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S14 E00 Christmas Special 2025
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00:00:00Currently delays at Junction 15 of the M4 due to ongoing improvement marks.
00:00:04That's your latest travel update from us here at the station.
00:00:07It's the 1st of December, so Christmas has officially started.
00:00:11And this is a classic.
00:00:14Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
00:00:17Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
00:00:21Snow and hand blowing up those of the fire
00:00:25Morning, Helen.
00:00:28Christmas begins.
00:00:30Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
00:00:33Jingle bell time and jingle bell time
00:00:37Dancing and prancing in jingle bell square
00:00:41In the frosty air
00:00:44What a bright time
00:00:46Well, I'll get in with a nice cup of tea after that.
00:00:50I've never seen the town centre so busy.
00:00:56Oh, I'm sorry, Helen. I didn't know there was a team meeting.
00:00:58Oh, you're fine, Marjorie. I was just making a small announcement.
00:01:02You'll never believe it. She's only taking us away for the office Christmas party.
00:01:05It's been a tough old year. And I just want to say thank you to everyone for helping me get through it.
00:01:11Guess what? We're only going to the ruddy Caribbean.
00:01:14Oh, my goodness gracious me. Oh, although it does mean missing the away game of Colchester.
00:01:21What's that matter?
00:01:21It's the Caribbean.
00:01:23What a way to celebrate our...
00:01:25And you've properly budgeted for it, Mum?
00:01:27Yes, Neil. It's all accounted for.
00:01:29Quite sure?
00:01:31You know, I've always wanted to visit that part of the world.
00:01:34Oh, um, not you, Marjorie, love. It's senior staff only. I am so sorry. I should have said.
00:01:44Oh, of course. I'm sorry, Helen. Silly old me.
00:01:49Duh.
00:01:49Oh, I, I probably should get that.
00:01:57We are so going bikini shopping after work tonight.
00:02:02Oh, you might treat yourself to some speed, or as...
00:02:04Duckdale's branded merchandise. Marjorie speaking.
00:02:13Duckdale's branded merchandise. Marjorie speaking.
00:02:16Yes, I just put you through to her warehouse.
00:02:19For the ancient fields and paradise.
00:02:26Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na.
00:02:28See the lazing path before us.
00:02:31Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na.
00:02:33Strike the heart and join the chorus.
00:02:36Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na.
00:02:42La-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na.
00:02:44While I tell you, I treasure.
00:02:46Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na.
00:02:48Keep us all the wind down down
00:02:50Ba-la-la-la-la-la
00:02:52Ba-la-la-la-la
00:02:53Ba-la-la-la-la-la
00:02:55We've got food, the chance right now
00:02:57I saw the passing right now
00:03:18Happy Christmas.
00:03:31With it.
00:03:45Hi, Marjorie.
00:03:46I just want to let you know that there's a Commissioner Patterson arriving.
00:03:52It's a serious situation over here.
00:03:55Give him access to anything he needs.
00:03:58I've told the police here that we're going to cooperate fully.
00:04:01Will do, Helen.
00:04:02Oh, I hear him now.
00:04:03We'll speak later.
00:04:05Okay.
00:04:07Ah!
00:04:08You must be the policeman from the Caribbean.
00:04:11Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:04:12Selwyn Patterson.
00:04:14So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:04:19The police will call to your colleague's Holiday Villa,
00:04:22where, I'm sorry to see, a man was found, shot dead, murdered.
00:04:27I've told you,
00:04:40I've told you,
00:04:42I'm sorry to see.
00:04:43I'm sorry to see.
00:04:44I'm sorry to see.
00:04:46Good morning, Miss Baudet.
00:05:13Morning, Seb. It's a final rehearsal for the Nativity this evening.
00:05:18I wish you all the best and good luck to you, little king people.
00:05:23Yes, yes.
00:05:25Allez, let's go.
00:05:35Good morning, Sarge.
00:05:37Morning, Seb. Got a card from Darlene.
00:05:40Looks like she won't make it back for Christmas.
00:05:43Her auntie's still sick, so she's staying on Montserrat.
00:05:46Nothing in the post for the inspector, you know, from Antica.
00:05:51His brother, you mean?
00:05:53It's been three months.
00:05:55I guess it's like a lot, you know?
00:05:57I mean, getting a letter from a brother you never knew you had.
00:06:01Might take some time.
00:06:03I just feel sorry for him.
00:06:04He keeps saying he's fine about it, but I don't think he is.
00:06:10Where is D.I. Wilson?
00:06:12Rehearsing.
00:06:13Oh, yes.
00:06:14Oh, I am so jealous.
00:06:16He must be hyped up to wear that costume, huh?
00:06:19I bet he is.
00:06:22I'm really not happy about this.
00:06:24Why not, Mervyn?
00:06:25Because I look like a ninny.
00:06:27No, you don't.
00:06:29You look very...
00:06:31authentic.
00:06:33I just don't think the boots are helping.
00:06:39Look, with all due respect, Miss Baudet,
00:06:41I just think it'd be better off finding somebody else for this.
00:06:44You know, somebody less... me.
00:06:47Mervyn, it has always been the commissioner
00:06:50who carries out this task for me.
00:06:52With him gone.
00:06:53Inspector!
00:06:54Oh, great.
00:06:56Yes, sir.
00:06:57You look cool, man.
00:06:58Not another word.
00:06:59No problem.
00:07:01Could we have a chat, sir?
00:07:08We have a murder to attend.
00:07:11For real?
00:07:14Well, that's up, then.
00:07:16I've got word to do.
00:07:17Conversation over.
00:07:18Conversation paused.
00:07:19Sorry, Catherine.
00:07:20Come on, let's go.
00:07:23Um...
00:07:24Inspector.
00:07:27You think maybe you should change first?
00:07:46The victim's name is Darion St. Jules.
00:07:58He's a local fisherman, lives half a mile up the coast.
00:08:01Right.
00:08:03The guests staying here are from the UK.
00:08:05They all say they haven't a clue who he is
00:08:08or what he was doing here.
00:08:09But clearly, someone must have shot him and left him there.
00:08:13Right.
00:08:15No sign of the gun, but paramedics are saying,
00:08:17with the bullets still lodged in the victim's shoulder,
00:08:20cause of death was possibly from internal bleeding.
00:08:25Right.
00:08:26And what about you, Inspector?
00:08:28Anything of interest?
00:08:30Well, he certainly liked his aftershave.
00:08:33Have a sniff.
00:08:34I guess that's pretty strong.
00:08:40Only if it's cause of his work.
00:08:43You know, slapped on the old cologne to cover the smell of fish.
00:08:46I know a big man in Tootin did the same thing.
00:08:48And that's what bothers you the most?
00:08:50The fact that the victim used a bit too much aftershave.
00:08:53Actually, what's bothering me the most is what's written on the palm of his left hand.
00:09:01Blitzen. Like the reindeer.
00:09:04It's the only one I can think of.
00:09:07Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donna, Blitzen.
00:09:13And Rudolf.
00:09:15Thank you, Officer Rose.
00:09:19The ink seems fresh.
00:09:21Which means you wrote it in the last 12 hours or so.
00:09:24And then not long after, he was shot.
00:09:27When it is Christmas, sir.
00:09:29Could just be a coincidence.
00:09:36We have no idea who this guy is or what he's doing in our villa.
00:09:39So how can we know why he wrote the name of one of Santa's reindeer on his hand?
00:09:42I don't know. I'm just asking the question.
00:09:45Not a problem, is it?
00:09:47No.
00:09:49No, of course not.
00:09:51Let's start with you telling me what you're doing here on St. Marie.
00:09:54Well, we flew here for our office Christmas party.
00:09:57It wasn't cheap.
00:09:59We were having the time of our lives.
00:10:05Life's a beat!
00:10:07Life's a beat!
00:10:08No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:10:10No!
00:10:12Oh, my God!
00:10:13Everyone get in!
00:10:19Maybe talk us through the events of last night.
00:10:22Yeah, what happened exactly?
00:10:24We said we'd take it easy for our last night.
00:10:26Then we got back here and carried on drinking.
00:10:39Yeah, looks like quite a party you had.
00:10:41Yeah, done right it was.
00:10:42Sorry, that's not appropriate.
00:10:43The rum out here, it's stronger than we're used to.
00:10:52Oh!
00:10:54Up and above!
00:10:55One more straight away and no one is allowed to.
00:10:57Come on, it's our last night!
00:10:59And what time did the party end?
00:11:02I haven't got a clue, mate, to be honest.
00:11:04Yeah, it's all a little bit hazy.
00:11:06I really don't remember very much.
00:11:08You lot are lightweight, man.
00:11:11I remember everything.
00:11:14Helen, you and me put Neil to bed about midnight.
00:11:18I'm sure I wasn't that bad.
00:11:19Oh, you so were.
00:11:22Oh, he's always had a low tolerance.
00:11:24Mum?
00:11:25Sorry, love.
00:11:27Can we just...
00:11:29Helen, you went to bed as well.
00:11:32Me and you kept on it till about half three.
