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00:06Be careful with those pins. Even stars bleed.
00:10Sorry. I think I'm still in a bit of a daze. This is my dream job.
00:14Well, just don't ask for a selfie.
00:16Oh, no, I'd never.
00:17God, it's so tiresome.
00:27Sally, what the hell is this?
00:28Yes. Didn't you learn anything from the preview?
00:30You cannot rewrite Romeo and Juliet.
00:33Just a few more tweaks.
00:34No one tweaks the bard.
00:39Roman, we had a deal, remember?
00:42A little promise between each other.
00:44There isn't a play in the world that couldn't do better with a few changes.
00:50I think I'm done here.
00:51So how do I look?
00:53Would Romeo kill himself for me?
00:56I'd definitely kill.
00:57He wouldn't be able to help himself.
01:00You're all right.
01:03Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou?
01:08What on earth?
01:15Why?
01:41It would.
01:43It wouldn't.
01:43Oh, I absolutely would.
01:46A gorilla...
01:47A gorilla is far stronger than a lion.
01:49It's easy-beating in a fight.
01:50A lion is a natural-born predator.
01:51Like, gorillas just sit about eating bananas all day.
01:56Help me.
01:58I'll pay anything.
01:59Please, take a seat.
01:59Right, um, should we start with a name?
02:03Your name.
02:05You don't know who I am.
02:06Exactly.
02:07The fudgy smugglers have nothing to smuggle.
02:10Go away.
02:13Sally Balthazar.
02:15I don't know whether to fawn or to faint.
02:19Police say you'll help me.
02:21Only someone's trying to kill me, and the wretched police don't want to know.
02:24So who knew that you were staying here?
02:27Well, I'm Sally Balthazar.
02:29Word will have got round.
02:31Ward 9?
02:34Soap opera?
02:35I prefer medical drama.
02:36I played senior staff nurse, Nora Claret.
02:39So nothing?
02:40I've checked everything.
02:41Okay, thanks.
02:44CCTV's down, so won't get anything like that.
02:47And you were in Miss Balthazar's room because...
02:50Sally wanted me to do an early costume fitting.
02:53I'd been up all night tacking.
02:54You are?
02:55Oh, I'm Roman Randall, the theatre director.
02:58I just popped in with a few thoughts about the...
03:01play.
03:01So you're all in Stratford to put on a show?
03:04A show?
03:05This is theatre.
03:06Have you had threats like this before?
03:09Hardly.
03:09I'm a national treasure.
03:11I think it's probably a prank.
03:12This isn't a prank.
03:14This is a death threat.
03:16Okay, look, I'll get CSI over first chance I get,
03:19but we've got a lot on our plates right now.
03:22So, tell me, who else might have read your updated version of Romeo and Juliet?
03:27You mean Juliet and Romeo?
03:29The cast were issued with more changes last night,
03:31but I don't think that's it.
03:34It's just a few lines here and there.
03:35And is there anyone you can think of who you might have upset recently?
03:38Well, there was this one chap at the preview performance.
03:42Horrendous fellow.
03:47What's here?
03:51A cup closed in my true love's hand.
03:55Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end.
03:59And he foolishly thinks I should join him in heaven.
04:04Slay myself for a man?
04:08Never.
04:11I have a dream.
04:14Not for equality,
04:16but a dream for an apology.
04:19A desire for every man
04:21to say sorry to every woman
04:24for their unremitting abuse of power.
04:29Our love has to be earned from now on, gentlemen.
04:32You're a disgrace, Balthazar.
04:34Do you hear that, Romeo?
04:36Do you hear me?
04:37It is great.
04:39It is great.
04:40It is great, Romeo.
04:40Do you scare me?
04:47I'd only really changed the ending.
04:49But now you've made some more changes.
04:51Well, once you get a taste for it.
04:54So we could be talking about
04:56a kind of aggressive Shakespeare traditionalist here,
05:00which is something you don't get to say every day, isn't it?
05:05Well, I'll try and find him.
05:07I'll go down to the hotel, see what I can dig up.
05:09And I'll sashay my way over to the theatre.
05:12Says who?
05:13It's my world, Frank.
05:15I can pee your eyes and ears on the ground.
05:17I'm also an actor.
05:18So if, say, I had to go undercover
05:22and do the odd part,
05:23that'd probably be wonderful.
05:25He would.
