1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,480 MAN ON TV: 'It always starts with a body. 2 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:10,480 'Then come the questions. 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:14,480 'That's where I come in. 4 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:17,760 'Jolliphant's the name. 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,080 'Detective Superintendent Jolyon Jolliphant. 6 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,400 ' "Jolly" for short.' 7 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,280 Now, you do remember you very kindly promised to give Raph your vote 8 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:13,840 in the upcoming elections. 9 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,160 I mean, we will know if he comes up short, 10 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,760 and if by some unhappy circumstance he should come up short... 11 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:42,760 ..there will be remonstrances... 12 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,800 and likely worse. 13 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,000 That's the slate. Yes? 14 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,320 Chin-chin! THEY LAUGH 15 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,080 'Constable Banks? Cut along to old Ma Peggoty's 16 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,600 'and see if you can't sort out these young tearaways.' 17 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:50,640 'Yes, Sarge.' 18 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:54,600 'Now... I'm sure what happened to DCI Blaze will be on your mind. 19 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,560 'A good copper, gunned down in the line of duty.' 20 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,960 TRAIN RUMBLES, BOTTLE CLINKS 21 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,920 COUGHING 22 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:19,400 'But you can rely on this. 23 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,080 'When it comes to one of our own, we leave no stone unturned.' 24 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,200 'No, Sarge.' 25 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,840 'Meantime, the best you and me can do 26 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:33,080 'is stick to our duties and do 'em to the best of our ability.' 27 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:47,600 HE YELLS 28 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,680 MOTORBIKE REVS 29 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,800 TRAIN RUMBLES 30 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,560 Well, well, well. 31 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,360 I say, you fellows. 32 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:33,720 Here's sport. 33 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,640 PUNCHING, MAN SCREAMS 34 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,840 BOYS CHEER AND LAUGH 35 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,080 'Every barrel has its bad apples. 36 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,880 'But in my book, there are very few creatures on this Earth 37 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:03,600 'lower than a bent copper. 38 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,880 'Now, I don't know what led him down that path, but whatever it was, 39 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:12,080 'death has a way of wiping a man's slate clean in this world. 40 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,160 'I can't speak as to the next.' 41 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,000 UPBEAT CREDIT MUSIC 42 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,120 Kettle on? Hm. 43 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,960 MAN: 'The finding of this board 44 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,760 'is that the tragic events of last December, 45 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,240 'which led to the shooting of DI Thursday 46 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,320 'and the arrest of DS Morse, 47 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,000 'were due solely to a mental breakdown 48 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,640 'suffered by ACC Clive Deare. 49 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,640 'We are also of a view that further investigation 50 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,040 'into other extraneous matters 51 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,360 'would NOT be in the national interest. 52 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,760 'To which end, all investigative materials 53 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,840 'relating to Blenheim Vale Boys' Home 54 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:21,320 'are to be sealed for 50 years.' 55 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,880 Morning, Morse. Good morning, Mrs Thursday. 56 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,880 There's tea in the pot if you want to go through. 57 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,040 Ah, no time this morning, I'm afraid. 58 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,200 Fred tells me Jim Strange has asked you to be best man 59 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,240 for him and Joan's... 60 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,760 Yes. Yes, that's right. 61 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,640 It'll mean a lot to him. 62 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,720 Well, to both of them, I'm sure. 63 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,240 Sam settling back in all right? FRED: Morse. 64 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,840 Morning, Sir. Much in? 65 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,880 DS JIM STRANGE: Local beat man found him on his rounds 66 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,040 not long after six. 67 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,920 Anything to say who he was? Dosser, by the looks of him. 68 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,560 They hang out here and the wasteland by the old Kemble Theatre. 69 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,320 Morning, Doctor. Chief Inspector. 70 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,240 Much to go on? 71 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,320 Male, late 50s, early 60s, 72 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,480 most likely not in the best of health, 73 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,120 multiple injuries, looks like he took a serious beating. 74 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:27,440 What's with all the, uh, blood? 75 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,960 Someone stuck a broken bottle in his neck. 76 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,640 Whether that's what did for him, or he was already on his way out... 77 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,120 I'm afraid I won't be able to express an opinion 78 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:39,680 until after the postmortem. 79 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,160 Shall we say two o'clock? 80 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:48,040 Doctor. 81 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,120 It's £20. 82 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,720 What's left of it. Burnt. 83 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,000 That's a lot of money. Can't see him doing that. 84 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Maybe that's what he fell out with his mates over. 85 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,160 See if you can run his pals to ground, find out what they got. 86 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,480 Jim, you take me back to the station. 87 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,600 TRAIN RUMBLES 88 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,360 JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS 89 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:34,400 HE GROANS 90 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:40,360 "Fear not: for behold, I give you good tidings of great joy." 91 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,000 The results are in... 92 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,320 Mr President. 93 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,760 CS BRIGHT: A vagrant? Kicked to death... 94 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:53,120 or stabbed with a broken bottle, according to Doctor DeBryn. 95 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,760 I dunno what the world's coming to. 96 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,640 Most days, I barely recognise it at all. 97 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:00,880 No, Sir. 98 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,840 Criminal damage... cars smashed and stolen, 99 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:11,480 violence between gangs of young men on Carfax in broad daylight, 100 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,080 wanton lawlessness. 101 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,400 This is Oxford! It's not New York. 102 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,400 No, Sir. 103 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,760 Have you thought any more about Carshall? 104 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,600 Yes, Sir. 105 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,040 I've decided to put in for it. 106 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,280 It'll mean a move, but... that could be good for the family. 107 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:31,800 Joan'll be settled, and... 108 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,800 ..I'd like to see Sam properly back on his feet. 109 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:36,880 I'm sure. 110 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,200 How's he readjusting to civilian life? 111 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,240 Pretty well, Sir. Thank you. All things considered. 112 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,320 TIN CLANGS Hello? 113 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:52,880 I'm the police. 114 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:56,080 It's all right. 115 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,320 It's all right, no need to be scared. 116 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,360 I'd just like to talk to you. 117 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,240 Devils? "In the shape of men." 118 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,240 The hell she mean by that? Oh, I don't know. She was terrified. 119 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:11,840 She said they looked like Fred Astaire, 120 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:13,280 only their faces were wrong. 121 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:14,440 Four or five of them. 122 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,040 That's what I'm to report to Mr Bright, is it? 123 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,760 Case like that, she's drunk from dusk till dawn, 124 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:21,720 it's hard to know what she's seen. 125 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,560 Any of them have a name for him? Hugh or Hughie, no surname. 126 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:27,960 I wouldn't put your hopes in getting to the bottom of it. 127 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,840 These types blow into town without a trace 128 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,200 and blow out again just the same. 129 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,360 Unreliable witnesses at best. 130 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,480 And that's if you can ever find 'em again. 131 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,960 Er, anything further on Brenda Lewis' time at Landesman's? 132 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,640 There was a Missing Persons case, in her name in '63 133 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,120 but closed shortly afterwards. 134 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,800 She worked directly for Joe Landesman as his personal secretary. 135 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,920 Nothing more from Ronnie Box, I don't suppose? 136 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,440 Weren't expecting anything, were we? You never know with Box. 137 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,720 I wouldn't put it past him to keep something up his sleeve 138 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,000 till he's worked out whether it plays to his advantage. 139 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,720 Might be worth giving him another tickle, 140 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,560 see if we can jog his memory. PHONE RINGING 141 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:01,080 Thursday. 142 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,360 BELL CHIMES, BOYS CHATTER AND LAUGH 143 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,400 Maybe we should cool it for a bit. 144 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,240 "Cool it"? The police... 145 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,640 Aren't going to bother themselves too much over some filthy old man. 146 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,720 You know, if I didn't know better, Archie-boy... 147 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,600 ..I'd say you were losing your nerve. 148 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,120 No, no. It... It's not like that, Raph. 149 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:27,760 I do hope not. 150 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,720 You got rid of it yet? No. 151 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:31,880 Not yet. 152 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:46,080 So... cause of death was finally exsanguination. 153 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,600 The jagged end of the bottle punctured his left carotid artery 154 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:51,960 and jugular vein. 155 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,280 Half a dozen wounds. 156 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,480 One hesitates to say frenzied, 157 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,240 but it certainly wasn't just an unlucky blow. 158 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:01,600 When you say "finally"? 