0:00:02 > 0:00:03RAIN PELTS
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Falmouth Coastguard calling Angel Cove Lifeboat.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Distress flare sighted one mile west of Seal Island.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19ALARM WAILS
0:00:26 > 0:00:28LOW CHATTER
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Besides, what difference would an early night have made?
0:00:32 > 0:00:36We're both on call day or night, that's the whole...point.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42WHISTLING: What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- Right, what's the shout? - Red flare reported over Seal Island.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Someone's in trouble, that's all we know.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- What time do you call this? - The middle of the night.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Jake, hurry up. Come on!
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Go, go, go, go, go!
0:01:09 > 0:01:12OK, stay safe, everyone!
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Angel Cove Lifeboat, this is Falmouth Coastguard.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Can you give me your current position, please? Over.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Roger that. We're nearly there. Over.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Phillip, bring the lamp to port.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Erica, to starboard!
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Hold on!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Nice night for it!
0:01:46 > 0:01:48This is hopeless!
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Just keep at it.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Angel Cove Lifeboat, this is Falmouth Coastguard.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Can we have an update on your search, please? Over.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Falmouth Coastguard, this is Angel Cove Lifeboat.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05We have completed a search and found nothing.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09I'm confident that it's another hoax call. Over.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Roger that. Happy for you to stand down and return to station. Over.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Turn her around! I'll get them in.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24We're turning back!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Phil! Phillip!
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Erica! Erica!
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Time-wasting idiots!
0:02:45 > 0:02:48WIND GUSTS
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Man overboard! Man overboard! Port-side!
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Port-side!
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Erica!- Chrissy?!- Chrissy?!
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Falmouth Coastguard, this is Angel Cove Lifeboat.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08We have two crew members washed overboard. Over.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Angel Cove Lifeboat, this is Falmouth Coastguard.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Copy that and standing by. Do you require assistance?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Repeat. Do you require assistance? Over.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Angel Cove Lifeboat, are you receiving me? Over.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23BIRDSONG
0:03:45 > 0:03:47FAINT DISPATCHER
0:04:27 > 0:04:29GULLS CRY
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Yeah.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Can you take a photo of that?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- Just the rip, yeah?- Yeah. Thanks. Thank you.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Chrissy? I'm Jane Kennedy, the coroner. How are you feeling?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Like someone just died.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Look, we don't have to do this right now, if you don't want to.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- Let's get it over with. - You sure?- Mm.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Could you talk me through what happened last night?
0:05:10 > 0:05:14The coastguard reported a distress flare just after 2:00am.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17So we went out on the shout, but we drew a blank.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21There's, um...there's nothing unusual in that.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Around about half of our callouts tend to be wild-goose chases.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29So...Erica was operating the front searchlight
0:05:29 > 0:05:33and I went to tell her we were turning the boat around.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37We had one last look to see if there was any vessel,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39or bodies in the water.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42There were waves coming over the deck and the next thing I knew,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44we were both in the water.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46And you don't remember how it happened?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48No.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50How's your eye?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Eh?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53It's quite a bruise you've got there.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Yeah. It's the least of my worries.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Look, I've got a lot to do. I need to be getting on.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Chrissy?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02I don't think that's a good idea.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04SHE EXHALES
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Looks like an accident.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- Yeah. They were obviously washed overboard.- Then I found this.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Oh, here we go. What's that?
0:06:11 > 0:06:12A small tear in Erica's life jacket.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Almost invisible to the naked eye, but large enough to prevent it
0:06:15 > 0:06:17from fully inflating when she hit the water.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Well, cases like this are automatically referred
0:06:20 > 0:06:22to my friends at The Marine Accident Investigation Branch.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24They're very thorough.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26The skipper can't remember how she ended up in the sea.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30What if one of the other crewmembers pushed her and Erica over the side?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33And what if, and this is just a wild stab in the dark,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36they were washed overboard(?)
