Tggrt. 37. Babushka. Part 1 of 2.

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First broadcast 4th/11th/18th September 1997.  Mail order brides or women to order? Glasgow takes on a Russian flavour when the trail from the murder of wealthy local business man hots up and Jardine's team try to unravel the mystery around the Anastasia Agency.  James MacPherson - DI Mike Jardine Blythe Duff - DS Jackie Reid Colin McCredie - DC Stuart Fraser Iain Anders - Supt. Jack McVitie Robert Robertson - Dr. Stephen Andrews Richard Lintern - Martin Fairbairn Simone Bendix - Irina Terechova Frances Grey - Caroline Page Paul Ireland - Duncan Stewart Adam Bareham - Jeffrey Mulligan James McKenna - Joss Metcalfe Velibor Topic - Alexei Kianovich Michael Elder - Jack Hollis Hilary Lyon - Marion Fairbairn Peter Forbes - Peter Williams Monica Gibb - Mrs. O'Donnell James McKenna - Joss Metcalfe Eric Barlow - Farmer Andrew Dallmeyer - Robert Tullett Annette Staines - Hostel Warden Fiona Craig - Hospital Doctor Rose McBain - Professor Tennyson David Crawford - Firearms Officer Rory McCallum - Clerk of Court

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00:00:00It is a beautiful song every day,

00:00:09It is a beautiful song every day,

00:00:16It is a beautiful song every day,

00:00:25CHOIR SINGS

00:00:55CHOIR SINGS

00:01:25CHOIR SINGS

00:01:54CHOIR SINGS

00:02:01CHOIR SINGS

00:02:06CHOIR SINGS

00:02:12I'm not angry anymore.

00:02:42I've been such a fool.

00:02:56Forgive me, my darling.

00:03:01No one could replace you.

00:03:06No one.

00:03:12No one could replace you.

00:03:22Give me a hug for the baby.

00:03:27Here's my hand.

00:03:42Help me!

00:03:54Help me!

00:04:12Morning. Morning.

00:04:29Is that your aftershave?

00:04:30It's perfume, sir.

00:04:32It was used in the killing.

00:04:36Who reported it?

00:04:38The housekeeper, Caroline Page.

00:04:40She's with D.S. Reid.

00:04:42Wife?

00:04:44Dead.

00:04:46And buried.

00:04:48Children? Apparently not.

00:05:04Open my window, will you?

00:05:10It's locked, sir.

00:05:14Oh, great.

00:05:22Does the housekeeper know anything?

00:05:24Not a lot, sir. She's been living in for two years.

00:05:26Mr Hollis sent her away for the weekend.

00:05:30Looks like he's had a visitor.

00:05:32Your powers of deduction are sharp this morning.

00:05:36What a waste.

00:05:40Caroline, this is Detective Inspector Jordan.

00:05:42Hello, Miss Page.

00:05:44I, er...

00:05:46I wonder if you'd mind telling me what happened to you this morning.

00:05:48I came back at 6.30.

00:05:54I thought Mr Hollis would be asleep.

00:05:58I made his morning tea.

00:06:00And, er...

00:06:04Where had you been?

00:06:06Away for the weekend.

00:06:08Staying with my boyfriend, Duncan.

00:06:10Have you spoken to anyone since you've phoned the police?

00:06:16I just came in here.

00:06:18Sorry, what was that?

00:06:20I saw him on the floor.

00:06:24And I came to my room.

00:06:26There's a phone in here.

00:06:28I have to get out of the house.

00:06:42You've uncovered him.

00:06:44Did you put the sheet over his body?

00:06:50Yes, but...

00:06:52I didn't touch anything.

00:06:54Why did you do that?

00:06:58Well, that's what you do, isn't it?

00:07:00I didn't cover the face.

00:07:11Are you okay?

00:07:12Yeah, I'm fine.

00:07:14I'll go and organise some transport.

00:07:15Great.

00:07:22Caroline, does, er...

00:07:23Does anyone else have keys to the house?

00:07:25No, definitely not.

00:07:28You sound very sure.

00:07:29I am sure.

00:07:30It was just Mr Hollis and me.

00:07:31No one else.

00:07:32And he wasn't expecting any female visitors?

00:07:35No one ever came here.

00:07:37Only Mr Metcalf.

00:07:40Who's he?

00:07:41He manages Mr Hollis' timber yard.

00:07:44Comes every Monday morning at 8.30 to talk business.

00:07:48Well, is there any reason why you shouldn't be here now?

00:07:51I don't know.

00:07:52I don't know.

00:07:54Okay, look.

00:07:55Do you have any relatives or family you can stay with?

00:07:58I'll stay with my boyfriends.

00:08:01Fraser!

00:08:02And Miss Paige back to her boyfriends.

00:08:04Just confirm she was with him all weekend.

00:08:06I must just get my bag.

00:08:09Okay.

00:08:13Jack Hollis.

00:08:16This photo was often in the Evening Times,

00:08:18throwing out money to various charities.

00:08:21Very active in Rotary, that sort of thing.

00:08:26Then he lost his wife.

00:08:28None of us heard from him again.

00:08:30Does Jack McVitie know what's happened?

00:08:35No.

00:08:37Oh, no.

00:08:38Don't tell me they were pals.

00:08:40Well, it's years ago now.

00:08:43When did Mrs Hollis die?

00:08:46Phew.

00:08:47Must be five years ago.

00:08:50He still owns that big timber yard out at Clyde Bank.

00:08:54There's something in his hand.

00:08:56Oh, it's a gold button.

00:09:01He could have pulled it from the clothing of his killer.

00:09:08Would a man wear that, Jackie?

00:09:11I think you're better qualified to answer that.

00:09:17The house is a fortress.

00:09:18Whoever it was came through the front door.

