1 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:13,530 Heartbeat, why do you miss when my baby kisses me? 2 00:00:19,830 --> 00:00:25,690 Heartbeat, why does a love kiss stay in my memory? 3 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:08,440 Hello, Mrs. Brompton. 4 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,920 Aunty Bay said there was some jobs needed doing. That's right. 5 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:13,160 Come through. 6 00:03:16,140 --> 00:03:18,920 We go back years, you know, me and Peggy. 7 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:20,920 Yeah, I heard. 8 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:27,260 You see, I'm moving into sheltered accommodation in a couple of weeks. 9 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:32,720 Yeah. I reckon you'll miss this place, though, eh? Oh, I'll miss my garden, 10 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:34,440 And my plants. 11 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:36,440 Right, well... 12 00:03:36,540 --> 00:03:37,478 What can I do for you? 13 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,300 Come through and I'll show you. 14 00:03:42,060 --> 00:03:47,420 Now, you know it's Aidan's field plough show over at the village hall tomorrow, 15 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:48,599 don't you? 16 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:49,640 Yeah, that's right. 17 00:03:49,860 --> 00:03:54,560 Well, I want you to enter this for me, but not in my name. 18 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:56,120 Oh, well, how come? 19 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,160 Well, it wouldn't have a chance, would it? 20 00:03:59,020 --> 00:04:01,480 Why not? Because he wouldn't let it, would he? 21 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:07,420 Who? Hector Blooming Plumpton, that pompous ass of a chairman of the 22 00:04:09,140 --> 00:04:14,240 Why? I fell out with him. As to why it were always his pals that won all the 23 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,240 glittering prizes. 24 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:16,700 Oh, I see. 25 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,820 Anyway, enter in your own name, and if you win anything, you can keep it. 26 00:04:22,820 --> 00:04:27,620 Oh, and if there's anything else you fancy, just help yourself. 27 00:04:28,900 --> 00:04:30,820 Can't take it with me where I'm going. 28 00:04:31,690 --> 00:04:32,690 All right. 29 00:04:33,090 --> 00:04:34,770 Oh, thanks, Mrs. Crompton. 30 00:04:45,050 --> 00:04:47,310 That was a spitfire, wasn't it? 31 00:04:47,530 --> 00:04:48,530 A hurricane. 32 00:04:48,710 --> 00:04:50,150 From Wing Commander's very own. 33 00:05:08,650 --> 00:05:09,650 Oh, David. 34 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:10,910 You shouldn't have. 35 00:05:11,710 --> 00:05:12,710 Eh? 36 00:05:12,930 --> 00:05:14,630 My favourite colour and all. 37 00:05:14,850 --> 00:05:15,850 Whoever did you know? 38 00:05:16,050 --> 00:05:17,050 Oh, no. 39 00:05:18,550 --> 00:05:21,730 I suppose Mrs Crompton, she wants me to enter it for the flower show. 40 00:05:22,170 --> 00:05:24,610 I've got one and all that she's given me that I'm thinking of entering, too. 41 00:05:25,330 --> 00:05:29,510 Oh, there's nothing like the sheer unadulterated excitement of a flower 42 00:05:29,510 --> 00:05:30,690 get the old pulses racing. 43 00:05:31,650 --> 00:05:34,190 Well, I suppose that depends, though, don't it, Mr Scripps? 44 00:05:34,950 --> 00:05:35,950 On what? 45 00:05:36,340 --> 00:05:39,680 And whether you think your prize petunias are going to be pipped at the 46 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,060 somebody's winter pansies. 47 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,680 Whether you cop for one of the prizes or not. 48 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:45,360 Look. 49 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:47,220 Don't mock, Vernon. 50 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:50,160 I thought Ashfordly puts up 50 quid for best in show. 51 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,080 Really? 52 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,700 Do you think that plant might be in with a shout, David? 53 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,500 Mrs Crompton must think so. 54 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,200 She said that I can keep anything that it wins as well. 55 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:04,240 You'd better get yourself a proper entry form, though. 56 00:06:04,910 --> 00:06:06,470 And where did you get one of those from, Bernard? 57 00:06:06,930 --> 00:06:10,610 Hector Plumpton's, the chairman. He runs that nursery over on the Eltenby Road. 58 00:06:11,110 --> 00:06:14,810 Right, David, you'd better get over there right away and get yourself an 59 00:06:14,810 --> 00:06:18,550 form. I'll tell you what, I'll come with you, give you a bit of moral support. 60 00:06:54,980 --> 00:06:56,880 Come on, Brownie. All right, all right. 61 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,260 Come on, Brownie, come on. Come on, Brownie, come on. 62 00:07:08,460 --> 00:07:08,860 So 63 00:07:08,860 --> 00:07:17,440 he 64 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:18,440 runs the place then, does he? 65 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:20,160 And gives lessons. 66 00:07:21,310 --> 00:07:24,790 So, have you fancied being taught to fly by a genuine Battle of Britain ace? 67 00:07:25,950 --> 00:07:29,050 He's your man, Wing Commander Andy Carters. 68 00:07:29,910 --> 00:07:33,410 DFC, scourge of the Luftwaffe, and heaven knows what else. 69 00:07:38,510 --> 00:07:39,810 So, what happened to his legs, then? 70 00:07:40,890 --> 00:07:44,210 Well, he got one of them shot off over the channel by a Messerschmitt pilot. 71 00:07:44,470 --> 00:07:46,130 He was a bit niftier than he was. 72 00:07:47,090 --> 00:07:49,670 Word has it he was bounced by an entire wing of them. 73 00:07:50,409 --> 00:07:52,470 Still managed to take a couple down with him, though. 74 00:07:53,370 --> 00:07:54,370 Here we go. 75 00:07:55,970 --> 00:07:56,970 Bellamy, isn't it? 76 00:07:58,730 --> 00:07:59,730 Morning, sir. 77 00:08:00,030 --> 00:08:02,130 This is P .P. Walker, Aidensfield Police. 78 00:08:02,430 --> 00:08:03,430 Walker. 79 00:08:03,690 --> 00:08:05,950 Here to inspect Athena the crime, presumably. 80 00:08:06,370 --> 00:08:07,370 Yes, sir. 81 00:08:07,450 --> 00:08:09,650 In that case, this way, gentlemen. 82 00:08:10,710 --> 00:08:11,950 It's always much taken, sir. 83 00:08:12,230 --> 00:08:13,230 I'll show you. 84 00:08:17,190 --> 00:08:18,190 What is it? 85 00:08:18,410 --> 00:08:19,910 It's an explosive wedge. 86 00:08:20,430 --> 00:08:22,530 What does it do? It blows holes in things. 87 00:08:23,310 --> 00:08:28,230 Doors, walls and bits of fuselage that people are trapped behind. 88 00:08:29,030 --> 00:08:32,390 I try to keep a few on the premises. You never know when something like that's 89 00:08:32,390 --> 00:08:34,049 going to come in handy around a place like this. 90 00:08:34,309 --> 00:08:35,309 How many were taken? 91 00:08:35,470 --> 00:08:36,409 A couple. 92 00:08:36,409 --> 00:08:37,929 Well, I wonder why they didn't take them all. 93 00:08:38,190 --> 00:08:39,190 Oh, they were interrupted. 94 00:08:39,929 --> 00:08:42,010 Presumably by the arrival of the security man. 95 00:08:42,929 --> 00:08:45,530 How is the poor chap, by the way? Still with us, I hope. 96 00:08:45,790 --> 00:08:47,190 Only just, I'm afraid, sir. 97 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,100 And he still hasn't regained consciousness. 