0:00:02 > 0:00:05- She pretty, Reg? - Hard to say from this angle.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Well, you keep your bloody hands to yourself.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11We're not long married, Mr Christie. Could do with some privacy.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14I'm not having any more.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17If you get rid of it, you'll have rid of me.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21I have...helped couples in similar situations.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24He's trained as a doctor, Tim. I trust him.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27You've just got to tell Mr Christie everything's all right.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Bad news, I'm afraid.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31What did you do to her?
0:00:31 > 0:00:35They'll think you killed her. You could hang for this.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37If anyone asks, you just say...Beryl's gone away.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40They found the bodies.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Your wife, and your daughter.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- No. No.- To make this easy on yourself,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48I suggest you make your confession now.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50I never done it, Mum. Christie done it.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Christie's the one saying you done it.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02INTRO PLAYS: Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)
0:01:02 > 0:01:04FOOTSTEPS DESCEND
0:01:10 > 0:01:16# Why do you whisper, green grass?
0:01:16 > 0:01:21# Why tell the trees what ain't so?
0:01:21 > 0:01:29# Whispering grass The trees don't have to know
0:01:29 > 0:01:31# No, no
0:01:31 > 0:01:38# Why tell them all your secrets?
0:01:38 > 0:01:43# Who kissed there long ago?
0:01:43 > 0:01:50# Whispering grass The trees don't need to know
0:01:53 > 0:01:59# Don't you tell it to the breeze Or she will tell the birds and bees
0:01:59 > 0:02:04# And everyone will know because you told the blabbering trees
0:02:04 > 0:02:09# Yes, you told them once before
0:02:09 > 0:02:16# It's no secret any more
0:02:16 > 0:02:22# Why tell them all the old things?
0:02:22 > 0:02:27# They're buried under the snow
0:02:27 > 0:02:33# Whispering grass Don't tell the trees
0:02:33 > 0:02:39# Cos the trees don't need to know... #
0:02:40 > 0:02:42SONG SLOWS AND DISTORTS
0:02:53 > 0:02:57TICKING
0:03:01 > 0:03:07# Why tell them all the old things
0:03:07 > 0:03:12# They're buried under the snow. #
0:03:12 > 0:03:13BUZZING
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- RADIO:- '..short pieces by anonymous composers.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27'They're based on a plainsong setting and are taken from
0:03:27 > 0:03:32'a volume of organ music printed by the 16th century publisher Attaingnant.'
0:03:32 > 0:03:35ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS
0:04:10 > 0:04:13BELLS CHIME
0:04:36 > 0:04:42The prosecution calls witness John Reginald Halliday Christie.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46I do solemnly declare that the evidence I shall give
0:04:46 > 0:04:50shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,
0:04:50 > 0:04:51so help me, God.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05On the 8th November last year, you said in your statement
0:05:05 > 0:05:10that you recalled being woken by something in the night?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Yes.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16We were in bed, both in bed, my wife and I, and, um...
0:05:17 > 0:05:21..we were startled by a very loud thud,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25like something being dragged across the floor.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28And is it true or is it not true
0:05:28 > 0:05:30that the next time you saw Timothy Evans
0:05:30 > 0:05:34he told you that Mrs Evans had gone to Bristol with the baby?
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Yes, that's true.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41What kind of character would you say the defendant was?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45At first he seemed decent enough.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47What changed your opinion?
0:05:48 > 0:05:49The drinking.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51MURMURING
0:05:51 > 0:05:53And the rows.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57It was so bad once that I-I had to call the police out.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Another time he almost pushed Mrs Evans out the window.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05MUTTERING
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Your witness.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- Mr Christie.- Hm?
0:06:17 > 0:06:22Did you know that Mrs Evans was pregnant in November of last year?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25My wife told me.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I'm sorry - could you speak up?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30My wife told me.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Well, I'd like to suggest to you
0:06:33 > 0:06:37that you attempted to perform an illegal abortion on Mrs Evans.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42And in the process thereof, Mrs Evans lost her life.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46In fact, I must suggest to you that not only are you responsible
0:06:46 > 0:06:49for the death of Mrs Evans, but also for her little girl,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53that on the Tuesday evening, with Timothy Evans' help,
0:06:53 > 0:06:58you carried the dead body of Mrs Evans down to Mr Kitchener's flat.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01No, no, no. That's absolutely ridiculous.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06At the time, the fibrositis in my back
0:07:06 > 0:07:08was so bad I could scarcely bend.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14I had to crawl out of bed, and if I wanted to pick something up
0:07:14 > 0:07:19off the floor, I had to get down on my hands and knees.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21It's physically impossible.
