The Resurrectionists

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04Russula emetica!

0:00:04 > 0:00:05Are you casting a spell?

0:00:05 > 0:00:07Common name, the Sickener.

0:00:07 > 0:00:09Sounds delicious.

0:00:09 > 0:00:11Oh, we can't eat this.

0:00:11 > 0:00:13I only wanted something to put in my pie,

0:00:13 > 0:00:18I wasn't planning to spend the morning traipsing around after you.

0:00:18 > 0:00:22So I am going to go to the grocer's to buy some mushrooms.

0:00:24 > 0:00:26Look.

0:00:26 > 0:00:27What's wrong?

0:00:36 > 0:00:40It's...it's a head.

0:00:40 > 0:00:41I think you should stay here.

0:00:43 > 0:00:47Please stay away. Please stay back.

0:00:47 > 0:00:50I just want to offer my prayers for the deceased.

0:00:50 > 0:00:53The branch was blocking the road at head height.

0:00:53 > 0:00:55He hit it at speed.

0:00:55 > 0:00:57It'll only take a few minutes.

0:00:59 > 0:01:01I'm afraid not.

0:01:44 > 0:01:46BELLS RING

0:01:48 > 0:01:51I am so sorry for your loss.

0:01:51 > 0:01:53Alexander said he'd always be there for me.

0:01:53 > 0:01:55And he still is, Ian.

0:01:55 > 0:01:57Just...in a different way.

0:02:01 > 0:02:04Now, you're going to have to be very brave today.

0:02:07 > 0:02:09I need to see him.

0:02:10 > 0:02:11Mrs Moore.

0:02:15 > 0:02:18I think that it is best that you remember him as he was.

0:02:28 > 0:02:29SHE GROANS

0:02:32 > 0:02:34SHE WEEPS

0:02:36 > 0:02:37I'm sorry.

0:02:39 > 0:02:42Alexander Moore was a popular young man,

0:02:42 > 0:02:45a regular member of this congregation.

0:02:45 > 0:02:48He worked hard in the family business,

0:02:48 > 0:02:51rising early to bake fresh bread.

0:02:53 > 0:02:54His delicious Chelsea buns

0:02:54 > 0:02:58were responsible for many a guilty glance in the mirror.

0:02:58 > 0:02:59MURMUR OF LAUGHTER

0:03:01 > 0:03:03His mother, Ruth...

0:03:07 > 0:03:09..would like to say a few words.

0:03:19 > 0:03:20Alexan...

0:03:25 > 0:03:31My Alexander was the perfect older brother to Ian. He was...

0:03:34 > 0:03:35Get out.

0:03:37 > 0:03:38Get him out.

0:03:41 > 0:03:42Oh, dear God, no.

0:03:42 > 0:03:45Get out! Get away from here!

0:03:45 > 0:03:46Mr Blackstone.

0:03:46 > 0:03:50I'm sorry. I only wanted to offer my condolences.

0:04:13 > 0:04:16We commend our brother to the Lord.

0:04:16 > 0:04:18May He embrace him in His peace

0:04:18 > 0:04:22and bring his body to life again on the last day.

0:04:24 > 0:04:25- Amen.- Amen.

0:04:47 > 0:04:48Where have you been?

0:04:48 > 0:04:50Just in the village.

0:04:50 > 0:04:52It's quiet out, lots of people have gone to the funeral.

0:04:52 > 0:04:53I know.

0:04:55 > 0:04:56You didn't?

0:04:56 > 0:04:58I simply went to pay my respects.

0:04:59 > 0:05:00Did she cause a scene?

0:05:02 > 0:05:04She'll have the police round.

0:05:04 > 0:05:06I haven't done anything wrong.

0:05:06 > 0:05:07You provoked her.

0:05:07 > 0:05:11After the lies she told about your mother, she deserves all she gets.

0:05:11 > 0:05:13You're better than that.

0:05:18 > 0:05:19You need to eat something.

0:05:21 > 0:05:23If you want to talk about anything come and find me.

0:05:23 > 0:05:26Even if it's the middle of the night.

0:05:40 > 0:05:42VEHICLE PASSES

0:06:06 > 0:06:08Guess.

0:06:14 > 0:06:16Bad luck.

0:06:16 > 0:06:19Maybe next time, though, we could add some money into the equation,

0:06:19 > 0:06:20make it a little bit more interesting?

0:06:20 > 0:06:23It's already quite interesting enough, thank you very much.

0:06:23 > 0:06:25But I do admire your sleight of hand.

0:06:29 > 0:06:31What's happened?

0:06:31 > 0:06:32You'd better come and see.

0:06:45 > 0:06:48And this is the lad who lost his head on Tuesday?

0:06:48 > 0:06:49Yes.

0:06:49 > 0:06:51Not been his week, has it?

0:06:52 > 0:06:54It's not a laughing matter.

0:06:55 > 0:06:56Have some tea.

0:06:58 > 0:06:59Thank you.

0:07:00 > 0:07:03I apologise...

0:07:03 > 0:07:06but this is an unspeakable crime.

0:07:06 > 0:07:09People are laid to REST in this church.

0:07:11 > 0:07:14Let's treat this with the respect it deserves.

0:07:14 > 0:07:15Absolutely, Padre.

0:07:19 > 0:07:22Could it be grave robbers?

0:07:22 > 0:07:25No. That vile practice died out in the last century.

0:07:25 > 0:07:29I heard the mother had an outburst at the funeral?

0:07:29 > 0:07:33Ruth Moore and Peter Blackstone have been at each other's throats

0:07:33 > 0:07:35for as long as anyone can remember.

