Midsomer Murders - Season 4, Episode 1 - Garden of Death - Full Episode

[Music] [Music] paradisio lilius strictest platycodon granda Flores [Music] [Music] morning mr. Lincoln I hear even more changes or refer to the families seat [Music] and reduced is an upstart [Music] [Music] [Music] this is a plan of the gardens we have an absolutely beautiful collection of euphorbias unfortunately no video arcade the implants have been here since the Reformation long enough to organize a decent car park that Mayor me had to sell 25 years ago her husband died left her penniless a stock broker called Gerald Bennett bought the place back of course now I think Penny's good god 11 quit how do you know this Desmond from the village shop he delivers our organic meat I didn't know we come organic don't you notice the difference no I'm going to go thin no I mean um to golf oh you for beers yeah mmm good chance of a cup of tea in for a ride darling no a swim Daniel just gave me this apparently you were making some kind of point about aging mothers well you know what they say dear the old varieties smell the sweetest take those to the ticket office Hillary we're nearly out [Music] these are beautiful they're very fashionable at the moment penstemon that one's called white better flowers very well right through the walton I haven't seen them before are they hard to propagate no not really just softwood cuttings from non flowering shoot do you live locally yes ferry Corsten yeah I'll be doing some of these next week I could drop you over a few if you look what's the name Oh Barnaby Joyce but really it's no it's no problem they deserve wider appreciation what's the address part more close is number six parts more right fine I'll consider it done Joyce see you next week thank you Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] next time it'll be one of those [ __ ] so help me this is not the Wild West sir and Fred you under arrest I have had enough I can hardly be playing for Rodney widgets behavior I'm not talking about widget if you must fornicate at least have the dignity not to fight like a pair of pulled cats over the trousers concerned and as for the gun my godmother my garden and my gardener then face the consequences of your money-grubbing actions yes well when it comes to grubbing money Hilary would you bring me my whiskey and water please and I'll have another GNT no no thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] that what's the matter Desmond hello Jane I've just heard about the memorial what on earth are they doing elspeth idea the manor gardens getting so popular she decided they needed tea room and that's where she's gonna build it but she can't it'll break dad's heart you know there's a meeting tonight hi Daniel give us some go on you promised I told you no you gave something my sister how do you know about that she told me she is only 15 years sister yeah one bottle and don't ride your bikes afterwards [Music] mmm yes darling what's going on between you and Flis Oh pay no attention to your sister dear whatever she says ever she's just a bad-tempered little madam I sometimes wish I'd given her up for adoption rather than you oh dear rustics approaching just so you don't forget mrs inkpen-thomas village all half-past seven there's really nowhere else I'd rather be Desmond I'm just delighted to be the cause of so much excitement whoever said the English village was dead Richard no driver no chaplain cuckoo you could be a commercial sales man instead of a bishop good evening father are you will well enough to give those damned impinge of bloody nose I'll see you later unless you want to come where - exactly village hall the villages have turned to me I'm sorry nice to be a devil where the devil should be central to events did you know it was your anniversary today two years since you walked into our lives here yes yes I didn't know you still glad you did all that time and effort and tracing us it would mean what you'd hoped for I've got no complaints how wonderfully magnanimous of you I do understand yes how it must have been for you when I turned up the spoiled only child suddenly finding she's not an only after all because there's been a bastard lurking do you think I'm jealous resentful do you think I hate you I don't hate you I pity you because wait you coming to the meeting you don't think this is a bit where istic not at all it's a public meeting and I'm interested hope you're not planning to speak no but I can vote if they ask for a show of happiness what and then with the shotgun uniform must have bailed [Music] [Music] you never finished what you were saying indoor was earlier you said you pitied me why because we have different fathers but I know that if you were a gentleman you would move to allow my daughter and I to sit together if you were the lady I shouldn't hesitate there are still seats further back mrs. Inkpen further back I have not said further back in my entire life mrs. infants humility is the greatest of the many gifts she has passed mother [Music] ladies and gentlemen if I could just call this meeting to order The Vicar sends apologies for absence and peaceful blessings to all but we do welcome particularly this evening mrs. elspeth inkpen-thomas and thank her for being to take part in what promises to be a lively discussion though I'm quite sure that in the words