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00:00Ladies, does your washing powder leave your whites dreary and grey?
00:05Try new Flix Flakes in your wash.
00:08Flix brightens my day every day.
00:13This is ludicrous, Ron.
00:16Cut.
00:17What's the problem, Catherine?
00:19Catherine Vale is the epitome of glamour.
00:22My fans don't want to see me like this.
00:24That's the twist. You loved it yesterday.
00:27It's not the way the public see you, Catherine, but you're doing it brilliantly.
00:31Lesson number one, Eva dear. Always be better than the material.
00:35I wrote the material?
00:38You've managed to find fault with every single one of my ideas.
00:42Could that possibly be because they've all been terrible?
00:46Right. We have three days left to deliver the finished advert, so...
00:51I know you don't love this concept, but I also know only you can make it sing.
00:56I've told you, you cannot confine Catherine Vale to a set.
01:01I need air, space, light. I must breathe.
01:06Of course, leave it with me.
01:10You let her walk all over you.
01:12We have to keep her on board somehow.
01:14We need to get out of the studio, find new inspiration.
01:17We could film in Hyde Park.
01:19Better than that. I know just the place.
01:23Away from London. No distractions. We can nail this.
01:27Great. I'll call Frank.
01:29It is his company.
01:31He doesn't need to know.
01:33He doesn't need to know.
01:35But I do need to call a priest.
01:37I'll call you.
01:38He doesn't need to know.
01:39He wants to know you.
01:40He's so cute.
01:41Let's see.
01:42Let's go.
01:43I can't thank you enough for letting us film here, Father.
02:09It's a pleasure to welcome you back to the garden.
02:12You played in as a boy.
02:14Mind your backs, please.
02:15I knew your grandfather, Ron.
02:17He's a lovely man.
02:19Well, being sacristan was so important to him.
02:22He'd be very happy that we're donating to St Mary's.
02:25Well, the Church Roof Fund is very grateful.
02:30Now, Mr Sanderson, we're very keen to know the tricks of the advertising trade.
02:35Oh, yeah.
02:35Like how you make us want to buy stuff we don't need.
02:39Let's go and have a look.
02:42Almost ready, Ron.
02:45My copywriter, Meg Wilson.
02:47Beautiful place you've got.
02:48Ah, this is more like it.
02:51Oh, there she is.
02:52Catherine Vale, Hollywood star in the flesh.
02:56Mrs. X is her biggest fan.
02:57Welcome to Campbellford, Mrs. Vale.
03:00Isabelle Sullivan, parish secretary.
03:02I adore your work.
03:03Oh, it's a joy to meet my public.
03:06My protégé, Miss Eva Richards, a fine actress in the making.
03:10I hope to one day be as brilliant as Catherine.
03:13It's good to dream, dear.
03:15Now, Ron, darling, what's my line?
03:17I was thinking something like,
03:18Flix, while she's so bright, you'll feel like a star.
03:22That's not quite right, is it?
03:24How about Flix, while she's so bright, you'll feel like me, a star?
03:29That's not what I wrote.
03:30I really like that, Catherine.
03:31God, isn't she incredible?
03:32Well, yeah, she's definitely something.
03:35Well, let's rehearse.
03:37Rehearthing.
03:39I know.
03:40Let her try it, and then we'll find something better.
03:44OK.
03:45If everyone is ready for a rehearsal...
03:48And...
03:50Action.
03:54Flix, wash is so bright, you'll feel just like me, a star.
04:00Perfect.
04:01It definitely had something, but perhaps if...
04:04No, no, that's it.
04:06Now, darling, find me somewhere out of the sun.
04:08You're welcome to use the presbytery.
04:10Miss Palmer's prepared tea and cake.
04:12Either bring my correspondence.
04:15And you, Mrs Mulligan.
04:17Sullivan, come, I'll sign a picture for you.
04:19Oh, would you? How marvellous.
04:25What a fascinating process.
04:27Isn't it?
04:28You don't happen to have a telephone I might use?
04:30Yes. Of course, in my study.
04:34I adored you in Love in the Dust.
04:37You had such chemistry with Saul Hobbs, and I could pellet it still.
04:41Dear Saul.
04:43Superb actor.
04:44Awful man.
04:45One mustn't speak ill of the dead, but...
04:47Oh, truly.
04:49Eva.
04:50Letters?
04:51This one's from Biggie Baxter.
04:52The theatre impresario.
04:54He's a dear friend.
04:55Could it be about the audition?
04:56Take them back to my room at our digs.
04:57There's a good go.
04:58But...
04:59Now.
05:01Ah, Eva.
05:02We could use you on set.
05:03She's running an errand for me.
05:05When you're back, then.
05:09Won't be long now, Catherine.
05:10I'm perfectly happy chatting with Mrs. Tulliver.
05:15Sorry, where's the telephone?
05:17Erm, through there.
05:19Who are you calling?
05:20No one.
05:22Just the office.
05:25Erm, fancy some cake, Mrs. Dale?
05:30Charmin.
05:32Don't walk away from me.
05:34Who are you calling?
05:35Catherine, I am simply making a telephone call.
05:41This relentless neediness has got to stop me.
05:43Cannot go on like this.
