0:00:09 > 0:00:11THUNDERCLAP
0:00:12 > 0:00:14WHIRRING
0:00:14 > 0:00:16THUNDER RUMBLES
0:00:16 > 0:00:20CRACKLING
0:00:22 > 0:00:23- Arnold?- Hm?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Wake up!
0:00:25 > 0:00:26What?
0:00:26 > 0:00:27WHIRRING CONTINUES
0:00:27 > 0:00:30CRACKLING
0:00:30 > 0:00:31LIGHT BULB SMASHES
0:00:31 > 0:00:34THUNDERCLAP
0:00:38 > 0:00:40WHIRRING GETS LOUDER
0:00:40 > 0:00:42What's going on?
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Jacob?
0:00:43 > 0:00:45- Oh, Lord!- What on earth is he up to now?
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Looks like he's started a fire.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Go downstairs, telephone the fire brigade,
0:00:49 > 0:00:50I'll fetch the extinguisher.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- Maybe I should help. - I'm perfectly capable.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55CRACKLING
0:00:55 > 0:00:56THUNDERCLAP
0:00:56 > 0:00:57It works!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01It actually works!
0:01:01 > 0:01:03What works?
0:01:05 > 0:01:06My time machine!
0:01:06 > 0:01:07ZOOMING
0:01:09 > 0:01:10THUNDERCLAP
0:01:41 > 0:01:43DOG BARKS
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Bull's-eye!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Thought you were supposed to be helping me.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Sorry, Mrs McCarthy, I was just re-living my youth.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Oh, I suppose you'll be climbing a tree next.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- No, no. Not with your gout.- Hm.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56CAR APPROACHES
0:01:56 > 0:01:58DOG BARKS
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Sorry to interrupt.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Not to worry. Mrs McCarthy won't let me play anyway.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Oh, never mind. I wonder if I might have a word?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Something of a delicate matter.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Manic depressive, obsessive, and, lately, delusional.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- Delusional?- His father died last year - suicide.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Only Jacob's become convinced it was murder
0:02:21 > 0:02:23by one of his own family.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Could he be right?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Absolutely not!
0:02:26 > 0:02:27They're delightful.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29How long have you known them?
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I met Georgina at a charity function for the arts several years ago.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34She's an aspiring romantic novelist, like me,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36although, frankly, her work isn't a patch on mine.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Her structure's a bit overwrought and her language is too flowery.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Back to the murder.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Er, suicide.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Jacob says he can prove it was foul play.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- How?- Georgina won't tell me,
0:02:48 > 0:02:52but she's worried her nephew is going the same way as his father.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I said you could...
0:02:55 > 0:02:58examine the facts of Frederick's death.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Talk to Jacob. Show him it was suicide.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Assuming it was.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Frederick was found in his home laboratory
0:03:05 > 0:03:07with a vial of strychnine beside him.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Suicide note?- No, but the room was locked from the inside.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- Windows?- Yes, but the laboratory's on the top floor. Sheer drop.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- Perfect. Let's go.- Now?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Yes, no time like the present.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22On your marks!
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Get set!
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Laces.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27GUNFIRE
0:03:41 > 0:03:4310.5. Good girl.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Thanks, Dad.
0:03:44 > 0:03:4611.5.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Run like that in Vancouver next year
0:03:47 > 0:03:50and you'll be coming back with another bronze.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51She deliberately distracted me.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Is that true?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Of course not.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I won't abide cheating.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58There's no greater dishonour.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Father Brown, Arnold Francis - Jacob's uncle.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I've asked the Father to help with Jacob's...situation.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09My cousin doesn't need a priest, he needs a psychiatrist.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Angelica and Sarah, Arnold's daughters
0:04:12 > 0:04:14and Olympic champions, no less.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15Not quite.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Silver and bronze.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19I think that still qualifies.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22"Champion - a person who's surpassed all rivals
0:04:22 > 0:04:25"in a sporting contest or other competition."
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Oxford English Dictionary.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I stand corrected. Nevertheless...
