0:00:02 > 0:00:03You've dropped another one.
0:00:03 > 0:00:07I don't see why we couldn't just catch the bus like any normal person.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10I could give you a piggyback?
0:00:11 > 0:00:13And what would the Adamses say
0:00:13 > 0:00:16if we turned up at Ruby's birthday like that?
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Well, it was good enough for St Christopher.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Anyway, you can't be the best pastry chef this side of Paris
0:00:21 > 0:00:25and maintain peak fitness. Nobody's perfect.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30Not that you'd know it if you met the Adams. They're the model family.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Nobody's perfect.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Here, darling.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Let me.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Mm.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10HE SNIFFS
0:01:12 > 0:01:14It's just a little one.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17It's my daughter's birthday, I'm allowed a little one.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- You promised me! - We're going to be late.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- I won't have Ruby see you like this. - You're hurting me!
0:01:25 > 0:01:28You know what I said, if you went back on the drink - I meant it!
0:01:31 > 0:01:36- I want a divorce.- Have you forgotten what YOU promised?
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Catholic marriage is till death do us part.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Yours will be sooner rather than later, the way you're going.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- Is that a threat?- No. - Well, it ought to be.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47The only way I leave this marriage...
0:01:48 > 0:01:50..is in a coffin.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06DELIGHTED LAUGHTER
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Does your godmother get a birthday kiss, too? Don't worry.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I don't want to give your poor father a coronary.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Your secret's safe with me. - It's not a secret.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46We're making the announcement today. John and I are engaged.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- Over my dead body.- Mum... - CAPTAIN ADAMS: Engaged to the tutor?
0:02:50 > 0:02:56- My daughter is not marrying a lowlife Trot like you.- You think?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- What will you do about it? - She's not herself, she'll come round.- Like hell I will.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03She needs my permission to marry. And I'm not giving it.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06So you can whistle for your wedding.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Oh, and Mr Van Ert...
0:03:08 > 0:03:10you're fired.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Egyptian, this one.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20What kind of a cheapskate puts a foreign coin in a church collection?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- Better than a button.- I don't know.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I came across some rather nice ones this morning, Father.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29When I get six that match, they're going on one of my cardies.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Perhaps you can mend the hole in my pocket while you're at it.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37I am the parish secretary, not your seamstress.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Why are we bringing these?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44The colonel travels. He might be able to give you some real money
0:03:44 > 0:03:47for them, waste not want not.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- ANNE-MARIE:- Leave me alone! I won't put up with this!
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Are we late? Or has the play started early?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02DOORBELL RINGS
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- IN FOREIGN ACCENT:- Father, you didn't see notice on the gate?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11We cut across the fields.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Party's cancelled. Mrs Adams is...unwell.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- Father, I'm sorry you've come all this way.- The play's off.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Did you hear Ann-Marie...? - Rehearsing.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27- She didn't want to let people down. - But the fever's too strong.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Well... As we're here...
0:04:32 > 0:04:35The least we can do is help you clear up.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- I've just finished.- But there's masses of cake in the kitchen.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40You can certainly help us with that.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Where are you going? - This is very decent of you.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56I'm glad you understand our position.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- Dad, you can't make him go. - No-one's making me do anything.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- John?- I'm not leaving Ruby - just your house.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- I don't stay where I'm not wanted. - What about us?- There is no "us".
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Your mother and I can't bless this engagement,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13and without our consent, marriage isn't an option.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- Then, we'll just wait a year. - We don't even have to do that.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19This is the '50s. Who says we need to get married?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28You step over this threshold, you're never coming back.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31I HATE you.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36And don't think your mother will say any differently!
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Certainly not in the state SHE'S in.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20POLICE SIREN BLARES
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Now, dear, come on. You drink this.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46It's all right.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Where's that blanket? She's frozen.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Wrap it around her, quickly.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Not a word about the argument, all right?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I don't want her remembered like that, Ruby.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Deal?
