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CAR PULLS UP OUTSIDE
The district nurse is with him now and the doctor's on his way.
I'm sorry.
He's gone.
I know he's gone.
And we all know who killed him.
Troy?
Could I have a red one, please, sir?
I've unwrapped this one now.
So how old's this Melissa Townsend then?
22. Bit young, isn't it?
Her father wanted her to get used to the responsibilities
of property ownership early on.
Seems she didn't do much in the way of maintenance.
She passed the first landlord's exam then?
Troy!
What the hell do you think you're doing?
You might not mind writing off that heap of junk
but mine's just out of the showroom.
I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby.
This is Detective Sergeant Troy.
I thought you chaps were supposed to know how to drive.
And your name is? Frederick Bentine-Brown.
And I'd like to know where to write my letter of complaint.
You have every right to do so, of course.
And we have grounds - thank you -
for charging you with reckless driving
but we're a bit busy at the moment, sir,
so why don't you just climb back into your motor car
and continue with a little more care.
And let us get on with our investigations.
Wouldn't want to keep you from your crime-busting.
Somebody stolen a lawn mower, have they?
Troy, if you're going to drive innocent members of the public
off the road,
try not to pick on influential multimillionaires, will you?
"If Neil dies before the roof is fixed
"you'll follow him close behind."
Those two were sent before old Neil croaked.
The "No better than an animal" one arrived this morning.
"Good for nothing animals get put down."
Melissa!
She drives me to distraction.
Well, the whole thing's absurd.
The tiny peppercorn rent he was paying,
how anyone expects me to spend thousands on a new roof.
Ridiculous. It's not as if I have any money.
My daughter's allowance is perfectly adequate.
I believe the young should learn the value of money.
And that's bullshit-ese for "I'm a complete and utter tight-wad".
Refuses to take anything seriously.
If her friend Sally hadn't told me about all of this,
I would never have known. Yes. The meddler.
Sally - who is that?
Rickworth.
She was at the cottage when Neil Laxton died.
The only reason my father hasn't made a pass at her
is he's currently besotted with a Tuscan peasant girl
who can't speak a word of English.
It's why they get on so well.
Sally's the district nurse
and a lovely person.
Father's a vicar.
Quite what she sees in my daughter...
..You like them young and innocent, don't you, Daddy?
Daughter substitutes.
He's never been too keen on this one.
You'll never credit it.
They're putting a tarpaulin on Neil's roof.
I don't think that girl could be more offensive if she tried.
Oh!
Well, thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr Townsend.
We'll keep you informed of any progress. Thank you.
Bit frosty in there.
Distinctly.
She doesn't seem too bothered.
I'd be getting security guards in by now.
PHONE RINGS
Hello?
Hello, Joycie. I'm just off to visit the Balcombes.
Wasn't there something you wanted me to pick up?
Yes. The recipe.
Oh, yeah. What recipe was that?
The apple jelly you liked so much from the WI stand.
Oh, right. Well I'll talk to her about it. Bye.
You know them? Yeah.
Cherrie's a legendary jam maker and Hugo's an ex-botanist.
He was a great explorer in his time.
They're both bats, of course, but she does do a very good tea.
Melissa knew about Neil's chest infection.
We told her time and time again, didn't we, Hugo?
Endlessly.
And she knew that the damp conditions were making it worse.
Charlie, here you are, come on.
And how did Joan Farley take it, Neil's death?
Joan would never send threatening notes.
She's a member of the Women's Institute.
I'm very flattered you asked.
Of course any wife of mine would have to give up her job.
Freddie! No, no, no. It's non-negotiable.
I like my job.
It's who I am.
Well, certainly keep the uniform.
In fact, I insist upon it.
Ah, Melissa!
Try and talk some sense into the girl, would you?
Sorry. Can't stay. Have to be in Geneva for supper.
He just won't listen.
It is multimillions, you do know that.
I don't love him.
You are priceless.
Divorce him after a year or two.
You'd clean up.
What did the police say?
They think I should take the threats seriously.
Well, you should.
It might help if you looked just a little upset.
But I've got vacant possession.
Melissa!
It was a joke.
God, you can be so provincial sometimes.
I've been thinking.
I'm not sure it's a good idea
you coming to the tennis do this evening.
Joan's going to be on the bar.
It's probably too provincial for you anyway.
Fine!
Melissa! DOOR SLAMS
Now just remember -
one tablet in the morning and another half in the evening.
Oh no, there'll be nothing to pay, Albert.
Just you concentrate on getting old Kezzie back on her feet. Bye bye.
DOGS AND CATS WHINE
JAZZ PLAYS
It's the open air life, you see. Gives you an appetite.
And I'm not just talking about bacon and eggs, if you get my drift.
Yes.
Yes, I think I do.
Would you excuse me?
No, her backhand has seriously improved. B team material at least.
