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00:00:11I've been waking up at 5 a.m. now for a year and honestly it's a game-changer.
00:00:16Here's my busy morning routine as a productive mom of six. So I kick things
00:00:22off with some light stretching, nothing too strenuous. Oh! Hugo! Hugo! Yes, darling. Coming.
00:00:34What's wrong? Look, Meredith forgot to change the clock on the wall.
00:00:3810.35, you can see it. Not exactly in her job description.
00:00:42She was the nanny. She was here to help us. We're certainly paying her enough.
00:00:46That is terrifying. I'm increasing my collagen production.
00:00:51Right. Paige, go and get the blackout lined. We'll have to do the whole morning bit again.
00:00:57Well, just don't lie about the time. I'm not lying. I'm inspiring, thank you.
00:01:18Discretion. You talk a lot about it at Aspen.
00:01:21But what does it really mean? When you are working for a family, whether that's as a nanny,
00:01:27a housekeeper or a chauffeur, you are in a position of trust. You are uniquely placed
00:01:34to witness their most private moments. None of it can ever leave the household.
00:01:43Absolute. Absolute discretion.
00:01:53Welcome to the Whiten Flavor Collective.
00:02:00Come for the views. Stay for the food.
00:02:08Okay, just like a little bit more to your left so that we can't see the hashtag.
00:02:11How's that? Yeah, great. Good.
00:02:13Okay. Please share photos and content.
00:02:15Oi!
00:02:19Oh, great. Here we go.
00:02:23Hi!
00:02:25Are you going to do something about all this? It's disgusting!
00:02:29Leave it, Dad. Not today. Right?
00:02:36See ya! Bye!
00:02:43Okay, I gotta go. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:02:45Okay, okay, okay, okay.
00:02:45Okay, all right. Bye, bye, bye, bye.
00:02:47Don't forget the hashtag, Whiten Flavor Collective.
00:02:54Don't forget the hashtag, Whiten Flavor Collective.
00:02:54Danger. Now, it can be paparazzi or even a kidnap attempt.
00:03:00Would you keep yourself between them and the child?
00:03:07Green up.
00:03:12No, no!
00:03:13That's right. Keep locking.
00:03:19Good. Who's next?
00:03:22Like this?
00:03:23Yeah, oh, that's a good one.
00:03:25Good smile.
00:03:26Oh, that lovely. Lovely dress.
00:03:30What?
00:03:30Excuse me. Sorry, I missed all your photos.
00:03:32Let's go.
00:03:34You two, goodbye.
00:03:37Come on, it's our wedding.
00:03:40That's right, that's right.
00:03:41All right. Goodbye.
00:03:42All right.
00:03:43Midsummer Whiten is not a theme park.
00:04:02Meredith?
00:04:04The sparrows.
00:04:06Well, how did you get on?
00:04:08Oh, um, yeah, I actually decided not to go.
00:04:13I'm sorry, I just, um, I don't think we can come back from it.
00:04:18Well, no.
00:04:19Not if you won't talk to them about it.
00:04:23I have an hour or two.
00:04:25We'll have a debrief.
00:04:28Well, spit spot.
00:04:29Oh, sorry.
00:04:50Hello, and welcome.
00:04:52My name's Meredith, and I'm in it.
00:04:56Hello, and welcome, my name's Meredith, and I'm a nanny.
00:05:08Hello, and welcome, my name's Meredith, and I'm a nanny.
00:05:14Hello, and welcome, my name's Meredith, and I'm a nanny for high-status families.
00:05:27Oh, no.
00:05:29On this channel, I show you how to prepare healthy food that kids will love.
00:05:36Remember to like and subscribe and comment down below to see everything I've cooked for my VIP kiddos today.
00:05:43Gotcha.
00:05:43Without further ado, here are some of the menus I use for my VIP kiddos.
00:05:52Okay.
00:05:53Here we go.
00:05:55The lighting.
00:06:13The lighting.
00:06:15The lighting.
00:06:22All right.
00:07:16They're saying it was a homemade explosive device hidden inside a ring light, which is a...
00:07:24A donut-shaped light designed to cast a flattering glow, good for applying makeup on camera.
00:07:31You have a secret YouTube channel we should know about.
00:07:34No, but what I do have is a 14-year-old daughter and a nightly argument about why she's too
00:07:38young for social media.
00:07:40Good luck with that one.
00:07:43Team!
00:07:45Do we know the identity of the victim?
00:07:47Meredith Nielsen, 23. She's a trainee nanny from California.
00:07:51She came over two years ago to get her childcare diploma.
00:07:54We're trying to track down next to kin in the US.
00:07:56Seems a long way to come.
00:07:57Well, Aspern College is the place if you want to work for the super-rich.
00:08:01They train butlers, nannies, housekeepers.
00:08:04Things weren't going well for Meredith, though.
00:08:06She was nine months into her first live-in nanny job and the family fired her just two days ago.
00:08:11That's why she was back at the college, sleeping on her friend's floor.
00:08:14That wasn't her room, then?
00:08:16No, the room belongs to Karina Gupta, who's a trainee nanny in the year below Meredith.
00:08:21And whose was the ring light, Karina's or Meredith's?
00:08:25Meredith's.
00:08:41Pretty extreme way to murder someone.
00:08:44And reckless. It's a miracle nobody else was killed.
00:08:46She has obvious penetrating injuries from shrapnel,
00:08:52thermal trauma, plus blunt trauma from the desk.
00:08:56Do you think this could be someone with military training?
00:08:59Potentially.
00:09:00You can find out how to do anything these days.
00:09:03You know where to look.
00:09:05Who had access to this room apart from Meredith and Karina?
00:09:10Well, the college had keys, and then any previous occupants could have kept copies.
00:09:14But we don't know for certain that the light was tampered with in here, didn't we?
00:09:17True. It could have happened while she was living with her nanny family.
00:09:20Do we know why they sacked her?
00:09:22Not yet.
00:09:23But the kids that she was looking after are the grandchildren of the woman who runs this place.
00:09:33Mrs. Theresa Bellrose, founder and CEO.
00:09:37And this is Miss Gupta.
00:09:38She was the first to find Meredith.
00:09:41Before we start, I want to make it crystal clear.
00:09:43We have never had a health and safety issue in 25 years of operation on college grounds.
00:09:49Health and safety? We're treating this as murder.
00:09:52Goodness me.
00:09:54No, no, no. We don't do that here.
00:09:56But we vet our students thoroughly.
00:09:59We don't let that sort of person in.
00:10:06Sorry, the sort of person who might commit murder?
00:10:09Indeed.
00:10:10Or get themselves murdered.
00:10:13Yeah, Meredith was nanny to your grandchildren.
00:10:16Is that right?
00:10:17Yes. Yes, they adored her.
00:10:19As soon as my son Hugo told me that he and his wife Ellie were moving back to Midsommar, I
00:10:24knew she'd be perfect.
00:10:25But then they fired her?
00:10:27Yes. Well, that was a shame.
00:10:30What happened?
00:10:32Meredith was posting things online.
00:10:35Photos of meals she'd cooked for the children.
00:10:37It wasn't appropriate.
00:10:39But listen, they've had a dozen nannies over the past ten years.
00:10:43They know how to handle things.
00:10:45A dozen? Is there a reason they don't stay?
00:10:47Well, it's a challenging role.
00:10:49They have six children.
00:10:51And you're welcome to talk to any of their previous nannies.
00:10:54All of whom are still alive.
00:10:56I can assure you.
00:10:58Was Meredith in a relationship?
00:11:00She had a boyfriend, Jake.
00:11:03He's on his way.
00:11:06Oh, I'll, um, I'll come back.
00:11:09Allow me to introduce Rowan Fairbarnes, our visiting tutor for self-defense.
00:11:13They're saying this wasn't an accident.
00:11:15Really?
00:11:16Self-defense?
00:11:18Yes, well, um, hopefully they'll never need it.
00:11:21Oh, kidnap attempts do happen.
00:11:24You must have seen Meredith this morning for her session with you.
00:11:27Yeah, she, uh, she had extra training sessions with me on Fridays.
00:11:31I run a martial arts gym down the road.
00:11:34Why extra training?
00:11:36Did she feel threatened by someone?
00:11:37Just enjoyed the fitness element, I think.
00:11:39Jake says he's outside.
00:11:49We're not plung in this whole life together.
00:11:53How did you meet?
00:11:56She was a customer.
00:11:58I have a food truck at the Flavor Collective over at Midsummer Whiten.
00:12:01I think I went to one of your, um, outdoor cinema events last summer.
00:12:06Yeah, those events will merit this idea.
00:12:09She was the one who knew how to get the influencers in.
00:12:13The one standing up for us.
00:12:15Standing up for you?
00:12:16Against whom?
00:12:17There's a family called the Fairbarnes.
00:12:20Dawn and her father Stanley.
00:12:22Any relation to Rowan Fairbarnes?
00:12:24Yeah.
00:12:25Yeah, shut us down.
00:12:27I think we've wrecked the village.
00:12:30Yeah.
