0:00:14 > 0:00:16TWIGS CRACK, RUSTLING
0:00:19 > 0:00:21TINKLING CHIMES
0:00:23 > 0:00:25SHE BREATHES UNEASILY
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Hello?
0:00:37 > 0:00:40TINKLING GETS CLOSER
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Is anyone there?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04SHE SCREAMS
0:01:41 > 0:01:46Now. Following the repeal of England's 1736 Witchcraft Act,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Pagans are literally coming out of the woods.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Sorry, sorry. Sorry.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57One such is Eugene Bone,
0:01:57 > 0:02:01self-styled High Priest of Crows Coven in Kembleford.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Named and shamed.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Indeed we are.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Mr Bone denies that the covens are an excuse for...
0:02:15 > 0:02:19This is hardly suitable for a young lady's ears.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Oh! Don't stop on my account, Reverend Allsworthy.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- Yes. Um... - HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:02:31 > 0:02:37Um...Mr Bone denies the covens are an excuse for...sexual orgies,
0:02:37 > 0:02:43claiming, "We merely drink and dance and work a little magic."
0:02:44 > 0:02:49However, when challenged, the...warlock admitted that
0:02:49 > 0:02:55these ceremonies are performed sky clad which is to say...naked.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Well! It sounds rather liberating.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- Nakedness is a sin. - But not a crime.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Think of the Germans with their Freikorperkultur.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06We don't want their sort in our village.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Witches or Germans?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Either.- Sorcerers...
0:03:11 > 0:03:13..doing the devil's work.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16You're confusing them with Satanists.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Witchcraft is a spiritual path,
0:03:19 > 0:03:23which is rooted in nature and the cycle of the seasons.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26They tarnish our reputation and endanger our flocks.
0:03:26 > 0:03:33Which is why the Council has asked that we clergy form a committee
0:03:33 > 0:03:37to report back on the moral threat.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39I assume we can count on your support?
0:03:41 > 0:03:46You can assume that I intend to see for myself before I pass sentence.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52And I suspect that I will find we have nothing to fear.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- Hey!- Come on, she's here! Run!
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Ha-ha! Mad witch! For goodness' sake.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06SHE SCOFFS
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Eugene!
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Eugene. There's graffiti all over the wall.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Although why on earth I should be surprised
0:04:21 > 0:04:24when you persist in exposing us to the world.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27We no longer have to hide in the dark.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Nor in the full glare of publicity.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30The shopkeeper could barely look me in the eye.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33You chastise me for evangelising?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35You evangelise yourself, Eugene.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38And if you think self-aggrandisement will allay prejudice,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40you're a bigger old fool than...
0:04:40 > 0:04:42KNOCK ON DOOR
0:04:42 > 0:04:46We have visitors. I somehow doubt they'll be friendly.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Selina Crow?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Yes.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Father Brown and Mrs McCarthy from St Mary's
0:04:59 > 0:05:01and this is Miss Windermere.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Friend of St Mary's Church.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Are you here to burn us at the stake?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07We're here to invite you to dinner.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14Friday is St John's Eve, which coincides with your summer solstice.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Litha.
0:05:15 > 0:05:21We celebrate the marriage of the God and Goddess and the union
0:05:21 > 0:05:23that creates the harvest fruits.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27We celebrate the birth of St John, and traditionally,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31locally, it's a time when we welcome newcomers into the community.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Back in the day, people laid tables outside their houses
0:05:34 > 0:05:36and all were invited.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40We, of course, will be eating in the dining room.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45You're asking us to a Christian feast?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Think of it more as a knees-up.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Trust me, they're in short supply round here.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54Let's not dwell on our differences, but embrace our similarities.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Eat, drink and be merry together.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- PEOPLE CHANT:- Hail! Hail! Hail!
0:06:28 > 0:06:33O, Lord of Nature and the Hunt, be with us this night.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Hail! Hail!
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- Hail! Hail! - WHIP CRACKS
0:06:39 > 0:06:44O Ancient One, join us, O Horned One, join us,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Lord of the Greenwood, Lord of the Wild,
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Consort of the Goddess, join us.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56O Goddess, your servant calls you.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00O Horned one, join us.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Are you ready to suffer to be purified?
