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Death in Paradise - Season 15 - Episode 00: Christmas Special 2025
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00:00:00Currently delays at Junction 15 of the M4 due to ongoing improvement marks.
00:00:04That's your latest travel update from us here at the station.
00:00:07It's the 1st of December, so Christmas has officially started.
00:00:11And this is a classic.
00:00:14Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.
00:00:18Jingle bell swing and jingle bells ring.
00:00:22Snow and snow and snow and snow.
00:00:24Marjorie?
00:00:25Oh!
00:00:27Morning, Helen.
00:00:28Christmas begins.
00:00:30Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.
00:00:33Jingle bell time and jingle bell time.
00:00:37Dancing and prancing in jingle bell square.
00:00:41In the frosty air.
00:00:44Oh!
00:00:45Well, I'll get you with a nice cup of tea after that.
00:00:50I've never seen the town centre so busy.
00:00:56Oh, I'm sorry, Helen. I didn't know there was a team meeting.
00:00:59Oh, you're fine, Marjorie.
00:01:00I was just making a small announcement.
00:01:02You'll never believe it.
00:01:03She's only taking us away for the office Christmas party.
00:01:06It's been a tough old year.
00:01:08And I just want to say thank you to everyone for helping me get through it.
00:01:12Guess what?
00:01:13We're only going to the ruddy Caribbean.
00:01:15Oh, my goodness gracious me.
00:01:17Oh, although it does mean missing the away game of Colchester.
00:01:21What's that matter?
00:01:22It's the Caribbean.
00:01:24What a way to celebrate our...
00:01:25And you've properly budgeted for it, Mum?
00:01:27Yes, Neil. It's all accounted for.
00:01:29Quite sure?
00:01:31Oh, you know, I've always wanted to visit that part of the world.
00:01:37Oh, um...
00:01:39Not you, Marjorie, love. It's senior staff only.
00:01:42I am so sorry. I should have said.
00:01:44Oh, of course.
00:01:46I'm sorry, Helen.
00:01:47Silly old me.
00:01:49Duh.
00:01:53Oh, I... I probably should get that.
00:01:57We are so going bikini shopping after work.
00:02:02Oh, you might treat yourself to some speed, or was...
00:02:04Dougdale's branded merchandise. Marjorie speaking.
00:02:13Dougdale's branded merchandise. Marjorie speaking.
00:02:16Yes, I'll just put you through to her warehouse.
00:02:19Here we are, ourirk.
00:02:23Show the ancient beautiful talent.
00:02:28See the amazing world before us.
00:02:31Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah.
00:02:33Strike the heart and join the chorus.
00:02:36Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah.
00:02:44Marjorie speaking.
00:02:46Come on, J forgiveness.
00:03:17It's all going down there
00:03:29Happy Christmas.
00:03:31With it.
00:03:45Hi, Marjorie.
00:03:46I just want to let you know that there's a commissioner
00:03:48of Patterson arriving.
00:03:52It's a serious situation over here.
00:03:55Give him access to anything he needs.
00:03:58I've told the police here that we're going to cooperate fully.
00:04:00Will do, Helen.
00:04:02Oh, I hear him now.
00:04:03We'll speak later.
00:04:05Okay.
00:04:07Ah!
00:04:08You must be the policeman from the Caribbean.
00:04:10Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:04:12Selwyn Patterson.
00:04:15So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:04:19The police will call to your colleague's holiday villa,
00:04:22where, I'm sorry to say,
00:04:24a man was found, shot dead,
00:04:27murdered.
00:04:31Ends of the poise.
00:04:35sector 706,
00:04:53You might be together with the police here,
00:04:57but I think we're living in room.
00:05:11Good morning, Miss Baudet.
00:05:14Morning, Seb.
00:05:15It's a final rehearsal for the Nativity this evening.
00:05:18I wish you all the best, and good luck to you, little king people.
00:05:22Yes, yes.
00:05:25Allez, let's go.
00:05:35Good morning, Sarge.
00:05:37Morning, Seb.
00:05:38Got a card from Darlene.
00:05:40Looks like she won't make it back for Christmas.
00:05:43Her auntie's still six, so she's staying on Montserrat.
00:05:46Nothing in the post for the inspector, you know, from Antica.
00:05:51His brother, you mean?
00:05:53It's been three months.
00:05:55I guess it's like a lot, you know?
00:05:57I mean, getting a letter from a brother you never knew you had.
00:06:01It might take some time.
00:06:03I just feel sorry for him.
00:06:05He keeps saying he's fine about it, but I don't think he is.
00:06:11Where is D.I. Wilson?
00:06:13Rehearsing.
00:06:13Oh, yes.
00:06:15Oh, I am so jealous.
00:06:16He must be hyped up to wear that costume, huh?
00:06:20I bet he is.
00:06:22I'm really not happy about this.
00:06:24Why not, Mervyn?
00:06:25Because I look like a ninny.
00:06:27No, you don't.
00:06:29You look very authentic.
00:06:33I just don't think the boots are helping.
00:06:39Look, with all due respect, Miss Baudet, I just think it'd be better off finding somebody else for this.
00:06:45You know, somebody less me.
00:06:47Mervyn, it has always been the commissioner who carries out this task for me.
00:06:52With him gone.
00:06:54Inspector.
00:06:55Oh, great.
00:06:56Yes, sir.
00:06:57You look cool, man.
00:06:59Not another word.
00:07:00Yes, I'm good.
00:07:02Could we have a chat, sir?
00:07:09We have a murder to attend.
00:07:12For real?
00:07:15Well, that's up, then.
00:07:16I've got word to do.
00:07:18Conversation over.
00:07:19Conversation paused.
00:07:20Sorry, Catherine.
00:07:21Come on, let's go.
00:07:24Inspector.
00:07:27You think maybe you should change first?
00:07:47You think maybe you should change first?
00:07:58He's a local fisherman.
00:08:00Lives half a mile up the coast.
00:08:02Right.
00:08:03The guests staying here are from the UK.
00:08:05They all say they haven't a clue who he is or what he was doing here.
00:08:10But clearly, someone must have shot him and left him there.
00:08:13Right.
00:08:15No sign of the gun, but paramedics are saying with the bullets still lodged in the victim's shoulder,
00:08:21cause of death was possibly from internal bleeding.
00:08:25Right.
00:08:26And what about you, Inspector?
00:08:28Anything of interest?
00:08:30Well, he certainly liked his aftershave.
00:08:33Have a sniff.
00:08:39I guess that's pretty strong.
00:08:41What if it's cause of his work?
00:08:43You know, slapped on the old cologne to cover the smell of fish.
00:08:47I know a big man in Tootin did the same thing.
00:08:49And that's what bothers you the most?
00:08:51The fact that the victim used a bit too much aftershave.
00:08:55Actually, what's bothering me the most is what's written on the palm of his left hand.
00:09:02Blitzen.
00:09:03Like the reindeer.
00:09:05It's the only one I can think of.
00:09:08Dasher, dancer, prancer, vixen, comet, cupid, donna.
00:09:12Blitzen.
00:09:13And Rudolf.
00:09:15Thank you, Officer Rose.
00:09:19The ink seems fresh.
00:09:21Which means you wrote it in the last 12 hours or so.
00:09:24And then not long after, he was shot.
00:09:27When it is Christmas, sir.
00:09:29Could just be a coincidence.
00:09:37We have no idea who this guy is or what he's doing in our villa.
00:09:40So how can we know why he wrote the name of one of Santa's reindeer on his hand?
00:09:43I don't know.
00:09:44I'm just asking the question.
00:09:45Not a problem, is it?
00:09:48No.
00:09:49No, of course not.
00:09:51Let's start with you telling me what you're doing here on St. Marie.
00:09:54Well, we flew here for our office Christmas party.
00:09:57It wasn't cheap.
00:09:58We were having the time of our lives.
00:10:05Life's a beat.
00:10:06Life's a beat.
00:10:08No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:10:10No!
00:10:11Oh, my God.
00:10:13Everyone get in!
00:10:19Maybe talk us through the events of last night.
00:10:22Yeah, what happened exactly?
00:10:24We said we'd take it easy for our last night.
00:10:37Then we got back here and carried on drinking.
00:10:40Yeah, looks like quite a party you had.
00:10:42Yeah, done right it was.
00:10:45Sorry, that's not appropriate.
00:10:47The rum out here, um, it's stronger than we used to.
00:10:53Oh!
00:10:54What happened to Bob?
00:10:55One more straight away and no one is allowed to.
00:10:57Come on, it's our last night!
00:11:01And what time did the party end?
00:11:03I haven't got a clue, mate, to be honest.
00:11:05Yeah, it's all a little bit hazy.
00:11:07I really don't remember very much.
00:11:09You lot are lightweight, man.
00:11:11I remember everything.
00:11:14Helen, you and me put Neil to bed about midnight.
00:11:17I'm sure I wasn't that bad.
00:11:19Oh, you so, uh...
00:11:22Oh, he's always had a low tolerance.
00:11:24Mum?
00:11:25Sorry, love.
00:11:27Can we just...
00:11:29Yeah, Helen, you went to bed as well.
