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00:00Ladies, does your washing powder leave your whites dreary and grey?
00:04Try new Flix Flakes in your wash.
00:08Flix brightens my day every day.
00:13This is ludicrous, Ron.
00:15Cut.
00:17What's the problem, Catherine?
00:18Catherine Vale is the epitome of glamour.
00:22My fans don't want to see me like this.
00:24That's the twist. You loved it yesterday.
00:26I don't know. It's not the way the public see you, Catherine, but you're doing it brilliantly.
00:30Lesson number one, Eva dear. Always be better than the material.
00:35I wrote the material?
00:37You have managed to find fault with every single one of my ideas.
00:42Could that possibly be because they've all been terrible?
00:45Right. We have three days left to deliver the finished advert, so...
00:50I know you don't love this concept, but I also know only you can make it sing.
00:56I've told you. You cannot confine Catherine Vale to a set.
01:01I need air, space, light. I must breathe.
01:06Of course. Leave it with me.
01:10You let her walk all over you.
01:12We have to keep her on board somehow.
01:14We need to get out of the studio, find new inspiration.
01:18We could film in High Park.
01:20Better than that.
01:22I know just the place.
01:24Away from London. No distractions.
01:26We can nail this.
01:28Great. I'll call Frank.
01:30Uh...
01:31It is his company.
01:33He doesn't need to know.
01:34But I do need to call a priest.
01:38Yes.
02:03Thanks.
02:06I can't thank you enough for letting us film here, Father.
02:09It's a pleasure to welcome you back to the garden you played in as a boy.
02:14Mind your backs, please.
02:15I knew your grandfather, Ron.
02:17He's a lovely man.
02:19Well, being sacristan was so important to him.
02:23He'd be very happy that we're donating to St Mary's.
02:25Well, the Church Roof Fund is very grateful.
02:30Now, Mr Sanderson, we're very keen to know the tricks of the advertising trade.
02:35Oh, yeah.
02:36Like how you make us want to buy stuff we don't need.
02:39Let's go and have a look.
02:43Almost ready, Ron.
02:45My copywriter, Meg Wilson.
02:47Beautiful place you've got.
02:48Ah, this is more like it.
02:50Oh, there she is.
02:52Catherine Vale, Hollywood star in the flesh.
02:55Mrs S is her biggest fan.
02:57Welcome to Campbellford, Mrs Vale.
03:00Isabel Sullivan, parish secretary.
03:01I adore your work.
03:04Oh, it's a joy to meet my public.
03:06My protégé, Miss Eva Richards, a fine actress in the making.
03:10Look, I hope to one day be as brilliant as Catherine.
03:13It's good to dream, dear.
03:15And now, Ron, darling, what's my line?
03:17I was thinking something like,
03:18Flix, while she's so bright, you'll feel like a star.
03:22Yes, that's not quite right, is it?
03:24How about, Flix, while she's so bright, you'll feel like me, a star?
03:29That's not what I wrote.
03:30I really like that, Catherine.
03:31God, isn't she incredible?
03:33Yeah, she's definitely something.
03:35Well, let's rehearse.
03:37Rehearthing.
03:39I know.
03:40Let her try it, and then we'll find something better.
03:44OK.
03:45If everyone is ready for a rehearsal, and...
03:52Action.
03:54Flix, wash is so bright, you'll feel just like me, a star.
04:00Perfect.
04:01It definitely had something, but perhaps if...
04:04No, no, that's it.
04:06Now, darling, find me somewhere out of the sun.
04:08You're welcome to use the presbytery.
04:10Miss Palmer's prepared tea and cake.
04:12Eva, bring my correspondence.
04:15And you, Mrs Mulligan.
04:17Sullivan, come, I'll sign a picture for you.
04:19Oh, would you? How marvellous.
04:25What a fascinating process.
04:27Isn't it?
04:28You don't happen to have a telephone I might use?
04:30Of course, in my study.
04:34I adored you in Love in the Dust.
04:37You had such chemistry with Saul Hobbs, and I could pellet it still.
04:41Oh, dear Saul, superb actor, awful man.
04:45One mustn't speak ill of the dead, but, oh, truly.
