Appetite for Murder Armchair Detectives

Are you the sort of person that's incredibly observant and walks

around the house saying things like "Elementary, my dear Watson"?

If you are, then you're quite annoying,

but could also be good at solving crimes.

Welcome to the TV show with only one question...

..whodunnit?

Welcome to Armchair Detectives,

the show where 15 murder mystery enthusiasts will battle

through clues to work out who committed a deadly crime.

Our amateur detectives are placed at the centre of a fictional murder

investigation set in Mortcliff, the village where no-one is safe.

They'll watch the drama play out as Mortcliff's squad of police

detectives spring into action.

There they are - DI Knight, DC Slater

and their scene of crime officer Simmons.

Before we head to Mortcliff for the first time,

let's meet our Armchair Detectives.

-Hello, Armchair Detectives. ALL:

-Hello!

They're so cheerful!

Only three of you play each day, so please take your armchairs,

Wisdom, Toria and Simon. Come on up.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

As you know by now, the detective guessing the killer correctly

will win one of these, our golden magnifying glass.

-Ooh!

-Oooh!

Now, Toria, you've won two trophies.

If you win today, then you have beaten your boyfriend.

-How does that feel?

-Good.

-Yes?

-Yeah, pretty good.

I saw you going, "Should I say it?

-"No, I'm going to say - it feels good."

-Just go for it.

Absolutely, just go for it. Why not?

Simon, you've played three and won three.

How are you going to keep up your 100% record,

apart from looking amazing, Simon?

You always make such an effort. Doesn't he? I love it!

How are you going to do it?

I am just going to keep thinking like the killer does.

OK... LAUGHTER

Wisdom, are you going to stand your ground

when it comes to the evidence?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Cos the last time, it cost me.

-Yes.

-Yeah, this time I will do my best.

-OK.

Well, best of luck, Armchair Detectives,

it's time for round one, the Crime Scene.

Simmons is at a Chinese restaurant,

but she's not there for the Peking duck.

Notepads at the ready.

For the first time today, let's head over to Mortcliff.

Ahem, excuse me.

Oh, are you from the council? Terrible business with the meat.

The tape on the door is police cordon -

you're not supposed to take it down.

Oh, was it? I thought it was them Chinese New Year decorations.

Anyway, I have given the place a quick once over and done the dishes.

Please don't touch the counter - it's still drying.

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

I don't know where Jon and Connie are.

I'm sure they'll be back soon.

Knight, it's Simmons. Yeah. We have a problem.

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

Who's the deceased?

Jon Chung, sir, owner of Dragon Way, best crispy duck in Mortcliff.

-Do the family know?

-I assume so, sir. It's won a couple of awards.

I've been there myself, actually, it's really nice.

No, Slater, I mean do they know he was murdered?

Oh! No, I don't think so, sir, sorry.

I though you were...talking about the crispy duck.

Mrs Chung, DI Knight, this is DC Slater.

I know you're probably still in shock,

but we do need to ask you a few questions.

What's the problem?

It seems your husband didn't die of natural causes.

It wasn't a fit?

I'm afraid not. Early indications are that he was poisoned.

You're having a laugh.

We're due a coroner's report shortly,

but this bears all the hallmarks of foul play, Mr...?

Black, Dougie Black. I'm Jon's supplier.

WAS Jon's supplier.

Mrs Chung, do you need some time?

No, no... I-I want to help.

What do you need to know?

Who was with your husband at approximately 11:30 this morning?

Um...his brother Kevin had a drink with him before 12...

..then he had lunch with Matt, our butcher, and Doug here.

Business lunch, regular stuff.

That happened just after...noon?

I was in the kitchen, cooking.

We may need to speak to you again,

but for now we'll give you some time. OK.

-ALL:

-Ooh...

-Ooh, this is intriguing.

So that is the crime scene,

but it's not in the shape we would hope it would be, is it?

-It's been cleaned.

