Beyond Paradise - Season 4 Episode 1
DI Humphrey Goodman and the Shipton Abbott team return for another captivating mystery in the heart of Devon. In Episode [X], a seemingly simple case takes an unexpected turn—revealing hidden motives, local secrets, and the human stories behind the crime.
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• [E1 Hook: "A mysterious arrival sparks the season's first investigation"]
• [E2 Hook: "Clues collide as past and present crimes intertwine"]
• [E3 Hook: "Trust is tested when a suspect hits close to home"]
• [E4 Hook: "The truth emerges—but at what cost?"]
• Signature charm: witty banter, coastal scenery & clever detective work
• Guest stars & emotional character moments you won't want to miss
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: British Crime Drama / Police Procedural / Mystery
• Original Network: BBC One / BritBox International
• Season: 4 | Episode: [X]
• Starring: Kris Marshall (DI Humphrey Goodman), Sally Bretton, Zahra Ahmadi, Dylan Llewellyn
• Setting: Shipton Abbott, Devon, UK
• Language: English (Original Audio)
• Runtime: ~60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~8-12 min
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to Beyond Paradise recaps & podcasts on BBC Sounds, Spotify.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Who did YOU think the culprit was? 👇" Turn on notifications 🔔 so you never miss the next case!
#BeyondParadise #BeyondParadiseS4 #BritishCrimeDrama #BBC #MysterySeries #KrisMarshall #DetectiveShow #CoastalMystery #S4E[X] #BingeWatch #UKTV
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DI Humphrey Goodman and the Shipton Abbott team return for another captivating mystery in the heart of Devon. In Episode [X], a seemingly simple case takes an unexpected turn—revealing hidden motives, local secrets, and the human stories behind the crime.
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• [E1 Hook: "A mysterious arrival sparks the season's first investigation"]
• [E2 Hook: "Clues collide as past and present crimes intertwine"]
• [E3 Hook: "Trust is tested when a suspect hits close to home"]
• [E4 Hook: "The truth emerges—but at what cost?"]
• Signature charm: witty banter, coastal scenery & clever detective work
• Guest stars & emotional character moments you won't want to miss
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: British Crime Drama / Police Procedural / Mystery
• Original Network: BBC One / BritBox International
• Season: 4 | Episode: [X]
• Starring: Kris Marshall (DI Humphrey Goodman), Sally Bretton, Zahra Ahmadi, Dylan Llewellyn
• Setting: Shipton Abbott, Devon, UK
• Language: English (Original Audio)
• Runtime: ~60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~8-12 min
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to Beyond Paradise recaps & podcasts on BBC Sounds, Spotify.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Who did YOU think the culprit was? 👇" Turn on notifications 🔔 so you never miss the next case!
#BeyondParadise #BeyondParadiseS4 #BritishCrimeDrama #BBC #MysterySeries #KrisMarshall #DetectiveShow #CoastalMystery #S4E[X] #BingeWatch #UKTV
⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Beyond Paradise" belong to BBC Studios and Red Planet Pictures. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
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00:35Morning, Selwyn.
00:38There's no hot water.
00:40Okay, come and take a look.
01:11And the carpet's all wet in here.
01:14I think we've sprung a leak, or...
01:26Right.
01:27I think the most important thing is to not panic.
01:33You need to think logically.
01:39Does the engine work?
01:43Engine. Brilliant.
01:50Humphrey? Are you all right?
01:53Fine.
01:54I don't...
02:11What's that?
02:13I'm not entirely sure.
02:15It's dripping oil.
02:23Have we got life jackets?
02:25Well, I didn't think we'd need them.
02:27You know, being parked up.
02:30Wood.
02:32We could make a raft.
02:36Humphrey?
02:37I need two pencils and a pair of underpants, please.
02:42Oh!
02:53Morning!
03:03Morning!
03:15Dad?
03:22Dad?
03:31Dad?
03:33Dad?
03:43One morning in the month of June
03:45Down by a rolling river
03:47There where he tried to chance to stay
03:50And he beheld his lover
03:52Her cheeks were red and eyes were brown
03:55Her hair in ring was hanging out
03:57In a lovely place without a frown
03:59Just as the tide was flowing
04:22If you get out on the ocean
04:24If you sail out on the sea
04:26If you get up in the mountains
04:29If you go climbing on the trees
04:31Oh, through every emotion
04:34When you know that they don't care
04:36Darling, that's when I'm with you
04:38Oh, I'll go with you, yeah
04:53What happened?
04:54We were really worried
04:55Yes, the mooring rope snapped
04:57And the current dragged us out to sea, Calmy
04:59Thank heavens for the RNLI
05:02Yes
05:02Oh, Anne said to phone her the second you get back
05:09Uh, you all right, sir?
05:12Yes?
05:14Oh, it's just a bump
05:16Um, I, only, you're needed
05:20Esther's gone on ahead
05:21Where?
05:23Kenneth Linder's house
05:29Sir, sir
05:30Oh, yes, I'm so sorry
05:31Oh, yes, I'm so sorry
05:31There we go
05:32I do apologize
05:34Yes
05:44Up here, sir
05:52Are you okay?
05:54How's Martha?
