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Beyond Paradise S04E01 Organic Episode 1 Engsub
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00:00I love you
00:33Morning, Selwyn.
00:36There's no hot water.
00:38Okay, come and take a look.
01:09And the carpet's all wet in here.
01:13I think we've sprung a leak, or...
01:24Right.
01:25I think the most important thing is to not panic.
01:31You need to think logically.
01:38Does the engine work?
01:41Engine. Brilliant.
01:49Humphrey? Are you all right?
01:51Fine.
02:10What's that?
02:12I'm not entirely sure.
02:13It's dripping oil.
02:21Have we got life jackets?
02:23Well, I didn't think we'd need them.
02:25You know, being parked up.
02:28Wood.
02:30We could make a raft.
02:35Humphrey?
02:35I need two pencils and a pair of underpants, please.
02:38Get out of here.
03:01Morning!
03:02Good evening.
03:13Dad?
03:21Dad?
03:30Dad?
03:32I'm running.
03:41One morning in the month of June, down by a rolling river,
03:46there a weary tribe with chance to stay, and he beheld his lover.
03:50Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown, her hair in ring was hanging down.
03:55She got a lovely face without a frown, just as the tide was flowing.
04:20If you get out on the ocean, if you sail out on the sea,
04:25if you get up in the mountains, if you go climbing on the trees.
04:30Oh, through every emotion, when you know that they don't care.
04:34Darling, that's when I'm with you, oh, I'll go with you anyway.
04:51What happened? We were really worried.
04:53Yes, the mooring rope snapped and the current dragged us out to sea, Robbie.
04:58Thank heavens for the RNLI.
05:00Yes.
05:01Oh, Anne said to phone her the second you get back.
05:07Oh, you all right, sir?
05:10Yes.
05:12Oh, it's just a bump.
05:15Um, only, you're needed.
05:19Esther's gone on ahead.
05:20Where?
05:21Kenneth Linder's house.
05:27Sir, sir.
05:28Oh, yes, I'm so sorry.
05:30Yes, sir.
05:30There we go.
05:31Do apologize.
05:43Up here, sir.
05:50Are you okay?
05:52How's Martha?
05:53We're both fine.
05:57Oh, Kenneth.
05:59You know I only spoke to him last night.
06:01Oh, of course.
06:03You went to the book signing.
06:09Yes, here we are.
06:14I'm still not sure this qualifies as a date.
06:18In my defense, I was coerced into your Mamma Mia karaoke night.
06:22Coerced?
06:22Well, maybe not coerced, but if those photos ever get into the wrong hands...
06:27Here we are.
06:30So consider this payback.
06:46This week sees the launch of the new Kenneth Linder novel, The Final Breath.
06:52Now, since he's moved to Shipton Abbot, we are brazenly claiming him as one of our own.
06:58So, as your new local counsellor and treasurer of the Devon Literary Group,
07:02I would like you all to give a huge welcome to our guest, Kenneth Linder.
07:07APPLAUSE
07:11His daughter Helen found him in the bath.
07:14The electric fan in the water at his feet.
07:17It looks like he's been here all night.
07:19Looks like the power tripped eventually, but not quick enough to save him.
07:25Well, this is something of a conundrum.
07:28Why?
07:28Because in his latest novel, serial killer Jeremy Cook is walking to the electric chair,
07:34which is where the last book left him.
07:36But it turns out he'd bribed the guard to short-circuit the prison power,
07:41therefore delaying his execution until the next day.
07:44But that night, he murdered the guard that helped him and stole his uniform to escape.
07:49Nice.
07:50Then, he found the judge that sentenced him and, like his nine previous victims, killed him
07:58by dropping an electrical appliance into his bath.
08:04Hm.
08:06Hm.
08:08Hm.
08:19Hm.
08:21Hm.
08:36Thank you, Sergeant.
08:46Hi, Yasmin.
09:03We've got something outside, too.
09:11Trampled flowerbed by an open rear door.
09:14We did a quick check, and the footprints are probably male,
09:18judging by size and weight,
09:20but they're not an obvious match for any of the footwear found in the house.
09:24We've taken moulds, but there's a difference in indent depth,
09:28so we're pretty sure whoever made them had a distinct limp.
09:32Limp?
09:33Yeah. Much less weight put on his left leg.
09:37The main road runs across the back of the garden,
09:39so someone could have got over the fence and along this path.
09:42Cameras?
09:43Er, nothing this side. Doorbell camera at the front.
09:46We've got him being dropped off last night by his daughter, Helen,
09:49and then her coming back this morning.
09:53I know you, don't I?
09:55From the, er, book signing last night, you were with your father?
10:00That's right. D.I. Goodman.
10:04Er, Humphrey Goodman.
10:06Er, a huge fan.
10:08Oh, this is my fi... um, my wife, Martha.
10:13Hi.
10:14Hi.
10:15So, Humphrey, do you have a favourite case?
10:18Oh, yes. The first of the bathtub trilogy,
10:20Death by Design.
10:21The bottle-top MacGuffin. Genius.
10:23Oh, thank you.
10:28Wait.
10:30You're not Detective Humphrey Goodman?
10:34Yes. How do you know that?
10:37Well, I'm something of a fan of yours, too.
10:41I read the newspaper report about the case you solved.
10:44The poor chap murdered by his partner.
10:46Made to look like a car crash.
10:49Brilliant.
10:57Well, a pleasure to meet you, Humphrey.
11:00And you, Martha.
11:04This must be difficult for you.
11:06Is the family we can call?
11:07No. It's just me and Dad.
11:11Are you up to a few questions, Helen?
