1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,020 TELEVISION: ..a billion pounds. The UK company... 2 00:01:02,070 --> 00:01:05,010 I'm afraid I've got to drive up to town. 3 00:01:05,020 --> 00:01:06,070 What, now, Selwyn? 4 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,080 There's a bit of a panic on. 5 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,060 The Dow Jones closed 200 points down. 6 00:01:11,070 --> 00:01:14,000 You go to bed. 7 00:01:14,020 --> 00:01:17,020 I'll be home tomorrow evening. 8 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,060 Honestly, the house is lit up like a damn Christmas tree. 9 00:01:20,070 --> 00:01:22,020 It all costs money, you know. 10 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,080 It's me. 11 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,000 We're on. The usual place. 12 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,020 You need a mortgage to breathe around here, Troy. 13 00:02:45,090 --> 00:02:48,010 What is the matter, Troy? 14 00:02:48,020 --> 00:02:50,010 Looking for a newsagent. 15 00:02:50,020 --> 00:02:52,070 Why? To get a newspaper. 16 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,020 Ask a stupid question. 17 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,030 The 'Investment Daily', Troy? 18 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,050 It was all they had left, sir. 19 00:04:04,020 --> 00:04:08,050 So the fire started when you turned on the ignition, is that right? 20 00:04:08,060 --> 00:04:10,050 Yes, it was simultaneous. 21 00:04:10,060 --> 00:04:13,000 Well, we'll let forensics have a look at that. 22 00:04:13,010 --> 00:04:15,070 Can you think of anyone who might have had a grudge 23 00:04:15,090 --> 00:04:18,010 against you, Mr Proctor? Certainly not. 24 00:04:18,020 --> 00:04:21,000 What kind of car is it, sir? 25 00:04:21,010 --> 00:04:23,090 It was a 1963 Alvis. 26 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,020 Old car like that, maybe it was the wiring. 27 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,030 I spent a fortune restoring this car. It was not the wiring. 28 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,020 Where are you off to? 29 00:04:32,030 --> 00:04:34,000 The Reading Club. 30 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,020 Poor James, he's going to be very upset about his car. 31 00:04:39,030 --> 00:04:43,020 It's not his car, it's my car, and I'm very upset. 32 00:04:43,030 --> 00:04:45,020 Yes, darling, of course. I'm sorry. 33 00:04:46,050 --> 00:04:48,020 See you later. 34 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,060 May I ask you, sir, who's James? 35 00:04:51,070 --> 00:04:53,040 Lord Chetwood. 36 00:04:53,060 --> 00:04:56,010 I acquired the car from him and it was a wreck, 37 00:04:56,030 --> 00:04:58,060 like everything else on that Chetwood estate. 38 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,050 Man's a bloody disaster. 39 00:05:13,060 --> 00:05:17,020 James, I'm off to the Reading Club. 40 00:05:18,060 --> 00:05:21,090 Pull! Pull! Pull! 41 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,010 If the phone goes, do answer it. 42 00:05:25,020 --> 00:05:27,000 It could be the roofing contractors. 43 00:05:27,010 --> 00:05:29,040 There it is again. Feel. 44 00:05:32,090 --> 00:05:36,030 James, did you hear what I said? 45 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,080 Yes. Answer the phone. Roofing chap. 46 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,040 I think I might see Doc Bradshaw. 47 00:05:46,050 --> 00:05:48,080 He understands. 48 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:53,090 Three times a day after meals, Mrs Hopkins. 49 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Come back if they don't do the trick. 50 00:05:56,010 --> 00:05:57,060 Thank you, Doctor Bradshaw. 51 00:06:03,010 --> 00:06:05,040 Bye, Mrs Bradshaw. 52 00:06:07,020 --> 00:06:10,070 You'll be off to Marjorie's for the Reading Club, I expect. 53 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,020 I expect I will, yes. 54 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,080 Marjorie's kindly asked me to help her with the garden party this year. 55 00:06:17,090 --> 00:06:19,020 How lovely. 56 00:06:19,030 --> 00:06:21,060 I'm in charge of salads. 57 00:06:21,070 --> 00:06:23,010 Lots to think about there. 58 00:06:26,060 --> 00:06:28,050 Goodbye. 59 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,050 Isn't it time you lot started another book? 60 00:06:39,070 --> 00:06:42,010 You've been lugging that tome around for ages. 61 00:06:42,030 --> 00:06:46,080 Rupert, have we got an invitation to Marjorie's garden party yet? 62 00:06:48,090 --> 00:06:50,090 Not as far as I know. 63 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,050 Surely she's not left us off the list this year. 64 00:06:53,060 --> 00:06:55,000 Pray God she has. 65 00:06:55,020 --> 00:06:58,010 Warm Pimms and rubber quiche in Marjorie's back garden 66 00:06:58,020 --> 00:06:59,040 is not my idea of fun. 67 00:06:59,060 --> 00:07:02,050 It's not about fun, 68 00:07:02,070 --> 00:07:05,040 it's about making a mark in village life. 69 00:07:05,060 --> 00:07:10,080 You've just got no drive, Rupert, socially or professionally. 70 00:07:14,050 --> 00:07:16,050 Sorry, dear. 71 00:07:16,060 --> 00:07:19,030 I left you several messages. 72 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,030 Well, where the hell were you? 73 00:07:21,050 --> 00:07:25,050 I sat in the bar for two hours twiddling my thumbs. 74 00:07:25,070 --> 00:07:28,000 Hang on a second, there's someone at the door. 75 00:07:32,050 --> 00:07:34,040 Afternoon. Hi. 76 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 I warn you, I'm beginning to feel very unappreciated. 77 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,000 What!? 78 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,010 No, I'm still here. 79 00:07:48,030 --> 00:07:51,040 Look, um, maybe tonight's not such a good idea, OK. 80 00:07:51,050 --> 00:07:53,030 I'll give you a ring. 81 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,020 About time, too. Everyone else is present and correct. 82 00:08:14,790 --> 00:08:17,720 Sandra. 83 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:18,770 Tamsin. 84 00:08:18,780 --> 00:08:20,790 Lavinia. 85 00:08:21,700 --> 00:08:22,760 Ginny. 86 00:08:22,770 --> 00:08:24,700 Now then. 87 00:08:24,710 --> 00:08:27,750 The stock market. 88 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,710 Ginny, where's your book? 89 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,730 Sorry. I left it in the car. 90 00:08:37,750 --> 00:08:40,770 Do remember to bring it in. You never know who's watching. 91 00:08:40,790 --> 00:08:42,770 Is all this secrecy really necessary? 92 00:08:42,780 --> 00:08:44,780 All we're doing is buying a few shares. 93 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:47,730 We decided on discretion at the outset 94 00:08:47,750 --> 00:08:50,760 but if you want to change that policy, let's vote on it. 95 00:08:50,770 --> 00:08:52,720 I know it sounds silly 96 00:08:52,730 --> 00:08:55,740 but I for one would far rather we kept it to ourselves. 97 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,740 As you know, Selwyn is a stockbroker. 98 00:08:57,750 --> 00:09:01,700 I don't think he'd be happy about me investing in the stock market. 99 00:09:01,710 --> 00:09:04,760 It's alright for you, you don't have an interfering husband 100 00:09:04,780 --> 00:09:06,760 to worry about. That's agreed, then. 101 00:09:06,770 --> 00:09:08,780 I myself have no strong feelings either way, 102 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:14,740 but darling Gerald always said one should never let one's money 103 00:09:14,750 --> 00:09:17,750 be the subject of public discussion. 104 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:19,710 So... 105 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:21,760 ..to business. 106 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:28,710 We are halfway through our fourth financial year, 107 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,720 and I'm delighted to report 108 00:09:31,730 --> 00:09:34,760 that the Midsomer Market Reading Club share portfolio 109 00:09:34,770 --> 00:09:39,730 is beating the UK Index by 16%. 110 00:09:39,740 --> 00:09:41,790 Which means that we girls, 111 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:45,700 who aren't supposed to know tuppence about money matters, 112 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,700 are giving those overpaid analysts and fund managers 113 00:09:48,710 --> 00:09:50,730 a jolly good hiding. 114 00:09:50,740 --> 00:09:53,730 However, 115 00:09:53,740 --> 00:09:55,790 I must sound a note of caution. 116 00:09:56,700 --> 00:09:59,730 Gerald always said, spread the risk, 117 00:09:59,750 --> 00:10:04,740 so I propose we sell off some of our biggest winners 118 00:10:04,750 --> 00:10:07,770 and reinvest. 119 00:10:07,780 --> 00:10:09,710 Sandra? 120 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:14,740 Ginny mentioned a company called Treetime at our last meeting. 121 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:19,700 Oh, I read about it being involved in a take-over or something. 122 00:10:19,710 --> 00:10:21,740 So I've been looking into it. 123 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,700 I was a little concerned about the interest on their borrowing 124 00:10:25,710 --> 00:10:28,760 but taking the gross interest and the pre-tax profits, 125 00:10:28,770 --> 00:10:30,790 I've worked out that Treetime are earning 126 00:10:31,710 --> 00:10:33,780 seven times the interest repayments on their debt 127 00:10:33,790 --> 00:10:36,750 which is very healthy indeed. 128 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,760 Isn't she marvellous with figures? 129 00:10:39,780 --> 00:10:43,770 I daresay you get it from that bookmaker father of yours. 130 00:10:43,780 --> 00:10:48,740 If we're doing so well, couldn't we just sell some shares 131 00:10:48,750 --> 00:10:50,740 and take some actual money out? 132 00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:53,750 Oh, yes! Can't we make hay, so to speak? 133 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,780 The stock market only bears real fruit 134 00:10:57,790 --> 00:11:00,790 for the long-term investor, Lavinia. 135 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:03,790 Is that the gospel according to Gerald? 136 00:11:04,700 --> 00:11:06,780 Yes, it is, Ginny, and I happen to agree with it. 137 00:11:06,790 --> 00:11:10,740 But let's put it to the vote. 138 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,700 All those in favour of cashing in some of our investments? 139 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,780 Those in favour of re-investing? 140 00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:26,730 Re-investment it is, then. 141 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:29,740 Anything? 142 00:11:29,750 --> 00:11:30,760 No. 143 00:11:30,780 --> 00:11:34,700 First thing anyone saw or heard last night was the fire engine. 144 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,770 Not a very popular bloke, Selwyn Proctor. 145 00:11:36,780 --> 00:11:39,760 One woman asked if he'd been hurt. I said, "No." 146 00:11:39,770 --> 00:11:42,710 She said, "Pity." 147 00:11:42,730 --> 00:11:47,780 Something in your paper about my pension plan. 148 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:49,790 Sir, do you mind? 149 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:53,720 Joyce was saying I ought to supplement my police pension. 150 00:11:53,740 --> 00:11:55,710 Could I just... ..What are you doing? 151 00:11:59,780 --> 00:12:02,760 'The Hawk'. Well, well. 152 00:12:02,780 --> 00:12:05,720 My dad bought me the first issue when I was six 153 00:12:05,730 --> 00:12:07,710 and I just kept on buying it. 154 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,760 It's become a sort of habit, you know. 155 00:12:10,770 --> 00:12:13,760 And who, exactly, is the Hawk? 156 00:12:13,780 --> 00:12:18,790 Well, he's this private detective who fights evil 157 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:21,780 and he can turn into a hawk. 158 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:24,750 At night. And he's got this amazing night vision. 159 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:26,740 Can he fly? 160 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:27,790 Only when he's the Hawk. 161 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:30,730 Extraordinary. 162 00:12:30,740 --> 00:12:33,760 You think you know someone. 163 00:12:33,770 --> 00:12:35,770 I never actually read it. 164 00:12:35,780 --> 00:12:37,740 No. Of course not. 165 00:12:37,750 --> 00:12:41,730 About the pensions - you got yourself sorted out there, have you? 166 00:12:41,740 --> 00:12:44,740 God, no. I'm too young for things like that. 167 00:12:44,750 --> 00:12:45,780 Obviously. 168 00:12:51,750 --> 00:12:54,780 Lavinia, I still don't know 169 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:57,790 whether you and James are coming to my garden party. 