0:00:32 > 0:00:34Get up!
0:00:35 > 0:00:37What time is it?
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Time you did some work. Lying around like a useless lump!
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Sorry, Dad. I don't feel well.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47You think I take the day off when I feel poorly?
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Feeble little runt!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Look at you. Pathetic!
0:00:58 > 0:01:00You're meant to be a man!
0:01:00 > 0:01:04But what did I expect? You take after your mother.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07What did you say?
0:01:07 > 0:01:09You heard.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11You're just like your mother.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22I'm nothing like my mother!
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Pathetic, am I? A little runt? - Get off me!
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Why should I? Now who's the feeble one?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Things are going to change around here, Dad.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Things are going to change!
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Mrs McCarthy.- Honestly!
0:02:11 > 0:02:15I go away for one week and when I come back, what do I find?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Chaos!
0:02:17 > 0:02:19That is a slight exaggeration.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Ooh, has someone done the Mass lists or the bidding prayers
0:02:23 > 0:02:25or written up the weekly collection?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27There have been slips in administration.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Slips? It's a complete landslide!
0:02:30 > 0:02:34And who on earth is responsible for that?
0:02:36 > 0:02:39We decided to let Mrs Tindall have a turn.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41She's been waiting for a very, very long time.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46I am very, very well aware! Look at that foliage.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48It's half-dead!
0:02:49 > 0:02:50SHE SCREAMS
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Who would have thought flower arranging could be
0:02:54 > 0:02:56so dangerous?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I think it was the eryngium that got me.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- What?- Sea holly?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Oh.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Well, you take the eye drops three times a day,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07and my wife will make you an appointment to have the stitches out.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Are you all right, Mrs McCarthy?- Yes, fine.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Well... I'm still a bit shaken.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Now you know why I don't have flowers in the surgery.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Although I do have one very beautiful rose.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27So, when would be convenient for you?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I suppose I could do any morning except Tuesday.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Nine o'clock, Tuesday.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I said any morning except Tuesday!
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Um... Sorry!
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Tuesday afternoon?
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Oh, for heaven's sake! Am I surrounded by incompetence?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Oona? Oona?
0:03:51 > 0:03:52I'm sorry.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56No, no. I'm sorry. What's the matter?
0:03:56 > 0:03:57It's nothing.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59No, it's not nothing. Just look at the state you're in.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02It's just...
0:04:04 > 0:04:06..I think I'm going to have a baby.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Come on! Come on! Move!
0:04:13 > 0:04:14HE GROANS
0:04:14 > 0:04:15HE COUGHS
0:04:15 > 0:04:17BELL RINGS
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Must stop smoking.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22HE GROANS
0:04:22 > 0:04:24HE COUGHS
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Traditionally, Sid, shouldn't you be inside the car?
0:04:27 > 0:04:28That's very funny.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31I've been saying to Lady F we should get this serviced for weeks.
0:04:31 > 0:04:37Does she listen? Mind you, only 200 yards to the garage.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38I will share your load.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Ah, would ya?
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Right, I'll steer. Right, you ready?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46One, two... What?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04That was Alfred. You know, Farmer Tatton's son?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Well, if he carries on riding like that, he won't be for much longer.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14'What did he say?'
0:05:14 > 0:05:15I haven't told him.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Why on earth not? He's a doctor, for heaven's sake!
0:05:20 > 0:05:22It's just...
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Last year, I lost a baby.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Oh.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33And afterwards, the doctors said I could never have another.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Adam was sad, so perhaps it was a blessing.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38He's too old for a family.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Oh, he may have said that,
0:05:41 > 0:05:46but I've known him since before you were... Well, for a very long time.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48And he is the kindest of men.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I'm sure he'll be thrilled at your news.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I've tried to tell him, but recently,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54he just seems so distracted.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56He's a very busy man.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57I know,
0:05:57 > 0:06:01but please, don't tell anyone till I know for sure.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I am the soul of discretion.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Though I may have to start knitting!
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- Excuse me!- You're excused.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16What do you want?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Isn't it obvious, Oona?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Alfred wanted to see you.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Right, well, you'd better come through.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35So, what seems to be the trouble?
