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00:04Oh, I'm so sorry, Father.
00:06Unpacking everything has put me so far behind on my parish paperwork.
00:11I'm just pleased you and the inspector are settling in so well.
00:15What's with that?
00:16Did Mrs McCarthy leave it behind on purpose?
00:20Actually, that was a housewarming gift for me from Edgar.
00:26It's very striking.
00:27It's hideous.
00:28I know!
00:30But I haven't the heart to tell him.
00:32It's been difficult with his demotion.
00:35I'm trying to make things easier for him.
00:39Oh, hello.
00:41Mrs Goodfellow.
00:42Father Brown, Brenda.
00:44Guess who I've just had a telephone call from?
00:47Joyce Weber.
00:48She's inviting us for drinks over at her house this evening.
00:52What?
00:53No!
00:55Joyce Weber is the superintendent's wife.
00:58She's the head of the CPWS.
01:01The Cotswold Policeman's Wives Society.
01:06Oh, I've been to a few of their fundraising events.
01:09They're the absolute inner circle.
01:10This is a huge honour.
01:11I've been going to their functions for over 20 years and I've never been invited to anything like this before.
01:16So why now?
01:18And isn't it a bit last minute?
01:19There's a big charity auction at Hambleston tomorrow and most of the organising committee have caught impetigo.
01:27Shall I call her back and confirm?
01:29Yes!
01:30Wait!
01:31No, I can't.
01:33I've got these parish returns and I've not even started on the numbers for Mass.
01:38They all have to be sent to the diocese by tomorrow.
01:41Well, I can always do that for you.
01:43Really?
01:44Of course.
01:45I've seen you do it often enough.
01:47And I have every faith in Miss Palmer's abilities.
01:51Oh, thank you, Brenda!
01:53Edgar would be so proud if I became part of the Policeman's Wives Club.
01:57This evening has to go well.
02:15Oh, thank you.
02:29How's my hair?
02:31The same as the last time you asked.
02:33No, it's important, Edgar.
02:35I want to make a good impression.
02:37You look lovely.
02:40See?
02:41There's no need to be nervous.
02:42Easy for you to say, Inspector.
02:44I'm no good at socialising with the top brass.
02:46Just be yourself, Dander.
02:48Exactly!
02:49I've attended hundreds of these things.
02:51They're usually extremely dark.
02:53Good evening.
02:54Can I take your coats?
02:55Hello.
02:55Good evening.
02:58Welcome.
02:58It's lovely you could come.
03:00Isn't it?
03:01Absolutely.
03:03I'm Mrs Inspector Rendon.
03:05Or Angie, to you and I.
03:07I know, Mrs Rendon.
03:09I'm Violet Goodfellow.
03:11We have met quite a few times, actually.
03:13Of course, Violet.
03:14It's so remiss of me.
03:16We should have had you round years ago.
03:18And this must be your husband?
03:20Yep.
03:21Sergeant Goodfellow.
03:22Mum.
03:23Charmed.
03:23Hello.
03:24Isabel Sullivan.
03:25Thank you so much for the invitation, Mrs Webber.
03:28It's Joyce.
03:29And I've been dying to meet you properly.
03:31We presumed the inspector was happy being a lifelong bachelor.
03:35You must be a very special woman for him to give that up.
03:39Gerald, just in time.
03:40He got held up at work.
03:41Oh, Rendon.
03:42Chaps, if you'll excuse me, I need a word.
03:45My office.
03:46Mm-hmm.
03:47Please, help yourself to drinks.
03:49We're all set up in the sitting room.
03:50If you could start things off.
03:52After all, we do have an auction to finalise.
03:55Now, Joyce.
03:56Come on, then.
03:57The annual charity auction is one of the most important events in the CPWS social calendar.
04:02Now, we might have lost most of our proper committee, but we still need to do our best.
04:08Especially as this year, the Chief Constable Brand will be attending.
04:12Ooh, the Chief Constable.
04:14Is that what Gerald spoke with you about?
04:16Yes.
04:17Now, all the money raised will go to the Cotswold Police Widows and Orphans Charity.
04:22And as you can see, we've got some top-draw items to auction off.
04:28A Persian rug, a Singer 201 cape with a vertical rotary hook.
04:35Violet runs the village sewing circle.
04:38Of course she does.
04:39Well, I hope you plan to bid for it then, Violet.
04:41Bid and win.
04:43Now, I'll need volunteers at the event to make sure things all run smoothly.
04:47I don't mind helping out.
04:48Neither do I.
04:51Sorry I'm a little late.
04:52Carol.
04:53But actually, I bumped into another guest on the way over.
04:57Good evening, one and all.
04:58Mrs Webber telephoned me and asked me to pop by.
05:01I had a few questions about the charity side of things.
05:04I had thought that Mrs Lawson here would be able to answer them,
05:08as she runs the Widows and Orphans Charity.
05:11Yes, but we always welcome your advice, Father.
05:15I must get you a drink.
05:16Angie, would you mind?
05:20Of course.
05:25This way.
05:29Damn shame what happened to you, son of a...
05:31Fine police.
05:32Oh, not for me, thank you, sir.
05:35You know, I'm still not sure what you even did.
05:38Er, there was an issue with a case, er, some outside interference.
