- 5 months ago
First broadcast 23rd/30th July/6th August 1985.
Eleanor Samson, an opera star, is Taggart's main suspect in the murder of her husband's mistress.
Mark McManus - DCI Jim Taggart
Alastair Duncan - DS Peter Livingstone (as Neil Duncan)
Isla Blair - Eleanor Samson
Martin Cochrane - John Samson
Danny Hignett - Graeme Samson
Andrew Keir - Frank Mullholland
Brenda Haldane - Kirsty King
Jimmy Martin - Mr. King
Ken Stott - Dr. MacNaughten
Ian McCulloch - Donald Martin
Leigh Biagi - Alison Taggart
Harriet Buchan - Jean Taggart
Iain Anders - Supt. Jack McVitie
Robert Robertson - Dr. Stephen Andrews
Ronnie Letham - Keith Brennan
Katherine Stark - Lilly Brennan
Dorothy Paul - Olive McQueen
Douglas Sannachan - Jimmy Petrie
Eileen Nicholas - Dorothy Milner
Alyxis Daly - Mrs. Marr (as Alexis Daly)
Jonathan Battersby - Mr. Donaldson
Derek Anders - Ted Maxwell
Trudy Kelly - Mrs. Petrie
Eileen Nicholas - Dorothy Milner
Ian McCulloch - Donald Martin
Carol Burns - Molly Barron
Lillian Welsh - Sheena Morrison
Alyxis Daly - Mrs. Marr (as Alexis Daly)
Bill Denniston - Mr. Marr
Bill Barclay - Hairdresser
Michael Breck - Mr. Pearson
Eleanor Samson, an opera star, is Taggart's main suspect in the murder of her husband's mistress.
Mark McManus - DCI Jim Taggart
Alastair Duncan - DS Peter Livingstone (as Neil Duncan)
Isla Blair - Eleanor Samson
Martin Cochrane - John Samson
Danny Hignett - Graeme Samson
Andrew Keir - Frank Mullholland
Brenda Haldane - Kirsty King
Jimmy Martin - Mr. King
Ken Stott - Dr. MacNaughten
Ian McCulloch - Donald Martin
Leigh Biagi - Alison Taggart
Harriet Buchan - Jean Taggart
Iain Anders - Supt. Jack McVitie
Robert Robertson - Dr. Stephen Andrews
Ronnie Letham - Keith Brennan
Katherine Stark - Lilly Brennan
Dorothy Paul - Olive McQueen
Douglas Sannachan - Jimmy Petrie
Eileen Nicholas - Dorothy Milner
Alyxis Daly - Mrs. Marr (as Alexis Daly)
Jonathan Battersby - Mr. Donaldson
Derek Anders - Ted Maxwell
Trudy Kelly - Mrs. Petrie
Eileen Nicholas - Dorothy Milner
Ian McCulloch - Donald Martin
Carol Burns - Molly Barron
Lillian Welsh - Sheena Morrison
Alyxis Daly - Mrs. Marr (as Alexis Daly)
Bill Denniston - Mr. Marr
Bill Barclay - Hairdresser
Michael Breck - Mr. Pearson
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00:00:00More coming in now!
00:00:30That's what I'm proud of!
00:00:37And for me now, I will hear the sound.
00:00:45Sento un aspetto pien di desir, cura il rivetto, cura il margir, cielo e poi sento l'alma vampar.
00:01:09In un momento torno a gelar, ricerco un bene fuori di me, non so chi è, non so come me.
00:01:33In un momento torno a gelar, ricerco un bene fuori di me, non so come me.
00:01:40Non c'è la pace, non vedete, ma pur mi piace, non per così.
00:01:51Voi che sapete che cosa è amore, dove vedete si allò nel cuore.
00:02:09Donde vedete si allò nel cuore.
00:02:18Donde vedete si allò nel cuore.
00:02:26Donde vedete si allò nel cuore.
00:02:56Non so se vuoi?
00:02:57No, non so se vuoi.
00:02:59Non so se vuoi.
00:03:01Non so.
00:03:02Non so se vuoi?
00:03:04Voi vieni a vedere, e poi vieni a vedere.
00:03:06We've got to go on the ground.
00:03:36Please hold on.
00:03:37Yes! Come on, Graham!
00:03:45Come on, Bob.
00:03:46Come on, Bob.
00:03:47There you go!
00:03:49Come on, Bob.
00:03:51Come on, Bob.
00:03:53Come on, Bob.
00:04:01Huh.
00:04:02Nice shirt.
00:04:06Good luck, son.
00:04:11Can you come for the kickoff?
00:04:13I'll play it, lad.
00:04:14I'll play it, lad.
00:04:15I'll play it.
00:04:16Bye, Jamie.
00:04:29Mrs. Tackett.
00:04:31It was wonderful of you to do it.
00:04:33I hope the programme was what everyone wanted.
00:04:35I'm sure it was.
00:04:36It's always the biggest problem.
00:04:38Um, this is my husband, Jim.
00:04:41Hello.
00:04:42How do you do?
00:04:44I enjoyed it.
00:04:46Thank you for saying so.
00:04:48Tom, hello.
00:04:51I don't think you know Tom Pottinger.
00:04:53Oh.
00:04:54He's producing our Figaro.
00:04:56How do you do?
00:04:59Goodbye.
00:05:02Oh, darling.
00:05:03Hello.
00:05:04Hello.
00:05:05I'll see you tomorrow, Tom.
00:05:07Oh, help me escape.
00:05:09Singing may be an art, but so is getting away.
00:05:11When did he come up?
00:05:12Last night.
00:05:13I was in Edinburgh.
00:05:14Guest around or to dinner.
00:05:16Bit stuffy, but...
00:05:17We had a match.
00:05:18Against Shawcross Academy.
00:05:20Leave one.
00:05:24Is that yours?
00:05:25Well, I'm not about to steal it.
00:05:27Can I drive it?
