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00:00:00This stretch of the river can be unpredictable after so much rain.
00:00:16I suggest we've got to move on before it floods.
00:00:18Yeah, we could be standing on what was once the pilgrim route to Causton Abbey.
00:00:24Maybe. Today's the day, Vicar.
00:00:26I might finally find the Thomas Beckett badge to complete my collection.
00:00:31That's a rare badge, Johnny. Let's pray turn here somewhere.
00:00:38The mudlarks are up to something at Hollybrook. Reckon they must have had a tip-off.
00:00:43Say no more, mate. Yeah, yeah. We'll meet you down there.
00:00:46Rufus, get that down your neck. We've got work to do.
00:00:48Gemma, get the van loaded up.
00:00:52Mudlarks are at Hollybrook.
00:00:54What about the bar?
00:00:55Well, Gary can cover for a couple of hours, but we need to get there now.
00:00:58You must be honest, I mean.
00:01:07Dad, he's done it again.
00:01:09Hmm?
00:01:11Oh, not again, Paddy. That's the third time this afternoon.
00:01:14How much stuff have you got buried out there?
00:01:16Oh, sorry, Sarah. I couldn't stop it.
00:01:19Oh, never mind that now. I've got some exciting news.
00:01:21I have just been asked to do some local research for pastimes.
00:01:25The Ancestry Show?
00:01:27Yeah. They got in touch through the Historical Society.
00:01:29Are you going to be on TV?
00:01:30Well, it looks like it, yeah.
00:01:31And who's the subject?
00:01:33Oh, I'm sorry, darling, but it's a need-to-know basis only.
00:01:37But if you wouldn't mind clearing this mess up.
00:01:40I've got some work to do.
00:01:44Last time, okay?
00:01:46Or I'm calling the pound.
00:01:47Everything all right, Richard?
00:02:11Some ghastly Ancestry Show keeps calling me.
00:02:15Hannah's daughter is now a well-known actress, apparently.
00:02:18They want my help to find Jessica.
00:02:20As if I'd had the first idea.
00:02:25As if the day couldn't get any worse.
00:02:27This is a historical site of great interest of the Dean of Causton.
00:02:39We're here at his official invitation.
00:02:41Last time I heard, this stretch of the river is on Jacob Mitchell's land.
00:02:45It's nothing to do with the Dean.
00:02:46Nevertheless, your high-strength magnets can do untold damage.
00:02:49You have no business here.
00:02:51You're so sure about that, Rev.
00:02:53Call the police.
00:02:54We already know Johnny's a grass.
00:02:57You'd probably call them already.
00:02:58If you're intent on being unreasonable, I suppose I can't stop you.
00:03:02Glad to see we're on the same page, Vicar.
00:03:04Good one, Jem.
00:03:06Let's get organised, lads.
00:03:10Damn cheek.
00:03:11Who do they think they are?
00:03:12We just have to do our best to avoid them.
00:03:16Easier said than done.
00:03:19Ready, Jem?
00:03:20I was born ready.
00:03:22Hello, guys, and welcome.
00:03:24Back to the Midsomer Magneteer's Channel.
00:03:26And what a lovely day for it.
00:03:29I'm afraid this is the only family photograph my mother kept.
00:03:35Those are my grandparents with my mother Hannah,
00:03:38her sister Jessie, and their brother Richard.
00:03:40She was estranged from all of them.
00:03:42It's something she never talked about.
00:03:44So what made her change her mind?
00:03:48She knew she didn't have long left.
00:03:49I wanted to get her house in order before it was too late.
00:03:53But I could see how painful it was for her to go back there.
00:03:58Why is that?
00:04:00Jessie was her baby sister.
00:04:01The only member of her family she ever cared about.
00:04:04But she felt she had to cut off from all of them in order to survive.
00:04:10That's why I'm doing this.
00:04:11To honour Mum's dying wish.
00:04:14To find Jessie and tell her how much she loved her.
00:04:18And how guilty she felt for abandoning her.
00:04:20Well, all we know so far is that your family came from a village called Galsworthy in Midsomer.
00:04:27Okay.
00:04:28Your uncle still lives there but he's reluctant to get involved.
00:04:33So, where do we go from here?
00:04:35To Galsworthy.
00:04:36Okay.
00:04:37So I've booked us into the village pub and set up a meeting tomorrow with a local historian.
00:04:42Just ask her to see what she can come up with.
00:04:44And your uncle, I'll just keep trying.
00:04:46I don't want to upset him.
00:04:47It's a bit of a bolt from the blue.
00:04:49Yeah, sometimes people, they just need a bit of a nudge.
00:04:55All he can say is no.
00:05:19If you insist on being here, the least you can do is stick to your own area.
00:05:23I'll go wherever I like.
00:05:25Just trying to wind us up, Richard.
00:05:28Don't give him the satisfaction.
00:05:29Rufus used to be a friend.
00:05:31Can we all just try and be civil?
00:05:32You can't be civil with these barbarians.
00:05:35Hey!
00:05:37What the hell are you playing at?
00:05:38Sorry, mate.
00:05:40Didn't see you there.
00:05:41Just that right.
00:05:42Come on then, let's have it.
00:05:43See who comes off worse.
00:05:44What do you think you're doing, Eddie?
00:05:50Richard.
00:05:53I need your expert opinion.
00:05:56My card.
00:05:58Looks like an ampulla from the Thomas Beckett shrine.
00:06:01That was in my bucket.
00:06:03Belongs to me.
00:06:04You only found it by chance.
00:06:06Lead isn't even magnetic.
00:06:08Finders keepers, Johnny boy.
00:06:09And by the way you're all looking at it,
00:06:11must be worth a bob or two.
00:06:12The ampulla and the Thomas Beckett badge
00:06:14you often found together.
00:06:16Where were you casting when you found it?
00:06:17And why would I tell you that?
00:06:19Might be loads more of them.
00:06:20Well, then I'll tell the police
00:06:21about the old gun you found in the lake
00:06:23and didn't declare.
00:06:25You're still out on license.
00:06:26Aren't you, Colt?
00:06:27They'll send you straight back.
00:06:29Johnny.
00:06:31I'll kill you first.
00:06:37Not worth it, Johnny.
00:06:38If it's here, you'll find it.
00:06:42Let's have a look.
00:06:46What do you think?
00:06:52Well, he's right.
00:06:53Here's Lear.
00:06:53That's good.
00:07:04Richard?
00:07:06Don't open it!
00:07:07Oh!
00:07:08Oh, fuck!
00:07:08Oh!
00:07:38Oh!
00:08:09Jar.
00:08:12It's a Wiccan jar.
00:08:14Also known as a witch's jar.
00:08:16Probably 17th century.
00:08:18Unopened, they were thought to protect against the spirits of evil.
00:08:22But if the seal was broken, the forces of evil were believed to be set free.
00:08:26So I've unleashed evil.
00:08:29On myself.
00:08:30Oh, superstitious nonsense.
00:08:32It gets worse if the jar is open near water.
00:08:36It's said that the ghosts of the foreshore come back to life to take their victims with them.
00:08:42Don't listen to him, Johnny.
00:08:48Thanks for watching, guys.
00:08:49And if you haven't already, don't forget to like and subscribe.
00:08:52All merch available via the link.
00:08:54Happy magnetarian!
00:08:56Bye, then.
00:08:57See you tomorrow.
00:08:58Thinking of coming to the blessing of the river ceremony.
00:09:01Oh, seeing the light at last.
00:09:02Now, that would be a miracle.
00:09:04But if there are blessings to be had, then why shouldn't we have some of them?
00:09:08No, it's you lot who need to get lucky.
00:09:10Not us.
00:09:11That's just a tear.
00:09:12Don't ever get up in town.
00:09:14One can but hope.
00:09:17I'm heading back.
00:09:18Yeah, me too.
00:09:19I'm getting cold.
00:09:20I can give you a lift.
00:09:21Thanks, I'd rather walk.
00:09:23Johnny?
00:09:26William, shall I take the jar?
00:09:29Someone needs to report it.
00:09:30Good job.
00:09:31Yeah, yeah.
00:09:32That would be much appreciated.
00:09:38William, is there something wrong?
00:09:41No, no.
00:09:42Everything's fine.
00:09:43Everything's fine.
00:09:44Hmm.
00:09:45Oh, my God.
00:10:15It sounds like a note Jacob yeah, yeah, of course course. I'll make sure everyone's aware. Okay, I
00:10:45I'm gonna find out mom I promise
00:11:15hello oh hello what what are you sure about that
00:11:45no no no hold on a second I I just need to write this down hang on
00:12:15help
00:12:25somebody help me please
00:12:41please
00:13:23morning Vicar
00:13:25you see that look he's really not happy
00:13:29judge not lest ye be judged
00:13:33isn't that what the Bible says
00:13:35yeah but the man's a hypocrite
00:13:37preaches one thing does the opposite
00:13:41well at least he's not a Judas
00:13:43like Johnny
00:13:45where is he
00:13:47right we've made our point
00:13:49let's go to the pub
00:13:51Rihanna
00:13:53blessing won't do any of us any harm
00:13:55especially you call
00:13:57gracious God we pray for all those poor souls lost to our rivers and waterways who these flowers represent
00:14:07in Christianity
00:14:09water can symbolize both life and death and as a central symbol in the sacrament of baptism a moment of spiritual purification
00:14:19Oh
00:14:27Ah
00:14:33Oh morning Jamie do you want to be down on a set?
