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S03E00 Christmas Special 2025
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00:00O joy, joy, and joy of ours, O young me, O God, and here to heaven.
00:15CHOIR SINGS
00:45Oh, all right. Here we go. What do you call an old snowman?
00:58Oh. Hmm. Frosty.
01:02Frosty? What?
01:03Wait. Forty with an S. Foresty. A 40-year-old snowman.
01:10Mum?
01:10Actually, that's quite right.
01:12Okay, that's just weird.
01:13Only Kelby would even think of that.
01:15So what's the answer, anyway?
01:16Water!
01:19I don't get it.
01:20It's melting.
01:21Here it is.
01:22Oh, yeah.
01:23My favourite nephew.
01:24Yeah, can you let me quiet, please, or I will have to call the police.
01:27Call away. We're all in here.
01:29I'm a plus one.
01:30Actually, plus two.
01:31Yeah.
01:31Haven't you got any Christmas music?
01:33Oh, I'll ask, but Mr. Finch isn't a fan. He says it lowers the tone.
01:38I mean, Finch the Grinch.
01:42But I can get more drinks, though, Auntie Em.
01:44Go on, then.
01:46Same again all round, I think, Robert.
01:48Did he tell you what he's been doing?
01:51He's been saving all his tips for the Children's Ward Christmas party.
01:55Aww.
01:56Tell him how much you've got, Bobby.
01:58No, I don't know that.
01:59He said it's nearly £2,000.
02:03Amazing.
02:03Well done, you.
02:06Oh, I, um, gotta get those drinks.
02:10He's so lovely.
02:12Yeah.
02:13He is.
02:14I'm paying you to work, and I have a family reunion.
02:17Sorry.
02:18Yeah, I was just taking their drinks order.
02:20And they wanted to know if they could have any Christmas music.
02:23Well, they want Shaker Stevens.
02:25Wham.
02:25Wizard, I asked you to bring the ice out over ten minutes ago.
02:28Sorry, sorry.
02:29Yeah, I'll do it now.
02:29Oh, don't bother.
02:31I'll get it myself.
02:34Right, I'm just off for a Christmas tinkle.
02:36Oh, my.
02:37Make sure you wash your hands.
02:40Sorry.
02:41You know, I can't.
02:42I'm sorry.
02:58Was everything okay?
03:21Oh, yes, it was, darling.
03:24You did me proud.
03:25Oh, good.
03:27Oh, I'd better get back to work.
03:29Oh, good.
03:31Yeah.
03:31Come on, Margot.
03:32Yeah, come on.
03:32Ready, Margot?
03:33I'll hear you.
03:34Good, King Wenceslas, la-skirt, thou, lu-kant the beast,
03:39got you even�-
03:57Oh, my God.
04:25Hello?
04:28Sir?
04:32You okay there, my love?
04:37You waiting for someone?
04:42Oh, you're freezing.
04:44How long have you been here?
04:49Do you need something?
04:50Do you need something?
04:51Oh, my God.
04:52Oh, my God.
04:58Oh, my God.
05:00One morning in the month of June
05:10Down by a rolling river
05:12There a weary tribe
05:14Had a chance to stay
05:15And he beheld his lover
05:17Her cheeks were red
05:18Her eyes were brown
05:20Her hair and ringlets
05:21Hanging down
05:22She'd a lovely face
05:23Without a frown
05:24Just as the tide was flowing
05:30OK, so
05:38Can I ask why you opened the bin?
05:40Fish
05:41You were looking for fish?
05:43No, I got fish
05:44I was looking for veg
05:45Why?
05:46They throw it out at the end of the day, see
05:48There's nothing wrong with most of it
05:50Got a nice bit of broccoli for my salmon
05:52I mean, I had to trim it up a bit
05:54But the really mangy stuff
05:56I cut up and I use it for feed
05:58Oh, with the fish?
06:00For the rabbit
06:00Right, and what time was this?
06:05Quarter to nine
06:06I know that
06:07Because I had to get the veg back to Janet for five to
06:10The rabbit?
06:12My wife's sister
06:13She cuts up the veg for the rabbit
06:15But she leaves for work at nine
06:18Banksy
06:19She works at the banks?
06:22No
06:22The rabbit's called Banksy
06:24After that artist fella
06:26The one who draws on walls
06:28Okay
06:29He's not dead
06:30I saw him breathing
06:32Banksy
06:35No, the bloke in the bin
06:38Oh
06:39Oh, that looks nice
07:03Oh, yeah
07:03Oh, for me
07:04This way
07:09Who's your friend?
07:11I found him in a wheelie bin
07:13His name's Seb
07:14And he had a bit too much to drink last night
07:17Didn't you, Seb?
07:18Hmm
07:18Well, you know you've had a good night
07:20When you wake up in a wheelie bin
07:21You taking him home?
07:24Not yet
07:25Can't get his head off
07:27He said his mates glued it on
07:29Oh, dear
07:31You'll need some adhesive remover
07:37I'll take him
07:38You go and get some
07:40Come on
07:41Right, let's step carefully
07:42Careful
07:43We will be
07:44Okay
07:45Oh, I've got you
07:46Oh, oh
07:47Mine now
07:48Layers
07:49Yeah
07:50There's an exhibition on at the town hall tonight
08:02Christmas through the decades
08:04We're going Christmas shopping, remember?