00:11:37Gab, you were so cute.
00:11:39You were dead to the world by then.
00:11:41So I left you asleep in the hammock.
00:11:45And then what?
00:11:49Oh, and then the taxi for the airport woke me up.
00:11:54Everyone!
00:11:55Wake up!
00:11:57Wake up!
00:11:59That's when I saw him.
00:12:01I thought he was asleep at first.
00:12:03But when I got closer, I saw the blood.
00:12:05Someone call an ambulance!
00:12:07Now!
00:12:10You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.
00:12:13You didn't hear the gunshot?
00:12:14Well, yeah.
00:12:15Yeah, you'd have thought.
00:12:16But, well, it's like Helen said, you know, the room out here,
00:12:18it's...
00:12:19Stronger than you used to.
00:12:21Inspector!
00:12:24That's something you should see.
00:12:27This is the only security camera footage from the villa.
00:12:31Footage is from this morning, outside the front door.
00:12:34The victim arrives at 5.32am, heads inside.
00:12:37The door was unlocked, so he let himself in.
00:12:40After that, nobody is seen leaving or arriving.
00:12:42So the only way in or out is from the front.
00:12:45And the drop at the back is too steep for access.
00:12:49So, it's got to be one of these four who shot Darren in St. Jules.
00:12:53Which means the gun that they used must still be here.
00:12:56But they're all saying they've never met him before.
00:12:59So why would one of them kill a total stranger?
00:13:02Hello, can I help you?
00:13:03Haven't you come to check in?
00:13:04The name's Helen Dugdale.
00:13:05Of course, one moment, please.
00:13:06Can't believe they're not letting us fly home.
00:13:07Police overreach is what it is.
00:13:09So much of a doing something different.
00:13:11Should've just gone to the Red Lion like last year.
00:13:12None of this money is.
00:13:13No, no, no.
00:13:14No, no, no.
00:13:16Yeah, no.
00:13:17No, no, no, no, no.
00:13:18No, no, no.
00:13:19No, no, no.
00:13:21I'm going to hell, no.
00:13:22No, no.
00:13:23No, no, no, no.
00:13:24No, no, no, no.
00:13:25No, no.
00:13:27No, no, no, no.
00:13:28No, no, no.
00:13:30No, no, no, no.
00:13:31No, no.
00:13:33No, no, no, no.
00:13:34the Red Lion like last year, none of this would have happened.
00:13:39Girl, do you think there's something Helen's not telling us?
00:13:44She's been on edge ever since the police arrived.
00:13:55So why did Darien go to that villa at 5.30 in the morning?
00:13:59Let's see what we find at his house.
00:14:05How are you getting on, sir?
00:14:08Well, I haven't found anything that connects our victim to the suspects,
00:14:12but I have found this, the victim's aftershave.
00:14:15Really? This again?
00:14:16It's different to the one he was wearing at the crime scene.
00:14:19Here, have a sniff.
00:14:23I haven't found any others here, and there certainly wasn't one on his person.
00:14:27So why did he smell different to the brand of aftershave that he owns?
00:14:34So, I searched the suspects, the villa and surrounding areas, and there was no gun.
00:14:52No, it has to be there.
00:14:54No one left the villa after the victim was shot, so the weapon has to be there somewhere.
00:14:57Yeah, no, I totally get the logic, Inspector.
00:15:00But, you think there?
00:15:02For definite, there's no gun at the villa.
00:15:04But that doesn't make any sense.
00:15:05So, sorry. Excuse me.
00:15:07Hello?
00:15:08Yes!
00:15:10Well, this is a strange one.
00:15:11All people suspected of shooting a man they don't know, with a gun they don't have.
00:15:15Let's start working through the victim's laptop, see what's on there.
00:15:18We need to find that gun.
00:15:22What?
00:15:23Actually, sir, it's the nativity service, if you'd forgotten.
00:15:27Are you serious?
00:15:28And, we promised Catherine we'd make sure you get there.
00:15:32Look, we've got a murder case to solve, in case you hadn't noticed.
00:15:35And I haven't got time for play-acting with a bunch of kids at some school nativity.
00:15:40Then you better find the time, Inspector.
00:15:45Why is she...?
00:15:47Good evening to you, Inspector.
00:15:49Officer Curtis, what's a pleasant surprise?
00:15:52My niece is performing in the nativity tonight.
00:15:55And word has got back to me that they might not have a narrator.
00:16:00Because the man who is supposed to be doing it is being a grumpy goose about the whole thing.
00:16:04A grumpy...
00:16:06Now listen...
00:16:07No, you listen to me.
00:16:08You are doing it.
00:16:09End of.
00:16:11So get your backside down to that church, and man up.
00:16:30You know what, I never did like this sort of thing.
00:16:31The nativity, the carol services.
00:16:35Right.
00:16:36Is there anything about Christmas you do like, sir?
00:16:40No, not really.
00:16:41Oh, hang on, yeah.
00:16:42The Great Escape.
00:16:44The what?
00:16:45The Great Escape.
00:16:47The movie, it was on telly every Christmas.
00:16:49You know, with the motorcycle stunt.
00:16:52And the cooler.
00:16:53The dirt down the trousers.
00:16:54No, I'd give up.
00:16:55Me too.
00:16:56Marvin, we're waiting.
00:16:57Ready when you are.
00:16:59Right.
00:17:01Right.
00:17:03Here we go then.
00:17:04I guess.
00:17:06You okay?
00:17:18Okay then.
00:17:19A long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman named Mary.
00:17:33She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.
00:17:34I understand he didn't want to wear a costume, but did he really have to do it in the house?
00:17:38And then one day, an angel called Gabriel came to Mary and said to her,
00:17:42ROOM SONG...
00:17:44PHONE RINGS
00:17:53PHONE RINGS
00:17:56PHONE RINGS
00:17:58PHONE RINGS
00:18:00A long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman named Mary.
00:18:02She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.
00:18:03came to Mary, and said to her...
00:18:16Sorry, it was to mine.
00:18:18I knew it was going to be his.
00:18:25Sir!
00:18:27Sir!
00:18:29It's someone calling from Antigua.
00:18:31It could be...
00:18:33Your brother.
00:18:37Listen, sorry, everyone. I need to take this, yeah?
00:18:46Well, I think one of us shoot her.
00:18:49Don't worry, Miss Baudet.
00:18:50Officer Sebastian rose to the rescue.
00:18:54Yes, my little king people.
00:18:56Far gone.
00:18:58Whoo!
00:19:00So, a long, long time ago, in a town of Nazareth,
00:19:05there lived a young woman, a very nice woman.
00:19:07Her name was Mary.
00:19:08She was engaged to a carpenter named Josie.
00:19:11Show us.
00:19:20Melvin Wilson speaking.
00:19:22Mr Wilson?
00:19:23It's Tyrese, the Kariba phone network.
00:19:25I just noticed your contract's coming up in the new year,
00:19:27and I thought we could have a chat about upgrading your phone.
00:19:34Mr Wilson, are you still there?
00:19:36Yeah, I'm here.
00:19:37Um...
00:19:38No.
00:19:39No upgrade.
00:19:40Thanks.
00:19:41Are you sure about that?
00:19:42Because...
00:19:43It's tough.
00:19:44Greatibaokela Bandz!
00:19:45Do you want to sing?
00:19:46Go!
00:19:47Go!
00:19:48You're still there!
00:19:49Go!
00:19:52Yeah!
00:19:53Well...
00:19:54Go!
00:19:55Go!
00:19:56Go!
00:19:57Go!
00:19:58In...
00:20:11But it builds us the land, it builds us the land, deep in the sea.
00:20:41Hey sir, you didn't come back. Just wanted to check how you're doing.
00:20:57Yeah, it wasn't Solomon on the phone. Anyway, I've been thinking.
00:21:02We really don't know anything about these people. You know, their lives in the UK.
00:21:09I was thinking we could use someone to do a bit of digging into our suspects back in their hometown.
00:21:14Right. You want me to get in touch with the Swindon police?
00:21:16No, no, no. I've already done that. They're flat out till New Year.
00:21:19But then I remembered we do have someone in the UK who maybe could give us a hand.
00:21:32Ah! You must be the policeman from the Caribbean. Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:21:37Selwyn Patterson. I'm no longer a commissioner. I'm retired now.
00:21:42Right. Okay. So now you're just...
00:21:46Helping out. Somewhat reluctantly, if I'm honest with you.
00:21:50So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:21:54The police were called to your colleague's Holiday Villa, where, I'm sorry to say, a man was found. Shot dead. Murdered.
00:22:03I'm keen to get on with things and get out of here as quickly as I can.
00:22:07Rightio. Well, I'll give you the guided tour.
00:22:11Uh, welcome to Dugdale's branded merchandise.
00:22:16Uh, so, uh, that desk over there is Helen. She's the managing director.
00:22:21Uh, this desk belongs to our graphic designer, Gavin.
00:22:25Uh, accounts manager, Neil. And Karen, head of sales.
00:22:29And this one?
00:22:31Oh, oh, she's not here anymore. She left a couple of months ago.
