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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 veggie 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.
08:50And 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?
09:04They all have the same initials on them.
09:08D.S.
09:10Ah.
09:13Debbie Smith.
09:29You know he's got light hair.
09:31Paul.
09:32He has, hasn't he?
09:34And he'd have access to the aconites of his garden.
09:38How may I help you?
09:39I can only spare a few minutes.
09:42We wanted to know
09:43why you've been stealing cash
09:45from the council.
09:48Oh, God.
10:08Last year,
10:09no,
10:10earlier,
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
10:27carrying 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.
10:43But
10:44when I went to see my GP,
10:46he wasn't interested
10:47and the waiting list
10:48for 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
10:57I 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'd 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.
13:11How did it go?
13:12I'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 going to get
13:22a bridge reopened
13:22with 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.
13:29I like it.
13:30The cinema.
13:32Box of popcorn.
13:33Kick back and relax.
13:34I'll catch up with you
13:34both 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
13:47we'll be able to work out
13:48where the individual
13:49letters came from?
13:50I don't know.
13:53Perhaps.
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.
14:18Then what if I tell you
14:19that the C
14:20in this word secret
14:21is a perfect match
14:23with a C
14:24in Architecture International.
14:28And I can't help noticing
14:29that Terrence is 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 cut
14:43the letters out
14:44of 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.
15:10Nor 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 under mine.
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
15:30I saw Marcus
15:30I told him
15:31travellers had moved
15:32into Riley Park
15:33when they hadn't.
15:34By that evening
15:35Marlow 1628
15:37was spewing
15:39hatred against them.
15:43You set a trap for him.
15:45I had to know
15:46I was right.
15:46I was.
15:48But now you had
15:49a bit of a problem
15:50didn't you?
15:51You knew Marcus
15:52was behind the vile account
15:53but
15:54how 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
16:06but 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
16:13about Marcus
16:13didn't you?
16:14And I bet Geoffrey
16:15took the side
16:16of 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 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.
16:34Do you think
16:35I'd have time
16:36afterward
16:36to pick some aconite
16:37extract its poison
16:39and then lace
16:40Geoffrey's coffee
16:41with 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
17:20scoops of 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
17:34behind the glass
17:34but until you
17:35got right up close
17:36you were just
17:36your hair colour
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
17:55of the building
17:56and fast
17:56through the nearest exit.
17:58Okay.
17:59Let's see where that goes.
18:01Hold on.
18:02What's up?
18:03I'm just going to be thorough.
18:19Why is there a lad here?
18:25Hang on.
18:26Look at this.
18:34Right then.
18:35Up you go.
18:36Okay.
18:37Don't worry.
18:37I'll hold it.
18:39Come on.
18:40There's just a ladle.
18:41What's your problem?
18:43What can you see?
18:45Just
18:46insulation and dust.
18:48What?
18:49Hold on.
18:49What is it?
18:50I found something.
19:12I'm meant to do it,
19:13I'm meant to do it.
19:16I stood there
19:16and I was 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
19:25the thought of you
19:25and the children
19:26that prevented me
19:27but it wasn't.
19:29I had no thoughts at all.
19:33Only an overwhelming desire
19:34not to feel anything
19:35ever again.
19:36Oh.
19:51So we now know
19:52that it was Terrence
19:52who was behind
19:53Marcus's blackmail
19:54because Marcus
19:55has been running
19:55a vicious online account
19:56and it was Debbie
19:57who was stealing petty cash.
19:59Welcome
19:59to 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 Alec Miller
20:14and told him not to come
20:15to the meeting that day.
20:17Oh, excuse me.
20:21Thanks.
20:23I just finished
20:23watching Brief Encounter.
20:25Oh.
20:25Is 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
20:52when Geoffrey died.
20:53Watching Brief Encounter.
20:55That's right.
20:56You also said
20:57that 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
21:11other people's money
21:12is high pressure.
