0:00:04 > 0:00:06APPLAUSE
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Well played, Captain.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Well done, brother.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15Congratulations.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Bravo, bravo.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Nice one, old man.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27GUNSHOT
0:01:09 > 0:01:11A gentleman and a player.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12Hear, hear.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Are you all right, Vince?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17You done the old man proud.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Shall I say a prayer?
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Nice try, Brown, but as a devout atheist, I think
0:01:23 > 0:01:26my brother would prefer to be remembered
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- with this.- Oh, yes.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Chateau Laponte.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35One of his last two bottles. It seemed a fitting occasion.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Indeed.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Wish me luck?
0:01:42 > 0:01:46He'd be turning in his grave if he could see the state of the team.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48No captain. Chairman AWOL.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Monty's in the Commonwealth with Her Majesty.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I did some wicket keeping in my seminary days.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Perhaps you could step in for your husband.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Whip them all into shape.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- She's a woman!- Commendable powers of observation, Major.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Women don't know anything about cricket.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Actually, I'm not completely clueless.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Hear, hear. That's settled, then.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09You're in charge.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Bloody lunacy.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12APPLAUSE
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Howzat?!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I've just been admiring the ground.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Although I'm curious, Professor Milton, as to why it says
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Hambleston CC above the pavilion?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43These acres were once the site of a boundary
0:02:43 > 0:02:45dispute between Lord Hambleston and the Earl of Montague.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Generations of infighting.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51It all got frightfully tedious so they reached a gentlemen's agreement.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52An annual cricket match,
0:02:52 > 0:02:56with the winning side claiming ownership for the following year.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Over time, it became this ground here.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01It's our local derby. Fiercely fought.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02And a week tomorrow.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06All prepared, milady?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I'm afraid you have me at a disadvantage.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Max Scullion. Your new neighbour.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Oh, of course.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Geordie Hambleston's yet another victim of Mr Atlee's death duties.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Mr Scullion is the new owner of the estate.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22You must dine with me next week.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24It would be my pleasure.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Welcome to Kembleford.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Thank you. Although we are technically on Hambleston soil.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Nine years in a row to be exact.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Are you a cricketer?
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Don't know one end of a bat from the other but I like a challenge,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38and my team's coming together nicely.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Which is more than can be said for yours.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09INAUDIBLE
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Is this it?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Fred Pebble's out with a gammy leg.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Vince Lennon?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Said he'd be along.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27If he's got time.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Which means we're only eight men.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Um... If you're looking for volunteers,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I'm told I was quite a handy leg break in my youth.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Thank you, Father.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43It seems we face an uphill task.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Forgive the intrusion. Raj Chandraty.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Dr Fairfax's locum.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Oh, of course.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Mrs McCarthy informs me you are looking for players.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Your arrival couldn't be more timely.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57No, no. Wait just a minute.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Shouldn't we be discussing amongst ourselves whether he's suitable?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I assume you wouldn't be here if not a player.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I was an amateur for the Jaipur Maharajas.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Before that, captain of the University of Calcutta XI.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11And we short a captain. How very propitious.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Steady on. Surely there's someone more officer material.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Well, like this fellow here?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I second Lady Felicia's proposal.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Welcome on board, Doctor.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Hear, hear! Welcome.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I've a feeling we'll be needing you.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31This is Major Peter Wallander. Club Secretary.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32How do you do?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45You're late. The meeting's over.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Then, do you need any odd jobs doing?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51You're sacked.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54And if I catch you sniffing round my house again,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56I'll knock you to hell and back.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I think you have an audience.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Morning.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06This is Vince Lennon.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Demon fast bowler and our best hope of victory against Hambleston.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Vince. This is your new captain.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15They made the punka wallah team captain?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Bet that went down well with Major Blimp.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Watch your mouth, Lennon, unless you want to find yourself in more trouble.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23No offence intended. See you around, Doc.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Come out, come out, wherever you are.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12GUNSHOT WITH SILENCER
0:07:15 > 0:07:17And I think three dozen of my scones.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21We wouldn't want to run out like we did last year.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Or the year before that.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Holy Mother of God!
