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Beyond Paradise S04E01 (2026)
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00:12Oh, oh, oh
00:36Morning, Selwyn
00:39There's no hot water
00:41Okay, come and take a look
01:11And the carpet's all wet in here
01:13I think we've sprung a leak
01:25Right
01:26I think the most important thing
01:29Is to not
01:30Panic
01:31Need to think logically
01:38Does the engine work?
01:41Engine, brilliant
01:48Humphrey, are you alright?
01:51Bye
02:08What's that?
02:10I'm not entirely sure
02:11It's dripping oil
02:19Have we got life jackets?
02:21Well, I didn't think we'd need them
02:22You know, being parked up
02:26Wood
02:27We could make a raft
02:32Humphrey?
02:33I need two pencils
02:34And a pair of underpantages
02:57Morning
02:58Morning
03:08Dad
03:15Dad
03:17Dad
03:18Dad
03:24Dad
03:25Dad
03:26Dad
03:27Dad
03:28Dad
03:53Dad
03:55Dad
03:57Dad
03:57I wanna sleep, or I'll go with you away.
04:12What happened? We're really worried.
04:14Yes, the mooring rope snapped and the current dragged us out to sea, Calvi.
04:19Thank heavens for the RNLI.
04:21Yes.
04:22Oh, and sent the phone her the second you get back.
04:27Uh, you all right, sir?
04:30Yes.
04:32Oh, it's just a bump.
04:36Um, only, you're needed.
04:39Esther's gone on ahead.
04:40Where?
04:41Kenneth Linder's house.
04:47Sir, sir.
04:48Oh, yes, I'm so sorry.
04:49Yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir,
04:52yes, sir.
05:01Up here, sir.
05:09Are you okay?
05:10How's Martha?
05:12We're both fine.
05:15Oh, Kenneth.
05:17You know I only spoke to him last night?
05:19Oh, of course.
05:21He went to the book signing.
05:27Yes, here we are.
05:31I'm still not sure this qualifies as a date.
05:35In my defense, I was coerced into your Mamma Mia karaoke night.
05:39Coerced?
05:39Well, maybe not coerced, but if those photos ever get into the wrong hands.
05:44Here we are.
05:46So consider this payback.
06:01This week sees the launch of the new Kenneth Linder novel, The Final Breath.
06:08Now, since he's moved to Shipton Abbot, we are brazenly claiming him as one of our own.
06:13So, as your new local counsellor and treasurer of the Devon Literary Group, I would like you all to give
06:19a huge welcome to our guest, Kenneth Linder.
06:25His daughter Helen found him in the bath, the electric fan in the water at his feet.
06:31It looks like he's been here all night.
06:34Looks like the power tripped eventually, but not quick enough to save him.
06:39Well, this is something of a conundrum.
06:42Why?
06:43Because in his latest novel, serial killer Jeremy Cook is walking to the electric chair, which is where the last
06:49book left him.
06:49But, it turns out, he bribed a guard to short-circuit the prison power, therefore delaying his execution until the
06:56next day.
06:57But, that night, he murdered the guard that helped him and stole his uniform to escape.
07:02Nice.
07:03Then, he found the judge that sentenced him and, like his nine previous victims, killed him by dropping an electrical
07:12appliance into his bath.
07:46Thank you, sergeant.
07:56Oh, yes.
08:13We've got some outside too.
08:20Trampled flowerbed by an open rear door.
08:23We did a quick check and the footprints are probably male, judging by size and weight,
08:29but they're not an obvious match for any of the footwear found in the house.
08:32We've taken moulds, but there's a difference in indent depth,
08:36so we're pretty sure whoever made them had a distinct limp.
08:40Limp?
08:41Yeah, much less weight put on his left leg.
08:44The main road runs across the back of the garden,
08:47so someone could have got over the fence and along this path.
08:49Cameras?
08:50Nothing this side, doorbell camera at the front.
08:53We've got him being dropped off last night by his daughter, Helen,
08:56and then her coming back this morning.
09:00I know you, don't I?
09:02From the book signing last night, you were with your father?
09:06That's right, D.I. Goodman.
09:11Humphrey Goodman.
09:13Huge fan.
09:14Oh.
09:16This is my fianc...
09:17My wife, Martha.
09:19Hi.
09:20So, Humphrey, do you have a favourite case?
09:23Oh, yes.
09:24The first of the Bastard Trilogy, Death by Design.
09:27The Bottletop McGuffin.
09:28Genius.
09:29Oh.
09:33Wait.
09:35You're not detective, Humphrey Goodman.
09:39Yes.
09:41I try that.
09:42Well, I'm something of a fan of yours, too.
09:45I read the newspaper report about the case you solved.
09:48The poor chap murdered by his partner.
