Too Much to Swallow

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0:00:38 > 0:00:39Morning, big boy.

0:00:41 > 0:00:45Fancy a repeat performance before you get off?

0:00:45 > 0:00:46Len...?

0:00:47 > 0:00:48Come on, Len...

0:00:50 > 0:00:51Len...?

0:00:54 > 0:00:57No!

0:00:57 > 0:00:58Ahh!

0:01:00 > 0:01:03Oh...oh...

0:01:15 > 0:01:20Mrs Parkins? It's Dr Haskey, from the Campus Surgery.

0:01:20 > 0:01:22Yes... Sorry to hear your news.

0:01:22 > 0:01:24Is he upstairs?

0:01:24 > 0:01:26Who?

0:01:26 > 0:01:27Your husband?

0:01:27 > 0:01:30Len? No, he's away. At work.

0:01:33 > 0:01:34Mr...Len Parkins?

0:01:35 > 0:01:37Yes, that's him.

0:01:37 > 0:01:41Right, I could be wrong here. I hope I am. It's just that...

0:01:41 > 0:01:43I was told to come and certify...

0:01:43 > 0:01:45Certify what?

0:01:45 > 0:01:47His death.

0:01:48 > 0:01:51It did seem a bit strange at the time, our records say that he lives,

0:01:51 > 0:01:57lived here at number 1, then I was told to report at number 9.

0:02:00 > 0:02:02Extra strong for me...

0:02:02 > 0:02:03Sorry?

0:02:03 > 0:02:06Coffee. If you're making... Oh, this is intolerable!

0:02:06 > 0:02:07Whoa, what's up with you? Gloria.

0:02:07 > 0:02:10She's sucking the life out of me...like a limpet!

0:02:10 > 0:02:13And the talking, my Lord, the talking... Right...

0:02:13 > 0:02:14Incessant. From the moment she gets up.

0:02:14 > 0:02:17She's talking on the lavatory, she's talking in her sleep.

0:02:17 > 0:02:19She's giving herself pep talks

0:02:19 > 0:02:22when she should be concentrating on the matter in hand!

0:02:22 > 0:02:25I just can't take it any more. What do you mean?

0:02:25 > 0:02:28I'm going to end it, for sanity's sake.

0:02:28 > 0:02:29You can't finish with her.

0:02:29 > 0:02:32Thank you for your concern but my mind is made up.

0:02:32 > 0:02:34No, because I'm going to dump Sigourney.

0:02:34 > 0:02:36Why?

0:02:36 > 0:02:39Because... things aren't working out.

0:02:39 > 0:02:42Teething problems. At least you're getting some.

0:02:42 > 0:02:44Yes, but with inappropriate match commentary.

0:02:44 > 0:02:46It's got to be done today.

0:02:49 > 0:02:50HE SIGHS

0:02:54 > 0:02:56Did you call about a Mr Len Parkins?

0:02:56 > 0:02:58Are you the doctor? Yes. Dr Haskey.

0:02:58 > 0:02:59He's up here.

0:03:08 > 0:03:10We went to bed early last night.

0:03:11 > 0:03:14Len was a bit breathless in bed,

0:03:14 > 0:03:16grunting more than usual.

0:03:16 > 0:03:19And then this morning you found him like this?

0:03:19 > 0:03:22I tried to rouse him, in several ways, you know, but...

0:03:23 > 0:03:28I'm so sorry, I, er...

0:03:28 > 0:03:30Maggie! We never intended for this...

0:03:30 > 0:03:33Maybe that isn't the best course of action right now.

0:03:39 > 0:03:41OK, Mr Davies.

0:03:41 > 0:03:43Heston! Kevin?

0:03:43 > 0:03:46We can't dump a mother and daughter on the same day, it's horrible.

0:03:46 > 0:03:50Can't you wait a few weeks? A few weeks?! Are you insane?

0:03:50 > 0:03:51A week then, tops.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54Look, you like Sigourney, she's an attractive girl,

0:03:54 > 0:03:56thankfully not like her mother.

0:03:56 > 0:04:00You only want to do this because of your shortcomings, not hers.

