0:00:03 > 0:00:06Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Et in lux perpetua luceat eis.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Requiescat in pace.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- Amen. ALL:- Amen.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Does anyone want to say a few words?
0:00:19 > 0:00:23Then I will ask you all to join with me in a moment's silence
0:00:23 > 0:00:25to pray for the departed,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27that his troubled soul may find peace.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Good riddance, if you ask me.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44God be with you all.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Well, I don't see why I can't take it to the woman on Croft Lane.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Because any self-respecting young lady should know
0:01:22 > 0:01:24how to fix a ripped seam!
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I can fix a broken fan-belt,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28and I can fix an excellent martini.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30There's nothing wrong with my self-respect.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36It's bound to be another of his tricks.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37I'm not so sure.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Flambeau was holding some sort of bomb when the police opened fire.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Oh, spare us the gory details!
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Not to speak ill of the dead...
0:01:46 > 0:01:49..but why spare that wicked man a second thought?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Flambeau and I crossed paths a number of times.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55He was a thief and a troublemaker.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Exactly why I fear for his soul.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I had hoped to lead him to redemption.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Now, it is too late.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07You did your best.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09And now he's got his comeuppance!
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Oh, he wasn't that bad.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Oh, yes, his morals left a little to be desired,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16but he was terribly charming.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19And one could never accuse him of being boring!
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Well, much good did it do him!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Enough talk of Flambeau.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26When are we going to Gloucester?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Gloucester?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30To the Cathedral.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33To see the crown everyone's talking about.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Page three.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Ooh! "The Iron Crown is so called
0:02:39 > 0:02:43"because of the single band of metal that holds it together,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45"supposedly forged from one of the nails
0:02:45 > 0:02:47"at the crucifixion of Christ."
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Sounds a little bit morbid as far as head-wear goes.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54But a day trip would be fun, wouldn't it?
0:02:54 > 0:02:55How about it, Father?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Take your mind off Flambeau being flambeed.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14It will go on display in the Lady Chapel tomorrow,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17before continuing north on its tour next week.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21To think that this very piece of metal
0:03:21 > 0:03:24pierced the flesh of our Lord and Saviour.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25BISHOP GOLDING COUGHS
0:03:25 > 0:03:28The crown is ancient and fragile.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31We've been asked not to touch it.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Naturally. It must be treated with the utmost care.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Oh, don't worry, they're your lot.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Been guarding it all the way from Italy.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I imagine you must be expecting quite a crowd.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Oh, yes.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59The hoteliers of Gloucester are doing a roaring trade.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02All the more kind of you to offer me a bed in the Bishop's Palace.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Will you be staying for the duration?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Oh, while the crown resides here...
0:04:10 > 0:04:11My Lord.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13..so shall I.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17As it is only on loan to the Church of England,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Bishop Reynard wishes for the local Catholic diocese
0:04:20 > 0:04:22to be represented at all times.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Excellent.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30We always welcome guests from across the great divide.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- FLAMBEAU:- "11:25am, 27th December.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47"Dear Father,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49"I may be known as the king of thieves,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51"but uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54"There is reason to believe I am in mortal danger.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55"I send this key,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58"in the hope that you will do me the honour of looking after it.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02"I pray to God that it, and I, may be safely delivered.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04"In haste, F."
0:05:19 > 0:05:20BELLS RINGING Goodbye.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Ah!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Delighted to see a new face at Mass.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Have you recently moved to Kembleford?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Actually, I came here looking for you.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33You are just as he described.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35He?
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Oh, sorry, I should introduce myself.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I am Lisandra Flambeau.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Hercule was my husband.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Hercule said he entrusted the key to a friend.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Only he didn't have any friends.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Except, perhaps, you.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53What is the key for?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57A safe in Hercule's study, containing his most recent will.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02It should secure my inheritance against any counter-claims.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03I believe there is a daughter...
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Ah, yes. Marianne.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Forgive me for asking...
0:06:08 > 0:06:11..but Hercule didn't seem the marrying type.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12SHE CHUCKLES
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Our love took us both by surprise.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20We met at a party, and three weeks later we were married.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Hercule wished to put his criminal past behind him...
0:06:25 > 0:06:28..but the authorities had other ideas.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Let's explore!
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Explore where?
0:06:39 > 0:06:40The city.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42You've lived here for years.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44But I am no longer Lisandra Perenze.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46I am now Lisandra Flambeau.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49So I'll be seeing everything for the first time.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Why...would I go sightseeing...