09:51Made it look like a car crash.
09:53Brilliant.
10:01Well, a pleasure to meet you, Humphrey.
10:03And you, Martha.
10:07This must be difficult for you.
10:09Is the family we can call?
10:10No.
10:11It's just me and Dad.
10:14Are you up to a few questions, Helen?
10:17I'll try.
10:18When was the last time you saw your father before this morning?
10:22Last night, I dropped him home after the book signing.
10:36Promise me you'll have an early night.
10:38Oh.
10:39A nightcap first, I think.
10:40One.
10:41At least.
10:44Love you.
10:46Love you, too.
10:53And how did he seem in himself?
10:57Quiet.
10:59But I know he was tired.
11:01Can I ask?
11:02Was your dad a particularly tidy man?
11:04Tidy?
11:05God, no.
11:07He was bloody-minded.
11:09Intelligent.
11:10Playful.
11:11And a rather wonderful father.
11:14But tidy.
11:16No.
11:20There's something else you need to know.
11:24He was dying.
11:26He had end-stage amyloidosis.
11:29An abnormal build-up of proteins.
11:31Stops his organs working properly.
11:34Said he refused to die until he'd finished his damn book.
11:37But...
11:38He'd been going downhill pretty rapidly these past few weeks.
11:42We knew it wouldn't be long.
11:46But this...
11:48Do you think he took his own life?
11:51Do you?
11:54I know he was in a lot of pain.
11:56But he refused the palliative care he was offered.
12:06People are coming in?
12:07Yeah.
12:12You sure you're up to this, Dad?
12:14Stop, Felsy.
12:15I'm strong as an ox.
12:22We need to take care of your dad.
12:24So...
12:25You might be better at home.
12:28They'll take him to the Chapel of Rest, and I promise...
12:31I'll call and let you know when he's there.
12:40Do you think that's it?
12:42He did this himself?
12:44There was a towel.
12:45Neatly folded by the side of the bath.
12:47Dressing gown and slippers ready.
12:49So why go to all that trouble if you know you'll never be getting out of the bath?
12:53Exactly.
12:54So it has to be an accident?
12:55Possibly.
12:57Wait...
12:59You're thinking it's murder?
13:00We should consider it.
13:02Why?
13:02Because the victim wrote murder mystery novels?
13:05No, Sergeant.
13:06Because there are some things that don't make sense.
13:08Such as?
13:08Well, it's all rather neat, don't you think?
13:10Too neat, perhaps, for a man not known for his tidiness.
13:13That's it.
13:14It was too neat.
13:16So what if someone put those things in place to make it look like an accident?
13:21And what about the fact that he died in exactly the way described in his own book?
13:25Can we really accept that's just a coincidence?
13:30No.
13:31So if we can rule out suicide, accident and coincidence, which we can because there's no such thing,
13:38then what happened to Kenneth Linder must be by design.
13:42Let's confirm cause of death.
13:45Let forensics finish up.
13:46And I want an electrical report.
13:48Why didn't the power trip out immediately?
13:50Oh, and...
13:51Have his clothes checked too.
13:53See if this belongs to any of them.
13:55Please.
13:57Okay.
13:59And we should talk to his agent.
14:01Yes.
14:04Huh.
14:21P.M.
14:35Pothole Pete was on the RNLI boat.
14:38He said if they overslept, they could have ended up in Guernsey.
14:43Pothole Pete?
14:45Oh, they call him that cause people try to avoid him.
14:48He goes on a bit.
14:50Oh.
14:52Ship the nabbit.
14:53No, that's not here.
14:56The press office is at the hub, darling.
14:58Do you need the number?
14:59No problem.
15:01Bye.
15:02Okay.
15:03I got a criminal damage and also an assault on a shopkeeper in town.
15:10I'll be a couple hours.
15:12Okay.
15:15Ship the nabbit.
15:16As his agent, you knew he was ill.
15:18Of course.
15:19But it wasn't public knowledge.
15:21It's the way Kenny wanted it.
15:23He's a very...
15:24He was a very proud man.
15:28He didn't want people fawning over him.
15:31I saw you at the book signing last night.
15:34How did he seem to you?
15:36Oh, gee.
15:37You were wonderful.
15:39Calm.
15:41Considering this was his last roll of the dice.
15:44Why do you say that?
15:46His last book was a decade ago and that did appallingly.
15:52Obviously, he couldn't get a publishing deal, so he started borrowing against the house so that he could write this
15:59one.
15:59He was in financial difficulty.
16:01This book was his last chance of avoiding bankruptcy.
16:05He kept his money problems from Helen, of course.
16:09He didn't want her to worry about that on top of everything else.
16:12They seemed very close.
16:13They lost Helen's mum when she was seven.
