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Beyond Paradise S04E01 ORGANiC Episode 1 Engsub
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00:28I'll see you next time
00:33Morning Selwyn
00:36There's no hot water
00:38Okay, come and take a look
01:09And the carpet's all wet in here
01:12I think we've sprung a leak or...
01:24Right
01:25I think the most important thing
01:28Is to not
01:30Panic
01:31Need to think
01:32Logically
01:38Does the engine work?
01:41Engine, brilliant
01:49Humphrey?
01:50Are you all right?
01:51Fine
02:10What's that?
02:12I'm not entirely sure
02:13It's dripping oil
02:21Have we got life jackets?
02:23Well, I didn't think we'd need them
02:24You know, being parked up
02:28Wood
02:30We could make a raft
02:35Humphrey?
02:35I need two pencils and a pair of underpants, please
03:01Morning!
03:03Morning!
03:12Dad?
03:20Dad?
03:29Dad?
03:31Dad?
03:31Dad?
03:32Dad?
03:33Dad?
03:41One morning in the month of June
03:43Down by a rolling river
03:45There a weary tribe
03:47A chance to stay
03:48And he beheld his lover
03:50Her cheeks were red
03:52Her eyes were brown
03:53Her hair in ringlets
03:54Hanging down
03:55She'd a lovely face
03:57Without a frown
03:58Just as the tide was flowing
04:20If you get out on the ocean
04:22If you sail out on the sea
04:25If you get up in the mountains
04:27If you go climbing on the trees
04:29Oh, through every emotion
04:32When you know that they don't care
04:34Darling, that's when I want to flee
04:36Oh, I'll go with you, yeah
04:39Oh, come on
04:48If you get up in the tripling
04:50What happened?
04:52We're really worried
04:53Yes, the mooring rope snapped
04:55And the current dragged us out to sea
04:57Carby
04:57Thank heavens for the RNLI
04:59Yes
05:00Oh, Anne said to phone her
05:02The second you get back
05:07Uh, you all right, sir?
05:10Yes
05:12Oh, it's just a bump
05:16Um, only you're needed
05:18Esther's gone on ahead
05:20Where?
05:21Kenneth Linder's house
05:27Sir, sir
05:28Oh, yes, I'm so sorry
05:29Yes
05:30There we go
05:30I do apologise
05:32Yes
05:42Up here, sir
05:50Are you okay?
05:52How's Martha?
05:53We're both fine
05:54Thank you
05:57Oh, Kenneth
05:59You know I only spoke to him last night
06:01Oh, of course
06:02You went to the book signing
06:09Yes, here we are
06:14I'm still not sure this qualifies as a date
06:18In my defence, I was coerced into your Mamma Mia karaoke night
06:21Coerced?
06:22Well, maybe not coerced
06:23But if those photos ever get into the wrong hands
06:27Here we are
06:30So consider this payback
06:45This week sees the launch of the new Kenneth Linder novel
06:50The Final Breath
06:52Now, since he's moved to Shipton Abbot
06:55We are brazenly claiming him as one of our own
06:58So, as your new local counsellor and treasurer of the Devon Literary Group
07:02I would like you all to give a huge welcome to our guest
07:05Kenneth Linder
07:11His daughter Helen found him in the bath
07:14The electric fan in the water at his feet
07:17It looks like he's been here all night
07:19Looks like the power tripped eventually
07:21But not quick enough to save him
07:25Well, this is something of a conundrum
07:28Why?
07:29Because in his latest novel
07:31Serial killer Jeremy Cook is walking to the electric chair
07:34Which is where the last book left him
07:36But it turns out he bribed the guard
07:39To short-circuit the prison power
07:40Therefore delaying his execution until the next day
07:43But that night
07:45He murdered the guard that helped him
07:47And stole his uniform to escape
07:49Nice
07:50Then he found the judge that sentenced him
07:53And like his nine previous victims
07:57Killed him
07:57By dropping an electrical appliance
08:00Into his bath
08:16And he found the judge that sentenced him to the next day
08:17And he found the judge that sentenced him to the next day
08:18And he found the judge that sentenced him to the next day
08:20And he found the judge that sentenced him to the next day
08:20And he found the judge that sentenced him to the next day
08:21And he found the judge that sentenced him to the next day
08:23And he found the judge that sentenced him to the next day
08:24And he found the judge that sentenced him to the next day
08:36Thank you, sergeant.