00:14:37I'll be down on the soap.
00:14:38Thanks.
00:14:39Oh, you're looking very glamorous for a school day.
00:14:42Ah, but it's not a school day winter.
00:14:44Far from it.
00:14:45Mum's going to be on TV.
00:14:46Oh, that's exciting.
00:14:47What's the show?
00:14:48Uh, Past Times.
00:14:49They've asked me to advise on some local history.
00:14:51I just hope mixing with the glitterati doesn't turn your head.
00:14:54It'll be Hollywood next, sir.
00:14:56Oh, quite fancy a life of sound surf and celebrity drama.
00:15:00What do you think?
00:15:01You give any film star a run for her money.
00:15:03I don't know about that, but thank you.
00:15:05Right, sir, time we left for our decidedly unglamorous day job.
00:15:08Oh, I don't know.
00:15:09There's always the potential for a bit of real life drama.
00:15:12Can you get your stuff to consider?
00:15:13Go for what you wish for, sir.
00:15:23DCI Barnaby.
00:15:25Good morning.
00:15:26Not so good for our victim.
00:15:28Cause of death?
00:15:29Drowning.
00:15:30And by the look of him,
00:15:32I reckon he'd been in the water no longer than 24 hours.
00:15:34There have been reports of a sinkhole in the stretch of river.
00:15:39And sinkholes combined with silt can be a particularly dangerous domination.
00:15:44So no evidence of foul play?
00:15:46Not obviously.
00:15:47Then, um, what am I doing here?
00:15:50According to witnesses on the scene, the victim was a local man,
00:15:53last seen alive yesterday evening.
00:15:55His jacket was found along with a bag containing a phone, a wallet, and a notebook.
00:16:00They confirmed his identity as Jonathan David Hoxham.
00:16:03And this was found in the pocket.
00:16:06Memento mori is Latin.
00:16:11It means remember that you have to die.
00:16:13Who knew Winter could speak Latin?
00:16:16You're wasted as a plod.
00:16:18I'm not a...
00:16:19I'm a detective.
00:16:20Detective Sergeant.
00:16:21Sir?
00:16:22It's so easy to wind up.
00:16:23It's delicious.
00:16:24If we could possibly get back to the matter at hand.
00:16:27I won't know any more until I've done the post-wortum.
00:16:30I'll be in fudge.
00:16:35So our victim had a reminder of the inevitability of death and then turns up drowned.
00:16:42Hmm.
00:16:43Why did he come here?
00:16:44Was he meeting someone?
00:16:45Digital forensics trying to unlock his phone.
00:16:48Where exactly was the body found?
00:16:50Into the jetty, sir.
00:16:52Reverend William Gideon was conducting a river blessing when his wife saw the body in the water.
00:16:57He and his mud larking group were here yesterday afternoon.
00:17:01Johnny Hoxham was a key member.
00:17:03According to Mrs. Gideon, there was another mud larking group here at the same time,
00:17:07but they left before he did.
00:17:08Were the Gideons that asked people to see Mr. Hoxham alive?
00:17:11Yeah.
00:17:12Said he was going home and left alone.
00:17:14Mrs. Gideon can't understand why he came back.
00:17:17Well, let's talk to both groups.
00:17:19Find out if anything happened yesterday that might, um, shed some light.
00:17:23Sorry.
00:17:24He was so scared that might be.
00:17:28I'll go ahead and get back to the place.
00:17:31So the other thing, I guess.
00:17:33I'm sure I went back then.
00:17:34It's not going on.
00:17:35I'm sorry.
00:17:36You're not going into the Mobile Taliban.
00:17:38I just keep my head back now.
00:17:40Can we have someone like that?
00:17:41I'm sorry.
00:17:42I don't know.
00:17:43I'm not going on to sell out.
00:17:45It's not going on to sell out, it's not a little bit.
00:17:46Dan Peasey.
00:17:47Gemstone Television.
00:17:48We're here to see Richard Clisson.
00:17:50So he's expecting you?
00:17:51Absolutely.
00:17:52He's not back yet?
00:17:53We're happy to wait.
00:18:01Johnny Hoxham was a devout member of the St. Leonard's family
00:18:04and a passionate member of the Midsomer Mudlocks.
00:18:07His loss is a tragedy for the whole village community.
00:18:11Did Mr. Hoxham have any enemies?
00:18:14But it was an accident, surely?
00:18:16Yeah, we have to keep an open mind at this stage, Mrs. Gideon.
00:18:20I understand you were the last people to see Mr. Hoxham.
00:18:24Well, technically, that was William.
00:18:26I started walking home while they were still at the river.
00:18:29Yeah, Johnny left soon after,
00:18:31and Richard Clisold was offered him a lift earlier, but he declined.
00:18:35And Richard Clisold is?
00:18:37He's a fellow Mudlock and an old family friend.
00:18:40I took over the ministry when his father retired.
00:18:44Did anything happen at the river that could have upset Mr. Hoxham?
00:18:50Uh...
00:18:53New research suggested that there could have been a pilgrim hostel near Holybrook.
00:18:58Johnny was hoping to find a rare Thomas Beckett badge to complete his collection.
00:19:03Then an ampulla badge was found by Cole Densmore,
00:19:06a member of the Midsomer Magneteers, another mudlarking group in the area.
00:19:10The ampulla and Thomas Beckett badge are often found together,
00:19:14so Johnny got excited that he might find one in the same location,
00:19:19but Cole refused to tell him exactly where he found it.
00:19:22In fact, Cole seemed to be enjoying taunting him, but that wasn't unusual.
00:19:27What do you mean?
00:19:29Well, the Mudlocks are keen historians and ecologists.
00:19:32We... we search respectfully for evidence of the past
00:19:35in order to build collections of local historical importance.
00:19:38And the Midsomer Magneteers?
00:19:40Well, they use heavy, high-strength magnets to amass large quantities of metal for cash.
00:19:46You know, their gung-ho attitude causes untold damage to the environment.
00:19:50Which is a source of conflict?
00:19:53Yeah, unfortunately, yes.
00:19:55There was something else.
00:19:57Johnny found a rare Wiccan jar in the river.
00:20:01Witches' what, exactly?
00:20:02A sealed 17th-century witches' jar,
00:20:05believed to curse whoever opens it.
00:20:08Sadly, that was Johnny.
00:20:11Yeah, as a Christian I abhor superstition,
00:20:14that it's an unfortunate coincidence that Johnny died later that day.
00:20:21Where is this jar now?
00:20:22Richard took it with him.
00:20:24Significant artefacts need to be registered.
00:20:28Where might I find him?
00:20:38They're waiting in the sitting room.
00:20:41What on earth are they doing here?
00:20:43They said you were expecting them. I didn't know what to do.
00:20:47Go home, Mary.
00:20:49I'll deal with this.
00:20:55Mr. Clisold.
00:20:56I thought I made myself perfectly clear.
00:20:58We were in the area, and your niece was very keen to meet you.
00:21:04Uncle Richard.
00:21:06I'm Lucy.
00:21:08Hannah's daughter.
00:21:11Fine. I'll answer your questions.
00:21:14But under no circumstances will I appear on your television programme.
00:21:17Is that understood?
00:21:19Perfectly.
00:21:21These bills are you paying today?
00:21:25It's all under control, Gem.
00:21:26I can't tax on his way.
00:21:28What if you get caught?
00:21:29Things are getting out of hand.
00:21:31Fine.
00:21:32Mr and Mrs Westcott.
00:21:34DS Winter, Causton CID.
00:21:36What can we do for you?
00:21:37Body was found in the river this morning.
00:21:39I know. I was there. No one knew what was going on.
00:21:42He's now been formally identified as Johnny Hoxham.
00:21:44He drowned near where you were mudlarking yesterday afternoon.
00:21:47Johnny? But why would he go back in there after the warning?
00:21:50What warning?
00:21:51I got a call from Jacob Mitchell.
00:21:52He farms the land around Hollybrook.
00:21:55One of his lads had seen us heading down there.
00:21:58Jacob's lost sheep to a sinkhole in the river and he wanted us to know exactly where it was.
00:22:02So I put an alert on the magnateer's chap.
00:22:04Did you share that information with the mudlarks?
00:22:06Well, I didn't have to.
00:22:07Jacob said he'd already told the vicar.
00:22:10We understand that there's some unfriendly rivalry between you and the mudlarks.
00:22:14Was there any friction at Hollybrook?
00:22:16Just the usual sparring banter.
00:22:20I see you've got your own channel.
00:22:23Over 5,000 followers now.
00:22:25Did you film any content yesterday?
00:22:27Yeah, but nothing interesting.
00:22:30I'll still need to see it.
00:22:32It's so strange.
00:22:34My mother grew up in this beautiful house, but I had no idea it even existed until yesterday.