05:45Brenda.
05:50If we can make them feel something,
05:52people are more likely to buy what we're selling.
05:54I see.
05:56Fascinating.
05:58Run said you needed me?
06:00Yes.
06:01Could you stand in for Catherine,
06:04so that we can check the shot?
06:16Flix wash is so bright,
06:18you'll feel just like me.
06:20A fated husband, Hollywood star.
06:25That's a bit harsh.
06:27True, though.
06:28Don't let Catherine hear you.
06:31Too late, I'm afraid.
06:32Catherine, I didn't mean to be...
06:35Terrible actress.
06:37Step aside.
06:39You're out of your depth.
06:42I prefer to do the line as agreed,
06:44without Eva's hilarious ad-lib.
06:49Ron, I'm ready.
06:51Yes, Catherine.
06:52Right.
06:53Going for a take.
06:54Roll camera.
06:59Something happen?
07:01I'm fine.
07:02Let's just shoot.
07:04Rolling and...
07:06Action!
07:07Flix wash is so bright,
07:09you'll feel just like me.
07:11A shining star.
07:14What the hell of stars got to do with Flix?
07:17Frank.
07:19Er, cut.
07:21You found us.
07:23Great.
07:24You moved the chute without telling me.
07:26What is he doing here?
07:28Frank Hicks.
07:29Flix managing director.
07:32Is this your gaff, is it?
07:33Very nice.
07:35So, Ron,
07:36what happened to Flix brightening your day?
07:41Erm, can we have a quiet word?
07:43Never a dull moment in advertising.
07:57I know my customers,
07:59and all they care about is,
08:00can our flakes give them dazzling whites?
08:04Yes, but in advertising,
08:06it works when it's about aspiration.
08:08Oh.
08:08Ooh.
08:09Sorry.
08:10Erm, just sticking me washing on.
08:12Let's ask this nice lady.
08:15You wash with Flix, right?
08:19What's more important?
08:21Feelings or whites?
08:23Erm, whites.
08:25Definitely.
08:26See?
08:27You're a good man, Ron.
08:29I like you.
08:30But let's do it my way, eh?
08:32Fine.
08:33But let me deal with Catherine.
08:35She can be tricky.
08:36Just a bit.
08:39We...
08:40I think it would work better
08:43if, instead of the cocktail,
08:46you were holding the box of Flix...
08:48That's not what we agreed.
08:50And if you could say,
08:52Flix washes whites so bright,
08:56I'm dazzled.
08:56What happened to my star line?
08:59It wasn't landing.
09:01Well, perhaps instead,
09:03I will not take acting tips
09:05from a talentless amateur,
09:07Miss Richards.
09:11Oh, come on.
09:12She was only trying to help.
09:14And you can shut up, too.
09:15What do you know about anything?
09:16Lady, I worked on Madison Avenue.
09:18Girl,
09:19I worked in Hollywood.
09:21Now let me speak to my director alone.
09:26Blimey.
09:26It's only washing Flix.
09:29Catherine takes all of her roles
09:31very seriously, mind her.
09:43Going for a take.
09:45Rolling.
09:47Action.
09:49Flix washes whites so bright,
09:52I'm dazzled.
09:54Really give it some welly.
09:56You're here to sell Flix, remember?
09:59Cut.
10:00Frank,
10:01don't.
10:02Did you just
10:03direct me?
10:05And lift the box
10:06a bit higher.
10:08That's it.
10:09Nice big close-up.
10:13No one
10:14manhandles
10:15Catherine Vale.
10:17Catherine,
10:18Frank was just...
10:19That's it.
10:20I quit.
10:22She's coming back, right?
10:27That's lunch, everybody.
10:29Lunch?
10:30Go and get her.
10:32You are welcome to try.
10:36Nothing is ever enough
10:38to make Catherine happy.
10:40Nothing.
10:41That's just so sad.
10:42She's rich,
10:43she's famous.
10:44What's she got to be unhappy about?
10:47Did you speak to her?
10:48I tried.
10:49Needed to down
10:51a stiff drink after.
10:52Blimey,
10:53she's, uh...
10:54I know.
10:55You all right,
10:56Mr Higgs?
10:57Not cut out for this
10:58advertising lark,
10:59father.
11:00Catherine is missing.
11:01She's not our digs.
11:03What...
11:03What did you say to her?
11:05Well,
11:05just to come back
11:06and finish.
11:07She doesn't carry money
11:08so she can't have gone far.
11:10Might I suggest
11:11we split up
11:12and search for her?
11:13Good idea, father.
11:14Kit gloves
11:15when we find her.
11:16Please, everyone.
11:19Honestly,
11:19she's forever doing
11:20things like this.
11:21Storming off,
11:22making everything about her.
11:23Well,
11:24I'm sure we'll find her.
11:26Hang on.
11:27What's that?
11:28Drowned.
11:47Obvious signs
11:47of a struggle.
11:48Yeah.
11:49Flicks.
11:50Hmm?
11:51Yeah,
11:51five that swears by it.
11:53Hmm.
11:54Yes.
11:54Thank you,
11:55Sergeant.
11:56Corral the witnesses,
11:57would you?
11:58Not you, sir.
