Midsomer Murders - Season 25 Episode 03- Death Strikes Three
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00:00:01I'll show him.
00:00:03Oh, an absolute disgrace.
00:00:06That's what it is.
00:00:12See how he likes it when no one turns up?
00:00:16This will teach him.
00:00:23Hi.
00:00:24They've been at it all morning. It's killing my business.
00:00:27So I've seen they're all over the village.
00:00:30Blue or grey?
00:00:38I feel good.
00:00:40Hmm.
00:00:42Blue it is, then.
00:00:56Brad!
00:00:57Good, good.
00:00:58Thanks for coming.
00:01:00Did Brad rob a jewellers?
00:01:02I'd have stolen the crown jewels to get Frankie to say yes.
00:01:06Mmm.
00:01:08Mmm.
00:01:09What's with your peps?
00:01:10They can't even stretch to real champagne.
00:01:12Well, this is a step up for them.
00:01:14I was expecting tap water.
00:01:16I don't know what you're smiling about.
00:01:18The village have voted to boycott our flower festival.
00:01:20Fear not, my dear.
00:01:21Your brilliant husband has it all in hand.
00:01:22What's that mean?
00:01:24Oh, what have you done now?
00:01:26There's nothing else.
00:01:28No, unfortunately not.
00:01:29Oh, unfortunately not.
00:01:30Oh, they're beautiful.
00:01:32Thank you, Kimony.
00:01:34I was hoping you might hire me to do the flowers on your big day.
00:01:38Oh, I...
00:01:39Yeah, we're not really making any clear-cut decisions yet.
00:01:40It's good to see you.
00:01:41Are you all right?
00:01:42I think I'm getting a cold.
00:01:43It might be all the moon for Frankie.
00:01:44This is me being over the moon for Frankie.
00:01:45This is me being over the moon for Frankie.
00:01:46Oh, thank you.
00:01:47Oh, thank you.
00:01:48Thank you, Kimony.
00:01:49I was hoping you might hire me to do the flowers on your big day.
00:01:54Oh, I...
00:01:55Yeah, we're not really making any clear-cut decisions yet.
00:01:58No.
00:01:59It's good to see you.
00:02:00Are you all right?
00:02:01I think I'm getting a cold.
00:02:02It might be all the moon for Frankie.
00:02:12It is me being over the moon.
00:02:17Who the hell is that?
00:02:19Yes!
00:02:22It's amazing, isn't it?
00:02:24My mum used to tell me about this place.
00:02:28Why have you stopped?
00:02:30Me and the others can start setting up.
00:02:32Yes.
00:02:33You've got to come and say hello.
00:02:34I can't do this on my own.
00:02:36You're the one who couldn't wait to come here.
00:02:38Not me.
00:02:39Come on, guys!
00:02:42Oh, I can.
00:02:59Nah.
00:03:00I presume.
00:03:01How shall we handle this?
00:03:02like livingston and stanley it's it's a bigger moment than that oh oh yes um girls i want you
00:03:13to meet your uncle we don't have an uncle what on earth is going on myrtle this is my half brother
00:03:19noah and suffice to say until recently neither of us knew the other existed hi well it's great to
00:03:27meet you all i didn't want to turn up empty-handed oh that's um that's lovely
00:03:38time starts now as they say
00:03:49come on everyone let's get a photo of you all by the clock well it's a big moment
00:04:11old family new family family of the future i'm not family just smile and say cheese
00:04:19love hang on we need the happy couple in the middle
00:04:30come on am i gonna get my share you have your reward for marrying my daughter
00:04:36that's not what we agreed alan it's so alan to you
00:04:39oh very nice
00:04:42that's it well done everyone
00:04:46oh
00:04:53yeah
00:04:54oh
00:04:56oh
00:06:31I thought I was going to build this.
00:06:39Yeah, you did think that.
00:06:41And then I decided it needs doing properly.
00:06:44As you are well aware, my grandfather was a master carpenter.
00:06:48He was a carpenter.
00:06:50You make a brilliant detective.
00:06:55Oh, Winter.
00:06:56Sir.
00:06:57Oh.
00:06:58What are you building?
00:06:59Well, if I do it, it's going to be an arbor.
00:07:01And if John does it...
00:07:02Presumably, there's a reason you're here this early.
00:07:04I thought it'd be this place.
00:07:26Ah, I thought it'd be this place.
00:07:28I almost came here last year.
00:07:29They have an annual flower festival.
00:07:32I don't know you're into horticulture, Winter.
00:07:34I'm not, but this girl I was seeing was.
00:07:36And when you say you almost came here...
00:07:38Well, when she took one look at my houseplants, she decided that I wasn't the one for her.
00:07:43Apparently, I put the wrong perennials next to each other in the same pot.
00:07:46Small margins, Winter.
00:07:47Well, how am I supposed to know that some plants don't get on?
00:07:53Looks like more police are arriving.
00:07:59Do you think I should go up there?
00:08:02Then do what?
00:08:03I don't actually know.
00:08:05I mean, how do brothers brother?
00:08:14There.
00:08:17Where'd you get to last night?
00:08:26I woke up when you weren't there.
00:08:28I, uh, I had a nightmare.
00:08:29I took a walk to calm down.
00:08:34Look, if your brother needs you, he will tell you.
00:08:45Hello?
00:08:47Here's a new one for you.
00:08:50The poor fellow was pecked to death.
00:08:54Pecked?
00:08:54They didn't realise it was the murder weapon until it struck the hour and stabbed one of my sockers.
00:09:01He's lucky he's tall.
00:09:03Well, taller than the victim.
00:09:05Watch this.
00:09:06Um, better stand back first.
00:09:11Further?
00:09:12Well, I've seen everything now.
00:09:23The victim's name was Brad Furbank, aged 29.
00:09:30Time of death?
00:09:31Judging from his lividity and rigour, I'd say he'd been dead at least five hours.
00:09:36Well, that will put it about three o'clock this morning.
00:09:39Who found him?
00:09:40The lady of the house.
00:09:42Myrtle Bruce.
00:09:43She lives here with her husband, Sir Alan.
00:09:45Where was the clock hanging?
00:09:47It was level with that ghoulish portrait.
00:09:51The cuckoo stabbed Brad and he came tumbling down the stairs.
00:09:54Well, it seems they were right all along.
00:09:59Time is indeed the enemy.
00:10:05I couldn't believe it.
00:10:07Brad was just lying at the foot of the stairs.
00:10:11What time was this?
00:10:12Probably about seven.
00:10:15You hadn't heard anything before that, say around three this morning?
00:10:18I had a bit too much to drink last night.
00:10:23So I was out like a light.
00:10:28Don't look at me.
00:10:29I tend to sleep the sleep of the just.
00:10:32Quite.
00:10:34Tell me about Brad.
00:10:37Presumably he lived here with you.
00:10:38Oh, goodness, no.
00:10:40He's been staying at the Raging Stag.
00:10:42It's a pub in the village.
00:10:44Would either of you know why he came here in the middle of the night?
00:10:46I hadn't a clue what Brad was doing here.
00:10:54Presumably he was coming to see you.
00:10:56But he knew I was out last night with my friends,
00:10:59carrying on the celebrations.
00:11:02So it was our engagement party yesterday.
00:11:06It's all right.
00:11:07I'm here.
00:11:08When did you get back to Godly Manor?
00:11:10I didn't.
00:11:11My friends and I crashed at Cordelia's flat.
00:11:14I saw, I can't believe this.
00:11:16I'm sorry, I just have a few more questions.
00:11:21When did you last see Brad?
00:11:23Yesterday evening, before I left with my friends.
00:11:26That was around nine, I think.
00:11:29And did anything untoward happen before then?
00:11:31Does the arrival of an uncle we never knew we had qualify?
00:11:34The clock was a gift from a brother-in-law I didn't know I had.
00:11:41It's a long story.
00:11:42I'd still like to hear it.
00:11:44Well, my father, Sir Percival Bruce, sired Noah out of wedlock.
00:11:50Noah?
00:11:50Noah Connoboy.
00:11:51Now, I had no idea he existed until the family solicitor told me at my father's funeral.
00:11:58Was this recently?
00:11:59Uh, it was about six weeks ago.
00:12:02So I asked Brad to search for him.
00:12:05He's very good at the internet.
00:12:06Well, was.
00:12:09So Noah turned up with the clock?
00:12:12Yes, he said that he'd made it especially for the occasion.
00:12:15Shall I save you some time?
00:12:17The only reason Noah's here is to claim his share.
00:12:21Oh, so you think Sir Alan was the intended target?
00:12:24A child of five could tell you that.
00:12:27So, off you trot and go and arrest Noah.
00:12:30He'll be outside, contaminating our grounds.
00:12:33What my darling wife means is that Noah's arrived with his troop.
00:12:37They put on oldie-worldie woodworking festivals.
00:12:40Very popular, apparently.
00:12:42Brings people from far and wide.
00:12:44So we don't need some limp flower festival when we can replace it with something much more popular.
