- 7 weeks ago
First broadcast 20th/27th March/3rd April 1997.
Gerard Etienne, new CEO of Peverell Press, wants big changes, but is killed mysteriously.
Roy Marsden - Adam Dalgliesh
Ian Bannen - Gabriel Dauntsey
Cathryn Harrison - Claudia Etienne
Amanda Root - Frances Peverell
Sylvia Syms - Esme Carling
James Wilby - Gerard Etienne
Lizzy McInnerny - Kate Miskin
Jonathan Coy - James de Witt
Carolyn Pickles - Miss Blackett
Raymond Gérôme - Jean-Philippe Etienne
Rowena Cooper - Mrs. Demery
Samantha Edmonds - Mandy Price
Eoin McCarthy - Declan Cartwright
Gabrielle Lloyd - Nun, Agnes Clements
Brooke Kinsella - Daisy Reed
Matthew Mills - Poetry Promoter
Tim Dutton - Daniel Aron
Jason Hall - Rupert Farlow
David Dixon - Dr. Wardle
Vicky Murdock - Mrs. Reed
Gerard Etienne, new CEO of Peverell Press, wants big changes, but is killed mysteriously.
Roy Marsden - Adam Dalgliesh
Ian Bannen - Gabriel Dauntsey
Cathryn Harrison - Claudia Etienne
Amanda Root - Frances Peverell
Sylvia Syms - Esme Carling
James Wilby - Gerard Etienne
Lizzy McInnerny - Kate Miskin
Jonathan Coy - James de Witt
Carolyn Pickles - Miss Blackett
Raymond Gérôme - Jean-Philippe Etienne
Rowena Cooper - Mrs. Demery
Samantha Edmonds - Mandy Price
Eoin McCarthy - Declan Cartwright
Gabrielle Lloyd - Nun, Agnes Clements
Brooke Kinsella - Daisy Reed
Matthew Mills - Poetry Promoter
Tim Dutton - Daniel Aron
Jason Hall - Rupert Farlow
David Dixon - Dr. Wardle
Vicky Murdock - Mrs. Reed
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00:00:00The Word of God
00:00:30ORGAN PLAYS
00:01:00FRIENDS WHO COULD TELL ME WHAT IT IS TO DIE
00:01:22DEATH
00:01:24THE GREAT NEUTRAL
00:01:26CHOOSING FRIEND OR Foe
00:01:29IF SKIES ARE CALM
00:01:32AND THE DEAD STARS RIDE HIGH
00:01:35SOMETIME TOMORROW MIDNIGHT
00:01:39I MAY KNOW
00:01:41SOMETIME TOMORROW MIDNIGHT
00:01:45SOMETIME TOMORROW MIDNIGHT
00:01:50Oh, my God.
00:02:20Good morning, Frances.
00:02:24Good morning, Gabriel.
00:02:26Race you to the door.
00:02:31Good morning, Miss Claudia.
00:02:33Lucky.
00:02:39James.
00:02:41Sorry.
00:02:42Rupert wasn't well this morning.
00:02:45Am I the last?
00:02:50Ready for the fray?
00:03:12Rather an accurate way of ascribing life at Pembroke Press, Caesar.
00:03:16Oh, my God.
00:03:30That was very nice.
00:03:32They're starving.
00:03:33I wasn't.
00:04:08If you like follies, come on then.
00:04:10It's hard to resist a Venetian palace, especially if it's on the side of the temples.
00:04:15I doubt if you'd say that if you had to work in it.
00:04:22Yes?
00:04:22Mandy Price, the Tempin Agency sent me to see Miss Etienne.
00:04:27Ah, that'll be Miss Claudia.
00:04:31Good morning, Mr Gerard.
00:04:33Morning, Mrs Stemmering.
00:04:37Miss Blackie?
00:04:54Yes?
00:04:57Well, she's not here, Mrs Stemmering.
00:05:00All right, I'll find her and send her down.
00:05:02Where is that bloody one other?
00:05:14Morning, Mr Etienne.
00:05:16When you've quite finished mooning over my predecessor, Miss Blackett, you might see your way clear to starting some work.
00:05:33This way, Miss Price.
00:05:51Meet two hundred years of the Pevereaux.
00:06:12Fine collection of rogues, aren't they?
00:06:16Aren't they supposed to be some of the greatest names in the history of publishing?
00:06:20People always say publishing is the preserve of gentlemen.
00:06:23Not so.
00:06:24Take our energetic new managing director.
00:06:27Do you know Gerard Etienne?
00:06:28Only by reputation.
00:06:31Henry Pevereaux died suddenly last year.
00:06:34Gerard came in and took over.
00:06:36The king is dead.
00:06:37Long live the king.
00:06:38Yeah, something like that.
00:06:40And the new monarch has an ego to match his status.
00:06:43Well, I'm sorry, I can't offer you any advice about how to handle him.
00:06:46I'm not a psychologist.
00:06:48Yes, well, that isn't why I asked you to come.
00:06:52We have a prankster.
00:06:55That seems a banal word to describe him or her.
00:06:58Last week I received an anonymous letter, and I don't mind saying I was very disturbed by him.
00:07:04Well, what did it say?
00:07:04Once upon a time you had a talent, a minor derivative talent, but even that has deserted you.
00:07:23You contributed nothing to the press which has employed you for so long, and lacking family and friends, nothing to life.
00:07:30What is the point of your continued existence?
00:07:32Why don't you do us all a favour and save me a tedious chore by terminating it forthwith?
00:07:40This is very unpleasant.
00:07:41Hmm, all the more for being so accurate.
00:07:44How old are you?
00:07:4523.
00:07:4723.
00:07:48Well, I'm going to give you a typing test to see if you're as good as you claim.
00:07:53Mr. Dorsey needs a tape transcribing.
00:07:55Come with me.
00:07:55This is the room where Mr. Dorsey does most of his work.
00:08:12Oh, what a smell.
00:08:13And do they all look the same?
00:08:23Same paper, same typeface.
00:08:31What is going on?
00:08:33Mr. Dorsey, would you come up to the archives?
00:08:39It must have been a terrible accident.
00:08:41I shouldn't do that if I were you.
00:08:52Who are you?
00:08:54Jared, this is a friend of mine, commander of the Metropolitan Police.
00:08:57How do you do?
00:08:59Well, it seems pretty obvious what's happened here.
