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The Marlow Murder Club S03E01 (2026)
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00:46I don't believe it.
00:50Okay, Luna.
00:52This stops now.
01:11Geoffrey.
01:14Cup of tea.
01:19You're right.
01:20You're always right.
01:22I shouldn't have...
01:22Don't worry.
01:23Did you bring any biscuits?
01:25As it happens, I did.
01:27Chocolate bourbons.
01:29The king of biscuits.
01:31Lovely!
01:33I mean, I know I bring them every time, but they really are the best.
01:37Quite right.
01:38Couldn't agree with you more.
01:41Afternoon, gents.
01:43So, what's on the agenda?
01:44Big collections, potholes, or dog mess in Higginson Park?
01:48If we're really lucky, all three.
01:50What a ray of sunshine you are, Terrence.
01:53Oh, chocolate bourbons.
01:55You can't beat the velvety chocolate of a bourbon biscuit.
02:01Ah, Debbie.
02:01Perfect timing.
02:02Can I make you a coffee, darling?
02:04I can get my own.
02:05Thank you, darling.
02:07I just need to distribute these...
02:09Let me...
02:12There you are.
02:18Marcus said he had a viewing in an hour, so...
02:21How about we just crack on?
02:23Sadly, that won't be possible.
02:25We can't start the meeting without Sophia.
02:27We're not quarrot.
02:28Terrence.
02:29Can't you just overrule him, chairman?
02:30He's not the chairman.
02:31He is.
02:31He isn't.
02:32Are you really saying the mayor of Marlow doesn't chair our meeting?
02:35Authority is only invested in a chair when the meeting has been convened, and we're not quarrot.
02:46I'm sorry I'm late.
02:47Just in time.
02:48Come in, Sophia.
02:49Come in.
02:49I was in my studio and completely lost track of the time.
02:55Have I missed anything?
03:00Right then.
03:01That's the last of it.
03:02Well done, everyone.
03:03We're going to have to get on the road if we're going to make the campsite by Nightfall.
03:06Great outdoors awaits.
03:10Sure you don't want to come with us?
03:12Instead of staying here with the whole house to yourself?
03:14Text me when you get there.
03:15We are going to have so much fun, aren't we, Sam?
03:18And have a total digital detox.
03:19Please, I'm going in the glove box.
03:21Hurry up, we're getting in.
03:22You're getting in the back.
03:23No, I'm not.
03:24I'm always in the back.
03:26Just leave each other alone.
03:27Tell us.
03:28Get in.
03:29We'll swap halfway through.
03:30Just get in.
03:31We're swapping halfway through.
03:32In four days.
03:33Good luck.
03:35Please wear sunscreen, both of you.
03:37Good luck.
03:39.
03:40.
03:41.
03:41.
03:41.
03:41.
03:46.
03:51.
04:14item three astronomy restaurant run by ferdy blake it's applying for a temporary late license
04:20something to do the book launch i think sorry sorry to interrupt you're not interrupting we always
04:27want to hear from members of the public oh thanks it's just that bridge at temple it's still all
04:33locked up for safety but it's been months and the kids on the other side they can't walk to school
04:38their parents have to drive them the long way around into marlo unfortunately bridges fall under
04:44the purview of defra not there must be something you can do uh perhaps jeffrey you could have a
04:49quiet word with the landowner jeffrey jeffrey
05:14he's dead
05:18you paid last week it's only fair that i pay this come to it fair please no what you can
05:23do next
05:24week on my card please no no my card i invited you to brunch it would be ungallant if i
05:30let you pay
05:32besides who knows if there's even going to be the next week indeed who knows oh excuse me i need
05:39to
05:39get this susie i'll be there in five i've got it i have to go
06:08am i glad to see you what happened i don't know it was fast one minute he was sitting there
06:13next
06:13minute buff the man was on the floor did he say anything no but he did look at his coffee
06:18cup before
06:18he went over there might have been something in it i told the witnesses to wait for you over there
06:24thank you jason alice initial statements and susie are you going to be okay
06:32you're going to be okay
06:38i still can't believe it is it even possible was he unwell had he mentioned anything wrong
06:45no must have been a heart attack and you are sorry marcus percival marcus percival estates
06:53this is terence clarkton he runs a local architect's practice i take jobs nationally
06:59and this is debbie smith accountant and council secretary
07:08sorry sophia hollingbury i make a podcast a very successful podcast did you know anyone
