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Keep calm, there's a killer on the loose

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and the only way to carry on is to track them down.

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Welcome to the TV show with only one question.

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Whodunnit?

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Welcome to Armchair Detectives,

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where our 15 murder mystery enthusiasts are going to try

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and determine who committed a devious crime.

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We'll see the comings and goings of a case set in Mortcliff,

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a village you really don't want to visit.

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We'll follow these three top coppers as they weed out the evidence -

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DI Knight, DC Slater,

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and Scene of Crime Officer Simmons.

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Before we head to Mortcliff for the first time today,

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let's meet our Armchair Detectives.

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Hello, Armchair Detectives.

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-ALL:

-Hi.

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They stay cheerful every single day.

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Now, only three of you play each day,

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so please take your armchairs,

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Gregor, Ellouise and Charley.

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

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will win one of these -

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our golden magnifying glass trophy.

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-ALL:

-Oooh!

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Now, Gregor, the pressure is on you a little bit.

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Just a wee bit.

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Are you going to be able to match your girlfriend Toria's

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double win and secure a golden magnifying glass today, Gregor?

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-I'm confident, just like last time.

-Right.

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But this time I'll be paying a lot more attention.

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Ellouise, what are you going to do differently to try

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and win your first trophy?

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-So I've got a theory...

-Yeah?

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..that when I'm sitting there, I'm not taking notes

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and I'm getting them right, so I'm not taking notes.

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-ALL:

-Ohhh!

-No notes.

-No notes.

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For the first time in Armchair Detectives history,

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that notepad is not being used.

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-Let's see if these tactics work.

-I know!

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I'm relying on you guys to take notes.

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Charley, what do you think about Ellouise's tactics of taking

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no notes at all?

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I think it's a bold gamble, and I like it.

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-It's a bold gamble!

-I like it.

-What a polite way of putting it.

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LAUGHTER

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So it's on to Round One, the Crime Scene.

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Knight, Slater and Simmons

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find today's victim dead in his own living room.

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Notepads at the ready, unless you're Ellouise.

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LAUGHTER

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

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Morning, Simmons. What have you got for us?

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Victim was the home owner, Clive Wintern,

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retired history professor.

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Looks like poisoning.

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His lips were swollen and he tried to be sick.

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-Disabled?

-Hm, he was a polio survivor, had limited leg mobility.

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Looks like he's just eaten. Are those sugar crystals at the bottom?

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Yeah, looks like it. We'll check. This is water next to it.

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Green litmus, pH 7.

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Anything else?

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We found this battery-operated push-button device

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lying next to him.

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That's a rather large bag for one man.

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Yeah, maybe he was thinking about running off

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and somebody stopped him. We'll look into it.

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What's the relevance of this biro?

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Well, I think it might match the writing on this crossword.

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It's got a mark next to one of the clues.

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Acidity level in European laurel, six letters.

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What's the answer?

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Since when do forensics have time for cryptic crosswords?

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-Well, I mean, it's just that...

-You're the detective.

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I solve crime, sir, not crosswords.

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Well, now, what a puzzle. What did you spot? Have a chat.

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He had a panic button, but do we know if it was pushed yet?

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And do we know if it was working?

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-Yeah, true.

-Yeah, that's what I was going to say, does it even work?

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-Yeah.

-Battery powered, so the battery might be dead,

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so we need to find out about that.

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Dead or short circuited, they're relatively easy to block.

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Has it been tampered with in any way?

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So I'm interested to see what's in the locked bag -

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was he hiding something

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or was it just an innocent locked bag?

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-Which is very unlikely.

-Is there such a thing

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as an innocent locked bag?

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-AUDIENCE:

-Oooh!

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I'd also like to know who had access to his food,

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because it looks like he's been poisoned by food, so he's

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obviously had to eat something. Has someone else got a key to the house?

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He looked like he was just at home doing a crossword,

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innocently eating.

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Does he have a carer cos he has polio or something like that?

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Yeah, does he have a carer?

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Well, let's take a look at today's victim.

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The cause of death is suspected consumption of poison,

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causing extreme swelling around the mouth.

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The time of Clive's death is still under investigation.

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So that's the victim.

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Well, right now, because time of death is under investigation,

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we don't actually know when he was poisoned,

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so it might have nothing to do with the food that...

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We just don't know until we know what the crystallisation is.

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One of the joys of poison is they can be cumulative, slow acting.

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-They sit in fatty tissues.

-So this could be over

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-a long period of time.

-It could be any point.

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I can give you a piece of evidence to look at,

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see if this helps you out.

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This is the crossword found at the crime scene.

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As you can see,

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a couple of things have been picked out -

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acidity level in Europe laurel -

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and that's the corresponding box there.

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The clue - "Acidity level in Europe laurel" -

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and if you go for laurel in the sense of laurels you have earned

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or kind of laurel wreaths, and

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he's answered that with "doping". The reason for the heart is cos it's

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the wrong number of letters, so it doesn't really sort of fit in there.

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So is it a European laurel,

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somebody's won a European competition but was doping?