04:49Eva, letters?
04:50This one's from Biggie Baxter.
04:52The theatre impresario.
04:54He's a dear friend.
04:55Could it be about the audition?
04:56Take them back to my room at our digs.
04:57There's a good girl.
04:59But...
04:59Now.
05:01Ah, Eva, we could use you on set.
05:03She's running an errand for me.
05:05When you're back, then.
05:08Won't be long now, Catherine.
05:10I'm perfectly happy chatting with Mrs Tulliver.
05:16Sorry, where's the telephone?
05:17Um, through there.
05:19Who are you calling?
05:20No-one.
05:22Just the office.
05:25Um, fancy some cake, Mrs Hale?
05:30Charmin.
05:32Don't walk away from me.
05:34Who are you calling?
05:37Catherine, I am simply making a telephone call.
05:40This relentless neediness has got to stop you.
05:43Cannot go on like this.
05:45Brenda.
05:46Brenda.
05:50If we can make them feel something, people are more likely to buy what we're selling.
05:54I see.
05:56Fascinating.
05:58Ron said you needed me?
06:00Yes.
06:01Could you stand in for Catherine so that we can check the shot?
06:08Yes.
06:16Flick's wash is so bright, you'll feel just like me.
06:20A fated has-been Hollywood star.
06:25That's a bit harsh.
06:27True, though.
06:28Don't let Catherine hear you.
06:31Too late, I'm afraid.
06:33Catherine, I didn't mean to be...
06:35Terrible actress.
06:35Terrible actress, step aside.
06:39You're out of your depth.
06:41I prefer to do the line as agreed, without Eva's hilarious ad-lib.
06:48Ron, I'm ready.
06:51Yes, Catherine.
06:52Right.
06:53Going for a take.
06:57Roll camera.
06:59Something happen?
07:00I'm fine.
07:01Let's just shoot.
07:04Rolling, and...
07:05Action.
07:07Flick's wash is so bright, you'll feel just like me.
07:11A shining star.
07:14What the hell of stars got to do with Flick's?
07:18Frank.
07:19Er, cut.
07:21You found us.
07:22Great.
07:23You moved the chute without telling me.
07:25What is he doing here?
07:27Frank Hicks.
07:29Flick's managing director.
07:31Is this your gaff, is it?
07:33Very nice.
07:35So, Ron, what happened to Flick's brightening your day?
07:41Er, can we have a quiet word?
07:52Never a dull moment in advertising.
07:57I know my customers, and all they care about is, can our flakes give them dazzling whites?
08:03Yes, but in advertising, it works when it's about aspiration.
08:08Oh.
08:08Oh.
08:09Sorry.
08:10I'm just sticking me washing on.
08:12Let's ask this nice lady.
08:14You wash with Flicks, right?
08:19What's more important, feelings or whites?
08:23Erm, whites, definitely.
08:26See, you're a good man, Ron.
08:29I like you.
08:30But let's do it my way, eh?
08:32Fine, but let me deal with Catherine.
08:35She can be tricky.
08:36Just a bit.
08:39We...
08:41I think it would work better if, instead of the cocktail, you were holding the box of Flick's...
08:48That's not what we agreed.
08:50And if you could say, Flick's washes whites so bright, I'm dazzled.
08:56What happened to my starlight?
08:59It wasn't landing.
09:01Well, perhaps instead, I will not take acting tips from a talentless amateur, Miss Richards.
09:10Oh, come on.
09:12She was only trying to help.
09:14And you can shut up, too.
09:15What do you know about anything?
09:16Lady, I worked on Madison Avenue.
09:18Girl, I worked in Hollywood.
09:21Now let me speak to my director alone.
09:25Oh, blimey.
09:27It's only washing flakes.
09:28Catherine takes all of her roles very seriously, Wenda.
09:43Going for a take.
09:45Rolling.
09:47Action.
09:49Flick's washes whites so bright, I'm dazzled.
09:54Really give it some welly.
09:56You're here to sell flicks, remember?
09:59Cut.
10:00Frank, don't.
10:02Did you just direct me?
10:05And lift the box a bit higher.
10:08That's it.
