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S00 E30 Christmas Special 2025
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00:00:00Oh! Morning, Helen. Christmas begins.
00:00:06It's Eve.
00:00:07Oh.
00:00:08There you go.
00:00:10Jingle bell time and jingle bell time
00:00:14Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
00:00:18In the frosty air
00:00:21Well, I could do with a nice cup of tea after that.
00:00:26I've never seen the town centre so busy.
00:00:29Busy.
00:00:32Oh, I'm sorry, Helen. I didn't know there was a tea meeting.
00:00:35Oh, you're fine, Marjorie. I was just making a small announcement.
00:00:38You'll never believe it.
00:00:40She's only taking us away for the office Christmas party.
00:00:42It's been a tough old year
00:00:44and I just want to say thank you to everyone for helping me get through it.
00:00:48Guess what? We're only going to the Ruddy Caribbean.
00:00:51Oh, my goodness gracious me!
00:00:54Oh, although it does mean missing the away game of Colchester.
00:00:57What's that matter?
00:00:58It's the Caribbean!
00:01:00And you've properly budgeted for it, Mum?
00:01:03Yes, Neil. It's all accounted for.
00:01:05Quite sure?
00:01:06You know, I've always wanted to visit that part of the world.
00:01:10Oh, um, not you, Marjorie, love. It's senior staff only. I am so sorry. I should have said.
00:01:20Oh, of course. I'm sorry, Helen. Silly old me.
00:01:25Duh.
00:01:26Oh, I, I probably should get that.
00:01:32We are so going bikini shopping after work tonight.
00:01:36Oh, I might treat yourself to some speed or was...
00:01:40Duckdale's branded merchandise, Marjorie speaking.
00:01:43Duckdale's branded merchandise, Marjorie speaking.
00:01:47Duckdale's branded merchandise, Marjorie speaking.
00:01:51Yes, I'll just put you through to our warehouse.
00:01:54Ours!
00:01:56Ours!
00:01:57What do you think of?
00:01:59Yes!
00:02:00Wow!
00:02:07I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm.
00:02:10I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm.
00:02:15Yes!
00:02:45Happy Christmas.
00:03:06Who is it?
00:03:15Hi, Marjorie.
00:03:22I just want to let you know that there's a Commissioner Patterson arriving.
00:03:29It's a serious situation over here.
00:03:32Give him access to anything he needs.
00:03:34I've told the police here that we're going to cooperate fully.
00:03:37Will do, Helen.
00:03:38Oh, I hear him now.
00:03:40We'll speak later.
00:03:41Okay.
00:03:43Ah!
00:03:44You must be the policeman from the Caribbean.
00:03:47Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:03:49Selwyn Patterson.
00:03:51So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:03:55The police were called to your colleague's Holiday Villa,
00:03:58where, I'm sorry to see, a man was found, shot dead, murdered.
00:04:13Is there a secret?
00:04:14No.
00:04:15No!
00:04:16No!
00:04:17No!
00:04:18No!
00:04:19No!
00:04:20No!
00:04:21No!
00:04:22No!
00:04:23Lesson!
00:04:24No!
00:04:25No!
00:04:26No!
00:04:27No!
00:04:29Good morning, Miss Baudet.
00:04:50Morning, sir.
00:04:51It's a final rehearsal for the Nativity this evening.
00:04:54I wish you all the best, and good luck to you, little king people.
00:04:58Yes, I... yes, yes.
00:05:00All right, let's go.
00:05:02Good morning, sir.
00:05:12Morning, Seb.
00:05:14Got a card from Darlene.
00:05:15Looks like she won't make it back for Christmas.
00:05:18Her auntie's still sick, so she's staying on Montserrat.
00:05:21Nothing in the post for the inspector, you know, from Antica.
00:05:26His brother, you mean?
00:05:29It's been three months.
00:05:31I guess it's like a lot, you know?
00:05:33I mean, getting a letter from a brother you never knew you had.
00:05:37Might take some time.
00:05:39I just feel sorry for him.
00:05:41He keeps saying he's fine about it, but I don't think he is.
00:05:46Where is D.I. Wilson?
00:05:48Rehearsing.
00:05:49Rehearsing.
00:05:50Oh, yes.
00:05:51Oh, I am so jealous.
00:05:53He must be hyped up to wear that costume, huh?
00:05:56I bet he is.
00:05:59I'm really not happy about this.
00:06:01Why not, Mervyn?
00:06:02Because I look like a ninny.
00:06:04No, you don't.
00:06:06You look very...
00:06:08Authentic.
00:06:10I just don't think the boots are helping.
00:06:15Look, with all due respect, Miss Bourdais,
00:06:17I just think you'd be better off finding somebody else for this.
00:06:20You know, somebody less me.
00:06:23Mervyn, it has always been the commissioner
00:06:26who carries out this task for me.
00:06:28With him gone.
00:06:29Inspector.
00:06:30Great.
00:06:31Yes, sir.
00:06:32You look cool, man.
00:06:34You look cool, man.
00:06:35Not another word.
00:06:36You look cool.
00:06:37Could we have a chat, sir?
00:06:41We have a murder to attend.
00:06:47For real?
00:06:49Well, that's that, then.
00:06:52I've got word to do.
00:06:54Conversation over.
00:06:55Conversation paused.
00:06:56Sorry, Catherine.
00:06:57Come on, let's go.
00:06:59Um...
00:07:00Inspector.
00:07:02You think maybe you should change first?
00:07:05The victim's name is Darian St. Jules.
00:07:34He's a local fisherman, lives half a mile up the coast.
00:07:37Right.
00:07:39The guests staying here are from the UK.
00:07:41They all say they haven't a clue who he is
00:07:44or what he was doing here.
00:07:45But clearly, someone must have shot him and left him there.
00:07:49Right.
00:07:51No sign of the gun, but paramedics are saying
00:07:54with the bullets still lodged in the victim's shoulder,
00:07:56cause of death was possibly from internal bleeding.
00:08:00Right.
00:08:02And what about you, Inspector?
00:08:04Anything of interest?
00:08:06Well, he certainly liked his aftershave.
00:08:09Have a sniff.
00:08:15I guess that's pretty strong.
00:08:17What if it's cause of his work?
00:08:19You know, slapped on the old cologne to cover the smell of fish.
00:08:22I know a bin man in Tootin did the same thing.
00:08:24And that's what bothers you the most.
00:08:26The fact that the victim used a bit too much aftershave.
00:08:31Actually, what's bothering me the most
00:08:33is what's written on the palm of his left hand.
00:08:36Blitzen.
00:08:38Like the reindeer.
00:08:40Is there anyone I can think of?
00:08:43Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donna, Blitzen.
00:08:48And Rudolph.
00:08:50Thank you, Officer Rose.
00:08:52Dink seems fresh.
00:08:56Which means you wrote it in the last 12 hours or so.
00:08:59And then not long after, he was shot.
00:09:02When it is Christmas, sir.
00:09:05Could just be a coincidence.
00:09:12We have no idea who this guy is or what he's doing in our villa.
00:09:15So how can we know why he wrote the name of one of Santa's reindeer on his hand?
00:09:18I don't know.
00:09:19I'm just asking the question.
00:09:20Not a problem, is it?
00:09:23No.
00:09:24No, of course not.
00:09:26Let's start with you telling me what you're doing here on St. Marie.
00:09:29Well, we flew here for our office Christmas party.
00:09:32It wasn't cheap.
00:09:33We were having the time of our lives.
00:09:39No!
00:09:40I'm blasting!
00:09:41Lights of bees!
00:09:42Lights of bees!
00:09:43No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:09:45No!
00:09:46Oh, my God!
00:09:48Everyone get in!
00:09:49Maybe talk us through the events of last night.
00:09:58Yeah, what happened exactly?
00:09:59We said we'd take it easy for our last night.
00:10:13Then we got back here and carried on drinking.
00:10:15Yeah, looks like quite a party you had.
00:10:17Yeah, damn right it was.
00:10:21Sorry, that's not appropriate.
00:10:23The rum out here, um, it's stronger than we used to.
00:10:29Oh!
00:10:30What happened above?
00:10:31One more straight away and no-one is allowed to.
00:10:33Come on, it's our last night!
00:10:37And what time did the party end?
00:10:39Haven't got a clue, mate, to be honest.
00:10:41Yeah, it's all a little bit hazy.
00:10:43I really don't remember very much.
00:10:44You lot are lightweights, man.
00:10:47I remember everything.
00:10:50Helen, you and me put Neil to bed about midnight.
00:10:54I'm sure I wasn't that bad.
00:10:55Oh, you so were.
00:10:58Oh, he's always had a low tolerance.
00:11:00Mum!
00:11:01Sorry, love.
00:11:03Can we just...
00:11:05Yeah, Helen, you went to bed as well.
00:11:07Me and you kept on it till about half three.
00:11:13Gab, you were so cute.
00:11:15You were dead to the world by then.
00:11:17So, er, I left you asleep in the hammock.
00:11:21And then what?
00:11:25Oh!
00:11:26And then, um, the taxi for the airport woke me up.
00:11:30Everyone!
00:11:31Wake up!