00:12:31There was this council meeting last month and Stanley almost got violent.
00:12:34Jake.
00:12:35Are you all right?
00:12:36Look, I need to talk to you again.
00:12:38That wasn't the whole story about Meredith getting fired.
00:12:41Ellie and Hugo have this family vlogging channel, the Bell Rose bunch, right?
00:12:45Almost a million subscribers.
00:12:47They put their whole lives online.
00:12:49So, when Ellie kicked off about Meredith sharing recipe photos on her own socials,
00:12:54Meredith snapped.
00:12:55Told them their whole channel was exploiting their children.
00:12:57That's why they fired her.
00:12:59Meredith threw her stuff into a taxi and just moved out.
00:13:02How had things been before that?
00:13:03Not great.
00:13:05The house and the kids had to look perfect for filming the whole time.
00:13:09And then she had to set up these craft projects.
00:13:11Ellie posts all these amazing kids' activities on their channel,
00:13:13but in reality, it's the nanny doing everything behind the scenes.
00:13:17Yeah, she had to sign an NDA saying she wouldn't reveal what she worked for.
00:13:19And then when she left, they freaked out.
00:13:21They knew she had dirt on them, that she could wreck their brand.
00:13:24I think that's why they killed her.
00:13:26Can you just calm down a bit?
00:13:29You can't know that they killed her.
00:13:31I'm just trying to help.
00:13:34Do they know about Aaron?
00:13:35What about him?
00:13:36Well, the eldest son tried to kiss her once.
00:13:39She rejected him, obviously, but, you know, he's pretty messed up.
00:13:43What do you mean, messed up?
00:13:44My parents put him online since he was five or something.
00:13:48Videos of his potty training, tantrums, teenage acne.
00:13:51He's estranged from them now.
00:13:53Yeah, he moved in with a Fairbarns family I told you about.
00:13:56He helps them run the guest house.
00:13:58I need to go.
00:14:01You won't tell Teresa any of this came from me, will you?
00:14:14Darling, listen, don't panic, but we might have a problem.
00:14:32This survived the blast.
00:14:34It looks like a case for a ring light, but when you open it...
00:14:39Like and subscribe, a message from the killer.
00:14:42Well, this is what they say in videos, isn't it?
00:14:44Like and subscribe for more dating tips.
00:14:48Or whatever.
00:14:50Disturbing insight into your algorithm.
00:14:52So this is about Meredith's social media, or at least someone wants us to believe that it is.
00:14:57On the subject of disturbing insight, have you done another guest lecture for the police training centre?
00:15:04Not recently, why?
00:15:06One of my trainees is convinced she knows you from somewhere.
00:15:10Hi!
00:15:12I must have one of those faces.
00:15:20How did you get this?
00:15:21I found it on the floor after the explosion.
00:15:24I just thought if...
00:15:25Have you taught the police?
00:15:25No, of course not.
00:15:28Good.
00:15:28Be sure you keep it that way, okay?
00:15:31Okay?
00:15:43Guys, calm down!
00:15:49Stop it! Stop it!
00:15:52Sorry about the chaos.
00:15:54As you know, we are between nannies, and we're in full-on prep for the party tomorrow.
00:16:00Happy birthday.
00:16:01Oh, it's not till next month, but tomorrow works better for the brand tie-in.
00:16:06Anyway.
00:16:07You couldn't believe it when my mother told us about Meredith, it was so awful.
00:16:11Yeah, it was really terrible.
00:16:14I understand you had a disagreement with Meredith on Wednesday.
00:16:18You, uh, terminated her employment.
00:16:21Yes, our values no longer aligned.
00:16:25There must be a worry when a nanny leaves.
00:16:27They might share private details about the family.
00:16:30I imagine it would be a worry if we had something to hide.
00:16:33I had a look at your channel.
00:16:35The fact that you had a nanny at all would be news to your viewers.
00:16:39With respect.
00:16:40There are entire internet forums dedicated to spreading hate about us.
00:16:45If Meredith wanted to chime in fine, we simply add it to the list.
00:16:51And why did you keep her employment a secret?
00:16:53Well, our viewers want aspirational family content.
00:16:57They don't want to see the nuts and bolts.
00:17:00Your eldest, Aaron, is he here?
00:17:03Uh, no, Aaron doesn't live with us anymore, but he knows he's always welcome.
00:17:08And we are hoping he will join us for the party tomorrow.
00:17:11We did hear, actually, that, um, apparently Aaron had a bit of a crush on Meredith.
00:17:15Okay, I'm gonna stop you there.
00:17:17My son had nothing to do with this.
00:17:19Do you know, would it be helpful if I showed you Meredith's room, perhaps?
00:17:34Surely you should be speaking to her boyfriend.
00:17:37Jake.
00:17:38Jake?
00:17:41They had a breakup last week.
00:17:43This is my daughter, Paige.
00:17:45What makes you think they broke up?
00:17:47My bed's on the other side of that wall.
00:17:48I could always hear her on the phone.
00:17:50She told her friend Karina that Jake proposed,
00:17:53but she thought he was only doing it for visa stuff, so she said no.
00:17:56They broke up, then they got back together last weekend.
00:18:00And this is where Meredith kept her video equipment?
00:18:03Yeah.
00:18:04Yeah, I don't think we've ever had a key to that door.
00:18:07Have you had any break-ins?
00:18:08No.
00:18:08Although we did have an intruder a couple of weeks ago.
00:18:12I got this new friend request, and this is the profile picture.
00:18:18That's our en suite.
00:18:19So we changed the locks, filed a police report, but nothing was ever done about it.
00:18:24Could you forward that to me, please?
00:18:26But that's just some weirdo stalker trying to intimidate us.
00:18:29That's nothing to do with Meredith.
00:18:31I'd like the photo either way.
00:18:32It's all I wanted in the world.
00:18:37Sorry.
00:18:38I thought you were someone else for a second.
00:18:41Paige, what are you on about?
00:18:42Nothing.
00:18:43Sorry.
00:18:44Tell you later.
00:18:47Okay.
00:18:51Well, that was weird.
00:18:53Yeah, and not just that thing with Paige.
00:18:55The entire interaction.
00:18:56Someone they lived with until 48 hours ago has been blown up.
00:18:59They didn't have a single question for us about it.
00:19:01Interesting that Jake didn't mention the proposal and breakup.
00:19:04Yeah, neither did Carina.
00:19:06Yeah, prioritise background on Jake.
00:19:08And let's see what Dawn and Stanley Fairbarns have to say.
00:19:27Catch me, catch me, catch me, catch me, catch me.
00:19:35Hello again.
00:19:37Everyone's out back, I'll take you through.
00:19:38We'd like to speak to Dawn and Stanley first, if they're home.
00:19:41Oh, right.
00:19:43Sure.
00:19:45Go and get Grandad, he's in the garden.
00:19:47Okay, Dad.
00:19:48Tell him the police are here.
00:19:49Okay?
00:19:52Come on in.
00:20:03Ah, police?
00:20:05Right then.
00:20:06Hi, I'm Dawn.
00:20:08I'm the one having the public feud with Meredith.
00:20:11It's not a secret.
00:20:13I mean, it's horrible what happened.
00:20:15She was how old?
00:20:1621?
00:20:1623.
00:20:17It's awful.
00:20:18But that doesn't change the facts.
00:20:20She was destroying this village with that flame of collective.
00:20:23Free food in exchange for social media posts.
00:20:26And you saw the coach out there.
00:20:28You get 10 of those every week, full of tourists.
00:20:30English country village is a fashionable aesthetic, apparently.
00:20:33A bit summer white and it's gone viral thanks to her.
00:20:36People on our front steps taking photos.
00:20:41Flying drones over us.
00:20:43Stanley Fairbanks?
00:20:44That's right.
00:20:46We wouldn't mind if they were paying guests, would we?
00:20:48They come to the village, get their photos and then leave.
00:20:51Traffic's a nightmare.
00:20:52They're losing us bookings.
00:20:54I can do it.
00:20:56It's this damn thing.
00:20:59It looks painful.
00:21:00How long have you had it?
00:21:01Oh, a few weeks.
00:21:04Came off a ladder, harvesting new cherries.
00:21:07Up trees in his 80s.
00:21:10We heard about a council meeting where you were aggressive towards Meredith.
00:21:18Who told you that?
00:21:20Dad was angry, but, you know, I can understand why people are pointing the finger,
00:21:24but I proved it wasn't us.
00:21:26And we had a meeting all set up with our MP to discuss the fame of collective,
00:21:30but I cancelled it.
00:21:32I could send you the emails.
00:21:33Sorry, to be clear, what does that prove?
00:21:35That we'd given up fighting it.
00:21:37Why?
00:21:38What changed?
00:21:39I just didn't have it in me anymore.
00:21:43What with my brother and the girls being here and everything.
00:21:48We moved here 19 months ago after my wife passed away.
00:21:52It's put a bit of pressure on things.
00:21:54I love having them here, but it's a lot.
00:21:57That sounds difficult.
00:21:59Yeah.