0:06:36 > 0:06:39OK, look, if you want a motive, how about this?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42In January, Chrissy Woodward became the first female lifeboat cox
0:06:42 > 0:06:45in Devon's history, and the first thing she did was promote Erica.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Oh, come on! - Davey, I'm serious!- I know you are.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49But things have moved on, haven't they?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Ever since Emmeline Pankhurst chained herself to them railings,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55we've got female police officers, female world leaders.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I believe we've even got a female coroner.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Jane, come on, no-one cares.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- What, so, you're not going to talk to her?- No.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- I'm not going to go looking for trouble. That's your department. - Thanks(!)
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Shut the door!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Oh, yeah, I've known Chrissy for years.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19I was her mentor when she first volunteered.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20And what were your impressions?
0:07:20 > 0:07:21He does Sean Connery
0:07:21 > 0:07:24and a surprisingly good Russell Harty.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28What that girl don't know about sailing, you could fit on a postage stamp.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30She was 17 when she won Lighthaven Regatta.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34And within two weeks of working on the boat crew, she was teaching me.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36So, you weren't surprised when you heard she was the new skipper?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Nah. Andy was training her up to take over.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42His doctor had already told him that he didn't have long,
0:07:42 > 0:07:44you know, cos of his drinking.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Mind you, not everyone was pleased with the promotion.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Old Bob Fountain was spitting nails when he found out.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Why?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Well, Bob's the longest-serving crew member.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58You know, he thought his experience entitled him to the top job.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00He wouldn't have been any good at it, though.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I mean, you need people skills to run a boat crew.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Bob may be many things, but a diplomat he ain't.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Oi! Go easy on the ham. I don't know if I bought enough.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12If the mourners want more, they'll have to buy it off the bar menu.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17If you don't mind me asking, why did you quit the boat?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I thought I was pushing my luck, to be honest.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24You can only look death in the face so many times.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25He failed his medical.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28They thought you were too chubby, didn't they?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30ALARM WAILS
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Ooo, that flipping car alarm!
0:08:32 > 0:08:33It is useless.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Oh! Mum, I ought to go, if that's all right?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42It's all right, love. Thanks for your help.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47ALARM WAILS
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Come on!
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- Oh!- Oi! Oi!
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- Mick!- What's happened?!
0:09:00 > 0:09:02HE GROANS
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Did you get a look at him?- No. - Who was he?- I don't know.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Oh, my God, Mick, are you all right?
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- I'm going to call an ambulance!- No, don't fuss, woman, I'm all right.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Let's get you up. HE GROANS
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- HE GROANS - Oh! Oh!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19BELLS PEAL
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Blimey, what happened to you?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Someone clocked him one last night in the pub car park.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- Who'd do something like that?- They didn't leave a forwarding address(!)
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Snuck up behind me, like a thief in the night.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38- Well, they probably were.- Eh?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40A thief. If they were in your car park.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42I told you he wouldn't take it seriously.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43It's no wonder the country's in the state it is!
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Well, I could take it seriously, couldn't I? You ask Jane.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I could take it very seriously.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I could insist you install some CCTV outside your premises,
0:09:51 > 0:09:53record any suspicious activity.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- Well, I mean, it's... - The only problem with that is,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58you might not like what we find.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Shall we?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Thanks, Davey(!)- Cheers, mate(!)
0:10:02 > 0:10:04ORGAN PLAYS
0:10:11 > 0:10:17# Eternal father, strong to save
0:10:17 > 0:10:23# Whose arm hath bound the restless wave
0:10:23 > 0:10:29# Who bids the mighty ocean deep
0:10:29 > 0:10:36# Its own appointed limits keep
0:10:36 > 0:10:42# Oh, hear us when we cry to thee
0:10:42 > 0:10:48# For those in peril on the sea
0:10:50 > 0:10:55# Amen. #
0:11:02 > 0:11:05And now, Phillip would like to say a few words.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Anyone who knew Erica Ryland associated her with love.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Hm! Hm.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38As her partner for seven...unforgettable years,
0:11:38 > 0:11:42I was privileged to feel the full force of that love.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Whether we were praying in a Buddhist temple,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49diving to the bottom of the ocean,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52or relaxing in this very church,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55we were inseparable.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58HE SIGHS
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Togetherness.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02That's a precious thing.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08After all, some people in this world
0:12:08 > 0:12:11never get close to anyone.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22LOW CHATTER
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Mr Mitchell? I'm Jane Kennedy, the coroner.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about the accident.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36I just wonder if you saw anything.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41What were you doing at the time?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I'm the helm.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Right. So, you steer the boat?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Hm.- What?