00:09:02Is it?
00:09:05Did she have a letter, too?
00:09:07A letter?
00:09:07Not that I'm aware of, no.
00:09:09Oh, get out!
00:09:12Go on, get out.
00:09:13I think perhaps you all ought to leave.
00:09:39So what happens now?
00:09:51Post-mortem, then we know precisely what we're dealing with.
00:09:54But she killed herself.
00:09:56We don't know that.
00:09:57That's for the pathologist to investigate and the coroner to decide.
00:10:01Gabriel tells me that Miss Clements was about to leave.
00:10:04Yes, I had to sack her, restructuring.
00:10:08It happens.
00:10:10Do Gabriel ask you down here because of the letters?
00:10:12Yes.
00:10:14He's an old woman.
00:10:15He had no business involving the police.
00:10:17He received a letter making a threat against his life.
00:10:19I think that's most definitely his business.
00:10:22You have one, too, he said.
00:10:24It's nothing.
00:10:26These threats, they don't concern you?
00:10:28Of course they concern me, but they don't frighten me.
00:10:30And what did you say?
00:10:33I rather think that's my business, don't you?
00:10:35It won't be if it turns out that Miss Clements was murdered.
00:10:38Obviously, you've all heard of the tragic news of Sonia's death.
00:10:57She was found dead this morning in the archives room in circumstances which seem to indicate that she committed suicide.
00:11:01Though, clearly, there will have to be an inquest.
00:11:03Of course, I realise how distressing this must be to all of you, but I've just spoken to the police and it seems evident that the cause of Sonia's death is personal and nothing to do with events here at Peverell Press.
00:11:17Under the circumstances, I think it would be best if we closed the offices at lunchtime as a mark of respect.
00:11:23I'm sure we're all deeply sorry to lose such a valued colleague and friend.
00:11:29That was rash.
00:11:37What?
00:11:38Saying Sonia's death had nothing to do with it then.
00:11:42Claudia, she didn't kill herself because I gave her the push.
00:11:45She knew she had to go from the day I took over.
00:11:47And she knew she wouldn't find another job, not at her age.
00:11:49Innocent House was her life.
00:11:50That's sentimental nonsense.
00:11:52Nonsense.
00:11:52Clearly, someone's got a grudge against the firm or the people running it.
00:12:05It's likely that person's an employee.
00:12:08I'm not surprised.
00:12:09Most of the staff here are terrified of losing their jobs.
00:12:13We can investigate, you know, if you want to make a formal complaint.
00:12:16I can't guarantee we'll catch them, but we'll certainly make them aware we're looking.
00:12:20That usually puts us down to it.
00:12:21Can we just leave her for the moment in view of Sonia's death?
00:12:27No, you know where to find me.
00:12:28You've changed your mind.
00:12:29Thank you so much for coming.
00:12:31Not at all.
00:12:32It was good to see the place again.
00:12:34Did you know there was once another suicide at Innocent House?
00:12:38No.
00:12:39The place was built by Sir William Peverell in 1831.
00:12:44He'd taken his beautiful young bride to Venice on his honeymoon,
00:12:47but found more pleasure in the buildings he saw than in what they did together.
00:12:51So he came home determined to recreate his favourite Venetian palazzo here in Wapping.
00:12:57Used his wife's money to do it.
00:13:00She gradually realised she couldn't compete with his obsession
00:13:02and threw herself off the roof shortly after it was finished.
00:13:05Your iron logic is all very well, but even if she did commit suicide...
00:13:10Of course she did.
00:13:11People will say that you killed her,
00:13:13so you'd better prepare yourself for the consequences.
00:13:19For God's sake!
00:13:21I need this typing.
00:13:22Perhaps the new girl should do it.
00:13:24Quickly.
00:13:25And no errors.
00:13:25What's that?
00:13:38This?
00:13:40This is hissing Sid.
00:13:42Of course it is.
00:13:44Mr Henry gave it to me.
00:13:46I told him one day my feet were cold,
00:13:49and he bought me this to keep the draughts out.
00:13:53Such a kind man.
00:14:24I'll be right back.
00:14:25You were a romantic, Kate.
00:14:27Sir?
00:14:28Do you believe a building can be infused with evil?
00:14:34No, sir.
00:14:35The personnel report you asked me to look at on D.I. Aron.
00:14:38I've negotiated a start date with us from his division.
00:14:41Good.
00:14:43Let me have the results of the post-mortem
00:14:45on Sonia Clemens when it comes with you.
00:14:48And I want you to go to the inquest for me.
00:14:50Very good, sir.
00:15:07Frances?
00:15:08Oh, hello, James.
00:15:09Hey.
00:15:10Just wanted to ask you.
00:15:12It's been such an awful day.
00:15:14I really need a drink.
00:15:15I wonder if you'd like to join me.
00:15:17Thank you, but I can't.
00:15:19I've got something on.
00:15:21But thanks for asking.
00:15:22It was kind of you.
00:15:24Maybe another time.
00:15:25Well, maybe another time.
00:15:54Come in.
00:16:21Come in.
00:16:24It had better be a good move.
00:16:37You've thought about it long enough.
00:16:40Sorry.
00:16:42Thanks for inviting me up.
00:16:45I needed the company more than the game.
00:16:49I'm glad you missed the staff meeting.
00:16:55Gerard surpassed himself.
00:16:58No.
00:16:59So cold, so unfeeling.
00:17:02The nature of the man, he doesn't care.
00:17:05Well, he should do.
00:17:07He killed her.
00:17:08Frances, you mustn't say that.
00:17:10You must never say that again.
00:17:12Promise me.
00:17:14When I was in church, I tried to pray for her.
00:17:19But it was impossible.
00:17:22All I could think about was him.
00:17:24How happy I'd been before he dumped me.
00:17:29I thought about how we would have run Peverell Press together.
00:17:33The children we might have had.
00:17:35Oh, God, Gabriel, I feel so ashamed.
00:17:38The things you wanted, marriage, children, home, are quite natural desires.
00:17:45You mustn't be ashamed of them.
00:17:48I know, once upon a time I had all three, remember?
00:17:51Oh, I'm so sorry, Gabriel, your poor wife and children.
00:17:56That was a long time ago.
00:17:59But you never quite get over the loss of a child.
00:18:05James loves you.
00:18:07Well, I think I could have loved James if it hadn't have been for...