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Well, I need some painkillers.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39And where's the pain this time?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42It's the headaches. They're all the time now,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45like someone's banging a hammer on my skull.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Look, Alfred.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I do have to be careful about how many of these I prescribe.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52I'm in agony here.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I think we both know what you could do to reduce the headaches.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Give it to me!
0:06:59 > 0:07:01All I'm saying is that certain actions
0:07:01 > 0:07:02have inevitable consequences.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04What, like if you marry a woman half your age,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07then she'll run off with somebody else?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Let's just stick to your health problems, shall we?
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Don't bother. I reckon you've got enough problems of your own.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Alfred! Alfred, wait!
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I don't know how you put up with that old fool.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30You want to spend some time with a real man.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Come see me at the barn.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Not today. Not tomorrow.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Never!
0:07:38 > 0:07:39I'll see you later.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Adam?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47That boy gets more like his father every day.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Do you fancy some lunch?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53No. I've, um, got some errands to do.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Now, about these annual reports...
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Don't say it.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Say what, Mrs M?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14That I... That I look like Lord Nelson.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16I was going say Long John Silver.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18HE LAUGHS
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Pay no attention.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24I'm sure Dr Crawford did an excellent job with your stitches.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25He did.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Do you know, he spent ten minutes looking for the right
0:08:28 > 0:08:31shade of thread to match my eyebrows?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33How very meticulous.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36And then I bumped into Alfred Tatton at the surgery.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40He is turning into a very unpleasant young man.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Mm... He does seem to be a lost soul.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46You lost something, Mrs M?
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Oh, I left my eye drops at the surgery. Well, it'll have to wait.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Now, about these annual reports,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55which you have done no work on whatsoever.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Yes, well, that sounds like a marvellous idea,
0:08:58 > 0:09:02but I did promise to speak to Mr Sims about the Bishop's visit.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03- Mm.- What?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08And I could pick your eye drops up on the way over.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09It's a good idea.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10But...
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I think we need...
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Oh, you were a while.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I ran into Mrs Gillespie.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29You know what a chatterbox she is.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Are we going for lunch?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Ah, well, Mrs McCarthy forgot her eye drops,
0:09:35 > 0:09:39but before that, I'd better give Alfred his prescription.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Right.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45I'll be as quick as I can.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49I tell you what. Why don't we take a picnic up to Tawny Lake?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55BELL RINGS
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Oh, Father!- Oona!
0:09:57 > 0:09:59I'm looking for eye drops.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I think Mrs McCarthy may have mislaid them.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Oh, my husband's just gone off with them.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Really? Where to?
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Tatton Farm.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Well, it's not too far. Try and catch him.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11And I can have a word with young Alfred.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Everything all right?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Yes. Yes, I'm fine.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Everything's fine.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Mind my bike!
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Alfred?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10No! No!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Father Brown. Everything all right?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41No. Everything is not all right.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49That'll do for now. Thank you, Doctor.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I don't know how this could have happened.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56What a terrible accident.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Yes. It must have been.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03These machines are so unreliable.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08I'm sure there'll be a full investigation.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12He was such a good boy, you know.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Couldn't do enough for me.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Maybe God took him because he was short of angels.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26- Inspector?- Father Brown.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Isn't it interesting?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Whenever there's a suspicious death, you're never far away.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Does the Grim Reaper give you advance warning?
0:12:34 > 0:12:35I don't want to step on your toes.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Obviously.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40But why do you consider this death suspicious?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Several reasons. One of which, Alfred fell backwards.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46But if he'd been loading the machine, he would have been facing forwards.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49It's difficult to believe that an experienced operator would
0:12:49 > 0:12:50suddenly fall in,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53whereas it's very easy indeed for him to be pushed.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55So what brought you to Tatton Farm?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I wanted to catch Dr Crawford, but his wife said
0:12:57 > 0:13:00he'd already left for Tatton Farm, so I came after him.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Interesting.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03What is?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05You both made the same journey,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08but you went by bicycle and the doctor came by car.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11So how did you manage to get here first?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Just double check all of that.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Thank you for your time. We'll be in touch.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34And if you ever need to talk, the door of St Mary's is always open.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Thank you, Father.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Because I was a surprised when you described your son as an angel.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43I know, in the past, you said that living with him was a trial.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46We had our ups and downs, but he were a good boy.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50I prefer to concentrate on the happy memories.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52What was your last memory of Alfred?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54What?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57When did you last see him?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I need to lie down, Father. Good day to you.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06'It's awful.'
