0:00:03 > 0:00:05It's only temporary -
0:00:05 > 0:00:06a stepping stone.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08We've been unlucky...
0:00:08 > 0:00:09You'll always be my girl.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11AIR RAID SIREN WAILS
0:00:13 > 0:00:15I thought you were on duty.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Enforced break.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18After 24 hours it's mandatory.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:00:22 > 0:00:24I saw you with me own two eyes.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26I don't want you touching me ever again.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29I met some smashing people, Ethel.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31I think you'll like them.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32You're very pretty.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Reg was telling me he trained to be a doctor.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37SHE CHUCKLES
0:00:37 > 0:00:39I saw the way you looked at her, Reg.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40She's not one of the ones you pay for.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42You keep a wide berth or I'll...
0:00:42 > 0:00:44I'll ring his bloody neck.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I haven't seen her since the last time you were here.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50She said something about coming to see you.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52That looks like Muriel's coat.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54It's mine.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Is she pretty, Reg?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Hard to say from this angle.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Well, you keep your bloody hands to yourself.
0:01:10 > 0:01:16This programme contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26KNOCKING ON DOOR
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Oh, you're back again, are you?
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Yes, Mr Christie. We are.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Check in here. Check the next room. Two men round there.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59And check the cellar.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08HE SHRIEKS
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Guv, round here.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Whoo!- Woo!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08THEY LAUGH
0:03:08 > 0:03:11# My Bonnie lies over the ocean... #
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Careful!
0:03:12 > 0:03:14# My Bonnie lies over the sea... #
0:03:14 > 0:03:16See how thin these walls are, Beryl?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18I'll need to see about that.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20What are you doing?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23We don't want all and sundry knowing our business, do we?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Oh, and what've we got to hide?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27It's a good job we won't be here long.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Tim. Tim!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37What?!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41What?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45What've we got here, then?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Two careful owners, just a few miles on the clock...
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Bodywork's in need of a bit of polish...
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Mm.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Full service, was it?
0:03:57 > 0:03:58THEY LAUGH
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Come here.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Tim. Tim Evans.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Windsor.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Windsor?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Well, last time I was up Windsor was a job for the castle.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18They see the van, mistake me for a groundsman.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20The next thing, they're on about
0:04:20 > 0:04:22a bulge in the turf that's interfering with the King's croquet.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25So, I went over, flattened it with the sole of my shoe.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- He was so pleased, he gave me his ball. And his bat.- Mallet.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- You what?- You play croquet with a mallet, Tim.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Get a move on, Evans.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- All right, Adler. - I'm all right.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52LABOURED FOOTSTEPS
0:04:54 > 0:04:57CHRISTIE PANTS
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Er, are you after something?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Just thought I'd go over a few house rules.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Reginald Christie.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Been on the ground floor for ten years now.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- I'm Beryl.- Oh...
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Good evening, Mrs...?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Evans. We're not long married, Mr Christie.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Could do with some privacy.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Oh, you'll have no concerns on that front.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I was in the police force, decorated, in fact.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Left due to injuries sustained in the Great War.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27I was a doctor on the front.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28A doctor?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31My uncle's a doctor.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Yeah, travels the world, he does - healing the sick,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36stitching up heads, princes and all sorts.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37What's his name?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Oh, it's a big world, I doubt you'd know 'im.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Er...so...
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Oh, er...
0:05:53 > 0:05:56It's a bit on the small side, isn't it?
0:05:56 > 0:05:57The print, I mean.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04I'll summarise, if I may. "Visitors should be kept to a minimum.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07"None after ten o'clock of the evening...
0:06:07 > 0:06:11"Use of the lavatory is restricted to seven in the morning
0:06:11 > 0:06:13"till ten at night...
0:06:13 > 0:06:16"Unfortunately, there'll be no use of the back yard..."
