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00:00:19That's my absolute pleasure.
00:00:23Welcome to Pranayama.
00:00:25I'm Marian Gray. You're checking in?
00:00:27Yes, my wife and I.
00:00:30She's just coming.
00:00:32Come along, dear.
00:00:34I'm coming, darling.
00:00:44Is this Baron Battenberg?
00:00:47I have no idea.
00:00:48Who is Baron Battenberg?
00:00:50The real question is, where is Baron Battenberg?
00:00:53He vanished five years ago after a sports car was dredged up from the Thames.
00:00:56There's no sign of the body.
00:00:57Rumour has it his wife, Marion, murdered him.
00:01:00It's quite the sensation in the tabloids.
00:01:02You should think he jolly well would be.
00:01:04The point is, there have been sightings before in India, Marrakesh, Istanbul, but the family are certain he's dead.
00:01:10We're all except his brother, Edwin, who swears he's alive and who just happens to be living with Marion.
00:01:16Oh, the Baron's wife?
00:01:17They run Pranayama together, a couple's retreat right here in Great Slaughter.
00:01:22I've had a tip-off that the overrated hack who wrote that, Victor Goodbody, puffed-up little newshound, is convinced
00:01:28that the man in the picture is, in fact, Edwin in disguise.
00:01:31He's on his way to Pranayama as we speak to expose either Marion or Edwin or both as the Baron's
00:01:36murderers.
00:01:37Who do you think they killed him?
00:01:38I haven't a clue, but if anyone's going to find out, it'd damn well better be me.
00:01:41I will not be bested by the Times, not on my own patch.
00:01:44Oh, Baron bloody Battenberg.
00:01:47Apparently the Met are getting flack for not investigating properly, and they're kicking the flack to us.
00:01:52So now I have to look into a five-year-old murder, if it even was a murder, and Losey
00:01:56wants results ASAP.
00:01:58Well, how serendipitous.
00:01:59Ruth's about to look into the very same case.
00:02:02Oh, good luck with that.
00:02:03I hear they're notoriously press shy.
00:02:05Oh, and you think flashing your warrant card will make them confess all.
00:02:10You both have a point, because you both have a problem.
00:02:15Solution, you go undercover.
00:02:17With each other.
00:02:19As husband and wife.
00:02:21You can't be serious.
00:02:22Absolutely not.
00:02:23That's ridiculous.
00:02:24Well, no one would believe for a second I'd be married to you.
00:02:29Charming.
00:02:37So, Simon and Kate, how long have you two been married?
00:02:41Almost six years.
00:02:43You'd get less for burglary, wouldn't you?
00:02:45My husband's sense of humour is an acquired taste.
00:02:48I've yet to acquire it.
00:02:50The aura between you.
00:02:52It's not at all good.
00:02:54You can change that, of course, but first I want to know, what do you want from each other?
00:02:58Well, I'd just like Simon to be a little less insufferable.
00:03:02Mm, yeah.
00:03:03I'd like Kate to make more of an effort.
00:03:05She's in her dressing gown most days.
00:03:08Swears like a sailor, smokes like a chimney.
00:03:10And bears that sense of humour again.
00:03:13I think you two have come to the right place.
00:03:15Let me show you around.
00:03:19There are various group sessions which I'd encourage you to join, but you do feel free to take time out
00:03:26for yourselves.
00:03:27Sometimes all a strained relationship needs is a bit of peace and quiet.
00:03:32Do you have children?
00:03:34Yes.
00:03:35Peggy, Felix, Sam, Ruth...
00:03:37Stop. We're stopping at four.
00:03:39I have a feeling you'll appreciate this.
00:03:42Pools of tranquillity.
00:03:44Our guests come here for private contemplation.
00:03:47It's lovely.
00:03:48The whole place is. Thank you.
00:03:50Edwin and I, you'll meet him.
00:03:52We built it from nothing.
00:03:53Is that Edwin Battenberg?
00:03:55I'm sorry to ask.
00:03:56It's just we saw an article in the paper, didn't we?
00:03:58Yes.
00:03:58About him, the missing baron, being spotted.
00:04:02He was your husband, was he?
00:04:03He still is, I'm sorry to say.
00:04:05And do you really think it was him?
00:04:07It was a bad picture, but yes.
00:04:09John T. only pretends to be dead, so I can't clear my name.
00:04:12When the violent, philandering swine does return, I'll divorce him.
00:04:17Here at Pranayama, we practice gratitude and love, we commune with nature,
00:04:22and we center our body and minds through meditation and, of course, yoga.
00:04:29Yoga.
00:04:34That's it.
00:04:35Lengthen those spines.
00:04:38Reach for celestial vitality.
00:04:41This is ridiculous.
00:04:43Only if you can't do it.
00:04:46Very good, Mrs. Setang.
00:04:49And now let's bend from the hips for Adho Mukha Svanasana, the downward-facing dog.
00:05:01Legs and back straight.
00:05:04That's it.
00:05:05Feel the energy flowing through you.
00:05:10Excuse me.
00:05:15Who are you?
00:05:17Victor Goodbody.
00:05:18Times.
00:05:19You're not welcome here, Mr. Goodbody.
00:05:21This is private property.
00:05:23Excuse me.
00:05:23Did you say Goodbody?
00:05:25Victor Goodbody.
00:05:26Oh, I've read all your articles.
00:05:28I think you're just brilliant.
00:05:30I had an article published once in the Women's Weekly.
00:05:33I'd just love to pick your brain sometime.
00:05:35Sure, sweetie.
00:05:37But I'm working right now.
00:05:40How about you call my office, sir?
00:05:48I'd like to talk to Edwin.
00:05:51Ask him if he's made any recent trips to London.
00:05:54Well, he's busy and he hasn't left this place for weeks.
00:05:58Now I'd like you off my premises.
00:06:00This is a place of sanctuary.
00:06:02It's for couples.
00:06:02Yes, only.
00:06:05You seem inordinately threatened by my presence, Mrs. Battenberg.
00:06:10My name's Gray.
00:06:11I rejected my husband's name a long time ago,
00:06:14just like I rejected his money.
00:06:15How does that fit with your little narrative that I murdered him?
00:06:19Money's not the only motive to kill.
00:06:22We all know the playboy baron enjoyed his women as racy as his cars.
00:06:27A scorned wife could easily tamper with a man's brake lines.
00:06:32I told you to leave.
00:06:34Marion, let's not give in to anger.
00:06:38I think it's best that you go.
00:06:40Don't come back.
00:06:42Ever.
00:06:47Bye-bye, sweetie.
00:06:51Is he leaving?
00:06:52I can hardly walk after that.
00:06:55I don't know about you, but I'm feeling a little peps.
00:06:58Come on.
00:07:09Um, excuse me.
00:07:10Is there any meat in this?
00:07:12No.
00:07:13No, there isn't.
00:07:14We don't believe in murdering innocent animals just so you can gorge on their flesh.
00:07:19Right.
00:07:20Understood.
00:07:21Well, this'll do nicely.
00:07:23Love a good carrot.
00:07:26Honestly, Connie, you didn't have to bite his head off.
00:07:28Well, he wanted meat on the menu.
00:07:32Looks like compost.
00:07:35I never thought I'd say this, but I miss Mrs. Clanton's cooking.
00:07:39You're a brave man.
00:07:40Take it on, Connie.
00:07:41I'm bent.
00:07:42This is my wife, Lee.
00:07:43Oh, pleased to meet you, Simon.
00:07:45Kate, how long have you been here, Lee?
00:07:49Kate asked how long we've been here.
00:07:50Oh, sorry, I'm deaf.
00:07:53Uh, about a week, but we paid it for two.
00:07:57Ben keeps threatening to go home.
00:07:58But we're going to stick it through, aren't we, love?
00:08:00Yeah, I said so, didn't I?
00:08:03I feel like I've seen you somewhere before.
00:08:05Are you an actress?
00:08:06Uh, no.
00:08:08But I did win Miss Croydon 61.
00:08:11Did you?
00:08:13Oh.
00:08:15Oh.
00:08:16Touch each other's faces.
00:08:19Bodies.
00:08:20Explore.
00:08:22Be welcoming.
00:08:24This is your other half.
00:08:27Your anchor.
00:08:29Your soulmate.
00:08:31Say hello.
00:08:34Hello.
00:08:36Hello.
00:08:38And now I want you to hold hands
00:08:40and say what you love the most about each other.
00:08:49I loved my father very much.
00:08:51Wait, hear me out.
00:08:53He was a brilliant journalist.
00:08:55Great mind, quick instincts.
00:08:57Best I ever saw.
00:09:00You remind me of him.
00:09:02Sometimes.
00:09:05What I like, sorry, love, where you...
00:09:11Is your ambition.
00:09:14Your independence.
00:09:18And you're not half bad to look at either.
00:09:40You look...
00:09:40A fright without make-up.
00:09:42And yes, this nightdress is from Woolworths.
00:09:44At least I don't look like a ten-year-old in my pyjamas.
