0:00:15 > 0:00:19Oh, look, they must be here for the antiques marquee.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22It's new this year at the county fair.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27They say they may be having fully qualified experts
0:00:27 > 0:00:30coming from London. Just think of it!
0:00:30 > 0:00:34We might have an undiscovered fortune right under our noses!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Oh, dear.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39I fear Mammon is upon us.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Mrs Coombes at the station
0:00:41 > 0:00:44said they'd all sorts in the luggage racks.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47I wouldn't be a bit surprised if half the thieves in the county
0:00:47 > 0:00:50are making their way to Kembleford as we speak.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52They've already had one theft.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59I got one of each kind so we can test them all.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I'm going to try the Worcester Pearmain first, I think.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Excellent choice.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Welcome to Kembleford.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14- Are you here for the county fair? - We are, yes.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19I'm sorry, I do apologise, this is my daughter, Grace.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20My wife was Tanganyikan.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Oh.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- Father Brown. - Hello.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Aldous, Aldous Kemp.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Africa! You must find everything here very different.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- Are you planning on staying? - I'm going to medical school.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35If we can find one that will have me.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Oh, come on, any medical school will be proud to have her.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41I'm sure they would.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Britain has a fine tradition of scientists
0:01:44 > 0:01:47inspired by apples.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Come on, Grace, let's check in.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58And yours is this way, sir.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05And that was delivered for you this morning, sir.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Good day.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- KNOCK ON DOOR - Can I come in?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30One moment.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27You see, it has exactly the same pattern as that old bracelet
0:03:27 > 0:03:29they dug up at Chedworth.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Penelope, do you know anything about antiquities?
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Never get anything valued unless you can afford the insurance.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Oh, yes, just my luck -
0:03:43 > 0:03:45the only two people in Kembleford
0:03:45 > 0:03:48with no interest in worldly riches.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49I wouldn't be so sure about that.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Father, you can't sell that, it was a gift!
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Just curious to see what it felt like...
0:04:00 > 0:04:03..to hold a new church roof in my hands.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07"An early example of Harper's English futurist style,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11"carved in the trenches of Arras." £300!
0:04:11 > 0:04:13300?
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Well, I have always said I thought that oil lamp rather...
0:04:17 > 0:04:19ugly.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Clearly, you don't love her enough!
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Be careful with that, it's Roman.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I was wondering if it mightn't date from around the same time
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- they found all those coins at Chedworth?- We're engravers,
0:04:46 > 0:04:50not an auction house. If you want it cleaned, it's one and six.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53It's in lovely condition.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56And the pin and hinge fastener has been in use since Roman settlement.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Well, at least someone knows what they're talking about.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03John here went to art school.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Oh, is that an antique as well?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Oh, yes.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10She's a real beauty.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Sorry, no weapons.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22How many times do I have to say it?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25We do not turn customers away.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28If a man wants a sword cleaned, he gets a sword cleaned.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32You think we can afford to throw money away?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I know how things are.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I came back to help, didn't I?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Let's go back to work, son.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56I say, I don't suppose you've come across the antiques man from London?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59The only reason you want to know is because the innkeeper's wife
0:05:59 > 0:06:02has been telling everyone how dashing he is.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- He's staying at the inn! Thanks, Mrs M!- No...!
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Hello, may I deposit an item in your safe?
0:06:10 > 0:06:14I'm sorry, sir, we don't have one.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23There's woodworm in the bureau and the sheets have barely been ironed.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Bunty Windermere. May I assist in any way?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30If you know of any alternative accommodation in Kembleford
0:06:30 > 0:06:32other than this hovel, I'd be most grateful.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Wynford Collins.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37From Chapman & Saunders, the auction house.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Have we met?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40You'd remember.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42I rather think I would.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45So shall I send someone up to collect your luggage?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Well, you can't stay here.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52We'll put you in the Chinese Room. Wonderful view of the sunken garden.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54That's very good of you.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Just give me five minutes to fight the woodworm off my suitcase,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59and I shall return.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04You understand?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Look, I'm sorry.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Goodnight.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Hello?
