0:00:06 > 0:00:10'This is the BBC Home Service. Here is the news.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14'A major manhunt has been launched in Kembleford, Gloucestershire.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17'Police are on the hunt for an escaped prisoner,
0:00:17 > 0:00:18'absconded from custody
0:00:18 > 0:00:23'whilst being transported from court to Her Majesty's Prison Gloucester.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25'Described as a male in his 30s,
0:00:25 > 0:00:30'six feet tall, slim build, black hair and clean shaven.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34'He is wanted for murder and believed to be dangerous.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38'Members of the public are urged to keep their doors and windows locked
0:00:38 > 0:00:42'and anyone seeing him is advised not to approach but to call the police.'
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Father, I need your help.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I was called out to Gallows Cross in Wenlock woods.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35It's the site of the old gibbet
0:01:35 > 0:01:36and known suicide spot.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Chaffing to the wrists. Suggests restraint.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47These look like hypodermic needle marks.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Foul play, sir?
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Let's not jump to conclusions until after the postmortem, DC Albert.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Rather exotic plumage for Wenlock woods.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Budgerigar. A sky-blue Opaline is my guess.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Don't tell me I can now add ornithologist
0:02:09 > 0:02:10to your list of expertise.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13My grandmother kept parakeets, sir.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Are you familiar with Dr Locard's principle of exchange?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Violent action constituting a crime cannot occur...
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Without leaving a trace.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25I'm well acquainted with the latest forensic theories,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28thank you, Constable.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Bag it up and we'll...
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Inspector Sullivan. - Inspector Trueman.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36There's been an error in communication.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39This case was assigned to me.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42We were in the area so the call was diverted.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Like you say, communications error.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46I'm here now and can take over.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51No need, we've just finished. Haven't we, DC Albert?
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Yes, sir.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55'Inspector Clive Trueman.'
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Six months secondment from the British South Africa Police
0:02:59 > 0:03:03on the personal recommendation of the Chief Constable.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06No love lost between you two, then.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09The dead man was Norman Finlay.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11A reporter for the Gloucester News.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13According to colleagues,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16he'd been boasting about a big expose he was working on.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18He planned on selling it to a national newspaper.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Fame and fortune beckoned.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26Unlikely candidate for a suicide. What do you think, Albert?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I think I'm up to the challenge of my first murder investigation.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Norman Finlay's diary has one entry the day he died.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42An appointment at 8pm. With whom?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44We need to check all houses in the vicinity.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I've already taken the liberty, sir.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55There are seven properties in a two mile radius. Two abandoned.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59One vacant and for sale, which leaves four.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Good work. I'll need a list of...
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Thank you, Constable.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Anything else I can do, sir?
0:04:13 > 0:04:14I'm here to observe and to learn
0:04:14 > 0:04:20but if there's any doing to be done then say the word.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Some tea wouldn't go amiss.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25White, no sugar, one rich tea biscuit, sir.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- How's the new boy shaping up? - Yes...
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Still, you can't fault him for enthusiasm.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Did you want something, Sergeant?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Norman Finlay's postmortem report.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I'm not used to having my findings questioned.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Just clearing up a few anomalies.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06These here look like hypodermic needle marks,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08but there are no sign of any drugs.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Perhaps he went to his doctor for some blood tests.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18And you didn't notice the chafing to the wrists?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I noticed contact dermatitis,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24most likely caused by over starched shirt cuffs, cheap carbolic.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32I hope you're not implying I'm past it, laddie?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Jock Hamilton's a decent man.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37He's a drunk, past his prime, should've been retired years ago.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41I began house-to-house enquiries, starting with Wenlock Dip,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44home of Sir Jeffrey Greensleeves.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Our Justice of the Peace.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- You know him?- Yes.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Not as well as Sid does.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Inspector Sullivan, Kembleford Police.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Is Sir Jeffrey at home?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58He's changing for lunch.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Can I help you? I'm Harriet Greensleeves.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Afternoon.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05We're trying to retrace the steps of Mr Norman Finlay,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07whose body was found on Monday at Gallows Cross.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09How horrible.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11That's the third suicide there in four years.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- We're treating it as a murder investigation.- What DC Albert means
0:06:15 > 0:06:18is that we're following up more than one line of inquiry.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22You didn't happen to see Mr Finlay on the day in question?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Gallows Cross is a mile from here.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Grisly place.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28It's where they used to hang the highwaymen.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Even the dogs won't go near it.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Opaline blue.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- Mmm.- My grandmother had one.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40He's called Houdini,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43after his skill for escaping the cage
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- and taunting us from the top of curtain poles.- Hmm.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Was your husband here on Monday?- Yes.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Yes, we dined at eight and then we played bezique,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55so I can say for certain he didn't see your Mr...