00:09:47I was going to say you look beautiful.
00:09:50And yes, I haven't worn pyjamas since I was ten.
00:09:52Damned uncomfortable.
00:09:54Well, get used to it, because so is the floor.
00:09:57I'm not sharing the bed.
00:10:00Fine.
00:10:02I'll need these, then.
00:10:04You don't need all of them.
00:10:05Of course I do.
00:10:06Remember?
00:10:07I'm ten.
00:10:08I may want to build a fort.
00:10:24Look, can't I just have one pillow?
00:10:26Oh!
00:10:27I'll need!
00:10:41No!
00:10:47Yes!
00:10:51Yes!
00:10:53Yes!
00:10:54Yes!
00:10:54Yes!
00:10:54Yes!
00:10:54Yes!
00:11:13Half past eleven.
00:11:15Oh!
00:11:19Thanks for waking me.
00:11:20Where the hell have you been?
00:11:22I thought you'd want to sleep.
00:11:23God knows I haven't.
00:11:24I've just walked miles to find a telephone box to report back to Lowsley.
00:11:30Hang on, is that Goodbody's car?
00:11:32What's he doing back?
00:11:33I have no idea.
00:11:35I looked for him but couldn't find him.
00:11:37Mrs Setang thinks she saw him walking off with someone towards the woods.
00:11:40She thinks?
00:11:41Poor eyesight.
00:11:43The woods, eh?
00:11:44Maybe he's on to something.
00:11:46Fancy a walk, Mrs Wilson?
00:11:48All right.
00:11:49Mm-hmm.
00:11:57Suddenly idyllic.
00:11:59Yes, lovely.
00:12:00Peaceful.
00:12:09I can't stand it.
00:12:11Oh, me neither.
00:12:12I miss my noisy office.
00:12:14Typewriters clacking, telephones ringing.
00:12:16Well, I wouldn't give her a stiff drink and a nice juicy steak.
00:12:19Oh!
00:12:24There's smoke over there.
00:12:35I wonder what started it.
00:12:38Oh.
00:12:40Must have been the sun.
00:12:42Weren't these the ones Goodbody was wearing?
00:12:47There's shirt buttons here.
00:12:49And more.
00:12:50Excellent question, Peggy.
00:12:52It's unusual to rip one's clothes off scattering buttons about.
00:12:55Maybe the killer made him strip.
00:13:16Oh, look at that.
00:13:18He's missing his mandibular second premolar.
00:13:21Hardly surprising if he was blottened.
00:13:23True, but the presence of a bloody handkerchief suggests he was injured earlier.
00:13:28Punched, possibly.
00:13:29Button, bag that up, please.
00:13:32Felix will question the guests first, then the staff.
00:13:35We don't want anyone leaving.
00:13:36Well, you can't question them yourself.
00:13:38You'll blow our cover.
00:13:39Ruth, someone has been murdered.
00:13:41I know that, but we had a deal.
00:13:43Well, I'm sorry, but I don't have time to cleanse my chakra.
00:13:46If I may interject, Ruth's right.
00:13:49Reveal yourselves now and you lose your advantage.
00:13:51Felix and I can still report to you or just pretend that you're Simon and Kate.
00:13:56You can't be serious.
00:13:58Am I supposed to go along with this nonsense?
00:14:05Kate and I went into the woods for some nookie.
00:14:09Yes, that's right.
00:14:11And we saw something buried in the woods, didn't we, darling?
00:14:14So you just decided to dig?
00:14:18Um, I imagine you're both in shock.
00:14:22Oh, it was awful.
00:14:23I only spoke to the man yesterday.
00:14:25He was a brilliant journalist.
00:14:27But, um, Marion and Edwin threw him out.
00:14:30Well, he was here uninvited, so yes, we asked him to leave.
00:14:34That's the last either of us saw of him.
00:14:38Okay, um, did anyone else see him?
00:14:45I did.
00:14:46This morning, by the ponds.
00:14:49But we only talked for, like, a minute.
00:14:51What about?
00:14:53I was upset.
00:14:54He asked if I was all right.
00:14:55I said yeah.
00:14:56And he left.
00:14:59Right.
00:15:00And Mrs. Sai Tank saw Mr. Goodbody go into the woods yesterday.
00:15:03I would like to question her.
00:15:06I think she's in the meditation room.
00:15:09Right.
00:15:11And I'll head to the lab.
00:15:14Uh, in case anyone here was wondering.
00:15:20Well, do come with me, everyone.
00:15:25It's a nasty cut you've got on your knuckles.
00:15:28How'd you do that?
00:15:30I had an argument with Lee.
00:15:33No, not like that.
00:15:34I punched a tree.
00:15:35Ah, I see.
00:15:36It's just the dead reporter.
00:15:38Someone knocked his tooth out.
00:15:40I wouldn't know about that.
00:15:41What do you care?
00:15:42You're not a copper.
00:15:44You're not a copper.
00:15:47Oh, yeah.
00:15:48This is so much easier.
00:15:53Between ten and eleven.
00:15:55I was here.
00:15:57Clearing up after breakfast.
00:15:58Alone?
00:15:59Yes.
00:16:00Alone.
00:16:01Marion can't afford any more staff, and I am happy to do it.
00:16:05How long have you known Marion?
00:16:08I was her housekeeper in London.
00:16:11And before you was, no, she did not bump off her husband.
00:16:14Pink that he was.
00:16:15No.
00:16:15No, no guests in here out of hours.
00:16:19I was told there was a fair stake here.
00:16:21On the shelf.
00:16:28Look, I don't know what happened to that journalist, but it's got nothing to do with anyone here.
00:16:34We don't kill things at Pranayama.
00:16:41Eureka.
00:16:41Oh, is anyone bid?
00:16:44Unfortunately for me.
00:16:47Propriety intact.
00:16:48Um, so I noticed that good body's eyes were rather, um, bloodshot and swollen.
00:16:55One might assume that was to do with a sudden violent death, but, um, something was niggling me.
00:16:59So I employed the use of fluorosine to make sure.
00:17:05No, it's a dye used to reveal superficial irregularities on the surface of the corneia.
00:17:10Lo and behold, there was evidence of sun damage from staring directly at the fiery oar with dilated pupils.
00:17:17Why would he stare at the sun?
00:17:19How to put it?
00:17:20He was as high as a kite.
00:17:24Hence his state of undress.
00:17:26I did a blood test and found traces of lysergic acid diethylamide, otherwise known as LSD.
00:17:32Psychedelics produce, uh, hallucinations and, uh, apparent expansion of consciousness.
00:17:37So...
00:17:38He killed good body while he was intoxicated.
00:17:41Precisely.
00:17:42Could the killer have dosed him to render him helpless?
00:17:47Psychedelics.
00:17:48Well, it's not legal.
00:17:49It's not, but Ben chickened out anyway.
00:17:51I didn't chicken out.
00:17:53I changed my mind.
00:17:54See, this is what I'm talking about.
00:17:55I never said you were boring, just that you needed to try new things.
00:17:58New things?
00:17:59New people.
00:18:00Same difference, right?
00:18:01Oh, for the last time, Ben, I am not interested in other men.
00:18:04Okay, okay, I get it.
00:18:06You two, you two argued.
00:18:08Yeah, but then we, uh, made up, didn't we?
00:18:11Yes, I can vouch for that.
00:18:13We have the room next door.
00:18:15Can you say what time they returned?
00:18:18Just curious.
00:18:19Well, I was asleep, um, but they woke me up at half past eleven.
00:18:23So there's still half an hour that's unaccounted for.
00:18:26Look, all I can say is Ben was with me.
00:18:29I don't know what happened to that horrible journalist that had nothing to do with us.
00:18:33Excuse me, is there a payphone here?
00:18:35I need to check on the children.
00:18:37Uh, yeah, there's one in reception.
00:18:42There's a payphone in reception.
00:18:44Quick catch-up.
00:18:46Goodbody was dosed with LSD, almost certainly by the killer.
00:18:50Question, where did they get it?
00:18:53Yes, we administer LSD to some of the guests, but Goodbody wasn't a guest.
00:18:59Excuse me, sister.
00:19:02We suspect he gestured it unknowingly, or perhaps unwillingly.
00:19:07Where have you been?
00:19:08I'll tell you later.
00:19:09Well, it couldn't have been us.
00:19:11I'd taken some myself.
00:19:12Marion was guiding us all through it.
00:19:14You took the drugs, too.
00:19:16It opens my eyes fully.
00:19:18You yourself might want to try it.
00:19:20Your prana looks particularly blocked.
00:19:22Never mind my prana.
00:19:24Were there any eyes fully on the LSD?
00:19:26I suppose someone might have taken the bottle when we weren't looking.
00:19:30Well, we have some more in the office.
00:19:31It could have come from there.
00:19:33You two really should be more careful.
00:19:36Or, um, perhaps they were careful, careful to construct the perfect alibi.
00:19:43Consider a room full of witnesses to vouch for their presence at the exact time of the murder.