00:11:33Wake up!
00:11:35That's when I saw him.
00:11:37I thought he was asleep at first.
00:11:39But when I got closer, I saw the blood.
00:11:41Someone call an ambulance!
00:11:43Now!
00:11:46You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.
00:11:49You didn't hear the gunshot?
00:11:50Well, yeah, yeah, you thought.
00:11:51But, well, it's like Helen said, you know, the room out here, it's, er...
00:11:55Stronger than you used to.
00:11:57Inspector!
00:11:59That's something you should see.
00:12:04This is the only security camera footage from the villa.
00:12:07Footage is from this morning, outside the front door.
00:12:10The victim arrives at 5.32am, heads inside.
00:12:14The door was unlocked, so he let himself in.
00:12:16After that, nobody is seen leaving or arriving.
00:12:19So, the only way in or out is from the front.
00:12:22And the drop at the back is too steep for access.
00:12:25So, it's got to be one of these four who shot Darren in St. Jules.
00:12:29Which means the gun that they used must still be here.
00:12:32But they're all saying they've never met him before.
00:12:35So, why would one of them kill a total stranger?
00:12:38Hello, can I help you?
00:12:40Have you come to check in?
00:12:42The name's Helen Dugdale.
00:12:44Of course, one moment, please.
00:12:46I can't believe they're not letting us fly home.
00:12:48This police overreach is what it is.
00:12:50So much for doing something different.
00:12:51Should've just gone to the Red Lion like last year, none of this would've happened.
00:12:55Oh!
00:12:56Do you think there's something Helen's not telling us?
00:12:58She's been on edge ever since last year and that was going to be the last year.
00:13:00I can't believe they're not letting us fly home.
00:13:02I can't believe they're not letting us fly home.
00:13:04This police overreach is what it is.
00:13:06So much for doing something different.
00:13:08I should've just gone to the Red Lion like last year.
00:13:11None of this would've happened.
00:13:13Oh!
00:13:15Gap.
00:13:17Do you think there's something Helen's not telling us?
00:13:18telling us. She's been on edge ever since the police arrived.
00:13:31So why did Darien go to that villa at 5.30 in the morning?
00:13:35Let's see what we find at his house.
00:13:42How are you getting on, sir?
00:13:44Well, I haven't found anything that connects a victim to the suspects.
00:13:48But I have found this, the victim's aftershave.
00:13:51Really? This again?
00:13:52It's different to the one he was wearing at the crime scene.
00:13:55Here, have a sniff.
00:14:00I haven't found any others here, and there certainly wasn't one on his person.
00:14:03So why did he smell different to the brand of aftershave that he owns?
00:14:18So, I searched the suspects, the villa, and surrounding areas, and there was no gun.
00:14:29No, it has to be there.
00:14:30No one left the villa after the victim was shot, so the weapon has to be there somewhere.
00:14:34Yeah, no, I totally get the logic, Inspector.
00:14:37But you're staying there?
00:14:38For definite, there's no gun at the villa.
00:14:40But that doesn't make any sense.
00:14:41So, sir. Excuse me.
00:14:42Hello?
00:14:44Yes!
00:14:45Well, this is a strange one.
00:14:47We've got four people suspected of shooting a man they don't know with a gun they don't have.
00:14:52Let's start working through the victim's laptop, see what's on there.
00:14:54We need to find that gun.
00:14:58What?
00:14:59Actually, sir, it's the Nativity Service, if you'd forgotten.
00:15:03Are you serious?
00:15:04And we promised Catherine we'd make sure you get near her.
00:15:08Look, we've got a murder case to solve, in case you hadn't noticed.
00:15:12And I haven't got time for play acting with a bunch of kids at some school nativity.
00:15:16Then you better find the time, Inspector.
00:15:21Why is she...?
00:15:23Good evening to you, Inspector.
00:15:25Officer Curtis, what's a pleasant surprise?
00:15:28My niece is performing in the Nativity tonight, and word has got back to me that they might
00:15:34not have a narrator, because the man who is supposed to be doing it is being a grumpy
00:15:40goose about the whole thing.
00:15:41A grumpy...
00:15:42Now, listen...
00:15:43No, you listen to me.
00:15:44You are doing it.
00:15:46End of.
00:15:47So get your backside down to that church and man up.
00:15:50You know what, I never did like this sort of thing.
00:16:09The Nativity, the carol services.
00:16:12Right.
00:16:13Is there anything about Christmas you do like, sir?
00:16:16No, not really.
00:16:17Oh, hang on, yeah.
00:16:19The Great Escape.
00:16:20The what?
00:16:21The Great Escape.
00:16:23The movie, it was on telly every Christmas.
00:16:26You know, with the motorcycle stunt, and the cooler, the dirt down the trousers.
00:16:33No, I give up.
00:16:34Me too.
00:16:35Mervyn, we're waiting.
00:16:37Ready when you are.
00:16:39Right.
00:16:43Right.
00:16:45Here we go, then.
00:16:47I guess.
00:16:50You okay?
00:17:09Okay, then.
00:17:13A long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman named Mary.
00:17:24She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.
00:17:27I understand he didn't want to wear a costume, but did he really have to do it in the hat?
00:17:33And then one day, an angel called Gabriel came to Mary and said to her...
00:17:42Sorry, it was mine.
00:17:54I knew it was going to be his.
00:18:01Sir!
00:18:03Sir!
00:18:04It's someone calling from Antigua.
00:18:09It could be...
00:18:10Your brother.
00:18:13Listen, sorry everyone.
00:18:15I need to take this, yeah?
00:18:16Well, I think one of us shoot her.
00:18:25Don't worry, Miss Baudet.
00:18:27Officer Sebastian rose to the rescue.
00:18:30Yes, my little king people.
00:18:32Wow, God.
00:18:34Woo!
00:18:35So, a long, long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman, very nice woman.
00:18:44Her name was Mary.
00:18:45She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.
00:18:48Mervyn Wilson speaking.
00:18:58Mr Wilson?
00:19:00It's Tyrese at Cariba Phone Network.
00:19:02I just noticed your contract's coming up in the new year, and I thought we could have a chat about upgrading your phone.
00:19:11Mr Wilson, are you still there?
00:19:13Yeah, I'm here.
00:19:15No, no upgrade, thanks.
00:19:16Mr Wilson, are you sure about that, Cos?
00:19:19Because, um, it's not...
00:19:20The first Noel
00:19:37The angels didn't say
00:19:42Was to serve the poor shepherds
00:19:48In fields as they lay
00:19:52In fields as they lay
00:19:57Deep day day
00:20:01Thanks.
00:20:06Hey sir, you didn't come back. Just wanted to check how you're doing.
00:20:21Yeah, it wasn't Solomon on the phone. Anyway, I've been thinking. We really don't know anything about these people. You know, their lives in the UK. I was thinking we could use someone to do a bit of digging into our suspects back in their hometown.
00:20:38Right. You want me to get in touch with the Swindon police? No, no, no, I've already done that. They're flat out till New Year. But then I remembered we do have someone in the UK who maybe could give us a hand.
00:20:45Ah! You must be the policeman from the Caribbean. Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:20:52Selwyn Patterson. I'm no longer a commissioner. I'm retired now.
00:20:59Right. Okay. So now you're just...
00:21:06Helping out. Somewhat reluctantly, if I'm honest with you.
00:21:11So, erm, what is it?
00:21:13I'm not a commissioner. I'm not a commissioner. I'm retired now.
00:21:17Right. Okay. So, now you're just...
00:21:20Helping out. Somewhat reluctantly, if I'm honest with you.
00:21:25If I'm honest with you.
00:21:27So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:21:31The police were called to your colleague's holiday villa,
00:21:34where, I'm sorry to see, a man was found.
00:21:37Shot dead. Murdered.
00:21:40I'm keen to get on with things and get out of here as quickly as I can.
00:21:45Rightio. Well, I'll give you the guided tour.
00:21:48Welcome to Dugdale's branded merchandise.
00:21:51Uh, so, uh, that desk over there is Helen.
00:21:56She's the managing director.
00:21:58Uh, this desk belongs to our graphic designer, Gavin,
00:22:02accounts manager, Neil, and Karen, head of sales.
00:22:07And this one?
00:22:08Oh, oh, she's not here anymore. She left a couple of months ago.
00:22:12Who?
00:22:13Uh, Ashley. Ashley Sims, her name was.
00:22:17It was all somewhat clandestine, if you ask me, Mr Patterson.
00:22:21She did what they call a midnight flit.
00:22:27Never came back.
00:22:30Are you sure you don't want a cup of tea?
00:22:32I'm going to make myself one.
00:22:34This drawer is locked.
00:22:36Oh, yes, it's been like that since Ashley left.
00:22:38She has the only key.
00:22:40I've been meaning to sort it.
00:22:42Commissioner, you do know what time it is over here, right?
00:23:05Half past three in the morning.
00:23:08But as I've abandoned the good friend's wedding to travel to Swindon...
00:23:11And help you out.
00:23:12OK, fair dues.
00:23:14How can I help?
00:23:14The bullet you recovered from your victim.
00:23:17Have you had the ballistics report back on it yet?
