0:01:22 > 0:01:25WHISPERS ECHO: I love you, I love you...
0:01:47 > 0:01:50EXPLOSIONS ECHO Cyril! Cyril!
0:02:06 > 0:02:09RAINFALL
0:02:14 > 0:02:18The, er...position is for a secretary.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Then the agency shouldn't have given you my name.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22My typing and shorthand isn't good enough.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Assistant, then. - TYPEWRITER CLACKS
0:02:24 > 0:02:26With some minor secretarial duties.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30I sent her all the details. She chose you.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Really?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33You're a teacher?
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Games mistress, yes.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Teachers are good at organising.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Mrs Owen is expecting a lot of guests.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Whereabouts in the country?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43The Devon coast. Soldier Island.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46The coast?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Audrey's been telling me about it from her magazines -
0:02:49 > 0:02:51haven't you, Audrey?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Some Hollywood film star was supposed to have bought it,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57but no, it's Mr and Mrs Owen.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59You've met them?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02No, everything by letter.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03An island?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05By the sea?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Islands are generally by the sea.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11The box, if you please, Audrey.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Erm... I... I don't... Maybe I'm not suited...
0:03:15 > 0:03:18You are who she wants.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21And it's very well-paid.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24There's a permanent position on offer, if you fit the bill.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- Yes, but...- For immediate expenses.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01RECORDING EQUIPMENT BUZZES, ACTOR WARMS UP VOICE
0:05:03 > 0:05:04ACTOR CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:05:04 > 0:05:06And...and this is for a play?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09In the West End?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12And will I be credited in the programme?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Ladies and gentlemen!
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Silence, please!
0:05:24 > 0:05:26You are charged with the following indictments.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33TRAIN ENGINE CHUGS
0:06:28 > 0:06:30TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS
0:06:50 > 0:06:52TYRES SCREECH, CAR HORN BLARES
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Oh, my God! Bloody hell!
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Damn you, you stupid bastard!
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Woo! HE LAUGHS
0:07:31 > 0:07:34CLOCK CHIMES
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Oh, well. Here are the others...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07I'm Miss Claythorne.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Mrs Owen's secretary.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Are you Mr Narracott?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Ain't no-one else holding the sign. Already taken two over.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Fussy old maid and some flashy young lad.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Been in and out of this harbour like a fiddler's elbow.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Sea dogs have their own etiquette.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Well, good afternoon.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29General MacArthur.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Good Lord! What an honour to meet you.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- Wargrave.- Justice Wargrave?
0:08:35 > 0:08:36The honour's all mine, sir.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Retired from justice now.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Mr...?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Lombard. Philip.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44And you, sir?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Davis.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Are you coming, or not?
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Well...shall we?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11This way, just up here...
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Good afternoon!
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Welcome to Soldier Island.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Right. Come along.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Sorry, is there a problem?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Well, that's as far as my fee will take me, sir.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Oh, for God's sake...
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Er... Davis?
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Davis?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27I'd be grateful...
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Of course.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Well, Rogers...
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Our hosts - when can we expect to meet them?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02We should be a full house by tonight, sir.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Ah, afternoon.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Tony Marston.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Well, I look forward to meeting you all at dinner.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15A stiff G&T in my room.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Sir.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Did Mrs Owen leave any instructions for me?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- I'm the secretary.- Only to ensure that you were comfortable
0:13:22 > 0:13:25and had everything you wished for, Miss Claythorne.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Now, if the gentlemen would follow me,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Mrs Rogers will escort the lady.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Well, thank you, Davis...
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Did my friend, Mrs Culmington - Mrs Constance Culmington -
0:13:46 > 0:13:48did she change her plans, do you know?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50No, I'm afraid I don't.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Mmm! Ridiculously vague.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Well, I'm sorry. I only just recently got the job.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58No, no, no, no. Not you, Miss Claythorne.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59I mean, this whole arrangement.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04The Owens invited me here to meet my friend and she's not even here.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Very strange. Very strange indeed.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- Can I help you? Here.- Oh, too kind.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53HE SNIFFS
0:16:28 > 0:16:31GHOSTLY MOAN ECHOES, MACARTHUR GASPS
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Leave me alone.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Look at the state of you.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53I've got to baste my beef.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56And my souffles, Thomas, what about my souffle?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Well, I can't dress her, can I?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Go on.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Was it a childhood affliction?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Your eyes?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17No, madam.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Came on all suddenly.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Oh... Shock, maybe? Sudden change?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Begging your pardon, madam, I don't know.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30You must know.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Begging your pardon, madam, I don't.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I always think it's rather a weakness,
0:17:38 > 0:17:42to be so affected by something in one's circumstances.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Rather indulgent, almost vain.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52We must be strong, Mrs Rogers, especially in these times.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54We must be valiant...
