All language subtitles for The Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special 2025

You all look fantastic.

Thank you, Gloria.

It's a treat to have an opportunity to
really make an effort.

Yes, we've been very casual of late,
haven't we, darling? We have.

Where is it you're going to again? Is it
just a Christmas party?

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure,
Gloria. It's all very cloak and dagger.

I'm on the board of the museum with
Gabrielle Gelbar, our new curator.

A very excitable chap.

Says he wants to put our lovely old
museum on the map.

He insisted that this afternoon was very
important for the future of the museum

and that we all came, especially you,
Dean.

What? Oh.

Right.

Sorry I missed the area, but I do like a
free drink.

Eh, and it better be free champagne. It
better be. This dress deserves more than

cheap Prosecco.

Now, where is Dominic? We really must be
going soon. Give him a quick ring.

Sorry. Sorry I'm late, everyone.

Oh, it doesn't matter, Dominic. You're
here now.

Let me just finish my drink.

Have a fab time.

Yeah, come in.

Oh, special invite only.

Enjoy yourselves.

Oh, thanks, love.

You got plans, love?

Yeah, Patrick's doing a Christmas quiz.
Me and Douglas will be swatching up.

It's my night.

Well, I've got my special aftershave on.
You're very lucky, actually, because of

my laugh bit.

Well, you never know. Father Christmas
might bring you some more tomorrow.

Oh, that'll be a nice surprise.

Oh, Jean, you're back.

Now, Dominic, this... Vintage dress will
not love the back of your car.

Would you mind awfully, Jean, if I sat
in the front?

Be my guest, Judith. Thank you.

Don't forget me.

Yeah, it's so funny.

In all the years I've lived in San
Victoire, I've never been in here.

Really? No, I dropped Claudia off on a
school trip once, but I've never been

inside. Let's see what you've been
missing.

Ah, hello there.

We are the invited guests on Gabriel's
jail bar.

Ah, oui, bien sûr. C 'est dans la salle
des réceptions.

I think she wants us to head to the
event room.

Merci. Merci.

Thank you.

Et voila!

I've never really seen the point in a
museum.

We preserve our history, Judy.

Give people a chance to get up close to
amazing works of art.

Well, I suppose so. But that's so...

To look at? I find them quite
claustrophobic. I mean, where do you

Hang on, darling, what about that trip
we made to the Louvre when we first met?

Yes, how could I ever forget that?

I've never looked at a picture of a Mona
Lisa in quite the same way again.

You're in your element, aren't you?

What?

Oh, this way.

Do you remember the first time that my
eyes set on you?

Your smile came from nowhere, or
sometime never, or

sometime soon.

The road is a long one.

Nothing true.

At least they've got the good car.

Priority, priority.

Charming. Lovely.

Lovely escutcheon.

What's the big value?

It protects the door being scratched by
a key.

Practical and fancy at the same time.

A bit like me, innit?

Merry Christmas, Jean White. Oh, Merry
Christmas, Dominic Hayes.

So, what's this massive painting about
then? Very beautiful.

This is a sublime example of a Baroque
fresco.

Right.

It's very popular in Europe, but I've
never seen one in Saint -Denis before.

It's really exciting.

Yeah? Well, a fresco is basically a wall
painting where the paint is

brushed straight onto wet plaster.

By someone called Baroque?

No, actually.

Baroque was an artistic movement of the
17th and 18th century.

So, like, paintings, music,
architecture, everything was, like, big

sexy. Dominic, very sexy. My absolute
favourite era.

That is Dr Ali Pardi.

He's head of the charity L 'Art Change
La Vie.

I'm large, Sean's lovely.

We've got something about art helping ex
-prisoners or something. That's great.

That must be his wife.

I think her name is Sangeeta. I've
invited her to several of my bridge

but to no avail.

And they're talking to George and Auriel
Alphonse.

Huh?

As in Alphonse?

From Alphonse Crush?

What? The soft drink?

Oh! Oh, I used to love that.

Kept me awake at night when Claudia was
a baby.

They're an amazing couple. They just
floated their company last year for 100

million euros. Lucky sorts.

Apparently, they can't stand each other,
but they can't leave because they are

literally too rich.

Ah -ha!

Jeremy!

Sabah, mon ami!

If you say so.

Ah, and Judith.

Mwah! Mwah!

Do, Jesus, will you ever age like us
mere mortals?

George, you really are too much. Let me
introduce you to our dear friends, Jean

and Dom.

Very pleased to meet you. Oh, aren't
you?

I was just saying I used to love your
drink. Ah, well, not my drink anymore,

thank you, Dom. I really appreciate
that.

That's very kind of you. Very kind.

Thanks for witnessing my loan agreement,
Andre.

Not a problem, Patrick.

I sometimes come across trouble with
financial affairs, but having the chief

police as my witness, that should shut
him up.

Oh, no, Jane's left a phone.

I am on my way home now. I can drop it
off for her.

What shall you let her do at the museum?

No problem. Let it near my house.

Oh, brilliant.

Au revoir.

Thanks again, Andre.

See you at the quiz later.

You will indeed.

I am bringing Richard.

She's very good at politics questions.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

I never thought I'd be mates with a cop,
eh?

C 'est merveilleux.

Moi aussi.

Bon, et nous, on a toute la vie devant
nous, mais là, il faut vraiment se

au travail.

Gabriel, tu es le nouveau conservateur
de ce musée. Tu peux te permettre le

quart d 'heure de Polinesse. Non, non,
pas du tout.

Ma seule mission, c 'est de faire
rayonner ce musée à l 'international.

On a les Alphonse qui sont prêts à
investir 10 millions d 'euros.

Ça changerait tout.

Il faut absolument que ça marche.

Ah, Gabrielle, here he is, our curator
himself.