-Quite thoroughly.

Which is slightly suspicious and slightly annoying for us, because...

SUSAN LAUGHS

..cos now all the evidence that could potentially be there...

There could have been a key,

-and...

-DNA.

-..without knowing she might have wiped it all away.

Let me tell you a bit more about the victim and we can talk round it.

Today, we're investigating the death of Jon Chung.

He was 35 years old and the co-owner of the Dragon Way,

a Chinese restaurant in Mortcliff.

He was married in Hong Kong. The cause of death is poisoning.

Jon was pronounced dead at 2:30pm in Kirkmore hospital.

It's the married thing...

She seemed very...friendly with the supplier.

-Mm.

-Yes.

-They were quite sort of...touchy-feely.

-Poisoning is usually done by women.

-Mm-hmm.

So now I'm pointing the finger ever so slightly at the wife.

Well, let me bring up the suspects,

and then, Simon, you can get into the head of the killer.

LAUGHTER

The suspects so far are...

..Claire Brittan, the cleaner, Connie Chung, Jon's wife,

and Dougie Black, the drinks wholesaler.

Well, Claire...when you see police, you know, you take a step back

and go, "OK, I'm not... That is a big danger zone."

But, if you are the killer and you do see a police sign,

then sometimes you can put on the act of ignorance.

-As the phrase goes, you know, ignorance is bliss.

-Mm-hmm.

So, what do you think, Toria? We've got Connie, we've got Dougie.

You were saying, you thought they had quite a close relationship.

Yeah. I mean, I'm not sure if it was a comforting thing,

but they were only just finding out that he was dead.

So, for them to sort of be sitting there, with him...

-They seem quite close.

-When you're just someone's drinks wholesaler?

-I was just thinking that.

-Yeah.

Closer than business owner and supplier, or business owner's wife.

Yeah. That's your drinks supplier -

you don't have any sort of personal...

It's more business than personal,

so for Dougie to be there with Connie... Hm.

-Yeah, and why is he there, of all people?

-Exactly.

Why is he there to be the supportive...?

It's like me cuddling up to my postman.

He's a nice postman.

So I'm going to give you a piece of evidence to interrogate,

and here it is.

It's a map of the Dragon Way restaurant.

We've a back door, a kitchen, two toilets,

we've got the front door with the street and the tables.

And obviously a set of stairs going...up.

It does make me wonder if it's residential upstairs,

-if anyone lives up there, or if it's...storage space.

-Maybe.

-Somebody could get in at night.

-Mm-hmm.

OK, Armchair Detectives, it's time for round two, Last Movements.

Let's see what happened moments before Jon Chung's death.

Armchair Detectives, let's head back to Mortcliff.

Did I invite you to the lunch?

What lunch? It's our annual meeting.

You can set a clock by when you need money, Kev.

Connie and I never see you and Jessica otherwise.

Hey, Kev. How's Jessica?

She's doing my head in with the hormones,

planning the mother of all shopping trips.

It's important to her.

This is the translation.

It's just as well you're a sleeping partner.

You have more time to earn money over and above your 10%.

Not that again, Jon. I'm an equal partner.

Grandad made sure of it.

I found Grandad's original will.

Neither of us can read Chinese, so that's hardly any use.

Connie's translated it for me.

Ah, here we are.

"If either of the partners does not have an active role

"in the restaurant, their share of the profits reduces to 10%."

You'd rip off your own brother, in my condition?

This has nothing to do with your condition.

You haven't pulled your weight for years.

Connie and I work like dogs, and you have barely contributed.

This is fair.

You don't know the meaning of hard work.

This is palatial compared to pest control.

15 years of crawling through dark, cold, damp...

10% is still a decent amount of money, Kev.

Jon, offer your brother a drink.

-Thought you'd never ask.

-What will you have?

Something strong, cold and bitter.

-Long vodka would be nice.

-Fine.

ICE CLINKS, LIQUID POURS

Shall we drink to your success?

