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Death in Paradise - Season 15 - Episode 00: Christmas Special 2025
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00:00:00Currently delays at Junction 15 of the M4 due to ongoing improvement marks.
00:00:04That's your latest travel update from us here at the station.
00:00:07It's the 1st of December, so Christmas has officially started.
00:00:11And this is a classic.
00:00:14Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.
00:00:18Jingle bell swing and jingle bells ring.
00:00:22Snow and snow and snow and snow.
00:00:24Marjorie?
00:00:25Oh!
00:00:27Morning, Helen.
00:00:28Christmas begins.
00:00:30Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.
00:00:33Jingle bell time and jingle bell time.
00:00:37Dancing and prancing in jingle bell square.
00:00:41In the frosty air.
00:00:44Oh!
00:00:45Well, I'll get you with a nice cup of tea after that.
00:00:50I've never seen the town centre so busy.
00:00:56Oh, I'm sorry, Helen. I didn't know there was a team meeting.
00:00:59Oh, you're fine, Marjorie.
00:01:00I was just making a small announcement.
00:01:02You'll never believe it.
00:01:03She's only taking us away for the office Christmas party.
00:01:06It's been a tough old year.
00:01:08And I just want to say thank you to everyone for helping me get through it.
00:01:12Guess what?
00:01:13We're only going to the ruddy Caribbean.
00:01:15Oh, my goodness gracious me.
00:01:17Oh, although it does mean missing the away game of Colchester.
00:01:21What's that matter?
00:01:22It's the Caribbean.
00:01:24What a way to celebrate our...
00:01:25And you've properly budgeted for it, Mum?
00:01:27Yes, Neil. It's all accounted for.
00:01:29Quite sure?
00:01:31Oh, you know, I've always wanted to visit that part of the world.
00:01:37Oh, um...
00:01:39Not you, Marjorie, love. It's senior staff only.
00:01:42I am so sorry. I should have said.
00:01:44Oh, of course.
00:01:46I'm sorry, Helen.
00:01:47Silly old me.
00:01:49Duh.
00:01:53Oh, I... I probably should get that.
00:01:57We are so going bikini shopping after work.
00:02:02Oh, you might treat yourself to some speed, or was...
00:02:04Dougdale's branded merchandise. Marjorie speaking.
00:02:13Dougdale's branded merchandise. Marjorie speaking.
00:02:16Yes, I'll just put you through to her warehouse.
00:02:19Gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat.
00:02:38Yes!
00:02:39hormone.ong
00:02:44.gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat-gat. Good
00:02:49valeur. Come
00:02:49now
00:03:28Happy Christmas.
00:03:31With it.
00:03:45Hi, Marjorie.
00:03:46I just want to let you know that there's a Commissioner Patterson arriving.
00:03:52It's a serious situation over here.
00:03:55Give him access to anything he needs.
00:03:58I've told the police here that we're going to cooperate fully.
00:04:00Will do, Helen.
00:04:02Oh, I hear him now.
00:04:03Um, we'll speak later.
00:04:05Okay.
00:04:07Ah!
00:04:08You must be the policeman from the Caribbean.
00:04:10Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:04:12Selwyn Patterson.
00:04:15So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:04:19The police were called to your colleague's Holiday Villa,
00:04:22where, I'm sorry to see, a man was found, shot dead, murdered.
00:05:12Good morning, Miss Baudet.
00:05:14Morning, sir.
00:05:15It's a final rehearsal for the Nativity this evening.
00:05:18I wish you all the best and good luck to you, little king people.
00:05:22Yes, yes.
00:05:25Allez, let's go.
00:05:35Good morning, Sarge.
00:05:36Morning, Seb.
00:05:38Got a card from Darlene.
00:05:39Oh.
00:05:40Looks like she won't make it back for Christmas.
00:05:43Her auntie's still sick, so she's staying on Montserrat.
00:05:46Nothing in the post for the inspector, you know, from Antica.
00:05:50His brother, you mean?
00:05:53It's been three months.
00:05:55I guess it's like a lot, you know?
00:05:57I mean, getting a letter from a brother you never knew you had.
00:06:01It might take some time.
00:06:03I just feel sorry for him.
00:06:05He keeps saying he's fine about it, but I don't think he is.
00:06:11Where is D.I. Wilson?
00:06:13Rehearsing.
00:06:13Oh, yes.
00:06:15Oh, I am so jealous.
00:06:16He must be hyped up to wear that costume, huh?
00:06:20I bet he is.
00:06:22I'm really not happy about this.
00:06:24Why not, Mervyn?
00:06:25Because I look like a ninny.
00:06:27No, you don't.
00:06:29You look very...
00:06:32authentic.
00:06:33I just don't think the boots are helping.
00:06:39Look, with all due respect, Miss Baudet,
00:06:41I just think it'd be better off finding somebody else for this.
00:06:45You know, somebody less me.
00:06:47Mervyn, it has always been the commissioner
00:06:50who carries out this task for me.
00:06:52With him gone.
00:06:54Inspector.
00:06:56Great.
00:06:56Yes, sir.
00:06:57You look cool, man.
00:06:59Not another word.
00:07:00Yes, sir.
00:07:02Could we have a chat, sir?
00:07:09We have a murder to attend.
00:07:12For real?
00:07:15Well, that's up, then.
00:07:16I've got word to do.
00:07:18Conversation over.
00:07:19Conversation paused.
00:07:20Sorry, Catherine.
00:07:21Come on, let's go.
00:07:24Um...
00:07:24Inspector.
00:07:27You think maybe you should change first?
00:07:56Victim's name is Darion St. Jules.
00:07:58He's a local fisherman, lives half a mile up the coast.
00:08:02Right.
00:08:03The guests staying here are from the UK.
00:08:05They all say they haven't a clue who he is
00:08:08or what he was doing here.
00:08:10But clearly, someone must have shot him and left him there.
00:08:13Right.
00:08:15No sign of the gun,
00:08:17but paramedics are saying
00:08:18with the bullets still lodged in the victim's shoulder,
00:08:21cause of death was possibly from internal bleeding.
00:08:25Right.
00:08:26And what about you, Inspector?
00:08:28Anything of interest?
00:08:30Well, he certainly liked his aftershave.
00:08:33Have a sniff.
00:08:39I guess that's pretty strong.
00:08:41Only if it's cause of his work.
00:08:43You know, slapped on the old cologne
00:08:45to cover the smell of fish.
00:08:47I know a bin man in Tootin did the same thing.
00:08:49And that's what bothers you the most.
00:08:51The fact that the victim used a bit too much aftershave.
00:08:56Actually, what's bothering me the most
00:08:58is what's written on the palm of his left hand.
00:09:02Blitzen.
00:09:03Like the reindeer.
00:09:05It's the only one I can think of.
00:09:08Dasha, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,
00:09:10Comet, Cupid, Donna, Blitzen.
00:09:13And Rudolf.
00:09:15Thank you, Officer Rose.
00:09:19The ink seems fresh.
00:09:21Which means you wrote it in the last 12 hours or so.
00:09:24And then not long after, he was shot.
00:09:27When it is Christmas, sir,
00:09:30could just be a coincidence.
00:09:36We have no idea who this guy is
00:09:38or what he's doing in our villa,
00:09:40so how can we know why he wrote the name
00:09:41one of Scents' Reindeer on his hand?
00:09:43I don't know.
00:09:44I'm just asking the question.
00:09:45Not a problem, is it?
00:09:47No.
00:09:49No, of course not.
00:09:50Let's start with you telling me
00:09:52what you're doing here on St. Marie.
00:09:54Well, we flew here for our office Christmas party.
00:09:56It wasn't cheap.
00:09:58We were having the time of our lives.
00:10:05Life's a beat!
00:10:06Life's a beat!
00:10:08No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:10:10No!
00:10:11Oh, my God!
00:10:13Everyone get in!
00:10:19Maybe talk us through the events of last night.
00:10:22Yeah, what happened exactly?
00:10:24We said we'd take it easy for our last night.
00:10:37Then we got back here and carried on drinking.
00:10:40Yeah, looks like quite a party you had.
00:10:42Yeah, done right it was.
00:10:45Sorry, that's not appropriate.
00:10:47The rum out here, um, it's stronger than we're used to.
00:10:53Oh!
00:10:54What happened to Bob?
00:10:55One more straight away and no-one is allowed to.
00:10:57Come on, it's our last night!
00:11:01And what time did the party end?
00:11:03I haven't got a clue, mate, to be honest.
00:11:05Yeah, it's all a little bit hazy.
00:11:07I really don't remember very much.
00:11:09You lot are lightweight, man.
00:11:11I remember everything.
00:11:15Helen, you and me put Neil to bed about midnight.
00:11:18I'm sure I wasn't that bad.
00:11:19Oh, you so were.
00:11:22Oh, he's always had a low tolerance.
00:11:24Mum?