0:14:06 > 0:14:08What do they think happened?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10It was an accident.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Of course.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13He fell.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18It would have been very quick. I mean, I don't think he suffered.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Er... There's just one thing I must do.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Adam, there's just something I've been meaning to tell you.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28What?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Dr Crawford.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Can we have a word?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36So, you went straight from the surgery to the barn?
0:14:36 > 0:14:41That's right. I parked round the corner in Lovage Lane.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44These country roads play havoc with your suspension.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Mm.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47I'd say that's a two-minute journey.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50And yet, you're unaccounted for, for nearly ten.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Well, I may have stopped somewhere along the way.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Really?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Actually, yes. I think I did stop to admire the lavender.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Is that so?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05It's rather magnificent this time of year.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Hm.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08What time was this exactly?
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Well, er...
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Quarter past, 12.20. Does it matter?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16I'd say it does matter.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19John Tatton has just lost his only son.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24Yes. Yes, he's had such a terrible run of tragedies.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27He must constantly be asking himself, why me?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Mm.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- You know, if I had to name anyone, I'd go for John Tatton.- Would you?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Such a cruel man!
0:15:37 > 0:15:40He never seemed able to look his son straight in the eye.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Bit late for the post, isn't it, Mrs M?
0:15:45 > 0:15:46There's no name on it.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57"Alfred Tatton was killed by Dr Crawford." No!
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Who could have written such a thing?
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Who indeed?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Inspector, did you want to see me?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Always a pleasure, Father, but no, I'm here for the funeral.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- Have you seen these?- Several dozen letters, sent all over town.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20We're looking into who sent them
0:16:20 > 0:16:23and the possibility that it could be true.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Sid? Sid?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30I want you to try every typewriter in Kembleford.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33The library, village shop, school.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38Even the one Mrs McCarthy uses. And see if you can find a match for this.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Why do I get all the boring jobs?
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Because it is vital that we find the author.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46They're called poison pen letters for a reason.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Mr Tatton... My condolences.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01You're very kind, Mrs McCarthy,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04but the best thing in my life has been taken away from me.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Of course. If you'll excuse me.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Oona!
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Don't you know its bad luck to come to a funeral in your condition?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Sh! I don't want anyone to know.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20You still haven't told?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22It just never seems the right time.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24And now these awful letters!
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Oh, you shouldn't pay a blind bit of notice to them.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Nobody else has.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32And where is your husband?
0:17:32 > 0:17:33- I don't know.- Amen.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34GLASS SMASHES
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- I'm so, so very sorry.- You're drunk!
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Drunk? Of course I'm not drunk!
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Showing up at my son's funeral in that state! It's disrespectful!
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Well, your son was hardly the most respectful of people.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54How dare you!
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- You seen this? Hm?- What is it?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00I think you know. It's true, isn't it?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05It was you! You're a murderer!
0:18:05 > 0:18:07It should be you in that grave!
0:18:07 > 0:18:08- Stand back!- Calm down, please.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10You're just going to let him get away with it?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12We are investigating your son's death,
0:18:12 > 0:18:14but would ask you to be patient.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19It's all right. Don't make a fuss!
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Why is everybody staring at me?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38I'm sorry, Father,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41but I had to come here in case I did something I'd regret.
0:18:41 > 0:18:48You made a very serious public allegation.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49I don't regret one word of it.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53What makes you so sure that Dr Crawford killed your son?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57You remember how my Eileen died?
0:18:57 > 0:18:58A road accident.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Eileen used to drink
0:19:02 > 0:19:05till she could hardly put one foot in front of another.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09One day, she went to see Dr Crawford...