The new restaurant, when's it opening?

How did you know about the new restaurant?

Word gets out quick.

I read it in the announcements section of this newspaper.

Did you?

Didn't think they needed to publicise that

kind of planning application.

Anyway, you've always said the restaurant game isn't for you.

Hi, Jon. Fine day for a Peking duck, my friend.

Come in, gents.

Connie's been roasting the duck for hours and a few other nice things.

I don't think you know my brother...

Uh... Well, sit down. I've got news.

Help yourself, gents.

-And I cooked you some squid.

-My favourite.

-So, what's the news?

-We're opening more branches

of the restaurant.

Bought the first property already.

That must take up a fair bit of capital up front.

Oh, don't remind us.

We just paid off the mortgage,

and now we're having to shell out for Jon's life insurance.

A wealthy man equals expensive cover.

Look...I don't deny finances are going to be a bit tight...

..which is why I need to ask you gents to look at your margins.

Mate, I barely have a profit margin when it comes to you.

Come on, Jon, be reasonable, we also need to make money.

When we've got three.. FIVE branches,

you're going to be coining it in.

Think of the long game.

The long game? You still owe me for the beef I sold you.

If you can call that beef!

Look, I'm not sure what all this is about but, Jon, did you consult

with your brother about buying another property?

What's it to you?

I own a share of your brother's half of the business.

He hasn't told you?

I've basically been your business partner for the past year.

He can't sell without my permission.

I-I thought you knew. He told me you did.

He can't take it off me, can he?

HUSHED DISCUSSION

-Thanks for coming.

-JON BREATHES WEAKLY

I really appreciate you looking at your profit margins.

As you say Jon, the long game.

I'm sorry Kev didn't tell you.

Don't worry. I'll sort you out with him.

It's not your problem.

JON GROANS

Jon?!

God, help, someone help. I think he's having a seizure.

Shall I call 999?

Get him in my van - I'll take him straight to A&E.

-ALL:

-Oooh!

Well, before we start the discussions,

Armchair Detectives, I'd like to bring up the suspect board

so we can talk about everyone involved in this crime.

We've got Claire, Connie and Dougie, who we've met before.

We can also add Kevin Chung, Jon's brother

and Matt McKasie, the butcher.

Life insurance - why would you mention that?

I did think that.

Like, so openly.

I'm just going to sit my suppliers down

and tell them that I'm upping my life insurance.

-That is very, very shady.

-OK. Mm-hmm.

So he didn't know. I'm assuming the wife maybe also didn't know that...

..Dougie had shares of the brother's shares,

which must be affected by the fact that they're talking

about putting his shares down from what was 50%, I think,

-down to 10%, depending on what Dougie got.

-Mm-hmm.

I noticed the camera stayed on when Jon was putting in the ice cubes.

Now, it's just a bit of a weird theory...

-Hold on.

-OK.

-Go, Simon.

-What...

-Right.

-..if the poison...

-Yes.

-..has been put in an ice cube container..

-Yes.

-..with water, put in the fridge...

-Yes!

-..and the poison is in the ice cube?

-OK. I'm there with you, Simon.

And that's how the poison is administered.

I usually sit and go, "What?!"

And then, at the end of the show, he's right about these things.

I was wondering if it was the lime slices.

But it was something around the drinks.

Interesting, OK.

Now's your chance to pick one piece of evidence from the following list.

Which one do you fancy?

You can have the contract written in Chinese,

or a forensic report on Jon's glass,

and finally, CCTV from the Chinese restaurant.

-Forensics.

-Forensics?

-Yes, forensics.

-You guys always like a bit of forensics.

-Mm-hmm.

Forensics on the glass, please.

And it has the DNA from...

-Kevin.

-..Kevin.

-It was placed on the...

-The spinny thing.

-Yeah.

I believe it's called a lazy Susan, Toria.

LAUGHTER

-I'm going to call it a spinny thing.