00:05:28I haven't passed your test yet.
00:05:30I'll be careful.
00:05:33Go on.
00:05:35I know it wasn't your kind of music,
00:05:37but you could have tried to look interested.
00:05:39I came, didn't I?
00:05:40And I wish you'd get out of the habit of pushing me.
00:05:43Sorry.
00:05:49What's that?
00:05:50Your grandfather's new hobby?
00:05:52The boat.
00:05:54It stands.
00:06:01Are you sure you want to see Grandpa first?
00:06:03Yes.
00:06:04Why?
00:06:06Is it because your father's here as well?
00:06:10Yes.
00:06:12I want to see him too, Graham.
00:06:15I still love your father.
00:06:17He's changed.
00:06:19Well, that can only be for the better.
00:06:28How was the tour?
00:06:29Oh, the usual.
00:06:31This is Tuesday.
00:06:32It must be Frankfurt.
00:06:33Absolutely exhausting.
00:06:35You're looking well.
00:06:36Oh, I don't feel so bad.
00:06:39This, still your favourite?
00:06:40As long as you don't let Dr. McNaughton see it.
00:06:43What does he say these days?
00:06:45Oh.
00:06:46No excitement sums it up.
00:06:50How's the phone?
00:06:53John looks after it now.
00:06:56Do you still get out shooting together?
00:06:57Of course.
00:06:58Going to be a good season.
00:07:00Ah, hello, Graham.
00:07:02Grandpa.
00:07:04How long are you home for?
00:07:06Five weeks.
00:07:08Mum, there's something you should know before you meet Dad.
00:07:11Well, that's fine.
00:07:12He'll be able to explain how.
00:07:13That's the kind of pub I'd like to have in Devon.
00:07:29The 16th century beam dispatch room.
00:07:31You know, that beam was so hard you could even knock a nail into it.
00:07:35I took that with a new 1,000 ASA phone.
00:07:38Keep the time.
00:07:39All right, sir.
00:07:40On your way, you lot.
00:07:43Time you were in your bed.
00:07:45You want to drink till midnight.
00:07:46There are plenty of places.
00:07:48Some of us need our beauty sleep.
00:07:51Hamish was telling me he's leaving Glasgow.
00:07:53The fine work.
00:07:54Soon be none of the old crowd left.
00:07:56We're all fed up with you and your camera.
00:07:59Come on now, please.
00:08:00Move outside.
00:08:02Do your talking as you're walking.
00:08:04Come on, boys.
00:08:05Come on, Tim.
00:08:06You finish this game, boys.
00:08:07Come on.
00:08:08We should go, too.
00:08:09Well, we're not.
00:08:10This is prime building land.
00:08:11I mean, they're developing everything else in the area.
00:08:26I'm not selling the pub.
00:08:35Come on.
00:08:36Come on.
00:08:37That's all right.
00:08:38Graham's gone out.
00:08:39What about her?
00:08:40She doesn't stay here every night.
00:08:49That's all right.
00:08:50Graham's gone out.
00:08:51What about her?
00:08:52She doesn't stay here every night.
00:09:05Have you had breakfast?
00:09:06Yes.
00:09:08May I sit down?
00:09:09Sure.
00:09:12The season's started.
00:09:17Well.
00:09:19This is all very smart.
00:09:21Yes.
00:09:22We're nearly finished.
00:09:30I'm sorry it was a shock for you.
00:09:32What else did you think it would be?
00:09:35All right.
00:09:36So I'm the insensitive one again.
00:09:37At least we have all morning to talk it over, can't we?
00:09:40I've got to be in rehearsal for half an hour.
00:09:42You come up here.
00:09:43You can't even take time off to discuss our future.
00:09:46Don't let's start chatting with each other.
00:09:49It mustn't stray my voice.
00:09:51The number of times I have backed down in arguments
00:09:54to save your precious voice.
00:09:56Where did you meet her?
00:09:57Page three?
00:09:58No, she worked for Maxwell.
00:10:01The builder?
00:10:02Office work.
00:10:04Now she's with me.
00:10:05Has been for three months.
00:10:09Come on.
00:10:10We've tried.
00:10:11I don't know how many times in six years.
00:10:14The trouble is you'll never be able to stay long enough.
00:10:17I'm here for five weeks.
00:10:19Great.
00:10:20Oh, John, please.
00:10:22Stop always making it seem my fault.
00:10:25I've decided I want a divorce.
00:10:30Why?
00:10:31So you can marry her?
00:10:32So I can be free to if I want.
00:10:34A counsellor with a wife who looks like a bunny girl could prove a disadvantage.
00:10:43Well, I'd sooner have one who's with me than one who isn't.
00:10:46And what about Graham?
00:10:47I don't suppose you thought of his feelings?
00:10:49Did you?
00:10:51When he was ten years old and you chose your career.
00:10:54At least I have been here.
00:10:57Oh, why the boat?
00:10:59To impress her?
00:11:00No.
00:11:01We're going cruising tomorrow for a couple of weeks.
00:11:04Well, I hope you have a wonderful time.
00:11:19Hurry back.
00:11:20I'll try, but these planning meetings can drag on.
00:11:23I thought we would put the groceries in these cupboards and we can use these ones for...
00:11:29You're not listening to me.
00:11:31Sorry?
00:11:32Listen, I've got it, Josh.
00:11:40Kiss?
00:11:57Am I a candidate?
00:11:58What for?
00:11:59That hospice you're setting up.
00:12:02You're not incurable.
00:12:05You're just incorrigible.
00:12:08I think you take up a less strenuous sport.
00:12:12Like fishing.
00:12:13First two signs of insanity.
00:12:15Talking to yourself and going fishing.
00:12:20How long have I got?
00:12:21Ten years.
00:12:22Ten years.
00:12:24Or ten weeks.
00:12:25It's up to you.
00:12:27Your father was just the same as you.
00:12:29Always trying to spoil my fun as well.