170 00:12:58,700 --> 00:13:00,710 Of course we are, Marjorie. 171 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,790 How about you, Tamsin? 172 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:06,750 I hope so. I've got to double-check with Selwyn first. 173 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,730 Ginny. 174 00:13:08,740 --> 00:13:10,740 Marjorie. Could I have word? 175 00:13:10,750 --> 00:13:12,720 If you must, dear. 176 00:13:12,740 --> 00:13:18,730 Ginny, I want to pick your brains about the Gardening Club lunch. 177 00:13:18,740 --> 00:13:20,720 What's The Feathers like? 178 00:13:20,730 --> 00:13:21,790 What? 179 00:13:22,710 --> 00:13:24,760 The Feathers Hotel on the London Road. 180 00:13:24,770 --> 00:13:26,750 I heard the food is rather good. 181 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,740 I thought, Ginny's the gourmet, she's bound to have been there. 182 00:13:30,750 --> 00:13:32,750 No, Marjorie. I've never been there. 183 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:36,790 Bye. 184 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:39,740 Ginny! 185 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,750 Have you been invited to Marjorie's garden party? 186 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:44,750 Yes, and I've a good mind not to go. 187 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,730 None of us can stand the old boot 188 00:13:46,750 --> 00:13:49,710 but we all turn out for her bloody garden parties. 189 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:50,750 She's just lonely. 190 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:52,700 She's downright rude. 191 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,720 She always has a go at you about your father being a bookie 192 00:13:55,740 --> 00:13:57,720 or haven't you noticed? I don't mind. 193 00:13:57,730 --> 00:13:58,760 Well, I do. 194 00:13:58,780 --> 00:14:02,710 One of these days I'm going to tell that woman what I really think 195 00:14:02,730 --> 00:14:04,770 and then she won't know what's hit her. 196 00:14:08,730 --> 00:14:09,770 I want to leave the club. 197 00:14:09,790 --> 00:14:12,760 I'd like to sell my share of the investments, Marjorie. 198 00:14:12,770 --> 00:14:13,790 Well... 199 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:18,780 ..you have to offer them to the other members first. 200 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:21,700 Why didn't you mention it at the meeting? 201 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:22,730 Can't I do it now? 202 00:14:22,750 --> 00:14:24,790 My dear, there's a procedure to go through. 203 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:29,730 Anyway, why the hurry? 204 00:14:29,740 --> 00:14:33,750 You're married to the richest man in the village, for heaven's sake. 205 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,720 Or is there a problem? 206 00:14:37,780 --> 00:14:40,790 The 'Investment Daily'. What brought that on? 207 00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:44,780 There's a story here about the Dependable Insurance Company. 208 00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:47,720 They're being investigated for malpractice. 209 00:14:47,730 --> 00:14:50,740 They're one of the biggest insurance companies in the country. 210 00:14:50,750 --> 00:14:53,700 You say that but it says they're being investigated. 211 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:54,730 It's probably routine. 212 00:14:54,750 --> 00:14:57,700 All these companies are under scrutiny. Quite right. 213 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,740 I can't make head nor tail of this jargon. 214 00:15:01,750 --> 00:15:03,760 Leave it to the experts, darling. 215 00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:28,740 Oh, Gerald. 216 00:15:31,740 --> 00:15:34,730 People are so wicked. 217 00:15:36,740 --> 00:15:38,720 You'd never credit it. 218 00:15:38,740 --> 00:15:42,720 WINDOW BREAKS 219 00:15:42,730 --> 00:15:45,790 LATCH OPENS 220 00:16:03,710 --> 00:16:05,730 Hello? 221 00:16:09,780 --> 00:16:12,750 Is there anyone there? 222 00:16:25,740 --> 00:16:28,780 FALLS DOWN STAIRS (SCREAMS) 223 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:32,710 NEWS ANCHOR READS STOCKS 224 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,700 Marjorie, dear? 225 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:04,780 It's Vera. 226 00:17:26,870 --> 00:17:28,850 Surgery, good morning. 227 00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:31,840 Let me see. 228 00:17:31,860 --> 00:17:34,860 Doctor Bradshaw could see you tomorrow at 4:00. 229 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:36,890 Oh, Goodbye. 230 00:17:38,820 --> 00:17:40,840 Good morning, Lord Chetwood. 231 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:43,820 For heaven's sake, Sandra. Call me James. 232 00:17:43,830 --> 00:17:46,800 I think, for reasons of propriety, 233 00:17:46,820 --> 00:17:48,890 we should stick to the formalities in public. 234 00:17:49,810 --> 00:17:54,870 Vastly over-rated, propriety, if you ask me. And how is Lady Chetwood? 235 00:17:54,890 --> 00:17:57,810 Same as usual. Obsessed with the roof. 236 00:17:57,820 --> 00:17:59,860 Spends more time up there than she does with me. 237 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:02,820 Think it's grounds for divorce, do you? 238 00:18:02,830 --> 00:18:04,860 No. Probably not, I fancy. 239 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:10,800 I, um, do you think your husband could spare me a moment 240 00:18:10,820 --> 00:18:11,830 of his valuable time? 241 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,810 I'm sure he could, Lord Chetwood. 242 00:18:13,820 --> 00:18:16,850 Lord Chetwood is here. 243 00:18:19,820 --> 00:18:20,880 You've got to see him, Rupert. 244 00:18:20,890 --> 00:18:23,840 Why can't he make an appointment like anyone else? 245 00:18:23,860 --> 00:18:25,850 I said you'd see him right away. 246 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,800 This is terribly good of you, Rupert. 247 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:42,820 Hello, James. What's the trouble this time? 248 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,880 It's this wretched pressure behind the eyes. 249 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,840 I can't sleep a wink. Sit down. Night after night. 250 00:18:47,850 --> 00:18:49,810 Roll your sleeve up. 251 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,810 SIRENS WAIL 252 00:18:59,810 --> 00:19:00,860 I wonder what that could be? 253 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,820 Perhaps another of Selwyn Proctor's cars has gone up in flames. 254 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,810 Oh, don't. My lovely old Alvis. 255 00:19:07,820 --> 00:19:09,830 Never a problem for years 256 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:11,880 and that man destroys it in a matter of weeks. 257 00:19:11,890 --> 00:19:15,800 That's probably what brought this attack on, James. 258 00:19:15,810 --> 00:19:18,880 Post-traumatic stress syndrome. 259 00:19:18,890 --> 00:19:20,880 Good lord, I never thought of that. 260 00:19:20,890 --> 00:19:23,880 You're a genius, Rupert. Genius. 261 00:20:17,810 --> 00:20:19,800 Come in, Harry. 262 00:20:19,810 --> 00:20:20,890 What is it? 263 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,870 I've found another one of these in the pool. 264 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,890 It's just the kids next door, Harry. Chuck it back. 265 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,860 Are you OK? 266 00:20:30,870 --> 00:20:32,870 Yes, I'm fine. 267 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,890 Are you sure? 268 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,890 You can trust me, I'm the poolman. 269 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,850 PHONE RINGS 270 00:20:41,860 --> 00:20:42,880 Don't go away, Harry, 271 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,870 I want to talk to you about the Reading Club meeting. 272 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,800 Can't wait? 273 00:20:47,810 --> 00:20:48,860 Hello. 274 00:20:48,870 --> 00:20:50,880 Hello? 275 00:20:50,890 --> 00:20:52,870 What? 276 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,810 Oh, my God. 277 00:20:57,820 --> 00:21:00,840 Yes. I'll come right away. 278 00:21:00,850 --> 00:21:03,820 Yes, as soon as possible. 279 00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:05,840 I've got to go to Ginny's. 280 00:21:05,860 --> 00:21:08,810 Something awful has happened to Marjorie Empson. 281 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,880 Multiple blows to the back of the skull by the look of it. 282 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,820 Congealed blood and hair on the stick. 283 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,840 Yes, Tom, the walking stick would be favourite. 284 00:21:24,860 --> 00:21:26,810 Time of death? 285 00:21:26,830 --> 00:21:29,840 Sometime after 10pm last night at a very rough guess. 286 00:21:29,860 --> 00:21:32,850 What about 11:07? 287 00:22:06,820 --> 00:22:09,860 Sir, there's a Mrs Hopkins in the kitchen. 288 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,820 She called the emergency services when she saw the broken window. 289 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,810 When did you last see her, Mrs Hopkins? 290 00:22:18,820 --> 00:22:21,860 Yesterday. I was here most of the afternoon. 291 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:26,860 Marjorie had kindly asked me to help with her garden party. 292 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:32,840 We discussed salads and dips, 293 00:22:32,860 --> 00:22:35,860 and then I left so she could get ready for the Reading Club. 294 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,840 The Reading Club? 295 00:22:37,860 --> 00:22:42,860 Yes. Lady Chetwood and so on. They meet here to discuss books. 296 00:22:42,870 --> 00:22:47,890 Marjorie begged me to join, but it's really not my thing. 297 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,840 Mrs Hopkins said that Mrs Empson's silver is missing. 298 00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:56,860 Marjorie was very proud of her silver. 299 00:22:56,870 --> 00:22:59,850 It came from her father's side. 300 00:22:59,870 --> 00:23:02,810 Where did she keep the key to the cupboard? 301 00:23:02,820 --> 00:23:04,850 In the tea caddy. 302 00:23:05,860 --> 00:23:08,820 The police will want to talk to us 303 00:23:08,830 --> 00:23:10,890 about what's happened to poor Marjorie 304 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,840 so obviously we're going to have to come clean 305 00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:15,890 about what the Reading Club actually does. 306 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:17,880 Yes, I suppose we will. 307 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:19,870 Oh, dear. 308 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:23,850 Well, that's marvellous Lavinia. How much are we worth? 309 00:23:23,860 --> 00:23:27,820 No. It's my money, darling, and it's for the roof. 310 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:35,830 I thought you were up to something. 311 00:23:37,890 --> 00:23:41,870 You don't need four years to discuss a book as bad as 'Tuscan Spring'. 312 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,860 You mean you've actually read it? 313 00:23:45,870 --> 00:23:47,860 Yes. 314 00:23:47,870 --> 00:23:50,830 I thought it might give us something to talk about. 315 00:23:55,890 --> 00:23:57,880 Are you completely mad? 316 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,800 Insider dealing is a criminal offence. 317 00:24:00,820 --> 00:24:03,850 I could lose my job. I could be prosecuted, for God's sake. 318 00:24:03,860 --> 00:24:05,860 I'm sorry, Selwyn. 319 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,840 How can I drum it into your thick head 320 00:24:09,850 --> 00:24:13,820 that money is a serious business? 321 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,800 Day after day 322 00:24:19,810 --> 00:24:21,880 I sit in this big house 323 00:24:21,890 --> 00:24:23,890 on my own 324 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,820 because you're never here. That's serious. 325 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,870 Is this about babies again? 326 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:37,890 Because I've said all I've got to say about that subject. 327 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,810 Well, I suppose we kept it secret 328 00:24:45,820 --> 00:24:47,860 because some of the men in Midsomer Market 329 00:24:47,870 --> 00:24:49,880 are a little behind the times. 330 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,890 They like to wear the trousers where money's concerned. 