07:14who may have had any grievance towards mr truman i'm afraid i'm going to have to stop you there
07:19because that is quite simply impossible i'm sorry oh terence is right
07:24jeffrey was the best of us it's how he ended up being there everyone loved jeffrey
07:40did sanika tell you when the toxicology report was coming in no did either of you know it
07:47jeffrey i met him a few times at church events and remembrance sunday
07:51i only met him for 30 seconds then he died
07:53yes what were you doing at that meeting
07:56oh you know the bridge at temple it's been closed for months the landowner refuses to repair it
08:01i thought the council could make him mend it but apparently it's not a council matter
08:08oh okay here we go
08:12what it's not tanika
08:13oh what that's your going for brunch with darius face
08:18actually you couldn't be more wrong that's not what this is about at all
08:22so what is it about um i invited him for afternoon tea
08:28knew it
08:29it's just afternoon tea
08:31sure but it starts with brunch moves on to afternoon tea
08:35and before you know it you've been inviting him in for a nightcare
08:39i think it's wonderful
08:40stop it the pair of you
08:41there's a book on the avebury standing stones i want to lend him that's all
08:45yeah standing stones sure
08:49oh he's keen i'll give him that much
08:51it's tanika
08:55tanika have you got the toxicology report
08:58afternoon judith
08:59and yes the labs have run preliminary tests on the coffee in mr truman's cup
09:03they found traces of a poison called aconite
09:05he was poisoned
09:06the full report in the morning will tell us more but yeah it's hard to looking
09:11gotta go but thanks for the tip-off susie it really helped
09:16so what's aconite when it's at home
09:18oh it's monkshead isn't it
09:20or wolf spain i think it's got another name as well
09:22okay impressive
09:24there's this gardening podcast i always listen to
09:26notes from a marlow garden
09:27and the host is always talking about poisonous plants
09:30and which one she grows at home
09:31she didn't know jeffrey by any chance
09:33oh
09:34she was with him when he died
09:37it's sophia hollingbury
09:39hang on
09:40she did an entire episode on aconite earlier this year
09:45the garden is in little marlow
09:52oh
09:58not a bad manner for someone who makes podcasts
10:18this way
10:21this is it isn't it
10:35don't touch a thing
10:36it could be dangerous
10:38well everything
10:40everything
10:41can i help you
10:47hello sophia
10:49i'm bex
10:50i'm a big fan of your podcast
10:51these are my friends
10:52judith and you've met susie
10:54we're civilian advisors to the police
10:56oh i'm so sorry to have to tell you that jeffrey was poisoned
10:59he found traces of aconite in his coffee
11:02no
11:02do you grow aconite
11:04well i do yes but
11:05well you can't possibly think it came from here
11:08lots of gardens have aconite
11:10it's such a beautiful flower
11:11it's very popular
11:13could have come from anywhere
11:14ew
11:16is
11:16is that human hair
11:17i take it from my hairbrush every morning
11:20keeps the slugs away
11:21i've found over the years that the old ways are often the best ways
11:24and so much better for the environment
11:26oh you really do listen
11:27how did you get on with jeffrey
11:29i adored him
11:30he helped me
11:31how
11:33that was a long time ago
11:34i was on the works and buildings committee
11:36which included looking after the graveyards and various parishes
11:40i um
11:42i i i messed up
11:44could have gone into a lot of trouble
11:45but jeffrey
11:46he stepped in and sorted it all out
11:50he lived to help other people
11:55that's my husband
11:56sorry
11:57i'm gonna have to go
12:02paul
12:03paul wait up
12:05hang on
12:09jeffrey truman
12:09no listed next of kin
12:11became the mayor of marlow last year
12:13and he was also involved in the rotary club
12:16dementia action marlow
12:18meals for marlow
12:20it's actually quite a long list
12:22so he was a do-gooder
12:26which is good
12:27what do we get from the witness statements at the scene
12:29they all said he was well liked and had no enemies
12:31they assumed it was natural causes
12:33there's nothing natural about someone putting aconite in your coffee
12:36exactly
12:37so let's find out who put it there
12:39brendan find out everything you can about the victim
12:41and check his home
12:44jason what was mr truman up to before the meeting
12:46where did he go
12:47who did he see
12:47and alice
12:48we're on background checks on the witnesses