08:07We built replica rooms from every decade
08:09From the noughties
08:11Back through the nineties
08:12The eighties
08:13Seventies
08:14The sixties
08:15You need to finish by five
08:16Okay, I'll try
08:17You promised
08:21Right
08:22Say it out loud
08:24I will finish at five
08:27Good
08:28Let's hope
08:30Shipton Abbott's criminal fraternity
08:32Don't get to hear about this
08:33We could have a six o'clock frenzy
08:35I'm not sure which question to ask first
09:05Morning, Margot
09:09Morning
09:10I, uh, see you've brought your friend in
09:12He's not my friend
09:14Kelby found him in a wheelie bin
09:16Excellent
09:17Oh
09:19This is the, uh, the exhibition at the town hall
09:23Christmas through the decades
09:26I can get you tickets for that
09:27My stepmum's one of the organisers
09:30I get a family discount
09:31Huh
09:32Margot
09:34Oh, I'm busy tonight
09:36Something wrong with this
09:45Uh, sorry
09:49Something
09:50Wrong with it
09:52I think
09:52Hmm
09:53Oh
09:56Margot
10:01Hmm
10:01Why exactly is the snowman here
10:04His head's glued on
10:06And he's refusing to go home
10:07Because his new girlfriend's mum and dad are there
10:09They've come down for Christmas to meet him
10:12Oh
10:12Worried about giving them the wrong impression
10:14Well, worried not to
10:15When he dressed in a snowman's suit
10:17Smelling a wheelie bin
10:18Fair enough
10:19I don't have the facilities
10:20Oh
10:20As soon as you can, please
10:22Problem?
10:26There was a chap sitting on the doorstep when I opened up
10:29His name's David, but he seems a bit confused
10:31So I put him in the interview room with a cup of tea
10:33That's a very nice thing to do
10:35Oh, I've been trying to get social services to come and collect him
10:38But they haven't got anyone free
10:39I mean, I've made it as comfortable for him as I can in there
10:43Your thing was
10:45This
10:46Is the only thing he had with him
10:48Weird
10:51David, is it?
10:58David
10:58We're just a little bit confused
11:02About why you have a photograph of me in your pocket
11:05Did I?
11:10You don't recall why?
11:11Take time
11:16Have we ever met?
11:23I need to find my sister
11:24Your sister?
11:26Is that why you're here?
11:28Louise
11:28That's her name
11:29Can you help me?
11:36We can try
11:37Do you and your sister live together?
11:41Yes
11:44Only it's Christmas, you see
11:50I really need to find her
11:54Where do you and your sister live, David?
11:58Is there an address you can give us?
11:59I'm sorry
12:06I'm not being much help, am I?
12:10Do you live in Shipton Abbey?
12:14I really need to find her
12:16Well, it's all right
12:18Okay, don't upset yourself
12:20We'll work it out
12:21It would help if we had a full name
12:24David
12:26I...
12:27I'll write it down, shall I?
12:37Can you, um...
12:38Can you spell it for me?
12:41David
12:42H-A-L-E-G-O-N
12:46Hilton
12:47Thank you
12:50There was nothing else in his pockets at all
12:54Oh, a bit of loose change
12:56No wallet, no credit cards, no phone, nothing
12:58Why would a complete stranger
13:00Someone I've never met before
13:02Be sitting on the station doorstep
13:04With a photograph of me in his pocket
13:06Do you recognise the photo?
13:09Where it was taken, when?
13:10No
13:11But it has to be key
13:12Maybe it's on social media somewhere
13:15Something Martha or Anne posted
13:16I could look online
13:17Yes, do that
13:19In the meantime, let's start with a search
13:21A five mile radius
13:22We're looking for a brother and sister living together
13:25David and Louise Hilton
13:27Try care homes and sheltered housing first
13:29Right
13:29And check other divisions for missing person report
13:33On it
13:33Margot?
13:36I got a call from the hub
13:37Fish's wine bar was broken into last night after we left
13:41No
13:42Her uniform was attended
13:43In the early hours of the morning
13:45Took photos and secured the building
13:47They've asked us to follow up
13:49You're sure you're doing the right thing
13:56It was something he said when Rosie left
13:59About us being on our own
14:02And how we'd have to make do
14:04It's always been the same for us
14:06All through the IVF
14:08And the fostering
14:09The worry lurking under the surface
14:12That we needed something else to be happy
14:16That we might not be enough for each other on our own
14:19And this is the best way I could think of
14:24To show him that all I ever need is him
14:26Standing next to me
14:29Holding my hand
14:30This is the best Christmas surprise ever
14:36It will be
14:37If we all do our part
14:38So all the boxes are in the kitchen
14:40You need to get them there by four
14:42Put the closed early sign up outside before you go
14:45Okay
14:45Mum, you need to be at the train station by 2.30
14:48This is who you're picking up
14:50Oh, he looks nice
14:52He is
14:53Bring him back here
14:55And if Humphrey comes in
14:56You'll have to hide him
14:57Hide him?
14:58Where?
15:00Use your imagination
15:01There's room in the stock cupboard
15:03Will you mind being in the stock cupboard?
15:04Just do what you need to
15:06Humphrey mustn't see him
15:07So
15:08Does everyone know what they're doing?
15:10Yeah
15:10Go team Martha
15:13So much for Shipton Abbott being Devon's hidden gem
15:20He's got his scumbags like everywhere else
15:23I blame the parents
15:24Yeah
15:25Put two morons together
15:26What'd you get?
15:27Surprise
15:28Here's another moron
15:29Er, you were at home when the alarm company called to say there had been a break-in?
15:34No, I was at Friends in Palmeirat
15:36What time?
15:38About 1.30
15:39It's quite late to go visit him
15:41Well, we're having a party
15:42I said I'd join him when the bar are closed
15:44You can see the door's been jimmied open
15:47Er, yes
15:49Can I ask what was taken?
15:51I asked you to go to the bank this morning
15:53So this week's taking so far
15:55The float, I haven't titled it all up
15:57But I reckon
15:58North of 10,000
16:01A lot of cash?
16:03It is Christmas
16:03People throw in for the bills
16:05So we get more cash than usual
16:07Can we see inside?
16:13Yeah
16:13Is there damage anywhere else?
16:18No
16:19Office?
16:21No
16:22Then where do they take the cash from?
