- 5 weeks ago
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:06Would you like some more, Kedri?
00:08No, thank you.
00:12Seems a rather interesting letter.
00:15It's from my Aunty Pad.
00:16Oh, the one who runs a B&B?
00:18No. Soon to be a four-star family hotel.
00:22Oh.
00:23And she's invited us to the Grand Gala reopening.
00:27Really?
00:30An evening of champagne and sophistication with the theme of the 1920s.
00:34Oh, it sounds wonderful.
00:36I can't wait to see this place.
00:39Then she goes on to say,
00:40can we help with the painting, decorating and getting the place ship-shape?
00:44Well, she's asking rather a lot.
00:47She has an inspector coming from the Anderson's Hotel Guide.
00:50Oh, sorry, what's that?
00:52An annual survey of the most prestigious hotels in Britain.
00:56She really is pushing the boat out.
01:01Yes?
01:03Oh, no, no, nothing.
01:05Oh.
01:06Oh, gosh.
01:08Right.
01:08Um, well, thank you for the most delicious Kedjari.
01:14Hm.
01:17Have a good day.
01:18You too.
01:30How do you fancy a trip to the seaside?
01:33Have a good day.
01:36We going to have a good day.
01:50Bye, bye.
01:52We going to make fun.
01:54Oh, no, no, no, no.
01:58Bye.
01:58Bye.
02:01Bye.
02:25So, is it still the same as you remember?
02:28It is. Every summer, as a child, I come down here and play with all the local children on the
02:34beach.
02:35Did you used to play pirates?
02:37Yes. They were the pirates. I was the customs man who caught.
02:42Of course. Shame we have so much work to do, though. If only we had an army of helpers.
02:50Surprise!
02:52What the...? How did...?
02:55Well, you said your Auntie Pat needed some help. I thought it would be a nice surprise for you.
03:01Well, it's definitely a surprise.
03:03We're very keen to get to work, Inspector, so you can have more time with your wife.
03:08Oh, this place is amazing. I've seen pictures of the seaside, but I never knew the sand was so warm
03:13and so soft.
03:14Brenda, you've never actually been to the seaside before.
03:18Well, my mum died when I was seven. We never got to go on holidays.
03:22Ahoy there, landlubbers!
03:25Oh-ho! Auntie Pat!
03:30Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!
03:33You must be Isabel.
03:35Oh, how lovely. How lovely to put a face to that melodious voice.
03:40Lovely to meet you.
03:41Oh, Auntie Pat, how are you?
03:44Marvellous, darling. But what's happened to you, your skin and bone?
03:47Aren't you feeding him?
03:48Oh, I do give him three square mils a day.
03:51I'm only teasing.
03:52Mind you, actually, you have to keep your eye on this one around food.
03:56When he was a boy, he used to sneak into the kitchen searching for the chocolate profiteroles.
04:02We used to call him Edgar the Chocolate Heffalump. Don't tell me.
04:07Father Brown and Sergeant Goodfellow and, um, Brenda.
04:12Hi.
04:13It's nice to meet you. We're here to help in any way that we can.
04:16Oh, you know, this is manor. Manor from heaven.
04:20Because there is just so much that has to be done.
04:23I see you've been picking wild crabs.
04:25Yes, well, they make very nice table decorations, right?
04:28Let us get you all checked in. Follow me.
04:35Come along, you chocolate heffalump.
04:45Raymond?
04:47Raymond?
04:48Raymond?
04:51Raymond!
04:52Yes, dear, that is my name. Thank you for reminding me.
04:56When are you going to hang this picture up?
04:57I am rather busy trying to organise a gala dinner.
05:01If you didn't spend so much time arguing, you might actually be ready by now.
05:03Mrs. Parkinson!
05:06Oh, my word. Who is this?
05:09Well, here's Edgar.
05:11The only member of my family I've never been tempted to strangle.
05:16May I introduce Raymond and Cynthia?
