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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, Vicka.
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 to him 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. Gemma, 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 on to something.
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.
00:01:26The 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, I'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, Gem.
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, Gem?
00:03:20I was born ready.
00:03:21Hello, guys, and welcome back to the Midsomer Magneteers 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?
00:03:46She knew she didn't have long left.
00:03:51Wanted 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.
00:04:08But that's why I'm doing this, to 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.
00:04:21Well, all we know so far is that your family came from a village called Goldsworthy 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 Goldsworthy.
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 asked 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.
00:04:50Look, sometimes people, they just need a bit of a nudge.
00:04:55All he can say is no.
00:04:57If you insist on being here, the least you can do is stick to your own area.
00:05:23I'll go wherever I like.
00:05:25He's just trying to wind us up, Richard.
00:05:28Don't give him the satisfaction.
00:05:29Rufus used to be a friend.
00:05:30Can we all just try and be civil?
00:05:32You can't be civil with these barbarians.
00:05:36Hey!
00:05:37What the hell are you playing at?
00:05:38Sorry, mate.
00:05:40Didn't see you there.
00:05:41It's that right.
00:05:42Come on, then.
00:05:43Let's have it.
00:05:43See who comes off worse.
00:05:48Get off me!
00:05:49Daddy.
00:05:49Daddy.
00:05:51Richard.
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.
00:06:08Binder's 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 him?
00:06:17Why 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, God.
00:07:10Oh.
00:07:12Oh, God.
00:07:13Oh, God.
00:07:41Oh, my God.
00:08:12It's a Wiccan jar, also 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.
00:08:27So I've unleashed evil on 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
00:08:41to take their victims with them.
00:08:43Don't listen to him, Johnny.
00:08:44Don't listen to him.
00:08:45Don't listen to him.
00:08:46Thanks for watching, guys.
00:08:50And if you haven't already, don't forget to like and subscribe.
00:08:52All merch available via the link.
00:08:54Happy magnetarian!
00:08:57Bye, then.
00:08:58See you tomorrow.
00:08:59Thinking of coming to the blessing of the river ceremony.
00:09:01Oh, seeing the light at last.
00:09:03Now, that would be a miracle.
00:09:05But if there are blessings to be added, then why shouldn't we have some of them?
00:09:09No, it's you lot who need to get lucky.
00:09:11Not us.
00:09:12That's just out there.
00:09:13Don't ever get up in time.
00:09:15One can but hope.
00:09:17I'm heading back.
00:09:19Yeah, me too.
00:09:19I'm getting cold.
00:09:20I can give you a lift.
00:09:22Thanks, I'd rather walk.
00:09:24Johnny?
00:09:27William, shall I take the jar?
00:09:29Someone needs to report it.
00:09:33The jar?
00:09:33Yeah, yeah.
00:09:34That'd be much appreciated.
00:09:39William, is there something wrong?
00:09:40No, no.
00:09:43Everything's fine.
00:09:44No.
00:09:44No, no.
00:09:45Everything's fine.
00:10:10It sounds to let me know, Jacob.
00:10:37Yeah, of course, of course. I'll make sure everyone's aware.
00:10:41Okay. Bye.
00:10:44Damn.
00:10:46Salmon.
00:10:48Alice!
00:11:01I'm gonna find out, Mum.
00:11:03I promise.
00:11:07Hello?
00:11:09Hello?
00:11:11Hello?
00:11:37Hello?
00:11:39Oh, hello.
00:11:41What?
00:11:43What?
00:11:44Are you sure about that?
00:11:47No, no, no, hold on a second.
00:11:49I just need to write this down.
00:11:51Hang on.
00:11:52Here.
00:12:11Help.
00:12:13Somebody.
00:12:15Help me.
00:12:17Help.
00:12:19Somebody.
00:12:20Help me.
00:12:21Please.
00:12:22Help.
00:12:23Somebody.
00:12:25Help me.
00:12:27Please.
00:12:29Somebody.
00:12:30Help me.
00:12:31Please.
00:12:32Please.
00:12:33Please.
00:12:34Please.
00:12:35Please.
00:12:37Help.
00:12:39Somebody.
00:12:40Help me.
00:12:41Please.
00:12:42Email me.
00:12:45After the abad.
00:12:47Hello?
00:12:50Yep.
00:12:53Weigh ween every burning down
00:12:58Grace our spirits will deliver
00:13:02And provide us a robe and crown
00:13:06Yes, we will gather at the river
00:13:10The beautiful, the beautiful river
00:13:14Gather with the saints at the river
00:13:18That glows wide the throne of God
00:13:22Morning, vicar
00:13:24You 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
00:13:40Well, at least he's not a Judas, like Johnny
00:13:44Talking of Johnny, where is he?
00:13:48Right, we've made our point, let's go to the pub
00:13:51We're here now
00:13:53Bless him won't do any of us any harm
00:13:54Especially you, Cole
00:13:56Gracious God, we pray for all those poor souls
00:14:01Lost to our rivers and waterways
00:14:04Who these flowers represent
00:14:06In Christianity, water can symbolise both life and death
00:14:12And as a central symbol in the sacrament of baptism
00:14:16A moment of spiritual purification
00:14:19What?
00:14:33Oh, morning, Jamie
00:14:37Do you want to be down in a second?
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. Far from it.
00:14:45Mum's going to be on TV.
00:14:46Oh, that's exciting. What's the show?
00:14:48Uh, pastimes.
00:14:49They've asked me to advise on some local history.
00:14:52I just hope mixing with the glitterati doesn't turn your head.
00:14:55It'll be Hollywood next, sir.
00:14:56Oh, quite fancy a life of sun surfing celebrity drama.
00:15:00What do you think?
00:15:01You'd give any film star a run for her money.
00:15:04I don't know about that, but thank you.
00:15:05Right, sir, time we left for our decidedly unglamorous day job.
00:15:09Oh, I don't know.
00:15:09There's always the potential for a bit of real-life drama.
00:15:13Careful what you wish for, sir.
00:15:24DCI Barnaby. Good morning.
00:15:27Not so good for our victim.
00:15:28Cause of death?
00:15:30Drowning.
00:15:31And by the look of him,
00:15:32I reckon he'd been in the water no longer than 24 hours.
00:15:36There have been reports of a sinkhole in the stretch of river.
00:15:40And sinkholes combined with silt
00:15:42can be a particularly dangerous domination.
00:15:45So no evidence of foul play?
00:15:46Not obviously.
00:15:48Then, um, what am I doing here?
00:15:51According to witnesses on the scene,
00:15:53the victim was a local man,
00:15:54last seen alive yesterday evening.
00:15:56His jacket was found along with a bag
00:15:58containing a phone, a wallet, and a notebook.
00:16:00They confirmed his identity as Jonathan David Hoxham.
00:16:04This was found in the pocket.
00:16:09Memento mori is Latin.