00:11:32Me and you kept on it till about half three.
00:11:38Yeah, but you were so cute.
00:11:39You were dead to the world by then,
00:11:41so, uh, I left you asleep in the hammock.
00:11:45And then what?
00:11:49Oh, and then, um, the taxi for the airport woke me up.
00:11:54Everyone!
00:11:55Wake up!
00:11:57Wake up!
00:11:59That's when I saw him.
00:12:01I thought he was asleep at first,
00:12:03but when I got closer, I saw the blood.
00:12:05Someone call an ambulance!
00:12:07Now!
00:12:10You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.
00:12:13You didn't hear the gunshot?
00:12:14Well, yeah, yeah, you'd have thought,
00:12:16but, well, it's like Helen said, you know,
00:12:18the room out here, it's, uh...
00:12:19Stronger than you used to.
00:12:21Inspector!
00:12:24That's something you should see.
00:12:27This is the only security camera footage from the villa.
00:12:31Footage is from this morning, outside the front door.
00:12:34The victim arrives at 5.32am, heads inside.
00:12:38The door was unlocked, so he let himself in.
00:12:40After that, nobody is seen leaving or arriving.
00:12:43So the only way in or out is from the front.
00:12:46And the drop at the back is too steep for access.
00:12:50So, it's got to be one of these four who shot Darren in St. Jules.
00:12:53Which means the gun that they used must still be here.
00:12:56But they're all saying they've never met him before.
00:12:59So why would one of them kill a total stranger?
00:13:16Hello, can I help you?
00:13:18Have you come to check-in?
00:13:19The name's Helen Dugdale.
00:13:21Of course, one moment, please.
00:13:24I can't believe they're not letting us fly home.
00:13:27This police overreach is what it is.
00:13:30So much for doing something different.
00:13:33Should have just gone to the Red Lion like last year.
00:13:36None of this would have happened.
00:13:39Girl, do you think there's something Helen's not telling us?
00:13:44She's been on edge ever since the police arrived.
00:13:55So why did Darian go to that villa at 5.30 in the morning?
00:13:59Let's see what we find at his house.
00:14:06How are you getting on, sir?
00:14:08Well, I haven't found anything that connects our victim to the suspects.
00:14:12But I have found this.
00:14:13The victim's aftershave.
00:14:15Really? This again?
00:14:16It's different to the one he was wearing at the crime scene.
00:14:19Here, have a sniff.
00:14:23I haven't found any others here.
00:14:25And there certainly wasn't one on his person.
00:14:27So why did he smell different to the brand of aftershave that he owns?
00:14:46So, I searched the suspects, the villa and surrounding areas, and there was no gun.
00:14:53No, it has to be there.
00:14:54No one left the villa after the victim was shot, so the weapon has to be there somewhere.
00:14:58Yeah, no, I totally get the logic, Inspector.
00:15:00But you're staying there?
00:15:02For definite, there's no gun at the villa.
00:15:04But that doesn't make any sense.
00:15:05So, sorry.
00:15:06Excuse me.
00:15:07Hello?
00:15:08Yes.
00:15:09Well, this is a strange one.
00:15:11We've got four people suspected of shooting a man they don't know with a gun they don't have.
00:15:15Let's start working through the victim's laptop, see what's on there.
00:15:18We need to find that gun.
00:15:22What?
00:15:23Actually, sir, it's the Nativity Service, if you'd forgotten.
00:15:27Are you serious?
00:15:28And we promised Catherine we'd make sure you get there.
00:15:32Look, we've got a murder case to solve, in case you hadn't noticed.
00:15:35And I haven't got time for play-acting with a bunch of kids at some school nativity.
00:15:40Then you better find the time, Inspector.
00:15:45Why is she...
00:15:46Good evening to you, Inspector.
00:15:49Officer Curtis, what's a pleasant surprise?
00:15:52My niece is performing in the Nativity tonight.
00:15:56And word has got back to me that they might not have a narrator.
00:16:00Because the man who is supposed to be doing it is being a grumpy goose about the whole thing.
00:16:05The grumpy...
00:16:06Now, listen...
00:16:07No, you listen to me.
00:16:08You are doing it.
00:16:10End of.
00:16:11So get your backside down to that church and man up.
00:16:30You know what, I never did like this sort of thing.
00:16:33The Nativity, the carol services.
00:16:36Right.
00:16:37Is there anything about Christmas you do like, sir?
00:16:40No, not really.
00:16:41Oh, hang on.
00:16:42Yeah.
00:16:42The Great Escape.
00:16:44The what?
00:16:45The Great Escape.
00:16:47The movie.
00:16:47It was on telly every Christmas.
00:16:50You know, with the motorcycle stunt.
00:16:52And the cooler.
00:16:53The dirt down the trousers.
00:16:57I'd give up.
00:16:58Me too.
00:16:59No, then we're waiting.
00:17:00Ready when you are.
00:17:03Right.
00:17:06Right.
00:17:07Um, here we go then.
00:17:10I guess.
00:17:32You okay?
00:17:36Okay, then.
00:17:41A long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman named Mary.
00:17:47She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.
00:17:51I understand he didn't want to wear a costume, but did he really have to do it in the heart?
00:17:58And then one day, an angel called Gabriel came to Mary and said to her...
00:18:16Sorry, it was mine.
00:18:19I knew it was going to be his.
00:18:25Sir.
00:18:27Sir.
00:18:29It's someone calling from Antigua.
00:18:32It could be...
00:18:34Your brother.
00:18:37Listen, sorry, everyone.
00:18:39I need to take this, yeah?
00:18:46Why did I sink when you first shoot her?
00:18:49Don't worry, Miss Baudet.
00:18:51Officer Sebastian rose to the rescue.
00:18:54Yes, my little king people.
00:18:56Wow, God.
00:18:58Woo!
00:19:01So, a long, long time ago, in the town of Nazareth,
00:19:06there lived a young woman, very nice woman, her name was Mary.
00:19:09She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.
00:19:20Melvin Wilson speaking.
00:19:22Mr. Wilson, it's Tyrese, the Cariba phone network.
00:19:26I just noticed your contract's coming up in the new year,
00:19:28and I thought we could have a chat about upgrading your phone.
00:19:35Mr. Wilson, are you still there?
00:19:36Yeah, I'm here.
00:19:37Um, no, no upgrade, thanks.
00:19:41Are you sure about that, Cosby?
00:19:43Because...
00:19:58The first Noel
00:20:01When the angels did sing
00:20:06Was to serve the poor shepherds
00:20:12In fields as they lay
00:20:16In fields as they lay
00:20:22Deep days
00:20:50Hey, sir, you didn't come back.
00:20:55Just wanted to check
00:20:56How are you doing?
00:20:58Yeah, it wasn't Solomon on the phone.
00:21:00Anyway, I've been thinking
00:21:03We really don't know anything about these people.
00:21:07You know, their lives in the UK.
00:21:10I was thinking we could use someone
00:21:12To do a bit of digging into our suspects
00:21:13Back in their hometown.
00:21:14Right.
00:21:15You want me to get in touch with the Swindon Police?
00:21:17No, no, no, I've already done that
00:21:18They're flat out till New Year
00:21:20But then I remembered
00:21:21We do have someone in the UK
00:21:22Who maybe could give us a hand
00:21:33You must be the policeman from the Caribbean
00:21:35Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:21:37Selwyn Patterson
00:21:39I'm no longer a commissioner
00:21:41I'm retired now
00:21:42Right, okay
00:21:44So now you're just...
00:21:46Helping out
00:21:47Somewhat reluctantly
00:21:49If I'm honest with you
00:21:51So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:21:55The police were called to your colleague's holiday villa
00:21:58Where, I'm sorry to see
00:21:59A man was found
00:22:01Shot dead
00:22:02Murdered
00:22:04I'm keen to get on with things
00:22:06And get out of here as quickly as I can
00:22:09Rightio
00:22:09Well, I'll give you the guided tour
00:22:11Welcome to Dugdale's branded merchandise
00:22:17So, that desk over there is Helen
00:22:20She's the managing director
00:22:22This desk belongs to our graphic designer, Gavin
00:22:26Accounts manager, Neil
00:22:28And Karen, head of sales
00:22:30And this one?
00:22:31Oh, oh, she's not here anymore
00:22:33She left a couple of months ago
00:22:36Who?
00:22:37Ashley
00:22:38Ashley Sims, her name was
00:22:40It was all somewhat clandestine
00:22:42If you ask me, Mr Patterson
00:22:48She did what they call a midnight flit
00:22:50Never came back
00:22:53Are you sure you don't want a cup of tea?
00:22:55I'm going to make myself one
00:22:57This drawer is locked
00:22:59Oh, yes
00:23:00It's been like that since Ashley left
00:23:02She has the only key
00:23:04I've been meaning to sort it
00:23:26Commissioner
00:23:27You do know what time it is over here, right?
00:23:30Half past three in the morning
00:23:31But as I've abandoned
00:23:33Good friend's wedding
00:23:34To travel to Swindon
00:23:35And help you out
00:23:36Okay, fair dues
00:23:37How can I help?
