0:00:16 > 0:00:18Enjoying the match, Inspector?
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Inspector Mallory!
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Padre. What do YOU want?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31We were just pondering your sudden interest in bowls.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Are you undercover?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36My secondment's up, and red tape dictates
0:00:36 > 0:00:39I have to apply for my own job.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42It's at this point you say, "Surely a formality?"
0:00:42 > 0:00:46But for the part when asked to describe my involvement
0:00:46 > 0:00:48in the local community,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52preferably something that didn't involve bell ringing, rambling,
0:00:52 > 0:00:57children or any other form of undue exertion...
0:00:57 > 0:00:58And the thing about bowls is...
0:01:01 > 0:01:04..nothing...ever...happens.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10HE GASPS
0:01:43 > 0:01:47My husband, Eric, our chairman.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- Hello there. - Men's skip Roger Frobisher
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and his doubles partner, Shirley Kreiger.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Excuse me, Christina.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58And I think you know our treasurer, Mrs McCarthy.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Inspector, I didn't know you liked bowls!
0:02:01 > 0:02:05I thought it time I got more involved in the local community.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Hear, hear. Welcome on board.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Do you have any experience?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14None whatsoever.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17We welcome all new members from novice to advanced.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Advanced being preferable, however.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22I'm afraid Roger is always this literal.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26For the time being, I'm happy just to watch and learn.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- Mainly watch. - That's the spirit.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33So, let's get you shown around pronto before the opposition arrive.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I say! Who is THAT?!
0:02:42 > 0:02:44MAN SIGHS
0:02:44 > 0:02:48My brother Alec. Visiting for the weekend.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49You never told me you had a brother.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Doubtless because we're more like Cain and Abel
0:02:52 > 0:02:53than Romulus and Remus.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56MISS Shirley Krieger.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Do you like bowls, Mr Frobisher?
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Alec. It just got more interesting.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07You're not at all like Roger.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I can't believe the two of you are brothers!
0:03:18 > 0:03:20APPLAUSE
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Eric Worcester. And you must be Roger's brother.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26That's a very English name for a Pole.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Anglicised the minute I set foot on Blighty.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Didn't want to sound like Johnny Foreigner.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35That was in '48 in the Polish resettlement.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Now my husband is more English than John Bull.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Auschwitz?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Przepraszam.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Oh! You speak Polish?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55I was with the 11th Armoured when we liberated Bergen-Belsen.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58"I'm sorry" were the first words I learned in Polish.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00No others needed, except for...
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- Pomszcze cie. - I shall avenge you.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Gandhi said, "An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind."
0:04:08 > 0:04:13Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16I choose to live in the warmth of the present rather than
0:04:16 > 0:04:17dwell in the cold of the past.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23The English have a saying. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Revenge is the Lord's. He will repay.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30And if there is no God? No Day of Judgment?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Then human justice is all that's left.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Excuse me.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Don't be taken in by him.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49You are strange, Roger. Whatever do you mean?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50What I said.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- I trust you're glad you came. - I am indeed.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Sausage roll?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Oh.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Please don't near me - you know what it does to my chest.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I could do with stretching my legs.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11There's a fine view from the back of the clubhouse.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- I could show you. - What could be more delightful?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19You haven't told me what line of work you're in.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Pen pushing, in the main. I'd much rather talk about you.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Enjoying the game, Inspector?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Inspector Mallory!
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Padre, what do YOU want?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53We were just pondering your sudden interest in bowls.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58- Are you undercover?- My secondment's up, and red tape dictates
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I have to apply for my own job.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15WOMAN SCREAMS
0:06:20 > 0:06:23This is a crime scene! Please move away.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29I didn't know you were into bowls, sir.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Don't you start. Deceased's name is Alec Frobisher.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Garrotted with a thin ligature sometime between 4 and 4.30pm,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39when the place was like Piccadilly Circus.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Anyone could have slipped away and done it.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Plenty of suspects, then.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46A veritable cornucopia. Kembleford versus Little Haydock.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50More than a dozen players plus a dozen spectators.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Everything all right, sir?
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Deputy Commander. Scotland Yard?