00:16:11It means remember that you have to die.
00:16:13Who knew Winter could speak Latin?
00:16:17You're wasted as a plod.
00:16:18I'm not a...
00:16:19I'm a detective.
00:16:21Detective Sergeant.
00:16:22Sir?
00:16:22It's so easy to wind up.
00:16:24It's delicious.
00:16:25If we could possibly get back to the matter at hand...
00:16:28I won't know any more until I've done the post-vortem.
00:16:31I'll be in fudge.
00:16:36So our victim had a reminder of the inevitability of death
00:16:40and then turns up drowned.
00:16:42Hmm.
00:16:43Why did he come here?
00:16:45Was he meeting someone?
00:16:46Digital forensics are trying to unlock his phone.
00:16:49Where exactly was the body found?
00:16:51Into the jetty, sir.
00:16:53Reverend William Gideon was conducting a river blessing
00:16:55when his wife saw the body in the water.
00:16:58He and his mudlarking group were here yesterday afternoon.
00:17:02Johnny Hoxham was a keen member.
00:17:04According to Mrs. Gideon,
00:17:05there was another mudlarking group here at the same time,
00:17:08but they left before he did.
00:17:09Were the Gideons that asked people to see Mr. Hoxham alive?
00:17:12Yeah.
00:17:13Said he was going home and left alone.
00:17:15Mrs. Gideon can't understand why he came back.
00:17:17Well, let's talk to both groups.
00:17:20Find out if anything happened yesterday
00:17:21that might, um, shed some light.
00:17:27Dan Peasey, Gemstone Television.
00:17:30Uh, we're here to see Richard Clissot.
00:17:33So he's expecting you?
00:17:51Absolutely.
00:17:53He's not back yet.
00:17:55We're happy to wait.
00:18:03Johnny Hoxham was a devout member of the St. Leonard's family
00:18:06and a passionate member of the Midsommar Mudlarks.
00:18:09His loss is a tragedy for the whole village community.
00:18:12Did Mr. Hoxham have any enemies?
00:18:15But it was an accident, surely.
00:18:17Yeah, we have to keep an open mind at this stage, Mrs. Gideon.
00:18:22I understand you were the last people to see Mr. Hoxham.
00:18:25Well, technically, that was William.
00:18:27I started walking home while they were still at the river.
00:18:30Yeah, Johnny left soon after.
00:18:32And Richard Clissot was offered him a lift earlier,
00:18:35but he declined.
00:18:36And Richard Clissot is?
00:18:37He's a fellow Mudlark and an old family friend.
00:18:41I took over the ministry when his father retired.
00:18:43And did anything happen at the river
00:18:47that could have upset Mr. Hoxham?
00:18:51Uh, new research suggested
00:18:55that there could have been a pilgrim hostel near Holybrook.
00:18:58Johnny was hoping to find a rare Thomas Beckett badge
00:19:01to complete his collection.
00:19:03Then an ampulla badge was found by Cole Densmore,
00:19:07a member of the Midsommar Magneteers,
00:19:09another 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,
00:19:26but that wasn't unusual.
00:19:28What do you mean?
00:19:29Well, the Mudlarks are keen historians and ecologists.
00:19:32We research respectfully for evidence of the past
00:19:35in order to build collections of local historical importance.
00:19:39And the Midsommar Magneteers?
00:19:41Well, they use heavy, high-strength magnets
00:19:43to amass large quantities of metal for cash.
00:19:47Their gung-ho attitude causes untold damage to the environment.
00:19:51Which is a source of conflict?
00:19:54Yeah, unfortunately, yes.
00:19:55There was something else.
00:19:58Johnny found a rare Wiccan jar in the river.
00:20:01Which is what, exactly?
00:20:03A sealed, 17th-century witch's jar,
00:20:06believed to curse whoever opens it.
00:20:09Sadly, that was Johnny.
00:20:12Yeah, as a Christian, I abhor superstition,
00:20:14but it's an unfortunate coincidence
00:20:17that Johnny died later that day.
00:20:20Hmm.
00:20:20Where is this jar now?
00:20:23Richard took it with him.
00:20:25Significant artefacts need to be registered.
00:20:28Where might I find him?
00:20:39They're waiting in the sitting room.
00:20:41What on earth are they doing here?
00:20:43They said you were expecting them.
00:20:45I didn't know what to do.
00:20:47Go home, Mary.
00:20:49I'll deal with this.
00:20:50Mr. Clisold.
00:20:56I thought I made myself perfectly clear.
00:20:58We were in the area,
00:20:59and 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.
00:21:12I'll answer your questions.
00:21:14But under no circumstances
00:21:16will I appear on your television programme.
00:21:18Is that understood?
00:21:19Perfectly.
00:21:23These bills are you paying today?
00:21:25It's all under control, Jem.
00:21:27I can't tax on his way.
00:21:29Well, what if you get caught?
00:21:30Things are getting out of hand.
00:21:32Fine.
00:21:32Mr. and Mrs. Westcott.
00:21:34DS Winter.
00:21:35Causton CID.
00:21:37What can we do for you?
00:21:38Body was found in the river this morning.
00:21:40I know.
00:21:40I was there.
00:21:41No 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?
00:21:51What warning?
00:21:51I got a call from Jacob Mitchell.
00:21:53He 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,
00:22:00and he wanted us to know exactly where it was.
00:22:02So I put an alert on the magnateer's chat.
00:22:05Did 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.
00:22:11We understand that there's some unfriendly rivalry
00:22:14between you and the mudlarks.
00:22:15Was there any friction at Hollybrook?
00:22:17Just the usual sparring banter.
00:22:21I see you've got your own channel.
00:22:23Over 5,000 followers now.
00:22:26Did you film any content yesterday?
00:22:28Yeah, but nothing interesting.
00:22:31I'll still need to see it.
00:22:33It's so strange.
00:22:35My mother grew up in this beautiful house,
00:22:38but I had no idea it even existed until yesterday.
00:22:40Unfortunately, your mother rejected our family
00:22:43in the most hurtful and destructive way.
00:22:46Jessica always admired her, so followed suit.
00:22:48How can you be sure Jessica didn't want to come back?
00:22:52She left a note, making herself very clear.
00:22:55My father kept it.
00:22:59In case there was ever any doubt.
00:23:06As you can see, she despised us and everything we stood for
00:23:09and states quite clearly she wishes no one to come after her.
00:23:13Leo.
00:23:14Yeah.
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?
00:23:27No, 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.
00:23:38And 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.
00:23:47What 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.
00:24:01Forgive my scepticism, but you're clearly just doing this to increase your celebrity profile.
00:24:06I want no part in it.
00:24:08DCI Barnaby, do come in.
00:24:10They're just leaving.
00:24:26The art of mudlarking lies in the ability to spot things invisible to others.
00:24:32What we call getting your eye in.
00:24:34The mistake is in looking too hard.
