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00:08The air bite shrewdly, it is very cold.
00:13And bring in the toxic cloud ghost.
00:16Now wobble, and gentle hiss whisper.
00:20Hamlet.
00:21Hamlet.
00:22Hamlet.
00:23Okay, Hamlet.
00:24It's your father, but he's dead, so it must be a ghost.
00:28You're very surprised.
00:29Here you stand.
00:31Injures the beast as a grace to find us.
00:35We can't hear you, beloved.
00:36Oh, yeah, he's on the racket with the metal sheet and the toxic wobbling.
00:39Can we take five, please, Wendy?
00:41Uh, okay.
00:42Okay, everyone, take a break, and, uh, costumes in the basket if you finish your fitting.
00:47I don't know why I can't have a boiler suit like the blokes.
00:49It's a post-apocalyptic patriarchy.
00:52It's Menor's vision.
00:55Wendy, I don't want to do it all loud and fake-like.
00:57My aimless could be natural, like a Marlon Brando or Danny Dyer.
01:01Real.
01:02I get that, Ben Love, but we can't hear you.
01:05Please, can we just stick to how we've been doing it?
01:07Why don't we check with Menor?
01:09She'll get it.
01:10Director's vision and all.
01:12Menor's in her office.
01:13She was very clear she wanted a bit of shush.
01:15We can't keep disturbing her every two minutes.
01:18She deserves a rest.
01:19She's given her life for this theatre.
01:24Probable death by strangulation.
01:27It's like potassium in the eyes and her lips are swollen.
01:29Sharp indentation and bruising traversing the neck suggests ligature rather than finger pressure.
01:34I love it when you sound proper technical.
01:36Anything on what was used?
01:37Looks like length of rope or cord.
01:40Chowdhury.
01:41What do we know about the victim?
01:42Manor Hughes.
01:43A retired headmistress, property developer and bigwig in the community.
01:47Runs the Heathwin Theatre Group here.
01:49Well, ran.
01:51A few of the actors were out at the local cafe, so only some of them were here.
01:54Theatre doors were open, so we can't rule out somebody coming in off the street.
01:58Nobody claims to have seen anything.
02:00But they could be lying.
02:01They are skilled actors.
02:03I mean, one of them's been in doctors.
02:06Hmm.
02:07So, not much to go on.
02:11Whoa.
02:12Hello.
02:14Did you know about this?
02:16From Mena's solicitor.
02:17She recently changed her will.
02:18No, I had no idea.
02:21But you were her assistant.
02:23Yeah, but it's not like I did everything for Mena.
02:26Just a diary admin.
02:28Running rehearsals, washing the costumes.
02:30She was cleaning her house.
02:32I hope she paid you well.
02:33Wouldn't have been an insult if she'd paid me.
02:35I got to bathe in her light.
02:38She relied on me.
02:40Now she's...
02:41Oh, okay.
02:43Yep.
02:52Oh.
02:57I suppose you'd have to cancel the show now.
02:59Oh, no.
02:59We can't do that.
03:00No.
03:01We've sold all the tickets.
03:02The money's going to charity, providing theatre equipment to veterans.
03:06Plus, this was Mena's dream.
03:08Well, I don't know if this would have been.
03:12No, but Hamlet was.
03:13Yes, she talked about tackling it.
03:16If we cancelled it now, she would turn in.
03:18Oh, God.
03:19Oh, shit.
03:20Big feelings.
03:21Yeah.
03:22Oh, yeah.
03:25Welcome.
03:30John Chappell.
03:31I was just passing in the area and...
03:34Yes, yes.
03:34The theatre director, Chlanford Down.
03:37I wonder when you were going to come.
03:38Great.
03:38I'll just get the files from the car.
03:40And I've got your bourbons in.
03:41Ooh.
03:43They were rehearsing a play at the time of the murder.
03:45Hamlet.
03:46Ah.
03:47The melancholy dame.
03:49Oh, that is so true to a solid flesh would melt.
03:52Oh.
03:52And resolve itself into a dew.
03:55You know Hamlet?
03:57Yeah.
03:57And I can read and write.
03:59Clever little me.
04:00Now, Wendy, the assistant.
04:03Something's off there.
04:04Men have basically had a run in the company and a life for nothing.
04:07I mean, what sort of a person lets someone walk all over them like that?
04:10Good question.
04:11Unrelated.
04:12But how are things, your old friend?
04:14Instead of avoiding it?
04:15Things with me and Rhiannon are complicated, okay?
04:17You're not unlike Hamlet yourself, are you?
04:20Riddled with indecision.
04:21I'm not riddled with anything, thank you.
04:23Now, our thinking is, it was somebody in the theatre company that did it.
04:28Oh, let's have a look.
04:29There you go.
04:30A stripped-down production combining Shakespearean text with contemporary idiom.
04:36Relocated to the last farm in a post-apocalyptic future Wales.
04:40You know, I like the sound of this, Menna.
04:42She's pushing the boundaries.
04:43Back to the case, please.
04:44Right.
04:45All right, okay.
04:46Well, you can assume that Menna had at least one enemy because they've put out an urgent
04:51call for Claudius.
04:52So?
04:53It's the second most important character in it.
