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(Plane roars overhead)

(Brakes screed!)

' (Elploslon) - (Smash)

(Coughing and groaning)

(Engine running)

(Lovejoy) Every Christmas, It was the tradition of the Felshams

to distribute largesse among the deserving poor.

(Jane laughs) Oh, Lovejoy, do shut up.

(Lovejoy) Her Ladyship frowned,

as this year she would have to take the burden on her own slender shoulders.

What a relief...

(He toots) "that trusty Lovejoy would be there,

and yet she wondered why when she thought of hlm of late

It brought such a glrUsh 'flush to her cheeks.

(Snort-s) Actually, I do have an enonnous favor to ask you.

Just say the word, Your Ladyship.

(squeals) Lovejoy, get off!

- Of course that's some tlme after breakfast - (Chuckles)

Oh, um...over there In the corner, If you wouldn't mlnd.

We'll be having carols at ten as usual, so we'll expect Father Christmas at eleven.

Oh, flne. Well, Lovejoy's...kindly volunteered.

Oh, thank you, Lovejoy. Over here.

I thought I'd step Into Alexander's shoes, not hls beard.

Hope he's had It dry-deaned.

Oh, why not, anyway? There's bound to be dinner afterwards at Felsham HalL

Blazing log fire In the grate.

The agonizing choloe of which claret to plunder from the cellar.

And later, shoes kicked off, lylng on the hearth rug, dogs banished to the kitchen,

the last of the dwcolate liqueurs melting on her Ups.

Oh, yes, very falr trade-off for a few ho-ho-ho's, hm?

Love JOY?

Just practldng, janle.

Ho-ho-ho! Ho-ho-ho!

- (Czech accent) I'm lost. - Be all. new to you, this.

Went up In the '50s.

(Radlo) Nell. Found the house you're looking for.

(Tilt-i) Hm.

(Whispers) It's that gorgeous dlalr, Tlnk.

Lovely 5PM'

Moore the younger, almost certainly.

Oh, yeah. He'll be back If he sees us bidding for It, though.

Perhaps Dotty'd do us the honors.

Dvfiy! (Chuckles)

- Hello. - Hello, love.

Oh, I thlnk I've been terribly foolish, Lovejoy.

Not with that fellow on the Suzuki that does your Frend! polishing?

(Chuckles) No sud! luck, dear, no.

No, I've bought these and I don't thlnk I should have.

- I tend to buy the things I like, you see. - Nothing wrong with that.

- No. How mud! did you pay for 'em? - zoo.

- You did well. - Dld I?

Yeah, people tend to overlook gloves.

Listen, Dotty, um...we'll stake you. We want you to bld for lot 132.

You can go up to £2,500.

- Ooh, how exdtlng! - Yeah.

And whlle you're dolng that, I'll take these off your hands, so to speak.

I'll get you more for these than you pald for the whole set

- Are they spedal? - 'A'.

Alexandra.

Princess of Wales, Dotty.

But they're the ones I particularly Uke.

- (Birdsong) - (Crows can!)

(Bicycle bell.)

(Bicycle bell.)

_ ' (Doorbell) (ComPlllter game beefing)

Can I help you?

(Czech accent) I know this house.

L...l was here many years ago.

- (Computer game explosions) - Really?

The family name was Balnbfldge.

No. We bought It from some people called Garrett.

They went to llve In France.

He wrote a tedious book about thelr experience and made an absolute fortune.

There was an oak tree there, I thlnk.

Oh, yes, you're qulte right, there was. We lost It In the hurricane.

- You have hurricanes In England? - Not very often.

- But we had one a few years ago. - Oh.

(Child glggUng inside)

Would you llke to use the phone or something?

(Lovejoy) One thousand. Fifteen hundred.

- Two thousand. - You're going to keep It?

Oh, no, darflng. Unlike you, I can't afford to get attadled to my antiques.

Tomormw that will. be In lpswlch with a man called Bowles.

Yes, I suppose the reason I don't do terribly well

ls cos there are things In here I can't bear to part with.

(Sghs) There you gm

- Well, If you ever thlnk of parting with this... - (Clock dllmlng)

- "let me know, will you? - Only If you keep It yourself.

Don't want It ending up In lpswld! with a man called Bowles.

' (50th dmckle) - (Shop bell)

Can I help you?

' “MM. _ 7E5?

It's me.

Marek.

MarelCP It... It can't be.

But It ls.

- I thlnk I need to slt down. - Oh, no.

I thlnk you'd be more comfortable over here, love.

You...

You all. right, Dotty?

1 '5-1"£;' 12:3".

(Slghs) I thought you were dead.

M: yet.

Yeah, well, um... Yeah.

- Here's the money, Dotty. - Yeah. Yeah, thank you, Lovejoy.

Excuse me.

(Shop bell)

Marek.

I'm sorry If I glve you a fright.

What happened to your poor face?

- (Door slams) - (Vehlde starts)

If you're expecting to be fed, you're out of luck.

Never entered my mlnd. I thlnk we should nlp out for a sandwich.

- Hm. I'm having lunch at Pru's. - Oh, she Ukes me, your sister.

- No, she doesn't. - Yes, she does.

(Slghs) Well, maybe she does, but you are not invited.

You spend a lot of time with your sister recently, janle.

She's been very supportive slnoe Alexander...

In fact, she...well, she and Mlles want me to spend Christmas with them.

They thlnk a change of scene would do me good.

They only llve 35 mlles away.

No, they want me to go skiing with them and some other people.

Hold on a minute, janle.

I thought we were gonna spend Christmas together here,

after you'd done your Mother Teresa bit around the village.

Yes, I...l know I mentioned that, but, well, you know what It's llke, Lovejoy.

Well, this time of year and alL

No. No, I don't know what It's llke.

I'd just llke to hear about these... these other plans and these other people.

Um...well, there's the Tennlsons, Mlles's partner,

- Gall and Francesco, If they're getting on... - Mlles's partner?

Johnny Bflnton-Taylor. I don't thlnk you've met.

No. No, no. How come I'm only hearing about this now, janle?

