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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.
03:59Yeah, all.
04:03Oh.
04:04Oh.
04:05Devano.
04:06Lost thy other mouth caught me?
04:08Why, this is a devil, and no monster.
04:11Devano, I am trinculo.
04:13Be not afeared.
04:14Thy good friend, trinculo.
04:17Very trinculo indeed.
04:18I swear upon that bottle to be thy true subject
04:22I'll show thee every fertile inch of the island
04:32I prithee
04:36Let me show thee where crabs grow
04:39And with my long nails I'll dig thee pig
04:43Pig 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, someone call an ambulance
05:19Oh my god, he's not breathing
05:29Oh my god, he's not breathing
05:42Oh my god, he's not breathing
05:46Yes, Thomas, what's up?
05:47Are you at the shot, sir?
05:48Is that how I am?
05:50Practicing my darts
05:51Oh
05:52Can't say you don't need it
05:53Since I got myself a decent set of arrows
05:55My form has improved
05:58Get in!
06:01I'm presuming this isn't a social call
06:03You've got a case
06:03A suspected poisoning
06:05Occurred during a theatre performance
06:07The victim collapsed on stage
06:09What?
06:09You sure it wasn't an accident?
06:10According to paramedics
06:12The symptoms suggest it's cyanide poisoning
06:14Interesting
06:16No!
06:17Is everything alright?
06:21I think I might have just nearly killed Harry
06:24What are you doing, man?
06:25You can't play on here
06:27It's not safe
06:28Oh god
06:31Michael Farrah
06:3232 years old
06:33Suddenly collapsed
06:35Halfway through the second act
06:36Of the performance
06:38The tempest, the poster said
06:40Yeah
06:40Last ten months
06:41They've been touring beaches
06:42All over the world with it
06:43This was their final performance
06:45Sergeant Fletcher's taken
06:47All the necessary statements
06:48Caliban, I'll take it
06:50One sec, let me check
06:53Yes
06:53Yes, it was
06:55I mean
06:56Two points for you, Inspector
06:57How did you work that out?
06:59Well, he looks
07:00Monster-y, you know
07:01Not human
07:04I assume the smell of almonds
07:05Got the paramedics thinking it was cyanide
07:07Which is fast acting
07:08So, do we know what he consumed before he died?
07:11Well, apparently
07:14He drank from this moments before it happened
07:16It's a fiasco
07:17I mean, I'm trying my best here, sir
07:19I haven't been here for long
07:19I just got here
07:20No
07:21This is a fiasco
07:22Oh
07:23It's a traditional Italian wine bottle
07:25He'll have drank from this in Act 2, Scene 2
07:27The famous drinking scene
07:28Let me check for you again
07:30Boom, shakalaka
07:31Two more points for you again, Inspector
07:34It was indeed Act 2, Scene 2
07:37Oh, the man knows it's Shakespeare
07:39He does?
07:40Who knew?
07:41Cherry juice
07:42That'll be for the red wine
07:44So chances are
07:45We're looking at our murder weapon
07:47That's what you think, right?
07:48But it can't be
07:50Because two others drank from the same bottle during the performance
07:54Stefano and Trinculo
07:55That one I don't know, sir
07:56But based on your previous form, two points again
07:59So what happened to the other two actors who drank from this?
08:01Not a thing
08:02The paramedics checked them out and they seemed fine
08:06And they recorded the show, seeing as it was the last performance
08:10So I would watch it back and check to see what happened
08:14But if they did drink from the same bottle, then...
08:17He must have ingested the poison some other way
08:21Hmm
08:25Let's see what the rest of the company have to say
08:30These are two that drank from the same bottle as the victim
08:32Mm-hmm, Jess Gorman and Anya Chambers
08:34She and the victim were in a relationship together and she's taking it pretty badly
08:41Who are the others?
08:41So this is Richard Dempster
08:43He directed this production and he also plays...