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Amen.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Get this to the lab, please, Sergeant.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Yes, sir.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47I was thinking the same thing.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Don't tell me.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I can now add telepathy to your list of abilities?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57That's an exit wound. The body was turned over.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Curiously formal, don't you think?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06And then...they washed his face.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I think I can draw my own conclusions, thank you.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Do you happen to know who his next of kin is?
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Jane Milton.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Professor Milton is Vince Lennon's next of kin?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I'm afraid so.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28He was eight.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33An evacuee from some godforsaken slum where he'd never known
0:08:33 > 0:08:34anything but abuse.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40When his family were killed in a bombing raid, my brother
0:08:40 > 0:08:42and I adopted him.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45That was very altruistic.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Humane.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Vince was, well, he was a very damaged child.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Filthy and malnourished.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Almost feral at first.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03We thought that with enough time
0:09:03 > 0:09:08and love he could become a valuable member of society.
0:09:11 > 0:09:19That nurture could triumph over nature and love could conquer all.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Your brother, he took his own life last year.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Do you mind me asking why?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28The only one that can answer that is Charles.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Do the police know who was responsible?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Vince Lennon collected enemies the way other people collect stamps.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41So I expect it will be a while to work their way through the list.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44In the meantime, to be brutally practical, we've lost our fast
0:09:44 > 0:09:47bowler - I'm hoping you or the inspector may provide a bit of pace.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Are you something of an expert, Your Ladyship?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Oh, gosh. Hardly. Although I do have six older brothers
0:09:51 > 0:09:53so something may have sunk in.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Sorry to interrupt. I think there's something you should see.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Come on.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I suppose it's appropriate.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Although Vince would hate it.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Do you think they'd all be shocked if I laid him
0:10:11 > 0:10:12to rest in a bomber jacket?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16I don't think you've ever given a jot for convention.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22If you're investigating, I should tell you the police already
0:10:22 > 0:10:23searched and found nothing.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Maybe they were looking in the wrong place.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Missal.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Vince hasn't attended mass since he was 16.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45I suppose it didn't help us both being atheists.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48But we could hardly deny him his birth religion.
0:10:49 > 0:10:55Initials, dates, amounts, £15, £15, £25.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56These aren't odd jobs.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03And this.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Blackmail?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Does it say who they are?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Only initials.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24OM. PW. LB.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29The payments from OM stop a year ago.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33You think one of them sent this?
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Well, someone "settled the matter" for once and for all.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Did you see that specialist?
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Yes.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50He said I'd outlive you!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55We have to give this to the police.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58I suppose we must.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00I sense a "but".
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Even if one of them is the murderer, what of the others?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09The police will have to track them down, poor souls.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13All those secrets laid bare.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Lives ruined.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I see you have some new players?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Local men, are they?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Australia. Cattlemen hired to work on my estate.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38I'm surprised to see you at practice under the circumstances.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Victory is the offspring of preparation and opportunity.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45The murdered boy was a member of our team.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Like I said.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Howzat!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- Howzat.- Thank you, Doctor.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58May I introduce our new captain, Raj Chandraty?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Looks like I'm not the only one with a foreigner on his team.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I'll see you at dinner tonight, milady.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08I look forward to it.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13He doesn't have cattle on his estate.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16I'm so glad you could come.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18It beats sitting at home moping.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23And I confess my curiosity as to what the opposition are up to.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Ringers on the team indeed.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31It seems like a lot of effort for a village cricket match.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Is there a Mrs Scullion?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Three. Scattered all round the country. Bleeding me dry.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39You been married long?
0:13:39 > 0:13:40Two years.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I'd keep an eye on her if I were you.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
0:13:52 > 0:13:53PW.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59How's the investigation going? Have you found the murder weapon?
0:14:00 > 0:14:03We've only identified the make as of yet.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Walther P38. The country's awash with ruddy war souvenirs.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11I'm afraid I can't say.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Bit of a blow losing your star player.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17I'm sure our new captain will make up the deficit.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19May the best side win.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21I'm surprised you're all being
0:14:21 > 0:14:23so casual about your tenth defeat in a row.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27You don't know?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Know what?