00:24:37Very much like my own job.
00:24:40How well did you know Mr. Hoxham?
00:24:43We were more colleagues than friends, both fascinated by the history attached to objects we found.
00:24:50I understand there was some conflict between the two mudlarking groups yesterday afternoon.
00:24:56Did any of that involve Mr. Hoxham specifically?
00:24:59Not that I'm aware of.
00:25:01I'm aware of.
00:25:02I'm aware of.
00:25:03I'm aware of.
00:25:03Reverend Gideon told us about the discovery of the Wiccan jar.
00:25:07I believe you have it.
00:25:08Why, yes.
00:25:09The jar.
00:25:16Here it is.
00:25:18Not very pleasant, I'm afraid.
00:25:20I've reported it to the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
00:25:24They'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?
00:25:33Highly unlikely.
00:25:34It is clear Johnny saw it as a bad omen, which makes it all the more puzzling why he should choose to return.
00:25:42There'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.
00:26:11I'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 him?
00:26:23Why 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.
00:26:30You're still out on license, aren't you, Cole?
00:26:32They'll send you straight back.
00:26:34Johnny.
00:26:36I'll kill you first.
00:26:41This was witnessed by both groups.
00:26:42Why didn't anyone mention it?
00:26:43Oh, Mrs. Gideon said that Cole enjoyed taunting Johnny, so it's possible nobody took it seriously.
00:26:51We need to talk to Cole Densmore.
00:26:53And there's another thing.
00:26:54Freddie 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.
00:27:01Freddie said that he circulated it on the magneteers' chat, claimed that the farmer made the same call to Reverend Gideon.
00:27:06You didn't say anything to Maeve.
00:27:08Well, yeah, and finally, thank you, Digital managed to access Johnny Hoxham's cloud.
00:27:16Someone called him at 1834.
00:27:20Then, according to his notebook, 27 minutes later, he was back at the river.
00:27:26Whoever called Johnny told him that they'd seen a Thomas Beckett badge and pinpointed its exact location.
00:27:32Is the number traceable?
00:27:33It's from an old phone box in the village.
00:27:34So, Johnny Hoxham was deliberately lured to his death.
00:27:48This is great.
00:27:49Do you have any information on Jessie specifically, apart from the birth certificate?
00:27:53Well, her leaving was reported in the local press.
00:27:57Oh, well.
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.
00:28:10According to this article, she caught the London train at 7.35pm on Wednesday the 14th of May.
00:28:16She left with her bike and whatever she could fit into her panniers, as witnessed by Mary Hamble, the housekeeper's daughter.
00:28:22Sources 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.
00:28:30Well, Richard Clisold still has it.
00:28:32Oh.
00:28:34And after she left?
00:28:36Well, the trail goes cold, I'm afraid.
00:28:39If Jessie changed her name or she left the country, it could be very difficult to trace her.
00:28:44I'll get our team to look into it.
00:28:46What about friends?
00:28:47She 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.
00:28:56She was a similar age and knew the family.
00:28:59Yeah, we met her briefly earlier.
00:29:01She cleans for Richard Clisold.
00:29:03And I think she still lives at this address.
00:29:08Oh, this is...
00:29:10Yeah, you know what I am.
00:29:12DCI 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.
00:29:25This is my colleague, DS Winter.
00:29:27Yeah, of course.
00:29:28Uh, 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.
00:29:44Yeah, I'm ashamed to say that's true.
00:29:46Um, you know, when Jacob rang, I was, I was writing my sermon for the river blessing.
00:29:51And I hung up clumsily spilling tea everywhere.
00:29:55So 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 magneteers.
00:30:02If you've done that, Johnny Hoxham might be alive now.
00:30:05Yeah, which, uh, which I'll regret to the end of my days.
00:30:12But it, it, it didn't occur to me that anyone would return to the river that night.
00:30:17So, which is it?
00:30:18Did you forget?
00:30:20Or did you think no one would return to the river?
00:30:23Johnny wasn't the only one there.
00:30:26When I was walking home, I saw Cole Densmore on the opposite bank,
00:30:30heading back towards Hollybrook.
00:30:31We need to talk to Cole Densmore.
00:30:41At 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.
00:30:59No idea.
00:31:00Cole Densmore's still their only suspect with a motive,
00:31:04but he hasn't responded to any of our calls requesting an interview.
00:31:08Then Mohammed will have to go to the mount.
00:31:10Mrs. Hamble.
00:31:24I don't like being lied to.
00:31:25I understand.
00:31:26If you could just give us five minutes, we can explain.
00:31:29You knew my Aunt Jessie.
00:31:31We're the last person to see her.
00:31:32I made my statement at the time.
00:31:34It's all on record.
00:31:35There's nothing more to say.
00:31:37Yes.
00:31:37Mrs. Hamble, if you...
00:31:38My loyalty is to the family that stayed,
00:31:40not to those that walked away.
00:31:42And I certainly don't approve of raking all this up again for a TV show.
00:31:46Time for a little fire, Bobby.
00:32:05It turns out Cole Densmore is Goldsworthy's resident bad boy.
00:32:09Currently out on license for theft.
00:32:11Get off my property before I call the cops.
00:32:16Yeah, we are the cops, Mr. Densmore.
00:32:23I'm not talking out here, so you better come in.
00:32:27But I'm not making tea.
00:32:28I 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.
00:32:51It's been underwater for years.
00:32:53There 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 you had an altercation with Johnny Hoxham
00:33:03just hours before he died.
00:33:05That was just banter.
00:33:07It looked like a bit more than that from the footage we saw.
00:33:09If you'd like me to refresh your memory.
00:33:11Okay.
00:33:13So I wouldn't give him the ampulla for his epoxy collection.
00:33:16Why should I?
00:33:17I know he could get decent money for it.
00:33:19You threatened to kill him, Mr. Densmore.
00:33:21But I didn't.
00:33:22I didn't.
00:33:22Does the expression, memento mori, mean anything to you?
00:33:31The river isn't far from here.
00:33:32Did you go back there after everyone left?
00:33:34No.
00:33:35Why would I?
00:33:35We have a witness who claims that they saw you on this side of the river,
00:33:40heading towards Hollybrook.
00:33:42And they need to get their eyes tested.
00:33:45And if you're looking for someone with real beef with Johnny,
00:33:48talk to Rufus Coulter.
00:33:49He was a mudlark until Johnny grasped him up for not reporting any of the stuff he found.
00:33:54What happened?
00:33:54The vicar threw him out in his ear, after God knows how many years.
00:33:59Rufus never forgave Johnny for that.
00:34:01So he joined the magneteers?
00:34:03He's a hoarder.
00:34:05Total weirdo.
00:34:07But they'll take anyone.
00:34:09So it seems.
00:34:10We'll be in touch, Mr. Densmore.
00:34:16Off you, sir.
00:34:29If you hear the policeman up here, don't panic, okay?
