF

PANICKED AND RAN.

-LOSER.

-NOW, LOOK, BOYS.

I'M--

I'M FINE, REALLY.

EH--

JUST GO BACK TO WORK.

YOU'RE WORRYING MR. COUTTS.

HE WAS MAKING TEA FOR TWO.

SO HE OBVIOUSLY KNEW WHO IT WAS.

AND THEN WHEN HE TURNED HIS BACK ON THEM, BANG.

-WHAT ELSE DID YOU SEE?

-UM--

AN ENVELOPE FROM JIM FRAZER'S TYPEWRITER.

BUT I COULDN'T SEE A LETTER ANYWHERE.

-DIDN'T TOUCH ANYTHING?

-(AFFRONTED) NO!

WELL, APART FROM PICKING UP THE PHONE TO CALL THE POLICE.

ALTHOUGH, WHILE I HAD THE PHONE THERE IN MY HAND--

-YOU COULDN'T RESIST PRESSING REDIAL TO FIND OUT WHO HIS

LAST CALL WAS TO.

-I HUNG UP WHEN I HEARD MARTIN'S ANSWERPHONE.

-OH.

-THINK ABOUT IT.

SUPPOSE THE LAST LETTER FROM JIM SAID

SOMETHING ABOUT MARTIN.

-SENT FROM WHERE?

BEYOND THE GRAVE?

-FROM THE BOX ON THE LANE OUTSIDE THE GATE THAT ONLY

GETS EMPTIED TWICE A WEEK.

-AH.

-SO WHEN HAMILTON TEED FINALLY GETS THE LETTER, HE PHONES

MARTIN.

-AND WITHIN THE HOUR, GEORGE HAMILTON TEED, RIP.

-WE'VE GOT TO FIND THE NAME OF THAT ODD-JOB MAN.

HE'S THE KEY TO EVERYTHING.

-WE COULD ASK SUZANNE.

ROSEMARY (OFFSCREEN): SHE'D ONLY TELL MARTIN.

LAURA, DO YOU THINK CHRIS HAS A RECORD OF ALL

THE MODELS HE'S USED?

-(SPUTTERING) NO, NO, LOOK, I--I HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR GOING

BACK THERE.

-LAURA.

-I HAVE TO TAKE THIS BISCUIT TIN TO MARTIN.

-I CAN SEE TO THAT.

-YOU KNOW, LOVE, I DON'T THINK THAT COUSIN OF MINE EVER THREW

AWAY A SINGLE PIECE OF JUNK IN HIS LIFE.

ROSEMARY.

-SUZANNE SAID I'D FIND YOU HERE.

-HAD TO FACE IT SOMETIME.

I'M JIM'S EXECUTOR.

-MM, WELL, SERVES YOU RIGHT FOR BEING THE

LAWYER IN THE FAMILY.

-THESE TIN ROBOTS WOULD FETCH SOMETHING ON EBAY.

THE FURNITURE I'LL SEND DOWN TO THE AUCTION.

AND THE REST OF IT'S FOR THE SKIP, I'M AFRAID.

NOT VERY MUCH TO SHOW FOR A LIFE, IS IT?

-WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE HOUSE?

-WELL, YOU CAN SEE THE STATE IT'S IN.

IT'LL NEED A FAIR BIT OF WORK BEFORE I CAN ADVERTISE FOR A

NEW TENANT--

ANOTHER JOB I'LL HAVE TO FIT INTO MY COPIOUS SPARE TIME.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?

ROSEMARY (OFFSCREEN): DOES IT LOOK FAMILIAR?

-BLESS ME, THAT'S THE TIME CAPSULE.

ROSEMARY (OFFSCREEN): YOU DO REMEMBER IT.

-AND THE FRIENDSHIP CONTRACT.

OH, I'M KEEPING THIS.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SIGN IT IN BLOOD.

WE HAD A PIN, BUT NEITHER OF US COULD RAISE THE NERVE.