0:07:21 > 0:07:27In fact, I am still under a great deal of treatment for the pain.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Would you like a seat, Mr Christie?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Oh, yes, please, Your Honour.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56You are, are you not, a man of good character?
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Well, I have had some trouble.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Would that be the conviction for the malicious wounding of a young woman?
0:08:08 > 0:08:12A crime for which you were sentenced to six months' imprisonment?
0:08:12 > 0:08:18Yes, yes, but... it was an act of self-defence.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24No further questions, Your Honour.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Who was she, Reg?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38I didn't want to worry you, Ethel.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I was renting a room from her for three and tuppence.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47A not immodest sum,
0:08:47 > 0:08:51which I felt should include hot water and a mattress.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54She disagreed with me and came at me...
0:08:54 > 0:08:56with a cricket bat.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58They should've taken her away there and then,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01but she told them it was all me.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I'm just glad you weren't there to witness it.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09I've witnessed it now, haven't I, all right?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Along with every Tom, Dick and Harry in that courtroom.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Oh, Ethel.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20I've been through enough today. I need you by my side.
0:09:24 > 0:09:30I can't be more than ten paces from a WC,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33never mind my fibrositis.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35It is most inconvenient.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39It's incapacitating is what it is.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40- I can imagine.- Hm.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42I should be at home in bed,
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- not facing the Spanish Inquisition in a crowded courtroom.- Hm.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I can give you some more pills. Strengthen the dose.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55I don't need more tablets. I need a doctor's note.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I can't be expected to stand there in my condition.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04I'm unfit to testify, Dr Odess, that's the long and the short of it.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Mr Christie, for me to sanction your absence from court,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10you would really need to be gravely ill.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12At death's door, so to speak.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18What is it, Ethel?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23How do we know it weren't the builders?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25The builders?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30We both know it wasn't the builders, don't we?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32How do we know?
0:10:32 > 0:10:37Well, the noise. The thud...
0:10:37 > 0:10:41that woke us up, it was on a Tuesday, wasn't it?
0:10:41 > 0:10:45About, um, midnight.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48He must've been moving her across the boards.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53The weight of her. He must've done it when he came in from work.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55She was fine when I left her.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58She said, um, she didn't want to go through with it,
0:10:58 > 0:11:05and by the time I'd packed my bag, she was fast asleep from the pill.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10You should never been up there in the first place.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Don't I know it?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Telling her you're a doctor!
0:11:13 > 0:11:15I was just trying to help, Ethel.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Showing her those medical books,
0:11:17 > 0:11:19like you know the first thing about it.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Now that's enough!
0:11:24 > 0:11:27I'm a bag of nerves, Ethel.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Let's not mention helping Beryl
0:11:32 > 0:11:35with her...well, her problem.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Or we'll be dragged into this good and proper and before...
0:11:40 > 0:11:43before you know it, they'll be saying I killed her.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Honestly, I don't think I'll sleep a wink tonight.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Not a wink.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58I do solemnly declare that the evidence I shall give
0:11:58 > 0:12:01shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03so help me, God.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Mrs Ethel Christie?
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Yes.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14You are the wife of the last witness.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Do you remember one night in November being wakened by a bump?
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Yes, I do.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29Did you hear anything unusual after the noise which woke you up?
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Well, afterwards...
0:12:35 > 0:12:39..I heard a noise as if...
0:12:41 > 0:12:44..furniture was being moved about.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49Did you ever go into the Evans' flat after the bump in the night?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51No, I don't think so.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53So far as you know,
0:12:53 > 0:12:57did Mr Christie ever go into the flat after that night?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00No, I don't think so.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Thank you, Mrs Christie.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Your name is Timothy John Evans?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Yes, sir.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18How old are you?
0:13:20 > 0:13:2125.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Is it true you confessed to the murder of your wife and child?
0:13:32 > 0:13:37I have confessed it, sir, but it's... It is not true.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41So you did not put your wife's body down a manhole?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44No, sir.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Well, why did you say you did?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Well, that's what Mr Christie told me he was going to do with her.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Why did you suddenly go to the police?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Because I was getting worried about my daughter Geraldine.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07So, you confessed to murder because you were worried about your daughter?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10No...
0:14:10 > 0:14:16When I found out my daughter was dead I had nothing else to live for.
