1 00:00:01,094 --> 00:00:03,064 _ 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:04,580 "Lord Quincey, 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:06,500 "lords it over butlers and footmen 4 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:09,820 "that exist only in his anfractuous imagination. 5 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:11,966 "The house is a shell, 6 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,900 "the larder void, 7 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,500 "the very countryside ravaged 8 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:20,080 "by a locust cloud of modern politics and ancient hatreds. 9 00:00:20,522 --> 00:00:24,642 "'And so the poor dog has none, ' he murmurs, 10 00:00:25,211 --> 00:00:30,811 "unaware that the dog is, in fact... himself." 11 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:35,630 Thank you. 12 00:00:39,220 --> 00:00:40,700 Comments? 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,580 Don't be shy. I commented on your work. 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,000 You should feel free to comment on mine. 15 00:00:50,603 --> 00:00:53,602 - Yes. It's, uh, uh... - Lee Jaffrey. 16 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,420 Yes, of course. Go on. 17 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,220 Uh, I liked it. 18 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,729 I thought it was interesting and, uh... 19 00:01:01,348 --> 00:01:03,128 just really interesting. 20 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:04,800 Mm... 21 00:01:08,515 --> 00:01:10,035 Yes? 22 00:01:10,915 --> 00:01:13,795 - I'm not sure I get it. - Well, what is there to get? 23 00:01:14,315 --> 00:01:15,615 What's it about? 24 00:01:15,635 --> 00:01:18,295 It's about empire, about the aristocracy. 25 00:01:18,315 --> 00:01:20,233 About the collapse of civility. 26 00:01:20,272 --> 00:01:21,775 Yeah. That's great. 27 00:01:21,795 --> 00:01:24,795 But... are there any murders? 28 00:01:25,995 --> 00:01:27,975 No, no. It's not a murder mystery. 29 00:01:27,995 --> 00:01:29,095 It's not a whodunnit. 30 00:01:29,115 --> 00:01:30,775 It's actually about something that matters. 31 00:01:30,795 --> 00:01:32,455 Yeah, but why does a book have to matter? 32 00:01:32,475 --> 00:01:33,976 Why can't it just be enjoyed? 33 00:01:34,031 --> 00:01:36,271 Are you seriously asking me that question? 34 00:01:37,635 --> 00:01:39,695 You're not writing any more Atticus Pünd, then... 35 00:01:39,715 --> 00:01:41,343 Atticus Pünd! 36 00:01:41,715 --> 00:01:43,655 If that's the level of your expectations, 37 00:01:43,675 --> 00:01:46,255 maybe you're wasting your time, and mine, 38 00:01:46,275 --> 00:01:47,421 on this course. 39 00:01:47,491 --> 00:01:48,895 I only asked. 40 00:01:49,134 --> 00:01:51,094 Remind me, what's your name? 41 00:01:51,755 --> 00:01:53,255 It's Brent. 42 00:01:53,275 --> 00:01:54,795 Brent. 43 00:01:55,835 --> 00:01:57,595 I'll remember you. 44 00:02:07,035 --> 00:02:09,535 "Brent, the gardener at Pye Hall 45 00:02:09,555 --> 00:02:11,373 "lived in a two-up, two-down 46 00:02:11,394 --> 00:02:13,215 "he had inherited from his mother. 47 00:02:13,235 --> 00:02:15,215 "She had long gone. 48 00:02:15,235 --> 00:02:17,275 "And now he lived alone. 49 00:02:17,875 --> 00:02:19,055 "Early the next morning, 50 00:02:19,075 --> 00:02:21,735 "he pushed aside his foul-smelling laundry 51 00:02:21,754 --> 00:02:24,352 "and the Boy Scout magazines he liked to read, 52 00:02:24,421 --> 00:02:25,894 "and lifted a floorboard 53 00:02:25,918 --> 00:02:28,527 "to recover the property he had stolen. 54 00:02:28,995 --> 00:02:30,655 "This was, of course, 55 00:02:30,675 --> 00:02:33,295 "part of the treasure trove of Sir Magnus Pye, 56 00:02:33,315 --> 00:02:35,095 "which had been found by the lake 57 00:02:35,115 --> 00:02:38,644 "and which had been stolen, it was thought, by burglars. 58 00:02:39,235 --> 00:02:43,199 "Brent, of course, had no idea of its true value, 59 00:02:43,555 --> 00:02:46,855 "but then he was ignorant about almost everything." 60 00:02:46,875 --> 00:02:47,875 Hmm. 61 00:03:26,488 --> 00:03:30,975 CREDITS 62 00:03:39,635 --> 00:03:41,495 Ah. You're up early. 63 00:03:41,515 --> 00:03:43,155 Did you sleep OK? 64 00:03:44,075 --> 00:03:46,295 Uh, no. Not really. 65 00:03:46,315 --> 00:03:47,915 - Coffee. - Thanks. 66 00:03:48,835 --> 00:03:51,375 - You're leaving already? - Mm. 67 00:03:51,395 --> 00:03:52,795 I gotta get back to London. 68 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:54,792 Susan... 69 00:03:55,151 --> 00:03:56,745 are you still angry with me? 70 00:03:57,155 --> 00:03:58,535 Is this about me and Alan Conway? 71 00:03:58,555 --> 00:04:00,375 Oh, no! No. 72 00:04:00,395 --> 00:04:02,855 No, it's not that. It... 73 00:04:02,875 --> 00:04:04,895 It's something else. 74 00:04:04,915 --> 00:04:07,495 - Andreas. - Tell me. 75 00:04:07,515 --> 00:04:10,015 I don't really know where to start. 76 00:04:10,035 --> 00:04:11,975 Somebody sent me an email. 77 00:04:11,995 --> 00:04:14,215 Don't ask me who it was from. It was anonymous. 78 00:04:14,235 --> 00:04:17,935 It arrived last night from an account I never heard of. 79 00:04:17,955 --> 00:04:19,664 - What, about Andreas? - Yeah. 80 00:04:19,685 --> 00:04:20,725 What did it say? 81 00:04:22,315 --> 00:04:24,435 It accused him of something. 82 00:04:24,955 --> 00:04:26,455 - Let me see it. - No! 83 00:04:26,475 --> 00:04:28,575 No, no, no, I... I just need to see him. 84 00:04:28,595 --> 00:04:30,095 We'll sort it out. 85 00:04:30,115 --> 00:04:33,375 And, listen, what happened between us last night 86 00:04:33,395 --> 00:04:34,578 doesn't matter. 87 00:04:34,625 --> 00:04:36,545 Really. None of it matters. 88 00:04:37,755 --> 00:04:38,855 I must be on my way. 89 00:04:38,875 --> 00:04:40,295 You're not staying for breakfast? 90 00:04:40,315 --> 00:04:41,995 Uh. No, I'm OK. 91 00:04:43,635 --> 00:04:45,135 Are you going to the hospital? 92 00:04:45,155 --> 00:04:46,715 Later this morning. Yeah. 93 00:05:00,614 --> 00:05:02,713 _ 94 00:05:14,827 --> 00:05:15,827 Hi. 95 00:05:16,201 --> 00:05:17,643 That was quick. 96 00:05:17,678 --> 00:05:19,215 You've caught me on my way to London. 97 00:05:19,235 --> 00:05:20,315 Come in. 98 00:05:25,075 --> 00:05:27,495 So, what did you think? My big speech after the funeral? 99 00:05:27,515 --> 00:05:28,796 I hope you were there for it. 100 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:30,699 Yeah, I heard most of it. 101 00:05:30,915 --> 00:05:32,815 I wasn't too mean, was I? 102 00:05:32,835 --> 00:05:34,375 Well, you were a bit. 103 00:05:34,395 --> 00:05:36,380 They all hate me. They think I'm a gold-digger. 104 00:05:36,401 --> 00:05:38,113 A gay gold-digger. Makes it worse. 105 00:05:38,134 --> 00:05:39,535 Aw, I think you're being a bit hard on them. 106 00:05:39,555 --> 00:05:42,095 Well, it doesn't matter. I won't have to see any of them ever again. 107 00:05:42,115 --> 00:05:44,055 I wasn't expecting to see you again. 108 00:05:44,075 --> 00:05:46,255 - Would you like a coffee? - Uh, no. I'm OK, thanks. 109 00:05:46,275 --> 00:05:48,735 You said you had something that might help me. 110 00:05:48,755 --> 00:05:50,375 You still looking for that missing chapter? 