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00:00:00The stretch of the river can be unpredictable after so much rain.
00:00:11I suggest we've got to move on before it slumps.
00:00:13Yeah, we could be standing on what was once the pilgrim route to Causton Abbey.
00:00:19Maybe. Today's the day, Becker.
00:00:22I might finally find the Thomas Becket badge to complete my collection.
00:00:25That's a rare badge, Johnny.
00:00:27Let's pray to him here somewhere.
00:00:30The mudlarks are up to something at Hollybrook.
00:00:35Reckon they must have had a tip-off.
00:00:37Say no more, mate. Yeah, yeah. We'll meet you down there.
00:00:39Rufus, get that down your neck. We've got work to do.
00:00:42Gemma, get the van loaded up.
00:00:45Mudlarks are at Hollybrook.
00:00:47What about the bar?
00:00:48Well, Gary can cover for a couple of hours, but we need to get there now.
00:00:52You must be onto something.
00:00:52Dad, he's done it again.
00:01:02Hmm?
00:01:03Oh, not again, Paddy. That's the third time this afternoon.
00:01:06How much stuff have you got buried out there?
00:01:09Oh, sorry, Sarah. I couldn't stop it.
00:01:11Oh, never mind that now. I've got some exciting news.
00:01:14I have just been asked to do some local research for pastimes.
00:01:17The ancestry show?
00:01:18Yeah. They got in touch through the historical society.
00:01:21Are you going to be on TV?
00:01:22Well, it looks like it, yeah.
00:01:23And who's the subject?
00:01:24Oh, I'm sorry, darling, but it's a need-to-know basis, only.
00:01:29But if you wouldn't mind clearing this mess up, I've got some work to do.
00:01:32Last time, OK? Or I'm calling the pound.
00:01:59Everything all right, Richard?
00:02:00Some ghastly ancestry show keeps calling me.
00:02:05Hannah's daughter is now a well-known actress, apparently.
00:02:07They want my help to find Jessica.
00:02:09As if I'd had the first idea.
00:02:14As if the day couldn't get any worse.
00:02:23This is a historical site of great interest of the Dean of Causton.
00:02:27We're here at his official invitation.
00:02:29Last time I heard, this stretch of the river is on Jacob Mitchell's land.
00:02:33It's nothing to do with the Dean.
00:02:34Nevertheless, your high-strength magnets can do untold damage.
00:02:37You have no business here.
00:02:38You're so sure about that, Rev.
00:02:40Call the police.
00:02:41We already know Johnny's a grass.
00:02:44You should probably call them already.
00:02:46If you're intent on being unreasonable, I suppose I can't stop you.
00:02:49Glad to see we're on the same page, Vicar.
00:02:51Good one, Gem.
00:02:52Let's get organised, lads.
00:02:57Damn cheek.
00:02:58Who do they think they are?
00:02:59We just have to do our best to avoid them.
00:03:02Easier said than done.
00:03:05Ready, Gem?
00:03:07I was born ready.
00:03:08Hello, guys, and welcome back to the Midsummer Magneteers channel.
00:03:12And what a lovely day for it.
00:03:15I'm afraid this is the only family photograph my mother kept.
00:03:19Those are my grandparents with my mother, Hannah, her sister, Jessie, and their brother, Richard.
00:03:26She was estranged from all of them.
00:03:28It's something she never talked about.
00:03:30So what made her change her mind?
00:03:33She knew she didn't have long left.
00:03:35Wanted to get her house in order before it was too late.
00:03:39But I could see how painful it was for her to go back there.
00:03:43Why is that?
00:03:44Jessie was her baby sister.
00:03:46The only member of her family she ever cared about.
00:03:48But she felt she had to cut off from all of them in order to survive.
00:03:54That's why I'm doing this.
00:03:55To honour Mum's dying wish.
00:03:58To find Jessie and tell her how much she loved her.
00:04:02And how guilty she felt for abandoning her.
00:04:05Well, all we know so far is that your family came from a village called Galsworthy in Midsummer.
00:04:10Okay.
00:04:11Your uncle still lives there, but he's reluctant to get involved.
00:04:15So, where do we go from here?
00:04:18To Galsworthy.
00:04:19Okay.
00:04:20So I've booked us into the village pub and set up a meeting tomorrow with a local historian.
00:04:24Just ask her to see what she can come up with.
00:04:26And your uncle?
00:04:27I'll just keep trying.
00:04:28I don't want to upset him.
00:04:30It's a bit of a bolt from the blue.
00:04:31Yeah.
00:04:32Look, sometimes people, they just need a bit of a nudge.
00:04:37All he can say is no.
00:04:38If you insist on being here, the least you can do is stick to your own area.
00:05:03I'll go wherever I like.
00:05:06He's just trying to wind us up, Richard.
00:05:08Don't give him the satisfaction.
00:05:09Rufus used to be a friend.
00:05:11Can we all just try and be civil?
00:05:12You can't be civil with these barbarians.
00:05:15Hey!
00:05:17What the hell are you playing at?
00:05:18Sorry, mate.
00:05:19Didn't see you there.
00:05:21Is that right?
00:05:22Come on then, let's have it.
00:05:23See who comes off worse.
00:05:24Get off me!
00:05:28Maybe.
00:05:30Richard.
00:05:32I need your expert opinion.
00:05:35Why can't?
00:05:36Looks like an ampulla from the Thomas Becket Shrine.
00:05:40That was in my bucket.
00:05:41Belongs to me.
00:05:43You only found it by chance.
00:05:44Lead isn't even magnetic.
00:05:46Finders keepers, Johnny boy.
00:05:48And by the way you're all looking at it,
00:05:49must be worth a bob or two.
00:05:51The ampulla and the Thomas Becket badge are often found together.
00:05:54Where were you casting when you found it?
00:05:55Why would I tell you that?
00:05:57Might be loads more of them.
00:05:58Well then I'll tell the police
00:05:59about the old gun you found in the lake and didn't declare.
00:06:02You're still out on license.
00:06:04Aren't you, Colt?
00:06:05They'll send you straight back.
00:06:06Johnny.
00:06:08I'll kill you first.
00:06:14Don't work it, Johnny.
00:06:15If it's here, you'll find it.
00:06:22Let's have a look.
00:06:23What do you think?
00:06:23Well, he's right, he's left.
00:06:30That's good.
00:06:40Richard?
00:06:41Look, don't open it!
00:06:43Oh.
00:06:43Oh, God.
00:06:46Oh.
00:06:46Oh.
00:06:46It's a Wiccan jar.
00:06:57Also known as a witch's jar.
00:07:00Probably 17th century.
00:07:01Unopened, they were thought to protect against the spirits of evil.
00:07:05But if the seal was broken, the forces of evil were believed to be set free.
00:07:09So I've unleashed evil.
00:07:11On myself?
00:07:12Oh, superstitious nonsense.
00:07:15It gets worse.
00:07:16If the jar is open near water, it's said that the ghosts of the foreshore come back to life
00:07:23to take their victims with them.
00:07:25Don't listen to him, Johnny.
00:07:26I don't.
00:07:26I don't.
00:07:26Thanks for watching, guys.
00:07:31And if you haven't already, don't forget to like and subscribe.
00:07:34Or merch available via the link.
00:07:36Happy magnetaring!
00:07:38Bye, then.
00:07:39See you tomorrow.
00:07:40Thinking of coming to the blessing of the river ceremony.
00:07:42Oh, seeing the light at last.
00:07:44Now, that would be a miracle.
00:07:45But if there are blessings to be added, then why shouldn't we have some of them?
00:07:49Though it's you lot who need to get lucky.
00:07:51Not us.
00:07:52That's just a fair.
00:07:54They'll never get up in town.
00:07:55One can, but I hope.
00:07:58I'm heading back.
00:07:59Yeah, me too.
00:08:00I'm getting cold.
00:08:00I can give you a lift.
00:08:02Thanks, I'd rather walk.
00:08:04Johnny?
00:08:06William, shall I take the jar?
00:08:09Someone needs to report it.
00:08:12The jar?
00:08:13Yeah, yeah.
00:08:13That would be much appreciated.
00:08:18William, is there something wrong?
00:08:21No, no.
00:08:22Everything's fine.
00:08:43It sounds like it.
00:08:56Love you!
00:08:57It sounds like...
00:09:00Thanks for letting me know, Jacob.
00:09:15Yeah, of course, of course.
00:09:16I'll make sure everyone's aware.
00:09:18Okay.
00:09:19Bye.
00:09:20Sam.
00:09:23Sam.
00:09:23Sam.
00:09:25Alice!
00:09:30I'm going to find out, Mom.
00:09:39I promise.
00:09:40I promise.
00:10:00Hello?
00:10:13Oh, hello.
00:10:14What?
00:10:16Wait.
00:10:17Are you sure about that?
00:10:20No, no, no.
00:10:21Hold on a second.
00:10:22I just need to write this down.
00:10:24Hang on.
00:10:24Hang on.
00:10:25Yeah.
00:10:30I just need to write this down.
00:11:00Help! Somebody! Help me! Please!
00:11:20Here we reach our river
00:11:24Lay we everybody down
00:11:28Grace our spirits will deliver
00:11:32And provide us a robe and crown
00:11:36Yes, we'll gather at the river
00:11:39The beautiful, the beautiful river
00:11:43Gather with the space at the river
00:11:47That flows by the throne of God
00:11:51Morning, Vicar!
00:11:53You see that, look? He's really not happy.