Jeremy, Judith, good to see you both.

You too, Gabrielle.

And this is Jean White, delivered as
promised.

Delivered? Oh, hello.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs White.
Your expertise precedes you. Thank you

so much for being here. Oh, it's a
pleasure.

This is my partner.

Your fiancé. Oh, yes, fiancé, Tom.

Yeah, quite a recent thing.

Congratulations to both of you.

And this is my partner, Eve.

Hi.

And your field of expertise is, Mrs.
White?

I'm an antiques dealer. Ah, how quaint.

Shall we grab a horse's deer for me?
Yes.

You are darling, Gabriel. I think you're
going to fit in very well round here,

thank you.

Yes, and by the way, you threw that last
glass down your neck. We wouldn't want

you going Thursday, would we?

Excuse me, I'm just going to run to my
speech.

Oh, Jean, this is Dr Ali Pardee. We were
telling you about his charity.

Oh, Le Change Le Vie, is it?

Oh, it sounds like you do some great
work. Oh, he does.

Oh, hi, I'm Aurielle. Oh, hello.

Thank you. It's a vocation that
absolutely consumes me, I'm afraid, as

could confirm.

Lovely to finally meet you.

So how did you find this vocation?

Well, I'd been working in prisons for a
few years as a visiting doctor, and I

saw so much artistic talent just hidden
away in the cells that I felt compelled

to liberate it.

So I started an art club for the
prisoners, and, well...

The charity just grew from there.

How interesting.

You let criminals play at being artists,
then?

You know, that's exactly what we do.

You're encouraging the egos of
murderers. Is that what you're saying?

worry, Ali. I take care of the charity
in our business.

So you can ignore George.

And your husband is a very inspiring
man.

Oh, he is indeed.

Excuse me.

Yes.

Have we met somewhere before?

I can't think where.

Maybe at one of our outreach events?

Very much doubt it.

I don't do presents or charity, dear.

That makes you.

Sorry.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Everyone, for being here tonight.

For tonight is a very special night for
the museum.

Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse are very
generously about to invest 10 million

10 million euros into our acquisition
account.

It will keep the museum afloat for many
years.

Just a minute, Gabriel.

Remember what we discussed a couple of
weeks ago when you first took the job.

you have what you say you have... And
it's the real deal.

We are more than happy to invest.

I want to be part of a museum that draws
people in from all over the world.

But I need you to prove to me that I am
making the right choice.

Of course.

The stakes are very high for us.

But I have contacts all over the world
to make this museum great. I promise.

Madame White, this is where we could use
your help.

Oh, right.

We apologize for not warning you
beforehand, but everything had to be

top secret.

Oh, I'm intrigued.

We have something very rare, and we need
you to verify it.

Jeremy and Judith told me you are second
to none in your field, so please, will

you help?

Well, I'm here now, so yeah, of course.

Thank you.

If you will excuse me for one moment,
ladies and gentlemen, we will go and

our treasure.

Eve?

Oh, so that's why I'm here. Makes sense
now.

Gabrielle didn't tell me the fine
details.

Just who I knew, who I trusted.

I was the best in the business, so I...
Well, thank you.

You'd better be good, Mrs. White.

And then sure it is what he says it is.
We wouldn't want any mistake.

Well, let's put it this way.

This isn't my first rodeo.

Oh, thank you, darling.

What's your name, dear?

Ellie.

Big cash tip, Ellie. If you keep our
shampoos topped up, if you know what I

mean. I'll do my best, madam.

But I've never worked here before, so I
don't know how much we have in stock.

Good girl. Off you pop.

So, it's the 3, 2, 7, 4, 4, 0, 9,

5, 7.

C 'était bon.

Alors...

Voilà ma petite merveille.

Par contre, ça, il faut que tu le
détruises immédiatement.

Non, non, vraiment.

Prends la boîte et on y va.

George,

George, George. So sorry, so sorry. What
happened? I'll tell you what's

happened. This poor excuse of a waitress
of yours has ruined my bespoke shirt.

Are you stupid?

No, I... Don't speak to her like that,
George.

These things happen.

We can get it cleaned.

What's your name?

Ellie. I'm so sorry.

I'm pretty new at this. I'm actually a
student.

Well, I would like to apologize for the
neolithic behavior of my husband, Ellie.

Thank you.

George, we are going to pay for the
cleaning, of course, but I can't clean.

Just leave it.

I can do it. You can do it. Okay,
perfect.

So where's the sandbox of yours?

Is that what I think it is?

Go on. What is it?

Oh, this is a French Ormolu gilt
jewellery case owned by, I think,

Marie Antoinette herself.

Am I right?

Yes, exactly, madame. Well, I know
there's one of these in the Museum of

but the only other one was bought by
Russian buyers at Sotheby's in 2007.

So how could it be here?

I have been totally obsessed with this
box.

So I tracked it down over the years and
persuaded them to sell.

Wow. Well, Gabrielle is right.

I mean, if you can get stuff like this,
well, this is, like, such a fantastic

draw for the museum. Game -changer,
really.

Well, so far, so good.

What?

Like what?

Gene?

It looks like a... like a bomb.

Oh, it's a bomb.

It doesn't just look like a bomb.

It's a marzipan.

Marzipan? I was in the army for years.
I've recognised that smell anywhere.

What is it? It's Semtex.

Semtex? What can that do?

Put it this way, there's enough in there
to blow this whole museum sky high.

Well, what if we all lift together?

But they're locked.

Okay, okay.

Well, why don't we try the other exits?

No, no.

They will all be locked too. And all the
windows are barred. Oh, my God. What

the hell are we going to do?

Stop with the hysterics, George.

In case you hadn't heard, there is a
Semtex bomb in that room. Yes, we all

that.