331 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:56,870 I'm divorced, thank God, so it's not my problem. 332 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,830 Sorry to interrupt. 333 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,800 You need a new filter, so I'll pop back later on in the week, yeah? 334 00:25:02,810 --> 00:25:05,810 Great. Thanks Harry. 335 00:25:10,830 --> 00:25:14,800 So, it was Marjorie Empson who ran the club? 336 00:25:14,820 --> 00:25:16,860 Marjorie is great at running things. 337 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,840 And you all take a keen interest in the stock market? 338 00:25:20,850 --> 00:25:23,850 God no! No, no. It's total gibberish to me. 339 00:25:23,860 --> 00:25:27,830 Marjorie is a wiz at bookkeeping, 340 00:25:27,850 --> 00:25:31,850 and Sandra Bradshaw, she's the local GP's wife, 341 00:25:31,860 --> 00:25:33,880 has a fantastic head for figures, 342 00:25:33,890 --> 00:25:36,800 so I just let them get on with it. 343 00:25:36,810 --> 00:25:38,840 Anyway, one or two of our investments 344 00:25:38,860 --> 00:25:42,890 are doing incredibly well so we discussed selling them off. 345 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:44,860 And then? 346 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,880 And then the meeting broke up. 347 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:53,800 Oh, Tamsin Proctor stayed behind to talk to Marjorie. 348 00:25:53,810 --> 00:25:54,890 And what did you do? 349 00:25:57,820 --> 00:25:59,880 I got home at 7:10. 350 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,850 I had a glass of wine and some supper. 351 00:26:02,860 --> 00:26:07,800 I watched the news and went to bed with a book. 352 00:26:07,810 --> 00:26:09,890 It was terribly boring. 353 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,800 You're going to have to start again from scratch, mate. 354 00:26:49,810 --> 00:26:50,830 Really? 355 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,870 Yeah, re-paper the whole shooting match. Tch tch. 356 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,800 God, look at the state of the place. 357 00:26:58,810 --> 00:27:00,820 Don't fancy your job much. 358 00:27:00,830 --> 00:27:02,800 You're a very perceptive man. 359 00:27:02,810 --> 00:27:06,840 Anyway, I'm looking for Lady Chetwood. 360 00:27:06,860 --> 00:27:07,880 Oh, are you? 361 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,800 Go down the corridor, turn left at the door and up the stairs. 362 00:27:12,810 --> 00:27:15,840 You'll find my wife at the top, contemplating the roof. 363 00:27:15,850 --> 00:27:17,820 Cheers. Cheers. 364 00:27:54,890 --> 00:27:56,840 Lady Chetwood? 365 00:27:57,810 --> 00:28:00,820 Any news about my car? 366 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:01,890 Afraid not, Mr Proctor. 367 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,880 God, this country. Everything takes forever. 368 00:28:04,890 --> 00:28:07,860 A woman was murdered in the village last night. 369 00:28:07,870 --> 00:28:09,830 I think that takes precedence. 370 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,880 Why aren't you looking for the thugs who did it 371 00:28:11,890 --> 00:28:14,840 instead of harassing my wife? 372 00:28:14,850 --> 00:28:16,830 I'm not harassing your wife. 373 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,860 I need a brief statement from Mrs Proctor about the meeting 374 00:28:19,870 --> 00:28:21,820 at Marjorie Empson's. 375 00:28:21,830 --> 00:28:24,850 Now if you'd excuse us, please. 376 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:27,860 Yes, the bloody meeting. Good luck to you. 377 00:28:34,810 --> 00:28:38,800 My husband's a lovely man, sergeant, with many talents, 378 00:28:38,820 --> 00:28:41,810 but hanging onto money is not one of them. 379 00:28:41,820 --> 00:28:43,860 So you joined the Reading Club. 380 00:28:43,870 --> 00:28:45,870 Yes, it was my secret plan, 381 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,880 to make some money so that I could patch up the roof up here and there. 382 00:28:49,890 --> 00:28:51,890 Was the club doing well? 383 00:28:52,810 --> 00:28:55,820 Incredibly well, thanks to Marjorie and Sandra. 384 00:28:55,830 --> 00:28:58,830 I was rather hoping that we could sell some shares 385 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,840 so that I could give those roofing chaps a down payment, 386 00:29:01,850 --> 00:29:04,800 but I was outvoted. 387 00:29:04,810 --> 00:29:05,880 Are you alright? 388 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:10,810 Yeah, not too good with heights, actually. 389 00:29:11,820 --> 00:29:14,880 I stayed behind to talk to Marjorie, Mrs Empson, 390 00:29:14,890 --> 00:29:17,880 about selling my share of the portfolio. 391 00:29:17,890 --> 00:29:20,850 How long did you talk to her? Only 10 minutes or so. 392 00:29:20,870 --> 00:29:24,800 And then I came home and cooked dinner for my husband. 393 00:29:24,810 --> 00:29:26,820 Did it not occur to you 394 00:29:26,830 --> 00:29:29,840 that the club might cause a problem for your husband? 395 00:29:29,850 --> 00:29:31,880 It had crossed my mind, yes, 396 00:29:35,830 --> 00:29:37,870 but Selwyn never talks about his work to me 397 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,880 so I thought it'd be alright. But it did cross your mind. 398 00:29:40,890 --> 00:29:42,820 Yes. 399 00:29:42,830 --> 00:29:44,820 That's why I wanted to sell my shares. 400 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:48,800 I only joined the club to make some friends in the village. 401 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:51,840 You joined the club for social, rather than financial reasons? 402 00:29:51,860 --> 00:29:52,880 Yes. 403 00:29:52,890 --> 00:29:55,890 Despite the fact there might be a conflict of interest 404 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:57,820 with your husband? 405 00:29:57,830 --> 00:29:59,840 Yes. No. 406 00:30:01,890 --> 00:30:05,890 You see, the thing is, my husband... 407 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,860 ..Yes? Your husband what? Nothing. 408 00:30:10,870 --> 00:30:13,830 No. That's all I've got to say. 409 00:30:15,830 --> 00:30:17,810 I'm sorry. 410 00:30:17,820 --> 00:30:19,830 Poor old Marjorie. 411 00:30:19,850 --> 00:30:22,880 Just like her to put up a fight. She loved her silver. 412 00:30:22,890 --> 00:30:25,880 You knew about Mrs Empson's silver? 413 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,860 Oh, everyone was shown the family silver. 414 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:32,820 Some of it was plate, I'm afraid. Poor old Marjorie. 415 00:30:32,830 --> 00:30:34,880 She was popular in the village, I'm told. 416 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:36,850 Oh, yes. 417 00:30:36,860 --> 00:30:39,800 Marjorie could be a little blunt, 418 00:30:39,820 --> 00:30:41,800 she did tend to get people's backs up, 419 00:30:41,820 --> 00:30:43,880 but she was a good person at heart. 420 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,870 OK. Everybody knew about Mrs Empson's silver. 421 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,810 Even knew where she kept the key to it. 422 00:30:51,820 --> 00:30:54,800 We've got to be looking for some kind of local lowlife. 423 00:30:54,820 --> 00:30:56,820 You're assuming it was a genuine break-in. 424 00:30:56,830 --> 00:30:57,870 How do you mean? 425 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,800 Well, your local lowlife, 426 00:31:00,820 --> 00:31:03,840 why would he ignore a purse stuffed with cash and credit cards, 427 00:31:03,850 --> 00:31:07,880 a top-of-the-range laptop computer, and an expensive camera? 428 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,800 You think it's to do with the Reading Club? 429 00:31:10,820 --> 00:31:12,870 I'm keeping an open mind, Troy. 430 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,890 Oh, look! Look who's here. 431 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,800 Hello. 432 00:31:26,810 --> 00:31:28,860 May we? 433 00:31:28,870 --> 00:31:30,880 Oh, yes please. Be my guest. 434 00:31:31,290 --> 00:31:35,260 I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, 435 00:31:35,270 --> 00:31:37,280 this is Detective Sergeant Troy. 436 00:31:37,290 --> 00:31:39,210 Harry...the poolman. 437 00:31:39,220 --> 00:31:42,250 You'll have to excuse the whiff of chlorine, it goes with the job. 438 00:31:42,270 --> 00:31:45,260 Everywhere I go in this village, you pop up. 439 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,250 There's lots of swimming-pools in this neck of the woods 440 00:31:48,270 --> 00:31:50,290 I'm happy to say. Do you live here, Mr... 441 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,200 Painter. Just outside. A modest dwelling, but my own. 442 00:31:55,210 --> 00:31:57,240 Where were you on Monday night? 443 00:32:00,250 --> 00:32:02,230 I love it when coppers ask that. 444 00:32:02,250 --> 00:32:04,290 Been asked it a lot, have you, Mr Painter? 445 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,230 He's good, isn't he? 446 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:11,240 We could continue this conversation somewhere more appropriate. 447 00:32:11,260 --> 00:32:12,280 Chill out. 448 00:32:12,290 --> 00:32:16,240 Monday, let's see. 449 00:32:16,260 --> 00:32:18,270 I was in here. I'm on the quiz team, see. 450 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,270 Any strangers in here that night? 451 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,200 Not that I can remember. No. 452 00:32:24,210 --> 00:32:26,220 Did you know Marjorie Empson? 453 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,240 Not really. I only hang around with the swimming-pool set. 454 00:32:29,250 --> 00:32:32,220 Like the Proctors? Yeah. 455 00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:34,250 I do their pool. Why? 456 00:32:34,260 --> 00:32:37,230 Just making enquiries. 457 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:42,240 You follow the stock market? I'm checking my pension. 458 00:32:42,260 --> 00:32:45,230 Oh, yeah. Who's it with then? Dependable. 459 00:32:47,270 --> 00:32:51,280 Bit of an expert on pensions, are you, Mr Painter? 460 00:33:52,290 --> 00:33:54,220 You might have told me 461 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,250 the bloody Reading Club were investing in the stock market. 462 00:33:57,260 --> 00:33:58,280 Why? 463 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:03,210 I wouldn't have told you so much about my work, that's why. 464 00:34:03,220 --> 00:34:06,260 Darling, that City gossip goes in one ear and out the other. 465 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:13,230 Anyway, it's not your financial prowess I'm interested in. 466 00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:19,210 I've got 23 minutes. 467 00:34:24,260 --> 00:34:27,210 Get away! Go! 468 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,250 The cause of death, is it what you thought? 469 00:34:49,270 --> 00:34:52,280 Yes. Her skull was fractured by multiple blows to the head. 470 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,260 How many blows? Six or seven. It was a frenzied attack. 471 00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:00,200 But look at these bruises on the upper arms. 472 00:35:04,270 --> 00:35:07,250 They're identical. Finger marks. 473 00:35:07,270 --> 00:35:11,270 See, she was held from behind like this. Very tightly. 474 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,260 And all the blows came from behind? 475 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,270 It looks like there were two assailants. 476 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,210 One held her while the other beat her to death 477 00:35:18,220 --> 00:35:20,200 with her own walking-stick. 478 00:35:20,210 --> 00:35:21,250 Coffee? 479 00:35:27,230 --> 00:35:30,220 I wanted to ask you about Mrs Empson's dodgy hip. 480 00:35:30,230 --> 00:35:32,280 She was due to have a replacement next month. 481 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:34,210 Hence the walking-stick. 482 00:35:34,230 --> 00:35:36,260 Yes, she couldn't get very far without it. 483 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,280 I believe you drove through the village yesterday evening. 484 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,270 I'm on the committee of the golf club. 485 00:35:42,290 --> 00:35:47,220 I attended an incredibly boring meeting there, had some supper, 486 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:49,240 drove back to village and went to bed. 487 00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:52,260 After the meeting broke up, 488 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,280 Ginny and I were talking about Marjorie's garden party 489 00:35:55,290 --> 00:35:58,240 and Marjorie had upset Ginny in some way or other. 490 00:35:58,260 --> 00:36:00,210 Did they argue at the meeting? 491 00:36:00,230 --> 00:36:03,200 No, it was all very good-humoured as usual. 