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- A dead big cheese. - That's all we need.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Alec Frobisher's file, sir. CID,
0:07:23 > 0:07:27until the war, when he served as Captain in the 11th Armoured Division.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30After Armistice, he transferred to the Military Police
0:07:30 > 0:07:33attached to the War Crimes Commission in Nuremberg till
0:07:33 > 0:07:37discharge in 1948, when he joined Scotland Yard as Deputy Commander.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Don't I know it. Top brass are all over us like a rash
0:07:41 > 0:07:44and thus far we've got sweet Fanny Arkwright to go on.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Anything in the postmortem, sir?
0:07:48 > 0:07:52"Posteriorly the ligature marks appear complex, consistent
0:07:52 > 0:07:56"with the effective application of a garrotte or Spanish Windlass,"
0:07:56 > 0:07:58ie the killer knew what they were doing.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Trained or with a lucky knowledge of anatomy.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03As for the murder weapon...
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Fibres in the wound match the type found in one of these,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11which hardly narrows our options.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Someone ex-military, perhaps? Or a professional kill?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19I mean, he was ex-CID.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21He must have collected a few enemies.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27Statistics, however, tell us the perpetrator is usually someone
0:08:27 > 0:08:30found closer to home.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33He seemed to take his brother's death remarkably calmly.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Maybe he and I should...
0:08:34 > 0:08:37You need to sort out your front desk. Mickey Mouse out there
0:08:37 > 0:08:38didn't know me from Adam.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40And you are?
0:08:40 > 0:08:41DI Ironside from HQ.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45You didn't get the memo?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Clearly not.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50You've managed to get yourselves a very important corpse.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53I've been sent to relieve you of the case.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54On what grounds?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57On the grounds that the investigating officer is,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59A, a witness, B, technically a suspect and, C, we can't afford
0:08:59 > 0:09:02any conflict of interest which may jeopardise a conviction.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Not a moment too soon.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Well, as this appears to be the investigation office,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12you won't mind if I commandeer it.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16This is MY office.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30I should explain, I'm no longer on the case.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35I'm here in a private capacity to offer my condolences
0:09:35 > 0:09:37to a fellow club member.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41As you can see, I am awash with condolences.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43You may as well join the throng.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Were you and your brother close?
0:09:53 > 0:09:57I hadn't seen hide nor hair of him in years.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Until this weekend.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02So his visit was...unusual?
0:10:02 > 0:10:06He had come here to sign some papers regarding our late father's will.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Although affairs that will be much simpler now.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Now?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Well, now I am the sole beneficiary.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22Honestly, Roger, why don't you come right out and say you murdered him?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24He's a policeman, remember?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Off duty.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31We weren't close, but being his only surviving relative,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34his recent demise has left me feeling...
0:10:35 > 0:10:37..unexpectedly alone.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52I was the only member of my family to survive the camp.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54I know that emptiness.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57And then I met Eric.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Swept a fair damsel off her feet.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Brought me here for a new life.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I discovered it only takes two people to make a family.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Ah, my communicants await.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Do excuse me.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28What are you up to, Padre?
0:11:28 > 0:11:29I thought you were off the case.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I won't let some pompous air bag from HQ steal MY thunder.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35So if you have any information, I trust you'll share it.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39IF I have any information, I will do just that.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Talk of the devil!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55I was just saying to Goodfellow,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58word at HQ is you've got yourself a pet priest.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02We'd describe him more as a thorn in the side.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Isn't that right, Sergeant?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Father Brown rather goes with the furniture round here, sir.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Not when I'm in charge.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12And what makes you think there's a vacancy?
0:12:12 > 0:12:17I hear you're headed back north and the inspector's job is up for grabs.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20You've heard wrong. I've decided to reapply.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Like I said. Up for grabs.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- What can I do for you, Father?- Ah, good morning, Sergeant Goodfellow.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46May I speak with Inspector Ironside?
0:12:46 > 0:12:50I think I have some information on the Frobisher case.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Father Brown would like a word about the Frobisher case, sir.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I believe I have pertinent information...