00:11:58Judge not, lest ye be judged
00:12:02Isn't that what the Bible says?
00:12:04Yeah, but the man's a hypocrite
00:12:06Preaches one thing, does the opposite
00:12:09Well at least he's not a Judas, like Johnny
00:12:12Talking of Johnny, where is he?
00:12:16Right, we've made our point
00:12:17Let's go to the pub
00:12:18Are we in now?
00:12:19Bless him won't do any of us any harm
00:12:21Especially you, Cole
00:12:23Gracious God
00:12:25We pray for all those poor souls lost to our rivers and waterways
00:12:31Who these flowers represent
00:12:33In Christianity
00:12:35Water can symbolize both life and death
00:12:38And as a central symbol in the sacrament of baptism
00:12:42A moment of spiritual purification
00:12:45Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
00:13:01Ah, morning, Jamie. Do you want to be down on the soap?
00:13:03Thanks.
00:13:04Oh, you're looking very glamorous for a school day.
00:13:07Ah, but it's not a school day winter. Far from it.
00:13:09Mum's going to be on TV.
00:13:11Well, that's exciting. What's the show?
00:13:12Uh, Past Times. They've asked me to advise on some local history.
00:13:16Oh, just mixing with the glitterati doesn't turn your head.
00:13:19It'll be Hollywood next, sir.
00:13:20Oh, quite fancy a life of sun surf and celebrity drama.
00:13:24What do you think?
00:13:25You'd give any film star a run for her money.
00:13:27I don't know about that, but thank you.
00:13:29Right, sir. Time we left for our decidedly unglamorous day job.
00:13:32Oh, I don't know. There's always the potential for a bit of real-life drama.
00:13:35Can you get your start to go straight?
00:13:36Yeah, for what you wish for, sir.
00:13:42DCI Barnaby. Good morning.
00:13:49Not so good for our victim. Cause of death?
00:13:52Drowning. And by the look of him, I reckon he'd been in the water no longer than 24 hours.
00:13:58There have been reports of a sinkhole in the stretch of river, and sinkholes combined with silt can be a particularly dangerous domination.
00:14:06So, no evidence of foul play?
00:14:08Not obviously.
00:14:09Then, um, what am I doing here?
00:14:12According to witnesses on the scene, the victim was a local man, last seen alive yesterday evening.
00:14:17This jacket was found along with a bag containing a phone, a wallet, and a notebook.
00:14:22They confirmed his identity as Jonathan David Hoxham.
00:14:25This was found in the pocket.
00:14:29Memento Mori is Latin. It means, remember that you have to die.
00:14:34Who knew Winter could speak Latin?
00:14:37You're wasted as a plod.
00:14:38I'm not a... I'm a detective. Detective Sergeant, sir.
00:14:42It's so easy to wind up. It's delicious.
00:14:45If we could possibly get back to the Masheret Hound.
00:14:47I won't know any more until I've done the post-Wortum. I'll be in touch.
00:14:55So, our victim had a reminder of the inevitability of death, and then turns up drowned.
00:15:01Why did he come here? Was he meeting someone?
00:15:05Digital forensics trying to unlock his phone.
00:15:08Where exactly was the body found?
00:15:10Into the jetty, sir.
00:15:12Reverend William Gideon was conducting a river blessing when his wife saw the body in the water.
00:15:16He and his mud larking group were here yesterday afternoon.
00:15:20Johnny Hoxham was a key member.
00:15:22According to Mrs Gideon, there was another mud larking group here at the same time, but they left before he did.
00:15:27Were the Gideons that asked people to see Mr Hoxham alive?
00:15:29Yeah. Said he was going home and left alone.
00:15:32Mrs Gideon can't understand why he came back.
00:15:35Well, let's talk to both groups.
00:15:37Find out if anything happened yesterday that might shed some light.
00:15:59Mr Hoxham.
00:16:02Dan Peasey, Gemstone Television. We're here to see Richard Clisson.
00:16:06So, he's expecting you?
00:16:08Absolutely.
00:16:09He's not back yet?
00:16:11We're happy to wait.
00:16:18Johnny Hoxham was a devout member of the St Leonard's family and a passionate member of the Midsomer Mudlocks.
00:16:23His loss is a tragedy for the whole village community.
00:16:27Did Mr Hoxham have any enemies?
00:16:30But it was an accident, surely.
00:16:32Yeah, we have to keep an open mind at this stage, Mrs Gideon.
00:16:35I understand you were the last people to see Mr Hoxham.
00:16:39Well, technically, that was William. I started walking home while they were still at the river.
00:16:43Yeah, Johnny left soon after, and Richard Clissold was offered him a lift earlier, but he declined.
00:16:50And Richard Clissold is?
00:16:51He's a fellow Mudlock and an old family friend.
00:16:54I took over the ministry when his father retired.
00:16:58Did anything happen at the river that could have upset Mr Hoxham?
00:17:06New research suggested that there could have been a pilgrim hostel near Holybrook.
00:17:10Johnny was hoping to find a rare Thomas Beckett badge to complete his collection.
00:17:16Then an ampulla badge was found by Cole Densmore, a member of the Midsomer Magneteers,
00:17:21another mudlarking group in the area.
00:17:23The ampulla and Thomas Beckett badge are often found together,
00:17:27so Johnny got excited that he might find one in the same location,
00:17:31but Cole refused to tell him exactly where he found it.
00:17:34In fact, Cole seemed to be enjoying taunting him, but that wasn't unusual.
00:17:38What do you mean?
00:17:41Well, the Mudlocks are keen historians and ecologists.
00:17:43We research respectfully for evidence of the past in order to build collections of local historical importance.
00:17:50And the Midsomer Magneteers?
00:17:52Well, they use heavy, high-strength magnets to amass large quantities of metal for cash.
00:17:57Their gung-ho attitude causes untold damage to the environment.
00:18:02Which is a source of conflict?
00:18:04Yeah, unfortunately, yes.
00:18:05There was something else.
00:18:08Johnny found a rare Wiccan jar in the river.
00:18:11Which is what, exactly?
00:18:13A sealed 17th-century witch's jar, believed to curse whoever opens it.
00:18:18Sadly, that was Johnny.
00:18:21Yeah, as a Christian I abhor superstition, but it's an unfortunate coincidence that Johnny died later that day.
00:18:28Where is this jar now?
00:18:31Richard took it with him.
00:18:32Significant artefacts need to be registered.
00:18:36Where might I find him?
00:18:37Where might I find him?
00:18:47They're waiting in the sitting room.
00:18:49What on earth are they doing here?
00:18:51They said you were expecting them. I didn't know what to do.
00:18:53Go home, Mary. I'll deal with this.
00:19:02Mr. Clisold.
00:19:03I thought I made myself perfectly clear.
00:19:05We were in the area, and your niece was very keen to meet you.
00:19:08Uncle Richard. I'm Lucy. Hannah's daughter.
00:19:16Fine. I'll answer your questions.
00:19:20But under no circumstances will I appear on your television programme. Is that understood?
00:19:26Perfectly.
00:19:28These bills are you paying today?
00:19:31It's all under control, Gem. A contact's on his way.
00:19:34What if you get caught? Things are getting out of hand.
00:19:36Fine.
00:19:38Mr and Mrs Westcott.
00:19:40DS Winter. Causton CID.
00:19:42What can we do for you?
00:19:43The body was found in the river this morning.
00:19:45I know. I was there. No one knew what was going on.
00:19:47He's now been formally identified as Johnny Hoxham.
00:19:49He drowned near where you were mudlarking yesterday afternoon.
00:19:52Johnny? But why would he go back in there after the warning?
00:19:55What warning?
00:19:56I got a call from Jacob Mitchell. He farms the land around Hollybrook.
00:20:00One of his lads had seen us heading down there.
00:20:02Jacob's lost sheep to a sinkhole in the river, and he wanted us to know exactly where it was.
00:20:06So I put an alert on the magnateer's chat.
00:20:09Did you share that information with the mudlarks?
00:20:10Well, I didn't have to. Jacob said he'd already told the vicar.
00:20:15We understand that there's some unfriendly rivalry between you and the mudlarks.
00:20:18Was there any friction at Hollybrook?
00:20:20Just the usual sparring banter.
00:20:24I see you've got your own channel.
00:20:26Over 5,000 followers now.
00:20:29Did you film any content yesterday?
00:20:31Yeah, but nothing interesting.
00:20:33I'll still need to see it.
00:20:36It's so strange. My mother grew up in this beautiful house, but I had no idea it even existed until yesterday.
00:20:43Unfortunately, your mother rejected our family in the most hurtful and destructive way.
00:20:48Jessica always admired her, so followed suit.
00:20:50How can you be sure Jessica didn't want to come back?
00:20:53She left a note, making herself very clear.
00:20:57My father kept it.
00:21:01In case there was ever any doubt.
00:21:05As you can see, she despised us and everything we stood for, and states quite clearly she wishes no one to come after her.
00:21:14Leo.
00:21:15Yeah. But the letter is signed Leo.
00:21:18She saw herself as a lion, caged here against her will.
00:21:22Calling herself Leo was another way of further distancing herself from us.
00:21:25Is it okay if I photograph it?
00:21:27No, it is not.
00:21:29Did your parents notify the police when she left?
00:21:32My father was obliged to report it, but since there were no suspicious circumstances, that was the end of it.
00:21:38And they never tried to contact her?
00:21:41My parents had to draw a line.
00:21:44We had to get on with our own lives.
