0:00:12 > 0:00:14CAR HORN HONKS
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Yoo-hoo!
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Do you want a lift?
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- Where are you headed?- Hambleston.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Glenda Pikes had triplets, so I'm taking her a shepherd's pie.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38What do you think, Mrs M? Isn't she divine?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41I think SHE should slow down.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45She arrived this morning.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49A present from Monty. He's so wonderfully generous.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Didn't think to give you driving lessons at the same time?
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Sidney says I'm a very good driver.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Ha!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59The words of a rogue and thief, whose wages you pay.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01SHE HONKS THE HORN
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Would you keep your eyes on the road?
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- Perhaps you'd prefer to walk. - There's no maybe about it.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10In fact, I'd like you to stop this car at once.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Suit yourself.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13TYRES SCREECH / LOUD THUD
0:01:54 > 0:01:55What a mess.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11CHURCH BELL TOLLS
0:02:22 > 0:02:25AMBULANCE BELL CLANGS
0:02:30 > 0:02:33What a fine mess you've got us into.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Well, that's rich. It wasn't my fault!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Oh, so the wall just ran out into the road in front of us, did it?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42If I recall, it was you who asked me to stop the car.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46The Countess of Montague. Fetch Sir Malcolm immediately.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50..you'd have known I didn't mean you to stop there and then!
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Her ladyship's nose will need to be reset under general anaesthetic.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Same goes for your arm.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06You've got a displaced fracture,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09which will need operating on when the swelling goes down.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11And how long is that going to take?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Around three days.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Until then, I suppose I'm stuck here with you.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Don't worry, Mrs McCarthy. I intend to be out of here as soon as...
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Ah, Malcolm! At last.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Apologies for the delay. I was in theatre.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26How's Emma and the children?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Oh, in finer fettle than you at this present moment.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30Although, what an honour it is
0:03:30 > 0:03:33to have the chair of the hospital board entrusted to our care.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Quite.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Do you think you could put in a call to Dickie Frobisher?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I'm sure he'll want to do my operation in Harley Street.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Yes. Of course.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46If you aren't concerned that it will send out mixed messages,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49given your unstinting support for the National Health Service.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Well, yes, but...
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Indeed, if you don't have faith in our new vision...
0:03:53 > 0:03:55how can the people of Britain?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58How, indeed?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00But at least you have your friend to keep you company.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08SHE CLEARS HER THROAT AWKWARDLY
0:04:10 > 0:04:13You will never guess who the new anaesthetist is.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- What are you doing?- Have you seen the state of this cupboard?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18It's an accident waiting to happen.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Has no-one ever said you sound like Matron.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22- It's Tony Fairfax!- Who?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25He was a registrar when I did my training at Tommies.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Also known as Dr Dish.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Although, I warn you, he's the love-them-and-leave-them variety.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Strictly not husband material.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35In which case,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I'm sure Nurse Honeywell isn't the least bit interested.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41There's a tower of bedpans awaiting your attention in the sluice room.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- TOGETHER:- Yes, Matron.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49So how was Mr and Mrs Beaks' funeral?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51A good turnout.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53After 60 years together,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56it was a blessing they went within days of each other.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58HE COUGHS POLITELY
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Do you find my facial injuries amusing?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- No, my lady.- Perish the thought.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Because so much as a smile out of you
0:05:03 > 0:05:05will result in instant dismissal.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08And you, Father, can kiss goodbye to your substantial annual donation
0:05:08 > 0:05:09to the roof fund.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Well, you've only yourself to blame.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Careering around the countryside at that speed!
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Anyone would think you were trying to kill the pair of us.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18I'm beginning to wish I had!
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Now you see what I have to put up with?
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Father, how exactly are you going to cope with me being in here?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Well, we'll just have to manage.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Mm.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Oh...
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Give it here!
0:05:38 > 0:05:40See how high you can get.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Oi!
0:05:46 > 0:05:48What you doing?!
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Sorry, Mrs Beale. No smoking during Sir Malcolm's ward round.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Good evening, Sir Malcolm. Dr Fairfax.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Good evening, Matron. Lead on.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23We have one new arrival this evening, transferred from casualty.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Mrs Garrity, 65.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Fell off a ladder picking apples.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31She's suffered a concussion and a humeral fracture.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35The orthopaedic registrar thinks it should be reduced in theatre.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Did you think to tell the orthopaedic reg
0:06:39 > 0:06:41that I've better things to do with my time
0:06:41 > 0:06:45than reduce a minimally-displaced fracture?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I believe the patient reported numbness.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Dr Irvine was concerned about neurovascular compromise.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I never thought I'd see you again.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Well, I never!