0:17:55 > 0:17:56..and virtuous.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01And we must be Englishwomen.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Yes, madam.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06And a little advice...
0:18:07 > 0:18:11..in future, a splash of Eau de Cologne...
0:18:12 > 0:18:16..before you come upstairs to attend on the ladies.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19I appreciate it's hot, working in the kitchen,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22but there's no need to announce it quite so emphatically.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Beg your pardon, madam.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Tinned goods.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Troops. War. The war.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Tinned goods.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Mmm!
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Judge Wargrave, I'm terribly sorry for the clumsy introduction.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I'm a terrible traveller, completely lose my bearings.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Are we on time?
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Only just.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Ah, sir.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08You're ready sooner than we'd anticipated.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- What's up there? - Just roof space, sir.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Ah, sir - I've been advised
0:19:13 > 0:19:16that the footing isn't particularly sturdy up there.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Best avoided, lest you make an unexpected entrance
0:19:19 > 0:19:21into one of the bedrooms, sir -
0:19:21 > 0:19:22by way of the ceiling.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27May I show you to the drawing room, sir?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Perhaps an aperitif, whilst you await the other guests?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Ah... Mr Davis.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40You look like a man who could use a drink.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Hmm! How very congenial. Perhaps a small...snifter.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Mr Rogers, lead the way.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16MURMUR OF CONVERSATION
0:20:28 > 0:20:30CLATTER
0:20:30 > 0:20:31CLUNK
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Miss?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Is there something you're looking for, Miss?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Because this is the belowstairs, Miss.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08For staff.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Well, I am staff.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Miss, we had very strict instructions
0:21:12 > 0:21:15that you were to be treated as a guest.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Guests don't come below stairs.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21It rather sounds as though you're asking me to leave.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27How many more are you expecting, with the Owens?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30We shall know when they arrive.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34And how will you cope, just the two of you?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Rogers and myself is competent.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38More than.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42So, if you please?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Well done, girl.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17What an idyllic evening.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20The sky!
0:22:20 > 0:22:22How can one not believe in a creator?
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Davis.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Emily Brett.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Edward Armstrong.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41There's one in my room, too.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I imagine there's one in every room.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Well... Soldier Island. It makes sense.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52It's amusing.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I have a strong suspicion our hosts are inclined to whimsy.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00I cannot comment on our hosts.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Good little secretary.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Excuse me.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08We've got off on the wrong foot, haven't we?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11But you do have very pretty legs.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- It would have been remiss not to admire them.- Mr Lombard...
0:23:15 > 0:23:18..you seem to be under the impression that I am a particular kind of woman.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21And I assure you that I am not.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I do not like to be looked at.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27I get instincts about people.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31I've an instinct about you.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35I think you're pretending.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39DOOR OPENS
0:23:39 > 0:23:41A drink, Mr Marston?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Pink gin. Pink as a virgin's blush.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- Didn't catch your name. - Philip Lombard.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Irish. You must know the Corkerons.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Great chums of mine.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Endlessly simpatico.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Anyone who's anyone knows them.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01WARGRAVE AND MACARTHUR CHUCKLE OUTSIDE
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Are you a betting man, Lombard?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08It depends.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09At some point this evening,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12one of those crumbling old roaks will start talking about the war.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16And then he'll ask us both if we aren't damned sorry to have missed the last one
0:24:16 > 0:24:19and how we should be gung ho to do our duty in the next.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Not that there's going to be a next one.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24There's always a next one.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27So, how about it? A bet?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33The odds are too short.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38WARGRAVE AND MACARTHUR CHUCKLE OUTSIDE
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Listen to them. Clinging on.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45They think they still mean something
0:24:45 > 0:24:49but nobody at all would notice, or care, if they just...
