0:00:03 > 0:00:06FATHER BROWN LAUGHS
0:00:10 > 0:00:14- WIRELESS: 'Hello. - Tindall? Moriarty.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- 'I've been calling you for hours.- I was engaged.'
0:00:18 > 0:00:20HE LAUGHS HARDER
0:00:20 > 0:00:23'What happened? Did she leave you?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28'I'd rather not discuss it over the telephone.'
0:00:30 > 0:00:34'I'm glad I caught you. I'm planning to steal the Mona Lisa.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36'I'll need an accomplice, and you were in the frame.'
0:00:36 > 0:00:38HE LAUGHS
0:00:38 > 0:00:41'The Mona Lisa? Isn't she guarded?
0:00:43 > 0:00:45'Well, if that smile is anything to go by...
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- 'Where shall we meet? - In Paris, of course!
0:00:51 > 0:00:53'I shall loiter outside the Louvre.'
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Anybody there?
0:02:09 > 0:02:14Another break-in last night. Ashmolean Museum, I hear.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I assume you can vouch for your whereabouts?
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Red Lion all evening.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Pub full of alibis, and a sore head to prove it.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Don't you worry, Sid. These crimes, out of your league.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Out of yours, too, by the sounds of it.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31A rousing homily, Father.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Now, about next Tuesday's parish committee meeting...
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Your message sounded urgent.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39There have been some changes made to the Adoration rota, and...
0:02:39 > 0:02:40We're just waiting for...
0:02:40 > 0:02:42CAR HONKS
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Jesus, Mary and Joseph, it's the bishop.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Thank you, Benson.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02This had better be important, Brown.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07Good afternoon, Your Lord...Your Grace. An unexpected pleasure.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08I'm due at a diocese lunch.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Perhaps somewhere private? Hm?
0:03:19 > 0:03:23I imagine you've been busy, this recent spate of thefts.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Busy building a case.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I left it in here for safekeeping.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Do hurry up, Brown, the suspense is killing me.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37The brazen impertinence of the thefts,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41the modus operandi, points to a certain criminal.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Flambeau.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Wanted across Europe for the purloining of priceless artefacts.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- Where did you get this?- It was left in the church yesterday evening.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- I assume he intended me to find it. - You seem very sure of that.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02This note was posted to the presbytery. An anonymous tip-off.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Are you seriously telling me that this Flambeau intended
0:04:10 > 0:04:12to steal the Blue Cross?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Worth a bit, is it?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17It belonged to St Gredifael, a Welsh abbot.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Aside from the material value of the cross,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22its veneration as a holy relic makes it priceless.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- He could have taken it last night. - That would have been too easy.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28It seems our thief is setting us a challenge.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- I'm keeping this as evidence. - This isn't a crime scene...
0:04:32 > 0:04:33yet.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- If the cross is in jeopardy... - We'll move it to Newbury Priory.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41We'll say it coincides with the Eucharistic Congress.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I'm sure the parish could spare me for a few days.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45I'm sure it could.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50As custodian of the cross, it's my duty to protect...
0:04:50 > 0:04:54I am not about to entrust our relic, or my reputation,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56to the care of an absent-minded priest.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00The cross will be chaperoned by the County Constabulary's finest.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- This afternoon.- Today?
0:05:02 > 0:05:05The sooner the better. Catch this crook on the back foot. Hm?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06- Hm?- Hm?
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Only a heathen would steal a holy relic.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Who'd have thought it? Hey? The Flambeau paying us a visit!
0:05:15 > 0:05:17He's a thief!
0:05:17 > 0:05:20And a thief is just a man with no respect for property.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24On the contrary, Mrs M. Thieves respect property.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25They merely wish it to be their own.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Oh!
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Lunch.- Oh, is that what you call it?
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Well, those potatoes look to me as if they're ready for the last rites.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41Who asked you, anyway? First time I tried to do English dinner.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44So I've put the feelers out, no-one's heard a thing.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46We don't even know what he looks like.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47This is my dish.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Well, I'm telling you, if he puts his mind to it,
0:05:50 > 0:05:51he's going to steal that cross.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Unless someone steals the initiative.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Just get out of my way.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03CHURCH BELL CHIMES TWO O'CLOCK
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Inspector Valentine, here to escort the Blue Cross to Newbury.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Father Brown already took it.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15I think he catch five-past-two train.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26I still don't like this.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Defenceless priest travelling alone.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31What better way to flush out a thief?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- I'm assuming you do have a plan? - God will provide one.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38You'll have it by the end of the day.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Of course you can trust me, I'm a man of my word.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Three and six?! Daylight bleedin' robbery!