0:14:16 > 0:14:22And wasn't it also a lie that you helped Mr Christie carry your wife's body downstairs,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26when we know he was physically incapable of doing that?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Or even carrying the child?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I heard what he said...
0:14:36 > 0:14:39..but I still say I helped him carry my wife's body.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43I did it all on the advice of Mr Christie.
0:14:43 > 0:14:49And this is the same Mr Christie you allege performed an illegal abortion on your wife?
0:14:50 > 0:14:55And yet we know she was killed by strangling, not by abortion.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Can you suggest why Mr Christie should have strangled your wife?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Oh...
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Well...
0:15:14 > 0:15:17..he was home all day.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19He was home all day.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22That is a circumstance. It is not a reason.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Again - can you suggest why he strangled your wife?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38No, I can't.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45Then can you suggest why he should've strangled your daughter, two days later?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50No.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57The prosecution recalls John Reginald Halliday Christie.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00It appears from what we have heard today
0:16:00 > 0:16:05that Mr Timothy Evans' sole line of defence rests on attacking you,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- a perfectly innocent man.- Ahem.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13He alleges that you killed Mrs Evans while performing an abortion.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Whereas, no evidence of any abortion exists.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Mr Humphreys is making the assumption that his witness
0:16:19 > 0:16:21is innocent and the defendant is not.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24You cannot describe Mr Christie as a perfectly innocent man.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27What were you doing in the First World War, Mr Christie?
0:16:29 > 0:16:35I was in, um, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
0:16:35 > 0:16:40and Notts and Derby,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42and I was gassed twice.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46I was blinded for three months.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I never spoke for three-and-a-half years.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Blinded?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56And you could not speak for three years?
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Three-and-a-half years.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01The last time you were in trouble with the police
0:17:01 > 0:17:06for any offence was in 1938, correct?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Yes.
0:17:08 > 0:17:0912 years ago.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14And in this last war, despite your disabilities,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16you served with the Reserve Police for several years?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Is that right?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Yes, sir. I was commended on two occasions.
0:17:21 > 0:17:27So, you are an injured war veteran and a commended officer of the law.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30The man who accuses you of murder
0:17:30 > 0:17:36and abortion and swearing his life away is a self-confessed liar, who,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38on a previous occasion,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41attempted to throw his own wife out of the window.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Yes.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Timothy Evans...
0:18:32 > 0:18:37the jury finds you guilty of the murder of your daughter Geraldine Evans.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43You will be taken from here to a place of execution,
0:18:43 > 0:18:48and there you shall hang by the neck until you are dead.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56It wasn't me.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Murderer! Murderer!
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Don't you dare call him that. He's a good man!
0:19:06 > 0:19:08SHE SOBS
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Egg, Mrs Christie?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Thanks.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36He'll have the shock of his life when he opens the door.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38He'll be bowled over.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44We don't want to be any trouble. We can always stay at a bed and breakfast.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Here, don't be daft. It's nice to see you.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Aye, it's no trouble.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57It's been ever so hard, ain't it Reg?
0:19:57 > 0:20:02I treated that lad like a son. Lent him money.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Tried to teach him to read and write,
0:20:04 > 0:20:08and this is the thanks I get - accusations of the foulest nature.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13You would never have known it, to look at him.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15He seemed like the gentle type.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Well, you just met him for five minutes.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Living with him, you saw a different side altogether. The rows.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24The drinking. The fights.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28It must be hard still living there?
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Aye, we want to move, but you know what the council's like.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Snails'd get more done.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38You want to watch that, Reg.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Janice works for the council now.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Oh, do you, love? That's nice.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Anyway, Harry, you wouldn't believe the state of place now.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Way the street is. It's filthy.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Isn't it, Reg? And all them immigrants.- Hm.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10You, er, ever think about coming back here?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12For good, I mean?
0:21:18 > 0:21:21It doesn't look like much, but they'll be up within the year.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Plumbed bathrooms, central heating.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Central heating, Reg.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Sky-high bills, no doubt.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Lovely views.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35We'd never get one.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Never say never.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Janice can pull a string or two.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Can you?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42I'll have a word with my friend in Housing.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43He'll get you on the list.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47- We don't want to be any trouble. - No, it's no trouble.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49What do you think, Reg?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I think we're getting carried away.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13FOOTSTEPS DESCEND
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Hello. Beresford Brown.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Can I help you?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23We've moved in upstairs.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Moved in?
0:22:28 > 0:22:34Mr Christie. I'll be up later to go over some rules.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36What rules would that be?