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Papa?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Papa?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Papa?!
0:08:08 > 0:08:09HORN TOOTS
0:08:16 > 0:08:20- I thought the fair was that way? - Ran out of petrol!
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Dodgy ticker, poor thing.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26You know, Hornby thinks she might have been siphoned.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Really?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Riff-raff from the fair.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Can we offer you a lift?
0:08:31 > 0:08:35No, I'm afraid I am on official business.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36A death at the inn.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Who?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41A man called Aldous Kemp.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43How dreadful!
0:08:43 > 0:08:44His poor daughter.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Did you know them?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49I met them briefly when I was checking in.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I think I met them, too.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Papa goes off to bed,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57but the daughter stays and cries into the tablecloth.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Something was going on.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01ENGINE STARTS
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Toodle-oo, Father.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Requiescat in pace.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Amen.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Is there anything I can do?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Would you like to pray?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I'm an atheist.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35I don't want prayers.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39I want to know what happened.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46SHE SOBS
0:09:46 > 0:09:48If you're done, Padre...
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Looks like he was planning to get something valued at the fair.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02But you found nothing in the room?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Someone could've taken it. There's only three rooms on the landing.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06His daughter's in that one,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09and the one at the end of the corridor is empty.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Wouldn't have been difficult. - Yes, thank you, Goodfellow.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50HE SNIFFS
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I hope you're not interfering with a murder weapon, Padre.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01I don't think it is a murder weapon, Inspector.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03It hasn't been fired.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04And he wasn't struck with it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08But it's rather old.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Perhaps that was what he was taking to the fair to be valued.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17You may know about many things, Padre, but guns aren't one of them.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Colonial handgun, popular with civil servants stationed abroad.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Not exactly a surprise,
0:11:22 > 0:11:26considering our victim worked for the East African Postal Service.
0:11:26 > 0:11:33But it is a surprise that it's out here in an herbaceous border.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Goodfellow, collect the evidence and search the area.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Father. - Thank you, Sergeant.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Have they found something?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Your father's handgun.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54My father didn't have a gun.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56He abhorred violence.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00He threw his in the river the day we left Tanganyika.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09This is all so...
0:12:12 > 0:12:16I keep imagining he's simply going to walk in and sit down beside me.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20As long as I don't leave this table,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22he's just late for breakfast.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28And I can't leave, because if I leave...
0:12:28 > 0:12:30it will make it real.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35I said some awful things.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- You were angry? - Selfish, stupid.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I just couldn't understand.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46How could he suddenly not have the money for medical school?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49It's what we'd come here to do.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54We made up before he went to bed. I managed that much, at least.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- I'm so ashamed, I should never have...- No, no - sh, sh.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Keep it safe.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08I'll explain everything tomorrow.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Just now...I've got to rest.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Did you open the envelope?
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Should I have?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Please can I have a hot whisky with honey and cloves
0:13:30 > 0:13:32and two sticks of cinnamon?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Yes.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I asked them to make your drink.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Shall I bring it in?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49You don't need to apologise, Grace.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54But if you leave it by the door, I'm sure it'll find a home.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I've put it outside.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Usiku mwema.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Lala salama.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20These were found by your father's bed.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Can you confirm they're his?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24They are.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Chloroquine.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28He took them for malaria.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Grace Kemp, I'm arresting you for the murder of Aldous Kemp.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35You're not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38but whatever you say may be taken in writing and given in evidence.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- Me? - I've just come from the pathologist.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44He believes your father's death was caused by sleeping pills
0:14:44 > 0:14:46interfering with his malaria medicine.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50And what appears to be sleeping pill residue was found in the drink
0:14:50 > 0:14:52beside his bed.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55You took him this drink, did you not?
