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The Marlow Murder Club S03E02 (2026)
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00:11What were you all doing here?
00:12Oh, well, that is the question.
00:14Yes, Judith, it's the question I'm asking.
00:16We found out who Judith's mystery caller is.
00:19His name's Dave Butler.
00:21And you didn't think to tell me we were going to.
00:23Just as soon as we could.
00:24The point being that when we spoke to Dave,
00:26he said that he and Geoffrey were working together on his novel.
00:29And we came here to check out his story.
00:32It checks out.
00:34Gav?
00:36An intruder left here 20 minutes ago.
00:38Black hoodie, average building height.
00:40Go door to door, see if anyone saw anything.
00:42Yes, Gav.
00:43Anyway, as I was saying, you aren't able to just carry on.
00:46I think I know who the intruder was.
00:49You do?
00:50You do.
00:51You do.
00:59Hello, Marcus.
01:02Mrs. Pot.
01:04Detective Inspector.
01:06Rupert.
01:08Would you mind taking my next client for me?
01:10Yeah, sure.
01:12And tell Sue no interruptions.
01:15How can I help you?
01:17Just got back from a house viewing, have you?
01:21I really don't know what you're talking about.
01:24The break-in at Mr. Truman's house.
01:26And if you really don't know,
01:27why make sure we won't be interrupted?
01:32Let me tell you exactly what happened.
01:34You'll find I've done nothing wrong.
01:37Although I am intrigued.
01:38How did you work it out?
01:39Well, the intruder was definitely male.
01:42There are only two men on the council.
01:44And D.I. Malick was with Terence at the time.
01:47It was a guess.
01:48It was correct.
01:50I've committed no crime.
01:52No, I didn't break in.
01:53I used Geoffrey's spare key.
01:54But you ran for it.
01:56With the blackmail letter you sent to Geoffrey.
01:58The blackmail letter wasn't sent to Geoffrey.
02:00It was sent to me.
02:03Geoffrey was with me when I opened it.
02:05It was mortifying.
02:07Why would someone send something like this?
02:09But he said as mayor that he would take it for me
02:11and try and find out who sent it.
02:13When he died,
02:15I realised it was still at the house
02:16and knew how bad it would look
02:18covered in my fingerprints.
02:20So that's all I was doing.
02:22Taking back property that already belonged to me.
02:24Okay, let's say we believe you.
02:26The blackmail letter was sent to you.
02:28Why?
02:29I really have no idea.
02:33All an estate agent is
02:34is their reputation.
02:36And I wouldn't risk that.
02:38Not for anything.
02:41Don't you get it?
02:42You know, I'm the victim here.
02:44You know, someone has been harassing me.
02:56If he's so innocent,
02:58why did he wear a hoodie and gloves to Geoffrey's house?
03:00And run off when we challenged him.
03:03But is whatever he's up to connected to Geoffrey's death
03:05or is it something else?
03:08Can I give you a lift back to the station?
03:09Oh, thank you.
03:10I'm meeting someone.
03:11You know,
03:12you and I should do more interviews together.
03:14I enjoyed that.
03:16Don't push it.
03:21Seriously?
03:22All these receipts are from the council.
03:25Seriously.
03:26We could help, if you liked.
03:28Get some food in.
03:29Make a night of it.
03:30Bosh.
03:30Get the job done.
03:31That would be amazing.
03:34Okay.
03:34Marcus Percival's saying that the blackmail letter
03:36was sent to him and not Mr Truman,
03:38but he doesn't know why.
03:39What have we got on him?
03:41So, Marcus is married.
03:42Two kids, both in boarding school.
03:44He spends a lot.
03:46You know, fancy cars, holidays,
03:48trips to nice restaurants.
03:50Any hint of wrongdoing?
03:51Well, I spoke to some of his colleagues
03:52and they all say that he's trustworthy,
03:55honourable, perfect gentleman.
03:57Brendan, Jason,
03:59Mr Clarkson's saying he saw someone with light hair
04:01in the kitchen at the start of the meeting,
04:02but he couldn't see them properly through the glass.
04:05Can you check out his story?
04:06Got it.
04:07Sure.
04:10Hello, Dave.
04:17Why did you want to see me?
04:21To give you this.
04:22You've got my book.
04:23I was an archaeologist once.
04:25I know how important publication is.
04:29And you must know more about the petty cash
04:32than you've told us.