00:12:31Try and think of your heart as an elderly dog, Frank.
00:12:34It needs plenty of rest.
00:12:35Not pulling around all over the place.
00:12:37I blame Kathy.
00:12:38Twenty-six years of puddings.
00:12:40If she hadn't died, I would have...
00:12:45I read Eleanor's home.
00:12:47Yes.
00:12:48I'll be a bit of company for you.
00:12:50Won't see that much of her.
00:12:51I'm a hotel.
00:12:52That's all.
00:12:53I think it would be a right shame if you sold the pub.
00:12:54Can you see me living anywhere else?
00:12:55No, I'm not going to.
00:12:56Will you be wanting me at lunchtime today?
00:12:57No.
00:12:59No thank you.
00:13:05I'll be quite sure.
00:13:07If you sold the pub.
00:13:11I think it would be a right shame if you sold the pub.
00:13:15Can you see me living anywhere else?
00:13:18No.
00:13:19Well, you been wanting me at lunchtime today?
00:13:22No thanks.
00:13:25Provided Keith doesn't take all morning.
00:13:28It's just that I could always use the money, you know.
00:13:30He'll send him out to do the messages and he takes half the day.
00:13:33He wouldn't think we had a place to run.
00:13:35My Gerald was like that.
00:13:37He'll send him out for a packet of biscuits and he'll land up in the betting shop.
00:13:41Keith's not a betting man.
00:13:42Oh, they can ask that.
00:13:44Uh-huh.
00:13:45I'd know as soon as Keith started anything.
00:13:55Oh, my God.
00:14:25Come on, son.
00:14:55Come on.
00:14:59Come on.
00:15:01Come on.
00:15:02Come on.
00:15:03Come on.
00:15:04Come on.
00:15:05Come on.
00:15:05Hey, Keith.
00:15:07Oh, thank you.
00:15:20Must be a fire somewhere.
00:15:23Yes, I had some sirens a while ago.
00:15:26Probably somebody's chip pan.
00:15:32Well, uh, there's a suit for me.
00:15:35These are for the wife.
00:15:37Oh, and, uh...
00:15:40What have you been photographing?
00:15:42Oh, just places of interest, architecture,
00:15:47all sorts of things.
00:16:07What's McVitie doing here?
00:16:18New supermarket.
00:16:19Ah, nice to feel trusted, eh?
00:16:22Good morning, sir.
00:16:23Morning, Jim.
00:16:24I've heard of funding your boats.
00:16:25Yes, but not on dry land.
00:16:27The boat is in the cabin.
00:16:29It's not a pretty sight.
00:16:31We're not here for the scenery.
00:16:33The boat is in the cabin.
00:16:35It's not a pretty sight.
00:16:37We'll go here for the scenery.
00:16:39I've heard of it.
00:16:40I've heard of it.
00:16:42I've heard of it.
00:16:44Fine, where you put your feet in the structure of the bridge.
00:16:46Juste, eh, I've heard of it.
00:16:50I've heard of it.
00:16:53Puginistic pose.
00:17:08Contraction of the muscles causes it.
00:17:13Puginistic pose.
00:17:23Sex?
00:17:34Not before breakfast.
00:17:37Who reported the fire?
00:17:39Well, the neighbours.
00:17:40Who was the guy alongside the boat?
00:17:42Frank Mulholland. He lives here.
00:17:44Do you know who Frank Mulholland is, Jim?
00:17:47He's the father of Eleanor Sampson, the singer.
00:17:53What were those lacerations around the neck?
00:18:05Splits.
00:18:06Caused by contraction of the skin.
00:18:08There was one in particular on the side of the neck.
00:18:10It went at right angles to the other.
00:18:12Means nothing.
00:18:13Unless there's a fracture.
00:18:15How easy will it be to tell the cause of death?
00:18:18You really are the most impatient police officer I've worked with.
00:18:21Most of them wait until I've at least got my gloves off.
00:18:23Not easy.
00:18:26Perhaps impossible.
00:18:31I left her in the boat.
00:18:34I can only be her.
00:18:37Where did you go?
00:18:40To a planning meeting.
00:18:42I'm on the council.
00:18:44It was postponed.
00:18:48So that in the name of your company?
00:18:51Yes.
00:18:53He spoke to my father, no.
00:18:56Can I phone the hospital?
00:18:57In a minute.
00:19:00What do you think happened?
00:19:02Maybe he was trying to get on the boat.
00:19:06Did Kirsty smoke?
00:19:08Yes.
00:19:08Was the petrol can full?
00:19:12Yes.
00:19:15Would you have had any reason to open the car?
00:19:19No.
00:19:21Can I smell your hands, Mr. Samson?
00:19:23What, um, what, um, what was your relationship with this king?
00:19:38I was going to...
00:19:39I was going to marry her.
00:19:42Once Elder and I had our divorce.
00:19:49Was there anyone else in the house when you left?
00:19:53Yes, um, I talked to McNaughton.
00:19:56He was paying one of his visits.
00:19:57I just saw him this morning.
00:20:00How bad is he?
00:20:01We don't know his condition yet.
00:20:05Where was the fire?
00:20:07Did you ever meet a young lady called Kirsty King?
00:20:09Yes.
00:20:11She was, uh, John Samson's, um, how do you say, um...
00:20:14You knew the family well?
00:20:17Yes.
00:20:18Did you see her this morning?
00:20:19Uh, she was, um, having an argument with, with Eleanor.
00:20:24Do you know who she is?
00:20:25Uh, by the boat, in the drive.
00:20:28I didn't stop to interfere.
00:20:29You didn't hear anything?
00:20:31I was just going to the car.
00:20:33Well, what time was this?
00:20:34About quarter past nine.
00:20:36Where was Mr. Mulholland when you left him?
00:20:38Downstairs.
00:20:40You still haven't told me where the fire was.
00:20:43Kirsty King was found dead inside the boat.
00:20:47Shortly after you left.
00:20:49Where did you go afterwards?