00:22:36Who?
00:22:37Uh, Ashley. Ashley Sims, her name was.
00:22:40It was all somewhat clandestine, if you ask me, Mr. Patterson.
00:22:47She did what they call a midnight flit. Never came back.
00:22:51Are you sure you don't want a cup of tea? I'm gonna make myself one.
00:22:57This drawer is locked.
00:22:59Oh, yes. It's been like that since Ashley left. She has the only key.
00:23:03I've been meaning to sort it.
00:23:05PHONE RINGS
00:23:26Commissioner, you do know what time it is over here, right?
00:23:29Half past three in the morning.
00:23:31But as I've abandoned a good friend's wedding to travel to Swindon.
00:23:35And help you out.
00:23:36OK, fair dues.
00:23:37How can I help?
00:23:38The bullet you recovered from your victim.
00:23:40Have you had the ballistics report back on it yet?
00:23:43Yeah, it was a .45 calibre.
00:23:45Most likely fired from a pistol.
00:23:46And did you find the weapon?
00:23:48No.
00:23:50Why?
00:23:51Because I'm currently looking at a .45 calibre pistol
00:23:56in a desk drawer in Swindon.
00:23:59Well, it can't be the same one.
00:24:04Can it?
00:24:05Good morning, sir.
00:24:10Morning, Inspector.
00:24:11This can't be right. It just can't be.
00:24:14What's going on?
00:24:15Commissioner found a gun locked in the desk drawer
00:24:18of an ex-employee called Ashley Simms in the Dugdale's offices back in the UK.
00:24:33What?
00:24:34Local forensic lab fast-tracked it, and they say that is the gun that fired the bullet that killed Darren St. Jules.
00:24:39Look, security footage shows that no one touched that drawer since the shooting.
00:24:42Wait, so how was that gun used to shoot Darren St. Jules on this island
00:24:46if the same gun was locked in a drawer 5,000 miles away?
00:24:48I know, right?
00:24:49It makes no sense.
00:24:51We need to speak to Helen Dugdale.
00:24:53Helen?
00:24:54Helen?
00:24:55If you're in there, can you open the door, please?
00:24:56We need to speak with you about Ashley Simms.
00:25:00There's something you need to see.
00:25:25I guess I want to say sorry.
00:25:32I know it's not enough, and it won't change how you feel about me, but I do mean it.
00:25:40I don't know why I keep doing this.
00:25:45Blow everything up.
00:25:48But, erm, it's why I've come here.
00:25:57To get away.
00:26:01Try and understand why I hurt people.
00:26:07That's actually...
00:26:08The way that I do.
00:26:12She stole from me, from the company.
00:26:14How much?
00:26:15£500,000.
00:26:16Ouch.
00:26:18My husband, Keith.
00:26:20Dugdale's was his company until he passed away at the start of the year from a heart attack.
00:26:25I'm sorry to hear that.
00:26:27That's when I took over the reins.
00:26:31I really wanted to make it work, and it was around that time that we had a position to fill.
00:26:35And you gave the job to Miss Simms?
00:26:37I knew she had a past, that she'd been to prison, but Keith always believed in giving people a second chance,
00:26:43and I wanted to honour that.
00:26:45What Miss Simms let you down?
00:26:47Not even a year has passed, and I've already lost half a million pounds.
00:26:51Did you report Ashley to the police?
00:26:53I was too embarrassed.
00:26:55So I hired someone to find out where she sent the email from.
00:27:00And that video she recorded, that was sent from this island?
00:27:03Yes.
00:27:06Okay, so what does any of this have to do with Darian St. George?
00:27:09The man I hired discovered that Darian had rented a holiday let to Ashley.
00:27:14That's why I came here, to try and get my money back.
00:27:16I made sure our villa wasn't far from Darian's house, so it would be easy to go and visit him.
00:27:21So you were lying when you told us you didn't know Darian?
00:27:23Did you meet with him?
00:27:25Yes.
00:27:26A few days ago, he confirmed that Ashley had rented this little place he has down on the beach.
00:27:32That's her?
00:27:33So she was definitely here.
00:27:36She'd arrived a few months ago, at the start of October.
00:27:40He still had all the paperwork, but he said that she'd moved on a few days ago and he didn't know where.
00:27:46So what was Darian doing turning up at your villa in the early hours yesterday?
00:27:50I don't know. I really don't.
00:27:53How much do the others know about this?
00:27:55Nothing, they don't know anything. They think they're on a work's due.
00:27:58Not even your son?
00:27:59No, not even Neil.
00:28:01So then the only person who knew Darian and therefore wanted him killed was you?
00:28:05No, I swear I didn't.
00:28:09I can see how this looks.
00:28:11But I didn't shoot him.
00:28:13I don't be...
00:28:16I need to take this.
00:28:22Commissioner, you got something?
00:28:24Inspector, I've searched Ashley Sims flat and emailed you over some photographs.
00:28:29I'm afraid there is little of use to your investigation.
00:28:32I think she cleared out her flat before she flew to the Caribbean.
00:28:35Okay.
00:28:36Thanks anyway, sir.
00:28:37Now, if that is everything, I'm going to catch my train and enjoy the rest of my Christmas.
00:28:43Yeah.
00:28:44You have a good one, sir.
00:28:45And you, Inspector.
00:28:46And you.
00:28:47Thank you for your help, Miss Gortz.
00:28:57Oh!
00:28:58I didn't do anything really.
00:29:00And you're nothing if not efficient.
00:29:04So, what are your plans for Christmas?
00:29:08I'm spending it with my daughter and her partner.
00:29:11They've rented a cottage up in the, um, Yorkshire Dales.
00:29:15Oh, it's lovely up there.
00:29:17So, I'm told.
00:29:18I'd better...
00:29:19I'm flying solo this Christmas.
00:29:21I mean, that's how it's been since Mum passed.
00:29:24Just me, myself and I.
00:29:26Sorry.
00:29:27I really...
00:29:28Oh, no.
00:29:29No, no.
00:29:30I rather enjoy it, actually.
00:29:31You know, there's no family arguments.
00:29:33I can eat what I like, watch what I want on the telly.
00:29:36Christmas alone is underrated, I say.
00:29:39Indeed.
00:29:40No.
00:29:41I really don't want to miss my dream.
00:29:48Goodbye, Mr. Patterson.
00:29:50Goodbye.
00:29:51And Merry Christmas.
00:29:53And a very Merry Christmas to you.
00:29:56Oh.
00:29:59Four passengers on platform.
00:30:01One, awaiting the three, fifteen, two, leave.
00:30:05Please be aware that due to frost on the line,
00:30:09this train is now delayed.
00:30:11Please wait for further announcements.
00:30:26Bye.
00:30:27One, two, five.
00:30:28So, immigration confirmed, Ashley Sims arrived on the island two months ago.
00:30:36But they have no record of her ever leaving.
00:30:38So, in theory, she's still here?
00:30:41Okay, Officer Rose, I want you to check the harbors,
00:30:47see if anyone matching Ashley's description was taken to one of the other islands in the last few days.
00:30:51Ashley Harbor, last few days, got you.
00:30:53Check the hotels, holiday rentals, guest houses on the island.
00:30:56Hotels, rentals, guest houses, got you.
00:30:58You need to do whatever it takes to find it, you understand?
00:31:01Cool, totally getting you right now, Inspector.
00:31:04I guess that means you're working Christmas Day then.
00:31:06Obviously, it's a murder investigation, and we need to find out who did it.
00:31:10Right, only that's a lot of work for Seb to do by himself over Christmas.
00:31:16Well, my mother has a whole church thing going on, and everybody else is busy, so it's cool.
00:31:21There you go, sorted.
00:31:25Thanks, Seb.
00:31:26No worries. See you in a bit.
00:31:30I'll let my parents know I won't be flying home this evening.
00:31:34Appreciate it.
00:31:35Ashley Sims aside, we still don't have a scooby.
00:31:38I don't know exactly how the killer made the gun they shot Darian with disappear from that villa,
00:31:42then reappear in a locked desk drawer back in the UK.
00:31:47And that, Blitzen, what's that about?
00:31:51Unless it has nothing to do with Darian's murder, sir, and it is just a co...
00:31:55You don't believe in coincidences.
00:31:58I mean, in what circumstance does someone write the name of one of Sansa's reindeer on the palm of their hand?
00:32:08Are you doing all right, sir?
00:32:10After last night?
00:32:12Look, if Solomon doesn't want to get in touch, I'm cool with that.
00:32:16Well...
00:32:16D.S. Thomas, I'd rather we didn't talk about it anymore.
00:32:19D.S. Thomas, I'm at Swindon East.
00:32:37D.S. Thomas, your tannoy keeps announcing there is a rail replacement service to Leeds,
00:32:43but it hasn't turned up.
00:32:46D.S. Thomas, yeah, it got cancelled.
00:32:49I'm sorry?
00:32:50The service replacing the service that got cancelled also got cancelled?
00:32:56D.S. Thomas, yeah, that's about the sound of it.
