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00:00Hi, welcome.
00:32Ladies and gentlemen of the Tempest Company, this is your 15-minute call. 15 minutes.
00:36Nate, sweetie, I just wanted to give you a little thank you, Prezzy, for everything you've done for us.
00:43I can't believe it's our last show.
00:47I'm going to miss you so much, my lovely.
00:50Yeah, me too.
00:56Nate, hon, is everything all right?
01:01Spirits hear me.
01:03It's our needs must curse, but they'll not pinch.
01:06No, it sounds brilliant.
01:08And it's the lead, is it?
01:09Ah, great. Okay, yeah.
01:12No, I can get a tape over to you.
01:14When's the deadline?
01:15Ah, I'll find someone.
01:17Okay, my darling.
01:18Let's do lunch when I'm back, okay?
01:20And I'm paying this time, you cheeky monkey.
01:22All right, you can pay.
01:23Okay, lots of love. Bye.
01:27Another self-tape. So annoying.
01:30I'll tell you what it was, but I've just got to sign an NDA, you know, so...
01:33That's cool, Mum.
01:34Pleased for you.
01:35Guys.
01:36Guys, we've got a situation.
01:37Like, a bad one.
01:39Rich is a no-show.
01:40His phone's going straight to voicemail.
01:41I think we all know where Prospero's total lofty all.
01:49And it's no, no, never.
01:53No, no, never.
01:54There it is.
01:56Well, I guess our last night was always going to be a mad one.
01:59After the way this tour's gone.
02:02But we both made it to the end.
02:07No, no, never.
02:09No, no, never.
02:14No more.
02:14No, no, never.
02:17No more.
02:18No more.
02:20Rich.
02:20Rich, come on.
02:23Rich, we've got to go.
02:25Skedaddle, youth.
02:26Rich, come on.
02:26There's an audience.
02:27They've paid to see us.
02:28To see you.
02:31Come on.
02:31You're not going to let them down, are you?
02:37It's all right.
02:37Come on.
02:39Hey, hey.
02:40Oh.
02:44All right.
02:45All right.
02:46All right.
02:46Oh, sweet Lord.
02:54Mr Dempster?
02:55You doing okay?
02:56Of course I am.
02:57Why wouldn't I be?
02:58Just a little dry around the mouth, that's all.
03:00Final call for Miranda.
03:01Act one, scene two.
03:02Final call, Miranda.
03:05Oh, no, no, no, no.
03:07That's a prop.
03:10Oh, no surprise.
03:21Then to sea boys and girl hag.
03:29This is a scurvy tune.
03:33Oh, but here's my comfort.
03:36Do not torment me.
03:38Oh.
03:38Whoa.
03:39What's the matter?
03:40Have we devils here?
03:42If all the wine in my bottle will recover him, I will help his ague.
03:52That's a brave god.
03:54And bear celestial liquor.
03:56Come, amen.
03:57I will pour some in thy other mouth.
03:59Oh.
03:59Oh.
04:05Stavano!
04:06Ah!
04:06Lost thy other mouth call me?
04:08Why, this is a devil and no monster.
04:11Stavano, I am trinculo.
04:13Be not afeared.
04:14Thy good friend, trinculo.
04:19I swear upon that bottle to be thy true subject.
04:23I'll show thee every fertile in show the island.
04:29Ike, Ike.
04:33I prithee, let me show thee where crabs grow.
04:40And with my long nails I'll dig thee pig...
04:45Pig nuts.
04:50Oh, my God, Michael.
04:54Nathan, we need our first aid here.
04:56Michael, put it to me.
04:59Oh, my God, he's not breathing.
05:02Someone call an ambulance!
05:04No!
05:05Wait!
05:06Someone call an ambulance!
05:13No!
05:21Go get one.
05:26Oh, my God.
05:28Ho, my God.
05:29No!
05:31No!
05:32No!
05:33No!
05:34No!
05:34No!
05:34No!
05:36No!