159 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,840 He was already in a pretty poor state. 160 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,240 Ruptured spleen. A number of cracked ribs. 161 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,520 Fractured humerus. Liver laceration which... 162 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,200 could have proved fatal if left unattended. 163 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:16,840 That was all from the beating? 164 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,120 Oh, yes. Three or four assailants, I'd have said. 165 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,520 Multiple contusions and abrasions. 166 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,120 I've put his bits and pieces on the side. 167 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:33,600 Kept his wedding ring. 168 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,000 Must've meant something to him. 169 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,360 Else he'd have pawned it long since 170 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,440 and chucked the proceeds down his neck. 171 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,560 Kiddies. 172 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:47,760 Probably in their 30s by now. 173 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,120 Not much to show for a life. 174 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,560 We enter the world with nothing and leave with much the same. 175 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:55,960 Kings and beggars both. 176 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:58,760 The rich man at his table... 177 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,840 ..poor man kicked and stabbed to death. 178 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,120 Where was the beret? In the coat. 179 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,000 TELEPHONE RINGING 180 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,840 How'd it go? 181 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,880 Ex-soldier, as it turns out. 182 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,760 Limehouse Rifles. My old unit. Much in over lunch? 183 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,400 Trying to work my way through the motors 184 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,840 that got vandalised on the Broad last night. 185 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,600 Turns out the sports car that got pinched 186 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,520 belongs to the Lady Mayoress. So... 187 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,440 And we've got a missing person. 188 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,920 Locals are short-handed, so they've asked us to deal. 189 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,120 Where's this? Out Slepe way. 190 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,640 DOOR SQUEAKS 191 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:59,680 Afternoon, I'm, er, Detective Sergeant Morse, Thames Valley. 192 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,800 Miss Baynard, would it be? Freya. 193 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,560 You reported a Paul Baynard missing, is that right? 194 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,280 My dad. He locked up after work, 195 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,680 and then went on his bike about eight thirty. 196 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,160 I thought he was going to The Wheatsheaf in the village, 197 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,840 about three miles. And when did you expect him back? 198 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,120 Chucking out time. 199 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,240 Is there anyone you can think of that he might've gone to stay with? 200 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:22,280 No. 201 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,000 It's just us. 202 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:29,320 What does he do? 203 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,960 Illustrator. Book covers, magazines. 204 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:35,800 How has he seemed recently? 205 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,840 Er, hard to tell. He doesn't say much. 206 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:41,840 Anything been troubling him? 207 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,320 I wouldn't have said. 208 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:46,360 Why? 209 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,640 You think something bad has happened? 210 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,840 People disappear for many reasons, Miss Baynard, 211 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,480 not all of them sinister. 212 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,240 Sometimes, people just need to step away. 213 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:01,800 To be honest, we very rarely consider someone 214 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:02,840 to be a missing person 215 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,640 unless they've been gone for at least a week. 216 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:06,280 It's just the two of you, you said? 217 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,400 Mum died. 218 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,440 When I was young. 219 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,080 Do you have a photograph of him? 220 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:17,160 Erm... 221 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,000 Ordinarily, he's quite camera-shy... 222 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,920 ..but he needed it as a study for a painting, so... 223 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,840 Half a face do you? 224 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,560 Anything further on Mickey Flood? 225 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:27,280 Nothing outside this protection racket warrant down the Smoke. 226 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,000 Well, tearing a man's tongue out and nailing it to the floor? 227 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,000 There's got to be more to it that. If I might have your attention. 228 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:38,920 Reports are coming in... 229 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,680 ..that the body of a uniformed constable 230 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,040 has been discovered by a member of the public. 231 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:46,400 I'm on my way to Division... 232 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,160 ..but if it's foul play... 233 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,480 ..I want whoever's behind it on the charge sheet 234 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,040 inside 24 hours. 235 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,480 BIRDS SQUAWKING 236 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,120 First impressions, Doctor? 237 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:22,280 Injuries are consistent with a fall from a great height. 238 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:27,040 Neck's broken, but whether that was before or after he fell, 239 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,560 I'm afraid I can't say just yet. 240 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:31,280 What about the when of it? 241 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:35,320 Five past twelve, according to his wristwatch. Face is smashed. 242 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:40,120 Rigor would suggest six to nine hours or thereabouts. So... 243 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,240 it's about the right window, time-wise. 244 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:43,600 Cause? 245 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,920 Most probably the broken neck... 246 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:49,520 ..but just feeling his skull, 247 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,400 I'd say that's very likely badly fractured. 248 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,200 Doubtless, there'll also be a panoply of internal injuries. 249 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,680 The nails of his left hand, they're quite badly torn. 250 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:04,200 So you think he clawed at whatever window he's come through? 251 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,400 Strewth! Pushed, then. 252 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,280 Not a conclusion I'd leap to necessarily, Sergeant. 253 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:14,600 Many set on self-slaughter change their mind at the last. 254 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,560 Often, sadly, to no avail. 255 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,160 I found a set of car keys in his pockets. 256 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,840 KEYS JANGLE 257 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:23,800 No notebook or warrant card. 258 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:26,360 Face doesn't ring a bell. 259 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,400 If he's out of Castle Gate, he's well off his beat. 260 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,840 CM-824? 261 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:35,760 That's not a Thames Valley number, is it? 262 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,600 See if you can get a steer on that collar number. 263 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,800 And a statement from whoever found him. 264 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,240 Have a look at that car, see who it belongs to. 265 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:58,440 He looks familiar. 266 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,480 Sure I've seen him somewhere before. 267 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,120 So, what do you think? 268 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:10,160 He's come in here after some bugger up to no good, or what? 269 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,360 Five past midnight. 270 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:15,280 Could just as easily have been a midnight rendezvous. 271 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,080 Someone he knew, then. Mm. 272 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,880 You and Jim finish up here. 273 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,280 I'll report to Mr Bright when he gets back from Division. 274 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,800 Anything? Well, a couple of cigarette butts. 275 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,880 Empty packet of Old Soldiers, and the wrapper of a prophylactic. 276 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,280 Midnight, the stars, and you, eh? Mm. 277 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,520 It's always been a popular spot for toms. 278 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,560 What about this? Dumped. 279 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:56,960 It's the Lady Mayoress's motor, 280 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,800 nicked the night before last off the Broad. 281 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,000 I was thinking, maybe he saw whoever dumped it, 282 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,920 and chased 'em inside the factory. Damage? 283 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,080 Can't imagine the thief'd want to be driving it around in that state. 284 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,800 If it were me, I'd have dumped it the night it was stolen. 285 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,840 Any keys? Could be anywhere. 286 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,440 I've a unit coming out to pick it up, if you wanna wait. 287 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,560 Said to the old man I'd see him back at the station. 288 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,720 Hello there. I'm Detective Sergeant Morse, Thames Valley, 289 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,040 Miss... Hatch. 290 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,800 I wonder if you could tell me which lender last borrowed this? 291 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,080 Just For Jolly. 292 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,520 It should've been returned on the 1st of July. 293 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:06,840 Yes, of course. 294 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,760 In fact, I remember him. 295 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,400 It was, er, late opening. 296 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,960 He was the last one in here. Mister... 297 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,920 Ah, yes, here we are. 298 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,240 Mr Astin. Astin? 299 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,520 David Astin. Six Kent Finn novels. 300 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,480 I remember saying to him, "You must be a fan, then." 301 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:31,560 Would you have an address for him? 302 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,600 FAINT JAZZ MUSIC 303 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,040 BELL RINGS 304 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,960 Bye now. I say, I say, I say. 305 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,720 "What can I do for you, then, sir?" he asked him knowingly. 306 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,000 I'm not... I'm not buying. 307 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,320 "You say that now, sir. But wait till you've sampled my wares," 308 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:54,440 said Simple Simon to the Pieman. 309 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,600 Laughter is the best medicine. TOY EMITS LAUGHTER 310 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,240 Sorry, do you mind turning that off? I'm on police business. 311 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,520 I'm Detective Sergeant Morse. Thames Valley. 312 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:07,400 I was given this address for a David Astin. Does he live here? 313 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:08,560 Yes. 314 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,320 Well, then, I'm afraid I've got some bad news. 315 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:16,520 His body was found earlier this morning, out by Cowley. 