00:22:03Do you, uh, still want to speak to Marilyn?
00:22:10I'm glad she was around, to be honest.
00:22:13An insane person there.
00:22:15How do you mean?
00:22:16Well, my parents see everything as content.
00:22:22It's actually mad.
00:22:24Like, after we moved, my little sister Paige,
00:22:29she found out one of her friends had died.
00:22:32And what would you do if your kid got that news?
00:22:35I'd comfort them.
00:22:36Congratulations, you passed the basic humanity test.
00:22:39My parents filmed her crying for the vlog.
00:22:45Yeah.
00:22:47That's the face Meredith made, too.
00:22:50After I moved out, she just sent me updates and let me know what was going on.
00:22:57A friend of hers said that you tried to kiss her and she rejected you.
00:23:02That's weird.
00:23:04Because that definitely didn't happen.
00:23:06You didn't misinterpret her support for something else, perhaps?
00:23:10No.
00:23:12I mean, I thought she was pretty and everything, but no.
00:23:20Well, Aaron definitely had a crush on Meredith.
00:23:23Oh, absolutely.
00:23:25That argument that Dawn made about them stopping their campaign against the collective,
00:23:29I mean, it doesn't prove her innocence, does it?
00:23:32I mean, there are plenty of reasons.
00:23:35Are you right, sir?
00:23:37Those cherries are barely ripe enough to harvest now.
00:23:40There's no way Stanley was up there picking them several weeks ago.
00:23:44In light of his injury.
00:23:45Why?
00:23:46Why, indeed.
00:23:49It must be devastating to lose your entire wardrobe.
00:23:54I can't imagine it.
00:23:56I've got some toms here from Los Brontes.
00:24:00That should keep you.
00:24:02They should tie you over until you forget to them.
00:24:05Shots?
00:24:10I appreciate it.
00:24:15You're welcome.
00:24:20Hi guys, welcome to the channel.
00:24:23This is our kitchen.
00:24:24This is our chocolate.
00:24:28Let's head to the hallway.
00:24:33Uh, thanks for feeding me.
00:24:35You're always welcome.
00:24:37This is our living room.
00:24:38This is our living room.
00:24:39How come he's allowed to watch that and I'm not?
00:24:41It's for work.
00:24:42You know them, do you?
00:24:44Yeah, that's Louie and that's Henry.
00:24:46They're really funny.
00:24:47Loads of people in my class watch them.
00:24:49Right, that's it for today, guys.
00:24:52And remember, like and subscribe.
00:24:55I wouldn't say they've been hilarious yet, but they have shown me the layout of their house.
00:24:59And if I zoomed in on that blazer, I could probably tell you what school they go to.
00:25:05Mum, can we make some more Paddy videos now that we've got some extra help?
00:25:08Some of Betty's friends have social media accounts, but Betty isn't allowed yet,
00:25:12because we're like literally the worst parents.
00:25:15So as a compromise, Sarah runs an account for Paddy.
00:25:18Hmm.
00:25:19It sounds great.
00:25:20I'm happy to help.
00:25:21Go on then, Paddy.
00:25:22What have you got for me?
00:25:28It's a natural, sir.
00:25:29Natural prima donna.
00:25:31Betty, there won't be time tonight.
00:25:33You need to do your months before dinner.
00:25:35Fine.
00:25:39Oh.
00:25:41How many?
00:25:42Kidding.
00:25:48Oh, um, sorry.
00:25:50Sorry, Sarah's showing me one of those stupid viral videos.
00:25:54I've had quite enough of those for one day.
00:25:56Yeah, I know, right?
00:25:57It's crazy what, um, what seems to take off online.
00:26:10What's going on?
00:26:14Oh.
00:26:16Oh, I see.
00:26:26All right, guys.
00:26:28All right.
00:26:29Bye, guys.
00:26:30All right.
00:26:31Bye.
00:26:31A baby!
00:27:17Good morning, sir. Is this your attempt to take a selfie?
00:27:20I'm just checking. There's nothing on my face.
00:27:22I was getting some odd looks from the neighbours while I was putting the bins out.
00:27:25Really? Really? I can't think why.
00:27:28Have you seen the email with the phone logs?
00:27:30Ellie Belrose called Meredith 36 times in the two days before she was murdered.
00:27:35Only three of the calls were answered.
00:27:37They're clearly playing down their conflict with her.
00:27:40The Belroses have built a whole brand on this image of the perfect family.
00:27:46Meredith had the power to destroy that.
00:27:48Would Hugo or Ellie murdering Meredith make sense with the like and subscribe message, though?
00:27:53Would they want to draw attention to themselves like that?
00:27:54Unless the message was designed to throw us off.
00:27:57And last night, I kept coming back to how reckless this was.
00:28:01Whoever did this didn't care what other damage they caused.
00:28:04We can assume they're fairly damaged themselves.
00:28:16Ellie!
00:28:18Ellie!
00:28:27What are you doing here?
00:28:33Oh, you got the nice ones.
00:28:36Of course.
00:28:39We've got more details back on the explosives.
00:28:43The ring light was one of these.
00:28:45Optiglow 2000.
00:28:48The power switch acted as the trigger.
00:28:51Her blast injuries are extensive.
00:28:53Pulmon, reconfusion, perforated intestines.
00:28:56I need to be on a call now, but I'll chase the lab for any DNA on the device, because
00:29:07you never know.
00:29:10Hey, you've got one of your own.
00:29:12Yours looks better.
00:29:15My pastry, my beautiful pastry, it's all I wanted in the world.
00:29:26Is she okay?
00:29:28I've never been sure.
00:29:30There you go, sir.
00:29:33So the messages between Aaron and Meredith are quite interesting.
00:29:37He keeps pushing to meet up.
00:29:39She keeps mentioning her boyfriend, but he doesn't take a hint.
00:29:42Not the first.
00:29:43Hmm.
00:29:44Did Ellie forward that photo from inside the shower?
00:29:47Yes.
00:29:48I've applied for the metadata, but it's taking a while.
00:29:51However, if you look at the picture, if you enlarge it, there's a reflection there.
00:29:58A blue surfer bracelet.
00:30:00Okay.
00:30:01Hmm.
00:30:02Anything on background checks?
00:30:04Stanley Fairbarns, a few pub brawls in his twenties, but nothing on the radar since.
00:30:10He's ex-army.
00:30:11Explosives training?
00:30:12It's unclear.
00:30:15Rowan Fairbarns is in a strange position, isn't he?
00:30:18His sister and father were at war with Meredith, yet he was her personal trainer.
00:30:23Ah.
00:30:23Except he wasn't.
00:30:25According to Meredith's bank statement, she cancelled her gym membership ten days ago.
00:30:30And then she emailed asking to switch to a female PT during her notice period.
00:30:35So did she have a training session on the morning she died?
00:30:38Yes, but not with Rowan Fairbarns.
00:30:41So why did he lie about that?
00:30:44That's precisely what I'm going to ask him.
00:30:46You try the boyfriend again.
00:30:49Push him on this break-up that he forgot to mention.
00:30:56I messed up.
00:30:58She deserved a beautiful proposal.
00:31:01And there was all this talk about her visa ending.
00:31:05So I asked her, while we were watching TV.
00:31:10And she turned you down?
00:31:11She didn't want to get married just for the paperwork.
00:31:14I don't even know why I mentioned the visa stuff.
00:31:17I wanted to marry her more than anything.
00:31:19And you broke up because of it?
00:31:21Well, for a few days.
00:31:23But we got back together.
00:31:25Look, I know I should have said all this before.
00:31:32Was there anything going on between Meredith and Rowan Fairbarns?
00:31:35What?
00:31:37No.
00:31:39Why are you even asking that?
00:31:40Was there a reason that Meredith didn't want to train with him anymore?
00:31:42She was just bored of it.
00:31:44And she found it weird that Ellie started sessions with him too.
00:31:48It was like her boss was trying to compete with her or something.
00:31:51But no.
00:31:52There's nothing going on with Rowan.
00:32:02Yeah.
00:32:04There you go.
00:32:06Looking good.
00:32:16Hello.
00:32:18You got more questions for me?
00:32:20I came to speak to Rowan, but actually, yes.
00:32:24If we could have a minute?
00:32:26No.
00:32:27Stay.
00:32:28Sure it's nothing bad?
00:32:29Oh.
00:32:30Oh.
00:32:31Okay.
00:32:33Yeah, in the two days between you firing Meredith and her murder, you called her 36 times.
00:32:40Why was that?
00:32:41Oh.
00:32:4336.
00:32:44That's embarrassing.
00:32:45Mm-hmm.
00:32:45Wanted to smooth things over.
00:32:47And did you?
00:32:48Well, no, because she wouldn't come back.
00:32:50But I was going to call you, actually.
00:32:52Meredith's friend Karina turned up at ours with her CV asking for Meredith's job.
00:32:58Right.
00:32:59Well, she's not even in the ground yet, and they're supposed to be best friends.
00:33:03It's a bit suspicious, no?
00:33:05Oh.
00:33:06I thought so.
00:33:08Oh, well.