SO WE ENDED UP USING [INAUDIBLE] INSTEAD.

-WE THINK SOMEONE HAS BEEN DIGGING FOR IT.

-I'D HAVE RESCUED IT MYSELF IF I'D REMEMBERED.

"WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DO SOLEMNLY DECLARE THIS LIFELONG

PACT OF LOYALTY AND FIDELITY.

AND MAY HE THAT BREAKS IT OR BETRAYS THE OTHER SUFFER DARK

DAYS, DISGRACE, AND A HORRIBLE DEATH."

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

-WHO WAS TO KNOW?

-ROSEMARY.

-GWYNNE.

-WELL SPOTTED, GIRLS.

TOP MARKS IN THE OBSERVATION ROUND.

[LAUGHTER]

-UH--

I'VE, UH, SORTED THESE OUT FOR THE SHOP.

THE LYVEDON TRUST HAS A CHARITY SHOP.

I TOLD GWYNNE THAT SHE COULD PICK OUT ANYTHING USEFUL.

-ER, PACKAGE FOR COLLECTION.

MR.--

STEVENS.

-WHERE'S DAVE?

-[INAUDIBLE].

-SEE, I NORMALLY LEAVE MY ARTWORK IN THE KITCHEN FOR

DAVE TO PICK UP.

-WELL, THEY'VE SENT ME.

-I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE.

ARE YOU, UM--

ARE YOU INTO SPORTS AT ALL?

-WELL, I LIKE TO WATCH THE SNOOKER.

[CONVERSATION APPROACHING]

[GROWLING]

-MORE!

[GROWLING]

-(ENCOURAGINGLY) YOU'RE A BARBARIAN!

DID YOU EVER THROW THE JAVELIN AT SCHOOL?

-(GROWLING IN CHARACTER) NO!

-I DID.

ONE SPORTS DAY, I GOT A NEW SCHOOL RECORD,

AND ONE OF THE MARSHALS.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

-THAT'LL BE THE BLOKE ABOUT THE BOILER.

I'LL BE TWO SECONDS.

-IT'S ALREADY BEEN HALF AN HOUR.

-WE-- WE'RE NEARLY DONE.

PROMISE.

[SIGHS]

-I'M A BARBARIAN.

WHAT'RE YOU?

-HOBBIT IN A HOLE.

[DISTANT CONVERSATION]

-SHH, SHH.

[GROANING]

-STILL IRONING OUT THE KINKS?

[SIGHING]

-YOU TRY SQUATTING FOR AN HOUR WHILE THRUD THE BARBARIAN

WAVES HIS MAGIC JAVELIN OVER YOU.

-MANY'S THE SATURDAY NIGHT.

-AND ALL FOR WHAT?

FOR THIS.

SEPTEMBER THE 25TH.

THE ODD-JOB MAN.

THE ODD-JOB MAN.

TRANSPORT FRIDGE AND PHOTO SHOOT, 50 QUID.

"THE ODD JOB." AND YOU DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING MORE

SUBSTANTIAL, DID YOU?

-NO.

[LAURA GASPS]

-MIND YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS MORE INTERESTING--

THE FACT THAT GWYNNE WAS THERE OR THE WAY THEY BOTH REACTED

WHEN I WALKED IN ON THEM.

-IF IT WAS A LOVER'S TRYST, ROSEMARY, THEY'D HARDLY BE

CONSUMMATING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DEAD

RELATIVE'S HOUSE CLEARANCE.

-BUT IF THE OLD FLAME WAS STILL SPARKING, AND COUSIN JIM

SAW SOMETHING--

[GASP OF PAIN]

-ARE YOU GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT FOR TOMORROW?

-OH, WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT TOMORROW?

-MARKET DAY.

-OH.

-HERE.

-THANK YOU.

-OOH, ISN'T THE LYVEDON TRUST OFFICE

SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO HERE?

