0:00:02 > 0:00:04CHURCH BELLS PEAL
0:00:05 > 0:00:08DOG BARKS
0:00:40 > 0:00:42FAINT CHORAL MUSIC
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Who's there?
0:01:11 > 0:01:13MUFFLED CRIES
0:01:49 > 0:01:53From the grandeur of the Mass of Thanksgiving,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57to the pastoral delights of Lady Felicia's garden,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I think we'd all agree
0:01:59 > 0:02:03that today has been a day to raise the spirits.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Awards for distinguished service are to be cherished.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12I can only quote from the tribute of Pope Pius himself.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18"For the devout duty, the boys of St Bartholomew's
0:02:18 > 0:02:21"will always be in your debt."
0:02:21 > 0:02:23I saw it first!
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Please join me in congratulating Father Ignatius.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34POLITE APPLAUSE
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Or should I say Monsignor?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39POLITE APPLAUSE
0:02:40 > 0:02:42I thought he'd never finish.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Bishop likes to rise to the occasion.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Isn't it marvellous? Our very own prelate.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Moving service, Monsignor.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Oh, "Reverend Father" will suffice.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I've persuaded Father Ignatius to stay for dinner.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Won't you be needed at your mission?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01The country air will be good for the boys.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05They're certainly... full of high spirits!
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Abandoned as infants and brought to my care.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Poor mites. - Pair of tearaways!- Behave!
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Or it's straight back...to Coventry. HE PANTS
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Why don't I show you the Japanese garden?
0:03:22 > 0:03:26I've got a marvellous idea for a fundraising gala.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29I'm surprised he isn't wearing a halo.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Oi, oi, look out.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Ah, Brown.- Bishop.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Glad you could join us.- My Lord.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Oi!- Ignatius and I were fellow seminarians.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47A sterling example of what we aspire to achieve
0:03:47 > 0:03:50without the distractions of amateur sleuthing.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I was hoping to catch Professor Ambrose.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58An update on his quest for the Lannington Rosary.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02I imagine he's busy with his research.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08There's no fool like an old fool, eh?
0:04:16 > 0:04:21- Ambrose wasn't at church on Sunday. - He has been rather remiss of late.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Probably nursing a hangover somewhere.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- I'll pop in later on my rounds. - Bit out of your way, isn't it?
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Not if you drive me.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Looks like a break-in. One of the neighbours called us.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- You were right to be concerned. - Where is Ambrose?
0:04:37 > 0:04:42- I was hoping you could tell me that. - I haven't seen him all weekend.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44By all accounts, a bit of a queer fish.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47My friend Ambrose is endearingly eccentric.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Yes. That's one way of putting it, Father.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I suppose you'd better come inside.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Not you.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01HE LAUGHS
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Place appears to have been ransacked.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Although with all this mess, it's difficult to tell.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Retired academic.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15All his papers. How distressing.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Years of research.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22And what exactly did this "research" entail?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Renaissance Theology. Nothing that would interest you.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Perhaps the professor went on holiday.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Without telling the milkman?- Like you said - endearingly eccentric.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34A thief took advantage of an empty house...
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Any thief worth his salt would have stolen that.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- Unless they were disturbed. - Or looking for something else.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I'd rather you didn't touch anything, please, Father.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Checking for prints.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Tape-lift method - something we perfected at the Yard.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Fascinating.- Modern policing.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Still no substitute for good old-fashioned detective work.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Chloroform.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05He wouldn't disappear without telling me.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Why would anyone want to hurt Ambrose?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Father, this package just arrived for you.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Ambrose's handwriting. Postmarked two days ago.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21So it must have been posted before he went missing!
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Wow, Mrs M, the local constabulary can sleep sound in their beds(!)
