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Father Brown - Season 13 - Episode 03: The Palace by the Sea
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00:06Would you like some more, Kedri?
00:08No, thank you.
00:12Seems a rather interesting letter.
00:15It's from my Aunty Pad.
00:16Oh, the one who runs a B&B?
00:18No. Soon to be a four-star family hotel.
00:22Oh.
00:23And she's invited us to the Grand Gala reopening.
00:27Really?
00:30An evening of champagne and sophistication with the theme of the 1920s.
00:34Oh, it sounds wonderful.
00:36I can't wait to see this place.
00:39Then she goes on to say,
00:40can we help with the painting, decorating and getting the place ship-shape?
00:44Well, she's asking rather a lot.
00:47She has an inspector coming from the Anderson's Hotel Guide.
00:50Oh, sorry, what's that?
00:52An annual survey of the most prestigious hotels in Britain.
00:56She really is pushing the boat out.
01:01Yes?
01:03Oh, no, no, nothing.
01:05Oh.
01:06Oh, gosh.
01:08Right.
01:08Um, well, thank you for the most delicious Kedjari.
01:14Hm.
01:17Have a good day.
01:18You too.
01:30How do you fancy a trip to the seaside?
01:32Keep going, just have a good night.
01:38Good night.
01:43You too.
02:01Thanks for joining us right.
02:25So, is it still the same as you remember?
02:28It is. Every summer, as a child, I come down here and play with all the local children on the
02:34beach.
02:35Did you used to play pirates?
02:37Yes. They were the pirates. I was the customs man who caught.
02:42Of course. Shame we have so much work to do, though. If only we had an army of helpers.
02:50Surprise!
02:52What the...? How did...?
02:55Well, you said your Auntie Pat needed some help. I thought it would be a nice surprise for you.
03:01Well, it's definitely a surprise.
03:03We're very keen to get to work, Inspector, so you can have more time with your wife.
03:08Oh, this place is amazing. I've seen pictures of the seaside, but I never knew the sand was so warm
03:13and so soft.
03:14Brenda, you've never actually been to the seaside before.
03:18Well, my mum died when I was seven. We never got to go on holidays.
03:22Ahoy there, landlubbers!
03:25Oh-ho! Auntie Pat!
03:30Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!
03:33You must be Isabel.
03:35Oh, how lovely. How lovely to put a face to that melodious voice.
03:40Lovely to meet you.
03:41Oh, Auntie Pat, how are you?
03:44Marvellous, darling. But what's happened to you, your skin and bone?
03:47Aren't you feeding him?
03:48Oh, I do give him three square mils a day.
03:51I'm only teasing.
03:52Mind you, actually, you have to keep your eye on this one around food.
03:56When he was a boy, he used to sneak into the kitchen searching for the chocolate profiteroles.
04:02We used to call him Edgar the Chocolate Heffalump. Don't tell me.
04:07Father Brown and Sergeant Goodfellow and, um, Brenda.
04:12Hi.
04:13It's nice to meet you. We're here to help in any way that we can.
04:16Oh, you know, this is manor. Manor from heaven.
04:20Because there is just so much that has to be done.
04:23I see you've been picking wild crabs.
04:25Yes, well, they make very nice table decorations, right?
04:28Let us get you all checked in. Follow me.
04:35Come along, you chocolate heffalump.
04:45Raymond?
04:47Raymond?
04:48Raymond?
04:51Raymond!
04:52Yes, dear, that is my name. Thank you for reminding me.
04:56When are you going to hang this picture up?
04:57I am rather busy trying to organise a gala dinner.
05:01If you didn't spend so much time arguing, you might actually be ready by now.
05:03Mrs. Parkinson!
05:06Oh, my word. Who is this?
05:09Well, here's Edgar.
05:11The only member of my family I've never been tempted to strangle.
05:16May I introduce Raymond and Cynthia?
05:18My deputy managers who have worked here for 30 years.
05:21In fact, they met and married here, aren't you?
05:24Oh, isn't that nice?
05:29Yes, so, um, I think we have a double room with a sea view.
05:33Oh, yes. I'll sort that.
05:35So, tonight, we are having a rehearsal of the 1920s themed dinner.
05:39We are testing a few of the recipes we're serving tomorrow.
05:43But there's so much work to do.
05:45So many jobs.
05:46Window cleaning. Gardening.
05:48I could help with that.
05:50And I'm a dab hand with a chamois leather.
05:52Oh.
05:53Well, come along.
05:54Yes.
05:56Oh, Raymond?
05:57What is all this mess?
05:59Where...
06:00Mr. Crabtree, he won't do any more work until he's been fully paid.
06:03Fine.