04:55Take it from me, I've played it twice.
04:57Hamlet once.
04:59Laertes.
04:59Old Hamlet.
05:00And famously, Gertrude in an all-male touring production.
05:04Yeah, I think I've still got the lace bodice around here.
05:06Let's start.
05:07Do you want me to get on with it?
05:08Yeah, okay.
05:09Um, right.
05:10Well, this obviously meant a lot to Menna.
05:13She wouldn't leave it so late to cast an important part.
05:17Their Claudius must have left recently.
05:20Why?
05:21And who?
05:22Why, that's obvious, isn't it?
05:24Well, recent productions include Leonard Price.
05:27Oh, hey.
05:28He's got the eyes of a Claudius.
05:31Dilated, deceitful.
05:32Yes, Chapel.
05:33That's him.
05:33Good.
05:34Well, I am going to go and have a word with this Leonard Price.
05:41You ever think you'd like to get back into acting?
05:43Why did you pack it all in?
05:44I just thought it was the right time to retire.
05:46All right?
05:48But you were in your prime.
05:49I mean, I get it, though.
05:50Better to leave it at the top before you lose it.
05:52Lose it?
05:53Look, a good actor, a proper actor, doesn't lose it.
05:57Oh, it's like riding a bike, isn't it?
05:59One that you park every now and then.
06:01Yeah, but your bike's been parked for over a decade.
06:04Your chain's rusty.
06:05You need an oil.
06:06And the less said about the seat, the better.
06:19Just a minute.
06:28Just a minute.
06:36All right?
06:37Tell me about the volume.
06:38I find pan pipes very soothing.
06:44Thanks.
06:44Can't stand pan pipes.
06:46They used to play them outside Lush when I worked at...
06:48God, can you believe it's 13 years since I worked at Lush?
06:51Oh, the delicate dance of time.
06:55Yeah.
06:55What's that smell?
06:57Is that hemp oil?
06:59Sure.
07:00Hemp oil.
07:02You said you were here at Broke Manor?
07:05Yeah.
07:06She snuffed it.
07:07I mean, she's dead.
07:10Murdered.
07:11I know.
07:14Terrible.
07:15You were in the Hathwin Theatre Group with her?
07:17Yeah, we started together back in the day when there were just a few of us wild-eyed dreamers.
07:22Why did you leave the group?
07:24All things come to an end and I'm not getting any younger.
07:28Nah.
07:29You'd already signed up to play Claudius.
07:32I never could lie.
07:34I blew my eyes too expressive.
07:37Menor and I fell out over Chester, my dog.
07:41About a month ago, he nipped her.
07:43And Menor being Menor got all dramatic about it and said he'd taken an answer out of her leg.
07:49She chucked you out of the group for that?
07:50Worse.
07:51She reported me in Chester.
07:52Said he was dangerous.
07:54And I'd have to get him re-homed or put down.
07:57And I was gone.
07:58She exerted her influence with the council.
08:02Oh.
08:04I thought postmen didn't like doggies.
08:06Well, I did.
08:07I couldn't stomach being a Roman man after that.
08:10I do have to ask you, where were you on Saturday between 11 and 1?
08:16Oh, that's an easy one.
08:18Same place I am every day after I finish my rounds.
08:21Surfing on the Tritholaf.
08:23I'm what they call a silver surfer.
08:27There's a car-back ticket on the van window.
08:30Was there anybody else who might have had beef with Menor?
08:34Well, there was all that business with the holiday lets.
08:37Someone graffitied the walls and took an angle grinder to the key safe boxes.
08:42There was Ben and Rowena too.
08:43From the theatre group?
08:44Yes.
08:45Yes, they were buying a house.
08:47Menor came in at the last minute and gazumped them.
08:50Gazumped.
08:51I always think that word sounds really rude, like, um, they're not just friends.
08:54I heard they were gazumped in.
09:01You've been a great help.
09:03I'll show myself out.
09:07No more!
09:08That's the toilet!
09:09Yep.
09:10I, uh, actually do need to go to the toilet now anyway, so, um, one for you, Moe!
09:18So, Linda?
09:19You hear Hamlet come in?
09:21Kate and Love, that's Polonius' cue to dive behind the Arras before Hamlet infects him with the bio-virus.
09:26Do you mean like this?
09:28Ah!
09:30Yes!
09:32Okay, take five, everyone.
09:34Down time.
09:36Detective, may I help you?
09:39Sorry.
09:40I'm full of fish and chips.
09:41God, I wish there were more murders by the sea.
09:43I freaking love fish and chips.
09:45That sounds callous.
09:46Um, I'm looking for Ben and Rowena.
09:49Oh, they're in the dressing room doing vocal warm-ups.
09:52I'm in a flap, I am.
09:53We've managed to cast a new Claudius.
09:56Oh, we've only landed ourselves a real actor.
09:59I'm a real actor.
10:00Sorry, Greg.
10:01Of course you are, love.
10:04I mean, an established actor.
10:06Yeah.
10:08You're probably recognising detective.
10:10He used to be very famous.
10:13John Chappell.
10:15Oh, he, he looks vaguely familiar.
10:18What are you doing here, Mr. Chappell?
10:23Serendipity beckons, officer.
10:25What?