00:23:38The bullet you recovered from your victim
00:23:41Have you had the ballistics report back on it yet?
00:23:43Yeah, it was a .45 caliber
00:23:45Most likely fired from a pistol
00:23:47And did you find the weapon?
00:23:49No
00:23:50Why?
00:23:51Because I'm currently looking
00:23:53At a .45 caliber pistol
00:23:56In a desk drawer
00:23:58In Swindon
00:24:00Well, it can't be the same one
00:24:04Can it?
00:24:21Morning, sir
00:24:22Morning, Inspector
00:24:24This can't be right
00:24:26It just can't be
00:24:27What's going on?
00:24:28Commissioner found a gun
00:24:29Locked in the desk drawer
00:24:31Of an ex-employee called Ashley Sims
00:24:33In the Dugdale's offices
00:24:34Back in the UK
00:24:35What?
00:24:36Local forensic lab fast-tracked it
00:24:37And they say
00:24:38That is the gun
00:24:39That fired the bullet
00:24:40That killed Darren St. Jules
00:24:43Look
00:24:44Security footage shows
00:24:45That no one touched that drawer
00:24:46Since the shooting
00:24:47Wait, so how was that gun
00:24:48Used to shoot Darren St. Jules
00:24:50On this island
00:24:51If the same gun
00:24:52Was locked in a drawer
00:24:53Five thousand miles away?
00:24:54I know, right?
00:24:55It makes no sense
00:25:00We need to speak to Helen Dugdale
00:25:09Helen?
00:25:14If you're in there
00:25:15Can you open the door, please?
00:25:16We need to speak with you
00:25:17About Ashley Sims
00:25:24There's something you need to see
00:25:27I guess
00:25:29I want to say sorry
00:25:32I know it's not enough
00:25:34And
00:25:35But it won't change
00:25:36How you feel about me
00:25:37But
00:25:38I do
00:25:39Mean it
00:25:40I don't know why
00:25:44I keep doing this
00:25:47Blow everything up
00:25:51But
00:25:53It's why I've come here
00:25:57To get away
00:26:01Try and understand
00:26:03Why I
00:26:06Hurt people
00:26:07The way that I do
00:26:12She stole from me
00:26:13From the company
00:26:14How much?
00:26:15Five hundred thousand pounds
00:26:16Ouch
00:26:19My husband
00:26:19Keith
00:26:21Dugdale's
00:26:21Was his company
00:26:22Until he
00:26:23Passed away
00:26:24At the start of the year
00:26:25From a heart attack
00:26:26I'm sorry to hear that
00:26:29That's when I took
00:26:30Over the reins
00:26:31I really wanted to make it work
00:26:33And it was around that time
00:26:34That we had a position to fill
00:26:35And you gave the job
00:26:37To Miss Sims
00:26:39I knew she had a past
00:26:40That she'd been to prison
00:26:41But Keith always believed
00:26:42In giving people a second chance
00:26:43And I wanted to honour that
00:26:45What Miss Sims let you down
00:26:48Not even a year's passed
00:26:49And I've already lost
00:26:50Half a million pounds
00:26:51Did you report Ashley
00:26:52To the police?
00:26:54I was too embarrassed
00:26:56So I
00:26:57I hired someone
00:26:58To find out
00:26:59Where she sent the email from
00:27:00And that video she recorded
00:27:02That was sent from
00:27:03This island?
00:27:04Yes
00:27:06Okay
00:27:07So what does any of this
00:27:08Have to do with
00:27:09Darian St. George?
00:27:10The man I hired
00:27:11Discovered that Darian
00:27:12Had rented a holiday let
00:27:13To Ashley
00:27:14That's why I came here
00:27:15To try and get my money back
00:27:16I made sure our villa
00:27:18Wasn't far from Darian's house
00:27:19So it would be easy
00:27:20To go and visit him
00:27:21So you were lying
00:27:22When you told us
00:27:22You didn't know Darian?
00:27:23Did you meet with him?
00:27:26Yes
00:27:26A few days ago
00:27:28He confirmed that
00:27:29Ashley had rented
00:27:30This little place
00:27:31He has down on the beach
00:27:32That so?
00:27:34So she was definitely here
00:27:36She'd arrived a few months ago
00:27:38At the start of October
00:27:40He still had all the paperwork
00:27:42But he said that she'd moved on
00:27:44A few days ago
00:27:44And he didn't know where
00:27:46So what was Darian doing
00:27:48Turning up at your villa
00:27:49In the early hours yesterday?
00:27:51I don't know
00:27:53I really don't
00:27:54How much do the others
00:27:55Know about this?
00:27:56Nothing
00:27:56They don't know anything
00:27:57They think they're on a work's due
00:27:58Not even your son?
00:28:00No
00:28:00Not even Neil
00:28:01So then the only person
00:28:03Who knew Darian
00:28:04And therefore wanted him killed
00:28:05Was you?
00:28:06No
00:28:06I swear I didn't
00:28:09I can see how this looks
00:28:12But I didn't shoot him
00:28:13I don't
00:28:14I need to take this
00:28:22Commissioner
00:28:22You got something?
00:28:24Inspector
00:28:24I've searched Ashley Sims' flat
00:28:27And emailed you over some photographs
00:28:29I'm afraid there is little of use
00:28:31To your investigation
00:28:32I think she cleared out her flat
00:28:34Before she flew to the Caribbean
00:28:35Okay
00:28:36Thanks anyway sir
00:28:37Now if that is everything
00:28:40I'm going to catch my train
00:28:42And enjoy the rest of my Christmas
00:28:44Yeah
00:28:44You have a good one sir
00:28:46And you Inspector
00:28:47And you
00:28:55Thank you for your help
00:28:57Miss Gordes
00:28:58I didn't do anything really
00:29:00And you're nothing if not efficient
00:29:04So
00:29:07What are your plans for Christmas?
00:29:08I'm spending it with my daughter
00:29:10And her partner
00:29:11They've rented a cottage
00:29:13Up in the
00:29:14Yorkshire Dales
00:29:15Oh it's lovely up there
00:29:17So I'm told
00:29:18I'd better
00:29:19I'm flying solo this Christmas
00:29:21I mean
00:29:22That's how it's been
00:29:24Since mum passed
00:29:25Just me, myself and I
00:29:26Sorry
00:29:27I really
00:29:28Oh no
00:29:28No no
00:29:29I rather enjoy it actually
00:29:31You know there's no family arguments
00:29:33I can eat what I like
00:29:34Watch what I want on the telly
00:29:35Christmas
00:29:37Alone
00:29:37Is underrated
00:29:39I say
00:29:39Indeed
00:29:40No
00:29:41I really
00:29:42Don't want to miss my dream
00:29:48Goodbye Mr. Patterson
00:29:50Goodbye
00:29:51And Merry Christmas
00:29:53And a very Merry Christmas to you
00:29:59For passengers on platform
00:30:01One
00:30:02Awaiting the
00:30:03Three
00:30:04Fifteen
00:30:04Two
00:30:05Leaves
00:30:06Please be aware that due to
00:30:08Frost on the line
00:30:09This train is now delayed
00:30:11Please wait for further announcements
00:30:30So
00:30:32Immigration confirmed Ashley Sims arrived on the island two months ago
00:30:36But they have no record of her ever leaving
00:30:39So in theory she's still here
00:30:45Okay officer Rose
00:30:46I want you to check the harbors
00:30:47See if anyone matching Ashley's description was taken to one of the other islands in the last few days
00:30:51Ashley harbour last few days
00:30:53Got you
00:30:53Check the hotels, holiday rentals, guest houses on the island
00:30:56Hotels, rentals, guest houses
00:30:58Got you
00:30:58You need to do whatever it takes to find it
00:31:00Do you understand?
00:31:01Cool
00:31:02Totally getting you right now inspector
00:31:03I guess that means we're working Christmas day then
00:31:06Obviously
00:31:07It's a murder investigation
00:31:08And we need to find out who did it
00:31:10Right
00:31:11Only
00:31:12That's a lot of work for Seb to do by himself over Christmas
00:31:16Well my mother has a whole church thing going on
00:31:18And everybody else is busy so
00:31:20It's cool
00:31:21There you go
00:31:22Sorted
00:31:25Thanks Seb
00:31:26No worries
00:31:27See you in a bit
00:31:30I'll let my parents know I won't be flying home this evening
00:31:33Appreciate it
00:31:35Ashley Sims aside
00:31:36We still don't have a scooby
00:31:38How the killer made the gun they shot Darian with
00:31:40Disappear from that villa
00:31:42Then reappear in a locked desk drawer back in the UK
00:31:47And that
00:31:48Blitzen
00:31:49What's that about?
00:31:51Unless it has nothing to do with Darian's murder sir
00:31:54And it is just a co-
00:31:55You don't believe in coincidences
00:31:59I mean in what circumstance does someone write the name of one of Sansa's reindeer on the palm of their
00:32:03hand?
00:32:08Are you doing all right sir?