-YEAH, MIDDLE OF CHURCH STREET.

IT'S OUT THAT WAY.

-THANK YOU.

I'LL BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

-AH.

-AH.

ARE YOU STALKING ME, ROSEMARY?

-I KNOW IT MUST SEEM LIKE IT.

NO, I WAS WONDERING IF THE TRUST, UM, KEPT RECORDS ON THE

LISTED BUILDINGS IN LYVEDON.

-ER, NOT REALLY.

WE'RE MORE ABOUT LOCAL BUSINESS THAN BUILDINGS.

-THEN WHERE WOULD I FIND WHO NOMINATED A BUILDING FOR

PROTECTION?

-THIS IS ABOUT THE CHAPEL, ISN'T IT?

I CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT.

AND I DON'T THINK I LIKE IT.

-(LAUGHING) I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

[DISBELIEVING SNORT]

-EVER SINCE THE INQUEST, YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO STIR

THINGS UP OVER JIM.

AND NOW IT'S MARTIN'S TURN, IS IT?

MARTIN'S A GOOD MAN.

HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ENEMIES, LEAST OF ALL HIS OWN COUSIN.

-HM, EVERYBODY SEEMS TO LOVE MARTIN.

ANYWAY, UM, I ONLY WANTED TO KNOW WHOSE TOES WE COULD BE

TREADING ON WITH THE RESTORATION.

-I'M SORRY.

I DON'T THINK I CAN HELP YOU ANY FURTHER.

-YOU COULD TELL ME THE NAME OF MARTIN'S ODD-JOB MAN.

-EDDIE BROOKS.

-HELLO.

-LOOKING FOR ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR?

-UH, NO.

THERE WAS A MAN I SAW, UH, THERE, AT LAST WEEK'S MARKET.

-OH, YEAH?

-I THINK HE'S CALLED--

EDDIE BROOKS?

HE'S GOT HIS OWN VEHICLE.

-EDDIE BROOKS?

UH--

-HE DOES A LOT OF WORK AT LYVEDON MANOR.

-OH.

OH, THAT EDDIE.

YEAH.

CALLS HIMSELF THE ODD-JOB MAN.

DOES A BIT OF SCAFFOLDING, BIT OF PLASTERING, BIT OF

EVERYTHING.

-NOW, THAT-- THAT SOUNDS LIKE HIM.

-YEAH.

YEAH, HE BOUGHT A HAMMER.

LEFT HIS OLD ONE ON A JOB.

SOMEONE WALKED OFF WITH IT.

-HM.

UM, HAVE YOU SEEN HIM SINCE?

-NAH.

-OK.

RIGHT.

-HAH, MORNING MR. COUTTS.

-MR. COUTTS!

-YEAH?

-IS THIS THE PAPER WITH THE INQUEST REPORT?

-WELL, THERE'S BEEN NO OTHER SINCE.

-MAY I BORROW IT?

-FEEL FREE.

-LAURA?

-HM?

-I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE OLD SUNDIAL AND HOW NICE IT WOULD

BE TO PUT IT BACK USING THE ORIGINAL MATERIALS.

-YEAH, BUT THEY KNOCKED IT DOWN TO

MAKE WAY FOR THE CHAPEL.

-LOOK AT THAT.

THERE IT IS.

IN THE WALL BEHIND THEM.

-SO IT IS.

I BET THEY REUSED THE STONES FROM THE BASE AS WELL.

-SO IT MIGHT BE OUT IN THE WOODS WITH

THE REST OF THE STONES.

-YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE CART TRACK OUT ACROSS THE RIVER.

-IS THAT WHERE YOU TOOK IT?

-WELL, WE DIDN'T GET TO GO OUT THERE.

WE JUST LOADED THE TRUCK FOR MARTIN'S ODD-JOB MAN.

-NOT EDDIE BROOKS?

-HM.

STEADY EDDIE.