0:06:50 > 0:06:51I'm on disability!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54For God's sake. I'm going to miss the first race.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Why don't you watch your mouth?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58The train isn't due for another two and a half minutes.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Excuse me, Father. Didn't see you there. Please, after you.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Oh, no, no.- I insist.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06You really are taking the mick.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Excuse me.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Return to Newbury.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Some people was born with no manners.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20London-bound, meself. Penny short.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Huh!- Ah.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Ever so kind of you. Oi, 'scuse me. London, please.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56Maybe we could share a compartment? A man with my frailties,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I'd feel safer travelling with a priest.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00TRAIN WHISTLES
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Mr Dawson. Pleased to make your acquaintance.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Father.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40In here.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Excuse me.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Terribly sorry.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Ain't this nice? Someone to pass the time with.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21No room.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22There's plenty of room.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I had you down as first class.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32A parlance of poorer men will have to suffice.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41A cripple, a ponce, a soldier and a priest...
0:09:43 > 0:09:46..what a company we are.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54CAR BELL RINGS
0:10:04 > 0:10:06We'll head him off at the next station.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Turn that blinkin' bell off!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Nothing beats a day at the races.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Follow the horses, do you, Father?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I have to confess to the occasional flutter.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Is that what draws you to Newbury?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Alas, no. Ecclesiastical business.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25The Somerset De Veys have racing in their blood.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Will you permit me to give you a tip?- Of course.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Filcher's Folly in the 3.45.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I'll check it out.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Watch me blooms!
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Visiting a lady friend.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44She runs a boarding house in Muswell Hill. Two weeks,
0:10:44 > 0:10:47once a year - an arrangement that suits us both.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52"By our deeds we are known."
0:10:54 > 0:10:56The motto of the Gloucestershire Regiment.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- I'm impressed.- I served in the Glosters in the Great War,
0:11:00 > 0:11:01and before I realised my calling.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Korea, for me. Six-month tour of duty.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10We sail tomorrow on the Santa Cruz.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12A chaplain rarely sees real action.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Polio - stopped me fighting for King and Country...
0:11:20 > 0:11:24..poliomyelitis, and a nervous disposition.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Must you? Plays havoc with me chest.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Interesting choice of reading.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56The battle to land the big fish.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57A parable of simple faith.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02God always sends us where we are most needed.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Captain Flynn.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Father Brown.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14POLICE: Don't let anyone leave the train. Allbright, take that end.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15You take this end.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I might stretch my legs.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Will you excuse me?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Well?- No sign.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49We're looking for a priest, Allbright.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Even you should be able to find him.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Ah, Inspector. I was just on my way down to see you.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16I've a good mind to give you a caution.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I'd rather have a cup of tea. I believe now they use bags.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24You were told to leave the cross with me.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Wouldn't it be best if we worked together?
0:13:27 > 0:13:28You're obstructing my case!
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Just been for a top-up.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41On the contrary, I have been busy weighing up potential suspects.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- Calls himself Justin De Vey.- Fancy.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Plays the country gent. Appearances can be deceptive.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- Clearly likes a drink. - Threadbare collar. Cuffs are frayed.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55So are his nerves, from the look of things.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Quite a temper. Particularly when goaded by Mr Dawson.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Devious type. Terrible limp.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07So if he stole your relic, he wouldn't get far.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Assuming the limp is real.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Then there is our army chaplain, Captain Flynn.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Bound for Korea. Anxious soldier.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Maybe he's got cause to be.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29We all have our crosses to bear. I'm sticking to you like glue.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Best pretend we don't know each other.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I think it's a bit late for that.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45There you are. I was worried. Left alone with these two.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Not a civil word from either of them.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50This compartment lacks the refinement for polite conversation.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Now I've warned you.- Terribly sorry, we're full up, old chap!