Well, they need my dedslon today.

I thlnk you've already made your dedslon, haven't you?

In fact, I thlnk that you're off down the slopes with johnny Brtnton-Taylor.

- Or do they call. hlm johnno? - There'll. be a whole bunch of us.

Oh, bull, janle. I can tell by your voloe.

In fact, I can tell by the way that you can't look me In the eye.

_ can you? Hm? Hm? “ (Slghs)

janle! janle, I can understand In your present semi-detached oondltlon

that you might need an impulsive meaningless relationship.

I just thlnk It should be with me.

(sighs) I-ovelvv-

Sleeping with you is not the answer to everything.

(Slghs)

Mm!

(Sounds horn)

- What are you dolng, Eric? - Well, I put 'em up. I can tear 'em down.

- Why? - Do you remember that Wendy?

Wendy? Wendi'?

Oh, yes, the drummer with the tattoos.

Well, I did everything for her,

flvwsflng. leaflets...

humped her bloody amp from glg to glg, fixed the heater on the van,

and new she's glven me the heave-ho just when they're getting blg!

- Blg? - They're dolng Fellxstawe on Thursday nlght!

- That blg. - I know. It's Incredible.

Yeah.

Yeah, I know how you feel, Eric. I've lost a lady.

You've lost a tramp.

(Chatter and laughter)

(Irish acuent) Ooh, you're a good man, Tlnk.

Have you seen the time?

- Huh? Oh, yeah, I know we're late. - Oh, I don't mean that.

Don't you mlss It? 'Tlme, gentlemen, please.'

I'd have thought you'd have llked the pubs belng open all day.

Not at a“.

Half of the charm of drinking was knowing you had only so much time to do It In.

Pennlsslve licensing laws have robbed one

of that deUdous moment of remorse and poignancy

when one was torn from conversation and convlvlallty

and hurled Into the street

TlnlCP Who's the old boy with Dotty, hm?

I sort of met hlm yesterday. Polish, by the sound of hlm, Isn't he?

He's Cnedu. He came over here during the war. She's hls fiancee.

Mm. They got engaged In 1942.

Ah.

Yeah, and I suppose she didn't walt for hlm. That's typical of women, that ls.

So that's what happened. That's what happened.

Park your bum, dear, and meet Marek.

- Marek, this ls my good friend Lovejoy. - Hello.

Congratulations. Tinker just told me. Have you two named a date?

I didn't know how to tell hlm I'd been married slnoe I last saw hlm. But apparently so has he.

- (Chuckles) Brooklyn boys, they call us. - The old Alr Force lads.

- I was sergeant Tallgunner In Lancasters. - He was shot down, poor dear.

After the war, they sent hlm back to Cmeduo so I never got any of hls letters.

And what brings you back to England now, MarelCP

Because I am allowed. Under communism, not possible.

And I promise myself one day I will.

And the Prague Sun will. shlne agaln.

(Hammering and tapping)

(Tapping and scraping)

(TaPPIIIQ)

(Crows can!)

(Blrds cooing)

(Grunfi)

(CU nk)

(Grunfi)

(CU nk)

(T 6P)

(Lighter flares)

(Clicks lighter shut)

(speaks Czech)

(speaks Czech)

(speaks Czech)

(Marek screams)

(Knocking at door)

(Knocking continues)

- (Shop bell) - Lovejoy!

Dld a better deal than I thought In lpswldu. Your commission.

I hoped you were Marek.

- Something wrong? - He sald he'd be back by 6, and It's after 8.

I loaned hlm my van so that he could go round the countryside, vlslt all hls old haunts.

- Maybe he's got a flanoée In the next parish. - I do hope he hasn't had an accident.

Flnd hlm for me, Lovejoy, there's a dear.

All right, Dotty. New, where d'you thlnk he mlght have gone?

(Rod: music)

(Switches stations)

(# 'Goad King Wenmslaus' play-f)

(Man on radio) From Shirley Bassey, I Who Have Nothing)

(Biaflpes play 'Deck The Halls')

(Radlo OFF)

(gran-s engine)

I'm heading towards Thaxted.

- Why? - Betty's lost her Czech.

I thought we pald her cash.

Her aviator. I'll drop you at home If you llke.

No polnt. She's not going to phone.

" Who? ' Wendy,

- Oh, the tramp. - Yeah.

Nah.

So what was a Czech dolng In the Royal Alr Force?

A lot of them were In It then. Czechs, Poles, Dutch.

The ones that got away from the Nazls.

That's what I'd have been In, you know, If I'd been In the war. The Alr Force.

Crossing the Channel on a mlsty momlng. Drop a few bombs.

Yeowww! Pkshh! Pkshh! Pkshh!

And then back to mess for bacon and eggs and a sing-song.

And then one momlng you don't come back,

and there's your faithful black Labrador whining at the foot of your bed.

Yeah.

(Eric) Hey! That's the tumlng!

(Brakes screed!)

(Slghs) Eric, If you'd been navigating, none of us would have come back.

(Owl hoots)

- (Doors slamming) - (Lovejoy) Bring that torch, Eric.

- (FOOtSIBPS) ' (Elk) '5 that Dotty's van?

(LOVE joy) Yeah.

(creeks)

- (Squeaking) - It's a rat.

- I hate bloody rats. - Now just... All right

(Squeaking)

What...

Well, he's allve.

- What do you reckon? Heart attack? - Huh!

Some klnd of attack.

Eric, go and get an ambulance. Go on.

(Monitor beeping)

(WW voices)

Oh, ta.

They won't let me talk to hlm. What d'you thlnlCP Slipped and cracked hls head?

No, he was lylng on hls face. Someone whacked hlm.

(Slghs) Can you believe It, eh?

The bloke fights for this country In the war,

comes back after all. this time and gets boshed by a yobbo.

What must he thlnk of England now, eh?

(Monitor beeping)

My husband was in intensive care. It's so frightening.

All those lights blinking. You're terrlfled they'll suddenly go out.

(Slghs) Yeah, well, he's unconsdous but at least he's stable.

