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00:00Would you like some more, Kedri?
00:08No, thank you.
00:12Seems a rather interesting letter.
00:15It's from my Aunty Pad.
00:16Oh, the one who runs a B&B?
00:18No. Soon to be a four-star family hotel.
00:22Oh.
00:23And she's invited us to the Grand Gala reopening.
00:27Really?
00:30An evening of champagne and sophistication with the theme of the 1920s.
00:34Oh, it sounds wonderful.
00:36I can't wait to see this place.
00:39Then she goes on to say,
00:40can we help with the painting, decorating and getting the place ship-shape?
00:44Well, she's asking rather a lot.
00:47She has an inspector coming from the Anderson's Hotel Guide.
00:50Oh, sorry, what's that?
00:52An annual survey of the most prestigious hotels in Britain.
00:56She really is pushing the boat out.
00:58Yes?
01:03Oh, no, no, nothing.
01:05Oh.
01:06Oh, gosh.
01:08Right.
01:08Um, well, thank you for the most delicious Kedjari.
01:14Hmm.
01:17Have a good day.
01:18You too.
01:19How do you fancy a trip to the seaside?
01:32Oh, gosh.
01:54Oh, gosh.
01:56Oh, gosh.
01:57MUSIC CONTINUES
02:27MUSIC CONTINUES
02:57I thought it would be a nice surprise for you.
03:01Well, it's definitely a surprise.
03:03We're very keen to get to work, Inspector,
03:05so you can have more time with your wife.
03:08Oh, this place is amazing.
03:09I've seen pictures of the seaside,
03:11but I never knew the sand was so warm and so soft.
03:14What, Brenda, you've...
03:16you've never actually been to the seaside before.
03:18Well, my mum died when I was seven.
03:20We never got to go on holidays.
03:22Ahoy there, landlubbers.
03:25Oh, Auntie Pat.
03:30Hello, hello, hello.
03:33You must be Isabel.
03:35Oh, how lovely.
03:37How lovely to put a face to that melodious voice.
03:40Lovely to meet you.
03:41Auntie Pat, how are you?
03:44Marvellous, darling.
03:45But what's happened to you, your skin and bone?
03:47Aren't you feeding him?
03:48Oh, I do give him three square mils a day.
03:51I'm only teasing.
03:52Mind you, actually, you have to keep your eye on this one around food.
03:56When he was a boy, he used to sneak into the kitchen
03:59searching for the chocolate profiteroles.
04:02We used to call him Edgar the Chocolate Heffalump.
04:06Don't tell me.
04:07Father Brown.
04:08And Sergeant Goodfellow.
04:10And, um, Brenda.
04:12Hi.
04:13It's nice to meet you.
04:14We're here to help in any way that we can.
04:16Oh, you know this is manna.
04:18Manna from heaven.
04:20Because there is just so much that has to be done.
04:23I see you've been picking wildflowers.
04:25Yes, well, they make very nice, er, table decorations.
04:28Right.
04:29Let us get you all checked in.
04:31Follow me.
04:32Come along, you chocolate Heffalump.
04:45Raymond?
04:47Raymond?
04:49Raymond?
04:51Raymond!
04:51Yes, dear.
04:53That is my name.
04:54Thank you for reminding me.
04:56When are you going to hang this picture up?
04:58I am rather busy trying to organise a gala dinner.
05:01If you didn't spend so much time arguing,
05:02you might actually be ready by now.
05:03Mrs. Parkinson.
05:06Oh, my word.
05:07Who is this?
05:09Well, here's Edgar.
05:11The only member of my family I've never been tempted to strangle.
05:14May I introduce Raymond and Cynthia,
05:18my deputy managers who have worked here for 30 years.
05:21In fact, they met and married here.
05:24Oh, isn't that nice?
05:29Yes, so I think we have a double room with the sea view.
05:33Yes, I'll sort that.
05:34So, tonight, we are having a rehearsal of the 1920s-themed dinner.
05:39We are testing a few of the recipes we're serving tomorrow,
05:43but there's so much work to do, so many jobs.
05:46Window cleaning, gardening.
05:48I could help with that.
05:50And I'm a dab hand with a chamois leather.
05:52Oh.
05:53Well, come along.
05:54Yes.