492 00:36:03,220 --> 00:36:07,200 Though I had noticed some tension between the two in the past. 493 00:36:07,220 --> 00:36:10,240 Marjorie didn't think Ginny was really PLU. 494 00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:12,250 Sorry. What's PLU.? 495 00:36:12,260 --> 00:36:14,270 People Like Us. 496 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,200 And I think Ginny resented that. 497 00:36:17,220 --> 00:36:20,220 People can be extraordinarily sensitive. 498 00:36:20,230 --> 00:36:23,270 And Mrs Bradshaw was home before you, was she? 499 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,260 Yes. She was already in bed when I got home 500 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,270 I'm sorry James, surgery hasn't started yet. 501 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,240 It's not you I'm after, Rupert. 502 00:36:32,260 --> 00:36:36,220 It's my young friend here, the wallpaper expert. 503 00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:40,260 Can you remember what Ginny said to you about Marjorie? 504 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:44,220 She was going on about how rude Marjorie was and so on, 505 00:36:44,230 --> 00:36:49,250 then she said - and I remember this because I was quite taken aback - 506 00:36:49,260 --> 00:36:50,280 she said, 507 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,240 "One of these days I'm going to tell that woman what I really think 508 00:36:54,250 --> 00:36:56,250 "and she won't know what's hit her." 509 00:36:56,260 --> 00:36:58,250 Mrs Bradshaw, can I ask you 510 00:36:58,260 --> 00:37:02,270 what are the investments of the Reading Club worth? 511 00:37:02,290 --> 00:37:06,240 At yesterday's count, about 150,000 pounds. 512 00:37:06,250 --> 00:37:09,200 All the paperwork is at Marjorie's. 513 00:37:09,220 --> 00:37:13,260 DOOR KNOCKS Sorry, sir. Something's come up. 514 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,250 There. One of the dogs found it. 515 00:37:22,260 --> 00:37:25,280 Mrs Empson's silver by the look of it. 516 00:37:29,290 --> 00:37:31,280 Who's house is this? 517 00:37:31,290 --> 00:37:34,260 Do you know, I'm not entirely sure. 518 00:37:34,270 --> 00:37:37,250 I think you'll find it's Ginny Sharp's place, sir. 519 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,240 Bit of a trek from Chetwood House, isn't it, sir? 520 00:37:42,250 --> 00:37:46,210 Yes. If Doctor Bradshaw and my dear wife had their way, 521 00:37:46,220 --> 00:37:47,270 I'd never leave the house. 522 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,260 "You must rest," they say. 523 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,260 But I need the open air. Good for the soul. 524 00:38:06,220 --> 00:38:10,220 A piece of cloth soaked in petrol was shoved under the wheel arch, 525 00:38:10,230 --> 00:38:12,220 here, by the petrol tank. 526 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:14,270 How was it lit? 527 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,240 Match, cigarette lighter. 528 00:38:16,250 --> 00:38:17,290 A kid could've done it. 529 00:38:18,210 --> 00:38:21,220 Just bad luck the driver got into the car when he did. 530 00:38:21,230 --> 00:38:23,210 Here. 531 00:38:23,220 --> 00:38:24,290 What's that? 532 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,260 The remains of the cloth. It was blown clear when the tank went up. 533 00:38:28,270 --> 00:38:31,220 Looks like toweling, a bit of towel. 534 00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:33,260 There's some letters there. 535 00:38:33,270 --> 00:38:35,280 You see what they are Troy? 536 00:38:38,270 --> 00:38:40,220 The Feathers. 537 00:38:40,230 --> 00:38:42,280 The Feathers Hotel? 538 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,990 James would be terribly upset if he knew I was meeting you here. 539 00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:18,930 You're not having second thoughts, are you? 540 00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:19,990 No, of course not. 541 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:23,900 Because when I want something I usually get it 542 00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:26,900 and I want Chetwood House. 543 00:39:26,910 --> 00:39:31,940 It's going to be an awful wrench for James. 544 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:35,940 Look, people like me come along, plenty of money and lots of ideas, 545 00:39:35,950 --> 00:39:37,960 and we keep the traditions alive. 546 00:39:37,980 --> 00:39:39,920 Chetwood House will prosper. 547 00:39:39,940 --> 00:39:42,930 There'll be trout in the lake and pheasant in the woods, 548 00:39:42,950 --> 00:39:46,990 and a roof that doesn't leak. And you'll have stacks of cash. 549 00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:48,920 I know. 550 00:39:48,940 --> 00:39:53,950 Don't often see you in a skirt and make-up, Lavinia. 551 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:55,950 Not unattractive, actually. 552 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,990 They have excellent rooms here. 553 00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:02,940 Instead of shaking hands on the deal, we could, you know... 554 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,920 Really, Selwyn. Certainly not. 555 00:40:05,940 --> 00:40:07,980 No harm in asking. I always do. 556 00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:10,920 You'd be surprised how often it works. 557 00:40:20,900 --> 00:40:21,990 What is it? 558 00:40:22,910 --> 00:40:25,930 See that indentation? It was made recently. 559 00:40:25,940 --> 00:40:28,960 And the other one. 560 00:40:28,970 --> 00:40:30,910 Made during the struggle? 561 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,970 Yes, by Marjorie Empson's walking-stick, I reckon. 562 00:40:33,980 --> 00:40:37,960 Which could be how the pictures and vases got smashed. 563 00:40:37,980 --> 00:40:40,900 She must have put up a hell of a fight. 564 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:46,920 A 70-year-old woman with a dodgy hip against two assailants? 565 00:40:46,940 --> 00:40:48,940 We're missing something here, Troy. 566 00:40:48,950 --> 00:40:50,980 How about the paperwork that was in the safe? 567 00:40:51,900 --> 00:40:53,930 It's to do with the Reading Club investments. 568 00:40:53,940 --> 00:40:55,990 Statements and cheque books and, you know. 569 00:40:56,900 --> 00:40:57,950 No, I don't know. 570 00:40:59,940 --> 00:41:02,950 Stuff to do with shares. 571 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,990 Is that from the business section of 'The Hawk', Troy? 572 00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:08,980 I made a list of the companies they had shares in. 573 00:41:08,990 --> 00:41:10,950 And where are they? 574 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:11,980 Where are what? 575 00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:14,960 The share certificates or whatever they're called. 576 00:41:14,970 --> 00:41:15,990 Not sure. 577 00:41:16,910 --> 00:41:19,960 I'm trying to find someone at the nick who understands all this stuff. 578 00:41:19,980 --> 00:41:21,920 All this stuff. 579 00:41:21,940 --> 00:41:23,950 MOBILE RINGS Troy. 580 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,920 Yeah? 581 00:41:30,980 --> 00:41:34,980 Right. Yeah. OK. Thanks. 582 00:41:34,990 --> 00:41:38,900 Sir! Door-to-door have turned up a witness. 583 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,900 Someone was seen in the village late on Monday night. 584 00:41:41,910 --> 00:41:42,940 Can they identify them? 585 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:45,970 Don't know yet. But Harry the Poolman's alibi checks out. 586 00:41:45,990 --> 00:41:48,900 He was in the pub till gone midnight. 587 00:41:48,910 --> 00:41:50,960 But there is something else. Yeah? 588 00:41:50,980 --> 00:41:52,920 Harry does have form. 589 00:41:52,930 --> 00:41:55,900 For embezzlement. 590 00:41:55,910 --> 00:41:57,940 He used to work in the City. 591 00:42:13,950 --> 00:42:15,970 I was expecting you. 592 00:42:17,980 --> 00:42:22,940 I was a currency trader. Big pay cheques, big bonuses. 593 00:42:22,950 --> 00:42:24,940 But I was stupid. 594 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,900 Instead of buying a Ferrari and sipping too much champagne, 595 00:42:28,910 --> 00:42:30,990 I played the stock market. And? 596 00:42:31,900 --> 00:42:32,990 I lost. Big time. 597 00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:34,970 But that wasn't the stupid bit. 598 00:42:34,990 --> 00:42:37,920 The stupid bit was using other people's money 599 00:42:37,930 --> 00:42:39,900 when I ran out of my own. 600 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,940 But I've paid my debt to society. No more deals for this boy. 601 00:42:42,950 --> 00:42:45,980 No? So what's all this about then? 602 00:42:46,900 --> 00:42:49,900 I have to follow the market, read the business pages. 603 00:42:49,910 --> 00:42:50,940 It's just a habit. 604 00:42:50,950 --> 00:42:53,900 Doesn't sound very healthy to me. 605 00:42:53,910 --> 00:42:57,940 I don't know what you want from me, Inspector. 606 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,930 But I'm a white collar criminal. 607 00:42:59,940 --> 00:43:02,980 I don't go round bashing up old ladies for their silver. 608 00:43:05,950 --> 00:43:07,910 What do you think of that? 609 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,940 It looks like someone's share portfolio. 610 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:16,910 It's the Reading Club's portfolio, actually. What do you think? 611 00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:19,980 Well, it's an interesting mix. 612 00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:22,940 Lots of blue chip stuff, very conservative, 613 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,910 plus a few wild cards. 614 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:26,990 What does that mean? 615 00:43:27,910 --> 00:43:30,910 Small companies that suddenly went through the roof. 616 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:32,920 A merger here, a buy-out there. 617 00:43:32,930 --> 00:43:35,940 It looks like the ladies timed it beautifully. 618 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:40,920 Perhaps they had inside information. In Midsomer Market? 619 00:43:40,940 --> 00:43:44,960 Tamsin Proctor for instance? She's married to a stockbroker. 620 00:43:44,970 --> 00:43:46,960 Is she? 621 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:50,960 Alright, Harry. 622 00:43:50,970 --> 00:43:52,970 Can we drop the 'I'm just the poolman, 623 00:43:52,980 --> 00:43:54,960 'what should I know about it?' act. 624 00:43:54,980 --> 00:43:56,950 If you don't help me that's your choice. 625 00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:58,960 But I'll take you in for questioning 626 00:43:58,980 --> 00:44:02,900 and I'll get forensics to turn this little hideaway inside out 627 00:44:02,910 --> 00:44:05,900 just for the fun of it. Hey, don't get bent out of shape. 628 00:44:07,980 --> 00:44:10,950 If Tamsin got inside information from her husband, 629 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:12,970 and that is a big if, 630 00:44:12,990 --> 00:44:15,990 I don't think she'd pass it on. Why not? 631 00:44:16,900 --> 00:44:20,980 Because she's not like that. 632 00:44:21,900 --> 00:44:24,950 You've got a soft spot for Tamsin, haven't you? 633 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:26,940 Yeah. 634 00:44:27,940 --> 00:44:30,970 She's one of the good guys. But she's got problems. Like what? 635 00:44:30,980 --> 00:44:33,950 Come with me. 636 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:35,950 Here. 637 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:40,920 These started turning up in the pool a few weeks back, one at a time. 638 00:44:40,940 --> 00:44:42,960 Did you show them to her? Yeah. 639 00:44:42,970 --> 00:44:44,990 She said it must be the kids next door 640 00:44:45,910 --> 00:44:47,910 and that I should throw them back. 641 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:49,900 Why didn't you? 642 00:44:49,910 --> 00:44:51,920 There aren't any kids next door. 643 00:44:51,940 --> 00:44:53,940 That family moved out over a year ago. 644 00:45:08,900 --> 00:45:09,970 What's that? 645 00:45:09,980 --> 00:45:12,920 That is nothing. 646 00:45:12,930 --> 00:45:15,950 It's a dead-end. 647 00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:17,950 Is it an anagram? 648 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:20,950 I was hoping it would be but no luck. 649 00:45:28,970 --> 00:45:32,900 There's an E missing, obviously. 650 00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,930 Why did you really want to sell your shares? 651 00:45:37,940 --> 00:45:40,900 I've told you everything I know. 652 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,980 You may have been the last person to see Marjorie Empson alive. 