08:46Er, Prospero
08:47There comes a moment in every actor's life
08:51A certain character's call to you
08:54I had no choice
08:56I had to submit
08:58Okay
08:59And this is Nathan Burns
09:01He's the company's stage manager
09:03I swear, if there was poison in that bottle
09:05It wasn't me that put it in there
09:07Actually, Mr Burns
09:08We're working on the basis that the poison was administered another way
09:11Really?
09:12Oh, thank God
09:13Yeah, the cyanide's fast-acting
09:15So, if it was in your system, we'd pretty much know by now
09:18We'd like to know what else Mr Farr consumed in the 20 minutes or so before he died
09:24Mikey never ate for a show
09:26Not for two or three hours
09:28Did he drink anything?
09:30I just sip water
09:31What did he drink from?
09:33Er, one of those water flask thingies
09:36Oh, there it is
09:42Okay, so take me through exactly what happened this afternoon
09:46Anything out of the ordinary?
09:48We went up a bit late
09:50By about 15 minutes
09:51How come?
09:54Er, just a technical hitch
09:58And once the show had started?
10:01Michael was on stage in scene one
10:05He doubles as the bosun
10:06Take in the top sail
10:08Ten to the master's whistle
10:11Then a very, very swift makeup costume change reappears Caliban in act one scene two
10:18Anya helps, er, well, helped with that
10:23Then how did he seem then?
10:25Fine
10:26And what about before he went on stage and collapsed?
10:30A bit nervous
10:32Pacing
10:32Behind his nails
10:34He always was
10:35Before that scene
10:36There were a couple of tricky speeches in it
10:38But he wasn't looking ill
10:42Can any of you think why someone might want to do this to Mr Farrer?
10:48Mikey was loved by the whole company
10:51Very talented boy
10:53He had the whole world at his feet
11:06If we're working on the basis that the killer got the poison into Michael's system
11:1015, 20 minutes prior to him dying on stage
11:13And it must be one of the cast or a stage crew that...
11:18Sir?
11:20Why kill someone like that?
11:23In front of an audience?
11:25And on the very last show of the tour
11:28I mean, after today, they could all go home, right?
11:31They'd never have to see each other again
11:33So why did he have to die on that stage today?
11:39This is a public beach, right?
11:41Well, 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
11:47On it
11:57You all right, Mr Dempster?
11:59Oh, only a minute
12:00Ten months on tour will do this to you
12:02Come on, Richard, it's time to go
12:21Well, I recognise you from somewhere
12:23Oh, yeah, it's a whole community police scheme thing we're doing
12:29Sounds thrilling
12:31I didn't catch your name in the frenzy of it all
12:34Sergeant Matty Fletcher
12:35Sergeant Matty Fletcher
12:37Would you like to go for a drink with me?
12:39While I'm on the island?
12:41No
12:41Oh
12:42That's inappropriate, Mr Gorman
12:44You know, with me being a police officer and you a possible suspect
12:48In a murder case
12:49Right, yeah, well, that makes sense
12:51I hope that wasn't too embarrassing
12:53Not for me, it wasn't
12:55Good, good
12:56I guess, as an actor, I lost all sense of shame a while ago
12:59Did he just ask you on a date?
13:04During a murder investigation
13:05That's a red flag right there
13:07Maybe he's the killer
13:08Maybe he's trying to get close to the police to keep an eye on the investigation
13:12Or maybe he's just a bozo
13:14That's also a possibility
13:16Crazy, man
13:30Take a bow, Mikey
13:32Because it's all over now
13:34I told you
13:36It was always going to end this way
13:49Oh, that's great, man
13:50I'll get the beers, yeah?
13:51Yeah
13:52And some snacks
13:53Nice
13:53What time should we say, around seven-ish?
13:56Yeah, cool, man
13:56Alright, nice one
13:57See you then
13:59I just arranged a dance night with Daryl
14:02Tonight
14:02He's going to get his mates round
14:05It's going to be a bit like being back home, you know?