00:34:32They've got nothing on me.
00:34:44I suppose those tears are for Johnny.
00:34:47I do.
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.
00:34:56I cared about him.
00:34:58That's all.
00:35:00Just wish you cared about me like that.
00:35:06Not sure you have had?
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.
00:35:24It is intriguing, though, isn't it?
00:35:28Our paths crossing professionally like this.
00:35:31Yeah.
00:35:32Investigating the same case from very different angles.
00:35:36We could both end up on telly at this rate.
00:35:39No.
00:35:39My show will only get made if the story has enough layers to keep the viewers intrigued.
00:35:45Which, unless there's a massive plot twist, is 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?
00:36:01It's the hilt of a sword.
00:36:17Possibly 8th century.
00:36:17Oh, there was an Anglo-Saxon settlement in this area, so potentially very exciting.
00:36:22But should we really be out so soon mud-larking?
00:36:26It's what Johnny would have wanted.
00:36:28If we find something special, we 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 time for tea, Vicka.
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 is one of our regulars.
00:36:52He did it with his boss for us to check it out.
00:36:54He said we might find some Anglo-Saxon gold.
00:36:56Well, gold isn't magnetic, so you're wasting your time.
00:37:01Anglo-Saxons were con artists.
00:37:04Made coins that looked like gold, but were mostly bog-standard metal.
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, Vicka.
00:37:21Been to see you twice, I believe.
00:37:23If 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.
00:37:44Sorry to keep you.
00:37:45Couldn't get Paddy in from the garden.
00:37:46He's become obsessed with digging.
00:37:49I can see that.
00:37:50Any developments I should know about?
00:37:54Cole Densmore's phone places him at home all evening.
00:37:56Just 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.
00:38:10He suspected Rufus Coulter, but nothing was ever proved.
00:38:13Here, some examples.
00:38:16Rufus Coulter blamed Johnny Hoxham for shaming him within the mud-larking community he loved.
00:38:29Question 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, Cole.
00:38:43Oh, this is Anglo-Saxon gold.
00:38:45We're billionaires.
00:38:45Yeah.
00:38:45Fourth bloody bite this week.
00:39:00Take it to scrap, Cole.
00:39:01It's rusted to hell.
00:39:06Never mind, love.
00:39:08I'll make a succeed.
00:39:15Where are you going, mate?
00:39:22Home.
00:39:23Not that it's any business of yours.
00:39:27Weirdo.
00:39:30Hi.
00:39:32Richard?
00:39:37What is it?
00:39:42Richard?
00:39:42That bicycle.
00:39:47I think it's Jessie's.
00:40:00Quiet, Bobby.
00:40:12It's unbelievable.
00:40:17How 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.
00:40:35What?
00:40:37He'll come home when he's hungry.
00:40:38Sorry to keep you.
00:40:39It's my heart that slows me down.
00:40:44Come through.
00:40:54What's this all about, then?
00:40:57We understand that you and Mr. Hoxton
00:40:59were involved in an ongoing feud.
00:41:01And you're putting two and two together
00:41:03and thinking I killed him.
00:41:05Well, no one said that, Mr. Coulter.
00:41:06Good.
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
00:41:20of seeking revenge by sending anonymous notes
00:41:23designed to frighten him.
00:41:24The man was deluded.
00:41:27Nothing was ever proved.
00:41:29Well, this was found at the scene
00:41:30in Mr. Hoxton's jacket.
00:41:32Doesn't mean it's from me, does it?
00:41:35You knew about the sinkhole
00:41:37from the magneteers' chat group.
00:41:39So did everyone else.
00:41:40So why pick on me?
00:41:44The last call that Mr. Hoxton received
00:41:46was from a phone box.
00:41:48Was that you, Mr. Coulter?
00:41:50No.
00:41:51So you're wasting your time.
00:41:52I'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,
00:42:09give 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.
00:42:16Come on, Vicar.
00:42:36Pick up.
00:42:38Please.
00:42:39Please.
00:42:46Freddie, babe.
00:42:47What are you up to?
00:42:49This little beauty
00:42:50is an Anglo-Saxon figurine.
00:42:52Extremely rare, apparently.
00:42:54You're going to have to declare it.
00:42:56We're already in way too deep.
00:42:58It'll be fine, babe.
00:42:59We 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
00:43:13whether Jessie, you know,
00:43:14changed her identity
00:43:15or moved abroad.
00:43:16And if that doesn't work,
00:43:17we can look into
00:43:18other members of your family
00:43:19and see where that takes us.
00:43:22Finding Jessie's
00:43:23the only reason
00:43:23I agreed to do this.
00:43:25And I'm not ready
00:43:26to give up yet.
00:43:29Okay.
00:43:45Vicar, thank God you're there now.
00:44:08I really need your help.
00:44:12I called Freddie,
00:44:14but the police don't trust him.
00:44:16You're the only one I can turn to.
00:44:17Hi.
00:44:33Hi.
00:44:34Um, I'd like to stay another night,
00:44:36if that's okay.
00:44:36Oh, no problem.
00:44:37Um, I meant to ask you, um, I heard you talking about Jessie Clisold.
00:44:42She's my aunt.
00:44:44People seem to think we found our old bike this morning in the river on the estate.
00:44:51But that's not possible.
00:44:53Maybe they got it wrong.
00:44:54Just thought I'd say.
00:44:56Yes, of course.
00:45:07Vicar.
00:45:11Thank God.
00:45:14I'm in the kitchen.
00:45:18Vicar?
00:45:25So, Jessie went to Everglade House.
00:45:28It was a Catholic school for what used to be called troubled girls.
00:45:32I'm still trying to get a hold of the old school roll, but I did manage to find this.
00:45:36It's a copy of her last school report.
00:45:39Oh, wow.
00:45:43Jessica is extremely intelligent, but her rebellious nature makes her stubborn and hard to control.
00:45:50She sounds just like mum.
00:45:53Well, that's all I have so far.
00:45:55Any developments your end?
00:45:57Yeah.
00:45:58Um, a bike was found in the river today.
00:46:01People believe it could be Jessie's, but that doesn't make any sense.
00:46:05Can you ask your Uncle Richard about it?
00:46:09He made it very clear that the door was closed, but I refuse to give up hope.
00:46:15Well, with or without him, we're getting closer.
00:46:17Is it a coincidence?
00:46:47That a suspect in Johnny Hoxham's murder is now a victim himself?
00:46:51Statistics would say no, sir.
00:46:54Let's find out.
00:46:56Um, Reverend Gideon, we understand that you raised the alarm.
00:47:01Yes, Rufus called me.
00:47:03Sounded dreadful.
00:47:04Although we had our differences, he wanted my help.
00:47:08Did he say why?
00:47:10The magneteers pulled a bike out of the river this morning, and Richard Plissot recognized it.
00:47:18He said it belonged to his younger sister, Jessie.
