0:00:13 > 0:00:17I die at peace, knowing I am innocent of my husband's murder...
0:00:19 > 0:00:22..and that the Lord will wait for me on the other side.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26I have only one request...
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Tell Father Brown I forgive him.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48We thought you might require some sustenance.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Most kind.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57You mustn't let this get to you.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Katherine Corven's execution is a result of my actions.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Oh, poppycock! She's the one who killed her husband.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- That evil witch is getting what she deserves!- Penelope!
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Oh, don't "Penelope" me! You know you feel exactly the same.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Well, it's true... The world will be a safer place without her.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19If you don't mind, I'd like to be alone.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22I would like to pray for her.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24For all the good that'll do.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28PHONE RINGS
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Hello, St Mary's Presbytery.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Yes, it is.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46I see.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Thank you for telling me.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Goodbye.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59They're letting her go.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Miss Hamsley!
0:02:34 > 0:02:36A good, clean shot of Mrs Corven for the front page,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39and a few quotes if possible.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Yes, Mr Gladwell.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50EXCITED CLAMOUR
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Calm!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Thank you all for welcoming me back into civilisation.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I never abandoned hope that the truth would come out.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06How did it come out, Mrs Corven?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Hearing of my imminent execution,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13my husband's murderer finally decided to confess.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16And do you have anything to say to those who locked you up
0:03:16 > 0:03:18for a crime you didn't commit?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21God saved me to do His good work.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Those that wronged me shall answer to Him.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26This way, please.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Mrs Corven, one more thing!
0:03:30 > 0:03:33It was the Corvens' cleaner, Vivienne Hubb.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Apparently Katherine's husband, Bertrand,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39sacked Mrs Hubb over some petty grievance.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42She was left destitute and murdered Mr Corven in revenge.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Why confess now?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Mrs Hubb is old and sick.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49She didn't want to die with it on her conscience.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Or she went doolally.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55We all know Katherine killed her husband.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Mrs Hubb gave a detailed description of the crime,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01beyond anything in the public domain.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Perhaps Mrs Corven coerced her into taking responsibility.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08From her prison cell?! More likely you made a mistake!
0:04:09 > 0:04:14You can't just let that evil woman wander the streets unchecked!
0:04:14 > 0:04:16What if she goes after Father Brown?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19The-powers-that-be have deemed Katherine Corven
0:04:19 > 0:04:23fit to re-enter society, at least until her appeal.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Anyway, I doubt she'll bother you if she's locked away in a convent.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27SHE GIGGLES
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Sorry, I thought you said "convent"!
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Haven't you heard?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Our numbers have dwindled, but we march on.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42We lead simple lives here.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44It's exactly what I wish for.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Is this really what you want?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49After all you've been through, why not take some time...
0:04:49 > 0:04:51I've had plenty of time.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55As a postulant, you would be expected to obey all our rules.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58You'd have to leave the sins of the past behind.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I want to leave the past behind.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05I've made so many mistakes, I've done such foolish things...
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Ah, none of us are without blemish.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09You ask if I'm certain?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Like Ruth, I know the answer.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20"Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24"for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28"and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33"Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God."
0:05:38 > 0:05:43In that case... Welcome to Saint Augustine's!
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Mr Slow.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02No, thank you.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Thought you might need it.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Heard about that bad one being let out.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I've known Viv Hubb For donkey's years.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Fierce tongue, but a murderer? Don't be daft.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19You want to watch your back now that Corven woman's out.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Hell hath no fury, and all that.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24It's not MY back I'm worried about.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Knowing Katherine Corven, she will want to torment me.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33All those I care about are possible targets.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35You care about everyone, Father.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36That's your problem.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40And some may be in greater danger than others.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Oh, here you are, Father!
0:06:42 > 0:06:44You're late for parish council.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Ah, I confess it completely slipped my mind.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Mr Slow. You're looking...