0:07:03 > 0:07:07There's nothing we could have done. She's already stiff.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- I... I really...- It's an unfortunate accident. Nothing more.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18What about the scratches around her neck?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Probably from twigs and weeds in the water.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28You can stand down now, Father. I'm satisfied everything's in order.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Unless this is a clue?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Italian, by the look of it.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39That must narrow down our pool of suspects, eh, Father?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42That? Er...no.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44That must be mine.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It seems like everyone is hiding something.
0:07:49 > 0:07:55If I tell you, you must promise to let it drop, on your honour.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58If it's not criminal, I promise.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01She was tight.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04She'd had most of a bottle of vodka.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- I'm amazed she didn't fall over sooner.- She was an alcoholic.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Now you know why Reginald didn't want the whole world to know.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Speaking of peccadilloes...
0:08:15 > 0:08:17if that's the quality of mourner around here,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I'll be dropping by more often. Who's that?
0:08:20 > 0:08:21I don't know.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Felicia. Welcome to Kembleford.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Planning a long visit?- I am now.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Father Brown. My condolences.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Mr... Short?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Oh, no. My old nanny.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Chrysanthemums always were her favourite.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47But she was the Adams' nanny.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51You aren't Anne-Marie's brother?
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- On my way to see the family now. - Are they expecting you?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Everybody loves a surprise, don't they?
0:08:57 > 0:09:02I came straight from London airport, flew in from Nairobi this morning.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- So, you haven't heard?- Heard what?
0:09:16 > 0:09:21Scared the hell out of me. Thought you were a robber or a brigand.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Maybe I am. I think I've rather a talent for it.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- I can't see any harm in it anyhow. - How can you even say that?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I want to steal YOU away. Is that a crime?
0:09:32 > 0:09:38- Then, why didn't you come back after we found Mum? I needed you.- I did!
0:09:38 > 0:09:40The place was full of police.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Your dad said he'd have me arrested for trespass.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- What? And you just went? - I'm not a citizen. I can't risk it.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Run away with me, Ruby, and leave them all behind.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Dad's falling apart, he needs me.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- Now is not a good time. - Well, when is?
0:10:01 > 0:10:05At least your mom isn't going to make any problems any more.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I didn't mean it like that!
0:10:07 > 0:10:09You sound like you're glad she's dead.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20ALL: And let perpetual light shine upon her.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22And may she rest in peace.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24ALL: Amen.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I'm sorry. I was...
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- Who are you? - Ruby, don't be so rude.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37There's no reason for her to recognise me.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Even I have very few photographs of me and your mum.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42But I want you to have this.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Some things never change.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53We were rehearsing for some play she'd come up with.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- Look at the get-up I was in. - Uncle James?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Not looking too bad for two decades in the Kenyan sun.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Happy Valley must have lived up to its name.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05I can't complain.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Apart from arriving back here too late.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13What happened? I heard the bare bones but...
0:11:13 > 0:11:16The jetty's very slippery.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18I have been meaning to shorten the rope on the boat
0:11:18 > 0:11:21but maybe she tripped on the mooring.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Or lost her balance on the boat.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Here we are, Father.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Not a patch on mine, but edible.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Since you sell it so well, I'll pass.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40Hold the fort, would you, please, Mrs M? Call of nature.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Father. Father, what are you doing?
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Didn't you hear Ruby?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02That's probably what happened to poor Anne-Marie.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09There's blood, under this oar.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Well, maybe she fell into the boat
0:12:13 > 0:12:16and then hit her head on the oar in there.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18That's impossible.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22But the oars were right there when Ruby found her mother.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Which tells us that Anne-Marie was hit by the oar
0:12:26 > 0:12:29and then the oar was put back.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- Can I tempt you to some more Barolo? - Oh.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Come on, let's send her off the way she lived.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- To my sister.- Anne-Marie.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49ALL: Mrs Adams.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Father, police are here. I'm sorry, they ask questions.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01Inspector. May I speak to you outside?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I've just come from the lake. I need to speak to the colonel.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- Valentine?- I need to speak to you urgently about Mrs Adams' death.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- I don't think so. - It is rather important.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16What could be so important now?
0:13:16 > 0:13:20I believe it was murder. I believe you were involved.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28Where's the motive? This is ridiculous, Valentine, even for you.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Susie Jasinski works for you, too, am I right, Father?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33She's my housekeeper but I don't see...