08:46Oh, yes.
09:04We've got something outside, too.
09:11Trampled flowerbed by an open rear door.
09:14We did a quick check and the footprints are probably male,
09:18judging by size and weight,
09:20but they're not an obvious match for any of the footwear found in the house.
09:24We've taken moulds, but there's a difference in indent depth,
09:28so we're pretty sure whoever made them had a distinct limp.
09:33Yeah, much less weight put on his left leg.
09:37The main road runs across the back of the garden,
09:39so someone could have got over the fence and along this path.
09:42Cameras?
09:43Nothing this side, doorbell camera at the front.
09:46We've got him being dropped off last night by his daughter, Helen,
09:49and then her coming back this morning.
09:53I know you, don't I?
09:55From the book signing last night, you were with your father?
09:59That's right, D.I. Goodman.
10:04Humphrey Goodman.
10:06A huge fan.
10:10This is my fianc...
10:11My wife, Martha.
10:13Hi.
10:15So, Humphrey, do you have a favourite case?
10:18Oh, yes.
10:18The first of the bathtub trilogy, Death by Design.
10:21The bottle-top MacGuffin.
10:23Genius.
10:23Oh.
10:27Wait.
10:30You're not Detective Humphrey Goodman?
10:34Yes.
10:36How'd you know that?
10:37Well, I'm something of a fan of yours, too.
10:40I read the newspaper report about the case you solved.
10:44The poor chap murdered by his partner.
10:46Made to look like a car crash.
10:49Brilliant.
10:57Well, a pleasure to meet you, Humphrey.
10:59And you, Michael.
11:04This must be difficult for you.
11:06Is the family we can call?
11:07No.
11:08It's just me and Dad.
11:11Are you up to a few questions, Helen?
11:14I'll try.
11:15When was the last time you saw your father before this morning?
11:20Last night, I dropped him home after the book signing.
11:34Promise me you'll have an early night.
11:36Oh.
11:37A nightcap first, I think.
11:39One.
11:39At least.
11:42Love you.
11:44Love you, too.
11:52And how did he seem in himself?
11:56Quiet.
11:58But I know he was tired.
12:00Can I ask, was your dad a particularly tidy man?
12:03Tidy?
12:04God, no.
12:06He was bloody-minded, intelligent, playful, and a rather wonderful father.
12:14But tidy?
12:16No.
12:20There's something else you need to know.
12:24He was dying.
12:26He had end-stage amyloidosis.
12:29An abnormal build-up of proteins.
12:32Stops his organs working properly.
12:35Said he refused to die until he'd finished his damn book.
12:38But...
12:39He'd been going downhill pretty rapidly these past few weeks.
12:44We knew it wouldn't be long.
12:47But this?
12:50Do you think he took his own life?
12:52Do you?
12:56I know he was in a lot of pain,
12:58but he refused the palliative care he was offered.
13:08People are coming in?
13:14Are you sure you're up to this, Dad?
13:17Stop farting.
13:18I'm strong as an ox.
13:20Yes.
13:25We need to take care of your dad,
13:28so you might be better at home.
13:31They'll take him to the chapel of rest,
13:33and I promise I'll call and let you know when he's there.
13:44Do you think that's it?
13:46He did this himself?
13:48There was a towel.
13:49Neatly folded by the side of the bath,
13:52dressing gown and slippers ready.
13:53So why go to all that trouble
13:55if you know you'll never be getting out of the bath?
13:57Exactly.
13:58So it has to be an accident?
14:00Possibly.
14:02Wait.
14:04You're thinking it's murder?
14:05We should consider it.
14:07Why?
14:08Because the victim wrote murder mystery novels?
14:10No, Sergeant,
14:11because there are some things that don't make sense.
14:13Such as?
14:14Well, it's all rather neat, don't you think?
14:15Too neat, perhaps, for a man not known for his tidiness.
14:19That's it.
14:20It was too neat.
14:22So what if someone put those things in place
14:24to make it look like an accident?
14:27And what about the fact that he died
14:29in exactly the way described in his own book?
