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00:04Oh, I'm so sorry, Father.
00:06Unpacking everything has put me so far behind on my parish paperwork.
00:10I'm just pleased you and the inspector are settling in so well.
00:15What's with that?
00:16Did Mrs McCarthy leave it behind on purpose?
00:20Actually, that was a housewarming gift for me from Edgar.
00:26It's very striking.
00:27It's hideous.
00:28I know, but I haven't the heart to tell him.
00:32It's been difficult with his demotion.
00:35I'm trying to make things easier for him.
00:39Oh, hello.
00:41Mrs Goodfellow.
00:42Father Brown, Brenda.
00:44Guess who I've just had a telephone call from?
00:47Joyce Weber.
00:48She's inviting us for drinks over at her house this evening.
00:52What? No!
00:55Joyce Weber is the superintendent's wife.
00:58She's the head of the CPWS.
01:02The Cotswold Policeman's Wives Society.
01:05Oh, I've been to a few of their fundraising events.
01:08They're the absolute inner circle.
01:10This is a huge honour.
01:11I've been going to their functions for over 20 years and I've never been invited to anything like this before.
01:16So why now?
01:18And isn't it a bit last minute?
01:19There's a big charity auction at Hambleston tomorrow and most of the organising committee have caught in Patigo.
01:27Ooh.
01:27Shall I call her back and confirm?
01:29Yes!
01:30Wait!
01:31No, I can't.
01:33I've got these parish returns and I've not even started on the numbers for Mass.
01:38They all have to be sent to the diocese by tomorrow.
01:41Well, I can always do that for you.
01:43Really?
01:44Of course.
01:45I've seen you do it often enough.
01:47And I have every faith in Miss Palmer's abilities.
01:51Oh, thank you, Brenda!
01:53Edgar would be so proud if I became part of the Policeman's Wives Club.
01:57This evening has to go well.
01:59Oh, thank you.
02:29How's my hair?
02:31The same as the last time you asked.
02:33No, it's important, Edgar.
02:35I want to make a good impression.
02:37You look lovely.
02:40See?
02:41There's no need to be nervous.
02:42Easy for you to say, Inspector.
02:44I'm no good at socialising with the top brass.
02:46Just be yourself, Daniel.
02:48Exactly.
02:49I've attended hundreds of these things.
02:51They're usually extremely dark.
02:53Good evening.
02:54Can I take your coats?
02:55Hello.
02:55Good evening.
02:58Welcome.
02:58It's lovely you could come, isn't it?
03:01Absolutely.
03:03I'm Mrs. Inspector Rendon.
03:04Or Angie, to you and I.
03:07I know, Mrs. Rendon.
03:09I'm Violet Goodfellow.
03:11We have met quite a few times, actually.
03:13Of course, Violet.
03:14It's so remiss of me.
03:16We should have had you round years ago.
03:18And this must be your husband.
03:20Yep.
03:21Sergeant Goodfellow.
03:22Ma'am.
03:23Charmed.
03:23Hello.
03:24Isabel Sullivan.
03:25Thank you so much for the invitation, Mrs. Webber.
03:28It's Joyce.
03:29And I've been dying to meet you properly.
03:31We presumed the inspector was happy being a lifelong bachelor.
03:35You must be a very special woman for him to give that up.
03:39Gerald, just in time.
03:40He got held up at work.
03:41Oh, Rendon.
03:42Chaps, if you'll excuse me, I need a word.
03:45My office.
03:46Mm-hmm.
03:47Please, help yourself to drinks.
03:49We're all set up in the sitting room.
03:50If you could start things off.
03:52After all, we do have an auction to finalise.
03:54Now, Joyce.
03:56Come on, then.
03:57The annual charity auction is one of the most important events in the CPWS social calendar.
04:02Now, we might have lost most of our proper committee, but we still need to do our best.
04:07Especially as this year, the Chief Constable Brand will be attending.
04:12Ooh, the Chief Constable.
04:14Is that what Gerald spoke with you about?
04:15Yes.
04:17Now, all the money raised will go to the Cotswold Police Widows and Orphans Charity.
04:22And as you can see, we've got some top-draw items to auction off.
04:28A Persian rug.
04:30A Singer 201 cape with a vertical rotary hook.
04:35Violet runs the village sewing circle.
04:38Of course she does.