0:06:16 > 0:06:18No use at all?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Exclusive domain of the ground-floor flat, I'm afraid.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Well, we're on the list for a new-build, Mr Christie.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Inside WC.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Oh, that's a touch unhygienic for me, I'm afraid.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Well, we'll not be here long.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Well, rules are rules - the length of tenure is irrelevant.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Well, thanks ever so much, Mr Christie.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40We've never had a place on our own,
0:06:40 > 0:06:42so it'll be nice to know you're keeping an eye out.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Won't it, Tim? - Yeah, I suppose so.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48You'll have no trouble from us, Mr Christie, I promise.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Mrs Christie?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Tim.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Can you listen out for Geraldine? Beryl's not back yet.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Has she been fed? Only, I've got Mr Christie's tea to make.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Yeah. She'll be off in no time.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08- Tim?- Mm?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10It's Friday, Tim.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Is it?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13The rent man.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Tell him I'll see him next week.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Reg told him that last week.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20And he says you're a month in arrears...
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I'll sort it, Mrs Christie, don't worry, yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- Right... - See you.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50'Billy's Dance is 50-1 - the rank outsider - and your
0:07:50 > 0:07:53'Dad's got his wages on him.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55'Now it's the second-to-last lap.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59'The rider slips his stirrup. Billy stumbles.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01'But he keeps coming, hoofing the hard ground - '
0:08:01 > 0:08:04squeezing past at the finish to take the race.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06The crowd go wild!
0:08:08 > 0:08:09I go wild.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15I swear to God, as he crosses the line, that horse looks up at me
0:08:15 > 0:08:17and...smiles.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Just like you. Well, then, let's get you to bed.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29There we go. Stay there.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31BABY GURGLES
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Hiya. Where the hell have you been?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Come on, what you waiting for?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40SHE GIGGLES
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Where have you been? Oh...
0:08:43 > 0:08:45It wasn't my fault, it was the girls.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47The girls? Which girls?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49KNOCKING
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Evening.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53He never lets me out. Not since I've had the baby.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Did you follow me home, Mr Christie?
0:08:59 > 0:09:03No, no, no, I was just on my way back, as it happens.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04BABY CRIES
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Beryl...?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Tim, I was wondering if we could have a little talk?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Do you want to go and see to Geraldine?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Go on, she's been waiting all night for you. That's it.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Come on. That's it.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31There's no easy way to say this, Tim...
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Well, say it quick cos I need to get to bed.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36It's... probably not as bad as it looks.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39What do you mean?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Your Beryl.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44She was seen, Tim.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49If you're worried, I could ask
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Mrs Christie to have a little word with her...
0:09:53 > 0:09:55She knows what it means to be a wife, Tim.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Yeah, well, thanks, Mr Christie. That'd be nice of her.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Goodnight, Tim.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23If I catch you out with another bloke...
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I already told you, it wasn't me.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27What do I need ANOTHER bloke for?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I don't want you going out with that Lucy Endecott again.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31She's clever - Lucy.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Clever?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Yeah. She doesn't rush into things...
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Beryl...
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Beryl. You've got responsibilities now.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42BABY GURGLES
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Where you going?
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Who was it said they saw me?
0:10:48 > 0:10:49SHE CHUCKLES
0:10:49 > 0:10:53And your uncle's isn't a doctor - he works down the garage.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Beryl!
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Morning, Beryl.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Sorry about the noise last night, Mrs Christie.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03That's all right, love, I thought you were
0:11:03 > 0:11:05a burglar, coming in at that hour.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13DOOR CLOSES
0:11:13 > 0:11:16I just wanted to say thanks. To you and Mr Christie.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19It's no bother, she's a sweet baby.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21No, no, I mean about Beryl.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Beryl?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Yeah, Mr Christie said you'd talk some sense into her.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30How's the patient this morning? Sore head?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Tim was just telling me about Beryl.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Oh.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35If it's no bother, Mrs Christie...?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37No, it's no bother.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40We'll have her match-fit in no time. Won't we, Ethel?.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01> See you upstairs, Ted.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08About bloody time.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Sorry, boss.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Well, you're here now. Paddington Basin.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Just as I've shown you.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Beryl. Mrs Christie.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42What's...? Who's put that there?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Ah, Tim. I've replaced it, so...
0:12:51 > 0:12:52On loan, as it were.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Well, thanks, Mr Christie. That's kind of you.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58And your lights went out,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00so I popped a couple of shillings in the meter.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- Well, I haven't got anything.. - No. No...