00:32:10After last night
00:32:12Look if Solomon doesn't want to get in touch I'm cool with that
00:32:15Well
00:32:16Well
00:32:16D.S. Thomas
00:32:17I'd rather we didn't talk about it anymore
00:32:19Alright?
00:32:35I'm at Swindon East
00:32:37Your tannoy keeps announcing there is a rail replacement service to Leeds
00:32:43Yes
00:32:43But it hasn't turned up
00:32:45Yeah
00:32:46It got cancelled
00:32:49I'm sorry
00:32:50The service replacing the service that got cancelled also got cancelled?
00:32:56Yeah
00:32:56That's about the sound of it
00:32:57No more trains until Boxing Day
00:33:00So
00:33:00What
00:33:02Do you suggest I do?
00:33:04D'know mate
00:33:04Have a merry one yeah
00:33:07See ya
00:33:10And a merry Christmas to you too
00:33:22I'm sorry mate but it's Christmas Eve
00:33:24None of my drivers are going to want to go outside of Swindon
00:33:27Have you tried a hire car company?
00:33:28Yes
00:33:30But nothing is available in the area until the 27th
00:33:39You have no rooms available at all?
00:33:43We're fully booked
00:33:44We're fully booked
00:33:45Everywhere will be this time of year
00:33:46Maybe you could try the Salvation Army?
00:33:56This is Andrina
00:33:57Leave me a message when you hear the peep
00:34:01It's me
00:34:02I'm still in Swindon
00:34:03There's no transport
00:34:05No hotels
00:34:06And there's no one here who seems able to help me
00:34:11And I don't know what to do
00:34:14And I don't know what to do
00:34:40Mr. Patterson
00:34:40Oh
00:34:41Thank you Miss Dawgs
00:34:45It must be crazy
00:34:46Yes
00:34:47After you
00:34:48Thank you
00:35:03Good morning to you all
00:35:05It's 6 o'clock on this beautiful Christmas Day morning here on San Marie
00:35:09And there's a surprise guest with me here in the studio
00:35:12I've got a young officer
00:35:13Sebastian Rose from the San Marie police talking with me right now
00:35:17Yes
00:35:18It is me
00:35:18Officer Sebastian Rose from Honorary police station
00:35:22Merry Christmas everybody
00:35:24He and his colleagues want your help
00:35:26Looking for a young woman called Ashley Sims
00:35:28Am I right?
00:35:29That is it
00:35:30You are totally right Alphonse
00:35:31If anybody has heard anything
00:35:33Or seen anything
00:35:35Well
00:35:36What I would say Jacinta
00:35:38Is
00:35:38Even if it was just a glimpse
00:35:40One of your viewers had this woman
00:35:42They should still
00:35:43Get in touch
00:35:44Oh
00:35:45Seb
00:35:46Oh and also
00:35:46The people can check out the video I made
00:35:49On our social media page
00:35:51At SM police
00:35:52Ashley Sims
00:35:53I've seen her
00:35:54If you've seen her
00:35:56If you've seen her
00:35:56Call this number
00:35:57Ashley Sims
00:35:58I've seen her
00:35:59If you've seen her
00:36:01Call this number
00:36:02Ashley Sims
00:36:03I've seen her
00:36:04You've seen her
00:36:06Come
00:36:20Commissioner
00:36:20Morning
00:36:21This is a surprise
00:36:23Inspector
00:36:24Have you seen that video Officer Rose has put on social media?
00:36:28It's deeply inappropriate
00:36:31Would you like another Sherry selbin?
00:36:36No, thank you.
00:36:39Is that the receptionist?
00:36:43Marjorie Dons. I'm spending Christmas Day with her.
00:36:47Well, I'm glad you two hit it off. Good for you, sir.
00:36:49It's not like that, Inspector.
00:36:52I got stock in Swindon. There were no trains to Leeds.
00:36:55OK.
00:36:55Look, just take that video down.
00:36:58No disrespect, sir, but it's not really your problem anymore, is it?
00:37:02Just sort it, Inspector.
00:37:13Yeah, I've got his bank statement in front of me.
00:37:16That's great. Could you email it over?
00:37:18I'll do that right away. Cheers.
00:37:30Literally every train.
00:37:31If you've seen her call, it's number.
00:37:35Ashton, since have you seen us?
00:37:37If you've seen her call, it's number.
00:37:42All right, I'm coming.
00:37:44Hey!
00:37:48I've got a lead.
00:37:49A possible suspect for Darien St. Julesy's murder.
00:37:52I need to go and talk with him now.
00:37:53Merry Christmas, sir.
00:37:58Oh, um...
00:38:00Merry Christmas.
00:38:03I'll be right with you.
00:38:15Our financial checks show that two days ago, you wired £100,000 from this island to your bank account back
00:38:22in England.
00:38:23No, he didn't.
00:38:29What?
00:38:31You wanna tell us where you got that money from?
00:38:34What did you do, Liam?
00:38:35Yes, Neil.
00:38:36What did you do?
00:38:38I followed you.
00:38:40Why?
00:38:41You were acting so weird.
00:38:43A few days ago, when you went off by yourself, I knew that it had to be about the money
00:38:48that Ashley had taken.
00:38:49I'm sorry.
00:38:50I couldn't understand why you didn't tell me.
00:38:52And I know you were just trying to protect me, Mum.
00:38:54I was worried about you.
00:38:55I was just trying to help.
00:38:59So I waited until the guy, Darien, had left.
00:39:04The door was unlocked, so I let myself in.
00:39:06There wasn't anything I could find until I found an old biscuit tin.
00:39:10It was full of money.
00:39:12And what did you think when you opened it and saw £100,000 in cash inside?
00:39:17Well, I still think that it was money that belonged to the company.
00:39:21I mean, why else would this local fisherman have that much money in Stirling in his house?
00:39:26And that's why you took it?
00:39:27Because it was money that Ashley had stolen from us.
00:39:29From Mum.
00:39:32And I don't want to see her lose everything.
00:39:36After she'd already lost my dad.
00:39:39Sweet.
00:39:44All right.
00:39:45Okay.
00:39:47So, fast forward to the morning you're due to leave the island, yeah?
00:39:51And our victim turns up at 5.30.
00:39:54We've been trying to work out why he went there that morning.
00:39:58But what if he realised that you stole from him and came to confront you about it?
00:40:03No.
00:40:04On my life, I didn't even see him that morning.
00:40:08This aftershave.
00:40:08It's yours, right?
00:40:10Rivage Mystique.
00:40:11Yeah?
00:40:12Why?
00:40:12This is the exact same aftershave Darien was wearing.
00:40:15The morning of the murder.
00:40:18Right?
00:40:20You're not suggesting that this is evidence I shot him.
00:40:23Why would I kill someone and then spray him with my own aftershave?
00:40:27Achoo!
00:40:31Darien definitely smelt of this when we found him.
00:40:34But why?
00:40:37What if...
00:40:38there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
00:40:41You know, a bit like a bin man.
00:40:44Yeah, but...
00:40:45What?
00:40:48Neil's right.
00:40:49It's not enough.
00:40:51What's some Christmas this is?
00:40:53Oh.
00:40:54Come here.
00:40:55Give Mum a hug.
00:40:57Oh, hang on.
00:40:58Sorry.
00:41:02Oh.
00:41:03No.
00:41:04Not now, Marjorie.
00:41:06Hi.
00:41:06This is Helen Dugdale's phone.
00:41:08Please leave a message after the tone.
00:41:09I'll call you back.
00:41:11Hello, Helen.
00:41:12It's Marjorie.
00:41:13I'm planning to wish you a Merry Christmas.
00:41:16We're about to have our lunch and I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you.
00:41:20Hope everything sorts itself out soon.
00:41:31Dinner is served.
00:41:37This looks wonderful.
00:41:44Here's to a Merry Christmas.
00:41:48Merry Christmas.
00:41:52Hmm.
00:41:54Right then.
00:41:56Tuck in.
00:41:59I would like to offer you an apology, Miss Dodds.
00:42:03Oh, Marjorie.
00:42:05Please.
00:42:06There's really no need for an apology.
00:42:08Oh, there is.
00:42:10You've been nothing but gracious and welcoming for the last couple of days.
00:42:14While I...
00:42:15I've been nothing but, um...
00:42:19rowdy.
00:42:21No, no.
00:42:22I wouldn't go that far.
00:42:25Though...
00:42:27I did sense you weren't very happy.
00:42:30Is it to do with your old job?
00:42:32What makes you ask that?
00:42:34I don't know. It's just...
00:42:36When we first met, the way you said you were retired,
00:42:40it was like you weren't entirely comfortable with it.
00:42:43My superiors back on Saint Marie,
00:42:46they tried to get rid of me
00:42:49after 50 years
00:42:50of doing a job I loved.
00:42:55In the end,
00:42:56I...
00:42:57I just walked away.
00:43:00I know what it's like.
00:43:02I'm just silly old Marjorie on reception.
00:43:06Don't even get invited to the Christmas party they're having out there.
00:43:10I'm sorry.
00:43:12And I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean.
00:43:21Look at us.
00:43:23Moving like this on Christmas Day.
00:43:26When you cook this feast for us,
00:43:28we should be enjoying ourselves.