653 00:45:43,990 --> 00:45:46,990 Sooner or later you'll have to tell someone the truth, 654 00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:50,900 and it might as well be us. 655 00:45:50,910 --> 00:45:51,990 The truth. Wouldn't that be nice? 656 00:45:52,900 --> 00:45:53,930 Who's Maureen? 657 00:45:53,940 --> 00:45:55,950 What? 658 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:59,920 Maureen. Who is she? 659 00:46:02,900 --> 00:46:06,910 It's me. I'm Maureen. 660 00:46:10,970 --> 00:46:13,920 Where I come from, 661 00:46:13,930 --> 00:46:17,970 if you don't get out young, you don't get out at all. 662 00:46:17,980 --> 00:46:19,970 And I almost blew it. 663 00:46:19,980 --> 00:46:21,950 How do you mean? 664 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,960 I got pregnant. 665 00:46:24,980 --> 00:46:30,940 They took the baby away from me in hospital 666 00:46:30,950 --> 00:46:35,940 because I said I didn't want it. 667 00:46:38,950 --> 00:46:42,920 'Cause I thought that it would hold me back. 668 00:46:42,930 --> 00:46:43,930 Hold you back from what? 669 00:46:43,940 --> 00:46:45,920 All this. 670 00:46:45,940 --> 00:46:50,900 I was destined for better things 671 00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:53,960 and I didn't want a baby in tow. 672 00:46:53,970 --> 00:46:57,940 So... 673 00:46:57,950 --> 00:47:00,990 ..Maureen became Tamsin. 674 00:47:01,910 --> 00:47:06,910 I learnt how to dress, how to talk. 675 00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:09,970 I learnt how to read a menu. 676 00:47:09,980 --> 00:47:14,900 I worked hard, and it paid off. 677 00:47:14,910 --> 00:47:16,940 I met Selwyn. 678 00:47:16,950 --> 00:47:18,970 Did you tell him about your baby? 679 00:47:18,980 --> 00:47:20,930 God, no! 680 00:47:20,940 --> 00:47:23,980 He'd have never married me if I had. 681 00:47:24,900 --> 00:47:26,900 But... 682 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,990 ..I wanted my baby back. 683 00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:35,980 It was like an ache that wouldn't go away. 684 00:47:39,940 --> 00:47:43,920 Then I got a letter about a month ago. 685 00:47:43,940 --> 00:47:49,910 Peter's foster parents wanted to adopt him legally. 686 00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:51,980 So suddenly there wasn't any time. 687 00:47:52,900 --> 00:47:53,990 That's why I wanted to sell my shares. 688 00:47:54,900 --> 00:47:57,960 I don't understand. You're married to a very rich man. 689 00:47:57,970 --> 00:48:00,910 Selwyn's a control freak. 690 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:02,960 I have to negotiate for every penny. 691 00:48:02,970 --> 00:48:04,990 When Marjorie Empson told me about the club 692 00:48:05,900 --> 00:48:06,960 I jumped at the chance because 693 00:48:06,980 --> 00:48:09,980 I thought that I could make enough money to leave Selwyn. 694 00:48:10,900 --> 00:48:12,910 Have you told anyone about your baby? 695 00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,910 No. Not a soul. 696 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:18,910 Because someone knows. 697 00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:20,980 Well, it doesn't matter now, 698 00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:25,920 because I'm never going to get my baby back. 699 00:48:30,910 --> 00:48:32,990 I hear you found Marjorie Empson's silver. 700 00:48:33,910 --> 00:48:35,900 Yes. Say 'Ah'. 701 00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,950 Outside Ginny Sharp's house. And again. 702 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:40,970 Aaaaah. 703 00:48:40,980 --> 00:48:43,940 You've got to stop it, James. 704 00:48:43,950 --> 00:48:46,960 Everyone knows that Ginny Sharp likes to sunbathe in the nude 705 00:48:46,970 --> 00:48:48,920 and people are beginning to talk 706 00:48:48,940 --> 00:48:51,960 about your rambles along the bridle path. 707 00:48:51,980 --> 00:48:56,920 Yes, well she's such a gorgeous creature. 708 00:48:56,930 --> 00:48:59,920 Not the sort of woman I'd ever stand a chance with. 709 00:48:59,940 --> 00:49:01,920 And never will. 710 00:49:01,940 --> 00:49:03,960 Grow up, James. 711 00:49:03,980 --> 00:49:06,940 You've got Lavinia. You're lucky. 712 00:49:06,950 --> 00:49:09,900 Yes, fat lot of good she is. 713 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:11,990 I don't know what she's playing at lately. 714 00:49:12,900 --> 00:49:13,960 She was out all day yesterday. 715 00:49:13,980 --> 00:49:17,910 When I asked her where she'd been, she just mumbled and blushed 716 00:49:17,930 --> 00:49:20,900 and fled my presence. (CLEARS THROAT) 717 00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:23,950 What about my throat? Perfectly alright. 718 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:25,910 It can't be. 719 00:49:25,930 --> 00:49:28,970 Stay away from Ginny Sharp's house, James. 720 00:49:28,980 --> 00:49:31,960 You'll only get into trouble. 721 00:49:31,980 --> 00:49:35,940 Next, please. Mr Baker. 722 00:49:37,940 --> 00:49:39,920 Lord Chetwood. 723 00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:43,990 Is everything alright? 724 00:49:44,900 --> 00:49:45,950 No, it isn't actually. 725 00:49:45,970 --> 00:49:47,980 Your husband no longer takes me seriously 726 00:49:48,900 --> 00:49:49,980 and my wife seems to have deserted me. 727 00:49:50,900 --> 00:49:51,960 What do you mean, Lord Chetwood? 728 00:49:51,980 --> 00:49:55,900 She is either up on the roof or out cavorting I know not where. 729 00:49:55,910 --> 00:49:59,930 Sometimes, you know, I think I might be better off without her. 730 00:49:59,940 --> 00:50:01,970 Good day, Sandra. 731 00:50:01,980 --> 00:50:05,980 The witness saw someone hurrying through here about 10:30. 732 00:50:06,900 --> 00:50:08,940 They were heading towards the gate over there. 733 00:50:08,950 --> 00:50:11,900 It's a shortcut through to Hollybank Lane. 734 00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:12,980 Can they identify who it was? 735 00:50:13,900 --> 00:50:14,920 No, it was too dark. 736 00:50:14,930 --> 00:50:16,990 But there are only three houses in Hollybank Lane. 737 00:50:17,900 --> 00:50:18,980 That's empty. 738 00:50:19,900 --> 00:50:21,970 Kids are at school, the parents are in Switzerland. 739 00:50:21,990 --> 00:50:24,990 The elderly couple who live there are on a cruise, 740 00:50:25,900 --> 00:50:28,950 which just leaves the Lodge down at the far end. 741 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,970 Where Ginny Sharp lives. 742 00:50:31,980 --> 00:50:34,910 I've already told you. 743 00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:37,970 I had an early supper and went to bed. 744 00:50:37,980 --> 00:50:42,930 Someone was seen taking a shortcut through the churchyard at 10:30. 745 00:50:42,940 --> 00:50:44,970 What's that got to do with me? 746 00:50:44,990 --> 00:50:48,950 We have a witness says it was you, Mrs Sharp. 747 00:50:55,970 --> 00:50:57,920 Alright. Yes, it was me. 748 00:50:57,930 --> 00:50:58,960 Where had you been? 749 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:06,900 Marjorie Empson's. 750 00:51:06,910 --> 00:51:10,990 Would you tell us exactly what happened, please? 751 00:51:11,910 --> 00:51:13,940 I was about to go to the Reading Club meeting 752 00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:15,990 when a parcel was delivered to me. 753 00:51:16,910 --> 00:51:19,900 It contained a bathrobe from a hotel. 754 00:51:20,930 --> 00:51:25,990 I go to this hotel occasionally to meet a friend discreetly. 755 00:51:26,900 --> 00:51:27,990 Who was the parcel from? 756 00:51:28,900 --> 00:51:29,960 It didn't say. 757 00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:35,940 It was scary, like someone was sending me a message 758 00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,980 What did you do after you'd opened the parcel? 759 00:51:38,990 --> 00:51:42,900 I went to the Reading Club meeting. 760 00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:46,980 Only I didn't pay much attention because my mind was on the bathrobe 761 00:51:46,990 --> 00:51:49,950 and who might've sent it to me. 762 00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:53,990 And then after the meeting Marjorie said something to me. 763 00:51:54,910 --> 00:51:59,900 Ginny, I want to pick your brains about the Gardening Club lunch. 764 00:51:59,910 --> 00:52:01,930 What's the Feathers like? 765 00:52:01,940 --> 00:52:03,960 What? 766 00:52:03,980 --> 00:52:07,950 There was something about the way she looked at me when she said it 767 00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:10,930 and I thought, My God! It's you, you old cow. 768 00:52:10,940 --> 00:52:12,950 Did you say anything to her? 769 00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:14,970 No, not in front of the others. 770 00:52:17,900 --> 00:52:18,940 I went home, 771 00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:22,990 had a glass of wine and fumed. 772 00:52:23,900 --> 00:52:25,900 And then I thought, Sod it. 773 00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:26,980 I'm going to confront her. 774 00:52:27,900 --> 00:52:33,940 So I went around to her house and I got a typically warm welcome. 775 00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,950 What on earth do you want? 776 00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,950 Are you spying on me, Marjorie? 777 00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:41,960 What are you talking about? 778 00:52:41,970 --> 00:52:43,940 I'm talking about the bathrobe. 779 00:52:43,950 --> 00:52:47,920 Bathrobe? What bathrobe? 780 00:52:47,940 --> 00:52:49,920 The bathrobe you sent me. 781 00:52:49,940 --> 00:52:51,990 Have you been drinking? 782 00:52:52,900 --> 00:52:54,990 And then she mentioned Gerald 783 00:52:55,900 --> 00:52:57,940 and that was it as far as I was concerned. 784 00:52:57,960 --> 00:52:59,950 When you first moved into this village, 785 00:52:59,970 --> 00:53:03,910 darling Gerald said, "That woman is going to be nothing but trouble." 786 00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,910 That didn't stop him trying to stick his hand up my skirt 787 00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:09,950 every chance he got. How dare you. 788 00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:11,940 Gerald's reputation is notorious. 789 00:53:11,950 --> 00:53:14,900 No-one was safe. 790 00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:18,940 Your garden parties were the worst, when Gerald had been at the Pimms. 791 00:53:18,950 --> 00:53:21,940 'Old Wandering Hands', we used to call him. 792 00:53:21,950 --> 00:53:25,900 Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. 793 00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:33,940 She went berserk and she was trying to hit me. 794 00:53:33,950 --> 00:53:35,980 Then she dropped her stick and I grabbed her. 795 00:53:35,990 --> 00:53:37,940 She pushed me away 796 00:53:37,950 --> 00:53:39,990 and I almost ripped one of her sleeves off. 797 00:53:40,900 --> 00:53:41,970 Come on, it's alright. 798 00:53:45,910 --> 00:53:48,900 Marjorie. Are you alright? Marjorie? 799 00:53:48,910 --> 00:53:50,940 Get out. 800 00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:54,900 Get out of my house. 801 00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:00,960 But she was alright when I left her, I promise. 802 00:54:07,960 --> 00:54:11,930 I didn't kill Marjorie, I swear. 803 00:54:11,950 --> 00:54:14,980 Withholding evidence, that's a serious offence. 804 00:54:15,900 --> 00:54:18,920 Are you going to arrest me? 805 00:54:18,940 --> 00:54:22,940 No, but I'm going to ask you to come down to Causton Police station 806 00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:24,980 to make a formal statement, please. 807 00:54:25,900 --> 00:54:27,910 Of course. I'll do anything I can to help. 808 00:54:27,920 --> 00:54:30,980 I want to know who sent me that bathrobe. 809 00:54:31,900 --> 00:54:33,970 I want to know who's been spying on me. 810 00:54:46,970 --> 00:54:49,920 I've brought you a mug of tea. 811 00:54:49,930 --> 00:54:51,930 I think my glands are up. 812 00:54:51,950 --> 00:54:54,920 Actually, James, you're looking rather well. 813 00:54:54,930 --> 00:54:56,980 An illusion, Lavinia, I can assure you. 814 00:54:57,900 --> 00:54:58,940 Cod liver oil. 815 00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:02,970 I had an interesting conversation with Selwyn Proctor yesterday. 816 00:55:02,990 --> 00:55:05,980 Poor you. Seaweed extract. 817 00:55:06,900 --> 00:55:09,900 Actually, I met him for a drink. 818 00:55:09,910 --> 00:55:10,970 You did what? 819 00:55:10,990 --> 00:55:13,930 He made me rather an interesting proposition. 820 00:55:13,940 --> 00:55:16,920 Oh, Lavinia. I don't think I want to hear this. 821 00:55:16,930 --> 00:55:18,960 About the house. Vitamin C. 822 00:55:18,980 --> 00:55:20,940 What house? 823 00:55:20,950 --> 00:55:22,930 This house. He wants to buy it. 824 00:55:22,940 --> 00:55:25,940 (GAGS) Oh, James. 825 00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:28,900 The house needs millions spending on it. 826 00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:31,920 We'll never raise the money and Selwyn wants it badly. 