00:22:40Unfortunately, your mother rejected our family in the most hurtful and destructive way.
00:22:45Jessica always admired her, so followed suit.
00:22:48How can you be sure Jessica didn't want to come back?
00:22:51She left a note, making herself very clear.
00:22:53My father kept it, in case there was ever any doubt.
00:23:05As you can see, she despised us and everything we stood for, and states quite clearly she wishes no one to come after her.
00:23:12Leo.
00:23:13Yeah.
00:23:14But the letter is signed Leo.
00:23:17She saw herself as a lion, caged here against her will.
00:23:21Calling herself Leo was another way of further distancing herself from us.
00:23:25Is it okay if I photograph it?
00:23:26No, it is not.
00:23:28Did your parents notify the police when she left?
00:23:32My father was obliged to report it, but since there were no suspicious circumstances, that was the end of it.
00:23:37And they never tried to contact her?
00:23:41My parents had to draw a line.
00:23:44We had to get on with our own lives.
00:23:46What exactly happened the night she left?
00:23:50If you'll excuse me, I need to talk to a police officer about the tragic death of a friend.
00:23:55I'm so sorry, but thank you for seeing us.
00:23:58I'd love to talk more if...
00:24:00There's nothing more to say.
00:24:02Forgive my scepticism, but you're clearly just doing this to increase your celebrity profile.
00:24:05I want no part in it.
00:24:07DCI Barnaby, do come in. They're just leaving.
00:24:26The art of mudlarking lies in the ability to spot things invisible to others.
00:24:31What we call getting your eye in.
00:24:33The mistake is in looking too hard.
00:24:36Very much like my own job.
00:24:39How well did you know Mr. Hoxham?
00:24:42We were more colleagues than friends.
00:24:45Both fascinated by the history attached to objects we found.
00:24:49I understand there was some conflict between the two mudlarking groups yesterday afternoon.
00:24:55Did any of that involve Mr. Hoxham specifically?
00:24:58Not that I'm aware of.
00:25:03Reverend Gideon told us about the discovery of the Wiccan jar. I believe you have it.
00:25:07Why yes. The jar.
00:25:16Here it is.
00:25:17Not very pleasant, I'm afraid.
00:25:21I've reported it to the Portable Antiquities Scheme. They'll be taking it off my hands.
00:25:26Could it have been deliberately placed for Mr. Hoxham to find as a warning of some kind?
00:25:32Highly unlikely.
00:25:33It is clear Johnny saw it as a bad omen.
00:25:38Which makes it all the more puzzling why he should choose to return.
00:25:41There's a history of rivalry and antagonism between the mudlarks and the magneteers.
00:26:03But apart from the discovery of the Wiccan jar, both sides seem to agree nothing unusual happened yesterday.
00:26:11I'm not sure they're being entirely honest sir.
00:26:14This footage was downloaded from Gemma Westcott's phone.
00:26:17It was intended as content for the magneteers channel.
00:26:20Where were you castling when you found it?
00:26:22Why would I tell you that?
00:26:24Might be loads more of them.
00:26:25Well then I'll tell the police about the old gun you found in the lake and didn't declare.
00:26:29You're still out on license, aren't you Cole?
00:26:32They'll send you straight back, Johnny.
00:26:36I'll kill you first.
00:26:40This was witnessed by both groups. Why didn't anyone mention it?
00:26:44Mrs. Gideon said that Cole enjoyed taunting Johnny, so it's possible nobody took it seriously.
00:26:51We need to talk to Cole Densmore.
00:26:52And there's another thing, Freddie Westcott said that a local farmer called him to warn him about the sinkhole.
00:26:58When was this?
00:26:59After they got back from the river.
00:27:00Freddie said that he circulated it on the magneteers chat.
00:27:03Claimed that the farmer made the same call to Reverend Gideon.
00:27:06He didn't say anything to Maeve.
00:27:08And finally...
00:27:12Digital managed to access Johnny Hoxham's cloud.
00:27:16Someone called him at 1834.
00:27:18Then, according to his notebook, 27 minutes later, he was back at the river.
00:27:25Whoever called Johnny told him that they'd seen a Thomas Beckett badge and pinpointed its exact location.
00:27:31Is the number traceable?
00:27:32It was from an old phone box in the village.
00:27:33So...
00:27:39Johnny Hoxham was deliberately lured to his death.
00:27:43Hmm.
00:27:47This... this is great.
00:27:49Do you have any information on Jessie specifically, apart from the birth certificate?
00:27:52Well, her leaving was reported in the local press.
00:27:56Oh, wow.
00:27:58As Vicar of Galsworthy, your grandfather was a powerful and highly respected figure in the village.
00:28:03Jessie's decision to leave so soon after your mother's disappearance was of great interest to the community.
00:28:09According to this article, she caught the London train at 7.35pm on Wednesday the 14th of May.
00:28:14She left with her bike and whatever she could fit into her panniers, as witnessed by Mary Hamble, the housekeeper's daughter.
00:28:21Sources close to the family confirmed that Miss Clisold had threatened to leave before.
00:28:26A note was found leaving them in no doubt that she left of her own free will.
00:28:30Richard Clisold still has it.
00:28:32Oh.
00:28:34And after she left?
00:28:36Well, the trail goes cold, I'm afraid.
00:28:38If Jessie changed her name or she left the country, it could be very difficult to trace her.
00:28:43I'll get our team to look into it.
00:28:46What about friends? She may have stayed in touch with someone outside the family.
00:28:50Well, I can find out which school she attended and take it from there.
00:28:53And Mary Hamble, she might be able to help you. She was a similar age and knew the family.
00:28:59Yeah, we met her briefly earlier. She, um, she cleans for Richard Clisold.
00:29:03And I think she still lives at this address.
00:29:07Oh, this is...
00:29:09Thank you. Thank you.
00:29:11DCI Barnaby has a few more questions, William.
00:29:14Uh, the church flowers are all done, Alice, so, uh, I'll leave you to it.
00:29:22I'm sorry to disturb you again so soon. This is my colleague, DS Winter.
00:29:27Yeah, of course. Uh, I need some help.
00:29:30We understand you received a warning about the sinkhole from a local farmer, Jacob Mitchell.
00:29:36You failed to share this warning with other members of your group.
00:29:40You also failed to share it with me.
00:29:43Yeah, I'm ashamed to say that's true. Um...
00:29:45You know, when Jacob rang, I was... I was writing my sermon for the river blessing, and...
00:29:52I hung up clumsily spilling tea everywhere, so I'm afraid the call won't clean out of my mind.
00:29:57Freddie Westcott received the same warning and immediately circulated it amongst the magnateers.
00:30:01If you'd done that, Johnny Hoxham might be alive now.
00:30:05Yeah, which, uh...
00:30:08Which I regret to the end of my days.
00:30:11But it didn't occur to me that anyone would return to the river that night.
00:30:16So, which is it? Did you forget? Or did you think no one would return to the river?
00:30:23Johnny wasn't the only one there.
00:30:24When I was walking home, I saw Cole Densmore on the opposite bank, heading back towards Hollybrook.
00:30:39We need to talk to Cole Densmore. At the very least, he could be an important witness.
00:30:44Unless William Gideon used the farmer's warning to near Johnny Hoxham to his death,
00:30:48and Mrs. Gideon's statement is just a lie to protect him.
00:30:51Her sudden recollection is rather convenient.
00:30:54But why would Reverend Gideon want Johnny Hoxham dead?
00:30:58Hmm. No idea.
00:31:01Cole Densmore's still their only suspect with a motive,
00:31:04but he hasn't responded to any of our calls requesting an interview.
00:31:07Then Muhammad will have to go to the mountain.
00:31:09Mrs. Hamble.
00:31:24I don't like being lied to.
00:31:25I understand. If you could just give us five minutes, we can explain.
00:31:27You knew my Aunt Jessie.
00:31:30We're the last person to see her.
00:31:32I made my statement at the time.
00:31:34It's all on record. There's nothing more to say.
00:31:36Yes.
00:31:37Mrs. Hamble, if you...
00:31:38My loyalty is to the family that stayed, not to those that walked away.
00:31:41And I certainly don't approve of raking all this up again for a TV show.
00:31:46Time for a little fire, Bobby.
00:32:04Turns out Cole Densmore is Goldsworthy's resident bad boy.
00:32:08Currently out on license for theft.
00:32:13Get off my property before I call the cops.
00:32:15Yeah, we are the cops, Mr. Densmore.
00:32:22I'm not talking out here, so you better come in.
00:32:25But I'm not making tea.
00:32:38I assume you've got a license for that rather antiquated firearm?
00:32:44Don't need one.
00:32:45Got a collector who's going to take it off my hands.
00:32:47Yeah, it still needs to be registered, as I'm sure you're aware.
00:32:50But it's an antique. It's been underwater for years.
00:32:52There are rules, Mr. Densmore.
00:32:54Okay. I'll report it if it'll get you off my back.
00:32:58What do you really want?
00:33:00I understand he had an altercation with Johnny Hoxham just hours before he died.
00:33:05That was just banter.