06:04Well, we'll just put wallpapering on the list of things to do.
06:09Yes, put those flowers in water before they wilt.
06:12Yes, Mrs. Parkinson.
06:14And for you.
06:20She's such a character, Aunty Pat.
06:22No-one would argue with that.
06:24Although, did she seem a bit peaky?
06:27Peaky?
06:28What do you mean?
06:29I wish she was leaning on reception.
06:31Just a bit fragile.
06:34Aunty Pat's as fragile as a Sherman tank.
06:37If you say so.
06:39And I am sorry if my surprise turned out to be more of a shock.
06:44Yes.
06:45What's supposed to be our honeymoon, not a parish outing.
06:48I know.
06:49But we will spend more time together.
06:52Once we've got through all our jobs.
06:59Do you think I should wear these earrings tonight?
07:01Yes.
07:02You didn't even look at them.
07:03Because I'm busy organising tonight's dinner, tomorrow night's garland,
07:06and we've got an inspector coming.
07:08Well, well, well.
07:10This place hasn't changed a bit.
07:14It's practically a museum.
07:16Max Bishop.
07:19Raymond.
07:20Cynthia.
07:22How are you?
07:23We're fine.
07:25We're good, actually.
07:27Mrs Parkinson has made us deputy manager.
07:30Oh.
07:31Well.
07:32That's something, I suppose.
07:34Now, can you book me into the Grand Suite for three days?
07:38I'm sorry, Max.
07:39We're not open until next week.
07:42We've just got friends and family staying.
07:44I worked here for seven years.
07:46I think that makes me family.
07:48Well, Father, there was some very enthusiastic pruning.
07:52Sharp shears.
07:53I'm sure that the hydrangeas will grow back again.
07:57What are you doing here?
08:00I'm just checking into your most expensive room.
08:14Oh!
08:16Edgar, don't you look smart.
08:18Yes, do come and sit down.
08:21Now then, Aunty Pat.
08:23Are you all right?
08:26Yes.
08:28Yes, I'm always all right.
08:29It's the rest of the world that's all wrong.
08:32I thought as much.
08:33I'd love to hear it.
08:36Shall I show the guests in, Mrs Parkinson?
08:38Oh, yes, yes.
08:39Come one, come all.
08:42Oh.
08:45Straight slow.
08:47Where would you like me to sit?
08:49Just on the other side of Edgar.
08:51And then we can fight over him.
08:53Please, everybody else, just sit wherever you like.
08:57That is an awful lot of cutlery, which is normally a good sign.
09:00Well, we are serving a three-course dinner, followed by petit fours and lots of profiteroles.
09:09Oh!
09:10Good news for you, Mr Effelope.
09:12Thank you, Miss Palmer.
09:14Father Brown, champagne?
09:17Well, that is a very easy question to answer.
09:21Yes, please.
09:23Oh!
09:24Quickly!
09:25Yes, yes.
09:25Quickly!
09:26Get out of practice, Raymond.
09:30Max.
09:32I had a feeling that you might join us.
09:35Please, make yourself comfortable.
09:38Over there.
09:46Would you like me to serve?
09:47Yes.
09:48Of course.
09:50No, no, no, dear.
09:52Silver service.
09:54At the table.
09:58Ahem.
09:59Ahem.
09:59Ahem.
09:59Ahem.
09:59Ahem.
10:00Ahem.
10:00Ahem.
10:00Ahem.
10:01Ahem.
10:02Ahem.
10:02Ahem.
10:02Ahem.
10:03Ahem.
10:04Ahem.
10:06Ahem.
10:17Ahem.
10:25Ahem.
10:33It's, um...
10:34How is it for you, Father?
10:38It tastes very much of the sea.
10:41It's extremely salty.
10:43What?
10:44But I...
10:45I can't think why it would be.
10:47I was terribly careful with the seasoning.
10:51I mean...
10:54None for me.
11:00This is all you're doing, isn't it?
11:02Oh, that's a very serious accusation.
11:05Would you care to repeat it?
11:08Actually, I might have put too much salt in.
11:12Ah, yes.
11:12Too many cooks.
11:13Well, let's hope you get things sorted
11:16before the inspector gets here.
11:19How do you know about that?
11:20Oh, when you move in the circles I move in,
11:22you hear things, and...
11:25Yes?
11:26Mr. Wendell.
11:27Remember your old work colleague, Max Bishop?
11:30He's been seen wandering around town.
11:34Yes.
11:34I know.
11:36Just remember,
11:38I got rid of you once before,
11:41and I can get rid of you again.
11:47Mrs. Parkinson!
11:49Nice to see you.
11:51Sergeant Oldham.
11:52How are Julia and the little ones?