04:39Well, I hope you plan to bid for it, then, Violet.
04:41Bid and win.
04:43Now, I'll need volunteers at the event.
04:45To make sure things all run smoothly.
04:47I don't mind helping out.
04:48Neither do I.
04:50Sorry I'm a little late.
04:52Carol!
04:53But, actually, I bumped into another guest on the way over.
04:56Good evening, one and all.
04:58Mrs Webber telephoned me and asked me to pop by.
05:01I had a few questions about the charity side of things.
05:04I had thought that Mrs Lawson here would be able to answer them.
05:08As she runs the Widows and Orphans Charity.
05:11Yes, but we always welcome your advice, Father.
05:14I must get you a drink.
05:16Angie, would you mind?
05:20Of course.
05:25This way.
05:29Damn shame I'd have me to use, Solomon.
05:31Fine, please.
05:32Oh, no, not for me, thank you, sir.
05:35You know, I'm still not sure what you even did.
05:39There was an issue with the case.
05:42Some outside interference.
05:44Hang on.
05:45What's the priest doing here?
05:46Your wife invited me, Superintendent Webber.
05:50Allow me.
06:00Got a good one here, Rendon.
06:02Too many of these young women want more.
06:04Careers and such like.
06:06Well, I already have a job, Superintendent.
06:08He's looking after my husband.
06:11How about your new wife, Solomon?
06:14Presume she doesn't work.
06:15Actually, she's Father Brown's parish secretary.
06:19Respectable work, at least.
06:20Not too...
06:22over-stimulating.
06:24Well...
06:25has its moment.
06:29Inna?
06:31Franklin.
06:32No, no, no.
06:33Inspectors Finley and Franklin can't sit together.
06:35Not after the charity golf fiasco.
06:37Now you mention it,
06:38I read about that in Miss F's column.
06:41Don't get me started on that woman.
06:43Miss F?
06:44Oh, she has a gossip column
06:45every Friday in the Cotswold Enquirer.
06:48She is a muckraker.
06:50No wonder she doesn't use her real name.
06:52You know she described me as a social climber.
06:54Me.
06:55My husband went to one of the county's top schools.
06:59So did Superintendent Webber, I understand.
07:02A few years before, of course.
07:04But no, they have a lot in common.
07:06In fact,
07:07Gerald is personally recommending Michael for chief inspector.
07:11Oh, Isabel, I'm so sorry.
07:13Me talking about Michael having a promotion
07:15when your husband got demoted
07:17almost immediately after you got married.
07:19Those things were unrelated.
07:21Oh, no, no, no.
07:22I didn't mean any offence.
07:23We police wives need to stick together.
07:25I mean...
07:27Look at poor Carol.
07:29It has been over a year since Terry died.
07:32Wouldn't hurt to put some lipstick on.
07:37Well...
07:37Are we sure the committee have got in Patigo?
07:40Or are they just trying to avoid Angie?
07:48Pull yourself together.
07:50Think about your promotion.
07:53I told you I don't want the damn job anyway.
07:55Language!
07:57We had a plan.
08:00You're to become chief inspector by the end of the year.
08:04Or else.
08:12And Mrs. Danbury can go by Sergeant Harker's wife.
08:18Done.
08:19I don't know how you do it.
08:23You done?
08:24Oh, yes, sorry.
08:25Come on, darling.
08:26Go on.
08:27Because I have an announcement to make.
08:30This auction tomorrow will be my wife's last event for the CPWS.
08:34She's giving it up.
08:35Really?
08:36She's keen to spend more time at home.
08:39Aren't you, darling?
08:41Yes.
08:42That's a great loss.
08:44Let's raise a glass to Mrs. Webber.
08:46Oh!
08:47Oh!
08:48Sorry, sorry.
08:50It must be a reaction to his new allergy medicine.
08:53Perhaps Inspector Rendon would benefit from a lie down.
08:56Could you take him to the drawing room?
08:58Come on.
08:59Hold yourself together, man.
09:01I'll get a cloth.
09:05Apparently there's a telephone call for Inspector Sullivan.
09:11Thank you, Jenkins.
09:13I'll be right there.
09:14Some trouble at the Red Lion, local chap Joe Arbuthnot.
09:17Oh, I can go, sir.
09:19Arby sometimes thinks he's back in the Great War.
09:21He usually listens to me, though.
