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00:00I love you
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.
01:14I think we've sprung a leak, or...
01:24Right.
01:26I think the most important thing is to not panic.
01:32You need to think logically.
01:38Does the engine work?
01:41Engine. Brilliant.
01:48Humphrey? Are you all right?
01:50Aye.
02:08What's that?
02:10I'm not entirely sure.
02:12It'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.
02:25Wood.
02:27We could make a raft.
02:32Humphrey?
02:33I need two pencils and a pair of underpants.
02:37Oh.
02:57Morning.
02:59Morning.
02:59Morning.
03:08Dad?
03:15Dad?
03:18Dad?
03:24Dad?
03:26Dad?
03:26Dad?
03:27Dad?
03:29Dad?
03:30Dad?
03:33Dad?
03:38Dad?
03:40Dad?
03:42Dad?
03:43If you get out on the ocean...
03:45If you sail out on the sea...
03:48If you get up in the mountains...
03:50If you go climb and over the trees...
03:52Go through every emotion...
03:54When you know that they don't care
03:56Darling, that's when I'm with you
03:58Oh, I'll go with you, yeah
04:10Get up in a jet plane
04:11What happened? We were 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, yeah, 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.
04:50Do you apologize?
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.
05:38Coerced?
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.
06:28The electric fan in the water at his feet.
06:32It 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.
07:16Hmm.
07:18Never.
07:23Wow.
07:27Holy.
07:32Holy.
07:37Fly over.
07:40Oh.
07:41My brother, what are you doing?
07:42Bye.
07:43Bye.
07:43Bye.
07:46Thank you, sergeant.
07:56Yes.
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, the Eyre Goodman.
09:11Humphrey Goodman.
09:12A huge fan.
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.
09:41How do you know that?
09:41Well, 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?
10:21Before this morning?
10:23Last night.
10:24I 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.
11:15No.
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.
11:38But...
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.
12:12Are you sure you're up to this, Dad?
12:14Stop, Farsi.
12:15I'm strong as an ox.
12:22We need to take care of your dad.
12:23We need to take care of your dad.
12:25So you might be better at home.
12:28They'll take him to the chapel of rest and I promise I'll call and let you know when he's there.
12:40Do you think that's it?
12:42He did this himself?
12:43There was a towel.
12:45Neatly folded by the side of the bath. Dressing 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?
12:56Possibly.
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?
13:20And 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.
13:43Let's confirm cause of death.
13:44Let forensics finish up.
13:46And I want an electrical report.
13:48Why didn't the power trip out immediately?
13:49Oh, and have 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.
14:05Oh.
14:35Pothole Pete was on the RNLI boat.
14:38He said if they overslept, they could have ended up in Guernsey.
14:44Pothole 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.
14:54No, that's not here.
14:56The press office is at the hub, darling.
14:58Do you need the number?
15:00No 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...
15:25He was a very proud man.
15:28He didn't want people fawning over him.
15:30I 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...
15:50that did appallingly.
15:52Obviously, he couldn't get a publishing deal so...
15:55started borrowing against the house.
15:58So that he could write this one.
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 seem very close.
16:14They 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. Goes 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.
17:02Nice 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.
17:29We'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, people 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?
18:21Business is business.
18:24Plus, 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?
18:50I 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.
19:17Afternoon?
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?
19:30We don't believe it was an accident.
19:32Agreed.
19:33And why take your own life if you're dying?
19:35Life insurance.
19:37His daughter would benefit.
19:39But she'd 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?
20:06I'll see.
20:11They threw this.
20:14You didn't see anyone?
20:16Nothing. Just a bang and the whole window caved in.
20:19Lucky no one was hurt.
20:20This was what time?
20:21Nine, yeah. Just after we opened.
20:31Financials are on your desk.
20:33Makes for pretty grim reading.
20:35What?
20:36And he had no life insurance.
20:38Canceled his policy two years ago and never renewed.
20:40And 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.
21:00He's on my Facebook friends.