04:35All I know is that the total that was claimed
04:37went up significantly for the last two years.
04:39The accounts were still signed off.
04:41Suggesting that there must be receipts
04:43covering all that extra cash.
04:46Receipts that must be fake.
04:49Yes, that's very interesting.
04:52This is really kind of you.
04:55It's not me you should be thanking.
04:57It's Geoffrey.
04:59He really was a great Prince of all.
05:24Who ordered the Betty Supreme?
05:25Oh, must meet Hugh, Susie.
05:30We should definitely get pizzas delivered more often.
05:32For you.
05:33Oh, how lovely.
05:35A party.
05:36You've got a boring job to do.
05:37You might as well have some fun.
05:39My thoughts, exactly.
05:40How's it going?
05:41Well, we're focusing on the petty cash,
05:43just like Dave told us.
05:44There's a lot.
05:45Dave suggested there might be fake receipts in there
05:48to cover the cash through the stone.
05:50But how can we tell which receipts are real
05:51and which are fake?
05:53Lots of them are handwritten.
06:03Oh.
06:04So what made you join the force, Alice?
06:06Oh, um, well, I had an aunt who was a copper.
06:10Growing up, I just thought she was
06:12the coolest person in the family.
06:15I just wanted to be like her.
06:17She must be so proud of you.
06:19My great aunt was hugely important to me.
06:23Well, to aunts.
06:25And great aunts.
06:27An excellent toast.
06:29Oops.
06:30That's me.
06:31Sorry.
06:32I need to be somewhere.
06:34Where?
06:35A group of us are trying to get the bridge reopened.
06:37We're meeting up.
06:38Oh.
06:38Should we come along?
06:39Nah, there's no need.
06:40I know how these things go.
06:42We'll have a few drinks.
06:43We'll agree that the high street needs to be locked down
06:45with some kind of massive protest.
06:47And then, yeah, we'll settle on starting a petition.
06:49I'm not giving up, though.
06:56We're not going to finish this, are we?
06:58Why don't I take the boxes home?
07:00I'd love the chance to really get stuck into them.
07:03Yeah, they're all yours.
07:10Let's get this show on the road, yeah?
07:12Sure.
07:15Oh, hello, Susie.
07:16Oh, hi.
07:17You all right, Shanti?
07:18You're starting a petition?
07:19Oh, we can't have these landowners closing bridges
07:21just because.
07:22I mean, the community needs them.
07:24Oh, a sign.
07:25Oh, thank you.
07:26There we go.
07:27Nice.
07:27Sorry, I can't stop.
07:28I've got to get Shanti to school.
07:29All right.
07:29Maybe see you later.
07:30Yeah, later.
07:31Come here with the entrance.
07:32Oh, you've got a fire.
07:33Yeah, welcome.
07:34In the bridge.
07:34I spoke to your teacher.
07:39When I was your age, I saw a girl being bullied,
07:42and I did nothing.
07:44I know it was wrong, but I was just so grateful
07:46it wasn't me she was bullying.
07:49Is that what happened?
07:53That's why you're feeling bad, Susie.
07:56Because you're a good kid.
07:58Then you know if you see someone being bullied,
08:00you have to stand up for them.
08:12Hard at it, are we?
08:13Oh, sorry.
08:15Just remembered, I need to dig out that book
08:17on the Avery Standing Stones for Darius.
08:21Oh, of course.
08:23So I can show it to him when we meet for tea.
08:25Oh, here it is.
08:29Right, come on.
08:30I thought I was going mad with this one,
08:31but it really says £8.88.
08:34Oh, hold on.
08:35£8.88.
08:37We've had that before.
08:38You can't possibly know where.
08:42Give me a moment.
08:45No.
08:46Yes.
08:48Here.
08:49And here's another one.
08:51They're both for £8.88.
08:54This one's for Jackson's Hardware Store.
08:57Well, Jackson's closed two years ago.
09:00So how come it was selling paint supplies this January?
09:05They all have the same initials on them.
09:08D.S.
09:12Debbie Smith.
09:14Debbie Smith.
09:14Debbie Smith.
09:29You know he's got light hair.
09:31Paul.
09:32He has, hasn't he?
09:33And he'd have access to the aconites of his garden.
09:38How may I help you?
09:40I can only spare a few minutes.
09:42We wanted to know
09:43why you've been stealing cash from the council.