00:18:12I mean, I don't even like Gerard.
00:18:15I never did.
00:18:16Not even when I wanted him most.
00:18:19And now I hate him.
00:18:21You mustn't.
00:18:23But you hate Gerard, too.
00:18:25I don't.
00:18:26Don't feel anything for him.
00:18:28Hate is dangerous.
00:18:30Gets in the way of justice.
00:18:31It's the last thing I feel in the evening.
00:18:34And the first thing I feel in the morning.
00:18:38How can I be free of it, Gabriel?
00:18:43Yes?
00:18:45Oh, hello, Adam.
00:18:46I see.
00:18:50Well, thank you for letting me know.
00:18:55I will.
00:18:56Bye.
00:18:59Adam Dalgleish.
00:19:02Sonia died of an overdose.
00:19:03Sonia died of an overdose.
00:19:33One day I'm healed of an overdose.
00:19:55Come on in, Francis.
00:19:56Come in, Francis.
00:19:58Come on in, Gabriel.
00:20:03Thanks.
00:20:06Home now.
00:20:26He should have been here.
00:20:41No, Gerard doesn't like funerals.
00:20:45He came to Daddy's.
00:20:47He had it, really.
00:20:49Of course, there were those people he had to impress.
00:20:52Not Francis.
00:20:54No, there's not important here today, so don't bother coming.
00:20:58He's gone to see his father, hasn't he?
00:21:01Oh, yes.
00:21:03The only member of a very select group.
00:21:05People who are important to Gerard.
00:21:17Who's that?
00:21:24Well, let's see.
00:21:26Okay.
00:21:27It's just okay, so don't be afraid.
00:21:29But another person that's far too, I wouldn't have to be afraid.
00:21:33It's just right.
00:21:34It's just, you know, a whole thing about Gerard.
00:21:35It's just a different thing.
00:21:37It's just a different thing, so, you know.
00:21:38It's just one more question.
00:21:39I don't even know about it, but it's not a question, it's not about to do it or not.
00:21:41I don't even know about it.
00:21:43I don't know about it, but I think it's a great thing like a cool thing.
00:22:16I was not expecting you.
00:22:18Bonjour, papa. Ça va?
00:22:20Seems hardly a month since you were last here.
00:22:28Matters are coming to a head at the press.
00:22:30I think I may have found a buyer for the house.
00:22:33Oh.
00:22:34The grand plan.
00:22:36Scully, the property man.
00:22:38Made a fortune out of Systems Building, but he's mad about innocent house.
00:22:42He wants to live in it.
00:22:43He seems prepared to pay almost any price.
00:22:46Francis will be unhappy.
00:22:48Well, she's a peveril.
00:22:50For years, they've squandered money on that building as though the house was the firm.
00:22:53That's nonsense.
00:22:55It is their way.
00:22:57Well, they no longer run the firm, so what Francis thinks is of no real importance.
00:23:03Do you think it's the right thing to do?
00:23:07I have no opinion.
00:23:08You will do as you think fit.
00:23:12Pebble Press means nothing to me now.
00:23:16No.
00:23:17I don't see why you think it's necessary to come all the way down here to give me these reports.
00:23:21Actually, I came to give you some news.
00:23:25Hmm.
00:23:27And what would that be?
00:23:29I'm engaged to be married.
00:23:32Her name is Lucinda Norrington.
00:23:34Lady Lucinda Norrington.
00:23:35I see.
00:23:39Second disappointment for Francis.
00:23:40Francis.
00:23:53Fast!
00:23:54It's a rather bleak valediction.
00:23:59I'm not sure they'll find much more to say about me when the time comes.
00:24:03I don't think that's true.
00:24:04I know what you're going to say in my poetry, eh?
00:24:08I've always enjoyed your work.
00:24:10That was a very long time ago.
00:24:14Do you know Original Sin made a big impression on me?
00:24:17I was a fool, you know.
00:24:18I thought I could use a minor talent to exercise the war.
00:24:25You're not writing anymore.
00:24:28Nothing left to say.
00:24:31But I am reading for the first time in years in Greenwich, at the Cutty Sark Inn on the 29th, if you feel like coming.
00:24:39I said, ooh.
00:24:40I'm curious.
00:24:42Well, what about?
00:24:44See, well, I'm still capable of feeling.
00:24:46I have my doubts.
00:24:48Oh, excuse me.
00:24:54I think I'd better go to Francis.
00:24:57She was devastated by that business for the painting.
00:25:00Yes, of course.
00:25:15Oh, excuse me.
00:25:17Gerard?
00:25:19Gerard?
00:25:21I was hoping I'd see you here.
00:25:23Hello, Esme.
00:25:24Do you two know each other?
00:25:25I wanted to have a word with you about the publication date.
00:25:28What?
00:25:29Of death on Paradise Island.
00:25:31Oh, yes.
00:25:32Now, you know you always publish me in November in time for Christmas, but I haven't had the date yet, nor notification of the launch party.
00:25:41Launch party?
00:25:42I thought, as it was a nautical theme, we might use the Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
00:25:46Listen, Esme, the reason you haven't had a date is because we haven't yet agreed to publish.
00:25:49I beg your pardon?
00:25:51There are matters to discuss and resolve.
00:25:54What the heck do you mean?
00:25:56I think we'd better discuss this at another time and in a more appropriate place.
00:25:59I'll give you a call.
00:26:00Excuse me.
00:26:00Old man Simon, he's not getting any better.
00:26:13He told me today he's definitely going to sell.
00:26:17Oh, yes.
00:26:19I made this shop what it is.
00:26:21He can't sell it to somebody else.
00:26:22I've decided to speak to Gerald to ask him to buy me out.
00:26:29My share's in the press.
00:26:31Claudia, that's...
00:26:33How much?
00:26:35About half a million.
00:26:38More than enough for the freehold on the shop and the two flats.
00:26:43And you do that?
00:26:45You do that for me?
00:26:46No, don't flatter yourself.
00:26:47It's a commercial proposition.
00:26:50I know what I'm buying.
00:26:52When are you going to ask him?
00:26:56After the board meeting next Thursday.
00:27:00Why don't we go out on the river afterwards in the launch and celebrate?
00:27:07Oh, how about Daisy?
00:27:09Mummy gone to work, has she?
00:27:10Yes, auntie, hasn't it?
