All language subtitles for Midsomer Murders S20E06 Send in the Clowns

(anxious guitar,
sharp violin tones)

The finest acts

from all four
corners of the globe.

- Well most of our lives
are spent on tour, so it's

always very special coming
home here to Swynton Magna.

It's where I first fell
in love with the circus.

Come take a look inside.

And as you can see,
we have an amazing

troupe of performers
from all over the world.

Something for all the family.

And I believe some tickets
are still available.

- One, two, three.

Wee.

- Mommy, look.
- Wow.

Well we have to go.

Great idea, Winter says the
steak there is excellent.

- I meant to the circus.

Don't worry, I can take her.

- No no, it's fine, I'll come.

- A large rib eye and a good
bottle of claret, your treat.

- Done.

Did you hear that, Betty?

We are going to the circus.
- To the circus!

I was gettin' worried.

- No drinking before a
show, how many times?

I am a fifth generation Bellini.

Picked out as a whiteface by

Charlie Cairoli when
I was 10 years old.

I deserve better.
- No, you do.

You do deserve better, Ter.

Last time, I promise.

Eh?

- 75.

- Mom, what are
the bookings like?

It's gotta be better
than yesterday.

What is it?

- I'm just watchin' ya.

It took me back a minute.

You're so like Elsa.

I wish you could've known her.
- She knew the risks.

We all do.

But we take 'em every day
'cause we love what we do.

- You wanted to see me.
- I need an answer.

- The land is mine by right,
we are entitled to be here.

- Yes or no.

- Curtis please,
please we're family.

Look, are you gonna
sign, yes or no?

I've offered you a decent price.

- It's not about the money.

No one wants your sad
little circus anymore.

- Yeah all right, here we go.

- I wanted to give you one

last chance to do
the right thing.

That's the trouble
with you, Joe.

You've never known what that is.

- Curtis, please!

CCTV outside the
Post Office in Swynton Magna.

- Lay on a few foot patrols,
that should deter them.

Sir.

- You weren't around for the
zombie invasion in Finchmere.

They soon got bored when they

were barred from the local pub.

- I went out with a clown once.

The most miserable man I've
ever had the misfortune to date.

It is true what they
say about shoe size.

- On your feet.

- We've had lean periods before,
it's just a seasonal dip.

- But the bank is threatening
to foreclose, dad.

- Well we just need to work
a bit harder, that's all.

Freshen up the acts.

- We need to modernize
and forge a new vision.

I've got some great ideas
that I can talk to--

- Let's hear it for

Oucho and Groucho
ladies and gentlemen.

That was spectacular.

Let's hear it for our clowns!

Yes!

And now,

Ferabbee's presents our
very own human Casanova

and illusionist extraordinaire.

Raoul

Delgado.

(up tempo Spanish style
guitar, trumpet music)

- What'd you work
me so hard for, Ter?

I could've broke me nose.

- Something to remember me by.

- Look, I've had a better
offer, Lead Clown at Geronimo's.

I think it's about time I
got the respect I'm due.

- No.

Not we,

me.

I'm doing you a favor, Les.

It's high time you hung
up your clown shoes.

You're an embarrassment.

- You don't mean that, Ter.

- I have carried
you for 25 years

and I haven't got any
more time to waste.

- But we're partners.

A double act, you lead me.
- Not anymore.

It's over.

Put some ice on that
nose, by the way.

- Freya, Freya.

I didn't know you
were going out.

- Two of the waiting
staff called in sick.

I tried to get out of it but
Ashley practically begged me.

- I bought that wine
you really like.

- Oh.

There's no one else to cover.

- I'll drive you in.
- No need.

You've had a long day.

- Pack your things, girls.

We're getting out of here.

This is a really
good choice of wines.

- Enjoy.
- Thank you.

- No more phones,
you know the drill.

- I'm sorry, I meant
to turn it off.

- Sorry about this, guys.

Complimentary bottle of wine for

every table while we
sort out the power.

- John, John.

Are you all right?

- Stay here.

- Look at that,

and have you seen how
much they're gonna pay me

and there's a list
job for Sophia.

It isn't about money,
it's about loyalty.

You're my wife, how
about your loyalty to me?

Sophia says you are leaving.

We haven't been paid
for three months.

I'm sorry, last show
then we're out of here.

- But you're my star.

Your face is on all the posters.

- Well then change it,
I've made up my mind.

- And so have I, I'm not
letting Joe down like this.

- Leaving would be a betrayal

of everything he's done for us.

- Look, this opportunity
will never come again.

You do know that?

- Then take it.

- Well it looks like it's
just you and me then, Sophia.

Look, you only get one life.

Don't waste it like I have.

- As the Chair and Head
of the Planning Committee

of Swynton Magna Parish
Council, look please, please!

If I may, if I may, I'm as
anxious as anyone to stop the

clown harassment but we have
to keep this in perspective.

- You mean hush it up to
protect your interests!

- The well-being of
this community has

always been my number one
concern, Mr. Ferabbee.

- Rubbish.
- Yeah well prove it then,

prove it before
somebody gets hurt.