00:23:20Yeah, it was a .45 calibre.
00:23:21Most likely fired from a pistol.
00:23:23And did you find the weapon?
00:23:25No.
00:23:25Why?
00:23:27Because I'm currently looking at a .45 calibre pistol in a desk drawer in Swindon.
00:23:37Well, it can't be the same one.
00:23:40Can it?
00:23:41Morning, sir.
00:23:59Morning, Inspector.
00:24:01This can't be right.
00:24:02It just can't be.
00:24:03What's going on?
00:24:04Commissioner found a gun locked in the desk drawer of an ex-employee called Ashley Sims in the Dugdale's offices back in the UK.
00:24:11What?
00:24:12Local forensic lab fast-tracked it and they say that is the gun that fired the bullet that killed Darren St. Jules.
00:24:19Look, security footage shows that no one touched that drawer since the shooting.
00:24:23Wait, so how was that gun used to shoot Darren St. Jules on this island if the same gun was locked in a drawer 5,000 miles away?
00:24:31I know, right?
00:24:32It makes no sense.
00:24:36We need to speak to Helen Dugdale.
00:24:41Helen, if you're in there, can you open the door, please?
00:24:52We need to speak with you about Ashley Sims.
00:25:00There's something you need to see.
00:25:01I guess I want to say sorry.
00:25:08I know it's not enough.
00:25:11And it won't change how you feel about me.
00:25:14But I do mean it.
00:25:19I don't know why I keep doing this.
00:25:23Blow everything up.
00:25:24But, um, this is why I've come here.
00:25:33To get away.
00:25:37Try and understand why I hurt people.
00:25:44That's Ashley.
00:25:45The way that I do.
00:25:45She stole from me, from the company.
00:25:50How much?
00:25:51£500,000.
00:25:53Ouch.
00:25:55My husband, Keith.
00:25:57Dugdale's was his company.
00:25:58Until he passed away at the start of the year from a heart attack.
00:26:02I'm sorry to hear that.
00:26:05That's when I took over the reins.
00:26:08I really wanted to make it work.
00:26:09And it was around that time that we had a position to fill.
00:26:12And you gave the job to Miss Sims?
00:26:14I knew she had a past, that she'd been to prison.
00:26:17But Keith always believed in giving people a second chance.
00:26:20And I wanted to honour that.
00:26:22What Miss Sims let you down?
00:26:24Not even a year's past and I've already lost half a million pounds.
00:26:27Did you report Ashley to the police?
00:26:30I was too embarrassed.
00:26:32So I hired someone to find out where she sent the email from.
00:26:36In that video she recorded, that was sent from this island?
00:26:40Yes.
00:26:40Okay, so what does any of this have to do with Darian St. George?
00:26:46The man I hired discovered that Darian had rented a holiday let to Ashley.
00:26:50That's why I came here, to try and get my money back.
00:26:53I made sure our villa wasn't far from Darian's house, so it would be easy to go and visit him.
00:26:57So you were lying when you told us you didn't know Darian?
00:27:00Did you meet with him?
00:27:02Yes.
00:27:02A few days ago, he confirmed that Ashley had rented this little place he has down on the beach.
00:27:09That's her?
00:27:10So she was definitely here.
00:27:13She'd arrived a few months ago, at the start of October.
00:27:16He still had all the paperwork, but he said that she'd moved on a few days ago and he didn't know where.
00:27:21So what was Darian doing turning up at your villa in the early hours yesterday?
00:27:27I don't know.
00:27:29I really don't.
00:27:30How much do the others know about this?
00:27:32Nothing.
00:27:32They don't know anything.
00:27:33They think they're on a works due.
00:27:35Not even your son?
00:27:36No, not even Neil.
00:27:38So then the only person who knew Darian and therefore wanted him killed was you?
00:27:42No.
00:27:43I swear I didn't.
00:27:44I can see how this looks.
00:27:48But I didn't shoot him.
00:27:50I don't...
00:27:51I need to take this.
00:27:58Commissioner, you got something?
00:28:00Inspector, I've searched Ashley Sims' flat and emailed you over some photographs.
00:28:06I'm afraid there is little of use to your investigation.
00:28:09I think she cleared out her flat before she flew to the Caribbean.
00:28:12Okay.
00:28:13Thanks anyway, sir.
00:28:14Now, if that is everything, I'm going to catch my train and enjoy the rest of my Christmas.
00:28:20Yeah, you have a good one, sir.
00:28:22And you, Inspector.
00:28:24And you.
00:28:32Thank you for your help, Miss Gordes.
00:28:35I didn't do anything, really.
00:28:37And you're nothing if not efficient.
00:28:41So, what are your plans?
00:28:44I'm spending it with my daughter and her partner.
00:28:48They rented a cottage up in the Yorkshire Dales.
00:28:52Oh, it's lovely up there.
00:28:53Oh, it's lovely up there.
00:28:53So, I'm told.
00:28:55I better...
00:28:56I'm flying solo this Christmas.
00:28:58I mean, that's how it's been since Mum passed.
00:29:01Just me, myself and I.
00:29:03Sorry.
00:29:04I really...
00:29:04No, no, no, no, I rather enjoy it, actually.
00:29:07You know, there's no family arguments.
00:29:09I can eat what I like, watch what I want on the telly.
00:29:12Christmas alone is underrated, I say.
00:29:16Indeed.
00:29:16No, I really don't want to miss my dream.
00:29:20Goodbye, Mr. Patterson.
00:29:26Goodbye.
00:29:28And Merry Christmas.
00:29:30And a very Merry Christmas to you.
00:29:32Four passengers on platform.
00:29:38One, awaiting the three-fifteen-two-leaves.
00:29:42Please be aware that due to frost on the line,
00:29:46this train is now delayed.
00:29:47Please wait for further announcements.
00:29:49So, immigration confirmed Ashley Simms arrived on the island two months ago.
00:30:12But they have no record of her ever leaving.
00:30:15So, in theory, she's still here.
00:30:17Mm-mm.
00:30:21Okay, Officer Rose.
00:30:22I want you to check the harbors,
00:30:24see if anyone matching Ashley's description
00:30:25was taken to one of the other islands in the last few days.
00:30:27Ashley Harbour, last few days. Got you.
00:30:29Check the hotels, holiday rentals, guest houses on the island.
00:30:32Hotels, rentals, guest houses. Got you.
00:30:34You need to do whatever it takes to find it, you understand?
00:30:37Cool. Totally getting you right now, Inspector.
00:30:40I guess that means we're working Christmas Day, then.
00:30:42Obviously. It's a murder investigation.
00:30:45And we need to find out who did it.
00:30:46Right. Only, that's a lot of work for Seb to do by himself over Christmas.
00:30:52Well, my mother has a whole church thing going on
00:30:54and everybody else is busy, so it's cool.
00:30:58There you go. Sorted.
00:31:01Thanks, Seb.
00:31:02No worries. See you in a bit.
00:31:04I'll let my parents know I won't be flying home this evening.
00:31:10Appreciate it.
00:31:12Ashley Sims aside, we still don't have a scooby
00:31:14how the killer made the gun they shot Darian with
00:31:17disappear from that villa,
00:31:18then reappear in a locked desk drawer back in the UK.
00:31:21And that, Glitzen, what's that about?
00:31:27Unless it has nothing to do with Darian's murder, sir,
00:31:30and it is just a co...
00:31:32You don't believe in coincidences.
00:31:35I mean, in what circumstance does someone write the name
00:31:38of one of Santa's reindeer on the palm of their hand?
00:31:40Are you doing all right, sir?
00:31:47After last night?
00:31:48Look, if Solomon doesn't want to get in touch, I'm cool with that.
00:31:52Well...
00:31:52DS Thomas, I'd rather we didn't talk about it anymore.
00:31:56All right?
00:32:10Yeah, what?
00:32:11I'm at Swindon East.
00:32:14And?
00:32:14Your tannoy keeps announcing
00:32:16there is a rail replacement service to Leeds,
00:32:20but it hasn't turned up.
00:32:22Yeah, it got cancelled.
00:32:25I'm sorry?
00:32:26The service replacing the service that got cancelled
00:32:30also got cancelled?
00:32:32Yeah, that's about the sound of it.
00:32:34Uh, double trains until Boxing Day.
00:32:36So, what do you suggest I do?
00:32:40G'day, mate.
00:32:41I've never buried one yet.
00:32:43See ya.
00:32:46And a Merry Christmas to you, too.
00:32:58I'm sorry, mate, but it's Christmas Eve
00:33:00and none of my drivers are going to want to go outside of Swindon.
00:33:03You try to hire a car company?
00:33:05Yes, but nothing is available in the area until the 27th.
00:33:10You have no rooms available at all?
00:33:19We're fully booked.
00:33:21Everywhere will be this time of year.
00:33:23Maybe you could try the Salvation Army?
00:33:24You'll be here.
00:33:32This is Andrina.
00:33:34Leave me a message when you hear the beep.
00:33:37It's me.
00:33:38I'm still in Swindon.
00:33:40There's no transport, no hotels.
00:33:43and there's no one here who seems able to help me.