0:04:29 > 0:04:32What do you think you can do for Jacob?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34I don't know till I talk to him.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Well, he's not going to listen to you.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- He's an atheist. - I'm not trying to convert him.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I'm trying to give him some answers to some questions.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Girls!
0:04:48 > 0:04:50'The story practically writes itself.'
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Sister against sister, head-to-head
0:04:52 > 0:04:54at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58You'd be a fool not to cover it. Everyone else is.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00CHIMING
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Good, I'll see you tomorrow.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05The Times of London are coming to the luncheon.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Don't say I don't do anything for you.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09How many people are coming to this thing?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Now is not the time for penny-pinching.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- SHE GASPS - Felicia, darling!
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Georgina!
0:05:14 > 0:05:17You're looking as pulchritudinous as ever.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20How very perspicacious of you.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24You must be Father Brown. I told Felicia this wasn't necessary.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- I'm only here to help.- Where's Jacob?
0:05:26 > 0:05:27In his laboratory.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30In fact, you've come just in time.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32He's promised a demonstration at noon.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Demonstration of what?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35His time machine.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- His what?- Told you.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Jacob's studying quantum physics.
0:05:39 > 0:05:4122 and already doing a PhD at Cambridge.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Practically a prodigy.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Even so, he does sound like he may have been reading
0:05:45 > 0:05:47too much HG Wells.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Your predecessors were similarly damning
0:05:49 > 0:05:51of a young scientist named Galileo.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Locked him in a dungeon.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56And don't even get me started on Giordano Bruno.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59You must be Jacob. My name's...
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- What's going on? - This is Father Brown.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04He has some experience in criminal matters.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Lady Felicia thought he could help.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Father Brown has a commendation from the constabulary.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09I don't need any help.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I'm not here to intrude.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Even so, I must admit to be fascinated by your field of study.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- Is that so?- Absolutely.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Unlocking the secrets of the universe -
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Einstein, Schrodinger, Heisenberg
0:06:22 > 0:06:24and now, perhaps, you.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26You've read their work?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Well, can't pretend to understand everything but,
0:06:29 > 0:06:33unlike my predecessors, I believe that scientific discoveries
0:06:33 > 0:06:35should be celebrated, not damned.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42It's time.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58MULTIPLE CLOCKS TICK
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Lumbricus francisus.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Named after my father. He discovered them.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Your father was a biologist?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07A brilliant one, at that.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09This used to be his lab.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19And your mother?
0:07:19 > 0:07:20She died giving birth to me.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23I'm sorry.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Why?
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Please, have a seat.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40I present to you an invention that will forever redefine and expand
0:07:40 > 0:07:44the known laws of physics, transforming our world in ways
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I can't even begin to imagine...
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- and ensuring my place in history. - SHE SNIGGERS
0:07:50 > 0:07:54The power to transcend the fourth dimension,
0:07:54 > 0:07:55to captain the arrow of time.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01My machine.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Looks like a fairground ride.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05How does it work?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07By generating radial geodesic motion,
0:08:07 > 0:08:11it creates an Einstein-Rosen bridge, by way of a maximally
0:08:11 > 0:08:13extended extrapolation of the Schwarzschild metric.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Ah.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21What are you going to do?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24The power cells haven't fully powered up yet,
0:08:24 > 0:08:25so it'll be a short trip.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29A quick nip into the future, then back to the present.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31With proof.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37CRACKLING
0:08:37 > 0:08:38WHIRRING
0:08:38 > 0:08:41SPUTTERING
0:08:41 > 0:08:45SCREAMING
0:08:45 > 0:08:47SHE SCREAMS
0:08:47 > 0:08:48WHOOSHING
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Jacob?!
0:08:49 > 0:08:50SHE SHOUTS
0:08:52 > 0:08:54He's going to electrocute the lot of us.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Jacob!
0:08:56 > 0:09:00WHOOSHING
0:09:00 > 0:09:01What the...?
0:09:01 > 0:09:02RINGING
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Jacob!
