0:00:02 > 0:00:04MUSIC BOX PLAYS
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I do hope I get to see her workshop.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Anyone would think you're about to have an audience with the Pope.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Champagne?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Well, I'll admit to being a little...
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Giddy?- Enthused.- Hm!
0:02:04 > 0:02:06What are you doing here?
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Nobody's died, have they?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10This is an official constabulary event, Father.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12I doubt you'll get in without a...
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- Signed by Agnes Lesser.- Ah!
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Who?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17The woman you're here to honour.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19To be honest, I'm just here for the food and booze.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21And why does that not surprise me?
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Chief Inspector.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Still a disgrace to the service.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31At least you can't do much harm, out here in the sticks.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Oh, I'll be forever grateful for the transfer, sir.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36You do know it's a formal event?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40I've seen vagabonds look more sharp.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42- Sergeant.- Sir.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46My old boss from Durham.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47- He's a complete... - CORK POPS
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Pardon my French.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I still don't understand what all this fuss is about.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56What do you mean?
0:02:56 > 0:03:01That woman getting a commendation from the constabulary. And for what?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02For building doll's houses?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06How is that supposed to help the police catch criminals?
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Holy Mother of God!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39They're amazing!
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Doll's houses are supposed to be, well, lovely little pictures
0:03:44 > 0:03:46of domestic bliss.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Not these bloodbaths.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52What kind of a sick mind could come up with something like this, hmm?
0:03:52 > 0:03:53My daughter's.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Oh, well, of course, they are, er, well put together.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Don't worry, most civilians react the same way -
0:04:01 > 0:04:02my wife included.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05But, I can personally attest that, as a teaching tool in the art of
0:04:05 > 0:04:07crime detection, they're remarkable.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Still, darling, don't you worry?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Why?
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Hardly a normal hobby, is it?
0:04:14 > 0:04:15I think they're beautiful.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18And so sad.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Each tableaux, a story of human suffering...
0:04:23 > 0:04:24..in such detail!
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Ah! The guest of honour.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Thank you very much.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I'm not going to make any long-winded speeches
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and I don't expect any of you to, either.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39I mean it.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42But, I do appreciate my father awarding me...
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Not me, my dear. The constabulary.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48I assure everyone, there's not a whiff of nepotism about this.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51..the constabulary awarding me with a...
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Sorry, what was it called again?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56A Chief Constable Certification of Commendation.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Oh, you have one of those!
0:05:03 > 0:05:08A true honour and one that I share wholeheartedly with my carpenter,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Daniel Abeson, without whose expert craftsmanship none of
0:05:12 > 0:05:13my dioramas would be possible.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Thank you.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Now don't stand on ceremony. Please enjoy yourselves
0:05:23 > 0:05:24- and thank you again.- Hear, hear!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Father Brown, thank you for coming.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Oh...
0:05:31 > 0:05:34No, on the contrary, I was honoured and, erm...
0:05:35 > 0:05:38..slightly bewildered at your invitation.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39May I speak to you for a moment?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Of course.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48We should probably get one thing out of the way first.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- What's that?- I'm an atheist.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Well, I won't hold that against you.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Thank you.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Erm, so you haven't invited me here for religious instruction.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06I suppose you know you have something of a reputation.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07For good works, I hope.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Well, I'd say catching murderers is good works.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Well, I prefer to think of it as saving souls.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19And the thrill of the chase?
0:06:21 > 0:06:22The intellectual challenge?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24The exhilaration of connecting the clues?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Agnes,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33have you invited me here to help you solve a murder?
0:06:36 > 0:06:37I want to show you something.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Oh, I'm so sorry darling.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Margaret, can you do your job properly, please?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Bring up some extra crates of Champagne from the pantry.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Yes, ma'am.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Quite the little madam!