Gabrielle. Yes.

How do we open this chute?

As far as I know, the security guard has
fingerprint recognition.

She's the only one who can deactivate
the code.

Where is the guard?

In the security booth.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

So, one fingerprint to control your
entire security system. Stop it, George.

Yes, I let the security team arrange it
between them.

I have only been here three weeks, so it
was on my to -do list, but... Good

grief. So you have no idea how to
deactivate it?

No. No idea.

Well, then.

Why don't we use her finger?

George! Really?

We can't.

Why not?

It's not like she's going to mind now,
is she?

It's not that.

Once the tissue is dead, it loses its
electrical charge.

Hang on.

Now, I saw this on one of those American
crime dramas, and it worked a treat.

So, let's give it a go, shall we?

Good God, George.

Oh, I see.

You watched an entire box set.

So, of course, now you know more than an
actual doctor.

I only say it once the heartbeat dies,
the electrical charge dies.

It won't work.

Can I ask a question, Gabriel?

The security guard.

What was her name?

It was Suzanne.

Shall we call her that, then?

Look, I'm not suggesting we sever
Suzanne's finger.

George! Leave it.

No, no, no, because the front doors are
solid oak, the shutters are solid steel,

and the walls, it's very thick
Mediterranean stone.

Oh, that's just great.

So is the place bomb -proof as well?
You're not helping, George!

It's okay, I'll call Karen. Yeah.

Oh, well, there's no signal.

Ah, no, no, no. I haven't had any since
I arrived because we are quite high up

and the walls are too thick. Okay,
what's the Wi -Fi code?

I am going to share it with you.

What? I know I had my phone in the pub.
I must have dropped it.

God!

No, the Wi -Fi is off too. But don't
worry, don't worry. I have one moment. I

remember something.

What's going on?

Someone has sabotaged the comms
cupboard.

It's beyond repair.

Comms cupboard? It's where all the Wi
-Fi hubs lead to to keep us on the

Internet. All the connections have been
ripped to pieces.

Oh.

So we are completely trapped in here.

Oh.

Good God.

You have got a foolproof security system
that you don't even know how to

operate. Who's a bloody fool now, eh?

Hey! Get your hands off me, you brute!

I'm fourth down black belt in jujitsu.

You lay one more finger on him and I
will take you down. Do you understand?

Gentlemen, we have to calm down.

Don't suppose you serve Valium as well
as champagne?

Valium. Is that the cocktail?

Never mind, dear.

So...

Someone knew that we were here tonight
and trapped us under the threat of a

ticking bomb.

This psycho must really hate one of us.

Well, it was Gabriel who wanted us here.
He sent the invite.

I don't think I would bomb my own
museum, Judith, and trap myself inside.

can we just stop sniping at each other,
okay?

Can't be anyone here, can it?

I am not so sure.

What do you mean?

I do remember on my first debriefing,
they said once the shutters are

they close very fast and there is very
little time to get out.

Do you mean that the murderer might
still be in the building?

Possibly.

Patrick, can you call Judith? I can't
get hold of Domo, Jeremy.

Obviously, I have Jean's phone and I
don't have Judith's number.

There is no answer at the museum and the
doors are locked.

Something is not right.

You OK?

Yeah, I think so.

Caron just asked me if I can get in
touch with Judith, but there's no

He's with Jeremy and Dom. Give him a
call. No, he's already tried that and

there's no reply from them either.

No one's answering the door.

I don't like the sound of that.

Nor do I.

Diane can look after the bar for now.

Electric lady van outside?

Yes. Then let's go.

What idiot takes the job as a curator of
a massive museum and doesn't know how

to work the security system?

I have only been here three weeks, OK?

There was so much to do that it didn't
seem like a priority, okay? Well, it's a

priority now, isn't it, Gabriel? It's a
priority now.

Gabriel, if you're going to say
something,

say it in a language we can all
understand, eh?

I beg your pardon. For one moment, I
thought we were in France.

If you have something to say,

Why don't you say it straight?

You clearly have something to hide,
monsieur.

Bullying my partner, shouting at your
wife.

Classic defense tactics.

How dare you suggest that I...

Hello? Hello? Can anyone hear me?

Hello? Hello? Hello?

Dom?

Dom, is that you?

Oh, thank God. Look, we are trapped
inside the museum.

The shutters are down, the security
guard's been murdered, and there is a

ticking away.

What a bomb.

Okay, Dom, you need to say all that
again, but much slower.

There is a bomb.

Someone has activated the security
shutters. They can only be deactivated

fingerprint of the security guard.

But the security guard has been
murdered.

Okay, Dom, have you seen the bomb?

Yes. What does it look like?

All right.

Okay. So, it's like a big lump of orange
bloke in here that looks like

Semtex.

There's an old -fashioned phone on one
side and in the middle is a digital

counting down.

Three wires, a blue one, a red one and a
yellow one.

How much time does the bomb say you
have?

59 minutes.

I will get help immediately.

I need you to keep this communication
open.

Okay.

We will get you all out.

Dom?

Dom, you need to keep this channel open.

Andre, I can't hear you. Are you still
there?

Andre?

Andre?

Hang on a sec.

It's got me scared.

Oh, bingo.

Karen, can you hear me?

I managed to speak to Caron. He's
calling for help.

Brilliant. How did you manage that?

Well, Suzanne's walkie -talkie.

Oh, that's great. Well, we can use that,
then. No, no, no. It's just died.

Maybe it just needs a new battery, or...
No, no, I tried that with no choice.

Oh, God.

Well, at least we're getting some help
from the professionals.

Something you've needed for years,
darling.

Caron will help us, won't he, darling?
Oh, absolutely, darling.

Um... Jean.

What? What's the matter?

I found this under the bomb.

For me?