This isn't just because you want to keep her away from her husband
on the away fixtures?
We'll talk later.
We're not going yet.
Thank you for making an effort. As usual.
I don't think I can take much more of the pig-farmer.
Derek? Mmm, the one with shoes like Cornish pasties.
Georgina, I'm club secretary, will you please keep your voice down?
Why do you have to be a member any way?
You've got a tennis court of your own.
You going to be OK for tennis tomorrow?
Mm? At Melissa's?
I've changed my mind. I'm not going.
Do I detect a slight falling out?
Are you sure about Georgina Canning?
Every time I try and talk to her she walks off.
That's how you know you're in with a chance, Derek.
She likes to be pursued.
You stirring again? Who me?
Nothing's wrong. Everything's just perfect.
Well, if you want to talk, I'm always around.
You're such a sweet man, Raif.
I'd wondered where you'd gotten to.
Can't have you standing here all alone.
Well, I wouldn't want to hog you.
Very good.
Hog. Pig farming.
Doesn't want to hog me!
I like a girl who can make me chuckle. Same again?
An interesting surprise.
How's it looking?
A bit of sport to be had.
Our sweet little meddler's a touch under the weather.
Oh, God!
Red wine.
Get it laundered.
Adam, may I have the use of your jacket, please?
You just missed all the fun.
Melissa turned up.
Melissa?
Quite a floor show. She just left.
Melissa!
RADIO PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC
TYRES SCREECH - CRASH
Good night, was it?
Well, it must've been about 11:30.
I was absolutely sparko at the time,
didn't really register what it was.
Look what they've done.
You might want to have a word with Sally Rickworth.
Sir.
There's been a break in at the vet's at Malham.
A load of barbiturates and syringes.
"Good for nothing animals get put down".
"If Neil dies before the roof is fixed,
"you'll follow him close behind."
What do you think, sir? Not particularly educated?
Or someone trying to give us that impression.
Sweet?
Thank you.
Hello. What's this?
What's happened here then?
It seems Sally Rickworth knocked our car on her way back last night.
Melissa's friend? A bit sloshed, I think.
Sir?
Nice deep breath. OK. Blow.
I hope you've got a good garage.
The nice young girl who's too good for Melissa.
So it seems.
BEEPING Alright, miss.
Sorry, but it shows positive.
I'm afraid you'll have to come down to the station.
Drunk driving.
Drove into the Balcombes' car last night.
Oh, yes. Still over the limit this morning.
You'll never guess what?
The vicar's daughter's been done for drunk driving.
You've worked wonders.
She was like a sack of spuds before she came to you.
I don't think she was quite that bad.
She was. A total transformation.
You're very sweet, your Lordship.
John, it's John. That's quite sufficient.
Actually, I was wondering, we're having drinks on Thursday.
It's rather late notice but Freddie Bentine-Brown will be coming.
Adam. Do you know Lord and Lady Hislop?
This is Adam Keyne. How do you do?
Have you heard about Sally Rickworth?
She's been done for drunk-driving.
Ploughed into the Balcombes' Saab last night, failed to stop.
She'll lose her job.
Well, if she can't drive - district nurse.
My god. That's awful.
Well, I think drink-driving is unforgivable.
Oh, yes, yes, no. When I said.
I meant...
Well, must get on.
I locked up at about 7:00 yesterday evening after surgery.
Discovered this just before 8:00 this morning.
If those drugs were given to humans, would they be fatal?
Oh, yes. Pentobarbitone.
We use it for large livestock, cattle, horses.
Nothing else taken?
Apart from the syringes, no.
You think there's any connection with the threatening notes?
Oh, it's common knowledge in the village.
"Good for nothing animals get put down" etcetera.
Do you know how it became common knowledge?
Melissa must have showed them to Adam.
Adam made a joke of it at the tennis club.
From there it's one breath away from the post office queue.
You might as well take a megaphone onto the High Street.
Adam, who's that then?
Oh, Adam Keyne. Club captain.
And they're good friends, are they, Adam and Melissa?
Yes.
You seem uncertain.
Oh, no. They're friends. Two of a kind.
Anyway, I tried to phone Melissa this morning to warn her,
but there was no reply.
Look, I'd appreciate it
if you kept the details of this break-in to yourself
for the moment, please.
Adam and Melissa, you said they were two of a kind.
What kind would that be?
Well, I suppose you might say
they both have a habit of sailing rather close to the wind
in their personal lives.
DOG BARKS AGGRESSIVELY
That's enough. That'll do. That's enough.
It's coppers, see. Got a taste for 'em.
Morning everybody.
Now, if you would just bear with me
I've got to have a chat with these two gentlemen. Thank you.
Hello, you soppy old thing.
Would you like to come with me?
Found what looks like a fresh footprint.
It's quite small. Distinct tread. Looks like Wellies.