0:06:50 > 0:06:51well.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53And you are shimmering like
0:06:53 > 0:06:55the sunshine on a duck pond, Mrs McCarthy.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Sorry, Father, there's someone here to see you.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Eddie Hamsley, Kembleford Gazette.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Hoping to get an interview about your role
0:07:02 > 0:07:05in the miscarriage of justice involving Katherine Corven.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07What?!
0:07:07 > 0:07:10The only "miscarriage of justice" is that evil woman being released.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Evil? Katherine's the innocent victim of a flawed legal system.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Yet she shows no bitterness. She's quite extraordinary.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Extraordinary, indeed.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Mrs Corven has a particular talent
0:07:22 > 0:07:25for manipulating how she is perceived by others.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Katherine was wronged, Father, by you especially.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It's my duty to tell the world how it happened.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Father Brown's already late for an appointment.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I'm starting to wonder what you have to hide, Father!
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Mrs McCarthy, please make my apologies to the Parish Council.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56I'm going to find out what Katherine is plotting
0:07:56 > 0:07:57before she does any damage.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00And how exactly will you manage that?!
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Do you remember that wardress?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Frances Whittaker. She spent more time with Katherine
0:08:05 > 0:08:08than anybody over the last year or so.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09I'll start with her.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11At least let me come with you.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20About what happened when we went for a walk by the canal...
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Mr Slow, I've told you, I would prefer if that was never,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25ever mentioned again.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Now, if you'll excuse me.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Perhaps she's at work?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46She resigned from the prison.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56I can't see anything. Something's in front of the door.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58We're too late.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Police surgeon reckons she's been dead since late last night.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11The front door was barricaded from the inside.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Back door locked, key in situ.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Windows bolted. No other exit.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17In short, she hanged herself.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Are you sure?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Then there's the empty bottle of Scotch
0:09:21 > 0:09:24and the note in which she confesses her "overwhelming guilt"
0:09:24 > 0:09:27at Katherine Corven's unjust incarceration.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30And you said she left her job?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35She fell in love with another warder. George something...
0:09:35 > 0:09:37She left her husband
0:09:37 > 0:09:40and resigned from the prison service to be with him.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I'm guessing the happy-ever-after didn't last long?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45I believe George went back to his wife.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Nevertheless, to die so soon after Katherine Corven's release...
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Please tell me you're not sullying Katherine's name again, Father?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56No reporters! This is a closed crime scene!
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Then what are they doing here?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Excellent point. All three of you, sling your hooks!
0:10:04 > 0:10:08What'll it take to convince you that Katherine's innocent?
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Not possible. We know her too well.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Out of interest, what convinced you?
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Someone else confessed!
0:10:15 > 0:10:19And I know how men like you love to subjugate strong-minded women.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23You don't know anything about Father Brown!
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Not yet, but I intend to.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Maybe you should know what it's like
0:10:28 > 0:10:31to have your name dragged through the mud!
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Well, she doesn't seem to like priests much.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39So what now?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42I stop postponing the inevitable.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- Katherine.- There's no need to apologise, Father.- Apologise?
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Without my tribulations, I would never have found my true vocation.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05You're not fooling anyone!
0:11:07 > 0:11:11When did you last see your wardress, Frances Whittaker?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Ah, a few months ago. The day she left the prison.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Why? Have you been looking for her?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20She died. Last night.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25Oh, how terrible. Please offer my condolences to her family.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28God is watching you, every moment.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30I pray for it.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34So, you have no knowledge of Frances's death?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I said, Katherine's been at the convent since her release.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Yes.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I know you bore her a grudge.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48I was upset by her cruel treatment of me.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51And her language was terribly coarse, but...
0:11:51 > 0:11:54You murdered her, admit it!
0:11:54 > 0:11:57I've heard enough of your baseless accusations. Please leave.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Not until she tells the truth!
0:12:04 > 0:12:06We'll see ourselves out.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13How is dear old Mrs McCarthy?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16I do hope she's in good health.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Forgive me, I should...