14:07Lads standing around the dartboard
14:08Beers, banter
14:10The only thing that's missing is a sticky pub carpet and some pork scratchings
14:14Pork scratchings?
14:15Yeah
14:16They are the quintessential English pub snack
14:19It's fried pigskin
14:22I'll get some sent over for you
14:23Oh
14:25No rush
14:28Lab results?
14:29Ah, yes
14:30And they confirmed the victim died from potassium cyanide poisoning
14:34No surprise there
14:35They checked Michael's own water bottle and found no traces of the poison in it whatsoever
14:41Nothing in his water bowl
14:43As for the fiasco
14:46Cherry juice
14:48Fairly high glucose levels, they noticed
14:51But, most importantly, a lethal dose of potassium cyanide
14:56Cyanide
14:58That is surprising
15:00Poison was in the bottle that our victim and the other two actors drank from on stage
15:04Mm-hmm
15:05So how can three people drink from the same poison bottle
15:09And only one of them die?
15:11Doesn't make any sense
15:21Yes
15:22Hello, yes, it's Sgt. Mike, let's go
15:24Let's go
15:24Let's go
15:25Let's go
15:25Let's go
15:26Let's go
15:27Well, we can rule out the pretending to drink theory
15:31I mean, these guys are drinking from the bottle for real
15:34No question
15:35So what if one of the other two actors slipped the poison in on stage
15:38Just before Michael drank from it?
15:41Yeah, rewind it a bit
15:44Okay, play
15:46Could it be Jez?
15:48Now, the bottle is in view the whole time
15:50And he's not adding anything to it
15:52Also, Michael's not the last person to drink from that bottle
15:55Seb's right
15:56Anya drinks after Michael's
15:58So even if something had been added by Jez, Annie would have consumed it as well
16:04How?
16:06How do they all drink the same liquid with poison in it?
16:11But only Michael Farah dies?
16:16Who's Sgt. Fletcher on the phone to?
16:18Oh, an actors agent back in the UK
16:20When we spoke with the rest of the cast this morning
16:23A, um, Casey Briscoe, who plays Miranda
16:26She said she saw Nathan Burns accusting the victim
16:30Just moments before the show even started
16:32I'm telling you, this is all going to come back on you
16:35And sooner than you think
16:35And there's rumours going around that there's history between them
16:38So Casey slash Miranda said we should speak to this agent
16:41Did you get anything from the search?
16:45Nothing interesting, I was suspicious
16:49You know, he's been homing this little show
16:52I've never seen him do this before
16:54Me neither
16:57Inspector!
16:58What's this funky chewing you've been homing?
17:01I don't know
17:02It's been in my head since yesterday
17:03I can't shake it
17:05I can't place it
17:09Wait a minute
17:22Bingo!
17:24It was an advert
17:25It was on the telly about five years ago
17:27They kept playing it
17:29Wow
17:32See, that's what I was humming
17:34I know
17:35And why is this relevant?
17:38Er, wait
17:39As a plumber, I've seen my fair share of what brains and six
17:43That's why
17:43And I know they can leave a pretty nasty pong
17:46But now I found with Worcester, I can leave my mother
17:49That's Nathan Burns, the stage manager
17:51Man, he's like a better actor than Arna the others put together
17:55Nathan Burns was an actor
17:57And he has history with our victim
17:59I just spoke to an agent in London
18:02Who used to represent Nathan
18:03She remembers him as being super ambitious
18:07The Whiffbuster ad wasn't the end of his rainbow then?
18:09The agent said about eight years ago
18:11Nathan had a really important audition for the production of Macbeth
18:15At the National Theatre in London
18:18And he didn't get it
18:20But guess who did?
18:21Michael Farah
18:22And more than that
18:24Nathan went to the police at the time
18:27He was adamant
18:29That he was spiked
18:30Before the audition
18:34By Michael?
18:36By Michael
18:45So I get this big audition
18:47And I go down to London
18:49And stay in a cheap hotel near the theatre
18:52Michael was staying in the same place
18:54Me and him get chatting in the bar the night before
18:56What were you drinking?