111 00:05:50,395 --> 00:05:52,372 - Yes. Have you found it? - No such luck. 112 00:05:52,418 --> 00:05:53,895 I had a look around, but I didn't find anything. 113 00:05:53,915 --> 00:05:56,375 Then, I had a thought. God! This place is such a tip. 114 00:05:56,395 --> 00:05:58,255 You've no idea how glad I'll be to get out of here. 115 00:05:58,275 --> 00:06:00,147 - Uh, James... - Yeah. Sorry. 116 00:06:00,186 --> 00:06:02,144 So, you and I searched through Alan's study, 117 00:06:02,191 --> 00:06:03,934 which is where he kept everything, 118 00:06:03,973 --> 00:06:06,295 but on my last day here, just before he died, 119 00:06:06,315 --> 00:06:08,695 there was a copy right here. 120 00:06:08,715 --> 00:06:10,535 - Do you know where it is? - No. 121 00:06:10,555 --> 00:06:12,455 But someone could have taken it. 122 00:06:12,475 --> 00:06:14,409 His sister came round that day. 123 00:06:14,468 --> 00:06:16,068 I know, because I saw her on the way out. 124 00:06:27,475 --> 00:06:29,495 - Why would she have taken it? - She was angry with him. 125 00:06:29,515 --> 00:06:30,975 I told you. She did the typing and everything, 126 00:06:30,995 --> 00:06:32,735 - but they had a falling out. - Ah. 127 00:06:32,755 --> 00:06:34,255 Right. Um... 128 00:06:34,275 --> 00:06:36,175 It was just a thought. I thought it might help. 129 00:06:36,195 --> 00:06:38,415 Oh, no! Thank you! No. Thanks. 130 00:06:38,435 --> 00:06:40,775 Uh, look, um... while I'm here, 131 00:06:40,795 --> 00:06:42,990 I just wondered if I could ask you... 132 00:06:43,037 --> 00:06:44,662 - Yeah, go on. - something. 133 00:06:44,875 --> 00:06:46,515 Did you ever meet this man? 134 00:06:47,235 --> 00:06:49,098 I can't say I recognise him. No. 135 00:06:49,395 --> 00:06:51,090 He never came here? 136 00:06:51,395 --> 00:06:53,295 Don't think so. What's his name? 137 00:06:53,315 --> 00:06:56,323 Andreas Patakis. He taught at the same school as Alan 138 00:06:56,362 --> 00:06:57,855 before Alan became an author. 139 00:06:57,875 --> 00:07:00,505 Actually, wait a minute. Yeah, that name does ring a bell. 140 00:07:00,526 --> 00:07:02,615 - Andreas Patakis. He's Greek. - Yes. Yeah. 141 00:07:02,635 --> 00:07:04,155 Yes. Alan told me about him. 142 00:07:04,675 --> 00:07:06,075 He wanted money. 143 00:07:07,395 --> 00:07:08,815 How'd you know that? 144 00:07:08,835 --> 00:07:11,035 - Ugh! - What is it? 145 00:07:12,675 --> 00:07:14,775 Whatever it is, it's annoyed you. I can tell. 146 00:07:14,795 --> 00:07:16,455 It's someone I used to know. 147 00:07:16,475 --> 00:07:19,515 Andreas Patakis. A Greek teacher. 148 00:07:20,195 --> 00:07:21,743 Uh, he says he's coming here. 149 00:07:21,938 --> 00:07:24,235 - How'd he get your email? - That's a good question. 150 00:07:25,155 --> 00:07:26,735 What's he want? 151 00:07:26,755 --> 00:07:28,655 What do you think he wants, James? 152 00:07:28,675 --> 00:07:30,975 It's what everyone wants. It's what you want. Money. 153 00:07:31,203 --> 00:07:32,651 I don't want your money. 154 00:07:32,672 --> 00:07:33,975 He knew me in another lifetime, 155 00:07:33,995 --> 00:07:35,735 and he thinks he can come here and call on me 156 00:07:35,755 --> 00:07:37,935 like I'm some kind of bank. 157 00:07:37,955 --> 00:07:39,535 What are you gonna do? 158 00:07:39,555 --> 00:07:41,775 He can drive all the way here if he wants. 159 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:43,432 And then when he gets here, 160 00:07:43,564 --> 00:07:45,206 I'll tell him to sod off. 161 00:07:45,595 --> 00:07:48,711 So, if Alan wasn't going to lend him money, why would he even see him? 162 00:07:48,750 --> 00:07:50,436 Because it would amuse him. 163 00:07:50,475 --> 00:07:53,329 To let him drive all the way here and then say no. 164 00:07:53,635 --> 00:07:55,535 And did he come to Abbey Grange? 165 00:07:55,555 --> 00:07:56,935 I have no idea. 166 00:07:56,955 --> 00:07:58,515 Is he a friend of yours? 167 00:07:59,435 --> 00:08:00,635 Yes. 168 00:08:02,395 --> 00:08:03,715 Then I'm sorry. 169 00:08:20,195 --> 00:08:22,115 I just can't believe it. 170 00:08:23,835 --> 00:08:26,515 - Andreas was there. - He lied to you. 171 00:08:29,275 --> 00:08:32,595 He said he was coming over Saturday at lunchtime... 172 00:08:33,955 --> 00:08:36,015 but that he'd be out in the evening. 173 00:08:36,105 --> 00:08:37,884 Out visiting Alan Conway? 174 00:08:38,235 --> 00:08:40,375 No. That's not what he said. 175 00:08:40,395 --> 00:08:41,855 What time will I see you tomorrow? 176 00:08:41,875 --> 00:08:43,845 I'll come at lunchtime, but I'm out in the evening. 177 00:08:43,866 --> 00:08:45,895 - Oh, where? - We're rehearsing the school play. 178 00:08:45,915 --> 00:08:48,149 You got in late last night. Where were you? 179 00:08:48,238 --> 00:08:50,598 I told you, the school play. 180 00:08:50,915 --> 00:08:53,415 It's the very nature of a murder investigation. 181 00:08:53,435 --> 00:08:55,535 You should have prepared yourself. 182 00:08:55,555 --> 00:08:57,299 Everyone lies. 183 00:08:58,435 --> 00:08:59,775 Not Andreas. 184 00:08:59,795 --> 00:09:01,735 Oh! The more you know someone, 185 00:09:01,755 --> 00:09:04,109 the more likely they are to deceive you. 186 00:09:06,555 --> 00:09:08,358 In your world, not mine. 187 00:09:08,405 --> 00:09:10,695 Are they really so very different? 188 00:09:10,715 --> 00:09:12,375 It just doesn't make any sense. 189 00:09:12,395 --> 00:09:15,116 What reason could Andreas possibly have 190 00:09:15,157 --> 00:09:17,131 to kill Alan Conway? 191 00:09:17,275 --> 00:09:20,775 Andreas wanted to borrow money for his hotel, and when Alan refused him, 192 00:09:20,795 --> 00:09:22,935 he just went and got the money elsewhere, from his cousin. 193 00:09:22,955 --> 00:09:24,295 Is that what he told you? 194 00:09:24,315 --> 00:09:26,522 Well, people get turned down for loans all the time. 195 00:09:26,543 --> 00:09:29,103 It doesn't mean they go and blow up the bank. 196 00:09:33,915 --> 00:09:35,495 All right. 197 00:09:35,515 --> 00:09:37,255 Why would he kill him? 198 00:09:37,275 --> 00:09:39,795 Why does anyone kill anyone? 199 00:09:42,155 --> 00:09:44,495 That's a very good question. Do you have the answer? 200 00:09:44,515 --> 00:09:46,545 I can think of four reasons. 201 00:09:46,835 --> 00:09:49,635 Fear, envy, anger, and desire. 202 00:09:50,955 --> 00:09:52,575 There must be others. 203 00:09:52,595 --> 00:09:55,495 No. From my experience, the extremes of human behaviour, 204 00:09:55,515 --> 00:09:57,965 they always come down to those four things. 205 00:09:58,475 --> 00:10:02,414 - Fear, envy... - anger, desire. 206 00:10:06,995 --> 00:10:11,200 I mean, Andreas just wouldn't kill anyone. He doesn't have it in him. 207 00:10:11,247 --> 00:10:13,655 He needed money to fund his hotel in Crete. 208 00:10:13,675 --> 00:10:15,815 He turned to Alan Conway, not just out of desire, 209 00:10:15,835 --> 00:10:17,375 but out of desperation. 210 00:10:17,395 --> 00:10:20,275 And for a Greek man to be turned down, to be humiliated... 211 00:10:21,675 --> 00:10:23,295 Do you mind getting out? 212 00:10:23,315 --> 00:10:24,635 Eh... 213 00:10:26,715 --> 00:10:28,435 You want me to leave? 214 00:10:31,195 --> 00:10:33,175 I was only putting forward certain possibilities. 