1 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,000 *CREDITS* 2 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:45,720 Next. 3 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,480 Next. 4 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,985 Platform one for the next service to London Waterloo. 5 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 All aboard, please! All aboard! 6 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,265 Oh! 7 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,120 Oh, let me help you with your... 8 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,425 Oh, thank you! 9 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:04,520 Thank you so much. 10 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,240 Oh! 11 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,905 Fudge? 12 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:30,200 Home-made. 13 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,705 Keep the paper. 14 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,000 I've chosen a horse. 15 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,360 Sweet tooth, I see. 16 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,360 Are you going up to London to study? 17 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,400 No, my studying days are long gone. 18 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,465 Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam. 19 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,105 Soon to be of Whitehall. 20 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,105 Lavinia Pinkerton. Pleased to meet you. 21 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,040 You're Nigerian? I guessed. 22 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,145 Papa was stationed there. 23 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,545 Though why anyone would leave such beauty 24 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,265 for these dreary shores, I do not know. 25 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:17,905 Won't you miss home? 26 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,985 Won't home miss you? 27 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,760 I think I'm here to make home proud. 28 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,185 Sir William Ossington of the Colonial Office - 29 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,985 I was his attache. 30 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,185 Always said I was wasted in regional government. 31 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,545 So, when he was recalled, he asked for me 32 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,305 to work for him at Whitehall. 33 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,305 Whitehall, you say? 34 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:40,865 Perhaps you might happen to know what time Scotland Yard closes? 35 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,345 It's vital I don't miss them. 36 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,665 You see, I must get back to Algernon, 37 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,800 but I have to report... 38 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,265 ..murder. 39 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:50,665 Murder? 40 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,225 Murder. 41 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,080 Tommy Pierce, pushed. 42 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,985 I found him on the parapet. 43 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,985 Harry Carter, the publican 44 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,705 down in the next village, Ashe Bottom, drowned. 45 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,985 - Two murders? - Perhaps three. 46 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,665 If my suspicions are correct. 47 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,040 But I do know for certain there'll be more. 48 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,185 The murderer has a point to make 49 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,240 and will keep killing until it's made. 50 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,985 - I must stop them. - But if you know the murderer's identity, 51 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,745 why not tell the police? 52 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,385 I tried! 53 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,985 The village policeman is fine with lost cats, 54 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,665 but to listen to an old Auntie talking mass murder? 55 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,185 Especially when the suspect is a respectable person. 56 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,145 No, not many people do, you know? 57 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:38,560 Listen. 58 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,985 Scotland Yard is my last hope. 59 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,385 But, Auntie... 60 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,785 ..how can someone murder three people in an English village 61 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,880 without it being noticed? 62 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,040 I noticed, my dear. 63 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:57,985 And murder is easy 64 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,200 for a certain type of person. 65 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:08,865 Well, we mustn't miss the race. 66 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,065 Have you picked a winner? 67 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:11,800 - I love the Derby, don't you? - Oh... 68 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,625 It's absurd to think a grown woman can't place a bet 69 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,705 without opprobrium in this day and age! 70 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:45,545 Papa and I did Port Harcourt races every week. 71 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,985 He could always spot a winner - as indeed can I, I believe. 72 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,985 I've... I've sent my bags ahead. 73 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,040 Can I...? Can I accompany you to Scotland Yard. 74 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,385 No need. 75 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,185 Whatever happens now, 76 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,345 someone else knows the truth. 77 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,400 Someone I can trust, can't I? 78 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:09,785 Yes. 79 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:11,145 - Yes, of course. - Last bets! 80 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,545 - Last bets! - Oh, hurry! 81 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,000 Last bets, everybody! 82 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,865 40-1 on Jujube II! 83 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,425 40-1! Auntie, are you quite sure? 84 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:23,520 Perfectly. 85 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,625 20 guineas on Jujube II. 86 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:29,985 And they're lining up now. 87 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,425 - And, er... - Lining up. 88 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,065 ..all this on Never Say Die. 89 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,680 1954 Epsom Derby. 90 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,705 On second thought, Jujube II. 91 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,025 They're coming up rather quickly... Jujube II. 92 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:43,985 - All right. - It could be a go first time. 93 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,465 Starters giving the nod. He looks happy. 94 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,825 And they're off first time to a very good start! 95 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:51,225 Extremely good start! 96 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,785 Moonlight Express coming on the stand side. 97 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,705 Then comes Arabian Phoenix and Never Say Die. 98 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,265 Dark Corsair is very well placed, and it's Never Say Die 99 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:01,345 from Dark Corsair! 100 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,425 Arabian Phoenix falling back! 101 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,225 And here comes Jujube II! 102 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,705 Jujube II coming on the wide outside to beat them all! 103 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,385 50 yards to go! 104 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,360 Jujube II is going to win it! 105 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:17,920 Jujube II the winner! 106 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,320 Here you are, mate. Take your winnings. 107 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,305 Officer! 108 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,585 Officer, erm... 109 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:02,985 I know this woman! 