05:55We're both fine
05:56Thank you
05:59Oh, Kenneth
06:01You know I only spoke to him last night
06:03Oh, of course
06:04You went to the book sign-in
06:11Yes, here we are
06:16I'm still not sure this qualifies as a date
06:19In my defense, I was coerced into your Mamma Mia karaoke night
06:23Coerced?
06:24Well, maybe not coerced
06:25But if those photos ever get into the wrong hands
06:29Here we are
06:32So consider this payback
06:47This week sees the launch of the new Kenneth Linder novel
06:52The Final Breath
06:54Now, since he's moved to Shipton Abbot
06:56We are brazenly claiming him as one of our own
07:00So, as your new local counsellor and treasurer of the Devon Literary Group
07:04I would like you all to give a huge welcome to our guest
07:07Kenneth Linder
07:13His daughter Helen found him in the bath
07:16The electric fan in the water at his feet
07:19It looks like he's been here all night
07:21Looks like the power tripped eventually
07:23But not quick enough to save him
07:26Well, this is something of a conundrum
07:30Why?
07:31Because in his latest novel
07:32Serial killer Jeremy Cook is walking to the electric chair
07:36Which is where the last book left him
07:38But it turns out he bribed the guard
07:41To short-circuit the prison power
07:42Therefore delaying his execution until the next day
07:45But that night
07:47He murdered the guard that helped him
07:49And stole his uniform to escape
07:51Nice
07:52Then he found the judge that sentenced him
07:55And like his nine previous victims
07:58Killed him
07:59By dropping an electrical appliance
08:02Into his bath
08:24And like his death
08:38Thank you, Sergeant
08:48Aye, yes
09:05We've got something outside, too.
09:13Trampled flowerbed by an open rear door.
09:16We did a quick check, and the footprints are probably male,
09:20judging by size and weight,
09:22but they're not an obvious match for any of the footwear found in the house.
09:26We've taken moulds, but there's a difference in indent depth,
09:30so we're pretty sure whoever made them had a distinct limp.
09:34Limp?
09:35Yeah. Much less weight put on his left leg.
09:39The main road runs across the back of the garden,
09:41so someone could have got over the fence and along this path.
09:44Cameras?
09:44Nothing this side. Doorbell camera at the front.
09:48We've got him being dropped off last night by his daughter, Helen,
09:50and then her coming back this morning.
09:55I know you, don't I?
09:57From the book signing last night, you were with your father?
10:01That's right. D.I. Goodman.
10:06D.I. Goodman.
10:07D.I. Goodman.
10:08D.I. Goodman.
10:09D.I. Goodman.
10:09D.I. Goodman.
10:09D.I. Goodman.
10:10D.I. Goodman.
10:11D.I. Goodman.
10:13D.I. Goodman.
10:14D.I. Goodman.
10:15D.I. Goodman.
10:16D.I. Goodman.
10:18D.I. Goodman.
10:19D.I. Goodman.
10:20D.I. Goodman.
10:22D.I. Goodman.
10:23D.I. Goodman.
10:25D.I. Goodman.
10:32Well, Detective Humphrey Goodwin.
10:36Yes, how'd you know that?
10:39Well, I'm something of a fan of yours, too.
10:42I read the newspaper report about the case you solved.
10:46The poor chap murdered by his partner made it look like a car crash.
10:51Brilliant.
10:59Well, a pleasure to meet you, Humphrey.
11:01And you're welcome.
11:06This must be difficult for you. Is the family we can call?
11:09No. It's just me and Dad.
11:13Are you up to a few questions, Helen?
11:15I'll try.
11:17When was the last time you saw your father before this morning?
11:22Last night, I dropped him home after the book signing.
11:35Promise me you'll have an early night.
11:38Oh. A nightcap first, I think.
11:40One.
11:41At least.
11:44Love you.
11:46Love you.
11:47Love you, too.
11:53And how did he seem in himself?
11:58Quiet?
11:58Quiet.
11:59But I know he was tired.
12:02Can I ask?
12:02Was your dad a particularly tidy man?
12:05Tidy?
12:06God, no.
12:08He was bloody-minded.
12:10Intelligent.
12:11Playful.
12:13And a rather wonderful father.
12:16But tidy.
12:17No.
12:22There's something else you need to know.
12:26He was dying.
12:28He had end-stage amyloidosis.
12:31An abnormal build-up of proteins.
12:34Stops his organs working properly.
12:36Said he refused to die until he'd finished his damn book.
12:40But he'd been going downhill pretty rapidly these past few weeks.
12:46We knew it wouldn't be long.
12:48But this.
12:52Do you think he took his own life?
12:54Do you?
12:58I know he was in a lot of pain.
13:00But he refused the palliative care he was offered.
13:10People are coming in.
13:16You sure you're up to this, Dad?
13:18Stop fussing.
13:20I'm strong as an ox.
13:27We need to take care of your dad.
13:30So you might be better at home.
13:33They'll take him to the Chapel of Rest and I promise I'll call and let you know when he's there.
13:46Do you think that's it?
13:48He did this himself?
13:50There was a towel.
13:51Neatly folded by the side of the bath.
13:54Dressing gown and slippers ready.
13:55So why go to all that trouble if you know you'll never be getting out of the bath?
13:59Exactly.
14:00So it has to be an accident?
14:02Possibly.
14:04Wait.