0:07:35 > 0:07:37He's the undertaker?

0:07:37 > 0:07:40Yes. But he didn't do this burial, for obvious reasons.

0:07:40 > 0:07:42What's their problem with each other?

0:07:42 > 0:07:44No-one knows any more.

0:07:44 > 0:07:45Or much cares.

0:07:46 > 0:07:50I'd best go and let the mother know what's happened.

0:07:50 > 0:07:54Inspector, I wondered if I might be permitted to break the news to her?

0:07:54 > 0:07:56She is part of our congregation.

0:07:56 > 0:08:01Be my guest. I'll talk to her once she's calmed down.

0:08:01 > 0:08:03Oh, you're all heart.

0:08:05 > 0:08:09Might take me a while to find a vehicle to move the coffin.

0:08:09 > 0:08:10In the meantime,

0:08:10 > 0:08:13if there's anything else make sure I'm the first to know.

0:08:13 > 0:08:15As always, Inspector.

0:08:20 > 0:08:23What happens if this is just the beginning?

0:08:23 > 0:08:26If whoever did this comes back another night?

0:08:26 > 0:08:29I'm sure those Blackstones are involved.

0:08:29 > 0:08:33That girl was smiling when she saw the accident.

0:08:33 > 0:08:34Doesn't prove anything.

0:08:34 > 0:08:36Oh, so she just happened to be passing?

0:08:36 > 0:08:42Perhaps. Sid, can you find somewhere discreet to store the coffin?

0:08:42 > 0:08:45And see what you can find out about the Blackstones.

0:08:45 > 0:08:48Don't talk to them yet, just have a nose about.

0:08:50 > 0:08:53There's something unpleasant going on here.

0:09:01 > 0:09:03I've let you down.

0:09:03 > 0:09:05No, I don't blame you.

0:09:05 > 0:09:08You don't have to, he blames himself.

0:09:08 > 0:09:10I think we all know who did this.

0:09:11 > 0:09:12Please, Ruth.

0:09:12 > 0:09:15There's only one person who hates my family enough

0:09:15 > 0:09:17to do something so unspeakable.

0:09:19 > 0:09:24It may be coincidence that it was Alexander's body that they, erm,

0:09:24 > 0:09:26they took.

0:09:27 > 0:09:32The soil was freshly turned, it would be the easiest grave to dig.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34How will you manage in the bakery?

0:09:36 > 0:09:37It'll be hard.

0:09:37 > 0:09:39We were losing money as it was,

0:09:39 > 0:09:43and I didn't have to pay Alexander the going rate.

0:09:43 > 0:09:45If you find yourself short,

0:09:45 > 0:09:47the Parish Committee may be able to help.

0:09:47 > 0:09:48We have a small fund....

0:09:48 > 0:09:51I don't need charity. Thank you.

0:09:52 > 0:09:57I just wanted you to know it's there, if you need it.

0:09:57 > 0:09:58We should be able to manage.

0:09:58 > 0:10:01Alexander had taken out a life insurance policy.

0:10:02 > 0:10:04Oh, that was...fortunate.

0:10:05 > 0:10:09He always felt a duty to look after us after my husband died.

0:10:11 > 0:10:14It won't be much but...

0:10:14 > 0:10:16but it should be enough to tide us over

0:10:16 > 0:10:21until I can...work out...

0:10:21 > 0:10:23I'm sorry, I feel very hot.

0:10:24 > 0:10:26I need to get some air.

0:10:26 > 0:10:27We'll leave you in peace.

0:10:38 > 0:10:41I promise to get to the bottom of this.

0:11:01 > 0:11:04You mustn't wait for me like this, all right? Do you understand?

0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Why?- Listen to me - you mustn't wait for me.

0:11:07 > 0:11:09It's best if you keep away from me.

0:11:14 > 0:11:16It's Ian, isn't it? Sidney.

0:11:16 > 0:11:19Sorry to hear about your brother.

0:11:19 > 0:11:21They all talk like he's dead, but he's not.

0:11:21 > 0:11:22You what?

0:11:22 > 0:11:24He came back.

0:11:24 > 0:11:26Back? Back to life?

0:11:27 > 0:11:28He wants to be with his girlfriend.

0:11:30 > 0:11:31You sure you're not mistaken?

0:11:31 > 0:11:33I'm not a liar!

0:11:46 > 0:11:49Peter! Peter Blackstone!

0:11:49 > 0:11:53Come out here. Tell me how you could do this.

0:11:54 > 0:11:56Do you know what he did? That father of yours.

0:11:56 > 0:11:57He hasn't done anything.

0:11:57 > 0:11:59He dug up my boy!

0:11:59 > 0:12:00Ruth, go home.

0:12:00 > 0:12:03Is this where you took him?

0:12:03 > 0:12:04Catherine.

0:12:04 > 0:12:06Yes, run and hide.

0:12:07 > 0:12:08Ruth.

0:12:11 > 0:12:14You can't talk to her when she's like that.

0:12:14 > 0:12:15It doesn't achieve anything.

0:12:15 > 0:12:17Did you hear what she was accusing me of?

0:12:17 > 0:12:18The very thought!

0:12:18 > 0:12:19DOOR OPENS

0:12:19 > 0:12:21Hello?

0:12:21 > 0:12:23- Now what?- I'll go.

0:12:23 > 0:12:24Who died?

0:12:24 > 0:12:25Nobody.

0:12:31 > 0:12:32SHE SCREAMS

0:12:38 > 0:12:40What have you done?