05:44Hang on.
05:45What's the priest doing here?
05:46Your wife invited me, Superintendent Webber.
05:50Allow me.
06:00Got a good one here, Rendon.
06:02Too many of these young women want more.
06:04Careers and such like.
06:06Well, I already have a job, Superintendent.
06:08He's looking after my husband.
06:12How about your new wife, Sullivan?
06:14Presume she doesn't work.
06:15Actually, she's Father Brown's parish secretary.
06:19Respectable work, at least.
06:21Not too...
06:22over-stimulating.
06:24Well...
06:25has its moments.
06:28Emma?
06:31Franklin?
06:32No, no, no.
06:33Inspectors Finley and Franklin can't sit together.
06:35Not after the charity golf fiasco.
06:37Now you mention it,
06:39I read about that in Miss F's column.
06:41Don't get me started on that woman.
06:43Miss F?
06:44Oh, she has a gossip column
06:45every Friday in the Cotswold Enquirer.
06:48She is a muckraker.
06:50No wonder she doesn't use her real name.
06:52You know she described me as a social climber.
06:54Me.
06:55My husband went to one of the county's top schools.
06:59So did Superintendent Webber, I understand.
07:02A few years before, of course.
07:04But no, they have a lot in common.
07:06In fact,
07:07Gerald is personally recommending Michael for chief inspector.
07:11Oh, Isabel, I'm so sorry.
07:13Me talking about Michael having a promotion
07:15when your husband got demoted
07:17almost immediately after you got married.
07:19Those things were unrelated.
07:21Oh, no, no, no.
07:22I didn't mean any offence.
07:24We police wives need to stick together.
07:26I mean...
07:27Look at poor Carol.
07:29It has been over a year since Terry died.
07:32Wouldn't hurt to put some lipstick on.
07:36Well...
07:37Are we sure the committee have got in Patigo
07:39or are they just trying to avoid Angie?
07:48Pull yourself together.
07:50Think about your promotion.
07:52I told you I don't want the damn job anyway.
07:55Language!
07:56Language!
07:57We had a plan.
08:00You ought to become chief inspector by the end of the year.
08:04Or else.
08:12And Mrs. Danbury can go by Sergeant Harker's wife.
08:18Done!
08:19I don't know how you do it.
08:23You done?
08:24Oh, yes, sorry.
08:25Come in, darling.
08:26Go on.
08:27Because I have an announcement to make.
08:30This auction tomorrow will be my wife's last event for the CPWS.
08:34She's giving it up.
08:35Really?
08:36She's keen to spend more time at home.
08:39Aren't you, darling?
08:41Yes.
08:42That's a great loss.
08:44Let's raise a glass to Mrs. Webber.
08:47Oh!
08:48Sorry, sorry.
08:50It must be a reaction to his new allergy medicine.
08:53Perhaps Inspector Rendon would benefit from a lie down.
08:56Could you take him to the drawing room?
08:58Come on.
09:00Hold yourself together, man.
09:01I'll get a cloth.
09:05Apparently there's a telephone call for Inspector Sullivan.
09:11Thank you, Jenkins.
09:13I'll be right there.
09:14Some trouble at the Red Lion, local chap Joe Arbuthnot.
09:17Oh, I can go, sir.
09:19Arby sometimes thinks he's back in the Great War.
09:21He usually listens to me, though.
09:23Good man.
09:25So, Zalab...
09:27How would you like to see the implementation schedule for my new police radios?
09:30I'd love to, sir.
09:36I will ensure that Mrs. Goodfellow gets home safely.
09:39Thank you, Father.
09:41I'm so sorry, love.
09:42I understand, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.
09:46You be careful.
09:47I will.
09:50Oh.
09:51I thought Inspector Rendon might need water, but he's passed out.
09:55Snoring.
09:59And you'll be water-fined.
10:02That wretched medication.
10:04I have a good mind to speak to Michael's doctor.
10:06Oh, please.
10:07We all know it was the half-bottle of malt he drank.
10:12Maybe we should think about leaving.
10:17You could have said that before I spent an hour learning about the superintendent's implementation schedule.
10:23I'll find Father Brown and pilot.
10:26I'll make our excuses to our host.
10:35Sir, I'm afraid we, um...
10:39I need help in here!
10:43Anybody?
10:45Mrs. Goodfellow?
10:47Mrs. Goodfellow?
10:49Mrs. Goodfellow?
10:54She's alive.
10:55Anything?
11:06How is Mrs. Goodfellow?
11:08She's unconscious.
11:09The ambulance is rushing her to hospital.
11:12Sustained a nasty blow to the back of the head.
11:14She must have interrupted the killer.
11:19He used the superintendent's own truncheon against him.
11:24Doesn't look like a burglary.
11:26No sign of forced entry.
11:28Which means it's likely to be someone who is already in the house.
11:35Father, I can take it from here.
11:50Oh.
11:57Fitzherbert?
11:58It's my maiden name.
12:02A gift for my 21st birthday.
12:04Oh.
12:05Father, what am I to do?
12:09You will get through this, Joyce.
12:11I promise.
12:12We'll have to cancel the auction, of course.
12:15All that work.
12:16And I really wanted Michael to meet the chief constable.
