0:00:02 > 0:00:05You're eagle-eyed, bright as a button, and carry a notepad and pencil wherever you go.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09You're either a very nosey neighbour or the perfect person for this series.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Welcome to the TV show with only one question - whodunnit?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Welcome to Armchair Detectives,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32the show where these Sherlock Holmes wannabes will try
0:00:32 > 0:00:35and solve a fictional crime.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Our amateur sleuths will watch the evidence unfold from a case
0:00:38 > 0:00:39set in Mortcliff,
0:00:39 > 0:00:44the quiet village where you should have an alibi ready at all times.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47They'll watch Mortcliff's top coppers uncover the suspects.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48There they are.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52DI Knight, DC Slater, and Scene of Crime Officer Simmons.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Before we head to Mortcliff for the first time,
0:00:55 > 0:00:56let's meet our armchair detectives.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Hello, armchair detectives.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- ALL:- Hi! - Always cheerful, always ready to go.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Now, only three of you play each day,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05so please take your armchairs,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Charley, Krystyna and Kathryn. Come on up.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18The detectives who guess the killer correctly will win one of these -
0:01:18 > 0:01:22the glorious golden magnifying glass trophy.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- AUDIENCE:- Ooh!
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Now, Charley, you're chasing a second win,
0:01:26 > 0:01:30which would put you on par with your girlfriend, Laura.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32What tactic are you going to employ today?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Well, on the basis of previous performance,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I'm expecting a crossword clue carefully engraved inside
0:01:37 > 0:01:41a wooden leg held by an identical twin with a squinty tattoo.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42So...
0:01:42 > 0:01:44I am prepared for anything.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Now, Kathryn, you and James are the only detectives who could end
0:01:49 > 0:01:51up with a 100% record.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Do you think you're going to make it?
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I'm going to leave it to providence.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57I think I've got the three
0:01:57 > 0:01:59so far through a combination of
0:01:59 > 0:02:01a benevolent providence and dumb luck.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03OK. And, Krystyna, do you need some dumb luck today?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- How are you going to do it? - Employ my formula.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Your formula. Remind everyone what your formula is.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- K = FMC.- Which is?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Killer equals forensics, motive, connection.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Let's see if that works out. Time for round one.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19The Crime Scene.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Knight and Slater are called out to meet Simmons at St Barnaby's Church.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Notepads at the ready.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27For the first time today, let's head over to Mortcliff.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44Reverend Tranton, I believe there's been a fatality.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45It's Father McRay.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48He was a reverend here at St Barnaby's before me.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53We heard the bell ring out at five, which was unexpected.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Reverend Willis went up to investigate and...
0:02:57 > 0:02:58..that's when we found him.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Yes. Terrible, shocking.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04It's just up there.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Thank you.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Could I ask you all to remain here while we take a look?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Please don't touch anything - this is now an active crime scene.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Bruising around the neck, so it's very likely he was strangled.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40The reverends say they heard the bell ring at five o'clock.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Well, it appears he pulled the rope to attract attention,
0:03:44 > 0:03:49which would suggest the time of death was around five.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52I'll confirm that as soon as. We're dusting for prints now.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Any chance this is anything other than a murder?
0:03:57 > 0:03:58With those bruises,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00it's unlikely.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09You said you heard the bell ring at five o'clock.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Do you know if anyone was with Father McRay at that time?
0:04:13 > 0:04:18There were the three of us having a meeting about tonight's service.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21The front door was still locked.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23There's only one entrance to the bell tower, am I correct?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Yes, only one.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29That's my key to the bell tower.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31What are you doing with it?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33No idea at all.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Thank you for your time.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42When we have more information we'll be in touch.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Reverend Tranton?
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I suppose all the other celebrations will need to be cancelled now.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52I'm afraid so.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Was there something you wanted to say to us?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01It's just that Father McRay wasn't, well...
0:05:01 > 0:05:04the most popular of men, I'm afraid to say.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Can you elaborate?
0:05:05 > 0:05:10He was rude to me. Dictatorial and an unsupportive colleague.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Indeed.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Reverend Reese didn't have much time for him, nor does Reverend Willis.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I see.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22Father McRay was always very critical of Reverend Reese, and
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Reverend Willis was always the butt of his horrible practical jokes.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Since we've been planning the special celebrations we've
0:05:30 > 0:05:33spent the entire time arguing.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34About?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Everything, really.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39From who would lead the sermon to one another's delivery style.