110 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,625 I have... I have her money here! 111 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,985 See? My name is Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam. 112 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,400 That's O-B... 113 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,000 I... 114 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,145 My mistake. Never mind. 115 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:16,880 Officer, I saw a car. 116 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,745 A respectable old woman, Jimmy. 117 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,465 Talking one minute, dead the next. 118 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,000 While I stood there with her Derby winnings in my hand! 119 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:44,345 Maybe I should find her village, 120 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,625 pay my respects to her family as the last person to see her...? 121 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,145 Very admirable, cousin, but how? 122 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,425 And what about Whitehall and your old employer? 123 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:55,705 Sir William Ossington. 124 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,705 Ossington? 125 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,105 That colonial butcher? 126 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,985 Heh! Behold the Imperial African! 127 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,225 Self-colonised, collaborating with his oppressors! 128 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,520 Hey, no wonder you sound like an Englishman. 129 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:14,305 - He offered me a job. - As what? 130 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:15,785 His man Friday? 131 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,185 I do hope you can type. 132 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,585 How is your filing? 133 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,985 As his attache here in London. 134 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,225 It's a senior diplomatic post. 135 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:26,425 There'll be no typing. 136 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:27,640 Ngozi! Eh, eh? 137 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,825 But that poor, poor woman. 138 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:58,185 Obi, please, I beg. 139 00:10:58,200 --> 00:10:59,545 Stop talking about this Auntie. 140 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:00,985 She was talking of murder! 141 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,585 Murders in her village. 142 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,745 She said he'd kill again, and now she's dead. 143 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,145 Doesn't that seem...? 144 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:07,985 Someone should go there and... 145 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,985 Let me get this straight, oh, great black saviour. 146 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,625 You roll up to some deep bush place full of homicide... 147 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,985 And start asking questions about murder? 148 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,305 Do you want to be arrested? 149 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,225 Shouldn't someone at least return her money? 150 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:25,985 Shouldn't someone be in his own village, 151 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,985 helping his own people gain independence back home? 152 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,000 When were you last home, Miss Ngozi? 153 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,545 You've been in England "studying" for years. 154 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:38,345 - Or perhaps you've become fond of the climate? - Oh... 155 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:39,985 Ngozi, the hook only catches the fish 156 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,885 with its mouth open. 157 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,585 Or perhaps we both owe it to our people 158 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,225 to do what's right and make them proud, 159 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:49,985 whether that's back home in the village 160 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,560 - or somewhere in England? - No! 161 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,185 No! 162 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,745 You're not going to any village - you're going to bed! 163 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,440 And tomorrow, Whitehall! 164 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,160 Mm. 165 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,585 No, that's fine. 166 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,040 Thanks for letting me know. 167 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,545 And what did they say? 168 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:41,465 Sir William is away. 169 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:42,985 Nothing to worry about. 170 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,985 I have to wait for his letter before reporting for duties. 171 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,320 Just a couple of days. 172 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,240 Miss? 173 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,025 Miss, can you, err...? 174 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:15,985 Can you point me to the family of a Miss Pin...? 175 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,440 Hurry, or we'll miss the verdict. 176 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,985 Lacking witnesses to the demise of Harry Carter, publican 177 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,985 of The Seven Stars, Ashe Bottom, 178 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,985 I am dispensing a verdict of death by drowning 179 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,465 at Wychwood watermill, 180 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,385 whilst under the influence of strong liquor. 181 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,000 For the avoidance of doubt... 182 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:39,185 ..an accident. 183 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,625 Next case. 184 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:45,465 Tommy Pierce, window cleaner of Ashe Bottom. 185 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,425 Major Horton to the stand! 186 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:57,465 Well, he was larking around on the balcony balustrade 187 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,985 at Ashe Manor, East Wing. 188 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,985 Doing impressions. 189 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,440 Impressions of whom? 190 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,985 Well, Lord Whitfield, I believe. 191 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:14,625 Well, I shook my fist and carried on walking with me dogs. 192 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,985 Didn't see him fall. 193 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,625 Calling Dr Thomas to the stand. 194 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:24,545 The impact of said fall resulted in the complete bisection 195 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,320 of C3 and C4. 196 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,080 He broke his neck. 197 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,040 Thank you, Dr Thomas. 198 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,305 Calling Miss Waynflete to the stand. 199 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,305 So Tommy Pierce had been employed to clean the windows 200 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:44,425 at Ashe Manor. 201 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:45,985 Where were you at this time? 202 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,425 I was working downstairs, 203 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,585 labelling Lord Whitfield's Anglo-Saxon goblets. 204 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:51,985 I heard his impressions, 205 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,585 but I didn't see him fall. 206 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,265 So who found the body? 207 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,560 Lavinia Pinkerton to the stand! 208 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:00,680 Where is she? 209 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:03,545 Oh, dear old Pinkerton. 210 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,265 She's probably looking after Algernon. 211 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,145 Not present. 212 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,545 - In which case... - Oh! Oh, blast! 213 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,145 ..with no more witnesses 214 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,865 and given we have heard ample evidence of the deceased, 215 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,985 Thomas Pierce's history of delinquent 216 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,825 and foolhardy behaviour, 217 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,505 I confidently bring this inquest to a close 218 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,040 with a verdict of accidental death. 