- Is that what it's gonna take

to get things done around here?

- People are scared to go out.

- I'm doing everything
in my power.

- I am Detective Chief
Inspector Barnaby.

We are monitoring the
situation very closely

and an increased police
presence will be put

in place until this clown
situation is resolved.

But Mr. Denton is correct,
currently there is

nothing to suggest that this
is anything more serious

than a series of random
ill-advised pranks.

This all changed the day
Ferabbee's came back to town.

- Well said.

- I'm Mostyn, I'm
Mostyn Cartwright.

- All leads are being thoroughly

investigated, I can assure you.

- Ah yeah, not by Mr.
Denton they're not.

He doesn't care
about the community

unless there's
something in it for him.

- Mostyn runs the Abattoir.

He hasn't been my greatest
fan since the Parish

raised questions about
his animal husbandry.

- The truth is Mr. Denton
won't hear a bad word

about the circus because
he's their major sponsor.

- Yes.
- Well said.

- Oh.

Which
service do you require?

- Police please.

- Hello, excuse me.

The Big Top's not open
to members of the public.

The next show's not until five.

- Don't recognize
your uncle, now?

- I've got something
for your father.

My lawyers have found a clause

that overturns his
claim to the land.

Looks like Joe's gonna have to

find somewhere else
to play circuses.

Perhaps you could give that
to him for me, thank you.

(festive Spanish
style ensemble music)

- Betty needs a wee.

I think the clowns are on next,
are you gonna be all right?

- Yeah, it's fine.

No problem.

- Raoul Delgado!

Ladies and gentlemen,

our handsome

human illusionist star!

He can make anything
disappear, check your wallets

and your wives.

And now Ferabbee's
are proud to present

our very own Ferabbee's
wonderful funnymen,

Groucho and Oucho.

- Sarah's taken Betty home.

- Thank God she
didn't see anything.

- I didn't mean to kill him.

I didn't mean to kill him.

I didn't, it was an accident,
I didn't mean to kill him.

- I can't believe
this is happening.

- The circus will be closed

until further
notice, Mr. Ferabbee.

- Can you think of any reason
Les would want Terry dead?

- Terry told Les
that he was leaving.

It was without warning, nothing.

- I didn't mean to, he's my--
- He must've just lost it.

- So Terry let you
down as well then?

- Well I wasn't happy, no.

- What do you know
about the gun?

- It's just a prop, it's a toy.

- Well this one clearly wasn't.

- Who's responsible
for checking props?

- Well Les.
- That's enough.

- In the circus, everyone has

a shirt sleeves job
and a spangles job.

Les is our props man.

Fleur.

- He was shot once
through the heart.

Death would have been
pretty much instantaneous.

- A skilled shot, then.
- Or lucky.

Les Morrison was so drunk
he could barely walk.

- I thought I'd
check out the serial

number before sending
it off to ballistics.

It was registered as
stolen two years ago.

- They're ready, sir.
- Thanks.

Mrs. Bellini's ready for us now.

- John,

I hear Betty's
birthday's coming up.

- Sarah said she'd been
asking for a clown party.

Then she mentioned your
little coulrophobia problem.

- A common and specific
fear of clowns.

From the Greek prefix coulro
meaning one who goes on stilts.

- I do not have

whatever you said I have.

- Denial is a powerful
form of defense but

until you acknowledge your
problem, you're really--

- I'm fine Sigmund, thank you.

And you are?
- Freya Ferabbee,

married to Curtis,
Joe's brother.

I live at the farm.
- You were at the meeting.

- And didn't I see you
at Denton's restaurant?

- I work there part-time.

I also teach yoga, that's
how we became friends.

- Could you give
us a few minutes?

- I'll be outside
if you need me.

- I understand your husband

was planning to
leave Ferabbee's.

But you decided to
stay out of loyalty?

- I though Terry was
making a mistake.

We both owed Joe a great deal.

- I used to be, there
was an accident.

- I'm sorry to hear that.

- Joe kept me on
at the box office,

he didn't need to do that.

You called the
police yesterday, why was that?

- We had a break-in.

They took all me jewelry.

- Only to me.

A locket.

One of a pair.

It was my twin sister's.

- Two souls with but
a single thought.

I assume the other reads "Two
hearts that beat as one."

I studied Keats many moons ago.

- My sister Elsa died,

which is why this meant so much.

But it's got nothing
to do with Terry.

- Mom.
- Sweetheart.

(soft anxious
violin, piano tones)

- Won't be long now.
- I can't wait forever.

- And you won't
have to, trust me.

- No, but I did find
this on Daniella.

So that's
how her sister died.

- The safety mechanism failed in

a notoriously risky act
called The Silken Noose.

They both plunged to the
ground, no safety net.

Daniella was badly
injured but survived.

Elsa never regained
consciousness.

- Have you got any
further on Les Morrison?

- He's still not
making much sense,

he insists that he's innocent.

Has he admitted
being our rogue clown?

- Good morning, campers.

- Where on earth do you
get your energy from?

- Donuts, a couple of these

and I'm unstoppable
for 24 hours.