05:27He wouldn't.
05:45Good morning, madam.
05:46Hello.
05:47Sorry to bother you,
05:48but I was staying here last week
05:50and I think I left my toothbrush in my room.
05:56A toothbrush?
05:58It was electric.
05:59It cost me an arm and a leg.
06:01So, um,
06:03I have been using a spare, obviously.
06:05Of course.
06:06Could you check the lost property for me?
06:10I'll have a look.
06:11Thanks.
06:25Tis torture and not mercy.
06:28Heaven is here where Juliet lives,
06:30and every cat and dog and little mouse,
06:32every unworthy thing live here in heaven.
06:35It may look on her,
06:36but Romeo may not.
07:04Roman?
07:06Roman?
07:08Roman, I don't seem to have a part anymore.
07:10What?
07:10I'm not in any scenes.
07:11How could she do this to me?
07:12You swore this would be my big break.
07:15And it will be.
07:17I promise you.
07:19This is still far too tight.
07:21I just followed your instructions.
07:23What, in the Chippendales?
07:24But you said...
07:26What exactly are you implying?
07:28Go on.
07:29I dare you.
07:30Tell me I'm fat.
07:32Look, I can only apologise.
07:33You're fired.
07:34Wait, but I can't find a replacement.
07:36You can go.
07:39This has the names of all the cast.
07:41Fabulous.
07:41I'll start looking into them.
07:44She's not really fired, is she?
07:46You have to set an example, my young friend.
07:49The cast are grumbling.
07:51You'll soon shut them up.
07:52Now, have you learnt anything?
07:54Um, I only just got here.
07:56We'll have to fix that, then.
07:58Roman.
07:59A word, if I may.
08:01Sally.
08:02This is Sebastian.
08:03You make a wonderful page to Paris, don't you think?
08:07But with better lines.
08:09Three years of Rada, at your service.
08:18You're a star, you are.
08:20Hey, you should work on the stage.
08:25Anyway, thanks.
08:25Yes.
08:33Hello?
08:33Yeah, listen.
08:34I've got the name of the bloke who kicked off at the preview.
08:37Oh, get you.
08:38He paid for his ticket with a credit card.
08:40He's called, er, Doug Lambie.
08:43Doug Lambie.
08:44Hang on a minute.
08:44I know that name.
08:47Yeah.
08:48He's on the, er, hotel guest list.
08:50What, you memorised all the names?
08:52We all have a gift, Frank.
08:54Yours will reveal itself, eventually.
08:56Er, let me think.
08:58He's in room 48.
08:59Bingo.
09:00How good are we?
09:02Listen, we did agree a flat fee with Sally, didn't we?
09:05Not an hour and eight.
09:06I'll see you at the hotel.
09:07And yes, if she asks, it was a flat fee.
09:10Right.
09:11Oh, bye, then.
09:35So how do you want to do this?
09:36Because, like, he might be unhinged, a bit dangerous.
09:39What, now you bring that up?
09:43I think he must be out.
09:45Hello.
09:46Oh, would you believe it?
09:49We've locked ourselves out, and my car keys are in the room, so...
09:53Oh.
09:53I know what it looks like.
09:55You know, a handsome married man with some young blonde floozy.
10:00But we are deeply in love.
10:02He is.
10:03Deeply in love, we are.
10:04And we deeply need to see our spouses, so if you could...
10:08OK.
10:10Welcome.
10:12Come on, babe.
10:13Once more around the world.
10:14Ha-ha-ha.
10:17Floozy.
10:19What are we looking for?
10:21Nice big tin of red paint would be nice.
10:26Need a password.
10:30The only thing criminal in here is his taste in clothes.
10:35Oh, hey.
10:36Looks like my old maths teacher.
10:43What are you doing?
10:44Looking for fingerprints.
10:45You know, the marks where he's been swiping in the password.
10:48And I think...
10:49Looks like it might be a bee.
10:53Hello.
10:54Good work, Lou.
10:56Right, what have we got?
10:58Mostly work emails.
11:00Just schedules, rotas, supplies.
11:05Looks like Doug Lambie is an area sales manager for Lovely Bud's garden centres.
11:11Well, there's nothing about Shakespeare.
11:13No annual subscription to I Love Willie.
11:16No, Dickie Bird.
11:17Maybe he's not an old man.
11:19He's staying in the same hotel as Sally.