10:09Nice big close-up.
10:12No-one manhandles Catherine Vale.
10:17Catherine, Frank was just...
10:19That's it!
10:20I quit!
10:25She's coming back, right?
10:27That's lunch, everybody.
10:29Lunch?
10:30Go and get her!
10:32You are welcome to try.
10:36Nothing is ever enough to make Catherine happy.
10:40Nothing.
10:40That's just so sad.
10:42She's rich, she's famous.
10:44What's she got to be unhappy about?
10:47Did you speak to her?
10:48I tried.
10:50Needed to down a stiff drink after.
10:52Blimey, she's a...
10:54I know.
10:55You're all right, Mr Higgs.
10:57Not cut out for this advertising lark, father.
11:00Catherine is missing.
11:01She's not our digs.
11:03What did you say to her?
11:05Well, just to come back and finish.
11:07She doesn't carry money, so she can't have gone far.
11:10Might I suggest we split up and search for her?
11:13Good idea, father.
11:14Kid gloves when we find her.
11:16Please, everyone.
11:19Honestly, she's forever doing things like this.
11:21Storming off, making everything about her.
11:23I'm sure we'll find her.
11:26Hang on.
11:27What's that?
11:45Drowned.
11:46Obvious signs of a struggle.
11:48Yeah.
11:49Flicks.
11:50Hmm?
11:51Yeah, five-foot swears by it.
11:53Hmm.
11:54Yes.
11:54Thank you, Sergeant.
11:56Corral the witnesses, would you?
11:58Yeah.
11:58Not you, sir.
12:03There's blood.
12:05Under her fingernails, she must have fought back.
12:08We'll get that tested.
12:10Father, you need to steer clear of this case.
12:14Catherine Vale's death will make headlines.
12:16This investigation must be watertight.
12:20Poor choice of words, but...
12:23Have you seen her ears?
12:25They're green.
12:27Hmm.
12:28Perhaps.
12:28But that could all...
12:29Look, look.
12:30This is exactly what I'm talking about.
12:32No investigating.
12:39Can you all account for your whereabouts over lunch?
12:42I lost aura on set.
12:44I telephoned my wife.
12:46Our baby's not been well.
12:49And then I was with Father Brown.
12:51I spoke to Frank after he saw her, then went back to my room.
12:57Mr. Hicks?
12:58We had a quiet word in the scullery, but she was alive when I left.
13:04You weren't wearing that neckerchief this morning.
13:07No, um...
13:08Felt a bit cold.
13:10Could you remove it, please, sir?
13:19How did you acquire those scratches, Mr. Hicks?
13:22It's not what it looks like.
13:27Frank Hicks, I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder.
13:29What are you doing?
13:31You're not obliged to say anything, but anything you say may be given in evidence.
13:34It wasn't me.
13:35I swear I didn't kill her.
13:42I tried to apologise, but she just wouldn't have it.
13:46And then she scratched you?
13:48She went to walk out, I grabbed her arm, and she dug her nails in.
13:54My family company's on the line here.
13:57She was the new face of flicks.
14:00Why would I kill her?
14:01Do you know of anyone else who might have wanted to harm Mrs. Vale?
14:06Apparently she threw a weight around with everyone.
14:10Even said she wanted me banned from the set.
14:13And she said she was going to tell Ron to sack Meg.
14:18Does Miss Wilson know about all this?
14:22I warned her.
14:23I don't know what she'd done to deserve that.
14:26Will you help me, Father?
14:29I will endeavour to find out who did this.
14:32And will you help them to finish the advert?
14:35I can't lose my business, too.
14:38I'll do what I can.
14:41I just can't believe it.
14:44Frank seemed like such a nice bloke.
14:46I know.
14:48And what about the advert?
14:50That concept could have worked, but now Catherine's gone.
14:53We need a fresh start with one day left.
14:55Fresh start?
14:58Fresh like...
15:01a summer meadow?
15:02Fresh like...
15:04a young woman running through the flowers.
15:07But Flix Flakes are even fresher.
15:10It's all about the mood.
15:12We need a meadow and a young woman.
15:14What?
15:14We've already got one.
15:16Me?
