1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:16,860 --> 00:00:21,800 HEAVY BREATHING 2 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:36,880 DOOR BANGS VIOLENTLY 3 00:02:26,890 --> 00:02:28,840 What are you doing? 4 00:02:28,850 --> 00:02:32,800 Unlocking the church door. 5 00:02:32,820 --> 00:02:34,800 Why? We're gonna practise. 6 00:02:34,810 --> 00:02:37,820 On a Tuesday? Who gave permission? 7 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,800 I have a hotline to God. 8 00:02:40,820 --> 00:02:41,880 Blasphemous little whelk. 9 00:02:41,890 --> 00:02:46,800 I'm sure he thinks well of you, too, Reggie. After you, Emma. 10 00:02:52,830 --> 00:02:54,880 You are without doubt 11 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,880 the vainest, blatantest, loathsomest serial womaniser 12 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,880 in the history of adultery. I thought you was at the cash-and-carry. 13 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,870 Sue, you ain't leaving? No, Greg. You are. 14 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,830 Just to save me changing the locks. 15 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:18,810 Here, not me trousers. 16 00:03:18,820 --> 00:03:20,880 Why not? You hardly ever wear them. 17 00:03:24,860 --> 00:03:27,820 DOOR SLAMS 18 00:03:35,820 --> 00:03:38,890 You poor darling, has the worm finally turned? 19 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:40,880 Why didn't she have a go at you? 20 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,820 Because I'm clearly an innocent victim of your lechery. 21 00:03:58,890 --> 00:04:00,880 Sorry, Reggie, we're closed. 22 00:04:00,890 --> 00:04:03,820 Greg and I are terminating our marriage. 23 00:04:03,830 --> 00:04:06,810 That's the spirit. You're worth 10 of him. 24 00:04:06,820 --> 00:04:08,800 CHURCH BELLS TOLL 25 00:04:08,820 --> 00:04:10,840 Those bloody bells! 26 00:04:11,860 --> 00:04:14,820 Now I'm late for ringing practice. 27 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:22,860 Do come along, Marcus. 28 00:04:22,870 --> 00:04:24,800 Sorry. 29 00:04:24,820 --> 00:04:27,800 Evening, Reggie. Frances. 30 00:04:27,820 --> 00:04:30,860 Still doing it then, Marcus? Bell ringing? 31 00:04:30,870 --> 00:04:32,890 It's not a blood sport, Reggie. 32 00:04:33,810 --> 00:04:35,820 Be the death of him. Nonsense. 33 00:04:35,830 --> 00:04:40,860 Good healthy exercise. Inhaling dust along with wickedness. 34 00:04:42,860 --> 00:04:44,830 HORN BEEPS, TYRES SCREECH 35 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:47,870 BELLS CONTINUE 36 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,850 You alright? Mmm. 37 00:04:58,860 --> 00:05:00,840 Where's the church? 38 00:05:00,850 --> 00:05:01,860 Just follow your ears. 39 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:11,870 BELLS CONTINUE 40 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,890 Yes, no, of course not. 41 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,830 Yes, thank you. I am well aware of the payment deadline, 42 00:05:26,850 --> 00:05:28,890 And of the interest accruing thereafter. 43 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,830 Yes, and of the surcharge. Thank you. 44 00:05:33,860 --> 00:05:36,850 I'm writing you a cheque at this very moment. 45 00:05:36,860 --> 00:05:38,880 Figuratively speaking. 46 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:40,860 REGGIE: Hugh? 47 00:05:40,870 --> 00:05:44,840 Hugh, you in there? 48 00:05:44,860 --> 00:05:47,800 Oh, for pity's sake. 49 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,820 Hello, Uncle Reggie. 50 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:54,870 What's going on, Hugh? Are you moving? 51 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,800 Moving? No, of course not. 52 00:05:57,810 --> 00:06:00,830 Just decided, time for a change. Of decor. Going modern. 53 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:01,870 Ahhh. 54 00:06:01,890 --> 00:06:04,860 Made one of your killings then, have you? 55 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:09,840 Stock exchange. Yes. Yes. That's right. Yes. Just a few thou. 56 00:06:09,850 --> 00:06:11,840 Excellent. 57 00:06:11,860 --> 00:06:13,870 Proud of you, my boy. As always. 58 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,860 A rock in the morass. 59 00:06:15,870 --> 00:06:17,850 Thank you. 60 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,840 Joyce? How you doing? 61 00:06:37,860 --> 00:06:41,820 Oh, not bad, I suppose. For a novice. 62 00:06:41,830 --> 00:06:43,830 She's doing extremely well. 63 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:48,800 Maisie Gooch, parish archivist. My husband, Tom. 64 00:06:48,810 --> 00:06:49,840 Pleased to meet you. 65 00:06:49,860 --> 00:06:51,870 Have you nearly finished? Only Troy's... 66 00:06:51,890 --> 00:06:53,830 CHURCH BELLS I'm so sorry. 67 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:57,800 Bellringers, a law unto themselves. Always have been. 68 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:04,890 BELLS CONTINUE 69 00:07:30,860 --> 00:07:32,890 You're still not feeling it, Emma. 70 00:07:33,810 --> 00:07:35,810 You're not quite there on the stroke. 71 00:07:36,820 --> 00:07:37,880 Can I help, mate? 72 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,880 Uh, no. Thanks. I was just leaving. 73 00:07:47,890 --> 00:07:50,800 Oh, sorry, thank you. 74 00:08:03,890 --> 00:08:05,830 Stand. 75 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:09,840 You're late. You're all late. 76 00:08:09,850 --> 00:08:13,800 And what the bloody hell d'you think you're playing at, Greg? 77 00:08:13,820 --> 00:08:17,810 Did I mention fancy dress? I need a bed for the night. 78 00:08:17,820 --> 00:08:19,800 Yeah, well don't look at Emma. 79 00:08:24,820 --> 00:08:26,880 CHURCH BELLS TOLL Isn't that just...England! 80 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,830 They're practising again in a couple of days if you're interested. 81 00:08:30,850 --> 00:08:32,810 Oh, yes. Thank you, Troy. 82 00:08:32,820 --> 00:08:33,880 There was a notice in the church. 83 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,830 They're getting ready for a striking competition. 84 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:38,840 You'll be in line if you don't shut up. 85 00:08:38,850 --> 00:08:41,800 Guess who was there. Head honcho bell ringer. 86 00:08:41,820 --> 00:08:43,850 Who? Jobsworth. Peter Fogden. From the station. 87 00:08:43,870 --> 00:08:47,820 The maintenance guy? He of the cubby hole and the betting slips. 88 00:08:47,830 --> 00:08:49,830 He's got a secret life. 89 00:08:57,850 --> 00:08:59,810 That's all. 90 00:08:59,820 --> 00:09:01,840 Stand. 91 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:07,800 That was crap. 92 00:09:07,810 --> 00:09:08,830 Yeah, well. It's you. 93 00:09:08,850 --> 00:09:11,820 Confusing us with your calls. Why can't you trust us? 94 00:09:11,830 --> 00:09:12,880 We know the changes. 95 00:09:12,890 --> 00:09:16,870 Knowing's one thing, remembering's clearly another. 96 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:18,850 Look to. 97 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:23,810 Look to, treble's going. 98 00:09:23,820 --> 00:09:25,820 She's gone. 99 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:32,870 Go Grandsire doubles. 100 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:46,830 Morning. 101 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:47,880 Morning, Angie. 102 00:09:51,820 --> 00:09:52,860 Is he back? 103 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,870 Certainly not. Back is not an option. 104 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,880 I daresay he'll fall on his feet. 105 00:09:58,890 --> 00:10:02,800 Either his feet or the missionary position. 106 00:10:02,810 --> 00:10:04,850 Do you care? 107 00:10:04,860 --> 00:10:06,880 Me? Course not. 108 00:10:06,890 --> 00:10:10,840 It will mean more work. And less canoodling behind the freezer. 109 00:10:10,850 --> 00:10:13,880 Canoodling? Me and Greg? 110 00:10:13,890 --> 00:10:17,870 It's a euphemism, Angie. The real word's much shorter. 111 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:28,830 So where you going? 112 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,850 London. London? 113 00:10:30,870 --> 00:10:33,830 Yes, you know, that big place with shops. 114 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,830 I'm having lunch with my husband. 115 00:10:38,830 --> 00:10:40,880 So, I can stay then? 116 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,810 Of course, my bristly bit of rough. 117 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:48,860 Until I get bored with you. 118 00:10:51,830 --> 00:10:53,860 Do be sure to feed the dogs. 119 00:10:59,830 --> 00:11:02,840 You don't find yourself being drawn into it then, sir? 120 00:11:03,660 --> 00:11:06,650 What? The fascinating world of brass rubbing. 121 00:11:06,660 --> 00:11:07,690 Strangely, Troy, no. 122 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,680 (ALL CHEER) 123 00:11:11,690 --> 00:11:15,640 FOGDEN: C'mon, my boy! Go on, my son! 124 00:11:15,650 --> 00:11:18,650 Go on! Go on! 125 00:11:18,660 --> 00:11:22,680 Oh yes! Oh you beauty! 126 00:11:24,660 --> 00:11:28,610 He won, Mr Barnaby! Ring-a-Ding did it for us! 127 00:11:28,620 --> 00:11:30,650 Ring-a-Ding a-ding! 128 00:11:30,660 --> 00:11:31,690 Us? 129 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:37,630 No! No! Us! Me and the team at Midsomer Wellow. The bell ringers. 130 00:11:37,650 --> 00:11:39,690 We pooled our stake money, put it on the nose, 131 00:11:40,610 --> 00:11:44,620 and Ring-a-Ding's come in at a hundred to zonking one. 132 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,670 We've made 30 grand. 30 grand! 133 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:50,680 Only one way to celebrate. 134 00:11:52,630 --> 00:11:54,620 Ha-ha-ha-ha. 135 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,650 CHURCH BELLS 136 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:44,600 Blasphemous whelks, Spitfire. The lot of 'em. 137 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,670 We're closing now, Hugh. 138 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:53,620 The pub is open. 139 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,690 No. I find your herbal teas far more efficacious. 140 00:13:14,660 --> 00:13:17,650 So, is God's gift sharing his winnings with you then? 141 00:13:17,660 --> 00:13:19,600 I should hardly think so. 142 00:13:19,610 --> 00:13:21,620 Why not? 143 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,610 He took the stake money from the till. I saw him. 144 00:13:24,620 --> 00:13:27,640 Your till. Your money. You're entitled to at least half. 145 00:13:27,650 --> 00:13:30,610 Angie, my dear, the sum is trifling. 146 00:13:33,650 --> 00:13:37,610 I simply cannot imagine Sue being so terribly mean-minded. 147 00:13:45,660 --> 00:13:47,660 Keep the change. 148 00:13:51,650 --> 00:13:54,650 Goodnight, Sue. 149 00:14:06,610 --> 00:14:08,680 I couldn't spoil it for 'em, Ros, could I? 150 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,650 I am not accustomed to being kept waiting. 151 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:21,620 Course you're not. 152 00:14:21,630 --> 00:14:23,650 And beer fumes are not an aphrodisiac. 153 00:14:23,660 --> 00:14:25,650 No. 154 00:14:25,660 --> 00:14:27,600 Look, Ros. 155 00:14:27,610 --> 00:14:29,690 I'm sorry. Really. 