11:14I'll try.
11:15When was the last time you saw your father before this morning?
11:20Last night. I dropped him home after the book signing.
11:24Right.
11:29Yes.
11:34Promise me you'll have an early night.
11:36Oh, a nightcap first, I think.
11:39One.
11:39At least.
11:42Love you.
11:44Love you, too.
11:52And how did he seem in himself?
11:56Quiet?
11:58But I know he was tired.
12:00Can I ask, was your dad a particularly tidy man?
12:03Tidy?
12:05God, no.
12:06He was bloody-minded, intelligent, playful.
12:11And a rather wonderful father.
12:14But Tidy, no.
12:20There's something else you need to know.
12:24He was dying.
12:26He had end-stage amyloidosis,
12:29an abnormal build-up of proteins.
12:32Stops his organs working properly.
12:34Said he refused to die until he'd finished his damn book.
12:38But he'd been going downhill pretty rapidly these past few weeks.
12:44We knew it wouldn't be long.
12:46But this?
12:50Do you think he took his own life?
12:52Do you?
12:56I know he was in a lot of pain,
12:58but he refused the palliative care he was offered.
13:08People are coming in?
13:14You sure you're up to this, Dad?
13:17Stop fussing.
13:18I'm strong as an ox.
13:25We need to take care of your dad.
13:28So you might be better at home.
13:31They'll take him to the chapel of rest,
13:33and I promise I'll call and let you know when he's there.
13:44Do you think that's it?
13:46He did this himself?
13:48There was a towel.
13:50Neatly folded by the side of the bath,
13:52dressing gown and slippers ready.
13:53So why go to all that trouble
13:55if you know you'll never be getting out of the bath?
13:58Exactly.
13:58So it has to be an accident?
14:00Possibly.
14:02Wait.
14:04You're thinking it's murder?
14:05We should consider it.
14:07Why?
14:08Because the victim wrote murder mystery novels?
14:10No, Sergeant,
14:11because there are some things that don't make sense.
14:13Such as?
14:14Well, it's all rather neat, don't you think?
14:15Too neat, perhaps,
14:16for a man not known for his tidiness.
14:19That's it.
14:20It was too neat.
14:22So what if someone put those things in place
14:24to make it look like an accident?
14:27And what about the fact
14:29that he died in exactly the way described in his own book?
14:32Can we really accept that's just a coincidence?
14:37No.
14:38So, if we can rule out suicide,
14:40accident and coincidence,
14:42which we can because there's no such thing,
14:44then what happened to Kenneth Linder
14:46must be by design.
14:50Let's confirm cause of death.
14:52Let forensics finish up.
14:53And I want an electrical report.
14:56Why didn't the power trip out immediately?
14:57Oh, and
14:59have his clothes checked too.
15:01See if this belongs to any of them.
15:03Please.
15:04Okay.
15:07And we should talk to his agent.
15:09Yes.
15:13Huh.
15:30P.M.
15:45Pothole Pete was on the RNLI boat.
15:48He said if they overslept,
15:51they could have ended up in Guernsey.
15:54Pothole Pete?
15:55Oh, they call him that
15:57because people try to avoid him.
15:59He goes on a bit.
16:02Ship the nabbit.
16:04No, that's not here.
16:06The press office is at the hub, darling.
16:09Do you need the number?
16:11No problem.
16:12Bye.
16:13Okay.
16:15I got a criminal damage
16:16and also
16:17an assault
16:19on a shopkeeper
16:20in town.
16:22I'll be a couple hours.
16:23Okay.
16:27Ship the nabbit.
16:28As his agent,
16:29you knew he was ill.
16:31Of course.
16:32But it wasn't public knowledge.
16:34It's the way Kenny wanted it.
16:36He's a very...
16:37He was a very proud man.
16:40And he didn't want people
16:42fawning over him.
16:43I saw you at the book signing
16:45last night.
16:47How did he seem to you?
16:49Oh, sweetheart.
16:51You were wonderful.
16:52Calm.
16:54Considering this was his last
16:55roll of the dice.
16:57Why do you say that?
16:59His last book
17:01was a decade ago
17:02and
17:03that did appallingly.
17:06Obviously,
17:06he couldn't get a publishing deal
17:08so started borrowing
17:10against the house
17:11so that he could write this one.
17:13He was in financial difficulty.
17:16This book was his last chance
17:18of avoiding bankruptcy.
17:20He kept his money problems
17:22from Helen, of course.
17:24He didn't want her to worry
17:25about that
17:26on top of everything else.
17:27They seem very close.
17:28They lost Helen's mum
17:30when she was seven.
17:32So,
17:32it's only ever really
17:34been the two of them.
17:35Everything Kenny ever did,
17:37he did for her.
17:38But Mr. Linda confided in you
17:41about his financial difficulty.
17:43And his agent
17:44goes with the territory.
17:47Can I ask?
17:56Do the initials PM
17:59mean anything to you?
18:01No.
18:02Should they?
18:03No.
18:04No.
18:07Look, there was another man
18:09at the book signing last night.
18:11He didn't look like a fan
18:12but I saw you speaking to him.
18:14That would be Ken's publisher.
18:17Anthony Westley.
18:20Nice to see you
18:21pushed the boat out, Anthony.
18:24I think your client's
18:26Oxford Street soirees
18:27were over a long time ago.
18:30Don't you?
18:31He's made you a lot of money.
18:32He's made us all a lot of money,
18:33dear heart.
18:34But I'm slightly surprised
18:36that as a literary agent
18:37you don't understand
18:38the use of the past tense.
18:41Your loyalty is staggering.