00:21:46What exactly happened the night she left?
00:21:49If you'll excuse me, I need to talk to a police officer about the tragic death of a friend.
00:21:53I'm so sorry, but thank you for seeing us.
00:21:56Um, I'd love to talk more if-
00:21:58There's nothing more to say.
00:22:00Forgive my scepticism, but you're clearly just doing this to increase your celebrity profile.
00:22:04I want no part in it.
00:22:06DCI Barnaby do come in, they're just leaving.
00:22:23The art of mudlarking lies in the ability to spot things invisible to others.
00:22:29What we call getting your eye in.
00:22:31The mistake is in looking too hard.
00:22:34Very much like my own job.
00:22:36How well did you know Mr. Hoxham?
00:22:39We were more colleagues than friends.
00:22:42Both fascinated by the history attached to objects we found.
00:22:45I understand there was some conflict between the two mudlarking groups yesterday afternoon.
00:22:52Did any of that involve Mr. Hoxham specifically?
00:22:55Not that I'm aware of.
00:22:59Reverend Gideon told us about the discovery of the Wiccan jar.
00:23:02I believe you have it.
00:23:03Why, yes. The jar.
00:23:11Here it is.
00:23:13Not very pleasant, I'm afraid.
00:23:16I've reported it to the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
00:23:19They'll be taking it off my hands.
00:23:21Could he have been deliberately placed for Mr. Hoxham to find as a warning of some kind?
00:23:27Highly unlikely.
00:23:29It is clear Johnny saw it as a bad omen.
00:23:32Which makes it all the more puzzling why he should choose to return.
00:23:42There's a history of rivalry and antagonism between the mudlarks and the magneteers, but apart from the discovery of the Wiccan jar, both sides seem to agree nothing unusual happened yesterday.
00:24:03I'm not sure they're being entirely honest, sir.
00:24:06This footage was downloaded from Gemma Westcott's phone.
00:24:10It was intended as content for the magneteers' channel.
00:24:13Where were you casting when you found him?
00:24:14Why would I tell you that?
00:24:16Might be loads more of them, but then I'll tell the police about the old gun you found in the lake and didn't declare.
00:24:21You're still out on license, aren't you, Colt?
00:24:24They'll send you straight back, Johnny.
00:24:26I'll kill you first.
00:24:31This was witnessed by both groups. Why didn't anyone mention it?
00:24:35Mrs. Gideon said that Cole enjoyed taunting Johnny, so it's possible nobody took it seriously.
00:24:42We need to talk to Cole Densmore.
00:24:44And there's another thing. Freddie Westcott said that a local farmer called him to warn him about the sinkhole.
00:24:49When was this?
00:24:50After they got back from the river. Freddie said that he circulated it on the magneteers' chat.
00:24:53Claimed that the farmer made the same call to Reverend Gideon.
00:24:56You didn't say anything to Maeve.
00:24:58And finally...
00:25:02Digital managed to access Johnny Hoxham's cloud.
00:25:06Someone called him at 1834.
00:25:09Then, according to his notebook, 27 minutes later, he was back at the river.
00:25:15Whoever called Johnny told him that they'd seen a Thomas Beckett badge and pinpointed its exact location.
00:25:20Is the number traceable?
00:25:21That's from an old phone box in the village.
00:25:25So...
00:25:27Johnny Hoxham was deliberately lured to his death.
00:25:31Hmm.
00:25:35This is great.
00:25:37Do you have any information on Jessie specifically, apart from the birth certificate?
00:25:41Well, her leaving was reported in the local press.
00:25:43Oh, well...
00:25:45As Vicar of Galsworthy, your grandfather was a powerful and highly respected figure in the village.
00:25:50Jessie's decision to leave so soon after your mother's disappearance was of great interest to the community.
00:25:55According to this article, she caught the London train at 7.35pm on Wednesday the 14th of May.
00:26:01She left with her bike and whatever she could fit into her panniers, as witnessed by Mary Hamble, the housekeeper's daughter.
00:26:08Sources close to the family confirmed that Miss Clisold had threatened to leave before.
00:26:12A note was found leaving them in no doubt that she left off her own free will.
00:26:16Richard Clisold still has it.
00:26:17Oh.
00:26:19And after she left?
00:26:21Well, the trail goes cold, I'm afraid.
00:26:24If Jessie changed her name or she left the country, it could be very difficult to trace her.
00:26:29I'll get our team to look into it.
00:26:31What about friends? She may have stayed in touch with someone outside the family.
00:26:35Well, I can find out which school she attended and take it from there.
00:26:38And Mary Hamble, she might be able to help you. She was a similar age and knew the family.
00:26:43Yeah, we met her briefly earlier. She cleans for Richard Clisold.
00:26:48And I think she still lives at this address.
00:26:51Oh, this is...
00:26:55DCI Barnaby has a few more questions, William.
00:26:58The church flowers are all done, Alice, so I'll leave you to it.
00:27:05I'm sorry to disturb you again so soon. This is my colleague, DS Winter.
00:27:09Yeah, of course. I need some help.
00:27:13We understand you received a warning about the sinkhole from a local farmer, Jacob Mitchell.
00:27:19You failed to share this warning with other members of your group.
00:27:23You also failed to share it with me.
00:27:26Yeah, I'm ashamed to say that's true.
00:27:29You know, when Jacob rang, I was writing my sermon for the river blessing and...
00:27:33I hung up clumsily spilling tea everywhere, so I'm afraid the call won't clean out of my mind.
00:27:39Freddie Westcott received the same warning and immediately circulated it amongst the magneteers.
00:27:43If you'd done that, Johnny Hoxham might be alive now.
00:27:47Yeah, which...
00:27:49Which I regret to the end of my days.
00:27:52But it didn't occur to me that anyone would return to the river that night.
00:27:56So, which is it? Did you forget? Or did you think no one would return to the river?
00:28:03Johnny wasn't the only one there.
00:28:05When I was walking home, I saw Cole Densmore on the opposite bank, heading back towards Hollybrook.
00:28:11We need to talk to Cole Densmore. At the very least, he could be an important witness.
00:28:23Unless William Gideon used the farmer's warning to lure Johnny Hoxham to his death,
00:28:28and Mrs. Gideon's statement is just a lie to protect him.
00:28:31Her sudden recollection is rather convenient.
00:28:33But why would Reverend Gideon want Johnny Hoxham dead?
00:28:37Hmm. No idea.
00:28:38Cole Densmore's still their only suspect with a motive, but he hasn't responded to any of our calls requesting an interview.
00:28:45Then Mohammed will have to go to the mount.
00:29:00Mrs. Hammond.
00:29:01I don't like being lied to.
00:29:02I understand. If you could just give us five minutes, we can explain.
00:29:05You knew my Aunt Jessie.
00:29:08We're the last person to see her.
00:29:09I made my statement at the time.
00:29:11It's all on record. There's nothing more to say.
00:29:13And, Mrs. Hammond, if you-
00:29:14My loyalty is to the family that stayed.
00:29:17Not to those that walked away.
00:29:19And I certainly don't approve of raking all this up again for a TV show.
00:29:22Time for a little fire, Bobby.
00:29:40Turns out Cole Densmore is Goldsworthy's resident bad boy.
00:29:44Currently out on license for theft.
00:29:46Get off my property before I call the cops.
00:29:50Yeah, we are the cops.
00:29:54Mr. Densmore?
00:29:55What?
00:29:58I'm not talking out here, so you better come in.
00:30:01But I'm not making tea.
00:30:02I assume you've got a license for that rather antiquated firearm?
00:30:17Don't need one.
00:30:18Got a collector who's gonna take it off my hands.
00:30:20Yeah, it still needs to be registered, as I'm sure you're aware.
00:30:23But it's an antique. It's been underwater for years.
00:30:25There are rules, Mr. Densmore.
00:30:27Okay.
00:30:28I'll report it if it'll get you off my back.
00:30:31What do you really want?
00:30:33I understand you had an altercation with Johnny Hoxham just hours before he died.
00:30:38That was just banter.
00:30:39It looked like a bit more than that from the footage we saw.
00:30:41If you'd like me to refresh your memory.
00:30:43Okay.
00:30:45So I wouldn't give him the ampulla for his epoxy collection.
00:30:48Why should I? I know he could get decent money for it.
00:30:50You threatened to kill him, Mr. Densmore.
00:30:53But I didn't.
00:30:54Does the expression memento mori mean anything to you?
00:31:02The river isn't far from here. Did you go back there after everyone left?
00:31:05No. Why would I?
00:31:06We have a witness who claims that they saw you on this side of the river heading towards Hollybrook.
00:31:13Then they need to get their eyes tested.
00:31:15And if you're looking for someone with real beef with Johnny, talk to Rufus Coulter.
00:31:19He was a mudlark until Johnny grasped him up for not reporting any of the stuff he found.
00:31:24What happened?
00:31:25The vicar threw him out in his ear. After God knows how many years.
00:31:28Rufus never forgave Johnny for that.
00:31:31So he joined the magneteers?
00:31:33He's a hoarder. Total weirdo.
00:31:37But they'll take anyone.
00:31:39So it seems.
00:31:41We'll be in touch, Mr. Densmore.
00:31:45Of you, sir.
00:31:58If you hear the policeman up here, don't panic, okay?
00:32:01They've got nothing on me.
00:32:12I suppose they're the tears of a Johnny.
00:32:15Of course they are. He was a good friend.
00:32:19Yeah, the way you were together made that perfectly clear.