98 00:08:49,620 --> 00:08:53,040 Good chap, Sam Shepard. Saw service in Korea, you know. 99 00:08:53,980 --> 00:08:55,620 What's the country coming to, eh? 100 00:08:59,420 --> 00:09:04,660 Woke up one morning half asleep With all my blankets in a heap And yellow roses 101 00:09:04,660 --> 00:09:11,600 scattered all around I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain Feel the 102 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,400 power of the rain Making the garden... 103 00:09:15,690 --> 00:09:21,730 I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain... Mr Plumpton, I presume. 104 00:09:22,030 --> 00:09:27,310 That is the Mr Plumpton chairman of the Aidensfield Floral Society. 105 00:09:27,790 --> 00:09:28,790 Yes. 106 00:09:28,970 --> 00:09:33,130 Well, I have a friend here who has a couple of plants he'd like to enter into 107 00:09:33,130 --> 00:09:34,130 the show this year. 108 00:09:34,390 --> 00:09:35,750 Are you a member of the society? 109 00:09:37,630 --> 00:09:43,350 Well, no, not as such, but he has every intention of joining as he's just got 110 00:09:43,350 --> 00:09:44,670 his allotment up and running. 111 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:46,359 Is that right, David? 112 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,500 Oh, yeah, that's right. 113 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,320 And what sort of plants are you thinking of exhibiting? 114 00:09:50,660 --> 00:09:53,660 As a society, we do have certain standards. 115 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:58,740 Well, one of them's definitely a fuchsia. A yellow one. 116 00:09:59,420 --> 00:10:00,420 A yellow what? 117 00:10:00,780 --> 00:10:04,160 A fuchsia. Um, I don't think so. 118 00:10:05,940 --> 00:10:07,640 Do you have a problem with fuchsias? 119 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:09,040 Yellow fuchsias. 120 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,500 Well, only that it's highly unlikely I would say that he'd have one to exhibit, 121 00:10:13,620 --> 00:10:14,920 or anyone else for that matter. 122 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,040 Why? Because, young man, no such plant exists. 123 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:22,220 Although a lot of people have spent a lot of money trying to develop one. 124 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:29,540 So, if we did have a yellow future, that would be worth a bob or two. A lot more 125 00:10:29,540 --> 00:10:34,440 than that. Look, if you must, go down to the office, find a form there, fill it 126 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,440 in, be down at the village hall by ten tomorrow. 127 00:10:38,830 --> 00:10:40,190 Well, she'd say it was her future. 128 00:10:41,250 --> 00:10:43,430 And she would definitely know, right? 129 00:10:44,270 --> 00:10:47,250 Well, there's nothing that Mrs Crompton doesn't know about plants. Well, 130 00:10:47,390 --> 00:10:48,850 according to me, Auntie Peggy, anyway. 131 00:10:49,250 --> 00:10:50,250 Really? 132 00:10:50,990 --> 00:10:56,610 Why do I get the feeling that the fickle finger of fate is suddenly pointing in 133 00:10:56,610 --> 00:10:57,710 our direction, David? 134 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,160 Sergeant Ganley? 135 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,760 Detective Inspector Ganley. Now, actually, Walker. 136 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:18,540 Congratulations, sir. Thank you. Is your sergeant in? 137 00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:19,900 Yes, sir. 138 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:24,560 Yes. 139 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:27,760 Detective Inspector Ganley, to be your sergeant. 140 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:29,880 Good evening, sir. 141 00:11:31,380 --> 00:11:35,400 This report you sent us about explosives being stolen from Cranley Airfield. 142 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:36,760 Oh, yes, sir. 143 00:11:36,950 --> 00:11:40,330 There's a firm operating in the Middlesbrough area using explosive 144 00:11:40,330 --> 00:11:41,590 break into security vans. 145 00:11:42,010 --> 00:11:44,250 And you think it might be the same mob who did the airfield job? 146 00:11:44,450 --> 00:11:46,330 We don't know anybody else using that sort of gear. 147 00:11:46,650 --> 00:11:50,790 And they must be getting their supplies from somewhere. So, any progress with 148 00:11:50,790 --> 00:11:51,790 the inquiry? 149 00:11:51,910 --> 00:11:53,110 Well, nothing so far, sir. 150 00:11:53,510 --> 00:11:56,170 What about the security guard who was clobbered? Has he not given you anything 151 00:11:56,170 --> 00:11:59,710 yet? No, and is unlikely to for some time, according to the hospital. 152 00:12:00,930 --> 00:12:03,850 Well, if you do turn up anything fresh, push it through to me. 153 00:12:06,060 --> 00:12:08,980 I gather you used to be in CID, Sergeant. 154 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:10,480 Yes, that's right, sir. 155 00:12:10,820 --> 00:12:12,700 Well, don't go getting any fancy ideas. 156 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,520 Let me know straight away. 157 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,300 Oh, and make that for my eyes only, will you? 158 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:23,120 Right, sir. 159 00:12:23,380 --> 00:12:24,380 Walker. 160 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:29,160 You know him, do you, Walker? 161 00:12:29,780 --> 00:12:32,820 He was a detective sergeant over at Middlesbrough when I was there. Bit of a 162 00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:33,820 high flyer. 163 00:12:35,050 --> 00:12:38,050 And so was Icarus, and the ground to him. 164 00:13:35,350 --> 00:13:36,930 So do we know how much they got away with? 165 00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:38,890 An entire month's payroll, apparently. 166 00:13:39,090 --> 00:13:40,090 £2 ,000. 167 00:13:40,230 --> 00:13:43,110 And no doubt in my mind it's our friends from Middlesborough again. 168 00:13:43,710 --> 00:13:44,710 Why the forensic? 169 00:13:45,130 --> 00:13:46,069 On the way, sir. 170 00:13:46,070 --> 00:13:48,490 Well, when they get here, tell them to take that car apart, if necessary. 171 00:13:49,590 --> 00:13:50,590 Sir? 172 00:13:51,950 --> 00:13:55,370 Anything? All he could tell us is that there was two of them, and they were 173 00:13:55,370 --> 00:13:56,249 wearing masks. 174 00:13:56,250 --> 00:13:58,450 But he did manage to get the number of the getaway car. 175 00:13:59,020 --> 00:14:00,660 Well, that's something, I suppose, you'd better check out. 176 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:04,000 It's almost certainly nicked if this gang are half as professional as Ganley 177 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:04,859 reckons they are. 178 00:14:04,860 --> 00:14:05,860 Right, Sarge. 179 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:12,880 Just the one night, is it, Mrs Parker? That's right, yes. I've just come up for 180 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:13,619 the flower show. 181 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:14,620 All right, lovely. 182 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:19,100 So, will I be seeing you at the flower show tomorrow, then? 183 00:14:19,740 --> 00:14:22,060 They're not really my thing, they're flower shows. 184 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,940 The word is, this year, Lord Ashfordly, as president of the society... 