12:27A man is dead, our friend is injured, and all she cares about is her husband's career.
12:34Did anyone get a message to Sergeant Goodfellow?
12:38Yes, he's on his way to the hospital.
12:40Oh, Father.
12:41What if Violet doesn't make it?
12:44I'm sure the doctors are doing everything they can.
12:48She's lucky it wasn't worse.
12:50However, they suspect there might be swelling on the brain.
12:52And until it subsides, they just don't know.
12:55I should never have left her father.
12:57I should have been there to protect her.
12:59You were doing your job, Sergeant.
13:02And besides, there were three senior police officers present.
13:07And one of them ended up dead.
13:10What if...
13:10What if Vice or the killer's face?
13:13They might come back to finish the job.
13:15But surely the officer posted here will protect her.
13:18As will I.
13:20I'm not leaving her aside.
13:23Not again.
13:26So you think it was an inside job, Father?
13:29Apparently, Superintendent Webber let the staff go early,
13:32so that leaves the guests.
13:34And the hostess.
13:36So the killer is one of the wives?
13:38Or Inspector Endon.
13:39But he wouldn't have been capable.
13:41Not in his drunken state.
13:43At this stage, we can't rule anything out.
13:46What's that?
13:47It's a list of letters I saw in the superintendent's study.
13:52Father, is Mrs. Goodfellow really in danger?
13:56If she can identify the killer, that is a possibility.
14:01Then we need to find out who did this
14:02and speak to everyone who was there.
14:05Well, actually, most of them will be in the same place this morning.
14:15I am surprised it's still going ahead.
14:18Oh, Isabel, just in time.
14:20So, Meredith, you're on cloakroom duty.
14:24Angie, meeting and greeting.
14:27Carol, can you help the auctioneer?
14:29And Isabel, you're to chaperone chief constable Brandt.
14:33Surely it makes more sense for you.
14:34We haven't got time to debate it.
14:36We've only a few hours until the event begins.
14:39Look lively, people.
14:40We've got all those auction lots to put on display.
14:45Joyce, can I just...
14:47Sure.
14:47So, Mrs. Webber's husband's just been murdered
14:50and yet she's acting like nothing happened.
14:51People react in different ways, Brenda.
14:53And the CPWS is clearly very important to Joyce.
14:57But last night,
14:58Superintendent Webber announced that she was standing down.
15:02Oh, how gorgeous.
15:04It's a mixer.
15:05Oh, look.
15:07Here's something even better.
15:09I don't think that ugly thing would raise much.
15:12Oh, I don't know.
15:13Maybe someone wants to start a collection.
15:15How did you get on with the parish returns, Brenda?
15:18Oh, yeah, fine.
15:19It's all sorted.
15:20Oh.
15:22Violet had her heart set on this sewing machine.
15:26Is there any news?
15:28Doctors are still waiting for her to come round.
15:30She'll pull through.
15:31No, she's a police wife.
15:34We can handle a lot.
15:36No, what are you doing?
15:37This is completely absurd.
15:39No, this is wrong.
15:40I didn't murder him.
15:42You can tell me all about that at the station, Mrs. Webber.
15:45No, you can't do this.
15:49They surely can't think she killed Gerald.
15:52Well, I love Joyce,
15:53but you never know what goes on behind closed doors.
16:02Ah.
16:04I wondered how long it would take, Father.
16:07I'm curious about Mrs. Webber's arrest, Inspector.
16:11I presume you've uncovered some compelling new evidence.
16:15No.
16:17My arrested wives have murdered senior policemen for fun.
16:23All right.
16:26We found these locked in Superintendent Webber's desk.
16:34They don't show the man's face?
16:36No.
16:37But from his bill,
16:38it's clearly not Superintendent Webber.
16:42According to the dates,
16:43they met every Thursday at the same hotel.
16:46It appears Mrs. Webber is having an affair,
16:49and the superintendent found out about it.
16:52What does Mrs. Webber say?
16:54She's refusing to talk until her solicitor arrives from Gloucester.
16:58But we all saw the tension between them yesterday evening.
17:01I believe he confronted her,
17:04and things turned.
17:07Inspector,
17:08I don't suppose you have a copy of the Cotswold Enquirer to hand.
17:19The inspector thinks you were having an affair.
17:23But it wasn't love that brought you to that hotel, was it?
17:26It was your job.
17:28The hotel is next door to the officers of the Cotswold Enquirer.
17:32And the anonymous gossip column by Miss F is published every Friday,
17:39the day after each one of your meetings.
17:46The events Miss F writes about,
17:50you often attended.
17:53And your maiden name, Fitzherbert,
17:55is, I presume,
17:57the basis for the Nom de Blume.
17:59He thought I was being clever.
18:03The column was my outlet,
18:05a way to express myself.
18:08You don't know what it was like
18:09being married to a man like Gerald.
18:12You probably guessed I didn't want to resign from the CPWS.
18:17He was punishing me.
18:20Because he found out.
18:22He confronted me last night.
18:24He was furious.
18:29I had no choice but to admit to what I was really doing.
18:34He said he'd telephone the newspaper the next day.
18:37Have them fire me.
18:40That must have been calling.
18:41Yes.
18:42But it doesn't mean I killed him.