Oh, how fflghlfuL

vow

- Thls you? - (Chuckles) Yes, with hlm.

He was very handsome.

- Do you mlnd? - No, of course not.

My parents didn't approve.

I thought It was because he was foreign,

but I thlnk new It must've been because they were just boys.

- Hm. So few of them came back. - (Clock dulmes)

Ooh, I found something else.

Here, look.

My engagement ring. Marek gave It to me all those years ago.

(Whistles)

Daddy sald, 'At least he Isn't an American.'

(Snolti)

(Lovejoy) It's qulte a diamond for a lad on a sergeant's pay.

(Slghs)

(sniffs)

(Slghs)

(Clonki)

0h!

Dennis, please.

What are you dolng here, Lovejoy?

Oh, I thlnk I mlght have lost my address book here last nlght.

Dld one of your lot find It?

If they did, they're probably ringing some of your lady friends by new.

What are you dolng here anyway?

Got to lock the place up. If the old boy cmaks, It's murder, Isn't It?

- Is he any better? - Nah.

He wasn't robbed. Still had hls wallet and qulte a bit of cash.

- Yeah? - Maybe somebody from the past.

Reckon he had enemies?

Only the Luftwaffe.

Dandy has taken a look at your diamonds, and you're right

They're rose cut with very few facets.

He thinks the same period.

Qulte old. Probably seventeenth century.

They may even be part of something llke a bracelet or a brood...

There's more of them. I'm sure of It, Tlnk.

Marek stashed these In the dlurth and they've been sleeping there slnoe the war.

But someone found out what he was up to.

- Have you shared this with the constabulary? - Mm-mm, not yet.

I wanted to hear Merck's story first.

- If he llves to tell It. - Yeah.

(Beeping)

(Phone ringing)

(Ringing stops)

(Czech accent) Who are you?

- I'm Lovejoy. Who are you? - I'm hls daughter.

(M uslc and chatter)

I'm afraid this ls all they had to eat.

I'm not hungry.

- I'm sure Erlc'll. find you a decent hoteL - I have not got much money.

Maybe you'll stay with this friend of mine. She's got a big house.

I told my father not to come! He's too old. He's not strong.

I'm sorry, but It makes me angry and I worry for hlm.

What does your father do?

He was a lawyer, but, er...he speak with hls heart

For many years he's In prison.

After, he work In library.

Hls llfe was a disappointment.

But...he ls happy I'm a painter.

- Oh, you're an artist. - Yes.

That ls why I have no money.

Mm, I know what you mean.

Right, I've booked her In at the Shlp.

Oh, 681T, rum and Coke and a cognac

Dld my father tell you why he came here?

He sald something about...

the Prague Sun...

shining agaln.

I thought the sun started to shlne agaln when they kicked out the communists.

(Jane) She's...rather attractive. (Lovejoy) Very.

(Jane) If you Uke that sort of urchin look. Dlrty flngemalls, that klnd of thlng.

She's not got dlrty flngemalls, janle. She's an artist.

She was probably at her palette when she got the call. to come here. Burnt umber.

(SQHS) Oh, look.

New, there are some things I must tell you before I leave.

Ah. Thls ls for you.

Early present?

- Open It. - Hm.

Now, have I got everything?

- Right. Passport - janle.

- You shouldn't have. - The children will. love you.

And Matron asked If you'd be awfully klnd and do the staff party on Christmas Eve as well.

- These are the toys. - Hm.

- They only need wrapping. - Wrapping?

Emma Breese has a whole lot more over at Mud! Haddam.

- Has Emma wrapped hers? - She's been rushed off her feet.

- (Thump) - Oh, Lovejoy, It's only once a year.

Just thlnk of the children's faces.

I can't believe you've lumbered me with this while you're off to the slope with johnno.

Had a few practice runs down the old stairs, have we?

Oh...! Well, at least you could say, 'l hope you have a nlce time.'

I hope you have a nlce time!

Blt chilly out there, eh?

- There's some coffee In the drawing room. - Oh, thank you.

How long do you suppose she's going to stay?

Hard to in“.

Mrs. Cameron's going to Edinburgh.

Well, I've got all this wrapping to do, haven't I?

Stlll, Marina can help me.

Hm. And Tinker.

- (Clunk) - And Eric.

(Monitor beeping)

(Music soundtrad: drowns speech)

(whining)

(Chat-hr)

- How Is he? - The doctor says he must sleep.

They glve hlm, um...you know.

- He say anything? - He want me to go home.

He says I must warn AxeL

- Who's Axel? - They were students together.

My father thlnk he ls dead, then two months ago he appeared back In hls llfe.

But warn Axel about what?

The man who attacked my father.

(Slghs)

What do I do?

(Classical muslc plays)

I have chosen this wlne with great care.

It's not our cellar, after alL

I have tried to tread that delicate path

between gratuitous Indulgence and self-denlaL

(Door shut')

(Slghs) Well, then.

(Lovejoy and Tinker slgh oontentedly)

Well, then!

(Smacks Ups) Mm!

Well, what?

Found something out, haven't I? Where's Marina?

Resting. It's very good, Tlnk.

- What have you found out? - The Prague Sun.

I know what old Marek was on about.

- Well, what was he on about? - I wouldn't mlnd a glass of that plonk meself.

Well, I went Into Cambridge, didn't I?

Took a look round all the bookshops.

(Slghs) And?

And...

the Prague Sun ls a monstranoe.

- And what ls a monstrance, Eric? - Well, I haven't got to that bit yet

A rather Romlsh term used In Holy Communion.

The Host is placed in it and it's displayed to the congregation for its adoration.

Yeah, right

(Gulps) Ooh. Anyway, the polnt ls this one ls made from diamonds.

'The 6,000 stones in the diamond monstrance were originally part of a wedding dress.

'When the bride dled In 1695, she left her entire fortune to the Loreto Shrine.'

- I bet her husband was pissed off. - He should have had a prenuptial agreement.

'The jewelers unpicked the diamonds and reassembled them Into the monstrance

- 'also known as the Prague Sun.' - The Prague Sun.