0:04:00 > 0:04:03Yes, I like Sigourney. But this is really getting to me.

0:04:03 > 0:04:05I've never had this problem before.

0:04:05 > 0:04:08I can't stand another day of this. That's exactly how I feel.

0:04:08 > 0:04:10So this is about your vanity not my sanity?

0:04:10 > 0:04:12It's not as basic as that!

0:04:12 > 0:04:14Well, I'm doing it and if you're worried about it, don't!

0:04:14 > 0:04:15Mrs Crilley...

0:04:17 > 0:04:18Thank you.

0:04:22 > 0:04:23Mrs Parkins.

0:04:23 > 0:04:25I've examined your husband.

0:04:25 > 0:04:27Was it his heart?

0:04:27 > 0:04:31It may well have been, but because he hasn't been seen by a doctor

0:04:31 > 0:04:35for a few weeks, and because it was unexpected, I've called the coroner.

0:04:35 > 0:04:36The coroner?

0:04:36 > 0:04:38I'm aware of his heart condition,

0:04:38 > 0:04:41but in circumstances such as these, we have to call them.

0:04:41 > 0:04:43Oh, I see.

0:04:43 > 0:04:45Now, um...about your neighbour.

0:04:45 > 0:04:49Maggie! I'm so, so sorry!

0:04:49 > 0:04:51Do you want me to...?

0:04:51 > 0:04:54Maggie...!

0:04:54 > 0:04:58What on earth is going on? I loved him!

0:04:58 > 0:05:00Mrs Williams?

0:05:00 > 0:05:02It's Len, he's dead.

0:05:03 > 0:05:06I'm so sorry you had to find out like this.

0:05:08 > 0:05:09Mrs Williams...!

0:05:09 > 0:05:13Oh, what has she said? Nothing, she's in shock.

0:05:13 > 0:05:15What's going on? Who are you?

0:05:15 > 0:05:18Ravi Jophal, a neighbour.

0:05:18 > 0:05:21There's been an incident. It's Mr Parkins.

0:05:21 > 0:05:23I'm sorry he's dead.

0:05:23 > 0:05:26I didn't want this.

0:05:26 > 0:05:30You shouldn't have had to find out like this but it was love...

0:05:30 > 0:05:31Mrs Williams, please.

0:05:31 > 0:05:34SHE SOBS Is she talking about her and Len?

0:05:34 > 0:05:36I'm afraid she is.

0:05:36 > 0:05:37Look, would you mind?

0:05:37 > 0:05:40I need to call the authorities, and arrange things.

0:05:40 > 0:05:41Of course. Thank you.

0:05:48 > 0:05:50Yeah?

0:05:50 > 0:05:55I was just wondering where you're whisking me off to lunch.

0:05:55 > 0:05:58I'm afraid I'm going to have to cancel, I've got to sort out

0:05:58 > 0:06:00this rota.

0:06:00 > 0:06:01Rota?

0:06:01 > 0:06:03Yeah, Howard's asked me to have a scan through.

0:06:03 > 0:06:05Isn't that his job?

0:06:05 > 0:06:08Normally...thank you. But he's a bit snowed under.

0:06:08 > 0:06:12That man is ridiculous! What's the matter with him now?

0:06:12 > 0:06:14Busy, he's got polyclinic business,

0:06:14 > 0:06:16rejecting proposals, that kind of thing.

0:06:16 > 0:06:19So he dumps it on you like you're one of his minions.

0:06:19 > 0:06:22I wouldn't consider trying to keep the practice afloat with

0:06:22 > 0:06:24both our money tied up in it a triviality.

0:06:24 > 0:06:26Nor would I.

0:06:26 > 0:06:28I'm just saying we need to pull together a little bit.

0:06:28 > 0:06:32Keep the team together, maintain positive relationships. I don't want any staff jumping ship.

0:06:32 > 0:06:35My relationships are fine, thank you.

0:06:35 > 0:06:37Really? A bit dodgy with Al

0:06:37 > 0:06:40and I've lost count how many times you've fallen out with Karen.

0:06:40 > 0:06:43It is not my fault if they don't understand me.

0:06:43 > 0:06:46It's awkward with Jimmi. And whose fault is that?