0:06:59 > 0:07:00What?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04I heard that she used to pose for a certain type of magazine.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08You know what they say about idle tongues, don't you?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11That they ought to be cut off.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13I don't believe they say anything of the sort.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15It's what I say.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29It's like looking behind the magician's curtain.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31If the magician's a grisly-minded ghoul.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Is that how you see yourself?
0:07:34 > 0:07:35No, but...
0:07:35 > 0:07:37But what?
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Well, death's always had its shadow over this family.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44My little sister, Violet.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46She drowned a year after this photograph was taken.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50And then my mother, ten years ago. fell down the stairs.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54It wasn't long after that I started working on the dioramas.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57A kind of therapy, I suppose.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Speaking for the dead.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Giving the victims a voice.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08MUSIC BOX STARTS PLAYING
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Belonged to my mother.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15She used to let me and Violet play with it.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18It sounds like it needs a spot of oil.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20I've gotten used to its little creaks and cranks.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23It's almost like they've become part of its personality.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Is that what you wanted to show me?
0:08:26 > 0:08:27No.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41"The Woman On The Stairs".
0:08:43 > 0:08:44My mother.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49So, this is where you've all been hiding.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53My God.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55What have you done?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I want to know what really happened.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58You know what happened.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59It was an accident.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Well, we'll soon find out what a roomful of professionals
0:09:02 > 0:09:03have to say, won't we?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04This is a disgrace to your mother's memory.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07I'm not disgracing her. I'm honouring her.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Did you know about this?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10She had no help from me.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11This is all her own work.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Agnes, I assure you, I thoroughly investigated your mother's
0:09:15 > 0:09:16tragic death at the time of the incident.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Maybe you made a mistake, sir.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20What did you say?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Maybe you've had a bit too much to drink, sir.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I said maybe you made a mistake.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Gentlemen, please.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Let's listen to what Agnes has to say.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Victim, Florence Lesser, 48.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Witness, Wilbur Lesser, husband.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Mr Lesser reported that at 1.20AM,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45his wife rose from bed to fetch a glass of water
0:09:45 > 0:09:47and tripped down the stairs,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49cutting her head on the banister,
0:09:49 > 0:09:51simultaneously cracking her skull and breaking her neck.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54This is sick.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56So, please, your observations?
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Er...
0:10:07 > 0:10:09What are these lines?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Height lines. Me and my sister.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Our mother used to draw them in every year, until...
0:10:16 > 0:10:17..she didn't.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Well, don't just stand there like lemmings.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Look at the diorama.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Study it. Tell me what you see.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40Well, if you don't think she fell, then what?
0:10:40 > 0:10:41She was pushed.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Exactly.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Look at the blood spatter.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47It suggests force, speed. A fall wouldn't do that.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48And who pushed her? Me?
0:10:48 > 0:10:49You had reason.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Nothing happened between me and Wilbur until after your mother...
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Oh, please!
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I'd like to ask our guests to kindly return to the buffet.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Not until they've had a chance to fully study...
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Enough!
0:11:00 > 0:11:02You're deluded and obsessed.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Stop this!
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Please!
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- What's the matter?- Nothing.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Only you seem...
0:11:17 > 0:11:19I'm quite fine, Father.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Thank you.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Oh, Agnes.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49What do you think?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Am I deluded?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54So blinded by grief that I can't face the truth?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58My mother's death was nothing more than a stupid accident.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01An almost trivial thing.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03No drama or intrigue.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Worst of all, no-one to blame.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11I think you should talk to Chief Inspector Webb.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13But I've tried countless times.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Try again.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I think he's seen something in your diorama.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19WOMAN SCREAMS
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I want to be kept abreast of all of your findings.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39I'll need statements from all the guests.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41You can't take charge of this investigation.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43You're a witness.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44And a suspect.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46With all due respect, sir, she's right.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48We'll have to call someone in from Scotland Yard.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Given your antagonism towards the victim just before he was killed,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54I'm not surprised you'd rather delay the investigation.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I hated the bloke, but I didn't want him dead.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59That's a carpenter's awl.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I left it here this morning, when I was making alterations
0:13:03 > 0:13:05to the dioramas.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Anyone could've picked it up.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08What's that in his hand?