11:21Oh, well, we'd better not forget about the other 50 guests that are staying there as well.
11:24Two words, Frank.
11:26Celebrity stalker.
11:27Four words, Lou.
11:28Stop reading those trashy magazines.
11:31Five?
11:33Get in the car.
11:34He'll be back in a minute.
11:45It could be for hours.
11:49Oh, look.
11:50Look.
11:51Sally has got her own section on the soap website.
11:54Oh.
11:55And there's a link here.
11:56You can watch the episodes.
11:58Can't you get the footy on that instead?
12:00I do love her soap.
12:03Don't know why I'm bothered turning up for this interview.
12:06They're bound to pick you for senior staff nurse.
12:08Me?
12:09I don't stand a chance against you, Nora.
12:11You're everybody's darling.
12:13Did I tell you my mum had to go into a hole?
12:16No.
12:16What a load of rubbish.
12:18Last night.
12:19It's going to cost me an arm and a leg.
12:21You'll get help with that.
12:23What I need is a pay rise.
12:25And you're going to tell them that in an interview, aren't you?
12:28Me?
12:28Never.
12:29I wouldn't use that.
12:31It's all about the right person for the right job.
12:33We're professionals, Wendy.
12:42Since when have you and him been friends?
12:44No.
12:45Since last night.
12:47Wade.
12:48He's on the interview panel in tea.
12:50Is he?
12:51You get that, Wyatt?
12:56I think I might have a cup of coffee.
12:58Fancy one.
13:00Milk.
13:01Two sugars.
13:02Coming right up.
13:13Two coffees, please.
13:15What a load of rubbish.
13:17No wonder they cancelled it.
13:19Yeah, I know.
13:24Shall we work some more?
13:25Aye, go on then.
13:28I've got theatres screaming down the phone at me.
13:30Word's gone out since the preview.
13:33They're threatening to pull out of the tour.
13:34Oh, that'll change after press night.
13:38We'll be laughing stock, Sally.
13:40This, right here, is career suicide.
13:43I helped forge your career.
13:45I'll hardly destroy it now.
13:47Sally, Sally, I really need you to think about this very carefully.
13:50These threats against your life, they didn't appear out of thin air.
13:52People do not like what you're doing to the show.
13:55And I've got private investigators looking into it.
13:58Yeah.
14:00Since when?
14:01You look worried, Raymond.
14:03Aren't you?
14:03I mean, what are these people you've hired being too deep?
14:05I'm not trying to hide.
14:06Okay.
14:07Well, perhaps you should say that to Martha Weathers and the rewrite you did for her.
14:10You benefited, Roman, just like I did.
14:12Antonia?
14:13Are they arguing?
14:15I think so.
14:16It's about me.
14:17Am I being written back in?
14:18I don't know, Belle.
14:18I can't quite make out what they're saying.
14:21What is this?
14:22Um, I fixed Sally's dress for the matinee,
14:24and I was hoping you could put in a good word for me.
14:26I just really need this job.
14:28Move.
14:29Roman, wait.
14:30What's going on?
14:48I don't know what happened.
14:50We're outside, waiting to get cold for our interviews.
14:54Happily drinking coffee.
14:55Well, happily drinking poison coffee, she means.
14:58Yeah, that nurse, Claret, she is trouble, yeah?
15:02Look.
15:02Oh, there goes the evidence.
15:12I'm into recess.
15:19Have you got time for one more?
15:24Put the part out a sec.
15:28Well, well.
15:32Oh, look.
15:34Methinks I see my cousin's ghost seeking out Romeo
15:37that did spit his body upon a rapier's point.
15:40Stay, Devolt.
15:42Stay.
15:45Romeo, Romeo, Romeo.
15:48Here's drink.
15:49I drink to thee.
15:53Oh.
15:57Oh.
15:59Oh.
16:01Oh.
16:01Oh.
16:02Oh.
16:02Oh.
16:04Oh.
16:09How eerie.
16:12I have not succumbed to sleep.
16:14I think getting sacked might turn out to be a blessing.
16:17If anything, this potion is making me feel stronger.
16:21I feel it's...
16:24I feel it's...
16:25It's nourishing strength.
16:29Enriching my womanhood.
16:33She's very convincing.
16:40Help me.
16:41Actually, it's voting on her now.
16:49House lights, please.