0:12:49 > 0:12:50PHONE RINGS
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Sorry, I'd better take this.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58GULLS CRY
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Let me guess...you're fascinated by the macabre.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09What?
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Well, I mean, your hair, your clothes.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16You dress like someone just died.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Someone just did.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Ah! Good point.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27You OK?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Oh, no. But thanks for asking.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Can I sit down?- Sure.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36I tell you, it was a catastrophe just waiting to happen.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Women at sea are unlucky.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Especially if they're at sea with you, eh, Bob? Huh!
0:13:41 > 0:13:44And a woman who whistles, that's even worse.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Now, that Erica, she used to whistle in the lifeboat station.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Well, that's just asking for trouble.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53A whistling woman and a crowing hen brings the devil out of his den.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Oh, give it a rest, Fountain!
0:13:55 > 0:13:57No-one's interested in your ignorant drivel.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Can I get another one, please? - Of course.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Oh, is that right, Mr University-Educated-Car-Mechanic?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Yeah, and...?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I'll tell you what's ignorant.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13That's you pretending you and Erica were inseparable
0:14:13 > 0:14:17when the whole town knows she was sick to death of you.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Bob? That's enough.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25This is neither the time or place. We've lost one of our own.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Erica was a loyal friend. She was a brilliant second cox,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30and Phillip loved her. So show some respect.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43That was Forensics.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46It turns out Erica's life jacket may have been tampered with.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- So you do need to speak to the skipper now.- Yeah, looks that way.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Chrissy?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Sorry to bother you, just a couple of questions.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01And I am sorry to have to ask you this, but
0:15:01 > 0:15:04could anyone apart from Erica have got hold of her life jacket?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Easily.- Really? Why's that?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Well, we just leave all the kit and life jackets,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11out on an open shelf for ease of access, really.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- Um...you know, speed is of the essence.- Yeah.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I guess each crew member is responsible for their own kit, is that right?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Everyone, including the apprentices.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22And would you say Erica was the kind of person that paid attention to detail?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- Absolutely. - So, can you think of any reason
0:15:25 > 0:15:28why anyone would want to damage Erica's life jacket?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Huh! Is that a serious question?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Yeah, I'm afraid so, yeah.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Absolutely not. Erica was popular with everyone.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36What, even Bob Fountain?
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- CHRISSY SIGHS - You can't take Bob Fountain at face value.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Look, he's an idiot on land, but at sea, he's an absolute godsend.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48How did you get the black eye?
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Oh, I don't know.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Could have been any number of ways.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Yeah. All right, thanks. I'll let you get on.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56- Yeah.- Cheers.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Well, I have to justify every new inquiry that I take on.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09As it stands, I don't have enough evidence to launch an initial investigation.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12You do, as the coroner, however, have the right to investigate
0:16:12 > 0:16:15any death you find suspicious, so be my guest.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18So, it's over to me?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Yeah.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30BELLS PEAL
0:16:34 > 0:16:36CLATTERING
0:16:43 > 0:16:46WHISTLING: What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Why didn't you phone me,
0:17:11 > 0:17:16instead of lying awake all night worrying, you silly sausage?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17It's a bit lame, isn't it?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19I mean, what do I say, "I heard someone whistling,
0:17:19 > 0:17:23"they tried the door handle and then they went away"?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26It was probably just a drunk not realising we were closed.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Yeah, maybe, maybe not. What if someone's got a grudge against me?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Now you're just being fanciable.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- I think you mean fanciful.- No.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I mean fanciable.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Would you like a nice bacon sandwich? Would that make things better?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- I think it might help.- Mm?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49It doesn't work!