0:13:15 > 0:13:16I can barely make it out.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23"Starbright Washing Powder".
0:13:23 > 0:13:25I use that detergent.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Don't worry, I don't think that makes you a suspect.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29It's from the newspaper.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32The fragment from the miniature newspaper from the diorama.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34He must've taken it.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36I'll go and check, sir.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41What was in this paper?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43It was a mock-up of the Kembleford Gazette,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45the one my mother was reading the night she died.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48I had the printing press reproduce the exact copy
0:13:48 > 0:13:49on the front and back pages.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Detail is everything.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Always.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53No.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55It's gone.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I think that we can deduce that the chief inspector
0:14:02 > 0:14:04was gripping the paper when he died.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Which strongly suggests his murder is somehow connected
0:14:08 > 0:14:10to your wife's death, and therefore nothing to do with me.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14That's a blood stain.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Whose coat is this?
0:14:21 > 0:14:22This is a set-up!
0:14:24 > 0:14:25I'm so sorry, sir.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32I take it you don't think for an instant that Inspector Mallory is...
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Of course not.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Then the next thing we need to do...
0:14:35 > 0:14:38..is find the original newspaper that the miniature was based upon.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40- Do you still have it?- Yes, sir.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Well, you're going to need my help.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48We don't mind doing a bit of snooping around.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Oh, erm, don't worry.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53You two both go home, have a nice cup of tea.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01So, what do you see?
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Nothing odd.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Then, why steal the miniature?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Because, presumably, there's something in it
0:15:10 > 0:15:12that's not in its life-size counterpart.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Well, I made that miniature.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15If there was a clue, I would've seen it.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21I don't doubt your acuity, but we all have our blind spots.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25What do you two think you're doing?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Detective games?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Amateur sleuths?
0:15:33 > 0:15:34A waste of time.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39And why's that?
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Because there's nothing to find.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43It was an accident,
0:15:43 > 0:15:45just like everyone says.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Yes, well, that may be true of Florence,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49but not of the chief inspector.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Which means it might be connected to my mother's murder.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54It wasn't murder.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56I should know.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57I was there.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01I see.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- And did you see Agnes's mother's fall?- Heard it.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Found her at the foot of the stairs,
0:16:11 > 0:16:14ran and got Wilbur, he got an ambulance,
0:16:14 > 0:16:15but she was already...
0:16:15 > 0:16:17And yet, strangely, you didn't wake me up, did you?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Why was that?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I told you at the time, I wanted...
0:16:22 > 0:16:23I didn't want to upset you.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26An excuse that sounds as weak now as it did then.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28There's nothing weak about wanting to protect you.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I was outside smoking a cigarette.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48I heard a scream, I came running, like everyone else.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50And yet, no-one saw you.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53There was no-one else there.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54That's unfortunate, isn't it?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56It's also beside the point.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59You have no right to be investigating this murder.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02It's like your daughter said,
0:17:02 > 0:17:03you're just as much a suspect as...
0:17:03 > 0:17:04There's blood on your coat.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Planted there.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10And you have no alibi.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18As far as I'm concerned, that's more than enough to charge you.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25What do you mean, protect me?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Protect me from what?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Why didn't you ask me to help build your mother's diorama?
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Because you thought I might have done it?
0:17:36 > 0:17:37And I had reason, didn't I?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40That's why you ended things.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44It had nothing to do with you respecting her final wishes.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48It was because you thought I might have killed her.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51You had the strongest motive.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Meaning what?
0:17:53 > 0:17:54You know what I mean.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I want to hear you say it.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Love.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04That hasn't changed.