00:20:51After...
00:20:52I hope I'm not suspected.
00:20:57You're one of the last three people to see the girl alive.
00:21:02I went to visit an elderly patient, Mrs. Harris.
00:21:06My receptionist will give you her address.
00:21:09What was Eleanor Samson wearing?
00:21:16Grey coat.
00:21:19Eleanor Samson's a celebrity, Jim.
00:21:26A star.
00:21:28She can't just be treated like an ordinary suspect.
00:21:31What are we, sir?
00:21:33Police are opera lovers.
00:21:35I'd like to think we can be gentlemen.
00:21:38Are you suggesting I'm not?
00:21:39Mrs. Samson?
00:22:05Yes.
00:22:06Police officers.
00:22:09We'd like to talk to you about a death that took place this morning.
00:22:12A death?
00:22:14Kirsty King.
00:22:18I have a rehearsal call.
00:22:22Mrs. Samson.
00:22:23I hate small rooms.
00:22:39Is it a phobia?
00:22:40No.
00:22:44Do I sit down?
00:22:47I'd like to make a telephone call.
00:22:52That is your right.
00:22:53Perhaps someone could make it for me.
00:22:55I want them to know why I'm late at rehearsal.
00:23:04We've met before.
00:23:06Yes.
00:23:06I'm surprised you remember me.
00:23:10You must be introduced
00:23:11to so many people.
00:23:15I didn't know you were a police officer then.
00:23:17We'll need the clothes you're wearing for forensic examination.
00:23:21Why?
00:23:21We'll get you some other clothes to wear.
00:23:23All my clothes are at my father's house.
00:23:25Inspector Taggart.
00:23:37He's recovered enough to talk, sir.
00:23:47I ought to tell you, your father's in hospital.
00:23:54Why?
00:23:54He was trying to put out a fire.
00:23:58What?
00:24:00I want to see him.
00:24:02I'm afraid that's not possible.
00:24:04Who are you to tell me I can't?
00:24:08Dr. McNawney had just gone.
00:24:10I went to the bath.
00:24:11I smelled burning.
00:24:13I looked out.
00:24:13I saw smoke.
00:24:15I rushed out.
00:24:15The boat was on fire.
00:24:17And I looked for Kirsty.
00:24:19How did you know Kirsty was in the boat?
00:24:21She was stalking it while he went to a meeting.
00:24:24You were right.
00:24:28Is she?
00:24:31Does John know?
00:24:33Yes, he does.
00:24:35I tried.
00:24:37I did try.
00:24:38Where was your daughter at the time?
00:24:40I had her drive off early.
00:24:42What time?
00:24:43I have no idea.
00:24:45She had a 2.30 rehearsal call.
00:24:49Why did she leave the house early?
00:24:50I don't think she wanted to be her own one joint.
00:24:59Ever not?
00:25:01The most unpleasant job altogether this time.
00:25:05You were right.
00:25:06Just a guess.
00:25:07One of those lacerations on the neck was a stab wound.
00:25:10Penetrated the floor of the skull and went all the way to the lower medulla.
00:25:13Which is where?
00:25:14The section of the spinal cord where it joins the brain.
00:25:19I'd say you were looking for a blade at least six and a half inches long.
00:25:23And no carbon monoxide in the blood?
00:25:25Hardly any.
00:25:27Or any soot particles in the air passages.
00:25:30So she was dead before the fire started.
00:25:33Very.
00:25:34Have you heard the fire examiner's report yet?
00:25:36You're fast.
00:25:37I hear you've got Eleanor Sampson in for questioning.
00:25:42Yeah.
00:25:43Damn good voice.
00:25:49Well, before you go,
00:25:51Mrs. Sampson has a solicitor with her.
00:25:53The opera company provided him.
00:25:55Oh, that's great, sir.
00:27:04Ambulance.
00:27:34Chief Inspector Taggart, James Donaldson.
00:27:47I've had the chance to talk to my client, and I think she's ready to answer your questions.
00:27:50So, if you'd like to proceed.
00:27:54That's very good of you.
00:28:02How's my father?
00:28:03He's fine, Mrs. Samson.
00:28:05A policewoman went to his house, brought me these.
00:28:08Let's get straight to the point.
00:28:10You were seen arguing with Kirsty King in your father's drive by the boat at 9.15 this morning.
00:28:14By whom?
00:28:15Do you deny it?
00:28:16No.
00:28:16How long were you with her?
00:28:18How should I remember? Five minutes, that's all.
00:28:20What was the argument about?
00:28:23She was trying to take my husband away from me.
00:28:26You've been separated six years?
00:28:28He's still my husband.
00:28:30Where did you go when you left her?
00:28:35I drove up into the hills.
00:28:38Found a quiet lane.
00:28:39I sat in my car for a couple of hours and had a very long cry.
00:28:44Follow her?
00:28:45I'm not in the habit of crying in company.
00:28:47Did you kill Kirsty King?
00:28:53No, really, Inspector.
00:28:54I'll ask you again.
00:28:55Did you kill Kirsty King?
00:28:56No!
00:28:57You killed her.
00:28:59Then you start with a fire to try and destroy the evidence.
00:29:03Can you prove that?
00:29:04You realise you could have killed your father?
00:29:05That question assumes my client has admitted one murder.
00:29:09A bit unfair, don't you think?
00:29:10The evidence wasn't destroyed, Mrs. Sampson.
00:29:15We know how Kirsty King died.
00:29:22We could have kept her longer.
00:29:23What was the point?
00:29:24She was taunting us.
00:29:26She could have been anyone else.
00:29:28Evening.
00:29:29What about this blazing boat then, eh?
00:29:31People around got money to burn, obviously.
00:29:34Some were born to it, Keith.
00:29:35Well, I wish I was one of them.
00:29:38Why did they want your clothes?
00:29:41Forensic evidence.
00:29:43Petrol stains.
00:29:45Dad said the fire must have been caused by petrol.