05:18My deputy managers who have worked here for 30 years.
05:21In fact, they met and married here, aren't you?
05:24Oh, isn't that nice?
05:29Yes, so, um, I think we have a double room with a sea view.
05:33Oh, yes. I'll sort that.
05:35So, tonight, we are having a rehearsal of the 1920s themed dinner.
05:39We are testing a few of the recipes we're serving tomorrow.
05:43But there's so much work to do.
05:45So many jobs.
05:46Window cleaning. Gardening.
05:48I could help with that.
05:50And I'm a dab hand with a chamois leather.
05:52Oh.
05:53Well, come along.
05:54Yes.
05:56Oh, Raymond?
05:57What is all this mess?
05:59Where...
06:00Mr. Crabtree, he won't do any more work until he's been fully paid.
06:03Fine.
06:04Well, we'll just put wallpapering on the list of things to do.
06:09Yes, put those flowers in water before they wilt.
06:12Yes, Mrs. Parkinson.
06:14And for you.
06:20She's such a character, Aunty Pat.
06:22No-one would argue with that.
06:24Although, did she seem a bit peaky?
06:27Peaky?
06:28What do you mean?
06:29I wish she was leaning on reception.
06:31Just a bit fragile.
06:34Aunty Pat's as fragile as a Sherman tank.
06:37If you say so.
06:39And I am sorry if my surprise turned out to be more of a shock.
06:44Yes.
06:45What's supposed to be our honeymoon, not a parish outing.
06:48I know.
06:49But we will spend more time together.
06:52Once we've got through all our jobs.
06:59Do you think I should wear these earrings tonight?
07:01Yes.
07:02You didn't even look at them.
07:03Because I'm busy organising tonight's dinner, tomorrow night's garland,
07:06and we've got an inspector coming.
07:08Well, well, well.
07:10This place hasn't changed a bit.
07:14It's practically a museum.
07:16Max Bishop.
07:19Raymond.
07:20Cynthia.
07:22How are you?
07:23We're fine.
07:25We're good, actually.
07:27Mrs Parkinson has made us deputy manager.
07:30Oh.
07:31Well.
07:32That's something, I suppose.
07:34Now, can you book me into the Grand Suite for three days?
07:38I'm sorry, Max.
07:39We're not open until next week.
07:42We've just got friends and family staying.
07:44I worked here for seven years.
07:46I think that makes me family.
07:48Well, Father, there was some very enthusiastic pruning.
07:52Sharp shears.
07:53I'm sure that the hydrangeas will grow back again.
07:57What are you doing here?
08:00I'm just checking into your most expensive room.
08:14Oh!
08:16Edgar, don't you look smart.
08:18Yes, do come and sit down.
08:21Now then, Aunty Pat.
08:23Are you all right?
08:26Yes.
08:28Yes, I'm always all right.
08:29It's the rest of the world that's all wrong.
08:32I thought as much.
08:33I'd love to hear it.
08:36Shall I show the guests in, Mrs Parkinson?
08:38Oh, yes, yes.
08:39Come one, come all.
08:42Oh.
08:45Straight slow.
08:47Where would you like me to sit?
08:49Just on the other side of Edgar.
08:51And then we can fight over him.
08:53Please, everybody else, just sit wherever you like.
08:57That is an awful lot of cutlery, which is normally a good sign.
09:00Well, we are serving a three-course dinner, followed by petit fours and lots of profiteroles.
09:09Oh!
09:10Good news for you, Mr Effelope.
09:12Thank you, Miss Palmer.
09:14Father Brown, champagne?
09:17Well, that is a very easy question to answer.
09:21Yes, please.
09:23Oh!
09:24Quickly!
09:25Yes, yes.
09:25Quickly!
09:26Get out of practice, Raymond.
09:30Max.
09:32I had a feeling that you might join us.
09:35Please, make yourself comfortable.
09:38Over there.
09:46Would you like me to serve?