12:03There's blood
12:04under her fingernails.
12:06She must have fought back.
12:08We'll get that tested.
12:11Father,
12:12you need to stay clear
12:13of this case.
12:14Catherine Vale's death
12:15will make headlines.
12:16This investigation
12:17must be watertight.
12:20Poor choice of words,
12:21but...
12:23Have you seen her ears?
12:25They're green.
12:27Hmm.
12:27Perhaps.
12:29But that could...
12:29Look,
12:29this is exactly
12:31what I'm talking about.
12:32No investigating.
12:39Can you all account
12:40for your whereabouts
12:41over lunch?
12:42I lost aura on set.
12:45I telephoned my wife.
12:47Our baby's not been well.
12:48And then I was with
12:50Father Brown.
12:51I spoke to Frank
12:53after he saw her,
12:54then went back
12:55to my room.
12:57Mr. Hicks?
12:59We had a quiet word
13:00in the scullery,
13:01but she was alive
13:03when I left.
13:04You weren't wearing
13:04that neckerchief
13:05this morning.
13:07No, um...
13:08It felt a bit cold.
13:10Could you
13:10remove it, please, sir?
13:12How did you
13:20acquire those
13:21scratches, Mr. Hicks?
13:22It's not what
13:22it looks like.
13:27Frank Hicks,
13:27I'm arresting you
13:28on suspicion of murder.
13:29What are you doing?
13:31You're not obliged
13:32to say anything,
13:32but anything you say
13:33may be given in evidence.
13:34It wasn't me.
13:35I swear I didn't kill her.
13:42I tried to apologise,
13:44but she just
13:44wouldn't have it.
13:46And then she scratched you?
13:48She went to walk out,
13:49I grabbed her arm,
13:51and she dug her nails in.
13:54My family company's
13:55on the line here.
13:57She was the new
13:58face of Flicks.
14:00Why would I kill her?
14:01Do you know
14:02of anyone else
14:03who might have wanted
14:04to harm Mrs. Vale?
14:06Apparently,
14:07she threw a weight
14:08around with everyone.
14:10Even said she wanted
14:11me banned from the set.
14:13And she said
14:14she was going to tell
14:15Ron to sack Meg.
14:18Does Miss Wilson
14:19know about all this?
14:22I warned her.
14:23I don't know
14:24what she'd done
14:25to deserve that.
14:27Will you help me,
14:28Father?
14:29I will endeavour
14:30to find out
14:31who did this.
14:32And will you help
14:33them to finish
14:34the advert?
14:34I can't lose
14:36my business, too.
14:38I'll do what I can.
14:41I just
14:42can't believe it.
14:44Frank seemed
14:45like such a nice bloke.
14:46I know.
14:48And what about
14:49the advert?
14:50That concept
14:51could have worked,
14:52but now Catherine's gone.
14:54We need a fresh
14:54short with one day left.
14:55Fresh start?
14:58Fresh
14:58fresh like
14:59a summer meadow.
15:03Fresh like
15:04a young woman
15:05running through
15:06the flowers.
15:07But Flix Flakes
15:09are even fresher.
15:10It's all about
15:11the mood.
15:12We need a meadow
15:13and a young woman.
15:14What?
15:14We've already got one.
15:16Me?
15:18But Catherine's
15:19barely cold.
15:20She would have
15:20wanted you to do this.
15:21I'm not so sure
15:22about that.
15:23Sure must go on, Eva.
15:24You're strolling
15:44through the fields
15:44when you come across
15:45just washed sheets
15:47and the freshness
15:48overwhelms you
15:49and you say,
15:50Flix,
15:50wash is so fresh
15:51I can feel it.
15:53Got it?
15:54I'll give it my all.
15:58Ooh,
15:59nice flop.
16:00Are you ready for this?
16:02I think so.
16:04It's all I've ever wanted.
16:06I've all
16:06wait for it to happen, though.
16:11I admire your devotion
16:12to your profession,
16:13Miss Walson.
16:15Clearly means a lot to you.
16:17Sure does.
16:18For a woman like me,
16:19a job like this
16:19is hard to come by.
16:22It would be a blow
16:23to lose your position.
16:27Frank told you.
16:30Catherine had no power
16:31to fire me.
16:32Ron's my boss,
16:33not her.
16:34But she clearly
16:36had significant sway
16:37over him.
16:39Did you confront her?
16:42All right, yes.
16:43I found her
16:44in the scullery
16:45after her spat with Frank.
16:46Why didn't you tell the police?
16:50Because I know
16:51how it looks.
16:53I asked her not
16:54to fire me.
16:55It didn't work,
16:56so
16:56to be honest,
16:58I used a bit of flattery.
17:00Ah, yes.
17:02I
17:02told her I'm her biggest fan,
17:05that it was my idea
17:06to hire her.
17:07That way her ailing career
17:08got a boost
17:09and we got a star.
17:12I really wanted it to work,
17:13but you saw how she was.
17:16Can you think of anyone
17:17who might have wanted
17:19Catherine dead?
17:20Throw a rock, father.
17:22She gave anyone
17:23who met her a reason.
17:24Eva,
17:25feeling Frank?
17:27Wish me luck.
17:28Good luck.
17:29Break her leg.