00:12:53Did Brad work in the village?
00:12:55He could work anywhere.
00:12:57He was in Bitcoin.
00:12:58He was doing really well.
00:13:00Always on his phone, checking the markets.
00:13:02So you didn't have an argument with someone in godly buzzards, hey?
00:13:06Brad, never.
00:13:07He was really popular.
00:13:08My sister can vouch for that.
00:13:10He was lovely.
00:13:12Never seen Frankie as happy.
00:13:18You know, I nearly came to the flower festival last year.
00:13:22Would have been a waste of time.
00:13:23It was rained off.
00:13:24Worst thunderstorm in decades.
00:13:26Destroyed all the flower beds.
00:13:28It was an absolute disaster.
00:13:29Well, hopefully it'll be different this year.
00:13:32No chance.
00:13:33The village have boycotted it.
00:13:36Our magnanimous father decided to charge double this year, which made a lot of people very angry.
00:13:41We're looking for a Noah Connor boy.
00:14:05That would be me.
00:14:06Oh, I saw you earlier.
00:14:08But you were, um, a bit taller.
00:14:10Oh, yeah.
00:14:12Yeah, no, I get that a lot.
00:14:13Sorry, I'm Nessie.
00:14:19Nessie Copeland.
00:14:20What's happening up at the house?
00:14:22I'm afraid we have reason to believe that, um, Brad Furbank was murdered last night.
00:14:28Murdered?
00:14:29Are you serious?
00:14:31That's awful.
00:14:33And what can you tell us about the cooking clock?
00:14:36It tells the time.
00:14:39What else is there to say?
00:14:40What, did you build it yourself?
00:14:42I craft everything myself.
00:14:44Sorry, why are you asking about a cuckoo clock?
00:14:47Its spring had been tightened to a murderous degree.
00:14:51A sharp piece of metal had been attached to the cuckoo's beak.
00:14:54The second it chimed, it sprang out, and...
00:14:58I'm sure you can work out the rest.
00:15:01Everyone saw the clock yesterday.
00:15:04There wasn't anything attached to the beak.
00:15:06Um, there was a woman taking photos.
00:15:10That'll prove it.
00:15:11Uh, I think she was called Kimony.
00:15:13Runs the flower shop in the village.
00:15:15This has nothing to do with Noah.
00:15:19Did either of you notice anything, um, off at the engagement party?
00:15:23I wasn't there.
00:15:25I was here with the others setting up.
00:15:27There's a lot to do.
00:15:28Alan wants me to put on a festival.
00:15:30He couldn't get me here quick enough.
00:15:32Did you know your father owned all of this?
00:15:34I was born in the village.
00:15:36It wasn't long before my mother up sticks.
00:15:39But she often told me about this place.
00:15:43Is that your way of saying that you did know?
00:15:45When you put it like that, I guess it is.
00:15:55Well, sir, Noah could have been trying to kill Sir Alan, because there's obviously something to gain.
00:15:59I can see it now.
00:16:00He sneaks back up to the house, brigs the clock, and then potentially inherits the lot.
00:16:04But how would he know Sir Alan was going to get so close to it, and at the exact time?
00:16:11Fleur.
00:16:12It's called a dibbler.
00:16:14Say that again.
00:16:14Gardeners use it to make holes in the ground.
00:16:16Oh, thanks as ever, Fleur.
00:16:19I'm still talking.
00:16:20The so-called emeralds in its eyes are paste, and the beak is gold plate.
00:16:26It may look a million dollars, but it's worth less than a real cooker.
00:16:28Well, the piece of metal attached to the beak is called a dibbler.
00:16:37What's a dibbler when it's home?
00:16:39If you'd bothered looking after your houseplants, Winter, you would know that a dibbler is a tool that gardeners use.
00:16:46And now murderers, apparently.
00:16:55Sorry, mate.
00:16:56We don't need the extra kegs.
00:16:58Blame the village for boycotting the flower festival.
00:17:01I'm not going to shift a tenth of what I normally do this time of year.
00:17:04Sorry, pal.
00:17:10Mr Solanke.
00:17:19Were you aware that Brad had gone up to Godly Manor in the early hours of this morning?
00:17:25Did he?
00:17:26I didn't know.
00:17:27When was the last time you saw him?
00:17:29Last night, just before I locked up.
00:17:32Did you notice anything unusual at the engagement party?
00:17:36Not really, no.
00:17:37Not unless you count that moment with Kimony.
00:17:41Kimony?
00:17:42Kimony Bullet.
00:17:43Brad told her not to do the flowers for the wedding, and she seemed quite annoyed, but not murderously so.
00:17:51And did you see the clock being hung on the wall?
00:17:53Well, everyone saw it.
00:17:55It was a work of art.
00:17:56Wish I had skills like that.
00:17:58I can barely put up a shelf.
00:17:59Should have listened to our mother and done a corset.
00:18:01Thank you, Mr Solanke.
00:18:03My team will obviously need access to Brad's room.
00:18:07Why he wasn't killed here?
00:18:09Well, we need to go through Brad's things.
00:18:12We're still to locate his phone, for one thing.
00:18:15I see.
00:18:15Problem?
00:18:17No, no.
00:18:18Not at all.
00:18:19Well, there must have been a sail-on at the mirror shop.
00:18:41Well, we've got a charger.
00:18:44But still no sign of a phone.
00:18:46Sounds to me like someone doesn't want it to be found.
00:18:49Dr Perkett.
00:18:52Hey, Fever.
00:18:53I know the feeling.
00:18:54There you are.
00:18:54I'm in five yards of a mustard plant.
00:18:58Diamond?
00:18:59Not real this time.
00:19:01That's probably Frankie's.
00:19:03Brad liked to splash out on her.
00:19:06Please remove yourself, Mr Solanke.
00:19:09I've never seen anything like this.
00:19:11Well, not for real.
00:19:13As my mum wanted me to do a course in forensics.
00:19:19Will you be done soon?
00:19:24I'm afraid you're asking the wrong person, Mrs Solanke.
00:19:27Fleur?
00:19:28We're done.
00:19:37We're done.
00:19:39For now.
00:19:39I'll do it.
00:19:59What are you here?
00:20:00I'll do it.
00:20:01Oh, my God.
00:20:31What are you doing, Kimini? It's me.
00:20:38Being you doesn't exonerate you, Sylvia.
00:20:40Brad's just been murdered, for goodness sake. Surely you can be a bit lenient. I'm in shock.
00:20:45Then you shouldn't be out driving in the first place.
00:20:48This isn't just a speeding offence. It's a whole lot more than that. And you know it.
00:20:56Is this you for the rest of your life now? Punishing drivers day and night?
00:21:01I'm closed for the day.
00:21:18Kimini bullet, I take it.
00:21:20The boycott of the Flower Festival can't be helping business.
00:21:32The village are furious for Sir Alan. He tried to turn a quaint tradition into a corporate cash grab.
00:21:39I heard he doubled the entrance fee.
00:21:40Almost tripled it, if you include having to pay for parking.
00:21:43Oh, which reminds me, I need to make a note of Sylvia's speeding offence.
00:21:49I send them in every Monday, first thing.
00:21:53Noah Connoboy said you took some photos that included the cuckoo clock.
00:21:59Uh...
00:22:00I'll need you to email that to me.
00:22:10Of course.
00:22:16Usually this time of year there's a queue all the way from the green to get in here.
00:22:20You can't have been happy with Sir Alan.
00:22:22That's an understatement.
00:22:23Yet still you went to the engagement party.
00:22:28Myrtle and I have been friends for decades.
00:22:30I could hardly let her down on Frankie's big day.
00:22:41Have you sold any of these lately?
00:22:44Who needs a dibbler when there's no Flower Festival?
00:22:47Thanks to Sir Alan, I couldn't give them away right now.
00:22:53I know a very good jewellery if you want to sell that ring.
00:23:09How could you be so thoughtless?
00:23:10There's no need to bite my head off.
00:23:12We're all trying to process what happened.
00:23:15It's not just you, Frankie.
00:23:16It's a big loss for us as well.
00:23:18This is my pain.
00:23:20It's not yours.
00:23:21Don't you dare try and hijack it.
00:23:23Look, why don't we try to concentrate on the positives?
00:23:26We've got this wonderful festival of awards, thanks to Noah,
00:23:30and we're going to have tons of people streaming in,
00:23:32and that's mainly down to Brad.
00:23:33God rest his soul.
00:23:34My word, these people.
00:23:36No one's going to pay to see a freak show.
00:23:39Au contraire, my dear.
00:23:40It'll be the height of popularity.
00:23:42We were in the middle of talking.
00:23:44I'm sorry, dear.
00:23:44I thought you'd said your piece.
00:23:46Why did it have to be Brad that got killed,
00:23:51and not one of you?
00:23:54Come on.
00:23:54Hello.
00:24:15Oh, hello again.
00:24:18How can I help?
00:24:20I do flowers for all occasions.
00:24:22A good thing, too.