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I went to a lecture at the Newman Society.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Ambrose was keen to talk about his recent discovery.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41The usual sceptics were there.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Lysette Penhallick was an English noblewoman.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49The Lady of the Manor of Lannington.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52As devout as she was wealthy.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Her rosary was somewhat, well, ostentatious.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59It was emeralds and mother-of-pearl.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02An early-Renaissance status symbol, really.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05It also appears in the family coat of arms.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07As a lesson in true faith,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09the Blessed Virgin appeared in a vision
0:07:09 > 0:07:12and bestowed upon the rosary miraculous healing powers.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Lysette soon discovered she had a religious notoriety -
0:07:17 > 0:07:20the sick and the dying demanded to be cured.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25So she sought sanctuary in Briars Priory
0:07:25 > 0:07:28after she has taken holy orders.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Her final days are lost in mystery.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35No-one even knows where she's buried.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38After she died, the relic disappeared.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41The priory was looted during the dissolution of the monasteries.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44No trace of the rosary was ever found.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47And it's been missing ever since.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55I may be a step closer to finding it.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Lysette Penhallick's prayer book. THEY MURMUR
0:08:01 > 0:08:05I discovered it languishing in the Ashmolean archives.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08What makes you so sure it belonged to Lysette?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13She wrote her name on the inside cover.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Lysette knew the true value of miracles.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I'm convinced she hid the rosary
0:08:18 > 0:08:21to save it from falling into the wrong hands.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25The clues to its whereabouts are contained in this book.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- And there's a letter! - Addressed to me.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41"Dearest Father Brown..."
0:08:41 > 0:08:44AMBROSE: "..as my life's work is finally reaching its conclusion,
0:08:44 > 0:08:48"I fear others may be out to steal the prize."
0:08:49 > 0:08:51"I may be in some danger."
0:08:53 > 0:08:56"I therefore entrust the Mysteries Of The Rosary to you,
0:08:56 > 0:08:58"and your safekeeping."
0:09:00 > 0:09:02"I know I can count on you to find it."
0:09:03 > 0:09:07"Begin with the Hail Mary. My prayers go with you."
0:09:08 > 0:09:11"Your friend, Ambrose."
0:09:13 > 0:09:18Whoever broke into Ambrose's house was looking for this.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20This rosary he mentions. Valuable, is it?
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- It's reputed to have healing powers.- You don't say?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Its veneration as a holy relic makes it almost priceless.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- How long has it been missing? - About 500 years.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Forensics are testing the handkerchief.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34We'll keep you informed of any developments.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- If Ambrose has been kidnapped... - That's pure conjecture.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40We have to take his disappearance seriously.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Believe me, Father, I'm trying to.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- Now, I suggest you let us get on with it.- The letter.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I'm confiscating this as evidence.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Still telling them how to do their job?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55And what brings you here?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Thank you. Misunderstanding in the village shop.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Wait for me outside.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09You look tired, Ignatius.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15A headache. The work at St Bartholomew's can be challenging.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19You must think our Cotswold concerns trivial.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22What news on Professor Ambrose?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I ran into your parish secretary.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28The police are investigating.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Prone to bouts of melancholy, so I've heard.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Seemed content with his research.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36The Lannington Rosary?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Its very existence has always been disputed.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Well, if you doubt its veracity
0:10:43 > 0:10:45then you must doubt the miracles attributed to it.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52We'll say prayers at the mission for his safe return.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Maybe for once you should just leave this to the police.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17The rosary could lead us to Ambrose, or whoever it is abducted him.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19That's all well and good...
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Some of these prayers have been embellished with roses.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25"Begin with the Hail Mary", he said.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29If a single rose marks the first clue...
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Well, that's easy.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Mary Our Lady first appeared to Lysette...
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- At Lannington.- Yes!
0:11:38 > 0:11:42And the Hail Mary is inscribed on the shrine.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Oh, this is the life, eh, Father?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Flash motor, nice bit of scenery.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Kind of Felicia to lend you the Rolls-Royce.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Well, you know, she's got a bit of a soft spot for me.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Yes, she has.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Listen, this rosary's been missing for 500 years. Must be well-hidden.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09When it could have done so much good.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12You really think we're going to find it?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Faith is the substance of things hoped for.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17HE CHUCKLES
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Faith? It's going to take a bleeding miracle!