00:32:58No more trains until Boxing Day.
00:33:00So, what do you suggest I do?
00:33:04D.S. Thomas, I don't know, mate.
00:33:05Have a merry one, yeah?
00:33:07See ya.
00:33:08D.S. Thomas, I'm sorry, mate, but it's Christmas Eve,
00:33:24and none of my drivers are going to want to go outside of Swindon.
00:33:27Have you tried to hire a car company?
00:33:29Yes, but nothing is available in the area until the 27th.
00:33:34You have no rooms available at all?
00:33:43We're fully booked.
00:33:45Everywhere will be this time of year.
00:33:47Maybe you could try the Salvation Army?
00:33:56This is Andrina.
00:33:58Leave me a message when you hear the beep.
00:34:01It's me.
00:34:02I'm still in Swindon.
00:34:04There's no transport, no hotels.
00:34:07And there's no one here who seems able to help me.
00:34:11And I don't know what to do.
00:34:20Mr. Patterson?
00:34:22I think you'd better come with me.
00:34:26How did you know I would still be here?
00:34:33Had the local radio on.
00:34:34Said all trains cancelled.
00:34:37We've got to look after each other at Christmas, haven't we?
00:34:43Thank you, Miss Dawkins.
00:34:45It must be freezing.
00:34:46Yes.
00:34:47After you.
00:34:48Good morning to you all.
00:35:03Good morning to you all.
00:35:05It's six o'clock on this beautiful Christmas Day morning here on San Marie.
00:35:09And there's a surprise guest with me here in the studio.
00:35:12I've got a young officer, Sebastian Rose, from the San Marie police talking with me right now.
00:35:17Yes, it is me, Officer Sebastian Rose from the San Marie police station.
00:35:22Merry Christmas, everybody.
00:35:24He and his colleagues want your help looking for a young woman called Ashley Sims.
00:35:28Am I right?
00:35:29That is it.
00:35:30You are totally right, Alphonse.
00:35:31If anybody has heard anything, or seen anything,
00:35:34Well, what I would say, Jacinta, is even if it was just a glimpse,
00:35:40one of your beautiful women, they should still get in touch.
00:35:45Oh, Seb.
00:35:46Oh, and also, the people can check out the video I made on our social media page.
00:35:51At SM police.
00:35:52Ashley Sims, I'm your senior.
00:35:54If you see her call, it's number Ashley Sims, I've seen her.
00:35:59If you see her call, it's number Ashley Sims, I've seen her.
00:36:04If you see her call...
00:36:06Commissioner, morning.
00:36:21This is a surprise.
00:36:23Inspector.
00:36:23Inspector, have you seen that video Officer Rose has put on social media?
00:36:28It's deeply inappropriate.
00:36:31Would you like another sherry, Selwyn?
00:36:34Er...
00:36:34No.
00:36:39Oh, is that...
00:36:40Is that the receptionist?
00:36:43Marjorie Dawes.
00:36:44I'm spending Christmas Day with her.
00:36:47Well, I'm glad you two hit it off.
00:36:48Good for you, sir.
00:36:49It's not like that, Inspector.
00:36:51I got stock in Swindon.
00:36:53There were no trains to Leeds.
00:36:54OK.
00:36:55Look, just take that video down.
00:36:58No disrespect, sir, but, um...
00:37:00It's not really your problem anymore, is it?
00:37:02Just sort it, Inspector.
00:37:04Yeah, I've got his bank statement in front of me.
00:37:16That's great.
00:37:16Could you email it over?
00:37:18I'll do that right away.
00:37:19Cheers.
00:37:19Literally every train.
00:37:31If you've seen her call this number...
00:37:34If you've seen her call this number...
00:37:38All right, I'm coming.
00:37:48I've got a lead.
00:37:49A possible suspect for Darian St. Julesy's murder.
00:37:52I need to go and talk with him now.
00:37:54Merry Christmas, sir.
00:37:57Oh, um...
00:37:59Merry Christmas.
00:38:03I'll be right with you.
00:38:14Our financial checks show that two days ago,
00:38:17you wired £100,000 from this island
00:38:20to your bank account back in England.
00:38:22No, he didn't.
00:38:29What?
00:38:31You want to tell us where you got that money from?
00:38:34What did you do, Liam?
00:38:35Yes, Neil.
00:38:36What did you do?
00:38:38I followed you.
00:38:40Why?
00:38:41You were acting so weird.
00:38:43A few days ago, when you went off by yourself.
00:38:46I knew that it had to be about the money that Ashley had taken.
00:38:49I'm sorry.
00:38:50I couldn't understand why you didn't tell me.
00:38:52And I know you were just trying to protect me, Mum.
00:38:54I was worried about you.
00:38:55I was just trying to help.
00:38:59So I waited until the guy, Darian, had left.
00:39:04Doors unlocked, so I let myself in.
00:39:06There wasn't anything I could find
00:39:08until I found an old biscuit tin.
00:39:11It was full of money.
00:39:12And what did you think?
00:39:13When you opened the sensor,
00:39:15£100,000 in cash inside.
00:39:17Well, I still think that it was money
00:39:19that belonged to the company.
00:39:20I mean, why else would this local fisherman
00:39:23have that much money in Stirling, in his house?
00:39:26And that's why you took it?
00:39:27Because it was money that Ashley had stolen from us.
00:39:29From Mum.
00:39:32And I don't want to see her lose everything.
00:39:36After she'd already lost my dad.
00:39:39Sorry, Tom.
00:39:40All right.
00:39:45Okay.
00:39:47So, fast forward to the morning you're due
00:39:49to leave the island, yeah?
00:39:51And our victim turns up at 5.30.
00:39:54We've been trying to work out
00:39:56why he went there that morning.
00:39:58But what if he realised that you stole from him
00:40:01and came to confront you about it?
00:40:03No.
00:40:05On my life, I didn't even see him that morning.
00:40:08This aftershave.
00:40:09It's yours, right?
00:40:10Ravage Mystique.
00:40:11Yeah.
00:40:12Why?
00:40:13This is the exact same aftershave
00:40:14Darien was wearing.
00:40:16The morning of the murder.
00:40:18Right?
00:40:18You're not suggesting that this is evidence I shot him.
00:40:23Why would I kill someone
00:40:24and then spray him with my own aftershave?
00:40:27Achoo!
00:40:31Darien definitely smelt of this when we found him.
00:40:34But why?
00:40:37What if
00:40:38there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
00:40:41You know, a bit like a bin man.
00:40:44Yeah, but what?
00:40:48Neil's right.
00:40:49It's not enough.
00:40:51It's not Christmas this is.
00:40:53Oh.
00:40:54Come here.
00:40:55Give your mum a hug.
00:40:57Oh, hang on, sorry.
00:41:02Oh.
00:41:03No, not now, Marjorie.
00:41:06Hi, this is Helen Dugdale's phone.
00:41:08Please leave a message after the tone.
00:41:09I'll call you back.
00:41:11Hello, Helen.
00:41:12It's Marjorie.
00:41:13I'm phoning to wish you a Merry Christmas.
00:41:16We're about to have our lunch
00:41:17and I just wanted to let you know
00:41:19that I'm thinking of you.
00:41:21Hope everything sorts itself out soon.
00:41:31Dinner is served.
00:41:33This looks wonderful.
00:41:45Here's to a Merry Christmas.
00:41:48Merry Christmas.
00:41:52Hmm.
00:41:54Right then.
00:41:56Tuck in.
00:41:56I would like to offer you an apology, Miss Dodds.
00:42:04Oh, Marjorie, please.
00:42:06There's really no need for an apology.
00:42:08Oh, there is.
00:42:10You've been nothing but gracious and welcoming
00:42:12for the last couple of days.
00:42:14While I...
00:42:16I've been nothing but, um...
00:42:18rowdy.
00:42:19Oh, no, no.
00:42:22I wouldn't go that far.
00:42:25Though...
00:42:25I did sense you weren't very happy.
00:42:30Is it to do with your old job?
00:42:32What makes you ask that?
00:42:34Oh, I don't know.
00:42:35It's just...
00:42:36When we first met,
00:42:38the way you said you were retired,
00:42:40it was like you weren't entirely comfortable with it.
00:42:43My superiors back on St. Marie,
00:42:45they tried to get rid of me
00:42:48after 50 years
00:42:50of doing a job I loved.
00:42:55In the end,
00:42:57I...
00:42:57I just walked away.
00:43:00I know what it's like.
00:43:02I'm just silly old Marjorie on reception.
00:43:06Don't even get invited to the Christmas party
00:43:08they're having out there.
00:43:10I'm sorry.
00:43:12And I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean.
00:43:15Look at us.
00:43:23Moving like this on Christmas Day.
00:43:26When you cook this feast for us,
00:43:29we should be enjoying ourselves.
00:43:31Here.
00:43:33Will you do me the pleasure?
00:43:35Oh, well, if you insist.
00:43:38Oh, ah!
00:43:39I won!
00:43:40I won!
00:43:41Oh, where's it gone?
00:43:44Where's it gone?