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- I did, but... - And you're a student of medicine.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I believe you put those pills in his drink,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05knowing they would react with his malaria medication and kill him.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Anybody else could have had the same opportunity.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Why would I do that? He's my father.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Several witnesses saw you arguing
0:15:13 > 0:15:16shortly before you made him the drink.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21You were reported to be weeping inconsolably after being told
0:15:21 > 0:15:23you couldn't go to medical school.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28And we both know how generous Colonial Service death benefits are.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30You think I'd kill my father for that?
0:15:30 > 0:15:34- What kind of monster do you think I am?- We'll soon find out.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39- Inspector!- You stick to your business, Padre, I'll stick to mine.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44I placed my salvation in a rational world,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47in books - but now I place it in the church.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Please, Father, help me find it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Yes. I will.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15"Rational World."
0:16:51 > 0:16:53CHILDREN SHOUT
0:16:59 > 0:17:01More coffee, please.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03And none of that powdered stuff this time.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Next.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08It's real gold.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12It came into my family from a doctor in Blackfriars, but I believe...
0:17:12 > 0:17:15It's a mass-produced costume piece.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Worth no more than five shillings, I'm afraid.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20No, no, I think you must be mistaken.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23You see, my grandmother told me that Great-Grandpa Roberts
0:17:23 > 0:17:25sold his best horse to buy that.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Well, then, he was either robbed or extremely stupid.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33That is downright...disrespectful.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37They're always the same, these yokels,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39getting worked up over their cheap trinkets.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Next.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Or they got caught up in an opium ring at the governor's house?
0:17:45 > 0:17:48The colonies are rife with that sort of thing.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Mm.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Aldous Kemp didn't seem the type. - I suppose you're right.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Blackmail?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Ah, Boudica herself!
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Do tell, do we have a Roman horde on our hands?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Boudica wasn't Roman.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Come on, Mrs M, spill the beans!
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I shall be seeking a second opinion
0:18:14 > 0:18:17from someone who has time to examine it properly.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Mrs McCarthy, can we enlist your help?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Grace Kemp has been arrested.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Oh, now, why doesn't that surprise me?
0:18:29 > 0:18:33I mean, it isn't exactly natural for a young woman to be interested
0:18:33 > 0:18:35in cutting up bodies, now, is it?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38And her being godless, too.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41But the Father doesn't think she did it.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Oh?
0:18:42 > 0:18:46I have seen many people mourn their parents. Her grief is genuine.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Her chief defence is the gun.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53If Aldous Kemp did not own a gun,
0:18:53 > 0:18:56then someone else must have been involved in his killing.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Someone who owned a Colonial Civil Service handgun.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Oh, don't mind us.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10We can ask the gunsmith.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13If it was someone local, then they would have bought their rounds there
0:19:13 > 0:19:16and it's the only one for miles.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Thank you.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- Who? - Frank Hammond.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Stuck in his mind because he usually orders cartridges for his shotguns.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Partial to rabbit stew, apparently.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Duck!
0:19:36 > 0:19:38GUNSHOT
0:19:38 > 0:19:39No, rabbit.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Sorry, Father.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Magnificent creatures.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55Although I've never understood how killing them could be a sport.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Me neither.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Though it must take enormous skill to get close to an animal like that.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Hmm. Rather different than rabbits, I suppose.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Rabbits can be wily beggars when you're onto 'em.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Frightful pests, too.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Daddy used to defend our lawn with a handgun.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I think I've decided on this one.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24The Father tells me you have quite the collection of shotguns.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Have you thought about showing any of them to the antiques man
0:20:27 > 0:20:28at the Fair?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Shouldn't think he'd be that interested in a load of old guns.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Oh, the older the better.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37A farmer brought one in, he was using it for foxes but turns out
0:20:37 > 0:20:39it was a Boswell worth £50!
0:20:39 > 0:20:42£50? For an old shotgun?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45There are plenty of rich collectors out there.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47I must confess, I'm a bit of an expert myself.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Would you like me to take a look at yours?