I don't understand.

Who would do something like this to you?

I've no idea.

I mean, thinking about it, I've put a
few people away over the years, but

this is beyond the pale.

Her fruit from above, her faith like the
sun, her heart full of love.

But faith is not kind, and her future is
bleak.

To attempt to survive, one date do you
seek?

Oh, come on, Jean, think.

To attempt to survive, one date do you
seek?

So? What do you reckon?

Well, it appears that this sicko...

Wants me to find a piece of art in the
museum that matches the riddle.

Two attempts to survive, one date do you
seek.

So, well, I'm guessing that you put the
date in the keypad

to stop the bomb.

Oh, wow.

Somebody must really hate me to go to
all this trouble.

It's just a child's riddle. We should
wait for help. Good grief.

But wife help doesn't get her hair on
time.

Someone is out to get me. This is all my
fault.

I've got to do something to help.

Hey.

Okay, Jean, you've absolutely got to
solve this riddle.

Come on, chaps, let's separate and find
a way out of here. And, Gabrielle, you

attempt to override this god -awful
security system.

Well, I think we should wait for the
police.

Something you are very welcome to do on
your own, George.

I, for one, am going to help Jean.

Yeah. Yeah, me too.

I'm in.

Anything is worth a try. I do tech
support for the charity.

Can I help?

Excellent.

Come on.

Let's go to the... I think it's
essential that we

keep dividing in order to conquer.

Gentlemen, follow me.

Look at the heart. The heart, well, the
heart could mean love.

Oh, no, that could be any work of art.
Okay.

Okay, think, Jean, think.

Well, it could be the sacred heart,
especially if it's qualified with fruit.

Well, how so?

Well, Jesus in art is often referred to
as fruit of the womb. Yes, let's go with

that. Okay.

Faith like the sun.

Now, obviously, Jesus was the son of
God.

And as the sun in the sky is often used
as a metaphor for Jesus, so fate is not

kind. Well, fate wasn't kind to Mary.

It certainly wasn't too kind to Jesus
either, was it? Well, exactly, but her

future is bleak. Her.

I think it's got to be about Mary and
Jesus. It's got to be.

Right. I think we're looking for a
religious painting or sculpture.

Well, there'll be a fair few of those,
I'm sure. Yes, but particularly the

Madonna and Child.

There is about six main rooms.

Okay. Let's take a room each and report
back.

Right. Thank you.

Me and Dom will take Medieval and
Renaissance.

Judith, you do Modern Art.

Auriel, you do Metalwork. And Ellie, you
do Jewelry and Glasswork.

And remember the Madonna and Child,
okay?

This way.

Richard, did you contact the bomb squad?

Not great news, I'm afraid. The nearest
active unit is Lyon, which is six hours

by car. They're trying to activate the
plant to get here quicker, but it's not

looking good.

What about overriding the security
system?

We have contacted the company, but with
it being Christmas Eve, we have the same

problem. The nearest engineer is in
Marseille.

Oh, no.

There is no guarantee they will be here
in time.

If there was another way in, I think I
could deactivate it.

What?

Before I joined the gendarmerie, I
trained in the bomb squad at La Police

Nationale. If it is a rudimentary
device, I could deactivate it, I think.

Okay, what about the tunnels underneath?

Pardon? The museum tunnels were part of
the bomb shelter system during World War

II. I remember the tall guy telling us
when I brought Zapier on a visit.

Okay, I will go in.

I cannot put my best officer in danger,
Richard. I will go in, you can advise

me. But, sir, I... That is an order.

Let's find a map.

Madam, on the count of three, we all
pull together.

Ready? Ready. One, two, three.

I haven't finished counting.

Go try to move me shoulder.

Isn't it all dramatic?

We all work together. We stand more
chance.

Did you just call me a giraffe there?

There is just an observation.

You like making observations, don't you?

What's that supposed to mean?

Like observing other people's wives.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Do you think I was born yesterday?

I'm sorry.

The charity meetings with my wife.

The dinners.

Come on, Ali.

I've been through a phone.

I know what's going on with you two.

Don't tell me I'm wrong.

I said, tell me I'm wrong!

George, I... Auriel is my wife.

Come on, George.

You haven't loved each other for years.
Even a stranger would know that. Just

our shtick.

What? The couple's thing.

The public act.

But when we get behind closed doors, we
are still husband and

wife.

Oh.

So you think I'm lying to you?

aren't she's been spinning you but it's
true and i'll tell you something else

that's true i will do everything in my
power to make sure that you never

raise another penny for your stupid
please this is no time

for a bloody showdown

Yes, yes, I can.

But I'll be perfectly honest with you,
Auriel.

If I am to get blown to smithereens, I'd
really rather like not to remember it.

Let's keep looking.

I'll take sculpture, you take ancient
modern art. Okay.

Thank God the library was still open.

Right. This map dates from around 1943.

It shows the tunnels that were dug out
and used as bomb shelters during World

War II.

I think it is the map she can't quite

understand, not you.

I have always been terrible with maps.
It's a bit of an achilles heel for me.

Désolée. That's because you're so young,
love. We forget we're the last

generation that didn't have fatness.

Hey, speak for yourself. I'm 20 years
younger than you, which makes me a

straddler. Straddle?

I straddle pre - and post -technology.

Doesn't matter what form a map takes,
I'm a daband.

Right, there's a labyrinth of tunnels
under the museum.

You can see the entrances all around
here, but they can only be accessed from

the inside.

Hang on.

This one looks like it's leading from
the outside in. What do you mean?

Look, it starts off as a small one, then
joins up with the bigger ones.

What's its proximity?

Just underneath the main entrance.

Right around here somewhere.

Gloria, can you pull the van back a bit,
love?

Okay.

Lovely, that's it.