0:09:05 > 0:09:07SCREAMING
0:09:07 > 0:09:09CRACKLING
0:09:09 > 0:09:11WHOOSHING DIES
0:09:20 > 0:09:21Is that it?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23HE PANTS
0:09:34 > 0:09:36The 12:05 at Newbury should have just started.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I've got a bet on that.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39- And you are?- My chauffeur.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Which horse, Chauffeur?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- Sailor's Honour.- Too bad.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44What are you saying?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46You've been to the future and know the result?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Exactly! And written the names of the three winning horses
0:09:49 > 0:09:51on a piece of paper inside that envelope.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58RADIO: 'Puddle Jumper still on the outside, Dumb Luck close behind,
0:09:58 > 0:10:00'Sailor's Honour striking out for the lead.'
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Sounds like I backed the right horse.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- HE LAUGHS - Wait and see.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05'..overtaking Sparrow's Nest, then Fluffy Duck, Puddle Jumper,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07'Sailor's Honour streaking ahead.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10'Oh! Sailor's Honour has fallen!
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- 'Sailor's Honour is out of the race.' - Sidney!
0:10:13 > 0:10:16'And now it's Dumb Luck and Wackadoodle neck and neck,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18'Due North falling back behind Sparrow's Nest,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21'then it's Puddle Jumper, Fluffy Duck at the rear.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24'And now, in the last furlong, Wackadoodle clawing back
0:10:24 > 0:10:26'the distance, pushing past Dumb Luck,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28'and he's crossed the finish line! CROWD CHEERS
0:10:28 > 0:10:31'Wackadoodle in first,
0:10:31 > 0:10:32'Due North second,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34'and Dumb Luck in third.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37'What a race! What a race.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39'Jockeys and horses alike...'
0:10:39 > 0:10:42RADIO OFF
0:10:44 > 0:10:45"First Wackadoodle.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46"Second Due North.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49"Third Dumb Luck."
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Congratulations!
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Poppycock!
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- I'm not surprised YOU don't want to believe it.- Meaning?
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Meaning I'm almost certain I know which one of you killed my father.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17And you think it was me?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19The machine will have fully charged by 1pm,
0:11:19 > 0:11:22allowing me to travel back a year and find out.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25And then what?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Stop the murder?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29I can only observe, I can't change history,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31as per temporal modification negation theory.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Of course.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36But I can witness the crime and confirm my suspicions.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38How do you explain the locked doors?
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I believe the killer subdued my father in his lab,
0:11:41 > 0:11:42forced him to swallow the poison,
0:11:42 > 0:11:47and, then, escaped through the window, using a rope to climb down.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48- Hmm.- Problem?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Well, the killer would've had to secure the rope to something solid.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- How would they have got rid of it after...?- Perfectly obvious.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57In the distraction, after we entered the room,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59they simply untied the rope and let it fall through the window.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Why would any of us want to kill your father?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04The house.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05The house?
0:12:05 > 0:12:09My father and uncle each inherited half the estate.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10They wanted to sell it,
0:12:10 > 0:12:15in order to finance their daughters' lust for glory.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18But my father was blocking the sale.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21We lived here, with my grandparents, since I was born.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22This is OUR home.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Of course, whoever killed him
0:12:25 > 0:12:28was too short-sighted to realise I'd inherit his half.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Your father was well-loved.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33He was part of this family.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35To even suggest...
0:12:35 > 0:12:37SHE WHIMPERS
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- SHE WEEPS - I'll make sure she's all right.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42I'm not listening to any more of this nonsense.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44You need help.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46My brother's death was a tragedy.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48You're turning it into a farce!
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- You all right?- I'm fine.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02If you don't mind me asking,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04which of your family do you think...?
0:13:04 > 0:13:05My uncle.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08The barbarian.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I heard him arguing with my father in his lab
0:13:13 > 0:13:15a few hours before the murder,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18my father telling him he was "going to put a stop to it".
0:13:20 > 0:13:22The house sale? What else?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Did you tell the police?