0:12:23 > 0:12:25It's all right. He made up his mind about me long ago.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32There is something I must tell you about Father Brown.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Something I've never told anyone.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Frances Whittaker was found dead this morning.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Good morning. Frances Whittaker?
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Used to be a wardress at Sonning Prison. Suicide.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57I could spice it up by linking it to the Katherine Corven case.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59A woman is dead.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01That isn't something to be "spiced up".
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I'll put together a short obituary.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Yes, Mr Gladwell.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14What do you know about Father Brown?
0:13:14 > 0:13:19That he's a better investigator than both of us put together. Why?
0:13:19 > 0:13:23He's blaming Katherine Corven for Frances Whittaker's death
0:13:23 > 0:13:26even though she couldn't possibly have been involved.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29It's like he's pursuing some personal vendetta.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Hear me out.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Father Brown played an active part in Katherine's original conviction.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36He even testified at her trial.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I recall. I was there. Look, Eddie...
0:13:39 > 0:13:41You've only been here a few weeks
0:13:41 > 0:13:44and you've already managed to upset the butcher on Dowlands Street,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47the tuba player for the marching band and the whole of the WI.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49That art competition was fixed!
0:13:49 > 0:13:51We need proof of any wrongdoing,
0:13:51 > 0:13:53particularly when it comes to the clergy.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Now, I'm sure you have real work to be doing.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57How did your assignment in Hambleston go last night?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Nothing to report.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Shame. Well, you'd better get back to the grindstone.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05PHONE RINGS
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Kembleford Gazette.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Mother Superior?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Even when Katherine gave her consent for me to contact you,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21I was conflicted.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23We value our privacy here
0:14:23 > 0:14:26and I've heard great things about Father Brown.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30But hearing him accuse Katherine of such horrors...
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Katherine told me something that happened to her a while ago.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Before her husband died.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Go on.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44You should hear it directly from her.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49I warn you, it is most distressing.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Oh! Do not sneak up on a body like that, Father!
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Apologies. I was thinking....
0:15:10 > 0:15:13With Katherine Corven at large, perhaps it would be wise
0:15:13 > 0:15:16if we all took... precautions.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Precautions?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I don't wish to alarm you, but she mentioned your name.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25These hands have been kneading dough for more years than
0:15:25 > 0:15:27I care to remember.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30So, they are well able to cope with a young slip of a thing like that!
0:15:32 > 0:15:35At least promise me you'll keep your eyes peeled.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38I promise and I'm sure there's nothing to worry about.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43And maybe, maybe she really has found God.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46I wish I could believe it.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57PHONE RINGS
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- St Mary's Presbytery.- Help!
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Who is this?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- IRISH ACCENT:- Father!
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Mrs McCarthy? Is that you?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15PHONE SLAMS DOWN
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Mrs McCarthy?!
0:16:16 > 0:16:18LINE GOES DEAD
0:16:26 > 0:16:28The Inspector said he'd be here presently, Father.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I just got your message. Have you checked her house?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Not a sign of her.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Perhaps you should go back there, just in case.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40If Katherine's touched one hair on Mrs M's head...
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I was at a dinner party for my mother-in-law's 70th.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Now, you're certain Katherine Corven has kidnapped Mrs McCarthy?
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Or worse.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00I know you think I'm over-reacting...
0:17:01 > 0:17:04I want all officers out looking for her.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- If they've gone home, get them back here.- Yes, sir.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I know we don't always meet eye-to-eye, Padre,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11but if Mrs McCarthy is in danger,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13then we won't rest until we've found her.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Thank you. I know where to start.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23I trust there's an impeccable reason for this intrusion?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Where's Mrs Corven?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Sleeping. Come back tomorrow.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28It can't wait.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30This is a place of sanctuary.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33While that woman is under your roof, none of you are safe.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36We both know you pose more of a threat than Katherine does!
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Him?! - Katherine's told me everything
0:17:38 > 0:17:41and I will not have my postulants dragged from their beds.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43A life is in danger!