0:05:41 > 0:05:48Honestly, I think when it comes to suspects you're spoilt for choice.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Thank you for your insights, Reverend Tranton.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53My pleasure. Anything else, just give me a call.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03I've never known anyone so keen to give us their insights, sir.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07OK.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Now, armchair detectives,
0:06:09 > 0:06:13there are a lot of reverends in this particular mystery.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17So, if you don't mind, I'm going to give you the victim profile and
0:06:17 > 0:06:20we'll get the suspects up so we know exactly who we're talking about.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23So, let's deal with the victim first of all.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Today, we're investigating the death of Reverend McRay.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28He was 60 years old.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31He was a former reverend at St Barnaby's Church.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35In his personal life, Reverend McRay was a fundraiser.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37The cause of death is suspected strangulation,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40and the time of death is approximately 5pm.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Let's take a look at the suspects board
0:06:42 > 0:06:44so we know who we're talking about.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45We've got Reverend Tranton,
0:06:45 > 0:06:49the current reverend of St Barnaby's Church, Reverend Willis,
0:06:49 > 0:06:54the former reverend, and Reverend Reese, also a former reverend.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58She is helping the police with their enquiries with an ungodly
0:06:58 > 0:07:00degree of enthusiasm.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05- And what about the Reverend Reese? - He has an unfortunate expression...
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Yes.- ..in there, which would seem to indicate that
0:07:07 > 0:07:11the joy of the Lord does not run particularly fast in his veins.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Also looked a bit shifty when he was sitting down, the two of them together.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- There was a wee bit of...- There was a little bit, yes, exactly.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Here's your first piece of evidence to interrogate.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Pictures of the bell rope at the crime scene.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Two's crossed over with three, but also it's a different knot.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28And that knot is a...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Oh, God, what's it called?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33It's like a sort of whatever knot.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36The bell ringers or whoever's responsible for ringing
0:07:36 > 0:07:37the bell would never have left them like that.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- No, they wouldn't.- An experienced bell ringer wouldn't leave them like that.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43And the other question is he's been strangled,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45and when we focused in on the photo of Father McRay's right
0:07:45 > 0:07:48hand, his pinkie finger was bent away from the rope.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51If he's been strangled from behind with a rope or something it's
0:07:51 > 0:07:53going to be the smallest finger to try and get through.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56So if we can identify one of the those ropes, which may or may
0:07:56 > 0:07:59not be broken, then we'll know which rope was used to strangle.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Yeah, because whoever did it put it back in the wrong position and the wrong knot, so...
0:08:03 > 0:08:06So, do you think it's number two that he's been strangled with
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- and put back in the wrong way? - Yes.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10But why are those two ropes crossed?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Because I think in a hurry maybe he didn't notice that
0:08:13 > 0:08:16the person that killed him didn't notice that.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Interesting.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Make sure you make a note of that, cos that might come up later on.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Time for round two, Last Movements.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24We'll now see what happened to Reverend McRay on the day
0:08:24 > 0:08:26of his death.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Let's head to bell ringing practice at St Barnaby's Church.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19So, we have six bells.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21This rope leads to the number two bell, which is
0:09:21 > 0:09:22the second lightest bell.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- It still weighs several hundred kilograms.- Indeed.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I do hope I don't have to go over the dangers of unsupervised
0:09:29 > 0:09:30bell ringing.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36BELL RINGS
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Thank you.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55The bell we'll give you some practice on is the treble,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57which is the lightest bell,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59and we've tied it off at the clapper so it won't make any noise.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Quite useful if things go wrong when you're practising.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04It makes an awful din.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Reverend Willis here is an expert bell ringer,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09so he'll be able to give you some pointers.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13So, who would you like to go first? Reverend Reese?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Oh, no, no, no, no. No, thanks.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I'm just here to watch.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Father McRay?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Bells are not my thing.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24The peal of God's loveliness doesn't move you?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Awful din, really.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33Reverend Tranton, please. Thank you.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41OK. So just bend at the knees and pull straight down.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42The bell will do the work.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46No need for a gym membership now.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- Nothing quite like a good bell ring. - Yeah?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- Keeps you physically fit. - So I see.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Thank you, Lee. I'm going to be stiff in the morning.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00A nice hot bath will sort you out, and I've locked up as well.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- Great. See you later.- Bye-bye. - Bye.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Should we all reconvene at 4.30? I've had a few thoughts.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13And hopefully this discussion won't be as heated as last night's.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Nothing wrong with a bit of debate.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18If all parties listen as well as pontificate.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Absolutely.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Thank you all.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Hello, Reverend.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Never known one so young keen to spend so much time reading.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Here you go.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34How's the archive research going?