18:44Jump off your high horse,
18:45will you?
18:46He's washed up.
18:47We're both just hovering,
18:49waiting for him to die
18:50so we can revive his back catalogue.
18:55Not the nicest man.
18:57His time was over.
19:00Metaphorically speaking,
19:02people are just not
19:03buying his books anymore.
19:05And yet you still
19:05published this latest novel.
19:07True, but on very,
19:08very different terms.
19:10No advance
19:11and on the condition
19:12that he brought back
19:13the Bathtub Murders trilogy.
19:15They were his most successful books
19:17so I thought
19:18they will guarantee
19:19our best chance of a return.
19:21But with no advance
19:23would that mean
19:24that he was writing
19:24for free essentially?
19:25Yes, but
19:26he would get the lion's share
19:28if the book sold well.
19:31But you don't expect it to?
19:34No.
19:36So a much better deal
19:38for you than him then?
19:40What can I say?
19:43Business is business.
19:45Plus I tend to come out
19:47in a rash
19:48when I lose money.
19:53Do you know
19:54how Mr. Linder died?
19:56He was electrocuted
19:59in his bath.
20:00Who?
20:01Exactly the same way
20:02as the first murder
20:03in his new book.
20:05To be honest,
20:06I haven't read it.
20:07But it does sound
20:08a tad ironic.
20:10You haven't read a book
20:11you've just published?
20:12I have people.
20:15Do the initials
20:16P-M
20:17mean anything to you?
20:21No, I don't...
20:23No, I don't think they do.
20:24If it is murder,
20:26can we make him
20:27a suspect, please?
20:28I'm not sure
20:29that's quite how it works, Sergeant.
20:31Pity.
20:33This P-M thing,
20:35could it be something else
20:37rather than initials?
20:39Such as?
20:40I don't know.
20:42Afternoon?
20:43No, P-M only really works
20:45as a suffix, doesn't it?
20:47And why have it in your hand
20:48unless you're trying
20:49to tell us something?
20:52The name of his killer?
20:54Why not?
20:55We don't believe
20:56it was an accident.
20:57Agreed.
20:58And why take your own life
20:59if you're dying?
21:00Life insurance.
21:02His daughter would benefit.
21:04But you get that
21:05when he died anyway.
21:07If the prognosis was right,
21:09he may have only had
21:10weeks left,
21:11a day's perhaps.
21:12Which brings us
21:13right back to the question.
21:14Who could possibly benefit
21:16from the death
21:17of a dying man
21:17on the verge of bankruptcy?
21:38They threw this.
21:41But you didn't see anyone?
21:43Nothing.
21:43Just a bang
21:44and the whole window caved in.
21:46Lucky no one was hurt.
21:47And this was what time?
21:49Nine, yeah.
21:50Just after we opened.
21:59Financials are on your desk.
22:01Makes for pretty grim reading.
22:03What?
22:04And he had no life insurance.
22:06Cancelled his policy
22:06two years ago
22:07and never renewed.
22:09And the phone's been
22:10ringing off the hook.
22:12Journalists all wanting to know
22:13how Kenneth Linder died
22:15and if it's true,
22:16he was in the bath.
22:17I didn't think
22:18we'd released anything yet.
22:19No, we haven't.
22:20Well, I passed them all
22:21on to the Hub's press office.
22:23Well done, Margot.
22:24Was there anything
22:25on Kenneth Linder's
22:26social media?
22:27That was easy.
22:29He's on my Facebook friends.
22:31You knew?
22:32What?
22:32Well, back in the day
22:33when he was an angry
22:35young writer
22:35and I was a redcoat
22:36of Purton Sands.
22:38What?
22:40You were a redcoat.
22:41Well, only for eight months.
22:43I got sacked.
22:45Why?
22:46They said I rigged
22:47the over-70s
22:48fancy dress competition
22:49just because Grandad won.
22:52And Kenneth Linder?
22:54Oh, we met
22:55at a Mary Hopkin concert.
22:58Turned into a weekend
22:59of debauchery in Norwich.
23:01We mostly lost touch
23:03after that.
23:04Although people do say
23:05he based one of his
23:07characters on me.
23:08Oh, which one?
23:10Er, Melody Alcott.
23:12I know.
23:12She was the waitress
23:13in the first bathtub murders.
23:15Yes, she was, yes.
23:16No, I mean,
23:17she was the killer's
23:18ex-girlfriend.
23:19She was the one
23:19who helped unlock
23:20the whole case.
23:21Yeah.
23:21She was the one
23:21who eventually
23:22led Horace Bishop
23:23to Jeremy Cook
23:24at the third book.
23:25Yeah.
23:26And that was you?
23:28Supposedly.
23:28But I never saw it myself.
23:30She was a bit,
23:32well,
23:33strange.
23:35Can you give me
23:36a description
23:37of the man
23:38who hit you,
23:38Mr. Bevan?
23:39He was a lot taller
23:40than me, like.
23:41He had on a tracksuit,
23:43one of them
23:43with a hood.
23:44Did you see his face?
23:46No.
23:47He had a scarf
23:47over his face.
23:49I came out
23:50on my way
23:51to the bank.
23:51I only took
23:52three steps.
23:53He stood right
23:54in front of me,
23:54just like you are now.
23:56And he hit me
23:57with a rolled-up newspaper.
23:59So he just
23:59came up to you
24:00and hit you on the head
24:01with a rolled-up newspaper?
24:02Oh, I'm telling you, Kelly,
24:04this area's gone
24:05to the dogs.
24:05Oh, it's, um...