00:33:48And I don't know what to do.
00:33:56Mr. Patterson.
00:33:59I think you'd better come with me.
00:34:02How did you know I would still be here?
00:34:09Had the local radio on. Said all trains cancelled.
00:34:13And we've got to look after each other at Christmas, haven't we?
00:34:19Thank you, Miss Dawkins.
00:34:21It must be freezing.
00:34:23Yes, after you.
00:34:39Good morning to you all.
00:34:41It's six o'clock on this beautiful Christmas Day morning here on San Marie.
00:34:45And there's a surprise guest with me here in the studio.
00:34:49I've got a young officer, Sebastian Rose, from the San Marie Police talking with me right now.
00:34:54Yes, it is me, Officer Sebastian Rose from Honoré Police Station.
00:34:58Merry Christmas, everybody.
00:35:00He and his colleagues want your help looking for a young woman called Ashley Sims.
00:35:04Am I right?
00:35:05That is it.
00:35:06You are totally right, Alphonse.
00:35:08If anybody has heard anything, or seen anything,
00:35:10Well, what I would say, Jacinta,
00:35:14is even if it was just a glimpse,
00:35:17one of your viewers had this woman,
00:35:19they should still get in touch.
00:35:21Oh, Sam.
00:35:22Oh, and also,
00:35:23the people can check out the video I made
00:35:25on our social media page,
00:35:27at SMHolies.
00:35:29Ashley Sims, have you seen her?
00:35:31If you see her call, it's number.
00:35:34Ashley Sims, have you seen her?
00:35:36If you see her call, it's number.
00:35:38Ashley Sims, have you seen her?
00:35:41If you see her call...
00:35:43Commissioner, morning.
00:35:57And then, this is a surprise.
00:35:59Inspector, have you seen that video
00:36:02Officer Rose has put on social media?
00:36:05It's deeply inappropriate.
00:36:08Would you like another sherry, Selwyn?
00:36:10Ah, no.
00:36:15Oh, is that...
00:36:16Is that the receptionist?
00:36:19Marjorie Dolce.
00:36:20I'm spending Christmas Day with her.
00:36:23Well, I'm glad you two hit it off.
00:36:24Good for you, sir.
00:36:25It's not like that, Inspector.
00:36:28I got stock in Swindon.
00:36:29There were no trains to Leeds.
00:36:31OK.
00:36:32Look, just take that video down.
00:36:34No disrespect, sir,
00:36:35but it's not really your problem anymore, is it?
00:36:38Just sort it, Inspector.
00:36:40Yeah, I've got his bank statement in front of me.
00:36:52That's great.
00:36:52Could you email it over?
00:36:54I'll do that right away.
00:36:55Cheers.
00:36:55Literally every train.
00:37:07If you've seen her call this number
00:37:10I've got a lead.
00:37:25A possible suspect for Darian St. Julesy's murder.
00:37:28I need to go and talk with him now.
00:37:30Merry Christmas, sir.
00:37:34Oh, um...
00:37:36Merry Christmas.
00:37:39I'll be right with you.
00:37:41Our financial checks show that two days ago
00:37:53you wired £100,000 from this island
00:37:56to your bank account back in England.
00:37:59No, he didn't.
00:38:05What?
00:38:06You want to tell us where you got that money from?
00:38:10What did you do, Liam?
00:38:12Yes, Neil.
00:38:12What did you do?
00:38:14I followed you.
00:38:16Why?
00:38:17You were acting so weird.
00:38:19A few days ago
00:38:20when you went off by yourself.
00:38:22I knew that it had to be about the money
00:38:24that Ashley had taken.
00:38:25I'm sorry.
00:38:26I couldn't understand why you didn't tell me.
00:38:28And I know you were just trying to protect me, Mum.
00:38:30I was worried about you.
00:38:32I was just trying to help.
00:38:33So I waited until the guy, Darian, had left.
00:38:40Door was unlocked, so I let myself in.
00:38:42There wasn't anything I could find
00:38:44until I found an old biscuit tin.
00:38:47It was full of money.
00:38:48And what did you think
00:38:49when you opened it and saw £100,000 in cash inside?
00:38:54Well, I still think
00:38:54that it was money that belonged to the company.
00:38:57Why else would this local fisherman
00:38:59have that much money in sterling in his house?
00:39:01And that's why you took it?
00:39:03Because it was money that Ashley had stolen from us.
00:39:05From Mum.
00:39:09And I don't want to see her lose everything.
00:39:13After she'd already lost my dad.
00:39:15Sweet.
00:39:20All right.
00:39:21Okay.
00:39:22So, fast forward to the morning you're due
00:39:26to leave the island, yeah?
00:39:28And our victim turns up at 5.30.
00:39:31We've been trying to work out
00:39:32why he went there that morning.
00:39:34But what if he realised that you stole from him
00:39:37and came to confront you about it?
00:39:39No.
00:39:41On my life, I didn't even see him that morning.
00:39:44This aftershave, it's yours, right?
00:39:46Rivage Mystique.
00:39:47Yeah?
00:39:48Why?
00:39:49This is the exact same aftershave
00:39:50Darian was wearing.
00:39:52The morning of the murder.
00:39:54Right?
00:39:57You're not suggesting
00:39:58that this is evidence I shot him.
00:39:59Why would I kill someone
00:40:00and then spray him with my own aftershave?
00:40:03Achoo!
00:40:07Darian definitely smelt of this
00:40:09when we found him.
00:40:10But why?
00:40:11What if
00:40:14there was another smell
00:40:16the killer was trying to hide?
00:40:18You know, a bit like a bin man.
00:40:20Yeah, but...
00:40:22What?
00:40:24Neil's right.
00:40:25It's not enough.
00:40:27Some Christmas this is.
00:40:29Oh.
00:40:30Come here.
00:40:31Give your mum a hug.
00:40:33Oh, hi, I'm sorry.
00:40:34Sorry.
00:40:38Oh.
00:40:39No, not now, Marjorie.
00:40:42Hi, this is Helen Dugdale's phone.
00:40:44Please leave a message
00:40:45after the tone
00:40:45and I'll call you back.
00:40:47Hello, Helen.
00:40:48It's Marjorie.
00:40:49I'm phoning to wish you
00:40:50a Merry Christmas.
00:40:52We're about to have our lunch
00:40:53and I just wanted to let you know
00:40:55that I'm thinking of you.
00:40:57Hope everything sorts itself out soon.
00:40:59Dinner is served.
00:41:13This looks wonderful.
00:41:20Here's to a Merry Christmas.
00:41:24Merry Christmas.
00:41:25Right then.
00:41:32Tuck in.
00:41:35I would like to offer you
00:41:37an apology, Miss Dodds.
00:41:40Oh, Marjorie, please.
00:41:42There's really no need for an apology.
00:41:44Oh, there is.
00:41:46You've been nothing but gracious
00:41:48and welcoming
00:41:49for the last couple of days.
00:41:50while I
00:41:51I've been nothing but, um,
00:41:55wrongly.
00:41:56Oh, no, no,
00:41:58I wouldn't go that far.
00:42:00Though
00:42:01I did sense
00:42:04you weren't very happy.
00:42:06Is it to do
00:42:07with your old job?
00:42:08What makes you ask that?
00:42:10I don't know.
00:42:11It's just
00:42:12when we first met
00:42:14the way you said
00:42:15you were retired
00:42:15it was like
00:42:17you weren't entirely
00:42:17comfortable with it.
00:42:18My superiors
00:42:20back on St. Marie
00:42:22they tried to
00:42:24get rid of me
00:42:25after 50 years
00:42:27of doing
00:42:28a job I loved.
00:42:31In the end
00:42:32I
00:42:33I just walked away.
00:42:36I know what it's like.
00:42:38I'm just
00:42:39silly old Marjorie
00:42:40on reception.
00:42:42Don't even get invited
00:42:43to the Christmas party
00:42:44they're having out there.
00:42:46I'm sorry.
00:42:47And I've always
00:42:49wanted to go
00:42:50to the Caribbean.
00:42:57Look at us.
00:42:59Moving like this
00:43:00on Christmas Day.
00:43:02When you cook
00:43:03this feast for us
00:43:04we should be
00:43:06enjoying ourselves.
00:43:08Here.
00:43:09Will you
00:43:10do me
00:43:10the pleasure?
00:43:11Oh, well
00:43:12if you insist.
00:43:14Oh, I won!
00:43:17I won!
00:43:18Oh, where's it gone?
00:43:20Where's it gone?
00:43:21No!
00:43:23Oh, here it is.
00:43:26It's a tiny little
00:43:27sewing kit.
00:43:28All right, um
00:43:34let me check
00:43:35with the inspector.
00:43:36Okay, speak to you soon.
00:43:38All right.
00:43:40Hey!
00:43:41Merry Christmas, guys!
00:43:43Merry Christmas, Seth!
00:43:44Hey, dear.
00:43:46Now, where are we at
00:43:47with the search for Ashley Sims?
00:43:49So, um
00:43:50B&Bs,
00:43:51hotels,
00:43:52guest horses,
00:43:53nobody's heard from her.
