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0:00:17 > 0:00:20George's daughter Cecily.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25I once made the mistake of asking him what she was like.
0:00:25 > 0:00:3020 minutes of parental pride later, I had a fairly good idea -
0:00:30 > 0:00:34pretty as a picture, bright as a button, sweet as sugar.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38I do so hope he was exaggerating.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44CAR HORN BEEPS
0:00:56 > 0:01:00- Hello, Dad.- You're looking well.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Must be the sea air. ..This is her, madam.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08- My little Cecily.- You're even more glamorous than he said!
0:01:08 > 0:01:13- Charming girl. ..Inspector Christmas's celebration?- Inside, madam.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- And you are?- ..Ronald Quincy. Under manager.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20And my fiance.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Your what?
0:01:23 > 0:01:27- ..Excuse me.- You might have told me!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30< Oi!
0:01:38 > 0:01:44As many of you know, Inspector Christmas served in the Army with great distinction,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49then went on to a second career with the police force. We're proud
0:01:49 > 0:01:53he's chosen our community for his impending retirement.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Yesterday, he was in London receiving his MBE.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Today, we bestow our highest honour -
0:02:00 > 0:02:03the freedom of Porth Carrack!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17And now a surprise.
0:02:17 > 0:02:24To make the presentation, they've persuaded the lady the Inspector says served as his inspiration -
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Mrs Adela Bradley!
0:02:49 > 0:02:55What an honour, Mrs Bradley, and what a week - marred by just one thing. Last night, I was burgled -
0:02:55 > 0:03:02two hens from my own back yard. Sometimes the long arm of the law is not quite long enough.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Daddy, quick! Temperance!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08What is it?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- Do you know her?- Yes. My daughter.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Here's a tragic kettle of fish.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35# You're the cream in my coffee
0:03:35 > 0:03:38# You're the salt in my stew
0:03:38 > 0:03:41# You will always be my necessity
0:03:41 > 0:03:43# I'd be lost without you
0:03:43 > 0:03:47# You're the starch in my collar You're the lace in my shoe... #
0:03:59 > 0:04:04Why? And why cut off her lovely hair?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07We'll find whoever did this. I promise.
0:04:07 > 0:04:14- I understand Chastity worked at Quincy's Hotel.- As a waitress, yes.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18She wasn't due at work until one.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22I was away last night, visiting my sister. Temperance came with me.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- And your wife? - She died having Temperance.
0:04:25 > 0:04:32- Well, it wasn't robbery, madam. She's still wearing this. - Still fancy yourself as a detective?
0:04:32 > 0:04:38- Just trying to help. - The watch stopped at 12. When she hit the water, I'd say -
0:04:38 > 0:04:40giving us probable time of death.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Yes, going by the condition of the body.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49- This is no rope. It's some sort of woollen snake.- A worsted viper.
0:04:49 > 0:04:56This reminds me of my first investigation - the case of Black Jack Briggs and Beelzebub's virgin.
0:04:56 > 0:05:02Cutting off the victim's hair is part of the ritual. Black Jack was hanged,
0:05:02 > 0:05:09but if someone is reviving the cult, there'll be something inside the viper's mouth.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Well, I never.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Chastity's engagement ring!
0:05:18 > 0:05:21..I could stay if it would help.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24I was just about to ask. Thank you.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27What a bizarre story.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31One man's mumbo jumbo is another man's faith.
0:05:44 > 0:05:51Nice to have a lady of calibre staying. We only wish it were under happier circumstances.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- Indeed, Mother. - What sort of girl was she?
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Nice as pie. ..And talented. She painted those.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- How well do you know your guests? - Well enough.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10- This is a respectable hotel!- Is it? ..Oh, well.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15- I beg your pardon? - Respectability. Highly over-rated.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20I've arranged lodgings for your chauffeur opposite the abattoir.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25My "chauffeur", as I understand it, is to be a member of your family.
0:06:25 > 0:06:33- That's as may be. Staff stay in lodgings, usually.- George stays where I stay, invariably.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Ah, how do you do?
0:06:41 > 0:06:48Much obliged. ..Just a week to go to the big day. I suppose it's congratulations all round.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53I suppose so. TAPPING ..Ronald, you're doing it again.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- They've all got alibis. Cast iron. - < Naturally.
0:06:59 > 0:07:06And before you ask, Ronald and I were working till well past midnight, then we had sardines on toast...
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- And played cribbage. - Quite the giddy whirl.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12How will Cecily cope?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- Compliments of Inspector Christmas, ma'am.- How very dear!
0:07:23 > 0:07:28- You hate carnations.- I love colour, and it's the thought that counts.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Chastity gave me this to post yesterday. I didn't get round to it.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38- "Miss Behaviour, Porth Carrck Gazette."- An advice column?- Yes.