0:24:51 > 0:24:54I'm going to be exceptionally charming to them.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Oh, all right, Miss Claythorne.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04If it'll make you happy, I'm sorry for staring.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Mr Lombard,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I doubt you're ever sorry for anything.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Smart girl.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28GONG STRIKES
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Ladies and gentlemen, lobster souffle.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55I hope it isn't too rich.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57I always dine so modestly at home.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I won't, thank you.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Thank you.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09We've met before, you know?
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Oh, forgive me, my memory is not what it was.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Perhaps you gave evidence before me?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17No, no, it wasn't that, I'd remember that.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19It's something else...
0:26:19 > 0:26:21It'll come to me.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23I'm not at all sure about these.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26They look very...pagan.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30They're the ten little soldiers. You know, from the poem.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Hmm. I know it off by heart.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36When I was a little boy, my nanny used to recite it to me.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39I imagine she wanted to terrify me into being good.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Did it work?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Well, I've always been a stickler, yes.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Stickler for the rules.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I was probably a rather dull boy!
0:26:48 > 0:26:51I really can't imagine that, General.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Although, you shouldn't call it a poem, Miss Claythorne.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57It's doggerel.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58Poetry should be uplifting.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00I agree with you, Miss Brent.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Well, that shows how wrong first impressions are.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06I didn't think you were the type of gentleman to appreciate poetry.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08LOMBARD: Mr Davis has hidden depths.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14The souffle is delicious.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Mmm, very light.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29In over 40 years in criminal law, I have come face to face
0:27:29 > 0:27:32with the most depraved examples of mankind and felt no fear.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35But I quail in terror, Miss Claythorne,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38at the thought of young ladies brandishing hockey sticks.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43They're not so bad, Judge. A little over-excited and noisy, sometimes.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Oh, the prerogative of youth.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49And I'm sure you set them a very fine example.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53Sometimes, you dread what filth they're going to serve,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- but this is actually very decent. - The Owens are always generous hosts.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Friends of yours, Mr Davis?
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Business acquaintances.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I'm in tinned goods.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06The firm started off supplying troops with stew.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Tinned goods is what helped us win the war.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12Well, I suppose... I suppose an army marches on its stomach.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13Here we go...
0:28:13 > 0:28:15God, I remember that stew.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18RAMC, I presume, Dr Armstrong?
0:28:18 > 0:28:19That's right.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Clearing stations and then hospitals in Belgium and France.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Perhaps you're being interviewed as well.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Interviewed, General?
0:28:27 > 0:28:33Yes, Mr Owen is an amateur, but very knowledgeable military historian.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34He's writing about France,
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- about the decisive actions on the Front in 1917. - (Oh, for God's sake, it's over.)
0:28:38 > 0:28:41No, I'm, er... I'm just here to get away from it all.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45Interesting man, Mr Owen - and an interesting name.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Ulick Norman.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51How funny. Mrs Owen is Una Nancy...
0:28:51 > 0:28:52Matching initials.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Must confess, I was a little worried about the "Ulick".
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Given the current climate, it might be seen as somewhat... Teutonic.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04You couldn't hope to meet a more patriotic man.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07And what could be more English than "Norman"?
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Oh, it's magical!
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Mrs Rogers has the gift.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25She might look like the undead, but she can definitely cook.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30When might we expect the Owens?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Have they not telephoned?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35There's no telephone on the island, Madam.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Mr Narracott brings messages,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39along with the post and kitchen supplies every morning.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I imagine tomorrow, he will either bring a telegram from the Owens,
0:29:42 > 0:29:44or they will accompany him.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Ah-ah, Rogers, give that Narracott chap a couple of bob,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50ask him to watch my car.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53It's parked up by the harbour.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54The Jensen.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Of course, sir.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59I shall pass on your compliments to Mrs Rogers.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Look here, Davis. The Owens...
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Are they fun-loving types?
0:30:07 > 0:30:08"Fun-loving"?
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Yeah, cos there's something a tad off here.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Now, I had a letter inviting me to a house party.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Pretty young things, you know? Champagne, music...