00:11:25Sorry, love.
00:11:27Can we just...
00:11:29Yeah, Helen, you went to bed as well.
00:11:32Me and you kept on it till about half three.
00:11:38Yeah, but you were so cute.
00:11:39You were dead to the world by then.
00:11:41So, uh, I left you asleep in the hammock.
00:11:45And then what?
00:11:49Oh, and then, um, the taxi for the airport woke me up.
00:11:54Everyone!
00:11:55Wake up!
00:11:57Wake up!
00:11:59That's when I saw him.
00:12:01I thought he was asleep at first.
00:12:03But when I got closer, I saw the blood.
00:12:05Someone call an ambulance!
00:12:07Now!
00:12:10You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.
00:12:13You didn't hear the gunshot?
00:12:14Well, yeah, yeah, you'd have thought.
00:12:16But, well, it's like Helen said, you know, the room out here, it's, uh...
00:12:19Stronger than you used to.
00:12:21Inspector!
00:12:24That's something you should see.
00:12:28This is the only security camera footage from the villa.
00:12:31Footage is from this morning, outside the front door.
00:12:34The victim arrives at 5.32am, heads inside.
00:12:38The door was unlocked, so he let himself in.
00:12:40After that, nobody is seen leaving or arriving.
00:12:43So, the only way in or out is from the front.
00:12:46And the drop at the back is too steep for access.
00:12:50So, it's got to be one of these four who shot Darren in St. Jules.
00:12:53Which means the gun that they used must still be here.
00:12:56But they're all saying they've never met him before.
00:12:59So, why would one of them kill a total stranger?
00:13:16Hello, can I help you?
00:13:18Have you come to check-in?
00:13:19The name's Helen Dugdale.
00:13:21Of course, one moment, please.
00:13:24Can't believe they're not letting us fly home.
00:13:27It's police overreach is what it is.
00:13:30So much for doing something different.
00:13:33Should have just gone to the Red Lion like last year.
00:13:36None of this would have happened.
00:13:39Girl, do you think there's something Helen's not telling us?
00:13:44She's been on edge ever since the police arrived.
00:13:55So, why did Darren go to that villa at 5.30 in the morning?
00:13:59Let's see what we find at his house.
00:14:06How are you getting on, sir?
00:14:08Well, I haven't found anything that connects our victim to the suspects.
00:14:12But I have found this.
00:14:13The victim's aftershave.
00:14:15Really? This again?
00:14:16It's different to the one he was wearing at the crime scene.
00:14:19Here, have a sniff.
00:14:23I haven't found any others here.
00:14:25And there certainly wasn't one on his person.
00:14:27So, why did he smell different to the brand of aftershave that he owns?
00:14:46So, I searched the suspects, the villa, and surrounding areas, and there was no gun.
00:14:53No, it has to be there.
00:14:54No one left the villa after the victim was shot, so the weapon has to be there somewhere.
00:14:58Yeah, no, I totally get the logic, Inspector.
00:15:00But, you take it there?
00:15:02For definite, there's no gun at the villa.
00:15:04But that doesn't make any sense.
00:15:05So, sorry.
00:15:06Excuse me.
00:15:07Hello?
00:15:08Yes!
00:15:09Well, this is a strange one.
00:15:11We've got four people suspected of shooting a man they don't know, with a gun they don't have.
00:15:15Let's start working through the victim's laptop, see what's on there.
00:15:18We need to find that gun.
00:15:22What?
00:15:23Actually, sir, it's the nativity service, if you'd forgotten.
00:15:27Are you serious?
00:15:28And, we promised Catherine we'd make sure you get there.
00:15:32Look, we've got a murder case to solve, in case you hadn't noticed.
00:15:35And I haven't got time for play-acting with a bunch of kids at some school nativity.
00:15:40Then you'd better find the time, Inspector.
00:15:45Why is she...
00:15:46Good evening to you, Inspector.
00:15:49Officer Curtis was a pleasant surprise.
00:15:52My niece is performing in the nativity tonight, and word has got back to me that they might
00:15:58not have a narrator, because the man who's supposed to be doing it is being a grumpy goose
00:16:04about the whole thing.
00:16:05A grumpy...
00:16:05Now, listen...
00:16:07No, you listen to me.
00:16:08You are doing it.
00:16:10End of.
00:16:11So, get your backside down to that church, and man up.
00:16:43You know what?
00:16:45The great escape.
00:16:47The movie, it was on telly every Christmas.
00:16:50You know, with the motorcycle stunt, and the cooler, the dirt down the trousers...
00:16:57No, I'd keep up.
00:16:58Me too.
00:16:59No, then we're waiting.
00:17:00Ready when you are.
00:17:03Right.
00:17:07Right.
00:17:09Um...
00:17:09Here we go, then.
00:17:11I guess.
00:17:31You okay?
00:17:35Okay, then.
00:17:41A long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman named Mary.
00:17:47She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.
00:17:51I understand he didn't want to wear a costume, but did he really have to do it in the heart?
00:17:57And then, one day, an angel called Gabriel came to Mary and said to her...
00:18:16Sorry, it was mine.
00:18:19I knew it was going to be his.
00:18:25Sir?
00:18:27Sir?
00:18:29It's someone calling from Antigua.
00:18:32It could be...
00:18:33Your brother.
00:18:37Listen, sorry, everyone.
00:18:39I need to take this, yeah?
00:18:46But I think one of us should...
00:18:49Don't worry, Miss Bull, dear.
00:18:51Officer Sebastian rose to the rescue.
00:18:54Yes, my little king people.
00:18:56Wow, God.
00:18:58Woo!
00:19:00So, a long, long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman, very nice woman.
00:19:08Her name was Mary.
00:19:09She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.
00:19:20Melvin Wilson speaking.
00:19:22Mr. Wilson, it's Tyrese, the Cariba phone network.
00:19:26I just noticed your contracts coming up in the new year, and I thought we could have a chat about
00:19:29upgrading your phone.
00:19:35Mr. Wilson, are you still there?
00:19:36Yeah, I'm here.
00:19:38Um, no, no upgrade.
00:19:40Thanks.
00:19:41Are you sure about that, Cosby?
00:19:43Because, um, it's tough.
00:20:05When you're here, she's still there.
00:20:13He builds us daily, he builds us daily, deep, deep, deep.
00:20:51Hey sir, you didn't come back. Just wanted to check how you're doing.
00:20:58Yeah, it wasn't Solomon on the phone. Anyway, I've been thinking.
00:21:03We really don't know anything about these people. You know, their lives in the UK.
00:21:10I was thinking we could use someone to do a bit of digging into our suspects back in their hometown.
00:21:14Right. You want me to get in touch with the Swindon police?
00:21:17No, no, no. I've already done that. They're flat out till New Year.
00:21:20But then I remembered we do have someone in the UK who maybe could give us a hand.
00:21:33You must be the policeman from the Caribbean. Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:21:37Selwyn Patterson. I'm no longer a commissioner. I'm retired now.
00:21:43Right. Okay. So now you're just...
00:21:46Helping out. Somewhat reluctantly, if I'm honest with you.
00:21:51So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:21:54The police were called to your colleague's Holiday Villa, where, I'm sorry to see, a man was found. Shot dead.
00:22:02Murdered.
00:22:04I'm keen to get on with things and get out of here as quickly as I can.
00:22:09Rightio. Well, I'll give you the guided tour.
00:22:11Uh, welcome to Dugdale's branded merchandise.
00:22:16Uh, so, uh, that desk over there is Helen. She's the managing director.
00:22:22Uh, this desk belongs to our graphic designer, Gavin.
00:22:26Uh, accounts manager, Neil. And Karen, head of sales.
00:22:30And this one?
00:22:32Oh, oh, she's not here anymore. She left a couple of months ago.
00:22:36Who?
00:22:37Uh, Ashley. Ashley Sims, her name was.
00:22:40It was all somewhat clandestine, if you ask me, Mr Patterson.
00:22:48She did what they call a midnight flit. Never came back.
00:22:53Are you sure you don't want a cup of tea? I'm gonna make myself one.
00:22:57This drawer is locked.
00:23:00Oh, yes. It's been like that since Ashley left. She has the only key.
00:23:04I've been meaning to sort it.
00:23:20PHONE RINGS
00:23:26Commissioner.
00:23:27You do know what time it is over here, right?
00:23:29Half past three in the morning.
00:23:32But as I've abandoned a good friend's wedding to travel to Swindon.
00:23:35And help you out.
00:23:36OK, fair do's.
00:23:38How can I help?
00:23:38The bullet you recovered from your victim.
00:23:41Have you had the ballistics report back on it yet?
00:23:43Yeah, it was a .45 calibre.
00:23:45Most likely fired from a pistol.
00:23:47And did you find the weapon?
00:23:49No.
00:23:50Why?
00:23:51Because I'm currently looking at a .45 calibre pistol in a desk drawer in Swindon.