0:12:41 > 0:12:43Nothing.

0:12:46 > 0:12:49Please. He hasn't done anything wrong.

0:12:49 > 0:12:52I telephoned you myself as soon as we discovered the body.

0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Didn't I, Father? - Take him to the station.

0:12:54 > 0:12:55Don't go far.

0:12:57 > 0:13:02Catherine, Mrs McCarthy said she saw you in the woods,

0:13:02 > 0:13:03when Alexander had his accident.

0:13:05 > 0:13:07I don't know what you're talking about.

0:13:15 > 0:13:18I should find a quieter patch - like the centre of Glasgow.

0:13:18 > 0:13:21Inspector, there's a slight problem.

0:13:21 > 0:13:22Now what?

0:13:27 > 0:13:29You have got to be kidding me.

0:13:30 > 0:13:32Thank you for coming, Lady Felicia.

0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Ah.- You really do prepare for the worst, don't you?

0:13:38 > 0:13:41Sid was supposed to store it somewhere discreet.

0:13:41 > 0:13:42Shall we?

0:13:44 > 0:13:48I'm not sure I can relax with that thing looming over me.

0:13:50 > 0:13:53I'll get Sid to move it later.

0:13:53 > 0:13:55Any luck with Doctor Harris?

0:13:55 > 0:13:57No. He wouldn't take my telephone calls,

0:13:57 > 0:13:59and then when I went round to the surgery

0:13:59 > 0:14:02the receptionist pretended he had left for the day.

0:14:02 > 0:14:04What has Dr Harris got to do with this?

0:14:04 > 0:14:07He was in the woods when Alexander had his accident.

0:14:07 > 0:14:10For now we have a more pressing problem -

0:14:10 > 0:14:12the security of the graveyard.

0:14:12 > 0:14:14We have to allow for the possibility

0:14:14 > 0:14:18that what happened to Alexander was not an isolated incident.

0:14:18 > 0:14:21I've drawn up the rota for guard duty.

0:14:21 > 0:14:24You expect us to camp out in the graveyard all night?

0:14:24 > 0:14:28I wouldn't ask you to do anything I'm not prepared to do myself.

0:14:28 > 0:14:31I care about this community, even if nobody else does.

0:14:31 > 0:14:33Oh, I don't mind mucking in.

0:14:33 > 0:14:36Dunkirk spirit, and all of that.

0:14:36 > 0:14:38Actually, it could be terrific research.

0:14:38 > 0:14:40For what?

0:14:40 > 0:14:42I've never written a ghost story before.

0:14:42 > 0:14:44On behalf of the world, I'd like to thank you for that.

0:14:44 > 0:14:48I can see it now - The Phantom And The Farmer.

0:14:48 > 0:14:51The tragic tale of the ghost of a princess who falls in love

0:14:51 > 0:14:53with a humble dairy farmer.

0:14:53 > 0:14:56- You shouldn't joke about such things.- Farmers?

0:14:56 > 0:14:59- Ghosts.- People enjoy a spooky story. It gives them hope.

0:14:59 > 0:15:01That you'll stop writing books?

0:15:01 > 0:15:03That they'll see the people that they love again.

0:15:03 > 0:15:05That death isn't the end.

0:15:05 > 0:15:06It isn't.

0:15:09 > 0:15:11I notice that you've taken the earlier slot,

0:15:11 > 0:15:13while it's still light.

0:15:13 > 0:15:14It was random.

0:15:14 > 0:15:17So you won't mind swapping for 3am?

0:15:18 > 0:15:22Please! I don't want anyone out there alone.

0:15:23 > 0:15:26If somebody comes back it would be dangerous to confront them.

0:15:26 > 0:15:28We'll all be there together.

0:15:28 > 0:15:30Isn't that a little over-zealous?

0:15:30 > 0:15:32I've already let one family down.

0:15:32 > 0:15:34I don't want the same thing to happen to another.

0:15:37 > 0:15:40I have no idea how it got there.

0:15:40 > 0:15:42Perhaps you should ask Ruth Moore?

0:15:42 > 0:15:44Why?

0:15:44 > 0:15:46There's no depth that woman won't sink to.

0:15:46 > 0:15:48She once paid someone

0:15:48 > 0:15:51to try and seduce my daughter then brag about it.

0:15:51 > 0:15:53Fortunately, Catherine saw through him.

0:15:54 > 0:15:57What sort of idiots do you take us for?

0:15:57 > 0:15:59Did you think we wouldn't notice?

0:16:01 > 0:16:02I don't know what you mean.

0:16:02 > 0:16:04The body.

0:16:04 > 0:16:05What about it?

0:16:06 > 0:16:11If their parents knew that they were courting, they'd be furious.

0:16:11 > 0:16:14Though, if you think about it, maybe he made it all up.

0:16:14 > 0:16:16Who knows what's going on in the poor kid's head?

0:16:16 > 0:16:18He's away with the fairies at the best of times.

0:16:18 > 0:16:21Anyway, now I've moved the coffin, am I done?

0:16:21 > 0:16:27Er, yes. But I would appreciate your help this evening.

0:16:27 > 0:16:29No can do, I'm afraid.

0:16:29 > 0:16:31Promised to help out at the Red Lion.

0:16:31 > 0:16:32Oh.

0:16:32 > 0:16:34I've given my word.

0:16:34 > 0:16:38You know me, Father, I'd never break that under any circumstances.

0:16:38 > 0:16:41Well, I'll have to have a word with Mrs McCarthy,

0:16:41 > 0:16:45but, what if I offered a week of free meals for your efforts?