16:17So, it's only ever really been the two of them.
16:20Everything Kenny ever did, he did for her.
16:23But Mr. Linda confided in you about his financial difficulty.
16:28I'm his agent.
16:29Goes with the territory.
16:32Can I ask?
16:40Do the initials PM mean anything to you?
16:45No, should they?
16:47No.
16:50There was another man at the book signing last night.
16:54He didn't look like a fan, but I saw you speaking to him.
16:57That would be Ken's publisher.
17:00Anthony Westley.
17:03Nice to see you pushed the boat out, Anthony.
17:06I think your client's Oxford Street soirees were over a long time ago.
17:12Don't you?
17:13He's made you a lot of money.
17:14He's made us all a lot of money, dear heart.
17:16But I'm slightly surprised that as a literary agent you don't understand the use of the past tense.
17:23Your loyalty is staggering.
17:25Jump off your high horse, will you?
17:27He's washed up.
17:28We're both just hovering, waiting for him to die so we can revive his back catalogue.
17:36Not the nicest man.
17:38His time was over.
17:41Metaphorically speaking.
17:43People are just not buying his books anymore.
17:45And yet you still publish this latest novel.
17:47True, but on very, very different terms.
17:50No advance and on the condition that he brought back the bathtub murder trilogy.
17:55They were his most successful books, so I thought they will guarantee our best chance of a return.
18:01But with no advance, would that mean that he was writing for free, essentially?
18:05Yes, but he would get the lion's share if the book sold well.
18:10But you don't expect it to?
18:13No.
18:15So a much better deal for you than him then?
18:19What can I say? Business is business. Plus I tend to come out in a rash when I lose money.
18:32Do you know how Mr. Linda died?
18:35He was electrocuted.
18:37In his bath.
18:39Exactly the same way as the first murder in his new book.
18:43To be honest, I haven't read it.
18:45But it does sound a tad ironic.
18:47You haven't read a book you've just published?
18:49I have people.
18:53Do the initials P.M. mean anything to you?
18:58No, I don't...
19:00No, I don't think they do.
19:01If it is murder, can we make him a suspect please?
19:05I'm not sure that's quite how it works, Sergeant.
19:08Pity.
19:10This P.M. thing, could it be something else rather than initials?
19:15Such as?
19:16I don't know.
19:18Afternoon?
19:19No, P.M. only really works as a suffix, doesn't it?
19:22And why have it in your hand unless you're trying to tell us something?
19:27The name of his killer?
19:29Why not? We don't believe it was an accident.
19:32Agreed.
19:33Why take your own life if you're dying?
19:35Life insurance.
19:37His daughter would benefit.
19:39But you get that when he died anyway.
19:42If the prognosis was right, he may have only had weeks left, a day's past.
19:46Which brings us right back to the question.
19:49Who could possibly benefit from the death of a dying man on the verge of bankruptcy?
19:53I don't see.
20:11They threw this.
20:14But you didn't see anyone?
20:16Nothing. Just a bang and the whole window caved in.
20:19Lucky no one was hurt.
20:20And this was what time?
20:22Nine, yeah. Just after we opened.
20:32Financials are on your desk. Makes for pretty grim reading.
20:35What?
20:36And he had no life insurance.
20:38Cancelled his policy two years ago and never renewed.
20:41And the phone's been ringing off the hook.
20:44Journalists all wanting to know how Kenneth Linder died and if it's true he was in the bath.
20:48I didn't think we'd released anything yet.
20:50No, we haven't.
20:51Well, I passed them all on to the Hub's press office.
20:54Well done, Margot.
20:55Was there anything on Kenneth Linder's social media?
20:58That was easy. He's on my Facebook friends.
21:01You knew him?
21:03What?
21:03Well, back in the day when he was an angry young writer and I was a redcoat at Perton Sands.
21:09What?
21:10You were a redcoat?
21:12Well, only for eight months. I got sacked.
21:15Why?
21:16They said I rigged the over 70s fancy dress competition just because Grandad won.
21:22And Kenneth Linder?
21:24Oh, we met at a Mary Hopkin concert.
21:28Turned into a weekend of debauchery in Norwich.
21:30We mostly lost touch after that.
21:33Although people do say he based one of his characters on me.
21:38Which one?
21:39Melody Alcott.
21:41She was the waitress in the first bathtub murders.
21:43Yes, she was, yes.
21:45She was the killer's ex-girlfriend.
21:47She was the one who helped unlock the whole case.
21:49She was the one who eventually led Horace Bishop to Jeremy Cook in the third book.
21:54And that was you?
21:55Supposedly.
21:56But I never saw her myself.
21:58She was a bit...
22:01Strange.