00:47:21I'm sure of it.
00:47:22Why is that significant?
00:47:24Well, it was the bike that Jessie was meant to have left with.
00:47:28According to Richard, her bike had a pair of tartan panniers, and when it was pulled out of the river, only one remained.
00:47:35And Rufus told me that he'd found the other pannier in exactly the same part of the river over 30 years ago.
00:47:43Which would be 10 years after Jessie left the village.
00:47:46Yeah, yeah, I believe so.
00:47:48Why would Mr. Coulter be interested in an old bike pannier?
00:47:52Well, Rufus, he collected everything, but this time he got lucky.
00:47:57Inside the pannier, he said he found a necklace.
00:48:01How is that relevant?
00:48:04You were already questioning him about Johnny's murder, and he worried that if it was found in his possession,
00:48:11it could connect him to whatever happened to Jessie, that he'd be accused of killing her too.
00:48:17So he asked me to take it.
00:48:19And where has the necklace been all this time?
00:48:22His gallery.
00:48:24His gallery? What does that mean?
00:48:26I have no idea.
00:48:28He promised to tell me everything when I came to the house.
00:48:32But I was too late.
00:48:36And where is the necklace now?
00:48:39Rufus said he brought it up from storage, but I couldn't see it anywhere.
00:48:49Breathe in, gents.
00:48:56It's a bit of a squeeze.
00:48:58You mentioned cardiac issues.
00:49:00Is that what killed him?
00:49:01An arrest has no visible signs, so we'll have to wait for the PM.
00:49:05But I'm concerned that the pile that crushed him was deliberately destabilised.
00:49:10I just need to prove it.
00:49:14So all those equations have fallen?
00:49:16It's all about angles, Winter.
00:49:18I once had a lover who was a champion skier.
00:49:22Of course you did.
00:49:23We went off-piste in San Maritz and discovered a man who supposedly had fallen to his death.
00:49:30I knew immediately it was foul play.
00:49:34How?
00:49:35It's called The Physics of a Fall, based on analysis of the trajectory and impact site, angles, laws of motion.
00:49:46Then you can calculate all of that with a tape measure.
00:49:50Laser distance meter.
00:49:52I'm not that much of a Luddite, Winter.
00:49:55What happened to your relationship with the sphere?
00:49:58I'm afraid that all went rapidly downhill.
00:50:03Nice 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.
00:50:13Who was it?
00:50:14They made me sign an NDA, I'm afraid.
00:50:17But it'll all be in my memoirs.
00:50:22She never ceases to amaze.
00:50:29Sir, Rufus Colter told William Gideon that he brought the necklace up from storage.
00:50:35But up from where?
00:50:36Well, it could be an outbuilding or garage further down the hill.
00:50:41Yeah.
00:50:42Or...
00:50:43A cellar.
00:50:48Well done, Winter.
00:51:04Down you go.
00:51:06I think we found Rufus Colter's gallery, sir.
00:51:29Classic serial killer behavior, sir.
00:51:38Trophies kept symbolized the killer's conquest over their victims.
00:51:41Could Jesse Clissot be one of them?
00:51:43Fleur's trying to ID the recovered body parts from their DNA.
00:51:47That's a long shot, but we might get lucky.
00:51:50We seized the bite that the magneteers pulled from the river.
00:51:54And the contents of the pannier confirmed that it belonged to Jesse Clissot.
00:51:57Anything of interest?
00:51:58An ID with her purse, some cash, and some degraded items of clothing.
00:52:04She clearly intended to leave that day.
00:52:06Richard Clissot said that his family reported Jesse's disappearance to the police.
00:52:12See if there's any evidence of that in the archive.
00:52:14Yes, sir.
00:52:19Any news on the missing necklace?
00:52:21Our team is still searching the property for it.
00:52:23I don't envy them sifting through that lot.
00:52:26If, as we now believe, that Rufus Colter went down to his cellar to retrieve the necklace,
00:52:33why wasn't it found on his person?
00:52:37How does this connect to Johnny Hoxham's murder?
00:52:40Oh, Sir Fleur's got something for us.
00:52:44Results show that Mr. Colter did indeed suffer a cardiac arrest at the time he was crushed.
00:52:51And my measurements came good, Winter.
00:52:55As you can see, physics suggest the tower was deliberately pushed.
00:53:01But, uh, that's not all.
00:53:03Mr. Colter had an implantable cardiovert and defibrillator, a preventative measure for those at risk of cardiac arrest.
00:53:12But the device had been deliberately disabled.
00:53:16By being in close proximity to a powerful magnet.
00:53:20Like a large fishing magnet?
00:53:22Gold Star Winter.
00:53:25It would need to be positioned less than six inches away from his heart.
00:53:30But no magnet was found close to the body.
00:53:32Could it be anything else?
00:53:35Traces of neodymium, iron and boron were found on his chest area, so 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 the scholar he lived in.
00:53:52But legal has come up with something interesting.
00:53:55Rufus Colter left everything in his will to Freddie and Gemma Westcott.
00:54:00Oh, sorry, so sorry to bother you, Mrs. Gideon.
00:54:19Um, your husband said you might be here.
00:54:21I'm Lucy Weaving.
00:54:22Yes.
00:54:23Of course.
00:54:24How can I help?
00:54:25I'm trying to trace my Aunt Jessie.
00:54:28Jessica Clisold.
00:54:29I understand you were there when her bike was found?
00:54:32Yes.
00:54:33It was a bit of a shock.
00:54:35Poor Richard seemed very upset.
00:54:40It's probably just a coincidence.
00:54:42But I worry that the recent murders and Jessie's disappearance might be connected somehow.
00:54:48I'm assuming you knew her?
00:54:50I knew of her, but I didn't really have any friends in the village apart from William.
00:54:55I spent my youth combing the river, collecting whatever I could find to use in my artworks.
00:55:00That's one of mine all made from mudlarking finds.
00:55:11The river drew William and I together.
00:55:14He's a little bit older than me, but we shared a passion for mudlarking.
00:55:18It's beautiful.
00:55:19Oh, thank you.
00:55:21There's something wonderful about bringing new life to things that would otherwise be lost forever.
00:55:31You did seem very upset about Mr. Coulter's death, Mr. Westcott.
00:55:34By how it was expected, given his art condition.
00:55:37But you must have been close for him to make you the sole beneficiaries of his will.
00:55:42Now, given the state of your business, the timing seems pretty convenient.
00:55:45It's not what you think.
00:55:46Rufus had never been popular in the village.
00:55:48Hmm.
00:55:49He was eccentric.
00:55:50Harmless.
00:55:51He just couldn't let anything go.
00:55:52Which is why he was so angry when Johnny grassed him up.
00:55:56The heritage lot confiscated loads of his most treasured finds.
00:55:59He was distraught.
00:56:00Hmm.
00:56:01Rufus knew he would never make old bones.