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Incredibly well. Yesterday, I found all the designs to the bell tower.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Lovely. So glad the archives are doing something useful.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Let's chat later, shall we?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Yes, of course.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Anything I can do to help?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Just tell me where you want the arrangements to go.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Do the usual as well as a few extras.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00Did you bring roses?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I've got some lovely peach-coloured ones that
0:12:02 > 0:12:04I got this morning from Davey Clarke.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07They're in the van. You have no idea what he told me.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10If this is gossip, I'm really busy.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Not at all.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14You know me, Reverend, the last thing I do is gossip.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Indeed.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Davey said that Reverend Reese wanted to refurbish
0:12:18 > 0:12:21the vestry in the church residence when he lived there,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25and he did lots of fundraising, but somehow the funds went missing.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- Margot!- Not gossip, Reverend, fact.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Where's Father McRay? Are we to begin without him?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41I'm sure he'll be along presently.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Look, we've got a lot to get through.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44I suggest we just carry on.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50So, Father McRay will discuss the nativity.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Reverend Willis, you will cover the Ascension.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57And, Reverend Reese, you will do the Holy Trinity.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Or... Or I could.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- I'm sorry?- Honestly. Not this again?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05You always get to do the good bits.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10All right. Reverend Willis, you can do the Holy Trinity.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11BELL RINGS
0:13:14 > 0:13:15I thought Lee had gone.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18I'll go take a look.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Wow. A lot going on there.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33There is a huge amount going on there.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38So, let's just take it bit by bit.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42It struck me that Jeanette is very fussy and careful.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45When she came into the church she walked up,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47she straightened, she stuck the poster down.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49She's very fastidious, isn't she? Yeah.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51So she's fastidious about what she did,
0:13:51 > 0:13:55so it's unlikely that she would have done something, even though she'd
0:13:55 > 0:13:58just been introduced to the bells, like tie them up the wrong way.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Tie them up the wrong way or cross them over or any of those things.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03But I think probably the most relevant bit was
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Peter, Tenge his name was, saying that the archives had
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- discovered the original plans for the bell tower.- Yes.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13And I would be very surprised if that schematic doesn't perhaps
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- have another way in and out that nobody knows about.- Oh.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Let's get the suspect board up,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19cos we've got some more people to add to the suspect board.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21We've adding a further three names.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Lee Brewer, the bell ringer, Margot Babbage, best name ever,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28a florist, and Peter Henge, a research student.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30The Reverend Reese was looking for...
0:14:30 > 0:14:33He'd been raising funds to redo the vestry
0:14:33 > 0:14:36in the living accommodation and that money had disappeared.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- And obviously...- Yeah, the funds had gone, yeah.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43- Peter Henge. What did we find out from Peter? - We didn't find out much about him.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46He's a young man who's very interested in the archives.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Never seen a young man who's so interested in reading before.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I'm glad those archives are getting some sort of use.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55And he may or may not have found another way into the belfry.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Yeah.- Yeah.- Yeah, that's what I wondered, whether he did or not.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Yeah. Well, now's your chance to pick a piece of evidence to
0:15:00 > 0:15:01interrogate further.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06We have a forensic report on a vase from St Barnaby's Church,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09or a CD from St Barnaby's Church,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13and, finally, the amended order of proceedings.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Let's go for the vase.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Yeah, I was going to say, I'm not sure why it's there,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18so if I'm not sure why it's there, let's find out.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Yeah, because it's odd that it's suddenly come up and all I saw her do was move it.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- She just picked it up.- Picked it up and...- Yeah, I think we should go for the vase.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Let's have a look at that then, yeah. Vase forensics, please.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30So, we have a sample found on the vase,
0:15:30 > 0:15:35and it matches no-one on that list.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37The DNA doesn't match anybody's.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It is quite close to Reverend Willis.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41But the DNA is very close to E.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Yeah.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44So would that, I wonder
0:15:44 > 0:15:49if the person on that is related to Reverend Willis.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Is there anyone on that list that's on the suspect board?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Young Peter Henge is there,
0:15:55 > 0:15:59and if that DNA is as close to the Reverend Willis as we think,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02and we have a young man around about the right sort of age,
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I have a narrative forming.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Do you have a narrative forming? We'll find out in a wee minute.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09It's time to lock in your prime suspect, armchair detectives.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Who do you think is most likely to be the killer so far?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Please write the name down in your notebooks now.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Charley, tell me who your prime suspect is and why.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I've gone for the angriest beard in Mortcliff, Reverend Willis.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30- Why?- He's an expert bell ringer, he has the keys to the place.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34He has means, he has that kind of deep-seated rage,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36it's quavering through his eyebrows.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37I can see him killing McRay.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40One joke too far and he snaps.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42He snaps like a psychological twig,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44and this is only going to be the first body, I think.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48We're looking for a full-blown rampage from him.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Krystyna, who have you chosen as your prime suspect and why?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- Peter Henge.- Why?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54A, he wasn't tested for DNA.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00B, I really do think his DNA's remarkably similar to Willis.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04I think he's found out that Willis was his father and didn't know that.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08And he's angry about something and he's decided to top him off.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Who have you gone for and why, Kathryn?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13I have gone for the Reverend Reese.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18There's something buttoned-up about his demeanour,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22and we've heard that he is widely suspected by people apparently
0:17:22 > 0:17:26outside the church that he raised money for the refurbishment
0:17:26 > 0:17:30of the manse and the living quarters, and that it vanished.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34And I think that because he is actually holding everything in,
0:17:34 > 0:17:38whereas I think the other minister would just blow up and confess.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Willis just kind of...