22:03Can you give me a description of the man who hit you, Mr Bevin?
22:07He was a lot taller than me, like.
22:09He had on a tracksuit, one of them with a hood.
22:12Did you see his face?
22:13No.
22:14He had a scarf over his face.
22:16I came out on my way to the bank.
22:18I only took three steps.
22:20He stood right in front of me, just like you are now.
22:22And he hit me with a rolled up newspaper.
22:25So he just came up to you and hit you on the head with a rolled up newspaper?
22:29I'm telling you, Kelly.
22:30This area has gone to the doors.
22:32Yesterday, a similar thing happened.
22:34A man came up to me, tried to punch me in the face.
22:38A different man?
22:39Yeah.
22:40Dressed the same, like.
22:41He was taller than me, too.
22:43And he tried to punch you?
22:44Yeah.
22:45But he missed.
22:46Then he started crying and ran off.
22:50Crying?
22:50These kids kill you.
22:51They're all sniffing glue and smoking something.
22:55The day before, one of them stole my dog poo.
23:00Dog poo?
23:01Honey Butcher, my dog, got into the shop from upstairs.
23:05It left a little presence here.
23:07So I bagged it up, went outside to the bin.
23:10And this lunatic ran up, snatched it and ran off.
23:14Wait, can you describe him?
23:16He's a border terrier.
23:18No, no, no.
23:18The man who stole your poo.
23:20Oh, dressed the same like.
23:21A tracksuit and face covered.
23:23And was he taller than you?
23:25What do you mean?
23:27You said the others were...
23:30I'm just trying to get a description.
23:31Oh.
23:32Well, yeah.
23:34Know you mention it, Kelly?
23:35Kilby.
23:36And he was wearing a tracksuit.
23:38With his backside hanging out.
23:40That's kids for you these days, though, isn't it?
23:42I know you've got all these face recognition cameras these days.
23:45You'd be better off with arse recognition.
23:49Okay.
23:52Leave it with me, Mr Bevan.
23:54I'll talk to the other shopkeepers, see if anyone's seen anything.
23:58But I'll be in touch.
23:59Right on, Kelly.
24:02Hey, Kelly.
24:04Bloody good, I didn't.
24:05That's what they need.
24:08Stop calling me, Kelly.
24:10Hello, boy.
24:11Have you seen anything that happened down there at the box?
24:13No.
24:15Silver?
24:22Hello.
24:27That was the boat, Howard.
24:29The lily bond might be out of the water for months.
24:32It needs a complete overhaul.
24:35I can't say I'm surprised.
24:36It had bits falling off when I was staying on it.
24:39Well, you know you're always welcome at mine.
24:41I'm probably mortified.
24:43Thanks very much.
24:44No, not about us staying with you.
24:46About the boat.
24:46Really loves that boat, doesn't he?
24:48Yeah.
24:49But, it's only ever supposed to be a stopgap until we've found somewhere more permanent.
24:52So, maybe it's time we did just that.
24:57Find a house.
24:59Good for you, Morty.
25:02Won't be easy.
25:04There's always loads of places to look for sale.
25:05No, I don't mean finding a house.
25:08I mean telling Humphrey.
25:25So, you've heard them.
25:26Heard what?
25:27About Archie.
25:29What about him?
25:30I heard he was dating.
25:33Good for him.
25:34Don't you want to know who with?
25:35No.
25:40Who?
25:42No idea.
25:43But very pretty by all accounts.
25:46They were seen coming out of Kitty J's arm in arm.
25:50Hi Nick.
25:52Okay.
25:54The button doesn't match any of the clothes found in the wardrobe.
25:58Right.
25:58And the RCD switch was disabled.
26:01Which meant the power didn't cut off instantly.
26:04So, if it was murder, then it was premeditated.
26:08What were those initials you found?
26:10PM.
26:11Why?
26:12I might have something.
26:14I might have something.
26:14On Kenneth Linder's page.
26:16Someone's posted a death threat.
26:18Saying he's a fraud.
26:19That he's sold out doing a new book.
26:21That he's ruined the trilogy by having a force book.
26:24Some of the messages are pretty vile.
26:26But the last one.
26:28Look.
26:28Be careful you don't end up like one of your own victims.
26:32That fits, doesn't it?
26:34A deranged fan?
26:35Who better to copy a murder from the book?
26:36Paul Mecker.
26:37M-E-C-A.
26:38Paul Mecker.
26:39So what do we know about him?
26:41Nothing.
26:41Just a name.
26:42Not much history.
26:43Looks like the account's only been open a few weeks.
26:46I can put in a request for some more information, but you know what these social media companies are like.
26:51I wouldn't hold your breath.
26:53Okay.
26:53If he's a fan, then maybe he was at the book signing last night.