0:13:33 > 0:13:35And you consider her trustworthy?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Yes, but... - Miss Jasinski's just told me that,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42minutes before the murder, she heard you threatening Mrs Adams' life.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47- What?- But that's preposterous. - He asked for a divorce.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49It can't be murder, it can't!
0:13:49 > 0:13:51And even if it were, it certainly wasn't Reginald!
0:13:51 > 0:13:56What scares me is, in that case, the real killer is still walking free.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Is it just me who's thinking it?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02She'd just fired Van Ert, forbidden your marriage.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04No way. Not John.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07They say most murders are committed by someone known to the victim.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Who is this...Van Ert? - Ruby's old tutor.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13He was thrown out of the States for being a Red.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- A Communist?- Yeah. - He must hate the aristocracy.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19The unfairness of people living in a pile like this.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Maybe HE was after the diamonds.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25That's what they're all about - redistribution of wealth.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28It's true, he left pretty sharpish after she died.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Because he'd just been sacked!
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I'm sorry, Ruby, but it has to be Van Ert.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39Do you deny that after she told you marriage was till death do you part,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43you said, "Well, yours is going to be sooner rather than later"?
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Yes!
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Well, no, but I didn't mean I'd kill her!
0:14:51 > 0:14:54We'd have come to an arrangement, worked something out.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Mrs Adams was one of your lot.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Would she ever have agreed to a divorce?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00As a devout Catholic, no, she would never...
0:15:00 > 0:15:05So we know the colonel wanted out and his wife would never have let him go.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08We have motive, means AND opportunity.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Colonel, I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16You are not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so
0:15:16 > 0:15:19but whatever you say will be taken down in writing
0:15:19 > 0:15:21and may be given in evidence.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24They have to let Dad out -
0:15:24 > 0:15:26it's Mum's funeral, for heaven's sake.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30- The solicitor's doing everything he can.- I'll try calling him again.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34You look...
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Like a dog's dinner.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39It's very kind of the colonel to lend me his things,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41but the suit's too short and,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44as I said when I called, his shoes are huge.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- Like clown feet.- Size eight, right?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50You're lucky my husband's not a big man.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Perfect. It all feels like a costume.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Annie always did love a bit of theatre.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- It's a shame her last play never got performed.- It didn't?
0:16:11 > 0:16:15It was supposed to go on the night she...
0:16:15 > 0:16:17The evening of the...
0:16:17 > 0:16:22- I'm sorry...- Hey, don't do that. I can't stand tears.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I'm forced to do the most terrible,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- out-of-character things to try and stop them.- Such as?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38CHURCH ORGAN PLAYS SOLEMNLY
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- We have to talk.- Not now, John.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Don't look at me like that.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Half the village is giving me that expression.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06You don't really believe I killed her. Do you?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- Of course not. - Then, I need your help.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Your mother's death, a community like this,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19it's always going to blame the outsider.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- What are you saying? - If you love me...
0:17:23 > 0:17:24..I need an alibi.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Well, there's a turn-up for the books.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Colonel, I'm sorry I talked to Inspector.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47I didn't mean to make trouble.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49We all want the same thing, Susie -
0:17:49 > 0:17:52to see my wife's killer put away.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55It wasn't me. Do you believe me?
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Am I fired?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02At least you're upfront.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Colonel Adams, welcome.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- You let him go?- For now. He's been given bail. We had to.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Doesn't mean I think he's innocent.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36If you would like to say a few words, please let me know.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41You will, of course, be a pallbearer.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43You can take Albert's place.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46I couldn't possibly disturb things now they've set things up.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- Well, nonsense. It's no trouble. - Besides, I'm in uniform.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- It wouldn't match.- I don't see... - Father, my eulogy, may I ask?
0:19:09 > 0:19:14I take your point about uniform. Excuse me.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- It wasn't Colonel Adams.- What?!
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Lady Felicia just told me, his back's shot - war wound.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28He couldn't carry the coffin.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32- He couldn't have lifted and swung that oar.- Poppycock!