09:48Oh, God.
10:08Last year, no, earlier,
10:11I started getting forgetful.
10:14It was like I had brain fog.
10:17I thought I had early onset dementia
10:19and I couldn't sleep
10:21and I had hot flushes the whole time.
10:24Oh, I see.
10:26I found carrying a fan in my handbag
10:29worked wonders.
10:32I was falling apart.
10:35Work suffered.
10:37Paul gave me a formal warning.
10:40For going through the menopause?
10:42I needed treatment.
10:44But when I went to see my GP,
10:46he wasn't interested
10:47and the waiting list for a referral
10:49was over a year
10:50and I knew that
10:51if I went private,
10:52I could have a consultation tomorrow.
10:54It would just be expensive.
10:56I told myself I was
10:58only borrowing the money.
11:00I was always planning
11:01to pay it back.
11:03But you haven't.
11:05Did Jeffrey find out?
11:07I couldn't help noticing
11:08that on the day he died,
11:10only you and he
11:11went anywhere near
11:12that coffee machine
11:13and your fingerprints
11:15were on his coffee pot.
11:16He didn't find out.
11:18You know he didn't.
11:19If he had,
11:20he'd have gone to the police
11:21and he never did.
11:22Or maybe you poisoned him
11:23before he could.
11:24It was a few thousand pounds.
11:26People have killed for less.
11:28And you're an accountant.
11:29A crime like this
11:30could mean you never work again.
11:33No, I don't.
11:35I don't know why I did it.
11:36I was just,
11:37I was just so desperate.
11:41I will admit to
11:42skimming the money
11:43from the petty cash.
11:45That was wrong.
11:46But Jeffrey never found out
11:48and I didn't kill him.
11:50He was my friend.
12:09Sorry to interrupt,
12:10but where were you
12:11when Jeffrey died?
12:13I beg your pardon?
12:14Just so that we know.
12:16Where were you?
12:18As it happens,
12:19I went to the cinema
12:20that afternoon.
12:21Oh.
12:22Who with?
12:24On my own.
12:26What did you see?
12:28Brief encounter.
12:29Oh.
12:30I didn't have you down
12:31as a romantic type.
12:32That shows how little
12:33you know me.
12:34I actually really love
12:35any kind of romantic
12:36slushy film
12:37with a happily ever after ending.
12:39And now,
12:40if you wouldn't mind,
12:41I was working.
12:51The pictures are very exciting.
12:53I'm not here.
12:57I'm not here.
12:58I'm not here.
12:59I'm not here.
12:59I'm not here.
13:00I'm not here.
13:00I'm not here.
13:00I'm not here.
13:01I'm not here.
13:11I'm not here.
13:11How did it go?
13:13I'll be honest,
13:14not good.
13:15Everyone's down by the river
13:16for the swan-upping.
13:17How many signatures
13:18did you get?
13:2043.
13:21I think no one's
13:21going to get a bridge
13:22reopened with 43 signatures.
13:24Oh, I'm sorry.
13:24Oh, Susie.
13:26Guys,
13:27I think I'm going to head
13:27to the cinema this afternoon.
13:28I like it.
13:30The cinema.
13:31Box of popcorn.
13:33Kick back and relax.
13:34I'll catch up with you both later.
13:35All right.
13:36Laters.
13:42You know,
13:43we still don't know
13:43who sent Marcus
13:45his blackmail letter.
13:47Do you think we'll be able
13:48to work out
13:48where the individual letters
13:50came from?
13:50I don't know.
13:52Perhaps.
13:59All right.
14:01Even if we figure out
14:02that one of those letters
14:04came from
14:04homes and garden,
14:07anyone could have
14:08got hold of it?
14:16Anyone?
14:17Yeah.
14:18And what if I tell you
14:19that the sea
14:20in this word secret
14:21is a perfect match
14:23with a sea
14:24in Architecture International?
14:28And I can't help noticing
14:29that Terence
14:30is the only architect
14:31among our suspects.
14:35Let the record show
14:36I've been giving
14:37my full cooperation.
14:38Let the record show
14:39that you've been
14:39blackmailing Marcus.
14:41I beg your pardon?
14:42You shouldn't have
14:43cut the letters
14:44out of your trade magazine.
14:47Why did you do it?
14:49You're an upstanding
14:49member of the community.
14:50A town councillor.