00:33:09If that's all, I need to get ready for the party.
00:33:12Camera.
00:33:17You should come.
00:33:18I've got people from my management there.
00:33:20They can help you, you know, monetize things.
00:33:23Sorry?
00:33:25For your five minutes of fame.
00:33:27Might as well ride the wave.
00:33:30I'll see.
00:33:32Hello?
00:33:35No.
00:33:36No.
00:33:36No.
00:33:37We said white linen for the tablecloths.
00:33:40Honestly.
00:33:48Why did you lie about training Meredith on the morning she was killed?
00:33:53I...
00:33:55I didn't.
00:33:57She was here.
00:33:58But her PT session wasn't with you.
00:34:00She'd specifically asked to stop training with you.
00:34:04She wanted to change things up.
00:34:06Some clients need that, you know, a different approach.
00:34:11I didn't realize it was important who took the session.
00:34:14A new trainer will be back at two if you want to talk to her.
00:34:16I will, yes.
00:34:18Another thing I'm curious about.
00:34:20How did your father really hurt his arm?
00:34:23His shoulder.
00:34:24He, uh, dislocated it, pulled it from a tree.
00:34:27He said that he was harvesting cherries, but they wouldn't have been ripe.
00:34:31I'm wondering why he felt the need to make something up.
00:34:33Well, I wasn't there.
00:34:35Just going by what he said.
00:34:37You haven't actually seen the nature of the injury under the sling?
00:34:41No.
00:34:43Why?
00:34:44What sort of military training did he have?
00:34:49Well, you think he's hiding a burn under there?
00:34:52From making a bomb?
00:34:55Look, my father is capable of many things.
00:34:58But he did not kill Meredith.
00:35:03Winter.
00:35:04Hi, sir.
00:35:05Uniform have been interviewing the students at Aspen.
00:35:08Three of them say that they saw Meredith arguing with Karina the day before she died.
00:35:12Well, they're saying Meredith was in tears.
00:35:15Well, that's interesting, because Karina was round at the Bellrose's house last night.
00:35:19Trying to get Meredith's old job.
00:35:27Hey, listen.
00:35:29The police have been asking questions about Dad's arm.
00:35:34Should we be worried?
00:35:38Going in now with this amazing waterproof mascara.
00:35:43This one genuinely stays put.
00:35:45Oh, lovely.
00:35:46I'll link it below.
00:35:48Do you know, I'm so excited about this party today.
00:35:50Just having all of my friends and family in one place.
00:35:52Mum, mum, mum!
00:35:53He's filming!
00:35:54How many more times?
00:35:56You need to shut up.
00:35:57Go away.
00:35:58Put a screen on.
00:35:59Go!
00:36:00Just shut up.
00:36:07The thing I'm most excited about is having all of my friends and family in one place.
00:36:11I'm...
00:36:11What?!
00:36:12Darling, have you done something with the footage from last weekend?
00:36:14The canal boat stuff?
00:36:15No!
00:36:16Well, I don't understand.
00:36:16I backed it up.
00:36:17It's completely disappeared.
00:36:18Well, I don't know.
00:36:19Oh!
00:36:22Door!
00:36:29Going in now with this amazing waterproof mascara.
00:36:33Oh, this one is incredible, honestly.
00:36:41If you could be there, it would mean the world to your father.
00:36:45They don't want me there, though.
00:36:47This thing looks bad if I'm not.
00:36:49It's purely for the channel.
00:36:51Well...
00:36:52You know how I feel about that.
00:36:54Just say something then, Gran.
00:36:56In public.
00:36:57You're an expert in childcare.
00:37:00Imagine how powerful it would be if you backed me up.
00:37:02You have your methods.
00:37:03I have mine.
00:37:07How about Paige?
00:37:08Is she going?
00:37:10No.
00:37:11She's at her friend's house.
00:37:13They all are.
00:37:14Adults only.
00:37:16Well, that's a shame.
00:37:20They do miss you terribly, sweetheart.
00:37:22Right, okay.
00:37:31Extra deep vanilla sponge cake, gluten free.
00:37:34Oh, yeah.
00:37:34Just leave it there.
00:37:38I, uh, did a really thick layer of buttercream as requested.
00:37:46Do you want to take a look?
00:37:48I'm sure it's fine.
00:37:51You know, I still made it for you.
00:37:53Even though my girlfriend was murdered yesterday.
00:37:56Even though you treated her like dirt.
00:38:05Sorry for your loss.
00:38:08Please feel free to add a bit extra onto the invoice.
00:38:12Whatever.
00:38:15Enjoy wasting a good cake.
00:38:24Apologies.
00:38:26Come and see the kitchen set up inside.
00:38:28Which way?
00:38:29We've had it remodeled since you were last here, guys.
00:38:31So, uh...
00:38:33I think you'll remember it.
00:38:43We were living together in that tiny room.
00:38:45Of course we squabbled.
00:38:46And she just got fired, so she was super emotional.
00:38:49Plus everything with Jake.
00:38:52The proposal.
00:38:54The breakup.
00:38:55None of which you mentioned to us.
00:38:56Are you protecting Jake?
00:38:58Only because I know he's innocent.
00:39:00That boy adored Meredith, so...
00:39:02Why waste your time on something irrelevant
00:39:04when Ellie and Hugo have such a clear motive?
00:39:07So, you openly suspect the Bellroses,
00:39:09and yet you went over to their house and asked them for a job?
00:39:12I can explain.
00:39:14Please do.
00:39:15Because either you sincerely believe they're killers,
00:39:17yet you wanted to work for them,
00:39:19or you don't believe they're killers,
00:39:20in which case you're trying to misdirect a murder investigation.
00:39:24I wanted to work for them because I suspect them.
00:39:27If I were living with them,
00:39:28then I might be able to find some proof.
00:39:30You should leave that to us.
00:39:32We're the detectives.
00:39:33I need you to understand how bad it got between Ellie and Meredith.
00:39:37Ellie was bullying Meredith,
00:39:39but in this horrible, subtle way.
00:39:42Like, she gave her these jeans that a brand sent her,
00:39:45and then accused her of stealing them.
00:39:47She told her the best ring light to buy to shoot videos,
00:39:49and then got funny about her shooting them.
00:39:51She told Meredith which light to buy.
00:39:54Were Ellie and Meredith using identical ring lights?
00:39:57All I know is that Ellie recommended her one.
00:40:01Bellrose is your drive-in.
00:40:08Do you see how I'm going to be?
00:40:09I'll take the bedrooms, you look downstairs.
00:40:27Do you see how I'm going to be?
00:40:32I'll take the bedrooms, you look downstairs.
00:40:32Ha ha ha!
00:40:37Ha ha!
00:40:38Back plane to you.
00:40:46Sir!
00:40:50Sir, look, optic low 2000.
00:40:52There were two identical lights in the same house,
00:40:55so they could've got mixed up.
00:40:57We can't be sure Meredith was the intended victim.
00:40:59They're trying to kill one of the bell roses instead.
00:41:06Oh, thank you so much.
00:41:09I just want to...
00:41:14Gotcha.
00:41:35Some of the gas pulled her off the spike before we got down here.
00:41:38It looks like this severed the carotid artery.
00:41:42It's a tent peg, isn't it?
00:41:43For something big, like a marquee.
00:41:46I'd say so.
00:41:48But it's been sharpened.
00:41:50Turned into a blade.
00:41:51Well, there's at least two more in there.
00:41:54Literally spiked.
00:41:56See if they're a match for the pegs used on this.
00:41:59I'll ask the lab if we can lift anything useful from them.
00:42:03Nothing from the bomb fragments or ring-like case, I'm afraid.
00:42:07Are you working on the assumption it's the same person?
00:42:10We don't know.
00:42:11I know, but it's possible Meredith was never the intended victim.
00:42:15It was Ellie.
00:42:21The like and subscribe message makes much more sense, though, doesn't it?
00:42:26A disturbed fan or something?
00:42:28We know they had that intruder.
00:42:30And the cake smash prank is a social media thing, too.
00:42:35The cake was made by Meredith's boyfriend, Jake, ordered weeks ago.
00:42:40Would Jake do this with everyone knowing that he made the cake?
00:42:43It's a risky move.
00:42:44But then you did say we're looking for someone reckless.
00:42:48Prioritise that photo from inside Ellie's bathroom.
00:42:51We need to know where it was uploaded from.
00:42:53Because it was clearly a threat.
00:43:00I can't tell the kids.
00:43:03I can't.
00:43:05Perhaps it's best if I do it.
00:43:09Sorry.
00:43:15I don't understand why he did this.
00:43:17Did he think we killed his girlfriend or something?
00:43:19Are you talking about Jake?
00:43:21Who else?
00:43:24When he dropped the cake off, he was a mess.
00:43:27Ranting about Meredith.
00:43:29Saying we treated her like dirt.
00:43:31Did he know that you were planning to push Ellie into the cake?
00:43:35He was in on it, yeah.
00:43:38We asked for extra thick cream and stuff.
00:43:41We?
00:43:41Me and Ellie.
