Minder. S08 E03. Whatever Happened to Her Indoors.

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First broadcast 19th September 1991.  With a serious cash-flow problem and a newly-erected flag-pole advertising "British is Best" at the car lot, Arthur is suspected of bumping off his wife for the insurance and burying her on the forecourt when she disappears and he cannot account for her.  George Cole - Arthur Gary Webster - Ray Glynn Edwards - Dave Nicholas Day - D.S. Morley Stephen Tompkinson - D.C. Park Kevin McNally - Richards George Costigan - Billy Lill Roughley - Doreen Daley Sidney Livingstone - Bert Daley Cherry Gillespie - Lynn Michael Garner - Andrew Shanks Richard Syms - Drummond Geraldine Newman - Magistrate Philip Glenister - Greg Hunter Phillip Reader - Photographer Wilfred Grove - Neighbour Jonathan Donne - Traffic Cop Kenneth Coombs - Magistrate

Transcript

00:10the thing is right do we put it up every morning sunrise and take it down at sunset

00:15well if we do someone's gonna have to be here at least twice a day that might mean extra staff

00:19extra staff means extra wages now leave it up permanently i mean patriotism isn't a nine till

00:24five affair queen and country 24 hours a day in this establishment

00:29hey it looks good arthur yeah it does doesn't it a little touch of class a little bit of england

00:35cricket on the green sunday roast saturday night punch-ups at the pub

00:41you never be ashamed of your national heritage ray long before you were even a twinkle in your

00:46father's eye this country stood alone against the forces of darkness it is our duty to continue

00:51that valiant fight today what declare war on germany japan no only in the marketplace right

00:57when that flag is a symbol of our fight against my personal recession i better move these foreign

01:02cars off the front road it too right hey ray years ago sailor heath used to say export or die

01:09now it's

01:10a case of sell to keep well you get all the foreign ones over the back all the british ones

01:14down the

01:19front billy billy i've just got hold of a brand new range and you have been nominated to have first

01:24crack at them yeah they'll be smashing down the doors of your george and pierre de terre to get at

01:29them yeah hey hold on a minute billy will you hang on

01:43right right i'm still not sure about them japanese's let's compromise stick them in the middle

01:55sorry billy you there yeah look i don't want to go into details on the phone well you know what

02:00walls

02:00have billy no no not sausages ears billy ears i have to constantly be on my guard against industrial

02:08espionage but you must know that all calls from london to bradford are rooted through milan

02:14yeah one indiscreet word on the blower and the whole of downtown europe will be flooded with cheap

02:20impersonations

02:38can i help you sir yes i'd like to speak to mr arthur daly please

02:45yeah right as soon as you can billy treat yourself to a pullman i can recommend the kippers

02:50yeah get up gentleman outside asking for you arthur there you are ray union jack's only been

02:56flying five minutes and they're already flocking

03:07i see you're admiring my flagpole probably an old soldier like myself

03:12queen and country eh of course i've uh i've nothing against the common market per se but at the end

03:18of the day

03:19as the flag says british is best now uh which of my models can i interest you in this escort

03:25is a

03:26snip at two and a half one owner a nervous nun never driven at night this one over here never

03:31left the

03:32country estate of a member of the house of lords take it down i beg your pardon the flag it's

03:37got to come

03:38down well you just put it up i know i've been watching you had me eye on this place ever

03:42since you erected the flagpole

03:44my name is john richards planning enforcement officer oh visiting cards now eh i suppose this comes out of poll

03:53tax too

03:54well you might like to know mr richards that before i had this flagpole erected i went to the town

04:00hall and i was assured by the planning officer that i did not need planning approval that is perfectly correct

04:06well what are you going on about then

04:07i'm going on about that flag it contravenes the town and country planning brackets control of advertising

04:12close brackets regulation 71 superseded by the 1990 act are you saying i can't fly the union jack flag what

04:20it's called the union flag not jack it's a common mistake all right jack don't prevaricate are you saying i

04:26can't fly it

04:27not with british is best on it you can't you're joking i'm employed by the local council i never joke