156 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,670 DOGS BARK Oh, sod it. What they barkin' for? 157 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,630 I don't know. I don't speak labrador. 158 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,640 (CHUCKLES) Maybe I never shut the door properly. 159 00:14:43,670 --> 00:14:45,670 You go on up while I check, yeah? 160 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,640 And I'll clean my teeth on the way back. 161 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,600 Well? 162 00:15:15,610 --> 00:15:18,610 Nothing. And no beer fumes neither. 163 00:15:22,620 --> 00:15:24,610 Nothing? 164 00:15:24,620 --> 00:15:27,670 No. Trust me. 165 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:37,630 VOICES ARGUE 166 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:44,680 BICYCLE BELL RINGS 167 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,630 Your days are numbered, Fogden. 168 00:16:05,690 --> 00:16:07,680 Couldn't use your car, I suppose? 169 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:09,690 No, you damn well couldn't. 170 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,660 I'm only going to Causton. 171 00:16:14,670 --> 00:16:16,620 I don't care. 172 00:16:16,630 --> 00:16:19,620 You presume too much, Gregory. 173 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,620 You're good but not that good. 174 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,600 Won't keep you waiting tonight. I promise you. 175 00:16:27,690 --> 00:16:32,660 You won't keep me waiting again. Ever. That much I promise you. 176 00:16:34,690 --> 00:16:37,680 HORN BLASTS 177 00:17:14,620 --> 00:17:17,630 PHONES RING, WHISTLES 178 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:21,660 Morning, Mr Barnaby, sir. 179 00:17:21,670 --> 00:17:24,630 Peter. Not changed your life then? Ring-a-Ding? 180 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:25,680 No, sir, 181 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:30,620 but I take it as an omen for the weekend - the striking competition. 182 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,660 Ah, yes. Midsomer Wellow have never won it. 183 00:17:33,670 --> 00:17:36,660 My Uncle Ray called the victory peal on VE Day. 184 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,600 My Uncle Gordon once had his photo in the 'Bell Ringing Times'. 185 00:17:40,620 --> 00:17:42,680 But no Fogden's ever won the striking competition. 186 00:17:42,690 --> 00:17:45,640 I'm gonna change all that this year. Excellent. 187 00:17:45,650 --> 00:17:48,680 Sergeant Troy was telling me how keen you are on the bells. 188 00:17:48,690 --> 00:17:50,610 Was he? 189 00:17:50,620 --> 00:17:53,670 I said you're welcome to come along this evening. See how it's done. 190 00:17:53,690 --> 00:17:56,680 I think he's already confirmed it with your wife. 191 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,640 Troy! 192 00:18:02,650 --> 00:18:05,600 I don't know why you're being so grumpy about it. 193 00:18:05,610 --> 00:18:09,650 I'm not being so grumpy about it. Some of the bells are 600 years old. 194 00:18:09,660 --> 00:18:11,670 Think of the stories they could tell. 195 00:18:11,690 --> 00:18:13,680 We're not getting a lecture as well! 196 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:15,670 Excuse me, Mrs Barnaby, Mr Barnaby. 197 00:18:15,690 --> 00:18:18,620 Hello, Maisie, are you off to the bell ringing? 198 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,620 No. I don't think so. I'm afraid there might not be any. 199 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,660 Why they can't live and let live I don't know. 200 00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:27,610 Every bell in this belfry has been blessed and sanctified 201 00:18:27,620 --> 00:18:30,620 yet you feel free to use them like toys. 202 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,690 Worse! To celebrate success in the wickedness of gambling. 203 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:35,670 Oh, come on, Reggie! 204 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,610 Church bells are an instrument of happiness. 205 00:18:38,620 --> 00:18:40,640 They're an instrument of God. 206 00:18:40,650 --> 00:18:42,680 And we're here to protect the house of God. 207 00:18:42,690 --> 00:18:45,640 You're a bunch of depraved heathens! 208 00:18:45,660 --> 00:18:47,690 I'm not a heathen, Reggie. You know I'm not. 209 00:18:48,610 --> 00:18:51,620 I'm in church every Sunday, In church, not just bell ringing. 210 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,650 Yes, and you're supposed to be a civilising influence 211 00:18:54,670 --> 00:18:59,690 on this bunch of desperados but you're not, are you? You're weak. 212 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,620 And the weak must face the consequences. 213 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,620 Is that in the Bible too, Reggie? Shift him, Liam. 214 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,610 Oh, dear! 215 00:19:13,650 --> 00:19:17,610 God doesn't mind, Reggie. I know he doesn't mind. 216 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,600 Come on. Pub instead. 217 00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:25,640 I'm not crossing his picket line, come on. 218 00:19:25,660 --> 00:19:28,650 Reggie, are you all right? Course I'm all right. 219 00:19:30,650 --> 00:19:33,620 Vengeance is mine. 220 00:19:33,630 --> 00:19:35,650 That's in the Bible! 221 00:19:38,690 --> 00:19:42,670 (SIGHS) No Greg again? 222 00:19:42,690 --> 00:19:46,600 Where's he playing the human hot water bottle tonight? 223 00:19:46,610 --> 00:19:48,660 Well, we're not waiting. 224 00:19:48,670 --> 00:19:51,630 I'll go double handed. 225 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,630 Raise your bells. 226 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,620 (SCREAMS) 227 00:20:32,620 --> 00:20:33,650 Did one of us kill him? 228 00:20:35,610 --> 00:20:38,620 Some of these bells weigh half a ton. 229 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,680 He's been shot through the heart. 230 00:20:45,630 --> 00:20:48,660 Apparently by someone with a sense of humour. 231 00:21:18,660 --> 00:21:20,630 First on scene then, sir? 232 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,640 Yes, Troy, first on scene. 233 00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:28,610 Amazing where an interest in campanology will land you, isn't it? 234 00:21:28,630 --> 00:21:30,670 I'm not interested in campanology, Troy. 235 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,680 I'm here because of your big mouth. 236 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,620 Now what would you rather do, 237 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,660 crawl about in blood looking for a bullet 238 00:21:37,670 --> 00:21:40,640 or sit in a pew taking notes? 239 00:21:40,660 --> 00:21:44,680 Best leave the crawling about to the experts I think, sir. 240 00:21:47,660 --> 00:21:51,620 I'm sorry to use your church as a police interview room 241 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,630 but you're all here, I'm here, so... 242 00:21:53,650 --> 00:21:56,680 Why would anyone want to kill Greg? 243 00:21:56,690 --> 00:22:00,660 That's exactly my first question, Miss Tysoe. 244 00:22:00,670 --> 00:22:03,650 I suppose this means the tower's out of bounds 245 00:22:03,660 --> 00:22:06,660 while the men in white coats swarm all over it? 246 00:22:06,670 --> 00:22:08,600 Peter! 247 00:22:08,620 --> 00:22:10,600 It's just typical of Greg, isn't it? 248 00:22:10,620 --> 00:22:13,600 Dying in the way most likely to screw our chances 249 00:22:13,610 --> 00:22:14,680 in the striking competition. 250 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,680 There most likely won't even be a competition now. 251 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,670 Is the bell tower locked when you're not ringing? 252 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,680 Yes. And that's the only way up. 253 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,620 And who has a key? None of us and all of us. 254 00:22:29,630 --> 00:22:31,630 Cracked Abel looks after it. 255 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:34,690 Cracked Abel? What's that? The old bell in the corner. 256 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,680 The key's kept under it. Has been for centuries. 257 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,680 Was the key there when you all arrived for practice? 258 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:42,690 Yes. 259 00:22:44,650 --> 00:22:49,610 I'm...sorry...everyone... 260 00:22:49,620 --> 00:22:52,660 I feel compelled to tell the truth. 261 00:22:54,660 --> 00:22:58,660 Mr Steadman? Do you want to talk in private? 262 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,620 No. No. 263 00:23:02,670 --> 00:23:06,630 I met Greg earlier this morning 264 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,650 in Causton. 265 00:23:08,660 --> 00:23:11,660 He said he'd had a letter. 266 00:23:11,670 --> 00:23:13,620 A letter? 267 00:23:13,630 --> 00:23:15,640 Last night. 268 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:18,650 Boasted about it, in fact. 269 00:23:18,660 --> 00:23:21,640 As he did. In such matters. 270 00:23:21,660 --> 00:23:24,640 And what matters are these? 271 00:23:24,650 --> 00:23:27,650 Sex, presumably. 272 00:23:27,660 --> 00:23:28,690 He, ah... 273 00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:36,620 ..he said he'd had an invitation 274 00:23:36,630 --> 00:23:39,680 for a bit of 'leg-over', as he put it, 275 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,680 in the bell tower of all places. 276 00:23:42,690 --> 00:23:45,650 A final fling before the wedding. 277 00:23:45,660 --> 00:23:47,630 Whose wedding? 278 00:23:49,630 --> 00:23:50,660 Emma's. 279 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,660 Marcus! What! 280 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,620 What are you saying, you little runt! Liam! 281 00:23:56,630 --> 00:23:59,620 What you been up to? I'll break your bloody neck! 282 00:24:03,630 --> 00:24:06,630 Liam! Liam! 283 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,610 Now look what you've done! 284 00:24:27,660 --> 00:24:30,680 Of course, brass rubbing isn't really a modern activity. 285 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,680 There's pictorial evidence from as early as 1633. 286 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,690 Mrs Gooch, I need to speak to the vicar. 287 00:24:38,610 --> 00:24:41,640 We haven't got one. We're in the middle of an interregnum. 288 00:24:41,660 --> 00:24:45,620 Who's in charge of the church on a day-to-day basis? 289 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,670 Well, the Parochial Church Council. And who chairs that? 290 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,630 Oh, dear. 291 00:24:55,690 --> 00:25:00,620 Well, there's going to be no bell ringing, Joyce, so you'd best... 292 00:25:00,630 --> 00:25:02,600 ..You'll need the car, won't you? 293 00:25:02,620 --> 00:25:05,610 I could drive you home, you only live at Causton, don't you? 294 00:25:05,620 --> 00:25:06,680 I'm perfectly safe. 295 00:25:10,630 --> 00:25:13,670 Should we be letting these bell ringers just slide away, sir? 296 00:25:13,690 --> 00:25:16,600 D'you want to sit up all night with them? 297 00:25:16,610 --> 00:25:17,630 Well, no. 298 00:25:17,650 --> 00:25:20,640 While the experts are doing their stuff up in the belfry, 299 00:25:20,650 --> 00:25:23,600 you can cherchez la femme. Sir? 300 00:25:23,610 --> 00:25:25,650 Greg Tutt was a womaniser, yeah? Apparently. 