00:43:43It was all her idea.
00:43:44Did anyone else know?
00:43:46Anyone who watched their channel could have guessed.
00:43:48He'd been dropping hints about it.
00:43:50I told her I wanted to get revenge.
00:43:53But joking, obviously.
00:43:55Ellie did a cake smash on me for my 40th.
00:43:59Video got almost a million views.
00:44:01Oh, roll your eyes.
00:44:03But what do you think pays for this house?
00:44:05For the school fees.
00:44:10Ellie worked hard at this business.
00:44:12After the cake was delivered, was it left unattended?
00:44:16It was on the table.
00:44:17There were people around.
00:44:18It's not like we were guarding it.
00:44:19Is there anyone else you can think of who disliked Ellie?
00:44:24Hundreds.
00:44:26Literally.
00:44:27Read the comments under the videos.
00:44:29I assume he meant people who knew her.
00:44:32Yeah, but they think they know her, don't they?
00:44:34And some of them are obsessed.
00:44:35You saw the photograph.
00:44:36They know where we live.
00:44:38I want to talk to you again about Aaron.
00:44:41He's clearly angry about a loss of privacy in his childhood.
00:44:45And we never forced him to do anything.
00:44:49I've been reading his blog posts.
00:44:51It seems he blamed his mother in particular.
00:44:53He did not murder his own mother.
00:44:57How were things in your marriage?
00:45:00Well, according to the internet trolls, we were getting divorced.
00:45:03But they were wrong.
00:45:05I loved my wife.
00:45:07I'll tell you something, though.
00:45:08Whoever did this, they hated Ellie, but they hated me even more.
00:45:12Why do you say that?
00:45:13Because they made me do it.
00:45:15It was my hands pushing her down onto that spike.
00:45:18I'm not a murderer, but I killed my wife.
00:45:23How am I supposed to live with that?
00:45:28So what do you think?
00:45:30I want to believe him.
00:45:32For Hugo to plan that, I mean, murdering her in front of all those people,
00:45:35it'd be the wildest double bluff in history.
00:45:38It wouldn't harm his view account, though, would it?
00:45:41Murdered for clicks.
00:45:42If he was going to do it anyway,
00:45:44why not do it in the most attention-grabbing way possible?
00:45:47One of the catering teams said that they saw Aaron Belrose
00:45:51sneaking in through the side gate about half an hour before the party started.
00:45:54They recognised him from their channel.
00:45:56But he wasn't at the event itself?
00:45:58No, no-one else saw him.
00:46:00And there's something else.
00:46:01This whole event was a product launch.
00:46:04Right.
00:46:04For matcha muffins, whatever they are.
00:46:06I felt like I saw something in Meredith's messages about it,
00:46:10so I asked the office to take a look.
00:46:11that Meredith and Jake had a text exchange
00:46:14about Ellie stealing a muffin recipe from Jake
00:46:17and then getting a big brand deal off the back of it.
00:46:19So this is actually a product launch for something Jake created?
00:46:24OK, you go and speak to him.
00:46:25I'll try and find Aaron.
00:46:27Sir.
00:47:07Inside my cake?
00:47:09Yeah.
00:47:10Yeah, it looked like they're being pushed up through the bottom.
00:47:12Now, this was the cake that you were decorating when I was here earlier?
00:47:14Yeah.
00:47:15I did most of it yesterday.
00:47:16It was left here overnight.
00:47:17Well, is it possible that someone tampered with it?
00:47:19Well, it's not exactly secure here, is it?
00:47:21I'm also interested in the muffin recipe that Ellie stole from you.
00:47:28I wrote it down so Meredith can make it with the kids.
00:47:31Next thing we know, Ellie posts a video of herself making it,
00:47:34and she's got a partnership deal.
00:47:36You must have been furious.
00:47:37I was angry, yeah, I'm not going to lie.
00:47:40What can you do?
00:47:41And yet you still agreed to do Ellie's birthday cake.
00:47:44I gave them a stupidly high quote to put them off,
00:47:46but they accepted it.
00:47:47And then you actually went ahead and made it,
00:47:50the evening after your girlfriend had been murdered.
00:47:52Breaking's the one thing that works for me.
00:47:55It levels me out.
00:48:00No.
00:48:02No, this wasn't about money,
00:48:04and this wasn't some kind of therapy.
00:48:07Do you believe that Ellie Bellrose killed your girlfriend?
00:48:10I didn't kill Ellie.
00:48:11I swear.
00:48:13When I delivered that cake,
00:48:14it was just a normal cake.
00:48:19It was the muffins I did something to.
00:48:22The muffins?
00:48:25I switched some of them for my own batch.
00:48:28With a laxative in them.
00:48:33Pathetic, really, isn't it?
00:48:35But that family thing, they can take anything.
00:48:38I just, it just, it seemed like the one thing I could control.
00:48:41So going ahead with the birthday cake,
00:48:43that was so you could get yourself onto their property?
00:48:46Yeah, that's all it was.
00:48:47Well then, I still need you to answer my original question.
00:48:51Do you believe that Ellie Bellrose killed your girlfriend?
00:48:54You're asking if I murdered Ellie as revenge?
00:48:56I'm interested in your opinion.
00:48:57I don't have an opinion!
00:48:58None of this makes sense to me.
00:49:01But I'm not stupid.
00:49:02If I wanted to kill Ellie,
00:49:04I wouldn't do it in a way that points straight at me.
00:49:12Gran says she'll be down in a minute.
00:49:14We're just helping Dad settle the kids.
00:49:16No rush.
00:49:18Take all the time you need.
00:49:23I really am sorry.
00:49:25No child should have to experience this.
00:49:29Thanks.
00:49:31I will need to ask you all some questions.
00:49:34None of the kids were here.
00:49:37They were all meant to stay at a friend's house.
00:49:40Does that include Paige?
00:49:42Yeah.
00:49:43Well, I don't know.
00:49:43And where were you?
00:49:45At home.
00:49:47At the guest house.
00:49:50All day?
00:49:51Yeah.
00:49:55The thing is, I have a witness who saw you enter the garden here before the party started.
00:50:08Okay.
00:50:11I was here before the party.
00:50:15They were going to show these video clips of Mum.
00:50:17All nice stuff.
00:50:19And I thought it would be really funny to switch them out for footage of her swearing and shouting at
00:50:24us.
00:50:26So I paid one of the caterers to press play after she blew her candles out.
00:50:31But it never got that far, did it?
00:50:33He's telling the truth.
00:50:34He showed me the new version.
00:50:37And if he was planning to kill his mother, he wouldn't have taken the trouble to make a video that
00:50:41would never be seen, would he?
00:50:46How was everything else at home?
00:50:49Was everyone getting on okay?
00:50:51You mean, did Dad do this?
00:50:53Paige, they have to ask these things.
00:50:57It was a happy marriage.
00:50:59I'm sorry.
00:51:00Why are we even talking about this?
00:51:01It's obvious what happened, isn't it?
00:51:03Mum got herself killed by some sicko troll and she made it easy for them.
00:51:08Aaron.
00:51:09No.
00:51:10He's right.
00:51:12Mum and Dad put it all out there.
00:51:14Where we live, where we go to school, our routines.
00:51:18It's amazing it took this long.
00:51:26How was it, sir?
00:51:28Not great.
00:51:29There's no good way to ask teenage children if they killed their mum or if they think their dad did
00:51:34it.
00:51:35I guess not.
00:51:37Well, Aaron's campaign against family vlogging is much more professional than I thought.
00:51:41He's got a full legal team.
00:51:43He hires out podcast studios.
00:51:44He's even gone to the U.S. to talk to other child vloggers.
00:51:47Who's paying for all that?
00:51:49Exactly.
00:51:49So I did a bit of digging and it turns out that it's all being funded by his grandmother.
00:51:55That fits.
00:51:56She clearly doesn't approve of their social media stuff.
00:51:59Well, it's more than that, sir.
00:52:01She's trying to bring it down from the inside.
00:52:20As suspected, cause of death was penetrating trauma to the carotid artery.
00:52:30There were six large tent pegs around the perimeter of the cake.
00:52:37I'd say they were sharpened using an electric grinding machine.
00:52:42They don't match the ones on the party marquee.
00:52:44I'm trying to find the manufacturer.
00:52:45There's no logos or anything.
00:52:46Okay, keep working on it.
00:52:49I might have found out what happened to Stanley's shoulder, though.
00:52:53In Ellie's emails, I found this video.
00:52:56Dawn and Stanley?
00:52:57Mm.
00:52:58See, look, she's pulling at him.
00:53:00He then falls.
00:53:03And then there, he's holding his shoulder.
00:53:06And Ellie filmed this?
00:53:08Well, they sometimes use drone footage on their vlogs, but we found this in her emails because
00:53:12she used it to blackmail Dawn.
00:53:14She said that if she didn't stop sabotaging her photo shoot, she'd send this to social
00:53:18services.
00:53:19Have we got Dawn's response?
00:53:21Yes.
00:53:21She agreed.
00:53:23Ellie could film wherever she wanted.