215 00:10:33,195 --> 00:10:35,275 Yes! Well, I don't want to hear them! 216 00:11:10,515 --> 00:11:11,675 Yes? 217 00:11:12,294 --> 00:11:14,105 Don't you remember me? We met. 218 00:11:14,504 --> 00:11:15,504 Yeah. 219 00:11:15,995 --> 00:11:18,055 Could we have another word? 220 00:11:18,074 --> 00:11:21,059 Last time I was here, I asked you about "Magpie Murders", 221 00:11:21,083 --> 00:11:23,735 about the manuscript, and you said you hadn't seen it. 222 00:11:23,755 --> 00:11:24,935 That's right. 223 00:11:24,955 --> 00:11:26,375 Yeah. Well... 224 00:11:26,395 --> 00:11:28,936 I'm sorry, Claire, but I just don't believe you. 225 00:11:29,875 --> 00:11:31,855 There was a copy at your brother's house 226 00:11:31,875 --> 00:11:33,375 the day you went to see him, 227 00:11:33,395 --> 00:11:35,215 and it wasn't there after you left. 228 00:11:35,235 --> 00:11:37,015 - Who told you that? - It doesn't matter. 229 00:11:37,246 --> 00:11:38,227 Was it James? 230 00:11:38,248 --> 00:11:40,671 Look, I'm on my way to London. I really don't need this. 231 00:11:40,696 --> 00:11:43,296 I just want to know, did you read it? 232 00:11:47,755 --> 00:11:49,895 You knew you were in it. The last time I was here, 233 00:11:49,915 --> 00:11:52,935 I mentioned that you were a character in the book. 234 00:11:52,955 --> 00:11:54,455 The spinster sister. 235 00:11:54,475 --> 00:11:56,855 Yes. You weren't even slightly surprised. 236 00:11:56,875 --> 00:11:59,015 And that's because you'd read it. 237 00:11:59,035 --> 00:12:00,695 I'd read some of it. 238 00:12:00,715 --> 00:12:02,185 You took the manuscript. 239 00:12:02,830 --> 00:12:03,830 Yes. 240 00:12:04,515 --> 00:12:05,855 Do you still have it? 241 00:12:05,875 --> 00:12:08,035 No. I burned it. 242 00:12:10,475 --> 00:12:12,238 I didn't know what I was doing. 243 00:12:12,269 --> 00:12:13,755 I wasn't gonna give it back to him, 244 00:12:13,981 --> 00:12:15,916 but I couldn't bear having it in the house. 245 00:12:15,942 --> 00:12:18,462 I just wanted to get rid of it. So I did. 246 00:12:20,275 --> 00:12:22,415 You didn't read the last chapter? 247 00:12:22,435 --> 00:12:25,194 I read half a dozen pages. 248 00:12:25,475 --> 00:12:27,047 That was all I needed. 249 00:12:27,875 --> 00:12:31,186 You have no idea what it was like. 250 00:12:31,755 --> 00:12:34,793 Yes, I'm on my own. Yes, I have no money. 251 00:12:34,816 --> 00:12:37,255 But that didn't give him the right to ridicule me, 252 00:12:37,317 --> 00:12:40,400 to turn me into some sort of grotesque loser. 253 00:12:40,835 --> 00:12:43,565 Claire, Clarissa. The pathetic sister. 254 00:12:43,674 --> 00:12:45,796 Anyone reading it would have known that was me. 255 00:12:45,822 --> 00:12:48,665 He had no right to do that. No right at all. 256 00:12:51,155 --> 00:12:52,955 Yes, I agree. 257 00:12:53,635 --> 00:12:57,955 He humiliated me long before he wrote "Magpie Murders". 258 00:12:59,835 --> 00:13:03,458 I was his secretary, his dogsbody 259 00:13:03,875 --> 00:13:06,073 working for him for ten pounds an hour, 260 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,095 and he was always flaunting how much money he had, 261 00:13:08,115 --> 00:13:11,515 how famous he'd become, while I was stuck here. 262 00:13:13,075 --> 00:13:14,775 Then, even when I tried to help him, 263 00:13:14,795 --> 00:13:17,007 when I introduced him to Detective Inspector Locke 264 00:13:17,030 --> 00:13:18,383 for his research, well... 265 00:13:18,430 --> 00:13:20,069 that blew up in my face. 266 00:13:20,315 --> 00:13:22,575 He turned him into a character, too. 267 00:13:22,595 --> 00:13:23,775 Miss Ryeland. 268 00:13:24,275 --> 00:13:25,955 Can I ask what you're doing here? 269 00:13:26,835 --> 00:13:28,295 Herr Pünd! 270 00:13:28,315 --> 00:13:30,676 Alan put him in the book without so much as a "by your leave" - 271 00:13:30,712 --> 00:13:32,472 and I never heard the end of it. 272 00:13:34,835 --> 00:13:36,875 Alan was never grateful. 273 00:13:38,315 --> 00:13:39,755 He was never... 274 00:13:40,995 --> 00:13:42,595 kind. 275 00:13:45,235 --> 00:13:47,435 And I'm glad he's dead. 276 00:13:50,075 --> 00:13:51,355 I really am. 277 00:14:20,863 --> 00:14:22,175 There you are, Pünd! 278 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:23,821 I've been looking everywhere for you. 279 00:14:24,435 --> 00:14:26,495 James, let me ask you a question. 280 00:14:26,515 --> 00:14:27,535 Yes? 281 00:14:27,555 --> 00:14:28,895 The taking of a life 282 00:14:28,915 --> 00:14:32,055 is the greatest crime it's possible to commit, you would agree? 283 00:14:32,075 --> 00:14:34,375 I think most people would. Yes. 284 00:14:34,395 --> 00:14:37,303 So, what about the taking of one's own life? 285 00:14:37,475 --> 00:14:39,007 Is there an equivalence? 286 00:14:39,995 --> 00:14:41,695 What a strange question. 287 00:14:41,715 --> 00:14:43,022 Why are you asking it? 288 00:14:44,828 --> 00:14:46,647 Huh. Oh, I'm... just thinking about my book. 289 00:14:46,667 --> 00:14:48,887 Well, there's no time for that now. You better hop in. 290 00:14:48,915 --> 00:14:50,835 Detective Inspector Chubb's been looking for you. 291 00:14:52,235 --> 00:14:53,397 Oh, yeah? 292 00:15:03,395 --> 00:15:04,895 Speak of the devil. 293 00:15:04,915 --> 00:15:06,435 - On you go. - Sir. 294 00:15:08,395 --> 00:15:10,195 Glad you could make it, Pünd. 295 00:15:10,715 --> 00:15:13,125 I've been following up on that silver brooch of yours. 296 00:15:13,220 --> 00:15:15,860 You have found something, Detective Inspector? 297 00:15:16,115 --> 00:15:17,895 Indeed, I have. 298 00:15:17,915 --> 00:15:21,255 Amazing what turns up in a quiet village like this. 299 00:15:21,275 --> 00:15:22,675 Follow me. 300 00:15:25,275 --> 00:15:28,216 - Now, I already told Mr Pund here... - "Pünd". 301 00:15:28,236 --> 00:15:29,775 I bought the brooch in good faith. 302 00:15:29,795 --> 00:15:32,115 A local market, and now it's gone. 303 00:15:32,835 --> 00:15:34,375 How much did you sell it for? 304 00:15:34,395 --> 00:15:36,139 I don't remember. Gemma? 305 00:15:36,675 --> 00:15:38,375 - Three quid. - Who to? 306 00:15:38,395 --> 00:15:39,455 He didn't give a name. 307 00:15:39,475 --> 00:15:42,410 And yet you told me that he had reserved the piece. 308 00:15:43,715 --> 00:15:45,394 Dave. That's all he said. 309 00:15:45,835 --> 00:15:48,855 You are aware that there was a burglary at Pye Hall recently? 310 00:15:48,875 --> 00:15:50,015 I did hear something, yes. 311 00:15:50,035 --> 00:15:52,855 And not long after, Sir Magnus Pye ends up dead! 312 00:15:52,875 --> 00:15:54,695 I hope you're not suggesting that there was any connection... 313 00:15:54,715 --> 00:15:57,518 We know who you are, Mr Whitelaw! 314 00:15:59,235 --> 00:16:00,895 Mr Pünd thought he knew your face, 315 00:16:00,915 --> 00:16:02,675 and it weren't so hard to check up on you. 316 00:16:03,315 --> 00:16:06,504 Jack Whitelaw, a member of the so-called Mansion Gang, 317 00:16:06,536 --> 00:16:08,895 professional burglars operating in Kensington and Chelsea. 318 00:16:08,915 --> 00:16:10,495 You thought you could hide out here, did you? 319 00:16:10,515 --> 00:16:12,855 We're not hiding. We've started again. 320 00:16:12,875 --> 00:16:15,375 Well, started what again? Hmm? Receiving stolen goods? 321 00:16:15,395 --> 00:16:16,897 Our lives. 322 00:16:17,155 --> 00:16:20,355 - We didn't know it was stolen. - Because you didn't ask. 323 00:16:21,075 --> 00:16:22,595 Where is it? 324 00:16:30,315 --> 00:16:33,435 I didn't know it had anything to do with Sir Magnus. 