05:46yes Thomas what's up are you at the shop sir I am practicing my darts oh can't say you don't
05:53need it since I got myself a decent set of arrows my form was improved get in I'm presuming this
06:02isn't a social call you've got a case a suspected poisoning occurred during a theater performance
06:07the victim collapsed on page well you sure it wasn't an accident according to paramedics the
06:12symptoms suggest it's cyanide poisoning interesting no everything all right I think I might have just
06:22nearly killed Harry what are you doing man you can't play on here it's not safe
06:31Michael Farrah 32 years old suddenly collapsed halfway through the second act of the performance
06:37yeah the tempest the poster said yeah last 10 months they've been touring beaches all over
06:43the world with it this was their final performance sergeant Fletcher's taken all the necessary
06:47statements Caliban I'll take it one sec let me check yes yes he was I mean two points for you
06:57inspector how did you work that out well he looks monstery you know not human I assume the smell of
07:05almonds got the paramedics thinking it was cyanide which is fast acting so do we know what he consumed
07:10before he died well apparently he drank from this moments before it happened it's a fiasco I mean I'm
07:18trying my best here sir I haven't been here for long I just got here oh this is a fiasco
07:22oh it's a
07:23traditional Italian wine bottle he'll have drank from this in act two scene two the famous drinking
07:28scene let me check for you again boom shakalaka two more points for you again inspector it was
07:35indeed act two scene two oh the man knows this Shakespeare he does who knew cherry juice that'll be
07:42for the red wine so chances are we're looking at our murder weapon that's what you think right but it
07:49can't be because two others drank from the same bottle during the performance Stefano and Trinculo that
07:55one I don't know sir but based on your previous farm two points again so what happened to the other
08:00two
08:00actors who drank from this not a thing the paramedics checked them out and they seem fine and um they
08:07recorded the show seen as it was the last performance so I will watch it back and check to see
08:12what
08:12happened but if they did drink from the same bottle then he must have ingested the poison some other
08:20way let's see what there is the company have to say these are two that drank from the same bottle
08:31as
08:31the victim mm-hmm just Gorman and Anya Chambers she and the victim were in a relationship together and
08:36she's taking it pretty badly who are the others so this is Richard Dempster he directed this production
08:44and he also plays Prospero there comes a moment in every actor's life a certain characters call to
08:54you I had no choice I had to submit okay and this is Nathan Burns he's the company stage manager
09:03I
09:03swear if there was poison in that bottle it wasn't me that put it in there actually mr. Burns we're
09:09working on the basis that the poison was administered another way oh thank god yeah the cyanide's fast
09:14acting so if it was in your system we pretty much know by now we'd like to know what else
09:20mr. Farr
09:20consumed in the 20 minutes or so before he died Mike you never ate for a show not for two
09:27or three
09:27hours did he drink anything I just sip water what did he drink from one of those water flask thingies
09:36there it is okay so take me through exactly what happened this afternoon anything out of the ordinary we
09:49went up a bit late by about 15 minutes how come just done technical hitch and once the show had
09:59started
10:01oh um Michael was on stage in scene one he doubles as the bosun taking the top sail 10 to
10:08the master's
10:11and then a very very swift makeup costume change reappear as Caliban in act one scene two Anya helps her
10:20well helped with that then how did he seem then fine and what about before he went on stage and
10:29collapsed a bit nervous pacing buying his nails he always was before that scene there are a couple of
10:37tricky speeches in it but he wasn't looking ill can any of you think why someone might want to do
10:44this
10:45to mr. Farrah Mikey was loved by the whole company very talented boy he had the whole world at his
10:55feet
11:06if we're working on the basis that the killer got the poison into Michael system 15 20 minutes prior to
11:12him dying on stage and it must be one of the cast or a stage crew that sir why kill
11:21someone like that
11:23in front of an audience and on the very last show of the tour I mean after today they could
11:30all go
11:30home right they never have to see each other again so why did he have to die on that stage
11:36today
11:39this is a public beach right well we're gonna need some security to keep an eye on the crime scene
11:44and get sergeant fletcher and officer rose to do a sweep of the place on it
11:57you all right mr. dempster oh oh yeah 10 months on tour will do this you
12:20well I recognize you from somewhere oh yeah it's a whole community police scheme thing we're doing
12:29sounds thrilling I didn't catch your name in the frenzy of it all sergeant matty fletcher
12:35sergeant matty fletcher would you like to go for a drink with me uh while I'm on the island no
12:42that's inappropriate mr. gorman you know with me being a police officer and you a possible suspect
12:48in a murder case right yeah well that makes sense um I hope that wasn't too embarrassing not for me
12:54it wasn't good good um I guess as an actor I lost all sense of shame a while ago did
13:03he just ask you
13:03on a date during a murder investigation that's a red flag right there maybe he's the killer maybe he's
13:09trying to get close to the police to keep an eye on the investigation or maybe he's just a bozo
13:14that's also a possibility mm-hmm crazy man take a bow monkey because it's all over now I told you
13:35it was always gonna end this way that's great man I'll get the beers yeah yeah and some snacks nice
13:53what time should we say around seven ish yeah cool man all right nice one see you then I just
14:00arranged a
14:00dance night with Daryl tonight he's gonna get his mates round it's gonna be a bit like being back
14:06home you know lads standing around the dartboard beers banter the only thing that's missing is a
14:12sticky pub carpet and some pork scratchings pork scratchings yeah they are the quintessential English
14:18pub snack it's fried pigskin nah I'll get some sent over for you oh no rush oh lab results yes
14:29and they confirmed the victim died from potassium cyanide poisoning no surprise there they checked
14:36Michael's own water bottle and found no traces of the poison in it whatsoever nothing in his water