12:50who they are
12:51and how did they get on with the victim
12:52go
12:57did colin the kids leave this morning
12:59they did
13:00what's this
13:01colin's taking the kids camping
13:02it means that bex is put loose and fancy free
13:05i've dreamt of this for years
13:07no responsibilities for four whole days
13:10well you deserve it
13:12it's kind of spooky though isn't it
13:15everything looks so normal
13:18there's a killer here somewhere
13:19that is of course floodplains permitting
13:24i'm gonna have to leave
13:25thank you
13:29ladies
13:30i should introduce myself marcus percival
13:32i take it you're working with the police
13:34what makes you ask
13:35well your reputation precedes you mrs potts
13:38oh all good i hope
13:39do the police suspect foul play
13:41i'm afraid they do
13:43impossible
13:43what makes you say that
13:45because he was such a good guy
13:47never crossed anyone
13:48never took offense
13:50i can't imagine you've got any active leads
13:54let alone suspects
13:58of course
14:00you can't say
14:02anyway it was lovely talking to you
14:04i need to go shut up shop for the day
14:09was he just trying to pump us for information
14:11i think that's exactly what he was doing
14:14could jeffrey really have been that perfect
14:16oh excuse me
14:20hello
14:23i'm sorry
14:25who is this
14:27you want to know you killed jeffrey
14:28follow the money
14:30follow the money
14:32what money
14:38okay i've spoken to mr chumann's neighbors
14:40no one saw him this morning
14:42you know he was at the council building at 1pm
14:44don't worry i'll keep digging
14:46sneaker
14:46we need a number traced
14:48alice
14:48yeah
14:49judith's just had a call from a withheld number
14:51saying that if she wanted to find jeffrey's killer
14:53she had to follow the money
14:54it was this person
14:55no idea
14:55his voice was distorted
14:58do you mind if we put some software on your phone
14:59in case he calls again
15:00it would allow us to record him directly
15:02yes of course
15:02okay so the call came in at 5 17 p.m
15:05it came from a phone box near bovington green
15:07get over there alice
15:08find out if anyone saw who made the call
15:10on it
15:11but if we are following the money
15:13what have we got on mr truman's financials
15:14not much
15:15he lived modestly on a mixture of state and private pension
15:18no credit cards
15:20no debt
15:21that might mean the council money
15:23brendan contact the council
15:24let's get all of their financial records
15:25all of them
15:26going back let's say the last five years
15:31gotta go pick up shanty
15:43alice
15:43we've got what we can from the phone box
15:46but it's not much
15:47no witnesses
15:48no physical evidence
15:49what about fingerprints
15:50well the phone was wiped clean with a solvent
15:53as was the door handle
15:55okay
15:56finish up there and let's put this up in the morning
15:57but good work alice
15:58thank you
16:02pickle
16:03what's up
16:05nothing
16:08sure
16:08sure
16:09you know
16:10you can tell me or your dad anything
16:12is it something at school
16:16i don't want to talk about it
16:20okay
16:39the doctor said his heart is facing him
16:41i'm sorry to hear that
16:43he's going to see you
16:45he must run back from me now to see him
16:51we've heard how aconite has earned its many names
16:54from monkshood in the monastery
16:56to wolfsbane in the forest
16:58but for me
16:59what i can't get over
17:01is how a plant so pretty
17:03and ornamental
17:05can be so very very lethal
17:07but maybe that's just me
17:09until next time
17:11happy and above all safe gardening
17:15who could have wanted you dead
17:20what do you think jasper
17:22hmm
17:35is that all you've got
17:36one statement and no other credible witnesses
17:38none of them are really credible
17:41they're eight year old kids
17:43no of course
17:44sorry
17:45and i'm not saying that shanty bullied anyone
17:48but she is friends with the group of pupils who did
17:51i'll talk to her
17:52thank you
17:55sorry
17:56i've got to take this
18:00brendan
18:00okay so the pm's in
18:02and it's been confirmed
18:04that mr truman died from a lethal dose of aconite
18:07do they know how it got into his coffee
18:08well they've checked all the other cups and tea making paraphernalia
18:11and they're all clear of poison
18:13the only thing that wasn't was one of the used coffee pods in the machine
18:16but get this
18:18forensics lifted two sets of fingerprints from the pod
18:21one was mr truman's
18:23and the other