00:43:54And no one's
00:43:54called in with her
00:43:55sighting either.
00:43:56It's like she's
00:43:56vanished into thin air.
00:43:57Oh, and, uh,
00:43:58Catherine just called.
00:44:00She said she can still
00:44:00squeeze us in
00:44:01for her Christmas Day lunch
00:44:02but it's her last sitting
00:44:03so we have to go now.
00:44:05And we're still
00:44:06asking ourselves
00:44:07how was Darian
00:44:07shot with a bullet
00:44:08fired from a gun
00:44:09locked in a drawer
00:44:11in Swindon
00:44:12at the time
00:44:12when it happened?
00:44:14And what has Blitzen
00:44:15got to do
00:44:16with all of this?
00:44:18Are you coming, sir?
00:44:21Well, yeah,
00:44:21you guys go.
00:44:22I'll just keep working.
00:44:24Are you sure, sir?
00:44:26Wait a minute.
00:44:28What are these?
00:44:30Oh!
00:44:30Those are the
00:44:31invices, sir,
00:44:32you know?
00:44:32For the stuff
00:44:33for organised
00:44:34to help find
00:44:34Ashley Sims.
00:44:35You have, um,
00:44:36posters,
00:44:37adverts
00:44:37for TV and radio
00:44:39and, uh...
00:44:39There's over $1,000
00:44:40that we owe.
00:44:40We can't afford this.
00:44:41Well, um...
00:44:42Well, how big
00:44:42do you think
00:44:43our budget was?
00:44:44It's only because
00:44:44you said
00:44:45whatever it takes.
00:44:47Yeah, but not
00:44:47this much!
00:44:48I mean,
00:44:49what were you thinking?
00:44:50All right,
00:44:50let's...
00:44:51Let's calm it.
00:44:56Seb,
00:44:56why don't you
00:44:57head over to Catherine's
00:44:57and I'll catch up with you.
00:45:04With respect,
00:45:06he's just doing
00:45:07his best to help.
00:45:09And he's given up
00:45:10his Christmas
00:45:11to do it, sir.
00:45:12Look, I know
00:45:15the case is frustrating
00:45:16and you've got
00:45:17other things
00:45:18on your mind.
00:45:19What other things?
00:45:20Well,
00:45:21your brother
00:45:22not calling.
00:45:23What?
00:45:23That's not bothering me.
00:45:26It isn't.
00:45:27It isn't?
00:45:28No, it isn't.
00:45:28Yes, it is.
00:45:30Of course it is.
00:45:32And I really
00:45:33wish you'd just
00:45:33admit that
00:45:34rather than
00:45:34pretending like
00:45:35you don't care
00:45:36when you so
00:45:36clearly care.
00:45:37Just don't take it
00:45:50out on the rest of us.
00:46:07Joyeux Noël, Camille.
00:46:26And to little Chloe.
00:46:28Her grandmother
00:46:29is missing her today.
00:46:31Has she opened
00:46:31a present yet?
00:46:32No, not yet.
00:46:34Ah, one moment, Camille.
00:46:36Yes, okay.
00:46:36Yes, sir.
00:46:44No, Mervyn?
00:47:06No, Mervyn.
00:47:44Inspector, everything all right?
00:47:51I'm feeling bad, sir, about messing up your Christmas.
00:47:54I'm sorry you couldn't get to spend it with your daughter.
00:47:56It's not your fault.
00:47:57If anyone's to blame, it's the British transport system,
00:48:00which I am told is not uncommon.
00:48:04I mean, I'd like to say you get used to it by belying.
00:48:08Just a minute.
00:48:14Is that the sea?
00:48:25I can't hear.
00:48:26Yeah.
00:48:27I'm at the shack.
00:48:29It's beautiful out here.
00:48:30It's a really clear night.
00:48:32But then all nights are like that here, aren't they?
00:48:34The moon here is a little more grey than I remember it in St. Marie.
00:48:39I'm just wondering if I made a mistake staying on in St. Marie.
00:48:52Why?
00:48:53Because I know I'm not good when I put myself on the line.
00:48:57I feel like I'm just hanging around, waiting.
00:49:02Your brother?
00:49:02Yeah.
00:49:04Yeah.
00:49:08I don't think he wants to get in touch.
00:49:14I'm sorry, it's not really your problem anymore, is it?
00:49:17Whether I'll stay or go.
00:49:18It still feels like it is.
00:49:20Inspector, if you are not sure what to do, the only advice I can offer is that you put
00:49:32your trust in that island.
00:49:34I did for most of my life.
00:49:38And in return, it delivered me true happiness.
00:49:44If St. Marie won't bring your brother to you, then perhaps it will bring you someone or something
00:50:00else.
00:50:02Be patient.
00:50:04Yeah, well, you know patience isn't my forte, right?
00:50:08I know.
00:50:10But what am I supposed to do in the meantime?
00:50:12Might I suggest you focus on solving that case, you have.
00:50:20You're missed here, you know.
00:50:27Good night, Inspector.
00:50:42Blitzen.
00:50:50Why Blitzen?
00:51:04Officer Rose.
00:51:07Inspector.
00:51:09What's up?
00:51:11I wanted to come and say I'm sorry for spending all that money you don't have in your budget.
00:51:14So, uh, I wanted to pay it back.
00:51:22There's $322.86 in there, which I took from my savings.
00:51:28I mean, it's all my savings, but that's cool.
00:51:31And, uh, if you deduct $20 from my wages each month, you should be paid back in about two years, I reckon.
00:51:40Officer Rose.
00:51:44You've got a good heart.
00:51:46Anyone ever tell you that?
00:51:47Well, my auntie.
00:51:49It's like all the time.
00:51:50You know?
00:51:51Take this.
00:51:55What I thought I...
00:51:56You don't have to pay anything back.
00:51:58We'll find it in the budget.
00:52:00And there's no need to apologise, all right?
00:52:04In fact, I should apologise for blazing at you like that.
00:52:07What you did was, um, was really good work.
00:52:13Anyway, come on.
00:52:14I've got a new lead.
00:52:15Let's go and wait Diaz Thomas up.
00:52:16He can't keep doing this.
00:52:27Happy Boxing Day, Diaz Thomas.
00:52:30Listen, um...
00:52:32I want to apologise for losing it and ruining Christmas.
00:52:39I'll make it up to you.
00:52:40I promise.
00:52:41And you were right about me taking it out on you because of Solomon.
00:52:50I just really wanted it.
00:52:52You know?
00:52:56I'm sorry too.
00:52:59Good morning, Sarge.
00:53:01The inspector tell you the good news yet?
00:53:04He's only going to make a big breakthrough in the case.
00:53:06Which is a big relief.
00:53:08Because I was drawing a blank.
00:53:10Yachty?
00:53:13So I've been going through Darien St. Jules' phone records.
00:53:16And he phoned someone the day before he was murdered.
00:53:19A friend of his called Trishawn King.
00:53:22Now, he was over on Montserrat for Christmas.
00:53:25So I asked Darlene to speak with him.
00:53:27Darlene?
00:53:28Last night?
00:53:29Yeah.
00:53:29And how was she with that?
00:53:31You know, she was...
00:53:33She was cool with it.
00:53:35Inspector, it's Christmas Day.
00:53:38What in God's name do you think you're doing?
00:53:44Anyway, it turned out Darien feared for his life.
00:53:48And he was asking Trishawn where he can get hold of a gun for protection.
00:53:52He thought someone was going to kill him.
00:53:55Did he say who?
00:53:56But he did say he was caught up in something he shouldn't have.
00:54:00And get this.
00:54:01He thought the woman he was trying to help had been murdered.
00:54:03Now I'm caught up in it all.
00:54:05And now he was worried that he was going to suffer the same fate.
00:54:08Whoa, wait.
00:54:10Darien told Trishawn he thought Ashley Sims was murdered?
00:54:14But it would explain why no one's seen her the last few days.
00:54:16So then, if this is true,
00:54:18that means that whoever killed Ashley Sims
00:54:21probably also murdered Darien St. Jules.
00:54:23To silence him.
00:54:24So what we need to start looking for now
00:54:27is anyone who had a reason to kill Ashley Sims.
00:54:30Well, both Helen and Neil Dugdale to start with.
00:54:33Ashley stole half a million pounds from their company.
00:54:36And there's someone else as well.
00:54:39We've been looking at your phone records.
00:54:47And these, Miss Hickson,
00:54:49are text messages from you to Ashley Sims
00:54:51just before she came out here.
00:54:53You'll regret ever meeting me.
00:54:55Stay away from my boyfriend or else
00:54:58I'm not afraid to hurt you.
00:55:01The list goes on.
00:55:03Care to explain?
00:55:04They had a thing, right?
00:55:08Gavin and Ashley had a thing behind my back.
00:55:11Or sort of.
00:55:13Sort of?
00:55:16Yeah, like, it wasn't, like, a real thing.
00:55:17Like, they never really got together.
00:55:19But he liked her.
00:55:22Yeah.
00:55:22God knows why.
00:55:26She was weird.
00:55:27But I think Gav liked that about her.
00:55:29And he called things off between us.
00:55:34And that's when I started warning her off.