00:43:45There!
00:43:46There it is.
00:43:50It's a tiny little selling pit.
00:43:57Alright, um,
00:43:58let me check for the inspector.
00:44:00Okay, speak to you soon.
00:44:01Alright.
00:44:04Hey!
00:44:05Merry Christmas, guys!
00:44:07Merry Christmas, Seb.
00:44:08Hey, Ditto.
00:44:09Hey, Ditto.
00:44:10Now, where are we at with the search for Ashley Sims?
00:44:13So, um, B&Bs, hotels, guest horses, nobody's heard from her.
00:44:18And no one's called in with her sighting either.
00:44:20It's like she's vanished into thin air.
00:44:21Oh, and, uh, Catherine just called.
00:44:23She said she can still squeeze us in for her Christmas Day lunch,
00:44:26but it's her last sitting, so we have to go now.
00:44:29Are we still asking ourselves,
00:44:31how was Darian shot with a bullet, fired from a gun,
00:44:34locked in a drawer in Swindon at the time that it happened?
00:44:36And what has Blitzen got to do with all of this?
00:44:42Are you coming, sir?
00:44:45Well, yeah, you guys go.
00:44:46I'll just keep working.
00:44:48Are you sure, sir?
00:44:50Wait a minute.
00:44:52What are these?
00:44:53Oh!
00:44:54Those are the invices, sir, you know?
00:44:56For the stuff I organized to help find Ashley Sims.
00:44:59You have, um, posters, adverts for TV and radio, and, uh...
00:45:03There's over $1,000 that we owe.
00:45:04We can't afford this.
00:45:05Well, um...
00:45:06But how big do you think our budget was?
00:45:07It's only because you said whatever it takes.
00:45:10Yeah, but not this much!
00:45:12I mean, what were you thinking?
00:45:13Uh, all right, let's...
00:45:15Let's calm it.
00:45:19Seb, why don't you head over to Catherine's,
00:45:21and I'll catch up with you.
00:45:28With respect,
00:45:30he's just doing his best to help.
00:45:33And he's given up his Christmas to do it.
00:45:36Sir.
00:45:39Look, I know the case is frustrating,
00:45:41and you've got other things on your mind.
00:45:42What other things?
00:45:44Well,
00:45:45your brother not calling.
00:45:47What?
00:45:47That's not bothering me.
00:45:50It isn't.
00:45:51It isn't?
00:45:51No, it isn't!
00:45:52Yes, it is!
00:45:53Of course it is!
00:45:54Of course it is!
00:45:55And I really wish you'd just admit that,
00:45:58rather than pretending like you don't care
00:45:59when you so clearly care!
00:46:01Just don't take it out on the rest of us.
00:46:15Yes, yes!
00:46:16Oh!
00:46:16Do you want to throw away from it?
00:46:18No!
00:46:25No!
00:46:32I don't understand I know what you're talking about!
00:46:33No!
00:46:33No!
00:46:33No!
00:46:34Oh!
00:46:35No.
00:46:36Oh, oh, god!
00:46:36No!
00:46:37Oh!
00:46:38Oh, god!
00:46:38No.
00:46:39Yes!
00:46:39Oh!
00:46:39Oh, god!
00:46:40Oh, god!
00:46:40Oh!
00:46:41Come on!
00:46:41Look, I've got those,
00:46:42I've got those prints!
00:46:42Joyeux Noël Camille and to little Chloe her grandmother is missing her today has she
00:46:55opened a presence yet no not yet oh one moment Camille yes okay
00:47:07no movie
00:47:25so
00:47:30so
00:47:33so
00:47:36so
00:47:39so
00:47:45so
00:47:47so
00:47:51I'm sorry you couldn't get to spend it
00:48:19with your daughter it's not your fault if anyone's to blame it's the British
00:48:23transport system which I am told is not uncommon I mean I'd like to say you get
00:48:29used to it by be lying
00:48:34is that the sea yeah I'm at the check it's a really clear night but then all
00:48:56nights are like that here aren't they the moon here is a little more gray than I
00:49:02remember it in st. Marie
00:49:12I'm just wondering if I made a mistake staying on in st. Marie
00:49:15why because I know I'm not good when I put myself on the line I feel like I'm
00:49:22just hanging around wait him your brother yeah
00:49:30I don't think he wants to get in touch
00:49:37I'm sorry it's not really your problem anymore is it whether I stay or go it
00:49:42still feels like it is
00:49:49inspector if you are not sure what to do the only advice I can offer is that you put
00:49:55your trust in that island I did for most of my life and in return it delivered me
00:50:05true happiness if st. Marie won't bring your brother to you then perhaps it will bring you
00:50:19someone or something else be patient yeah well you know patience isn't my forte right I know
00:50:33but what am I supposed to do in the meantime might I suggest you focus on solving that case you have
00:50:41you're missed here you know
00:50:46good night inspector
00:50:53good night
00:51:08oh
00:51:12Blitzen, why Blitzen?
00:51:28Officer Rose.
00:51:31Inspector.
00:51:32What's up?
00:51:34I wanted to come and say I'm sorry for spending all that money you don't have in your budget.
00:51:40So I wanted to pay it back.
00:51:46There's $322.86 in there, which I took from my savings.
00:51:52I mean, it's all my savings, but that's cool.
00:51:55And if you deduct $20 from my wages each month, you should be paid back in about two years,
00:52:01I reckon.
00:52:04Officer Rose.
00:52:08You've got a good heart.
00:52:10Anyone ever tell you that?
00:52:11Well, my auntie, like, all the time, you know?
00:52:18Take this.
00:52:19You don't have to pay anything back.
00:52:22We'll find it in the budget.
00:52:25And there's no need to apologise, alright?
00:52:27In fact, I should apologise for blazing at you like that.
00:52:31What you did was, erm, was really good work.
00:52:37Anyway, come on.
00:52:38I've got a new lead.
00:52:39Let's go and wait D.S. Thomas up.
00:52:43He can't keep doing this.
00:52:49Happy Boxing Day, D.S. Thomas.
00:52:53Listen, erm, I want to apologise for losing it and ruining Christmas.
00:53:02I'll make it up to you.
00:53:04I promise.
00:53:07And you were right about me taking it out on you because of Solomon.
00:53:14I just really wanted it.
00:53:16You know?
00:53:20I'm sorry, too.
00:53:23Good morning, Sarge.
00:53:25The inspector tell you the good news yet?
00:53:28He's only going to make a big breakthrough in the case, which is a big relief.
00:53:32Because I was drawing a blank.
00:53:34You have tea?
00:53:37So I've been going through Darien St. Jules' phone records,
00:53:40and he phoned someone the day before he was murdered.
00:53:43A friend of his called Trishawn King.
00:53:46Now, he was over on Montserrat for Christmas.
00:53:49So I asked Darlene to speak with him.
00:53:51Darlene?
00:53:52Last night?
00:53:53Yeah.
00:53:54And how was she with that?
00:53:55Er, you know, she was...
00:53:57She was cool with it.
00:53:59Inspector, it's Christmas Day.
00:54:02What in God's name do you think you're doing?
00:54:08Anyway, it turned out Darien feared for his life
00:54:12and was asking Trishawn where he can get hold of a gun for protection.
00:54:16He thought someone was going to kill him.
00:54:18Did he say who?
00:54:20Hmm.
00:54:21But he did say he was caught up in something he shouldn't have.
00:54:23And get this, he thought the woman he was trying to help had been murdered.
00:54:27Now I'm caught up in it all.
00:54:29And now he was worried that he was going to suffer the same fate.
00:54:32Whoa, wait.
00:54:33Darien told Trishawn he thought Ashley Sims was murdered?
00:54:37But it would explain why no one's seen her the last few days.
00:54:40If this is true, that means that whoever killed Ashley Sims probably also murdered Darien St. Drews.
00:54:47To silence him.
00:54:48So what we need to start looking for now is anyone who had a reason to kill Ashley Sims.
00:54:53But both Helen and Neil Dugdale to start with, Ashley stole half a million pounds from their company.
00:54:58And there's someone else as well.
00:55:09We've been looking at your phone records.
00:55:11And these, Miss Hickson, are text messages from you to Ashley Sims just before she came out here.
00:55:16You'll regret ever meeting me.
00:55:19Stay away from my boyfriend or else.
00:55:22I'm not afraid to hurt you.
00:55:24The list goes on.
00:55:26Care to explain?
00:55:28They had a thing, right?
00:55:31Gavin and Ashley had a thing behind my back.
00:55:34Or sort of.
00:55:36Sort of?
00:55:38Yeah, like it wasn't like a real thing.
00:55:41Like they never really got together.
00:55:42But he liked her.
00:55:44Yeah.
00:55:48God knows why.
00:55:49She was weird.
00:55:50But I think Gav liked that about her.
00:55:53And he called things off between us.
00:55:58And that's when I started warning her off.
00:56:00Guess I just got a bit carried away.
00:56:03I just...
00:56:05I just didn't want to lose him.
00:56:07And you didn't.