-Yeah, thanks!

Cos, yeah, that's one thing I noticed -

he placed it on the edges, so obviously if Jon was distracted...

-OK.

-Hmm...

Now, Armchair Detectives, it's time to lock in your prime suspect.

Please write down who you think it is now.

So, Wisdom, please tell me, who's your prime suspect, and why?

I've started out with Kevin.

Why?

The forensics of the glass, thanks to the DNA, I'm going for Kevin.

Toria, who have you gone for?

-I have gone for Connie.

-Why?

I'm just a bit suspicious of the relationship between her and Dougie.

Simon, who's your prime suspect?

-Connie.

-Why?

She set everything out on that table,

so if my theory is right about the ice cubes,

or something actually in the drink, then it's all set up there.

-She's the only one that can read the contract in Chinese.

-Mm-hmm.

-All the little pieces seem to fit together.

-All the little pieces.

So, in summary, our Armchair Detectives have gone for...

..Wisdom has gone for Kevin, Toria has gone for Connie,

and Simon has gone for Connie as well.

So, it's onto round three, the Police Interviews.

Simmons has made a discovery about

how Jon Chung met his untimely demise.

It's off to Mortcliff Police Station.

Hi.

-We've identified the poison.

-Oh, nice to see you too, Simmons.

-What was it?

-Strychnine.

-Oof, brutal.

-Very.

Am I right in saying that shuts down the nervous system?

Yeah, the body starts twitching

until it reaches full-blown convulsions.

How long does it take the poison to kill?

From the point of digestion,

anywhere between 15 minutes and an hour.

Thanks, Simmons. Back to the board.

I'm so sorry about what I did.

It's just that nobody told me not to turn up, so I did my usual job.

At least you'll have the CCTV.

Uh, no, we've been told the CCTV hasn't worked in years.

Oh, no, they fixed that a while back.

Thank you. We'll look into that.

In the meantime...

..was there anything that seemed out of place when you were cleaning up?

No, everything was normal, I think.

Well, there was one thing - the jade statue.

They display it pride of place in the restaurant. It's gone.

Is it valuable?

I've no idea, love. Pain to polish, though.

How long have you known the Chungs?

About seven years. They've been good customers.

What is your relationship with them?

Professional.

I supply their drinks - soft drinks, beers, wines, some spirits.

Some are specially imported from China.

They still do well out of it.

Generally restaurants make more margin on the drinks than the food.

But from what we understand, that was about to change?

I went either way. I'm a co-owner of the restaurant.

Oh! Have you sought legal advice on that, Mr Black?

Because...in the will that we found, the ownership of the restaurant

can only be transferred with the agreement of both brothers.

OMINOUS MUSIC

Well, well, and now, Armchair Detectives,

what did you notice in that film?

Dougie may be able to speak a little bit of Chinese

-if he's importing...

-Ooh...

-..special Chinese drinks.

In his body language, I felt that he was lying

about the relationship being professional.

Literally, I wrote down in my notebook "Lie, lie, lie,"

-cos I was like...

-That's what I did. "Professional - lie."

Well, once again you can pick a piece of evidence,

and we've added a new one to the list.

We now have the contract written in Chinese,

CCTV from the Chinese restaurant, or the new piece of evidence -

a text message from Jon's wife Connie.

I'm mostly curious about the CCTV

because someone obviously lied about it not working.

But in regards to CCTV,

-we don't know what time, we don't know when...

-Mm-hmm.

-I'd still go for CCTV.

-CCTV?

-CCTV.

-CCTV.

-CCTV, please.

This is a clip.

And the images were taken four seconds apart.

I don't think the drinks were switched

because he had to do it very, very quickly

and there would have been danger of the glasses, you know, falling off.

It looks like Kevin's condition they referred to earlier is that

he's in a wheelchair?

What is causing the need for the wheelchair, we don't know.

-Those two glasses were by the...drinks.