00:24:24Now we've got a funeral coming up.
00:24:27Oh, God.
00:24:27I didn't think.
00:24:29Don't worry.
00:24:29I'm teasing.
00:24:30I'm not here about flowers.
00:24:32A little birdie told me
00:24:33you're the head of the village council.
00:24:36Well, someone's got to keep this place in order.
00:24:38Perfect.
00:24:39Because I need to know about the grounds at Godly Manor.
00:24:42Only we were due to put on a festival of wood
00:24:45at Badger's Drift a few weeks back,
00:24:47but the village voted against it,
00:24:50even though we were holding our event on private land.
00:24:53Well, there are a few archaic laws floating around.
00:24:57Alan got me here so quickly,
00:24:58I didn't have a chance to check.
00:25:01You're putting on a festival at the manor?
00:25:04He said it was to replace a flower day or something.
00:25:08I see.
00:25:09He thinks it could become a permanent thing
00:25:12if it goes well, which it always does.
00:25:15Noah?
00:25:16Sweetheart.
00:25:19Can we get back now?
00:25:20Yes, yes.
00:25:22Be an angel and find out about those bylaws.
00:25:24Sure.
00:25:31Call me back when you get this.
00:25:34I'm not 100%,
00:25:35but you will not believe who I just saw.
00:25:39I'm getting bad vibes about this place.
00:25:51I think we should pack up and go.
00:25:54And leave my brother at his lowest ebb.
00:25:57You know why you're really here.
00:26:00He's using you.
00:26:02His flower festival isn't happening
00:26:03and he needed something to take its place.
00:26:05I wasn't born yesterday, Death.
00:26:08You're happy to be used?
00:26:10Credit me with some brains.
00:26:12I want something out of this as well.
00:26:13Look around.
00:26:16I'm owed half of this.
00:26:18Noah, you promised me.
00:26:20You said it will be two or three days at the most.
00:26:23That was before we got here.
00:26:25Well, I'm not staying here a second longer than I have to.
00:26:27What's got into you?
00:26:29There's someone who grew up around here.
00:26:30I thought he'd enjoy being back.
00:26:31I hate it to hear.
00:26:35What?
00:26:36Why would you say that?
00:26:38After this weekend, we are leaving.
00:26:40We are never coming back.
00:26:42I mean it, Noah.
00:26:43Call me back when you get this.
00:27:02I'm not 100%, but you will not believe who I just saw.
00:27:11Kimberly, I just got your message.
00:27:13Oh, my God.
00:27:19Are you sure it's her?
00:27:22I can't.
00:27:23I just can't.
00:27:25Not while there's breath in my body.
00:27:34You're not working today.
00:27:35I blame Winter for running late.
00:27:38Did you know he got dumped last year because he planted some flowers the wrong way?
00:27:41Well, it's the little things in life, John.
00:27:43You've got to get them just right.
00:27:45But don't worry.
00:27:46You're getting there.
00:27:47So, what do you think so far would Grandad approve?
00:27:50If you don't mind me saying it, it looks a bit lopsided.
00:27:54Very funny.
00:27:54Oh, I see where you've been going wrong.
00:27:59Here, look.
00:28:00You've had this upside down.
00:28:01You tear that and you're in big trouble.
00:28:03Oh, Penny, Penny, oh, Penny.
00:28:08Ow!
00:28:09No.
00:28:11It's all right.
00:28:12I can dry it off.
00:28:14Look, I will finish that off as soon as I get a moment.
00:28:17Did I mention carpentries in my jeans?
00:28:20I'll just grab the first aid box.
00:28:29Tell me what's wrong with this picture, Winter.
00:28:32Cuckoo's the only one that's smiling.
00:28:36Look at the clock.
00:28:38It's not level with the top of the painting.
00:28:41Fleur said it was level with Sir Alan's portrait,
00:28:43but here it's at least four inches lower.
00:28:45So someone moved it.
00:28:46But look who is level with the portrait.
00:28:50Brad.
00:28:51Which most likely means he was the intended target after all.
00:28:56Well, talking of Brad, sir, here's a strange one.
00:28:58Tech managed to get into his laptop,
00:29:00but as far as they could tell, he wasn't doing anything in Bitcoin.
00:29:03Truth is, he barely had a penny to his name.
00:29:06Then how did he pay for Frankie's engagement rate?
00:29:08Well, there's no sign of it in his accounts or credit card statements.
00:29:12Also, we heard back from his mobile phone provider
00:29:14and they confirmed that his phone was switched off at the time of the murder.
00:29:17Presumably they sent over a record of his recent calls and texts.
00:29:21Yeah, nothing unusual out of the ordinary.
00:29:27Also, sir, there is this.
00:29:29This was found under Brad's bed at the pub.
00:29:32Now, I presume that it belongs to Frankie,
00:29:34but I think it's worth checking.
00:29:35Did anything come back on Kim and E. Bullitt?
00:29:42Ah, yes.
00:29:43I found out that her husband was killed in a hit-and-run a year ago.
00:29:47The driver was never traced.
00:29:49Oh, that explains the speed gun
00:29:50and her devotion to catching errant drivers.
00:29:53Intriguingly, the hit-and-run happened on the same day
00:29:55that the flower festival was rained off.
00:29:57In almost exactly a year to the day,
00:30:02Brad Furbank is pecked to death,
00:30:04as Fleur so eloquently put it.
00:30:07If he didn't know that the emeralds and gold were fake,
00:30:10imagine what seeing them might mean to him.
00:30:13Someone who's not only penniless,
00:30:15but also a proven liar.
00:30:18You mean he went there to steal it?
00:30:21Why else would he be there at three in the morning?
00:30:23So someone booby-trapped the bird
00:30:25and then re-hung the clock,
00:30:26knowing that he would come for it?
00:30:28That's exactly what they did in winter.
00:30:34I'll speak to Frankie.
00:30:36You talk to her sister, Sylvia.
00:30:38I want to find out what they did
00:30:39or didn't know about Brad.
00:30:43And while you're at it, I need a book.
00:30:47A book?
00:30:48On, um, woodwork.
00:30:52My sweet heart, come along
00:30:56Don't you hear the fond song
00:30:59The sweet note of the nightingale flow
00:31:03Don't you hear the fond tale
00:31:06Of the sweet nightingale
00:31:09As she sings in those valleys below
00:31:12As she sings in those valleys below
00:31:19Oh, sorry.
00:31:24We don't open until tomorrow.
00:31:26I'm not a visitor.
00:31:27All the same.
00:31:29I'm Frankie.
00:31:31Oh, I mean Francesca, Bruce.
00:31:34Myrtle and Alan's daughter.
00:31:35Oh, I'm so sorry
00:31:39About what happened to your fiancée.
00:31:41Oh.
00:31:45That actually means more than you realise.
00:31:47I'm Nessie.
00:31:49Noah's partner.
00:31:49Were you looking for him?
00:31:50No.
00:31:51I just needed to go on a wander.
00:31:53How long will you be here for?
00:32:00Oh, hopefully just for the weekend
00:32:02If I can convince Noah.
00:32:04Well, he wants to stay longer.
00:32:06He thinks he can make a permanent home here.
00:32:09Has he told my father that?
00:32:11Doesn't matter if he has.
00:32:13I'm going to convince him to up sticks.
00:32:15Couldn't hit me with you.
00:32:17Could you?
00:32:18That was a joke.
00:32:19Well, sort of.
00:32:20Frankie, if you want to get away,
00:32:23then do it.
00:32:24I did the same myself years ago.
00:32:27Left godly buzzard
00:32:28and never looked back.
00:32:31And now you're the singing stilts lady.
00:32:33And I can see for miles and miles
00:32:35to the horizon and beyond.
00:32:39I'd love to try that one day.
00:32:43Please?
00:32:47Let's see if you've got a head for heights.
00:32:50You're right.
00:33:06You can see everything.
00:33:10Frankie,
00:33:11you have a moment.
00:33:13Do me a very large favour, Sylvia.
00:33:21Slap these up everywhere.
00:33:24I'm working.
00:33:25Yes, but you also have a civil duty
00:33:27to assist any knight of the realm
00:33:28whenever he should so request.
00:33:30For God's sake, Dad,
00:33:31you're not a sir.
00:33:33Grandad was the sir.
00:33:34You don't inherit that title.
00:33:35You have to have it bestowed.
00:33:37Yes, well, I was a DIY bestowment.
00:33:39Really shot my bloody ear off, actually.
00:33:42Ah, have you found the culprit?
00:33:43The investigation's still ongoing.
00:33:45Well, chop, chop,
00:33:46because the wonderful Noah's Bar
00:33:47is opening tomorrow morning,
00:33:4910 a.m. sharp.
00:33:50More questions?
00:33:56Yes.
00:33:57Do you mind if I step inside?
00:34:03Miss Bruce,
00:34:04can you start by telling me
00:34:06what you really thought of Brad?
00:34:07I already made that clear.
00:34:09I liked him.