'Thls now fonns the centerpiece of a display of monstranoes

'at the Loreto Museum In Prague.'

Now look over the page.

(Love joy whistles)

'Some diamonds were used to pay the court jewelers

'but the fate of the others remain a mystery.'

Wow.

Your friend, Tlnk, sald the diamond I found In the dlunch was what,

was 17th century, hm?

Lovejoy, you've got that look.

No, no, no, no, all I'm thinking, Tlnk, ls...

If someone was prepared to klll the old man for the diamonds, then Marina's not safe.

Well, of course she Isn't, and we've got to look after her.

- Eh? We? We? - Espedally If she goes home.

If you're going to Prague, I'm going and alL I found out about It alL

Gentlemen, Prague ls not on our patch.

It's beyond the three-mile llmlt, that sort of thlng.

Now, don't let a whlff of buried treasure and a pretty ankle turn your heads.

(Slghs)

(T Hrs) on...

(Chat-hr)

(Bell tolling)

You may have heard of the word defenestration.

It means the fordble expulsion of a person through a window.

We are famous for this In Prague. We had four In our history.

The last was In 1948 from a window up there In the Prague Castle.

Poor Mr. Masaryk. The communists had a reason to klll hlm.

But on the other hand, he was a manic-depressive so who knows?

(Slghs and sniffs)

You can't blame me, can you? I've never been to Prague before.

And It ls one of the great unspoiled dtles In Central Europe.

Notloe I sald Central not Eastern Europe.

The, um...Cmedls are a bit funny about that.

They thlnk of Eastern Europeans as tumlp heads, don't they, Eric?

- Eh? - Never mlnd.

Prague is a magical mixture of the Gothic and the baroque.

It's full of dungeons and domes and legend and mystery.

It's also free from neon slogans, fast-food franchises, talking seat belts,

and yesterday's top A0 plped Into every hotel lobby.

It's llke stepping back Into another century.

Thls ls Eva Frances Kolmvrat In her wedding dress,

comprising 6,222 diamonds.

- Where are all these monstrouses, then? - Monstrances, Eric.

We're getting there. Oh, excuse me.

On her death, the diamonds were made Into the monstrance known as the Prague Sun.

_ No phW-Os! * on!

Well, I didn't know.

There you can see the Prague Sun.

The Prague Sun ls the most valuable monstrance of the treasury.

During the war, many of the treasures were hidden from the Nazls by the Capuchin monks.

(Clock chiming)

I found out where Axel llves. It's very near here.

- What did he have to say? - He wasn't there but I have hls work address.

Who are those fellows, then?

- (Marina) They're the 12 apostles. - (Chiming)

- And the bloke with the bell? - (Marina) Oh, he ls Death.

In the Middle Ages, people were afraid of docks.

They didn't thlnk they recorded time. They thought they created it.

- It's amazing, Isn't It, Eric? - (Clock dllmlng)

So, what time ls It?

(Chiming)

- So Axel works In antiques, eh? - Well, don't rubbish the stock, Lovejoy.

Oh...!

- (Shop bell) - Eric.

- What ls It? - (Speaks German)

Vienna.

I wonder If he's got any more.

You have a good eye.

Plty It's not signed, hm?

You know something about antiquity, I think.

I, ermdabble.

(speaks Czech)

Of course. Please come.

Alexei.

Marina?

- Marina. - Alexei.

(speaks Czech)

Does he know why your father went to England?

(speaks Czech)

NO.

Does he know anything about the diamond?

(speaks Czech)

NO.

Well, um...must've been a shock.

Would you tell hlm we're sorry to bring hlm sudr sad news?

(speaks Czech)

(Clears throat)

Knew more than he was saying.

How can you tell. that? What he did say was In Czech.

You don't need language to see how scared he was.

Huh. Some sad news.

- Family business. - I am sorry.

But you are always welcome.

Jan Funke. Please to have my card.

Hm. MVEPY-

- And you are mister... - Not mister. just Catchpole.

(Shivering)

(Gasping)

0h!

(Slghlflfl)

- Fantastic beer, Eric. - Great.

I managed to duange us some money from this kld In the square. I got twice the hotel rate.

(Chuckles) Mm!

And he told me about this great rock'n'mll dub

so I mlght tool down there tonight and scope the scene.

Eric, you know Marina ls cooking dinner for Axel and us.

Yeah, but you can get rid of hlm and then you'll be on your own, won't you? In her studio.

Let's face It, that's half the reason we're In Prague, lnnlt?

Eric, when have I ever let sex Interfere with business?

Well, no, you usually manage to combine the two very effectively.

I'll bet that's what Jane's thinking and alL D'you want to send her a postcard?

I'm sending Wendy one, just to let her know my whereabouts.

That should put a wrinkle In her knickers.

Didn't strike me as the sort of glfl. who wore them.

(Tram bell)

(Classical plano muslc)

(Footsie P5)

(Tram bell)

(Lighter clicking)

(Clicks lighter shut)

Stop. Here.

That should do It.

Axel?

Axel!

- Hey, English! - What?

- What, It's not enough or something? - It's no good.

- Look, this ls not Czed! money. - Eric.

You, er...you take English money? Starting?

- Sure. - One...take two.

Axel!

Axel!

Axel!

Axel!

AxeL

- It's me. - Uh...

Marina's friend.

(Speaking (udl)

Marek.

What, MarelCP I...l don't understand. What about MarelCP

I...never thlnk...

they will. hurt...

hlm.

Oh...

(speaks Czech)

(Classical plano muslc)

(Footsie P5)

- (Footsteps) - (Loud knocks)

' (Door creeks) - Lovejoy!

Sony I'm late for dinner.

- My God! What happened? - Someone bashed me on the head.

I can't believe this. Someone rob you or...

Well, yeah, but I don't thlnk that was the object of the exerdse.

(5l9h5) I saw AxeL

- Dld he come here? - No.

- (Tap running) - Yeah, he was oomlng from this direction.