0:13:03 > 0:13:05As and when you can.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33All right, Mum?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39What are you after?
0:13:39 > 0:13:40What?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Couple o' bob. It's the baby.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50You know what she's like, she doesn't stop eating.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53It's just till the weekend.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54It is the weekend.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00It's Beryl, Mum.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02I give her five pound a week and she still can't make ends meet...
0:14:02 > 0:14:05She got a new pair of shoes just the other day!
0:14:05 > 0:14:07She's had it hard, your Beryl...
0:14:07 > 0:14:10No mother, no schooling, no church.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13She's doing a fine job, all things considered.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Well, you're not married to her.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16And you're not having another penny off me
0:14:16 > 0:14:18till you stop bad-mouthing her.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25All right.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28See you.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11BABY CRIES
0:15:12 > 0:15:14What's going on?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17What?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21I'm not having any more?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Any more?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28How long have you known?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32BABY BAWLS
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Doesn't matter, I'm not keeping it.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Why didn't you tell me?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49What's wrong with you? We're married.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51It's what married people do.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54You think you're too good for this, don't you?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56You think you're too good for me.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59What is it you want, Beryl?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03You waiting for something special or what?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07You get rid of it, you'll have rid of me.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12All right, then...
0:17:00 > 0:17:02WOMAN COOS TO BABY
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Yes! Oh, here he is.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Not for much longer.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10New job! De Havilland's, isn't it?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11That's right.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13First thing Monday, I'm on a plane to Europe.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Europe? Whereabouts in Europe?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18They weren't specific.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Hadn't you better find out?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29DOOR BANGS
0:17:29 > 0:17:31I tell you what, it's over.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34We're finished - and I'll tell you something - it's the best day
0:17:34 > 0:17:35of my life.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38There's a girl at work who's caught my eye.
0:17:39 > 0:17:4218. Stunner, know what I mean?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44'A real looker, you know.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47'But here's the bit I never would've guessed - you see, her dad
0:17:47 > 0:17:50'owns the company, so she's, you know,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53'what she is, she's one of those...'
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Go on, son, top it up. Go on, son.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58'That's it!'
0:18:37 > 0:18:39What does he look like?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41LAUGHTER
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Oh, yeah.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51- Tim.... - Left the baby, have you?
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- Mrs Christie's looking after her. - Where have you been, who've you been out with?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- Just Lucy. - Just Lucy! Come here, I'll give you a good bloody hiding!
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Get off me!- Come here!- Get off me! You're a liar, Tim Evans.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04You've got no job with de Havilland's - I spoke to them
0:19:04 > 0:19:06this morning - they've never even heard of you!
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Yeah? Who told you that? Come here. Where you going to go?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- Come here. - You're a liar.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- You're a liar. Admit it! - Shut up. Shut Up!
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Lies and make-believe. And you wonder why I don't want another one?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Shut up! One more word... One more word...
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Come on. That's enough!
0:19:23 > 0:19:26It's that brother of yours. Accusing me about that bloody watch.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29His own brother-in-law. That's why I can't get a better job.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31You deserve everything you got.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35GLASS SHATTERS
0:19:35 > 0:19:37BABY CRIES
0:19:42 > 0:19:43I'm sorry.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Why do you feel you have to lie, Tim?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56The job - just admit you made it up.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01All right.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I haven't got a job with de Havilland's.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07It's...
0:20:07 > 0:20:10It's all stories.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11All of it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Are you happy?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Don't go.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It'll be all right, Tim.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12I'm not a bad 'un, am I, Mr Christie?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- No. - Well, that's what she thinks!
0:21:17 > 0:21:20No, no.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Women need to be handled with care, Tim.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Whenever Mrs Christie isn't feeling herself,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I find that
0:21:34 > 0:21:37a small act of kindness does the trick.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46You'll be all right, Tim. You'll be all right.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Cup of tea?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02You come in when you're ready.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41- Oh.- Tim.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45I've been informed that the builders will be starting work on the front
0:22:45 > 0:22:48of the house today.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I thought you should know.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Oh, thanks, Mr Christie.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58And, er, I suggest that you keep your valuables under lock and key.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Mr Christie...?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04That's nice, it's, er, it's new, is it?