21:02What?
21:03Back 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?
21:11Well, only for eight months.
21:13I 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.
21:38Oh, which one?
21:39Melody Alcott.
21:41She was the waitress in the first bathtub murders.
21:43Yes, she was, yes.
21:45I mean, she was the killer's ex-girlfriend.
21:47She was the one who helped unlock the whole case.
21:49Yeah.
21:49She was the one who eventually led Horace Bishop to Jeremy Cook in the third book.
21:53Yeah.
21:54And that was you?
21:56Supposedly.
21:56But I never saw it 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.
22:10One of them with a hood.
22:11What?
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 dogs.
22:33Yesterday, 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.
22:55Day before, one of them stole my dog poo.
23:00Dog poo?
23:01Honey Butcher, my dog, got into the shop from upstairs.
23:05Left 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, the man who stole your poo.
23:20Oh, dressed to seem 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.
23:32Oh.
23:32Well, yeah.
23:34Now you mention it, Kelly.
23:35Kelby.
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.
23:52Well, leave it with me, Mr Bevan.
23:54I'll talk to the other shopkeepers.
23:56See if anyone's seen anything.
23:58But I'll be in touch.
24:00Righto, Kelly.
24:02Hey, Kelly!
24:04Bloody good idea!
24:05That's what they need!
24:08Stop calling me, Kelly.
24:10Hello, boy.
24:11Have you seen anything happen down there at the box?
24:13No.
24:15See you?
24:22Hello.
24:27That was the boat, Howard.
24:29The lily barn 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.
24:41Humphrey will be mortified.
24:43Thanks very much.
24:44No, not about us staying with you.
24:46About the boat.
24:47Really loves that boat, doesn't he?
24:48Yeah, but...
24:49It's only ever supposed to be a stopgap until we've found somewhere more permanent.
24:53So...
24:54Maybe 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.
25:24So you've heard them.
25:26Heard what?
25:27About Archie.
25:29What about him?
25:30I heard he was dating.
25:33Good for him.
25:33Don'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, thank you.
25:54The button doesn't match any of the clothes found in the wardrobe.
25:58Right.
25:59And the RCD switch was disabled, which 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?
26:11PM. Why?
26:12I might have something.
26:14On Kenneth Linder's page.
26:16Someone's posted a death threat.
26:18Saying he's a fraud, that 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.
26:29Be 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?
26:37Paul Mecker. M-E-C-A.
26:39So what do we know about him?
26:41Nothing. Just 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,
26:48but you know what these social media companies are like?
26:51Yeah, I 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 another.
27:12Psst.
27:13You're wanted.
27:14What?
27:16I'm not help.
27:17They'll just have to wait, okay?
27:19I need to speak to Alan 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.
27:49Oh.
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.
27:59It's all right, excuse me.
28:04Hello?
28:15D.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.
28:40Oh, not deceased.
28:42In Dartmouth.
28:44Though some might argue they're much the same thing.
28:48Yeah, but I digress.
28:50Look, there's been a small restructure.
28:53They're not trying to boil the ocean, just realignment.
28:57Bringing all the remaining substations under our control.
29:00Our?
29:01Administrative planning.
29:02Which in turn reports to the local police and crime panel.
29:05In your case, that would be Shipt and 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.
29:25Not 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...
29:48Off message.
29:50Oh, but it's not all bad news.
29:53No, the decision about who to lose...
29:56All yours.
30:03Hey, Sam.
30:04It's Martha Goodman.
30:07There's one of your properties.
30:08I'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.
30:22And she's been made a new counsellor.
30:23Going off on fancy lunches all the time.
30:25Or she's dating again.
30:27And here's me.
30:28Exactly the same as I was.
30:30Last week, last month.
30:32Pretty 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.
30:42Still on my own.
30:44And still living in Shipton Abbot.
30:47Can't think of anything worse.
30:49I know, right?
30:51So who's actually dating then?
30:52Not that I'm bothered.