18:47The column was only a bit of fun.
18:50I was working on a proper article,
18:52not just gossip.
18:55I was going to ignore Gerald
18:57and get it published regardless.
18:58But now he's dead.
19:00And instead,
19:02I'll hang for something I didn't do.
19:05Does this mean anything to you?
19:09Gerald was making recommendations for a promotion.
19:11They're the initials of the officers he was considering.
19:16Do you think it means something?
19:20I don't know.
19:22Will you help me, Father?
19:25Do you believe I didn't do this?
19:28I do.
19:32Oh, Father Brown.
19:34Violet's awake.
19:41Mrs. Goodfellow,
19:42I am so pleased you are back with us.
19:45It's an absolute miracle.
19:47How are you feeling?
19:48I've got a terrible headache,
19:50but it sounds like I got off lightly.
19:53What do you remember
19:54about yesterday evening?
19:57The whole night is a bit hazy,
20:00Father.
20:01I remember Inspector
20:04Rendon making a fool of himself.
20:06Yes.
20:07The superintendent took him for a lie down.
20:10Yeah, I heard them talking
20:11when I went to get the cloth.
20:13Anything specific?
20:15Well, just drunken rambling, I suppose.
20:17Just some up
20:18about submarines
20:21and subs
20:21or, um,
20:23flowers
20:23and roses, I think.
20:26Anything else?
20:27Anything unusual?
20:28Anything out of place?
20:31There was papers scattered
20:33all over the floor
20:34in the superintendent's office
20:36and...
20:38that's when I spotted him
20:40over by the desk.
20:41Hey, hey.
20:42It's all right, love.
20:43I walked in
20:45and everything went black
20:46and...
20:48the next thing I remember
20:49I'm waking up here.
20:50There were no papers on the floor
20:52when we found you.
20:54There was a brown file
20:55on the desk.
20:56So the killer tidied them up.
20:59Why?
21:00I don't know.
21:02But we need to see that file.
21:04So you don't think
21:05Mrs Webber did it then, Father?
21:07Mrs Webber
21:08is an intelligent
21:08and capable woman.
21:10If she had wanted
21:11to kill her husband,
21:12she would have done so
21:13when her home
21:14was not full of potential witnesses
21:16and police men.
21:18She faces the gallows, Father.
21:21There must be
21:21something you can do.
21:23These initials
21:24are a list of officers
21:26superintendent Webber
21:27was putting forward
21:28for promotion.
21:29I know a few of these.
21:31There's one set of initials missing.
21:34M.R.
21:36Michael Rendon.
21:37So he wasn't
21:39getting his big promotion
21:40after all.
21:41Maybe that's why
21:42he was so drunk.
21:43He was disappointed.
21:45From what I saw,
21:46if anyone was upset,
21:47it was Angie,
21:48not Michael.
21:48I suggest we talk
21:50to Mr and Mrs Rendon
21:51at the charity auction
21:53after we've examined
21:54that file.
21:55Inspector Sullivan's
21:57not going to let you
21:57near the scene
21:58of the crime, Father.
21:59Well, Daniel
22:00can do it.
22:01I'm not going anywhere.
22:02You could still be in danger.
22:04Why?
22:05I don't remember anything
22:06besides that
22:07nice young police officer
22:09still here.
22:10Well, I could stay,
22:12Sergeant,
22:13if that helps.
22:15Well, I suppose so.
22:17Well, that's settled then.
22:19Off you go.
22:20The auction's
22:21starting soon.
22:25You do look very dapper.
22:28And good.
22:28You have a divine
22:30Mrs Sullivan.
22:32I'm sorry, Isabel.
22:33You need to stay out here.
22:34You're on cloakroom duty
22:35this evening.
22:36What?
22:37Well, with Joyce indisposed,
22:38I've been forced to make
22:39some difficult decisions
22:40and since she was so keen
22:41to help out...
22:43Now, if you'll excuse me,
22:45I think I see
22:46the Chief Constable.
22:47I'm looking after him
22:48this evening.
22:52I'm so sorry.
22:53I did volunteer
22:54my services.
22:55Our first big event
22:57as husband and wife
22:57and I have to sit
22:58through it alone.
23:00Not entirely alone,
23:01Inspector.
23:02I can keep you company.
23:09Well, this is shaping up
23:10to be another funny evening.
23:12Excuse me, Inspector.
23:17I'm going to have
23:17a very small sherry.
23:19Father Brown?
23:21Just expecting a drink
23:22for the Chief Constable
23:23and Michael.
23:24Oh, good idea.
23:26I'm sure you're very keen
23:28that they get on well.
23:30Especially,
23:31as I hear,
23:34Superintendent Webber
23:35failed to recommend
23:36your husband
23:37for a promotion.
23:39Gerald promised us
23:40he'd put Michael forward
23:41and then he suddenly
23:42changed his mind.
23:43He could have ruined
23:44our entire career.
23:46Our career?
23:47Behind every great man
23:49as his wife,
23:49father.
23:50Indeed.
23:52But Superintendent Webber
23:54was going to derail
23:56your plans
23:57and now he's dead.
24:00You're not suggesting.
24:02Yes, I was upset
24:04with him,
24:05but it's the Chief Constable
24:06who actually appoints
24:07officers.