11:55Not so little now, I imagine.
11:57We're all very well, thank you.
12:00Good.
12:01Well,
12:03I've had quite enough fun for one evening,
12:05and I'll see you all tomorrow.
12:07Good luck.
12:09You're going to need it.
12:16Auntie Pat.
12:17No, I should never have risen to the bait.
12:23I'm going to leave you now,
12:24in the capable hands of Cynthia and Raymond.
12:28Good night.
12:43I do hope Auntie Pat's all right.
12:46That man really seemed to upset her.
12:49Well,
12:50she's a tough old thing.
12:52She certainly gives as good as she gets.
12:54She does.
12:57What's that?
12:59It's a bucket.
13:02Ah,
13:02underneath it.
13:27You're going to need it.
13:28It's a fee spirit with sanctity, aren't it?
13:33Thank you, Father.
13:35What a terrible way for a man to meet his maker.
13:39Indeed.
13:40I suspect he was hit over the head, the blunt object,
13:42before being buried as the tide came in.
13:45That is my hypothesis.
13:48What about that dark stain on his forehead?
13:50Any idea what that is?
13:52Inspector, I'm sure you do a marvellous job in your leafy little village,
13:56but you leave things to us, eh, and enjoy your holiday.
14:10Any idea who killed him?
14:13Technically, that would be the sea,
14:15which also did a very good job of washing away most of the evidence.
14:29Hello.
14:30What's going on?
14:32I'm afraid one of your guests has been murdered, Mrs Wendell.
14:35No, Mr Bishop.
14:38Max!
14:41Sergeant Oldham?
14:43Yes, Father.
14:44There's a champagne bottle in this bin.
14:47And?
14:47It's unopened.
14:49It's bloodstained.
14:50And it comes from the Palace Hotel.
14:55Ladies and gentlemen,
14:57thank you for your cooperation thus far.
15:00We believe the murder took place between 8 o'clock,
15:03when Mr Bishop was dining here,
15:05and midnight, when the tide was high.
15:07I need to know all of your movements after 8.
15:12Well, I was serving dinner to these good people here,
15:15and then, at about 9 o'clock,
15:18I locked up and went briefly outside to inspect the grounds.
15:21Can anyone corroborate your version of events?
15:23Yes, I can.
15:25I was with him the whole time.
15:27Every single second?
15:29Mostly.
15:30We worked together.
15:32We went outside together.
15:33Then we went to bed just after 10.
15:3610.
15:37Mrs Parkinson!
15:38What?
15:39Yes?
15:41Where did you go after you stormed out of the restaurant?
15:44Stormed?
15:45I went upstairs to make a list of all the jobs that needed doing
15:50before today's inspection.
15:52So now, can we please get a move on?
15:55Aren't you, Pat?
15:56Well, it doesn't look good if you lose your temper.
16:00Oh.
16:01Patricia Parkinson!
16:02I'm arresting you for the murder of Max Bishop.
16:05On what grounds?
16:06There were two sets of fingerprints on the murder weapon.
16:08A bottle of champagne.
16:10A bottle of champagne.
16:10A bottle of champagne.
16:10Mr Bishop himself.
16:11And Mrs Parkinson's.
16:13Well, yes, it was my champagne, but because it came from my cellar.
16:17We are not obliged to say anything, but anything you say may be given in evidence.
16:21This way, please.
16:23This is ridiculous.
16:24Sir, I don't think they'd be happy with a relative barging into the station.
16:27Although they might allow a visit from a priest.
16:34Tell me about Mr Bishop.
16:36Well, 30 years ago, I sacked him.
16:39He worked at the hotel as a bellboy, and I found he was stealing from the guest's room.
16:46You know, in the hotel industry, that's a mortal sin.
16:51So, a man who bears a grudge on you walks in when the hotel is in trouble.
17:00Things aren't going very well, are they?
17:04No.
17:06No, we are.
17:08We are at rock bottom.
17:12Well, I've taken out loan after loan, and if things don't improve, then the bank will take the hotel.
17:19And that's why you invited Anderson's guide to inspect.
17:23Yeah, well, yes.
17:24One last roll of the dice.
17:28Was anyone else upset at Mr Bishop's reappearance?
17:34Well, I didn't think Raymond was too delighted.
17:37Of course, back in the day, they were great friends.
17:41Cynthia Raymond and Max.
17:43I did used to think that Max got in the way a bit.
17:49Were Mr and Mrs Wendell married at that point?
17:52No.
17:53It was only after Max left that Raymond popped the question.
17:57In fact, I wonder if Max didn't come back not to humiliate me,
18:05but to seduce Cynthia.
18:08Why do you say that?