18:57Just softs, but Michael insists on getting the last round
19:02I go to bed at 10
19:03Next thing, it's midday and I've missed the audition
19:06You think he drugged you?
19:08He was taking out the competition
19:09And you went to the police?
19:11They said there wasn't enough evidence
19:13Whatever he'd given me was already out of my system
19:15What happened after that?
19:17I never got another break like it
19:20Did a bit of theatre and education
19:22A couple of TV ads
19:24Whiffbuster?
19:26Yeah, Whiffbuster
19:30Then I quit
19:31So you tour with this guy
19:34For 10 months
19:36And it never comes up?
19:40Mr Burns, just before the last show
19:42You were seen arguing with Michael
19:44Saying
19:45It's all gonna come back on you
19:47And sooner than you think
19:49Mate
19:50You're referring to him sabotaging your audition?
19:54That's some revenge
19:56Spiking his drink like he spiked yours
19:59I didn't kill Michael because of what he did to me 8 years ago
20:01Still must have bothered you though, right?
20:02Otherwise why bring it up?
20:03I just
20:05I couldn't stop myself
20:07I was never gonna see him again
20:15We'll be in touch
20:23There is definitely something he's not telling us
20:26You think?
20:39Rich?
20:41The police have been asking questions
20:44I didn't tell them what he did to you
20:47But
20:48If there's heat on me again
20:49I don't think I can stay quiet any longer
20:55To my own self be true, eh?
21:01Oh, Delroy
21:05Say it again, if you would
21:06No problem
21:14Sir, how come you know so much about Shakespeare?
21:18Seems unlikely
21:19You know, with you being a
21:21Day of the match
21:22Match of the day
21:24Kind of guy
21:25No disrespect
21:27When I was a kid
21:29I used to hang around outside the stage doors of West End theatres, yeah?
21:33In case I saw someone famous
21:34Yeah, Vin Diesel
21:36No, I don't think Vin Diesel ever trod the boards of London
21:41Anyway, I got to know some of the staff
21:43And they would let me sneak in and watch whatever was on at the time
21:46So, yeah, I have seen my fair share of the Bard's works
21:53Also, I got talking to the actor sometimes
21:56And they would say how hard a gig it was
21:58You know, the failed auditions, the unemployment, doing rubbish jobs just to make ends meet
22:03It was, it was tough, competitive
22:05As our first suspect found out
22:08Well, could it be that that pushed Michael to do what he did to Nathan?
22:11But it also shows there's a dark side to our victim
22:14Spiking someone's drink just so he can get the role he wanted
22:18That's ruthless
22:18Well, whatever it was that led someone to poison Michael Farah
22:22Well, we still haven't got a Scooby how we pulled it off
22:25I mean, the man died on stage, right? In the middle of a performance
22:28Drinking from the same bottle as these two
22:31But they didn't die
22:33He did
22:37Did I Wilson speaking?
22:40Yeah, I can talk now
22:43Okay
22:47Yeah, yeah, I understand
22:50Have you spoken to my brother about this?
22:52He has
22:54Right
22:57Okay, well, thanks for letting me know
23:05Sir, is everything all right?
23:13I knew Mum would leave everything to Saul now
23:17I just didn't think he'd put the house up for sale as soon as it was his
23:23I thought we'd at least chat about it first
23:27And what about your mother's things?
23:29According to the solicitor, he's arranged for a house clearance company to take everything and auction it all off
23:37It all seems so rushed to me
23:39Of course it's going to feel rushed
23:40I would have liked at least a last look around the place
23:45Maybe
23:46Keep something of hers to remember her by
23:55Then call your brother and tell him that's what you'd like to help him
24:00He's got to understand, right?
24:15Hey!
24:17You?
24:18Yes!
24:20How can I help?
24:21Oh, well actually I thought I could help you, you know, wind down after a hard day's policing the streets
24:28I've got some beers, picnic blanket, and um, yeah, I thought we could find a quiet beach and get to
24:36know each other
24:37Hmm, Mr Gorman?