14:42bowl as for the fiasco cherry juice fairly high glucose levels they noticed but most importantly a
14:54lethal dose of potassium cyanide that is surprising poison was in the bottle that our victim and the
15:03other two actors drank from on stage mm-hmm so how can three people drink from the same poison bottle
15:08and
15:09only one of them die doesn't make any sense well we can rule out the pretending to drink theory I
15:32mean
15:32these guys are drinking from the bottle for real no question so what if one of the other two actors
15:37slip the
15:37poisoning on stage just before Michael Jack from it rewind it a bit okay play could it be jazz now
15:48that the bottle is in view the
15:49whole time and he's not adding anything to it also Michael's not the last person to drink from that bottle
15:55Seb's right and your drinks after Michael so even if something had been added by jazz and he would have
16:01consumed it as well
16:05how how do they all drink the same liquid with with poison in it but only Michael Farrah dies
16:16who's sergeant Fletcher on the phone to oh an actor's agent back in the UK when we spoke with the
16:22rest of the
16:22cast this morning a um Casey Briscoe who plays Miranda she said she saw Nathan Burns a casting the victim
16:30just moments before the show even started I'm telling you this is all gonna come back on you
16:35and sooner than anything and there's rumors going around that is history between them so Casey slash
16:39Miranda said we should speak to this agent did you get anything from the search nothing interesting
16:46I was suspicious you know I've never seen him do this before me neither inspector what's this funky
16:59true when you've been home in God I don't know it's been in my head since yesterday I can't shake
17:04it I can't place it wait a minute
17:23bingo it was an advert it was on the telly about five years ago they kept playing it
17:32see that's what I was humming and why is this relevant wait that's why and I know they can leave
17:45a
17:56actor and he has history with our victim I just spoke to an agent in London who used to represent
18:03Nathan she remembers him as being super ambitious the whiffbuster ad wasn't the end of his rainbow
18:09then the agent said about eight years ago Nathan had a really important audition for the production of
18:15Macbeth at the National Theatre in London and he didn't get it but guess who did Michael Farah and more
18:24than that Nathan went to the police at the time he was adamant that he was spiked before the audition
18:34by Michael by Michael
18:45so I get this big audition and I go down to London and stay in a cheap hotel near the
18:50theatre Michael's
18:53staying in the same place me and him get chatting in the bar the night before what were you drinking
18:57just softs but Michael insists on getting the last round I go to bed at 10 next thing it's midday
19:05and
19:05I've missed the audition you think he drugged you he was taking out the competition and you went to
19:10the police they said there wasn't enough evidence whatever he'd given me was already out of my system
19:15what happened after that I never got another break like it did a bit of theatre and education a couple
19:22of TV ads with buster yeah with buster
19:29then I quit so you tour with this guy for 10 months and it never comes up
19:40Mr Burns just before the last show you were seen arguing with Michael saying it's all gonna come
19:46back on you and sooner than you think mate you're referring to him sabotaging your audition
19:54that's some revenge spiking his drink like he spiked yours I didn't kill Michael because of what he did to
20:01me eight years ago still must have bothered you though right otherwise why bring it up
20:03what I just I couldn't stop myself I was never gonna see him again
20:15we'll be in touch
20:23there is definitely something he's not telling us you think
20:41rich the police have been asking questions I didn't tell them what he did to you but if there's
20:49heat on me again I don't think I can stay quiet any longer to my own self be true eh
20:57oh Delroy
21:14sir how come you know so much about Shakespeare seems unlikely you know with you being a day of the
21:22much much of the day kind of guy no disrespect when I was a kid I used to hang around
21:30outside the stage
21:31doors of West End theatres yeah in case I saw someone famous yeah Vin Diesel
21:36no I don't think Vin Diesel ever trod the boards of London anyway I got to know some of the
21:42staff and
21:43they would let me sneak in and watch whatever was on at the time so yeah I have seen my
21:48fair share of
21:49the board's works also I got talking to the actor sometimes and they would say how hard a gig it
21:58was you
21:58know the failed auditions the unemployment doing rubbish jobs just to make ends meet it was it was tough
22:05competitive as our first suspect found out well could it be that that pushed Michael to do what
22:10he did to Nathan but it also shows there's a dark side to our victim spiking someone's drink just so
22:16he can get the role he wanted that's ruthless well whatever it was that led someone to poison Michael
22:21Farah well we still haven't got a scooby how we pulled it off I mean the man died on stage
22:26right in
22:27the middle of a performance drinking from the same bottle as these two but they didn't die he did
22:37dear I wasn't speaking yeah I can talk now okay yeah yeah I understand have you spoken to my
22:51brother about this he has right okay well um thanks for letting me know
23:05sir is everything all right I knew mum would leave everything to solar I just didn't think he'd put
23:19the house up for sale as soon as it was his I thought we'd at least chat about it first
23:25and what about
23:27your mother's things according to the solicitor is arranged for a house clearance company to take
23:33everything and auction it all off it all seems so rushed to me of course it's going to feel well
23:40would have liked at least a last look around the place maybe keep something of us to remember about
23:55then call your brother and tell him that's what you'd like to happen it's got to understand right
24:17hey you yes how can I help oh well actually I thought I could help you you know wind down
24:25after a hard
24:26days police in the streets i got some beers picnic blanket and yeah I thought we could find a quite
24:34beach
24:34and get to know each other mmm mr gourmand yes did we not already have this conversation we did yes
24:43but I
24:44I thought what was happening was, you know, you were on duty,
24:47you had your colleagues around you,
24:48and I think you were saying what you felt you had to say.