00:19:48But how reliable are those witnesses?
00:19:55While your guests were under the spell of psychedelics, either of you could have slipped out unnoticed.
00:20:01Oh, my God.
00:20:36I knew it!
00:20:37Ben!
00:20:38All this time, you've been sleeping around!
00:20:40I haven't!
00:20:41All right, I've done this.
00:20:42That is it!
00:20:43Come on!
00:20:48Are you all right, Lee?
00:20:50Did he hurt you?
00:20:51Ben had never hurt me.
00:20:52Well, then what happened?
00:20:54He found them.
00:20:57I'm not cheating on him or anything.
00:20:59I just...
00:20:59I don't want to get pregnant yet.
00:21:01We really want to have kids, but I don't think he's ready to be a dad.
00:21:05I'm sorry.
00:21:07It's not his fault.
00:21:09He's never really had anyone till me.
00:21:11He's been in and out of care.
00:21:13Borstal.
00:21:15That's in the past.
00:21:17And what about your past, Lee?
00:21:20See, I remember the article now.
00:21:22When you won Miss Croydon.
00:21:24It was written by Victor Goodbody.
00:21:27He implied that you only won because you went to bed with one of the judges.
00:21:33He only wrote that because I wouldn't sleep with him.
00:21:38I was going to be the face of Salters and Soap, but they dropped me after that.
00:21:44I know what it looks like, but I swear I don't know what happened to him.
00:21:48Well, maybe Ben taught him a lesson.
00:21:51No, I never told him about any of that.
00:21:53If I had, he would have...
00:21:58You better hope you didn't lay a finger on her.
00:22:00Of course not.
00:22:01What did you take me for?
00:22:01I love her.
00:22:02Maybe so, but you can't deny you've got a temper.
00:22:06Did you punch that journalist?
00:22:07Yeah, I did.
00:22:08Because he was a creep.
00:22:10But that was all that happened.
00:22:12Look, I saw him with Lee at the rock pool.
00:22:14She was upset for my fight, and he looked like he was upsetting her even more.
00:22:18So after she left, I belted him.
00:22:20You said you punched a tree.
00:22:21You are such a liar.
00:22:22Oh, I'm a liar.
00:22:24Really?
00:22:24After what I just found out of our bathroom?
00:22:26Oh, that is not the same thing.
00:22:27Yeah, it's not.
00:22:28At least I was defending you.
00:22:29I do not need you to defend me!
00:22:32Have you got any more cotton balls?
00:22:45What are we doing here?
00:22:47My neck is killing me.
00:22:49Still.
00:22:51All right.
00:22:52Sit down.
00:22:53No, sit.
00:23:00Oh.
00:23:02It's what happens when you sleep with three pillows.
00:23:05Sleep?
00:23:05I've forgotten what that is.
00:23:08Oh, that's it.
00:23:09It's a little on the left.
00:23:11You've also forgotten my question.
00:23:13Oh, sorry.
00:23:14Ben said that he punched good body here.
00:23:17I'm just trying to figure out what happened next.
00:23:19Oh.
00:23:21Maybe he...
00:23:24Hang on.
00:23:26What's that?
00:23:36Bingo.
00:23:40Jolly good find.
00:23:41I'll, of course, have to confirm it matches the missing tooth, which I suspect it does.
00:23:46But we already know Ben hit good body.
00:23:49She's right.
00:23:49It doesn't give us anything new.
00:23:51Au contraire.
00:23:52Every nugget of information is significant.
00:23:55Ah, nugget.
00:23:56Oh, yes.
00:23:57Very good.
00:23:59Ah, Sister Boniface.
00:24:00Back again, I see.
00:24:02We're just about to sit down for breakfast.
00:24:05Would you like to join us?
00:24:06We can set an extra place, couldn't we, Connie?
00:24:08The more the merrier.
00:24:12I must confess, I skipped breakfast this morning.
00:24:15I'd be delighted.
00:24:17Yay.
00:24:20Gosh, how kind of them.
00:24:23Au contraire.
00:24:28I'm sure it's nicer than it looks.
00:24:32Oh, grease.
00:24:33I haven't said grease.
00:24:34Good idea.
00:24:35Let the eggs get even colder.
00:24:37Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive from thy bounty, through Christ our
00:24:43Lord.
00:24:43Amen.
00:24:44Amen.
00:24:50Bon appétit.
00:25:06The praying didn't help, then.
00:25:09No, it did not.
00:25:11Right.
00:25:12I'll get a mould of Mr Goodbody's teeth done forthwith.
00:25:19Oh.
00:25:24And if I find any more fish in my goggles, I'll be sure to let you know.
00:25:28Sorry, what?
00:25:30Oh, good grief.
00:25:31There are two of them now.
00:25:34How marvellous.
00:25:36Anyway.
00:25:37Pip, Pip.
00:25:38Pip.
00:25:42Pip.
00:25:45Pip.
00:25:45Pip.
00:25:46Pip.
00:25:47Pip.
00:25:47Pip.
00:25:50Pip.
00:25:52Pip.
00:25:57Pip.
00:26:03Pip.
00:26:03Pip.
00:26:11Pip.
00:26:18SISTER? SISTER?
00:26:26The pupils are dilated.
00:26:28Oh, no. Is it LSD?
00:26:31It must be. OK, come and help me.
00:26:33Oh, an octopus. So many tentacles.
00:26:38What do you reckon, Shelley?
00:26:40Shall we take her to the ship's doctor?
00:26:42Oh, yes. Shelley. Because of the, um...
00:26:50Is SISTER BODYFASS alright?
00:26:53Does she look alright? She's been given LSD.
00:26:56Which one of you did it?
00:26:58You're accusing us?
00:26:59That's why you invited her to prep this, wasn't it?
00:27:02So you could lace those awful eggs or the orange juice.
00:27:05Claim the rigging!
00:27:07It was a buffet. And I topped up everybody's glasses.
00:27:10If I'd put something in it, you all would have been affected.
00:27:13I have a good mind to ask for a refund.
00:27:20She's going to be alright.
00:27:22Hmm.
00:27:23Right. Let's say Marion did murder her husband.
00:27:26Could Connie have killed Goodbody to protect her friend?
00:27:30Possibly. But any one of them could kill them to shut him up.
00:27:33The question is, what did he find?
00:27:35Nothing, I suspect.
00:27:38Oh.
00:27:39As the game goes, he was getting warmer.
00:27:42Sister, how do you feel?
00:27:44Well, I wouldn't recommend the experience.
00:27:49It was certainly mind expanding.
00:27:53Your mind doesn't need any more expanding.
00:27:57But in this case, perhaps it did.
00:28:01Where is it?
00:28:03Oh, yes.
00:28:09Behold.
00:28:10Pirate treasure.
00:28:12Is she still hallucinating?
00:28:14I think she is.
00:28:15No, no.
00:28:16That's what I saw.
00:28:17My subconscious was telling me.
00:28:19Goodbody was searching for his missing tooth in the fish pond.
00:28:23Did someone fear that he'd find more than gold?
00:28:32What are you doing?
00:28:33I dropped my wedding ring.
00:28:35Stop that.
00:28:36You'll disturb the fish.
00:28:38It'll take more than that to disturb them.
00:28:41Like sharing a pond with a skeleton.
00:28:44What?
00:28:46How long do you think that's been there?
00:28:48Five years, perhaps.
00:28:51You're saying that's my brother.
00:28:53Well, who else should it be?
00:29:04Shanti!
00:29:07He's been here all alone.
00:29:12There's a gush across the edge of the rib bone there.
00:29:16Do you see it?
00:29:17It appears he was stabbed with a large carving knife?
00:29:20Or kitchen knife?
00:29:23As you can see, the clothes aren't fully decomposed.
00:29:28So did you kill your husband, Miss Grey?
00:29:32I have nothing to say.
00:29:36Are you protecting someone?
00:29:39I said, I have nothing to say.
00:29:46Yeah.
00:29:47I know some distressing things have occurred here in recent days.
00:29:53Anyone wishing to leave will be fully reimbursed, but I do hope that you stay.
00:29:59Activities at Pranayama will continue as normal.
00:30:04I only ask for some quiet time to meditate and to process the death of my brother.
00:30:17I reckon if we pack now, we could be in the pub and just over now.
00:30:20What are you talking about?
00:30:22You can't leave yet.
00:30:23Why the hell not?
00:30:24Marion's clearly guilty.
00:30:25You've got your scoop.
00:30:26Have I?
00:30:27We still don't know who drugged sister or why.
00:30:29Well, she seemed to enjoy it anyway.
00:30:33All right.
00:30:34We'll stick around for a little while longer.
00:30:36For the sister's sake.
00:30:41So, you decided to stay?
00:30:43Me and Ben promised to stick it out.
00:30:45Well, if things get out of hand again, you know where to find me.
00:30:49For the sister's sake, my foot.
00:30:52On second thoughts, I am leaving.
00:30:54Ruth!
