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