0:30:18 > 0:30:21And apart from Lombard, who looks like he could cut up a bit lively,
0:30:21 > 0:30:26the rest of you don't really look like fun-loving house party types.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28No offence.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Your car, the Jensen?
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Oh, you saw her? Isn't she a beauty?
0:30:33 > 0:30:35I honestly can't imagine loving a person
0:30:35 > 0:30:38as much as I worship and adore the Jensen.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40You ran me off the road.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42No, I didn't.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45You ran me off the road.
0:30:47 > 0:30:48When?
0:30:48 > 0:30:51I was driving along, minding my own business, when you overtook me -
0:30:51 > 0:30:54going God knows how fast - and you ran me off the road.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Well, I saw someone going at a pitiful speed...
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Now, look here, Marston -
0:30:58 > 0:31:00I think an apology and a handshake between gentlemen
0:31:00 > 0:31:02would be just the thing here.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- But I haven't done anything wrong! - You ran me off the road!
0:31:05 > 0:31:08I might have over-taken you, but my great aunt drives with more zip.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09And if you can't control your car,
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- then you really shouldn't be behind the wheel...- You little shit!
0:31:12 > 0:31:13You ran me off the road
0:31:13 > 0:31:16and then you have the temerity to tell me it's my fault?!
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Careful, old boy. Getting a little red in the face there.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Gentleman, please! There are ladies present.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23I'm sorry.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26It's been a long week.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28You're right, General.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31A handshake between gentlemen.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Come on, Armstrong. Put it there.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37Let's be pals.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09Nearly there.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12Good work, eh?
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Rogers, I'm out of cigarettes.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Yes, sir.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20So, what battles were you involved with, General?
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Well, I served on the North West frontier,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26in South Africa, and of course, in France.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Win any?
0:32:29 > 0:32:32I loathe this convention - leaving men to their cigars and their "stories".
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Convention, Miss Claythorne,
0:32:34 > 0:32:37is what keeps us together in the face of impending chaos.
0:32:39 > 0:32:40Is it time?
0:32:40 > 0:32:42You start serving.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56No, no. No, I'll pour the coffee.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59You must be very busy in the kitchen.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00Miss.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Excellent dinner, Mrs Rogers.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06The Owens are lucky to have you.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09I'll certainly be telling them so.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10Thank you, Madam.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19SPEAKERS FEEDBACK
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Whereabouts is your school?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27I doubt you'd have heard of it. It's not particularly well-known.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Nor particularly good, either.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Why do you say that?
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Otherwise, you would not be needing employment in the summer months.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Their fees are not high enough, nor is their pay.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Not that I disapprove of you seeking employment and being busy -
0:33:40 > 0:33:42far from it.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46But why teach in a third-rate establishment,
0:33:46 > 0:33:49producing third-rate girls?
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Barely worth your time and attention, I would have thought.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55- SPEAKERS FEEDBACK - 'Ladies and gentlemen!
0:33:55 > 0:33:57'Silence, please!'
0:33:57 > 0:33:58Who is that?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01'You are charged with the following indictments.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07'Edward George Armstrong, that you murdered Louisa Mary Clees...'
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- Who is this? - I don't know, sir...
0:34:10 > 0:34:15'Emily Caroline Brent, that you murdered Beatrice Taylor...'
0:34:15 > 0:34:17- Who is this? - What's the meaning of this?
0:34:17 > 0:34:22'William Henry Blore, that you did murder James Stephen Landor...'
0:34:22 > 0:34:24God almighty!
0:34:25 > 0:34:28'Vera Elizabeth Claythorne,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31'that you did murder Cyril Ogilvie Hamilton.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38'Philip Lombard, that you did murder 21 men,
0:34:38 > 0:34:40'members of an East African tribe.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45'John Gordon MacArthur, that you did murder Henry Richmond...'
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Where is this coming from?
0:34:48 > 0:34:53- 'Anthony James Marston, that you did murder John and Lucy Coombes...' - Let's go, Rogers.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55I never heard of them.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58'Lawrence John Wargrave,
0:34:58 > 0:35:02'that you did murder Edward Seton.'
0:35:02 > 0:35:03Get out of my way.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- 'Thomas and Ethel Rogers... - GLASS SMASHES
0:35:05 > 0:35:08'..that you did murder Jennifer Brady.'