10:27An urgent call went out for Claudius, and coincidentally, I've been considering a soft return to the stage.
10:34And I thought this excellent little theatre would be the perfect place to test out the waters.
10:38Oh, yeah, well, even though it's under such tragic circumstances.
10:42Yes, what he says.
10:43Yeah, um, can we have a little moment?
10:46Yeah.
10:47Oh, yeah, yeah, of course.
10:50Jack, careful with the toxic rain!
10:52What can I do for you, officer?
10:55What the hell are you doing?
10:57I answered a call for help.
10:59I think I can still knock their dust off my Claudius.
11:01I am this close to being fast-tracked in my dream job, and you decide to put on a play
11:06with the suspects.
11:06I thought I could be useful to the investigation.
11:09I could be your eyes and ears with this.
11:10You can't be actively involved.
11:13Oh, well, so you want me to wait at home, do you?
11:15For your visits, until you need me, like some disposable skivvy?
11:19No!
11:20Not skivvy, you weirdo.
11:23Like, I don't know, a computer.
11:25Oh, great.
11:26Oh, so what do you do when you finish with me, then?
11:28Unplug me?
11:28Do you take out my hard drive?
11:30No, this is the best way for us to get to the bottom of this murder.
11:33This is the best way for you to kill my career.
11:35Well, it's hardly a great look for my career, is it?
11:37Do you think I want to be here?
11:38Regional amateur dramatic theatre company.
11:41I did 11 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, for goodness sake.
11:44And I've told you, I am completely retired.
11:49Oh, fine.
11:50You're here now, anyway.
11:51I need to talk to Ben and Rowena.
11:53I'll come with you, yes.
11:54Just to observe, yes.
11:56Try and keep it quick, though, will you?
11:57There's an awful lot to get through today.
12:01So, how long till the...
12:05Sorry, don't know why I mimed an explosion.
12:07The birth, the baby.
12:09A month?
12:10I think he's at another growth first.
12:13Wendy's going to have to take that costume out again.
12:15I can't be dressed up like a chicken with a belt across my bum.
12:18I don't care if I have to be the first to feel you're in a caftan.
12:20Not the first.
12:21I saw a Hamlet set in 60s California once.
12:24It's very Manson Family vibe.
12:27It was bold.
12:28Bloody awful.
12:29Yep.
12:29Menna gazumped you, didn't she?
12:31She gave you a right gazump in.
12:33Was it a big deal?
12:34It was a very big deal.
12:36We've been living on a caravan site for two years,
12:38getting the cash together to buy our dream house,
12:40and Menna comes in and buys it.
12:42It's actually a proper tidy static.
12:44Not a caravan.
12:45I've lived in far worse places.
12:47Want a house?
12:48Not somewhere I can cook bacon whilst sat on the toilet.
12:51Keep telling me to close the door like.
12:53You must have been angry.
12:54Livid.
12:55Chill out.
12:55I'm hormonal.
12:57I don't want to chill out.
12:59I wasn't angry with her.
13:00Just more confused.
13:02Well now.
13:03This could be useful.
13:04Channel it into your Hamlet.
13:06Confusion, indecision.
13:07Can we save the acting tips till after I've gone?
13:10I've known men since I was a kid.
13:12She was my headmistress.
13:13So her doing that, it was just a bit sly, you know?
13:17That one may smile and smile and be a villain.
13:21That's Hamlet on Gertrude.
13:22This is all brilliant subtext.
13:24Why do you think she did it?
13:25What, marry Claudius?
13:26Well, there's the million dollar question, see?
13:28Lots of people think...
13:29Men are not, Gertrude.
13:31Bigger issues going on here.
13:33I don't know.
13:35She hadn't been herself lately.
13:36I'm not just beating this to the house.
13:38She probably yelled at Wendy in front of everyone
13:40for not sending off some documents.
13:42Yeah, me and men are gone all right,
13:43but even I know she was a mayor to Wendy.
13:45By taking advantage of her very nature.
13:48Hello.
13:49Sorry, loves, but shall we get a shifty on with rehearsals?
13:58Act one, scene two, please.
14:02Okay, so keep an eye on Wendy and most two.
14:04See what else you can find out.
14:05Oh, you want the computer's help now, then?
14:08Don't make me restore you to factory settings, okay?
14:12I mean, the old rogue, he was completely outraged.
14:16He slept through the entire first run
14:17and woke up and gave us the best notes we've ever had in our lives.
14:24It's good to have another professional actor in the group.
14:26Greg, I did a couple of eps of doctors last year.
14:30I'm a teacher with shingles.
14:33Of course.
14:34I thought I knew you.
14:36Lovely itch work.
14:38Thanks, John.
14:41Wendy, you were...
14:43Menor was such a fan of yours.
14:45Your theatre work goes way over my head, of course.
14:48Well, you're not a fan of the theatre.
14:50Oh, no, no, no, I'm obsessed.
14:52Men always said that I didn't have what I took for the serious stuff,
14:55so I was put in charge of pantos.
14:57Oh, yeah.
14:59You ever done panto?
15:01I've somehow resisted the urge.
15:03Oh, you would make an excellent Widow Twanky.