14:32Can we really accept that's just a coincidence?
14:37No.
14:38So, if we can rule out suicide, accident and coincidence,
14:42which we can because there's no such thing,
14:45then what happened to Kenneth Linder must be by design.
14:50Let's confirm cause of death.
14:52Let forensics finish up.
14:53And I want an electrical report.
14:56Why didn't the power trip out immediately?
14:57Oh, and...
14:59Have his clothes checked too.
15:01See if this belongs to any of them.
15:03Please.
15:05Okay.
15:07And we should talk to his agent.
15:09Yes.
15:13Huh.
15:31P.M.
15:32P.M.
15:45Pothole Pete was on the RNLI boat.
15:48He said if they overslept,
15:50they could have ended up in Guernsey.
15:54P.M.
15:54P.M.
15:55Oh, they call him that cause people try to avoid him.
15:59He goes on a bit.
16:00P.M.
16:01P.M.
16:02P.M.
16:04No, that's not here.
16:06The press officer's at the hub, darling.
16:09Do you need the number?
16:11No problem.
16:12Bye.
16:14P.M.
16:14P.M.
16:14Ok.
16:15P.M...
16:16저도 an assault on a shopkeeper in town.
16:22I'll be a couple hours.
16:23P.M.
16:25P.M.
16:25Pures consistency.
16:28P.M.
16:28as his agent you knew he was ill of course but it wasn't public knowledge it's the way kenny wanted
16:35it he's a very he was a very proud man he didn't want people fawning over him i um i
16:44saw you at the
16:45book signing last night how did he seem to you oh you were wonderful calm considering this was his
16:55last roll of the dice why do you say that his last book was a decade ago and that did
17:04appallingly
17:06obviously he couldn't get a publishing deal so started borrowing against the house
17:12so that he could write this one he was in financial difficulty this book was his last
17:17chance of avoiding bankruptcy he kept his money problems from helen of course he didn't want
17:24her to worry about that on top of everything else they seem very close they lost helen's mum when
17:30she was seven so it's only ever really been the two of them everything kenny ever did he did for
17:38her
17:38but mr linda confided in you about his financial difficulty i'm his agent goes with the territory
17:47uh can i ask um do the initials pm mean anything to you no should they no
18:07look there was uh another man at the book signing last night uh he didn't look like a fan but
18:13i saw
18:13you speaking to him that would be ken's publisher anthony westley nice to see you pushed the boat out
18:22anthony i think your client's oxford street soirees were over a long time ago don't you he's made you a
18:32lot of money he's made us all a lot of money dear heart but i'm slightly surprised that as a
18:36literary
18:36agent you don't understand the use of the past tense your loyalty is staggering jump off your high
18:45horse will you he's washed up we're both just hovering waiting for him to die so we can revive
18:51his back catalog not the nicest man you know his time was over metaphorically speaking people are
19:03just not buying his books anymore and yet you still publish this latest novel true but on very very
19:08different terms no advance and on the condition that he brought back the bathtub murders trilogy
19:15they were his most successful book so i thought they will guarantee our best chance of a return but
19:22with no advance would that mean that he was writing for free essentially yes but he would get the lion's
19:28share if the book sold well but you don't expect it to no
19:36so a much better deal for you than him then what can i say business is business plus i tend
19:46to come
19:46out in a rash when i lose money
19:53do you know how mr linda died he was electrocuted in his bath
20:01who exactly the same way as the first murder in his new book to be honest i haven't read it
20:07but it
20:08does sound a tad ironic you haven't read a book you've just published i have people do the initials p
20:17m mean
20:18anything to you no i don't no i don't think they do if it is murder can we make him
20:26a suspect please
20:28i'm not sure that's quite how it works sergeant pity
20:33this pm thing could it be something else rather than initials such as i don't know afternoon
20:43no pm only really works as a suffix doesn't it and why have it in your hand unless you're trying
20:49to
20:49tell us something the name of his killer why not we don't believe it was an accident agreed
20:57and why take your own life if you're dying life insurance his daughter would benefit
21:04but you get that when he died anyway if the prognosis was right he may have only had weeks
21:10left a days perhaps which brings us right back to the question who could possibly benefit from the
21:16death of a dying man on the verge of bankruptcy
21:38they threw this
21:41but you didn't see anyone nothing just a bang and the whole window caved in
21:46lucky no one was out and this was what time uh nine yeah just after we opened