00:27:12Come please, then.
00:27:18There we are.
00:27:19Help yourself to a glass of milk and a biscuit, will you, Daisy?
00:27:23You'll have to amuse yourself.
00:27:27I've got work to do.
00:27:29Can I get one of your murder books in a minute?
00:27:30Yes.
00:27:31Esme, it's, uh, it's Gerard at you then.
00:27:41Listen, obviously I couldn't say this before, but we've decided not to publish your book.
00:27:45I know your association with Peverell Press goes back many years, but frankly, we're unhappy with the quality of this new one, and certainly in its present stage, we can't proceed.
00:27:54Obviously, we need to talk further.
00:27:57You shit.
00:27:58You shit.
00:28:28Hello?
00:28:58Good morning, Gerard.
00:29:25What's the matter?
00:29:27Has your car gone in for service again?
00:29:28Come and have a look.
00:29:48There.
00:29:50Oh, Gerard.
00:29:52Nice piece of abstract expressionism, isn't it?
00:29:54We've got to do something about all this.
00:29:56Oh, don't you start.
00:30:00This is getting really unpleasant.
00:30:01This isn't the work of a letter writer.
00:30:03This is probably some envious little shit of a National Front skinhead.
00:30:08With the key to our garage?
00:30:09Oh, Miss Blackett.
00:30:16This is a private meeting of the partners.
00:30:19We've confidential business to discuss.
00:30:20I'll take my own notes, thank you.
00:30:21That was unkind.
00:30:36Blackie's taken notes of the partner's meetings for over 20 years.
00:30:39Wasting her time.
00:30:40And hours.
00:30:41You shouldn't have suggested that we don't trust her.
00:30:44I don't.
00:30:46She might have been responsible for that.
00:30:48Anyway, we're not here to discuss that.
00:30:51More important matters to discuss.
00:30:53The survival of this firm.
00:30:55Scholling has upped its offer for this building by 300 grand.
00:30:59It now stands at two and a half million pounds.
00:31:01A clear million more than the commercial valuation.
00:31:03I propose to accept verbally today
00:31:05and to get the solicitors working on the details so that we can exchange within the month.
00:31:08No, you cannot sell innocent house.
00:31:10I can.
00:31:12We can.
00:31:13We must if we're to survive.
00:31:15You can't run an efficient publishing house from a Venetian palace on the Thames.
00:31:18My family has for 160 years.
00:31:20I said an efficient publishing house.
00:31:22Publishing is no longer a hobby for elderly gentlemen with private incomes.
00:31:25It's a business where you make money and make it efficiently or you go under.
00:31:28I will not have it.
00:31:31Fred, it isn't your decision.
00:31:33If just one other partner agrees, then it will happen.
00:31:35You know, I don't see why you're so upset.
00:31:39You haven't any children.
00:31:40It's not as if there's a peverel to inherit.
00:31:42Don't, Frances, don't leave.
00:31:44Innocent house is sold over my dead body.
00:31:46Is that clear enough for you?
00:31:48Oh, Frances, don't be so melodramatic.
00:31:50Of course we're going to sell.
00:31:54By the way,
00:31:55I bumped into Esme Carling yesterday.
00:31:58I told her we weren't going to publish her wretched book.
00:32:01You had no right.
00:32:03I'm editorial director of this firm.
00:32:05James, it's a crap book and the woman's well past her sell-by date.
00:32:11This is Carling.
00:32:17Where is he, then?
00:32:19I don't think you have an appointment, Mrs Carling.
00:32:22Of course I hadn't got a bloody appointment.
00:32:26I'm not some rep selling paperclips.
00:32:29Where is he?
00:32:31He's...
00:32:32He's in the partner's meeting.
00:32:36Right.
00:32:38You can't go up.
00:32:39Partner's meetings are never interrupted.
00:32:42Ever.
00:32:44Very well.
00:32:45I'll wait till it's finished.
00:32:47That may not be for hours.
00:32:51And don't you have a book signing in Southampton at lunchtime?
00:32:54I'll let Mr Gerrard know you called
00:32:56and no doubt he'll get back to you when he has a free moment.
00:33:00When he has a free moment?
00:33:03You stupid bitch.
00:33:06Who do you think you're talking to?
00:33:08It's my town that's paid your wages for 20 years.
00:33:11Mrs Carling, please.
00:33:13Just because you worked for old Henry,
00:33:15he spoiled you, God knows why.
00:33:19How dare you?
00:33:20You don't know what he really thought of you.
00:33:23He told me because I was his friend.
00:33:27He was sick of you hanging around gazing at him
00:33:30like a moonstruck cow.
00:33:31He was sick and tired of you and wanted you out.
00:33:35But he didn't have the guts to sack you.
00:33:37At least we can rely on Gerrard Etienne for that.
00:33:41Tell him I want to see him.
00:33:43At my convenience, not his.
00:33:48It isn't true. You're lying. It isn't true.
00:33:51You stupid cow.
00:33:55She doesn't know anything about it.
00:34:02Damn work!
00:34:03I just think it would have been diplomatic
00:34:16to have discussed it with James first.
00:34:18Where's my bloody diary?
00:34:21Sometimes, Claudia,
00:34:22there just isn't time for the niceties.
00:34:25Have you taken my private diary?
00:34:27Of course not.
00:34:28Isn't it in your right-hand drawer?
00:34:30If it were, I should hardly be asking for it.
00:34:32I brought it up to date yesterday
00:34:34and put it back in the drawer.
00:34:35I haven't seen it since.
00:34:37Well, it was there last night.
00:34:38If you haven't taken it,
00:34:39you'd better find out who has.
00:34:41If you can't find the diary,
00:34:42I should be glad to have the pencil back.
00:34:44It's gold and I'm rather fond of it.
00:34:46Are you accusing me of theft, Mr. Etienne?
00:34:48Don't be a fool.
00:34:49No one's accusing you of anything.
00:34:50Just get my diary back.
00:34:51For God's sake, get rid of that bloody snake.
00:34:53It makes the place look like a nursery.
00:34:55I'm sorry, Miss Blackett.
00:35:22It's not exactly your day, is it?
00:35:24Get on with your work.
00:35:26This is Southampton Central.
00:35:28Change here for Romsey and Salt Lake.
00:35:52The Satsanguin and Salt Lake are in a very high school.
00:35:55It's $10,000 снадiva.