16:50House lights.
16:56Ladies and gentlemen, if I can have your attention, please.
16:59Can I ask you all to make your way to the exits as quickly as possible?
17:28It's okay.
17:29It's okay.
17:29It's okay, you're gonna be okay.
17:30Juliet, let us all...
17:36I, uh, guess you could say the writing's on the window.
17:40Oh!
17:41Don't need the sarcasm, Frank.
17:42I'm just saying.
17:43What are you guys doing here, anyway?
17:45Sally's our client.
17:46She wanted us to catch the man that's been threatening her.
17:48Great job.
17:49Keep up the good work.
17:51So, did you get anywhere?
17:52Tell you what.
17:52I'll do your trade.
17:53You first.
17:55Okay, well, it looks like someone spiked Juliet's drink backstage.
17:59So I'm gonna ask them to rush through the tox reports.
18:01Oh, she's been poisoned.
18:03She's like Wendy in the soap.
18:05What soap?
18:07If you've got something, spill.
18:10Well, we've been looking into this guy, Doug Lumby, staying at the same hotel as Sully.
18:16Yeah, we think he might be some kind of Shakespeare nut, you know, that hates the way she's changed Romeo
18:22and Juliet.
18:23We?
18:23Wait.
18:25You think?
18:26You think someone would kill over that?
18:28It's still a lead, Sergeant.
18:31Well, that's the best thing I've heard.
18:33Come on.
18:33Again, it's our lead.
18:35We tracked him down, didn't we?
18:38You know what this means now.
18:40Well, I'm gonna play Juliet.
18:42The show must go on, Belle.
18:44It's time for the understudy to step up.
18:46And me?
18:47We'll talk.
18:48Heads up, everyone.
18:49We're going back to the original text.
18:52Shakespeare can stop spinning in his grave.
18:57See me?
18:57Ah, yes.
18:58I need you to take Belle for a costume fitting.
19:01And I need everything finished by tomorrow morning.
19:03Got my job back?
19:04Yes.
19:05Now, get on with it.
19:05Time is precious.
19:07You won't regret it.
19:08I promise.
19:09Okay, so I hope...
19:11Oh, my God, this is so exciting.
19:13Seems like that poisoning couldn't come too soon.
19:16Never seen so many happy faces.
19:18Is there anybody wondering how this would be?
19:20Here, Rachel.
19:24Yeah.
19:25Well, thanks for the update.
19:27Marlowe's taken Doug Lambie in for questioning.
19:30Seems he was seen leaving the theatre earlier.
19:32Oh, well, you'd better send Sally a bill, Sebastian.
19:35Hope she's still strong enough to write the cheque.
19:40What are you doing?
19:41I want to find out if Wendy lives or dies.
19:45You're addicted.
19:46Oh, I loved this show when it was on.
19:48I'd just turned 15.
19:49I was desperate to marry a doctor.
19:52Well, what about that?
19:54Roman Randall was in charge of Ward 9?
19:56How do you go from running a soap opera to award-winning theatre director?
20:01Well, is that unusual?
20:02That's not exactly de rigueur.
20:04Mind you, he probably regrets it now, the way he and Sally were arguing.
20:09When was this?
20:10I was a right old ding-dong.
20:12Shortly before she was poisoned.
20:15Ah.
20:16Perhaps I should have told you that.
20:18What was the row about?
20:19I didn't quite catch any of it.
20:23What?
20:24Sorry.
20:24You're supposed to be undercover, winkling out clues.
20:28What's the big deal?
20:29The police have made an arrest.
20:39I'm right here, Wendy.
20:43I think that promotion is yours.
20:47I think that promotion is yours.
21:10You welcome me into the hospital with open arms, and I'll never forget that.
21:16And when I get that promotion, I'll dedicate it to you.
21:21I'll tell them that everything I learnt, I learnt from you.
21:27That if you hadn't had died so suddenly, that you would be striding around as senior staff
21:33nurse.
21:41I don't get it.
21:43Why kill off a good character and keep a rotten one?
21:46I think it's called showbiz, Frank.
21:49And he was great.
21:51Are you two crying?
21:53No.
21:54No, no.
21:55Oh, please.
22:01How are you feeling?
22:03Dreadful.
22:05They've been taking all sorts of bloods and samples, and still no one's told me when I
22:10can leave.
22:11At least you're in the best place.