15:18But Catherine's barely cold.
15:20She would have wanted you to do this.
15:21I'm not so sure about that.
15:23Show must go on, Eva.
15:42You're strolling through the fields when you come across just washed sheets.
15:47And the freshness overwhelms you when you say, Flix.
15:50Wash is so fresh, I can feel it.
15:53Got it?
15:54I'll give it my all.
15:57Oh, nice frock.
16:00Are you ready for this?
16:02I think so.
16:04It's all I've ever wanted.
16:06I've all waited for it to happen, though.
16:11I admire your devotion to your profession, Miss Walson.
16:15Clearly means a lot to you.
16:17Sure does.
16:17For a woman like me, a job like this is hard to come by.
16:22It would be a blow to lose your position.
16:27Frank told you.
16:30Catherine had no power to fire me.
16:32Ron's my boss, not her.
16:34But she clearly had significant sway over him.
16:39Did you confront her?
16:41All right, yes.
16:43I found her in the scullery after her spat with Frank.
16:48Why didn't you tell the police?
16:50Because I know how it looks.
16:53I asked her not to fire me.
16:55It didn't work.
16:56So, to be honest, I used a bit of flattery.
17:00Ah, yes.
17:01I told her I'm her biggest fan.
17:04That it was my idea to hire her.
17:07That way her ailing career got a boost and we got a star.
17:11I really wanted it to work, but you saw how she was.
17:16Please think of anyone who might have wanted Catherine dead.
17:20Throw a rock, father.
17:22She gave anyone who met her a reason.
17:24Eva, feeling frank, Jack?
17:27Wish me luck.
17:28Good luck.
17:29Break a leg.
17:32Well?
17:34Well, she clearly has a motive, but enough to kill?
17:37I don't know.
17:42Catherine's death has worked out well for Miss Richards.
17:46Father, she adored her.
17:48She called her a faded husband.
17:51And Catherine snapped her, Eva, about the letter from Bonky Summer.
17:57Binky Baxter.
17:58She told Eva to take it to her room and her digs.
18:03Did she, indeed?
18:14Oh, pink silk sheets.
18:19Oh, how exotic.
18:22Aren't they a bit slippy?
18:23She lived such an incredible life.
18:27From poplar to Hollywood, from rags to riches.
18:33She had a few years away from the screen when the talkies came along.
18:36Lost count of how many times she'd been married.
18:40Rumours of lots of affairs.
18:42Never any children.
18:45So sad the way her career just faded away.
18:49Indeed.
18:51No letter from Binky Baxter in here.
18:54Fleurie de vie.
18:57Très exclusive.
18:59You cannot get this anywhere on this side of the channel.
19:02All right.
19:03Let's have a whiff, then.
19:04Brenda, a little respect, please.
19:07Besides, that's not how you do it.
19:09Spray a little mist into the air and glide through.
19:14Oh, that is revolting.
19:17Oh.
19:19Hi, there.
19:21Look.
19:22Ah.
19:25A jigsaw puzzle.
19:30Something about an audition.
19:33Catherine snapped at Eva when she asked about an audition.
19:36She was far too famous to still be doing that, surely.
19:38As you suggested, too inexperienced for the part.
19:43Inexperienced, Catherine.
19:46Role of Juliet.
19:48Oh, she's far too old for that.
19:52Well, if it wasn't Miss Vale, who was auditioning?
20:07Flix wash is so fresh, I can feel it.
20:12Cut.
20:14It's not working.
20:15You know, it's just...
20:16Who am I?
20:17Where am I going?
20:18And why am I in this field?
20:19None of that matters.
20:21It's all about the mood.
20:22I can't play a mood.
20:24Can I?
20:24I understand.
20:26Look, take a break while we have a think.
20:31Such a simple idea.
20:33Catherine will know how to make it work.
20:37Eva, Catherine snapped at you yesterday when you asked about Brinky Baxter's letter.
20:41Yes.
20:42We found the letter in Mrs Vale's room.
20:45Did you audition for the role of Juliet?
20:48Catherine said she'd recommend me to him.
20:51So I did well, maybe in with a chance.