0:14:53 > 0:14:55I'm getting off shortly.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Why don't you take my seat? I'll find a more amenable carriage.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00One with some air in it.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I think you'll find that belongs to Father Brown.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10So it does. Beg your pardon.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16So you do know each other.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19This gentleman is obviously a priest.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23His name is clearly labelled on his suitcase.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29The contents of your package are intriguing, Father Brown.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Perhaps we should all guess what's inside it, eh?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Perhaps you should mind your business?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37< Next stop Newbury, five minutes to Newbury.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39That's my stop.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Oh, come on, don't keep us all in suspense.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- Sit down.- It's clearly a prize of considerable worth.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50TRAIN WHINES AND CREAKS
0:15:57 > 0:15:59I thought he was pulling a...
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Stay here. And this time, do as you're told.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11He could be concussed.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I think, perhaps, that one's mine.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Oh, sorry.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24< Fire! The train is on fire!
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I have reason to believe I may be in some danger.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Then we'd better get you off this train.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37< No pushing, stay calm.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- All right, I confess, I'll come quietly.- The priest?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- The priest? He went off with the chaplain.- And the cross?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- What cross?- Where is it? - I've no idea, I swear, I've no idea!
0:17:27 > 0:17:29HE COUGHS
0:17:34 > 0:17:39This parcel contains a priceless holy relic.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42It's Welsh gold, inlaid with sapphires.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Someone wants to steal it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Then we should wait for the police.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50No, I'd rather keep going.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52The priory is less than a mile away.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Then I'll come with you, a military escort.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- I couldn't ask you to get involved. - We met on that train for a reason.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01What about your posting?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05God always sends us where we're needed most.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Perhaps we should cut across the fields?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Arrive at the priory as the pilgrims would have done.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Embroiled in a race-fixing scandal.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24I owe a few gangsters some money.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Then we've probably done you a favour.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Take him in.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Valentine to Control. Relay an urgent message to all units.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Be on the lookout for two persons of interest,
0:18:44 > 0:18:46a priest and an army chaplain,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48headed in the direction of Newbury Priory.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53He won't get far on foot. Not with all that gold to weigh him down.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01The priory is just beyond those trees.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06You clearly value this relic of yours.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13The Blue Cross was revered for its miraculous healing powers.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Miracles are enigmas of theology.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Miracles are the foundations of our faith.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27You must have doubts, questions.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33When our certainties are shaken,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36then our true mettle is revealed.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40You must think me a cynic.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46I find you troubled, perhaps in need of guidance.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- A war brings out the worst in men. - And the best in men.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53The challenges of a country parish seem less
0:19:53 > 0:19:55when I remember the trenches.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Don't tell me you miss it?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Camaraderie, the companionship.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05The thrilling sense of one's own mortality.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Choices you make can be lonely.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Would you like your handkerchief?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Call for backup.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I had my suspicions on the train.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Then it only seems fair that you should share them.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- The criminal is the artist. - The detective merely the critic.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59North-eastern France.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02You might want to catch me before you try to place me.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05The troop ship carrying the Glosters sails from Southampton.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08I take a keen interest in my former regiment.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09It would seem I was careless.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13You sponsored reason to attack theology,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16something a true cleric could never do, even an Anglican.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I hoped you might have presented more of a challenge.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Deficient in reason, perhaps. - A celibate simpleton.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23< Father Brown?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26The police are seeking to catch a crook.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- I wanted to save a soul. - < Father Brown!
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Only a man in search of redemption would have warned
0:21:32 > 0:21:34the victim of his imminent crime.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37POLICE WHISTLES
0:21:37 > 0:21:39This game is beginning to bore me.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41I presume you mean pass-the-parcel?
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Well, I am still in possession of a holy relic,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49and you are still holding a worthless doppelganger.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54A troubled thief of religious artefacts.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59There are easier ways to get closer to God than that.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03The cross, Priest, or it is you who will be closer to God.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Father Brown!
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Father!
0:22:24 > 0:22:26You'd better pray we catch him.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- What do you call this?- Only vehicle I could find at short notice.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54I'm driving.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- Allez!- What?