00:43:31Here.
00:43:33Will you do me the pleasure?
00:43:35Well, if you insist.
00:43:38Oh!
00:43:39I won!
00:43:40I won!
00:43:42Oh!
00:43:42Where's it gone?
00:43:44Where's it gone?
00:43:47Oh!
00:43:48Here it is.
00:43:49It's a tiny little sewing pit.
00:43:57All right.
00:43:58Let me check with the inspector.
00:44:00Okay, speak to you soon.
00:44:01All right.
00:44:04Hey!
00:44:05Merry Christmas, guys.
00:44:07Merry Christmas, Seb.
00:44:08Yeah, ditto.
00:44:10Now, where are we at with the search for Ashley Sims?
00:44:13So, um...
00:44:14B&Bs, hotels, guest horses, nobody's heard from her.
00:44:18And no one's called in with her sighting either.
00:44:20It's like she's vanished into thin air.
00:44:21Oh, and Katherine just called.
00:44:23She said she can still squeeze us in for her Christmas Day lunch,
00:44:26but it's our last sitting, so we have to go now.
00:44:29Are we still asking ourselves,
00:44:31how was Darian shot with a bullet fired from a gun
00:44:34locked in a drawer in Swindon at the time that it happened?
00:44:38And what has Blitzen got to do with all of this?
00:44:42Are you coming, sir?
00:44:45Well, yeah, you guys go. I'll just keep working.
00:44:48Are you sure, sir?
00:44:50Wait a minute.
00:44:52What are these?
00:44:53Oh, those are the invices, sir, you know?
00:44:56For the stuff for organised help, find Ashley Sims.
00:44:59You have, um, posters, adverts for TV and radio, and, uh...
00:45:03There's over a thousand dollars that we owe.
00:45:04We can't afford this.
00:45:05Well, uh...
00:45:06Well, how big do you think our budget was?
00:45:07It's only because you said whatever it takes.
00:45:10Yeah, but not this much!
00:45:12I mean, what were you thinking?
00:45:13Uh, all right, let's... let's calm it.
00:45:19Seb, why don't you head over to Catherine's, and I'll catch up with you.
00:45:28With respect, he's just doing his best to help.
00:45:33And he's given up his Christmas to do it, sir.
00:45:39Look, I know the case is frustrating, and you've got other things on your mind.
00:45:42What other things?
00:45:44Well, your brother not calling.
00:45:47What?
00:45:47That's not bothering me.
00:45:50It isn't.
00:45:51It isn't?
00:45:51No, it isn't!
00:45:52Yes, it is!
00:45:53Of course it is!
00:45:55And I really wish you'd just admit that, rather than pretending like you don't care when you so clearly care!
00:46:13Just don't take it out on the rest of us.
00:46:48Let's see what you want.
00:46:49Joyeux Noël Camille!
00:46:50And to little Chloe.
00:46:52Her grandmother is missing her today.
00:46:55Has she opened her presents yet?
00:46:56No, not yet.
00:46:58One moment Camille!
00:47:00Yes, okay.
00:47:00We'll see you.
00:47:07No moving?
00:47:58No moving, no moving, no moving.
00:48:13Inspector, everything all right?
00:48:15I'm feeling bad, sir, about messing up your Christmas.
00:48:18I'm sorry you couldn't get to spend it with your daughter.
00:48:20It's not your fault.
00:48:21If anyone's to blame, it's the British transport system,
00:48:25which I am told is not uncommon.
00:48:27I mean, I'd like to say you get used to it by be lying.
00:48:30I mean, just a minute.
00:48:47Is that the sea?
00:48:49I can't hear.
00:48:50Yeah, I'm at the shack.
00:48:52It's beautiful out here.
00:48:54It's a really clear night, but then all nights are like that here, aren't they?
00:48:58The moon here is a little more grey than I remember it in St. Marie.
00:49:12I'm just wondering if I made a mistake staying on in St. Marie.
00:49:16Why?
00:49:18Because I know I'm not good when I put myself on the line.
00:49:20I feel like I'm just hanging around, waiting.
00:49:25Your brother?
00:49:27Yeah.
00:49:32I don't think he wants to get in touch.
00:49:38I'm sorry, it's not really your problem anymore, is it, whether I stay or go.
00:49:42It still feels like it is.
00:49:48Inspector.
00:49:50If you are not sure what to do, the only advice I can offer is that you put your trust
00:49:56in that island.
00:49:58I did for most of my life, and in return, it delivered me true happiness.
00:50:11If St. Marie won't bring your brother to you, then perhaps it will bring you someone or something else.
00:50:26Be patient.
00:50:28Yeah, well, you know patience isn't my forte, right?
00:50:32I know.
00:50:34But what am I supposed to do in the meantime?
00:50:36Might I suggest you focus on solving that case, you have.
00:50:44You're missed here, you know?
00:50:51Good night, Inspector.
00:50:59Good night, Inspector.
00:51:35I'm sorry for spending all that money you don't have in your budget, so I wanted to pay it back.
00:51:47There's $322.86 in there, which I took from my savings.
00:51:52I mean, it's all my savings, but that's cool.
00:51:55And if you deduct $20 from my wages each month, you should be paid back in about two years, I
00:52:02reckon.
00:52:04Officer Rose, you've got a good heart.
00:52:09Anyone ever tell you that?
00:52:11Well, my auntie, like, all the time, you know?
00:52:18Take this.
00:52:19You don't have to pay anything back.
00:52:22We'll find it in the budget.
00:52:24And there's no need to apologise, all right?
00:52:27In fact, I should apologise for blazing at you like that.
00:52:31What you did was, um, was really good work.
00:52:37Anyway, come on.
00:52:38I've got a new lead.
00:52:39Let's go and wait D.S. Thomas up.
00:52:47He can't keep doing this.
00:52:50Happy Boxing Day, D.S. Thomas.
00:52:54Listen, um, I want to apologise for losing it and ruining Christmas.
00:53:02I'll make it up to you.
00:53:04I promise.
00:53:07And you were right about me taking it out on you because of Solomon.
00:53:14I just really wanted it, you know?
00:53:20I'm sorry, too.
00:53:23Good morning, Sarge.
00:53:25The inspector tell you the good news yet?
00:53:28He's only going to make a big breakthrough in the case,
00:53:30which is a big relief.
00:53:31Because I was drawing a blank.
00:53:34Yachty.
00:53:37So I've been going through Darien St. George's phone records,
00:53:40and he phoned someone the day before he was murdered.
00:53:43A friend of his called Trishawn King.
00:53:45Now, he was over on Montserrat for Christmas.
00:53:48So I asked Darlene to speak with him.
00:53:51Darlene?
00:53:52Last night?
00:53:53Yeah.
00:53:53And how was she with that?
00:53:55Uh, you know, she was...
00:53:57She was cool with it.
00:53:59Inspector, it's Christmas Day.
00:54:01What in God's name do you think you're doing?
00:54:08Anyway, it turned out Darien feared for his life,
00:54:11and was asking Trishawn where he can get hold of a gun for protection.
00:54:16He thought someone was going to kill him.
00:54:18Did he say who?
00:54:20Mm-mm.
00:54:21But he did say he was caught up in something he shouldn't have,
00:54:23and get this,
00:54:24he thought the woman he was trying to help had been murdered.
00:54:27Now I'm caught up in it all.
00:54:29And now he was worried that he was going to suffer the same fate.
00:54:32Whoa, wait.
00:54:33Darien told Trishawn he thought Ashley Sims was murdered?
00:54:37But it would explain why no one's seen her the last few days.
00:54:40So then, if this is true,
00:54:42that means that whoever killed Ashley Sims
00:54:45probably also murdered Darien St. George.
00:54:47To silence him.
00:54:48So what we need to start looking for now
00:54:51is anyone who had a reason to kill Ashley Sims.
00:54:54But both Helen and Neil Dugdale, to start with,
00:54:57Ashley stole half a million pounds from their company.
00:55:01And there's someone else as well.
00:55:09We've been looking at your phone records,
00:55:11and these, Miss Hickson,
00:55:12are text messages from you to Ashley Sims
00:55:15just before she came out of here.
00:55:17You'll regret ever meeting me.
00:55:19Stay away from my boyfriend,
00:55:21or else I'm not afraid to hurt you.
00:55:25The list goes on.
00:55:27Care to explain?
00:55:29They had a thing, right?
00:55:32Gavin and Ashley had a thing behind my back.
00:55:35Or sort of.
00:55:37Sort of?
00:55:40Yeah, like, it wasn't, like, a real thing.
00:55:41Like, they never really got together.
00:55:43But he liked her.
00:55:46Yeah.
00:55:48God knows why.
00:55:49She was weird.
00:55:50But I think Gav liked that about her.
00:55:52And he called things off between us.
00:55:58And that's when I started warning her off.
00:55:59Guess I just got a bit carried away.
00:56:02I just...
00:56:04I just didn't want to lose him.
00:56:06And you didn't?
00:56:08Now that Ashley's conveniently disappeared,
00:56:11you've got Gavin to yourself now, haven't you?
00:56:13What?