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And Clive Wintern has put this in through the communication

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method of the crossword clues, he's outing a cheating sportsman

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and that's why he's been murdered.

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OK, keep that in mind. Ellouise, take a photograph with your mind.

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-Click!

-LAUGHTER

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It's on to Round Two, Last Movements.

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Notepads at the ready, let's head back to Clive Wintern's

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living room in Mortcliff shortly before his death.

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27 across is...

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Palimpsest.

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-Correct.

-CLIVE CHUCKLES

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Beating you again, Malcolm!

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It's almost as if the answers come to you from nowhere.

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CLIVE MUTTERS NERVOUSLY

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Are you all right?

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Perfect.

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Look, I've got to go. We're off to Crete tomorrow morning.

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-Lucky for some.

-Ah, we've managed to save up enough Green Shield Stamps.

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It's a history research trip.

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Clive, tell me the "we" is not you and Stephanie.

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For God's sake, you're old enough...

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CLIVE HANGS UP

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What are Green Shield Stamps?

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Oh, just a thing from the old days.

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I've managed to set up a meeting with a Carthage

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professor on the island.

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He really loves my Hannibal theory.

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Of course he does.

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But you think it's a waste of time.

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Look, we've been over this before.

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Look, your theory is brilliant, but it's just that, a theory.

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At present.

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Don't sulk.

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Don't patronise me.

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How's the packing coming?

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Suitcase is ready, but it's too heavy for me, though.

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Oh, don't worry, I'll get Brian to sort it.

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-What do you want me to do?

-Would you bring the suitcase in?

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And I'll check to see we're good to go first thing.

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Tell me that's a snack.

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-Your supper.

-CLIVE GROANS

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Fruit salad and a pint of water.

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A pint! It's almost an armful.

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CLIVE CHUCKLES

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Look, I'll waste away on that.

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You said you wanted to lose a few pounds.

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No, you did.

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All the exploring we'll be doing in Crete.

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Well, can't do it on fruit alone.

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See you tomorrow, Professor.

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High maintenance, is she?

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It's complicated.

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I can't see how. You have the best of all worlds.

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Someone who's very smart, who stimulates you.

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She's very pretty, and she's not going to stick around.

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I have never seen anyone as passionate about history

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other than you, Clive.

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She's a genius, one of a kind,

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but it's a meeting of the minds, Brian, that's all.

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Well, there's your answer.

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You're something to aspire to, Clive, I'll give you that.

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Oh, God knows what she's packed.

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Probably got half her hair salon in there.

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What have I gotten myself into? I'm not sure about this, Brian.

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Right, well, I'll be off.

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Oh...

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You don't want to leave this lying around.

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Buzz me if you need anything. House alarm will be on, OK?

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Thank you, Brian.

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DOOR CLOSES

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That will do.

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HE SIGHS

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HE BREATHES LABORIOUSLY

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DING!

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Come on, I want some answers!

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Hello, Malcolm. Bit early, isn't it?

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He's refusing to answer the phone.

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He sleeps like the dead.

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Can I come in?

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-Clive!

-Oh, my...

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Clive!

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Professor?

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Are you ready to go yet?

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What have you done to him?

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AUDIENCE MURMUR

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-OK.

-Well, it tells us who has access to the house.

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-Yes.

-I was under the impression that lady...

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-Stephanie.

-I thought she went home,

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but she was already in the house when they...

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..they came in.

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I don't think we saw whether she came in from outside or

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whether she was already downstairs.

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OK, let's take a look at who we're talking about.

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We have three suspects to look at.

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Stephanie McCracken - Clive's private student,

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Brian Hunterson - gardener and housekeeper,

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and Malcolm Gray - Clive's friend.

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-So...

-I'm really cautious of Brian.

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We know the buzzer was pushed, but it looks like it's not working.

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-It's not working.

-And we saw Brian hand that to him.

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So why did Stephanie say, as the first thing, "What have you done?"

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-Yeah, that was interesting.

-Yeah that...that stuck out.

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-Was that taking attention away from her or...?

-As if there was

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an underlying issue between them.

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Well, let's see if I can help you out a bit more

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because it's on to the Evidence Pick.

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Would you like to see a document found in a printer

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at the crime scene, or a panic alarm found at the crime scene,

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and finally the suitcase found at the crime scene?

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The panic alarm is going to let us know

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whether or not it's been tampered with.

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Brian obviously is the closest link to it.

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Ellouise and I are looking at each other

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because you never assume anything in Armchair Detectives.

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I find it weird that he...

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..he said he'll check the suitcase,

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so why has she put a bulky lock on it?

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I would like to see the panic button.

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Go for the panic first and then the suitcase after?

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-Yeah, panic.

-OK, we're going for the panic alarm.

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So take a look at it - what can you see?

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Is the battery the wrong way round?

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Panic... Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is, the springy bit's at the bottom.

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I was about to say, "Does anyone know anything?"

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-but apparently I do.