0:35:11 > 0:35:15- Thomas?- 'Prisoners at the bar...' - CRASH
0:35:15 > 0:35:16'..how do you plead?'
0:35:18 > 0:35:20RECORD REVOLVES
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Oh... Mrs Rogers?
0:35:42 > 0:35:44- She just took a turn. - I'll go fetch my bag.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47- She'll be all right. - I'll be the judge of that.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- A record?- It's called Swan Song.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53What the hell are they playing at?
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Huh? What the hell are they playing at?
0:35:56 > 0:35:58- Get off me! - The damn Owens, what's their game?
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Put him down, Marston, he doesn't know them. He's not Davis.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15I'm Blore.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Detective Sergeant William Blore.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19How did you know?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Instinct.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24I need a drink.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Really! These grotesque, false accusations!
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Indeed, General!
0:36:31 > 0:36:34We should wait for the doctor and Rogers.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36We should wait until everyone is together.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Well said, Tubs. Let's all listen to the policeman.
0:36:49 > 0:36:50Miss Claythorne?
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Here.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20It's mild, but it will help you sleep.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37I suspect, Rogers, that there are questions about our hosts
0:37:37 > 0:37:39that only you can answer.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Yes, sir.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44A few minutes, then, to settle your wife.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Sir.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53I told you!
0:37:55 > 0:37:57I told you... SHE WHIMPERS
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Pull yourself together, woman!
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Stop flapping your trap, you dozy bitch.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06Thank you.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07Rogers is coming.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Well, Rogers?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18See... "On my instructions...
0:38:18 > 0:38:20"Put the record on at such a time".
0:38:20 > 0:38:24We were told it was to be a surprise, a party game.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Some party game! - But you were in the room with us.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30There's a delay on the record.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Somebody went to a lot of time and expense.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36If I'd known what was on the record,
0:38:36 > 0:38:38I'd never have been a part of it.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42What is said about me and Mrs Rogers? Never!
0:38:42 > 0:38:43Nothing in it, then?
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Miss Brady were like family to us.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49'We did everything for her.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52'She weren't well. Frail as a bird.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56'But on account of how she left us a small legacy...
0:38:56 > 0:38:59'Well, some folk will say anything to hurt.'
0:38:59 > 0:39:02MISS BRADY WHIMPERS, GASPS FOR AIR
0:39:13 > 0:39:15HE PANTS
0:39:24 > 0:39:28There's a lot of jealousy amongst domestic service, I'm afraid to say.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32Below stairs is very often a nest of vipers.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36Thank you, Rogers. We'll ring if we require anything further.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46I've had more than my fair share of lazy and vindictive staff.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- I believe Rogers. - Doesn't make any sense.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54I've never even met a John and Lucy Coombes.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Malicious nonsense.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Louise Clees was a surgical patient.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04It was risky, there were complications. Everyone knew that.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07But the moment anything goes wrong, it's "blame the bloody surgeon".
0:40:07 > 0:40:09No-one's blaming you, Doctor.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10Well, someone is!
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Henry Richmond was one of my finest young officers,
0:40:14 > 0:40:19who fell in the pursuit of his gallant duty for King and Country.
0:40:19 > 0:40:24It is repugnant that these vile rumours should be given credence...
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Repugnant!
0:40:26 > 0:40:27Edward Seton was guilty.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33I was party to evidence that was not admissible before the court.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35But he was guilty.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40The only time I laid hands on Landor was to put handcuffs on him.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42He was a degenerate and a drunk.
0:40:43 > 0:40:44He choked on his own puke.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Cyril... The little boy...
0:40:50 > 0:40:51I was his governess.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56He wasn't supposed to swim, he wasn't strong.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01But he sneaked off and I...
0:41:02 > 0:41:03I wasn't a good enough swimmer.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07I just wasn't good enough.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10I tried.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12I really tried to save him.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16His poor mother was broken, she was so broken.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20I... I had to be rescued.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I almost drowned.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Who could say something like this?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Some sort of vicious joke.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Well, if that's your sense of humour,
0:41:30 > 0:41:31there's something wrong with your wiring.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Time for the funny farm.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35It was pinpoint accurate about me.
