1 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,399 'Chapter One. Sorrow. 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,279 'There were many who considered Atticus Pünd 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,559 'to be the world's greatest detective, 4 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,329 'but as he walked down Harley Street on that awful... 5 00:00:22,368 --> 00:00:24,145 'no, fateful... yes... 6 00:00:24,170 --> 00:00:26,999 'day in the summer of 1955... 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,719 'Chapter One. Sorrow. 8 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,119 'There were many who considered Atticus Pünd 9 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,439 'to be the world's greatest... 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,319 'A single magpie watched him from a tree as he returned. 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:38,439 'What was it telling him? 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,560 'He was about to find out. 13 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:50,159 'The Church of St. Bartles had a long and varied history. 14 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:52,000 'Boring. 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,999 'As Pünd walked home, 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,439 'he was already putting it all into context. 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,799 'Brent, the gardener at Pye Hall... 18 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,188 'Chapter Five. Silver. 19 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:03,960 'Come on, come on, come on, come on.' 20 00:01:07,706 --> 00:01:08,905 'Yes! 21 00:01:09,106 --> 00:01:10,639 'Clarissa Pye was... 22 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,079 'Robert Blakiston had never... 23 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,657 'No.' 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:18,840 Uh-huh! 25 00:01:18,841 --> 00:01:20,279 'Detective Inspector Chubb 26 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,799 'very much liked grabbing a suspect by the throat. 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,079 'That was his method, and it might've worked for him, 28 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:26,600 'but Pünd wasn't so sure. 29 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,119 'Chapter Seven. 30 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,999 'A Secret Never to Be Told. 31 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,920 'What else can I tell you about Atticus Pünd? 32 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,159 'He had solved his last case, 33 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:40,839 'the death of Mary Blakiston, 34 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,919 'soon followed by another death at Pye Hall. 35 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:45,599 'And of course the tragedy 36 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,055 'that had taken place twelve years before. 37 00:01:49,118 --> 00:01:51,999 'Three deaths that seemed to have no connection 38 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,458 'until Atticus Pünd brought them together and made sense of them. 39 00:01:56,987 --> 00:01:58,626 'He was more than a friend. 40 00:01:58,673 --> 00:02:02,869 'He was the kindest and wisest man I ever knew. 41 00:02:03,272 --> 00:02:05,392 'The end.' 42 00:02:52,430 --> 00:02:57,014 CREDITS 43 00:02:58,450 --> 00:03:00,333 _ 44 00:03:03,081 --> 00:03:04,991 _ 45 00:03:15,493 --> 00:03:17,612 - Halt, halt, halt. Stop, stop. - What? 46 00:03:17,739 --> 00:03:19,055 - Your phone. - Oh. 47 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:24,120 Ah! 48 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,200 Oh! 49 00:03:28,275 --> 00:03:31,154 Uh... Charles. No. I'm... I'm at the book fair. 50 00:03:31,179 --> 00:03:32,832 - Yesterday was... - Please! 51 00:03:32,857 --> 00:03:35,079 wall-to-wall, so, and I've got Klaus at nine, 52 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,159 so can I call you back later? 53 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,394 Yeah. OK, bye. Bye. Bye. 54 00:03:39,627 --> 00:03:42,866 Entschuldigung, ich... Ich habe vergessen, 55 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,140 dass es in der Tasche war. 56 00:03:54,518 --> 00:03:55,837 Oh, hi, Susan! 57 00:03:55,862 --> 00:03:57,222 Oh, hi! 58 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,519 So... 59 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,519 - Morning, Klaus! - Atticus Pünd. 60 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,399 - You have considered my offer? - Yes. 61 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:10,999 - And? - It's not enough. 62 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,239 I don't agree. 63 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,519 - Well, you wouldn't, would you? - Come on, Susan. 64 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:15,919 We're old friends. We don't need to haggle. 65 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,333 Oh, I thought that was what I was here for. 66 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:20,999 Eighteen million copies sold worldwide, 67 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,719 two and a half million in this territory, 68 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,319 thirty-five languages, and a TV series on the way. 69 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:26,959 Worterhaus are no longer interested. 70 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:28,639 Oh, we left Worterhaus. 71 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,879 - Alan Conway didn't like them. - He reads his translations? 72 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,945 He reads his royalty statements. They were getting lazy. 73 00:04:32,991 --> 00:04:34,519 - Vielen Dank, Theo. - Bitte. 74 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,879 We can go to 75,000 Euros. 75 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,919 - No, we won't go below 100. - That's too high. 76 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:40,839 Well, he has a new book. 77 00:04:40,995 --> 00:04:43,234 "Magpie Murders" - have you read it? 78 00:04:43,271 --> 00:04:45,415 He hasn't delivered it yet, but it'll be number one 79 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,159 like the last one, and the one before. 80 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:48,010 OK. 81 00:04:48,035 --> 00:04:50,153 I can give you an answer this evening. 82 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,218 Not here. How about a drink at your hotel? 83 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,680 You're not the only interested party, Klaus. 84 00:04:58,927 --> 00:05:01,247 Nice doing business. 85 00:05:02,674 --> 00:05:04,230 _ 86 00:05:04,898 --> 00:05:07,219 _ 87 00:05:15,527 --> 00:05:17,726 - Miss Ryeland. - Yes? 88 00:05:17,844 --> 00:05:19,763 Your champagne. 89 00:05:19,811 --> 00:05:22,090 I didn't order any champagne. 90 00:05:22,145 --> 00:05:23,745 Are you sure? 91 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:27,639 Yes. 92 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,800 Then I must have the wrong room. 93 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,319 No, um... 94 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,799 I think you should leave it. 95 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,879 Actually... 96 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,239 why don't you share it with me? 97 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,519 I'm sorry, madam. Hotel policy... 98 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:56,800 Oh. 99 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:02,239 I was told it was a full-service hotel. 100 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,280 It can be. 101 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,679 How did you know where to find me? 102 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,160 I rang your office. Alice told me. 103 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,079 Remind me to talk to her. 104 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,759 You don't know who you might have found me with. 105 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,879 - Klaus Eckerman? - Oh, pft! 106 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,399 God, no. 107 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,320 Credit me with some taste. 108 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,319 Aren't you supposed to be teaching? 