00:33:06It looked like a bit more than that from the footage we saw.
00:33:09Would you like me to refresh your memory?
00:33:11Okay.
00:33:12So I wouldn't give him the ampulla for his epoxy collection?
00:33:15Why should I?
00:33:16I know I could get decent money for it.
00:33:18You threatened to kill him, Mr. Densmore.
00:33:21But I didn't.
00:33:24Does the expression, memento mori, mean anything to you?
00:33:30The river isn't far from here. Did you go back there after everyone left?
00:33:34No. Why would I?
00:33:35Well, we have a witness who claims that they saw you on this side of the river heading towards Hollybrook.
00:33:42And they need to get their eyes tested.
00:33:44And if you're looking for someone with real beef with Johnny, talk to Rufus Coulter.
00:33:49He was a mudlark until Johnny grasped him up for not reporting any of the stuff he found.
00:33:53What happened?
00:33:54The vicar threw him out in his ear after God knows how many years.
00:33:58Rufus never forgave Johnny for that.
00:34:01So he joined the magneteers?
00:34:03He's a hoarder.
00:34:04Total weirdo.
00:34:07But they'll take anyone.
00:34:09So it seems.
00:34:11We'll be in touch, Mr. Densmore.
00:34:13What?
00:34:15What have you said?
00:34:16What have you said?
00:34:17If you hear the policeman up here, don't panic, okay?
00:34:19They've got nothing on me.
00:34:21I suppose they're tears of a Johnny.
00:34:22I know.
00:34:23Of course they are.
00:34:24He was a good friend.
00:34:25Yeah, the way you were together made that perfectly clear.
00:34:26Oh, William.
00:34:27Please not though.
00:34:29Me?
00:34:31No, William.
00:34:32No, William.
00:34:33It's a great deal.
00:34:34I suppose those tears are for Johnny.
00:34:48Of course they are.
00:34:50He was a good friend.
00:34:52Yeah, the way you were together made that perfectly clear.
00:34:54Oh, William, please, not this again.
00:34:57I cared about him, that's all.
00:35:00Just wish you cared about me like that.
00:35:04I'm not sure you ever have.
00:35:13I know who your celebrity is.
00:35:16We crossed paths earlier.
00:35:18Anything to do with your murder investigation?
00:35:22Sorry.
00:35:23Strictly need-to-know basis.
00:35:26It is intriguing, though, isn't it?
00:35:28Our paths crossing professionally like this.
00:35:31Yeah, investigating the same case
00:35:33from very different angles.
00:35:37We could both end up on telly at this rate.
00:35:39No, my show will only get made
00:35:41if the story has enough layers to keep the viewers intrigued.
00:35:45Which, unless there's a massive plot twist,
00:35:47is looking very unlikely.
00:35:48Hmm.
00:35:49In my experience, that can happen when you least expect it.
00:35:52What exactly was found?
00:36:15The hilt of a sword, possibly 8th century.
00:36:17Oh, there was an Anglo-Saxon settlement in this area,
00:36:20so potentially very exciting.
00:36:22But should we really be out so soon mud-barking?
00:36:26It's what Johnny would have wanted.
00:36:28If we find something special,
00:36:29we can make sure it's dedicated to his memory.
00:36:31Yeah, and as Sir Henry's given us exclusive rights to investigate...
00:36:34It's just in time for tea, Vicar!
00:36:40Leave now, or I will call the police.
00:36:42Oh, that's not very nice, Reverend.
00:36:45This is private land, and you don't have permission to be here.
00:36:48Says who?
00:36:49Sir Henry's gamekeeper's one of our regulars.
00:36:52He did it with his bath for us to check it out.
00:36:54He said we might find some Anglo-Saxon gold.
00:36:57Gold isn't magnetic, so you're wasting your time.
00:37:01Anglo-Saxons were con artists.
00:37:04Made coins that looked like gold,
00:37:06but were mostly bog-standard...
00:37:09metal.
00:37:10Still worth a bob or two.
00:37:12You should know that, Dickie, being an historian.
00:37:16Any news on who killed poor old Johnny?
00:37:18Last we heard, they were questioning you, Vicar.
00:37:21Been to see you twice, I believe.
00:37:26If you're implying I had something to do with it...
00:37:28William, let it go.
00:37:30Hasn't there been enough trouble?
00:37:34Let's start on the foreshore.
00:37:42Sorry to keep you. Couldn't get Paddy in from the garden.
00:37:46He's become obsessed with digging.
00:37:47Oh.
00:37:48I can see that.
00:37:50I can see that.
00:37:52Any developments I should know about?
00:37:54Cole Densmore's phone places him at home all evening.
00:37:56Hmm.
00:37:57Just because his phone was there, it doesn't mean he was.
00:37:59No, but the background check on Rufus Coulter is much more interesting.
00:38:02Johnny Hoxham lodged an official complaint against him.
00:38:05Accusing him of what?
00:38:06Harassment.
00:38:07He'd been receiving anonymous hate mail.
00:38:09He suspected Rufus Coulter, but nothing was ever proved.
00:38:13Here.
00:38:14Some examples.
00:38:20Hmm.
00:38:21Rufus Coulter blamed Johnny Hoxham for shaming him within the mud larking community he loved.
00:38:28Question is, how far would he go to exact revenge?
00:38:33Jim?
00:38:36Jim, make sure you're getting this.
00:38:39Cole, get over here.
00:38:40Cole.
00:38:43Oh, this is Anglo-Saxon gold.
00:38:45We're billionaires.
00:38:46Yeah.
00:38:59Fourth bloody bite this week.
00:39:00Take it to scrap, Cole.
00:39:01It's rusted to hell.
00:39:06Never mind, love.
00:39:07I'll make us some tea.
00:39:20Where are you going, mate?
00:39:21Home.
00:39:22Not that it's any business of yours.
00:39:24Weirder.
00:39:25Hi.
00:39:26Richard?
00:39:27What is it?
00:39:29Richard?
00:39:30What is it?
00:39:31Richard?
00:39:32That bicycle?
00:39:33I think it's Jessie's.
00:39:35Quiet, Bobby.
00:39:36Quiet, Bobby.
00:39:37What is it?
00:39:38Quiet, Bobby.
00:39:40What is it?
00:39:41You okay?
00:39:42You okay, Bobby?
00:39:43That's my good idea.
00:39:44You okay?
00:39:45You'll have to look at it.
00:39:46I had nothing.
00:39:47You okay.
00:39:48You okay?
00:39:49You okay?
00:39:50You okay, I'll show you all this.
00:39:51Hey, you've worked.
00:39:52Hey, you've worked.
00:39:53Hey, you've worked.
00:39:54You okay, you've worked.
00:39:55Quiet, Bobby.
00:40:16It's unbelievable. How can anyone live in there?
00:40:19Hopefully we'll find out.
00:40:26Mr. Coulter, it's the police.
00:40:29Just a minute.
00:40:33Bobby, come back here now.
00:40:37He'll come home when he's hungry.
00:40:39Sorry to keep you.
00:40:40It's my heart that slows me down.
00:40:45Come through.
00:40:46What's this all about, then?
00:40:56Well, we understand that you and, um, Mr. Hoxton were involved in an ongoing feud.
00:41:01And you're putting two and two together and thinking I killed him?
00:41:05Well, no one said that, Mr. Coulter.
00:41:07Good.
00:41:09Because like I said, I've got heart problems.
00:41:12Ask my doctor.
00:41:15I'm not capable of hurting anyone.
00:41:17But Mr. Hoxton believed you were capable of seeking revenge by sending anonymous notes designed to frighten him.
00:41:24The man was deluded.
00:41:27Nothing was ever proved.
00:41:29Well, this was found at the scene in Mr. Hoxton's jacket.
00:41:33Doesn't mean it's from me, does it?
00:41:35You knew about the sinkhole from the magnateer's chat group.
00:41:39So did everyone else.
00:41:41So why pick on me?
00:41:44The last call that Mr. Hoxton received was from a phone box.
00:41:48Was that you, Mr. Coulter?
00:41:49No.
00:41:51So you're wasting your time.
00:42:01I'd like you to go now.
00:42:03I need to rest.
00:42:05I can't handle the stress.
00:42:07Well, if you think of anything else, give us a call.
00:42:10I've told you everything I know.
00:42:12I'll just...
00:42:13I'll just leave it there.
00:42:15You can see yourselves out.
00:42:19Come on, Vicar. Pick up.
00:42:22Please.
00:42:23Come on, Vicar. Pick up.
00:42:24Please.
00:42:46Freddie, babe.
00:42:47What are you up to?
00:42:50This little beauty is an Anglo-Saxon figurine.
00:42:53Extremely rare, apparently.
00:42:55You're going to have to declare it.
00:42:56We're already in way too deep.
00:42:58It'll be fine, babe.
00:43:00We just need to hold our nerve.
00:43:08Production want me back in London.
00:43:10Look, it's okay.
00:43:11I'll get the team to check out whether Jessie changed her identity or moved abroad.
00:43:16And if that doesn't work, we can look into other members of your family and see where that takes us.
00:43:22Finding Jessie's the only reason I agreed to do this.