05:56Raymond?
05:58What is all this mess?
06:00Mr. Crabtree, he won't do any more work until he's been fully paid.
06:03Fine.
06:04Well, we'll just put wallpapering on the list of things to do.
06:09Yes, put those flowers in water before they wilt.
06:12Yes, Mrs. Parker.
06:13Three and four.
06:20She's such a character, Aunty Pat.
06:22No-one would argue with that.
06:25Although, did she seem a bit peaky?
06:27Peaky? What do you mean?
06:29I wish she was leaning on reception.
06:31Just a bit fragile.
06:33Well, Aunty Pat's as fragile as a Sherman tank.
06:37If you say so.
06:39And I am sorry if my surprise turned out to be more of a shock.
06:43Yes.
06:45What's supposed to be our honeymoon, not a parish outing.
06:48I know.
06:49But we will spend more time together.
06:52Once we've got through all our jobs.
06:54Do you think I should wear these earrings tonight?
07:01Yes.
07:02You didn't even look at them.
07:03Because I'm busy organising tonight's dinner, tomorrow night's garbler, and we've got an inspector coming.
07:08Well, well, well, well.
07:10This place hasn't changed a bit.
07:12It's practically a museum.
07:16Max Fisher.
07:19Raymond.
07:21Cynthia.
07:22How are you?
07:23We're fine.
07:25We're good, actually.
07:28Mrs. Parkinson has made us deputy manager.
07:30Oh.
07:31Well.
07:33That's something, I suppose.
07:34Now, can you book me into the grand suite for three days?
07:38Sorry, Max.
07:39We're not open until next week.
07:41We've just got friends and family staying.
07:44I worked here for seven years.
07:46I think that makes me family.
07:48Well, Father, there was some very enthusiastic pruning.
07:52Sharp shears.
07:53I'm sure that the hydrangeas will grow back again.
07:57What are you doing here?
08:00I'm just checking into your most expensive room.
08:14Oh, Edgar, don't you look smart.
08:18Yes, do come and sit down.
08:21Now then, Auntie Pat.
08:24Are you all right?
08:26Yes.
08:28Yes, I'm always all right.
08:29It's the rest of the world that's all wrong.
08:32I thought as much.
08:33Glad to hear it.
08:36Shall I show the guests in, Mrs. Parkinson?
08:38Oh, yes, yes.
08:40Come one, come all.
08:45Straight slow.
08:46Straight slow.
08:47Where would you like me to sit?
08:48Um, just on the other side of Edgar.
08:51And then we can fight over him.
08:53Please, everybody else, just sit wherever you like.
08:57That is an awful lot of cutlery, which is normally a good sign.
09:00Well, we are serving a three-course dinner, followed by petit fours and, er, lots of profiteroles.
09:09Oh, good news for you, Mr. Eiffelope.
09:11Er, thank you, Miss Palmer.
09:14Father Brown?
09:15Champagne?
09:17Well, that is a very easy question to answer.
09:21Yes, please.
09:22Oh, quickly.
09:25Yes, yes.
09:25Quickly.
09:26Get out of practice, Raymond.
09:30Max.
09:32Oh, I had a feeling that you might join us.
09:35Please, er, make yourself comfortable.
09:38Over there.
09:39Would you like me to serve?
09:47Yes, of course.
09:50No, no, no, dear.
09:52Silver service.
09:54And the table.
09:54Madame et monsieur, the Palace Hotel has stood on this site for nigh on 70 years, constantly battled by the cruel sea.
10:10But the sea yields up treasure, and you will taste that treasure in our brulee bays.
10:18Bon appétit.
10:19Please do start.
10:20I can't bear cold food.
10:22Right.
10:33It's, um...
10:34How is it for you, Father?
10:38It tastes very much of the sea.
10:40It's extremely salty.
10:43What?
10:44But I...
10:45I can't think why it would be.
10:47I was terribly careful with the seasoning.
10:51I mean...
10:52None for me.
11:00This is all you're doing, isn't it?
11:02That's a very serious accusation.
11:05Would you care to repeat it?
11:06Oh, actually, I...
11:09I might have put too much salt in.
11:12Ah, yes.
11:12Too many cooks.
11:13Well, let's hope you get things sorted.