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Well, Willis would confess the moment the police arrived.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43OK.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45So, in summary,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48our armchair detectives have suspected as follows.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Charley has gone for Reverend Willis, Krystyna has
0:17:51 > 0:17:55gone for Peter Henge, and Kathryn has gone for Reverend Reese.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Well, it's on to round three now, the Police Interviews.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02DI Knight receives a very interesting phone call.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Notepads at the ready, let's go to Mortcliff Police Station.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Turns out time of death was around 3.30.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Not five, as Simmons originally summarised.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29It's interesting, that. Changes everything.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Were you alone Friday evening?
0:18:36 > 0:18:37No.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43I had Reverend Willis staying, as he's from out of town.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Reverend Reese and Father McRay both joined us for dinner
0:18:47 > 0:18:49so we could all plan the sermon together.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54You know, Margot is pretty busy when there's a death,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58given she runs both the flower shop and funeral parlour.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06At 3.30, I was in the vault under the church, finishing some
0:19:06 > 0:19:10research that I was going to present as part of Sunday's celebration.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14I discovered some really interesting stuff on how the bells were made.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Reverend Reese had asked me
0:19:15 > 0:19:18if I could find out anything about the collection plate we use.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23I didn't find anything particularly interesting, just a newsletter
0:19:23 > 0:19:26with a picture of Reverend Reese and Father McRay
0:19:26 > 0:19:27from the early '90s.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Did you see or hear anything out of the ordinary?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34I heard people arguing. It was around half three.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38And then I heard something break shortly after that.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Did you recognise the voices?
0:19:42 > 0:19:43No idea at all.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Male or female voices?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Sorry, no.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I was sitting in the gardens at the back of the church relaxing.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Around a quarter to four I came back inside to inspect the church,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57assessing its wear and tear,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00looking at the new things they've put in since I've left.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Margot was there. She was trimming flowers.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Did you notice anything unusual?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10She was wearing gloves.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Is that unusual?
0:20:12 > 0:20:16In my day she never used to. Struck me as rather odd.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19But then she's always been an odd woman.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Margot takes such delights in other's misfortunes,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25a deeply unappealing trait.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32He was a misogynist in my honest opinion. Very rude to women.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Particularly obnoxious to Jeanette.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37The woman was a saint for tolerating him.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Reverend Willis, what were you doing at 3.30 yesterday afternoon?
0:20:44 > 0:20:48I... I can't remember.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Do you have memory issues, Reverend?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Not at all.
0:20:55 > 0:21:01Let's see, I... Oh, well, I was involved in the peal in the morning.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06I love a good bell ring. A peal lasts about three hours.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10It's quite a workout - that's why I'm still so strong.
0:21:13 > 0:21:20I think I was reading through my part of the sermon for that
0:21:20 > 0:21:23evening, but I'm not entirely sure.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27You were the one who discovered the body.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Did you move or touch anything?
0:21:33 > 0:21:37I'm not sure. Quite shocking seeing a dead body.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Indeed.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Do you recognise this at all?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51No. I don't think so.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54I mean, apart from the fact that it's a key.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Yes, it's the key to the bell tower.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59When we arrived at the church you had it in your pocket.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Do you know why?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Did I?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Well, I don't know how it got there.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10LAUGHTER
0:22:11 > 0:22:15What's going on? Oh, my goodness!
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Let's start at the very beginning.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19We've found out some very important information in that film.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21What did we find out?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Time of death had been altered. It wasn't the same.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- Is that right?- What's the time of death, apparently?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28- 3.30.- 3.30.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30So we initially thought it was...
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Five o'clock.- Five o'clock.- Why did we think it was five o'clock?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Because that was the time the body was discovered
0:22:35 > 0:22:37and we thought it must be close to then.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38But why has the time changed?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40But also didn't the bell go at five?
0:22:40 > 0:22:41The bell went at five.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- Yeah. But if he was dead at 3.30... - Yeah.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45So a bell went at five, which made everyone go,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47"Oh, why is the bell going?"
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Yeah.- And we know that the bell rope that was in McRay's hand could not
0:22:51 > 0:22:54have been the bell ringing, because that was the tenor bell.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55It was muffled.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58So it would have to be at the very minimum either three or four,
0:22:58 > 0:22:59which were crossed over.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02The second bell had the changed knot and three
0:23:02 > 0:23:04and four were crossed over.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Hold on a second, Kathryn's just sat up like a bolt of lightning...
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Inspiration.- ..has hit her.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Come on, Kathryn.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Whoever tried ringing the bell to call attention
0:23:14 > 0:23:17wasn't at the meeting, because if he'd been at the meeting
0:23:17 > 0:23:21they would have known that the bell was tied...it was tied off.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23So who was supposed to be at the meeting and then wasn't?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25There was somebody, wasn't there?