00:35:58And then, I'll try it.
00:36:00In the meantime, let's go to the side of it.
00:36:02I'm ready to do it.
00:36:04I think I'm ready to try it.
00:36:05I'm ready to try it.
00:36:06Hold it.
00:36:10I'm ready to try it.
00:36:13I'm ready to try it.
00:36:16And I'm ready to try it.
00:36:19I'm ready to try it.
00:36:20Thank you for supporting me this morning.
00:36:46Gerard, you know I'll support you when the time comes, but I want you to do something
00:36:53for me first.
00:36:54What?
00:36:55I want you to buy me out, either partly or wholly, I don't mind which.
00:37:01I need 350,000.
00:37:03Why would I want to do that?
00:37:06Because my shares would give you a permanent overall majority.
00:37:10You could do anything you wanted.
00:37:12Well, I can't afford to buy you out.
00:37:19I'm sorry, I told you.
00:37:22I might be interested, but not just now.
00:37:24That's a pity.
00:37:26I need the money now.
00:37:28Why?
00:37:29What for?
00:37:30To invest in the antiques trade.
00:37:33Declan has a chance to buy the shop and stock at a giveaway price.
00:37:37Isn't 350K rather a lot to pay for a pretty fence?
00:37:44do it for me.
00:37:45There are four foots in the Likewise of the
00:37:54I think it's needed but it won't…
00:37:54It's funny that what you're saying is it does not workал aniden Stopup Tower of,
00:37:58I have to spend an economy in the past.
00:37:59It's just a little too early on.
00:38:00You would be buying it from me to watch a lot.
00:38:04Grand einfר enfocket for China.
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00:39:41don't know I suppose not but something's happening in that house commander
00:39:49something bad you've heard about my father's portrait in Gerard's car then
00:39:55there are these letters I haven't seen anymore I got mine today I see I knew it
00:40:05was coming I've been having nightmares you don't hear that well my mother died
00:40:19when I was three pneumonia I was brought up by a nanny living with my father on the
00:40:23top floor of innocent house I school in Greenwich the chauffeur would drive down
00:40:28the Isle of Dogs and would walk under the river through the foot tunnel yes I know
00:40:32it I didn't tell anyone for years but I was terrified of that tunnel so dark and
00:40:40sloping endless I was sure the water would break in and drown every day twice a day
00:40:50for years I had to face that I thought it was gone but now I'm dreaming it all over
00:40:57again you haven't told me about your letter what it said it said that I was a
00:41:04disappointment to my father but he didn't love me
00:41:10it said I was going to die in the tunnel
00:41:14you
00:41:40Friends.
00:42:10Gabriel Dauncy is one of the most interesting poets of his generation, despite having published
00:42:18only two collections. He served as a bomber pilot in the Second World War, and his poems
00:42:24offer a vivid picture of service life. Would you please welcome Gabriel Dauncy.
00:42:31I'm going to read a poem from my first collection, Original Sin. This is called
00:42:40After Debriefing. His dressing gown hangs limply on a hook, a chair precisely placed, a tidy
00:42:51bed, the table holding coins, an open book placed downwards, the last chapter still unread.
00:43:10After each raid, the nightly dream returns. I see them blown apart, I watch them die.
00:43:18Beneath their shattered wings, the city burns. They fall like torches from the blazing sky.
00:43:23Friends, who could tell me what it is to die. Death, the great neutral choosing friend or foe.
00:43:36If skies are calm and the dead stars ride high, sometime tomorrow midnight, I may know.
00:43:52Thank you. I enjoyed your poetry very much.
00:44:07No, Adam, no good. No bloody good at all. I'm going home.
00:44:11Can I give you a lift?
00:44:12No, thank you very much. It's very nice of you. I think I'll just go for a little walk.
00:44:18I feel like being alone. Thank you.
00:44:21Oh, Gabriel.
00:44:27Here, Gabriel.
00:44:53It's all right, they didn't get anything, you frighten them off.
00:45:00That's a cup, that looks nasty.
00:45:03No, it says, oh, it's just a grade.
00:45:06Come on, I'll need stitching, let's get you to hospital.
00:45:09No, I'm all right, really.
00:45:11Come on.
00:45:12I want to go home, I...
00:45:14Up you go.
00:45:17Come on.
00:45:23Oh, what a bloody awful day.
00:45:35Well, I enjoyed the reading.
00:45:37It was good to hear the early poems.
00:45:40It's fine work, Gabriel.
00:45:42Thank you for the lift.
00:45:44Gabriel, what happened?
00:45:47He was mugged.
00:45:48Oh, my God.
00:45:49No, it's not as dramatic as it looks.
00:45:52Very well.
00:45:53Oh, thank you for bringing him home, Commander.
00:45:54Not at all.
00:45:55Good night.
00:45:56Good night.
00:45:57People say it's good for the old to have new experiences.
00:46:00I'm not sure that street crime should be included.
00:46:03Well, come on up, I'll pull your whiskey.
00:46:05Oh, I must have a bath.
00:46:08I'm aching all over.
00:46:12I'll give you a ring when I get out, and you can come up.
00:46:16Are you sure?
00:46:17Yeah.
00:46:22Oh.
00:46:23Oh, I Can You You.
00:46:24Oh, I could doул Xim protest.
00:46:25Oh my God.
00:46:26How would you thumbs up when I wasi?
00:46:27Oh my God.
00:46:28Yeah.
00:46:29Oh, come on up.
00:46:30Hang on.
00:46:44Okay, I'll come straight up.
00:47:14Okay, I'll come back.
00:47:44Okay, I'll come back.
00:48:14I'll come back.
00:48:44I'm just checking round the building.
00:48:49He's bound to be here somewhere.
00:48:51Ah, Miss Claudia.
00:48:53Yes?
00:48:54This gentleman has an appointment with Mr Gerrard at 8.30.
00:48:57Well, I'm sure he won't be long.
00:48:59But he's here.
00:49:00And?
00:49:01But not in his office.
00:49:03His jacket's on the back of the chair.
00:49:05And the front door wasn't double locked when I arrived.
00:49:07So he must be here.
00:49:08Look, this is exactly how it was when I left last night.
00:49:18I don't like this.
00:49:20Well, we should search the house.
00:49:21Better start at the top.
00:49:22I'm not sure you wouldn't come up here.