316 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,520 HE LAUGHS 317 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,640 Oh, brilliant. Oh, well done! 318 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,160 You nearly had me there for a minute. 319 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,840 I'm sorry, it's not a laughing matter. 320 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,640 Who put you up to it? It's Ray, isn't it? 321 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,160 Ray? 322 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,760 My brother, in case he didn't mention. 323 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,080 No, honestly, I'm here about David Astin. 324 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,240 There's only one problem with that, see. 325 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,880 I'm David Astin. 326 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,160 ..going through it... Oh. 327 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,960 Still no word on his collar number. 328 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,960 I put a call in to the Yard. But they're turning out from all over. 329 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,360 Some of them have cancelled leave. Others have refused to go home. 330 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:15,120 No stone unturned, I suppose. Not for one of our own. 331 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,120 An actor? Yes, Sir. 332 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:23,840 He's in this Jolly For Short programme on the television. 333 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,160 He plays a young PC, Constable Banks. 334 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,160 They do most of it at Associated Midland Studios. 335 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,400 Then, what's he doing here? 336 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,920 They film some of the outside bits in town 337 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,520 and then put them into the rest of it, so it's all one thing. 338 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:38,920 I spoke to the people who make it. 339 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,200 They said he was "called" yesterday, whatever that means, 340 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,080 but not used. They're back here again today. 341 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,600 And this Constable Banks is... is part of it? 342 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,720 Banks is the part he's playing, Sir. 343 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,040 His real name is Raymond Swann. 344 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,400 He must've borrowed my library card. 345 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,400 I probably haven't used it since I was a kid. 346 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,800 A fall, you say? 347 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,680 Then at least it would've been quick. 348 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,000 But I don't understand how... 349 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,080 Some sort of accident? 350 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,800 Did he live here? No. No, he's got a place in Jericho. 351 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,840 You wouldn't have a set of keys, would you? 352 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,240 Yeah. He gave me a spare, in case of emergencies. 353 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,080 What car did he drive? 354 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,640 Little Fiat. He bought it with the first money he made off Jolly. 355 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,880 "Repeats", they call it? They pay you every time it's on. 356 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,120 Is it popular, this programme? 357 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:45,040 Oh, yeah. Must've been going... five years, now. 358 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,280 But I think, last time I saw him, 359 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,240 he said they're finishing it after this lot. 360 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:55,120 That must've come as a blow. How did he take it? 361 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:57,640 "An actor's life," he said. 362 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:02,240 And it was Raymond Swann, you said. Not Astin? 363 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,480 It was his acting name. For the union. 364 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,080 There was already a Raymond Astin. It's one of their rules. 365 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,400 You can't have two actors with the same name. 366 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,680 I'd like to see him. 367 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,680 Say my goodbyes. Yes. Course. 368 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:18,920 'Tell you the truth, Jolly,' 369 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,000 I don't know how much change I've got left in me. 370 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,640 I'm not so young as I was. 371 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,920 Away with you. You'll see me out. 372 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,760 I've been talking to Marge about packing it in. 373 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,040 Maybe going down Minehead way. Open a guest house. 374 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:33,840 PLANE OVERHEAD Sunset over the bay... 375 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,040 Cut! Cut! Sorry, sorry! Plane! BELL RINGS 376 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,360 Are you going to be doing that pipe business over my line? Only... 377 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:42,400 CHATTER 378 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:52,920 Mike Gatwood, producer. Studio rang to say you were coming. 379 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,360 I haven't divulged the news yet to the cast and crew, but, erm, 380 00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:58,560 if there's anything I can do. 381 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,880 Mr Swann was "called" yesterday, I understand. 382 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,080 Yes, yes, he was. Er, he spent most of the day on the minibus, though. 383 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,920 Why was that? Well, it's not unusual. 384 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,880 He only had two lines, they were in the last scene of the day. 385 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:16,640 So we cut one for time, and then Ted, er, Sergeant Wilkins, 386 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,680 he thought the other one was something 387 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,560 his character was more likely to say, so... 388 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,840 And the minibus went back where? Went back to the studio. 389 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,320 And who'd have been on that with Mr Swann, the other actors? 390 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:31,280 No, no, they have private cars. Take them back home, or to their digs. 391 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,680 Kenny - Superintendent Jolliphant - he's staying in town at the moment, 392 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,200 because he's doing a thriller at the Oxford Empire. 393 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,520 We'll need to speak to those of the cast who were here yesterday 394 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,600 and anyone else who had anything to do with him. 395 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,480 Oh, well, that's... that's difficult today. 396 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,000 Er, but we start rehearsals tomorrow for the next episode, 397 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,400 if you want to come by then. We're in Pool Moor Hall. 398 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,920 It's a little church hall that we use in Summertown. 399 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,120 Mike! Mike, please! 400 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,520 That is me being summoned. So, erm, see you on the green! 401 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:06,440 It's a rum caper. 402 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,960 Sit in a bus all day and not get used. 403 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,520 Wanted to do that, he could've joined the real police. 404 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,320 I've got the keys to his flat and car if you want to take a look. 405 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,040 No, you're all right. Win's doing something. 406 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,800 Jim's family's coming over. 407 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,360 Well, just his gran. That's all he's got. 408 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,800 She had the raising of him, apparently. 409 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,160 You work with someone seven years. Things you don't know about people. 410 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,040 Let me know if you find anything. 411 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,240 "Play Dead." 412 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,160 Lovely carrots, eh, Gran? 413 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,000 Lovely carrots, Mrs Thursday. 414 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,080 Best call me Win, Jim, seeing as we're going to be family. 415 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,920 No Sam tonight, then? 416 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,120 No, he had to go out. Oh, did he? 417 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:19,480 Oh, we, uh, found that nicked car belonging to the Lady Mayoress. 418 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,320 Morse said. He found this Kent Finn book underneath it, apparently. 419 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,640 So it must've been dumped after Swann hit the deck. 420 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:26,720 Mm. 421 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:28,840 I've put the smokes and the fag packet 422 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,760 he picked up in the factory into Forensics. 423 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,320 And the wrapper for the, um... 424 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:36,640 Wossname. 425 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,360 They were hopeful they might be able to get some dabs off that. 426 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:40,720 Well, then. 427 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,720 DOOR UNLOCKING 428 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,920 SHOUTING, CLATTERING I've got it. 429 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,400 SHE SIGHS 430 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,400 All right, come on. Come here, that's it. 431 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,920 Here we go. Oh, do you want me to, er... 432 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,160 Er, no. No, you're, you're all right, Jim. I've got him. 433 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,960 You go on and... have your tea. 434 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,040 Come on, up you get. 435 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,760 That's it. That's it. 436 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,800 I'm all right. I tripped. 437 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:25,560 I know. 438 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,200 It's easily done. Up the stairs. Come on. 439 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:29,960 You go and sleep it off. 440 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,920 Morse! Mrs Thursday. 441 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,640 Come in, he won't be a minute. 442 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,160 You wanna end up like that? 443 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,480 That's the way you're going, you carry on the way you are. Then what? 444 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,000 Ah, Morse. Uh, I... 445 00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,960 'And what put you onto it, Sir?' 446 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:02,640 As a matter of fact, it was something Sergeant Wilkins said. 447 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,680 We were talking about the tearaways 448 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,280 who've been troubling Ma Peggoty recently and you said... 449 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,920 "The devil makes work for idle hands." 450 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,120 And it was "hands" that got me thinking... 451 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:18,000 of the Ormolu clock found at the scene of Eduardo Sanchez's murder, 452 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:22,120 the hands forever stilled at ten twenty eight. 453 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,600 Only trouble is, the postmortem... 454 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,760 DOOR OPENS 455 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:33,920 Obviously, given what's happened, 456 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,440 we're keen to understand Mr Swann's recent mental state, 457 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,320 particularly in the days leading up to his decease. 458 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,040 Is there anyone on the programme he was particularly friends with? 459 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,880 Someone in the cast or crew, perhaps? 460 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,000 Well, I really didn't know him well enough to say. 461 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,240 So, you weren't on set the last time he was there? 