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Look at him, his posture's perfect. Anyway, he would've told me.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40What, and have the whole town know he wears a girdle?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48He's a proud man.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52He may be a foolish man but he could not have killed Anne-Marie.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54But then, who did?
0:20:10 > 0:20:14"I do declare this day that I, Anne-Marie Adams,
0:20:14 > 0:20:17"being of sound mind..."
0:20:17 > 0:20:19FATHER BROWN CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Sorry. Sorry I'm late.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- Apologies to all. Mr Higgins. - Father.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27What's the priest doing here?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30We'll come to that, it's in the order of business.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32We'll start with a few special clauses.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37"Firstly, to my best friend, Felicia Montague, I leave various
0:20:37 > 0:20:43"mementos and trinkets of sentimental value."
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Oh!
0:20:46 > 0:20:50"And to my beloved daughter, Ruby..."
0:20:57 > 0:21:02- The police returned them this morning.- Those stones are dazzling.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07Ah, the Trewlove family heritage. The Flying Stars.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08KNOCKING AT DOOR
0:21:12 > 0:21:14MAID: Colonel, you asked for tea.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24They're so cold. Mum died in them, I don't want to wear them.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- What shall I do with them, then? - Put them in the safe.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33They should be locked away.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39I'm left some sentimental items, books and photographs.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44The rest of her estate has been left in its entirety...
0:21:46 > 0:21:47..to the church.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00This is...most unexpected and very generous.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Did Anne-Marie not leave anything for her brother?
0:22:04 > 0:22:09Well, I don't need her money. I can't wear her jewels.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14Actually, I'm interested in a different kind of legacy. Her play.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- What do you mean? - It was cancelled the day she died.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23I want to restage it. Get everybody on board. Family, friends, servants.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Make it a celebration of Annie's life.- But...
0:22:26 > 0:22:28We can't let her killer stop us
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- performing the last thing she ever wrote.- He's right.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Uncle James, you could take John's role and, Felicia,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36you could stand in for Mum.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39It'll be a bit of a scramble but I think we can make it happen,
0:22:39 > 0:22:44- by the end of the week? - Saturday it is.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- I don't understand.- It's perfect. Everybody in the house will be
0:22:50 > 0:22:53watching so no-one will see. I'll leave the stage in Act Two
0:22:53 > 0:22:56and they won't look for me till curtain call.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01So we're really going to do it? We're eloping?
0:23:01 > 0:23:05If you'll take me without a penny to my name.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I wouldn't have it any other way.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26I have never understood how you can play chess against yourself.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28This is not a game.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Yes, Father, that's what my Frank used to say about poker.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34These are not pieces, these are suspects. We can discount
0:23:34 > 0:23:39- the colonel and John Van Ert. - Why the tutor?
0:23:39 > 0:23:44- He's a Communist.- Oh, obviously, why didn't I think of that(?)
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Communism, Socialism. It's all Greek to me.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Who wants to socialise with the working classes anyway?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55I don't see the attraction of spending my nights off with
0:23:55 > 0:23:58chimney sweeps and the like.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01A Communist doesn't have to go drinking with chimney sweeps.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04He wants the chimney swept and the sweeps paid.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08But he won't allow you to own your own soot.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11From the marks on Anne-Marie's neck,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14we know that the murderer was after her jewels.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18But the one thing we know for sure about John Van Ert
0:24:18 > 0:24:21is that he's not interested in worldly goods.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26So, who else is there?
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Lady Felicia was at the scene.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- And Ruby.- Yes.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39But neither of them have sufficient motive.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Which leaves one last possibility.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50James.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52We know he and his sister fell out so badly
0:24:52 > 0:24:56that they didn't talk to each other for 20-odd years,
0:24:56 > 0:25:01and she cut him out of her will. There must be real animosity there.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Sure, he wasn't even in the country.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Well, we only have his word for that.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Boo! - HE LAUGHS
0:25:29 > 0:25:33- Why are you here?- Well, it's not for the sparkling conversation.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35You've got no reason to be hanging around.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Really, do you reckon? Cos I hear they've got
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- this really pretty new parlour maid. - Hmm.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42And I just brought a couple of rabbits.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Just waiting for my one and six.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- Earning an honest penny? Not like you.- Mm.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50What are you really here for, hmm?