325 00:16:34,835 --> 00:16:36,375 It's not even that valuable, 326 00:16:36,395 --> 00:16:38,015 a couple of shilling, half a crown. 327 00:16:38,035 --> 00:16:39,215 Not much more. 328 00:16:39,235 --> 00:16:41,535 You people will never leave us alone, will you? 329 00:16:41,555 --> 00:16:44,755 Whatever happened to a second chance? 330 00:16:45,715 --> 00:16:47,135 Who sold it to you? 331 00:16:47,155 --> 00:16:50,056 He said it was worth next to nothing. He gave me a quid. 332 00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:51,975 I think you're missing the point, Mr Brent. 333 00:16:51,995 --> 00:16:53,389 Where's the rest of it? 334 00:16:53,784 --> 00:16:55,117 That's all there is. 335 00:17:13,275 --> 00:17:14,715 And this. 336 00:17:18,875 --> 00:17:20,650 You stole these pieces from Sir Magnus. 337 00:17:20,673 --> 00:17:22,218 No, I didn't. That's not true! 338 00:17:22,460 --> 00:17:23,855 Then where did you get them? 339 00:17:24,395 --> 00:17:25,595 I found 'em. 340 00:17:26,555 --> 00:17:28,195 Show us. 341 00:17:36,835 --> 00:17:38,355 It was here. 342 00:17:39,395 --> 00:17:41,695 What? They were just lying on the ground, were they? 343 00:17:41,715 --> 00:17:43,175 They were in the grass. 344 00:17:43,195 --> 00:17:44,784 I was mowing the lawn and I found them. 345 00:17:44,831 --> 00:17:46,375 On what day was this? 346 00:17:46,395 --> 00:17:48,096 The day after the break-in. 347 00:17:48,275 --> 00:17:50,515 You knew what had been taken from Pye Hall? 348 00:17:51,315 --> 00:17:53,362 - Yes. - You must have been aware 349 00:17:53,417 --> 00:17:55,455 that this was part of a collection of Roman antiquities 350 00:17:55,475 --> 00:17:56,814 belonging to your employer. 351 00:17:56,845 --> 00:17:59,895 The thieves must've dropped part of the haul as they made their getaway. 352 00:17:59,915 --> 00:18:02,175 You did not think to return them to Sir Magnus? 353 00:18:02,195 --> 00:18:04,535 Why should I? He fired me. 354 00:18:04,555 --> 00:18:06,135 He blamed me for what had happened 355 00:18:06,155 --> 00:18:08,097 even though it was no fault of mine. 356 00:18:08,435 --> 00:18:10,855 They were all insured anyway. There was only two pieces. 357 00:18:10,875 --> 00:18:12,215 Are you sure of that? 358 00:18:12,235 --> 00:18:14,331 - Not holding anything back? - There was nothing else. 359 00:18:14,363 --> 00:18:16,968 Well, you should nonetheless have given what you found to the police, 360 00:18:17,007 --> 00:18:20,214 particularly in the light of the sudden death of your employer. 361 00:18:21,915 --> 00:18:23,895 Withholding evidence. Theft. 362 00:18:23,915 --> 00:18:26,701 I mean, you realise I could have you up before the magistrate for that! 363 00:18:26,740 --> 00:18:28,255 I found them. 364 00:18:28,275 --> 00:18:29,901 They were only worth a few quid. 365 00:18:29,938 --> 00:18:32,498 They were worth a lot more than that, I can tell you. 366 00:18:35,275 --> 00:18:37,415 There's something quite gloomy about it, isn't there? 367 00:18:37,435 --> 00:18:39,575 Oh yes, indeed, James. 368 00:18:39,594 --> 00:18:42,457 This is where Sam Blakiston died all those years ago, 369 00:18:42,479 --> 00:18:44,681 and it is, you could say, where all the troubles 370 00:18:44,704 --> 00:18:46,506 we are investigating began. 371 00:18:47,555 --> 00:18:49,495 You think what happened then is relevant to what's happened now? 372 00:18:49,515 --> 00:18:51,558 The past and the present. One feeds on the other. 373 00:18:51,605 --> 00:18:53,405 The two are inseparable. 374 00:18:54,555 --> 00:18:57,555 Mary Blakiston walked past every day on her way to work. 375 00:18:58,475 --> 00:19:00,435 I don't know how she did it. 376 00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:05,402 Mary Blakiston's Lodge House 377 00:19:05,635 --> 00:19:07,675 where she and her sons lived. 378 00:19:09,035 --> 00:19:10,775 Detective Inspector, 379 00:19:10,795 --> 00:19:13,055 there are two things that I must request of you. 380 00:19:13,075 --> 00:19:14,615 The first is that you engage divers 381 00:19:14,635 --> 00:19:16,215 to go beneath the surface of the lake, 382 00:19:16,235 --> 00:19:17,843 see what they discover. 383 00:19:18,155 --> 00:19:20,905 What do you expect them to find, Mr Pünd? Another dead body? 384 00:19:21,030 --> 00:19:22,510 I hope not. 385 00:19:22,835 --> 00:19:25,055 I also require access to the Lodge House. 386 00:19:25,075 --> 00:19:26,785 We should've visited it before. 387 00:19:26,806 --> 00:19:28,647 I'm sure that's easily arranged. 388 00:19:28,875 --> 00:19:31,063 - I have a key. - There you are, then. 389 00:19:31,395 --> 00:19:32,895 You go on ahead. 390 00:19:32,915 --> 00:19:35,075 I'll sort out this lake of yours. 391 00:19:44,875 --> 00:19:47,415 It's an empty house. What do you expect to find? 392 00:19:47,435 --> 00:19:50,497 The dead always leave something behind. 393 00:19:50,813 --> 00:19:52,040 Memories. 394 00:19:52,795 --> 00:19:55,075 No, James. More than that. 395 00:20:10,315 --> 00:20:12,975 Oh, you do not wish to join us, Mr Brent? 396 00:20:12,995 --> 00:20:15,678 I never came inside this house when the family was here, 397 00:20:15,738 --> 00:20:17,658 and I'm not starting now. 398 00:20:18,315 --> 00:20:20,435 You lock the door behind you when you're done. 399 00:20:38,234 --> 00:20:40,379 'We're getting married at the church in July.' 400 00:20:40,449 --> 00:20:42,375 - 'No.' - 'I'm sorry?' 401 00:20:42,395 --> 00:20:44,255 You are not gonna marry my son. 402 00:20:44,275 --> 00:20:45,535 Mum! 403 00:20:45,555 --> 00:20:48,215 I'm thinking about future generations. 404 00:20:48,235 --> 00:20:50,595 Can't be tainted. I won't have it! 405 00:20:51,315 --> 00:20:52,775 You're not being serious. 406 00:20:52,864 --> 00:20:54,584 I won't even discuss it. 407 00:20:55,115 --> 00:20:57,175 'No, I'm warning you, Robert. 408 00:20:57,195 --> 00:20:59,435 'This marriage will not go ahead.' 409 00:21:13,115 --> 00:21:14,635 'Come on, Bella!' 410 00:21:17,675 --> 00:21:19,495 'Mummy!' 411 00:21:19,515 --> 00:21:21,095 This house. 412 00:21:21,115 --> 00:21:23,695 'Please help me! Mummy!' 413 00:21:23,715 --> 00:21:25,355 You feel it, too? 414 00:21:30,795 --> 00:21:32,775 'Ha, ha, I got...' 415 00:21:32,795 --> 00:21:34,865 A child's room. 416 00:21:35,155 --> 00:21:37,075 But which child? 417 00:21:37,875 --> 00:21:38,975 Mm. 418 00:21:38,995 --> 00:21:41,375 'Give it, Sam. Give it to me, Sam. 419 00:21:41,395 --> 00:21:42,635 'It's mine!' 420 00:21:58,435 --> 00:22:00,375 What'd you think? 421 00:22:00,395 --> 00:22:02,095 Mary Blakiston's sewing room. 422 00:22:02,115 --> 00:22:04,115 A room with a view. 423 00:22:04,715 --> 00:22:06,835 'Bella, come here.' 424 00:22:15,595 --> 00:22:16,955 Hmm! 425 00:22:24,955 --> 00:22:26,615 Oh! 426 00:22:26,635 --> 00:22:28,675 See here, James. Hmm? 427 00:22:29,949 --> 00:22:30,890 Bella. 428 00:22:30,911 --> 00:22:33,675 This was the dog belonging to the two children. 429 00:22:34,309 --> 00:22:36,064 What's the collar doing here? 430 00:22:36,134 --> 00:22:38,095 That is indeed the question. 431 00:22:47,075 --> 00:22:49,755 Now, this is interesting. 432 00:23:09,915 --> 00:23:11,495 I have to say, I need this. 433 00:23:11,515 --> 00:23:13,725 That house gave me the creeps. 434 00:23:13,915 --> 00:23:15,715 The Lodge House. Yes. 435 00:23:16,515 --> 00:23:18,375 It had many memories. 