21:59financials are on your desk makes for pretty grim reading what and he had no life insurance
22:05cancelled his policy two years ago and never renewed and the phone's been ringing off the hook
22:11journalists all wanting to know how kenneth linder died and if it's true he was in the bath
22:17i didn't think we'd released anything yet no we haven't well i passed them all on to the hub's
22:22press office all right well done margot was there anything on kenneth linder's social media
22:27that was easy he's on my facebook friends you knew what well back in the day when he was an
22:34angry
22:35young writer and i was a red coat of pertin sands what wait you were a red coat well only
22:42for eight
22:42months i got sacked why they said i rigged the over 70s fancy dress competition just because grandad won
22:52and kenneth linder oh we met at a mary opkin concert turned into a weekend of debauchery in norwich
23:01we mostly lost touch after that although people do say he based one of his characters on me
23:08which one uh melody alcott she was the waitress in the first bathtub murders yes she was yes
23:16no i mean she was the killer's ex-girlfriend she was the one who helped unlock the whole case
23:20yeah she was the one who eventually led horace bishop to jeremy cook at the third book yeah and that
23:26was you supposedly but i never saw it myself she was a bit strange can you give me a description
23:37of
23:37the man who hit you mr bevan he was a lot taller than me like he had on a tracksuit
23:42one of them with
23:43a hood did you see his face no he had a scarf over his face i came out on my
23:50way to the bank i only
23:52took three steps he stood right in front of me just like you are now and he hit me with
23:57a rolled up
23:57newspaper so he just came up to you and hit you on the head with a rolled up newspaper i'm
24:03telling you
24:03kelly this area has gone to the dogs yesterday similar thing happened man came up to me tried to
24:10punch me in the face a different man yeah dressed the same like he was taller than me too and
24:17he
24:18tried to punch you yeah but he missed then he started crying and ran off crying it's these kids
24:26kelly kelly they're all sniffing glue and smoking something day before one of them stole my dog poo
24:34dog poo honey butcher my dog got into the shop from upstairs and left a little presence here so i
24:43bagged it up went outside to the bin and this lunatic ran up snatched it and ran off
24:50can you describe him he's a border terrier no no the man who stole your poo oh dressed the same
24:57like a tracksuit and face covered and was he taller than you what you mean you said the others were
25:06i'm just trying to get a description oh well yeah now you mentioned a kelly kelby
25:13and he was wearing a tracksuit with his backside hanging out oh that's kids for you these days
25:19though isn't it i know you got all these face recognition cameras these days you'd be better off
25:24with arse recognition okay um well leave it with me mr bevin i'll talk to the other shopkeepers see if
25:34anyone's seen anything but i'll be in touch right door kelly hey kelly bloody good are you doing that's
25:44what they need stop calling me kelly hello boy see anything happen down there at the box no
25:56silver thank you hello
26:07that was the boat yard the lily bond might be out of the water for months it needs a complete
26:13overhaul i can't say i'm surprised it had bits falling off when i was staying on it well you know
26:20you're always welcome at mine humphrey'll be mortified thanks very much no not about staying with you about
26:26the boat really loves that boat doesn't he yeah but it's only ever supposed to be a stop gap until
26:32we found somewhere more permanent so maybe it's time we did just that find a house good for you motty
26:43won't be easy there's always loads of places up for sale no i don't mean finding a house
26:49i mean telling humphrey
27:07so you've heard then heard what about archie what about him i heard he was dating good for him don't
27:17you
27:17want to know who with no
27:24who no idea but very pretty by all accounts they were seen coming out of kitty jay's arm in arm
27:34hi nick okay thank you the button doesn't match any of the clothes found in the wardrobe right and the
27:43rcd switch was disabled which meant the power didn't cut off instantly so if it was murder
27:51then it was premeditated what were those initials you found pm why i have something on kenneth linda's
28:00page someone's posted a death threat saying he's a fraud that he's sold out doing a new book that he's
28:06ruined the trilogy by adding a force book some of the messages are pretty vile but the last one look
28:14be careful you don't end up like one of your own victims that fits doesn't it a deranged fan who