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Oh! Hm!
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Hm!
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Apologies for the inconvenience.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01What was that about?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I bought a job lot of car alarms, didn't I?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05No wonder they were cheap.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Let me guess, you installed one in your own car?
0:18:07 > 0:18:11How was I to know it was going to go off every time a fly buzzed past?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Luckily, these stun guns have been selling like hot cakes.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17All the rage in Plymouth.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18That is my last one.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Mick, that's a prohibited firearm!
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Oh, is it really illegal to help protect the vulnerable?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26This is the sort of thing you need in your line of work.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Fully rechargeable.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Just take off the safety catch and press the red button.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Peace of mind, just £35.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37KNOCK AT WINDOW
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to confiscate this.- Eh?
0:18:43 > 0:18:44I trained as a lawyer, didn't I?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- You can't expect me to look the other way.- Wait a minute,
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I take you into my confidence and this is how you repay me?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51There are vulnerable people out there!
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I hope you can sleep at night!
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Hey.- Hey.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59So I've uncovered a couple of interesting snippets
0:18:59 > 0:19:01about Erica Ryland.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Apparently, her finances were separate from her partner's,
0:19:05 > 0:19:06and she was in trouble.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09She had enormous credit-card bills and no way to pay them back.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13OK. Well, there's a lot of it around. Nothing else?
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Yeah. Last month, she went to the GP complaining of nausea.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Turns out she was pregnant.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21But when they carried out the postmortem,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23there was no trace of a child.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Thanks for taking the time to talk to me.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Oh, it's my pleasure.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Do you want to come up to the crew room?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- It's just a bit quieter up there. - Yeah, sure.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Here.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39What's this for?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Show me how to tie a bowline.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Why? Don't know how?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Course I know. I was tying them before you were born.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I'm trying to find out if you know.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56You knew Erica was pregnant?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Yeah, and I knew she didn't want to be.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01That's why she had the termination.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04She booked into a private clinic.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I thought she was broke.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I lent her the money.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Well, she didn't have anyone else to turn to and she couldn't
0:20:11 > 0:20:13exactly ask Phillip.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Why not?- Cos Phillip didn't know about the baby.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Before you ask, he was the father - she wasn't seeing anyone else.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24She just felt like the relationship had run its course.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28She was only living with him because she couldn't afford to move out.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33So Bob Fountain was right, Erica was sick of Phillip and everyone could see.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Everyone but Phillip.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- And what is that supposed to be? - Well, I...
0:20:38 > 0:20:41I didn't know how to do a bowline, so I made you a rabbit instead.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45See, there's its ears and this is its fluffy little tail...
0:20:45 > 0:20:46HE MAKES CUTE BUNNY NOISES
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Think that's funny, do you?!
0:20:48 > 0:20:51You are putting people's lives at risk, your own included!
0:20:51 > 0:20:53All right, Bobby, don't blame me.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- Blame ickle wabbit! - Go on, get out of it!
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Go on, get out of my sight! - Whoa, whoa!
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Boy's only having a bit of fun, Fountain.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05- You're just too dim to see the joke. - Dim, am I?! I'll show you dim!
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Let me get at him, the stuck-up ponce! I'll rip his lungs out...!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Young Jakey knows I don't mean anything by it, don't you, lad?
0:21:22 > 0:21:23CHRISSY SIGHS
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Maybe I'm in the wrong job.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30No, I don't believe that.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33This wouldn't have happened on Andy's watch.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36And nor Fountain when he was here. No-one would have dared.
0:21:36 > 0:21:42- I bet even Andy had moments of doubt. We all do.- Even you?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Are you kidding me? I feel out of my depth at least once a day.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Twice on Mondays.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- You seem really confident. - It's pure bluff. Truly.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56See you later, Mick.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Were you and Andy close?