LAURA (OFFSCREEN): WHY GO TO ALL THIS TROUBLE

JUST TO HIDE OLD STONE?

-TO AVOID DRAWING ATTENTION.

AND TO KEEP IT FROM THE SIGHT OF THIEVING EYES.

ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE IS BIG BLACK-MARKET BUSINESS.

[CROWS CAWING]

-I CAN HEAR GHOSTS.

-NO, NO, THE HOUSE IS JUST OVER THERE.

WE, UH--

WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.

-MY GOSH, THIS COULD TAKE A WHILE.

-THE SUNDIAL HAS, UH, CURVED SECTIONS.

[FLIES BUZZING]

-OH.

HM.

[GRUNTS]

OH.

WHEW.

ROSEMARY.

COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.

I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE IT WAS WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS.

-WHAT'S THAT ON THE BUSINESS END?

-BLOOD AND HAIR.

I'M PUTTING IT BACK.

ONE OF US HAS TO FIND CONSTABLE STUART AND TELL HIM

WE LOCATED A MURDER WEAPON.

-ONE OF US?

-AH, JUST THE JOB.

YOU GOT A TOW BAR ON THIS THING?

-WE'VE FOUND THE WEAPON THAT KILLED JIM FRAZER.

IT'S A--IT'S A HAMMER, BELONGING TO EDDIE BROOKS, THE

ODD-JOB MAN.

AND IT'S GOT BLOOD AND HAIR ON IT.

-WHERE?

-HIDDEN IN THE CHAPEL STONES, IN THE WOODS.

-AND HOW EXACTLY DOES ONE COMMIT SUICIDE WITH A HAMMER?

-NO, NO, IT WASN'T SUICIDE.

IT WAS MURDER.

JIM WAS HIT OVER THE HEAD.

AND THEN HIS BODY WAS PUT IN THE RIVER.

AND BY THE TIME HE WAS SMASHED ABOUT BY THE ROCKS--

I MEAN, YOU COULDN'T TELL THE DEATH WOUND

FROM HIS OTHER INJURIES.

-BUT YOU SWORE AT THE INQUEST--

YOU SAW HIM GO IN.

-YEAH, I--

I THOUGHT I SAW HIM.

BUT NOW I KNOW I DIDN'T.

LOOK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE MY STORY.

BUT YOU SHOULD GO AND SECURE YOUR EVIDENCE, OR YOU WON'T BE

ABLE TO PROVE IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

-ALL SOUNDS PRETTY FEASIBLE TO ME.

BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU GOT A ROPE FOR THE TOW BAR?

-WHERE'S YOUR FRIEND?

-LAURA?

UH, SHE STAYED BEHIND TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

NO, SHE KNOWS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH IT.

SHE'S AN EX-COPPER.

[SIGHING]

-ALL RIGHT.

-I'LL SHOW YOU THE WAY.

-I KNOW WHERE IT IS.

YOU'RE STAYING AT THE LAMB, AREN'T YOU?

-YES.

-WELL, FIND THE LANDLORD.

TELL HIM TO MEET ME AT LYVEDON HALL WITH THE EVIDENCE KIT.

HE'S A SPECIAL CONSTABLE.

-YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

-FOR YOUR SAKE, I HOPE SO.

-NEXT TIME, I'LL JUST HIT THE BLOODY SQUIRREL.

-HELLO?

[BELL DINGS]

-AH!

OOH!

HELP!

HELP!

[SOUNDS OF SCUFFLING, ROSEMARY YELLING AND COUGHING]

-HELP!

HELP!

HELLLLLLLLP!

-YOU CAN MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS YOU LIKE.

NO ONE'S GOING TO HEAR YOU.

-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

-WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST SEE WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SEE,

SAY YOUR PIECE, AND THEN SHUT UP?

-NICE PEOPLE DON'T LOOK THE OTHER WAY WHEN YOU KILL

SOMEONE.