0:19:11 > 0:19:13..drunk out of her mind.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19He gave her a prescription for a headache and sent her on her way.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23She walked straight into a lorry.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I'm sure if he could have foretold the future,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28he would have stopped her.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32He sent my Eileen to her death and now he's killed my boy.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I'm sure of it!
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Did you send those letters, John?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40No, but I'd like to shake the hand of whoever did.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47I can't prove he did it, but I know he had the motive.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Really?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Oona was having an affair with Alfred, you know.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58He often used to boast about it.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06What's wrong with you? I've never seen you drink before.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- Maybe it's time I started.- What?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Seeing Alfred, a young man,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15suddenly taken, it makes you think. Maybe it's time we started living.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17But you were drunk at a funeral, Adam!
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Yes, and in a few hours, I'll be sober,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21whereas Alfred... Alfred will... Poor Alfred!
0:20:25 > 0:20:26I'm sorry.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27It's these letters, isn't it?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I just need to lie down for a while.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Yesterday, you were going to tell me something.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40What? No. No, it's nothing. Go and lie down.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Oona.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I'm sorry. My husband can't see anyone at the moment.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Indeed, he did seem somewhat overwrought.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58He does get upset whenever a patient dies.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Yes, of course.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03And you? Were you upset?
0:21:03 > 0:21:04What do you mean?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Well, were you close to Alfred Tatton?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08No.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11I saw him when he came to the surgery, but that's it.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Corona Standard.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Er, yes, it's my husband's.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Why don't you type a notice to say that afternoon surgery is cancelled?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26No! He just needed a few minutes' rest.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27I'm sure he's better now.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Then I'll pop in and see him.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36KNOCKING
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Just a minute.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Yes?
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Father Brown!
0:21:52 > 0:21:53What on earth?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Yes, I'm feeling much better, thank you.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01There's been a lot of talk about your behaviour today.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05My behaviour? All I was trying to do was pay my condolences.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Yet you told John Tatton you were sorry.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09What exactly are you sorry about?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I'm sorry that I didn't get to his son sooner...
0:22:15 > 0:22:18..that I paused along the way, I'm sorry that I can't bring
0:22:18 > 0:22:21people back from the dead.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Sorry. Things just keep going wrong.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Have any idea who wrote this letter?
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Some very troubled individual. I won't let it bother me.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34That's the spirit.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38Didn't know you were an astronomer.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51It's just... Just something I dabble in.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Yes, everyone should have a hobby.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Was there anything else?
0:22:56 > 0:22:57No.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I'm so sorry, but they wanted to speak with you.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05What's this about?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08We can tell you at the station if you'd like to come this way.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Inspector...- And you can stay right where you are.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I have brought your laundry. A clean cassock.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Yes.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38And I've sorted out the mess you left the accounts in.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41No.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46- Oh, they asked if you'd like to be the next Pope.- Yes.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I'm sorry, what were you saying?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Oh, nothing important. What's that?
0:23:56 > 0:24:00It was written on the typewriter that lives on Oona's desk.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04The same typewriter that wrote the poison pen letters.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06How do you know?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Look at the O.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10Yes?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Every single one blocked in.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17But that means... Do you think that...
0:24:17 > 0:24:22Right, well, I have tried every typewriter in town.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Not one of them matches.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I think that deserves a cup of tea.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Or something stronger.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I'm afraid we've discovered something unpleasant.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39The letters were written by Oona.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Oona?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Hello?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Sid's shepherd's crook.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Father Brown?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26What have you got there?
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Adam's star charts. Your husband said I could
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- borrow them. - I thought lying was a sin, Father.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Yes, it is.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40And you haven't been honest about your relationship with
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Alfred Tatton.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Of course Alfred used to chase Oona. It was embarrassing!