There's your way in.

You're not going to open it up like
that, are you?

You got a crowbar in the van?

Yeah.

And a toolbox?

There's a knack to this.

Tell them.

All right.

Are you ready?

And...

You are full of handy tricks, Patrick.

I'm not going to ask where you learned
them.

Okay, I'm going in. Richard, get me an
earpiece.

You'll need this as well. It's my head
torch.

Thank you, Gloria.

Are you sure I can't go with you?

Richard, I need you to take control
here.

You are now in charge.

Yes, Major.

Gloria, take this headset. I need you to
stay on the map and on the radio. You

will be my ears and eyes. When I reach
the bomb, you will part to Richard,

Will the signal be strong enough down
there?

This radio is analog. It's like a walkie
-talkie. It works over short distances

because it doesn't need a signal to
bounce up to the sky.

Okay.

Be careful in there.

I will.

Gloria, can you hear me? Yeah, you okay?

I'm fine. Which way?

It's okay.

You go into your left first.

Bingo. The shutters are connected to the
museum's mainframe.

Meaning you don't need Wi -Fi?

Exactly. I may be able to override it if
both systems are kept connected.

Where's your main computer?

It's in my office next to the event
room.

What's your passcode?

It's Yves1234.

Yves, press your finger firmly on this
pad.

I may be able to change a fingerprint
identity to yours.

Gabriel, when a code pops up, press
enter straight away.

Okay,

I'm going to your office.

Oh, hello.

What are you doing here?

Even better than the little finger.

You're doing very, very well.

Yeah, well, now I'm out of my mind.

We're going to get out of it, we're
going to get out of it, don't worry.

And how are you going to get out of it?

In any case, I wanted to tell you, it's
not been very long since we've known

each other, but you've given me my life.

Oh, really?

That's too sweet.

What came first, medieval or
Renaissance?

Medieval. All right.

So medieval was the 5th to the 14th
century and...

relationships with the 14th and 17th.

Correct.

Yeah, no, it says it here on the card.

This is beautiful.

It's hand -spawn wool and silk.

This is called a verdoux tapestry,
derived from the French word for green.

Vel. Yeah.

How do you do that?

What? No, all that.

It says it on the card.

Touche.

These two look how I feel.

How come none of them ever smiled?

There was a theory that they didn't want
to show their bad teeth.

In fair dues.

I think it was just really hard work to
maintain a smile whilst you're having

your portrait painted.

I mean, sitting there for hours like
that.

Not like taking a selfie, is it?

That's true.

Don, come out.

Look at the heart, her fruit from above,
her face like the sun, her heart full

of love.

I mean, I wouldn't think that was her
face. It's funny.

Tolatello, terracotta.

Did you look at the card?

Oh, well, he's one of my favourites.
Mind you, there is a debate that it

have been Revere, but... It says it's on
loan from Florence.

Well, it fits all the clothes.

Can I have your phone?

We'd better get back to the others.

Almost time left, is there?

I love you, Jane White.

Dom, we will get out of here.

Yeah? Yeah, come on.

One, two, three.

All right, all right, all right.

Let's just take a minute.

How did you find out about the affair?

I wasn't sure at first, but I'd had my
suspicions for months.

What made you so suspicious, if you
don't mind?

I don't mind, I don't mind.

We run our businesses like clockwork,
and then all of a sudden she becomes

interested in charity.

Now, I wouldn't mind, but we haven't.

office set aside for charity or tax
relief, as I'd like to call it.

And the only charity she really did was
just turn up, snip the ribbon, until she

met him.

Ah, Dr Padipa. Mm -hm.

We met him, and then she became obsessed
with going to his meetings for his

prison art malarkey.

You couldn't get enough of it. Oh, we
should see the difference it makes.

Blah, blah, blah.

And then there's all the obvious signs.

Never leaving her phone unattended.

Always going in a different room to
check her messages.

You know, I've never loved another
woman.

I just thought...

she didn't love me as much as she used
to.

That we'd always have respect.

You're right, old chap.

Once the respect is gone... Come on,
George.

We've got to find a way out of here.

Come on.

What a zero chance of my reading that
tiny writing.

You do have a look of a female, I
suppose, but is that a child?

Oh, bloody hell, I forgot to pick up my
glasses.

I know.

Oh, I see.

It's not a child, but a...

Okay,

the tunnel on your left appears to lead
to another exit.

But the tunnel ahead of you takes you to
a door that leads you into the museum.

Okay, give me a second.

It's locked.

The door's locked.

Give me your hand, sir.

Andre, describe the lock to me as best
you can.

It is a rectangle with a large keyhole
in the middle. Looks like a church door

lock. And it is very rusted.

Sounds like a rim lock. Not too tricky.

So... Use the screwdriver attachment on
your multi -tool to turn the lock

to your right.

Okay, I'm ready.

I give in.

What do you mean, George loves?

He just came straight out of there.

Said he'd been looking through your
phone.

Looking through my phone? How?

He never leaves my sight.

We hardly see each other. We live
separate lives.

That's not what he said.

What?

He implied that the two of you are still
very much in love. And that this whole

dislike thing is just an act.

Ali, that is rubbish.

We don't even sleep in the same room.

And the worst bit of it is he said he's
going to make sure that I don't receive

another penny for the charity.

Oh, that's the worst thing, yeah?

Well, it's nice to hear you've got your
priorities straight.

No, Oreo, you are my priority.

But if you're still in love with him...
Ali, please, it's rubbish.

He's just bitter, believe me.

I love you.

Did you find anything?

Oh, I've taken a picture of a few
pieces, but I haven't really got a clue

I'm looking for.

Yeah, I mean, the riddle is a little
vague. Yeah, that's the understatement

the century.

But the bomb threat is very clear.

