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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?
11:08Mrs. Goodfellow?
11:08She's unconscious.
11:09The ambulance is rushing her to hospital.
11:12Sustained a nasty blow to the back of the head.
11:14She must have interrupted the killer.
11:19use the superintendent's own truncheon against him doesn't look like a burglary no sign of forced
11:27entry which means it's likely to be someone who is already in the house father i can take it from
11:50here okay fitzherbert it's my maiden name a gift for my 21st birthday oh father what am i
12:06to do you will get through this choice i promise i'll have to cancel the auction of course
12:15all that work and i really wanted michael to meet the chief constable
12:27man is dead our friend is injured and all she cares about is her husband's career
12:34did anyone get a message to sergeant goodfellow yes he's on his way to the hospital oh father
12:42what if violet doesn't make it i'm sure the doctors are doing everything they can
12:48she's lucky it wasn't worse however they suspect there might be swelling on the brain and until
12:53it subsides they just don't know i should never have left her father i should have been there to
12:58protect her you were doing your job sergeant and besides there were three senior police officers
13:06present and one of them ended up dead what if what if vice or the killer's face they might come
13:13back
13:14to finish the job but surely the officer posted here will protect her as will i i'm not leaving her
13:22aside not again so you think it was an inside job father apparently superintendent webber let the staff
13:31go early so that leaves the guests and the hostess so the killer is one of the wives or inspector
13:39rendon but he wouldn't have been capable not in his drunken state at this stage we can't rule anything
13:45out what's that it's a list of letters i saw in the superintendent's study father is mrs goodfellow
13:53really in danger if she can identify the killer that is a possibility then we need to find out who
14:02did
14:02this and speak to everyone who was there well actually most of them will be in the same place this
14:08morning
14:15i am surprised it's still going ahead oh isabel just in time so meredith you're on cloakroom duty
14:24angie meeting and greeting carol can you help the auctioneer and isabel you're to chaperone chief
14:31constable brant surely it makes more sense we haven't got time to debate it we've only a few hours until
14:38the event begins look lively people we've got all those auction lots to put on display
14:45joyce can i just check so mrs webber's husband has just been murdered and yet she's acting like
14:51nothing happened people react in different ways brenda and the cpws is clearly very important to
14:56joyce but last night superintendent webber announced that she was standing down oh how gorgeous
15:04yes it's a mixer oh look here's something even better i don't think that ugly thing would raise
15:11much oh i don't know maybe someone wants to start a collection how did you get on with the parish
15:16returns brenda oh yeah fine it's all sorted oh violet had her heart set on this sewing machine
15:26is there any news doctors are still waiting for her to come round she'll pull through she's a police
15:32wife we can handle a lot no what are you doing this is completely absurd no this is wrong i
15:40didn't
15:41murder him you can tell me all about that to the station mrs webber no you can't do this
15:49they surely can't think she killed gerald well i love joyce but you never know what goes on behind
15:55closed doors
16:04ah i wondered how long it would take father i'm curious about mrs webber's arrest inspector
16:12i presume you've uncovered some compelling new evidence no my arrest the wives have murdered senior
16:19policemen for fun
16:23all right
16:26we found these locked in superintendent webber's desk
16:34you don't show the man's face
16:36no from his bill it's clearly not superintendent webber
16:42according to the dates they met every thursday at the same hotel
16:46it appears mrs webber is having an affair and the superintendent found out about it
16:52what does mrs webber say
16:53she's refusing to talk until her solicitor arrives from gloucester
16:58but we all saw the tension between them yesterday evening
17:01i believe he confronted her and things turned
17:07inspector
17:08i don't suppose you have a copy of the cotswold inquire at hand
17:18the 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 inquirer
17:32and the anonymous gossip column by miss f is published every friday
17:38the day after
17:40each one of your meetings
17:46the events miss f writes about