21:13You know, sometimes
21:14when work's, you know,
21:15intense,
21:16I go to the cinema
21:17and sometimes
21:19I fall asleep.
21:21Oh, so that's
21:22your new line, is it?
21:23You were asleep
21:24at the time.
21:25Well, I didn't know
21:25I was going to need
21:26an alibi, did I?
21:27I mean, what even is this?
21:28I barely knew Geoffrey.
21:29Why would I want
21:30to kill him?
21:33Show yourselves out, yeah?
21:35Yeah.
21:36Yeah.
21:38He fell asleep.
21:40That's not much
21:40of a defence.
21:41Although he's right.
21:43Why would he want
21:43to harm Geoffrey?
21:45I don't know.
21:46But he fits the description
21:48of the person
21:48in the kitchen that day.
21:49He's got light-coloured hair.
21:52Interesting.
21:56Judith?
21:59I've seen that
22:00earring before.
22:02It's not how it looks.
22:04I hope not.
22:05Because I think
22:06it looks like murder.
22:07It's not what you think.
22:09Says the woman
22:09who grows aconite.
22:11No.
22:27You know, I said
22:28how Geoffrey had helped me.
22:31Well, I didn't really
22:31see him after that,
22:32not until he became mayor.
22:34But it was then
22:35that I really got
22:36to know him.
22:40And he was just
22:41so lovely
22:42and so supportive.
22:45You may have noticed
22:46I don't get much
22:47of that at home.
22:48And I know
22:49it sounds silly,
22:50but I found myself
22:51thinking about him
22:52more and more.
22:54And then we had
22:55a council meeting
22:56at his house
22:56and I stayed behind
22:57after everybody had left.
22:59Geoffrey was telling me
23:00about how much
23:00he was enjoying my podcast.
23:02You really are.
23:03How he was using my tips
23:04to revive an orchid
23:05he was growing.
23:05And I just...
23:11Oh, Sophia.
23:12I'm so sorry
23:13that I don't want to say.
23:15But he wasn't interested.
23:18He was still in love
23:19with his wife.
23:20And that's what he told me.
23:22My earring
23:22must have come off then.
23:24I was so embarrassed.
23:26What was I thinking?
23:28When was this?
23:30Last month.
23:32Geoffrey said
23:33we could just
23:33forget about it
23:35and carry on
23:36as before
23:36as friends.
23:37But you couldn't,
23:38could you?
23:41I was just so confused.
23:43But I would never hurt him.
23:45I loved him.
23:47Oh, God.
23:48Did I?
23:49I don't even know.
23:50He just...
23:51He just meant
23:52so much to me.
23:54did he threaten
23:56to tell your husband?
23:57No.
23:59Geoffrey would never
24:00have betrayed me like that.
24:02Not when it would have
24:02ruined my marriage.
24:03You know that about him.
24:05You know what a good man
24:06he was.
24:08I was the last
24:09to arrive at that meeting.
24:10I never went anywhere
24:11near him or his copy.
24:12And now I've got to meet up
24:13with the others
24:13because we're due to choose
24:14his commemorative bench
24:15this afternoon,
24:16just in case you were
24:16wondering if my day
24:17could get any worse.
24:21Actually,
24:23Sophia's not
24:24the only person
24:25who needs to be
24:25somewhere else.
24:26Of course.
24:27You're afternoon tea
24:28with Darius.
24:29You're getting nearer
24:30to that night cup
24:31one meal at a time.
24:32Oh, stop it.
24:33Prepare of you.
24:36Six, two, seven, five,
24:39eight, four, two.
24:40Okay, so Jason
24:42spotted a ventilation hatch
24:44at the council building
24:45that wasn't properly closed.
24:46In it, he found
24:48a plastic bag
24:49which 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
25:02of him just went out
25:03of the window.
25:04It could have been
25:05anyone behind the glass.
25:06Exactly.
25:09Thanks.
25:10Here, there you are.
25:13There you go.
25:16And the other one.
25:45Jason and Brendan found
25:46a wig and a syringe
25:47hidden at the council building.