16:25From the drawer under the till
16:26Is it usual to keep that amount of money in the bar overnight?
16:31Can be
16:32Depends on when I can get to the bank
16:34Water
16:40But they're wine bottles
16:44I guess someone's got water on the bar
16:46Is that Robert's charity tips, Joe?
16:57Yeah
16:58Look, is this going to take long?
17:00We're nearly done
17:00Only I need to get this cleaned up so I can open
17:03Can I ask
17:04Who else would have known you had cash here overnight?
17:07No one
17:08No way
17:09Robert
17:10Robert knew
17:11I remember him yesterday asking me if I'd been to the bank or not
17:15I can't believe this was anything to do with Margot's nephew
17:27No
17:28Let's check where he was last night after the bar closed
17:31And check on his party in Polmarin too
17:35Sir
17:36There we are, my love
17:48A nice, fresh cup of tea
17:51Thank you
18:05Hey, thanks
18:10Bye
18:11OK, so I spoke to Terry Finch's friend in Polmarin.
18:31He confirms that Terry arrived there just after midnight
18:34and he was with him when he got the call from the alarm company
18:36about the break-in just after 1.30.
18:39He took a cab back to the wine bar
18:41because he'd had a drink.
18:42I've confirmed to the cab company
18:43that they picked him up in Polmarin
18:45and took him to the bar.
18:46The uniformed unit were already at the scene
18:48and confirmed the break-in happened at 1.30.
18:50So we can rule out Terry Finch?
18:52Looks that way.
18:57I couldn't find adhesive remover anywhere.
18:59You'd think I'd be asking for unicorn poo.
19:03Had to go to the industrial estate.
19:11You can't just leave him sitting there.
19:15What else can I do with him?
19:17I don't know, but this is a police station.
19:19We're in here discussing cases.
19:20Look, I've just got to get his head off
19:22and then I'll get him on.
19:23Can't you just cut it off?
19:25No, hang on.
19:26He hired it.
19:27He can't...
19:28He's got a £100 deposit against any damage.
19:31Well, hurry up.
19:33Kelby, can you check CCTV from the high street last night?
19:38I'd say between 12 and 2 a.m.
19:40Sir, what am I looking for?
19:42Ah, well, this is anyone in the vicinity of Fishers-Wyambar
19:45at around 1.30 a.m.
19:47The unit that attended the break-in sent a report.
19:49It's in your inbox.
19:50Thanks, Margot.
19:51And the Grinch sent me a full report of what was stolen.
19:58Around £11,000 in cash,
20:01plus the contents of Robert's charity job.
20:03There was a big sticker on it, too,
20:05saying it was for charity.
20:06And that Christmas.
20:07God, that's well bad.
20:14Any leads on the photograph?
20:16Er, I ran the search online but didn't find anything,
20:20so I passed it to IT.
20:21See if they have more luck.
20:23And the, er, sister?
20:24Again, nothing so far.
20:26I'm still waiting on the missing person reports to come back,
20:29but I've drawn a blank with electoral register,
20:31care homes, sheltered housing in a five-mile radius.
20:35Looks like we've hit a dead end.
20:36Maybe we should just pass it on to social services.
20:39Well, let's at least keep trying until they get here.
20:48And you're not even going to warn him?
20:50No.
20:52He'll start fretting, and when he frets, he breaks things.
20:55Right, well, speaking of someone surrounded by bottles,
20:57no-one wants that.
20:58Just make sure everything's ready.
21:00It will be.
21:01Oh.
21:02Hi.
21:04Thanks for getting back to me.
21:06How can one person be on the phone so much?
21:09Every time I call her, she's engaged.
21:11Maybe.
21:12She's busy.
21:12I haven't got anything on Fisher's Weimar.
21:16There's no CCTV in the alley.
21:18A few passers-by at the front just after midnight,
21:21then nothing until the police unit turned up just after 1.30.
21:26Then a cab arrives.
21:27That's Terry Finch.
21:29Oh, still.
21:30Careful.
21:30We still need to speak to Robert, check his movements.
21:33Mm-hmm.
21:34Why?
21:36You don't think he had anything to do with this?
21:38Of course not.
21:39That's to spark the investigation, Margot.
21:41Ticking all the boxes.
21:43Do you know where we can find him?
21:46Margot?
21:47It's burning.
21:48Oh, calm down.
21:49Careful.
21:49Yeah, well, I've got three jobs.
21:52I do mornings here,
21:54home deliveries in the afternoon
21:56and Fisher's four nights a week.
22:00Can you tell us where you were last night
22:01after you left the bar up to about 1.30am?
22:04Yeah, no, I was at home.
22:06Can anyone vouch for that?
22:08Er, well, no.
22:11Laura is staying at her mum's with the girls.
22:13Laura's your wife?
22:14Yeah, yeah.
22:16Hey, um,
22:17is it true that they took that charity money
22:20from behind the bar, too?
22:23Yes, they did.
22:24Who would do something like that?
22:26Er, yesterday,
22:28do you recall asking Terry Finch
22:30if he'd been to the bank?
22:32Er, no.
22:34Oh, no, wait, yes.
22:36Yeah, yes.
22:37I think I did.
22:38Can I ask why?
22:39Oh, no, no reason.
22:40I just have to cover the bar if he goes...
22:43to the...
22:44Sorry, am I in trouble?
22:45No.
22:46No, not at all.
22:48Just routine questions.
22:50Oh.
22:50Can you just run us through your shift yesterday,
22:53starting with after we left?
22:55Yeah, well, I mean, I was rushed off my feet.
22:57Er, Mr Finch, you see,
22:58he won't hire any more staff.
23:00He says cutting costs
23:01makes us look good to head office.
23:03Hmm.
23:04Er, you didn't notice anything out of the ordinary?
23:06No.
23:07No, no, no, no.
23:07We had three parties in.