0:16:45 > 0:16:47Hot meals?

0:16:47 > 0:16:49Yes. All lovingly home cooked.

0:16:53 > 0:16:55Deal.

0:16:55 > 0:16:56Excellent.

0:16:56 > 0:16:58You know I can't resist Mrs M's pies.

0:16:58 > 0:16:59I'll see what I can do.

0:17:11 > 0:17:13Anything to report, McCarthy?

0:17:13 > 0:17:15SHE GASPS

0:17:15 > 0:17:16OWL HOOTS

0:17:21 > 0:17:23HE IMITATES AN OWL HOOT

0:17:24 > 0:17:26Do you think it was Felicia?

0:17:26 > 0:17:29It was probably just another owl.

0:17:29 > 0:17:33Perhaps not the best choice of night-time recognition signals.

0:17:33 > 0:17:34Come on.

0:17:40 > 0:17:42Lady Felicia?

0:17:46 > 0:17:47Lady F...

0:17:47 > 0:17:49Who disturbs me?

0:17:50 > 0:17:52Hold that thought!

0:17:52 > 0:17:55How does it feel to be threatened by a spirit from beyond?

0:17:55 > 0:17:59This is a place of rest, not your-your personal playground.

0:17:59 > 0:18:02Quickly, before the fear passes. Describe it to me.

0:18:02 > 0:18:04- I was not afraid! - RATTLING

0:18:04 > 0:18:05What was that?

0:18:05 > 0:18:09What? Oh, probably just another one of your ridiculous stunts?

0:18:09 > 0:18:11I'm standing right here.

0:18:13 > 0:18:15Um... Stay close. Follow me.

0:18:20 > 0:18:21RATTLING

0:18:22 > 0:18:23STONES RATTLE

0:18:23 > 0:18:25What's going on?

0:18:27 > 0:18:29Come on, here it is!

0:18:32 > 0:18:33OK?

0:18:34 > 0:18:36- LIGHTER CLICKS - Can I help you, fellas?

0:18:39 > 0:18:40STONES RATTLE

0:18:43 > 0:18:45STONES RATTLE

0:18:49 > 0:18:53Ah, hardly the most sophisticated diversion,

0:18:53 > 0:18:55but I suppose you weren't expecting company.

0:18:57 > 0:18:59Father! Father!

0:19:03 > 0:19:05Let me go!

0:19:05 > 0:19:07No, please don't hurt me!

0:19:07 > 0:19:09They've got away.

0:19:09 > 0:19:11Not to worry. They were familiar faces -

0:19:11 > 0:19:13the undertakers from Alexander's funeral.

0:19:13 > 0:19:14And what were you doing here?

0:19:14 > 0:19:16- They were after the coffin.- Really?

0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Why? - HE GROANS

0:19:18 > 0:19:20Sid, Sid! We don't do things like that.

0:19:20 > 0:19:22Thank you.

0:19:22 > 0:19:24Oh, don't think you're going anywhere

0:19:24 > 0:19:27until you've told us exactly what you were doing here.

0:19:28 > 0:19:30I, well, um...

0:19:32 > 0:19:34I've done a terrible thing.

0:19:34 > 0:19:36And what was that?

0:19:36 > 0:19:40I falsified the death certificate. Alexander Moore.

0:19:40 > 0:19:41Why?

0:19:41 > 0:19:44I had to. Catherine didn't give me a choice.

0:19:44 > 0:19:46Oh.

0:19:46 > 0:19:47What is it?

0:19:48 > 0:19:50You can go.

0:19:50 > 0:19:52The law will punish you.

0:19:59 > 0:20:00What did you do that for?

0:20:03 > 0:20:07Well, everything we needed was right before our eyes.

0:20:07 > 0:20:13What we saw in the woods, and at the funeral, it was all theatre.

0:20:16 > 0:20:17Alexander wasn't dead.

0:20:19 > 0:20:21We buried an empty coffin.

0:20:29 > 0:20:31What are you doing?

0:20:31 > 0:20:33Getting Alexander's things for him.

0:20:34 > 0:20:35Stop it.

0:20:35 > 0:20:37He'll need them.

0:20:37 > 0:20:39He won't, Ian. He's dead.

0:20:42 > 0:20:44Put it back. He's gone!

0:20:46 > 0:20:49I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.

0:20:49 > 0:20:50Ian!

0:20:52 > 0:20:53KNOCK ON DOOR

0:21:05 > 0:21:08Mrs Moore? I need to talk to you.

0:21:09 > 0:21:10What is it?

0:21:12 > 0:21:16Well, the good news is we found your son's body.

0:21:16 > 0:21:19I've just been trying to clarify what happened.

0:21:20 > 0:21:21Where was he?

0:21:23 > 0:21:25Peter Blackstone's workshop.

0:21:25 > 0:21:27I knew it.

0:21:27 > 0:21:30If the police had listened all those times he harassed me,

0:21:30 > 0:21:31this would never would have happened.

0:21:31 > 0:21:33There's something else.

0:21:35 > 0:21:37I don't really know how to say this.

0:21:39 > 0:21:40His head's back on.

0:21:44 > 0:21:47Before the Mass,

0:21:47 > 0:21:52Ruth and I opened the lid and saw Alexander's body.

0:21:52 > 0:21:53SID GROANS

0:21:56 > 0:21:58- Behave!- Sorry.

0:21:58 > 0:22:01Then, I closed the lid.

0:22:01 > 0:22:03Are you all right in there?