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Quickly.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05We'll never outrun them in this heap of scrap.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Too much baggage.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18You're nicked, Dawson.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Well, I hope you're pleased with yourself.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42So Flambeau and Dawson were working together?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Well, even the best of thieves can use an accomplice.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50The lips were a little fuller.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55You see, the moustache serves to fuddle the memory.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59It's a clever trick, it draws attention from the rest of the face.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01The man was in disguise.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04At least we've got something to go on.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I'm a laughing stock at Scotland Yard!
0:24:06 > 0:24:09It's all down to you and your blessed interfering.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- Developments, sir.- We're busy.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13They said on the desk you was tied up.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Geezer with the limp.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- Mr Dawson.- Also known as Arnold Quip.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23I knew I recognised his face. Small-time chiseller.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24Plenty of form.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Knee-capped during the Blitz for crossing the Bemerton brothers.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30He told me he'd had polio.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Perhaps if you'd remembered this before the crime took place.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I give him information and he throws it back in my face.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- It's time we talked to Quip.- Sir.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Assuming he's finished with the police surgeon.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43I'll need a statement. Might help to clear up your mess.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Double-crossed, Mr Quip.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Where's Flambeau?
0:25:00 > 0:25:04You're the detective. You tell me.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Clean away with the loot.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Left you to take the rap.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13You were keeping an eye on the place, caught on the hop...
0:25:15 > 0:25:17..as Father Brown set off for the station.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Alerted to the change of plan
0:25:25 > 0:25:28during his night-time visit to St Mary's, Flambeau made
0:25:28 > 0:25:30a mental note of the dimensions of the cross.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35His clue, delivered to the presbytery, had the desired effect -
0:25:35 > 0:25:38contained panic, as the church
0:25:38 > 0:25:41and the police colluded to move it to safety.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Flambeau ordered Quip to intercept me.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49He made sure I stepped into the right compartment.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Father.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Clever that Captain Flynn was already on the train...
0:25:54 > 0:25:56..so as to avoid immediate suspicion.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57In here.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00The first attempted switch was carefully rehearsed.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09Mr Dawson was primed to replace my parcel with Flambeau's replica.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15As chance would have it, exactly the moment De Vey chose
0:26:15 > 0:26:17to light his pipe.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Must you? Plays havoc with me chest.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23In retrospect, his annoyance was understandable.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Best-laid plans.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Left alone in the carriage, they reverted to plan B.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33My arrival was somewhat unexpected.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36But it gave you the opportunity to leave the compartment.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38I think you'll find that belongs to Father Brown.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43So it does.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Your botched attempt to cut and run was designed
0:26:45 > 0:26:47to throw us off the scent.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51De Vey's interest was an unwelcome distraction.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54The contents of your package are intriguing, Father Brown.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58In fact, it worked to Flambeau's advantage.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- Sit down.- Well, it's clearly a prize of considerable worth.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06At a prearranged time, Quip pulls the emergency cord.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09The perfect diversion.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Another attempted switch in the ensuing chaos.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I think, perhaps, that one's mine.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19With the cross still safely in my possession,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Flambeau had to get me off that train.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Fire! The train is on fire!
0:27:25 > 0:27:27By then, I knew he was our thief.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29And so you decided to abscond together?
0:27:29 > 0:27:33He switched parcels as he helped me down from the train.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36I swapped them back again as we walked to the priory.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43He could have taken it earlier, the moment he got me alone. You see?
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Believe me, Father, I'm trying to.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51There was doubt. Somewhere, there was doubt.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53What exactly am I charged with?
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Aiding and abetting, evading arrest, that'll do for starters.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Come to appeal to my better judgment?
0:28:02 > 0:28:06It would seem he made fools of us all.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09That swindling frog will get what's coming to him. You'll see.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Move.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14Piece of work.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18I thought, perhaps, he might have given us a lead.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Ho-ho-ho, you're having a laugh, ain't ya?
0:28:20 > 0:28:23There's honour amongst thieves, Father.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Flambeau and your cross, halfway back to the continent by now.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30I'll be late for confessional.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33I...
0:28:33 > 0:28:34Sid.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It's been....
0:29:01 > 0:29:04..too long since my last confession.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06What is it that brings you here?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10I accuse myself of the following transgressions.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Whatever you tell me remains between us.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21I stole a bicycle. I was 14.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26I was tired of walking everywhere. I took it home and hid it,
0:29:26 > 0:29:28waited for someone to punish me.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34I started to ride around the village,
0:29:34 > 0:29:35brazenly cycling here and there.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39How could I own a bicycle?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I came from nowhere, I had nothing.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45There was no-one to take me in hand.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Soon enough, they knew my name,
0:29:50 > 0:29:53a certain notoriety.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54I was someone to live up to.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59You have stolen something that belongs to God.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Every crime presents a challenge. Wouldn't you agree?