00:31:00You just can't help yourself, can you?
00:31:03What are you talking about?
00:31:04They're trying to save their marriage and you flirt with her.
00:31:08I was not flirting.
00:31:10I happened to be concerned for her welfare.
00:31:12Oh, well, your concern for Miss Croydon 1961 is deeply touching.
00:31:17Okay, fine.
00:31:19So, what if I was flirting?
00:31:20I'm supposed to be your wife.
00:31:22Well, let me remind you, you're not actually my wife and I see no reason for you to be jealous.
00:31:27I was jealous.
00:31:27I was jealous.
00:31:28Don't flatter yourself.
00:31:30I wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on earth.
00:31:32Really?
00:31:33Then the feeling's mutual.
00:31:36Oh, shh!
00:31:39Oh, shh!
00:31:40Oh, shh!
00:31:42Oh, shh!
00:31:42Oh, shh!
00:31:43Oh, shh!
00:31:43Oh, shh!
00:31:43Marianne's still not cooperating.
00:31:45And I don't believe that Connie and Edwin didn't know anything.
00:31:47But I can't prove that they were involved, so...
00:31:51In the Baron's death or good body's?
00:31:52Either.
00:31:54Hmm.
00:31:55Speaking of good body, this just in.
00:32:04An exact fit, also as expected.
00:32:09Hello.
00:32:10What's that?
00:32:14There's some kind of fibre embedded in the plaster.
00:32:27What is it?
00:32:29With any luck, a smoking gun.
00:32:36Sir.
00:32:37I mean, Simon and kids.
00:32:39Hello.
00:32:40Um, what...
00:32:41What can we help you with?
00:32:46Sorry to interrupt.
00:32:48Interrupt?
00:32:48No.
00:32:49We were just packing.
00:32:52Right you are.
00:32:53Anyway.
00:32:54Focus.
00:32:55I just discovered something stuck between good body's teeth.
00:32:59A single strand of medical gauze.
00:33:01It had high traces of LSD on it.
00:33:03Wait.
00:33:04Remember that bloody handkerchief?
00:33:05Good body used it to stem the bleeding after it got punched.
00:33:08Oh, I tested that too.
00:33:09It had no trace of LSD on it at all.
00:33:11Which means he was subsequently given some gauze to bite down on.
00:33:14Soaked in LSD.
00:33:15So if we trace the gauze, we find the killer?
00:33:18Exactly.
00:33:19Unfortunately, it's a commonly found product,
00:33:21such as one would find in any first aid kit.
00:33:23Wait.
00:33:24The first aid kits?
00:33:29First you accused me of drugging a nun.
00:33:32Now the journalist.
00:33:33Did you?
00:33:34No.
00:33:35Anyone could have used that kit.
00:33:38Just like anyone could have dosed the sisters breakfast.
00:33:42Actually, I've been pondering that one myself.
00:33:44How could someone slip me a mickey, as it were,
00:33:47before our very eyes?
00:33:49Explanation?
00:33:50Our collective eyes were closed in prayer,
00:33:52as you passed seamlessly amongst us.
00:33:55One or two drops from the bottle hidden in your pocket.
00:33:57And hey, presto.
00:34:01You can't prove I did that.
00:34:02Then you won't mind the sergeant searching you.
00:34:05I suppose it would be foolish not to dispose of the bottle.
00:34:09But that apron's clearly not a fresh one.
00:34:11It most certainly is not.
00:34:13Which means if the bottle was over there,
00:34:15there'd be a trace of LSD in the lining.
00:34:16A simple swab test in my laboratory would settle it.
00:34:23I will use it.
00:34:25I swear.
00:34:32I'll go, shall I?
00:34:33I swear.
00:34:34That's it.
00:34:36Give yourself over.
00:34:37That's it.
00:34:38That's it.
00:34:39Feel the frauder into your lines.
00:34:41That's it.
00:34:42Loosen up.
00:34:43Well done.
00:34:43That's it.
00:34:44Very good.
00:34:44Let it be free.
00:34:50Get up!
00:34:51What on earth are you doing?
00:34:53Connie Dumas.
00:34:54I'm arresting you for the murder of Victor Goodbody.
00:34:56You're not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so.
00:34:58But anything you say may be put into writing and given in evidence.
00:35:02You're a copper.
00:35:03Yeah.
00:35:03Sorry about that.
00:35:04D.I. Gillespie.
00:35:06Felix.
00:35:09Ruth Penny.
00:35:10Albion Bugle.
00:35:12So you're not even married?
00:35:19I drugged the sister because she had the tooth from the pond.
00:35:23I was afraid she'd look under the rocks.
00:35:25So you killed Goodbody for the same reason?
00:35:30I lured him into the woods while the LSD took effect.
00:35:34I told him that's where the Baron was buried.
00:35:36Did you kill the Baron too?
00:35:38Yes.
00:35:40Why?
00:35:45Five years ago in London he...
00:35:52He tried to force himself on me.
00:35:56Marion had left the house but she came back unexpectedly and saw him.
00:36:00So she hit him with a fire poker.
00:36:03And we ran.
00:36:05We came here, great slaughter.
00:36:07Wait, he was still alive when you left?
00:36:10Yes.
00:36:10But, um, a few days later he came looking for her.
00:36:15Marion was out running errands and I wouldn't tell him where she was.
00:36:19He got really angry when he came at me.
00:36:23So I stabbed him.
00:36:27I was scared that I'd hang for it.
00:36:29Or worse, that they blame Marion.
00:36:32So I buried him.
00:36:34And I never told anyone.
00:36:38Bodies are heavy, Miss Dumas.
00:36:41There would have been blood.
00:36:43You expect us to believe that you disposed of both of them by yourself?
00:36:48Yes.
00:36:49I did.
00:36:51Marion never knew a thing.
00:36:52Neither did Edwin.
00:36:54I took the car myself and made it look like an accident.
00:36:59And that's the truth.
00:37:12You've got some nerve coming back here.
00:37:15You already printed your story.
00:37:16What more do you want?
00:37:17It's not the whole story though, is it?
00:37:21I can believe Connie killed and buried Goodbody, but your husband, you really didn't know.
00:37:27I give you my word, this will stay between us.
00:37:32Why should I trust you?
00:37:34Because, Marion, you went through hell in your marriage.
00:37:39And I wouldn't betray a woman who's been through that.
00:37:47Connie and I were both here that day.
00:37:51She stabbed him to save me.
00:37:54Like you said, sometimes women just have to stick together.
00:37:59We watched him dying on the kitchen floor.
00:38:02We didn't help him.
00:38:04I suppose that means we both killed him.
00:38:08I called Edwin and told him what we'd done.
00:38:10And we were going to confess to the police, but he said no.
00:38:15He helped us bury him under the rocks.
00:38:17And then he took John to his car and drove it into the Thames.
00:38:20He covered up his own brother's murder.
00:38:23Edwin knew what kind of man he was.
00:38:26And he always loved me.
00:38:29No, never like that.
00:38:31You could say we were kindred spirits.
00:38:34All three of us are after what we did.
00:38:37And that's why Connie confessed to it all.
00:38:40It was her final gift.
00:38:42Wow.
00:38:44I wish there was some way to repay her.
00:38:48But perhaps there are other ways to give back.
00:38:52Helping people love each other again.
00:38:56Like you and Simon.
00:38:58It's Sam.
00:38:59Yeah.
00:39:00And we were just pretending.
00:39:03If you say so.
00:39:14To returning to civilization.
00:39:17I'll drink to that.
00:39:24It wasn't all bad.
00:39:26You made a good team, don't you think?
00:39:28I do.
00:39:30In fact, perhaps it wouldn't be the worst thing if we teamed up again.
00:39:37Not at work.
00:39:38I mean, you and I.
00:39:44Sam, I've been offered a job at the Times.
00:39:47They were impressed by my article and they want me to replace Goodbody.
00:39:54Wow, that's...
00:39:57What did you say?
00:39:58I told them I need to think about it.
00:40:02What do you think I should do?
00:40:08When have you ever needed someone to tell you what to do?
00:40:12This is what you've always dreamed of.
00:40:14But it's just a job.
00:40:16I mean, I am happy here with you.
00:40:22But how long will that last for?
00:40:26If you pass this up...
00:40:28Well, you could come with me.
00:40:32Can you really see me at the Met?
00:40:35Too much like hard work.
00:40:37Besides, what would the sister do without me?
00:40:43Congratulations, Ruth.
00:40:46Your father would be proud of you.
00:40:49As am I.
00:41:06Great slaughter won't be the same without you.
00:41:09But sail forth you must.
00:41:12To valiant adventures.
00:41:21Promise you'll come back and visit.
00:41:23I promise.
00:41:38Are you sure there's no roof for me in there?
00:41:41You can drop me off at Scotland Yard.
00:41:43Darling Felix.
00:41:45You're needed here.
00:41:54Well...
00:41:56Goodbye.
00:41:56Goodbye.
00:41:58I'll miss you all.