24:39Yes?
24:40Did we not already have this conversation?
24:42We did, yes, but I thought what was happening was, you know, you were on duty, you had your colleagues
24:48around you, and I think you were saying what you felt you had to say
24:52Mmm, no
24:53Come on, I'm not on this island for very long, how often do you get to do this with someone
24:58like me? Let's just have some fun
25:01Here we go, here we go
25:03Hmm
25:06Yes, yes
25:08There you go
25:11Cheers
25:13Actually, now that I think about it, I did say that I was going to meet my friend, what's the
25:18time now?
25:18Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, you're spilling it, you're spilling it
25:20Oh, what a shame, I do have somewhere to be right now though
25:28Do not bother me again, unless it's related to the case, Mr Gorman
25:33You understand that?
25:37Good, you enjoyed the rest of your evening
25:53Let's go
25:56Sergeant Fletcher, good morning, what you got?
25:59So I've been doing background checks on the other cast members, and I noticed Anya Chambers and Jez Gorman were
26:06in the same play back in 2021
26:07And they ended up getting together, and, wait for it, they only got married a year later
26:15Hang on, I thought Anya was with Michael
26:17She was, she 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, there was a whole Midsummer Night's Dream thing 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, well according to the other cast members, really not so good seems to be the answer
26:50Look, I don't know who said that, but it's nonsense
26:55So when Anya 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
27:05Okay, fine
27:09So it's nonsense, is it, that you were upset about Anya?
27:12Yes
27:13I mean, Anya'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, not me
27:21I mean, it hurts, yeah
27:24Of course it hurt, it really hurt
27:26But I didn't kill Michael because of it, I wasn't looking for revenge
27:32Ah, this is my agent, so I should probably take...
27:34No
27:36You shouldn't
27:37Okay, she'll leave a voicemail
27:38This is a murder investigation, Mr Gorman
27:41And your wife fell in love with the victim, that's a very strong motive
27:45Well that's what you're wrong actually, they 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?
27:57Because he told me so
28:01A few nights before our final performance, we all had a bit of a sesh at the hotel bar, and
28:07some of us went for a dip in the sea
28:09Michael 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
28:19And did he end it with her?
28:21Yeah
28:23Five minutes before the beginning of our final show
28:27Talk about timing eh
28:36Thank you
28:39Anya's in room 352
28:41That was Seb
28:42The security team at the crime scene says somebody tried to break into the dressing room area last night
28:47Guess her description?
28:49Is that 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
29:14We 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, you risked everything
29:38It must have hurt then
29:40When he told you it was over between you two
29:44I don't know
29:48What was it that drew you to Michael?
29:51It felt like...
29:53A kindred spirit
29:55It was something I'd never had with Jez
29:58In what way?
30:01Mikey cared so much about his work
30:03But it terrified him
30:05He was striving to be as good as he could
30:08And 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'd finished with you, you must have felt...
30:26Betrayed
30:27Angry
30:28And within the hour he was dead
30:30What? What?
30:32You think I did it?
30:35Because of...
30:36I remember...
30:37How even?
30:41You think I'd carry around a bottle of cyanide with me just in case I get dumped?
30:47And if you'd 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 words
31:15Like, um...
31:20The winds did sing it to me
31:23And the thunder
31:24That deep and dreadful organ pipe
31:27Pronounced the name of...
31:29Prosper
31:29It did base me trespass
31:31Base me trespass?
31:33I mean, what does that even mean?
31:35Like, base me trespass?
31:36Like a boombox type of base?
31:38Less of the base and more of the searching
31:40Sergeant Fletcher
31:41Commissioner, afternoon
31:42Afternoon, sir
31:44Might I have a word?
31:52How is the investigation going?
31:54We're making progress, sir
31:55We've already got a few suspects in mind
31:59Is everything alright, sir?