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Finlay.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Thank you for your time, Lady Greensleeves.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Do you mind me asking how you got that black eye?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Not at all.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Wretched juniper.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- I was pruning when a branch snapped back and hit me in the face.- Nasty.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13And so thorny, you're lucky it didn't scratch you to ribbons.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15May I ask what the blazes you think you're doing?
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- Sir, I was merely enquiring how... - I know what you were enquiring.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22And I will thank you not to interrogate my wife
0:07:22 > 0:07:24like some common criminal. Do you know who I am?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Sir Jeffrey, I do apologise for DC Albert.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- He's new to the job.- Apologise?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Be informed,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I'm acquainted with the Chief Constable
0:07:33 > 0:07:36and will be letting him know my feelings in person.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Good day.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I've heard you're a man to watch.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I think you'll find I can be trusted, sir.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Inspector Sullivan.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Someone's been a naughty boy.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Sir Jeffrey Greensleeves has lodged a complaint.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- It was a misunderstanding, sir. - Mmm. You bet your boots.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07What goes on between a man and his wife is no business of the police.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Especially when the man is a very big cheese in this county.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15DC Albert was a touch over zealous, sir.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17This is highly embarrassing.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I think it better all round
0:08:20 > 0:08:23if you're temporarily suspended from duty.
0:08:23 > 0:08:29- Suspended? Sir, I...- It's a few days. Slap on the wrist to save face.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32I'm sure Trueman here can step up in your absence.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Sir, I...
0:08:33 > 0:08:36..sir. Pardon the interruption, sir.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38At ease, Constable.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- I'm finished here. - TELEPHONE RINGS IN BACKGROUND
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I hope we can expect you tonight.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47There's some people I'd like you to meet.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52The feathers are a match,
0:08:52 > 0:08:56which means we can place Norman Finlay at Greensleeves House the day he died.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I'm off the case...
0:08:59 > 0:09:00DC Albert.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Tell it to Inspector Trueman.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Er, we're working on Locard's principle.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16The violent action of a crime will leave traces of evidence...
0:09:16 > 0:09:17That isn't evidence.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23It's a feather. And there was no crime.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26The postmortem found suicide.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- But, sir... - The case is closed, Constable.
0:09:29 > 0:09:35So if you'd like to redirect your zeal to the statement filing.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43CLASSICAL MUSIC
0:09:51 > 0:09:53TELEPHONE RINGS
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Kembleford, 731.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07'Sir, it's about the Finlay case.'
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Inspector Trueman was hasty in closing it.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13I think Greensleeves had you removed because we were on to something.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16'I re-examined Finlay's clothes for further trace evidence'
0:10:16 > 0:10:19and found something far more interesting.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22'Then I suggest you put it back where you found it,'
0:10:22 > 0:10:25before Inspector Trueman catches you flouting his orders.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27'It's important.'
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- Remember Finlay's missing expose... - FOOTSTEPS AND KNOCKING
0:10:31 > 0:10:33'Good night, sir.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34'Enjoy your party.'
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Can you meet me in the evidence room?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Please, sir. I think you'll want to see this.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Albert was right.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Greensleeves had Busby remove me from the case
0:10:54 > 0:10:56because I was on to something.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Trueman wilfully ignored evidence under his nose.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Jock Hamilton's postmortem was at best incompetent
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- and at worst, fabrication. - Conspiracy.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09That was the night of the police benevolent fundraiser.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13The Greensleeves are here.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Please excuse us, I need Father Brown for moral support.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Harriet.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- Oh. Oh, goodness, what happened to your eye?- Silly...