00:42:24Dazzle them, Ruth.
00:42:26Just like you dazzle me.
00:42:58I'm sorry, Sam.
00:43:00Well, it's a positively spiffing day for women's liberation.
00:43:04It's a sad day indeed for love.
00:43:06Love? Who said anything about that?
00:43:10It's probably for the best.
00:43:12No ties.
00:43:14Ready to play the field.
00:43:17Plenty more fish in the sea.
00:43:19Or mermaids.
00:43:20Mermaids?
00:43:21I'm sorry.
00:43:23Never mind.
00:43:39Oh, Reverend Mother.
00:43:40Sister Peter said you wished you were...
00:43:42Reverend?
00:43:46Mother.
00:43:47Close your mouth, dear.
00:43:48You look like a goldfish.
00:43:51It's your father.
00:43:53Was he ill?
00:43:55Was.
00:43:56Driving me up the wall.
00:43:58He's convinced he's discovered secret messages hidden in the back pages of his chess journals.
00:44:04Secret messages?
00:44:05He's been obsessing about them for weeks.
00:44:08Igniting his university work.
00:44:09He even tried to alert MI5.
00:44:12I'm worried he's losing his marbles.
00:44:15You must do something.
00:44:18Yes.
00:44:19I shall pray for him.
00:44:20Something useful.
00:44:23Spend time with him.
00:44:26Get him to stop this ridiculous behaviour.
00:44:29He's never been the same since you took the veil.
00:44:33Well, maybe if he talked to me about it he'd understand.
00:44:36Oh, while once in a generation intellect chose to lock herself up in a convent.
00:44:42You two used to be so close.
00:44:46Very well.
00:44:47I'll come to Oxford.
00:44:48No need. He's here.
00:44:50I left him in the car with a book on astrophysics and a thermos of Bovril.
00:44:55It's fine. I wound the window down.
00:45:06This came from a tournament in London last month.
00:45:10Then this turned up two weeks later from a game in Moscow.
00:45:14Ta-da!
00:45:16But what do they mean?
00:45:18Isn't it obvious?
00:45:20They mean somebody at the British Open Chess Championship is a Russian spy.
00:45:26P-T-R-V-D-E-F.
00:45:29Petrov's defence.
00:45:30No doubt a code name for some Russian plot.
00:45:33B-O-C-C.
00:45:35The British Open Chess Championship.
00:45:38It's on this weekend.
00:45:39Right, so...
00:45:40So you think that...
00:45:42Meet post-final.
00:45:44The spies plan to meet straight after the tournament.
00:45:49Well, you've, um...
00:45:50You've certainly invested a lot of time into this, Father.
00:45:53It makes perfect sense.
00:45:55Moves are submitted by players, then wired to various journals.
00:46:00How better to get messages in and out of Russia without the authorities catching on?
00:46:05Point taken.
00:46:07However, the, um...
00:46:09Well, the monkey concept.
00:46:10Enough monkeys at enough typewriters.
00:46:13Suggests that these messages could simply be down to chance.
00:46:18Must be thousands of matches each year.
00:46:20Well, that's what I've been saying.
00:46:23Put...
00:46:24Foot...
00:46:25But...
00:46:26Could mean anything.
00:46:28Or, more likely, nothing at all.
00:46:31Like that, is it?
00:46:33My wife, my daughter, my own flesh and blood, treating me like a raving lunatic.
00:46:43Conversely, Claude Shannon estimated the game tree complexity of chess at approximately 10 to the power of 120.
00:46:51So, even factoring in errors.
00:46:54Well, it's certainly worth looking into.
00:46:57So you talk to the police?
00:47:01Yes.
00:47:02Yes.
00:47:03Absolutely.
00:47:09What am I looking at?
00:47:12Oh, it's a chess board.
00:47:14Sorry.
00:47:16So, each square represents a letter or number.
00:47:19Hypothetically, move spell out words using the board as a cipher.
00:47:22Hypothetically?
00:47:23Well, father was always eccentric.
00:47:26I suspect he's tilting at windmills, but I promised to investigate, so investigate I shall.
00:47:31I volunteer to help.
00:47:33You think there's a Russian spy in Greatslaught?
00:47:35No, but I was planning to attend a tournament anyway.
00:47:38It's a fascinating game, chess.
00:47:40You know, I was captain of my school team.
00:47:42Were you really?
00:47:43Of course you were.
00:47:44Well, in that case, be my guest.
00:47:46Take Peggy with you, and let me know if you uncover any espionage.
00:47:51Try not to ruffle any feathers.
00:47:55You know we should play a game.
00:47:56Yes.
00:47:57Yes.
00:47:59You all right, father?
00:48:01Fabulous!
00:48:17Great!
00:48:18Might have to get myself one of these contraptions.
00:48:21Vivian's no idea what she's missing.
00:48:23Oh, I expect Mother will be happier on the train.
00:48:27That's Oliver Canning.
00:48:30Let's introduce ourselves.
00:48:34Pleasure to meet you, Mr.
00:48:36Call me Malise. Big fan.
00:48:39Studied your games from Paris.
00:48:41Exemplary use of the Sicilian dragon.
00:48:44If I could extricate my father.
00:48:47I need to register for the qualification rounds.
00:48:50You're playing in the tournament.
00:48:51I've always admired a woman with brains.
00:48:54You'd be amazed how many of us have them.
00:48:57I should check in.
00:48:58Just got back from an all-play-all in Leningrad.
00:49:01Could use some shut-eye before the opening rounds.
00:49:04Did you hear that?
00:49:07Leningrad.
00:49:10Oh, look. Police reinforcements.
00:49:28There's nothing to worry about.
00:49:30You're the best in the country.
00:49:32And I intend to remain so.
00:49:34I can't have any distractions this weekend.
00:49:37Understand?
00:49:37Of course, Anne.
00:49:47So, what do you do, Mr. Boniface?
00:49:51Bonham Crane.
00:49:53I'm the Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics
00:49:55at Oxford University.
00:50:02I'm sure she won't be alone.
00:50:09Even the qualifying stages are incredibly competitive.
00:50:14Considering the entry fee,
00:50:15wouldn't you be better finding a nice local club to play in?
00:50:19Thank you, but, um,
00:50:21I think it'll be awfully good fun.
00:50:29Checkmate.
00:50:30Sorry.
00:50:31I'm so sorry.
00:50:32Checkmate.
00:50:35Terribly sorry.
00:50:37Checkmate.
00:50:44Must have had help from above.
00:50:46Perk of the job.
00:50:47Poppycock.
00:50:48Pure brains.
00:50:49This young lady was three-time chess champion
00:50:52at Cambridge University.
00:50:54Sorry.
00:50:55Couldn't help overhearing.
00:50:57Fellow alumnus.
00:50:58Um, congratulations on making the main draw.
00:51:00Oh.
00:51:01Well, thank you.
00:51:03Is that Evelyn Thurley?
00:51:06Rising star of the chess scene.
00:51:09Let me introduce you.
00:51:11I'm Jack, by the way.
00:51:14Evelyn, meet...
00:51:15Oh, uh, Sister Boniface and my father, Professor Bonham Crane.
00:51:19Read your interview in chess magazine.
00:51:21Some year you're having.
00:51:23I'm clawing my way up the rankings.
00:51:25He's too modest.
00:51:26In a couple of days, he'll be British champion.
00:51:28Stop it, Jack.
00:51:30And are you playing too?
00:51:32No.
00:51:32I'm merely Evelyn's private secretary.
00:51:35I arrange travel, hotels, generally keep him out of mischief.
00:51:38And the small matter of being my trainer.
00:51:41Jack convinced me I was good enough.
00:51:43Claimed he can make me a champion in a year.
00:51:45And here we are.
00:51:46I haven't won it yet.
00:51:48You will.
00:51:50Excuse me a moment.
00:51:51Need to double-check the schedule.
00:51:55Udachi.
00:51:57Sorry?
00:51:58Um, he said, good luck.
00:52:02In Russian.
00:52:04Oh.
00:52:05Uh, thank you.
00:52:08Oh, there's Mother.
00:52:11Lovely to meet you.
00:52:13Worked in the great escape.
00:52:21Um, table number seven.
00:52:31I'll find some seats.
00:52:33All right.
00:52:37There's strong competition here.
00:52:41Anthony Whitlock, British champion.
00:52:44Let's hope he's not your first-round opponent or we're toast.
00:52:48Whitlock's wife, Nadia.
00:52:50Highest-ranked female player.
00:52:52Russian expat and my prime suspect.
00:52:55Who's more likely to be passing information to the USSR than one of their own?
00:53:01Shame about Leningrad.
00:53:03Humiliating not to win a single game.
00:53:06I'd be more concerned about my own performance.
00:53:10If I were you, Anthony.
00:53:11Boys.
00:53:12No doubt you'll meet in the later rounds.
00:53:15Yes.
00:53:15Then you can compare the size of your intellects.
00:53:22Mr. Whitlock, we're about to begin.
00:53:23Please take your seat.