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Whatever's the fuss?
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Where is Mrs McCarthy?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- How should I know?- See?!
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Tell the truth!
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Father, I don't have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Everybody satisfied? Good. Now leave.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Unless you wish to end up back in prison...
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- SERGEANT:- Inspector!
0:18:03 > 0:18:04We've found her!
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Is she hurt?
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Not a scratch, Father.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09She was at a meeting for the Festival Committee.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11It overran, apparently.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14That lot never use one word if they can use a hundred!
0:18:15 > 0:18:16What a relief!
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Now that's cleared up, Father, I trust you'll apologise
0:18:20 > 0:18:23to Katherine and then leave the premises immediately!
0:18:35 > 0:18:37I feel responsible.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41I should've stopped that pompous editor from droning on
0:18:41 > 0:18:44about his ideas for next year's Festival.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Are you sure that the phone call couldn't have been a bad dream?
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Well, you have been known to doze off at your desk.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55It was very real.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58It was Katherine's way of discrediting me, and I fell for it.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Sergeant Goodfellow?
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Message from the Mother Superior, Father.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Stay away from Saint Augustine's.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07You're no longer welcome.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Hardly surprising.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Just to say, I don't believe one word, Father.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Oh, not her again.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Father, I've come to offer you a chance
0:19:20 > 0:19:22to tell your side of the story.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23What story would that be?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26The one on the front page of today's Gazette.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28We haven't seen it.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Now leave Father Brown alone, or your only further contribution
0:19:31 > 0:19:35to journalism will be a short paragraph in the obituaries column!
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Please excuse Miss Windermere. We had a disturbed night.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42I heard! Accusing Katherine of all sorts again.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Now everyone will know why, Father!
0:19:48 > 0:19:51"Local priest accused of framing Katherine Corven
0:19:51 > 0:19:54"after she rejected his amorous advances."
0:19:57 > 0:19:59What possessed you to write such tripe?!
0:19:59 > 0:20:01It isn't tripe.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Let me guess - "no comment"?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Mrs M is worried you're not eating.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Thank you, but I'm not hungry.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32She wants to go and see Mr Gladwell, the editor.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Demand he retracts the story.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36The damage is done.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38The only way to discredit Katherine is to prove
0:20:38 > 0:20:41she was involved with Frances's murder.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Any clues?
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Nothing.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I can't work out how someone could hang Frances
0:20:48 > 0:20:50and then get out of this house.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Maybe it was a suicide?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Katherine was responsible.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59And she will not rest until she has got her revenge.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Well, you've been here for hours. Maybe...
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Inspector.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06I should've known!
0:21:08 > 0:21:12When I read that story about you in the Gazette,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I didn't believe a word.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Oh, you're a royal pain in the backside, yes.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22But trying it on with that woman, and then framing her for murder?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- Not you. - Well, I appreciate your...
0:21:26 > 0:21:28But then I got this niggling doubt.
0:21:30 > 0:21:36How come Father Brown always finds some key piece of evidence
0:21:36 > 0:21:38just at the right time?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Because he's a better detective than you?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43OR because he puts it there himself!
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I would never...
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Why not?! You're so sure you've got God on your side.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55You'd simply be making sure the bad guys got their just deserts.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00And with Katherine Corven saying all these...horrible things...
0:22:03 > 0:22:06..I bet you'd be cock-a-hoop to see her back behind bars.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Her incarceration would give me no joy.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10And what WOULD bring you joy?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Her execution?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Is that why you're here?
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Planting evidence to ensure she has a date with the noose after all?
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Of course not!
0:22:20 > 0:22:23I'd understand, believe me!
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Her lies must make you very angry.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35I only wish her to find God's love and repent her sins.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, this once.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Now get out!
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Or I'll throw you in a cell...
0:22:51 > 0:22:53..again.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57I need to go to the prison.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Ask for permission to speak to other prisoners.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- You need to sleep. - Yes, but what if...