00:32:21Oh, William, please not this again.
00:32:24I cared about him. That's all.
00:32:27Just wish you cared about me like that.
00:32:33Not sure you ever have?
00:32:40I know who your celebrity is. We crossed paths earlier.
00:32:45Anything to do with your murder investigation?
00:32:48Sorry. Strictly need-to-know basis.
00:32:52It is intriguing, though, isn't it?
00:32:54Our paths crossing professionally like this.
00:32:57Yeah. Investigating the same case from very different angles.
00:33:02We could both end up on telly at this rate.
00:33:04No. My show will only get made if the story has enough layers to keep the viewers intrigued.
00:33:09Which, unless there's a massive plot twist, is looking very unlikely.
00:33:13Hmm. In my experience, that can happen when you least expect it.
00:33:16What exactly was found?
00:33:22The hilt of a sword. Lost in the 8th century.
00:33:26Oh, there was an Anglo-Saxon settlement in this area, so potentially very exciting.
00:33:30But should we really be out so soon mudlarking?
00:33:32It's what Johnny would have wanted.
00:33:34If we find something special, we can make sure it's dedicated to his memory.
00:33:36Yeah, and as Sir Henry's given us exclusive rights to investigate...
00:33:38It's just in time for tea, Vicar!
00:33:39Leave now, or I will call the police!
00:33:40Oh, that's not very nice, Reverend!
00:33:41This is private land, and you don't have permission to be here.
00:33:42Says who?
00:33:43Sir Henry's Gamekeeper's one of our regulars.
00:33:44So you don't have permission to be here.
00:33:45Says who?
00:33:46Sir Henry's Gamekeeper's one of our regulars, in the middle of the Old
00:34:06Reverend. Just this private land and you don't have permission to be here. Says who?
00:34:11Sir Henry's gamekeeper is one of our regulars. He did it with his boss for us to check it out.
00:34:15He said we might find some Anglo-Saxon gold.
00:34:18Gold isn't magnetic, so you're wasting your time.
00:34:22Anglo-Saxons were con artists. They made coins that looked like gold but were mostly bog standard metal.
00:34:31Still worth a bob or two.
00:34:32You should know that Dicky, being an historian.
00:34:36Any news on who killed poor old Johnny?
00:34:39Last we heard, they were questioning you, Vicar.
00:34:41Been to see you twice, I believe.
00:34:46If you're implying I had something to do with it.
00:34:48William, let it go. Hasn't there been enough trouble?
00:34:54Let's start on the foreshore.
00:34:56Sorry to keep you. Couldn't get Paddy in from the garden. He's become obsessed with digging.
00:35:08I can see that.
00:35:10Any developments I should know about?
00:35:12Cole Densmore's phone places him home all evening.
00:35:15Just because his phone was there, it doesn't mean he was.
00:35:17No, but the background check on Rufus Coulter is much more interesting.
00:35:20Johnny Hoxham lodged an official complaint against him.
00:35:23Accusing him of what?
00:35:24Harassment.
00:35:25He'd been receiving anonymous hate mail.
00:35:27He suspected Rufus Coulter, but nothing was ever proved.
00:35:31Yeah.
00:35:32Some examples.
00:35:38Hmm.
00:35:39Rufus Coulter blamed Johnny Hoxham for shaming him within the mud larking community he loved.
00:35:46Question is, how far would he go to exact revenge?
00:35:52Ken?
00:35:54Ken, make sure you're getting this.
00:35:55Cole, get over here, Cole.
00:35:56Oh, if this is Anglo-Saxon gold, we're billionaires.
00:36:01Yeah.
00:36:13For a bloody bite this week.
00:36:15Take it to scrap, Cole.
00:36:16It's rusted to hell.
00:36:21Never mind, love.
00:36:22I'll make us some tea.
00:36:26I'll make you some tea.
00:36:27I'll make you some tea.
00:36:28I'll make you some tea.
00:36:33No, I'll make you some tea.
00:36:34I'll make you some tea.
00:36:35Where are you going, mate?
00:36:36Home.
00:36:37Not that it's any business of yours.
00:36:41Weirder.
00:36:45Sorry.
00:36:47Richard?
00:36:51What is it?
00:36:52Richard.
00:36:57At my school, I think it's Jesse's.
00:37:12Quiet, Bobby.
00:37:22It's unbelievable.
00:37:29How can anyone live in there?
00:37:31Hopefully, we'll find out.
00:37:37Mr. Coulter, it's the police.
00:37:40Just a minute.
00:37:44Bobby, come back here now.
00:37:47You'll come home when he's hungry.
00:37:49Sorry to keep you.
00:37:51It's my heart.
00:37:52It slows me down.
00:37:55Come through.
00:38:04What's this all about, then?
00:38:06We understand that you and Mr. Hoxton were involved in an ongoing feud.
00:38:11And you're putting two and two together and thinking I killed him.
00:38:14Well, no one said that, Mr. Coulter.
00:38:16Good.
00:38:18Because like I said, I've got heart problems.
00:38:21Ask my doctor.
00:38:23I'm not capable of hurting anyone.
00:38:26But Mr. Hoxton believed you were capable of seeking revenge by sending anonymous notes designed to frighten him.
00:38:33Well, the man was deluded.
00:38:34The man was deluded.
00:38:35Nothing was ever proved.
00:38:37Well, this was found at the scene in Mr. Hoxton's jacket.
00:38:41Doesn't mean it's from me, does it?
00:38:43You knew about the sinkhole from the magnateer's chat group.
00:38:46So did everyone else.
00:38:48So why pick on me?
00:38:50The last call that Mr. Hoxton received was from a phone box.
00:38:55Was that you, Mr. Coulter?
00:38:57No.
00:38:58So you're wasting your time.
00:39:08I'd like you to go now.
00:39:10I need to rest.
00:39:11I can't handle the stress.
00:39:14Well, if you think of anything else, give us a call.
00:39:16I've told you everything I know.
00:39:19I'll just leave it there.
00:39:20You can see yourselves out.
00:39:40Come on, Vicar, pick up.
00:39:43Please.
00:39:51Freddy, babe, what are you up to?
00:39:54This little beauty is an Anglo-Saxon figurine.
00:39:57Extremely rare, apparently.
00:39:59You're going to have to declare it.
00:40:00We're already in way too deep.
00:40:02It'll be fine, babe.
00:40:03We just need to hold our nerve.
00:40:11Production want me back in London.
00:40:14Look, it's okay.
00:40:14I'll get the team to check out whether Jessie
00:40:17changed her identity or moved abroad.
00:40:19And if that doesn't work,
00:40:20we can look into other members of your family
00:40:22and see where that takes us.
00:40:25Finding Jessie's the only reason I agreed to do this.
00:40:28And I'm not ready to give up yet.
00:40:32Okay.
00:40:32Okay.
00:40:49Vicar, thank God you're there now.
00:41:10I really need your help.
00:41:11I called Freddy, but the police don't trust him.
00:41:16You're the only one I can turn to.
00:41:32Hi.
00:41:34I'd like to stay another night, if that's okay.
00:41:36Oh, no problem.
00:41:37I meant to ask you,
00:41:39I heard you talking about Jessie Clissolt.
00:41:41She's my aunt.
00:41:43People seem to think we found our old bike
00:41:46this morning in the river on the estate.
00:41:50But that's not possible.
00:41:52Maybe they got it wrong.
00:41:53Just thought I'd say.
00:41:55Yes, of course.
00:41:57Vicar.
00:42:09Thank God.
00:42:11I'm in the kitchen.
00:42:16Vicar?
00:42:22So, Jessie went to Everglade House.
00:42:24It was a Catholic school for what used to be called troubled girls.
00:42:29I'm still trying to get a hold of the old school role,
00:42:31but I did manage to find this.
00:42:33It's a copy of her last school report.
00:42:36Oh, wow.
00:42:39Jessica is extremely intelligent,
00:42:41but her rebellious nature makes her stubborn and hard to control.
00:42:46She sounds just like mum.
00:42:49Well, that's all I have so far.
00:42:50Any developments your end?
00:42:51Yeah, um, a bike was found in the river today.
00:42:57People believe it could be Jessie's,
00:42:59but that doesn't make any sense.
00:43:01Can you ask your Uncle Richard about it?
00:43:04He made it very clear that the door was closed,
00:43:07but I refuse to give up hope.
00:43:09Well, with or without him, we're getting closer.
00:43:11The Door was closed,
00:43:13but I don't know what I mean.
00:43:15I don't know what I mean.
00:43:16I don't know.
00:43:17Put it in the water now.
00:43:18I don't know who I am.
00:43:21I don't know.
00:43:28I don't know.
00:43:29I don't know what I mean.
00:43:31Is it a coincidence that a suspect in Johnny Hoxham's murder is now a victim himself?
00:43:44Statistics would say no, sir.
00:43:46Let's find out.
00:43:49Reverend Gideon, we understand that you raised the alarm.
00:43:53Yes, Rufus called me. Sounded dreadful.
00:43:57Although we'd had our differences, he wanted my help.
00:44:00What did he say? Why?
00:44:02The magnateers pulled a bike out of the river this morning, and Richard Plissol recognized it.
00:44:09He said it belonged to his younger sister, Jessie. I'm sure of it.
00:44:14Why is that significant?
00:44:15It was a bike that Jessie was meant to have left with.
00:44:19According to Richard, her bike had a pair of tartan panniers, and when it was pulled out of the river, only one remained.