827 00:55:31,940 --> 00:55:32,970 You know what he's like. 828 00:55:32,980 --> 00:55:34,950 He'll do it all up 829 00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:37,960 and have shooting weekends for his business chums 830 00:55:37,980 --> 00:55:40,900 and swan about like the lord of the manor. 831 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:41,980 Well, frankly, he's welcome. 832 00:55:41,990 --> 00:55:44,900 What's to become of us? 833 00:55:44,910 --> 00:55:46,920 We'll pay off our debts, 834 00:55:46,930 --> 00:55:49,940 and buy a cottage with a vegetable patch and have holidays. 835 00:55:49,950 --> 00:55:50,970 Holidays? 836 00:55:50,990 --> 00:55:52,990 We'll go to Paris. I don't like Paris. 837 00:55:53,900 --> 00:55:55,990 And New York. New York! 838 00:55:56,900 --> 00:55:59,900 James, please pull yourself together. 839 00:55:59,910 --> 00:56:02,920 We've got the public in this weekend 840 00:56:02,940 --> 00:56:04,990 and you've got to make one of your guided tours. 841 00:56:05,910 --> 00:56:09,910 Would you like me to make you some eggy bread? 842 00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:13,980 If you're satisfied this is accurate, 843 00:56:14,900 --> 00:56:16,960 would you sign just there? 844 00:56:22,930 --> 00:56:27,930 That bathrobe that was sent to you, which hotel was it from? 845 00:56:27,940 --> 00:56:31,990 The Feathers. It's on the London Road, the other side of Causton. 846 00:56:32,900 --> 00:56:35,940 And the friend you met there, was that Selwyn Proctor? 847 00:56:39,940 --> 00:56:41,940 Oh, god. 848 00:56:41,950 --> 00:56:43,940 Was it? 849 00:56:43,950 --> 00:56:45,900 Yes. 850 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:51,940 So it was you passing inside information to the Reading Club. 851 00:56:55,990 --> 00:56:58,920 How long has this been going on? 852 00:56:58,930 --> 00:57:01,900 Four years. 853 00:57:03,950 --> 00:57:08,920 Selwyn said he'd leave Tamsin when the time was right. 854 00:57:08,940 --> 00:57:10,980 It's as old as the hills that one, isn't it? 855 00:57:10,990 --> 00:57:13,900 Indeed it is. 856 00:57:17,930 --> 00:57:21,940 We didn't ask Ginny Sharp what Mrs Empson was wearing, did we? 857 00:57:21,950 --> 00:57:23,900 Sir? 858 00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:25,990 We assumed she was wearing her night clothes. 859 00:57:26,900 --> 00:57:30,960 But Ginny said she'd almost torn off one of Marjorie's sleeves. 860 00:57:30,970 --> 00:57:34,920 There were no rips in the clothes the body was found in. 861 00:57:34,940 --> 00:57:36,950 Come on, Troy. 862 00:57:51,980 --> 00:57:55,910 OK, that's what she was wearing when Ginny came round. 863 00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:56,980 I still don't see the significance. 864 00:57:57,900 --> 00:58:00,920 Bullard's theory is that there were two assailants. 865 00:58:00,940 --> 00:58:03,910 Marjorie Empson was hit repeatedly from behind, 866 00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:06,940 while someone else held her, leaving bruises on her upper arms. 867 00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:08,920 Are you saying Bullard is wrong? 868 00:58:08,940 --> 00:58:10,930 I think he's just wrong about the timing. 869 00:58:10,940 --> 00:58:13,900 Look, what does this blouse tell us? 870 00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:17,950 Ginny Sharp came here to confront Marjorie Empson. 871 00:58:17,960 --> 00:58:19,920 They argued. 872 00:58:19,930 --> 00:58:21,920 Marjorie attacked Ginny. 873 00:58:21,930 --> 00:58:24,930 Ginny grabbed her by the arms, leaving the bruises. 874 00:58:24,940 --> 00:58:26,900 And ripping the blouse. 875 00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:32,920 Then Ginny goes, Marjorie gets changed for bed. 876 00:58:32,940 --> 00:58:39,920 And then someone else turns up, and that someone else is the killer. 877 00:58:39,940 --> 00:58:42,940 Or Ginny comes back. No. 878 00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:44,970 I don't think Ginny Sharp's the murderer. 879 00:58:44,980 --> 00:58:46,960 Why not, sir? The timing for a start. 880 00:58:46,980 --> 00:58:48,940 Then we come back to the silver. 881 00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:52,920 Why would she get rid of it over her own garden wall? 882 00:58:52,940 --> 00:58:55,940 No, it could be a crude attempt to incriminate her. 883 00:58:55,950 --> 00:58:59,900 By someone who knew Ginny had had a barney with Marjorie that evening. 884 00:58:59,920 --> 00:59:01,920 That... 885 00:59:01,940 --> 00:59:04,910 Very good, Troy. 886 00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:06,920 Thank you, sir. 887 00:59:06,940 --> 00:59:09,990 OPERA PLAYS 888 01:00:56,750 --> 01:00:58,780 Oh, what are you doing here? 889 01:01:29,780 --> 01:01:33,760 RADIO PLAYS 890 01:01:41,720 --> 01:01:44,710 All the lights are on, sir, and I can hear a radio. 891 01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:46,710 Let's try round the back. 892 01:02:08,750 --> 01:02:11,730 Make the phone call, Troy. 893 01:02:33,790 --> 01:02:35,750 BELL RINGS 894 01:02:38,750 --> 01:02:40,730 Morning, Mrs Proctor. 895 01:02:40,790 --> 01:02:44,700 Thanks, Sandy. Cheers. 896 01:03:23,730 --> 01:03:27,740 Someone hit her over the head, then she probably fell in the pool. 897 01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:30,720 Maybe she was already in the pool. 898 01:03:30,740 --> 01:03:32,770 Most of the ashtrays were still on the bottom. 899 01:03:32,780 --> 01:03:35,730 I think she was retrieving them. 900 01:03:37,770 --> 01:03:40,700 She was only struck once by the look of it. 901 01:03:41,710 --> 01:03:44,720 Enough to knock her out, I suppose. So she drowned. 902 01:03:44,740 --> 01:03:46,760 Won't know till I've done the post-mortem. 903 01:03:46,770 --> 01:03:49,770 What's this ashtray business all about then, Tom? 904 01:03:49,780 --> 01:03:53,740 It was a message. 905 01:03:53,760 --> 01:03:55,730 Anti-smoking? Seems a bit harsh. 906 01:04:03,720 --> 01:04:07,710 I can't believe it. Ginny was an excellent swimmer. 907 01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:09,780 We are doing our best to establish what happened. 908 01:04:09,790 --> 01:04:11,740 You mean it wasn't an accident? 909 01:04:11,750 --> 01:04:13,710 It's too soon to say. 910 01:04:13,720 --> 01:04:14,780 Good god. 911 01:04:14,790 --> 01:04:16,780 Doctor Bradshaw, could I have a word? 912 01:04:16,790 --> 01:04:18,780 Yes, of course. 913 01:04:18,790 --> 01:04:20,770 Troy? 914 01:04:20,780 --> 01:04:23,760 Are you alright, Mrs Bradshaw? 915 01:04:23,770 --> 01:04:26,740 Yes, thanks. I'm fine. 916 01:04:26,750 --> 01:04:30,710 I'm sorry to have to ask, 917 01:04:30,730 --> 01:04:35,720 but can you remember what Marjorie Empson was wearing 918 01:04:35,730 --> 01:04:37,720 at the last Reading Club meeting? 919 01:04:42,730 --> 01:04:45,730 Ginny Sharp registered with me about four years ago 920 01:04:45,740 --> 01:04:47,770 when she moved into the village. 921 01:04:47,790 --> 01:04:51,730 She'd been through a very bad divorce, she said, 922 01:04:51,740 --> 01:04:53,740 and wanted something to help her sleep. 923 01:04:53,750 --> 01:04:55,780 Thank you, Mrs Bradshaw. 924 01:04:56,700 --> 01:04:59,790 The other thing I wanted to ask you about was the Reading Club shares. 925 01:05:00,700 --> 01:05:01,710 What about them? 926 01:05:01,730 --> 01:05:03,720 I've been looking through the paperwork 927 01:05:03,740 --> 01:05:06,740 and I can't actually, you know, find them. 928 01:05:06,760 --> 01:05:09,720 I'm afraid I can't help you there. 929 01:05:09,740 --> 01:05:14,700 Marjorie was in charge of the admin. I just did the sums. 930 01:05:16,700 --> 01:05:19,750 The Feathers Hotel used to be owned by a patient of mine 931 01:05:19,760 --> 01:05:22,740 and I was there one evening and saw Ginny in the bar 932 01:05:22,750 --> 01:05:25,700 with Selwyn Proctor. Did she see you? 933 01:05:25,710 --> 01:05:26,750 Oh, yes. 934 01:05:26,770 --> 01:05:30,700 Anyway, she came to the surgery a couple of days later 935 01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:33,760 with some minor complaint or other and started talking about Selwyn. 936 01:05:33,780 --> 01:05:35,740 Can you tell me what she said? 937 01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:39,750 She said it was all a terrible mistake. 938 01:05:39,770 --> 01:05:42,720 She was going to nip it in the bud and so on. 939 01:05:42,740 --> 01:05:44,750 I said yes, that's exactly what she should do. 940 01:05:44,760 --> 01:05:46,700 But she didn't. 941 01:05:46,710 --> 01:05:48,780 Well, no, of course not. 942 01:05:48,790 --> 01:05:53,740 I sit here day after day telling people to give things up 943 01:05:53,750 --> 01:05:55,750 but they hardly ever do. 944 01:05:55,760 --> 01:05:58,740 You've no idea how discouraging it is. 945 01:06:01,740 --> 01:06:03,710 These are new, aren't they? 946 01:06:03,720 --> 01:06:06,750 Yes. What happened to the old ones? 947 01:06:06,760 --> 01:06:08,790 People kept nicking them. 948 01:06:09,710 --> 01:06:12,750 Same with bathrobes and towels, I imagine. 949 01:06:14,770 --> 01:06:17,740 Ah! The very man we wanted to see. 950 01:06:20,700 --> 01:06:21,750 What the hell do you want? 951 01:06:21,770 --> 01:06:24,770 We wondered if you could tell us where you were last night. 952 01:06:24,780 --> 01:06:27,730 Are you trying to be funny? 953 01:06:27,750 --> 01:06:30,720 Sergeant Troy does sometimes make a stab at humour. 954 01:06:30,730 --> 01:06:33,760 This is not one of those occasions. 955 01:06:33,780 --> 01:06:37,700 Have you heard about Ginny Sharp? No, what about her? 956 01:06:37,720 --> 01:06:39,760 She's dead. 957 01:06:39,770 --> 01:06:41,760 We found her body this morning. 958 01:06:44,750 --> 01:06:46,780 I'm very sorry to hear that. 959 01:06:46,790 --> 01:06:49,780 Of course, I only met her a couple of times. 960 01:06:50,700 --> 01:06:54,730 We know about your relationship with her, Mr Proctor. 961 01:06:54,740 --> 01:06:56,710 So where were you last night? 962 01:06:56,720 --> 01:06:59,790 I was at a banquet in the City 963 01:07:00,710 --> 01:07:02,780 with about 400 other people. Then I stayed at my club. 964 01:07:03,700 --> 01:07:05,720 Lots of people there, too. 965 01:07:05,730 --> 01:07:10,710 Tamsin, my wife, is not a sophisticated woman. 966 01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:12,740 Her parents died young, she's no siblings. 967 01:07:12,750 --> 01:07:14,740 In fact, I'm all she has in the world. 968 01:07:14,750 --> 01:07:19,740 She'd be devastated if she found out about me and Ginny. 969 01:07:23,780 --> 01:07:27,720 Oh! Hello, Sandra. I hope I'm not too late. 970 01:07:27,740 --> 01:07:30,700 Any chance of seeing Rupert? Of course. Go straight in. 971 01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:34,740 Oh! Isn't it awful about Ginny? 972 01:07:34,750 --> 01:07:36,710 Does anyone know what happened? 973 01:07:36,730 --> 01:07:40,720 She was found in her swimming-pool. The police have already been here. 974 01:07:40,730 --> 01:07:41,780 I think they suspect foul play. 975 01:07:44,790 --> 01:07:47,750 Lady Chetwood's here. 976 01:07:49,700 --> 01:07:51,780 Is there any chance you could see James later? 977 01:07:51,790 --> 01:07:53,740 He's in an awful state. 978 01:07:53,750 --> 01:07:54,770 What's the problem? 979 01:07:54,790 --> 01:07:57,780 Selwyn Proctor wants to buy the house. 980 01:07:57,790 --> 01:07:59,740 I've been negotiating with him, 981 01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:02,750 but I hadn't told James because I knew it would upset him. 982 01:08:02,760 --> 01:08:04,790 And now you have told him? 983 01:08:05,700 --> 01:08:08,710 Yes, yesterday. 984 01:08:08,720 --> 01:08:10,750 And it brought everything on - 985 01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:13,750 the palpitations, the dizzy spells. 986 01:08:13,770 --> 01:08:16,750 And then when we heard the news about Ginny this morning 987 01:08:16,770 --> 01:08:19,770 he sort of passed out for a minute or two. 988 01:08:19,790 --> 01:08:24,720 Lavinia, please believe me, there is absolutely nothing wrong with James. 989 01:08:24,740 --> 01:08:25,760 It's all in his head. 990 01:08:25,780 --> 01:08:30,710 Yes, but that doesn't make it any easier for him, does it? 991 01:08:30,720 --> 01:08:35,780 You're a saint, Lavinia, you really are. 992 01:08:36,700 --> 01:08:38,780 Please say you'll come and see him this afternoon. 993 01:08:38,790 --> 01:08:42,710 Tell him the move will do him good. 994 01:08:42,720 --> 01:08:45,790 I've got to get him out of the house, for both our sakes. 995 01:08:46,700 --> 01:08:48,740 Of course I'll come. 996 01:08:48,760 --> 01:08:53,730 The roofing people are coming at 3 o'clock this afternoon 997 01:08:53,740 --> 01:08:57,710 to finish their report for Selwyn Proctor, so come about 4:00. 998 01:08:57,720 --> 01:08:58,760 I'll be there. 999 01:09:00,780 --> 01:09:04,770 It's the damp I can't stand. 1000 01:09:04,780 --> 01:09:07,740 James doesn't seem to notice. 1001 01:09:07,750 --> 01:09:10,750 500 years of breeding, Lavinia. He's damp-proof. 