of the memorial garden itself common sense and tolerance will inform our debate who will speak first Jane Bennett daughter of Gerald Bennett who created the memorial garden to dig up that beautiful place which gives pleasure and sense of community to so many and replace it with a commercial tea shop is an act of unspeakable vandalism and I should just like to ask mrs. Inkpen Thomas by what right she takes back and destroys what was freely given to this village by my father miss Bennett asks by what right well the simple answer is the right of ownership when her father sold Inkpen Manor back to the infants five years ago there were no caveats no exclusions legally the memorial garden is our property or mr. Bennett did apart from created was to grant right of access to the villagers all we're doing is withdrawing that right what we choose to do in that respect is the business of nobody in this hall tonight I mean really if the village really want some nasty memorial now memorial garden let it build one somewhere else [Applause] I bet you can't wait to turn this into a tea shop being on mummys side in everything with your father particularly nice then bliss is that what you meant I know mine's a mystery but yours mums husband nice good god no you ran off and left us eons ago we before we pitched up here it's an ink pen tradition choosing lousy men of course you'll probably end up with prince charming but he must have provided I mean how could you afford to keep all this to regain our heritage riches to rags to riches again it's a fairy story darling oh did you buy this yes at the shop we've been so remissed with your education Hilary would you like to know what I really meant [Music] got the short straws uniform covering their backs that's the ID to check out the widget independence situation just one switch or any help what is it is it about me possibly possibly not well what's the matter don't you want to know no don't I don't like you when you like this [Music] well you weren't much help I kept quiet didn't know meaning meaning I think you're wrong you don't have to antagonize the whole village like this about village opinion now do we stupid maybe you're just keeping all your options open what options well there must be somebody in the village you haven't slept with yet Troy sure you go back inside try and find out what those lads wrong turn away when I'm speaking to what are you going back to the garden I'm a gardener remember [Music] dirt dirt so much dirt [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] there it is got it penstemon white better height 70 centimeters spine would you Troy morning sir how I get mum secured the scene haven't had time for much else can I'd say a heavy blow to the head with a blunt instrument she's been dead overnight stiff is a broad and covered in snails and there's a possible bit of forensic it's not much but oh we haven't touched it if you look closely there's a tiny black mark ink may be writing the N squiggle of a signature even as it's in the corner well done there's nothing else founder Crispin Crispian he's a black Labrador I've been struggling with my conscience as every good Christian must and there is something else I should tell you one doesn't like to tell tales especially as a result of what one has quite inadvertently overheard but last night after the meeting back to the car I asked where are you going and he said back to the garden those were his exact words did you follow him follow him do you know for certain if he went straight to the garden there and then I do not follow men excuse me it's mr. bolt isn't it yeah Detective Sergeant Troy insecticide organic insecticide sir how's it killin alcohol poisoning could I ask when you last saw miss Felicity ink pen sir what alive sorry of course alive um last evening about 10 to 8:00 just before I left for the village meeting not after the meeting there no no definitely not I went straight home on the line not the memorial garden not back to the garden at all no you were heard to say that back to the garden no I was annoyed about the meeting I was simply making a point I'm a gardener nothing more just a gardener not a ladies man then sir and you and your your daughter felicity you're on good terms who says otherwise she was a dear and beautiful daughter she was her mother's child and I loved her more than I've loved anyone else in this whole horrible world [Music] it's Hillary isn't it I've been waiting for you last night this came and found I could ask you why just to torment me it was her favorite pastime oh you didn't get on living and working under the same roof please didn't work she tried modeling and acting without any luck well the hard to get him to aren't they so she just hung about here bored out of her skull and do you know if any other people felt the same way about it was you did when did she torment anyone else really it was her seeing that kind of attention seeking misplaced but any one specific mum Daniel let me widget oh a shotgun I'm sorry cliff and I didn't like each other but it's not very nice talking about her like this excuse me [Music] I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby your granddaughter has been murdered so you understand that we have to make certain inquiries may I just ask you when did you last see Felicity was it before he went to the village