00:44:26And Rufus told me that he'd found the other pannier in exactly the same part of the river over 30 years ago.
00:44:34Which would be ten years after Jessie left the village.
00:44:37Yeah, yeah, I believe so.
00:44:38Why would Mr. Coulter be interested in an old bike pannier?
00:44:42Well, Rufus, he collected everything, but this time he got lucky.
00:44:46Inside the pannier, he said he found a necklace.
00:44:51How's that relevant?
00:44:53You were already questioning him about Johnny's murder, and he worried that if it was found in his possession,
00:45:01it could connect him to whatever happened to Jessie, that he'd be accused of killing her too.
00:45:06So he asked me to take it.
00:45:08Where has the necklace been all this time?
00:45:11His gallery.
00:45:12His gallery? What does that mean?
00:45:14I have no idea. He promised to tell me everything when I came to the house, but I was too late.
00:45:24And where is the necklace now?
00:45:27Rufus said he brought it up from storage, but I couldn't see it anywhere.
00:45:31Breathe in, gents. It's a bit of a squeeze.
00:45:45You mentioned cardiac issues. Is that what killed him?
00:45:48An arrest has no visible signs, so we'll have to wait for the PM.
00:45:51But I'm concerned that the pile that crushed him was deliberately destabilised.
00:45:56I just need to prove it.
00:46:00So have all those equations, of all?
00:46:02It's all about angles, Winter.
00:46:04I once had a lover who was a champion skier.
00:46:08Of course you did.
00:46:08We went off-piste in San Maritz and discovered a man who supposedly had fallen to his death.
00:46:16I knew immediately it was foul play.
00:46:19How?
00:46:20It's called The Physics of a Fall, based on analysis of the trajectory and impact site, angles, laws of motion.
00:46:31And you can calculate all of that with a tape measure?
00:46:32A laser distance meter. I'm not that much of a Luddite, Winter.
00:46:39What happened to your relationship with the sphere?
00:46:42I'm afraid that all went rapidly downhill.
00:46:47Nice abs, but dreadfully dull.
00:46:50I moved on with a handsome snowboarder.
00:46:53Not a clue that he was a senior member of the royal family.
00:46:57Who was it?
00:46:57They made me sign an NDA, I'm afraid.
00:47:00But it'll all be in my memoirs.
00:47:02She never ceases to amaze.
00:47:11Sir, Rufus Colter told William Gideon that he brought the necklace up from storage.
00:47:17But up from where?
00:47:19It could be an outbuilding or garage further down the hill.
00:47:23Yeah, or...
00:47:29A cellar.
00:47:30Well done, Winter.
00:47:45Down you go.
00:47:46I think we found Rufus Colter's gallery, sir.
00:48:08Classic serial killer behavior, sir.
00:48:17Trophies kept symbolize the killer's conquest over their victims.
00:48:21Could Jesse Clisold be one of them?
00:48:22Fleur's trying to ID the recovered body parts from their DNA.
00:48:26That's a long shot, but we might get lucky.
00:48:28We seized the bite that the magneteers pulled from the river and the contents of the pannier
00:48:33confirmed that it belonged to Jesse Clisold.
00:48:35Anything of interest?
00:48:37An ID with her purse, some cash, and some degraded items of clothing.
00:48:42She clearly intended to leave that day.
00:48:45Richard Clisold said that his family reported Jesse's disappearance to the police.
00:48:50See if there's any evidence of that in the archive.
00:48:52Any news on the missing necklace?
00:48:58Our team is still searching the property for it.
00:49:00I don't envy them sifting through that lot.
00:49:03If, as we now believe, that Rufus Colter went down to his cellar to retrieve the necklace,
00:49:10why wasn't it found on his person?
00:49:13How does this connect to Johnny Hoxham's murder?
00:49:15Oh, sir, Fleur's got something for us.
00:49:20Results show that Mr. Colter did indeed suffer a cardiac arrest at the time he was crushed.
00:49:27And my measurements came good, Winter.
00:49:31As you can see, physics suggest the tower was deliberately pushed.
00:49:36But, uh, that's not all.
00:49:39Mr. Colter had an implantable cardiovertent defibrillator,
00:49:42uh, preventative measure for those at risk, cardiac arrest.
00:49:47But the device had been deliberately disabled.
00:49:51Oh.
00:49:51By being in close proximity to a powerful magnet.
00:49:55Like a large fishing magnet?
00:49:57Gold Star Winter.
00:49:59It would need to be positioned less than six inches away from his heart.
00:50:04But no magnet was found close to the body.
00:50:06Could it be anything else?
00:50:07Traces of neodymium, iron and boron were found on his chest area.
00:50:13So, in my opinion, a magnet was held over the victim's heart while he was still alive.
00:50:19Rufus Colter's background check has just come in.
00:50:21Oh?
00:50:22Nothing remarkable other than how minted he was, given the scholar he lived in.
00:50:26But legal has come up with something interesting.
00:50:29Rufus Colter left everything in his will to Freddy and Gemma Westcott.
00:50:33Oh, sorry. So sorry to bother you, Mrs. Gideon.
00:50:50Um, your husband said you might be here.
00:50:53I'm Lucy Weaving.
00:50:54Yes, of course.
00:50:56How can I help?
00:50:57I'm trying to trace my Aunt Jessie.
00:50:59Jessica Clisold.
00:51:00I understand you were there when her bike was found?
00:51:03Yes.
00:51:04It was a bit of a shock.
00:51:07Poor Richard seemed very upset.
00:51:11It's probably just a coincidence.
00:51:13But I worry that the recent murders and Jessie's disappearance might be connected somehow.
00:51:19I'm assuming you knew her.
00:51:20I knew of her, but I didn't really have any friends in the village apart from William.
00:51:25I spent my youth combing the river, collecting whatever I could find to use in my artworks.
00:51:30That's one of mine, all made from mudlarking finds.
00:51:40The river drew William and I together.
00:51:44He's a little bit older than me, but we shared a passion for mudlarking.
00:51:47It's beautiful.
00:51:48Oh, thank you.
00:51:49There's something wonderful about bringing new life to things that would otherwise be lost forever.
00:51:59You didn't seem very upset about Miss Coulter's death, Mr. Westcott.
00:52:03By how it was expected, given his art condition.
00:52:05But you must have been close for him to make you the sole beneficiaries of his will.
00:52:10And given the state of your business, the timing seems pretty convenient.
00:52:12It's not what you think.
00:52:14Rufus had never been popular in the village.
00:52:16He was eccentric, harmless.
00:52:18He just couldn't let anything go.
00:52:19Which is why he was so angry when Johnny grassed him up.
00:52:23The heritage law confiscated loads of his most treasured finds.
00:52:26He was distraught.
00:52:28Rufus knew he would never make old bones.
00:52:30So he asked us to take care of the rest of it after he'd gone.
00:52:33I said yes.
00:52:34And will you?
00:52:36You're joking, aren't you?
00:52:37I'll sell anything that's worth something.
00:52:40Take the rest of the dump.
00:52:41What he doesn't know won't hurt him.
00:52:43But he was hurt, Mrs. Westcott.
00:52:45Quite deliberately.
00:52:47I thought he had heart attack.
00:52:49He did, but his defibrillator implant failed because someone held a magnet over his heart to disable it.
00:52:54Just like the ones you use.
00:52:56Oh, hang on a minute.
00:52:57You clearly had motive, given the state of your business.
00:53:00And you knew that the inheritance would solve all your problems.
00:53:02And you had the means.
00:53:04Rufus had his own magnets.
00:53:06Anyone could have done it.
00:53:14DCI Barnaby.
00:53:16Lucy Weaving.
00:53:18We met briefly on my uncle's doorstep.
00:53:19I remember.
00:53:20This is my colleague, dearest Winter.
00:53:22How can we help?
00:53:23I'm concerned that my digging into Aunt Jessie's past might have something to do with the recent murders.
00:53:28Why would you think that?
00:53:29No one in the village seems to know anything.
00:53:31Or if they do, they won't talk to me.
00:53:34The vicar's wife says she barely knew her.
00:53:36My uncle Richard refuses to talk about it.
00:53:38And when I tried to speak to Mary Hamble about her, she shut the door in my face.
00:53:43I'm pretty sure she's hiding something.
00:53:45Well, thank you, Ms. Weaving.
00:53:48Leave it with us.
00:53:52Police are out of me.
00:53:54Gonna have to do this now.
00:53:55I don't think the Westcots realise how rich they're going to be.
00:53:59Not much to spend it on in prison.
00:54:01They both have motive for Rufus Coulter, but not, thank you, Johnny Hoxham, and there's no evidence to place them at either murders.
00:54:08Well, let's keep an open mind for now.
00:54:10Just got the initial tests back on the body parts in the cellar.
00:54:14Well, it seems they date back to way before Rufus Coulter was even born.
00:54:19Backing up the Westcots' assertion that he treasured everything he found, however macabre.
00:54:23So, they were telling the truth about that, at least.
00:54:26I'll leave you to it, gentlemen.
00:54:28This is from archives about Jessie Clisold's disappearance.
00:54:32It seems the Clisolds accused her of stealing family jewellery.
00:54:36Notably, a very valuable 17th century posy ring.
00:54:40I made a note of the engraving to help identify it, should it be found.
00:54:45United Hearts, Death Only Parts.
00:54:48Several people said that they saw Jessie Clisold leave the village on her bike.