24:52Mm, no.
24:53Come on, I'm not on this island for very long.
24:56How often do you get to do this with someone like me?
24:59Let's just have some fun.
25:01Here we go, here we go.
25:03Hmm.
25:05Hmm.
25:06Yes, yes, there you go.
25:11Cheers.
25:13Actually, now that I think about it,
25:15I did say that I was going to meet my friend.
25:18What's the time now?
25:18Oh, no, you're spilling it, you're spilling it.
25:21Oh, what a shame.
25:22I do have somewhere to be right now, though.
25:28Do not bother me again,
25:31unless it's related to the case, Mr. Gorman.
25:34You understand, though?
25:37Good.
25:38You enjoyed the rest of your evening.
25:56Sergeant Fletcher, good morning.
25:58What have you got?
25:59So I've been doing background checks on the other cast members,
26:02and I noticed Ania Chambers and Jez Gorman were in the same play back in 2021.
26:08And they ended up getting together and, wait for it, they only got married a year later.
26:15Hang on, I thought Ania was with Michael.
26:17She was.
26:18She left Jez for him during the tour they'd been on.
26:22Why did this not show up sooner?
26:24Because it wasn't officially registered yet.
26:26They had a vow ceremony in the forest somewhere.
26:29There was a whole Midsummer Night's Dream theme going on.
26:32Yeah.
26:33Yeah, you should have seen some of the photos they posted on social media.
26:36That was some dress she wore, respectfully, of course.
26:39So how did Jez feel about being replaced by Michael?
26:42Hmm.
26:43Well, according to the other cast members, really not so good seems to be the answer.
26:53Look, I don't know who said that, but it's nonsense.
26:56So when Ania told you she was leaving you for Michael, you weren't upset?
26:59Sorry, why is she here?
27:01Is that normal procedure, to bring a uniformed sergeant along?
27:04It is.
27:05Yep.
27:05Yes, it is.
27:07OK, fine.
27:09So it's nonsense, is it, that you were upset about Ania?
27:12Yes.
27:13I mean, Ania's the one who's losing out, not me.
27:15All our mutual friends are siding with me.
27:17She's the one who's going to have to move in with her parents when she gets back home,
27:20not me.
27:21I mean, it hurts.
27:23Yeah.
27:24Of course it hurt.
27:24It really hurt.
27:26But I didn't kill Michael because of it.
27:28I wasn't looking for revenge.
27:30HE SIGHS
27:32Ah, this is my agent, so I should probably take...
27:34No.
27:35PHONE RINGS
27:36You shouldn't.
27:37OK, she'll leave a voicemail.
27:39This is a murder investigation, Mr Gorman.
27:41And your wife fell in love with the victim.
27:43That's a very strong motive.
27:45Well, that's where you're wrong, actually.
27:47They didn't fall in love.
27:49I mean, maybe she did, I don't know, but it wasn't reciprocated.
27:53What makes you say that?
27:55PHONE RINGS
27:57Because he told me so.
27:59PHONE RINGS
28:01A few nights before our final performance, we all had a bit of a sesh at the hotel bar.
28:07Some of us went for a dip in the sea.
28:08Michael comes up to me and says he's going to end it with Anya because he's got some off-Broadway
28:15play and she's not what he needs right now.
28:19PHONE RINGS
28:19And did he end it with her?
28:21Yeah.
28:23Five minutes before the beginning of our final show.
28:27Talk about timing, eh?
28:39Anya's in room 352.
28:41That was Seb.
28:43The security team at the crime scene says somebody tried to break into the dressing room area last night.
28:48Guess her description?
28:49Is there something that we could have missed?
28:52Right, you and Officer Rose get down to the crime scene, let's go and talk to Anya.
28:57Yeah, when's the deadline?
28:59Yes, Seb?
29:00Yeah, I'm sure I can get something to put me on tape.
29:05Mikey and I had gone to collect rich from this bar he drinks in.
29:10That was why we went up late.
29:12So that was the technical pitch.
29:15We literally had five minutes before the performance was about to start.
29:18Mr. Dempster, come on, let's get you dressed.