14:05You're thinking it's murder?
14:07We should consider it.
14:09Why?
14:09Because the victim wrote murder mystery novels?
14:12No, Sergeant. Because there are some things that don't make sense.
14:15Such as?
14:16Well, it's all rather neat, don't you think?
14:17Too neat, perhaps, for a man not known for his tidiness.
14:21That's it.
14:22It was too neat.
14:24So what if someone put those things in place to make it look like an accident?
14:29And what about the fact that he died in exactly the way described in his own book?
14:33Can we really accept that's just a coincidence?
14:39No.
14:39So, if we can rule out suicide, accident and coincidence, which we can because there's no such thing,
14:46then what happened to Kenneth Linder must be by design.
14:52Let's confirm cause of death.
14:54Let forensics finish up.
14:55And I want an electrical report.
14:57Why didn't the power trip out immediately?
14:59Oh, and have his clothes checked too.
15:03See if this belongs to any of them.
15:05Please.
15:07Okay.
15:09And we should talk to his agent.
15:11Yes.
15:15Huh.
15:33P.M.
15:47Pothole Pete was on the RNLI boat.
15:49He said if they overslept, they could have ended up in Guernsey.
15:56Pothole Pete?
15:57Oh.
15:58They call him that cause people try to avoid him.
16:00He goes on a bit.
16:03Oh.
16:04Shipped an abbot.
16:06No, that's not here.
16:08The press office is at the hub, darling.
16:11Do you need the number?
16:12No problem.
16:14Bye.
16:15Okay.
16:16I got a criminal damage and also an assault on a shopkeeper in town.
16:23I'll be a couple hours.
16:25Okay.
16:29Shipped an abbot.
16:30As his agent, you knew he was ill?
16:32Of course.
16:33But it wasn't public knowledge?
16:35It's the way Kenny wanted it.
16:37He's a very...
16:39He was a very proud man.
16:42He didn't want people fawning over him.
16:45I saw you at the book signing last night.
16:48How did he seem to you?
16:51Oh, she...
16:52You were wonderful.
16:54Khan.
16:56Considering this was his last roll of the dice.
16:59Why do you say that?
17:01His last book was a decade ago and...
17:05that did appallingly.
17:08Obviously he couldn't get a publishing deal so...
17:11started borrowing against the house.
17:13So that he could write this one.
17:15He was in financial difficulty.
17:18This book was his last chance of avoiding bankruptcy.
17:22He kept his money problems from Helen, of course.
17:25He didn't want her to worry about that on top of everything else.
17:29They seem very close.
17:30They lost Helen's mum when she was seven.
17:33So it's only ever really been the two of them.
17:37Everything Kenny ever did, he did for her.
17:40But Mr. Linda confided in you about his financial difficulty.
17:45I'm his agent.
17:46Goes with the territory.
17:49Can I ask?
17:57Do the initials PM mean anything to you?
18:03No, should they?
18:05No.
18:09Look, there was another man at the book signing last night.
18:13He didn't look like a fan, but I saw you speaking to him.
18:16That would be Ken's publisher.
18:19Anthony Westley.
18:22Nice to see you pushed the boat out, Anthony.
18:26I think your client's Oxford Street soirees were over a long time ago.
18:31Don't you?
18:32He's made you a lot of money.
18:34He's made us all a lot of money, dear heart.
18:36But I'm slightly surprised that as a literary agent you don't understand the use of the past tense.
18:43Your loyalty is staggering.
18:46Jump off your high horse, will you?
18:48He's washed up.
18:49We're both just hovering, waiting for him to die so we can revive his back catalogue.
18:56Not the nicest man.
18:59His time was over.
19:02Metaphorically speaking, people are just not buying his books anymore.
19:06And yet you still publish this latest novel.
19:09True, but on very, very different terms.
19:12No advance, and on the condition that he brought back the Bathtub Murders trilogy.
19:17They were his most successful book so I thought they will guarantee our best chance of a return.
19:23But with no advance, would that mean that he was writing for free essentially?
19:27Yes, but he would get the lion's share if the book sold well.
19:33But you don't expect it to?
19:36No.
19:38So a much better deal for you than him then?
19:42What can I say?
19:44Business is business.
19:46Plus I tend to come out in a rash when I lose money.
19:55Do you know how Mr. Linder died?
19:58He was electrocuted in his bath.
20:02Who?
20:03Exactly the same way as the first murder in his new book.
20:07To be honest, I haven't read it.
20:09But it does sound a tad ironic.
20:11You haven't read a book you've just published?
20:14I have...people.
20:17Do the initials P-M mean anything to you?
20:23No, I don't...
20:25No, I don't think they do.
20:27If it is murder, can we make him a suspect please?
20:30I'm not sure that's quite how it works, Sergeant.
20:33Pity.
20:35This P-M thing...
20:37Could it be something else rather than initials?
20:40Such as?
20:41I don't know.
20:43Afternoon?
20:44No, P-M only really works as a suffix, doesn't it?
20:48And why have it in your hand unless you're trying to tell us something?
20:54The name of his killer?
20:55Why not?
20:57We don't believe it was an accident.
20:59Agreed.
21:00And why take your own life if you're dying?
21:02Life insurance.
21:04His daughter would benefit.
21:06But you get that when he died anyway.