00:29:48Well, you've got nothing to worry about, Eleanor.
00:29:51I telephoned the hospital.
00:29:54They suggested I stay away until tomorrow.
00:29:57I don't think I could bear to go back to Dad's house now.
00:29:59Not often.
00:30:00No, no, no, of course you can't.
00:30:02Now, you stay here just as long as you like.
00:30:06Now, anyone else for another drink?
00:30:07No, I'm fine, thanks.
00:30:08Grandma, thanks.
00:30:10How's the bakery?
00:30:11Oh, there are quite a few things on.
00:30:13Mainly publicity work.
00:30:14One or two weddings, things like that.
00:30:17Cold dawn never changes.
00:30:19Some people don't, thank goodness.
00:30:22Mum.
00:30:26Did you kill her?
00:30:29Yes?
00:30:34Graeme Sampson.
00:30:35Yes?
00:30:36We're police officers.
00:30:37Can I see your identification, please?
00:30:40It's just that you're told you can't be too careful these days.
00:30:43We want to speak to you about yesterday morning.
00:30:45Where were you between nine and ten o'clock?
00:30:47I didn't think the police really asked questions like that.
00:30:51I skived off school.
00:30:53I was in bed until half past ten.
00:30:54Can anyone vote for that?
00:30:56No.
00:30:57Why should anyone?
00:30:59So why did you skive off?
00:31:01Who needs a reason?
00:31:03Got a girlfriend, have you?
00:31:04No.
00:31:05And why are you blushing?
00:31:07I don't know.
00:31:08How did you feel about your father, Kirsty Kane?
00:31:12She was what he wanted.
00:31:14Did you fancy her?
00:31:15No.
00:31:16Was she attractive?
00:31:18I don't know.
00:31:20How many fingers am I holding up?
00:31:23Five.
00:31:23Well, you're not blind, are you?
00:31:25Can I go?
00:31:25I've got a training session.
00:31:29Aye.
00:31:30When you go.
00:31:35Mum didn't kill her.
00:31:36I know she didn't.
00:31:40I imagine you were out of school.
00:31:43You'll try to put me down once too often.
00:31:47I don't try.
00:31:49Elna Sampson had motive, opportunity, and she has guile.
00:31:53Oh?
00:31:54In authority on women now?
00:31:56Yes.
00:32:01They did a cardiograph.
00:32:03My heart stood up.
00:32:04So should I in a couple of days.
00:32:06The police came, asking questions.
00:32:11Tell me, Eleanor wasn't anywhere near that boat.
00:32:16I don't know.
00:32:18I tried to get inside.
00:32:20I tried to save her, John.
00:32:21Yes, I know.
00:32:27My God, you have a nerve.
00:32:29Three petrol splashes on the front of the court.
00:32:55Recent.
00:32:55Octane rating?
00:32:58They're only vapors.
00:32:59They need about a bucketful before they can test for grade.
00:33:03Pity.
00:33:04If we could prove it was the same grade as was used on the boat.
00:33:09The fire report doesn't tell us much.
00:33:11Only that the fire started on the floor near the body.
00:33:13So what do you suggest we do?
00:33:19We get her in again, confront her with what we found in the coat, get her to confess, and forget that she's Elna Sampson.
00:33:26Simple as that.
00:33:34Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Spocked by Sp
00:34:34Have you got a light?
00:34:49You dropped this.
00:34:54Where did you find it?
00:34:56At the phone box.
00:34:59You are Jimmy Petrie, aren't you?
00:35:02Aye.
00:35:02You didn't mean to hurt that guy. It was an accident.
00:35:07Where were you?
00:35:12Taking photographs.
00:35:15You won't go to the police for this, will you?
00:35:17I've got plenty more.
00:35:27My name's Keith. Keith Brennan.
00:35:30So you're Jimmy Petrie?
00:35:31What's it to you?
00:35:33I thought we might be friends.
00:35:38We're waiting, Mrs. Sampson.
00:35:41Well, they could have come from when I filled up my car yesterday morning.
00:35:45What time?
00:35:47After I left my father's house.
00:35:48You said nothing about stopping at a garage.
00:35:50It didn't seem important enough to mention.
00:35:52You drive a Mercedes Sports?
00:35:57Yes.
00:35:57Which takes four star.
00:35:58The petrol used to start the fire was two star.
00:36:00Was it?
00:36:01Just like the splashes in your coat.
00:36:03Surely the petrol had evaporated.
00:36:06The vapour still remained.
00:36:07I wasn't aware that octane rating could be told from a vapour.
00:36:10Which garage did you stop at?
00:36:17Well, I can't remember the name.
00:36:19It's along the road from my son's school.
00:36:37He's very keen.
00:36:39I taught him.
00:36:40Mr. Maxwell.
00:36:53Who's asking?
00:36:54Police.
00:37:02Take a side to Livingston.
00:37:03Can we go for more quieter to talk?
00:37:08What do you want?
00:37:09It's about Kirstie King.
00:37:11Christine.
00:37:13Bad business.
00:37:14She used to work for you before she joined the CS Instruction in working with John Samson.
00:37:17That's right.
00:37:18What did she do?
00:37:19She wasn't a hot carrier.
00:37:20She answered the telephone and did a bit of filing for a bit of unwanted visitors.
00:37:28What kind of girl was she?
00:37:30Reliable.
00:37:31How did you meet her?
00:37:32She came to me for a job.
00:37:33She came to me for a job.
00:37:36Samson came along, offered her a better deal, and she went with him.
00:37:41Did she have any boyfriends, other than Samson?
00:37:43None that I knew of.
00:37:46None that you might have had a grudge against her.
00:37:50Eleanor Samson's the only person likely to have a grudge against Christine.
00:37:54That's about all I can tell you.
00:37:55Look, I haven't seen Christine for about two months.
00:38:01Will that be all?
00:38:03Yes, for the time being.
00:38:07Thanks for your help.