00:49:41Jesus.
00:49:48Jesus.
00:49:48This is Demi.
00:50:00Telephone, Scotland Yard.
00:50:03Ask for Commander Dalglish.
00:50:05ORCHESTRA PLAYS
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00:50:40Good morning. This is Detective Inspector Miskin. Would you show me, please?
00:51:11Who was it who found your brother?
00:51:13I did. Blackie, that's Miss Blackie, his secretary, and Miss Pevera were with me.
00:51:17Well, perhaps you could show me.
00:51:20Oh, I, er, I wonder if the rest of you could wait in here. I'll join you as soon as I can.
00:51:24It's warm in here.
00:51:45I know how hard it is for you, but if you can bear it, I'd like you to confirm that the room and your brother's body are exactly as they were when you first came in.
00:51:56Nothing has changed.
00:51:57Did you touch his body?
00:52:01I touched his face with my fingers.
00:52:04And the room?
00:52:05Nothing has changed since I found him.
00:52:13But there is something odd.
00:52:17The room looks cleaner, tidier than I remember it.
00:52:21Has this window cord always been broken?
00:52:26I don't know. I don't think so.
00:52:28Is that the end under the table there?
00:52:29I'm sorry. I appreciate how difficult this must be.
00:52:44Be capable of...
00:52:45I am perfectly capable of walking downstairs by myself.
00:52:51Why don't you go home like all the others?
00:52:54What, I'm missing the excitement?
00:52:55You're the one who should go home.
00:52:57Look at you.
00:52:58Ah. He'll want to interview me, the commander, as Mr Gerrard's personal assistant.
00:53:06Personal punch bag, more like.
00:53:28Ah, Daniel.
00:53:35Sorry, sir. Heavy traffic on Commercial Road.
00:53:38Suspicious death on your first morning, eh?
00:53:39Doesn't happen every day, does it, Kate?
00:53:42Right, the usual thorough search.
00:53:43A gas engineer to look at the fire and the flue.
00:53:46That's most urgent.
00:53:47I always suddenly get forensic to look at the window cord.
00:53:50Check whether it wore out or whether it was cut.
00:53:52Yes, sir.
00:53:54Oh, Daniel.
00:53:55See what you make of the job, eh?
00:54:09Careful of the snake.
00:54:10Oh, riga mortis is well established in the upper body.
00:54:29The jaw is free.
00:54:32Which means?
00:54:33I'll need a list of the staff and a plan of the building, if you have one.
00:54:45Who holds keys to the building?
00:54:47All of the partners have a set.
00:54:50And Mrs Demery at reception has her key to the main door and the burglar alarm system.
00:54:54Does she arrive first?
00:54:56Normally, yes.
00:54:57But when she got here this morning, she found that the security lock on the main door wasn't on.
00:55:02And the alarm switched off as well.
00:55:05So she assumed that one of us was in early.
00:55:09Who was the last person to see Mr Etienne?
00:55:13I was.
00:55:15I was with him in his office before I left last night, about quarter past six.
00:55:20He was still working.
00:55:21He usually works late on Thursdays.
00:55:23Was that generally known?
00:55:26He seemed as usual so.
00:55:29Did he tell anyone of you that he intended to work in the archive office?
00:55:34As far as I know, he never visited there.
00:55:36I've no idea why he went up there or why he died there.
00:55:40Why he was murdered, do you mean?
00:55:42James, please.
00:55:43We can't be sure of the cause of death until after the post-mortem, Mr LeWitt.
00:55:49I'll be with you again shortly.
00:55:53The word's out.
00:55:58The reptiles are here.
00:56:01News is coming in of a suspicious death of a man in bizarre circumstances in East London.
00:56:06The police have not yet confirmed the dead man's identity,
00:56:10but it's believed to be Gerard Etienne, managing director of the Peverell Press.
00:56:14The body was found by staff arriving for work at the prestigious publishing firm, first thing this morning.
00:56:20Mr. Etienne took over the firm fairly recently.
00:56:36Hmm.
00:56:36Would you say that he was well-liked?
00:56:38Well, he wouldn't have been carried out of here in a body bag if he'd been a little ray of sunshine now, would he, Commander?
00:56:46Yes, sir.
00:56:47So when you came in this morning, you noticed that this front door was unlocked?
00:56:59That's right.
00:57:00Well, it's unusual.
00:57:01Well, it happens from time to time.
00:57:04Sometimes one of the partners gets in early, you know, to think great thoughts.
00:57:10Did you notice anything odd or difference when you came inside?
00:57:18No, not really.
00:57:20Well, a little thing is hardly worth mentioning.
00:57:23What was that?
00:57:25When I came in here this morning to hang up my coat, I noticed that the hoover wasn't in its usual place.
00:57:31It usually sits right there in the corner of the cupboard.
00:57:34And I'm sure it was there yesterday.
00:57:38Well?
00:57:38Well, Blackie told me that the room was very clean.
00:57:44The cleaners weren't even in last night.
00:57:46I think someone else has been using the hoover.
00:57:50Well, I imagine Mrs. Demery is enjoying herself hugely.
00:57:53Her moment's centre stage.
00:57:55Well, I don't suppose she can tell them anything.
00:57:57On the other hand, we'd better take care.
00:58:00Of what?
00:58:01Telling them things they don't need to know, like we weren't exactly united about the future of the firm.
00:58:05What does it matter what we say?
00:58:06None of us has anything to hide.
00:58:10I mean, it's obviously what happened.
00:58:13Gerard had some sort of an accident.
00:58:16An accident?
00:58:17What sort of accident?
00:58:19Well, I don't know.
00:58:19He could have a heart attack or something.
00:58:22With a toy snake stuffed in his mouth.
00:58:24Get real.
00:58:24It was just a suggestion.
00:58:25Yeah, bloody stupid one.
00:58:27Yeah, all right, Claudia.
00:58:28We know you're upset.
00:58:29We all are.
00:58:30Oh, yes.
00:58:31What did he die for, then, if it wasn't an accident?
00:58:33Gas.
00:58:36Gas.
00:58:37Carbon monoxide poisoning.
00:58:40When I went in there, the room was very warm.
00:58:42Didn't it strike you, Claudia, that the room was warm?
00:58:45Very little struck me except Gerard's body and that snake.
00:58:50Francis.
00:58:50I'm sorry to say, I don't think it was an accident.