24:06Yesterday,
24:07similar thing happened.
24:08A man came up to me,
24:10tried to punch me
24:10in the face.
24:12A different man?
24:13Yeah.
24:14Dressed the same, like.
24:15He was taller
24:16than me, too.
24:17And he tried
24:18to punch you?
24:19Yeah.
24:19But he missed.
24:20Then he started
24:21crying
24:22and ran off.
24:24Crying?
24:25It's these kids, Kelly.
24:26Kelby.
24:27They're all
24:27sniffing glue
24:28and smoking something.
24:30Day before,
24:32one of them
24:33stole my dog poo.
24:35Dog poo?
24:36Honey Butcher,
24:37my dog,
24:38got into the shop
24:39from upstairs,
24:40left a little
24:41present, see?
24:42So I bagged it up,
24:44went outside
24:44to the bin,
24:45and this lunatic
24:47ran up,
24:48snatched it
24:49and ran off.
24:51Can you describe him?
24:52He's a border terrier.
24:54No, no, no.
24:54The man
24:55who stole your poo.
24:56Oh,
24:56dressed the same like.
24:58A tracksuit
24:58and face covered.
25:00And was he
25:00taller than you?
25:02What do you mean?
25:03Well, you said
25:04the others were...
25:06I'm just trying
25:07to get a description.
25:08Oh.
25:09Well, yeah.
25:11Now, you mentioned
25:11a Kelly.
25:12Kelby.
25:12And he was
25:13wearing a tracksuit.
25:15With his backside
25:16hanging out.
25:17Oh.
25:17That's kids for you
25:18these days, though,
25:19isn't it?
25:19I know you've got
25:20all these face recognition
25:21cameras these days.
25:23You'd be better off
25:24with arse recognition.
25:27OK.
25:28Um,
25:29well,
25:30leave it with me,
25:31Mr Bevin.
25:32I'll talk to
25:33the other shopkeepers,
25:34see if anyone's
25:35seen anything,
25:36but I'll be in touch.
25:38Right on, Kelly.
25:40Hey, Kelly!
25:42Bloody good,
25:43how you doing?
25:43That's what they need?
25:47Stop calling me Kelly.
25:49Hello, boy.
25:50Have you seen anything
25:51happen down there
25:51at the box?
25:52No.
25:54Silver?
26:01Hello.
26:07That was the boatyard.
26:09The lily bond
26:10might be out of the water
26:11for months.
26:12It needs a
26:13complete overhaul.
26:14I can't say I'm surprised.
26:16It had bits falling off
26:17when I was staying on it.
26:19Well, you know
26:20you're always welcome
26:20at mine.
26:22Humphrey will be mortified.
26:23Thanks very much.
26:24No, not about
26:25staying with you,
26:26about the boat.
26:27Really loves that boat,
26:28doesn't he?
26:29Yeah, but
26:29there's only ever
26:30supposed to be a stopgap
26:31until we found
26:32somewhere more permanent,
26:33so
26:35maybe it's time
26:36we did just that.
26:38Find a house.
26:40Good for you, Morty.
26:43It won't be easy.
26:45There's always loads
26:46of places up for sale.
26:46No, I don't mean
26:47finding a house.
26:49I mean telling Humphrey.
27:05Humphrey.
27:07So you've heard then.
27:09Heard what?
27:10About Archie.
27:12What about him?
27:13I heard he was dating.
27:15Good for him.
27:17Don't you want to know
27:18who it is?
27:18No.
27:23Who?
27:25No idea,
27:27but very pretty
27:28by all accounts.
27:29They were seen
27:30coming out of Kitty J's
27:31arm in arm.
27:34Hi, Nick.
27:36Okay, thank you.
27:38The button doesn't match
27:40any of the clothes
27:41found in the wardrobe.
27:42Right.
27:43And the RCD switch
27:44was disabled,
27:46which meant the power
27:47didn't cut off instantly.
27:48So,
27:49if it was murder,
27:51then it was premeditated.
27:53What were those initials
27:54you found?
27:55PM.
27:56Why?
27:57I might have something
27:58on Kenneth Linder's page.
28:01Someone's posted
28:02a death threat
28:02saying he's a fraud,
28:04that he's sold out
28:05doing a new book,
28:06that he's ruined the trilogy
28:07by having a force book.
28:09Some of the messages
28:10are pretty vile.
28:12But the last one,
28:13look.
28:14Be careful you don't end up
28:15like one of your own victims.
28:18That fits, doesn't it?
28:19A deranged fan?
28:21Who better to copy
28:22a murder from the book?
28:23Paul Mecca.
28:23M-E-C-A.
28:25Paul Mecca.
28:25Right, so what do we know
28:26about him?
28:27Nothing.
28:27Just the name.
28:28Not much history.
28:29Looks like the account's
28:30only been open a few weeks.
28:32I can put in a request
28:33for some more information,
28:35but you know what
28:35these social media companies
28:37are like?
28:38I wouldn't hold your breath.
28:39Okay.
28:40If he's a fan,
28:41then maybe he was
28:42at the book signing last night.
28:43And if he's not local,
28:44then he must have stayed somewhere.
28:46So let's check local hotels,
28:48guest houses,
28:48all of that.
28:50Right.
28:56Shipman Abbot.
29:00Psst!
29:01You're wanted.
29:02What?
29:04Abbot, help.
29:05No, no, no,
29:05they'll just have to wait,
29:07okay?
29:07I need to speak to
29:08Alan and Linda first.
29:10Sergeant!
29:11Sergeant!
29:15I can't ever remember
29:17a dad mentioning
29:18a poor Mecca.