00:53:24But look at the last line of this email.
00:53:28I've already had this conversation with Meredith.
00:53:30It was an accident, so Meredith saw this footage too.
00:53:34Both women saw it, and both are now dead.
00:53:37Which is interesting in light of the fact that Ellie cancelled her payment to Rowan's gym
00:53:43yesterday, so that's both victims cancelling the same gym membership right before they were
00:53:48killed.
00:53:49Sounds like we'd better speak to Dawn and Rowan, if there's nothing else.
00:53:54I'm still waiting for the analysis on the spikes, assuming the lab haven't got back yet.
00:54:00Hold on.
00:54:06What was that?
00:54:11Nothing.
00:54:12I was just showing something to a colleague.
00:54:15Well, that was me.
00:54:16Why are you showing someone a video of me?
00:54:20He has to see it at some point.
00:54:30Last year, the much coveted title of the UK's best Christmas trifle went to Mrs. Sarah Barnaby.
00:54:37Can she hold on to the title for another year?
00:54:40Our taste test will decide.
00:54:46Paddy, no!
00:54:48No!
00:54:50No!
00:54:51No!
00:54:53Oh, my trifle!
00:54:55My beautiful trifle!
00:54:56It's all I wanted in the world!
00:54:58Can we just scrape the top off?
00:55:00There's no saving it.
00:55:02I've seen that dog eat poo.
00:55:06That was two Christmases ago.
00:55:08Did Sarah send you that?
00:55:09Uh, not quite.
00:55:13Oh, it's our Paddy the Pup channel.
00:55:194.3 million views!
00:55:22You've gone viral!
00:55:25You're a meme.
00:55:27I've got what?
00:55:28Oh, it's been remixed like a dozen times.
00:55:30This one's my favorite.
00:55:33Check this out.
00:55:34Best Christmas trifle.
00:55:36Trifle!
00:55:38Trifle!
00:55:38Now taste test.
00:55:40You wouldn't listen.
00:55:41It's all I want in the world!
00:55:43This is why I've been getting funny looks.
00:55:48Oh, I'm sure they're admiring looks.
00:55:52You drive.
00:55:53I need to call Sarah.
00:55:57Get this stuff taken down.
00:55:59Might be a bit late for that, sir.
00:56:03It's all I wanted in the world!
00:56:06Let them save it!
00:56:08Let them save it!
00:56:15I know how this looks,
00:56:17but he was insisting that he could
00:56:20prune trees
00:56:21up a ladder
00:56:22with a blooming chainsaw.
00:56:24I was trying to stop him
00:56:25from getting hurt
00:56:26because if he ends up in hospital
00:56:27on top of everything else,
00:56:28it's just too much.
00:56:33It's a lot, that's all.
00:56:35With Rowan and the girls.
00:56:37Has something happened?
00:56:40It's just them being here.
00:56:42And I'm glad they are.
00:56:43I mean, I love them,
00:56:44but since their mother died,
00:56:48Rowan's hiding at the gym,
00:56:50Dad's finding any excuse
00:56:51to be in the garden,
00:56:52and I'm expected to hold together
00:56:54two grieving girls
00:56:56and look after a toddler.
00:56:58You're handling everything on your own?
00:57:00Yeah, feels like it.
00:57:02Dad and Rowan
00:57:03aren't even speaking at the moment.
00:57:06I'm stuck in the middle.
00:57:08And on top of that,
00:57:09Meredith and Ellie
00:57:10were talking about social services.
00:57:15We've seen the emails.
00:57:18Meredith meant well,
00:57:20at least.
00:57:22She saw the video
00:57:23when Hugo was editing it
00:57:24and thought I'd lost it,
00:57:26that I deliberately hurt him.
00:57:29She said if I didn't get extra support,
00:57:32she'd talk to Dad's GP.
00:57:34Whereas Ellie...
00:57:35Pure leverage.
00:57:37Stop objecting to our photo shoots
00:57:40or I'll report you for elder abuse.
00:57:41You felt threatened
00:57:43by Meredith and Ellie.
00:57:45If you did something
00:57:46in response to that,
00:57:48something you regret,
00:57:50you need to tell me.
00:57:52No.
00:57:53And what about your brother?
00:57:54Do you know about this?
00:57:56I showed him the emails.
00:57:58He's the one
00:57:59who talked Meredith down.
00:58:00I was being a silly sod
00:58:02with the chainsaw.
00:58:04She did the right thing,
00:58:06taking it from me.
00:58:08Now listen.
00:58:10Aaron said someone
00:58:11messed with that cake
00:58:13yesterday or the night before.
00:58:16So,
00:58:17check the CCTV out front
00:58:19and you'll see
00:58:20that Dawn
00:58:21didn't leave this house.
00:58:24How about you?
00:58:26I took the dogs out
00:58:27but I wasn't carrying
00:58:29metal spikes with me.
00:58:32There's something online,
00:58:34local paper.
00:58:35They're saying
00:58:36they were
00:58:3714-inch
00:58:38tent pegs.
00:58:40That's right.
00:58:45Poor boy.
00:58:48What's he meant to do now?
00:58:57Knowing what someone did
00:58:58to his mother.
00:59:10Well,
00:59:11as it happens,
00:59:13the American girl
00:59:14I told you about
00:59:16isn't an issue anymore.
00:59:20No.
00:59:21No, no.
00:59:22As I said,
00:59:23it has to be delicate.
00:59:25But we are safe
00:59:26to resume
00:59:27as before.
00:59:33Really?
00:59:35Okay.
00:59:36Yeah, I appreciate it.
00:59:37Thanks.
00:59:38Yeah, excuse me.
00:59:38Wait.
00:59:39The camera only covers the front.
00:59:41Anyone could have got out
00:59:42by the back lane.
00:59:43That was my old roommate,
00:59:45Ben.
00:59:45I just remembered
00:59:46that he trains
00:59:47at Rowan's gym.
00:59:48Now, he said
00:59:49that he hasn't seen
00:59:49any drama
00:59:50with his PT clients
00:59:51but he did say
00:59:52that Rowan
00:59:52has a bit of a side hustle.
00:59:54He's selling steroids.
00:59:56Really?
00:59:56And this is common knowledge
00:59:57at the gym?
00:59:58Enough for Ben
00:59:59to be aware of it.
01:00:00Oh, and Digital
01:00:02have got something
01:00:02from Ellie's calendar.
01:00:04They said
01:00:05that she had
01:00:05an appointment
01:00:06next month
01:00:06with a law firm
01:00:07called Longcroft Doe
01:00:09and they specialise
01:00:10in high net worth divorce.
01:00:12I wonder
01:00:12if Hugo knew about that.
01:00:14I keep coming back
01:00:15to him.
01:00:16Most female victims
01:00:18are killed
01:00:18by their partner
01:00:19or their ex
01:00:20so if Ellie
01:00:21was always
01:00:22the intended target...
01:00:23The obvious answer
01:00:24is often the right one.
01:00:25And maybe the like
01:00:26and subscribe message
01:00:27was Hugo trying
01:00:28to throw us off
01:00:29and make it look
01:00:29like a crazed stalker.
01:00:31Which is the narrative
01:00:32he's been pushing.
01:00:33Yeah, but it went wrong.
01:00:34The ring lights
01:00:35got mixed up
01:00:36and Meredith
01:00:37ended up dead.
01:00:38So he tried again
01:00:39with the cake smash.
01:00:41It was so public
01:00:41no one would ever
01:00:42suspect him.
01:00:43Speak to him again.
01:00:44You can drop me
01:00:45at Rowan's gym
01:00:46on your way over.
01:00:46Yes, sir.
01:00:48Ellie didn't quit.
01:00:50Quite the opposite.
01:00:51In fact,
01:00:51she says she'll
01:00:52promote us
01:00:52in her vlogs
01:00:53if I train her
01:00:54for free.
01:00:55Do you have proof
01:00:56of that?
01:00:57An email chain,
01:00:58perhaps?
01:00:59It's just a conversation.
01:01:00You can see
01:01:01the problem here.
01:01:02Two of your female
01:01:03clients cancel
01:01:04their memberships
01:01:05and both
01:01:06are then murdered.
01:01:07Did they know
01:01:08something?
01:01:09I explained
01:01:09about Meredith.
01:01:10She got bored.
01:01:11It happened.
01:01:13I managed to
01:01:13catch up with her
01:01:14new PT
01:01:15on my way
01:01:16over here.
01:01:16She said
01:01:17that Meredith
01:01:17was cagey
01:01:19when your name
01:01:20came up.
01:01:20Nervous.
01:01:21That's strange.
01:01:22I should probably
01:01:23mention that
01:01:24we've seen
01:01:25the drone footage
01:01:26and I just
01:01:27spoke to your
01:01:28father and sister.
01:01:30Meredith was
01:01:31threatening to
01:01:32report Dawn
01:01:32to the authorities
01:01:33for dislocating
01:01:35your father's
01:01:35shoulder,
01:01:36something you
01:01:36all lied about.
01:01:37It was a
01:01:38total accident.