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Maybe this is her plan?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05That she sits back and does nothing
0:23:05 > 0:23:07and you chase shadows and drive yourself mad?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Yes. Maybe you're right.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Listen, eat and sleep.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I'll come back in the morning and we'll tackle this with fresh minds.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Yes.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30TWIG SNAPS
0:23:30 > 0:23:32SHE SCREAMS
0:23:32 > 0:23:34PHONE RINGS
0:23:36 > 0:23:38St Mary's...
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Father?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Katherine, if this is another one of your tricks...
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- Father, it's me.- Bunty?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- Father, hang up. Don't listen... - MUFFLED SPEECH
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Bunty!? What's happening?
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Be quiet, Father. Don't interrupt.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Now, I'm sure you've seen the story in the newspaper.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57I love the press, don't you?
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Useful for all sorts of dirty little jobs.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04Anyway, you're going to tell the congregation that the story's true.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07You threw yourself at me in a moment of wild passion
0:24:07 > 0:24:10and, when I refused to succumb, you framed me for murder.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Then, your reputation in tatters,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15you'll announce to your congregation and the bishop
0:24:15 > 0:24:16that you're leaving the priesthood.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Katherine, wait...
0:24:18 > 0:24:21If not, your precious Bunty will die.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Shame - such a pretty thing.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26You have 12 hours.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31Which is more important to you, your vocation or your friend's life?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33LINE GOES DEAD
0:24:34 > 0:24:35What's in it for me?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38We're appealing to your better nature.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I'm 'appy you think I 'ave one.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42You know Viv Hubb,
0:24:42 > 0:24:46the woman who confessed to the murder of Katherine's husband?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49She's locked up. Word is she's refusing all visitors.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52I need you to talk to her family, neighbours,
0:24:52 > 0:24:56anyone who saw her in the few days before Katherine's release.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Find out how Katherine persuaded her to take the blame.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I can try, I suppose.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Thank you, Harold.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05I'll go to Saint Augustine's,
0:25:05 > 0:25:10- I'm afraid you are persona non grata there.- Yes.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14So what'll you be doin', Father, while I'm labourin' on your behalf?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Looking for Bunty.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Katherine must have taken her
0:25:17 > 0:25:19somewhere where she wouldn't be seen.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23a remote farm, abandoned building, that sort of thing.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26In Kembleford? Needle in a haystack.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Yes. But I must try.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Our friend is missing.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36If there is even a chance that Katherine was involved...
0:25:36 > 0:25:39There isn't. She was here the whole time.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42She telephoned Father Brown and...
0:25:42 > 0:25:45The only telephone is here in my office, which is kept locked.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48When did this alleged conversation take place?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50At seven o'clock this morning.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55Katherine was at morning prayers. She was by my side the whole time.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- But...- Father Brown is either mistaken or lying.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Either way, my patience has run out and I will be contacting the Bishop.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08And tell Father Brown to seek forgiveness for his own sins
0:26:08 > 0:26:10and stop accusing others!
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Bad news, Father.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Katherine has an alibi for the time of your telephone conversation.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Then somebody is lying for her.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34It was the Mother Superior herself.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Ah.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Any luck here?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Not yet.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43I've been to the old Corven house
0:26:43 > 0:26:47and the cottage of Katherine's former lover, Raymond Worrall.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Nothing. But I have been thinking...
0:26:51 > 0:26:54What if Katherine has an accomplice?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Someone doing everything on the outside,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59while she sits in the convent pulling the strings?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- Yes, but who?- That I don't know.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Don't suppose the kettle's on?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Please tell us you have found something useful.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12The next-door neighbour reckons Viv had a visit from a young lass
0:27:12 > 0:27:14a few days before she confessed.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Katherine was still in prison.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21Not the bad 'un. I showed them her picture from the paper and they reckoned it was someone else.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23That reporter!