29:20Fight! Fight!
29:23Michael just blurts it out.
29:25I can't do this anymore.
29:28I'm going to New York.
29:31I'm going alone.
29:32You gave up your marriage for Michael.
29:35You risked everything.
29:38It must have hurt them when he told you it was over between you two.
29:44So, no.
29:48What was it that drew you to Michael?
29:51It felt like a kindred spirit.
29:55It was something I'd never had with Jez.
29:58In what way?
30:01Mikey cared so much about his work.
30:04But it terrified him.
30:06He was just striving to be as good as he could.
30:09And knowing it could all be torn down by a critic or the audience.
30:13And that vulnerability drew me to him.
30:16Because I feel it too in everything.
30:21Okay, so in that moment when he told you he'd finished with you, you must have felt...
30:26Betrayed.
30:27Angry.
30:28And within the hour he was dead.
30:30What?
30:31What?
30:32You think I did it?
30:35Because of...
30:36I mean, but how even?
30:41You think I'd carry around a bottle of cyanide with me just in case I get dumped?
30:47And if you've forgotten, I drank from the same bottle as him.
30:51Why would I do that if I knew there was poison in it?
31:00You know, my mum's church has this dirty thing going on.
31:05And sometimes I think about doing a bit hard to myself, you know?
31:09It's just the words sometimes.
31:12I really struggle with the words.
31:15Like, um...
31:16Cool.
31:20The winds did sing it to me.
31:23And the thunder, that deep and dreadful organ pipe, pronounced the name of Prosper.
31:29It did bass me trespass.
31:31Bass me trespass?
31:33I mean, what does that even mean?
31:35Like, bass me trespass?
31:36Like a boombox type of bass?
31:38Less of the bass and more of the searching.
31:40Sergeant Fletcher.
31:41Commissioner, afternoon.
31:43Afternoon, sir.
31:44Might I have a word?
31:52How is the investigation going?
31:54We're making progress, sir.
31:56We've already got a few suspects in mind.
31:59Is everything all right, sir?
32:02A complaint has been made accusing you of unprofessional conduct.
32:08By who?
32:10Jess Gorman claims you tried to initiate a romantic relationship with him.
32:14He said what?
32:16And when he turned you down, twice, you pursued him as a suspect in the case.
32:23That is just not true.
32:26We interviewed him because there was evidence to suggest he had a motive.
32:32And it was Mr. Gorman who asked me out twice.
32:34I swear to you, sir.
32:36He is making this all up.
32:39I mean, I would never do something like that, sir.
32:42You believe me, right?
32:45Look, sir, ask Officer Rose.
32:47He was there the first time Mr. Gorman asked me out.
32:50He will tell you.
32:53Very well.
32:56Leave it with me.
33:04What exactly am I looking for?
33:07Yes.
33:09Though, cannot find a thing?
33:11Hmm.
33:12Hey.
33:13Ah.
33:16Hmm.
33:26Sarge!
33:28I think I found something.
33:31What is it?
33:35It's a beach like a key.
33:39There's a few of them two minutes off the road.
33:44Oh.
33:58A syringe.
34:02Well, I'm assuming that's the cyanide.
34:11A tin of throat lozenges.
34:13You all right there, Mr. Dempster?
34:14No.
34:22Right, Mr. Dempster.
34:25This lot has got your fingerprints all over it.
34:28No one else's.
34:30You care to explain?
34:32It's thanks to Michael Farah that I fell off the wagon.
34:36Sorry?
34:37Before this tour, I've been sober 20 years.
34:40What happened?
34:41Michael was offered this off-Broadway show.
34:45It's going to get him some good publicity in the States.
34:48Well, at the same time, we had the chance of extending our tour by three months to South America.
34:53And you didn't want to lose your caliber?
34:55No.
34:55And, I mean, Michael was contractually obliged to stay if further dates were added.
35:00I refused to release him.
35:01Well, we know Michael was very ambitious, so I assume he wasn't happy about that.
35:07It's our first day off in the Caribbean, Trinidad.
35:11But we all spent the day by the pool.
35:14Cheers.
35:18I didn't realize until it was too late.
35:20Oh, dear boy.
35:21Putting shots of vodka in my soft drink all day.
35:26Once I got the taste for it, well...
35:28Double, um, double whiskey days.
35:31Heh.
35:3220 years without so much as a sip.
35:34It all came crashing down.
35:36Nathan and dear Anya, they were first to realize I was back on the source.
35:41Took it in turns, bless him.
35:44Bring me to bed.
35:45Did you tell them what Michael did?
35:46Yes, but I don't think Anya believed me.
35:49But Nathan did.
35:51Nathan?
35:52Yeah.
35:52There is definitely something he's not telling us.
35:55He said that Michael had done something not dissimilar to him once,
35:59despite his drink.
36:02So that's what Nathan was holding back.