14:55There's a social media account
14:57that posts awful things
14:58about the council
14:59and the town.
15:00Yes, we've seen it.
15:02Marcus is Marlow 1628.
15:04The man who always
15:05thinks he's better than you
15:06because he's got money
15:07and a fancy job.
15:08I don't believe it.
15:09Nor did I.
15:10Not at first.
15:13But there's this thing
15:14that Marcus does
15:15where he says
15:16under mime
15:17instead of undermine.
15:19Idiot.
15:20And one day
15:20that account,
15:21Marlow 1628,
15:23was attacking me
15:24and it said
15:25under mime.
15:26It got me thinking.
15:29The next time I saw Marcus,
15:31I told him travellers
15:31had moved into Riley Park
15:33when they hadn't.
15:34By that evening,
15:36Marlow 1628
15:37was spewing hatred
15:39against them.
15:43You set a trap for him.
15:45I had to know I was right.
15:46I was.
15:48But now you had a
15:49bit of a problem,
15:50didn't you?
15:51You knew Marcus
15:52was behind the vile account,
15:53but how to prove it?
15:56If you confronted him,
15:58he'd just deny it.
15:59So you decided
16:00to mess with him?
16:01How long were you
16:02planning on
16:02stringing him along?
16:04I thought he'd stop
16:05after he got my letter,
16:07but he just carried on
16:07posting that stuff.
16:08It made no difference.
16:09Which is why
16:10you were arguing
16:11with Geoffrey
16:11before the meeting.
16:12You told him about Marcus,
16:14didn't you?
16:14And I bet Geoffrey
16:15took the side of the law,
16:16telling you
16:17that you'd just
16:18confessed her blackmail.
16:19Which is why
16:20Mrs. Eddingham
16:21heard him saying
16:22how badly
16:22you'd dealt
16:23with the situation.
16:24Did he threaten
16:25to tell the police?
16:27And that's why
16:28you killed him.
16:28I didn't kill him.
16:31And the fact
16:32we had an argument
16:32proves it.
16:33Oh, punchy.
16:35Do you think
16:35I'd have time afterward
16:36to pick some aconite,
16:38extract its poison,
16:39and then lace
16:40Geoffrey's coffee with it?
16:42And remember,
16:43I saw the killer
16:44behind the glass
16:44in the kitchen.
16:45That's who killed him.
17:03Right, then.
17:05Let's see if
17:06Mr. Terence Clarkson's
17:07story adds up.
17:11Okay, ready?
17:13Ready.
17:14Right, I'm going to
17:15make everyone
17:16a lovely cup of tea
17:17and a hot pot of coffee.
17:19Here's a cup of scoops
17:20of poison.
17:21Step forward.
17:23One more step.
17:25One more.
17:26Really?
17:27It's important.
17:31Very funny.
17:33I can see that
17:33someone was behind
17:34the glass,
17:34but until you got
17:35right up close,
17:36you were just
17:36your hair color
17:37and a shape.
17:39Ah.
17:40Then the architect's
17:41story checks out.
17:42Come on.
17:45Okay, so
17:46let's say
17:46I'm the killer.
17:47I put out
17:48the poison coffee pod
17:49and I've stuck around
17:50long enough
17:51to make sure
17:51that Mr. Truman's
17:52taken it.
17:53What next?
17:54You're going to want
17:55to get out of the building
17:56and fasten.
17:57Through the nearest exit.
17:58Okay.
17:59Well, let's see
18:00where that goes.
18:01Hold on.
18:02What's up?
18:03I'm just going to be
18:03thorough.
18:05Okay.
18:06Okay.
18:06Okay.
18:07Okay.
18:09Okay.
18:10Okay.
18:12Okay.
18:19Why is there a laddie?
18:24Hang on.
18:26Look at this.
18:34Right then.
18:35Up you go.
18:36Okay.
18:37Don't worry.
18:37I'll hold it.
18:39I'm going.
18:40There's just a laddie.
18:41What's your problem?
18:43What can you see?
18:45Dust.
18:46Installation and dust.
18:48Huh.
18:49Hold on.
18:49What is it?
18:50I found something.
19:12I'm not meant to do it.
19:13I'm not meant to do it.
19:16I stood there for everything
19:17right on the edge
19:19but I couldn't.
19:22I wasn't brave enough.