0:06:46 > 0:06:47Emma?

0:06:49 > 0:06:53Women like that never like me. So, why not take her out for lunch?

0:06:53 > 0:06:57You are joking?! Seeing as you're at a loose end.

0:06:57 > 0:06:58Not that loose!

0:06:58 > 0:07:01It wouldn't hurt to have her on side, Zara.

0:07:03 > 0:07:08OK, if I must. No further probing about Howard, OK?

0:07:10 > 0:07:13As if I would. I'm serious. Be nice!

0:07:16 > 0:07:20No! You're joking me?! Dead in bed with another woman?

0:07:20 > 0:07:25No, I'm not joking you. Now, if you don't mind, what do the records say?

0:07:25 > 0:07:30Oh...poor sedentary lifestyle and diet, raised BP on his last visit.

0:07:30 > 0:07:35Two heart attacks, one in 2011 and another one earlier this year.

0:07:35 > 0:07:40And a cardiac appointment two weeks ago at St Phils.

0:07:40 > 0:07:41Right.

0:07:42 > 0:07:45What was the name of the, er, other woman?

0:07:45 > 0:07:47Rose Williams.

0:07:49 > 0:07:519 Stanford? Yeah, that's the one.

0:07:53 > 0:07:55I knew I recognised her name when she called.

0:07:55 > 0:07:59Wasn't there some suspicion about her husband?

0:07:59 > 0:08:03What? Yeah, her first husband died in mysterious circumstances.

0:08:03 > 0:08:05Please, Karen, no cliches.

0:08:05 > 0:08:07I'm not messing.

0:08:07 > 0:08:10Rose Williams' husband died and then a couple of months later

0:08:10 > 0:08:14her fancy man pops off. She may be a black widow?

0:08:14 > 0:08:17Yeah, as much as I love hearing about your Cluedo theories

0:08:17 > 0:08:19this woman has got the grieving turned up to 11.

0:08:19 > 0:08:22Well, sometimes people protest too much.

0:08:22 > 0:08:26Thank you Fraulein Freud, but I think you're barking up the wrong tree.

0:08:26 > 0:08:28Maybe I'm not the one who's barking.

0:08:32 > 0:08:33HE SIGHS

0:08:35 > 0:08:39Emma. Zara, what can I do for you?

0:08:39 > 0:08:43I was just wondering what you are doing today?

0:08:43 > 0:08:46I can't cover for anyone, I've got a Police Surgeon shift tonight.

0:08:46 > 0:08:48I don't need you to do anything for me,

0:08:48 > 0:08:50I was just wondering if you fancied lunch?

0:08:52 > 0:08:54With you?

0:08:54 > 0:08:55Yes, with me.

0:08:55 > 0:08:58If this is about Howard, then no, I don't fancy it.

0:08:59 > 0:09:03Look, I really would like to get to know you a bit more.

0:09:03 > 0:09:06I know I was a little off with you yesterday.

0:09:06 > 0:09:07Yes, you were.

0:09:10 > 0:09:12Apology accepted.

0:09:14 > 0:09:17We really do need to sort this out sooner or later.

0:09:18 > 0:09:22In that case, I'll meet you after the clinic...?

0:09:22 > 0:09:24Looking forward to it.

0:09:28 > 0:09:30SHE SIGHS

0:09:35 > 0:09:36MAGGIE!

0:09:36 > 0:09:39Rose, no. Mrs Williams, please, not now.

0:09:39 > 0:09:42This isn't the way you were supposed to find out.

0:09:42 > 0:09:45Find him dead in your bed? Just get away from me.

0:09:45 > 0:09:47I think that's probably for the best.

0:09:47 > 0:09:50I loved him. He would never have loved you!

0:09:51 > 0:09:52Len!

0:09:53 > 0:09:55SHE SOBS

0:09:55 > 0:09:57Mrs Parkins, are you OK?

0:09:57 > 0:10:00Fine, thank you. I just had to get out for a while.

0:10:01 > 0:10:03Do you need me to hang around?

0:10:03 > 0:10:04No, thanks...

0:10:04 > 0:10:05I'll be fine.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12Len came over at 7, as planned.