(Slghs)

When I caught up with hlm, he was lylng In a doorway exhausted.

Then boom! Lights went out.

Could I have a drop of this wine?

- Yes. - (Grunts)

- Sony. - It's OK.

- When you wake, was he there? - No.

You see...

(Slghs) I thlnk...

Axel lled to us this afternoon.

But I thlnk he was coming here tonight for dinner to tell you the tmth.

Something happened. It was just before I got whacked on the head.

The last words I heard were, 'l did not thlnk they would hurt Marek.'

(Slghs) I thlnk we have to go and look for hlm.

It's through here.

(Knodfi)

If he's not here, we should call the hospitals or police.

Yeah. Or maybe whlle we're here we should have a good look round.

But It's locked, no?

(Clinks and d.lck)

(Tram bell outside)

(Slghs)

(LOVE joy chuckles)

(screams)

(Marina GYNIQ)

- (Sobbing) - Let's get out of here.

Come on.

- (Man speaks Czech) - (Gasps)

(Men speaking fled!)

(Man) Hey!

Uh!

Come on!

Come on!

- Oh! - Whoa!

(Dog barking)

' (Baby wins) ' (Speaks cmh)

- (Sirens blaring) - (Brakes screedr)

(Shouting In (Rd!)

He says not to move or he shoot.

- (Bells chiming) - (Birdsong)

(Chat-hr)

(Gates dosing)

Whld! one of you ls the Brit?

Do you mlnd?

Sebastian Bralkes. British Embassy, Prague.

About bloody time.

I'm awfully sorry, but I've got a desperate hangover.

The...the Hungarians had a Christmas bash last nlght.

Ever drunk pepper vodka?

(Chuckles) Don't.

Can you get me out of here?

They're gonna want you In court for breaking and entering.

Untll then, you're In HM's custody.

You're In a lot of trouble, Mr. Lovejoy.

You've been arrested for housebreaking, and there was a body In a bed.

No, the body was In the bed before I got there.

Well, they're dolng an autopsy, apparently. Check for foul play, that sort of thlng.

I know, I was telling them everything,

Including the fact that earUer last nlght I was robbed.

That's the other problem, of course, you've lost your passport

Vlsa section's gonna be really ticked off. They've wrapped things up for the hols.

- It's gonna be a nightmare. - Oh.

Oh, well, Eric Catchpole can voud! for me.

- He's not at your hoteL - Must've scored.

Er...Lovejoy! (Chuckles)

- What the hell are you dolng here? - A currenq irregularity.

L...l couldn't pay my tab. There was a bit of pushing and shoving and I chinned somebody.

(Slam) Sebastian?

- Whlle we're here. - Er...

- How are we paying for this, Lovejoy? - Marina's treat.

- I feel sud! a prannet about all our money. - Why, Eric? Anybody could've missed this.

- Yugoslavia. - Knock It on the head, Lovejoy.

Somebody did, Eric. That's why I've got no money.

- Well, I've got my credit card with me. - 0h?

- But I thlnk the limit's up. - Oh, brilliant.

No, well, I did me Christmas shopping last week, didn't I? Spent 6O quld on you.

You didn't? What did you get me?

Well, It's a surprise, Isn't It? Christmas Day, that's when you'll flnd out

Eric, I have no passport You have no money. We're both due In court

I don't thlnk we'll be home for Christmas.

God. Why did we come here, anyway?

(Slghs)

Ask a sllly quest-Jon.

(Chuckles) Do a, er...seled'lon.

Marina, um...

I found this...this picture at Mel's.

Now, this ls your father, Isn't It? And this ls AxeL D'you...d'you know who this ls?

No. We stop.

- Excuse me? - We end this thlng now. No more.

- There's a lot of unanswered questions. - I do not care.

I do not care for mysteries.

Old men's mysteries that happened a long time ago.

- But, Marina, the only way we're... - My father may dle.

- Hls friend ls dead. - That's why we have...

I don't wlsh to be frightened any more. I want to llve my llfe.

Marina, Eric and I came a long way.

For what?

For the love of my father?

He ls a stranger.

Because I was sad?

You don't know me. Maybe you thlnk there ls money or diamonds.

No, no, no, no, we wanted to help.

So I thank you.

Marina, maybe you should go to England to be with your father.

I cannot

Slnce I am arrest, I cannot leave Prague!

- She won't be wanting these, then. - Mm.

(Sellotape squeaks)

# Now bring us some flggy pudding, now bring us some flggy pudding

# Now bring us some flggy pudding

- # And bring some out here... - Oh, shut up.

- # Good tidings I bring... - (Knock at door)

- it To you and your Hug... - Humbug!

# We wlsh you a merry Christmas and a happy new year...

(Yodellflg)

(Phone rings)

' (Yodeling ends) - (Whispers)

(Applause)

- (jane) Hello? - I thought I'd catch you In now.

Off the slopes at four. Out of the Badedas bath, ready for the apres-skl.

Where are you? What d'you want?

I want to know how you are and how's johnno.

Rather tiresome actually. I thlnk he assumes too mud! from my oomlng here.

_ Is he I' ' (clldtoos) ylng siege mymll' dam; Jane?

Is that hlm making that terrible nolse I can hear?

- (Cuckoos) - No, It Isn't, Lovejoy.

That's Johannes jaeger the Tyrolean mountain goat, actually.

So how are you getting on with the presents?

Oh, um...

well, that's actually, er... what I'm calling about, janle.

I mean, I'm sure Tinker's very capable

' but. Well, er... - (Snoring)

(Chuckles) Well, actually, I'm...I'm next door to you. I'm In Prague.

- Wlth that glri? - Na.

No, that's actually Eric you can hear snoring. Hold on, hold on.

(shores)

- Oh! - Have a word with janle. Say hello.

- Hello. - That's enough. Can you hear hlm? Eric.

- So what are you dolng? - Um...

- (Snoring) - Stranded, actually.

But I'm staying...well, we're staying at the Caribbean Hotel, Prague.

- So you can send the money there. - What money?

The money we haven't got and you have.