0:12:41 > 0:12:43The shrine is at the end of the Rosary Walk.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Well, you go and look for your clues and I'll go look for the pub.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13HE GASPS FOR AIR
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Give me the book!
0:13:18 > 0:13:22This man is a priest. Show some decorum.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- Oi! - FATHER BROWN COUGHS
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Father Brown. It's been too long.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Flambeau.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I wondered when you'd turn up.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Be thankful I did, or your adventure would have ended prematurely.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47The rosary is too good a prize for you to resist.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50It seems we're not the only people searching for it.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52What the...
0:13:54 > 0:13:56What have you done with Ambrose?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58The fate of your professor is of no concern to me.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02The whereabouts of your relic? Now, that's another matter.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04The Lannington Rosary belongs to the church.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Which is why they've asked me to find it.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14You knew he wasn't dead!
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I had my suspicions.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21He's up to his eyes in this. I can smell it.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Wait here.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27The man is a psychopath, in case you'd forgotten.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38You expect me to believe that you are working for the Vatican?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40The Holy See hired me as a mercenary.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- They wanted the best. - So what's in it for you?
0:14:43 > 0:14:46There's been talk of an amnesty, a papal dispensation.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- You paid a visit to Ambrose's house. - Kidnapping is hardly my style.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55I was looking for the prayer book when the police arrived.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58But Ambrose made contingency plans.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00And made you custodian of the rosary's secrets.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02And you think I need your help to solve the clues?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Surely two heads are better than one? You need my protection.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Your protection? Last time I met you, you pointed a pistol at me!
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Regrettable, I know. But here I am, a changed man.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15The commerce of saints and the business of miracles,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17it's all so archaic.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23"Ave Maria gratia plena."
0:15:24 > 0:15:27The prayer book has brought us to the shrine.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I imagine the shrine will send us somewhere else.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36This prayer of Lysette's is embellished with two roses.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39The second clue must be contained within.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50"Sous la rose je fleurie."
0:15:51 > 0:15:55"My soul sings up towards heaven as I flourish under the rose."
0:15:57 > 0:16:00The second clue.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Champagne.
0:16:10 > 0:16:16- The woman's name is Penhallick. Lives at Tibberton Manor.- Yes.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18'..left of the family estate.'
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- Yes, I have that.- 'She's the last surviving descendant.'
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Mrs McCarthy, you are a brick.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27'Promise me you will be vigilant.'
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Yes, of course. I will keep a look out, yes.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- 'The man is a villain, not to mention a heathen...'- Yes.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Yes. Well, good night, Mrs McCa...
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Good night! Goodbye!
0:16:42 > 0:16:45You Catholics are so unfailingly virtuous.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48There's a prayer in there for everything.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53You could not resist stealing it, could you?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56You want to save your friend, you need to learn to trust me.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01According to my parish secretary, "I flourish under the rose"
0:17:01 > 0:17:03is the motto of the Penhallick family,
0:17:03 > 0:17:07and there is a surviving member, at Tibberton.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Perhaps they can shed some light on the mystery?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Tibberton? You do realise Tibberton's 60 miles away?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13We'll make an early start in the morning.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Yes, the earlier the better. There's a warrant out for your arrest.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Hmm. Back from the dead.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I'd ask you to join me for a bite to eat
0:17:24 > 0:17:27but I've decided to dine in my room.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Don't forget to say your prayers.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Morals of an alley cat.- Yes.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51TOILET FLUSHES
0:17:53 > 0:17:55HE BREAKS WIND
0:17:55 > 0:17:57You do realise we're consorting with a known criminal?
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- It's hardly consorting.- It's all right for you, I've got previous!
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Are you sure this is the only room they had left?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16The man is a compulsive liar.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19All that guff about working for the Vatican!