01:01:40We just
01:01:41couldn't let
01:01:41social services
01:01:42get involved again.
01:01:43Again?
01:01:45There was
01:01:46this thing
01:01:47last year.
01:01:50I wasn't
01:01:51doing too
01:01:51good.
01:01:53What happened?
01:01:55I sent an
01:01:56alarm on my
01:01:57phone to pick
01:01:59Olivia and
01:01:59Katie up from
01:02:00school.
01:02:01It went off
01:02:02and I don't
01:02:05know, I just
01:02:06sort of
01:02:07couldn't.
01:02:09Their mum had
01:02:10gone and they
01:02:10needed me to
01:02:11make it okay.
01:02:14I can never
01:02:15do that.
01:02:17What did you
01:02:18do?
01:02:20Drove off.
01:02:23I was out of
01:02:24contact for three
01:02:24days.
01:02:25Just drove
01:02:26around, slept in
01:02:27my car.
01:02:29So after that,
01:02:30social services
01:02:31are bound to be
01:02:32monitoring us.
01:02:33And then Meredith
01:02:35was raising
01:02:35welfare concerns
01:02:36about your
01:02:37father.
01:02:38She just
01:02:39wouldn't drop
01:02:39it.
01:02:41In the end,
01:02:42I had to use
01:02:43what I had
01:02:43against her.
01:02:44Which was?
01:02:46She used to
01:02:47tell me stories
01:02:47about working
01:02:48for Ellie.
01:02:49She must have
01:02:50thought it was
01:02:51okay because I
01:02:51teach at a
01:02:52college, but
01:02:54still against
01:02:54her NDA.
01:02:56So I turned it
01:02:57around on her.
01:02:57I said to
01:02:58her, if she
01:02:59made trouble
01:03:00for me, I'll
01:03:02make trouble
01:03:02for her.
01:03:04The thing
01:03:05is, I think
01:03:05Meredith had
01:03:06another card she
01:03:07could play if
01:03:08you threatened
01:03:08her.
01:03:10Illegal
01:03:10steroids.
01:03:12What?
01:03:13We know
01:03:14you're selling
01:03:14them.
01:03:16Did Meredith
01:03:17know too?
01:03:18Did Ellie?
01:03:22I just
01:03:23needed to
01:03:24find another
01:03:25way to keep
01:03:25us afloat.
01:03:27Some of the
01:03:28guys in here
01:03:28used them.
01:03:30But it had
01:03:30nothing to do
01:03:31with Meredith
01:03:31or Ellie.
01:03:34I swear.
01:04:09hello?
01:05:08My keys don't work anymore.
01:05:11They changed the locks after some stalker got in.
01:05:16They just want it all gone.
01:05:24I know you feel that way now, but I don't need it to remember my childhood, do I?
01:05:31Because it's everywhere.
01:05:34She put it all out there for the world to see.
01:05:37Maybe she didn't understand when you were little.
01:05:39But at some point she had to.
01:05:41Thousands of strangers picking over me online, commenting.
01:05:45She saw that and she kept going.
01:05:46For what?
01:05:47For the money?
01:05:48Or the attention?
01:05:51Or whatever it was that was more important to either being my mum.
01:05:55I'm sorry, Aaron.
01:05:56When I was seven, I found them lying on the kitchen floor.
01:06:01Mum and Dad both totally still.
01:06:06I thought they were unconscious, so I freaked out.
01:06:10I was screaming, trying to wake them up.
01:06:14Then mum starts laughing.
01:06:18That's when I saw the camera.
01:06:20They were playing a prank on you?
01:06:24I was angry for days, refusing to film.
01:06:31But 2.6 million views bought me a games console.
01:06:39I hated her for it.
01:06:42Literally hated her.
01:06:48But she was my mum.
01:06:58Hold on to this in case.
01:07:04You might want it one day.
01:07:16Winter, on her wrist.
01:07:25Where's your sister?
01:07:26Winter, Victor.
01:07:39Fine.
01:07:40I sent it.
01:07:43Why would you do that?
01:07:44Your mother was terrified.
01:07:45Exactly.
01:07:46And you still didn't stop.
01:07:48Stop what?
01:07:49Putting everything online.
01:07:51I thought, if you were scared enough, I'd try everything else.
01:07:54What do you mean?
01:07:55What else?
01:07:55Nothing. Just deleting random video files and stuff.
01:07:59What's wrong with you?
01:08:00What's wrong with me is the whole of my life I've been exploited by my own parents.
01:08:06Because I never agreed to this.
01:08:08I never agreed to show everyone my acne and my first bra and what I was using for my period
01:08:13because some tampon company wanted to sponsor a video about it.
01:08:17I never agreed to any of it.
01:08:19No, Paige, you're not having that.
01:08:21You all knew you were allowed to say no.
01:08:23Yeah, and we also knew there was no other source of income.
01:08:28Aaron's right.
01:08:30We're all just a paycheck to you.
01:08:33Paige?
01:08:34Paige.
01:08:38You're worried it could be her.
01:08:41She's 16.
01:08:42Her own mother.
01:08:44And yet...
01:08:46And yet...
01:08:48She's angry and she's damaged.
01:08:53Paige.
01:08:54Paige!
01:09:19Aaron.
01:09:23Are you all right?
01:09:27It's just all really messed up, isn't it?
01:09:31I, um...
01:09:32I, I, I don't know what to say.
01:09:36Is it okay if I give my notice?
01:09:39I think I just need to move back home.
01:09:41Are you...
01:09:41You don't need to give us any notice.
01:09:44Do what you need, lovely.
01:09:47Thanks.
01:09:48Come here.
01:09:56I'll make some tea.
01:10:00It's okay.
01:10:03Sorry, lad.
01:10:05This must be awful.
01:10:10Back in a sec.
01:10:32We thought we were setting them up for life.
01:10:35Those kids would do anything for the clap, then we'd give them.
01:10:38Ellie had made an appointment with a divorce lawyer.
01:10:41Were you aware of that?
01:10:45Things have been a bit tense.
01:10:50I honestly never thought things were that bad.
01:10:52What was the tension about?
01:10:54My mother.
01:10:56She wanted me to take over the college.
01:10:58The problem is everything to do with Aspen has to be very discreet.
01:11:02It's what clients look for, so...
01:11:05It doesn't work with the social media stuff.
01:11:07I had to choose between the college and the channel.
01:11:10Which effectively meant choosing between Ellie and your mother.
01:11:14I chose Ellie.
01:11:17No contest.
01:11:18Did you know your mother is financing Aaron's campaign against you?
01:11:21I didn't.
01:11:24It makes sense.
01:11:26A horrible kind of sense.
01:11:28She really loves them, doesn't she?
01:11:32Yeah.
01:11:35I'll give her that.
01:11:36And she felt that the channel was harming them.
01:11:40What might she have done to protect them?
01:11:42Nothing that extreme.
01:11:44No.
01:11:46And even if there was like a tiny fraction of doubt about that,
01:11:49the fact that the bomb went off in her own college rules it out.
01:11:51The only thing my mother loves more than her grandkids is this place.
01:11:55All right, boys, boys.
01:11:57Let's go, girls.
01:11:58Let's go.
01:11:59Let's go.
01:11:59Let's go.
01:12:20Let's go.
01:12:29It really got under Hugo's skin back there.
01:12:31When you asked what he thought his mother would do to put out the kids.
01:12:35I thought that too. He knows what she's capable of.
01:12:38Unless he's very clever and it was all an act.
01:12:42I've been calling the station. I was wrong.
01:12:45It wasn't Ellie who killed Meredith. It was her.
01:12:50You have evidence for this?
01:12:51Last year, Meredith did work experience with this A-list family on a superyacht.
01:12:56In her debrief with Teresa, Meredith told her about this actress throwing a bowl of chips at her husband during
01:13:01a row.
01:13:02Two days later, it's in the papers.
01:13:04She thought Teresa leaked the story.
01:13:06She knew she did. Because it wasn't actually a bowl of chips. These were crisps.
01:13:10Meredith was the only American on that boat. And the only one that would call them chips.
01:13:14So she knew the story came from her. And Teresa was the only person she told.
01:13:18Thing is, Meredith told Ellie that Teresa was selling stories, back when she and Ellie were more friendly.
01:13:23And then I suddenly realized, what if Ellie used that information against Teresa and told her it came from Meredith?
01:13:29That could be why they're both dead.
01:13:31If it came out she was selling stories about her clients, then she'd be ruined.
01:13:34Karina?
01:13:36Who would be ruined?
01:13:39Is there something we need to discuss?
01:13:44The sale of tabloid stories to the press, apparently.
01:13:49I'm sure the police have more pressing concerns than the origin of celebrity gossip.
01:13:54If Meredith and Ellie both knew a damaging secret about you, that's something I've got time to discuss.
01:14:03Of course.
01:14:05We can talk in my study.
01:14:10Thank you, Karina.
01:14:13Split spot.
01:14:16Split spot.
01:14:26Due to a, um, regrettable accounting error, the college is facing a rather large shortfall.