0:20:49 > 0:20:52If it's not too much trouble.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Just through here.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05SHOP BELL RINGS
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- MAN:- Mr Hammond?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Excuse me. Customer.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Fascinating.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I'd love to talk to your son about his work.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17John's out.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Please.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Thank you. - Not at all.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Well, guilty if ever I saw one.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33You forget the giraffe.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36A skilled engraver in this family has spent some time in Africa
0:21:36 > 0:21:39and it is not Mr Hammond.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40What was all that about, then?
0:21:41 > 0:21:47Well, I would imagine that he saw that his son's handgun was missing
0:21:47 > 0:21:51and then discovered that some shells has been recently ordered
0:21:51 > 0:21:53and he's trying to protect him.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55John?!
0:21:55 > 0:21:58I doubt he'd hit anything that night -
0:21:58 > 0:22:01he was practically on the floor of the Red Lion when I saw him.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Oh!
0:22:04 > 0:22:06We need to find John.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Do you think he knew the Kemps in Africa? Forbidden romance!
0:22:14 > 0:22:16You've got five minutes, Father.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Did you find it? What did it say?
0:22:36 > 0:22:37I don't know what it means.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Do you know a man called John Hammond?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45He worked with my father.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Last year, in the East African Postal Service.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50He owned the gun.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54The one your father threw out of the window.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- Is the Father here?- Not unless he's hiding under a table.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Which I wouldn't put past him.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Did he go with Grace?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10You have released her, now you know it was John's gun?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Whose gun?
0:23:14 > 0:23:20You are aware that withholding evidence is a criminal offence?
0:23:20 > 0:23:25Yes. Which is precisely why I came to alert you...
0:23:25 > 0:23:28after I had ministered to Grace Kemp.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32The atheist.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Of course.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35I'll deal with you later.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39I've found him.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Bad day?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Busy.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57You remind me of another young person I know.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58I think you know her.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Grace Kemp.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04You worked with her father in Tanganyika.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Must have been a surprise...when he came into the shop yesterday.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11I suspect you had a lot to catch up on.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Or did you wait until later, when you went to visit him?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Why did you take your gun with you?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22N-no...
0:24:22 > 0:24:24The police found it. At the inn.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I didn't do it.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30I didn't kill him.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33He was my friend.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40If that's true, you have nothing to fear by confessing
0:24:40 > 0:24:42what happened between you.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Your gun wasn't fired,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47it didn't kill him.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52It's got my fingerprints on.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54It was found where he died.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57If they print these...
0:24:57 > 0:24:58they'll say I did it.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00SHE WHISTLES
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Ah. Good afternoon.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16May I help you, Inspector?
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Yes.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19By not interfering with our investigations
0:25:19 > 0:25:21and letting our murderer get away.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27But we don't know that yet, do we?
0:25:29 > 0:25:34The prints we found on his gun match the ones in Kemp's room.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Your friend was there.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I'm afraid you've let your faith in people fool you again.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Why did you let him escape?
0:25:51 > 0:25:56Oh. You don't think he did it, do you?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Why did John leave his prints on the gun
0:26:00 > 0:26:02in the room
0:26:02 > 0:26:04if he wanted to steal something?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Why not wear gloves?
0:26:12 > 0:26:16George, is John a regular here?
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Never even seen him before yesterday morning.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Drinking in the morning?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23No, delivers his parcel, heads back to work,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26never even glances at temptation.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Who was the parcel for?
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Well, the, uh... You know.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Mr Aldous Kemp?
0:26:31 > 0:26:35But the police didn't even find the parcel in his room.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Or any packaging.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40CLATTERING
0:26:49 > 0:26:51It's just a cat.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Sweet Jesus, what on Earth are you doing?
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Antique hunting.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05In a dustbin?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Is that alcohol I smell on your breath?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09It's just the general ambience.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13And what exactly are you expecting to find?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15I don't know.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Well, it's just as well you're both here.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Our so-called antiques expert told Mrs Trevithick
0:27:22 > 0:27:24that her necklace was worthless!
0:27:24 > 0:27:27And the same for Sergeant Goodfellow's sword!
