0:00:02 > 0:00:04If it's true what they say...
0:00:07 > 0:00:09..that you have the power of life and death...
0:00:14 > 0:00:16..I need your help.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Ginnie!
0:00:24 > 0:00:26I didn't think that you'd come.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31Well, if I can help Freddie and sort things out between us...
0:00:33 > 0:00:35You can't still be angry with me?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- I don't have eyes in the back of my head...- I trusted you.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41And now he's sick.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44What if he doesn't get better? If he can't walk?
0:00:45 > 0:00:47God forbid, what if he d...
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Do you really think I'll be able to forgive you?
0:00:53 > 0:00:57We'd better both pray the Standing Stones live up to the myth.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04It's getting powerful round here now.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07And the closer it gets to Midsummer Night, the stronger they are.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I can feel it. Can you?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Let's just get on with it.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Did you bring the blood?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19No, I couldn't cut him. You can use mine.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21I don't know if it'll work with yours.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23And I haven't got a knife.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Do you know the words?
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Give me your hand.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Look,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I should have said this before, but...
0:02:02 > 0:02:04You're right.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06It WAS my fault.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08I'm sorry.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10I'd do anything to turn back the clock.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- I think you should go. - No, Ginnie, I...
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- I've changed my mind. Just go! - I want you to forgive me.- GO!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24FINE! Be like that.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29If Freddie does die, don't come crying to me.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31It's not my fault your son can't do as he's told.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Huh!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Sylvia Swann, 23, barmaid.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Any ideas what lock this belongs to?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16We're about to try her lodgings now, Sir.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Any family?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20She turned up about a year ago.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Got some work in the pub.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26This can't be anyone from Standing, Sir.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29We stick together here. Specially in times like these.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31What about the woman who discovered her?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Ginnie Godden?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- Why didn't she come to you first? - Well, she was in shock.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39She ran up to the road, and collapsed.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Lucky someone saw her - she might've been next.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Any connection to the deceased?
0:03:44 > 0:03:48They worked together behind the bar. Best friends.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Ginnie says she met Sylvia here, they'd separated,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54then she heard a scream.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57A bit odd, isn't it, that she didn't happen to see any
0:03:57 > 0:03:59of this murder or whoever committed it.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02What were they doing all the way out here?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Collecting mushrooms.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Mushrooms? By firelight?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Well, it's certainly not the sort of place you'd...
0:04:14 > 0:04:17happen to be passing.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Inspector.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I was on my way to Standing and I saw your cars.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- God rest her soul. - It's Sylvia Swann.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Thank you, PC Everett.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I'd like you to leave my crime scene, please.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39That's an interesting key.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- Sir! > - Now!
0:04:47 > 0:04:49What's that?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Nothing.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01And I thought it was just straws you grasped at Father,
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- not sticks! - This is no stick.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I know a young parishioner who'd say it's
0:05:07 > 0:05:10the beginnings of a rather fine catapult.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Over here! >
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Well, that's curious.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Is that blood?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Sergeant!
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Yes, sir.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Send a sample of this to the laboratory in Oxford.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41I thought Mrs Godden said the first she knew of Miss Swann's injury
0:05:41 > 0:05:44was when she heard her scream over there.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- She did, Sir. - Then why is there blood here?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50More importantly, why didn't Mrs Godden mention it?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53This story isn't adding up.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Ginnie Godden?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59But she and Sylvia were best friends.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Ginnie wouldn't have any reason to hurt Sylvia.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Would she?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Late, as usual!
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Change of plan. We're not going to the hospital.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20But what about the children?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22So I have come all this way...
0:06:22 > 0:06:24I've just come from the Standing Stones.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Sylvia Swann was killed there last night.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31What? At the Stones?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- You don't think...- No, I don't.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36But you do know the legend -
0:06:36 > 0:06:40that one midsummer midnight, 77 stones got up
0:06:40 > 0:06:43and walked, converging on a glade in the wood,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46aligning their entrance to the midsummer moon.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Yes. That is the legend.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Yes, but they say that on that one night,
0:06:52 > 0:06:56they have the power over life and death.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00I've heard of folk praying to the Stones to save the sick.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Who's to say it only works that way round?