00:09:21A woman?

00:09:23Someone known to Hollis?

00:09:24A prostitute?

00:09:26Mm.

00:09:30You're looking for quite a woman.

00:09:33He was struck first on the top of the head, hard, with a damn promotion.

00:09:37But the second blow with the perfume bottle,

00:09:40it would have taken a very strong person indeed to inflict that amount of damage to the skull.

00:09:45And the bottle.

00:09:47Issymiaki Nicol Fari.

00:09:49What?

00:09:51The clothes.

00:09:53All bought recently.

00:09:55How do you know?

00:09:57It's cold fashion, Michael.

00:09:59Perhaps he just liked dressing up in women's clothing.

00:10:03In a size 12?

00:10:05I don't think so.

00:10:07Cherche la femme.

00:10:09I want to know why this Metcalf broke his routine and didn't turn up this morning.

00:10:13Perhaps Hollis told him not to?

00:10:15Well, if he does turn up, keep him here till I get back.

00:10:18OK.

00:10:20Found anything?

00:10:21Aye.

00:10:22This gosh.

00:10:23Nae prints.

00:10:24For some blonde hair.

00:10:26Ah.

00:10:27So it's true.

00:10:29Gentlemen prefer blondes.

00:10:51Well, let's see.

00:11:09It's the man cast.

00:11:11Well, let's see.

00:11:21So, let's go.

00:11:51David, give us a couple of minutes, will you?

00:12:05You visited Mr Hollis' house every Monday, I believe.

00:12:08That's right.

00:12:09To, um, to go through the books and get him to sign the cheques.

00:12:14But not this morning.

00:12:16Why was that?

00:12:18Because he told me last Friday not to come.

00:12:20I didn't see why.

00:12:24Was he meeting someone, do you know?

00:12:26I've no idea. Jack never told me anything.

00:12:28Well, you're his manager.

00:12:30Look, he let me get on with it.

00:12:32I need no complaints.

00:12:34If you want to know anything personal, you should speak to his housekeeper.

00:12:36She'd know the intimate details.

00:12:38Are you suggesting something?

00:12:40No, I'm just saying talk to her, that's all.

00:12:47Can I ask you something?

00:12:50Where were you last night?

00:12:54What?

00:12:56Michael?

00:12:58Yeah?

00:12:59Forensics found blonde hairs in Hollis' house.

00:13:02Mrs Hollis was blonde?

00:13:04Yeah, but I think they might have pushed a vacuum around in the last five years.

00:13:08The housekeeper, then.

00:13:10She was blonde.

00:13:14Dr Andrews puts the time of death between midnight and 2.30.

00:13:17To be more accurate, he needs to know if central heating switched itself off at night.

00:13:22Just to calculate the ambient temperature.

00:13:24Look at Hollis' checkbook.

00:13:2610,000 cash.

00:13:28The 11th.

00:13:30Last Wednesday.

00:13:32Last Wednesday.

00:13:33Okay.

00:14:03The housekeeper was a body friend.

00:14:22Has he been interviewed yet?

00:14:23I suppose it hasn't tracked him down yet, but there's nothing to suggest they were involved.

00:14:27And what's the motive?

00:14:28It could be Robert E. Jack was a wealthy man.

00:14:31They missed a pile of jewels.

00:14:34I understand you knew him, sir.

00:14:37I'm just going down to the mortuary if you want to come along.

00:14:40No, no, no, Michael. I didn't know him that well.

00:14:46Was he interested in women, do you know? Generally?

00:14:52Why?

00:14:53He lived alone, and yet he's been buying expensive women's clothes.

00:14:57Perfume. Champagne for two in the study.

00:15:00Maybe he was in love.

00:15:02At his age?

00:15:03He was only 60, Michael.

00:15:07It doesn't suit you.

00:15:08There's a button missing.

00:15:14It doesn't suit you.

00:15:15There's a button missing.

00:15:21Soko found two sets of prints in the door handle at the top of the stairs.

00:15:22Well, one'll be Hollis's.

00:15:23The other.

00:15:24We can't leave.

00:15:25There are no prints in the safe.

00:15:26There's no prints in the safe.

00:15:27It's as green as ever so.

00:15:28There's no prints in the safe.

00:15:29It's as green as ever so.

00:15:31There's no prints in the safe.

00:15:32It's as green as ever so.

00:15:35There's no prints in the safe.

00:15:36There's no prints in the safe.

00:15:37It's as green as ever so.

00:15:42April 1986.

00:15:43Could you find out the combination?

00:15:44I should think so.

00:15:45No, don't touch the inside of the safe.

00:15:46Need to check it for first.

00:15:47No, it's as green as ever so.

00:15:48There's no prints in the safe.

00:15:49No, it's as green as a whistle.

00:15:50Well, no prints in the safe.

00:15:51It's as green as ever so.

00:15:55April 1986.

00:16:09Could you find out the combination?

00:16:11I should think so.

00:16:12No, don't touch the inside of the safe.

00:16:14Need to check it for fingerprint he left everything to his wife

00:16:20Yeah, absolutely sure that no one else had a key yes, I would have been the one to get the key cut Mr

00:16:27Hollis never went anywhere

00:16:30Well, see that's strange because what our people have been all over the house and there's definitely no sign of a break-in

00:16:39Could you have had a visitor I had that time of night

00:16:42What time of night Caroline he didn't have visitors

00:16:49Then why did mr. Hollis tell you to stay away for the weekend?

00:16:54I don't know we didn't see

00:16:56Is this the first thing you asked you to take the weekend off? No, yes last weekend

00:17:02And you've no idea why no, I told you

00:17:06Answer me this Caroline

00:17:11Why would mr. Hollis tell mr. Metcalf not to come at 8 30 in the morning as usual?