00:56:08Now that Ashley's conveniently disappeared, you've got Gavin to yourself now, haven't you?
00:56:13What?
00:56:15Is that what you think?
00:56:16That I killed her?
00:56:20No, I wouldn't.
00:56:22I didn't.
00:56:24It'll be about Gavin.
00:56:26We need to tell her what we know.
00:56:28But Ashley called things off with Gav.
00:56:31Why would I kill her?
00:56:32Inspector.
00:56:34You need to hear the truth.
00:56:35What?
00:56:36And I'm afraid you're not going to get that from her.
00:56:38No disrespect, Karen.
00:56:40Neil, come on, man.
00:56:41What are you saying?
00:56:43Whatever she's told you, it's ten times worse.
00:56:46Neil, what are you saying?
00:56:47Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:56:48You've had your chance.
00:56:49Go on.
00:56:50He had a thing for Ashley.
00:56:52Is that it?
00:56:53We already know.
00:56:54No, it was more than that.
00:56:56Gavin was obsessed.
00:56:57When Ashley said they couldn't see each other anymore, he had to take time off work.
00:57:01And I've seen the posters you've been putting up.
00:57:03If Ashley's gone missing, then I'm telling you, it'll have something to do with Gavin.
00:57:07Inspector.
00:57:09Someone's just broken into the villa with Darian and we're shocked.
00:57:18mittlerweile is notused.
00:57:22Remember the work they are and did not get in front of us?
00:57:25He has a problem.
00:57:27We're shocked.
00:57:28Wow.
00:57:29Oh look.
00:57:30Oh look.
00:57:31Oh look.
00:57:32Oh look.
00:57:33Am I wondering?
00:57:34Oh look.
00:57:35Come on.
00:57:36Oh let's go.
00:57:37Oh look.
00:57:38Ah.
00:57:39Oh look.
00:57:40He's dead there.
00:57:41Oh look.
00:57:42I know.
00:57:43Oh look.
00:57:44Oh look.
00:57:45Oh look.
00:57:46Oh look.
00:57:47Mr. Bradbury, this doesn't look good at all.
00:58:05But then I don't think you need me to tell you that.
00:58:11You want to start by telling us what we're going to find in that pool you've just emptied,
00:58:14and we know it's not the gun used to kill Darien St. Jules, because that's currently sitting in a police station somewhere in Swindon.
00:58:20So what's down there? Why have you come back to the crime scene, Gavin? What's so important?
00:58:24Inspector! Found something.
00:58:27What is it?
00:58:29A bullet. One that's been fired.
00:58:36Why is there a bullet in the pool, Gav?
00:58:39It's like...
00:58:42Keepsake.
00:58:44Something to remember Ashley by.
00:58:50A bullet?
00:58:51There are other things that I've got of hers as well, like...
00:58:56More like normal things.
00:58:58I'm really not interested in those, funny enough.
00:59:01Ashley, she's...
00:59:02She's not like anyone I've ever met before.
00:59:05Like, it was exciting being around her.
00:59:07And her life was so different to mine.
00:59:11Yeah, I hear that. The bullet.
00:59:13Yeah.
00:59:15She has a gun.
00:59:17She was looking after it as a favour for someone that she knew from prison.
00:59:21And she...
00:59:22Well...
00:59:24We...
00:59:25Went out to the woods one day.
00:59:26And she let me fire her.
00:59:27It was...
00:59:28It was amazing, right?
00:59:29It was a...
00:59:31You know, like exhilarating.
00:59:32And I went and got one of the bullets.
00:59:34You know, like I said that I would keep it with me.
00:59:36To remind me of her.
00:59:37And they say romance is dead.
00:59:41So, why did it end up in the pool?
00:59:44I panicked.
00:59:45When there was that dead guy and Neil called the police.
00:59:48I was worried that if you found it, you'd think it was me that shot him.
00:59:52So, I took it out.
00:59:53And I was wondering what to do.
00:59:55And...
00:59:57I dropped it.
00:59:59It fell in the pool.
01:00:01And the more you were sniffing around, the more I started to worry that you'd find it.
01:00:04So, I came back and I...
01:00:09So, you loved Ashley then?
01:00:12Yeah, I guess, yeah.
01:00:14Hmm.
01:00:16Must have...
01:00:17Really hurt when she ended things.
01:00:20Gavin.
01:00:21We believe Ashley Sims was murdered on this island in the last few days.
01:00:26What? No.
01:00:27What? If she can't be?
01:00:28And we kind of wondering if maybe you did it.
01:00:30Me?
01:00:32Why would I kill Ashley?
01:00:34Because you couldn't have her.
01:00:35And it hurt like hell.
01:00:36No, no, no, no.
01:00:37You've got this wrong.
01:00:38I didn't kill her.
01:00:39Like all that man.
01:00:40You seem a bit edgy, Gavin.
01:00:44Is there something you aren't telling us?
01:00:47There's nothing.
01:00:49Really, there is nothing.
01:00:57Paradise Court Hotel, please.
01:01:05What is it that he's not saying?
01:01:06No.
01:01:09No.
01:01:14Hey, this is Ashley's phone.
01:01:15You know what to do.
01:01:16Ashley, it's me.
01:01:18We need to talk.
01:01:19I'm worried about you.
01:01:21The police have been asking questions and I think they...
01:01:22they know about us, so...
01:01:25Just let me know what you want me to do, yeah?
01:01:28Please call me back.
01:01:30I love you.
01:01:36You all right, sir?
01:01:37You seem a bit tense.
01:01:38I just can't work this one out.
01:01:40I mean, we've got one potential murder victim whose body we haven't found, another murder victim whose body we have found, but that murder weapon was locked in a desk drawer on the other side of the world when that murder took place.
01:02:00I mean, where do we even start?
01:02:03Well, sounds like you need to go get a little shoulder rub, you know? Release some of that tension.
01:02:08No, you all right, Officer Rose.
01:02:13Ah, this guy again.
01:02:15Listen, mate, I told you before, I'm not interested in upgrading to another phone, so stop calling me, eh?
01:02:20Is that Mervyn Wilson?
01:02:23Yeah, it's still Mervyn Wilson and I'm still not interested.
01:02:27It's me, Solomon. Your brother.
01:02:36Are you there, Mervyn?
01:02:40Mervyn?
01:02:42Yes. Yes, he's here. Don't hang up.
01:02:50Ah, Solomon. It's Mervyn.
01:03:00Yeah, you should always know that. Um, look, mate, I'm sorry. I just wasn't expecting your call.
01:03:08Yeah, I know. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get in touch, but it was, you know.
01:03:15No, no, no, mate, I totally understand, yeah? I mean, so it's a process, right?
01:03:21But, um, hey, you're calling now, aren't you?
01:03:25Yeah, man, it's a process. But I'm glad to be calling now.
01:03:32Are you still there? Mervyn?
01:03:35Mervyn?
01:03:36Yeah, yeah, I'm still here. Um...
01:03:41Look, um, Solomon, I'm really, really sorry to do this to you.
01:03:46And I am so glad you called and that we're finally speaking.
01:03:50And I really, really want us to talk again, but...
01:03:54Right now, there's something I need to do, yeah?
01:03:58Yeah, man, no problem, but I'll tune.
01:04:02That was quick.
01:04:04Officer Rose, that billboard, you did that right?
01:04:08Yes, sir, I did.
01:04:10But you should already have the invoice for that. It's not going to cost any extra.
01:04:13No, no, no, I don't care about the cost. It was worth every penny. Come, come, look.
01:04:16You see, all along, we've been looking at Ashley's footage on phone screens and laptops, yeah?
01:04:29Well, they were too small.
01:04:31I don't understand.
01:04:33You see where Ashley is? This is a still from the video she made.
01:04:37And in the background, there's a ship passing by.
01:04:40Now, before that was just a speck, but now you've blown it up. Look at it.
01:04:44What about the ship?
01:04:47Look at what it's called!
01:04:51Blitzen.
01:04:53Blitzen!
01:04:54Yeah?
01:04:55Now we know.
01:04:57Oh, Officer Rose, if you were so tall, I'd kiss you.
01:05:01Why would Darian write the name of that ship on his hands?
01:05:05Well, he obviously saw the footage himself, and then, um, he saw something in it.
01:05:11But what?
01:05:12It's like she's vanished into thin air.
01:05:13It's why I've come here.
01:05:14I thought I was helping someone.
01:05:16You know what?
01:05:17I think I'm starting to work out what went down here.
01:05:19But I need to make a phone call.
01:05:20And you need to get on to airport security.
01:05:21Come on!
01:05:22All right, mate.
01:05:23Much appreciated.
01:05:24Cheers.
01:05:25Wow.
01:05:26What's wow?
01:05:27So, that ship behind Ashley Sims?
01:05:28It's owned by a Scandinavian container shipping company.
01:05:30Now, we know from the information on that footage, Ashley recorded it on the 4th of October, right?
01:05:31Right.
01:05:32Well, check this.
01:05:33The Blitzen was passing by the south coast of England on the 4th of October.
01:05:34Right.