0:25:52 > 0:25:53FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Quick, someone's coming. Kiss me.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Hang on. You have excuse for why you're here.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Yeah, but it was fun, though, wasn't it?
0:26:05 > 0:26:10Wasn't that Uncle just slipping out? And up to no good.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Well, that IS interesting.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- Susie told me this morning. - She saw James herself?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Bit of gusto, Dad, please?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25And Mrs McCarthy rang London Airport and there WASN'T
0:26:25 > 0:26:29a flight from Nairobi on the morning of the wake.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30So what do you think?
0:26:30 > 0:26:34I think you're being too suspicious. He's a decent man.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39Interesting, educated - you should hear him on...the Vatican.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43He probably knows as much about it as you do.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Don't you think that's strange in a man who spent two decades in Africa?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50I think it's commendable.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52OBJECTS SCATTER ON FLOOR
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Help, police, the safe's been broken into!
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Oh, erm, five minutes, Inspector?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Go from seeing the empty safe, Dad. We need real horror.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08- Looks who's here.- Help, police, the safe's been broken into!
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- Excuse me.- Much better.- Don't raise your suspicions about James with him.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14You'll just make a fool of yourself.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19- And when has that ever bothered me? - Father...
0:27:19 > 0:27:21I don't know about the flights
0:27:21 > 0:27:26but the reason he's been creeping about at night...is to see me.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- Felicia, your cue. - I hope I can rely on your discretion.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36As the next scene begins, the stage is dark.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Police! I know you're in there. Come out and...
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- I wouldn't do that. - SHE GASPS
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Keep your hands up where I can see them.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47You! I never thought for a second it would be you.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51- I'll take that as a compliment. - You'll never get away with this.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52BOTH STRUGGLE
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Oh, Felicia, don't forget the ketchup.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58There's a bag for under your clothes, this needs to look real.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00We'll see about that.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Not investigating, I hope, Father.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Let's make the next scene-change really seamless.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Apparently my spare cassock has a starring role.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11We'll see about that.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15James Trewlove is off the suspect list.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19- I've already checked him out. - But what about the flights?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22He was definitely still in Nairobi when Anne-Marie died.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25I have confirmation from the Chief of Police.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28And how does the Chief of Police know?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Um...they were having dinner.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36How long have you worked here?
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh, mm.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57- When am I next on? - Dad, I've stuck your cues up here.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00I put costumes out. Please, no-one mess up.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04- HE SNIFFS Where have these been?- Attic.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Some of it dates back as far as YOUR day, so if it stinks,
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- you know who to blame. - The hall's filling up,
0:29:09 > 0:29:11take your positions. Is everybody ready?
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Amore mio, mi sto innamorando di te.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21That's beautiful. I wish I knew what it meant.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22THAT would be telling.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26How did you manage to learn Italian, anyway? Out in Africa?
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Well, that...
0:29:30 > 0:29:33..would be telling...too!
0:29:40 > 0:29:44I suppose we should, or Felicia will never talk to me again.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- How much?- A shilling.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Daylight robbery!
0:29:52 > 0:29:56No good. Lira. Italian.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Oh, like a bad penny.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01I should have left it where I dropped it by the lake.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03You didn't drop THIS one, Father.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06I'm collecting Italian coins for my pilgrimage to Rome.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Well, the lira never leave the presbytery.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Father.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17I didn't think theatre was your thing.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20I'm not here for the show. Not that one, anyway.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- (We're about to make an arrest.) - Who?
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- Not John? - Not Van Ert, no. He's got an alibi.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30When I spoke to Ruby earlier, she, erm...
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- HE COUGHS - ..vouched for him.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Are you telling me they were having sex?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40I do know what sex is, Inspector.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44And she won't be the first girl who lied for her lover.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46So who is your chief suspect?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48For once, we may be singing the same song.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52I am here for Lady Felicia.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55When she comes off stage, I'm taking her in for questioning.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59- Have you gone...?- I've got witnesses who have seen her at the house
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- in the small hours.- Yes, but... - That gives me clear motive.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Her affair with the colonel, her best friend's husband.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08The colonel? No, that's not right.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- James Trewlove saw them together. - James did?!