0:27:23 > 0:27:24She arrived at Frances Whittaker's house
0:27:24 > 0:27:26before anyone knew what had happened.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29So you think she might be the accomplice?
0:27:29 > 0:27:33- If it helps, I know where to find her.- Oh.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Looking for something?
0:27:41 > 0:27:45A photograph of Father Brown for my next article.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Our readers want to know all about his wicked ways.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49Speaking of wickedness,
0:27:49 > 0:27:53how did you know so quickly about Frances Whittaker's death?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Accusing me now?
0:27:56 > 0:27:59For your information, I live on the same street.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02I was returning from an all-night assignment
0:28:02 > 0:28:03and saw the police cars outside.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06So you thought you'd come and have a nosey around?
0:28:06 > 0:28:10I'm a reporter. It's what I do.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Say "Cheese"!
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Follow her, please, Mr Slow, and find out where she goes.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21There's a bottle of scotch and a hot meal in it.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23You had me at the Holy Spirit, Father.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34An hour to go.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- Perhaps Blind 'Arry has been waylaid somewhere.- Oh.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40I should get ready for Mass.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45Please tell me you're not going to do what that evil woman asked.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48How do you know she won't kill Penelope anyhow?
0:28:48 > 0:28:50I don't. DOOR BANGS
0:28:50 > 0:28:52At last!
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Harold, is that you?!
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Oh!
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- Happy?! Katherine has left the convent.- When?
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Just now. Said she couldn't find peace there.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06She feared the other sisters believed your lies about her!
0:29:06 > 0:29:07Where did she go?
0:29:07 > 0:29:10She mentioned visiting an old friend.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12You think she'll attend Mass?
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Or she's waiting with Bunty to carry out her threat.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16What threat?!
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Either way, what choice do I have?
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Is there nothing I can say to make you change your mind?
0:29:30 > 0:29:31I fear not.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36Mr Gladwell, have you converted to Catholicism since your divorce?
0:29:36 > 0:29:40We had a tip-off this particular Mass was not to be missed.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44You should be ashamed of yourselves, printing that filth.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48We'd assumed you were dead in some ditch!
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Or possibly just dead drunk.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Did what you asked. Followed that reporter
0:29:52 > 0:29:54back to one of the old paper houses.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57She didn't budge all afternoon till she came 'ere.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Paper houses? So you have been drinking!
0:30:00 > 0:30:02A sip, maybe.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06I was talking about that row of little old houses on Mabel Drive.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08That's what we always called 'em. Paper houses.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Cos they was built by the newspaper company.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Frances lived in Mabel Drive.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17The reporter already told us she lives on the same street.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20This just confirms her story.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Well, this might be my last Mass.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26I probably shouldn't be late.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39THEY MUTTER
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Today, I must depart from my prepared homily
0:30:51 > 0:30:53to talk about a personal matter.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Many of you will have seen the most recent Gazette.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03I'm not sure how to say this...
0:31:03 > 0:31:05BIRD CAWS
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Oh.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10It seems we have a feathered visitor.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Many say a jackdaw in the eaves is an omen of death.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21BIRD CAWS
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Excuse me.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- Hold the fort. - But where are you...?
0:31:33 > 0:31:34THEY MUTTER
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Looking for divine inspiration, Father?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Ah! Harold.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Take these, and find a ladder, please.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Perfect escape route.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Bad news.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59My little bird just told me Father Brown failed in his task.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03MUFFLED SPEECH
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Let's get ready to have some fun, shall we?
0:33:06 > 0:33:07SHE WHIMPERS
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Miss Hamsley? Are you down there?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28God?
0:33:28 > 0:33:29No.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Just one of his humble servants.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Are you going to explain what you were doing in my attic?
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Discovering how Frances's murderer got out of her house
0:33:42 > 0:33:45with the front door barricaded from the inside.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49I wasn't even here that night!
0:33:49 > 0:33:52I remember. On an all-night assignment.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Given to you by your editor, Robin Gladwell, I presume?