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Mr and Mrs Weston.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Fair enough.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Put her first on my list in the morning.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Mrs Crabbe. Suspected appendicitis.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14We're just waiting for her haemoglobin test to come back.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16HORSE RACING COMMENTARY ON RADIO
0:07:30 > 0:07:31TURNS RACING COMMENTARY OFF
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I knocked, but nobody heard.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Mrs Steele.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- To what do I owe the pleasure? - I'm your locum parish secretary,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46appointed by the parish council during Mrs McCarthy's absence.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- Sidney Carter.- I know who you are.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52And I can see... I have my work cut out.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Right, belt-and-braces job
0:08:04 > 0:08:06and out of here in double-quick time.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Ready to go?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15I don't like her colour.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18I'm going to cut the gas and increase her oxygen.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21She's not responding.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24OK. Nothing but pure O2 now.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Still not responding. - Is there an obstruction?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31There's no obstruction. Look at the bag.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Are you unwell?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I think the patient is the one in need of your attention.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40She's stopped breathing.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Adrenaline. One in 10,000.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Quickly, Nurse.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56There's no pulse.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Watch where you're going, Sergeant!
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Oh...the Royal and Ancient.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Very swanky.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23What's your handicap, sir?
0:09:23 > 0:09:28A wife and two kids and club rules state no women or children.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30All I need is a referee and I'm on the fairway,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33along with the rest of the local luminaries.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Coroner's office called, sir. Death at the hospital.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39And that's of interest, because...?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Unknown causes. The police are obliged to investigate.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Er, Sir Malcolm Braithwaite's been informed
0:09:44 > 0:09:45that we'll be paying him a visit.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47You can tell the coroner
0:09:47 > 0:09:49to stick his red tape where the sun don't shine!
0:09:49 > 0:09:52As if Her Majesty's Constabulary have got nothing better to do
0:09:52 > 0:09:54than investigate non-suspicious...
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Sir Malcolm Braithwaite?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Mm. He's the chief surgeon at St Luke's, sir.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04He's the secretary for the membership committee.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I spy a silver lining, Sergeant.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Well, chop-chop! What are you waiting for?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Nurse, what's going on?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Everyone seems to be at sixes and sevens.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27I'm afraid Mrs Garrity passed away on the operating table this morning.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Nurse...- Ah-ah-ah!
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- What happened?- No-one knows.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43The operation hadn't even started and it was only a fractured humerus.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Not that there's anything for you to worry about.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Although, there will be a full investigation, of course.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51When you've finished alarming the pre-operative patients,
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Mrs Dolan's hernia needs dressing.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Yes, nurse.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57And for goodness' sake, change that apron
0:10:57 > 0:11:00before Matron catches you and blows a gasket.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03They're painting the railings. I must have brushed past them.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Damn and blast! That's me fined five shillings if it doesn't come out.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Paint is the very devil.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Try turpentine and ammonia, mixed with a cup of salt.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Thanks, Mrs McCarthy. You're a life-saver.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20The patient's respiration started to fail,
0:11:20 > 0:11:24so I cut the nitrous oxide and put her onto pure O2.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26She failed to respond,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28so I administered adrenaline.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Sadly, to no avail.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33And has the equipment been checked?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Fully checked, before and after the operation.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38The procedure was textbook.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I'm afraid these things happen, Inspector.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Anaesthetics is still very much in the unchartered waters
0:11:44 > 0:11:45of the medical profession.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Sir Malcolm alludes to the fact that, six months ago,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51a patient died whilst under anaesthetic in my care,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53leading to a General Medical Council enquiry,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55at which I was fully exonerated.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58I can provide you with a full copy of the report,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- if you'd care to read it.- God, no!
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Here's the rub, Inspector.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04We are in the vanguard
0:12:04 > 0:12:06of the greatest social experiment in history -
0:12:06 > 0:12:08the National Health Service.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Providing free medical care to all, at the point of delivery.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15The last thing we need right now is anyone doubting us.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Oh, do you play?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25I'm up for membership at the R & A, as it happens.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Oh, well...