17:32Well?
17:32Well,
17:34she clearly has a motive,
17:36but enough to kill?
17:37I don't know.
17:42Catherine's death
17:43has worked out well
17:45for Miss Richards.
17:46Father,
17:46she
17:47adored her.
17:49She called her
17:49a faded husband.
17:52And
17:52Catherine
17:53snapped her,
17:54Eva,
17:54about the letter
17:55from
17:55Bonky
17:56Summer.
17:57Binky Baxter.
17:59She told Eva
18:00to take it
18:00to her room
18:01and her dicks.
18:02Did she indeed?
18:15Oh,
18:16pink silk sheets.
18:19Oh,
18:20how exotic.
18:22Aren't they a bit slippy?
18:24She lived
18:24such an incredible life.
18:27From
18:27poplar
18:28to Hollywood,
18:30from rags
18:31to riches.
18:32She had a few
18:33years away
18:34from the screen
18:35when the talkies
18:36came along.
18:37Lost count
18:37of how many times
18:38she'd been married.
18:40Rumours of lots
18:41of affairs.
18:42Never any children.
18:45So sad
18:46the way her career
18:47just faded away.
18:49Indeed.
18:51No letter
18:52from Binky Baxter
18:53in here.
18:54Fleury de Ville.
18:56Très
18:57exclusive.
18:58You cannot get this
19:00anywhere
19:00on this side
19:01of the channel.
19:02All right,
19:03let's have a whiff then.
19:04Brenda,
19:04a little respect,
19:05please.
19:07Besides,
19:08that's not how you do it.
19:09Spray a little mist
19:10into the air
19:11and glide through.
19:14Oh,
19:15that is revolting.
19:18Oh,
19:19hi there.
19:21Look.
19:21A jigsaw puzzle.
19:30Something about
19:31an audition.
19:33Catherine snapped
19:34it even when she
19:34asked about an audition.
19:36She was far too famous
19:37to still be doing that,
19:38surely.
19:39As you suggested,
19:40too inexperienced
19:41for the part.
19:42Inexperienced,
19:44Catherine.
19:46Role of Juliet.
19:48Oh,
19:49she's far too old
19:50for that.
19:52Well,
19:53if it wasn't
19:53Miss Ville,
19:55who was auditioning?
20:08Flix wash
20:08is so fresh
20:09I can feel it.
20:12Cut.
20:14It's not working.
20:15You know,
20:15it's just...
20:16Who am I?
20:17Where am I going?
20:18And why am I in this field?
20:19None of that matters.
20:21It's all about the mood.
20:23I can't play a mood.
20:24Can I?
20:25I understand.
20:26Look,
20:27take a break
20:28while we have a think.
20:31Such a simple idea.
20:34Catherine and I
20:34have to make it work.
20:37Either Catherine
20:38snapped at you yesterday
20:39when you asked about
20:40Binky Baxter's letter.
20:41Yes.
20:42We found the letter
20:43in Mrs Ville's room.
20:45Did you audition
20:46for the role of Juliet?
20:49Catherine said
20:49she'd recommend me to him.
20:51So I did well,
20:52maybe in with a chance.
20:53And yet,
20:54the letter revealed
20:55that unbeknownst to you,
20:57Mrs Ville
20:58had urged
20:58Mr Baxter
20:59not to cast you.
21:01How could she do that?
21:04She was my mentor.
21:07She was supposed to support me,
21:08not stab me in the back.
21:09You must have been upset.
21:10Of course.
21:11That's why I tore it up.
21:12I was furious.
21:13Furious enough to hurt her?
21:16No.
21:17I idolised her.
21:18I could never do something like that.
21:20Even if it meant
21:20you could step into her shoes.
21:23I've wanted to be Catherine
21:24ever since I was six years old.
21:25There's no way on earth
21:26I could have killed her.
21:28Let's go again
21:29and just
21:30try relaxing
21:31on the next take.
21:35May I?
21:35Father.
21:38Mrs Ville
21:39was your mentor
21:40but
21:41her acting style
21:42is not yours.
21:44Perhaps you could be
21:45a little less formal.
21:48More yourself.
21:49He's right.
21:50You should stop acting.
21:51I've only just started.
21:53No,
21:54she means
21:54you've been performing it
21:56as Catherine would have
21:58stiff
21:59and stiff
21:59old school.
22:02This time
22:03let all that go
22:05and just
22:06be.
22:08I'll try.
22:09Let's go again.
22:11Thank you, Father.
22:15Poor Eva.
22:17For her mentor
22:18to turn on her like that.
22:22Sergeant.
22:23Mr Hicks
22:24has the same blood group
22:25found under Catherine's fingernails.
22:26extremely rare type.
22:28We're charging him
22:29with murder.
22:30I see.
22:32He wants to talk to you,
22:32Father.
22:33Says he's remembering something.
22:43Thanks for coming,
22:44Father.
22:46This is a nightmare.
22:48How can they hang me
22:49for something I didn't do?
22:50I'm working on that.
22:52There's something you want
22:53to tell me.
22:55I've had a lot of time
22:56to think stuck in here,
22:58going over every moment
23:00from yesterday
23:01and something struck me.