Also, janle, I lost my passport and I'm In a little trouble with the police.

You are a sod, Lovejoy. I thought you rang to see how I was.

I did. Oh, I did. I mean, I mlss you very much. I wlsh you were here.

- (Snoring) - In fact... Shut up, Eric.

If I had a high-powered chopper I'd fly you here In a half an hour.

If you had a high-powered chopper, I mlght not have lefi: you behind In the first place.

(Whispers) janle, please. Don't talk llke that In front of the klds.

(Orchestral soundtrack)

(speaks Czech)

(sobbing)

- Hello? - Hello.

Lovejoy, 320. Has some money been mailed to me?

Moment.

(Slghs)

- No. - No?

- (Phone rings) - (Chuckles) Oh, please, janle.

Come through for little Lovejoy, eh?

There are no microphones here any more, Mr. Lovejoy.

Polloe.

Well, It's a very unflattering photo of you. Aneska?

Anesh-ka.

Oh, well, what ls It? More questions, Aneshka?

(Phone rings)

I am not with Criminal Division. I am with...

- (Speaks Cad!) - Course you are.

It's a spedal section. We only exlst In the changes.

Our job ls to protect my country's history, our paintings, our antiques.

- Protected from what? - From leaving Czechoslovakia.

The only art I've seen ls graffltl on a cell wall

For a man with your Interests, Mr. Lovejoy, this ls a waste.

Thls man...

ls called RedL

He used to be with StB. It was our secret police.

We thlnk for many years he has been stealing our art treasures.

So why don't you arrest hlm?

If we do, we may not recover what he has stolen.

(Slghs)

I get the feeling you thlnk I can help.

(Church belli)

(Organ plays hymn)

(Footsie P5)

(Door doses)

For flve centuries, this was the only bridge across the river.

Well, now you've got a free market economy, don't let anyone buy It

(Chuckles) Come on, you can't buy a bridge.

Don't be too sure. Someone bought London Bridge.

Now It's sitting In the middle of Arizona.

I was brought up to believe that capltallsts were bad.

New I know we need these people. But we do not need gangsters.

Hope you're not looking at me.

(Chuckles) Listen.

If you help us, all. the other charges against you will. disappear.

You are the klnd of man who will. Interest RedL

We can leak to hlm that you are an expert In antiques,

that you've got contacts In the West,

that you are a man who will. bend the law when It sults hlm.

Hm? Maybe even with a criminal past.

A bit far-fetched but maybe he'll buy It.

Sounds bloody dodgy to me, Lovejoy.

And you reckon she's secret police? You're gonna end up In a rubber room.

I don't have mud! duolce, kld.

I was found breaking Into a flat where there was a corpse,

and he was murdered, she told me.

- Dld she? - Hold this.

Two thumbs applied to the camtld artery.

- Ooh! - Very professionally.

(Whispers) Glve me your gum, Eric.

Ooh. Ooh.

And the diamond.

- (Door opens) - You could've had a fresh plece!

(Phone ringing)

(Eric) Hello?

(Slren outside)

(Knocklflg)

- (Slren blaring) - (Eric) Lovejoy?

(Slghs) Yes, Eric?

(Eric) It's Marina on the phone.

(Marina) I'm sorry for the things I say to you. I cannot Ignore what has happened.

- What made you change your mlnd? - She did.

Her name ls Llla. She came to me at Axel's funeral

You were right

That ls my father and that ls AxeL

Llla tell me that when the war begln,

many of the students try to help save our art from falling Into Nazl hands.

'They took things from monasteries, museums, galleries.

They hid them In the countryside In dxurcbes and famss and wine cellars,

sometimes only hours ahead of the Gemlans.

One night near Brno there was an accident, a crash on an [q mad.

(Coughs and groans)

(Gulfflf!)

The Germans were near them.

They divide the diamonds and then they say goodbye and they separate.

A year ago, she read In the newspaper a man ls killed near the railway yard.

She knows hls name. It was this man.

And then she hear that Axel ls dead.

Why did she want to talk to you?

She want to warn my father.

- Not knowing she was a week late? - Yes.

When I tell her, she lsmgreat shock.

What's her conned-Jon with these men?

She wlll not say, but, you know, she ls not all, um...you know, In the mlnd.

I ring the number In her purse. She llve In home for old people.

Dotty had a copy of this photograph In England. There was another man.

Axel tore the corner off.

- Why? - He wanted to protect someone.

(Lovejoy) I thlnk It had something to do with the Prague Sun.

(Monitor beeping)

(WW Chatter)

Ah, Mr. DIII, splendid. These all of them?

Well, they're not the, er...usual plods.

They're not the local police. I don't knew what they are.

But, um...the glrt. says that...Aneska says that they're some sort of art squad.

That's new. But then a lot of things are at the moment

Well, If you can sort something out, flne, otherwise the court date ls 28th.

Oh, no! That means I'd be here through Christmas.

Well, It's not all bad here.

The embassy has a bash on Christmas Eve which you could come to.

Most of the dlps are married so they push off early and then we have a dlsoo

and some of the secretaries get qulte out of It.

Sebastian.

You don't understand.

Christmas Day, I have to be there playing the man, 'Ho-ho-ho', In my local hospltaL

That's not suffldent reason to change the workings of the Czech _]udldaL system.

No, Sebastian, thlnk of the dulldren, thelr little faces.

(Murmurs) Humbug.

- (Slghs) - How Is he?

Hard to tell, dear. Doctors tell you nothing. Stable's the word they keep uslng.

Let's go down the pub. I could do with a large one.

- Had a call from Lovejoy. - More than I've had.

He wants me to dig out an old snapshot of Marek and fox It to hlm.

I thlnk he meant fax.

(Shop bell)

- (Shop bell) - Oh, It ls Mr...

- Lovejoy. - You wlsh to see agaln the cut glass?

No, I10, no, no, I, er...

(Slghs) "wanted to ask you about AxeL

Oh, my God.

What a tragedy. What a...terrible thlng.

Dld anyone, anyone, ever vlslt hlm here?