462 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,720 No, no, no, no, 'fraid not. 463 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,760 I... I popped by the day before, just to... just to look in. 464 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,280 Do you remember seeing him then? 465 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,240 Well, I mean, there were a number of uniformed extras at lunch. 466 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,360 He might've been one of them. 467 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,720 Oh, no, as a matter of fact, 468 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,160 there was a bit of a contretemps around the catering truck. 469 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:11,440 What was that? 470 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,160 Well, a couple of passing derelicts were helping themselves, 471 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,720 you know, stuffing their pockets with rolls, biscuits, all sorts. 472 00:34:18,720 --> 00:34:21,680 Mike knows. Mike! I was just telling the police about the beggars, 473 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,640 coming along and helping themselves to grub. 474 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,680 Oh, God! I mean, they're like wasps at a picnic. 475 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:29,080 No-one begrudges anyone a bit of food, but you've gotta watch 'em, 476 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,960 otherwise they're in and out of production and in artistes' caravans 477 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:33,520 quicker than you can say knife. 478 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,520 I can't say that I knew him terribly well. 479 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:41,880 I don't think we had many scenes together. 480 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,920 Teddy had more to do with him. 481 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,000 And what about the day before last? He was "called", but not used. 482 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,800 Did you see him or speak to him? 483 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,560 Erm... I may have over lunch next to the chuck wagon, 484 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,640 but I don't know whether anyone's mentioned, 485 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,800 I'm rehearsing a play for the Oxford Empire at the moment. 486 00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,360 Play Dead, would that be? 487 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,520 That's the one! It's rather a neat little thriller, actually. 488 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:07,040 I play this writer whose young, beautiful wife gets bumped off. 489 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:10,240 And all the way through, you don't know whether it's me or not. 490 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:11,560 And is it you? 491 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,400 Ah, you'll have to come and see to find out, won't you. Ha-ha. 492 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,480 No, seriously, do let me know if you want some tickets for yourselves 493 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,480 or maybe just to raffle off for charity. Or both! 494 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,000 We like to do our bit for the police, 495 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,680 because they're always so good for us... 496 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,080 You were saying... about Raymond Swann. 497 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,240 Oh. Yes, well, erm, when I'm not being used, 498 00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:33,520 I'm in my caravan, learning my lines, 499 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,200 because we go up next week and I'm... I'm still on the book. 500 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,960 Small wonder, really, the way they chop and change the lines on this. 501 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:44,760 It's a miracle I can keep anything in my head at all. Ha! 502 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:51,520 I was telling Raymond only the other day, your public are everything. 503 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,200 He'd been recognised, you see. First time for all of us. 504 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,240 It could happen anywhere, in the butcher's or the baker's, 505 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:02,080 just be queueing up, like an ordinary person, 506 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:04,520 and then you hear the whispers from members of the public 507 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,160 from the back of the queue... 508 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:07,960 "Is it him?" You know. 509 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,520 And it'll rattle down the line like a cane fire. 510 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,240 Is that right? Ciggie? 511 00:36:13,240 --> 00:36:16,280 Er, I won't, thank you, sir, and nor will he. 512 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,600 Then one of them will pluck up the courage to ask, "Is it you?" 513 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,440 And I'll say, "Who?" 514 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,880 And they'll say, "Him. Off the telly." 515 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,040 I've told my wife to put that on my gravestone: 516 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,400 Ted Pickersgill - "Him off the telly." 517 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:38,160 Of course... none of us are in the same league as Kenny in that regard. 518 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,480 And about Raymond Swann? 519 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,040 Nice enough lad. 520 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,360 Very much wanted to get ahead. 521 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,000 Who knows? 522 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,160 A word in the right ear to the right person... 523 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,600 In this game, it's never what you know. 524 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:57,000 I suppose... some are born to starring roles 525 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:01,000 in new plays at the Oxford Empire, 526 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,240 and some are born for a kick in the teeth. 527 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:06,680 How's that? 528 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,120 I'm surprised nobody's told you. 529 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,840 I've been written out of this little extravaganza. 530 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,840 We understood the programme was coming to an end? 531 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:20,920 I'm coming to an end... 532 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:23,960 ..halfway through the run. 533 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,040 And it's not just my post-bag. 534 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,560 I get more fan mail than anyone else round here. 535 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,120 Except Kenny, of course. Is that right? 536 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,840 People like old Sergeant Wilkins. 537 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,680 He reminds them of the way things used to be... 538 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,160 before the war. 539 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,760 Then it all went to pot. 540 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,120 Quite literally, in some cases. 541 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,560 None of them seem to know Swann well. 542 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:53,880 Or will admit to it, at least. 543 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,000 You think he was trying to mark our card with that look 544 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,240 he gave to DI Chance when he mentioned the pot? 545 00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:00,480 I noticed he was smoking Old Soldiers himself. 546 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,240 Just like the butts you found at Cresswell's old biscuit factory. 547 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:05,320 I'm sure he's not the only man in Oxford smokes them. 548 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,360 Maybe not. But he's the only one we've met so far 549 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,080 who knew Raymond Swann. 550 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:32,800 QUIET TALKING 551 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,520 Morse. 552 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:39,000 Nothing on him to say who he was, before you ask. 553 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,200 His name is Paul Baynard. He's an artist. 554 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,160 Does the covers of those Jolliphant books. 555 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,160 He went missing three days ago. 556 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,760 That would certainly agree with my initial findings. 557 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,360 Body's been immersed about that long. 558 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,280 Not a bad spot to fetch up, is it? 559 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:58,200 Laid out by Capability Brown. 560 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,240 That's some kind of faith, don't you think? 561 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,000 All that work in anticipation of... 562 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,480 something you'll never live to see in all its glory. 563 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,480 Any idea yet as to cause of death? 564 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,520 Won't be able to give you a definitive answer 565 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,640 until after the PM. But... 566 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,640 there's a number of obvious injuries. 567 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,520 Lacerations and contusions in the main, 568 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,960 though, we've one broken arm and a sizeable head wound. 569 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,120 None of which immediately suggests drowning. 570 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,800 So injuries consistent with a road traffic collision, then? 571 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,800 If he was riding a motorcycle, say? 572 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,120 Was he riding a motorcycle? Last time he was seen living. 573 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,200 Right, we'll get a team out, get the lake dragged. 574 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,440 Tomorrow do you? For the postmortem. 575 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,480 Yeah, of course. Whatever you think best. 576 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:32,960 Afternoon, it's Detective Chief Inspector Thursday, Thames Valley. 577 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,680 I believe someone from the Regimental Association office 578 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,960 spoke to my sergeant earlier. 579 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,280 It's in connection with identifying a body. 580 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:45,800 Someone who may possibly have served with the regiment. 581 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:50,400 Thank you for the tea. 582 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:52,640 I'm very sorry to have to ask, 583 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,200 but we will need somebody to identify the body. 584 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,000 Yes, of course. I'll do it. 585 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,040 Are you sure? 586 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:03,080 Look, this isn't the first parent I've lost. I know the ropes. 587 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:06,520 The police. The postmortem. The registrar. The undertaker. 588 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:07,840 The endless bloody forms. 589 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,160 What happened? 590 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:14,680 She killed herself. 591 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,120 HE was in no state to do anything. 592 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,160 I'm sorry. That shouldn't have fallen on you. 593 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:25,440 Was there anything else? 594 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,600 Actually... yes. 595 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,560 Do you know much about his paintings? 596 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,600 Some. Like what? 597 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:41,400 Like what was his inspiration for the images? 598 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:46,080 He liked to draw on life wherever possible. Hence all the props. 599 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,160 And what about the places that feature in the background 600 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,280 of some of the covers? 601 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:56,880 If a real place was featured in the story, Dad liked to include it. 602 00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,760 I think St Pancras Hotel got mentioned in one. 603 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,720 And if the location was fictitious? 604 00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:05,480 He'd base it on somewhere he knew or had been. 605 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,800 What about this one, for example? 606 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:15,960 "Jolly Bad Business." 607 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,240 What's that building based on? 608 00:42:17,240 --> 00:42:21,080 Well, it always seemed to me a bit creepy. 