23:03You remember when Ron
23:04and Catherine
23:05had that quiet word?
23:07I do.
23:08I heard her say
23:09something like,
23:11take back what you said
23:13and I'll do it your way
23:15or else.
23:17You think she had
23:18some kind of hold
23:19over Mr Sanderson?
23:20It definitely seemed
23:22that way to me.
23:23If she said jump,
23:24he jumped.
23:26He wasn't the most
23:27experienced, bless him.
23:29Only set up his business
23:30last year.
23:32Forgive me,
23:33but if your firm
23:34has so much riding
23:35on this advertisement,
23:36why not use someone
23:37more seasoned?
23:39He did this campaign
23:40I saw in one
23:41of my wife's magazines.
23:44Exclusive French
23:45perfume.
23:46I can't remember
23:49the name.
23:50Fleury de Ville.
23:52Yeah.
23:53That's the one.
23:58Goodness!
23:59Flix wash is so fresh
24:01I can really feel it.
24:03Cut!
24:05I don't know.
24:07What do you think?
24:08I'm really trying
24:09not to act.
24:10And it's great,
24:11but the concept
24:11doesn't fit you anymore.
24:13No, no, you're right.
24:15It needs something else.
24:18Oh, come on.
24:19It's not
24:19atomic physics.
24:21All we're trying to do
24:22is sell Flix Flakes
24:23to housewives.
24:24Um,
24:25father.
24:29Housewives
24:30buy Flix Flakes?
24:32Right, and...
24:33And what are
24:34housewives?
24:36Um,
24:37mothers?
24:38Yes,
24:39and...
24:40And daughters.
24:41Precisely.
24:46You can make people feel,
24:48you can make them buy.
24:50And what makes
24:51people feel
24:52more
24:53than the unbreakable
24:54love
24:54between a mother
24:55and her daughter?
24:57It's genius.
24:59Have you ever thought
25:00about going into
25:00advertising, father?
25:02What do you think, Meg?
25:04Mothers and daughters,
25:05the sacred heart
25:06of the family.
25:08I can see it.
25:08It could work,
25:12I guess,
25:13but we've got
25:14one afternoon,
25:15we're low on film stock
25:17and no cast.
25:17I mean,
25:18I would love
25:18to play the daughter,
25:20I'd know how to be that part.
25:21You're hired.
25:22Again.
25:23And Mrs. S
25:25could play the mother.
25:26I could.
25:30As a mother
25:31and a daughter
25:32and an actress.
25:34I do have all
25:35the relevant experience
25:36if you think
25:37I'm suitable.
25:38Suitable?
25:39You're perfect.
25:40What do you say, Meg?
25:42It writes itself.
25:44I can give it a try.
25:46But what's
25:47the setting?
25:48Actually,
25:49I think we had it
25:50right the first time.
25:52Father,
25:52do you think
25:52we could...
25:53Yes,
25:54of course.
25:54Great.
25:56New plan.
25:57All back to the presbytery.
25:59If you can get
25:59everything set up,
26:00write the script.
26:01You know what it needs.
26:04Oh, sorry, Ron.
26:05Just a few queries.
26:08Who is this mother?
26:10What's her background?
26:12What does she want from life?
26:13What accent
26:14shall I do her with?
26:17Oh, er...
26:18Meg will answer
26:20all your questions,
26:21Mrs. Sullivan.
26:22I just need to make
26:23a telephone call.
26:24Right.
26:29Meg.
26:31I love you, darling.
26:34I'm sorry
26:35I've been away so long.
26:38But home tomorrow.
26:40Give Mary a kiss for me.
26:42It must be hard
26:47to maintain a marriage
26:49when your work
26:49is so all-consuming.
26:52Edith's finding it
26:53very hard
26:53with the new baby.
26:54I feel terrible
26:55being so distracted.
26:58I noticed
26:59Mrs. Vale
27:00placed demands
27:01on you.
27:03She had a
27:04flacon
27:05of fleurie-de-vie
27:06perfume
27:07amongst her
27:09most personal possessions.
27:12I understand
27:13it's very hard
27:14to come by.
27:16What are you
27:17implying, Father?
27:18Does Mrs. Sanderson
27:20know about
27:20your indiscretion?
27:21No.
27:26It would break
27:27her heart.
27:30Edith is my
27:31first and
27:32only love.
27:34Stayed faithful
27:34all through the war.
27:36Even during my service.
27:38And then...
27:38You met
27:39Mrs. Vale.
27:43Such a
27:43cliché, Father.
27:46Edith's been
27:46so preoccupied
27:47with the baby
27:48I was ripe
27:49for the picking.
27:51But Catherine
27:52had such
27:52magnetism
27:53and charisma.
27:55I couldn't
27:55say no to her.
27:58And I
27:59didn't want to.
28:02But then
28:03yesterday
28:03Catherine
28:04demanded
28:05I leave
28:05Edith
28:06to be with her.
28:08Well, I refused.
28:09Told her
28:10it was over.
28:12And she
28:13swore
28:14she'd tell
28:14Edith
28:15everything
28:16if I didn't
28:17take it back.
28:18Did you kill her?
28:19No, I'm not
28:20a murderer.
28:22But it is true.