0:41:37 > 0:41:3821 men?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42I always thought someone would blab.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47It's amazing how people get an attack of conscience
0:41:47 > 0:41:50when they're safely tucked away in their beds.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53FLAMES CRACKLE DISTANT SCREAMS
0:42:06 > 0:42:07EMILY: You terrible man!
0:42:08 > 0:42:11You terrible, terrible man!
0:42:11 > 0:42:13It's people like you -
0:42:13 > 0:42:15men like you -
0:42:15 > 0:42:18that put our missionaries in such danger!
0:42:18 > 0:42:23Oh, your missionaries, with their God and their syphilis!
0:42:23 > 0:42:27I am not the only white killer in Africa, Miss Brent.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Lombard, you, sir, are a bloody butcher!
0:42:29 > 0:42:32And I'm holding my hands up to it.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36So, either I'm embellishing a story for shocking effect,
0:42:36 > 0:42:40or I'm the only one telling the truth in a room full of liars.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- How dare you!- Take that back, sir!
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- WARGRAVE:- Enough, please, ladies and gentlemen. Enough!
0:42:45 > 0:42:47What good can it do?
0:42:47 > 0:42:49My feeling is that we should retire
0:42:49 > 0:42:52and be ready to leave tomorrow with Mr Narracott.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54What if the Owens are with him?
0:42:54 > 0:42:57We confront them, but we leave.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03And despite Mr Lombard's devastating confession...
0:43:05 > 0:43:07..we are all victims of a cruel hoax.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12We shouldn't these dignify these accusations with any more debate.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- Agreed?- Certainly.- Hear, hear.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18John and Lucy Coombes - they must have been those two kids.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23I mean, what sort of parents let kids play out in the dark, for God's sake?
0:43:23 > 0:43:25It's completely irresponsible.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30I lost my license for six months. It was a terrific nuisance.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Oh, you were driving, were you? What a surprise(!)
0:43:33 > 0:43:35It was jolly bad luck, that's all.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41No, I didn't stand a chance.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56Those poor children...
0:43:56 > 0:43:58You're a bloody maniac, Marston!
0:43:58 > 0:44:00I wasn't even driving that fast.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02You can't, not in England.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05It's not like the Continent. I mean, they understand motoring over there.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08Say what you like about the Krauts, but their roads are magnificent.
0:44:08 > 0:44:09The Jensen loves them.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12I can really open her up and let her rip.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14HE CHUCKLES
0:44:14 > 0:44:16MARSTON WHEEZES, COUGHS
0:44:16 > 0:44:20- GLASS DROPS - All right?- He's choking!
0:44:20 > 0:44:22MARSTON CHOKES
0:44:22 > 0:44:24He's bleeding!
0:44:24 > 0:44:26- Get him down!- Get him off me!
0:44:46 > 0:44:47He's dead.
0:44:51 > 0:44:57(Heavenly father, watch over this soul in torment and protect us...)
0:45:11 > 0:45:13Armstrong.
0:45:13 > 0:45:14Come here.
0:45:26 > 0:45:27Ah.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32Well, perhaps we ought to get rid of the stimulant,
0:45:32 > 0:45:34out of respect to the family.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36Don't want to cause a scandal.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39It's a police matter now, Doctor.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42Same set of rules, if you're posh or not.
0:45:44 > 0:45:45Very well.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11We're damned, Thomas.
0:46:13 > 0:46:14We're damned.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20We're going to hell!
0:46:22 > 0:46:23SHE CRIES OUT
0:46:26 > 0:46:29MRS ROGERS SOBS
0:46:36 > 0:46:39KNOCKING AT DOOR
0:46:43 > 0:46:44Yes?
0:46:52 > 0:46:54Who is it?
0:46:54 > 0:46:57FLOORBOARDS CREAK
0:46:59 > 0:47:00DOOR OPENS
0:47:49 > 0:47:50ECHOING: Doctor, please!
0:47:50 > 0:47:52Don't touch me.
0:47:52 > 0:47:53I know what I'm doing.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28KNOCKING AT DOOR
0:48:28 > 0:48:31HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:48:38 > 0:48:40Dr Armstrong?
0:48:40 > 0:48:43Yes? What is it?