0:22:03 > 0:22:05Hurry up, it's dark! I don't like it!

0:22:07 > 0:22:09Then we said a mass for the dead.

0:22:09 > 0:22:10Meanwhile...

0:22:13 > 0:22:14Sid?

0:22:14 > 0:22:16Give me a minute.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21Ah, ladies!

0:22:22 > 0:22:24Do take a seat.

0:22:28 > 0:22:30COFFIN RATTLES

0:22:30 > 0:22:31BOTH SCREAM

0:22:31 > 0:22:34Don't worry, it's only Sid.

0:22:34 > 0:22:35- LAUGHS:- It's only me!

0:22:37 > 0:22:39What on earth are you doing in there?

0:22:39 > 0:22:41Well, I couldn't find the catch.

0:22:41 > 0:22:42Catch?

0:22:42 > 0:22:44Ready for another try?

0:22:44 > 0:22:46These dinners you promised me better be good.

0:22:51 > 0:22:52What we saw in the woods

0:22:52 > 0:22:56was just an attempt to make credible witnesses for Alexander's death.

0:22:56 > 0:22:58We saw a body.

0:22:58 > 0:22:59Not at close quarters.

0:22:59 > 0:23:02We could have seen a mannequin and an empty helmet.

0:23:02 > 0:23:04You saw Alexander at the funeral.

0:23:04 > 0:23:07Only for a few seconds and the undertakers choreographed it

0:23:07 > 0:23:10so that Ruth would not be alone with the body.

0:23:10 > 0:23:12- MUFFLED:- Do you maybe want to have this conversation

0:23:12 > 0:23:14when I'm not suffocating?

0:23:14 > 0:23:16If you don't talk, Sid, you use less oxygen.

0:23:16 > 0:23:18You ready this time?

0:23:18 > 0:23:19Go!

0:23:22 > 0:23:24Oof - that hurt.

0:23:25 > 0:23:26It was hinged.

0:23:26 > 0:23:29All Alexander had to do was wait underneath the cloth

0:23:29 > 0:23:32until the undertakers took the coffin outside.

0:23:32 > 0:23:33Then he could escape unseen.

0:23:33 > 0:23:35But why would he do all of this?

0:23:35 > 0:23:37The question is, what went wrong?

0:23:37 > 0:23:41Between the sham funeral and the following morning,

0:23:41 > 0:23:42Alexander did die.

0:23:44 > 0:23:47The good news is that I believe that our graveyard

0:23:47 > 0:23:49is free from further interference.

0:23:49 > 0:23:50And what's the bad news?

0:23:50 > 0:23:52There's a killer on the loose.

0:23:55 > 0:23:56Please.

0:23:58 > 0:24:00Would you like a drink?

0:24:01 > 0:24:05No, thank you. Bit early, even for me.

0:24:06 > 0:24:08I'm worried about my father.

0:24:08 > 0:24:09Of course.

0:24:11 > 0:24:15I keep thinking about your reaction when you saw Alexander's body.

0:24:15 > 0:24:17I was shocked.

0:24:17 > 0:24:21More than that. You recoiled when you touched his skin.

0:24:22 > 0:24:24You didn't expect it to be cold.

0:24:24 > 0:24:26You thought he was still alive.

0:24:26 > 0:24:31After all, you knew that the funeral was a sham.

0:24:31 > 0:24:33What are you accusing me of?

0:24:33 > 0:24:34Falling in love.

0:24:36 > 0:24:39It must have been very hard for you, hiding your feelings for him.

0:24:39 > 0:24:41And then seeing him, like that.

0:24:43 > 0:24:46It was like someone had sucked all the air out of the room.

0:24:48 > 0:24:51This terrible thing was happening right in front of me,

0:24:51 > 0:24:54and then suddenly the police were blaming Father.

0:24:54 > 0:24:56It wasn't fair.

0:24:56 > 0:24:59What were you and Alexander going to do after the funeral?

0:24:59 > 0:25:03I'm moving to London in a month to train as a nurse.

0:25:03 > 0:25:06Alexander was going to meet me there.

0:25:06 > 0:25:09You know, leave this stupid feud behind us.

0:25:10 > 0:25:14Alexander felt guilty, especially about leaving Ian.

0:25:14 > 0:25:16But he loved you more.

0:25:16 > 0:25:18At least this way, with the insurance,

0:25:18 > 0:25:21he could make sure they were properly looked after.

0:25:21 > 0:25:24How did you persuade Dr Harris and the undertakers to help you?

0:25:24 > 0:25:29Oh, I know all about Dr Harris and his wandering hands.

0:25:29 > 0:25:30But his wife doesn't.

0:25:32 > 0:25:33I see.

0:25:33 > 0:25:35He paid the undertakers on our behalf.

0:25:36 > 0:25:39Did you see Alexander after the funeral?

0:25:39 > 0:25:45No. I waited till the morning, but...he never showed up.

0:25:46 > 0:25:47So you were here all the time?

0:25:49 > 0:25:50Not at first.

0:25:51 > 0:25:53I was getting ready to go downstairs

0:25:53 > 0:25:55when I saw his brother out of the window.

0:25:56 > 0:25:58I didn't have the heart to leave him.

0:25:58 > 0:26:01He'd seen Alexander in the street.

0:26:01 > 0:26:05Ian had run out after Alexander but he had already gone.

0:26:05 > 0:26:06When I spoke to him,

0:26:06 > 0:26:11he actually thought his brother had come back from the dead.

0:26:11 > 0:26:12Poor boy.