04:32but british is best that's a highly debatable point of view and one you are not allowed to

04:38state on the union flag is there something i don't know am i being kept uninformed is a local council

04:45rule

04:46from moscow or peking has the third reich surfaced in the bowels of the town hall is this what i

04:52went over

04:52the top for that flag stays up in that case you'll be hearing from the borough solicitor and you squire

05:01will

05:01be hearing from mine

05:38look i'm sorry to trouble you i wonder if you can help me i'd like to have a word about

05:42my overdraft

05:43facility excellent

05:46yes i can see why you'd want to well as you can see i've encountered a temporary cash flow problem

05:52i'd like to increase the facility looks like you have already you're five thousand over the agreed overdraft

05:58limit are you sure yeah that is amazing you'd be surprised how many of my customers are amazed during

06:06the average day well notwithstanding that uh disconcerting information mr shanks i'd

06:12i'd like to increase the facility by uh 20 000. come thank you sandra

06:28i have directives from head office that have to be followed and as i say you're overextended already

06:35it's belt tightening time i'm afraid mr daly

06:42would it help if i lived in one of the third world countries i beg your pardon perhaps i should

06:47change my name to mexico or brazil they owe your lot billions and nobody's squeezing their collaterals

06:52now look look i'm mounting a big sales campaign to shift some of my car stock i'm urging everyone to

06:59buy british appealing to the patriotic art that beats in every punter really what a novel idea

07:06you see i have a vision mr shanks nay a dream if this green and pleasant land of ours is

07:13to be

07:13polluted by motor cars then i'm gonna do everything in my power to make sure they are british motor cars

07:20admirable admirable i'll tell you what mr daly i think it's an exciting concept

07:26i'm gonna increase your overdraft limit by 5 000. but i'm already 5 000 over precisely

07:33this way my books will balance let's review the situation again in three months time shall we

07:39in the meantime do try to stay within the new limit

07:47yeah

07:52yes sir but um what grounds do you have for suspecting that something's happened to her

08:00look could i have your full name and address please

08:19uh

08:38raymond raymond

08:40you having some sort of kinky party in here or what

08:44in here arthur you've got a bird in there what's the matter with the lights man from the electricity

08:52company came he turned them off because the bill hadn't been paid what and you let him you're supposed

08:56to be my minder why didn't you hit him well is that before or after i should have hit a

09:00man from british

09:01telecom british telecom yeah they've cut off all the phones same reason non-payment of final demands

09:06this is what happens when i leave you in charge isn't it i turn my back for five minutes and

09:10the

09:10old unlock up is transformed into a solo clip joint the only thing that's missing is some out of work

09:15actress passing off lemonade at 20 quid a bottle i'm very disappointed in you raymond now look here

09:22arthur i've been sitting here in the freezing cold i'm hungry i'm tired and i'm pissed off i've been

09:27sitting here for hours waiting for you so you just didn't come back to all this well it's not down

09:31of me you pay the bills of course it isn't calm down calm down sit down sit down there you

09:36are go

09:37on see this is what happens when you privatize everything these used to be service industries

09:41nice reliable little outlets on the monopoly board of life created for the older mankind

09:47i feel very sorry for you raymond why is that because you have your whole life in front of you

09:52and what do you see well not a lot at the moment arthur we need some more batteries i'll tell

09:57you what

09:57you see you see a country that won't let you run up the flag and say british is best you

10:01see a country

10:02where the big banks are squeezing the pips of hard-working entrepreneurs like me you see a country

10:06that expects us to push it and pull it into the 21st century with the help of torchlight and bongos

10:13you all right come on let's go and get a drink

10:19how's it going park quiet as the grave sarge though i left a note about one call on your desk

10:25might give

10:25you a laugh

10:35do you think it's some nutter definitely he hung up when i asked him for his name and address

10:45so

10:56well you never know park you never know there you go up inside there oh the best of british oh

11:06dave don't

11:07you let the local council here you say the best of british they'll close the club down are you talking

11:12about we put a union jack up to down a car lot day flag ray flag the council man told