0:07:04 > 0:07:09What if somebody prayed to the Stones to have Sylvia killed?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Mrs McCarthy...
0:07:13 > 0:07:17I know. I know. "Thou shalt not have strange gods before me."
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Whoever it was was entirely human.
0:07:22 > 0:07:28Well, if we don't have to be here, I'd sooner keep away.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30This is not a healthy place.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33If we were going to get it, we'd have got it by now.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37There are other unsavoury elements in Standing
0:07:37 > 0:07:39besides the polio, Father.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Malcolm!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Malcolm!
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Leave him be, Father. That one will never see the light.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Anyway, we haven't got time for this.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54We need to talk to Ginnie.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Oh, no.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27With modern science, there are tests we can do.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29If it's blood, we'll find out.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31All right, it's blood.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33But it's not Sylvia's. It's mine.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36And, er...how did it get there?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I fell...
0:08:38 > 0:08:42and cut myself - I must've leant on the stone.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45So why not say this at the initial interview?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Because I didn't think it was important.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Is this really appropriate? Her son's very sick.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Nurse Shipton, a woman's been killed.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Niceties have to be set to one side.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Ah, Freddie!
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Don't worry. We'll pump by hand.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06All day, if we have to.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Oh, sweet Lord Jesus.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20SHE SOBS
0:09:24 > 0:09:25POWER RETURNS
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Nurse Shipton, I...
0:09:36 > 0:09:37I didn't realise.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40He's completely dependent on the machine.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42If it stops, he dies.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Tell Mrs Godden we can do this down at the station.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I don't intend to distress her son.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50It's the news of the murder, more than anything.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55Sylvia sit... Used to sit with Freddie when Ginnie had to work.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57He knew her well, then.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00We're creating a timeline of her last hours.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Did she sit with him yesterday?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Ginnie wouldn't let her come.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Inspector, we'd like to speak to Mrs Godden.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16I thought they were best friends?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Last week, Sylvia was supposed to be watching Freddie,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22but he went off playing with the neighbours' children.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Then they fell ill... - That's how he caught the polio.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Ginnie and Sylvia fell out over it.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Badly.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Did you know this?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40What were you thinking, keeping it to yourself?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43This is a motive. Mrs Godden...
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Why didn't you say you held Miss Swann
0:10:45 > 0:10:48responsible for your son's condition?
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Inspector, you're making a mistake.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56With the evidence as it stands, I have no choice.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Ginnie Godden, I am arresting you on suspicion of the murder
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- of Sylvia Swann. - No, you can't do this!
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Marjorie will sit with your boy, every second you're away.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08You're not obliged to say anything,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10but anything you say will be taken down in writing and may be
0:11:10 > 0:11:12given in evidence.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16No-one hurts my staff and gets away with it.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22If you saw anything or anyone, I'm begging you, come forward.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26None of that mumbo jumbo, am I clear?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30The only way stones can kill someone is when somebody's holding them.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Miss Swann was stabbed.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38I don't think we can blame a stone for that.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42And the inspector's already made an arrest. Ginnie Godden.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- That's nonsense! I'll go talk to him.- I'm glad you said that.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I find it hard to believe that Ginnie's a murderer.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Also, I just came from the cottage hospital.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Little Mary Harris died this morning.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- What? - Another death. Just this morning.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04Make sure the children stop indoors. I'll let you all get home.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08If you have any information on Sylvia's murder,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10go see Walt at the police house.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Oi! I live upstairs.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20The lavs are THAT way!
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Walt.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- Sid.- Ola!
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Fancy meeting you here.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Returning lost property. What's your excuse?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Who loses a stick?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52More to the point, who blinkin' well returns one?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55This is not just a stick.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58This is a hazel dowsing rod.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01It didn't just fall off a tree and where I found it...
0:13:03 > 0:13:04There ARE no hazel trees.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Out at the Stones.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Where that murder happened last night?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- You've heard?- Everyone's heard.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Sid? What's all the... Oh, Father Brown.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I'm here to see Malcolm.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25I had no idea he was so popular.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Malcolm's my...teacher.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32We're studying physical energy together.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- First time I've heard it called that!- Ley lines, Sid.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Dowsing. I do believe Sidney thinks I'm having an affair.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42No-one would think that of you, Lady Felicia.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Quite. And in any case...