20:53And yet, the letter revealed that unbeknownst to you,
20:57Mrs Vale had urged Mr Baxter not to cast you.
21:03How could she do that?
21:06She was my mentor.
21:07She was supposed to support me, not stab me in the back.
21:09You must have been upset.
21:10Of course.
21:11That's why I tore it up.
21:12I was furious.
21:13Furious enough to hurt her?
21:16No.
21:17I idolised her.
21:18I could have her do something like that.
21:20Even if it meant you could step into her shoes.
21:23I've wanted to be Catherine ever since I was six years old.
21:25There's no way on earth I could have killed her.
21:28Let's go again and just try relaxing on the next take.
21:34May I?
21:35Father.
21:38Mrs Vale was your mentor, but her acting style is not yours.
21:44Perhaps you could be a little less formal.
21:47More yourself.
21:49He's right.
21:49You should stop acting.
21:51I've only just started.
21:53No, she means you've been performing it as Catherine would have.
21:58Stiff.
22:00Old school.
22:02This time, let all that go and just be.
22:08I'll try.
22:09Let's go again!
22:11Thank you, Father.
22:15Poor Eva.
22:17For her mentor to turn on her like that.
22:22Sergeant.
22:23Mr Hicks has the same blood group found under Catherine's fingernails.
22:27Extremely rare type.
22:28We're charging him with murder.
22:30I see.
22:31He wants to talk to you, Father.
22:33Says he's remembering something.
22:42Oh, thanks for coming, Father.
22:45Father, this is a nightmare.
22:48How can they hang me for something I didn't do?
22:50I'm working on that.
22:52There's something you want to tell me.
22:55I've had a lot of time to think stuck in here.
22:58Going over every moment from yesterday and something struck me.
23:03You remember when Ron and Catherine had that quiet word?
23:06I do.
23:08I heard her say something like,
23:11Take back what you said and I'll do it your way.
23:15Or else.
23:17You think she had some kind of hold over Mr Sanderson?
23:21It definitely seemed that way to me.
23:23If she said jump, he jumped.
23:26He wasn't the most experienced, bless him.
23:29Only set up his business last year.
23:32Forgive me, but if your firm has so much riding on this advertisement,
23:36why not use someone more seasoned?
23:38He did this campaign I saw in one of my wife's magazines.
23:44Exclusive French perfume.
23:47I can't remember the name.
23:50Fleury de Ville.
23:52Yeah.
23:53That's the one.
23:58Goodness.
23:59Flix wash is so fresh, I can really feel it.
24:03Cut.
24:05I don't know.
24:07What do you think?
24:08I'm really trying not to act.
24:10And it's great, but the concept doesn't fit you anymore.
24:14No, no, you're right.
24:15It needs something else.
24:17Oh, come on.
24:19It's not atomic physics.
24:21All we're trying to do is sell Flix Flakes to housewives.
24:24Um.
24:26Father.
24:29Housewives buy Flix Flakes?
24:31Right, and?
24:33And what are housewives?
24:35Um.
24:37Mothers?
24:38Yes.
24:39And?
24:40And daughters.
24:43Precisely.
24:46You can make people feel.
24:47You can make them buy.
24:49And what makes people feel more than the unbreakable love between a mother and her daughter?
24:57It's genius.
24:59Have you ever thought about going into advertising, Father?
25:02What do you think, Meg?
25:04Mothers and daughters.
25:05The sacred heart of the family.
25:07I can see it.
25:10I can see it.
25:11It could work, I guess.
25:13But we've got one afternoon.
25:15We're low on film stock and no cast.
25:17I mean, I would love to play the daughter.
25:20I'd know how to be that part.
25:21You're hired.
25:22Again.
25:22And Mrs. S. could play the mother.
25:28I could.
25:30As a mother.
25:31And a daughter.
25:32And an actress.
25:34I do have all the relevant experience.
25:36If you think I'm suitable.
25:38Suitable?
25:39You're perfect.
25:40What do you say, Meg?
25:41It writes itself.
25:44I can give it a try.
25:46But what's the setting?
25:49Actually, I think we had it right the first time.
25:52Father, do you think we could...
25:53Yes, of course.
25:55Great.