32:02A complaint has been made
32:05Accusing you of unprofessional conduct
32:08By who?
32:09Jess Gorman claims you tried to initiate a romantic relationship with him
32:14He said what?
32:16And when he turned you down, twice
32:19You pursued him as a suspect in the case
32:23That is just not true
32:25We interviewed him
32:27Because 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
32:41You 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
33:05What exactly am I looking for?
33:10Though, cannot find a thing?
33:27Sarge!
33:28Think I found something
33:31What is it?
33:35It's a beach like a key
33:39With a few of them two minutes up the road
33:44Oh!
33:54Whoa!
33:58A syringe
34:02Well, I'm assuming that's the cyanide
34:10A tin of throat bozenges
34:13You all right then, Mr Dempster?
34:22Right, Mr Dempster
34:25This lot has got your fingerprints all over it
34:28No one else's
34:29You care to explain?
34:32It's thanks to Michael Farah that I fell off the wagon
34:35Sorry?
34:37Before this tour, I've been sober 20 years
34:40What happened?
34:41Michael's offered this off-Broadway show
34:45It's gonna get him some good publicity in the States
34:47Well, at the same time we had the chance of
34:50Extending our tour by three months to South America
34:53And you didn't want to lose your caliber?
34:55No, and Michael was contractually obliged to stay
34:59If further dates were added, I'll refuse to release him
35:01Well, we know Michael was very ambitious
35:03So I assume he wasn't happy about that
35:07It's our first day off in the Caribbean
35:10Trinidad
35:11But we all spent the day by the pool
35:14Cheers
35:17Thank you
35:18I didn't realize until it was too late
35:20Ah, 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, please
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
35:43Bring 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?
35:52There is definitely something he's not telling us
35:55He said that Michael had done something not dissimilar to him once
35:59Spiked 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
36:14It was also about what he'd been doing to you
36:18The irony of it is that funding fell through in the end, tour was never extended
36:23Michael got exactly what he wanted
36:25Though I had the sense he usually did
36:27Which brings us back to this little collection
36:31I think he poisoned one of these lozenges
36:33Gave it to Michael backstage
36:35Then added poison to that wine bottle on stage after he died
36:39To misdirect us
36:41Make us think that's what killed him
36:43I'm afraid my little plan wasn't quite so smart
36:47Well, and not so deadly
36:49The bottle doesn't contain cyanide
36:51It contains...
36:53Lysergic acid
36:55Diathlamine
36:59LSD
37:01The hallucinogen
37:02I injected one of the lozenges
37:04Not with cyanide
37:06I didn't want to kill him
37:08I just wanted him to feel
37:09How he made me feel
37:13All powerless
37:16I wanted everyone to see it
37:20Ah...
37:20With a coward that I am
37:21I didn't go through with it
37:26And when Michael collapsed on stage
37:28And we were called
37:29I panicked
37:32A little frenzy
37:33I ran to the beach lockers
37:35Hit the evidence
37:36So it was you, our security sword
37:38Trying to get into the dressing room
37:40To get that key
37:41Did you tell anyone else about your plan?
37:44So smashed half the time
37:45I could...
37:46I might have left it lying around
37:49God, I 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
38:06And after Michael collapses
38:08No one goes near the bottle he drank from
38:11And look, Jez Garman puts down the bottle here
38:13And no one touches it again until
38:18I do
38:18There
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
38:29Didn't die
38:30And he did?
38:41You've reached Solomon
38:42Leave a message, I'll get back to you
38:45So, it's me again
38:48Can you call me back?
38:49Please?
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
39:05It 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
39:19Just basically took her for granted
39:21But 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
39:48Then 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, you want me to drop you off at the shack?
40:01No, take me to the high street please, I need to get a bucket and spade
40:05As in a...
40:07As in a kiddies bucket and spade for like the beach
40:11What other kind of bucket and spade is there?
40:14Sir, um, is this for the case? Or...
40:20Are you having a break now?