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Yeah, belongs to a friend. Keeping it for his aunt.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Is that right?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Fit for a king, isn't it, Beryl?
0:23:26 > 0:23:27It's very nice.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Second one's easier, love, trust me.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Oh, look at that.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Be careful you don't scratch it!
0:23:44 > 0:23:46I'll keep an eye.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02I'd be a surgeon now -
0:24:02 > 0:24:04if it wasn't for the war...
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Oh, yeah.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Is, er, is everything all right, Mr Christie?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I'll come right to the point, Tim...
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Ethel and I are worried.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17About what?
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Your Beryl.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23She's intent on getting rid of the baby.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27The method that she's entertaining, it-it, it won't work.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31There might be consequences.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33What are you talking about?
0:24:33 > 0:24:38The establishment that she means to visit, off Praed Street, it's...
0:24:38 > 0:24:41(You don't want her going down there, Tim.)
0:24:42 > 0:24:48In my policing days I witnessed some terrible scenes down there.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Oh, but she's having it... The baby.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51She's having it, Mr Christie.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Women know their own minds, Tim, and their bodies.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01If your Beryl wants to wait a few years, perhaps it's for the best.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Now...
0:25:07 > 0:25:11I have helped couples in...
0:25:11 > 0:25:16similar situations...Tim.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17What is it?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20It's all about the human body.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Male and female.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26What does it say?
0:25:26 > 0:25:28It's very technical.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36The thing is, Tim, I'm worried about what she might do to herself...
0:25:37 > 0:25:39I mean, think of Geraldine.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Geraldine? Oh, she'll not do anything to Geraldine.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47Well, if you do come to a meeting of minds, my method is very safe.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55W-What is this...method...?
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Well, the laws of medical confidentiality prohibit
0:26:01 > 0:26:03me from going into details, Tim.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Suffice to say, that not every Tom, Dick and Harry
0:26:06 > 0:26:08can be made privy to the procedure,
0:26:08 > 0:26:13for obvious reasons. You do trust me, don't you, Tim?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Yeah, of course, of course I do, Mr Christie, yeah...
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Well, it's the lesser of two evils.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24You can't knowingly...
0:26:24 > 0:26:27bring an unwanted child into the world, Tim.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33You said, it's, um, very safe...?
0:26:35 > 0:26:36Well...
0:26:38 > 0:26:43It's not without risk, Tim... I must say.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48You don't have to decide now.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59I do and I have - goodnight, Mr Christie.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Goodnight.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:27:33 > 0:27:34I need to go back to work, Tim.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Work?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41You know, Mr Christie says...
0:27:41 > 0:27:43I know what Mr Christie says.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47HE FILLS KETTLE
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Then what are you so worried about?
0:27:51 > 0:27:54What's wrong with you? Why don't you want it?
0:27:59 > 0:28:01He's trained as a doctor, Tim. I trust him.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04We can wait a bit.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Save some money.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Do it properly next time.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Maybe even wait for the new house?
0:28:21 > 0:28:25You've just got to tell Mr Christie - "Everything's all right."
0:29:12 > 0:29:14RATTLE SHAKES QUIETLY
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Don't forget to tell Mr Christie.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Morning, Tim.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45Everything's all right.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Oh...Tim...
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Bad news, I'm afraid.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22What, about Beryl?
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Mm.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28I'm very sorry.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35You go on up... I'll be just behind you.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41I put her in with the baby.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03DOOR OPENS
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Beryl?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28HE EXHALES SLOWLY
0:32:53 > 0:32:55HE SNIFFS
0:32:58 > 0:33:00HE GASPS
0:33:03 > 0:33:04Beryl.
0:33:06 > 0:33:07DOOR KNOCKS
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Oh, dear, dear, dear.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28What's the blood from, Mr Christie?
0:33:34 > 0:33:36How long has she been lying here?
0:33:46 > 0:33:50About three o'clock...Tim.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59There was nothing I could do. Her stomach was septic.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Another day, she'd... She'd've been in the hospital.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06What did you do to her?