00:54:52Only Mary Hamble made a statement saying she saw her at the station,
00:54:56which Mrs. Hamble refused to discuss with Lucy Weaving.
00:54:59Why?
00:55:01We need to talk to her.
00:55:03In your statement, you claim that Jessie Clisold got on the train to London with her bike.
00:55:08The same bike that was found in the river this morning.
00:55:10Maybe I was confused.
00:55:12Jessie was never without a bike.
00:55:14It was such a long time ago.
00:55:16But you saw her at the station. You're absolutely sure of that.
00:55:19Of course I'm sure.
00:55:22Well, if you think of anything else, give us a call.
00:55:28Thank you for your time.
00:55:29Mary Hamble doesn't strike me as a person who gets confused.
00:55:50I agree. She knows exactly what she saw that day.
00:55:52Well, that's tech.
00:55:57Looks like Rufus Coulter called the vicarage twice before he died.
00:56:01Gideon's phone records reveal that the first call went to voicemail,
00:56:04but was subsequently deleted.
00:56:07The second call was answered.
00:56:09Reverend Gideon didn't mention a voicemail.
00:56:12Let's see if he's at home.
00:56:14Everyone get in.
00:56:37Sorry to disturb you.
00:56:46We tried the house, but there was no answer.
00:56:47I lost my bus, Ricky.
00:56:49I'll just skip spares here somewhere, but no luck so far.
00:56:52How can I help?
00:56:53The calls you received from Rufus Coulter,
00:56:55there seems to be some discrepancy.
00:56:57Two calls were made to the vicarage from Mr. Coulter's mobile.
00:57:00The first one went to voicemail.
00:57:02A message was left that lasted over a minute.
00:57:04The second call was answered.
00:57:06You mentioned the call, but not the message.
00:57:09I never heard it.
00:57:11Generally, I have no idea how that could have happened.
00:57:13My wife was here. I was alone in the house.
00:57:16I see.
00:57:18Well, thank you for your time.
00:57:19We'll see ourselves out.
00:57:25William.
00:57:27I'm so sorry. There's something I haven't told you.
00:57:30I deleted that voicemail.
00:57:32Why?
00:57:33Rufus was so awful to Johnny,
00:57:34and I didn't see why we should help him.
00:57:36I need to tell them the truth.
00:57:38Okay, uh...
00:57:40I'll handle it.
00:57:41I need to tell them the truth.
00:57:53I don't know.
00:57:54I need to say the truth.
00:57:55I need to tell him.
00:57:56I need to tell him.
00:58:04I need to tell them.
00:58:08Up to you old chicks, Carl!
00:58:18Reverend Gideon was the last person to have seen Johnny Hoxham alive
00:58:21and the first person to have seen Rufus called to dead, or so he claims.
00:58:25He had no explanation for the deleted voicemail
00:58:28and he failed to pass on the warning about the sinkhole.
00:58:31He had means and opportunity to kill both victims, but...
00:58:34Yes, Winter.
00:58:35What's the motive?
00:58:38We are. Okay, all right. Well, we'll be right down.
00:58:42Cole Densmore is in custody.
00:58:43He was caught red-handed stealing lead off the church roof,
00:58:46but says he wants to talk to us.
00:58:47Why?
00:58:48Apparently he saw Reverend Gideon acting suspiciously in the churchyard,
00:58:51says he thought he saw him hiding something.
00:58:53Did he now?
00:58:56Cole Densmore said it was on the far side,
00:58:59an old grave under a tree with an urn.
00:59:05Could it be that one?
00:59:08It must be the necklace Rufus Coulter found in Jesse Clissot's pannier.
00:59:29What was Reverend Gideon doing with it?
00:59:35Why was he hiding it out here?
00:59:48Reverend Gideon.
00:59:49You have some explaining to do.
00:59:55I've been praying for guidance, Chief Inspector,
01:00:01and God's answered my prayers.
01:00:04Time's come to confess the truth.
01:00:08Which is what, exactly?
01:00:11Jesse's death was a terrible accident.
01:00:13I, uh, I hit her with my car on the way to the station.
01:00:20I knew I was over the limit,
01:00:22and if the truth came out, then I'd be finished.
01:00:27So you covered it up?
01:00:30Yeah, I, uh...
01:00:31I disposed of her and a bike in the deepest part of the river.
01:00:39I had no idea that the necklace was in her pannier.
01:00:43Why did that matter?
01:00:45Uh, well, Jesse had always admired the shilling,
01:00:49so I had it made into a necklace for a 16th birthday present.
01:00:53So you knew the family well?
01:00:58Yeah, my, uh...
01:01:01My family had always attended St. Leonard's,
01:01:03as had the Gazards, Alice's parents.
01:01:07It was then they encouraged me
01:01:09to follow Reverend Clissold into the ministry.
01:01:13But prior to my ordination,
01:01:15I'd taken up a curacy in London,
01:01:17and I'd found the coin,
01:01:20a, uh, a rare 18, 19 George III gold-plated shilling,
01:01:25mud-larking in the Thames,
01:01:26where one is obliged to have
01:01:28all significant finds officially recorded.
01:01:31So I knew when Rufus found it
01:01:35that it could be traced back to me.
01:01:39And rather than help Rufus,
01:01:40you decided to retrieve the necklace
01:01:43and silence him?
01:01:45Yeah, he wanted to tell the police.
01:01:47And I couldn't let that happen.
01:01:53And Johnny Hoxton?
01:01:56Johnny was in love with my wife,
01:01:58and I feared that she felt the same,
01:02:02and I, I, I was terrified of, of losing her.
01:02:08So you lured him to his death?
01:02:12Yeah.
01:02:13I have no excuse for any of it, Chief Inspector.
01:02:19It was all a kind of madness
01:02:20for which I know I have no hope of forgiveness.
01:02:23You don't buy it, sir?
01:02:30Not entirely.
01:02:32It just seems too studied, too neat.
01:02:36like the last act of a play.
01:02:51If he is telling the truth,
01:02:54then you know someone else who must be lying.
01:02:55That statement I made 40 years ago,
01:03:01it was a lie.
01:03:04I never saw Jesse at the station.
01:03:07So why make that statement?
01:03:09Because I was asked to.
01:03:12But when Lucy Weaving started breaking all this up again,
01:03:16I didn't know what to do for the best.
01:03:19Reverend Gideon advised me to follow my conscience.
01:03:23Is that who asked you to lie?
01:03:24No.
01:03:25It was Richard Clisold.
01:03:29Can you tell us why?
01:03:31Richard caught Jesse stealing their mother's jewelry.
01:03:35She told him she was leaving.
01:03:37Said if he stopped her,
01:03:38then she'd make it her business to bring shame on the family.
01:03:42Well, Richard couldn't risk that happening.
01:03:44So we let her go.
01:03:46And then asked me to say I'd seen her at the station
01:03:48to stop people asking questions.
01:03:50Why did you agree to her?
01:03:54At the time,
01:03:55I half believed I was in love with him.
01:03:58I'd have done anything he asked.
01:04:01But now,
01:04:02I'm wondering if I helped him get away with murder.
01:04:06So,
01:04:07William confessed to killing Jessica.
01:04:10He's also confessed to the murders of Johnny Hoxham
01:04:15and Rufus Coulter.
01:04:18So he lied
01:04:19to everyone?
01:04:23As did you, Mr. Clisold.
01:04:26Forty years ago,
01:04:28you asked Mary Hanball to give a false statement
01:04:30about your sister Jesse's departure.
01:04:31Mary came to me this afternoon.
01:04:40She said she would tell you the truth if I didn't.
01:04:44I asked Mary to lie
01:04:46to stop any further questions being asked.
01:04:50Why would you do that?
01:04:52My father
01:04:52was the subject
01:04:55of some vile rumors.
01:04:58Jesse threatened to tell
01:04:59the church community
01:05:00that they were all true.
01:05:02What did you do?
01:05:03I tried to persuade Jesse to stay,
01:05:05but she said she would only do that
01:05:07if our father's hypocrisy was exposed.
01:05:11The coward in me
01:05:12couldn't face the truth,
01:05:14so we struck a deal.
01:05:17I would allow her to leave
01:05:18without raising the alarm,
01:05:20but she could never return.
01:05:22I blamed it all on her,
01:05:24but in truth,
01:05:25my parents were to blame
01:05:28for all her pain.
01:05:30What do you mean?
01:05:31They should have tried
01:05:32to understand Jesse.
01:05:34Instead of farming her out
01:05:35to a school for girls
01:05:36with troubled,
01:05:37often violent backgrounds,
01:05:40it was then she started
01:05:41calling herself Leo.
01:05:43Leo?
01:05:44Why?
01:05:45Because lions are wild,
01:05:47powerful,
01:05:48brave,
01:05:49all the things she needed to be
01:05:51in order to survive.
01:05:52I loved my father too much.
01:05:56If the truth came out,
01:05:57it would have destroyed him.
01:06:01But that poor girl
01:06:03was my sister,
01:06:05innocent of any wrongdoing.
01:06:09I should have protected her,
01:06:12not him.
01:06:18I was too weak.
01:06:22Here you go, love.
01:06:26Oh, and this came
01:06:27for you, Miss Weaven.
01:06:30Who delivered it?
01:06:31No idea.
01:06:32I found it on the table outside.
01:06:34The victim's been arrested.
01:06:36Seen to your hypocrites
01:06:37behind all of it,
01:06:38including what happened
01:06:39to your aunt.
01:06:40I always knew
01:06:40that man was a wrong'un.