00:24:01Well, it can't be the same one.
00:24:04Can it?
00:24:21Good morning, sir.
00:24:23Morning, Inspector.
00:24:24This can't be right.
00:24:26It just can't be.
00:24:27What's going on?
00:24:28Commissioner found a gun locked in the desk drawer of an ex-employee called Ashley Sims in the Dugdale's offices
00:24:34back in the UK.
00:24:35What?
00:24:36Local forensic lab fast tracked it and they say that is the gun that fired the bullet that killed Darren
00:24:41St. Jules.
00:24:43Look, security footage shows that no one touched that drawer since the shooting.
00:24:47Wait, so how was that gun used to shoot Darren St. Jules on this island if the same gun was
00:24:52locked in a drawer 5,000 miles away?
00:24:54I know, right?
00:24:56It makes no sense.
00:25:00We need to speak to Helen Dugdale.
00:25:13Helen?
00:25:14If you're in there, can you open the door, please?
00:25:16We need to speak with you about Ashley Sims.
00:25:24There's something you need to see.
00:25:27I guess I want to say sorry.
00:25:32I know it's not enough.
00:25:35And it won't change how you feel about me, but I do mean it.
00:25:43I don't know why I keep doing this.
00:25:46I blow everything up.
00:25:51But, erm, this is why I've come here.
00:25:57To get away.
00:26:01Try and understand why I hurt people.
00:26:08That's Ashley.
00:26:08The way that I do.
00:26:12She stole from me, from the company.
00:26:14How much?
00:26:15500,000 pounds.
00:26:17Ouch.
00:26:19My husband, Keith, Dugdale's was his company until he passed away at the start of the year from a heart
00:26:25attack.
00:26:26I'm sorry to hear that.
00:26:29That's when I took over the reins.
00:26:31I really wanted to make it work.
00:26:33And it was around that time that we had a position to fill.
00:26:36And you gave the job to Miss Sims?
00:26:39I knew she had a past, that she'd been to prison, but Keith always believed in giving people a second
00:26:43chance, and I wanted to honour that.
00:26:45What Miss Sims let you down?
00:26:48Not even a year has passed and I've already lost half a million pounds.
00:26:51Did you report Ashley to the police?
00:26:54I was too embarrassed.
00:26:56So I, I hired someone to find out where she sent the email from.
00:27:00And that video she recorded, that was sent from this island?
00:27:04Yes.
00:27:06Okay, so what does any of this have to do with Darian St. George?
00:27:10The man I hired discovered that Darian had rented a holiday let to Ashley.
00:27:14That's why I came here to try and get my money back.
00:27:17I made sure our villa wasn't far from Darian's house, so it would be easy to go and visit him.
00:27:21So you were lying when you told us you didn't know Darian?
00:27:23Did you meet with him?
00:27:26Yes.
00:27:26A few days ago.
00:27:28He confirmed that Ashley had rented this little place he has down on the beach.
00:27:32That so?
00:27:33So she was definitely here.
00:27:36She'd arrived a few months ago, at the start of October.
00:27:40He still had all the paperwork, but he said that she'd moved on a few days ago and he didn't
00:27:45know where.
00:27:46So what was Darian doing turning up at your villa in the early hours yesterday?
00:27:51I don't know.
00:27:53I really don't.
00:27:54How much do the others know about this?
00:27:56Nothing.
00:27:56They don't know anything.
00:27:57They think they're on a work's due.
00:27:59Not even your son?
00:28:00No.
00:28:00Not even Neil.
00:28:01So then the only person who knew Darian and therefore wanted him killed was you?
00:28:06No.
00:28:06I swear I didn't.
00:28:09I can see how this looks.
00:28:12But I didn't shoot him.
00:28:13I don't be-
00:28:16I need to take this.
00:28:22Commissioner, you got something?
00:28:24Inspector, I've searched Ashley Simms' flat and emailed you over some photographs.
00:28:29I'm afraid there is little of use to your investigation.
00:28:32I think she cleared out her flat before she flew to the Caribbean.
00:28:36Okay.
00:28:36Thanks anyway, sir.
00:28:37Now, if that is everything, I'm going to catch my train and enjoy the rest of my Christmas.
00:28:44Yeah.
00:28:44You have a good one, sir.
00:28:46And you, Inspector.
00:28:47And you.
00:28:56Thank you for your help, Miss Nords.
00:28:58Oh!
00:28:59I didn't do anything, really.
00:29:01And you're nothing if not efficient.
00:29:06So, what are your plans for Christmas?
00:29:08I'm spending it with my daughter and her partner.
00:29:11They've rented a cottage up in the, um, Yorkshire Dales.
00:29:16Oh, it's lovely up there.
00:29:17So, I'm told.
00:29:19I'd better-
00:29:19I'm flying solo this Christmas.
00:29:22I mean, that's how it's been since Mum passed.
00:29:25Just me, myself and I.
00:29:26Sorry.
00:29:27I really-
00:29:28No, no, no.
00:29:29I-I rather enjoy it, actually.
00:29:31You know, there's no family arguments.
00:29:33I can eat what I like, watch what I want on the telly.
00:29:36Christmas alone is underrated, I say.
00:29:40Indeed.
00:29:40No.
00:29:41I really don't want to miss my dream.
00:29:45Oh, of course.
00:29:48Goodbye, Mr. Patterson.
00:29:50Goodbye.
00:29:52And Merry Christmas.
00:29:54And a very Merry Christmas to you.
00:29:59Four passengers on platform.
00:30:02One, awaiting the three-fifteen-two leave.
00:30:06Please be aware that due to frost on the line,
00:30:09this train is now delayed.
00:30:11Please wait for further announcements.
00:30:30Happy Christmas.
00:30:31So, immigration confirmed.
00:30:33Ashley Sims arrived on the island two months ago.
00:30:36But they have no record of her ever leaving.
00:30:39So in theory, she's still here?
00:30:41Mm-mm...
00:30:45Okay, Officer Rose, I want you to check the harbors, see if anyone matching Ashley's description was taken to one
00:30:50of the other islands in the last few days.
00:30:51Ashley Harbor, last few days, got you.
00:30:53Check the hotels, holiday rentals, guest houses on the island.
00:30:56Hotels, rentals, guest houses, got you.
00:30:58You need to do whatever it takes to find it, you understand?
00:31:01Cool, totally getting you right now, Inspector.
00:31:04I guess that means you're working Christmas Day then.
00:31:06Obviously, it's a murder investigation, and we need to find out who did it.
00:31:10Right, only that's a lot of work for Seb to do by himself over Christmas.
00:31:16Well, my mother has a whole church thing going on, and everybody else is busy, so it's cool.
00:31:21There you go, sorted.
00:31:25Thanks, Seb.
00:31:26No worries. See you in a bit.
00:31:30I'll let my parents know I won't be flying home this evening.
00:31:34Appreciate it.
00:31:35Ashley Sims aside, we still don't have a scooby how the killer made the gun they shot Darian with disappear
00:31:41from that villa,
00:31:42then reappear in a locked desk drawer back in the UK.
00:31:47And that, Blitzen, what's that about?
00:31:51Unless it has nothing to do with Darian's murder, sir, and it is just a co-
00:31:55You don't believe in coincidences.
00:31:59I mean, in what circumstance does someone write the name of one of Sansa's reindeer on the palm of their
00:32:03hand?
00:32:08Are you doing all right, sir?
00:32:11After last night?
00:32:12Look, if Solomon doesn't want to get in touch, I'm cool with that.
00:32:16Well...
00:32:16D.S. Thomas, I'd rather we didn't talk about it anymore.
00:32:20All right?
00:32:21D.S. Thomas, I'm at Swindon East.
00:32:37D.S. Thomas, your tannoy keeps announcing there is a rail replacement service to Leeds, but it hasn't turned up.
00:32:46D.S. Thomas, I'm sorry.
00:32:50The service replacing the service that got cancelled also got cancelled?
00:32:56Yeah, that's about the sound of it.
00:32:58Darian will train us until Boxing Day.
00:33:00So, what do you suggest I do?
00:33:04D'know, mate.
00:33:05Have a merry one, yeah?
00:33:07See ya.
00:33:10And a merry Christmas to you too.
00:33:22I'm sorry, mate, but it's Christmas Eve and none of my drivers are going to want to go outside of
00:33:26Swindon.
00:33:27You tried a hire car company?
00:33:30Yes, but nothing is available in the area until the 27th.
00:33:39You have no rooms available at all?
00:33:43We're fully booked.
00:33:45Everywhere will be this time of year.
00:33:46Maybe you could try the Salvation Army?
00:33:56This is Andrina.
00:33:57Leave me a message when you hear the peep.
00:34:01It's me.
00:34:02I'm still in Swindon.
00:34:04There's no transport, no hotels.
00:34:07And there's no one here who seems able to help me.