18:24was council secretary debbie smith
18:26and you should know
18:28that according to the witness statements
18:29she's the only person
18:31other than jeffrey
18:32that ever used a coffee machine
18:35okay
18:36bring her in
19:04i still can't believe he was poised
19:06you know that
19:08i work for paul hollandbury
19:10sophia's husband
19:11he told me
19:13what do you say if i told you that your fingerprints were found on the coffee pod that poisoned him
19:18well that's impossible
19:19how so
19:21i had a normal coffee
19:25i think i know what's happened
19:27when i went to make my coffee
19:29there was already an old pod jammed in the slot
19:33i had to push it through
19:34if that one was jeffrey's
19:36that must be how my fingerprints got on it
19:39look
19:40i arrived after jeffrey had made himself his coffee
19:44what has alec miller told you
19:47who's alec miller
19:47the person who lays out the teas and coffees before all the council meetings
19:51you have
19:52spoken to him haven't you
19:56i kept hunting last night
19:58i got drawn into reading the comments under the council social media posts
20:02and there was one account
20:04marlowe's 1628 and it is horrible
20:08disgusting mayor
20:09then look what they said here
20:11cesspit
20:12nah
20:12that's out of order
20:13we've spent all this time looking for someone who hated jeffrey
20:17and here he is
20:19although it's not only jeffrey is it
20:22i mean whoever that is
20:23he hates everyone
20:26oh here she is
20:27our lady of leisure
20:28did you have a nice line
20:29me?
20:30yes you
20:31please tell me you've been having a proper break
20:34oh absolutely
20:35yeah
20:36100%
20:39actually
20:39no
20:40i haven't
20:41oh begs
20:43i know
20:43i'm furious with myself
20:45i sat down to watch telly last night
20:47and i was all set
20:48nice glass of wine
20:50bar of chocolate
20:51love it
20:52and then i noticed the games cupboard looked a bit messy
20:54no
20:55tell me you didn't
20:56i just thought it would be a quick tidy
20:57she did
20:58you know how it goes
20:59once that cupboard was tidy
21:00all the other cupboards looked terrible
21:02before i knew it
21:03i had the marigolds on
21:04and i was giving the sitting room a once over
21:06what an idiot
21:06you could have at least come round here
21:08made yourself useful
21:09and cleared out judith's stash of old newspapers
21:11do you mind?
21:12that's the thing
21:13it was useful
21:14once i'd finished the sitting room
21:15i moved on to colin's study
21:17and it seems stupid not to
21:18stupid not to
21:19well he's away
21:20he's needed a deep clean for months
21:22and i was reordering some old files
21:23and i found this
21:25what is it?
21:26remember how savia said
21:27she'd been involved in a muddle
21:28when she was in charge of the graveyard
21:30well i found all these cuttings and correspondence about it
21:32from fifteen years ago
21:34the parish kept the records
21:35this wasn't some minor mishap
21:38sophia mixed up where people were buried
21:40it was pretty bad
21:41the location of one body was never found
21:43but she's right when she says jeffrey sorted it out
21:46there's letter after letter between him and the bishop of oxford
21:49reading between the lines
21:51if it wasn't for jeffrey
21:52she may have ended up being prosecuted
21:53oh
21:57oh
21:57it's tunica
22:00hello
22:01just a quick update judith
22:02there was possibly a fifth person at the council meeting
22:04a man called alec miller
22:05he lives in marlow bottom
22:06we're gonna talk to him now
22:07shall we meet
22:09oh
22:10she's hung up
22:11it's a bit of a mistake
22:12if you ask me
22:12she's going to the wrong address
22:14and you know that
22:15you know what
22:15alec does the teas and coffees for some of our church events
22:18he's got a caravan by hurley lock
22:20and he moves to it every summer
22:21and tunica's gone to his house in marlow bottom
22:24you know what i think
22:25i think we can guess
22:27it's our civic duty
22:28to help the police in every way we can
22:30and sometimes that involves
22:32going to the right address
22:33when they've gone to the wrong one
22:43the mayor always had a kind word for everyone
22:46a lovely man
22:47it's terrible what's happened to him
22:49at the hands of locustor no less
22:51at the hands of who?
22:53emperor nero had an infamous assassin called locustor
22:56whose weapon of choice
22:57was poison
22:59you do not fail to live up to your reputation
23:02mrs ponce
23:03how do you know jeffrey was poison?