00:17:18I mean, it was all right for you to return up half past six

00:17:23I don't know

00:17:25Perhaps I had a different reason for not wanting to see him

00:17:29Do you like mr. Metcalf?

00:17:33You don't

00:17:36Don't think he likes me don't know why

00:17:39Okay, Caroline we'll leave it there for the time be

00:17:43Just so you know at some point we'll need you to come back to the house

00:17:46To check and see if there's anything missing

00:17:49valuables money jewelry

00:17:52Do I have to it'd be a great help to us?

00:17:56All right, then

00:18:01Oh, and we're gonna need to take your fingerprints

00:18:05Did you know our employer jack horse I never met him

00:18:10He was a bad influence in Caroline really

00:18:13I reckon

00:18:16In what way?

00:18:18Getting her to do everything, you know

00:18:20While he lazed around

00:18:22She told me she loved her job

00:18:23That's what I mean

00:18:25It's not natural

00:18:27A girl should have her own life

00:18:31Did you know mr. Hollis had a safe?

00:18:34Yes, in the cellar

00:18:36Did he ask you to put things in it for him?

00:18:38No, he didn't tell me the combination

00:18:40So you didn't see his will no

00:18:56Did he promise to leave you anything no

00:18:59I don't know why all these questions i'm sorry Caroline we need to know

00:19:10Did mrs. Hollis own all these clothes?

00:19:20Who else?

00:19:21Well, there were two champagne glasses downstairs

00:19:24Are you sure you didn't have a lady friend?

00:19:26No

00:19:26Yes, I'm positive

00:19:30He was a nice old man

00:19:32He wouldn't hurt anybody

00:19:37All right

00:19:39This is why I called you

00:19:41Now what's puzzling me is the blood stain

00:19:44Now the sheets soaked up quite a lot of blood

00:19:46And that suggests that the sheet was put on the body

00:19:49Sooner after death before the blood coagulated

00:19:53Once it coagulated it would stick there

00:19:56Caroline said she put the sheet over the body at 7 a.m.

00:19:58She couldn't have done

00:20:00It must have been put there at least five or six hours before that

00:20:05Either somebody else did it

00:20:06Or she's very wrong about the time she got back

00:20:10Either way she's lying

00:20:12You never left your boyfriend's flat on monday morning did you?

00:20:17Yes

00:20:17No, you didn't

00:20:19You caught a train from queen's park at 11 23 p.m. on sunday night

00:20:24If you'd gone back to the house on monday morning

00:20:26You'd have changed at central to continue your journey

00:20:28But you

00:20:30You didn't

00:20:31You took a taxi

00:20:34There are no late night services on sunday night

00:20:36Yes or no?

00:20:39You were seen Caroline

00:20:42We spoke to your taxi driver

00:20:46Yes

00:20:50So you returned to the house on sunday night

00:20:55Although mr. Hollis had told you not to come back till monday morning

00:20:59Why did you go back so early?

00:21:01I had a row with Duncan

00:21:03Are you sure you and Duncan didn't go back together?

00:21:05You let him in and then

00:21:06No

00:21:08I was on my own

00:21:09Two glasses of champagne

00:21:14Who was he entertaining?

00:21:17Behind your back

00:21:21A woman?

00:21:21No

00:21:22We found this button in mr. Hollis's hand

00:21:36Do you recognize it?

00:21:37No

00:21:41I don't know

00:21:47Look at this dress

00:21:48The buttons are exactly the same

00:21:51This was mr. Hollis's study

00:21:58I didn't notice

00:21:59You're the housekeeper car line

00:22:02You do the cleaning

00:22:03The photograph

00:22:04The photograph was on the piano

00:22:06You must have had to pick it up

00:22:08To dust

00:22:15Did you ever go into mrs. Hollis's wardrobe?

00:22:17No

00:22:19What happened to the dress?

00:22:21I don't know

00:22:23It wasn't with her other clothes

00:22:24I never had anything to do with these wife's clothes

00:22:26Forensics brown blonde hairs all over them

00:22:28We're gonna have to take a sample for comparison

00:22:33That enough for you

00:22:35I wish it was that simple

00:22:37A doctor has to take a sample

00:22:41Caroline

00:22:43Why did you wait all night before you called the police?

00:22:46Because I knew everybody would think I'd done it

00:22:50If I was dead, you know, just after

00:22:54Weren't you frightened for yourself?

00:22:55The killer could have still been in the house

00:22:58Yes

00:22:59I was terrified

00:23:02I couldn't sleep

00:23:03I looked in every room

00:23:05Did you look in the cellar?

00:23:18Does the number 260344 mean anything to you?

00:23:23Um

00:23:25260344

00:23:29It's the 26th of March 1944

00:23:32Mrs. Hollis's birthday

00:23:35It also happens to be the number of the combination of the safe

00:23:39In the cellar

00:23:44You knew the combination?

00:23:47No, Michael, she knew the date of Mrs. Hollis's birthday

00:23:49There's a slight difference

00:23:51So she's that murderer

00:23:53Dr. Andrew seems to think it was a man

00:23:57He's been smashing perfume bottles all day to see how much force was used

00:24:02It's not really a woman's crime

00:24:04Too messy

00:24:05And Caroline covered him up

00:24:07Because that's what you do, isn't it?

00:24:08Cover the face

00:24:09I mean, murderers wouldn't do that

00:24:12She was the only one with the key

00:24:15Perhaps she'd let her boyfriend into the house

00:24:18There's no forensics to put him at the scene

00:24:21Housekeeper's very good at cleaning up

00:24:22What's wrong?

00:24:26That dress

00:24:28Hollis must have asked the woman to wear it

00:24:31So?