0:22:36 > 0:22:37The house rules.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39You work for the landlord?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41No, no, no...
0:22:41 > 0:22:46but I happen to be the longest-sitting tenant.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49They're your rules, then, not mine.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Evening.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03- He's a nice enough chap. - He was laughing at you.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05What're you talking about?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Reg's house rules.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Why've we come back, eh?
0:23:17 > 0:23:18We could have had a nice new house,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20but that's not what you wanted, is it?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23All I want is a bit of piece and quiet, love.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28You're invisible down here.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30No prying eyes.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Creeping out at night.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Well, I won't keep your dirty secrets a day longer, do you hear me?
0:23:38 > 0:23:41You need to lie down, Ethel.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Lie down?
0:23:43 > 0:23:45I sent an innocent man to his death because of you.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48That baby was fine when I went up to check on her.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Tim were out at work. It couldn't have been him.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54It should've been you at the end of that rope. Do you hear me? It should've been you.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I'm taking you to see Dr Odess.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59You'll do no such thing!
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Y-You're not to blame, love.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06It's the strain, it's taking its toll.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Odess'll know what to do.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13I won't see him!
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Well, have a home visit. Maybe he'll come here.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Perhaps he'll, er, bring the head doctor.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Second opinion.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Ethel?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I've been attacked.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Her upstairs.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39The darkie.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40She hit me!
0:25:40 > 0:25:43She accused me of blocking her in the hall.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Are you going to stand for that?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Your own wife being physically assaulted in her own home.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54By a foreigner.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58If that's not the thin end of the wedge, I don't know what is!
0:26:07 > 0:26:12MAN SINGS
0:26:25 > 0:26:29BABY CRYING BEHIND DOOR
0:26:43 > 0:26:44MUFFLED VOICE BEHIND DOOR
0:26:46 > 0:26:49They take you here and they take you there
0:26:49 > 0:26:52and they make you feel like a millionaire.
0:26:52 > 0:26:59# London is the place for me London, this lovely city. #
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Did you talk to him?
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Yes, I did, love. There'll be no more trouble.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26All right.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35DOOR SHUTS
0:28:16 > 0:28:17DOOR SHUTS
0:28:17 > 0:28:22# Why do you whisper, green grass?
0:28:22 > 0:28:26# Why tell the trees what ain't so?
0:28:27 > 0:28:35# Whispering grass The trees don't have to know
0:28:35 > 0:28:38# No, no
0:28:38 > 0:28:44# Why tell them all your secrets?
0:28:44 > 0:28:49# Who kissed there long ago?
0:28:49 > 0:28:51# Whispering grass... #
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Ethel, darling.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57# ..The trees don't need to know. #
0:29:01 > 0:29:03SHE WHIMPERS
0:29:10 > 0:29:11SONG CONTINUES FAINTLY
0:29:20 > 0:29:23SHE GAGS
0:29:42 > 0:29:43HE SIGHS
0:30:44 > 0:30:46THUD
0:32:07 > 0:32:08Mr Christie!
0:32:09 > 0:32:12I was just coming round to see Ethel.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15She's still in Halifax, I'm afraid.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17She's had to extend her stay.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Why's that, then?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21- Her brother took a turn for the worse.- Oh.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26We might have to move back permanently.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Well, that'd be a shame.
0:32:28 > 0:32:33It's families for you. You can't put a price.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Well, if she's not back by Christmas you'll have to come to us.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Hm. Thank you very much.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47I suffered the first one at the Evans trial.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50I was the star witness, you know.
0:32:50 > 0:32:51- Dr Odess told me.- Hm.
0:32:51 > 0:32:58My concern is what happens during these lapses, what I might do,
0:32:58 > 0:33:02that I might injure myself...
0:33:02 > 0:33:05or, God forbid, somebody else.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08The other day, Mrs Christie, she found me in the middle of the kitchen floor.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10No idea how I got there.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I think you should come in, stay for a while.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17That way we can get a proper look at you.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Oh, no, no, no, no.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22I don't think I could leave my wife.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24She's terrified of the neighbours.
0:33:24 > 0:33:25And why is that?
0:33:25 > 0:33:26They're coloureds, you see.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31I don't want to take up much more of your time.
0:33:31 > 0:33:36- I just wanted to put you in the picture, as it were.- Hm.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07It's one bedroom, but because it's... You're on the ground floor,
0:34:07 > 0:34:09- you've got the garden, see? - Is it nice?