301 00:25:25,670 --> 00:25:27,600 Good. Heads or tails? Heads. 302 00:25:27,620 --> 00:25:31,620 Well done, Troy. Lady of the Manor. 303 00:25:40,630 --> 00:25:41,660 Dead? 304 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,670 Yes. Well, well. 305 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:48,600 Could I ask when you last saw him? 306 00:25:48,610 --> 00:25:50,620 Must you? This is terribly sordid. 307 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:51,680 If you wouldn't mind. 308 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,600 This morning. After breakfast. He said he was going to Causton. 309 00:25:56,610 --> 00:25:57,660 He was staying here with you? 310 00:25:57,670 --> 00:25:59,680 On a very temporary basis. 311 00:25:59,690 --> 00:26:02,660 Boys! Whoo! I'm between lovers at the moment. 312 00:26:02,670 --> 00:26:04,650 I see. 313 00:26:04,660 --> 00:26:08,630 Mr Tutt had apparently just won 5,000 pounds. 314 00:26:08,650 --> 00:26:10,660 You wouldn't know what happened to the money? 315 00:26:10,670 --> 00:26:13,690 Heavens, no. I have no interest in the stuff. It's very vulgar. 316 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,600 Especially such small quantities 317 00:26:16,620 --> 00:26:23,620 The other thing is a note delivered to Mr Tutt last night. 318 00:26:23,630 --> 00:26:25,620 He didn't mention it? 319 00:26:25,630 --> 00:26:29,640 No. Why should he? 320 00:26:29,660 --> 00:26:35,640 Our relationship was fleeting and exclusively carnal. 321 00:26:35,650 --> 00:26:39,630 Right, um. 322 00:26:39,650 --> 00:26:42,680 Presumably he left some of his possessions here? 323 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,660 Mr Tutt's clothes? 324 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,670 I shredded them after he buggered off to Causton. 325 00:26:50,690 --> 00:26:54,660 I do the taking for granted, not the men. 326 00:26:54,670 --> 00:26:56,650 It's the only house rule. 327 00:26:56,660 --> 00:27:01,600 Anyway...with Greg's sad demise, 328 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:08,610 there's a vacancy in the fleeting and exclusively carnal department. 329 00:27:08,620 --> 00:27:12,680 Ah...Well, er... 330 00:27:12,690 --> 00:27:15,680 ..thank you very much, Mrs Parr. 331 00:27:15,690 --> 00:27:20,620 I'll...well, we'll be in touch. 332 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,620 I'll look forward to it. 333 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,600 You have such expressive fingers. 334 00:27:29,630 --> 00:27:32,640 Thank you. 335 00:27:37,610 --> 00:27:40,670 I'm sorry. You must be confusing me with someone who gives a damn. 336 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,600 What am I supposed to have killed him for? His winnings? 337 00:27:44,610 --> 00:27:46,600 People have been killed for less. 338 00:27:51,650 --> 00:27:54,690 All I've wanted, Mr Barnaby, for as long as I can remember, 339 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:56,670 is a Greg-free existence 340 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,680 and I achieved that two days ago. 341 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:00,680 I didn't need to blow his chest open, 342 00:28:00,690 --> 00:28:02,690 I just threw his clothes out the window. 343 00:28:03,610 --> 00:28:06,610 Much less hassle and no mandatory life sentence. 344 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,640 She does care, you know. Under the facade. 345 00:28:21,660 --> 00:28:22,680 I'm sorry? 346 00:28:22,690 --> 00:28:25,690 Angie. Angie Blunstone. I work here. 347 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,680 You knew Mr Tutt, did you? 348 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,640 Oh, yes. A real charmer. Magnetic really. 349 00:28:32,650 --> 00:28:35,660 Dangerous thing to be in a village. Why's that? 350 00:28:35,670 --> 00:28:38,680 Big fish in a small pond. Leads to jealousies in small minds. 351 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,620 And they don't come much smaller than the 'ding dong brigade'. 352 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,660 Believe me, I've rung bells in various places. 353 00:28:53,630 --> 00:28:56,690 I saw you in the tea shop, Mr Barnaby. 354 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:58,610 Did you, Peter? 355 00:28:58,630 --> 00:29:01,680 Angie Blunstone is a dried-up poison-tongued harpy. 356 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,610 She had her knife into me, presumably? 357 00:29:04,620 --> 00:29:06,620 Well, did she tell you why? 358 00:29:06,630 --> 00:29:08,670 Because I turned her down for the team. 359 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,630 We took on young Emma Tysoe instead. 360 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,660 Course, Angie being Angie, 361 00:29:13,670 --> 00:29:17,620 told everyone it was because of Emma's attributes. Shape-wise. 362 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,670 I haven't got time to look at Emma's round bits. 363 00:29:20,690 --> 00:29:24,610 A bell ringing chamber's a pressure cooker. 364 00:29:24,620 --> 00:29:27,640 It's tough, physically and mentally. 365 00:29:27,660 --> 00:29:30,600 You divide your brain into different sections. 366 00:29:30,620 --> 00:29:34,650 How was Angie going to do that? She hasn't got a brain to divide. 367 00:29:34,660 --> 00:29:37,640 Is it true that Greg fancied himself as team captain? 368 00:29:37,660 --> 00:29:39,620 Yes. 369 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,670 Fancied himself full-stop. 370 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,690 But he had good hands. And stamina. 371 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,690 Yes. No one seems to dispute that. 372 00:29:56,610 --> 00:29:59,640 Liam, I never sent him a letter. 373 00:29:59,650 --> 00:30:02,620 Why should Marcus make it up? Marcus of all people. 374 00:30:02,630 --> 00:30:03,650 I don't know. 375 00:30:03,660 --> 00:30:08,610 I'm not stupid. I seen the way Greg looked at you. 376 00:30:08,620 --> 00:30:10,640 That's not my fault. You look at me. 377 00:30:12,690 --> 00:30:14,650 Wedding's off. 378 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,680 Liam! You heard. 379 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,680 It can't be off. My mum's done all the cooking. 380 00:30:38,660 --> 00:30:41,640 You all right, Troy? 381 00:30:41,650 --> 00:30:43,690 She'd cut up his clothes. 382 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,640 Shredded them. 383 00:30:46,660 --> 00:30:49,650 These are Greg Tutt's clothes, are they? 384 00:30:53,620 --> 00:30:54,680 Do you have them? 385 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,630 Didn't have a bag, sir. 386 00:30:59,610 --> 00:31:01,660 I think you'd better call it a day, don't you? 387 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,680 I'll see you at the station first thing tomorrow morning. 388 00:31:07,610 --> 00:31:10,680 Will you display it? Rubbings make excellent decorations. 389 00:31:10,690 --> 00:31:13,660 I hadn't really thought. Hello. 390 00:31:13,670 --> 00:31:15,660 We're in the kitchen, Tom. 391 00:31:17,660 --> 00:31:19,680 I'll leave you in peace, Mr Barnaby. 392 00:31:19,690 --> 00:31:22,630 But if I can offer any insights. 393 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,620 Well, I don't miss much. 394 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,630 Thank you for the coffee, Joyce. Thank you for the lift. 395 00:31:39,670 --> 00:31:42,640 Not putting him on the wall, are we? 396 00:32:11,610 --> 00:32:12,660 DOOR KNOCKS 397 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,680 Uncle Reggie. 398 00:32:21,690 --> 00:32:23,660 You're out late. 399 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,600 Things going around in my mind, Hugh. 400 00:32:26,610 --> 00:32:28,690 Wanted to share them with you. 401 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,640 Haven't started yet then? 402 00:32:35,650 --> 00:32:37,600 Started? 403 00:32:37,610 --> 00:32:39,620 The redec. Going modern, didn't you say? 404 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,680 Yes. That's right. No, I haven't had time. 405 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,680 Gin? Please. 406 00:32:47,670 --> 00:32:49,640 You heard about Greg Tutt? 407 00:32:49,660 --> 00:32:53,610 No great loss. Pity someone doesn't put a bullet through all of 'em. 408 00:32:53,620 --> 00:32:55,680 That's a bit strong, Uncle. 409 00:32:59,660 --> 00:33:02,620 What are these things going round in your mind? 410 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,620 Money. And my will. 411 00:33:06,630 --> 00:33:07,660 I'm 75, Hugh. 412 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,640 And I've decided to liquidise - is that the word? - 413 00:33:10,660 --> 00:33:13,670 my assets and put the money where it's needed here and now. 414 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,670 Do a bit of good while I'm still around to see the results. 415 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:24,610 That's very generous of you, Uncle. Very generous indeed. 416 00:33:24,620 --> 00:33:27,680 You, being my only living relative 417 00:33:27,690 --> 00:33:30,600 are principal beneficiary under the will. 418 00:33:30,620 --> 00:33:33,600 Well, yes, and I consider myself extremely fortunate. 419 00:33:33,620 --> 00:33:36,640 But you clearly don't need the money. 420 00:33:36,650 --> 00:33:40,630 I mean, a lesser man of a certain age would have caved in, you know, 421 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,630 after losing their job in the City. 422 00:33:42,650 --> 00:33:46,640 But you've proved yourself to be a Barton through and through, my boy. 423 00:33:46,660 --> 00:33:47,690 Resilient, independent. 424 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,650 It's most gratifying to know that you're secure. 425 00:33:57,630 --> 00:34:02,640 Which means my own humble nest egg can be put to a different use. 426 00:34:02,660 --> 00:34:05,660 And with the bishop letting our church go to rack and ruin 427 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,640 under the spineless pretext of lack of funds, 428 00:34:08,660 --> 00:34:14,600 what I've got put away will cover 90% of the cost of restoration. 429 00:34:14,610 --> 00:34:17,620 The proviso will be 430 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:21,630 that the other 10% must come from the sale of the bells. 431 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:26,680 No sale of bells, no 90% from me. 432 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,600 I have it in my power, Hugh, in one fell swoop, 433 00:34:31,610 --> 00:34:32,680 to save the church 434 00:34:32,690 --> 00:34:37,600 and put an end once and for all to that sacrilegious racket. 435 00:34:37,620 --> 00:34:40,610 There, what do you think of that? 436 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:48,600 Good. We'll sort out the paperwork ASAP then, yes? 437 00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:50,670 ASAP, Uncle. ASAP. 438 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,680 Good fellow! 439 00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:03,660 You can't do this to me, old man. 440 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,640 You cannot do this. 441 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,680 Sir? 442 00:35:39,690 --> 00:35:41,670 Peter. 