0:12:28 > 0:12:30we're always keen to welcome
0:12:30 > 0:12:32like-minded pillars of the establishment.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36I'm sure you'll find us all a mutually supportive lot.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Anything else, Sergeant?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Then I think were finished here.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46See you in the clubhouse.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56CHURCH BELL TOLLS
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Argh!
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Balaclava... Nice touch.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Element of surprise.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Your reaction times are getting faster, Father.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Father Brown?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Mrs Steele.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Erm, Sid was just teaching me the noble art of self-defence.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21I see.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Mother Augustine is here. I put her in the study.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Right. Yes.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26I'm on my way.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32If you could restrain yourself from attacking her.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35HE WINCES IN PAIN
0:13:35 > 0:13:36I'll be off.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41I find myself wondering why would a man of the cloth
0:13:41 > 0:13:43have a need to defend himself?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46You never know when you might get in trouble.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47Trouble begets trouble.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51And from what I hear, you, young man, are trouble with a capital T.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53You reckon, do you?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Father Brown should be doing God's work,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58instead of brawling in public in the churchyard.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Well, Father Brown is not your average priest.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03I don't know what Bridget McCarthy was thinking,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06but I think he'll find I run a tighter ship.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Good luck with that!
0:14:31 > 0:14:34At last, a nurse next to a frying pan
0:14:34 > 0:14:35and my stomach's turning somersaults.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Be a good girl and rustle up some bacon and eggs.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Yes, Doctor.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Just as soon as I've changed the dressing
0:14:41 > 0:14:43on Mrs Dolan's infected hernia.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45I'd heard you were a feisty one.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Only that Mrs Dolan's stomach is in rather worse shape than yours
0:14:48 > 0:14:50at this precise moment.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Look at the state of you!
0:14:52 > 0:14:54What do you expect, after running all the way across the quad?
0:14:54 > 0:14:58And you'll never guess... I think I know how Mrs Garrity died.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00And I don't think it was of natural causes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Which means, she was murdered.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04There's enough unfounded gossip flying around
0:15:04 > 0:15:05without you adding to it.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Take no notice. She's prone to exaggeration.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10I can prove it and then we'll see what the police say, shall we?
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Why are there patients out of bed when Sir Malcolm is here
0:15:14 > 0:15:16to do his post-operative checks?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28METALLIC CLANG
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Who's there?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Aaaaahhhhhhh!
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Good morning, Father.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Good morning, Mrs Steele.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I usually see to my own breakfast.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19You're an elusive man to get hold of,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22so I thought we could start as we mean to go on with morning meetings.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25I've moved the first holy communicants to this afternoon,
0:16:25 > 0:16:29in between Reverend Frobisher and the African orphans' fundraiser,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32so you can spend the morning working on your homily...
0:16:33 > 0:16:34..uninterrupted.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Good morning, Lady Felicia.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43I'm Dr Fairfax, your anaesthetist.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- Is this the equipment that was used for Mrs Garrity?- Certainly not.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48The theatre was cleared out afterwards
0:16:48 > 0:16:50and all the equipment put in storage.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51There's nothing to it.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53This black tank is the anaesthetic - nitrous oxide.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Green is carbon dioxide... - Isn't that poisonous?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Not when mixed with oxygen.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00That's this black and white chap here.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Now, I'm going to give you a little injection
0:17:02 > 0:17:04with something to make you sleepy.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10If you could count back from ten for me?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Ten.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Nine.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Eight.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Seven.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Six.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Five.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Four.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Three...
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Father! Are you in there, Father?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37This door's always left open.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Doubtless why Father Brown is so prone to distraction.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Ah!
0:17:41 > 0:17:43He's writing his homily
0:17:43 > 0:17:45and under strict instructions not to be disturbed.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Yeah, well, her ladyship's been trying to get hold of him.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Last night, a nurse at St Luke's was murdered
0:17:49 > 0:17:51and she needs to see him urgently.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Whatever for? He's not a policeman.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Trust me, he'll want to know.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57No doubt he would.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00I'm well aware of his little crime-fighting hobby,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02but uncertain how kindly his parishioners
0:18:02 > 0:18:04take to these deviations to his duties.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Do we understand each other, Mr Carter?