0:31:10 > 0:31:12MUSIC BEGINS
0:31:24 > 0:31:26APPLAUSE
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Are you sitting comfortably? Then, we'll begin.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- Here's a list of what I need... - (Susie, where are James' shoes?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- (He needs heels with that dress.) - I couldn't find any. Feet too big.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45He's an eight. He could squeeze into Annie's.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Not eight. 11. Very big. Huge.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Those shoes you gave him for the funeral swamped him.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Shoes I put out were Mr Trewlove's.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Nonsense, James didn't bring any formal shoes.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Not from suitcase. From attic.
0:31:59 > 0:32:0220 years old, yes, but unless his feet have shrunk...
0:32:02 > 0:32:03Here.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08See yourself.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10ON STAGE: 'Well, good. Call me when it's ready.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15- 'Until then, I'll be in my study. - Phew! That was close!'
0:32:15 > 0:32:17LAUGHTER
0:32:21 > 0:32:25- Cue coming up - where are the heels? - Here.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Those are the best I could do.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39No, I'll have to wear mine.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43ON STAGE: Help! Police! The safe's been broken into!
0:32:43 > 0:32:49And we're on. Come on! Go on! You're going to be great!
0:32:52 > 0:32:56Police! Oh, you're here! Help, police!
0:32:56 > 0:33:00I wouldn't do that if I were you. Put your hands up, don't say a word.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- Why would you do this to me? - Didn't you hear me? I said shut up, or I'll shut you up!
0:33:04 > 0:33:08- HE LOADS GUN, AUDIENCE GASPS - You and anyone trying to help.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10I always thought she was a little actress!
0:33:10 > 0:33:13You'll never get away with this. Help me! Help me!
0:33:13 > 0:33:15GUNSHOT, SCREAMING
0:33:15 > 0:33:17No!
0:33:20 > 0:33:21Isn't she brilliant?!
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- We'll see about that!- Excuse me.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Dad, hadn't you better get changed? You're on again in five.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I can't believe he'd betray us! Everything's lost!
0:33:35 > 0:33:36My dowry, my future...
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Cancel the wedding! I can hardly get married now!
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- The safe's been broken into!- Er, Dad...- The safe's been broken into!
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- We've done that scene! - Listen, I'm not acting.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47We've been burgled. The Stars have gone!
0:33:47 > 0:33:49AUDIENCE GASPS
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Woman in dark clothing came out the front door and got in a cab.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02- Which way did she go? - Down the drive.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05I'm relying on you to have overheard where to.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Even if I knew where he was, do you think I'd hand him over?
0:34:16 > 0:34:19He's a thief, Ruby. Don't you see? He's betrayed you.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22He'd never do that. I hope you never catch him.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- Come on, this is ridiculous! - Got him!- No, it's not him!
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Don't you see - if I wanted to steal the diamonds,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31- I could have done! They're mine! - But Van Ert couldn't.
0:34:31 > 0:34:32And the countess?
0:34:33 > 0:34:38Well, the fact that she's run means she's got something to hide.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43Solving a theft and a murder in one day, that's not a bad innings.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Inspector, before he left, Father ask me to give you message.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50He said you must let Lady Felicia go.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53What is it with that priest?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56I don't turn up on Sundays to give his sermon!
0:34:58 > 0:35:01It's all right, dear. I haven't caught her yet.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08These were upstairs, packed and ready to go.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Looks like your daughter was eloping.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14We were running away together, yes. It's not a crime!
0:35:14 > 0:35:16I'm sorry, darling, but it's obvious.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19He planned to steal the Stars, and leave without you.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22So, tell me. If you're right, where are the diamonds now?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28TRAIN WHISTLES
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Excuse me, sir. Excuse me.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Excuse me. Excuse me.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45On my life, it isn't him. There must be others without alibis!
0:35:45 > 0:35:48- All watching the play.- Except for the people in it!- All accounted for.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Apart from Felicia. Where's she?