0:26:13 > 0:26:15What did you say to him?

0:26:15 > 0:26:18I couldn't tell him the truth, could I?

0:26:18 > 0:26:20It would have ruined everything.

0:26:21 > 0:26:23I told him that he was right.

0:26:24 > 0:26:29That Alexander had come back from the dead to be with me.

0:26:29 > 0:26:32That if he wanted Alexander to be happy,

0:26:32 > 0:26:34he'd have to keep it a secret.

0:26:34 > 0:26:35HE SIGHS

0:26:35 > 0:26:39I'm afraid he didn't keep his part of THAT bargain.

0:26:39 > 0:26:41I know. I'm sorry.

0:26:44 > 0:26:47It's not me you should be apologising to.

0:26:54 > 0:27:00Have you any idea why your father hates Mrs Moore so much?

0:27:00 > 0:27:03No, he won't talk about it.

0:27:03 > 0:27:05He only says that everything would have been easier

0:27:05 > 0:27:07if she'd never been born.

0:27:24 > 0:27:26Here she is. Her date of birth, and...

0:27:28 > 0:27:29What?

0:27:29 > 0:27:31Look at that.

0:27:35 > 0:27:38Have you come to read me my last rites?

0:27:38 > 0:27:40I know Ruth Moore is your sister.

0:27:40 > 0:27:41Is this a joke?

0:27:41 > 0:27:46Let's not play games. Mrs McCarthy has checked the Parish Records.

0:27:46 > 0:27:51Is this what it's about, all these years?

0:27:53 > 0:27:57Our parents couldn't afford to keep more than one child...

0:27:59 > 0:28:03..and they wanted someone to take over the family business.

0:28:03 > 0:28:04A son.

0:28:06 > 0:28:07They gave her away.

0:28:08 > 0:28:12I can just about remember Mother being pregnant,

0:28:12 > 0:28:14but there was never a baby.

0:28:15 > 0:28:19I was very young, I don't think I understood what had happened.

0:28:19 > 0:28:22When did you find out the truth?

0:28:22 > 0:28:24Not until after we were adults.

0:28:24 > 0:28:26My parents had died by then.

0:28:26 > 0:28:28Ruth had managed to trace me.

0:28:30 > 0:28:35She came to tell me that the family who adopted her had been...unkind.

0:28:37 > 0:28:39And she blamed you for that?

0:28:39 > 0:28:41I was a child when they gave her away.

0:28:41 > 0:28:43It wasn't my responsibility.

0:28:46 > 0:28:49What did you say when she came to you?

0:28:49 > 0:28:54She...wanted a share of my inheritance.

0:28:55 > 0:28:58I had my own family to think of by then,

0:28:58 > 0:29:00I couldn't let her interfere with our livelihood.

0:29:01 > 0:29:03You turned her away?

0:29:03 > 0:29:08I...hoped she'd leave Kembleford, start over somewhere new.

0:29:10 > 0:29:14But she stayed here, to spite me.

0:29:16 > 0:29:19From that day, she's been a constant thorn in my side.

0:29:21 > 0:29:25Did you know Alexander and Catherine were having a sexual relationship?

0:29:27 > 0:29:28That can't be. They're...

0:29:28 > 0:29:29Cousins. Yes.

0:29:32 > 0:29:33How could they?

0:29:33 > 0:29:35Because they didn't know.

0:29:35 > 0:29:39Because their parents preferred to live surrounded by lies.

0:29:40 > 0:29:45I have come here to PLEAD with you to END this.

0:29:49 > 0:29:50Sergeant!

0:29:51 > 0:29:53We're finished here.

0:29:56 > 0:29:57DOOR LOCK RATTLES

0:30:12 > 0:30:13Hello, Ian.

0:30:14 > 0:30:16What are you doing here?

0:30:18 > 0:30:24Sid told me that you saw your brother after his funeral.

0:30:24 > 0:30:27I've been waiting for Alexander to come back again.

0:30:28 > 0:30:31He hasn't yet. I brought his things.

0:30:32 > 0:30:34He might need them.

0:30:34 > 0:30:37That's very thoughtful of you. What did you bring him?

0:30:39 > 0:30:43Clothes, books. His watch.

0:30:43 > 0:30:44WATCH CHAIN RATTLES

0:30:46 > 0:30:47Can I see?

0:31:00 > 0:31:03Where did you find his watch?

0:31:03 > 0:31:05Mother had it in her bedroom.

0:31:08 > 0:31:12It must have been frightening, seeing Alexander.

0:31:13 > 0:31:16No. He's my brother.

0:31:19 > 0:31:20Ian...

0:31:22 > 0:31:24Alexander won't be coming back again.

0:31:26 > 0:31:31They said he was dead the other night, but they were wrong.

0:31:31 > 0:31:32I checked.

0:31:38 > 0:31:39How did you check?

0:31:41 > 0:31:44I thought I might be imagining things,

0:31:44 > 0:31:46so I had to make sure.

0:31:48 > 0:31:51Ian, did you dig up your brother's grave?

0:31:51 > 0:31:55The coffin was empty. He'd already risen up.

0:31:55 > 0:31:57What I saw was real.

0:31:57 > 0:31:58It must have taken you hours.

0:32:01 > 0:32:02Am I in trouble?

0:32:02 > 0:32:03No.

0:32:06 > 0:32:08YOU haven't done anything wrong.

0:32:10 > 0:32:12Catherine didn't tell you the whole story.

0:32:15 > 0:32:16She lied to me?

0:32:16 > 0:32:18Yes.