21:09If the prognosis was right, he may have only had weeks left.
21:13A day's perhaps.
21:14Which brings us right back to the question.
21:16Who could possibly benefit from the death of a dying man on the verge of bankruptcy?
21:39They threw this.
21:43But you didn't see anyone?
21:44Nothing.
21:45Just a bang and the whole window caved in.
21:47Lucky no one was hurt.
21:48And this was what time?
21:50Nine, yeah.
21:51Just after we opened.
22:01Financials are on your desk.
22:03Makes for pretty grim reading.
22:04What?
22:05And he had no life insurance.
22:07Cancelled his policy two years ago and never renewed.
22:10And the phone's been ringing off the hook.
22:14Journalists all wanting to know how Kenneth Linder died and if it's true he was in the bath.
22:18I didn't think we'd released anything yet.
22:21No, we haven't.
22:22Well, I passed them all on to the Hub's press office.
22:24Well done, Margot.
22:26Was there anything on Kenneth Linder's social media?
22:29That was easy.
22:31He's on my Facebook friends.
22:33You knew?
22:34Back in the day when he was an angry young writer and I was a redcoat of Perton Sands.
22:40What?
22:41What?
22:41You were a redcoat?
22:43Well, only for eight months.
22:45I got sacked.
22:46Why?
22:47They said I rigged the over 70s fancy dress competition just because Grandad won.
22:54And Kenneth Linder?
22:55Oh, we met at a Mary Hopkin concert.
23:00Turned into a weekend of debauchery in Norwich.
23:03We mostly lost touch after that.
23:05Although people do say he based one of his characters on me.
23:10Oh, which one?
23:12Melody Alcott?
23:14She was the waitress in the first bathtub murders.
23:16Yes, she was, yes.
23:18She was the killer's ex-girlfriend.
23:20She was the one who helped unlock the whole case.
23:22She was the one who eventually led Horace Bishop to Jeremy Cook at the third book.
23:27And that was you?
23:29Supposedly.
23:30But I never saw it myself.
23:32She was a bit, well, strange.
23:35Shh.
23:37Can you give me a description of the man who hit you, Mr Bevin?
23:41He was a lot taller than me, like.
23:43He had on a tracksuit, one of them with a hood.
23:46Did you see his face?
23:47No. He had a scarf over his face.
23:51I came out on my way to the bank.
23:53I only took three steps.
23:55He stood right in front of me, just like you are now.
23:57And he hit me with a rolled-up newspaper.
24:01So he just came up to you and hit you on the head with a rolled-up newspaper?
24:04I'm telling you, Kelly.
24:05This area has gone to the dogs.
24:07Oh, sir.
24:08Yesterday, a similar thing happened.
24:10A man came up to me and tried to punch me in the face.
24:14A different man?
24:15Yeah.
24:16Dressed the same, like.
24:17He was taller than me, too.
24:19And he tried to punch you?
24:20Yeah.
24:21But he missed.
24:22Then he started crying and ran off.
24:26Crying?
24:27It's these kids, Kelly.
24:28They're all sniffing glue and smoking something.
24:32Day before, one of them stole my dog poo.
24:37Dog poo?
24:38Honey Butcher, my dog, got into the shop from upstairs.
24:42Left a little presence here.
24:44So I bagged it up, went outside to the bin.
24:47And this lunatic ran up, snatched it and ran off.
24:53Can you describe him?
24:54He's a border terrier.
24:56No, no, no.
24:56The man who stole your poo.
24:58Oh, dressed the same, like.
24:59Track suit and face covered.
25:01And was he taller than you?
25:03What do you mean?
25:05Well, you said the others were...
25:08I'm just trying to get a description.
25:10Oh.
25:11Well, yeah.
25:12Now you mention it, Kelly.
25:13Kelby.
25:14And he was wearing a track suit.
25:16With his backside hanging out.
25:18Oh.
25:19But that's kids for you these days, though, isn't it?
25:21I know you've got all these face recognition cameras these days.
25:25You'd be better off with arse recognition.
25:29Okay.
25:30Um...
25:31Well...
25:32Leave it with me, Mr Bevan.
25:34I'll talk to the other shopkeepers,
25:36see if anyone's seen anything,
25:38but I'll be in touch.
25:39Righto, Kelly.
25:42Hey, Kelly!
25:44Bloody good are you doing?
25:45That's what they need!
25:48Stop calling me Kelly.
25:51Hello, boy.
25:52See anything happen down there at the box?
25:54No.
25:56Over?
26:03Hello.
26:09That was the boatyard.
26:11The lily bond might be out of the water for months.
26:13It's...
26:13It needs a...
26:14Complete overhaul.
26:16I can't say I'm surprised.
26:18It had bits falling off when I was staying on it.
26:21Well, you know you're always welcome at mine.
26:23Humphrey will be mortified.
26:25Thanks very much.
26:26No, not about us staying with you.
26:28About the boat.
26:29Really loves that boat, doesn't he?
26:30Yeah, but...
26:31It's only ever supposed to be a stopgap
26:33until we found somewhere more permanent.
26:35So...
26:37Maybe it's time we did just that.
26:40Find a house.
26:42Good for you, Mottie.
26:45Won't be easy.
26:47There's always loads of places up for sale.
26:49No, I don't mean finding a house.