- I better give it a try then.

- I assume you're
not here purely

to raise our cholesterol levels.

- Firearms came back with
some interesting news.

The handgun was firing blanks.

- I went back to the scene.

Had another root
through the sawdust.

Found this.

Blank rounds do not have
a projectile or bullet.

They have a crimped
extension like this one.

- But you found a bullet
in the victim's heart.

- Indeed I did.

But it wasn't fired by Les.

- So Terry was killed
with a different gun.

- But there was only one shot.

- Or you heard two shots fired

simultaneously, one
live, one blank.

- Gold star Winter, that
donut's kicking in already.

According to my calculations,

given the trajectory
of the bullet,

I conclude that
Terry Bellini was

shot from somewhere
along this line.

- Absolutely.

The bullet is 0.240 caliber,
designed for a rifle only.

- So we're looking for
a rifle, not a handgun.

- Les didn't shoot Terry.

Go through all the
witness statements.

We need to know if
anybody saw anything

and I want a list of
every rifle registered to

the area capable of firing
0.240 caliber bullets.

- And for that genius piece
of forensic sleuthing,

I think I deserve another one.

- Unit four are bringing
Les in now, sir.

What does that
smell like to you, sir?

- Paraffin.

I've got nothing else to say.

- We'd like you to walk
us through what happened.

- I took out the gun

here

and

shot him

here.

- But you didn't mean
to kill him, did you?

- No, I did not.

Where did
you get the gun?

- Bloke down at
Swynton Arms, ex-con.

- You wanted revenge.

- It was supposed to be a joke.

He said he'd given me blanks.

I just wanted Terry to
feel the humiliation

he'd made me suffer
all those years.

I

killed my best mate.
- No, you didn't.

Someone else fired the
shot that killed Terry.

- I don't understand.

- No.

- No, I swear.

- Get those rags to
Fleur for analysis.

We need to know if someone was

planning to burn the place down.

- Sir, the list of rifle
owners has just come through.

0.240 caliber bullets are rare,

so it narrows it
down significantly.

One belongs to Curtis Ferabbee.

- The Ringmaster's brother.

- And there's one at
the Swynton Gun Club

registered to Ashley Denton.

- I'll talk to Curtis Ferabbee,

you see what Ashley
Denton has to say.

Nice shot.

- Yes, I've got guns

just like every other
farmer in Midsomer County.

- Not many fire 0.240
caliber bullets.

- Look,

I can't stand the circus.

Anyone will tell you that.

But I do draw the line
at killing clowns.

I've got better things
to do with my time.

- Can I see the rifle in
question Mr. Ferabbee,

if it's not too much trouble?

- Certainly, come this way.

- I shoot for relaxation.

Not nearly as often as I'd like,

once or twice a month maybe.

Work keeps me pretty busy.

- Do you ever take your
gun off the premises?

- No, never.

- Can you tell me where
you were yesterday evening?

- At the restaurant,
which Freya can verify.

What is this?
- Your rifle is of interest.

It fires the same
caliber bullets

as the gun that
killed Terry Bellini.

We're gonna need to take it
away for ballistics testing.

- Yeah, sure.

- I keep our guns locked away
in the gun cabinet, Inspector.

I inherited four rifles
from my father, Billy.

He's up there
holding the Purdey.

- He looks very commanding.

- Yeah, that's one word for him.

I bet my brother put you
up to this, Inspector.

Well I can assure you it
has nothing to do with me.

- Yeah, it's not there.

- Yesterday.

- Do either of you remember

seeing anyone or
anything suspicious?

- I was at work.

And you
went straight to

the circus when
you heard the news?

- Daniella, she
needed my support.

- Our Abattoir Manager,
Mostyn Cartwright.

- It's just the last
one on the right there.

- Thank you.

Curtis Ferabbee's
rifle is missing.

- They had no idea apparently,
neither did his wife.

So either they're lying or

the killer stole
it from the farm.

- Ashley Denton
claims that he only

uses his rifle for
target practice.

That it never
leaves the Gun Club.

- Let's see if the ballistics
report gives us anything.

- Mr. Cartwright.

Mr. Cartwright!

We need to ask you
a few questions.

- You look a bit queasy, mate.

Sure we're not gonna need
to call you an ambulance?

What can I do for ya?

- One of Mr. Ferabbee's
rifles has gone missing.

I understand you have
access to the cabinet.

- I got a copy of
all the farm's keys.

He
obviously trusts you.

- He calls me the
son he never had.

Everybody else wrote me
off, baby look at me now.

I owe Curtis everything.

- Of course.

You sure he can handle it?

It's all automated.

The pigs are herded
down this walkway here,

then on into the
gassing chamber,

then it's night-night
piggy-wiggy.

Sounds barbaric.

No, our
operation's quite humane.

- Ashley Denton would disagree.

- I wouldn't get sucked in
by Ashley Denton, Inspector.

He's a hypocrite.

I wouldn't feed his organic
steak to my pet ferret.

Anyway come on,
you've seen your lot.

More than he wanted by the
looks of it, same way back.

Thank you for
your time, Mr. Cartwright.