0:07:38 > 0:07:44"Dear Miss Behaviour, my dilemma is, what if you discover your employer's up to no good?
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Do you risk speaking out? Signed, "In Two Minds." What did she mean?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I haven't got a clue.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56- Was anything different about her lately?- She seemed a bit better off.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Said she'd been left a few bob. She argued with her fiance yesterday.
0:08:01 > 0:08:07- What's he like?- Jake? Well, he's no angel, but he's no murderer.
0:08:07 > 0:08:13- Where can we find him? - He lives above the Potted Lobster.
0:08:29 > 0:08:36- Having a lie-in, Jake? - I've not been well.- I'm afraid we've got some rather bad news.
0:08:39 > 0:08:45- Tell us about this argument. - Chastity accused me of seeing another woman.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- And were you? - There is no other woman.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I'm engaged to be married!
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Or was. BOTTLES CLINK AND SMASH
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- What's he looking for?- Just routine.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Make yourself useful. Try upstairs.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Why weren't you out fishing last night?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Food poisoning. Stayed in bed.
0:09:11 > 0:09:19- All night AND all day?- I went out for some air about eleven till after midnight.- Anyone see you?- No.
0:09:19 > 0:09:26- Pity.- Are you sug-gesting my b-brother murdered his own f-fiancee?!
0:09:26 > 0:09:29No, I'm saying it's a shame no-one saw him.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I just heard! I was at the hairdresser's.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41This is Mrs Bradley. ..My sister-in-law Delilah.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46Might I ask where you and your husband were last night at midnight?
0:09:46 > 0:09:51- I was asleep, Lester was manning the lighthouse.- Don't you run the pub?
0:09:51 > 0:09:56W-We do. I go up the lighthouse a-after closing time, stay the night.
0:09:56 > 0:10:03- When do you sleep? - From dawn till we open. He likes to keep busy.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Somebody has to p-pay for your hairdos!
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Where's the key to the cellar, sir?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I'm not sure.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22- Whose is the back room?- Mine. Why?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I just found this under the bed.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Chastity's hair!
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Jake Hicks, I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53- No need for you to come, Lester. - He's f-family! I'm going!
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I'll see you back at the hotel.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17If a picture's worth a thousand words, a look can be worth more.
0:11:17 > 0:11:24As my hairdresser, Mr Gervaise of Mayfair, says, "Same old coiffeur, husband secure.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28"New style of hair, husband beware."
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Jake didn't do it. He's having an affair with his brother's wife.
0:11:32 > 0:11:39- I'll wager there was an assignation last night.- Madam? - So what's he hiding in the cellar?
0:11:39 > 0:11:46- Marriage can be hard, especially with your husband away every night. - I don't know what you mean!
0:11:46 > 0:11:53- Is this how you keep busy - making wedding dresses?- This one's for your chauffeur's daughter.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58- I just hope she doesn't meet a pig after her wedding.- Pardon?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02It's bad luck, see. Happened to me.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Explains everything.
0:12:06 > 0:12:13Make no mistake, Mrs Hicks, either the truth comes out, or Jake hangs for murder.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17You and he WERE together last night.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Yes. On the beach.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28We always said if anyone suspected, we'd just deny it.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- You're Jake's only alibi. - Not necessarily.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36No wonder he didn't want people looking in the cellar.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Plymouth Rocks. Beauties, aren't they?
0:12:45 > 0:12:52- I believe you said they were stolen at midnight, sir.- Yes, the squawking woke me. I ran out, but they'd gone.
0:12:52 > 0:13:00- Are you sure it was Jake?- Positive. - Why risk trial for murder rather than own up to pinching poultry?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04He didn't want his affair with Delilah to come out.
0:13:04 > 0:13:12- Will you release him?- But what was Chastity's hair doing under his bed? - Simple - someone tried to frame him.
0:13:29 > 0:13:35- That's for Chastity... when they let me have her back. - Postmortems take time, sir.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- Temperance is a lovely child, sir...- Hello.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- That's beautiful handwriting. - It's called copperplate.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- Is it a story? - About Chastity going to heaven.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53You should frame it, hang it up at home.
0:13:53 > 0:14:00Perhaps. People think I'm sad, but I'm not because she'll be with Mummy. Daddy says so.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Well, he should know.
0:14:05 > 0:14:11I'm afraid my belief in God is roughly on a par with my belief in the tooth fairy.
0:14:11 > 0:14:17- Still, at times like this, even- I - can see that faith has a place.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22So if Jake Hicks is in the clear, you're none the wiser.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27- You still think her death is to do with the revival of some cult?- Yes.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Black Jack Briggs murdered three women, all ritually sacrificed.
0:14:32 > 0:14:39- He said he was re-enacting something called the Legend of Beelzebub's Virgin.- Which was?