0:18:10 > 0:18:11We most certainly do, Mrs Steele.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14See you around.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Not if I have my way.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Six weeks ago, we were asked to investigate some missing drugs.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Specifically, pethidine.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I fail to see what this has to do with it.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06You were the last people to see Nurse Fletcher
0:19:06 > 0:19:09before she left the ward at the end of her shift.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- Which would have been at...?- Ten.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16When everybody headed to their beds, except Nurse Fletcher,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20who inexplicably decided to take a detour to theatre...
0:19:21 > 0:19:24..where I believe the drugs are kept.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Securely, under lock and key.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Ah, yes...
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Key.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38Nurse Fletcher dropped this when she was killed.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Does anyone know which lock it fits?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46It's the key to the nurses' common room. We've all got one.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Not that it's ever locked. No doubt, there was a doctor involved.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Young nurses tend to have one-track minds, Inspector.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- A lovers' tiff gone wrong? - Peggy wasn't the type!
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Something to add, Nurse Honeywell?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04It's probably nothing.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Humour me.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Peggy said Mrs Garrity had been murdered
0:20:09 > 0:20:12and was threatening to go to the police.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Said this to...? - Oh, all of us, I suppose.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17At least, we were all there.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18This is ridiculous.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21The postmortem revealed no anomalies.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24We've put it down as a rare reaction to the anaesthetic.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Were any of you acquainted with Mrs Garrity
0:20:27 > 0:20:28before her admission to hospital?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Something else?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Poor Peggy.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38I wish there was something I could do.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43You could light a candle for her soul.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45The church is always open.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47I think she'd like that.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Padre...
0:20:48 > 0:20:51You're like a bad penny.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53I am the hospital chaplain.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Course you are.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05A patient dies on the operating table.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Nurse Fletcher announces there's something fishy
0:21:07 > 0:21:09and, a few hours later, she's murdered.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Doris Garrity was a harmless old lady.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14To whom no-one claims acquaintance.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19I believe Nurse Honeywell knows more than she's letting on.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22In the meantime, let's keep out noses to the ground.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Hello.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39I was sure I had tuppence
0:21:39 > 0:21:41and stealing from God is a frightful sin.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Have this one on me.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Thank you.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53I'm sorry about your friend.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57We were hardly that.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I thought she was a rather silly girl
0:21:59 > 0:22:01and a terrible attention seeker.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Which must make me a very wicked person.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Or a refreshingly honest one.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16So, when Nurse Fletcher announced that Mrs Garrity was murdered...
0:22:16 > 0:22:20I thought she was showing off to Dr Dish.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25So...you paid no attention to her theory?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28After all,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31it's not as if any of you knew Mrs Garrity?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Exactly.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39But...?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42It was only when she was murdered
0:22:42 > 0:22:45I remembered something about the evening Mrs Garrity was brought in.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Well, I never!
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Mr and Mrs Weston.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57I assumed it was the concussion, as none of us is called Weston.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I expect it's nothing.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02You must think me very silly.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06On the contrary.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I think you are a highly-intelligent young woman.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Father.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16And there was I thinking you were in your study...
0:23:16 > 0:23:18writing your homily.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Crikey. I'd better hop it or Matron will have my guts for garters.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23You must be from St Luke's.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Although, I don't think I've seen you at mass.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Hardly.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28I'm not a Catholic.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Nor anything else, for that matter.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Then, please, don't let me keep you.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45Cast your mind back to last night...and dig deeper.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Mm...
0:23:48 > 0:23:50And deeper...
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Mm...
0:23:52 > 0:23:54What do you call this again?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Transmemory meditation. It's all the rage in London.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Apparently, our brains process only a fraction of what we perceive.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Yours might. I have told you everything I remember.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07One more time. The slightest detail may be important.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Mm...
0:24:16 > 0:24:20She was breathless because she'd run across the quad.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Look at the state of you!
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Well, what do you expect after running all the way across the quad?
0:24:27 > 0:24:30She gave Nurse Honeywell a file.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Nurse Honeywell put the file in the desk.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37So...
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Doris Garrity...
0:24:41 > 0:24:45dies on the table under the anaesthetic care of Dr Fairfax.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47A recent arrival from St Thomas',
0:24:47 > 0:24:49where he was the subject
0:24:49 > 0:24:53of a GMC enquiry
0:24:53 > 0:24:56for topping a patient.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Allegedly, sir. He was exoner...