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Malcolm believes that with purity comes strength.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52His chastity allows him to commune with Higher Powers.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59The Father found Malcolm's stick out at the Stones.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01He could have left it there any time.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Anyone who believes in dowsing
0:14:03 > 0:14:06wouldn't let their rod out of their sight.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10I saw him with this around Kembleford...
0:14:10 > 0:14:12late yesterday.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Hang about.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18So that means it was dropped sometime between...
0:14:18 > 0:14:21then and this morning, which means that Malcolm could be...
0:14:21 > 0:14:22- A witness.- ..the killer.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Felicia? What...?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Is this what you were looking for, earlier?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Where did you find it?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37At the Stones.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41You were there last night, weren't you?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44When Sylvia was killed?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Stupid girl.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Messing with what didn't concern her.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00And what exactly was that?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Those stones are powerful.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10She should've known better.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24'What if Freddie dies?'
0:15:24 > 0:15:27If I'm not there with him, he'll think I've abandoned him.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30The Father's working tirelessly for your release.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34If there's anything you can tell me, no matter how small...
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Ginnie.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I've just come back from the meeting.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44The whole village knows, they're all behind you.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45You have to do something.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Listen, I'm going to get you out of here.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49I'm still a Standing Bobby, I've got influence.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52It's just wrong. Why did Sylvia have to die?
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Hush, now.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55At this rate, you're going to make yourself sick.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Now, Marjorie's going to take care of Freddie.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59If you need anything, you let me know.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I can reach you at any time.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I want to see Freddie.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Marjorie will be with him every second of the day and night.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Oh, now that PC Everett is here, I'll be off.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15But if there's anything else that I can do...
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Yes. Mrs McCarthy, wait.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Would you go and sit with my son, please?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Well, PC Everett said Nurse Marjorie will be with him.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Marjorie's not Catholic.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28She doesn't understand last rites.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I want someone there from the church, just in case.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Well, I am very busy, you know.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36But I suppose Lady Felicia has time on her hands,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39so I will make sure that one or other of us
0:16:39 > 0:16:41is with him at all times.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Thank you.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Where did you find it?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I was dowsing near the Stones.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53It's the most powerful time of the year.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57I was searching for strength and it lead me to...that.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59And?
0:16:59 > 0:17:03And then I heard the police bells, and I realised it was time I left.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Must've dropped the rod as I went.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Did you see anybody? Anything?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17We're going to hand it in.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19They'll hang, draw and quarter him!
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Malcolm didn't have to show us the knife, he chose to.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24That is not the mark of a guilty man.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Are your fingerprints on it?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I was wearing gloves.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I'll tell them it was found at the church.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36In return, anything you find,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38make sure you bring it to me.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40I WILL get to the bottom of this.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54You don't believe all that guff, do you?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57I believe in innocent until proven guilty.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Oddball does not equal murderer...
0:18:00 > 0:18:03or they'd have arrested me.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06A bloody murder weapon present at the scene.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Admittedly no motive, apart from being a nutter, but...
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I'll keep digging.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Meanwhile, the police can run their tests.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18I suspect that this is what will interest them.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Just in here, sir.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Father.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44So...where's this murder weapon?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I took the liberty of asking the barmaid
0:18:49 > 0:18:51to bring out a kitchen knife.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53This is the one she brought,
0:18:53 > 0:18:56this is the one left at St Mary's.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57Identical.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Apart from the blood, of course.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04What's going on?
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Father Brown's handing over some rather interesting evidence.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14Sergeant, does the key in that lock match the one
0:19:14 > 0:19:16that was found round Sylvia's neck?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30You need a search warrant for that.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31I can get one.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35See if your home's any more forthcoming.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38I'm expecting to learn that Sylvia had her own key to your lodgings.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43If there's something more to say, I suggest you tell it now.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Father.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50All right, yes.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Sylv and me, we had something going on.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Sylvia was pregnant.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Presumably she wanted you to marry her.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05How did you feel about that?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I wasn't happy about it.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10I didn't kill her.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13We'll see what the pros sols think about that.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15No, we won't.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- I've got an alibi. - Really?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Ask anyone.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22HE SMIRKS
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Anyone?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25We're in an epidemic.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Folks are taking shifts at the cottage hospital, round the clock.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32I was there most of last night, along with half the village.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- We'll check that out. - Be my guest.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Isn't this is where you're supposed to reveal
0:20:45 > 0:20:47that Malcolm had the knife?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51You're going to regret covering for that man.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56KNOCK AT DOOR
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Come!