Yeah, yeah, we should find the others
and regroup, yeah?

That's what I was thinking.

Oh, no, they're all locked.

Surely that idiot Gabrielle has a set of
keys.

I think we've established, George, that
Gabrielle has literally no idea where

they are.

Oh, hello, you two.

Oh, hello, darling.

Any success?

No, it's bloody useless.

I can't find one single religious
painting.

No, I've tried my utmost, and that's all
I can do.

It's all so hopeless.

How are you getting on? We've tried all
the doors. And windows.

Nothing. How utterly infuriating.

Maybe we should get back to the others.
Good idea, George. Come on.

We will get out of here, won't we,
darling?

Oh, come here.

Of course we will, my darling.

Won't we, all the others?

Nothing seems to be biting.

Take your time.

That is something we do not have.

I think I can kick the door in. No, no,
no, no. Don't do that. We don't want any

unnecessary vibrations.

Andre?

Andre?

Any choice?

Yes.

Oh, no.

This is a picture by Camille Corot in
1860, and it's of a normal earthbound

human child.

Sorry. No, it's okay.

Ellie, anything?

I couldn't find the card for this, but
it looks like a modern art version of

Mary and Jesus.

Well, is it?

No.

I'm afraid not.

It looks like modern art, but I think
it's a copy of the famous Korotrophos,

which is one of the earliest Neolithic
finds in Greece.

6 ,000 BC.

Not with George and Jerry, then, are
they?

No, the, um... We couldn't... The doors.

Got something to tell you.

Oh, Dawn.

Oh, how did it go? We're really trapped.

Tried everything.

Every window, every door is either
deadlocked or barred.

Judith, did you find anything to match
the poem?

I found a painting that might be a
mother and child, but I'm not entirely

it's the right way up.

No.

Don, can you get up that picture of the
Donatello, please?

Two attempts to survive, one date to re
-seek.

Do you think it's time to put our best
option in?

Don't really have a choice, do we?

Or shouldn't we wait to see if Sangeeta
and the others have had some success?

I don't think there's any harm in
trying.

Yes, Patrick.

We lost you for a few moments. You had
us worried.

So, how are you doing?

I'm a little trapped.

Part of the roof has collapsed and
formed a barrier between me and where I

in. Can you dig your way out?

At the moment, that does not seem
possible.

Okay, so we must keep trying the lock.

The lock is so rusted I just can't seem
to get a grip.

There's a blockage in the tunnel and he
can't get out. How's he doing with the

lock? He said he can't get a grip
because it's all rusted up.

Rusted? Give me the headset.

Andre, this may seem like a stupid
question, but what's your gun holster

of?

Mainly leather, I think, but with some
rubber on the inside.

Great. Take your knife and slice a thin
piece of rubber off.

Okay, I've done that. Put it in the lock
and rub as hard as you can.

Is it working? Yes.

Yes, it's working.

How did you know how to do that?

Oh, mechanics trick. Ross hates rubber.

I'm passing you back to Patrick.

Right, I'm going to try the lock again.

Okay, Andre, remember, screwdriver up.

What's happening, André?

André? It's not opening, Patrick!

Okay.

I want you to describe it for me again
as best you can with every detail.

Every detail you can.

It's brass, I think, with a fancy design
on it, like a fleur -de -lis, sort of.

Patrick, you idiot. It's an old French
lock.

I'm going to try something different,
Andre.

Turn it to the left very, very gently.

Then turn it one more time.

It's unlocked!

Yes!

OK, Andre.

Once you're through the door, you're
going to your right.

Can't believe I got it so wrong.

But you can't blame yourself, Jane.

Well, I felt it.

I sent you all on a wild goose chase.

You did something, though.

Yeah, and I got it wrong.

I don't want to die like this, Jeremy.

Oh, I know, my darling, I know.

Why didn't you tell me it'll all be all
right?

What? You always say it'll all be all
right, darling, and it always is.

Well...

How much time have I got left?

How much time has he got left?

Only 17 minutes, I'm afraid.

17 minutes, Andre.

He's going straight on. In early days,
he's doing great.

Do you

want

to know what I bought you for Christmas?

You know I prefer a surprise.

But you might not get to see it.

I want to keep it a surprise.

Thank you, Jeremy.

What for?

Our life together.

I've had such a lovely time.

I thought...

After losing the twins, we wouldn't
last.

Lots of couples live over there, you
know.

I know, my darling.

I know.

Maybe, if there is something after this
life, we can meet them again.

That's a nice thought, isn't it?

That's a wonderful thought, darling.

Wonderful.

Anyway, I'm glad we're here together.

I've always dreaded the thought of going
first and leaving you behind.

Me too.

Tangita, she's dead.

No. What?

Are you sure?

What do you mean? How?

She has been shot.

Shot? She was trying to change the
fingerprint control and needed access to

main computer in my office. So she left
us and went to the office, waited for

ages. And you just found her there? Yes.

I need to see her. No, no, no, I'm not
sure you should. Look, I'm a doctor.

Maybe she's still alive.

Take me to her.

Ali, Ali, look at me.

I just need to see my wife.

Show me to your office.

Okay.

Everyone needs to stay here. No one must
leave.

Don't come with me.

Yeah.

My love.

Ali, you can't touch her.

I am a doctor and her husband.

I know, but this is a crime scene.

What?

This. still a very good chance that we
could get out of here and if we do we

want every shred of evidence in sight
don't we

I saw them in the corridor together.
Said him and George almost came to blows

one point.

Well, that gives him a motive.

To get rid of his wife so he can marry a
billionaire.

Exactly.

Come on, if it is him, we can't leave
him alone with Gabrielle for too long.

All the banking codes, they are gone.

Are you sure they were in there earlier?