09:47Yes.
09:48Of course.
09:50No, no, no, dear.
09:52Silver service.
09:54At the table.
09:58Ahem.
09:59Ahem.
09:59Ahem.
09:59Ahem.
09:59Ahem.
10:00Ahem.
10:00Ahem.
10:00Ahem.
10:01Ahem.
10:02Ahem.
10:02Ahem.
10:02Ahem.
10:03Ahem.
10:04Ahem.
10:06Ahem.
10:06It would've been about 70 years, constantly battled by the cruel sea.
10:11But the sea yields up treasure and you will taste that treasure in our Brulier baes.
10:18Bon appetite!
10:19Please, do start.
10:20I can't bear cold food.
10:22Right!
10:24Ah.
10:33it's um how is it for you father
10:38it tastes very much of the sea it's extremely salty what but i i can't think why it would be
10:47i was terribly careful with the seasoning thank you none for me thank you
11:00this is all you're doing isn't it that's a very serious accusation would you care to repeat it
11:06oh actually i i might have put too much salt in ah yes too many cooks well let's hope you
11:14get
11:15things sorted before the inspector gets here how do you know about that oh when you move in the
11:21circles i move in you hear things and yes mr wendell remember your old work colleague max bishop
11:30he's been seen wandering around town yes i know just remember i got rid of you once before
11:41and i can get rid of you again
11:47mrs parkinson nice to see you sergeant oldham how are julia and the little ones not so little now i
11:57imagine we're all very well thank you good well i've had quite enough fun for one evening
12:05and i'll see you all tomorrow good luck you're going to need it
12:16auntie pat no i should never have risen to the bait
12:22i'm uh i'm going to leave you now in the capable hands of cynthia and raymond good night
12:43i do hope auntie pat's all right that man really seemed to upset her well she's a tough old
12:51thing she certainly gives as good as she gets she does what's that it's a bucket yeah underneath it
13:20you
13:20you
13:20you
13:20you
13:20you
13:20you
13:32Thank you, Father.
13:35What a terrible way for a man to meet his maker.
13:39Indeed.
13:40I suspect he was hit over the head, the blunt object, before being buried as the tide came in.
13:45That is my hypothesis.
13:47What about that dark stain on his forehead?
13:50Any idea what that is?
13:52Inspector, I'm sure you do a marvellous job in your leafy little village, but you leave things to us, Ian.
13:59Enjoy your holiday.
14:10Any idea who killed him?
14:13Technically, that would be the sea, which also did a very good job of washing away most of the evidence.
14:29Hello.
14:30What's going on?
14:32I'm afraid one of your guests has been murdered, Mrs Wendell.
14:34No, Mr Bishop.
14:38Max!
14:41Sergeant Oldham?
14:42Yes, Father.
14:44There's a champagne bottle in this bin.
14:46And?
14:47It's unopened.
14:49It's bloodstained.
14:50And it comes from the Palace Hotel.
14:55Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your cooperation thus far.
15:00We believe the murder took place between 8 o'clock, when Mr Bishop was dining here, and midnight, when the
15:06tide was high.
15:07I need to know all of your movements after 8.
15:12Well, I was serving dinner to these good people here, and then, at about 9 o'clock, I locked up
15:18and went briefly outside to inspect the grounds.
15:21Can anyone corroborate your version of events?
15:23Yes, I can. I was with him the whole time.
15:27Every single second?
15:29Mostly. We worked together. We went outside together.
15:33Then, we went to bed, just after 10.
15:37Mrs Parkinson!
15:38What?
15:39Yes?
15:41Where did you go, after you stormed out of the restaurant?
15:44Stormed? I went upstairs to make a list of all the jobs that needed doing before today's inspection.
15:52So now, can we please get a move on, aren't you, Pat?
15:56Well, it doesn't look good if you lose your temper.
16:00Oh, no.
16:00Patricia Parkinson, I'm arresting you for the murder of Max Bishop.