00:56:03So he asked us to take care of the rest of it after he'd gone.
00:56:06I said yes.
00:56:07And will you?
00:56:09You're joking, aren't you?
00:56:11I'll sell anything that's worth something.
00:56:13Take the rest of the dump.
00:56:15What he doesn't know won't hurt him.
00:56:17But he was hurt, Mrs. Westcott.
00:56:19Quite deliberately.
00:56:21I thought he had heart attack.
00:56:23He did.
00:56:24But his defibrillator implant failed because someone held a magnet over his heart to disable it.
00:56:28Just like the ones you use.
00:56:30Oh, hang on a minute.
00:56:31You clearly had motive, given the state of your business.
00:56:34And you knew that the inheritance would solve all your problems.
00:56:37And you had the means.
00:56:39Rufus had his own magnets.
00:56:41Anyone could have done it.
00:56:47Oh, DCI Barnaby.
00:56:52Lucy Weaving.
00:56:53We met briefly on my uncle's doorstep.
00:56:55I remember.
00:56:56This is my colleague, Dias Winter.
00:56:58How can we help?
00:56:59I'm concerned that my digging into Aunt Jessie's past might have something to do with the recent murders.
00:57:04Why would you think that?
00:57:05No one in the village seems to know anything.
00:57:07Or if they do, they won't talk to me.
00:57:09The vicar's wife says she barely knew her.
00:57:12My uncle Richard refuses to talk about it.
00:57:15And when I tried to speak to Mary Hamble about her, she shut the door in my face.
00:57:20I'm pretty sure she's hiding something.
00:57:23Well, thank you, Ms Weaving.
00:57:25Leave it with us.
00:57:30The police are onto me.
00:57:31Gonna have to do this now.
00:57:34I don't think the Westcots realise how rich they're gonna be.
00:57:37Not 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.
00:57:46Well, let's keep an open mind for now.
00:57:48Just got the initial tests back on the body parts in the cellar.
00:57:52It seems they date back to way before Rufus Coulter was even born.
00:57:57Backing up the Westcots' assertion that he treasured everything he found, however macabre.
00:58:02So, they would tell him the truth about that, at least.
00:58:05I'll leave you to it, gentlemen.
00:58:07This is from archives about Jessie Clisold's disappearance.
00:58:11It seems that Clisolds accused her of stealing family jewellery.
00:58:15Notably, a very valuable 17th century posy ring.
00:58:19I made a note of the engraving to help identify it should it be found.
00:58:23United Hearts Death Only Parts.
00:58:28Several people said that they saw Jessie Clisold leave the village on her bike.
00:58:33Only Mary Hamble made a statement saying she saw her at the station,
00:58:37which Mrs. Hamble refused to discuss with Lucy Weaving. Why?
00:58:42We need to talk to her.
00:58:44In your statement, you claim that Jessie Clisold got on the train to London with her bike.
00:58:48The same bike that was found in the river this morning?
00:58:51Maybe I was confused. Jessie was never without a bike.
00:58:55It was such a long time ago.
00:58:57But you saw her at the station, you're absolutely sure of that?
00:59:01Of course I'm sure.
00:59:04Well, if you think of anything else, give us a call.
00:59:11Thank you for your time.
00:59:13Mary Hamble doesn't strike me as a person who gets confused.
00:59:33I agree. She knows exactly what she saw that day.
00:59:36Well, that's tech.
00:59:40Looks like Rufus Coulter called the vicarage twice before he died.
00:59:44Gideon's phone records reveal that the first call went to voicemail,
00:59:48but was subsequently deleted.
00:59:51The second call was answered.
00:59:53Reverend Gideon didn't mention a voicemail.
00:59:56Let's see if he's at home.
01:00:06Reverend Gideon.
01:00:22Reverend Gideon.
01:00:30Sorry to disturb you. We tried the house, but there was no answer.
01:00:33Oh, I lost my vest, Ricky.
01:00:35I'll just skip spares here somewhere, but no luck so far.
01:00:38How can I help?
01:00:39The calls you received from Rufus Coulter,
01:00:42there seems to be some discrepancy.
01:00:44Two calls were made to the vicarage from Mr. Coulter's mobile.
01:00:47The first one went to voicemail.
01:00:48A message was left that lasted over a minute.
01:00:50The second call was answered.
01:00:53You mentioned the call, but not the message.
01:00:55I never heard it.
01:00:57Generally, I have no idea how that could have happened.
01:01:00My wife was here. I was alone in the house.
01:01:04I see.
01:01:06Well, thank you for your time.
01:01:07We'll see ourselves out.
01:01:13William.
01:01:15I'm so sorry. There's something I haven't told you.
01:01:18I deleted that voicemail.
01:01:20Why?
01:01:21Rufus was so awful to Johnny,
01:01:23and I didn't see why we should help him.
01:01:24I need to tell them the truth.
01:01:27Okay, uh...
01:01:29I'll handle it.
01:01:54Up to you old chicks, Coul!
01:02:09Reverend Gideon was the last person to have seen Johnny Hoxham alive,
01:02:12and the first person to have seen Rufus Coulter dead, or so he claims.
01:02:15He had no explanation for the deleted voicemail,
01:02:18and he failed to pass on the warning about the sinkhole.
01:02:22He had means and opportunity to kill both victims, but...
01:02:25Yes, Winter.
01:02:26What's the motive?
01:02:30We're up.
01:02:31Okay. All right. Well, we'll be right down.
01:02:33Cole Densmore is in custody.
01:02:35He was caught red-handed stealing lead off the church roof, but...
01:02:38Says he wants to talk to us.
01:02:39Why?
01:02:40Well, apparently he saw Reverend Gideon acting suspiciously in the churchyard.
01:02:43Says he thought he saw him hiding something.
01:02:45Did he now?
01:02:49Cole Densmore said it was on the far side.
01:02:52An old grave under a tree with an urn.
01:02:58Could it be that one?
01:03:13It must be the necklace Rufus Coulter found in Jesse Clissot's pannier.
01:03:27What was Reverend Gideon doing with it?
01:03:30And why was he hiding it out here?
01:03:32Reverend Gideon.
01:03:49You have some explaining to do.
01:03:51I've been praying for guidance, Chief Inspector, and God's answered my prayers.
01:03:59I...
01:04:01Time'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...
01:04:11I 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?
01:04:26Yeah, I, uh...
01:04:31I disposed of her and a bike in the deepest part of the river.
01:04:36I had no idea that the necklace was in her pannier.
01:04:41Why did that matter?
01:04:43Uh...
01:04:45Well, Jesse'd always admired the shilling, so I had it made into a necklace for a 16th birthday present.
01:04:52So you knew the family well?
01:04:56Yeah, my, uh...
01:04:58My family had always attended St. Leonard's, as 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,
01:05:17and I'd found the coin, a, uh...
01:05:21a 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.