0:14:39 > 0:14:46- A secret he took with him to the gallows.- Good riddance. People who believe all that are barking mad.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Is there any history of any such cult here?
0:14:50 > 0:14:56- There was something in the parish records, centuries ago, some pagan ritual.- May I see it?
0:14:56 > 0:15:02- The records? They're in Latin. - Ne solicitus sis, perficiam.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- What was that? - Don't worry, I'll manage.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Hello, Dad. ..Go on, ask him! YOU ask him. He's YOUR father!
0:15:14 > 0:15:20We're short-staffed, so Ronald wondered if you'd help out in the dining room.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23..Me? Serve people their dinner?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Luncheon, actually. ..If Mrs Bradley won't mind.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- Not at all. He's all yours. - 11.30, then?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Cheerio.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40I once worked as a waiter, madam. I vowed never again.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45But that was before it gave you the perfect opportunity to eavesdrop.
0:16:03 > 0:16:10- Everything all right?- No. She's got a one-armed man at table 4. It's bad luck.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Oh, yes.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17- Poor chap.- No, HER. It's an omen. You should read this.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Omens And Superstitions.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Thanks very much.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Oh! ..Beg your pardon!
0:16:29 > 0:16:34- You look quite different out of your chauffeur's uniform.- Must get on.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Customers waiting.
0:16:37 > 0:16:44- I'm off tonight. Have you got time for a chat?- What about? - I'm getting married!- Right. Course.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55- Right, madam, lamb cutlets.- Thank you, George. I ordered the fish.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Lamb will do.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Isn't the Inspector joining you?
0:17:04 > 0:17:09- He's following up another lead. A smuggler's ring.- What a shame.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Any useful kitchen gossip?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Yes, madam.
0:17:14 > 0:17:22If you hold onions under water while you're peeling them, they don't make you cry. ..Not a dickey bird.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- Are these the parish records?- Yes.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Nothing so far, but I'm only up to the 15th century.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- What's the matter?- Inspector Christmas has been attacked!
0:17:33 > 0:17:40We've had reports of smugglers. Someone gave me a crack on the head, knocked me out cold.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43We've got to find this lunatic...
0:17:43 > 0:17:47You're going nowhere but home. Will you be all right?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Then, YOU are coming with me!
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Madam!
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Cognac, madam.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Looks like he was heading for that fisherman's cabin.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32A worsted viper. And a pentagram.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35"Ab hoc ducere."
0:19:35 > 0:19:40I think we can safely assume that this is the strangler's lair.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- You'd better stay and keep watch. - On me own?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Try and be a brave boy.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57We'll go over the parish records this evening.
0:19:57 > 0:20:04- I was hoping to see Cecily tonight, madam. She's after some advice on marriage and such like.- Such like?
0:20:04 > 0:20:08I've never heard it called that before. Good luck.
0:20:19 > 0:20:25Little children - headache. Big children - heartache. So the saying goes.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29There are three golden rules for bringing up children.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Alas, nobody knows what they are.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54This is Mrs Bradley. Someone appears to have been in my room. ..Thank you.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- He could do with some bacon. - No, he couldn't.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15- It's a cure for baldness, but only if it's stolen.- Not you as well!
0:21:15 > 0:21:20Dung placed around the house will bring good luck, and flies!
0:21:20 > 0:21:24If a bride spills a drop of blood on her wedding dress,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- she'll be dead by Christmas.- Believe that, you'll believe anything!
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- Dad?- Mm?
0:21:32 > 0:21:36- What do you make of Ronald? - Nice enough.
0:21:36 > 0:21:42- Dad!- Well, he's a bit... What's the word? ..alembicated for my liking.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Alembicated?- Stuck-up. La-di-da.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51- Hark who's talking. - There's a difference between affectation and education.
0:21:51 > 0:21:58I know he's not everyone's cup of tea, but he's a good man, Dad, and I love him.
0:21:59 > 0:22:05Here you go. All you need to know regarding wedding, night of.
0:22:05 > 0:22:11- Wedded Bliss by Adela Bradley. - If you need any more, write to Miss Behaviour at the newspaper.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16I have. "I'm soon to be married and I worry about first-night nerves..."
0:22:16 > 0:22:20That'll do. I'm your dad, not your doctor.
0:22:21 > 0:22:28- If you love him, well and good. But remember, you get what you settle for.- And you got Mum?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32She weren't so bad - till she got ideas.
0:22:32 > 0:22:38- Is she coming to the wedding? - I wouldn't know where to send the invitation.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44What about you? Anyone special? Or have you got your hands full with Mrs Bradley?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- Meaning what?- Nothing.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Come on. I'll race you up.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03# There is a time and place for everything
0:23:03 > 0:23:09# You're everything, right now's the time and your place is in my heart
0:23:09 > 0:23:13# And besides, there isn't anything
0:23:13 > 0:23:16# I'd rather do than cuddle you
0:23:16 > 0:23:19# With your 50 million charms... #
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Must be a mistake. We've got our supper.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- You're feeling better, sir?- Yes. We were...discussing
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- who tore out half the parish records and why.- Someone broke in?