16:05On what grounds?
16:06There were two sets of fingerprints on the murder weapon.
16:08A bottle of champagne, Mr Bishop himself, and Mrs Parkinson's.
16:13Well, yes, it was my champagne, but it came from my cellar.
16:18We are not obliged to say anything, but anything you say may be given in evidence.
16:21This way, please.
16:23This is ridiculous.
16:24I don't think they'd be happy with a relative barging into the station.
16:27Although, they might allow a visit from a priest.
16:34Tell me about Mr Bishop.
16:36Well, 30 years ago, I sacked him.
16:39He worked at the hotel as a bellboy, and I found he was stealing from the guest's room.
16:46You know, in the hotel industry.
16:49That's a mortal sin.
16:51So, a man who bears a grudge on you walks in when the hotel is in trouble.
17:00Things aren't going very well, are they?
17:04Uh, no.
17:05Uh, no, we are.
17:08We are at rock bottom.
17:12Well, I've taken out loan after loan, and if things don't improve, then the bank will take the hotel.
17:19And that's why you invited Anderson's guide to inspect.
17:23Yeah, well, yes.
17:24One last roll of the dice.
17:27Was anyone else upset at Mr Bishop's reappearance?
17:34Well, I didn't think Raymond was too delighted.
17:38Of course, back in the day, they were great friends.
17:41Cynthia Raymond and Max.
17:43Um, I did, I did used to think that Max got in the way a bit.
17:49Were Mr and Mrs Wendell married at that point?
17:52No.
17:53It was only after Max left that Raymond popped the question.
17:57In fact, I wonder if Max didn't come back not to humiliate me, but to seduce Cynthia.
18:08Why do you say that?
18:10Well, yesterday, when I was preparing the buoy baths, I could hear Max and Raymond arguing.
18:23Oh, Father, you've been a while. How is she?
18:26Your aunt is bearing up.
18:28Of course she is. She's as strong as an ox.
18:30She's very keen that we make this evening a success.
18:34I think it's more important we solve the murder.
18:36Well, perhaps by doing one, it will help us do the other.
18:49Right, Mrs Parkinson's left her to-do list. Would you like me to type it up?
18:52No, Raymond. We actually have to do something.
18:54What time is Mavis getting here?
18:56Mavis left a note. She's resigned.
18:57Oh, no.
18:59Right, I've managed to sort those wonky tables out and we've swept all the floors.
19:02What? Is there anything else we can do to help?
19:04No. We're beyond help.
19:07The best thing now would be to board up all the doors and hang a condemned sign outside.
19:12Hello. How are we getting on?
19:14We're about to give up completely.
19:16What?
19:17Cancelling this evening and telling Andersons we're not ready.
19:20You do realise my aunt has given 50 years of her life to this place?
19:22Yes. But she's not here. And it was always her hand on the tiller that steered us through the rocks.
19:30Mrs Parkinson's been your employer for 30 years. I'm sure she hoped that if she had to step back, you
19:37would step forward.
19:39We also have a financial difficulty. She's left a long ingredients list and no actual money.
19:44Fine. I'll go down to the market.
19:48I'll come with you.
19:49And I can service some rooms. I have worked in hotels before.
19:53I can do some cooking.
19:54Can I be your sous-chef?
19:56Of course.
19:57I shall polish the silver.
19:58I will assist.
20:02Am I right in saying you have worked here since the 1920s?
20:06Mm-hm.
20:07You and Cynthia and Max.
20:11Sorry.
20:12Allow me.
20:16So what did you think when Max Bishop turned up again?
20:21Mrs Parkinson seems to think he once had designs on your wife.
20:27No, of course not.
20:29No?
20:30No.
20:31We were pals.
20:33Back then, the three of us, we were the...
20:35Well, they were the happiest times of my life.
20:37Yes, Max was sacked for stealing, but not for stealing my girlfriend.