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Well, here's the suspect board.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29All the reverends were at the meeting, weren't they?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- Was Margot there?- Nope.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32What about Peter? Was Peter there?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34No, he came with Margot later on.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Yeah. So Peter and Margot were not at the meeting.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Yeah. Let's take a look at another piece of evidence,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- see if it can help you out. - Excellent.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46A CD from St Barnaby's Church, the amended order of proceedings,
0:23:46 > 0:23:48or the new piece of evidence, an old church newsletter.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Yeah, let's gamble on the newsletter.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- The newsletter? - Sounds good to me. Why not?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- The newsletter? - The newsletter, please.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56All right. They're so decisive today, it's excellent.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Newsletter, please.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Let's have a look at it. So, January meeting of the board.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04"Thank you for the donations,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07"this week's collection totalled £20."
0:24:07 > 0:24:11That's two Scottish £10 notes and a Scottish £5 note.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12- Or is it?- No.- No, it's 20, isn't it? - Mm.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15So it's 40 up there rather than 20 quid.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18So somebody's been skimming the plate, haven't they?
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Somebody's had half of it.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- So that's not...- He did say that funds were being missing.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- Yes.- Who was it that said... - That was the flower lady.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26- Margot.- Didn't the flower lady...
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Yeah, Margot's gossip was that funds had gone
0:24:28 > 0:24:32- missing for the refurbishment. - OK, but who's noticed the picture?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33That was noticed by Peter.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38And if the rumour and scuttlebutt around the town from Margot
0:24:38 > 0:24:40is that Reese is the one responsible for skimming stuff,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44and that happened before he took over from McRay,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47maybe he's been searching for evidence to clear his name.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49He was never the thief, our victim was.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52OK, guys, it's time to pick your prime suspect again.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Are you going to change your mind?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Are you going to stick with who you had?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Please write down the name of your prime suspect now.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- So, Charley.- Yes.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Last time, your prime suspect was the Reverend Willis.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Have you changed your mind?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13I absolutely have. I've gone for Peter Henge instead.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- All right, why?- Well, Peter Henge was obviously downstairs underneath the belfry.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19He's come up via the secret passage, opened by twitching
0:25:19 > 0:25:23one of the rope stanchions, murdered him. He's done this
0:25:23 > 0:25:27because he's discovered he's the illegitimate son of Reverend Reese.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Krystyna, last time you went for Peter. Have you changed your mind?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31- No.- Why Peter?
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I do think it's something to with lineage,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40but, yeah, there's something... My gut instinct says him.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- I'm staying with my gut instinct. - Often going with your gut is the best thing to do.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Kathryn, last time you went for Reverend Reese.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Have you changed your mind?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51No, I'm still sticking with the Reverend Reese,
0:25:51 > 0:25:55though I don't have a huge amount of conviction about it.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00But there's something about his buttoned-upness that makes me
0:26:00 > 0:26:02feel he's keeping quiet on a lot.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Yeah. Here's your suspect round up.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Charley has gone for Peter, Krystyna has gone for Peter,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10and Kathryn has gone for the Reverend Reese.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Well, now it's time for round four, Dig Deeper.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16It's time for tea at St Barnaby's.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35This arrived for you.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Reverend Willis, what's in your pocket?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Gosh, who put it there?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52My dear, I'm so sorry.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54It's fine, Reverend. Try not to do it again.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Good grief, you don't think it was me, do you?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Of course not.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Right, down to business.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08For tomorrow's sermon, I'll go first,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11then hand over to you, Reverend Reese,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13and then you, Reverend Willis,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16and then I thought you could finish things off, Father McRay.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20It makes more sense that it's the other way around, don't you think?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22As the oldest and the first father, surely I should start.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Well, since I am the current reverend.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Well, I think it's fair to say that I'm the most popular one.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Fair how?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32My dear, no-one can deny the drop in attendance since your tenure.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35And I bet you have a theory on why that is.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38The thing with women is how quickly they become emotional.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42It's not ideal in positions of responsibility.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Oh, dear. Are we going to fight?
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Absolutely not. I invited you, I didn't have to.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Oh, but you did, my dear.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55With dwindling numbers you couldn't afford not to invite me.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Why don't you introduce McRay, Jeanette,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02and then McRay can do the beginning of the sermon?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Sounds like a good idea to me.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Although you don't want too much on your plate, McRay.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Fine.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22BELLS RING
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Have you heard what Reverend McRay said?
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Hold on.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31CD PLAYER CLICKS, BELLS STOP
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Sorry about that, I can barely hear myself think.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36What were you saying, Margot?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38McRay, he was at the Post Office and Davey overheard him
0:28:38 > 0:28:41complaining about how you've made a mess of the church.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45Every time that man comes all he does is undermine me.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47I'm going to have to speak to him.