26:51I mean telling Humphrey.
27:09So you've heard then...
27:10Heard what?
27:12About Archie.
27:14What about him?
27:15I heard he was dating.
27:17Good for him.
27:19Don't you want to know who it is?
27:20No.
27:25Who?
27:27No idea.
27:28But very pretty by all accounts.
27:31They were seen coming out of Kitty J's arm-in-arm.
27:36Hi, Nick.
27:38Okay, thank you.
27:40The button doesn't match any of the clothes found in the wardrobe.
27:44Right.
27:45And the RCD switch was disabled,
27:47which meant the power didn't cut off instantly.
27:50So, if it was murder, then it was premeditated.
27:55What were those initials you found?
27:57PM. Why?
27:58I might have something.
28:00On Kenneth Linda's page.
28:03Someone's posted a death threat.
28:05Saying he's a fraud.
28:06That he's sold out doing a new book.
28:08That he's ruined the trilogy by having a force book.
28:11Some of the messages are pretty vile.
28:13But the last one.
28:15Look.
28:16Be careful you don't end up like one of your own victims.
28:20That fits, doesn't it?
28:21A deranged fan?
28:22Who better to copy a murder from the book?
28:24Paul Mecker.
28:25M-E-C-A.
28:26Paul Mecker.
28:27Right, so what do we know about him?
28:29Nothing.
28:29Just the name.
28:30Not much history.
28:31Looks like the account's only been open a few weeks.
28:34I can put in a request for some more information,
28:36but you know what these social media companies are like?
28:40I wouldn't hold your breath.
28:41Okay.
28:41If he's a fan, then maybe he was at the book signing last night.
28:45And if he's not local, then he must have stayed somewhere.
28:48So let's check local hotels, guest houses, all of that.
28:52Right.
28:57Ship the nabber.
29:01Psst!
29:02You're wanted.
29:04What?
29:05Am I up?
29:07They'll just have to wait, okay?
29:09I need to speak to Alan and Linda first.
29:12Sergeant!
29:18I can't ever remember Dad mentioning a Paul Mecker.
29:21It seems he disapproved of the new book, accusing your Dad of selling out.
29:26Oh.
29:27We had lots of that.
29:29The thing is, Dad didn't necessarily disagree with him either.
29:32Hmm.
29:33But going back to the bathtub murders was the only way he could get published.
29:38I think he needed the money.
29:41Oh.
29:42He never said anything.
29:43But he hated Anthony Wesley.
29:46I know he'd never have gone back there unless he had to.
29:51Sorry.
29:52Excuse me.
29:56Hello?
30:07D.I. Goodman, I presume.
30:11James Smith.
30:12Please.
30:26Sorry.
30:28I was expecting Chief Superintendent Woods.
30:31No longer with us, I'm afraid.
30:33Oh.
30:34Oh, not deceased.
30:36In Dartmouth.
30:38Though some might argue they're much the same thing.
30:42Yeah, but I digress.
30:44Look, there's been a small restructure.
30:48Not trying to boil the ocean, just a realignment.
30:52Bringing all the remaining substations under our control.
30:55Our?
30:56Administrative planning.
30:58Which in turn reports to the local police and crime panel.
31:00In your case, that would be shipped to Abbott, of course.
31:04Non-invasive.
31:05Just building a loop.
31:08Everyone's in it and we all open our kimono.
31:12Kimono?
31:12Share what we have.
31:14Get all our ducks in a row.
31:16That's how we move the needle.
31:19You follow?
31:19Yes.
31:20No.
31:21Not really.
31:22Now, the first carriage on the train to Efficiency Harbour is streamlining.
31:28Trimming the fat.
31:30Cutbacks.
31:33Unclogging the pipes.
31:34There's only four of us.
31:35Which is rather the point.
31:37In what way?
31:39There should only be three.
31:41Your staff to square footage ratio is...
31:45Off message.
31:47Oh, but it's not all bad news.
31:51No, the decision about who to lose...
31:54All yours.
32:01Hey, Sam.
32:02It's Martha Goodman.
32:05There's, um, one of your properties.
32:07I'd like to see if it's still available.
32:09On Polkett Hill?
32:12Cheer up.
32:13It might never happen.
32:14That's the point.
32:16What?
32:17Everyone seems to have things going on.
32:19Martha's looking to buy a new house.
32:20And she's been made a new counsellor.
32:22Going off on fancy lunches all the time.
32:25Or she's dating again.
32:27And here's me.
32:28Exactly the same as I was last week, last month.
32:32Pretty much the whole of last year.
32:34Literally nothing is happening in my life right now.
32:38One morning I'm just gonna wake up and find out I'm old.
32:42Still on my own.
32:44And still living in Shipton Abbot.
32:47Can't think of anything worse.
32:49I know, right?
32:51So who's I actually dating then?
32:53Not that I'm bothered.
32:54Just interested.
32:56No idea.
32:58Supposed to be really pretty though.
33:02Tributes are pouring in following the death of renowned author,
33:05Kenneth Linder, who was found dead in his home at Shipton Abbot this morning.
33:09It comes in the week he launched his latest novel, The Final Breath.
33:18No one seems to have seen anything.
33:20If it's the town centre, the CCTV should have picked them up.
33:23Hi, sir.