20:44You were overheard yesterday having an argument with Mr Bishop.
20:48Hmm.
20:49You said, and I quote,
20:51Leave her alone, please.
20:53Just leave her alone.
20:54Yes, I did, but I was not talking about Cynthia.
20:58No?
21:01When Max arrived, he said some rather nasty things about Mrs Parkinson,
21:05so I let him settle into his room,
21:07and when he came downstairs, I told him to stop.
21:09Leave her alone.
21:10What did he say to that?
21:12He told me to face the facts.
21:14The Palace Hotel is doomed, and he's the only one who could save it.
21:19What do you think he meant?
21:22I don't know.
21:23I told him I didn't want to hear it,
21:24and if you'll excuse me, I need to go and find some fish forks.
21:30Thank you, Miss Palmer.
21:31Most helpful.
21:33Whoa.
21:35Who could afford a room like this?
21:37That is what we are here to find out.
21:41Mr Bishop claimed he came here to save the palace,
21:46and I'm keen to find out how.
21:50What's this?
22:00Plans for the hotel divided into eight flats.
22:05So that's his game.
22:06He's a property developer.
22:10Look.
22:14Meet me at Brandreth Bay, nine o'clock.
22:18That's the beach where they found him.
22:21Was he killed by the person to whom he said this note?
22:26I should probably make the bed.
22:28The inspector will come in here.
22:30Good idea.
22:37What's this?
22:43Ah, yes.
22:44I know whose ear that belongs to.
22:51Right, here we are.
22:52Enough fish to start your own aquarium.
22:55Oh, Edgar, you save the day.
22:57You always do.
22:58Right, well, can I suggest I'll read out the recipe
23:01and allocate jobs as I go?
23:03No, Raymond, no.
23:05Just no, Raymond.
23:09Would you like to help me with the windows?
23:12Yes.
23:13Yes, of course.
23:14Yes.
23:20You all right, Mrs Wendell?
23:21Yes.
23:22Just a little bit stressed.
23:24We've got this rather complicated boo-a-bays to make,
23:28which means that we have fish to fill it,
23:3122 herbs and spices,
23:32and we haven't even started the stock yet.
23:34That does seem a Herculean effort.
23:36Yes, but if we want to get into the Anderson's Guide...
23:39You like to try making things people like to eat?
23:44Oh.
23:46Oh, yes, you're right.
23:49We could change the menu.
23:52Oh, fish pie!
23:54Everyone loves fish pie.
23:56Mrs Wendell, may I have a word?
23:59Yes.
24:07I'm sorry, Father, but I'm really very busy.
24:10Yes, I can see.
24:13Must put an awful strain on your marriage.
24:16Marriage?
24:17What's that?
24:18They used to be married once.
24:21I...
24:21I mean, I...
24:22I do love Raymond.
24:24It's just we're married to the hotel.
24:26I noticed you have separate rooms.
24:30Well, yes.
24:33Separate lives, actually.
24:35Was it ever a happy marriage?
24:38We were happy.
24:40Before we were married.
24:42When it was just the three of us.
24:45Me, Raymond, and Max.
24:48Ah, yes.
24:50Mr. Bishop.
24:52Did you notice, yesterday, he was last into dinner?
24:58Because I believe he was in the kitchen,
25:01over-salting the bouillabaisse.
25:05I think so.
25:09But you took responsibility for his sabotage, which seems strange.
25:14Unless you felt in some way responsible.
25:24And I knew Max had done very well for himself, so I wrote and told him we were in trouble.
25:31And was there any chance of alone?
25:35But it soon became clear he was not here to help.
25:38He'd just come to humiliate us.
25:41What did you do to stop him?
25:44Nothing.
25:45I just tried to avoid him.
25:50And yet...
25:51I found this.
25:54By his bed.
26:01All right.
26:05When Raymond went round to speak with him,
26:08I sneaked into his room to look round.