109 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,279 I took the day off. 110 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:32,279 - You came all this way. - Mm. 111 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:34,439 God, you're lovely. 112 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,599 Where did you get the waistcoat? 113 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,480 I bribed a waiter. 114 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:43,359 Aw. 115 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,199 Glad to see you. I've had a horrible time here. 116 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,879 We can go home together. 117 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,879 Same flight? 118 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:52,519 Ah...! 119 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,680 Alice is promoted. 120 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,239 We have the weekend. 121 00:06:58,240 --> 00:06:59,519 - Great. - Mm. 122 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:01,839 Can't wait. 123 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:03,839 Yamas. 124 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:05,400 Chin-chin. 125 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,160 'The train now arriving on platform four... 126 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:12,439 '...Express. 127 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:13,959 'Stansted Airport, 128 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,720 'calling at Stansted Airport only.' 129 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,319 I'm going to take a taxi. Do you want to share? 130 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:21,959 No. I'll take the tube. 131 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:23,679 What time am I gonna see you tomorrow? 132 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,079 I'll come at lunchtime, but I'm out in the evening. 133 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:27,119 Oh! Where? 134 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,559 We're rehearsing the school play. 135 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,999 OK. Well, see you when I see you. 136 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,720 And thanks for surprising me. 137 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:36,560 Thank you. 138 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:41,839 So, how was Frankfurt? 139 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,160 Oh, the usual madness. 140 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,039 This is for you. 141 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,639 Oh. 142 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,439 - You shouldn't have. - I didn't. It's from Andreas. 143 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:54,559 - And no smutty jokes. - Oh. He found you, then? 144 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,519 Yes, I'll talk to you about that another time. 145 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:57,839 Just tell me it's arrived. 146 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,239 - Charles wants to see you. - Meaning? 147 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,199 He looked happy when he came in. 148 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,239 Hmm? 149 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:05,799 - Ah! - So? 150 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,880 - I had dinner with him last night. - And? 151 00:08:07,881 --> 00:08:10,399 He was his usual charming self. 152 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,879 But he's finished it. 153 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,039 - "Magpie Murders". - One for sorrow, two for joy, 154 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:16,359 three for a girl, and four for a boy. 155 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,519 Five for silver, six for gold, 156 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,119 seven for a secret never to be told. 157 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:20,799 It's very Agatha Christie. Have you read it yet? 158 00:08:20,824 --> 00:08:22,330 - I've started it. - And? 159 00:08:22,376 --> 00:08:23,871 Number one in time for Christmas. 160 00:08:24,238 --> 00:08:26,768 Yay! That's my weekend taken care of. 161 00:08:26,793 --> 00:08:29,112 Oh, one moment, Susan. We have the meeting next week. 162 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,039 - Oh, Cityworld Media. - Oh, don't say it like that. 163 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:33,599 You make them sound like the enemy. 164 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:34,999 They don't understand publishing. 165 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,039 Which is why they want you in charge after the buyout, 166 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:38,559 but they are gonna need an answer. 167 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:40,679 I don't know, Charles. It's all right for you. 168 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:43,279 Grandchildren. Retirement. Cruises. 169 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,239 I will still be here for you. I've told you. 170 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,399 I'm just not sure that I'm cut out to run a company. 171 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,119 Finances. Targets. 172 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,959 It's not what I'm used to. I'm an editor. 173 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,239 And you're the best in the business, 174 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,519 but, look, this is a huge opportunity for you. 175 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,919 A proper salary more than I could ever afford to pay. 176 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,439 Plus a five per cent share. 177 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,799 - After five years. - You'll be rich. 178 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,519 Not as rich as you. 179 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,960 Think of the company! Think of what you could make it. 180 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,239 Let's talk on Monday. 181 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,360 - Enjoy the read. - Yes. 182 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,240 Thank you, Aziz. Thank you. Sit down. 183 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,279 Omirou odysseia. 184 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:30,839 Homer's Odyssey. 185 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,519 One of the greatest epic poems ever written. 186 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,680 Who can tell me what any of those words meant? Aziz? 187 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,560 George? 188 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,159 Six of them. Just six. 189 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,719 Last year it was eight. 190 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,639 Do you know why they even have it as an option? 191 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,199 Well, you got to have somewhere to put the nerds. 192 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,440 Because it's tradition. It makes the school look good. 193 00:11:38,278 --> 00:11:40,955 'Chapter one. Sorrow. 194 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,079 'There were many who considered Atticus Pünd 195 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,999 'to be the world's greatest detective, 196 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,919 'but, as he walked down Harley Street 197 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:53,199 'on that fateful day in the summer of 1955, 198 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,759 'he knew that he was facing the greatest mystery of all - 199 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,840 'his own mortality.' 200 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,360 You can get dressed now, Mr Pünd. 201 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,239 So, Dr Benson, tell me the worst. 202 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,999 Well, there's no sign of any further deterioration, 203 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,160 but I'm afraid it's still not good news. 204 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,319 - Oh. How much time do I have? - It's not easy to be precise. 