11:16Before the inspector gets here.
11:19How do you know about that?
11:20Oh, when you move in the circles I move in, you hear things, and, uh...
11:23Yes?
11:26Mr. Wendell.
11:27Remember your old work colleague, Max Bishop?
11:30He's been seen, wandering round town.
11:34Yes.
11:35I know.
11:36Just remember, I got rid of you once before.
11:41And I can get rid of you again.
11:43Mrs. Parkins!
11:49Nice to see you.
11:51Sergeant Oldham.
11:53How are Julia and the little ones?
11:55Not so little now, I imagine.
11:57We're all very well, thank you.
12:00Good.
12:01Well, I've had quite enough fun for one evening.
12:05And I'll see you all tomorrow.
12:07Good luck.
12:10You're going to need it.
12:13Aunty Pat.
12:18I should never have risen to the bait.
12:22I'm, uh, going to leave you now in the capable hands of Cynthia and Raymond.
12:28Good night.
12:28I do hope Aunty Pat's all right.
12:46That man really seemed to upset her.
12:49Well, she's a tough old thing.
12:52She certainly gives as good as she gets.
12:54She does.
12:58What's that?
13:00It's a bucket.
13:02Ah, underneath it.
13:03Oh!
13:18Ugh!
13:19Thank you, Father.
13:35What a terrible way for a man to meet his maker.
13:39Indeed.
13:40I suspect he was hit over the head, the blunt object, before being buried as the tide came in.
13:45That is my hypothesis.
13:46What about that dark stain on his forehead? Any idea what that is?
13:52Inspector, I'm sure you do a marvellous job in your leafy little village, but you leave things to us, eh, Ian?
13:59Enjoy your holiday.
14:10Any idea who killed him?
14:11Technically, that would be the sea, which also did a very good job of washing away most of the evidence.
14:29Hello. What's going on?
14:32I'm afraid one of your guests has been murdered, Mrs Wendell.
14:34No, Mr Bishop.
14:38Max!
14:41Sergeant Oldham?
14:43Yes, Father.
14:44There's a champagne bottle in this bin.
14:47And?
14:48It's unopened.
14:49It's bloodstained.
14:51And it comes from the Palace Hotel.
14:52Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your cooperation thus far.
15:00We believe the murder took place between 8 o'clock, when Mr Bishop was dining here, and midnight, when the tide was high.
15:07I need to know all of your movements after 8.
15:10Well, I was serving dinner to these good people here, and then, at about 9 o'clock, I locked up and went briefly outside to inspect the grounds.
15:21Can anyone corroborate your version of events?
15:24Yes, I can. I was with him the whole time.
15:27Every single second?
15:29Mostly. We worked together. We went outside together.
15:34Then we went to bed just after 10.
15:3610.
15:37Mrs Parkinson!
15:38What?
15:39Yes?
15:39Where did you go, after you stormed out of the restaurant?
15:44Stormed? I went upstairs to make a list of all the jobs that needed doing before today's inspection.
15:52So now, can we please get a move on, aren't you, Pat?
15:56Well, it doesn't look good if you lose your temper.
15:59Oh.
16:00Patricia Parkinson!
16:02I'm arresting you for the murder of Max Bishop.
16:05On what grounds?
16:06There were two sets of fingerprints on the murder weapon.
16:08A bottle of champagne, a bottle of champagne, Mr Bishop himself, and Mrs Parkinson's.
16:13Well, yes, it was my champagne, but because it came from my cellar.
16:18You're not obliged to say anything, but anything you say may be given in evidence.
16:21This way, please.
16:23This is ridiculous!
16:24I don't think they'd be happy with a relative barging into the station.
16:27Although they might allow a visit from a priest.
16:34Tell me about Mr Bishop.
16:36Well, 30 years ago, I sacked him.
16:38He worked at the hotel as a bellboy, and I found he was stealing from the guest's room.
16:46You know, in the hotel industry.
16:48That's a mortal sin.
16:50So, a man who bears a grudge on you walks in when the hotel is in trouble.
17:00Things aren't going very well, are they?
17:04No.
17:06No, we are.
17:08We are at rock bottom.
17:10I've taken out loan after loan, and if things don't improve, then the bank will take the hotel.