0:21:02 > 0:21:05The villagers who can corroborate Mr Gastrell's alibi.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17But YOU are on this list.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19You were at the hospital last night?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Alf can't be the killer.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Inspector, the fingerprints on the knife.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Two sets of prints on the handle.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38The victim's and Mrs Godden's.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39No, wait a minute.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41The knife came from the pub, she worked in the pub.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Of course her prints could be on the knife.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47The blood trail suggests Mrs Godden lied about where she found the body.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Her prints are on the murder weapon.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52And we know she held Miss Swann responsible for her son's illness.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55He's close to death.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Means, motive, opportunity.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Inspector, please, I need to be with my son.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04That won't be possible.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Sergeant, get a search warrant for her cottage.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10We're charging you with murder.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Apparently I'm supposed to talk to you.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25I don't know why Mrs McCarthy sent me.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I'd be no help if you did wake up.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Children and I, we're like...
0:22:41 > 0:22:42..a fish with golf clubs.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45As Monty will attest.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Give me a thoroughbred any day.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50SHE GASPS
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Goodness. You gave me a start.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Peepo.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Peep... Oh!
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- Where's Father Brown? - I don't know.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11I think I know what happened. To Sylvia.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- I think it might happen again. - What? Why?
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Father Brown will understand.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Help me find him for me? Please!
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Blast!
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Someone's got here before us.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26This warrant's not worth the paper it's printed on.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- Put it out, cover it up. - Yes, sir.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33What are you doing?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36I have the same question for you. Burning evidence.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Burning Freddie's things.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40This is polio we're dealing with.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Is there a problem, Inspector?
0:23:48 > 0:23:52I might've known you'd get here before us, Father.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Clean clothes.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Ginnie will need them until you see the error of your ways
0:23:56 > 0:23:57and let her go.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00The whole village agrees. Ginnie didn't kill anyone.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03We want you to set her free.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05I'm with them, sir. Her son's sick.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07She's at breaking point.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Did you want something, PC Everett?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15The autopsy results for Sylvia Swann are back.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Maybe it's just as well you're here, after all.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29I asked the coroner to discover how far her pregnancy was.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31What he's told me is she wasn't pregnant.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33What?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35CAR HORN BEEPS
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Father, hop in.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Um...- I need to take you somewhere. It's important. Please.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50- BANGING ON DOOR - Hello!
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Somebody, listen to me!
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I need to make a confession.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Constable, find the Inspector - now.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Not a police confession. I need Father Brown.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Hello?
0:25:10 > 0:25:14I thought you said he was going to meet us here.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28He's gone ahead...to the Stones.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31He says to read from page 79.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40"Sacrifice and the Stones." It talks about healing.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43It says, "the only way to save innocent human lives...
0:25:44 > 0:25:47"..is to give another innocent human life."
0:25:49 > 0:25:52So someone wanted to save the village children
0:25:52 > 0:25:55from this frightful epidemic and made Sylvia the sacrifice -
0:25:55 > 0:25:57killing the one to save the many.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Except that, by all accounts, no-one thought Sylvia Swann was innocent.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Maybe not Sylvia.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08But definitely her unborn child.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Well, then we need to find out who else knew about Sylvia's pregnancy.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Because whoever it is...
0:26:15 > 0:26:16is going to try again.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Father, you're needed at the station. M'Lady.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Thank God, Father.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35I see. I see.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Mrs Morris' what?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Oh, Mrs Morris' dog!
0:26:44 > 0:26:46I'll make a note.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Yeah, goodbye.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Father.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51I'm here to see Ginnie Godden.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Mrs Godden, I've got the Father here...
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Listen, Alf. If my girlfriend got herself pregnant...