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Let's start as we mean to go on.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Unlike OTHERS,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I'm capable of doing my job without the help of the local Miss Marple.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12And you should know better.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- Now, get him out, and leave the detecting to me.- Sir.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I'll have you know, flower arranging was one of the few things
0:13:25 > 0:13:28I excelled at in finishing school. Along with skiing.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30And getting expelled.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Where is he?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- HE has a name. - I believe the Padre has information.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40But as you're here, Miss Windermere, perhaps YOU can enlighten me.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43I assume it has something to do with yesterday's antics?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I thought you were off the case.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Off the case and out of here, if my replacement solves it first.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Oh, surely not.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Wile E Coyote has his eye on my job.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59The thing is... we seem to have taken seed here.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02The missus has joined the WI,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05John's out climbing trees with the Cubs
0:14:05 > 0:14:09and the air's done wonders for Janet's chest after her TB.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Bless the child.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14And my golf handicap is down to 19.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17I wish you wouldn't do that.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Am I to understand that YOU are asking for our help?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30The day before the match,
0:14:30 > 0:14:35Miss Windermere volunteered to help me deliver the parish magazines.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I can assure you, there was nothing voluntary about it.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Will you come and watch the match tomorrow?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Bowls is hardly my cup of tea.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Although I would have been curious to meet the mysterious Shirley.
0:14:48 > 0:14:54There is nothing mysterious about Shirley. She's my doubles partner.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Well, then, the mystery is why her name crops up so very frequently.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Don't pray tell my big bro has finally shown
0:15:01 > 0:15:03an interest in the opposite sex.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Ah, Roger, there you are. Oh, and this must be your brother.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I heard you were visiting.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Parish magazine? You can see the delights Kembleford has to offer.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I trust you will be attending our bowls semifinals?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Bowls is hardly my brother's cup of tea.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I think I will come, after all.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Well, I'm sure you won't regret it.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Now, Roger, tell me about your dark desires.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Not as intense as usual...
0:15:32 > 0:15:35He was talking about his roses!
0:15:35 > 0:15:38So he changed his mind about going to a bowls match?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40We hadn't finished.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46I saw him scribble something in his notebook...
0:15:47 > 0:15:50..then tear out a page from the parish magazine.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56He pocketed it and then disposed of the rest.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58I can hardly blame him.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01And where is it now?
0:16:01 > 0:16:05A witness statement which describes you as running from the crime scene
0:16:05 > 0:16:09"in a tizzy" shortly before the body was discovered.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Would you care to explain?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I wouldn't. No.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15It's not a request, madam.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- Miss.- So, unless you'd rather do this down at the station?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23I took Alec to see the view at the back of the clubhouse.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30And we were chatting - perfectly pleasantly, I thought - when he...
0:16:31 > 0:16:33You take your time, miss.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37..made inappropriate advances.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Sexual advances? And what did you do?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I was upset, naturally, and resisted.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Naturally.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Then I returned to the game.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Now, if you've quite finished with this intrusive
0:16:55 > 0:16:57line of questioning, I'm due for work.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I'm Theatre Sister at the cottage hospital
0:16:59 > 0:17:01and my shift starts at 11.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Far be it from me to keep the sick waiting.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12A theatre nurse. I'll bet she knows her anatomy.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Why did you lie?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21It's obvious Alec wouldn't find you attractive.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26If you're just going to insult me...
0:17:26 > 0:17:28I'm not insulting you.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30I know what Alec was like.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34And why you'd baulk at admitting the truth.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38You want to know the truth?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Very well.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46It is indeed a lovely view.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Perhaps you'll be tempted back to Kembleford.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51As it turns out, far more interesting than I imagined.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54I'm often in London.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Perhaps we could meet for lunch in an exhibition?
0:17:58 > 0:18:04I fear you've mistaken social niceties for...something else.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06But you implied...
0:18:06 > 0:18:07You inferred.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09To be clear,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I have no interest in forming any further attachment with you.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Oh!
0:18:15 > 0:18:17SHE SOBS
0:18:20 > 0:18:26Right then, I'm going to get dressed and get to work.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29CLOCK CHIMES
0:18:30 > 0:18:34You think one of them sent him haring off to a bowls match?