00:24:33Getting someone to dress up in your dead wife's clothes

00:24:36That's seriously weird

00:24:38He's being on the side

00:24:40Yes

00:24:52He can't do that

00:24:53That's all

00:24:54It doesn't have to be the same

00:24:57He can't do it

00:24:57But he's the same

00:24:58He can't do it

00:25:00He can't do it

00:25:01He says he can't do it

00:25:03Hm.

00:25:33Svetlana?

00:26:03Svetlana?

00:26:10Oh, Irina. Irina.

00:26:14It's so good to see you.

00:26:16It's been too long.

00:26:18When I got your letter, I got... God, I was so worried.

00:26:21I thought something had happened to you.

00:26:23Yes. That's right.

00:26:25Irina?

00:26:27It's okay now.

00:26:29Yes.

00:26:31This is the first thing we'll replace it is not necessary. I do not intend to go anywhere

00:26:58Beautiful

00:27:01Thank you. I'm sure you're not too hot in that coat. Yes, I am

00:27:08In Russia when I can only afford to buy one coat I buy a winter coat because you can always take it off

00:27:16and you

00:27:17You always wear these glasses

00:27:20Give them back

00:27:22No, no, I don't it's bright in our cities. I think it is only criminals who wear these

00:27:28I like you better without then I can see your eyes

00:27:33I don't know it looks like America or not that I've ever been to America, but

00:27:56Oh, it's good

00:27:59That is certainly different from Kyiv

00:28:02Yes

00:28:05Kyiv was wonderful

00:28:07Only because you were there with me

00:28:09No

00:28:09It is sad I never get the chance to meet the woman you loved so much

00:28:15Yet she lives in your letters to me

00:28:17Thank you for sending me her photo

00:28:20I see she was a blonde

00:28:21I am a blonde like her

00:28:23But I am only 30 so I am younger than your wife

00:28:27I will keep her photograph and hope to return it to you in person one day

00:28:32Your friend Svetlana

00:28:36Very friendly

00:28:39I think this must be the last one

00:28:41My flight from Moscow is booked for next Thursday the 22nd

00:28:45I look forward so much to seeing you my dear Jack

00:28:48Although I know I can never replace your beloved wife in your affections

00:28:52It is my heartfelt desire that in some way I may be a constant and living reminder of her

00:28:58And I shall try to offer you both love and solace in our years together

00:29:03Your loving Svetlana

00:29:13Well, do you like it?

00:29:17Oh my

00:29:18What do you think?

00:29:23It's so big

00:29:48It's so big

00:29:54it's so big

00:30:11It's so big

00:30:13that one's for me come and have a look i'll show you yours

00:30:43well this is your room

00:30:50i'll leave you to settle in

00:31:13how many times i have to tell you there's nothing there please just leave us to go on with it