29:19It seems he disapproved
29:21of the new book,
29:22accusing your dad
29:23of selling out.
29:24Oh,
29:25we had lots of that.
29:27The thing is,
29:28dad didn't necessarily
29:29disagree with him either.
29:31but going back
29:32to the bathtub murders
29:33was the only way
29:33he could get published.
29:36I think he needed
29:37the money.
29:39Oh,
29:40he never said anything,
29:41but he hated
29:43Anthony Wesley.
29:44I know he'd never
29:45have gone back there
29:46unless he had to.
29:50Sorry,
29:51excuse me.
29:52Excuse me.
29:54Hello?
30:05D.I.
30:07Goodman,
30:08I presume.
30:09James Smith,
30:10please.
30:24S-sorry.
30:26I-I was expecting
30:27Chief Superintendent Woods.
30:30No longer with us,
30:31I'm afraid.
30:32Oh.
30:33Oh,
30:33not deceased,
30:35in Dartmouth.
30:36Look,
30:37though some might argue
30:38they're much the same thing.
30:40Yeah,
30:41but I digress.
30:42Look,
30:42there's been
30:43a small
30:45restructure.
30:46Not trying to
30:47boil the ocean,
30:48just a
30:49realignment.
30:50Bringing all the
30:51remaining substations
30:52under our control.
30:54Ah.
30:54Administrative planning,
30:56which in turn
30:57reports to the local
30:57police and crime panel.
30:58In your case,
30:59that would be
31:00Shipton Abbott,
31:01of course.
31:02Non-invasive.
31:04Just
31:04building a loop.
31:06Everyone's in it
31:07and we all
31:07open our
31:09kimono.
31:10Kimono?
31:11Well,
31:11share what we have.
31:12Get all our
31:13ducks in a row.
31:14That's how we
31:15move the needle.
31:17You follow?
31:17Yes.
31:18No,
31:19not really.
31:20Now,
31:21the first carriage
31:22on the train
31:23to efficiency
31:24harbour
31:24is streamlining.
31:26Trimming the fat.
31:28Cutbacks.
31:29Well,
31:31unclogging the pipes.
31:32There's only
31:33four of us.
31:34Which is
31:34rather the point.
31:36In what way?
31:37There should
31:37only be three.
31:40Your
31:40staff-to-square-footage
31:42ratio is
31:43off message.
31:46Oh,
31:47but it's not
31:47all bad news.
31:49No,
31:49the decision
31:50about who
31:50to lose,
31:52all yours.
31:59Hey,
31:59Sam,
32:00it's Martha Goodman.
32:03there's one of
32:04your properties.
32:05I'd like to see
32:06if it's still
32:06available.
32:07On Polkett Hill?
32:10Cheer up.
32:11It might never
32:11happen.
32:12That's the point.
32:14What?
32:15Everyone seems to
32:16have things going on.
32:17Martha's looking to
32:18buy a new house.
32:19Anne's just been
32:19made a new counsellor,
32:20going off on fancy
32:21lunches all the time.
32:23Or she's dating again.
32:25And here's me.
32:26Exactly the same
32:27as I was
32:27last week,
32:29last month,
32:30pretty much
32:31the whole of last year.
32:32Literally,
32:33nothing is happening
32:34in my life right now.
32:36One morning,
32:37I'm just going to
32:38wake up
32:38and find out
32:39I'm old.
32:41Still on my own
32:42and still living
32:44in Shipton Abbot.
32:46Can't think of
32:46anything worse.
32:47I know, right?
32:49So who's Archie
32:51dating then?
32:51Not that I'm
32:52bothered,
32:52just interested.
32:54No idea.
32:56Supposed to be
32:57really pretty,
32:58though.
33:00Tributes are
33:01pouring in
33:02following the death
33:02of renowned
33:03author Kenneth
33:04Linder,
33:04who was found
33:05dead in his home
33:06in Shipton Abbot
33:07this morning.
33:08It comes in the
33:09week he launched
33:09his latest novel,
33:10The Final Breath.
33:16No one seems
33:17to have seen
33:17anything.
33:18If it's the
33:19town centre,
33:19the CCTV
33:20should have
33:20picked them up.
33:22Hi, sir.
33:23So,
33:24the name
33:25Mecca,
33:26I ran a
33:27quick trace.
33:28We have
33:2834 families
33:29with that last
33:30name in Devon
33:31and Cornwall,
33:31but with nothing
33:32to cross-check it
33:33with,
33:34it's tough
33:34to narrow down.
33:35Right.
33:37So what do
33:38we know about him?
33:39Er,
33:39he's a Kenneth
33:40Linder fan,
33:41he's got a
33:41limp,
33:43and he's got
33:44a button missing.
33:45Not much.
33:47All right,
33:47er,
33:48see if there's a
33:49Kenneth Linder fan
33:50club or a book
33:51reading group.
33:52They'll have a list
33:53of members.
33:54Why didn't I think
33:54of that?
33:55Yes,
33:55and maybe we could
33:56take a punt on the
33:57limp too?
33:58Check for local
33:59hospital admissions
34:00in the last six
34:00months,
34:00injuries to his left,
34:02um...
34:02Left leg,
34:03I'm on it.
34:03Yes.
34:06So,
34:07the hub,
34:08anything to report?
34:11Er,
34:11yes.
34:12Yes,
34:12seems we're under
34:13new management,
34:14everyone.
34:15The chief
34:16super's moved on,
34:17and we are now
34:18being overseen
34:19by the planning team
34:21and the local
34:22police and crime
34:24panel.
34:25So,
34:26where's Charlie
34:26Woods gone?