19:23I should like to be able
19:24to say that it was the
19:25thought of you and the
19:26children that prevented me
19:27but it wasn't.
19:29I had no thoughts at all.
19:33Only an overwhelming desire
19:34not to feel anything ever again.
19:51So we now know that it was Terence
19:52who was behind Marcus' blackmail
19:54because Marcus has been running
19:55a vicious online account
19:56and it was Debbie
19:57who was stealing petty cash.
19:59Welcome to the town council.
20:02Any of these three people
20:03could have had reason
20:04to want Geoffrey dead
20:05if he had found out
20:06their secrets.
20:07Leaving only Sophia
20:08with no secret
20:08or motive.
20:10Even though it's her
20:11that grows the aconite
20:11and who called
20:13Alec Miller
20:14and told him not to come
20:15to the meeting that day.
20:17Oh, excuse me.
20:21Thanks.
20:23I just finished watching
20:24Brief Encounter.
20:25Oh, is that what you went to see?
20:27It was brilliant
20:27but Judith,
20:28it proves that Paul Hollingbury
20:29lied about where he was
20:30at the time of the murder.
20:44Hello, Paul.
20:45If you're looking for Sophia,
20:46she's in the garden.
20:47Actually, it's you
20:49we want to talk to.
20:50Oh.
20:51You told me you were
20:52in the cinema when Geoffrey died.
20:53Watching Brief Encounter.
20:55That's right.
20:56You also said that it ended
20:57happily ever after.
20:58It does.
21:00I don't know anyone
21:01who'd call that
21:02happily ever after.
21:03I was there, okay?
21:05Really?
21:08All right, look.
21:10Taking care of other people's money
21:12is high pressure.
21:13You know, sometimes
21:14when work's, you know,
21:15intense,
21:17I go to the cinema
21:17and sometimes
21:19I fall asleep.
21:21Oh, so that's your new line,
21:22is it?
21:23You were asleep at the time.
21:25Well, I didn't know
21:25I was going to need an alibi,
21:26did I?
21:27I mean, what even is this?
21:28I barely knew Geoffrey.
21:29Why would I want to kill him?
21:33Show yourselves out, yeah?
21:35Yeah.
21:36Yeah.
21:38He fell asleep.
21:40That's not much of a defence.
21:41Although he's right.
21:43Why would he want to harm Geoffrey?
21:45I don't know.
21:46But he fits the description
21:48of the person in the kitchen that day.
21:49He's got light-coloured hair.
21:52Interesting.
21:58I've seen that earring before.
22:02It's not how it looks.
22:04I hope not.
22:05Because I think it looks like murder.
22:07It's not what you think.
22:09Says the woman who grows aconite.
22:27You know, I said how Geoffrey had helped me.
22:31Well, I didn't really see him after that,
22:32not until he became mayor.
22:34But it was then that I...
22:36I really got to know him.
22:40And he was just so lovely.
22:42And so supportive.
22:45You may have noticed
22:46I don't get much of that at home.
22:48And I know it sounds silly,
22:50but I found myself thinking about him more and more.
22:54And then we had a council meeting at his house
22:56and I stayed behind after everybody had left.
22:59And Geoffrey was telling me
23:00about how much he was enjoying my podcast.
23:02How he was using my tips to revive an orchid
23:05he was growing.
23:05And I just...
23:11Oh, Sophia.
23:12I'm so sorry that I don't want to say.
23:15But he wasn't interested.
23:18He was still in love with his wife.
23:20And that's what he told me.
23:22My earring must have come off then.
23:24I was so embarrassed.
23:26What was I thinking?
23:28When was this?
23:30Last month.
23:32Geoffrey said we could just forget about it
23:34and carry on as before, as friends.
23:37But you couldn't, could you?
23:41I was just so confused.
23:43But I would never hurt him.
23:45I loved him.
23:46I...
23:46Oh, God.
23:48Did I...
23:48I don't even know why...
23:50He just...
23:51He just meant so much to me.
23:54Did he threaten to tell your husband?
23:57No.
23:59Geoffrey would never have betrayed me like that.
24:01Not when it would have ruined my marriage.
24:03You know that about him.
24:05You know what a good man he was.
24:08I was the last to arrive at that meeting.
24:10I never went anywhere near him or his copy.
24:12And now I've got to meet up with the others
24:13because we're due to choose his commemorative bench
24:15this afternoon.