00:59:01Daisy.
00:59:03Daisy, can I have a word with you?
00:59:04Come on, Daisy.
00:59:05We'll be late for school.
00:59:06Morning.
00:59:10Mrs. Reid?
00:59:12Would you like me to pick Daisy up from school?
00:59:14Oh, thanks very much, Mrs. Carling.
00:59:21These archives go back over 200 years.
00:59:25I take boxes out of here and go through them next door when it's a little more comfortable.
00:59:31The old Henry had a rule.
00:59:33He was so obsessed by confidentiality, he said this room was never to be cleaned.
00:59:38We haven't got around to changing old Henry's rule.
00:59:40When you came up here this morning, did anything strike you about the room?
00:59:47Apart from the body, of course.
00:59:49Yes, it seemed stripped, the room.
00:59:51So ordered.
00:59:53I mean, the cleaner's never come up here.
00:59:55Neat and tidy, you mean?
00:59:56Yes.
00:59:57May I go in?
00:59:57Yes, of course.
00:59:58Please don't touch anything.
00:59:59I mean, look at the mantelpiece.
01:00:01It's spotless.
01:00:02And the floor.
01:00:04I think they've been vacuumed, you know.
01:00:07Has this table always been here?
01:00:09Yes.
01:00:11It looks as though it's been moved.
01:00:13You know, five or six inches to the right.
01:00:15You can tell by that mark on the wall.
01:00:17Oh, yes.
01:00:19Is there anything else?
01:00:22The tape recorder I use to dictate notes isn't in its usual place.
01:00:26I keep it in the middle of the table.
01:00:27Hmm.
01:00:30Do you ever use this file?
01:00:33No, no.
01:00:34But I didn't notice how warm it was when I came in this morning.
01:00:38Was the room unlocked when you left?
01:00:43Oh, yes.
01:00:43I never locked it at all.
01:00:46This looks comparative for you.
01:00:49Yes.
01:00:49Henry Peverell had it fitted a few years ago.
01:00:52I don't know exactly why.
01:00:53He was a solitude chap.
01:00:55He liked to work up here from time to time, going through old papers.
01:00:57I've had enough of this.
01:01:03I'm going to go and do some work.
01:01:04I'm frightened, James.
01:01:21It's started, isn't it?
01:01:24What?
01:01:24Oh, these letters saying we were going to die.
01:01:30Now one of us has.
01:01:32Don't be scared.
01:01:33No one's going to harm you.
01:01:36I loved him.
01:01:39I should be thinking about him, praying for him.
01:01:43He wasn't worthy of you.
01:01:46It's true.
01:01:47When I saw how unhappy he made you, how he played with you, it made me so angry.
01:01:56It's done with now.
01:02:00If you need me, I'm here.
01:02:07You're a good man, James.
01:02:14God bless you.
01:02:15God bless you.
01:02:17It's so strange to be sitting here in Gerald's room, discussing his death.
01:02:43I'd like to offer you my condolences.
01:02:45I only met your brother the once, but I know how respected he was in the publishing business.
01:02:50Yes, few people liked him, but most respected him.
01:02:54Did you like him?
01:02:55Yes, I did.
01:02:57We weren't very close.
01:02:59Ours wasn't that kind of family.
01:03:00We were brought up in boarding schools.
01:03:03But I liked him.
01:03:04I was on his side.
01:03:05Were there people who weren't?
01:03:07I should think there will be some people who won't be sorry to hear that he's dead.
01:03:13Every death benefits someone.
01:03:15Who will benefit from this one?
01:03:18Me.
01:03:18I'm Gerard's heir.
01:03:21I inherit everything, including the shares in the firm.
01:03:25That would have all changed upon his marriage, of course.
01:03:30I see.
01:03:30Is that what all policemen say, Commander, when they hear something significant?
01:03:37No, no, no, no.
01:03:38It's just a small linguistic tool to keep the conversation flowing.
01:03:40So, now you've established motive, you'll be anxious to hear about Opportunity.
01:03:47Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you.
01:03:48I was with a friend all of last night.
01:03:51A friend?
01:03:52My lover, Declan Cartwright, came here and we went out in the firm's launch.
01:03:57It was a lovely evening, so we went down to the Thames Barrier and stopped off for dinner in Greenwich.
01:04:03And what time did you get back?
01:04:05About, er, 10.30.
01:04:07The light was still on in here, but I had no reason to come up.
01:04:13Gerard often worked late.
01:04:15So, I drove Declan home to Westbourne Grove.
01:04:19He, er, lives above an antique shop that he manages.
01:04:23I stayed there until about two o'clock and then went back to my flat in the Barbican.
01:04:29I see.
01:04:32That's all for the time being, thank you.
01:04:34I have to go up to Essex now and break the news to my father.
01:04:39Would you mention that I'll want to talk to him myself?
01:04:43He won't like that.
01:04:45He lives as a virtual recluse.
01:04:47He won't even answer the phone.
01:04:50Rude's about the past, always has.
01:04:51I have a lodger.
01:05:12His name's Rupert Farlow.
01:05:14He's a writer.
01:05:15I was with him for most of the evening.
01:05:17I left here on the 5.30 launch and went for a drink in Covent Garden.
01:05:22Did you meet someone?
01:05:23No, no, no.
01:05:24I was on my own.
01:05:25I had some books to buy.
01:05:27I was back in Hellgate Village just after eight.
01:05:31Didn't go out again.
01:05:32What did you think of Gerard Etienne?
01:05:35Did you know he was a mountaineer?
01:05:37Oh, yes, it was a passion of his for a while.
01:05:42He trained, got himself fit, and went off and climbed a mountain, the Matterhorn.
01:05:49Very impressive.
01:05:51Not at all.
01:05:53But it affixed ropes right to the top of the summit.
01:05:56For a real mountaineer, it's a Sunday afternoon jaunt,
01:05:59but for Gerard Etienne, it was the climb of the century.
01:06:02It says it all.
01:06:06You didn't like him?
01:06:08He was hard to like.
01:06:10He could be very cruel.
01:06:15And he was an angry man.
01:06:18But what I suppose you had to understand was that he was mostly angry with himself.
01:06:32Uh, when you want to talk to Rupert to check my story,
01:06:38ring and make sure it's convenient.
01:06:40He's very ill, and some days are better than others.
01:06:44It's all around us, isn't it?