0:34:07 > 0:34:12Nothing unorthodox, Tim. The same method any doctor would apply.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Just what you asked for.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Here, you, you leave everything to me.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30I'll iron everything out.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36Come on.
0:34:38 > 0:34:44Now, as hard as it is to contemplate, Tim...
0:34:46 > 0:34:48..we must dispose of the body.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59I can dispose of her...down the drain.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01The drain...?
0:35:01 > 0:35:02Sit down, Tim.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Otherwise, the-the police will, will have to be involved.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Well, I didn't do nothing.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16Oh, yes, but they don't know that, do they?
0:35:16 > 0:35:19I mean... Think of how it'll look to them...
0:35:19 > 0:35:22You've been rowing with Beryl a lot lately.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Likely as not, they'll jump to the wrong conclusion.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30They'll think you killed her. You could hang for this.
0:35:32 > 0:35:33Hang?
0:35:39 > 0:35:40TIM GASPS AND SNIFFLES
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Well, I-I I'd better take the baby to Mum's.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45No, no, no, no, no, no.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48No, no. That'll just attract attention, you see.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54If anyone asks, just say...
0:35:57 > 0:35:58..Beryl's gone away.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04Wh-what about Geraldine? Will...Mrs Christie watch her?
0:36:04 > 0:36:05No.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07No. No.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12She's got work, Tim. Same as you.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19I tell you what, I do know of a very nice couple in Acton
0:36:19 > 0:36:21who've not managed to have a baby of their own.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26I'm sure they'd jump at the chance to look after her.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34I'll, I'll feed her today,
0:36:34 > 0:36:36and then I'll pop round and...
0:36:37 > 0:36:39..see what they say.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41How's that sound?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Thanks, Mr Christie.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- Thanks. - Dear, oh, dear.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03TIM SOBS QUIETLY
0:37:03 > 0:37:05DOOR CLOSES
0:37:51 > 0:37:55You're going on a holiday, Geraldine. An adventure.
0:37:58 > 0:38:05A nice big house with a garden... Animals, everything you want.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09I promise to come and see you soon,
0:38:09 > 0:38:11as soon as I get everything ironed out.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Might even take you to the races.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24BABY GURGLES
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Come on.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Oh, Tim.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42I know, I know, it's...
0:38:42 > 0:38:43It's hard, Tim.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48BABY CRIES
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Oh.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55I thought you should have these, Tim.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08You get set up properly.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10You can send for the baby.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17If anyone comes round asking questions, they'll know to trust me.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23BABY CRIES
0:39:25 > 0:39:29They're a lovely couple. Lovely couple, Tim.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31She'll be in safe hands.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Don't you worry...
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Shall I?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Oh, I know. I know.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Shh, shh.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49BABY CRIES
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Thanks, Mr Christie.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16BABY CRIES
0:40:32 > 0:40:34DOOR CLOSES
0:41:05 > 0:41:08BELLS RING
0:41:13 > 0:41:15'I was coming off to Cardiff and the car broke down,
0:41:15 > 0:41:17'and I thought I'd pop in.'
0:41:17 > 0:41:19'Come in, son, come in!'
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Vi. Vi. Look who it is.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23SHE LAUGHS
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Hello, Auntie Vi.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Hello, lovely boy! Mwah!
0:41:27 > 0:41:28How are you?
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Oh, well... is Beryl and the baby with you?
0:41:31 > 0:41:33No, she's, er, gone to Brighton for a holiday.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Stay with her dad.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Well, will you go and join them?
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Ah, well, once the car's fixed, I'll have to get straight back
0:41:39 > 0:41:41to work, won't I?
0:41:41 > 0:41:43How long did they say they'd be with the car?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Ah, couple of days, I'd imagine, no longer.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Come and sit down. I'll make you a cup of tea.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Ah, thank you. Not much changed in here, is there?
0:41:52 > 0:41:54No.
0:41:58 > 0:41:59All right, bud?
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Broke again, is it?
0:42:05 > 0:42:06Yes, it is.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Tea, boys?
0:42:32 > 0:42:34There you go. Tim?
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Thanks, Auntie Vi.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40She'll be missing you.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46I'll have to bring her back a present, won't I?
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Something special.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16METAL BANGS
0:43:20 > 0:43:23DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Afternoon.
