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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?
01:34Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
01:58no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
02:01no.
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.
04:06Don't tell me.
04:07Father Brown.
04:08And Sergeant Goodfellow. And, um, Brenda.
04:12Hi.
04:12It's nice to meet you. We're here to help in any way that we can.
04:15Oh, you know, this is manor. Manor from heaven.
04:19Because 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, er, table decorations, right?
04:29Let us get you all checked in.
04:31Follow me!
04:35Come along, you chocolate heffalump.
04:45Raymond?
04:47Raymond?
04:48Raymond?
04:51Raymond!
04:51Raymond!
04:52Yes, dear, that is my name.
04:54Thank 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, we 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.
05:24Oh, isn't that nice?
05:29Yes, so, erm, 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, so many jobs, window 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?
05:58What is all this mess?
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.
06:08Ahem.
06:09Yes, put those flowers in water before they wilt.
06:12Yes, Mrs. Parley.
06:14And for me.
06:20She's such a character, Aunty Pat.
06:22Yeah.
06:22No-one would argue with that.
06:25Although, did she seem a bit peaky?
06:27Peaky?
06:28What do you mean?
06:29The way she was leaning on reception.
06:31Just a bit fragile.
06:33Oh.
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.
07:02Because I'm busy organizing tonight's dinner, tomorrow night's garden room.
07:07We've got an inspector coming.
07:08Well, well, well.
07:10This place hasn't changed a bit.
07:13It'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?
07:38Sorry, 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.
08:15Oh! Edgar, don't you look smart.
08:18Yes, do come and sit down.
08:21Now then, Aunty Pat.
08:24Are 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.
08:33Glad 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! Good news for you, Mr. Effelope.
09:11Thank you, Miss Palmer.
09:14Father Brown?
09:15Champagne?
09:17Well, that is a very easy question to answer.
09:21Yes, please.
09:23Oh!
09:24Quickly!
09:25Quickly!
09:26Get out of practice, Raymond.
09:30Max.
09:31I 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.
09:54And the table.
09:58Madame et Monsieur.
10:02The Palace Hotel has stood on this site for an eye on 70 years, constantly battled by the cruel sea.
10:10But the sea yields up treasure, and you will taste that treasure in our bouillie bays.
10:18Bon appetit.
10:19Please do start.
10:20I can't bear cold food.
10:22Right.
10:33It's...
10:34How is it for you, Father?
10:37It tastes very much of the sea.
10:41It's extremely salty.
10:43What?
10:44But I...
10:46I 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?
11:02That's a very serious accusation.
11:05Would you care to repeat it?
11:08Actually, I...
11:09I might have put too much salt in.
11:11Ah, 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, you hear things and, er...
11:25Yes, Mr. Wendell.
11:27Remember your old work colleague, Max Bishop?
11:30He's been seen.
11:32Wandering round town.
11:34Yes.
11:35I 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.
12:02Well, I'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.
12:21I'm...
12:22I'm, er...
12:23I'm going to leave you now in 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, she'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.
13:01Yeah.
13:03Underneath it.
13:18Oh, my God.
13:32Thank you, Father.
13:35What a terrible way for a man to meet his maker.
13:39Indeed.
13:40I suspect he was hit over the head, the blunt object, before being buried as the tide came in.
13:45That is my hypothesis.
13:47What about that dark stain on his forehead?
13:50Any idea what that is?
13:52Inspector, I'm sure you do a marvellous job in your leafy little village, but you leave things to us, eh,
13:58Ian?
13:59Enjoy your holiday.
14:10Any idea who killed him?
14:13Technically, that would be the sea, which also did a very good job of washing away most of the evidence.
14:29Hello.
14:30What's going on?
14:32I'm afraid one of your guests has been murdered, Mrs Wendell.
14:34No, Mr Bishop.
14:38Max!
14:41Sergeant Oldham?
14:42Yes, Father.
14:44There's a champagne bottle in this bin.
14:46And?
14:47It's unopened.
14:49It's bloodstained.
14:50And it comes from the Palace Hotel.
14:55Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your cooperation thus far.
15:00We believe the murder took place between 8 o'clock, when Mr Bishop was dining here, and midnight, when the
15:06tide was high.
15:07I need to know all of your movements after 8.
15:12Well, I was serving dinner to these good people here, and then, at about 9 o'clock, I locked up
15:18and went briefly outside to inspect the grounds.
15:21Can anyone corroborate your version of events?
15:23Yes, I can. I was with him the whole time.
15:27Every single second?
15:29Mostly. We worked together. We went outside together. Then 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? I went upstairs to make a list of all the jobs that needed doing before today's inspection.