34:27Dartmouth,
34:28I think he said.
34:29Oh,
34:29no.
34:29She was lovely.
34:31I really liked her.
34:32Yeah,
34:33she was definitely
34:33one of the better ones.
34:35Is that it,
34:36though?
34:36Now Charlie's gone?
34:37No new directives
34:38or anything?
34:40Er,
34:40er,
34:41no.
34:42Uh,
34:43eh,
34:48no.
34:50No.
34:52Oh,
34:53no.
34:57Oh,
35:07Oh,
35:08Oh,
35:09oh,
35:23Lab have confirmed Kenneth Linder as death by electrocution,
35:28although they have listed his amyloidosis as a secondary cause.
35:32His body was so weak, he was unlikely to survive the initial shock.
35:36Mm-hm.
35:37This is madness.
35:39What's that, Kelby?
35:40The local bookmaker, David Bevan, assaulted three times in three days.
35:46Got the town centre CCTV footage, but not one of them makes any sense.
35:51Look, here, this is the first one.
35:54His dog makes a mess in his shop.
35:56He bagged it up and was taking it to an outside bin.
36:00Then someone snatches it off him.
36:02That's weird.
36:04Then the next one, same time, next day, near enough.
36:08A different bloke runs up and tries to punch him, misses,
36:13and then Mr Bevan said that he started crying and then ran off.
36:17Right.
36:17And then, this morning, a third bloke came out of nowhere,
36:22whacks him on the head with a rolled-up newspaper for no reason,
36:26and then just runs off as well.
36:27It's all very odd.
36:29We'll send someone away now.
36:29Just kids messing about.
36:32I think I found your poor mecca.
36:37Yeah, he arrived two nights ago.
36:40I said he was here on business.
36:43Kept himself to himself.
36:49Would you know him if you saw him again?
36:52No doubt it.
36:54Don't pay much attention to overnighters.
36:57Can I ask how he paid?
37:00Er, cash.
37:01Cash.
37:04Has anyone else stayed in this room?
37:06No.
37:08Er, the cleaner's supposed to check for things like this.
37:12Er, did he give any personal details when he checked in?
37:15Address, phone number?
37:16He filled a registration card out.
37:19Can we see it?
37:20It's downstairs, in the office.
37:22Esther.
37:28Do you have any security cameras?
37:30We have a doorbell camera.
37:32Excellent.
37:33Hmm.
37:34Can't see him arriving.
37:36Oh, but he might have come in through the side door.
37:40Let's look at when he left.
37:42OK.
37:43Thanks, Margot.
37:45Address and phone number are false.
37:48There he is.
37:50He's got a limp.
37:57That's him.
38:03Come on.
38:05You should have gone an hour ago.
38:06Nearly done.
38:08Boy, your age should be rushing home, getting ready to go out.
38:12Haven't you got a date or anything?
38:14Nah.
38:15I've given up on all them dating apps.
38:16Oh.
38:17Last one I met up with.
38:19Must have used a photo that was older than me.
38:22Oh.
38:23She...
38:24She keeps sending me photos of her...
38:28lasagna.
38:31Well.
38:33Don't be long.
38:34I won't.
38:36I won't.
38:48Hi.
38:50Hi.
38:56Bad day.
38:58You're not as bad as Selwyn.
39:00Look, he's homeless.
39:02Oh, your author's been all over the news.
39:05Saying it was murder.
39:06I think so, yeah.
39:08Any idea who it was?
39:10Well, we've got a good suspect.
39:12A disgruntled fan who's sending threatening messages and we can place them at the seams, so...
39:17I'm sorry.
39:18I know you liked him.
39:20I did, yeah.
39:23But it's not that.
39:27I got called into the hub.
39:29Oh.
39:31You've been told off again?
39:32Not this time.
39:36They're saying I've got to lose someone at the station.
39:41What?
39:41Yeah.
39:43Apparently there should only be three of us at the station, so I need to lose one of either
39:46Esther, Kelby or Margot.
39:51That's awful.
39:52Yeah.
39:53What will you do?
39:54I have no idea.
40:01So, I've got something that might cheer you up or make you feel ten times worse.
40:08Right.
40:10If it's bad timing and you don't want to talk about it, then just say so.
40:14It's bad timing.
40:18But the Lily Bond will be out of the water for weeks.
40:21Maybe months.
40:24And although we can stay at Mum's again, I was thinking that maybe it was time to move on.
40:32And went back to our original plan when we first moved down.
40:36And...
40:40What house?
40:45Are you serious?
40:47Look.
41:03Hello, Peter.
41:04Where have you been?
41:05Oh, Arthur.
41:06Still not bare that leg.
41:08Aw.
41:08Hello, lovey.
41:09See you Friday.
41:11Ha!
41:21You're in early.
41:22What's up with you?
41:23Weren't you, Ben?
41:24No.
41:26So, I had a brainwave.
41:29I was sitting in the bath, listening to Billie Eilish, when I realised that all those things
41:36that happened to Mr. Bevan, outside the bookmakers, all happened at the same time.
41:41Between five to nine and ten past nine.
41:45Three days in a row.
41:47So, what if they're there again today?
41:49I can get there first, and wait for them to show up.
41:54So, what's Billie Eilish got to do with it?
41:56Oh, nothing.
41:57I just like her.
42:16The fan club hasn't got a poor mecca listed.
42:20I'm still waiting on hospital reports.
42:22Okay.
42:24That's sad.
42:25What is?
42:26It's an interview with Kenneth Linder.
42:28They asked him where the title of his book came from.