23:09Er, we called last orders
23:10not long after you guys left,
23:12and, you know, everyone just dressed it off.
23:13What time was that?
23:14Er, I think we were emptied by about half-eleven.
23:16Yeah.
23:17I wiped down the tables in the bar.
23:19I put the, er, thank you.
23:21I put the empties in the bottle crate
23:23to be collected the next morning.
23:25Emptied the bins behind the bar.
23:26Normally I'd run the bin bags out the back,
23:28but Mr Finch told me to go home,
23:30so, yeah.
23:31I think I left by about quarter to twelve.
23:33Then after you left,
23:34did you see anyone outside?
23:35Nope.
23:36It was pretty quiet.
23:37Oh, no, hold on.
23:41There was this lunatic
23:43in a snowman suit.
23:45Yeah.
23:47Oh, God.
23:50Are you sure we can't take this head off yet?
23:52Apparently not.
23:54Glue needs to soften for another twenty minutes.
23:56And we can't cut it off
23:58because you'll lose his deposit.
23:59It's a deposit.
24:02Fine.
24:02So, you were at a party?
24:04Yeah.
24:05I was at a mate's flat.
24:06His girlfriend's birthday.
24:08Fancy dress.
24:09Whoa.
24:10How do you know that?
24:11I'm a detective.
24:12And on your way home,
24:13you walk through the alley
24:14behind the shops on the high street?
24:16Er, shortcut.
24:17Right.
24:18Did you see anyone?
24:20Particularly anyone
24:20at the back of Fisher's Wine Bar.
24:22I think I saw a bloke taking the bins out.
24:25Right, what time?
24:26Oh, maybe just before midnight.
24:29Oh, and then there was this bunch of kids.
24:31Kids?
24:32Yeah.
24:32About ten of them.
24:33On bikes.
24:34All started taking the mick, obviously.
24:37How old?
24:38Don't know.
24:39Fifteen?
24:40Sixteen?
24:41Anyways,
24:41they all start pushing me around
24:43and then one of them goes,
24:45oh, chuck him in the wheelie bin.
24:47And so they did.
24:48Couldn't you get out?
24:50Oh, I was smashed by then.
24:53Plus, it's surprisingly comfortable in there.
24:55Don't remember nothing after that.
24:57Right.
24:58Sergeant.
24:58What are you thinking?
25:03This fresh splinter of wood we found at the scene.
25:06From the back door?
25:07Yeah.
25:08But it was only visible once the bin men
25:10had taken the bags away in the morning.
25:11Do you remember?
25:12They cleared them while we were there.
25:14So?
25:15So?
25:19So, surely that must mean the splinter was under the bags.
25:22But how can that be
25:23when our snowman saw Finch put the bags out
25:26before he left the evening?
25:27It doesn't make any sense.
25:29We know the break-in was at 1.30
25:31because that's when the alarm went off.
25:32Exactly.
25:33Exactly.
25:33The eagle has landed.
25:59Oh, yeah.
26:04We, er...
26:05We thought you might be hungry.
26:08It's ham and cheese.
26:12It's ham and cheese?
26:16If you don't like it,
26:17we can swap it for something else.
26:19No rush.
26:22Just let me know.
26:24Have you found Louise?
26:26No, David.
26:27Not yet.
26:28But we're looking, OK?
26:29I miss her so much.
26:32Oh, mate.
26:35Hey.
26:37We know you do.
26:39Don't get upset, all right?
26:41Our inspector,
26:42he's looking for her.
26:44And he's amazing.
26:45Got it.
26:54That was IT.
26:55They found a match for the image.
26:56Ah.
26:57It's from
26:58the Tavistock Chronicle newspaper.
27:01Coverage of the amateur dramatics
27:02train murder.
27:03They snapped you at the station, remember?
27:05Oh, steel.
27:05No idea.
27:06It's definitely the same image.
27:08OK, good.
27:09So let's focus our search
27:11on the Tavistock area
27:12and see what that throws up.
27:14Will do.
27:15All right.
27:16Oh, steady.
27:16Yeah, well, you've got my skin there.
27:18Oh!
27:19Ow!
27:20Oh!
27:21Oh!
27:22Everyone,
27:24meet Seb Branner.
27:26Hello, Seb.
27:27Thank heavens for that.
27:28Oh, thank you, guys.
27:29I thought I'd never get out.
27:30Yeah.
27:32David got a bit upset.
27:34Started talking about his sister again.
27:36But he's calmed down a bit.
27:39Poor love.
27:40Oh, hello, mate.
27:42Oh, you all right?
27:43Kelby will show you
27:44where the bathroom is.
27:45You can get the rest of it off.
27:46Brilliant.
27:47Cheers.
27:47All right.
27:48Oh, sorry.
27:49Yeah.
27:49OK.
27:50You all right?
27:52I've sent an information request
27:54to Tavistock police
27:55and the town council.
27:56Mm-hmm.
27:56So, what are you thinking?
27:59The kids on the bikes?
28:02No.
28:04Yeah.
28:05There were three or four bottles
28:06of Pinot Grigio smashed on the floor.
28:08No other damage.
28:10There was no empty beer cans,
28:12no witty remarks
28:13or pictures of genitalia
28:14etched on the walls.
28:16The office was untouched.
28:18No, this wasn't teenagers.
28:20I think this was someone
28:21who knew the cash was there
28:23and where it was.
28:26Robert?
28:26So you do think Bobby was involved?
28:29No.
28:30Yes, you do.
28:31I can see it on your faces.
28:33We're still trying to work out
28:34exactly what happened, Margot.
28:35But Bobby is a suspect.
28:38No.
28:38Well, yes,
28:40but only until we eliminate him.
28:42I'm sorry, Margot.
28:43We don't like it any more than you do,
28:45but we have to do our job.
28:46He's the only other person
28:48who knew that cash was there overnight.