00:53:24Stop pestering me, you imbecile.
00:53:26I should join your mother.
00:53:29Good luck.
00:53:29Don't lose.
00:53:34Ladies, gentlemen.
00:53:36Welcome to Montgomery Hall for the first round of the British Open Chess Championship.
00:53:41I now declare the main tournament officially open.
00:53:48Whites, make your first move.
00:54:05She ceded the centre to her opponent.
00:54:08Is that bad?
00:54:10Disastrous.
00:54:18That's it.
00:54:19She's done for.
00:54:20Wait.
00:54:21I think she has a plan.
00:54:23A plan to embarrass herself.
00:54:25Can't make a scene, darling.
00:54:33Checkmate.
00:54:34You were saying, dear?
00:54:36Take it from me.
00:54:37Nebkiss on the wrong side for Bishop.
00:54:41I taught her everything she knows.
00:54:47Well done, sister.
00:54:49All right.
00:54:50Cheers.
00:54:51Oh, cheers.
00:54:52You were amazing.
00:54:54Oh, thank you, Peggy.
00:54:55Do you play?
00:54:57Of course.
00:54:59Love chess.
00:55:00Really?
00:55:01You never said.
00:55:02Yellow.
00:55:03Yellow.
00:55:04Yeah.
00:55:04All the moves and the rules and how the black player and the white player get to pinch each
00:55:13other's pieces.
00:55:15No.
00:55:16I meant that...
00:55:18Don't slouch, dear.
00:55:20Oh, sorry, Mother.
00:55:21Lucky, lucky, lucky.
00:55:24Stronger opponent would have eaten you alive.
00:55:27Need to sharpen up.
00:55:29Hmm.
00:55:30Yes.
00:55:31Well, maybe you could help.
00:55:32Play some games.
00:55:34Give me advice.
00:55:35Just like when I was little.
00:55:38Don't sabotage the dynamic potential of your knights by restricting them to the periphery.
00:55:48Such fun.
00:55:49Oh, anything to catch this spy.
00:55:52After dinner, then.
00:55:58Now what I do is good enough for my folks, either.
00:56:03Yes, well, I mean, admittedly they were.
00:56:07Discombobulated by my calling.
00:56:10Committed atheists.
00:56:11Yes.
00:56:12Assumed I'd be a famous scientist like my father or successful musician like my mother
00:56:18and sister.
00:56:22Still, I'll win them over eventually.
00:56:29Nadia Whitlock seems like the prime suspect, but there's also a husband, naturally.
00:56:35And Oliver Canning's just back from Russia.
00:56:39Evelyn Surly is a fascinating character.
00:56:42Nobody had heard of him a year ago, and he's since beaten three of the top ten.
00:56:47Oh, if only you'd shown such ambition.
00:56:50You do know your sister is in our first chair.
00:56:54I'm sure Persephone must be thrilled.
00:56:57Well, she's always made good life decisions.
00:57:00You could have been running MI5 by now.
00:57:03Instead, you're busy making homemade wine and singing hymns.
00:57:07There's a little bit more to the job than that, Mother.
00:57:09Oh, Melise, back me up, please.
00:57:11Yes.
00:57:12As a scientist, I was surprised you opted to bat for the other team.
00:57:18Theologically speaking.
00:57:19Exactly.
00:57:20And after all we've taught you to disbelieve in.
00:57:24Help.
00:57:26Anthony.
00:57:27Help.
00:57:27Open the door.
00:57:28Anthony.
00:57:29Help me.
00:57:30Anthony.
00:57:32Anthony.
00:57:32It'll be all right.
00:57:33All right.
00:57:34What's happened?
00:57:36Anthony's not answering.
00:57:38I heard Nadia calling.
00:57:40Open the door.
00:57:42Come on.
00:57:42Can we help?
00:57:45Competitors are trying to sleep.
00:57:47Something's wrong.
00:57:48I know it.
00:57:50Step back.
00:57:56The Federation won't be held responsible for damages.
00:58:11Can't leave you for five minutes, can I?
00:58:15So, the main door was locked from the inside.
00:58:18The key was still in the lock.
00:58:19Adjoining door into his wife's suite was also locked from within.
00:58:23Mr Whitlock must have suffered a heart attack or an aneurysm, maybe.
00:58:28Hmm.
00:58:29AKA, natural causes.
00:58:30Which is exactly what the murderer wants us to think.
00:58:34Excuse me?
00:58:35Well, I saw the key in the main door when I first entered,
00:58:38but I didn't notice the key in the adjoining door into Mrs Whitlock's room
00:58:42until after we'd inspected the body.
00:58:45So you're saying the killer could have escaped through the adjoining door,
00:58:48locking it behind them, and then replaced the key later
00:58:51during the chaos of finding the body?
00:58:54Exactly.
00:58:56Giving the impression the victim died alone.
00:59:00Fact.
00:59:02Signs of bruising on the victim's lower face.
00:59:04A hand clamped over his mouth, perhaps.
00:59:08And, er, see this pinprick wound and reddening on the neck?
00:59:11Mm-hmm.
00:59:12Indicates the victim was forcibly injected.
00:59:14With what?
00:59:16Oh, excellent question.
00:59:18No idea.
00:59:19No.
00:59:22That must be a coincidence.
00:59:25Or is it?
00:59:28See the way these two knights mirror each other's positions.
00:59:30This opening's known as Petrov's defence.
00:59:33Like in the message.
00:59:35Thought.
00:59:36Isn't faking natural causes the sort of trick professional spies go for?
00:59:41Hang on.
00:59:42We treat this like any other suspicious death.
00:59:45Yes.
00:59:47Quite right.
00:59:48Sir.
00:59:49Look.
00:59:52Oh.
00:59:54Looks like maths equations.
00:59:57Just annotations.
00:59:59Probably from the victim's last few matches.
01:00:01But why hide it in the tease, maid?
01:00:03No.
01:00:03Not a paranoid about someone stealing it to study his tactics?
01:00:08May I borrow that?
01:00:09Someone I'd love to take a look.
01:00:12This murder must be connected to the secret message.
01:00:15Stop shuffling, Maddy.
01:00:16You're giving me a headache.
01:00:20At last.
01:00:23Think Whitlock found out about the Russian spy got himself bumped off.
01:00:28It's possible.
01:00:28Here.
01:00:30Take a look at this.
01:00:31It belonged to the victim.
01:00:34Fascinating.
01:00:36Sweetheart.
01:00:42What are you doing?
01:00:44You asked me to help.
01:00:46To dispel his delusions, not indulge him.
01:00:48You're beginning to believe him.
01:00:50Well, he might be onto something.
01:00:51If he's discovered secret Russian messages, this murder may be connected.
01:00:55So if I can identify the murderer, we might also find his spy.
01:00:59I give up.
01:01:00You always were a piece in a pot.
01:01:03Bar me the pair of you.
01:01:08I told you everything last night.
01:01:11Just a few more questions.
01:01:12So you and your husband always have separate bedrooms?
01:01:19Anthony was preparing for his match with Evelyn Thurley tomorrow.
01:01:24We loved each other very much, Inspector.
01:01:27But during the tournament, Anthony never let anything disturb his concentration.
01:01:33Even me.
01:01:35So Anthony was in his room, and you were in the bath?
01:01:40When I got out, I went to say good night, and Anthony's door was locked.
01:01:47He didn't reply.
01:01:52He never goes to sleep until 11, so I raised the alarm.
01:01:58Is there anyone who'd wish your husband harm?
01:02:05Except the tournament director.
01:02:10Quinton Waterford?
01:02:11He has a dream problem.
01:02:14At the last tournament, he fell asleep while he was supposed to be officiating.
01:02:20Anthony lodged a complaint.
01:02:22If it's upheld, Mr. Waterford could lose his job.
01:02:28What about Mr. Canning?
01:02:30They were great rivals.
01:02:32No.
01:02:33No.
01:02:34Oliver and Anthony loved antagonizing each other.
01:02:37But underneath, there was great respect.
01:02:43Will you catch whoever did this, Inspector?
01:02:47We'll do everything we can.
01:02:49Why, sorry again for your loss.
01:02:55Just me, or does the lady protest too much?
01:03:06Ah!
01:03:06How did you get on?
01:03:07Oh, yes.
01:03:08I'm through to the next round.
01:03:10Oh.
01:03:10Congratulations.
01:03:11No.
01:03:12Oh.
01:03:13I know you mean in a lab.
01:03:14Well, the toxin doesn't match any common poisons.
01:03:17Chemical composition's quite unusual.
01:03:20Can you identify it?
01:03:21Well, absolutely.
01:03:22It just might take a while, that's all.
01:03:24Anything to help us narrow down the list of suspects?
01:03:27Well, if I'm correct, and the murderer left through the adjoining door then later replaced the key, that means that
01:03:32they must have been present when the body was discovered.
01:03:35Of course.
01:03:36In that case, we have Nadia Whitlock, the grieving widow.
01:03:40She'll also inherit the victim's wealth.