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Consort of the Goddess, join us.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14You are about to enter a place beyond imagining...
0:07:20 > 0:07:23..where joy and pain...
0:07:25 > 0:07:28..meet and make one.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43I'm teeing off at noon so this had better be good.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Reported murder, sir.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Witness came in first thing this morning and made a statement.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Milk and three sugars, and don't forget the garibaldis.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56GOLF CLUBS CLATTER
0:07:58 > 0:08:02You haul me in on my day off to investigate
0:08:02 > 0:08:04"ritual sacrifice of a dusky slave maiden",
0:08:04 > 0:08:07as reported by the village soak.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10I thought you'd like to know, sir.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16Which only goes to show how little you know me at all, sergeant.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24You'd have us sup at the devil's table?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29St Peter tells us to give hospitality without complaint.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33I'd have us set an example.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36You did hear what happened last night?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38And last week Goggles Malone said he saw
0:08:38 > 0:08:41a flying saucer over the village hall.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Perhaps the witches curdled the milk?
0:08:45 > 0:08:51My domestic arrangements leave something to be desired.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54You lost your wife in the Blitz.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Wife...
0:08:57 > 0:08:59..daughter,
0:08:59 > 0:09:04church and a quarter of my parish.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I'm sorry.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11My elders sent me here to escape the evil,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13only for the evil to follow me.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18They worship other gods.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19It doesn't make them evil.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25What's with the tree jewellery?
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Charms against evil. This is witches' land.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Witches' land?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Has been for centuries.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Selina Crow inherited the cottage and these woods
0:09:36 > 0:09:38from her aunt, Kathleen Crow.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Was this aunt also a witch?
0:09:40 > 0:09:44So it was said. But she kept herself to herself. Not like this lot.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45BIRD SQUAWKS
0:09:45 > 0:09:47What was that?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50That, sergeant, was the sound of a wild goose.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53You don't believe in witches, sir?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I'm a city boy, born and bred. We didn't have witches.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Maybe it's the lack of woods.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21I don't like the look of it, sir.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Bad taste isn't a crime.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27And there's no sign of ritual human sacrifice.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31So I vote we leave so I can salvage the remnants of my day off.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34You got something planned with the wife and kids later, sir?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Keeping as far away from them as possible.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Sir!
0:10:39 > 0:10:40What now?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Blood, sir.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57How did you get on, Father?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I think we face an uphill struggle.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02People fear what they do not understand.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04You surprise me, Mrs McCarthy.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Never had you down for open-minded.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Mrs McCarthy's grandmother was a wise woman.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13What you would call a white witch.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16People came from the four corners for her remedies.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19But you'd still find her at Mass on a Sunday.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24Mrs McCarthy's grandmother was a witch? What delicious irony.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Oh!
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Talking of delicious, what's on the menu, Mrs M?
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Wild mushroom soup, roast lamb and my summer pudding.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Well, we certainly put on a good spread.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41We?
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Best left to the professionals, isn't that right, Father?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- I think that's wisest.- No, she doesn't get off that lightly!
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Here you are, madam.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I need three pounds of wild mushrooms for my soup.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59I take it you do know what a wild mushroom looks like?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Oh, ye of little faith.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Bone, Eugene.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Crow, Selina.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13You aren't, I take it, man and wife?
0:12:13 > 0:12:17We're handfasted. Our union blessed by the Goddess.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Bound in body and soul.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24No.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28I'd be obliged if you could account for your whereabouts last night.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33We celebrated the summer solstice with our coveners.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35And this celebration took place where?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37At our place of worship.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- That would be in Crows Wood? - Yes. Why do you ask?
0:12:41 > 0:12:46Describe to me what happened at this...celebration.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49The usual.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53We drank and danced,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56and worked some magic.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Can I ask what the usual dress code is for this sort of occasion?
0:13:02 > 0:13:07The traditional witch's costume - that is to say, the skin.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Naked.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Can I ask what this is about?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16The alleged assault of a young woman last night.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21Early 20s, dusky skinned, which makes her easy to identify.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24We don't get a lot of exotics in Kembleford.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Then I imagine you are looking for me.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Hello?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Oh! - SHE SIGHS AND LAUGHS
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Reverend Allsworthy. What are you doing here?