0:25:51 > 0:25:53He seemed to be obsessed with her.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56And how did she feel about him?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59He repulsed me.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Did you ever see him outside of the surgery?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Oona?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14All right! I did go to the barn on the day that he died,
0:26:14 > 0:26:18but only to tell him to leave me alone, once and for all.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Why did you wait so long to talk about this?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Because I knew it would look suspicious.- And it does.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28But what is even more suspicious is this.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34I've no idea who wrote the letter.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35A patient with a grudge?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39I think this was written by someone who knows you very well.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Who wrote the letter?
0:26:44 > 0:26:46'It wasn't me.'
0:26:46 > 0:26:49It was written on your typewriter.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52I could never write such a thing.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55The police will believe otherwise.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58I can't write English.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02What?
0:27:04 > 0:27:06All my education was in Gaelic.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10I can't read or write English at all.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17You see, despite your lies, someone out there knows the truth.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19I'm telling you the truth. I didn't kill him!
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Though you admit he had designs on your wife.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Yes, he had excellent taste!
0:27:23 > 0:27:25And you knew you were going to lose her.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Oh, don't be ridiculous!
0:27:26 > 0:27:31Still, you and Oona had 18 months together. Not a bad innings.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Inspector, just stop this.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Because how could you ever compete with such a young man?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Just stop it, whatever you're suggesting!
0:27:38 > 0:27:40One so much more virile!
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Just shut up! Just shut up about Alfred Tatton!
0:27:51 > 0:27:53All right. It was me.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56What?
0:27:57 > 0:27:59I did it.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00I killed him.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09I cannot believe I was fooled by that woman!
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Well, if that's Ursa Major...
0:28:11 > 0:28:13This eye patch must have made me blind!
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- ..then that should be... - Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
0:28:16 > 0:28:17What if it isn't Dr Crawford's?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19What if it's...
0:28:19 > 0:28:20The pole star!
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Are you listening to me?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Mrs McCarthy, don't move.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- What?- Stand perfectly still.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Are you all right, Father?
0:28:33 > 0:28:37Yes, unlike the poor soul who will have made these drawings.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- Father, I need to...- Ah, Sid!
0:28:40 > 0:28:41You're here to tell me
0:28:41 > 0:28:44that Dr Crawford has been charged with murder.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46- Well, yeah, that's right. - And indeed he's confessed.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Well, yeah, he has. How do you know?
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Because it's written in the stars.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Father Brown, I do hope you're here for religious purposes,
0:28:57 > 0:28:58and not to meddle.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00I don't know what you mean.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Perhaps you should think about leaving things to
0:29:02 > 0:29:04the professionals from now on.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Never forget, the professionals built the Titanic.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09But an amateur built the Ark.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19Hello, Adam.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Hello, Father.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Thank you for coming.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29I hear you've confessed.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33I knew Alfred had designs on Oona, so I followed him to the barn
0:29:33 > 0:29:35and told him to leave her alone.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37And he laughed at me.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Said I was a clapped-out old has-been, who could never please
0:29:41 > 0:29:42her the way he could.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49So I climbed the ladder and I threw him into the metal jaws.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55I'd like to say it was a moment of madness
0:29:55 > 0:29:57but I think I went there intending to do it.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Well, thank you.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04What for?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06The story.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08And when you're released without charge,
0:30:08 > 0:30:12you may think about taking up a new career writing pulp fiction.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Oh?
0:30:13 > 0:30:15You wrote those poison pen letters, didn't you?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20But why would you write something that could lead to
0:30:20 > 0:30:21the hangman's noose?
0:30:24 > 0:30:27I think the answer lies in these charts.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30They're not stars, are they?
0:30:30 > 0:30:32They're marks.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37Maybe moles on a human's body. Perhaps a patient?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41But not just any old patient.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Someone whom you observe every day.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50They are a self-portrait... of your body.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54If anyone could see through me
0:30:54 > 0:30:56I might have known it would be you.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Is there something you want to confess?
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Bless me Father for I have sinned.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05It has been three weeks since my last confession.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07And they've been busy weeks.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10What are those marks?
0:31:11 > 0:31:12Tumours on the skin.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17The first sign of a virulent form of cancer.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19I've only got a few months left.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23So sorry.