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Whoa! Train of thought, Sergeant.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04And, coincidentally,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06the same hospital where Nurse Fletcher
0:25:06 > 0:25:08did her preliminary training.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Who, having deduced that Doris' death was dodgy,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13was dumb enough to announce it to all and sundry
0:25:13 > 0:25:16before being bumped off.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18The single common denominator being...
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Unless it's raffle tickets for the church roof, I'm not interested.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27If it is raffle tickets for the church roof,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29I'm still not interested!
0:25:29 > 0:25:31I think the key is Mrs Garrity.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Everyone claims her to have been a stranger,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37but Nurse Honeywell said she recognised someone
0:25:37 > 0:25:39the night she was admitted.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Who?- She mentioned the name Weston.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46I think, if you find the connection, you will also find the murderer.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Genius!
0:25:48 > 0:25:51If only one of them was called Weston.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55You think you've found your man?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57I'm sure you've got your own work to do.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Souls to save, sinners to punish,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02children to indoctrinate...
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Adios, Padre!
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Check to see if any of them have ever gone by the name Weston.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Nurse Honeywell. Could you step in here, please?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Yes, Matron.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37You're seven minutes late.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39I was at church, lighting a candle for Peggy.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43I take that to mean you disbelieve me?
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Dallying with a doctor, more like.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46I know your type.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48You don't know me, at all.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51I've seen you sneaking out of the doctors' common room
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- in the middle of the night. - Which begs the question,
0:26:53 > 0:26:57why you were out of bed wandering the hospital at that time.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05What on earth are you are doing?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Ah! There you are, Mrs M.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11It's not time to play hide and seek now.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13She's been having these little episodes recently.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14She's going a bit gaga.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Come along, Mrs McCarthy.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Let's get you back to bed.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20We put it down to advancing age.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Oh!
0:27:44 > 0:27:46HE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR
0:27:52 > 0:27:54One minute, she were picking apples.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58The next morning, she'd gone.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04It were only a broken shoulder.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Not that I blame the hospital.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Quality care...
0:28:10 > 0:28:12and didn't charge her a penny.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Mr Garrity, may I ask you,
0:28:15 > 0:28:19do you recognise the names Mr and Mrs Weston?
0:28:21 > 0:28:23She mentioned them?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26I wonder what brought that back?
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Wasn't their real names.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Just what Doris called them.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34On account of the bank holiday.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36The bank holiday?
0:28:36 > 0:28:381931.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Weston-super-Mare.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48Wettest May Day for 25 years.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53The wind blew us off the beach and into the town to look for our tea.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Doris wanted kippers from Lyons' Corner House,
0:28:58 > 0:29:00which meant walking up by the town hall.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Then, this taxi drew up...
0:29:05 > 0:29:06..and a young couple jumped out.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Asked us to witness their wedding.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Oh, Doris were chuffed to bits.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18She thought it was so romantic.
0:29:20 > 0:29:21The Westons...
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Don't suppose you remember their real name?
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Oh... No, it's such a long time ago.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34They were a handsome couple.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37I've got a photo somewhere.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- Would you like me to fetch the album?- Yes, please.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42And I'll put the kettle on.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45There we are.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47I'll fetch you a nice cup of tea
0:29:47 > 0:29:50and there'll be no need for any more wandering around.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54Gaga!
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I'm very sorry. But it was the best I could think of on the spot.
0:29:57 > 0:29:58That was the best you could think of?
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Well, it got you out of a sticky situation.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03A situation I would not be in, were it not for you!
0:30:03 > 0:30:06So...did you find out what was in that file?
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Yes. I did.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11It was the linen count.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Linen count?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16It means she was in the laundry room,
0:30:16 > 0:30:17counting the linen.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Oh, I see.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22So...if she ran across the quad,
0:30:22 > 0:30:26that means that the laundry is that building there.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Weston-super-Mare, May, 1931.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35That's us and the Westons outside the town hall.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Oh...