0:06:55 > 0:06:57..when I already have the perfect view?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04SIREN
0:07:04 > 0:07:06What?
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Get dressed.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Meet me at the statue in the harbour in one hour.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- Where will you go? - I'll give them the slip.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15I've a couple of tricks up my sleeve.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16I want to stay with you.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Do as I say.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21It's me they're after.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23One hour.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I promise.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- MAN:- Gelato! Gelato!
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Hey, stop!
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Hold your fire,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54or we'll all be blown to kingdom come!
0:07:58 > 0:07:59EXPLOSION PEOPLE SCREAMING
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Hercule!
0:08:02 > 0:08:03SHE GASPS
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- Mrs Flambeau... - Oh, Lisandra, please.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I don't wish to upset you any further,
0:08:11 > 0:08:14but your husband made no mention of you in his letter.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17So he did send you the key.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Yes, but...
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Forgive me again.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26How do I know that you are really his widow?
0:08:26 > 0:08:27I...
0:08:28 > 0:08:29I don't know.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I should have brought our marriage certificate!
0:08:35 > 0:08:36I've come all this way, and...
0:08:36 > 0:08:38SHE SIGHS
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Sorry.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41SNIFFING
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Come with me.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48BUNTY SIGHS, EXASPERATED
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I will find whoever did this, and...
0:08:51 > 0:08:52DOOR OPENS
0:08:52 > 0:08:54In here!
0:08:55 > 0:08:58They must have broken in while we were at Mass.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59The police are on their way.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03The key has gone.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04What key?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06It belonged to Flambeau.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Ladies, this is Lisandra Flambeau. Hercule's widow.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Flambeau was married?!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Did you tell anyone about the key?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Not a living soul.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Seen anyone loitering in the area?
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Now that you mention it...
0:09:25 > 0:09:28..Harold Slow was seen peeking through the window yesterday.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Blind Harry?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32He was waving at you!
0:09:32 > 0:09:34The poor man's smitten!
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Yes, well, even so...
0:09:36 > 0:09:37The culprit is not from Kembleford.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40How would you know that?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41A hunch.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46Er, no sign of forced entry, no footprints outside, no witnesses.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Thank you, Sergeant! Opportunists, no doubt.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Realising the place was empty during Mass,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55they were looking for any valuables they could pilfer.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58No valuables were taken, only the key.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Maybe they were disturbed in the act and snuck out the back.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05And naturally you'll be using all resources at your disposal
0:10:05 > 0:10:06to apprehend them?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I'm sure the Inspector will do his job.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Now, I must do mine.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Come on, Sergeant.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Let's decide which of our resources to deploy first.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Yes, sir.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I fear that it is no coincidence that the key went missing
0:10:28 > 0:10:30when the Crown appears nearby.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31But how are they connected?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Flambeau was killed near Monza Cathedral,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35the home of the crown for centuries.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36And, a few days ago,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38I received this.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown."
0:10:44 > 0:10:48You think Flambeau was planning to steal the Iron Crown?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50And now that he's dead,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52someone else is picking up the pieces
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- where he left off!- No!
0:10:56 > 0:10:58My husband did many bad things,
0:10:58 > 0:10:59but he had changed.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Our marriage was a new start.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Nonetheless, I feel it is my duty to go to Gloucester
0:11:05 > 0:11:06and warn the Bishop.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08What about the key?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10My future depends on it!
0:11:10 > 0:11:11If my suspicions are correct,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13the key is already on its way to Gloucester.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19For your journey.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23He's only going to Gloucester. They do have food there you know!
0:11:23 > 0:11:25You are generous to a fault, Mrs McCarthy.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27I made you some tea.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30You know, Hercule thought very highly of you.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33I shall see you at the Red Lion as soon as I get back.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Good luck.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37You're going to miss your train!
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Now, you be careful.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45If one of Flambeau's associates is behind this...
0:11:45 > 0:11:47You know me, Mrs McCarthy.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Always careful.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50If only that were true!
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Good afternoon.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10May I have the cassock back after you've finished with it?