0:32:22 > 0:32:25Ian, wait, please.

0:32:31 > 0:32:34My son paid his premiums. You have to honour it...

0:32:34 > 0:32:37Listen to me, we need this money.

0:32:37 > 0:32:40I have another son, he needs food, clothes.

0:32:40 > 0:32:42My business will not support us...

0:32:42 > 0:32:44I don't care what the police said.

0:32:44 > 0:32:46There was nothing suspicious...

0:32:47 > 0:32:48My son died.

0:32:48 > 0:32:50Isn't that enough for you?

0:32:50 > 0:32:53Don't you think my family have suffered enough?

0:32:55 > 0:32:58Wait, I don't have any more coins...

0:32:58 > 0:33:00Wait, please.

0:33:00 > 0:33:01LINE GOES DEAD

0:33:01 > 0:33:03Please...

0:33:14 > 0:33:15BANGING ON DOOR

0:33:17 > 0:33:19SHE GASPS

0:33:27 > 0:33:29The priest said you lied to me.

0:33:29 > 0:33:31Is that true?

0:33:58 > 0:34:00BANGING

0:34:01 > 0:34:03HISSING

0:34:04 > 0:34:09You put the idea in my head and I made up a story.

0:34:10 > 0:34:12A silly ghost story.

0:34:13 > 0:34:15But I saw him.

0:34:15 > 0:34:18We were going to run away together, that was real.

0:34:19 > 0:34:21But Alexander was still alive.

0:34:23 > 0:34:25There was a funeral.

0:34:26 > 0:34:30They buried an empty box. It was a trick.

0:34:32 > 0:34:33But then...

0:34:34 > 0:34:35He died for real.

0:34:40 > 0:34:42I'm so sorry.

0:34:52 > 0:34:53HE SOBS

0:34:57 > 0:34:59Sh... Sh.

0:35:00 > 0:35:01Ian.

0:35:03 > 0:35:05Oh.

0:35:05 > 0:35:07Keep back. It's filling with gas.

0:35:07 > 0:35:09Why, Ruth?

0:35:10 > 0:35:12The insurance firm won't pay out.

0:35:13 > 0:35:16I'm going to lose everything and it's all his fault!

0:35:16 > 0:35:22This conflict has already cost one life. Let it stop now.

0:35:22 > 0:35:24Why? I'm already damned.

0:35:25 > 0:35:28It's never too late to ask for forgiveness.

0:35:28 > 0:35:31And I know that you are carrying a great burden.

0:35:33 > 0:35:35What, what burden?

0:35:36 > 0:35:38You're responsible for Alexander's death.

0:35:40 > 0:35:42No.

0:35:42 > 0:35:44He was buried wearing his pocket watch.

0:35:46 > 0:35:49Then when we found the body again, it was missing.

0:35:49 > 0:35:52Ian took it from your bedroom this morning.

0:35:52 > 0:35:54The only way that you could have had it was

0:35:54 > 0:35:57if you saw Alexander after the funeral.

0:35:59 > 0:36:00Put the matches away.

0:36:01 > 0:36:03I think death might be a release!

0:36:10 > 0:36:12Is this where it happened?

0:36:14 > 0:36:16Alexander's body was found in the workshop,

0:36:16 > 0:36:19but I don't think you were strong enough to have carried it far,

0:36:19 > 0:36:21so it must have happened nearby.

0:36:21 > 0:36:24I didn't mean to hurt him.

0:36:24 > 0:36:25I believe that.

0:36:29 > 0:36:32At first, I thought I was going mad.

0:36:45 > 0:36:47What are you?

0:36:49 > 0:36:51It's me.

0:36:52 > 0:36:53Just me.

0:36:57 > 0:36:59See?

0:36:59 > 0:37:02Flesh and blood.

0:37:09 > 0:37:11How did you find me?

0:37:12 > 0:37:16I was looking for Ian, I saw you in the street.

0:37:16 > 0:37:19We had to do it this way, so you wouldn't know.

0:37:19 > 0:37:21I'm sorry.

0:37:22 > 0:37:25You wanted to get away from me?

0:37:25 > 0:37:26I do love you, Mother.

0:37:29 > 0:37:31What do you mean "we"?

0:37:37 > 0:37:39Not her. Please.

0:37:39 > 0:37:41I love her.

0:37:41 > 0:37:42Not her. You can't.

0:37:42 > 0:37:44I don't know what your problem with her father is,

0:37:44 > 0:37:46- but we've had enough of it. - She's your cousin.

0:37:48 > 0:37:49What?

0:37:49 > 0:37:52You're related. Too closely related.

0:37:52 > 0:37:54You see now? What would people think?

0:37:54 > 0:37:55We'd be outcasts.

0:37:55 > 0:37:57Come back home. We'll make it right.

0:37:57 > 0:37:59Just keep away from her.

0:37:59 > 0:38:01Ian will be so pleased to see you.

0:38:01 > 0:38:02Alexander?

0:38:03 > 0:38:06I'm not coming. I'm meant to be with her.

0:38:06 > 0:38:08Don't say that!

0:38:08 > 0:38:09It's true.

0:38:09 > 0:38:12This can't happen. Not now you know the truth.

0:38:12 > 0:38:13Mother, I don't care.

0:38:13 > 0:38:14HE SCREAMS

0:38:18 > 0:38:20SHE SCREAMS

0:38:20 > 0:38:22Why did you take his pocket watch?

0:38:23 > 0:38:27It was a present for Alexander's 18th birthday.

0:38:27 > 0:38:29He cherished it, he always carried it on him.