0:27:06 > 0:27:10..I can think of a couple of people I might want to get on the blower.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13I might have mentioned it to Nurse Shipton
0:27:13 > 0:27:18to see if she knew anyone who might...help with the situation.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- But she gave me short shrift. - Anyone else?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23That oddball, the herbalist.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27I thought he might know some plants that could solve our problem.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Though why he would, when he takes great pleasure
0:27:30 > 0:27:32in telling the world he's pure as the driven...
0:27:32 > 0:27:35You told Malcolm Sylvia was pregnant?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37PHONE RINGS
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Knife and Cleaver.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Father Brown, for you.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Felicia speaking.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Oh, no.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53No.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- Ginnie Godden's in hospital.- What?!
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Attempted suicide.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00She tried to hang herself.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02But why?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Guilty conscience. Maybe she did kill Sylvia after all.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Who knows? It's the boy I feel sorry for. Poor lad.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12- What's going to happen to him now? - Father, listen...
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Malcolm knew about Sylvia's pregnancy.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17What if I was wrong?
0:28:17 > 0:28:21If it was him all along deliberately trying to mislead us.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24What if he came to the hospital, not trying to find me
0:28:24 > 0:28:27but looking for another innocent sacrifice?
0:28:27 > 0:28:28'It's getting dark soon.'
0:28:28 > 0:28:32If anything will be happening, it'll be happening at midnight.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35I wonder if you could send Sid to meet me at the police station,
0:28:35 > 0:28:36we'll go straight to the Stones.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Then, perhaps, you go to the cottage hospital
0:28:39 > 0:28:42and make sure the children are safe. Goodbye.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43PHONE RINGS
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- That's 10.- Johnny?- 11. - Charlie?- 12.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- And Freddie is, 13. We're one short. - What?
0:28:50 > 0:28:52PHONE CONTINUES RINGING
0:28:53 > 0:28:55But that's not Freddie.
0:28:55 > 0:28:56Then where is he?
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Well, I... He was there.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Oh, no. Please, no!
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- So what's the plan?- No idea. - Brilliant.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- Tell me everything. When was the last time he...?- Sh!
0:29:24 > 0:29:25(When was the last time he was seen?)
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Ah, so you didn't get our message.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Of course we did. That's why we're here.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31No, the second message.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Inspector...
0:29:33 > 0:29:36It turns out his breathing improved so much
0:29:36 > 0:29:38they took him off the iron lung.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Well, they needed it for another child.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43You didn't think to ascertain this before you called us?
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I'm sorry, Inspector - we really thought...
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Time was of the essence.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Stand down, men. Go home to your families.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52It's about time we called it a day.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Well, what about Father Brown?
0:29:54 > 0:29:58He's out in the back of beyond in the middle of the night.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00It'll give him time to reflect on the repercussions
0:30:00 > 0:30:02of his wild accusations.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04My bicycle's outside, I'll go and find him.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07We don't need any more accidents.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Unless there are any more innocents you need me to save?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- GROUP:- Fowles in the frith,
0:30:22 > 0:30:24The fishes in the flood,
0:30:24 > 0:30:25And I mon wax wood...
0:30:25 > 0:30:27How many of them are there?!
0:30:27 > 0:30:30The prospect of saving all the village's children
0:30:30 > 0:30:32is very promising.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Yeah, but to kill a kid to save a kid?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36That doesn't make any sense.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Can you make out which one's Malcolm?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Yes, and they are not sacrificing a child.
0:30:43 > 0:30:44Right - so what're we going to do?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Two of us against all of them?
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Well, I have asked Sergeant Goodfellow
0:30:50 > 0:30:51to alert Inspector Sullivan.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Yeah, but if he was coming, he'd be here by now.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58You go in the car and get some help.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00What about you?
0:31:00 > 0:31:02I'll think of something
0:31:15 > 0:31:16PHONE RINGS
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Kembleford 769.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Yes. Yes, he does house calls,
0:31:26 > 0:31:28but you'll need to call the presbytery.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Let me get this straight,
0:31:32 > 0:31:34he's not answering the telephone?
0:31:39 > 0:31:43"I will fear no evils, for thou art with me.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45"Thy rod and thy staff, have comforted me."