11:17us oh that's

11:18right you're not allowed to call it the union jack anymore anyway we ran the flag up arthur's brand new

11:23flagpole which cost me an arm and a leg and some planning enforcement officer ordered us to take it

11:28down can you believe that dave we put erlyn buckhouse's flag up and because he said british is best on

11:33it

11:33the planning enforcement officer ordered me to take it down you're joking i'm employed by the local

11:40council i never joke taking me to court i'm going to fight it to the end

11:48can i quote you on that yeah who you great counter i'm a reporter look i couldn't help overhearing

11:53what's happening and uh i think it would make a very good story i'd like to interview you does

11:58your paper let you run an expense account yeah why i'd like a large vodka and tonic raymond would

12:02like a large brandy and dave would like half a lager now tell me what is your first question

12:11um i thought you might be interested in what this lady's just come in to report sergeant

12:16what can i do for you madam well i'm not sure probably silly for me to come i thought it

12:23best

12:24thank you you never know do you well no not till you tell me about it i don't why what's

12:30the problem

12:31i own the hairdressers on the green that's lynn's salon sergeant

12:43i've got a number of regular clients that i visit in their homes

12:47i don't know but it seems that one of my clients has gone missing missing well i've done her hair

12:55every thursday afternoon at three for the past well 15 years i got no reply when i visited her home

13:03yesterday and i tried again this morning well perhaps she's gone shopping i got no reply last

13:10week either and that's the first time in 15 years she wouldn't go a week without having her hair done

13:15let alone two weeks i feel something's happened to her right well let's start with this lady's full name

13:24and address shall we right now i'd like one with the young man raising the flag and you just a

13:30bit closer into the pole all right off you go right that's it lovely hold on hold on let me

13:35take my

13:35hat off right there smash in yeah lovely right now i'd like you to take some of my british range

13:46and be sure and tell all your readers everyone comes with a six-month warranty

13:50right right clickety click just got one or two adjustments to make

13:57there you go

14:03ready good

14:10great

14:15that's fine great got more than enough great the paper will be on the streets this afternoon mr

14:19daily i'll make sure you get some complimentary copies thanks for all your help always happy to

14:24oblige the fourth estate

14:29yes officer morning mr daly good morning ray

14:32i wonder if i could have a minute as you've beaten the morning rush to my car lot you most

14:38certainly may which of the models are you interested in now we've got a young lad down at the nick

14:42we're

14:43just booking him on a list of charges as long as your arm the speciality is breaking into cars

14:48among the items in his possession are a number of credit cards now we're not sure but we think that

14:55they might belong to your wife my wife and credit cards what a frightening concept

15:02i went round to your address but i can't get any answered you know where she is oh you won't

15:05find her

15:06there lad her indoors is staying with her in norfolk sorry she's staying with her sister

15:11up in norfolk do you think i could trouble you for the address yeah yeah wait wait there

15:20yes i'm sorry to disturb you this is detective sergeant morley metropolitan police cid

15:24i'm trying to locate a mrs daly i promise you something special billy and there it is what is it

15:34that is a microchip marvel billy what does it do it gives its fortunate purchaser an entirely new

15:40concept in his domestic life and i have exclusive distribution rights in the uk yes but what does it

15:45do it brings amusement to its owner and dare i say yes idea it also brings joy it is fun

15:52and it is

15:53functional i mean let us assume you want a five minute steak under the grill what happens you bung

15:58eight ounces of best scotch prime under the phone rings when you return to the cooker what are you

16:02confronted with charcoal embers not anymore you bung one of these on the cooker set the timer and when

16:09your steak is just right what do you hear that's amazing have we got any others well apart from the

16:21one that plays tenderly when your steak is just right i have one for your alarm clock which plays

16:26money money money when it's time to get up and go to work and i have one for a spin

16:30dryer which plays

16:31all shook up when the clothes are dry well i think you're on a winner there arthur how much are

16:40they

16:42good morning again detective constable park sorry i'm not disturbing you you are indeed what can i do for