0:30:01 > 0:30:04The prize has nothing on the game itself.
0:30:04 > 0:30:05Thou shalt not steal.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I know, I know. I wanted beautiful things.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Thou shalt not covet.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13They bring so much lightness into the dark.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23We're rather suited, priest and thief.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Drawn into the dark. Driven towards sin.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Driven?
0:30:30 > 0:30:33What will it take to stop me, Father?
0:30:35 > 0:30:36A few prayers?
0:30:37 > 0:30:38A dozen Hail Marys?
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Assign me some penance, and perhaps I'll return it.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49My soul for your relic.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I cannot absolve you unless you are truly sorry.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04(Then we are back where we started.)
0:31:04 > 0:31:06(I am lost to you.)
0:31:06 > 0:31:07(And so is your cross.)
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Oh!
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Just the man I wanted to see.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Just been at the police station.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44And I've been on the phone to the Cardinal Archbishop.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47This time, Brown, you have gone too far.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49I was acting for a higher authority.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53You chose to disregard my clerical instruction,
0:31:53 > 0:31:57inclined to pit your wits against this religious kleptomaniac.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Your actions have bought the clergy into disrepute.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Perhaps a period of penance.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08I'm removing you from your parish, effective forthwith.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11You've left me no choice.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Divine retribution.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45So you keep telling us.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Heaven only knows what the Father was thinking.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53We were just...discussing this terrible business.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56I imagine I'm the talk of the parish.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02- Fish.- It isn't Friday. - Doesn't really matter now.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09Perhaps some tea.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13They're letting Quip go.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Valentine claims he ain't got nothing on him.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20What would I do without holy orders?
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Better start packing.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29You will do no such thing. I will go and talk to the bishop.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31It's a bit late for that.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34We have to do something! If Father leaves the parish...
0:33:34 > 0:33:35You will be pensioned off.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- Oh, and what other priest is going to employ a Polish agnostic?- Hey!
0:33:39 > 0:33:43- Not to mention a charmless spiv. - Hey, what have I done?
0:33:43 > 0:33:45You should never have encouraged him.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48I could have absolved him, got back the cross, a simple choice.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Yeah, well, nothing's ever simple where Flambeau's concerned.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58You're right.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00There must be something else.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05There has to be something else!
0:34:11 > 0:34:14(Then we are back where we started.)
0:34:14 > 0:34:16(I am lost to you.)
0:34:16 > 0:34:18(And so is your cross.)
0:34:20 > 0:34:23To catch a thief, look to the cross.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29- Saint Dismas.- The Penitent thief,
0:34:29 > 0:34:31condemned alongside Christ.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35- Patron saint of criminals. - And undertakers.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Father?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45"The prize has nothing on the game itself."
0:34:45 > 0:34:46What exactly are we looking for?
0:34:46 > 0:34:49The cross, Mrs McCarthy. Look to the cross.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Fought at Dunkirk. Never came home.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56He even stole a name.
0:34:56 > 0:34:57Captain Flynn.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01We're missing something.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04What else?
0:35:04 > 0:35:06We sail tomorrow on the Santa Cruz.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Santa Cruz. Holy cross.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- Now where are we going? - The library. Shipping notices.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43If I know Quip, he'll be out after revenge, not to mention his 10%.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46We keep him tailed. He'll lead us straight to Flambeau.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55Oi-oi, look out.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Looks like someone else has had the same idea.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Right, I'll get on the back.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06No point following Quip. I already know where he's heading.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09SHIP'S HORN BLASTS
0:36:23 > 0:36:26So this is the ship that Flambeau told you he was sailing on?
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Flambeau and I have unfinished business.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- Wait for me by the van.- Uh, no.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36I need you to be a lookout.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38And you need someone to watch your back.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41You forget, I have God on my side.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Yeah, well, let's hope he pulls his weight this time.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06The loss of faith is a terrible thing.