-Yeah.

Granted, Claire is the person who cleans the cutlery,

but what about if those two specific glasses were cleaned by Connie?

I think she wanted to kill off Kevin because of his condition

and he would just be out of the way, then she kills off Jon.

Both of them gone, next of kin

would then inherit everything, the business...

But is Kevin's wife pregnant, did I understand?

It's pretty extreme to kill off a guy with a pregnant wife.

-Just for everything.

-OK, guys, it's time for

prime suspect choices again.

Write it in your notepads now.

OK, Wisdom, last time you chose Kevin to be your prime suspect.

-Have you changed your mind?

-Yes.

-Who've you gone for?

-Connie.

-Why?

I think the fact that she wanted to run the business with Dougie...

..I reckon she needs to get her husband...

And I reckon she wanted to get Kevin out of the way as well,

and the only way to do that is to kill them both off.

OK. Toria, last time you went for...Connie.

Have you stuck to your guns?

-I have.

-OK.

-At least for now.

There's a lot of suspicious things surrounding her

-and her relationships with people.

-Mm-hmm.

OK. Simon, last time you went for Connie.

-Have you changed your mind?

-No, I am staying with Connie.

Staying with Connie because...?

I believe Wisdom's theory with, there's a relationship

between her and Dougie,

and Dougie, I am SO sure about this -

he can speak a little bit of Chinese

and can understand a little bit of Chinese.

They're the only two people that can understand Chinese.

If you're playing Armchair Detective bingo at home, get yourself

a custard cream, we have a full house.

Wisdom, Toria and Simon all going for Connie.

Now it's time for round four, Dig Deeper.

The plot thickens.

Are we any closer to finding the killer of Jon Chung?

Notepads at the ready. Let's head back to the Dragon Way restaurant.

OMINOUS MUSIC

Come on, Kev, we need to get going. Who is it?

It's no-one important.

So...we need a cot, a pram, a car seat.

Do we have to do all that now? It's still months away.

-Don't you want this baby?

-Of course I want this baby.

MESSAGE TONE

And who's that from?

It's Connie.

What does she want?

Nothing important. Let's get this over and done with.

I need to go out later.

Hey, about time!

MESSAGE TONE

Jon?!

I was right. Connie said you wouldn't dare.

We wanted local, highest quality available.

-What?!

-That beef you sold us -

food inspector traced the identification code.

It's not local - it's from Eastern Europe.

I didn't know. Seriously, I'll take it back.

Look, I believe you, but, mate, you need to change your supplier.

Well, I got that at a good price.

But I'll definitely be going back to my usual guy.

You shouldn't profit from providing knock-off beef.

Thanks to you, I'm not.

Come round for lunch later

because I've got some news that'll make you feel a whole lot better.

Are you interested in selling your share of the restaurant back to me?

Why? What's changed?

Nothing.

Just thought I should get more involved with the family...

..with the baby on the way.

I might be interested in selling back a portion to you,

as long as I get a 20% return on my investment.

20% profit, after one year? Who makes that kind of money?

It's my condition. Take it or leave it.

I've got no choice. OK.

When do I get the money?

I'll come round later today, bring the statue.

-What?

-It's jade.

-Jade?

It's really valuable, you're getting it for a song.

I don't think so, mate. It's cash or nothing for me.

OMINOUS MUSIC

Okey dokey, lots more information in that film.

I think someone else might be able to speak Chinese.

Who?

The supplier, Matt?

Matt the butcher.

We also have, by the way, another suspect on the board,

just to let you know -

Jessica Chung, who is Kevin's wife.

So you think Matt, who's the butcher,

might be able to speak Chinese?

He's been doing deals with Eastern Europe

so he might know a few languages.

Now, it said it was Matt's supplier's business, so I'm not sure

if that was his location, but there was a couple of pictures

on the back that looked like he'd maybe spent some time in China.

-And the cat.

-Yeah, and the cat being part of that.