0:31:23 > 0:31:24Well, it's not your fault.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29When I found out, my first thought was to take my own life.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31But suicide is a mortal sin.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35And then came that day in the barn.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41'I'd gone to give Alfred his prescription,
0:31:41 > 0:31:43'and he was blind drunk, as usual.
0:31:44 > 0:31:51'As I entered, he turned to see who it was and he lost his balance.'
0:31:58 > 0:32:00There was nothing I could do to save him.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03I see.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07There was a whisky bottle on the floor
0:32:07 > 0:32:11and I knew that John had lost his wife to alcohol and I thought
0:32:11 > 0:32:14it might break his heart if his son went the same way.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18So I picked it up and took it to my car.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21'And then when I came back you were there.'
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Father Brown! Everything all right?
0:32:29 > 0:32:32I can see how you would want to protect his reputation.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36But why frame yourself for a murder that was never committed?
0:32:36 > 0:32:41Because I've only got a few months left to live
0:32:41 > 0:32:44and a hangman's noose is a less painful end.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46And I'll be saving Oona the trouble of nursing me
0:32:46 > 0:32:49and the pain of watching me rot away.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54And John. Poor John.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59It must be the worst thing in the world to lose your only child.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03But he might gain some comfort from believing that it was a crime,
0:33:03 > 0:33:08not some random act of God and that the murderer had been punished.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13'As I walked towards you that day,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15'with that machine in the background, I thought...
0:33:17 > 0:33:18'I can't save Alfred.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22'But I can help the people left behind.
0:33:22 > 0:33:28'Before making a quick, painless, if rather theatrical exit myself.'
0:33:30 > 0:33:34So, it was almost therapeutic writing those letters.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Knowing they would start a rumour.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Which would lead in a few weeks to a guilty verdict.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46This is simply suicide by another name.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52It will bring no peace to John. It will break Oona's heart.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58And it will horrify anyone who has ever known you.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59No, you're wrong.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03They'll be happy to see me hanged because they'll think I'm guilty.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Besides, it's too late.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12Public opinion is against me and it's my first court appearance next week.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17When they ask me how I plead and I say that one word.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- It's only a matter of time. - It is not too late.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Oh, but it's been good to have someone to confide in.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29And it's nice to know that thanks to the seal of the confessional nothing
0:34:29 > 0:34:32I've said can go beyond these walls.
0:34:45 > 0:34:46'Little runt!
0:34:48 > 0:34:51'You're just like your mother!
0:34:53 > 0:34:55'Things are going to change around here, Dad.'
0:34:55 > 0:34:56John!
0:34:58 > 0:35:00John!
0:35:00 > 0:35:01'Things are going to change!'
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Father.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Did you know Dr Crawford's appearing in court?
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- When?- This afternoon.- Right.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27Well, he'll soon get what he deserves. And I can look him
0:35:27 > 0:35:31in the eye as the noose goes round his neck.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33And I can say, "This is for Alfred."
0:35:34 > 0:35:38And when you've done that, will you feel less guilty?
0:35:46 > 0:35:47It was me, Father.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50I killed him.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Not with my own hands, but I drove him to it.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56How?
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Three years ago, with Eileen.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03I didn't do enough for her, when she was in the gutter.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Someone said she ran in front of that lorry.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11And I knew Alfred drank, the way she did,
0:36:11 > 0:36:13which was why I was so hard on him.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15I wanted him to knuckle down.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20But what if I drove him to this?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Was he having an affair with Oona?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27I don't know.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Perhaps it was just a teenage boy bragging.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36But you needed someone to blame?
0:36:42 > 0:36:46I don't really think Dr Crawford did it, Father.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Why would he?
0:36:48 > 0:36:53If you truly believe that... you should come to the court.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56Please.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03Please God, whatever happens to me, will you keep my child safe?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09And help me to understand why my husband did this.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17Father?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23I've just been talking to Mr Tatton.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26He's decided to come to court with me.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27Right.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29I wish that you would do the same.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Just to say goodbye.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38To a man you promised to love, to honour...
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Father Brown? - I'm sorry.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48I got a bit close to the threshing machine.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49It's this chaff...