18:10Well, yesterday, when I was preparing the buoy baths,
18:14I could hear Max and Raymond arguing.
18:23Oh, Father, you've been a while. How is she?
18:26Your aunt is bearing up.
18:28Of course she is. She's as strong as an ox.
18:31She's very keen that we make this evening a success.
18:34I think it's more important we solve the murder.
18:37Well, perhaps by doing one, it will help us do the other.
18:49Right, Mrs Parkinson's left her to do this. Would you like me to type it up?
18:52No, Raymond. We actually have to do something.
18:54What time is Mavis getting here?
18:56Mavis left a note. She's resigned.
18:57Oh, no.
18:59Right, I've managed to sort those wonky tables out and we swept all the floors.
19:02Is there anything else we can do to help?
19:04No. We're beyond help.
19:06The best thing now would be to board up all the doors
19:10and hang a condemned sign outside.
19:12Hello. How are we getting on?
19:14We're about to give up completely.
19:16What?
19:16Cancelling this evening and telling Andersons we're not ready.
19:20You do realise my aunt has given 50 years of her life to this place?
19:23Yes, but she's not here.
19:25And it was always her hand on the tiller that steered us through the rocks.
19:30Mrs Parkinson's been your employer for 30 years.
19:33Yes. I'm sure she hoped that if she had to step back, you would step forward.
19:39We also have a financial difficulty.
19:41She's left a long ingredients list and no actual money.
19:44Fine. I'll go down to the market.
19:48I'll come with you.
19:49And I can service some rooms.
19:51I have worked in hotels before.
19:53I can do some cooking.
19:54Can I be your sous-chef?
19:56Of course.
19:56I shall polish the silver.
19:58I will assist.
20:02Am I right in saying you have worked here since the 1920s?
20:06Mm-hm.
20:07You and Cynthia and Max.
20:11Sorry.
20:12Allow me.
20:16So what did you think when Max Bishop turned up again?
20:21Mrs Parkinson seems to think he once had designs on your wife.
20:27No, of course not.
20:29No?
20:30No.
20:31We were pals.
20:33Back then, the three of us, we were the...
20:35Well, they were the happiest times of my life.
20:37Yes, Max was sacked for stealing, but not for stealing my girlfriend.
20:44You were overheard yesterday having an argument with Mr Bishop.
20:48Hmm.
20:49You said, and I quote,
20:51Leave her alone, please.
20:53Just leave her alone.
20:54Yes, I did, but I was not talking about Cynthia.
20:58No?
21:01When Max arrived, he said some rather nasty things about Mrs Parkinson,
21:05so I let him settle into his room,
21:07and when he came downstairs, I told him to stop.
21:09Leave her alone.
21:11What did he say to that?
21:12He told me to face the facts.
21:14The palace hotel is doomed, and he's the only one who could save it.
21:19What do you think he meant?
21:22I don't know.
21:23I told him I didn't want to hear it,
21:24and if you'll excuse me, I need to go and find some fish forks.
21:30Thank you, Miss Palmer.
21:32Most helpful.
21:32Well, who could afford a room like this?
21:37That is what we are here to find out.
21:41Mr Bishop claimed he came here to save the palace,
21:46and I'm keen to find out how.
21:50What's this?
21:58Oh.
22:00Plans for the hotel.
22:02Divided into eight flats.
22:05So that's his game.
22:06He's a property developer.
22:10Look.
22:14Meet me at Brandreth Bay, nine o'clock.
22:18That's the beach where they found him.
22:22Was he killed by the person to whom he said this note?
22:26I should probably make the bed.
22:27The inspector will come in here.
22:30Good idea.
22:36What's this?
22:44I know whose ear that belongs to.
22:51Right, here we are.
22:52Enough fish to start your own aquarium.
22:55Oh, Edgar, you save the day.
22:57You always do.
22:58Right, well, can I suggest I'll read out the recipe
23:01and allocate jobs as I go?
23:03No, Raymond.
23:04No.
23:05Just no, Raymond.
23:09Would you like to help me with the windows?
23:12Yes.
23:13Yes, of course.
23:14Yes.
23:20Are you all right, Mrs. Wendell?
23:21Yes.
23:22Just a little bit stressed.
23:24We've got this rather complicated boo-a-bays to make,
23:28which means that we have fish to fill it,
23:3122 herbs and spices,
23:32and we haven't even started the stock yet.
23:34That does seem a Herculean effort.
23:36Yes, but if we want to get into the Anderson's Guide...
23:39You might try making things people like to eat.
23:44Oh.
23:45Oh, yes, you're right.
23:49We could change the menu.
23:52Oh, fish pie!
23:54Everyone loves fish pie.