36:05When he confronted Michael before the final show,
36:08it wasn't just about his experience eight years ago.
36:11I'm telling you, this is all going to come back on you,
36:13and sooner than you think, mate.
36:15It was also about what he'd been doing to you.
36:17The irony of it is that funding fell through
36:21and the end tour was never extended.
36:23Michael got exactly what he wanted.
36:25No, I had the sense he usually did.
36:28Which brings us back to this little collection.
36:31I think he poisoned one of these lozenges.
36:34Gave it to Michael backstage,
36:36then added poison to that wine bottle on stage after he died.
36:39To misdirect us.
36:41Make us think that's what killed him.
36:44Afraid my little plan wasn't quite so smart.
36:47Well, nor so deadly.
36:48The bottle doesn't contain cyanide.
36:52It contains lysergic acid diethylamine.
36:59MSD.
37:01The hallucinogen.
37:03I injected one of the lozenges.
37:05But not with cyanide.
37:07I didn't want to kill him.
37:08I just wanted him to feel how he made me feel.
37:13All powerless.
37:16I wanted everyone to see it.
37:20With the coward that I am, I didn't go through with it.
37:26And when Michael collapsed on stage and we were called...
37:30What was I panicked?
37:32All the frenzy.
37:33I ran to the beach lockers, hit the evidence and...
37:37So it was you our security saw trying to get into the dressing room
37:40to get that key.
37:41Did you tell anyone else about your plan?
37:44I was so smashed half the time.
37:46I could... I might have left it lying around.
37:49I don't know.
37:50Inspector.
37:55Just a moment.
38:02I think he might be telling the truth.
38:05We've re-watched the video and after Michael collapses,
38:08no one goes near the bottle he drank from.
38:11And look, Jez Garman puts down the bottle here
38:14and no one touches it again until...
38:18I do. There.
38:19So the poison was in the bottle all along?
38:23Nothing was added afterwards?
38:25No, sir.
38:26So how come the other two that drank from the bottle didn't die and he did?
38:41You've reached Solomon. Leave a message, I'll get back to you.
38:45So, it's me again.
38:48Can you call me back, please?
38:55So I just heard back from a few of Jez and Anya's friends in the UK
38:59trying to get a handle on their marriage breaking up.
39:03Right.
39:04No one was shocked.
39:06It seems Jez wasn't the most faithful of husbands.
39:09He saw it as a kind of open marriage.
39:13Right, and what happens on tour stays on tour then?
39:16And after three years of marriage, Anya felt betrayed and humiliated.
39:20Jez basically took her for granted, but obviously never expected her to actually leave.
39:24So when Anya hooked up with Michael, that must have really thrown him.
39:32Still haven't heard from your brother.
39:36You know what?
39:37I think he's actually ignoring my calls.
39:39I keep thinking about how things were between us, you know, when we last saw each other.
39:43They weren't great.
39:44In fact, if I'm honest, I kind of think it's because of me that we're going our separate ways.
39:49Then maybe you should go visit him in Antigua.
39:51You think?
39:52Yeah, just go talk to him.
39:56I'm heading to the lab.
39:57You want me to drop you off at the shack?
40:00No, take me to the high street, please.
40:02I need to get a bucket and spade.
40:05As in a...
40:07As in a kiddie's bucket and spade for like the beach?
40:11What other kind of bucket and spade is there?
40:15Sir, is this for the case or...
40:19Are you having a break now?
40:21Probably both.
40:27Right.
40:30Well, that's me done.
40:36Sarge, you don't need to stress yourself over this Jez Garman complaint.
40:41Like you said, the man's a total bozo.
40:43And the commissioner will definitely see that.
40:46Car, he can see through the lies.
40:50You're not too sure about it.
40:55There's something that you don't know about me.
40:59From before, I came back to St. Marie.
41:04In Jamaica, I messed up on a case.
41:10Big time, and...
41:13And so my file and the commissioner knows about it, so...
41:18No.
41:20No.
41:20No, I'm not sure he's gonna have my back on this.
41:24That's why you're transferred.
41:30Well, I mean, look.
41:34I wouldn't be so sure about that, Sarge.
41:37Because one thing I know for a fact is that the commissioner wants to give everyone a chance.
41:44Because, I mean, he did with me.
41:49Best decision he ever made.
41:51Good morning, Sarge.
42:13Officer Rawls.
42:14Oh, say.
42:15Yes, Thomas.
42:16Sarge.
42:17Somebody's giving the inspector some hair.
42:20I never thought I'd see the day the man could have an Afro.
42:24Whoever did this, making a bold statement.
42:37Morning, Inspector.
42:40Have you seen the poster?
42:42Someone's giving you a glow up.
42:43Yeah, I've seen it.
42:44Yeah, Afro really brings out your cheekbones, Inspector.
42:47Kinda suits you.