00:34:12And I don't know what to do.
00:34:20Mr. Patterson.
00:34:23I think you'd better come with me.
00:34:30How did you know I would still be here?
00:34:33Had the local radio on.
00:34:34Said all trains cancelled.
00:34:37And we've got to look after each other at Christmas, haven't we?
00:34:43Thank you, Miss Dawgs.
00:34:45It must be crazy.
00:34:47Yes, after you.
00:35:03Good morning to you all.
00:35:05It's six o'clock on this beautiful Christmas day morning here on San Marino.
00:35:09And there's a surprise guest with me here in the studio.
00:35:12I've got a young officer, Sebastian Rose, from the San Marino Police talking with me right now.
00:35:17Yes, it is me, Officer Sebastian Rose, from Honoré Police Station.
00:35:22Merry Christmas, everybody.
00:35:24He and his colleagues want your help looking for a young woman called Ashley Sims.
00:35:28Am I right?
00:35:29That is it.
00:35:30You are totally right, Alphonse.
00:35:31If anybody has heard anything, if anybody has heard anything, I've seen anything.
00:35:35Well, what I would say, Jacinta, is, even if it was just a glimpse, one of your viewers had this
00:35:42woman, they should still get in touch.
00:35:44Oh, Seb.
00:35:45Oh, and also, the people can check out the video I made on our social media page, at SMPolice.
00:36:22Ashley Sims.
00:36:23Inspector, have you seen that video Officer Rose has put on social media?
00:36:28It's deeply inappropriate.
00:36:31Would you like another sherry, Selwyn?
00:36:34Uh, no.
00:36:39How is that?
00:36:40Is that the receptionist?
00:36:43Marjorie Dons.
00:36:44I'm spending Christmas Day with her.
00:36:47Well, I'm glad you two hit it off.
00:36:48Good for you, sir.
00:36:49It's not like that, Inspector.
00:36:51I got stock in Swindon.
00:36:53There were no trains to Leeds.
00:36:55OK.
00:36:55Look, just take that video down.
00:36:58No disrespect, sir, but, um, it's not really your problem anymore, is it?
00:37:02Just sort it, Inspector.
00:37:13Yeah, I've got his bank statement in front of me.
00:37:15That's great.
00:37:16Could you email it over?
00:37:18I'll do that right away.
00:37:19Cheers.
00:37:48I've got a lead.
00:37:49A possible suspect for Darian St. Julesy's murder.
00:37:52I need to go and talk with him now.
00:37:53Merry Christmas, sir.
00:37:57Oh, um, Merry Christmas.
00:38:03I'll be right with you.
00:38:15Our financial checks show that two days ago, you wired £100,000 from this island to your
00:38:21bank account back in England.
00:38:23No, he didn't.
00:38:29What?
00:38:31You want to tell us where you got that money from?
00:38:34What did you do, Liam?
00:38:35Yes, Neil.
00:38:36What did you do?
00:38:38I followed you.
00:38:40Why?
00:38:41You were acting so weird.
00:38:43A few days ago, when you went off by yourself.
00:38:46I knew that it had to be about the money that I actually had taken.
00:38:49I'm sorry.
00:38:50I couldn't understand why you didn't tell me.
00:38:52And I know you were just trying to protect me, Mum.
00:38:54I was worried about you.
00:38:55I was just trying to help.
00:38:59So I waited until the guy, Darian, had left.
00:39:04Doors unlocked, so I let myself in.
00:39:06There wasn't anything I could find until I found an old biscuit tin.
00:39:10It was full of money.
00:39:12And what did you think when you opened this and saw £100,000 in cash inside?
00:39:17Well, I still think that it was money that belonged to the company.
00:39:21Why else would this local fisherman have that much money in sterling in his house?
00:39:25And that's why you took it?
00:39:27Because it was money that Ashley had stolen from us.
00:39:29From Mum.
00:39:32And I don't want to see her lose everything.
00:39:36After she'd already lost my dad.
00:39:39Sorry, Tom.
00:39:44All right.
00:39:45Okay.
00:39:47So, fast forward to the morning you're due to leave the island, yeah?
00:39:51And our victim turns up at 5.30.
00:39:54We've been trying to work out why he went there that morning.
00:39:58But what if he realised that you stole from him and came to confront you about it?
00:40:03No.
00:40:04On my life, I didn't even see him that morning.
00:40:08It's aftershave.
00:40:08It's yours, right?
00:40:10Ravage Mystique.
00:40:11Yeah?
00:40:12Why?
00:40:12This is the exact same aftershave Darian was wearing.
00:40:15The morning of the murder.
00:40:17Right?
00:40:20You're not suggesting that this is evidence I shot him.
00:40:23Why would I kill someone and then spray him with my own aftershave?
00:40:27Achoo!
00:40:31Darian definitely smelt of this when we found him.
00:40:34But why?
00:40:37What if there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
00:40:41You know, a bit like a bin man.
00:40:44Yeah, but what?
00:40:48Neil's right.
00:40:49It's not enough.
00:40:51Some Christmas this is.
00:40:53Oh.
00:40:54Come here.
00:40:55Give your mum a hug.
00:40:57Oh, hang on.
00:40:58I'm sorry.
00:41:02Oh, no.
00:41:04Not now, Marjorie.
00:41:06Hi, this is Helen Dugdale's phone.
00:41:08Please leave a message after the tone.
00:41:09I'll call you back.
00:41:11Hello, Helen.
00:41:12It's Marjorie.
00:41:13I'm phoning to wish you a Merry Christmas.
00:41:16We're about to have our lunch,
00:41:17and I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you.
00:41:20Hope everything sorts itself out soon.
00:41:24Oh.
00:41:26Oh.
00:41:30Dinner is served.
00:41:37This looks wonderful.
00:41:44Here's to a Merry Christmas.
00:41:48Merry Christmas.
00:41:54Right, then.
00:41:56Tuck in.
00:41:59I would like to offer you an apology, Miss Dodds.
00:42:04Oh, Marjorie, please.
00:42:06There's really no need for an apology.
00:42:08Oh, there is.
00:42:10You've been nothing but gracious and welcoming
00:42:12for the last couple of days,
00:42:14while I...
00:42:16I've been nothing but, um...
00:42:19rowdy.
00:42:19Oh, no, no, I wouldn't go that far.
00:42:25Though...
00:42:27I did sense you weren't very happy.
00:42:30Is it to do with your old job?
00:42:32What makes you ask that?
00:42:34Oh, I don't know.
00:42:35It's just...
00:42:36When we first met,
00:42:38the way you said you were retired,
00:42:40it was like you weren't entirely comfortable with it.
00:42:42My superiors back on St. Marie,
00:42:46they tried to get rid of me
00:42:48after 50 years
00:42:50of doing a job I loved.
00:42:55In the end,
00:42:56I...
00:42:57I just walked away.
00:43:00I know what it's like.
00:43:02I'm just silly old Marjorie on reception.
00:43:06Don't even get invited
00:43:07to the Christmas party
00:43:08they're having out there.
00:43:10I'm sorry.
00:43:12And I've always wanted
00:43:14to go to the Caribbean.
00:43:21Look at us.
00:43:23Moving like this on Christmas Day
00:43:25when you cook this feast for us.
00:43:29We should be enjoying ourselves.
00:43:31Here.
00:43:33Will you do me the pleasure?
00:43:35Oh, well, if you insist.
00:43:38Oh, ah!
00:43:39I won!
00:43:40I won!
00:43:42Oh, where's it gone?
00:43:44Where's it gone?
00:43:45No!
00:43:48Oh, gorgeous.
00:43:50It's a tiny little sewing kit.
00:43:57All right, um,
00:43:58let me check with the inspector.
00:44:00Okay, speak to you soon.
00:44:01All right.
00:44:04Hey!
00:44:05Merry Christmas, guys.
00:44:07Merry Christmas, Seth.
00:44:08Hey, dear.
00:44:10Now, where are we at
00:44:11with the search for Ashley Sims?
00:44:12So, um,
00:44:14B&Bs,
00:44:15hotels,
00:44:16guest horses,
00:44:17nobody's heard from her.
00:44:18And no one's called in
00:44:19with her sighting either.
00:44:20It's like she's vanished
00:44:20into thin air.
00:44:21Oh, and, uh,
00:44:22Catherine just called.
00:44:23She said she can still
00:44:24squeeze us in
00:44:25for her Christmas Day lunch,
00:44:26but it's her last sitting,
00:44:27so we have to go now.
00:44:29And we're still asking ourselves,
00:44:30how was Darian shot
00:44:32with a bullet,
00:44:32fired from a gun,
00:44:34locked in a drawer
00:44:35in Swindon
00:44:35at the time that it happened?
00:44:38And what has Blitzen
00:44:39got to do with all of this?
00:44:42Are you coming, sir?
00:44:45Well, yeah,
00:44:45you guys go.