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Oh, it's very nice. Decent size, too.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Some of these so-called gardens, they're like somewhere you'd exercise a prisoner.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18SHE LAUGHS
0:34:18 > 0:34:20- You're funny.- Hm.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25All right, Rina?
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Alex, Mr Christie.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30How do you do?
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Alex.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58HE KNOCKS
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Just looking.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01Be my guest.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05They're my wife's.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Whatever takes your fancy.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15- Thank you.- Hm.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Won't she mind?
0:35:17 > 0:35:18Oh, no.
0:35:18 > 0:35:23She's got more clothes than she knows what to do with. Hm.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Take that one, Rina. And that one.
0:35:32 > 0:35:38I did say just the one item. It's not a free-for-all, I'm afraid.
0:35:44 > 0:35:49Look. I-I'm sorry, I-I've changed my mind.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52I wasn't expecting a second occupant.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55You'll have to find accommodation elsewhere, I'm afraid.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- You what?- Hm.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58You playing at? Wasting our time.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01You said we had the run of the place!
0:36:03 > 0:36:04Rina.
0:36:09 > 0:36:14Oh, no, no, no, no. You can take the blouses.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15Don't worry.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21You come back later, you can have a coat or two if you like.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Just don't bring him, though.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- Thanks, Mr Christie.- Hm.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34DOOR SHUTS
0:36:57 > 0:37:03# May you have friends come a-calling
0:37:03 > 0:37:08# And maybe snowflakes falling
0:37:08 > 0:37:14# That's a Christmas wish from me to you
0:37:15 > 0:37:19# And may your home be filled
0:37:19 > 0:37:23# With love and laughter... #
0:37:25 > 0:37:28SONG CONTINUES FAINTLY THEN STOPS
0:37:37 > 0:37:39DOOR OPENS
0:37:41 > 0:37:42Come on in, love.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47DOOR SQUEAKS
0:37:47 > 0:37:51I'll have to put a bit of oil on that. Bit squeaky.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Go on through.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08It's a perfectly safe procedure, love. Don't you worry.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18There you are, love.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25Right. Let me get your coat.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Let's have this.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51There we are.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54You sit down.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01There we are.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09I know. I know, love.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Let's take those shoes.
0:39:19 > 0:39:20Number one.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Two.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Let's just...pop those there.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Don't you worry, I've done this before.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Be back in a tick.
0:39:52 > 0:39:53DOOR CLOSES
0:40:01 > 0:40:03DOOR CLOSES
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Where did you go?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Have a top up.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38SHE LAUGHS
0:40:38 > 0:40:39Here.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Here.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07HISSING
0:41:10 > 0:41:12All right, love.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Bottoms up.
0:41:18 > 0:41:19- There you are.- Hm.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30SHE CRIES OUT
0:41:30 > 0:41:32SHE SCREAMS
0:41:36 > 0:41:38SHE SCREAMS
0:41:47 > 0:41:50LABOURED BREATHING
0:43:31 > 0:43:33HE GRUNTS
0:44:12 > 0:44:14BANGING
0:44:19 > 0:44:21CREAKING
0:44:21 > 0:44:23BANGING
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Morning, Reg.
0:44:56 > 0:44:57Morning.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Can I come in?
0:45:00 > 0:45:02Well, it's a bit of a state in here...
0:45:02 > 0:45:04I don't mind.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07Ethel's away.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10Housekeeping's not my strong suit.
0:45:13 > 0:45:16Moving out, Reg?
0:45:17 > 0:45:19- Fingers crossed.- Oh.
0:45:20 > 0:45:24The council have found us a flat in Willesden.
0:45:28 > 0:45:29Here, Judy.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31It's a two-bed.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35Have a seat.
0:45:41 > 0:45:42Cup of tea?
0:45:42 > 0:45:43No.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45There's something you need to know.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48There's been three burglaries on this street in the past month.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50That's well above average.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53You want me to keep my eyes open?
0:45:53 > 0:45:54If you don't mind.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56You leave it to me.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01How long's Ethel gone for?
0:46:01 > 0:46:03A fortnight or so.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07You're not wrong, Reg.
0:46:09 > 0:46:10Wrong?
0:46:11 > 0:46:13About your housekeeping.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20HE SNIFFS What's that stink?
0:46:23 > 0:46:25It's the neighbours.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28They're darkies.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30All that foreign food.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33Herbs and spices.