0:23:34 > 0:23:41I'm fine. But Ronald's passkey is missing. Somewhat disturbing with a murderer around.
0:23:41 > 0:23:48- Which is why, George, I suggest you bolt your door tonight. - I'll bear that in mind, sir.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Good night.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00LAUGHTER
0:24:08 > 0:24:15- After a new job, are we?- No, Mrs Quincy. Just a spot of supper. - Call me Myrtle.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20Sounds like a village in Suffolk your name. Welcome to Myrtle Quincy.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23I DO like a sense of humour.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29Why don't I join you? I'll get a bottle from my husband's cellar.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Oh, your husband! I'm not sure he'd approve.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Funny man! He's 6ft under! Has been ten year.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41..Everything all right with your plumbing?
0:24:41 > 0:24:45..Beg your pardon?
0:24:45 > 0:24:52- Gentleman in the next room says his pipes are blocked. Are yours in working order?- ..Far as I know.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Good-o.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57..Back in a jiffy.
0:25:03 > 0:25:10Whoever stole the parish records must be involved with Chastity's murder and trying to hide something.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- But why not take the whole volume? - Too big?
0:25:14 > 0:25:19He'd be spotted. I put a 24-hour watch on the beach. Nothing so far.
0:25:19 > 0:25:25- I'm convinced it's a disciple of Black Jack Briggs. - Did he have family?
0:25:25 > 0:25:30A brother, I believe. His mother died shortly after he was hanged.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33I can't remember. It was all so long ago.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36You must have been a babe in arms.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42- I do believe you're flirting with me, Inspector. - Why don't you call me Henry?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I don't recall ordering that.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Just going over the wedding plans.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15When you've finished, perhaps one of you would remove...the snake.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19- Snake?- In my hotel?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Never!
0:26:22 > 0:26:25LOUD SCREAM
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Whisky, Henry?
0:26:34 > 0:26:40- I apologise again. I've never been very fond of snakes. - I won't breathe a word.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- Snake's all taken care of. - I'm so sorry.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48It must have been someone's attempt at a practical joke.
0:26:48 > 0:26:56- No, it was someone's attempt to scare me.- Well, they're no match for a team like you and me.- Madam.
0:26:56 > 0:27:03- Just a minute, George. - We'll get him.- I hope you're right, Henry. Good night.- Good night.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08- Madam.- I'll see you out, Inspector.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11You were saying?
0:27:11 > 0:27:16There was a light out at sea, from a boat. Morse code.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- Why didn't you tell me?!- I tried.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Nothing there now. What did it say?
0:27:23 > 0:27:28- 2200, the cabin. Could be smugglers planning a rendezvous.- Possibly.
0:27:28 > 0:27:34It's midnight, so they must mean tomorrow. Question is, who was the message for?
0:27:34 > 0:27:40- One for the team, madam? You and Henry?- And you, George. Good night.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44- In case you were wondering... - Wondering? About what?
0:27:44 > 0:27:50- Nothing, madam, it was... - What you do in your own time is your own...affair.
0:27:59 > 0:28:05All that remains is to thank you all for coming.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Please, help yourselves.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- That was a very moving service. You did your daughter proud.- Thank you.
0:28:34 > 0:28:40- What's going on?- Bound to get out. The results of the postmortem -
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Chastity was expecting a baby.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46..Constable, have you no sense of discretion?
0:28:57 > 0:29:00I just wanted to pay my respects.
0:29:01 > 0:29:06What do YOU know about respect? You defiled my daughter!
0:29:08 > 0:29:12If you know what's good for you, stay away!
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I know what you're all thinking...
0:29:23 > 0:29:26about my daughter!
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Well, he that is without sin among you,
0:29:30 > 0:29:34let him first cast a stone at her!
0:29:53 > 0:29:56You DID frame it. How lovely.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58What a wonderful crab.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03- I caught it.- Will you catch one for me?- I'll try.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08And more paintings by Chastity.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13I, er...took the liberty of nipping upstairs to search her room, madam.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16She seems to have had another "admirer".
0:30:16 > 0:30:22"If lust is a sin, I am damned by my desire for you."
0:30:22 > 0:30:27- Anything I should know?- A note written on a typewriter with no E.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32And an entry in Chastity's diary the day she died - 11pm,
0:30:32 > 0:30:34- LH.- LH?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Lester Hicks!
0:30:37 > 0:30:39INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
0:30:39 > 0:30:45So how many other people do you know with the initials LH?