00:44:46I'll just keep working.
00:44:48Are you sure, sir?
00:44:50Wait a minute.
00:44:52What are these?
00:44:53Oh!
00:44:54Those are the invices, sir,
00:44:56you know?
00:44:56For the stuff
00:44:57for organised help
00:44:58find Ashley Sims.
00:44:59You have, um,
00:45:00posters,
00:45:01adverts for TV
00:45:02and radio,
00:45:03and, uh...
00:45:03There's over $1,000
00:45:03that we owe.
00:45:04We can't afford this.
00:45:05Well, uh...
00:45:06How big do you think
00:45:07our budget was?
00:45:07It's only because
00:45:08you said
00:45:09whatever it takes.
00:45:10Yeah, but not this much.
00:45:12I mean,
00:45:12what were you thinking?
00:45:13All right.
00:45:14Let's...
00:45:15Let's calm it.
00:45:19Seb,
00:45:20why don't you head over
00:45:21to Catherine's
00:45:21and I'll catch up with you.
00:45:28With respect,
00:45:30he's just doing
00:45:31his best to help.
00:45:33And he's given up
00:45:34his Christmas
00:45:35to do it.
00:45:36Sir.
00:45:39Look,
00:45:39I know the case
00:45:40is frustrating
00:45:40and you've got
00:45:41other things
00:45:41on your mind.
00:45:42What other things?
00:45:44Well,
00:45:45your brother not calling.
00:45:47What?
00:45:47That's not bothering me.
00:45:50It isn't.
00:45:51It isn't?
00:45:51No, it isn't.
00:45:52Yes, it is.
00:45:53Of course it is.
00:45:55And I really wish
00:45:57you'd just admit that
00:45:58rather than
00:45:58pretending like
00:45:59you don't care
00:45:59when you so clearly
00:46:00care.
00:46:13Just don't take it out
00:46:14on the rest of us.
00:46:17I don't know.
00:46:17I don't know.
00:46:30I don't know.
00:46:33I don't know.
00:46:35I don't know.
00:46:38I don't know.
00:46:39I don't know.
00:46:40I don't know.
00:46:40I don't know.
00:46:41I don't know.
00:46:41I don't know.
00:46:43I don't know.
00:46:44I don't know.
00:46:45I don't know.
00:46:48joyeux noël camille and to little chloe her grandmother is missing her today has she
00:46:55opened a present yet no not yet ah one moment camille yes okay yes
00:47:07no mervyn
00:47:20so
00:47:28so
00:47:45I don't know.
00:48:13I'm feeling bad.
00:48:16sir about messing up your Christmas. I'm sorry you couldn't get to spend it with your daughter.
00:48:20It's not your fault. If anyone's to blame it's the British transport system,
00:48:25which I am told is not uncommon. I mean, I'd like to say you get used to it by be
00:48:30lying.
00:48:32Just a minute.
00:48:47Is that the sea I can hear? Yeah, I'm at the shack. It's beautiful out here.
00:48:54It's a really clear night, but then all nights are like that here, aren't they?
00:48:58The moon here is a little more grey than I remember it in Saint Marie.
00:49:12I'm just wondering if I made a mistake staying on in Saint Marie.
00:49:16Why?
00:49:18Because I know I'm not good when I put myself on the line.
00:49:21I feel like I'm just hanging around, waiting.
00:49:25Your brother?
00:49:28Yeah.
00:49:32I don't think he wants to get in touch.
00:49:38I'm sorry. It's not really your problem anymore, is it?
00:49:40Whether I stay or go, it still feels like it is.
00:49:48Inspector, if you are not sure what to do, the only advice I can offer is that you put your
00:49:55trust
00:49:56trust in that island.
00:49:58I did for most of my life.
00:50:02And in return, it delivered me true happiness.
00:50:11If Saint Marie won't bring your brother to you, then perhaps it will bring you
00:50:22someone or something else.
00:50:26Be patient.
00:50:28Yeah, well, you know patience isn't my forte, right?
00:50:32I know.
00:50:34But what am I supposed to do in the meantime?
00:50:36Might I suggest you focus on solving that case, you have.
00:50:44You're missed here, you know?
00:50:51Good night, Inspector.
00:51:26Blitzen. Why Blitzen?
00:51:30Officer Rose.
00:51:31Inspector.
00:51:33What's up?
00:51:34I wanted to come and say I'm sorry for spending all that money you don't have in your budget.
00:51:39So, uh, I wanted to pay it back.
00:51:47There's $322.86 in there, which I took from my savings.
00:51:52I mean, it's all my savings, but that's cool.
00:51:55And if you deduct $20 from my wages each month, you should be paid back in about two years, I
00:52:02reckon.
00:52:04Officer Rose.
00:52:08And you've got a good heart.
00:52:09Anyone ever tell you that?
00:52:11Well, my auntie, like, all the time, you know?
00:52:18Take this.
00:52:19You don't have to pay anything back.
00:52:22We'll find it in the budget.
00:52:24And there's no need to apologise, all right?
00:52:27In fact, I should apologise for blazing at you like that.
00:52:31What you did was, um, was really good work.
00:52:37Anyway, come on, I've got a new lead.
00:52:39Let's go and wait D.S. Thomas up.
00:52:47He can't keep doing this.
00:52:50Happy Boxing Day, D.S. Thomas.
00:52:54Listen, um, I want to apologise for losing it and ruining Christmas.
00:53:02I'll make it up to you.
00:53:04I promise.
00:53:07And you were right about me taking it out on you because of Solomon.
00:53:14I just really wanted it, you know?
00:53:20I'm sorry, too.
00:53:23Good morning, Sarge.
00:53:25The inspector tell you the good news yet?
00:53:28He's only going to make a big breakthrough in the case,
00:53:30which is a big relief, because I was drawing a blank.
00:53:36So I've been going through Darien St. George's phone records,
00:53:40and he phoned someone the day before he was murdered.
00:53:43A friend of his called Trishawn King.
00:53:45Now, he was over on Montserrat for Christmas.
00:53:48So I asked Darlene to speak with him.
00:53:51Darlene?
00:53:52Last night?
00:53:53Yeah.
00:53:53And how was she with that?
00:53:55Er, you know, she was... she was cool with it.
00:53:59Inspector, it's Christmas Day.
00:54:01What in God's name do you think you're doing?
00:54:08Anyway, it turned out Darien feared for his life,
00:54:11and he was asking Trishawn where he can get hold of a gun for protection.
00:54:16He thought someone was going to kill him.
00:54:18Did he say who?
00:54:21But he did say he was caught up in something he shouldn't have,
00:54:23and get this, he thought the woman he was trying to help had been murdered.
00:54:27Now I'm caught up in it all.
00:54:29And now he was worried that he was going to suffer the same fate.
00:54:32Whoa, wait.
00:54:33Darien told Trishawn he thought Ashley Sims was murdered?
00:54:37But it would explain why no one's seen her the last few days.
00:54:40So then, if this is true, that means that whoever killed Ashley Sims
00:54:45probably also murdered Darien St. George.
00:54:47To silence him.
00:54:49So what we need to start looking for now is anyone who had a reason to kill Ashley Sims.
00:54:54We're both Helen and Neil Dugdale to start with.
00:54:57Ashley stole half a million pounds from their company.
00:55:01And there's someone else as well.
00:55:09We've been looking at your phone records,
00:55:11and these Miss Hickson are text messages from you to Ashley Sims just before she came out here.
00:55:17You'll regret ever meeting me.
00:55:19Stay away from my boyfriend or else I'm not afraid to hurt you.
00:55:25The list goes on.
00:55:27Care to explain?
00:55:29They had a thing, right?
00:55:32Gavin and Ashley had a thing behind my back, or sort of.
00:55:37Sort of?
00:55:39Yeah, like, it wasn't, like, a real thing.
00:55:41Like, they never really got together, but...
00:55:43But he liked her.
00:55:46Yeah.
00:55:48God knows why.
00:55:49She was weird.
00:55:50But I think Gav liked that about her.
00:55:52And he called things off between us.
00:55:58And that's when I started warning her off.
00:55:59Guess I just got a bit carried away.
00:56:02I just...
00:56:04I just didn't want to lose him.
00:56:06And you didn't.
00:56:08Now that Ashley's conveniently disappeared,
00:56:11you've got Gavin to yourself now, haven't you?
00:56:13What?
00:56:14Is that what you think?
00:56:15That I killed her?
00:56:20No, I wouldn't.
00:56:22I didn't.
00:56:23It'll be about Gavin.
00:56:26We need to tell him what we know.
00:56:28But Ashley called things off with Gav.
00:56:31Why would I kill her?
00:56:32Inspector.
00:56:34You need to hear the truth.
00:56:35What?
00:56:37And I'm afraid you're not going to get that from her.
00:56:39No disrespect, Karen.
00:56:40Neil, come on, man.
00:56:42What are you saying?