0:18:15 > 0:18:20Father, your surveillance skills leave a lot to be desired.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25It's the hat.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Sometimes I forget to take it off.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31I suppose you have some questions.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33One or two, yes.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36My mother forbade it.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38An immigrant carpenter?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Jesus was a carpenter.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Let's just say she wasn't progressively minded.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I was still going to marry him, though.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47I didn't care.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50I loved him.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52And then, your mother was killed.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54After that, how could I go through with it?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Did she know Daniel was in your room that night?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00We were careful.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04She could have discovered him while you were asleep.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08He got up to use the water closet
0:19:08 > 0:19:10and there was an altercation.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13A plausible theory.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14One that I've had myself.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17And yet, you continue to work with him.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Keep your enemies close.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I don't believe that's the truth.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23You still love him.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27It's a purely professional relationship now.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31That's not what I saw.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Father, I didn't invite you to investigate my personal life.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Agnes, that's exactly what you did.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Murder does not exist in a vacuum,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41and the stories in your dioramas testify to that.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42CAR DOOR CLOSING
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Well?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I've charged him.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Let me talk to your father.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Fresh pair of eyes, new perspective. That's what you want, isn't it?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08What can I do for you, Father?
0:20:08 > 0:20:12I just wanted to congratulate you on the apprehension of the killer.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Thank you.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I imagine that the evidence against Inspector Mallory must be
0:20:17 > 0:20:20quite overwhelming, for you to have charged him so quickly.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I've heard about you.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25The sleuthing priest.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Quite endearing, really.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Well, murder's not endearing.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31You don't have to tell me that.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34My job isn't exactly a walk through a rose-garden.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41I see human wickedness,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43and whatever my disagreements with Inspector Mallory...
0:20:46 > 0:20:49..I have not seen that wickedness within him.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52A pure soul?
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Not entirely.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57But not murderous.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Father, I don't know how many officers have told you to
0:21:01 > 0:21:03keep your nose out in your time...
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Words to that effect have been spoken before.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06..but I mean it, when I say it.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10I won't tolerate obstruction of justice and any such behaviour
0:21:10 > 0:21:12will be met with the full force of the law.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Thank you, sir.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18And, er, once again...
0:21:21 > 0:21:23..congratulations.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24CLOCK CHIMES
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Are you sure you want me to pursue this?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Perhaps it's better left to someone else.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42I want to follow the truth,
0:21:42 > 0:21:43no matter where it leads.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Agnes...
0:21:54 > 0:21:55What is it?
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Someone has filled in your little sister's height lines.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Violet.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29She's even wearing the summer dress she had on the day she drowned.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Who would do something like this?
0:22:35 > 0:22:36And why?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41What are you looking at me for?
0:22:42 > 0:22:43The craftsmanship of the doll.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Why would I do this?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48I think it's obvious what's going on.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51I don't understand why none of you are saying it.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55It's Violet's ghost.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Don't look at me like I'm stupid. I mean, look at it!
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Drawing in her own height lines, like she thinks she's still alive.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06A lost soul.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12If we rule out the supernatural connection -
0:23:12 > 0:23:15just for a moment - then that inevitably draws us to
0:23:15 > 0:23:19the conclusion that somebody set the scene as some sort of message.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Saying what?
0:23:22 > 0:23:28A connection is being made between Florence's fall down the stairs
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and Violet's death.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33That's ridiculous. The only killer in this case is Inspector Mallory
0:23:33 > 0:23:35and I've no doubt he'll hang for what he's done.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39In the meantime,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42I believe the time for house guests is well and truly over.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53May I join you?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57I thought my husband ordered you out.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59DOOR CLOSING
0:24:00 > 0:24:01He did.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Which means, I need to get straight to the point.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16You know that Inspector Mallory's innocent, don't you?
0:24:16 > 0:24:17What makes you say that?
0:24:19 > 0:24:23I'm not accusing you of killing Detective Chief Inspector Webb.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24Then, what?