-LAUGHTER

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See, as soon as Ellouise throws away her notepad, she's seeing

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everything, she's seeing everything.

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-Tactics.

-So, what does that tell you?

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That means the panic button doesn't work.

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Because someone's inserted the battery the wrong way round.

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Now, was that an accident or intentional?

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Well, Armchair Detectives, is your prime suspect

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Stephanie, Brian or Malcolm?

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Write it down now.

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Notepads down, please. So, Gregor?

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I've gone for Stephanie right now.

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I'd like to know more about her theory.

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She might have a grudge to bear against Clive.

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Ellouise?

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At this stage, I've gone with Brian.

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-Right.

-Purely because he's the last person we've seen handing over

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the bowl and the drink that we presume killed him.

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Not to say that hasn't been tampered by anyone else,

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but just from what I've seen.

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-Charley.

-My prime suspect, like Gregor, I've gone for Stephanie.

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OK. So the prime suspects right now are...

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..Stephanie, Brian and Stephanie.

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So it's on to Round Three, the Police Interviews.

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Two suspects have been pulled in for questioning, but who are they?

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Notepads at the ready, let's find out.

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Mr Gray, do you recognise the handwriting on the piece

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of paper shown in this photograph?

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Yes.

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Can you tell us what's written across the top of the page?

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I've written, "Malcolm's time, 17 minutes 5 seconds."

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You and the victim were crossword rivals?

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Friendly ones, yes.

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I would print out a random crossword from the past ten years,

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take off the date, numbers and newspaper details,

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just leave the grid and the clues.

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And then I'd add my time and drop it around to his house.

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He'd then see if he could beat it, which he did do 99% of the time.

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We found Professor Wintern to be quite a phenomenon at the

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National Crossword Championships, won nine years in a row.

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And I've won twice since he stopped entering.

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So you finally got some success when your main competitor stopped.

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What are you saying?

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Well, you're a proud man. Maybe you got tired of losing.

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You can't lose to a cheat.

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How long had you been Clive's gardener and housekeeper?

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About four years, ever since I was discharged from the army.

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He used to manage really well with his crutches,

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but then he had a bad fall, decided he needed some looking after.

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I cook, lock up at night, do a bit of gardening.

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He was a very generous boss.

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Sometimes I think he took me on as a favour.

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And you were the last one to see him?

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I guess.

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His...protegee, Stephanie, had left,

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I'd given him his supper.

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He puts himself to bed normally.

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Did he keep valuables around?

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Could it have been a burglary?

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No, not really.

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I put the burglar alarms on for Clive at night

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and all the windows have locks on.

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Can anyone else disable the alarm?

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No-one.

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I'm the only one with the electronic fob to turn it off.

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So essentially he was trapped in his own home?

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I leave him with a remote control gadget that he can press

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if he gets into trouble. It buzzes me and I can get over there quickly.

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I stay a couple of doors away.

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Professor Wintern left a rather generous bequest to you in his will.

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-So?

-Well, it's not every day someone leaves them their home, is it?

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You didn't know him very long.

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You rented the house two doors down.

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Look, I don't know where this is going,

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but when I left Clive, he was the picture of health.

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I went home, I cooked my tea, the next time I saw him he was dead.

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Can anyone corroborate that?

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The plot thickens, Armchair Detectives.

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We know now that there's obviously an ongoing competition,

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but I don't feel

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like it's worthy of death from...

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-..from Malcolm.

-Especially cos Clive had already retired,

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so this was Malcolm's chance to shine.

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-Yeah.

-But Malcolm did accuse him of cheating.

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-Yeah.

-So...

-Yes.

-I think there's more to that story,

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but I don't necessarily think that...

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He would kill him when he's already retired.

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-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Well, let's see if we can take you forward a bit

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-with some more evidence.

-Please.

-Yeah.

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Do you want to see a document found in a printer at the crime scene,

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the suitcase found at the crime scene,

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or this new piece of evidence,

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the call log from Clive's landline phone?

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-Is that printout going to give us a motive?

-Something interesting.

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Yeah. Because I'm thinking we're pretty comfortable,

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we've locked down so far where the poison might be.

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We've nothing on a motive, so printout - motive, printout?

0:19:260:19:29

-Yeah, I think so.

-Printout for a motive, please.

0:19:290:19:32

-So you want to see the printout.

-Yes, please.

0:19:320:19:34

This is a document found in a printer at the crime scene,

0:19:340:19:36

and this is Clive's internet history.

0:19:360:19:40

-So this is proof that he's a cheat.

-Yeah, he was looking up the answers.

0:19:470:19:50

See, now I'm starting to create a theory in my head.

0:19:500:19:54

Stephanie really believes in this theory...

0:19:540:19:58

-That she has.

-He's sort of belittling her a little bit.

0:19:580:20:01

This is her evidence that...

0:20:010:20:03

"You're not actually that good at crosswords.

0:20:030:20:06

"I'm better than you, have some poison, see you later."

0:20:060:20:10

LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE

0:20:100:20:13

-Oh, you got a round of applause!

-Yep.