Yes, when I came to get the envelope
from the safe, I clearly remember seeing

the file.

And who else knew the combinations of
the safe?

Only me.

And Yves, he helped me collect the
armadillo earlier.

Okay.

We all have to stay in the same place.

It's what Karen would make us do. Yeah,
yeah, you're right. But we have to stick

together.

There's a murderer amongst us.

Gloria, I must be near to hear voices.

You're right underneath the event room.

Carry on for about another ten yards and
you'll see a ladder on your right. That

way is directly up to the museum.

Are you okay, love?

Yes,

I'm fine.

Yards to meters.

Multiply the length given in yards by 0
.9144.

I found the ladder.

You found the ladder?

I'm heading up now, Gloria.

Well done, Andre. You're nearly there.

The security engineer has now landed at
the airport and she's on her way now in

a police car.

Brilliant, Mr. Hughes.

RJ, can you hear me?

Maybe we should start praying to them
paintings we found.

It looks like that's our only choice.

You like to have a choice, don't you?

What's that meant to me?

You know exactly what that means.

If you've got something to say, George,
why don't you just come out with it?

If I've got something to say, I will
decide when I say it.

Always loving the control, eh, George?

Even when we're about to die, you still
have to be in control.

You know the best thing about this
situation?

We're both going to die together.

Which means you won't inherit a thing.

Wow.

Just when I thought you couldn't go
lower.

I'm trying to work out the murder in
real time.

Get Jeremy and Judith over to help, will
you?

Hey, you two.

Jean needs help.

I'm not sure I'm much help to anyone,
Dominic.

Judith's not feeling great.

We're all not feeling great, Jeremy.

Sorry. Sorry, I didn't mean to, no.

No, actually, I did.

Jean is over there trying so hard to
help us, to help all of us. The very

you two can do is to help her, OK?

Oh, sorry,

old chap. Yes, of course.

Oh, great.

Okay. So, whoever murdered Sangita and
Suzanne had something to do with the

and this whole nightmare evening.

It makes sense for everything to be
connected.

Yeah. Who would kill Sangita? Who would
murder someone like that?

Well, Alice having an affair with Oriol.
Oh, yeah, don't tell me. What?

Yeah, George just poured his heart out
to me. The poor chap is broken.

Yeah, and I saw Ali and Auriel in the
corridor earlier talking about it.

Do you think he bumped off his wife to
run off with a billionaire?

That's what I said.

Or maybe George killed her to frame Ali.

You're certainly on the verge of it.

Or maybe Auriel killed her in a jealous
rage because she couldn't wait a moment

longer for Ali.

In the office, Gabrielle said all the
code for the museum bank.

had been stolen from the safe. Yeah, and
he was certain that they were there

earlier.

So could that have something to do with
it?

Oh, it's all so confusing.

My head hurts.

Tom, come with me.

There was only one person that used the
map.

She couldn't be in two places at once.

I mean, she was definitely here when we
arrived.

So how could she be murdering the
security guard at the same time?

Unless... This is good, Jen.

Tom.

Tom.

Still alive.

Let's go in here.

What the hell?

Who on earth is this?

Jean, for God's sake, explain. What on
earth is going on?

I'm intrigued.

We still have a few minutes before we
escape.

How did you know?

Eve, what are you doing?

Go on, Madam White.

It didn't come to me straight away.

Then I worked out that it was you who
killed Sangeeta and stole the bank

account.

You mistakenly left your map on the
floor at the side of the safe.

I suppose when...

Fangita came in to override the
fingerprint control.

Well, she caught you red -handed.

And then I worked it back.

I mean, how did you get in the safe in
the first place?

Only Gabrielle and Eve knew the
combination, so it made sense one

of them was your accomplice.

And then I remembered, earlier in the
evening, Sangeeta recognised you, Eve,

from a prison outreach event.

I assume

you've not been out of prison for very
long.

For Sangeeta to recognise you from
something so recent.

Eve, this is cruel.

But you, Elia...

I couldn't work out how you could be in
two places at once, serving champagne

here and, well, murdering the security
guard down there.

But you weren't, were you?

This is what I think.

You went to the museum and you forced
the security guard to activate the

shutter.

You started the bomb.

You raised up here.

Changed your outfit.

And you placed the bomb in the cabinet.

Start by this room.

Then your cottage, that poor wasteland.

And you bundled her into the cupboard.

It's brilliant, really.

All you've had to do was hire an agency
waitress who looks a little bit like

you. I mean, no one had ever met either
of you before, so no one would realise

that you were an entirely different
person.

But how did you get the bomb inside the
Ormolu?

Well, you...

Throwing champagne over George was no
accident, was it?

The minute that you heard Gabrielle and
Eve in the corridor, that was your cue

to cause a distraction.

Giving Eve just enough time to plant the
note with me

and to put the bomb in the box.

Very good, Madame White.

I thought I'd understand the murder, the
deal, the bank code.

But why the bomb?

Why the poem?

Well, that is what you would all take to
your grave without knowing.

Well, there's no way out.

Not for you, anyway.

The security engineer is almost here.

Oh, we've only got two minutes left.

Two of the most important people in my
life are in that building.

Heads down, please.

Right. I'm going to bash this door down.
What's the point?

There's enough stem text in there to
block the whole bloody building.

But they managed to escape, didn't they?
God, I didn't think I was going to die

from a bomb in a bloody jewellery box.

Maybe the actual box is a clue.

It's an actual Marie Antoinette box.

This is a picture of Marie Antoinette
dressed as a Vestal Virgin by Charles

Leclerc in 1777.

In relation to the poem, Fruit from
Above, well, Marie Antoinette's father

pope. Faith, like the sun, well, she was
married to the great -great -grandson

of the sun king, and Faith was not kind.
Well, it wasn't kind to her. She had

her head cut off.