16:48you i tried to phone first but your line appears to be out of order yes sir something to do

16:53with the

16:53drilling up the road what do you want

17:01i'm a worried man have you dragged me away from my business just to tell me you got worries

17:08foot next time you're giving evidence at the old bailey i'm gonna have you pulled out of the witness box

17:13or i can talk to you about my overdraft i wish to share my worries with you i'm an entrepreneur

17:19mr

17:19morley not a priest or a shrink bear with me please mr daly it's about your wife oh what about

17:28her i

17:29attempted to contact her at the address that you were kind enough to give dc park yeah she isn't there

17:36and neither is she expected as far as i can ascertain your wife has vanished what was she wearing the

17:43last time you saw her god knows what was yours wearing the last time you saw her a pale blue

17:49dress

17:49cream buttons black belt with gold fastenings matching earrings nylons black shoes black leather

17:55shoulder bag and if i was so inclined i could tell you the exact color of her underwear

18:03do you have a recent photograph of your wife what on me yeah certainly not don't carry that sort of

18:10stuff around with me you sure she's not staying with her sister in norfolk she could be in their

18:17spare bedroom her sister's very vague mr daly yesterday your wife failed to keep an appointment

18:26at the hairdressers for the second week running prior to this she hasn't missed an appointment in

18:3215 years we have also received information from a member of the public who alleged that something

18:39untoward has happened to your wife you told dc park she was staying with her sister in norfolk she

18:44isn't you told me you haven't seen her in a couple of weeks she appears to have vanished off the

18:49face of

18:49this earth aren't you concerned for her welfare mr morley her indoors is a formidable woman very

18:56formidable i appreciate your concern but it is misplaced i assure you nothing has happened to her

19:03and i'll be grateful if you'd stop your inquiries really why look if she hears the police are looking

19:12for her she'll be put out very put out and when her indoors is put out she has a tendency

19:18to become

19:18aggravated and i've learned from experience that when she's aggravated i get aggravation now somehow

19:25don't ask me how her indoors works in mysterious ways but somehow it will be my fault that you are

19:31looking for her and i have got quite enough on my plate without that i'd like you to check her

19:36wardrobe

19:37nah nah she wouldn't be in there we just want to establish what clothes are missing it would help

19:43when we put out a full description i'll send dc park round to collect a list of the missing clothing

19:49and a photograph if you like

20:00oh come on you don't think he's done her in sarge he might have done but arthur daly's not capable

20:08of

20:08murdering anyone is that what they taught you at hendon some people are capable of murder and some

20:15people aren't what a well-ordered world you live in yeah but this is arthur daly we're talking about

20:20i'm just an ordinary average man eh absolutely johnny i don't know if arthur daly murdered his

20:27wife or not yet but what i do know is that the prisons of this country are full of ordinary

20:34average men and some of those ordinary average men are serving life sentences for murder

20:52daly's into europe managing director speaking arthur it's right ray you seen the local paper yeah

20:58and so have the local council that planning officer's been over here with a summons they're

21:02going to take you a call right bring it with you to drummond's office i'll meet you there tell

21:20me what's your favorite color blue thought it might be i'm afraid we can only offer three

21:27colors on our traffic lights red amber and green now you've sat there while we've gone through our

21:33entire range twice we're out of blue at the moment i want you to put that car into first gear

21:39and move

21:39it right yes obviously

21:49yes i do understand that sergeant i'm always anxious to help the police as long as you understand my

21:54position i can't of course make any official statement but provided i had your assurance that

21:59anything i might say to you would be off the record i'd be happy to cooperate

22:06fine i look forward to seeing you

22:20mr daly george mr daly this is raymond member of my staff he's also a family nice one

22:28nice to meet you come and sit down well this is a very serious business very serious

22:42i think it'd be wise to retain a top silk now what about john rockman top glass man

22:47he'll give them the run for your money how much

22:50well a retainer of ten thousand pounds should do it and then of course there'll be refreshers

22:55refreshers

22:56yes a thousand a day for the length of the trial well that kind of money i'm the one who