22:14And, um, Belle is going to be stepping in for you tomorrow evening.
22:18Belle?
22:20Over my dead body, Roman.
22:23Quite literally after today.
22:25I'm going to be going on, not her.
22:28Somebody tried to kill you, Sally.
22:30Yeah, and I believe they've made an arrest.
22:32Now, can you get me a doctor?
22:33I need to get help.
22:35I need to get help.
22:44Just met with Marlowe.
22:46They've released Doug Lambie.
22:47No.
22:48We handed him to her on a plate.
22:49Yeah, no one could place him backstage at the matinee.
22:52Plus, he doesn't know anything about Shakespeare.
22:55He's not the Uber fan you thought he was.
22:56Oh.
23:01Let's park in for a minute.
23:04What about these three?
23:08Far too happy when Sally was poisoned.
23:11The CCTV at the hotel's broken.
23:14But we know the message was written on the window sometime before 7.30 a.m.
23:18Because that's roughly when Sally opened the curtains.
23:20Who knew vandals were early risers?
23:22Can you remember anybody else who was staying at the hotel?
23:27These two.
23:29Hang on.
23:31What, the star and the director were staying at some big posh hotel?
23:34And the understudy was staying there as well.
23:36Why wasn't she lumped in somewhere with the rest of the minor plays?
23:40Ah.
23:41Now, I'm not entirely sure, but I did get the impression that Roman and Belle were a little bit familiar
23:46with each other.
23:47It's lovely the way you overshare, Sebastian.
23:50So, Roman moved her into his hotel.
23:53With Sally out the way, Belle was free to star as Juliet.
23:56And Roman gets to save his reputation. It's perfect.
23:59Sebastian, start looking into Belle.
24:02I'll go and see Roman.
24:03Let's not forget Antonia. She'd been sacked by Sally.
24:07Again. Oversharing.
24:08Thank you, Sebastian.
24:12People have killed for a lot less.
24:14You promised me, Roman. You said you'd make me a star.
24:18Blame Sally.
24:18I mean, what does it take to finish her off?
24:21Mr Randall?
24:22Hi.
24:24Lou Shakespeare from Shakespeare and Hathaway, private investigators.
24:27Have you got a minute?
24:28Oh, you're the people Sally hired?
24:30That's right. Yeah.
24:32And, um, I do know that you and Sally were having an argument before she was poisoned.
24:37It was purely a creative discussion. End of.
24:41But are you married, Mr Randall?
24:44I spotted the ring.
24:45Then why are you asking?
24:47Oh, I, uh, I think you both know why I'm asking.
24:52What was the argument really about?
24:54Who are you anyway?
24:57I'll tell you, shall I?
24:58Nobody.
24:59I don't need to talk to you.
25:01It won't just be me asking.
25:03The police are going to want to know, too.
25:04Look, Roman, I think...
25:05Ignore her.
25:06Oh.
25:08Well, a lot of people have tried that.
25:11Doesn't mean I'm going to go away.
25:31I don't need to talk to you.
25:37Not dead. Not dead. Not dead. Not dead. Not dead. Not dead. Not dead.
25:41I thought they'd arrested this maniac.
25:43Not enough evidence to hold him.
25:44So he's still out there, this Doug person.
25:50Look, we don't even know if it's him.
25:52This is our case, Frank.
25:54Butt out.
25:55Well, you won't want to know how the teddy was delivered then, will you?
25:59Courier service.
26:00Someone called Mr Ballou, left cash in the teddy for collection.
26:04Mr Ballou?
26:05And no-one thought that was made up?
26:07I don't know what's wrong with people.
26:10I need to go back to my hotel.
26:12I can't go ahead with tomorrow night's performance now.
26:15Listen, you were going back on stage.
26:17Who knew that?
26:18I told Roman.
26:20I presume he may have told others.
26:27That's, uh, Lou.
26:28Excuse me.
26:35Right.
26:36What have you got?
26:39So, Roman didn't want to speak to me, which made me think he was hiding something.
26:43So, I had to go back a few years, but I found this review.
26:48Because Sebastian did say it seemed odd that he basically switched professions overnight.
26:52So he put on a place or what?
26:54Exactly.
26:55So I did a bit more digging.
26:56And it turns out that his first wife divorced him on the grounds of adultery.
27:00Took him for every penny he had.