01:03:42Hmm.
01:03:43Oliver Canning, he's Anthony's long-term rival.
01:03:46Shameless flirt.
01:03:47Hmm.
01:03:49Evelyn Thorley, with Whitlock gone, he gets a clear route to the finance.
01:03:52Mm-hmm.
01:03:53And his friend, Jack Denbury.
01:03:55Whose livelihood depends on Evelyn's continued success.
01:03:57And don't forget Quentin Waterford.
01:03:59Yes.
01:04:00Allegedly a secret alcoholic being investigated by the British Chess Federation, thanks to our victim.
01:04:06That's everyone.
01:04:08Perhaps, um, we should pass these on to MI5?
01:04:12You said your father was tilting at windmills.
01:04:15It wouldn't harm to hedge our bets.
01:04:18All right.
01:04:19I'll get special brunch to send over a list.
01:04:22Wait.
01:04:23How could the murderer leave via Mrs Whitlock's room?
01:04:26She was in there the whole time.
01:04:27She was in the bathroom?
01:04:28Well, still a big risk to leave via an occupied suite.
01:04:32You know, perhaps we should talk to her again.
01:04:35Hmm.
01:04:36It's funny you should see that.
01:04:43Still have friends in Russia.
01:04:53Not anymore.
01:04:55Why do you ask?
01:04:57No reason.
01:04:59If you'd had a bath, why were you still wearing full makeup?
01:05:06I like to look at my best when I wish my husband goodnight.
01:05:13Yet you weren't wearing your wedding ring.
01:05:14So it wouldn't tarnish in the bath?
01:05:17That must be 18 carat.
01:05:19No more likely to tarnish than a murderer's likely to an escape via an occupied hotel room.
01:05:24That's why the police suspect you're the killer.
01:05:34And you?
01:05:38Do you think I killed my husband?
01:05:42No.
01:05:45But I am curious as to where you really were last night.
01:05:53That's checkmate, by the way.
01:06:00With Oliver Canning?
01:06:02No wonder she played down the rivalry between the two men.
01:06:06Didn't want to draw suspicion to her lover.
01:06:09We'll speak to him.
01:06:10Even if Canning does give Nadia an alibi, it doesn't mean much.
01:06:14The affair means they both had motive.
01:06:15Hmm.
01:06:16Oh, and by the way, Special Branch spoke to their contacts at MI5.
01:06:20None of our suspects have ever been on their radar.
01:06:22So, as suspected, your father is clutching at straws.
01:06:32It's the Professor.
01:06:35Thank you so much, Doctor.
01:06:37You're welcome.
01:06:41Father.
01:06:42Are you all right?
01:06:43No.
01:06:43Been poisoned by the Russians.
01:06:44Now, stop attention-seeking.
01:06:46That means it's nothing.
01:06:47He had a funny turn.
01:06:49The Doctor says that he's been overexerting himself.
01:06:51Not enough sleep.
01:06:53We need to talk.
01:06:54You need to rest.
01:06:58He has been looking at that notebook all night.
01:07:02You said that you would help.
01:07:04Oh.
01:07:05I suppose Father's enthusiasm always has been contagious.
01:07:09I'll speak to him.
01:07:12Now.
01:07:14About this whole spy thing.
01:07:16You did it.
01:07:17You found proof.
01:07:20Proof?
01:07:21I'm not going mad after all.
01:07:29So we met up a few times.
01:07:32En passant.
01:07:33Couldn't resist breaking through Nadia's icy shell.
01:07:37There was nothing serious.
01:07:39Perhaps she felt differently.
01:07:42Got rid of her husband so she could be with you.
01:07:44Never.
01:07:45Nadia and Anthony were a meeting of minds.
01:07:48All the other physical stuff.
01:07:51He was happy to let her roam free.
01:07:53Mrs Whitlock mentioned a dispute between her husband and Quinton Waterford.
01:07:58Waterford?
01:07:59Hmm.
01:08:00Now he's a man who liked to drink but...
01:08:02Well frankly it could have been anyone.
01:08:04Anthony was always far better at making enemies than friends.
01:08:09Take poor Evelyn for example.
01:08:11What about him?
01:08:12Hmm.
01:08:14Hmm.
01:08:14Anthony got it into his head that Evelyn and Jack are more than just chums.
01:08:21It seems we're doing battle tomorrow morning.
01:08:24I'm looking forward to it.
01:08:26Ha ha ha.
01:08:28Something funny?
01:08:29I know your dirty little secret.
01:08:33Sorry, I don't quite...
01:08:36I've seen those looks between you.
01:08:38I'll prove it.
01:08:39When I do, you'll be blacklisted from every tournament in the country.
01:08:46Hey!
01:08:49So he was planning to report them to the authorities?
01:08:52Anthony was a terrible loser.
01:08:54His form's been patchy.
01:08:57He'd have considered losing to Evelyn an unbearable humiliation.
01:09:01If Whitlock found proof Evelyn and Jack were in a relationship,
01:09:05it would have ended Evelyn's career.
01:09:10He got a foolish idea in his head.
01:09:13And he couldn't prove it because it's not true.
01:09:16So you and Mr. Denbury aren't lo...
01:09:19lovers.
01:09:21This is about Anthony Whitlock.
01:09:25Nothing but vicious rumours from a sad little man
01:09:28who's scared to face Evelyn in the next round.
01:09:31Evelyn was with me all evening.
01:09:35Working on his tactics.
01:09:38We have to follow up every lead.
01:09:42Something I need to show you.
01:09:43Not now, sister.
01:09:44We're in the middle of something.
01:09:45Trust me, you'll want to see this.
01:09:49Excuse us.
01:09:57This notebook is an encoded diary using the same cipher as messages hidden in recent chess journals.
01:10:04Never seen this before.
01:10:06Then I'll elaborate.
01:10:08The section that my father's translated describes a chemical formula,
01:10:11along with dosages, results, side effects.
01:10:15For example...
01:10:18Um...
01:10:18Lizowski cup, San Francisco.
01:10:2127th July.
01:10:232.5 micrograms.
01:10:25Improvements in strategic planning and improvisation.
01:10:29Side effects, mild nausea.
01:10:32No wonder your husband was keeping this diary hidden.
01:10:35It proves that he was using a drug to aid mental performance.
01:10:39The formula matches the substance I isolated from your husband's blood,
01:10:43although he wasn't injected with an extremely high dose.
01:10:46A fatal dose, in fact.
01:10:48This is a fantasy.
01:10:49With access to mind-enhancing drugs, the Russians could seize the initiative in science,
01:10:54military technology, space exploration.
01:10:57This could swing the Cold War in their favor.
01:10:59But first you had to kill your husband to cover your tracks.
01:11:02Tell us.
01:11:03Where did you get the formula from?
01:11:06That's enough.
01:11:07My husband had no need for such drugs.
01:11:11He was already a genius.
01:11:14And we weren't a Lizowski cup.
01:11:25Not his writing.
01:11:27Nor mine.
01:11:29Happy to provide samples for comparison.
01:11:33Whoever wrote this book, it wasn't my husband.
01:11:38Well, she's right.
01:11:38They weren't in San Francisco.
01:11:40Foolish of me.
01:11:41I should have checked before.
01:11:43Don't apologize.
01:11:44Secret messages, encoded diary.
01:11:46Now we have mind-enhancing drugs.
01:11:47I never knew chess could be so exciting.
01:11:51How do we work out which of our suspects is the spy?
01:11:54Right.
01:11:55Cross-check the handwriting against everyone present when the body was discovered.
01:11:59Okay.
01:11:59I'll arrange for samples to be collected.
01:12:02There you are.
01:12:03You're late.
01:12:04Late.
01:12:06The semi-final.
01:12:08If you're not at your table in two minutes, I'll have no option but to disqualify you.
01:12:12Go.
01:12:13We've got this covered.
01:12:23Your father not here today.
01:12:28He's ill.
01:12:29That's dreadful.
01:12:32Wish him my best.
01:12:33He's a nice chap.
01:12:36You two seem close.
01:12:39We used to be.
01:12:42Remember, the Queen is the most powerful of all.
01:12:46She can be a formidable shield or potent weapon.
01:12:50She can travel in any direction she chooses and go as far as she wishes.
01:12:56With sufficient care, she can achieve great things.
01:13:01He believes my vocation to be a waste of my intellect.
01:13:05Seems to regard it as a personal betrayal.
01:13:10My advice?
01:13:14Tell him how you feel before it's too late.
01:13:23I'm in the final.
01:13:26It was touch and go, but I turned it around.
01:13:30Bought this nickel book of glory from the restaurant to celebrate.
01:13:32Thought we could share.
01:13:38Well, no point wasting it.
01:13:52I've missed this, you know.
01:13:54You and me.
01:13:56Playing chess.
01:13:58Long chats about everything and nothing.
01:14:08You think I chose God over science.
01:14:11But it is possible to combine both.
01:14:14Just ask Sister Mary Selene Fassenmayer.