0:10:14 > 0:10:18I'd done us a lovely meal to celebrate our six-month anniversary.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21Oh, right, so...so you'd been together quite a while?

0:10:21 > 0:10:26Yes, it was just wonderful. He was so lovely!

0:10:26 > 0:10:29How did that work... explaining it away?

0:10:29 > 0:10:33Len works...worked in haulage, often away.

0:10:33 > 0:10:35Right.

0:10:35 > 0:10:37We were in love, doctor!

0:10:37 > 0:10:39I know you think it's wrong.

0:10:41 > 0:10:44I must be jinxed. Doomed to be alone...

0:10:44 > 0:10:46How so?

0:10:46 > 0:10:48They keep dying on me.

0:10:48 > 0:10:52First off me husband, then my fiance Ted...

0:10:52 > 0:10:54Everyone says it.

0:10:55 > 0:10:59Mrs Williams, were you aware that Len had a heart condition?

0:10:59 > 0:11:02No...he never mentioned anything.

0:11:03 > 0:11:06Len were as fit as a fiddle in the bedroom!

0:11:08 > 0:11:12And now I'll never hold him like that again.

0:11:12 > 0:11:13No.

0:11:14 > 0:11:16LOUNGE MUSIC IN BACKGROUND

0:11:19 > 0:11:22Have anything you like, my treat.

0:11:22 > 0:11:24I'll just have something quick.

0:11:29 > 0:11:33Look, no talking about work, no talk about Howard,

0:11:33 > 0:11:36just two colleagues getting to know each other.

0:11:37 > 0:11:38OK.

0:11:41 > 0:11:43So...

0:11:45 > 0:11:46SHE SIGHS

0:11:50 > 0:11:52How's...?

0:11:52 > 0:11:53Widowhood?

0:11:55 > 0:11:56SHE CHUCKLES

0:11:56 > 0:11:58Well...yes.

0:11:59 > 0:12:01I'm so glad you said it first!

0:12:03 > 0:12:05So, how ARE you coping?

0:12:07 > 0:12:09BOTH LAUGH

0:12:12 > 0:12:14BELL RINGS

0:12:14 > 0:12:15Afternoon...

0:12:15 > 0:12:17Oh, hello, Heston.

0:12:17 > 0:12:18Are you here for a lunchtime facial?

0:12:18 > 0:12:21Nice thought, I'm here to see your mother.

0:12:21 > 0:12:25Oh, right, she's just in the back. Mum! Heston for you!

0:12:28 > 0:12:30HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

0:12:30 > 0:12:31Oh what a lovely surprise!

0:12:31 > 0:12:33Why didn't you tell me you were popping in?

0:12:33 > 0:12:36I'd have made an effort. Do you have a few moments?

0:12:36 > 0:12:38I've been rushed off my feet, so yes,

0:12:38 > 0:12:41I could do with a break. Come through.

0:12:46 > 0:12:51Oh...hectic day. Just dispatched the last of a hen party!

0:12:51 > 0:12:54Off to Prague, apparently.

0:12:54 > 0:12:55SHE CHUCKLES

0:12:55 > 0:12:59I'm glad to help primp and preen, but strikes me as odd wanting to be

0:12:59 > 0:13:02all neat, collared and cuffed, for an all-girls weekend.

0:13:02 > 0:13:06Indeed. Still, keeps the coffers ringing.

0:13:06 > 0:13:09Talking of which, I thought we might have a little treat,

0:13:09 > 0:13:11maybe next weekend?

0:13:11 > 0:13:15Cosy cottage, long walks, log fires...

0:13:15 > 0:13:18now that the nights are properly drawing in?

0:13:18 > 0:13:19I've got this friend Alison,

0:13:19 > 0:13:22she's got a stunning little place down near Worcester.

0:13:22 > 0:13:24Says we can have it, "just for the bills".

0:13:24 > 0:13:26What do you think?

0:13:26 > 0:13:31I'm not sure about next weekend... You'll love it! Just us two!

0:13:31 > 0:13:34We can leave the young ones to sort things out.

0:13:34 > 0:13:37Has Kevin said any more about his problem?