30:53Just 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,
31:05who was found dead in his home and shipped 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.
31:22Hi, 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 Lindbergh fan, he's got a limp, and he's got a button missing.
31:44Not much.
31:45All right.
31:47See if there's a Kenneth Lindbergh 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.
32:09It 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.
32:29She was definitely one of the better ones.
32:31Is that it though?
32:32Now Charlie's gone?
32:33No new directives or anything?
32:36Er, no.
32:51Er, no.
32:55Oh no.
33:06Oh no.
33:11Oh no.
33:17Lab have confirmed Kenneth Linder as death by electrocution.
33:22Although, they have listed his amyloidosis as a secondary cause.
33:26His body was so weak, he was unlikely to survive the initial shock.
33:29Mm-hmm.
33:30This is madness.
33:33What's that, Kelby?
33:33The local bookmaker, David Bevan, assaulted three times in three days.
33:39Got the town centre CCTV footage, but not one of them makes any sense.
33:44Look, here, this is the first one.
33:47His dog makes a mess in his shop.
33:49He bagged it up and was taking it to an outside bin.
33:52Then, someone snatches it off him.
33:54That's weird.
33:56Then, the next one, same time, next day, near enough,
34:00a different bloke runs up and tries to punch him, misses,
34:05and then Mr Bevan said that he started crying, and then ran off.
34:08And then, this morning, a third bloke came out of nowhere,
34:13whacks him on the head with a rolled up newspaper for no reason,
34:17and then just runs off as well.
34:18That is all very odd.
34:20Just kids messing about.
34:22I think I found your poor mecca.
34:28Yeah, he arrived two nights ago.
34:30I said he was here on business.
34:33Kept himself to himself.
34:39Would you know him if you saw him again?
34:42No doubt it.
34:44Don't pay much attention to overnighters.
34:47Can I ask how he paid?
34:49Er, cash.
34:51Cash.
34:53Has anyone else stayed in this room?
34:55No.
34:57Er, the cleaner's supposed to check for things like this.
35:01Er, did he give any personal details when he checked in?
35:04Address, phone number?
35:05He filled a registration card out.
35:08Can we see it?
35:09It's downstairs, in the office.
35:11Yes, Don.
35:16Do you have any security cameras?
35:18We have a doorbell camera.
35:20Excellent.
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.
35:29OK.
35:30Thanks, Margo.
35:32Address and phone number are false.
35:35There he is.
35:37He's got a limp.
35:43That's him.
35:49Come on.
35:51You should have gone an hour ago.
35:53Nearly done.
35:53Boy, your age should be rushing home, getting ready to go out.
35:58Haven't you got a date or anything?
36:00Nah, I've given up on all them dating apps.
36:03Last one I met up with must have used a photo that was older than me.
36:09She keeps sending me photos of her lasagna.
36:17Well, don't be long.
36:19I won't.
36:32Hi.
36:35Hi.
36:40Bad day.
36:42You're not as bad as Selwyn.
36:44Look, he's homeless.
36:46Oh, your author's been all over the news.
36:48I think it was murder.
36:50I think so, yeah.
36:51Any idea who it was?
36:53Well, we've got a good suspect.
36:55A disgruntled fan who was sending threatening messages and we can place them at the seams, so...
36:59I'm sorry.
37:01I know you liked him.
37:03I did, yeah.
37:06But 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 at the station.
37:22What?
37:23Yeah.
37:24Apparently there should only be three of us at the station, so I need to lose one of either Esther,
37:29Kelby, or Margot.
37:32That's awful.
37:34What will you do?
37:35I have no idea.
37:41So, I've got something that might cheer you up, or make you feel ten times worse.
37:49Right.
37:50If it's bad timing, and you don't want to talk about it, then just say so.
37:54It's bad time.
37:57But, the Lily Bond will be out of the water for weeks, maybe months, and although we can stay at
38:05months again, I was thinking that maybe it was time to move on.
38:11And went back to our original plan when we first moved down.
38:16And...