01:14:35I've had to find alternative sources of income.
01:14:38By selling stories to the newspapers.
01:14:40And both Ellie and Meredith knew.
01:14:42But it wasn't in their interest to do anything about it.
01:14:45Dragging the college through the mud would just have reduced Meredith's employability and Hugo's inheritance.
01:14:51Your son chose his wife and his social media career over the college.
01:14:57So you tried to drive a wedge between him and Ellie.
01:15:00And you were funding Aaron's campaign against them.
01:15:04Excuse me.
01:15:06Sir.
01:15:07To be absolutely frank, yes.
01:15:12Ellie was vacuous.
01:15:14And her career even more so.
01:15:18But, like it or not, she was the mother of my grandchildren.
01:15:23Three, two, one, go!
01:15:27Their whole lives have changed now.
01:15:32I'll do everything I can to help them, but...
01:15:36Something in them is broken.
01:15:40It will stay that way forever.
01:15:46I would never have chosen that for them.
01:15:50Not for anything.
01:15:53Sir, we need to go to Midsomer Whiten right now.
01:15:57Come on.
01:15:59Come on.
01:16:13Come on.
01:16:15Come on.
01:16:16Yeah, come on.
01:16:17Come on.
01:16:19You paid me?
01:16:20Come on.
01:16:23Come on.
01:16:25What a joke.
01:16:25Come on.
01:16:26Now you're going to get me.
01:16:39huge decompressed skull fracture his daughter says he was on blood sinners so that increases
01:16:44the chance of intracranial hemorrhage who found him aaron and page they claim that they saw him
01:16:51through the open door none of them knew what he was doing in here but they all assumed that
01:16:55he fell from the ladder only um he's facing the wrong way his head ending up closer to the ladder
01:17:02than his feet doesn't make sense we have confirmed that nobody moved the body or the ladder this was
01:17:07stanley's phone or at least the one that he was using his broke last week so he's been borrowing
01:17:11this one oh great check the browser history it would make more sense if the ladder was over here
01:17:18when he fell oh look at that up there the top shelf it's dusty but it's been disturbed
01:17:28I don't want to touch this ladder have you got one can we have a ladder in here
01:17:51winter yeah sorry sir I'll be there in a sec I'm just struggling to get into this
01:17:56something wrong with your legs
01:18:08okay there's a there's a tent up here or beggar a marquee and we've got the the guy ropes for
01:18:17it
01:18:17plus a mallet and the obvious thing missing presumably from this gap here
01:18:22is the tent pegs stanley was asking about the tent pegs he'd read that they were 14 inches
01:18:29and he had a tape measure with him he was checking wasn't he he'd realized that
01:18:35the tent pegs that were used to kill ellie came from his own house
01:18:44and now they're missing
01:18:48you think this is someone that lives here sir it would make sense that leaves three people
01:18:54two of them stanley's children well this might be relevant then sir there are loads of searches
01:19:00on here for the belrose bunch and especially ellie belrose but they're all from two or three years
01:19:05ago when the belroses didn't even live in midsummer and before it was stanley's phone
01:19:10and then in the same time there are these searches
01:19:17how to be a better mum what to do if you're not suited to being a mother
01:19:25and self-harm content
01:19:36whose phone was stanley borrowing did it belong to rowan's wife it was jen's yeah
01:19:41you said she died did she take her own life
01:19:45oh yeah but what's this got to do with jen
01:19:47where's rowan now don't know well he said he was gonna get some water
01:19:51but that was quite a while ago and
01:19:58his van's gone
01:20:00he bought dahlias earlier he always takes them to jen's grave
01:20:05today was her birthday
01:20:08where is jen buried
01:20:24it's okay
01:20:30it's okay
01:20:33i knew it was coming
01:20:37i just wanted to spend a bit of time here
01:20:40and i still could
01:20:44we've seen the internet searches that jen made before she died
01:20:48she was clearly very distressed
01:20:50getting pregnant again in our forties
01:20:52it wasn't exactly the plan
01:20:55after ivy was born
01:21:01they said it was baby blues but
01:21:04it was more than that
01:21:06we should cut herself off
01:21:09spending hours on our phone video after video of these
01:21:14influencer families
01:21:15including ellie and hugo's channel
01:21:22that was the main one
01:21:27you made her feel rubbish
01:21:29you know
01:21:31why wasn't she making organic baby muffins
01:21:35why couldn't she get up at 5am to do a workout
01:21:40she felt like she was failing
01:21:42she didn't know how to be a good mum
01:21:43and nothing i could say
01:21:49i just didn't say the right things
01:21:50it must have been a shock after jen died
01:21:53to suddenly see the bell roses in midsummer
01:21:57i recognised them straight away
01:22:00but it took a minute to realise what meredith was doing with them
01:22:03a nanny you trained at the college
01:22:06bell roses don't admit to having help
01:22:08everything that jen was comparing herself to
01:22:11the perfect parenting the homemade halloween costumes
01:22:14it was
01:22:15it was all fake
01:22:17there had an army of people helping them
01:22:19and you were angry
01:22:21started binge watching their channel
01:22:23every night
01:22:24going back over the vlogs from around the time that ivy was born
01:22:28picturing her cooking a nanny just out of shot
01:22:31so this was about revenge on ellie
01:22:34like and subscribe
01:22:37meredith was never the target
01:22:40meredith was a terrible mistake
01:22:44what happened
01:22:46i paid the cleaner to let me in
01:22:49i got the model number of ellie's ring light
01:22:52bought the same one
01:22:54hit the explosives
01:22:55swapped them
01:22:57everyone had to be at the house on friday morning
01:22:59so ellie had a quiet house to film in
01:23:03honestly didn't think anyone else would get hurt
01:23:05but meredith owned the exact same ring light
01:23:09it must have got mixed up when she moved out
01:23:12you're not expecting a reference after this
01:23:14i don't expect anything from any of you
01:23:16when nothing happened i
01:23:18i just assumed it failed to detonate
01:23:21i mean i was just following the instructions that i've got online
01:23:25but before i could get it back
01:23:32when i heard about meredith
01:23:35it was horrific
01:23:38i had no choice after that
01:23:40what do you mean
01:23:42well i had to keep going
01:23:44ellie told me about the cake smash at the gym
01:23:48wasn't difficult to get into his truck
01:23:50put the spikes through the sponge
01:23:53easy
01:23:57oh thank you so much
01:24:00i just
01:24:04except it wasn't
01:24:06because it didn't end there did it
01:24:08your own father ended up dead
01:24:13dad
01:24:15what are you doing
01:24:17counting the pegs for the marquee
01:24:21there should be 30
01:24:23but we've only got 24
01:24:25dad
01:24:27there are six pegs missing
01:24:29dad
01:24:30i can explain
01:24:31but i need you to come down
01:24:33i'm all right
01:24:35dad
01:24:35come on
01:24:37come down
01:24:38come down dad
01:24:39don
01:24:40dad stop it
01:24:41don
01:24:42shut up
01:24:42shut up
01:24:43aaron
01:24:44dad
01:24:56i went into autopilot
01:24:59put the tent pegs in the boot of my van
01:25:01i went inside
01:25:03i did the dishes
01:25:06and i waited for someone to find him
01:25:11all this
01:25:12meredith
01:25:13ellie
01:25:14your father
01:25:15it's surely not what jen would have wanted
01:25:18of course not
01:25:21she was a much better person than me
01:25:25it was always the thing
01:25:31i couldn't see it
01:25:35you were perfect
01:25:39absolutely perfect
01:25:43to our girls you were the best mom in the whole wide world
01:25:54i'm sorry jen
01:26:12i'm sorry jen
01:26:36A Christmas trifle, a key component of every summer barbecue.
01:26:42It's my attempt to make it up to him, for uploading that video.
01:26:47Only this time, I'm taking no chances.
01:26:51Fetty, do you still want help making another Paddy video?
01:26:55Because I'm thinking, Paddy, the prison years.
01:26:58Thanks, but no thanks.
01:27:00The video went all round her school.
01:27:02She's incredibly embarrassed about it.
01:27:05Which is actually brilliant, because she's seeing firsthand how you can lose control on the internet.
01:27:10And how that can be completely humiliating.
01:27:13Oh yeah, it's marvellous.
01:27:14My abject humiliation has been so helpful, I might do it again.
01:27:18When? Still being stopped in the street.
01:27:20Oh, that's tailed off now. I sort of miss it.
01:27:22Tell them about the doctor's receptionist.
01:27:25Oh, so I went for a check-up last week. She started playing it at me.
01:27:29That's very unprofessional. I mean, who would...
01:27:32Whoops!
01:27:34Best Christmas trifle.
01:27:35My trifle. My trifle. My trifle.
01:27:38Our test test with this.
01:27:40It's all I wanted in the world.
01:27:42There's no saving it. There's no saving it.
01:27:46I've seen that doggie.
01:27:47Dad.
01:27:50Embarrassing dad mode. Fully activated.
01:27:54Aw!
01:28:01Oh, my God.
01:28:26Oh, my God.