-(SHOUTING) I'VE KILLED NOBODY!

-DID YOU WEAR A LIFE JACKET UNDER THAT TOP?

I BET IT GAVE YOU A BETTER CHANCE THAN YOU GAVE POOR JIM.

-YOU HAVE GOT IT ALL SO WRONG.

-CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE HAMMER HIDDEN IN THE CHAPEL STONES?

WITH BLOOD ALL OVER IT?

-(SLIGHTLY SURPRISED) IT'S WHERE?

(FEROCIOUSLY) WHERE?

-OH, TEACHER ALWAYS TOLD ME [INAUDIBLE].

[GRUNTING WITH EFFORT]

[CRASH AND YELL OF PAIN]

-HEY!

HEY!

HEY, BRING THAT BACK!

[SOUND OF VEHICLE]

-AH.

OOH.

[TRUCK ENGINE STILL RUNNING]

-OH.

-AND IF THERE IS SOME PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, THEN I'M NOT IN A

POSITION TO IGNORE IT.

-NO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

-SO CAN I HAVE YOUR PERMISSION TO CONDUCT A SEARCH ON THE

ESTATE?

-SEARCH AWAY, OLD LAD.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT A WARRANT.

I'LL EVEN COME ALONG WITH YOU.

[TRUCK ENGINE STOPS]

[HONKS HORN REPEATEDLY]

[SMASHING GLASS]

[CRY OF PAIN]

[HONKING HORN]

[DISTANT HORN HONK RESPONDING]

[SIGH OF RELIEF]

-WHERE DID HE GO?

-TOWARDS THE HOUSE.

-EDDIE?

MARTIN (OFFSCREEN): EDDIE!

-NO, NO!

IT'S TOO DANGEROUS.

-OH, MY GOD.

-EDDIE BROOKS SAID HE KILLED NO ONE.

AND I THINK HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.

I THINK THAT HE WAS PRESSURED INTO PLAYING

A ROLE IN THE COVER-UP.

-BY WHO?

-BY THE PERSON WHO USED HIS HAMMER FOR THE KILLING AND

THEN THREATENED TO INCRIMINATE HIM WITH IT.

-AND HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT WAS HIDDEN

UNTIL I TOLD HIM.

CLEARLY, HE WASN'T THE ONE WHO ID IT.

-YOU HAD HIS TOOLS LOCKED AWAY, DIDN'T YOU, MARTIN?

IT WAS YOUR WAY OF MAKING SURE HE STAYED ON THE JOB.

DID YOU KILL JIM WITH EDDIE'S HAMMER AND THEN FORCE HIM TO

PUT ON THAT SHOW FOR US?

-WHY ON EARTH WOULD I WANT TO DO THAT?

-TO AVOID BEING EXPOSED AS FERN EVANS' FATHER.

I'M SORRY, MARTIN.

BUT IT'S GOING TO COME OUT.

I'VE SEEN THE WAY GWYNNE EVANS IS WITH YOU.

-AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE HOW MUCH YOU'D LOSE IF YOUR

MARRIAGE WAS THREATENED.

YOU DEPEND ON SUZANNE FOR HOLDING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

-YOU'RE MAD!

-FERN EVANS--

DO YOU MEAN FERN STEVENS?

CHRIS STEVENS, THE ARTIST--

HE'S HER FATHER, NOT MARTIN.

EVERYONE IN LYVEDON KNOWS THAT.

-CHRIS WAS MARRIED TO GWYNNE FOR FIVE YEARS.

-THE MISSING LETTER.

MARTIN (OFFSCREEN): WHAT MISSING LETTER?

-HAMILTON TEED RECEIVES JIM'S LAST LETTER.

HE PHONES YOU TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

AND THEN WITHIN AN HOUR HE'S DEAD AND THE LETTER'S

DISAPPEARED.

-AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THAT JIM WROTE UP EVERYBODY'S

SCANDALS AND NEVER ONCE MENTIONED YOU?