09:23Good man.
09:25So, Zalab...
09:27How would you like to see the implementation schedule for my new police radios?
09:30I'd love to, sir.
09:36I will ensure that Mrs. Goodfellow gets home safely.
09:39Thank you, Father.
09:41I'm so sorry, love.
09:42I understand, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.
09:46You be careful.
09:47I will.
09:50Oh, I thought Inspector Rendon might need water, but he's passed out snoring.
09:59And you'll be waterfied.
10:02That wretched medication.
10:04I have a good mind to speak to Michael's doctor.
10:06Oh, please.
10:07We all know it was the half bottle of malt he drank.
10:12Maybe we should think about leaving.
10:17You could have said that before I spent an hour learning about the superintendent's implementation schedule.
10:23I'll find Father Brown and Violet.
10:26I'll make our excuses to our host.
10:35Sir, I'm afraid we, um...
10:39I need help in here!
10:42Mrs. Goodfellow!
10:45Mrs. Goodfellow?
10:47Mrs. Goodfellow?
10:49Mrs. Goodfellow?
10:54Mrs. Goodfellow?
10:54She's alive.
10:55Anything?
11:06How is Mrs. Goodfellow?
11:08How is Mrs. Goodfellow?
11:08She's unconscious.
11:09The ambulance is rushing her to hospital.
11:12It sustained a nasty blow to the back of the head.
11:14She must have interrupted the killer.
11:19He used the superintendent's own truncheon against him.
11:24Doesn't look like a burglary. No sign of forced entry.
11:28Which means it's likely to be someone who is already in the house.
11:35Father, I can take it from here.
11:50Oh.
11:56Fitz Herbert.
11:58It's my maiden name.
12:02A gift for my 21st birthday.
12:04Oh.
12:05Father, what am I to do?
12:09You will get through this, Joyce. I promise.
12:12We'll have to cancel the auction, of course.
12:14All that work.
12:16And I really wanted Michael to meet the chief constable.
12:27A man is dead.
12:28A friend is injured.
12:30And all she cares about is her husband's career.
12:34Did anyone get a message to Sergeant Goodfellow?
12:38Yes, he's on his way to the hospital.
12:40Oh, Father.
12:41What if Violet doesn't make it?
12:44I'm sure the doctors are doing everything they can.
12:48She's lucky it wasn't worse.
12:50However, they suspect there might be swelling on the brain.
12:52And until it subsides, they just don't know.
12:55I should never have left her father.
12:57I should have been there to protect her.
12:59You were doing your job, Sergeant.
13:02And besides, there were three senior police officers present.
13:07And one of them ended up dead.
13:10What if...
13:10What if Vice or the killer's face?
13:13They might come back to finish the job.
13:14But surely the officer posted here will protect her?
13:18As will I.
13:20I'm not leaving her aside.
13:23Not again.
13:26So you think it was an inside job, Father?
13:29Apparently, Superintendent Webber let the staff go early, so that leaves the guests.
13:34And the hostess.
13:36So the killer is one of the wives?
13:38Or Inspector Endon.
13:39But he wouldn't have been capable.
13:41Not in his drunken state.
13:43At this stage, we can't rule anything out.
13:46What's that?
13:47It's a list of letters I saw in the superintendent's study.
13:52Father, is Mrs. Goodfellow really in danger?
13:56If she can identify the killer, that is a possibility.
14:01Then we need to find out who did this.
14:02And speak to everyone who was there.
14:05Well, actually, most of them will be in the same place this morning.
14:15I am surprised it's still going ahead.
14:18Oh, Isabel, just in time.
14:21So, Meredith, you're on cloakroom duty.
14:24Angie, meeting and greeting.
14:27Carol, can you help the auctioneer?
14:29And Isabel, you're to chaperone chief constable Brandt.
14:33Surely it makes more sense for you.
14:34We haven't got time to debate it.
14:36We've only a few hours until the event begins.
14:39Look lively, people.
14:40We've got all those auction lots to put on display.
14:45Joyce, can I just check?
14:47Sir, Mrs. Webber's husband's just been murdered,
14:50and yet she's acting like nothing happened.
14:51People react in different ways, Brenda.
14:53Brenda, and the CPWS is clearly very important to Joyce.
14:57But last night, Superintendent Webber announced that she was standing down.