0:43:42 > 0:43:43Sit down, Tim.
0:43:54 > 0:43:55We've had a letter...
0:43:58 > 0:44:00From your mother.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Oh, yeah. What does she have to say for herself?
0:44:07 > 0:44:11"Well, Vi, I don't know what lies Tim have told you down there.
0:44:11 > 0:44:15"I know nothing about him, as I have not seen him for three weeks.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18"And I have not seen Beryl or the baby for a month..."
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Well, that's a load of rubbish, innit?
0:44:20 > 0:44:24"His name stinks up here, everywhere I go - people asking for him
0:44:24 > 0:44:28"for money he owes them, I am ashamed to say he's my son..."
0:44:28 > 0:44:31And Beryl's dad's not seen them neither.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39The truth is...
0:44:41 > 0:44:44The truth is Beryl... She left me and the baby.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Went off with another man.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50- Your Beryl? - Yeah.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Well, what about the baby?
0:44:56 > 0:44:59I-I took her to some good Welsh people I know in London.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01- Oh, come on!- Oh!
0:45:01 > 0:45:03Newport folk who couldn't have a baby of their own.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06I-I gave them some money, so she'd be fine for a while.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08Why didn't you just take her to your mother's? Hmm?
0:45:08 > 0:45:10Because she's too busy with work, isn't she?
0:45:10 > 0:45:12Why didn't you bring the baby to me?
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Well, I didn't think about that, Aunt Vi, did I?!
0:45:15 > 0:45:18You've been telling us lies all this time.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22No. I haven't, I haven't, I swear. I swear to you.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24You have, Tim.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32I think it's time that...you were on your way.
0:45:40 > 0:45:41OK.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Thank you.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53What time's the train?
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Think they're on the hour.
0:46:55 > 0:46:56Plenty of time, then.
0:46:59 > 0:47:03Will you, er, tell Aunt Vi I'm sorry?
0:47:06 > 0:47:08If you sort things out, Tim.
0:47:29 > 0:47:34BELLS RING
0:47:37 > 0:47:42'About the beginning of October...
0:47:42 > 0:47:45'my wife, Beryl Susan Evans...'
0:47:47 > 0:47:49..told me she was expecting a baby...
0:47:53 > 0:47:56She then said she was going to get rid of it.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01She started...syringing herself
0:48:01 > 0:48:03and taking tablets and....
0:48:03 > 0:48:06She was making herself ill.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09I told her she was being silly.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12I said, "What difference will one more make?" You know?
0:48:15 > 0:48:18A few days later, I was stopped at a transport cafe,
0:48:18 > 0:48:21somewhere between Ipswich and Colchester, I can't really
0:48:21 > 0:48:24remember where exactly, but...
0:48:24 > 0:48:26And I got talking to a stranger.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30He saw I was in a state and asked why?
0:48:32 > 0:48:33I explained.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37And he gave me a bottle wrapped in brown paper.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40He said it would do the trick.
0:48:40 > 0:48:44Beryl found it in my pocket, while she was looking for a cigarette.
0:48:45 > 0:48:49I told her what it was and not to take it.
0:48:51 > 0:48:55When I got home that night, all the lights were out.
0:48:58 > 0:48:59She was just...
0:49:01 > 0:49:05..laying there on the bed, not moving.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13I spoke to her but she didn't answer.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18She was... She wasn't breathing.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30Um...
0:49:30 > 0:49:32I, er, then...
0:49:34 > 0:49:37I then waited till about one in the morning...
0:49:38 > 0:49:39..and I took
0:49:39 > 0:49:42her down the stairs and out the front door.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46Then disposed of her down the drain.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42It took three officers to lift the lid of the manhole
0:50:42 > 0:50:45outside 10 Rillington Place last night...
0:50:48 > 0:50:49There's nothing in there.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55Why would you lie about a thing like that?
0:51:04 > 0:51:07Erm...
0:51:07 > 0:51:11I...I said that to protect a man named Christie.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15The only thing that's not true is the part about meeting
0:51:15 > 0:51:18a man in a cafe and disposing of my wife's body.