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Perhaps he has changed.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25FAINT CREAKING AND MOANING
0:18:25 > 0:18:27That's always been your trouble, Father.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29You only ever see the good in people.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31CREAKING AND MOANING CONTINUES
0:18:36 > 0:18:39I am telling you, once he gets his hands on that rosary,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42you will not see Flambeau for dust.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44He'll be off like the hare at Haringey.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27HE GROANS
0:19:27 > 0:19:29CHORAL MUSIC
0:19:51 > 0:19:54HE GASPS FOR AIR
0:20:04 > 0:20:07You really think your priest will find you?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Finding the rosary is all that matters.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15And what if he decides to keep it for himself?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Then you must make good on your threats.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Then perhaps we should remind him what's at stake.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49He's only gone and stolen the Rolls. I warned you, didn't I?
0:20:49 > 0:20:52What on God's earth am I going to tell Lady F?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55This was pushed through my door this morning.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00"Find the Rosary or lose your friend. You have until seven."
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- A ransom note.- It tells us everything and nothing.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- HE GROANS - You all right, Sid?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- You look a bit queasy.- I was on and off that khazi all night.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Must have been something I ate.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16We have to find the rosary, before it's too late.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- Well, we're stuffed without a motor. - HORN TOOTS
0:21:25 > 0:21:29We needed petrol. Isn't she a joy to drive?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33How did you get hold of my keys?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36On second thoughts, don't answer that.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- We're wasting valuable time. - HE GROANS
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Clearly he's in no state to join us.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44You did this!
0:21:45 > 0:21:47He's poisoned me or something.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49The man is paranoid, as well as disagreeable.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Make sure Sullivan reads it.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Whoa, whoa, whoa! I am not about to leave you with him.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Never alone, Sid. It's the perk of the job.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06- Maybe you should sleep it off? - You know where we're heading?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11And how am I supposed to get there?
0:22:14 > 0:22:19- How does it feel to be a fugitive? - You can never run far from God.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21No matter how hard we try.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- Our treasure hunt excites you. - I'm doing it for Ambrose.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26And not for the thrill of the chase?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Imagine the things we could steal together.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I thought you'd turned over a new leaf.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36You know, for a priest, you're sorely lacking in faith.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Maybe I'm sorely tested.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I thought you'd welcome another chance to save my sorry soul.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48HE GROANS
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- KNOCKING AT DOOR - Who's there?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56KNOCKING CONTINUES
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Where is he?
0:23:07 > 0:23:11I'd offer you tea, only I've given the housekeeper the day off.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19I'm all alone in this big, empty house.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Believe me, Madame, we are gentlemen.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Mademoiselle.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27FATHER BROWN CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:23:27 > 0:23:31We wanted to ask you about the Lannington Rosary.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33The mystery of its disappearance has always intrigued me.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36I'm not sure I can enlighten you.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39It was all such a long, long time ago.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45You attended the lecture at Oxford. I remember your perfume.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I have a vested interest.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I'm the last of the family line, you know.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53I find it hard to believe you've never married.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I've had offers, of course.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Never thought I'd end up on the shelf.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00You are a woman in your prime.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Lysette's later years are unaccounted for.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- It was rumoured she fled to France. - A sensible course of action.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11The Lannington Rosary brought nothing but trouble.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It was more of a curse than a blessing.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18She must have been difficult to live up to.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21How exactly can I help you, Father Brown?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23We need to find that relic as a matter of urgency.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I had you down as pilgrims, not bounty hunters.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- We believe there might be letters. - Family correspondence.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Perhaps an heirloom might provide a clue?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Most of the heirlooms are long gone.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Though I can't let you leave without seeing the painting.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53The only proof that the rosary ever existed.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57An Albrecht Kraus. I may have to come back and steal it.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01A cloister garden. A priory cloister garden?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I've always found piety rather a burden.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Wouldn't you agree, Father Brown?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It's a burden some choose not to live with.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Classical imagery.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16The lilies allude to the subject's piety,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19the roses represent the Blessed Virgin.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20There are three of them.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28It's a prayer of veneration. "Fidelis Usque ad Mortem".
0:25:28 > 0:25:30"Faithful unto death".
0:25:32 > 0:25:35It's telling us where Lysette is buried.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Well, don't just stand there. Go after them!
0:25:55 > 0:25:59According to Ambrose, Lysette took holy orders at Briars Priory.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03The Bridgettine Sisters.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06It's less than ten miles from here. Little more than a ruin now.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09You really think she took the rosary to the grave?