28:50Andy's working three jobs,
28:51so we know money's tight for him.
28:53And I've known him his entire life.
28:56There's no way he could do anything like this.
28:58We're sure that's true,
28:59but we have to...
29:00With no buts.
29:01That boy goes to the children's ward
29:04every Christmas morning
29:05to take them presents.
29:06Do you really think
29:07he'd steal his own charity money?
29:10And yes,
29:11he's got three jobs,
29:12but that's because
29:13he's a hard-working lad
29:14trying to provide for his own family,
29:16not a thief!
29:23Margot!
29:25Good luck with that.
29:35Everything all right?
29:38Yeah, the boxes are in the car.
29:40Mum back?
29:41Yeah, she's just in the kitchen
29:42making him a sandwich.
29:45You're not having second thoughts, are you?
29:48What if he hates it?
29:50He won't.
29:51He'll love it.
29:52You think?
29:53I know.
29:53I'd better go and check on our guest.
30:04Sir?
30:06Tavistock Police.
30:07No missing person reports in the past week.
30:09OK, but I still think
30:11we're in the right area,
30:12so try GP surgeries next,
30:14social services,
30:16see if any of them have a patient
30:17called David or Louise Hayleton.
30:19Sir.
30:19I'm sorry I shouted.
30:40I was a bit cross.
30:41That's perfectly understandable.
30:43But I stand by what I said.
30:45My Bobby isn't a thief.
30:47So, Kelby,
30:56did you get your snowman home?
30:58Seb, yeah.
31:00I got to meet his new girlfriend's parents.
31:02Yeah, they didn't suspect a thing.
31:04Well, he did have a rash across his neck,
31:07but he said it was only because
31:10he was nervous to meet him.
31:12Smooth.
31:13Hm.
31:14Heat rash probably from being in that suit.
31:16He must have been melting in there.
31:18Oh, hey, it's like that joke from last night.
31:20What do you call an old snowman?
31:23Water.
31:26Ice!
31:27That's it.
31:29Melting ice.
31:31Explain.
31:34An empty crisp packet.
31:35What?
31:36Oh, no, sorry.
31:37If this splinter of wood was found underneath the bags of rubbish at the back of Fisher's wine bar,
31:44then the door must have been forced open before they were put out by Terry Finch shortly before midnight.
31:56Except that's not possible, because we know the break-in was an hour and a half later.
32:00What if it wasn't?
32:03What if everything was just set up to look like a break-in?
32:08By whom?
32:10Terry Finch.
32:11Yes!
32:12Sorry.
32:14But if Finch set all this up himself,
32:17how could the alarm go off at 1.30 in the morning when we know he was 10 miles away in Polmarin?
32:22Because, in the words of a song from my youth,
32:25Ice, ice, baby, ice!
32:28Remember?
32:30The pool of water on the bar.
32:33What about it?
32:34I thought it was all at the time.
32:35It was wine bottles that were broken, so how could it be water?
32:40Robert told us he wiped down the bar before he left,
32:43and he also said he emptied the bin behind the bar,
32:47yet it had a plastic bag in it.
32:52OK, now you're losing me.
32:58I saw a similar bag at the Christmas party.
33:03Sorry.
33:06But you'd expect to see a bag used for ice behind a bar, wouldn't you?
33:10Yes, but...
33:12if Robert emptied the bin, as he said, and I have no reason to doubt him,
33:16then why was it there in the morning?
33:19Thank you. Good night.
33:22This is what I think happened.
33:24I had to carry you tonight.
33:25Right, sorry.
33:26Pull your finger out, or else I'm going to have to get someone else.
33:29Don't say that.
33:30Mr. Finch, no, no, no, you know I need this job.
33:32Well, maybe you should be thinking more about your kids,
33:34and less about fawning all over the puns.
33:36It's Christmas. I just wanted everyone to have a good time.
33:38I told you, Christmas is for mugs.
33:41All I'm interested in is how much they spend, right?
33:44So less chitty-chatting and more serving.
33:46You got it?
33:47Yeah, got it.
33:48I think Robert did exactly as he said.
33:50After he cleaned the bar, he emptied the bin.
33:52Leave him, I'll take him out.
33:53No, no, no, it's fine. I'll take...
33:53Leave him, I'll take him out.
33:55I'll do it myself, like everything else.
33:57Go on, go on.
33:59I'm sick of looking at you.
34:01Night, Mr. Finch.
34:02And once Robert had left,
34:04Finch went straight out to the back door.
34:06Which is how the splinter of wood got in the alley
34:22before the bags of rubbish?
34:23It's the only thing that fits.
34:26Tangle smells, my soup smells,
34:29I feel really sick.
34:30Cheer up, mate, it's Christmas!
34:33Hey!
34:33Oh, what fun it is to watch.
34:37Hey, look at this guy.
34:39Oh, all right, kids.
34:40All right, guys.
34:40Let's duck him in the bin.
34:45There was no damage anywhere else.
34:46No sign of anyone searching the office.
34:48So our thief had to know where the money was.
34:59But this, this was the clever bit.
35:03Ice defrosts at a predetermined pace
35:10and therefore makes a perfect time delay switch.
35:17So as the ice melts,
35:19the bottles will fall.
35:21Setting off the alarm?
35:23Precisely.
35:49I don't know.
36:19By the time Terry Finch arrived at the wine bar, police were already there and had found the broken back door and broken wine bottles on the floor.
36:32Which would look exactly like a break-in.
36:34I think when Terry got there, he took the plastic ice bag from the bar and simply threw it in the bin.
36:45But forgot to wipe away the water from the melted ice on the bar.
36:49Precisely.
36:50So, it wasn't Bobby?
36:53No, it was not.
36:59Crikey.
37:00Thank you, Margot.
37:03Kelby, go pick him up.
37:06Oh.
37:07Tavistock Social Services.