00:34:11A lot.
00:34:12Presumably you didn't know
00:34:13that he was a con man and a thief.
00:34:15I'm sorry, he was what?
00:34:17We found antihistamine
00:34:19in Brad's room at the pub.
00:34:21It's for hay fever.
00:34:23What sort on earth was he doing
00:34:24showing up at a flower festival?
00:34:26And that makes him a thief.
00:34:28Well, there's a good chance
00:34:29that he was casing the house
00:34:30with the intention of robbing it later.
00:34:32It's a well-known ploy.
00:34:34Stately homes throw open their doors,
00:34:35but they never truly know
00:34:36who they're inviting inside.
00:34:37Brad did nothing of the sort.
00:34:38All he did was meet my sister
00:34:40and fall madly in love.
00:34:42Or he realised that there was more
00:34:44to gain from seducing Frankie
00:34:45and marrying into the family.
00:34:47Please stop.
00:34:49This is awful.
00:34:53I've never seen it before.
00:34:56Where did you find it?
00:34:57It was in Brad's room at the pub.
00:35:04This earring...
00:35:06It doesn't mean he was.
00:35:10No, Brad wouldn't do that to me.
00:35:16How did you meet?
00:35:19It was on the eve of last year's
00:35:21War of the Roses festival.
00:35:23We had a private preview.
00:35:25We ended up talking,
00:35:26so I took him on a tour of the house.
00:35:28He asked to see inside?
00:35:30He seemed really keen.
00:35:32I got the impression he liked me.
00:35:36How much did you know
00:35:37about his Bitcoin business?
00:35:39Only what he told me,
00:35:40but he was doing great.
00:35:42I'm afraid he was lying to you, Frankie.
00:35:44He didn't have a penny to his name.
00:35:47Of course he did.
00:35:48Have you seen this ring?
00:35:50Why would you say that?
00:35:51He was overdrawn
00:35:52and owed money everywhere.
00:35:53No, he was always
00:35:54splashing out on me.
00:35:56You need to get your facts straight.
00:35:58Please don't let this be true.
00:36:10It's been hard enough
00:36:11trying to convince my parents
00:36:13I'm worthy of their love
00:36:14and...
00:36:15now this.
00:36:21Is that all you wanted?
00:36:22Only my father's given me a job to do.
00:36:25Were you around when Kimini's husband
00:36:26was killed in the hit and run?
00:36:28What's that got to do
00:36:29with what happened to Brad?
00:36:30Well, we're aware
00:36:31that he showed up at Godly Manor
00:36:33the same day that it happened.
00:36:35I remember spotting him with Frankie
00:36:37and wondering who he was,
00:36:38but I didn't give it another thought.
00:36:40Not until she introduced him
00:36:41a few weeks later.
00:36:43I need to get on.
00:36:45Oh, and I need a book.
00:36:48On woodwork.
00:36:49Do you have children,
00:37:01Chief Inspector?
00:37:04A daughter.
00:37:06And you love her, right?
00:37:09You love her with every fibre
00:37:11of your being.
00:37:14Well, can you imagine
00:37:14what it's like
00:37:15when the opposite is true?
00:37:16Can you imagine
00:37:19what that would be like
00:37:20for your daughter?
00:37:23I can't see myself
00:37:24being anything other than
00:37:26in awe of her.
00:37:29That's because
00:37:30you didn't bring her
00:37:32into this world
00:37:33for all the wrong reasons.
00:37:37I had a brother,
00:37:38Chief Inspector.
00:37:40Frances.
00:37:41Well, what I mean
00:37:42when I say I had a brother
00:37:43is he died
00:37:45when he was just
00:37:46over a year old.
00:37:48And I was conceived
00:37:49shortly afterwards,
00:37:51but solely
00:37:52in the hope
00:37:53that my parents
00:37:54could somehow
00:37:55recreate him.
00:38:01Nertle,
00:38:01it was so long ago.
00:38:03I was probably
00:38:04seeing things.
00:38:06Don't backtrack now.
00:38:08Something made you think
00:38:09you saw Aggie Marlowe.
00:38:11Now, what was it?
00:38:12It was the way
00:38:13she wouldn't look at me.
00:38:15Like she didn't want
00:38:16to be recognized.
00:38:19Perhaps you could have
00:38:20her arrested
00:38:20this time around.
00:38:21Oh, what are you
00:38:22talking about?
00:38:23The police said
00:38:24Frances' death
00:38:25was due to natural causes.
00:38:27There's no arrest
00:38:27happening here.
00:38:29No.
00:38:30Sometimes you have to
00:38:31take things
00:38:31into your own hands.
00:38:35You don't mean that,
00:38:36do you?
00:38:38Nertle?
00:38:39You're scaring me.
00:38:46Apparently,
00:38:47my parents were out
00:38:48at an afternoon
00:38:49due with my grandfather.
00:38:51And when my mother
00:38:52came back,
00:38:53she found Frances
00:38:54dead on the floor.
00:38:55He'd fallen out
00:38:55of his cot.
00:38:56They'd left him
00:38:57on his own?
00:38:58No, they had a babysitter.
00:38:59Aggie Marlowe,
00:39:00but she vanished
00:39:02into thin air.
00:39:03Sylvia said it broke
00:39:04my parents in half
00:39:05until one of them
00:39:06had the desperately
00:39:07sad idea
00:39:08of making another
00:39:09Frances.
00:39:12Hence my name.
00:39:14So,
00:39:15they went ahead
00:39:16and sadly
00:39:18for them,
00:39:19I emerged
00:39:20and that is when
00:39:21they realized
00:39:22that they couldn't
00:39:23get Frances back.
00:39:25But worse,
00:39:26because they were
00:39:27saddled with someone
00:39:28every day
00:39:29who reminds them
00:39:31that I'm not
00:39:32their precious son.
00:39:33I'm sorry.
00:40:33The best I could do, sir.
00:40:44Is it for Mrs. B?
00:40:46Thank you, Winter.
00:40:47Yes, Sarah's struggling a bit with the arbor.
00:40:50She even managed to injure her thumb.
00:40:54Well, I'm sure she'd be glad of this.
00:40:56So, did Frankie recognise the earring?
00:40:59In a word, no.
00:41:01Oh, well, that puts the cat among the pigeons.
00:41:05The bride must have been seeing someone else.
00:41:09Cheers, Winter.
00:41:11Okay.
00:41:13Yeah, thanks.
00:41:15Sir, we've had an anonymous call from a withheld number.
00:41:19There's a woman saying that she's very worried
00:41:21about an Aggie Marlowe being back in Godly Buzzard.
00:41:24We don't know an Aggie Marlowe, do we?
00:41:27I think we do, Winter.
00:41:30The Aggie is short for Agnes,
00:41:32which can also be shortened to Nessie.
00:41:35Perhaps you should go and have a chat with her.
00:41:38Oh.
00:41:38Hmm.
00:41:38Hmm.
00:41:51Hmm.
00:41:57Yeah.
00:42:00Hmm.
00:42:05Who the hell are you?
00:42:10What are you doing in here?
00:42:12You don't remember.
00:42:16You couldn't keep your hands off me
00:42:18the last time we met.
00:42:20Aggie.
00:42:23This is Frances' room.
00:42:25How dare you?
00:42:27I was looking all over for you, Myrtle.
00:42:30And then I saw Frances' name on the door.
00:42:33And I couldn't help myself.
00:42:35If Myrtle were here, God knows what she would do to you.
00:42:38She's who I came here to see.
00:42:41I'm going to tell her what really happened that day.
00:42:45Noah is dead set on staying here.
00:42:47And the only way I get to stay here with him
00:42:49is if Myrtle and everyone else knows
00:42:51you are the reason why Frances died.
00:42:54As if anyone's going to believe you.
00:42:56And do you know what the best thing is?
00:42:58You brought Noah back here.
00:43:00Which means you brought me back here too.
00:43:02Everything comes home to Roost eventually.
00:43:05That's enough.
00:43:05I'm not having this.
00:43:06No!
00:43:07Oh!
00:43:07Ah!
00:43:08Ah!
00:43:08Ah!
00:43:08Oh, my God.
00:43:38Oh, my God.
00:44:08That's so nice of him.
00:44:09I thought we could look through it together.
00:44:12Why would we need to do that?
00:44:14When you've got the blood of a master carpenter running through you.
00:44:18You don't need this.
00:44:19I don't want it to come so naturally to you.
00:44:23Shall I have to get any splinters?
00:44:24Winter.
00:44:34Impeccable timing.
00:44:37Have you found Nessie?
00:44:37What does she say?
00:44:43I'll be right there.
00:44:44A little bird tells me, not a cuckoo this time, you were looking for Agnes Marlon.
00:45:00The good news is you found her.
00:45:03But the bad news is someone else found her first.
00:45:06Talk us through it, Fleur.
00:45:08Judging from the angle of the attack, I'd say she was approached from behind.
00:45:13And the bill hook did the rest.
00:45:16The what?