28:24With her gone,
28:25my only real
28:26problem is
28:26how to finish
28:27the advert.
28:29And how
28:30to deal
28:30with your guilt.
28:32I can't
28:33tell Edith.
28:36She'd
28:36leave me.
28:38Mr. Sanderson,
28:41the truth
28:43may wound
28:43but it
28:45can also
28:45heal.
28:52I think
28:53she'd be
28:53more glamorous.
28:55Meg
28:55said
28:56plain.
28:57Look,
28:58Dowdy!
29:00Maureen
29:00has
29:01style.
29:02Who's
29:03Maureen?
29:03It's the name
29:04I've given her.
29:05She's
29:06from the
29:06Bristol area.
29:08What,
29:08via Barnsley?
29:10Mrs. Sullivan,
29:11you look the part.
29:12Thank you,
29:13Father.
29:15You spoke to
29:15Ron,
29:16did he?
29:18Guilty of
29:18moral weakness,
29:20yes.
29:21But of
29:21murder,
29:22I don't think
29:23so.
29:24So who's
29:25next?
29:26That's just
29:27it.
29:28I don't
29:29know.
29:29look at
29:31you.
29:33Perfect
29:34mother.
29:35And you
29:36have a
29:37fan already.
29:39Edgar,
29:40what are you
29:40doing here?
29:42I ticked him
29:42off.
29:43Well,
29:44I have to be
29:44here to see
29:45this.
29:46We need you
29:46on set,
29:47Isabel.
29:48Could I
29:48have a minute?
29:51Oh!
29:52Perfect
29:57mother,
29:58eh?
29:59You're
30:00already the
30:00perfect wife.
30:01Are we
30:02ready for
30:02this?
30:03My face
30:04on every
30:05television in
30:05the land,
30:07being recognised
30:08in the street?
30:09And what's
30:09Eddie going to
30:10say?
30:11This will
30:11change our
30:12lives.
30:14Yes.
30:16Certainly
30:16change our
30:16washing
30:17flakes.
30:18Edgar,
30:19I'm being
30:20serious.
30:20You'll be
30:22wonderful as
30:23you always
30:23are and
30:24then life
30:25will go
30:25back to
30:25normal.
30:27Now,
30:29break a
30:29leg.
30:33Eva,
30:34you're
30:35struggling
30:35with your
30:36whites,
30:36then your
30:37mother comes
30:37to the
30:38rescue with
30:38Flix Flakes.
30:40Now,
30:40Isabel.
30:41Maureen,
30:41I mean
30:42character.
30:44Maureen,
30:45your daughter
30:45really needs
30:46your help.
30:46Jeannie,
30:47that's her
30:48name.
30:48Fine.
30:49Ah,
30:50Jeannie has
30:51struggled without
30:52you,
30:53but now she
30:53truly needs you
30:54to be her
30:54perfect mother.
30:55Yes.
30:57I can be
30:58that.
30:59Great.
31:00Let's try a
31:01run-through.
31:02Meg,
31:02if you can
31:02drop the
31:02box in on
31:03cue.
31:04Rehearsing.
31:08And?
31:09Hey,
31:09I got your
31:11notes,
31:11sir.
31:11Have I
31:11missed the
31:12action?
31:12Not yet,
31:13Sergeant.
31:13Oh,
31:13fancy us
31:14knowing a
31:14television star,
31:15eh?
31:15Quiet on set,
31:16please.
31:16Sorry.
31:17Sorry.
31:17Sorry.
31:18Action.
31:19Gray again.
31:23Why can't
31:23I get my
31:23whites as
31:24white as
31:24yours,
31:24mother?
31:25That's
31:26because you
31:26need my
31:27secret ingredient.
31:28Oh,
31:29maybe try it
31:30in your own
31:31accent,
31:31Mrs. Sullivan.
31:33Maureen,
31:33I mean.
31:34If you
31:34insist.
31:37That's
31:38because you
31:41need my
31:41secret ingredient,
31:42darling.
31:43Flix.
31:45Flix?
31:46Just one scoop
31:47in my
31:47machine gives
31:48me perfect
31:49whites.
31:50Every wash.
31:51It's wonderful
31:52writing,
31:53Mrs. Wilson.
31:56I don't know
31:56how I'll ever
31:57be able to
31:57manage without
31:58you,
31:58mother.
31:59I'll always
32:00be with you.
32:01Mothers.
32:03Because we'll
32:04always have
32:05Flix.
32:06And their
32:07daughters.
32:08I'm so sorry.
32:11I don't feel so
32:11good.
32:12All right.
32:12Flix.
32:14Er,
32:14Brenda,
32:15can I get you
32:16to step in?
32:17That was
32:17perfect,
32:18you two.
32:19We're going
32:19to go for a
32:19take.
32:35It's
32:36racing!
32:36It's
32:36racing!
32:42That's
32:56because you
32:56need my
32:57secret ingredient,
32:58darling.
32:58Flix.
32:59Oh!
33:00No,
33:01that's a bit
33:01too quick,
33:02Brenda.
33:02Oh,
33:03sorry,
33:03Mrs. S.
33:04Can't.
33:05The fishing rod
33:06isn't working.