01:06:41Are you absolutely sure?
01:06:42100%.
01:06:43I saw the cop
01:06:44was taken away.
01:06:45After all,
01:06:46that finger pointing at me.
01:06:47Yeah, we're on our way there now.
01:06:53I'll let them know
01:06:54to expect you.
01:06:56That was the Heritage Crime Unit.
01:06:58Our search into
01:06:58Freddie Westcott
01:06:59brought them to us.
01:07:00Looks like his dodgy deal
01:07:02is about to catch up.
01:07:03Oh, let's give him
01:07:04the good news.
01:07:06I'll try and get hold
01:07:07of Sarah,
01:07:08see if she's got anywhere
01:07:09with Jessie Clissot's
01:07:10school records.
01:07:12We know that she was
01:07:13mixing with
01:07:14troubled, violent pupils,
01:07:16but who were they?
01:07:17Did she have any
01:07:18particular friends
01:07:19or enemies?
01:07:21Sarah might have
01:07:22some answers.
01:07:25Ah, you find
01:07:26you're a real murderer then?
01:07:27Told you we had
01:07:28nothing to do with it.
01:07:29And we are going
01:07:30to be very rich
01:07:31through no fault
01:07:32of our own.
01:07:33Indeed,
01:07:34though you might have
01:07:35to serve a prison sentence
01:07:36before you can enjoy it.
01:07:38Remember that man
01:07:38that you sold
01:07:39the Anglo-Saxon figurine to?
01:07:41The same man
01:07:41you and Cole Densmore
01:07:42had on speed dial
01:07:43to offload
01:07:44all your mudlarking
01:07:45contraband.
01:07:46Well, it turns out
01:07:47that he works undercover
01:07:48at the Heritage Crimes
01:07:49Unit,
01:07:49and they've been
01:07:50following your
01:07:51under-the-counter
01:07:51dealings for months.
01:07:53In fact,
01:07:53they're on their
01:07:54way here now.
01:07:56Hello?
01:07:58I'm so sorry
01:07:59to bother you,
01:08:00but I heard about
01:08:00your husband.
01:08:01It must have been
01:08:02a terrible shock.
01:08:03It's almost impossible
01:08:04to believe.
01:08:06William's just
01:08:07not capable.
01:08:10Someone just
01:08:11left me this.
01:08:15Leave now
01:08:16or you'll be next.
01:08:18If William was
01:08:19already in custody
01:08:20when it was delivered,
01:08:20then it can't be him.
01:08:22And why would he
01:08:22threaten me
01:08:23if he was just
01:08:24about to confess?
01:08:24It doesn't make any sense.
01:08:26Have you told the police?
01:08:27Not yet.
01:08:28Why don't I call them
01:08:30and make us
01:08:30some sweet tea?
01:08:33I think we can
01:08:33both do with it.
01:09:04Let Lucy Weaver
01:09:13know about
01:09:14Reverend Gideon's
01:09:15confession
01:09:15before the press
01:09:16get a hold of it.
01:09:20Hey.
01:09:21I finally managed
01:09:22to speak to one
01:09:22of the nuns
01:09:23who taught at
01:09:23Everglade House.
01:09:25She remembered
01:09:25Jesse well,
01:09:26but when I asked
01:09:26her about friends,
01:09:27she said she only
01:09:27had one.
01:09:28Alice Gazard.
01:09:30Gazard?
01:09:30That's Alice Gideon's
01:09:32maiden name.
01:09:32She told Lucy Weaver
01:09:33that they barely
01:09:33knew each other.
01:09:34According to
01:09:35Sister Maria,
01:09:35they were kindred spirits.
01:09:37Both had experienced
01:09:38painful rejection
01:09:38by their families
01:09:39and became inseparable.
01:09:40But Alice still
01:09:41lived with her parents?
01:09:42No, her adoptive parents.
01:09:44Alice was abandoned
01:09:44at birth
01:09:45and taken in
01:09:46by the Catholic school
01:09:47attached to the convent.
01:09:48Sister Maria handled
01:09:49her first fostering
01:09:50placement.
01:09:51It was terminated
01:09:52after an act
01:09:53of extreme violence.
01:09:54What happened?
01:09:55The incident took place
01:09:59after Mrs. Marchmont
01:10:00informed Alice
01:10:01that she would be
01:10:02returning her
01:10:03to the convent.
01:10:04She told Alice
01:10:05she had been
01:10:05a great disappointment
01:10:06and not the daughter
01:10:07she wanted.
01:10:09As Mrs. Marchmont
01:10:09walked away,
01:10:11Alice picked up
01:10:11one of Mr. Marchmont's
01:10:12golf clubs
01:10:13and struck her
01:10:14across the back
01:10:15of the head
01:10:15with such force
01:10:17that it fractured
01:10:17her skull.
01:10:19She was only
01:10:19eight years old.
01:10:21It says here
01:10:21that the Gazards
01:10:22took her in within weeks.
01:10:23I mean,
01:10:23how is that even possible?
01:10:24Well,
01:10:24a decision was made
01:10:25not to reveal
01:10:25what happened.
01:10:26Sister Maria thought
01:10:27that was wrong
01:10:27so she kept
01:10:28a copy of her records.
01:10:30The Gazards
01:10:30were advised
01:10:31to keep Alice
01:10:31at the same school
01:10:32to avoid further disruption
01:10:33and Jesse Clissel
01:10:34joined her there
01:10:35when she was 13.
01:10:36So Alice Gideon
01:10:37lied about everything?
01:10:38And her husband's
01:10:38confession seemed
01:10:39too studied,
01:10:40too neat
01:10:41because it was.
01:10:43He was lying
01:10:43to protect Alice.
01:10:53Mrs. Gideon?
01:10:56Mrs. Gideon?
01:11:01The house all locked up
01:11:03is no answer.
01:11:03Let's try the studio.
01:11:11Lucy's in there.
01:11:12Get in there.
01:11:18Ambulance.
01:11:19Stay there, sir.
01:11:19The vicarage callsworthy.
01:11:22Lucy.
01:11:23Come on.
01:11:39Blood force trauma
01:11:40to the head
01:11:41with a dose
01:11:42of gas-induced
01:11:43asphyxiation
01:11:44for good measure.
01:11:45This bottle of ammonia
01:11:47is the culprit.
01:11:49Go on.
01:11:50When boiled,
01:11:51your ammonia
01:11:52becomes a highly
01:11:53concentrated gas.
01:11:55Extremely dangerous
01:11:56to inhale.
01:11:57When diluted
01:11:58with water,
01:11:58it can also be used
01:11:59to strip metal.
01:12:00Something Alice Gideon
01:12:01might use
01:12:02to clean her mudlocking
01:12:03fines.
01:12:04What are you thinking, sir?
01:12:14To quote Richard Clishold,
01:12:17I'm getting my eye in.
01:12:20Mudlockers look for treasures
01:12:22that are unseen by most
01:12:26but not invisible to all.
01:12:28and I think I've found one.
01:12:31And I think I've found one.
01:12:32Leo.
01:12:34Sir?
01:12:35Jessie Clishold's alter ego
01:12:37was a lion.
01:12:38She called herself
01:12:39Leo.
01:12:41The jewellery that Jessie stole
01:12:43on the day she left
01:12:44included a posy ring.
01:12:46And a part of this lion's eye
01:12:51is a ring displaying
01:12:52the French word
01:12:53mort.
01:12:55Death.
01:12:56And the wording
01:12:57on the stolen ring
01:12:57was in English.
01:12:58But these rings
01:13:00were often engraved
01:13:01in French
01:13:01on the outside
01:13:02and English
01:13:04on the inside.
01:13:07As in this case,
01:13:09uni les coeurs,
01:13:11la mort ne fait que séparer.
01:13:13And on the inside,
01:13:16united hearts,
01:13:18death only parts.
01:13:21Jessie Clishold
01:13:22had the ring
01:13:23in her possession
01:13:23when she left for London.
01:13:24So what is it doing
01:13:26in Alice Gideon's studio?
01:13:29We need to ask her
01:13:30before she does
01:13:31any more harm.
01:13:32Sir.
01:13:59Jessie Weaving
01:13:59is going to live,
01:14:01Mrs. Gideon.
01:14:01despite your best efforts.
01:14:03We found the ring
01:14:04that Jessie Clishold
01:14:05stole from her mother
01:14:06on the day
01:14:07that she left home.
01:14:08You need to understand
01:14:09how it came to be
01:14:10in your possession.
01:14:12You need to tell us
01:14:13exactly what happened,
01:14:14Mrs. Gideon.
01:14:16Before I do,
01:14:18I need you to know
01:14:20that I loved her
01:14:22and that she loved me.
01:14:25We could never be together here,
01:14:26so we'd made a plan to leave,
01:14:27so we'd made a plan to leave,
01:14:28go somewhere they'd never find us,
01:14:29but I couldn't go through with it.
01:14:32I was only 17.
01:14:34William and I were already engaged.
01:14:36He offered me safety
01:14:39and stability.
01:14:41Things that had eluded you
01:14:43as a child.
01:14:44We know that you were
01:14:46rejected by your birth mother
01:14:48and then by your foster family.
01:14:50I started to think,
01:14:54what if Jessie abandoned me to?
01:14:57I'd have no one.
01:14:58So I panicked,
01:15:01begged her to stay.
01:15:02I needed more time.
01:15:03No one knew
01:15:04we were even friends.