42:31When his wife was dying, she made him promise to look after their daughter, Helen.
42:36He said to her that he would.
42:38To his final breath.
42:41I think he kept his promise.
42:43They were very close.
42:44Yes.
42:45I only wish we had more answers for her.
42:51Right.
42:53Let's run through what we've got again.
43:05Hey!
43:07Stop!
43:10Oi!
43:11Stop!
43:18Go get him, Kelly!
43:23Go!
43:34Go!
43:34Go!
43:39Go!
43:49Go!
43:49The best girl that I ever had
43:52Up on the Lord, you're the one
43:55Up on the Lord
44:13If we see, keep the track
44:27There's no way to go
44:32Shit, come here
44:35I'm not going in
44:39No
44:40I'm not going in
44:41Stop it
44:41Stop it
44:49You lived here as a teenager, didn't you?
44:51Yes, I did.
44:52Didn't you find it weird seeing the same people every day
44:56and them always looking the same?
45:00Kelby!
45:02Hello.
45:03Um, can I use your bathroom, please?
45:07Oh!
45:11No, neither can we rule out, Tom.
45:13Kelby?
45:14Kelby?
45:15Mum's washing my uniform.
45:17I was chasing one of the kids that assaulted Mr Bevan,
45:20caught one of them, and he dobbed the other two in.
45:24They're in the hub at the moment being questioned.
45:26Well done, Kelby.
45:27Yes, indeed. Well done, Kelby.
45:29So, what was it all about?
45:31OK, so, Mr Bevan keeps the cash from the tills and the slot machines
45:37in a safe overnight,
45:38then banks it the same time every morning.
45:41They obviously found out about it
45:44and decided to rob him.
45:47But they weren't very bright.
45:51The first one thought Mr Bevan was on his way to bank his takings,
45:55but he wasn't.
45:56He was disposing a bag of dog poo.
46:02The next day, they had a different plan.
46:05The second one was going to throw Pepper into Mr Bevan's face
46:08and steal the bag of money.
46:10But he didn't account for the wind direction.
46:20The third one had another plan.
46:22He had put a big chisel in a rolled-up newspaper to caution,
46:26but he hadn't wrapped it tightly enough.
46:29So when he pulled his arm back...
46:41So, that's what happened to the barbers' window.
46:44And luckily it did.
46:45It could have killed someone.
46:48Oh, what have you done?
46:51I turned my ankle
46:52when I was getting pulled out of the mud.
47:00Esther, have we got the doorbell footage of Paul Mecca?
47:04Er, yes. Hang on.
47:07Ooh, they're talking about us.
47:09Shifton Abbott police have no comment on the theories
47:11that the author was murdered in the same way
47:13as the victims in his latest thriller.
47:16The new book is flying off the shelves,
47:18with fans saying his death is something
47:20he could have written himself.
47:22Yes, it could!
47:34Oh, that's exactly what it is.
47:39The final bread.
47:42Yeah.
47:44But why Paul Mecca?
47:47Who is he?
47:49Oh, an accomplice part.
48:04Oh, that's very clever.
48:06Do you know what happened?
48:10I think I do.
48:13So was it murder?
48:15Not exactly.
48:17He took his own life?
48:19Strictly speaking,
48:21both.
48:24The button,
48:25the memo pad,
48:26the footprints in the garden,
48:27the mysterious Paul Mecca,
48:29the jacket he just happened to leave behind.
48:32All very convenient
48:34and easy to find.
48:36All ultimately leading nowhere.
48:39Why?
48:41Because they weren't clues at all.
48:44They were simply the pen strokes
48:46of a master storyteller.
48:49Kenneth Ender's books
48:50were no longer attracting
48:52the following they once did.
48:55And,
48:56facing financial ruin,
48:59he was then
48:59very literally
49:01dealt a killer blow.
49:06He was dying.
49:08But his thoughts
49:09were not for himself.
49:10They were for his daughter,
49:11Helen.
49:12Having kept his financial woes
49:14from her,
49:15he knew that when he was gone,
49:16she'd be left with nothing.
49:18So I think
49:19when he was told he was dying,
49:21he concocted a plan.
49:23First,
49:24he had to get a publishing deal.
49:26He did so by agreeing
49:27to return to his most successful trilogy,
49:30The Bathtub Murders.
49:33But,
49:33more importantly,
49:35I think he's the one
49:36who suggested he write it
49:37without an advance.
49:39Instead,
49:40taking the lion's share
49:41of profits from book sales.
49:45But,
49:46why would he do that
49:47if he was broke?
49:49Because
49:49he intended to make sure
49:51the book was a runaway success.
49:54And I think he did so
49:55by murdering himself.
49:58Knowing he only had weeks,
50:00perhaps days left to live,
50:02Kenneth Linda said goodbye
50:04to his daughter.
50:05But as he wasn't insured,
50:06he knew he had to find a way
50:08to secure her future.
50:10Promise you'll have an early night.
50:12A nightcap first,
50:14I think.
50:15One.
50:15At least.
50:17I love you.
50:19Love you too.
50:20To fulfill the promise
50:21he made to her mother
50:23all those years ago.
50:27I doubt that any
50:28right-minded person
50:29would consider such a thing.
50:31But once he'd made his plan,
50:32his course
50:33was set.
50:34First thing he did
50:35was plant his clues.
50:37First,
50:37the footprint,
50:38adding a limp
50:39for dramatic effect.
50:41Then,
50:42the mysterious note.
50:51And the button.
50:58And then,
50:59with everything in place,
51:03he carried out his plan.