0:14:29 > 0:14:34I suggest you take a look at the original articles of 1783.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Should either side be victor for ten successive years,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40they claim ownership of the land in perpetuity.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Did you know about this? - No, I didn't.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48But the ground's been shared by both villages for centuries.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49It's a gentlemen's agreement.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52In that case, I'm glad I'm not a gentleman.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Shall I bring my sewing basket and join you?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03I prefer my own company.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Is that why you slept in your dressing room last night?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I didn't want to intrude on your grief.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14For the umpteenth time there was nothing between me and Vince Lennon.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Why won't you believe me?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I prefer the evidence of my own eyes.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Talking. You saw us talking.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24It didn't look like you were discussing the windows.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26What exactly were you talking about?
0:15:26 > 0:15:30His money. He said he was five shillings short.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Little Bear misses Daddy Bear.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Good morning.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Good morning, Father. I'll fetch us some tea.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48No prizes for guessing why you're here.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56This is what happens when you put a woman and a darkie in charge.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58If Scullion thinks we are going to take this lying down...
0:15:58 > 0:16:01I'm here about Vince.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04If you want me to go to the funeral you're wasting your breath.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05He was a blackmailer.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Doesn't surprise me. Crooked as a dog's hind leg.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16He identified one of his victims by the initials PW.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22If you think that low life would extort money...
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I'd have knocked him to hell and back first.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27So you said, the day he was murdered.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31I didn't kill him. Although I wish I had.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33He was sniffing round my wife.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37I see.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46How long had Vince been blackmailing you?
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Does my husband know?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52No.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53And I won't tell him.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Or anything else you tell me.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02How did you find out?
0:17:02 > 0:17:08He referred to one of his victims as LB. Little Bear?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13It's what Peter calls me.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16At least, he used to.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Vince liked to mimic...
0:17:20 > 0:17:26He was vile and I'm glad he's dead. At least...
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Your secret is safe?
0:17:33 > 0:17:39"Kept woman" sounds so much better than whore, don't you think?
0:17:43 > 0:17:47My first husband died in the war.
0:17:49 > 0:17:55And I was all but destitute when a "gentleman" offered me a lifeline.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59What price virtue?
0:17:59 > 0:18:04Well, in my case, a flat in Maida Vale, a quarterly allowance...
0:18:06 > 0:18:08..and the loss of all self respect.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Peter had no idea.
0:18:13 > 0:18:19He rescued me. He gave me everything I've ever wanted.
0:18:20 > 0:18:28Security, respectability, and above all - unconditional love.
0:18:29 > 0:18:35In which case, if you confess, he will be able to forgive you.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40And the proudest and the most stubborn.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47He'd never be able to forgive such deceit.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52He'd leave me.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55And then my heart would break.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Sir.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12I just took a telephone call with information on the Lennon murder.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14What kind of information?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15The anonymous kind.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Go on.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20"Why don't you find out what the good doctor was
0:19:20 > 0:19:23"burying in his garden on Thursday night?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26"That's what happens when you let... his sort..."
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Yes, Sergeant. Thank you.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31I think I get the gist.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Have you handed in that book?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47I've just come from the police station.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51And you've been sleuthing, so spill the beans.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Is PW Peter Wallander?
0:19:55 > 0:19:56No.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59But you've found out something.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05I think the initials refer to nicknames.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10Vince was fond of his nicknames. The crueller the better, usually.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Yes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16So, if PW isn't Peter Wallander...?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20I think I can make an educated guess.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28If you think I killed him, you are mistaken.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31I'm a physician. I took an oath to save lives.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Not take them.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36You still haven't answered my question.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39With respect, that's a private matter.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Well, if the police make the same deduction,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46it will no longer be a private matter.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51For another's sake, I can only pray that won't happen.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53An affair of the heart?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58You mistake me for a man of honour.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Yet I breached the sacred bonds of marriage.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07I disgraced myself and betrayed my gods.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39I said search, not destroy, Sergeant.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Am I allowed to ask what you're looking for?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I can't say. I'm sorry.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Sir.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06I have never seen that before in my life.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11So, I followed them back into town.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Back, as in back to the Red Lion?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Guilty as charged, Mrs M.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19There you are, Father. There's been a development. Carry on, Sid.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Turns out they're surveyors for the Ministry of Transport.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Scullion is selling off his land for a dual carriageway.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28The blaggard!