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Pity.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I think it rather suits me.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24You've hurt my feelings, Father.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26How so?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Your occupation involves going to baffling lengths
0:12:28 > 0:12:30to celebrate a miraculous resurrection,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32yet you don't seem at all impressed by mine.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33I deem that rather unfair.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37In my defence, I had a clue.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- Clue?- Your letter.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Dated December the 27th, yet it only arrived a few days ago.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45International postal services -
0:12:45 > 0:12:47so infuriatingly unreliable, don't you find?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51And why be so specific as to the time, 11:25,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53when you were supposedly writing "in haste"?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56One must always make time for correspondence with old friends.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58After the key was stolen, I realised...
0:12:58 > 0:13:03December the 27th is the feast day of St John The Apostle.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06And 11:25 refers to Chapter 11, verse 25.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09John 11:25.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12"I am the resurrection and the life."
0:13:12 > 0:13:15"He that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live."
0:13:15 > 0:13:16Bravo, Father.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19So...
0:13:19 > 0:13:21..did you miss me?
0:13:21 > 0:13:22TRAIN WHISTLES
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Ah.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30I'm surprised we Anglicans have been entrusted with the Iron Crown,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32even temporarily.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34You should thank the Archbishop of Milan.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38He used his influence on the Holy See to arrange the tour.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39To what end?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Ever since the days of the Holy Roman Empire,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45the crown has been a symbol of unification.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48The Archbishop is keen for our two churches
0:13:48 > 0:13:52to put historical conflicts behind us, and work towards...
0:13:53 > 0:13:54..common goals.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57You don't share this ambition?
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Of course I do.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I'm merely concerned about the repercussions...
0:14:02 > 0:14:03..should anything go wrong.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Fear not.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07The safe was commissioned specially.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Impregnable, apparently.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12And the Maltese guards will be watching the crown day and night.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I pray that you're right, Bishop Golding,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18else relations between the Church of England and the Vatican
0:14:18 > 0:14:20may be set back...
0:14:21 > 0:14:22..hundreds of years.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Why fake your own death?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34It became requisite to rid myself of some unwanted attention.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36So I tipped off the police as to my whereabouts.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38All that remained was to rig the alleyway with explosives,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40along with enough pig's offal to make them think
0:14:40 > 0:14:43I'd been sent to face my eternal damnation.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47I hopped down a manhole before the smoke cleared, and voila!
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Did it not trouble you to leave a grieving widow?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Double-widow, actually.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Poor Lisandra's first husband joined the choir invisible
0:14:55 > 0:14:56when she was 19.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59So why marry her if that was your plan?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I can think of a couple of reasons.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Very well!
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Shortly after we met,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I had an unfortunate encounter with Lisandra's father.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09DOOR CRASHES OPEN
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Que? Que?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Sta qui?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Would you believe I'm looking for moths?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Roccu Perenze, current head of the Corsican mafia.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23To call it a shotgun wedding would be the grandest of understatements,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26yet the debacle proved advantageous.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I persuaded Roccu to apply a little pressure,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31in the way that only a notorious sadist can,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34and we were awarded special dispensation
0:15:34 > 0:15:36to get married in Monza Cathedral.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- The home of the Iron Crown.- Exactly!
0:15:39 > 0:15:41A delicious opportunity to acquire the blueprints
0:15:41 > 0:15:44for the safe designed to house the crown during its tour.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47I was able to recreate the key.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51I even had a replica safe built to ensure it worked.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55It's surprisingly useful. I keep my paperwork in it.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58So, in order to steal the crown,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00you married a woman you hardly knew?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I know a great deal about Lisandra.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Such as?
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Well...
0:16:08 > 0:16:10How did her first husband die?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12What's her favourite music?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Such disapproval!
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Although our marriage was brief, I'm sure she'll have some fond memories.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I know I certainly will.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Poor woman is heart-broken.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22She'll get over me.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Eventually.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Do you really have the audacity to steal
0:16:27 > 0:16:30the most famous crown in Europe from the Pope,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33while it's under the protection of the Church of England?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Every single Catholic and Anglican in Europe would come after you!
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Would I have the audacity?!
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Sometimes, Father, I think you barely know me at all.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Of course I'm going to steal it.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46That crown has decorated kings and emperors
0:16:46 > 0:16:48from Charlemagne to Napoleon!
0:16:48 > 0:16:50It will be the piece de resistance of my private collection!
0:16:51 > 0:16:53So...
0:16:53 > 0:16:56what's to stop me warning the Bishop of your arrival?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Nothing.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00I rather hope you will.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02That's why I left a clue.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03You know I enjoy a challenge.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Anyway, now I have the key, there's no way they can...