I'd guess quite new.
A woman's? Or a child's perhaps?
It could be Peggy, our gardener's.
Well, we'll need a print of it. Get forensics on to it.
And we'll need to see your gardener's boots of course.
If you could arrange that please, it's just for elimination.
I'll talk to her. One other thing.
You may have already heard about it.
The incident at the tennis club party last night.
Yeah. It may not be related but Joan Farley.
She's clearly distraught with grief.
She may be capable of doing something she'll regret.
Questo piazza e la piu bella d'italia.
(WHISPERS) Questo piazza e la piu bella d'italia.
(REPEATS)
PHONE RINGS
Hello?
Mr Townsend. It's Tom Barnaby. Is your daughter there please?
Ah, just a second.
Melissa?
No, she doesn't seem to be.
Have you seen her this morning?
Yes, about half an hour ago.
I need to speak to her urgently, please.
Could you get her to ring me as soon as she gets in?
Yes, of course.
Yes, I threw wine at her.
The bitch deserved it.
If this is a bad time for you, Mrs Farley we could, er...
Clive don't mind if you don't.
He's not proud.
Are you Clive?
CATS MEOW
He's a diabetic. I give him his insulin.
Is this about those threatening letters?
Yesterday evening, Mrs Farley,
what time did you arrive at the tennis club?
7:30.
Tom Grover picked me up. Dropped Helen off - that's his daughter.
She kept an eye on Clive for the evening
and we went straight over.
Who is Tom Grover?
Landlord of the Horse Shoes.
He helped set the bar up for the evening.
And what time did you leave?
When it all wound up, 1:30. Why you asking?
And he brought you back again, did he, Mr Grover?
Yes. We came back straight back. Dropped me off and picked Helen up.
Mrs Farley, I notice that you have cats.
Do you ever use the vet's surgery? Raif Canning.
Haven't been there for years.
What's that got to do with anything?
Mrs Farley, do you have any Wellington boots here?
Worn flat, sir.
Thanks for your time.
There's just one thing.
I'm sure you realise it anyway.
But if someone does murder Melissa Townsend, or tries to,
they'll be spending the rest of their days in prison.
We'll make sure of it.
I wouldn't do a thing like that.
Clive's weekly visit.
So that's two people who know how to use a syringe
and who know Melissa.
Joan Farley isn't exactly her biggest fan.
But why would someone who's planning a murder so clinically -
the notes, the drugs -
why would they show such open aggression towards Melissa?
And so publicly?
Maybe she can't help herself.
Siamo arrivato a Venezia.
Siamo arrivato...
..No that's wrong. Come on.
Siamo arrivati a Venezia.
La Ragazza e bello
La bella ragazza.
La famiglia e feliche.
Siamo arrivati a Venezia.
La ragazza e bella.
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
Alore genaro la mezzo journry.
Daddy!
La bella regazza.
Are you angry with me?
Why would I be angry with you?
Because I didn't go round to Neil's sooner?
It's not your fault.
There's only one person whose fault it is.
What time did you speak to her?
10 o'clock. She was fine.
Archie said she'd just popped out.
Being late isn't exactly unusual for Melissa.
I saw Georgina was getting on well with Derek last night.
Pardon? Don't listen to him.
It was a bit odd now you come to mention it.
Derek actually propositioned Georgina.
You'll have to watch her, Raif. Adam!
They'll have you at one of those parties
before you can say, "car keys in the middle".
What the hell?
She's dead.
SIREN WAILS
It looks like the contents were injected into the liver.
There's no other obvious cause.
Time of death?
At this stage, provisionally, I'd say an hour either side of 11:00.
There's no sign of the father, sir.
Got the ones who found her back at the cars.
We should've prevented this.
Raif Canning, the vet, is one of them.
Sir.
Mr Townsend, I know you won't feel up to talking,
but when we were with you last you gave the impression
that your daughter may have had a few enemies.
There are a lot of people who'll say
that she left the world a worse place than when she came into it.
But she was my daughter.
My daughter. Melissa!
I'm sorry, love. You can't.
It's procedure. I'm sorry.
Why don't we take you inside?
Sally, come with me.
Quite a performance.
Give it a rest, Adam.
She's devastated.
On top of everything else -
the drink driving, losing her licence, her job.
And now this.
I just couldn't leave her in her house on her own.
I think I'll put her in the guest room.
Dead? At her home.
She has been murdered.
How?
It looks as if she may have been injected with something.
We need to establish everyone's movements.
Can you tell us where you've been since we saw you earlier?
Um.
Clive's sister came over after the nurse had gone.
I went to Neil's cottage. Been doing some packing up.
Then I went to the church hall about 12:00.
About quarter past.
I noticed because she's normally right on time.
Joan enjoys the flower arranging.
Do you have a time for when Melissa was...?
Time of death was between 10am and midday.