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Of course.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28But the Inspector, stupid clod called Valentine,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30didn't think it was relevant.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33He does make the odd mistake.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Shortly after the argument, I was sitting there
0:13:37 > 0:13:38when I heard a smash.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40SMASHING
0:13:46 > 0:13:47Dad?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Dad? Dad!
0:13:51 > 0:13:53'I ran to the door, but it was locked.'
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Dad, open the door!
0:13:54 > 0:13:55'I started banging...'
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Dad, if you can hear me, open the door!
0:13:57 > 0:14:00'..calling him. The rest of the family came running.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02'Arnold and I broke through.'
0:14:02 > 0:14:03- Dad! - HE COUGHS
0:14:03 > 0:14:04'We found him on the floor...'
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Dad! Look at me!
0:14:05 > 0:14:07'..writhing in agony.'
0:14:09 > 0:14:11He was dead within seconds.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17'And then I saw it -
0:14:17 > 0:14:18'the vial.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22'It wasn't suicide.'
0:14:22 > 0:14:23It's not logical.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29He wasn't depressed. He was angry, defiant.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Ready to fight for this house.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Does that sound like a man who kills himself?
0:14:35 > 0:14:39HE SIGHS HEAVILY
0:15:03 > 0:15:04How hard can it be?
0:15:07 > 0:15:08DOOR OPENS
0:15:08 > 0:15:10What do you think you're doing? Off!
0:15:10 > 0:15:13All right, fella. Fella, calm down, calm down.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- Was only going to take her for a spin.- Out.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Listen, when you've done what you've got to do,
0:15:20 > 0:15:21how about you let me...?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23HE COUGHS AWKWARDLY
0:15:23 > 0:15:24How's Georgina?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25She wanted to be alone.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I'm sorry for dragging you into this.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31If I'd known how far gone Jacob had...
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I don't think Jacob is as far gone as people think he is.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39- HE MUTTERS:- Damn!
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- HE MUTTERS:- Come on!
0:16:00 > 0:16:01CLOCKS TICK
0:16:01 > 0:16:04WHIRRING
0:16:04 > 0:16:07You don't seriously think Jacob has built a time machine?
0:16:07 > 0:16:11No, but I don't think he's necessarily wrong about his father.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I told you, they're not capable of...
0:16:13 > 0:16:15CRACKLING
0:16:18 > 0:16:20CRACKLING
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Jacob?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31If he wants to play his make-believe games, let him.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Oh!- Jacob!
0:16:33 > 0:16:35CRACKLING
0:16:35 > 0:16:36THEY COUGH
0:16:38 > 0:16:40WHIRRING DIES
0:16:41 > 0:16:43SHE SCREAMS
0:16:47 > 0:16:50TICKING
0:16:54 > 0:16:56He planned to use it go back in time
0:16:56 > 0:16:59and prove that his father's suicide, by strychnine, was, in fact...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01murder.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Jacob had some problems.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05We should have got him help.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07It's not our fault.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08There's no suicide note.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10History repeating itself.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Of course, the other possibility is that, if his father WAS murdered,
0:17:14 > 0:17:18whoever did it would be afraid that Jacob was going to expose...
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Yes, well, I'd rather not make any assumptions just yet.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Thank you very much.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24In the meantime, Sergeant Goodfellow, here,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27will take your statements downstairs.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28This way, please.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46SWITCH FLICKS
0:17:46 > 0:17:49RADIO CRACKLES
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Father Brown.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54MUSIC PLAYS
0:17:54 > 0:17:56SWITCHES RADIO OFF
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Oh, boy.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13I'm sorry.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14DOOR CLOSES
0:18:14 > 0:18:15Are you all right?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20As all right as one can be after a second death in the family.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Were you close to Jacob?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Not particularly.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33We didn't have a lot of common interests.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37What about his father? You seemed very upset earlier.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Well... Well, of course. The things Jacob was saying.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44If you'll excuse me, I don't think you're telling the whole truth.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52What were you apologising to Frederick for?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55It's my fault.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56What?