01:05:35The Blitzen was passing by the south coast of England on the 4th of October.
01:05:36Thousands of miles from the Caribbean.
01:05:37So, Ashley recorded that one.
01:05:38It's all right, mate.
01:05:39Much appreciated.
01:05:40Cheers.
01:05:41Wow.
01:05:42What's wow?
01:05:43So, that ship behind Ashley Sims?
01:05:48It's owned by a Scandinavian container shipping company.
01:05:51Now, we know from the information on that footage, Ashley recorded it on the 4th of October,
01:05:56right?
01:05:57Right.
01:05:58Well, check this.
01:05:59The Blitzen was passing by the south coast of England on the 4th of October.
01:06:04Thousands of miles from the Caribbean.
01:06:05So, Ashley recorded that video on a beach back in the UK?
01:06:09Which means she was never even here.
01:06:12Inspector, the airport just emailed over security camera footage the day Ashley Sims arrived on
01:06:18the island.
01:06:19Wait, she was here?
01:06:22Thank you for a wonderful Christmas, Marjorie.
01:06:26Oh, it's been lovely.
01:06:27Let me give you a hand with that.
01:06:29Oh, don't be daft.
01:06:30You don't know where anything goes.
01:06:32Then you can tell me.
01:06:33It's the least I can do.
01:06:36Living room, sideboard drawer.
01:06:38Living room, sideboard drawer.
01:06:41Living room, sideboard drawer.
01:06:42But if Ashley Sims has never been here before, why do immigration records show that she has?
01:06:49Because someone else came pretending to be Ashley.
01:06:52Presumably on a fake passport.
01:06:54And that someone paid Darian 100k to lie and say Ashley rented his property for the past few months.
01:06:59But why would they do that?
01:07:01To misdirect and confuse anyone looking for her.
01:07:03Because they'd already killed Ashley and taken the money.
01:07:07So one of our four suspects has been here three months previously.
01:07:10Which is why we're going through this footage.
01:07:12Because it will show who was pretending to be Ashley Sims.
01:07:17There.
01:07:18Why didn't I see that before?
01:07:20That's why I've come here to try and understand why I hurt people.
01:07:24No, it was more than that.
01:07:26Gavin was obsessed.
01:07:27Of course.
01:07:28After that, nobody is seen leaving or arriving.
01:07:31So it's got to be one of these four who shot Darian and Jules.
01:07:36You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.
01:07:38You didn't hear the gunshot?
01:07:39It's like Helen said, you know, the room out here, it's stronger than you used to.
01:07:43What if there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
01:07:47It makes perfect sense now.
01:07:49For definite, there's no gun at the villa.
01:07:51The commissioner found a gun locked in the desk drawer at Dougdale's offices back in the UK.
01:07:56We need to call the commissioner.
01:07:57The commissioner? Why?
01:07:59Because he's with the killer as we speak.
01:08:01Come on, sir. Pick up.
01:08:20And what about these ones?
01:08:22Same drawer.
01:08:23Oh.
01:08:24I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean.
01:08:49I set the same drawer.
01:08:51No.
01:08:59That necklace.
01:09:01The stone is Lithmer.
01:09:02Unique to Saint Marie.
01:09:04You told me you always wanted to go to the Caribbean like you've never been.
01:09:13You were lying.
01:09:15No.
01:09:16No, Selwyn.
01:09:17It was you that went to Saint Marie three months ago.
01:09:22If Ashley never went then, is she dead?
01:09:27Oh, I'm sorry.
01:09:29I didn't mean to.
01:09:31It just happened.
01:09:32Miss Jones.
01:09:33I think you should put the knife down low.
01:09:46Please.
01:09:50Oh.
01:09:51That video she made, it wasn't in the Caribbean, was it?
01:10:02Bournemouth.
01:10:04On a Sunday, she'd gone to the seaside.
01:10:07She realized she'd made a mistake stealing that money.
01:10:12Didn't she?
01:10:13Then she wanted to give the money back and send the video as an apology.
01:10:20I want to say sorry.
01:10:21I don't know why I keep doing this.
01:10:23Miss Simms didn't leave the country.
01:10:25I'd gone in to the office that day to deal with an order that had gone wrong.
01:10:33It wasn't my fault.
01:10:35But I was the one who had to go in and fix it.
01:10:38And then when I let myself in, I found Ashley there and I knew straight away what the money was.
01:10:45You overhear a lot when you sit at reception all day.
01:10:50I knew it was you.
01:10:52And I went to call the police.
01:10:54Wait, I'm giving the money back, Marjorie.
01:10:57Don't.
01:10:58Please.
01:11:00I'm calling the police now.
01:11:01Don't do this to me.
01:11:03You're not.
01:11:04And Ashley tried to stop me.
01:11:06I won't let you, Marjorie.
01:11:08Get off me.
01:11:09Pushed her off me and...
01:11:15And I wasn't even supposed to be in that day.
01:11:28But it's like I told you, nobody, nobody cares for me there.
01:11:34They just take me for granted and...
01:11:36You saw the money and thought, finally, you could take something back for yourself.
01:11:46All you had to do was dispose of the body.
01:11:53Where?
01:11:59In my back garden.
01:12:06And then you made a fake passport in Ashley's name.
01:12:10Oh, that wasn't hard, you know, with all the kit we've got in the office.
01:12:14You flew on that passport to Saint Marie to make it look as if Miss Simms had run away to the other side of the world and rented her property there for the last few months.
01:12:26You know, I really did want to go to the Caribbean.
01:12:31It's just that I never had the chance or the money until...
01:12:38And if you were going to misdirect from what really happened here in Swindon, where the dead body was, then the farther away the better and no one would realize.
01:12:56Until things started to go wrong.
01:13:01And you received a phone call.
01:13:10You're saying Marjorie killed Ashley Simms?
01:13:14Our receptionist, that Marjorie?
01:13:16That Marjorie. Yes, Marjorie Dodds, the receptionist, killed Ashley Simms in England and made it look as if she ran away to the Caribbean.
01:13:23With your 500k.
01:13:25Oh, my. I did not see that coming.
01:13:28So which one of us shot the man found in our swimming pool?
01:13:31It wasn't any of you.
01:13:33But it had to be. You said so. No one else was here.
01:13:37Yeah, you're right. I did say that.
01:13:39But what I didn't know then was that Darien St. Jules wasn't shot at your villa.
01:13:44It just looked like he was.
01:13:46That's why no gunshot was heard, because there wasn't one.
01:13:50He'd already been shot.
01:13:51We know now from our colleague in the UK that Marjorie had paid Darien money.
01:14:01She came to the island three months ago on a forged passport and she gave him £100,000 to lie and cover if anyone ever came to the island asking after Ashley.
01:14:11She'd convinced him he was doing a favour for a very vulnerable friend of hers.
01:14:17But when you visited him a few days ago, Mrs. Dogdale, asking questions, mentioning the missing £500,000, Darien started to wonder what he'd gotten himself involved in.
01:14:26And when he re-watched that footage more closely, the footage of Ashley you'd shown him as an experienced fisherman who knew the waters off St. Marie very well.
01:14:35Something about it bothered him.
01:14:38Zooming in, he was able to read the name of the bull Blitzen.
01:14:42He knew this was not a St. Marie vessel.
01:14:43He worked out that the video of Ashley was actually shot in the UK.
01:14:52And having heard from you, Mrs. Dogdale, that Ashley went missing with £500,000 of your money, Darien started to realise that Ashley had never been to the island.
01:15:02He'd only ever met Marjorie.
01:15:03So, he phoned Miss Dodds, asking what was going on.
01:15:12We need to talk.
01:15:14Listen, Darien, you've got this all wrong.
01:15:18All throughout this case, we thought Darien's killer had to be one of you four.
01:15:24The one person we never suspected was Marjorie Dodds.
01:15:28It was all the way back in Swindon. Or so we thought.
01:15:31With Darien threatening to go to the police, Marjorie asked him to hang fire.
01:15:36And she would fly out here and speak to him in person.
01:15:40Marjorie was here? On this island? At the exact same time we were?
01:15:43Yeah. She arrived the night before Darien was shot and flew back to the UK the next morning.
01:15:48Unable to convince Darien to keep quiet and carry on with the lie, Marjorie started to grow desperate.
01:15:55Worried he'd tell the police.
01:15:56I can give you more money. How much? Just tell me and I'll give it to you.
01:16:00We know. Darien was searching around for a gun. For self-protection.
01:16:05I just want you to leave. Now!
01:16:09He never expected Marjorie would use it against him.
01:16:13What are you doing? Put the gun down!
01:16:20What is it?
01:16:24After shooting Darien, Marjorie left and headed for the airport.
01:16:29Before getting back on the plane, arriving at Dugdale's offices just in time to meet with our very own Commissioner Patterson.
01:16:34If Marjorie shot Darien at his house, how did he end up at our villa?
01:16:41Marjorie thought she'd killed him. But what she didn't know when she left Darien's place was that he was still alive.