00:56:14Is that what you think?
00:56:15That I killed her?
00:56:20No, I wouldn't.
00:56:22I didn't.
00:56:23It'll be about Gavin.
00:56:26We need to tell him what we know.
00:56:28But Ashley called things off with Gav.
00:56:31Why would I kill her?
00:56:32Inspector.
00:56:34You need to hear the truth.
00:56:35What?
00:56:37And I'm afraid you're not going to get that from her.
00:56:39No disrespect, Karen.
00:56:40Oh, come on, man.
00:56:42What are you saying?
00:56:43Whatever she's told you,
00:56:45it's ten times worse.
00:56:46Neil, what are you saying?
00:56:47Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:56:48You've had your chance.
00:56:49Go on.
00:56:51He had a thing for Ashley.
00:56:52Is that it?
00:56:54We already know.
00:56:55No, it was more than that.
00:56:56Gavin was obsessed.
00:56:58When Ashley said they couldn't see each other anymore,
00:57:00he had to take time off work.
00:57:02And I've seen the posters you've been putting up.
00:57:03If Ashley's gone missing,
00:57:04then I'm telling you,
00:57:05it'll have something to do with Gavin.
00:57:08Inspector.
00:57:14Someone's just broken into the villa where Darion was shut.
00:57:26What's up?
00:57:31Let's go.
00:57:59Mr. Bradbury, this doesn't look good at all.
00:58:05But then I don't think you need me to tell you that.
00:58:11You want to start by telling us what we're going to find in that pool you've just emptied?
00:58:14And we know it's not the gun used to kill Darian St. Jules,
00:58:18because that's currently sitting in a police station somewhere in Swindon.
00:58:21So what's down there?
00:58:22Why have you come back to the crime scene, Gavin? What's so important?
00:58:25Inspector, find something.
00:58:28What is it?
00:58:29A bullet. One that's been fired.
00:58:37Why is there a bullet in the pool, Gav?
00:58:40It's like...
00:58:43keepsake.
00:58:44Like something to remember Ashley by.
00:58:50A bullet?
00:58:52There are other things that I've got of hers as well, like...
00:58:57More like normal things.
00:58:59I'm really not interested in those, funny enough.
00:59:03Ashley, she's...
00:59:04She's not like anyone I've ever met before.
00:59:06Like, it was exciting being around her and her life was so different to mine.
00:59:12Yeah, I hear that.
00:59:13The bullet?
00:59:14Yeah.
00:59:16She has a gun.
00:59:18She was looking after it as a favour for someone that she knew from prison and she...
00:59:22Well...
00:59:25We went out to the woods one day and she let me fire it.
00:59:28It was amazing, right?
00:59:30It was a...
00:59:31You know, like exhilarating.
00:59:33And I went and got one of the bullets.
00:59:34You know, like I said, that I would keep it with me to remind me of her.
00:59:38And they say romance is dead.
00:59:41So, why did it end up in the pool?
00:59:44I panicked.
00:59:45When there was that dead guy and Neil called the police, I was worried that if you found
00:59:51it, you'd think it was me that shot him.
00:59:53So, I took it out and I was wondering what to do and...
00:59:57I dropped it.
00:59:59It fell in the pool.
01:00:02And the more you were sniffing around, the more I started to worry that you'd find it.
01:00:05So, I came back and I...
01:00:10So, you loved Ashley then?
01:00:13Yeah, I guess, yeah.
01:00:16Must have really hurt when she ended things.
01:00:20Gavin, we believe Ashley Sims was murdered on this island in the last few days.
01:00:26What?
01:00:27No.
01:00:27What?
01:00:28If she can't be...
01:00:28And we're kind of wondering if maybe you did it.
01:00:30Me?
01:00:33Why would I kill Ashley?
01:00:34Because you couldn't have her.
01:00:35And it hurt like hell.
01:00:37No, no, no, no.
01:00:38You've got this wrong.
01:00:38I didn't kill her.
01:00:40I owe that man.
01:00:42You seem a bit edgy, Gavin.
01:00:45Is there something you aren't telling us?
01:00:47There's nothing.
01:00:50Really, there is nothing.
01:00:58Paradise Corp Hotel, please.
01:01:06What is it that he's not saying?
01:01:14Hey, this is Ashley's phone.
01:01:16You know what to do.
01:01:17Ashley, it's me.
01:01:18We need to talk.
01:01:19I'm worried about you.
01:01:21The police have been asking questions and I think they know about us, so...
01:01:25Just let me know what you want me to do, yeah?
01:01:28Please call me back.
01:01:30I love you.
01:01:43You all right, sir?
01:01:45You seem a bit tense.
01:01:47I just can't work this one out.
01:01:49I mean, we've got one potential murder victim whose body we haven't found.
01:01:54Another murder victim whose body we have found.
01:01:56But that murder weapon was locked in a desk drawer on the other side of the world when that murder
01:02:00took place.
01:02:01I mean, where do we even start?
01:02:03Well, sounds like you need to go get a little shoulder rub, you know?
01:02:06Release some of that tension.
01:02:09No, you all right, Officer Rose.
01:02:14This guy again.
01:02:16Listen, mate, I told you before, I'm not interested in upgrading to another phone.
01:02:20So stop calling me, yeah?
01:02:22Is that Mervyn Wilson?
01:02:24Yeah, it's still Mervyn Wilson and I'm still not interested.
01:02:27It's me, Solomon.
01:02:29Your brother.
01:02:36Are you there, Mervyn?
01:02:40Mervyn?
01:02:42Yes.
01:02:43Yes, he's here.
01:02:45Don't hang up.
01:02:58Solomon.
01:03:00It's Mervyn.
01:03:02Yeah, it's always, you know that.
01:03:05Look, mate, I'm sorry.
01:03:07I just wasn't expecting your call.
01:03:09Yeah, I know.
01:03:10I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get in touch, but it was, you know.
01:03:16No, no, no, mate.
01:03:17I totally understand, yeah?
01:03:19I mean, it's a process, right?
01:03:22But, hey, you're calling now, aren't you?
01:03:25Yeah, man.
01:03:26It's a process.
01:03:27But I'm glad to be calling now.
01:03:33Are you still there?
01:03:36Mervyn?
01:03:37Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm still here.
01:03:43Look, Solomon, I'm really, really sorry to do this to you.
01:03:47And I am so glad you called and that we're finally speaking.
01:03:51And I really, really want us to talk again, but right now, there's something I need to do, yeah?
01:04:00Yeah, man, no problem.
01:04:01But I'll tell you.
01:04:03That was quick.
01:04:05Officer Rose, that billboard, you did that, right?
01:04:08Yes, sir, I did.
01:04:11But you should already have the invites for that.
01:04:12It's not going to cost any extra.
01:04:14No, no, no, I don't care about the cost.
01:04:15It was worth every penny.
01:04:16Come, come, come, look.
01:04:23You see, all along, we've been looking at Ashley's footage on phone screens and laptops, yeah?
01:04:29Well, they were too small.
01:04:31I don't understand.
01:04:33You see where Ashley is?
01:04:35This is a still from the video she made.
01:04:37And in the background, there's a ship passing by.
01:04:41Now, before, that was just a speck.
01:04:43But now you've blown it up.
01:04:44Look at it.
01:04:46What about the ship?
01:04:48Look at what it's called.
01:04:52Blitzen.
01:04:53Blitzen.
01:04:55Yeah?
01:04:56Now we know.
01:04:58Oh, Officer Rose, if you were so tall, I'd kiss you.
01:05:02Why would Darion write the name of that ship on his hands?
01:05:05Well, he obviously saw the footage himself, and then, um, he saw something in it.
01:05:11But what?
01:05:18It's like she's vanished into thin air.
01:05:20Why have I come here?
01:05:21I thought I was helping someone.
01:05:24You know what?
01:05:25I think I'm starting to work out what went down here.
01:05:29But I need to make a phone call.
01:05:32And you need to get on to airport security.
01:05:34Come on.
01:05:37All right, mate.
01:05:38Much appreciated.
01:05:39Cheers.
01:05:41Wow.
01:05:43What's wow?
01:05:46So, that ship behind Ashley Sims, it's owned by a Scandinavian container shipping company.
01:05:52Now, we know from the information on that footage, Ashley recorded it on the 4th of October, right?
01:05:57Right.
01:05:58Well, check this.
01:05:59The Blitzen was passing by the south coast of England on the 4th of October.
01:06:04Thousands of miles from the Caribbean.
01:06:05So, Ashley recorded that video on a beach back in the UK.
01:06:10Which means she was never even here.
01:06:13Inspector, the airport just emailed over security camera footage the day Ashley Sims arrived on the island.
01:06:21Oh, wait, she was here?
01:06:24Thank you for a wonderful Christmas, Marjorie.
01:06:27Oh, it's been lovely.
01:06:28Let me give you a hand with that.
01:06:30Oh, don't be daft.
01:06:31You don't know where anything goes.
01:06:32Then you can tell me.
01:06:34It's the least I can do.
01:06:37Living room, sideboard drawer.
01:06:39Living room, sideboard drawer.