28:21better to copy a murder from the book paul mecca m-e-c-a paul mecca right so what do
28:26we know about him
28:27nothing just the name not much history looks like the account's only been open a few weeks
28:32i can put in a request for some more information but you know what these social media companies are
28:37like yeah i wouldn't hold your breath okay if he's a fan then maybe he was at the book signing
28:42last
28:43night and if he's not local then he must have stayed somewhere so let's check local hotels guest
28:48houses all of that right ship the nabbit
29:00psst you're wanted what i'm gonna help they'll just have to wait okay i need to speak to helen linda
29:09first
29:15sergeant i can't ever remember dad mentioning a paul mecca it seems he disapproved of the new book
29:22accusing your dad of selling out oh we had lots of that the thing is dad didn't necessarily disagree
29:29with them either but going back to the bathtub murders was the only way he could get published
29:36i think he needed the money oh he never said anything but he hated anthony wesley
29:44i know he'd never have gone back there unless he had to
29:50sorry excuse me hello
30:05d.i. uh goodman i presume james smith please
30:25sorry i was expecting chief superintendent woods
30:29no longer with us i'm afraid oh oh not deceased in dartmouth look though some might argue they're
30:38much the same thing yeah but i digress look there's been a small restructure
30:46not trying to boil the ocean just a realignment bringing all the remaining substations under our
30:52control ah administrative planning which in turn reports the local police and crime panel
30:58in your case that would be shipped and abbott of course non-invasive just building a loop
31:06everyone's in it and we all open our kimono kimono share what we have get all our ducks in a
31:14row
31:14that's how we move the needle you follow yes no not really now the first carriage on the train to
31:23efficiency harbor is streamlining trimming the fat cutbacks
31:31unclogging the pipes there's only four of us which is rather the point
31:35in what way there should only be three your staff to square footage ratio is off message
31:46oh but it's not all bad news no the decision about who to lose all yours
31:59hey sam it's martha goodman
32:03there's um one of your properties i'd like to see if it's still available
32:07on polka hill cheer up it might never happen that's the point what everyone seems to have things going
32:16on martha's looking to buy a new house and she's been made a new counselor going off on fancy lunches
32:21all the time or she's dating again and here's me exactly the same as i was last week last month
32:30pretty much the whole of last year literally nothing is happening in my life right now
32:36one morning i'm just gonna wake up and find out i'm old still on my own
32:42and still living in chipton abbott can't think of anything worse i know right
32:49so who's actually dating then not that i'm bothered just interested no idea supposed to be really pretty
33:00though
33:16no one seems to have seen anything if it's the town center the cctv should have picked them up
33:22hi sir so the name mecca i ran a quick trace we have 34 families with that last name in
33:30devon
33:31and cornwall but with nothing to cross-check it with it's tough to narrow down right so what do we
33:38know about him uh he's a kenneth linder fan he's got a limp and he's got a button missing not
33:46much all
33:47right uh see if there's a kenneth linder fan club or a book reading group um they'll have a list
33:53of
33:53members wouldn't i think of that yes and uh maybe we could take a punt on the limp too check
33:58for local
33:59hospital admissions in the last six months injuries to his left left leg i'm on it yes
34:06so the hub anything to report uh yes yes seems we're under new management everyone
34:14the chief super's moved on and we are now being overseen by the planning team and the local police
34:23and crime panel so where's charlie woods gone dartmouth i think he said oh no she was lovely
34:30i really liked her yeah she was definitely one of the better ones is that it though now charlie's gone
34:37no new directives or anything uh no
35:22lab have confirmed kenneth linder as death by electrocution
35:28although they have listed his amyloidosis as a secondary cause his body was so weak he was
35:34unlikely to survive the initial shock this is madness what's that kelby the local bookmaker david bevan
35:42assaulted three times in three days got the town center cctv footage but not one of them makes any sense
35:51look here this is the first one his dog makes a mess in his shop he bagged it up and
35:58was taking
35:58it to an outside bin then someone snatches it off him that's weird then the next one same time next
36:07day