00:55:36Guess I just got a bit carried away.
00:55:39I just...
00:55:39I just didn't want to lose him.
00:55:43And you didn't.
00:55:44Now that Ashley's conveniently disappeared,
00:55:47you've got Gavin to yourself now, haven't you?
00:55:49What?
00:55:50Is that what you think?
00:55:52That I killed her?
00:55:56Look, I wouldn't.
00:55:58I didn't.
00:56:00It'll be about Gavin.
00:56:02We need to tell him what we know.
00:56:05But Ashley called things off with Gav.
00:56:07Why would I kill her?
00:56:08Inspector.
00:56:10You need to hear the truth.
00:56:12What?
00:56:13And I'm afraid you're not going to get that from her.
00:56:15No disrespect, Karen.
00:56:16Oh, come on, man.
00:56:18What are you saying?
00:56:19Whatever she's told you,
00:56:21it's ten times worse.
00:56:22Neil, what are you saying?
00:56:23Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:56:24You've had your chance.
00:56:25Go on.
00:56:27He had a thing for Ashley.
00:56:29Is that it?
00:56:30We already know.
00:56:31No, it was more than that.
00:56:32Gavin was obsessed.
00:56:35When Ashley said they couldn't see each other anymore,
00:56:36he had to take time off work.
00:56:38And I've seen the posters you've been putting up.
00:56:39If Ashley's gone missing,
00:56:41then I'm telling you,
00:56:42it'll have something to do with Gavin.
00:56:45Inspector.
00:56:51Someone's just broken into the villa where Darion was shut.
00:56:53Go.
00:57:07Mr. Bradbury,
00:57:36this doesn't look good at all.
00:57:41But then I don't think you need me to tell you that.
00:57:47You want to start by telling us what we're going to find in that pool you've just emptied?
00:57:51And we know it's not the gun used to kill Darien St. Jules,
00:57:54because that's currently sitting in a police station somewhere in Swindon.
00:57:57So what's down there?
00:57:58Why have you come back to the crime scene, Gavin?
00:58:00What's so important?
00:58:01Inspector, found something.
00:58:05What is it?
00:58:05A bullet.
00:58:07One that's been fired.
00:58:13Why is there a bullet in the pool, Gav?
00:58:17It's like...
00:58:18keepsake.
00:58:21Something to remember Ashley by.
00:58:26A bullet?
00:58:28There are other things that I've got of hers as well, like...
00:58:32more like normal things.
00:58:35So I'm really not interested in those, funny enough.
00:58:38Ashley, she's...
00:58:39She's not like anyone I've ever met before.
00:58:42Like, it was exciting being around her.
00:58:44And her life was so different to mine.
00:58:48Yeah, I hear that.
00:58:49The bullet.
00:58:50Yeah.
00:58:51She has a gun.
00:58:53She was looking after it as a favour for someone that she knew from prison.
00:58:58And she...
00:58:59Well...
00:59:00We went out to the woods one day and she let me fire it.
00:59:04It was a...
00:59:05It was amazing, right?
00:59:06It was a...
00:59:06You know, like, exhilarating.
00:59:09And I went and got one of the bullets.
00:59:11You know, like I said that I would keep it with me to remind me of her.
00:59:14And they say romance is dead.
00:59:15So, why did it end up in the pool?
00:59:20I panicked.
00:59:22When there was that dead guy and Neil called the police, I was worried that if you found
00:59:27it, you'd think it was me that shot him.
00:59:29So I took it out and I was wondering what to do and...
00:59:33I dropped it.
00:59:36It fell in the pool.
00:59:38And the more you were sniffing around, the more I started to worry that you'd find it.
00:59:41So I came back and I...
00:59:45So you loved Ashley then?
00:59:49Yeah, I guess, yeah.
00:59:52Must have really hurt when she ended things.
00:59:57Gavin, we believe Ashley Sims was murdered on this island in the last few days.
01:00:02What?
01:00:03No.
01:00:03What?
01:00:04If she can't be?
01:00:04I'm kind of wondering if maybe you did it.
01:00:07Me?
01:00:09Why would I kill Ashley?
01:00:10Because you couldn't have her.
01:00:12And it hurt like hell.
01:00:13No, no, no, no.
01:00:14You've got this wrong.
01:00:15I didn't kill her.
01:00:16Like all that man.
01:00:19You seem a bit edgy, Gavin.
01:00:21Is there something you aren't telling us?
01:00:24There's nothing.
01:00:26Really, there is nothing.
01:00:34Paradise Court Hotel, please.
01:00:36What is it that he's not saying?
01:00:50Hey, this is Ashley's phone.
01:00:52You know what to do.
01:00:53Ashley, it's me.
01:00:55We need to talk.
01:00:55I'm worried about you.
01:00:57The police have been asking questions and I think they know about us, so...
01:01:01Just let me know what you want me to do, yeah?
01:01:04Please call me back.
01:01:06I love you.
01:01:20You all right, sir?
01:01:21You seem a bit tense.
01:01:22I just can't work this one out.
01:01:26I mean, we've got one potential murder victim whose body we haven't found.
01:01:30Another murder victim whose body we have found.
01:01:33But that murder weapon was locked in a desk drawer on the other side of the world when that murder took place.
01:01:38I mean, where do we even start?
01:01:39Well, sounds like you need to go get a little shoulder rub, you know?
01:01:43Release some of that tension.
01:01:45No, you all right, Officer Rose.
01:01:46This guy again.
01:01:52Listen, mate, I told you before, I'm not interested in upgrading to another phone, so stop calling me, yeah?
01:01:59Is that Mervyn Wilson?
01:02:00Yeah, it's still Mervyn Wilson and I'm still not interested.
01:02:04It's me, Solomon.
01:02:05Your brother.
01:02:12Are you there, Mervyn?
01:02:16Mervyn?
01:02:18Yes.
01:02:20Yes, he's here.
01:02:21Don't hang up.
01:02:34Solomon.
01:02:36It's Mervyn.
01:02:38Yeah, you should already know that.
01:02:41Look, mate, I'm sorry.
01:02:43I just wasn't expecting your call.
01:02:44Yeah, I know.
01:02:47I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get in touch, but it was, you know.
01:02:52No, no, no, mate, I totally understand, yeah?
01:02:55I mean, it's a process, right?
01:02:58But, hey, you're calling now, aren't you?
01:03:01Yeah, man, it's a process.
01:03:04But I'm glad to be calling now.
01:03:09Are you still there?
01:03:10Mervyn?
01:03:12Mervyn?
01:03:13Yeah, yeah, I'm still here.
01:03:18Look, Solomon, I'm really, really sorry to do this to you.
01:03:23And I am so glad you called and that we're finally speaking.
01:03:27And I really, really want us to talk again, but right now, there's something I need to do, yeah?
01:03:35Yeah, man, no problem, but I'll tune.
01:03:39That was quick.
01:03:41Officer Rose, that billboard, you did that, right?
01:03:45Yes, sir, I did.
01:03:47But you should already have the invites for that.
01:03:49It's not going to cost any extra.
01:03:50No, no, no, I don't care about the cost.
01:03:51It was worth every penny.
01:03:52Come, come look.
01:03:53You see, all along, we've been looking at Ashley's footage on phone screens and laptops, yeah?
01:04:05Well, they were too small.
01:04:08I don't understand.
01:04:10You see where Ashley is?
01:04:11This is a steal from the video she made.
01:04:14And in the background, there's a ship passing by.
01:04:17Now, before, that was just a speck.
01:04:19But now you've blown it up.
01:04:21Look at it.
01:04:21What about the ship?
01:04:24Look at what it's called.
01:04:28Blitzen.
01:04:30Blitzen.
01:04:31Yeah?
01:04:32Now we know.
01:04:34Oh, Officer Rose, if you were so tall, I'd kiss you.
01:04:38Why would Darian write the name of that ship on his hands?
01:04:42Well, he obviously saw the footage himself, and then, um, he saw something in it.
01:04:47But what?
01:04:51It's like she's vanished into thin airs.
01:04:57Why have I come here?
01:04:58I thought I was helping someone.
01:05:00You know what?
01:05:01I think I'm starting to work out what went down here.
01:05:05But I need to make a phone call.
01:05:08And you need to get onto airport security.
01:05:10Come on.
01:05:10All right, mate.
01:05:14Much appreciated.
01:05:15Cheers.
01:05:17Wow.
01:05:19What?
01:05:19Wow.
01:05:22So, that ship behind Ashley Sims, it's owned by a Scandinavian container shipping company.
01:05:28Now, we know from the information on that footage, Ashley recorded it on the 4th of October, right?
01:05:33Right.
01:05:34Well, check this.
01:05:36The Blitzen was passing by the south coast of England on the 4th of October.
01:05:40Thousands of miles from the Caribbean.
01:05:42So, Ashley recorded that video on a beach back in the UK?
01:05:46Which means she was never even here.
01:05:49Inspector, the airport just emailed over security camera footage the day Ashley Sims arrived on the island.
01:05:55Oh, wait.
01:05:58She was here?
01:06:00Thank you for a wonderful Christmas, Marjorie.