-Thank you.

0:20:130:20:16

It's prime suspect time.

0:20:160:20:18

Stephanie, Brian or Malcolm.

0:20:180:20:20

Please write down who your prime suspect is.

0:20:200:20:24

Notepads down, please, Armchair Detectives.

0:20:300:20:32

So, Gregor, last time your prime suspect was Stephanie -

0:20:320:20:38

-have you changed your mind?

-I have not.

0:20:380:20:39

-Still with Stephanie?

-Still with Stephanie.

0:20:390:20:41

Ellouise, last time your prime suspect was Brian -

0:20:410:20:45

-have you changed your mind?

-I have, I've changed to Stephanie.

0:20:450:20:47

Stephanie.

0:20:470:20:48

He's always going to be her superior, he's...

0:20:480:20:51

..he's lived his life, now it's her turn,

0:20:510:20:54

-"Move out the way."

-Yeah. Charley, last time you...

0:20:540:20:57

-Yes.

-..accused Stephanie.

-Stephanie.

0:20:570:20:59

I'm staying very much with Stephanie on this one.

0:20:590:21:02

-Staying with Stephanie. Full house.

-Yep.

-Yes.

0:21:020:21:04

I'm thinking because the European laurel bit, and there's...

0:21:040:21:07

-Yeah.

-..there's a back of the mind

0:21:070:21:09

tickle but I'm remembering that laurel is a respiratory poison

0:21:090:21:12

and if all of a sudden we discover later on that he was poisoned

0:21:120:21:15

by European laurel, it points towards the gardener, so wonderfully

0:21:150:21:18

and elegantly that it can't be, and therefore Stephanie's been framing.

0:21:180:21:22

LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE

0:21:220:21:25

So every one of our Armchair Detectives thinks that

0:21:250:21:29

Stephanie is the prime suspect. Will that change?

0:21:290:21:33

It's on to Round Four - Dig Deeper.

0:21:330:21:36

Who's acting suspicious and who has a clear conscience?

0:21:360:21:41

Notepads at the ready, let's head back to Mortcliff.

0:21:410:21:44

You've not been answering your phone.

0:21:520:21:54

I can't seem to find it.

0:21:540:21:55

I think I've left it at Clive's house.

0:21:550:21:57

It's good to see you.

0:21:570:21:59

Thanks for meeting me.

0:21:590:22:02

Better late than never. So how's the world of architecture?

0:22:020:22:06

Pretty good. We've got a few bigger clients now, more regular work.

0:22:060:22:10

You still obsessed with ancient Greece?

0:22:100:22:12

Absolutely, I've made some amazing discoveries about Carthage

0:22:120:22:16

and Hannibal.

0:22:160:22:17

-He was the...

-He was the best Carthaginian general, who beat

0:22:170:22:21

the majority of the Roman generals who fought against him,

0:22:210:22:25

and they crossed the Alps on elephants.

0:22:250:22:28

THEY CHUCKLE

0:22:280:22:29

So I guess you wouldn't be interested in the assistant

0:22:290:22:31

job going at my firm?

0:22:310:22:33

Thanks, but I'm happy for now.

0:22:330:22:36

The Professor still helping you prepare with your uni application?

0:22:360:22:40

Yeah, it's really good of him to take me under his wing.

0:22:400:22:43

So I guess you don't need me any more, huh?

0:22:430:22:46

It's not like that.

0:22:460:22:48

I was heartbroken leaving you behind with Mum.

0:22:500:22:53

I felt I'd failed you.

0:22:530:22:55

There were a lot of good times in our house, you know,

0:22:560:22:59

before the tax man turned up.

0:22:590:23:02

I hope I've turned things around now.

0:23:020:23:04

Yeah. It was good, us all together.

0:23:040:23:07

I've missed you too.

0:23:090:23:10

It means a lot to me, you still using my surname.

0:23:110:23:14

Why wouldn't I? You're my father.

0:23:140:23:16

Who'd want to be an Atkins anyway, huh?

0:23:170:23:19

THEY CHUCKLE

0:23:190:23:21

Could you give this to Clive?

0:23:260:23:27

Of course.

0:23:270:23:28

And can I ask you something in confidence?

0:23:280:23:31

-Sure.

-Is Clive really as clever as he makes out?

0:23:310:23:37

Of course he is.

0:23:370:23:39

Do you help him in any way with the crosswords?

0:23:390:23:41

Oh, no. I'm nothing compared to him.

0:23:410:23:44

Although he does sometimes find special crosswords for me

0:23:450:23:51

to attempt. It's cute, really. He finds ones with answers

0:23:510:23:55

-that are...

-He's won the National Cryptic Competition

0:23:550:23:58

nine years in a row,

0:23:580:23:59

but he hasn't entered for the past few years.

0:23:590:24:02

Why not?

0:24:020:24:03

He says he's bored of winning. I reckon he's scared.

0:24:030:24:07

I can't understand how I still can't beat that doddery old

0:24:070:24:10

bag of bones. No matter what newspaper

0:24:100:24:13

I get my cryptic clues from, he beats me nearly every time.