443 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,680 When can we have our bell tower back? 444 00:35:43,690 --> 00:35:45,640 Tomorrow, I hope. 445 00:35:45,660 --> 00:35:48,640 Tomorrow? We've already lost one night's practice. 446 00:35:48,660 --> 00:35:51,670 The striking competition's only three days away, y'know. 447 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:59,680 It doesn't occur to you that you're being just a tad insensitive? 448 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:05,650 Anyway, where were you prior to yesterday's inconvenient event? 449 00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:07,640 Home. With Clapper. 450 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,680 Me cat. 451 00:36:14,650 --> 00:36:16,670 PHONE RINGS 452 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,640 Ah! Sir. 453 00:36:18,660 --> 00:36:21,680 How are we doing, Troy, recovered from whatever was ailing us? 454 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,680 Up and running, sir. Greg Tutt's belongings. 455 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,600 Any joy with that? 456 00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:31,660 Nope. SOCO pronounced it clueless and print free. 457 00:36:31,670 --> 00:36:34,630 Down to me, then? Not entirely, Troy, look. 458 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,600 We also now have the bullet. 459 00:36:37,620 --> 00:36:40,680 Fired from a revolver, an Enfield revolver. Point 38. 460 00:36:40,690 --> 00:36:43,600 Standard issue during World War Two. 461 00:36:43,610 --> 00:36:45,690 Next stop Wing Commander Reggie, in that case? 462 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:47,690 Yes, I suppose so. 463 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:49,630 It's the people contact 464 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,620 that makes police work so rewarding, isn't it, Troy? 465 00:36:52,630 --> 00:36:55,640 But, first things first. Astound me. 466 00:36:55,650 --> 00:36:58,670 No sign of Tutt's winnings, the 5,000 pounds, 467 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:00,640 but there is a cheque for 100. 468 00:37:00,650 --> 00:37:02,620 I've pieced most of it together. 469 00:37:06,610 --> 00:37:09,600 Made out to Rosalind Parr. 470 00:37:09,610 --> 00:37:13,690 Haven't found the payer yet, but there's this as well. 471 00:37:17,610 --> 00:37:19,660 See. 472 00:37:21,690 --> 00:37:26,660 This and the torn up cheque were in the waste bin under all this lot. 473 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:28,660 Worth testing, I think, 474 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,680 in case it's the letter from Emma Tysoe? 475 00:37:30,690 --> 00:37:34,600 The alleged letter, Troy. But yes. 476 00:37:34,610 --> 00:37:36,670 Get it down to the lab straight away. 477 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:37,690 Sir. 478 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,670 Uh, sir? 479 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,640 Yes? 480 00:37:43,660 --> 00:37:46,680 If a return visit to the Manor House is required... 481 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:48,640 ..It will be, Troy, 482 00:37:48,660 --> 00:37:51,600 if your burnt offering gives us anything. 483 00:37:51,610 --> 00:37:54,650 Perhaps you'd, y'know, take it on. 484 00:37:54,660 --> 00:37:58,610 Senior officer and everything. Carry more weight. 485 00:37:58,630 --> 00:38:02,680 Right. Yeah. Alright, Troy. You take the Wing Commander. 486 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:11,640 Emma. Emma. 487 00:38:11,650 --> 00:38:13,650 Emma. 488 00:38:13,660 --> 00:38:16,690 I wanna say sorry. What, here? 489 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,640 Yeah, why not here? I love you, Em. 490 00:38:19,650 --> 00:38:23,640 I been lying awake all night thinking about that scumbag, Greg. 491 00:38:23,650 --> 00:38:27,650 I know you never lied to me and I'm sorry I ever thought otherwise. 492 00:38:27,660 --> 00:38:30,620 Let's still do it, eh? 493 00:38:30,630 --> 00:38:33,600 Let's not waste your mum's sausage rolls. 494 00:38:33,610 --> 00:38:34,670 Oh, Liam. 495 00:38:57,620 --> 00:39:01,620 A cheque? Yes. For 100 pounds. 496 00:39:01,630 --> 00:39:04,640 That was from Hugh Barton. 497 00:39:04,650 --> 00:39:07,610 A small outstanding debt. 498 00:39:07,620 --> 00:39:09,610 Thank you. 499 00:39:09,620 --> 00:39:10,650 He arrived to pay it off 500 00:39:10,660 --> 00:39:13,660 while I was having a ripping time with my craft knife. 501 00:39:15,660 --> 00:39:18,690 So why did you rip that up too? The cheque? 502 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,680 Because some men I take pity on. 503 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,620 Hugh's broke. And hopeless with money. 504 00:39:25,630 --> 00:39:28,600 I saved him the embarrassment of his cheque bouncing. 505 00:39:28,620 --> 00:39:30,680 Of course, if he were a bell ringer he'd be laughing. 506 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:32,670 Greg Tutt's not laughing. 507 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,640 You lied to Sergeant Troy, yesterday, didn't you? 508 00:39:38,650 --> 00:39:41,640 About a letter received by Greg? 509 00:39:41,660 --> 00:39:44,640 I don't believe I actually lied, no. 510 00:39:44,660 --> 00:39:46,680 Well, there was a letter. 511 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,600 It had been burnt. 512 00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:55,650 But a name is still legible - 513 00:39:55,660 --> 00:39:58,620 Emma. 514 00:39:58,630 --> 00:40:01,640 You have the most amazing technology. 515 00:40:01,650 --> 00:40:05,670 I believe you burnt that letter, Mrs Parr. 516 00:40:05,690 --> 00:40:09,620 After all, you felt strongly enough about Greg's behaviour 517 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:11,660 to slash his clothes into ribbons. 518 00:40:11,670 --> 00:40:15,600 That rather shocked young master Troy. 519 00:40:17,660 --> 00:40:19,660 But you're right. 520 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,690 I did effectively deny knowledge of the letter 521 00:40:23,610 --> 00:40:25,640 and I did it solely to protect Emma Tysoe. 522 00:40:25,660 --> 00:40:29,670 If the poor child lured Greg to the bell tower in order to kill him, 523 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:31,600 well, good for her. 524 00:40:31,620 --> 00:40:33,620 She struck a blow for decent womanhood. 525 00:40:33,630 --> 00:40:37,680 Not a club of which I'm a member, of course, but a girl can empathize. 526 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:39,690 A revolver! 527 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,650 Uh, yes, sir. 528 00:40:42,660 --> 00:40:47,610 I wasn't a cowboy, sonny, I flew Lancasters. 529 00:40:47,630 --> 00:40:49,640 Do you think we leant out of the cockpit 530 00:40:49,650 --> 00:40:52,660 and peppered Germany with our pop guns? 531 00:40:52,670 --> 00:40:56,620 No, sir. I suppose not. 532 00:40:58,650 --> 00:40:59,680 Through here. 533 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,690 You've caught me in a bit of a state, Mr Barnaby. 534 00:41:03,610 --> 00:41:06,620 Auntie, that's a grade A porky. It's always been like this. 535 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,650 Never has been anywhere to sit down. I expect you're right. 536 00:41:09,670 --> 00:41:11,690 My nephew, Dennis, and his lovely wife, Jen. 537 00:41:12,610 --> 00:41:16,600 They're visiting from London, together with their unborn son. 538 00:41:16,610 --> 00:41:18,630 They know it's a boy. Isn't that amazing? 539 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,600 It's not that amazing, not now. 540 00:41:20,610 --> 00:41:22,680 It is. So useful. I know to buy blue wool. 541 00:41:22,690 --> 00:41:24,690 We'll get out your way. No, please. 542 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:28,640 We were off anyway. Jen needs to put her feet up for a bit. 543 00:41:28,650 --> 00:41:30,670 Bye, dear. Bye, Mr Barnaby. 544 00:41:32,670 --> 00:41:36,600 We're chuffed someone in the family's pleased, Auntie. 545 00:41:36,610 --> 00:41:38,610 Write and tell the old misery, will you? 546 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:45,600 That's my brother, the 'old misery'. 547 00:41:45,610 --> 00:41:49,600 He thinks we should let the line die out, thinks we're an unlucky family. 548 00:41:49,610 --> 00:41:50,670 Oh? 549 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:54,630 I never see him any more. Haven't got the patience. 550 00:41:54,650 --> 00:41:59,640 The trouble with being parish archivist is, well, the archives. 551 00:41:59,660 --> 00:42:02,630 But I'm sure you didn't come to talk about history. 552 00:42:02,650 --> 00:42:05,660 Only of the most recent kind, Mrs Gooch. 553 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:07,660 We're seeing everyone in the village, 554 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:12,670 but we now know that Greg Tutt died two hours before his body was found. 555 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:14,600 Oh, dear. 556 00:42:16,630 --> 00:42:18,690 I think I was at home then on my own. 557 00:42:19,610 --> 00:42:22,680 I'm not actually asking you to establish an alibi, Mrs Gooch. 558 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:24,670 Could you cast your mind back, 559 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,620 anything at all you might have seen or heard? 560 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:31,660 Anybody in a hurry? Carrying something? 561 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:33,660 Disposing of something? 562 00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:34,690 A gun? 563 00:42:38,660 --> 00:42:43,620 I did see Frances le Bon earlier in the day with her gun. 564 00:42:43,630 --> 00:42:45,640 Of course that's not unusual. 565 00:42:51,620 --> 00:42:53,660 Oh, here it is. 566 00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:59,600 She won the Inter County Championship in 1964. 567 00:42:59,620 --> 00:43:02,660 I intend putting it in our village hall of fame 568 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,690 when I get round to mounting it. 569 00:43:05,660 --> 00:43:08,680 I was a seriously good markswoman. 570 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,690 Gave me a certain street cred when I was teaching. 571 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,670 My husband was a much better shot. 572 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,690 And you still keep your hand in, I see. 573 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,600 Here. And at the club in Causton. 574 00:43:20,610 --> 00:43:22,660 Veteran standard now, I'm afraid. 575 00:43:22,670 --> 00:43:25,680 I bet you're still better than most, aren't you? 576 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,630 And your husband? 577 00:43:28,650 --> 00:43:31,620 He died 10 years ago. Of natural causes. 578 00:43:31,630 --> 00:43:36,640 Not that there's anything natural about a stroke at 50. 579 00:43:36,650 --> 00:43:39,640 Anyway, my guns. 580 00:43:44,690 --> 00:43:47,690 All present and correct? 581 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,650 And you'll find me fully licensed, registered and approved. 582 00:43:51,660 --> 00:43:53,650 I'll have to get those tested. 583 00:43:53,670 --> 00:43:57,610 But they're just sporting pistols. Not lethal weapons. 584 00:43:57,620 --> 00:44:00,660 Gas-powered replicas. Perfectly legal. 