17:19And that's why you invited Anderson's Guide to inspect?
17:23Er, well, yes.
17:24One last roll of the dice.
17:27Was anyone else upset at Mr Bishop's reappearance?
17:35Well, I didn't think Raymond was too delighted.
17:37Of course, back in the day, they were great friends.
17:41Cynthia, Raymond and Max.
17:43I did used to think that Max got in the way a bit.
17:49Were Mr and Mrs Wendell married at that point?
17:52No.
17:52It was only after Max left that Raymond popped the question.
17:58In fact, I wonder if Max didn't come back not to humiliate me,
18:05but to seduce Cynthia.
18:08Why do you say that?
18:10Well, yesterday, when I was preparing the buoy baths,
18:14I could hear Max and Raymond arguing.
18:17Oh, Father, you've been a while. How is she?
18:26Your aunt is bearing up.
18:28Of course she is. She's as strong as not.
18:31She's very keen that we make this evening a success.
18:34I think it's more important we solve the murder.
18:37Well, perhaps by doing one, it will help us do the other.
18:40Right, Mrs Parkinson's left her to do this. Would you like me to type it up?
18:52No, Raymond. We actually have to do something.
18:54What time is Mavis getting here?
18:56Mavis left a note. She's resigned.
18:57Oh, no.
18:59Right, I've managed to sort those wonky tables out and we swept all the floors.
19:02Is there anything else we can do to help?
19:04No. We're beyond help.
19:06The best thing now would be to board up all the doors and hang a condemned sign outside.
19:12Hello. How are we getting on?
19:14We're about to give up completely.
19:16What?
19:17Cancelling this evening and telling Andersons we're not ready.
19:20You do realise my aunt has given 50 years of her life to this place?
19:23Yes, but she's not here.
19:26And it was always her hand on the tiller that steered us through the rocks.
19:30Mrs Parkinson's been your employer for 30 years.
19:33Yes. I'm sure she hoped that if she had to step back, you would step forward.
19:39We also have a financial difficulty.
19:41She's left a long ingredients list and no actual money.
19:44Fine. I'll go down to the market.
19:48I'll come with you.
19:49And I can service some rooms. I've worked in hotels before.
19:53I can do some cooking.
19:54Can I be your sous-chef?
19:56Of course.
19:56I shall polish the silver.
19:59I will assist.
20:02Am I right in saying you have worked here since the 1920s?
20:06Mm-hm.
20:07You and Cynthia and Max.
20:11Sorry.
20:12Allow me.
20:16So what did you think when Max Bishop turned up again?
20:20Mrs Parkinson seems to think he once had designs on your wife.
20:27No, of course not.
20:29No?
20:30No.
20:31We were pals.
20:33Back then, the three of us, we were the...
20:35Well, they were the happiest times of my life.
20:37Yes, Max was sacked for stealing, but not for...
20:39Not for stealing my girlfriend.
20:44You overheard yesterday having an argument with Mr Bishop.
20:48Hmm.
20:49You said, and I quote,
20:50Leave her alone, please.
20:53Just leave her alone.
20:54Yes, I did, but I was not talking about Cynthia.
20:58No?
21:01When Max arrived, he said some rather nasty things about Mrs Parkinson,
21:05so I let him settle into his room,
21:07and when he came downstairs, I told him to stop.
21:09Leave her alone.
21:11What did he say to that?
21:12He told me to face the facts.
21:14The palace hotel is doomed, and he's the only one who could save it.
21:19What do you think he meant?
21:22I don't know.
21:23I told him I didn't want to hear it,
21:24and if you'll excuse me, I need to go and find some fish forks.
21:30Thank you, Miss Palmer.
21:31Most helpful.
21:34Whoa.
21:35Who could afford a room like this?
21:37That is what we are here to find out.
21:41Mr Bishop claimed he came here to save the palace,
21:46and I'm keen to find out how.
21:50What's this?
21:58Oh.
22:00Plans for the hotel.
22:03Divided into eight flats.
22:05So that's his game.
22:06He's a property developer.
22:10Look.
22:14Meet me at Brandreth Bay, nine o'clock.
22:18That's the beach where they found him.
22:22Was he killed by the person to whom he sent this note?
22:26I should probably make the bed.
22:28The inspector will come in here.