23:56Mrs. Wendell, may I have a word?
23:59Yes.
24:07I'm sorry, Father, but I'm really very busy.
24:10Yes, I can see.
24:12That's put an awful strain on your marriage.
24:16Marriage?
24:17What's that?
24:19They used to be married once.
24:21I mean, I do love Raymond.
24:24It's just we're married to the hotel.
24:26I noticed you have separate rooms.
24:30Well, yes.
24:33Separate lives, actually.
24:35Was it ever a happy marriage?
24:37We were happy.
24:40Before we were married.
24:42When it was just the three of us.
24:44Me, Raymond, and Max.
24:48Ah, yes.
24:50Mr Bishop.
24:52Did you notice,
24:54yesterday,
24:55he was last into dinner?
24:58Because I believe
25:00he was in the kitchen
25:01over-salting the bouillabaisse.
25:05I think so.
25:09But you took responsibility
25:11for his sabotage.
25:12It seems strange.
25:14Unless you felt
25:16in some way responsible.
25:21I read the papers,
25:22you see.
25:24And I knew Max
25:25had done very well
25:26for himself.
25:28So I wrote
25:29and told him
25:30we were in trouble.
25:31And was there any chance
25:33of alone?
25:35But it soon became clear
25:36he was not here to help.
25:38He'd just come to humiliate us.
25:41What did you do
25:42to stop him?
25:44Nothing.
25:45I just tried to avoid him.
25:49And yet,
25:52I found this
25:54by his bed.
26:01All right.
26:05When Raymond
26:06went round
26:06to speak with him,
26:08I sneaked
26:09into his room
26:10to look round.
26:13I imagine
26:14you saw his plans
26:15to turn the hotel
26:17into flats.
26:18I did.
26:19And I was just
26:20staring at them,
26:21horrified.
26:23and Max came in
26:24and grabbed me.
26:26So that must be
26:26when I lost the earring.
26:29I see.
26:30He said
26:30this place
26:32had destroyed him
26:33and now he's going
26:34to destroy it.
26:36Do you know
26:37he used to steal
26:38from people's rooms?
26:40Only small amounts.
26:42So no one knew.
26:43But Mrs. Parkinson
26:44found out
26:45and she called the police.
26:48I don't suppose
26:49you remember
26:50the name
26:50of the arresting officer?
26:56What can I say?
26:57He was a wrongman
26:58but I made sure
26:59he suffered
27:00the full force
27:01of the law.
27:03Except
27:04I've spoken
27:05to Scotland Yard.
27:06Max Bishop
27:07has no criminal record
27:09whatsoever.
27:10So
27:12you
27:12let him go
27:14but told everyone
27:15you'd charged him.
27:17It was a long time ago.
27:18I don't exactly recall.
27:20Mr. Bishop
27:21remembered you
27:22vividly.
27:24He asked after
27:25your wife
27:25and children.
27:27I imagine
27:2830 years ago
27:29you had a young
27:31family
27:33and not much money.
27:39Perhaps we should
27:40talk to his
27:40senior officer
27:41father.
27:42All right.
27:43He did offer me
27:44a certain sum
27:46but believe me
27:48it was hard
27:49getting by
27:49and five pound
27:50a week.
27:50You took a bribe
27:51from a criminal
27:52suspect.
27:54Max said he'd
27:54leave town
27:55and never darken
27:56our doors again.
27:57I really don't see
27:58what the harm was.
27:59Sergeant Oldham
28:01many people
28:02would say
28:03that punishment
28:03can be
28:04a valuable
28:05life lesson.
28:06A lesson
28:07you failed
28:08to teach
28:09Max Bishop.
28:11Now
28:13I think
28:15you've had
28:15more than
28:15enough time
28:16to question
28:17my aunt.
28:19Well
28:21that was
28:22the worst
28:22holiday
28:23I've ever had.
28:25Auntie Pat
28:26we need to have a talk.
28:27No I need
28:28to get back
28:28to the hotel.
28:29Raymond and Cynthia
28:30they can't make
28:31a decision
28:31without me.
28:32I'll leave you
28:33two to talk.
28:38Why didn't you
28:39tell me
28:39that the hotel
28:40was in difficulty?
28:41It isn't.
28:42The palace
28:43is a luxury
28:44ocean line-up.
28:46It just so happens
28:47that it's floating
28:48in a sea
28:48of mediocrity.
28:50Yes
28:50and its suppliers
28:51have told me
28:51they think
28:52it could be
28:52about to sink.
28:54Yes well
28:55things are
28:56a bit grim
28:57but
28:57I believe
28:58that we're
28:59just about
29:00to turn a corner
29:01and I realise
29:02that I have
29:03been saying
29:03that for several
29:04years.