25:56New plan.
25:57All back to the presbytery.
25:58If you can get everything set up, write the script.
26:01You know what it needs.
26:04Oh, sorry, Ron.
26:05Just a few queries.
26:08Who is this mother?
26:10What's her background?
26:11What does she want from life?
26:13What accent shall I do her with?
26:18Oh, er...
26:19Meg will answer all your questions, Mrs. Sullivan.
26:22I just need to make a telephone call.
26:24Right.
26:29Meg.
26:31I love you, darling.
26:34I'm sorry I've been away so long.
26:38But home tomorrow.
26:40Give Mary a kiss for me.
26:46It must be hard to maintain a marriage when your work is so all-consuming.
26:52Edith's finding it very hard with the new baby.
26:54I feel terrible being so distracted.
26:58I noticed Mrs. Vail placed demands on you.
27:03She had a flacon of fleurie de vie perfume amongst her most personal possessions.
27:12I understand it's very hard to come by.
27:16What are you implying, Father?
27:18Does Mrs. Sanderson know about your indiscretion?
27:24No.
27:26It would break her heart.
27:30Edith is my first and only love.
27:33I stayed faithful all through the war.
27:36Even during my service.
27:38And then...
27:38You met Mrs. Vail.
27:42I'm such a cliché, Father.
27:46Edith's been so preoccupied with the baby, I was ripe for the picking.
27:51But Catherine had such magnetism and charisma.
27:55I couldn't say no to her.
27:58And I didn't want to.
28:02But then yesterday, Catherine demanded I leave Edith to be with her.
28:08I refused.
28:09Told her it was over.
28:12And she swore she'd tell Edith everything if I didn't take it back.
28:18Did you kill her?
28:19No, I'm not a murderer.
28:22But it is true.
28:23With her gone.
28:24My only real problem is how to finish the advert.
28:29And how to deal with your guilt.
28:32I can't tell Edith.
28:35She'd leave me.
28:39Mr. Sanderson.
28:42The truth may wound.
28:44But it can also heal.
28:52I think she'd be more glamorous.
28:55Meg said plain.
28:58Dowdy!
29:00Maureen has style.
29:02Who's Maureen?
29:03It's the name I've given her.
29:05She's from the Bristol area.
29:08What, via Barnsley?
29:10Mrs. Sullivan, you look the part.
29:12Thank you, Father.
29:14You spoke to Ron.
29:16Did he...?
29:17Did he...?
29:18Guilty of moral weakness, yes.
29:20Bit of murder?
29:22I don't think so.
29:24So who's next?
29:26That's just it.
29:28I don't know.
29:30Look at you.
29:33Perfect mother.
29:35And you have a fan already.
29:39Edgar, what are you doing here?
29:42I ticked him off.
29:43Well, I have to be here to see this.
29:45We need you on set, Isabelle.
29:47Can I have a minute?
29:51Oh!
29:52Yeah.
29:57Perfect mother, eh?
29:59You're already the perfect wife.
30:01Are we ready for this?
30:03My face on every television in the land.
30:06Being recognised in the street.
30:09And what's Eddie going to say?
30:10This will change our lives.
30:14Yes.
30:15Certainly change our washing plates.
30:18Edgar, I'm being serious.
30:21You'll be wonderful, as you always are.
30:24And then life will go back to normal.
30:27Now.
30:29Break a leg.
30:30Oh!
30:33Eva, you're struggling with your whites.
30:36Then your mother comes to the rescue with Flix Flix.
30:39Now, Isabelle.
30:40Maureen.
30:41I mean character.
30:44Maureen.
30:44Your daughter really needs your help.
30:46Jeannie.
30:47That's her name.
30:49Fine.
30:50Jeannie has struggled without you,
30:53but now she truly needs you to be her perfect mother.
30:55Yes.
30:57I can be that.
30:59Great.
31:00Let's try a run-through.
31:01Meg, if you can drop the box in on cue.
31:04Rehearsing.
31:08And?
31:09Hey.
31:10I've got your note, sir.
31:11Have I missed the action?
31:12Not yet, Sergeant.
31:13Oh, fancy us knowing a television star, eh?