24:16Just in case you were wondering
24:17if my day could get any worse.
24:21Actually,
24:23Sophia's not the only person
24:25who needs to be somewhere else.
24:26Of course.
24:27Your afternoon tea with Darius.
24:29You're getting nearer to that night cup.
24:31One meal at a time.
24:32Oh, stop it.
24:33The pair of you.
24:376-2-7-5-8-4-2-1.
24:40Okay, so
24:41Jason spotted a ventilation hatch
24:44at the council building
24:45that wasn't properly closed.
24:46In it,
24:47he found a plastic bag
24:48which contained
24:49a white coat,
24:51catering gloves,
24:52a syringe,
24:54and a blonde wig.
24:57So whoever was in the kitchen
24:59was in disguise?
25:00Which also means
25:01Terence Clarkson's description of him
25:03just went out the window.
25:04It could have been anyone behind the glass.
25:06Exactly.
25:10Here, there you are.
25:13There you go.
25:16And the other one.
25:44Jason and Brendan found a wig
25:46and a syringe
25:47hidden at the council building.
25:48Forensics say they found traces
25:49of aconite in the syringe.
25:51Is that how the poison
25:52got into the coffee?
25:53It's how it's looking.
25:54But they also found
25:55two strands of human hair
25:56inside the wig.
25:58Both auburn-colored,
25:59both a perfect match
26:00for Sophia Hollingbury.
26:01No.
26:02So Sophia was in the kitchen?
26:04Disguised in a blonde wig
26:05so no one would recognize her.
26:12Alex Miller, are you saying
26:13you didn't ring him?
26:14That's exactly what I'm saying.
26:22Do you mind if we put some software
26:26on your phone in case he calls again?
26:31I was the last to arrive at that meeting.
26:33I never went anywhere near him.
26:35Excuse me.
26:37May I have my bill, please?
26:39You haven't started.
26:40Just the opposite.
26:42I've reached the end.
26:52Judith, how was your afternoon tea?
26:55Darius was a no-show.
26:56What?
26:56He stood you up?
26:57It doesn't matter, not now.
26:58Do you own a wheelbarrow?
27:00I'm sorry?
27:01Do you own a wheelbarrow?
27:02It's a simple question.
27:04Yes.
27:04Why?
27:05I need you to bring it to my house.
27:07What's going on?
27:09And bring Susie too.
27:10We need her as well.
27:11But don't come for an hour.
27:13I need to make a couple of calls.
27:26He loved this spot.
27:28It's perfect.
27:30Now all we need is the dedication.
27:33A great friend to all.
27:43What are you doing here?
27:45I'm here to tell you who killed Geoffrey Truman.
27:50Who was it?
27:52Could be you, Terrence.
27:53Seeing as Geoffrey found out it was you who's been blackmailing Marcus.
27:55That was you.
27:57What are you talking about?
27:58But then you only sent the letter because Marcus is the person behind online account Marlow1628.
28:05How could you do that?
28:07Because you can't speak your mind anymore, can you?
28:10You say the wrong thing, you get shut down.
28:12You're right.
28:13It's a shut up.
28:15You see?
28:16Cancelled.
28:17What about Debbie?
28:18There seems to be a theme here.
28:20How did she cross Geoffrey?
28:22We don't need to go into that.
28:24I did wrong.
28:26You're right.
28:28I've been stealing from the council's petty cash account.
28:32To pay for medical bills.
28:33You're a thief.
28:34Well, a full confession and repaying the money can help.
28:39Whatever comes, take it.
28:50Let's be honest.
28:52It's always looked like Sophia was the killer.
28:54I mean, it was her that grew the aconite.
28:56And who phoned Alec that day to tell him not to come to the meeting.
29:00Also, Sophia, we recovered a blonde wig from the council building, along with a syringe that contained aconite.
29:05A few of your hairs were caught in the wig.
29:06This is what happened.
29:07You started in the kitchen, wearing a wig and a white coat.
29:12Then, using a syringe, you injected aconite into the decaffeinated coffee pod you knew only Geoffrey would use.
29:19Then you left, whipping off your disguise and hiding it.
29:23And then you re-entered the council chamber, the last to arrive and a bit late.
29:29But who was checking?
29:58Sophia, is this true?
30:01I could never harm him.
30:02You know that.
30:04It was Geoffrey who helped me when I had all that trouble with the graves.