205 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,400 I'm afraid the tumour is very advanced. 206 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,519 Had we been able to spot it earlier, 207 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,280 there's a small chance we might have been able to operate. 208 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,600 I'm sorry. 209 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,400 There's no need to be. 210 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,519 I've had a long life. 211 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,680 And I will say in many respects it's been a good one. 212 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,079 I've expected to die on many occasions before now. 213 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,639 You might even say that death has been a companion of mine, 214 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,120 always two steps behind. 215 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,080 Now he's caught up. 216 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:22,879 Even so, it would help me to know, for example, 217 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:27,800 if I were considering a skiing holiday in the Bavarian Alps...? 218 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,280 It wouldn't be a good idea. 219 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,200 Do you ski? 220 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:40,360 No. 221 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,560 And now I never will. 222 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,399 - Why didn't you tell me? - 'Tell you what, Susan?' 223 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:50,766 I've just finished the first chapter, 224 00:13:50,791 --> 00:13:52,799 - 'Atticus at the doctor's.' - Ah, yes. 225 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,679 Did he tell you he was gonna kill him off? 226 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,079 Well, I haven't got to the end yet. 227 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,399 It might not be terminal. 228 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,439 Well, it bloody well better not be. 229 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:00,999 Ah. Sorry, can't talk. 230 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,599 My car is here. 231 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:03,639 Where's Alan? 232 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,559 'In London. Heading back home tomorrow.' 233 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,519 Well, maybe you should call him. 234 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,360 'Finish the book. We'll talk Monday.' 235 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,560 Thank you. 236 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,359 Excuse me. Eh, are you Alan Conway? 237 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,519 - Yes. - I just want to say, 238 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,719 I love your books. When's the next one coming out? 239 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,799 - Soon. - Oh. I know it's a bit cheeky, 240 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,399 but I don't suppose I could get a quick selfie with you? 241 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,319 - No! - My husband won't believe I... 242 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,560 No. I'm sorry. I'm late for my train. 243 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,639 'Passengers are reminded that smoking is not permitted 244 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,280 'anywhere on the station concourse.' 245 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,920 'The end.' 246 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,599 Not necessarily. 247 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:54,159 The cancer's at stage 4. 248 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,119 That gives you a ten per cent chance. 249 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:57,959 Ten per cent is my royalty. 250 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,200 Never enough. 251 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,799 'Dear Charles, I'm very sorry that I wasn't on my best form 252 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,519 'at dinner last night.' 253 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:12,520 "The Magpie Murders". 254 00:15:12,521 --> 00:15:15,359 Not "The Magpie Murders"! "Magpie Murders"! 255 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:16,920 That's the bloody title! 256 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,239 Excuse me? Are you Alan Conway? 257 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,240 I love your books. 258 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,519 - Come here. - Oh, stop. 259 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:36,920 Get a room. 260 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,440 Ugh! 261 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:01,919 Who was that? 262 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,799 My dad. 263 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:05,999 You don't like him much. 264 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,080 I wish he'd drop dead. 265 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,040 Arsehole! Not again. 266 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:25,920 Suck it. 267 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,440 I hoped you'd already gone. 268 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,919 Just thought I'd say goodbye. 269 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:42,920 Well, goodbye, then. 270 00:17:42,921 --> 00:17:45,199 Did you deliver the manuscript? 271 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,999 - Am I still in it? - Do you care? 272 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,319 Alan... 273 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,039 I think we've said everything we need to say, don't you? 274 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:53,439 No. I don't. 275 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:54,920 Well, I do. 276 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,040 I'm sorry. 277 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,679 Sorry about what exactly? 278 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,159 Humiliating me? Disappearing whenever you fancied it? 279 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:10,439 Partying with your friends 280 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,359 and presumably having a good laugh about me at the same time? 281 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:15,719 I've had enough. 282 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,400 Just get out. Go on. 283 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,080 You can leave the car. 284 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:24,999 My car, you mean? 285 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,560 I think you'll find it's my name on the registration. 286 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,160 Just out of interest, how am I meant to get to the station? 287 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,280 Call a taxi. 288 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,719 You can't do this to me, Alan. I have rights, you know. 289 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,039 You have nothing. 290 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,360 Goodbye, James. 291 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,319 You never did like Alan, did you? 292 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,439 He's an unpleasant man. 293 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,079 You knew him before I did. 294 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:52,839 I knew him when he was just a teacher, 295 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,359 before he married Melissa. He was unpleasant then. 296 00:18:55,360 --> 00:18:57,759 Tzatziki. Keftedes. Aubergine. 297 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,559 Greek halloumi and hummus. 298 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,439 - What would I do without you? - You wouldn't eat. 299 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,239 - Retsina? - Why not? 300 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,000 Yay! 301 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,399 Charles wants me to give him an answer. 