01:15:06But she said it was too late,
01:15:08that if I didn't go with her,
01:15:08she was going to tell William
01:15:09the truth.
01:15:10I thought she was bluffing,
01:15:11but she was deadly serious.
01:15:15William had given me
01:15:15the necklace
01:15:16as an engagement presence,
01:15:18a talisman to keep me safe.
01:15:21Jessie said she was
01:15:22going to give it back to William.
01:15:23Tell him I didn't need it.
01:15:26What do you think you're doing?
01:15:27She was my lover
01:15:28and protector now.
01:15:30Give me back!
01:15:30No, leave me alone!
01:15:32Stop it!
01:15:34What are you doing?
01:15:35What are you doing?
01:15:50You struck her violently
01:15:56from behind,
01:15:58just as you'd struck
01:15:59Mrs. Marchmont,
01:16:01almost killing her too.
01:16:03I felt no remorse
01:16:03for what I did to that woman,
01:16:05but I didn't mean to her,
01:16:07Jessie.
01:16:07I loved her.
01:16:09You could have come clean about it,
01:16:10but instead you decided
01:16:11to cover it up.
01:16:13I knew that the water
01:16:15was deepest under the bridge.
01:16:16But your necklace
01:16:20was still in the jacket,
01:16:22in the pannier bag,
01:16:23evidence that you feared
01:16:25might put you
01:16:26at the scene
01:16:27of Jessie's death.
01:16:28By the time I realised that,
01:16:29it was too late.
01:16:30I still had to hide her body.
01:16:32And you knew the river
01:16:33like the back of your hand.
01:16:35I remembered
01:16:35there's a deep hollow
01:16:37in the bank
01:16:37just around the bend
01:16:38in the river.
01:16:39And I dragged Jessie's body
01:16:43to the water
01:16:44and I floated her downstream
01:16:47and I managed to push her body
01:16:50deep inside the hollow
01:16:51and weigh it down with rocks.
01:16:52And that's where
01:16:53she has remained?
01:16:57But when Lucy Weaving
01:16:59started asking questions,
01:17:00I needed to check
01:17:01that her remains
01:17:04were still well hidden
01:17:06and that's when Johnny saw me.
01:17:08We'd been mudlarking
01:17:09at Hollybrook.
01:17:10I told William
01:17:11that I wanted to walk home.
01:17:12I thought that Johnny
01:17:13would go back
01:17:13over the bridges
01:17:14but he didn't.
01:17:15Alice?
01:17:15Oh?
01:17:17What are you doing?
01:17:18Oh, um,
01:17:19I thought I saw something
01:17:20in the water
01:17:21but it was just
01:17:21a trick of the light.
01:17:22Oh.
01:17:23Well, it's not a bad idea
01:17:24looking here though.
01:17:25The current flows this way
01:17:26from Hollybrook.
01:17:27I'll come back here tomorrow.
01:17:29Come with me if you're free.
01:17:31Sure.
01:17:33Good idea.
01:17:34Great.
01:17:35And you couldn't let that happen
01:17:36knowing what he might
01:17:38discover.
01:17:38I didn't have a plan
01:17:39until William got the call
01:17:42about the sinkhole
01:17:43by the jetty.
01:17:44He had no idea
01:17:46that I was listening in
01:17:47on the conversation.
01:17:48You called Johnny Hoxham
01:17:49from the phone box
01:17:50and lured him to his death.
01:17:53It seemed like
01:17:54the easiest solution
01:17:55but it was so hard.
01:17:57Help.
01:17:57Help.
01:17:59Help.
01:18:01Somebody.
01:18:03Please.
01:18:03Help me.
01:18:05Help me.
01:18:07Please.
01:18:08First, you tried to
01:18:14implicate Cole Densmore
01:18:16by saying that you'd
01:18:17seen him at the river.
01:18:18And then you got lucky.
01:18:19Rufus Colter
01:18:20sent Johnny Hoxham
01:18:21a memento mori
01:18:21that evening
01:18:22making him
01:18:23our prime suspect.
01:18:24You heard the message
01:18:25that Rufus left
01:18:26at the vicarage.
01:18:28You knew that he'd
01:18:29found the necklace
01:18:30which he feared
01:18:31might wrongly
01:18:32connect him
01:18:33to Jesse's death
01:18:34but in reality
01:18:35it connects you.
01:18:38What happened exactly?
01:18:43William was
01:18:44just coming out
01:18:46of Evensong that night
01:18:47and I was leaving
01:18:48to meet Jesse.
01:18:50I told him that I was
01:18:51going for a bike ride
01:18:52and he was worried
01:18:53it might not be safe
01:18:54it was getting dark.
01:18:55I told him
01:18:55that as long as I was
01:18:57wearing his necklace
01:18:58I would always be safe.
01:18:59He kissed it
01:19:00just to make sure
01:19:02and when I returned
01:19:04hours later
01:19:04I was in a terrible state.
01:19:07I told him
01:19:08the necklace was lost
01:19:09that the class
01:19:11must have come undone
01:19:11or something
01:19:12that I'd been desperately
01:19:13trying to find it
01:19:14all this time.
01:19:16And now you had
01:19:17to recover the necklace
01:19:18from Rufus Colter
01:19:19to stop William
01:19:20finding out the truth.
01:19:24Vicar?
01:19:29And you didn't leave
01:19:32anything to chance
01:19:33did you?
01:19:34You found one of
01:19:34Mr. Colter's
01:19:35fishing magnets
01:19:36and placed it on his
01:19:37chest to ensure
01:19:37his silence.
01:19:39What?
01:19:40Oh!
01:19:44You...
01:19:44Oh!
01:19:59But then
01:20:00your husband
01:20:01found the necklace
01:20:02by chance.
01:20:05William had lost
01:20:06his key.
01:20:07He knew that I kept
01:20:08spares in the studio
01:20:09he must have been
01:20:09looking for mine
01:20:10when he found the necklace.
01:20:16Reverend Gideon!
01:20:23And when he found it
01:20:24your husband realised
01:20:25that you'd got to
01:20:26Rufus Colter
01:20:27before he did
01:20:28that you'd lied
01:20:30to cover your tracks
01:20:31and that you'd been
01:20:32with Jessie Clissel
01:20:33when she died.
01:20:34And so he confessed
01:20:35to all of it
01:20:36in order to protect you
01:20:38and you let him.
01:20:40But you knew
01:20:40you were still in danger
01:20:41as long as Lucy Weaving
01:20:43was still asking questions.
01:20:45That's why
01:20:46I wrote the note
01:20:46just to frighten her
01:20:47into leaving.
01:20:48But while you were
01:20:49out delivering your note
01:20:50your husband
01:20:51was making his confession.
01:20:53That wasn't part
01:20:54of the plan.
01:20:55Lucy realised
01:20:56that if William
01:20:56had been arrested
01:20:57then he couldn't
01:20:58have left the note
01:20:58just needed
01:21:00by myself some time
01:21:01so I told her
01:21:02that I would make tea
01:21:03call the police
01:21:04then as I left
01:21:05I saw her
01:21:06staring at Leo.
01:21:12I knew in that moment
01:21:13that she was close
01:21:14to the truth
01:21:14that there would be
01:21:16questions that I
01:21:17wouldn't be able
01:21:17to answer.
01:21:18It was too late
01:21:24to stop.
01:21:30Her husband's been released.
01:21:34He'd like to talk to you
01:21:35but you're under
01:21:36no obligation.
01:21:37No.
01:21:38I want to.
01:21:39I want to.
01:21:39I always thought
01:21:49you were fragile Alice
01:21:50needed my protection
01:21:52but the one
01:21:54you become
01:21:54I don't recognise
01:21:55she's not my Alice.
01:21:58She's always been there
01:21:59William
01:21:59I just learned
01:22:02how to keep her
01:22:02well hidden
01:22:03because no one's
01:22:04ever loved
01:22:05or wanted that Alice
01:22:07except Jessie.
01:22:12You'll need to tell us
01:22:13exactly where she is.
01:22:17She's
01:22:17downstream
01:22:20in the hollow.
01:22:24I've already said
01:22:25my goodbyes.
01:22:29I am so sorry
01:22:31William.
01:22:35You're a natural
01:22:43detective Sarah.
01:22:44Well
01:22:45only if it's
01:22:45history related.
01:22:46But when it is
01:22:47you're like a dog
01:22:47with a bone.
01:22:49Oh not again
01:22:50Paddy.
01:22:51We're going to have
01:22:52to get rid of that
01:22:52rug Sarah.
01:22:55Hey.
01:22:58It's the silver
01:22:58eternity bracelet
01:22:59you got me
01:23:00when I had Betty.
01:23:01You lost that
01:23:01years ago.
01:23:02Oh and I'm
01:23:03very grateful
01:23:04to have it
01:23:04back.
01:23:05Good boy.
01:23:06Seems like
01:23:07Paddy's good
01:23:07at solving mysteries
01:23:08too.
01:23:09Well maybe
01:23:10you should
01:23:10take him
01:23:10mudlarking.
01:23:11He might be
01:23:11able to help
01:23:12you find
01:23:12that water
01:23:12she lost
01:23:13when you
01:23:13went fishing.
01:23:14Oh that's
01:23:14a great idea.
01:23:15What do you
01:23:15say Detective
01:23:16Paddy?
01:23:16Do you want
01:23:16to go fishing
01:23:17again?
01:23:18Go on then
01:23:18see if you
01:23:19can find
01:23:19my wellies.
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