33:12Need my
33:16secret ingredient,
33:18darling.
33:18Flix.
33:19Ow!
33:21Are you
33:22all right?
33:24Cut.
33:34That's
33:35because you
33:35need my
33:36secret ingredient,
33:37darling.
33:38Flix.
33:38Flix.
33:39Oh,
33:40crumbs.
33:41I'm so
33:41sorry.
33:42Flix,
33:42of course.
33:43It says
33:43so on
33:43the box.
34:05You
34:06killed
34:06Mrs.
34:06Vale.
34:07Move,
34:08father.
34:09I will
34:10run you
34:10down.
34:11But you're
34:12not a
34:12cold-blooded
34:12killer.
34:15You did
34:15what you
34:16did because
34:16your heart
34:17was broken.
34:20Catherine
34:21Vale was
34:21your mother.
34:34How did
34:34you figure
34:35it out?
34:35your
34:36told you?
34:37Your
34:38reluctance
34:39to write
34:39a script
34:40about
34:40mothers
34:40and
34:41daughters.
34:42Then
34:43your
34:43emotional
34:44response
34:44to the
34:45scene.
34:47And
34:47Mrs. Vale's
34:50earrings dyed
34:50her skin
34:51green,
34:52likewise
34:52your watch,
34:53from holding
34:54her under
34:54soapy water.
34:59You
35:00hired her
35:01to get
35:02close to
35:02her.
35:04I
35:05spent my
35:06life trying
35:06to trace
35:07my
35:07breath
35:07mother.
35:10Then
35:10last year
35:12my father
35:13found me.
35:15He was
35:16dying.
35:17Cancer.
35:20He wanted
35:21me to
35:21know the
35:22truth.
35:22Saul
35:25Hobson.
35:28Her
35:28co-star
35:29in
35:30Love in
35:31the Dust.
35:33I met
35:34him in
35:35the hospice
35:35the day
35:36he died.
35:38The last
35:39thing he
35:40said was
35:40that
35:41Catherine
35:42was my
35:43mother.
35:49So the
35:50time she
35:50spent away
35:51from the
35:51screen when
35:52the talkies
35:53came in
35:53she was
35:54trying to
35:55hide the
35:56scandal of
35:57her own
35:57affair with
35:58a black
35:58man.
35:59To save
36:00her career.
36:02But it
36:02was over
36:02by then
36:03anyway.
36:06She
36:06moved back
36:07to England
36:07so I
36:09came to
36:09manage to
36:11get a
36:11job with
36:12Juan.
36:13Soon as
36:14the flicks
36:14commission
36:15came in
36:15I knew
36:16it was
36:16my chance.
36:18She was
36:19desperate to
36:19make a
36:20comeback.
36:20I was
36:22just happy
36:22to be
36:23around
36:23her.
36:25She
36:25treated me
36:27like dirt.
36:30Perhaps you
36:31painfully
36:31reminded her
36:32of her
36:33long lost
36:34child.
36:35Little knowing
36:36that it was
36:37in fact
36:37you.
36:41Yesterday
36:42when
36:42Frank told me
36:44that she
36:44wanted me
36:45fired I
36:45knew I had
36:47to tell her
36:47who I was
36:48who I was.
36:48You can't
36:49fire me.
36:50I can do
36:50anything I
36:50damn well
36:51please.
36:52I'm the star.
36:52But I'm
36:53your daughter.
36:55I do not
36:56have a
36:57daughter.
36:57So told me.
37:05Margaret.
37:05I prefer
37:08Meg.
37:11I understand
37:12why you
37:13didn't want
37:14me in your
37:14life then.
37:16But I'm
37:17here now.
37:19And I
37:20thought that
37:21maybe we
37:22could
37:22please
37:24mother.
37:26Don't call
37:27me that.
37:29Just let me
37:30be in your
37:30life.
37:31I don't want
37:32you in my
37:32life.
37:33I want
37:34my career
37:34back.
37:35No one
37:35needs to
37:35know of
37:35this.
37:36You
37:36understand?
37:36No one.
37:37How can
37:37you do
37:38this?
37:38Easily.
37:39You should
37:39never have
37:40been born.
37:40No.
37:42No.
37:42That's not
37:43true.
37:44I should
37:44have got
37:44rid of
37:45you.
37:54And now
37:54she's gone
37:55and I
37:57have nothing
37:58left.
38:03you must
38:07confess
38:08and repent
38:10your sin
38:10for the
38:11sake of
38:11your
38:11immortal
38:12soul.
38:13Tell the
38:13police
38:14everything.
38:15He'll
38:15hang me.
38:17If you
38:17don't,
38:18then Frank
38:19Hicks
38:19faces the
38:20gallows.
38:22They
38:22will be
38:22lenient.
38:24This was
38:25not a
38:26premeditated
38:27act of
38:27evil.
38:29In that
38:30moment you
38:31were a
38:31lost,
38:31wounded
38:32child.
38:33But if
38:35you run,
38:36Miss
38:37Wilson,
38:38this pain
38:39will never
38:40end.
38:46I don't
38:46know how
38:47I'll ever
38:47manage without
38:48you,
38:48Mother.
38:49I'll
38:49always be
38:50with you
38:50because
38:51we'll
38:53always have
38:53flicks.