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Um...I was just taking a walk.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Great minds, it seems.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Hardly. I'm on a fungi hunt.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08And they are elusive little beasts.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Oh, well, perhaps you need a knight to aid you in your quest.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Dione Moon.
0:14:16 > 0:14:22D-I-O-N-E.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28M-O-O-N.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33Thank you, Miss Moon. And you were at this gathering last night?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35It was my initiation.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38In the presence of the Goddess, Guardians,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42mighty dead and brothers and sisters of the Craft.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47As the subject of these allegations, we'd be grateful if you share them.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50A reported assault with a whip.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Ritual flagellation.
0:14:53 > 0:14:59We suffer in order to learn and be purified.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03And a man in a ram's head committing an attack with a sword.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05The High Priest's sword.
0:15:05 > 0:15:11Used to cut the clothes from the initiate.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Man to woman.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Woman to man.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Can you explain why we found blood on the floor?
0:15:22 > 0:15:26My offering of the essence of life to the deities.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Fortunately, a few drops are usually sufficient.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33So you claim you were unharmed?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I can prove it, if you like.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Ritual scourging transcends us to a higher place -
0:15:39 > 0:15:42inflicts pain without damage.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Would you like a closer look, inspector?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I think we've seen enough, thank you.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58"Trees which are good for mushroom hunting include
0:15:58 > 0:16:01"beech, oak, birch and pine."
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Do you know your beech from your birches, Reverend Allsworthy?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07I wonder if you would mind a word of advice?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Fire away.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I'd have more luck searching for the Scarlett Pimpernel.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17You are young and, dare I say, sheltered.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22This dinner of Father Brown's, it's highly inappropriate.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I take people as I find them.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28And aside from being partially clothed, I found them to be perfectly charming.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Well, it is they who have charmed you.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33And I fear they aren't the only ones.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Father Brown is... He's well-meaning.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40But hardly someone to look to for moral guidance.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43There are things about him I doubt you're aware of.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46I feel as though you're about to enlighten me.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48He has a reputation as a trouble seeker.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I believe the police find him very tiresome
0:16:51 > 0:16:55and his bishop is just waiting for an opportunity to have him...
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Oops-a-daisy.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I'm stuck on a root.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Would you give me a hand?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I think you already have one.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Kembleford Police Station.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Can you give me a precise location?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Yeah. Well, don't touch anything.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29I'll get reinforcements to you as soon as possible.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I'll leave you to write up the report. Adios, sergeant.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Sir, wait!
0:17:36 > 0:17:38A body's been found up at Crows Wood.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Could this day get any better?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01What were you doing in Crows Wood?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- We were taking a walk. - Looking for mushrooms.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07When you found the body, did you disturb anything?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- No.- Yes.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Can't you see Miss Windermere is traumatised?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Reverend, oh, take a pew.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Step aside, Padre, your work here is done.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Female. 20s to 30s judging by the clothes.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Jewellery, so we can rule out robbery.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Garments undisturbed so ditto sexual motive.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Looks like her skull was crushed with a blunt object.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Query stone. Date of death is anyone's guess.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Is the police surgeon on his way?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- He is, sir, yes.- Er...
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Some time in March would be my guess.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Oh, pray, do enlighten us.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Well, the soles of the shoes are covered in bluebell leaves
0:19:08 > 0:19:12which appear in March but no sign of the flowers,
0:19:12 > 0:19:17which bloomed in the second week in April, as I recall.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23And...I also found this.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Removal of evidence.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32I was about to give it to the sergeant when you appeared.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I suppose you've had a good snoop?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Curiosity is not a crime.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38More's the pity or you'd be serving life without probation.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Shopping lists and household accounts.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Er...have you seen the last entry?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Now I suppose you're going to tell us what it means.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59I have no idea.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00What a refreshing change.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04At least there'll be something for the police to investigate.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07What's that round her wrist, sir?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Some sort of restraint?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13It's a rowan cross.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19"Rowan tree and red thread will tyne the witches speed."