185 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,180 has lumbered his charming and handsome young estate manager with running the 186 00:14:30,180 --> 00:14:30,919 whole thing. 187 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:36,960 Really? And he, from what I hear, can't wait to offer a certain gorgeous young 188 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,920 doctor a drink and a sandwich over there at last night. 189 00:14:39,180 --> 00:14:41,320 If you put it like that, how could a girl possibly refuse? 190 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,600 Oscar, is that or is that not a future? 191 00:14:49,980 --> 00:14:51,720 Oh, don't ask me. Ask Alf. 192 00:14:51,980 --> 00:14:54,500 He's the one devoted to gardening these days. 193 00:14:55,150 --> 00:14:59,190 Right, Alf? Look, just because Mrs Ventress gave me a cold frame for my 194 00:14:59,190 --> 00:15:01,590 doesn't mean I've suddenly turned into Percy Thrower. 195 00:15:02,630 --> 00:15:06,070 Well, I'd say that was definitely a fuchsia, and not just any old fuchsia 196 00:15:06,070 --> 00:15:07,670 either. What do you mean? 197 00:15:08,030 --> 00:15:10,870 Well, growers have been trying to develop a yellow fuchsia for years. It's 198 00:15:10,870 --> 00:15:15,170 become a sort of holy grail of flowers, they reckon. And that is certainly 199 00:15:15,170 --> 00:15:16,170 yellow. 200 00:15:18,390 --> 00:15:21,730 Right, well, in that case, David, I think without further ado, we'd better 201 00:15:21,730 --> 00:15:22,730 this somewhere safe. 202 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:24,720 At least until the unveiling tomorrow. 203 00:15:25,140 --> 00:15:26,140 All right, Mr. Bowman. 204 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:33,060 Put 205 00:15:33,060 --> 00:15:45,200 me 206 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,420 through to Ruff, will you, please, Ruff? 207 00:15:52,170 --> 00:15:53,470 You like flowers, don't you? 208 00:15:55,510 --> 00:16:00,150 Well, I could take them or leave them, Sarge, depending on whether the park 209 00:16:00,150 --> 00:16:01,150 keeper's looking or not. 210 00:16:01,430 --> 00:16:06,150 Good. I'd say you were the ideal man for parking duty at the flower show today. 211 00:16:07,430 --> 00:16:09,890 Sarge, surely that's a job for a special. 212 00:16:10,690 --> 00:16:12,670 A personal request of Lord Ashfordly himself. 213 00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:15,670 I'm sure of the traffic chaos there last year cut through the local special. 214 00:16:16,210 --> 00:16:19,010 He'd prefer to see a real live police officer there this time. 215 00:16:19,730 --> 00:16:20,730 Thanks, Sarge. 216 00:16:21,980 --> 00:16:27,660 Bonjour. Good morning, is that the editor? 217 00:16:29,180 --> 00:16:30,180 Vernon Scripps. 218 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,580 Hobbs Scripps Funerals. 219 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,640 No, I don't want to put a death notice in. 220 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:42,240 Look, I take it you will be covering the Aidensfield parishes? 221 00:16:43,620 --> 00:16:47,520 Well, could I suggest that your representative gets in touch with me as 222 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:48,520 he gets there? 223 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:51,100 I could just have a story for all. 224 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,760 One of national, if not international importance. 225 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:02,660 Now then, David, you know the plan. We keep the future under wraps until the 226 00:17:02,660 --> 00:17:07,540 last minute. Right. Then, when the press have all assembled, we unveil it and 227 00:17:07,540 --> 00:17:11,240 sit back and watch the offers roll in. Right, let's get down there. 228 00:17:14,660 --> 00:17:15,660 Yes, 229 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,160 Walker? The getaway car, Sarge. 230 00:17:18,589 --> 00:17:20,650 Yes? Belongs to a local vicar. 231 00:17:21,170 --> 00:17:23,910 They've no idea, though, when it was stolen, because he was away at some 232 00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:24,910 conference or other. 233 00:17:25,089 --> 00:17:26,290 But where was it stolen from? 234 00:17:26,770 --> 00:17:28,750 Right outside his vicarage here in Ashfordly. 235 00:17:29,170 --> 00:17:30,170 Ah. 236 00:17:30,590 --> 00:17:34,590 Also, Sarge, the other car that was abandoned belongs to a local builder. 237 00:17:35,370 --> 00:17:39,110 Now, why would a gang who are planning a major hijack nick two cars locally? 238 00:17:39,790 --> 00:17:42,590 Why not steal them in Middlesbrough, if that's where they operate? 239 00:17:42,870 --> 00:17:43,910 Good question, Sarge. 240 00:17:44,690 --> 00:17:46,850 The words that was used to blow the security van. 241 00:17:47,180 --> 00:17:48,180 Counter forensics. 242 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,580 Find out if the serial number survived the blast. 243 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,000 I already did that. 244 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,540 And? Well, the one that was used was definitely one of the two stolen from 245 00:17:56,540 --> 00:17:57,540 Crenley. 246 00:17:57,980 --> 00:17:58,980 Excellent. 247 00:18:03,420 --> 00:18:04,420 Walker! 248 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:16,360 Further developments? 249 00:18:17,110 --> 00:18:18,110 Sort of. 250 00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:20,910 You perhaps heard about the security van that was hit yesterday? Yes. 251 00:18:21,210 --> 00:18:24,650 Apparently the blighters used an explosive wedge on it. One of yours, 252 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:26,690 according to the serial number on it. Really? 253 00:18:27,190 --> 00:18:28,190 Good Lord. 254 00:18:29,170 --> 00:18:30,390 That's what they wanted them for. 255 00:18:31,370 --> 00:18:33,210 If nothing else, original, I suppose. 256 00:18:34,790 --> 00:18:37,470 So how many people knew that you had the wedgie stored here? 257 00:18:37,730 --> 00:18:41,190 Quite a few, I imagine. People pass it here all the time. It's hardly a state 258 00:18:41,190 --> 00:18:45,290 secret. I can show you a list of the people I teach, flying club members and 259 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:47,530 on. Do you have any members from the Middlesbrough area? 260 00:18:49,530 --> 00:18:53,190 Not that I can think of, but the lads here can show you our records. 261 00:18:54,270 --> 00:18:55,550 Anyone hurt in the attack? 262 00:18:55,890 --> 00:18:56,990 No, not seriously, sir. 263 00:18:57,210 --> 00:18:58,350 Oh, that's a good thing. 264 00:18:58,870 --> 00:19:01,670 What about poor old Sam Shepard? Any news on him? 265 00:19:01,910 --> 00:19:03,110 Still unconscious, I'm afraid. 266 00:19:03,410 --> 00:19:07,170 But he will come round sometime, won't he? There's no guarantee, apparently. 267 00:19:07,610 --> 00:19:08,610 Oh, really? 268 00:19:09,570 --> 00:19:10,870 Ready when you are, Wing Commander. 269 00:19:11,430 --> 00:19:12,389 Thanks, Bill. 270 00:19:12,390 --> 00:19:16,420 Well... Excuse me, Constable, I have this daily appointment, you know, with 271 00:19:16,420 --> 00:19:17,420 Almighty. 272 00:19:22,340 --> 00:19:24,600 What does he mean by that? 273 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,800 Well, it says he sees it. 274 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,440 He says when he gets up there, it's like touching the face of God. 275 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:33,700 I reckon he would get somewhere. 