22:30Good idea.
22:36What's this?
22:43Ah, yes.
22:44I know whose ear that belongs to.
22:46Right, here we are.
22:52Enough fish to start your own aquarium.
22:55Oh, Edgar, you've saved the day.
22:57You always do.
22:58Right, well, can I suggest I'll read out the recipe and allocate jobs as I go?
23:03No, Raymond.
23:04No.
23:05Just no, Raymond.
23:06Would you like to help me with the windows?
23:12Yes.
23:13Yes, of course.
23:15Yes.
23:15You all right, Mrs. Wendell?
23:21Yes.
23:22Just a little bit stressed.
23:24We've got this rather complicated boo-a-bays to make, which means that we have fish to fill it,
23:3022 herbs and spices, and we haven't even started the stock yet.
23:34That does seem a Herculean effort.
23:36Yes, but if we want to get into the Anderson's Guide...
23:39You might try making things people like to eat.
23:44Oh.
23:46Oh, yes, you're right.
23:49We could change the menu.
23:52Oh, fish pie.
23:54Everyone loves fish pie.
23:56Mrs. Wendell, may I have a word?
24:00Yes.
24:04I'm sorry, Father, but I'm really very busy.
24:10Yes, I can see.
24:13Must put an awful strain on your marriage.
24:16Marriage?
24:17What's that?
24:19They used to be married once.
24:21I mean, I do love Raymond.
24:24It's just we're married to the hotel.
24:27I noticed you have separate rooms.
24:30Well, yes.
24:32Separate lives, actually.
24:35Was it ever a happy marriage?
24:38We were happy.
24:40Before we were married.
24:42When it was just the three of us.
24:45Me, Raymond, and Max.
24:48Ah, yes.
24:50Mr. Bishop.
24:51Did you notice yesterday he was last into dinner
24:57because I believe he was in the kitchen
25:01over-salting the bouillabaisse?
25:05I think so.
25:09But you took responsibility for his sabotage.
25:12It seems strange.
25:15Unless you felt in some way responsible.
25:17I read the papers, you see.
25:24And I knew Max had done very well for himself.
25:28So I wrote and told him we were in trouble.
25:32And was there any chance of alone?
25:35But it soon became clear he was not here to help.
25:39He'd just come to humiliate us.
25:40What did you do to stop him?
25:44Nothing.
25:46I just tried to avoid him.
25:49And yet...
25:52I found this...
25:54by his bed.
25:55All right.
26:05When Raymond went round to speak with him,
26:08I sneaked into his room to look round.
26:13I imagine you saw his plans
26:15to turn the hotel into flats.
26:18I did.
26:19And I was just staring at them, horrified.
26:22And Max came in and grabbed me.
26:26So that must be when I lost the earring.
26:29I see.
26:30He said this place had destroyed him
26:33and now he's going to destroy it.
26:36Do you know, he used to steal from people's rooms.
26:40Only small amounts.
26:42So no-one knew.
26:43But Mrs Parkinson found out and she called the police.
26:46I don't suppose you remember the name
26:50of the arresting officer.
26:56What can I say?
26:58He was a wrongman.
26:59I made sure he suffered the full force of the law.
27:01Ah.
27:03Except...
27:04I've spoken to Scotland Yard.
27:07Max Bishop has no criminal record whatsoever.
27:09So, you let him go
27:14but told everyone you'd charged him.
27:17It was a long time ago.
27:18I don't exactly recall.
27:20Mr Bishop remembered you vividly.
27:24He asked after your wife and children.
27:27I imagine 30 years ago
27:29you had a young family
27:32and not much money.
27:34Perhaps we should talk to his senior officer, Father.
27:42All right.
27:43He did offer me a certain sum.
27:46But believe me
27:47it was hard getting by in five pound a week.
27:50You took a bribe from a criminal suspect.
27:54Max said he'd leave town
27:55and never darken our doors again.
27:57I really don't see what the harm was.
27:59Sergeant Oldham
28:00many people would say
28:03that punishment
28:03can be a valuable life lesson.
28:07A lesson you failed
28:08to teach Max Bishop.
28:11Now.
28:14I think you've had more than enough time
28:16to question my aunt.
28:19Well.