01:06:42Living room, sideboard drawer.
01:06:44But if Ashley Sims has never been here before,
01:06:47why do immigration records show that she has?
01:06:50Because someone else came pretending to be Ashley,
01:06:53presumably on a fake passport,
01:06:55and that someone paid Darian 100k
01:06:57to lie and say Ashley rented his property for the past few months.
01:07:00But why would they do that?
01:07:02To misdirect and confuse anyone looking for her.
01:07:05Because they'd already killed Ashley and taken the money.
01:07:08So one of our four suspects has been there three months previously?
01:07:11Which is why we're going through this footage,
01:07:13because it will show who was pretending to be Ashley Sims.
01:07:18There.
01:07:19Why didn't I see that before?
01:07:21Why I've come here to try and understand why I hurt people.
01:07:25No, it was more than that.
01:07:26Gavin was obsessed.
01:07:28Of course.
01:07:29After that, nobody is seen leaving or arriving.
01:07:32So it's got to be one of these four who shot Darian and St. Jules.
01:07:36You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.
01:07:39You didn't hear the gunshot?
01:07:40It's like Helen said, you know, the room out here, it's stronger than you used to.
01:07:43What if there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
01:07:47It makes perfect sense now.
01:07:50For definite, there's no gun at the villa.
01:07:51The commissioner found a gun locked in the desk drawer
01:07:54at Dougdale's offices back in the UK.
01:07:56We need to call the commissioner.
01:07:58The commissioner?
01:07:59Why?
01:07:59Because he's with the killer as we speak.
01:08:14Come on, sir.
01:08:15Pick up.
01:08:20And what about these ones?
01:08:22Same drawer.
01:08:23Oh.
01:08:29I've always wanted to go to the caribbean.
01:08:49I said the same drawer.
01:08:53No.
01:08:59That necklace, the stone is lithmer, unique to St. Marie.
01:09:05You told me you always wanted to go to the caribbean like you've never been.
01:09:13You were lying.
01:09:16No, no, Selwyn.
01:09:18It was you that went to St. Marie three months ago.
01:09:22If Ashley never went then, is she dead?
01:09:27Oh, I'm sorry.
01:09:29I didn't mean to.
01:09:31It just happened.
01:09:34Miss Jones.
01:09:37I think you should put the knife down, though.
01:09:47Please.
01:09:50Oh.
01:09:56That video she made, it wasn't in the caribbean, was it?
01:10:02Bournemouth.
01:10:04On a Sunday, she'd gone to the seaside.
01:10:08She realized she'd made a mistake stealing that money, didn't she?
01:10:14Then she wanted to give the money back and send the video as an apology.
01:10:19I want to say sorry.
01:10:21I don't know why I keep doing this.
01:10:23Miss Simms didn't leave the country.
01:10:28I'd gone in to the office that day to deal with an order that had gone wrong.
01:10:33It wasn't my fault.
01:10:35But I was the one who had to go in and fix it.
01:10:38And then when I let myself in, I found Ashley there and I knew, I knew straight away what the
01:10:45money was.
01:10:46You overhear a lot when you sit at reception all day.
01:10:50I knew it was you.
01:10:51And I went to call the police.
01:10:54Wait, I'm giving the money back, Marjorie.
01:10:57Don't.
01:10:58Please.
01:10:59I'm calling the police now.
01:11:02Don't do this to me.
01:11:03You're not.
01:11:04And Ashley tried to stop me.
01:11:06I won't let you, Marjorie.
01:11:08Get off me.
01:11:09Push her off me and...
01:11:23And I wasn't even supposed to be in that day.
01:11:29But it's like I told you, nobody, nobody cares for me there.
01:11:34They just take me for granted and...
01:11:37You sold the money and thought, finally, you could take something back for yourself.
01:11:46All you had to do was dispose of the body.
01:11:53Where?
01:11:59In my back garden.
01:12:02Oh.
01:12:07And then you made a fake passport in Ashley's name.
01:12:10Oh, that wasn't hard, you know, with all the kit we've got in the office.
01:12:14You flew on that passport to St. Marie.
01:12:17To make it look as if Miss Sims had run away to the other side of the world and rented
01:12:24her property there for the last few months.
01:12:27You know, I, I really did want to go to the Caribbean.
01:12:32It's just that I never had the chance or the money until...
01:12:38And if you were going to misdirect from what really happened here in Swindon, where the dead body was,
01:12:46then the farther away, the better, and no one would realize.
01:12:57Until things started to go wrong and you received a phone call.
01:13:10You're saying Marjorie killed Ashley Sims?
01:13:14Our receptionist, that Marjorie?
01:13:16That Marjorie.
01:13:17Yes, Marjorie Dodds, the receptionist, killed Ashley Sims in England
01:13:21and made it look as if she ran away to the Caribbean with your 500k.
01:13:25Oh, my.
01:13:26I did not see that coming.
01:13:28So which one of us shot the man found in our swimming pool?
01:13:32It wasn't any of you.
01:13:34But it had to be. You said so.
01:13:36No one else was here.
01:13:37Yeah, you're right. I did say that.
01:13:39But what I didn't know then was that Darian St. Jules wasn't shot at your villa.
01:13:44It just looked like he was.
01:13:46That's why no gunshot was heard, because there wasn't one.
01:13:50He'd already been shot.
01:13:56We know now from our colleague in the UK that Marjorie had paid Darian money.
01:14:02She came to the island three months ago on a forged passport,
01:14:04and she gave him £100,000 to lie and cover if anyone ever came to the island asking after Ashley.
01:14:12She'd convinced him he was doing a favour for a very vulnerable friend of hers.
01:14:18But when you visited him a few days ago, Mrs. Dogdale,
01:14:21asking questions, mentioning the missing £500,000,
01:14:24Darian started to wonder what he'd got himself involved in.
01:14:28And when he re-watched that footage more closely,
01:14:30the footage of Ashley you'd shown him,
01:14:33as an experienced fisherman who knew the waters of St. Marie very well,
01:14:37something about it bothered him.
01:14:39Zooming in, he was able to read the name of the boat, Blitzen.
01:14:42He knew this was not a St. Marie vessel.
01:14:46He worked out that the video of Ashley was actually shot in the UK.
01:14:52And having heard from you, Mrs. Dogdale,
01:14:55that Ashley went missing with £500,000 of your money,
01:14:59Darian started to realise that Ashley had never been to the island.
01:15:02He'd only ever met Marjorie.
01:15:04So he phoned Miss Dodds, asking what was going on.
01:15:13We need to talk.
01:15:14Listen, Darian, you've got this all wrong.
01:15:19All throughout this case,
01:15:20we thought Darian's killer had to be one of you four.
01:15:24The one person we never suspected was Marjorie Dodds.
01:15:28It was all the way back in Swindon.
01:15:29Or so we thought.
01:15:31With Darian threatening to go to the police,
01:15:34Marjorie asked him to hang fire.
01:15:36And she would fly out here and speak to him in person.
01:15:40Marjorie was here?
01:15:41On this island?
01:15:41At the exact same time we were?
01:15:43Yeah.
01:15:43She arrived the night before Darian was shot
01:15:45and flew back to the UK the next morning.
01:15:49Unable to convince Darian to keep quiet and carry on with the lie,
01:15:53Marjorie started to grow desperate.
01:15:55Worried he'd tell the police.
01:15:57I can give you more money.
01:15:58How much?
01:15:59Just tell me and I'll give it to you.
01:16:01We know Darian was searching around for a gun,
01:16:04for self-protection.
01:16:06I just want you to leave.
01:16:08Now!
01:16:10He never expected Marjorie would use it against him.
01:16:18What are you doing?
01:16:19Put the gun down!
01:16:25After shooting Darian, Marjorie left and headed for the airport.
01:16:29Before getting back on the plane,
01:16:31arriving at Dugdale's offices just in time to meet with our very own Commissioner Patterson.
01:16:36If Marjorie shot Darian at his house,
01:16:39how did he end up at our villa?
01:16:41Marjorie thought she'd killed him.
01:16:43But what she didn't know when she left Darian's place
01:16:46was that he was still alive.
01:16:51It was the fact that he smelled so strongly of someone else's aftershave
01:16:55they helped us work it out.
01:16:56Neil's aftershave, in fact.
01:16:58We thought it was there to cover up another smell
01:17:00that we now know was antiseptic.
01:17:05The stuff used to clean up a wound.
01:17:07Because as soon as Marjorie quit the scene,
01:17:09Darian regained consciousness and patched himself up.
01:17:12As far as he was concerned, the bullet was just lodged in his shoulder.
01:17:16It wasn't life-threatening.
01:17:17So he put on a fresh T-shirt
01:17:20and headed off for the hospital to get it properly seen to.
01:17:23But on the way, it passed your villa,
01:17:25which was just half a mile down the road.
01:17:28And I think Darian intended to alert you to what had gone down.
01:17:32He stopped here to tell you the truth about Ashley
01:17:34and to warn you about what Marjorie had done.
01:17:37That's why he came here that morning.
01:17:39To tell you what your colleague had done to Ashley and, in turn,
01:17:43to him.