23:06have your tea
23:08and i'll tell you
23:25i bumped into marcus in town
23:27he told me
23:28so if you prepared the tea and the coffee for the meeting
23:31and you know that jeffrey was poisoned
23:32why haven't you spoken to the police?
23:34what would i say?
23:35i wasn't there
23:37i'm sorry?
23:38i got a phone call yesterday morning
23:41telling me not to come in
23:44hello? who is this?
23:45good morning
23:46it's sophia hollingbury
23:47she ran and told me i wasn't needed
23:49the meeting had been cancelled
23:52well that was a waste of time
23:56oh you're kidding
23:59so while we went on a wild goose chase
24:01your civilian trio went to alec miller's summer residence for a chat
24:05he's saying that sophia hollingbury rang him
24:08and told him not to attend a council meeting
24:12gov
24:14oh sorry
24:18shanti's got herself mixed up in some trouble at school
24:21there's been some bullying
24:22well that doesn't sound like her
24:25i don't know what to do
24:27um
24:27well
24:29talk to her
24:30get her to tell you what happened in her own words
24:32you mean like a witness interview?
24:34well
24:34isn't everything in life a bit like a witness interview?
24:38she's a good kid
24:40you think?
24:41yeah of course
24:41she's your daughter
24:49well
24:50with her number
24:52call Tanika
24:53it could be our mystery caller again
24:54how many rings before it goes to answer phone?
24:56i don't know
24:57seven
24:57eight
25:02answer it
25:05hello
25:06Tanika
25:06X
25:07have you fallen
25:08are you alright?
25:09Judith's mystery caller
25:10is talking to her again
25:11Alice
25:12run a trace on the incoming call to Judith's phone
25:13on it
25:15um
25:16we have
25:17we haven't found anything
25:19not yet
25:20she needs to keep him talking
25:22tell Judith
25:23she needs to keep him talking
25:26how do you find the money?
25:29um
25:30are you talking about
25:31council money?
25:33it would help if you could be a bit more specific
25:35yes
25:36it's council money
25:37um
25:37and
25:38what bit
25:39of the council?
25:41is it
25:42um
25:42housing?
25:44no
25:44no
25:45what about
25:46travel and transport?
25:48no
25:49um
25:53knitting
25:54waste disposal
25:55no
25:55no
25:55not knitting
25:56waste disposal
25:57look at the petty cash
26:00what area of the petty cash
26:02what area of the petty cash?
26:03hello
26:04are you there?
26:06ugh
26:06he's gone
26:06which part of this
26:08looks like knitting?
26:09what was it?
26:10it's tying up the dog poo bag
26:12and putting it in the bin
26:13that's actually quite good
26:15that's actually quite good
26:15oh hold on
26:16it's a phone box outside
26:17all saints gates
26:17we're leaving right now
26:19tanika says the call came from
26:20a phone box just outside
26:21all saints
26:21by the gates
26:22they're going to check it out
26:24well how long's that going to take them?
26:26i reckon if we're quick
26:27we might catch a few witnesses
26:28there's no way we'll get to all saints
26:30fast enough
26:30oh
26:31you want to bet?
26:57remember the bridge restrictions
26:58not this fast across the parade
27:00Susie i agree with that
27:01it's not this fast Susie
27:01i can do this
27:02i can do this
27:05easy
27:07easy
27:08you've got about
27:09two inches on this side
27:12you alright Bob?
27:15hello Susie
27:18careful
27:19careful
27:21i'm doing it
27:22oh this is tight
27:23i hate these speed spoilers
27:26right
27:27let's shift it
27:30where to drive
27:32fool
27:35oh boy
27:37give me strength
27:38hold on
27:41hold on
27:43yeah
27:47Susie
27:52quick
27:57let's go through
27:58easy
27:58i told you i'd get us there
28:03see if anyone saw anybody use this phone box
28:06someone must have seen him
28:08oh sir
28:09have you seen anyone use this phone box?
28:11no
28:11hello
28:11excuse me dad
28:12sir have you seen anyone use this phone box?
28:14no
28:14sorry
28:15oh
28:15oh
28:16oh
28:16oh
28:17oh
28:17oh
28:18oh
28:18oh
28:20oh
28:20oh
28:28still nothing?