What sort of mood was Mrs Farley in when she got here, would you say?
She was a bit anxious, I suppose.
Putting it mildly.
We all heard what she said, Cherrie.
Joan blames Melissa for Neil's death.
We all know that and we have done for some time.
I can't believe that you imagine Joan's capable of murder.
It's a ridiculous concept.
There are one or two others would've been tempted as well.
Now that is true.
Melissa had a reputation for breaking up marriages.
Any names that you can give us?
Two couples left the village last year, neither marriage survived.
Then this year it was... ..You could try Liz Keyne.
Her husband has spent an unhealthy amount of time with Melissa.
Adam Keyne?
Wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit. My god, love is blind.
Not so blind these days, I think.
Love can be a curse as well as a blessing.
True. Very true.
And you could try Sally Rickworth's.
I thought Sally and Melissa were friends?
Melissa had an affair with Sally's husband, now ex-husband, Mark.
Mark Rickworth, who's he?
A property developer. Lives in Causton.
And Sally and Melissa fell out recently.
Wouldn't surprise me
if it wasn't something to do with Sally's new millionaire boyfriend.
And what millionaire boyfriend would that be?
Raif, I've invited Lord and Lady Hislop round for drinks on Thursday
together with a couple of other people
from the Midsomer Horse Society, Freddie Bentine-Brown and Julia.
Fine.
I was wondering, do you think Sally will still be here by then?
Well, if she is she can join us.
I'm not sure she'd really enjoy it, though, would she?
You are such a snob.
I don't know what you mean.
Is Sally the wrong type to be associated with
in front of the Hislops?
I'm just not sure she'd be comfortable. That's all.
Thing is, Freddie Bentine-Brown has been trying to persuade Sally
to marry him. What?
As far as I'm concerned she's far too good for him.
What's wrong?
Do you know something about Melissa's death?
DOORBELL RINGS
DOOR BANGS
Open the door, Mr Keyne.
Come along, sir. We know you're in there.
It's the collection agency.
DOOR BANGS Come on, Mr Keyne.
Next time we'll be with the bailiffs.
This is your last chance.
It isn't just the debts that are worrying you.
Most women discover someone's been banging their old man,
it'd be like cats and dogs. Never speak again.
But Melissa and Sally were friends.
Human nature is a curious thing, Troy.
Not that curious, surely.
I mean, the way she was at the murder scene?
I wonder whether maybe -
they liked their bread buttered both sides, so to speak.
But then she has a boyfriend and there's talk of her re-marrying.
Nobody's going to marry Bentine-Brown for love, are they?
Or lust.
Only way a sub-species like that is gonna get a stunner like Sally
is with a few million in the bank.
Sally.
The police are here to talk to you.
I was looking where the ball had gone, and there she was.
None of us had noticed.
She's gone.
"Didn't want to be any trouble."
Oh, she must've overheard us. Overheard what?
My wife didn't want Sally to be here
when Lord and Lady Hislop came for drinks.
That is not true.
I think it is.
Georgina is so desperate to get onto the committee
of the Midsomer Horse Society, has been for years,
she's worried the honourables might think
she wasn't quite the right type.
Oh, right.
Well, we'll try her place.
And, incidentally,
do either of you know why Sally and Melissa fell out recently?
Well, no. Not really.
Mrs Canning?
You don't have interests in my friends at the tennis club, do you?
That's not true, either.
Why is it everytime we go to a party
you spend the entire evening asking me when we're going to leave?
Actually on this occasion my husband's absolutely right.
I have no idea why Sally and Melissa fell out
and I'd prefer to keep it that way.
What about the car?
It's already sold.
When the client's get back from Hong Kong, that goes too.
We can always start again. There's my savings account.
It's all gone.
Not all of it? Yes! All your dear granny's money.
Now do you understand?
There is a way out.
How did it go today?
Oh.
We're not actually going to eat those, are we?
Medlar jelly. It's Cherrie's recipe.
You have to let the fruit go rotten before you eat it.
You've got to be kidding?
It's in the book. I checked.
Medlar jelly. Medlar.
What is it?
Someone described their friend as the meddler.
I wonder if she meant one who meddles or the fruit.
There are quite a few trees over Malham Way in the bigger gardens.
Quite popular locally.
"Medlars spread on straw
"ripen by their own corruption."
I didn't want to cramp Georgina's style.
I thought it was best if I came away.
Thank you.
We're asking everyone this.
Where were you between 10 o'clock and midday yesterday morning?
Um, I left the police station a little after 10:00.
Then I had to make a visit to the Farley's to check on Clive.
Yes, we saw you.
What time did you leave there?
Um, I wasn't there long.
I was back here before 11:00.
And after 11:00?
I didn't do anything.
I just...
..I was upset about the breathalyser thing.
I didn't do anything.
And there was no-one else here?