01:06:03Oh, it's been lovely.
01:06:04Let me give you a hand with that.
01:06:06Oh, don't be daft.
01:06:07You don't know where anything goes.
01:06:09Then you can tell me.
01:06:10It's the least I can do.
01:06:13Living room.
01:06:14Sideboard draw.
01:06:15Living room.
01:06:16Sideboard draw.
01:06:18Living room.
01:06:19Sideboard draw.
01:06:21But if Ashley Sims has never been here before,
01:06:23why do immigration records show that she has?
01:06:26Because someone else came pretending to be Ashley,
01:06:29presumably on a fake passport,
01:06:31and that someone paid Darian 100k
01:06:33to lie and say Ashley rented his property for the past few months.
01:06:36But why would they do that?
01:06:38To misdirect and confuse anyone looking for her.
01:06:41Because they'd already killed Ashley and taken the money.
01:06:44So one of our four suspects has been there three months previously?
01:06:47Which is why we're going through this footage,
01:06:49because it will show who was pretending to be Ashley Sims.
01:06:53There.
01:06:55Why didn't I see that before?
01:06:57Why I've come here to try and understand why I hurt people.
01:07:01No, it was more than that.
01:07:02Gavin was obsessed.
01:07:04Of course.
01:07:05After that, nobody is seen leaving or arriving.
01:07:08So it's got to be one of these four who shot Darian and St. Jules.
01:07:12You were in the hammock when whatever happened happened.
01:07:15Did you hear the gunshot?
01:07:16It's like how it said, you know,
01:07:17the room out here is sad.
01:07:18Stronger than you used to.
01:07:19What if there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
01:07:24It makes perfect sense now.
01:07:26For definite, there's no gun at the villa.
01:07:27The commissioner found the gun locked in the desk drawer
01:07:30at Dougdale's offices back in the UK.
01:07:32We need to call the commissioner.
01:07:34The commissioner?
01:07:35Why?
01:07:36Because he's with the killer as we speak.
01:07:38Come on, sir.
01:07:52Pick up.
01:07:56And what about these ones?
01:07:58Same drawer.
01:07:59I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean.
01:08:25I said the same drawer.
01:08:27That necklace, the stone is lithma, unique to St. Marie.
01:08:41You told me you always wanted to go to the Caribbean
01:08:45like you've never been.
01:08:50You were lying.
01:08:52No, no, Selwyn.
01:08:54It was you that went to St. Marie three months ago.
01:08:59If Ashley never went then, is she dead?
01:09:03Oh, I'm sorry.
01:09:06I didn't mean to.
01:09:07It just happened.
01:09:10Miss Jones.
01:09:11I think you should put the knife down, no.
01:09:23Please.
01:09:24That video she made, it wasn't in the Caribbean, was it?
01:09:38Bournemouth.
01:09:41On a Sunday, she'd gone to the seaside.
01:09:44She realized she'd made a mistake stealing that money, didn't she?
01:09:50Then she wanted to give the money back and send the video as an apology.
01:09:56I want to say sorry.
01:09:58I don't know why I keep doing this.
01:10:00Miss Sims didn't leave the country.
01:10:02I'd gone in to the office that day to deal with an order that had gone wrong.
01:10:09It wasn't my fault.
01:10:11But I was the one who had to go in and fix it.
01:10:14And then when I let myself in, I found Ashley there.
01:10:19And I knew, I knew straight away what the money was.
01:10:22You overhear a lot when you sit at reception all day.
01:10:26I knew it was you.
01:10:28And I went to call the police.
01:10:31Wait, I'm giving the money back, Marjorie.
01:10:33Don't.
01:10:34Please.
01:10:36I'm calling the police now.
01:10:38Don't do this to me.
01:10:39You're not.
01:10:40And Ashley tried to stop me.
01:10:42I won't let you, Marjorie.
01:10:44Get off me.
01:10:45Pushed her off me and...
01:10:56And I wasn't even supposed to be in that day.
01:11:05But it's like I told you, nobody, nobody cares for me there.
01:11:10They just take me for granted and...
01:11:13You saw the money and thought,
01:11:16finally, you could take something back for yourself.
01:11:22All you had to do was dispose of the body.
01:11:29Where?
01:11:36In my back garden.
01:11:43And then you made a fake passport in Ashley's name.
01:11:46Oh, that wasn't hard, you know, with all the kit we've got in the office.
01:11:50You flew on that passport to St. Marie
01:11:53to make it look as if Miss Sims had run away
01:11:57to the other side of the world
01:11:59and rented her property there
01:12:01for the last few months.
01:12:04You know, I really did want to go to the Caribbean.
01:12:09It's just that I never had the chance
01:12:11or the money until...
01:12:14And if you were going to misdirect
01:12:17from what really happened here
01:12:19in Swindon,
01:12:20where the dead body was,
01:12:22then the farther away the better
01:12:26and no one would realize...
01:12:29Until things started to go wrong
01:12:36and you received a phone call.
01:12:46You're saying Marjorie killed Ashley Sims?
01:12:49Our receptionist, that Marjorie?
01:12:52That Marjorie.
01:12:53Yes, Marjorie Dodds, the receptionist,
01:12:55killed Ashley Sims in England
01:12:57and made it look as if she ran away to the Caribbean
01:13:00with your 500k.
01:13:01Oh, my. I did not see that coming.
01:13:04So, which one of us shot the man found in our swimming pool?
01:13:08It wasn't any of you.
01:13:10But it had to be. You said so.
01:13:12No one else was here.
01:13:13Yeah, you're right. I did say that.
01:13:15But what I didn't know then was that
01:13:17Darien St. Jules wasn't shot at your villa.
01:13:20It just looked like he was.
01:13:22That's why no gunshot was heard,
01:13:24because there wasn't one.
01:13:26He'd already been shot.
01:13:28We know now from our colleague in the UK
01:13:35that Marjorie had paid Darien money.
01:13:37She came to the island three months ago
01:13:39on a forged passport
01:13:40and she gave him £100,000 to lie
01:13:44and cover if anyone ever came to the island
01:13:47asking after Ashley.
01:13:48She'd convinced him he was doing a favour
01:13:51for a very vulnerable friend of hers.
01:13:53But when you visited him a few days ago, Mrs. Dogdale,
01:13:56asking questions, mentioning the missing £500,000,
01:13:59Darien started to wonder what he'd gotten himself involved in.
01:14:03And when he'd re-watched that footage more closely,
01:14:06the footage of Ashley you'd shown him,
01:14:08as an experienced fisherman
01:14:10who knew the waters off St. Marie very well,
01:14:13something about it bothered him.
01:14:15Zooming in, he was able to read the name of the boat Blitzen.
01:14:18He knew this was not a St. Marie vessel.
01:14:21He worked out that the video of Ashley
01:14:25was actually shot in the UK.
01:14:29And having heard from you, Mrs. Dogdale,
01:14:31that Ashley went missing with £500,000 of your money,
01:14:34Darien started to realise
01:14:36that Ashley had never been to the island.
01:14:38He'd only ever met Marjorie.
01:14:40So he phoned Miss Dodds asking what was going on.
01:14:44We need to talk.
01:14:51Listen, Darien, you've got this all wrong.
01:14:55All throughout this case,
01:14:57we thought Darien's killer had to be one of you four.
01:15:01The one person we never suspected was Marjorie Dodds.
01:15:04It was all the way back in Swindon.
01:15:06Or so we thought.
01:15:07With Darien threatening to go to the police,
01:15:10Marjorie asked him to hang fire.
01:15:12And she would fly out here and speak to him in person.
01:15:16Marjorie was here?
01:15:17On this island?
01:15:18At the exact same time we were?
01:15:19Yeah.
01:15:20She arrived the night before Darien was shot
01:15:22and flew back to the UK the next morning.
01:15:25Unable to convince Darien to keep quiet and carry on with the lie,
01:15:28Marjorie started to grow desperate.
01:15:31Worried he'd tell the police.
01:15:33I can give you more money.
01:15:34How much?
01:15:35Just tell me and I'll give it to you.
01:15:37We know.
01:15:38Darien was searching around for a gun.
01:15:41For self protection.
01:15:42I just want you to leave.
01:15:45Now!
01:15:47He never expected Marjorie would use it against him.
01:15:55What are you doing? Put the gun down!
01:15:57Oh!
01:16:02After shooting Darien, Marjorie left and headed for the airport.
01:16:06Before getting back on the plane,
01:16:07arriving at Dugdale's offices just in time to meet with our very own Commissioner Patterson.
01:16:13If Marjorie shot Darien at his house,
01:16:16how did he end up at our villa?
01:16:18Marjorie thought she'd killed him.
01:16:19But what she didn't know when she left Darien's place
01:16:22was that he was still alive.
01:16:27It was the fact that he smelled so strongly of someone else's aftershave,
01:16:31they helped us work it out.
01:16:32Neil's aftershave, in fact.
01:16:34We thought it was there to cover up another smell
01:16:37that we now know was antiseptic.
01:16:40The stuff used to clean up a wound.
01:16:43Because as soon as Marjorie quit the scene,
01:16:45Darien regained consciousness and patched himself up.