0:22:28 > 0:22:32The only spanner in the works is the five acres of land he doesn't own.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Yet.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35The cricket ground.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39He has got an absolute fortune riding on that match tomorrow.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42And with Vince gone our only hope is the good doctor.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Vince Lennon was a blackmailer.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50We believe he was lured to his death by one of his victims.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54I have to ask, was he blackmailing you?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Yes.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Why?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02I give you my word it isn't relevant.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05This is a murder investigation. I'll need more than that.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09It involves a third party.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Then, do you have an alibi for the night of the murder?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17No.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- KNOCK ON DOOR Not now.- From Father Brown, sir.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21You may want to see this.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32I'm halting the interview for a tea break.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35White, no sugar, and one for the prisoner.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36Yes, sir.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Can I speak to you off the record?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46It seems Max Scullion has a deal worth a fortune
0:23:46 > 0:23:48resting on that match tomorrow.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Which makes the discovery of the gun
0:23:50 > 0:23:55and the arrest of the opposition captain very timely.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57You think this was Scullion's work?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00I'd stake my job on it.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02But until we get the ballistics back on that gun
0:24:02 > 0:24:05and unless you can give me an alibi for the night in question,
0:24:05 > 0:24:10I'll have no choice but to place you under arrest.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13An Indian and a white woman.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16One whiff of association and she would lose everything.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Husband, home, children.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21She'll be cast out, a social pariah.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I have disgraced her enough already.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28'So, let's get this right.'
0:24:28 > 0:24:33If we lose this match, he builds a ruddy great road right
0:24:33 > 0:24:35through the middle of our cricket ground?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37My lawyer says that though ancient, the clause is watertight
0:24:37 > 0:24:39and binding.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Then we're doomed.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46Nine men, star player murdered, captain banged up in a prison cell.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49No-one blames you, Inspector. This is Scullion's work.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52I do.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Right, Sid's opening the bowling. Sergeant Goodfellow in square leg.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Bill, I've put you in first slip. Not too much running.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Inspector. Wicket keeper.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I'll be requiring you to step up as captain.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04It would be an honour.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Father Brown is as well out of harm's way as possible.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12And I've put Monty on the list
0:25:12 > 0:25:13because he's here in spirit.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17A penny for your thoughts?
0:25:19 > 0:25:24They're hardly edifying. I'm wishing I believed in hell.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31If only so Max Scullion can burn in a pit of boiling oil or
0:25:31 > 0:25:35roasting on a spit surrounded by pitchforked demons.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36How wonderfully medieval.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40I expect you'd prefer to redeem him.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Can you hold up?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I think I've got a stone in my shoe.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Always. Hell is merely the absence of God.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I wouldn't wish it on my own worst enemy.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56I'm glad Charles isn't here to see all this.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59He loved that ground.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02It would break his heart.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Now what are you doing?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12That's Vince's scarf.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Good luck, chaps. May the best team win. Play.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27Where is Father Brown? We can't afford to lose another player.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Maybe he was called away to a parish emergency?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Should we send someone to look for him?- No!
0:26:34 > 0:26:36# Cricket, lovely cricket
0:26:36 > 0:26:38# At Lord's where I saw it
0:26:38 > 0:26:41# Cricket, lovely cricket
0:26:42 > 0:26:44# At Lord's where I saw it
0:26:45 > 0:26:47# Yardley tried his best
0:26:48 > 0:26:50# But Goddard won the test
0:26:51 > 0:26:53# They gave the crowd plenty fun
0:26:53 > 0:26:56# Second Test and West Indies won
0:26:56 > 0:26:59# With those two little pals of mine
0:26:59 > 0:27:02# Ramadhin and Valentine... #
0:27:06 > 0:27:07That's two.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09# The King was there well attired
0:27:09 > 0:27:12# So they started with Rae and Stollmeyer
0:27:12 > 0:27:15# Stolly was hitting balls round the boundary
0:27:15 > 0:27:19# But Wardle stopped him at 20... #
0:27:19 > 0:27:21That's our captain!