15:09Well, sadnesses aside, of course,
15:10you must be enjoying your newfound responsibilities.
15:14Yeah, I mean, it's great to be able to honour men's dream like this,
15:18but I'll probably fudge it up so well.
15:21You shouldn't put yourself down.
15:23You're really good at it.
15:27Oh, sorry.
15:28Yeah.
15:30It's, um...
15:31Better get on.
15:31Yeah.
15:32Okay, so, uh...
15:34Why don't we get our new star guest
15:37to do Claudius' confession?
15:41What, me? Now?
15:42Be like our very own masterclass, one of the greats.
15:44Well, yeah, um...
15:47Yeah, I'll just hold that thought for a moment.
15:51Yeah, look, you're an exciting company.
15:54Yeah.
15:55I'm trying new things.
15:57Do you know what I think?
15:57I'm going to need some time
15:58to, uh, to immerse myself in your style.
16:02Well, you're all experienced actors.
16:04You understand.
16:05As an experienced actor, I get that, actually.
16:09Okay, guys, let's move on.
16:10Um...
16:11Yeah.
16:12Oh, okay.
16:13Okay, uh, Ben, let's go with your first soliloquy.
16:17Um, let's work on speaking up at all, okay?
16:20Yeah, okay.
16:21Hmm.
16:25All that this, too, some flesh would not like.
16:30Thore itself into a...
16:36A...
16:37A...
16:38Thou, line, due.
16:41He's got it.
16:44May I not drop the vandalism case?
16:45She even came into the station in person.
16:48Right.
16:51Oh, that's all you got.
16:52Oh.
16:53Ah, wait a minute.
16:54I know what's going on.
16:55Pretending that's all you got,
16:56and then you're going to tell me you know who did it.
16:58Love it.
16:58Uh, no.
17:00No?
17:00No.
17:01Oh, that is a blow.
17:02I was really hoping you'd have something tangible.
17:05This is all my fault, I suppose.
17:07What do you mean, your fault?
17:08I put too much pressure on you.
17:10Didn't stop to consider that your previous cases
17:12might have been flukes.
17:13They weren't flukes.
17:14That happens all the time.
17:15One hit wonder.
17:16I'm not a one hit wonder.
17:17I'm a non-stop hit machine.
17:18I'm calling me Alan Hitmarsh,
17:19because this is going to be another hit.
17:21Hey, hey.
17:22Something in my old DCI used to tell me to motivate me.
17:25I like you, Clark, he used to say.
17:27You don't get results.
17:29You sweat results.
17:31Oh, so you've always been a bit sweaty.
17:34What?
17:34No, no, no.
17:35In fact, I'm not sweaty.
17:37Kel's got me a new roll-on.
17:38Barrier Reef.
17:39No, what I'm saying is,
17:41work hard.
17:41Get sweating.
17:43Get sweating.
17:44Okay.
17:50Now, you're old school wrestlers.
17:51You're big daddies.
17:52You joined Haystacks.
17:53You're Kendra Nagasaki's.
17:55That was real combat.
17:57Can we move this along?
17:59Jamie, be free.
18:00Somebody needs to report a vehicle theft.
18:01Yeah, of course.
18:02Let me just take a few details.
18:06Hello.
18:07Hi.
18:09My car's been stolen.
18:11Wow, shame.
18:12Make.
18:13Model.
18:14Yes, Tesla.
18:15Model 3.
18:15Very nice.
18:16Shut up.
18:17Thanks, Audrey.
18:18Can you remember the registration?
18:19Yeah, I can.
18:20It's SL19.
18:21Why don't I deal with this?
18:24This way, ma'am.
18:36You've got the same plates as my mum.
18:38These are your mum's plates.
18:40She keeps bringing me meals around.
18:42Can you make her stop?
18:44You can't stop that woman from delivering food.
18:45She's like Christian Aid.
18:47Now, the case.
18:48The only person I can see who stood to gain anything from Manna dying is Wendy.
18:52She went from being the gopher to running the theatre company.
18:54Which she didn't want.
18:56Wendy idolised Manna.
18:58She was happy to be her doormat.
19:00Well, maybe she had enough and snapped.
19:01The vandalism to Manna's houses.
19:03Now, that is interesting.
19:04It's probably disgruntled locals.
19:06It's not isolated to Manna.
19:07You see it happening everywhere these days.
19:09Yes, but she told the police to drop it.
19:12Now, this is the same Manna that had a good friend's dog taken away from them
19:15and suggested it be put down because of the rules.
19:19Well, maybe it was one of those annoying yappy little dogs.
19:23What?
19:24Wait, that was weird.
19:25What was?
19:26Leonard still had the dog lead.
19:28You'd get rid of it, wouldn't you?
19:30Unless you used it to strangle Manna.
19:33It's the right colour.
19:35It's a rope.
19:36You need to focus less on objects, more on psychology.
19:40Now, Rowena.
19:41I just can't figure her out.
19:44Why is she in the theatre group?
19:46She's keeping an eye on Ben.
19:48Yes, but why else?
19:50Okay, well, you should keep an eye on her.
19:52Well, that could be tricky.
19:53Because I'm thinking of leaving the group.
19:56What?
19:56Why?
19:57You only just joined.