hall or afterwards I know that you left the meeting early I find your manner and your insinuations extremely offensive and I have to say that I'm not entirely overwhelmed by the courtesy of your reply do you really imagine I am not devastated by my granddaughter's death endangered species such as ours do not reduce their numbers from within had you not the wit to look elsewhere when there is a madman with a shotgun just across the lane and a young woman with an unhealthy emotional attachment to her father half a mile up it it my plan with the shotguns presumably widget who's the girl with the unhealthy attachment get the car I'll show you on in morning girl that's right yes yes murders never very pleasant I was talking about the meeting mr. Cox did you go straight home last night after a meeting no I went for the point of Ramallah who with Charles king he lives opposite the village all if you need to check oh we do mr. Cox we do on everyone I was being facetious you know not the murder it's just it won't be many at the funeral so I am a suspect you made an impassioned speech you meeting earlier and I have nothing but contempt for the whole England clan but why should I kill Fliss Elspeth the one destroying dad's gun except that will now stop I do appreciate how upset do you do you really that garden was my father's life for 20 years it was him who made it what it is today not the ink runs now he's just too ill and tired to fight I have to be his champion and I will be you like gardening it's become quite fashionable with the young I believe don't have to be a botanist like my Jane I'll watch it on TV sometimes when there's no football what life never miss a live match anyone with you yes Jane came in this halftime but I prefer to watch on my own stops me getting ticked off or getting too excited do you know a man called Rodney Widger mr. Bennett I believe you used to be neighbors yes yes my former life as I call it he was an intemperate man he never knew when he was gonna fly off the handle next we didn't have a lot to do it we being you and your daughter well no my wife James awared University then she's done ever so well she's got an MSc you know mm-hmm you were saying about Rodney would you oh yes I'm afraid Cynthia used to go to him deliberately she could be quite wicked sometimes you know I expect he was quite relieved when she went went oh yes I reported as a missing person of course but I saw she was getting fed up but taking second place to Auntie Ryan why are you putting dad through all that again I'm sorry I was just asking mr. Bennett about your ex neighbor Rodney Widger do you see anything of him nowadays only when he walks past with his shotgun those culling vermin most gardeners will make do a bit of netting Rodney's solution with pests is to kill him the simple reason I left the meeting early was that I needed the loo purged of lien had a touch of cystitis prostate I have not got a prostate we came home straight home answer the call of nature and then watch the second half of the football but you don't deny you'd had an altercation earlier in the day I had an altercation with a motor car and being bailed to appear before the magistrates I've been threatened with removal of my shotgun than I I bitterly resent being harassed in this way when all I've ever done is tried to preserve my property aren't there any toilet to the village hall if you were desperate no for God's sake she doesn't unlock them all right the milord woman she doesn't like the idea of men like the idea of men . can you tell us anything about Cynthia Bennett used to live at Inkpen Manor we know where she used to live thank you only we're reviewing our missing-persons files excuse me is that all about sir Cynthia Bennett of missing persons sweating for you to throw that in Troy you said it Cynthia was apparently a thorn in witches side just like the infant girl will you stop blabbing she brought it on herself you both brought everything on yourselves cavorting with Daniel insulting widget raising two fingers to the entire village when you're not raising your skirts that is you I mean every syllable is this how our five hundred years are to end like an episode in some sordid television soap opera you have about as much noblesse oblige as a fishwife in a brothel I'm leaving [Music] I've just heard [Music] Elspeth I'm most dreadfully sorry thank you Richard thank you if anybody wants me or your grandmother drops dead I'll be at the vicarage I don't think we've ever met I'm Richard Avril Hilary I'd like some tea [Music] Susan I need a room for the night know if you're digging up the law and you're digging up the lawn big bit small bits all fine by me now I really just found to say I don't know I do well I don't know what I'm gonna be home right and you look I'll speak to you later bye tell him pumping yes Pompey it sort of likes grumpy only lethal better a subtle blend of apple and potato with the tincture of garlic so where's the still law reactor or whatever last night after the meeting so you were here well no in the memorial garden I didn't go near the memorial garden I didn't see anyone but you didn't go straight home you lied mr. beau well what would you do if you thought you've killed someone I mean the boys I thought they might have if they've gone into a coma or their livers had packed up all I'm talking about the