302 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,919 - Mm, the job. - Yeah. 303 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,639 And? Are you going to do it? 304 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,079 I don't know. 305 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:18,999 I'm an editor. It's all I've ever done. 306 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,359 - Running a company... - Don't undersell yourself. 307 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:22,862 You're brilliant. You could do that. 308 00:19:22,914 --> 00:19:24,434 It's not that. 309 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,279 It's just once we're owned by an investment company, 310 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,199 all they're interested in is their figures, 311 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,559 - and if things go wrong... - But they won't go wrong 312 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,079 because you have Atticus Pünd. 313 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,759 Thank God. Yeah. 314 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,759 The new manuscript arrived. 315 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,280 And? 316 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,599 "Magpie Murders". 317 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,999 It's 1955, and we're in the village of Saxby-on-Avon. 318 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,239 Where's that? 319 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,359 Oh, that doesn't exist. They never do. 320 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:53,039 Mary Blakiston is found dead at Pye Hall. 321 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,879 It's the ancestral home of Sir Magnus. 322 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,599 She was his housekeeper. 323 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,399 - What happened to her? - She fell down the stairs. 324 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,119 Or was she pushed? 325 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:03,959 Another two-hundred pages, and I'll find out. 326 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,799 So, I'm gonna have to abandon you this afternoon. 327 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,920 No! No, no, no. I don't know what I'll do. 328 00:20:09,930 --> 00:20:11,370 Who are you playing? 329 00:20:12,333 --> 00:20:14,132 Man U. 330 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:15,599 Kicks off at three. 331 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,226 And then I've got the school play at six. 332 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:31,359 'As Pünd walked home, 333 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:34,480 'he was already putting it all into context. 334 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,839 'It was just another throw of the dice, 335 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,519 'and in a way his entire life had been lived 336 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:42,760 'against the odds.' 337 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,719 - There you are! - Hello, James. 338 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,359 I was getting quite worried about you. 339 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,199 - Why? - You're late for elevenses. 340 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,679 Oh. 341 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,199 - Where have you been? - To see Dr Benson. 342 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,759 Oh. Is he a client of ours? 343 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,079 No, she's a doctor. 344 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,279 - Anything I need to know? - I don't think so. 345 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,839 Well, you have a client arriving in ten minutes. 346 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,119 - I put an extra cup out. - What client? 347 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:19,279 Joy Sanderling. Don't you remember? 348 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,039 You may have forgotten to tell me. 349 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,199 Oh. 350 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,199 Well, she rang the day before yesterday, 351 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,799 and you don't have anything on your desk at the moment, so I said it would be all right. 352 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,519 Forgive me, James. I'm not in the mind 353 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,679 to take on a new client just at the moment. 354 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,639 She's come a long way. 355 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,840 She sounded very distressed. 356 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,199 I'm very much in love with Robert Blakiston. 357 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,719 We were childhood sweethearts. 358 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,239 And I'm going to marry him, no matter what anyone says. 359 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,759 And what do they say, Miss Sanderling? 360 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,599 About me? 361 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,840 About your fiancé. 362 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,199 They think he killed his mother. 363 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,079 That would be enough, I think, to make anyone think twice. 364 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,478 But I know they're wrong. 365 00:21:58,518 --> 00:22:00,759 It's just village gossip. It's a lot of nonsense. 366 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:05,239 So, what is it that occurred to give them this foolish idea? 367 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,839 Robert works in the local garage, 368 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,599 and his mother, Mary Blakiston, lived in the village. 369 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,519 The two of them didn't get on. 370 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,599 She was always nagging him, and going on at him. 371 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,639 It was almost like she didn't want him to leave home. 372 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,279 Sounds like my mother. 373 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,079 This whole thing began because of a silly argument. 374 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,239 Robert's got a temper to him, I'll admit that. 375 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,759 But she'd been going on at him to mend a light in her cottage, 376 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,040 and she just picked on him at the wrong time. 377 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,719 - The bathroom light. - I know. 378 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,519 - You said you'd mend it. - I will. 379 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,359 It's been a week now! 380 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,159 I'm on my own. 381 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,519 You should be ashamed of yourself. 382 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,279 I'm having a drink, Mum. All right? 383 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:43,799 Every minute of every bloody day, you never leave me alone. 384 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,239 Don't use that language with me. 385 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,839 - I'm not a child any more. - No? 386 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,959 I'll tell you what you are. 387 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,119 You're the biggest disappointment of my life. 388 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:53,439 Well, then get someone else to do it! 389 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,039 All right? And if you can't find anyone, 390 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,760 then just drop dead and give me a bit of peace. 391 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,519 'She was found dead the very next day. 392 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:07,799 'At Pye Hall. 393 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,799 'It's the ancestral home of Sir Magnus Pye. 394 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,600 'She was his housekeeper.' 