19:58Well, that's not fair on them, is it?
20:01I mean, I don't want to outshine them.
20:03You know, it'd be like entering a Rembrandt in a child's drawing competition.
20:07Oh, now meta's gone.
20:09Leonard can come back and play Claudius.
20:11You're just saying that because you're scared that you've lost it.
20:15No, no, no, it's just too amateurish.
20:19I mean, we couldn't rehearse today with Gertrude because Linda had a double shift at B&Q.
20:23You can't leave until we've solved the case.
20:24You're going back there, John Chappell.
20:26No, but I...
20:26No, but you're going.
20:28And don't sulk.
20:30You look like an old baby.
20:48Hey!
20:49Jelly Chops.
20:50Chops, oh.
20:51The more you think of this.
20:52Hmm.
20:55To me or not to be like that is the big question, you know.
20:58Can I stop you there?
20:59Yeah, I do worry that the audience might struggle to hear you.
21:03That's what I've been saying.
21:04It's what Brando does.
21:06Makes him lean in.
21:07But Shakespeare's all about language, Ben.
21:10Some of the most beautiful words ever uttered.
21:13Yeah, that's what gets on my nerves.
21:17What's the sign of Leonard on any of these posters?
21:21Lots of you, though, Ben.
21:23No offense to Leonard, but who's going to sell more tickets?
21:25Some old stoner guy or this super lush slave magnet?
21:30Hey, come on.
21:32You've had plenty of time to immerse yourself in our style now, Mr. Chappell.
21:36So confession time, you naughty sausage.
21:38Yeah.
21:43Are you shitting yourself?
21:45What?
21:46No.
21:47Not at all.
21:50I am shitting myself slightly, actually.
21:52You're so weird.
21:53You're like a proper actor.
21:55I'm not nervous and I'm rubbish.
21:57You can say no.
21:59No.
22:00Rubbish.
22:00No, no, not at all.
22:02But I still love doing it.
22:04Oh, it takes me out of my life.
22:05I get to be someone else for a bit.
22:07Is this like an escape?
22:09Yeah, I get that, of course.
22:12But it's a bit more complicated than that, isn't it?
22:16Is it?
22:17Or is it just a bunch of grown-ups dressing up and mucking about?
22:24I suppose it is, ultimately.
22:27Is this exciting?
22:30How come there's no costumes?
22:32I need to rehearse my quick change.
22:33Oh, they're still around mine.
22:34What with all the hoo-ha, I just haven't had a chance to wash them all yet.
22:38Right, Claudius.
22:40Mr. Chappell.
22:41Act three, scene three.
22:43Right.
22:53I like him not, nor stands it safe with us to let his madness rage.
23:06There's no body.
23:07No.
23:08Spoons.
23:09For the eye bags.
23:11Now, preliminary reports are back on Menor Hughes.
23:15Cause of death?
23:16Definitely strangulation.
23:17Any news on the weapon?
23:18We managed to find microfibers.
23:20It's definitely a rope.
23:21About 12 mils wide, black.
23:22Do you think it could be a dog lead?
23:25Maybe.
23:26Now, something interesting turned out.
23:28Drum roll.
23:28Do I have to?
23:29Yeah.
23:30Okay.
23:32Menor was already dying.
23:34Lymphoma cancer spread to the spine.
23:36Probably only had a few months left at the most.
23:38Also means it wouldn't have taken much force to strangler.
23:41Your killer wouldn't need to be that strong.
23:44Now.
23:45What?
23:45How's my bags?
23:46Oh my god, that's amazing, isn't it?
23:48No.
23:48Spoons.
23:48Wow.
23:50Oh, bosom, black as death, that's struggling to be free art more and gaze.
23:59Help, and choose to break a say.
24:06Oh, stubborn knees.
24:12And heart with strings of steel, be soft as sinews of a newborn babe.
24:21Oh, may be well.
24:31That's how I would have done it, actually.
24:33It was like, I mean, I was loud, but well, good.
24:37Oh.
24:39I can't believe it's how I thought it was.
24:42I wish Menor could see it.
24:44It'd be over the moon.
24:47I, uh, I just need some bag.
24:51It's been all right.
25:01Come on.
25:08Menor loved you, didn't she, eh?
25:11Front and center of every poster.
25:13Leading role in every production.
25:16That was more than a director.
25:18Proud of one of her company members.
25:23She was your mother, wasn't she?
25:29No.
25:30What?
25:31She wasn't.
25:33She always looked out for me.
25:36Yeah.
25:37When I went into care, she was all over it.
25:40Even more than my foster parents like.
25:42So, uh, emotionally you could say she was like your mother, so...
25:47I was right.
25:47I mean, let's not split this.
25:49So, what happened, Ben?
25:52You can hardly bear to talk about.
25:58It was me.
26:00Right.
26:03I graffitied your arses.
26:07I was so fuming, I'd just lost it.
26:11It was meant to be our house.
26:14I didn't think it would hurt Menor so much.
26:17But Menor knew it was you.
26:20She called off the police.
26:22She wouldn't do that for anyone.
26:23Just those she loved.
26:27I just wish I could say sorry.
26:30If you really want to make it up to her,
26:32I think the play is probably the best way.
26:37Shall we?