-I HAVEN'T SEEN OR SPOKEN TO TEED SINCE

YOUR TENT CAUGHT FIRE.

-AND WE FOUND THE LETTER SCREWED UP IN THE STREET.

IT WAS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE

MAINTENANCE ON THE WAR MEMORIAL.

[LAURA AND ROSEMARY SIGH]

[PHONE RINGS]

-I ASKED THEM TO CALL ME HERE IF THEY FOUND EDDIE.

HELLO?

CONSTABLE STUART.

YEAH.

I'LL LET THEM KNOW.

THANK YOU.

THEY'VE PULLED EDDIE OUT OF THE RIVER.

HE'S ALIVE.

[MARTIN SIGHS WITH RELIEF]

-UM, THAT'S THE ANSWERPHONE, ISN'T IT?

-YES.

-MAY I JUST TRY SOMETHING?

[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]

TEED (ON ANSWERING MACHINE): GOOD MORNING, MARTIN.

THE POST HAS JUST ARRIVED WITH A FINAL LETTER FROM YOUR

COUSIN JIM.

IT'S, UH, ABOUT AN AFFAIR THAT COULD

AFFECT THE WHOLE VILLAGE.

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SHRED IT WITHOUT GIVING YOU A

CHANCE TO SEE IT.

[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]

-I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE.

-AN AFFAIR THAT COULD AFFECT THE WHOLE VILLAGE?

-IT IS AN AFFAIR THAT CAN AFFECT THE WHOLE VILLAGE.

THEY'VE BEEN ARGUING ABOUT THE MEMORIAL FOR MONTHS.

-BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE HEARD IT AND THOUGHT IT MEANT A

DIFFERENT KIND OF AFFAIR?

-HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU I AM NOT HAVING ONE?

-I DON'T MEAN YOU.

WELL, SUZANNE?

DID YOU HEAR THAT MESSAGE WHILE MARTIN WAS ROUND AT

JIM'S PLACE?

IF I'D HEARD THAT AND I HAD SOMETHING TO HIDE, I'D GO

STRAIGHT ROUND TO TEED'S OFFICE, TRY AND GET HOLD OF

THE LETTER BEFORE ANYONE SAW IT.

-AND MAYBE SILENCE TEED AT THE SAME TIME.

-BUT THAT'S BOLLOCKS, EH, SUZE, LOVE?

LAURA (OFFSCREEN): AND YOU MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT

THAT BISCUIT TIN, MARTIN, BUT JIM HADN'T.

THAT FRIENDSHIP PACT STILL MEANT SOMETHING TO HIM.

-AND THEN YOU WARNED JIM OFF.

YOU DIDN'T WANT THE VILLAGE NUTTER HANGING AROUND YOUR

WIFE WHEN SHE WAS AT HOME ALONE.

-I TOLD EDDIE TO LOOK AFTER HER WHILE I WAS IN TOWN.

-HE DID THAT.

AND A BIT MORE.

JIM MUST HAVE SEEN THEM.

-SO WHO ARE WE SAYING KILLED HIM?

-FERN SAW JIM ALIVE THAT FRIDAY NIGHT.

AND HE WAS HEADING THIS WAY.

AND NOW, FERN STARTS WORK AT 8 O'CLOCK.

-SO JIM GOT HERE BETWEEN 8:00 AND 9:00.

THAT AFTER THE CHILDREN GO TO BED AND BEFORE MARTIN GETS

BACK FROM TOWN.

ROSEMARY (OFFSCREEN): SO JIM WAS WITH SUZANNE, ALONE.

AFTER THAT, NO ONE SAW HIM ALIVE AGAIN.

-WHAT DID HE WANT TO TALK ABOUT?

WAS HE GOING TO EXPOSE WHAT YOU AND EDDIE HAD BEEN UP TO?