0:37:08 > 0:37:09No-one is beyond redemption.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Is that what you say to your sinners?
0:37:12 > 0:37:15I want to see you suffer. To see how far you've fallen.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19First, you lost your cross.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Now, I have taken everything that's dear to you.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24No-one can steal my faith.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28The holy father, dispensing his pastoral care, all dressed in black.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Perhaps he's in mourning for the trenches?
0:37:34 > 0:37:38I've seen the best and the worst of men.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Depravity even I could never sink to?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43You could not even imagine.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45My father was a soldier.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48He fought for his country in the Great War.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Your paths may have crossed.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Ypres. Flanders.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Were you at Flanders, Father Brown?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00I was in Flanders.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03They shot him for desertion.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Firing squad.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10I never knew him. I missed his moral guidance.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17Whatever you have done, whatever has been done to you...
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Do you think they prayed for my father's soul?
0:38:19 > 0:38:23There were masses. Requiems for the fallen.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Even those who fell running away?
0:38:25 > 0:38:26Deserters were punished.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31It was never the church's place to intervene.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Then whose place was it? Hm?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36I was 17.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39I wasn't a priest. I was barely a man.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Your church could have stopped them.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Perhaps.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- Yes.- The church you chose to serve,
0:38:51 > 0:38:53your divine institution,
0:38:53 > 0:38:55They could have stopped them from killing my father,
0:38:55 > 0:38:57even if he was a coward.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59They could have stopped me from this.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05And you talk to me about guilt.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10To come here alone was very brave.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Or very stupid.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Quip is being tailed by the police.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18Quip is on his way here.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23I gather he gave them the slip.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32You can give him the viaticum before I give him the bullet.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37For the love of God, just do as he tells you.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Such a Philistine. Absolve me now...
0:39:44 > 0:39:46..or I send him to hell to wait for me.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47HE SOBS
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Without remorse, these are empty words.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05God, the Father of mercies,
0:40:05 > 0:40:07through the death and resurrection of His Son...
0:40:07 > 0:40:09The short version.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Au nom du pere, say it!
0:40:16 > 0:40:17Police!
0:40:17 > 0:40:19WHISTLE BLOWS
0:40:27 > 0:40:28WHISTLE BLOWS
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Throw down your weapon. There's nowhere to run!
0:40:38 > 0:40:40You'll never catch him alive.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Hold your fire!
0:40:46 > 0:40:48You want to end this.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Glorious failure? How very English.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Step out of my line of sight, Father.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57You could call it checkmate.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Echec et mat? That would make you the winner.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Your accent. Champagne-Ardenne.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07But of course. Where else?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11You want your cross?
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Don't let him get away. Stop him!
0:41:25 > 0:41:27No, stop.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29GUNSHOTS
0:41:29 > 0:41:30Enough!
0:41:36 > 0:41:37We must have got him.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40You'll find Mr Quip in the warehouse.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42You need to see a doctor.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- I want divers out here now.- Sir. - And get me some more lights!- Sir.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59- Well caught. - You know me, nifty fingers.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05It's over, Father. Just let him go.
0:42:17 > 0:42:23Au nom de Dieu, et du Fils et du Saint Esprit...
0:42:26 > 0:42:27..I absolve you.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Ahem.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54I was hoping I'd find you here.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59I've been speaking to Cardinal Griffin.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03High praise for your exploits in the retrieving of the holy relic.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05He asked me to extend his personal thanks.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07He did?
0:43:07 > 0:43:10I explained to him that you were one of my most...
0:43:10 > 0:43:12tenacious priests.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Our conversation yesterday...
0:43:18 > 0:43:21..we'll say no more about it,
0:43:21 > 0:43:24though any further lapses in the liturgy will not be tolerated.
0:43:24 > 0:43:25Absolutely.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29And do sort yourself out, Brown.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33You look as if you've been in bar brawl.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49French, these nylons. Bought them off a sailor.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53Itchy stockings with big French holes in it.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55Oh, well, this is the thanks I get? Ha!
0:43:56 > 0:43:59Father, you have telegram. It's on the mirror.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04A woman should buy her own hosiery,
0:44:04 > 0:44:06unless, of course, she wants to look like a slattern.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Donec obvium iterum.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15(Donec obvium iterum.)
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Until we meet again.
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