00:38:11Bye-bye.
00:38:12Oh, shit.
00:38:42Lily.
00:39:12So, they're letting you out tomorrow.
00:39:23Sure, my heart's not more like an elderly cat.
00:39:25Nine lives.
00:39:28Eleanor came here.
00:39:30And?
00:39:32You saw her and Kirsty.
00:39:35I was even treated as a suspect, because I was there.
00:39:39What do you think?
00:39:40I have to know.
00:39:43It's what the police make of it, Frank, not me.
00:39:46I only told them what I saw.
00:39:48It changes everything.
00:39:50Not that I was ever closer.
00:39:54Where's she staying?
00:39:55My nephew, Don.
00:39:59Am I wrong to feel how I do?
00:40:03It was 40 years ago, Frank.
00:40:06Where's Keith Lally?
00:40:07That's what I'd like to know.
00:40:09I sent her back to get some pies ages ago.
00:40:10Perhaps there's another woman.
00:40:13You should need to be desperate.
00:40:19Well, Captain Pugwash has been a naughty boy.
00:40:22Seems like it.
00:40:25Maxwell bought the boat to wreck from Cumbery Cruisers,
00:40:28and Samson headed the planning subcommittee that gave Maxwell a contract to develop the old Alderado Boremside.
00:40:32Presumably without declaring an interest.
00:40:35Isn't that against some law or other?
00:40:37Yes.
00:40:38It's called bribery.
00:40:41I wonder if Kirsty King was part of it.
00:40:43I noticed you didn't help me when I was trying to trap Mrs. Samson.
00:40:50Why should I help you?
00:40:52You've got the biscuit on your side.
00:40:54Biscuit?
00:40:56McBetty.
00:40:56If she wasn't so attractive, would you be so unhelpful?
00:41:04Now, don't you ever accuse me of that.
00:41:06It's just that I think you're pretty sure it's Eleanor Samson.
00:41:11You don't seem too anxious to prove it.
00:41:12What does your father do?
00:41:22He disappeared.
00:41:24Four years ago.
00:41:26We don't know where.
00:41:28So there's just you and your mother.
00:41:30That's right.
00:41:32Look, about those pictures, what are you going to do with them?
00:41:36Keep them.
00:41:37Photography's my hobby.
00:41:42Grand view, isn't it?
00:41:45I hate it.
00:41:48You can see more further up.
00:41:49Oh, hang on.
00:41:52It's not hard to escape, is it?
00:41:55Just walk a few streets and here you are.
00:41:59Out of it.
00:42:03I might be in a position to offer you a job.
00:42:06What sort of job?
00:42:08My wife and I run a pub.
00:42:10Or should I say, I run a pub and my wife runs me.
00:42:15I've never done bar work.
00:42:18Oh, it's no bar work.
00:42:23I want you to kill my wife.
00:42:24You must be daft or something.
00:42:35Five thousand's a lot of money.
00:42:37I don't even know your wife.
00:42:39That's not the point.
00:42:40You've got no motive.
00:42:42There's nothing to connect you with her.
00:42:44I don't even know you.
00:42:46Do you think what you could do with five thousand?
00:42:49Get away from here.
00:42:51Jimmy?
00:42:53I think you will.
00:42:56How many of these have you got?
00:42:58I told you.
00:42:59Plenty.
00:43:00Hello.
00:43:12Where's John?
00:43:14I thought I'd take you home.
00:43:16Shall we go?
00:43:17Have you arrested her yet?
00:43:21What makes you so sure we're going to?
00:43:23She was there.
00:43:24I mean, she must have been waiting for me to go.
00:43:27It's obvious, isn't it?
00:43:29Ask my father-in-law.
00:43:30She nearly killed him, too.
00:43:32Do you think he would cover up for her?
00:43:36Where did the boat come from?
00:43:41Cumbury Cruisers.
00:43:43Didn't you, um...
00:43:45Didn't you recently chair a planning subcommittee
00:43:47that gave Maxwell a contract worth two and a half million pounds?
00:43:51It was a present, and you can't prove otherwise.
00:43:55About a floating nookie worth, uh...
00:43:58What?
00:43:59Twenty thousand necker?
00:44:01The laws governing a counsellor's conduct...
00:44:03Yes, I know them.
00:44:04Did you declare your friendship with Maxwell?
00:44:06I can't remember.
00:44:07Ah, come on!
00:44:08Look, are you investigating Kirsty's murder or what?
00:44:10I've lived in this city all my life.
00:44:19I've seen the face of a change.
00:44:22Bombsites where there used to be buildings worth saving.
00:44:24Thanks to people like you!
00:44:27No.
00:44:29Was she part of the bribe?
00:44:31No, she wasn't.
00:44:33She's dead.
00:44:34My wife killed her.
00:44:35Why the hell don't you go and question her?
00:44:36You seem very anxious for us to believe that.
00:44:38And I've got a licence.
00:44:44It's the start of the season.
00:44:53Jimmy?
00:44:55Would you have a fiver?
00:44:58I'll give you it back next week.
00:45:00Oh, that'll leave me skint.
00:45:01I'll see you OK.
00:45:02You're not behind with the payments again, are you?
00:45:06I don't want them breaking the door down.
00:45:08When are we going to finish paying?
00:45:09It's got nothing to do with you.
00:45:11It's never ending.
00:45:12As long as I keep paying the interest.
00:45:15You must have paid more interest than what you first borrowed.
00:45:20We're never going to get out of this mess.
00:45:21Do you want anything from the town?
00:45:30I'm going to pick up a few more holiday brochures.
00:45:33Get me some cigarettes.
00:45:35I don't know why you want muscles.
00:45:38Do they look good?
00:45:39They'll end up looking like your father did.
00:45:42I'll need them.
00:45:47Money lenders.
00:45:47You want to get yourself a housekeeper
00:45:52instead of doing everything yourself?
00:45:53I enjoy doing things for myself.