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- What makes you ask that? - It's the way you talk about him.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Hmm... The skipper was...
0:22:13 > 0:22:16..was ever such a kind man. You would have liked him.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21You know, the last thing he made me promise was to give up drinking,
0:22:21 > 0:22:22and you know what?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24When I go home tonight, the first thing I'm going to do is pour
0:22:24 > 0:22:27myself a stiff G&T.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29You still call him the skipper.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- Well, yeah.- You're the skipper now.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Remember that.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36Chrissy!
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Chrissy!
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Are you all right? Try not to move. Are you all right?
0:23:42 > 0:23:43CHRISSY GROANS
0:23:45 > 0:23:48What just happened?
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I think someone tried to kill you. Stay there.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Davey, it's me. You need to get to Chrissy's house.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I think someone just tried to take her life.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06OK. Bye.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Count yourself lucky, if you'd been going any faster
0:24:10 > 0:24:12he could have taken your head clean off your shoulders.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15So you both think it was attempted murder.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Well, at the very least it was a malicious act intended to
0:24:19 > 0:24:20cause actual bodily harm.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22One thing we can be sure of
0:24:22 > 0:24:24is the culprit knows you and your movements.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I'd advise you to be on your guard.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Keep all your doors and windows locked,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30especially after dark. And I'll arrange for
0:24:30 > 0:24:32a police unit to swing by, keep an eye on you.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35All right, I think we're done.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- You've got my number - call if you need anything.- Thank you.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47'This on top of everything else.'
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Come on, Davey, surely this is linked to the death of Erica Ryland.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55- Oh, really? You can prove that, can you?- No, but...- Proof, Jane.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57We can't do anything without proof.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09LOUD RATTLING OUTSIDE
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Mick, are you awake?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18No.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Baby, you're shaking like a leaf!
0:25:36 > 0:25:37OWL HOOTS
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Hello?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE
0:26:03 > 0:26:04NONCHALANT WHISTLING
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Erica?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Oh, it's you. Thank God for that.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13You nearly scared the life out of...
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Well?
0:26:36 > 0:26:37Well, what?
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Have you got enough grounds to launch an initial investigation?
0:26:41 > 0:26:45He was killed with a spear gun! The kind that scuba divers use.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49- Isn't Phillip Spence a scuba diver? - Yeah, I know that.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52That's why I've got him down at the station, along with the rest of the crew.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Waiting for me to give 'em the old Davey Higgins third degree.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Clint, can you do me a favour?- Yeah.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- Could you research the lifeboat crew?- What, all of them?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13No, just the six that were on the boat when Erica died.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15We're missing something, I know we are.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16OK.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32So, Gobby... Mind if I call you Gobby?
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Where were you last night?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Don't shrug your shoulders, my friend. We need an answer.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Home.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- Can you prove you were at home? - My wife can vouch for me.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- Your wife was with you?- No.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55No, she was in Oakhampton, visiting her sister.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- Sorry?- She phoned me, didn't she? - OK, what time was that?
0:27:59 > 0:28:00This morning.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03So how could she vouch for your movements last night?
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Because when she phoned this morning,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07I told her what I was doing last night.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Let's start again, shall we?
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- And you were with your mum and dad all night, is that right?- Yeah.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- 'Fraid so.- How are they? I haven't seen them for ages.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Yeah, they're OK. Dad's started playing his guitar again.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Oh, that's good. Getting any better?- Well, depends.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- Depends on what? - Whether you like Smoke On The Water.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Honestly, that's all he can play.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34Well, that's no bad thing, I suppose. Giving him my regards, will you? And your mum too.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37- All right, we're done. - Cheers.- Mind how you go.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- What?- That's your idea of the third degree, is it?
0:28:43 > 0:28:45No, I'm saving that for Phillip Spence.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Because if Spence knows that Erica had an abortion and that
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Chrissy paid for it, it puts him right in the frame, doesn't it?