26:56And if he's not local, then he must have stayed somewhere.
26:59So let's check local hotels, guest houses, all of that.
27:03Right.
27:08Ship an arbor.
27:12Psst.
27:13You're wanted.
27:15What?
27:16Help.
27:17They'll just have to wait, okay?
27:20I need to speak to Helen and Linda first.
27:22Sergeant.
27:27I can't ever remember a dad mentioning a Paul Mecker.
27:31It seems he disapproved of the new book, accusing your dad of selling out.
27:35Oh.
27:36We had lots of that.
27:38The thing is, dad didn't necessarily disagree with them either.
27:42But going back to the bathtub murders was the only way he could get published.
27:46I think he needed the money.
27:48Anthony.
27:49Oh.
27:50He never said anything.
27:52But he hated Anthony Wesley.
27:54I know he'd never have gone back there unless he had to.
28:00It's all right. Excuse me.
28:04Hello?
28:14D.I. Goodman, I presume.
28:18James Smith.
28:19Please.
28:33Sorry.
28:34I was expecting Chief Superintendent Woods.
28:38No longer with us, I'm afraid.
28:40Oh.
28:41Oh.
28:41Not deceased.
28:42In Dartmouth.
28:44Though some might argue they're much the same thing.
28:46Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
28:48Yeah, but I digress.
28:50Look, there's been a small...
28:52restructure.
28:53They're not trying to boil the ocean, just a...
28:56realignment.
28:58Bringing all the remaining substations under our control.
29:00Ah.
29:01Administrative planning.
29:03Which, in turn, reports to the local police and crime panel.
29:05In your case, that would be shipped in Abbott, of course.
29:09Non-invasive.
29:10Just building a loop.
29:12Everyone's in it, and we all open our kimono.
29:16Kimono?
29:17We'll share what we have.
29:18Get all our ducks in a row.
29:20That's how we move the needle.
29:22You follow?
29:23Yes.
29:24No, not really.
29:26The first carriage on the train to efficiency harbour is streamlining.
29:32Trimming the fat.
29:33Cutbacks.
29:36Unclogging the pipes.
29:37There's only four of us.
29:39Which is rather the point.
29:41In what way?
29:42There should only be three.
29:44Your staff to square footage ratio is off message.
29:50Oh, but it's not all bad news.
29:53No, the decision about who to lose, all yours.
30:02Hey Sam, it's Martha Goodman.
30:07There's one of your properties I'd like to see if it's still available.
30:11On Polkett Hill?
30:13Cheer up.
30:14It might never happen.
30:15That's the point.
30:17What?
30:18Everyone seems to have things going on.
30:20Martha's looking to buy a new house.
30:22Anne's just been made a new counsellor, going off on fancy lunches all the time.
30:25Or she's dating again.
30:27And here's me.
30:29Exactly the same as I was last week, last month, pretty much the whole of last year.
30:35Literally nothing is happening in my life right now.
30:38One morning I'm just going to wake up and find out I'm old.
30:42I'm still on my own and still living in Shipton Abbott.
30:47Can't think of anything worse.
30:49I know, right?
30:51So who's I actually dating then?
30:52Not that I'm bothered, just interested.
30:55No idea.
30:57It's supposed to be really pretty though.
31:01Tributes are pouring in following the death of renowned author Kenneth Linder, who was found dead in his home and
31:07shipped in Abbott this morning.
31:08It comes in the week he launched his latest novel, The Final Breath.
31:16No one seems to have seen anything.
31:18If it's the town centre, the CCTV should have picked them up.
31:21Hi sir.
31:23So, the name Mecca, I ran a quick trace.
31:27We have 34 families with that last name in Devon and Cornwall.
31:31But, with nothing to cross-check it with, it's tough to narrow down.
31:35Right.
31:36So what do we know about him?
31:38He's a Kenneth Linder fan.
31:40He's got a limp.
31:41And, he's got a button missing.
31:44Not much.
31:45Alright, see if there's a Kenneth Linder fan club or a book reading group.
31:51They'll have a list of members.
31:52Why didn't I think of that?
31:53Yes, and maybe we could take a punt on the limp too.
31:56Check for local hospital admissions in the last six months.
31:59Injuries to his left...
32:00Left leg, I'm on it.
32:01Yes.
32:03So, The Hub.
32:06Anything to report?
32:08Yes.
32:09Yes, it seems we're under new management, everyone.
32:12The chief super's moved on.
32:14We're now being overseen by the planning team and the local police and crime panel.
32:22So, where's Charlie Woods gone?
32:24Dartmouth, I think he said.
32:25Oh no.
32:26She was lovely.
32:27I really liked her.
32:28Yeah, she was definitely one of the better ones.
32:31Is that it though?