0:30:45 > 0:30:50- I said I d-didn't write that note. - Then we'll take some fingerprints,
0:30:50 > 0:30:55and check that the letter E is working properly.
0:30:58 > 0:31:03All right. S-So I had a s-soft spot for Chastity.
0:31:03 > 0:31:09- No harm in that.- Did you tell your brother's fiancee about this soft spot,
0:31:09 > 0:31:15- or merely write her unpleasant letters?- I've never been good with the ladies.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20- Where were you the night she died? - M-M-Manning the lighthouse.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Terrible stammer the poor boy has.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31I should imagine the reasons for it
0:31:31 > 0:31:36stem from his childhood, and if he IS involved in the cult...
0:31:36 > 0:31:42- Why wasn't he arrested? - For writing a letter? The rest is circumstantial.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- Sorry. I'll wait outside. - Oh, no, do join me.
0:31:46 > 0:31:53- You missed your vocation, George. You're getting good at this. - Praise indeed, sir.
0:31:55 > 0:32:01I took the opportunity to check Chastity's locker. I found this.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03£100.
0:32:04 > 0:32:10- Must be the legacy.- But the vicar said there WAS no legacy,
0:32:10 > 0:32:17- so where did Chastity get this? - Another piece of the puzzle. An hour to go.
0:32:17 > 0:32:25- Oh, I told the inspector about the Morse code. He's coming with us. - Very good, madam. I'll get the car.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38You clicked.
0:32:38 > 0:32:44- I'll have a glass of port while we wait. - I thought you liked whisky.
0:32:44 > 0:32:51- Picked up the port habit in the Army.- I imagine you look well in uniform.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Would you like a taste?
0:32:56 > 0:33:01- Mrs Quincy says she might offer you a job.- I might just take it.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Hold still! You're under arrest!
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Oh, no, you don't!
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Ohh! Ow!
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- Sorry, sir.- Oh, well, a bird in the hand, as they say.
0:33:42 > 0:33:48- Dress-making and smuggling - a busy bee.- I wanted money to get away.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- Who was on the motorcycle?- No idea.
0:33:51 > 0:33:57- My bet is it's your brother-in-law. - Jake's out on the boat.- We'll check.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02- Tell me, would you know how to send an SOS in Morse code?- No. Why?
0:34:02 > 0:34:08Now listen to me. This is my final case. My reputation hangs on this.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13I'm not bothered about smugglers. I want Chastity Baines' murderer.
0:34:13 > 0:34:19- If you or your pal are mixed up... - We're not!- Tell me who was on the motorcycle,
0:34:19 > 0:34:26- or I'll tell Lester you're cuckolding him with his brother!- Go to hell!
0:34:33 > 0:34:38Come on, Delilah. Confession's good for the soul.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Don't do this, please!
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Lester?
0:35:17 > 0:35:22I didn't hear a thing. I just turned round, and there he was, behind me.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- Wearing a robe and a hood? - Knocked me out.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31Next thing, I c-coming round on the beach with that round me neck.
0:35:31 > 0:35:37I've said some prayers in my time, but never like last night.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41- I'd assumed the strangler was after me.- Indeed.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46- He will be here on Tuesday...- Then why would he try and kill Lester?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Sorry, madam. I'll get your key.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52RHYTHMIC TAPPING
0:35:52 > 0:35:57- Do you know what this is, Mr Quincey?- SOS.
0:35:57 > 0:36:05Spot on. Tell me, what use would a hotel under manager have for Morse code?
0:36:05 > 0:36:12- I think you owe George an apology. That was quite a punch last night. - What punch?
0:36:12 > 0:36:18- Chastity found out about your smuggling. - We're not interested in cognac.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21We're after a killer!
0:36:23 > 0:36:25It was dawn...a few weeks ago.
0:36:25 > 0:36:32Chastity was on the beach, painting. I didn't see her, but she saw me bringing the booze in
0:36:32 > 0:36:39- from the boat. - And threatened to tell the police? - No! ..I don't know.
0:36:39 > 0:36:45- Where were you the night she died? - Here, playing cards with Mother.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- Then I went to bed. - That's your alibi?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52CECILY: Postpone the wedding?!
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Just to be on the safe side...
0:36:55 > 0:36:59I'm picking up my wedding dress this afternoon,
0:36:59 > 0:37:04and this time next week, I'll be Mrs Ronald Quincy!
0:37:04 > 0:37:09- I'm just saying...- You're saying the man I love might be a murderer.
0:37:09 > 0:37:15- If you think that, forget the wedding, cos you're not welcome.- Cecily!
0:37:15 > 0:37:20Um...the inspector's just found these.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Some sort of ceremonial robes
0:37:23 > 0:37:27- on the cliff-edge. What a way to go.- Not necessarily.
0:37:27 > 0:37:32The strangler could've faked his own suicide to throw us off the scent.