0:27:27 > 0:27:30In fact, I've yet to meet anyone
0:27:30 > 0:27:33who's been offered more than a few shillings.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34So it is quite clear!
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Wynford Collins is a charlatan!
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Oh, well, perhaps we should call Scotland Yard and set up
0:27:41 > 0:27:43a sting operation to expose him(!)
0:27:43 > 0:27:46That's exactly what I was thinking.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Well, I can see I am going to have to find justice on my own.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54HE SNIFFS
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Gun oil?
0:28:01 > 0:28:06Yes, well, that explains how the gun got into Mr Kemp's room.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10But why did John give him a gun?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15John?
0:28:17 > 0:28:18John!
0:28:20 > 0:28:23What have you done? The police said that dead man's from Africa!
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- Just keep yourself out of this. - I warned you, didn't I?
0:28:26 > 0:28:29But, no, you had to have your foolhardy job in Africa!
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Which you made me leave to come back here to save your business!
0:28:33 > 0:28:37Like you've spent my entire life trying to make me stay here,
0:28:37 > 0:28:40rather than working on my art, pursuing a career!
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Career?! A career's something you get paid for!
0:28:43 > 0:28:47And that's what it's always about, isn't it? Money!
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Not me. Not even you.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53We've spent our entire lives trapped by it.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57And finally - finally! - I get the chance to pay off the mortgage
0:28:57 > 0:28:59on the workshop and free us both.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01You killed a man for that?
0:29:01 > 0:29:03I'll turn you in myself!
0:29:03 > 0:29:05I didn't kill him!
0:29:05 > 0:29:07I was protecting him!
0:29:07 > 0:29:09And now I have to save myself.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16John, no.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Do not come after me!
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Excuse me.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Ah, World War I trench art.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Popular way of passing the time between being shot at.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Not particularly valuable in itself,
0:29:37 > 0:29:40but it's an interesting design and I do collect such pieces.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43I could offer you... 15 shillings?
0:29:43 > 0:29:45You know very well it's worth more than that.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47£300 more, in fact.
0:29:47 > 0:29:53And I am not the only person around here that you have tried to cheat.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55If I could have a penny for every person who's brought me
0:29:55 > 0:29:58the purported "early work" of a famous artist.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Tell me, have you even heard of provenance?
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Of course I have!
0:30:02 > 0:30:05It's in the south of France.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Provenance means a chain of title,
0:30:08 > 0:30:11proving that a piece is by who it claims to be by.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Without proof, a work like this could be by anyone.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Which, in this case, it probably is.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19If you observe...
0:30:19 > 0:30:22perfectly reasonable detail on the front...
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Hello, Freya. Hello, Evie.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25- KIDS:- Hello, Father Brown.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Wherever have you two been?
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Penelope, you need to make enquiries about that man immediately!
0:30:32 > 0:30:37- What man?- He has been swindling people right, left and centre.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Am I right in thinking you're referring to
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- our esteemed antiques expert, Wynford Collins?- Yes, your guest!
0:30:44 > 0:30:48And that you have borrowed our treasured oil lamp
0:30:48 > 0:30:51to solicit a valuation.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56Well, I didn't think you'd mind, seeing as criminality was involved.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01Well?
0:31:01 > 0:31:03He actually tried to cheat me.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07He made out that your oil lamp wasn't by Robert Harper at all,
0:31:07 > 0:31:11as if Robert hadn't given it to you with his own hand.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14But no, Mr Collins said there was an insignia at the back.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Post Office Rifles.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20And he was certain of it because he had started out
0:31:20 > 0:31:24as a Postal Services clerk before he went into the auction business.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29And he knew that no Robert Harper had ever served in that corps.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Then he had the temerity to say
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- I- should check my facts!
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Yes.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Postal Service.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- I'm sorry, we're closed. - This won't take long.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52Very well.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Have you ever been in Tanganyika?
0:31:56 > 0:31:57What's this about?