28:29no one sort of thing
28:30no CCTV either
28:33gov
28:33it's the same as before
28:34everything's been wiped clean
28:36no fingerprints
28:37no nothing
28:38so he's got away
28:39again
28:41begs
28:42what do you know about peregrine falcons?
28:45no
28:45brendan
28:46i need your help
28:50there's a pair of falcons that hatch their chicks every year
28:53in the spire
28:55why are you telling me this?
28:57a local bird watching society have a webcam pointed at them
29:03you can watch the nest live
29:05but they record it on a laptop up here
29:17it's not much higher is it?
29:20no
29:21you okay with heights?
29:23i don't love them
29:25just don't look down
29:38look it's as i thought
29:39the webcam picks up more than just the nest
29:41oh
29:42that's cool
29:44the view?
29:45no
29:46the birds
29:49now the call came in at midday or thereabouts
29:54that's him
29:54our mystery caller
30:02let's have a look
30:03who the hell are you?
30:07whoa
30:07great work
30:09come on do it
30:11i'm sorry
30:11oh yeah
30:12so what happens now?
30:14well i imagine the police will try to identify the mystery caller
30:17which leaves us three to ask the only question that matters
30:21why did sofia stand alec down?
30:25and now onto a topic
30:26i know vexes a lot of us as we head into the drier months
30:29tomo or not tomo?
30:33tomo or not tomo?
30:35we're almost a little
30:36and now onto a topic
30:38i know vexes a lot of us as we head into the drier months
30:40tomo or not tomo?
30:42i haven't time to be interrupted
30:45we just wanted to know why you rang alec miller yesterday
30:49and told him that the meeting had been cancelled
30:51sorry what are you talking about?
30:53are you saying you didn't ring him?
30:54that's exactly what i'm saying
30:55then who did?
30:57i don't know
30:59either alec's lying or it was someone pretending to be me
31:02either way i didn't call anybody yesterday
31:03i don't suppose you know this person?
31:06i don't recognize a no
31:09well the plot thickens
31:10what are the three of you doing here?
31:12we could ask you the same question
31:14as it happens
31:15we're meeting to discuss options for a commemorative bench
31:17would you?
31:18oh
31:19oh
31:21true son of marlowe
31:23yeah that's the one i would choose
31:25none of you know who this is do you?
31:28oh lord i think i do
31:30didn't he do your podcast studio?
31:33dave or someone
31:33paul hired him to do some work in the office as well
31:36his name's dave butler
31:38if it's the same person that did your little studio there
31:46you've identified our mystery caller?
31:48no it's the victim
31:49i found him
31:50i've been checking all of the cctv footage i could find
31:53near the council building
31:54so
31:55it's ten minutes before the meeting
31:57near the cemetery
31:58look
31:59he's with terence clarkson
32:01and he is not happy
32:02good work jason
32:04it's a shame there's no sound
32:05wait hold on who's that?
32:07what is that?
32:07zoom in a bit?
32:08i don't know
32:10oh god
32:11what?
32:12it's mrs ettingham
32:16okay this is it
32:17dave butler
32:19great marlowe it services
32:22nice spot
32:27i think i can see your house over there judith
32:30i think you're right
32:35what do you want?
32:37dave butler
32:41we believe you have some explaining to do
32:43i was only trying to help
32:44by making anonymous phone calls
32:48why didn't you just ring the police?