0:37:32 > 0:37:39- As Lester Hicks could've staged the attack on himself.- Possible, but there is someone else.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44Chastity's own father. As you once wrote, Mrs Bradley,
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- "like charity, murder often begins at home".- Yes.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53It might be worth paying Rev Baines' sister a visit to check his alibi.
0:37:53 > 0:37:59And we will invite ourselves to tea at the vicarage.
0:38:02 > 0:38:09- I'm glad you came. You can advise me on what to do about being burgled. - Oh? When?
0:38:09 > 0:38:11The day of Chastity's funeral.
0:38:11 > 0:38:17- Strangely, they just took some of my correspondence.- Anything important?
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Well, yes AND no.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Have you...heard of Miss Behaviour in the Gazette?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Yes.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- Well,- I- am Miss Behaviour.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- An unusual sideline, sir. - I like to help people,
0:38:34 > 0:38:38and it tells me what's going on in the parish.
0:38:38 > 0:38:46- I hope I can rely on your discretion. - Of course. Why would anyone steal letters from your column?- No idea.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Er, these...
0:38:49 > 0:38:52These are some of the printed ones.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57"Dear Miss Behaviour, my wife and I have been wed six years
0:38:57 > 0:39:03"yet to this day I remain a complete stranger to coition."
0:39:03 > 0:39:07- To who? - The marriage is unconsummated.
0:39:07 > 0:39:15- "I fear I may die without knowing the pleasures of the flesh."- Ah, yes. P-Perplexed of P-Porth Carrack.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Lester Hicks? No wonder he sleeps at the lighthouse.
0:39:19 > 0:39:25Hold on, madam. Are we saying that he's married but he's never had...
0:39:27 > 0:39:32- ..relations? Not even once?! - It's not unheard of.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Deep anxiety, a physical problem.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39The poor man must be in torment. ..How did you know it was Lester?
0:39:39 > 0:39:43- Aren't the letters anonymous? - He signed his.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47People often slip up. Like your daughter.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51She wrote on notepaper from Quincy's Hotel. ..Ah!
0:39:51 > 0:39:56Temperance. ..She's very pleased with herself.
0:39:56 > 0:40:02- She has a present for you. Caught it herself.- Thank you very...
0:40:02 > 0:40:06These are pages from the parish records.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Where did you find them?
0:40:19 > 0:40:23This explains the blocked plumbing at the hotel.
0:40:23 > 0:40:29The thief must've flushed these pages away, forgetting they'd re-emerge.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- Totally illegible.- Is it important?
0:40:36 > 0:40:41It might've helped us find out what happened to your sister.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Why?
0:40:49 > 0:40:58- She's copied out some pages of the parish records.- To practise my copperplates.- Lots of it, too!
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Eureka! "The Legend of Beelzebub's Virgin."
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Er, this may not be suitable for young ears.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Temperance, some tea, I think.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15Bear with me. I'm translating from the Latin.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20"Exactly 200 years ago, a cult began right here in Porth Carrack.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25"On the eve of her wedding, a young woman is found dead on a beach,
0:41:25 > 0:41:30"shorn of her hair, strangled by a worsted viper.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35- "The culprit is tried...hanged... A blacksmith, Mr Edmund..."- Briggs.
0:41:35 > 0:41:42- "..leader of the Ophidian Brotherhood." - Ophidian - snakes, serpent-like?
0:41:42 > 0:41:47"Briggs's last words were, 'At the twelfth hour of the virgin death,
0:41:47 > 0:41:52" 'darkness shall hold dominion over the beacon of light.' "
0:41:52 > 0:42:00- He predicts his execution will be avenged on the anniversary of his death, July 3rd.- When Chastity died.
0:42:00 > 0:42:07- An innocent girl is strangled for this?- But she wasn't innocent. She wasn't a virgin.
0:42:07 > 0:42:15- So a second virgin must be found. - Lester Hicks?- But he survived. - So another victim is needed.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Another virgin...
0:42:18 > 0:42:25Oh, my God! "Dear Miss Behaviour, I'm soon to be married and am worried about first-night nerves."
0:42:25 > 0:42:30If the vicar guessed it was Cecily, so will the strangler.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Oh, it's perfect.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Thank you so much!
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Ow!
0:42:44 > 0:42:47You left a pin in.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58It's a good job I'm not superstitious.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03There! As good as new.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06I'll get something to wrap it in.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40'She left some time ago.'
0:43:40 > 0:43:43Straight back to the hotel she said.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52SHOE SQUEAKS
0:43:54 > 0:43:57Hello! What are YOU doing here?
0:43:58 > 0:44:03SCREAMS MINGLE WITH SEAGULLS' SCREECHING
0:44:03 > 0:44:08Right, ladies and gentlemen, she's been missing for two hours.