0:28:47 > 0:28:52Davey also said that Reese is living well, way beyond his means.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54- Some say... - Margot, that's enough gossip.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Hi, Lee.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04I would have gone up to sort out the bell tower but I've lost my key.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07That's strange for a Post-it Note organisational genius like yourself.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Most strange. I'll see you at two for the bell ringing session.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12I'm glad you're coming.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14I wouldn't miss it for the world.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Well, there was clearly a very significant dig about "you've
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- got too much on your plate".- Yes.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24- Yes.- Subtle. Subtle, that was. - Wasn't it?
0:29:24 > 0:29:27One reverend clearly suspects the other one of having skimmed
0:29:27 > 0:29:28Father McRay of...
0:29:28 > 0:29:31I think it's more than suspects, because Father McRay was
0:29:31 > 0:29:33giving it the big I am all the way through, and the only thing that
0:29:33 > 0:29:37put him in his place and shut him up was, "Bit much on your plate, eh?"
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- And it was Reverend Reese who said that.- Bingo. Yes.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43- To Reverend McRay.- I think Reese might be holding that over him
0:29:43 > 0:29:45and using that as a stick to beat McRay.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49And the other one, they have an electric bell chime.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52My church, one of my old churches used to have one of those.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Oh, really?
0:29:53 > 0:29:57It had a lightweight hammer, and it just played, like, a little chime.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- The CD.- And the CD.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Let's just work out the timing.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05So, what's the significance of having the bells ringing
0:30:05 > 0:30:08electronically? What's the significance of that?
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Then all our wonderful theories about which rope was pulled,
0:30:10 > 0:30:12which was muted could be completely moot,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- cos the bell could simply have been a press button on the CD.- Yeah.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- Yeah. - Well, let's look at the evidence,
0:30:18 > 0:30:20see if we can take you forward in the investigation.
0:30:20 > 0:30:25A CD from St Barnaby's Church, the amended order of proceedings,
0:30:25 > 0:30:29and the new item, a postcard given to Father McRay, which we saw
0:30:29 > 0:30:33being handed over whilst they were having their meeting in that film.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Which one would you like to see?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37I'm entranced by the postcard on the grounds that that's obviously
0:30:37 > 0:30:40shut McRay up a little bit. He's a fairly odious human being.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42It did, because when she passed it over.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43- Yeah.- I think the postcard.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Yeah, I think so too.- I think the postcard.- Yeah? Postcard?
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Let's have a look at it, then.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- It was completely weird, wasn't it, when he looked at it? - Yes. Agreed.- Let's see the postcard.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay. And it reads, "I'm travelling AGAIN.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59"I'm in San Francisco going UP lots of hills.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02"Enjoyed Alcatraz but had to PAY.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05"Come and you WILL not regret it. Wish YOU were here."
0:31:05 > 0:31:08To the Reverend McRay, Vicarage, St Barnaby's Church.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Subtle.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Or, if we go from the capitalised words bottom to top,
0:31:12 > 0:31:13"you will pay up again."
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Yeah.- Do you think it's a code?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18I suspect it may be, Susan.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20What else can you spot?
0:31:20 > 0:31:22- There's no stamp on the postcard. - Which means?
0:31:22 > 0:31:26- Very good point.- That the person actually handed it over.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27- Great point, Krystyna.- Yeah.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31OK, armchair detectives, prime suspect time again.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Who you going to go for? Write it down now.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Charley, last time, your prime suspect was Peter.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- Yes.- Have you changed your mind? - Absolutely.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Of course you have! Who have you gone for this time?
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- I've gone for Jeanette Tranton, the Reverend.- Why?
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Because she has been extraordinarily tolerant in dealing with
0:31:53 > 0:31:57the odious, odious Reverend McRay and his misogyny unpleasantness.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59I think she's finally snapped.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Krystyna, last time your prime suspect was Peter.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Who have you gone for this time?
0:32:03 > 0:32:04Peter.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Peter again? Why have you stuck with him?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09It's just my gut instinct.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Kathryn, last time you went for the Reverend Reese.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Have you changed your mind?
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Yes, I have.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15Who have you gone for?
0:32:15 > 0:32:17I've gone for Peter.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Why?
0:32:18 > 0:32:23We came to the conclusion earlier that we thought it was
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- possibly one of the people who wasn't at the meeting.- Yes.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30And Peter is one of those people.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34So, in summary, the prime suspects as it stands are... Charley has
0:32:34 > 0:32:37gone for the Reverend Tranton, Krystyna has gone for Peter,
0:32:37 > 0:32:40and Kathryn has gone for Peter as well.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42It's round five, the Final Clues.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Knight and Slater are praying for a quick conclusion to this case.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Notepads at the ready, let's head back to Mortcliff.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- SIMMONS:- I've officially determined the cause of death.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02- McRay was strangled. - Is that with the bell rope?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04No. This is interesting.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07He was strangled by someone wearing gloves.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11He had a few fresh bruises on his chest like he'd been punched.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Hello, I'm Mrs McRay.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22DI Knight. Thank you so much for coming in.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24When I heard that he'd been sent a postcard
0:33:24 > 0:33:28I had to come right away and show you these.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35He received more than one of these?