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Oh, riddle-de-dee. In English, please.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26It's a charm. Against witchcraft.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Reverend Gillespie and Reverend Allsworthy are here, sir.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Get rid of them.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I need more pesky priests like a hole in the head.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Reverend Gillespie and Reverend Allsworthy are HERE, sir.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Good afternoon, gentlemen. What can I do for you?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54This body in the woods is causing a lot of unsettlement.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58It's early days. We've yet to identify the victim.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01There's speculation it's the Potter girl.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Dolly Potter, sir. Person reported missing at Easter?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Dorothy Potter. 23. Bit of a tearaway.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15No suspicious circumstances, ditto evidence of foul play.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Case was closed.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20She only lived a mile from that godforsaken place.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23And given what Goggles Malone saw...
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Mr Malone's allegation was investigated
0:21:25 > 0:21:27and found to be unsubstantiated.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Not quite, sir.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38I stand corrected. Found to be down to misinterpretation.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41So if you'll excuse me, my sergeant here will show you out,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44allowing me to get on with my enquiries.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45This way, gentlemen.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56So you didn't manage to bring back a single mushroom?
0:21:56 > 0:22:00You do know, of course, that mushrooms are best picked at daybreak.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Well, I was rather sidetracked by the discovery of a rotting corpse.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Yes, well, trust you to find an excuse.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11And you are not going to find the answer staring at that.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- The word in the village is it's Dolly Potter.- Ha!
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I appreciate you're not one to gossip, Mrs McCarthy.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Indeed I'm not.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27But I have it on very good authority that she's alive and well,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30and living in sin with a signalman from Little Bigham.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33And?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Pam Tickle saw her at Moreton-in-Marsh
0:22:37 > 0:22:40when she was changing for the Bristol train.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43She dropped into the station cafe for a cup of tea and a bath bun
0:22:43 > 0:22:47and there was Dolly Potter behind the counter, bold as brass.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Angel and saint rolled into one, Mrs McCarthy.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00The nearest station to Crows Wood is Great Pickford.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03And the 4.17 to Moreton-in-Marsh...
0:23:04 > 0:23:08..connects with the 5.03 to London Paddington arriving 7.19.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12GP. MIM. LP.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14She was catching a train.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Somehow I doubt that.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18What woman would travel from the back of beyond to London
0:23:18 > 0:23:20in the clothes she stood up in?
0:23:23 > 0:23:24With me, Bunty.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Where are we going?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Crows Wood.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Well, you might bring me back some mushrooms while you're there!
0:23:37 > 0:23:39You know, this is a Hundred Acre Wood.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43We've as much chance of finding a bear of very little brain.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47And even if she had a bag, maybe the murderer stole it?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49And leave her jewellery?
0:23:49 > 0:23:50So why not bury it with the body?
0:23:50 > 0:23:56Well, maybe they didn't want their victim to be identified.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01Well, I vote we take a breather and you pray for a miracle.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04God helps those who help themselves, Penelope.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Father!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15The inspector's going to love us.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17I somehow doubt it.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Someone packed in a hurry.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Spelling prize 1931. St John The Baptist Primary School.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30"Eruditio et Religio."
0:24:30 > 0:24:32So we know she was a good speller.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38It also seems she was a witch.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Lilith's.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46She's...
0:24:46 > 0:24:49she was a member of our coven.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52What can you tell me about her?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55She was a free spirit.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Her full name would do for starters.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Lilith Lafitte. She was a poet.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Quite well known in literary circles.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06When did you last see her?
0:25:08 > 0:25:13The 29th March. The day after our spring equinox.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17And you didn't see or hear from her after that?
0:25:19 > 0:25:23As a member of your coven, didn't that strike you as unusual?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26In your own time.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31We had...a difference of opinion.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Go on.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Lilith intended to publish a Book of Shadows.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41What you would call a spell book.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44You'd share secret rites with every Tom, Dick, and Harry
0:25:44 > 0:25:45who strays into a bookshop?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48They were secret only when we were forced underground.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Now is our time.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50They are not yours to share.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Nor yours to hoard.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54It's a new world, Selina.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57There's no room in it for retrogrades.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Then I will not circle with you.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04It would have been a tad melodramatic to throw her out.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07She packed her things and left for the station.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Did anyone see her leave?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Are we to assume we're under suspicion?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17We've ruled out robbery and sexual motive,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21which leaves the possibility that she knew her killer.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26So I'd like you all to account for your whereabouts at the time.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Eugene took to his bed with a migraine
0:26:28 > 0:26:32so I went to get willow bark for a remedy.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35And would these willows be in Crows Wood?