37:09They've reported one of their care home residents, David Hilton, as missing.
37:15He wasn't in his room when his carer went in this morning.
37:19No mention of his sister, but his daughter and son-in-law are on their way now to pick him up.
37:25Oh, yes.
37:27So he'll be with his family for Christmas.
37:29Well done, everyone.
37:30Kelby called, they've got him, and Margot ran a cheque.
37:52Seems he was sacked from his last job for running up gambling debt on the company credit card.
37:56I see.
37:57So he was a gambler.
37:59Whose luck just ran out?
38:06Hello.
38:07I'm Humphrey.
38:09This is Esther.
38:13He's your dad, is he?
38:14We've been going out of our minds all day.
38:16I'm sure.
38:17Where did you find him?
38:19Er, he found us.
38:21He was sitting on the doorstep when I came in this morning.
38:23Er, are we going to see Louise now?
38:25Oh, not yet.
38:26Dad, we need to get you home.
38:29Everyone's worried about you.
38:31He's been talking about his sister all day.
38:34I'm sorry.
38:35We'll get him home.
38:36I'm sure you've got more important things to do.
38:37Not at all.
38:39Can I just ask?
38:40Look, he had a photograph of me in his pocket.
38:47You wouldn't happen to know why.
38:50You're Humphrey Goodman.
38:52Yes.
38:53Yes, I am.
38:55Dad, you sit with Keith for a minute, okay?
38:59I won't be long.
39:02Yeah.
39:04You're all right, Dad.
39:05You're all right.
39:06Dad and his sister Louise were adopted.
39:11They lost their parents when he was seven.
39:13They were supposed to go to the same family,
39:15but circumstances changed and they were split up.
39:17Come, ye faithful, joyful, and triumphal.
39:28Oh, come ye, oh, come ye to Bethlehem.
39:40He tried to look for her over the years,
39:50but just hit one dead end after another.
39:54So he just sort of locked it away and got on with his life.
39:58Just became that unspoken thing.
40:03And then he started to get ill.
40:05And he was diagnosed as having dementia.
40:07And as his memory started to deteriorate,
40:12he started talking about Louise again.
40:18It was as if of all the things he had in his life,
40:21she was the thing he was frightened about forgetting the most.
40:25So, we decided to try again.
40:29We hit the same dead ends as before,
40:32but this time we found her.
40:34Dad was so excited.
40:35We traced her to Gloucester,
40:38where she was adopted by a couple on Christmas Eve in 1968.
40:41They changed her name to theirs,
40:43so she became Louise Briggs.
40:45But then she moved away.
40:47And we lost all track of her.
40:50But then,
40:51the people who bought her old house in Gloucester
40:53found an old bank statement,
40:54dated from around the time she moved away.
40:56But it showed that she made a withdrawal
40:58from an ATM in Shipton Abbott.
41:00Sorry,
41:01I still don't see why David would have a photograph of me in his pocket.
41:06So,
41:07we were at a loss as what to do next.
41:09So,
41:10we spoke to Dad about hiring a private detective in the new year.
41:13Someone from Devon who could help us find her.
41:16And Dad saw your picture in the paper
41:18and thought you looked like a decent chap,
41:20so,
41:21he was going to call you and ask if you could help.
41:23He can't remember what he had for breakfast.
41:28But he can tell you what song was on the radio
41:30the day they took Louise away.
41:35It's like he's stuck in that moment.
41:39And the hurt is just as real now
41:41as it was then.
41:43OK, everyone.
41:49Let's want to check on the name Louise Briggs.
41:52Town halls,
41:53social services,
41:54PNC,
41:55any other databanks you can get into.
41:57Local HMRC,
41:59passport office,
42:00DVLA.
42:01Look into local clubs and organisations.
42:03She must be drawing a pension by now,
42:05see if that gives us anything.
42:06Sir.
42:07Er,
42:07should we be making these kinds of checks?
42:11Yes, we should, Sergeant,
42:12for two very good reasons.
42:14Firstly,
42:14it's a missing persons investigation.
42:16Even though they're not missing anyone?
42:18Technically, yes.
42:19And the second?
42:21It's Christmas.
42:23Oh,
42:24Martha called.
42:25She said she's at the winery ordering stop.
42:27Can you pick her up from there?
42:28And don't be late.
42:29What time's it now?
42:31Er,
42:31it's 4.35.
42:32You've got 25 minutes.
42:34OK,
42:35quick as you can,
42:35everyone.
42:40Hey, Elton.
42:53H-A-L-E-T-O-N.
42:55Although that's her original name,
42:57she went on to become Louise Briggs.
42:59Have we got anything else listed
43:01under the name Louise Briggs?
43:03No,
43:04that's all the information we have.
43:05Could we cross-reference her date of birth
43:07against anything else?
43:08All we know for sure
43:09is she left Gloucester
43:10around four years ago
43:11and we think came to ship the nabbit
43:13or at least
43:13somewhere in this area.
43:15Bye.
43:16OK,
43:16let me see if I can find that.
43:18I'll come back to you.
43:21They need a national insurance number.
43:23You'd better go.
43:24Five more minutes.
43:25OK,
43:25well,
43:26thanks for trying.
43:27Bye.
43:29Nothing.
43:30Say again?
43:32But her adopted name
43:33was definitely Louise Briggs.
43:35Is there an address
43:38on the records?
43:41If you would.
43:43You got my number.
43:45OK,
43:45thanks,
43:45Jess.
43:49There was a Louise Briggs
43:50married in
43:51patent registry office
43:52four years ago.
43:53She declared
43:54her former name
43:54as Hilton.
43:56So it's her?
43:57It has to be.
43:58Her married name
43:58is Branner
43:59but they couldn't
44:00see an address for her.
44:01They're checking
44:02but,
44:02you know,
44:03they can't guarantee
44:04it'll be the day.