boys don't leave the village mr. bolt and stay off the pumping pen I'm sorry to trouble you again Oh Marion quite the vicarage tea and sympathy Oh fine and while I'm here I wonder do you recall felicity receiving a letter in the last couple of days letter Felicity that seems highly improbable she only ever communicated by mobile phone no it'll keep anyway we'll see if the lab comes up with something on that scrap of paper so what now then I'm checking alibis Desmond is absolutely right we went straight from the hall to the crooked billet took Janet Janet this old girl oh you married mr. King relentlessly miss Inkpen dissin done something of a reputation yeah reputation rather than a track record I think you'll find a tease not an actual girl so you weren't intimately acquainted it afraid not he said with feeling looking for a cream pass your nail you're sniffing up entirely the wrong trouser leg oh hey pardon was Simula this is inkpen-thomas very sorry indeed to hear about are you are you really could I have an extra loaf if you have one on board please desmond mrs inkpen-thomas is staying the night and jar of pesto sauce I must tempt the poor thing to eat something this evening and I know it's her favorite I drop one by later Cynthia Bennett simply got in a taxi and went the taxi driver confirms picking her up at Inkpen Manor and then take her to a hotel in Causton she was seen entering the hotel but we don't know who she met there or where she went when she left no so she's still officially a missing person but we do know that she left home of her own accord and there was no sign of foul play at the hotel so the sensible conclusion Troy is that she simply left him she was an unfaithful wife and she left her husband yes so what was Rodney would you so fidgety about them I mean II may or may not have had rouses Cynthia when she lived in Inkpen Manor he may even have had his eye on her but there really is no evidence in the file to make her suspicious is that no so why go and hide in the loo with his prostate no it's a lab report on the paper already scrapings from beneath the victims fingernails match the scrap of paper found on scene which suggests that the letter was torn from her grass I try [Music] [Music] what's the matter with you seen a ghost no I dead don't walk Hilary they stay dead yes of course I just didn't know who looked to be out there at this time of night it was me doing what somebody else should have done did you feed Felicity's horse no not at your mother nor the gardener for Brook would starve to death left to the rest of you [Music] [Music] another chamomile tea no no thank you still nothing tweet will you should the beste making some for myself no really no I well and it is rather late perhaps up the wooden Hill to that feature would be best [Music] they've been here who police jobs the police of course what did you say nothing that's all there boy nothing that's all [Music] you may think this incredibly insensitive and inopportune elspeth but it is sometimes therapeutic at such moments too well talk about something entirely mundane the York slabs York slabs those already lifted and removed from the Memorial Gardens do you have plans for them I can't say I do Susan oh oh only I gladly take a few just a tiny few of course off your hands for use here at the vicarage the in parents have always been such generous benefactors to our church and they would the slabs that is being in a very real sense a permanent reminder and obvious help yourself I thank you so much you make yourself comfy you know where the facilities are don't you sorry the smallest room oh yes of course um what if the possible to have a bath well of course I put the Geezer on especially for you I should be a church I find it a most beneficial nightcap I should pray for bliss thank you dear God just stay calm dear boy there's really nothing to worry about [Music] [Music] [Music] Adam [Music] [Music] yeah [Music] god all yours Crispin [Applause] [Music] yes my thoughts entirely [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] father morning mr. Bennett oh no Jane gone to Causton oh do you need a hand with those thank you I hope you don't mind but I wanted to ask you about your wife mr. boat she's still at the vicarage as far as I know thank you very much any progress we are pursuing several lines of inquiry mr. Bolton complete and utter surprise wasn't in the following morning I realized all her clothes are gone well I put two and two together then all her clothes are gone yes Cynthia had her own room in the manor house at that stage there's a wardrobe and chest were quite empty she removed herself completely for my life mr. Barnaby mr. Barnaby I'm rather concerned I can't rouse mrs inkpen-thomas [Music] Sigmund Thomas hello Elspeth [Music] all these would be a blaze of color in a few weeks time you really must go and have a look I'm ever so sorry mr. Bennet I could have to go now oh yes of course your bus thank you so much for all your help Troy if I wasn't such a deeply religious person I think I was bringing some kind of curse on the ink pens too two of them I found dead in the space of 24 hours and suicide rust in my kit door was locked key on the inside must my feelings be trampled on instantly I have now lost a daughter as well as a granddaughter within 24 hours I'm not trying to trample on anybody's