29:05Yes
29:05yes and you've
29:06been working
29:07yourself
29:0718 hours a day
29:08now do you
29:09think that
29:09can be good
29:09for you?
29:10If I didn't
29:11work
29:12I wouldn't
29:13know what
29:13to do.
29:14Know how
29:15hard it is
29:16to abandon
29:17a place
29:18that you've
29:18loved and
29:19cherished
29:19for your
29:19whole life
29:20of 50 years
29:21and besides
29:22it means
29:23a lot
29:23to you.
29:25What do you
29:25mean?
29:26You know
29:26what I mean?
29:28Whenever
29:29your parents
29:30used to
29:31have a bit
29:31of difficulties
29:33then they
29:33got me
29:34to look
29:34after you
29:36at the
29:36palace.
29:37It was
29:38home away
29:39from home.
29:39Aunty Pat
29:40it's not
29:41the palace
29:41I care
29:42about.
29:43It's just
29:44a pile
29:44of bricks
29:45and mortar
29:45and some
29:46very comfortable
29:47bedding.
29:49The woman
29:50who runs
29:50it
29:52I love
29:52her.
29:54I rather
29:55worry that
29:55she's not
29:56looking after
29:56herself properly.
30:00Well
30:02she's
30:03rather fond
30:04of you
30:05Edgar
30:07I have
30:08no choice
30:09I just
30:10have to
30:10keep going
30:11so will
30:12you kindly
30:12take me
30:13back to
30:13the luxury
30:14liner
30:14before the
30:15management
30:16manage to
30:17sink it.
30:24There you go
30:26what do you
30:27think?
30:27Oh it's
30:28magnificent.
30:30Oh
30:30have you
30:31thought about
30:31a career
30:32in interior
30:33design?
30:34Oh not
30:34really.
30:35Thank you
30:35though.
30:36If I spend
30:36one more
30:37moment in
30:38that kitchen
30:38I think
30:39I'm going
30:39to melt.
30:40Agreed.
30:41Oh
30:43this is
30:45extraordinary.
30:47Oh
30:48it feels
30:49like we've
30:50gone back
30:50in time
30:52to the
30:52glory
30:53days.
30:54Oh
30:55managed to
30:56get rid
30:56of all
30:56the mould
30:57and the
30:58mess
30:58and our
30:59most annoying
31:00guest has
31:01kicked the
31:01bucket
31:01but don't
31:03mention any
31:04of that to
31:04the man
31:04from Andersons.
31:09Hello
31:10and you
31:11are?
31:12Timothy
31:12Moon.
31:13The man
31:14from Andersons.
31:15Mr Moon
31:17Mr Moon
31:18please
31:19please forgive
31:20my wife's
31:21peculiar
31:22sense of humour.
31:24Well I can
31:25forgive most
31:25things but
31:26what I do not
31:27appreciate is
31:28being made to
31:28wait at the
31:29station.
31:30Where was
31:30Mrs Parkinson
31:31who's been
31:32badgering me
31:32for the past
31:33six months?
31:33Mrs Parkinson
31:34Mrs Parkinson
31:35Not well
31:36very not well
31:37Her glands
31:38have swollen
31:38up like
31:39watermelons.
31:40Yes there's
31:41quite enough
31:41about my glands.
31:43Hello I'm
31:44Patricia Parkinson
31:45Timothy Moon
31:46Mr Moon
31:47you would not
31:48believe the day
31:49that I've had.
31:50Are you ready
31:51for the grand
31:52tour?
31:52I must get
31:53my clipboard.
31:55Well you
31:57have certainly
31:57made some
31:58unexpected choices.
32:00Yes it's better
32:01than I expected.
32:05It is splendid.
32:25Oh well we must
32:26leave some
32:27to the inspector
32:27but
32:28dear man.
32:36Raymond!
32:39Raymond!
32:40What is it
32:40dear?
32:41Why haven't you
32:42hung up that
32:42picture?
32:43Because I'm in
32:43the middle of
32:44trying to stay.
32:45Alright I'll do
32:46it.
32:50Bringing us
32:51back to the
32:51dining room which
32:52tonight is the
32:54gateway for the
32:55roaring 20s.
32:59Would sir
33:00care for a
33:01canapé?
33:02If I must.
33:06Champagne?
33:08Well I
33:10wouldn't like to
33:11impair my
33:11critical faculties
33:13but just to be
33:14polite.
33:19In come.
33:20Yes?
33:21This is not
33:21lump fish roe
33:23this is actual
33:23caviar.
33:24Indeed.
33:25Most palatable.
33:26I must say
33:27it does go down
33:28nicely.
33:29Oh please.