44:05Branner.
44:06I've heard that somewhere.
44:08Yeah.
44:11Seb the snowman.
44:13Oh.
44:14Yeah.
44:14Of course.
44:16You go.
44:17We'll do this.
44:18Oh, no.
44:18I, I, I...
44:19No.
44:19Yeah, fine.
44:22Right.
44:23Let's call Seb.
44:23Come on through.
44:33She should be
44:34around here
44:35somewhere.
44:37Ah.
44:38Hello, love.
44:39All right, Lou.
44:39Guys,
44:40this is my step-ma'am.
44:42Uh, Louise,
44:43uh,
44:44this is Esther
44:44and Margot.
44:45Hi.
44:46Louise,
44:46we're from
44:47Shipton Abbot Police.
44:48It's nothing to worry about.
44:49Gonna let
44:50Margot
44:50take the lead
44:51on this one.
44:51Um,
44:53Louise,
44:54we believe
44:54you had an older brother.
44:56Uh,
44:56you were separated.
44:58There we are.
44:59Well,
45:00we found him.
45:01Oh.
45:21I'm here.
45:30Bye.
45:30You're late.
45:34What's going on?
45:35We're getting married.
45:37What?
45:37Come on.
45:43He's here.
45:44Oh, good lord.
45:49You mean we're
45:50really getting married?
45:51Just told you.
45:52Yes, but I thought
45:53it a metaphor.
45:54For?
45:55For something else.
45:57You just don't want
45:57to get married,
45:58don't you?
45:58Yes, of course I do.
46:01I mean,
46:01why the big secret?
46:04Because
46:04whenever we've
46:06planned it properly,
46:06it's always gone wrong.
46:07And so I just
46:09thought I'd
46:10sneak up on you.
46:12Because after
46:13Rosie left,
46:15I wanted to show you
46:16that as hard as
46:17it was losing her,
46:19it was kind of
46:20all right because
46:20I still had you.
46:23And you're enough.
46:26Sorry.
46:26Shall we get married
46:32then?
46:32Yes, please.
46:37You'll need to
46:38change.
46:39And I nearly
46:41forgot.
46:41I found you
46:43a best man too.
46:46Crikey.
46:47Commissioner.
46:49Nice of you to
46:50join us,
46:51Inspector Goodman.
46:56He's here.
47:09Annie, do you
47:10want to take over?
47:11Dad.
47:13Look over there.
47:16It's Louise.
47:26David.
47:31David.
47:44Yeah.
47:53I can't believe
47:55you've come all
47:55this way just
47:56for me.
47:57I didn't.
47:59Oh.
48:01Well, I was
48:01in the UK anyway
48:02visiting my
48:03daughter.
48:04This was a
48:05happy coincidence.
48:07Even so.
48:09Thank you,
48:09sir.
48:11Well,
48:11should I call
48:12you Selwyn?
48:13No.
48:15Of course.
48:15If I'm
48:16sure to laugh
48:17at all
48:18your jokes
48:20If I'm
48:22in
48:22you
48:23when you're
48:23feeling
48:24broke
48:25if I
48:27promise
48:28this is
48:29what
48:30I'll
48:30do
48:31Will
48:33you
48:33love me
48:34like I
48:35do
48:36you
48:36If I
48:39hold you
48:39when the
48:40world
48:41is
48:41great
48:42If you're
48:44trying to
48:45take
48:46away
48:46Wait!
48:48Oh,
48:49thank you.
48:50It's in time.
48:51What?
48:52Okay.
48:54So we're here today
49:03to witness the marriage
49:04of Humphrey
49:05and Martha
49:06who are not so much
49:07starting a new life
49:08together
49:09but confirming
49:10their commitment
49:11to each other.
49:12Do you remember
49:13our house?
49:14My bedroom
49:18is next to
49:19your bedroom.
49:21That's right.
49:23To cherish
49:23and respect
49:25each other
49:25throughout our lives
49:27together.
49:31Humphrey.
49:32I give you
49:34this ring.
49:36Oh, yes.
49:36Um.
49:37What is that?
49:42Just don't
49:43talk amongst
49:44yourself.
49:44Oh, go ahead.
49:45Go ahead.
49:48Phew.
49:50Sorry.
49:51I give you this ring
49:51as a symbol
49:52of our love,
49:54trust,
49:54and marriage.
49:57I give you this ring
49:58as a symbol
50:00of our love,
50:02trust,
50:03and marriage.
50:05I promise to care
50:06for you
50:06above all others
50:08and to give you
50:09my love,
50:10friendship,
50:11and support.
50:12I promise
50:13to care for you
50:15above all others
50:15and to give you
50:17my love,
50:20friendship,
50:21and support.
50:24Other finger.
50:25Other finger.
50:27No, the ring.
50:28The other finger.
50:29Oh.
50:31All right.
50:32Oh, sorry,
50:33golly.
50:35Yeah.
50:36Other finger.
50:37Yeah.
50:38And to respect
50:39and cherish you
50:40throughout our lives
50:41together.
50:41And to respect
50:43and cherish you
50:45throughout our lives
50:47together.
50:49And now,
50:50a short reading
50:51from the best man,
50:52Selwyn.
50:54Who is to say
50:57what love is?
51:01From the fluttering
51:02heart
51:02that sees a face
51:04long missed
51:05to the tearful
51:07breathless wrench
51:09of a love
51:10only ever found
51:12in the moment.
51:17Or a love
51:18that speaks
51:18of blood
51:19shared.
51:20of a bond
51:25of a bond
51:25that can't
51:26be broken.
51:30Of a light
51:31that can never
51:34be dimmed
51:34by adversity.
51:38Who is to say
51:40what love is?
51:42love is to say
51:43because love
51:44love seeks
51:46no favor
51:47nor does it seek
51:49permission.
51:53It seeks
51:54no title,
51:57no praise
51:58or reward.