38:56Cut.
38:58Check
38:59that.
39:00If that's
39:00clear,
39:01it's a
39:02wrap.
39:03You're
39:06incredible.
39:07So moving
39:08and so
39:09real.
39:10I don't
39:10know what
39:10happened.
39:11I just
39:11suddenly felt
39:12so sad.
39:13I knew you
39:13could do it.
39:14For the first
39:15time, I feel
39:16like I know
39:16what kind of
39:17actress I'm
39:17meant to be.
39:18You were
39:19rather marvellous
39:20too.
39:20she was.
39:21You were
39:21truly.
39:22Proper
39:22bought a
39:23tear to
39:23my eye,
39:23Mrs.
39:24Sullivan,
39:24I can tell
39:25you.
39:25Wasn't that
39:25just a hay
39:26fever,
39:26Sergeant?
39:27Good girl.
39:28It's just a
39:29shame Meg and
39:29Father Brown
39:30missed it.
39:31Oh, look.
39:32Meg, it
39:33worked.
39:34We got it.
39:35That's great,
39:36Ron.
39:36I'm really
39:37happy for you.
39:38For us?
39:39Wait till you
39:39see it.
39:40I might have
39:41to imagine
39:41it.
39:43Inspector
39:43Sullivan,
39:45Catherine
39:46Vale,
39:46she was
39:49my mother
39:50and I
39:52need to
39:52speak to
39:53you.
40:04Her own
40:05mother.
40:06Nicole.
40:07Poor
40:07Catherine.
40:08Who
40:09are Meg?
40:10Come on,
40:11I'll make
40:11you a nice
40:12cup of
40:12tea.
40:13I wish
40:13Meg had
40:14told me
40:14who she
40:14was.
40:16I could
40:16have
40:17helped.
40:20Perhaps
40:20her shame
40:21at her
40:21abandonment
40:22was too
40:22much to
40:23bear.
40:26I told
40:27Edith
40:28everything.
40:31She's
40:32incredibly
40:32hurt,
40:33but she
40:35still wants
40:35me to come
40:36home and
40:37talk.
40:37thank you,
40:40father.
40:41Have
40:42faith,
40:42Mr.
40:43Salison.
40:45To
40:45err is
40:46human,
40:47to
40:48forgive
40:48divine.
40:49good to see
41:16you again,
41:16friend.
41:17I had to
41:19come and
41:19thank you for
41:20saving my
41:20bacon,
41:21didn't I?
41:22Finished advert
41:23airs tonight.
41:25Eve is a
41:25proper star in
41:27the making.
41:27Wait till you
41:28see her.
41:29What you got
41:30there,
41:30Sarge?
41:30I promised
41:31Mrs. Goodfellow
41:32that you'd sign a
41:32box for her.
41:33She's such a
41:34fan.
41:35This is it,
41:36Edgar,
41:36the day our
41:37lives change.
41:39Will you do the
41:40honours as well,
41:40Mrs. Sullivan?
41:41I'd be delighted,
41:43Sergeant.
41:43Violet and I
41:44will be
41:45watching.
41:47That reminds
41:48me,
41:48Mrs.
41:48Sullivan,
41:49to thank you
41:50for stepping
41:51in,
41:51a token of
41:52my appreciation,
41:54and by way
41:55of an apology.
41:56That's so
41:57kind.
41:58I don't
41:59understand.
42:01What do you
42:01have to apologise
42:02for,
42:02Frank?
42:03The finished
42:03advert might not
42:04be quite what
42:05you're expecting.
42:07There now
42:08follows a short
42:09commercial break.
42:11Here we go.
42:12Grey again?
42:15Why can't I get
42:16my whites as
42:17whites as
42:17yours,
42:17Mother?
42:21Flicks?
42:22Just one
42:22scoop of
42:23flicks in
42:23your machine
42:24gives you
42:25perfect whites.
42:26It's every
42:27mother's secret.
42:30I don't know
42:31how I'll ever
42:31be able to
42:32manage without
42:32you,
42:32Mother,
42:33but we'll
42:35always have
42:36flicks.
42:36Flicks.
42:37Flicks.
42:42Well,
42:48it certainly
42:50makes you feel
42:51something.
42:53Hmm.
42:53Yeah.
42:55Sad.
42:56Um,
42:57was you
42:57a ghost
42:57all along,
42:58then?
42:59No,
42:59they've
42:59changed the
43:00concept.
43:00Oh!
43:01Well,
43:03you're not
43:04too disappointed,
43:06are you?
43:06No!
43:07No,
43:08I'm perfectly
43:09happy here
43:10as parish
43:11secretary.
43:13What did you
43:13think,
43:14Father?
43:20I think
43:21fame's loss
43:23is
43:24Campbellford's
43:24game.
43:26Yeah.
43:27Well,
43:28I might not
43:28be a
43:28television star,
43:29but...
43:31We'll
43:36always have
43:36flicks.
43:37Ha-ha-ha!
43:38Come on!
43:40Come on,
43:41now!
43:41Come on!
43:42He's
43:55going on.
43:55Come on!
43:57More
43:57than
44:00you
44:01who
44:07can
44:08camb
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