0:24:130:24:17

That's funny that you should say that, actually.

0:24:180:24:21

I don't exactly know what this means,

0:24:230:24:25

but it's a printout from Clive's computer.

0:24:250:24:28

And it looks odd.

0:24:280:24:31

The devious swine!

0:24:310:24:34

Hm, talk to me. Talk to me, Armchair Detectives.

0:24:360:24:40

I think I have a theory.

0:24:400:24:41

Steph found out just how much Clive was a cheater and liar,

0:24:410:24:44

and she trusted him beyond belief, and...yeah.

0:24:440:24:48

Let's take a look at the suspects board

0:24:480:24:50

because we've got an extra suspect to add.

0:24:500:24:52

-Ross.

-We've got Ross McCracken, who's Stephanie's father,

0:24:520:24:57

and of course we have Brian and Malcolm who have been there before.

0:24:570:25:00

Talk to me about Ross.

0:25:000:25:02

Well, it's interesting the affect he's going to have had on Stephanie.

0:25:020:25:06

She's certainly looking for a father figure to which our victim

0:25:060:25:09

-turns up, you know, avuncular, happy.

-Yeah.

0:25:090:25:11

-But she stuck with Clive..

-She's happy with Clive, yeah.

0:25:110:25:13

And then she discovers he's been fibbing.

0:25:130:25:15

I think at this stage everyone has actually got a motive of some kind.

0:25:150:25:19

-A sort of motive, yeah.

-Yes.

-But who's got the motive

0:25:190:25:21

-that would push them to murder?

-Who would do it more?

-Yeah.

0:25:210:25:23

Let's try and narrow it down, let's pick another piece of evidence.

0:25:230:25:27

You can choose one from the list.

0:25:270:25:29

The suitcase found at the crime scene,

0:25:290:25:31

the call log from Clive's landline phone,

0:25:310:25:34

and the new item of evidence -

0:25:340:25:36

a catalogue found at Brian's personal allotment.

0:25:360:25:40

So Brian's catalogue, I wonder if that means he's circled

0:25:400:25:43

something that he knows very well could be a poison.

0:25:430:25:46

I kind of want to see the suitcase just to give us peace of mind.

0:25:460:25:49

-Yeah, get it out of the way.

-Let's go for it.

0:25:490:25:50

If it's nothing, at least we know it's nothing.

0:25:500:25:52

That's what you wanted at the beginning of the show, to see that suitcase.

0:25:520:25:55

-So, do you want to see the suitcase?

-Absolutely.

-Yeah.

0:25:550:25:58

OK, let's go for the suitcase.

0:25:580:25:59

-Contents - empty.

-Ah!

0:25:590:26:03

Ahh...

0:26:030:26:05

Audible gasp from the Armchair Detectives!

0:26:050:26:07

-So Stephanie's lied?

-Stephanie's lied and Brian's...

0:26:070:26:10

Yeah, and Brian seemed to have some serious difficulty getting it

0:26:100:26:13

down the stairs for an empty suitcase.

0:26:130:26:14

Now, Armchair Detectives,

0:26:140:26:16

Bola's practically jumping out of her seat at this point.

0:26:160:26:20

Who packed it, whose is it, who brought it in?

0:26:200:26:23

It's empty now...

0:26:230:26:25

-Yeah.

-But was it?

0:26:250:26:27

Well, Steph said she packed it, Brian had trouble lifting it,

0:26:270:26:30

and after the death, it's empty.

0:26:300:26:32

If Simon was here, he'd say there was someone in the suitcase.

0:26:320:26:34

I can fit in a suitcase.

0:26:340:26:36

I went in and someone zipped it up and I went, "Oh, that works".

0:26:360:26:39

Did you go anywhere nice?

0:26:390:26:40

LAUGHTER

0:26:400:26:42

With a new suspect on the board, we have

0:26:420:26:45

Stephanie, Brian, Malcolm

0:26:450:26:48

and Ross.

0:26:480:26:50

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

0:26:500:26:53

Write down who that is now.

0:26:530:26:56

Notepads away, please, Armchair Detectives.

0:27:020:27:04

The tension is mounting. Please tell me who is your prime suspect,

0:27:040:27:08

Gregor.

0:27:080:27:09

So I'm sticking with Stephanie because why...

0:27:090:27:11

If Brian was the killer, why would he empty the suitcase?

0:27:110:27:14

Ellouise. Prime suspect?

0:27:140:27:16

-Stephanie.

-Yeah?

0:27:160:27:17

She's lied about the suitcase,

0:27:170:27:19

potentially it could have been empty.

0:27:190:27:20

I need more evidence before I change my mind.

0:27:200:27:23

Charley, prime suspect?

0:27:230:27:25

-I'm still sticking with Stephanie.

-Stephanie, OK.

0:27:250:27:27

So prime suspects, as we stand just now,

0:27:270:27:31

all of them going for Stephanie.

0:27:310:27:34

We're racing towards closing this case.