00:31:20where did you get all this

00:31:24i don't know what they're doing here

00:31:42duncan

00:31:45there must be 250 pounds worth here

00:31:48it's a lot of money duncan

00:31:50to spend on cigarettes and booze all in one go

00:31:53so

00:31:54i thought you were in benefit

00:32:00right

00:32:01get your coats both of you

00:32:05caroline doesn't smoke

00:32:08and she doesn't seem to me to be the type to drink whiskey with the case

00:32:11so

00:32:13so you bought the cigarettes and the whiskey

00:32:17where'd you get the money

00:32:19i said

00:32:21where did you get the money

00:32:23i saved it up

00:32:24i don't believe you

00:32:26prove it

00:32:28did mr hollis ever mention a woman called svetlana lebedeva

00:32:34leber what

00:32:35svetlana

00:32:36lebedeva

00:32:41did mr hollis ever receive any letters from her

00:32:43i didn't read his letters

00:32:46we're not saying you did

00:32:48we just want to know if he received any mail from abroad

00:32:51from russia

00:32:55a few

00:32:57from svetlana

00:32:58that

00:32:59well he never told me but they were from a woman

00:33:02well how did you know they were from a woman

00:33:04they smell of perfume

00:33:08did this woman ever come to the house

00:33:12no i've told you no one came to the house

00:33:18that's the one

00:33:21that's the one

00:33:29i've found her sir

00:33:31svetlana lebedeva

00:33:33care of the anastasia matrimonial agency

00:33:36128a menteith street glasgow

00:33:39and immigration says she hasn't flown back to moscow yet

00:33:42oh she shouldn't be too hard to trace with a name like that

00:33:45i think i'll just go with you now soon

00:33:48good i'll come with you

00:33:49oh no that's okay sir

00:33:51jack hollis was a friend of mine

00:33:53i'm taking a particular interest in this case

00:33:57right sir

00:33:59can i help you

00:34:11can i help you

00:34:12we're looking for whoever runs this agency

00:34:15anastasia presumably

00:34:17um

00:34:18well i'm afraid that'll be difficult

00:34:19she's in russia

00:34:20can i help at all

00:34:22mary helsey id

00:34:23superintendent mcvitty

00:34:25detective sound reed

00:34:26jeffrey mulligan

00:34:28how do you do you better come in

00:34:31i'm afraid the office is a little desabille today

00:34:34we're just in the middle of reorganizing

00:34:39so

00:34:40you work for an anesthesia

00:34:42um

00:34:43well

00:34:44yes and no

00:34:46shall i let you into a secret

00:34:48there is no anastasia

00:34:50like her namesake the romanoff

00:34:52she probably never existed

00:34:54i found this photograph in a magazine in my hotel room in st petersburg

00:34:59it's become a sort of motif

00:35:01sir

00:35:07how can i help you

00:35:08do you have

00:35:10a mr jack hollis on your books

00:35:13yes we do

00:35:15what a dreadful business

00:35:17and how about a russian lady

00:35:19svetlana lebedeva

00:35:22yes

00:35:23if you'll just bear with me a moment

00:35:25yes

00:35:31yes here we are

00:35:33jack hollis

00:35:35four six four with svetlana lebedeva

00:35:38they would have made a perfect couple

00:35:41if i say so myself

00:35:43can i just ask you something

00:35:46how did you know about svetlana

00:35:48from her letters

00:35:50ah yes

00:35:52of course

00:35:53actually i've got a note of it somewhere

00:35:54i must write to the young woman

00:35:56and stop her from making an unnecessary journey

00:35:58we think she may already be in glasgow

00:36:02lebedeva

00:36:03no no no

00:36:04she's not due for a few weeks yet

00:36:06well could she have come early and not contacted you

00:36:09well that would be most unusual

00:36:11would it be possible to have a photograph and her address

00:36:14yes

00:36:15yes of course

00:36:29is that you and me

00:36:31no

00:36:33it is a remembrance

00:36:35my mother

00:36:38your father

00:36:41someone who left me

00:36:44fortunately

00:36:48why did you come here so early irina

00:36:51i told you in my letter

00:36:53it is fine no

00:36:55fine

00:36:57it's more than fine it's wonderful

00:37:01i just wanted to know

00:37:04it was my boyfriend from years ago

00:37:21alexi

00:37:22i had to escape from him

00:37:36he frightened me

00:37:38what do you mean tell me

00:37:39there is nothing more to say

00:37:48it is in the past now

00:37:52do you know i never knew this place existed

00:38:06okay brian drop it into the mainframe see what it comes up with here

00:38:09a couple of minutes

00:38:10a couple of minutes

00:38:11sir

00:38:12forensics have come up with something

00:38:13the blonde hairs

00:38:14they're from two separate women

00:38:16one's died

00:38:17one isn't

00:38:18one of them's caroline page

00:38:19yes sir

00:38:20yes sir

00:38:21yes sir

00:38:22she's the natural blonde

00:38:23so who's the other one

00:38:24spherlana

00:38:25russian cartoon character

00:38:27mickey marsky

00:38:28definitely don't ski

00:38:29definitely don't ski

00:38:30honey

00:38:31no

00:38:36it's him

00:38:37it's him

00:38:37what is it

00:38:38the one i was telling you about

00:38:39you must have followed me from kiv

00:38:40rina calm down

00:38:41i'll solve it

00:38:43What's up?

00:38:53Irina, this is the boy.

00:38:55What am I?

00:39:05She's my boy.

00:39:06Leave her.

00:39:07Don't do it.

00:39:09I'll kill her.

00:39:11Svetlana Lebedeva.

00:39:14We know she arrived at Glasgow Airport Thursday before last.

00:39:17And according to Geoffrey Mulligan,

00:39:19who runs this Anastasia matrimonial agency,

00:39:22when a Russian woman arrives,

00:39:24the men have to make hotel reservations for her.

00:39:26The women don't stay at the houses, okay?

00:39:28So, I want you to show this photograph round all the hotels.

00:39:32Start with the five stars.

00:39:34Hollis had money to burn.

00:39:36Oh, and she may have dyed her hair blonde,

00:39:39so bear that in mind.

00:39:42This is the male client list of the Anastasia agency.

00:39:47You've each been given different names,

00:39:49so I want to find out if anyone else was corresponding with this Svetlana.

00:39:54There's one here in Ullapool, sir.

00:39:56Yeah, I know it's a nice sunny day, Fraser,

00:39:58but I think a phone call on that one, all right?

00:40:01Okay, that's all.

00:40:03Moscow just sent this photograph of Svetlana.

00:40:06Good.

00:40:07It's the same woman.

00:40:09Jack Hollis was besotted with his wife.

00:40:18Even if he were reduced to this,

00:40:21surely he would have chosen someone who resembled her.

00:40:24Maybe he fancied a change.

00:40:26Well, she's certainly that.

00:40:28Love can be blind, Jackie.

00:40:39I'm frightened, Martin.

00:40:43After you came to Kiev,

00:40:46things were very bad for me.

00:40:52Like you say, he followed me.

00:40:55In the night, he used to beat on the door where I live.

00:40:59What did he want?

00:41:02Me?

00:41:03He saw us in the streets together.

00:41:06He got jealous.

00:41:12Is he your husband?

00:41:14Would I be here with you?

00:41:17No.

00:41:23I'm sorry.

00:41:26Why didn't you just, I don't know, just call the police?

00:41:30The police are his friends.

00:41:33He pays them.

00:41:34They will do whatever he wants.

00:41:38He just won't give up.

00:41:39He's so obsessed with you.

00:41:40Why would he want to harm you?

00:41:43Because he can't have me.

00:41:47You have never felt this, this rage before.

00:41:55When something is taken away from you.

00:41:57Something you can't live without.

00:42:08No.

00:42:12No, I never have.

00:42:16Listen.

00:42:18Irina.

00:42:19He'll kill us both.

00:42:20This isn't Russia.

00:42:22We'll go to the police.

00:42:23No.

00:42:24No, Martin.

00:42:25Please.

00:42:28He's killed people.

00:42:31I don't want that to happen to you.

00:42:34Yeah, that would be great.

00:42:37There's been a domestic there at Duncan and Caroline's place.

00:42:39Can you handle it?

00:42:41Yeah, sure.

00:42:42What's your name?

00:42:55Jean.

00:42:56Jean.

00:43:01Tell me, Jean.

00:43:02Jean.

00:43:03Who employed you?

00:43:04Was it Mr. Williams or Mr. Fairbairn?

00:43:08Mr. Fairbairn.

00:43:12More tea, Mrs. Fairbairn.

00:43:15Pardon?

00:43:17Tea or coffee.

00:43:18No, thank you, Jane.