33:30Do have
33:31another one.
33:33Um.
33:38Ladies and
33:39gentlemen
33:39welcome one
33:41and all to
33:42the palace.
33:48This hotel
33:49has been
33:49standing here
33:50for 70
33:52for 70 years
33:52buffeted of
33:53course by
33:54waves and
33:55wind but
33:57able to
33:57survive the
33:59ravages of
34:00time.
34:00Mr. Wendell.
34:03People ask
34:04how anyone
34:06would build a
34:06hotel right
34:08by the sea
34:09but of course
34:10people like us
34:11like to live
34:12on the edge
34:13where the land
34:14is at sea.
34:15I was intrigued by
34:15the photograph of
34:16you both
34:16outside the
34:18hotel in
34:191953.
34:22Your hair
34:23was much
34:24greyer then.
34:27Would I be
34:28right in
34:28thinking that
34:29you use
34:30hair dye?
34:33That is a
34:35very personal
34:36question father.
34:37Well
34:38yes
34:39but when
34:40they found
34:41Mr. Bishop's
34:42body
34:44there was
34:44a dark
34:45stain on
34:45his
34:45temple.
34:48Could
34:49that stain
34:50have been
34:51from
34:51hair dye
34:52from the
34:53person who
34:53buried him?
34:59He sent
35:00you a note
35:01didn't he?
35:02Meet me at
35:02Randreth Bay
35:03at 9 o'clock.
35:05Why would
35:06you go?
35:07What do you
35:08think you're
35:08doing?
35:09We don't
35:10need you to
35:11save the
35:11hotel.
35:12We're
35:12perfectly
35:12happy as
35:13we are.
35:14Raymond,
35:15I'm sorry
35:16if I've
35:17upset everyone.
35:20I was
35:20angry at
35:21the way
35:21Mrs.
35:21Parkinson
35:22treated me.
35:23Were you
35:24perhaps hoping
35:25to turn
35:25back the
35:26clock?
35:27What do
35:28you mean
35:28by that?
35:29At first
35:29I thought
35:30Mr.
35:31Bishop was
35:32having an
35:33affair with
35:33your wife.
35:35But no.
35:36I suspect
35:38not with
35:39her.
35:40I don't
35:42know what
35:42you're
35:42implying.
35:44Your wife
35:45confirmed
35:46that you
35:47have separate
35:48bedrooms.
35:49Separate
35:50lives.
35:53And the
35:54champagne
35:54would suggest
35:56some sort
35:57of celebration.
35:58Do you
35:59remember our
36:00midnight
36:01picnics on
36:01the beach?
36:04Yes.
36:06Lying in
36:07the sand
36:07years.
36:10How could
36:11I forget?
36:14You will
36:14help me,
36:16won't you
36:17Raymond?
36:18Of course.
36:20I knew you
36:20wouldn't let
36:21me down.
36:22You never
36:22did.
36:23Max,
36:25I would do
36:26anything for
36:27you.
36:31Do you
36:32really think
36:33I would
36:34give a
36:34second look
36:35at a
36:35worn-out
36:36old
36:36worm
36:37like you?
36:38What?
36:39You're
36:39going to
36:40help me
36:40destroy
36:40this
36:41place
36:41or I
36:42will
36:42tell
36:42the
36:43whole
36:43world
36:43what
36:43you
36:44really
36:44are,
36:45including
36:46your
36:47sad,
36:48neglected,
36:49lonely
36:50little
36:50wife.
36:53Mr.
36:54Bishop
36:55sought to
36:56use
36:57his
36:57power
36:57over
36:58you.
37:00But
37:01things
37:01spiraled out
37:01of control,
37:02didn't they?
37:11Now you
37:12had a new
37:12problem.
37:14His
37:14body.
37:19Luckily,
37:20some children
37:20had been digging
37:21a hole in the
37:22sand,
37:23which was
37:24almost the
37:24right size.
37:36I did not
37:36mean to kill
37:37him.
37:39I would be the
37:40last person to
37:40condemn anyone for
37:41falling in love.
37:43But in order to
37:44spare people's
37:44feelings,
37:46you have been
37:47living your life
37:48in the shadows,
37:50living a lie,
37:52which has not
37:53brought happiness
37:54to you
37:55or your
37:56wife.
37:59What am I
38:01meant to do
38:01then?
38:02How do I
38:03get out of
38:03this
38:04mess?
38:07There is one
38:08course of
38:08action
38:09which will
38:10in time
38:10bring you
38:11peace.
38:13You must
38:13confess.
38:16Ask for
38:16God's
38:17forgiveness
38:18and take
38:19the consequences
38:20of your
38:21actions.