15:02Oh, how gorgeous.
15:04It's a mixer.
15:05Oh, look.
15:07Here's something even better.
15:09I don't think that ugly thing would raise much.
15:12Oh, I don't know.
15:13Maybe someone wants to start a collection.
15:15How did you get on with the parish returns, Brenda?
15:18Oh, yeah, fine.
15:19It's all sorted.
15:20Oh, Violet had her heart set on this sewing machine.
15:26Is there any news?
15:28Doctors are still waiting for her to come round.
15:30She'll pull through.
15:31She's a police wife.
15:34We can handle a lot.
15:36No, what are you doing?
15:37This is completely absurd.
15:39No, this is wrong.
15:40I didn't murder him.
15:42You can tell me all about that of the station, Mrs. Webber.
15:45No, you can't do this.
15:49They surely can't think she killed Gerald.
15:52Well, I love Joyce,
15:53but you never know what goes on behind closed doors.
16:04Ah, I wondered how long it would take, Father.
16:07I'm curious about Mrs. Webber's arrest, Inspector.
16:11I presume you've uncovered some compelling new evidence.
16:15No.
16:17My arrest the wives have murdered senior policemen for fun.
16:23Right.
16:26We found these locked in Superintendent Webber's desk.
16:34They don't show the man's face?
16:36No.
16:37But from his build,
16:38it's clearly not Superintendent Webber.
16:42According to the dates,
16:43they met every Thursday at the same hotel.
16:46It appears Mrs. Webber is having an affair
16:49and the superintendent found out about it.
16:52What does Mrs. Webber say?
16:53She's refusing to talk
16:55until her solicitor arrives from Gloucester.
16:58But we all saw the tension between them yesterday evening.
17:01I believe he confronted her
17:03and things turned.
17:07Inspector,
17:08I don't suppose you have a copy
17:10of the Cotswold Enquirer to hand.
17:19The inspector thinks you were having an affair.
17:23But it wasn't love that brought you to that hotel, was it?
17:26It was your job.
17:28The hotel is next door to the officers of the Cotswold Enquirer.
17:32And the anonymous gossip column by Miss F
17:36is published every Friday,
17:39the day after each one of your meetings.
17:46The events Miss F writes about,
17:50you often attended.
17:52And your maiden name, Fitzherbert,
17:55is, I presume,
17:57the basis for the Nom de Blume.
17:59I thought I was being clever.
18:03The column was my outlet,
18:05a way to express myself.
18:08You don't know what it was like
18:09being married to a man like Gerald.
18:12You probably guessed
18:14I didn't want to resign from the CPWS.
18:17He was punishing me.
18:20Because he found out.
18:22He confronted me last night.
18:24He was furious.
18:29I had no choice but to admit to what I was really doing.
18:34He said he'd telephone the newspaper the next day.
18:37Have them fire me.
18:40That must have been calling.
18:41Yes.
18:42But it doesn't mean I killed him.
18:47The column was only a bit of fun.
18:50I was working on a proper article,
18:52not just gossip.
18:55I was going to have ignored Gerald
18:56and get it published regardless.
18:58But now he's dead.
19:00And instead,
19:02I'll hang for something I didn't do.
19:05Does this mean anything to you?
19:09Gerald was making recommendations for a promotion.
19:11They're the initials of the offices
19:13he was considering.
19:16Do you think it means something?
19:19I don't know.
19:22Will you help me, Father?
19:25Do you believe I didn't do this?
19:28I do.
19:32Oh, Father Brown.
19:34Violet's awake.
19:41Mrs. Goodfellow, I am so pleased you are back with us.
19:45It's an absolute miracle.
19:47How are you feeling?
19:48I've got a terrible headache,
19:50but it sounds like I got off lightly.
19:53What do you remember about yesterday evening?
19:57The whole night is a bit hazy, Father.
20:00I remember Inspector Rendon making a fool of himself.
20:06Yes.
20:07The superintendent took him for a lie down.
20:10Yeah, I heard them talking when I went to get the cloth.
20:13Anything specific?
20:15Well, just drunken rambling, I suppose.
20:17Just some up about submarines and subs
20:21or, um, flowers and roses, I think.
20:26Anything else?
20:27Anything unusual?
20:28Anything out of place?
20:31There was papers scattered
20:32all over the floor in the superintendent's office
20:36and...