00:43:33I haven't touched her.

00:43:35Do you want to go into the other room?

00:43:37And tell the police what a bastard I am.

00:43:39Back off, Duncan!

00:43:42Why don't you people get out of my flat?

00:43:44Sir, I don't need to.

00:43:48I won't be any minute.

00:43:51Stay with them.

00:43:55What are you staring at?

00:43:56The heart.

00:44:15Long- cuerpo is over as a nun.

00:44:17I have been waiting for aumi-வ some four hours to read and tell them...

00:44:19amplify their names.

00:44:21I slept with a forest.

00:44:25This door once I shared my client first.

00:44:28This door was 5-1-7 other Grab mother.

00:44:30Here he is.

00:44:32This door is open.

00:44:34S THATS WITH simply 1-725th doh.

00:44:36Look at your office just knew what I was sent.

00:44:39Thanks for doing this webinar,

00:44:41and lift me, I said...

00:44:43Where is he, Peter?

00:44:46Martin's taking a couple of days off.

00:44:49Oh.

00:44:50Well, I can wait.

00:44:54Please, marry him.

00:44:55What?

00:44:58Look, Peter.

00:45:03Tell Martin I know about his little love nest.

00:45:07And you can tell him I'll be defending the divorce.

00:45:11I'll let him know.

00:45:14Good.

00:45:18I'm sorry you had to waste your time.

00:45:22Oh, me too, Peter.

00:45:33You knew Mr Hollis had been to the bank.

00:45:36You expected there to be a lot of money in the house.

00:45:38Were you disappointed it wasn't more than 10,000, Caroline?

00:45:44I didn't want to take it.

00:45:46But he always said he would leave me something when he died.

00:45:50I didn't see any harm in looking at his will.

00:45:53When I saw he'd left me nothing, I felt some...

00:46:00Why did you burn it, Caroline?

00:46:01Well, because I knew I shouldn't have taken it.

00:46:05I was going to put it back, but I couldn't because you were there.

00:46:08And if you'd find it on me, you'd think I killed him.

00:46:11Tell us about the dress.

00:46:17It was his favourite.

00:46:20He used to keep it on the dummy.

00:46:23He used to talk to it.

00:46:24I thought it would be okay to keep it.

00:46:30Who slashed it?

00:46:33Was it Duncan?

00:46:36To punish me for burning the money.

00:46:40Both of you are in deep trouble.

00:46:42You understand that, don't you, Caroline?

00:46:47Please, can I make a phone call?

00:46:49I'm afraid not.

00:46:50I don't have the right to make a phone call.

00:46:54I can call someone for you.

00:47:20Hello?

00:47:29Hello?

00:47:31Hello?

00:47:44No, I wouldn't have seen her.

00:47:46You don't get a photograph in the newsletter.

00:47:48You have the right to them, asking for a photo.

00:47:51Anyway, it doesn't tell you if they're healthy, does it?

00:47:54It tells you if they're too ugly to live with.

00:47:57Is she in trouble, then?

00:47:59That's what I've got to find out.

00:48:00That's a pity.

00:48:01She's been great to me.

00:48:03Who's been great to you?

00:48:05Anastasia.

00:48:05Yeah, come on.

00:48:06She recommended just the right woman.

00:48:11First time.

00:48:12I only had to write Nina one letter when she was at the airport.

00:48:15Must have been a very persuasive letter.

00:48:17Aye, we'll be married in a month.

00:48:18Nina!

00:48:19Stay away from the sheds.

00:48:23She shouldn't have gone near the sheds when she's pregnant.

00:48:26She's not the brightest of girls.

00:48:27Well, girls can't have everything.

00:48:30Thanks for your help.

00:48:30You didn't plan this together?

00:48:45We didn't plan anything together.

00:48:49I've never set foot in that house.

00:48:52The first time I saw the money was when Caroline brought it up to my flat.

00:48:56But you knew where it came from.

00:48:57Of course I knew.

00:49:00Do you care about Caroline?

00:49:03Yes.

00:49:03But you'd let her steal £10,000 from the safe of a man that's just been murdered, knowing that she'd be suspected.

00:49:10I didn't get her to do anything.

00:49:14She'd already stolen it.

00:49:17What could I have done?

00:49:19I'll tell you what I think you did do.

00:49:22I think you murdered Hollis, and then you both took the money.

00:49:24I told you.

00:49:26I've never been in that house in my life.

00:49:42Hello?

00:49:44Hello?

00:49:46Who is it?

00:49:49When I first started working there,

00:49:51he just wanted me to put his wife's perfume on.

00:49:56I felt sorry for him.

00:49:59Did you tell Duncan this?

00:50:01Nobody.

00:50:03I didn't have to do it.

00:50:05But I didn't want to lose my job.

00:50:09But then you started wearing his wife's clothes.

00:50:13We found your hairs on them.

00:50:17He used to put music on,

00:50:19and I'd dance around.

00:50:25Or I'd lie in his bed,

00:50:27and he'd just watch me for hours.

00:50:31Did you have sex?

00:50:38Sometimes.

00:50:40I didn't mind.

00:50:41Were you wearing the dress when it happened?

00:50:47No.

00:50:49I said the dress was on the dummy.

00:50:55There are some Russian dolls in the house.

00:51:00People are a bit like Russian dolls, aren't they, Callie?

00:51:02You open them up, and

00:51:05inside there's another person.

00:51:08And another.

00:51:10And another.

00:51:12Who were they a present from, Callie?

00:51:15I don't know.

00:51:16They just appeared.

00:51:17But you thought they were a gift from someone.

00:51:20I didn't think about it.

00:51:21I think you did.

00:51:22I think you wondered what was going on.

00:51:28Did you ever have any Russian visitors at the house?

00:51:30No one came.