0:17:08 > 0:17:09HE TRAILS OFF
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Forgive me.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16I suddenly feel some...
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Flambeau?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Are you unwell?
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Sorry, Father.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33But needs must.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Father? Father?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45End of the line.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Thank you, Captain.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50HE GROANS
0:17:59 > 0:18:00HE SIGHS
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Father Brown. To what do we owe this dubious pleasure?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Canon Fox, forgive me. The Iron Crown...
0:18:20 > 0:18:23..will be on display to the public tomorrow. Return then.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26..is in danger. I must warn Bishop Golding.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Danger?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Someone wants to steal it.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32All right, I'm listening. Who's the thief?
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Hercule Flambeau.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Flambeau is dead. I read his obituary in The Times.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40It's my fear that may have been published somewhat prematurely.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Flambeau has a copy of the key.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Impossible. I have the only copy.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Please, Your Grace.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53For my peace of mind.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59If you insist. Follow me.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07How do you know Flambeau has a key?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09He sent it to me, to keep safe.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Only...
0:19:12 > 0:19:14..he's stolen it back again.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18If the crown isn't still there,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22I'm holding you personally responsible!
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Even if this Flambeau did have a key,
0:19:31 > 0:19:32he'd need the combination.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I hope that puts your mind at rest.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Please accept my sincerest apologies...- Oh, no need.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I'll warn the guards to be vigilant...
0:19:50 > 0:19:51..just in case.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Now, you'd be very welcome to stay for the night.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01We have lodgings available in the Bishop's Palace.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- Thank you, that is very kind.- Come.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Ever considered becoming a hermit?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26"He would need the combination."
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Ever considered becoming a hermit?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51MUFFLED SPEECH
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Who the blazes is she?!
0:20:56 > 0:20:58She is Mrs Flambeau.
0:20:59 > 0:21:05The crown! You and Father Brown take that woman to Bishop Golding.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07You, come with me! Move, move!
0:21:07 > 0:21:09I'm sorry, Father, I tried to stop him.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Where is he?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Gone. He took the crown.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14If you hurry, you might still catch him.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Father, could you...?
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Admit it, you were only trying to stop him
0:21:21 > 0:21:23because you wanted the crown for yourself.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- Er...- This is a crime against God!
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I had my reasons.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Avarice!
0:21:34 > 0:21:38My husband's motivation, not mine. My cause is nobler.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Cause?!
0:21:41 > 0:21:45My father wishes to use the crown to inspire a revolution
0:21:45 > 0:21:47that will reunite Corsica and Italy.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I planned to wait until Flambeau had taken the crown,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53and then steal it from him.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55But he died. Or I thought he died.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59So I decided to carry out the heist myself.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Oh, no!
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- FLAMBEAU:- The key alone is not enough.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Oh, I should have killed you on the train.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16I take it our honeymoon is over?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19My father will tear you limb from limb.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Perhaps, but until then you promised to love, honour and obey.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25So give me the key.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- CANON FOX:- Where will your husband go?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36He'll vanish. I doubt I'll ever see him again.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Pity.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40The authorities may have been more lenient
0:22:40 > 0:22:42if you'd assisted in his capture.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Please!
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Oh, get up.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Forgive me!
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Look, this won't help. The police are already on their way.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Oh, but I deserve to face earthly justice.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58But it is God's rage I fear.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04Be truly repentant, child, and God will forgive you.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- Thank you.- Oh, no, there now, there.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Hmm. If it's absolution you're after,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15you're better off speaking to my Catholic guests.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20Er, take her to a cell and keep a close eye on her.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Oh, forgive me. I didn't take your warning seriously enough.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Now it will take a miracle to avoid a major diplomatic incident
0:23:35 > 0:23:38between the Church of England and the Vatican.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42With your permission, I'll attempt to retrieve the crown.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45You? Haven't you done enough already?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Flambeau only got hold of the combination
0:23:48 > 0:23:50because of your interference,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52and you heard the woman, he'll be long gone by now.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56I fear Canon Fox is right.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59All we can do is work out how to break the news
0:23:59 > 0:24:01to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Return to Kembleford and wait to hear from me.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08You might wish to start packing.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14KEYS JANGLE
0:24:14 > 0:24:17The guards tell me you want me to hear confession?