- Pleasure.

Oh and if hear anything
about that gun,

I'll be sure to let you know.

- Uniforms searched the circus,

farmhouses, out
buildings, nothing.

- Our clown friend broke
into a small electricity

substation, cutting off
power to 300 properties

including the Gun Club.
- Interesting.

- CCTV failed during the
power cut and they've

been struggling to get it
up and running ever since.

So it's possible
that Denton's rifle

was removed from
the Gun Club unseen

and then returned the
day after the murder.

- But what about statements
from the audience

who were there when
Terry was killed?

- No one reported seeing anyone

behind the bleachers
but we do have this.

The Stage Manager caught
it on their monitor.

They have cameras
fixed up to record

every performance for
insurance purposes.

- That's the same area
you found the rag.

- Which Fleur has confirmed
were soaked in paraffin.

See if the
tech team can do

anything to enhance the clarity.

And when were they planning
to burn the place down?

- We could be looking
at a terror campaign.

- There was a little resentment

in the Parish meeting but arson?

- Curtis Ferabbee said
that he hated the circus

and he's the one
with the missing gun.

Should we
go and see him then?

- No.

Find out when Freya
Ferabbee starts work.

I'd like to talk to her without

her husband breathing
down her neck.

We can still
turn things around, dad.

- The police still
won't let us reopen.

Everything is
conspiring against us.

- Just hear me out, please
dad hear me out, okay?

We reinvent Ferabbee's
as a gothic extravaganza.

A cast of classic
horror story characters.

Ghosts, werewolves,
escaped lunatics--

- Harry.

- And we tie it together
with a narrative.

We give it a dark and
more thrilling edge.

Light shows, rock music.

We would attract a bigger,

younger audience and we
keep Ferabbee's alive.

- No.

- We are running out of time,
you have to listen to me.

- The circus is a
place of magic, light.

Somewhere to escape all
the darkness of this world.

- And that is not
working anymore.

- You may have lost your
faith but I haven't.

- Why don't you show
any faith in me?

We are supposed to be
business partners, aren't we?

- This is my dream, it's
my vision, it's not yours.

- And look at where
that's got you!

(anxious soft
violin, piano tones)

- Winter.

- You didn't tell
your husband that you

were at the circus
yesterday after the murder.

Why is that?

- Curtis is very protective.

Sometimes it's easier
not to worry him.

- His mother left when
he was very young.

He finds it difficult to trust.

- Mr. Ferabbee gave
me the impression that

his father could
be a difficult man.

- You'd have to ask him.

Now if there's nothing
else, I have got work to do.

- Oh just one more
thing, you said

that Mr. Denton was
here all day yesterday.

- Yes, he was here
catching up on paperwork.

- Is it possible that
he could have left

and come back
without you knowing?

- It's possible I suppose.

- Thought you might
want to see this, sir.

The tech team just
sent it through.

Now the face is still unclear.

See there?

That's the Gun Club crest.

- Now we're getting somewhere.

The CCTV image from Terry
Bellini's last performance.

As a member
of the Gun Club,

we thought you might be
able to help us identify it.

- It's me, Inspector.

- I needed to talk to Joe about

a charity event we'd
been organizing.

- We have evidence
that someone was

intending to start a
fire at the circus.

- A fire, oh my god.

So you know nothing
about that, Mr. Denton?

- No.

I just popped my head
in to see if the show

was nearly over, then
it all kicked off.

- And you ran.

Not very
community-minded of you.

- I agree, it was cowardly
and I regret it hugely.

- I wish I had a better
excuse but I was scared.

- Hi Freya.

Saw you with Harry.

He's a bit young
for you, isn't he?

- Heads together,
hands touching.

- So you're stalking me now.

- You lied to me.

- I said I was going to work.

That's where I've been,
I've done nothing wrong.

I'm not going anywhere.

Harry just needed
someone to talk to.

- The uniform were on
the scene in minutes.

They said there was no sign
of the clown last night.

Over there, get after
him, I'll call for backup.

Hey!

(anxious mid tempo
ensemble music)

Always wanted to get
to know you better but

you know, your dad, stubborn.

Freya was telling me you've got
big plans to go on your own.

A more commercial
touring enterprise.

I assume that's gonna
need some investment.

- Yeah well I shouldn't
have said anything.

I had too much to drink.

- Well I've got no children.

You get your dad to
sign the land over to me

and I'll fund your
project, simple as that.

- You want me to
betray my father?

- He's not worthy of
your loyalty, believe me.

- Well the answer's no.

- Harry, wait.

Harry.

Harry.

Look.

I just want a chance
to tell you my

side of the story,
that's all I ask okay?

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Five minute call, guys.

You said
it was a sellout.

- It was but

people are nervous.

We just need to build up
the public confidence.

- I still think
we should cancel.

The police have
given us permission

to reopen and this
is for your charity.

- I have to put my
reputation first.

This is already
damaging business.

- Someone is trying
to destroy me.

I really need your support,
please Ashley, please.

The local press are
in, now you volunteer

for the first act and you're
bound to make the front page.