0:46:33 > 0:46:37- I don't know why they can't eat English.- Hm.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Anyway, I'll see myself out.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES
0:47:30 > 0:47:31HE SIGHS
0:51:29 > 0:51:30Are you all right, sir?
0:51:33 > 0:51:34Yes.
0:51:36 > 0:51:37Take off your hat.
0:51:43 > 0:51:47I think you need to come with me down to the station, Mr Christie.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55We've got Mrs Christie under the sitting room,
0:51:55 > 0:52:01Hectorina MacLellan, Rita Nelson and Kathleen Maloney in the kitchen,
0:52:01 > 0:52:07Muriel Eady and Ruth Fuerst in the back garden.
0:52:07 > 0:52:08We found this.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14Four different types of pubic hair,
0:52:14 > 0:52:17none of which match any of the bodies found.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Were there others, Mr Christie?
0:52:22 > 0:52:24There is something...
0:52:25 > 0:52:28Something comes to mind, but I don't know what...
0:52:28 > 0:52:31Is it about Beryl Evans? Tim Evans' wife?
0:52:31 > 0:52:33It could be that.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36You do know I've not been well for a good time?
0:52:36 > 0:52:38You said that.
0:52:38 > 0:52:44I've been suffering from fibrositis, enteritis.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48Last year I had a nervous breakdown.
0:52:48 > 0:52:52Dr Petit from St Charles Hospital will verify it.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Did you kill Beryl Evans?
0:52:58 > 0:53:02I have an idea that I strangled Mrs Evans, yes.
0:53:08 > 0:53:09What about the baby?
0:53:16 > 0:53:20Let me assure you, Inspector,
0:53:20 > 0:53:25that I've absolutely no idea
0:53:25 > 0:53:28what happened to the Evans' baby.
0:53:28 > 0:53:34I do not recollect seeing it on the Tuesday or any time afterwards.
0:53:47 > 0:53:48KEYS JANGLE
0:53:48 > 0:53:50DOOR IS UNLOCKED
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Good morning.
0:53:58 > 0:54:03It's all there. They're saying you killed the baby.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07I don't believe I did,
0:54:07 > 0:54:14but if I did, it would just confuse matters to say so...
0:54:16 > 0:54:19..when they've already hanged a man.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21Even so, the jury'll have you hung, drawn and quartered
0:54:21 > 0:54:24before you can so much as set foot into that courtroom.
0:54:24 > 0:54:28It's a question of cognisance and culpability.
0:54:28 > 0:54:33I have a preponderancy to blackouts, and so say the finest medical minds.
0:54:36 > 0:54:40Without cognisance there can be no culpability.
0:54:40 > 0:54:44You can't hang a man who's not in charge of his faculties.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Can I have my glasses back, please?
0:54:55 > 0:54:56DOOR IS LOCKED
0:55:02 > 0:55:05CLAMOURING
0:55:09 > 0:55:13John Reginald Halliday Christie,
0:55:13 > 0:55:16the jury find you guilty of the murder of your wife,
0:55:16 > 0:55:18Ethel Christie.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21From here you will be taken to a place of execution
0:55:21 > 0:55:25and hanged by the neck until you are dead.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28May the Lord have mercy on your soul.
0:55:28 > 0:55:33Tell them you killed Geraldine! Tell them my son was innocent!
0:55:36 > 0:55:39Is there anything else you want to tell me, Reginald?
0:55:51 > 0:55:52What time is it?
0:55:53 > 0:55:55Almost nine.
0:55:57 > 0:55:58It can't be.
0:56:00 > 0:56:02Do you want to confess now?
0:56:05 > 0:56:07Will it help me?
0:56:23 > 0:56:25I'm sorry...
0:56:28 > 0:56:29..for Ethel.
0:56:32 > 0:56:33And the others?
0:56:37 > 0:56:40It might help if you could say their names.
0:56:43 > 0:56:44Ruth.
0:56:52 > 0:56:53Muriel.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00Rita.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04Kathleen.
0:57:07 > 0:57:08Hectorina.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19And Beryl.
0:57:24 > 0:57:25SHOUTING FROM OUTSIDE
0:57:25 > 0:57:26And the baby?
0:57:28 > 0:57:31Geraldine?
0:57:31 > 0:57:32BANGING ON DOOR
0:57:34 > 0:57:35That was all.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38Are you sure?
0:57:38 > 0:57:41DOOR OPENS
0:57:41 > 0:57:45SHOUTING AND JEERING CONTINUES
0:58:05 > 0:58:06HE PANTS
0:58:09 > 0:58:10HE YELPS