25:48Forensics say they found
25:49traces of 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.
26:12Ali, Miller,
26:13are you saying
26:13you didn't ring him?
26:14That's exactly what I'm saying.
26:25Do you mind if we put some software
26:26on your phone
26:27in case he calls again?
26:31I was the last to arrive
26:32at 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,
26:53how was your afternoon tea?
26:55Darius was a no-show.
26:56What?
26:56He stood you up?
26:57It doesn't matter,
26:58not 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
27:07to 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
27:31is the dedication.
27:33A great friend to all.
27:43What are you doing here?
27:45I'm here to tell you
27:47who killed
27:48Geoffrey Truman.
27:50Who was it?
27:52Could be you, Terrence.
27:53Seeing as Geoffrey found out
27:54it was you
27:54who's been blackmailing Marcus.
27:56That was you?
27:57What are you talking about?
27:58But then you only sent the letter
28:00because Marcus
28:00is the person
28:01behind online account
28:03Marlow1628.
28:05How could you do that?
28:07Because you can't
28:08speak your mind anymore
28:08can you?
28:10You say the wrong thing
28:11you 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
28:19a theme here.
28:20How did she cross Geoffrey?
28:22We don't need
28:22to go into that.
28:24I did wrong.
28:26You're right.
28:28I've been
28:29stealing from the
28:30council's petty cash account.
28:32To pay for medical bills.
28:33You're a thief.
28:34Well, a full confession
28:35and repaying the money
28:37can help.
28:39Whatever comes
28:40take it.
28:50Let's be honest
28:51it's always looked like
28:53Sophia was the killer.
28:54I mean
28:54it was her
28:55that grew the aconite.
28:56And who phoned
28:57Alec that day
28:58to tell him
28:58not to come to the meeting.
29:00Also Sophia
29:00we recovered a blonde wig
29:02from the council building
29:02along with a syringe
29:03that contained aconite.
29:05A few of your hairs
29:05were caught in the wig.
29:06This is what happened.
29:08You started in the kitchen
29:09wearing a wig
29:10and a white coat.
29:12Then
29:12using a syringe
29:13you injected aconite
29:15into the
29:16decaffeinated coffee pod
29:17you knew
29:18only Geoffrey would use.
29:20Then you left
29:20whipping off your disguise
29:22and hiding it.
29:23And then
29:24you've re-entered
29:25the council chamber
29:26the last to arrive
29:27and a bit late.
29:29But who was checking?
29:58Sofia, is this true?
30:00No
30:01I could never harm him
30:02you know that.
30:04It was Geoffrey
30:05who helped me
30:05when I had all that
30:06trouble with the graves.
30:07In fact
30:08he and I had been working
30:09on correcting my mistake.
30:11We had even managed
30:12to locate the one body
30:13that had never been found.
30:15All the paperwork
30:16is 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
30:25a fire's been reported
30:26at your house.
30:27Emergency services
30:28are on their way.
30:30I have to go home.
30:31Now.
30:48I have to go home.
30:51I have to go home.
30:59in one bit
31:01if it goes up
31:01the rest will go up.
31:02Please hurry.
31:04We'll get there.
31:05Don't worry.
31:06Look.
31:06There's a fire engine
31:07up ahead.
31:08Looking for something.
31:10I can see the flames.
31:14The whole house is on fire.
31:15It's all on fire.
31:16Where can I come?
31:17You're supposed to be
31:18at your house.
31:19I missed this.
31:20We can't get any closer.
31:21I'm not letting it
31:22go up in flames.
31:23Judith.
31:24Come back.
31:27Have 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
31:36trying to help me.
31:37He's a good man.
31:39And there it is.
31:40Why he had to die.
31:41You killed him
31:42precisely because
31:44he was such a good man.
31:46He helped Sophia
31:47all those years ago.
31:49When she messed up
31:49running the graveyards.
31:51But then my mum died
31:52and I moved to the States
31:53to live with my aunt.