0:26:35 > 0:26:40By the stream. Not near where she was found.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Which also leaves you unaccounted for.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I wasn't alone.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50I was with my mentor.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I was giving her instruction.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Giving her...instruction.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Then it would appear that I alone am without an alibi.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Duly noted, Miss Crow.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17Be sober, be vigilant.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- For your adversary, the devil... - SHOUTS OF AGREEMENT
0:27:20 > 0:27:25..as a roaring lion, walketh about,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28seeking whom he may devour!
0:27:28 > 0:27:33They come into our community, flaunting heresy.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36And while the police drag their feet,
0:27:36 > 0:27:38well, do we lock up our womenfolk?
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- Or do we protect ourselves?- Yes!
0:27:42 > 0:27:45CHEERING
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Sorry. Excuse me, it's an emergency.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Mortal at the very least.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57A mortal sin, no less?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00There's about to be if you don't get to Crows Corner, statim!
0:28:13 > 0:28:15There shall not be found among you
0:28:15 > 0:28:20anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23anyone who practises divination
0:28:23 > 0:28:26or tells fortunes or interprets omens,
0:28:26 > 0:28:32or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer
0:28:32 > 0:28:35or one who inquires of the dead.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37We don't want 'em here!
0:28:37 > 0:28:39ANGRY SHOUTING
0:28:41 > 0:28:46For whoever does these things is an abomination.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51This is getting out of hand. An ordered protest, we said.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54If they don't leave, we'll smoke 'em out.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Think what you're doing. This is all highly illegal!
0:28:57 > 0:28:59I insist you stop this immediately.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Burn the witches!
0:29:02 > 0:29:03ANGRY SHOUTING
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Have you taken leave of your senses?
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Shame on you all.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- Murderers! They're murderers! - CROWD SHOUTS AGREEMENT
0:29:16 > 0:29:18On what evidence?
0:29:18 > 0:29:23Who else would murder a black-eyed witch but one of their own?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Does anyone have evidence?
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Shall we have a show of hands?
0:29:36 > 0:29:37No-one?
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Go home, please, all of you,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46before you do something you cannot undo.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57It seems that you are a lone voice in our defence.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02We owe you our gratitude.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09She was very striking.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12It doesn't do her justice.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14She had a hypnotic quality.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19Eyes like pools of ink that could drown you with a stare.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23She hypnotised you. Although it didn't take you long to find a replacement.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26A toast.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Lilith.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30- Lilith.- Lilith.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Miss Windermere! Miss Windermere. Has something happened?
0:30:37 > 0:30:38Oh, haven't you heard?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Dragged through a hedge backwards is quite the look this season.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Either that or a sadistic madwoman forced me out into the woods
0:30:45 > 0:30:47at daybreak gather mushrooms.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Here you are and I hope you're satisfied.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53All this fuss about a bit of honest dirt.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56If you still think of attending this imprudent gathering,
0:30:56 > 0:30:59can I urge you to think of your reputation?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- I think it's a bit late for that. - And the reputation of this village.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Oh, you'd rather it had a reputation for burning people in their homes?
0:31:05 > 0:31:10Last night got out of hand and was...regrettable.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12But what sort of message is this going to send?
0:31:12 > 0:31:15That people are innocent until proved guilty?
0:31:15 > 0:31:19It is you who are the innocent and know nothing of life's depravities.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22You've never spoke a truer word, Reverend.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Now, what this young lady needs...
0:31:24 > 0:31:27You think I need protection, don't you, Reverend?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29It goes without saying.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Oh, well, then, in that case, I accept.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34And if it's frightfully dull,
0:31:34 > 0:31:38then I know I can rely on you for entertaining conversation.