I've lived alone since my marriage break-up two years ago.
No romantic interests since then?
No.
And Mr Bentine-Brown?
It's not serious.
OK, so he proposed to me.
It must be quite serious.
Not to me.
He's a very wealthy man.
It has been suggested that I accept
just so I can divorce him later and take him to the cleaners.
I was tempted.
Somebody ought to teach him a lesson.
He's the most arrogant man I've ever met.
Were you and Melissa on good terms at the time of her death?
No. We'd had a row.
I didn't like how flippant she was being about Neil's death.
But it wasn't her fault.
Neil Laxton wouldn't let anyone into that house.
He's turned nurses away.
So the idea she was responsible for his death, it's not true.
Still someone may have killed her because of it.
May?
May, it's a possibility.
But then Melissa made enemies in the village
for other reasons as well, didn't she?
Or so we understand.
It's malicious gossip.
Your ex-husband, Mark?
Mark seduced her.
Melissa didn't know he was married.
She was just as upset when she found out about me as I was about her.
It was Cherrie Balcombe, wasn't it, told you this?
Don't. Please, Adam.
You want to lose all this?
I don't want to lose you.
Nothing can go wrong. I've told you.
What did she ever do to you?
I think you should go home, Sally.
We can talk about this when you've calmed down.
Don't you close that door. Don't you!
She's dead.
How can you say such things?
You come out here.
Open it!
Sally!
What did she do to you? Open the door!
Stop it!
Come back!
Troy, the drug pentobarbitone that was used to kill Melissa Townsend
was the same as that taken from the vet's surgery.
No surprises there then.
And the footprint does not match the gardener's.
So this could be the footprint of our murderer?
Indeed it could.
Hello?
Is this about the Balcombes?
Afternoon, Mrs Rickworth. They're not pressing charges.
Well, I don't like it when people talk ill of the dead.
Have you been to the vet's surgery for any reason recently?
No, I haven't.
Do you have a pair of Wellington boots?
We need to look at them, Mrs Rickworth.
We're looking at everyone's.
They're normally in here.
If I'd left them in the house they'd be here.
But I'm sure they were in the car.
DOOR BANGS LOUDLY
Where's Adam?
Is something wrong?
I thought Sally might...
Sorry. It doesn't matter.
I can see you're busy. Sorry to bother you.
If you do find the boots, you'll call us.
I'm sorry.
I'm not quite myself at the moment.
Elegant. Robust. Good head.
Is Sally invited to your little drinks party?
She can be. I'm rather surprised.
I wouldn't have thought she was your type.
She's not but I'm getting rather tired of the perfect vowels
and the saddle-spread buttocks.
Ms Rickworth has an excellent figure, good bones.
She's not too stupid and not too bright.
Ideal breeding stock, I'd say.
So, if you could invite her over,
put in a good word about what a sensitive soul I am deep down,
I'll have a word with the Hislops
about who they should vote onto their committee.
DOORBELL RINGS
Mrs Keyne, Good afternoon. Is your husband in?
No.
Sir.
Do you mind if we take a look at the soles of those boots, please?
We have a print from a crime scene.
We have to check it against the boots of Melissa's associates
and friends. Fine.
Er, Mrs Keyne?
We need to ask you some questions about Melissa Townsend.
Is everything all right?
Actually I've got rather a bad headache.
I don't suppose it could wait?
There's something she doesn't want to talk about
and she's not very good at hiding it.
Stop, Troy.
I'd like another word with Mrs Rickworth.
You found them then? Yes.
Where were they?
I was wondering where they could be
and I remembered that I'd thought about putting them on
to walk home across the fields the other night
instead of driving.
But I suppose I couldn't face the walk.
I thought I must have taken them out of the back of the car
and then changed my mind and left them here by mistake.
By mistake?
Yes. They were at the back. By the dustbins.
Thank you.
When we saw you earlier and Liz Keyne came over,
she seemed to think you might know where her husband was.
Why would she think that?
I don't know.
You've got no idea where he might be?
None at all. Or why Mrs Keyne thought you might?
No.
OK. Thank you.
I'd have put money on the print matching her boots.
Well, leaving them here by mistake.
Evening. Lovely, isn't it?
Those are Raif's and those are spares, I think.
And there are no other boots in the house?
Not as far as I know.
Good Evening.
I was upstairs hoovering.
I didn't hear you.
Oh, not to worry.
Anyway.
Erm, yes, your new batch of jam jars
for the food stall.
The memsahib asked me to drop them off. Thank you.
Well. Must, er, must get on.
Thanks again.
I think the police should be told.
Maybe she was hoovering earlier.
Oh, I don't know.
I've spent a lifetime trying to fathom the complexities
of jungle eco-systems but they are as nothing compared to
the bizarre machinations of this village.
Just extraordinary.
Sir?
He's not back.