219 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:50,745 So, you're a journalist? 220 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,080 That explains it. 221 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:55,345 Oh, a rather bad journalist. 222 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:56,745 Me? No! 223 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,705 I thought you might have been. 224 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,545 Just your averagely observant secretary. 225 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:02,625 I live in Wychwood, 226 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,385 so there's precious little to challenge 227 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:05,800 my powers of observation. 228 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,200 Until you arrived. 229 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,225 Fitzwilliam. 230 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,985 Er, Luke Fitzwilliam. 231 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,465 And what brings you to Wychwood, Mr Fitzwilliam? 232 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,225 Our sparkling society? 233 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,120 - Actually... - Because we haven't any. 234 00:17:24,360 --> 00:17:26,305 Fresh air and exercise? 235 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:27,785 Convalescence? 236 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:29,585 Are you an invalid, Mr Fitzwilliam? 237 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,105 I find myself in excellent health. 238 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:32,520 I'm pleased to hear it. 239 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,985 Though I hope you have a reason to be here in Wychwood, 240 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,800 otherwise I am obliged to inform the authorities. 241 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,040 What if I'm on a secret mission? 242 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,040 Blink twice if you're a spy. 243 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,145 Cultural anthropologist. 244 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:56,305 - Bless you. - Thank you. 245 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:57,785 No. Me. 246 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,145 I-I am. 247 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,985 A cultural anthropologist. 248 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,385 Researching a book. 249 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,680 Er, Comparing Customs and Folklore in Rural England and Nigeria. 250 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,225 I'll be in Wychwood a while, comparing the local... 251 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,545 ..customs and folklore. 252 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:17,720 Hmm. 253 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,985 Well, satanic rituals are every third Tuesday of the month. 254 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,985 Very amusing. 255 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,160 Er... 256 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,560 Well, a pleasure to have met you, Miss, er...? 257 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,120 Conway. 258 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:38,440 Bridget Conway. 259 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:06,960 Innkeeper's out. 260 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,000 Thank you. 261 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,280 The murderer has a point to make. 262 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:52,960 I must stop them. 263 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,000 _ 264 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,500 _ 265 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,080 Think you'll find you're in the wrong place, sir. 266 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,960 His Lordship and the other guests will be inside the house. 267 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:05,320 Lord Whitfield? 268 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:10,985 I received your very generous invitation 269 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 - and I just wanted to... - Mr Fitzwilliam? 270 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,785 We have never had a cultural anthropologist for supper, 271 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,880 so we thought we'd have you for starters. 272 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,545 - Mr Fitzwilliam, Lord Whitfield. - Hmm. 273 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,520 My Bridget tells me you are writing a book on superstitions. 274 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,145 Yes. 275 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,385 Yes. 276 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,665 Similarities between cultures, the remarkable universality... 277 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,745 Yeah, I've never approved of superstitions. 278 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,745 Have I, Bridget? 279 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:43,865 Mm... 280 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,145 "Have nothing to do with foolish and irreverent myths. 281 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:47,865 "Rather, train yourself for Godliness" - 282 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:49,040 Timothy, 4:7. 283 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,785 So, what sort of man are you, Mr Fitzwilliam? 284 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,345 Old Fashioned? 285 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:56,985 Dark 'n' Stormy? 286 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,305 A Highball chap, I'd say. 287 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:00,640 I'll mix you one. 288 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,800 You recall Dr Thomas from the inquest? 289 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,585 Reverend and Mrs Humbleby. 290 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:11,985 And their daughter, Rose. 291 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,785 Delighted to meet you, young man. 292 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,505 Pleased to make your acquaintance. 293 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,785 You know, some say the books are the key to the castle. 294 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,800 And look where they have got you. 295 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,600 From your mud hut... 296 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,240 ..to all this. 297 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,465 Thanks. 298 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,200 Dinner is served. 299 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,680 - My love? - Thank you. 300 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,785 Bridget used to be his secretary. 301 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,145 Now they're engaged. 302 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,505 So romantic. 303 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,040 Come, Rose. 304 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,985 I'm comparing everyday pagan practices 305 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,560 in a typical English village to those in Nigeria. 306 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,985 You hear that? "Pagan practices!" 307 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,280 In Wychwood, Reverend Humbleby! 308 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,425 This isn't the Middle Ages, my Lord. 309 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,105 The Church is increasingly forward thinking. 310 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:17,985 So, Fitzwilliam, 311 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,880 d-do you make a decent living book-writing? 312 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,625 - Never had to find out. - Well, how's that? 313 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,225 My father's village is very fortunate. 314 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,345 2,000 square miles of arable land and, er, 315 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:32,600 mud huts. 316 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,505 Oh, and oil. 317 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:37,745 Hmm! 318 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,305 You'll be running yourselves before you know it. 319 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,145 Well, Fitzwilliam, I'm in cement, 320 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,625 which holds the modern world together. 321 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,665 My father was the village cobbler. 322 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,025 But I just pulled myself up by... 323 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,680 A spot of wartime profiteering? 324 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,305 ..my bootstraps... 325 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,985 Ahem! 326 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,680 ..righteous hard work and the grace of God. 327 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:05,920 Mm. 328 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,785 The chapter I'm working on now? 329 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,985 Well, it concerns popular beliefs around violent death, 330 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,985 falls or accidents. 