1002 01:09:12,750 --> 01:09:16,770 This is Alfred, my great-great grandfather. 1003 01:09:16,780 --> 01:09:18,760 Alfred died when he was 94, 1004 01:09:18,770 --> 01:09:22,720 though he spent most of his life in bed. 1005 01:09:22,740 --> 01:09:24,780 He had terrible health problems, you see. 1006 01:09:24,790 --> 01:09:27,710 Funnily enough, I have... 1007 01:09:57,780 --> 01:10:01,780 I've found another spot where the beams are exposed. 1008 01:10:03,760 --> 01:10:05,750 Oh, it's you. 1009 01:10:05,770 --> 01:10:08,750 I thought you were the roofing people. 1010 01:10:08,770 --> 01:10:11,780 ..My heart will beat quite normally for five minutes or so, 1011 01:10:12,700 --> 01:10:14,710 then suddenly... CRASH 1012 01:10:18,740 --> 01:10:20,740 (SCREAMS) 1013 01:10:41,790 --> 01:10:43,760 This is where she went over? 1014 01:10:43,780 --> 01:10:47,740 Yeah, and Lord Chetwood was right underneath 1015 01:10:47,750 --> 01:10:49,720 with a group of tourists. 1016 01:10:49,740 --> 01:10:51,760 They certainly got their money's worth. 1017 01:10:51,780 --> 01:10:57,700 If someone came up here and pushed Lady Chetwood off the roof, 1018 01:10:57,710 --> 01:10:59,740 they could've got back down those stairs, 1019 01:10:59,750 --> 01:11:02,770 got out the back of the house without anyone seeing them. 1020 01:11:02,780 --> 01:11:04,770 Pushed her? Surely she just fell. 1021 01:11:04,790 --> 01:11:09,760 I mean, look at it, sir, it's incredibly dangerous. 1022 01:11:09,770 --> 01:11:14,700 I mean, the whole lot looks as if it could just come down at any minute. 1023 01:11:14,710 --> 01:11:15,770 Are you alright? 1024 01:11:19,720 --> 01:11:23,730 I told her, the roof's been up there hundreds of years. 1025 01:11:23,740 --> 01:11:30,710 But she would go up there again and again fussing about. 1026 01:11:30,730 --> 01:11:33,740 Do you know what Lady Chetwood was doing up on the roof, sir? 1027 01:11:33,750 --> 01:11:36,780 Waiting for the roofing people, I expect. 1028 01:11:36,790 --> 01:11:42,700 I blame that man Proctor, it's his fault. 1029 01:11:42,710 --> 01:11:46,760 He's got men up there poking and prodding the roof. 1030 01:11:46,780 --> 01:11:50,740 That man will destroy me. 1031 01:11:50,750 --> 01:11:55,710 First my car, then the house, now my wife. 1032 01:12:04,770 --> 01:12:07,730 I can't find my zinc tablets. 1033 01:12:07,740 --> 01:12:10,780 Lavinia'd know. Oh, Lavinia. 1034 01:12:14,700 --> 01:12:18,700 What am I going to do? What will become of me? 1035 01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:20,780 Can I get you a doctor, sir? 1036 01:12:20,790 --> 01:12:25,700 No, no. The doctor's on his way. Doctor Bradshaw. 1037 01:12:25,720 --> 01:12:30,740 He'll know what to do. The doc understands. 1038 01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:35,730 Find out why the roofing contractor didn't turn up, Troy. 1039 01:12:35,740 --> 01:12:36,760 Sir. 1040 01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:42,770 What's happened? 1041 01:12:42,780 --> 01:12:45,730 Lady Chetwood was up on the roof, 1042 01:12:45,740 --> 01:12:48,720 and as far as we know, she slipped and fell. 1043 01:12:50,750 --> 01:12:51,780 God. 1044 01:12:54,770 --> 01:12:56,770 She was a saint, that woman. 1045 01:12:58,780 --> 01:13:01,740 In fact, that's the last thing I said to her. 1046 01:13:01,750 --> 01:13:03,700 When was that, sir? 1047 01:13:03,720 --> 01:13:04,730 This morning. 1048 01:13:04,750 --> 01:13:08,710 She came to the surgery and told me that James was in a state. 1049 01:13:08,720 --> 01:13:09,770 She asked me to come and see him 1050 01:13:09,780 --> 01:13:12,700 after the roofing contractor had gone. 1051 01:13:12,710 --> 01:13:15,720 Complete waste of time, of course. Why was that? 1052 01:13:15,740 --> 01:13:18,700 Because there's nothing wrong with him. 1053 01:13:18,710 --> 01:13:20,720 The man's as fit as a fiddle, 1054 01:13:20,740 --> 01:13:23,720 but his medical records take up a shelf in the surgery. 1055 01:13:23,730 --> 01:13:26,720 And now I'll have to add another chapter, I suppose. 1056 01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:31,770 Medical records, Troy. 1057 01:13:31,780 --> 01:13:34,760 What about them, sir? 1058 01:13:34,770 --> 01:13:36,720 Full of secrets. 1059 01:13:36,740 --> 01:13:41,730 I wonder if Tamsin Proctor was ever a patient of Doctor Bradshaw's. 1060 01:13:49,720 --> 01:13:51,730 Sir. 1061 01:13:51,750 --> 01:13:55,790 The roofing contractor had a message cancelling the meeting 1062 01:13:56,700 --> 01:13:57,750 with Lady Chetwood. 1063 01:13:57,760 --> 01:13:59,700 Was that a man or woman? 1064 01:13:59,710 --> 01:14:01,700 Doesn't know. He didn't take the call. 1065 01:14:01,710 --> 01:14:04,700 So who knew about the appointment? 1066 01:14:04,710 --> 01:14:05,790 Apart from Lord Chetwood himself, 1067 01:14:06,710 --> 01:14:09,730 only Doctor Bradshaw as far as I can make out. 1068 01:14:09,740 --> 01:14:10,750 Doctor Bradshaw. 1069 01:14:10,770 --> 01:14:12,780 If anyone knows what's going on around here 1070 01:14:13,700 --> 01:14:14,790 it'll be Doctor Bradshaw, won't it? 1071 01:14:15,700 --> 01:14:16,780 He may know about Tamsin's love child 1072 01:14:16,790 --> 01:14:21,740 but he does know about Selwyn's love affair with Ginny Sharp. 1073 01:14:21,750 --> 01:14:23,740 We'd better talk to him again, sir. 1074 01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:24,780 Yes, so we should. 1075 01:14:24,790 --> 01:14:28,770 And we must track down those Reading Club shares, 1076 01:14:28,790 --> 01:14:33,730 something the finest minds at Causton nick have failed to do. 1077 01:14:52,740 --> 01:14:55,700 Is that where they found her? Yes. 1078 01:14:55,720 --> 01:14:56,750 Is that blood? 1079 01:14:56,760 --> 01:14:59,770 Concentrate on the paperwork, Harry. 1080 01:14:59,780 --> 01:15:02,780 You know, this is all pretty bog standard stuff - 1081 01:15:03,700 --> 01:15:07,770 transaction records, statements, dividends, tax credits. 1082 01:15:07,780 --> 01:15:10,740 What about the shares? 1083 01:15:10,760 --> 01:15:13,760 There's no share certificates if that's what you're looking for. 1084 01:15:13,780 --> 01:15:15,710 They've been dealing online. 1085 01:15:15,730 --> 01:15:17,710 The shares will be in a nominee account. 1086 01:15:17,720 --> 01:15:19,730 What's a nominee account? 1087 01:15:19,740 --> 01:15:23,760 It's like a bank account, only it's got shares in it, not money. 1088 01:15:23,780 --> 01:15:26,730 Could you look that up on the computer? 1089 01:15:26,740 --> 01:15:28,720 Yeah, we've got the account number 1090 01:15:28,740 --> 01:15:31,790 but the chances are there's going to be some sort of password. 1091 01:15:32,700 --> 01:15:35,700 There you are. Try. 1092 01:15:52,700 --> 01:15:53,770 OK. Here we are. 1093 01:15:57,790 --> 01:15:59,780 'Enter password'. 1094 01:16:00,700 --> 01:16:02,720 Just as I thought. Sorry, folks. Game over. 1095 01:16:07,750 --> 01:16:09,740 Try 'Gerald'. 1096 01:16:09,750 --> 01:16:11,740 'Gerald'? 1097 01:16:11,750 --> 01:16:12,760 'Gerald.' 1098 01:16:15,730 --> 01:16:16,760 OK, 'Gerald' it is. 1099 01:16:19,760 --> 01:16:22,720 Hey. Hole in one. 1100 01:16:22,740 --> 01:16:23,790 You should be a detective. 1101 01:16:26,760 --> 01:16:30,790 According to this, the account's closed. 1102 01:16:31,700 --> 01:16:32,700 What do you mean? 1103 01:16:32,720 --> 01:16:33,790 It's been sold up. 1104 01:16:34,700 --> 01:16:38,720 The entire Reading Club portfolio has been converted to cash. 1105 01:16:38,740 --> 01:16:40,700 Well, that's it. 1106 01:16:40,710 --> 01:16:41,790 Marjorie Empson stole the money. 1107 01:16:42,700 --> 01:16:43,780 Somebody found out and killed her. 1108 01:16:43,790 --> 01:16:46,720 No, it can't have been her. 1109 01:16:46,730 --> 01:16:47,780 This account was closed yesterday. 1110 01:17:11,700 --> 01:17:12,740 Someone sent me this. 1111 01:17:12,750 --> 01:17:14,780 I thought it must be a mistake. 1112 01:17:14,790 --> 01:17:16,740 So I phoned the hotel. 1113 01:17:16,750 --> 01:17:20,710 Apparently, I called them and asked them to send me a bathrobe. 1114 01:17:20,720 --> 01:17:23,720 They were only too happy to oblige such a valued customer. 1115 01:17:23,740 --> 01:17:27,720 Oh, and they said they were looking forward to seeing us tomorrow. 1116 01:17:27,740 --> 01:17:31,720 We can have our usual room. Isn't that nice? 1117 01:17:31,740 --> 01:17:36,700 That particular situation is over. 1118 01:17:36,710 --> 01:17:38,760 Cheer up, Selwyn. 1119 01:17:38,770 --> 01:17:40,770 There'll be another. And another. 1120 01:17:40,790 --> 01:17:43,710 Only I won't be around to see it, thank God. 1121 01:17:43,720 --> 01:17:45,740 What do you mean? 1122 01:17:45,750 --> 01:17:50,740 You can give that to the other Mrs Proctor. I'm leaving you. 1123 01:17:54,710 --> 01:17:57,710 You're my wife, Tamsin. For better or worse. Remember? 1124 01:17:57,720 --> 01:17:59,720 Get out of my way, Selwyn. 1125 01:17:59,730 --> 01:18:01,780 No. I have invested heavily in you 1126 01:18:02,700 --> 01:18:04,720 and I don't allow my investments to walk away. 1127 01:18:04,740 --> 01:18:05,780 Let her go. 1128 01:18:05,790 --> 01:18:07,780 Get out of my house. 1129 01:18:08,700 --> 01:18:11,720 I'm younger than you and I'm stronger than you so let her go. 1130 01:18:11,730 --> 01:18:15,710 Thank you, Harry. 1131 01:18:15,720 --> 01:18:17,720 That's a pleasure, Mrs Proctor. 1132 01:18:19,750 --> 01:18:24,700 You're fired. Too late. I resigned. 1133 01:18:24,710 --> 01:18:26,770 Don't expect to be paid this month's bill. 1134 01:18:26,780 --> 01:18:28,760 That's alright. In fact, I owe you. 1135 01:18:28,770 --> 01:18:31,720 What do you mean? 1136 01:18:31,740 --> 01:18:34,710 This is by way of thanks, your commission. 1137 01:18:34,730 --> 01:18:37,770 Thank you for Apex Pharmaceuticals. 1138 01:18:37,780 --> 01:18:41,710 Thank you for Treetime Communications. 1139 01:18:41,720 --> 01:18:44,790 And thank you for China Seas Bank. 1140 01:18:45,700 --> 01:18:48,700 Cheers, Selwyn. You've been a pal. 1141 01:19:00,740 --> 01:19:02,780 With you in a minute, sir. 1142 01:19:02,790 --> 01:19:05,740 DOCTOR: Come in. 1143 01:19:08,730 --> 01:19:09,780 Can I have a word please? Yes. 1144 01:19:13,770 --> 01:19:15,700 Where's Mrs Bradshaw? 1145 01:19:15,710 --> 01:19:18,750 Gone up to Chetwood House to cook lunch for his lordship. 1146 01:19:18,770 --> 01:19:22,740 Amazing how men like that always find someone to mother them. 1147 01:19:22,750 --> 01:19:25,730 AUDIO FEED: I'd like to ask you, Doctor Bradshaw, 1148 01:19:25,750 --> 01:19:28,720 was Tamsin Proctor a patient of yours. 1149 01:19:28,730 --> 01:19:29,750 Yes. 1150 01:19:29,760 --> 01:19:36,730 Did you know her by her other name, Maureen Carter? 1151 01:19:36,740 --> 01:19:38,750 Yes, I did. 1152 01:19:38,770 --> 01:19:42,720 It was a typical bureaucratic cock-up. 1153 01:19:42,740 --> 01:19:44,770 Tamsin Proctor had two sets of medical records 1154 01:19:44,780 --> 01:19:46,720 under different names. 1155 01:19:46,730 --> 01:19:49,720 So yes, I knew about her child, but I didn't tell anyone. 1156 01:20:25,720 --> 01:20:28,780 Frankly, I'd prefer not to hear most of what gets said in this room. 1157 01:20:28,790 --> 01:20:32,750 Take that idiot James Chetwood, for example. 1158 01:20:32,760 --> 01:20:34,700 What about him? 1159 01:20:34,720 --> 01:20:40,770 He confessed to me ages ago that he had a crush on Ginny Sharp. 1160 01:20:40,790 --> 01:20:44,740 Then I hear gossip in the village that he's been spying on her. 1161 01:20:44,750 --> 01:20:46,730 What am I supposed to do about that? 1162 01:20:46,750 --> 01:20:48,750 I'm a doctor not a social worker. 1163 01:20:50,760 --> 01:20:52,740 Is that switched off, Doctor Bradshaw? 1164 01:20:52,750 --> 01:20:55,720 Yes. 1165 01:21:07,720 --> 01:21:10,750 The switch has been by-passed. It's permanently on. 1166 01:21:10,770 --> 01:21:13,720 You can hear everything through there. 1167 01:21:13,730 --> 01:21:15,700 Sorry, I don't understand. 1168 01:21:16,750 --> 01:21:19,760 James? 1169 01:21:23,720 --> 01:21:26,700 James, where are you? In here. 1170 01:21:44,780 --> 01:21:46,790 Doctor Bradshaw, 1171 01:21:47,710 --> 01:21:50,750 on the night Marjorie Empson was murdered, 1172 01:21:50,760 --> 01:21:54,750 you told us your wife was already in bed when you got home. 1173 01:21:54,760 --> 01:21:57,770 Did you actually see her in bed? 1174 01:22:00,720 --> 01:22:01,750 Doctor Bradshaw? 1175 01:22:06,710 --> 01:22:08,790 No, I didn't. 1176 01:22:09,710 --> 01:22:13,760 I assumed she was in bed. I saw a light under her door. 1177 01:22:16,760 --> 01:22:19,740 Ever since we moved here 10 years ago, 1178 01:22:19,760 --> 01:22:25,720 my wife has insisted we sleep in separate rooms. 1179 01:22:25,740 --> 01:22:28,770 I find it very shaming. 1180 01:22:28,780 --> 01:22:32,730 I prefer people not to know about it. 1181 01:22:34,780 --> 01:22:36,760 Troy? Sir? 1182 01:22:36,780 --> 01:22:39,720 Good work. Thank you, sir. 1183 01:22:49,740 --> 01:22:51,720 Hello, James. 1184 01:22:51,730 --> 01:22:53,790 Sandra, I didn't recognise you. 1185 01:22:54,700 --> 01:22:56,710 What have you got there? Lunch? 1186 01:22:56,720 --> 01:22:57,750 Just a few things. 