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I see.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46TELEPHONE RINGS
0:30:48 > 0:30:50St Mary's Presbytery.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Alas, Mrs McCarthy, he's gone AWOL.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Well, he usually turns up in the end.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59And when he does, could you please give him an urgent message?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Fire away.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06Just tell him, I have important information for him about the murder
0:31:06 > 0:31:08and I would like him to call into the hospital
0:31:08 > 0:31:10at his earliest convenience.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12I'll make sure he gets it.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Thank you. Goodbye, Mrs Steele.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16Goodbye, Mrs McCarthy.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Drink this, Mrs McCarthy.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- What time is it, Nurse? - Just after three.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Well, that's very early for my medication.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43This is to make you sleepy before your operation.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48But this morning, you said the swelling hadn't gone down enough.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51It was decided that your operation would be brought forward a day.
0:32:51 > 0:32:52Oh...
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Father, thank goodness!
0:33:22 > 0:33:24I think I know how Mrs Garrity was killed.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26I think I know who and why.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Where is Mrs McCarthy?
0:33:37 > 0:33:39She's been taken to theatre.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41That's impossible.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44She was told only this morning that her arm was still too swollen.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45Quick!
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Ready to go?
0:33:49 > 0:33:52She's looking a little flat. I'm going to increase her oxygen.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54She's not responding.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Not again? OK, nothing but oxygen this time.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- She's still not responding. - Adrenaline.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17There's no pulse.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28- Turn off the oxygen!- Are you insane? This woman's in respiratory arrest!
0:34:28 > 0:34:30- I said, turn it off!- All right, all right, have it your way.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33Nobody move.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- She's breathing.- Can someone tell me what the hell is happening here?
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Nurse Fletcher found this gown
0:34:46 > 0:34:48when she was doing the linen count. Black paint.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51How could a sterile gown get smeared with paint
0:34:51 > 0:34:54when it came from a sterile operating theatre?
0:34:54 > 0:34:58She had a key. I think she was about to do this...
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Carbon dioxide.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04Poisoned air.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06I think, with all this paint lying around,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08that's how they got the idea.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- Are you saying that someone painted the carbon dioxide tank?- Yes, I am.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13And they put it where the oxygen should be.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Their only mistake was underestimating
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- how long the paint would take to dry.- Let me see that.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Now, hang on! This wasn't down to me.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30No, it wasn't.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Doris Garrity was murdered
0:35:32 > 0:35:34because she recognised somebody from her past.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Is that not the case, Sir Malcolm?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40I don't know why you're looking at me?
0:35:40 > 0:35:41A kind woman, who did a good deed.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Little did she know that witnessing a marriage
0:35:44 > 0:35:47would also mean she was signing her future death sentence.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Well, I'd hardly call it a...proper marriage.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55More a moment of adolescent rashness.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00It was my first year in medical school
0:36:00 > 0:36:02and Rita was a...Tiller Girl.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Six weeks later, it was all over.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08But you didn't divorce her, did you?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12When I married you and Lady Emma,
0:36:12 > 0:36:15your entry in the register declares you to be a bachelor.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Emma's Catholic.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20She couldn't marry a divorcee.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24It was a harmless white lie.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Until Doris Garrity came back into your world.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32She could have exposed you as a bigamist.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33I did it to protect them.
0:36:35 > 0:36:36I had no choice.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40But you did have a choice, didn't you, Sir Malcolm?
0:36:42 > 0:36:45You could have confessed your crime and asked for forgiveness.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49And it is not too late to throw yourself on God's mercy.
0:36:49 > 0:36:50No, no.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52I'd rather take my own chances.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Now, this...
0:36:56 > 0:36:57..is Pentothal.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01It will stop your heart in 15 seconds.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Now, be a good girl
0:37:04 > 0:37:05and come quietly.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Dr Fairfax is in theatre.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Then, we'll wait.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17A discreet and speedy resolution
0:37:17 > 0:37:20and Sir Malcolm's undying gratitude will nail the application.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Keep walking.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Urgh!
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Arrest this man!
0:37:25 > 0:37:27He murdered Mrs Garrity and Nurse Fletcher!
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Quickly!
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Sergeant...!
0:37:33 > 0:37:37Malcolm Braithwaite, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murders
0:37:37 > 0:37:39of Doris Garrity and Peggy Fletcher.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42You are not obliged to say anything, unless you wish to do so,
0:37:42 > 0:37:46but anything you say may be taken down and will be given in evidence.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49KNOCKING
0:37:49 > 0:37:50Enter.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53You wanted to see me, Matron?