276 00:19:48,330 --> 00:19:52,630 I will fly a yellow flippin' star in your sky. 277 00:19:54,290 --> 00:19:56,750 When the wind is high. 278 00:19:58,110 --> 00:20:00,330 When the wind is high. 279 00:20:03,030 --> 00:20:06,530 I will focus you to the moon. 280 00:20:08,330 --> 00:20:11,490 If you're not in store. 281 00:20:13,270 --> 00:20:15,250 If you're not in store. 282 00:20:17,710 --> 00:20:24,290 In letters of gold on a snow -white kite 283 00:20:24,290 --> 00:20:30,430 I will write I love you 284 00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:36,670 And send it showing I love 285 00:20:36,670 --> 00:20:41,730 you For all to read 286 00:20:41,730 --> 00:20:47,290 So you're Bill Pennington, right? 287 00:20:47,610 --> 00:20:49,070 You're the one who found Sam Shepard. 288 00:20:49,290 --> 00:20:50,670 Oh, me and Brownie here. 289 00:20:51,370 --> 00:20:53,730 We'd come on duty early, and there he was. 290 00:20:54,350 --> 00:20:56,890 Thought he was a goner at first, right, Brownie? I'll see. 291 00:20:57,250 --> 00:20:58,770 And how long have you two worked here? 292 00:20:59,190 --> 00:21:01,190 Ooh, seems like a lifetime. 293 00:21:02,930 --> 00:21:05,410 No, no, no, we knew the old Winko from the war, you see. 294 00:21:06,170 --> 00:21:09,530 Used to put his creek back together for him again every time he pranged it. 295 00:21:10,070 --> 00:21:13,310 And when we'd heard he'd bought this place, we was the first people to ring 296 00:21:13,370 --> 00:21:14,370 see if there's any work going. 297 00:21:14,570 --> 00:21:15,570 Oh, I see. 298 00:21:15,900 --> 00:21:19,600 Those explosive wedges they took, you'd find them on most airfields, would you? 299 00:21:19,660 --> 00:21:20,960 As part of emergency equipment? 300 00:21:21,340 --> 00:21:22,600 Well, fairly common, I'd say. 301 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,500 They're safe, are they? Well, they haven't blown up on our faces so far. 302 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,500 Then again, presumably you've never had cause to use them so far. 303 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:32,800 That's true. 304 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,900 I tell you, crazy like a fox, that one. Always was. 305 00:21:49,980 --> 00:21:52,080 Now, the old man said you wanted a list of members. 306 00:21:56,660 --> 00:21:58,220 Ah, everything all right for you, Mr. Plumpton? 307 00:21:58,620 --> 00:22:01,420 Seriously cramped, as usual. I don't expect we'll manage. 308 00:22:04,860 --> 00:22:05,860 Good grief. 309 00:22:06,060 --> 00:22:07,080 What's this when it's at home? 310 00:22:07,340 --> 00:22:11,780 Oh, it's, uh, snowy... Uh, snow on the... something. 311 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:13,359 Foreign, is it? 312 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:14,359 Oh, no. 313 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:15,780 No, I got it off a friend of me auntie's. 314 00:22:16,780 --> 00:22:20,640 OK. Well, stick it over there on my table. I'll see if Mr Plumpton can find 315 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:21,640 category for it. 316 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:24,280 And what's this? 317 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:28,000 You can put this down as a fuchsia. Any particular reason why you've got it 318 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000 stuck in a brown paper bag? 319 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:33,400 Well, let's just say that at this moment in time it prefers to remain anonymous. 320 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,200 I see. 321 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:36,880 Let's stick it over there as well. 322 00:22:39,060 --> 00:22:40,060 Scripts. 323 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:44,060 What the devil is going on? I just heard the reporter from the local rag on 324 00:22:44,060 --> 00:22:47,780 inquiring about some earth -shaking announcement I'm supposed to be making 325 00:22:47,780 --> 00:22:48,780 this afternoon. 326 00:22:49,060 --> 00:22:53,220 Journalist. Do you know, you can't trust them to get anything right, can you? 327 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:57,200 Well, he tells me it was you who told him. Well, and it... I mean, I didn't 328 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,320 that you would be making an announcement, Mr. Thornton. You didn't? 329 00:23:00,780 --> 00:23:03,300 If anybody's going to be doing that, it's going to be me. 330 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:09,860 By the way, when the plants are put out, we'd like to put ours out ourselves. 331 00:23:11,229 --> 00:23:13,210 You'll find us in the bar. Come on, David. 332 00:23:18,290 --> 00:23:19,370 Good morning. Can I help you? 333 00:23:19,830 --> 00:23:21,010 Just getting my bearings. 334 00:23:21,850 --> 00:23:22,789 Oh, sorry. 335 00:23:22,790 --> 00:23:23,790 My fault. 336 00:23:24,790 --> 00:23:25,790 Hello, you. Hello. 337 00:23:26,030 --> 00:23:26,969 You're early. 338 00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:28,150 I'm afraid I can't do lunch. 339 00:23:28,370 --> 00:23:29,750 Oh, then you've got time for a coffee at least. 340 00:23:30,070 --> 00:23:31,070 Yes. Good. 341 00:23:44,910 --> 00:23:47,030 Well, you've got yourself a nice little earner here, Oscar. 342 00:23:47,270 --> 00:23:50,910 For your information, Vernon, I do this job for the Floral Society every year. 343 00:23:51,230 --> 00:23:55,210 Free, gratis, and for nothing. And any profit goes straight back into the 344 00:23:55,210 --> 00:23:56,210 Society's fund. 345 00:23:56,610 --> 00:23:58,670 Oh, well, I'll have a small whisky with you then. 346 00:23:58,910 --> 00:23:59,910 No, you won't. 347 00:23:59,990 --> 00:24:00,789 Why not? 348 00:24:00,790 --> 00:24:01,790 We're not open yet. 349 00:24:04,010 --> 00:24:05,450 Mr. Vernon, you'd better come quick. 350 00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:06,750 Why, what's the matter? 351 00:24:07,970 --> 00:24:08,970 Just come with me. 352 00:24:11,930 --> 00:24:13,070 Oh, no! 353 00:24:13,930 --> 00:24:14,930 Now what's happened? 354 00:24:15,050 --> 00:24:17,090 We've been robbed, that's what's happened. 355 00:24:17,410 --> 00:24:20,030 We'll probably have a king's flaming ransom. 356 00:24:38,530 --> 00:24:39,530 Oh, it's true. 357 00:24:42,230 --> 00:24:43,230 Right, Vernon. 358 00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:45,720 What's this about some plant that's gone missing? 359 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,280 Not just some plant. 360 00:24:47,540 --> 00:24:49,160 A yellow fuchsia. 361 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:51,960 Why would anybody want to nick a fuchsia? 362 00:24:52,420 --> 00:24:54,760 You can pick one up at the market for about half a crown. 363 00:24:55,220 --> 00:25:00,700 This isn't just any old fuchsia. This fuchsia is the Shangri -La of fuchsias. 364 00:25:00,940 --> 00:25:03,140 Probably the rarest plant on the planet. 365 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,100 Worth a flipping fortune. 366 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:07,100 Right. 367 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:09,100 Is that right, Alf? 368 00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:11,400 It seems likely, aye. 369 00:25:12,219 --> 00:25:14,020 Right, well, where was this plant left then? 370 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,260 Oh, I put it up here behind this one. 371 00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:19,060 Yeah, obviously somebody knocked it over reaching out for it. 372 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,600 Well, it was definitely here ten minutes ago when I popped out for a coffee. 