01:06:47Death.
01:06:48Daisy!
01:07:00Daisy!
01:07:02Daisy!
01:07:06Hello, Auntie Esme.
01:07:07Let's go and buy some ice cream for tea.
01:07:10Then I want you to do me a very special favour.
01:07:13Okay.
01:07:13Oh, Commander, I'm sorry.
01:07:41There's no need to apologise.
01:07:45I just, um, I didn't think this would still be here.
01:07:49Clothes someone of the dead more powerfully than anything else, don't they?
01:07:53We should have taken it away.
01:07:56Smells of him.
01:07:59Has his shape.
01:08:00Are you, uh, fond of him?
01:08:06I was in love with him.
01:08:08We, um, we had an affair, but it, um, it ended, um, a week before he got engaged.
01:08:15By mutual consent?
01:08:18No.
01:08:22Are you happy to go on?
01:08:23We could leave it to her later if you like.
01:08:24No, no, no, I'm fine.
01:08:28So, where were you last night?
01:08:34Well, I was at home all evening.
01:08:37Apart from a short walk along the riverside path towards Greenwich before I went to bed.
01:08:41Um, I didn't see anybody or talk to anybody.
01:08:45Apart from Gerard.
01:08:47I, um, rang him before I went out.
01:08:50Must have been about twenty past seven.
01:08:54I knew he'd be working late and I wanted to talk to him about his plan to sell the house.
01:08:58When I got through to him, he said he'd have to call me back.
01:09:03He had a visitor with him.
01:09:05Visitor?
01:09:06Is that what he said?
01:09:08Yes.
01:09:08Interesting word, isn't it?
01:09:12He didn't call me back.
01:09:15So, apart from your walk, you stayed in until I brought Mr. Dauncy home.
01:09:19After you'd left, um, he explained what had happened and said he wanted to have a bath.
01:09:23Um, I went up to his flat when he'd finished.
01:09:25How long was it before you joined him?
01:09:28Well, it can't have been long.
01:09:29I suppose about eight to ten minutes.
01:09:31No more than that?
01:09:32Well, maybe a little shorter.
01:09:34No, eight minutes would be about right.
01:09:36Why?
01:09:39You don't think...
01:09:41You can't believe Gabriel came back here and killed Gerard.
01:09:47Mr. Etienne was dead long before midnight.
01:09:50What we're considering is the possibility that the snake was stuffed in his mouth some hours later.
01:09:55But Gabriel would never have done that.
01:09:58I mean, anyway, he wouldn't have been able to do it in the time.
01:10:01He's old.
01:10:02I mean, he'd just been mugged.
01:10:03Besides, he was in the bath.
01:10:05Are you sure of that?
01:10:06My flat is directly below his.
01:10:08I can hear it when his water runs away.
01:10:11Last night, I was listening out for it.
01:10:13And a few moments later, he rang and said he was ready.
01:10:16When he answered the door, he was in his dressing gown and his hair was still wet.
01:10:19He couldn't have done it.
01:10:22He wouldn't have done it.
01:10:23This is a very old fire.
01:10:28Nursery fires, I think they were called.
01:10:31The detachable tap.
01:10:33And a fire hasn't been serviced for years.
01:10:36And it don't need to be an engineer to see what's happened.
01:10:38The flu's completely blocked.
01:10:40Yes, but it could have fallen naturally.
01:10:42Yeah, or been deliberately dislodged.
01:10:46Possibly.
01:10:46So what you're saying is a familiar story, old fireblock, flu, carbon monoxide poisoning?
01:10:51It's not quite all, sir.
01:10:53Before the engineer took the fire off the wall,
01:10:55I had to look at the screws holding it in place.
01:10:58The old brass screws, dulled by the years they've been in that wall.
01:11:03But you look at the groove and the scratches round about.
01:11:06The metal gleams like new.
01:11:07I reckon somebody's turned those screws and had that fire off the wall very recently.
01:11:13Yes.
01:11:16Another scoop?
01:11:21You're a good girl, aren't you, Daisy?
01:11:24What do you want me to do for you, Auntie?
01:11:29Daisy, in the next few days, a policeman is going to come here to talk to you.
01:11:33He's going to ask you questions about last evening.
01:11:37He's going to ask if you spent it here with me.
01:11:41I didn't.
01:11:42I know that.
01:11:44I want you to tell him that you did.
01:11:48Why?
01:11:49Because the man who published my books has been murdered.
01:11:54And I think the police think that I did it.
01:11:58Because I'm a crime writer and I know all about murders.
01:12:01And I didn't like him very much.
01:12:05Do you see?
01:12:07Did you hate him?
01:12:09Yes, I rather think I did.
01:12:12Did you kill him?
01:12:14No, I didn't.
01:12:16All right.
01:12:17Alibis that need check-in.
01:12:20Claudia Etienne, James DeWitt and Gabriel Dauncy.
01:12:24Dauncy?
01:12:25Can't have been him.
01:12:25He was with you.
01:12:27Yes, I know.
01:12:28But I'm intrigued about the business with the bath.
01:12:30Do you think he could have done it then, sir?
01:12:31You don't?
01:12:32What?
01:12:32Come over here and back in eight minutes.
01:12:33A bloke in his 70s.
01:12:35Walk it through tomorrow after you've checked the alibis, will you?
01:12:38Okay.
01:12:38What about Francis Peverell, sir?
01:12:40After all, she has no alibi.
01:12:42And she had just been dumped by Etienne.
01:12:44That would give her the clearest motive.
01:12:46Apart from Etienne's sister, who's just become very rich.
01:12:48No, it's too early to talk about suspects.
01:12:50The killer could be any one of them.
01:12:52Let's just get on with the legwork, shall we?
01:12:58I thought the building had been cleared.
01:13:03Wait here.
01:13:08Miss Blackett?
01:13:19Oh.
01:13:19I'm sorry to have startled you.
01:13:21Commander.
01:13:22I thought everybody had gone home.
01:13:25You said you wanted to interview me.
01:13:27I've been waiting.
01:13:28Oh, yes.
01:13:29I'm so sorry.
01:13:30It's been a hectic day.
01:13:32Would you excuse me a moment?
01:13:36It's Miss Blackett.
01:13:37I'm just going to have a few words with her.
01:13:39I'll catch her up at the mortuary.
01:13:40Sir.
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