00:45:56Get a young one.
00:45:58No excitement, remember?
00:46:06Are you still at Donald's?
00:46:08He's been good to me.
00:46:10You were always close to him.
00:46:16I was with her.
00:46:18But I didn't kill her.
00:46:20She was a sweet girl.
00:46:22John was lucky.
00:46:23John.
00:46:24You always sided with John.
00:46:26He was a good husband to you.
00:46:28I had my career.
00:46:29You put it before everybody.
00:46:31John Graham.
00:46:33Your mother.
00:46:33Don't.
00:46:34Please don't.
00:46:35By the night she died,
00:46:35you couldn't even be here
00:46:36because you were busy performing.
00:46:38Then where were you?
00:46:40With some other woman, probably.
00:46:44Sorry.
00:46:44At least I was with her when she died.
00:46:46I had to hold her hand.
00:46:48I had to tell her that you couldn't be there.
00:46:54The graft goes on.
00:46:56You know it.
00:46:59Braving a counsellor is against the law.
00:47:02Well, you lads are open to it.
00:47:03Try it and see where it gets you.
00:47:05How do you think John's father-in-law made his money?
00:47:10Back in the 60s, he was buying out his worst enemies to carve the city up.
00:47:15How long did Kirsty King work for you?
00:47:18Eight months.
00:47:18Was that all she did?
00:47:21That's my business.
00:47:22She's dead.
00:47:23And that makes it her business.
00:47:27I slept with her occasionally.
00:47:29Do you want to know dates?
00:47:31Was she part and parcel of the bribe to soften Samson?
00:47:33Of course not.
00:47:34Perhaps she wasn't meant to desert you for Samson.
00:47:36Well, not entirely.
00:47:38I didn't kill her.
00:47:39Who said you did?
00:47:40I was in my office all that morning.
00:47:45My new secretary will vouch for that.
00:47:50Aye.
00:47:53Sure she will.
00:47:56You'll be hearing from us.
00:47:57I think you're all so pure, don't you?
00:48:22Did he admit it?
00:48:24Did you think he would?
00:48:25I've just been to the hospital.
00:48:27I hope it wasn't terminal.
00:48:53Oh, no.
00:48:57Right, here they come.
00:49:00Come on.
00:49:01Let me see.
00:49:02I've got here especially early to avoid them.
00:49:18There are two kinds of life sanctions, Mrs. Samson.
00:49:25There are two kinds of life sanctions, Mrs. Samson.
00:49:30The kind you serve in prison.
00:49:34And the kind you serve out.
00:49:38There are people walking about out there today that are guilty of murder.
00:49:41All we like is the hope that one day it'll be forgotten.
00:49:52I've never known freedom.
00:49:54So your philosophy is wasted.
00:49:56Never.
00:49:57Never.
00:49:57All I have is a professional life.
00:50:01I suppose it's much the same for you.
00:50:06I have a family life.
00:50:08I tried it all though I did.
00:50:10I did.
00:50:13And I threw it away.
00:50:14Do you want him back?
00:50:27And I suppose you'd do just about anything to hold on to him.
00:50:35Tell me, do you think I killed her?
00:50:38My neighbor does.
00:50:47Neighbor?
00:50:48Neighbor.
00:50:50It means the guy you work alone with.
00:50:52How quaint.
00:50:55Mrs. Samson.
00:50:57I didn't come here to play little guessing games.
00:51:00All I want to know is, did you murder, curse the king?
00:51:04Oh.
00:51:05So this is what they call the psychological approach.
00:51:07A nice policeman.
00:51:10I don't have to be.
00:51:14Molly!
00:51:14Eleanor!
00:51:16I didn't expect to see you.
00:51:18I wasn't going to let you struggle through all this on your own.
00:51:22Oh, this is Chief Detective.
00:51:25Detective Chief Inspector Tiger.
00:51:27My agent, Molly Barron.
00:51:29Mrs. Barron.
00:51:30Is this an official visit?
00:51:33If so, aren't you supposed to work in pairs?
00:51:36You mean, like oxen?
00:51:38I do know something about procedure.
00:51:43Come off.
00:51:44How are you feeling now?
00:51:56Better.
00:51:58Take a seat.
00:52:02If the papers are to be believed, Eleanor's been tried and flung guilty already.
00:52:06We are not the papers.
00:52:08Have you told us everything about the morning of Kirsty's death?
00:52:12Why?
00:52:12Don't you believe me?
00:52:15Your daughter brought you home yesterday.
00:52:17Yes.
00:52:18Did you discuss the murder?
00:52:21No.
00:52:21We talked about the price of meat.
00:52:24Are you protecting her, Mr. Mulholland?
00:52:26From what?
00:52:27Eleanor left the house early that morning.
00:52:31How early?
00:52:34I can't remember.
00:52:36I was in bed.
00:52:38Did she come into your room?
00:52:41Yes.
00:52:42What exactly did she say?
00:52:45It's important.
00:52:46She said that she didn't want to be here when John and Kirsty came.
00:52:54Perhaps.
00:52:56Perhaps that's what she wanted you to believe.
00:52:59We know for a fact, Mr. Mulholland.
00:53:01She waited outside in her car.
00:53:08Where's the young one with the Porsche boys today?
00:53:11Bob Nobbing with a high nightie.
00:53:13Have you arrested anyone for the boat murder yet?
00:53:23We have a few ideas.
00:53:26What a name, eh?
00:53:27Kirsty King.
00:53:29Sounds like someone out of Dallas.
00:53:32Probably where she got it from.
00:53:39Kind of heavy for you.
00:53:43We broke the first rule.
00:53:45Never did caught.
00:53:46Why the hell did you say so much?
00:53:47I lost my rank.
00:53:49You've probably lost me a lot more.
00:53:55Have you spoken to Eleanor?
00:53:58No, I can't, Ted.
00:54:01Six years, she's trying to get me back.
00:54:04I don't know why.