0:31:38 > 0:31:39- I think you...- Yoo-hoo! Minister.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42I've just persuaded the reverend to join us for dinner.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I don't suppose we can tempt you?
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Mrs McCarthy is making her infamous wild mushroom soup.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- I think you mean famous. - I know what I meant.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53I am late for the African orphans.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55So, if you can leave those at the back door
0:31:55 > 0:31:56and I will collect them later.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59I think Miss Windermere's got the wrong end of...
0:31:59 > 0:32:02If we're to be dinner companions, you must call me Penelope.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03If I may call you Peter?
0:32:03 > 0:32:09The evil spreads, and one by one they suck you in.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13- I didn't... I haven't.... - So shall I pick you up at seven?
0:32:22 > 0:32:24I'm so glad you decided to come.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26I'm not here on your behalf.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Oh, cheer up, it's a party. Of sorts.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34It's home-made. A gift from our guests.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38May I ask what's in it?
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Oh, eye of newt, bat's wool, dog's tongue.
0:32:41 > 0:32:42Chin-chin.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44She's pulling your leg, Reverend.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Of course. It's very...pleasant.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51Elderflower and rosehip, and we're used to preconceptions.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54The 15th century witch hunter's manual,
0:32:54 > 0:32:59Malleus Maleficarum, states that green eyes are the mark of a witch.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02And those branded should be dragged from their homes and hanged.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04I say, you'd be toast.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Preposterous.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Now, dinner is served.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12So if you'd all like to find yourselves a seat.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Oh, thank you.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23I'm afraid I have to leave. A parish emergency.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Sick call, an ailing person.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Don't wait for me. Mrs McCarthy will explain.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Hello?
0:33:48 > 0:33:50DOOR OPENS
0:33:56 > 0:33:58I hope you don't mind. I let myself in.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Like you, my door is always open.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Unless this is another attempt
0:34:03 > 0:34:08to persuade me to your infernal gathering.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11No.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I'm here about the murdered woman.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18I...know nothing of the witch.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21She was raised a Methodist.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Her school motto was Eruditio et Religio
0:34:26 > 0:34:29from the hymn by Charles Wesley.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33What if she was? I didn't know her.
0:34:33 > 0:34:34You knew what she looked like.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39Who else would murder a black-eyed witch but one of their own?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42A figure of speech.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Witches' eyes are generally green. But Lilith's were dark.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Like pools of black ink.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52Like your wife's.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I don't see any pictures of your daughter.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Destroyed...by the Nazis.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07I don't think even the Luftwaffe could be that selective.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09My daughter is dead.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12What is it to you?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16She didn't die in the Blitz.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18She transgressed.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Crimes so heinous...
0:35:27 > 0:35:30..that her name was struck from the family Bible.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35I can't quite make it out.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36Ruth.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Her name was Ruth.
0:35:42 > 0:35:47And she was dead to us the minute she sold her soul to those devils.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52'And then ten years later,
0:35:52 > 0:35:58'God in his wisdom returned her.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03'She was writing a book. Spreading the evil.'
0:36:05 > 0:36:07I prayed.
0:36:08 > 0:36:15My God, why do you torment me by bringing her to this place?
0:36:15 > 0:36:19'And then I realised it was a gift.
0:36:21 > 0:36:27'He returned my daughter to be cleansed and restored to the fold.'
0:36:31 > 0:36:33She laughed in my face.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37Now we're free to spread our message,
0:36:37 > 0:36:40the old religion will again reign supreme.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41You will burn in hell.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44There is no hell. No day of judgment.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46And we will not meet again.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Oh, my God, my God...
0:36:54 > 0:36:58why hast thou forsaken me?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01And then...
0:37:01 > 0:37:04his purpose revealed itself.
0:37:10 > 0:37:16'A man also and a woman that hath a familiar spirit,
0:37:16 > 0:37:18'or is a wizard...
0:37:19 > 0:37:22'..shall surely be put to death.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27'They shall stone them with stones.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33'Their blood shall be upon them.'