0:13:37 > 0:13:42Gloria... No, see, I was chatting to a pal of mine, her husband's had similar issues...

0:13:42 > 0:13:43Gloria, look...

0:13:43 > 0:13:48She says a long hot soak in a bath helped inflate things for him.

0:13:48 > 0:13:52Gloria, I need to talk to you... Still, it's not just the oldsters that have the problems, is it?

0:13:52 > 0:13:57Maybe we could have an early night and show them how it's done?

0:13:57 > 0:13:58Not sure about tonight...

0:13:58 > 0:14:00Mum, Denise about the wedding.

0:14:00 > 0:14:02Oh, just coming.

0:14:02 > 0:14:05I won't be a sec Heston, tricky bride, she's got an allergy!

0:14:05 > 0:14:09I haven't got long, I'm on lunch... Does that look wonky to you?

0:14:15 > 0:14:20Maggie, I brought you this. For the shock.

0:14:20 > 0:14:21Thank you.

0:14:21 > 0:14:24And if there is anything else I can do, please ask.

0:14:24 > 0:14:26PHONE RINGS

0:14:26 > 0:14:27Here, let me.

0:14:27 > 0:14:30PHONE CONTINUES RINGING

0:14:30 > 0:14:34'Maggie, it's Rose. This isn't going to go away.'

0:14:34 > 0:14:37You killed my husband. Live with it!

0:14:40 > 0:14:43Um...um...

0:14:45 > 0:14:47She's on about peach!

0:14:47 > 0:14:50Peach?! When did you last see that on a bride?

0:14:50 > 0:14:53And with auburn hair? It'll wash her out completely.

0:14:53 > 0:14:55She's not thinking right.

0:14:55 > 0:14:57Gloria, can we talk? I need to be back at the surgery.

0:14:57 > 0:15:00Mind you, she's never thought right regarding that fella.

0:15:00 > 0:15:02It's been off from the start.

0:15:02 > 0:15:04She's a line-dancing lump

0:15:04 > 0:15:08and he prefers to sit in his garret fiddling with his Xbox.

0:15:08 > 0:15:11Gloria... Still, who am I to criticise?

0:15:11 > 0:15:14If she wants to go running headlong into a doomed relationship,

0:15:14 > 0:15:19who's going to stop her? Oh, my feet are killing me.

0:15:19 > 0:15:22I knew I should have plumped for more of a mule in here,

0:15:22 > 0:15:24plays havoc with your feet this lino...

0:15:24 > 0:15:25SHUT UP...!

0:15:27 > 0:15:27Please!

0:15:29 > 0:15:33Sorry, Heston...was I going on?

0:15:33 > 0:15:34Gloria...

0:15:36 > 0:15:38This relationship isn't working.

0:15:38 > 0:15:42No, Heston, don't be silly, it's wonderful.

0:15:42 > 0:15:44Not for me, it isn't.

0:15:44 > 0:15:46Why? What have I done?

0:15:46 > 0:15:52Gloria, nothing...I'm not ready to commit at the moment

0:15:52 > 0:15:56and I'd just be leading you on...

0:15:56 > 0:15:58But we're having such a lovely time.

0:15:58 > 0:16:01Well, all good things come to an end.

0:16:03 > 0:16:09What about Worcester? And I've got some haddock in for our tea.

0:16:09 > 0:16:11It'll freeze, won't it?

0:16:11 > 0:16:14SOBBING: But I'm just a woman, sitting in front of a man,

0:16:14 > 0:16:16asking to be loved.

0:16:16 > 0:16:20That was Denise, you've talked her...out of peach...

0:16:20 > 0:16:22I really should be going.

0:16:24 > 0:16:28Please, Heston. We can make it work!

0:16:31 > 0:16:33Sorry.

0:16:35 > 0:16:37SHE SOBS

0:16:37 > 0:16:38Sorry.

0:16:40 > 0:16:41Hey, come here...

0:16:45 > 0:16:49I am so tired of the patients' sympathetic looks.

0:16:49 > 0:16:52Don't get me wrong, I miss Sam dreadfully

0:16:52 > 0:16:55but my grief is private, you know.