23:00need

23:01refreshing that'd be cheaper to do a lord lucan no no i defend myself that's unwise you know what

23:07they say man who defends himself has a fool for a client that'd be an expression coined by a member

23:12of your profession i take it do you know i think it was look all i was doing is asserting

23:17my common

23:17rights i mean what sort of sentence could they give me and if you found guilty hmm oh it'd be

23:22life no doubt about that your age you'll probably die in prison oh yes it'd have to be live well

23:29for

23:29flying a union jack on a bloody flagpole and saying british is best i beg your pardon oh here you

23:35are

23:36well this is the summons they deliver us today

23:45ah my apologies mr daly i assumed you'd come to see me on another matter what other matter oh something

23:51connected with your um your wife's disappearance my wife has not disappeared she's been mislaid now about

23:57her summons oh this presents no problem at all no no none at all on the evidence of this article

24:05you're

24:05obviously guilty you'll be fined and ordered to take the flag down tell me um how is mrs daly

24:14it was difficult trying to establish anything at daly's being evasive was he more elusive it's hard

24:20trying to keep up with him in the dark the electricity had been cut off i also established that the

24:25phones

24:26have been cut off having money problems is he well well well did you get a photo of the lady

24:32no you

24:33what he said he couldn't find any he also said that none of her clothes were missing as far as

24:37he could

24:38tell did he now well i wonder what his good wife has been wearing for the last two weeks

24:43he then asked me whether the local council was being ruled by moscow or peking

24:49and inquired whether the third reich had resurfaced in the bowels of the town hall

24:56mr daly do you wish to question the witness

25:00mrs worship one cannot hold a dialogue with a man who is permanently cock in a deafen

25:07i am aware that this man was using the infamous phrase only obeying orders

25:14i call raymond albert daly

25:20did you ever talk about his home life i never knew he had one what about

25:28what about other women did you ever see arthur with another woman i never saw arthur with his wife let

25:35alone another woman mr daly yes mr daly you are currently employed at the arthur daly car showroom

25:45all leading models carried significant discounts given 1a graceful road northwest six are you not

25:50that is correct uh you have heard the evidence given by this person from the uh planning office at the

25:56town hall yes i have um if you were the fact that you was present when mr richards and me

26:02was talking

26:03about the union jack uh do you have anything that you would like to add yes i do mr richards

26:10arrived

26:10on the car lot shortly after 9am i was concerned to notice that he was staggering about and bouncing off

26:16of the stock you are referring to the made in britain stock everyone with the six month warranty

26:21yes i am i grew apprehensive when it became apparent that his breath smelled heavily of alcohol

26:28i was concerned about the valuable stock and it seemed likely to me that at any moment he might

26:33commit a very violent act that's outrageous that's what i thought at the time and as i recall you

26:38was also singing something about there's only one team in london that's a bloody lie need i say more

26:45madam worship now i realize that your lad works for arthur daly and that you

26:51obviously owe him a certain loyalty yeah yeah well we are family family yeah yeah precisely um

27:00and it's in his interest that we get to the bottom of this affair by helping us you're helping him

27:07is that what what what i want yeah no is that what arthur said oh oh yes that as well

27:19are you sure would i lie to you love it's what mr daly would say if he was here now

27:24turning to mrs daly

27:27just within these four walls would you know if there was another man in her life

27:38well she went a bit quiet for a while when steve mcqueen died

27:43mrs worship i represent an ethnic minority we few we happy few are englishmen and proud to be just

27:52that oh i'm sure if i went around rubbish in my country i'd get a standing ovation in certain

27:58quarters and a grant from the local council i went into a public house during the world cup england

28:05were playing cameroon the whole pub was cheering for cameroon this in a country that invented football

28:15i have led a blameless life yet i am brought before you like a common criminal because i dared to

28:23say

28:23british is best

28:28what has happened to traditional values so you were saying that mr daly came in to see you recently

28:36what about about his overdraft he wanted to increase his limit big overdraft is it sir substantial quite

28:43substantial did he say he had any prospects of reducing it in the near future you know as a