0:38:29 > 0:38:31What else do I have of him now?

0:38:31 > 0:38:33Your memories.

0:38:33 > 0:38:36You have to believe me, this whole thing was an accident.

0:38:36 > 0:38:39Perhaps his death was,

0:38:39 > 0:38:44but then you tried to frame Peter for his murder.

0:38:44 > 0:38:46THAT was deliberate.

0:38:46 > 0:38:48Do you know what he did, that father of yours?

0:38:48 > 0:38:50He hasn't done anything.

0:38:50 > 0:38:51He dug up my boy!

0:38:51 > 0:38:53This whole feud is Peter's fault.

0:38:53 > 0:38:57I just wanted to be accepted by the family. MY family!

0:38:59 > 0:39:04Do you know that Ian spent the whole night

0:39:04 > 0:39:06digging up his brother's grave

0:39:06 > 0:39:09because he couldn't bear to be parted from him?

0:39:09 > 0:39:10What?

0:39:10 > 0:39:11No!

0:39:14 > 0:39:16If you light that match...

0:39:18 > 0:39:19..we will die,

0:39:19 > 0:39:21and then what will happen to Ian

0:39:21 > 0:39:24when he's lost his mother and his brother?

0:39:28 > 0:39:30Move away.

0:39:32 > 0:39:39If there's anyone in the house, come out. It's not safe.

0:39:39 > 0:39:40DOOR OPENS

0:39:42 > 0:39:43Ian!

0:39:45 > 0:39:46SHE SOBS

0:39:57 > 0:40:01I've done a terrible thing. And I blamed you for it.

0:40:04 > 0:40:05I'm sorry.

0:40:08 > 0:40:10It was me.

0:40:10 > 0:40:13- I- left Alexander's body in your workshop.

0:40:16 > 0:40:18I wanted to see you blamed for it.

0:40:21 > 0:40:25Is this a trick? Some way to get money from me?

0:40:25 > 0:40:28I don't care about your damn money!

0:40:28 > 0:40:29This whole thing started

0:40:29 > 0:40:33because you wanted to try and stake a claim on my inheritance.

0:40:33 > 0:40:35No! I only ever wanted a family.

0:40:37 > 0:40:39MY family.

0:40:43 > 0:40:44You turned me away!

0:40:51 > 0:40:53I'm going to tell the police my story,

0:40:53 > 0:40:55but I think you should hear it first.

0:41:09 > 0:41:11'Did you tell him everything?'

0:41:11 > 0:41:13Yes.

0:41:13 > 0:41:15And things have changed.

0:41:15 > 0:41:16How?

0:41:18 > 0:41:21He's... He's going to try and help me keep afloat.

0:41:21 > 0:41:24Get my business back to the way it used to be.

0:41:25 > 0:41:28I thought you'd have more to talk about than money.

0:41:29 > 0:41:31Peter is going to tell the police

0:41:31 > 0:41:33that he found Alexander at the bottom of the stairs.

0:41:33 > 0:41:35Panicked and tried to hide the body.

0:41:35 > 0:41:37So he'll take the blame for you?

0:41:38 > 0:41:42The police can't prove anyone else was there when Alexander fell.

0:41:42 > 0:41:46He could have just been meddling where he shouldn't have been.

0:41:50 > 0:41:52I realise you know the truth.

0:41:53 > 0:41:59All I can do is beg you to keep it to yourself.

0:42:01 > 0:42:03Peter isn't going to lie for my sake, it's for Ian.

0:42:03 > 0:42:06He doesn't want him to grow up without his mother.

0:42:10 > 0:42:11Father?

0:42:13 > 0:42:16I can only follow my conscience, and I think that someone...

0:42:19 > 0:42:22..needs to give your family a chance to heal its wounds.

0:42:27 > 0:42:29Thank you.

0:42:31 > 0:42:32Thank you.

0:42:37 > 0:42:42"The princess knew that love could overcome even death,

0:42:42 > 0:42:45"but would the dairy farmer...

0:42:45 > 0:42:48"would the dairy farmer ever notice her?

0:42:48 > 0:42:51"He was a man of simple tastes,

0:42:51 > 0:42:55"more used to the company of cows than royalty."

0:42:55 > 0:42:58I envy him. Right, I'll be off.

0:42:58 > 0:42:59Sorry? Where are you going?

0:42:59 > 0:43:01Home.

0:43:01 > 0:43:04I've got this lovely chicken and mushroom pie waiting for me.

0:43:04 > 0:43:06- Yum, yum. - Hang about. What about mine?

0:43:06 > 0:43:08Doesn't anybody want to know how it ends?

0:43:08 > 0:43:12Perhaps it's best listened to in instalments. Like Dickens.

0:43:12 > 0:43:15You may be right. It is a very intense tale.

0:43:15 > 0:43:18Sorry, where's my supper?

0:43:18 > 0:43:19It's nearly ready.

0:43:19 > 0:43:21I'm dining Chez Westwoods.

0:43:21 > 0:43:22Bon appetit.

0:43:22 > 0:43:24Au revoir.

0:43:25 > 0:43:26Shall we see how it's going?

0:43:26 > 0:43:28This is not what we agreed.

0:43:28 > 0:43:32Free meals every day for a week.

0:43:36 > 0:43:37FATHER BROWN COUGHS

0:43:44 > 0:43:46Is that done?

0:43:46 > 0:43:49Only...I don't really know.

0:43:52 > 0:43:54Not to worry.

0:43:55 > 0:43:57I'll get the hang of it by the end of the week.