0:16:55 > 0:16:58I do know, I can't stand all that faux empathy!

0:16:58 > 0:17:01When I was away with Joe, everybody was always asking me, where's his father,

0:17:01 > 0:17:03why isn't he around?

0:17:03 > 0:17:07They seemed to shut up when I told them I was an inseminated lesbian!

0:17:07 > 0:17:09You didn't?

0:17:09 > 0:17:10I bloody did.

0:17:10 > 0:17:12BOTH LAUGH

0:17:12 > 0:17:14You know, I think I will join you in that drink.

0:17:14 > 0:17:15It does help.

0:17:17 > 0:17:20I do admire how you've handled everything.

0:17:20 > 0:17:22I don't know what I would do if I lost Daniel in the same way.

0:17:22 > 0:17:24You can't know until it happens.

0:17:25 > 0:17:29You just get... Well, you lose yourself in a world of pain.

0:17:29 > 0:17:34I still feel it, but I suppose it just takes time.

0:17:36 > 0:17:38You know what it is time for? It is

0:17:38 > 0:17:41time for you to rid yourself of your widow's weeds.

0:17:41 > 0:17:44Sorry? We should go on a shopping trip this afternoon.

0:17:44 > 0:17:49Shopping? Paperwork can wait. You need an update. It's a little beige.

0:17:49 > 0:17:50Have you ever had a makeover?

0:17:50 > 0:17:52No.

0:17:52 > 0:17:54It is amazing what an overhaul can do for the soul.

0:17:54 > 0:17:57I'm a little...beige?

0:17:58 > 0:18:01No. No, not you.

0:18:02 > 0:18:05Emma, obviously your clothes are...

0:18:05 > 0:18:07PHONE RINGS

0:18:09 > 0:18:14Daniel? Yes, hi. Yes, everything is fine.

0:18:14 > 0:18:16Everything is fine. We are having a LOVELY lunch!

0:18:20 > 0:18:21KNOCKING

0:18:21 > 0:18:24Sorry to interrupt your lunch, but Mrs Williams wants a word.

0:18:24 > 0:18:26Sure, come in.

0:18:26 > 0:18:28I killed him, didn't I, doctor?

0:18:30 > 0:18:34OK, I think I can take it from here, thank you, Karen.

0:18:39 > 0:18:42So, what makes you think you killed him?

0:18:42 > 0:18:47Well, he wasn't well and we went a bit over the top in bed last night.

0:18:47 > 0:18:50I wouldn't have done that if I'd have known.

0:18:50 > 0:18:53I can't bear the thought that I might be responsible!

0:18:53 > 0:18:56I highly doubt a little bit of night-time activity would have

0:18:56 > 0:18:57done this to him.

0:18:57 > 0:19:01I do find it a little bit peculiar he didn't tell you about his medical condition.

0:19:02 > 0:19:03He was a bloke.

0:19:05 > 0:19:09What was his diet like? I'm ashamed to admit it now.

0:19:09 > 0:19:10Admit what...?

0:19:11 > 0:19:16Pie and chips, sticky toffee, beer, cheese, wine.

0:19:16 > 0:19:17All the good stuff, hey.

0:19:17 > 0:19:19Stupid, stupid me!

0:19:19 > 0:19:22How so?

0:19:22 > 0:19:24I wanted to make it special, our night.

0:19:24 > 0:19:27I wanted to keep him interested.

0:19:27 > 0:19:29What makes you think he wasn't?

0:19:29 > 0:19:31I didn't want to be alone.

0:19:31 > 0:19:33Thought he were going back to his wife, properly.

0:19:33 > 0:19:37Was going to end it... and I couldn't bear it, not again.

0:19:40 > 0:19:42Maggie were making a special effort...I saw her out

0:19:42 > 0:19:44shopping last week.

0:19:44 > 0:19:46It were Len's birthday and she were going to cook him

0:19:46 > 0:19:50all his favourites. I just got jealous.

0:19:50 > 0:19:52Pie and chips?

0:19:52 > 0:19:53And sticky toffee.

0:19:54 > 0:19:55I see.

0:19:58 > 0:20:00Emma, come on!