Any publicity is good publicity.

- I'll keep up the
pretense for one more night

as a favor, then
you're on your own.

- The Denton Trust is a charity

that I am very
proud to represent.

So thank you all, ladies
and gentlemen for coming

and a special thank
you to Ashley Denton

for his unfailing support.

Ashley Denton,
ladies and gentlemen.

But first ladies and gentlemen,

our Cuban Casanova

and illusionist extraordinaire,

the cruel

Raoul Delgado.

(festive Spanish
style ensemble music)

- Thank you, ladies
and gentlemen

and now for the most terrifying

and dangerous part of the show.

For those of you with
a nervous disposition,

I suggest that you leave now.

I need a volunteer.

Who is brave enough?

No one?

One of you out there must
have nerves of steel.

- I'll do it.

If everyone donates
what they can,

I promise to match the total.

Mr. Ashley Denton,
ladies and gentlemen.

I don't understand.

They're the same
blades I always use.

- They're not real,
they're fake knives.

- So you're saying that someone
tampered with them then?

- How well did you
know Ashley Denton?

- Oh no no no, I don't
know Ashley Denton.

I don't know anything
about any of this.

I'm shocked like everyone else.

- I got the knives from the
prop table like I always do.

- So there was nothing
different about tonight?

- No.

Except it should have
been Joe in the box.

- He volunteers every time,
it's never an audience member.

- That was dad's
idea, he was telling

Ashley it would be
good for publicity.

He was my friend.

- A friend who was about to

withdraw his support
and sponsorship.

- Why did you suggest
that he volunteer?

- Your son.

- Well I thought Ashley would
enjoy being in the spotlight.

That it might change his
mind about pulling out.

- But you think you were
the intended victim.

- Any enemies who
might wish you harm?

- No.

- Well we haven't seen eye
to eye for over 30 years.

If he'd wanted to kill me,
he'd have done it years ago.

Two murders
at the circus,

Terry Bellini and Ashley Denton.

- With Joe Ferabbee seemingly
the intended victim.

- Although Ashley was threatened
the night before he died.

- By our illusive clown who's

still out there
somewhere minus a shoe.

Denton was caught on
CCTV on the afternoon

of Terry Bellini's
murder in the same area

that paraffin soap
rags were found.

Was he planning to
set the place on fire

or is Joe Ferabbee
our arch

He was angry at Terry's
betrayal and he suggested Ashley

Denton swap places with him,
resulting in Ashley' death.

- The rags could
be down to him too.

We know that the circus is
in financial difficulty.

Insurance fraud would
secure the circus' future.

- Check whether he's made any
recent changes to the policy.

We need to investigate
any links between

Curtis Ferabbee,
Denton and the circus.

But most of all, we need
to find that missing rifle.

- Mr. Denton died
from exsanguination.

As you can see, the blade sliced

straight through
his abdominal aorta.

He didn't stand a chance.

- Unlike the other trick knives,

the mechanism was locked
to prevent retraction.

As for the blade itself, it
was sharpened like a razor.

You can still see microscopic

traces of stone dust
on the leading edge.

- That you might
find if it had been

sharpened on an
industrial whetstone?

- Precisely.

- Ours isn't the only
whetstone in Midsomer.

Why would I want
Joe Ferabbee dead?

The circus is one of
our regular customers.

- I'm surprised Curtis agreed to

supply him, given their history.

- It was his way of
getting his own back.

Take some money off him.

- So you're aware of Curtis'

deep-rooted animosity
towards Joe.

- You said you owed
Curtis everything.

How far would you
go to prove that?

- Bumping people off isn't

in the job
description, Inspector.

This isn't Sicily.

- Who else has access
to the whetstone?

- No one.

- The Abattoir's locked
and it's alarmed.

Well who has keys?

- Curtis, Freya

and me.

- Bravo.

You know for a moment I
felt I was in Germany again

watching your aunt Elsa, she
was just so graceful, fearless.

You're just like her.
- That's what mom says.

- You've got her talent.

- I'm flattered but--

- You're more than capable
of performing the drop

that made her famous.

No one's done that for years.

- It's in our DNA to push
ourselves higher, faster.

To take those risks
that no one else can.

- Yeah, calculated,
not suicidal.

I'm nowhere near ready.

- I think you are ready.

- I looked into the
circus insurance

and their current
policy has lapsed.

So there's no financial
incentive for arson
on Joe's part.

- Yeah.

I did some more digging
into the Ferabbee brothers.

I found this.

When their father died,
he promised to leave

everything to Curtis
but there was no will,

so the estate
reverted to both sons.

- Curtis wouldn't be
too happy about that.

- And according to this,

Curtis was in league
with Ashley Denton

to get the circus
evicted from the land.

He'd
acquired a considerable

amount of land
bordering the estate.

- I can't believe he
bought it to protect

the hedge rows and
endangered bird life.

We should talk to Joe Ferabbee.

- Point those fingers,
let's see those shapes.

That's it, you can smile.

That's it, right.

Here it comes

and

yes!

Perfect, you see you can do it.

Make the audience believe
you're gonna fall.