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Well, except for his own brother, Roger, obviously.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41This note and page weren't found on his body or in his possession,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43so what did he do with them?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45We think he posted them.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47And you know this how?
0:18:47 > 0:18:51He missed the last collection, but the Post Office is open
0:18:51 > 0:18:55until five o'clock, and Vera Clam is the most terrible gossip.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58That's quite enough from you, madam.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- I never uttered a word. - Yes, but I know that look.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Anyway, Vera distinctly remembers Alec coming in, buying a stamp
0:19:05 > 0:19:08and handing a letter in at the counter.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12It's a shame she doesn't remember where it was going.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17Because it isn't often she receives a letter to...the War Office.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21You HAVE been busy, and now I suppose you're going to tell me
0:19:21 > 0:19:23what was in this letter.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26We were hoping YOU could help us with that.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17"H, long time, no see.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19"Out of loop.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23"Sending you for ID.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28"S blank E, space... Teufel.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34"See Teufel finally brought to justice."
0:20:36 > 0:20:38So, who's this Teufel?
0:20:38 > 0:20:43It's German for "devil". "See devil finally brought to justice."
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Oh!
0:20:45 > 0:20:49A German devil of interest to the War Office.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Something to share, Inspector?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Before Scotland Yard, Alec Frobisher was attached
0:20:56 > 0:20:58to the War Crimes Commission in Nuremberg.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Oh, a Nazi hunter, how thrilling!
0:21:01 > 0:21:06In which case, only one person fits the bill.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08He was in the Polish Free Army.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12We only have his word for that. Perhaps he and I should HAVE a word.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16He is the local dentist. His wife teaches catechism class!
0:21:16 > 0:21:19You can't just barge in and accuse upstanding members
0:21:19 > 0:21:22of the community of war crimes.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Drop it into conversation and see his reaction.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27It's an old coppers' trick.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Have you forgotten you're off the case, Inspector?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Which is why you're coming with me.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I'm sure you can find us a pretext.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I'd be happy to help.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- The Padre thought a wreath would be an appropriate gesture.- Ah.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Rum business. Ten bob do you?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00A policeman, you know.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Maybe some criminal lowlife with a score to settle.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Prior to Scotland Yard,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09he was with the War Crimes Investigation Unit in Nuremburg.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13I believe the common parlance is Nazi hunter.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16That figures. Criminals or Nazis -
0:22:16 > 0:22:19it's all the same line of work.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Maybe this lowlife was a war criminal?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25In Kembleford? That WOULD be a thing.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Forgive me, but that scar on your arm?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Oh...
0:22:30 > 0:22:34This? Just an old shrapnel wound.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Only... it looks like a burn scar.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41I'm not sure of the point of your question.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43He's not the only one.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Well, the SS had their blood group
0:22:49 > 0:22:51tattooed on the inner arm.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55After the war for fear of reprisal, many had it removed.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Often by burning.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04You must tell them the truth, Eric.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- KNOCK AT DOOR - Yes?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Those criminal records checks, sir, threw up a result.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Let's bring 'em in, Sergeant.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Sir.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33When the Nazis invaded our country, I was designated Volksdeutsche...
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Pure German.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Only by ancestry. I was born a Pole and a patriot.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Still, they gave me Hobson's choice.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Conscription in the SS or execution.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50You admit you were in the SS?
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Only a foot soldier. Cannon fodder for the Eastern Front.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59When I was captured, the British gave me another choice.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Sit out the war a prisoner, or fight for my country.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07The Polish medal of valour on his chest. That's the truth.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I-I-I killed, like any soldier.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Under orders, in the heat of battle.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19I swear to God, I never killed in cold blood or was party to atrocity.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Why would this man be interested in Eric?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Oh, where are your pills?
0:24:27 > 0:24:30You shouldn't have come here. Raking up the past.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Go now, before you do any more damage.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Thank you.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55She's right. Why would Alec Frobisher be hunting a foot soldier?