331 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,425 Many cultures believe when a life is cut short 332 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,185 it's spirit lives on, 333 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,865 restlessly walking the earth. 334 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,145 Goodness! How terrifying. 335 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:31,545 Quite right. 336 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,545 No-one wants the likes of Harry Carter 337 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:34,985 restlessly walking around. 338 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,905 Mr Carter was rather a terror. 339 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,105 That drunk violently accosted me on my own estate! 340 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:41,145 - Didn't he, Bridget? - Hmm? 341 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,745 And as for Tommy Pierce! 342 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,465 Oh, impertinent devil... 343 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:47,785 Voice of an angel. 344 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,345 In my medical opinion, the lad was unbalanced 345 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:51,985 in more ways than one. 346 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,560 You didn't mention that interesting detail at the inquest, Dr Thomas. 347 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,160 Sad. Many deaths recently. 348 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,400 Yes, and now Miss Pinkerton! 349 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,145 What? 350 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:16,305 Dead? 351 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:17,665 How? 352 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:18,985 Struck down. 353 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,345 Yesterday in London. 354 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:23,985 What? I should've been notified of any accident. 355 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,345 - It's protocol. - Dead? Are you absolutely certain? 356 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:29,385 Yes. Mr Fitzwilliam, how could you possibly know this? 357 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,240 Woman struck down by car. 358 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:35,785 It was in The Standard, late edition. 359 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,745 They don't deliver it here? 360 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,320 Poor, dear Lavinia. 361 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,040 Another tragic accident. 362 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,200 Such a shame. 363 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,145 I'm sorry, I still don't quite understand. 364 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,265 What was it that drew your attention to the death 365 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:02,985 of a perfect stranger? 366 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,985 I happened to notice her address. 367 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,785 Wychwood. 368 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,385 Such a coincidence. 369 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,480 Such. 370 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,040 How did they identify her? 371 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,440 Her name was engraved on her umbrella, I believe. 372 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,465 Miss Pinkerton left no relatives? 373 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,480 Only Algernon Jones. 374 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,985 Her cat. 375 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,265 Poor old Pinkerton, 376 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,665 not living to see my Whitfield New Town! 377 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,505 None of us shall, providence willing. 378 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:35,720 Gentlemen. 379 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,425 No business talk now. 380 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,825 If I'd had my way, 381 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,985 Whitfield New Town would be fully erected by now. 382 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,105 The cement beacon lighting our way to a brighter future! 383 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,265 If some people weren't dead set against me. 384 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,000 A brighter future for whom? 385 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,465 Certainly not the people of Ashe Bottom. 386 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,745 You sit here in your mansion, 387 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,665 drawing up your elaborate plans 388 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:07,120 instead of building some decent, affordable homes! 389 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,865 This is a new town, 390 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,145 carrying my name. 391 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,305 No-one gives a fig for your name! 392 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,905 - Steady on, Vicar, old chap. - And you, Doctor. 393 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,505 What exactly do you on the board? 394 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:25,305 Apart from toady to his lordship's pipe dream? 395 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,145 I said at the last board meeting, and as your priest, 396 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,385 it's pure vanity! 397 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:31,640 It won't do! 398 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:34,840 It won't... 399 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,040 - Arthur? - Father? 400 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:44,545 A-Arthur, what's wrong? 401 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,040 Stand aside, man! 402 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,040 He's just fainted. 403 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,985 We'll get him home safely. 404 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,320 Goodbye. 405 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,505 Well, hope all's well for Saturday. 406 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,825 We need the Humblebys for the mixed doubles. 407 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:12,985 You too, Fitzwilliam. 408 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,185 Too much of your excellent port, my Lord. 409 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,040 Nothing a strong coffee and an aspirin won't fix. 410 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,745 Thank you. 411 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,000 Miss Conway? 412 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:39,600 Goodnight. 413 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:56,985 Help! 414 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:07,720 Help! 415 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:14,985 Constable Reed! Anyone! 416 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,120 Help! 417 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:18,905 It's my maid, Amy! 418 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,200 She's in her room! 419 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:22,345 Something dreadful! 420 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,120 The door's locked from the inside! 421 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,400 It's the first door on the left! 422 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,425 Amy! 423 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:40,985 Amy! Amy! 424 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,760 Stay with me! Stay with me! 425 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,305 Amy! 426 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:50,160 No! 427 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,625 I'm sorry. 428 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,985 I was just too late. 429 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,545 Couldn't have saved her anyway. 430 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:13,985 Oxalic acid. 431 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,705 Red hat paint. 432 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,465 Her internal organs must be liquified. 433 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:19,985 Poisoned? 434 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,785 You think someone might've...? 435 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,985 Forced her to drink hat paint? 436 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,185 I gave her some cough linctus yesterday. 437 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,745 She must have mixed up the bottles. 438 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,585 A very silly girl 439 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,040 had a very silly accident. 440 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,985 What a frightful morning. 