27:02But he still somehow found the money to stage a play.
27:06Is this going anywhere?
27:07Only I've got a full and happy life ahead of me.
27:09Patience, Frank.
27:11So, Roman formed a limited company with none other than Sally.
27:17She financed his play to the tune of £30,000.
27:21I know.
27:22Right.
27:22That's a lot of money, isn't it, to give to a man with no previous experience of directing theatre, right?
27:27Mm.
27:27I see what you're driving at.
27:30Just get there quicker next time.
27:34Look at it.
27:35Look at it.
27:37Oh, God.
27:38Someone needs to tell Sebastian that we are professionals.
27:45Where's the recording of the threat?
27:46Lou, the teddy bear didn't do it.
27:48I will stake my reputation on it.
27:50We never tried slowing it down.
27:53We need to talk pay rise.
27:56I know Belle's real surname.
27:58It turns out she changed it to Roehampton from...
28:06Hello.
28:10What's this?
28:11Well, we thought we'd not been properly introduced yet.
28:13Yeah, I'm not speaking to her or you.
28:15Before you go, tell me about this burning desire to play Juliet.
28:20One of the greatest roles in one of the greatest plays ever.
28:23Goodbye.
28:25Wrong recording.
28:26You're dead.
28:28Did you two be allowed out unaccompanied?
28:30You're dead.
28:32You're dead.
28:32That is your voice, isn't it, Belle?
28:33You're dead.
28:35You're dead.
28:35Yeah, it could be one of a million people.
28:37Yeah, but you're the only one with the surname Lambie.
28:40Doug Lambie's your dad, isn't he?
28:42So?
28:43Well, he couldn't get backstage to deliver the poison, but you could.
28:46Anything to get that part.
28:47No, I did no such thing.
28:49Classic case of misdirection.
28:50Classic.
28:52Your dad berates Sally while you work secretly in the background, plotting to get rid of her.
28:57So he looks like the prime suspect, but actually he's done nothing wrong.
29:00No, no, no, absolutely not.
29:01I swear.
29:01Well, the police got the toxology report back this morning.
29:05Weed killer.
29:06Although Sally would have to drink a liter before it killed her.
29:09Pretty amateur attempt at murder.
29:12But then, you're both amateurs, aren't you?
29:14Yes, and thanks to his job at the garden centre, your dad had easy access to weed killer, didn't he?
29:19Well, who hasn't?
29:19Anyone can buy it.
29:21But is that really all you've got?
29:24Well, the forensics on the vial that Sally drank from are going to come back soon.
29:29Even better, because I never touched it, not once.
29:32You know that threat you painted on the window?
29:34Have you still got the paint in your room?
29:35Because if you haven't, they'll find traces on your clothes.
29:39Look, maybe me and dad did try and scare Sally into quitting the show,
29:42and maybe I do want to be a star, but we're not killers.
29:45Not now we're on to you.
29:46Trust me, you can't prove something that isn't true.
29:49Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a costume fitting with Antonia.
29:56So what now?
29:59You don't have to do this, Sally. We're really close.
30:01I'm leaving the play. I got the message loud and...
30:04We found out you funded Roman's first play.
30:06So what? I could afford a few hundred pounds.
30:09We were under the impression it was more like 30k.
30:13Well, it was a long time ago.
30:16Now, if you'll excuse me, my nerves run shreds.
30:23Why would you lie?
30:39Oh, Wendy.
30:43You welcome me into the hospital with open arms,
30:46and I'll never forget that.
30:49And when I get that promotion,
30:51I'll dedicate it to you.
30:54I'll tell them that everything I love...
30:58So, a soap character gets poisoned,
31:01and then the actress playing the poisoner
31:03gets the same treatment ten years later.
31:05I mean, what do you make of that?
31:07Bearing in mind that Roman was running the soap opera back then.
31:09And he got £30,000 from Sally.
31:14So what if Sally bribed him to kill off the Wendy character?
31:17And the actress playing Wendy wants revenge.
31:22Ten years later, though.
31:23Who waits that long?
31:25I think we should find it on you.
31:28Well, thanks for agreeing to see us at such short notice, Martha.
31:32We've been watching Ward 9.
31:34We're big fans now, aren't we?
31:37Oh, yeah, big fans.
31:40Would you like a cup of tea?
31:45Oh.
31:48Oh, we were really upset when your character died.