0:20:00 > 0:20:02Thanks for lunch, but I really need to get home.

0:20:02 > 0:20:05Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insult you.

0:20:05 > 0:20:08I let my mouth run away with me. It's fine, honestly.

0:20:08 > 0:20:09No, it's not.

0:20:09 > 0:20:13You don't have to pretend. You've made the effort.

0:20:13 > 0:20:15So now you can report back to the powers that be that

0:20:15 > 0:20:18we're on better terms.

0:20:18 > 0:20:20OK, maybe that was the intention,

0:20:20 > 0:20:24but insulting you to one side, I've actually enjoyed your company.

0:20:28 > 0:20:30Maybe my wardrobe is stuck in a rut

0:20:30 > 0:20:32and I probably should do something about it.

0:20:32 > 0:20:35And since you have the uncanny knack of saying things to me

0:20:35 > 0:20:37that my friends wouldn't...

0:20:37 > 0:20:41I have always found that a little bit of retail therapy

0:20:41 > 0:20:42can set anything right!

0:20:45 > 0:20:46What? Now...?

0:20:53 > 0:20:56Did you know your husband was having an affair with Mrs Williams?

0:20:56 > 0:20:59He was always having affairs.

0:20:59 > 0:21:01And did you know about this one?

0:21:01 > 0:21:03He thought I didn't, but I'm not stupid.

0:21:05 > 0:21:09It was, er, Len's birthday last week?

0:21:09 > 0:21:11Yes. Did you do anything nice?

0:21:11 > 0:21:13No, he was away on the lorry.

0:21:14 > 0:21:17So you didn't have a nice meal, to celebrate?

0:21:17 > 0:21:19No.

0:21:19 > 0:21:21Right, because Rose said she saw you

0:21:21 > 0:21:23and you were planning this grand feast.

0:21:23 > 0:21:25She's so gullible.

0:21:26 > 0:21:30I think your husband died of a heart attack

0:21:30 > 0:21:33and I think we all know his diet was not helping him.

0:21:34 > 0:21:37I think that you actively encouraged Rose to feed him

0:21:37 > 0:21:39food that was bad for him.

0:21:39 > 0:21:42I could never make my husband do something he didn't want to.

0:21:42 > 0:21:44But this information might have some bearing

0:21:44 > 0:21:47when I speak to the coroner... when I speak to the police.

0:21:49 > 0:21:55I...just wanted to make him suffer a bit. Heartburn, indigestion.

0:21:58 > 0:22:00I didn't know this was going to happen.

0:22:02 > 0:22:08SOBBING: I didn't want him dead. I wanted a proper husband.

0:22:08 > 0:22:10A proper life.

0:22:10 > 0:22:12I can understand that...

0:22:12 > 0:22:14I asked him time and again to stop.

0:22:14 > 0:22:16He would never listen to me.

0:22:17 > 0:22:21If things were that bad, why didn't you just leave him?

0:22:21 > 0:22:24Because I thought things would change.

0:22:24 > 0:22:26So what happens now?

0:22:31 > 0:22:33Well, what does it look like?

0:22:33 > 0:22:36Yeah, not bad. Suits me better, I think.

0:22:37 > 0:22:39You know your own style, don't you?

0:22:40 > 0:22:43I must say it's very nice shopping with a proper person,

0:22:43 > 0:22:45someone who knows what she likes.

0:22:45 > 0:22:48You can't say that for most of my girlfriends.

0:22:48 > 0:22:51OK, so, what do you think of this one?

0:22:54 > 0:22:58Wow, you look amazing.

0:22:58 > 0:23:02Oh, yes, it's nice, isn't it?

0:23:02 > 0:23:04Mind you, it's not very practical

0:23:04 > 0:23:07for lancing boils and backside exams.

0:23:07 > 0:23:09But at least it's not beige.

0:23:09 > 0:23:10Yeah.

0:23:10 > 0:23:12So, is this on you as well as the lunch?

0:23:12 > 0:23:15Because if it is there's a couple of other little numbers I've spied.

0:23:15 > 0:23:19Nice try! No, honestly, I'm really glad we did this.