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Oh... And Jeffrey. Just the man, um,
0:11:30 > 0:11:31could I have a word
0:11:31 > 0:11:34about my chauffeur's court appearance next week?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Time has barely flown by since the last one.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41If I can borrow our chairlady to meet our new inspector.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Clive Trueman, on secondment from Rhodesia.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Er...
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Inspector Sullivan was being quite over zealous
0:11:51 > 0:11:54in pressing for a custodial sentence.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I have Sid's word
0:11:56 > 0:11:59he was only looking after the items for a friend.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Isn't that right, Father?
0:12:04 > 0:12:09Mr Carter has assured Lady Felicia that that was the case.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11There you are, you see?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13The word of a priest.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16And you know how difficult it is to get the staff.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I may even be forced to drive myself.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21STRAINED LAUGHTER
0:12:30 > 0:12:32DISTANT CLASSICAL MUSIC
0:12:35 > 0:12:37ALBERT BREATHES HEAVILY
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Help! I need help in here!
0:12:41 > 0:12:42ALBERT CROAKS
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Hel-met...
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Two.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49B34709.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Don't! You'll bleed to death.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59B-3-4-7-0-9.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00I hid.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I hid...
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Trust no-one.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11FOOTSTEPS
0:13:11 > 0:13:13SULLIVAN BREATHES HEAVILY
0:13:17 > 0:13:19KNOCK ON DOOR
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Mrs McCarthy?
0:13:27 > 0:13:28The police just telephoned.
0:13:28 > 0:13:34A fugitive was seen skulking around the back of the church not a while back and...
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and the place is full of nuns.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Thank you, Mrs M.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43He's in there with you, isn't he, Father?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48I'll explain later. For the moment,
0:13:48 > 0:13:53could you to hold them off for as long as you can?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54And...
0:13:54 > 0:13:57may I borrow your scarf?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Father Brown is hearing confessions.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08You can't go stampeding into the church
0:14:08 > 0:14:10in the middle of a holy sacrament.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15I trust my men and I can behave ourselves with suitable decorum.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Please stand aside, madam,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24or I'll be forced to conclude you're hiding something.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Search it, boys, with a tooth comb.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Inspector Trueman, I presume?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41I'd like to see in here.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43In here
0:14:43 > 0:14:47is a penitent under the seal of the confession.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I beg your pardon, madam.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Nothing here, sir.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Well, as you haven't found what you wanted,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02perhaps I can get on with MY work.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Your reputation precedes you, Father.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06All good, I presume.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09None of it. According to Inspector Sullivan,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13you're a loose canon with delusions of grandeur.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Meddlesome,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18recklessly foolhardy, morally dubious,
0:15:18 > 0:15:22yet possessed of a certain tiresome intelligence,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24which I won't insult.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28So if you were contemplating interference, be warned.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I will be watching you.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Thank you.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Looks like he hasn't had a square meal in days.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52We came as soon as we could.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Well, here's a moment I thought I'd never see.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05I'm innocent.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06That's what they all say.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Thank you, Sid.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Thank you.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14The inspector
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- was about to finish his story.- Oh...
0:16:20 > 0:16:22SULLIVAN SIGHS
0:16:22 > 0:16:26You blamed Detective Constable Albert for your suspension.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Did you come back to have it out with him?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30No.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35What about the medallion?
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Medallion?
0:16:38 > 0:16:39In Albert's hand.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42He must have torn it from the neck of the killer.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44We found no medallion.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47You allege DC Albert was alive when you found him.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Did he give any clues as to his killer before he died?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56No.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- FATHER BROWN:- 'What did the medallion look like?'
0:16:59 > 0:17:01A bird of some sort.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03And letters PM...
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- something V.- Per Me Caeci Vident.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10"Through me the blind become sighted."
0:17:10 > 0:17:11The Owl of Minerva.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- That's not good news.- No.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18It's the seal of The Illuminati.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Illumi-what?