0:33:54 > 0:33:58He had me staking out some warehouse in Hambleston.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Total waste of time.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Not for him.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04He used the opportunity
0:34:04 > 0:34:08to gain access to Frances's house through your attic.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Then he murdered her.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15As you rent your house from the newspaper company,
0:34:15 > 0:34:17it would have been easy for him to get hold of a key.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22But, Mr Gladwell?!
0:34:22 > 0:34:24He didn't even know the woman!
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Didn't he?
0:34:26 > 0:34:28I never met his wife.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31At least, I thought I hadn't.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41It appears Whittaker was her maiden name.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45She reverted to it after she left him.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48But why kill her?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Because she left him for another man.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54And because Katherine Corven persuaded him to.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Not this Katherine rubbish again!
0:34:57 > 0:35:01He was there at the original trial.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Every day.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07At first, I thought it was just professional interest,
0:35:07 > 0:35:10but now I think he'd fallen for her.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13A fact she used to manipulate him.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17She convinced him that he could get revenge on his ex-wife
0:35:17 > 0:35:19without ever being caught.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20You're only saying this
0:35:20 > 0:35:22because Katherine has ruined your reputation.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Right now, I couldn't care less about my reputation.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29All I want to do is save my friend. Help me. Please.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Just give me one hour to prove that Katherine is behind all this.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39One hour, or I print a story about you sneaking into my attic
0:35:39 > 0:35:41so you could watch me getting changed!
0:35:41 > 0:35:44I assure you, I never saw a thing.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- Print...- What?- That's it.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53I think I know where she's taken Bunty.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57This building used to house the printing press.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Katherine said it herself -
0:35:59 > 0:36:03"the press - useful for all sorts of dirty little jobs".
0:36:03 > 0:36:07I think it was a clue and I think she wants to be found.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- So it's a trap?- Probably.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Well, if that's the case, perhaps someone should inform the Inspector?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18This one's on the house!
0:36:19 > 0:36:21What are we waiting for then?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Erm, perhaps you should stay here, Mrs McCarthy. Keep guard.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Might be dangerous.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Sometimes you speak complete codswallop!
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Anybody there?
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Penelope?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- FEEDBACK FROM SPEAKER - Father Brown!
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Just in time.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Let Bunty go.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Why would I do that?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Because the police are coming.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56The police?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58For little old me?
0:37:04 > 0:37:07I know you recruited Mr Gladwell, the newspaper editor,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10to kill Frances Whittaker.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12It's possible he did it to please me.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14My Robin is such a devoted bird.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22My guess is you both came here
0:37:22 > 0:37:24the day you were released from prison
0:37:24 > 0:37:29and used the newspaper's recording apparatus so that later,
0:37:29 > 0:37:33Mr Gladwell could kidnap Bunty and deliver your ultimatum to me
0:37:33 > 0:37:38whilst you were surrounded by witnesses at the convent.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Oh, all right, then. I admit it.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Congratulations, Father!
0:37:42 > 0:37:44I knew you wouldn't disappoint me.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46TAPE REWINDS
0:37:47 > 0:37:49You have 12 hours.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Which is more important to you, your vocation or your friend's life?
0:37:52 > 0:37:56By the way, did you like my impression of Mrs McCarthy?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58My Robin kept Mrs McCarthy occupied,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01while I sowed the seed of panic in your mind.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02PHONE RINGS
0:38:04 > 0:38:06St Mary's Presbytery.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Help!
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Who is this?
0:38:09 > 0:38:10- IN IRISH ACCENT:- Father!
0:38:10 > 0:38:14Mrs McCarthy? Is that you?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Mrs McCarthy?!
0:38:16 > 0:38:18THUD
0:38:24 > 0:38:27You speak as though all this were just a game.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Haven't you worked it out yet?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31It is a game!
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Or perhaps we should call it a test.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Just how good are you?