33:25So, the name Mecca, I ran a quick trace.
33:29We have 34 families with that last name in Devon and Cornwall.
33:33But, with nothing to cross-check it with, it's tough to narrow down.
33:37Right.
33:39So what do we know about him?
33:40Er, he's a Kenneth Linder fan, he's got a limp, and he's got a button missing.
33:47Not much.
33:48All right.
33:50See if there's a Kenneth Linder fan club, or a book reading group.
33:54They'll have a list of members.
33:56Why didn't I think of that?
33:57Yes, and maybe we could take a punt on the limp too.
34:00Check for local hospital admissions in the last six months.
34:02Injuries to his left...
34:04Left leg, I'm on it.
34:05Yes.
34:08So, The Hub.
34:10Anything to report?
34:12Er, yes.
34:13Yes, it seems we're under new management, everyone.
34:16The chief super's moved on, and we are now being overseen by the planning team and the local police and
34:25crime panel.
34:27So where's Charlie Woods gone?
34:29To Hartmouth, I think he said.
34:30Oh, no.
34:31She was lovely.
34:32I really liked her.
34:34Yeah.
34:34She was definitely one of the better ones.
34:37Is that it, though?
34:38Now Charlie's gone?
34:39No new directives or anything?
34:41Er, no.
34:43Er, er.
34:50I got underneath.
34:51And...
35:03Peep....
35:05Yeah.
35:12I never
35:13missed. He just
35:25Lab have confirmed Kenneth Linder as death by electrocution,
35:30although they have listed his amyloidosis as a secondary cause.
35:34His body was so weak, he was unlikely to survive the initial shock.
35:38Mm-hm.
35:39This is madness.
35:41What's that, Kelby?
35:42The local bookmaker, David Bevan, assaulted three times in three days.
35:48Got the town centre CCTV footage, but not one of them makes any sense.
35:53Look, here, this is the first one.
35:56His dog makes a mess in his shop.
35:58He bagged it up and was taking it to an outside bin.
36:02Then someone snatches it off him.
36:04That's weird.
36:05Then the next one, same time, next day, near enough.
36:10A different bloke runs up and tries to punch him, misses,
36:15and then Mr Bevan said that he started crying and then ran off.
36:19Right.
36:19And then, this morning, a third bloke came out of nowhere,
36:24whacks him on the head with a rolled-up newspaper for no reason,
36:27and then just runs off as well.
36:29It's all very odd.
36:30We'll send someone away now.
36:31Just kids messing about.
36:33I think I found your poor mecca.
36:39Yeah, he arrived two nights ago.
36:42I said he was here on business.
36:44Kept himself to himself.
36:51Would you know him if you saw him again?
36:54No doubt it.
36:56Don't pay much attention to overnighters.
36:59Can I ask how he paid?
37:01Er, cash.
37:03Cash.
37:06Has anyone else stayed in this room?
37:08No.
37:10Er, the cleaner's supposed to check for things like this.
37:14Er, did he give any personal details when he checked in?
37:17Address, phone number?
37:18He filled a registration card out.
37:21Can we see it?
37:22It's downstairs, in the office.
37:24Esther.
37:30Do you have any security cameras?
37:32We have a doorbell camera.
37:34Excellent.
37:35Hmm.
37:36Can't see him arriving.
37:38Oh, but he might have come in through the side door.
37:41Let's look at when he left.
37:44OK.
37:45Thanks, Margot.
37:47Address and phone number are false.
37:50There he is.
37:52He's got a limp.
37:58That's him.
38:05Come on.
38:06You should have gone an hour ago.
38:08Nearly done.
38:10Boy, your age should be rushing home, getting ready to go out.
38:14Haven't you got a date or anything?
38:16Nah, I've given up on all them dating apps.
38:18Oh.
38:19Last one I met up with, must have used a photo that was older than me.
38:24Oh.
38:25She keeps sending me photos of her...
38:29...lasagne.
38:33Well, don't be long.
38:36I won't.
38:37Yeah.
38:49Hi.
38:52Hi.
38:58Bad day.
39:00You're not as bad as Selwyn.
39:02Look, he's homeless.
39:04Oh, your author's been all over the news.
39:06Saying it was murder.
39:08I think so, yeah.
39:10Any idea who it was?
39:11Well, we've got a good suspect.
39:13A disgruntled fan who's sending threatening messages and we can place them at the seams, so...
39:19I'm sorry.
39:20I know you liked him.
39:22I did, yeah.
39:25But it's not that.
39:29I got called into the hub.
39:31Oh.
39:33You've been told off again.
39:34Not this time.
39:38They're saying I've got to lose someone at the station.
39:42What?
39:43Yeah.
39:44Apparently there should only be three of us at the station, so I need to lose one of either Esther,
39:49Kelby or Margot.
39:53That's awful.
39:54Yeah.
39:54What will you do?
39:55I have no idea.
40:03So, I've got something that might cheer you up or make you feel ten times worse.
40:10Right.
40:12If it's bad timing and you don't want to talk about it, then just say so.
40:15It's bad timing.
40:20But the lily bond will be out of the water for weeks.
40:23Maybe months.
40:25And although we can stay at Mum's again, I was thinking that maybe it was time to move on.
40:34And went back to our original plan when we first moved down.