36:07near enough a different bloke runs up and tries to punch him misses and then mr bevan said that he
36:14started
36:14crying and then ran off and then this morning a third bloke came out of nowhere whacked him on the
36:23head with a rolled up newspaper for no reason and then just runs off as well it's all very odd
36:29just kids messing about i think i found your poor mecca
36:37yeah he arrived two nights ago i said he was here on business kept himself to himself
36:46thank you would you know him if you saw him again no doubt it don't pay much attention to overnighters
36:57can i ask how he paid uh cash cash
37:04has anyone else stayed in this room no
37:08uh the cleaner's supposed to check for things like this uh did he give any personal details when
37:14he checked in address phone number he filled a registration card out can we see it it's downstairs
37:21in the office esther
37:28do you have any security cameras we have a doorbell camera excellent
37:32um can't see him arriving oh but he might have come in through the side door let's look at when
37:41he
37:41left okay thanks margo address and phone number are false there he is he's got a limp
37:57that's him
38:03come on you should have gone an hour ago nearly done boy your age should be rushing home getting
38:10ready to go out haven't you got a date or anything nah i've given up on all them dating apps
38:17last one i met up with must have used a photo that was older than me
38:22she keeps sending me photos of her lasagna
38:31well don't be long i won't
38:57you're not as bad as selwyn look he's homeless
39:02oh your author's been all over the news saying it was murder i think so yeah any idea who it
39:09was
39:10well we've got a good suspect a disgruntled fan who's sending threatening messages and we can place
39:15them at the seams so i'm sorry i know you liked him i did yeah but it's not that
39:27i got called into the hub oh you've been told off again not this time
39:36they're saying i've got to lose someone at the station what yeah apparently there should only be
39:44three of us at the station so i need to lose one of either esther kelby or margot
39:51that's awful what will you do i have no idea so i've got something that might cheer you up
40:05or make you feel ten times worse right if it's bad timing and you don't want to talk about it
40:13then
40:13just say so it's bad time but the lily bond will be out of the water for weeks maybe months
40:22and although
40:25we can stay at months again i was thinking that maybe it was time to move on and went back
40:33to our
40:33original plan when we first moved down and board house are you serious look
40:48what's going on and what's going on and what's going on and what's going on and what's going on
41:02hello peter where have you been oh art is still not better that leg oh hello lovey see you friday
41:20oh you're in early what's up with you weren't you bed no so i had a brain wave oh i
41:29was sitting in
41:30the bath listening to billy eilish when i realized that all those things that happened to mr bevan
41:37outside the bookmakers all happened at the same time between five to nine and ten past nine three days
41:45in a row so what if they're there again today i can get there first and wait for them to
41:51show up so
41:54what's billy eilish got to do with it oh nothing i just like her
42:16the fan club hasn't got a poor mecca listed i'm still waiting on hospital reports okay that's
42:24sad what is it's an interview with kenneth linder they asked him where the title of his book came
42:31from when his wife was dying she made him promise to look after their daughter helen he said to her
42:36that he would to his final breath i think he kept his promise they were very close yes i only
42:46wish we
42:46had more answers for her right let's run through what we've got again
43:16go get him kenny
43:34hey let's go
43:38so
43:40The law and the law one
43:42I left my baby and it feels so bad
43:46I guess my race is fun
43:49She's the best girl that I ever had
43:52I fought the law and the law one
43:55I fought the law and the law one
44:13If we see, keep the track
44:28There's nowhere to go
44:30She's the best girl
44:30I fought the law and the law one
44:33I fought the law and the law
44:37I'm not going in it
44:49You lived here as a teenager, didn't you?
44:51Yes, I did
44:52Didn't you find it weird?
44:54Seeing the same people every day
44:56And them always looking the same
45:00Kelby!
45:02Hello, um, can I use your bathroom, please?
45:07Oh!
45:11Neither can we all have time
45:13Kelby?
45:14Kelby?
45:15Mum's washing my uniform
45:17I was chasing one of the kids that assaulted Mr Bevan
45:20Caught one of them and he dobbed the other two in
45:24They're in the hub at the moment being questioned
45:26Well done, Kelby
45:27Yes, indeed
45:28Well done, Kelby
45:29So, what was it all about?