0:31:52 > 0:31:54The Police. Thank you.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58GROUP CONTINUE RITUAL
0:32:07 > 0:32:08(Walt!
0:32:10 > 0:32:11(No...)
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Silence!
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Midnight approaches.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17- GROUP:- Much sorwe I walke with.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21The Solstice begins.
0:32:21 > 0:32:22Much sorwe I walke with.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Is the knife sharpened?
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Is the knife-bearer ready?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Is the knife-bearer ready?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48(We need you to be ready.)
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Are you SURE, this time?
0:32:50 > 0:32:52It didn't work before.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Because that was the wrong sacrifice.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56This is perfect.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- And what if...? - What if we do nothing?
0:33:00 > 0:33:03How many more children have to die?
0:33:03 > 0:33:07You told me yourself, you couldn't bear another child dying young
0:33:07 > 0:33:09- or living maimed!- I can't.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Then you know what you have to do.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17This is the last death you need to see.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Everything is in alignment.
0:33:19 > 0:33:20It was meant to be.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25We're going to be successful this time.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Word of warning. The priest's about.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Just the priest?
0:33:38 > 0:33:40HE CHUCKLES
0:33:40 > 0:33:41I think we can handle him.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Is the knife-bearer ready?
0:33:50 > 0:33:51She is.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Midnight...begin!
0:33:56 > 0:33:57No!
0:34:00 > 0:34:02- CHUCKLING:- Father Brown. Alone?
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Don't worry, Malcolm.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12They won't kill you.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13No cavalry?
0:34:13 > 0:34:15How are you going to stop us?
0:34:19 > 0:34:20By offering myself in his place.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25If you want to sacrifice an innocent...
0:34:26 > 0:34:28..sacrifice me.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Sergeant, you have to call the inspector.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33I don't care if you wake him up!
0:34:33 > 0:34:37The Father went out to the Stones tonight and...
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Would you just be quiet for one minute?!
0:34:40 > 0:34:43He went out and it looks like he's never made his way back.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47No, he cannot be out on a call!
0:34:47 > 0:34:50His pyx bag is here on the table in front of me.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59You said you'd let him free.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Later.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04We don't want anyone raising the alarm before we're finished.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06This can't be interrupted.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08You think peace and quiet makes it work?
0:35:09 > 0:35:13You were right. We didn't get a true innocent last time.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17This time will be different.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Exactly the same.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20Another death...
0:35:22 > 0:35:24..and no lives given in return.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27We'll see about that.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Is that how you think it works?
0:35:32 > 0:35:34It's what you believe, isn't it?
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Jesus sacrificed himself for our sins.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39You preach it every Sunday.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Our Gods are just a bit more...useful.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46If you think you'll be able to convert us,
0:35:46 > 0:35:48you've got the wrong men.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Marjorie...
0:35:50 > 0:35:52you had a strong faith.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55And then I saw child after child die,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57or live maimed.
0:35:57 > 0:36:02I prayed and I prayed, but if your Christian God won't save them,
0:36:02 > 0:36:04I want no part of him.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05We need to save our children.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09That's not quite true of you, Alf, though, is it?
0:36:09 > 0:36:13Convenient - get rid of a pregnant girlfriend
0:36:13 > 0:36:15you were tired of, wasn't it?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20And Freddie?
0:36:20 > 0:36:22No-one's done anything to Freddie.
0:36:22 > 0:36:23Yet.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Mrs McCarthy was very impressed with Walt's support for Ginnie
0:36:29 > 0:36:31when she was in custody...
0:36:31 > 0:36:33promising you'd be with her little boy
0:36:33 > 0:36:35"every second of the night and day."
0:36:37 > 0:36:41With hindsight, that sounds like a threat, wouldn't you say?
0:36:44 > 0:36:45That's low.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Very low.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Even if he did say all that, it's just words.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59- And Ginnie. - Ginnie did that to herself.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Is that what you think?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04I think someone tried to shut her up.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07And after tonight,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I think they'll try again.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11Ginnie was one of us.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Why would we kill her?