Hasn't he contacted you?
Right, did he take any clothes, a bag?
I wanted children.
But he said we still had some fun years left.
And then it was "we had to build up the car business first".
Now we're bankrupt and there won't be any children.
Why are you talking about your husband in the past tense?
Because he's dead.
I can feel it.
Hello?
Is anybody there?
FLIES BUZZ
Mrs Keyne, if you do know anything, you must tell us.
PHONE RINGS
Hello?
Where?
Sir.
Liz had been on the phone asking us if we knew where Adam might be.
There he was.
Would've died just about instantly.
The joists have been sawn through.
They left just enough to keep the floor in place.
But it would've given way as soon as he stepped on to it.
Do you think this is connected to Melissa's murder, sir?
Well, they were friends. But where's the motive?
If Melissa was killed in revenge for old Neil Laxton's death, why this?
What's Adam got to do with that?
And what was Adam doing here?
Wouldn't be a bad spot, though, would it?
For a secret tryst.
All that straw.
Mmm. What?
Personally, I think straw's a bit over-rated, sir. Why?
It's prickly.
What if Melissa and Adam were having an affair
and Liz Keyne decided she'd had enough of the pair of them?
And all that anxiety was what, an act?
Enemies? Adam?
You mean apart from the legions of debtors,
the cuckolded husbands and the cheated lovers?
Yes, I have been a complete and utter fool.
Mrs Keyne, do you know whether your husband was having an affair?
With Melissa Townsend?
With Melissa?
Not lately.
Their relationship had developed into something much closer.
I'm sorry.
I can't do this.
Hugo has got something to tell you.
Something rather important.
Well, I just had Raif round here in his tennis togs.
He wanted to know what had happened about Adam
so I told him how I found the body
and suddenly he became most peculiar.
I asked him what was the matter and he just ran off.
Did he say where he was going?
No. He literally ran to the car.
You think what you said made him realize something?
What exactly did you say?
Well, I told him how I found the body,
sort of, laid out on the plough
and how the flies were tucking in
and how he must have fallen through the loft floor
because the way the beam was sawn through.
Do you have Canning's number?
Yes, of course.
Tell them about Joan.
Yesterday evening,
Cherrie asked me if I'd drop off a few empty jam jars at Joan Farley's.
When I got there,
I noticed that she was digging what looked like quite a large hole
in her back garden.
Not in itself necessarily odd.
But when she answered the front door.
Good evening.
Sorry. I was upstairs hoovering.
She lied to you.
Oh, it may have been entirely innocent.
This is the Cannings' number. Thank you.
Troy, I want you to go over to Joan Farley's place, please.
Hugo, can you go with him?
Raif Canning? It's Tom Barnaby.
Look, I need to talk to you. It's rather urgent.
So I'm coming straight over, OK?
TENNIS MACHINE THWACKS
Mrs Canning?
Hello?
Mrs Canning?
Hello?
Georgina?
Mrs Canning?
Oh, my God.
What are you doing here?
It appears his wife was asleep when it happened.
Well, that's one less suspect.
They're getting a bit thin on the ground now, sir.
Have you found anything? She's not here.
Just her sister-in-law looking after Clive.
We didn't want to start digging without her. Hang on.
She's just arrived,
Find out where she's been.
Yes, sir.
Sir?
Why did you bury these, Mrs Farley?
There's something else here, sir.
PHONE RINGS
It's Troy, Sir. Troy, what have you got?
We've dug up some boots that look like a match for the print.
What's Joan said about it? Nothing.
Did she say where she's been?
She's not saying anything at all, sir.
Get her down to the station, I'll see you there later.
There is something else, sir. What?
There was a cardboard box in the hole.
It contains bottles of Pentobarbitone and syringes.
I admit I did think about killing her
but I changed my mind.
You wrote those threatening letters to Melissa Townsend, didn't you?
Yes.
So, you broke into the vet's surgery
and stole the syringes, the drugs,
to carry out your threat
and then you just changed your mind? Just like that.
I got to thinking how maybe it was my fault as well.
Neil's death.
I should've checked on him sooner at the cottage,
got the doctor round
before the pneumonia set in.
I was as much to blame as that stuck up little madam.
I should've...(SOBS)
..He was my family.
Burying the drugs and the boots
doesn't look like the action of an innocent person.
But I couldn't take them back, could I?
What about the boots?
I heard about you at the vet's being interested
in a footprint out the back.
So I showed you an old pair when you came round that time.
Can't you see?
Someone used the notes I sent
as an opportunity to kill Melissa.
That's what's happened.
They'll laugh it out of court.
Cherrie!
What is it?
I heard about Raif.
And I heard that you'd arrested Joan.
Now, the thing is,
I saw Joan's car outside Neil's house
just after you'd spoken to Raif on the phone.
So if you think she was responsible...
..You saw Joan at the cottage?