0:37:53 > 0:37:56It seems you've found me out.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59I noticed the side effects.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Mood swings, dizziness, blurred vision.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05You seem very knowledgeable about the side effects of pethidine.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- I'm going to be a doctor. - Don't be absurd!
0:38:07 > 0:38:09I've applied to medical school.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12And the reason I was in the doctors' common room
0:38:12 > 0:38:13in the middle of the night
0:38:13 > 0:38:16was I needed the textbook to swot for my entrance exam.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20- I thought...- My only interest in doctors is becoming one.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25This is my letter of resignation.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28I hope you'll spare me the indignity of giving a reason.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30And I hope you'll reconsider.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34But I'm a thief and a drug addict.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38And I happen to believe that drug addiction is an illness,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41which should be treated, not punished.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Dr Brittain is a consultant psychiatrist,
0:38:45 > 0:38:48running a drugs rehabilitation programme.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54You can be assured of the utmost discretion.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02It seems I've misjudged you, Nurse.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05You're not the first.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07And I doubt you'll be the last.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Father, can I say something?
0:39:17 > 0:39:18On the record.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38It's been five days since my last confession.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41And...
0:39:43 > 0:39:44..it was all my fault.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Go on.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51That ruddy car!
0:39:54 > 0:39:57It was a surprise present from Monty, you see?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- I see.- I was in such a rage,
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I think part of me wanted to wrap his wretched guilt present
0:40:05 > 0:40:07round a tree.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Mrs M was right. I was...driving recklessly fast.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13God will forgive you.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16It's not God's forgiveness I'm worried about.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20She was taking a shepherd's pie to Glenda Pike.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Three miles on foot, because the bus doesn't go to Hambleston.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28And that's Mrs M all over.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Always helping, never asking for thanks.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36And it's my fault she's lying here!
0:40:37 > 0:40:41I just want her to know how very sorry I am.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43SHE SOBS
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I think she does.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49(Welcome back, Mrs M.)
0:40:54 > 0:40:55Come in, come in.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Ah!
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Oh, there was no need for this fuss.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Please, Mrs M, take a load off.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Sidney, thank you.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11Oh, it's a cake.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- I made it myself. - Yes, I can see that.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19I think I may need to do some baking.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Only if you feel up to it.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22Oh.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Are you still here?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29For as long as I'm needed.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Well, now that my right-hand man has been returned to me...
0:41:36 > 0:41:38that won't be necessary.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42With respect, what good is a right-hand man lacking a right hand?
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Ha-ha! She'll manage.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Or a parish secretary who cannot type.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51So, until Mrs McCarthy is fully recovered,
0:41:51 > 0:41:54a matter of some weeks, so I believe,
0:41:54 > 0:41:57it's been agreed by the parish council that I will fill the breach.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Now, I have the newsletter to take to the printer,
0:42:01 > 0:42:04so I'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning, Father.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Not so fast, Mrs Steele.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08If all that's required is a right hand,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11then mine is at Mrs McCarthy's disposal.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Naturally, my left is included, as well.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18I hardly think her ladyship is qualified for the role.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Au contraire, Mrs Steele.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23I spent two years behind an MoD desk during the war
0:42:23 > 0:42:25and have 60 words a minute.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Not to mention shorthand. Isn't that right, milady?
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Absolutely, shorthand.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35So...Father Brown will no longer be requiring your assistance.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37I shall let the parish council know in person.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39I doubt there'll be any dissent.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Can I show you the door?
0:42:43 > 0:42:46SHE PROTESTS
0:42:46 > 0:42:4960 words per minute and shorthand?
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Hardly.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54I spent most of the time answering phones and organising soirees.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Actually, clouds of war, notwithstanding,
0:42:56 > 0:42:58it was all rather a wheeze.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00A pair of hands that can neither type nor do shorthand.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02That's just marvellous(!)
0:43:02 > 0:43:04I'm sure I can pick it up.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Only you could make such a ridiculous utterance.
0:43:07 > 0:43:08I was trying to get you out of a hole.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Yes, a hole I am in because of you!
0:43:11 > 0:43:13From now on, I suppose we'll be joined at the hip
0:43:13 > 0:43:15for the foreseeable future.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18- Well, that's gratitude for you. - Mrs McCarthy...
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Lady Felicia...
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Welcome back!