00:45:17Bill hook, Winter.
00:45:18It's a highly versatile cutting tool my grandfather had.
00:45:21Same sort of tool you might find in Noah's bark.
00:45:24You look ten percent more handsome when you say something intelligent.
00:45:28I'll have to set you brain teasers up the percentage.
00:45:33Time of death, Fleur?
00:45:34I'd put it somewhere yesterday evening.
00:45:37And the killer just left the weapon lying around?
00:45:39It was stuffed behind that fallen log over there.
00:45:44Well, let's start with Noah.
00:45:47Before you lope off, she was carrying this.
00:45:51But I wouldn't get too excited.
00:45:54I don't think he's the killer.
00:45:59What the hell?
00:46:02They're not letting the public in.
00:46:03Well, what did you expect?
00:46:06Aggie Marlowe was murdered last night.
00:46:08Yes, that person was a blight on our family.
00:46:11Yes, and of course, we know who brought her here, don't we?
00:46:14Now, Noah couldn't have possibly known who she was.
00:46:17How do we know that?
00:46:18I don't trust a thing about him.
00:46:20Ever since he arrived, terrible things have happened.
00:46:23Is it really that terrible that Aggie's dead?
00:46:24You know full well what I mean.
00:46:26I want him gone, Alan.
00:46:33Nessie and I were together for years.
00:46:37It's all right.
00:46:38I saw her at a folk festival.
00:46:41She was the most beautiful girl I'd ever set eyes on.
00:46:48We started chatting and realised we'd both lived in godly buzz at once.
00:46:54From that point on, we never left each other's side.
00:46:58Ended up creating all this.
00:47:00Did you know that Nessie had changed her name from Aggie?
00:47:06Aggie?
00:47:07No.
00:47:09She was always Nessie to me.
00:47:10She never mentioned that she used to babysit for the Bruises.
00:47:15She never said a word.
00:47:19How did she react after Brad found you?
00:47:21To be honest, she didn't want me to come here.
00:47:28When we pitched up, she got pretty nervy.
00:47:32Even had a nightmare the first night we stayed here.
00:47:34Had to get up and go for a wonder.
00:47:37Nessie said she never went up to the house,
00:47:39but did she encounter any of the Bruises other than Frankie?
00:47:44Not that I know of.
00:47:46Can you tell us where you were yesterday evening, Mr. Conorboy?
00:47:51I can't even go there.
00:47:58Nessie was the love of my life.
00:48:02Mr. Conorboy.
00:48:09I was at the pub with Angel.
00:48:12He'd just finished setting up and deserved a pint or two.
00:48:15Did she say Angel?
00:48:18The axe man.
00:48:19He looks ferocious, but underneath he's a kitten.
00:48:23We believe that a tool from your troop
00:48:25was used in the attack on Nessie.
00:48:28A, um, a billhook.
00:48:32Is there one missing?
00:48:34I'd have to ask her out.
00:48:37Anyone could come in and take anything.
00:48:41It's not like we'd lock anything away.
00:48:42Saj, what are you doing?
00:48:55Saj, what are you doing?
00:49:13Waiting for you to join me.
00:49:15Here.
00:49:19I don't understand.
00:49:21I want to make a toast to Brad.
00:49:23He lived here for a year, and I'm going to miss him.
00:49:26Saj, you may as well know, the police are saying he was a con man.
00:49:30No way. A con man?
00:49:33Did you know? Or ever get a sense of it?
00:49:36Like you said, he was here a whole year.
00:49:38Me? Nah.
00:49:40Poor Frankie.
00:49:43Are you sure you didn't know?
00:49:45Are you sure you didn't?
00:49:46What does that mean?
00:49:48I don't know.
00:49:49I always thought you had a bit of a thing for him.
00:49:51A thing?
00:49:52What thing? Why would you say that?
00:49:54Well, you're always so keen on him, always bigging him up.
00:49:58Well, says he's number one fan.
00:50:00That wasn't me. No way.
00:50:02You've fawned all over him.
00:50:03In fact, you changed personality whenever he was around.
00:50:06Aye, well, maybe it's a good thing he's not around anymore, eh?
00:50:15Look at this.
00:50:16This is crazy.
00:50:18None of this matters now. He's gone.
00:50:19I'm sorry.
00:50:24I didn't mean to say any of that.
00:50:27Same.
00:50:29Normal service has resumed.
00:50:35Best make a different toast.
00:50:37Out with the bad and all that.
00:50:43Out with the brad, more like.
00:50:50What was Nessie doing out here on her own?
00:50:53Maybe she was meeting someone.
00:50:55What, with a teddy bear?
00:50:57I'll get tech to check out her phone calls and texts.
00:51:01Also, have them chase up the anonymous tip about Aggie Marlow being back in the village.
00:51:08She was killed almost immediately afterwards, so whoever called us was really worried.
00:51:13Do you think one of the bruises found out she was back?
00:51:15I'll go and see.
00:51:21This is the last place I saw Francis alive.
00:51:24I gave him a cuddle before Alan and I took Sir Percival to a party.
00:51:28I'll never forgive myself for leaving him.
00:51:35And when you returned home?
00:51:37I stayed longer than planned.
00:51:39That was Kim and his fault.
00:51:40She can chat for England.
00:51:42Alan had wandered off ages before.
00:51:45When I got back, there was no sign of Aggie anywhere.
00:51:48And then I found Francis.
00:51:53Lying right there.
00:51:55Not moving.
00:52:01Lady Myrtle, did you know that, um,
00:52:04Aggie Marlow was living on your grounds with Noah?
00:52:08Of course I didn't.
00:52:09You never met or saw her?
00:52:11I just said.
00:52:12I didn't know she was back.
00:52:14And trust me, if I had,
00:52:16Aggie would have been dead a lot sooner.
00:52:19I want that woman's body off our land.
00:52:22You know what she did to Myrtle and I?
00:52:26Where were you last night?
00:52:28Are you listening to me, Barnaby?
00:52:31It's Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby.
00:52:34I was in my bed getting my beauty sleep
00:52:36in preparation for the grand opening,
00:52:38which actually won't be remotely grand now,
00:52:41thanks to Aggie Marlow.
00:52:43Were you aware that she was part of Noah's bar?
00:52:46What on earth are you talking about?
00:52:47Well, it turns out she was Noah's partner,
00:52:49had been for years.
00:52:50My God, you couldn't make it up.
00:52:52Brad didn't happen to find that out
00:52:54when he was searching for Noah.
00:52:56Would I have invited him here if you had?
00:52:58If you wanted revenge for Francis,
00:52:59then yes, that's exactly what you would have done.
00:53:02Look, I invited Noah here simply to raise some cash.
00:53:07My father didn't exactly leave a pot of gold in his will,
00:53:10and these stately homes cost a fortune to maintain.
00:53:13On the outside, it looks like we've won the lottery.
00:53:15On the inside, we can barely afford a ticket.
00:53:17Well, there's still the house and grounds, though.
00:53:20And surely you knew that finding Noah
00:53:22could result in you having to hand over half
00:53:24of everything you'd inherited.
00:53:26You've met him?
00:53:27He's a hippie.
00:53:28They don't belong in houses like this.
00:53:30Anyway, he'll drift away soon enough.
00:53:32Did Brad know you were struggling financially?
00:53:36I admit, I was a little too keen to get Noah here,
00:53:39and someone like Brad might have noted that.
00:53:43Someone like Brad.
00:53:44He was a parasite.
00:53:46I didn't realize at first,
00:53:47but he was a tapeworm eating his way into our family.
00:53:56Sir?
00:53:59I called Saj Solanki,
00:54:01and he said that he remembers
00:54:02seeing Noah and the Axeman in the pub.
00:54:05It seems the Bruce's both had a strong motive
00:54:08for killing Nessie,
00:54:10and Sir Alan had an inkling that Brad
00:54:12wasn't the person he claimed to be.
00:54:15Talking of Brad,
00:54:16we know that he was desperate for money
00:54:18to keep up his lies and lifestyle,
00:54:21so all it would take is for his killer
00:54:24to know that as well.
00:54:25What about the person
00:54:27that the diamond earring belongs to?
00:54:29It could be some kind of love rat thing.
00:54:32Elegantly put, Winter?
00:54:33Or Frankie found out that Brad was cheating on her
00:54:35and killed him in a fit of jealousy.
00:54:37I'm sure that's possible in your love rat world.
00:54:39She was also the only member of the Bruce family
00:54:41that we know for certain met Nessie.
00:54:43Ah, and you were doing so well, Winter.
00:54:45But Frankie hadn't been born
00:54:47when Nessie was babysitting for the Bruce's.
00:54:50It's doubtful she'd know her on side.
00:54:52Now, here's a question for you.
00:54:54How does a penniless man rent a room in a pub
00:54:58for an entire year?
00:54:59Yeah.
00:54:59Look, Kim and he won't report you for speeding.
00:55:16There are mitigating circumstances
00:55:17just like you told her.
00:55:19You know what she's like.