0:28:55 > 0:29:00Did you know that Erica was expecting a child? Your child.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02And, more to the point,
0:29:02 > 0:29:05did you know that Erica had decided not to have that child?
0:29:08 > 0:29:12Because as a man and a... Buddhist, I believe...
0:29:12 > 0:29:14that must have been very hard for you.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Look, I can see where this is going.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20But I refuse to answer any more questions until I've seen
0:29:20 > 0:29:21a solicitor.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24OK.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- Well, I re-searched the lifeboat crew, just as you asked.- And?
0:29:28 > 0:29:35And I must admit, I have rarely encountered a less inspiring bunch.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39OK, so, Phillip Spence recently passed an advanced driving test
0:29:39 > 0:29:44and is troubled by ingrown toenails. Wait, it gets better.
0:29:44 > 0:29:50In 1987, Gobby Mitchell won a pie eating contest in Paignton.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- And Jake, you already know about. - What's that supposed to mean?
0:29:54 > 0:29:57Well, you know, just all the obvious stuff.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01- You do know that Jake's big sister was Leah Taylor, right?- Who?
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Leah Taylor. Davey's first murder enquiry.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- Sorry, I just assumed it was common knowledge.- Well, I...
0:30:07 > 0:30:10I wouldn't have been living here at the time.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- So that's why Davey knew Jake's parents.- You think it's important?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Of course I remember the case.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Not the kind of thing you forget, really.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27I'd...just joined CID and...
0:30:27 > 0:30:30what I wanted more than anything else was to get my teeth
0:30:30 > 0:30:32stuck into a real murder enquiry.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Be careful what you wish for, eh?
0:30:37 > 0:30:42- Did you know Leah's family before? - Yeah, I knew her dad, Colin.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45We played rugby together back in the day.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49We weren't exactly best mates or anything, but...
0:30:49 > 0:30:51I liked him. He was a good guy.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53He's more of a mate of Mick's, actually.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56Anyway...
0:30:58 > 0:31:02When they found Leah... I had to go around there.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05With my ex-governor... Break the news.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07That must have been hard.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Yeah, it was terrible.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13He came to the door...
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- With...with the little fella. - You mean Jake?
0:31:19 > 0:31:20She'd gone shopping.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23We didn't have to say anything, really.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25He could tell from the look on our faces.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32They say coppers don't take their work home with them.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Don't you believe it.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38What happened at the trial?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Never went to trial.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42He was deemed unfit to stand.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- Oh...- Mentally ill or confused or something.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Thanks.
0:31:50 > 0:31:51All right.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- Jane?- Yeah.- Do me a favour, will you? Don't go bothering Jake.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Not without good reason.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Sure.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17One, two, Danny La Rue. Three, four, Roger Moore.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Mick. I need to talk to you about Leah Taylor.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24That's the last thing I want to talk about.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Because you knew her dad?
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Mick, please, this could be important!
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Well, if you must know...
0:32:35 > 0:32:39I was on the boat that picked up John Barnes, Leah's murderer.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Tried to drown himself, didn't he?
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Yeah, we fished him out of the water.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47He tried to drown himself after he killed Leah?
0:32:47 > 0:32:51No, two weeks before.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54That's what's so hard to take - everyone knew Barnes was
0:32:54 > 0:32:57dangerous, he'd attacked a girl before.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00If we hadn't saved his life that night,
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Jake's sister would still be alive.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07The night it happened, who... who exactly was on the boat?
0:33:08 > 0:33:13Me, Andy. Chrissy... Erica, Bob, yeah, all of us.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Is there any way Jake or any of his family could have known this?
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Don't reckon so.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24All it would say in the log is,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27"Swimmer in distress rescued off Angel Cove."
0:33:27 > 0:33:31That's what they say when it's a suicide attempt. "In distress".
0:33:31 > 0:33:33It's a sort of code.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36And anyone who'd joined the lifeboat, they'd know this code?