441 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,585 Poor Amy. 442 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:44,985 You knew her? 443 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,425 An orphan. 444 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,585 The Carters took her in. 445 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,705 Sent into service at 15, 446 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,040 but she was too free spirited for the work. 447 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,040 What a tragic life. 448 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,040 Wychwood can be welcoming. 449 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:02,505 But it rather depends. 450 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:03,865 Depends? 451 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,345 On what? 452 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:06,520 Where you came from. 453 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,585 I hope the Vicar is recovered? 454 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,105 An infection. 455 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,120 Dr Thomas has given him Penicillin. 456 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,985 Take care, Mr Fitzwilliam. 457 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,280 Constable. 458 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,265 This village really is... 459 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,385 A deep bush place full of homicide? 460 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,505 Exactly. 461 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,305 Were there any relatives there? 462 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,225 No, there's no relatives to return the money to. 463 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:50,625 A girl just died. 464 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:51,985 Right in front of me. 465 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,265 And everyone's insisting it's an accident. 466 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,105 Please do forward the letter from Whitehall 467 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,985 when it arrives, Ngozi. 468 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:03,040 But now I must go find out how to drown a man. 469 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,225 Murder... 470 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:25,545 ..Harry Carter... 471 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:27,505 ..the publican down in the next village... 472 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:28,625 ..Ashe Bottom... 473 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,665 ..drowned... 474 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:14,680 Mr Fitzwilliam? 475 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,680 I've stopped the water. 476 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:22,600 That's quite a pickle you've got yourself into. 477 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,665 Now that I've saved your life, 478 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,520 perhaps this might be the time to... 479 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,505 To ask you, 480 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,000 Mr Fitzwilliam... 481 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,345 ..what it is you are doing here? 482 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:53,625 Me? 483 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,265 Nothing! 484 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,265 I could ask you the same question. 485 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,000 Well, I'm here because I am always here. 486 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:01,680 Lived here all my life. 487 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,225 Whereas you... 488 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:06,425 Are you one of those men 489 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,800 who never know when to leave well enough alone? 490 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,000 You clever women are the cruellest. 491 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:17,985 Well, there is precious little reward for our cleverness, 492 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,360 so we must get our small pleasures where we can. 493 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,825 So, spanking new tweeds, 494 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,225 turning up at stranger's inquest, 495 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:42,745 spurious book on folklore 496 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,625 about which you know virtually nothing. 497 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:50,145 The only area in which you seem to show any expertise 498 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,025 is Miss Pinkerton's death, 499 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:53,985 a subject on which you are so well informed 500 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,705 I can only conclude 501 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:57,360 that you killed Miss Pinkerton. 502 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:02,985 I know she was killed. 503 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,465 Deliberately. And even if Carter wasn't pushed... 504 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:08,465 He drank, fell, drowned. 505 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:09,785 Accident. 506 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:10,985 All right. 507 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,425 What about Amy Gibbs and her red hat paint? 508 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,825 Amy Gibbs and her what? 509 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,585 Amy Gibbs and... 510 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:20,280 Red hat paint. Amy Gibbs mistook her cough linctus for oxalic acid. 511 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,825 She most certainly did not! 512 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,545 You accuse me of killing old women, but draw the line at hat paint? 513 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:29,345 Only a man wouldn't! 514 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,225 And that is because no-one has used hat paint since the war! 515 00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:35,985 And if Amy Gibbs wanted a different colour hat, she'd buy a new one! 516 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,985 - And it would never be red! - Why not? 517 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,505 Amy Gibbs had flaming red hair, 518 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,320 and redheads don't wear red hats! 519 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:47,200 You... 520 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:49,400 You're right. 521 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,680 See, that never would have occurred to a man. 522 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:57,985 Right. 523 00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,985 I'm going to pay Miss Waynflete a visit, 524 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,840 get an explanation for this cough linctus hat paint nonsense. 525 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:06,720 Are you coming? 526 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,665 I was concerned for you 527 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,625 after this morning's tragic events. 528 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,160 Thank you, Mr Fitzwilliam. 529 00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:32,665 I thought she might help you with your research. 530 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,585 Miss Waynflete is quite the history buff. 531 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,385 Amateur curiosity. 532 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,745 I curate Lord Whitfield's private collection and library. 533 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,185 - Sugar? - Yes. 534 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:44,400 Four, please. 535 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,625 I've no wish to upset you further, Miss Waynflete. 536 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,185 Could I search Amy's room? 537 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,425 I just... I may have lost my watch. 538 00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:57,760 This morning. 539 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:06,985 Her door was locked? 540 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,065 Strange girl. 541 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,360 Insisted on shutting herself in at night. 542 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,105 Oh, poor Algernon Jones! 543 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,665 He has a nasty ear infection. 544 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,345 But he was Lavinia's 545 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,520 so I can't let him go to strangers. 546 00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:23,200 Ah, Algernon. 547 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,865 Oh, look! There's your watch. 548 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,545 Oh, thanks. 549 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,825 Well spotted, Miss Waynflete! 