00:56:43Whatever she's told you is ten times worse.
00:56:46Neil, what are you saying?
00:56:47Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:56:48You've had your chance.
00:56:49Go on.
00:56:51He had a thing for Ashley.
00:56:53Is that it?
00:56:54We already know.
00:56:55No, it was more than that.
00:56:56Gavin was obsessed.
00:56:58When Ashley said they couldn't see each other anymore,
00:57:00he had to take time off work.
00:57:02And I've seen the posters you've been putting up.
00:57:03If Ashley's gone missing, then I'm telling you,
00:57:06it'll have something to do with Gavin.
00:57:08Inspector.
00:57:14Someone's just broken into the villa where Darion was shot.
00:57:18Better than that.
00:57:33I was was sad.
00:57:34He was one of the first few weeks.
00:57:34I was only able to get up and see him during the summer.
00:57:34I'm not.
00:57:34He was so sad.
00:57:35I was so sad to have to be a little girl.
00:57:35Are you okay?
00:57:35I was so sad to go.
00:57:38I didn't know.
00:57:38I could...
00:57:39I'm so sad to have love.
00:57:40I was so sad.
00:57:41I was so sad...
00:57:59Mr. Bradbury, this doesn't look good at all.
00:58:05But then I don't think you need me to tell you that.
00:58:11You want to start by telling us what we're going to find in that pool you've just emptied,
00:58:14and we know it's not the gun used to kill Darien St. Jules because that's currently sitting in a police
00:58:19station somewhere in Swindon.
00:58:21So what's down there?
00:58:22Why have you come back to the crime scene, Gavin? What's so important?
00:58:25Inspector! Found something.
00:58:28What is it?
00:58:29A bullet. One that's been fired.
00:58:37Why is there a bullet in the pool, Gav?
00:58:40It's like...
00:58:43Keepsake.
00:58:45Something to remember Ashley by.
00:58:50A bullet?
00:58:52There are other things that I've got of hers as well, like...
00:58:56More like normal things.
00:58:59I'm really not interested in those, funny enough.
00:59:02Ashley, she's...
00:59:04She's not like anyone I've ever met before.
00:59:06Like, it was exciting being around her.
00:59:08And her life was so different to mine.
00:59:12Yeah, I hear that. The bullet?
00:59:14Yeah.
00:59:16She has a gun.
00:59:18She was looking after it as a favour for someone that she knew from prison.
00:59:22And she...
00:59:23Well...
00:59:24We...
00:59:25Went out to the woods one day.
00:59:26And she let me fire her.
00:59:28It was amazing, right?
00:59:30It was a...
00:59:31You know, like, exhilarating.
00:59:32And I went and got one of the bullets.
00:59:34You know, like I said, that I would keep it with me.
00:59:36To remind me of her.
00:59:38And they say romance is dead.
00:59:41So, why did it end up in the pool?
00:59:44I panicked.
00:59:46When there was that dead guy and Neil called the police.
00:59:50I was worried that if you found it, you'd think it was me that shot him.
00:59:53So, I took it out.
00:59:54And I was wondering what to do.
00:59:56And...
00:59:57I dropped it.
01:00:00It fell in the pool.
01:00:02And the more you were sniffing around, the more I started to worry that you'd find it.
01:00:05So, I came back and I...
01:00:10So, you loved Ashley then?
01:00:13Yeah, I guess, yeah.
01:00:16Must have really hurt when she ended things.
01:00:20Gavin.
01:00:21We believe Ashley Simms was murdered on this island in the last few days.
01:00:26What? No.
01:00:27What? If she can't be...
01:00:28And we're kinda wondering if maybe you did it.
01:00:30Me?
01:00:33Why would I kill Ashley?
01:00:34Because you couldn't have her.
01:00:35And it hurt like hell.
01:00:37No, no, no, no. You've got this wrong.
01:00:38I didn't kill her.
01:00:40I owe that man.
01:00:42You seem a bit edgy, Gavin.
01:00:45Is there something you aren't telling us?
01:00:47There's nothing.
01:00:50Really, there is nothing.
01:00:58Paradise Court will tell, please.
01:01:06What is it that he's not saying?
01:01:14Hey, this is Ashley's phone. You know what to do.
01:01:17Ashley, it's me.
01:01:18We need to talk. I'm worried about you.
01:01:21The police have been asking questions and I think they know about us, so...
01:01:25Just let me know what you want me to do, yeah?
01:01:28Please call me back.
01:01:30I love you.
01:01:43You alright, sir?
01:01:45You seem a bit tense.
01:01:47I just can't work this one out.
01:01:49I mean, we've got one potential murder victim whose body we haven't found.
01:01:54Another murder victim whose body we have found,
01:01:56but that murder weapon was locked in a desk drawer on the other side of the well when that murder
01:02:00took place.
01:02:01I mean, where do we even start?
01:02:03Well, sounds like you need to go get a little shoulder rub, you know?
01:02:06Release some of that tension.
01:02:09No, you alright, Officer Rose?
01:02:14This guy again.
01:02:16Listen, mate, I told you before, I'm not interested in upgrading to another phone, so stop calling me, yeah?
01:02:22Is that Mervyn Wilson?
01:02:24Yeah, it's still Mervyn Wilson and I'm still not interested.
01:02:27It's me, Solomon.
01:02:29Your brother.
01:02:36Are you there, Mervyn?
01:02:40Mervyn?
01:02:42Yes!
01:02:43Yes, he's here.
01:02:45Don't hang up.
01:02:56Ah, Solomon.
01:03:00It's Mervyn.
01:03:02Yeah, you must always know that.
01:03:05Look, mate, I'm sorry.
01:03:07I just wasn't expecting your call.
01:03:09Yeah, I know.
01:03:10I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get in touch, but it was, you know.
01:03:16No, no, no, mate, I totally understand, yeah?
01:03:19I mean, it's a process, right?
01:03:22But, hey, you're calling now, aren't you?
01:03:25Yeah, man, it's a process.
01:03:27But I'm glad to be calling now.
01:03:32Are you still here?
01:03:36Mervyn?
01:03:37Yeah, yeah, I'm still here.
01:03:43Look, Solomon, I'm really, really sorry to do this to you, and I am so glad you called
01:03:49and that we're finally speaking, and I really, really want us to talk again, but...
01:03:55Right now, there's something I need to do, yeah?
01:04:00Yeah, man, no problem, go talk soon.
01:04:03That was quick.
01:04:05Officer Rose, that billboard, you did that right?
01:04:08Yes, sir, I did.
01:04:10But you should already have the invites for that. It's not going to cost any extra.
01:04:14No, no, I don't care about the cost. It was worth every penny. Come, come look.
01:04:23You see, all along, we've been looking at Ashley's footage on phone screens and laptops, yeah?
01:04:29Well, they were too small.
01:04:31I don't understand.
01:04:33You see where Ashley is? This is a steal from the video she made.
01:04:37And in the background, there's a ship passing by.
01:04:41Now, before, that was just a speck, but now you've blown it up. Look at it.
01:04:46What about the ship?
01:04:47What? Look at what it's called.
01:04:52Blitzen.
01:04:53Blitzen.
01:04:54Blitzen!
01:04:55Yeah?
01:04:56Now we know.
01:04:58Oh, Officer Rose, if you were so tall, I'd kiss you.
01:05:02Why would Darien write the name of that ship on his hands?
01:05:05Well, he obviously saw the footage himself, and then, um, he saw something in it.
01:05:11But what?
01:05:18Blitzen.
01:05:19It's like she's vanished into thin air.
01:05:20Why I've come here?
01:05:21I thought I was helping someone.
01:05:24You know what?
01:05:25I think I'm starting to work out what went down here.
01:05:29But, I need to make a phone call.
01:05:32And you need to get onto airport security.
01:05:34Come on!
01:05:36All right, mate.
01:05:38Much appreciated.
01:05:39Cheers.
01:05:41Wow.
01:05:42What?
01:05:43Wow.
01:05:46So, that ship behind Ashley Sims, it's owned by a Scandinavian container shipping company.
01:05:52Now, we know from the information on that footage, Ashley recorded it on the 4th of October, right?
01:05:57Right.
01:05:58Well, check this.
01:05:59The Blitzen was passing by the south coast of England on the 4th of October.
01:06:04Thousands of miles from the Caribbean.
01:06:06So, Ashley recorded that video on a beach back in the UK.
01:06:10Which means she was never even here.
01:06:13Inspector, the airport just emailed over security camera footage the day Ashley Sims arrived on the island.
01:06:21Wait, she was here?
01:06:24Thank you for a wonderful Christmas, Marjorie.
01:06:27Oh, it's been lovely.
01:06:28Let me give you a hand with that.
01:06:30Oh, don't be daft.
01:06:31You don't know where anything goes.
01:06:32Then you can tell me.
01:06:34It's the least I can do.