28:21That was the worst holiday
28:23I've ever had.
28:25Auntie Pat,
28:26we need to have a talk.
28:27No, I need to get back to the hotel.
28:29Raymond and Cynthia,
28:30they can't make a decision without me.
28:32I'll leave you two to talk.
28:38Why didn't you tell me
28:39that the hotel was in difficulty?
28:41It isn't.
28:42The palace is a luxury ocean liner.
28:46It just so happens
28:47that it's floating
28:48in a sea of mediocrity.
28:50Yes.
28:50And its suppliers have told me
28:51they think it could be about to sink.
28:54Yes, well,
28:55things are a bit grim,
28:57but I believe
28:59that we're just about
29:00to turn a corner.
29:01And I realise
29:02that I have been saying that
29:04for several years.
29:05Yes.
29:06Yes, and you've been working yourself
29:0718 hours a day now.
29:09Do you think that can be good for you?
29:11If I didn't work,
29:12I wouldn't know what to do.
29:14Know how hard it is
29:16to abandon a place
29:18that you've loved and cherished
29:19for your whole life
29:20for 50 years.
29:22And besides,
29:23it means a lot to you.
29:25What do you mean?
29:26You know what I mean.
29:28Whenever your parents
29:30used to have a bit of difficulties,
29:33then they got me
29:34to look after you
29:35at the palace.
29:37It was home away from home.
29:40Auntie Pat,
29:41it's not the palace
29:41I care about.
29:43It's just a pile of bricks and mortar
29:45and some very comfortable bedding.
29:49The woman who runs it,
29:51I love her.
29:54I rather worry
29:55that she's not looking
29:56after herself properly.
30:00Well,
30:01she's
30:03rather fond of you.
30:06Edgar,
30:07I have no choice.
30:09I just have to keep going.
30:11So will you kindly
30:12take me back
30:13to the luxury liner
30:14before the management
30:16managed to sink it?
30:25There you go.
30:26What do you think?
30:27Oh,
30:27it's magnificent.
30:30Oh,
30:31have you thought about
30:32a career in interior design?
30:34Oh,
30:34not really.
30:35Thank you,
30:35though.
30:36If I spend one more moment
30:37in that kitchen,
30:39I think I'm going to melt.
30:40Agreed.
30:40Oh,
30:41oh,
30:42this is extraordinary.
30:47Oh,
30:48it feels like
30:50we've gone back in time
30:51to the glory days.
30:54Oh,
30:55managed to get rid
30:56of all the mould
30:57and the mess.
30:59And our most annoying guest
31:01has kicked the bucket.
31:02But don't mention
31:03any of that
31:04to the man from Anderson's.
31:09Hello.
31:09Hello.
31:10And you are?
31:12Timothy Moon.
31:14The man from Anderson's.
31:15Mr Moon.
31:17Mr Moon,
31:18please.
31:20Please forgive my wife's
31:21peculiar sense of humour.
31:23Well,
31:24I can forgive most things,
31:26but what I do not appreciate
31:28is being made to wait
31:29at the station.
31:30Where was Mrs Parkinson,
31:31who's been badgering me
31:32for the past six months?
31:33Mrs Parkinson?
31:34Mrs Parkinson?
31:35Not well.
31:36Very,
31:36very not well.
31:37Her glands have swollen up
31:39like...
31:39Watermelons.
31:40There's quite enough
31:41about my glands.
31:43Hello,
31:44I'm Patricia Parkinson.
31:46Timothy Moon.
31:47Mr Moon,
31:47you would not believe
31:48the day that I've had.
31:50Are you ready
31:51for the grand tour?
31:53I must get my clipboard.
31:55Well,
31:56you've certainly made
31:57some unexpected choices.
31:59Yes,
32:00it's better than I expected.
32:05It is splendid.
32:23All of them?
32:25Oh,
32:25well,
32:26we must leave some
32:27to the inspector,
32:27but...
32:29there.
32:36Raymond!
32:39Raymond!
32:40What is it, dear?
32:41Why haven't you hung up
32:42that picture?
32:43Because I'm in the middle
32:43of trying to...
32:44All right,
32:46I'll do it.
32:50Bringing us back
32:51to the dining room,
32:52which tonight
32:53is the gateway
32:54for the Roaring Twenties.