01:16:49As far as he was concerned, the bullet was just lodged in his shoulder.
01:16:52Wasn't life threatening.
01:16:54So he put on a fresh T-shirt
01:16:56and headed off for the hospital to get it properly seen to.
01:16:59But on the way, it passed your villa, which was just half a mile down the road.
01:17:04And I think Darien intended to alert you to what had gone down.
01:17:08He stopped here to tell you the truth about Ashley
01:17:10and to warn you about what Marjorie had done.
01:17:14That's why he came here that morning.
01:17:16To tell you what your colleague had done to Ashley and in turn to him.
01:17:20To make sure it didn't happen to anyone else.
01:17:23But what Darien didn't know was that his wound was worse than he thought.
01:17:28And he was bleeding internally.
01:17:30And so despite his brave effort to alert you all to the truth,
01:17:35he died here in your villa.
01:17:40But then someone proceeded to stage the scene
01:17:44as if he was shot in this villa.
01:17:47Didn't you, Mr. Bradbury?
01:17:51Me? What?
01:17:52Are we talking? No, of course not. No.
01:17:55And you did it because Ashley told you to.
01:17:58You're crazy. Ashley?
01:18:00I don't know what you're talking about.
01:18:03Let me have your phone.
01:18:08Gavin, please.
01:18:12It's okay.
01:18:15Unlock it.
01:18:22Bingo.
01:18:23Text messages seemingly from Ashley Sims from the moment she disappeared right up to today.
01:18:36But all of these were sent by Marjorie Dodds.
01:18:42Who kept Ashley's phone after she killed her.
01:18:44What? No. You know, you're wrong. She can't be-
01:18:46You've been texting her?
01:18:47No.
01:18:48This whole time?
01:18:49Karen, I'm sorry. Look, look.
01:18:50No, no, no.
01:18:51Karen!
01:18:53And here, proof of what happened.
01:18:55Messages exchanged on the morning of Darien's death.
01:18:58Because despite what you told us, Gavin, you were actually the first to discover Darien's body.
01:19:03You knew who Darien was because Ashley had told you all about him.
01:19:10And so you contacted Ashley.
01:19:12Left a message telling her that Darien had turned up to the villa and died.
01:19:16And asking her what was going on.
01:19:18A few minutes later, she, or rather, Marjorie, texted back.
01:19:25See, Marjorie realized that if the police were called and found Darien with his wound patched up,
01:19:30they'd know he was shot somewhere else.
01:19:33And the trail would lead right back to her.
01:19:36So, she had to do two things.
01:19:39First, she texted you with instructions.
01:19:41Second, she had to clear up the real scene of the crime.
01:19:44Marjorie's confessed to her colleague in the UK that she quickly doubled back from the airport
01:19:48and returned to Darien's house before disposing of the gun and the t-shirt he was wearing when she shot him.
01:19:53Meanwhile, you moved the body outside to the swimming pool.
01:19:56There's also mention here of that bullet you kept as a memento.
01:19:59In the text messages you sent to Ashley.
01:20:02Well, that's how Marjorie knew.
01:20:04So, as Ashley, she asked you to remove the bullet she killed Darien with
01:20:08and replace it with the one she knew you had.
01:20:13However, in your haste, you must have dropped the bullet you extracted into the swimming pool.
01:20:21But you knew you could come back and retrieve it later.
01:20:24Once you switched the bullets, the heartbeat was over.
01:20:27You disposed of the dressing, then made a hole in his t-shirt and let the blood around the wound soak in.
01:20:36So, now, it looked like Darien had been shot after he entered the villa, not before.
01:20:42The last problem you had was getting rid of that antiseptic smell because that stuff lingers, right?
01:20:48And if the police noticed it, we'd certainly be asking who cleaned up the wound and why.
01:20:53So, you ran into the bathroom and got hold of some aftershave, kneels and doused him in it.
01:20:58So, now, all you had to do was pretend to be asleep when Mrs. Dogdale discovered the body.
01:21:05Gavin, we need to get to the airport. You've got to pack.
01:21:09Leaving us without a scooby as to how a man was shot with a gun that was locked in a desk drawer 5,000 miles away in a Swindon warehouse.
01:21:16In the end, it wasn't just the police that Marjorie Dodds had duped. It was you as well, Gavin.
01:21:22You see, you thought you were helping the woman you loved.
01:21:25A woman you'd do anything for when you were actually helping her killer.
01:21:38Officer Rose.
01:21:47Mr. Bradbury, I'm resting on the suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
01:21:51You don't need to say anything.
01:21:53But it may harm your defence if you do not mention one question something you later rely on in court.
01:21:57Anything you do say may be used as evidence.
01:22:00I need to know, why did you come to the train station that night and invite me into your home?
01:22:07Why take that risk?
01:22:11Because I didn't want to spend Christmas on my own again.
01:22:16I'm so sorry I spoiled it all.
01:22:22Inspector?
01:22:23Commissioner?
01:22:24The arrest has been made. I'm pleased to see.
01:22:27Same here. We couldn't have done it without you, sir.
01:22:30Oh, and are you doing alright?
01:22:31Me?
01:22:32Yes, of course. I'm fine.
01:22:33Merry Christmas, sir.
01:22:34I'm doing fine.
01:22:35I'm doing fine.
01:22:36We regret to announce that the 10 50th floor is going to be making the up-downs.
01:22:38The rest has been made. I'm pleased to see.
01:22:41Same here. We couldn't have done it without you, sir.
01:22:45Oh, and are you doing all right?
01:22:47Me?
01:22:48Yes, of course. I'm fine.
01:22:51Merry Christmas, sir.
01:22:58I'm doing fine.
01:23:00We regret to announce that the 10-15 to Leeds will be delayed due to a shortage of train staff.
01:23:17Chief Commissioner, it's Selwyn Patterson.
01:23:21And to you, and apologies for calling you during the holidays.
01:23:27But I wanted to know if you'd found my replacement as yet.
01:23:38I see. I've been doing some thinking.
01:23:42And I wondered if there was any chance of my returning to the road,
01:23:50if it's still vacant.
01:23:53I know it's been a long time
01:23:57Since I've been searching
01:24:00Since I've been searching
01:24:04To find you
01:24:06The thing is, Harry, the classic Christmas Day Sunday roast lunch
01:24:10is all well and good.
01:24:12But when push comes to shove,
01:24:14The real culinary high point
01:24:16is the turkey and stuffing sarni.
01:24:19Because my friend, in my humble opinion,
01:24:21it is one of the greatest delicacies known to mankind.
01:24:28Like bacon and eggs?
01:24:30Oh, D.S. Thomas, you're just in time. Come in. Come in.
01:24:35Grab those for me, would you?
01:24:37So, uh, what is this about, sir?
01:24:44I promised I'd make up for spoiling Christmas Day.
01:24:47And that is exactly what I'm doing.
01:24:49Come on.
01:24:54I don't know why I didn't think of this before.
01:24:56My front room on the beach.
01:24:58Is that a good idea, do you think?
01:25:00Yeah, why not?
01:25:01So we're watching something?
01:25:03We certainly are, D.S. Thomas.
01:25:05And not the...
01:25:06The great escape.
01:25:07Yeah.
01:25:11Beers and butties, everyone.
01:25:13And thank you to our local mayor
01:25:15for letting me have the leftovers from the bar.
01:25:18And you've put it all between two slices of bread?
01:25:22Yeah.
01:25:23How English.
01:25:24Excited for this film, Inspector. Sounds dope.
01:25:29Um...
01:25:30Sir?
01:25:34Is this really your favourite thing about Christmas?
01:25:37Well, yeah.
01:25:39When I was a little boy growing up,
01:25:42most times I didn't know where I was going to end up
01:25:44spending Christmas, right?
01:25:47With a foster family or in a care home.
01:25:50But...
01:25:52Wherever I ended up,
01:25:53the one constant every Christmas
01:25:56was this film.
01:25:58And it was a...
01:25:59It was a comfort to me.
01:26:00I bet that little boy
01:26:02never thought he'd be here
01:26:04in the Caribbean.
01:26:06All these years later,
01:26:08watching that same film
01:26:11surrounded by his friends.
01:26:13He certainly didn't care for him.
01:26:23So, um...
01:26:25To him.
01:26:27To him.
01:26:31OK, then.
01:26:32Showtime.
01:26:33Look, just give me a few minutes, yeah?
01:26:47Yeah?
01:26:54Solomon, how you doing, man?
01:26:57You got my message, yeah?
01:26:58Um, look.
01:27:02I'm sorry I had to cut you off
01:27:03like that before, yeah?
01:27:05It was just an emergency at work
01:27:07I had to deal with.
01:27:08So...
01:27:09How's your Christmas been?
01:27:12Yeah?
01:27:13Good.
01:27:15Mine?
01:27:17Um...
01:27:19Yeah, yeah.
01:27:20It's been really good.
01:27:23Look, um...
01:27:24I don't know how you feel about this, but...
01:27:30I was wondering if you wanted to
01:27:31meet up sometime.
01:27:35Yeah?
01:27:39Yeah, I definitely would like to.
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