28:48matter of fact he did some scheme or other he just had a large flagpole erected on his forecourt

28:56i can't remember precisely but it was an important aspect in his plans to raise money

29:03i am intrigued by the comment you made to the planning enforcement officer

29:08do you seriously believe that the local town hall is run by a bunch of extremists who are bigoted

29:16paranoid and grossly incompetent i couldn't put it better myself your reference to mr richards about

29:24going over the top indicates you have a military history oh yes indeed i do can you give us some

29:30details oh indeed i can i did two years national service the catering corps at catrick and i was sent

29:36on six weeks secret detachment to the isle of white

29:42you've been neglecting your cuticles

29:46there's really no need to do this you know i just want to ask you a few questions

29:51of course but it looks better if you're a customer you know how people are about the police

29:57yeah i do in my experience people confide in their hairdressers they tell them things they

30:03wouldn't dream of saying to anyone else that's true take mrs daly now regular customer for 15 years

30:11you probably know more about her than anyone else alive

30:15i can tell you this she's got wonderful roots

30:27that was a bit strong wasn't it saying he was pissed on the car lot not at all little bird

30:33told

30:33me that the magistrate's t-total

30:40after i talked with your colleague the other day i gave the matter considerable thought

30:44and i recalled something that might just possibly be relevant

30:48a number of years ago mr daly lodged this with me

30:56while not fully embracing your opinions on the people who are running this borough

31:02we incline to the view the prosecutions like this tend to give your position considerable credibility

31:12i wish our borough solicitor to advise those who have instructed him in this

31:19to investigate as a matter of extreme urgency the allegation that council employees are consuming

31:27alcohol during working hours

31:33this court is giving you an absolute discharge your costs will be awarded against the council

31:42of course should you repeat the alleged offence and the council proceed against you

31:50then you must understand that if i'm guilty you might well incur a fine thank you mrs

31:56monsieur

31:59all right so you've established a motive i still don't believe that arthur daly has murdered his wife

32:07it's a proven and indisputable fact park 85 percent of murders are domestic

32:13the wife gets murdered you start with the husband 85 times out of a hundred you get a hole in

32:19one

32:24uh that concrete plinth what would you say it measured six by four

32:38mr dain mr this way please and one more

32:43i want to do a follow-up story had a little man beat the council that sort of thing my

32:46pleasure greg

32:47my pleasure you follow us back to the car lot and it can be conducted at the scene of my

32:50triumph

32:50you watch out arthur here comes the enemy mr richards greg hunt westland recorder what if

32:56i could have a comment for our readers on the verdict it was a travesty of justice

33:00i'll be watching you daily every move you make i'll be watching you you lose some you lose some

33:06why don't you invite back for a drink arthur um oh he's gone

33:38i want you all as witnesses every single one of you this is nothing less than a case of criminal

33:43assault you're nothing better than a middle-aged vandal morley you've gone too far this time

33:48though i've just stuffed the council you'll be no trouble i'm doing you for criminal assault and

33:52battery i have all the required permissions daily what required permissions who in their right mind

33:57to give you permission to do a thing like this what are you up to i'm continuing my investigations

34:02into the disappearance of your wife my wife what's she got to do with your want and destruction

34:07it's quite simple really i'm trying to establish she's buried beneath this flagpole

34:19are you aware that i supply electronic components for the medical profession

34:25yes yes and you are literally putting human life at risk by cutting off my telephone lines

34:31checks were sent to you weeks ago for all outstanding bills

34:35no no no i want a full-scale investigation i also want my lines restored

34:41what do you mean have a nice day hello

34:56why is it whenever you put a shovel in an englishman's hands he always leans on it

35:00hello billy it's no point in filling the hole arthur they'll only have to dig it up again when

35:05i come to put the flagpole back up arthur i've come down for some more micro chip marvels

35:10they're going to molly bradford i'll take six dozen tenderly and three dozen mixed money money

35:14money and all shook up come inside billy good good don't see you've seen since finally and dug up that

35:21flagpole arrangements are underway for the re-erection of the flagpole complete with flag mr richards