She was in the kitchen.
I saw her through the window clear as day.
So you see, Joan couldn't possibly have been at the Cannings'
when Raif was murdered.
There's no way she could be protecting Joan?
Like some sort of Women's Institute Mafia?
It's unlikely Cherrie Balcombe would fabricate an alibi for anyone.
Not impossible of course but...
If Joan isn't our murderer, it means we're back to square one.
No, not entirely.
It means that revenge for Neil Laxton's death
is not going to be the motive.
But why was Adam Keyne killed like that?
Why not use a needle like with the others?
He would've been expecting it?
So the murderer did it another way.
But this is so very different.
And the difference is
that the murderer didn't have to be at the barn at the time.
How do they know he'd step on the weakened spot?
He went there to pick something up.
Adam went there to pick something up.
And what if that something, whatever it was,
was placed on the weakened area above the plough?
A blackmail payment perhaps?
But we didn't find anything.
The killer came back and took it away
and if Adam Keyne were trying to blackmail someone,
and his wife knew about it,
that would explain her evasive behaviour
when we asked about her husband's disappearance, wouldn't it?
What's going on? Meet the bailiffs.
They're only taking what's owed them.
Gentlemen.
I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby.
Mrs Keyne's husband was unfortunately killed yesterday.
Do you think you could come back at a better time, please?
I see, sir.
Those were my grandmother's.
Is it really as bad as this?
Seems Adam spent a lot of other people's money as well as all mine.
They've been very patient really.
I'm sorry but I've got to ask this.
Was, Mr Keyne - was Adam trying to blackmail someone?
I found this in the desk after he'd gone.
I tried to stop him.
Not hard enough.
There is a way out.
You know Melissa had some rather extensive debts as well,
the credit cards.
Well, she and I were involved in a little blackmail.
The person in question... ..I don't want to know.
20 grand by tomorrow.
And that's just for starters.
It could save us.
This person will pay good money to suppress what we've got.
Melissa has been murdered.
Melissa's death had nothing to do with the blackmail.
She was killed by the nutter who sent the threatening letters.
It's got nothing to do with this. How do you know that?
It's going to be fine.
When I pick up the money, I'll phone,
make sure the person is at home, nowhere near the pick-up point.
They'll never even know it's me.
Adam didn't tell you who it was he was blackmailing?
No. But you thought it was Sally?
There's the evidence.
She was obsessive about keeping her affair with Melissa secret.
But how much money did she have for anyone to blackmail out of her?
She's a nurse. The bank will tell you.
Unlike mine, her husband actually made money.
Sally did rather well out of her divorce - 100,000-plus.
Sally.
Thank you so much for coming. I'm so sorry about Raif.
Just awful. I'm so glad you're here.
I need a friendly face when the guests arrive.
I'm sorry? Guests?
Didn't I mention the memorial drinks party?
No, you didn't.
Of course, it's the last thing I want with Raif...
..but it was too late to cancel.
So I thought let's make it a celebration of his life. You know?
Of course, if we're looking for blackmail targets,
someone like Bentine-Brown's got to be pretty high up on the list,
with all his millions. You got a motive?
He's bound to have his share of secrets.
A bit of insider trading, girlfriend-battering -
the list is probably endless.
I think we'll go with something a little more concrete at the moment.
You think Melissa and Adam knew Sally had the money?
Liz did. And Melissa and Sally were close at one time.
That's one way of putting it, as the actress said to the bishop.
Oh, Troy.
Well, she can't have gone far.
And of course Freddie will be here.
Freddie Bentine-Brown?
He's a total softy, underneath that stiff exterior.
I know he's mad about you.
I think I need some fresh air.
Yes, of course. It's all been so difficult.
Of course, he's absolutely loaded.
They own most of Devon and great swathes of Chelsea.
Not that money's everything, of course, but he's such a sweetie.
Mrs Canning, Mrs Rickworth.
Any news?
We need to ask Sally a few questions, please.
We need to ask you about your relationship with Melissa.
I've told you. We were friends. Good friends.
Wasn't it more than that?
Where did you get this?
It doesn't matter.
I'll ask you again. What was your relationship with Melissa?
Was it sexual?
Was your relationship with Melissa Townsend sexual?
Yes!
Are you enjoying this?
Mrs Rickworth, is it true to say
you wanted to keep this lesbian relationship a secret?
My relationship with Melissa and how I felt about it
is none of your business.
Sally,
we're trying to establish if anyone had grounds to blackmail you.
That's ridiculous.
Is it?
You certainly have enough money to make it worthwhile. 127,000 pounds.
Have you been checking my account?
It seems you did quite well out of the divorce.
Are you suggesting I didn't deserve every last penny of that settlement?
The humiliation he put me through. The affairs.
And even when he wasn't actually doing it, he was thinking about it.