0:27:21 > 0:27:22The Lord will provide.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24# So he put up a strong defence
0:27:24 > 0:27:26# He saw the King was waiting to see
0:27:26 > 0:27:31# So he gave him a century... #
0:27:31 > 0:27:32You were saying.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Could be worse.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36How?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39We've got 196 runs to make and we're down to eight men.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45# West Indies first innings total was 326
0:27:45 > 0:27:47# Just as usual... #
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Well played, darling.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Thank you, Constable.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00I'll explain on the way.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15Afternoon. I see you've lost another captain.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Thanks to you. We all know who planted that gun.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24That's quite an accusation. I trust you have a good lawyer.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26God will be our judge.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29The evil will fall down before the good,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32and the wicked before the gates of the just.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36You forget, we have the Lord on our side.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Hah.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Catch it!
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Well caught. Well bowled.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Bad luck, old man.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15In all honesty, I can't say well played.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19But you did your level best.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Thank you.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25I think.
0:29:32 > 0:29:33Not so glum.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38There's still hope the inspector will spring our captain from jail.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Finding the real murder weapon was nothing short of a miracle.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44You don't believe in miracles.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Oh, the old stone in the shoe trick?
0:29:53 > 0:29:56With our last hope of winning the match languishing in jail
0:29:56 > 0:29:59on a trumped-up murder charge, I didn't have time to be subtle.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Why didn't you tell me Vince was blackmailing Charles?
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Ah. You know that.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13"Old Man". Vince's nickname for him.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19And the payments from OM stopped shortly before he died.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24I hoped it wouldn't come out.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Charles was a very private person
0:30:28 > 0:30:30whose only secret was that he loved other men.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34He knew Vince would never let him go.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38And anyone he associated with would be at risk.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45Faced with living his life as a lie - he chose death.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51It was all so tragically unnecessary.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Is that why you murdered Vince?
0:30:57 > 0:31:00That is categorically not why I murdered him.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01SHOUTS ON PITCH
0:31:06 > 0:31:07That's our last man gone.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Bad luck, Goodfellow.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19It seems like you're out of players.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21CAR APPROACHES
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Not quite, Mr Scullion.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30That's something, at least.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Don't change the subject.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36I forgave Vince for Charles' suicide.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40For the first time he seemed genuinely
0:31:40 > 0:31:43repentant for the effects of his actions.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- Shot! - APPLAUSE
0:31:54 > 0:31:56And I confess to an element of pride.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03I wanted to believe he was sorry because it...
0:32:03 > 0:32:05well, it would have meant we hadn't failed.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12And we both know what follows pride.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15He was back up to his old tricks in weeks.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19I saw the fear in their eyes.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23The way people crossed the street to avoid him.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25You could have reported him to the police.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Vince didn't fear the law, man or God's.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39So. You wrote the note that lured him to the pavilion.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43Then you killed your son.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50As your God sacrificed his...
0:32:51 > 0:32:53..so that others may live.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57And you laid out his body.
0:32:59 > 0:33:04I couldn't leave him like that. He hated sleeping on his front.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11Always on his back, arms by his side, ramrod straight.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20That was very foolhardy.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26The Grim Reaper will get me before the long arm of the law.
0:33:29 > 0:33:30Dodgy ticker.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Weeks at best, if I took their wretched pills
0:33:35 > 0:33:38and of course I stopped when I decided to kill Vince.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43I'm already on borrowed time.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Run, Major, run, run, run, run...
0:33:50 > 0:33:51Oh, God.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- Unlucky, Major.- Well played, Major.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59Unlucky.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03It looks like it's down to you, Captain.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11# West Indies was feeling homely
0:34:11 > 0:34:14# Their audience had them happy
0:34:14 > 0:34:16# When Washbrook's century had ended
0:34:16 > 0:34:19# West Indies voices all blended
0:34:20 > 0:34:22# Hats went in the air
0:34:22 > 0:34:25# People jump and shout without fear
0:34:25 > 0:34:28# So at Lord's was the scenery
0:34:28 > 0:34:31# Bound to go down in history
0:34:31 > 0:34:34# After all was said and done
0:34:34 > 0:34:37# Second Test and West Indies won. #
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Why didn't you tell me?
0:34:48 > 0:34:51I didn't want to spend our final days with you trying to
0:34:51 > 0:34:52save my soul.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Oh, well done, Captain!