26:13I imagine you saw his plans to turn the hotel into flats.
26:18I did.
26:19And I was just staring at them, horrified.
26:23And Max came in and grabbed me.
26:26So that must be when I lost the earring.
26:29I see.
26:29He said this place had destroyed him, and now he's going to destroy it.
26:36Do you know he used to steal from people's rooms?
26:40Only small amounts.
26:42So no-one knew.
26:43But Mrs Parkinson found out and she called the police.
26:48I don't suppose you remember the name of the arresting officer?
26:56What can I say?
26:57He was a wrongman, but I made sure he suffered the full force of the law.
27:03Except I've spoken to Scotland Yard.
27:07Max Bishop has no criminal record whatsoever.
27:11So you let him go, but told everyone you'd charged him.
27:17It was a long time ago.
27:18I don't exactly recall.
27:20Mr Bishop remembered you vividly.
27:24He asked after your wife and children.
27:27I imagine 30 years ago, you had a young family and not much money.
27:39Perhaps we should talk to his senior officer, father.
27:42All right.
27:43He did offer me a certain sum.
27:46But believe me, it was hard getting by and five pound a week.
27:50You took a bribe from a criminal suspect.
27:53Max said he'd leave town and never darken our doors again.
27:57I really don't see what the harm was.
27:59Sergeant Oldham.
28:01Many people would say that punishment can be a valuable life lesson.
28:06A lesson you failed to teach Max Bishop.
28:13Now, I think you've had more than enough time to question my aunt.
28:20Well, that was the worst holiday I've ever had.
28:25Auntie Pat, we need to have a talk.
28:27No, I need to get back to the hotel.
28:29Raymond and Cynthia, they can't make a decision without me.
28:32I'll leave you two to talk.
28:38Why didn't you tell me that the hotel was in difficulty?
28:41It isn't.
28:42The palace is a luxury ocean liner.
28:46It just so happens that it's floating in a sea of mediocrity.
28:50Yes.
28:50And its suppliers have told me they think it could be about to sink.
28:54Yes, well, things are a bit grim, but I believe that we're just about to turn a corner.
29:01And I realise that I have been saying that for several years.
29:05Yes.
29:05Yes, and you've been working yourself 18 hours a day.
29:08Now, do you think that can be good for you?
29:10If I didn't work, I wouldn't know what to do.
29:14You know how hard it is to abandon a place that you've loved and cherished for your whole life of
29:2050 years?
29:21Besides, it means a lot to you.
29:25What do you mean?
29:26You know what I mean.
29:28Whenever your parents used to have a bit of difficulties, then they got me to look after you.
29:36At the palace.
29:37It was home away from home.
29:40Aunty Pat, it's not the palace I care about.
29:43It's just a pile of bricks and mortar and some very comfortable bedding.
29:49The woman who runs it, I love her.
29:54I rather worry that she's not looking after herself properly.
30:01Well, she's rather fond of you.
30:05Edgar, I have no choice.
30:09I just have to keep going.
30:11So, will you kindly take me back to the luxury liner before the management managed to sink it?
30:25There you go.
30:26What do you think?
30:27Oh, it's magnificent.
30:30Oh, have you thought about a career in interior design?
30:34Oh, not really.
30:35Thank you, though.
30:36If I spend one more moment in that kitchen, I think I'm going to melt.
30:39Agreed.
30:43Oh, this is extraordinary.
30:47Oh, it feels like we've gone back in time.
30:52To the glory days.
30:54Oh, managed to get rid of all the mould.
30:57And the mess.
30:59And our most annoying guest has kicked the bucket.
31:02But don't mention any of that to the man from Anderson's.
31:08Hello.
31:11And you are?
31:12Timothy Moon.
31:13The man from Anderson's.
31:15Mr Moon.
31:17Mr Moon, please.
31:19Please forgive my wife's peculiar sense of humour.
31:24Well, I can forgive most things.
31:26But what I do not appreciate is being made to wait at the station.