32:32Now Charlie's gone.
32:33No new directives or anything?
32:36Uh, no.
32:38No neednger.
32:39No neednger.
32:53No neednger.
32:55No neednger.
33:16lab have confirmed kenneth linder as death by electrocution although they have listed his
33:24amyloidosis as a secondary cause his body was so weak he was unlikely to survive the initial shock
33:30this is madness what's that kelby the local bookmaker david bevan assaulted three times
33:37in three days got the town center cctv footage but not one of them makes any sense look here
33:45this is the first one his dog makes a mess in his shop he bagged it up and was taking
33:51it to an
33:51outside bin then someone snatches it off that's weird then the next one same time next day near
34:00enough a different bloke runs up and tries to punch him misses and then mr bevan said that he started
34:06crying and then ran off and then this morning a third bloke came out of nowhere whacks him on the
34:14head with a rolled up newspaper for no reason and then just runs off as well it's all very odd
34:19just kids messing about i think i found your poor mecca
34:28yeah he arrived two nights ago i said he was here on business kept himself to himself
34:36thank you
34:39would you know him if you swim again
34:42no doubt it don't pay much attention to overnighters
34:47can i ask how he paid
34:49uh cash
34:50cash
34:53has anyone else stayed in this room
34:55no
34:57uh the cleaner's supposed to check for things like this
35:01uh did he give any personal details when he checked in address phone number
35:05he filled a registration card out can we see it it's downstairs in the office
35:10yes
35:16do you have any security cameras
35:17we have a doorbell camera
35:19excellent
35:21hmm can't see him arriving
35:24oh but he might have come in through the side door
35:27let's look at when he left
35:29okay thanks margo
35:32address and phone number are false
35:34there he is
35:37he's got a limp
35:43that's him
35:49come on
35:51you should have gone an hour ago
35:52nearly done
35:54boy your age should be rushing home getting ready to go out
35:57haven't you got a date or anything
35:59nah i've given up on all them dating apps
36:03last one i met up with
36:04must have used a photo that was older than me
36:09she keeps sending me photos of her
36:13lasagna
36:16well
36:18don't be long
36:19i won't
36:31hi
36:33hi
36:35hi
36:39bad day
36:42you're not as bad as Selwyn
36:44look he's homeless
36:45oh your author's been all over the news
36:48saying it was murder
36:49i think so yeah
36:51any idea who it was
36:52well we've got a good suspect
36:55a disgruntled fan who was sending threatening messages
36:57and we can place them at the seams so
37:00i'm sorry
37:01no you liked him
37:03i did yeah
37:05but it's not that
37:10i got called into the hub
37:12oh
37:13you've been told off again
37:14not this time
37:18they're saying i've got to lose someone
37:21at the station
37:22what
37:23yeah
37:24apparently there should only be three of us at the station
37:27so i need to lose one of either esther
37:28kelby
37:30or margot
37:32that's awful
37:34what will you do
37:35i have no idea
37:41so
37:42i've got something that might cheer you up
37:45or
37:46make you feel ten times worse
37:49right
37:50if it's bad timing
37:51and you don't want to talk about it
37:53then just say so
37:54it's bad time
37:57but
37:58the lily bond will be out of the water for weeks
38:01maybe months
38:03and
38:04although we can stay at months again
38:07i was thinking that maybe
38:09it was time to move on
38:11and went back to our original plan when we first moved down
38:14and
38:20or taos
38:23are you serious
38:25look
38:40hello peter
38:41where have you been
38:42oh arthur's still not bare that leg
38:45oh
38:46hello lovey
38:47see you friday
38:58you're in early
38:59what's up with you
39:00weren't you bed
39:01no
39:02so
39:03i had a brainwave
39:05oh
39:05i was sitting in the bath
39:07listening to billy eilish
39:09when i realised
39:10that all those things that happened to mr bevan
39:13outside the bookmakers
39:15all happened at the same time
39:17between five to nine
39:19and ten past nine
39:20three days in a row
39:22so
39:23so
39:23what if they're there again today
39:24i can get there first
39:25and wait for them to show up
39:28so
39:29what's billy eilish got to do with it
39:31oh nothing
39:32i just like her
39:50the fan club hasn't got a poor mecca listed
39:54i'm still waiting on hospital reports
39:56okay
39:58that's sad
39:59what is
40:00it's an interview with kenneth linder
40:02they asked him where the title of his book came from
40:05when his wife was dying
40:06she made him promise to look after their daughter helen
40:09he said to her that he would
40:11to his final breath
40:15i think he kept his promise
40:16they were very close
40:17yes
40:18i only wish we had more answers for her
40:24right
40:26let's run through what we've got
40:27again
40:37hey
40:38stop
40:48go get him kelly
40:54i'm breaking rocks in a hot sun
40:58i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:01i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:04i needed money cause i had none
41:07i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:10i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:13i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:25i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:41This is super, super hot
42:16You lived here as a teenager, didn't you?