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- What better place to hide it? - The priory has been searched.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Maybe they missed something.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Well, one of us needs to open it.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- Oi!- Ah! I need to borrow your bicycle.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18I have to find a rosary. It's been lost for 500 years.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22It's a ransom for my friend. I'll bring your bicycle back.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26- Oi! - COW MOOS
0:28:14 > 0:28:16"I flourish under the rose..."
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Empty.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38She's been playing us for fools with these blessed riddles.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44There must be something else.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50"Oratio Humilis Accessus."
0:28:51 > 0:28:54The Prayer of Humble Admission.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Humble, lowly...
0:28:59 > 0:29:01A simple way in. A door.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07A low door.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22HOLLOW THUDS
0:29:40 > 0:29:44"Domine fac ingrediar coram Te.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48"Grant, O Lord, that I may come before thee..."
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Et voila.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12THEY STRAIN
0:30:41 > 0:30:43What can you see?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Not much.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52It's an old burial chamber.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56It's been left undisturbed for quite some time.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15The priory sisters must have built it...
0:31:15 > 0:31:17What were they trying to hide?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- Looks like Ambrose was right. - Ambrose...
0:31:41 > 0:31:43has served his purpose.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45ALARM BELL RINGS
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Give me a leg up.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53There never was a papal dispensation, was there?
0:31:53 > 0:31:55I can't climb out of here on my own.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57I really thought you had changed.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59If they catch me, it's prison.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Perhaps that's the best place for you.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Do you want to save your friend, or don't you?
0:32:07 > 0:32:10If I help you up, you'll leave me in here.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Why don't you go first?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Spread out and search the grounds.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22The suspect could be armed.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24You stay here. You're no use to anyone.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Sod that for a game of soldiers.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34- The rosary... - HE SIGHS
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Please?
0:32:53 > 0:32:56I think that belongs to me.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- Take the ransom. - Tell me where Ambrose is.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01The rosary is not yours to barter with.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Do you think I won't use this?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Take it. Do the right thing.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Father Brown?
0:33:08 > 0:33:10- If I were you, I'd shoot the priest.- Shut up.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Police! Throw down your weapon!
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Flambeau!
0:33:27 > 0:33:28Flambeau!
0:33:39 > 0:33:41He won't get far with a bullet wound.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43I wouldn't be so sure of that.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47See what you've done? Your professor is as good as dead.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49I had it in my hand.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56CLOCK BELL CHIMES
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Where is he?
0:34:08 > 0:34:12- Now that'd be telling. - You know they'll lock you up?
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- I failed him. He said I would.- Move.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Who have you failed?
0:34:17 > 0:34:19I should arrest you for obstruction.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22- How did you find me? - Tip-off from the local force.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25A priest made off with a pensioner's bicycle.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28The rosary appears to have vanished, along with your friend Flambeau.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32The man you're detaining knows where Ambrose is.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- Well, he's refusing to give us a statement.- We're running out of time.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38If you'd been honest with me from the start.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40I did what I thought was best for my friend.
0:34:42 > 0:34:43Jacob Spender.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46He's got form. Petty theft, GBH...
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- Nothing as clever as extortion. - Troubled sort.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Spent his formative years in a mission for wayward children...
0:34:51 > 0:34:52Which mission?
0:35:28 > 0:35:32I need iodine, dressings...
0:35:32 > 0:35:33and the sanctuary of your church.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39The wound isn't deep.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41The bullet only scratched you,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43but it will sting.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- I owe you my life. - Then give me the rosary.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Perhaps I should have used it to heal myself.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51You begged me for absolution.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Life is too short for penance.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55You can live with a guilty conscience,
0:35:55 > 0:35:58but do you want to die with one?
0:35:58 > 0:36:02One day you'll realise I'm beyond salvation.
0:36:02 > 0:36:03The day I give up hope.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05I hope you find your friend.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Wait!
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Please!