436 00:23:18,395 --> 00:23:20,455 But this... This is of great interest. 437 00:23:20,475 --> 00:23:22,535 Yeah, well, Mary Blakiston kept a diary. 438 00:23:22,555 --> 00:23:24,635 Oh, it's more than a diary, James. 439 00:23:25,395 --> 00:23:27,230 This is a record of almost everyone 440 00:23:27,303 --> 00:23:29,143 who inhabits Saxby-on-Avon. 441 00:23:30,515 --> 00:23:31,515 Ah. 442 00:23:33,855 --> 00:23:35,494 You see here, James? 443 00:23:35,515 --> 00:23:38,077 She discovered the truth about Jack Whiteley. 444 00:23:40,263 --> 00:23:41,720 _ 445 00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:43,455 Do you think she was blackmailing him? 446 00:23:43,475 --> 00:23:45,275 That is indeed the question. 447 00:23:45,755 --> 00:23:47,615 Well, maybe he was the one who pushed her down the stairs. 448 00:23:47,635 --> 00:23:49,375 And not her son. 449 00:23:49,395 --> 00:23:52,675 I imagine he'd have done anything to hide his secret. 450 00:23:54,795 --> 00:23:56,375 Still, if the whole village is in there, 451 00:23:56,395 --> 00:23:57,747 it could have been any of them. 452 00:23:58,275 --> 00:24:01,975 There are some for whom knowledge means money and power. 453 00:24:01,995 --> 00:24:03,375 But there are others who enjoy it 454 00:24:03,395 --> 00:24:05,810 simply for the pleasure that it brings. 455 00:24:06,115 --> 00:24:07,920 The sense of being in control. 456 00:24:07,951 --> 00:24:10,252 And you think Mary Blakiston was more like that. 457 00:24:10,475 --> 00:24:12,715 I will study this tonight. 458 00:24:13,315 --> 00:24:15,195 But look here, James. 459 00:24:16,115 --> 00:24:17,935 Does this not tell you a great deal 460 00:24:17,956 --> 00:24:19,996 about the murder of Sir Magnus? 461 00:24:23,555 --> 00:24:25,375 What exactly is it you're looking at? 462 00:24:25,395 --> 00:24:28,898 It's not what is written, it is how it is written. 463 00:24:29,555 --> 00:24:32,075 That is where the solution can be found. 464 00:24:35,675 --> 00:24:36,835 Hmm. 465 00:24:41,954 --> 00:24:44,326 Mary Blakiston? Nosey parker! 466 00:24:44,865 --> 00:24:46,456 But I had no interest in her. 467 00:24:46,555 --> 00:24:50,835 But she, Mr Whiteley, had a great interest in you. 468 00:24:51,475 --> 00:24:52,875 She had that? 469 00:24:53,755 --> 00:24:56,488 She never said nothing to me. Not a word. 470 00:24:58,235 --> 00:25:00,175 The last time I was here, Miss Pye, 471 00:25:00,195 --> 00:25:02,615 you told me that you never wrote to your brother 472 00:25:02,635 --> 00:25:05,095 with regard to the development at Dingle Dell. 473 00:25:05,115 --> 00:25:06,315 That's correct. 474 00:25:07,195 --> 00:25:10,755 And yet in her diary, Mary Blakiston suggests otherwise. 475 00:25:12,035 --> 00:25:13,075 Does she? 476 00:25:14,155 --> 00:25:15,795 She says she saw you. 477 00:25:16,635 --> 00:25:19,495 You cycled up to the house and delivered the letter. 478 00:25:19,515 --> 00:25:21,095 You believed the house to be empty. 479 00:25:21,115 --> 00:25:23,495 This was while your brother and his wife were on holiday 480 00:25:23,515 --> 00:25:26,235 the week before he was murdered. 481 00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:30,815 Well, she's either mistaken or she's lying. 482 00:25:30,835 --> 00:25:33,535 And now she's dead, she can't answer for herself. 483 00:25:33,555 --> 00:25:35,295 Exactly. 484 00:25:35,315 --> 00:25:38,015 And yet she claims that she saw you deliver a letter 485 00:25:38,035 --> 00:25:40,375 and a threatening letter was indeed received. 486 00:25:40,395 --> 00:25:44,255 It was written on a Brown Optima Elite typewriter. 487 00:25:44,275 --> 00:25:47,915 That is, I believe, a typewriter of the same make. 488 00:25:49,075 --> 00:25:50,495 Well, what if I did write it? 489 00:25:50,515 --> 00:25:52,935 It's a free country. I didn't break any law. 490 00:25:52,955 --> 00:25:55,215 You made certain threats. 491 00:25:55,235 --> 00:25:57,754 I used strong language. 492 00:25:57,785 --> 00:25:59,324 Sometimes you have to do that 493 00:25:59,371 --> 00:26:01,615 if you believe in something passionately. 494 00:26:01,635 --> 00:26:03,735 Anyway, it doesn't matter anymore. 495 00:26:03,755 --> 00:26:05,215 Dingle Dell is saved. 496 00:26:05,235 --> 00:26:07,335 The development isn't happening. 497 00:26:07,595 --> 00:26:09,075 We won! 498 00:26:10,795 --> 00:26:11,995 Hmm. 499 00:26:13,235 --> 00:26:14,515 Yes. 500 00:26:15,315 --> 00:26:18,555 I'm afraid this was very much part of her character. 501 00:26:19,715 --> 00:26:22,372 She had a strong interest in the local community. 502 00:26:22,419 --> 00:26:24,655 That's putting it charitably. 503 00:26:24,675 --> 00:26:27,589 It's my job to put things charitably, Mr Fraser. 504 00:26:28,275 --> 00:26:29,216 Fair point. 505 00:26:29,236 --> 00:26:31,188 She was closely connected with the church? 506 00:26:31,475 --> 00:26:33,615 Mary helped us a great deal. 507 00:26:33,635 --> 00:26:36,495 Flower arrangements. Harvest Festival. 508 00:26:36,515 --> 00:26:38,357 Is it possible that she might have gained 509 00:26:38,378 --> 00:26:40,255 some of her information here? 510 00:26:40,275 --> 00:26:41,635 Absolutely not. 511 00:26:42,115 --> 00:26:44,855 I can assure you I am always completely discreet 512 00:26:44,875 --> 00:26:46,455 about the lives of my parishioners. 513 00:26:46,475 --> 00:26:48,904 I would never betray their confidence. 514 00:26:49,414 --> 00:26:52,435 I did not mean to suggest otherwise. 515 00:26:53,595 --> 00:26:56,375 Um, her funeral was well attended? 516 00:26:56,395 --> 00:26:58,655 It was. Yes. 517 00:26:58,675 --> 00:27:00,815 Mary had many friends in the village. 518 00:27:00,835 --> 00:27:03,415 You were aware that she had argued very publicly 519 00:27:03,435 --> 00:27:05,255 with her son only the day before? 520 00:27:05,275 --> 00:27:07,235 It was unfortunate timing. 521 00:27:07,955 --> 00:27:10,935 People often say things they regret, Mr Pünd, 522 00:27:10,955 --> 00:27:13,072 but I've known Robert all his life, 523 00:27:13,141 --> 00:27:15,501 and I'm sure there was no malice intended. 524 00:27:15,875 --> 00:27:17,290 He was there. 525 00:27:17,435 --> 00:27:18,435 Indeed so. 526 00:27:18,875 --> 00:27:20,755 And he was very upset. 527 00:27:21,555 --> 00:27:24,375 Mary Blakiston made Saxby-on-Avon 528 00:27:24,395 --> 00:27:26,801 a better place for everyone, 529 00:27:27,035 --> 00:27:29,535 whether it was helping in the church, 530 00:27:29,555 --> 00:27:31,815 collecting for the RSPB, 531 00:27:31,835 --> 00:27:34,535 or greeting visitors to Pye Hall. 532 00:27:34,555 --> 00:27:38,095 Her home-made cakes were always a star of the village fete, 533 00:27:38,115 --> 00:27:39,855 and her flower arrangements 534 00:27:39,875 --> 00:27:42,915 were a good reason to come to Sunday service. 535 00:27:43,875 --> 00:27:47,429 So, although we're here today to mourn her departure, 536 00:27:47,915 --> 00:27:51,143 we must also remember what she left behind. 537 00:27:51,494 --> 00:27:52,719 No... 538 00:27:53,211 --> 00:27:54,393 No! 539 00:28:03,675 --> 00:28:05,575 Robert was in real pain. 540 00:28:05,595 --> 00:28:07,735 He didn't even speak to his father. 541 00:28:07,755 --> 00:28:10,375 He left the cemetery the moment the service ended. 542 00:28:10,395 --> 00:28:12,295 His father was there? 