17:50you often attended
17:53and your maiden name fitzherbert
17:55is i presume
17:56the basis for the nom de brume
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 being married to a man like gerald
18:12you probably guessed i 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
18:28i 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
18:39that 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 not just gossip
18:55i was going to ignore gerald and 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 officers he 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 ground
19:34violet's awake
19:41mrs goodfellow i am so pleased you are back with us
19:44it's an absolute miracle
19:46how are you feeling
19:48i've got a terrible headache but
19:50it sounds like i got off lightly
19:52what do you remember
19:54about yesterday evening
19:56the whole night is a bit hazy
19:59father i
20:01i remember inspector
20:03rendham 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
20:14well just drunken rambling i suppose
20:17just sum up
20:18about submarines
20:20subs or um
20:22flowers
20:23and
20:24roses i think
20:26anything else anything unusual
20:28anything
20:29out of place
20:30there 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
20:41it's all right love
20:43i
20:43walked in and everything went black and
20:48the next thing i remember i'm waking up here
20:50there were no papers on the floor when we found you
20:53there was a brown file on the desk
20:56so 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
21:06mrs webber is an intelligent and capable woman
21:10if she had wanted to kill her husband
21:12she would have done so when her home was not full of potential witnesses
21:16and police men
21:18she faces the gallows father there must be something you can do
21:23these initials are a list of officers superintendent 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
21:44oh from what i saw if anyone was upset it 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
21:56inspector sullivan's not gonna let you near the scene of the crime
21:58father
21:59well daniel can do it
22:00i'm not going anywhere
22:02you could still be in danger
22:04why i don't remember anything besides that nice young police officer still here
22:10well i could stay sergeant if that helps
22:15well i suppose so
22:16that's settled then
22:18off you go
22:19the auction's starting soon
22:25you do look very dapper
22:27and good
22:28you look divine
22:30mrs sullivan
22:32i'm sorry isabel you need to stay out here
22:34you're on clerk room duty this evening
22:36what?
22:37well with joyce indisposed i'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
22:46i'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
23:00not 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 gonna have a very small sherry
23:19father brown
23:20just fetching a drink for the chief constable and michael
23:23oh 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
23:45our career?
23:47behind every great man is his wife
23:49father
23:50indeed
23:52but superintendent webber was going to derail your plans
23:57and now he's dead
24:00you're not suggesting
24:01yes i was upset with him
24:04but it's the chief constable who actually appoints officers
24:08oh
24:10michael's gonna 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
24:28whilst they telephoned for orders
24:29and terry ran in
24:30gung-ho
24:31and got himself killed
24:33since then
24:34michael's been having nightmares
24:35drinking
24:36avoiding social functions
24:39i'm sure witnessing the death of a colleague
24:42must have been extremely unsettling
24:45i can't believe carol thinks terry should be awarded the queen's policemen
24:50for bravery
24:51she's been harassing gerald
24:53for 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
25:16i promised her i could handle it
25:18i'm adding up numbers for baptism marriage and mass
25:21and i keep getting different results
25:24well
25:24i'm sure we could solve it together
25:28but
25:30if 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 cause 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
26:12again i told him i said you think you think you're some expert on modern policing but you've no clue
26:23what 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 i'd never willingly create another one
26:40besides joyce calmed me down
26:43she 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 i read it later that evening she explains how terry was just trying to protect the public
26:58he wasn't reckless
27:00he wasn't reckless
27:01he wasn't reckless
27:01he wasn't reckless
27:02he wasn't reckless
27:04the inquirer won't publish it