15:52So now, can we please get a move on, aren't you, Pat?
15:56Well, it doesn't look good if you lose your temper.
16:00Oh.
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, Mr Bishop himself, and Mrs Parkinson's.
16:13Well, yes, it was my champagne, but because it came from my cellar.
16:18You're 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.
16:35Well, 30 years ago, I sacked him.
16:39He worked at the hotel as a bellboy, and I found he was stealing from the guest's room.
16:46You know, in the hotel industry.
16:49That's a mortal sin.
16:52So, 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?
17:11I'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?
17:23Oh, well, yes, one last roll of the dice.
17:27Was anyone else upset at Mr Bishop's reappearance?
17:34Well, I didn't think Raymond was too delighted.
17:38Of course, back in the day, they were great friends.
17:41Cynthia Raymond and Max.
17:43Well, I did, I did used to think that Max got in the way a bit.
17:49Were Mr and Mrs Wendell married at that point?
17:52No.
17:53It was only after Max left that Raymond popped the question.
17:57In fact, I wonder if Max didn't come back not to humiliate me, but to seduce Cynthia.
18:08Why do you say that?
18:09Well, yesterday, when I was preparing the buoy baths, I could hear Max and Raymond arguing.
18:23Oh, Father, you've been a while.
18:25How is she?
18:25Your aunt is bearing up.
18:28Of course, she's as strong as not.
18:31She's very keen that we make this evening a success.
18:34I think it's more importantly solve the murder.
18:37Well, perhaps by doing one, it will help us do the other.
18:48Right, 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.
18:58Oh, 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.
19:05We're beyond help.
19:06The best thing now would be to board up all the doors and hang a condemned sign outside.
19:12Hello. How are we getting on?
19:14We're about to give up completely.
19:16What?
19:17Cancelling this evening and telling Andersons we're not ready.
19:20You do realise my aunt has given 50 years of her life to this place?
19:22Yes. But she's not here. And it was always her hand on the tiller that steered us through the rocks.
19:30Mrs Parkinson's been your employer for 30 years. I'm sure she hoped that if she had to step back, you
19:37would step forward.
19:39We also have a financial difficulty. She's left a long ingredients list and no actual money.
19:44Fine. I'll go down to the market.
19:48I'll come with you.
19:49And I can service some rooms. I have worked in hotels before.
19:53I can do some cooking.
19:54Can I be your sous chef?
19:56Of course.
19:57I shall polish the silver.
19:58I will assist.
20:02Am I right in saying you have worked here since the 1920s?
20:06Mm-hmm.
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's 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...
20:40Not 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's,
21:05so I let him settle into his room,
21:07and when he came downstairs, I told him to stop.
21:09Leave her alone.
21:10What did he say to that?
21:12He told me to face the facts.
21:14The Palace Hotel is doomed, and he's the only one who could save it.
21:19What do you think he meant?
21:22I don't know.
21:23I told him I didn't want to hear it,
21:24and if you'll excuse me, I need to go and find some fish forks.
21:30Thank you, Miss Palmer.
21:31Most helpful.
21:33Whoa.
21:35Who could afford a room like this?
21:37That is what we are here to find out.
21:41Mr Bishop claimed he came here to save the palace,
21:46and I'm keen to find out how.
21:50What's this?
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.
22:21Was he killed by the person to whom he said this note?
22:26I should probably make the bed.
22:28The inspector will come in here.
22:30Good idea.
22:37What's this?
22:43Ah, yes.
22:44I know whose ear that belongs to.
22:51Right, here we are.
22:52Enough fish to start your own aquarium.
22:55Oh, Edgar, you save the day.
22:57You always do.
22:58Right, well, can I suggest I'll read out the recipe
23:01and allocate jobs as I go?
23:03No, Raymond.
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.
24:12It must 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.
24:45Me, Raymond, and Max.
24:48Ah, yes.
24:50Mr. Bishop.
24:52Did you notice yesterday he was last into dinner?
24:58Because I believe he was in the kitchen over-salting the bouillabaisse.
25:05I think so.
25:09But you took responsibility for his sabotage.
25:12It seems strange.
25:14Unless you felt in some way responsible.
25:20I read the papers, you see.
25:24And I knew Max had done very well for himself.
25:27So I wrote and told him we were in trouble.
25:31And was there any chance of alone?
25:35But it soon became clear he was not here to help.
25:38He'd just come to humiliate us.
25:41What did you do to stop him?
25:44Nothing.
25:45I just tried to avoid him.
25:49And yet, I found this by his bed.
26:01All right.
26:05When Raymond went round to speak with him,
26:08I sneaked into his room to look round.