609 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,160 I did ask him about it a few times, 610 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,760 but it's one of the many things I could never get out of him. 611 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,480 And the model? Who's she? 612 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,680 I don't know. They came and went. But that one...? 613 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,120 Like I say, I couldn't get him to talk about it, 614 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:37,520 and I didn't want to push... 615 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:42,000 He could be tricky. Could he? How so? 616 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,360 He had an extreme personality. 617 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,320 He was either madly up 618 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:50,920 or so gripped by despair, he could barely get out of bed. 619 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,080 Was he always like that? 620 00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:56,520 He was all right when I was a girl, at least not so bad. 621 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:01,240 I suppose he took a turn for the worst about ten years ago. 622 00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:03,160 He was drinking a lot. 623 00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,240 Some private members' place in town. 624 00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:08,120 Don't suppose you know where? 625 00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:11,400 Not sure. The Downspout, I think. 626 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,240 He'd finish work, get on his bike, 627 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:16,560 and then I might not see him for a day or two. He'd be off on a bender. 628 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,760 But then something changed. 629 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,520 Something took hold of him. 630 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:22,880 Some sort of scare or fright. 631 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:24,920 And he was never quite the same after that. 632 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:28,480 In what way? 633 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:33,360 He started hating the phone ringing out of hours. 634 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,640 Even in hours, he was none so keen. 635 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:39,280 He didn't like to hear footsteps on the gravel after dark. 636 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:42,200 It was like something or someone was after him. 637 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:45,120 What someone? Did he say? 638 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,880 I don't know. He wouldn't talk about it. 639 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:50,760 I don't know if he had any real cause to be scared, 640 00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:52,840 or if it was all in his imagination, but... 641 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:56,680 real or imagined, the past ten years, he's been... 642 00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:01,000 ..I suppose haunted is the word. 643 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:53,280 GUNSHOT 644 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:56,040 BODY THUDS 645 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:11,040 You don't think about something for long enough... 646 00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:14,040 ..you think you've forgotten. 647 00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:30,240 MORSE SIGHS 648 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:33,000 What's all this? 649 00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:36,120 The Superintendent Jolliphant books. 650 00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:40,200 I think the artist who illustrated the covers, Paul Baynard, 651 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:41,520 was trying to say something. 652 00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:43,840 Baynard? That's your body out the lake, innit? 653 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,200 Yeah. It was his habit to draw from life 654 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,080 anywhere that was mentioned in the books, but, erm, 655 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:50,360 but if a place was made-up, 656 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,000 he would base it on somewhere he knew. 657 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:53,400 Where does that look like to you? 658 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,560 Now, I've read this book. 659 00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,400 Nowhere described in it bears any resemblance to Blenheim Vale. 660 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,440 So why'd he use it? 661 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,920 Well, I think he knew something about Blenheim Vale. 662 00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:05,960 About the disappearance of Brenda Lewis, 663 00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:07,640 maybe even about Peter Williams. 664 00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:08,800 Williams? 665 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,320 I think we need to get a dog team out there. Diggers, even. 666 00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:13,760 Oh, come on! 667 00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:20,160 Sir? 668 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,840 You think I'm going to get the say-so from upstairs 669 00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:29,960 for something like that 670 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,760 off the back of a bunch of paintings used on paperback novels? 671 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,280 There's more than that. Look... 672 00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:38,720 ..if Paul Baynard thought he had a line on a missing person, 673 00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:40,960 why go to all the trouble of putting clues in paintings? 674 00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:42,600 Why not just come forward to the police? 675 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,240 Because he was afraid. 676 00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:47,120 Look, in 1963, he was a member of The Downspout Club. 677 00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:48,680 Had been for years. So? 678 00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:50,720 So was everyone else involved with Blenheim Vale. 679 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:53,360 Joe Landesman. Assistant Chief Constable Clive Deare. 680 00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:54,600 If he was drinking with... 681 00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:57,960 I don't care how pissed a man gets, he's not gonna confess 682 00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:00,560 to doing away with someone and burying a body in Blenheim Vale. 683 00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:03,720 Well, at the same time, Baynard got a new model. 684 00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:06,280 She's on the cover of Just For Jolly and Jolly Bad Business, 685 00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:07,800 published in '64. 686 00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:09,560 Take a look at the initials. THURSDAY SIGHS 687 00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:15,720 BL. 688 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:22,240 So you think Baynard's model is Brenda. Andrew Lewis's mother? 689 00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:24,120 Well, look, there is a similarity, look! 690 00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:27,880 Brenda Lewis was working direct for Joe Landesman 691 00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:29,760 as his personal secretary. 692 00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:32,080 Let's say she finds out something she shouldn't have. 693 00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,760 She lets slip her suspicions to Paul Baynard. 694 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:37,160 And then, unwittingly, or in his cups, 695 00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,080 he mentions it at The Downspout Club. 696 00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:42,040 Maybe even to Clive Deare? He's a high-ranking police officer. 697 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:45,880 Exit Brenda Lewis. And Baynard gets leant on to keep his mouth shut. 698 00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,640 But instead, he starts alluding to what he knows 699 00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:52,080 in the paintings that he makes for these Jolliphant books. 700 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:56,280 It's JUST about possible, I suppose. 701 00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,640 But do you really wanna go over all that again? 702 00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:04,240 Blenheim Vale nearly did for the pair of us last time. 703 00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:06,440 We solved it. Not all of it. 704 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:08,720 We didn't get Joe Landesman. 705 00:48:08,720 --> 00:48:11,120 Landesman is long gone. 706 00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:13,920 And even if he wasn't, it's history. 707 00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,080 Somebody gave Andrew Lewis a hot shot 708 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,240 and then dumped his body at Beaumont College. 709 00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:20,080 Now, that's not history. That's last month. 710 00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:22,560 And it's on our ground. It's not mine. 711 00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:25,400 Not any more. 712 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:31,240 I've applied for a transfer. 713 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:35,920 Carshall. It's a superintendency. 714 00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:39,240 I can't take you with me. I'd like to, but I can't. 715 00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:43,000 So, there it is. 716 00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:47,680 I see. 717 00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:52,000 Look, it's... it's not how I wanted to tell you. 718 00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:57,480 I've gotta think of Win, Joanie, getting Sam back up on his feet. 719 00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,080 No, of course. Of course. I understand. 720 00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:06,000 Two years, three at most. I'm done. Out. 721 00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:10,280 I can't be doing with all this Blenheim Vale all over again. 722 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:11,520 Not now. 723 00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:15,920 And nor should you. You've gotta let it go. 724 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,920 I can't. Why not? 725 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,440 We did our bit. And then some. 726 00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:22,360 Why should you risk your neck? 727 00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,400 Cos somebody has to. 728 00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:29,840 Well, let it be some other bugger. 729 00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:32,760 Just not us. Not this time. 730 00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:50,960 Ooh. Oh. 731 00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:52,960 What ho! What ho! 732 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,320 Why the long face, Archie, old bean? 733 00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,360 You'll put me off my stroke. 734 00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:58,880 The car's been found. 735 00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:01,960 We know. It was in the p-p-p-papers. 736 00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:04,880 Perhaps you should have p-parked it more c-c-c-carefully. 737 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,600 And a-a-a body. 738 00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:09,760 That was also in the p-p-p-papers. 739 00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:12,680 No. A-A-A different one. 740 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:14,360 THWACK OF BALL 741 00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:16,720 Well, that's unfortunate. 742 00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:18,480 But nothing to do with us, officer. 743 00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,280 Right? We all know the tune. 744 00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:23,640 ALL: Nothing to do with us, officer. 745 00:50:26,720 --> 00:50:28,480 Buck up, you corks! 746 00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:32,240 I feel an evening's entertainment coming on. 747 00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:36,200 CURTAINS RATTLE 748 00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:40,560 So, what happened to you the other night? 749 00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:45,400 Don't you start. I've already copped an earful off the old man. 750 00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:46,920 Well, you can't blame him. Mm. 751 00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:50,400 What's all this? 752 00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,520 Oh, it's just some old tat I found in my room. 753 00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,280 Gonna see if there's anything worth keeping before chucking it. 754 00:50:56,280 --> 00:50:58,800 Is there? Not so far. Hm. 755 00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:05,480 Feels small. 756 00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:07,160 Don't you think? What does? 757 00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:09,360 This house. 758 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,200 When we were kids, it felt... 759 00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:15,520 ..different, somehow. 760 00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:17,000 WE were different. Yeah. 761 00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:23,120 I really thought that this was all there was. 762 00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:24,720 All there was in the world. 763 00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:28,760 Then you realise it's all just lies. 764 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:31,880 What is? 765 00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:35,600 Everything. School. Papers. 