0:37:13 > 0:37:15She brought Sylvia here.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18But she didn't have the strength to follow it through.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20I won't be like that.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22And Sylvia.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Killed for nothing.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26And now me.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30What if I'm killed and nothing changes?
0:37:34 > 0:37:36And Sid's missing, too.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Hornby had to bring me over in Monty's car.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40What do we do?
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Sid!
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Call the police.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Do you think I haven't tried? - And Freddie's safe.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48But Malcolm isn't. He's about to be sacrificed.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- What?- And Father Brown's out there by himself.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Well, let's go.- OK.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Operator? Kembleford Police Station, please.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Not losing your bottle, are you?
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Gag him.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24SLICING
0:38:26 > 0:38:27We need blood.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38It's on me.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43As his lifeblood drains...
0:38:43 > 0:38:45with our eyes closed...
0:38:45 > 0:38:48we perform our final chant.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Fowles in the frith!
0:38:51 > 0:38:56The fishes in the flood!
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- GROUP:- And I mon wax wood,
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Much sorwe I walke with...
0:39:01 > 0:39:02RITUAL CONTINUES
0:39:16 > 0:39:17This is her blood!
0:39:17 > 0:39:19She's betrayed us.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Go after him. Shut him up.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23What about the sacrifice?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25We've run out of time.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28This dried-up old spinster will have to do.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33Not far now.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Who's that?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41The police! Oh, thank God. Where's Father Brown?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43He's...up ahead.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45We caught them off-guard.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- Lady Felicia, is your car nearby? - Just down the track.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Could I borrow it? I'll go and find him.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52- Oh, of course. Sid, the keys.- Stop! Police!
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Hey, it's all right, Inspector. I've broken it up.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56Everybody's safe now.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Thank you, PC Everett.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00All right, men, stand down.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Father Brown!
0:40:03 > 0:40:05He's one of Sylvia's killers.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06What?!
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- Quick! Get after him! - Yes, sir.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13What do you mean, "one of"?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Much sorwe I walke with.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Are you really going to stand there and watch this?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Is this what it's come to?
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Josaphat?
0:40:29 > 0:40:30Simon?
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Much sorwe I walke with.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37Moira?
0:40:39 > 0:40:40Katherine?
0:40:46 > 0:40:48They've followed you blindly this far.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52They won't follow you over the abyss.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Cowards!
0:40:54 > 0:40:57COWARDS!
0:40:57 > 0:40:58HE GROANS
0:41:02 > 0:41:05No more pointless deaths.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07WHISTLE BLOWS
0:41:09 > 0:41:10No more.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11WHISTLE BLOWS
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Malcolm!
0:41:27 > 0:41:28Father, I wasn't expecting...
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Something from Mrs McCarthy's garden.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36(Thank you.)
0:41:38 > 0:41:41I thought if you came at all, you'd be bringing the police with you.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43You backed out of Sylvia's sacrifice.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44You were prepared to tell all.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47It's not your fault that Walt got to you.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50But I agreed to the plan in the first place.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52I lured Sylvia out there to her death.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I was just so desperate.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Standing was a village of desperate people.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03We're just grateful for the chance to return to normal.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04Not that the publican or the policeman
0:42:04 > 0:42:07will be returning any time soon.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Well, at least the polio's burnt itself out.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12No new cases for the last seven days.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Thanks to the Father.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Nonsense. Nothing to do with me.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20If I'd just read on a few more pages, I'd have known.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24The only thing more powerful than an innocent being sacrificed
0:42:24 > 0:42:27is an innocent who is willing to be.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Though I wasn't willing to die for them...
0:42:30 > 0:42:34because not for a minute did I think that it would have an effect.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35So...
0:42:37 > 0:42:38Malcolm...
0:42:40 > 0:42:42..I was willing to die for YOU.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Every time I see him, I can't believe it.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Thank you so much for letting him stay while he recuperated.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Oh, it's nothing.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09That's what the staff are for, after all.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12I'm sure Lady Felicia will be glad of the peace and quiet.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Precisely what I was thinking.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17I was saying to Monty only last night -
0:43:17 > 0:43:19if the past few weeks have shown me anything,
0:43:19 > 0:43:22it's how glad I am that we never had children.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32So...are you ready to take your son home?