26:13I imagine you saw his plans
26:15to turn the hotel into flats.
26:18I did.
26:19And I was just staring at them, horrified.
26:23And Max came in and grabbed me.
26:26So that must be when I lost the earring.
26:28I see.
26:30He said,
26:30this place had destroyed him,
26:33and now he's going to destroy it.
26:36Do you know, he used to steal from people's rooms.
26:40Only small amounts.
26:42So no one knew.
26:43But Mrs. Parkinson found out and she called the police.
26:48I don't suppose you remember the name of the arresting officer?
26:56What can I say?
26:57He was a wrongman.
26:59I made sure he suffered the full force of the law.
27:03Except I've spoken to Scotland Yard.
27:07Max Bishop has no criminal record whatsoever.
27:11So you let him go,
27:14but told everyone you charged him.
27:17It was a long time ago.
27:18Oh, I don't exactly recall.
27:21Mr. Bishop remembered you vividly.
27:24He asked after your wife and children.
27:27I imagine 30 years ago,
27:30you had a young family
27:33and not much money.
27:39Perhaps we should talk to his senior officer, father.
27:42All right.
27:43He did offer me a certain sum.
27:46But believe me,
27:48it was hard getting by and five pound a week.
27:50You took a bribe from a criminal suspect.
27:53Max said he'd leave town
27:55and never darken our doors again.
27:57I really don't see what the harm was.
27:59Sergeant Oldham,
28:01many people would say
28:03that punishment can be a valuable life lesson.
28:06A lesson you failed to teach Max Bishop.
28:11Now,
28:14I think you've had more than enough time
28:16to question my aunt.
28:19Well,
28:21that was the worst holiday I've ever had.
28:25Auntie Pat,
28:26we need to have a talk.
28:27No,
28:27I need to get back to the hotel.
28:29Raymond and Cynthia,
28:30they can't make a decision without me.
28:32I'll leave you two to talk.
28:38Why didn't you tell me
28:39that the hotel was in difficulty?
28:41It isn't.
28:42The palace is a luxury ocean liner.
28:46It just so happens
28:47that it's floating in a sea of mediocrity.
28:50Yes,
28:50and its suppliers have told me
28:51they think it could be about to sink.
28:54Yes,
28:55well,
28:55things are a bit grim,
28:57but I believe that we're just about to turn a corner.
29:01And I realise
29:02that I have been saying that for several years.
29:05Yes.
29:05Yes,
29:06and you've been working yourself 18 hours a day.
29:08Now,
29:09do you think that can be good for you?
29:10If I didn't work,
29:12I wouldn't know what to do.
29:14Know how hard it is
29:16to abandon a place
29:18that you've loved and cherished
29:19for your whole life of 50 years.
29:21and besides,
29:23it means a lot to you.
29:25What do you mean?
29:26You know what I mean.
29:28Whenever your parents
29:30used to have a bit of difficulties,
29:33then they got me to look after you
29:36at the palace.
29:37It was home away from home.
29:40Auntie Pat,
29:41it's not the palace I care about.
29:43It's just a pile of bricks and mortar
29:45and some very comfortable bedding.
29:49The woman who runs it,
29:52I love her.
29:54I rather worry
29:55that she's not looking after herself properly.
30:03She's rather fond of you.
30:05Edgar,
30:07I have no choice.
30:09I just have to keep going.
30:11So will you kindly take me back
30:13to the luxury liner
30:14before the management
30:16managed to sink it?
30:25There you go.
30:26What do you think?
30:27Oh,
30:28it's magnificent.
30:30Oh,
30:31have you thought about
30:31a career in interior design?
30:34Oh,
30:34not really.
30:35Thank you,
30:35though.
30:35If I spend one more moment
30:37in that kitchen,
30:38I think I'm going to melt.
30:40Agreed.
30:41Oh,
30:42oh,
30:43this is extraordinary.
30:47Oh,
30:48it feels like
30:49we've gone back in time
30:52to the glory days.
30:54Oh,
30:55managed to get rid
30:56of all the mould
30:57and the mess.
30:59And our most annoying guest
31:01has kicked the bucket.
31:02But don't mention
31:03any of that
31:04to the man from Andersons.
31:09Hello.
31:10And you are?
31:12Timothy Moon.
31:13The man from Andersons.
31:15Mr Moon.
31:17Mr Moon,
31:18please.
31:20Please forgive
31:20my wife's
31:21peculiar sense of humour.
31:24Well,
31:24I can forgive most things,
31:26but what I do not appreciate
31:27is being made to wait
31:29at the station.