40:37And...
40:39And...
40:41Um...
40:43What house?
40:47Are you serious?
40:49Look.
41:04Hello, Peter.
41:05Where have you been?
41:07Oh, Arthur.
41:08Still not bare that leg.
41:10Hello, lovey.
41:11Hello, lovey.
41:11See you Friday.
41:13Ha!
41:21Ha!
41:22Ha!
41:23Ha!
41:23You're in early.
41:24What's up with you?
41:25Went to your bed?
41:26No.
41:27So, I had a brainwave.
41:30Oh.
41:31I was sitting in the bath, listening to Billie Eilish, when I realised that all those things
41:37that happened to Mr Bevan, outside the bookmakers, all happened at the same time.
41:43Between five to nine and ten past nine.
41:46Three days in a row.
41:48So, what if they're there again today?
41:50I can get there first, and wait for them to show up.
41:55So, what's Billie Eilish got to do with it?
41:58Oh, nothing.
41:59I just like her.
42:18The fan club hasn't got a poor mecca listed.
42:22I'm still waiting on hospital reports.
42:24Okay.
42:26That's sad.
42:27What is?
42:28It's an interview with Kenneth Linder.
42:30They asked him where the title of his book came from.
42:33When his wife was dying, she made him promise to look after their daughter, Helen.
42:37He said to her that he would.
42:40To his final breath.
42:43Hmm.
42:43I think he kept his promise.
42:45They were very close.
42:46Yes.
42:46I only wish we had more answers for her.
42:53Right.
42:55Let's run through what we've got again.
43:08Oi!
43:09Stop!
43:12Stop!
43:20Go get him, Kelly!
43:25I'm breaking rocks in a hot sun.
43:29I fought for law and a low one.
43:32I fought for law and a low one.
43:35I needed money gone.
43:37I had none.
43:38I fought for law and a low one.
43:41I fought for law and a low one.
43:44I left my baby and it feels so bad.
43:48I guess my race is fun.
43:50She's the best girl that I've ever had.
43:54I fought for law and a low one.
43:57I fought for law and a...
44:15If we think, keep the 不是.
44:26if we think, keep the practice.
44:51You lived here as a teenager, didn't you?
44:53Yes, I did.
44:54Didn't you find it weird seeing the same people every day and them always looking the same?
45:01Kelby!
45:04Hello.
45:05Can I use your bathroom, please?
45:13Neither can we roll out, huh?
45:15Kelby!
45:16Kelby?
45:17Mum's washing my uniform.
45:18I was chasing one of the kids that assaulted Mr Bevan, caught one of them and he dobbed the other
45:24two in.
45:25They're in the hub at the moment being questioned.
45:28Well done, Kelby!
45:29Yes, indeed. Well done, Kelby.
45:31So, what was it all about?
45:32OK, so, Mr Bevan keeps the cash from the tills and the slot machines in a safe overnight.
45:40Then banks it the same time every morning.
45:44They obviously found out about it and decided to rob him.
45:49But they weren't very bright.
45:53The first one thought Mr Bevan was on his way to bank his takings.
45:57But he wasn't.
45:58He was disposing a bag of dog poo.
46:04The next day, they had a different plan.
46:07The second one was gonna throw Pepper into Mr Bevan's face and steal the bag of money.
46:12But he didn't account for the wind direction.
46:22The third one had another plan.
46:24He had put a big chisel in a rolled up newspaper to caution.
46:28But he hadn't wrapped it tightly enough.
46:31So, when he pulled his arm back...
46:42So, that's what happened to the barber's window.
46:46And luckily it did. It could have killed someone.
46:50Oh, what have you done?
46:53I turned my ankle when I was getting pulled out of the mud.
47:02Esther.
47:03Have we got the doorbell footage of poor Mecca?
47:06Uh, yes. Hang on.
47:08Oh, they're talking about us.
47:11The police have no comment on the theories that the author was murdered in the same way as the victims
47:16in his latest thriller.
47:17The new book is flying off the shelves.
47:19With fans saying his death is something he could have written himself.
47:24Yes and good!
47:31Oh, that's exactly what it is.
47:41The final bread.
47:45But why poor Mecca?
47:49Who is he?
47:51Oh, an accomplice perhaps.
48:06Oh, that's very clever.
48:08Do you know what happened?
48:12I think I do.
48:14So was it murder?
48:17Not exactly.
48:19He took his own life?
48:21Strictly speaking.
48:23Both.
48:25The button, the memo pad, the footprints in the garden, the mysterious poor Mecca.
48:31The jacket he just happened to leave behind.
48:34All very convenient and easy to find.
48:37All ultimately leading nowhere.
48:41Why?
48:43Because they weren't clues at all.
48:46They were simply the pen strokes of a master storyteller.
48:51Kenneth's books were no longer attracting the following they once did.
48:56And facing financial ruin, he was then very literally dealt a killer blow.
49:07He was dying.
49:09But his thoughts were not for himself.
49:12They were for his daughter, Helen.
49:14Having kept his financial woes from her, he knew that when he was gone, she'd be left
49:19with nothing.
49:20So I think, when he was told he was dying, he concocted a plan.
49:25First, he had to get a publishing deal.
49:28He did so by agreeing to return to his most successful trilogy, The Bathtub Murders.