0:27:340:27:37

It's Round Five, the Final Clues.

0:27:370:27:40

Knight and Slater meet Brian at his allotment to ask further questions.

0:27:400:27:44

Can you tell us who was around the day he died?

0:27:500:27:52

I let the nurse in for Clive's weekly home visit.

0:27:530:27:56

She was a lot earlier than she usually is.

0:27:560:27:59

She said that he had been trying to reach me unsuccessfully,

0:27:590:28:02

so I changed the batteries in his panic alarm.

0:28:020:28:06

Then Malcolm dropped by with a new crossword to pass on to Clive.

0:28:060:28:11

Stephanie was dropped off by a guy in a car, I presume it was her dad.

0:28:120:28:17

She looked a bit teary-eyed.

0:28:170:28:18

You're curious about Stephanie, aren't you?

0:28:190:28:22

More puzzled than curious.

0:28:230:28:26

I wondered if there was a bit more to it.

0:28:260:28:30

You didn't approve of their friendship?

0:28:300:28:32

One doesn't like to speak ill of the dead, but...she's only 18

0:28:340:28:39

and I wondered if she was developing a bit of a fondness for him.

0:28:390:28:44

Was their relationship intimate?

0:28:440:28:46

What were you up to the rest of the afternoon?

0:28:510:28:54

Finished off in the garden, cutting the grass, watering the plants.

0:28:540:28:59

You said the suitcase you took in to Clive's was heavy?

0:29:010:29:06

Hm, yeah, very much so.

0:29:060:29:09

And yet it had no clothes in it when we found it at the crime scene.

0:29:090:29:13

Well, maybe he put them back in the wardrobe,

0:29:140:29:17

he was having second thoughts about the trip.

0:29:170:29:20

Looking to order in some new plants?

0:29:260:29:28

Oh...

0:29:300:29:31

Forgot about that.

0:29:330:29:34

Bit late now.

0:29:360:29:37

There's a phone call from Clive Wintern's landline to

0:29:430:29:46

one of the nurses here on Wednesday.

0:29:460:29:47

Only lasted a few seconds.

0:29:470:29:49

Was that nurse Dee McCracken?

0:29:490:29:51

I believe she prefers Miss Atkins.

0:29:510:29:54

Oh, happy birthday.

0:29:560:29:58

Oh, is that still on?

0:29:580:30:01

I'm just coming off shift.

0:30:010:30:02

Miss Atkins, DI Knight. This is DC Slater. We'd just like to ask

0:30:030:30:07

you a few questions about your daughter, Stephanie.

0:30:070:30:10

I don't see much of her these days. She's nearly 19.

0:30:100:30:14

How would you describe your daughter?

0:30:140:30:17

Is she in trouble?

0:30:170:30:19

This is part of a wider investigation.

0:30:190:30:21

Steph is...difficult.

0:30:230:30:27

She could read fluently by the age of four.

0:30:270:30:30

She could do things that no other child her age could even imagine.

0:30:300:30:34

I thought there was something wrong with her.

0:30:340:30:36

Anyway, we had her assessed and it turns out she's a genius.

0:30:360:30:41

Whatever that means.

0:30:410:30:43

What do you make of her friendship with Professor Wintern?

0:30:430:30:47

She's always preferred the company of older people.

0:30:490:30:51

Sorry, has something happened?

0:30:530:30:55

I'm sorry to have to tell you,

0:30:570:30:58

but Professor Wintern was found dead on Thursday morning.

0:30:580:31:00

-Would you like to sit down?

-No, no, I'm...fine.

0:31:070:31:12

Had you heard from him recently?

0:31:140:31:16

Yeah, now you mention it, Clive did call me.

0:31:190:31:24

I see him on my home visits once a week.

0:31:250:31:29

I thought he'd dialled by accident. He didn't say anything.

0:31:290:31:32

Can you tell us where you were on Wednesday evening from about seven?

0:31:340:31:37

I was driving to work for my night shift.

0:31:390:31:43

Sorry, if there's nothing else...?

0:31:450:31:47

Yeah, no, that's all for now, thank you.

0:31:470:31:49

Seems rather upset for someone who only met their patient once a week.

0:31:550:31:59

Indeed.

0:32:010:32:02

-OK.

-OK. OK, OK, let's take stock.

0:32:040:32:08

OK? We have another suspect on the board.

0:32:080:32:12

Dee Atkins, Stephanie's mum.

0:32:120:32:16

Had access to the house, found out Clive was a cheater,

0:32:160:32:20

disappointing her daughter.

0:32:200:32:22

She reacted really, really significantly.

0:32:220:32:25

-Heartbroken.

-Yeah.

-And I found myself wondering

0:32:250:32:28

if perhaps she had a far longer relationship with Clive.

0:32:280:32:31

-Than we realise.

-Well, you've got two pieces of evidence

0:32:310:32:34

still to look at, so let's look at one of those

0:32:340:32:36

-and see if it's helps you out.

-Two pieces.