0:38:37 > 0:38:38Open that box on the floor.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46I'm holding one just like it.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48You have 30 seconds to find me and kill me,
0:38:48 > 0:38:51or I'm going to shoot Bunty in the head.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Don't do this.- And... go!
0:38:53 > 0:38:5530 seconds starts now.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57I don't understand.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Why would she give you the chance to kill her?
0:39:00 > 0:39:01To destroy me.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04If I kill Katherine, it's a mortal sin.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08If I let Bunty die, I will live with that on my conscience forever.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09Couldn't have put it better myself!
0:39:09 > 0:39:14To kill or not to kill, that is the question.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16You've already sent me to the scaffold once.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19But are you prepared to pull the trigger yourself?
0:39:19 > 0:39:2220 seconds.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26Right, let's find her.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33They're in here!
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Ten...nine...
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- Do something! - Eight...- I can't take a life.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Even to save one?
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Seven... No closer.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46It's me you want to hurt.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Actually, I'd quite happily hurt both of you. Six...
0:39:48 > 0:39:53- Please, Father!- Five... Such a hypocrite!
0:39:53 > 0:39:55You were quite happy for the hangman do it for you.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57- Four...- Just shoot her.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59- Three...- Don't do this.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01- Two... Stop me.- Father!
0:40:01 > 0:40:03- Please, Father!- One...
0:40:05 > 0:40:06That's not...
0:40:06 > 0:40:07I'll do it!
0:40:10 > 0:40:12What have you done?!
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Penelope!
0:40:23 > 0:40:26So, this was your plan?
0:40:27 > 0:40:30To goad me into shooting my own friend.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Father Brown, the murderer.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Can't blame a girl for trying.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Let me die.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43I have no intention of going back to jail.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Then tell me one thing.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52How did you get Vivienne Hubb to confess to killing your husband?
0:40:56 > 0:41:01One of the less-civilised girls at the cell-block was due for release.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04I got her to deliver a letter to Mrs Hubb
0:41:04 > 0:41:10offering a small fortune for her family if she confessed.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14If she refused, my friend was going to pay a visit to her grandchildren.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17The old bat was dying. She had nothing to lose.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21I said, let me die.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Not until you have sought God's forgiveness.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Dear Father Brown.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Still trying to save me.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Without people like me,
0:41:37 > 0:41:39what's the point of you?
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Katherine! Katherine!
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Get away from her!
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Look what they've done to you.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05What do you mean, what we've done?! I think you'll find...
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Be quiet!
0:42:10 > 0:42:11Fear not, my love.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14I'll get your revenge.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Not today you won't.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Father, help me persuade her to go to the hospital.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Mrs McCarthy's right.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Who knows what she used to knock you out?
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Don't fuss! It's nothing a double gin and tonic won't fix.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Thanks for not shooting me, by the way, Father.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42I think it's fair to say that Father Brown passed the test.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45I'm sorry if I put you in any danger.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48You know perfectly well, I wouldn't have had it any other way.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03The Whittaker family are gathering at The Red Lion.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Yes.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Erm, I asked Harold to come with us, to say thank you for his assistance.
0:43:09 > 0:43:10Mrs McCarthy!
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Hope you don't mind me tagging along?
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Mind? Why ever would I mind?
0:43:15 > 0:43:18A free drink and the company of a beautiful woman?
0:43:18 > 0:43:21I should do God's work more often!
0:43:21 > 0:43:24- Whatever happened between you two...?- Penelope!- I'm sorry.
0:43:26 > 0:43:27What's wrong, Father?
0:43:31 > 0:43:35Without your help, Frances Whittaker would have been declared a suicide.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38She wouldn't have had a proper Catholic burial.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42And as for Katherine... well, you won!
0:43:42 > 0:43:45- Won?- You foiled her plan.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49Katherine wanted to destroy my soul and I wanted to save hers.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51We both lost.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55There isn't a priest alive that could've saved that woman's soul.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58And I, for one, think you're a hero.
0:43:58 > 0:43:59Come on.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10BIRD CAWS