0:24:17 > 0:24:20No time. You need to break me out.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22And why would I do that?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Without me, you'll never find him.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26And the crown?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Right now, I only want revenge.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Not something I could condone.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Not even if it meant getting your precious crown back?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39I'd trade it to see Flambeau in chains.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41You know the police will never catch him.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44I thought you didn't know where he was.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I lied. He has a safe house in London.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49He'll lie low there
0:24:49 > 0:24:52while the authorities search the major ports and harbours.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53But we have to be quick.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Hercule will make a dash for the continent as soon as possible.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59What if you're lying now?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Then you can leave me here to await my judgment.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05It's up to you.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10I'm doing this only to retrieve the crown.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15And as for judgment, God will take care of that.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Help! Help!
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Medico! Medico!
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Hands up!
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I am most terribly sorry about this.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40For a man of the cloth, Father, you're an excellent liar.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42This is the quickest way out.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43I left something in the vault.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52What are you still doing here?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Other than admiring the architecture?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- I'm stealing the crown. - I thought you had.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58No, it's still in the safe.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01We acquired the combination, thanks to you.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04And now we've got the real key... thanks to you.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- We?- Yes.- So you were working together after all?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10I needed to get in front of the Bishop...
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- Oh, thank you.- Oh, now... - Thank you.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15..so I allowed myself to get caught.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20So the key you sent me was a decoy.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23More like bait.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27So you didn't come to Kembleford to get the key, you came for me.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Without me, the plan wouldn't have worked.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Exquisite, isn't it? My father will be delighted.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37You're giving it to him?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Selling it, to be precise.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42At a discounted rate for family, of course.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I'll call the guards.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48I wouldn't.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Actually, go ahead.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I doubt they'll hear you anyway.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Don't worry, Father.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03It's almost dawn, I'm sure you won't be here long.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07DOOR SHUTS
0:27:07 > 0:27:08KEY TURNS IN LOCK
0:27:10 > 0:27:11HE SIGHS
0:27:15 > 0:27:17You were magnificent!
0:27:17 > 0:27:18I could just say the same about you.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20THEY CHUCKLE
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Hold this.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Throw me the crown and I'll pull you up.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54What are you doing?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56I don't think I'm ready to settle down.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Stop fooling around.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Perhaps we should just be friends? Or pen-pals?
0:28:00 > 0:28:04- I'm warning you...- Anyway, an ignoramus like your father
0:28:04 > 0:28:06would never fully appreciate the crown.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Pearls before swine. But thank you for a wonderful honeymoon...
0:28:09 > 0:28:11This is your last chance.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15..and I swear, whenever I gaze upon the crown, I shall think of you.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16GUN CLICKS
0:28:20 > 0:28:21Hercule?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Hercule! Hercule!
0:28:24 > 0:28:27HERCULE! HERCULE!
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Gloucestershire Constabulary has decided that no further action
0:28:33 > 0:28:35will be taken against you.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36Thank you.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Don't thank me. Bishop Golding persuaded them
0:28:39 > 0:28:43that you were acting under duress when you let the woman escape.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48I did my best to convince them that you're an inveterate troublemaker.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- Any sign of Flambeau?- Not yet. But apparently they've circulated
0:28:51 > 0:28:54descriptions of Mr and Mrs Flambeau throughout the country but...
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Oh, fat lot of good that will do!
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Flambeau could pass himself off as the Duke of Edinburgh
0:28:58 > 0:29:00and Scotland Yard would be none the wiser!
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Perhaps the Force would have better luck catching criminals
0:29:03 > 0:29:06if they weren't aided and abetted by members of the public.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07Good day!
0:29:10 > 0:29:13I played right into Flambeau's hands.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Well, you weren't to know.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18And at least you're back with us safe and sound.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19Not for long.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23If Canon Fox has his way, Bishop Reynard will transfer me
0:29:23 > 0:29:24out of his diocese.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28Excuse me.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50I thought you would be halfway to Corsica.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I was betrayed.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Life imitating artifice.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58I was fortunate to escape the police.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59So why are you back here?
0:29:59 > 0:30:02To ask you to help me retrieve the crown.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03If you have any sense,
0:30:03 > 0:30:07you will leave the country before the authorities catch up with you.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08Together we can find him.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Very well.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19If that's your decision, I'll leave you in peace.
0:30:23 > 0:30:24Poison?
0:30:25 > 0:30:29If Flambeau brings the crown here by eight o'clock tomorrow night...