31:54Sophia mixed up
31:54where people were buried.
31:56The location of one body
31:57was never found.
31:58It was your mother's grave
31:59that was never found.
32:02How that must have
32:03eaten away at you.
32:05Not having a grave
32:06to visit.
32:08He tried starting
32:09a new life in the States.
32:11But 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
32:22someone to blame.
32:24And that's how you found out
32:25about all of that
32:26missing money at the council.
32:28You were all over them
32:29like a rash.
32:30Trying to find out
32:31what happened to your mother.
32:33But you kept
32:33hitting the brick wall.
32:35But you did discover
32:36that Sophia was in charge
32:37at the time.
32:38And now she was
32:39on the town council.
32:40How could that be?
32:42You needed to get
32:43closer to her.
32:44Which is when you had
32:45a stroke of good fortune.
32:47You bumped into Jeffrey.
32:48And when you learnt
32:49that he was now mayor
32:50you realised this was
32:51your chance to get to Sophia.
32:53You started working
32:54with him on your novel.
32:55And when Sophia needed
32:56a podcast studio installed,
32:57Jeffrey knew of your skills
32:59and he put you forward
33:00for the job.
33:02Finally, you could get
33:03to the bottom of it.
33:04You had access to
33:06all her emails
33:07and files from back then.
33:09But you still couldn't
33:10work out where your mum
33:10was buried.
33:11And while you guessed
33:12there might have been
33:13a cover-up,
33:14you never thought Jeffrey
33:14could have been part of it.
33:16But here was the proof.
33:18He was the person
33:19who'd helped Sophia
33:20get away with her mistake.
33:21So you decided
33:22to punish them both.
33:25Jeffrey had to be killed
33:26for protecting Sophia.
33:27And Sophia you'd framed
33:29for the murder
33:29so that she would suffer
33:31every single day
33:31for what she'd done.
33:33Just like you suffer.
33:34I do.
33:36I think about it every day.
33:38You needed justice
33:39so you constructed
33:40a plan.
33:42You took some aconite
33:43from Sophia's garden.
33:46And some of her hair
33:48that she uses
33:49to repel the slugs.
33:50You then had to make sure
33:51Alec wouldn't attend
33:52the council meeting that day.
33:53Easy for someone
33:54with your IT skills.
33:55You constructed
33:56a fake message.
33:58You then went
33:58to the council building,
34:00put on a disguise
34:01and injected the aconite
34:03into the decaf coffee pod
34:04you knew
34:04only Jeffrey would use.
34:10You made sure
34:11you were seen
34:13and then slipped away
34:17making sure
34:18to hide the disguise
34:18and the syringe
34:19where the police
34:20would later find it.
34:24So careful.
34:25that you made a mistake.
34:27When I returned
34:28your manuscript to you
34:29you glanced down
34:30at the bench
34:31as you said.
34:31He really was
34:32a great friend to all.
34:33Which I thought
34:34rather odd
34:35at the time.
34:36I knew the town council
34:37were organising
34:38a memorial bench
34:39for Jeffrey
34:39and one option
34:41for the plaque
34:42was
34:42a great friend
34:43to all.
34:45But how did you know?
34:47And then I remembered
34:48the police
34:49had put an app
34:50on my phone.
34:51Do you mind
34:51if we put some software
34:52on your phone
34:52in case you called them?
34:53And here you were
34:54the person
34:54who'd installed
34:55Sophia's ID.
34:57It would be a simple matter
34:58for you to bug her phone
35:00installing spyware
35:01to listen
35:01even when it switched off.
35:03But that cuts both ways.
35:05Judith asked Sophia
35:06to lie
35:06say that she and Jeffrey
35:08found the location
35:09of the missing body.
35:10He and I
35:10were working on
35:11correcting my mistake.
35:12We had even managed
35:13to locate the one body
35:14that had never been found.
35:16That was the bait.
35:17Next she had to set the trap.