51:08A few days before,
51:10he booked into Sandal's guesthouse
51:12in the name of the character
51:13he created,
51:14making sure
51:15that he left the jacket
51:16with a missing button behind
51:18and to get caught
51:19on the doorbell camera,
51:22allowing us to see
51:23the supposed limp
51:24he'd orchestrated
51:25in the flowerbed
51:26to confirm
51:27his identity.
51:29I also think
51:30he sent himself
51:31the death threats.
51:32The account
51:33used by Paul Mecker,
51:34it had only been
51:35operating a few weeks.
51:36So he did it all himself?
51:39Yes, Kirby.
51:41I think he did.
51:43As news spread
51:45of the fictional matter
51:46that became real life,
51:48he ensured
51:49that his new book
51:49became a bestseller.
51:53Remember the words
51:54that he spoke
51:55to his dying wife
51:56all those years ago
51:57when she begged him
51:58to look after
51:58their daughter?
51:59That he'd look after her
52:01until his
52:03final breath.
52:05That's exactly
52:06what he did.
52:07So what gave him away?
52:09But who's Paul Mecker?
52:11Why, okay.
52:12Two things
52:12were his undoing.
52:15Footprint casts
52:17from the garden
52:18show that the weak leg
52:20was on the left.
52:21Yet,
52:23walking away
52:24from the guesthouse,
52:25the limp
52:26was clearly
52:27on his right leg.
52:29And the other thing?
52:30Or the hubris?
52:31Yeah.
52:49It's an anagram.
52:52Paul Mecker,
52:54Mea,
52:55Culper.
52:56Latin?
52:58An admission
52:59of guilt.
53:00Quite literally,
53:01it was me
53:02who did it.
53:15Thank you for taking
53:17the time to stop by.
53:19We thought you'd want to know.
53:20Though I doubt
53:21it's much comfort.
53:23No.
53:24None at all,
53:25to be honest.
53:27The truth is,
53:28I'd swap every penny
53:29of the fortune
53:30he worked so hard
53:31to leave me
53:32for
53:33one more day
53:34with him.
53:34to be honest.
53:44Yeah.
53:45Yeah.
53:46Well,
53:46lots of, you know,
53:47like,
53:47filing and stuff.
53:48Here we go.
53:49Don't think
53:49I forgot anything.
53:51Oh, dear God.
53:52Well, don't kill me.
53:53Want some good news?
53:54Yes,
53:55always.
53:56Kenneth Linda's publisher,
53:58Anthony Westley,
53:59just got sacked.
54:01Why?
54:02For signing a contract
54:04that gives most
54:04of the money
54:05from the booksells
54:06to the Linda estate.
54:07Yes,
54:07the book is bigger
54:08than ever.
54:09It's a bestseller.
54:10Losing all that money,
54:11you must have
54:12a nasty rash.
54:14Yes.
54:16Well,
54:16I think we shouldn't
54:17lose sight of the fact
54:18that our daughter
54:19lost her father,
54:20but, uh,
54:22well done, everyone.
54:23And well done,
54:24you,
54:24to our amazing inspector,
54:27Martha,
54:28who saved him
54:29from a watery grave,
54:30our brilliant Kelby,
54:32who cracked his own case
54:33and waded through mud
54:35to bring his prisoner in,
54:36and Margot,
54:37who is the font
54:38of all knowledge,
54:39and Esther,
54:40the voice of reason
54:42and the glue
54:42that holds us all together.
54:44Oh,
54:45and not forgetting
54:46our new counsellor.
54:47Oh!
54:48Cheers!
54:49Cheers!
54:49Cheers!
54:58OK,
54:59so the pictures
55:00I showed you
55:00are a bit old
55:02and no-one's lived here
55:03for a while.
55:04Really?
55:05Close your eyes.
55:12Oh, God.
55:14I can't see anything.
55:16Oh,
55:16this way.
55:18There's a step.
55:20OK,
55:21yeah.
55:22Do we have a key?
55:23Don't need one.
55:24There's no front door.
55:26Up, up, up.
55:28Yeah.
55:30Oh, sorry.
55:34Oh, seriously.
55:36Oh, what's that smell?
55:38Let's not ask.
55:40Right,
55:40not so.
55:42OK.
55:42Don't do that.
55:46Are you ready?
55:47I am not sure.
55:49Open your eyes.
55:54I have two questions.
55:55One,
55:56are you sure
55:57we're in the right house?
55:57And two,
55:58if we are,
55:59what on earth
56:00possessed you?
56:01I'm glad you asked.
56:02I feel you with me
56:04with your eyes.
56:05Oh,
56:10isn't it amazing?
56:14Oh,
56:16isn't it amazing?
56:16Oh,
56:16oh,
56:17glory be my home.
56:19Oh,
56:20oh,
56:22oh,
56:24oh,
56:26oh,
56:27oh,
56:27glory be my home.
56:29Oh,
56:36Two crimes, two attempts to undo those crimes.
56:40I am not mad!
56:42You think someone trashed the place, then immediately put everything back?
56:46Mr. Smith is still hounding me for a decision on who I'm going to let go.
56:51Oh my God, Mum, there's Archie in that woman.
56:54Pausing fostering still feels like the right thing to do.
56:56Especially now we're back living with your mum.
56:59Remember, you are enough.
57:01Oh, I've definitely had enough. Know that much?
57:04It came this morning.
57:09A mythical beast lurking offshore next tonight on BBC One.
57:14The series finale of Death in Paradise coming up.
57:17And it was ahead of its time.
57:19The cult classic turns 30.
57:21Who can forget this life?
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57:31What?
57:32What?
57:32What?
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