0:36:39 > 0:36:41BELL RINGS
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Jacob Spender was a ward of this orphanage,
0:36:48 > 0:36:51saved by the church from a life of destitution.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54Phenytoin.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56RUSTLING
0:36:56 > 0:36:58You again.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Get off me!
0:37:01 > 0:37:03We were only playing hide-and-seek!
0:37:03 > 0:37:04HE LAUGHS
0:37:04 > 0:37:05Perhaps, young sir,
0:37:05 > 0:37:09you could tell me the whereabouts of Father Ignatius?
0:37:09 > 0:37:10- Who wants to know?- Oi!
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Mind your manners. That's a priest you're talking to.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16He sits in the chapel for the quiet.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17These his pills?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- Takes them for his headaches.- Hmm.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Jacob?
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Jacob's not coming back.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39He always disappoints me.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42You sent him to steal a holy relic.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44I took him in when no-one else would.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46I gave him a purpose in life.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49Where is Ambrose?
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Stubborn old fool. If he'd given me the book...
0:37:55 > 0:37:58You're a minister of Christ.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Have you forgotten your vows? - Do not presume to judge me.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- God will do that. - I was chosen to find the rosary.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- I am blessed.- You are ill.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12- You are delusional.- The Blessed Virgin made me a vessel.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14The visions were fierce in their clarity.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Epilepsy.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23A tumour.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Here.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29It changes me.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- The police are on their way. - What good will that do? I'm dying.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Do you believe the possession of this will cure you?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51You found it.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Haven't you heard?
0:38:54 > 0:38:56He's quite the detective.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58I should have known better than to trust a priest.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00My need was always greater than yours.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Perhaps Father Brown should be the judge of that.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07After all, I still have a hostage to bargain with.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- Where is Ambrose? - Now, that would be telling.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13You were working together.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16I attended the lecture as an interested party.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18We needed the prayer book.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21So you hatched a plot to kidnap Ambrose?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- With the help of that idiot boy. - She had the perfect place to hide.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27And with your promotion you had the perfect alibi.
0:39:27 > 0:39:28While we did all the dirty work.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30You were greedy, just like Lysette.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32I am the rightful heir to the rosary.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34What makes you think you deserve it?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37I shall be the second Penhallick with miraculous powers.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Either that, or incredibly rich.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43This was ordained.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46I must continue God's work.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Sancta Maria, Sancta Dei Genetrix, Sancta Virgo virginum,
0:39:53 > 0:39:56make me a miracle. Make me a miracle.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Show me its power.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Can you see it?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Can you see it?!
0:40:10 > 0:40:11Heal me!
0:40:11 > 0:40:15- Heal me!- It's mine!
0:40:21 > 0:40:23No!
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Ignatius?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Please!
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Heal me.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55SHE SCREAMS
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Tell you what, it's a good job someone's watching your back.
0:40:59 > 0:41:00Easy.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06OK, take them away.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09That priest has got the rosary!
0:41:09 > 0:41:10HE LAUGHS
0:41:10 > 0:41:14HE WHISTLES
0:41:14 > 0:41:18- Still no nearer to finding Ambrose. - Well, he could be anywhere.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23That's her car.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28KNOCKING AND MUFFLED CRIES
0:41:36 > 0:41:40I was beginning to think you'd never find me.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Good to have you back, Brown.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51None the worse for your little adventure.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Any word on the rosary?
0:41:56 > 0:41:57A sad loss.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01Quite.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Father Brown.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Such a terrible way for poor Ignatius to go.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16His passing was a shock to us all.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19At least I've still got you.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21I never trusted the man myself.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30"Stubbornly resistant to improvement."
0:42:30 > 0:42:3112 letters...
0:42:31 > 0:42:35- Incorrigible.- Of course.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41- You know, I think the Penhallick woman might have been right.- Mmm?
0:42:41 > 0:42:44The Lannington rosary, it's as much of a curse as a blessing.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Ignatius - living proof.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51Yes, I can see now why Lysette hid it.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Well, wherever it is, it's best to stay hidden.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03There's something I've been meaning to tell you.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14The thieving...!