373 00:25:22,820 --> 00:25:24,500 Well, was anybody suspicious hanging about? 374 00:25:25,260 --> 00:25:27,680 Well, there was a woman. She had a camera. 375 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:29,520 The one I bumped into. 376 00:25:29,860 --> 00:25:30,860 That's right. 377 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,040 Right. 378 00:25:33,820 --> 00:25:34,940 What's going on, Sergeant? 379 00:25:36,420 --> 00:25:37,580 I beg your pardon? 380 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,540 Forensics tells me you've been under them. 381 00:25:39,790 --> 00:25:41,950 checking out the serial number on the wedge that was used. 382 00:25:42,170 --> 00:25:43,109 That's right. 383 00:25:43,110 --> 00:25:45,930 And they confirmed the wedge was one of the two stolen from the airfield. 384 00:25:46,350 --> 00:25:50,290 I could have told you that myself, Merton, if I'd thought for one moment it 385 00:25:50,290 --> 00:25:51,590 any of Uniform's business. 386 00:25:52,310 --> 00:25:54,830 Did you know that both the cars they used were stolen locally? 387 00:25:55,770 --> 00:26:00,350 So? Well, in view of the fact that the explosives used were also stolen 388 00:26:00,450 --> 00:26:02,690 doesn't that point to it being a local job? 389 00:26:03,690 --> 00:26:06,110 So you don't think it would be a big coincidence, then? 390 00:26:06,460 --> 00:26:10,720 for two different gangs to be using identical MOs on security vans within 20 391 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:11,720 miles of each other. 392 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:16,740 If you have any further inquiries for forensics or for anybody else, make them 393 00:26:16,740 --> 00:26:17,499 through me. 394 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:18,500 All right? 395 00:26:23,660 --> 00:26:24,660 Yes, sir. 396 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:29,080 And if you should manage to turn up anything else, be sure that I am the 397 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:30,080 to hear about it. 398 00:26:37,390 --> 00:26:38,390 What do you think, then, Sarge? 399 00:26:39,470 --> 00:26:40,890 I think it's a local job. 400 00:26:41,290 --> 00:26:42,510 We'll have a gandum, I think. 401 00:26:43,030 --> 00:26:44,030 So what do we do? 402 00:26:44,170 --> 00:26:45,170 Leave it to the ID? 403 00:26:46,610 --> 00:26:50,310 It would seem as if we had no choice in the matter, wouldn't it? 404 00:26:54,110 --> 00:26:57,790 Oscar, are you and Alf still in the private investigation business? 405 00:26:58,150 --> 00:26:59,610 Depends what you want investigated. 406 00:27:00,510 --> 00:27:02,450 Well, the theft of our future, of course. 407 00:27:02,730 --> 00:27:05,550 I thought the police were already looking into that. Alf. 408 00:27:05,950 --> 00:27:09,870 far be it from me to impugn your old profession, but I didn't get the feeling 409 00:27:09,870 --> 00:27:14,390 that Phil Bellamy was exactly chomping at the bit to get his magnifying glass 410 00:27:14,390 --> 00:27:19,470 and his deerstalker. You do realise this'll cost you? On this occasion, 411 00:27:19,630 --> 00:27:21,030 money is no object. 412 00:27:22,550 --> 00:27:23,550 Isn't it? 413 00:27:24,550 --> 00:27:26,230 So go to it, gentlemen. 414 00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:28,970 Gird your loins and go to it. 415 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:35,980 Have you seen the evening papers, Sarge? 416 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:40,020 No. It seems that gang from Middlesbrough had a bit of bad luck this 417 00:27:40,420 --> 00:27:44,240 Oh? Yeah, the explosive wedge they were using blew up in their faces, literally. 418 00:27:44,780 --> 00:27:47,240 As a result of which, two of them in hospital and the rest in custody. 419 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:48,760 Really? 420 00:27:49,340 --> 00:27:53,480 Incidentally, Sarge, I hope you didn't mind me not going through Mr Ganley as 421 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:58,320 ordered, but I rang an old mate of mine who's a DF over at Middlesbrough just to 422 00:27:58,320 --> 00:27:59,320 find out what was happening. 423 00:27:59,940 --> 00:28:02,700 I don't think anyone can object to you phoning an old friend, Walker. 424 00:28:02,980 --> 00:28:03,980 What did he say? 425 00:28:04,190 --> 00:28:07,150 Well, he reckons the gang have asked for their previous jobs to be taken into 426 00:28:07,150 --> 00:28:11,290 consideration. Including ours? Not all of them, except ours. In fact, they're 427 00:28:11,290 --> 00:28:13,510 categorically denying having anything to do with that one. 428 00:28:13,890 --> 00:28:15,450 And Gamley's furious about it. 429 00:28:16,450 --> 00:28:17,450 Oh, there he is. 430 00:28:22,250 --> 00:28:23,250 Bye -bye. 431 00:28:28,490 --> 00:28:29,570 Is that T -Rex? 432 00:28:30,350 --> 00:28:32,670 Oh, it seemed to have come out in some sort of rash. 433 00:28:33,950 --> 00:28:35,790 I've no idea where I got this from. 434 00:28:36,990 --> 00:28:39,690 Look, what do you think it could be? 435 00:28:40,390 --> 00:28:41,390 I don't know. 436 00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:43,970 I reckon you should get yourself down to the surgery. 437 00:28:45,930 --> 00:28:46,930 Yeah. 438 00:28:47,070 --> 00:28:49,430 Have you had any luck with that list of flying club members yet? 439 00:28:49,650 --> 00:28:52,470 Not yet, Sarge. Well, keep looking. Anyone with a criminal record, anything? 440 00:28:52,730 --> 00:28:54,550 What about the staff, casters and his crew? 441 00:28:54,750 --> 00:28:57,350 Yes, while you're at it, anyone who had anything to do with that airfield. 442 00:28:59,030 --> 00:29:00,610 You don't see a hand, Mrs Ventress. 443 00:29:02,010 --> 00:29:03,150 I don't know, Sarge. 444 00:29:03,790 --> 00:29:05,130 Have you yourself run to the doctors? 445 00:29:05,870 --> 00:29:06,870 Yes. 446 00:29:07,130 --> 00:29:08,130 Right away. 447 00:29:16,570 --> 00:29:18,410 Now then, Oscar, what's the problem? 448 00:29:18,930 --> 00:29:20,550 Well, uh, this is. 449 00:29:20,950 --> 00:29:21,950 Well, you as well. 450 00:29:22,330 --> 00:29:23,330 And me. 451 00:29:23,510 --> 00:29:25,030 What have you all been up to? 452 00:29:28,790 --> 00:29:32,410 Right, Sarge, I checked out the wing commander with the RAF, and according to 453 00:29:32,410 --> 00:29:34,610 them, he's everything he's cracked up to be, and more. 454 00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:39,210 In fact, he begged them to let him carry on flying even after he'd lost his leg. 455 00:29:39,450 --> 00:29:43,610 A regular Douglas batter, then, eh? I also checked up on his two mechanics, 456 00:29:43,790 --> 00:29:47,950 Pennington and Brown, and it seems that their war record wasn't quite as 457 00:29:47,950 --> 00:29:49,970 glorious as Winko's was. 458 00:29:50,270 --> 00:29:50,949 Oh, no? 459 00:29:50,950 --> 00:29:54,050 Well, they were part of his ground crew during the Battle of Britain, but they 460 00:29:54,050 --> 00:29:57,330 spent a lot of their time in custody, flogging black market petrol. 461 00:29:58,080 --> 00:29:59,860 and they've been in and out of prison ever since. 462 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,120 Now, what's he doing taking on a couple with that kind of form? 463 00:30:04,020 --> 00:30:07,760 Well, having met him, Sarge, I'd say he probably felt sorry for them. 464 00:30:08,260 --> 00:30:09,880 He struck me as that kind of fella. 