00:43:25And I'm not ready to give up yet.
00:43:29Okay.
00:43:31Come on.
00:43:32Come on.
00:43:33Come on.
00:43:37Come on again.
00:43:38Oh, Vicar.
00:44:06Thank God you're there now.
00:44:09I really need your help.
00:44:12I called Freddy, but the police don't trust him.
00:44:15You're the only one I can turn to.
00:44:32Hi.
00:44:33Um, I'd like to stay another night, if that's okay.
00:44:36Oh, no problem.
00:44:37Um, I meant to ask you, um,
00:44:39I heard you talking about Jessie Clisold.
00:44:41She's my aunt.
00:44:43People seem to think we found her old bike this morning
00:44:47in the river on the estate.
00:44:50But that's not possible.
00:44:52Maybe they got it wrong. Just thought I'd say.
00:44:55Yes, of course. Thank you.
00:45:09Vicar.
00:45:10Thank God.
00:45:13I'm in the kitchen.
00:45:17Vicar?
00:45:25So, Jessie went to Everglade House.
00:45:27It was a Catholic school for what used to be called troubled girls.
00:45:30Oh.
00:45:31I'm still trying to get a hold of the old school roll,
00:45:33but I did manage to find this.
00:45:35It's a copy of her last school report.
00:45:38Oh, wow.
00:45:42Jessica is extremely intelligent,
00:45:44but her rebellious nature makes her stubborn and hard to control.
00:45:48She sounds just like Mum.
00:45:51Well, that's all I have so far.
00:45:54Any developments your end?
00:45:56Yeah.
00:45:57Um, a bike was found in the river today.
00:46:00People believe it could be Jessie's,
00:46:02but that doesn't make any sense.
00:46:05Can you ask your Uncle Richard about it?
00:46:08He made it very clear that the door was closed,
00:46:11but I refuse to give up hope.
00:46:14Well, with or without him, we're getting closer.
00:46:21...
00:46:45Is it a coincidence that a suspect in Johnny Hoxham's murder
00:46:48is now a victim himself?
00:46:50Statistics would say no, sir.
00:46:52Let's find out.
00:46:54Um, Reverend Gideon,
00:46:56we understand that you raised the alarm.
00:46:59Yes, Rufus called me.
00:47:01Sounded dreadful.
00:47:03Although we'd had our differences, he wanted my help.
00:47:07Did he say why?
00:47:09The magnateers pulled a bike out of the river this morning,
00:47:14and Richard Plissol recognized it.
00:47:16He said it belonged to his younger sister Jessie.
00:47:19I'm sure of it.
00:47:21Why is that significant?
00:47:23It was the bike that Jessie was meant to have left with.
00:47:27According to Richard, her bike had a pair of tartan panniers,
00:47:31and when it was pulled out of the river, only one remained.
00:47:35Rufus told me that he'd found the other pannier
00:47:38in exactly the same part of the river over 30 years ago.
00:47:42Which would be ten years after Jessie left the village?
00:47:45Yeah, yeah, I believe so.
00:47:47Why would Mr. Coulter be interested in an old bike pannier?
00:47:51Well, Rufus, he collected everything,
00:47:53but this time he got lucky.
00:47:56Inside the pannier, he said he'd found a necklace.
00:47:59How's that relevant?
00:48:01You were already questioning him about Johnny's murder,
00:48:06and he worried that if it was found in his possession,
00:48:10it could connect him to whatever happened to Jessie,
00:48:13that he'd be accused of killing her too.
00:48:15So he asked me to take it.
00:48:18And where has the necklace been all this time?
00:48:21His gallery.
00:48:22His gallery.
00:48:23His gallery?
00:48:24What does that mean?
00:48:25I have no idea.
00:48:26He promised to tell me everything when I came to the house,
00:48:31but I was too late.
00:48:35And where is the necklace now?
00:48:37Rufus said he brought it up from storage,
00:48:40but I couldn't see it anywhere.
00:48:54Breathe in, gents.
00:48:55It's a bit of a squeeze.
00:48:57You mentioned cardiac issues.
00:48:59Is that what killed him?
00:49:00An arrest has no visible signs,
00:49:02so we'll have to wait for the PM,
00:49:04but I'm concerned that the pile that crushed him
00:49:07was deliberately destabilized.
00:49:10I just need to prove it.
00:49:13So all those equations are formed?
00:49:15It's all about angles, Winter.
00:49:17I once had a lover who was a champion skier.
00:49:21Of course you did.
00:49:23We went off-piste in San Moritz
00:49:25and discovered a man who supposedly had fallen to his death.
00:49:30I knew immediately it was foul play.
00:49:33How?
00:49:34It's called The Physics of a Fall,
00:49:38based on analysis of the trajectory and impact site,
00:49:43angles, laws of motion.
00:49:45And you can calculate all of that with a tape measure?
00:49:48Laser distance meter.
00:49:51I'm not that much of a Luddite, Winter.
00:49:54What happened to your relationship with the sphere?
00:49:57I'm afraid that all went rapidly downhill.
00:50:02Nice abs, but dreadfully dull.
00:50:06I moved on with a handsome snowboarder.
00:50:09Not a clue that he was a senior member of the royal family.
00:50:12Who was it?
00:50:13They made me sign an NDA, I'm afraid.
00:50:16But it'll all be in my memoirs.
00:50:18She never ceases to amaze.
00:50:28Sir, Rufus Colter told William Gideon
00:50:31that he brought the necklace up from storage.
00:50:34But up from where?
00:50:36It could be an outbuilding or garage further down the hill.
00:50:40Yeah.
00:50:41Or...
00:50:47The cellar.
00:50:57The cellar.
00:51:03Well done, Winter.
00:51:04Down you go.
00:51:05No.
00:51:06No.
00:51:26I think we found Rufus Colter's gallery, sir.
00:51:28Classic serial killer behaviour, sir.
00:51:35Trophies kept symbolise the killer's conquest over their victims.
00:51:41Could Jesse Clisold be one of them?
00:51:43Fleur's trying to ID the recovered body parts from their DNA.
00:51:47It's a long shot, but we might get lucky.
00:51:50We seized the bite that the magneteers pulled from the river.
00:51:53The contents of the pannier confirmed that it belonged to Jesse Clisold.
00:51:56Anything of interest?
00:51:57An ID with her purse, some cash, and some degraded items of clothing.
00:52:03She clearly intended to leave that day.
00:52:06Richard Clisold said that his family reported Jesse's disappearance to the police.
00:52:11See if there's any evidence of that in the archive, sir.
00:52:17Any news on the missing necklace?
00:52:19Our team is still searching the property for it.
00:52:21I don't envy them sifting through that lot.
00:52:25If, as we now believe, that Rufus Colter went down to his cellar to retrieve the necklace,
00:52:32why wasn't it found on his person?
00:52:36How does this connect to Johnny Hoxham's murder?
00:52:39Oh, Sir Fleur's got something for us.
00:52:41Results show that Mr. Colter did indeed suffer a cardiac arrest at the time he was crushed.
00:52:50And my measurements came good, Winter.
00:52:55As you can see, physics suggest the tower was deliberately pushed.
00:52:59But, er, that's not all.
00:53:03Mr. Colter had an implantable cardiovert and defibrillator,
00:53:08a preventative measure for those at risk of cardiac arrest.
00:53:12But the device had been deliberately disabled.
00:53:15Oh.
00:53:16By being in close proximity to a powerful magnet.
00:53:20Like a large fishing magnet?
00:53:22Gold Star Winter.
00:53:24It would need to be positioned less than six inches away from his heart.
00:53:29But no magnet was found close to the body.
00:53:32Could it be anything else?
00:53:34Traces of neodymium, iron and boron were found on his chest area.
00:53:39So, in my opinion, a magnet was held over the victim's heart while he was still alive.
00:53:45Rufus Colter's background check has just come in.
00:53:48Oh?
00:53:49Nothing remarkable other than how minted he was given a scholar he lived in.
00:53:53But legal has come up with something interesting.
00:53:54Rufus Colter left everything in his will to Freddie and Gemma Westcott.
00:53:59Oh, sorry. So sorry to bother you, Mrs. Gideon.
00:54:02Um, your husband said you might be here. I'm Lucy Weaving.
00:54:05Yes, of course.
00:54:06How can I help?
00:54:07I'm trying to trace my Aunt Jessie.
00:54:08Jessica Clisold.
00:54:09I understand you were there when her bike was found?
00:54:10Yes.
00:54:11It was a bit of a shock. Poor Richard seemed very upset.
00:54:14It's probably just a coincidence.
00:54:15But, I worry that the recent police found that he went to to,
00:54:16we made a big step here.
00:54:17Oh, sorry. So sorry to bother you, Mrs. Gideon.
00:54:18Um, your husband said you might be here.
00:54:21I'm Lucy Weaving.
00:54:23Yes, of course. How can I help?
00:54:26I'm trying to trace my Aunt Jessie.
00:54:28Jessica Clisold.
00:54:30I understand you were there when her bike was found?
00:54:32Yes.
00:54:34It was a bit of a shock.