585 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:04,670 And without doubt all you've got? Of course. 586 00:44:10,670 --> 00:44:14,600 You haven't lent them to anyone recently, have you? 587 00:44:14,620 --> 00:44:18,610 I'm a sportswoman, Mr Barnaby, not an armourer. 588 00:44:18,620 --> 00:44:20,620 No. 589 00:44:20,630 --> 00:44:27,610 I believe you're pro Peter Fogden as bell ringing captain? 590 00:44:27,620 --> 00:44:29,600 I am pro Peter. Yes. 591 00:44:29,620 --> 00:44:31,690 He's a perfectionist. I relate to that. 592 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,680 I'd like a receipt, please. 593 00:44:34,690 --> 00:44:37,640 Yes, of course. 594 00:44:40,610 --> 00:44:41,660 Maisie didn't tell you then? 595 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,650 Maisie didn't tell me what? 596 00:44:44,660 --> 00:44:49,630 Back in the '70s my husband, Tony, and I ran our own gun club. 597 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:53,620 Here. So you see, there's quite a few people in Midsomer Wellow 598 00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,670 apart from me who know how to handle a gun. 599 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:28,670 I love you, Em. 600 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,630 I love you, Liam. 601 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:37,640 Sleep well, eh? 602 00:45:37,650 --> 00:45:40,620 Not as well as I'll sleep tomorrow night. 603 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,640 No sleep tomorrow night. Honeymoon. 604 00:45:45,690 --> 00:45:49,610 See you in church, then. 605 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:53,690 Don't be late, eh? 606 00:46:42,670 --> 00:46:46,610 CHURCH BELLS CHIME 607 00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:54,640 LAUGHTER AND ORGAN MUSIC 608 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,660 PHOTOGRAPHER: OK. Cheese! 609 00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:34,640 ALL: Cheese! 610 00:47:51,620 --> 00:47:52,660 Just like this? 611 00:48:16,650 --> 00:48:19,680 SCREAMING AND CRYING 612 00:48:50,650 --> 00:48:53,670 I turn the pages for Wing Commander Barton. Don't I, Reggie? 613 00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:55,650 I can read music 614 00:48:55,670 --> 00:48:59,610 and it gives his arthritic fingers one less thing to worry about. 615 00:48:59,620 --> 00:49:02,690 And neither of you saw or heard anything? 616 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:06,650 I told you, I heard the bang. 617 00:49:06,670 --> 00:49:09,650 I was coming to investigate when you came charging in. 618 00:49:09,660 --> 00:49:12,620 We were still in the vestry putting the music away. 619 00:49:12,630 --> 00:49:14,630 I saw no one else. 620 00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:17,620 Mr Barnaby, I'm told you wish to see me. 621 00:49:17,630 --> 00:49:19,600 Yes, Mrs Gooch. Thank you. 622 00:49:19,620 --> 00:49:22,620 As the local historian, 623 00:49:22,630 --> 00:49:25,630 I was hoping you might be able to enlighten me. 624 00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:28,670 Inspector, can we move now? 625 00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:30,640 Yes. You can. 626 00:49:30,650 --> 00:49:32,650 But not far, please. 627 00:49:32,660 --> 00:49:34,650 Oh. How awful. 628 00:49:34,670 --> 00:49:37,680 I think you'll find it's a local corruption 629 00:49:37,690 --> 00:49:40,680 of the traditional rhyme, Mr Barnaby. 630 00:49:40,690 --> 00:49:43,630 It's well known here. Or was. 631 00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:46,620 Come with me. 632 00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:49,680 The well's over there. Or was. 633 00:49:49,690 --> 00:49:53,670 It's been disused since 1860. 634 00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:56,690 The then vicar, God rest his soul, 635 00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:00,640 was murdered and his body was dumped in there 636 00:50:00,650 --> 00:50:04,600 allegedly by bell ringers. 637 00:50:04,620 --> 00:50:07,600 He's actually buried in the churchyard, of course, 638 00:50:07,610 --> 00:50:11,660 hence, "Vicar's in the well." 639 00:50:17,910 --> 00:50:20,950 Well, that's what she says. Murdered by bell ringers. 640 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,920 No reason to doubt her. She's the archivist. 641 00:50:23,930 --> 00:50:25,970 But I don't see what you're getting at, sir. 642 00:50:25,980 --> 00:50:28,920 Are you saying Greg Tutt and Emma were shot 643 00:50:28,940 --> 00:50:31,900 because they're bell ringers, picked off in revenge? 644 00:50:31,910 --> 00:50:33,900 By the phantom vicar of St Catherine's 645 00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:35,990 risen from his watery grave? I'm not saying that. 646 00:50:36,900 --> 00:50:37,940 There's not even a full moon. 647 00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:39,900 Yes, alright. 648 00:50:39,910 --> 00:50:43,970 But whoever left those notes knows the local rhyme 649 00:50:43,980 --> 00:50:46,900 and presumably the origin. 650 00:50:46,910 --> 00:50:47,940 Why leave them? 651 00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:49,970 To muddy the waters? 652 00:50:49,990 --> 00:50:54,910 Or is there some other agenda that links Greg and Emma? 653 00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:57,910 These murders aren't very good for trade, y'know. 654 00:50:57,920 --> 00:50:59,940 We are doing our best to compensate. 655 00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:05,950 I still think it's a woman. 656 00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:07,910 You said it was Marcus. 657 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:08,960 I include him in that category. 658 00:51:08,970 --> 00:51:12,900 Either way it's got to be sex. 659 00:51:12,910 --> 00:51:15,970 Greg the womaniser, Emma his latest squeeze. 660 00:51:15,980 --> 00:51:18,940 Or intended squeeze. Several noses out of joint. 661 00:51:18,950 --> 00:51:20,960 Well, it can't be Liam, not this time. 662 00:51:20,980 --> 00:51:25,980 Well, maybe the second murder's been made to look similar to the first 663 00:51:25,990 --> 00:51:28,900 but isn't actually related. 664 00:51:28,910 --> 00:51:29,970 Don't say that, Troy. 665 00:51:29,980 --> 00:51:31,940 Not two killers. 666 00:51:31,950 --> 00:51:33,990 We're far enough away from catching one. 667 00:52:01,970 --> 00:52:04,950 The deed is done, Spitfire. 668 00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:07,990 The deed is done. 669 00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:10,990 Ah. 670 00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:15,980 Hugh, come in. Come in. 671 00:52:18,940 --> 00:52:20,990 Just this moment written to the bishop, 672 00:52:21,910 --> 00:52:23,930 as per our little discussion the other night. 673 00:52:23,940 --> 00:52:26,990 I'd just like to be there when he reads it. 674 00:52:27,900 --> 00:52:31,920 But don't you think, given what happened this morning, 675 00:52:31,930 --> 00:52:33,940 Emma Tysoe. 676 00:52:33,950 --> 00:52:36,900 I mean, shouldn't you, out of respect, as it were, 677 00:52:36,910 --> 00:52:39,920 hold back for a decent period, a few weeks maybe? 678 00:52:39,940 --> 00:52:43,900 A few weeks? Good grief, no. Time is of the essence. 679 00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:45,920 Vital repairs need to be put in train 680 00:52:45,940 --> 00:52:47,920 before another winter takes its toll. 681 00:52:47,930 --> 00:52:49,980 No more excuses for Bishop Trev. 682 00:52:49,990 --> 00:52:53,980 The money needs to be shoved into his limp little palm ASAP. 683 00:52:54,900 --> 00:52:57,940 Would you like me to deliver it? Wouldn't dream of troubling you. 684 00:52:57,950 --> 00:53:00,920 It's no trouble. Save you that frightful bus journey. 685 00:53:00,940 --> 00:53:03,930 Already spoken to Susan. Sue Tutt? 686 00:53:03,940 --> 00:53:06,900 Fine woman. Don't you think? 687 00:53:06,910 --> 00:53:08,930 Well, yes. 688 00:53:08,940 --> 00:53:10,950 Needs her mind taking off things. 689 00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:13,930 She's going to deliver it for me. 690 00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:34,920 She was a great girl. 691 00:53:34,930 --> 00:53:38,940 Loved life. 692 00:53:41,950 --> 00:53:43,940 Loved bell ringing. 693 00:53:45,980 --> 00:53:48,980 I'm sure she wouldn't have wanted you to jack it in, Liam, 694 00:53:48,990 --> 00:53:51,940 not with the competition coming up. 695 00:53:51,950 --> 00:53:54,900 She'd want you to carry on. 696 00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:57,960 For her sake. Eh? 697 00:54:02,940 --> 00:54:04,990 Initial forensic test on the Emma Tysoe bullet. 698 00:54:05,910 --> 00:54:08,940 Fired from the same gun that killed Greg Tutt. 699 00:54:08,950 --> 00:54:12,960 Well, at least we're back to one murderer. 700 00:54:12,970 --> 00:54:17,950 Yes. But apparently it isn't Frances le Bon. 701 00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:19,930 Not murder weapons, then? 702 00:54:19,950 --> 00:54:23,940 Replicas, as you so rightly said, Mrs Le Bon. Unmodified. 703 00:54:23,950 --> 00:54:25,910 I'm sorry to have troubled you. 704 00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:26,970 Not at all. 705 00:54:29,900 --> 00:54:30,970 There's something else though? 706 00:54:30,980 --> 00:54:33,940 No. I don't think so. 707 00:54:33,950 --> 00:54:39,920 Do you own a word processor, Mrs Le Bon, 708 00:54:39,940 --> 00:54:42,910 a home computer? 709 00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:44,990 Yes. Who doesn't? 710 00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:53,980 You should have told him. No. 711 00:54:53,990 --> 00:54:56,930 What are we going to do, Frances? 712 00:54:56,940 --> 00:54:59,900 Stay calm, Marcus. 713 00:54:59,910 --> 00:55:00,960 What else? 714 00:55:00,970 --> 00:55:03,920 If you don't stay calm you'll have a panic attack 715 00:55:03,930 --> 00:55:06,990 and that'll bring on your asthma and you don't want that. 716 00:55:07,900 --> 00:55:09,920 Emma is dead. 717 00:55:09,930 --> 00:55:13,970 But you are still alive. 718 00:55:19,940 --> 00:55:22,940 Got you at last, you little whelk. 719 00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:26,940 What? What's up with you now, you mad old badger? 720 00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:30,980 You can kiss goodbye to your precious bells, that's what. 721 00:55:30,990 --> 00:55:32,980 They're as good as gone. 722 00:55:33,900 --> 00:55:36,950 Will be if the bishop gets that letter. 723 00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:38,980 Bishop? What letter? 724 00:55:39,900 --> 00:55:41,920 The blameless Sue is the messenger of fate. 725 00:55:41,940 --> 00:55:44,960 But one should never shoot the messenger. 726 00:55:44,970 --> 00:55:46,920 Mmm? 727 00:55:46,930 --> 00:55:51,950 Ding Dong Bell. We're all in the well. 728 00:55:59,960 --> 00:56:01,920 Hugh? 729 00:56:01,940 --> 00:56:03,930 Thank God for that. 730 00:56:03,940 --> 00:56:05,920 I thought he was gonna try and come in here. 731 00:56:05,930 --> 00:56:08,920 Where's Sue? What's this letter? 732 00:56:08,930 --> 00:56:11,940 Mind your own business, and we're closed. 733 00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:14,940 No you're not. Sue's laying on supper for the team. 734 00:56:14,950 --> 00:56:15,980 You haven't got a team. 735 00:56:16,900 --> 00:56:18,930 Well, you haven't. 736 00:56:20,980 --> 00:56:22,930 Alright, Peter? 