00:55:21She takes her misery out on anyone she can find.
00:55:23I can't have points on my licence.
00:55:25I could lose my job.
00:55:26Well, come work here, then.
00:55:29You'd probably earn more.
00:55:31If this world of woodenness takes off,
00:55:33this place will be packed.
00:55:34It's not the money.
00:55:36I happen to love that job.
00:55:38Mr Solanke, a word, if you don't mind.
00:55:43I thought you were all done here.
00:55:46How did Brad pay for his room and board?
00:55:48Like anyone else?
00:55:49He was penniless, Mr Solanke.
00:55:52We can just go through your books.
00:55:54Right, well, the thing is,
00:55:56hindsight's a great thing, right?
00:55:59But I kind of let Brad run up a tab.
00:56:03For an entire year?
00:56:05Well, he was a nice guy.
00:56:07I totally trusted him.
00:56:08Tell them, Sylvia.
00:56:10You were always urging Frankie to marry Emma.
00:56:12You'll need on that.
00:56:14Well, we have you.
00:56:16We found this in Brad's room.
00:56:19Have you seen that before?
00:56:21No, sorry.
00:56:23Brad ever have anyone other than Frankie
00:56:25back to his room.
00:56:26No, not that I ever saw.
00:56:28Fleur?
00:56:30Believe it or not,
00:56:31we're at the pub right now.
00:56:37We're going to need access
00:56:38to Brad's room again.
00:56:42It'll be fine.
00:56:43Don't worry.
00:56:43Noah, I'm so sorry.
00:57:03I just heard about Aggie.
00:57:06Aggie?
00:57:07I meant Nessie.
00:57:10You must be devastated.
00:57:13That answers everything.
00:57:15She called herself Nessie,
00:57:17yet you just called her Aggie.
00:57:21I know you're big pals with Myrtle,
00:57:24my charming sister-in-law.
00:57:26Did you do the family a favor
00:57:28and tell them who Nessie really was?
00:57:31I think you should leave.
00:57:32I think I should go to the police,
00:57:36don't you?
00:57:37What is it called?
00:57:39Accessory to murder?
00:57:41Go on then.
00:57:42I've done nothing wrong.
00:57:44I'll tell them you clearly recognized her
00:57:46and they'll realize you're the only one
00:57:49who knew who she was.
00:57:53Why are you here?
00:57:55What do you want from me?
00:57:57That's better.
00:57:57I know I got permission to put on my festival,
00:58:01but what if I wanted to set up
00:58:03home there permanently
00:58:06with all my people?
00:58:08That's something else entirely.
00:58:10You're the head of the council.
00:58:11I'm sure you could make it happen.
00:58:12I already hate Sir Alan.
00:58:14I doubt they'd be too fond of you
00:58:16for riding to his rescue.
00:58:17We're talking about my home.
00:58:19A home I've been denied for far too long,
00:58:22so make it happen.
00:58:25What if I can't?
00:58:26This is my birthright
00:58:30and I'm not going to let anyone
00:58:32stand in the way of that.
00:58:46What are you doing?
00:58:52What's that for?
00:58:53Dare to explain, Mr. Slinky.
00:58:54No idea.
00:58:58I was already there
00:58:58when I started running the police.
00:59:01Shall I keep going?
00:59:02Where is this leading flow?
00:59:04I worked on a similar case once.
00:59:05There were mirrors all over the walls
00:59:06in that place as well.
00:59:08Clearly the idea took off.
00:59:10When I first encountered this sort of thing,
00:59:12my boss told me to touch the mirrors
00:59:14with my fingernail
00:59:15and my fingernail touched its reflection.
00:59:18What else would it touch?
00:59:20Index finger, please, Winter.
00:59:22I promise not to buy it.
00:59:29If it were a normal mirror,
00:59:30your fingernail and its reflection
00:59:32would never meet.
00:59:33There'll always be a gap, like so.
00:59:36But with a two-way mirror,
00:59:39finger touch his finger.
00:59:42And they're in every room, aren't they, Mr. Slinky?
00:59:46It's for security purposes.
00:59:59Try again, Mr. Slinky.
01:00:04Look,
01:00:05a lot of people book into hotels
01:00:07and not just to sleep.
01:00:09They meet up with lovers.
01:00:10Some of them do secret deals.
01:00:12I've heard them on the phone
01:00:14lying about their whereabouts.
01:00:15The list goes on.
01:00:17I mean, half the people that come in here
01:00:19are up to no good.
01:00:20So you thought you'd make some money out of it?
01:00:24When did Brad find out you were doing this?
01:00:27First night he stayed.
01:00:28He accidentally knocked over the mirror
01:00:30onto the floor
01:00:31and he saw the camera behind it.
01:00:33But he didn't report you?
01:00:34He told me to lose the cameras in his room
01:00:36but keep the rest in the other rooms.
01:00:39He wanted in on it.
01:00:40In fact, he took over.
01:00:42Made me blackmail everyone that I could.
01:00:43And for the last year
01:00:45he's lived here rent-free
01:00:47in exchange for his silence.
01:00:49He's bled me dry in every way you can imagine.
01:00:52Including forcing you to buy Frankie's engagement ring.
01:00:57Well, how do you know that?
01:00:58We didn't until now.
01:01:01We'll need to look into Mr. Solanki's finances.
01:01:05Am I going to prison for this?
01:01:07At the moment, I'm more interested
01:01:09in who Brad was seeing behind Frankie's back.
01:01:12Well, he wasn't seeing anyone.
01:01:14You're in enough trouble as it is, Mr. Solanki.
01:01:18I couldn't see anything before
01:01:19because then you'd come back and ask for proof
01:01:22and then you'd find out what you've been doing.
01:01:26She used to come in the back way.
01:01:28Obviously didn't know I had a hidden camera outside.
01:01:31But it was...
01:01:32Sylvia Bruce.
01:01:33Sylvia?
01:01:34No.
01:01:35It was her mum.
01:01:37Myrtle.
01:01:37Look at these idiots, sir.
01:02:02She can't give me a ticket.
01:02:05This is official police business.
01:02:07So's this.
01:02:09Just so you know,
01:02:09you can pass on my information
01:02:11but it'll be up to the police
01:02:12if they decide to prosecute or not.
01:02:13And, well...
01:02:15I am the police.
01:02:17Well, we'll find out on Monday
01:02:19when I send in my data
01:02:21whether that helps or not.
01:02:26When will you ever learn, Cordelia?
01:02:29It's not 30 miles an hour through the village.
01:02:32And don't think you can get away with this at night either.
01:02:35I'm on guard 24-7.
01:02:38Sorry, Kimmy.
01:02:40Look at how it's on the line.
01:02:44Someone needs to take that speed gun off her.
01:02:47Drive on, Winter.
01:02:48Would you like to know where we found this?
01:03:02You should know that Brad never loved Frankie.
01:03:10I mean, how could he?
01:03:12She's quite unlovable.
01:03:13Alan and I tried for years.
01:03:15When did you and Brad start seeing each other?
01:03:19Months ago.
01:03:21I rather felt for him,
01:03:22all that pretending he had to do.
01:03:24So the affair was still going on
01:03:26even at the engagement party.
01:03:27Did Sir Alan know?
01:03:29It doesn't matter if he did or he didn't.
01:03:31He disappeared the night Francis died.
01:03:34There's more life in his portrait.
01:03:35When did you last see Brad?
01:03:39When he was lying dead in our hallway.
01:03:41Lady Myrtle?
01:03:42At the engagement party.
01:03:44And you were never worried that Saj would see you
01:03:46at the pub and tell Frankie?
01:03:48I didn't go there often.
01:03:49And Brad seemed to have some hold over Saj.
01:03:53He said he wouldn't say a word
01:03:54if he knew what was good for him.
01:03:56Sadly for you,
01:03:57he can say whatever he wants now.
01:03:59What are you talking about?
01:04:00Saj has CCTV footage of you two
01:04:03arguing outside his pub
01:04:04the day before Brad died.
01:04:06What was the argument about?
01:04:08He'd found out that Alan and I
01:04:10aren't exactly wealthy.
01:04:12He was furious.
01:04:13He said I'd been leading him on.
01:04:15Did he break up with you?
01:04:16He threatened to.
01:04:17How did you feel about that?
01:04:19How do you think?
01:04:20Did you get the dibbler from Kim and his shop
01:04:23all in to see her
01:04:24and slip one into your pocket?
01:04:26I wouldn't know a dibbler
01:04:27from a punch on the nose.
01:04:28And then you rigged the clock?
01:04:29Oh, this is ridiculous.
01:04:31Murder very often is
01:04:32Lady Myrtle.
01:04:36You're not going to bring Lady Myrtle in, sir?
01:04:39Sir, Alan has already given her an alibi
01:04:40for the night Brad was killed.
01:04:42We need something concrete.
01:04:45Yes, winter.
01:04:47Oh, okay.
01:04:48That was quick.
01:04:49Thanks.