38:20Or Taos.
38:24Are you serious?
38:26Look.
38:40Hello, Peter.
38:41Where have you been?
38:43Oh, Arthur, still not bare that leg.
38:46Hello, lovey.
38:47See you Friday.
38:56Ah!
38:58You're in early.
38:59What's up with you?
39:00Weren't you, Ben?
39:01No.
39:02So, I had a brainwave.
39:05I was sitting in the bath, listening to Billie Eilish, and I realised that all those things that happened to
39:13Mr. Bevan outside the bookmakers all happened at the same time.
39:17Between five to nine, and ten past nine.
39:21Three days in a row.
39:23So what if they're there again today?
39:24I can get there first, and wait for them to show up.
39:28So...
39:29What's Billie Eilish got to do with it?
39:32Oh, nothing. I just like her.
39:50The fan club hasn't got a poor mecca listed. I'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, she made him promise to look after their daughter, Helen.
40:09He said to her that he would.
40:11To his final breath.
40:14Hmm.
40:14I think he kept his promise. They 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 again.
40:38Hey!
40:40Stop!
40:42Hey! Stop!
40:49Go get him, Kelly!
41:048
41:06Ooh!
41:09Hey!
41:13Hey!
41:13Hey, I'm having fun!
41:15Hey, I have a great job.
41:19Hey!
41:19Hey!
41:19Hey, you're good!
41:21Hey!
41:22You're good!
41:23Hey!
41:24Hey, I'm here!
41:24Hey, you're good!
41:25Hey!
41:25Hey, yo!
41:25Hey, I'm having fun!
41:27Hey!
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
42:22every day and them always looking the same?
42:28kelby hello um can i use your bathroom please
42:36oh neither can we walk out kelby kelby mom's washing my uniform i was chasing one of the
42:44kids that assaulted mr bevan caught one of them and he dubbed the other two in
42:49they're in the hole back the moon being questioned well done kelby yes indeed well well done kelby
42:54so what was it all about okay so mr bevan keeps the cash from the tills and the slot machines
43:02in a safe
43:02overnight then banks at the same time every morning they obviously found out about it
43:08and decided to rob him but 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 he was disposing a bag of dog poop
43:26the next day they had a different plan the second one was going to throw pepper into mr bevan's face
43:32and steal the bag of money but he didn't account for the window
43:43the third one had another plan he had put a big chisel in a rolled up newspaper caution but he
43:49hadn't
43:49wrapped it tightly enough so when he pulled his arm back
44:02so that's what happened to the barber's window and lucky it did it could have killed someone
44:10oh what have you done i turned my ankle when i was getting pulled out of the mud
44:22esther have we got the doorbell footage of paul mecca uh yes hang on oh they're talking about us
44:29shepton abbott police have no comment on the theories that the author was murdered in the
44:33same way as the victims in his latest thriller the new book is flying off the shelves
44:38which fan said his death is something he could have written himself yes and good
44:53oh that's exactly what it is
44:58the final breath
45:01fuck yeah but why pull that car
45:06who is he
45:08an accomplice part
45:21oh that's very clever
45:23do you know what happened
45:25i think i do
45:30so was it murder
45:32not exactly
45:35he took his own life strictly speaking
45:38both
45:40the button the memo pad the footprints in the garden the mysterious porn maker the jacket he just happened
45:47to leave behind all very convenient and easy to find all ultimately
45:53leading nowhere
45:56why because they weren't clues at all
46:00they were simply the the the pen strokes
46:03of a master storyteller
46:05kenneth's books were no longer attracting the following they once did and
46:11facing financial ruin he was then
46:15very literally dealt a killer blow he was dying his thoughts were not for himself they were for his
46:25daughter helen having kept his financial woes from her he knew that when he was gone she'd be left with
46:32nothing
46:32so i think when he was told he was dying he concocted a plan
46:37first he had to get a publishing deal he did so by agreeing to return to his most successful trilogy
46:44the bathtub murders but more importantly i think he's the one who suggested he write it without an advance