01:17:44To make sure it didn't happen to anyone else.
01:17:47But what Darian didn't know was that his wound was worse than he thought.
01:17:52And he was bleeding internally.
01:17:54And so, despite his brave effort to alert you all to the truth,
01:17:59he died here in your villa.
01:18:03But then someone proceeded to stage the scene
01:18:07as if he was shot in this villa.
01:18:11Didn't you, Mr Bradbury?
01:18:15Me? What?
01:18:16We talked... No, of course not. No.
01:18:18And you did it because Ashley told you to.
01:18:22You're crazy. Ashley?
01:18:24I don't know what you're talking about.
01:18:27Let me have your phone.
01:18:32Gavin, please.
01:18:35It's okay.
01:18:38Unlock it.
01:18:53Bingo.
01:18:54Text messages seemingly from Ashley Sims
01:18:57from the moment she disappeared right up to today.
01:18:59But all of these were sent by Marjorie Dodds.
01:19:05Who kept Ashley's phone after she killed her.
01:19:08No, you...
01:19:08You know, you're wrong.
01:19:09You can't be...
01:19:10You've been texting her?
01:19:11No.
01:19:11This whole time?
01:19:12Karen, I'm sorry.
01:19:13Look, look.
01:19:13No, no.
01:19:14Karen!
01:19:16And here.
01:19:17Proof of what happened.
01:19:19Messages exchanged on the morning of Darian's death.
01:19:21Because despite what you told us, Gavin,
01:19:24you were actually the first to discover Darian's body.
01:19:29You knew who Darian was because Ashley had told you all about him.
01:19:33And so you contacted Ashley.
01:19:36Left a message telling her that Darian had turned up to the villa and died.
01:19:40And asking her what was going on.
01:19:42A few minutes later, she...
01:19:43Or rather, Marjorie texted back.
01:19:48See, Marjorie realized that if the police were called and found Darian with his wound patched up,
01:19:54they'd know he was shot somewhere else.
01:19:56And the trail would lead right back to her.
01:20:00So, she had to do two things.
01:20:03First, she texted you with instructions.
01:20:05Second, she had to clear up the real scene of the crime.
01:20:08Marjorie's confessed to her colleague in the UK
01:20:10that she quickly doubled back from the airport and returned to Darian's house
01:20:13before disposing of the gun and the t-shirt he was wearing when she shot him.
01:20:17Meanwhile, you moved the body outside to the swimming pool.
01:20:19There's also a mention here of that bullet you kept as a memento
01:20:22in the text messages you sent to Ashley.
01:20:25Well, that's how Marjorie knew.
01:20:27So, as Ashley,
01:20:29she asked you to remove the bullet she killed Darian with
01:20:32and replace it with the one she knew you had.
01:20:37However, in your haste,
01:20:39you must have dropped the bullet you extracted into the swimming pool.
01:20:44But you knew you could come back and retrieve it later.
01:20:48Once you switched the bullets, the heartbeat was over.
01:20:51You disposed of the dressing,
01:20:55then made a hole in his t-shirt
01:20:57and let the blood around the wound soak in.
01:21:00So now, it looked like Darian had been shot after he entered the villa, not before.
01:21:06The last problem you had was getting rid of that antiseptic smell.
01:21:10Because that stuff lingers, right?
01:21:12And if the police noticed it,
01:21:13we'd certainly be asking who cleaned up the wound and why.
01:21:17So you ran into the bathroom and got hold of some aftershave,
01:21:20nails and doused him in it.
01:21:21So now, all you had to do was pretend to be asleep
01:21:25when Mrs. Dogdale discovered the body.
01:21:28Gavin, we need to get to the airport.
01:21:31You've got to pack.
01:21:32Leaving us without a scooby
01:21:34as to how a man was shot with a gun
01:21:36that was locked in a desk drawer 5,000 miles away
01:21:38in a Swindon warehouse.
01:21:40In the end, it wasn't just the police that Marjorie Dodds had duped.
01:21:44It was you as well, Gavin.
01:21:46You see, you thought you were helping the woman you loved.
01:21:49A woman you'd do anything for
01:21:50when you were actually helping her killer.
01:22:01Officer Rose.
01:22:11Mr. Bradbury, I'm arresting on the suspicion
01:22:13of perverting the course of justice.
01:22:15You don't need to say anything.
01:22:16But it may harm your defence
01:22:17if you do not mention one question,
01:22:19something you later rely on in court.
01:22:21Anything you do say may be used as evidence.
01:22:23I need to know,
01:22:25why did you come to the train station that night
01:22:28and invite me into your home?
01:22:31I take that risk.
01:22:34Because I didn't want to spend Christmas on my own again.
01:22:43I'm so sorry I spoiled it all.
01:22:58Inspector.
01:23:00Commissioner?
01:23:01The arrest has been made.
01:23:03I'm pleased to see.
01:23:04Same here.
01:23:05We couldn't have done it without you, sir.
01:23:08Oh, and are you doing all right?
01:23:10Me?
01:23:11Yes, of course.
01:23:13I'm fine.
01:23:14Merry Christmas, sir.
01:23:21I'm doing fine.
01:23:25We regret to announce that the 10-15 to Leeds
01:23:30will be delayed due to a shortage of train staff.
01:23:34We regret to announce that the 10-15 to Leeds
01:23:52I wanted to know if you'd found my replacement as yet.
01:24:01I see.
01:24:02I've been doing some thinking.
01:24:05And I wondered if there was any chance of
01:24:10my returning to the road
01:24:13if it's still vacant.
01:24:16I know it's been a long time
01:24:20Since I've been searching
01:24:24Since I've been searching
01:24:27To find you
01:24:29The thing is, Harry,
01:24:31the classic Christmas Day, Sunday roast lunch
01:24:34is all well and good.
01:24:35But when push comes to shove
01:24:37the real culinary high point
01:24:39is the turkey and stuffing sarnie.
01:24:43Because my friend,
01:24:43in my humble opinion,
01:24:45it is one of the greatest
01:24:48delicacies
01:24:49known to mankind.
01:24:52Like bacon and eggs.
01:24:54Oh, D.S. Thomas
01:24:54You're just in time.
01:24:56Come in, come in.
01:24:59Grab those for me, would you?
01:25:05So, what is this about, sir?
01:25:08I promised I'd make up
01:25:09for spoiling Christmas Day
01:25:11and that is exactly what I'm doing.
01:25:13Come on.
01:25:18I don't know why I didn't think of this before.
01:25:20My front room on the beach.
01:25:22Is that a good idea, do you think?
01:25:24Yeah, why not?
01:25:25So we're watching something.
01:25:27We certainly are, D.S. Thomas.
01:25:29Not the...
01:25:29The great escape, yeah.
01:25:34Beers and butties, everyone.
01:25:37And thank you to our local mayor
01:25:39for letting me have
01:25:40the leftovers from the bar.
01:25:42And you've put it all
01:25:43between two slices of bread?
01:25:46Yeah.
01:25:47How English.
01:25:49Excited for this film, inspector.
01:25:51Sounds dope.
01:25:53Um, sir.
01:25:57Is this really your favourite thing about Christmas?
01:26:01Well, yeah.
01:26:02When I was a little boy, growing up,
01:26:05most times,
01:26:07I didn't know where I was going to end up
01:26:08spending Christmas, right?
01:26:10With a foster family
01:26:12or in a care home.
01:26:14But wherever I ended up,
01:26:17the one constant every Christmas
01:26:19was this film.
01:26:21And it was a...
01:26:22It was a comfort to me.
01:26:24I bet that little boy
01:26:26never thought he'd be here
01:26:28in the Caribbean
01:26:30all these years later,
01:26:32watching that same film
01:26:35surrounded by his friends.
01:26:42He certainly didn't, Catherine.
01:26:47So, um...
01:26:48To him.
01:26:51To him.
01:26:54OK, then.
01:26:56Showtime.
01:26:56Yeah.
01:27:08Look, just give me
01:27:09a few minutes, yeah?
01:27:11Yeah?
01:27:18Solomon, how you doing, man?
01:27:21You got my message, yeah?
01:27:24Look,
01:27:26I'm sorry I had to cut you off
01:27:27like that before, yeah?
01:27:29It was just an emergency
01:27:31at work I had to deal with.
01:27:32So,
01:27:33how's your Christmas been?
01:27:36Yeah?
01:27:37Good.
01:27:41Mine, um...
01:27:43Yeah, yeah,
01:27:44it's been really good.
01:27:48Look, um...
01:27:50I don't know how you feel
01:27:51about this, but...
01:27:54I was wondering
01:27:54if you wanted to meet up
01:27:55sometime.
01:27:59Yeah?
01:28:02I definitely would like to.
01:28:05I don't know how you feel
01:28:24I don't know how you feel
01:28:25about this.
01:28:30I don't know how you feel
01:28:33about this, but...
01:28:35The Call of the Midwife Christmas special.
01:28:36Press red now.
01:28:38A movie classic on BBC Two now
01:28:40with The Godfather.
01:28:42Oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:28:42Welcome.
01:28:44What?
01:29:01My name is
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