395 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,879 Mary Blakiston made Saxby-on-Avon 396 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,359 a better place for everyone. 397 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:26,239 'And of course everyone's saying that he did it. 398 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,320 'That he pushed her down the stairs. 399 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,400 'How can they be so unkind?' 400 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:37,399 So, although we are here today to mourn her departure, 401 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,159 we must also remember what she left behind. 402 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,359 'And what do the local police make of this?' 403 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,199 'They're still investigating.' 404 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,399 But they talked to Robert several times. 405 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:48,879 They clearly have their suspicions. 406 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,879 Miss Sanderling, you say you're engaged to be married 407 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,480 to Robert Blakiston - what did his mother think of this? 408 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,680 She was against it, of course. 409 00:23:58,080 --> 00:23:59,480 For what reason? 410 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,959 I don't want to talk about it. 411 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,079 Forgive me, but some might say this gave him exactly the motive 412 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,799 to wish to do away with her. 413 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,519 People are saying all sorts of horrible things, Mr Pünd. 414 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:11,839 But none of it's true. 415 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,720 I was with him the morning she died. 416 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:20,879 He has his own flat, and I stayed over that night. 417 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,159 So, it couldn't have been him. 418 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,159 Then what exactly is it that you want me to do? 419 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,199 I want you to come to Saxby-on-Avon. 420 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,279 Just for one day. 421 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,919 If you look into it and tell people it was an accident, 422 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,239 I'm sure they'll believe you. 423 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,240 You're famous. Everyone knows who you are. 424 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,079 That's all I'm asking, Mr Pünd. 425 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,480 Come to Saxby. Tell them the truth. 426 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,679 - Yes! That's it! - Oh! 427 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,439 Sorry! 428 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:51,799 It's all right. 429 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,279 I take it that was Arsenal? 430 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,040 Xhaka off a free kick. What a player, eh? 431 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,880 Ooh. 432 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,799 - What did he say? - He won't do it. 433 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,639 He says there's nothing he can do about village gossip 434 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,679 and that if we just ignore it, it'll go away. 435 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:10,640 Bastard. 436 00:25:10,641 --> 00:25:12,359 No, I liked him. 437 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:14,440 I think he would have helped if he thought he could. 438 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:17,799 What are we gonna do? 439 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,239 I don't know. 440 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,879 Well, there are other detectives. 441 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,559 No. I don't think so, Robert. 442 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,079 I'm not gonna let them take you away from me. 443 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,559 I love you, Joy, and I'm not gonna be driven away 444 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,119 by people who don't know anything. 445 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:31,680 It's not going to happen. We'll get through this. 446 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,159 We don't need to get the train yet. 447 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,640 - Let's have lunch. - Lyon's Corner House? 448 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:39,920 My treat. 449 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,439 Oh, for God's... 450 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,600 - I just... - Claire. It's not a good time. 451 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,880 - You're watching the football. - Trying to, yes. 452 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,520 Five minutes. You can talk to me and watch it at the same time. 453 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:18,880 Um... 454 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,319 I want my old job back. 455 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,319 I thought we both agreed it wasn't working. 456 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:26,959 I need the money, Alan. 457 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,079 I might as well be honest with you. 458 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,199 You know there's not much work in the country, 459 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,959 and, well, you wouldn't want to see your own sister 460 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,120 - stuck working behind the bar. - Oh! 461 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:43,719 Anyway, I enjoyed being part of your world. 462 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,999 - That's not what you said. - I was wrong. 463 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,359 I'm sorry, but I was under a lot of stress, 464 00:26:48,360 --> 00:26:52,399 and frankly you weren't exactly paying me a fortune. 465 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,159 Even so, I spoke out of turn, 466 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:59,400 and, well, I was just wondering if you might think again. 467 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:01,960 I don't know. 468 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,519 Oh, you're still coughing. I thought you were getting that looked at. 469 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,719 I've seen a doctor. It's just a chest infection. 470 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,640 - Nothing to worry about. - Mm. 471 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,879 I see you've finished the new book. 472 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,519 Yes. 473 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:18,520 Who typed it for you? 474 00:27:18,521 --> 00:27:20,760 I did, Claire. I can type, you know? 475 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,720 Oh, for God's sake! 476 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,440 Sorry, I've got to take this. Excuse me. 477 00:27:38,576 --> 00:27:40,175 'Hi, Alan, I was just talking about you.' 478 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,319 Yes, stop talking. 479 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,679 I want you to get the papers over to me as soon as possible. 480 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,546 I'd like to sign them this weekend. 481 00:27:45,958 --> 00:27:47,477 'The sister. 482 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,679 'Unmarried, unloved, 483 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,280 'and always desperate for cash. 484 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,879 'Clarissa Pye looked ridiculous, 485 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,640 'and she was the only one in the village who didn't know it. 486 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,639 'She had grown up in Pye Hall, 487 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,959 'but her brother had cast her out. 488 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,439 'And now she was alone.' 