0:18:57 > 0:18:58His death?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02God, I miss him.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07You have no idea what that feels like.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12To be able to say it out loud.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20The only thing worse than grief
0:19:20 > 0:19:22is having to hide it.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Tell me.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Confession?
0:19:25 > 0:19:26If that's what you want.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I'm lapsed.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Ah!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It's never too late to return to the fold.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Bless me Father, for I have sinned.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44It's been ten years.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47I'm listening.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I started it.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Seduced him, I suppose.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Why?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56When I met Arnold,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59he was my dream come true.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Handsome.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Charming.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Champion rugby player.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Until shortly after the girls were born.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10He developed acute arthritis.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11For a man like Arnold,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14that must've been a bit of a knock.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17He became bitter.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Depressed.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23He might have snapped out of it, but then the war came.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24He was forced to stay at home,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27while his friends died on the battlefields.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30After that, a string of failed businesses.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35By the time financial necessity required we move here,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37he was a shadow of what he was.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45I know it's selfish of me, but...
0:20:45 > 0:20:46I needed more than that.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50How long were you and Frederick lovers?
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Four years.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Did Arnold ever find out?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57We were scrupulous in our discretion.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Then why do you blame yourself for Frederick's death?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05When Angelica and Sarah started to show prowess on the track,
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Arnold...
0:21:07 > 0:21:11It was as if something reawakened in him.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16He started to pay attention to his daughters for the first time.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17To all of us.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20So I plucked up courage...
0:21:21 > 0:21:23..and I ended it with Frederick.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28He was devastated.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30A week later, he killed himself.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31What's going on?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I am offering counselling.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38How are the girls?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39They're fine.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41We're all fine.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44We don't need counsel.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Thank you for your concern, Father, but what we need...
0:21:51 > 0:21:52..is time to grieve.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Alone.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Of course.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Good afternoon.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06What was all that about?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Like he said.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Counselling.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16It is the most plausible explanation.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18You have a very loose definition of "plausible".
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Just a small amount of strychnine in the bowl of Frederick's pipe -
0:22:21 > 0:22:23one puff, that would be enough,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25plus conveniently burning the evidence.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Even if that's how he ingested it,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29it doesn't mean he didn't put it there himself -
0:22:29 > 0:22:31evidenced by the vial that was found beside him.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34But the killer could have planted that in the confusion
0:22:34 > 0:22:35after they all entered the room.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Doubly so in the case of Jacob's murder, with all the smoke.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- KNOCKING - Here you go, sir.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Sergeant.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49So you've reopened the case?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50No.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Just reviewing some of my predecessor's findings.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Does it mention whether Frederick's pipe
0:22:57 > 0:22:59was found at the scene of the...?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- That's none of your concern, Father. - I am just trying to...
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Meddle?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Besides, did Jacob even smoke a pipe?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- I don't recall.- So how was the poison administered to him?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I haven't quite worked that out.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Yet.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17But I urge you not make the same mistake as your predecessor
0:23:17 > 0:23:20by thinking that Jacob's murder was suicide.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23And I urge you to get on your bike.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Both figuratively and literally.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Strychnine acts in seconds,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01so Jacob had to have ingested it in the room.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Oh, good morning, Father. - Good morning.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09But no food or drink near the body.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- No tobacco. - Oh, you're in one of those.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13And no-one near the room when we arrived.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15I'll get started on these accounts
0:24:15 > 0:24:19and you can tell me all about the murders.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- Sid told me...- I think the answer lies in the laboratory.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30I'm going back to the house.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- I don't think that's a very good idea.- Why?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35If there's a murderer in that family,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37there's no telling what they might do to stop you.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41I could always whack them with my umbrella.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Well, you are not going alone.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Besides, I can help.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48How?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52I can whack them with my handbag.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54And although this takes place
0:24:54 > 0:24:56in the shadow of a tragic death in the family,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59we hope our girls will inspire everyone
0:24:59 > 0:25:02who sees them to exult in life,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05to perseverate against the odds.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07How do you feel about your sister overtaking you?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10I'm very proud of my sister, but I'd be lying
0:25:10 > 0:25:13if I didn't say I'm certain I'll be beating her to gold in Vancouver.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Not if Helsinki's anything to go by.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Help yourself to the refreshments, and in 15 minutes,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21the sisters will run the track
0:25:21 > 0:25:23and show...