It would be all right.

Oh, Judy.

Judy, you're a genius. The box, Marie
Antoinette. Of course it was to do with

her. Oh, I'm going through all for this.
Clever, clever darling. I'm so pleased

I didn't tell you what I bought you for
Christmas.

What happened?

Nothing.

Listen, I don't want to break up the
party, but we are still locked in. I

we don't have the threat of the bomb
anymore, but we are still locked in.

on, let's get this door open.

Right, come on.

I can't, I can't. One, two, three.

I must have loosened it earlier.

Loosened it.

It's a real dreamboat there, eh, my
darling wife?

Come on! Come on, come on! The shutters
are opening!

Come on!

Come on, come on! Come on, you little
beauty!

Well, yeah, I wouldn't exactly say that,
but Merry Christmas.

Where's Karen?

What happened?

He came in to get you.

How? There's tunnels underneath the
museum.

The what?

There's a load of bomb shelters.

It was my idea, but... His radio's gone
silent.

We think he has fallen.

I had to wait and see if the bomb
exploded before they went to check on

Just preparing to go and find him now.

I assume these two

have something to do with all this. I
thought I killed you.

Not quite.

Oh, Andre, it's so good to see you. Good
to see you, mate.

Hello.

Richard.

Jean, can you fill me in on what
happened?

Then I will interview those two in the
morning.

What?

Now? Are you sure you're up to it?

You know I like to keep busy at
Christmas. I do.

I'm not sure I like brunch.

What? Well, the word, the blending of
two words to make another, like motel.

Portmanteau. Oh, bless you.

Portmanteau is a blending of two words
to make another one, although

also means a leather case with two
sections.

Where would we be without your brain,
eh?

Don't be daft.

No, I mean it.

You've lived a lot of lives, haven't
you?

Oh, well, I don't... Did what I had to
do. Yeah, and what only you can.

Thank you.

Now, can I tempt you to a cottage?

What? It's a croissant with a sausage
inside and portmanteau in.

Fresh coffee?

Oh, thank you, Patrick.

Why aren't we, darling?

I'm terribly hungry this morning.

I think it's all the trauma.

Of course, darling.

It can do that.

I remember when me gran was ill. All
anybody could do was make sandwiches

it make everything better.

Feeding the soul?

Not with white slice and beef paste. We
ended up feeding the ducks.

There you are. Plenty more where that
came from. Oh, lovely.

Will you sit down? We've got loads here.
We need to save a little bit of room

for Christmas dinner. You sound just
like I did when you were a nipper.

Do you know, one Christmas morning, he
ate three packets of mince pies and half

a Christmas cake before breakfast.

How old is he?

Five?

Fifteen, actually.

I was a little bit worse for wear, but I
didn't know that then. I just needed a

sugar rush.

I have never really believed in
hangovers.

I think it's a case of mind over matter.

I think that's why I've never had one.

Ah,

Caron is ready for me to go over.

Oh, want me to come with you?

No, no, it's all right. It won't be
long.

I've just got the bobos to the station
and Andre needs my help.

Take some food with you.

Oh, no, I'm really full.

For Andre and Rochelle.

Oh, yeah, great idea.

Tell them that they're both invited to
lunch. Four o 'clock start.

Will do.

Talking of starts, do you think it's too
early for a little champagne?

Wonderful idea, darling.

Copy bloody DM after yesterday, that's
what I say.

I'll get some daffodils.

What? Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas?

What's the matter?

Well, after yesterday, I don't like
everything.

Don't be daft. It won't be gone long.

Yeah, I know, but... Tell you what, why
don't you get on the morning champers

and you won't even know I'm missing?

Happy Christmas.

Well, it would be if we could get these
two to speak.

Oh, no joy.

Nothing from him.

He's just playing games.

But the girl, I think, is starting to
break.

That's why I asked you here.

She's upstairs.

Oh, from Patrick.

Merci.

So, what happened?

No comment.

Why did you plant the bomb?

No comment.

And why the poem?

No comment.

Look, I can understand you killing who
you needed to to steal the bank codes.

But why the bomb? Why the poem?

Well, I don't know you and you don't
know me.

Well, the poem was obviously not my
idea.

So, there was someone else involved?

Of course.

I know nothing about bombs.

Less about poems.

And I had no idea who you were until
yesterday.

So what happened?

No comment.

If you are trying to protect someone, I
would ask you to consider how important

they are to you.

It will affect your sentence
considerably.

The last time I was in prison, I shared
a cell with a woman who worked as a

consultant at the museum.

She knew everything about it.

Every nook and cranny.

She said if I kept in touch once I got
out, she would be able to help me get

inside, override the security system,
fill the bank code, and get out, scot

-free.

Go on.

So I kept on visiting her.

And sure enough, we came up with a plan.

I got my friend Eve involved, flirting
with that idiot of a curator, Gabrielle,

to get someone on the inside.

Still, why me? Why the bomb?

It was very strange.

The last time I went to see her, she had
found out through her contacts.

That you, Mrs. Jean White, would visit
the museum on Christmas Eve.

And?

She was wild, cold with rage.

God, she really hated you.

So, instead of a simple robbery as
planned, I was to plant a

bomb and a letter to you.

She said I would be safe.

That there was a way out under the
museum.

She said it was a game she liked to play
with you.

It all seemed a bit psychotic to me.

But then again, so did she.

And I had nothing to lose.

So I did what she said.

What was her name?

Barbara.

Till next time.

And there's more from Sally next.

How much of Christmas past can you
remember?

Join us for Sally Lindsay's Christmas
quiz in just a moment. And a must -not

-miss for tomorrow, your Creatures Great
and Small Christmas special.

It falls on James to take on the Darabee
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