42:18Yes, I did.
42:19Didn't you find it weird seeing the same people every day
42:23and them always looking the same?
42:26Kelby!
42:29Hello.
42:30Um, can I use your bathroom, please?
42:33Oh!
42:37No, neither can we walk out.
42:39Kelby!
42:40Kelby?
42:41Mum's washing my uniform.
42:43I was chasing one of the kids that assaulted Mr Bevan,
42:46caught one of them, and he dobbed the other two in.
42:49They're in the hole, back at the moment, being questioned.
42:51Well done, Kelby!
42:53Yes, indeed. Well done, Kelby.
42:54So, what was it all about?
42:57OK, so, Mr Bevan keeps the cash from the tills and the slot machines
43:02in a safe overnight,
43:03then banks it the same time every morning.
43:06They obviously found out about it
43:09and decided to rob him.
43:11but they weren't very bright.
43:15The first one thought Mr Bevan was on his way to bank his takings,
43:19but he wasn't.
43:20He was disposing the bag of dope poop.
43:26The next day, they had a different plan.
43:28The second one was going to throw Pepper into Mr Bevan's face
43:32and steal the bag of money,
43:34but he didn't account for the window issue.
43:43The third one had another plan.
43:45He had put a big chisel in a rolled-up newspaper,
43:48caution,
43:48but he hadn't wrapped it tightly enough.
43:51So, when he pulled his arm back...
44:03So, that's what happened to the Barber's window.
44:06And lucky it did.
44:07It could have killed someone.
44:10Oh, what have you done?
44:12I turned my ankle when I was getting pulled out of the mud.
44:22Esther, have we got the doorbell footage of Paul Mecca?
44:25Uh, yes.
44:26Hang on.
44:27Oh, they're talking about us.
44:29Shepton Abbot police have no comment on the theories
44:32that the author was murdered in the same way
44:34as the victims in his latest thriller.
44:36The new book is flying off the shelves,
44:38with fans saying his death is something
44:40he could have written himself.
44:42Yes, they're good.
44:53Well, that's exactly what it is.
45:21Oh, that's very clever.
45:24Do you know what happened?
45:28I think I do.
45:30So, was it murder?
45:33Not exactly.
45:35He took his own life?
45:36Strictly speaking,
45:38both.
45:40The button,
45:42the memo pad,
45:43the footprints in the garden,
45:44the mysterious Paul Mecca,
45:46the jacket he just happened to leave behind.
45:48All very convenient
45:50and easy to find.
45:52All ultimately
45:53leading nowhere.
45:55Why?
45:57Because they weren't clues at all.
46:00They were simply the pen strokes
46:02of a master storyteller.
46:04Kenneth Linder's books
46:06were no longer attracting
46:08the following they once did.
46:10And
46:10facing financial ruin,
46:14he was then
46:15very literally
46:17dealt a killer blow.
46:21he was dying.
46:23But his thoughts were not for himself.
46:25They were for his daughter, Helen.
46:27Having kept his financial woes from her,
46:29he knew that when he was gone,
46:31she'd be left with nothing.
46:32So I think
46:33when he was told he was dying,
46:35he concocted a plan.
46:36At first,
46:38he had to get a publishing deal.
46:40He did so by agreeing to return
46:41to his most successful trilogy,
46:44The Bathtub Murders.
46:46But,
46:47more importantly,
46:48I think he's the one
46:49who suggested he write it
46:50without an advance.
46:52Instead,
46:53taking the lion's share
46:54of profits from book sales.
46:58But why would he do that
47:00if he was broke?
47:02Because
47:02he intended to make sure
47:04the book was a runaway success.
47:07And I think he did so
47:08by murdering himself.
47:11Knowing he only had weeks,
47:12perhaps days left to live,
47:15Kenneth Linder said goodbye
47:16to his daughter.
47:17But as he wasn't insured,
47:18he knew he had to find a way
47:20to secure her future.
47:22Promise you'll have an early night.
47:24A nightcap first,
47:25I think.
47:26One.
47:27At least.
47:28I love you.
47:30I love you too.
47:32To fulfill the promise
47:33he made to her mother
47:35all those years ago.
47:38I doubt that any right-minded person
47:40would consider such a thing.
47:41But once he made his plan,
47:43his course was set.
47:45First thing he did
47:46was plant his clues.
47:47First, the footprint.
47:49Adding a limp
47:49for dramatic effect.
47:52Then,
47:52the mysterious note.
48:00And the button.