0:24:55 > 0:24:59You know your problem, Padre? You're too trusting.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Always wanting to see the best in people.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04What do we really know about the man,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07except for the fact Eric Worcester isn't his real name?
0:25:11 > 0:25:16My practice is ruined. They will cross the street to avoid me.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Or maybe they will understand.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Not everyone is as forgiving as you.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Alone we have survived far worse. Together we can survive anything.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31You still believe in me?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33You know I do.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41In 1938, while working as a book-keeper in Lewisham,
0:25:41 > 0:25:42you committed embezzlement
0:25:42 > 0:25:45and received a six-month sentence in Holloway.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46I only borrowed the money.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48They all say that.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50I was behind with my rent.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55They found out before I could pay it back.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58They decided to make an example of me.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03During the war, you volunteered for the Queen Alexandra Nursing Corps.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04When asked the question,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07"Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence?" you ticked "no".
0:26:07 > 0:26:11I lied so I could serve my country.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15At the time of your conviction, Alec Frobisher was with Lewisham CID.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Did you come across each other?
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Of course not.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21I think he recognised a convicted felon
0:26:21 > 0:26:24and, fearing exposure, you panicked and killed him.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27No!
0:26:27 > 0:26:29No!
0:26:29 > 0:26:33War Office Records. Polish section.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Thank you for your assistance.
0:26:49 > 0:26:55- PHONE RINGS - Kembleford Police. ..Mrs Worcester, try and stay calm.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Have you touched the body?
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Don't disturb anything, and I'll get someone there as soon as possible.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06He said he was going to mow the lawn,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09so I took the dogs for a walk in the woods...
0:27:09 > 0:27:11And when I got back...
0:27:12 > 0:27:16"I killed Frobisher. To spare my wife further suffering.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19"May God have mercy on me."
0:27:20 > 0:27:21This isn't the man I knew.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23He deceived us all.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26I'm afraid I can't move the body until the police surgeon
0:27:26 > 0:27:28has examined him.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30What are YOU doing here?
0:27:30 > 0:27:34Solving your case, it seems. Frobisher's murderer.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36It's a long story, but I'll be sure to fill you in.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I'll take it from here.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40I attended a call on a suicide.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42I think you'll find it's my jurisdiction.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Pertaining to a case on which I am Investigating Officer.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Your presence is extraneous to requirements.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I'm so sorry.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52And you can take him with you!
0:27:52 > 0:27:55I need to do my job, like you.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Are you still here?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25..and a whisky chaser. Make it a double.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30The road to ruin.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32I'm ruined already.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Ironside stole my collar.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Job's as good as his.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Eric Worcester did not write that suicide note.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44And you know this because?
0:28:44 > 0:28:46He's a bell ringer.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50It's like a fog has lifted...!
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Certain letters in the note were less heavily inked.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57As, Gs, Rs, Ws.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Which would point to a weakness in the left hand.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03- So?- At bell ringing practice last night,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Eric's grip was in fine fettle.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59They come from the same hand.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Did you kill your husband?
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I loved Eric.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12The man you thought he was, not the man Alec Frobisher hunted.
0:30:13 > 0:30:18After you and the Father left, I saw the fear in his eyes.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21He knew he was discovered.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26And I realised the man who shared my bed
0:30:26 > 0:30:32was no different from those who slaughtered my family like cattle.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33You still believe in me?
0:30:33 > 0:30:36You know I do.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46I drugged him before shooting him.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50It was a better death than he deserved.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53You could have come to the police.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Let him hang for his crimes.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Give him time to repent? My way is far crueller.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04He died unshriven, without opportunity to atone.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08And will burn in hell for all eternity.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12If it were up to me,
0:31:12 > 0:31:15you'd go unpunished for your vengeance.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17You'd be willing to say nothing?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23I've cooked sandwiches
0:31:23 > 0:31:26and delivered magazines and flower arranged...
0:31:26 > 0:31:28But this is a step too far!
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Your aunt was District Commissioner.
0:31:31 > 0:31:37Attending jamborees and handing out prizes in a well-tailored uniform
0:31:37 > 0:31:40is a far cry from being Assistant Akela to the 2nd Kembleford.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43You might get something out of it.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Out of being in charge of a pack of feral male children?!