0:24:24 > 0:24:28I'm accusing you of concealing Inspector Mallory's innocence.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I suspect it's something personal.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Do all priests read minds, Father?
0:24:39 > 0:24:40No.
0:24:43 > 0:24:44I was so pretty,
0:24:44 > 0:24:45so young.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Do you know, the camera adored me?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Everyone did.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Now...
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Now, what?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I feel like I'm becoming invisible.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Tell me what happened.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10I was in the bathroom, fixing my hair,
0:25:10 > 0:25:14and I could see Inspector Mallory through the window, smoking.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19He noticed me.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24I acted like I hadn't seen him.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27And then, I...
0:25:33 > 0:25:34I don't know why I did it, exactly.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38What was I thinking?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42What does that say about me?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45WOMAN SCREAMS
0:25:49 > 0:25:51It says you want what everyone wants.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54To be loved.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57To be wanted.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58To be seen.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Thank you, Father.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06However...
0:26:08 > 0:26:12..that leaves you with a difficult, ethical obligation.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14What are you talking about?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16You are Inspector Mallory's only alibi.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19The only person who can exonerate him.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23You want me to tell my husband that I practically did
0:26:23 > 0:26:25a striptease in front of one of his colleagues?
0:26:27 > 0:26:30I'm not saying the conversation won't be awkward,
0:26:30 > 0:26:34but if you don't have it,
0:26:34 > 0:26:35he will hang.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42You whore.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46There's no need for that.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- I thought I'd told you to leave. - And what about you?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Leching after everything in sight.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Getting too old for you, am I?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59It's like Father Brown said.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00I'm invisible to you.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Well, no, I didn't quite...
0:27:06 > 0:27:08You told her what?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13All I did was advise her to tell the truth.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Sometimes, it has a way of setting you free.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21Free.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Exactly.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26I'm leaving you.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41Good to have you back, sir.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Just because you're off the hook for murder doesn't mean I won't
0:27:44 > 0:27:45see you charged as a Peeping Tom.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46PHONE RINGS
0:27:46 > 0:27:48In my defence,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50she made it very difficult not to look.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Erm, Scotland Yard, sir.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57An officer's on his way to take over the case.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04What are you doing here?
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Erm, I convinced Mrs Lesser to come forward.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Oh.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Then, I suppose I owe you...
0:28:12 > 0:28:15A debt...of gratitude?
0:28:15 > 0:28:16Yes.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25It's uncanny how accurate Agnes Lesser's diorama is.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29As if she's got a photographic memory.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32But there's nothing here that suggests Florence Lesser
0:28:32 > 0:28:33was murdered.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Erm...
0:28:38 > 0:28:39What?
0:28:39 > 0:28:41The miniature newspaper.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Whatever's in there is the key.
0:28:46 > 0:28:47And I think I know where it is.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54My umbrella!
0:28:58 > 0:28:59What do you hope to find?
0:29:00 > 0:29:02The miniature newspaper, sir.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05Where is it?
0:29:05 > 0:29:06How should I know?
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Arms, please.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11I've obliged you far enough.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Until you can obtain a search warrant, I'm ordering you
0:29:13 > 0:29:14off the premises.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16You killed her, didn't you?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I won't dignify that with an answer.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24What do we do now then, sir?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27We put our feet up.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28Scotland Yard can take it from here.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43It wasn't in his desk.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45As I suspected.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46But don't worry,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48I've organised a search party.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53We got your SOS.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Now that we're deemed worthy to be here.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Mrs McCarthy, Bunty,
0:30:01 > 0:30:03thank you for coming to our aid.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04Wouldn't miss it for the world.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07I don't understand why you still think it's in the house.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08Surely, he would've burnt it by now?
0:30:08 > 0:30:10It was the way he looked at it.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12It meant something to him.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14He couldn't have destroyed it, even if he wanted to.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18And how are we supposed to find something so tiny in a house so big?
0:30:20 > 0:30:21We'll split up.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Where is your father?