ROSEMARY (OFFSCREEN): OR WAS IT JUST TO PLEAD WITH YOU TO

STOP IT FOR MARTIN'S SAKE?

-IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE IF EDDIE HAD STAYED OUT OF SIGHT

LIKE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO.

-SUZE.

DON'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE.

-(BITTERLY) MY LAWYER FORBIDS ME TO SPEAK?

-WAS IT REALLY SO DIFFICULT FOR YOU?

-DIFFICULT?

I DON'T HAVE A HUSBAND.

I'M HITCHED UP TO A HOUSE AND A HISTORY.

AND I AM THE SILENT SAINT WHO KEEPS IT ALL TOGETHER.

GOOD OLD SUZANNE.

ISN'T SHE MARVELOUS?

ISN'T SHE HIS ROCK?

HOW SHE MUST LOVE THAT GREAT BALL AND CHAIN.

THE ODD HOUR WITH EDDIE WAS THE ONLY FREEDOM I GOT.

BUT JIM FOUND OUT, SNEAKING BACK AND FORTH AT ALL HOURS,

DIGGING FOR THAT STUPID BISCUIT TIN.

AND HE WOULDN'T HAVE IT.

NOT FOR HIS BELOVED COUSIN MARTIN.

YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD HIM.

HE WENT ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT IT.

(SATISFIED) TILL I STOPPED HIM.

[PLEASED SIGH]

THERE YOU ARE.

WILL I GO TO PRISON?

I REALLY DON'T MIND.

I SHOULD BE GLAD OF THE REST.

-WHO HAS THE EVIDENCE?

-DO YOU MEAN THE HAMMER?

I GAVE IT TO MARTIN.

-DONALD!

-(APOLOGETICALLY) HE'S THE CORONER.

-SUZANNE, LOVE, WHAT DID WE DO WITH THE HAMMER?

[SOUND OF DISHWASHER RUNNING]

-I WONDER IF THE WATER REMEMBERS JIM.

-EVERYONE'S REMEMBERING HIM NOW.

-HM.

IF HE'S SPEAKING.

EVERYONE EXCEPT FOR US.

-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

[SIGHS]

-WELL, WE NEVER EVEN MET HIM, DID WE?

-WE DID RIGHT BY HIM, THOUGH, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

MAN (OFFSCREEN): WHO GOES THERE?

-VERY FUNNY.

[MUSIC FROM PHONOGRAPH]

-HEY.

SO.

-WHAT DO YOU THINK?

-HELLO.

-COME ON.

-I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

-COME AND LOOK AT THIS.

-WHOA!

[CROWD OOHS AND CLAPS]

-THANK YOU.

-DIDN'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW LAURA?

-OH, YES.

-THE ART DIRECTOR APPROVED THE ROUGH.

-UH--

IS THAT WHY I HAD TO WRAP UP IN A BLACK CLOAK?

-WHAT DO YOU THINK?

-EXCUSE ME.

-MR. JARDINE.

-MISS BOXER.

-I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DEFENDING SUZANNE.

-I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE A KEY WITNESS.

-MM.

WON'T THAT BE FUN?

-AND IF SHE PLEADS GUILTY, YOU WON'T HAVE TO APPEAR.

-IS THAT WHAT SHE INTENDS?

-BELIEVE ME, I'M WORKING ON HER.

-OH, NO.

IT'S GOING OUT.

IT'S GOING OUT.

IT'S GOING OUT.

-GEORGE, IT'S GAS.

IT DOESN'T NEED FIRELIGHTERS.

-DON'T MIND ME.

I'M STOKING UP FOR THE JOURNEY.

-GOOD IDEA.

DO YOU THINK MARTIN WILL BE ALL RIGHT?

-ALL RIGHT, DAD?

-HELLO, BOYS.

[CHILDREN CHATTING]

MARTIN (OFFSCREEN): TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF JAMES

ANTHONY FRAZER.

-I THINK SO.