0:37:51 > 0:37:52Chaff?
0:37:52 > 0:37:56Yes, I got some in my cassock last week.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59It seems to get everywhere.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04But I do my husband's laundry and his suit was completely spotless.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Was it?
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Yes, it was!
0:38:11 > 0:38:14RADIO: 'A general practitioner is to appear in court today,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16'charged with the murder of one of his patients.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20'Dr Adam Crawford of Kembleford, Gloucestershire, is said to
0:38:20 > 0:38:24'have deliberately pushed 19-year-old Alfred Tatton to his death.'
0:38:24 > 0:38:26SHOUTING
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Adam, why are you doing this?
0:38:29 > 0:38:32We know you didn't kill Alfred. I know he drank.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Are you trying to punish me? Because I've done nothing wrong.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Just go, Oona.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38I can't.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Everyone thinks I was with Alfred and that's why you killed him.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44People spit at me in the street.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45I did a terrible thing.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47And now I have to pay for it.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51No, you don't. You're lying and you're destroying my life.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- Why?- You have to forget me. You have to leave Kembleford.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55You can start again.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59With a child who'll never know their father?
0:38:59 > 0:39:01What?
0:39:01 > 0:39:02I'm going to have your baby.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Adam. I love you!
0:39:28 > 0:39:29MAN COUGHS
0:39:30 > 0:39:35Are you Adam Henry Crawford of Kembleford in Gloucestershire?
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- I am. - Adam Henry Crawford...
0:39:42 > 0:39:45..you are accused of the wilful murder of Alfred Tatton.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49How do you plead?
0:40:07 > 0:40:08Not guilty.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- I've come to see my husband. - Take her through.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27You'll get into serious trouble one day. Interfering in police business.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30I don't believe this was police business.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32This was a terrible accident,
0:40:32 > 0:40:36where, for whatever reason, someone decided to take the blame.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Perhaps on this occasion, you might be right.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41Indeed.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45And perhaps some things are too important to be left to
0:40:45 > 0:40:46the professionals.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00How could you tell such a terrible lie?
0:41:06 > 0:41:11For a long time now, I've not been very well, and...
0:41:11 > 0:41:13I couldn't bare the thought of you seeing me suffer.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19So I thought this would be the easy way out.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Is it serious?
0:41:23 > 0:41:24You will get better?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28I don't know.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30But doctors said you could never have children,
0:41:30 > 0:41:32so what do they know?
0:41:32 > 0:41:33Is there anything we can do?
0:41:34 > 0:41:37I can find out. I'm not giving up.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43What are we going to call this baby?
0:41:45 > 0:41:50Well...do you want a boy or a girl?
0:41:53 > 0:41:56I want a girl. I want a girl just like you.
0:41:59 > 0:42:00I think we should call her Hope.
0:42:13 > 0:42:18Mrs McCarthy! Turned your back on piracy, I see.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Are you...knitting?
0:42:21 > 0:42:22No.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Well, yes, obviously, but for no particular reason.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30You knew Oona was expecting, didn't you?
0:42:31 > 0:42:35All right, but I was sworn to secrecy.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Even though it would have been quite useful for me to know.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Oh, talk of the devil.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42How are you, Oona?
0:42:42 > 0:42:44I'm great, thanks, Father Brown.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46How's Adam?
0:42:46 > 0:42:50He's fine, he's...looking forward to the future.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Oh, that's very good to hear.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Of course, I never suspected either of you of anything.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58- HE LAUGHS - Course not.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02And I hope you will accept this little
0:43:02 > 0:43:05garment as a token of our ongoing friendship.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06Thank you.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10That's very impressive knitwear, Mrs McCarthy.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13But I think I read that women of Breganmore have much more
0:43:13 > 0:43:16chance of producing twins.
0:43:16 > 0:43:17Old wives' tales.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21No, it's true. Sure, I'm one of triplets myself.
0:43:21 > 0:43:22Oh...
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Indeed.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26I'll have to get some more wool, then!
0:43:26 > 0:43:28Yes, I think you will.
0:43:28 > 0:43:29Happy knitting.