0:48:43 > 0:48:44Can you come, please?
0:48:59 > 0:49:01She's been dead for some hours.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07I'll, er...
0:49:07 > 0:49:10I'll inform the others not to expect too much in the way of breakfast,
0:49:10 > 0:49:12given the circumstances.
0:49:13 > 0:49:14No, sir.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Full breakfast will be provided.
0:49:22 > 0:49:23Good man.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27Best not to dwell. Keep busy.
0:50:14 > 0:50:15Dr Armstrong.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19I heard you get up.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22Has Mrs Rogers got worse?
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Somewhat. She's dead.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26- Dead?- Died in her sleep.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29It was quite peaceful. Nothing to be alarmed about.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Wait.
0:50:32 > 0:50:33Wait, I, er...
0:50:33 > 0:50:36I came down here to wait for you and I saw this. Please.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Bit late for the kiss of life, Tubs.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52Smart arse, you are.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54Have a sniff yourself.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58- There were ten of them.- From the nursery rhyme, the poem? Yes.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01Yes. Count them for me, please, Dr Armstrong.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06There are eight, aren't there?
0:51:06 > 0:51:09Eight figures for the eight people here.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12Tell me I'm right.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14Please tell me I'm right!
0:51:14 > 0:51:17I'm sure there is a perfectly rational explanation for this.
0:51:21 > 0:51:22Almonds.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24Almonds be buggered.
0:51:24 > 0:51:25Cyanide.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31I trust you're not going to unravel on us, Miss Claythorne.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33Hysterical women are so boring.
0:51:43 > 0:51:47ECHOING: Thank you for trying, thank you for trying, thank you, thank you,
0:51:47 > 0:51:51thank you for trying, oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God...'
0:51:57 > 0:51:59'I want to swim to the rocks!'
0:51:59 > 0:52:02Cyril, darling, you know you can't. You're not strong enough.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04- I am!- Cyril, behave yourself.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06Listen to Miss Claythorne, dearest.
0:52:06 > 0:52:07NO!
0:52:07 > 0:52:10That's incredibly naughty! I'm so sorry, Miss Claythorne.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Oh, dear. He's getting all worked up.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15Cyril, you'll make yourself ill.
0:52:15 > 0:52:16What's all this, now?
0:52:17 > 0:52:19Uncle Hugo!
0:52:19 > 0:52:23I can hear you shouting from miles away, you young rascal.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25Oh, thank heavens - in the nick of time.
0:52:25 > 0:52:28Olivia, you look absolutely radiant, as ever.
0:52:28 > 0:52:32Empty flattery. I'm completely raddled and utterly hideous.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36I don't believe I've had the pleasure.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38Hugo, this is Miss Claythorne,
0:52:38 > 0:52:41who was doing so much to help Cyril in the schoolroom.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38DOOR SHUTS
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Have you been for a paddle, General?
0:53:45 > 0:53:46What are you, Lombard?
0:53:49 > 0:53:50A mercenary?
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Gun for hire?
0:53:53 > 0:53:55A soldier?
0:53:56 > 0:54:02Not from any army I'd recognise, but still, a soldier of sorts.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04You don't need to worry about what I am.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08There's always a moment, isn't there?
0:54:08 > 0:54:13Before the attack, the advance, the bombardment, the chaos...
0:54:15 > 0:54:17A moment of absolute calm.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21Listen...
0:54:22 > 0:54:26Doesn't this feel like that moment?
0:54:31 > 0:54:33I was never a man for calm, General.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39We can't see the harbour from here.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Which means they can't see us.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45We are cut off.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Rats in a barrel.
0:54:50 > 0:54:55This is the peace before the carnage.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05People do not just die for no reason!
0:55:05 > 0:55:08They die because something was done to them by someone.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10There's a Fenian sat over there with a bloody gun!
0:55:10 > 0:55:13No-one's coming for us. This is the end.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15Don't you dare touch my possessions!
0:55:15 > 0:55:16What have you got to hide?
0:55:16 > 0:55:20The whole morning, clearing up guts - you've got some right brass neck.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23We are all being hunted.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26There's someone else on this island,
0:55:26 > 0:55:29and when I find him, I'm going to make him number 22.