42:48Oh, and he's got his little kiddies' buckets.
42:51And spades.
42:53Four of them, in fact.
42:55One bottle.
42:57One dose of poison.
43:03Three people drink the same liquid from the same bottle.
43:09Now, how come only one of them ingest the poison and the other two don't?
43:13Well, that's not possible.
43:15Why not?
43:16They're sand in all of them.
43:18Or poison, so how?
43:20How indeed, Sergeant Fletcher.
43:24Is that from the lab?
43:26Yes.
43:31Confirms the liquid in the bottle we found in Mr. Dempster's cigar box was LSD.
43:38Not legal, but definitely not murder.
43:41Mr. Dempster's cigar.
43:42Oh, sir, your buckets.
43:43Oh.
43:56The sea's washed all the sand away.
44:01It's like I was never there.
44:06Hang on.
44:11The water made the sand disappear.
44:15Or did it actually disappear?
44:19I mean, what if it was there all along?
44:21I think you poisoned one of these lozenges and added poison to that wine bottle on stage after he died.
44:27No one goes near the bottle you drank from.
44:29As for the fiasco, fairly high glucose levels.
44:34And if that explains the bottle, then where did the poison come from?
44:39And a very, very swift makeup costume change reappear as Caliban in Act One, Scene Two.
44:46And with my long nails, I'll dig deep.
44:50Leave us.
44:55You know who did it.
44:58And I think I know why.
45:00But what about the how, Inspector?
45:02I mean, that's what the whole biggie is about, right?
45:03I'm pretty sure I know the how as well.
45:06But Officer Rose, I need you to run another tox report on Mr. Farah, but I need a glass of
45:10water first.
45:10You're dehydrated.
45:11No, it's not to drink.
45:12It's just a little experiment that will finally prove what really happened on stage three days ago.
45:18One glass of water coming right off.
45:29Now, I don't want to talk ill of the dead.
45:32However, I think it's fair to say that Michael Farah was a selfish and self-interested individual
45:40who only cared about what he wanted in life and how he was going to get it.
45:45But did the malicious and hurtful things he did to each of you really mean he had to die?
45:54Anya, you obviously thought he did.
45:58Because it was you that poisoned him.
46:00What?
46:02No, I absolutely did not.
46:06The mystery we've been trying to solve throughout this case is how three people could drink from
46:14the same poisoned bottle, yet only one of them dies.
46:20We didn't know it, but the answer has been right in front of us from the start.
46:25And in a way, Mr. Farah gave it to us in his dying breath.
46:30And with my long nails, I'll dig thee pig...
46:33And I, with my long nails, will dig thee pig nuts.
46:39Because that's the thing about Caliban.
46:40He was a monster, right?
46:43And as part of Michael's makeup to help make him look more monstery,
46:48his nails are painted.
46:50And that's how he was poisoned.
46:53We need to get this to the lab.
46:55But we've already had Michael's fingernails tested.
46:58And it was confirmed there were traces of cyanide in the dried varnish.
47:04It was administered, Anya, by you during his wardrobe change from the bosun
47:10into his Caliban costume, makeup and painted fingernails.
47:16Nathan, you said Michael would get particularly nervous
47:20while waiting to go on stage for Act Two, Scene Two, yeah?
47:23A bit nervous.
47:24He would pace and bite his nails.
47:27Which after touring for 12 months together and having become intimate with him,
47:33you also knew Anya.
47:35But I told you, Michael only ended things with me half an hour before he died.
47:40How could I plan his murder in that time?
47:43You're right.
47:44Michael's murder was planned in advance.
47:47But now we know the killer had to be you, then it follows that you'd already found out Michael
47:53was planning to end his relationship with you.
47:56You getting in?
47:57Yeah, maybe.
47:58And with Michael telling Jez as much...
48:01Look, I'm going to end things with Anya.
48:04I think you overheard that conversation.
48:06After everything, I thought you should know.
48:07And we believe that's when you decided to kill him.
48:11Then, if Michael's fingernails were poisoned...
48:15Well, why was there poison in the bottle?
48:18That was to misdirect us, right?
48:20To confuse us with the seeming impossibility that three people could drink from it,
48:26but only one die.
48:27Why weren't they all killed?
48:29I'm glad you asked me that, Mr Dempster.
48:32Because to answer that, we need to look to your own plan to get back at Michael Farrah.
48:36We know Miss Chambers helped to put you to bed a number of times when you've overindulged.
48:43Nathan, dear Anya, he took it in turn to bless him putting me to bed.
48:47And you admitted yourself you left the cigar box containing the syringe, the lozenges...
48:53I might have left it lying around.
48:55And this little bottle lying around the place.
48:58We believe you came across this box, Miss Chambers.
49:02OK, Rich.
49:04A sip of water.
49:08And that's when your plan started to take shape.
49:13But instead of using LSD, you used a fatal poison.