0:51:19 > 0:51:20All the rest is true.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27John Christie lives on the ground floor.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30He said he could get rid of the baby without no risk.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32- DOOR KNOCKS - That's what he said.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Can you, um, can you get a message to my mum?
0:51:44 > 0:51:48Ask her to, to go and see Christie and get the address in Acton
0:51:48 > 0:51:51where the baby is staying. Tell her to go and see her.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54KNOCKING
0:52:26 > 0:52:28I-I need you to get the address.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31W-Where the baby's staying, so then we can pick her up and...
0:52:31 > 0:52:32And you can...
0:52:32 > 0:52:34And you'd understand.
0:52:37 > 0:52:38Mr Evans...
0:52:44 > 0:52:45They found the bodies.
0:52:47 > 0:52:48Your wife...
0:52:51 > 0:52:52..and your daughter.
0:53:08 > 0:53:09No, no.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14That's impossible.
0:53:43 > 0:53:44CLAMOUR
0:54:22 > 0:54:24METAL BANGS
0:54:24 > 0:54:27I know you're a liar. You strangled Beryl.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35You strangled her with a piece of rope from your van.
0:54:35 > 0:54:36No.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39- You strangled your wife! - And then what happened?
0:54:40 > 0:54:43- Tell me what you did.- What happened?
0:54:43 > 0:54:44What did you do?
0:54:48 > 0:54:52# My Bonnie lies over the ocean
0:54:53 > 0:54:57# Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me
0:55:01 > 0:55:05# Bring back Bring back
0:55:06 > 0:55:09# Bring back my Bonnie to me
0:55:13 > 0:55:17# Bring back Oh, bring back
0:55:18 > 0:55:22# Bring back my Bonnie to me. #
0:55:25 > 0:55:28Come on, Tim. You strangled her.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33You strangled her with a...?
0:55:33 > 0:55:35With...
0:55:36 > 0:55:37Come on, Tim.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41With a piece of rope from my van.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45And then what happened, eh?
0:55:48 > 0:55:52What? You waited till the Christies had gone to bed, and then...?
0:55:57 > 0:56:00Then...
0:56:00 > 0:56:03I took her... I took her down the stairs and to the wash house.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28DOOR CREAKS
0:56:30 > 0:56:34Oh, Tim... what have you done?
0:56:36 > 0:56:37I never done it, Mum.
0:56:39 > 0:56:40Christie done it.
0:56:42 > 0:56:43I promise.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57Tell Christie I want to see him.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59He's the only one who can help me now.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03I went to see him last night.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06- Yeah? - He wouldn't let me in.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08- Why? - He got the police on me.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14This way, Mr Christie.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17MR CHRISTIE!
0:57:17 > 0:57:18MR CHRISTIE!
0:57:20 > 0:57:22No. He knows. I need to speak to him.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24Sit yourself down.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27I need to see him. He knows, he knows.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29He's the one who knows. I need to speak to him.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31Tim!
0:57:31 > 0:57:34Christie's the one saying you done it.
0:57:39 > 0:57:43We'll be as quick as we can, Mr Christie.
0:57:43 > 0:57:44Glad to hear it.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54I do solemnly declare that the evidence I shall give
0:57:54 > 0:57:56shall be the truth,
0:57:56 > 0:57:59the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me, God.
0:57:59 > 0:58:03Mr Christie, you are, are you not, a man of good character?
0:58:03 > 0:58:05I'm unfit to testify, Dr Odess.
0:58:05 > 0:58:06Mr Christie -
0:58:06 > 0:58:08you would really need to be gravely ill.
0:58:08 > 0:58:10She was fine when I left her.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12Before you know it, he was saying I killed her.
0:58:12 > 0:58:15You come back later, you can have a coat or two, if you like.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17Thanks, Mr Christie.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19You're invisible down here. Creeping out at night.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21Well, I won't keep
0:58:21 > 0:58:23your dirty secrets a day longer, do you hear me?
0:58:23 > 0:58:25You need to lie down, Ethel.
0:58:25 > 0:58:27Mr Timothy Evans' sole line of defence
0:58:27 > 0:58:28rests on attacking you...
0:58:30 > 0:58:32..a perfectly innocent man.