489 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:18,879 I don't suppose there's any chance 490 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:20,359 you could drop them in tomorrow, is there? 491 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:22,599 - 'On a Sunday? Well...' - That's great! 492 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,640 Thank you. See you then. 493 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,360 Claire? 494 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,199 The bloody manuscript! 495 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,559 - I can't believe it. - It was that bad? 496 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,719 I haven't finished it. There's no last chapter. 497 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,159 Alice or Jemima must have buggered up the photocopying. 498 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,439 It's missing the last chapter. 499 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,839 So you don't know who did it. 500 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,639 It's not funny, Andreas. It's bloody annoying. 501 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,439 I'm sorry. Can't you work it out for yourself? 502 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,759 No! These things are always way too complicated for me. 503 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,519 Oh, is there anything more useless 504 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,869 than a whodunnit without the ending? 505 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,119 - Maybe I should call Charles. - Why? 506 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:16,799 Well, he might have the missing pages. 507 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,319 Don't. It's Sunday morning. Talk to him tomorrow. 508 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,279 Come on. Get in. 509 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,280 - Come here. Come here. - Ugh! 510 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:26,760 Alan? 511 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,399 I forgot to ask, how was the school play? 512 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,519 Well, they knew their lines at least. 513 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,159 You got home very late. Must have been midnight. 514 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,879 Well, I stayed on for a drink. 515 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,999 - With the kids? - With the teachers. 516 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,280 - I tried not to wake you. - You didn't. 517 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,633 Susan, there's something I haven't told you. 518 00:31:05,541 --> 00:31:07,100 Oh, God. You're going back to your wife. 519 00:31:07,144 --> 00:31:09,559 - No. She wouldn't have me - She adores you. 520 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,445 - Only because we're divorced. - Oh. 521 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:14,600 Well, go on. 522 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,319 I'm thinking of leaving the school at the end of the term. 523 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,239 Oh! 524 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,605 - Why? - Because I am wasting my time. 525 00:31:22,652 --> 00:31:24,679 Half the kids there don't want to learn, 526 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,879 and the other three are going to turn into bankers or lawyers. 527 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,776 You should move into the state sector. 528 00:31:28,801 --> 00:31:31,001 - Ancient Greek? - Oh, yeah. 529 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,039 Wow! 530 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,919 What else can you do? 531 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,039 Well, the thing is that my cousin, Yannis, 532 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,959 has been offered a hotel in Crete, near Agios Nikolaos, huh. 533 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,639 And he wants me to go in with him to buy it and run it. 534 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,159 In Crete? 535 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,599 We're just talking, but it's an opportunity. 536 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,560 For me and for you. 537 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,439 You want me to go with you? 538 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,360 I wouldn't go without you. 539 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,919 You haven't talked to me about this before. 540 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:01,719 I was going to mention it earlier, but I couldn't. 541 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:02,680 Why not? 542 00:32:02,681 --> 00:32:04,239 Well, obviously with this buyout, 543 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,599 you becoming CEO and everything... 544 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,439 No, but I haven't even made my mind up about that yet! 545 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:09,440 Exactly. 546 00:32:09,441 --> 00:32:11,185 I'm waiting for you to say no. 547 00:32:11,216 --> 00:32:12,360 No, Andreas! 548 00:32:12,361 --> 00:32:13,919 Even if I don't take this promotion, 549 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,399 I'm still going to stay in publishing. 550 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,879 It's all I've ever known. I mean what the... 551 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,239 What am I gonna do in Greece? Hmm? 552 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:21,519 I'm not Shirley Valentine. 553 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,039 I just thought we could talk about it. 554 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,519 We are talking about it. 555 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:26,960 No. 556 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:35,959 'And the latest traffic news for London 557 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,839 'on this sunny Monday morning. 558 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,359 'Slow-going on the A501...' 559 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:40,679 When's your first lesson? 560 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,680 Not until ten, but I need to be there for assembly. 561 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,320 We'll make it. 562 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,319 - I'm sorry... - I'm sorry... 563 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,719 No, I... I shouldn't have just sprang it on you. 564 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,559 Not when you've got so much on your mind. 565 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,840 I'm just a bit surprised, that's all. 566 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,879 If you're not happy, Andreas... 567 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,600 I am happy with you. 568 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,639 Yes, but I'm here. 569 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:16,839 In London. You know, it's my work, it's my home... 570 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,399 God! This traffic! 571 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,319 Look, I'm not making any decisions, I promise. 572 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:21,519 I just want to talk. 573 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,800 You should've mentioned it earlier. 574 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,919 - You free tonight? - Yes. 575 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,559 Let's go and have dinner. Somewhere, you know, quiet. 576 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,319 Not Greek food. 577 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,120 I'd like that. 578 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,680 Ugh...! 579 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,519 - I'll get out here. - Oh. 580 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,000 I'll get there faster by tube. 581 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,559 I hope you find your chapter. 