465 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:11,940 You think we should have a word with him? 466 00:30:13,220 --> 00:30:14,720 Oh, no, not yet. 467 00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:19,020 He's obviously aware of the background, and he won't welcome us steaming in with 468 00:30:19,020 --> 00:30:20,020 unfounded accusations. 469 00:30:20,700 --> 00:30:21,900 So keep on digging. 470 00:30:22,740 --> 00:30:23,740 Exactly. 471 00:30:24,660 --> 00:30:25,660 Right, Sarge. 472 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,300 Now, obviously you've all recently come into contact with something that's 473 00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:32,300 caused this reaction. 474 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:34,660 Can any of you think what that could have been? 475 00:30:35,660 --> 00:30:40,340 Well, we were all at the flower show. At least four of us were. 476 00:30:40,580 --> 00:30:42,380 And you certainly were there, Mrs Parker. 477 00:30:42,620 --> 00:30:43,620 That's right. 478 00:30:43,740 --> 00:30:47,360 Can you think of anything that you might have touched or brushed against that 479 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:48,360 might have caused it? 480 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,500 There was a plant, I suppose. 481 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:52,600 Which plant? 482 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,460 The one that was knocked over. 483 00:30:54,740 --> 00:30:56,080 Oh, aye, we both handled that. 484 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:57,900 You two must have done as well. 485 00:30:58,620 --> 00:31:01,960 And what about you, Mrs Parker? Did you come into contact with it at all? Not 486 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:02,960 that I can remember. 487 00:31:03,180 --> 00:31:04,740 And what sort of a plant is it? 488 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:10,720 Well, you brought it. 489 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,060 Yeah, I don't know anything about it at all, do I? 490 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,780 Oh, but my auntie's friend Edie, she will, I reckon, because she gave it to 491 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,960 Right, David, I need you to find out what sort of a plant it is we're dealing 492 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,980 with here, just in case that's the source. 493 00:31:23,810 --> 00:31:26,410 And meanwhile, I want you all to get yourselves over to the hospital. 494 00:31:26,630 --> 00:31:27,850 We'll see what they make of it. 495 00:31:28,370 --> 00:31:30,850 I'll give them a call now and tell them to expect you, okay? 496 00:31:35,090 --> 00:31:38,010 Alf, meet me in the car. 497 00:31:48,670 --> 00:31:50,330 That Mrs. Parker back there. 498 00:31:51,090 --> 00:31:52,090 Well, what about? 499 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,020 Well, according to Liz, you and Ben Norton left her on her own in the room 500 00:31:56,020 --> 00:31:58,940 the plants were just before that fuchsia went missing. 501 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,500 But she reckoned she never went near the plant. 502 00:32:02,180 --> 00:32:04,180 Well, how come she got the rash as well? 503 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:07,640 Well, that's a better asker. 504 00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:10,440 You're a mind reader, do you know that? 505 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,620 No on the mountain, it's called. 506 00:32:18,060 --> 00:32:20,740 Oh, David, love, I should have warned you about that. 507 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:22,459 How do you mean? 508 00:32:22,460 --> 00:32:23,760 Well, cos it's poisonous. 509 00:32:25,220 --> 00:32:26,220 Very poisonous? 510 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,180 Oh, no, not very, but it can give you a very nasty rash if you fiddle with it. 511 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:32,660 Mind you, it clears up in a couple of days. 512 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,500 Oh, well, thank goodness for that, anyway. 513 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,280 Now, how did he get on with me future? 514 00:32:38,740 --> 00:32:42,060 Oh, I'd love to have seen their faces when they saw it. 515 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:46,440 They mocked me for years, you know, when I said I was going to try and grow one. 516 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,200 Well, that's the other bit of bad news. 517 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:50,760 Right, David? 518 00:32:51,430 --> 00:32:52,430 Oh. 519 00:32:52,750 --> 00:32:54,170 Yeah, er, right. 520 00:32:55,470 --> 00:32:59,150 Just keep a regular check. BP, what's the flu is now? 521 00:32:59,730 --> 00:33:00,990 16, I'd say. 522 00:33:01,890 --> 00:33:02,890 Keep an eye on that. 523 00:33:03,350 --> 00:33:07,170 Can I help you? I was wondering what the latest was on Sam Shepard. We'd like to 524 00:33:07,170 --> 00:33:08,170 come this way. 525 00:33:12,030 --> 00:33:13,590 As you can see, no change. 526 00:33:15,030 --> 00:33:16,310 So what's the prognosis, then? 527 00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:18,510 Well, put it this way. 528 00:33:18,970 --> 00:33:22,610 He won't be in any condition to sink his teeth into any of this lot before 529 00:33:22,610 --> 00:33:23,610 they've rotted. 530 00:33:24,190 --> 00:33:27,010 And whoever bought them must have cost a fortune. 531 00:33:28,390 --> 00:33:29,390 Who are they from? 532 00:33:30,210 --> 00:33:32,670 Whoever sent them. They didn't even put the name on the card. 533 00:33:32,990 --> 00:33:36,050 So they're not from one of his visitors, then? Oh, he hasn't had any visitors. 534 00:33:36,490 --> 00:33:37,710 He lives alone, you know. 535 00:33:37,990 --> 00:33:40,030 Keeps himself to himself, from what I can gather. 536 00:33:41,090 --> 00:33:45,910 Mind you, a Mr Carstairs has called to see how he was, of course. Two or three 537 00:33:45,910 --> 00:33:46,910 times. 538 00:33:47,290 --> 00:33:49,050 The wing commander cast us from the airfield. 539 00:33:49,350 --> 00:33:51,030 I believe he was in the raft once, yes. 540 00:33:51,250 --> 00:33:53,270 Now, he's very concerned about him. 541 00:33:53,850 --> 00:33:54,549 Do you mind? 542 00:33:54,550 --> 00:33:55,349 Help yourself. 543 00:33:55,350 --> 00:33:58,210 He's in no condition to read it, even if there's anything to read. 544 00:33:58,490 --> 00:33:59,490 There's nothing on it. 545 00:33:59,930 --> 00:34:01,610 Except for the name of the shop that delivered it. 546 00:34:02,450 --> 00:34:03,910 Thank you, love. You're welcome. 547 00:34:04,150 --> 00:34:06,050 I hope you enjoyed your stay. Oh, yes, it was lovely. 548 00:34:06,250 --> 00:34:07,310 Bye -bye. Bye -bye now. 549 00:34:08,270 --> 00:34:09,270 Mrs Parker. 550 00:34:09,550 --> 00:34:10,989 Oh, there you are again. 551 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:13,290 How's your rash? 552 00:34:13,590 --> 00:34:14,830 Much easier, thanks. 553 00:34:15,610 --> 00:34:19,570 Funny that, you getting it as well, even though you never touched the plant. 554 00:34:20,110 --> 00:34:23,370 Physically impossible, I would say. Now, why don't you just tell us what you've 555 00:34:23,370 --> 00:34:24,370 done with the fuchsia? 556 00:34:24,550 --> 00:34:27,510 Or shall we leave it to the police to talk to you about it? 557 00:34:28,469 --> 00:34:30,330 You think I took it? 558 00:34:30,590 --> 00:34:31,590 Didn't you? 559 00:34:33,510 --> 00:34:36,730 Look, I'm a magazine photographer, right? 560 00:34:36,989 --> 00:34:38,670 With the Yorkshire Gardener. 