0:33:35 > 0:33:39Every six months or so a postcard would arrive, and he'd say,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41"That cursed reverend."
0:33:42 > 0:33:46No idea who sent them, though. They don't sign their name.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49It's happened for donkey's years now.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53So you've no idea who sent them?
0:33:53 > 0:33:54None at all.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59Well.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03OK. Fairly important discovery in that film, which was?
0:34:03 > 0:34:06That he's been blackmailed for a significantly longer period of time.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- Been blackmailed for some years. - Yes.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11And he said, "A cursed reverend," so he knows it's Reese, essentially.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13And what else did we find out?
0:34:13 > 0:34:17That he was strangled by somebody wearing gloves.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19They didn't tell you what he was strangled with.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- Someone wearing gloves. - But it was someone wearing gloves.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24The person wearing gloves was Margot Babbage, wearing green gloves.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28OK, armchair detectives, let's move on to your final evidence pick.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30You can have either
0:34:30 > 0:34:34a CD from St Barnaby's Church or the amended order of proceedings.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38I'm not sold on the CD track listing,
0:34:38 > 0:34:40but if there is not the sound of
0:34:40 > 0:34:44that single, fairly deep-toned bell...
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Then we have to go back to...
0:34:46 > 0:34:48We have to go back to somebody having pulled the bell rope.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- Pulled the bell.- Yes.- Yeah.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- Go for the CD.- The CD. - I'm convinced.- I think so.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Let's have a look at the CD track listing, then.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07- One bell was the Funeral Call. - Track three, Funeral Call.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- Track three. - It could be, it could be that.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Could well be.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13And I think also more critically is the fact there is a remote control.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15So somebody could have done that..
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Somebody could have quite comfortably taken
0:35:17 > 0:35:19the gloves from the vase, which is why we got the vase
0:35:19 > 0:35:24mentioned in the first place, strangled our victim, McRay,
0:35:24 > 0:35:28come back and whilst at the meeting gone "bong" underneath the table.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32OK. Armchair detectives, I'm afraid the moment has come to us again.
0:35:32 > 0:35:33- No!- No!
0:35:33 > 0:35:36You're about to make your final accusation for the chance
0:35:36 > 0:35:38of winning a golden magnifying glass.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39- AUDIENCE:- Ooh!
0:35:41 > 0:35:46It's time to answer the only question that matters - whodunnit?
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Congratulations to Prestonpans Ladies Rugby Team,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53who have guessed every killer so far this series.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54Well done. Clever ladies.
0:36:00 > 0:36:01It's the big moment.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05I need you to tell me who you're accusing and why. Charley.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Right, I have gone for Peter.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12The only people who weren't at the campanology lesson were
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Margot and Peter.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17And only someone who wasn't at the campanology would have put
0:36:17 > 0:36:21the muted bell into his hand, cos he's tried to say, you know,
0:36:21 > 0:36:24our victim McRay has pulled it.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27And so it has to be someone who didn't know that bell was muted,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- so that has to be one of those two. - So Peter.
0:36:29 > 0:36:30I think it's Peter.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Krystyna, who are you accusing and why?
0:36:32 > 0:36:33- Peter.- Why?
0:36:33 > 0:36:34Something in my head.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38There's all the little things that have gone on have led me to him.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Kathryn, who are you accusing and why?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43I'm sticking with Peter.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46There's something a bit too perfect about his evidence.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49He said he was in the archive room in the crypt
0:36:49 > 0:36:51and that he heard voices,
0:36:51 > 0:36:54but not enough so that he could even tell that it was a man or a woman.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Yes.- And then he says he heard broken glass.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00But we've never seen any broken glass.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03There's none in church, the vase is still there,
0:37:03 > 0:37:06and I think that's the sort of incidental detail that he's
0:37:06 > 0:37:08just thrown in to make it sound as if he's...
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- To kind of muddy the water. - ..heard in evidence.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14So I think it's... I think it's him.
0:37:14 > 0:37:15Just leads me to him.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19So, our armchair detectives are all accusing
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Peter of the murder of Reverend McRay.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26You have a final piece of evidence left, though, armchair detectives.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29It is the amended order of proceedings.
0:37:29 > 0:37:30Let's have a look at it.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35"St Barnaby's 750th celebration sermon.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37"10am, live bell ringing demonstration.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39"2pm, bell ringing workshop.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41"6pm, evening service."
0:37:41 > 0:37:46As you can see, things are scrawled out. Reverend Reese, etc, etc.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49The person who did those changes was the Reverend Willis,
0:37:49 > 0:37:50cos we saw him scribbling.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54That looks suspiciously similar to the handwriting in the postcards.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56Let's find out what happened.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Well, drat.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01So, what really happened in today's story, White Collar Crime?