582 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,720 - See you tonight. - Yeah. 583 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,719 - Hey, Susan. - Hi, Alice. 584 00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:23,839 - Good weekend? - Yes, thanks. 585 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,679 Uh, this manuscript that Charles gave me, "Magpie Murders", 586 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,439 - did you do the photocopying? - No, it was Jemima. 587 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:30,879 Where is she? 588 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,159 I haven't seen her. 589 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,279 I think she might have left out the last chapter. 590 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:35,879 Oh! Do you want me to chase it? 591 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,239 Yes. Could you, please? Is Charles in? 592 00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:40,760 - Uh, he's in his office. - Great. 593 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,119 Charles, I can't believe you did this to me. 594 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,159 You gave me a book without the last chapter. 595 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:50,719 I know. Uh, uh... 596 00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:52,159 - Sit down, please. - Do you have it? 597 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,040 Please, Susan, sit down. I've... something terrible to tell you. 598 00:34:58,640 --> 00:34:59,640 What? 599 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:02,760 Alan's dead. 600 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:05,799 Dead? 601 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,119 I read the book at the weekend. 602 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:08,719 Like you, I got to the last chapter. 603 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:10,519 It wasn't there, so I tried to ring Alan 604 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,159 to see what had happened. I must've rung him 605 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,119 half a dozen times on the Saturday and the Sunday. 606 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,519 And then, last night, I got a call at home. 607 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,159 Who called you? 608 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,719 His solicitor, a man called Sajid Khan. 609 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,440 He found him. 610 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:28,840 God, that's awful. 611 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,920 Charles, I'm so sorry. 612 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:36,959 What happened? 613 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,360 Well, it looks as if Alan fell off that bloody tower of his. 614 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:41,280 He fell? 615 00:35:41,281 --> 00:35:42,519 That's what he said on the phone. 616 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,359 Look, I'm afraid it's rather worse than that. 617 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:49,239 I was going through my mail this morning and I... I got this. 618 00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:50,560 It's from Alan. 619 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:53,360 It's a suicide note. 620 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,759 No... 621 00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,039 No... 622 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,799 Why would Alan want to commit suicide? 623 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,559 He was successful. He had a partner. 624 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,359 Well, maybe I had a part in it. 625 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,839 I had dinner with him on Thursday night 626 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,599 while you were in Frankfurt. Well, I... I told you. 627 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:11,800 Um... 628 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,199 It wasn't exactly the cheeriest evening, but... 629 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,919 maybe I should've reached out. If he had this on his mind... 630 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,159 "I'm very sorry, 631 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,280 "but I wasn't on my best form at dinner last night." 632 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,759 He's apologising to you. 633 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:28,720 That makes me feel worse. 634 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:33,120 "By the time you read this, it will all be finished. 635 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,759 "I have achieved great success 636 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:40,600 "in a life that has gone on long enough." 637 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,119 - He had cancer. - If I'd known that, 638 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,239 perhaps I might have been a little more... I don't know... 639 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:51,880 forgiving. 640 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:57,080 Is that why Alan decided to kill off Atticus Pünd? 641 00:36:58,400 --> 00:36:59,639 He had cancer, 642 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,799 so he wanted to take his beloved detective with him. 643 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,359 I have no idea. He didn't say anything. 644 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,240 He seemed absolutely fine when I saw him. 645 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,280 Um... 646 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,159 - I'm gonna talk to Jemima. - Why? 647 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,359 She photocopied the manuscript. 648 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,559 Well, I checked the page count on the photocopier. 649 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,639 Three hundred and thirty two pages. 650 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,120 It matches what we were given. 651 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:30,920 So, then Alan didn't give us the whole novel. 652 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,000 I don't believe this. 653 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,080 I don't believe any of it. 654 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,280 First of all, I'm sorry. 655 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,079 I never got on with him, I admit that, 656 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,679 but you've lost a friend. 657 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,119 It's more than that. 658 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:56,399 I know. 659 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,079 Our number-one bestselling author. 660 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,759 What are Cityworld Media going to say? 661 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,239 Well, they won't be very happy. 662 00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:04,359 But the valuation was based on the backlist. 663 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,159 Eight books plus one new one. 664 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,159 Yes, but the new one is missing the last chapter. 665 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:10,799 A whodunnit without the solution. 666 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,000 It's not even worth the paper it won't be printed on. 667 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,519 So, what happens now? 668 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,919 The Suffolk police are on their way. 669 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:21,160 Here? 670 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,919 It's just so weird. 671 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:41,599 "I have left you some notes with regard to my condition 672 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,559 "and the decision I have made." 673 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,279 - Does that even sound like him? - Alan clearly wasn't himself. 