0:35:51 > 0:35:55I believe the countess could kill, but for love, not money.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58I don't believe she'd steal diamonds. That's not why she ran.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00- Ran? You think she left? - Well, she's not here.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04I was outside waiting for Ruby until the moment you had me arrested.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- Lady Felicia didn't leave the building.- Then...
0:36:08 > 0:36:10..where is she?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Excuse me. I do beg your pardon.
0:36:45 > 0:36:46You won't get away with it.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50And if you wanted to pass incognito,
0:36:50 > 0:36:53you really should have changed your shoes.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54I'm keeping the diamonds.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Leave the compartment, get off at the next stop, and nobody gets hurt.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02But somebody already has been hurt, haven't they? You killed Anne-Marie.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05- HE LAUGHS - That's absurd!
0:37:05 > 0:37:07I wasn't even in the country.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09And why on earth would I murder my own sister?
0:37:09 > 0:37:12But she WASN'T your sister, was she?
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Yours, I believe? You weren't in Africa.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22You were in Italy before you came to Kembleford,
0:37:22 > 0:37:25fought with Anne-Marie Adams on the day of Ruby's birthday,
0:37:25 > 0:37:27and then dropped that coin in the struggle.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Father, you have a real talent for fiction.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34The photograph was a clever touch. That had me flummoxed for a while.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37How could I possibly fake that?
0:37:37 > 0:37:40You didn't. But those clothes weren't a costume.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43They were what you would have been wearing,
0:37:43 > 0:37:45as the nanny's son.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49I had it right the first time we met, didn't I? Mr Short?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52It must have been terrible for you,
0:37:52 > 0:37:55coming back from the Continent, discovering your mother had died.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Visiting her grave and finding her buried like a pauper.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Did you blame Anne-Marie for her death?- This is nonsense!
0:38:02 > 0:38:06I suspect you must have thought the Adamses owed her more than that.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Aged retainers should be pensioned off,
0:38:09 > 0:38:11not thrown out with the rubbish.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- But Anne-Marie couldn't give you a penny.- WOULDN'T!
0:38:14 > 0:38:20So you decided to take the diamonds. She fought back and you killed her.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- It was an accident. - But it wasn't an accident
0:38:23 > 0:38:26when you then decided to stand in as her brother,
0:38:26 > 0:38:28and take whatever he was set to inherit.
0:38:28 > 0:38:33The only person who suspected anything was Lady Felicia.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34I don't know what she spotted,
0:38:34 > 0:38:37but when she came on stage, she called for the police.
0:38:37 > 0:38:43Police! Oh, you're here! Help! Police!
0:38:43 > 0:38:47I wouldn't do that if I were you. Put your hands up.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50But that can't have been her line. She WAS the police.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Shut up, or I'll shut you up!
0:38:53 > 0:38:57You'll never get away with this. Help me! Help! Oh!
0:38:57 > 0:39:00GUNSHOT, SCREAMING
0:39:00 > 0:39:03I only hope that was chloroform I smelt on your hanky,
0:39:03 > 0:39:05and that you haven't really hurt her.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11SHE GASPS
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- Is she really hurt?- No, please!
0:39:23 > 0:39:24Tomato.
0:39:27 > 0:39:33I didn't harm Felicia. I just had to shut her up. As for Anne-Marie...
0:39:33 > 0:39:37I didn't mean to hurt her. She deserved everything she got.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42She deserved to die? For not paying your mother's pension?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Mum worked for them for 45 years!
0:39:45 > 0:39:48She brought up two generations of that family.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51They saw more of her than I ever did!
0:39:51 > 0:39:54And then when she got old,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57they turned her out without a penny.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00That's what killed her. Anne-Marie's the murderer, not me!
0:40:00 > 0:40:03But she didn't have a penny to give.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07They were as much paupers as your mother was.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13But...the will, the bequests!
0:40:13 > 0:40:17After the diamonds, her estate was bequeathed to the church.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21So we got a rather nice icon, a Bible, and two rosaries.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26The financial value of the bequest was precisely zero.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Why didn't she just tell me?
0:40:30 > 0:40:35You hit a nerve. And I hear she had been drinking.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39She was plastered. I just wanted the money Mum was owed.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Enough for a proper gravestone, for a start.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46You will give me what she is owed!