0:23:20 > 0:23:23I have strangely enjoyed it.

0:23:23 > 0:23:24Yeah, me too.

0:23:29 > 0:23:32HE SIGHS

0:23:35 > 0:23:37Was she guilty? Hey?

0:23:37 > 0:23:40Was it in the kitchen with the lead piping, or in the bedroom with the rope?!

0:23:40 > 0:23:43You want to get yourself down the station and spill the beans.

0:23:43 > 0:23:45And say what exactly?

0:23:45 > 0:23:48Len Parkins was a very sick man, wouldn't take much to off him!

0:23:48 > 0:23:51If I was the wife I would want justice.

0:23:51 > 0:23:53Yeah, sure. But if he's neglected his own health?

0:23:53 > 0:23:56He knows that what he puts in his body

0:23:56 > 0:23:57will have an effect, hmm, what then?

0:23:59 > 0:24:02I suppose it's partly his fault but if she forced it down his throat...?

0:24:02 > 0:24:07She wasn't forcing him. No, he was only too happy to indulge.

0:24:07 > 0:24:11Like you said. He was a very, very sick man.

0:24:17 > 0:24:20Thanks for coming. I'm sorry I can't stay long.

0:24:20 > 0:24:22It's OK, this won't take long.

0:24:22 > 0:24:23Mum's in bits.

0:24:24 > 0:24:27She's in bits, why? Heston's broken up with her.

0:24:27 > 0:24:28Oh, no!

0:24:28 > 0:24:30Yeah, completely out of the blue. Not a sign.

0:24:30 > 0:24:32I can't believe it. Is she all right?

0:24:32 > 0:24:34What do you think?

0:24:34 > 0:24:36I mean, I know she can be a bit irritating,

0:24:36 > 0:24:38a bit on the chatty side... Yeah?

0:24:38 > 0:24:40But to do it so shamelessly, at work,

0:24:40 > 0:24:42during her lunch break... what a pig!

0:24:42 > 0:24:44Yeah, right.

0:24:44 > 0:24:47Anyway, it got me thinking about us. Really?

0:24:51 > 0:24:53I mean, you just know when things aren't right, don't you...?

0:24:53 > 0:24:55Do you?

0:25:19 > 0:25:23I brought you this, I thought you hadn't had time to eat.

0:25:23 > 0:25:27Thank you, Ravi. Would you like to come in?

0:25:27 > 0:25:29Are you sure now is a good time?

0:25:29 > 0:25:30It is.

0:25:42 > 0:25:45Oh...

0:25:59 > 0:26:02Things haven't been right in the bedroom department.

0:26:02 > 0:26:03I know.

0:26:04 > 0:26:07Which...I know you're unhappy about.

0:26:09 > 0:26:14But...sex doesn't have to be the centre of this relationship.

0:26:14 > 0:26:15It doesn't?

0:26:15 > 0:26:20No, it doesn't, what we've got is much more special than that.

0:26:20 > 0:26:22And it doesn't matter to me because

0:26:22 > 0:26:24all of those things are more important.

0:26:25 > 0:26:27Right.

0:26:27 > 0:26:31So, maybe if we give it some time, it'll come back?

0:26:32 > 0:26:33No pressure.

0:26:35 > 0:26:38I'll leave you to think about it.

0:26:38 > 0:26:40I will.

0:26:41 > 0:26:44I've got to get back to Mum.

0:26:44 > 0:26:45She's cooking haddock.

0:26:46 > 0:26:48Well, I hope she's OK. Yeah.

0:26:49 > 0:26:53Listen, I'll, erm, give you a call when Mum's better,

0:26:53 > 0:26:55and then we can have a long chat about it then.

0:27:10 > 0:27:16This one involves ghosts, unnatural acts and murder.

0:27:16 > 0:27:18Funny, I can't seem to find a pulse.

0:27:18 > 0:27:20That is not uncommon.

0:27:20 > 0:27:23I want a story. Who brought you here?

0:27:23 > 0:27:26There's no point in running. Soon you will be one of us.

0:27:26 > 0:27:29Look back just once, for any reason,

0:27:29 > 0:27:32and your friend will be kept here to pay the price.

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