00:54:36Poor Richard seemed very upset.
00:54:37upset. It's probably just a coincidence, but I worry that the recent murders and
00:54:45Jessie's disappearance might be connected somehow. I'm assuming you knew
00:54:50her. I knew of her, but I didn't really have any friends in the village apart
00:54:54from William. I spent my youth combing the river, collecting whatever I could
00:54:58find to use in my artworks. That's one of mine all made from mudlarking
00:55:05finds.
00:55:11The river drew William and I together. He's a little bit older than me, but we
00:55:16shared a passion for mudlarking. It's beautiful. Oh, thank you. There's
00:55:22something wonderful about bringing new life to things that would otherwise be
00:55:26lost forever.
00:55:30You didn't seem very upset about Miss Coulter's death, Mr. Westcott.
00:55:34Well, it was expected, given his art condition. But you must have been close for him to make
00:55:40you the sole beneficiaries of his will. And given the state of your business, the timing
00:55:44seems pretty convenient. It's not what you think. Rufus had never been popular in the village.
00:55:49He was eccentric, harmless. He just couldn't let anything go. Which is why he was so angry
00:55:55when Johnny grassed him up? The heritage lot confiscated loads of his most treasured finds.
00:55:59He was distraught. Rufus knew we'd never make old bones. So he asked us to take care of the rest of
00:56:05it after he'd gone. I said yes. And will you? You're joking, aren't you? I'll sell anything
00:56:13that's worth something. Take the rest of the dump. What he doesn't know won't hurt him.
00:56:18But he was hurt, Mrs. Westcott, quite deliberately.
00:56:22I thought he had heart attack. He did, but his defibrillator implant
00:56:25failed because someone held a magnet over his heart to disable it.
00:56:29Just like the ones you use. Oh, hang on a minute. You clearly had motive,
00:56:33given the state of your business. And you knew that the inheritance would solve all your problems.
00:56:37And you had the means. Rufus had his own magnets. Anyone could have done it.
00:56:50DCI Barnaby. Lucy Weaving. We met briefly on my uncle's doorstep. I remember. This is my
00:56:56colleague, dearest Winter. How can we help? I'm concerned that my digging into Aunt Jessie's past
00:57:02might have something to do with the recent murders. Why would you think that? No one in
00:57:06the village seems to know anything. Or if they do, they won't talk to me. The vicar's wife says she
00:57:11barely knew her. My uncle Richard refuses to talk about it. And when I tried to speak to Mary Hamble
00:57:17about her, she shut the door in my face. I'm pretty sure she's hiding something. Well, thank you,
00:57:24Ms Weaving. Leave it with us. The police are out of me. I'm going to have to do this now.
00:57:34I don't think the Westcots realise how rich they're going to be. Not much to spend it on in prison.
00:57:39Well, they both have motive for Rufus Coulter, but not, thank you, Johnny Hoxham,
00:57:43and there's no evidence to place them at either murders. Well, let's keep an open mind for now.
00:57:48Just got the initial tests back on the body parts in the cellar. It seems they date back to way before
00:57:55Rufus Coulter was even born. Backing up the Westcots' assertion that he treasured everything he found,
00:58:01however macabre. So, they were telling the truth about that, at least. Leave you to it, gentlemen.
00:58:08This is from archives about Jessie Clissold's disappearance. It seems that Clissolds accused
00:58:13a minister of stealing family jewellery. Notably, a very valuable 17th-century posy ring. I made a note
00:58:20of the engraving to help identify it, should it be found. United Heart Death Only Parts. Several people
00:58:29said that they saw Jessie Clissold leave the village on her bike. Only Mary Hamble made a statement saying
00:58:35she saw her at the station, which Mrs. Hamble refused to discuss with Lucy Weaving. Why?
00:58:42We need to talk to her. In your statement, you claim that Jessie Clissold got on the train to
00:58:47London with her bike. The same bike that was found in the river this morning. Maybe I was confused.
00:58:54Jessie was never without a bike. It was such a long time ago. But you saw her at the station.
00:58:59You're absolutely sure of that? Of course I'm sure. Well, if you think of anything else, give us a call.
00:59:11Thank you for your time.
00:59:30Mary Hamble doesn't strike me as a person who gets confused.
00:59:33I agree. She knows exactly what she saw that day.
00:59:39That's tech. Looks like Rufus Coulter called the vicarage twice before he died.
00:59:45Gideon's phone records reveal that the first call went to voicemail, but was subsequently deleted.
00:59:51The second call was answered.
00:59:54Reverend Gideon didn't mention a voicemail.
00:59:56Well, let's see if he's at home.
01:00:21Reverend Gideon.
01:00:26Sorry to disturb you. We tried the house, but there was no answer.
01:00:33Oh, I lost my vest, Ricky. I only skipped spares here somewhere, but no luck so far.
01:00:38How can I help?
01:00:39Uh, the calls you received from Rufus Coulter, there seems to be some discrepancy.
01:00:44Two calls were made to the vicarage from Mr. Coulter's mobile. The first one went to voicemail.
01:00:48A message was left that lasted over a minute. The second call was answered.
01:00:53You mentioned the call, but not the message. I never heard it.
01:00:58Generally, I have no idea how that could have happened. My wife was here. I was alone in the house.
01:01:04I see. Um, well, thank you for your time. We'll see ourselves out.
01:01:09William. William. I'm so sorry. There's something I haven't told you.
01:01:18I deleted that voicemail. Why?
01:01:21Rufus was so awful to Johnny, and I didn't see why we should help him. I need to tell them the truth.
01:01:27Okay, uh, I'll handle it.
01:01:39I'm sorry.
01:02:03Up to your old tricks, Coul.
01:02:09Reverend Gideon was the last person
01:02:11to have seen Johnny Hoxham alive,
01:02:12and the first person to have seen Rufus called to dead,
01:02:15or so he claims.
01:02:16He had no explanation for the deleted voicemail,
01:02:19and he failed to pass on the warning about the sinkhole.
01:02:23He had means and opportunity to kill both victims, but-
01:02:26Yes, Winter.
01:02:27What's the motive?
01:02:30We are.
01:02:31OK, all right, well, we'll be right down.
01:02:34Cole Densmore is in custody.
01:02:35He was caught red-handed stealing lead off the church roof,
01:02:38but says he wants to talk to us.
01:02:40Why?
01:02:40Well, apparently he saw Reverend Gideon acting suspiciously
01:02:43in the churchyard, says he thought he saw him hiding something.
01:02:46Did he now?
01:02:49Cole Densmore said it was on the far side,
01:02:52an old grave under a tree with an urn.
01:02:59Could it be that one?
01:03:08It must be the necklace Rufus Coulter found in Jesse Clissot's pannier.
01:03:27What was Reverend Gideon doing with it?
01:03:30Why was he hiding it out here?
01:03:44Reverend Gideon.
01:03:49You have some explaining to do.
01:03:50I've been praying for guidance, Chief Inspector, and God's answered my prayers.
01:04:00Time's come to confess the truth.
01:04:05Which is what, exactly?
01:04:08Jesse's death was a terrible accident.
01:04:10I, uh, I hit her with my car on the way to the station.
01:04:17I knew I was over the limit, and if the truth came out, then I'd be finished.
01:04:24So you covered it up?
01:04:27Yeah, I, uh...
01:04:30I disposed of her and a bike in the deepest part of the river.
01:04:35I had no idea that the necklace was in her pannier.
01:04:41Why did that matter?
01:04:43Uh...
01:04:44Well, Jesse had always admired the shilling,
01:04:47so I had it made into a necklace for a 16th birthday present.
01:04:54So you knew the family well?
01:04:57Yeah, my, uh...
01:04:59My family had always attended St. Leonard's,
01:05:02as had the Gazards, Alice's parents.
01:05:05It was then they encouraged me to follow Reverend Clisold into the ministry.
01:05:12But prior to my ordination, I'd taken up a curacy in London,
01:05:18and I'd found the coin,
01:05:20a, uh, a rare 1819 George III gold-plated shilling mud-larking in the Thames,
01:05:27where one is obliged to have all significant finds officially recorded.
01:05:31So I knew when Rufus found it that it could be traced back to me.
01:05:39And rather than help Rufus,
01:05:41you decided to retrieve the necklace and silence him?
01:05:45Yeah, he wanted to tell the police.
01:05:50And I couldn't let that happen.
01:05:54And Johnny Hoxton?
01:05:58Johnny was in love with my wife,
01:06:00and I feared that she felt the same,
01:06:04and I, I, I was terrified of, of losing her.
01:06:08So you lured him to his death?
01:06:15Yeah.
01:06:19I've no excuse for any of it, Chief Inspector.
01:06:21It was all a kind of madness,
01:06:23for which I know I have no hope of forgiveness.
01:06:26You don't buy it, sir?
01:06:48Not entirely.
01:06:49It just seems, you know, too studied, too neat.
01:06:53Like the last act of a play.
01:06:57If he is telling the truth,
01:06:58then you know someone else who must be lying.
01:07:03That statement I made 40 years ago,
01:07:06it was a lie.
01:07:09I never saw Jesse at the station.