01:16:47It was the fact that he smelled so strongly of someone else's aftershave that helped us work it out.
01:16:55Neil's aftershave, in fact.
01:16:57We thought it was there to cover up another smell that we now know was antiseptic.
01:17:03The stuff used to clean up a wound. Because as soon as Marjorie quit the scene, Darien regained consciousness and patched himself up.
01:17:11As far as he was concerned, the bullet was just lodged in his shoulder.
01:17:15It wasn't life-threatening. So he put on a fresh T-shirt and headed off for the hospital to get it properly seen to.
01:17:22But on the way, it passed your villa, which was just half a mile down the road.
01:17:28And I think Darien intended to alert you to what had gone down.
01:17:32He stopped here to tell you the truth about Ashley and to warn you about what Marjorie had done.
01:17:36That's why he came here that morning. To tell you what your colleague had done to Ashley and in turn to him.
01:17:44To make sure it didn't happen to anyone else.
01:17:47But what Darien didn't know was that his wound was worse than he thought.
01:17:52And he was bleeding internally.
01:17:54And so despite his brave effort to alert you all to the truth, he died.
01:18:00Here in your villa.
01:18:01But then someone proceeded to stage the scene as if he was shot in this villa.
01:18:10Didn't you, Mr Bradbury?
01:18:14Me? What?
01:18:16No, of course not. No.
01:18:18And you did it because Ashley told you to.
01:18:21You're crazy. Ashley? I don't know what you're talking about.
01:18:24Let me have your phone.
01:18:30Gavin, please.
01:18:33It's okay.
01:18:36Unlock it.
01:18:38Unlock it.
01:18:52Bingo.
01:18:54Text messages seemingly from Ashley Sims from the moment she disappeared right up to today.
01:18:58But all of these were sent by Marjorie Dodds.
01:19:04Who kept Ashley's phone after she killed her.
01:19:07What, no. You, you know, you're wrong. She can't be...
01:19:09You've been texting her?
01:19:10No.
01:19:11This whole time?
01:19:12Karen, I'm sorry. Look, look.
01:19:13No, no. Karen!
01:19:15And here, proof of what happened.
01:19:18Messages exchanged on the morning of Darien's death.
01:19:20Because despite what you told us, Gavin, you were actually the first to discover Darien's body.
01:19:28You knew who Darien was because Ashley had told you all about him.
01:19:33And so you contacted Ashley, left a message telling her that Darien had turned up to the villa and died,
01:19:39and asking her what was going on.
01:19:42A few minutes later, she, or rather, Marjorie, texted back.
01:19:46See, Marjorie realized that if the police were called and found Darien with his wound patched up,
01:19:54they'd know he was shot somewhere else.
01:19:56And the trail would lead right back to her.
01:19:59So, she had to do two things.
01:20:02First, she texted you with instructions.
01:20:05Second, she had to clear up the real scene of the crime.
01:20:08Marjorie's confessed to her colleague in the UK that she quickly doubled back from the airport and returned to Darien's house
01:20:12before disposing of the gun and the T-shirt he was wearing when she shot him.
01:20:16Meanwhile, you moved the body outside to the swimming pool.
01:20:19There's also a mention here of that bullet you kept as a memento in the text messages you sent to Ashley.
01:20:25Well, that's how Marjorie knew.
01:20:27So, as Ashley, she asked you to remove the bullet she killed Darien with and replace it with the one she knew you had.
01:20:34However, in your haste, you must have dropped the bullet you extracted into the swimming pool.
01:20:43But you knew you could come back and retrieve it later.
01:20:47Once you switched the bullets, the heartbeat was over.
01:20:51You disposed of the dressing.
01:20:55Then made a hole in his T-shirt and let the blood around the wound soak in.
01:20:59So now, it looked like Darien had been shot after he entered the villa, not before.
01:21:06The last problem you had was getting rid of that antiseptic smell.
01:21:10Because that stuff lingers, right?
01:21:12And if the police noticed it, we'd certainly be asking who cleaned up the wound and why.
01:21:17So you ran into the bathroom and got hold of some aftershave, kneels, and doused him in it.
01:21:22So now all you had to do was pretend to be asleep when Mrs. Dogdale discovered the body.
01:21:27Gavin, we need to get to the airport. You've got to pack.
01:21:31Leaving 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.
01:21:39In the end, it wasn't just the police that Marjorie Dodds had duped. It was you as well, Gavin.
01:21:45You see, you thought you were helping the woman you loved.
01:21:48A woman you'd do anything for when you were actually helping her killer.
01:21:53Officer Rose.
01:21:57Mr. Bradbury, I'm arresting on the suspicion of perverting the course of justice. You don't need to say anything.
01:21:59But it may harm your defence if you do not mention one question something you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be used as evidence.
01:22:05I need to know, why did you come to the train station that night and invite me into your home? Why take that risk?
01:22:15Because I didn't want to spend Christmas on my own again. I'm so sorry I spoiled it all.
01:22:22I didn't want to spend Christmas on my own again.
01:22:25Martha تmarked you.
01:22:26It sounded like a police ayふとに、
01:22:40the new something that was a hard perverting the car wheel a year ago.
01:22:44But it did be an awesome thing that I could pay back into my car role for it and say that you said to me I wanted to save the girl for the car should cost me.
01:22:50Inspector?
01:23:00Commissioner?
01:23:01The arrest has been made.
01:23:03I'm pleased to see.
01:23:04Same here.
01:23:05We couldn't have done it without you, sir.
01:23:08Oh, and are you doing all right?
01:23:10Me?
01:23:11Yes, of course.
01:23:13I'm fine.
01:23:14Merry Christmas, sir.
01:23:15I'm doing fine.
01:23:25We regret to announce that the 10-15 to Leeds will be delayed due to a shortage of train staff.
01:23:40Chief Commissioner, it's Selwyn Patterson.
01:23:45And to you, and apologies for calling you during the holidays, but I wanted to know if you'd found my replacement as yet.
01:23:58And I wondered if there was any chance of my returning to the road, if it's still vacant.
01:24:16I know it's been a long time since I've been searching, since I've been searching to find you.
01:24:29The thing is, Harry, the classic Christmas Day Sunday roast lunch is all well and good.
01:24:35But when push comes to shove, the real culinary high point is the turkey and stuffing sarni.
01:24:42Because my friend, in my humble opinion, it is one of the greatest delicacies known to mankind.
01:24:52Like bacon and eggs?
01:24:54Oh, D.S. Thomas, you're just in time. Come in. Come in.
01:24:56Grab those for me, would you?
01:25:04So, uh, what is this about, sir?
01:25:08I promised I'd make up for spoiling Christmas Day.
01:25:11And that is exactly what I'm doing.
01:25:13Come on.
01:25:13I don't know why I didn't think of this before.
01:25:20My front room on the beach.
01:25:22Is that a good idea, do you think?
01:25:24Yeah, why not?
01:25:26So we're watching something.
01:25:27We certainly are, D.S. Thomas.
01:25:29Not the...
01:25:30The great escape. Yeah.
01:25:35Beers and butties, everyone.
01:25:36And thank you to our local mayor for letting me have the leftovers from the bar.
01:25:42And you've put it all between two slices of bread?
01:25:46Yeah.
01:25:46How English.
01:25:49Excited for this film, Inspector. Sounds dope.
01:25:53Um, sir.
01:25:57Is this really your favourite thing about Christmas?
01:26:01Well, yeah.
01:26:02When I was a little boy growing up, most times I didn't know where I was going to end up spending Christmas, right?
01:26:10With a foster family or in a care home.
01:26:14But wherever I ended up, the one constant every Christmas was this film.
01:26:22And it was a comfort to me.
01:26:24I bet that little boy never thought he'd be here in the Caribbean.
01:26:30All these years later, watching that same film, surrounded by his friends.
01:26:42He certainly didn't, Catherine.
01:26:46So, um, to him.
01:26:51To him.
01:26:54Okay, then. Showtime.
01:26:56Yeah.
01:27:00Um, look, uh, just give me a few minutes, yeah?
01:27:11Yeah?
01:27:18Solomon, how you doing, man?
01:27:21You got my message, yeah?
01:27:22Um, look.
01:27:26I'm sorry I had to cut you off like that before, yeah?
01:27:29It was just an emergency at work I had to deal with.
01:27:32So, how's your Christmas been?
01:27:36Yeah?
01:27:37Good.
01:27:40Mine, um...
01:27:42Yeah, yeah, it's been really good.
01:27:45Look, um, I don't know how you feel about this, but I was wondering if you wanted to meet up sometime.
01:27:59Yeah?
01:28:03Yeah, I definitely would like to.
01:28:04Festive crimes and jaw-dropping revelations in the Beyond Paradise Christmas special on BBC iPlayer.
01:28:30Well, you can also find the staff of Nanata's house as they travel to Hong Kong.
01:28:35They call the Midwife Christmas special.
01:28:36Press red now.
01:28:38A movie classic on BBC Two now with The Godfather.
01:28:41The Godfather.
01:28:50This is a movie classic.
01:29:05This is a movie classic.
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