There was the good luck cat.

Let's have a look at the evidence, see if this can help you out.

You can see the contract, written in Chinese,

a text message from Connie,

and the new item of evidence - CCTV footage of Kevin at the GP's.

I'm happy with whatever you guys go for.

-Text?

-Text? Simon?

Toria, because you're lovely, I'm going to go for text as well.

-Text as well.

-Aw! Better be good.

OK, we're going to see the text from Connie.

This is a text to Jon, the victim, on the morning of the murder.

Oh! I think we have

a puppet master on our hands!

Well, before we... Simon there's always someone,

there's always a Manchurian Candidate scenario!

Does it change anything? Let's find out.

Armchair Detectives, it's the moment when you have to

pick your prime suspect.

Write it down now.

So, Wisdom, last time you went for Connie.

-Have you changed your mind?

-No.

-Why?

That text message seemed very forceful - like Simon said,

puppet mastery.

I reckon on that morning,

Jon probably didn't want to do them over,

so I reckon now she thought, if he didn't want to do it,

might as well get my hands dirty and do it myself.

Toria, last time you went for Connie. Have you changed your mind?

-I have not.

-No? Nothing has changed your mind about Connie?

A lot of things, but I'm still suspicious.

-Still suspicious?

-Yeah.

-And Simon?

-Mm-hmm.

Last time you went for Connie. This time you've gone for...?

-Connie.

-Connie again. Why?

Because she knows of the expanding empire that they're about to build,

and of course, doing people over is not a good way of business,

and I think Jon wanted to pull out,

but of course, we all know who holds the strings.

So in summary, every single one of our Armchair Detectives thinks

that Connie is the prime suspect.

Well, it's onto round five now, the Final Clues.

Notepads at the ready,

as we see Knight and Slater visit Kevin's house.

Sorry about the mess.

You not at work today?

I've taken maternity leave.

Is Kevin at home?

He's in the bedroom. Would you like a drink?

A coffee, if you're making one.

I'm OK, thank you.

I can't imagine what Connie's going through.

I guess she'll probably go back home to China.

She's always said she'd do that one day,

but...Jon wanted to keep the business going.

Whereabouts were you and Kevin yesterday, around lunchtime?

I met him just after 12.

I brought my car so that I could drive him

to his GP's appointment at half past 12.

Where is that in relation to the Dragon Way?

Not too far. About 20 minutes, maybe?

I'm sure the surgery has a record of us.

What can you tell us about a jade statue?

I think I heard Kevin mentioning something about a statue yesterday.

It was last seen at Chung's restaurant?

It...

It's about time.

What happened to your leg?

Broke it badly about a month ago.

What can I do for you, gentlemen?

We need to ask you a couple of questions.

I'm making the detectives coffee, Kev. Do you want anything?

You know that I don't...

You don't do hot drinks. Yes, I haven't lost my mind.

What do you want to know?

We've had some interesting news from our forensics team.

They found a glass under the table that you and Jon were sitting at,

and it turns out it has traces of a very strong poison on it.

Poison?

We also found your DNA on the glass.

It's not my DNA. It's my brother's.

We're identical twins.

-ALL:

-Ooh...

Well, we're dealing, ladies and gentlemen,

with a potential evil twin situation.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Let's do it.

Let's get this going on.

What else was there, because there was a chat there also

with Jessica that we saw.

Anything coming out of that?

Connie wants to move back to China, apparently,

and she is being slightly stopped by the fact that Jon

wants to keep the business going.

-Or, at least, according to Jessica.

-Mm-hmm.

Wisdom?

I literally wrote, in capital letters, "Kill Jon, sell business,

"go back to China."

-And you think that's...

-Yeah.

-So that's Connie, you think?

-I reckon...

It's time to pick your final piece of evidence.

Do you want to see the contract written in Chinese,

or the CCTV footage of Kevin at the GP's?

CCTV. Let's go for the CCTV.