0:25:25 > 0:25:28..show you why they are so confident
0:25:28 > 0:25:30that they will be returning from Canada
0:25:30 > 0:25:32clutching gold.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Thank you.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38THEY CHATTER
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Hello. What are you doing here?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Father Brown thinks one of your friends
0:25:41 > 0:25:43is a cold-blooded killer.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45I wouldn't put it quite like that.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- You're persisting with that notion, are you?- Yes, I am.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49- Well, I hope you're wrong.- So do I.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Mrs McCarthy, would you mind waiting here and holding the fort?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26TICKING
0:26:29 > 0:26:32RUMBLING
0:26:32 > 0:26:35WHOOSHING
0:26:35 > 0:26:37CRACKLING
0:26:37 > 0:26:41WHOOSHING DIES
0:27:07 > 0:27:08I'll be back in a minute.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35CREAKING
0:27:38 > 0:27:40LOUDER CREAKING
0:28:50 > 0:28:52CLICKING
0:28:52 > 0:28:54TICKING
0:29:04 > 0:29:07DOOR CREAKS
0:29:07 > 0:29:09I don't recall inviting you.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Lady Felicia invited me.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Please leave this room.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16Of course.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Just one question, if you don't mind.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25Jacob said he heard you and his father arguing before Frederick died.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Was that about the house sale?
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Who do you think you are?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Hm?
0:29:34 > 0:29:35Some sort of detective?
0:29:36 > 0:29:37I said get out.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41I'm afraid I can't do that.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43And why's that?
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Because there's been another murder.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Laces. I mean it this time.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57So what do you want to report? Wormicide?
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- The Inspector'll think you've gone mad.- Problem?
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Father Brown was snooping around my house.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Really?
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Erm...I got lost on the way to the little boy's room.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09I'd like to see your brother's pipe.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11- What?- Frederick's pipe.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13It was on the floor when he died.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15It's in a box with his belongings.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Look, I really don't have time for all this.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18We'll wait.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21So you think I may be right?
0:30:21 > 0:30:23I'll know what to think
0:30:23 > 0:30:26once I've accumulated the evidence, Father.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Thank you for your patience, everybody.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30I do believe that Sarah and Angelica
0:30:30 > 0:30:32are ready to begin.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34On your marks!
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Get set!
0:30:37 > 0:30:39- Everything all right? - I saw that girl...
0:30:39 > 0:30:41GUN FIRES
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- APPLAUSE - Come on, girls!
0:30:43 > 0:30:44APPLAUSE
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Very good!
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- SHE CRIES AND COUGHS - Sarah!
0:30:54 > 0:30:56SHE GROANS
0:31:00 > 0:31:03GROANING CONTINUES
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Could it be strychnine poisoning?
0:31:13 > 0:31:14Possibly.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Confirm it with a blood test.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18So much for the press luncheon.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20This is all they'll be writing about now.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22That's the least of our worries.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23We need to get you to hospital.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25It's just a dizzy spell.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28This is a vendetta against this family. What else could it be?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30- I know who did it. - Not now, Mrs McCarthy.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34I saw her put something into her sister's water bottle.
0:31:34 > 0:31:35Some kind of powder.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38Is this true?
0:31:42 > 0:31:43Sergeant.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Miss Francis!
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Miss Francis!
0:32:24 > 0:32:25I don't even like running.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- Then why do it?- Why do you think?
0:32:27 > 0:32:29For your father.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30It's all he cares about.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33The only person in this entire family
0:32:33 > 0:32:37who didn't treat me like second best was Uncle Frederick.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40He helped me with my school science homework.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Said I had aptitude.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46I didn't kill him.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Or Jacob.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Then what did you put in Sarah's water bottle?