35:41thank you billy nice to know i'm bringing so much culture into so many people's lives

35:45all loaded up and ready to go billy thank you ray are you the real tool fancy drink that one

35:49just

35:49it uh no it's a bit too early for us billy might see you there later all right bye for

35:53now yeah laters

36:06arthur yeah about arnie well they're indoors yeah where exactly is she right if i knew i'd be much

36:15happier what you mean you think something really has am to it oh course it hasn't i'm talking about

36:19what's happening to me i mean how can i earn a crust with that melon morley going on about how

36:24worried

36:24he is and there's the aggravation of the flagpole next thing we know they'll be searching the lock

36:39oh my good god i can't remember what in the stock is straight and what isn't have we got the

36:44receipts for

36:44the striptease egg timers yeah those must go ray those must go and those must go and what about the

36:50swish yodeling corkscrews are they bent or are they not that's all right those must go use your discretion

36:55but they must be hidden all that must go those must go these are all right keep moving officer i'm

37:04stock taking mr moley wondered if you'd like to come down to the station please

37:13why are you being so polite ever since you and more have been going on about early indoors you've

37:18become very polite it's my experience when police officers start being polite they are about to kick

37:24you somewhere very sensitive all right raymond i'm leaving you in charge remember all them orders

37:31we've got to get out get them out i'll leave it all in your hands only when you're finished you

37:36stop

37:37taking mine i'll just go and get my keys and my coat there's no need to take your car mr

37:43daly i'll

37:44give you a lift my pleasure note that ray excessive courtesy

38:01dalian europe managing director speaking

38:06yes well it was definitely sent weeks ago yes yes that is correct i i am indeed working on secret

38:13contracts for the ministry of defense you'll give it priority service i'm deeply obliged goodbye

38:23uh do you mind officer you do not have security clearance for that kind of classified information

38:31billy ray daly yeah i'm glad i caught you mate well i think i can safely say that today is

38:37your lucky day

38:39yeah get yourself over here now mate none of your wife's clothes are missing

38:44what does that say to you she's traveling light very light i'd say you failed to report her missing

38:52i didn't know she was missing did i you sound like one of the insurance claim forms state where you

38:58last saw the items you are claiming for if you knew where you last saw them you wouldn't be claiming

39:02for them would you how would you describe your relationship with your wife i wouldn't i'm not

39:07given to making public pronouncements about my personal life but what i am prepared to discuss is when

39:13you're going to get my flagpole back up oh these things take time daily paperwork you know you've

39:18got it down fast enough he's now blocking a row of pristine made in britain cars i've had three

39:22punters wanting a test drive i'm losing a fortune would i be right in saying that you're more concerned

39:28about your flagpole than you are about your wife my wife is not laid out in the car lot in

39:34front of my

39:34prime stock that's true we have established that just exactly where is your wife i don't know i wish

39:42i did entrepreneurs do not increase their takings by chatting with police officers

39:51detective sergeant morley cid

39:56it's the business manager british telecom

40:08arthur daly no no no no that's all right

40:14no no no no i also supply equipment to the police

40:18yes indeed that is correct i need to be in 24-hour contact with my clientele in the medical

40:23profession priority reconnection i am deeply obliged

40:29yes yes and i'll get in touch with a bank get them to go through their records and sort out

40:32your check

40:33fine time goodbye going through a bit of a bad patch are we

40:40you wouldn't know about that would you monthly paycheck superannuation pension scheme all the

40:47little perks i can't go prancing into some subsidized canteen when i feel peckish i live

40:52in the real world yeah and we've established that you're finding it chilly and we've also

40:58established that some years ago you took out an insurance policy on your wife

41:03i did you did did i yeah i think you'll find it's lodged at your solicitors

41:14in the event of her death you stand to collect a tidy song how tidy positively neat

41:26are you sure you heard arthur right definitely tell billy he said that i want him to take

41:31the entire remainder of my stock of microchip marbles on sale or return

41:37he wasn't having an attack was he it's not like arthur it's not like him at all you mean he's