0:17:20 > 0:17:24The Enlightened, it's a sort of offshoot of the Freemasons.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28A web of secret societies, they comprise a social elite.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32- Here In Kembleford? - Well, they say they're everywhere,
0:17:32 > 0:17:36lurking in the shadows, pulling the strings and levers of power.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Rumour has it Monty's Great Uncle Roly was something of the sort.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Not that he ever admitted it.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44They guard their identities closely.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Which is why they're so dangerous.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Norman Finlay's expose.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54If he planned to unmask such a group...
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Then I believe they would be prepared to kill
0:17:57 > 0:17:59to protect their secrets.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02And are powerful enough to cover their tracks.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10BACKGROUND COUGHING
0:18:18 > 0:18:23..strangely agitated by the results of a routine postmortem.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27In my professional opinion, he was showing signs of mental stress.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Inspector Sullivan blamed DC Albert for his suspension....
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Sullivan was kneeling over him,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35reeking of whisky,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37with his hands around the knife.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42It's true there was no love lost between...
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Inspector Sullivan and DC Albert.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53Because of the particularly odious nature of this crime,
0:18:53 > 0:18:58the prisoner is remanded in custody for committal to the Court of Assize
0:18:58 > 0:18:59to stand trial...
0:19:01 > 0:19:02..for murder.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Name?- Rhys Jones.- Rhys Jones.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Name?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Sullivan.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14- MAN:- Officer Tindle.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20ENGINE STARTS UP
0:19:54 > 0:19:56'Was it wise to return to Kembleford?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58'How else will I prove my innocence?'
0:19:58 > 0:19:59How will you?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Albert's last words.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Helmet two, B34709.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10The murderer was German.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Helmut. Hel-mut.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17The numbers meant something. An evidence bag.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I think Albert hid something in one of them before he was killed.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24So your master plan was to break out of jail only to break back in again.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Father, should you tell him or shall I?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I suggest a good night's sleep.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32We will think of something in the morning.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34"We" will do nothing of the sort.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39I'll be on my way in the morning, as soon as it's safe to leave.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40You won't last five minutes.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43While I appreciate your sanctuary, Father, I do not intend to
0:20:43 > 0:20:46throw in my lot with you and your
0:20:46 > 0:20:49dubious associates.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Him and his dubious associates is all you've got from where I'm standing.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Which is why I'll take my chances alone.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Come in, come in. Her Ladyship has news.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14The Governor of Southern Rhodesia is an old chum, so I rang him
0:21:14 > 0:21:17for a lowdown on Inspector Trueman.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Never heard of him.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Nor is there any record of him in the South Africa Police.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22A cuckoo in the nest.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Now...
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Yes, I think that will do at a pinch.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31I'll just move the buttons.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Our police escort has just left.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38They have spotted a fugitive in Hambleston
0:21:38 > 0:21:41and they have chased down there to collar him.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Bravo, Sid.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44You?!
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Yeah, that's right.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I took your hat and coat and put it on a riverbank.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51I mean, it won't fool Trueman but he will be forced to dredge it.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Which will give us breathing space to find out what
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Detective Constable Albert hid in your evidence room.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00And I've done a recce. One outside window.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Deadbolt lock but no bars.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04You might want to do a review of your security.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07It's designed to stop criminals breaking out, not in.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Ten-minute job.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Unless, of course, you still think you're "better off alone"?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- I'm going with him. - I think that's it's too risky.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24You think I'd let a known felon with a court case pending
0:22:24 > 0:22:25loose in my own evidence room.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Besides the fact you don't know what you're looking for.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Do you mind?
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Trade secrets.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Jock.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Padre!
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Join me?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33A wee bit early.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Even for you.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37So, to what do I owe the honour?
0:23:37 > 0:23:42Inspector Sullivan. You testified that he was of unsound mind.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- What's it to you? - I should have noticed.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Then perhaps I could have prevented this terrible tragedy.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Don't beat yourself up.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Wouldn't be the first Copper that tipped over on the job.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54PHONE RINGS
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Aye?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Aye, right, I'll be there.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04I have to sign a body in.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Five minutes.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Help yourself if you change your mind.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42A, B...