48:07And then,
48:08with everything in place,
48:12he carried out his plan.
48:17A few days before,
48:19he booked into Sandal's guest house
48:21in the name of the character
48:22he created,
48:23making sure
48:24that he left the jacket
48:25with a missing button behind
48:26and to get caught
48:27on the doorbell camera,
48:30allowing us to see
48:31the supposed limp
48:32he'd orchestrated
48:33in the flower bed
48:34to confirm his identity.
48:37I also think
48:38he sent himself
48:39the death threats.
48:40The account used by Paul Mecker
48:42had only been operating
48:43a few weeks.
48:43so he did it all himself.
48:47Yes, Colby.
48:49I think he did.
48:50As news spread
48:52of the fictional matter
48:53that became real life,
48:55he ensured
48:56that his new book
48:56became a bestseller.
49:00Remember the words
49:01that he spoke
49:02to his dying wife
49:02all those years ago
49:03when she begged him
49:04to look after their daughter?
49:05That he'd look after her
49:07until his
49:10final breath.
49:11And that's exactly
49:12what he did.
49:14So what gave him away?
49:15But who's Paul Mecker?
49:17Why, okay.
49:18Two things
49:19were his undoing.
49:21Footprint casts
49:22from the garden
49:24show that the weak leg
49:25was on the left.
49:27Yet,
49:28walking away
49:29from the guest house,
49:31the limp
49:31was clearly
49:32on his right leg.
49:34And the other thing?
49:35Or this hubris?
49:36Yeah.
49:54It's an anagram.
49:56Paul Mecker
49:57Mea
49:58Culper.
50:00Latin?
50:02An admission of guilt.
50:03Quite literally,
50:05it was me
50:06who did it.
50:18Thank you for taking
50:19the time to stop by.
50:21We thought you'd want to know.
50:23Oh, I doubt
50:24it's much comfort.
50:26No.
50:27None at all,
50:27to be honest.
50:29the truth is,
50:30I'd swap every penny
50:31of the fortune
50:32he worked so hard
50:33to leave me for
50:35one more day with him.
50:46Yeah.
50:47Yeah, well, lots of,
50:48you know,
50:48like, filing and stuff.
50:49Here we go.
50:50I don't think
50:51I forgot anything.
50:52Well, dang it.
50:52Want to kill me?
50:54Want some good news?
50:55Yes, always.
50:57Kenneth Linder's publisher,
50:59Anthony Westley,
51:00just got sacked.
51:01Why?
51:03For signing a contract
51:04that gives most of the money
51:05from the book sales
51:06to the Linder estate.
51:07Yes, the book is bigger than ever.
51:09It's a bestseller.
51:10Losing all that money,
51:11you must have a nasty rash.
51:16Well, I think we shouldn't
51:17lose sight of the fact
51:18that our daughter
51:19lost her father,
51:20but, uh,
51:22well done, everyone.
51:23And well done you
51:24to our amazing inspector,
51:27Martha,
51:28who saved him
51:28from a watery grave,
51:30our brilliant Kelby,
51:32who cracked his own case
51:33and waded through mud
51:34to bring his prisoner in,
51:35and Margot,
51:36who is the font
51:37of all knowledge,
51:38and Esther,
51:39the voice of reason
51:40and the glue
51:41that holds us all together.
51:43And not forgetting
51:44our new counsellor.
51:46Oh!
51:47Cheers!
51:48Cheers!
51:48Cheers!
51:56Okay.
51:57So the pictures I showed you
51:58are a bit old,
52:00and no one's lived here
52:01for a while.
52:02Really?
52:03Close your eyes.
52:09Oh, God.
52:11I can't see anything.
52:13This way.
52:15There's the step.
52:17Okay, yeah.
52:19Do we have a key?
52:20Don't need one.
52:21There's no point for it.
52:24Up, up, up, up.
52:25No.
52:27Oh, God.
52:28No, I'm sorry.
52:30Oh, seriously.
52:32Oh, what's that smell?
52:34Let's not ask.
52:36Right.
52:36Awesome.
52:37Hello.
52:38Okay.
52:41Are you ready?
52:43I'm not sure.
52:45Open your eyes.
52:49Okay, two questions.
52:51One,
52:51are you sure we're in the right house?
52:53And two,
52:53if we are,
52:55what on earth possessed you?
52:56I'm glad you asked.
52:57I'm not sure we're in the right house.
53:00Oh, oh.
53:02Oh.
53:05Isn't it amazing?
53:08Oh, oh.
53:15Oh, oh.
53:18Oh, oh.
53:19Oh, oh.
53:20Oh, oh.
53:21Oh, oh.
53:21Oh, oh.
53:21Oh, oh.
53:21Oh, oh, oh.
53:21Oh, oh.
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