1187 01:22:57,760 --> 01:23:01,700 I've moved out. 1188 01:23:01,710 --> 01:23:03,710 Moved out of what? 1189 01:23:03,720 --> 01:23:05,710 And I've brought money. 1190 01:23:05,720 --> 01:23:07,700 Look. 1191 01:23:07,710 --> 01:23:08,760 There's lots. 1192 01:23:11,730 --> 01:23:13,720 I'm sorry, I don't understand. 1193 01:23:13,740 --> 01:23:17,700 At long last, we can put our plan into action. 1194 01:23:17,710 --> 01:23:18,720 What plan? 1195 01:23:18,740 --> 01:23:21,770 You made your feelings clear to me 10 years ago when we first met. 1196 01:23:21,790 --> 01:23:26,750 My feelings? I know you care for me, James. 1197 01:23:26,760 --> 01:23:31,720 My dear good woman, you are labouring under a massive delusion. 1198 01:23:31,730 --> 01:23:35,700 Together we'll restore Chetwood House to its former glory 1199 01:23:35,710 --> 01:23:38,700 and I can nurse you back to health, James. 1200 01:23:38,710 --> 01:23:42,760 Let's face it, dear Lavinia wasn't up to much in the nursing stakes. 1201 01:23:42,770 --> 01:23:44,710 Lavinia? 1202 01:23:44,730 --> 01:23:47,700 Something had to be done and I was happy to do it. 1203 01:23:47,710 --> 01:23:49,740 Do what? What do you mean? 1204 01:23:49,760 --> 01:23:51,700 She was driving you out of your home. 1205 01:23:51,720 --> 01:23:54,730 You said to me yourself, you would be better off without her. 1206 01:23:54,740 --> 01:23:55,760 Do you mean that... 1207 01:23:55,780 --> 01:23:59,740 ..We'll move into the east wing, I think. Oh, my god. 1208 01:23:59,760 --> 01:24:03,720 It'll be easier to keep warm in the winter. Poor Lavinia. 1209 01:25:30,750 --> 01:25:34,720 I've been waiting 10 years for this, James. 1210 01:25:34,740 --> 01:25:36,760 I'm not going to give up now. 1211 01:25:50,760 --> 01:25:52,720 Get away from me. 1212 01:25:52,740 --> 01:25:56,700 It's alright, James. I'm going to take you in hand. 1213 01:25:59,760 --> 01:26:00,780 Mrs Bradshaw? 1214 01:26:04,720 --> 01:26:05,770 Oh, thank god. 1215 01:26:09,720 --> 01:26:11,730 Sandra... 1216 01:26:15,760 --> 01:26:17,730 ..you can come with me now. 1217 01:26:19,750 --> 01:26:22,700 Is Lord Chetwood expecting you? 1218 01:27:31,710 --> 01:27:33,740 Let's start with the car, Mrs Bradshaw. 1219 01:27:33,760 --> 01:27:35,750 The car? 1220 01:27:35,760 --> 01:27:37,730 Selwyn Proctor's car. 1221 01:27:37,740 --> 01:27:40,740 You mean James's car. 1222 01:27:40,750 --> 01:27:42,750 Selwyn Proctor cheated him out of it. 1223 01:27:42,770 --> 01:27:48,710 Someone had to stand up for James, and I was only too happy to do it. 1224 01:27:48,720 --> 01:27:49,780 By setting fire to the car? 1225 01:27:49,790 --> 01:27:53,720 I was merely making a point. 1226 01:28:14,780 --> 01:28:19,710 Tell us what happened at the meeting of the Reading Club. 1227 01:28:19,720 --> 01:28:23,730 There's nothing to tell. It was the same as usual. 1228 01:28:23,740 --> 01:28:27,750 But you went back to Marjorie Empson's later that night? 1229 01:28:30,730 --> 01:28:34,730 Why did you go back, Sandra? To make a point? 1230 01:28:36,700 --> 01:28:37,770 Yes. 1231 01:28:39,740 --> 01:28:42,730 I did all the Reading Club donkey work 1232 01:28:42,740 --> 01:28:44,740 and Marjorie Empson took the credit. 1233 01:28:44,760 --> 01:28:47,760 And I had to endure Marjorie's endless jokes 1234 01:28:47,780 --> 01:28:50,710 about my father being a bookmaker. 1235 01:28:50,730 --> 01:28:54,740 Still, you have to rub along with people, 1236 01:28:54,760 --> 01:28:56,740 that's what village life is all about. 1237 01:28:56,760 --> 01:28:59,750 But that Reading Club meeting was the last straw. 1238 01:28:59,760 --> 01:29:00,790 Why, what happened? 1239 01:29:01,710 --> 01:29:06,790 I discovered that I was the only one who hadn't been invited 1240 01:29:07,700 --> 01:29:09,710 to Marjorie's garden party. 1241 01:29:09,730 --> 01:29:12,750 I was left out for the first time in 10 years. 1242 01:29:12,760 --> 01:29:14,790 After all the work I'd done for the village. 1243 01:29:15,700 --> 01:29:16,750 Did you say anything? 1244 01:29:16,760 --> 01:29:18,720 Certainly not. 1245 01:29:18,730 --> 01:29:21,760 I went home and thought about it. 1246 01:29:21,770 --> 01:29:28,730 I thought, alright, if I'm not wanted, I'll resign. 1247 01:29:28,750 --> 01:29:32,750 So I went to inform Marjorie of my decision. 1248 01:29:35,710 --> 01:29:40,770 I heard raised voices from inside the cottage. 1249 01:29:40,780 --> 01:29:45,720 It was Marjorie arguing with Ginny Sharp. 1250 01:29:45,740 --> 01:29:49,760 I saw Marjorie try to hit Ginny with her stick. 1251 01:29:49,770 --> 01:29:53,710 Shut up! Shut up! 1252 01:29:56,760 --> 01:30:00,720 I waited until Ginny had gone. 1253 01:30:00,730 --> 01:30:04,750 Marjorie went upstairs so I went round to the back of the house. 1254 01:30:04,770 --> 01:30:07,770 I let myself in through the French windows. 1255 01:30:10,710 --> 01:30:12,720 What's going on? 1256 01:30:12,730 --> 01:30:16,790 Sandra, how did you get in here? 1257 01:30:17,700 --> 01:30:20,710 I'm resigning from the Reading Club, Marjorie. 1258 01:30:20,730 --> 01:30:23,780 You've come round here, in the middle of the night, 1259 01:30:23,790 --> 01:30:25,720 to tell me that? 1260 01:30:25,740 --> 01:30:31,780 And when I move into Chetwood House, you will not be welcome there. 1261 01:30:31,790 --> 01:30:33,760 When you what? 1262 01:30:33,780 --> 01:30:35,740 You heard. 1263 01:30:37,720 --> 01:30:39,780 (LAUGHS) 1264 01:30:42,720 --> 01:30:44,700 My God. 1265 01:30:44,710 --> 01:30:47,700 You're serious. 1266 01:30:55,740 --> 01:30:58,780 So Mrs Empson was lying there at your feet. 1267 01:30:59,700 --> 01:31:02,750 It wasn't my fault she fell down the stairs. 1268 01:31:02,770 --> 01:31:05,720 You picked up her stick, didn't you, Sandra? 1269 01:31:05,730 --> 01:31:08,740 She should never have said it. 1270 01:31:08,750 --> 01:31:10,730 What was it she said? 1271 01:31:35,760 --> 01:31:37,700 Bookie's daughter. 1272 01:31:41,720 --> 01:31:43,710 She gave me no choice. 1273 01:31:43,730 --> 01:31:46,750 And Ginny Sharp. Did she give you a choice? 1274 01:31:46,770 --> 01:31:51,700 She was flaunting herself in front of my poor James. 1275 01:31:55,710 --> 01:31:57,750 Ginny Sharp was a wicked woman. 1276 01:31:57,770 --> 01:31:59,780 I had to warn her off for James's sake. 1277 01:32:06,760 --> 01:32:08,780 She came out while I was there. 1278 01:32:08,790 --> 01:32:11,760 So I thought I might as well speak to her directly. 1279 01:32:24,740 --> 01:32:25,780 What are you doing here? 1280 01:32:25,790 --> 01:32:28,780 I want to talk to you. What about? 1281 01:32:28,790 --> 01:32:34,700 Lord Chetwood. I'm warning you, Ginny. Stop pursuing him. 1282 01:32:34,710 --> 01:32:37,740 Me? Pursuing James? 1283 01:32:37,750 --> 01:32:40,720 (LAUGHS) 1284 01:32:40,740 --> 01:32:42,790 That's the best laugh I've had in weeks. 1285 01:32:43,700 --> 01:32:46,740 You are brilliant, darling. 1286 01:32:46,750 --> 01:32:47,760 Give me a hand. 1287 01:32:53,750 --> 01:32:55,750 That's fantastic. 1288 01:33:01,740 --> 01:33:04,750 Tell us about Lady Chetwood, Mrs Bradshaw. 1289 01:33:04,760 --> 01:33:08,750 Poor James, no wonder his health was failing. 1290 01:33:08,760 --> 01:33:09,780 Lavinia was a dear friend 1291 01:33:10,700 --> 01:33:13,700 but she didn't have the first idea about looking after him. 1292 01:33:13,710 --> 01:33:15,740 She came to the surgery and told Rupert 1293 01:33:15,760 --> 01:33:18,760 that Selwyn Proctor had made an offer for Chetwood House 1294 01:33:18,780 --> 01:33:20,720 behind James's back. 1295 01:33:20,740 --> 01:33:23,720 GARBLED AUDIO: Selwyn Proctor wants to buy Chetwood House 1296 01:33:23,740 --> 01:33:25,710 I've been negotiating with him. 1297 01:33:25,720 --> 01:33:27,720 But I know it will upset James. 1298 01:33:27,740 --> 01:33:29,750 DOCTOR: Have you told him? Yesterday. 1299 01:33:29,770 --> 01:33:34,760 Please come and see him this afternoon. 1300 01:33:34,770 --> 01:33:40,790 The roofing people are coming at 3:00 so come after 4:00. 1301 01:33:41,700 --> 01:33:44,720 She mentioned the appointment with the roofing contractor 1302 01:33:44,740 --> 01:33:46,730 so I cancelled it. 1303 01:33:46,740 --> 01:33:48,760 I drove up to Chetwood House. 1304 01:33:48,770 --> 01:33:51,720 James was showing some tourists around. 1305 01:33:51,740 --> 01:33:54,780 I found Lavinia on the roof. 1306 01:33:54,790 --> 01:33:58,720 I want a word with you, Lavinia. 1307 01:33:58,740 --> 01:34:01,710 Well, fire away. Is it about the Reading Club? 1308 01:34:01,720 --> 01:34:04,720 No, it's about James. 1309 01:34:04,730 --> 01:34:06,790 James? My James? 1310 01:34:07,700 --> 01:34:08,740 Yes. 1311 01:34:08,750 --> 01:34:12,790 We've had plans to be together for some time, you see, 1312 01:34:13,700 --> 01:34:16,780 and we thought it only fair to tell you. 1313 01:34:17,700 --> 01:34:19,720 Plans? 1314 01:34:19,740 --> 01:34:21,720 Yes. 1315 01:34:21,730 --> 01:34:23,780 Oh, Sandra, dear. 1316 01:34:26,770 --> 01:34:28,760 Are you feeling alright? 1317 01:34:28,770 --> 01:34:32,740 Perfectly alright, thanks. 1318 01:34:40,770 --> 01:34:43,790 And as for Tamsin Proctor. 1319 01:34:44,700 --> 01:34:47,720 That frightful husband of hers was going to install her 1320 01:34:47,730 --> 01:34:48,770 at Chetwood House. 1321 01:34:48,790 --> 01:34:50,770 With her background. Can you imagine? 1322 01:34:50,780 --> 01:34:55,740 But I think you'll find I've put a stop to that, too. 1323 01:34:57,780 --> 01:35:02,700 Interview terminated - 16:52. 1324 01:35:08,740 --> 01:35:12,710 James will come round to my way of thinking in the end. 1325 01:35:12,720 --> 01:35:14,770 I know he will. 1326 01:35:14,780 --> 01:35:18,720 I don't mind waiting. 1327 01:35:23,720 --> 01:35:24,760 Moving on, are we, Harry? 1328 01:35:24,780 --> 01:35:27,750 Yeah. 1329 01:35:27,760 --> 01:35:29,760 I've had it with swimming-pools. 1330 01:35:29,770 --> 01:35:32,740 It's been a learning curve though, I'll say that. 1331 01:35:32,750 --> 01:35:35,760 Oh yeah, and what have you learnt? 1332 01:35:35,770 --> 01:35:40,740 The bigger your swimming-pool, the less time you have to use it. 1333 01:35:40,750 --> 01:35:41,790 That's deep. 1334 01:35:42,700 --> 01:35:44,740 He's good, isn't he, eh? 1335 01:35:44,760 --> 01:35:48,730 Yes, he is. So what's next, Harry? 1336 01:35:48,750 --> 01:35:52,730 Well, I haven't been entirely honest with you, Inspector. 1337 01:35:52,740 --> 01:35:54,720 Oh, really? 1338 01:35:54,730 --> 01:35:55,760 And I feel bad about it. 1339 01:35:55,770 --> 01:35:58,760 You see, when I said that I'd given up the stock market, 1340 01:35:58,780 --> 01:36:00,790 well, I hadn't. 1341 01:36:01,700 --> 01:36:03,740 Couple of years ago I got chatting to Tamsin 1342 01:36:03,750 --> 01:36:05,720 and I told her what I used to do. 1343 01:36:05,740 --> 01:36:08,700 She told me about the Reading Club and asked my advice. 1344 01:36:08,710 --> 01:36:09,790 I just couldn't resist, could I? 1345 01:36:10,700 --> 01:36:11,780 Inside information, that. 1346 01:36:11,790 --> 01:36:15,710 She didn't know I was using it. She's straight. 1347 01:36:15,720 --> 01:36:16,770 So I've made a bit of money. 1348 01:36:16,780 --> 01:36:18,780 Everything's packed away in here. 1349 01:36:18,790 --> 01:36:22,740 We're going to see if we can get her boy back just for starters. 1350 01:36:22,750 --> 01:36:27,730 It's going to be a change of lifestyle for you, isn't it? 1351 01:36:27,740 --> 01:36:30,790 Downsizing, they call it, don't they, Harry? 1352 01:36:31,700 --> 01:36:33,710 Anyway, I've had enough of big houses. 1353 01:36:33,720 --> 01:36:35,750 Well, for the time being. 1354 01:36:35,760 --> 01:36:39,720 I hope it works out for you. Thank you. 1355 01:36:39,740 --> 01:36:42,740 Oh, sorry to hear about your pension, by the way. 1356 01:36:44,790 --> 01:36:48,770 What do you mean? They've been cleared of malpractice, haven't they? 1357 01:36:48,780 --> 01:36:51,760 "Floods hit Central Asia". 1358 01:36:51,770 --> 01:36:54,710 Yeah, what's that got to do with my pension? 1359 01:36:54,730 --> 01:36:56,730 They've had to close the microchip factories. 1360 01:36:56,740 --> 01:36:59,700 That's where the spotty youths who run your pension 1361 01:36:59,720 --> 01:37:01,760 have been sending your hard-earned cash. 1362 01:37:01,770 --> 01:37:05,770 Still, try not to worry too much. 1363 01:37:05,780 --> 01:37:08,780 What goes down sometimes comes back up. 1364 01:37:17,780 --> 01:37:20,750 Funny thing happened the other day, sir. 1365 01:37:20,760 --> 01:37:23,740 Go on, Troy, cheer me up. 1366 01:37:23,750 --> 01:37:26,710 Lord Chetwood put me onto this chap. 1367 01:37:26,720 --> 01:37:28,710 He's a collector. He collects comics. 1368 01:37:28,720 --> 01:37:30,700 Really? 1369 01:37:30,720 --> 01:37:31,790 He phoned and asked about 'The Hawk'. 1370 01:37:32,700 --> 01:37:35,700 I've got them all, from the first issue, in really good condition. 1371 01:37:35,720 --> 01:37:39,750 Anyway, this collector wants to buy them. 1372 01:37:39,760 --> 01:37:42,730 You'll never guess how much he's offered. 1373 01:37:42,740 --> 01:37:44,720 It's amazing. 1374 01:37:44,730 --> 01:37:47,700 Go on, sir. Have a guess. 1375 01:38:11,780 --> 01:38:14,720 Closed Captions by CSI