feelings mrs. Inkpen nevertheless suicide is quite impossible unthinkable for an incan nevertheless your daughter did seem deeply upset by Felicity's murder the fact that she felt the need to retreat from the family home a theatrical gesture Elspeth was all show and no substance and you have no audience once you're dead gran would you please leave us Hilary I can't bear being called grim you will appreciate mrs. Inkpen despite what you've said about Elspeth well until the cause of death is established suicide can't be ruled out and in the circumstances circumstances well your granddaughters murder having occurred just immediately before you're suggesting Elspeth guiltless then took her own life in a fit of remorse but it's got to be a possibility no especially not suicide then what you love you two murders in two days both think Ben's if you're looking for a common denominator they both been entangled with Daniel bolt if you didn't already know that would it be true to say that you were ambivalent about Elspeth money-making schemes yeah I wasn't ambivalent at all I thought them shameful then why didn't you stop them into your garden unfortunately not I made Inkpen Manor over to Elspeth some time ago to avoid inheritance tax well you've made history you've heard an ink pen admit a mistake with Elspeth and place both dead Hilary inherits yeah depending on the will expect rustic there was near to murder your own mother when you know you'll inherit anyway perhaps she couldn't wait for Elspeth to get old perhaps she needs her inheritance in a hurry possibly but then again perhaps Anatomy was just directing here the garden path she said herself she's no fool anyway I don't get the impression there's a lot else left in the family vault for Hilary to get her hands on you don't need a lot else if you just come in to two and a half millions with the property you're going with Hilary prime suspect I'm just saying if she doesn't Harris she's got a motive she does if she doesn't she could be next on the list we're down to one and the half inkpens Troi and Counting she was one of nature's own and where were you when she died last night midnight onwards up a tree some strange midsummer ritual is this no all right which tree in the woods I know one with you no so what exactly were you doing up this tree waiting for a badger there's a set in the woods next to Rodney hwijae's place if you're lucky the mother brings her cubs out I watched with night glasses keep a safe distance then what Rodney getting wind of him otherwise he'll be out there with his Spade and his mustard gas did these badges put in an appearance no but Rodney did that's bloody nonsense I was in all evening and all night what's number II no you weren't mister would ya I have to tell you your observed leaving home at 11:25 p.m. and returning at 12:35 a.m. knew by the damn nosy neighbors about have nothing to do with Elsa pudding and then what did it have to do with can we discuss this elsewhere certainly I knew it I knew it good I didn't tell you where I was when you called me this morning no you didn't I mean back to Gerald Bennett there's a contradiction in the evidence I thought a contradiction you take you slowly yes I'm sorry the taxi drivers statement in the missing-persons file says he collected Cynthia from Inkpen Manor and she only had a shoulder back yes well this morning Gerald Bennett told me that when he and his daughter looked the next day Cynthia's entire wardrobe of God but you can't get an entire water in a shoulder bag Kenya no I'm sure how far this gets is apropos mr. whija-- are you well I know so not exactly well you have until this afternoon to find out I've been expecting a visit long before now yes sorry sir we will rather overtaken by events Elspeth well it seems to me mr. Barnaby that rolling out suicide as one must must one mr. deverel and in pen would no more do away with themselves than would the devil so your view is that Elspeth and Felicity were killed for the same simple reason the inkpens desecration of the memorial garden are you giving the remaining two protection Naomi and the young girl violence begets violence as I'm sure you're professionally aware and if there is a lunatic at large well if there's a lunatic at large mr. Deverell no one is safe oh not an appetite entrance I assure you allow me to introduce my son Richard Bishop Richard very rarely doesn't the honor of dressing as such how do I do a chief inspector they're less Richard investigating the demise of the infants yes I feel I should visit again only having made an identical call just yesterday feels entirely inadequate you knew Elspeth think burnwell from childhood I find it impossible to believe she could be murdered over a few rose bushes and a sundial you underestimate the good people of Midsomer Deverell Richard but then you underestimate everyone as a matter of routine I'm obliged to ask you all whereabouts last night approximately half an hour either side of midnight where I always am at that are here in this [Music] [Music] you know just as pretty as any flower in the garden Hillary don't know I've never told you before even prettier now you're sad you just need someone to help you unfold neck such a tender [Music] [Music] why did you lie father to the police you weren't here at midnight last night didn't get home till 1:00 well I have an