31:30Where was Mrs Parkinson
31:31who's been badgering me
31:32for the past six months?
31:33Mrs Parkinson?
31:34Mrs Parkinson?
31:35Not well.
31:36Very,
31:36very not well.
31:37Her glands have swollen up
31:39like...
31:39Watermelons.
31:40Yes,
31:41there's quite enough
31:41about my glands.
31:43Hello,
31:44I'm Patricia Parkinson.
31:46Timothy Moon.
31:47Mr Moon,
31:47you would not believe
31:48the day that I've had.
31:50Are you ready
31:51for the grand tour?
31:52I must get my clipboard.
31:55Well,
31:56you've certainly
31:57made some
31:58unexpected choices.
32:00Yes,
32:01it's better than I expected.
32:05it is splendid.
32:08It is splendid.
32:23One of them?
32:24Oh,
32:25well,
32:26we must leave some
32:27to the inspector,
32:28but...
32:28dear man.
32:36Raymond!
32:39Raymond!
32:40What is it,
32:40dear?
32:41Why haven't you hung up
32:42that picture?
32:43Because I'm in the middle
32:43of trying to...
32:45All right,
32:46I'll do it.
32:48Uh,
32:50bringing us back
32:51to the dining room,
32:52which tonight
32:53is the gateway
32:54for the roaring 20s.
32:58Um,
32:59would sir
33:00care for a canapƩ?
33:02If I must.
33:07Champagne?
33:08Well,
33:09I wouldn't like
33:11to impair
33:11my critical faculties,
33:13but, um,
33:14just to be polite.
33:15Mm-hmm.
33:16Mm-hmm.
33:19In come.
33:20Yes?
33:20This is not
33:21the lumpfish row,
33:22this is actual
33:23caviar.
33:24Indeed.
33:25Most palatable.
33:26I must say,
33:27it does go down
33:28nicely.
33:29Oh,
33:29please.
33:30Do have another one.
33:32Mm.
33:34Um,
33:34hmm.
33:35BELL RINGS
33:36BELL RINGS
33:38Ladies and gentlemen,
33:40welcome,
33:41one and all,
33:42to the palace.
33:44APPLAUSE
33:48This hotel
33:49has been standing
33:50here for 70 years,
33:52buffeted,
33:53of course,
33:54by waves
33:55and wind,
33:56but able
33:57to survive
33:58the ravages
34:00of time.
34:01Mr. Wendell.
34:02Mm-hmm.
34:03People ask
34:04how anyone
34:06would build a hotel
34:08right by 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.
34:14I was intrigued
34:14by the photograph
34:15of you both
34:16outside the hotel
34:18in 1953.
34:22Your hair
34:23was much
34:24greyer then.
34:27Would I be right
34:28in thinking
34:29that you use
34:30hair dye?
34:33That is a very
34:35personal question,
34:37Father.
34:37Well,
34:38yes,
34:39but when they found
34:41Mr. Bishop's body,
34:44there was
34:44a dark stain
34:45on his temple.
34:48Could that stain
34:50have been
34:51from hair dye
34:52from the person
34:53who buried him?
34:59He sent you
35:00a note,
35:01didn't he?
35:02Meet me
35:02at Brandreth Bay
35:03at nine o'clock.
35:05Why would you go?
35:07What do you think
35:08you're doing?
35:09We don't need you
35:11to save the hotel.
35:12We're perfectly happy
35:13as we are.
35:13Raymond,
35:15I'm sorry
35:16if I've upset
35:17everyone.
35:20I was angry
35:21at the way
35:21Mrs. Parkinson
35:22treated me.
35:23Were you perhaps
35:24hoping to turn
35:25back the clock?
35:27What do you mean
35:28by that?
35:29At first,
35:29I thought
35:30Mr. Bishop
35:31was having
35:32an affair
35:33with your wife.
35:35But no,
35:36I suspect.
35:38not with her.
35:41I don't know
35:42what you're implying.
35:44Your wife
35:45confirmed
35:46that you have
35:47separate bedrooms,
35:49separate lives.
35:53And the champagne
35:54would suggest
35:56some sort of celebration.
35:58Do you remember
36:00our midnight picnics
36:01on the beach?
36:04Yes.
36:06Lying in the sand
36:07needs.
36:10How could I forget?
36:14You will
36:14help me,
36:16won't you,
36:17Raymond?
36:18Of course.
36:20I knew you
36:20wouldn't let me down.
36:22You never did.
36:23Max,
36:25I would do
36:26anything for you.
36:31Do you really think
36:33I would give
36:34a second look
36:35at a worn-out
36:36old worm
36:37like you?
36:38What?