0:30:22 > 0:30:24He's in the garden, having another drink.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26And where is his wife?
0:30:26 > 0:30:28She's packed her things and gone.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Good for her.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34I want to show you something.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41In the photograph,
0:30:41 > 0:30:44your mother's hand is parallel with her face,
0:30:44 > 0:30:46and is touching the bloodstain,
0:30:46 > 0:30:51but in the diorama, her hand is pointing towards the table.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52But I got everything else right.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57True.
0:30:58 > 0:31:03Maybe somebody moved her arm before or after the photograph was taken?
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Either way, all I can tell you is this - that's how I remember it.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Father, it's Mrs McCarthy!
0:32:26 > 0:32:28She's trapped, hiding from Wilbur.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32In plain sight.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36What does it mean?
0:32:57 > 0:32:58SHE SOBS
0:33:17 > 0:33:18My God, you're like a bad penny.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22You killed Chief Inspector Webb,
0:33:22 > 0:33:26and then planted blood on Inspector Mallory's coat, didn't you?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Not to protect yourself, but to protect the real culprit
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa.
0:33:36 > 0:33:37"My fault".
0:33:37 > 0:33:39It's Agnes's writing, isn't it?
0:33:41 > 0:33:46But she has no memory of writing in the miniature.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50And I suspect she has no memory of several other things, too.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52You don't know what you're talking about.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54You can't keep running away from this.
0:33:54 > 0:33:55Mr Lesser!
0:33:59 > 0:34:00MUSIC BOX PLAYING
0:34:02 > 0:34:03I managed to escape.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04I can see that.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06It's all right. We found it.
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Thank God for that.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09CHILD-LIKE SINGING
0:34:10 > 0:34:11What's that sound?
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Is it someone singing?
0:34:19 > 0:34:20Agnes?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- IN A CHILD'S VOICE: - Do you want to play with me?
0:34:28 > 0:34:29We could go swimming.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33I like swimming.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Agnes, what is going on?
0:34:38 > 0:34:40I'm not Agnes, silly.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52I'm Violet.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Be careful of Agnes.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58Why's that?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04She killed me.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05Agnes!
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- NORMAL VOICE:- What just happened?
0:35:09 > 0:35:10You were acting like...
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Like what?
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Like you were a little girl.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16You said your name was Violet.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17What?
0:35:18 > 0:35:22This may seem indelicate, but I think you should see a psychiatrist.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58You killed an innocent man.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00You have to face up to that, if nothing else.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02You have no evidence.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04I know why you couldn't destroy the newspaper.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Because what she wrote was part of herself, a part that knew
0:36:09 > 0:36:13what she'd done, that wanted to confess and say sorry.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17How could I destroy that?
0:36:19 > 0:36:20What's the matter with her?
0:36:22 > 0:36:25It's a fugue state she goes into.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28It's some form of multiple-personality disorder.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31The first time it happened was when she was ten years old.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Violet's death.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Florence and I discovered them in the river.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40Agnes...
0:36:42 > 0:36:45..holding Violet's head underwater.
0:36:45 > 0:36:46Oh.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49We pulled Agnes away.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51She seemed almost catatonic.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56And then, moments later, she came round,
0:36:56 > 0:37:00started screaming when she saw what had happened.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03No memory that she'd done it herself.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Why didn't you get her help?
0:37:09 > 0:37:10What kind of help, hmm?
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Locked up in an institution? Lobotomised?
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Besides, we hoped it was a one-off,
0:37:17 > 0:37:23some, sort of, strange, psychological anomaly, until...
0:37:25 > 0:37:26..ten years ago.
0:37:29 > 0:37:30Your wife's death.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Florence got out of bed, just as I said,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43but when she got to the stairwell, Agnes was there.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46Only...
0:37:47 > 0:37:48.. it wasn't Agnes.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Agnes?
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Agnes?