31:15Quiet on set, please.
31:16Sorry.
31:17Sorry.
31:18Action.
31:21Gray again?
31:22Why can't I get my whites as white as yours, Mother?
31:25That's because you need my secret ingredient.
31:28Oh, maybe try it in your own accent, Mrs. Sullivan.
31:32Maureen, I mean.
31:34If you insist.
31:40That's because you need my secret ingredient, darling.
31:43Flix.
31:45Flix?
31:46Just one scoop in my machine gives me perfect whites.
31:50Every wash.
31:51It's wonderful writing, Miss Wilson.
31:56I don't know how I'll ever be able to manage without you, Mother.
31:59I'll always be with you.
32:01Mothers.
32:03Because we'll always have Flix.
32:06And their daughters.
32:08Um.
32:09Oh, Meg.
32:09I'm so sorry.
32:10I don't feel so good.
32:12All right.
32:14Er, Brenda.
32:15Could I get you to step in?
32:17That was perfect, you two.
32:18We're going to go for a take.
32:21Oh.
32:34Miss Wilson.
32:55That's because you need my secret ingredient, darling.
32:58Flix.
32:59Oh.
33:00No, that's a bit too quick, Brenda.
33:02Oh, sorry, Mrs. S.
33:04Cut.
33:05The fishing rod isn't working.
33:15Need my secret ingredient, darling.
33:18Flix.
33:19Ow!
33:21Are you all right?
33:24Cut.
33:26Cut.
33:34That's because you need my secret ingredient, darling.
33:38Flux.
33:38Flix.
33:40God.
33:40Crumbs.
33:41I'm so sorry.
33:42Flix, of course.
33:43It says so on the box.
33:46Cut.
33:51Cut.
33:52Cut.
33:53Cut.
33:55Cut.
33:57Cut.
33:58Cut.
34:00Cut.
34:01Cut.
34:02Cut.
34:02Cut.
34:03Cut.
34:04Cut.
34:05You killed Mrs. Vail.
34:07Move, father.
34:09I will run you down.
34:11But you're not a cold-blooded killer.
34:14You did what you did because your heart was broken.
34:20Catherine Vail was your mother.
34:33How did you figure it out?
34:38Your reluctance to write a script about mothers and daughters.
34:42Then your emotional response to the scene.
34:48And Mrs. Vail's earrings dyed her skin green, likewise your watch, from holding her under
34:54soapy water.
34:59You hired her to get close to her.
35:04I spent my life trying to trace my breath mother.
35:10Then, last year, my father found me.
35:15He was dying.
35:17Cancer.
35:20He wanted me to know the truth.
35:24Saul Hobson.
35:28Her co-star.
35:30In Love in the Dust.
35:33I met him in the hospice the day he died.
35:38The last thing he said was that Catherine was my mother.
35:49So the time she spent away from the screen when the talkies came in, she was trying to hide
35:56the scandal of her own affair with a black man.
35:59To save her career.
36:01But it was over by then, anyway.
36:06She moved back to England, so I came to manage to get a job with Juan.
36:13Soon as the Flicks Commission came in, I knew it was my chance.
36:18She was desperate to make a comeback.
36:20I was just happy to be around her.
36:25But she treated me like dirt.
36:30Perhaps you painfully reminded her of her long-lost child.
36:35Little knowing that it was, in fact, you.
36:41Yesterday, when Frank told me that she wanted me fired, I knew I had to tell her who I was.
36:48You can't fire me.
36:49I can do anything I damn well please.
36:51I'm the star.
36:52But I'm your daughter.
36:55I do not have a daughter.
36:57So told me.
37:05Margaret.
37:07I prefer Meg.
37:11I understand why you didn't want me in your life then.
37:16But I'm here now.
37:20And I thought that maybe we could...
37:23Please?
37:25Mother?
37:26Don't call me that.
37:29Just let me be in your life.
37:31I don't want you in my life.
37:33I want my career back.
37:35No one is to know of this, you understand.
37:36No one!
37:37How can you do this?
37:38Easily!
37:39You should never have been born!
37:40No!
37:42No, that's not true.
37:44I should have gotten rid of you!