old man Richard they were out of that some memory where had you been visiting that battlefield what it really one o'clock and where had you be if impertinent questions of the order of the day I've been taking the air for so long I have a lot to think about all right mr. Whicher perhaps now you'd care to tell us where you went last night I went to visit a friend the other end of the village Charles king and he'll verify this will he don't well better we're in this together in what I went to warn him about you the police about your interest in Cynthia Bennett not that we did anything wrong not to her nor Lovelock to anyone it it's just that we didn't give an entirely full account well didn't give any account at all in fact five years ago you know something about the disappearance of Cynthia Bennett nothing at all there's nothing to do with us mister would ya please Cynthia was a very friendly lady we'd had our ups and downs mostly over noise she liked a lot of noisy modern music did Cynthia she certainly knew how to get round a chap especially in the last couple of years they lived there she got a bit bored you see like I said she was a she was a very friendly lady she invited Charles and me to meet her up the devrel Arms Hotel in Boston [Music] if you booked a room they don't take a lot of notice that she arrived by taxi we spent the afternoon and the evening together the three of you yeah after dark we drove back to Midsomer Deverell the three of us and Charles's car dropped Cynthia off of the man and then we went back to his place for a nightcap then I want to the following days since he was reported missing Charles and I came to the decision that there was nothing to be gained by coming forward I mean what was the point in clouding the issue by publicizing our afternoon's entertainment didn't ever occur to you mr. King that your sign has prevented a proper search being carried out for mrs. Bennet that assumptions were made that wouldn't have been made if you'd come forward please wives do have ears you know if they have nothing between them it was sport sergeant pure sport well not entirely pure but nothing more I assure you in fact I experienced a deep sense of loss when Cynthia vanished losing a favorite golf club so George not pills not booze not needles and no wound so now you're good to say he can't tell me anything until you get the top of psychology all right Oh contraire let me tell you don't leave as a suicide lab found traces of olive oil and herbs on the bedroom key oh yes pesto sauce there's lots of that in there to disguise the taste which is apparently foul taste of water did mrs. inkpen-thomas eat anything when she was no no she didn't she wouldn't I did offer of course but there was a dish a bowl from the same set us that was there I didn't notice look please why are you dismantling my teaching mrs inkpen-thomas killed herself she swallowed a toxic substance prepared in the kitchen and then mixed with ordinary food not here under my food is it possible she could have filled the bill myself from some things he cooked here well there's something from you from your larder well possible while I was in church but I don't have a kitchen full of poisons was there anyone else in the church what at that time of night in this godless country bouts we have enough trouble filling the pews on a Sunday morning doors mrs. Milan when he went to church after mrs. Inkpen Thomas had gone upstairs yeah I never lock the doors him it's a point of Christian principle so it is possible that someone who knew the house knew that mrs inkpen-thomas was here could have gained entry while you were elsewhere well he's possible the dog wasn't the dog of reacted to an intruder Crispin has a very positive attitude to all humanity and your husband for days I expect him back I don't know the day after tomorrow why what does he think of the ink pens and their commercial exploitation of the village then he looks for the best in everyone even adulterers female adulterers Jezebel's oh yes you're especially tried to help them and what is your view of such women mrs. Mallard I firmly believe in the sanctity marriage and that adultery is a sin an old-fashioned word that mr. Barnaby but perhaps the world would be a better place if more people were prepared to fight sin when and where they find it one can take peace meant only so far you are Tom your home very early you've caught me digging up rather too much of your law yeah I'm still working actually do you have pictures in those plant encyclopedias yours yes why what are you looking up a for aconite what do you think you're doing mrs. Inkpen well I am conducting a murder investigation mrs. Inkpen that is what I am doing these plants have you picked any of them recently of course I haven't one doesn't need monkshood in the house when one has plenty of roses monks would say you know the common name do you they also know these plants are among the most toxic that we grow in this country your interest is professional no no it's practical so if you don't put them in the house in vases what do you do with them we leave them alone well you should know mr. bolt being the gardener you eat the root of this Troy cooked or raw in the Oregon and this was crudely done Georgie Bullard could still see bits and the stomach contents someone's tried very hard to make it look like a suicide