766 00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:37,840 The telly. 767 00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:40,720 Sunday Night At The London Palladium. 768 00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:43,040 Thank Your Lucky Stars. 769 00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:45,600 "Join the Army. See the world." 770 00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:54,040 And then you realise it's all just about killing. 771 00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:55,520 That's just the hangover talking. 772 00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:57,680 Right. 773 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,000 Put your boots on. 774 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,880 Get yourself some fresh air. Come on, it'll make you feel better. 775 00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:07,320 There's a 99 in it. 776 00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:09,920 STIFLED LAUGH 777 00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:13,040 FOOTSTEPS, DUCKS QUACKING 778 00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:17,520 Go better with a pint, wouldn't it? 779 00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:24,120 Used to come here when we first left London. 780 00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:30,400 Sunday after tea. Ice cream, and a feed of the ducks. 781 00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:35,640 Don't suppose there'll be much of this at Carshall. 782 00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:39,480 New town? 783 00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:44,280 Who am I kidding? I'm too old for a new town. 784 00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,240 They'll be lucky to have you. 785 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:51,360 Starting over at my time of life? Must want my brains testing. 786 00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:57,360 When're you off? After Joan's wedding. 787 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:01,440 Well, it's the right thing. 788 00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:03,840 Is it? 789 00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:08,560 I've never run away from a fight yet. 790 00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:11,720 What do you mean? You're not running away from one now. 791 00:53:11,720 --> 00:53:14,960 It's like you said, you've done your time. You've the family to think of. 792 00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:18,360 It's like the war at the end. 793 00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:21,800 When we knew we'd got 'em licked, and they knew it, too. 794 00:53:23,240 --> 00:53:25,320 I lost three of my lads those last few days. 795 00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:27,400 Fellas I'd been with from the off. 796 00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:30,560 Can still see 'em... young, still. 797 00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:32,680 Younger than you, younger than Sam, even. 798 00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:35,880 Get through all that... 799 00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:39,360 ..only to catch a packet at the finish. 800 00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:43,360 Doesn't seem right, somehow. 801 00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:46,640 Insult to injury. 802 00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,080 BIRDSONG, WATER FLOWING 803 00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:56,680 Was there anything from your old regiment on our vagrant soldier? 804 00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:01,320 Sellers his name was, Hugh Sellers. 805 00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:05,080 Hanging round the legion kitchen on the cadge from time to time. 806 00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:07,200 Somebody recognised him. Family? 807 00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:10,320 Looking into it. Shouldn't think the parents are still about. 808 00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:13,560 But wife? Kids, maybe? 809 00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:15,520 Like to let 'em know, if I could. 810 00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:17,880 Get justice for him. 811 00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:21,640 And what about Andrew Lewis? 812 00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:24,120 Don't you think he deserves justice, too? 813 00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:29,960 Look, I wasn't the first person to go nosing around The Downspout Club. 814 00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:31,520 Somebody had been there before me. 815 00:54:35,240 --> 00:54:37,320 Did Andrew Lewis give you a photograph of his mother 816 00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:38,720 to help with your inquiries? 817 00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:48,680 Would've been useful to have had our noses across it before now, Ronnie. 818 00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:50,480 You never asked. 819 00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:52,280 He was my client, Fred, 820 00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:55,200 long before he ever became your body in Beaumont College. 821 00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:58,360 And did The Downspout Club feature in your investigation? 822 00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:00,560 I heard somebody's been following in my footsteps. 823 00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:02,720 Yeah... 824 00:55:02,720 --> 00:55:06,200 Joe Landesman was a member. And others. Why? 825 00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:09,600 What about Paul Baynard? Doesn't ring a bell. Who's he? 826 00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:11,040 He's an artist. 827 00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:14,080 Killed this week in a road accident. 828 00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:16,880 Seems increasingly likely he has some connection to Brenda Lewis. 829 00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:20,200 Then, his death wasn't an accident. 830 00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:22,320 What've you heard, Ron? 831 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:28,760 Rumour. Whispers in the dark. 832 00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:30,760 It's like trying to catch wood smoke. 833 00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:32,840 One minute, you think you've got hold of something, 834 00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:34,440 only to have it come apart in your hands. 835 00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:36,960 Big picture? Can't say. 836 00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:39,360 But there's bits of London caught up in it. 837 00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:40,880 Big time. 838 00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:42,920 Your old nark who copped it up here. 839 00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:46,200 Mickey Flood? What's he to do with any of this? 840 00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:47,720 Nobody's talking... 841 00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:50,800 ..but word is he tumbled to some bit of villainy 842 00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:53,960 connects here and there. And that's what cost him. 843 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:56,720 And that's somehow connected to Brenda Lewis? 844 00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:01,240 Who was Mickey running with down the Smoke, Ron? 845 00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:03,800 At the time of his decease, 846 00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:06,200 there was a warrant out for him on a protection racket. 847 00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:07,960 That was never Mick. 848 00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:11,600 All I hear, the past few years, he's been perched on a stool, 849 00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:13,360 the landing of some Dean Street walk-up, 850 00:56:13,360 --> 00:56:15,040 minding the punters behave themselves. 851 00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:17,240 Money for jam. 852 00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:18,600 And just the cushy number 853 00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:21,400 for a broke-down, busted old lag like Mickey Flood. 854 00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:23,800 Hard to reconcile that with whatever he did 855 00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:26,120 to get him nailed to the floor and his tongue cut out. 856 00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:27,840 Ain't it just. 857 00:56:32,240 --> 00:56:33,480 Better? 858 00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,360 Mm, much. 859 00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:37,520 SHE CHUCKLES 860 00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:40,840 DUCKS QUACK 861 00:56:44,240 --> 00:56:46,720 So... 862 00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:48,120 Was it bad over there? 863 00:56:49,920 --> 00:56:51,320 No, not really. 864 00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:53,840 Boring more than anything. 865 00:56:55,200 --> 00:56:56,560 We were worried sick. 866 00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:04,000 So what're you gonna do with yourself? Get pissed every day? 867 00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:08,800 Just need to get away from it all for a bit, you know. 868 00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:13,440 Go somewhere, somewhere hot, preferably. 869 00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:21,880 So, you and Jim Strange. 870 00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:23,760 What about me and Jim? 871 00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:25,920 I dunno. I just... 872 00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:29,120 never thought... you two. 873 00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:33,320 Love finds you when you least expect it. 874 00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:36,960 It is love, then? 875 00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:39,800 What sorta question's that? 876 00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:43,880 He looks after me. 877 00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:48,560 I know he'd never hurt me, and he makes me feel safe. 878 00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:51,080 My tin hat made me feel safe, but that wasn't love. 879 00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:58,640 I've seen how short life can be, Joanie. 880 00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:02,320 One moment you're there, and then the next... 881 00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:07,160 Don't waste a second on regret. 882 00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:13,560 If what Flood knew has a bearing on Brenda Lewis, 883 00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:15,880 that means there's definitely a London connection 884 00:58:15,880 --> 00:58:19,520 between Blenheim Vale and what happened to Peter Williams. 885 00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:21,200 Landesman? Mm. 886 00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:25,880 Except no-one's seen sight nor sound of that bastard in six years. 887 00:58:25,880 --> 00:58:29,840 I really think we need to get troops on the ground at Blenheim Vale. 888 00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:31,600 Forensics. 889 00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:34,800 What d'you think you're gonna find, after all this time? 890 00:58:35,880 --> 00:58:37,120 His body. 891 00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:43,800 I give the go-ahead on that kind of operation... 892 00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:49,280 ..that could mean my move to Carshall, the superintendency. 893 00:58:50,760 --> 00:58:52,280 All of it. 894 00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:54,160 I'm not asking you to give the go-ahead. 895 00:58:54,160 --> 00:58:57,560 You've Hugh Sellers' family to track down, haven't you? 896 00:58:57,560 --> 00:58:59,880 And what happened to Raymond Swann to get to the bottom of. 897 00:58:59,880 --> 00:59:02,080 If you're off doing that, it's just my neck on the line. 898 00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:16,800 So, who's for a drink? Not tonight, thank you, Dickie. 899 00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:19,360 I'd love to, but I promised Anne I wouldn't be too late, 900 00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:22,640 and I've got to get the last act of Play Dead under my belt. 901 00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:24,480 Are you doing a play, Kenny? 902 00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:26,080 Don't think we've heard about this (!) 903 00:59:26,080 --> 00:59:28,480 Don't. He only does it to get a rise. 904 01:00:45,440 --> 01:00:47,040 TELEPHONE RINGS 905 01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:50,000 Oxford two-nine-four-seven. 906 01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:51,800 'Morse.' 907 01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:55,400 Miss Thursday? 908 01:00:57,440 --> 01:00:59,640 'I...' Is everything all right? 909 01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:01,360 'Yes.' SHE CHUCKLES 910 01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:03,440 'I just... 911 01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:04,600 'I was...' SHE SIGHS 912 01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:08,200 'We never had that drink.' 913 01:01:09,240 --> 01:01:11,400 No, erm... 914 01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:13,240 No, we-we never did. 915 01:01:14,680 --> 01:01:18,680 'I'm stopping by The Eagle And Child tomorrow. 916 01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:20,160 'Around six?' 917 01:01:20,160 --> 01:01:21,960 Well, I'll see you there. 918 01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:24,720 'Yes.' 919 01:01:28,240 --> 01:01:30,880 TELEPHONE DISCONNECTS, STATIC 920 01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:44,960 FIRE CRACKLES 921 01:01:58,320 --> 01:02:00,360 BOTTLE SMASHES 922 01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:03,800 FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING 923 01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:10,480 DOOR CREAKING 924 01:02:15,640 --> 01:02:17,080 GUNSHOTS 925 01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:19,080 PHONE RINGS 926 01:03:22,080 --> 01:03:23,320 Bright. 