01:06:36Living room.
01:06:38Sideboard drawer.
01:06:39Living room.
01:06:40Sideboard drawer.
01:06:44But if Ashley Sims has never been here before, why do immigration records show that she has?
01:06:50Because someone else came pretending to be Ashley.
01:06:53Presumably on a fake passport.
01:06:54And that someone paid Darian 100k to lie and say Ashley rented his property for the past few months.
01:07:00But why would they do that?
01:07:02To misdirect and confuse anyone looking for her.
01:07:05Because they'd already killed Ashley and taken the money.
01:07:08So one of our four suspects has been here three months previously.
01:07:11Which is why we're going through this footage because it will show who was pretending to be Ashley Sims.
01:07:18There.
01:07:19Why didn't I see that before?
01:07:20Why I've come here.
01:07:22To try and understand why I hurt people.
01:07:25No, it was more than that.
01:07:26Gavin was obsessed.
01:07:28Of course.
01:07:29After that nobody is seen leaving or arriving.
01:07:32So it's gotta be one of these four who shot Darian and St. Jules.
01:07:36You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.
01:07:39You didn't hear the gunshot?
01:07:40It's like Helen said, you know, the room out here is stronger than you used to.
01:07:43What if there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
01:07:47It makes perfect sense now.
01:07:50For definite there's no gun at the villa.
01:07:51The commissioner found a gun locked in the desk drawer at Dougdale's offices back in the UK.
01:07:56We need to call the commissioner.
01:07:57The commissioner? Why?
01:07:59Because he's with the killer as we speak.
01:08:14Come on, sir. Pick up.
01:08:20And what about these ones?
01:08:22Same drawer.
01:08:29I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean.
01:08:32I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean.
01:08:49I said the same drawer.
01:08:53No.
01:08:59That necklace.
01:09:01The stone is lithmer.
01:09:03Unique to St. Marie.
01:09:05You told me you always wanted to go to the Caribbean like you've never been.
01:09:13You were lying.
01:09:16No. No, Selwyn.
01:09:18It was you that went to St. Marie three months ago.
01:09:22If Ashley never went then, is she dead?
01:09:27Oh, I'm sorry.
01:09:29I didn't mean to.
01:09:31It just happened.
01:09:34Miss Jones.
01:09:37I think you should put the knife down, though.
01:09:47Please.
01:09:55That video she made, it wasn't in the Caribbean, was it?
01:10:02Bournemouth.
01:10:04On a Sunday, she'd, she'd gone to the seaside.
01:10:08She realised she'd made a mistake stealing that money.
01:10:12Didn't she?
01:10:14Then she wanted to give the money back and send the video as an apology.
01:10:19I want to say sorry.
01:10:21I don't know why I keep doing this.
01:10:23Miss Simms didn't leave the country.
01:10:28I'd gone in to the office that day to deal with an order that had gone wrong.
01:10:33It wasn't my fault.
01:10:35But I was the one who had to go in and fix it.
01:10:38And then when I let myself in, I found Ashley there and I knew, I knew straight away what the
01:10:45money was.
01:10:46You, you, you overhear a lot when you sit at reception all day.
01:10:50I knew it was you.
01:10:51And I went to call the police.
01:10:54Wait, I'm giving the money back, Marjorie.
01:10:57Don't.
01:10:58Please.
01:10:59I'm calling the police now.
01:11:02Don't do this to me.
01:11:03You're not.
01:11:04And Ashley tried to stop me.
01:11:06I won't let you, Marjorie.
01:11:08Get off me.
01:11:09Push her off me and...
01:11:23And I wasn't even supposed to be in that day.
01:11:29But it's like I told you, nobody, nobody cares for me there.
01:11:34They just take me for granted and...
01:11:37You sold the money and thought,
01:11:41Finally, you could take something back for yourself.
01:11:46All you had to do was dispose of the body.
01:11:53Where?
01:12:00In my back garden.
01:12:06And then you made a fake passport in Ashley's name.
01:12:10Oh, that wasn't hard, you know, with all the kit we've got in the office.
01:12:14You flew on that passport to St. Marie.
01:12:17To make it look as if Miss Simms had run away
01:12:21To the other side of the world and rented her property there
01:12:26For the last few months.
01:12:28You know, I really did want to go to the Caribbean.
01:12:32It's just that I never had the chance...
01:12:36Or the money...
01:12:38Until...
01:12:39And if you were going to misdirect from what really happened here...
01:12:43In Swindon...
01:12:45Where the dead body was...
01:12:47Then...
01:12:47The farther away...
01:12:49The better...
01:12:50And no one would realize...
01:12:57Until...
01:12:58Things started...
01:12:59To go wrong...
01:13:01And you received a phone call.
01:13:10You're saying Marjorie killed Ashley Simms?
01:13:14Our receptionist, that Marjorie?
01:13:16That Marjorie.
01:13:17Yes, Marjorie Dodds, the receptionist, killed Ashley Simms...
01:13:21In England...
01:13:22And made it look as if she ran away to the Caribbean.
01:13:24With your 500k.
01:13:26Oh, my.
01:13:26I did not see that coming.
01:13:28So which one of us shot the man found in our swimming pool?
01:13:32It wasn't any of you.
01:13:34But it had to be. You said so.
01:13:36No one else was here.
01:13:37Yeah, you're right. I did say that.
01:13:39But what I didn't know then was that Darien St. Jules...
01:13:42Wasn't shot at your villa.
01:13:44It just looked like he was.
01:13:46That's why no gunshot was heard, because...
01:13:49There wasn't one.
01:13:50He'd already been shot.
01:13:56We know now from our colleague in the UK...
01:13:59That Marjorie had paid Darien money.
01:14:02She came to the island three months ago on a forged passport...
01:14:04And she gave him £100,000...
01:14:07To lie and cover if anyone ever came to the island asking after Ashley.
01:14:12She'd convinced him he was doing a favour for a very vulnerable friend of hers.
01:14:18But when you visited him a few days ago, Mrs. Dogdale...
01:14:21Asking questions, mentioning the missing £500,000...
01:14:24Darien started to wonder what he got himself involved in.
01:14:28And when he re-watched that footage more closely...
01:14:31The footage of Ashley you'd shown him...
01:14:33As an experienced fisherman who knew the waters of St. Marie very well...
01:14:37Something about it bothered him.
01:14:39Zooming in, he was able to read the name of the bull Blitzen.
01:14:42He knew this was not a St. Marie vessel.
01:14:46He worked out that the video of Ashley...
01:14:50Was actually shot in the UK.
01:14:53And having heard from you, Mrs. Dogdale...
01:14:55That Ashley went missing with £500,000 of your money...
01:14:59Darien started to realise that Ashley had never been to the island.
01:15:02He'd only ever met Marjorie.
01:15:03So, he phoned Miss Dodds, asking what was going on.
01:15:13We need to talk.
01:15:14Listen, Darien, you've got this all wrong.
01:15:19All throughout this case...
01:15:20We thought Darien's killer had to be one of you four.
01:15:24The one person we never suspected...
01:15:26Was Marjorie Dodds.
01:15:28It was all the way back in Swindon.
01:15:29Or so we thought.
01:15:31With Darien threatening to go to the police...
01:15:34Marjorie asked him to hang fire.
01:15:36And she would fly out here and speak to him in person.
01:15:40Marjorie was here?
01:15:41On this island?
01:15:41At the exact same time we were?
01:15:43Yeah. She arrived the night before Darien was shot...
01:15:45And flew back to the UK the next morning.
01:15:49Unable to convince Darien to keep quiet and carry on with the lie...
01:15:52Marjorie started to grow desperate.
01:15:55Worried he'd tell the police.
01:15:56I can give you more money.
01:15:58How much? Just tell me and I'll give it to you.
01:16:01We know.
01:16:02Darien was searching around for a gun.
01:16:04For self-protection.
01:16:06I just want you to leave.
01:16:08Now!
01:16:10He never expected Marjorie would use it against him.
01:16:18What are you doing? Put the gun down!
01:16:20What are you doing? Put the gun down!
01:16:21What are you doing?
01:16:21What are you doing? Put the gun down!
01:16:24What are you doing?
01:16:25What are you doing?
01:16:25After shooting Darien, Marjorie left.
01:16:28And headed for the airport.
01:16:29Before getting back on the plane, arriving at Dugdale's offices just in time to meet with our very own Commissioner
01:16:34Patterson.
01:16:36So, if Marjorie shot Darien at his house, how did he end up at our villa?
01:16:41Marjorie thought she'd killed him.
01:16:43But what she didn't know when she left Darien's place was that he was still alive.
01:16:51It was the fact that he smelled so strongly of someone else's aftershave they helped us work it out.
01:16:56Neil's aftershave, in fact.
01:16:58We thought it was there to cover up another smell that we now know was antiseptic.
01:17:05The stuff used to clean up a wound.