561 00:34:39,850 --> 00:34:44,670 And the only thing I took was his picture after I spotted it in here the 562 00:34:44,670 --> 00:34:45,670 night. 563 00:34:45,969 --> 00:34:49,250 And I was lucky to get that, I can tell you. How do you mean? 564 00:34:49,610 --> 00:34:55,170 Well, because that Hector Plumpton, the society chairman, he turned up and 565 00:34:55,170 --> 00:34:56,830 practically threw me out of my ear. 566 00:34:57,590 --> 00:35:00,470 Seemed to me he couldn't get rid of me fast enough. 567 00:35:00,970 --> 00:35:02,390 Now, why was that, do you think? 568 00:35:04,610 --> 00:35:05,610 Why, indeed. 569 00:35:08,850 --> 00:35:09,850 Can't be authentic. 570 00:35:10,330 --> 00:35:14,810 Yes, Sarge. And apparently he's never been off the phone to the hospital 571 00:35:14,810 --> 00:35:15,810 how Shepard's doing. 572 00:35:17,370 --> 00:35:21,290 But more importantly, they insisted on him paying cash. Wouldn't even accept a 573 00:35:21,290 --> 00:35:25,450 check. In fact, almost all of the shops in the area wouldn't allow him any 574 00:35:25,450 --> 00:35:26,450 credit at all. 575 00:35:26,490 --> 00:35:28,570 He owes a lot of money all over the place. 576 00:35:43,109 --> 00:35:45,250 Word has it he's up to his medals in debt. 577 00:35:45,790 --> 00:35:47,370 The only thing he owns up there is that hurricane. 578 00:35:48,310 --> 00:35:49,310 I see. 579 00:35:49,570 --> 00:35:53,450 Which perhaps also explains, if the three of them did do it, why he's been 580 00:35:53,450 --> 00:35:54,850 concerned about Sam Shepard. 581 00:35:55,670 --> 00:35:59,150 Perhaps what he's really concerned about is what Shepard might say if he does 582 00:35:59,150 --> 00:35:59,988 come round. 583 00:35:59,990 --> 00:36:01,290 There is that as well, Clyde. 584 00:36:02,170 --> 00:36:04,110 So what shall we do? Pass it on to CID? 585 00:36:06,070 --> 00:36:07,150 And tell them what, though. 586 00:36:08,339 --> 00:36:11,700 We've flushed out a pair of mechanics with more form than Arkell and a wing 587 00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:13,020 commander who can't pay his debt. 588 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,000 All we have at the moment are suspicions, Walker. 589 00:36:16,380 --> 00:36:17,380 Oh, no. 590 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,620 I think we need to turn up something a bit more substantial than that before we 591 00:36:20,620 --> 00:36:21,519 hand it over. 592 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:22,520 Right, Sarge. 593 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:24,240 Where's Bellamy, by the way? 594 00:36:24,540 --> 00:36:27,200 Oh, we got an urgent phone call. Something to do with stolen property. 595 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,820 Look, have you two any proof at all that it was Plumpton who took this plant? 596 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:40,040 Not really, no. 597 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:41,340 Then what am I doing here? 598 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:46,300 Well, what you're here for is to provide us with, well, bottom, really. 599 00:36:51,980 --> 00:36:52,980 Yes, Constable? 600 00:36:54,060 --> 00:36:55,540 It's about this plant, sir. 601 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,900 The one reported stolen from the flower show yesterday. 602 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:01,440 Oh, yeah, I heard about that. Have you caught the culprit? 603 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:03,360 Well, the point being, sir, that... 604 00:37:03,770 --> 00:37:07,650 These two gentlemen think there must be another, much simpler explanation. 605 00:37:08,230 --> 00:37:08,968 Oh, really? 606 00:37:08,970 --> 00:37:09,970 And what might that be? 607 00:37:10,290 --> 00:37:13,910 We were wondering whether it might have got mixed up with some of yours and been 608 00:37:13,910 --> 00:37:14,910 brought back here. 609 00:37:15,250 --> 00:37:16,730 By mistake, of course. 610 00:37:17,030 --> 00:37:18,750 Highly unlikely, I would say. 611 00:37:19,150 --> 00:37:22,590 Then you'll have no objection to us having a look around? 612 00:37:23,010 --> 00:37:24,010 I most certainly would. 613 00:37:24,770 --> 00:37:29,450 When I was a copper and someone took that attitude, it usually made me very 614 00:37:29,450 --> 00:37:32,470 suspicious and I'd end up getting a search warrant. 615 00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:34,540 A search warrant? 616 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,720 What, for tracking down some wretched fuchsia? Either way, that's a very nasty 617 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:40,140 rash you've got there, Mr Plumpton. 618 00:37:40,700 --> 00:37:44,060 You haven't come into contact with the same poisonous plant that we came into 619 00:37:44,060 --> 00:37:47,500 contact with yesterday, have you? You know, the one that was knocked over when 620 00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:48,660 the fuchsia went missing. 621 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,420 What are you suggesting, that I took it? 622 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,180 Oh, perish the thought. 623 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:58,280 No, it's just Mrs Parker, the magazine photographer, told us that she left you 624 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,280 alone in the room with the plants. 625 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,040 just before the theft was discovered. 626 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:07,020 I shall have a look around myself, all right? 627 00:38:07,780 --> 00:38:11,000 But I'm telling you this, this is a complete waste of time. 628 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,820 What chance have I got of getting a magistrate to sign a search warrant to 629 00:38:15,820 --> 00:38:18,020 for a flaming fuchsia? Well, I know that. 630 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:19,240 Alf knows that. 631 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,820 But Mr Plumpton doesn't. 632 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:24,180 Hey, would you believe it? 633 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:26,620 Look what I just found. 634 00:38:27,290 --> 00:38:30,990 It was stuck behind a couple of rose bushes. 635 00:38:31,230 --> 00:38:32,230 Good heavens. 636 00:38:32,530 --> 00:38:37,010 Obviously, as you were saying, it must have got mixed up with my stock. 637 00:38:37,330 --> 00:38:39,430 Well, I'll apologise to Mrs Crompton. 638 00:38:39,690 --> 00:38:44,030 Mrs Crompton? Yes, Mrs Edith Crompton. She cultivated the plant. 639 00:38:44,470 --> 00:38:46,970 She used to be a member of your society, I believe. 640 00:38:56,710 --> 00:39:01,330 What I still don't understand is why, if they did do the job, why go to the 641 00:39:01,330 --> 00:39:04,070 trouble of burgling the place for those wedges when they could have just helped 642 00:39:04,070 --> 00:39:05,070 themselves? 643 00:39:05,270 --> 00:39:08,890 Because they would know that we could trace the wedges back to the suppliers 644 00:39:08,890 --> 00:39:10,390 then quite possibly right back here. 645 00:39:11,430 --> 00:39:15,490 By making it look like a burglary, they not only covered the tracks, they also 646 00:39:15,490 --> 00:39:17,250 lay on a big fat red herring as well. 647 00:39:19,550 --> 00:39:22,510 Unfortunately, what they hadn't allowed for was the unexpected arrival of Sam 648 00:39:22,510 --> 00:39:23,510 Shepard on the scene. 