00:51:32I said.

00:51:34Duncan knew what was going on.

00:51:37Didn't he?

00:51:39He was pretty angry.

00:51:41He's always angry.

00:51:44Someone else is wearing these clothes.

00:51:46Recently.

00:51:48Does that make you angry?

00:51:49You were very happy with Mr. Hollis.

00:51:55But then this other woman came along.

00:51:58Svetlana.

00:52:00She was going to take your place.

00:52:03Mr. Hollis had been writing to her, hadn't he?

00:52:05She was going to be his wife.

00:52:08I wonder why he didn't tell you.

00:52:11Was it because he'd have no more use for you?

00:52:13That's why he told you to stay away for those two weekends.

00:52:20So they could be alone.

00:52:23So they could drink champagne.

00:52:26So that she could dress up for him.

00:52:29Like you did.

00:52:31Nobody came.

00:52:32Well, perhaps we should be looking for a women's body as well.

00:52:40Rena.

00:52:43Darling.

00:52:49Rena.

00:52:49Are you all right?

00:52:57Somebody keeps calling, but they won't say who it is.

00:53:03Maybe Alexei has his number?

00:53:06Well, maybe somebody else does.

00:53:09It's not Alexei.

00:53:16Somebody else.

00:53:17Mr. Robert Tulloch, we're making inquiries with Anastasia Agency.

00:53:32Your name was on their books.

00:53:36What do you want?

00:53:38Did you receive the newsletter?

00:53:41Yes.

00:53:41We're trying to contact a woman whose name's on the list.

00:53:44Svetlana Levadeva.

00:53:46Have you corresponded with her by any chance?

00:53:48No.

00:53:50You're sure?

00:53:51Yes, I've never heard her name.

00:53:54I know all her names.

00:53:56It's a long list.

00:53:58By heart.

00:53:59Marina Anatolyna.

00:54:02Elena Tucheskaya.

00:54:05Tatiana Platinova.

00:54:06Okay.

00:54:07But her name was on your newsletter.

00:54:10No, it certainly wasn't.

00:54:11Do you recognize this woman?

00:54:20No.

00:54:22You only get photographs when they write back to you.

00:54:26Do you have anything?

00:54:28No one's written back yet.

00:54:30We know Svetlana exists.

00:54:33We've seen her letters.

00:54:34We know she arrived in Glasgow.

00:54:37But we haven't found anyone who's seen her.

00:54:40Not anyone who recognizes her photograph.

00:54:43We've tried all the B&B's in hotels in Glasgow, sir.

00:54:46She's obviously gone to ground.

00:54:49In more ways than one.

00:54:51What?

00:54:51She could be under it.

00:54:53She could be under it.

00:54:54She's always been under it.

00:55:24I must learn to eat marslodic.

00:55:27It's not your last meal.

00:55:30Do you remember that restaurant by San Sofia?

00:55:34Oh, God. Appalling.

00:55:37I was so proud. The way you complained. Nobody dares do that.

00:55:42You were going to walk out. I was so hungry.

00:55:47And we queued for an hour.

00:55:54Oh, darling, all that's behind you now.

00:55:58It's unbelievable.

00:56:05I'll come back in a minute.

00:56:24It may be yet.

00:56:26Ah!

00:56:27Ah!

00:56:28Ah!

00:56:29Oh, Jesus.

00:56:32Oh, man.

00:56:33Found anything?

00:56:38No.

00:56:39Are you all right?

00:56:40Yeah.

00:56:41Come on, let's get you up.

00:56:42Oh, man, all right?

00:56:43Everything's too bad, you're all right.

00:56:44Let's get up here.

00:56:45Thank you very much for your help.

00:56:46Thank you very much, son.

00:56:47Thank you very much.

00:56:48Thank you very much, son.

00:56:49Thank you very much.

00:56:51What's the writing, sir?

00:56:52Not now, Martin.

00:56:53What is it, a threat?

00:56:54It was a time for you.

00:56:55Do you have anything?

00:56:56Do you have anything?

00:56:57No.

00:56:58Are you all right?

00:56:59Yeah.

00:57:00Come on, let's get you up.

00:57:01All right.

00:57:02Let's get up here.

00:57:03Thank you very much for your help.

00:57:05Thank you very much, son.

00:57:06I don't know, son.

00:57:15What did the writing say?

00:57:16Not now, Martin.

00:57:17What is it, a threat?

00:57:19It was a time and a place.

00:57:29I'm scared, Martin.

00:57:31He's not going to harm you.

00:57:32We're going to go straight to the police and we're going to tell them everything.

00:57:34No, we can't.

00:57:35For goodness sake, Irina.

00:57:36If they arrest and deport Alexei, he'll send some of his friends over.

00:57:40Some of them are worse than he is.

00:57:42Texei!

00:57:48He can send over the Russian Mafia for all I care.

00:57:54What is this?

00:57:56Will you take them on with a table knife?

00:57:58If I have to, yes.

00:58:05Come after the storm.

00:58:06Hmm?

00:58:07This music.

00:58:08It's Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, right?

00:58:10Hmm.

00:58:11But you were supposed to be brought up on Tchaikovsky.

00:58:14Oh, like, man, enough.

00:58:15What about Borodin?

00:58:17What about Borodin?

00:58:18Rimsky-Corsakov.

00:58:19I love the way you say that.

00:58:20Prokofiev?

00:58:21No, silly.

00:58:22He was Finnish.

00:58:23Even I know that.

00:58:24Close.

00:58:25Close.

00:58:26Does it matter?

00:58:27Does it matter?

00:58:28No.

00:58:29No, silly.

00:58:30He was Finnish.

00:58:31Even I know that.

00:58:32Close.

00:58:33Does it matter?

00:58:34Yes.