46:52instead taking the lion's share of profits from book sales
46:58but why would he do that if he was broke because he intended to make sure the book was a
47:05runaway
47:05success and i think he did so by murdering himself knowing he only had weeks perhaps days left to live
47:14kenneth linda said goodbye to his daughter
47:17but as he wasn't insured he knew he had to find a way to secure her future
47:22promise you'll have an early night
47:24a nightcap first i think
47:26one at least
47:28i love you
47:30love you too
47:32to fulfill the promise he made to her mother
47:35all those years ago
47:38i doubt that any right-minded person would consider such a thing but once he made his plan
47:43his course was set
47:45first thing he did was plant his clues
47:47first the footprint adding a limp for dramatic effect
47:52then the mysterious note
48:01and the button
48:07and then with everything in place
48:12the character
48:13a few days before
48:19he booked into sandals guest house in the name of the character he created
48:23making sure that he left the jacket with a missing button behind and to get caught on the door bell
48:29camera allowing us to see the supposed limp he'd orchestrated in the flower bed
48:34to confirm his identity
48:37i also think he sent himself the death threats
48:40the account used by paul mecca had only been operating a 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 that became real life
48:54he ensured that his new book became a bestseller
48:59remember the words that he spoke to his dying wife all those years ago when she begged him
49:04to look after their daughter
49:05that he'd look after her until his
49:10final breath
49:11and that's exactly what he did
49:14so what gave him away
49:15but who's paul mecca
49:17why okay
49:18two things
49:18were his uh undoing
49:21footprint casts
49:22from the garden
49:24show that the weak leg
49:25was on the left
49:26yet
49:28walking away from the guest house
49:31the limp was clearly
49:32on his right leg
49:34and the other thing
49:35or this hubris
49:54it's an anagram
49:56paul mecca
49:58maya
49:59copa
50:00latin
50:01an admission of guilt
50:03quite literally
50:05it was me
50:06who did it
50:18thank you for taking the time to stop by
50:21we thought you'd want to know
50:23oh i doubt as much comfort
50:26no
50:27not at all to be honest
50:29the truth is i'd swap every penny of the fortune he worked so hard to leave me for
50:35one more day with him
50:46yeah
50:46yeah well lots of you know like filing and stuff
50:49here we go
50:50i don't think i forgot anything
50:51well don't kill me
50:54want some good news
50:55yes always
50:57kenneth linder's publisher anthony westley just got sacked
51:01why
51:03for signing a contract that gives most of the money from the book sales to the linder estate
51:07yes
51:08yes the book is
51:08yes the book is bigger than ever
51:09yes the book is bigger than ever
51:09it's a bestseller
51:10losing all that money
51:11you must have a nasty rash
51:15yes
51:16well i think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that uh
51:18daughter lost her father but uh
51:21well done everyone
51:23and well done you
51:24to our amazing inspector
51:27martha who saved him from a watery grave
51:30our brilliant kelby who cracked his own case and waded through mud to bring his prisoner in
51:35and margot who is the font of all knowledge
51:38and esther the voice of reason and the glue that holds us all together
51:43and not forgetting our new counsellor oh
51:56okay so the pictures i showed you are a bit old
52:00and no one's lived here for a while really close your eyes
52:09oh god
52:11i can't see anything
52:13oh this way
52:15there's the step
52:17okay yeah
52:19do we have a key
52:20don't need one there's no point for
52:23up up up up
52:25no
52:27oh god no i'm sorry
52:30oh seriously
52:32oh what's that smell
52:34let's not ask
52:37okay
52:38okay
52:41are you ready
52:43i'm not sure
52:45open your eyes
52:49okay two questions
52:51one are you sure we're in the right house and two if we are
52:54what on earth possessed you
52:56i'm glad you asked
52:59oh
53:05isn't it amazing
53:06oh
53:14oh
53:15oh
53:18Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
53:21Oh, oh, oh, oh
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