0:24:45 > 0:24:46808...
0:24:47 > 0:24:49029...
0:24:50 > 0:24:51709.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Frankie the Fence. I made the arrest.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Well, well. What do we make of these?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Frankie the Fence has size ten feet?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Frankie the Fence is a woman.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Come on. We have not got time for this.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Put that back.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21This evidence will get me six months in the poke. The way I see it, you owe me.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24The debt doesn't extend to the theft of your evidence.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Says the man holding stolen evidence in his hands.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30The distinction being, I'm innocent and you were caught fair and square.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Put it back!- Or what, you'll raise the alarm?
0:25:33 > 0:25:36'Open the door, please, Sergeant. I thought I heard voices.'
0:25:38 > 0:25:41No-one signed the key out. I'll take a look around, sir.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55All clear, sir.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01'Frank Albert's memorial cards.'
0:26:01 > 0:26:04His mother sent them for the Requiem Mass.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Francois Albert.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Francois "Al-bere."
0:26:10 > 0:26:11He was French?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13His father is.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16They moved to England at the start of the war
0:26:16 > 0:26:19because they thought it would be safer for the child.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20DOOR OPENS
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Any success?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25That depends on your viewpoint.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29These are what Albert hid before he was killed.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30A pair of shoes?
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Norman Finlay's shoes. With something wedged inside.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40A left luggage ticket for a briefcase.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42A journalist always keeps copies.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44The missing expose?
0:26:44 > 0:26:45We'll soon find out.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47We will do nothing of the sort.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53The contents of that briefcase have already caused two deaths.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Whatever's in that case may prove my innocence.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59I just need time to think.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Have you forgotten which one of us is the police officer?
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I'll find Albert's killer, with or without your help.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Sit down, Sid!
0:27:26 > 0:27:27Hello? Yes.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Inspector Trueman, please.
0:27:40 > 0:27:427WHISTLE BLOWS
0:28:03 > 0:28:04CAR ENGINE STARTS
0:28:07 > 0:28:08Can I have a word, officer?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Of course, sir, come with me to the station, please. How can I help?
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Good of you to come alone.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59It's all a bit cloak and dagger. What's wrong with the pub?
0:29:00 > 0:29:02You have dangerous friends
0:29:02 > 0:29:06and I hoped for old times' sake we could be honest with each other.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Go on.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Norman Finlay left it in the left luggage office.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23And I want to trade.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27TWIGS CRACK
0:29:32 > 0:29:33Did you come alone?
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I was about to ask you the same question.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Please don't scream. I won't harm you.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Inspector Sullivan.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46I'm not... I'm innocent.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49You can't stay here.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Follow me, I'll take you somewhere safe.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03It's probably a deer, the speed it ran off at.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08Good. Neither of us would want this conversation to be overheard.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16What do you know about sodium pentothal?
0:30:22 > 0:30:24It's an anaesthetic.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29A curious area of interest for a pathologist.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31You read my files.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Yes.
0:30:35 > 0:30:36It was on your desk.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41The Russian Secret Police used to call it
0:30:41 > 0:30:43"the remedy that loosens tongues."
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Truth serum.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Norman Finlay had something you wanted.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53But he wouldn't give it to you.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02I calculated the doses exactly.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Enough to make him talk,
0:31:05 > 0:31:06not enough to kill.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11That's what happens when you let a drunk loose on the living.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14I didn't hurt the boy.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17I know.
0:31:20 > 0:31:21I know.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26His last words were in his mother tongue.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28He was French.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Elle m'a tue.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34"Elle m'a tue."
0:31:35 > 0:31:36She killed me.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Frank Albert's killer was a woman.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Where are we going?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50An old poachers' cottage. You'll be safe there.
0:31:50 > 0:31:51Safe from whom?