0:30:30 > 0:30:32..I'll give you the antidote.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34I have no way of contacting him.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38You're a resourceful man. You have 32 hours.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42One hour for each day we were married.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45You really loved him.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47More fool I! Yes, I loved him.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50And I believed that he cared about me...
0:30:51 > 0:30:52..but I was wrong.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Now let's see if he cares about you.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02DOOR SHUTS
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Canon Fox? I wasn't expecting...
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Congratulations on your new position, Father.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17My new...?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Ever heard of Witherly Island?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Off the north-west coast, somewhere.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25A few fisherman's cottages, not much else.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30The previous incumbent, Father Protheroe, has passed away
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- so his flock are in need of a new protector.- Ah.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37You have one week to put your affairs in order.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38You can't do this!
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Father Brown is needed here!
0:31:40 > 0:31:44I must go where the Church feels I am most useful.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Good man. And don't worry, Mrs McCarthy.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50We'll find you a replacement in no time.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53I'll get straight on the telephone with my uncle.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55He can pull some strings.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57I have more pressing matters.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59What can be more pressing?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01I'm dying.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08Mrs McCarthy, I wonder if you'd do me a kindness?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Anything.
0:32:10 > 0:32:11I need something typing.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Any luck?
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Not yet. The symptoms are so vague it could be anything.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24You need to keep your strength up!
0:32:24 > 0:32:25I can't face it.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Has the newspaper arrived yet?
0:32:33 > 0:32:36It's rather hidden away, I'm afraid. Due to short notice.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Um, read it, please.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51"Urgent - collector of religious artefacts needed.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55"Much beloved possession of St Mary's Church, Kembleford,
0:32:55 > 0:32:57"available for one crown.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01"In need of repair due to accidental damage by a distressed widow.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04"Deadline, 8pm today."
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Even if Flambeau sees it and realises it's from you,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10what's to say that he'll come?
0:33:10 > 0:33:12It is a long shot, yes.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14- I want to call the police.- No.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Oh, let us take you to the hospital at least.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19No doctors. And no police.
0:33:21 > 0:33:22All we can do is pray.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26PHONE RINGS
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Hello. St Mary's Presbytery?
0:33:31 > 0:33:33- POSH ACCENT:- Hello, do you still have the item
0:33:33 > 0:33:34listed in the classified?
0:33:34 > 0:33:39No, I'm afraid that item is no longer available. Goodbye.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43PHONE RINGS
0:33:46 > 0:33:48If it's about the advertisement, I...
0:33:48 > 0:33:49- FLAMBEAU:- Is it true?
0:33:52 > 0:33:56Penelope! Help the Father down here as quick as you can!
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Yes, it is true.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02He is dying.
0:34:02 > 0:34:03Thanks to you!
0:34:03 > 0:34:05I want to speak to him.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06And he's coming.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Though he's not as light on his feet as once he was,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12what with all that poison in his system!
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Spare me your indignation. I'm trying to help.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Oh, and you expect me to believe that, do you?
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- Flambeau? - You're getting careless, old friend.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Is it too much to hope that you are bringing back the crown?
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Evidently. Lisandra is making quite a name for herself.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36A woman like that wouldn't want to leave any loose ends.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39If I hand her the crown, she'll kill me and let you die anyway.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41You cannot be sure of that.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Actually, I can. You were wrong about me, Father.
0:34:45 > 0:34:46I do know her.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Her first husband went down with the Bismarck.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Her favourite piece of music is Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55And she is entirely without conscience.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Then why are you calling?
0:34:57 > 0:34:58To say sorry.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01And good luck.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03There's always hope.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- Flambeau?!- He's gone.
0:35:17 > 0:35:18Now, now, Mrs McCarthy.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22We have been delivered from evil before.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:35:39 > 0:35:42He really is without a heart.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Well...
0:35:46 > 0:35:48..it's not yet eight o'clock.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53And I believe that somewhere in Hercule Flambeau there is
0:35:53 > 0:35:55a tortured soul waiting for redemption.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57SHE CHUCKLES
0:35:57 > 0:35:59And you must believe the same...
0:36:00 > 0:36:03..or you would not have thought that this plan could work.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11You and I thought too highly of him and he let us down.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17But don't worry, I will avenge us both.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24"To refrain from imitation is the best revenge."