737 00:56:22,950 --> 00:56:24,990 I've done you ham and cheese and a bit of quiche. 738 00:56:25,900 --> 00:56:28,910 Thank you, Sue. What's this letter Hugh's on about? 739 00:56:28,920 --> 00:56:29,970 You'll have to ask Reggie. 740 00:56:29,990 --> 00:56:32,940 Would you like tea or coffee or a pot of both? 741 00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:35,930 Sue! Is it about my bells? 742 00:56:35,940 --> 00:56:37,900 Sorry, my lips are sealed. 743 00:56:37,910 --> 00:56:38,940 Evening. 744 00:56:38,950 --> 00:56:41,970 Hello, Frances. Marcus. 745 00:56:44,910 --> 00:56:45,950 You alright? 746 00:56:46,950 --> 00:56:47,980 There you go. 747 00:56:48,900 --> 00:56:52,950 Angie, I have to pop out for a bit. D'you mind staying on? 748 00:56:52,970 --> 00:56:55,940 No. It's not as if I've got a life. 749 00:57:01,990 --> 00:57:05,930 Right. First things first. 750 00:57:05,940 --> 00:57:06,980 Show of hands. 751 00:57:07,900 --> 00:57:09,980 Do we slink away from the striking competition, 752 00:57:10,900 --> 00:57:13,960 thus forfeiting home advantage and our best-ever chance of winning it, 753 00:57:13,980 --> 00:57:17,960 or do we celebrate the lives of the departed Emma and Greg 754 00:57:17,970 --> 00:57:20,930 by battling on and giving it our best shot? 755 00:57:24,940 --> 00:57:27,900 Is that an abstention, Marcus? 756 00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:42,980 Where did this come from? It was on my door mat. 757 00:57:43,900 --> 00:57:45,960 It's a wind up, Marcus. 758 00:57:45,980 --> 00:57:48,980 By one of our sick minded opposing teams. 759 00:57:49,900 --> 00:57:52,920 This as a means of undermining morale. 760 00:57:52,940 --> 00:57:54,920 They've succeeded. I resign. 761 00:57:54,930 --> 00:57:56,960 Pull yourself together, Marcus. 762 00:57:56,980 --> 00:57:59,990 You're always telling me to pull myself together. 763 00:58:00,900 --> 00:58:02,950 I am not a child. 764 00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:06,960 You promised me that you wouldn't break ranks. 765 00:58:09,930 --> 00:58:11,980 I've had one as well. 766 00:58:14,950 --> 00:58:18,940 There you are, it's obviously mind games, Marcus. 767 00:58:18,950 --> 00:58:21,920 And when a bell ringer's mind goes, so do his hands. 768 00:58:21,940 --> 00:58:27,950 Alright, we're two down now but we still have options. 769 00:58:27,970 --> 00:58:29,940 Don't we, Angie? I beg your pardon? 770 00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:35,920 Now's your chance, fulfill that ambition. Take Emma's place. 771 00:58:35,930 --> 00:58:38,900 Go piss up a rope. 772 00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:42,930 There's no pleasing some people. 773 00:58:42,940 --> 00:58:45,900 OK. Option B. 774 00:58:45,910 --> 00:58:48,980 Still three of us, six bells. Double handing all round. 775 00:58:49,900 --> 00:58:51,910 Oh, come on, Peter. 776 00:58:51,930 --> 00:58:53,940 You may be the king of double handing, 777 00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:56,950 but the rest of us can't get anywhere near it. 778 00:58:56,960 --> 00:58:59,930 We've tried, remember? The wedding? 779 00:58:59,940 --> 00:59:01,990 Then we'll try harder. 780 00:59:06,910 --> 00:59:07,950 I've spoke to Emma. 781 00:59:14,990 --> 00:59:17,960 She wants me to carry on. 782 00:59:25,940 --> 00:59:28,910 I must say, Marcus, I'd hoped for better from you. 783 00:59:28,930 --> 00:59:31,970 Liam's anguish is real, but yours is entirely self-manufactured 784 00:59:31,990 --> 00:59:34,930 and yet he's prepared to carry on. What's that? 785 00:59:34,950 --> 00:59:38,900 You heard what I said. No, what's that? 786 00:59:38,910 --> 00:59:41,960 That noise. CHURCH BELLS TOLL 787 00:59:41,980 --> 00:59:43,980 It's the passing bell. 788 00:59:44,900 --> 00:59:46,990 Marcus, we do not ring a passing bell in Midsomer Wellow. 789 00:59:47,910 --> 00:59:50,910 Tolled to announce an imminent death. I know why it's tolled. 790 00:59:50,930 --> 00:59:53,960 But not here. Not in my lifetime anyway. Come on. 791 00:59:53,970 --> 00:59:57,980 What else is it then? It's coming from the church. 792 01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:02,960 Is it? 793 01:00:05,950 --> 01:00:09,990 Well then, we'd better find out, hadn't we. 794 01:00:18,930 --> 01:00:20,900 Who's done this? 795 01:00:22,910 --> 01:00:24,970 Frances, you know I can't climb. 796 01:00:24,990 --> 01:00:28,940 Well then you go home. Leave it to me. Go on. 797 01:00:32,950 --> 01:00:34,900 Frances? 798 01:00:49,970 --> 01:00:53,970 HEAVY BREATHING AND HEARTBEATS 799 01:01:08,910 --> 01:01:11,930 MARCUS BREATHES ANXIOUSLY 800 01:01:11,940 --> 01:01:13,960 OMINOUS WHISPERING 801 01:01:30,930 --> 01:01:33,920 HEAVY ASTHMATIC WHEEZING 802 01:01:44,900 --> 01:01:47,990 WHEEZING INTENSIFIES 803 01:02:23,980 --> 01:02:27,930 CHURCH BELLS TOLL 804 01:02:37,950 --> 01:02:40,920 CLICK - CHURCH BELLS STOP 805 01:02:43,990 --> 01:02:48,920 I knew it sounded wrong. And that's what I found when I got here. 806 01:02:48,940 --> 01:02:51,910 And you arrived soon afterwards, Peter? 807 01:02:51,930 --> 01:02:53,980 Yeah. We'd finished at the Cosy Kitchen. 808 01:02:54,900 --> 01:02:57,950 I was on my way home, like Frances and, uh, Marcus. 809 01:02:57,960 --> 01:02:59,900 But you didn't see Marcus? 810 01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:01,970 No, I came the other way. 811 01:03:01,980 --> 01:03:05,900 Got here just after Frances. Just as she switched it off. 812 01:03:05,910 --> 01:03:07,910 I shouldn't have left him. 813 01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:10,920 I shouldn't have gone striding off like that. 814 01:03:10,940 --> 01:03:15,900 He was a grown man, Frances. And it was an accident. No one shot him. 815 01:03:15,920 --> 01:03:19,940 How d'you know it was an accident? He got the next line, didn't he? 816 01:03:19,960 --> 01:03:21,900 "Who put him in?" 817 01:03:21,910 --> 01:03:23,980 And what did I do? Bullied him as usual. 818 01:03:24,900 --> 01:03:27,900 And now he's dead in a ditch. Poor little sod. 819 01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:31,900 Midsomer Deverell. That's who should be rounded up. 820 01:03:32,900 --> 01:03:33,940 What? 821 01:03:33,950 --> 01:03:36,950 I wouldn't put anything past them. 822 01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:39,940 They're that desperate to win the competition. 823 01:03:39,950 --> 01:03:44,930 The only one THAT desperate to win is you. 824 01:03:46,780 --> 01:03:48,780 Meaning? Nothing. 825 01:03:48,790 --> 01:03:51,710 Meaning? Meaning nothing. 826 01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:53,730 Peter, this is stupid. 827 01:03:53,740 --> 01:03:55,750 Rival teams do not kill each other 828 01:03:55,770 --> 01:03:57,750 to win some silly bloody competition. 829 01:03:57,760 --> 01:04:01,720 Silly? You're as bad as that bastard Greg Tutt. 830 01:04:01,730 --> 01:04:03,740 Competition or no competition, 831 01:04:03,750 --> 01:04:07,710 it does appear that someone is targeting bell ringers. 832 01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:10,730 Well, if they are... 833 01:04:10,740 --> 01:04:13,710 ..I'm next. 834 01:04:14,730 --> 01:04:17,760 Came the same time as poor Marcus's. 835 01:04:20,720 --> 01:04:22,780 MOBILE RINGS 836 01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:25,760 Barnaby. 837 01:04:25,770 --> 01:04:28,790 Sir. 838 01:04:29,700 --> 01:04:33,720 I was wrong about Marcus Steadman. 839 01:04:33,730 --> 01:04:35,700 I'm at his house. 840 01:04:35,720 --> 01:04:39,720 He had a king-size crush on Emma Tysoe. 841 01:04:42,750 --> 01:04:45,750 Did you know about this obsession with Emma? 842 01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:47,750 Yes, I knew. 843 01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:49,720 Forgive me for asking you this, 844 01:04:49,740 --> 01:04:52,740 but were you and Mr Steadman ever more than just neighbours? 845 01:04:52,750 --> 01:04:55,700 Yes, we were. 846 01:04:55,710 --> 01:05:00,760 I never had children and Marcus was orphaned many years ago. 847 01:05:00,780 --> 01:05:03,710 A mutual need. 848 01:05:03,730 --> 01:05:06,750 And a bloody good parent I turned out to be. 849 01:05:08,780 --> 01:05:11,770 This mark. Local mud and traces of rubber. 850 01:05:11,780 --> 01:05:14,750 Looks like he was prodded in the back at some point 851 01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:16,780 before or after he fell in the stream. 852 01:05:16,790 --> 01:05:19,750 Either way if someone was there to do the prodding 853 01:05:19,760 --> 01:05:22,730 it makes the death decidedly less accidental. 854 01:05:22,740 --> 01:05:24,720 Doctor's found a mark on the skin, 855 01:05:24,730 --> 01:05:26,780 a contusion consistent with said prod. 856 01:05:26,790 --> 01:05:28,760 Mud and rubber. 857 01:05:28,780 --> 01:05:32,720 It's got to be the end of a walking stick, wouldn't you say? 858 01:05:32,740 --> 01:05:36,740 And this is what else we found in the stream. 859 01:06:05,780 --> 01:06:08,780 Wing Commander Barton? Upstairs, sir. 860 01:06:09,700 --> 01:06:11,700 Thank you. 861 01:06:20,790 --> 01:06:24,740 He passed away in his sleep last night. 862 01:06:24,750 --> 01:06:28,700 I'm sorry. 863 01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:30,790 Poor old bugger. 864 01:06:31,700 --> 01:06:34,770 Been over-agitated for days. 865 01:06:34,780 --> 01:06:38,740 Those bloody bell ringers, you know. 866 01:06:38,750 --> 01:06:40,740 Was he alone? 867 01:06:42,750 --> 01:06:46,730 I found him this morning when I came around to... 868 01:06:57,750 --> 01:07:01,720 This has got to be an inappropriate time, Mr Barton, 869 01:07:01,730 --> 01:07:06,740 but would this be one of your uncle's walking sticks? 870 01:07:10,700 --> 01:07:12,750 I underestimated you, sergeant. 871 01:07:12,770 --> 01:07:15,710 I find that rather refreshing in a man. 872 01:07:15,720 --> 01:07:17,790 It's terribly late. 873 01:07:18,700 --> 01:07:20,770 I hope your reason for calling was just a pretext. 874 01:07:20,780 --> 01:07:24,700 Uh, no. 875 01:07:24,710 --> 01:07:26,740 It's about the letter you burnt. 876 01:07:26,750 --> 01:07:30,720 Sergeant, dozens more of us have been mown down since then. 877 01:07:30,740 --> 01:07:32,760 You surely can't still be at first base. 878 01:07:32,770 --> 01:07:35,780 Well, ah. Yes. Oh, no. 879 01:07:38,720 --> 01:07:45,720 It's just a line of enquiry I'm keen to explore further. 880 01:07:45,730 --> 01:07:47,780 I'm all for further exploration. 881 01:07:58,780 --> 01:08:02,750 You're more scared than you'll admit, aren't you? 882 01:08:02,760 --> 01:08:05,730 Scared? No. 883 01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:10,790 Not scared. 884 01:08:11,700 --> 01:08:13,740 Guilty. 885 01:08:13,750 --> 01:08:16,720 I used to tell the kids in school - 886 01:08:16,730 --> 01:08:18,740 "Own up, and you'll feel better." 887 01:08:18,750 --> 01:08:21,730 That's very good advice. Why don't you tell me. 888 01:08:24,730 --> 01:08:27,770 What kind of gun killed Greg? 889 01:08:27,780 --> 01:08:29,790 What killed Emma? The same? 890 01:08:30,700 --> 01:08:31,790 I can tell you instantly, 891 01:08:32,700 --> 01:08:35,770 the same, or a similar weapon, was used in both cases. 892 01:08:35,780 --> 01:08:40,710 An Enfield revolver, 893 01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:42,740 World War Two vintage? 894 01:08:42,750 --> 01:08:43,770 Yeah. 895 01:08:43,780 --> 01:08:46,760 And being a gun expert you'll know what kind of damage 896 01:08:46,770 --> 01:08:49,700 such a gun can do. 897 01:08:49,710 --> 01:08:50,760 Oh, yes. 898 01:08:53,780 --> 01:08:56,740 Tony, my husband, 899 01:08:56,760 --> 01:08:58,790 used to have a pair. 900 01:08:59,700 --> 01:09:01,720 Unlicensed. 