00:54:06Must have been thousands of men who've wanted her.
00:54:09How's school, Graham?
00:54:11Fine.
00:54:11Well, they don't teach them conversation, do they?
00:54:27Am I going to see Munchie this weekend?
00:54:29You come and see me play tomorrow?
00:54:31Yeah, yeah, I'd like that.
00:54:33Fancy a beer?
00:54:34No, thanks.
00:54:35How come you never have a beer with me?
00:54:39I bet if your mother offered you one you'd accept.
00:54:41She wouldn't, would she?
00:54:42You know, son, Kirstie meant a lot to me.
00:54:57I know.
00:54:59She liked you.
00:55:02You never made the effort to like her.
00:55:04You still care more about your mother, don't you?
00:55:06Even after what she did to you?
00:55:08She did nothing to me.
00:55:10She walked out on you.
00:55:11Stop trying to turn me against her.
00:55:18You never even bring any girlfriends home.
00:55:20You're just sitting here and writing to her.
00:55:23Presumably telling her things you don't tell me.
00:55:25I like to write.
00:55:26You've been waiting long?
00:55:54No long.
00:55:55Was that her?
00:55:57That was her.
00:56:00Why do you want to kill her?
00:56:03Have you considered my offer?
00:56:06Aye.
00:56:09I'll do it.
00:56:25Don't tell her.
00:56:26Let's go, let's go.
00:56:56Let's go!
00:57:26Let's go!
00:57:56I never understood the rules of this game.
00:58:16You must save your voice, Eleanor.
00:58:19You can use that as a reason not to answer their questions.
00:58:21Molly, come on.
00:58:23They can't charge you without evidence,
00:58:25and if they had that,
00:58:25they'd have charged her already.
00:58:27What about your solicitor?
00:58:29Should I fly another one up from London?
00:58:30Molly, her solicitor's fine.
00:58:32He's very good.
00:58:33Have another piece of cake, Molly.
00:58:35Why not?
00:58:36Bunker the F-plan.
00:58:40He is a wonderful baker.
00:58:42Oh, never called him that.
00:58:43Chef confectioner.
00:58:44Eleanor, it's the police again.
00:58:56And Mrs. Sampson?
00:58:58What do you want now?
00:59:00We'd like to ask you some more questions down at the station.
00:59:02So can't you ask them here?
00:59:03I'm afraid not.
00:59:05And you are?
00:59:05I'm her cousin, Don Martin,
00:59:07and this is my flat.
00:59:09And I am Molly Barron, her agent.
00:59:11Shall I get your solicitor?
00:59:12I won't be necessary on this occasion.
00:59:14What do you mean, not necessary?
00:59:16Shall we go, Mrs. Sampson?
00:59:19Now, please.
00:59:20It's private.
00:59:36You shouldn't put in writing
00:59:37what you don't want people to read.
00:59:42Who started it?
00:59:44She did.
00:59:46Dad left her here one morning
00:59:48when he went to work.
00:59:49I stayed off school.
00:59:53Like, to tell me about her.
00:59:58Was she your first?
01:00:01Did she know that?
01:00:11Did you not feel any guilt?
01:00:14Of course I did.
01:00:18Why'd you do it?
01:00:19Do you have a question, that, eh?
01:00:25How many times?
01:00:26Five or six.
01:00:30Did you feel jealous of your father?
01:00:32Should I have?
01:00:33I want the truth, Graham.
01:00:34That is the truth.
01:00:35How'd you feel about her going away with him for two weeks?
01:00:37I was, I was pleased.
01:00:38I was, I was pleased.
01:00:40I was scared.
01:00:43She, I was confused.
01:00:45I just wanted her to go away.
01:00:50Aye.
01:00:52She did, Graham.
01:00:53Mrs. Sampson, why did you go out early that morning?
01:00:58I told you I didn't want to be in the house when they came.
01:01:01Why did he go into your father's room and tell him you were going out?
01:01:04Why shouldn't I have done?
01:01:05Because you wanted him to think you were nowhere near the house.
01:01:06Oh, rubbish.
01:01:07That's not true.
01:01:08You waited in your car.
01:01:09I changed my mind.
01:01:10I, I, I didn't want to see them together, but I, I wanted to see her, yes.
01:01:14Why, so you could kill her?
01:01:15No.
01:01:16So you just waited in your car till John had gone?
01:01:17I didn't know what I was going to do.
01:01:19Killing her was in your mind then?
01:01:20Yes, no.
01:01:21You watched it happen in advance?
01:01:22No.
01:01:25Jealousy is a natural emotion, Mrs. Sampson.
01:01:29Ununderstandable emotion.
01:01:31A court could be sympathetic.
01:01:33Yes.
01:01:34We could be sympathetic to us.
01:01:40I want to see Mr. Donaldson, my solicitor.
01:01:42You have to.
01:01:44Look, if I'd have killed, I'd have had blood on me.
01:01:48I didn't.
01:01:50Why should you have had blood on you?
01:01:52Because.
01:01:56Oh, I'm, I'm getting confused.
01:02:14Just remember, he's only 18.
01:02:23I'm sorry.
01:02:38I'm sorry.
01:02:40When you've packed, you can get out.
01:02:42Animals kill without compunction.
01:02:59We're not animals.
01:03:01Yes, we are.
01:03:02The higher species, that's all.
01:03:06They'll have to be done in the afternoon, between three o'clock and five.
01:03:11She always takes a nap, never fails.
01:03:13They'll have to look like a break-in.
01:03:16Suppose someone sees me?
01:03:17The land behind's derelict.
01:03:19Maybe he'll see you.
01:03:21There's a stair that goes up to the flat.
01:03:23The bar'll be closed at that time.
01:03:25Why can't you do it yourself?
01:03:26Because I'd be the first person that the police would suspect.
01:03:30The husband always is.
01:03:31When you're a lily, I'll be somewhere else.
01:03:34Come on, let's have a look at the monkeys.
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