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Do you know anything about this party at the governor's residence?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07I've never been to... whatever country that was,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09let alone any party there.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12I thought so.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Now, if you'll excuse me.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Turn yourself in!
0:32:16 > 0:32:18He's a thief and a liar!
0:32:18 > 0:32:21And if the law won't force the truth from him, then I will!
0:32:21 > 0:32:26Father, if you let him get away, they'll hang me.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37You need to tell me the truth.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51I've seen your engravings.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56You and Mr Aldous Kemp used to work for the East African Postal Service
0:32:56 > 0:32:59in Tanganyika, didn't you?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01And you engrave stamps.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Among them the Tanganyika Green which is worth, well,
0:33:05 > 0:33:09enough for one - or two men -
0:33:09 > 0:33:11to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15How do you...?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Was it yours or Mr Kemp's idea?
0:33:20 > 0:33:21It was all for Grace.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25He'd never have done it for himself.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31He was a clever man, but his family had modest means.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35It was hard for him, watching lesser men rise above him
0:33:35 > 0:33:38because of their money and connections.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40HE LAUGHS
0:33:43 > 0:33:45He didn't want to fail her.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49But she was set on medical school.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54That's the only one?
0:33:57 > 0:33:59I've changed the plate so it's up the right way now.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06How much do you think they're worth?
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Depends on the collectors.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10So...
0:34:11 > 0:34:13..four for us.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Good job.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33'He said we should wait a year. Sell them through a provincial dealer
0:34:33 > 0:34:35'back here to avoid attention.'
0:34:36 > 0:34:40As agreed, Mr Kemp returns to England,
0:34:40 > 0:34:44and after hearing about thefts at the inn,
0:34:44 > 0:34:48you left your gun there for him to protect himself.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53But then something went wrong.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56He saw Wynford. At the inn.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02And Mr Wynford Collins recognised Mr Kemp,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05because they used to work together at the British Postal Office.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08So...
0:35:08 > 0:35:11he cancelled the planned meeting
0:35:11 > 0:35:13and came to tell you that the sale was off.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Listen, their valuer knows I work for the Postal Service,
0:35:17 > 0:35:19so if he catches even a whiff of that stamp,
0:35:19 > 0:35:22he'll know what we've done. It'll be worthless to us.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- Let me sell it to him, then. - Well, that's not suspicious,
0:35:25 > 0:35:27me cancelling our meeting one day, and you offering him
0:35:27 > 0:35:31rare stamps the next(!) No, we'll have to wait.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- Find another buyer.- I can't wait any longer. They're going to take this
0:35:34 > 0:35:36place unless we pay the arrears this month.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39You're not the only one letting down someone you love.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Clearly you don't love her enough!
0:35:45 > 0:35:47But you went to Mr Collins, anyway.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51What sort of stamp is it?
0:35:55 > 0:35:57A Tanganyika Green.
0:36:00 > 0:36:01Obviously, I'd need to see it.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05If it's damaged, that may diminish the value significantly.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07But if you'd like to bring it along tomorrow,
0:36:07 > 0:36:09I'd be happy to examine it.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Ten o'clock?
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Ten o'clock.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:36:35 > 0:36:37I couldn't find the stamps.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Codswallop.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42So you just sat at the bar
0:36:42 > 0:36:46for the rest of the night while some mystery thief
0:36:46 > 0:36:50happened to hear about the stamps and drug Kemp to get them?
0:36:50 > 0:36:52It's the truth.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56But there was someone there who knew about the stamps
0:36:56 > 0:36:59and wanted to take them for themselves.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02And knew that his victims could not complain
0:37:02 > 0:37:05for fear of revealing their fraud.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Mr Collins?!