0:32:360:32:38

You can have either the call log from Clive's landline or

0:32:380:32:42

a catalogue found at Brian's personal allotment.

0:32:420:32:45

We kind of saw bits of that in that film,

0:32:450:32:49

so which one would you like to see?

0:32:490:32:50

Brian's catalogue, the officer saw it.

0:32:500:32:53

-Yeah.

-He went, "Oh, I forgot about that," folded it over.

0:32:530:32:55

I really want to know what that green tank was

0:32:550:32:57

in front of DC Knight.

0:32:570:32:58

OK, Gregor, I was looking at that too,

0:32:580:33:00

I was looking at that too, going...

0:33:000:33:02

-What is that?

-"Ah, what is it?"

0:33:020:33:03

I think there's definitely more to this Dee. The fact that...

0:33:030:33:06

What really stuck with me with her is the fact that she knows

0:33:060:33:09

the relationship and didn't say, "I wonder how Stephanie is."

0:33:090:33:12

-I think the call log.

-I'm inclined to agree, yeah.

-I'm going to go call log.

0:33:120:33:15

Call log? OK, let's take a look at the call log.

0:33:150:33:17

Yeah, I want to see who else he called.

0:33:170:33:19

-Wednesday, we can see there there's a number of calls.

-Sweetheart?

0:33:190:33:23

Some quite close together.

0:33:230:33:25

It's "Sweetheart, duration four seconds," which would be the mum.

0:33:250:33:29

-Yep.

-Why has he saved her as Sweetheart?

0:33:290:33:33

How do you know that's...that's her mum?

0:33:330:33:35

Because the officers did say we can see you called her number,

0:33:350:33:39

and it was only a few seconds,

0:33:390:33:41

-and she said she just assumed it was an accident dial.

-However...

0:33:410:33:45

But there's two of them that's only four seconds.

0:33:450:33:47

The four seconds, and I'm thinking the 0131 number ends in four zeros,

0:33:470:33:50

which means it's going to be a switchboard.

0:33:500:33:52

-So switchboard for the hospital.

-Hospital.

0:33:520:33:54

So he's called them at three o'clock for eight minutes.

0:33:540:33:57

What was that call about?

0:33:570:33:59

-Yeah.

-Yes, it's the same number, isn't it?

-It is.

0:33:590:34:02

Reschedule the nurse's appointment?

0:34:020:34:04

There was something on that on one of the..

0:34:040:34:06

when she was talking to Brian Hunterson, "reschedule the nurse's

0:34:060:34:08

"appointment," an eight-minute call to the hospital would explain that.

0:34:080:34:11

Armchair Detectives, I hate to say this to you,

0:34:110:34:14

but the big moment has arrived.

0:34:140:34:16

It's time to make your final accusation.

0:34:160:34:18

Guess correctly and you'll win a golden magnifying glass trophy.

0:34:180:34:22

AUDIENCE OOH AND AAH

0:34:220:34:25

Charley, this could be your second win.

0:34:270:34:28

Gregor and Ellouise, you're chasing your first.

0:34:280:34:31

Write down today's killer.

0:34:310:34:34

Simple.

0:34:340:34:36

Stephanie, Brian, Malcolm, Ross, Dee.

0:34:360:34:40

It's time to answer the only question that matters.

0:34:400:34:44

Whodunnit?

0:34:440:34:45

Time's up, Armchair Detectives, notepads down.

0:35:000:35:05

I need you to reveal your choices to me.

0:35:070:35:09

Gregor, who are you accusing?

0:35:090:35:11

-I've stuck with Stephanie the whole time.

-Stephanie.

0:35:130:35:16

-All the way through.

-Aye, all the way through.

0:35:160:35:18

It's the only one that I think would

0:35:180:35:20

actually be angry enough to do something.

0:35:200:35:21

Ellouise.

0:35:210:35:23

I've also gone with Stephanie.

0:35:230:35:25

-Stephanie again. Because?

-Yeah.

0:35:250:35:28

Again, I think everyone's got motive, but I think in terms

0:35:280:35:32

of access and timeframe,

0:35:320:35:38

it's all the little tiny things that I think make

0:35:380:35:40

the big things in this situation.

0:35:400:35:42

-I hope.

-Charley, who are you accusing?

0:35:420:35:44

In a shocking last-minute twist, I've gone for Brian.

0:35:440:35:47

-ALL: Ohh! AUDIENCE MEMBER:

-I knew you was going to do that!

0:35:470:35:50

Because, again, motives are for juries,

0:35:500:35:53

he has the toxins in the shed,

0:35:530:35:56

he has access to sugar, he has access to the house.

0:35:560:35:59

I know it... I feel like I'm going for the simple one.

0:35:590:36:02

-I have a sneaky suspicion I'll be kicking myself, but...

-OK. Brian.

0:36:020:36:05

-I think it's Brian.

-Gregor, I'm going to ask you why you're jumping out of your seat.

0:36:050:36:08

Because I remember one of the first things I thought of poison,

0:36:080:36:11

poison is what they classically call a woman's weapon.