01:17:07Because as soon as Marjorie quit the scene, Darien regained consciousness and patched himself up.
01:17:12As far as he was concerned, the bullet was just lodged in his shoulder.
01:17:15It wasn't life-threatening.
01:17:17So he put on a fresh T-shirt and headed off for the hospital to get it properly seen to.
01:17:23But on the way, it passed your villa, which was just half a mile down the road.
01:17:28And I think Darien intended to alert you to what had gone down.
01:17:32He stopped here to tell you the truth about Ashley and to warn you about what Marjorie had done.
01:17:37That's why he came here that morning.
01:17:40To tell you what your colleague had done to Ashley and in turn to him.
01:17:44To make sure it didn't happen to anyone else.
01:17:48But what Darien didn't know was that his wound was worse than he thought.
01:17:52And he was bleeding internally.
01:17:54And so despite his brave effort to alert you all to the truth, he died.
01:18:00Here in your villa.
01:18:03But then someone proceeded to stage the scene as if he was shot in this villa.
01:18:11Didn't you, Mr Bradbury?
01:18:14Me? What?
01:18:16We told- No, of course not. No.
01:18:18And you did it because Ashley told you to.
01:18:22You're crazy. Ashley?
01:18:24I don't know what you're talking about.
01:18:27Let me have your phone.
01:18:32Gavin, please.
01:18:35It's okay.
01:18:38Unlock it.
01:18:53Bingo.
01:18:54Text messages seemingly from Ashley Sims from the moment she disappeared right up to today.
01:18:59But all of these were sent by Marjorie Dodds.
01:19:05Who kept Ashley's phone after she killed her.
01:19:08You know, you're wrong. She can't be-
01:19:10You've been texting her?
01:19:11No.
01:19:11This whole time?
01:19:12Karen, I'm sorry. Look, look.
01:19:14Karen!
01:19:16And here, proof of what happened.
01:19:19Messages exchanged on the morning of Darien's death.
01:19:21Because despite what you told us, Gavin, you were actually the first to discover Darien's body.
01:19:29You knew who Darien was because Ashley had told you all about him.
01:19:33And so you contacted Ashley, left a message telling her that Darien had turned up to the villa and died,
01:19:39and asking her what was going on.
01:19:42A few minutes later, she, or rather, Marjorie, texted back.
01:19:48See, Marjorie realized that if the police were called and found Darien with his wound patched up,
01:19:54they'd know he was shot somewhere else.
01:19:56And the trail would lead right back to her.
01:20:00So, she had to do two things.
01:20:03First, she texted you with instructions.
01:20:05Second, she had to clear up the real scene of the crime.
01:20:08Marjorie's confessed to her colleague in the UK that she quickly doubled back from the airport
01:20:12and returned to Darien's house before disposing of the gun and the T-shirt he was wearing when she shot
01:20:16him.
01:20:17Meanwhile, you moved the body outside to the swimming pool.
01:20:19There's also a mention here of that bullet you kept as a memento in the text messages you sent to
01:20:25Ashley.
01:20:25Well, that's how Marjorie knew.
01:20:27So, as Ashley, she asked you to remove the bullet she killed Darien with and replace it with the one
01:20:34she knew you had.
01:20:37However, in your haste, you must have dropped the bullet you extracted into the swimming pool.
01:20:44But you knew you could come back and retrieve it later.
01:20:48Once you switched the bullets, the heartbeat was over.
01:20:51You disposed of the dressing.
01:20:55Then made a hole in his T-shirt and let the blood around the wound soak in.
01:21:00So now, it looked like Darien had been shot after he entered the villa, not before.
01:21:06The last problem you had was getting rid of that antiseptic smell.
01:21:10Because that stuff lingers, right?
01:21:12And if the police noticed it, we'd certainly be asking who cleaned up the wound and why.
01:21:17So you ran into the bathroom and got hold of some aftershave, kneels and doused him in it.
01:21:22So now all you had to do was pretend to be asleep when Mrs. Dogdale discovered the body.
01:21:28Gavin, we need to get to the airport. You've got to pack.
01:21:32Leaving us without a Scooby as to how a man was shot with a gun that was locked in a
01:21:36desk drawer 5,000 miles away in a Swindon warehouse.
01:21:40In the end, it wasn't just the police that Marjorie Dodds had duped.
01:21:44It was you as well, Gavin.
01:21:46You see, you thought you were helping the woman you loved.
01:21:49A woman you'd do anything for when you were actually helping her killer.
01:22:01Officer Rose.
01:22:11Sir Bradbury, I'm arresting on the suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
01:22:15You don't need to say anything.
01:22:16But it may harm your defence if you do not mention one question something you later rely on in court.
01:22:21Anything you do say may be used as evidence.
01:22:23I need to know.
01:22:25Why did you come to the train station that night and invite me into your home?
01:22:31Why take that risk?
01:22:34Because I didn't want to spend Christmas on my own again.
01:22:43I'm so sorry I spoiled it all.
01:22:58Inspector?
01:23:00Commissioner?
01:23:01The arrest has been made. I'm pleased to see.
01:23:04Same here. We couldn't have done it without you, sir.
01:23:08Oh, and are you doing all right?
01:23:10Me?
01:23:11Yes, of course. I'm fine.
01:23:14Merry Christmas, sir.
01:23:21I'm doing fine.
01:23:25We regret to announce that the 10-15 to Leeds will be delayed due to a shortage of train staff.
01:23:40Chief Commissioner, it's Selwyn Patterson.
01:23:45And to you, and apologies for calling you during the holidays.
01:23:50But I wanted to know if you found my replacement as yet.
01:24:01I see. I've been doing some thinking.
01:24:05And I wondered if there was any chance of my returning to the road.
01:24:14If it's still vacant.
01:24:16I know it's been a long time since I've been searching.
01:24:24Since I've been searching to find you.
01:24:29The thing is, Harry, the classic Christmas Day Sunday roast lunch is all well and good.
01:24:35But when push comes to shove, the real culinary high point is the turkey and stuffing sarni.
01:24:42Because my friend, in my humble opinion, it is one of the greatest delicacies known to mankind.
01:24:52Like bacon and eggs?
01:24:54Oh, D.S. Thomas, you're just in time. Come in, come in.
01:24:59Grab those for me, would you?
01:25:05So, what is this about, sir?
01:25:08I promised I'd make up for spoiling Christmas Day.
01:25:11And that is exactly what I'm doing.
01:25:13Come on.
01:25:18I don't know why I didn't think of this before.
01:25:20My front room on the beach.
01:25:22Is that a good idea, do you think?
01:25:24Yeah, why not?
01:25:25So we're watching something.
01:25:27We certainly are, D.S. Thomas.
01:25:29Not the...
01:25:30The great escape, yeah.
01:25:35Beers and butties, everyone.
01:25:37And thank you to our local mayor for letting me have the leftovers from the bar.
01:25:42And you've put it all between two slices of bread?
01:25:46Yeah.
01:25:47How English.
01:25:49Excited for this film, Inspector. Sounds dope.
01:25:53Um...
01:25:54Sir.
01:25:57Is this really your favourite thing about Christmas?
01:26:00Well, yeah.
01:26:03When I was a little boy growing up, most times I didn't know where I was going to end up
01:26:08spending Christmas, right?
01:26:10With a foster family or in a care home.
01:26:15But, wherever I ended up, the one constant every Christmas was his film.
01:26:21And it was a...
01:26:22It was a comfort to me.
01:26:24I bet that little boy never thought he'd be here, in the Caribbean.
01:26:30All these years later, watching that same film, surrounded by his friends.
01:26:42He certainly didn't care for him.
01:26:47So, um...
01:26:49To him.
01:26:51To him.
01:26:53Hmm.
01:26:54Okay, then.
01:26:56Showtime.
01:26:56Yeah.
01:27:07Um...
01:27:07Look, er...
01:27:08Just...
01:27:09Just give me a few minutes, yeah?
01:27:11Yeah?
01:27:18Solomon, how you doing, man?
01:27:21You got my message, yeah?
01:27:23Um...
01:27:24Look...
01:27:26I'm sorry I had to cut you off like that before, yeah?
01:27:29It was just an emergency at work I had to deal with.
01:27:33So...
01:27:33How's your Christmas been?
01:27:36Yeah?
01:27:37Good.
01:27:40Mine?
01:27:42Um...
01:27:43Yeah, yeah.
01:27:44It's been really good.
01:27:48Look, um...
01:27:50I don't know how you feel about this, but...
01:27:54I was wondering if you wanted to meet up sometime.
01:27:59Yeah?
01:28:02Yeah, I definitely would like to.
01:28:04That's us.
01:28:26That's all.
01:28:30That's all.
01:28:33as they travel to Hong Kong.
01:28:35They call the Midwife Christmas Special.
01:28:36Press red now.
01:28:38A movie classic on BBC Two Now with The Godfather.
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