24:08Oh.
24:10Michael's going to go far.
24:12I'll make sure of that.
24:16You know,
24:16he never was
24:17a big drinker.
24:18It's all Terry Lawson's fault.
24:22Carol Lawson's
24:23late husband?
24:24They were called
24:25to a bank robbery.
24:26Michael told Terry
24:27to wait
24:28whilst they telephoned
24:29for orders
24:29and Terry ran in,
24:31gung-ho,
24:31and got himself killed.
24:33Since then,
24:34Michael's been having
24:35nightmares,
24:36drinking,
24:37avoiding social functions.
24:39I'm sure
24:40witnessing the death
24:41of a colleague
24:43must have been
24:43extremely unsettling.
24:46I can't believe
24:46Carol thinks
24:47Terry should be awarded
24:48the Queen to policemen.
24:50For bravery?
24:52She's been harassing
24:53Gerald for months.
24:55You know,
24:56she wasn't even invited
24:57to the function
24:58last night.
24:59She just showed up.
25:00I mean,
25:01talk about poor etiquette.
25:04Sorry, father,
25:05I must fetch those drinks.
25:06We'll be starting soon.
25:09She's coming.
25:12So,
25:13you've told Isabel
25:14you've already
25:14finished the paperwork.
25:15I panicked.
25:17I promised her
25:18I could handle it.
25:19I'm adding up numbers
25:20for baptism,
25:21marriage and mass,
25:21and I keep getting
25:22different results.
25:24Well,
25:25I'm sure we could
25:26solve it together.
25:28But,
25:30if I help you
25:31with this,
25:32I need you to help me
25:34with something in return.
25:41I needed some air,
25:43father.
25:44The constant,
25:45how are you coping,
25:47get a little much
25:47sometimes.
25:50I wasn't invited
25:51to the Weber's
25:52last night.
25:54Joyce was worried
25:55if I was there,
25:56I might
25:56pause a scene.
25:59over your bid
26:01to have your late
26:02husband awarded
26:02the Queen's
26:03police medal.
26:04Yes.
26:06I just wanted
26:07to beg Gerald
26:08one last time.
26:09I assume
26:10the superintendent
26:11refused
26:12again.
26:14I told him.
26:16I said,
26:18you think
26:19you're some
26:19expert
26:20on modern
26:20policing,
26:21but you've
26:22no clue
26:23what it's like
26:24to be a real
26:25officer on the
26:25front line.
26:27I imagine
26:28the superintendent
26:28didn't take
26:29kindly to that
26:30observation.
26:32I didn't
26:33kill him.
26:35I work with
26:36police widows
26:36every day.
26:37I'd never
26:38willingly create
26:39another one.
26:40Besides,
26:41Joyce
26:41calm me down.
26:44She had a new
26:45way to give
26:46Terry the
26:46recognition he
26:47deserves.
26:49The article
26:50she was writing
26:51was about
26:51Constable Lawson.
26:52I read it
26:53later that
26:53evening.
26:54She explains
26:55how Terry
26:56was just
26:57trying to
26:57protect the
26:58public.
26:59He wasn't
27:00reckless.
27:00He was a
27:01hero.
27:04The Enquirer
27:05won't publish
27:05it.
27:07Not
27:07Merritt's
27:08author has
27:09been arrested
27:10for murder.
27:12perhaps I
27:12could help.
27:14The editor
27:15is a
27:15parishioner
27:16of mine.
27:17He might
27:17listen to
27:18my request.
27:20Father,
27:21could you?
27:24Here you go.
27:25Enjoy the
27:26auction.
27:29Joyce Weber's
27:30article on
27:31Constable Lawson's
27:32death is
27:33extremely well
27:34written.
27:36You missed
27:36Sergeant Goodfellow.
27:37He dropped
27:38this off on his
27:39way back to the
27:40hospital.
27:41Oh, is this
27:41the file
27:42Mrs. Goodfellow
27:43mentioned?
27:44Yes.
27:45See?
27:46The sergeant
27:48thinks that
27:48blood could be
27:49the superintendent's.
27:51The modern
27:52police force
27:53a feasibility
27:54study.
27:55I had a look
27:56but it's
27:56pretty dull
27:57stuff.
27:58Just dates
27:59and costings
28:00from some
28:00new radio
28:01system Gerald
28:02was trialing.
28:04It's a
28:04disaster.
28:05The auctioneer
28:06isn't coming.
28:07He heard about
28:07Gerald's death
28:08and assumed
28:08we'd cancelled.
28:09Would you
28:09just start
28:10in five
28:10minutes?
28:11I could
28:12always do
28:13it.
28:13I am
28:14accustomed to
28:14being on
28:15stage.
28:16No, pushing
28:17yourself into
28:17the limelight like
28:18that is not
28:19very becoming.
28:20Besides, we
28:22don't want to
28:22abandon your
28:22post.
28:23No, we
28:24need someone
28:25with authority
28:26and gravitas.
28:28Oh.
28:32Father, people
28:33listen to you.
28:35What?
28:36You're
28:37perfect.
28:38I have
28:38every faith
28:39in you
28:39as our
28:39auctioneer.