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Laxatives.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03That would've given the press something to write about.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05She only took a swig.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Wouldn't have made her collapse.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Then the strychnine must already have been in the water...
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Angelica Francis, I am arresting you on suspicion of murder.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19You are not obliged to say anything, unless you wish to do so,
0:33:19 > 0:33:20but what you say will be taken down in writing
0:33:20 > 0:33:22and may be given in evidence.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- SHE SOBS:- Please, I didn't do it. I didn't do anything.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32You're not taking my daughter anywhere!
0:33:32 > 0:33:33I'm afraid you don't have a say.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Not until I've telephoned a solicitor.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39You're making a mistake.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Please, Inspector.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44Now, aren't you glad you brought me along?
0:33:44 > 0:33:45I almost solved the whole thi...
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Isn't it curious that Sarah survived strychnine poisoning,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51but her uncle and her cousin didn't?
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Well, maybe she has a stronger constitution.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57She is an athlete, after all.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01The poison is in the dose.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05And in small doses...
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Mrs McCarthy, well done.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27"Sarah Francis - Training times."
0:34:29 > 0:34:310.1mg,
0:34:31 > 0:34:330.25mg,
0:34:33 > 0:34:350.75mg.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38What's that?
0:34:38 > 0:34:39A whopper of a clue.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47So you know who did it?
0:34:51 > 0:34:52Not quite.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55But you do know how it was done?
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Not exactly. But I think it's something to do with these worms.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Worms, what worms?
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Mrs McCarthy, would you mind waiting outside?
0:35:05 > 0:35:08I'd like to conduct an experiment.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39The solicitor's on his way.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42She's not going anywhere until he gets here.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45POPPING
0:35:47 > 0:35:49WHINING, CRACKLING
0:35:49 > 0:35:51What in the blazes...?
0:35:51 > 0:35:54What the hell do you think you're doing?
0:35:54 > 0:35:56MACHINE DIES
0:35:56 > 0:35:58THEY COUGH
0:35:58 > 0:35:59Just a spot of time travel.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02You think this is some kind of joke?
0:36:02 > 0:36:03On the contrary.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06I think it's deadly serious, after what I've just witnessed.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07Which was what?
0:36:07 > 0:36:08Two murders.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11First Frederick, and then Jacob.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13You mean...that thing really works?
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Jacob was troubled, but was clearly a genius.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17You've been back in time?
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Twice.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22I hid in the corner a year ago.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25I witnessed the murderer put strychnine
0:36:25 > 0:36:27in the bowl of Frederick's pipe.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30And then, yesterday, the culprit put the poison
0:36:30 > 0:36:33in the cooling fan so Jacob would've inhaled it
0:36:33 > 0:36:34when he turned on his machine,
0:36:34 > 0:36:38which also explains why some of the strychnine fragments
0:36:38 > 0:36:39went into the worm tank.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45In both cases, I think we can safely assume
0:36:45 > 0:36:49the killer discreetly planted the vial
0:36:49 > 0:36:51after they entered the room.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53So, who was it, then?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Jacob said he heard you arguing with Frederick.
0:36:56 > 0:36:57"I'll put a stop to it," he said,
0:36:57 > 0:37:00but he wasn't talking about the house sale, was he?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04He was talking about you.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08You've been using strychnine to enhance your performance.
0:37:08 > 0:37:09That's ridiculous.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Only this afternoon...
0:37:11 > 0:37:13you took too much.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Do you have any evidence of this?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19It's all in there.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21That's private property. You can't!
0:37:21 > 0:37:23You knew about this?!
0:37:23 > 0:37:24Mr Francis?
0:37:26 > 0:37:28I only found out after the Olympics.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Frederick told me he found her stealing strychnine from his lab.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37- You cheating...!- You swore to me that you'd never do this again.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Frederick was going to inform the Olympic Committee.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43She'd have been stripped of her silver.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Shamed.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Which gave you both of you a motive for killing Frederick
0:37:53 > 0:37:55and stopping Jacob revealing it.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00The only question is which one of you did it?