27:06not though its author has been arrested for murder
27:12perhaps i could help
27:13perhaps i could help
27:14the editor is a parishioner of mine
27:16he might listen to my request
27:18he might listen to my request
27:19father could you
27:24here you go
27:25enjoy the auction
27:26thank you
27:29joyce webber's article on constable lawson's death is extremely well written
27:35you miss sergeant goodfellow
27:37he dropped this off on his way back to the hospital
27:40oh is this the file mrs goodfellow mentioned
27:43yes
27:45see
27:46the sergeant thinks that blood could be the superintendent's
27:50the modern police force a feasibility study
27:54i 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
28:06he 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
28:15no
28:16pushing yourself into the limelight like that is not very becoming
28:20besides
28:21we don't want to abandon your post
28:23no
28:24we need someone with authority and gravitas
28:28oh
28:31father
28:33people listen to you
28:35what
28:36you're perfect
28:37i have every faith in you as our auctioneer
28:42but i've just think of it like acting father
28:45and project
28:46come on
28:51good luck
28:53bad
28:54pips
28:55ladies and gentlemen
28:56invite to take your seats
28:57the auction is about to begin
29:04do i hear
29:06fifteen shillings
29:07thank you sir
29:08one pound
29:09i have a very little one
29:10oh isabel
29:12going once
29:14going twice
29:16sold
29:17to the gentleman
29:19in the dinner jacket
29:25oh
29:26look
29:27that would be an excellent companion for your other one
29:30father
29:31ten shillings
29:33ah
29:33ten shillings
29:34inspector sullivan
29:37go on
29:38twelve shillings
29:40twelve shillings
29:41inspector rendon
29:44fifteen
29:46fifteen
29:47one pound
29:49one pound
29:52one pound
29:53one pound ten shillings
29:55one pound ten shillings
29:56i'd say
29:56very exciting
29:58five pounds
30:00oh
30:01five pounds
30:03well i
30:05say five pounds for this um
30:07er
30:08intricate
30:09figurine
30:11er
30:11going once
30:12sorry isabel
30:13going twice
30:14oh well
30:15it wasn't meant to be
30:16and
30:17sold
30:18for five pounds
30:19to inspector rendon
30:21i'm so sorry isabel
30:22i hope that wasn't something you desperately wanted
30:26you did that to her
30:27mrs sullivan
30:30i need another drink
30:32the next lot is a
30:34cotswold police badge
30:36er
30:37mounted and framed
30:38with the motto
30:40as a subscript
30:42lex semper servanda
30:45lex semper servanda
30:46it's latin
30:56where is he going?
30:57mid auction
30:58isabel
31:00you can take over
31:01oh 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
31:28lecture me on the perils of the demon drink father
31:31it's a bit late
31:33inspector rendon
31:34how fortuitous
31:36no
31:37it's not my place to pass judgement
31:40although
31:40last night
31:41you were
31:42inebriated
31:44which is why
31:45when mrs goodfellow
31:47overheard you talking about
31:48submarines
31:49and roses
31:50she assumed
31:52it was drunken rambling
31:53highly likely
31:56but it wasn't was it
31:57because sub rosa
31:59in latin means
32:01in secret
32:02so
32:03a secret
32:04between you
32:05and superintendent
32:06weber
32:07the lie
32:08that you were
32:09unable to contact
32:10police headquarters
32:11the day
32:12terry lawson
32:13died
32:15i don't know what you're talking about father
32:17i had no time to find a police box
32:19before
32:20terry stormed off into the bank
32:23but you didn't need
32:25to find a police telephone box
32:27because according to this article
32:31that day you were driving a morris ices
32:33and those particular vehicles were trialing the superintendent's new car radio
32:40your call would have gone straight through to the operations room
32:46yes i remember now i did try
32:49but they didn't pick up
32:50i doubt that
32:52inspector ed
32:53because according to these logs
32:56on that day
32:58superintendent weber
32:59was in the operations room
33:02supervising his new system
33:04your call would have gone straight to him
33:08you're right
33:10it did
33:13gerald told us not to wait
33:15but 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
33:29later 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
33:41but i've hated myself
33:43and gerald ever since
33:46last night in your emotional state
33:49did you fight with superintendent weber
33:52no
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
34:05i urge you to tell the truth about what happened
34:09it would destroy my career
34:11my wife would leave me
34:14you ever told anyone else about this
34:16michael
34:18are you in there
34:19no never
34:20not even
34:22sub rosa remember
34:25michael
34:25the chief constable is asking after you