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Bit wobbly.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Don't even think about calling the doctor.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19It's for the best.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24My only fear was dying in a prison cell.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31I know you can't endorse what I did.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36But as my most valued friend, I hope you can understand.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44Vince was a rotten apple who would have contaminated a whole barrel.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50Wreaking evil. And destroying lives.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52I acted for the most unselfish of reasons...
0:35:56 > 0:35:58..because he was my child...
0:36:00 > 0:36:01..and I loved him.
0:36:02 > 0:36:03Good hit!
0:36:03 > 0:36:05APPLAUSE
0:36:14 > 0:36:17Three balls left. Six runs to win. I hope you're...
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Jolly good, Mrs M.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33No!
0:36:33 > 0:36:35GASPS
0:36:35 > 0:36:36Oh, ow!
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Boys, boys, get the stretcher.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Oh, God. Quickly.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46That's that, then.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54I don't want you getting all maudlin on me.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59My affairs are in order.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02I've lodged a full confession with my solicitor to be
0:37:02 > 0:37:04handed to the police on my death.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09And I've left you my last bottle of Laponte.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Oh.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17Not for sharing, mind. I trust you to find the appropriate occasion.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24I'm rather more concerned with your spiritual than your earthly affairs.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27It's a bit late for that.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Everyone is redeemable.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- Even me?- Especially you.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41And until your last breath it is not too late...to let him in.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Please tell me this isn't a last ditch attempt at conversion.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Can't blame a chap for trying.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58APPLAUSE
0:38:02 > 0:38:03All right, Doctor...
0:38:03 > 0:38:05HE GROANS
0:38:05 > 0:38:06HE MUTTERS
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Well, the match is won, milady.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20There are two balls left and six runs to win the match.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23And you are out of players. You only had ten men.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Victory is mine.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29You are premature, Mr Scullion. We have a last man.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31I don't see him.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32You're looking at her.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Do you even know how to play cricket?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Six brothers, Mrs M.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41I spent every summer of my childhood being used for bowling practice.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42Shoes?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44I've no intention of running anywhere.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24APPLAUSE
0:39:35 > 0:39:40For the first time in my life I'm experiencing a frisson
0:39:40 > 0:39:44of doubt in the irrationality of believing in a higher being.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50I've known more stubborn atheists fall at the final hurdle.
0:39:51 > 0:39:56Not that I'd tell you. I wouldn't give you the satisfaction.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Naturally.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04Although, if that is the case, I must warn you we will meet again.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Now there's a final thought to hang on to.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20You'd be bloody insufferable.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42My heart is poured out like water. My bones are scattered.
0:40:44 > 0:40:50And my heart, like wax, is melted.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- Pub, lads?- Yes!
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Shall I get Father Brown and the professor?
0:41:01 > 0:41:03They'll be along in their own good time.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08There's something I have to tell you, Peter.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13Yes, I know. And if you have a modicum of respect, you'll spare me
0:41:13 > 0:41:14the gory details.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17I wasn't unfaithful. I couldn't be.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23You're the best, the most wonderful thing that's ever happened to me.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26And if you think I'd sully that with anyone, let alone
0:41:26 > 0:41:28the likes of Vince Lennon.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29I saw you together.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32He was blackmailing me.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Our marriage is based on a lie.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40When we met,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43you assumed I was a respectable woman
0:41:43 > 0:41:46and I'm not who you think I am.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50We met in the bar of the King George.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54I was never under any illusion that you...had a past.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Then why?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Even from the start you always treated me like a lady.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Because you were.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04And are...a lady.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25And about bloody time.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26Peter. Language.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30My final duty as Captain is to make the "Man of The Match"
0:42:30 > 0:42:32award to Lady Felicia.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Oh, thank you. It was a lucky shot. Thank you.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43I hear you're leaving us.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Yes, for a position in Wales. It's for the best.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50Goodbye, Doctor. You, sir, are a gentleman and a player.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Now, there is a celebration tea laid on in the pavilion.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59So, if the man of the match would like to lead the way.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01I'd be honoured, Mrs McCarthy.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07You coming in, Father?
0:43:08 > 0:43:09Soon.
0:43:09 > 0:43:14First, I have an appointment with a rather fine Laponte.