28:42But I'm
28:43just sick of
28:44it like
28:44acting,
28:45Father, and
28:46project.
28:47Come on.
28:51Good luck.
28:53Bad.
28:54Pips.
28:55Ladies and
28:56gentlemen,
28:56the auction
28:58is about
28:59to begin.
29:04Do I
29:05hear?
29:06Fifteen
29:06shillings.
29:07Thank you,
29:08sir.
29:08One pound.
29:09I'm afraid
29:10a little
29:10one.
29:11Oh,
29:11it's a
29:11book.
29:12Going once,
29:14going twice.
29:16Sold.
29:18To the
29:18gentleman
29:19in the
29:20dinner jacket.
29:25Oh,
29:26look,
29:27that would
29:27be an
29:28excellent
29:28companion
29:29for your
29:29other one.
29:31Father,
29:32ten shillings.
29:33Ah,
29:33ten shillings,
29:34Inspector
29:35Sullivan.
29:37Go on.
29:39Twelve
29:40shillings.
29:40Twelve
29:41shillings,
29:42Inspector
29:42Rendon.
29:44Fifteen.
29:46Fifteen.
29:48One pound.
29:49One
29:50pound.
29:53One
29:53pound,
29:54ten
29:54shillings.
29:55One
29:55pound,
29:55ten
29:55shillings.
29:56I'd say,
29:57very exciting.
29:59Five
29:59pounds.
30:01Oh,
30:02five
30:03pounds.
30:04Well,
30:05I'd say
30:05five pounds
30:06for this
30:08intricate
30:10figurine.
30:11Going
30:12once.
30:12Sorry,
30:13Isabel.
30:14Going
30:14twice.
30:14Oh,
30:15well,
30:15it wasn't
30:16meant to
30:16be.
30:17And
30:17sold
30:18for five
30:19pounds
30:19to
30:20Inspector
30:21Rendon.
30:21I'm so
30:22sorry,
30:22Isabel.
30:23I hope
30:23that wasn't
30:23something you
30:24desperately
30:24wanted.
30:26You did
30:27that to
30:27Mrs.
30:28Sullivan.
30:30I'll get
30:31another drink.
30:32The next
30:33lot is a
30:34Cotswold
30:35police badge
30:37mounted
30:37and framed
30:38with the
30:40motto
30:40as a
30:41subscript.
30:42Lex
30:43semper
30:43servanda.
30:44here.
30:45It's
30:46Latin.
30:56Where is he
30:57going?
30:57Mid-auction.
30:59Isabel,
31:00you can
31:01take over.
31:02Oh,
31:02no.
31:03I don't
31:04want to
31:04cause any
31:05embarrassment.
31:06All right,
31:06don't be
31:07ridiculous.
31:07You're
31:07perfect for
31:08the job.
31:08Go on.
31:27You're
31:28going to
31:28lecture me on
31:29the perils of
31:29the demon
31:30drink,
31:30father?
31:31It's a bit
31:32late.
31:33Inspector
31:34Rendon,
31:35how fortuitous.
31:36No,
31:37it's not
31:38my place
31:38to pass
31:38judgment.
31:40Although
31:41last night
31:41you were
31:42inebriated.
31:44Which is
31:45why when
31:46Mrs.
31:47Goodfellow
31:47overheard you
31:48talking about
31:48submarines and
31:50roses,
31:51she assumed
31:52it was
31:52drunken
31:53rambling.
31:54Highly
31:54likely.
31:56But it
31:57wasn't,
31:57was it?
31:58Because
31:59subrosa
32:00in Latin
32:01means
32:01in secret.
32:03So,
32:03a secret
32:04between you
32:05and
32:05Superintendent
32:06Webber.
32:07The lie
32:08that you
32:09were unable
32:09to contact
32:10police
32:11headquarters
32:11the day
32:13Terry
32:13Lawson
32:13died.
32:15I don't
32:16know what
32:16you're talking
32:16about,
32:17father.
32:17I had no
32:18time to
32:18find a
32:19police box
32:19before
32:20Terry
32:20stormed
32:21off into
32:21the bank.
32:23But you
32:24didn't need
32:25to find a
32:26police telephone
32:27box.
32:28Because
32:29according to
32:30this article,
32:31that day
32:31you were
32:32driving a
32:32Morris
32:33Isis.
32:34And those
32:35particular
32:36vehicles were
32:37trialling the
32:38superintendent's
32:39new car
32:40radio.
32:41Your call
32:42would have
32:43gone straight
32:44through to
32:45the operations
32:45room.
32:46Yes, I
32:47remember now.
32:47I did try,
32:49but they
32:50didn't pick
32:50up.
32:51I doubt
32:52that,
32:53Inspector
32:53Red,
32:53because according
32:55to these
32:56logs,
32:56on that
32:57day,
32:58Superintendent
32:59Webber
33:00was in
33:01the
33:01operations
33:01room,
33:02supervising
33:03his new
33:03system,
33:04your call
33:05would have
33:05gone
33:05straight
33:06to him.
33:08You're
33:09right.
33:10It did.
33:13Gerald
33:13told us
33:14not to
33:14wait,
33:15but to
33:16go straight
33:16in.
33:17He wanted
33:17to prove
33:18his new
33:18systems
33:19could fight
33:19crime more
33:19efficiently.