01:05:32So I knew when Rufus found it that it could be traced back to me.
01:05:39And rather than help Rufus, you decided to retrieve the necklace and silence him?
01:05:45Yeah, he wanted to tell the police.
01:05:49And...
01:05:52I couldn't let that happen.
01:05:54And Johnny Hogson?
01:05:58Johnny was in love with my wife, and...
01:06:02I feared that she felt the same, and I, I, I was terrified of, of losing her.
01:06:08So you lured him to his death?
01:06:13Yeah.
01:06:18I've no excuse for any of it, Chief Inspector.
01:06:21It was all a kind of madness, for which I know I have no hope of forgiveness.
01:06:26You don't buy it, sir?
01:06:27Not entirely.
01:06:28It just seems, you know, too studied, too neat.
01:06:32Like the last act of a play.
01:06:33If he is telling the truth, then you know someone else who must be lying.
01:06:34How do you know someone else who must be lying?
01:06:35I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.
01:06:36How do you know someone else?
01:06:37How do you know someone else?
01:06:42You're so sorry.
01:06:43If he can talk to anyone, Dan, it's only right.
01:06:44I know, I appreciate the fact of it.
01:06:45Well, it's good.
01:06:46Come on, Dan, I'm so sorry.
01:06:47We'll have to talk to you about my wife.
01:06:49And I think that's your other.
01:06:51That's the root of Roger.
01:06:53Too neat, like 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,
01:07:07it 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.
01:07:18But 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, it was Richard Clisold.
01:07:36Can you tell us why?
01:07:38Richard caught Jesse stealing their mother's jewelry.
01:07:41She told him she was leaving.
01:07:43Said if he stopped her,
01:07:45then she'd make it her business to 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
01:07:56to stop people asking questions.
01:07:58Why did you agree to her?
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.
01:08:09But now,
01:08:10I'm wondering if I helped him get away with murder.
01:08:15So William confessed to killing Jessica.
01:08:21He's also confessed to the murders of Johnny Hoxham and Rufus Coulter.
01:08:27So he lied
01:08:28to everyone?
01:08:29As did you, Mr. Clisold,
01:08:3440 years ago.
01:08:36You asked Mary Hamble to give a false statement
01:08:39about your sister Jesse's departure.
01:08:41Mary 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?
01:09:02My father
01:09:03was the subject
01:09:05of some vile rumors.
01:09:07Jesse threatened to 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.
01:09:23The coward in me
01:09:24couldn't face the truth,
01:09:26so we struck a deal.
01:09:28I 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,
01:09:37my parents
01:09:40were to blame for all her pain.
01:09:43What do you mean?
01:09:44They should have tried to understand Jesse.
01:09:46Instead 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.
01:10:06I 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.
01:10:21I should have protected her.
01:10:28Not him.
01:10:33The table's too weak.
01:10:34Here you go, love.
01:10:41Oh, and this came for you,
01:10:43Miss Weaving.
01:10:44Okay.
01:10:46Who delivered it?
01:10:47No idea.
01:10:47I found it on the table outside.
01:10:49The victim's being arrested.
01:10:52Seen to the old hypocrites
01:10:52behind all of it,
01:10:54including
01:10:54what happened to 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
01:11:00taking him 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.
01:11:19Oh, let's give him the good news.
01:11:23I'll try and get hold of Sarah,
01:11:25see if she's got anywhere
01:11:26with Jesse Clissell's school records.
01:11:29We know that she was mixing
01:11:31with troubled, violent pupils,
01:11:34but who were they?
01:11:35Did she have any particular friends
01:11:37or enemies?
01:11:39Sarah might have some answers.
01:11:43Ah, you find you're a real murderer then?
01:11:46Told you we had nothing to do with it.
01:11:47And 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 Crime Unit,
01:12:09and they've been following your
01:12:10under-the-counter dealings for months.
01:12:13In fact, they're on their way here now.
01:12:16Hello?
01:12:17Oh, 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.
01:12:39If 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.
01:12:55All right, thank you.
01:12:57Oh, my God.
01:13:27Let Lucy Weaver know about Reverend Gideon's confession
01:13:39before the press get a hold of it.
01:13:43Hey.
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.
01:14:09Alice 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.
01:14:19What happened?
01:14:23The incident took place after Mrs. Marchmont informed Alice
01:14:27that 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.
01:14:35As 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 is that even possible?
01:14:51Well, her 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.
01:14:57The 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?
01:15:05And 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?
01:15:30The house's all locked up.
01:15:32There's no answer.
01:15:32Let's try the studio.
01:15:33Lucy's in there.
01:15:42Get in there.
01:15:47Ambulance.
01:15:48Stay there, sir.
01:15:49The vicarage goes with it.
01:15:52Lucy.
01:15:52Come on.
01:15:54Come on.
01:15:55Come on.
01:15:56Come on.
01:15:57Come on.
01:15:58Come on.
01:15:59Come on.
01:16:00Come on.
01:16:01Come on.
01:16:02Blunt force trauma to the head with a dose of gas-induced asphyxiation for good measure.
01:16:16This bottle of ammonia is the culprit.
01:16:19Go on.
01:16:20When boiled, pure ammonia becomes a highly concentrated gas.
01:16:26It's extremely dangerous to inhale.
01:16:28When diluted with water, it can also be used to strip metal.
01:16:32Something Alice Gideon might use to clean her mudlock in fines.
01:16:36What are you thinking, sir?
01:16:37Well, to quote Richard Clishold, 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.
01:17:05Guilt, I've found one.
01:17:06What?
01:17:07You know, did you know a lot of things are supposed to kill, I mean?
01:17:08In my opinion.
01:17:09You know what?
01:17:10You know what, when I thought it was necessary.
01:17:11You know what?
01:17:12What was it?
01:17:13I said, the secret of my friend, is it?
01:17:14I found my heart-designed to take-么 to take-么 to take-么 to take-么.
01:17:15Go on.
01:17:16Cool.
01:17:17It's not all.
01:17:18I'm sorry.
01:17:19It's very negative.
01:17:20It's bad.
01:17:21It's not all but have you thought I didn't know.
01:17:22I'm afraid I didn't know.
01:17:23And a part of this lion's eye is a ring displaying the French word mort, death.
01:17:31Well, the wording on the stolen ring was in English.
01:17:33Yeah, but these rings were often engraved in French on the outside and English on the inside.
01:17:42As in this case,
01:17:44Unis les coeurs, la mort ne fait que séparer.
01:17:49And on the inside, united hearts, death only parts.
01:17:57Jessie Clisold had the ring in her possession when she left for London.
01:18:01So what is it doing in Alice Gideon's studio?
01:18:06We need to ask her before she does any more harm.
01:18:14Jessie Weaving is going to live, Mrs. Gideon, despite your best efforts.
01:18:41We found the ring that Jessie Clisold stole from her mother on the day that she left home.