0:37:35 > 0:37:37HE CRIES
0:37:39 > 0:37:41You killed your daughter.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43I'm so, so sorry.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46I obeyed the word of God.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49That is not God's will.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51You're blind.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56The evil enters like a needle
0:37:56 > 0:38:00and spreads like an oak.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04The evil is in your mind.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10For your own sake, give up this crusade and seek God's forgiveness.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13It's too late.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16They're all condemned,
0:38:16 > 0:38:20in this life and the next.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22What have you done?
0:38:23 > 0:38:27I sent angels to destroy them.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42Now then. Who'd like to try some of my wild mushroom soup?
0:38:46 > 0:38:50I poisoned evil at the roots.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Paganism gave birth to Christianity.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Bequeathed her festivals.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Easter is named after Eostre,
0:39:04 > 0:39:07the great mother goddess of the Saxons.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10I don't think this is appropriate conversation for the dinner table.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13I'd say it's just taken a turn for the better.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Stop! Don't...
0:39:17 > 0:39:19..eat the soup.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Something tells me this isn't good news.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Gillespie poisoned it with destroying angels.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29What are you talking about?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Deadly mushrooms. Even half a one is lethal.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Then we must get to a hospital.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36There's no antidote and the damage is done.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40I'd say we have a week at most.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43But this is not my time.
0:39:43 > 0:39:48A week...and one man I'd spend it with.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49Who would you chose?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52I'll save him the bother.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56You think I want his whingeing to be the last words I hear on this Earth?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58And trust me, he will whinge.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Take him. You have my blessing.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06Is there one person you would spend your last days with?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Marlon Brando.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11You joke,
0:40:11 > 0:40:17but I have reason to think that you share my feelings.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Well, your timing leaves a tad to be desired.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22I understand. You're shy.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24But time is our enemy.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28I'll get a special licence and at least we can die as man and wife
0:40:28 > 0:40:29having been...fulfilled.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32What is all this talk of dying?
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Gillespie spiked the mushrooms with fatal fungi.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Did he now?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Then it's a good thing I didn't use them.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45What do you mean?
0:40:45 > 0:40:46I threw them away.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Oh, thank the Lord!
0:40:49 > 0:40:51We yield thee praise and thanksgiving...
0:40:51 > 0:40:55And these would be the same mushrooms that you forced me
0:40:55 > 0:40:57out into the wood to gather at daybreak?
0:40:57 > 0:41:00I could hardly trust you not to poison us all.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Even if someone else hadn't got to them first.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04So why make me?
0:41:05 > 0:41:09Because I thought it might keep you out of trouble for a little while.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14But if they had stood in my counsel,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17and had caused my people to hear my words, then that should have
0:41:17 > 0:41:20turned them from their evil way, and the evil of their doings!
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Behold the mouthpiece of the Lord!
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Neither God nor a jury will convict me!
0:41:26 > 0:41:28He's got that right.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30I'll give you 2-1 on the nuthouse.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Oh! Good morning!
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Good morning!
0:41:43 > 0:41:47I've come to redirect Eugene's mail.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Oh! We heard you'd given him the heave-ho.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54I think what she meant to say was, "We're sorry about that."
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Don't be. She's welcome to him,
0:41:57 > 0:42:01his arthritis, his ingrowing toenails and his wandering eye.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Sometimes men are just more trouble than they're worth.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Seconded. Time I skedaddled.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10You can't dodge him forever.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13For heaven's sake, put the poor man out of his misery.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Very well, I'll do the dirty deed.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28You've been avoiding me. I know why.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30You do?
0:42:30 > 0:42:33My declaration was sudden and alarmed you.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Let's just put it down to the heat of the moment.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39And yet I didn't imagine the warmth between us.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44And you still haven't given me your answer.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Well, the truth is, Reverend...
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Peter.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54The truth is, Peter...
0:42:56 > 0:42:58..I cannot marry outside of my faith.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00I'm Catholic, you're Protestant.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03I'm Montague, you're Capulet and look how well that ended.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05It's an obstacle, I admit, but surely...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08As a man of God, you must understand
0:43:08 > 0:43:09that, well...
0:43:11 > 0:43:14..my faith is stronger than my feelings for you.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18So it's adieu,
0:43:18 > 0:43:22with the memory that I will always cherish of what might have been.