but the bedroom key has got food on it my scenario is that they force-fed elspeth with this stuff put the key back in the lock before they climbed out through the window leaving her to die horribly she would have died horribly aconite doesn't provide her painless exit so we're looking for someone really really hated but whom Troy who and will they kill again we need a breakthrough allow me sir see this stone laid 18th of June 1996 by Gerald Bennett Cynthia Bennett disappeared on the 11th just a week before sir if he had been very indiscreet if you regarded the woman you'd been playing away with as a tart and cared more for your social standing than her life and had murdered her and what better place to bury her there digging a hole who are the police [Music] forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us forgive their sins but destroy our peace on earth radical so sorry to disturb you mrs. Millard dad sent these for the church [Music] what are they looking for you don't know but I don't want to watch I'm going for a walk would you like to come I assume it ah [Music] Cynthia Troy Troy no it's Cynthia we'll know by tomorrow mr. Widger the skull has a full set of teeth so I'll tell you what I think I think that after five years you finally told the truth but not the whole truth yes you and Charles king brought Cynthia back to Inkpen Manor but no you didn't drop her off you dropped her in a hole he was scared your afternoon's entertainment wouldn't remain a secret Cynthia at blob of being pillars of the community you wouldn't want that see you killed her the police are pursuing their inquiries with pickaxes I appreciate your coming Richard one can only hope you don't feel obliged to make a third visit it hardly seems appropriate to mention it but I shall be leaving at the weekend my latest pilgrimage to Rome I wish you better fortune this time and I'm sure elspeth would have done the same I should like to think so what the hell are you playing at Troy front heel wedges yes and weighted eyes murder of course but they're still Charles they're still the next of kin to be informed try to make an identification even [Applause] I'm sorry sir I was out of order procedurally yeah I'm just wondering if we're not out of order in a more dangerous way we missed the blindingly obvious which is Gerald Bennett he couldn't have less on the hair don't climb through a casement window granted he's not always been as frail as yesterday he is Cynthia's wronged husband and if he did kill her no one no one had a better opportunity to bury her [Music] [Applause] [Music] Jane sorry darling I needed a nap cup of tea oh yes please [Music] I should go goodbye Hilary I hope we meet again mr. Bennett mr. Bennett mr. Bennett [Music] [Music] so right you're dead and you know you look lovely such a beauty now you simply flowered yourself to death didn't yet such exuberance but little aquilegia such such sweet old-fashioned chill just as beautiful as your show a glitzy system nothing no one seems to have seen her since yesterday evening it could have been King sir the other party in the hotel room he would have had time I trust vote oh yeah that's right there's a daughter here who loved her father very very much her daughter whose faces everywhere the daughter who spoke passionately vehemently against digging up the memorial gardener got a fine Jane Bennett and voted gone to Rome without telling me just Causton to the bank there was a phone call father we need to talk about money I did Reggie chances this time witted election to the sacred college obviously I'm in the running but it's a very long process certain things still matter their conduct behavior those found wanting are going to be weeded out you know how much it would mean to me for you to become a cardinal you the last ever L being the first ever in 500 years to rise so high father it's not the be-all and end-all isn't it it's the only thing I stay alive for father the bank so Hilary did you when you paid your respects at the Manor yes I saw Hilary what did you think how did you strike you I knew where she was going you see and I had a good idea who she was meeting it wasn't so much that she was carrying on it was the fact she and they and all the others before them took such pleasure in dad not realizing [Music] [Music] the smirking snickering the making fun behind his back I just couldn't take any more so I waited for her to come back from Causton strangled with a pair of tight she was drunk I'm quite strong [Music] what to do with Sara I rather like the idea that when the memorial garden was finished people would walk all over her like she'd walked all over dad and I cleared her things and hid them in my car and took them to the dump the next day I knew which errand King wouldn't come forward when we reported her missing the downside was that dad actually didn't miss her his health was already deteriorating anyway and the manor just suddenly seemed too big the cottage was right for him though he's been happy there until the ink pen started digging up the pastor if he discovered what my mother was really like broken his heart he didn't have much time left anyway better to finish it gently without the truth he was such an innocent I couldn't bear him to lose that right at the end but it's still murder miss Bennett and you have to understand that given your