45:32Okay, so, Mr Bevan keeps the cash from the tills
45:35And the slot machines in a safe overnight
45:38Then banks at the same time every morning
45:41They obviously found out about it
45:44And decided to rob him
45:46But they weren't very bright
45:51The first one thought Mr Bevan was on his way to bank his takings
45:55But he wasn't
45:56He was disposing a bag of dog poo
46:02The next day, they had a different plan
46:05The second one was going to throw Pepper into Mr Bevan's face
46:08And steal the bag of money
46:10But he didn't account for the window
46:20The third one had another plan
46:22He had put a big chisel in a rolled up newspaper to caution
46:26But he hadn't wrapped it tightly enough
46:29So when he pulled his arm back
46:41So, that's what happened to the Barber's window
46:44And lucky it did
46:45It could have killed someone
46:48Oh, what have you done?
46:51I turned my ankle
46:52When I was getting pulled out of the mud
47:00Esther, have we got the doorbell footage of Paul Mecca?
47:04Er, yes, hang on
47:06Ooh, they're talking about us
47:09Shepton Abbott police have no comment on the theories
47:11That the author was murdered in the same way as the victims in his latest thriller
47:15The new book is flying off the shelves
47:18With fans saying his death is something he could have written himself
47:21Yes, it could!
47:34Oh, that's exactly what it is
47:39The final bread
47:42Thank you
47:43But why Paul Mecca?
47:47Who is he?
47:49Oh, an accomplice part
47:50He
48:04Oh, that's very clever
48:06Do you know what happened?
48:10I think I do
48:13So was it murder?
48:15Not exactly
48:17He took his own life?
48:19Strictly speaking
48:21Both
48:23The button
48:25The memo pad
48:26The footprints in the garden
48:27The mysterious Paul Mecca
48:29The jacket he just happened to leave behind
48:31All very convenient
48:34All very convenient
48:34All very convenient and easy to find
48:35All ultimately leading nowhere
48:39Why?
48:41Because they weren't clues at all
48:43They were simply the penstrokes of a master storyteller
48:48Kenneth Ender's books were no longer attracting the following they once did
48:54And
48:55And facing financial ruin
48:58He was then
48:59Very literally
49:01Dealt a killer blow
49:05He was dying
49:08But his thoughts were not for himself
49:10They were for his daughter, Helen
49:12Having kept his financial woes from her
49:14He knew that when he was gone
49:16She'd be left with nothing
49:18So I think
49:20When he was told he was dying
49:21He concocted a plan
49:23First
49:24He had to get a publishing deal
49:25He did so by agreeing to return to his most successful trilogy
49:30The Bathtub Murders
49:32But
49:33More importantly
49:34I think he's the one who suggested he write it without an advance
49:39Instead
49:39Taking the lion's share of profits from book sales
49:45But
49:46Why would he do that
49:47If he was broke
49:48Because
49:49He intended to make sure the book was a runaway success
49:54And I think he did so
49:55By murdering himself
49:58Knowing he only had weeks
50:00Perhaps days left to live
50:02Kenneth Ender said goodbye to his daughter
50:04But as he wasn't insured
50:06He knew he had to find a way to secure her future
50:09Promise you'll have an early night
50:12Oh
50:12A nightcap first, though, is he?
50:15One
50:15At least
50:17I love you
50:19Love you, too
50:20To fulfil the promise he made to her mother
50:23All those years ago
50:27I doubt that any right-minded person would consider such a thing
50:30But once he made his plan
50:32His course was set
50:34First thing he did was plant his clues
50:37First the footprint
50:38Adding a limp for dramatic effect
50:41Then
50:42The mysterious note
50:51And the button
50:57And then
50:58With everything in place
51:00He carried out his plan
51:08A few days before
51:10He booked into Sandal's guesthouse
51:12In the name of the character he created
51:14Making sure that he left the jacket with a missing button behind
51:18And to get caught on the doorbell camera
51:21Allowing us to see the supposed limp
51:24He'd orchestrated in the flowerbed
51:26To confirm his identity
51:29I also think he sent himself
51:31The death threats
51:32The account used by Paul Mecca
51:34It had only been operating a few weeks
51:36So he did it all himself?