543 00:28:12,315 --> 00:28:14,615 Matthew Blakiston. Yes. 544 00:28:14,635 --> 00:28:17,135 We stayed in touch after he left the village, 545 00:28:17,155 --> 00:28:19,695 and of course I told him what had occurred. 546 00:28:19,715 --> 00:28:22,175 Reverend Osborne, I wonder if I might have a copy 547 00:28:22,195 --> 00:28:24,435 of the sermon that you delivered? 548 00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:29,175 You must forgive me 549 00:28:29,195 --> 00:28:31,455 for asking you a personal question, Lady Pye, 550 00:28:31,475 --> 00:28:32,695 but what can you tell me of a man 551 00:28:32,715 --> 00:28:34,502 by the name of Charles Dartford? 552 00:28:34,635 --> 00:28:36,995 Charles? What do you want to know about him? 553 00:28:39,115 --> 00:28:40,695 He's a friend of mine. 554 00:28:40,715 --> 00:28:42,295 A financial advisor. 555 00:28:42,315 --> 00:28:43,815 And you were with him in London 556 00:28:43,835 --> 00:28:46,435 on the evening that your husband died. 557 00:28:46,915 --> 00:28:48,035 Yes. 558 00:28:49,035 --> 00:28:52,515 Would you describe him as a close friend? 559 00:28:54,275 --> 00:28:56,815 Are you insinuating something, Mr Pünd? 560 00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:58,295 Oh, I'm sorry to have to tell you, 561 00:28:58,315 --> 00:29:01,298 but Mary Blakiston made certain allegations about you, Lady Pye. 562 00:29:01,338 --> 00:29:02,982 She kept a diary. 563 00:29:03,475 --> 00:29:04,935 Why doesn't that surprise me? 564 00:29:04,955 --> 00:29:06,537 She always did like to see herself 565 00:29:06,592 --> 00:29:08,175 as the spider at the heart of the web, 566 00:29:08,195 --> 00:29:09,552 spitting out her poison. 567 00:29:09,573 --> 00:29:11,135 When did you last speak to her? 568 00:29:11,155 --> 00:29:12,555 We spoke every day. 569 00:29:12,995 --> 00:29:15,535 I rang her the morning she died, and when she didn't answer, 570 00:29:15,555 --> 00:29:17,375 I thought there must be something wrong. 571 00:29:17,395 --> 00:29:20,495 I tried her twice more, but of course by then she was gone. 572 00:29:20,515 --> 00:29:23,255 She never mentioned Charles Dartford to you? 573 00:29:23,275 --> 00:29:26,322 - No. - Or to your husband? Hmm? 574 00:29:27,675 --> 00:29:30,518 I see what you're getting at, but... no. 575 00:29:31,235 --> 00:29:32,855 She never threatened me. 576 00:29:32,875 --> 00:29:35,455 And as I told you, she was in thrall to Magnus. 577 00:29:35,475 --> 00:29:38,215 She would've never said or done anything to upset him, so... 578 00:29:38,235 --> 00:29:42,348 I think it's right to say my little secret was safe with her. 579 00:29:42,835 --> 00:29:44,595 It certainly is now. 580 00:30:03,715 --> 00:30:05,315 - You all right there? - Yeah. 581 00:30:06,675 --> 00:30:08,491 - Well done. - Here you go. 582 00:30:09,195 --> 00:30:10,935 I don't believe it. 583 00:30:10,955 --> 00:30:13,295 This looks like it's the rest of Sir Magnus's treasure trove. 584 00:30:13,315 --> 00:30:15,735 That's exactly what it is, Detective Inspector. 585 00:30:15,755 --> 00:30:17,295 But I don't get it. 586 00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:19,375 Why would the burglars go to the trouble of stealing it, 587 00:30:19,395 --> 00:30:20,972 simply to throw it in the lake? 588 00:30:21,004 --> 00:30:22,775 Because they were not burglars. 589 00:30:22,795 --> 00:30:24,895 Wait a minute, Pünd. How did you know this would be here? 590 00:30:24,915 --> 00:30:26,175 Oh, that was simple, James. 591 00:30:26,195 --> 00:30:27,855 Brent told us he found two objects, 592 00:30:27,875 --> 00:30:29,735 the statuette and the brooch on the lawn. 593 00:30:29,755 --> 00:30:31,735 He had nothing to gain by lying to us. 594 00:30:31,755 --> 00:30:33,735 So, the question is, how did they get there? 595 00:30:33,755 --> 00:30:35,135 - They were dropped. - Exactly. 596 00:30:35,155 --> 00:30:36,702 If the burglars had been genuine, 597 00:30:36,733 --> 00:30:39,975 they surely would've taken the silver in their car, straight up the drive. 598 00:30:39,995 --> 00:30:42,095 - They could've come by foot. - Oh, even so, 599 00:30:42,114 --> 00:30:44,093 they still would've departed the same way. No, no, no... 600 00:30:44,148 --> 00:30:47,235 The objects were found between the house and the lake. 601 00:30:47,715 --> 00:30:50,715 - So the burglary... - There was no burglary. 602 00:30:51,395 --> 00:30:53,175 Whoever broke into Pye Hall 603 00:30:53,195 --> 00:30:55,183 just days prior to the murder of Sir Magnus 604 00:30:55,204 --> 00:30:56,804 did so for a very different reason. 605 00:30:57,795 --> 00:30:59,175 What reason was that? 606 00:30:59,195 --> 00:31:02,660 Very soon, Detective Inspector, all will be made clear. 607 00:31:05,315 --> 00:31:06,615 You are maddening, Pünd. 608 00:31:06,635 --> 00:31:08,582 If you know something, why can't you just spit it out? 609 00:31:08,645 --> 00:31:11,095 To know something is not enough, James. 610 00:31:11,115 --> 00:31:13,455 It's when I know everything that I will speak. 611 00:31:13,475 --> 00:31:15,015 Do you know who killed Sir Magnus? 612 00:31:15,035 --> 00:31:16,835 I have a good idea. 613 00:31:17,515 --> 00:31:18,775 Well, how about Mary Blakiston? 614 00:31:18,795 --> 00:31:20,635 Oh, that's much simpler. 615 00:31:22,315 --> 00:31:23,415 Go on. 616 00:31:23,435 --> 00:31:26,575 Mary Blakiston was killed by Lady Frances Pye. 617 00:31:26,594 --> 00:31:28,614 Lady Frances! You're not serious. 618 00:31:28,635 --> 00:31:31,877 I'm entirely serious. She told us as much herself. 619 00:31:32,155 --> 00:31:33,355 Why? 620 00:31:34,115 --> 00:31:35,695 I suppose... 621 00:31:35,715 --> 00:31:37,735 because Mary knew about her affair. 622 00:31:37,755 --> 00:31:40,708 No, no, no. No, that's not the reason at all. 623 00:31:41,395 --> 00:31:43,435 - Then what? - Think. 624 00:31:44,035 --> 00:31:46,075 Recall. Analyse. 625 00:31:47,395 --> 00:31:48,955 It will come to you. 626 00:31:54,235 --> 00:31:55,315 Hmm! 627 00:32:40,115 --> 00:32:42,575 'This is Andreas. I'm not here at the moment. 628 00:32:42,595 --> 00:32:44,575 'Please leave a message after the beep. Thank you.' 629 00:32:44,595 --> 00:32:46,435 Andreas, it's me. 630 00:32:47,115 --> 00:32:49,175 I need to talk to you. It's urgent. 631 00:32:49,195 --> 00:32:52,006 I've left you messages. Can you call me, please? 632 00:33:08,262 --> 00:33:10,184 - Andreas! - Susan, what are you... 633 00:33:10,208 --> 00:33:12,775 I've been trying to reach you. Why haven't you returned my calls? 634 00:33:12,795 --> 00:33:13,975 I haven't got my phone. 635 00:33:13,995 --> 00:33:16,558 I called you twice. I've texted. We need to talk. 636 00:33:16,622 --> 00:33:18,094 Not now. I'm teaching. 637 00:33:19,755 --> 00:33:21,155 Oh! 638 00:33:49,115 --> 00:33:50,475 So, what's wrong? 639 00:33:51,441 --> 00:33:54,021 Quite a lot now you mention it, 640 00:33:54,042 --> 00:33:55,461 but let's start with Crete. 641 00:33:55,712 --> 00:33:58,135 - Have you made a decision? - Where did you get the money from? 642 00:33:58,155 --> 00:33:59,615 For the hotel? I told you. 643 00:33:59,635 --> 00:34:02,415 Your cousin Yannis borrowed it. Who from? 644 00:34:02,435 --> 00:34:04,095 The bank. I don't know. What does it matter? 645 00:34:04,115 --> 00:34:07,015 And you didn't have to chip in anything? You didn't have to go halves? 646 00:34:07,035 --> 00:34:08,575 You know I don't have that sort of money. 647 00:34:08,595 --> 00:34:10,315 I'm not sure what I know anymore. 