33:21So into
33:21the bank
33:22we went.
33:24Terry
33:24was ahead
33:25of me,
33:26right in
33:26the line
33:27of fire.
33:28later,
33:29Gerald
33:29pulled me
33:30aside.
33:31He was
33:31panicking,
33:32told me to
33:33tell everyone
33:34Terry went
33:34rogue,
33:35said he
33:36helped me
33:36with my
33:37career.
33:37I knew
33:38how desperate
33:39Angie was
33:39for me to
33:39be promoted,
33:41but I've
33:41hated myself
33:43and Gerald
33:44ever since.
33:46Last night,
33:47in your
33:47emotional state,
33:49did you
33:50fight with
33:51Superintendent
33:52Webber?
33:53No.
33:54When you
33:54saw me,
33:55I could
33:55barely stand.
33:56Besides,
33:57I'd never
33:57hurt someone
33:57like that.
33:59Whenever I
33:59close my
34:00eyes,
34:00all I
34:00can see
34:01is Terry.
34:02Blood.
34:04Inspector
34:04Rendon,
34:05I urge
34:06you to
34:07tell the
34:07truth about
34:08what happened.
34:09It would
34:09destroy my
34:10career.
34:11My wife
34:12would leave
34:12me.
34:14Have you
34:14ever told
34:15anyone else
34:16about this?
34:17Michael?
34:18Are you
34:18in there?
34:19No,
34:20never.
34:21Not even.
34:22Sub-Rosa,
34:23remember?
34:25Michael,
34:25the chief
34:26constable's
34:26asking after
34:27you.
34:27What are you
34:27doing in
34:28here?
34:29As if I
34:30have to
34:30ask.
34:31Here,
34:32drink this.
34:36Drink.
34:39Oh,
34:41of course.
34:52And our
34:53final lot
34:54for this
34:54evening,
34:55a Singer
34:56201k
34:57sewing machine.
34:58How about
34:59that,
34:59ladies?
35:00Shall we
35:01start the
35:01bidding at
35:02£9?
35:03Yes,
35:04£9.
35:05Oh,
35:05thank you,
35:06Mrs Appleton.
35:07Ten.
35:08Did I
35:08mention the
35:09vertical
35:09rotary?
35:10Maureen
35:10Appleton
35:11better not
35:11win that
35:11over me.
35:12And the
35:13cord and
35:13foot pedal
35:14are a
35:14lovely
35:14match.
35:15Shouldn't
35:15you be in
35:15hospital?
35:16Sergeant
35:16Goodfellow
35:17is on his
35:18way to
35:18visit you.
35:19Oh,
35:19well,
35:20I shan't
35:20stay long.
35:21I just
35:21need to
35:22win that
35:22sewing
35:23machine.
35:24£11.10
35:25shillings.
35:27Violet,
35:28you made
35:29it.
35:30£11.10
35:31shillings.
35:32Going,
35:32going,
35:33gone.
35:33Sold to
35:34Mrs Goodfellow.
35:46Oh,
35:47Father,
35:50we've
35:50raised such
35:51a lot.
35:52We might
35:52even be
35:52able to
35:53pay for
35:53another
35:53day trip
35:54as well
35:54as the
35:54holiday
35:55to
35:55Western
35:55Super
35:55Mayor.
35:56That's
35:57marvellous
35:57news,
35:58Mrs Lawson.
35:59But you
36:00won't be
36:00going with
36:01them.
36:02That is
36:03to say,
36:04not if
36:05you admit
36:05to what
36:05you did
36:06to
36:06Superintendent
36:07Webber.
36:09Sorry?
36:11You
36:12took a
36:13glass of
36:14water
36:14to
36:15Inspector
36:16Rendon.
36:17You said
36:18he'd
36:18passed
36:19out,
36:19but he
36:20was awake,
36:21wasn't
36:21he?
36:23The
36:23glass was
36:24half
36:24empty.
36:25In his
36:26turmoil,
36:27did he
36:28drunkenly
36:29confess what
36:30really happened
36:31at that bank
36:31robbery?
36:32I don't know
36:33what you're
36:34talking about.
36:35That your
36:36husband was
36:36acting under
36:37Superintendent
36:38Webber's
36:38orders.
36:40You must
36:41have been
36:41terribly
36:42shocked.
36:43Not
36:44shocked.
36:47Angry.
36:49I'd
36:50gone to
36:50ask
36:50Michael
36:51to support
36:52my
36:52Queen's
36:53police
36:53medal
36:53campaign,
36:55but he
36:56started
36:56crying.
36:57He told
36:58me about
36:58the radio
36:59in the car,
37:00how Gerald
37:01demanded
37:01they go
37:02in.
37:03I can't
37:03believe it.
37:05I went to
37:05Gerald.
37:06He didn't
37:07care.
37:09You
37:09can't
37:09prove
37:09any
37:09of
37:10this.
37:10Michael
37:10Rendon
37:11is a
37:11feckless
37:11drunk.
37:13Then I'll
37:13get proof.
37:14There must
37:15be something
37:15somewhere.
37:17Logs and
37:17files can
37:18be amended
37:18as easily
37:19as witness
37:19statements,
37:20Mrs. Lawson.