00:58:35No.

00:58:36No.

00:58:37No.

00:58:38No.

00:58:39No.

00:58:40No.

00:58:41No.

00:58:42No.

00:58:43No.

00:58:44No.

00:58:45No.

00:58:46No.

00:58:47No, no.

00:58:48No.

00:58:49No.

00:58:50No.

00:58:51No.

00:58:52No.

00:58:53No.

00:58:54No.

00:58:55No.

00:58:56No.

00:58:57No.

00:58:59I want you so much.

00:59:08No, not yet.

00:59:19Minot, something wrong?

00:59:23We will know when the time is right.

00:59:29I'm not staying.

00:59:42Is that right?

00:59:44I wasn't at home Sunday night.

00:59:47After Caroline left, I wanted another drink.

00:59:51So I walked out to Bankhead to see a friend.

00:59:53Who?

00:59:54It doesn't matter because I didn't get there.

00:59:56A police car found me in the pavement and they took me in.

00:59:59What time was this?

01:00:02One o'clock.

01:00:03Here?

01:00:04No, Govan Hill.

01:00:06Were you drunk?

01:00:07Of course.

01:00:08That's why Caroline left me.

01:00:10She hates me drinking.

01:00:12So you have been lying to us?

01:00:14I'm not going to lie anymore.

01:00:16Not for her.

01:00:17Why have you changed your mind?

01:00:19Because I had nothing to do with it.

01:00:21I don't want to be kept in here for something I didn't do.

01:00:24Just to give her an alibi.

01:00:27All right.

01:00:29I'll check it out.

01:00:30Just, you stay here.

01:00:38I must go to meet Alexei tonight.

01:00:42I can't let you do that.

01:00:44I must.

01:00:45Well, then I'm coming, too.

01:00:48Please, let me handle things my way.

01:00:52Please.

01:00:52You got my message?

01:01:14Well, this isn't a social call.

01:01:17All right.

01:01:18It's just something I remember.

01:01:20I never know how important these things are.

01:01:22Quite.

01:01:23Well, a couple of months ago,

01:01:24some fella came round here asking questions about Jack Hollis.

01:01:27Trying to find out what he was worth,

01:01:28how healthy he was, that sort of thing.

01:01:30Aye.

01:01:31Well, I told him to get lost.

01:01:33Said he was a private detective.

01:01:34In a £300 suit.

01:01:36And what did he look like?

01:01:39Forties.

01:01:39Tall.

01:01:40Balding.

01:01:41Sandy Brown here.

01:01:42You know him.

01:01:44Is there anything else you've just remembered?

01:01:47No.

01:01:49Oh, you should ask Caroline.

01:01:50Maybe you get her to talk.

01:01:52Your old friend Caroline.

01:01:54Hardly.

01:01:56Why didn't you like her?

01:01:58I thought she was creepy.

01:02:00Creepy?

01:02:01Oh, it was something about the relationship.

01:02:02It wasn't quite healthy.

01:02:03Last Christmas, Jack Hollis invited me for dinner.

01:02:08God knows why.

01:02:09He'd get blind drunk, rambled on about his wife.

01:02:13Anyway, Caroline, she...

01:02:14She kept leaning right over him.

01:02:17Polishing his cutlery.

01:02:19Adjusting the napkin in his lap.

01:02:21I think.

01:02:22Oh, I didn't want to look too carefully.

01:02:23Do you know what I mean?

01:02:24But they had something private going.

01:02:27You've suddenly got an awful lot of memories.

01:02:30But you never know what's important.

01:02:34Okay, Mr Metcalf.

01:02:36You've been very helpful.

01:02:37A bit late, but very helpful.

01:02:44Svetlana Lebedeva.

01:02:46Was she a popular client?

01:02:47In what way?

01:02:49In the only way.

01:02:52Did men want to write to her?

01:02:53Not especially popular.

01:02:59Hardly surprising, is it?

01:03:01Since no one's even heard of her.

01:03:04The newsletter you send out to clients.

01:03:07No Svetlana.

01:03:07Ah, yes, but that depends on which month.

01:03:09You see, they come in and out.

01:03:10They have a change of heart.

01:03:14You take a good deal of interest in your clients, Mr Mulligan.

01:03:19I do pride myself on our personal service, yes.

01:03:23You visited Mr Hollis' timber yard.

01:03:25Spoke to his manager.

01:03:27You asked all sorts of personal questions.

01:03:30Mr Metcalf thought you were a real private detective.

01:03:34Until he saw the cut of your suit.

01:03:36And is it illegal to impersonate a private detective?

01:03:40It's illegal to impersonate anybody.

01:03:43I really don't see the harm.

01:03:45I mean, I need to be sure that people are who they say they are.

01:03:49So that you can introduce them to exactly the right women?

01:03:52Well, yes.

01:03:55Surely you don't do that for all your clients?

01:03:58No.

01:04:00We offer two levels of service.

01:04:01One for ordinary people and...

01:04:03And one for the rich.

01:04:06Your special clients.

01:04:09You check into their finances.

01:04:10I have a great responsibility to the young women who join Anastasia.

01:04:14They don't want to escape from the CIS and run into hot water here.

01:04:19You want to see what they're worth?

01:04:21Look.

01:04:22Some of these young women make no secret of the fact that they're looking for a wealthy man.

01:04:27I see no harm in that.

01:04:29They have youth and beauty on their side.

01:04:32Most of the time.

01:04:33So, you find these rich men, then you send them bounty hunters.

01:04:41Put like that, yes.

01:04:44Miss Lebedeva, has she contacted you recently?

01:04:48No.

01:04:51She hasn't.

01:04:52It looks as if she's got you into a great deal of trouble.

01:04:59You're under arrest.

01:05:03For impersonation.

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