0:36:110:36:14

Ah!

0:36:140:36:15

Whereas Brian was a soldier,

0:36:150:36:17

whereas I think if he was going to take out Clive,

0:36:170:36:19

he would do it as a soldier.

0:36:190:36:21

Gregor and Ellouise are accusing Stephanie

0:36:210:36:24

and Charley, in a last-minute change of mind, has gone for Brian.

0:36:240:36:28

Now, before we go to Mortcliff for the answer,

0:36:280:36:30

we have a final piece of evidence to look at.

0:36:300:36:33

Was this deadwood? Let's take a look.

0:36:330:36:36

The catalogue found at Brian's personal allotment,

0:36:360:36:40

let's see what it is.

0:36:400:36:41

Whose birthday is it?

0:36:450:36:47

I'm going to assume maybe Clive's is coming up

0:36:470:36:49

and he wanted to get him a very nice pretty flower.

0:36:490:36:51

Well, he's not going to make it.

0:36:510:36:53

I don't know if that would have helped or hindered you,

0:36:530:36:56

-Armchair Detectives.

-Ooh!

0:36:560:36:57

So, what really happened in today's story?

0:36:570:37:02

Six letters beginning with M. Who killed Clive Wintern?

0:37:020:37:08

Let's find out who dunnit!

0:37:090:37:11

We just got CCTV footage,

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and Ross was having dinner with a colleague in the city.

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And Malcolm's alibi is established, too.

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Do you think Stephanie's mother was having a relationship with Clive?

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Looks like it.

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Stephanie's intelligence made it difficult for her to

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relate to the other kids.

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Also, being a typical only child,

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she preferred the company of adults anyway.

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Her mother, Dee, couldn't handle her,

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and her dad left when she was six.

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What about Brian?

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You remember his catalogue?

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-Mm-hm.

-He'd written a reminder in it to give the plant with a ribbon

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round it to someone called Daphne.

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Who's Daphne?

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Good question.

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Hang on!

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Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

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Great minds, Slater.

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You and Professor Wintern thought about things in a similar way,

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didn't you?

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What do you mean?

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Well, for one thing,

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you both wanted to end your friendship at the same time.

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My question to you is, why did you feel the need to make it so final?

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I'm not going to be intimidated by you.

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Let's go through the facts, then, shall we?

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What about the suitcase?

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Brian brought it in and said it was very heavy.

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Could that be because you were inside it?

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SHE CHUCKLES

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How can anyone get out of a suitcase

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when the zip is locked on the outside?

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But you know that the suitcase can be unzipped from the inside

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using a biro, just like the one we found at the crime scene.

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Oh, and we identified the poison. It's from the very same plant

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you gave to Brian to give to your mother as a birthday present.

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Very clever, considering its name.

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The poison is found in the berries of the plant, the red berries.

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You put the red berries in the fruit salad that Brian took to Clive.

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You used the suitcase as a Trojan horse in which you hid

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while the alarm was on.

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When Clive left the room, you got out of the suitcase and hid again,

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while he ate his deadly fruit salad.

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You wanted to ensure his death so you stayed,

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clearing up evidence and planning your public discovery of his death.

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Then you pretended to arrive again the following morning,

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after Brian had disabled the alarm.

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You saw that Clive's crossword had one missing answer.

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The clue had a heart next to it.

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That was Clive's way of telling you that his future lay

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with your mother.

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You didn't want to implicate your mother,

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so you wrote the wrong answer in your handwriting.

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We can tell by the way O, I and G are written differently.

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The correct answer is...

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Acidity levels, pH.

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Inside European - a Dane - gives a word meaning laurel.

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pH inside Dane?

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Daphne.

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So the plant you used to kill Clive with was named...

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Daphne.

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You thought that by murdering Clive, everything in your life would

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return to the way it used to be.

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You and your mother wouldn't be rivals for the same man's attention.

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And your father could be reinstated to his rightful place.

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Ridiculous, Freudian psychobabble.

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Is it?

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When did you discover Clive was seeing your mother?

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When I used his landline to call my phone,

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there was a number

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saved as "Sweetheart".

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I called it...

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..and my own mum picked up.

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I did murder him...

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..and I don't regret it either.

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Can we just stop for a moment?

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Ha-ha-ha-ha, "I've been in a suitcase," ha-ha-ha-ha.

0:42:250:42:29

LAUGHTER

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If proof was needed that I don't know what's happening in this show,

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the fact that I said I could fit in a suitcase might tell you that.

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Gregor and Ellouise, you picked the killer correctly

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and are today's winners - well done to both of you!

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APPLAUSE

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It just goes to show, Armchair Detectives,

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you don't need to take a single note and you get it right!

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Well done to everyone. Brilliant show, Charley,

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don't beat yourself up about it.

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That's all from Armchair Detectives. Come back tomorrow

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when there's a cat amongst the pigeons...

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-AUDIENCE:

-Oooh!

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

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Goodbye.

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Well done. Well done, Ellouise!

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Well done, Gregor.

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