37:21Your
37:21husband will
37:21never get
37:22the Queen's
37:22police
37:22medal.
37:23He'll
37:23always be
37:24regarded as
37:24a foolhardy
37:25idiot whose
37:26rash
37:26actions
37:27got him
37:27killed.
37:37Hello?
37:43Superintendent.
37:44I didn't
37:46want to hit
37:46poor Violet,
37:47but I
37:47panicked.
37:48Oh!
37:59What
38:00Superintendent
38:00Webber did
38:01was wrong,
38:03but he did
38:04not give
38:05you the
38:05right to
38:05take his
38:06life.
38:08He took
38:09my terry
38:09from me
38:10and then
38:11tried to
38:11ruin his
38:12reputation
38:12with lies.
38:14He deserved
38:14to pay.
38:15And what
38:16about Mrs.
38:17Goodfellow
38:17and Mrs.
38:18Webber?
38:20In seeking
38:21revenge for
38:22your husband's
38:23death,
38:23you took
38:23a life.
38:25And then
38:25you put
38:26two innocent
38:27lives in
38:28mortal danger.
38:29I never
38:30meant to,
38:30Father.
38:32You can't
38:33imagine how
38:34relieved I am
38:35that Violet's
38:35all right.
38:37And I never
38:38dreamt that
38:38Joyce would
38:39be blamed.
38:40Then you
38:41must confess.
38:43So you
38:44can be at
38:44peace and
38:45one day be
38:46with your
38:46husband again.
38:47I can't.
38:49Now lock
38:50me up and
38:50throw away
38:50the key.
38:52Or worse.
38:53which is
38:54exactly what
38:55will happen
38:55to Mrs.
38:56Webber.
38:57For your
38:58crime.
39:00Gunstam
39:01Lawson spent
39:02his life
39:02upholding the
39:03law,
39:04not breaking
39:05it.
39:07If he was
39:08here now,
39:09what would
39:10he want you
39:11to do?
39:14everyone has
39:15given so
39:16generously.
39:17And here
39:18is the
39:19total amount
39:19raised from
39:20thank you,
39:21Mrs.
39:22Sullivan.
39:25As de facto
39:26head of the
39:27Cotswold Policeman's
39:28Wife Society,
39:29it gives me
39:30great pleasure
39:31to announce
39:31that we have
39:32raised
39:34£151.10
39:36shillings.
39:43Now to
39:44tell us
39:44how the
39:44money will
39:45be spent
39:45is
39:46Mrs.
39:46Carol
39:46Lawson.
39:52Thank
39:53you,
39:53everyone.
39:55The
39:55money
39:55raised
39:56will
39:56be
39:56spent
39:57on a
39:57much-needed
39:58holiday
39:58for the
39:59county's
39:59police
40:00widows
40:00and orphans we all know what a dangerous job it is being a police officer and at times it can
40:17be
40:18just as difficult being a policeman's wife never knowing what risky situations our loved ones are
40:25facing but we also understand that that's what we signed up for our role as wives is to support the
40:36men we love no matter what my late husband terry always did his duty right to the end he never
40:48questioned it he believed in upholding the law so i want to make sure i honor his memory
40:56by doing the right thing no matter how difficult or daunting it might be because that's what he would
41:05want me to do thank you and goodbye
41:17please make sure the holiday goes ahead father those women and children deserve it
41:22i will mr gilson thank you
41:28violet i'm i'm so so sorry
41:33inspector sullivan can i speak to you for a minute
41:48i'll have to meet you at home i'm afraid i can't imagine what carol must have gone through
41:53discovering the truth
41:57terry lawson was just following orders it could have been us
42:15i reworked the articles to tell the full story i'm sure carol will take real comfort from that
42:23and the byline is your own real name yes brother the inquirer has offered me a job as a staff
42:29reporter
42:31congratulations oh talking of jobs thank you so much for helping me with the parish returns
42:37i did have a little help i only helped you with the tallies and that you did the rest
42:42impressive work miss palmer well done
42:45so what happened to michael rendon after he admitted he lied he's been suspended pending an
42:51internal investigation but it doesn't look good that's a shame
42:55i imagine it is mrs rendon who will feel it most keenly
42:59oh if she leaves the policeman's wife society you could take over miss us
43:05oh no thank you brenda forget being the perfect policeman's wife
43:09i think the key to a successful marriage is being supportive and honest with each other
43:15well it's worked for daniel and i these past 25 years
43:21isabel i know how disappointed you were that we didn't secure that wonderful figurine at the auction
43:27so after visiting a lot of dealers and paying an extortionate amount i found this one for you instead
43:36oh edgar i don't know what to say
43:44oh edgar i don't know what to say
43:47oh edgar i don't know what to say
43:52oh edgar i don't know what to say
43:54oh edgar i don't know what to say
43:59oh edgar i don't know what to say
44:00oh edgar i don't know what to say
44:01oh edgar i don't know what to say
44:01oh edgar i don't know what to say
44:02oh edgar i don't know what to say
44:02oh edgar i don't know what to say
44:03oh edgar i don't know what to say
44:04oh edgar i don't know what to say
44:05oh edgar i don't know what to say
44:07oh edgar i don't know what to say
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