20:38that's when I spotted him
20:40over by the desk.
20:41Hey, hey, hey.
20:42It's all right, love.
20:43I walked in and everything went black
20:46and the next thing I remember,
20:49I'm waking up here.
20:50There were no papers on the floor
20:52when we found you.
20:54There was a brown file on the desk.
20:57So the killer tidied them up.
20:59Why?
21:00I don't know.
21:02But we need to see that file.
21:04So you don't think Mrs Webber did it then, Father?
21:07Mrs Webber is an intelligent and capable woman.
21:10If she had wanted to kill her husband,
21:12she would have done so
21:13when her home was not full of potential witnesses
21:16and policemen.
21:18She faces the gallows, Father.
21:21There must be something you can do.
21:23These initials are a list of officers
21:26superintendent Webber was putting forward for promotion.
21:29I know a few of these.
21:31There's one set of initials missing.
21:34MR.
21:36Michael Rendon.
21:37So he wasn't getting his big promotion after all.
21:41Maybe that's why he was so drunk.
21:43He was disappointed.
21:45From what I saw,
21:46if anyone was upset,
21:47it was Angie, not Michael.
21:48I suggest we talk to Mr and Mrs Rendon
21:51at the charity auction
21:53after we've examined that file.
21:55Inspector Sullivan's not going to let you
21:57near the scene of the crime, Father.
21:59Well, Daniel can do it.
22:01I'm not going anywhere.
22:02You could still be in danger.
22:04Why?
22:05I don't remember anything besides
22:07that nice young police officer's still here.
22:10Well, I could stay, Sergeant, if that helps.
22:15Well, I suppose so.
22:17Well, that's settled, then.
22:19Off you go.
22:20The auction's starting soon.
22:25You do look very dapper and good.
22:28You have a divine Mrs Sullivan.
22:32I'm sorry, Isabel.
22:33You need to stay out here.
22:34You're on clerk room duty this evening.
22:36What?
22:37Well, with Joyce indisposed,
22:38I've been forced to make some difficult decisions,
22:40and since you were so keen to help out...
22:43Now, if you'll excuse me,
22:45I think I see the chief constable.
22:47I'm looking after him this evening.
22:52I'm so sorry.
22:53I did volunteer my services.
22:55Our first big event as husband and wife
22:57and I have to sit through it alone.
22:59I'm not entirely alone, Inspector.
23:02I can keep you company.
23:09Well, this is shaping up to be another funny evening.
23:11Excuse me, Inspector.
23:16I'm going to have a very small sherry.
23:19Father Brown.
23:21Just fetching a drink for the chief constable and Michael.
23:24Oh, good idea.
23:26I'm sure you're very keen that they get on well.
23:31Especially, as I hear,
23:34Superintendent Webber failed to recommend your husband for a promotion.
23:39Gerald promised us he'd put Michael forward,
23:41and then he suddenly changed his mind.
23:43He could have ruined our entire career.
23:46Our career?
23:47Behind every great man is his wife, father.
23:50Indeed.
23:52Indeed.
23:53Superintendent Webber was going to derail your plans.
23:57And now he's dead.
24:00You're not suggesting.
24:02Yes, I was upset with him,
24:05but it's the chief constable who actually appoints officers.
24:08Oh.
24:10Michael's going to go far.
24:12I'll make sure of that.
24:16You know, he never was a big drinker.
24:18It's all Terry Lawson's fault.
24:22Carol Lawson's late husband?
24:24They were called to a bank robbery.
24:26Michael told Terry to wait whilst they telephoned for orders,
24:29and Terry ran in, gung-ho, and got himself killed.
24:33Since then, Michael's been having nightmares,
24:36drinking, avoiding social functions.
24:39I'm sure witnessing the death of a colleague
24:42must have been extremely unsettling.
24:46I can't believe Carol thinks Terry should be awarded the Queen's policemen.
24:50For bravery?
24:52She's been harassing Gerald for months.
24:55You know, she wasn't even invited to the function last night.
24:58She just showed up.
25:00I mean, talk about poor etiquette.
25:04Sorry, father, I must fetch those drinks.
25:06We'll be starting soon.
25:12So, you've told Isabel you've already finished the paperwork.
25:15I panicked.
25:17I promised her I could handle it.
25:19I'm adding up numbers for baptism, marriage and mass,
25:21and I keep getting different results.