-Check the time, check the dates, and see if it coincides.

-CCTV?

-That's what I want to go for.

-Toria?

I just... I just don't know what else the contract could reveal.

We need to take a vote. Who's voting for the contract?

-Then it must be the CCTV, then.

-OK.

Pay close attention.

Is that a coffee flask, or is that a jade statue?

I don't think that's a jade statue, unless it's hidden in a coffee mug.

-If that's a coffee flask, I've just...

-He...!

-He doesn't drink hot drinks!

-Kevin doesn't drink hot drinks! Yes!

Yes!

Thank you. HE EXHALES DEEPLY

Yes!

But...why? It's a good thing we saw this one.

Am I right, the time of death - they think poisoning takes about an hour?

No, I wrote this down, I wrote this down. Wait... Um...

Because if he's not there any more...

..then that's well more than an hour.

It was 12:30 when he started feeling unwell.

He had a drink in his hands.

I think it was a glass in his hand, and that's when he fell.

Connie came out of the kitchen, called 999.

But then what's-his-face took him to the hospital.

-15 minutes...

-Which still...

-..to an hour.

Yeah, something about the fact that Dougie took him to the hospital...

-OK...

-Oh, no!

OK, Armchair Detectives, it's the moment we've all been waiting for.

You're about to make your final accusation for the chance

of winning the golden magnifying glass.

-ALL:

-Ooh!

Write down who you're accusing now.

If you're watching at home, you can only write down one answer.

I've got three different suspects,

but I'm going to plug for one in just a moment.

Let's find out who you've accused. Wisdom, who are you accusing?

-I'm accusing Kevin.

-Kevin.

I reckon Kevin had the coffee flask on his person,

and in the coffee flask, for some reason, I don't know why,

either a cloth or...ice cubes of some sorts...that literally,

like he might have leant over or something, and popped it in.

Something, I don't know, but...

Toria, who are you accusing?

-Connie.

-Why? And how did she do it?

I think the "how" is either in the food or the drink.

She was the cook, she served the food.

Anything that was prepared in the kitchen was cleaned up

so we have no way of finding out if it was there.

The "why", I'm just not sure about.

Simon, who are you accusing? Why, how, what happened?

-Tell me, Simon, immediately.

-Connie.

Connie. Why, how, what?

Because she was a trapped little canary in a cage.

She wanted to get out and go back to China

and, of course, the only way she could get there is the death of Jon.

-Now, I predict... Remember my ice cube theory?

-Yes, I do.

The ice cube theory right at the beginning, I reckon there was

-something in those drinks already planted.

-Right.

Of course, put the ice cubes in, it dissolves.

The poison's actually already in the glass...

If only for the enthusiasm, you've won already, Simon -

I tell you that for absolutely nothing.

In summary, at home, Wisdom is going for Kevin,

Toria is going for Connie, Simon is going for Connie.

-Do you want me to explain my theory just now?

-Yes.

OK, so my thoughts on this is, I think it's Kevin.

He worked in pest control, he has access to strychnine.

I think he killed his brother. The people rest.

So that's my theory.

APPLAUSE

You've got a piece of evidence left on the board,

it's the one you talked around. Will it reveal all?

It's the contract written in Chinese. Let's have a look at it.

-Please be in Chinese.

-"Please be in Chinese"!

Let's have a look.

But look how close those two words are.

"In case of" is the beginning of one,

"exclusive partners" is at the end of the one before,

so what would that have proven?

Would that have changed your mind at all?

I don't know any more.

SUSAN LAUGHS None of us do.

So, what really happened in today's story, Appetite For Murder?

Who killed Jon Chung? Let's find out whodunnit.

Planning on doing some shopping, sir?

Interesting reading, Slater.

These are highly sought-after.

Hm, the statues, they're a pair?

Not just a pair - a mirror-image pair.

Now, who would steal Jon Chung's statue?