31:59Looks like you were the Queen of Soapland.
32:05So we appear to be out of tea.
32:07Never mind.
32:08Please sit.
32:21So, um, we checked the TV and film database
32:25and it looks like you didn't stay in acting.
32:27I did try.
32:30But I was Nurse Wendy.
32:33No one wanted me as anyone else.
32:35Well, it's a shame.
32:36I could do with a nurse right now.
32:37Oh.
32:38Well, he thought you were great.
32:41And so did the press, by the looks of things.
32:44Why would they kill off such a popular character?
32:47The producer never said.
32:49Well, it was Roman's decision.
32:51I got the script and it had been changed at the last minute.
32:55He didn't even warn me.
32:57That's brutal, that is.
32:59Remind me not to go into telly.
33:01When you say changed, when you say changed, what do you mean?
33:03Sally's character was meant to be killed off.
33:07Not mine.
33:09Are you sure about that?
33:11All of that?
33:13See?
33:17This.
33:21Tell me, did you really like my performance?
33:27You can tell me over a cup of tea.
33:29Would you like one?
33:32Yep.
33:37Oh, my word.
33:39Look at you.
33:44Well, man.
33:45I don't care.
33:46I've got you.
33:47I've got a play that everyone's going to love and best to walk.
33:50Sally is dead.
33:51Or at least resting, as they say.
33:53I can't thank you enough for keeping me on.
33:55We're all one big happy family now.
33:58Good luck to you.
34:00We'll see you later.
34:01You'll be brown.
34:02Okay.
34:05Belle, visitor.
34:09Can I get an autograph before you get too famous?
34:12Dad!
34:15Those investigators, they know we were threatening Sally.
34:19Have we been arrested?
34:21The show must go on, Belle.
34:24Always.
34:31I know you didn't succeed, but I thought I should at least pay you for your time.
34:35We're still on the case, Sally.
34:38Belle and her dad were trying to scare you, but we're not convinced that they were trying to kill you.
34:42It was Belle.
34:44That little minx.
34:46Roman never could pick a winner, but there's still someone out there.
34:49Yes, but I've quit the play.
34:50Whoever it is has got their wish.
34:51We, um...
34:53We went to see Martha Weathers today.
34:56Martha?
34:58Last I heard, she'd had a breakdown.
35:00How is she?
35:02Still broken.
35:03In fact, I'd say she badly needs looking after.
35:07So if you've got a spare 30,000...
35:09You were going to be written out of Ward 9.
35:12Until you went to Roman Rundle and offered him 30k to stage his play.
35:16Yeah, not the few hundred pounds that you claimed.
35:19Why lie about it?
35:21Unless it was a bribe to get Roman to change his mind about which nurse to kill off.
35:26Don't just blame me.
35:28Roman jumped at the chance.
35:29His wife took him for every penny.
35:32Did Roman want to become a theatre director?
35:33Is that what it was?
35:34Did you promise him you could make it happen for him?
35:36Sally, surely not.
35:38Don't do this to me.
35:43I was a big star back then, Sebastian.
35:47Something you might never experience.
35:51I found it very hard to let go.
35:53I was in love with the fame.
35:56The magazine covers.
35:58The red carpets at award nights.
36:01It's something I couldn't give up very easily.
36:05Is Martha angry with me?
36:07She didn't know anything about it.
36:10Which killed one of our theories stone dead.
36:12Well, I hope this can remain our secret.
36:17Anyway, I must go to the theatre.
36:19I don't think that's wise.
36:21And deny me the pleasure of seeing how utterly terrible Belle is.
36:24Bit of joy sacking her after.
36:28So?
36:30Who are we left with now?
36:32What?
36:33Sally's just paid.
36:35Job's done.
36:36You can't leave it alone now.
36:39It's just the way I am.
36:42OK.
36:44So Roman's got his reputation back.
36:46Is that enough to kill for?
36:48That could be.
36:50Could be another dead end.
36:52We've been pretty good at finding those lately.
36:55Oh, come on.
36:57Grumpy McGrumpface.
36:59Let's go over what we know, then.
37:01Right.
37:03Oh, be some other name.
37:06Belle is set to be a star.
37:07What's in a name?
37:10That which we call...
37:11He would do anything for his daughter.
37:13As sweet, so Romeo would, were he not Romeo...