25:24Well, I'm sure we could solve it together.
25:29But if I help you with this,
25:32I need you to help me with something in return.
25:41I needed some air, father.
25:44The constant, how are you coping,
25:46get a little much sometimes.
25:50I wasn't invited to the Webbers last night.
25:54Joyce was worried if I was there, I might pause a scene.
25:59Over your bid to have your late husband awarded the Queen's police medal?
26:04Yes.
26:06I just wanted to beg Gerald one last time.
26:09I assume the superintendent refused again.
26:14I told him.
26:17I said, you think you're some expert on modern policing,
26:21but you've no clue what it's like to be a real officer on the front line.
26:27I imagine the superintendent didn't take kindly to that observation.
26:32I didn't kill him.
26:35I work with police widows every day.
26:37I'd never willingly create another one.
26:40Besides, Joyce calmed me down.
26:44She had a new way to give Terry the recognition he deserves.
26:49The article she was writing was about Constable Lawson.
26:52I read it later that evening.
26:54She explains how Terry was just trying to protect the public.
26:59He wasn't reckless.
27:00He was a hero.
27:04The Enquirer won't publish it.
27:07Not now.
27:08Its author has been arrested for murder.
27:12Perhaps I could help.
27:14The editor is a parishioner of mine.
27:17He might listen to my request.
27:20Father, could you?
27:24Here you go.
27:25Join the auction.
27:29Joyce Weber's article on Constable Lawson's death is extremely well written.
27:36You missed Sergeant Goodfellow.
27:37He dropped this off on his way back to the hospital.
27:41Oh, is this the file Mrs. Goodfellow mentioned?
27:44Yes.
27:45See?
27:47The sergeant thinks that blood could be the superintendent's.
27:51The modern police force a feasibility study.
27:55I had a look, but it's pretty dull stuff.
27:58Just dates and costings from some new radio system Gerald was trialing.
28:04It's a disaster.
28:05The auctioneer isn't coming.
28:07He heard about Gerald's death and assumed we'd cancelled.
28:09Would you just start in five minutes?
28:11I could always do it.
28:13I am accustomed to being on stage.
28:16No.
28:16Pushing yourself into the limelight like that is not very becoming.
28:20Besides, we don't want to abandon your post.
28:23No.
28:24We need someone with authority and gravitas.
28:28Oh.
28:32Father, people listen to you.
28:35What?
28:36You're perfect.
28:38I have every faith in you as our auctioneer.
29:08But I've just...
29:10A little one.
29:11Oh, it's a book.
29:12Going once.
29:14Going twice.
29:16Sold.
29:17To the gentleman in the dinner jacket.
29:25Oh, look.
29:27That would be an excellent companion for your other one.
29:31Father, ten shillings.
29:33Ah, ten shillings, Inspector Sullivan.
29:37Go on.
29:39Twelve shillings.
29:40Twelve shillings, Inspector Rendon.
29:44Fifteen.
29:46Fifteen.
29:48One pound.
29:49One pound.
29:53One pound, ten shillings.
29:55One pound, ten shillings.
29:56I'd say, very exciting.
29:59Five pounds.
30:01Oh.
30:02Five pounds.
30:04Well, I'd say five pounds for this, um...
30:08Er...
30:09Intricate figurine.
30:11Er, going once.
30:12Sorry, Isabel.
30:13Going twice.
30:14Oh, well.
30:15It wasn't meant to be.
30:17And sold for five pounds.
30:19To Inspector Rendon.
30:22I'm so sorry, Isabel.
30:23I hope that wasn't something you desperately wanted.
30:26You did that to her, Mrs. Sullivan.
30:30I need another drink.
30:32The next lot is a Cotswold police badge, uh, mounted and framed with the motto as a subscript.
30:42Lex semper servanda.
30:45Lex semper servanda.
30:46It's Latin.
30:55Where is he going?
30:57Mid-auction.
30:58Isabel, you can take over.
31:02Oh, no.
31:03I don't want to cause any embarrassment.
31:06All right, don't be ridiculous.
31:07You're perfect for the job.
31:08Go on.
31:27You're going to lecture me on the perils of the demon drink, Father?
31:31It's a bit late.
31:33Inspector Rendon.
31:35How fortuitous.
31:36No, it's not my place to pass judgment.