0:44:08 > 0:44:13Before we start the search, Cecily's father would like a word.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16Number one, thank you for helping.
0:44:16 > 0:44:22Number two, I believe someone here knows what's happened to Cecily.
0:44:22 > 0:44:28When I find out who you are... God help you.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33Shall we go?
0:44:35 > 0:44:38There's been trouble on the beach again.
0:44:38 > 0:44:44Constable Sharp's been attacked on lookout duty. Someone knocked him out.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09These marks are new.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13Black crosses.
0:45:14 > 0:45:19"Ab hoc ducere - let THIS be your guide."
0:45:20 > 0:45:25Placing this between the crosses, we should get a perfect fit.
0:45:25 > 0:45:32- A map reading with the uppermost point indicating...- The church.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43Stop the car.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51That wasn't there yesterday.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09There's something in here.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27It's Cecily's hair.
0:46:27 > 0:46:32Two possibilities. One, he's taking her to the church.
0:46:32 > 0:46:37- Two, he'll bring her here. - Well, let's just toss a coin(!)
0:46:37 > 0:46:46- I think he'll bring her here. Why else build this pyre?- It's a trick. - What about the map and the church?
0:46:46 > 0:46:52- She's my daughter! - Very well. You take the church, I'LL stay here.
0:47:05 > 0:47:12- I should've seen this coming. I could've warned her.- It's not your fault, George.- I'm her father!
0:47:12 > 0:47:19- I shouldn't have been worrying about you and the inspector. - What do you mean?
0:47:19 > 0:47:22Nothing, madam.
0:47:24 > 0:47:29Nobody knows what's going to happen, but I DO know you're not to blame.
0:47:32 > 0:47:37We haven't been getting on very well lately, have we?
0:47:37 > 0:47:42- It's not for me to say, madam. - Well, I'm saying it.
0:47:42 > 0:47:47There are some people who think we make a rather formidable team.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49- Oh, yes?- Yes.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54And I'm one of them.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04Me too, madam.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10CRUNCHING
0:48:24 > 0:48:27ANIMAL YELPS
0:48:28 > 0:48:30Just a fox.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41Look. "Ada Briggs,
0:48:41 > 0:48:45- "1846-1900.- Beloved mother." - Of Black Jack?
0:48:45 > 0:48:53- Well, the dates fit.- And the grave has been well tended.- Probably by one of Black Jack's disciples.
0:48:53 > 0:49:00If it's a Briggs family link, how do we explain the business with the Hicks, and Chastity's diary entry -
0:49:00 > 0:49:07- "11pm, LH." Lester Hicks has to be the last person who saw her alive. - Unless...
0:49:07 > 0:49:10LH wasn't a person but a place.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13"June 2nd, PL."
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Potted Lobster!
0:49:17 > 0:49:24- "June 10th...QH."- Quincy's Hotel. All the places she's painted! - "July 3rd, LH."
0:49:26 > 0:49:30"At the twelfth hour of the virgin death,
0:49:30 > 0:49:35"darkness shall hold dominion over the beacon of light!"
0:49:55 > 0:50:02So the clues to the church and the box on the beach were part of a wild-goose chase
0:50:02 > 0:50:05which the smuggling had nothing to do with.
0:50:05 > 0:50:11Everything else the strangler has planned like a military operation.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20CECILY WHIMPERS
0:51:24 > 0:51:27(Oh, Cecily! Cecily!)
0:51:33 > 0:51:36Don't even THINK of running!
0:51:36 > 0:51:41I know who you are. No-one else could've stayed ahead of me.
0:51:41 > 0:51:46- Is Cecily all right?- Yes, thank God! - Who will YOU thank?
0:51:46 > 0:51:54When you go to the gallows for the murder of Chastity Baines, who will have mercy on YOUR soul?
0:51:54 > 0:52:02What a battle royal this has been, fought with military precision as befits a military man.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10Good of you to worry about my soul, Mrs Bradley.
0:52:10 > 0:52:16- I have all the salvation I need.- You KNEW that Jack Briggs had a family.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19- Is that so?- He was your brother.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Not just my brother.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24My hero.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27My guiding light.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30The day he died, the light went out.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33"Blessed be the name of the Lord."
0:52:36 > 0:52:38They hanged Jack on Christmas Eve.
0:52:40 > 0:52:47Good name, Christmas, don't you think? Good alias for someone starting a new life.
0:52:47 > 0:52:52Someone who thinks every day about what you did to his family.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56Mother loved it here.
0:52:56 > 0:53:00Heaven on earth she called it when we were kids.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03Summer holidays.
0:53:03 > 0:53:08Just me, Jack and her - the three of us against the world.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13Why?