49:20Now, I have to admit, it didn't register with me at first, the significance.
49:26But when our lab tested the liquid in that poison bottle, the cherry juice...
49:32As for the fiasco...
49:33They found the level of glucose in it...
49:35Glucose levels.
49:37...higher than normal.
49:38That's where this comes in.
49:42Just over an hour ago, I dropped one of Mr Dempster's throat lozenges in this glass of water.
49:48And now look.
49:51It's gone.
49:53Dissolved.
49:56And that's exactly what you did, Anya, with that wine bottle.
50:00Just before yourself, Jez and Michael went on that stage for Act Two, Scene Two.
50:04You see...
50:05No!
50:06As long as the lozenge was whole and hadn't dissolved...
50:09Jez!
50:10..it was safe to drink from.
50:13Which you all did.
50:17But by the time we arrived at the crime scene and sent the bottle to the lab to be tested,
50:23the lozenge had already melted away, releasing the poison, making it seem like it had been there all along.
50:33But why?
50:34Why did you kill him?
50:38Anya, when you and Michael got together, you were still feeling hurt and embarrassed
50:47by your husband's ongoing infidelities.
50:51Him taking you for granted.
50:53So for Michael, the kindred spirit that you'd risked everything for,
50:58to humiliate you even further by finishing with you, only a few months after getting together,
51:04well, a bit more than hurt.
51:07And that's when you realised that perhaps the rumours you've heard about Michael,
51:14which you previously dismissed, were actually true.
51:19That Mr Dempster's claim that Michael spiked him actually happened.
51:25Did you tell them what Michael did?
51:27Yes, I don't think Anya believed me, but...
51:29And that Nathan Burns's own past run-in with Mr Farrell was more than mere gossip.
51:35There's been gossip amongst the cast that there's history between them.
51:38So you decided to do something that was long overdue.
51:42And on behalf of yourself, and everyone else here whose life he'd ruined,
51:47you would give Michael something he deserved.
51:51To make him the one to finally suffer, his own downfall, his own humiliation, right there on that stage for
52:00all the world to see.
52:04And that, Miss Chambers, is why you killed him.
52:16Anya Chambers, I'm arresting you for the murder of Michael Farrell.
52:21You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned
52:28something which you later rely on in court.
52:31You do not see another yourself already?
52:46It's never a nod.
52:48Ah, return of the bozo.
52:51Could we have a quick chat, please?
52:57I just want to let you know that I officially dropped my complaint this morning, and I wanted to say
53:04I'm sorry.
53:06You know you could have lost me my job just because I wouldn't have a drink with you.
53:12What kind of sick little messed up brain you have.
53:14Yeah, that's pretty much what your commissioner said.
53:17Wait, the commissioner?
53:18Yeah, he was the one who insisted I apologise and said he was going to charge me with wasting police
53:23time.
53:23He caught my agent.
53:24He's a pretty terrifying guy, actually.
53:27Oh, and there he is.
53:29Okay.
53:30Well, look, I'd rather not have to deal with him again, so I'm really sorry.
53:45Sir?
53:48He apologised.
53:49He did.
53:51Thank you, sir.
53:52I'm sorry I couldn't get him to drop his complaint sooner.
53:56The man was clearly making it all up.
54:01So you knew he was lying all along?
54:05Of course.
54:06But one has to follow procedure in situations like this.
54:12It's...
54:14I just thought you didn't believe me, sir.
54:19You know, after everything that happened before.
54:23You made a promise to me that there were going to be no more mistakes.
54:30And I tend to take people at their word.
54:33You're a good sergeant.
54:35I can see that.
54:36So, keep it up.
55:01You're a good sergeant.
55:04I'll book a ticket to Antigua, and I'll go and see Seoul.
55:24Um, maybe make it best of three.
55:27Yeah.
55:30Another bullseye, and I'm definitely going to Antigua.
55:46I don't believe it.
55:52Well, that's that, then.
55:54I guess it's really happening.
56:00Yes, Thomas.
56:03I'm just letting you know I won't be coming in tomorrow.
56:07I'm actually taking your advice as it goes.
56:09I'm going to see Seoul.
56:12Yeah?
56:13Well, I mean, I don't even know if he wants to see me, but...
56:17Hey, what's the worst that can happen?
56:33More water, please.
56:34I think it rather suits him.
56:37That's the same thing I said, sir.
56:39Looks like one of the Jackson 5.
56:41And it is rather amusing, isn't it?
56:50Sir?
56:51Yes, Thomas?
56:52What is it?
56:53I think something has happened to the inspector.
57:15What the hell's going on?
57:22You.
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57:34Toby Jones stars Ian Mr Burton, a BAFTA-nominated film you can watch now on BBC iPlayer.
57:41Do not see him, is it?
57:41Yes.
57:41Yes.
57:43Yes.
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