37:54And now she's gone and...
37:57I have nothing left.
38:06You must confess.
38:09And repent your sin for the sake of your immortal soul.
38:13Tell the police everything.
38:15He'll hang me.
38:16If you don't...
38:18Then Frank Hicks faces the gallows.
38:21They will be lenient.
38:24This was not a premeditated act of evil.
38:29In that moment you were a lost, wounded child.
38:34But if you run, Miss Wilson,
38:38this pain will never end.
38:46I don't know how I'll ever manage without you, Mother.
38:49I'll always be with you.
38:51Because we'll always have flicks.
38:56Cut.
38:58Check that.
38:59If that's clear, it's a wrap.
39:05You're incredible.
39:07So moving and...
39:08So real.
39:10I don't know what happened.
39:11I just suddenly felt so sad.
39:12Aw.
39:13I knew you could do it.
39:14For the first time,
39:15I feel like I know what kind of actress I'm meant to be.
39:18I thought you were rather marvellous, too.
39:20Yes, she was.
39:21You were.
39:22Truly.
39:22Pop a bottle of tea in my eye, Mrs Sullivan.
39:24I can tell you.
39:25Oh, wasn't that just a hay fever, Sergeant?
39:27Oh, good girl.
39:28It's just a shame Meg and Father Brown missed it.
39:31Oh, look.
39:32Meg, it worked.
39:34We got it.
39:35That's great, Ron.
39:36I'm really happy for you.
39:38For us?
39:39Wait till you see it.
39:40I might have to imagine it.
39:43Inspector Sullivan.
39:45Catherine Vale.
39:48She was my mother.
39:51And I need to speak to you.
40:04Her own mother.
40:06Nicole.
40:07Poor Catherine.
40:08Who are Meg?
40:11Come on, I'll make you a nice cup of tea.
40:13I wish Meg had told me who she was.
40:16I could have helped.
40:20Perhaps her shame at her abandonment was too much to bear.
40:26I told Edith everything.
40:31She's incredibly hurt.
40:34But she still wants me to come home and talk.
40:39Thank you, Father.
40:41Have faith, Mr. Sanderson.
40:44To err is human.
40:47To forgive divine.
41:15Good to see you again, Frank.
41:18I had to come and thank you for saving my bacon, didn't I?
41:22Finished advert, airs tonight.
41:25Eve is a proper star in the making.
41:27Wait till you see her.
41:29What you got there, Sarge?
41:30I promised Mrs. Goodfellow that you'd sign a box for her.
41:33She's such a fan.
41:35This is it, Edgar.
41:36The day our lives change.
41:39Will you do the honours as well, Mrs. Sullivan?
41:41I'd be delighted, Sargent.
41:44Violet and I will be watching.
41:46That reminds me, Mrs. Sullivan,
41:49to thank you for stepping in,
41:51a token of my appreciation,
41:54and by way of an apology.
41:56That's so kind.
41:58I don't understand.
42:00What do you have to apologise for, Frank?
42:03The finished advert might not be quite what you're expecting.
42:07There now follows a short commercial break.
42:10Here we go.
42:13Grey again?
42:15Why can't I get my whites as whites as yours, Mother?
42:21Flicks?
42:22Just one scoop of flicks in your machine
42:24gives you perfect whites.
42:26It's every mother's secret.
42:30I don't know how I'll ever be able to manage without you, Mother.
42:33But we'll always have flicks.
42:48Well, it certainly makes you feel something.
42:53Hmm.
42:53Yeah.
42:54Sad.
42:55Um, was you a Gerst all along, then?
42:59No, they've changed the concept.
43:00Oh!
43:01Ha!
43:02Oh, well...
43:03You're not too disappointed, are you?
43:06No!
43:07No, I'm...
43:08I'm perfectly happy here as parish secretary.
43:13What did you think, Father?
43:19I think fame's loss is Kembleford's gain.
43:25Oh, yeah.
43:27Well, I might not be a television star, but...
43:35We'll always have flicks.
43:37Ha, ha, ha!
43:38Come on!
43:40Come on, ma'am!
43:42Come on, ma'am!
43:45Come on!
43:46Come on!
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