927 01:03:27,320 --> 01:03:29,400 SIREN BLARES 928 01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:41,480 Christ Almighty, what the hell've you done, matey? 929 01:03:41,480 --> 01:03:43,080 Balloon's gone up. 930 01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:45,720 Morse! Morning, Sir. Who ordered all this? 931 01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:48,600 I did. On what grounds? 932 01:03:48,600 --> 01:03:51,000 I believe there's a body buried here. 933 01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:53,760 What's this? A tip-off, or...? Not exactly, Sir. 934 01:03:53,760 --> 01:03:56,440 There's an artist, Paul Baynard. 935 01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:58,680 I think he's left visual clues in his paintings 936 01:03:58,680 --> 01:04:00,240 as to the location of the gravesite. 937 01:04:00,240 --> 01:04:04,080 Paintings. Used also on the cover of paperback novels. 938 01:04:05,120 --> 01:04:06,560 Did you know about this, Thursday? 939 01:04:08,760 --> 01:04:10,080 Certainly, Sir. 940 01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:15,160 I have orders from Division to see this business stopped 941 01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:17,440 and the excavation closed down at once. 942 01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:26,080 But they're not here... 943 01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:29,800 ..and I am. 944 01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:34,520 I can buy you until the end of the day. 945 01:04:35,640 --> 01:04:40,080 After which, I fear we shall all swing together. 946 01:04:40,080 --> 01:04:42,280 Will that be enough? Yes, Sir. Thank you, Sir. 947 01:04:42,280 --> 01:04:44,400 Very well. Carry on. 948 01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:55,280 You sure about this, Sir? 949 01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:59,440 It's not as if they can threaten me with dismissal, is it? 950 01:05:01,880 --> 01:05:06,600 I once made a very grave mistake that left Morse in prison, 951 01:05:06,600 --> 01:05:07,920 and you fighting for your life. 952 01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:11,400 I'll be damned if I'm about to repeat it. 953 01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:20,280 Well... 954 01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:22,760 you've burned your bridges this time, matey, and no mistake. 955 01:05:22,760 --> 01:05:25,160 There's something here. I know there is. 956 01:05:25,160 --> 01:05:27,320 There better be. For your sake. 957 01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:30,120 There better be. 958 01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:35,320 BELL RINGS OUT 959 01:05:38,200 --> 01:05:39,880 DISTANT PHONE RINGS 960 01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:44,800 Forensics from the Raymond Swann murder site. 961 01:05:46,280 --> 01:05:50,120 No dabs on the johnny wrapper. Bog standard on the snout. 962 01:05:51,320 --> 01:05:53,760 Any luck at Blenheim Vale? Ah, not yet. 963 01:05:53,760 --> 01:05:56,120 But there's only so much staring at the mud a man can do. 964 01:05:56,120 --> 01:05:58,000 If there's something there, they'll find it. 965 01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:00,960 But there's something I wanted to show you. It's a mask. 966 01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:03,280 This piece was found by Hugh Sellers' body. 967 01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:06,720 This piece was found in the woods by where Paul Baynard was fished up. 968 01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:08,880 Same people involved in both deaths? 969 01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:11,000 Now the woman who saw Hugh Sellers' attackers, 970 01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:12,320 said their faces were "wrong". 971 01:06:12,320 --> 01:06:15,280 "Like devils." The masks. 972 01:06:15,280 --> 01:06:18,800 Very likely the same crowd caught up in this gang fight on Port Meadow. 973 01:06:18,800 --> 01:06:20,960 Both of these men were killed the same night 974 01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:23,440 that the Lady Mayoress' car was stolen from the Broad, right? 975 01:06:23,440 --> 01:06:27,680 It's her motor Raymond Swann's Jolly book was under. So, they've what? 976 01:06:27,680 --> 01:06:30,080 Done for Sellers, then mowed Baynard down 977 01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:32,400 on some joyride in the country in the stolen car. 978 01:06:32,400 --> 01:06:34,800 Then dumped his body in the lake on the Shifford estate. 979 01:06:34,800 --> 01:06:37,680 Next night, they've thrown Swann off the car park? 980 01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:40,720 I don't see how that follows, unless they're maniacs. 981 01:06:40,720 --> 01:06:41,880 Well, whoever they are, 982 01:06:41,880 --> 01:06:44,320 none of this gets us any closer to finding them. 983 01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:47,280 It might. I think I know where this mask may have come from. 984 01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:52,720 Anywhere else local knock those out? No. 985 01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:55,200 It's my stock. No doubt. 986 01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:57,400 Is this to do with what happened to Ray? 987 01:06:57,400 --> 01:06:59,680 No, it may be useful in connection to another case. 988 01:06:59,680 --> 01:07:01,320 You sold many lately? 989 01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:07,360 Well, Mr Astin? 990 01:07:07,360 --> 01:07:08,760 There's a fella comes in. 991 01:07:08,760 --> 01:07:12,520 Regular. Young. Posh. Student, I suppose. 992 01:07:12,520 --> 01:07:15,000 He's had a bunch of 'em off me. How many's a bunch? 993 01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:17,760 Four. A while back. 994 01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:19,560 Then this week, he had another one off me 995 01:07:19,560 --> 01:07:21,120 when he brought the outfits back. 996 01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:23,520 What outfits? Fancy dress. 997 01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:26,600 We had words, actually. Really, about what? 998 01:07:26,600 --> 01:07:28,320 The state of the gear. 999 01:07:28,320 --> 01:07:30,600 I mean, I always take a deposit to cover wear and tear, 1000 01:07:30,600 --> 01:07:32,200 but these were a write-off. In what way? 1001 01:07:32,200 --> 01:07:35,000 Torn. Muddy. Oil. 1002 01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:38,040 And a couple of the shirts were covered in blood. 1003 01:07:38,040 --> 01:07:40,640 I just didn't think... When was this? 1004 01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:43,440 Tuesday, was it? Yes. Tuesday. 1005 01:07:43,440 --> 01:07:48,160 Do you have a name for him? No. He paid the excess in cash. 1006 01:07:48,160 --> 01:07:51,600 But this was in one of the pockets. 1007 01:07:51,600 --> 01:07:53,760 I don't know if it's him. 1008 01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:55,280 "Ormsby Gore." 1009 01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:05,280 INDISTINCT CHATTER 1010 01:08:07,120 --> 01:08:08,480 LAUGHTER 1011 01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:11,840 Good afternoon, gentlemen. Thames Valley Police. 1012 01:08:11,840 --> 01:08:15,320 Which one of you is Mr Ormsby-Gore? 1013 01:08:15,320 --> 01:08:17,680 MISTER Ormsby-Gore? 1014 01:08:20,360 --> 01:08:22,040 THEY LAUGH 1015 01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:25,120 I'm afraid there's no such person. 1016 01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:27,280 Might you mean LORD Ormsby-Gore? 1017 01:08:29,160 --> 01:08:31,960 And who might you be, sir? Viscount Henley. 1018 01:08:33,480 --> 01:08:37,000 That's Lord Freddie Mulcaster. And the Honourable Henry Brockhurst. 1019 01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:39,880 The Debonairs... presumably. 1020 01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:43,120 Who's this, Raph? 1021 01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:46,240 Er, police, Arch. Nothing to worry about. 1022 01:08:46,240 --> 01:08:48,760 Lord Ormsby-Gore. 1023 01:08:48,760 --> 01:08:51,960 There are matters I must put to you under caution at the police station. 1024 01:08:51,960 --> 01:08:53,880 The same goes for the rest of you. 1025 01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:56,480 MULCASTER: Now, see here, my good man. 1026 01:08:56,480 --> 01:08:59,040 I'm sure you're a fine, dedicated public servant, 1027 01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:00,200 and all the rest of it. 1028 01:09:00,200 --> 01:09:03,800 I'm not your man, good or otherwise. 1029 01:09:03,800 --> 01:09:07,720 I'm the Queen's man, and I'm here to see her peace is kept. 1030 01:09:07,720 --> 01:09:11,960 Look, my, my father i-i-is, is in the Cabinet, 1031 01:09:11,960 --> 01:09:14,480 and... and... and your Chief Constable shoots on our estate. 1032 01:09:14,480 --> 01:09:16,040 The Shifford estate, would that be? 1033 01:09:16,040 --> 01:09:17,800 Held by the Ormsby-Gores, 1034 01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:20,680 lake and grounds landscaped by Capability Brown. 1035 01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:24,040 That's right. From where we pulled the body of a motorcyclist. 1036 01:09:26,520 --> 01:09:29,120 MULCASTER: You can't imagine this is going to go well for you? 1037 01:09:29,120 --> 01:09:30,320 Sir. 1038 01:09:32,160 --> 01:09:34,200 All right, let's be having 'em. 1039 01:09:34,200 --> 01:09:37,480 Get your hands off me! Get off me! 1040 01:09:37,480 --> 01:09:40,320 Nobody says anything without a lawyer! Archie? 1041 01:09:40,320 --> 01:09:43,320 You keep your mouth shut. You hear me? They've got nothing. 1042 01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:50,080 They're refusing to talk until their solicitors are present. 1043 01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:53,240 And they're coming up from London, so it could be a long wait. 1044 01:09:53,240 --> 01:09:54,880 Well, it won't surprise you to learn 1045 01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:57,280 I've already had the Chief Constable on the telephone. 1046 01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:02,720 You're certain about these boys? It doesn't look good, Sir. 1047 01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:06,120 We can very likely place them at all three scenes of crime. 1048 01:10:06,120 --> 01:10:07,440 We've bits of mask they bought 1049 01:10:07,440 --> 01:10:09,280 found at the scene of Hugh Sellers' murder 1050 01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:11,480 and also where Paul Baynard's body was dumped. 1051 01:10:11,480 --> 01:10:13,520 And the car was found at the same factory 1052 01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:15,240 that Raymond Swann took a dive off. 1053 01:10:15,240 --> 01:10:17,280 KNOCK ON DOOR 1054 01:10:17,280 --> 01:10:18,320 Sorry to interrupt, Sir, 1055 01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:20,600 but there's been a development at Blenheim Vale. 1056 01:10:25,240 --> 01:10:27,240 You'd better get out there. 1057 01:10:27,240 --> 01:10:29,280 Me and Jim can deal with these tripe hounds. 1058 01:10:38,280 --> 01:10:40,280 BELL RINGS 1059 01:10:56,320 --> 01:11:00,840 Doctor? Morse. It's a man. 1060 01:11:00,840 --> 01:11:02,160 From the state of the corpus, 1061 01:11:02,160 --> 01:11:04,640 I'd estimate he's been here five to ten years. 1062 01:11:05,800 --> 01:11:09,560 Single hole in the back of the cranium. No exit wound. 1063 01:11:09,560 --> 01:11:12,560 And we may have a bullet, or what's left of it, 1064 01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:14,840 still left inside the skull. 1065 01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:19,400 You know, you were right, Morse. 1066 01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:24,080 You said we'd find remains here and we did. 1067 01:11:26,720 --> 01:11:28,520 They can't close it down. 1068 01:11:29,880 --> 01:11:32,200 Not now there's a body. 1069 01:11:34,480 --> 01:11:38,480 There's somewhere I need to be. Oh, your, um, motorcyclist. 1070 01:11:38,480 --> 01:11:39,720 I was wrong. 1071 01:11:39,720 --> 01:11:42,720 He was still alive when they put him in the water. 1072 01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:44,800 Drowned. 1073 01:11:51,200 --> 01:11:55,000 Look, I really don't have anything to say to you people. 1074 01:11:58,520 --> 01:12:02,040 Beneath you, are we? Pretty much. 1075 01:12:02,040 --> 01:12:04,560 A man should know his place... 1076 01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:07,840 ..don't you think? 1077 01:12:09,640 --> 01:12:12,280 I think over-privileged, entitled, arrogant young men 1078 01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:14,200 who run around hurting innocent people 1079 01:12:14,200 --> 01:12:16,560 and never believe they're gonna have to answer for any of it 1080 01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:20,280 can always be relied on to turn on each another like rats in a sack. 1081 01:12:22,400 --> 01:12:23,920 They'll give me you... 1082 01:12:25,400 --> 01:12:26,560 ..or you'll give me them. 1083 01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:30,760 But the longer you leave it, the worse it'll get. 1084 01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:52,000 'Who set fire to the £20 note?' 1085 01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:54,040 Money to burn, that the joke? 1086 01:12:55,560 --> 01:12:58,120 People with everything, taunting a man who has nothing. 1087 01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:02,640 Who stuck him? Who killed Hugh Sellers? 1088 01:13:02,640 --> 01:13:04,320 Nobody. 1089 01:13:04,320 --> 01:13:07,480 He didn't bleed to death of his own account, did he? 1090 01:13:07,480 --> 01:13:10,080 One of you broke a bottle and stabbed him in the neck with it. 1091 01:13:10,080 --> 01:13:12,720 No. You went out with the sole intention 1092 01:13:12,720 --> 01:13:15,320 of doing someone serious harm. 1093 01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:16,640 For kicks, was it? 1094 01:13:16,640 --> 01:13:21,800 Look, the old man may have been pushed around a bit, 1095 01:13:21,800 --> 01:13:23,800 but he was alive and well when we left. 1096 01:13:24,920 --> 01:13:26,760 I swear. 1097 01:13:30,640 --> 01:13:32,440 BOTTLES CLINK IN DISTANCE 1098 01:13:33,960 --> 01:13:35,000 SHE SIGHS 1099 01:13:38,200 --> 01:13:40,200 SIREN BLARES 1100 01:13:47,640 --> 01:13:49,520 CAR DOORS SHUT 1101 01:13:53,960 --> 01:13:56,560 Evening. What's the trouble? 1102 01:13:56,560 --> 01:13:59,480 "Officer." Sorry? 1103 01:13:59,480 --> 01:14:04,040 "What's the trouble, officer?" Good manners don't cost nothing, do they? 1104 01:14:04,040 --> 01:14:07,200 Bit of respect... for the uniform. 1105 01:14:07,200 --> 01:14:08,920 I'm "Job." And I'm in a bit of a hurry. 1106 01:14:08,920 --> 01:14:10,920 Oh, that's funny. 1107 01:14:10,920 --> 01:14:13,280 Cos I've got all the time in the world. 