0:40:46 > 0:40:49You think you can tell me what to do, but you can't!
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- If you won't give it to me, I'll take it! - SHE SCREAMS
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Leave me alone!
0:40:58 > 0:40:59I won't put up with this!
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Why didn't you go in, try to save her?
0:41:20 > 0:41:23I can't swim.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Yes, I was angry, but I didn't want her dead.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33I loved her.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Give me the diamonds. I'll return them to Ruby.
0:41:38 > 0:41:45As for Anne-Marie...give yourself up, pay for your crimes.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- You mean hang. - No, it's manslaughter, not murder.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50It'll mean prison,
0:41:50 > 0:41:54but you'll give the father and the daughter justice.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58I suppose I don't have much choice.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Better to give yourself up. Come quietly.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05HE SIGHS
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Afternoon.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Let me help you with the clasp.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25What are you waiting for?!
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Why didn't you stop him?
0:43:11 > 0:43:13You're always trying to save their souls.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17He lost his when he ran. You were trying to take him to the police.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19So Ruby could get her inheritance back.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21HE LAUGHS
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Oh, any idiot could see
0:43:23 > 0:43:26your precious Flying Stars were as fake as HE was.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38You heard about Uncle...
0:43:39 > 0:43:41..about the impostor?
0:43:43 > 0:43:44Mmm.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46Shouldn't be sad, should I? But, somehow...
0:43:49 > 0:43:52I guess the good news is, I still have an uncle.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Even if he IS still in Nairobi.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59Dad, please, don't look like that!
0:43:59 > 0:44:03I'm sorry I was running away. I didn't think I had a choice.
0:44:03 > 0:44:04It's not just that.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08We're in debt.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11Up to our eyeballs.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15This place is about to be repossessed.
0:44:15 > 0:44:16Why didn't you tell me?
0:44:17 > 0:44:19I'll sell the Stars when they find them.
0:44:21 > 0:44:25- They're crushed to dust. - Diamonds don't crumble.- No.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27But paste does.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30I might as well tell you now.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34I put the Stars in hock ten years ago.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38The necklace your mum left you was a good copy.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42But paste, nonetheless.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45I-I don't understand. If you're in that much debt,
0:44:45 > 0:44:48how could you ever hope to pay it off?
0:44:48 > 0:44:49Only by your marrying well.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55I wasn't against John because he was a tutor,
0:44:55 > 0:44:57or even because he's a Communist.
0:45:01 > 0:45:02But he can't provide for you.
0:45:04 > 0:45:05And nor can I.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10So what choice is there?
0:45:35 > 0:45:37You SHOULD be celebrating.
0:45:40 > 0:45:41Being taken for a fool?
0:45:43 > 0:45:44Losing my daughter?
0:45:45 > 0:45:48Having to admit we're close to losing our home?
0:45:48 > 0:45:52- Gaining freedom.- Sorry? - Perhaps the truth is,
0:45:52 > 0:45:56this house is a burden to the next generation, not a legacy.
0:45:56 > 0:46:01Do you want to weigh your daughter down as you've been your whole life?
0:46:01 > 0:46:03And of course, you have another gain.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07A son-in-law. He's not a gold-digger.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09He would have taken her with nothing.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11I suppose you want my blessing,
0:46:11 > 0:46:14- so you can marry them? - Oh, I'll marry them
0:46:14 > 0:46:16with your blessing or without it.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18But why go all the way to Gretna Green
0:46:18 > 0:46:20when we have a perfectly good church here?
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Come on, Colonel - what do you say?
0:46:28 > 0:46:30CHURCH BELLS PEAL
0:46:30 > 0:46:32APPLAUSE
0:46:42 > 0:46:44Nice catch.
0:46:50 > 0:46:56- Beautiful day for it. - Reminds me of MY wedding day. Oh!
0:46:57 > 0:46:58Such a shame.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Why do I always pick the wrong 'uns?
0:47:06 > 0:47:11So...spill the beans! Who's that?
0:47:16 > 0:47:18That's the REAL Uncle James.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Ooh!
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Excuse me. Excuse me.
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