35:19Judith met up
35:20with Sophia this afternoon
35:21and together
35:21they recorded a little play.
35:23Thank you so much
35:24for giving me a list.
35:26Oh, 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
35:34to start a fire at her house
35:35knowing that the smoke
35:35would 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
35:42happened?
35:42You'd think they were
35:43rushing to the fire.
35:44So the coast would be clear.
35:45This was where you'd
35:46find the paperwork
35:47that would tell you
35:48finally
35:48where 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
36:04who says how great he was.
36:05He was a bad man.
36:06Covering up crimes
36:07is 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 lost?
36:18At least you had to
36:19burn down your house
36:19to catch me.
36:20What makes you think
36:21I burned down my house?
36:34Alice?
36:35Oh, thank you so much
36:37for your help.
36:38Oh, what are you talking about?
36:39It was an honour
36:40to assist the crime-solving
36:42trio of Marlowe.
36:43Who doesn't love
36:44a good bonfire?
36:45Oh, quite.
36:45It's Emperor Nero again,
36:47isn't it?
36:47Although the three of you
36:48did more than just fiddle
36:50while I made Rome burn.
37:02I've spoken to the
37:03Chief Fire Officer.
37:04Apparently they're called out
37:04to pay for buyers
37:05all the time.
37:06I'll see you on, Malik.
37:07I'll have a word, please.
37:08Sorry, I'm needed.
37:09But great work.
37:10Thank you,
37:11all three of you.
37:14You really don't mind
37:15losing your great-aunt's
37:16archive like this?
37:17She'd be thrilled
37:18to know we used it
37:19to 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.
37:31I woke up in the middle of the night
37:34and I was dead
37:34from the cold.
37:35Literally dead.
37:38Hi.
37:39Remember?
37:40What's the camping mantra?
37:41We don't do these things for fun.
37:58Judith,
37:59I am so sorry
38:01about this afternoon.
38:02There was a medical emergency
38:03at work
38:04and I had to go to the hospital
38:06with one of my staff.
38:07That's terrible.
38:09Not that that
38:09excuses anything.
38:11Look,
38:13I stood you up
38:14and that's unacceptable.
38:17Please accept
38:18my sincerest
38:19and my deepest
38:20apologies.
38:22As it happens,
38:23your absence
38:25allowed me to solve a murder.
38:27You did?
38:30You did?
38:34Look, Judith,
38:36let me be honest with you.
38:37I am
38:39very much
38:40taken with you
38:40and
38:41I hate the idea
38:42that I'm messed up.
38:44Well,
38:44how about we
38:46reschedule?
38:48Well,
38:48I would love that.
38:49But it would have to be
38:50the next few days.
38:52My colleague's illness
38:53means that
38:54I've been asked
38:55to head up a dig
38:56in Wales.
38:57They found some
38:58new standing stones
38:59in the Priscelli Hills.
39:01Well,
39:02I say new,
39:02they're at least
39:045,000 years old.
39:05How fascinating.
39:07But anyway,
39:07I just wanted to
39:09apologize
39:09in person
39:11and assure you
39:12that
39:13it will never
39:14happen again.
39:15How about now?
39:18Would you like to come in
39:19for a drink?
39:20There's a book
39:21I've been wanting
39:21to show you.
39:22I would like that
39:23very much.
39:25Please.
39:34Hello.
39:36Hi, Shanti.
39:37Hello, Susie.
39:37I wanted to help.
39:39Oh.
39:40I've shared the leaflet
39:41with my friends.
39:41No.
39:42And Rico's mum
39:42made forms
39:43and I've collected
39:45817 signatures.
39:46Well.
39:46When you see something
39:47that's not right,
39:48you've got to stand up.
39:49Preach.
39:50Will it make a difference?
39:51Doing the right thing
39:52always makes a difference.
39:54Come on.
39:55Let's do this together.
39:56So good.
39:57Hi, 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,
40:08a temple.
40:19Would you like a flyer?
40:19Take care.
40:19Bye.
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