0:53:14 > 0:53:17For the Brotherhood.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19For our Jack.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23And then YOU turned up,
0:53:23 > 0:53:28like a bad dream. I knew you'd cause trouble,
0:53:28 > 0:53:33but I didn't anticipate George finding Jake's alibi.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35The closer you got to the truth,
0:53:35 > 0:53:39the harder I worked to keep you at bay.
0:53:39 > 0:53:44I knew the postmortem results long before Chastity's funeral.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47All I could think was, "Who else?
0:53:47 > 0:53:50"Who else?"
0:53:50 > 0:53:52But when Lester survived,
0:53:52 > 0:53:56I was forced to find another victim.
0:53:58 > 0:54:04- Hello.- It was her destiny, the will of the Ophidian Brotherhood.
0:54:04 > 0:54:12- Stop this charade!- "Darkness shall hold dominion..."- And spare me the grandiloquent nonsense.- Nonsense?
0:54:12 > 0:54:19- You said yourself that one man's mumbo jumbo is another man's faith. - Faith? This was murder,
0:54:19 > 0:54:27- dressed up as ritual sacrifice to disguise a tawdry truth.- "At the twelfth hour of the virgin death..."
0:54:27 > 0:54:29Listen to Mrs Bradley. I said...
0:54:30 > 0:54:32..listen!
0:54:32 > 0:54:38Goodness knows how, but Chastity knew you were Jack Briggs' brother.
0:54:38 > 0:54:45A shameful family secret hidden for years. She blackmailed you. That's how she got the £100.
0:54:45 > 0:54:50Inspector Henry Christmas, brother of a madman, a murderer.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53How would that go down at Scotland Yard?
0:54:53 > 0:55:00What would happen to your hard-earned reputation? No MBE, that's for sure,
0:55:00 > 0:55:03just exposure and disgrace.
0:55:03 > 0:55:08- Believe what you like!- It's not a question of what I believe. I KNOW.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12- What- I- know is my brother was ill!
0:55:12 > 0:55:14He needed help!
0:55:14 > 0:55:19But he got the gallows! YOU did that!
0:55:19 > 0:55:22My mother died of a broken heart!
0:55:22 > 0:55:25Your mother died of shame.
0:55:25 > 0:55:33- How dare you?!- Your mother, the girls your brother killed, were all innocent victims of Jack's madness.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36But YOU are entirely sane,
0:55:36 > 0:55:40and as such, nothing but a common killer!
0:55:47 > 0:55:50'It seems like yesterday'
0:55:50 > 0:55:53- that Cecily was a baby.- Dad!
0:55:54 > 0:55:57But today she's Mrs Ronald Quincy,
0:55:57 > 0:56:02a wife. And what IS a wife? Well, the best definition I know
0:56:02 > 0:56:05is a woman who stands by her man
0:56:05 > 0:56:10through all the trouble he wouldn't have if he hadn't got married!
0:56:10 > 0:56:13Cecily...
0:56:13 > 0:56:16Ronald... all the happiness in the world.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21Ladies and gentlemen,
0:56:21 > 0:56:23if you'd charge your glasses
0:56:23 > 0:56:29with this rather fine cognac, I give you the bride and groom.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35The bride and groom.
0:56:36 > 0:56:42# I've lots on my mind Plenty to do but I can find
0:56:42 > 0:56:48# Oceans of time to spare for you Only for you
0:56:48 > 0:56:53# I work quite a lot Busy all day but still I've got
0:56:53 > 0:56:57# Oceans of time to spare for you. #
0:57:01 > 0:57:05I wouldn't presume to offer advice to the happy couple,
0:57:05 > 0:57:12but if I DID, I'd strongly advise patience, tolerance and, above all, separate bathrooms!
0:57:12 > 0:57:14Be kind to each other.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17Thank you, madam.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24- Look after her. - I promise.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26You're always welcome.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29Bye, Dad.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34Best be off, then.
0:57:46 > 0:57:51- Are you all right, George? - Mmm! Never better.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55Someone appears to have left a rose.
0:57:55 > 0:58:02- I believe you said you liked a splash of colour about the place. - Thank you, George.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06Thank YOU, madam.
0:58:09 > 0:58:15# I've lots on my mind Plenty to do but I can find
0:58:15 > 0:58:20# Oceans of time to spare for you Only for you
0:58:20 > 0:58:25# I work quite a lot Busy all day but still I've got
0:58:25 > 0:58:29# Oceans of time to spare for you
0:58:29 > 0:58:35# When others have an hour or two They try and wonder what to do
0:58:35 > 0:58:40# But I just find myself with you contented
0:58:40 > 0:58:45# Life seems one long grind Nevertheless I'll always find
0:58:45 > 0:58:50# Oceans and oceans and oceans of time to spare for you... #
0:58:50 > 0:58:53Subtitles by Mary Easton and Judith Simpson - BBC Scotland 2000