550 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:32,785 Had Amy been with you long? 551 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:33,985 No. 552 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,545 It's unchristian to speak ill of the dead, 553 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,505 but Amy was a far from ideal maid. 554 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:40,985 Lord Whitfield dismissed her 555 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,825 because her tongue tended to run away with her, I'm afraid. 556 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,985 - Still, I doubt she died of insolence. - Yes. 557 00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,465 Dr Thomas said Amy mixed up her bottles, 558 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,040 but there's only the one here. 559 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,040 Even in the dark, Amy couldn't mix up one bottle. 560 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,985 If there is a murderer, why didn't Miss Pinkerton give you a name? 561 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,985 She only said the killer was a "respectable" man 562 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,185 with a point to make. 563 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,240 And we know that he was in London when Miss Pinkerton was killed. 564 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:24,745 What about the car that killed her? 565 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,225 It sped away. 566 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:28,305 The police at the scene were rather... 567 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,985 I was unable to identify the driver. 568 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,160 So? 569 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:34,985 Who was out of the village on Derby Day? 570 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,385 Augustus! Come here, sir! 571 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,665 Nelly! Nelly, don't be a madam. 572 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,240 - Hello, Major. - Hmm... 573 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:47,840 Hmm. 574 00:40:58,240 --> 00:40:59,985 Is that gentleman perfectly well? 575 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,385 Major Horton? 576 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:06,185 He has been a tad peculiar since his wife died last year. 577 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,425 Though she left him all her money, 578 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,985 and was, quite frankly, a bit of a gorgon. 579 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,680 Even the dogs have had a spring in their step since she died. 580 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,240 You know, Miss Pinkerton did mention a third victim. 581 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,985 How did Mrs Horton die? 582 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,985 A horrid gastric bug. 583 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,320 So they say. 584 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:34,585 What if there is a murderer walking among us? 585 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,305 And what if he finds out you aren't who you say you are 586 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,225 and you know what you know, 587 00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:42,800 and then he comes for you and...? 588 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,480 There's something I'd like to show you. 589 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,720 Miss Conway, can I escort you home? 590 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,465 If you like, Luke Fitzwilliam. 591 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:04,680 Obiako. 592 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:08,600 Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam. 593 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,000 Oh! 594 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:14,985 I'm sorry to have to ask, 595 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:16,985 but where was Lord Whitfield on Derby Day? 596 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,425 Don't you worry about Gordon. 597 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,560 He has the perfect alibi - me. 598 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,865 The parapet. 599 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,240 Miss Pinkerton said she found Tommy's body... 600 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,040 here... 601 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:53,545 Tommy's body couldn't fall from here 602 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:54,705 and land there 603 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,440 without considerable velocity. 604 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,560 - In other words... - Tommy was pushed. 605 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:02,880 It wasn't an accident. 606 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:05,240 None of them were. 607 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:08,145 No. 608 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:09,400 It was murder. 609 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,560 We need to find a link. 610 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,120 A connection between the victims. 611 00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:24,065 Well, none of them were saints. 612 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:25,320 They had enemies. 613 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:27,825 Perhaps. 614 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,320 Though I wouldn't honestly know because they... 615 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:35,785 All three are from Ashe Bottom! 616 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,265 Down by the brickworks. 617 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,520 Sort of the other side of the tracks. 618 00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:42,985 Then I need to go there, 619 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,505 find out what point this killer's trying to make 620 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,640 and who was out of the village on Derby Day. 621 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:56,385 No, watch it or it's going to fall! 622 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:57,680 Oh! 623 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:36,505 Could I, er... 624 00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:37,720 Could I see a menu? 625 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:47,480 Then a pint of your finest and some pork, er, scratchings? 626 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,280 My condolences for Amy Gibbs. 627 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,745 What's that about my niece? 628 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:02,320 I'll thank you not to come here and stir up feelings! 629 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,585 Oh... 630 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,745 Oh... 631 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:12,305 What is this diabolical stuff?! 632 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:17,400 Ugh! 633 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,265 "Nelly! Come here, madam! 634 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:24,745 "Augustus! I say!" 635 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:26,145 It's Horton! 636 00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:28,985 "It's my moral duty to name this pub after me, 637 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:30,905 "isn't it, Bridget?" 638 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:32,345 - Lord Whitfield. - Yes! 639 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:35,200 Our capitalist running dog lord of the manor. 640 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:37,985 I hear it all, driving. 641 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:39,705 His schemes and plans. 642 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:41,225 D'you know what I don't hear? 643 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:43,585 - Any work in Ashe Bottom. - Hmm... 644 00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:47,385 He'll have his shiny new town, and we'll have sweet F?A. 645 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:48,625 Like always. 646 00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,985 Well, Lord Whitfield's a respectable man. 647 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,685 Surely he'll... 648 00:45:53,240 --> 00:45:54,745 Respectable? 649 00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:58,465 No more respectable than anyone else from Ashe Bottom. 650 00:45:58,480 --> 00:45:59,585 He's one of us! 651 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:01,225 Well, he used to be. 652 00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:04,345 - Born and raised on this street. - Mm-hm. 653 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,185 He paid for his peerage from his wartime profiteering, 654 00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:10,305 a few backhanders in the right people's pockets. 655 00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,705 He climbed the greasy pole to "respectability" 656 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:14,225 and pulled the ladder up behind him 657 00:46:14,240 --> 00:46:16,200 quicker than he could yell "Bridget!" 