37:17Roman, as we know, benefits hugely.
37:20And Antonia gets to keep her job.
37:22Romeo, doff thy name.
37:24And for thy name, which is no part of thee, take all myself.
37:34Of course.
37:36We appear to be out of tea.
37:38Martha said we.
37:40Someone was looking after her.
37:42She couldn't give us a cup of tea because she didn't know where it was kept.
37:45You'll have to explain the relevance.
37:47Belle wasn't the only person who changed her name.
37:50No, still as clear as mad.
37:53The row Sally and Roman had.
37:55Do you remember it?
37:56I told you before.
37:56It doesn't matter what it was about.
37:58It matters who heard it.
38:00Get on the phone of Sally.
38:01Tell her to get out of the theatre.
38:03That's the last place she should have gone.
38:28Christina, get to the theatre as soon as you can.
38:31Come on.
38:33This is a residential area.
38:35Come on.
38:40Where is she?
38:42Up there.
38:43Please.
38:43Oh, why'd she have to be so high up?
38:47No.
38:49I don't understand.
38:51No, please.
38:53I won't jump.
38:55Not for anyone.
38:57You don't want to do that.
38:58Do you, Antonia?
39:02So far, no one's been badly hurt, but it's a long way down.
39:08It's been a long way down for the last ten years.
39:10Yeah, we know.
39:11We know.
39:12We went to see Martha.
39:14She can't vent for herself.
39:16You've been there, haven't you?
39:18Looking after her?
39:19Ah, I sat on your pin cushion.
39:21Oh!
39:22Oh!
39:22Ah!
39:23Oh, dear.
39:26It's Martha Weathers.
39:28Used to be Martha Bryce.
39:29She's your big sister, isn't she?
39:31She changed her surname.
39:33A lot of actors do that.
39:37Is it when you overheard the row between Roman and Sally?
39:42Is that when you realised what she'd done to Martha?
39:45You look worried, Roman.
39:47Aren't you?
39:47I mean, what if these people you've hired dig too deep?
39:50Nothing to hide.
39:51OK, well, perhaps you should say that to Martha Weathers and the rewrite you did for her.
39:55Suddenly it clicked, didn't it?
39:59Sally just can't stop changing scripts.
40:02And the next thing I know, Wendy's riding around with a whole pot in her stomach.
40:11Nice bit of symmetry, hmm?
40:14Poisoning Sally.
40:15Like Nora poisoned Wendy in the soap.
40:19I think it's called Resonance.
40:22Take one more step and I'll be there.
40:24I will.
40:24Do you want to spend the rest of your life in prison?
40:26Who's going to look after Martha?
40:29You saw her.
40:31You saw what killing her character did to her.
40:34Martha used to be amazing.
40:37She was lively, loving, talented.
40:42And Sally took all the away from her.
40:45She killed her twice over.
40:49All those posters and pictures on a wall.
40:53People used to adore her.
40:57And now all she's got is me.
40:59Everyone's forgotten her.
41:02This is not the answer, Antonia.
41:05There's a big difference between killing someone on a page and killing them for real.
41:11She needs to pray for what she's done.
41:13She will.
41:14No one's going to want to work with Sally again.
41:16Or Roman.
41:18You've won, Antonia.
41:21Yeah.
41:22You did right by Martha.
41:38Better later than never.
41:41I didn't know it would come to this.
41:42If I had, I...
41:43You've done exactly the same thing.
41:45All you're interested in is walking them down the red carpet.
41:49Ow, are you...
42:11Wouldn't like her to take my temperature.
42:13Don't know where that thermometer's been.
42:14The reviews are in.
42:16Oh, listen to this.
42:19Bellrow Hampton should have spared us all
42:21and drunk the poison in the first act.
42:24And Roman Randall's direction had more in common
42:26with the preschool panto,
42:28but at least those are usually charming.
42:30Oh, there's two more deaths right there.
42:34Come back, Sally. All is forgiven.
42:36Will you be quiet, both of you?
42:39For her, ASAP. It's her only hope.
42:42Frank, what are you doing?
42:44Two words, Lou. The end.
42:54Next on BBC One, a creative couple are looking
42:57for a coastal camping business as they escape to the country.
43:00And at 3.45, a brand new series.
43:03The tension as the hammer falls
43:05at British coast and country auctions.
43:17Last on
43:17The sprinter
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