32:59Would Sir care
33:01for a canapé?
33:03If I must.
33:07Champagne?
33:09Well,
33:09I wouldn't like
33:11to impair
33:11my critical faculties,
33:13but,
33:13um,
33:14just to be polite.
33:15I'd like to thank you
33:16to the palace.
33:19Here you come.
33:20Yes?
33:21This is not
33:21the lump fish roe,
33:23this is actual
33:23caviar.
33:24Indeed.
33:25Most palatable.
33:26I must say,
33:27it does go down
33:28nicely.
33:29Oh,
33:29please.
33:30Do have another one.
33:34Um,
33:34um...
33:34Ladies and gentlemen,
33:40welcome,
33:41one and all,
33:42to the palace.
33:48This hotel
33:49has been standing here
33:50for 70 years,
33:53buffeted,
33:53of course,
33:54by waves
33:55and wind,
33:56but able
33:57to survive
33:58the ravages
34:00of time.
34:01Mr. Wendell,
34:01would you spare
34:04five minutes?
34:05anyone would build
34:06a hotel
34:07right by the sea,
34:09but,
34:09of course,
34:10people like us
34:11like to live
34:12on the edge
34:13where the land
34:14is at sea.
34:15I was intrigued
34:15by the photograph
34:15of you both
34:16outside the hotel
34:18in 1953.
34:22Your hair
34:23was much
34:24greyer then.
34:27Would I be right
34:28in thinking
34:29that you use
34:30hair dye?
34:31That is a very
34:35personal question,
34:37Father.
34:37Well,
34:38yes,
34:40but when they
34:41found Mr. Bishop's
34:42body,
34:44there was a dark
34:45stain on his
34:45temple.
34:48Could that
34:49stain
34:50have been
34:51from hair dye?
34:52From the person
34:53who buried him?
34:59He sent you
35:00a note,
35:01didn't he?
35:02Meet me at
35:03Brandreth Bay
35:03at nine o'clock.
35:05Why would you go?
35:07What do you think
35:08you're doing?
35:10We don't need you
35:11to save the hotel.
35:12We're perfectly
35:12happy as we are.
35:13Raymond,
35:14I'm sorry
35:16if I've upset
35:17everyone.
35:20I was angry
35:21at the way
35:21Mrs. Parkinson
35:22treated me.
35:24Were you perhaps
35:24hoping to turn
35:25back the clock?
35:26What do you
35:28mean by that?
35:29At first,
35:29I thought
35:30Mr. Bishop
35:31was having an
35:33affair with your
35:33wife.
35:35But no,
35:36I suspect
35:37not with her.
35:41I don't know
35:42what you're
35:42implying.
35:44Your wife
35:45confirmed
35:46that you have
35:47separate bedrooms,
35:50separate lives.
35:50and the champagne
35:54would suggest
35:56some sort
35:57of celebration.
35:59Do you remember
36:00our midnight
36:01picnics on the
36:02beach?
36:04Yes.
36:06Lying in the
36:07sandies.
36:10How could I
36:11forget?
36:14You will
36:14help me,
36:16won't you,
36:17Raymond?
36:18Of course.
36:19I knew you
36:20wouldn't let
36:21me down.
36:22You never
36:22did.
36:23Max,
36:25I would do
36:26anything for
36:27you.
36:31Do you
36:32really think
36:32I would give
36:34a second look
36:35at a worn-out
36:36old worm
36:37like you?
36:38Then what?
36:39You're going
36:39to help me
36:40destroy this
36:41place,
36:41or I will
36:42tell the
36:43whole world
36:43what you
36:44really are,
36:45including
36:46your sad,
36:48neglected,
36:48lonely little
36:50wife.
36:53Mr. Bishop
36:54sought to
36:56use his
36:57power over
36:58you.
37:00But things
37:01spiraled out
37:02of control,
37:03didn't they?
37:11Now you had
37:12a new problem,
37:14his body.
37:15luckily some
37:20children have
37:21been digging
37:21a hole in
37:22the sand,
37:23which was
37:24almost the
37:24right size.
37:25I did not
37:36mean to kill
37:37him.
37:39I would be
37:40the last person
37:40to condemn
37:41anyone for
37:41falling in
37:42love.