31:40Although last night you were inebriated.
31:44Which is why, when Mrs. Goodfellow overheard you talking about submarines and roses, she assumed it was drunken rambling.
31:54Highly likely.
31:56But it wasn't, was it?
31:58Because subrosa in Latin means in secret.
32:03So, a secret between you and Superintendent Webber.
32:07The lie that you were unable to contact police headquarters the day Terry Lawson died.
32:15I don't know what you're talking about, Father.
32:17I had no time to find a police box before Terry stormed off into the bank.
32:23But you didn't need to find a police telephone box.
32:28Because according to this article, that day you were driving a Morris Isis.
32:34And those particular vehicles were trialling the Superintendent's new car radio.
32:41Your call would have gone straight through to the operations room.
32:46Yes, I remember now.
32:47I did try.
32:49But they didn't pick up.
32:51I doubt that, Inspector Red.
32:54Because according to these logs, on that day, Superintendent Webber was in the operations room, supervising his new system.
33:04Your call would have gone straight to him.
33:08You're right.
33:10It did.
33:12Gerald told us not to wait, but to go straight in.
33:17He wanted to prove his new systems could fight crime more efficiently.
33:21So into the bank we went.
33:24Terry was ahead of me.
33:26Right in the line of fire.
33:28Later, Gerald pulled me aside.
33:31He was panicking.
33:32Told me to tell everyone Terry went rogue.
33:35Said he'd help me with my career.
33:37I knew how desperate Angie was for me to be promoted.
33:40But I've hated myself.
33:43And Gerald ever since.
33:46Last night, in your emotional state, did you fight with Superintendent Webber?
33:53No.
33:54When you saw me, I could barely stand.
33:56Besides, I never hurt someone like that.
33:59Whenever I close my eyes, all I can see is Terry.
34:02Blood.
34:04Inspector Rendon, I urge you to tell the truth about what happened.
34:09It would destroy my career.
34:11My wife would leave me.
34:14Have you ever told anyone else about this?
34:16Michael?
34:18Are you in there?
34:19No.
34:20Never.
34:20Not even.
34:22Sub Rosa, remember?
34:25Michael, the chief constable's asking after you.
34:27What are you doing in here?
34:29As if I have to ask.
34:30Here, drink this.
34:36Drink.
34:39Oh.
34:40Of course.
34:52And our final lot for this evening, a Singer 201k sewing machine.
34:58How about that, ladies?
35:00Shall we start the bidding at ÂŁ9?
35:03Yes.
35:04ÂŁ9.
35:05Oh, thank you, Mrs Appleton.
35:07Ten.
35:08Did I mention the vertical rotary?
35:10Maureen Appleton better not win that over me.
35:12And the cordon foot pedal are a lovely match.
35:15Shouldn't you be in hospital?
35:16Sergeant Goodfellow is on his way to visit you.
35:19Oh, well, I shan't stay long.
35:20I just need to win that sewing machine.
35:23ÂŁ11.
35:24ÂŁ11.
35:25Ten shillings.
35:27Violet, you made it!
35:30ÂŁ11.
35:31Ten shillings.
35:32Going, going, gone.
35:33Sold to Mrs Goodfellow.
35:47Oh, Father.
35:50We've raised such a lot.
35:52We might even be able to pay for another day trip, as well as the holiday to Western Supermare.
35:56That's marvellous news, Mrs Lawson.
35:59But you won't be going with them.
36:02That is to say, not if you admit to what you did to Superintendent Webber.
36:09Sorry?
36:11You took a glass of water to Inspector Rendon.
36:17You said he'd passed out.
36:19But he was awake, wasn't he?
36:22The glass was half empty.
36:25In his turmoil, did he drunkenly confess what really happened at that bank robbery?
36:32I don't know what you're talking about.
36:35That your husband was acting under Superintendent Webber's orders.
36:40You must have been terribly shocked.
36:43Not shocked.
36:47Angry.
36:49I'd gone to ask Michael to support my Queen's Police Medal campaign.
36:55But he started crying.
36:57He told me about the radio in the car.
37:00How Gerald demanded they go in.
37:02I can't believe it.
37:04I went to Gerald.
37:06He didn't care.
37:08You can't prove any of this.
37:10Michael Rendon is a feckless drunk.
37:13Then I'll get proof.
37:14There must be something somewhere.