901 01:09:01,740 --> 01:09:06,710 He was crazy about guns and the laws were less strict in those days. 902 01:09:06,720 --> 01:09:09,730 When he became ill, 10 years ago, 903 01:09:09,740 --> 01:09:11,750 I became rather careless 904 01:09:11,770 --> 01:09:16,730 and I'm afraid a pair were stolen from the back of our car. 905 01:09:16,750 --> 01:09:19,780 I mean, things were pretty bloody at the time 906 01:09:19,790 --> 01:09:23,720 and I'm afraid I didn't report it. 907 01:09:23,740 --> 01:09:27,740 And then, when he died, 908 01:09:27,750 --> 01:09:31,720 everything seemed so unimportant by comparison. 909 01:09:31,730 --> 01:09:34,730 I'm afraid I let things slide. 910 01:09:34,740 --> 01:09:39,700 Then 10 years later Greg Tutt gets himself shot. 911 01:09:39,710 --> 01:09:40,790 I'm guilty. 912 01:09:41,710 --> 01:09:44,770 And it doesn't feel any better having told you. 913 01:09:47,700 --> 01:09:51,790 Why can't I swallow the whole bloody lot and have done with it? 914 01:10:08,740 --> 01:10:10,740 No! 915 01:10:10,750 --> 01:10:12,780 I know there's a difference in our ages 916 01:10:13,700 --> 01:10:15,740 but I think that's exciting. 917 01:10:15,760 --> 01:10:18,780 Others will disapprove if they find out. 918 01:10:19,700 --> 01:10:22,710 But I'm not going to tell. Are you? 919 01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:25,720 I've seen the way you look at me. 920 01:10:25,730 --> 01:10:28,710 I know what you want. 921 01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:31,730 And I yearn for you, too. 922 01:10:31,740 --> 01:10:34,700 It will be our secret. 923 01:10:34,720 --> 01:10:36,760 A lovers' tryst... 924 01:10:36,770 --> 01:10:38,740 Signed Emma. 925 01:10:38,760 --> 01:10:41,730 Well, printed. It was all printed. 926 01:10:41,740 --> 01:10:43,770 I'd be surprised if she could actually write. 927 01:10:43,790 --> 01:10:46,780 But Greg wasn't interested in her literacy skills, was he? 928 01:10:46,790 --> 01:10:50,780 "I yearn for you, too." 929 01:10:51,700 --> 01:10:53,740 Does that sound like Emma? 930 01:10:53,750 --> 01:10:55,750 "A lovers' tryst." 931 01:10:55,760 --> 01:10:58,740 Would she have known what a tryst actually was? 932 01:11:01,720 --> 01:11:03,760 I'm not making it up, Gavin. 933 01:11:03,770 --> 01:11:07,750 No. But someone else did. 934 01:11:36,790 --> 01:11:40,720 MOBILE RINGS 935 01:11:42,780 --> 01:11:44,700 Troy! 936 01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:47,740 Troy, get yourself over to the Cosy Kitchen as soon as possible. 937 01:11:47,760 --> 01:11:49,720 Someone's trying to break in. 938 01:11:53,740 --> 01:11:55,770 (SIGHS) 939 01:11:55,780 --> 01:11:57,790 Sorry. 940 01:11:58,700 --> 01:12:01,760 Mrs Tutt, are you still there? 941 01:12:01,780 --> 01:12:03,720 He's got the door open. 942 01:12:03,730 --> 01:12:05,740 Sue, get upstairs. Lock yourself in. 943 01:12:28,790 --> 01:12:31,740 (GASPS) 944 01:13:00,780 --> 01:13:03,790 Hugh? 945 01:13:05,760 --> 01:13:09,700 Oh, God. Bloody Hell. 946 01:13:11,780 --> 01:13:14,700 So! Having done for the Wingco, 947 01:13:14,720 --> 01:13:17,750 all you had to do was get rid of the letter, produce his will, 948 01:13:17,760 --> 01:13:21,710 the one without mention of church bells or restoration funds 949 01:13:21,720 --> 01:13:23,760 and Reggie's your uncle. 950 01:13:23,780 --> 01:13:27,780 You think I... You think I hurt Uncle... 951 01:13:27,790 --> 01:13:29,730 No. 952 01:13:29,740 --> 01:13:33,770 He was a cantankerous old bugger but he was a fine man in his day. 953 01:13:33,780 --> 01:13:37,710 A better man than I'll ever be. 954 01:13:39,780 --> 01:13:42,700 I'm sorry, Sue. 955 01:13:42,720 --> 01:13:44,770 He thought the world of you. 956 01:13:44,780 --> 01:13:47,760 Always said so. 957 01:13:47,770 --> 01:13:50,700 I didn't mean to frightened you. 958 01:13:54,760 --> 01:13:59,720 Oh, God. If only he'd known I was up the creek without a paddle 959 01:13:59,730 --> 01:14:01,710 he'd never have written that letter. 960 01:14:01,720 --> 01:14:02,760 He did know. 961 01:14:05,770 --> 01:14:08,720 You're so stupid, Hugh. 962 01:14:08,730 --> 01:14:09,780 And Reggie wasn't. 963 01:14:10,700 --> 01:14:13,780 This whole letter to the bishop thing, it was a charade. 964 01:14:16,700 --> 01:14:18,790 He was trying to goad you into being honest with him, 965 01:14:19,710 --> 01:14:22,710 saying, "Uncle, I've screwed up. Could you help me?" 966 01:14:22,730 --> 01:14:25,720 Instead of treating him like a senile old buffer. 967 01:14:25,730 --> 01:14:26,780 So there is no letter? 968 01:14:26,790 --> 01:14:28,730 Oh, yes. There's a letter. 969 01:14:28,740 --> 01:14:30,790 And it makes a generous donation to the church. 970 01:14:31,700 --> 01:14:33,780 But it doesn't alter Reggie's will. 971 01:14:34,700 --> 01:14:36,780 Hugh still inherits. 972 01:14:36,790 --> 01:14:40,700 Whether he deserves to or not. 973 01:14:42,780 --> 01:14:45,730 (SIGHS) 974 01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:51,730 I think we're back to square one. 975 01:14:51,740 --> 01:14:53,740 First base. 976 01:14:53,760 --> 01:14:57,730 First base. Rosalind - Mrs Parr - doesn't think we've got beyond that. 977 01:14:57,750 --> 01:15:02,700 Oh, really? And does Rosalind have anything else to say? 978 01:15:02,710 --> 01:15:04,720 Yes, actually. 979 01:15:04,740 --> 01:15:07,730 She remembers the letter Greg received verbatim. 980 01:15:07,740 --> 01:15:11,760 I'm sure it didn't come from Emma. It mentioned a lovers' tryst. 981 01:15:11,770 --> 01:15:13,720 How very appropriate. 982 01:15:13,740 --> 01:15:16,700 I'd say someone with a good education wrote it. 983 01:15:16,710 --> 01:15:18,790 Good English, a bit old fashioned. 984 01:15:19,700 --> 01:15:20,770 That narrows it right down. 985 01:15:20,780 --> 01:15:22,780 To just about everyone in the village. 986 01:15:23,700 --> 01:15:27,780 Anyway, back at first base, 987 01:15:28,700 --> 01:15:30,770 we have Greg shot, 988 01:15:30,780 --> 01:15:36,780 probably with a hand gun stolen from Frances le Bon some 10 years ago. 989 01:15:36,790 --> 01:15:38,790 Allegedly stolen. 990 01:15:39,700 --> 01:15:42,720 The boy's doing good. 991 01:15:42,730 --> 01:15:44,700 Where's your tie? 992 01:15:45,790 --> 01:15:47,790 Never mind. 993 01:15:48,700 --> 01:15:52,710 Greg. Motives for the murder thereof. 994 01:15:52,720 --> 01:15:55,740 Now we've looked at greed, sexual jealousy, 995 01:15:55,750 --> 01:15:58,700 righteous religious anger. 996 01:15:58,710 --> 01:16:02,720 What about pride? 997 01:16:02,730 --> 01:16:04,760 Jobsworth? Ring-a-Ding Peter? 998 01:16:04,780 --> 01:16:08,750 Pride, Troy, is Peter's driving passion. 999 01:16:08,760 --> 01:16:11,720 He's determined to be the first Fogden 1000 01:16:11,730 --> 01:16:13,740 ever to win the striking competition 1001 01:16:13,760 --> 01:16:17,740 and pride can lead men into all kinds of folly. 1002 01:16:32,790 --> 01:16:36,700 Tomorrow we'll get you. 1003 01:16:36,710 --> 01:16:40,720 We'll get every bloody one of you. 1004 01:16:46,770 --> 01:16:52,710 CHURCH BELLS TOLL 1005 01:17:11,770 --> 01:17:14,710 Thanks, George. 1006 01:17:14,720 --> 01:17:16,730 Reggie Barton's post mortem. 1007 01:17:16,740 --> 01:17:20,720 No sign of anything other than natural causes. 1008 01:17:20,740 --> 01:17:23,750 So. Three murders only. 1009 01:17:23,760 --> 01:17:27,740 And all of them bell ringers. 1010 01:17:49,770 --> 01:17:52,740 Hear that? 1011 01:17:52,750 --> 01:17:54,720 The four's late every time. 1012 01:17:57,700 --> 01:17:59,750 We'll see them off, no problem. 1013 01:18:03,740 --> 01:18:06,750 This Peter theory, sir, if it's a pride thing, 1014 01:18:06,760 --> 01:18:08,710 why blow away half your team? 1015 01:18:08,730 --> 01:18:12,730 Why not wait until they win first prize then top the mutineers? 1016 01:18:12,740 --> 01:18:15,740 Because Peter thinks he can do it with the other half. 1017 01:18:15,750 --> 01:18:17,700 The strongest three. 1018 01:18:17,720 --> 01:18:20,720 In which case, Frances le Bon... ..is on borrowed time. 1019 01:18:20,730 --> 01:18:21,740 So? 1020 01:18:21,760 --> 01:18:26,740 So! I want you to take advantage while Peter is otherwise engaged 1021 01:18:26,760 --> 01:18:29,750 and I take a trip into history. 1022 01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:31,700 Vicar's in the well. 1023 01:18:40,770 --> 01:18:42,740 This lot haven't got it either. 1024 01:18:42,760 --> 01:18:45,710 They're all over the place. Keep having to dodge. 1025 01:18:45,730 --> 01:18:47,770 And we're not going to cock up? Double handing? 1026 01:18:47,780 --> 01:18:49,710 No. We're not. 1027 01:18:49,720 --> 01:18:50,760 Just remember what I said. 1028 01:18:50,780 --> 01:18:52,710 I know. 1029 01:18:52,720 --> 01:18:58,730 We're doing this for Emma and Marcus and Greg. 1030 01:18:58,740 --> 01:19:02,760 No, Liam. You're doing it for me. 1031 01:19:11,700 --> 01:19:14,740 CHURCH BELLS CONTINUE TO TOLL 1032 01:19:26,700 --> 01:19:27,730 Here it is. 1033 01:19:27,740 --> 01:19:29,720 Just like Maisie said. 1034 01:19:29,730 --> 01:19:33,720 "1860. The new vicar at Midsomer Wellow 1035 01:19:33,730 --> 01:19:35,750 "came into conflict with the bell ringers. 1036 01:19:35,760 --> 01:19:38,720 "Tried to force them to attend church services, 1037 01:19:38,730 --> 01:19:41,760 "had their cask of beer removed from the ringing chamber." 1038 01:19:41,770 --> 01:19:43,720 Beer? 1039 01:19:43,740 --> 01:19:48,760 Seems like the Reverend Jonathan Ebbrell disappeared one night 1040 01:19:48,770 --> 01:19:50,770 after a stand-up row with the ringers 1041 01:19:50,790 --> 01:19:53,780 and his body was found the next day in the well. 1042 01:19:53,790 --> 01:19:57,760 "Although there is little doubt that the bell ringers were responsible, 1043 01:19:57,780 --> 01:20:00,750 "the constabulary met with a wall of silence." 1044 01:20:00,760 --> 01:20:02,780 Nothing new there then. 1045 01:20:03,700 --> 01:20:05,700 Take a look. Thanks. 1046 01:20:05,720 --> 01:20:08,700 Joyce, do us a favour, look in the local phone book, 1047 01:20:08,710 --> 01:20:10,730 just in case there's an Ebbrell still about. 1048 01:20:17,770 --> 01:20:19,710 They're good. 1049 01:20:19,720 --> 01:20:20,790 Not that good. 1050 01:20:21,700 --> 01:20:23,710 Best so far. 1051 01:20:23,720 --> 01:20:26,780 So we've just got them to beat, haven't we? 1052 01:20:27,700 --> 01:20:30,720 All you have to do is concentrate 1053 01:20:30,730 --> 01:20:34,720 and let yourselves be inspired. 1054 01:20:34,730 --> 01:20:36,780 SILENCE 1055 01:20:39,730 --> 01:20:41,750 We're on. 1056 01:20:58,770 --> 01:21:01,750 Right, ladies and gentlemen. 1057 01:21:01,760 --> 01:21:04,750 You're just 15 minutes from heaven. 1058 01:21:36,780 --> 01:21:40,750 CHURCH BELLS CONTINUE 1059 01:22:35,750 --> 01:22:39,770 CAT MEWLS AND HISSES 1060 01:23:23,720 --> 01:23:26,720 That was brilliant. 1061 01:23:26,740 --> 01:23:30,790 Bloody brilliant. 1062 01:23:31,770 --> 01:23:33,760 Barnaby. 1063 01:23:33,780 --> 01:23:37,760 Sir, guess what I've found in Peter Fogden's sideboard. 1064 01:23:37,780 --> 01:23:41,730 An army issued Enfield revolver. 1065 01:23:41,740 --> 01:23:44,780 Put it back where you found it and get out of there now. 1066 01:23:44,790 --> 01:23:46,710 I'll be right over. 1067 01:23:46,720 --> 01:23:48,740 BELL RINGS 1068 01:23:48,750 --> 01:23:50,700 Ladies and gentlemen. 1069 01:23:50,720 --> 01:23:52,770 The tradition of bell ringing is alive and well 1070 01:23:52,780 --> 01:23:54,740 in England's fairest county. 1071 01:23:54,750 --> 01:23:58,750 Our congratulations to all six teams on the standard of their effort. 