36:39You're going to
36:40help me destroy
36:40this place
36:41or I will tell
36:42the whole world
36:43what you really are,
36:45including
36:46your sad,
36:48neglected,
36:49lonely
36:50little wife.
36:53Mr. Bishop
36:55sought to use
36:56his power
36:57over you.
37:00But things
37:01spiralled out
37:01of control,
37:03didn't they?
37:11now you had
37:12a new
37:12problem,
37:14his body.
37:19Luckily,
37:20some children
37:20have been digging
37:21a hole in the sand,
37:23which was almost
37:24the right size.
37:36I did not
37:36mean to kill him.
37:39I would be
37:40the last person
37:40to condemn
37:41anyone for
37:41falling in love.
37:43But in order
37:43to spare
37:44people's feelings,
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 wife.
38:00What am I
38:01meant to do,
38:01then?
38:02How do I
38:03get out of
38:03this mess?
38:07There is one
38:08course of action
38:09which will in
38:10time bring you
38:11peace.
38:13You must
38:13confess.
38:16Ask for God's
38:17forgiveness
38:19and take the
38:20consequences of
38:21your actions.
38:32Mr. Moon,
38:33you really
38:34must try
38:35our famous
38:36bouillabaisse.
38:37Is it really
38:37necessary?
38:39Well, it's
38:39seasoned with
38:4122 different
38:42herbs and spices.
38:43Is it indeed?
38:44Cynthia,
38:45the bouillabaisse.
38:46Actually,
38:47Mrs. Parkinson,
38:49we decided not
38:50to make
38:50bouillabaisse.
38:52What?
38:52We thought
38:53rather than
38:53follow a
38:54hundred-year-old
38:55recipe,
38:56that we would
38:56go to the
38:57market and
38:57see what was
38:58in season.
38:58And what
38:59little delicacies
39:00did you find
39:01there?
39:01Oh,
39:03scallops so
39:04fresh they
39:04fell out of
39:05their shells.
39:07Silver
39:07mackerel,
39:08pink lobster.
39:10So we made
39:11a fish pie.
39:14Here you go.
39:16Bon appetit.
39:17Well, it does
39:18sound intriguing,
39:20but the proof
39:21of the 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.
40:03DĆ©cor that
40:04lets the
40:04light in
40:05and the
40:05finest
40:05fish pie
40:06I've ever
40:06tasted.
40:07Ah,
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,
40:19wonderful.
40:20Ah,
40:21congratulations.
40:23We've got
40:23into the
40:23guide.
40:25Everything
40:25we've worked
40:26for all
40:26these years.
40:26That's wonderful,
40:27darling,
40:28but it's
40:29all down to
40:30you.
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 I?
40:40Yes,
40:41Mr.
40:41Wendell.
40:46There's
40:46something I
40:47need to
40:47confess.
40:53Right,
40:53then.
40:54Ready for
40:55the
40:55off.
40:58I
40:58think so.
41:00Have you
41:00enjoyed your
41:01trip to
41:01the
41:02seaside?
41:03Spent
41:03most of
41:04it with
41:04a feather
41:04duster in
41:04my hand,
41:05but I
41:06do love
41:07this place.
41:08Thank you
41:08for everything.
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
41:25glowing
41:26review 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 decided
41:33to step
41:35down and
41:36give the
41:37baton to
41:38Cynthia,
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
41:52beach?
41:59That's
42:00good.
42:03Look at that
42:04duck over
42:05there.
42:08Yes!
42:09No!
42:09No!
42:11No!
42:13No!
42:17No!
42:18No!
42:19No!
42:19No!
42:19No!
42:20No!
42:20No!
42:20No!
42:21No!
42:22No!
42:28Do you know,
42:29I just have
42:30to say
42:31that when I
42:32first suggested
42:33this trip,
42:34it was meant
42:35to be just
42:35Isabel and I.
42:37A mini honeymoon,
42:39getting away
42:39from it all.
42:40I know.
42:41I always seem
42:42to put my foot
42:42in it,
42:43but...
42:43But,
42:44but,
42:44I do know
42:46that when I married Isabel,
42:48I 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.
43:02Oh!
43:08And, Aunty Pad, I promise we will be back, just the two of us.
43:13But for now...
43:15Yes.
43:16Could you take a photograph of us all?
43:19Yes.
43:20And I know just the place.
43:27Everybody, say...
43:29Cheers!
43:31Cheers!
43:31Cheers!
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43:35Cheers!
43:36Cheers!
43:37Cheers!
43:37Cheers!
43:38Cheers!
43:38Cheers!
43:39Cheers!
43:39Cheers!
43:40Cheers!
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