0:31:53 > 0:31:55You know who killed Albert and Norman Finlay?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57It's better you don't ask.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59I've been framed for a murder I didn't commit.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02You got embroiled with the wrong people.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05For your own sake, the less you know, the better.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Wait a minute, we're heading back to Gallows Cross.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15These woods are like warrens. They're deceptive.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19We're heading directly northwest, we've circled back on ourselves.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23You were warned off.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26You were quite exasperating in your persistence.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29Where is this?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33The end of the road, Inspector.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Albert had the makings of a good detective.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44It's important, remember Finlay's missing expose.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Night, Constable. Don't burn the candle at both ends.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Good night, sir. Enjoy your party.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56We have a problem.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00'Can you meet me in the evidence room?
0:33:00 > 0:33:03'Please, sir, I think you'll want to see this.'
0:33:04 > 0:33:06FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:33:06 > 0:33:07Sir?
0:33:17 > 0:33:18DOOR CREAKS
0:33:28 > 0:33:30You're cleverer than you look, Father.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Look what I found.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35I take it he wasn't part of the plan?
0:33:35 > 0:33:36You gave me your word.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38He doesn't answer to you.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43If it's any consolation, I admired the boy.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46He had tenacity and he went down fighting.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Just like Norman Finlay.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52You lured him to your house.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54He had something that didn't belong to him.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56And now I have it.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Sit.
0:34:09 > 0:34:10How did you get here?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12You double crossing...
0:34:12 > 0:34:14I was protecting you.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Take it and let us go.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Then you'll have no more lives on your conscience.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27Your lives are insignificant. There are matters of more import at stake.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Oh, yes.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Your new world order.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35- Father.- It's more omnipotent than your church will ever be.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38I'm going to get rope.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43I'm not going to do anything.
0:34:43 > 0:34:49You are going to shoot the priest and then, tortured with remorse,
0:34:49 > 0:34:51you will take your own life.
0:34:53 > 0:34:54If they move, kill them.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01On my count...
0:35:03 > 0:35:06..let's make a run for the bikes.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Are you insane? He'll shoot us.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12I'm staking my life on the fact that he won't.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14You're staking both our lives.
0:35:14 > 0:35:15Have you got a better idea?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Three...
0:35:26 > 0:35:27Two...
0:35:28 > 0:35:29One.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Stop! Stop, I'll shoot!
0:35:32 > 0:35:35I'm counting the ways this can go wrong, Father!
0:35:35 > 0:35:37I said I'll shoot!
0:35:37 > 0:35:38Shoot them!
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Idiot... I said shoot them!
0:35:45 > 0:35:47GUNSHOT
0:35:47 > 0:35:48GUNSHOT
0:35:50 > 0:35:54You never fail to disappoint, Jock. They're headed for the road.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55We'll get the car and cut them off.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57What are you waiting for?
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Gone too far.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02Enough.
0:36:05 > 0:36:06Very well.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07If you say so.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10GUNSHOT
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- How did you know he wouldn't shoot? - Because Jock Hamilton's not a killer.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15You just said he killed Norman Finlay.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Correction, he's not a murderer.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Harriet Greensleeves, on the other hand...
0:36:21 > 0:36:23You worked all this out and kept it to yourself?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26It wasn't just your safety I had to consider.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28We need to get off the road, Father.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29- Not much further now. - Further? To what?
0:36:41 > 0:36:45Just keep calm and let me do the talking.
0:36:45 > 0:36:46Did the Chief Constable send you?
0:36:46 > 0:36:47Yes Ma'am.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52There were some complications.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Don't be a fool.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58He hasn't got the..
0:36:58 > 0:37:00The next word you say will be your last.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05If you're such an expert in human behaviour, Father,
0:37:05 > 0:37:07then you know I will do this.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11No, you won't.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14One, just one reason why not?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Because you're innocent.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21If you pull that trigger, you will be as guilty as she is.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42The Chief Constable says you're trustworthy.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43I am, Ma'am.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46So, you know what needs to be done.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Ma'am.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Cover me if she tries anything.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Harriet Greensleeves, I'm arresting you for the murder of DC Frank Albert.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05You are not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do
0:38:05 > 0:38:08so but what you say may be given in evidence.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09You have no evidence.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Yes, we have.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19Um...