very clear reason for not wanting the memorial garden dug up you are now the prime suspect the deaths of felicity Inkpen and her mother what I've done I've done for my father I'm not a homicidal maniac I hated my mother not the infant's others hated them [Music] don't build up your hopes not violinist l3n left blood sir it's an odd expression in the context of what was going on at Inkpen Manor she could be winding us up sir she was desperate to stop the digging a murdering infants was a way of doing it plus she's young and fit she knows the vicarage and she knows about plants it was just desperation trying y-kill else was so so horribly unjust Strangler got shared elspeth suffered those ribbons taint in there or start raving madness in there possibly but hate Troy agreed common oh this is from the solicitor Elspeth swill no don't tell me the gardener's benevolent society there's no money but the house is left jointly to Hillary and Flis and Daniel bolts of the gardener I do understand why you keep shying away from me Hilary I know what you're thinking you're thinking this man that made love to my sister and my mother and now they're both dead but if you're honest don't you agree there's something about death that makes you want to reaffirm life you shouldn't deny that instinct Nature doesn't Nature does just what it likes because Nature knows what's best instinctively the million specky Olsen doesn't mourn it just turns its delicate neck to the Sun [Music] your father said is he at home no no he isn't but do come in please Do You Know Who I am mr. Richard Devereaux Bishop Richard devil I've just found out who I am I am was the lover of Elspeth Inkpen no no I knew that of course I'm the father of her illegitimate child I did not know that Hilary Inkpen is my daughter and my father my damnable father has where is mr. deverel Lisa gone to see her mayor meeting pin to deliver his latest tribute she must have cash it seems she must have real money in her hands and it must be placed there by him the price is humiliation as well as money the price of water her forbearance until I'm elected Cardinal Rome the Vatican you know my father funded the inkpens repurchase of their rightful family home it may seem a small enough indiscretion in the modern world to have fathered a child but my father is convinced otherwise and convinced that the Vatican will chair his room he's right and he's desperate that I should succeed this time if you need proof read the letter my dear Augustus an ecclesiastical bird has told me that Richard your Richard has high hopes of at last fulfilling the Deverill dream we inkpens will hear nothing said against him provided of course that you honor your obligations to your friends in which respect with the recent arrival of Hillary in our midst we're now in possession of what might be described as the walking DNA proof yours in anticipation [Music] mr. bolt mr. bolt sir Troy or Gus's devrel is heading for Inkpen Manor stop him don't let him get near too near me I'll be with you in a few minutes [Music] excuse me not now mr. hwijae burgled not interested damn well movie [Music] Augustus that old-world punctuality mrs. Inkpen mrs. Inkpen she's not in the garden [Music] [Music] all right grand smell the blood you like the blood don't you a bit DNA proof as it says in the letter no stupid enough to think I was wanted here not loved never hope for that not from you anyway but I wasn't even wanted wanted for myself just used just turn to advantage oh yes look away what did the three of you do get it out and gloat over it once a week I don't keep a copy in the house please laughed so much when she told me when she read that out this was a stupidest [ __ ] dead little [ __ ] now she opened my eyes so I hope in her head but she's the only one of you I've killed in anger I took pleasure over mum I stuffed a bloody you couldn't write down her throat I'm going to miss you because you don't like Nets tidy [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] mrs. Millard sergeant Chloe Chief Inspector Barnaby thought we ought to let you know that we shan't be needing your kitchen utensils any longer poor Hilary yes and poor Jane Bennett it's most troubling to one's conscience that some crime seemed entirely justified Jane's is one of them I've always felt as I told mr. Barnaby adultery is one of the most despicable of all human activities nice patio new very I find a hard work and aid to prayer and there has been so much to pray about recently and still no vicar would you care to join us for tea and an ecumenical debrief no thank you it's a relief I mean a pleasure to meet you vicar I best be off like husband [Music] [Music] and as well as the white better want you a few Pennington gems very kind of you Daniel bear in mind the white bear is vigorous and very erect so make sure you put it where you wanted otherwise it's likely to run over shadow lesser plants yes I see I'd be quite happy to come back and make sure everything is nicely bedded in mr. Barnaby right well though I'll be off then [Music] [Music] I was going to offer him a dream I think he has some propagating to do elsewhere come on I'll make new one there's really long left to sit on [Music] you

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Length: 99min 32sec (5972 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 13 2019