0:31:46 > 0:31:47They are good boys.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52Not after I'VE been near them. I will teach them rugby songs
0:31:52 > 0:31:55and how to smoke cigarettes, and I'll give them whisky.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59A little...she-devil, that's what you are!
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Never assume, Brown.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18No, sir.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Inspector!
0:32:26 > 0:32:29I'm a step ahead of you, Padre. SHE wrote the suicide note.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32Poor soul discovered she married a monster
0:32:32 > 0:32:35and then, I'm sorry to say, she killed him.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38I'm sorry to keep you. I wasn't sure what I'd need.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40My advice is tell the truth.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47After what you suffered at the likes of him,
0:32:47 > 0:32:51there isn't a jury in the land that would convict you.
0:32:51 > 0:32:52I wouldn't be so sure.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56You killed Alec Frobisher too, didn't you?
0:32:56 > 0:32:59And I fear that was just the start.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02The start of what?
0:33:02 > 0:33:03GUN COCKS
0:33:19 > 0:33:20Are you going to enlighten me?
0:33:22 > 0:33:28Alec's devil was a woman. "Sie Teufel" - German for "she-devil".
0:33:28 > 0:33:30No talking.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33I don't know about you, but I'm not liking the look of those spades.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Stop!
0:33:57 > 0:33:58Dig.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06If I'm about to dig my own grave,
0:34:06 > 0:34:10the least I deserve is the courtesy of an explanation.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11The tattoo was a masterstroke.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17People are blind. They never look beyond the obvious.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19She wasn't even in Auschwitz?!
0:34:19 > 0:34:21I think she was.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23But not a prisoner.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26When we knew the Soviets are coming,
0:34:26 > 0:34:30I had an inmate do it as...insurance.
0:34:30 > 0:34:35From perpetrator to victim in a few strokes of ink.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Just another survivor of the camps.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42One of the dispossessed for whom no explanation was necessary.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Until Alec Frobisher recognised you as a wanted criminal.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50He was arrogant. Couldn't resist letting me know.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55The English have a saying. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Revenge is the Lord's. He will repay.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02And if there is no God? No Day of Judgment?
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Then human justice is all that's left to us.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10It was risky but I had nothing to lose.
0:35:14 > 0:35:20Might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb, as Eric would say.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Did he know what he was married to?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Eric was a fool.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32A lovable one, but a fool nonetheless.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34It didn't stop you murdering him.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38You deduced Frobisher was on someone's trail
0:35:38 > 0:35:41and Eric's past made him expedient.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48It's regrettable. We were happy here.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54You ARE capable of remorse. There is hope for your soul yet.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00You've had your explanation. Now dig.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09It was hideous, Roger.
0:36:09 > 0:36:14You shouldn't have lied about Alec. It made you look guilty.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17It was that or admit humiliation to all and sundry.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18Scratch the surface,
0:36:18 > 0:36:21and Alec had a cruel streak which he usually reserved for me.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24And in this case someone cl...
0:36:25 > 0:36:28..close to me.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32I'd hardly say we were close.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Well, given the disproportionate amount of our free time
0:36:35 > 0:36:37we spend together.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42It would have amused him to reel you in and then throw you back.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03- No stopping.- So shoot me!
0:37:03 > 0:37:06I'll be dead, and you can dig your own damn hole.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09At least let a man have a last smoke.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Do you really think you'll get away with this?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24I doubt even your police are THAT incompetent.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28But by the time they find you, I'll be long gone.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33How many did you kill? Hundreds? Thousands?
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Protecting the homeland from its internal enemies.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Your enemies were women and children, the sick and the infirm?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Burdens on the Fatherland.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49The fight against those in the camps was as important for the Reich
0:37:49 > 0:37:51as the battles at the front.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53You still hide evil behind ideology.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59The victor will always be the judge and the vanquished the accused.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05There is only one judge that you need -
0:38:05 > 0:38:08fear! BIRDS FLAP
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- SHE GROANS - Run!
0:38:12 > 0:38:14I AM running!