41:42trusting

41:43me of course he is he's even thinking of opening up my northern branch to give you a bit of

41:48service

41:48bloody hell well he hasn't been that generous since he sold me a ticket for last league united cup

41:56final of course it would count defeat but it's a thought that counts isn't it right now while we're

42:01at it what about some singing camels camels bradford high definitely in view of the fuss that you made

42:08about your flagpole i'm giving you notice of our intention to search your premises she's not in the

42:14lockup i'd have seen her i'm talking about your home well she's not there either still you're welcome

42:22to go and look rest assured it will be left precisely as we find it well that's a spare key

42:28leave it on the old table

42:39there you go squire

42:47you're right you you sure this stuff's not iffy of course it isn't dave we just grab for space at

42:52the

42:52lockup

42:58what's yours charlie uh pie please

42:59better

43:09i want you to make a full statement

43:14you're not of course obliged to say anything but anything you do say will be taken down

43:19and may be used in evidence

43:24i want to know all about your wife you can start with the day you met her by the time

43:31you've finished

43:33i want to know her better than you do

43:37what i want to know is why arthur daly can't store all this stuff round his house he told you

43:43the police

43:44might search search well suppose they come here to search we'll be accessories

43:52i blame all this on that wife of his i never did like her

43:59if someone's done her in they should get the nobel peace prize

44:03well that's auntie you're talking about now where do you want these laughing policemen

44:09so what do you think then sarge i want a body park that's what i want when i've got that

44:15i'll tell you what i think in the meantime have daly sign that and let him go

44:33keep the change

44:51raymond you've been excessive

45:04so

45:06we're

45:18we're

45:31we're

45:33we're

45:45we're

45:46we'll find her sooner or later what have you done with her

45:52you can't leave this stuff here forever ray i've got a club to run well you know arthur and he's

45:56stock taken ray

45:58hey thank god you're here i thought you'd gone missing too i need the use of your spare bedroom the

46:06police have completely turned my place over

46:07well it'll have to be the kitchen arthur the spare room's full of your stock

46:11tar dave

46:14ah now that will be her indoors arthur

46:17how'd you know that she's been ringing every five minutes

46:22hey now come on let's get it over and done with arthur

46:30go on

46:38answer it

46:46did you sample out dave

46:48uh very very

46:49what discovered have been a massive police out for her

46:52yeah yeah she's been talking with her next door neighbor

46:54he's been complaining about

46:56all night police parties

46:58hooliganism

46:59and he would have mentioned the various visits too i assume

47:01phone lights air dressers

47:03yeah yeah they did crop up in the conversation

47:05yeah and apparently the residents association has lodged a formal complaint

47:09and the caretaker is anxious for the worse

47:19you must be relieved arthur

47:21relieved well that auntie's all right

47:22relieved

47:25relieved

47:26you are looking at a definitive case of terminal aggravation

47:31she went to elf farm didn't she

47:33of course she did spur her the moment

47:38said she gave me a letter for the air dresser

47:40probably went down the same black hole as my checks for the phone and the light

47:46come on ray let's go and see if morley's got that flag pulled up

47:48look are you sure you don't want to pop round and see auntie

47:50it's all my fault i told those bloody policemen it would be

47:54and make things worse she says she's lost weight

47:56and wants a complete new wardrobe of clothes

47:59i have committed

48:01invaluable man hours in the pursuit of this investigation

48:05taxpayers money has been expended

48:08the police computer has been mobilized

48:11there has been an all station alert throughout the country in the hunt for your wife

48:15and all this could have been avoided if you hadn't mislaid her

48:18and now

48:20you come strolling in here

48:22bold as brass

48:24demanding that blasted flagpoles are re-erected without delay

48:29i'm telling you

48:30that your flipping flagpole was re-erected at the taxpayers expense three hours ago

48:37i'm gonna count to five

48:40and if you're still here when i've finished i'm gonna charge you with wasting police time

48:47out

49:04hold on while i put the flood lights on

49:14after the flagpole is up it's gone somebody's nicked it

49:20you

49:22you

49:23you

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