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Is someone going to tell me what's going on?
0:38:35 > 0:38:37TAPE SPOOLS
0:38:41 > 0:38:45'I'm not going to do anything. You are going to shoot the priest...'
0:38:48 > 0:38:50We've had our eye on Chief Constable Busby
0:38:50 > 0:38:54and his cronies for some time but we didn't have a shred of proof.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56"We" being?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58A division of Special Branch,
0:38:58 > 0:39:02specialising in the activities of groups such as these.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04You let them frame me for murder.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06My orders were to infiltrate.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Norman Finlay's murder threatened to throw the whole mission
0:39:09 > 0:39:12and I couldn't risk blowing my cover.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14On the subject of which...
0:39:15 > 0:39:17..you still haven't told me how you managed it?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I beg your pardon, ma'am.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24Nothing here, sir.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30So, I was intrigued as to why you found your quarry
0:39:30 > 0:39:32and then let him go.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35And your alias. "True man."
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Why label yourself so...
0:39:39 > 0:39:41..if it wasn't the truth?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I see I'll have to choose more carefully in future.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48And you didn't see fit to share this with me?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50I thought you might do something reckless.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52You did do something reckless.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55And I couldn't risk you seeing the contents of the briefcase.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56Which was?
0:39:56 > 0:40:01Diaries, passed to Norman Finlay by a defector from the group who
0:40:01 > 0:40:04became disenchanted with their methods.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09Naming names. Records of conspiracy, bribery and corruption.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10You switched the briefcases.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13My only hope was to get a confession.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Father Brown thought Hamilton might oblige.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Poor Jock.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Requiescat in pace.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25The plan was to intercept him
0:40:25 > 0:40:28with the evidence on his way back to Kembleford.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29And the real case?
0:40:29 > 0:40:30Is in the proper hands.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33You saw nothing so need fear no repercussion.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38The same can't be said for you.
0:40:39 > 0:40:40Don't worry about me.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44I don't even exist.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46KNOCK ON DOOR
0:40:46 > 0:40:47We're in a meeting, Sergeant.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50But, Sergeant...
0:40:52 > 0:40:55If you could see your way to three teas.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Yes, sir. It's good to have you back, sir.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02It's good to be back, Sergeant.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13DC Frank Albert was intelligent...
0:41:14 > 0:41:17..tenacious,
0:41:17 > 0:41:19dogged in the pursuit of truth and justice.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28That he was cut down before his prime will forever be
0:41:28 > 0:41:30a loss to the forces of law and order.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34He was an officer...
0:41:36 > 0:41:37..man...
0:41:40 > 0:41:41..and son to be proud of.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59I thought you'd like to know.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Sir Jeffrey Greensleeves has been charged with accessory to murder
0:42:02 > 0:42:06and Chief Constable Busby with perverting the cause of justice.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10And Inspector Trueman?
0:42:10 > 0:42:14- Gone.- And that's an end to this horrible business, I hope.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18There is something I would like to say, Father.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Grateful as I am for your assistance,
0:42:24 > 0:42:28nothing that's happened will change my opinion of you
0:42:28 > 0:42:31as a somewhat dangerous and subversive influence.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37By rights, I could have you all arrested.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Go on, then.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42If you imagine that this will in any way colour our future
0:42:42 > 0:42:46dealings, or that your meddling in police matters is any more
0:42:46 > 0:42:49welcome, you're sorely mistaken.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52I see.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Well, that's gratitude for you.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Thanks for nothing, Inspector. Guess I'll see you in court.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10I've been informed that due to an...
0:43:10 > 0:43:16administrative error, the evidence in question has been mislaid.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Isn't that right, Sergeant?
0:43:20 > 0:43:22Sergeant...
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Oh, right. Yes, sir.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28Which means we will be forced to drop all charges on this occasion.
0:43:29 > 0:43:34But rest assured, Mr Carter, we will not be nearly so careless in future.
0:43:36 > 0:43:41I want a full investigation as to how this was allowed to happen, Sergeant.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Heads will roll, mark my words.
0:43:43 > 0:43:44Yes, sir.