52:00Love
52:00simply is.
52:04Love
52:05never blames,
52:07always forgives
52:09always forgives
52:09and cannot be
52:11diminished
52:11by distance
52:13or weakened
52:15by time.
52:18Love
52:19is what is left
52:21when everything
52:22else
52:23deserts you.
52:25Who is to say
52:27what love is?
52:29only you
52:32because
52:33only you
52:35know.
52:38At which point,
52:39having declared
52:40their bows to each
52:41other
52:41and through the
52:43exchanging of rings,
52:44I can very
52:45happily declare
52:46that Humphrey
52:47and Martha
52:48are now
52:49husband
52:49and wife.
52:59Ah, congratulations.
53:07Archie,
53:08thank you.
53:09This is perfect.
53:11Worth all the
53:11skullduggery?
53:13Definitely.
53:13All those
53:14clandestine meetings
53:15was a bit like
53:15being back
53:16in the old days.
53:17Stop.
53:17I'm a married woman.
53:19And I couldn't
53:19be happier for you.
53:25It's such a shame
53:26he can't find
53:27someone.
53:28I mean,
53:28he's handsome,
53:31rich,
53:32generous to
53:33afford,
53:34even makes
53:35his own wine.
53:36I mean,
53:36there should be
53:36a queue
53:37around the
53:37building.
53:40Though I have
53:41to admit
53:41that your
53:42clumsy,
53:43annoying,
53:44socially awkward,
53:45yet quite
53:45delightful
53:46beanpole
53:47for a new
53:48husband
53:49is quite
53:50a catch
53:51too.
53:52Yes,
53:53he is.
53:56Oh,
53:57Inspector,
53:57we were just
53:58comparing
53:58notes.
53:59That's mildly
54:00terrifying.
54:01It seems you've
54:01brought all your
54:02annoying traits
54:02with you from the
54:03Caribbean,
54:04but also your
54:05brilliance.
54:06Ah.
54:07Congratulations.
54:08Thank you,
54:08Mum.
54:10Ah.
54:11Commissioner?
54:12It was my
54:13pleasure.
54:16Thank you for
54:17being here.
54:17and your reading
54:18and your reading
54:18was quite
54:19beautiful.
54:21I'm not
54:21entirely sure
54:23how you
54:24managed to
54:24convince her
54:26to marry
54:28you.
54:29Oh.
54:30You're a very
54:31lucky man.
54:32Yes, I am.
54:32good idea.
54:35Oh, excuse me.
54:37Of course.
54:38Inspector Wilson.
54:39Oh.
54:40David and her
54:41sister, how'd it
54:42go?
54:42Uh, we found
54:43her.
54:44She agreed to
54:44meet him.
54:45They're together
54:46now.
54:46It was amazing.
54:48So, she was
54:49related to
54:50Seb the Snowman?
54:50Yeah, she was
54:51his step-mom.
54:52Congratulations,
54:53everyone.
54:54Well done.
54:54You're amazing.
54:55Yeah, we are.
54:56I think we
54:58should reward
54:58ourselves with
54:59another drink.
54:59Oh, yes.
55:00Good idea.
55:01Come on, sir.
55:02Um, get in.
55:07Everything okay, sir?
55:09That was the
55:10new inspector.
55:11He's working
55:11on a case
55:12in St.
55:13Paris.
55:14But there seems
55:14to be links
55:15to the UK
55:16which do
55:17you would like
55:18me to look
55:18into while
55:19I'm here.
55:20Sorry, Selwyn.
55:21Can I steal
55:22my house
55:22with?
55:23Be my guest.
55:25Thank you, sir.
55:30All right?
55:31Okay.
55:31Have a look
55:31at the cake.
55:34Any excuse?
55:36Excuse me?
55:37To stand
55:38next to me.
55:40What did
55:40you do?
55:41Pour it
55:41into a pot
55:42plant?
55:42You wish.
55:44Oh, really?
55:45Yeah.
55:45One, two,
55:47two, one,
55:47two.
55:47Yep.
55:47That's great.
55:48Maybe I do.
55:51Good evening,
55:52ladies and gentlemen.
55:52We are
55:53bellowheads!
55:54You can't keep
55:55running away.
55:57Mum!
55:57Come on!
55:58The band's starting!
56:06Well,
56:07we finally did it.
56:10Sorry, that was.
56:12Yes, we did.
56:14Happy?
56:15Very.
56:16Actually,
56:16it doesn't matter
56:17if you are or not.
56:18There's no escape now.
56:19You're stuck with me.
56:21It's the only place
56:21I've ever wanted to be.
56:24Merry Christmas,
56:24Mrs. Goodman.
56:26Merry Christmas,
56:27Mr. Goodman.
56:28Merry Christmas,
56:29Mr. Goodman.
56:32Oi!
56:33Patty!
56:34Come on, sir!
56:35Chance!
56:35Come on, sir!
56:36Come on, sir!
56:37Come on, sir!
56:37Come on, sir!
56:37Come on, sir!
56:38Come on, sir!
56:38Darling, this morning was the day
56:40when last I saw my mech.
56:43She'd a government band
56:44boundly chanted
56:45and looked around her leg.
56:47And I'd never run around
56:48her leg with my lads
56:49that the big ship sailed away.
56:51And I said that I'd reach you
56:53to her
56:53ten thousand miles away.
56:56And I would say,
56:57go, entitled,
56:58a road in my own goal.
57:01I'll stay no more,
57:02I'll bring the show,
57:03well, darling,
57:03music playing for
57:05I'm off to the morning train.
57:07I won't be back again.
57:09I'm taking a trip on
57:10I'm going to shoot
57:11ten thousand miles away.
57:17Oh, my God.
57:19Great job.
57:33Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Goodman.
57:35I'll bring the show to London
57:37for the never run quite clear.
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