I do not thlnk he knew many people.

He moved here only a year ago from Koslce.

I met no one apart from yourself and Catchpole

- and, of course, your beautiful friend. - Hm.

How mud! Is this?

Let me see.

In US dollars, 1,200.

Thank you.

- (Shop bell) - Goodbye.

- Goodbye. - Excuse me.

Mm. As he didn't know many people, did he ever confide In you, tell you anything?

Forgive me, but we had little In common.

Except antiques.

Dld he ever suggest that he had anything valuable?

You know. Llke diamonds, perhaps, hm?

- Diamonds? - Mm.

He owned nothing.

I thought he looked frightened.

Of dylng alone perhaps.

Whldu, of course, he did.

Please come.

My mother told me never to get Into cars with strange men.

- Ah. - Lovejoy?

“ Lovej°_ Jame? y' them You ane!

I've brought you the money In person, you foolish thlng.

(Laughs) Hello!

Thls dty's enchanting. I had no Idea.

WIII you come with me, or do you knew somewhere wonderful for lundu?

Janle.

Have I come at a bad moment?

(Dlipplng water)

(speaks Czech)

Please Walt.

(Love joy) why not?

Sony about this, janle. You all right?

Yes. No, actually. I'm rather frightened.

- You could have wlred the money, you know. - To tell. the truth, the chalet was unbearable.

No one was getting on. So I told Pru, 'I'm gonna rent a car and go and see Lovejoy.'

'That's not very sensible,' she sald, and I sald, 'Well, I'm slck of belng sensible.

'I've been sensible ever slnoe they made me head glrl. at school'

Well, I thought It was long overdue for me to be reckless and lnesponslble.

Well, you should've listened to your sister.

- Who are these people? - You mean, 'They seem awfully common.'

We've just been kidnapped, for God's sake.

- Listen. - (Chiming)

- What? - Listen.

- (Chiming) - Sounds Uke a distant 'Fairground.

- A carousel or something. - (Door creeks)

I'm sorry about these precautions.

Thls place ls too closely guarded a secret to share It with dvlllans.

My name ls Redl, Mr. Lovejoy. Karel RedL

- Means nothing to me. - Hm. Me neither.

It used to mean qulte a lot to some people In the old days.

SI noe the democracy,

I am no longer In favor.

Well, you knew my name and your goon knew where to plck me up.

You must have some conned-Ions.

But I don't know your friend.

The name's Felsham. Lady Felsham.

I know about the other lady.

But not about this...lady.

- Who's this? - He must mean Marina.

Yes, I'm sure he must.

I don't thlnk you came to Prague because of a woman, Mr. Lovejoy.

Not even because of a lady.

I thlnk you came...

because of these.

Worth the alr fare.

What do you know about these stones?

Well, they look llke they come from the Prague Sun,

but when I saw It In the Loreto, It looked pretty Intact.

But you didn't see It.

You saw a replica.

Oh, yes, Mr. Lovejoy,

I assure you I have the real one.

It came Into my hands after the war,

when I led a unlt recovering hidden works of art

But It was In pieces.

I was a rising star In the communist party

so It wasn't dlfilcult for me to find the finest craftsmen.

What I eventually restored to a grateful nation...

was a fake.

I'm sure that wasn't the only thlng you didn't glve back to a grateful nation.

These are things I've collected over a period of years.

- Stolen? - Acquired.

Redl, you're a collector, I'm a dealer. You can't move this stuff In Czechoslovakia.

You can't sell it In the auction houses In the West

What you need are private collectors

who won't ask too many questions where the stuff comes from.

I know these people. Together we could make some serious money.

- Lovejoy, there ls a Umlt. - Keep out of this, Jane.

Mr. Lovejoy,

my greatest asset ls the Prague Sun.

But It's Incomplete.

I've spent half my llfe looking for the missing diamonds.

I thought the trall mlght end In England.

But I was wrong.

Why d'you thlnk I can help you?

Because of the glfl.

And the father ls still allve.

Please.

You have a great deal to galn.

Not mud! good to you here llke this, am I?

You're free to go, Mr. Lovejoy.

(Slghs) Could you order us a taxl?

For you alone. I thlnk the lady should stay with us.

As Insurance.

(Brakes screed!)

- (Grunt!) - Ah! LOWPY-

- OK? - (Slghs)

(Crows can!)

Couldn't we meet somewhere warm? I mean, haven't you got an ofiloe?

Here I can be sure you are not followed.

Well, Redl made contact.

- Thls ls good. - No, It's not good.

He took a friend of mlne hostage.

- A young man from England? - No, a young woman from England.

I did not ask you to Involve any friends.

Where did he take you?

I don't know. It's underground, through tunnels.

Prague has many sud! places. It's a medieval dty.

And what does Redl want from you?

He thinks I can find some missing diamonds.

- And can you? - I've got a lead, but It's a long shot.

- Follow It. - Yeah.

Yeah, I've got something for you.

A...a man called Funke.

- The same shop where Axel worked, yes? - Mm?

I went to see hlm yesterday. Today they picked me up.

Now, this may not be a colnddenoe.

We'll. check this out.

You do that.

I'd llke to get my friend out of there.

(Tram bell)

Eflc!

- Where the hell have you been? - (Phone rings)

- You won't believe me. Is that the fax? - Yeah, It's just arrived.

- (Lovejoy) Who Is this one on the end? - (Eric) I don't know.

He looks younger than the others, though, doesn't he? He's just a boy.

Or a glfl.

AxeL

Marek.

And Is this you?

(Both speak Czech)

Yes.

(Patient coughs)

What...

- What? - (Chuckles) What's this on your coat?

- Looks llke gllt. - It ls gllt.

Eh?

(Chiming)

That's the sound, I'm sure of It.

- What you talking about? - jane sald It sounded Uke a 'Fairground.

That's the sound, Eric, whld! means Redl's place ls somewhere nearby

and thanks to you I thlnk I know how we get there.

Thanks to me?

(Chimes)

(Clocks ticking)

(Chiming)

- (Shop bell) - Mr. Lovejoy!