49:35But, more importantly, I think he's the one who suggested he write it without an advance.
49:40Instead, taking the lion's share of profits from book sales.
49:47But why would he do that if he was broke?
49:51Because he intended to make sure the book was a runaway success.
49:56And I think he did so by murdering himself.
50:00Knowing he only had weeks, perhaps days left to live, Kenneth Linda said goodbye to his daughter.
50:06But as he wasn't insured, he knew he had to find a way to secure her future.
50:12Promise you'll have an early night.
50:14A nightcap first, I think.
50:16One.
50:17At least.
50:19I love you.
50:20I love you too.
50:22To fulfill the promise he made to her mother all those years ago.
50:29I doubt that any right-minded person would consider such a thing.
50:32But once he'd made his plan, his course was set.
50:36First thing he did was plant his clues.
50:39First, the footprint.
50:40Adding a limp for dramatic effect.
50:42Then, the mysterious note.
50:46Then, the mysterious note.
50:53And the button.
50:59And then, with everything in place, he carried out his plan.
51:10A few days before, he booked into Sandal's guest house in the name of the character he created.
51:16Making sure that he left the jacket with a missing button behind and to get caught on the doorbell camera.
51:23Allowing us to see the supposed limp he'd orchestrated in the flower bed to confirm his identity.
51:30I also think he sent himself the death threats.
51:34The account used by Paul Mecker had only been operating a few weeks.
51:38So he did it all himself?
51:41Yes, Kelby.
51:43I think he did.
51:45As news spread of the fictional matter that became real life, he ensured that his new book became a bestseller.
51:54Remember the words that he spoke to his dying wife all those years ago when she begged him to look
52:00after their daughter?
52:01That he'd look after her until his final breath.
52:07And that's exactly what he did.
52:09So what gave him away?
52:11But who's Paul Mecker?
52:13Wow, yucky.
52:14Two things were his undoing.
52:17Footprint casts from the garden show that the weak leg was on the left.
52:23Yet, walking away from the guest house, the limp was clearly on his right leg.
52:31Any other thing?
52:32Or the hubris?
52:33Yeah.
52:51It's an anagram.
52:53Paul Mecker, Mea, Culpa.
52:58Latin?
52:59An admission of guilt.
53:01Quite literally.
53:03It was me who did it.
53:17Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
53:20We thought you'd want to know.
53:22Oh, I doubt it's much comfort.
53:25No.
53:26None at all, to be honest.
53:29The truth is, I'd swap every penny of the fortune he worked so hard to leave me for one more
53:35day with him.
53:46Yeah.
53:47Yeah.
53:48Well, lots of, you know, like, filing and stuff.
53:49Here we go.
53:50Don't think I forgot anything.
53:52Oh, there you go.
53:53Well, don't kill me.
53:55Want some good news?
53:56Yes, always.
53:58Kenneth Linda's publisher, Anthony Westley, just got sacked.
54:02Why?
54:04For signing a contract that gives most of the money from the book sales to the Linda estate.
54:08Yes, the book is bigger than ever.
54:10It's a bestseller.
54:11Losing all that money, you must have a nasty rash.
54:16Yes.
54:18Well, I think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that her daughter lost her father, but, er, well done
54:24everyone.
54:24And well done you.
54:26To our amazing inspector, Martha, who saved him from a watery grave.
54:32Our brilliant Kelby, who cracked his own case and waded through mud to bring his prisoner in.
54:38And Margot, who is the font of all knowledge.
54:41And Esther, the voice of reason and the glue that holds us all together.
54:46Oh, and not forgetting our new counsellor.
54:49Oh!
54:50Cheers!
54:51Cheers!
54:51Cheers!
54:59OK, so the pictures I showed you are a bit old.
55:04And no one's lived here for a while.
55:06Really?
55:07Close your eyes.
55:14Oh, God.
55:16I can't see anything.
55:18Oh, this way.
55:19And, er, there's the step.
55:22OK.
55:23Yeah.
55:23Do we have a key?
55:25Don't need one.
55:26There's no front door.
55:27No.
55:28Up, up, up.
55:30Up, up, up.
55:30Yeah.
55:32Oh, sorry.
55:35Oh, seriously.
55:37Oh, what's that smell?
55:40Let's not ask.
55:41Right, Martha.
55:44OK.
55:47Are you ready?
55:49I am not sure.
55:51Open your eyes.
55:55OK.
55:56Two questions.
55:57One, are you sure we're in the right house?
55:59And two, if we are, what on earth possessed you?
56:03I'm glad you asked.
56:04I'm feeling you with me, with you as a...
56:07Oh, oh!
56:08Oh!
56:12Oh!
56:13Isn't it amazing?
56:38Two crimes, two attempts to undo those crimes.
56:42I am not mad!
56:44You think someone trashed the place, then immediately put everything back.
56:48Mr Smith is still hounding me for a decision on who I'm going to let go.
56:53Oh my god, ma'am, there's Archie in that woman.
56:55Pausing fostering still feels like the right thing to do.
56:58Especially now we're back living with your mum.
57:00Remember, you are enough.
57:03I've definitely had enough.
57:05Know that much.
57:06It came this morning.
57:12Okay, my god, ma'am.
57:27You're welcome.
57:28To be continued.
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