40:21Probably both
40:29Right, well, 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
40:54There's something that you don't know
40:57About me
40:59From before
41:01I, uh, I came back to St. Marie
41:04In Jamaica, I...
41:07I messed up
41:08On a case
41:10Big time and...
41:13And some of my file and the commissioner knows about it
41:18So...
41:19No...
41:20No, I'm not sure he's gonna have my back on this
41:23That'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
41:40Is that...
41:40The commissioner wants to give everyone a chance
41:44Cause I mean...
41:46He did with me
41:49Best decision he ever made
41:51And...
42:12Morning, Sarge
42:13Officer Rolls
42:14Yes, Thomas
42:17Somebody's giving the inspector some hair
42:21I never thought I'd see the day the man could have an Afro
42:24Whoever did this making a bold statement
42:26He he he
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, that really brings out your cheekbones, Inspector
42:46Kinda suits you
42:47Oh, and he's got his little kiddies bucket
42:51And spades
42:53Four of them in fact
42:55One bottle
42:57One dose of poison
43:02Three people drink the same liquid
43:06From the same bottle
43:09Now how come only one of them ingest the poison and the other two don't?
43:12Well, that's not possible
43:14Why not?
43:16They're sand in all of them
43:17Or 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
43:39Not legal, but definitely not murder
43:42Oh, sir, your buckets
43:43Oh
43:56The seeds washed all the sand away
44:00It's like I was never there
44:06Hang on
44:11The water made the sand disappear
44:16Or did it actually disappear?
44:19I mean, what if it was there all along?
44:21I think he poisoned one of these lozenges
44:23And added poison to that wine bottle on stage after he died
44:26No one goes near the bottle he drank from
44:29As for the fiasco
44:31Fairly high glucose levels
44:34And if that explains the bottle
44:37Then where did the poison come from?
44:40In a very, very swift makeup costume change
44:43Reappear as Caliban in Act 1 scene 2
44:46And with my long nails I'll dig deep deep
44:50Deep nose
44:55You know who did it
44:58And I think I know why
44:59But 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 Robes, I need you to run another tox report on Mr Farah
45:09But I need a glass of water first
45:10You're dehydrated!
45:11No, it's not a drink
45:12It's just a little experiment that will finally prove
45:15What really happened on stage three days ago
45:18One glass of water coming right up
45:29Now, I don't want to talk ill of the dead
45:33However, I think it's fair to say that Michael Farah was a selfish
45:37And self-interested individual
45:40Who only cared about what he wanted in life
45:42And how he was going to get it
45:45But, did the malicious and hurtful things he did to each of you
45:49Really mean he had to die?
45:54Anya, you obviously thought he did
45:58Because it was you that poisoned him
46:00What? No, I absolutely did not
46:06The mystery we've been trying to solve throughout this case
46:10Is how three people
46:12Could drink from
46:14The same poisoned bottle
46:16Yet only one of them dies
46:20We didn't know it
46:21But the answer has been right in front of us from the start
46:25And in a way, Mr Farah gave it to us
46:28In his dying breath
46:30And with my long nails, I'll dig the pig
46:33And I, with my long nails, will dig the pig nuts
46:39Because that's the thing about Caliban
46:41He was a monster, right?
46:43And as part of Michael's makeup
46:44To help make him look more...
46:46Monstery
46:48His nails were 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
46:59There were traces of cyanide in the dried varnish
47:04It was administered, Anya, by you
47:07During 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 2, Scene 2, yeah?