37:43But in order
37:43to spare
37:44people's
37:44feelings,
37:46you have
37:47been living
37:47your life
37:48in the
37:48shadows,
37:50living a
37:50lie,
37:51which has
37:53not brought
37:54happiness to
37:54you or
37:56your wife.
38:00What am I
38:01meant to
38:01do then?
38:02How do I
38:03get out of
38:03this mess?
38:07There is one
38:08course of
38:08action which
38:10will in time
38:11bring you
38:11peace.
38:13You must
38:14confess.
38:16Ask for
38:16God's
38:17forgiveness.
38:17and take
38:19the
38:20consequences
38:20of your
38:21actions.
38:32Mr. Moon,
38:33you really
38:34must try
38:35our famous
38:36bouillabaisse.
38:37Is it
38:37really necessary?
38:39Well,
38:39it's seasoned
38:40with 22
38:41different herbs
38:42and spices.
38:43Is it
38:44indeed?
38:44Cynthia,
38:45the bouillabaisse.
38:46Actually,
38:47Mrs.
38:48Parkinson,
38:49we decided
38:50not to
38:50make
38:50bouillabaisse.
38:52What?
38:52We thought
38:53rather than
38:53follow a
38:54hundred-year-old
38:55recipe,
38:56that we
38:56would go
38:56to the
38:57market
38:57and see
38:57what was
38:58in season.
38:59And what
38:59little
38:59delicacies
39:00did you
39:00find there?
39:01Oh,
39:02scallops
39:03so fresh
39:04they fell
39:05out of
39:05their shells.
39:07Silver
39:07mackerel,
39:08pink
39:09lobster.
39:10So we
39:11made a
39:11fish pie.
39:14Here you
39:15go.
39:16Bon appétit.
39:17Well,
39:18it does
39:18sound
39:18intriguing,
39:20but the
39:21proof of
39:21the pudding.
39:22Mrs.
39:50Parkinson,
39:51From your description, I expected this to be a dusty, fusty, old-fashioned establishment.
39:59But you've done wonders with this place.
40:03Décor that lets the light in and the finest fish pie I've ever tasted.
40:07Ah, well, yes, it's not one of my usual recipes.
40:11This place is the future of British hospitality.
40:15Welcome to Anderson's Hotel Guide.
40:18Oh, wonderful, wonderful.
40:20Oh, aunt, congratulations.
40:23We've got into the guide. Everything we've worked for all these years.
40:26That's wonderful, darling, but it's all down to you.
40:30It's always been you, and I'm sorry I've been a bad husband.
40:35What do you mean?
40:37Sergeant Oldham, may...
40:39Yes, Mr. Weindel.
40:46There's something I need to confess.
40:50Right, then.
40:54Ready for the off.
40:58I think so.
41:00Have you enjoyed your trip to the seaside?
41:03Spent most of it with a feather duster in me hand, but I do love this place.
41:08Thank you for everything.
41:09You must come and visit us in Kembleford.
41:13I mean, I know you're busy with the hotel.
41:17Ah, yes, well, that's rather likely to change.
41:21Oh, yes?
41:22Yes.
41:23Well, Mr. Moon has written us such a glowing review that I'm quite confident that the palace will survive.
41:30Oh, of course it will.
41:32So, therefore, I've decided to step down and give the baton to Cynthia, who I think you'll agree was more than capable.
41:42Well, she learned from the best.
41:45Right.
41:47Ready to depart, Mrs. Sullivan?
41:48Oh, can't we just have one last trip to the beach?
42:01Look at that duck over there.
42:08Yes!
42:09No!
42:09Do you know, I just have to say that when I first suggested this trip, it was meant to be just Isabelle and I, a mini honeymoon.
42:39Getting away from it all.
42:40I know.
42:41I always seem to put my foot in it, but...
42:43But, but, I do know that when I married Isabelle, I not only married her talents, her passions, but also her friends.
42:55Aww.
42:56And that makes me the luckiest man in the world.
43:02Oh!
43:03LAUGHTER
43:04And, Aunty Pad, I promise we will be back, just the two of us, but for now...
43:15Yes?
43:16Could you take a photograph of us all?
43:19Yes, and I know just the place.
43:22Everybody, say...
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