01:04:51Sir,
01:04:52Tech have managed to trace
01:04:53the anonymous call
01:04:54regarding Aggie Marlow.
01:04:56It was from Kimony Bullet.
01:04:57Oh, of course it was.
01:05:00And we already know
01:05:01she likes to share her findings
01:05:03with the police.
01:05:04Hop over to her shop
01:05:05and find out if she told anyone else.
01:05:08She was obviously worried
01:05:09about what might happen.
01:05:10Hello?
01:05:35Hello?
01:05:36You could have been somewhere more accessible.
01:05:43I don't even like that hill.
01:06:06There you are.
01:06:13Let me just catch my brain.
01:06:36How's your thumb?
01:07:04Throbbing.
01:07:06Do you really think you can put that arbor together?
01:07:11Only I don't want it suddenly collapsing on Betty or her friends or on me, for that matter.
01:07:17That arbor will still be standing a hundred years from now.
01:07:20A monument to the inherited skills of a master craftsman.
01:07:26Right.
01:07:27Winter.
01:07:42Winter.
01:07:42Winter.
01:07:42What's that around her mouth?
01:07:57Claire thinks it's some kind of industrial wood glue.
01:07:59Super strong.
01:07:59I'm afraid her lips are sealed, so I'll have to talk for her.
01:08:04It looks like someone stuck it to the chair, and then, if I'm right, they force-fed her with whatever was left in the glue gun.
01:08:12That's also covered in glue.
01:08:14Whoever it was tried to make it cozy and inviting.
01:08:17If only.
01:08:19Any idea where the chairs came from?
01:08:22Judging from the finish, I'd say a craftsman, by that.
01:08:25Would you like a ticket?
01:08:44I'm afraid Kiminy Bullock was killed sometime last night.
01:09:06My God.
01:09:08I was wondering what had happened.
01:09:11Were you at the house?
01:09:13No.
01:09:14I stayed here last night.
01:09:16Noah's a bit lost right now, obviously, so I thought I could be there for him.
01:09:22You didn't see or hear anything?
01:09:24No.
01:09:26Sorry.
01:09:27This is awful.
01:09:29I've known Kiminy my whole life.
01:09:34Excuse me.
01:09:44Wood is so much more than we think it is.
01:09:57It has sheltered us, defended us, given up its body to us.
01:10:03Yes, she came up with that.
01:10:06All of this was her idea.
01:10:10Show people how much they can learn and benefit from nature.
01:10:13And turn it into furniture.
01:10:15And turn it into furniture.
01:10:16Namely, a pair of chairs.
01:10:18If you're looking to pin this on me, anyone could have come in here.
01:10:24You really shouldn't try locking things away, Mr. Conorboy.
01:10:27Someone needs to go and tell the crowds we won't be opening any time soon.
01:10:31They'll have to come back next year.
01:10:34You're planning on returning?
01:10:35I'm not actually planning on leaving.
01:10:39I was born here.
01:10:41Nessie was born here.
01:10:43I belong here.
01:10:57Hi, sir.
01:10:58Yeah, I'm in Kiminy's shop.
01:10:59Someone has been in here and...
01:11:02Looks like they've smashed up our laptop.
01:11:06Yeah.
01:11:12Is there anyone Kiminy might have upset recently?
01:11:16If there was, she didn't tell me.
01:11:19We know she left an anonymous tip-off about Aggie Marlow being back in Godly Buzzard.
01:11:25Did she happen to tell you as well?
01:11:27As I've already said, that wouldn't have gone well for Aggie.
01:11:31Is that why Kiminy decided to contact us?
01:11:33You met her.
01:11:35She spent half her life contacting the police.
01:11:39Talking of which, did she ever mention the hit and run?
01:11:42Only to the point of boredom.
01:11:44More recently, I mean, as in had she found out who killed her husband?
01:11:48No, she'd have said.
01:11:50In fact, she'd have screamed it from the rooftops.
01:11:52We know that Brad checked into Saj's pub on the same night that Kiminy's husband was killed.
01:12:00Before you fall down that rabbit hole, Brad got a puncture up at the house and walked down to the village.
01:12:07He couldn't have run anyone over, let alone Kim and his husband.
01:12:10I don't suppose I could have Francis's teddy.
01:12:18Only Kiminy bought that for him.
01:12:20It feels so wrong that Aggie took it.
01:12:25How did you know about the teddy bear?
01:12:28We deliberately withheld that information.
01:12:31Alan told me he must have let it slip, Chief Inspector.
01:12:34Charles, how good of you to call.
01:12:49Now, I may need you to sue the police for loss of earnings.
01:12:55Yes, that's right, the police.
01:12:57I'll send you an email with all the details.
01:12:59Speak soon.
01:13:00Well, that should shrink your annual budget.
01:13:04How did you know about Aggie Marlowe taking Francis's teddy bear?
01:13:10You told your wife, remember?
01:13:12Well, I probably picked it up off of one of you lot.
01:13:15Aggie must have gone up to Francis's room.
01:13:19I think you saw her.
01:13:21You're an absolute balderdash.
01:13:23Why would she go up there?
01:13:24I didn't know she had.
01:13:26It seems a strange place to return to, considering the circumstances.
01:13:30Or was she coming to see you and Lady Myrtle?
01:13:32I very much doubt it.
01:13:35She'd been avoiding being seen, yet she felt confident enough to come to the house.
01:13:41The place where she'd apparently left a child to die.
01:13:44I'm afraid I can't answer for her actions.
01:13:47I happen to think you can.
01:13:48What really happened on the day your son died?
01:13:52I'd really rather not go back there.
01:13:54It's still exceedingly raw, even after all these years.
01:13:59I know that you and your wife went to a party with your father.
01:14:04She said that she came back alone, which implies that either you were still at the party,
01:14:09or you'd already left.
01:14:11No, I stayed till the bitter end.
01:14:12Then you would have seen both Lady Myrtle and Kimony, because they stayed late as well.
01:14:21You've spent a long time living with this, Sir Alan.
01:14:24She was extremely attractive back then.
01:14:35And I was only a little older than her.
01:14:38In your eyes, perhaps?
01:14:40And I'd been drinking.
01:14:43And you know, sometimes on those odd occasions when you have a romantic thought,
01:14:48and then that thought becomes a possibility,
01:14:50and then before you know where you are, it's a cast-iron certainty.
01:14:53And I was Sir Percival's son.
01:14:55How could she not be impressed?
01:14:57But Aggie wasn't impressed, was she?
01:14:59Well, she tried to be polite, and I went along with it at first,
01:15:03but then I said we hadn't got much time,
01:15:05and perhaps we should move things forward.
01:15:07Well, she was appalled.
01:15:10Said she wanted to go and check on Francis.
01:15:13She was crying, and I stopped her.
01:15:17I didn't let her see him.
01:15:20For how long?
01:15:22Well, I thought I heard a thump or a thud or something,
01:15:26but I just ignored it because I had other things on my mind.
01:15:31And Aggie heard it too, told me to open the door.
01:15:35She said it over and over again, and when I refused,
01:15:37she slapped me and then she dodged by me,
01:15:39and her first thought was to go and check on Francis.
01:15:43And that's when I heard her scream.
01:15:47And by the time you got there?
01:15:50Well, to my eternal shame, I blamed her.
01:15:54I said it was all her fault,
01:15:56and that I would see her locked up for life.
01:15:59So she ran, knowing that no one would believe her word against yours,
01:16:06the son of Sir Percival Bruce.
01:16:09She came to see me a few nights ago.
01:16:13She told me she was going to tell Myrtle the truth.
01:16:15Well, everybody, in fact.
01:16:17Why now, after all this time?
01:16:19Well, Noah wants to set up permanent residence on the grounds,
01:16:22but I didn't kill her, I swear.
01:16:24I didn't even try to get that damn teddy back.
01:16:28I just stood there, frozen,
01:16:32in this pathetic excuse
01:16:34that I call my life.
01:16:45Winter.
01:16:45Sir, I looked into Saj's financials, like you said,
01:16:59and the odd thing was that Sylvia
01:17:00paid for Brad's room the night he turned up in Godly Buzzard.
01:17:04But she said that she didn't meet him that day.
01:17:06I think we'd better talk to her.
01:17:08Also, Fleur's tech team
01:17:10found a smudge of blue ink on Kim and he's laptop.
01:17:13It was only tiny, but she's going to run it.
01:17:14I tell her there's no me.
01:17:16Yeah, I already have, sir.
01:17:18Because it's probably from the stamp
01:17:20that Sylvia uses in her library.
01:17:21You won't jump ahead of me, Winter.
01:17:23There is a first time for everything, sir.
01:17:25You should get a bonus
01:17:26for all the things you've taught me.
01:17:29Didn't tech have any luck with Kim and his laptop?
01:17:32They managed to retrieve most of the data,
01:17:33but it was just the speeding reports
01:17:35that she'd been filing.
01:17:36And I see.
01:17:41I should go and talk to her before she heads off.