649 00:39:25,260 --> 00:39:28,220 So give me five minutes, all right, and then get Bellamy to make that call. 650 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:29,840 Right, Sarge. 651 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:40,380 Ah, David, here we are. 652 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,720 One yellow fuchsia. 653 00:39:44,140 --> 00:39:45,520 Thanks, Mr. Blayton. That's fantastic. 654 00:39:46,220 --> 00:39:47,500 Is it burning around anywhere? 655 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:49,720 What's up? He's just gone home for his tea. 656 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,380 Oh, that's not a problem, is it? We'll catch up with him later. 657 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:56,800 Right. Oh, right. 658 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,740 So, Sergeant, how goes the investigation? 659 00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:06,360 Well, everything points to it being some sort of copycat job, really. 660 00:40:06,980 --> 00:40:07,980 Copycat job? 661 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:11,540 There's been a gang operating over in Middlesbrough using an identical MO. We 662 00:40:11,540 --> 00:40:12,900 think that's what gave them the idea. 663 00:40:13,380 --> 00:40:14,880 Them? The local gang. 664 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:16,200 Oh. Oh, I see. 665 00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:20,700 Cranley? 666 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:23,460 Yes. Yes, he is. Hold on. 667 00:40:24,330 --> 00:40:25,430 Police station for you. 668 00:40:27,930 --> 00:40:28,930 Hello. 669 00:40:29,730 --> 00:40:30,730 Yes, Constable. 670 00:40:33,110 --> 00:40:34,590 And what sort of shape is he in? 671 00:40:36,090 --> 00:40:37,090 That's terrific. 672 00:40:37,170 --> 00:40:39,190 I'll see you at the hospital in ten minutes. 673 00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:40,470 Right, Sarge. 674 00:40:42,950 --> 00:40:43,950 Good news. 675 00:40:44,250 --> 00:40:46,930 Yes. Sam Sheppard came round about an hour ago. 676 00:40:47,670 --> 00:40:51,770 And he not only remembers the car the bugglers used, he also got his number. 677 00:40:51,850 --> 00:40:53,210 if you'll excuse me. Surely. 678 00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:14,770 Why haven't you two seen David? 679 00:41:15,550 --> 00:41:17,190 Don't see Mrs. Crompton, he said. 680 00:41:19,090 --> 00:41:20,090 Oh. 681 00:41:20,710 --> 00:41:23,270 I said we should have nicked the car instead of using our own. 682 00:41:23,490 --> 00:41:24,690 Never mind about that now. 683 00:41:25,090 --> 00:41:29,350 What matters now is that the minute the police trace that registration back to 684 00:41:29,350 --> 00:41:30,470 here, they'll be back here themselves. 685 00:41:30,870 --> 00:41:33,450 We need to split the money and get out of here sharpish. 686 00:41:34,250 --> 00:41:35,250 Compass! 687 00:41:45,130 --> 00:41:49,090 Well, Sergeant, I suppose this is what's known in the trade as a fair cop. 688 00:41:49,450 --> 00:41:50,550 I don't understand it. 689 00:41:51,050 --> 00:41:55,410 Why would a man like you, a war hero, get himself involved in something like 690 00:41:55,410 --> 00:41:59,790 this? Unfortunately, Sergeant, being a war hero doesn't pay the rent, and it 691 00:41:59,790 --> 00:42:02,490 certainly doesn't pay for my daily communes with the Almighty. 692 00:42:04,250 --> 00:42:06,750 Besides, I was bored. 693 00:42:07,210 --> 00:42:08,850 Out of my mind, in fact. 694 00:42:09,390 --> 00:42:12,070 And planning and carrying out this robbery was... 695 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:15,660 I can't remember when I last had so much fun. 696 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,200 Well, that's something Sam Shepard is unlikely to have again. 697 00:42:22,180 --> 00:42:23,500 You said he'd come round. 698 00:42:24,380 --> 00:42:25,380 I lied. 699 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,400 Oh, I see. 700 00:42:29,740 --> 00:42:30,740 Oh, well. 701 00:42:31,580 --> 00:42:36,860 As you're obviously going to charge me and keep me in custody for the rest of 702 00:42:36,860 --> 00:42:42,260 life, could I just get a toothbrush? 703 00:42:43,130 --> 00:42:44,130 From the bathroom. 704 00:42:44,430 --> 00:42:45,590 Before you take me away? 705 00:42:48,370 --> 00:42:49,370 Be my guest. 706 00:43:17,109 --> 00:43:18,109 Where's the wing commander gone? 707 00:43:18,610 --> 00:43:19,610 In the bottom. 708 00:43:23,190 --> 00:43:25,910 You've got to add it to the old devil, though, haven't you? 709 00:43:43,190 --> 00:43:45,850 Right, get on to the RAF, somebody. I wouldn't bother. 710 00:43:46,270 --> 00:43:47,290 He's not going very far. 711 00:43:47,510 --> 00:43:48,510 You know where he's going? 712 00:43:48,990 --> 00:43:49,990 Nowhere. 713 00:43:50,250 --> 00:43:51,330 Except to meet his maker. 714 00:43:52,710 --> 00:43:53,709 What do you mean? 715 00:43:53,710 --> 00:43:56,590 Well, watch him. He'll turn and head for the coast. 716 00:43:57,130 --> 00:43:58,510 Where's he headed? Holland? Denmark? 717 00:43:58,990 --> 00:43:59,990 No. 718 00:44:00,430 --> 00:44:04,910 He's flying on vapour. The hurricane's got about five miles of fuel left. 719 00:44:06,150 --> 00:44:07,470 And he does realise that. 720 00:44:08,610 --> 00:44:09,610 Now, what do you think? 721 00:44:10,070 --> 00:44:12,290 Not really cut out for life in prison, the wing commander? 722 00:44:46,510 --> 00:44:48,290 I never had you for a glory hunter, Merton. 723 00:44:49,090 --> 00:44:50,150 No, you'd be quite right there. 724 00:44:51,250 --> 00:44:54,630 But if there's one thing I do object to, it's being ticked off in front of one 725 00:44:54,630 --> 00:44:55,970 of my constables for the likes of you. 726 00:44:57,910 --> 00:44:59,970 So I'd advise against that in future if I were you. 727 00:45:01,130 --> 00:45:02,950 If you want to hang on to that top set of yours. 728 00:45:04,130 --> 00:45:08,070 Now, if you'll excuse me, sir, being off duty, I happen to be enjoying a quiet 729 00:45:08,070 --> 00:45:09,070 drink with my wife. 730 00:45:19,820 --> 00:45:20,980 And you gave it back to her? 731 00:45:21,340 --> 00:45:22,600 Well, it was hers, Mr Vernon. 732 00:45:23,260 --> 00:45:26,080 I mean, all she said was that I could keep any prize money that it made. 733 00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:28,300 And what's she going to do with it? 734 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:30,580 Flog it to the highest bidder, I suppose? 735 00:45:31,540 --> 00:45:33,540 No. No, she's not going to sell it to anybody. 736 00:45:34,220 --> 00:45:37,020 She said it's going to live on the windowsill of her new flat. 737 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,060 Said it's going to die with her. 738 00:45:39,620 --> 00:45:40,620 Oh, great. 739 00:45:41,220 --> 00:45:42,940 And we didn't even get a handling fee. 740 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,520 After all the trouble I went to. 741 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,720 And just to fill your cup to overflowing, Vernon? 742 00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:50,240 Ah, Bill. 743 00:45:58,980 --> 00:45:59,980 Terrible. Shut up! 744 00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:02,480 Shut up! You get both barrels. 745 00:46:02,780 --> 00:46:07,500 Quite terrifying. Control to Delta Alpha 2 -1. Armed robbery at Redwood House. 746 00:46:08,540 --> 00:46:11,160 The offer is to manage their estate in Kenya. 747 00:46:11,740 --> 00:46:13,520 Kenya? Who's there? 748 00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:18,780 You've got to sort this out down at the station, don't you?