0:38:00 > 0:38:01Following Jacob's lead,
0:38:01 > 0:38:04I've written the killer's name
0:38:04 > 0:38:05in this envelope.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16SHE PANTS
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- No, don't!- Don't do it!- Stop her!
0:38:18 > 0:38:19CRACKLING
0:38:19 > 0:38:20MACHINE DIES
0:38:20 > 0:38:21RADIO CRACKLES
0:38:21 > 0:38:24'Wackadoodle clawing back the distance, pushing past Dumb Luck.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26'And he's crossed the finish line!
0:38:26 > 0:38:27'Wackadoodle in first,
0:38:27 > 0:38:29'Due North second
0:38:29 > 0:38:31'and Dumb Luck in third.'
0:38:31 > 0:38:33I don't understand.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Jacob recorded the race minutes before we entered the room,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44then he switched the radios after the demonstration.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47And I switched them back again.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50But the race started after we entered.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51To complete the illusion,
0:38:51 > 0:38:56he set every single clock in the house seven minutes early.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59The rest was just theatrics -
0:38:59 > 0:39:03electricity and dry ice.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06All with the aim of flushing the killer out.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11Sadly, it worked too well.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16I prayed that it wasn't true.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17How could you?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Sarah!
0:39:24 > 0:39:25Miss Francis, come back!
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Hey, stop there!
0:39:29 > 0:39:30Stop!
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- Look, there's nowhere to go!- Sarah!
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Put it down, Sarah!
0:39:36 > 0:39:37Don't come any closer.
0:39:37 > 0:39:38Sarah, please!
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I'm not going to prison.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- Sarah!- Listen to your family.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45- Sarah!- Or what?
0:39:45 > 0:39:46I'll go to hell?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Is that what you think?
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Where else am I going?
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Well, it's up to you.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54I'm past redemption, Father.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57I've killed two people.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Faked their suicides.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Maybe a real one is what I deserve.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05You deserve understanding, like anyone else.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06To do what you've done,
0:40:06 > 0:40:10I can only imagine how terrified you must have been.
0:40:10 > 0:40:11Terrified?
0:40:13 > 0:40:14Of what?
0:40:16 > 0:40:17Tell him.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22You only love champions.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Don't you dare try to blame this on me.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26It's true.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Sarah, put it down, please.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I love you, no matter what.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Both of you.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48If I've made you feel less than...
0:40:50 > 0:40:51..less...
0:40:54 > 0:40:55You're both so precious to me.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58All of you.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02I'm sorry I find it so difficult.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08I'm sorry.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12Oh, I'm sorry.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Morning.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Ah, Inspector, what a pleasant surprise.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47No need to look so happy, Father.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49I'm not here to convert.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52I've been meaning to ask you about this.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Admittedly, I wasn't 100% sure
0:41:54 > 0:41:57whether it was Arnold or Sarah,
0:41:57 > 0:41:59but I was sure
0:41:59 > 0:42:02that if the culprit believed the time machine was real...
0:42:02 > 0:42:05They wouldn't miss a last chance to save themselves.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Exactly.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10I suppose this is one of the rare instances
0:42:10 > 0:42:11where my meddling has proved...
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Meddlesome?
0:42:13 > 0:42:14As usual.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Good day.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Ah!
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Another pleasant surprise.
0:42:22 > 0:42:23How are you both?
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Adapting to new circumstances.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29I'm starting university in the autumn. Natural sciences.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Congratulations.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Sarah's trial should be over by then.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33How is she?
0:42:33 > 0:42:34Coping.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Barrister's arguing that
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- the strychnine may have impaired her mental state.- Mm.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Diminished responsibility.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43And your husband?
0:42:43 > 0:42:44Angelica, wait inside.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I told him about Frederick and I.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52If there's one thing I've learned,
0:42:52 > 0:42:55the fewer family secrets, the better.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57How did he take it?
0:43:01 > 0:43:02Father.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07We'll be fine.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30CHURCH BELL TOLLS THE HOUR