51:39Yes, Calvi
51:41I think he did
51:43As news spread
51:45Of the fictional matter that became real life
51:47He ensured that his new book became a bestseller
51:53Remember the words
51:54That he spoke to his dying wife
51:56All those years ago
51:57When she begged him
51:58To look after their daughter
51:59That he'd look after her
52:01Until his
52:03Final breath
52:04And that's exactly what he did
52:07So what gave him away?
52:09But who's Paul Mecca?
52:11Why, okay
52:12Two things
52:13Were his undoing
52:15Footprint casts
52:17From the garden
52:18Show that the weak leg
52:20Was on the left
52:21Yet
52:22Walking away from the guesthouse
52:24The limp
52:26Was clearly
52:27On his right leg
52:28Any other thing?
52:30Or the hubris?
52:31No
52:50It's an anagram
52:51Paul Mecca
52:54Mea
52:54Copa
52:56Latin
52:58An admission of guilt
52:59Quite literally
53:01It was me
53:02Who did it
53:15Thank you for taking the time to stop by
53:19We thought you'd want to know
53:20Though I doubt it's much comfort
53:23No
53:24None at all
53:25To be honest
53:27The truth is
53:28I'd swap every penny
53:29Of the fortune
53:30He worked so hard
53:31To leave me for
53:33One more day with him
53:44Yeah
53:45Yeah
53:45Yeah
53:46Yeah
53:46Lots of, you know, like, filing and stuff
53:48Here we go
53:48Don't think I've forgot anything
53:50Oh, there you go
53:51Well, don't kill me
53:52Want some good news?
53:54Yes, always
53:56Kenneth Linda's publisher
53:57Anthony Westley
53:59Just got sacked
54:00Why?
54:02For signing a contract
54:04That gives most of the money from the booksellers to the Linda estate
54:06Yes, the book is bigger than ever
54:08It's a bestseller
54:09Losing all that money
54:11You must have a nasty rash
54:14Yes
54:15Well, I think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that our daughter lost her father
54:20But, uh, well done, everyone
54:22And well done, you
54:24To our amazing inspector
54:27Martha, who saved him from a watery grave
54:30Our brilliant Kelby, who cracked his own case and waded through mud to bring his prisoner in
54:36And Margot, who is the font of all knowledge
54:39And Esther, the voice of reason and the glue that holds us all together
54:44Oh, and not forgetting our new counsellor
54:47Oh!
54:48Cheers!
54:49Cheers!
54:49Cheers!
54:57OK
54:58So the pictures I showed you are a bit old
55:02And no-one's lived here for a while
55:04Really?
55:05Close your eyes
55:12Oh, God
55:14I can't see anything
55:15Oh, this way
55:17And, uh, there's the step
55:20OK, yeah
55:22Do we have a key?
55:23Don't need one
55:24There's no front door
55:27Up, up, up
55:28Yeah
55:31Sorry
55:33Oh, seriously
55:36Oh, what's that smell?
55:38Let's not ask
55:39Right, Martha
55:42OK
55:45Are you ready?
55:47I am not sure
55:49Open your eyes
55:53I get two questions
55:55One, are you sure we're in the right house?
55:57And two, if we are
55:59What on earth possessed you?
56:01I'm glad you asked
56:05Oh, oh
56:06Oh
56:11Isn't it amazing?
56:12Oh, oh
56:15Oh, oh
56:17Oh, you'll be my home
56:18Oh, oh
56:20Oh, oh
56:24Oh, oh
56:27Oh, oh
56:27Oh, you'll be my home
56:36Two crimes, two attempts to undo those crimes.
56:40I am not mad.
56:42You think someone trashed the place,
56:44then immediately put everything back.
56:46Mr. Smith is still pounding me for a decision
56:49on who I'm going to let go.
56:51Oh, my God, Mum, there's Archie in that woman.
56:54Pausing fostering still feels like the right thing to do.
56:56Especially now we're back living with your mum.
56:58Remember, you are enough.
57:02I've definitely had enough.
57:03Know that much.
57:04It came this morning.
57:09A mythical beast lurking offshore next tonight on BBC One.
57:14The series finale of Death in Paradise coming up.
57:17And it was ahead of its time.
57:19The cult classic turns 30.
57:21Who can forget this life?
57:23Press red to watch on iPlayer.
57:28Have a good night.
57:35What?
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