01:14:16I think you'll find her dissertation on hypergeometric polynomials rather entertaining.
01:14:24My point is...
01:14:28Wimple or no wimple.
01:14:31I'm still your little girl.
01:14:35Hmm.
01:14:37Yummy.
01:14:42Short curlicue and three continuous strokes on the B.
01:14:48Pressure speed and pen lift consistent with the written line.
01:14:55Well, it matches the encoded diary.
01:14:58Evening Thurley.
01:14:59Chemistry degree from Cambridge University where he studied under the country's leading expert in cognitive enhancement.
01:15:06I spoke to the department.
01:15:07They were working on a new drug to alleviate geriatric memory loss.
01:15:11Hmm.
01:15:11It seems like Thurley stumbled across a formula with widespread cognitive benefits and is now trying to sell it to
01:15:18the Russians.
01:15:19Well, if he's taking the drug himself, that would explain his rapid rise in the chess world.
01:15:23Jack Denberry must be lying to protect him.
01:15:25Well, it makes sense without Thurley, Denberry's out of a job.
01:15:29Thurley is planning to meet a Russian spy after the tournament.
01:15:32It is our duty to arrest them both.
01:15:34Unfortunately, the message in the chess journal doesn't say where the meeting's taking place.
01:15:39So what's the plan?
01:15:40You're due to play Thurley in the final later today.
01:15:42Keep him there long enough for us to search his room, procure enough evidence and hopefully find out the location
01:15:49of the meeting.
01:15:50Don't lose too quickly, Roger.
01:15:53No pressure there then.
01:15:56Your two finalists, Evelyn Thurley and Sister Boniface.
01:16:03Mr Thurley, you may begin.
01:16:25I heard you like to throw your opponents off guard.
01:16:28The centre ground's overeated.
01:16:30I prefer to forge my own path.
01:16:37Sir, just a wardrobe.
01:17:02Sir.
01:17:29Sir.
01:17:31Sir.
01:17:42Where are the drugs?
01:17:43Okay.
01:18:00Insulin injection.
01:18:04Sorry, I should have changed my shirt.
01:18:06No need to apologise.
01:18:09Must be horrid.
01:18:12It's not that bad.
01:18:14Make poor Jack do the injections for me.
01:18:17I'm a terrible coward when it comes to that sort of thing.
01:18:21But he does all sorts for you.
01:18:24Like filling out those boring registration forms.
01:18:32Why would you say that?
01:18:34You lied, didn't you?
01:18:38You and Jack weren't together when Anthony Whitlock was murdered.
01:18:41Of course we were.
01:18:43You've been lying for him.
01:18:51What are you doing?
01:18:52If you leave, you'll forfeit the match.
01:18:55Sorry, but I have to.
01:18:57Wait.
01:18:57You don't understand.
01:19:03Whitlock wanted to destroy me.
01:19:06How should we celebrate it?
01:19:09If...
01:19:17Now I have proof.
01:19:19Withdraw from the tournament or face the consequences.
01:19:25Jack went to confront him.
01:19:27Jack went to confront him.
01:19:28Things got out of hand.
01:19:29He said it was self-defense.
01:19:32Jack only went there to protect me.
01:19:35It was an act of love.
01:19:40Not like that.
01:19:43Jack's not like me.
01:19:46We'll only ever be friends.
01:19:50Jack's been lying to you.
01:19:56And he's about to do something very bad.
01:20:00Nonsense.
01:20:02He's probably just gone for a walk.
01:20:05He loves exploring.
01:20:06Always poring over his silly maps.
01:20:09He's a good man.
01:20:12Maps.
01:20:14Maps.
01:20:15There's nothing else here.
01:20:16We'll have to follow Thurley as soon as the match is over.
01:20:19All right.
01:20:25Apparently we're too late.
01:20:26While we were busy watching Evelyn, the real culprit's got away.
01:20:29But luckily, we know how to catch him.
01:20:32Can you pass me that map, will you?
01:20:33OK.
01:20:35And that chess.
01:20:44Care to enlighten us?
01:20:45Like chess, it's all about calculating your opponent's next move.
01:20:50I thought the messages didn't give a location.
01:20:53Oh, so did we.
01:20:54But then I remembered that after the second message came a sequence of numbers.
01:20:59Idiot that I am, I dismissed them as random moves.
01:21:02But my brilliant little girl realized they're part of the message.
01:21:11Coordinates.
01:21:12Ah.
01:21:23I favor opening with Petrol's defense, don't you?
01:21:34Selling secrets to commies, Jack.
01:21:37Just out for a walk.
01:21:39We thought it was Evelyn that had stolen his professor's research.
01:21:42But it was you.
01:21:43You've been using poor Evelyn as your guinea pig, haven't you?
01:21:47Hmm?
01:21:47Mixing the drug with his insulin.
01:21:50How else would Evelyn have gotten so much better so quickly?
01:21:53Hmm?
01:21:55Anthony wasn't going to report you two for being homosexual.
01:21:58He was going to report you for cheating.
01:22:00That's why he stole your notebook.
01:22:03Hey!
01:22:05The same notebook he saw you scribbling on during Evelyn's matches.
01:22:09You see, he was obsessed with uncovering the secrets behind Evelyn's success.
01:22:13He would have known that they weren't real chess memes and deduced that it was code.
01:22:18But how much he figured out, we'll never know.
01:22:20Either way, he believed he now had enough leverage to force Evelyn to withdraw from the tournament.
01:22:25Seeing his notes, he realized that your plan was at risk of being exposed.
01:22:30So you went to confront him.
01:22:33Who is it?
01:22:34The manager.
01:22:35Need a word about your bill.
01:22:43What the devil are you doing?
01:22:45Give me my notebook.
01:22:47Ah!
01:22:49You're the brains behind the operation.
01:22:51I thought so.
01:22:52Give it to me.
01:23:00Why should I?
01:23:02I'm in the process of deciphering it.
01:23:04When I've discovered how you're cheating, I'll have Thurley banned from every tournament in the world.
01:23:10All right. What do you want for it?
01:23:12What do I want for your little friend to withdraw from the tournament?
01:23:17In fact, I want him to step away from chess altogether.
01:23:21If he refuses?
01:23:22He'll be publicly humiliated and banned anyway.
01:23:25He walks.
01:23:26You return the book.
01:23:28You'll have to tell me how you did it, too.
01:23:31Call it an insurance policy.
01:23:34Or I hand it over to the authorities.
01:23:40Fine.
01:23:42But it's easier to show you.
01:24:10But you couldn't find the notebook.
01:24:12Thankfully.
01:24:14Now we have all the evidence we need to put you behind bars.
01:24:18How much did he offer you, Jack?
01:24:26You think this was about getting rich?
01:24:29Isn't it?
01:24:30I spent years walking the corridors of Cambridge, watching the spoilt offspring of the upper classes revel in their inherited
01:24:38wealth.
01:24:38This is about the future.
01:24:40A war of heart and minds.
01:24:43With my formula, communists around the world will outthink and outmanoeuvre their capitalist enemies.
01:24:53I'm arresting you on the suspicion of the murder of Anthony with luck.
01:24:56You are not obliged to say anything, but anything you wish to say may be put into writing and given
01:25:00in evidence.
01:25:00I'll get it out there somehow.
01:25:03You're on borrowed time, all of you.
01:25:05Once MI5 gets involved, they'll make sure that you and your formula remain firmly under lock and key.
01:25:14Enjoy this place where you can.
01:25:16I suspect your next accommodation won't be quite so luxurious.
01:25:23Is it true?
01:25:25You pretended to be my friend to test out some new drug?
01:25:30For a while, the world thought you were special.
01:25:32Instead of just another pampered toff.
01:25:35You should thank me.
01:25:41For finally ridding me of this foolish infatuation with you.
01:25:49Enjoy prison.
01:25:55Sorry I didn't win the tournament.
01:25:58I'm the one who should apologise.
01:26:00You're the finest brain in a generation.
01:26:03Should have trusted you to find a way to use your gifts for the greater good.
01:26:08I think what you could do with MI5.
01:26:11I'm just saying it's never too late to change your mind.
01:26:15Um, this is for you.
01:26:19Oh, um, no.
01:26:21But I forfeited.
01:26:23Thurley's been disqualified.
01:26:24We can't allow performance enhancing chemicals, even if taken unwittingly.
01:26:29You win by default.
01:26:31I say Manny is our daughter of the chess champion.
01:26:35Always said she could be a grandmaster.
01:26:37Well, it seems congratulations are in order, sister.
01:26:39Well played, sister.
01:26:40You also win a place at the Royal Invitational at Oxford next month.
01:26:46Oh, um, actually, I'm retiring from professional chess.
01:26:51What?
01:26:53Why?
01:26:54I prefer a career with a bit more variety.
01:26:58This is lovely, though.
01:27:00Just the ticket for keeping my spare corks in.
01:27:04If everyone could smile for the camera.
01:27:06Hello.
01:27:08Hi.
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