01:18:46We need to understand how it came to be in your possession.
01:18:51You need to tell us exactly what happened, Mrs. Gideon.
01:18:55Before I do,
01:18:58I need you to know that I loved her and 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, but I couldn't go through with it.
01:19:11I was only 17.
01:19:13William and I were already engaged.
01:19:16He offered me safety and stability.
01:19:21Things that had eluded you as a child.
01:19:24We know that you were rejected by your birth mother and then by your foster family.
01:19:30I started to think, what had Jessie abandoned me to?
01:19:37I'd have no one.
01:19:39So I panicked.
01:19:41Begged her to stay.
01:19:43I needed more time.
01:19:45No one knew we were even friends.
01:19:47But she said it was too late.
01:19:49That 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.
01:19:55William had given me the necklace as an engagement present.
01:19:59A talisman to keep me safe.
01:20:02Jessie said she was going to give it back to William.
01:20:05Tell him I didn't need it.
01:20:08What do you think you're doing?
01:20:10She was my lover and protector now.
01:20:12Give him back! No, leave me alone!
01:20:14Stop it!
01:20:16What are you doing?
01:20:17What are you doing?
01:20:39You struck her violently from behind.
01:20:42Just as you'd struck Mrs. Marchmont.
01:20:45Almost killing her too.
01:20:47I felt no remorse for what I did to that woman.
01:20:49But I didn't mean to hurt Jessie.
01:20:52I loved her.
01:20:54You could have come clean about it.
01:20:56And instead you decided to cover it up.
01:20:58I knew that the water was deepest under the bridge.
01:21:04But your necklace was still in the jacket, in the pannier bag.
01:21:09Evidence that you feared might put you at the scene of Jessie's death.
01:21:13By the time I realised that, it was too late.
01:21:16I still had to hide her body.
01:21:18And you knew the river like the back of your hand.
01:21:20I remembered there's a deep hollow in the bank just around the bend in the river.
01:21:25I...
01:21:27I dragged Jessie's body to the water.
01:21:31And I floated her downstream.
01:21:34And I managed to push her body deep inside the hollow and weigh it down with rocks.
01:21:39And that's where she has remained?
01:21:44But when Lucy Weaving started asking questions, I needed to check that her...
01:21:50...remains were still well hidden.
01:21:54And that's when Johnny saw me.
01:21:56We'd been mudlarking at Hollybrook.
01:21:58I told William that I wanted to walk home.
01:21:59I thought that Johnny would go back over the bridges, but he didn't.
01:22:03Alice?
01:22:05What are you doing?
01:22:07I thought I saw something in the water, but it was just a trick of the light.
01:22:11Well, it's not a bad idea looking here, though.
01:22:14The current flows this way from Hollybrook.
01:22:16I'll come back here tomorrow.
01:22:18Come with me if you're free.
01:22:20Sure.
01:22:22Good idea.
01:22:23Great.
01:22:24And you couldn't let that happen, knowing what he might discover.
01:22:28I didn't have a plan until William got the call about the sinkhole by the jetty.
01:22:34He had no idea that I was listening in on the conversation.
01:22:38You called Johnny Hoxham from the phone box and lured him to his death.
01:22:43It seemed like the easiest solution, but it was so hard.
01:22:47Help!
01:22:49Help!
01:22:51Somebody!
01:22:53Please!
01:22:56Help me!
01:22:57Please!
01:23:03First, you tried to implicate Cole Densmore by saying that you'd seen him at the river.
01:23:09And then you got lucky.
01:23:10Rufus Coulter sent Johnny Hoxham a memento mori that evening, making him our prime suspect.
01:23:16You heard the message that Rufus left at the vicarage.
01:23:19You knew that he'd found the necklace, which he feared might wrongly connect him to Jesse's death.
01:23:26But in reality, it connects you.
01:23:30What happened exactly?
01:23:31William was just coming out of Evensong that night and I was leaving to meet Jesse.
01:23:42I told him that I was going for a bike ride and he was worried it might not be safe, it was getting dark.
01:23:46I told him that as long as I was wearing his necklace, I 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.
01:23:59I told him the necklace was lost, that the class must have come undone or something, that I'd been desperately trying to find it all this time.
01:24:08And now you had to recover the necklace from Rufus Coulter to stop William finding out the truth.
01:24:18Vicar?
01:24:19Vicar?
01:24:26And you didn't leave anything to chance, did you?
01:24:29You found one of Mr. Coulter's fishing magnets and placed it on his chest to ensure his silence.
01:24:33What?
01:24:34Why?
01:24:35Why?
01:24:36Why?
01:24:37Why?
01:24:39Why?
01:24:56But then your husband found the necklace by chance?
01:24:59By chance.
01:25:02William had lost his key.
01:25:04He 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
01:25:22realized that you'd got to Rufus Coulter before he did,
01:25:26that you'd lied to cover your tracks,
01:25:29and that you'd been with Jessie Clisold when she died.
01:25:32And so he confessed to all of it in order to protect you.
01:25:36And you let him.
01:25:38But you knew you were still in danger
01:25:40as long as Lucy Weaving was still asking questions.
01:25:43That's why I wrote the note, just to frighten her into leaving.
01:25:47But while you were out delivering your note,
01:25:49your husband was making his confession.
01:25:51That wasn't part of the plan.
01:25:54Lucy realized that if William had been arrested,
01:25:56then he couldn't have left the note.
01:25:57Just needed to buy myself some time,
01:26:00so I told her that I would make tea, call 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,
01:26:15that there would be questions that I wouldn't be able to answer.
01:26:17It was too late to stop.
01:26:23Her husband's been released.
01:26:25He'd like to talk to you, but you're under no obligation.
01:26:28No. I want to.
01:26:31I always thought you were fragile, Alice.
01:26:35Needed my protection.
01:26:37But the one you've become, I don't recognize.
01:26:39She's not my Alice.
01:26:41She's always been there, William.
01:26:42I just learned how to keep her well hidden,
01:26:43because no one's ever loved or wanted that Alice.
01:26:47Except Jesse.
01:26:59You'll need to tell us exactly where she is.
01:27:03I just learned how to keep her well hidden because 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.
01:27:20She's...
01:27:21Downstream.
01:27:24In the hollow.
01:27:27I've already said my goodbyes.
01:27:33I am so sorry, William.
01:27:46You'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.
01:27:56We'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 when I had Betty.
01:28:06You 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.
01:28:14Well, maybe you should take him mudlarking.
01:28:16He might be able to help you find that watch he lost when he went fishing.
01:28:19Oh, that's a great idea.
01:28:21What do you say, Detective Paddy?
01:28:22Do you want to go fishing again?
01:28:24Go on, then.
01:28:24See if you can find my wellies.
01:28:26Oh, that's a great idea.
01:28:56Thanks for listening.
01:28:57Thanks for listening.
01:28:57You
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