34:27what are you doing in here
34:29as if i have to ask
34:30here
34:31drink this
34:36drink
34:38oh
34:40of course
34:52and our final lot for this evening
34:55we're buying a singer
34:57201k sewing machine
34:58how about that ladies
35:00shall we start the bidding at nine pounds
35:03yes
35:04nine pounds
35:05oh thank you mrs appleton
35:06ten
35:07did i mention the vertical rotary
35:10maureen appleton better not win that over me
35:12and the cordon foot pedal are a lovely match
35:14shouldn't you be in hospital
35:16sergeant goodfellow is on his way to visit you
35:19oh well i shan't stay long i just
35:21need to win that sewing machine
35:23eleven pounds ten shillings
35:25yes
35:27violet
35:28you made it
35:30eleven pound ten shillings
35:32going going gone
35:33sold to mrs goodfellow
35:46oh
35:47father
35:49we've raised such a lot
35:51we might even be able to pay for another day trip
35:54as 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
36:03not if you admit to what you did to superintendent webber
36:09sorry
36:11you took
36:12a glass of water
36:14to inspector rendon
36:17you said he'd passed out
36:19but he was awake
36:20wasn't he
36:23the glass was half empty
36:24in his turmoil
36:27did he drunkenly confess
36:29what really happened at that bank robbery
36:32i don't know what you're talking about
36:34that your husband was acting under superintendent webber's orders
36:40you must have been terribly shocked
36:43i'm not shocked
36:45i'm not shocked
36:47angry
36:49i'd gone to ask michael
36:51to 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 couldn'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
37:16logs 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
37:59what 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
38:10and then tried to ruin his reputation with lies
38:13he 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
38:45and one day be with your husband again
38:47i can't
38:49they'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
39:00constable lawson spent his life upholding the law
39:04not breaking it
39:07if he was here now
39:10what would he want you to do
39:14everyone has given so generously
39:18and here is the total amount raised from
39:20thank you mrs sullivan
39:25as de facto head of the cotswold policemen's wife's society
39:29it gives me great pleasure to announce that we have raised
39:34a hundred and fifty one pounds and ten shillings
39:43now to tell us how the money will be spent is mrs carol lawson
39:52thank you everyone
39:54the money raised will be spent on a much needed holiday for the county's police widows and orphans
40:06we all know
40:09what 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
40:35is to support the men we love
40:37no matter what
40:41my late husband terry
40:44always did his duty
40:46right to the end
40:47he never questioned it
40:49he believed in upholding the law
40:52so i want to make sure i honor his memory
40:56by doing the right thing
40:59no matter how difficult or daunting it might be
41:03because
41:05that's what he would want me to do
41:10thank you
41:12and goodbye
41:17please make sure
41:18the holiday goes ahead father
41:20those women and children deserve it
41:22i will mrs joseph
41:24thank you
41:27violet 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
41:50i can't imagine what carol must have gone through discovering the truth
41:57terry lawson was just following orders
42:00it could have been us
42:15yes
42:16i 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
42:25yes father
42:26the inquirer has offered me a job as a staff reporter
42:31congratulations
42:31oh talking of jobs
42:33thank you so much for helping me with the parish returns
42:37i 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 well done
42:45so what happened to michael rendon after he admitted he lied
42:48he'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 who will feel it most keenly
42:59oh
43:00if she leaves the policeman's wife society you could take over missus
43:05oh no thank you brenda
43:07forget being the perfect policeman's wife
43:09i think the key to a successful marriage is being supportive and honest with each other
43:14well it's worked for daniel and i these past 25 years
43:17hmm
43:18hmm
43:19isabel
43:21i know how disappointed you were that we didn't secure that wonderful figurine at the auction
43:27so after visiting a lot of dealers
43:31and paying an extortionate amount
43:34i found this one for you instead
43:37oh edgar
43:38i don't know what to say
43:42i don't know what to say
44:08you
44:08i don't know how to say
44:09no
44:10my
44:10my
44:10oh
44:11oh
44:11oh
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