37:16Yes.
37:17Logs and files can be amended as easily as witness statements, Mrs Lawson.
37:21Your husband will never get the Queen's Police Medal.
37:23He'll always be regarded as a foolhardy idiot whose rash actions got him killed!
37:37Hello?
37:43Superintendent!
37:44I didn't want to hit poor Violet, but I panicked.
37:48Oh!
37:59What Superintendent Webber did was wrong.
38:03But he did not give you the right to take his life.
38:08He took my terry from me and then tried to ruin his reputation with lies he deserved to pay.
38:15And what about Mrs Goodfellow and Mrs Webber?
38:20In seeking revenge for your husband's death, you took a life.
38:25And then you put two innocent lives in mortal danger.
38:29I never meant to, Father.
38:32You can't imagine how relieved I am that Violet's all right.
38:36And I never dreamt that Joyce would be blamed.
38:40Then you must confess.
38:43So you can be at peace and one day be with your husband again.
38:47I can't.
38:49I'll lock me up and throw away the key.
38:51Or worse.
38:53Which is exactly what will happen to Mrs Webber.
38:57For your crime.
39:00Gunstall Lawson spent his life upholding the law.
39:04Not breaking it.
39:07If he was here now, what would he want you to do?
39:14Everyone has given so generously.
39:17And here is the total amount raised from...
39:21Thank you, Mrs Sullivan.
39:25As de facto head of the Cotswold Policeman's Wife Society,
39:29it gives me great pleasure to announce that we have raised...
39:34ÂŁ151.10 shillings.
39:43Now, to tell us how the money will be spent,
39:46is Mrs Carol Lawson.
39:52Thank you, everyone.
39:55The money raised will be spent on a much-needed holiday
39:58for the county's police widows and orphans.
40:06We all know what a dangerous job it is,
40:12being a police officer.
40:16And at times it can be just as difficult,
40:19being a policeman's wife,
40:22never knowing what risky situations our loved ones are facing.
40:27But we also understand that that's what we signed up for.
40:33Our role as wives is to support the men we love,
40:37no matter what.
40:41My late husband, Terry,
40:44always did his duty right to the end.
40:47He never questioned it.
40:49He believed in upholding the law.
40:52So I want to make sure I honour his memory
40:56by doing the right thing,
40:59no matter how difficult or daunting it might be,
41:04because that's what he would want me to do.
41:12And goodbye.
41:17Please make sure the holiday goes ahead, Father.
41:20Those women and children deserve it.
41:23I will, Mrs Joseph.
41:28Violet, I'm...
41:29I'm so, so sorry.
41:33Inspector Sullivan,
41:35can I speak to you for a minute?
41:48I'll have to meet you at home, I'm afraid.
41:51I can't imagine what Carol must have gone through,
41:54discovering the truth.
41:57Terry Lawson was just following orders.
42:00It could have been us.
42:15I reworked the article to tell the full story.
42:18I'm sure Carol will take real comfort from that.
42:23And the byline is your own real name?
42:26Yes, Father.
42:27The Inquirer has offered me a job as a staff reporter.
42:31Congratulations.
42:32Oh, talking of jobs,
42:34thank you so much for helping me with the parish returns.
42:37Oh, I did have a little help.
42:39I only helped you with the tallies and that.
42:41You did the rest.
42:42Impressive work, Miss Palmer.
42:44Well done.
42:45So, what happened to Michael Rendon
42:47after he admitted he lied?
42:49He's been suspended.
42:50Pending an internal investigation,
42:52but it doesn't look good.
42:53That's a shame.
42:55I imagine it is Mrs Rendon
42:58who will feel it most keenly.
43:00Oh, if she leaves the Policeman's Wives Society,
43:03you could take over, Miss S.
43:05Oh, no thank you, Brenda.
43:07Forget being the perfect policeman's wife.
43:09I think the key to a successful marriage
43:12is being supportive and honest with each other.
43:15Well, it's worked for Daniel and I these past 25 years.
43:17Hmm.
43:20Isabel,
43:20I know how disappointed you were
43:23that we didn't secure that wonderful figurine at the auction,
43:27so after visiting a lot of dealers
43:30and paying an extortionate amount,
43:33I found this one for you instead.
43:36Oh, Edgar.
43:38I don't know what to say.
43:44Oh, yeah.
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