648 00:34:10,795 --> 00:34:12,695 Susan, I don't understand. 649 00:34:12,715 --> 00:34:13,995 What's wrong? 650 00:34:18,235 --> 00:34:19,635 This. 651 00:34:24,435 --> 00:34:26,015 Where did you get this? 652 00:34:26,035 --> 00:34:27,515 Somebody sent it to me. 653 00:34:28,755 --> 00:34:30,135 Who took it? 654 00:34:30,155 --> 00:34:33,048 I don't know. I presume the person who sent it. 655 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:34,535 And what do you think it shows? 656 00:34:34,555 --> 00:34:35,975 Isn't it obvious? 657 00:34:35,995 --> 00:34:37,415 Not necessarily. 658 00:34:37,435 --> 00:34:39,174 Well, then why don't you tell me? 659 00:34:41,715 --> 00:34:42,913 What do you want to know? 660 00:34:44,275 --> 00:34:45,735 Let's start last Saturday. 661 00:34:45,755 --> 00:34:47,975 You drove to Suffolk. To his house. 662 00:34:47,995 --> 00:34:49,015 Yes. 663 00:34:49,035 --> 00:34:51,535 Just out of interest, how did you know where he lived? 664 00:34:51,555 --> 00:34:52,815 I got it off your computer. 665 00:34:52,835 --> 00:34:55,617 - You hacked my computer? - No, no. You left it open. 666 00:34:55,696 --> 00:34:58,619 So you weren't rehearsing the school play, which is what you told me. 667 00:34:58,642 --> 00:35:00,735 Your cousin Yannis doesn't have any money. 668 00:35:00,755 --> 00:35:01,935 You drove to Suffolk. 669 00:35:01,955 --> 00:35:03,815 You asked Alan to lend you the money, 670 00:35:03,835 --> 00:35:05,687 and when he turned you down, you took him up... 671 00:35:05,751 --> 00:35:07,071 Stop! Stop! 672 00:35:08,915 --> 00:35:10,315 Slow down. 673 00:35:10,955 --> 00:35:12,315 Listen. 674 00:35:13,155 --> 00:35:14,455 Polydorus, the hotel, 675 00:35:14,475 --> 00:35:16,936 is an opportunity for me to change my life. 676 00:35:17,075 --> 00:35:18,855 You know I'm not happy teaching Ancient Greek. 677 00:35:18,875 --> 00:35:20,775 I feel like I'm wasting my time. 678 00:35:20,795 --> 00:35:24,254 There's only one reason I've stayed in this country as long as I have, and that's you. 679 00:35:24,309 --> 00:35:26,815 - Oh, please don't tell me that! - But it's true! 680 00:35:26,835 --> 00:35:29,615 I want to go home. I want you to come with me. 681 00:35:29,635 --> 00:35:31,975 I think we'll be happy there. You've seen the pictures. 682 00:35:31,995 --> 00:35:34,615 - It's a little slice of heaven. - Andreas! You lied to me! 683 00:35:34,635 --> 00:35:36,455 You asked Alan for the money. 684 00:35:36,475 --> 00:35:38,735 I shouldn't have lied to you, but I had nowhere else to go. 685 00:35:38,755 --> 00:35:40,935 I needed 150,000 Euros. 686 00:35:40,955 --> 00:35:43,695 You tell me, where do you think I was gonna find money like that? 687 00:35:43,715 --> 00:35:44,735 But Alan? 688 00:35:44,755 --> 00:35:47,575 I knew him before you did. Don't forget that. 689 00:35:47,595 --> 00:35:49,815 We were both teachers at the same school, and we were close. 690 00:35:49,835 --> 00:35:52,695 Well, yes, you were sleeping with his wife. You didn't tell me that either! 691 00:35:52,715 --> 00:35:54,238 Susan, what's wrong with you? 692 00:35:54,269 --> 00:35:56,295 I went out with Melissa before she met Alan 693 00:35:56,315 --> 00:35:57,495 and before I met you. 694 00:35:57,515 --> 00:36:00,035 - Why didn't you tell me? - Why would I? 695 00:36:00,915 --> 00:36:03,015 Have you told me every man you've ever slept with? 696 00:36:03,035 --> 00:36:04,695 I've been married, and I've been divorced. 697 00:36:04,716 --> 00:36:06,836 You know you're not the first woman I've ever been with... 698 00:36:06,874 --> 00:36:08,375 Forget about that. It doesn't matter. 699 00:36:08,488 --> 00:36:09,608 Tell me about Alan. 700 00:36:12,235 --> 00:36:13,955 You mean why I killed him? 701 00:36:17,353 --> 00:36:18,673 Just tell me everything. 702 00:36:20,395 --> 00:36:21,975 All right. 703 00:36:21,995 --> 00:36:23,215 Yes. 704 00:36:23,235 --> 00:36:25,055 He was the richest person I knew. 705 00:36:25,075 --> 00:36:27,275 He had millions. You told me often enough. 706 00:36:28,115 --> 00:36:29,695 It's true that I went behind your back, 707 00:36:29,715 --> 00:36:31,415 and that was wrong of me, and I'm sorry. 708 00:36:31,435 --> 00:36:33,415 But I knew what would happen if you found out. 709 00:36:33,435 --> 00:36:34,615 You hated Alan. 710 00:36:34,635 --> 00:36:36,484 You always hated him, and you'd be furious. 711 00:36:36,516 --> 00:36:37,655 I am furious! 712 00:36:37,675 --> 00:36:39,935 To me it was just money. A means to an end. 713 00:36:39,955 --> 00:36:41,175 But you didn't get the money. 714 00:36:41,195 --> 00:36:43,366 And you think that's why I pushed him off the tower? 715 00:36:43,413 --> 00:36:45,695 - It's a reason! - But it's not the reason. 716 00:36:45,715 --> 00:36:46,855 There is no reason. 717 00:36:46,875 --> 00:36:49,515 I didn't do it, what you're accusing me of. 718 00:36:53,675 --> 00:36:55,115 Who told you I didn't get the money? 719 00:36:56,275 --> 00:36:57,735 James Taylor. His partner. 720 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,040 James doesn't know anything. He wasn't there. 721 00:37:00,338 --> 00:37:03,514 I drove up on the Saturday, the same day he died. 722 00:37:04,115 --> 00:37:06,601 It was the first time I'd ever seen his house. 723 00:37:06,751 --> 00:37:08,811 All I wanted to do was get in, get out, 724 00:37:08,839 --> 00:37:10,475 and go back to you. 725 00:37:15,635 --> 00:37:17,615 It's been a while, Andreas. 726 00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:18,975 You're looking well. 727 00:37:18,995 --> 00:37:20,875 And you're looking great. 728 00:37:21,435 --> 00:37:22,615 Amazing house. 729 00:37:22,635 --> 00:37:24,035 Well... 730 00:37:25,595 --> 00:37:28,015 - You're still teaching? - Yes. 731 00:37:28,035 --> 00:37:29,630 A private school in London. 732 00:37:29,662 --> 00:37:30,905 Can I get you a drink? 733 00:37:30,967 --> 00:37:33,255 No, thanks. I have to drive down again tonight. 734 00:37:33,275 --> 00:37:35,615 So, what brings you all the way to Suffolk? 735 00:37:35,635 --> 00:37:37,735 Not old times' sake, surely? 736 00:37:37,755 --> 00:37:39,415 Partly that. 737 00:37:39,435 --> 00:37:41,173 I was wondering if you could help me. 738 00:37:42,115 --> 00:37:43,255 A signed copy? 739 00:37:43,275 --> 00:37:44,735 No, no. No. No. 740 00:37:44,755 --> 00:37:46,735 Although I've read your books. 741 00:37:46,755 --> 00:37:48,615 - I like them. - I'm very lucky. 742 00:37:48,635 --> 00:37:50,736 So do eighteen million other people. 743 00:37:51,195 --> 00:37:53,339 I remember you always talking about writing 744 00:37:53,386 --> 00:37:54,895 when we were at the school. 745 00:37:54,915 --> 00:37:56,735 But you never mentioned murder mysteries. 746 00:37:56,755 --> 00:37:59,575 - Well, yes, that was Melissa's idea. - How is Melissa? 747 00:37:59,595 --> 00:38:01,355 I haven't seen her. You were about to say...? 748 00:38:03,635 --> 00:38:05,275 You want me to help you. 749 00:38:06,275 --> 00:38:07,315 Uh... 750 00:38:08,675 --> 00:38:10,595 I'm moving back to Crete. 751 00:38:11,235 --> 00:38:12,775 A cousin of mine has found a hotel 752 00:38:12,795 --> 00:38:14,375 that he wants to buy with me. 753 00:38:14,395 --> 00:38:16,495 It's a good prospect, close to Agios Nikolaos, 754 00:38:16,515 --> 00:38:19,215 which is a very popular tourist destination near Heraklion. 