1072 01:23:58,760 --> 01:24:01,780 However, at the top of the pile, 1073 01:24:01,790 --> 01:24:03,760 tied on 22 points, 1074 01:24:03,780 --> 01:24:07,710 we have Badger's Drift 1075 01:24:07,720 --> 01:24:09,790 and Midsomer Deverell. 1076 01:24:13,770 --> 01:24:17,760 But, against all the odds, 1077 01:24:17,770 --> 01:24:20,700 pipping those two by a single point, 1078 01:24:20,720 --> 01:24:23,740 are this year's winners of the striking competition - 1079 01:24:23,760 --> 01:24:25,720 Midsomer Wellow. 1080 01:24:25,730 --> 01:24:28,710 Ye-e-e-e-e-e-es! 1081 01:24:28,720 --> 01:24:29,780 Yes! 1082 01:24:46,730 --> 01:24:50,740 FOGDEN: Woo-hoo! Yes! Yes! Yes! 1083 01:24:50,750 --> 01:24:54,710 Yes, yes! 1084 01:24:54,720 --> 01:24:56,730 I won! I won! 1085 01:24:56,740 --> 01:24:58,770 Yes! 1086 01:24:58,790 --> 01:25:01,780 I did it, Mr Barnaby. I knew I could. 1087 01:25:01,790 --> 01:25:04,720 Could we talk somewhere else, please, Peter? 1088 01:25:04,730 --> 01:25:07,700 What? We need to talk to you. Now! 1089 01:25:11,790 --> 01:25:14,790 So what's Frances making a fuss now for? 1090 01:25:15,700 --> 01:25:16,770 It's years since she lost them. 1091 01:25:16,780 --> 01:25:18,770 Since they were stolen, Peter. 1092 01:25:18,780 --> 01:25:21,750 Would you know anything about that? 1093 01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:25,700 They were sitting in her car. The window was open. 1094 01:25:25,710 --> 01:25:26,790 They were crying out to be nicked. 1095 01:25:27,700 --> 01:25:29,740 So you obliged. 1096 01:25:29,750 --> 01:25:30,790 I wasn't thinking straight. 1097 01:25:31,710 --> 01:25:34,730 The wife had just left, taking half the marital income with her. 1098 01:25:34,750 --> 01:25:37,700 What were you planning to do, start robbing banks? 1099 01:25:37,710 --> 01:25:38,740 Don't be stupid. 1100 01:25:38,760 --> 01:25:40,790 I just thought I could sell them. 1101 01:25:41,700 --> 01:25:43,750 Only when it came to it I didn't have a clue how to. 1102 01:25:43,760 --> 01:25:45,710 So what did you do with them? 1103 01:25:45,720 --> 01:25:48,750 Stuck them in the drawer, worked overtime, paid off the mortgage, 1104 01:25:48,760 --> 01:25:49,780 forgot about them. 1105 01:25:50,700 --> 01:25:51,740 And they're still there? Yes. 1106 01:25:51,760 --> 01:25:54,770 I think we'd better take a look at these guns, don't you? 1107 01:26:21,730 --> 01:26:23,770 It's not here. 1108 01:26:23,780 --> 01:26:26,720 The other one's gone. 1109 01:26:26,740 --> 01:26:29,710 Hello. 1110 01:26:29,720 --> 01:26:31,760 Maisie? 1111 01:26:31,780 --> 01:26:33,770 Anyone at home? 1112 01:26:33,780 --> 01:26:35,770 Hello? 1113 01:26:37,740 --> 01:26:39,790 Oh! I was looking for Maisie. 1114 01:26:40,700 --> 01:26:42,780 That makes two of us. I'm her nephew from London. 1115 01:26:42,790 --> 01:26:44,760 Right. Yes, I'm Joyce. 1116 01:26:44,780 --> 01:26:48,700 I was hoping she could help me with a bit of research I'm doing 1117 01:26:48,710 --> 01:26:49,740 but it can wait. 1118 01:26:49,760 --> 01:26:51,730 I'll tell her to call. It's Joyce? 1119 01:26:51,740 --> 01:26:54,760 Yes. Thanks, Mr Gooch. Hope you won't have long to wait. 1120 01:26:54,770 --> 01:26:56,720 Ebbrell. 1121 01:26:56,740 --> 01:26:58,740 Pardon? 1122 01:26:58,760 --> 01:26:59,780 Dennis Ebbrell. 1123 01:27:00,700 --> 01:27:05,710 Auntie's only a Gooch by marriage. We're Ebbrells by birth. 1124 01:27:05,730 --> 01:27:09,720 Who might have had access to this house in the last few months? 1125 01:27:09,740 --> 01:27:11,760 Loads of people. This is a village. 1126 01:27:11,780 --> 01:27:13,790 I don't even lock the door half the time. 1127 01:27:14,700 --> 01:27:15,750 MOBILE RINGS 'Scuse. 1128 01:27:15,760 --> 01:27:19,780 So when was the last time you checked the guns? 1129 01:27:19,790 --> 01:27:22,780 I told you. I don't know. Years. 1130 01:27:22,790 --> 01:27:24,790 Dennis Ebbrell? 1131 01:27:25,700 --> 01:27:26,730 Yes. 1132 01:27:26,740 --> 01:27:30,720 I checked in the phone book but there are no Ebbrells in Midsomer 1133 01:27:30,730 --> 01:27:32,790 so I thought, well, go back to Maisie. 1134 01:27:33,710 --> 01:27:36,780 She's not in but her nephew's there and his name's Ebbrell. 1135 01:27:37,700 --> 01:27:38,720 And so is Maisie's. 1136 01:27:38,740 --> 01:27:41,740 Listen, Joyce, don't wait for Maisie. 1137 01:27:41,760 --> 01:27:43,780 Go straight home. Do you understand? OK. 1138 01:27:45,780 --> 01:27:48,760 Peter, don't leave the village. 1139 01:27:48,770 --> 01:27:50,760 Troy, bring the gun. 1140 01:28:11,760 --> 01:28:13,700 SLIGHT CRASH 1141 01:28:17,760 --> 01:28:19,740 Excuse me. What the hell. 1142 01:28:19,760 --> 01:28:21,790 Another note, Mr Ebbrell? "Who pulled him out?" 1143 01:28:22,700 --> 01:28:23,740 Is that where we've got to? 1144 01:28:23,760 --> 01:28:24,770 "Dear Auntie. Can't wait. 1145 01:28:24,780 --> 01:28:28,740 "Will call when we get home. Look after yourself. Love, Dennis" 1146 01:28:28,750 --> 01:28:32,750 That took me half an hour to type! Don't... 1147 01:28:36,740 --> 01:28:38,710 Did you know about these? 1148 01:28:38,720 --> 01:28:40,730 Those are the ones who were killed? 1149 01:28:44,720 --> 01:28:45,790 Auntie wouldn't hurt a fly. 1150 01:28:46,710 --> 01:28:48,790 I'm not worried about flies. I'm worried about these. 1151 01:29:16,740 --> 01:29:18,740 What did Barnaby want with you? 1152 01:29:18,750 --> 01:29:21,740 Sod Barnaby. We're gonna celebrate. 1153 01:29:21,750 --> 01:29:23,720 Do we have to? I'm knackered. 1154 01:29:23,740 --> 01:29:25,730 Oh, yes, my son. 1155 01:29:25,740 --> 01:29:27,740 Yes. 1156 01:29:27,760 --> 01:29:31,730 This is better than Ring-a-Ding a million times over. 1157 01:29:31,740 --> 01:29:33,760 This is as good as it gets. 1158 01:29:33,780 --> 01:29:36,730 And it's the last thing I'll ever ask of you. 1159 01:29:36,740 --> 01:29:39,710 Either of you. I promise. 1160 01:29:41,740 --> 01:29:43,780 There's nothing else to live for really. 1161 01:30:05,760 --> 01:30:08,720 See, Uncle Gordon. 1162 01:30:08,740 --> 01:30:11,750 Uncle Ray. Take a good look. 1163 01:30:11,770 --> 01:30:16,730 This is the Midsomer Wellow Bell Ringing Team of the Here and Now. 1164 01:30:16,740 --> 01:30:20,700 My team. The best. 1165 01:30:25,770 --> 01:30:27,700 Ringing up. 1166 01:30:37,790 --> 01:30:41,700 Who's been playing silly buggers? 1167 01:30:41,710 --> 01:30:44,700 Go up and look, Liam. 1168 01:30:44,710 --> 01:30:46,780 It's your bell, you go and look. Eh! 1169 01:31:08,720 --> 01:31:10,700 You trying to kill me, Fogden? 1170 01:31:21,770 --> 01:31:23,780 Bloody clappers have all been tied. 1171 01:31:24,700 --> 01:31:27,740 CLICK - ROPE UNFURLS SWIFTLY 1172 01:31:30,740 --> 01:31:31,780 GUNSHOT 1173 01:31:53,790 --> 01:31:55,720 Stay here. 1174 01:32:01,740 --> 01:32:04,740 AGONISED GROANS 1175 01:32:13,740 --> 01:32:15,790 Careful. 1176 01:32:16,700 --> 01:32:18,750 It weighs half a ton. 1177 01:32:20,720 --> 01:32:23,780 Keep out of its way. Maisie? 1178 01:32:31,750 --> 01:32:34,790 If you wish to say a brief prayer, Frances, you have time. 1179 01:32:35,700 --> 01:32:38,720 But I've done nothing to you, Maisie. Nothing. Ever. 1180 01:32:44,720 --> 01:32:45,770 You're a bell ringer. 1181 01:32:45,790 --> 01:32:49,710 You have an outstanding debt to pay. All of you. 1182 01:32:49,720 --> 01:32:52,760 Debt? From 1860. 1183 01:32:52,780 --> 01:32:54,700 1860? 1184 01:32:54,720 --> 01:32:57,760 You think that's a long time, Peter? It's only five generations. 1185 01:32:57,770 --> 01:32:59,760 A blink of history 1186 01:32:59,770 --> 01:33:03,710 since the Reverend Jonathan Ebbrell was murdered in this church. 1187 01:33:03,720 --> 01:33:05,770 But not by my family. 1188 01:33:05,780 --> 01:33:08,720 Nor mine. We don't go back that far. 1189 01:33:08,740 --> 01:33:09,780 But I do. 1190 01:33:10,700 --> 01:33:12,750 I have very close links. 1191 01:33:12,760 --> 01:33:15,700 Blood links. To the man you killed. 1192 01:33:19,700 --> 01:33:22,760 Jonathan Ebbrell was my great, great, great grandfather. 1193 01:33:22,780 --> 01:33:24,780 He died at the hands of bell ringers. 1194 01:33:25,700 --> 01:33:27,760 His widow was reduced to poverty 1195 01:33:27,780 --> 01:33:31,720 and five generations of Ebbrells have been dogged by disaster 1196 01:33:31,730 --> 01:33:34,730 and despair, depression and suicide. 1197 01:33:34,750 --> 01:33:38,720 Maisie. That's...tragic. 1198 01:33:38,730 --> 01:33:41,770 But not of our doing. 1199 01:33:41,780 --> 01:33:43,710 We didn't kill him. 1200 01:33:43,720 --> 01:33:45,780 The bell ringers of Midsomer Wellow killed him. 1201 01:33:45,790 --> 01:33:47,780 They escaped the law of the land. 1202 01:33:48,700 --> 01:33:50,710 You are the bell ringers of Midsomer Wellow. 1203 01:33:50,730 --> 01:33:53,730 You cannot escape the laws of justice and retribution. 1204 01:33:53,750 --> 01:33:56,790 There's no release other than expiation. 1205 01:33:58,780 --> 01:34:01,760 We're all bound by history, you see. 1206 01:34:01,770 --> 01:34:03,760 History and blood. 1207 01:34:03,770 --> 01:34:05,740 Maisie, this is insane. 1208 01:34:09,760 --> 01:34:13,770 You're church archivist. A pillar of St Catherine's. 1209 01:34:13,790 --> 01:34:17,780 A pillar? An avenging angel, perhaps. 1210 01:34:20,730 --> 01:34:22,790 My nephew's wife is having a baby, you know. 1211 01:34:23,700 --> 01:34:25,740 For the sake of that unborn baby, 1212 01:34:25,760 --> 01:34:29,710 for the peace and happiness of other Ebbrells yet to come, 1213 01:34:29,720 --> 01:34:32,770 the debt must now be paid. 1214 01:34:33,750 --> 01:34:36,720 CACOPHONY OF ROPES AND BELLS 1215 01:34:55,710 --> 01:35:00,790 SOLEMN CHORAL MUSIC PLAYS 1216 01:35:05,710 --> 01:35:08,720 The baby will be fine, dears. 1217 01:35:08,730 --> 01:35:12,710 The furies of our family blood have been avenged. 1218 01:35:12,720 --> 01:35:14,750 I think I've done enough. 1219 01:35:41,730 --> 01:35:45,750 Do thank your lovely wife for all those cups of coffee. 1220 01:35:45,760 --> 01:35:48,780 So nice to be welcomed into your home. 1221 01:36:13,780 --> 01:36:15,750 Troy! 1222 01:36:17,780 --> 01:36:19,730 Do you need an ambulance? 1223 01:36:19,740 --> 01:36:21,700 I shouldn't think so. 1224 01:36:21,720 --> 01:36:24,720 It is only your face that's damaged, isn't it? 1225 01:36:24,730 --> 01:36:28,700 I'm fine, sir. Just fine. 1226 01:36:31,750 --> 01:36:33,780 Mr Barnaby? Yep? 1227 01:36:34,700 --> 01:36:36,760 Cup of tea? Oh, thank you. 1228 01:36:36,770 --> 01:36:39,700 I put just a dash of brandy in it. 1229 01:36:39,710 --> 01:36:40,790 You're wasting your time, y'know. 1230 01:36:41,700 --> 01:36:43,720 She's completely off men. 1231 01:36:43,730 --> 01:36:45,740 Understandable. 1232 01:36:45,750 --> 01:36:48,700 All things considered. 1233 01:36:48,720 --> 01:36:51,780 Look, I know you've got much more important things to deal with 1234 01:36:52,700 --> 01:36:56,720 but about the pathetic attempt at a burglary, 1235 01:36:56,740 --> 01:36:58,720 I don't want to pursue it. 1236 01:36:58,730 --> 01:37:01,770 Besides, with a bit of training 1237 01:37:01,780 --> 01:37:05,730 the arch criminal could make a very decent pastry chef. 1238 01:37:05,740 --> 01:37:10,700 He just needs a proper job and a bit of sensible financial management. 1239 01:37:10,720 --> 01:37:12,700 You mean the right woman? 1240 01:37:12,710 --> 01:37:15,740 I'm willing to risk it. 1241 01:37:26,760 --> 01:37:30,730 Troy, do you want a lift home? 1242 01:37:30,740 --> 01:37:33,720 Er... 1243 01:37:33,730 --> 01:37:37,770 Just phone 999 in an emergency. 1244 01:37:42,720 --> 01:37:45,780 MOBILE RINGS 1245 01:37:45,790 --> 01:37:47,780 Barnaby. 1246 01:37:58,790 --> 01:38:01,750 Closed Captions by CSI