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- Oh, definitely, yeah. - Thanks, Mick.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49Davey, it's me. Listen... I think I know what's going on.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50Can you call me back?
0:33:59 > 0:34:00Hi.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05- You talking to me?- Yeah.
0:34:05 > 0:34:11- My mum wants to know if you'd like to join our quiz team.- Your mum?
0:34:12 > 0:34:15All right... I want you to join our quiz team.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Why didn't you say so? Come on.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28Right, now, ladies and gentlemen,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31if I could just have your attention, please.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Ladies and gentlemen, if I could beg silence, please.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Thank you, thank you. Thank you all for turning up.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Right, now, before we get the quiz underway,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43I've just got something to say.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44Um...
0:34:44 > 0:34:47As you know, tonight was originally organised as a...
0:34:47 > 0:34:51fundraising to get a memorial for our beloved Erica Ryland.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54But, er, sadly, as you all know by now,
0:34:54 > 0:34:58last night we lost another loyal and long-serving member of
0:34:58 > 0:35:01the lifeboat crew, our old friend, Bob Fountain.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05So now I ask you to dig deep tonight as we help to raise money to
0:35:05 > 0:35:08put towards a fitting memorial plaque honouring both those
0:35:08 > 0:35:10two lost heroes.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Thank you.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Now, if you'd like to get your brain cells galvanised,
0:35:19 > 0:35:22have a quick sip of that sherry...
0:35:22 > 0:35:26and we'll start off with question one of round one.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Who wrote the novel Treasure Island?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Well, I hope you lot know this one.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Who wrote the novel treasure Island?
0:35:35 > 0:35:39Number two, Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane...
0:35:39 > 0:35:41VOICE BECOMES INDISTINCT
0:35:43 > 0:35:44Gobby?
0:35:44 > 0:35:46What is it?
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I didn't know about the baby.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Until it was too late.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Erica has spent the night at her sister's. At least,
0:35:57 > 0:35:58that's what she said.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04But when she came home I could see she'd been crying, so...
0:36:04 > 0:36:06I asked her what was wrong and she told me.
0:36:07 > 0:36:08I'm sorry.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12That must have been very upsetting for you.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17I was furious.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22I called her every name under the sun.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25All my Buddhist training went out of the window.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28So when you saw Chrissy and Erica together on the boat,
0:36:28 > 0:36:30that's when you saw your opportunity.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- What's Chrissy got to do with it? - Well, I think you know.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34I assure you I don't.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Chrissy lent Erica the money for the abortion.
0:36:42 > 0:36:43HE SIGHS
0:36:45 > 0:36:46OK.
0:36:48 > 0:36:49That does surprise me.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53But it doesn't change anything.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Chrissy and me were friends before Erica came along.
0:36:55 > 0:37:00- We remain friends now she's gone. - Really?- Well, Chrissy must think so.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Why else would she trust me with Bobby?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Sorry, I'm not with you.
0:37:07 > 0:37:08Last night...
0:37:08 > 0:37:12as I was getting ready for bed, Chrissy brought her dog round...
0:37:14 > 0:37:17..asked me to take care of him in case something happened to her.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Well, that's a bit extreme, isn't it?
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Well, that's what I told her, but...
0:37:21 > 0:37:22she was adamant.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Even cried when she said goodbye to him.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28I said... "Chrissy, the police are watching your house.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30"What could possibly happen?"
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Interview suspended at 20:55.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40And question 10.
0:37:41 > 0:37:48Who played Batman in the 1989 film of the same name?
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- Once again, that is... - Oh, I know this one. Keaton.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55- Buster Keaton. - ..film of the same name?
0:37:55 > 0:37:59- What's so funny?- It was MICHAEL Keaton.- Yeah, that's what I meant!
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- Write it down.- Yeah, write it down, Julie.- You know my name is Judith.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04That's what he meant.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10You always were mouthy, Jake Taylor, even when you were little.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13All right...Judith.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Right, well, I hope everyone is happy,
0:38:15 > 0:38:18as we're now having a short intermission.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21It's luxury fish and chip time.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22Enjoy!