38:32Mr. Moon,
38:33you really
38:34must try
38:35our famous
38:36bouillabaisse.
38:37Is it really
38:37necessary?
38:39Well,
38:39it's seasoned
38:40with 22
38:41different herbs
38:42and spices.
38:43Is it
38:44indeed?
38:44Cynthia,
38:45the bouillabaisse.
38:47Actually,
38:47Mrs. Parkinson,
38:49we decided
38:50not to make
38:50bouillabaisse.
38:51What?
38:52We thought
38:53rather than
38:53follow a
38:54hundred-year-old
38:55recipe,
38:55that we
38:56would go
38:56to the
38:57market
38:57and see
38:57what was
38:58in season.
38:58And what
38:59little
38:59delicacies
39:00did you
39:00find there?
39:01Oh,
39:03scallops
39:03so fresh
39:04they fell
39:05out of
39:05their shells.
39:07Silver
39:07mackerel,
39:08pink
39:09lobster.
39:10So we
39:11made a
39:11fish pie.
39:14Here you
39:15go.
39:16Bon appétit.
39:17Well,
39:18it does
39:18sound
39:18intriguing,
39:20but the
39:21proof of
39:21the pudding.
39:50Mrs. Parkinson,
39:52from your
39:53description,
39:54I expected
39:54this to be
39:55a dusty,
39:56fusty,
39:57old-fashioned
39:57establishment.
39:59But you've
40:00done wonders
40:01with this
40:01place.
40:03Décor that
40:04lets the
40:04light in
40:05and the
40:05finest
40:05fish pie
40:06I've ever
40:06tasted.
40:07Oh,
40:08well,
40:08yes,
40:09it's not
40:09one of my
40:10usual
40:10recipes.
40:11This place
40:11is the
40:12future
40:12of
40:13British
40:13hospitality.
40:15Welcome
40:15to
40:16Anderson's
40:16Hotel
40:17Guide.
40:18Oh,
40:18wonderful,
40:19wonderful.
40:21Congratulations.
40:23We've got
40:23into the
40:23guide.
40:24Everything we've
40:25worked for
40:26all these years.
40:26That's wonderful,
40:27darling,
40:28but it's all
40:29down to you.
40:30It's always
40:31been you,
40:31and I'm
40:32sorry I've
40:33been a bad
40:33husband.
40:34What do you
40:35mean?
40:37Sergeant
40:37Oldham,
40:38may...
40:40Yes,
40:41Mr.
40:41Wendell.
40:46There's
40:46something I
40:47need to
40:47confess.
40:53Right,
40:53then.
40:55Ready for
40:55the off.
40:58I think
40:59so.
41:00Have you
41:00enjoyed your
41:01trip to the
41:02seaside?
41:03Spent most
41:03of it with a
41:04feather duster
41:04in my hand,
41:05but I do
41:06love this
41:07place.
41:08Thank you
41:08for
41:09everything.
41:10You must
41:11come and
41:11visit us
41:12in
41:12Kembleford.
41:13I mean,
41:14I know
41:15you're busy
41:15with the
41:16hotel.
41:17Ah,
41:17yes,
41:18well,
41:18that's
41:19rather likely
41:19to change.
41:20Oh,
41:21yes?
41:21Yes.
41:22Well,
41:23Mr.
41:24Moon has
41:24written us
41:25such a glowing
41:25review that
41:26I'm quite
41:27confident that
41:28the palace
41:29will survive.
41:30Of course
41:31it will.
41:32So,
41:32therefore,
41:33I've
41:33decided to
41:34step down
41:35and give
41:37the baton
41:38to Cynthia,
41:39who I think
41:40you'll agree
41:40was more
41:41than capable.
41:42Well,
41:43she learned
41:43from the
41:44best.
41:45Right,
41:47ready to
41:47depart,
41:47Mrs.
41:48Sullivan?
41:49Oh,
41:50can't we
41:50just have
41:50one last
41:51trip to
41:52the beach?
41:52the beach?
41:53Oh,
41:59that's good.
42:03Look at that
42:04duck over
42:05there.
42:06What?
42:08James!
42:09No!
42:28Do you know, I just have to say that when I first suggested this trip,
42:34it was meant to be just Isabelle and I.
42:37A mini honeymoon, getting away from it all.
42:40I know, I always seem to put my foot in it, but...
42:43But, but, I do know that when I married Isabelle, I not only married her talents, her passions,
42:53but also her friends.
42:55Aww.
42:56And that makes me the luckiest man in the world.
43:09And Aunty Pad, I promise we will be back, just the two of us, but for now...
43:15Yes?
43:16Could you take a photograph of us all?
43:18Uh, yes, and I know just the place.
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