30:07In fact, he and I had been working on correcting my mistake.
30:11We had even managed to locate the one body that had never been found.
30:15All the paperwork is in my podcast studio.
30:17Go and read it.
30:18I can prove it.
30:19We were working together.
30:21I did not kill Geoffrey.
30:24Judith, a fire's been reported at your house.
30:27Emergency services are on their way.
30:30I have to go home.
30:31Now.
30:48I have to go home.
31:00If one bit of it goes up, the rest will go up.
31:02Please hurry.
31:04We'll get there, don't worry.
31:06Look, there's a fire engine up ahead.
31:08Looking for something.
31:10I can see the flames.
31:14The whole house is on fire.
31:15It's all on fire.
31:17Where can I come?
31:17You're supposed to be at your house.
31:19I missed this.
31:20We can't get any closer.
31:21I'm not letting it go up in flames.
31:23Judith, come back.
31:26Have we got him?
31:28We've got him.
31:29I don't understand.
31:31You killed Geoffrey Truman.
31:34How can you say that?
31:35I told you he was trying to help me.
31:37He's a good man.
31:39And there it is.
31:40Why, he had to die.
31:41You killed him precisely because he was such a good man.
31:46He helped Sophia all those years ago.
31:49When she messed up running the graveyards.
31:51But then my mum died.
31:52I moved to the States to live with my arm.
31:53Sophia mixed up where people were buried.
31:56The location of one body was never found.
31:58It was your mother's grave that was never found.
32:02How that must have eaten away at you.
32:05Not having a grave to visit.
32:08You tried starting a new life in the States.
32:10But you couldn't let it go.
32:12So you came back to mother.
32:14You needed to find your mother.
32:16We're right, aren't we?
32:18Go on.
32:20But you couldn't find her.
32:21And you needed someone to blame.
32:24And that's how you found out about all of that missing money at the Council.
32:28You were all over them like a rash.
32:30Trying to find out what happened to your mother.
32:33But you kept hitting the brick wall.
32:35But you did discover that Sophia was in charge at the time.
32:38And now she was on the Town Council.
32:40How could that be?
32:42You needed to get closer to her.
32:44Which is when you had a stroke of good fortune.
32:47You bumped into Geoffrey.
32:48And when you learnt that he was now Mayor.
32:50You realised this was your chance to get to Sophia.
32:53You started working with him on your novel.
32:55And when Sophia needed a podcast studio installed.
32:57Geoffrey knew of your skills.
32:59And he put you forward for the job.
33:02Finally.
33:02You could get to the bottom of it.
33:04You had access to all her emails and files from back then.
33:09But you still couldn't work out where your mum was buried.
33:11And while you guessed there might have been a cover up.
33:13You never thought Geoffrey could have been part of it.
33:16But here was the proof.
33:18He was the person who'd helped Sophia get away with her mistake.
33:21So you decided to punish them both.
33:25Geoffrey had to be killed for protecting Sophia.
33:27And Sophia you'd framed for the murder.
33:30So that she would suffer every single day for what she'd done.
33:33Just like you suffer.
33:34I do.
33:36I think about it every day.
33:37You needed justice.
33:39So you constructed a plan.
33:42You took some aconite from Sophia's garden.
33:46And some of her hair that she uses to repel the slugs.
33:50You then had to make sure Alec wouldn't attend the council meeting that day.
33:53Easy for someone with your IT skills.
33:55You constructed a fake message.
33:58You then went to the council building.
34:00Put on a disguise.
34:01And injected the aconite into the decaf coffee pod you knew only Geoffrey would use.
34:10You made sure you were seen.
34:13And then slipped away.
34:17Making sure to hide the disguise and the syringe where the police would later find it.
34:24So careful.
34:25But you made a mistake.
34:27When I returned your manuscript to you, you glanced down at the bench as you said.
34:31It really was a great friend to all.
34:33Which I thought rather odd at the time.
34:36I knew the town council were organising a memorial bench for Geoffrey.
34:39And one option for the plaque was, a great friend to all.
34:45But how did you know?
34:47And then I remembered.
34:49The police had put an app on my phone.
34:51Do you mind if we put some software on your phone in case you called me?
34:53And here you were.
34:54The person who'd installed Sophia's IT.
34:57It would be a simple matter for you to bug her phone,
35:00installing spyware to listen even when it switched off.
35:03But that cuts both ways.