- Trying something new.

- The Silken Noose.

You're not seriously
suggesting...

You know how dangerous that is.

- Daniella, she's ready,
you should be proud.

- It's gonna happen again.
- Don't worry.

It is perfectly safe.
- No.

Joe, you're under
a lot of stress,

you're not thinking straight.

Joe, I'm begging you,
that's me daughter.

- Yeah, she's your daughter
and you both work for me.

Where the hell have you been?

- I don't have to
answer to you anymore.

- Do you know the police
think I've got something

to do with all this because
of what you told them?

- I told them the truth.

- This your way of getting
your own back, is it?

- You want to destroy this
circus like everyone else.

- No, you did all
that on your own.

But you just can't see it.

I did everything I
can to support you.

At least my uncle is prepared
to invest in my idea.

- Curtis.

He told me everything dad,
so don't try and stop me.

I really don't know
how you sleep at night.

- We need a word, Mr. Ferabbee.

- I've just been to see Freya.

- Just wanted to make
sure she was okay.

- She and I used to be so close.

I just thought she'd
want some support.

- Oh that's nice,
we'll I'm here now.

- All right.

- You really think that I killed

Ashley Denton because
of a land dispute?

What can you
tell us about that?

- Well I knew that Curtis
was intent on evicting us

from the estate by any means
possible but I had no idea

he had the power of the
Parish Council behind him.

- You believed Ashley
was on your side?

- Until last night, yes.

His death had nothing
to do with me.

In fact, I am clearly the victim

of a concerted hate campaign.

You should be
investigating that.

- Dad.

I just found this in my wagon.

- So,

when were you gonna tell me?

I found this flight
reference number in your bag.

You said you'd never leave me.

- I just, I needed a break.

- Yeah, in San
Francisco on your own?

- Yeah.
- I don't believe you.

If you leave now,

you get nothing, I'll
make sure of that.

No, give me your phone.

Now.

And I'm locking all
the bank accounts!

You're not gonna steal
any more of my money!

Hello?

Mostyn?

- He died of CO2 poisoning.

Large exposures lead to toxicity

of the nervous system and heart.

With this concentration,

he'd have been unconscious
after two or three breaths

and dead in under three minutes.

He also has severe bruising
to the head and shoulder area

here and here, consistent
with a fall from some height.

A pretty grisly end.
- That's an understatement.

- On a lighter note,
the clown shoe.

We found deposits on the
toe cap and on the sole,

possibly blood but
they were contaminated.

A specialist lab might get
us more conclusive results.

- Keep me updated.

Mr. Cartwright.
- Sir.

- You said before that the
gassing system is automated.

What happens when it's complete?

- There's a door
on the other side.

The pig rolls down
and a robot come

and lifts it onto the
overhead storage system.

- So once the system
is set in motion,

there's no human
involvement in the process?

- The future, Inspector.

Curtis was all for it.

- Can you talk me through
the security system?

- State of the art.

It's all monitored
by the security firm.

They get an alert if
it's been triggered.

- And Curtis would have
disabled it on entry.

- But an intruder wouldn't.

- Yeah.

We have a problem with vermin.

We don't set the central motion

sensor if the
Ferabbee's are at home.

Except in the office
and the storeroom.

- Get in touch with
the alarm company.

See if the alarm was
triggered yesterday

evening and if so, why
there was no response.

- The number's on
the box over there.

(soft anxious
guitar, violin tones)

- Ow.

- Sir.

The alarm company received
an alert yesterday at 16:58.

They called Mr. Ferabbee and he

said that he was
dealing with it.

- So either this
was a freak accident

or he was deliberately
forced over this barrier.

- It seems Mostyn's
got a serious form.

Youth offender for armed
robbery and aggravated assault.

- It doesn't look like it.

- We need to know everyone who
benefits from Curtis' death.

Mind that oil.

Did your mother never tell you
to look where you're going?

You weren't concerned when
Curtis didn't come home?

- He often worked late.

Slept in the spare room.

- So this man who kept
tabs on your every move

could disappear for 12
hours straight without

a call or a text to
confirm where you were?

- He knew I'd be home.

- The alarm went off
around five o'clock,

didn't you hear it?
- Yes.

I mean it wasn't on for long.

I just assumed that Mostyn
or Curtis turned it off.

- And you were at
home all day, alone?

- Daniella came around
to see if I was okay.

She left.

I went for a walk.

- You told me things weren't

always easy between
you and your husband.

- We were dealing with it.

- How about the last
time you saw him?

- Everything,

everything was fine.

- And you were here all
evening, after your walk?

- Yes.

I told you.

- No.

- That was the Solicitor.

Freya Ferabbee inherits
the house and the assets.

Mostyn gets the Abattoir.

- All farmland reverts
to surviving brother.

Joe gets just what he wanted.

You think we need to
go and talk to him?

- No, we need to find Daniella.

Make sure Freya is
telling the truth.

- It's DS Winter.

Oh, I was looking
for your mother.

- She's out.

- Well maybe you can help,
is it all right if I come in?

I just wanted to confirm her
movements yesterday afternoon.