31:30Where was Mrs Parkinson, who's been badgering me for the past six months?
31:33Mrs Parkinson?
31:34Mrs Parkinson?
31:35Not well.
31:36Very, very not well.
31:37Her glands have swollen up like...
31:39Watermelons.
31:40Yes, it's quite enough about my glands.
31:43Hello, I'm Patricia Parkinson.
31:46Timothy Moon.
31:47Mr Moon, you would not believe the day that I've had.
31:50Are you ready for the grand tour?
31:52I must get my clipboard.
31:55Well, you've certainly made some unexpected choices.
32:00Yes, it's better than I expected.
32:05It is splendid.
32:23Follow-up?
32:24Oh, well, we must leave some to the inspector, but...
32:36Raymond!
32:39Raymond!
32:40What is it, dear?
32:41Why haven't you hung up that picture?
32:43Because I'm in the middle of trying to...
32:45All right, I'll do it.
32:50Bringing us back to the dining room,
32:52which tonight is the gateway for the Roaring Twenties.
32:58Um, would sir care for a canapé?
33:02If I must.
33:07Champagne?
33:08Well, I wouldn't like to impair my critical faculties,
33:13but, um, just to be polite.
33:19Here you come.
33:20Yes?
33:21This is not the lumpfish roe.
33:23This is actual caviar.
33:24Indeed.
33:25Most palatable.
33:26Oh, I must say, it does go down nicely.
33:29Oh, please.
33:30Do have another one.
33:35Um...
33:38Ladies and gentlemen, welcome, one and all, to the palace.
33:48This hotel has been standing here for 70 years,
33:53buffeted, of course, by waves and wind,
33:56but able to survive the ravages of time.
34:01Mr. Wendell.
34:11People ask...
34:13I was intrigued by the photograph of you both outside the hotel in 1953.
34:22Your hair was much greyer then.
34:27Would I be right in thinking that you use hair dye?
34:34That is a very personal question, Father.
34:38Well, yes.
34:40But when they found Mr. Bishop's body,
34:44there was a dark stain on his temple.
34:48Could that stain have been from hair dye?
34:52From the person who buried him?
34:59He sent you a note, didn't he?
35:02Meet me at Brandreth Bay at nine o'clock.
35:05Why would you go?
35:07What do you think you're doing?
35:09We don't need you to save the hotel.
35:12We're perfectly happy as we are.
35:13Raymond, I'm sorry if I've upset everyone.
35:20I was angry at the way Mrs. Parkinson treated me.
35:23Were you perhaps hoping to turn back the clock?
35:27What do you mean by that?
35:29At first, I thought Mr. Bishop was having an affair with your wife.
35:35But no.
35:36I suspect not with her.
35:41I don't know what you're implying.
35:44Your wife confirmed that you have separate bedrooms.
35:49Separate lives.
35:53And the champagne would suggest some sort of celebration.
35:58Do you remember our midnight picnics on the beach?
36:04Yes.
36:05Lying in the sandies.
36:10How could I forget?
36:14You will help me, won't you, Raymond?
36:19Of course.
36:19Max, I knew you wouldn't let me down.
36:22You never did.
36:23Max.
36:25I would do anything for you.
36:31Do you really think
36:33I would give a second look at a worn-out old worm like you?
36:38Then what?
36:39You're going to help me destroy this place,
36:41or I will tell the whole world what you really are,
36:45including your sad, neglected, lonely little wife.
36:53Mr. Bishop sought to use his power over you.
37:00But things spiralled out of control, didn't they?
37:11Now you had a new problem.
37:14His body.
37:19Luckily, some children have been digging a hole in the sand,
37:23which was almost the right size.
37:36I did not mean to kill him.
37:39I would be the last person to condemn anyone for falling in love.
37:42But in order to spare people's feelings,
37:46you have been living your life in the shadows,
37:50living a lie,
37:52which has not brought happiness to you or your wife.