26:42What about you, boss?
26:45They're getting stuck here.
26:47Back for two, everyone.
26:50Excellent work, Linda.
26:51You know, I think your Gertrude is going to be revelatory.
26:53Very original choices.
26:55And the closet scene with Hamlet, oddly enhanced by your coughing fit.
26:59Thank you, John.
27:00It just sort of came out, wasn't it?
27:02It's felt great, isn't it?
27:03All right, I'll follow you on.
27:05Janey!
27:06Oh, to what do we owe the pleasure?
27:10I mean, to have a word.
27:11What now?
27:12Get it, wait.
27:13No, because I'm investigating a murder.
27:15All right, fair enough.
27:16What is it then?
27:18Menor was already dying.
27:19Janey, only had a few months to live.
27:22She'd had treatment, but it was a case of managing the end.
27:26Well, that explains Hamlet.
27:28It's a swan song.
27:30Reflection of our artistic capacities.
27:32Life, death, proper theatre, out on a high.
27:35Ro!
27:36Lovely work, darling.
27:39I thought you were going to quit.
27:41Quit? No.
27:41The show has to go on.
27:43Thought it was amateurish.
27:44Yeah, yes, it's amateur.
27:46Yes, but the clue's in the word, isn't it?
27:48Latin for lover.
27:49That's why people do this.
27:51It's not for the careers or the awards or the fame.
27:55It's vital to them.
27:56They have to do it because they love it.
27:59Aw, glad you got that out of your system.
28:01Now, I've been to see Menor's solicitor.
28:03The new cottage you'd bought?
28:05She was leaving it to Rowena and Ben, had it all planned out.
28:08Well, well.
28:09Hardly the monster that we've been fed a portrait of.
28:12And, get this, she was leaving everything else to one other person.
28:16You never guess who it is.
28:17Wendy, obviously.
28:18What?
28:19That's so unfair.
28:20Can't you at least, like, pretend like you don't know?
28:22I'm sorry, but it's obvious you've been paying attention to her character.
28:25She will continue to care for the theatre, her legacy.
28:28It puts Wendy in the frame.
28:30Trust me, I understand Wendy.
28:32She's a pure spirit.
28:33She'd be incapable of murder.
28:35No, the only inconsistent thing is the fact that she neglected to wash the costumes.
28:42The costumes.
28:44What is it?
28:45You've glazed over.
28:51Recognise this?
28:54It's a rope tie for one of the costumes.
28:56It's also the weapon that was used to strangle Menna.
28:59It was found in your washing machine.
29:02What was it doing there?
29:03That's where I washed the costumes.
29:05Whoever killed Menna must have put it in with the rest.
29:08Very convenient.
29:10Getting rid of all the DNA.
29:11Anyway, let me put a theory to you.
29:14A few weeks ago, Menna decides to change her will to this.
29:18That's a sponsorship one for a 10k.
29:22To this.
29:25Leaving almost everything to her assistant.
29:27Her assistant, who does all of her admin, sees this will.
29:32Sorry, but I had no idea.
29:33Why would I kill Menna?
29:35One, you had a massive financial motive.
29:38Two, the weapon was in your house.
29:40And three.
29:42Okay, I've only got two, but they're a really good two.
29:44Didn't do it.
29:45Why else would you put up with Menna treating you the way she did?
29:48Ordering you around, making you do stuff for her.
29:50You apologetic people pleaser.
29:52That's just the way I am, okay?
29:55I always have been.
29:57I may not be the most confident,
29:59but we can't all be the star of the show, you know?
30:02Some people like being in the background,
30:03getting on with stuff, making stuff happen.
30:05I like doing things for people, okay?
30:09Do you think it's easy working with actors?
30:11I mean, I love them, but it's like herding cats.
30:14So you found a bit of costume in the washing machine
30:16of the person who always does the costume wash?
30:18Woo-hoo!
30:19I didn't kill her.
30:20I loved her, so...
30:23So blow you!
30:25I'm sorry.
30:27Good sweat, Marlowe, and good sweat.
30:29Wendy'll crack soon, you watch.
30:31If it was her.
30:32Nah.
30:32The murder weapon in her house and her financial motive.
30:35And why else would she explode like that?
30:37Because she wasn't a pushover,
30:38and she didn't want everyone thinking that she was.
30:40She respected herself.
30:42No, it's her.
30:44Hey, this is a good day.
30:46A murder cleared up,
30:47and Kel's making chicken pie for tea.
30:49Hey, I might even buy a scratch card on the way home.
30:56Look.
30:56No, you listen.
30:57What?
30:57I didn't say listen.
30:58Don't interrupt me, okay?
30:59I'm not standing for this anymore.
31:00You might still blame me for what happened with Shard,
31:02and that's your call,
31:02but it was a long time ago.
31:03You made my life hell once.
31:04You cannot come back and do it again.
31:05I'm not just some 17-year-old girl
31:07that can be pushed around,
31:07and I'm not going to avoid you
31:08and hide in my own town.
31:10You've been avoiding me.
31:10I've been avoiding you.
31:11What?
31:12I thought you were angry at me,
31:13so I wanted to stay out of your way.
31:14Come off it.
31:15How come I keep seeing you everywhere I go?