- She went to see Freya.

- And then she came home,
we had dinner, that's it.

- You seem a little,
a little on edge.

- A couple of days ago I found

Mostyn Cartwright in our wagon.

- I knew he had a record,
he could lose his job.

- Right.

- I like to give everyone
the benefit of the doubt but

they don't always deserve it.

- Mostyn's delivery
schedule for the past month.

- It places Mostyn
at the circus on

the day that Daniella's
jewelry was stolen,

the day that Harry's
note was found

and the days that Terry
and Ashley were murdered.

- That's a lot of coincidences.

- And the Land Registry
confirms that the circus

land contains all the
access roads and services

that Ashley Denton needed
to secure his development.

- How far would
somebody go to stop it?

- See those bruises
on his torso?

They're more consistent with
severe blunt force trauma

than a fall and I found metal
splinters in both hands.

- The trolley, we need to
get back to the Abattoir.

- But I've got news
on the clown shoe.

- Unless it's got something
to do with the murder

investigation, I really
don't want to know.

- You'll want to know this.

The sample from the
toe cap is pigs blood.

- Check the sample
against the blood used on

the notes to Ashley
Denton and Harry Ferabbee.

- I might, if you say please.

- Please.

No sign
of Mostyn, sir.

We've circulated
his description.

- Mostyn claimed that the
central Abattoir alarm

wasn't usually set, only the
office and the storerooms.

- So the intruder
would only trigger

the alarm if they entered
one of those zones.

Exactly.

- Which according to this,

it was the office, the
storerooms and the cellar.

- Mostyn didn't
show us a cellar.

- I think the cellar's
over here, sir.

- It looks like we've
found our thief at least.

Let's see what else we can find.

- Oh my God.

- No wonder he didn't
want us to see this.

It's like something out
of a Hammer horror film.

Before your time.

Everything's before your time.

- Thanks, there's
no sign of him sir.

There are only two roads that
lead out of Swynton Magna.

- What's the most
fundamental skill

a training police
officer has to acquire?

- Observation.

See anything familiar?
- Oil.

- It's not Hansel
and Gretel, sir.

- It's all we've got.

- Yeah, great.

Thanks Fleur.

- There he is.

- The pig's blood on the shoe

is a perfect match
for the notes.

Okay.

- Put the gun down, Mostyn.
- Back away from me.

I'll use it.

- We found the cellar you
didn't want us to see.

Put it down.

- You lied about everything,
the truth this time.

- I did it for Curtis.

He needed me to help him.

- Ashley wanted the circus land.

He came up with a plan
to turn all the locals

against them so he could
get what he wanted.

- So Ashley made you
dress up like a clown

to scare people,
to cause trouble.

- Was it you who planned
to set fire to the circus?

- I thought that'd nail it.

When I told Ashley I'd got
it all sorted, he went mad.

- So he went back there
to remove the evidence.

- When Terry was shot,

he had to make himself scarce.

- Just give me the
gun Mostyn, come on.

Come on.

Is this Curtis' rifle?

Did you kill Terry Bellini?

- No.

That's my rifle.

I use it for shooting vermin.

- There's a black market
for fermented blood

and dried pigs intestines.

- Black pudding.

Old school.

Listen, there's loads of red
tape around raw food products.

I'd fail the Health and Safety.

- You do surprise me.

- I was there, I
couldn't help meself.

Look, do you really
think I'd kill

the only man who
ever had faith in me?

I loved Curtis.

More than his wife
ever did anyway.

- She was gonna leave him.

I heard 'em arguing
the day he died.

- Sir,

Freya's not here but I
had a quick look around.

Found this taped
to the underside

of a drawer in her bedroom.
- Get it checked out ASAP.

And there's something else.

It's definitely the missing gun,

I checked the serial number.

- How did it get back here and
why would anyone return it?

- I was looking for Freya.

I came to pay my respects.

Not to claim
your inheritance?

- Your

brother's death is convenient,

given your historical dispute

and to your advantage,
we understand

all the land reverts to you now.

- To my advantage, do
you really think so?

When Harry got that note,

I realized that he mattered
to me more than anything else.

I'd got it wrong.

I was gonna sell
Curtis the land,

rebuild my relationship
with my brother

and now he's, he's gone forever.

He always said he
hated the circus.

But he loved it
as much as I did.

- You were two boys
living on a farm.

Why the circus?

- One night my
father went too far.

My mother couldn't
take it anymore.

I just ran, I had to get away.

Go!

Go!

Go!

Wow.

And that was it, I left
the farm without a word.

I ran away to the circus.

- But you never came
back for Curtis.

- I just wanted to pretend
that that part of my life

hadn't happened, just sort
of dismiss it as a nightmare.

- A nightmare your brother
was left to live alone.

- I was gonna ask
him to forgive me.

Not that I deserve it.

And now it's too late.

Can you feel the
earth moving, my darling?

Quite a temper
you've got there.

- He deserved it.

I just wish I'd hit him harder.

- With the same
impulsive violence

that caused your
husband's death?

- That wasn't me.