658 00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:19,745 Come on, your turn. 659 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,425 Yeah, let's hear it. 660 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:23,280 I can do Dr Thomas. 661 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:25,560 Nah, not him. 662 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,465 Nothing funny about Dr Thomas. 663 00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:30,625 He's only got time for his private patients 664 00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:32,105 and nothing but linctus for us. 665 00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:33,625 Linctus? 666 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:34,985 What kind of linctus? 667 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,545 Cheap codeine. 668 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:38,760 It's the only medicine we ever get from him. 669 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:41,625 Even children? 670 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:43,040 He put Tommy on it. 671 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:46,985 Lad was leaning like the Tower of Pisa. 672 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:50,305 Just another brown bottle for Harry to drown his woes in. 673 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,825 Until he drank enough to knock himself out. 674 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:55,985 Amy was coughing like a consumptive before he saw her. 675 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,320 And what did he give her? 676 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:00,985 Codeine linctus. 677 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,400 Bet they won't look into Amy's death any more than they did Tommy's. 678 00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:07,225 Huh. 679 00:47:07,240 --> 00:47:08,640 Welcome to Wychwood. 680 00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:29,985 Keep taking the penicillin. 681 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,985 It'll mop up the last of the infection in your hand. 682 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,745 Dr Thomas! 683 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:36,120 Ah! Ooh! 684 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:39,280 Ah! 685 00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,240 I wonder if you might check me over? 686 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:49,465 Reverend Humbleby. 687 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:50,985 Not still unwell, I hope? 688 00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:52,425 Don't let that one fleece you! 689 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,585 - He charges extra for the good stuff. - Father! 690 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:56,345 - What? - Dr Thomas is only... 691 00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,225 Oh, all that flattering and fawning doesn't fool me! 692 00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:00,705 Greasing his wheels! 693 00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:04,200 There's nothing that young man won't do to get what he wants! 694 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,625 I was hoping to be in shape for tennis 695 00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:12,265 up at the manor. 696 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:16,065 - Hmm... - An old rugby injury playing up. 697 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:17,505 Probably the weather. 698 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:18,985 OK. 699 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:20,720 Well, walk to the window and back. 700 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:30,785 How's the book going? 701 00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,185 Did I mention I'm writing a book myself? 702 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:34,625 Oh, really? 703 00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:36,785 On what topic? 704 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:38,480 Leg seems fine... 705 00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:43,560 Yes, a scientific guide to improving society. 706 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:46,425 Fascinating. 707 00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:47,985 How? 708 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,665 Judicious elimination. 709 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:51,985 Of whom? 710 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:53,265 Oh, you know the sort. 711 00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:55,385 People like... 712 00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:57,385 ..Carter. 713 00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:58,825 The wife-beating drunk? 714 00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:00,665 No loss there! 715 00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:03,985 Didn't Tommy's death save us all from his inevitable future life 716 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:05,305 of crime? 717 00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:07,545 Interesting thought, no? 718 00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:09,985 I'm not sure your patients would agree. 719 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,280 How would they know? 720 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:14,785 It's one thing you Africans have right. 721 00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,345 The power of life and death lies solely in the hands 722 00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:20,400 of Chief Bongo Bongo. 723 00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:24,705 It's not that simple. 724 00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:25,985 We have laws. 725 00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:27,505 Laws. Of course. 726 00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:30,385 But now you take me for a mass murderer! 727 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:33,745 Would a murderer be so frank? 728 00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:35,465 I'm merely making a scientific point. 729 00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:39,305 A point? Yesterday, you said Amy mixed up her bottles. 730 00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:40,785 Unpleasant accident. 731 00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:42,465 Miss Waynflete only found the one. 732 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:44,240 I kept the other for testing. 733 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:46,905 You see? 734 00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,025 There's always a scientific explanation. 735 00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,545 Some would call that tampering with evidence, Dr Thomas. 736 00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:54,145 I'm a doctor! Criminology is my hobby. 737 00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:55,785 I always follow protocol. 738 00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:56,985 Protocol? 739 00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:58,085 Augustus! 740 00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:01,040 Conduct yourself properly in the proper manner, sir. 741 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,880 It wasn't followed after Miss Pinkerton's death. 742 00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:14,065 Where were you on Derby Day? 743 00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:17,785 Three villages away, attending a birth. 744 00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:19,160 Here we are. 745 00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:22,945 Kreuzhammer's Inferiority and Crime, 746 00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:24,985 translated from the German. 747 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:28,120 And... Race Hygiene. 748 00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:38,400 A scientific programme would weed out the degenerates. 749 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:50,320 You keep these in stock? 750 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,425 Aren't they on prescription? 751 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:56,040 Just a codeine linctus. 752 00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:58,345 Cures most common ills. 753 00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:01,465 One step up from a placebo, really. 754 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:02,840 Why? Want some? 755 00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,585 Kedu? 756 00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,625 You speak Igbo? 757 00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:24,000 And Efik. 758 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:26,705 Some Ijaw. 759 00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:29,785 I've been trying to ascertain your precise tribe 760 00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:30,985 since the inquest, 761 00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:34,040 before extending a proper greeting. 762 00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:43,585 Glad I backed the right horse. 763 00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:45,625 Let's go to a proper pub. 764 00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:47,385 I cannot believe you built the rugby pitch 765 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:48,625 I played upon! 766 00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,000 With these very hands, my son! 767 00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,785 Your headmaster was a very dear friend. 