31:16I keep seeing you where I go.
31:17You were in co-op.
31:18I know you go to those fancy farm shops.
31:20Co-op is my safe space.
31:21Ma'am likes the co-op brand Bourbon.
31:22Well, that checks out because they are nice, actually.
31:24The reason I have been staying out of your way
31:26because, look, I get it, okay?
31:28God, you always hate me.
31:29I always hate me.
31:30The way I treated you was awful.
31:32Yes, it was.
31:32I should never have blamed you for Shard.
31:34No, you shouldn't.
31:35Sorry, I was expecting an argument
31:37and I'm still full of adrenaline.
31:38So am I.
31:39Maybe we should go for a drink sometime soon.
31:41Okay, yeah, that'd be really nice.
31:42We could try Diablo's.
31:43Yeah, fine.
31:44Actually, that's a little bit...
31:45Yeah, fine.
31:46Good.
31:56Well, well done you.
31:57And well done Wendy.
32:00Wendy has to be prime suspect,
32:02but we didn't have enough to keep her.
32:03It's not Wendy, I'm telling you.
32:05You're just saying that
32:06because you want her free for the play.
32:08No.
32:09Well, I admit,
32:11she has blossomed into a very accomplished director.
32:13She's also blossomed into being absolutely minted,
32:15now Mena's dead.
32:17Wendy arranged Mena's diary,
32:19so she must have known
32:21from all the hospital appointments
32:22what was going on.
32:24Now, if she knew about the will,
32:25she would also know
32:27that she wouldn't have to wait long.
32:28The murder weapon was in her house.
32:30Even though I was sure
32:32the dog bleed was our weapon.
32:34It still seems weird.
32:35Why would Leonard keep it?
32:39Chowdhury?
32:40I've been looking into Leonard Price's alibi.
32:42The car park ticket, is it faked?
32:43No, the ticket is real,
32:45but he can't have been surfing.
32:47The sea was flat calm that day,
32:48and there'd been a sewage release
32:50in the bay around Traythorlough.
32:51Nobody was in the water that day.
32:54You all right?
32:55You've got a very deep cough.
32:57You might want to get that checked out.
32:58Yes, thank you.
32:59Chowdhury.
33:00Right, sorry.
33:02It's a tip.
33:03Okay.
33:05When we get there,
33:06you stay in the car, all right?
33:07All right.
33:08You're already tied in
33:09with every other suspect in this case.
33:18All right?
33:19Not really.
33:20You've been lying to me
33:22about where you were
33:22when Mellor Hughes was murdered.
33:24You weren't surfing.
33:24Nobody was.
33:25So tell me where you really were.
33:27I'd rather not, if I'm honest.
33:29I think I can help.
33:30Oh.
33:32John Chabble.
33:34I told you to stay in the car.
33:36He didn't kill Mellor.
33:37I know where he was.
33:38Think about it.
33:40The lead.
33:41For what other possible reason
33:42could he keep it?
33:45Chester!
33:47Chester!
33:47Whistle!
33:49Oh!
33:50So the panpipes
33:51had to cover his barking.
33:53Yeah.
33:54I just couldn't get rid of my old pan.
33:55Look at that for you, sir.
33:56I was at the surf piece, though.
33:58We'd been driving all the way over there
34:00for him to get his walk,
34:01so that word wouldn't get back to Mellor.
34:05Aw, you are a good boy.
34:07I know.
34:08I know.
34:09Aw.
34:10Aw.
34:13Which one of you did it?
34:16God, it would be good
34:16if one of you answered.
34:19It was me!
34:20Hmm.
34:22Yes.
34:22That's good.
34:23Oh, I shouldn't.
34:24All those fish and chips
34:24I've been having.
34:25Don't know if there's any more room
34:26in the inn.
34:27All right.
34:27No, I didn't say no.
34:29Just need to loosen my belt.
34:33What is it?
34:35I know who did it.
34:41I'll have grounds more relative than this.
34:43The play's the thing.
34:45Wherein I'll catch the conscience
34:47of the king.
34:49Stun it.
34:50Okay.
34:51And bring up the toxic sheet.
34:55Three, two, one.
34:57Pants.
35:01Sorry to interrupt.
35:04Uh, yeah.
35:05In your own time.
35:09Uh, I'm afraid there's not going to be
35:11a rehearsal today.
35:13What?
35:14Or a show.
35:16What?
35:17I have an agent coming.
35:18Not with a main cast member
35:19being arrested for murder.
35:24It's a shame.
35:25You all look brilliant in your costumes.
35:27How's yours, Rowena?
35:28Comfortable with your bump?
35:30Comfortable as I can be, I guess.
35:32Certainly more comfortable than you were
35:34when you were complaining about
35:35being trussed up like a chicken, Row.
35:37Your costume doesn't seem to have
35:39the belt anymore.
35:41Yeah, I'd notice.
35:42It's not there.
35:45Because it's here.
35:46Sorry, what scene is this?
35:48Are you saying I killed Mena?
35:49I know I might have hated her
35:51for buying our house.
35:52For killing her.
35:53That's...
35:53Your house?
35:55Interesting.
35:55See, with Mena dead,
35:56it's set to become your house again.