0:38:24 > 0:38:26MUSIC: The Irish Rover by the Dubliners
0:39:04 > 0:39:08MUSIC THUMPS INSIDE
0:39:08 > 0:39:10GULLS CRY
0:39:25 > 0:39:27HE CHOKES
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- Seriously?- Yeah!- Seriously? - What's wrong with that?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- What are you two smirking at? - Nothing.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Jake's got a crush on Chrissy. - Not any more.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42- Like, when I was a kid.- Oh, yeah? How did you know her?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45- Come on, Jake, spill the beans. - Spill the beans!
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Chrissy used to live next door but one.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51She used to, um, babysit for me and my sister.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Mum, what is it? Have either of you seem Chrissy recently?
0:39:58 > 0:39:59No.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- Why are you so embarrassing? - It was funny.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06HE CHOKES
0:40:06 > 0:40:07CHRISSY!
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Nearly there!
0:40:10 > 0:40:11GET OFF HIM!
0:40:11 > 0:40:13CHRISSY SHRIEKS
0:40:14 > 0:40:16HE GRUNTS AND CHOKES
0:40:16 > 0:40:19AAAAAGH!
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Mick! Mick!
0:40:21 > 0:40:22Mick! Say something!
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Please say something.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26PANICKY BREATHING
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Sophie...
0:40:53 > 0:40:55That was clever.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59The way you faked an attempt on your own life to throw us off
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- the scent.- Well, not clever enough, obviously.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04This is about John Barnes, isn't it?
0:41:07 > 0:41:10The night he tried to kill himself,
0:41:10 > 0:41:13I said we should let him drown!
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Skipper overruled you, didn't he?
0:41:16 > 0:41:21That was Andy all over, always doing the right thing no matter what.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23It was only at the end that he admitted,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26he admitted he'd been wrong.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32He said that rescuing Barnes was the single greatest regret
0:41:32 > 0:41:33of his life.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35I bet he didn't tell you to go around murdering
0:41:35 > 0:41:37your fellow crew members!
0:41:38 > 0:41:43He said we were all guilty and that amounts to the same thing!
0:41:45 > 0:41:47SIREN WAILS
0:41:53 > 0:41:57He's all right! They ran that way!
0:41:57 > 0:41:59You waited until the storm was at its worst,
0:41:59 > 0:42:03and when you saw your opportunity, you dragged Erica over the side
0:42:03 > 0:42:05and tried to drown her, didn't you?
0:42:05 > 0:42:06Only she fought back.
0:42:09 > 0:42:10That was Erica all over.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Even when I was holding her under, she still kept fighting.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Hit me so hard I almost blacked out.
0:42:19 > 0:42:25Well, now they're gone, it's my turn. I mean...Fair's fair, right?
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Chrissy, taking your own life, that's not going to help anyone.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34SHE EXHALES
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Chrissy!
0:42:37 > 0:42:39MUFFLED SCREAMING
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Chrissy! Chrissy!
0:42:44 > 0:42:45MUFFLED SCREAMING
0:42:45 > 0:42:47NO! NO!
0:42:50 > 0:42:52SHE SCREAMS
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- So why were you following her? - I watch people.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02And, like this lady here...
0:43:02 > 0:43:05I may not seem much, but I notice things.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10And she's been down ever since Andy copped it.
0:43:12 > 0:43:17- I was scared that she might do herself in.- Not just everyone else.
0:43:17 > 0:43:23- Oh, my big man! I really thought I'd lost you.- No way, my love.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25I had her just where I wanted her.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28Couple more seconds, I'd have broken both her arms.
0:43:30 > 0:43:31724, please respond.
0:43:31 > 0:43:36- So what brought you out here? - I notice things too.
0:43:36 > 0:43:37Yeah?
0:43:39 > 0:43:41Have you noticed it's your round?
0:43:44 > 0:43:46It's always my round.