674 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,559 Yes, but... suicidal? 675 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,439 Possibly. You know how he was. 676 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:54,319 Always good at hiding his emotions. 677 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,159 Doesn't say the cancer was terminal. 678 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:57,439 He could have got treatment. 679 00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,159 Perhaps he didn't want to go through with any of that. 680 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,599 But he had dinner with you. Why not just tell you 681 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,879 to your face? 682 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,839 Detective Superintendent Locke is here. 683 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:07,199 I've put him in the conference room. 684 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:08,280 Thank you, Alice. 685 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,039 When did you receive this? 686 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,840 It came in the post this morning. 687 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,599 And you last saw Mr Conway on Thursday night. 688 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,360 Yes, he stayed over in London. He had a flat. 689 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:21,879 Well... 690 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,719 Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Mr Clover. 691 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:27,919 Of course, it puts a different complexion on things. 692 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:29,319 You assumed it was an accident? 693 00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:30,759 That's right. 694 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,759 Dark night. Low parapet. 695 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,239 I'm surprised he hadn't had a handrail installed. 696 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:37,240 Was his death instantaneous? 697 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,040 I'm afraid not. 698 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:43,519 No, according to the police doctor, 699 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,119 he may have lain there for some time. 700 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:46,919 Had he been drinking? 701 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:48,639 No. 702 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:50,599 Then he knew exactly what he was doing, 703 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,119 and I have to wonder why he would do it like that. 704 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,239 I mean, is that how you'd do it? 705 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:57,039 Jump off a tower on a Saturday night 706 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,199 and lie there on the grass with half your bones broken? 707 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,799 Why not take sleeping pills or hang yourself? 708 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,600 Have you had experience of suicides? 709 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:07,119 No. 710 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,000 And perhaps you can tell me - is this his handwriting? 711 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,799 Suppose somebody made him write it? 712 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,439 And why would they do that? 713 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,719 - It doesn't sound like him. - Susan. 714 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,239 - Oh, Miss Ryeland. - I prefer Susan. 715 00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:22,519 When people become suicidal, 716 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,639 they don't always think things through. 717 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:26,719 They're not themselves. 718 00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:30,080 At a basic level, their state of mind is not normal. 719 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,000 There's no mystery here. 720 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,560 Mr Conway had terminal cancer. 721 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:39,720 How well did you know him? 722 00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:44,360 - We didn't get on. - Why doesn't that surprise me? 723 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:50,600 Thank you for contacting me. You've been, uh... very helpful. 724 00:40:55,920 --> 00:41:00,080 The letter's handwritten, but the envelope is typed. 725 00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:06,280 Thanking you. 726 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,159 I don't know why you had to get at him like that. 727 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:14,519 - I didn't get at him. - You weren't very polite. 728 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:15,679 Oh. 729 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,359 Listen, Charles. 730 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:21,199 I don't really care how Alan died. I'm sorry. 731 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,039 Right now, I think we should be concentrating 732 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,519 on what happened to the missing chapter. 733 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:25,879 How do we even know he wrote it? 734 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,600 Well, we... we don't. But we need to find out. 735 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,119 You want me to take over after the buyout, 736 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,159 but you know as well as I do that if we don't have this book, 737 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,719 the investors could pull out and the whole company could just... 738 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,519 - fold. - Exactly the right word 739 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,919 for publishers going out of business. 740 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:43,280 So, what are you gonna do? 741 00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:48,079 I'm gonna go to Suffolk... 742 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,200 and look for the missing pages. 743 00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:54,559 Alan gave you the manuscript on Thursday night. 744 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:55,600 Yes. 745 00:41:56,395 --> 00:41:58,554 But he always used a pen for the first draft. 746 00:41:58,641 --> 00:41:59,782 So? 747 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:01,966 So, there'll be a handwritten draft, 748 00:42:02,028 --> 00:42:04,879 first draft, second draft, notes, other copies. 749 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,279 - There's got to be something. - Where will you stay? 750 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:08,799 Uh, I've got my sister in Woodbridge. 751 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,519 - She can put me up. - All right, take care. 752 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,400 - Let me know how you get on. - Yeah. 753 00:42:12,463 --> 00:42:15,759 I can't believe I finally get to see his house. 754 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,199 Just had to wait until he was dead. 755 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:20,160 Hmm. 756 00:42:20,161 --> 00:42:22,959 Hi, Andreas, it's me. Um, listen, I'm really sorry. 757 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,199 Something terrible has happened at work. 758 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:26,799 Don't worry. I'm... I'm OK. 759 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,559 I... I just haven't got time to explain now. 760 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,360 I've got to go to Suffolk to find this missing chapter. 761 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,759 'Look, you're not really going to Crete, are you? 762 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,079 'At least give me a day or two till I get back 763 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:41,919 'and we can talk about it then. 764 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:44,040 'Missing you already. Love you.' 765 00:43:14,216 --> 00:43:18,216 CREDITS