35:58She left it to you both in her will.
36:01She wanted to make it
36:02the perfect family home.
36:03Because she felt guilty.
36:06Didn't she, Ben?
36:09You are?
36:10I've been doing a bit of digging.
36:12Looking into your social services file.
36:15You were taken into care
36:16after a concerned citizen
36:17raised the alarm.
36:19Just because I grew up in care
36:20doesn't mean I killed Mena.
36:22No.
36:23But she was the concerned citizen.
36:25Your head teacher.
36:27Probably why she showed you
36:28so much special attention.
36:29She hadn't expected you to be
36:31separated from your family, Ben.
36:34She felt guilty.
36:35It ate away at her.
36:36Like shingles.
36:41Even if that's true.
36:43Right, that's the first
36:44I've heard of it.
36:45Never even seen
36:46my social services file.
36:47I've never...
36:47I've never had the urge
36:48to look into it.
36:49You didn't need to.
36:51Mena came to you.
36:54My guess is
36:55is that you were helping
36:56Rowena with her costume
36:57during the fitting
36:57when Mena called you
36:58into her office.
37:00She knew she was dying.
37:01She wanted to make things right.
37:04She wanted
37:05your forgiveness.
37:07So she told you.
37:09Okay, this is absolute nonsense.
37:11There's no way
37:12Ben would hurt Mena.
37:13He thought the world of us.
37:14No, she was like a mum to him.
37:16No, she weren't.
37:18She wasn't.
37:19Was she?
37:21She was nothing
37:22like a mum to me.
37:23My mum
37:24was like a mum to me
37:25until Mena
37:25stuck her stupor in.
37:29She told me everything.
37:31So she'd done it
37:32for my benefit.
37:33She said she did
37:34what was best for me.
37:35But how would she know?
37:37I just wanted to shut her up.
37:39I still had the rope.
37:42It was only
37:42for a few seconds
37:44that I came to my senses
37:46like...
37:46A few seconds
37:47is all it took.
37:49Mena was already
37:50weakened by the cancer.
37:51I didn't know.
37:54I had to get out of there.
37:56I had no idea
37:56what to do with the rope.
37:58Then I saw Wendy
37:59with her basket.
38:04And I chucked it in there.
38:08You killed Mena.
38:10I didn't mean to.
38:11All right?
38:12I loved her.
38:14My head was gone.
38:15Rose,
38:15she took me from my family.
38:18What about our family?
38:21Don't.
38:22Don't.
38:27Don't.
38:29Sorry.
38:30Sorry, everyone.
38:31I couldn't get out on time.
38:32I got stuck
38:32helping someone
38:33by decking
38:33and it just spiralled.
38:36What did I miss?
38:43This was my last
38:43fish and chips
38:44for a while.
38:45Ma'am keeps subtly
38:46sending me gym
38:46membership deals.
38:48You're not too gutted
38:48the play's been cancelled?
38:50No.
38:50No, don't get me wrong.
38:51It's been nice
38:52to be around the theatre
38:53but I'm not acting again.
38:56Gone with it.
38:57I shall leave it
38:57to the happy amateurs.
38:59That's a shame.
38:59You could bring back
39:00Caesar
39:01with a new,
39:02young,
39:03female assistant
39:03sort of me type.
39:04Ooh,
39:05played by Billy Piper.
39:05Lovely eyebrows.
39:07No.
39:08I've offered to help
39:09out at the theatre.
39:10Wendy's putting on
39:11the impulse
39:12of being earnest.
39:13I think I might
39:13workshop it for them
39:15a little bit.
39:16How's the group?
39:18Chopped.
39:19Wendy's been very good though.
39:21Made sure the cottage
39:22still goes to Rowena.
39:23That's good.
39:24It's not Rowena's fault
39:25that her fiancé
39:25went behind her back
39:26started killing people.
39:27Oh, Rowena knew.
39:29She didn't know
39:30she knew she knew
39:31but she knew.
39:33What if her costume
39:34goes missing?
39:34Doesn't ask any questions.
39:36And Ben's not
39:37a ruthless murderer
39:38but it'll be
39:39sleepless nights.
39:40I think she did
39:41her best to ignore it.
39:43Hope it will go away.
39:45Well,
39:45that doesn't tend
39:46to work,
39:46does it?
39:48No.
39:49Oh well,
39:51I'm glad you got
39:51back into theatre.
39:52I was actually thinking
39:53if it's not too weird,
39:54you might like to come
39:55to the theatre with me.
39:56Sort of celebrate
39:57clearing another case.
39:59Really?
40:01I'd love that.
40:03What are we going to see?
40:04Lion King.
40:05What?
40:06I'm not nine years old.
40:07I thought you meant
40:08Serious Theatre.
40:09It is Serious Theatre.
40:10It's Hamlet with Lions.
40:12I can always offer the ticket
40:12to someone who isn't
40:13in a non-Greek class.
40:14No, sorry.
40:15It's fine.
40:16Sorry.
40:17Yeah.
40:18Of course,
40:19I'd love to come.
40:19Love to.
40:20Can I have a chip?
40:21Absolutely not.
40:22Oh,
40:23could you really
40:23also see me?
40:24I'm not,
40:25you're all one.