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- Did you have a better plan?!- I only said I thought it was foolhardy!
0:38:25 > 0:38:26What would you have done?
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Pray for the wrath of Jehovah to strike her down?!
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Inspector Mallory? Inspector Mallory? On your feet.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- We have to get away from here. - Leave me.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Well, that wouldn't be very comradely, would it?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52We are not and never have been comrades.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Now, go before she gets here and kills us both.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59I'm afraid he missed his chance. On your knees.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02On your knees!
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Just promise me there's a hell and she will burn in it.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09There is no mercy for those who reject His grace.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12I pity and fear for you in equal measure.
0:39:16 > 0:39:22Ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36She's dead.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38BIRDS CALL
0:39:44 > 0:39:48So, she was about to shoot you, Father Brown started ranting
0:39:48 > 0:39:52in Latin... At which point she dropped down dead.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Are you sure you want that on record, sir?
0:39:55 > 0:39:57I'm just telling it how it happened.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Yes, but put like that, it sounds rather like Father Brown
0:40:01 > 0:40:02called on God to strike her down
0:40:02 > 0:40:04and, well, he obliged.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I wouldn't put anything past him.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Cyanide poisoning.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13It seems the tattoo wasn't the only insurance
0:40:13 > 0:40:18she took against capture - she had a false tooth fitted with a cyanide
0:40:18 > 0:40:22capsule inside and it broke when she fell. The poison leaked out.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28I told you there'd be a rational explanation.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Well, according to the War Office, her real name was Gerda Frick.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Former SS Oberaufseherin at Auschwitz.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Wanted for murder and crimes, and atrocities against the laws
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- of humanity.- Then isn't it a shame you allowed her to evade justice?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44She died without making her peace with God,
0:40:44 > 0:40:47so she faces the most dreadful justice of all.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50I believe the statutory sentence is eternal life in the fires of hell.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Seems you got lucky.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59There was nothing lucky about it. Just good old-fashioned police work.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02That's exactly what the Chief Constable said when he phoned, sir.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Oh, and he mentioned he hadn't received your reapplication,
0:41:05 > 0:41:08but wanted to reassure you it's purely a formality.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Thank you, Goodfellow.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13Are you still here?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Did the Chief Constable really say that?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28I may have read between the lines a bit,
0:41:28 > 0:41:30but I'm sure that's roughly the gist, sir.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33It's good to know you've got my back, Sergeant.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Well, as they say, sir, better the devil you know.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54I was thinking on what you said.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58And for two people who spend as much time together as you claim...
0:41:58 > 0:42:02I calculate it averages at 11.5 hours per week,
0:42:02 > 0:42:06- which, over a year... - Yes, thank you, Roger.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Apropos on which it struck me
0:42:10 > 0:42:13that we never meet anywhere else but...here.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18There's a new Arthur Miller on in London if you'd like to see it?
0:42:20 > 0:42:23With YOU?
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Yes, Roger, with me.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31I have a great affinity for Arthur Miller, as it happens.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37I should inform you in advance
0:42:37 > 0:42:39that I have a criminal record.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43It seems we'll have a lot more to talk about
0:42:43 > 0:42:45than just theatre and bowls.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Not playing today, Inspector?
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Sadly, as it happens, I only came to offer my resignation.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03A sudden outburst of tennis elbow. Isn't that right, Inspector?
0:43:03 > 0:43:06And with you so keen to get involved in the local community.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09Bell ringing's out of the question too, before you suggest it.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Oh, I'm sure Mrs M can find you a vacancy.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15She's very good at getting people involved.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19Come to think of it, the Cubs have just lost their assistant Akela.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- I hardly think... - Oh, don't vex about your elbow.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24It's the legs you need worry about.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27They are a lively bunch, but I expect you know that from John.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31Oh, and a whistle is provided.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Mrs McCarthy, your wood.
0:43:33 > 0:43:34Oh, that's me.
0:43:34 > 0:43:39I'll be sure to tell Akela to expect you Wednesday evening.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41Seven o'clock sharp at the village hall.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48- BOTH:- Dyb, dyb, dyb.