0:37:57 > 0:37:58Wilbur!
0:38:00 > 0:38:03We hoped to get her to the safety of her room.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Mummy, why didn't you save me?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Why did you let her drown me?
0:38:13 > 0:38:14What?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Why didn't you save me?!
0:38:16 > 0:38:17MUM SCREAMS
0:38:26 > 0:38:27We put her to bed.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30She woke up when the ambulance arrived, distraught.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34No memory of what she'd done.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41I convinced Daniel it was an accident,
0:38:41 > 0:38:42for Agnes's sake.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47It's all been for Agnes's sake.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50And what about the people she killed?
0:38:52 > 0:38:56And the innocent man you killed to protect her?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58It's time to face the truth.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01She is a danger to herself and other people.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03Father!
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Father!
0:39:07 > 0:39:08It's Agnes.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10I don't think she's herself.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Agnes?
0:39:17 > 0:39:18What's going on?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22She's been leaving herself clues from the very start
0:39:22 > 0:39:24and this is the biggest one.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27If she's realised.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Agnes?
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Agnes!
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Agnes.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51I remember it.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54I remember it all.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57My mother.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00My sister.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04What am I?
0:40:07 > 0:40:08You're someone who needs help.
0:40:10 > 0:40:11Agnes, please...
0:40:15 > 0:40:16This is not the way out,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19no matter how dark things may seem
0:40:19 > 0:40:21at the moment.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22There's something...
0:40:23 > 0:40:25..evil inside me.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26You're not evil.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29You're unwell.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33And beneath the illness, there is good.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39- Good?!- Why else would you make a confession?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44You positioned your mother's arm in the diorama to point at
0:40:44 > 0:40:48the newspaper, because you knew that the chief inspector would notice
0:40:48 > 0:40:51the discrepancy, find the newspaper...
0:40:54 > 0:40:55..and see this.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Because of what you've done...
0:41:04 > 0:41:07..you desperately seek redemption.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09There's no redemption for me, Father.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14There's only what I've done. The acts I've committed.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17I told you I wanted to follow the truth,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20no matter where it leads. And this is where it's led.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I have to accept that.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23And for the protection of others,
0:41:23 > 0:41:25I have to do the only thing that's right.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Agnes!
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Just let me go, Father!
0:41:29 > 0:41:32If you let go,
0:41:32 > 0:41:34you will pull me over.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35You're being selfish!
0:41:36 > 0:41:38- No, I'm not.- She's here!
0:41:59 > 0:42:01MUSIC BOX PLAYS
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Good news about your father.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13He was given a custodial sentence.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16The judge took into account his advancing years
0:42:16 > 0:42:18and his decades of public service.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22He escaped the noose.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26Thank God.
0:42:28 > 0:42:29I thought you were an atheist?
0:42:31 > 0:42:32It was a figure of speech.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Hmm.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Ha!
0:42:38 > 0:42:40I hear the music box is sounding better.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42I gave it some oil.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43I thought it was about time.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49An apple tart from Mrs McCarthy, by way of celebration.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56- And the diorama is coming on famously.- Yes.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01I'm not sure who I'm going to have killed yet, though.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05I thought that you...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Oh, relax, it was a joke.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14This is just for, erm... I suppose you might call it "fun".
0:43:16 > 0:43:17- Hmm.- Which reminds me.
0:43:21 > 0:43:22Oh!
0:43:26 > 0:43:27I thought I'd leave it up to you.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Where do you want him?
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Erm, well...
0:43:35 > 0:43:38I think he should be taking a stroll.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41Perfect.
0:43:49 > 0:43:50Right.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52Well, I'll go and get some plates...
0:43:52 > 0:43:54SHE HUMS ALONG WITH MUSIC BOX
0:43:54 > 0:43:55..for the apple tart.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56SHE CONTINUES HUMMING
0:44:04 > 0:44:07SHE SINGS MUSIC BOX TUNE