- I'm trying to conduct an

interview here Mr.
Morrison, thank you.

Hold on, hold on.

The calls made from
Freya Ferabbee's secret

mobile were all made
to a number registered

to a Mr. Ray Dawkins
from Dunstan.

That's you isn't it, Raoul?

- Used to be.

We got a problem with that?

- You were sick of Curtis
controlling your life.

You had to kill him before he
shut down your escape route.

- No, I went for a walk,
went home and stayed there.

We only have
your word for that.

- Ray Dawkins has two wives

and three other women suing
him for child support.

- I'm the victim here, you're
treating me like a criminal.

- Polygamy is a
crime, Mr. Dawkins.

You made Freya think that
you wanted to spend the rest

of your life with her, that
you were free to marry.

- She didn't need
much persuading.

- All you were really
interested in was the money

that she'd been transferring
from Mr. Ferabbee's

personal and business accounts
which Curtis discovered

along with your plan to
leave the night he died.

- You win some, you lose some.

- Take them both to the station.

Get off my jacket.

- Ray Dawkins in a
manipulative liar but

I don't see him as a murderer.

- Freya has motive and no alibi
but we need hard evidence.

- The uniform matched the
inventory of everything reported

stolen against a list of items
was found in Mostyn's bag.

Everything was accounted for

except Daniella's
missing locket.

- Why isn't the locket
with everything else?

- Maybe it was pawned.

- It's unlikely, Daniella said
it was only valuable to her.

We know that Sophia suspected
Mostyn of being the thief.

Did she tell her mother?

- You think maybe
one of them went

back to the Abattoir
to look for it?

You again.

Come on.

- I just wanted a
photo of us together.

Terry had eternalized us.

I thought Daniella might've got

rid of 'em all after
what I told her.

- Something

personal, nothing to
do with any of this.

Ancient history.

Let's go, all right
mate, all right.

- Come on.
- Yeah, yeah.

- Two hearts that beat
as one, this is Elsa's.

Everything is about Elsa.

This puts Daniella
at the Abattoir.

She must have
discovered Mostyn's bag.

- We need to find her.

Check out the Big Top,
I'll try the box office.

She's not here, sir.

- Go and stand in the
ring where Terry was shot.

Daniella.

- Daniella.

We just want to talk to you.

- Come down Daniella, please.

- Daniella, come down.

- Daniella, we just
need to talk to you.

Three people have
died Daniella, why?

- Terry didn't do the safety
checks the day Elsa died.

He was too busy screwing
one of his dancers.

Les told me a few days ago.

I couldn't let that go.

- He killed my sister.

So when Les told me about his

plan to shoot Terry with blanks,

I had to take it further.

- And Ashley, that was you too.

Ashley
was a mistake.

That knife was meant for you.

- For...

Why?

You've always been my friend.
- And I thought you were mine.

But now I know our friendship's
based purely on guilt.

It's your job to supervise
the safety checks,

your name on the insurance,
it was your signature

on the safety log the
day Elsa died, the day I

almost died even though you
knew it hadn't been done!

How could you do that?

- You falsified the evidence
to protect your star.

- No, no.

To protect the circus.

We'd have been ruined
if it had come out.

Ferabbee's is my life, I
couldn't just let it die.

- No, there was nothing
you wouldn't do to keep

it going including risking
my daughter's life!

What had he ever done to you?
- Nothing.

Nothing at all.

- Finally I had a chance to be

the brother that
Curtis deserved.

To make up for
all this lost time

and you stole that from me.

- Just like you
stole Elsa from me.

Hurts,

doesn't it?

- You took Curtis' rifle,
then returned it, how?

- He almost caught me.

I wish he had.

He thought I'd gone

but I couldn't risk
leaving the rifle.

I walked back to the trailer,
then I heard them arguing.

I took my chance.

On the way home, I
had to avoid Mostyn.

Sophia told me she'd
found Mostyn in our wagon,

that he was carrying that bag.

- You thought that
he was the thief

and that the bag might
contain Elsa's locket.

- And I knew I didn't
have much time but still

I had to see if it was
in there and it was.

Hello?

Mostyn?

Hello?

It was an accident.

- Mom, please don't.

- Elsa lost her life this way.

She wouldn't want that for you.

For Sophia.

- Mom, please come down.

Mom.

- Sweetheart.

You.

Come on,
come on, come on.

- No!

Okay.

All right sir,
well I'll see you tomorrow.

- Stay for a drink, I think
we could both do with one.

Betty, hello.
- Hello, daddy.

- Fleur, I wasn't
expecting to see you.

- Hi.

So you know that Betty
wants clowns for her

birthday party next week,
I know you're not keen.

So I was going to say no--
- So I suggested you try

some aversion
therapy beforehand.

- Hey hey.
- Come on, guys.

- There we go.

- Patty's more scared
of clowns than I am.

- Told you, you should
have had his balls removed.

- Clowns in my house.

- They're here now.

You might as well give it a go.

Woo hoo.

- Go on, sir.

You can do it.

- Only if Patty does it with me.

Come on, good boy.

Come on.

It's kill or cure.

Send in the clowns.