0:37:12 > 0:37:15You've gone off the deep end this time, Padre.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20The innkeeper told you that the room next to Mr Kemp's was empty,
0:37:20 > 0:37:24but that was exactly when Mr Collins was packing,
0:37:24 > 0:37:29and when Grace Kemp left her father's drink outside his door.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Nice try, Padre.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34But no sleeping pill I know would've had time to work
0:37:34 > 0:37:36before he'd left for Montague,
0:37:36 > 0:37:39where, I have it on good authority,
0:37:39 > 0:37:41he stayed that night.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44And where Miss Windermere's car suffered
0:37:44 > 0:37:46a mysterious loss of petrol
0:37:46 > 0:37:47that night.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Thank you so much for waiting till now to share this(!)
0:37:53 > 0:37:55He'll be miles away.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59Inspector, I think his getaway vehicle is, uh...
0:38:01 > 0:38:03..unreliable.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07They must have emptied the whole tank last night, damn them!
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Only a woman wouldn't carry any spare.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17There's a garage about half a mile down the road.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Whatever does he want?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25I believe he's coming for your confession.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Is this some sort of practical joke?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31I assure you not.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37I urge you to confess to the murder of Aldous Kemp
0:38:37 > 0:38:41and save an innocent young man from the gallows.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Ah, the drunk with the shotgun.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Provincial fairs. There's always one disappointed customer
0:38:48 > 0:38:50who's spent too long in the cider tent.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54Although I've never been accused of murder before!
0:38:57 > 0:39:02The Tanganyika Green is a very valuable stamp.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06I'd expect any dealer worth his salt to recognise it.
0:39:06 > 0:39:12But when I showed you four on an envelope, you said nothing.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17Because you are the one who broke into the room to steal the stamps,
0:39:17 > 0:39:20and killed Aldous Kemp.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23I think your friend's been in the cider tent, too.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26I'll get the garage to send someone.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29POLICE BELL RINGS
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Sorry, Father. I don't think I've dented it.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Always happy to help, Inspector.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47I-I didn't kill him!
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Oh? So what did you do, then?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51It was an accident!
0:39:51 > 0:39:53They brought me the stamp.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56A postal services officer and an engraver.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Of course I realised what they'd done.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00I didn't plan to take it, but...
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- GRACE:- I've put it outside.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Usiku mwema.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07- ALDOUS:- Lala salama.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10What can I say?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12All men have their weaknesses.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33You waited for the sleeping pills to take effect....
0:40:34 > 0:40:37..and then you returned in Miss Windermere's car
0:40:37 > 0:40:38to fetch the stamps.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46He should have been asleep.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51What are you doing?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Let's keep this simple. I know what you did.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58So you give me the stamps or I tell every auction house in the country
0:40:58 > 0:41:00- and nobody makes any money. - Get out!
0:41:04 > 0:41:07They're not there. I haven't got them.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36He was alive when I left him. That's all I know.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38But you did not know that your sleeping pills
0:41:38 > 0:41:41were reacting with his malaria drugs.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- And that would kill him. - You see, it was an accident.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45It might not be murder,
0:41:45 > 0:41:48but you're still looking at manslaughter, in my book.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53And worse
0:41:53 > 0:41:55for his unrepentant soul, I fear.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57I don't have them! The priest does!
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Yes, he's a big stamp collector.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Your inheritance.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17I can't take them.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Those tiny scraps of paper are the difference between my father
0:42:22 > 0:42:24being dead or alive.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Or the difference between a life fulfilled
0:42:30 > 0:42:32and a life frustrated.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Grace, take them.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40The patients whose lives you will save will be glad you did.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43But she can't sell them! I mean, that would be fraud!
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Nonsense! They're genuine stamps. And I could introduce you
0:42:46 > 0:42:49to genuine buyers. If that's what you'd like?
0:42:52 > 0:42:57I never imagined I'd be persuaded of anything by a Catholic priest.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59But there's something I must do first.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03I always had my father's support for my ambitions.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05He's come this far with none.
0:43:13 > 0:43:18The Lord sets a hard road for those he entrusts with a talent.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22But a hard road
0:43:22 > 0:43:24is easier with a friend.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29It must be nice, to excel at something.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32You do excel at something -
0:43:32 > 0:43:35getting into trouble. Just like him.