32:51i didn't want to get involved
32:52i was hoping mrs popps would do the work for me
32:55i think you need to tell us everything you know
32:58now
33:00okay
33:01it's not much
33:03a while back
33:04i saw a spike in how much petty cash the council was spending
33:08they're published on the council website
33:09three thousand pounds last year
33:11four thousand this year
33:12but i couldn't see a reason for the sudden jumping claims
33:15and you think the extra cash could be connected with jeffrey's death
33:19it could be
33:21he was such a good man
33:22if he discovered anything dodgy he'd have gone straight to the police
33:26maybe that's why he was killed
33:28to stop him from doing just that
33:31you say he was a good man
33:33you knew him
33:34years ago i wanted to be a writer
33:36i got into a young writer's scheme and jeffrey was one of the mentors
33:38he really helped me with the book i was writing
33:41high fantasy
33:42the warlocks of winhaven
33:44but then my mum died
33:45and i moved to the states to live with my aunt
33:48last year i moved back to marlow
33:49that's when i bumped into jeffrey
33:51it's you isn't it
33:52dave butler
33:54jeffrey truman
33:55we worked together on your warlock book
33:57he said he'd try and help me get my book published
34:01we've been working together ever since
34:05his ideas amazing
34:07on structure
34:08character
34:10can you prove any of this
34:12go to jeffrey's house
34:13there's a spare key by the back door
34:15i think
34:15and you'll find my manuscript in his office
34:17you'll be able to see how well we've been working together
34:20where were you when he died
34:21i was here
34:22on my own
34:24but his death is a disaster for me
34:27don't you see that
34:29it's been my dream to be published my whole life
34:31and it's not gonna happen now
34:37you're right
34:38i did see them arguing
34:40from a bush
34:41that's really not the point
34:42it very much sounds like the point to me
34:44leslie
34:45don't you have some other place to be
34:47no
34:49perhaps if we could focus on what you heard
34:52i'm not sure if i
34:54put the right bins out this morning
34:56you know it's a blue bin day
34:57is it
34:58i just don't remember
35:09i remember now
35:11the younger man was saying the most horrible things to mr truman
35:16what was the argument about
35:17i couldn't quite tell
35:18but i definitely heard jeffrey saying the other man had handled the situation badly
35:25he said it a few times
35:27whatever it was he's handled the situation badly
35:46okay this is the house
35:51see if you can find the key
35:54i found it
35:55what
35:55it's in the door
35:57that doesn't feel right
35:58let me call tanika
35:59let her know
36:00and while you do that
36:01why don't we make ourselves useful
36:10i don't understand
36:11well it's simple really
36:12you were seen arguing with mr truman 20 minutes before he died
36:16it was just a misunderstanding
36:18about
36:19i um
36:21wanted the comments turned off on the council website
36:24seriously
36:25there are nasty people out there and it can get personal
36:28that's all it was about
36:29i wanted the comments turned off and he wanted to leave them turned on
36:35then why did jeffrey keep saying that you'd handled the situation badly
36:39he was just saying i was being aggressive
36:41which i was
36:42and i had to calm down
36:44at the meeting i tried to apologize
36:46but he'd already moved on
36:48that was him all over
36:48he didn't dwell
36:50that's all it was
36:51a minor disagreement and he forgave me
36:53who prepared the tea and coffee for the meeting
36:55i'm sorry
36:56we're just trying to ascertain who put out the poisoned coffee for mr truman
37:00was it alec miller
37:01it wasn't alec i saw through the window
37:04there was someone else there
37:05who
37:06i don't know i couldn't see through the glass
37:08i think it was a man
37:10but they didn't have the build of alec
37:12and they had light hair
37:13why didn't you mention this in your witness statement
37:16at the time i thought jeffrey had died of natural causes
37:20if you're looking for the person who put the poison in jeffrey's coffee pot
37:23i bet it was the person in the kitchen
37:31whoop
37:37the person was Mama
37:39the people who put the poison in jeffrey's coffee in the kitchen
37:39and still
37:55so
37:57I think I found it. Judith?
38:10You've got it?
38:11Babe was telling the truth.
38:13Jeffrey's really trying to help him.
38:15He's positive, kind and supportive.
38:17It's like everyone's been saying.
38:18Then why'd he have to die?
38:19There must be some dark secrets in his life.
38:22Everyone has secrets.
38:26Hey!
38:31Oi! Stop right there!
38:39Oi! You! Come back here!
38:43Zenica, you need to come to Jeffrey's house at once.
39:02Oh God! Come on!
39:10Oh, okay, it's another wall. We can get over this.
39:14Come on!
39:18That's it! Come on, Susie! Careful!
39:20I'm over!
39:23There he is! Come on!
39:27Let's go!
39:30That's hot seat!
39:32Oh, yeah!
39:33Oh, yeah!
39:36Come on!
39:39No! Come back!
39:42No!
39:43I said no more walls!
39:46No, that's not possible!
39:47We can do it!
39:49Are you mad?
39:52No! I told you!
39:54We can't do it!
39:55You can do that!
39:56Oh!
40:00Judith!
40:02In here!
40:04We lost him!
40:06Did you see who it was?
40:08Oh, we were so close!
40:10But no...
40:11No idea!
40:14What's that?
40:15You know you wanted Jeffrey to have a dark secret?
40:19Stop...
40:19Or tell...
40:21Everyone...
40:23Your secret.
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