- We are dosed. - Not yet you're not.

Where are you going?

- And what are you dolng? - I'm hls muscle.

If you don't leave, I shall call the police.

See this? Must have brushed up against this yesterday coming up from your cellar.

- Ow! - I don't know what you are talking about.

Oh, yes, you do.

Thls ls the place. I recognize the smelL

- (Thump) - Ugh!

- Solld bit of dlalr, this. - Very good, Eric.

- Want hls gun? - Hm.

Where d'you reckon this entrance could be, eh?

What d'you thlnk? Secret book mechanism opens the bookshelf?

Leave It out, Lovejoy.

Very good, Eric.

(Shop bell)

(Shop bell)

What ls going on here? When you called, I told you to Walt for me.

He was dosing, love.

Even so, It ls Illegal entry and assault.

Back there ls a door

leading to RedL

New, I suggest you phone for some extra back-up.

You are right

Your passport does less than justice to your talent

Perhaps you should change 'antique dealer' to 'detective'.

To Hercule Lovejoy? Doesn't qulte cut, really, does It?

Glve me the phone.

What are you dolng?

The real police never saw my passport

Whoever stole It...

killed AxeL

(speaks Czech)

And you, darflng. Eric?

- Call the real police. - But I don't speak Cnedu.

- What? - It just sounds llke sneezing to me.

Call the hotel or embassy. Flnd somebody who does.

And get 'em here qulck.

(Dlipplng water)

(Footsteps echo)

(Redl) My pléce de réslstance.

(Switch clicks)

Very few have feasted thelr eyes on my called-Jon.

And you're a man who can appredate It.

You should be wearing a mask and playing the organ.

(Chuckles)

You seem to have taken the initiative.

Well, I know that Funke's In with you and that Aneska ls a phony cop.

It seemed a subtle approadl.

We could flnd out what klnd of a man you are and what you know about the diamonds

without resorting to violence.

You must have had your flll of that In your lifetime.

The complication was a woman. Your lady...

(Chuckles) Lady!

She's charming.

We've had many a long talk.

Of course, you realize that your flndlng out about this place doesn't guarantee her safety

or Indeed yours.

She's not the reason I'm here.

I'm here for this. Or at least my share when we become partners.

It's reassuring that you put greed before honor.

But there were other conditions to my offer.

Oh, I have the diamonds. Or at least I know where they are.

I don't believe you.

Thought you'd say that. So I brought a sample.

Oh, I'm not armed, Mr. RedL

Rose cut.

Seventeenth century.

(Clad: ticks)

(Chuckles)

(Door dldgg)

Glve our friend here a brandy.

Only two more shopping days left tlll Christmas, janle.

I am waiting.

(Lovejoy slghs)

Let me see.

Somehow you got on the trall of the diamonds.

Then about a year ago an old man dled In some railway yards.

He led you to Axel and hls diamonds. Correct?

We were very good to AxeL

We brought hlm to the dty and we found hlm a job.

Only untll he tracked down hls old friend Marek.

But Axel left something out.

There'd been a fourth member of that student gang, a woman.

Axel and she were lovers.

You found this woman?

That's where I got the diamond.

The rest are hidden.

I don't believe you.

And I am still waiting.

She walks first.

She won't say anything. I'm your hostage now. She can be on the plane to England tonight.

- No, Lovejoy, I'm not leaving here without... - Yes, you will, jane.

No, she's not going anywhere.

- I am still waiting. - (Whispers) Come on, Eric.

Is that the British Embassy?

Ah, great. Can I speak to Sebastian Bralkes urgently, please?

Yeah, Eric Catchpole. Catchpole.

(Beeping)

There's someone In the shop.

(Beeping)

(Shouting In (Rd!)

(squeals)

Whoa! Whoa!

Go ahead, Funke.

Make my d37-

(Grunts and shouts)

(Jane) Stop It! sup m

" Get off! ' Argh!

(Smashing)

- (Punching and shouting) - Help!

- (Smash) - Help! Help!

- (Fund!) - Help! Help!

- (Punching and grunting) - Please help! Help!

_ (smash) _ (Punch)

('Silent Nlght' In Czech)

- (Carol continues) - (Chiming)

(Carol continues)

_ * on! (Grunung)

(Chiming)

(srunrlns)

(Carol continues)

WIII you get off?

Jinle!

Ling!

(Carol continues)

Get...

(Chiming)

(Chimes)

' (TOys ratflg) “ (Chiming)

(Gasps) Is he dead?

NO.

- (Chiming) - He's just defenestrated. Look.

_ (TOY drums) _ ("Toy sheep bleaflng)

(speaks Czech)

(Snorting)

Oh...

(creeks)

(organ Plays)

I wlsh to thank you for when I was In your home.

My father always talked of the kindness of the English.

Your father wlll get better. They're very optimistic.

You will. spend Christmas with Lovejoy?

I hope so. They're trying to get us on a flight tomorrbw.

He's a very attractive man.

Suppose so.

Dld you come to Prague because you love hlm?

WelL..not exactly.

I came for the usual reason.

He was short of money.

Hm?

(speaks Czech)

Amen.

(Whispers) No photos.

(Marek) We hid the diamonds to save them for our cnuntrjr.

When the communists took over,

I suppose we thought one day we may buy our freedom.

(Footsie P5)

Now our country ls free, It was time to glve them back.

Llla burled hers with her first husband.

I don't thlnk she thought she'd ever see freedom agaln.

I thlnk you ought to have this.

Doesn't really belong to me, does It?

From 6,000 stones...

- "they can spare one. - (Footsteps)

Love JOY?

Hm?

Oh...

And a ho-ho-ho!

(Tinker) Ho-ho-ho!

(I-°V9j0y) Tinker!

(Tinker) LovejOY!

- You weren't supposed to be here. - I thought I was...

- I was fllllng In for you. - (Chuckles)

- So what's It llke to be mobile agaln, hm? - Flne.

- (Raised voices) - But I thlnk I'm still seeing double.

(Laughter)

LovePY-

Hold It.