01:17:44Sylvia, I'm going to ask,
01:17:52why did you pay for Brad's room
01:17:54the night that the flower festival was rained off?
01:17:57You said that you hadn't met him that day.
01:18:01Sylvia!
01:18:04Sylvia!
01:18:04Sylvia!
01:18:04Put your foot down, Winter.
01:18:27Can't get around it, sir.
01:18:28See if there's someone to pass up her head.
01:18:31Oh, following me!
01:18:33What's she doing?
01:18:34Where's she going?
01:18:35She's on her way to Godly Manor.
01:18:39You can't go and live
01:18:40with that excuse for an uncle.
01:18:42I can do what the hell I like.
01:18:44Noah's going to try
01:18:45and take all of this from us.
01:18:47Not just the grounds he wants.
01:18:48He'll come for his share of the house.
01:18:50And you think I'm on your side?
01:18:51I hope he gets the lot.
01:18:54Frankie.
01:18:55Frankie!
01:18:56She's heading for the gate, sir.
01:19:05She's going to go straight through them, sir.
01:19:10Frankie!
01:19:24Sylvia!
01:19:24What are you doing?
01:19:26They know.
01:19:27They know what?
01:19:28What I did.
01:19:29Pull yourself together, Sylvia.
01:19:30I killed him, Mother.
01:19:33I killed him.
01:19:40What the hell is going on?
01:19:41He's shaking like a leaf.
01:19:46Sylvia, I don't understand.
01:19:49Ask them.
01:19:50They know.
01:19:51Stop saying that.
01:19:52Will somebody talk to me?
01:19:53Well, tell them, then.
01:19:55Tell them what I did.
01:19:56I'd rather hear it from you, Sylvia.
01:20:01I didn't see him.
01:20:04The road was empty one minute,
01:20:06the next he was just standing there
01:20:08right in front of me.
01:20:09Who is she talking about?
01:20:10Who is she talking about?
01:20:10The many bullets husband, Lawrence.
01:20:13What?
01:20:14Sylvia?
01:20:15Right.
01:20:15Don't say another word.
01:20:17Alan, call your solicitor.
01:20:18Tell us what happened, Sylvia.
01:20:20Leave my daughter alone.
01:20:22Alan, call Charles now.
01:20:24Josh!
01:20:24I didn't think anyone had seen me,
01:20:27so I drove off, not knowing what to do.
01:20:32I was in such a state, though,
01:20:33I had to pull over, thought I was going to be sick.
01:20:36A few minutes later, there was a tap
01:20:37on the side of the library.
01:20:39Brad had seen what you'd done.
01:20:42He made me pay for his room at Sash's pub.
01:20:45He was really after something else.
01:20:47I'm so sorry.
01:20:51I'm so sorry.
01:20:54He wanted to be in the manor.
01:20:56He wanted a portrait of his own.
01:20:57He wanted it all.
01:20:59So he told me I had to make sure you married him.
01:21:04Doesn't anyone want me for who I am?
01:21:07I know.
01:21:08I know, and I hated him so much for it.
01:21:10I wanted to rescue you, Frankie.
01:21:12I wanted so many things.
01:21:13Winter?
01:21:14As I learned at great cost last year,
01:21:16there are certain perennials
01:21:17that shouldn't be planted next to each other.
01:21:19Kimony would know that better than anyone.
01:21:22I think we found Brad's phone.
01:21:25And on it, no doubt,
01:21:26we'll find out why it had to be buried.
01:21:28Mm-hm.
01:21:29Am I right, Frankie?
01:21:34I have no idea what you're talking about.
01:21:36I know it was you who smashed up Kimony's laptop.
01:21:39Me?
01:21:40I had no idea that even happened.
01:21:42I saw a list of number plates
01:21:44on a document that Kimony was putting together.
01:21:47Your friend Cordelia's number plate
01:21:49was on it along with a date and time.
01:21:51Then talk to Cordelia, not me.
01:21:53Ironically, that was actually the very thing
01:21:56you were trying to prevent.
01:21:57When will you ever learn, Cordelia?
01:22:00It's not 30 miles an hour through the village.
01:22:03And don't think you can get away with this at night, either.
01:22:05I'm on guard 24-7.
01:22:08You took Cordelia's car
01:22:10after everyone had passed out,
01:22:11after your celebrations.
01:22:13You drove it up here,
01:22:14not thinking for a minute
01:22:15that Kimony would still be out monitoring the roads.
01:22:19She was going to post her findings on Monday,
01:22:21and the moment Cordelia received her speeding notice,
01:22:25she would have questioned it.
01:22:26But you couldn't have that happen, Frankie.
01:22:31Is this true?
01:22:33Not a word of it.
01:22:34And who stays up half the night looking for speeders?
01:22:37Kimony did.
01:22:38She was heartbroken after Lawrence.
01:22:40She couldn't sleep or find peace anywhere.
01:22:42We know that the cuckoo clock
01:22:44had been moved high enough to kill Brad.
01:22:47And who would have known Brad's height better than you?
01:22:50Try my mother.
01:22:52She seemed to have spent a lot of time with him.
01:22:54Yes, Mother, I knew that earring was yours.
01:22:58Would you like to tell us
01:22:59what's on the phone, Frankie?
01:23:02It won't take us long to access it.
01:23:13Well, when you put it like that...
01:23:17Frankie...
01:23:19It was the look on his face that did it.
01:23:27It was this look of pure and utter greed.
01:23:32I knew what he was thinking.
01:23:34So I sent him a message.
01:23:37Why don't we steal the clock and run away together?
01:23:41He agreed.
01:23:42Said we should do it after things had died down.
01:23:44But you came up here and rigged the clock.
01:23:46Because I knew he was lying.
01:23:48He wanted it all for himself.
01:23:52I hoped I was wrong.
01:23:54But sometimes you just know.
01:23:56It was horrible to watch.
01:23:58It was horrible to watch.
01:24:00How did you know that Brad would be there at the right time?
01:24:20I didn't matter what time it was.
01:24:24Frankie knew Brad would turn the hour hands
01:24:27to get the cuckoo to come out regardless.
01:24:31Tell me about Nessie.
01:24:33Presumably you saw her up at the house.
01:24:36Kimberly, I just got your message.
01:24:39Oh my God.
01:24:40Are you sure it's her?
01:24:45I can't.
01:24:46I just can't.
01:24:47Not while there's breath in my body.
01:24:49I hadn't a clue who my mother was talking about.
01:24:52Until you realized there was only one person
01:24:54your mother could hate that much.
01:24:56Aggie Marlowe.
01:24:59And there she was.
01:25:01Carrying Francis' teddy.
01:25:03So you took revenge for your brother.
01:25:04How could I not?
01:25:06She's responsible for this nightmare I call my life.
01:25:11Only she wasn't.
01:25:13What?
01:25:14I suggest you speak to Sir Alan about that.
01:25:19I'm curious about the blue ink on Kim and his laptop.
01:25:22Presumably you wanted to throw us off the trail.
01:25:27Sorry, sis.
01:25:30You all but forced me into loving Brad.
01:25:32It was his doing, not mine.
01:25:34But I didn't know that, did I?
01:25:36I believed every word he said.
01:25:38I'm your sister.
01:25:39I was put in a horrible position.
01:25:40Well, you want to know about horrible positions?
01:25:43Try killing three people.
01:25:45Most people would have just called off the engagement.
01:25:48Blame them.
01:25:49They made me that way.
01:25:50I grew up being rejected
01:25:52for not being what they desperately wanted.
01:25:54And there I was again.
01:25:56Not being what Brad wanted.
01:26:02What's a girl to do?
01:26:04Though I rather hoped
01:26:07I was always one step ahead of you.
01:26:10If it's any consolation,
01:26:12you were.
01:26:15But you always saw the wood despite the trees.
01:26:18Oh, how ironic.
01:26:25I don't understand you, Frankie.
01:26:28How are you saying all these things
01:26:29as if you didn't have a care in the world?
01:26:32Because I learned from the worst.
01:26:33If only you and father had wanted me.
01:26:36It's just a simple, little thing.
01:26:39Like loving a child.
01:26:40But it was beyond both of you.
01:26:49I hope your daughter turns out
01:26:51to be everything you could hope for.
01:26:52That's it.
01:27:16Almost there.
01:27:17He's doing a grand job.
01:27:21He is.
01:27:22And I have to say,
01:27:24I am deeply impressed.
01:27:26Do you know pergolars and derbors
01:27:29date back to early Egyptian times?
01:27:31Really?
01:27:31That far?
01:27:32In some societies,
01:27:33there were actually status symbols.
01:27:35Well, the Barnabys are going up
01:27:37in the world.
01:27:40I'd have had that up an hour ago.
01:27:42You'd be moaning about
01:27:43having a strained back by now.
01:27:45I'm just saying,
01:27:46it would have taken me half the time.
01:27:47Don't listen to them, Winter.
01:27:49You're doing a fine job.
01:27:54A very fine job, indeed.
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