01:07:12So why make that statement?
01:07:15Because I was asked to.
01:07:16But when Lucy Weaving started breaking all this up again,
01:07:22I didn't know what to do for the best.
01:07:25Reverend Gideon advised me to follow my conscience.
01:07:29Is that who asked you to lie?
01:07:30No.
01:07:32It was Richard Clisold.
01:07:35Can you tell us why?
01:07:38Richard caught Jesse stealing their mother's jewellery.
01:07:41She told him she was leaving.
01:07:43Said if he stopped her,
01:07:45then she'd make it her business
01:07:46to bring shame on the family.
01:07:49Well, Richard couldn't risk that happening.
01:07:51So we let her go.
01:07:53And then asked me to say I'd seen her at the station
01:07:55to stop people asking questions.
01:07:58Why did you agree to him?
01:08:01At the time,
01:08:03I half believed I was in love with him.
01:08:06I'd have done anything he asked.
01:08:08But now,
01:08:10I'm wondering if I helped him get away with murder.
01:08:14So William confessed to killing Jessica?
01:08:20He's also confessed to the murders
01:08:23of Johnny Hoxham and Rufus Coulter.
01:08:26So he lied?
01:08:28To everyone?
01:08:32As did you, Mr. Clisold.
01:08:3540 years ago.
01:08:36You asked Mary Hanball
01:08:38to give a false statement
01:08:39about your sister Jesse's departure.
01:08:48Mary came to me this afternoon.
01:08:50She said she would tell you the truth if I didn't.
01:08:54I asked Mary to lie
01:08:56to stop any further questions being asked.
01:09:00Why would you do that?
01:09:01My father
01:09:03was the subject
01:09:05of some vile rumours.
01:09:08Jesse threatened
01:09:09to tell the church community
01:09:11that they were all true.
01:09:13What did you do?
01:09:14I tried to persuade Jesse to stay,
01:09:17but she said she would only do that
01:09:18if our father's hypocrisy was exposed.
01:09:22The coward in me
01:09:24couldn't face the truth,
01:09:26so we struck a deal.
01:09:29I would allow her to leave
01:09:30without raising the alarm,
01:09:32but she could never return.
01:09:34I blamed it all on her.
01:09:36But in truth,
01:09:39my parents were to blame
01:09:41for all her pain.
01:09:43What do you mean?
01:09:44They should have tried
01:09:44to understand Jesse.
01:09:47Instead of farming her out
01:09:48to a school for girls
01:09:49with troubled,
01:09:50often violent backgrounds,
01:09:53it was then she started
01:09:54calling herself Leo.
01:09:56Leo?
01:09:57Why?
01:09:58Because lions are wild,
01:10:01powerful, brave.
01:10:03All the things she needed to be
01:10:04in order to survive.
01:10:07I loved my father too much.
01:10:10If the truth came out,
01:10:11it would have destroyed him.
01:10:15But that poor girl
01:10:17was my sister.
01:10:19innocent of any wrongdoing.
01:10:24I should have protected her.
01:10:27Not him.
01:10:33I was too weak.
01:10:39Here you go, love.
01:10:41Oh, and this came for you,
01:10:43Miss Weaven.
01:10:44Okay.
01:10:46Who delivered it?
01:10:47No idea.
01:10:47I found it on the table outside.
01:10:50The victim's been arrested.
01:10:52Seemed the old hypocrites
01:10:52behind all of it,
01:10:54including what happened
01:10:55to your aunt.
01:10:55I always knew that man
01:10:56was a wrong'un.
01:10:57Are you absolutely sure?
01:10:58100%.
01:10:59I saw the cop was taken away.
01:11:01After all that,
01:11:02finger pointing at me.
01:11:03Yeah, we're on our way there now.
01:11:10I'll let them know to expect you.
01:11:12That was the Heritage Crime Unit.
01:11:15Our search into Freddie Westcott
01:11:16brought them to us.
01:11:17Looks like his dodgy deal
01:11:18is about to catch up.
01:11:20Oh, let's give him the good news.
01:11:23I'll try and get hold of Sarah,
01:11:24see if she's got anywhere
01:11:26with Jessie Clissell's school records.
01:11:29We know that she was mixing
01:11:31with troubled, violent pupils,
01:11:34but who weren't they?
01:11:35Did she have any particular friends
01:11:37or enemies?
01:11:39Sarah might have some answers.
01:11:41Ah, you find you're a real murderer then?
01:11:46Told you we had nothing to do with it.
01:11:48And we are going to be very rich
01:11:49through no fault of our own.
01:11:52Indeed, though you might have
01:11:53to serve a prison sentence
01:11:55before you can enjoy it.
01:11:56Remember that man
01:11:57that you sold the Anglo-Saxon figurine to?
01:11:59The same man you and Cole Densmore
01:12:01had on speed dial
01:12:02to offload all your mudlarking contraband.
01:12:05Well, it turns out that he works undercover
01:12:07at the Heritage Crimes Unit,
01:12:09and they've been following you
01:12:10under-the-counter dealings for months.
01:12:13In fact, they're on their way here now.
01:12:16Hello?
01:12:18Oh, I'm so sorry to bother you,
01:12:20but I heard about your husband.
01:12:21It must have been a terrible shock.
01:12:23It's almost impossible to believe.
01:12:26William's just not capable.
01:12:30Someone just left me this.
01:12:36Leave now, or you'll be next.
01:12:38If William was already in custody
01:12:40when it was delivered,
01:12:41then it can't be him.
01:12:42And why would he threaten me
01:12:44if he was just about to confess?
01:12:45It doesn't make any sense.
01:12:47Have you told the police?
01:12:48Not yet.
01:12:49Well, why don't I call them
01:12:51and make us some sweet tea?
01:12:54I think we could both do with it.
01:12:56I don't know.
01:13:05I don't know.
01:13:05I don't know.
01:13:10Let Lucy Weaver know about Reverend Gideon's confession
01:13:39before the press get a hold of it.
01:13:44Hey.
01:13:45I finally managed to speak to one of the nuns
01:13:47who taught at Everglade House.
01:13:49She remembered Jesse well, but when I asked her about friends,
01:13:51she said she only had one, Alice Gazard.
01:13:54Gazard?
01:13:55That's Alice Gideon's maiden name.
01:13:57She told Lucy Weaving that they barely knew each other.
01:13:59According to Sister Maria, they were kindred spirits.
01:14:02Both had experienced painful rejection by their families
01:14:04and became inseparable.
01:14:05But Alice still lived with her parents.
01:14:07No, her adoptive parents.
01:14:08Alice was abandoned at birth
01:14:10and taken in by the Catholic school attached to the convent.
01:14:13Sister Maria handled her first fostering placement.
01:14:16It was terminated after an act of extreme violence.
01:14:20What happened?
01:14:23The incident took place after Mrs. Marchmont
01:14:26informed Alice that she would be returning her to the convent.
01:14:30She told Alice she had been a great disappointment
01:14:33and not the daughter she wanted.
01:14:34As Mrs. Marchmont walked away,
01:14:37Alice picked up one of Mr. Marchmont's golf clubs
01:14:40and struck her across the back of the head
01:14:42with such force that it fractured her skull.
01:14:46She was only eight years old.
01:14:48It says here that the Gazards took her in within weeks.
01:14:50I mean, how's that even possible?
01:14:51Well, a decision was made not to reveal what happened.
01:14:53Sister Maria thought that was wrong,
01:14:55so she kept a copy of her records.
01:14:56The Gazards were advised to keep Alice at the same school
01:14:59to avoid further disruption,
01:15:01and Jessie Clissel joined her there when she was 13.
01:15:04So Alice Gideon lied about everything.
01:15:06And her husband's confession seemed too studied,
01:15:08too neat, because it was.
01:15:11It was lying to protect Alice.
01:15:12Mrs. Gideon?
01:15:24Mrs. Gideon?
01:15:30I bet the house's all locked up.
01:15:32There's no answer.
01:15:32Let's try the studio.
01:15:41Lucy's in there.
01:15:42Get in there.
01:15:42I have an ambulance.
01:15:48Stay there, sir.
01:15:49The vicarage callsworthy.
01:15:50Lucy.
01:16:10Blood force trauma to the head.
01:16:12With a dose of gas-induced asphyxiation, for good measure.
01:16:16This bottle of ammonia is the culprit.
01:16:20Go on.
01:16:21When boiled, pure ammonia becomes a highly concentrated gas.
01:16:27Extremely dangerous to inhale.
01:16:29When diluted with water, it can also be used to strip metal.
01:16:32Something Alice Gideon might use to clean her mudlocking finds.
01:16:36What are you thinking, sir?
01:16:38What are you thinking, sir?
01:16:40Well, to quote Richard Clisthold, I'm getting my eye in.
01:16:51You know, mudlockers look for treasures that are unseen by most, but not invisible to all.
01:17:01And I think I've found one.
01:17:03And I think I've found one.
01:17:04Leo.
01:17:06What's that?
01:17:08Jesse Clisthold's alter-ego was a lion.
01:17:12She called herself Leo.