755 00:38:19,235 --> 00:38:22,582 It has seven bedrooms, a terrace with a restaurant, a bar... 756 00:38:22,614 --> 00:38:25,157 Excuse me. Why are you telling me this? 757 00:38:26,794 --> 00:38:29,655 I wonder if you might be interested in joining us as a partner. 758 00:38:29,675 --> 00:38:32,119 I'm sorry. I have no skill running a hotel. 759 00:38:32,158 --> 00:38:34,211 No. I mean as a financial partner. 760 00:38:34,328 --> 00:38:36,495 You mean money. How much? 761 00:38:36,515 --> 00:38:38,375 150,000 Euros. 762 00:38:38,395 --> 00:38:40,295 That's around 130,000 pounds. 763 00:38:40,315 --> 00:38:42,215 Yes. I know the exchange rate. 764 00:38:42,235 --> 00:38:43,951 I think it would be a good investment. 765 00:38:44,195 --> 00:38:45,695 The Greek economy is recovering, 766 00:38:45,715 --> 00:38:47,362 and the tourist industry in Crete is huge. 767 00:38:47,383 --> 00:38:49,393 Yeah, let me just stop you there, Andreas. 768 00:38:49,675 --> 00:38:52,215 I'm afraid you're wasting your time. 769 00:38:52,235 --> 00:38:53,615 It's nothing personal. 770 00:38:53,635 --> 00:38:55,135 It's just that I haven't seen you for ten years, 771 00:38:55,155 --> 00:38:57,895 and I find it quite strange that you should invite yourself here 772 00:38:57,915 --> 00:39:00,663 and think I might have any interest in supporting a venture 773 00:39:00,710 --> 00:39:03,255 about which I know nothing in a place which I have never visited 774 00:39:03,275 --> 00:39:05,075 and never intend to. 775 00:39:06,195 --> 00:39:08,054 It's not such a large sum of money. 776 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,240 To you or to me? 777 00:39:11,435 --> 00:39:13,556 I just thought it might be something you'd consider. 778 00:39:13,590 --> 00:39:15,070 Well, I'm afraid you were wrong. 779 00:39:17,155 --> 00:39:19,215 Then I won't take up any more of your time. 780 00:39:19,235 --> 00:39:20,555 Thanks. 781 00:39:23,203 --> 00:39:26,055 I'd be grateful if you didn't mention to Susan that I was here. 782 00:39:26,106 --> 00:39:28,047 - Susan? - Ryeland. 783 00:39:28,515 --> 00:39:30,375 You know her? 784 00:39:30,435 --> 00:39:32,095 We've been together for a time. 785 00:39:32,115 --> 00:39:33,895 I was hoping she could come with me. 786 00:39:33,915 --> 00:39:35,757 'That was when everything changed.' 787 00:39:35,995 --> 00:39:38,429 - Suddenly he was nice. - "Nice"? 788 00:39:40,271 --> 00:39:42,711 That's not a word I'd use to describe Alan Conway. 789 00:39:43,075 --> 00:39:44,535 He was a different man. 790 00:39:44,555 --> 00:39:46,455 You know that Susan is my editor. 791 00:39:46,475 --> 00:39:49,275 - Of course. - She does a terrific job. 792 00:39:50,075 --> 00:39:51,495 And she doesn't know you're here? 793 00:39:51,515 --> 00:39:53,535 She'd kill me if she did. 794 00:39:53,555 --> 00:39:55,035 I'm sure. 795 00:39:56,395 --> 00:39:58,455 But, you know, you really should have told me 796 00:39:58,475 --> 00:40:01,621 because, you see, I've finished with Atticus Pünd. 797 00:40:01,995 --> 00:40:04,255 - She never told me that. - She doesn't know. 798 00:40:04,275 --> 00:40:06,455 "Magpie Murders" is the last one. 799 00:40:06,549 --> 00:40:09,440 And I've been wanting to find a way to thank her. 800 00:40:09,509 --> 00:40:11,534 I'm not asking for a gift, Alan. 801 00:40:11,555 --> 00:40:13,339 No, I know that, but, as you say, 802 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,231 being a financial partner in a hotel, 803 00:40:15,270 --> 00:40:17,855 it would be a way for us to continue our relationship. 804 00:40:17,875 --> 00:40:19,735 Are you sure you won't have a drink? 805 00:40:19,755 --> 00:40:20,949 Well... 806 00:40:21,195 --> 00:40:22,815 Maybe a small one. 807 00:40:22,835 --> 00:40:24,975 Well, let me show you around first. 808 00:40:24,995 --> 00:40:27,535 Susan's never been here. Oh, I don't know why. 809 00:40:27,555 --> 00:40:29,855 He rang his solicitor, Sajid Khan, there and then. 810 00:40:29,875 --> 00:40:31,775 He said he wanted a simple contract. 811 00:40:31,795 --> 00:40:34,375 150,000 Euros, the entire amount. 812 00:40:34,395 --> 00:40:36,175 He couldn't have been more pleasant. 813 00:40:36,421 --> 00:40:38,301 The views up here are amazing. 814 00:40:38,755 --> 00:40:40,872 On a clear day, you can see Norfolk. 815 00:40:41,955 --> 00:40:44,135 I come up here when I finish writing. 816 00:40:44,178 --> 00:40:45,818 Somewhere I can relax. 817 00:40:47,075 --> 00:40:48,915 Shit! Sorry. 818 00:40:49,995 --> 00:40:51,824 Ah! It's Sajid. 819 00:40:52,595 --> 00:40:54,295 You can go in next week. 820 00:40:54,315 --> 00:40:55,575 It'll all be ready. 821 00:40:55,595 --> 00:40:58,235 He has the access to the funds. 822 00:40:58,635 --> 00:41:00,175 Oh, that's amazing. 823 00:41:00,195 --> 00:41:02,015 I... I don't know what to say. 824 00:41:02,035 --> 00:41:03,855 I want to be your first guest. 825 00:41:03,875 --> 00:41:05,795 And I'm not expecting a bill. 826 00:41:12,995 --> 00:41:14,775 So, you have the money? 827 00:41:14,795 --> 00:41:16,955 His solicitor rang me after Alan died. 828 00:41:19,755 --> 00:41:22,347 I held certain funds in escrow for Mr Conway. 829 00:41:22,368 --> 00:41:25,048 He was very insistent that this should be paid to you. 830 00:41:25,395 --> 00:41:26,695 That was very thoughtful of him. 831 00:41:26,715 --> 00:41:29,455 The debt will be considered an asset of the estate. 832 00:41:29,475 --> 00:41:32,995 I will make the arrangements for the repayments and, of course, interest. 833 00:41:33,435 --> 00:41:34,675 Thank you. 834 00:41:36,675 --> 00:41:38,195 So... 835 00:41:40,555 --> 00:41:43,635 - You didn't kill him. - I embraced him. 836 00:41:44,155 --> 00:41:46,995 Perhaps I was too emotional, but, hey, I'm Greek. 837 00:41:47,835 --> 00:41:49,835 I wanted to thank him, and... 838 00:41:51,755 --> 00:41:54,515 And that's what you're seeing here. 839 00:42:00,275 --> 00:42:03,017 - What are you doing? - I'm sending it to myself. 840 00:42:03,315 --> 00:42:05,860 They say a picture can speak a thousand words. 841 00:42:06,235 --> 00:42:08,315 - I'm sorry. - Are you? 842 00:42:13,315 --> 00:42:14,815 You know he only gave you the money 843 00:42:14,835 --> 00:42:17,035 because it gave him control of me. 844 00:42:18,595 --> 00:42:20,215 Maybe that's true. 845 00:42:20,235 --> 00:42:22,515 But I'm not sure it matters anymore, does it? 846 00:42:24,795 --> 00:42:26,435 Andreas... 847 00:42:27,555 --> 00:42:29,515 You lied to me. 848 00:42:32,115 --> 00:42:33,855 You saw what I saw. 849 00:42:33,875 --> 00:42:35,295 What else was I to think? 850 00:42:35,315 --> 00:42:37,075 But you know me. 851 00:42:38,875 --> 00:42:40,615 Well, we've been together for six years. 852 00:42:40,635 --> 00:42:42,055 We're friends. We're lovers. 853 00:42:42,075 --> 00:42:44,002 You know me better than anyone in the world, 854 00:42:44,023 --> 00:42:45,783 and you think I could have done this? 855 00:42:46,715 --> 00:42:49,435 That I could kill someone by pushing them? 856 00:42:51,515 --> 00:42:52,835 I was wrong. 857 00:42:53,635 --> 00:42:54,835 No. 858 00:42:56,115 --> 00:42:58,055 No. I thought I was going to Crete with you 859 00:42:58,075 --> 00:43:00,795 and that we'd finally be happy together. 860 00:43:02,915 --> 00:43:04,435 But I was wrong. 861 00:43:05,121 --> 00:43:06,466 I'm sorry. 862 00:43:20,885 --> 00:43:24,885 CREDITS