47:23A bit nervous
47:24He would pace and bite his nails
47:27Which after touring for 12 months together
47:30And having become intimate with him
47:33You also knew Anya
47:35But I told you, Michael only ended things with me
47:39Half 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
47:50Then it follows that you'd already found out
47:53Michael was 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 gonna end things with Anya
48:04I think you overheard that conversation
48:05After everything, I thought you should know
48:07And we believe that's when you decided to kill him
48:10Then, 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
48:24That 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
48:34To get back at Michael Farrah
48:36We know, Ms Chambers helped to put you to bed a number of times
48:40When you've overindulged
48:43Nathan, dear Ania, they took it in turn to bless him
48:46Bring me to bed
48:47And you admitted yourself
48:49You 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, Ms Chambers
49:02Okay, Rich
49:03A sip of water
49:06Mmm
49:08And that's when your plan started to take shape
49:13But instead of using LSD
49:16You used a fatal poison
49:20Now I have to admit, it didn't register with me at first
49:24The significance
49:26But when our lab tested the liquid in that poison bottle
49:30The cherry juice
49:31As for the fiasco
49:33They found the level of glucose in it
49:36Higher than normal
49:38That's where this comes in
49:42Just over an hour ago
49:43I 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, Ania
49:58With that wine bottle
49:59Just before yourself, Jez and Michael went on that stage for Act 2, Scene 2
50:04You see, as long as the lozenge was whole and hadn't dissolved
50:09Jez!
50:11It 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
50:22The lozenge had already melted away
50:25Releasing the poison
50:27Making it seem like it had been there all along
50:33But why?
50:34Why did you kill him?
50:38Ania, when you and Michael got together you were still feeling hurt
50:45And embarrassed
50:46By your husband's ongoing infidelities
50:50Him taking you for granted
50:53So for Michael, the kindred spirit
50:56That you'd risked everything for
50:58To humiliate you even further by finishing with you
51:02Only a few months after getting together
51:05Well, a bit more than hurt
51:08And that's when you realised
51:11That perhaps the rumours you've heard about Michael
51:14Which you previously dismissed
51:17Were actually true
51:19That Mr Dempster's claim that Michael spiked him
51:23Actually happened
51:25Did you tell them what Michael did?
51:27Yes, I don't think Ania believed me but
51:29And that Nathan Burns' own past run-in with Mr Farrell
51:33Was more than mere gossip
51:34There's been gossip amongst the cast ideas
51:36History between them
51:38So you decided to do something that was long overdue
51:42And on behalf of yourself
51:43And 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
51:55His own downfall
51:56His own humiliation
51:59Right there on that stage
52:00For all the world to see
52:04And that Miss Chambers
52:06Is why you killed him
52:16Anya Chambers
52:17I'm arresting you for the murder of Michael Farrah
52:21You do not have to say anything
52:23But it may harm your defence
52:25If you do not mention when questioned
52:28Something which you later rely on in court
52:43You not seeing enough of yourself already?
52:46It's never enough
52:49Return 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
53:03And I wanted to say I'm sorry
53:06You know you could have lost me my job
53:09Just 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
53:20He said he was going to charge me with wasting police time
53:23He caught my agent
53:24He's a pretty terrifying guy actually
53:27Oh and there he is
53:30OK
53:30Well look, I'd rather not have to deal with him again
53:33So I'm really sorry
53:45Sir?
53:48He apologised
53:49He did
53:50Thank 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
54:05But one has to follow procedure in situations like this
54:12It's...
54:14I just...
54:16I just thought you didn't believe me, sir
54:18You know, after everything that happened before
54:23You made a promise to me
54:26That there were going to be no more mistakes
54:30And...
54:31I tend to take people at their word
54:33You're a good sergeant
54:34I can see that
54:36So...
54:37Keep it up!
54:54That's great
55:05I'll...
55:07I hope you found her
55:21all
55:22um maybe make it best to three yeah another bullseye and i'm definitely going to antigua
55:46i don't believe it
55:52well that's that then i guess it's really happening
56:00yes thomas i'm just letting you know i won't be coming in tomorrow
56:07i'm actually taking your advice as it goes i'm going to see soul
56:13yeah well i mean i don't even know if he wants to see me but hey what's the worst that
56:18can happen
56:32more water please i think it rather suits him
56:36yeah that's the same thing i said sir looks like i wanted a jackson five and it is rather amusing
56:42isn't it
56:50so yes thomas what is it i think something has happened to the inspector
57:15what the hell's going on
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