0:38:01 > 0:38:07Who killed Reverend McRay? Let's find out whodunnit.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21All of these postcards are pictures of prisons, sir.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22What's the symbolism?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26A threat, warning.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31Look at how each message has capitalised words in it.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Again, up, pay, will, you.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- You will pay up again. - Blackmail.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Blackmail for what, though, sir?
0:38:41 > 0:38:46That's the question. No stamps, though, on any of them.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Hand-delivered.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52So, that means it must be from someone local - that's everyone.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54If the blackmail's been going on for years, that's definitely
0:38:54 > 0:38:56a motive for murder.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58The time frame suggests a long grievance.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02Look at this.
0:39:04 > 0:39:12McRay hands over church duties to Reese. 1990 - that's 27 years ago.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13Yeah, but look at the caption.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16"Thank you for your donations.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18"This week's collection totalled £20."
0:39:18 > 0:39:22If you look at the photo of the collection plate there's
0:39:22 > 0:39:23clearly £40 on there.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Right, but Margot said that Reese only had enough money to
0:39:27 > 0:39:28refurbish the pulpit.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32I think McRay was taking money from the collection.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37Reese found out, was furious, and blackmailed him for years, it seems.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Yeah. Could have been Willis, though.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43I mean, the man had the key in his pocket.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47That's my key to the bell tower.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48What are you doing with it?
0:39:48 > 0:39:51No idea at all.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54There's one way to find out.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Willis's handwriting, see how he changed the order of the sermon.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Now compare the two.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Yeah, he didn't write the postcards.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Exactly.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07Jeanette Tranton spoke of the disagreement she had with
0:40:07 > 0:40:10McRay at the church residence the night before the murder.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- I think it's fair to say that I'm the most popular one.- Fair how?
0:40:14 > 0:40:18My dear, no-one can deny the drop in attendance since your tenure.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20And I bet you have a theory on why that is.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24The thing with women is how quickly they become emotional.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25SLATER: Reese was there too.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29That's when he must have taken the bell tower key.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Margot said she saw him at the gardens around 3pm,
0:40:32 > 0:40:36he then wasn't seen again until 4.30, at the meeting.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Where's Father McRay? Are we to begin without him?
0:40:42 > 0:40:44I'm sure he'll be along presently.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45Look, we've got a lot to get through.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47I suggest we just carry on.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48SLATER: By which time, McRay was already dead.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53Margot Babbage and Peter Henge both said they heard people arguing
0:40:53 > 0:40:56but neither of them could identify the voices.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Did you recognise the voices?
0:40:59 > 0:41:01No idea at all.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Perhaps McRay had had enough of the blackmail, challenged Reese,
0:41:04 > 0:41:07they argued, Reese then strangled him, then he made it look as
0:41:07 > 0:41:11though it happened at five by using the remote to play a ringing bell.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12BELL RINGS
0:41:14 > 0:41:17I thought Lee had gone.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19I'll go take a look.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23SLATER: In order to give himself an alibi, the meeting.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Reese had motive, means, and opportunity.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34I think it's time we paid the Reverend a visit.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36For whom the bell tolls, sir.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Indeed, Slater. It tolls for he.
0:41:39 > 0:41:40Come on.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48I can confirm that the killer was the Reverend Reese.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Charley, you look desperately upset.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Well, he was in the meeting where he knew that that was a muffled
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- bell pull.- Mm.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58So he'll have known that his alibi wouldn't have worked,
0:41:58 > 0:42:01because he's basically put a muted bell rope into the guy's hand.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04"Ah, he obviously pulled that so the murder must have been at five
0:42:04 > 0:42:07"o'clock, when I was obviously in a room with two other people."
0:42:07 > 0:42:09It's a muted bell rope and he knew it was a muted bell rope.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12It's entirely possible that killers sometimes make mistakes,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Charley, in the heat of the moment, and that the killers are not
0:42:15 > 0:42:18always perfect, as we think they possibly are.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- Right.- You became slightly fixated on Peter early on
0:42:21 > 0:42:23because of the DNA evidence,
0:42:23 > 0:42:28and I'm afraid to tell you that the vase was just a red herring.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32And there was no paternity issues, there was nothing going on.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34I enjoyed it immensely,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37but I'm afraid you've failed to pick today's killer.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Give them a round of applause.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40Well done, all of you.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Armchair detectives, hands up, how many of you got the Reverend Reese?
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Oh, first time!
0:42:50 > 0:42:55That is the first time ever nobody correctly identified the killer.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57That's all from Armchair Detectives.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Tomorrow, we'll see Knight and Slater tread the boards
0:42:59 > 0:43:03and they investigate a deadly crime at a theatre.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04- AUDIENCE:- Ooh!
0:43:05 > 0:43:12And remember, no-one gets away with murder in Mortcliff. Goodbye.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13Never mind.