35:05Judith asked Sophia to lie.
35:06They say that she and Geoffrey found the location of the missing body.
35:10He and I were working on correcting my mistake.
35:12We had even managed to locate the one body that had never been found.
35:16That was the bait.
35:17Next you have to set the trap.
35:19Judith met up with Sophia this afternoon and together they recorded a little play.
35:23Thank you so much for giving me a listen.
35:25Oh, don't be stupid.
35:26My car was right there.
35:28What do you think's happened?
35:30I've no idea.
35:31How do you go any faster?
35:33She got Alec to start a fire at her house knowing that the smoke would be seen from Marlow.
35:37Including from your house.
35:39Oh, don't be stupid.
35:40My car was right there.
35:41What do you think's happened?
35:42You'd think they were rushing to the fire.
35:44So the coast would be clear.
35:45This was where you'd find the paperwork that would tell you, finally, where your mum was buried.
35:50Or so you thought.
35:52You lied to me.
35:54Sophia doesn't know?
35:56We can look into it.
35:57Start an inquiry.
35:58But currently, no.
36:00Just as bad as him.
36:01He was the worst.
36:04Don't believe anyone who says how great he was.
36:05He was a bad man.
36:06Covering up crimes is evil.
36:08Look, he was trying to help.
36:09Where's my mum?
36:11Where is she?
36:11Answer me that.
36:13She's lost.
36:13In the dirt somewhere.
36:15Alone.
36:15What, are you coming with us?
36:18At least you had to burn down your house to catch me.
36:20What makes you think I burned down my house?
36:24What makes you think I burned down my house?
36:36Oh, thank you so much for your help.
36:38Oh, what are you talking about?
36:39It was an honour to assist the crime-solving trio of Marlowe.
36:43Who doesn't love a good bonfire?
36:45Oh, quite.
36:45It's Emperor Nero again, isn't it?
36:48Though the three of you did more than just fiddle while I made Rome birth.
37:02I've spoken to the chief fire officer.
37:04Apparently they're called out to pay for buyers all the time.
37:06I'll see you on Malik.
37:07If I could have a word, please.
37:08Sorry, I'm needed, but great work.
37:10Thank you, all three of you.
37:14You really don't mind losing your great-aunt's archive like this?
37:17She'd be thrilled to know we used it to catch a killer.
37:20I love it.
37:26I don't even want to go.
37:28That's not fair.
37:29Okay, great.
37:30I'm getting in the shower first.
37:31You go, go.
37:32I woke up in the middle of the night and I was dead from the cold.
37:35Literally dead.
37:38Hi.
37:39Remember, what's the camping mantra?
37:42Don't do these things for fun.
37:58Judith, I am so sorry about this afternoon.
38:02There was a medical emergency at work and I had to go to the hospital with one of my staff.
38:07Well, that's terrible.
38:09Not that that excuses anything.
38:12Look, I stood you up and that's unacceptable.
38:17Please accept my sincerest and my deepest apologies.
38:22As it happens, your absence allowed me to solve the murder.
38:30Look, Judith, let me be honest with you.
38:37I am very much taken with you and I hate the idea that I'm messed up.
38:44Well, how about we reschedule?
38:48Well, I would love that, but it would have to be in the next few days.
38:52My colleague's illness means that I've been asked to head up a dig in Wales.
38:57They found some new standing stones in the Priscilla Hills.
39:01Well, I say new, they're at least 5,000 years old.
39:05How fascinating.
39:07Anyway, I just wanted to apologize in person and assure you that it will never happen again.
39:16How about now?
39:18Would you like to come in for a drink?
39:20There's a book I've been wanting to show you.
39:22I would like that very much.
39:25Please.
39:34Shanti, hello.
39:36Hi, Shanti.
39:37Hello, Susie.
39:38I wanted to help.
39:39Oh.
39:40I've shared the leaflet with my friends.
39:41Now.
39:42And Rico's mum made forms and I've collected 817 signatures.
39:46Well.
39:46When you see something that's not right, you've got to stand up.
39:49Preach.
39:50Will it make a difference?
39:51Doing the right thing always makes a difference.
39:54Come on.
39:55Let's do this together.
39:56So good.
39:58Hi, would you like a flyer?
39:59Oh, thank you.
40:01Would you like a flyer?
40:06Would you like a flyer?
40:07It's for the bridge, the temple.
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