Someone who knew about Chinese art, probably.

Someone like Matt McKasie.

These statues are worth £20,000 to £30,000 as a pair.

That would explain why he withdrew £10,000 from his account.

So you think both of the brothers had these statues?

Yeah.

So you think Matt bought Kevin's statue, and then stole Jon's?

Matt wanted revenge for the meat money that Jon refused to pay him.

Yeah, but is that enough? Do you really think Matt killed Jon?

None of his prints or DNA are on that glass.

Connie?

Well, she did recently take out more life insurance in Jon's name.

Surely that was because of the new loan deal.

Yeah, but it's still a good cover.

Connie was there, she...her prints and DNA are all over everything.

Kevin couldn't work because of his leg,

and with the cost of a new baby coming along,

he was under financial pressure.

What do you think?

I think you should take a look at this DNA report.

Thank you for coming back in, Mr Chung.

I thought we'd already discussed that.

There's some CCTV footage we have from the restaurant

that we'd like to show you.

Really? I thought that had been broken for months.

That's a terrible picture, can't see anything.

Actually you can. You can see that glass move ever so slightly.

Did you see that there?

So what? Could have nudged them.

Indeed. The lazy Susan.

That's how you swapped the glasses without having to move your chair.

See, you caused a distraction by dropping a newspaper,

which we found later.

I read it in the announcement section of this newspaper.

And then spun the lazy Susan so that your glass ended up

on his side of the table.

Clever, though, that you asked for something bitter

so that he couldn't taste the strychnine.

What will you have?

Something strong, cold and bitter.

A long vodka would be nice.

We found this...

..in your shed.

Used for killing rodents

in your previous career as a pest controller.

Nasty stuff. You can't actually buy it here any more.

I wasn't anywhere in the area when Jon died.

This piece of CCTV footage from outside your GP's surgery

we also found interesting.

You see, when Jessica offered us a coffee,

you said you didn't like hot drinks.

I'm making the detectives coffee, Kev. Do you want anything?

You know that I don't...

You don't do hot drinks. Yes, I haven't lost my mind.

So...why have you got a Thermos?

You needed to keep the ice cubes cold.

You put the poison in the ice cubes, didn't you?

You put the poison in the ice cubes,

and then you put the ice cubes in the drinks, before swapping them.

That would give you enough time for the ice to melt, for you to

get away while Jon was having a lunchtime meeting with

the others that you knew would incriminate all of them.

It's all very clever and all very circumstantial.

You knew about identical twins having the same DNA.

I'm sorry to tell you your information's out of date.

See, standard DNA tests can't tell the difference

between identical twins,

but our forensics found a lab that

was able to run a complete analysis

of all 3 billion base pairs of DNA.

They've recently discovered that even identical twins

can, as adults, have between 10 and 100 differences in their DNA.

Your DNA, your brother's DNA, the poison, all on the same glass.

It's hardly circumstantial, Mr Chung.

You planned to kill your brother and sell the business property

for a tidy sum, but it was when you heard that your brother was

taking his profits out of the business, that was the final straw.

Jon was lying to me about what was in the will.

Kevin Chung, I'm arresting you for the murder of Jonathan Chung.

I'm spinning the lazy Susan. LAUGHTER

It was pretty much bang on the money.

I'm so delighted with myself, I really am. And for you.

I'm so delighted.

Simon - ice cubes, it's incredible.

-But you went for the wrong person, bad luck.

-I don't mind.

Simon, and Toria and Wisdom, yes! Yes!

APPLAUSE

You've won the golden magnifying glass trophy.

Armchair Detectives over here, who got that right?

That was a cracking mystery from Mortcliff.

And it's all from Armchair Detectives today.

Tomorrow, we'll see Knight and Slater dust off old files

from a cold case based at a country house.

-ALL:

-Ooh...

And remember, no-one gets away with murder in Mortcliff.

Bye.

APPLAUSE Well done. Well done. Well done.