01:17:14The jewellery that Jessie stole on the day she left included a posy ring.
01:17:20And a part of this lion's eye is a ring displaying the French word mort.
01:17:30Death.
01:17:31Well, the wording on the stolen ring was in English.
01:17:33But these rings were often engraved in French on the outside and English on the inside.
01:17:40As in this case, unis les coeurs, la mort ne fait que séparer.
01:17:49And on the inside, united hearts, death only parts.
01:17:57Jesse Clisthold had the ring in her possession when she left for London.
01:18:01So, what is it doing in Alice Gideon's studio?
01:18:05We need to ask her before she does any more harm, sir.
01:18:10marcher.
01:18:12Come.
01:18:13CHEF
01:18:25CLIPS
01:18:26CHEF
01:18:26CHEF
01:18:27CHEF
01:18:28CHEF
01:18:29CHEF
01:18:30CLIPS
01:18:31CHEF
01:18:35CHEF
01:18:36Lissy Weaving is going to live, Mrs. Gideon, despite your best efforts.
01:18:40We found the ring that Jessie Clisole stole from her mother
01:18:43on the day that she left home.
01:18:45You need to understand how it came to be in your possession.
01:18:50You need to tell us exactly what happened, Mrs. Gideon.
01:18:54Before I do, I need you to know that I loved her
01:19:00and that she loved me.
01:19:03We could never be together here, so we made a plan to leave,
01:19:06go somewhere they'd never find us,
01:19:08but I couldn't go through with it.
01:19:10I was only 17.
01:19:12William and I were already engaged.
01:19:15He offered me safety and stability.
01:19:20Things that had eluded you as a child.
01:19:23We know that you were rejected by your birth mother
01:19:28and then by your foster family.
01:19:30I started to think, what if Jessie abandoned me to?
01:19:36I'd have no one.
01:19:38So I panicked, begged her to stay.
01:19:42I needed more time.
01:19:43No one knew we were even friends.
01:19:45But she said it was too late,
01:19:48that if I didn't go with her, she was going to tell William the truth.
01:19:51I thought she was bluffing, but she was deadly serious.
01:19:54William had given me the necklace as an engagement present,
01:19:58a talisman to keep me safe.
01:20:01Jessie said she was going to give it back to William,
01:20:04tell him I didn't need it.
01:20:07What do you think you're doing?
01:20:09She was my lover and protector now.
01:20:11Give him back!
01:20:12No, leave me alone!
01:20:13Stop it!
01:20:14What are you doing?
01:20:17You struck her violently from behind,
01:20:40just as you'd struck Mrs. Marchmont, almost killing her too.
01:20:45I felt no remorse for what I did to that woman.
01:20:48But I didn't mean to hurt Jessie.
01:20:51I loved her.
01:20:52You could have come clean about it,
01:20:54but instead you decided to cover it up.
01:20:56I knew that the water was deepest under the bridge.
01:21:00But your necklace was still in the jacket, in the pannier bag,
01:21:07evidence that you feared might put you at the scene of Jessie's death.
01:21:12By the time I realised that, it was too late.
01:21:15I still had to hide her body.
01:21:17And you knew the river like the back of your hand.
01:21:19I remembered there's a deep hollow in the bank,
01:21:22just around the bend in the river.
01:21:25I...
01:21:26I dragged Jessie's body to the water.
01:21:30And, er...
01:21:31I floated her downstream.
01:21:33And I managed to push her body deep inside the hollow
01:21:36and weigh it down with rocks.
01:21:38And that's where she has remained?
01:21:41But when Lucy Weaving started asking questions,
01:21:47I needed to check that her...
01:21:50...remains were still well hidden.
01:21:53And that's when Johnny saw me.
01:21:55We'd been mudlarking at Hollybrook.
01:21:57I told William that I wanted to walk home.
01:21:59I thought that Johnny would go back over the bridges,
01:22:01but he didn't.
01:22:02Alice?
01:22:03What?
01:22:04What are you doing?
01:22:05Oh, um...
01:22:06I thought I saw something in the water,
01:22:08but it was just a trick of the light.
01:22:10Oh.
01:22:11Well, it's not a bad idea looking here, though.
01:22:13The current flows this way from Hollybrook.
01:22:15I'll come back here tomorrow.
01:22:17Come with me if you're free.
01:22:19Sure.
01:22:22Good idea.
01:22:23Great.
01:22:24And you couldn't let that happen,
01:22:25knowing what he might discover.
01:22:27I didn't have a plan until...
01:22:30William got the call about the sinkhole by the jetty.
01:22:33He had no idea that I was listening in on the conversation.
01:22:37You called Johnny Hoxham from the phone box
01:22:40and lured him to his death.
01:22:42It seemed like the easiest solution,
01:22:44but it was so hard.
01:22:46Help!
01:22:47Help!
01:22:48Help!
01:22:51Somebody!
01:22:52Please!
01:22:55Help me!
01:22:56Please!
01:22:57First, you tried to implicate Cole Densmore
01:23:06by saying that you'd seen him at the river.
01:23:08And then you got lucky.
01:23:09Rufus Coulter sent Johnny Hoxham a memento mori that evening,
01:23:13making him our prime suspect.
01:23:15You heard the message that Rufus left at the vicarage.
01:23:18You knew that he'd found the necklace,
01:23:21which he feared might wrongly connect him to Jessie's death.
01:23:25But in reality, it connects you.
01:23:30What happened exactly?
01:23:35William was just coming out of Evensong that night,
01:23:38and I was leaving to meet Jessie.
01:23:41I told him that I was going for a bike ride,
01:23:44and he was worried it might not be safe.
01:23:46It was getting dark.
01:23:47I told him that as long as I was wearing his necklace,
01:23:50I would always be safe.
01:23:52He kissed it, just to make sure.
01:23:55And when I returned hours later, I was in a terrible state.
01:24:00I told him the necklace was lost,
01:24:03that the class must have come undone or something,
01:24:05that I'd been desperately trying to find it all this time.
01:24:08And now you had to recover the necklace from Rufus Coulter
01:24:13to stop William finding out the truth.
01:24:18Vicar?
01:24:25And you didn't leave anything to chance, did you?
01:24:28You found one of Mr. Coulter's fishing magnets
01:24:30and placed it on his chest to ensure his silence.
01:24:33What?
01:24:34Oh!
01:24:55But then your husband found the necklace by chance.
01:24:59William had lost his key.
01:25:03He knew that I kept spares in the studio.
01:25:05He must have been looking for mine when he found the necklace.
01:25:12Reverend Gideon.
01:25:20And when he found it, your husband realized
01:25:22that you'd got to Rufus Coulter before he did,
01:25:25that you'd lied to cover your tracks,
01:25:28and that you'd been with Jessie Clisold when she died.
01:25:31And so he confessed to all of it in order to protect you,
01:25:35and you let him.
01:25:37But you knew you were still in danger
01:25:39as long as Lucy Weaving was still asking questions.
01:25:42That's why I wrote the note,
01:25:44just to frighten her into leaving.
01:25:46But while you were out delivering your note,
01:25:48your husband was making his confession.
01:25:50That wasn't part of the plan.
01:25:53Lucy realized that if William had been arrested,
01:25:55then he couldn't have left the note.
01:25:57just needed by myself some time,
01:26:00so I told her that I would make tea,
01:26:02call the police.
01:26:03Then, as I left, I saw her staring at Leo.
01:26:11I knew in that moment that she was close to the truth,
01:26:14that there would be questions
01:26:16that I wouldn't be able to answer.
01:26:18It was too late to stop.
01:26:30Her husband's been released.
01:26:35He'd like to talk to you,
01:26:36but you're under no obligation.
01:26:38No.
01:26:39I want to.
01:26:50I always thought you were fragile, Alice.
01:26:53Needed my protection.
01:26:55But the one you become, I don't recognize.
01:26:58She's not my Alice.
01:26:59She's always been there, William.
01:27:03I just learned how to keep her well hidden,
01:27:05because no one's ever loved or wanted that Alice,
01:27:10except Jessie.
01:27:14You'll need to tell us exactly where she is.
01:27:16She is downstream, in the hollow.
01:27:28I've already said my goodbyes.
01:27:33I am so sorry, William.
01:27:35You're a natural detective, Sarah.
01:27:48Well, only if it's history related.
01:27:50But when it is, you're like a dog with a bone.
01:27:53Oh, not again, Paddy.
01:27:55We're going to have to get rid of that rug, Sarah.
01:27:59Hey.
01:28:00It's the silver eternity bracelet you got me
01:28:05when I had Betty.
01:28:06But you lost that years ago.
01:28:07Oh, and I'm very grateful to have him back.
01:28:10Good boy.
01:28:11Seems like Paddy's good at solving mysteries, too.
01:28:13Well, maybe you should take him mud larking.
01:28:16He might be able to help you find that watch
01:28:18you lost when you went fishing.
01:28:19Oh, that's a great idea.
01:28:20What do you say, Detective Paddy?
01:28:22Do you want to go fishing again?
01:28:23Go on, then.
01:28:24See if you can find my wellies.
01:28:26.
01:28:51.
01:28:52.
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