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Don't spout your Scripture at me.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Actually, I think it's Marcus Aurelius.
0:36:30 > 0:36:31Lisandra...
0:36:32 > 0:36:36..why would your first husband have been on board the Bismarck?
0:36:38 > 0:36:39- What?- The battleship.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43That's how he died, isn't it?
0:36:43 > 0:36:48My husband was shot during the occupation of Corsica in 1942.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51Ah.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54My mistake.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58Do you like Gershwin?
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Not particularly. Why?
0:37:02 > 0:37:03No reason.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07"There's always hope."
0:37:07 > 0:37:08SHE SCOFFS
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Lisandra, would you like me to hear your confession now,
0:37:13 > 0:37:14before it's too late?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18You're the one running out of time, not I.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Lisandra Flambeau...
0:37:20 > 0:37:21What is this?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23I'm arresting you for the attempted murder of Father Brown
0:37:23 > 0:37:26and stealing the Iron Crown of Lombardy.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27You're not obliged to say anything,
0:37:27 > 0:37:31but anything you say may be given in evidence.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34You fool! Perhaps I would have given you the antidote anyway,
0:37:34 > 0:37:36but now you'll never know.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39My father will break me out,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42while your beloved Flambeau has left you to die!
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Actually, he's already saved me.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57How did you know that she had poisoned you with thallium?
0:37:57 > 0:38:02Ah, Flambeau told me that Lisandra's first husband died
0:38:02 > 0:38:03when the Bismarck sank,
0:38:03 > 0:38:07a ship named after the most famous Prussian of all,
0:38:07 > 0:38:10and that her favourite music was Rhapsody In Blue.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15Both lies. Or rather clues.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Because the antidote to thallium poisoning is Prussian blue.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Ah.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Even when he's saving my life, he's talking in riddles.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Don't give him too much credit.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28If it wasn't for Flambeau,
0:38:28 > 0:38:32- you would never have been in danger in the first place.- Hmm.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Well, we must be off.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Visiting hours are nearly over.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40We'll come back later. Is there anything you need?
0:38:40 > 0:38:44An atlas? I probably should find out where Witherly Island is.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48Oh, yes. I'd rather forgotten about all of that.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Don't you worry about that for now. Just concentrate on getting better.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54Thank you.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Ah, Doctor.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Everything all right...Doctor?
0:39:10 > 0:39:14I'm afraid not. I've been running some tests.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15With a magnet.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17A magnet?
0:39:19 > 0:39:23The metal strip inside the crown, it isn't iron.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28Oh. So it wasn't forged with a nail from the crucifixion?
0:39:28 > 0:39:30How disappointing for you.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Nevertheless, it still has immeasurable historical
0:39:33 > 0:39:35and financial value.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38It will sit well enough amongst my other baubles.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I doubt you've come out of hiding to tell me that.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49I require a favour.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53I did save your life.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Nevertheless...
0:39:54 > 0:39:55Hear me out.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Lisandra managed to get a message to her father.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00He put a bounty on my head.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01Not a man to be trifled with.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05Has a reputation for using thallium to dispose of his rivals.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10So your tip-off was an educated guess? Like father, like daughter...
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- I was right, wasn't I?- Still...
0:40:14 > 0:40:18..I don't see how I can protect you from her father?
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Protect me?
0:40:21 > 0:40:22You're far too late for that.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Nothing as subtle as poison, I'm afraid.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36No. No message.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01What do you need from me?
0:41:03 > 0:41:09I would consider it a great honour if you would conduct my funeral.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10On one condition.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Does anyone want to say a few words?
0:41:19 > 0:41:23Then I will ask you all to join with me in a moment's silence
0:41:23 > 0:41:27to pray for the departed, that his troubled soul may find peace.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01In light of recent events,
0:42:01 > 0:42:03the Bishop has decided that you are to...
0:42:04 > 0:42:06..remain at Kembleford...
0:42:08 > 0:42:09..for now.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Thank you, Canon Fox.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19And may you pass on my deep gratitude for the Bishop's leniency.
0:42:35 > 0:42:36What now?
0:42:37 > 0:42:40The crown has been returned. The assassins are off my back.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42I believe that makes us square.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45I concur. A clean slate.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48A new beginning.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49But what will you do with it?
0:42:50 > 0:42:52The possibilities are endless.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55By the way, I think
0:42:55 > 0:42:58you might have been a little more effusive with the eulogy.