1108 01:14:13,280 --> 01:14:16,240 Licence and insurance documents. 1109 01:14:16,240 --> 01:14:19,240 Come on, come on. Let's be having you. 1110 01:14:19,240 --> 01:14:20,640 You're in a hurry, aren't you? 1111 01:14:20,640 --> 01:14:22,720 I don't keep them in the car. Why've you stopped me? 1112 01:14:22,720 --> 01:14:26,080 You have a, er... defective brake light. 1113 01:14:26,080 --> 01:14:28,760 Well, it was all right this morning. SMASHING 1114 01:14:28,760 --> 01:14:30,520 What the hell do you think you're doing?! 1115 01:14:30,520 --> 01:14:33,160 There's no call for profanity. Or belligerence. 1116 01:14:34,600 --> 01:14:36,560 Wait a minute. Have you been drinking? 1117 01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:38,840 I can smell it on your breath. No, you can't. 1118 01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:40,880 And your aggressive demeanour leads me to believe 1119 01:14:40,880 --> 01:14:42,640 your ability to drive may be impaired 1120 01:14:42,640 --> 01:14:44,640 through the consumption of alcohol. Adams! 1121 01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:48,560 Is this a joke? 1122 01:14:48,560 --> 01:14:50,680 Are you refusing to comply with the instruction? 1123 01:14:51,640 --> 01:14:53,720 One long, steady blow. 1124 01:14:58,160 --> 01:15:00,360 That's it. See? 1125 01:15:00,360 --> 01:15:03,000 Doing what you're told's not so hard, is it? 1126 01:15:04,160 --> 01:15:07,560 You want to get used to it. Better for you in the long run. 1127 01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:09,840 Better for everybody. 1128 01:15:14,200 --> 01:15:18,000 It's Stevens, isn't it? From County? Before the merger. 1129 01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:21,120 Well. 1130 01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:24,680 What a memory you've got. Yeah. It's Morse. 1131 01:15:24,680 --> 01:15:27,200 From Cowley. I've just come from Blenheim Vale. Oh, we know. 1132 01:15:31,200 --> 01:15:34,560 You're not Traffic at all, are you? What is this? 1133 01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:35,760 THUD 1134 01:15:36,920 --> 01:15:38,520 This? 1135 01:15:38,520 --> 01:15:41,160 This is as polite as it gets. 1136 01:15:41,160 --> 01:15:44,280 We'll be seeing you... city man. 1137 01:15:46,920 --> 01:15:48,480 HE LAUGHS 1138 01:15:52,800 --> 01:15:54,560 EXHALES SHARPLY 1139 01:16:02,640 --> 01:16:06,400 GLASSES CLINK 1140 01:16:06,400 --> 01:16:10,600 Excuse me, was there a brunette here, blue eyes? 1141 01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:13,200 Yeah. She left about 40 minutes ago. 1142 01:16:14,720 --> 01:16:17,080 Have you got a phone I can use? Yeah, it's on the bar. 1143 01:16:37,280 --> 01:16:39,520 LAUGHTER IN DISTANCE 1144 01:16:41,640 --> 01:16:47,400 Did you up, did she? Pretty little thing. Brunette. 1145 01:16:47,400 --> 01:16:50,160 Baby blues. That the frail? 1146 01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:55,400 Oh, is there any word on what happened to poor old Ray yet? 1147 01:16:55,400 --> 01:16:56,760 Er, no. No, not yet. 1148 01:16:58,040 --> 01:17:00,960 I've just been doing a bit of press. Oxford Mail. 1149 01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:03,680 Little piece they're doing. "Farewell, My Jolly." 1150 01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:09,720 Oh, anyway... can't stop. Got to get up to town for an audition. 1151 01:17:09,720 --> 01:17:12,080 Cowardy Custard at The Mermaid. HE SCOFFS 1152 01:17:17,080 --> 01:17:21,720 Evening, Morse. You with Jim? Joan Thursday was in earlier. 1153 01:17:21,720 --> 01:17:23,080 Drink? 1154 01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:27,640 Who was driving? 1155 01:17:27,640 --> 01:17:29,560 Brockhurst. 1156 01:17:29,560 --> 01:17:31,520 ENGINE REVS, LAUGHTER 1157 01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:33,280 'It wasn't his fault.' 1158 01:17:33,280 --> 01:17:35,320 WHOOPING, YELLING 1159 01:17:35,320 --> 01:17:38,000 'The guy on the bike didn't have his light on.' 1160 01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:40,120 THUD, SMASHING 1161 01:17:42,040 --> 01:17:46,200 Whose idea was it to dump the body on the Shifford estate? Archie's. 1162 01:17:48,520 --> 01:17:52,080 His family's away for a couple of months. We thought by then... 1163 01:17:53,040 --> 01:17:55,520 All the fuss would've died down, 1164 01:17:55,520 --> 01:17:58,320 and you could find a more permanent location for the body. 1165 01:17:58,320 --> 01:18:01,520 Look, this is all conjecture. 1166 01:18:01,520 --> 01:18:03,720 If you had anything like evidence, you'd charge me. 1167 01:18:03,720 --> 01:18:06,760 We've got pieces of one of your masks found at Littlemore, 1168 01:18:06,760 --> 01:18:09,120 that's something, I suppose. 1169 01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:10,880 And I don't care how careful you were, 1170 01:18:10,880 --> 01:18:14,280 Forensics'll find your fingerprints all over the car. And the motorbike. 1171 01:18:15,680 --> 01:18:17,760 Why'd you do for Swann? 1172 01:18:18,880 --> 01:18:20,640 D'you think he was a real copper? 1173 01:18:22,480 --> 01:18:24,160 Who's... Who's Swann? 1174 01:18:25,280 --> 01:18:26,960 Where you left the car. 1175 01:18:31,320 --> 01:18:34,840 Wait a minute. All-All-All I did was-was dump the car. 1176 01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:37,240 Sure, I-I-I saw the guy off the television. 1177 01:18:37,240 --> 01:18:39,640 But he was leaving when I arrived. 1178 01:18:42,960 --> 01:18:46,800 I've just come from seeing Kenneth - sorry, "Call me Kenny" - Prior 1179 01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:48,080 at the Oxford Empire. 1180 01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:52,280 Did Ted Pickersgill this morning - Sgt Wilkins - this morning. 1181 01:18:53,200 --> 01:18:56,440 And just finished now with young Narcissus. DI Chance. 1182 01:18:56,440 --> 01:18:59,440 Thought he was gonna make a move on Joan, but thankfully she left. 1183 01:18:59,440 --> 01:19:01,760 Not long before you arrived, actually. 1184 01:19:06,040 --> 01:19:08,920 What do you make to them? Actors. 1185 01:19:09,880 --> 01:19:11,400 Pickersgill's a grumpy sod. 1186 01:19:12,840 --> 01:19:15,920 But I suppose it's Jolliphant makes it. Avuncular, that voice. 1187 01:19:15,920 --> 01:19:18,160 You'd never know he was from "oop North", would you? 1188 01:19:19,600 --> 01:19:23,080 Who is, Kenneth Prior? That's the RADA for you, dear. 1189 01:19:23,080 --> 01:19:26,360 Marvellous what they can do with "electrocution" lessons. 1190 01:19:26,360 --> 01:19:29,920 Do you want a programme? He signed it. I've no use. 1191 01:19:31,200 --> 01:19:34,680 And it's not Kenneth Prior. Least, it wasn't. 1192 01:19:34,680 --> 01:19:37,880 There was already another actor in the union with the same name. 1193 01:19:39,480 --> 01:19:42,400 What, he changed it? Like Raymond Swann? 1194 01:19:42,400 --> 01:19:43,640 Yeah. 1195 01:19:43,640 --> 01:19:46,200 He could've changed his first name, but... 1196 01:19:46,200 --> 01:19:48,160 maybe he didn't want to be confused with Peter. 1197 01:19:49,920 --> 01:19:52,440 Peter who? Sellers. 1198 01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:16,520 Hugh Sellers was your older brother. 1199 01:20:19,520 --> 01:20:22,720 I don't suppose I'd seen him since before the war. 1200 01:20:24,240 --> 01:20:27,840 He tracked you down. No, no, it wasn't like that. Just... 1201 01:20:29,400 --> 01:20:31,880 ..The Convergence Of The Twain. 1202 01:20:33,720 --> 01:20:35,200 He came along to the set 1203 01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:38,240 along with all the rest of his tatterdemalion crowd, 1204 01:20:38,240 --> 01:20:41,280 scavenging the bins, helping themselves. 1205 01:20:41,280 --> 01:20:43,920 ANGRY CHATTER 1206 01:20:49,440 --> 01:20:54,280 I was hoping that he wouldn't recognise me, but... of course... 1207 01:20:54,280 --> 01:20:56,320 What did he want? 1208 01:20:57,720 --> 01:21:02,080 I don't know. I don't think he knew. 1209 01:21:02,080 --> 01:21:04,560 Money... in the first instance. 1210 01:21:04,560 --> 01:21:08,360 How much? £100. 1211 01:21:08,360 --> 01:21:11,080 But I... I knew that wouldn't be the end of it. 1212 01:21:11,080 --> 01:21:15,120 But it wasn't even the money. It was the risk. 1213 01:21:15,120 --> 01:21:17,000 The risk? 1214 01:21:17,000 --> 01:21:21,120 Of it coming out. That we were... erm... 1215 01:21:21,120 --> 01:21:23,440 can you imagine if the press had got hold of it, 1216 01:21:23,440 --> 01:21:25,680 the field day they would have had? 1217 01:21:25,680 --> 01:21:26,720 "The... The... 1218 01:21:26,720 --> 01:21:29,440 "brother of television's Superintendent Jolliphant 1219 01:21:29,440 --> 01:21:31,240 "is a tramp!" 1220 01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:33,080 I had to think of the show. 1221 01:21:33,080 --> 01:21:35,520 The show was ending. 1222 01:21:35,520 --> 01:21:37,000 You were thinking of yourself. 1223 01:21:38,120 --> 01:21:39,840 You arranged a meeting? 1224 01:21:42,040 --> 01:21:45,760 Yes. I said that we could meet and I would give him the money 1225 01:21:45,760 --> 01:21:49,040 on the strict understanding that he didn't come to the set to get it. 1226 01:21:50,560 --> 01:21:53,360 I had the money on me. I wasn't going there to... 1227 01:21:54,760 --> 01:21:57,480 But when I saw him, he was already... 1228 01:22:00,040 --> 01:22:02,160 Well, you could have called an ambulance, even then. 1229 01:22:02,160 --> 01:22:03,560 You could have saved him. 1230 01:22:08,400 --> 01:22:11,400 He'd always been... a bit of a... 1231 01:22:12,600 --> 01:22:14,760 ..a weight. 1232 01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:21,680 So you found a way to be rid of him. 1233 01:22:22,920 --> 01:22:24,520 And you took it. 1234 01:22:26,520 --> 01:22:29,040 And what about Swann? 1235 01:22:31,120 --> 01:22:34,680 He'd seen us together, earlier that day. 1236 01:22:34,680 --> 01:22:37,960 I'm not quite sure that he realised exactly what he'd seen. 1237 01:22:37,960 --> 01:22:40,840 But he knew instinctively... 1238 01:22:40,840 --> 01:22:45,040 that it was something that could be used to his advantage. 1239 01:22:46,120 --> 01:22:47,480 So he tried to blackmail you? 1240 01:22:48,640 --> 01:22:52,640 He said that he'd read in the papers that a tramp had been found dead. 1241 01:22:52,640 --> 01:22:54,320 And, "Wasn't that a coincidence?" 1242 01:22:54,320 --> 01:22:56,640 given the commotion that we'd had over lunch. 1243 01:22:56,640 --> 01:23:00,560 And did I think that he should mention it to the police 1244 01:23:00,560 --> 01:23:02,560 that they'd been there. 1245 01:23:04,440 --> 01:23:07,560 Well, I said I couldn't discuss it there and then, 1246 01:23:07,560 --> 01:23:09,880 but if he cared to go to the factory where I parked up 1247 01:23:09,880 --> 01:23:11,920 after rehearsals for the play, then we... 1248 01:23:14,520 --> 01:23:16,840 ..we could talk about it then. 1249 01:23:23,600 --> 01:23:25,480 YELLING 1250 01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:30,080 HE EXHALES HEAVILY 1251 01:23:46,720 --> 01:23:49,160 BREATHES HEAVILY 1252 01:23:52,320 --> 01:23:55,520 I wondered... if I'd been recognised. 1253 01:23:57,120 --> 01:23:59,440 That's the thing about being on the television, you see. 1254 01:24:00,960 --> 01:24:02,880 They may not know your name, but... 1255 01:24:04,560 --> 01:24:06,720 ..people always know your face. 1256 01:24:12,400 --> 01:24:14,680 THURSDAY: Charlie and I had our problems, but... 1257 01:24:14,680 --> 01:24:17,960 to be that ashamed of your own flesh and blood. 1258 01:24:17,960 --> 01:24:19,440 He was afraid, I suppose. 1259 01:24:19,440 --> 01:24:21,280 That he'd lose all that he'd built up 1260 01:24:21,280 --> 01:24:23,400 if his name was associated with a tramp. 1261 01:24:23,400 --> 01:24:24,960 But murder? 1262 01:24:24,960 --> 01:24:28,480 Who's to say what anyone would do, if what they value was threatened? 1263 01:24:28,480 --> 01:24:30,480 KNOCK AT DOOR 1264 01:24:30,480 --> 01:24:34,040 Word just through from Blenheim Vale. They've found another one. 1265 01:24:41,640 --> 01:24:47,400 Adult female. Somewhere between her late 20s and 50. 1266 01:24:47,400 --> 01:24:49,680 Most likely mid-30s. 1267 01:24:50,640 --> 01:24:55,520 And, like the male, shot in the back of the head. 1268 01:24:56,680 --> 01:25:01,200 Brenda Lewis. I'll need dental records to confirm. 1269 01:25:01,200 --> 01:25:05,040 However, I do have a match with the man we found. 1270 01:25:06,040 --> 01:25:07,560 It's Josiah Landesman. 1271 01:25:11,520 --> 01:25:12,880 What went on here? 1272 01:25:12,880 --> 01:25:16,200 Whatever it was, this time we get to the bottom of it. 1273 01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:20,840 And Division? Can't bury it twice. 1274 01:25:25,800 --> 01:25:27,760 We'll have the truth... 1275 01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:31,560 ..whatever the cost. 1276 01:25:37,560 --> 01:25:41,680 I thought we were done with all this. Jesus! 1277 01:25:46,880 --> 01:25:48,600 You have to get him away from this. 1278 01:25:48,600 --> 01:25:52,480 I had a run-in yesterday with the dregs from County. 1279 01:25:52,480 --> 01:25:55,360 Whatever we find here's not gonna be forgiven. 1280 01:25:55,360 --> 01:25:59,360 Stick him on secondment somewhere. You know Jim. He's a good man. 1281 01:25:59,360 --> 01:26:02,880 He won't go. Well, give him no choice. 1282 01:26:02,880 --> 01:26:06,400 It's not just him you have to think about, not any more. 1283 01:26:06,400 --> 01:26:09,880 What was it you said, "They come at you through what you love"? 1284 01:26:09,880 --> 01:26:12,320 You have to keep them safe now. All of them. 1285 01:26:29,920 --> 01:26:32,000 CAR DOOR SHUTS 1286 01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:38,080 KNOCK ON DOOR 1287 01:27:06,440 --> 01:27:08,640 PHONE RINGS 1288 01:27:13,640 --> 01:27:18,080 RONNIE: 'It's me.' I gathered as much. 1289 01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:22,040 'I had a visitor after you and Morse left. 1290 01:27:22,040 --> 01:27:24,960 'Looks like the two of you have being asking the wrong questions.' 1291 01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:28,640 Where are you, Ronnie? Gone. 1292 01:27:28,640 --> 01:27:30,320 'Come in.' 1293 01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:34,520 With your help, we can take this lot, 1294 01:27:34,520 --> 01:27:37,320 'whoever they are.' Not these. 1295 01:27:44,440 --> 01:27:47,320 This isn't Jago and the Four Winds. This is big time. 1296 01:27:47,320 --> 01:27:50,400 'You take this on, you won't come out of it. 1297 01:27:50,400 --> 01:27:53,520 'You, nor Morse, neither. 1298 01:27:53,520 --> 01:27:56,080 'Drop it.' I can't. 1299 01:27:57,440 --> 01:27:59,080 Then I'm talking to a dead man. 1300 01:28:01,280 --> 01:28:06,000 TANNOY: 'Final call for Union Air Flight 714 to Johannesburg.' 1301 01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:07,760 I've gotta go. 1302 01:28:07,760 --> 01:28:09,120 'Don't join the dots on this one.' 1303 01:28:10,680 --> 01:28:12,240 You won't like the picture. 1304 01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:26,360 DOORBELL RINGS 1305 01:29:01,360 --> 01:29:03,520 Wotcha. 1306 01:29:05,280 --> 01:29:07,320 Subtitles by accessibility@itv.com