38:00What am I meant to do, then?
38:01How do I get out of this mess?
38:07There is one course of action
38:09which will in time bring you peace.
38:13You must confess.
38:16Ask for God's forgiveness
38:19and take the consequences of your actions.
38:32Mr. Moon, you really must try our famous bouillabaisse.
38:37Is it really necessary?
38:39Well, it's seasoned with 22 different herbs and spices.
38:43Is it indeed?
38:44Cynthia, the bouillabaisse.
38:47Actually, Mrs. Parkinson,
38:49we decided not to make bouillabaisse.
38:52What?
38:52We thought, rather than follow a 100-year-old recipe,
38:56that we would go to the market and see what was in season.
38:59And what little delicacies did you find there?
39:01Oh, scallops so fresh they fell out of their shells.
39:07Silver mackerel, pink lobster.
39:10So we made a fish pie.
39:14Here you go.
39:16Bon appétit.
39:17Well, it does sound intriguing,
39:20but the proof of the pudding...
39:50Mrs. Parkinson,
39:52from your description,
39:54I expected this to be a dusty,
39:56fusty, old-fashioned establishment.
39:59But you've done wonders with this place.
40:03Décor that lets the light in
40:05and the finest fish pie I've ever tasted.
40:07Oh, well, yes.
40:09It's not one of my usual recipes.
40:11This place is the future of British hospitality.
40:15Welcome to Anderson's Hotel Guide.
40:18Oh, wonderful, wonderful.
40:20Oh, congratulations.
40:23We got into the guide.
40:24Everything we've worked for all these years.
40:26That's wonderful, darling,
40:28but it's all down to you.
40:30It's always been you,
40:31and I'm sorry I've been a bad husband.
40:34What do you mean?
40:37Sergeant Oldham, may...
40:40Yes, Mr. Wendell.
40:46There's something I need to confess.
40:53Right, then.
40:55Ready for the off.
40:58I think so.
41:00Have you enjoyed your trip to the seaside?
41:03Spent most of it with a feather duster in my hand,
41:05but I do love this place.
41:07Yes, thank you for everything.
41:10You must come and visit us in Kembleford.
41:13I mean, I know you're busy with the hotel.
41:17Ah, yes, well, that's rather likely to change.
41:20Oh, yes?
41:21Yes.
41:22Well, Mr. Moon has written us such a glowing review
41:26that I'm quite confident that the palace will survive.
41:30Of course it will.
41:32So, therefore, I've decided to step down
41:35and give the baton to Cynthia,
41:39who I think you'll agree was more than capable.
41:42Well, she learned from the best.
41:45Right.
41:46Ready to depart, Mrs. Sullivan?
41:49Oh, can't we just have one last trip to the beach?
41:52Oh, you think that's good?
42:03Look at that dog over there.
42:08Yes!
42:09No!
42:28Do you know, I just have to say that when I first suggested this trip,
42:33it was meant to be just Isabelle and I, a mini honeymoon, getting away from it all.
42:40I know, I always seem to put my foot in it, but...
42:43But, but, I do know that when I married Isabelle, I not only married her talents, her passions, but also
42:54her friends.
42:55Aww.
42:56And that makes me the luckiest man in the world.
43:02Oh!
43:09And, Aunty Pad, I promise we will be back, just the two of us, but for now, could you take
43:16a photograph of us all?
43:19Yes, and I know just the place.
43:28Everybody, say, cheers!
43:31Cheers!
43:31Cheers!
43:33Cheers!
43:36Cheers!
43:37Cheers!
43:38Cheers!
43:39Cheers!
43:40Cheers!
43:40Cheers!
43:40Cheers!
43:41Cheers!
43:45Cheers!
43:47Cheers!
43:48Cheers!
43:48Cheers!
43:49Cheers!
43:50Cheers!
43:51Cheers!
43:53Cheers!
43:57Cheers!
Comments