768 00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:56,785 He was a huge influence upon me. 769 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,160 Yes, I can hear that. 770 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:02,625 Did you know Miss Pinkerton, sir? 771 00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:04,265 Pinky? Of course! 772 00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:08,145 We used to pore over the Racing Post together every week. 773 00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:09,920 Loved the gee-gees, did Pinky. 774 00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:12,545 How was the Derby? 775 00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:14,920 Ah, Jujube II! 776 00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:17,985 Winged feet! 777 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,360 I said to the Vicar, "Back the nag!" 778 00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:25,520 We were there, Humbleby and I. 779 00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:30,385 OK, raise your glass. 780 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,040 Here's to my dear wife. 781 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:37,240 Her loss must have affected you deeply. 782 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:41,880 Well, she was getting so much better. 783 00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:46,305 Then sudden relapse, 784 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:47,745 wasn't herself. 785 00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,825 She told Amy she was being poisoned. 786 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:52,865 - Amy Gibbs was your maid, too? - Mm. 787 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:54,280 A nasty business. 788 00:52:57,440 --> 00:52:58,680 By the way, Major... 789 00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:01,560 ..who was the doctor that treated your wife? 790 00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:04,785 Why, that young snapper, 791 00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:06,280 Dr Thomas. 792 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,625 Ha! Well, that was a breeze. 793 00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:15,585 That last ball was definitely out. 794 00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:17,345 It was halfway to Chipping Norton. 795 00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:19,225 Sorry, er... 796 00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:20,440 What did you say? 797 00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:25,665 - What did you say?! - I don't think so. 798 00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:27,720 Chalk flew, didn't it, Gordon? 799 00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:30,960 Yes, like a bird! 800 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:34,105 Ha, good. 801 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:35,560 Like a dead bird. 802 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,825 Dr Thomas treated Mrs Horton. 803 00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:40,225 She was his first victim. 804 00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:42,985 The one Miss Pinkerton wasn't sure of? 805 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:44,985 She told people she was being poisoned, 806 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:46,425 and Amy was her maid. 807 00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:48,465 She must've known too much, so he killed her too! 808 00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:50,985 Dr Thomas had opportunity and means to kill Amy, 809 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,625 gave Carter and Tommy codeine linctus like Amy 810 00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:55,585 and he was out of the village on Derby Day. 811 00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:57,745 Where is the good doctor? 812 00:53:57,760 --> 00:53:59,425 With a patient? 813 00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:00,760 Or murdering one. 814 00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:05,040 The thing is... 815 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,440 ..Mrs Horton wasn't from Ashe Bottom. 816 00:54:10,240 --> 00:54:12,300 - Which means the next victim... - Could be anyone. 817 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:17,985 Oh, come on! 818 00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,040 That was clearly my shot! 819 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,145 - Don't look at me like that. - Miss Conway? 820 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:25,705 Mm? 821 00:54:25,720 --> 00:54:27,920 Oh, Bridget, why are you marrying that man? 822 00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:33,005 Do you know what a secretary earns? 823 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:36,985 Of course you don't. 824 00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:41,985 Well, pennies compared to Lady Whitfield. 825 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:43,705 For very different duties. 826 00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:45,000 Really? 827 00:54:47,240 --> 00:54:50,320 I doubt Gordon will even kiss me goodnight after a year. 828 00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:56,465 Why do you care? 829 00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:57,680 You'll be in Whitehall. 830 00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:00,520 Because it's not what you deserve. 831 00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:03,080 - This is not... - What? 832 00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:07,000 Love? 833 00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:12,080 Have you tried it? 834 00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:15,400 Loving until it hurts? 835 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,200 Only to be jilted for some millionaire widow? 836 00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:24,800 A broken... 837 00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:30,000 ..engagement... 838 00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:33,865 ..is the perfect cure 839 00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:36,040 for dangerously romantic tosh. 840 00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,225 I simply want to be safe, 841 00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:46,040 not just from being poor. 842 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:50,480 From feelings. 843 00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:08,825 Fitzwilliam! 844 00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:10,440 You're up next with the doctor. 845 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:20,840 Knee's better, then, Fitzwilliam. 846 00:56:22,120 --> 00:56:23,425 Yes. 847 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:25,385 Thank you. 848 00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:28,985 Only I cannot stop thinking about your theory, Doctor. 849 00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:30,240 Not a theory. 850 00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:32,680 Science! 851 00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:35,145 Tommy. 852 00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:36,385 Carter. 853 00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:37,985 Amy. 854 00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:41,640 So who's next for judicious elimination? 855 00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:45,320 Degenerates - was that the word you used? 856 00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:49,345 Humbleby! 857 00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:51,185 Listen, these, er... 858 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:54,425 These pagan rites that Fitzwilliam and my Bridget 859 00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:56,305 are busy uncovering, 860 00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:57,505 I want them stopped. 861 00:56:57,520 --> 00:56:59,865 - So who's next, Doctor? - Nothing wrong with tradition... 862 00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:02,440 One of the lower races? Me? 863 00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,825 Well, scripture instructs us to rebuke those 864 00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:06,985 who persist in sin. 865 00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:08,585 He who casts the first stone. 866 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:10,065 Mrs Humbleby? 867 00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:12,025 As Wychwood's leading citizen... 868 00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:13,280 Rose? 869 00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:16,905 God has more to worry about... 870 00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:20,625 - So, who is it going to be, Doctor? - ..in Wychwood... 871 00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:21,825 Oh! 872 00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:31,680 Arthur? 873 00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,705 In Wychwood! 874 00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:39,200 Arthur! 875 00:57:48,280 --> 00:57:49,465 Doctor? 876 00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:50,760 Doctor? 877 00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:15,000 *CREDITS*