Every day of our married life, with his sick eyes,
wandering over every woman's body.
You're all animals. The lot of you.
Including Adam Keyne and Raif Canning?
Sally, when you drove back on the night of the tennis club dinner...
..Oh please! I've already admitted I was over the limit.
I'm going to lose my job. Can't we just leave it?
Were you alone?
Of course I was.
You don't remember?
You don't, do you?
You don't remember anything about the journey back.
That is right, isn't it? Yes!
I was so drunk I can't remember a single thing
from getting into the car to waking up when I got back.
Happy now?
Tell my guests I'll join them in a minute
and make sure everyone has a drink. Yes, madam.
I may be a drunk driver but I'm not a murderer.
Are you alright?
They're accusing me of murder.
That's ridiculous.
They're saying someone was trying to blackmail me.
Sorry.
Mrs Canning, this is a police interview.
Why should anyone want to blackmail Sally?
Nurses are not famous for being blackmail targets.
I remembered that I'd thought about putting them on to walk home
across the fields instead of driving.
Would you please leave, Mrs Canning?
RAIF: Why is it everytime we go to a party
you spend the entire evening asking me when we're going to leave?
No, Troy. Let Mrs Canning stay.
When you drove back to your cottage the night of the tennis club party
was there anyone there at your house?
Well, yes, there was actually.
Melissa. I'd fallen asleep when I got back. She woke me.
Sally. What happened? Go away.
Sally, come on please! Go away!
Sally, this is important. Away. Go on!
Alright.
Melissa?
I must've flaked out again
because the next thing I knew I was being woken by the postman.
It's interesting that you remember being woken by Melissa
but none of the journey back.
I really must attend to my guests. I'd like you to stay, please.
If Sally's a suspect,
why don't you just arrest her and take her to the station?
I really can't... Sally is not a suspect.
Excuse me, sir.
Dead?
Excuse me. Raif! The husband! Poor chap's brown bread.
Are you sure? This is his wake apparently.
Thought it was too late to cancel.
We shouldn't really impose on the poor woman.
Waiter! Waiter, this is delicious. Could I have a drop more?
Oh, the Manningford Alcots.
I must have a word with Pippa.
When we asked you about your boots,
you replied that you'd thought of wearing them
to walk back from the tennis club.
Now if you could've used them to walk back across the wet fields
to your cottage,
then you could also have used them to walk from your cottage
back to the tennis club.
Or someone could have.
Who would want to do that?
The person who drove you back that night.
Someone who lived just around the corner from you.
How did it happen?
Perhaps you were outside having a breath of fresh air,
escaping from the party when you came across Sally asleep in her car.
And, well,
you were so annoyed with your husband for not taking you home,
you thought, I'll do it myself.
And driving a 2CV would be fun.
You hadn't done it since you owned one at university.
Which is where I assume you met Raif.
And driving back would've been fine.
What was it?
A cat run out in front of you?
You knew you were over the limit,
not as much as Sally, but still enough to lose your licence.
And the shame of being done for drunk driving,
well, that was too much.
So you didn't stop.
And when you got to Sally's cottage, you had a brain wave.
You dragged Sally back in front of the steering wheel.
You guessed, correctly as it turned out,
that Sally would assume she was the one who had driven back
but what you didn't realize
was there was someone watching you.
Someone who'd been waiting for Sally's return.
Melissa.
And Melissa watched you take the boots from the back of Sally's car
and set off across the fields, back to the tennis club wearing them,
carrying your own shoes.
And it worked like a dream.
No one even noticed you'd been gone.
The problem arose the next day
when Melissa and Adam discovered
that you were quite prepared to let Sally,
an innocent district nurse,
carry the can for the accident, the failing to stop, the drunk driving,
and let her lose her job in the process.
So Melissa and Adam decided to blackmail you.
They knew that if word of your behaviour got out
you'd certainly be ostracized socially
and they knew that was something you'd pay an awful lot of money
to stop happening.
So it wasn't Sally who was being blackmailed? No, No.
Liz was way off beam with that.
Melissa and Adam were blackmailing Georgina.
No. No, Melissa wouldn't do that.
Let me suffer like that just so she could make some money.
She would have told me.
Do you have any evidence at all?
That's a good question.
When I came into this room, I didn't.
But now, I think I do.
You see before you came in, we asked Sally to empty her handbag
and we didn't find anything incriminating.
But I have a feeling we will do now.
May I?
Nothing personal.
You murdered three people.
It all just sort of snow-balled.
Your own husband.
I didn't want to.
He noticed me taking the saw out of the tool shed.
And when Hugo told him what had happened in the barn
it was either him or me.
But Melissa, Adam.
They were blackmailing me.
It wasn't Sally who was driving. It was Georgina.
I saw her dragging a comatose Sally back in front of the wheel.
Are you sure?
Absolutely. And if she lets poor dear Sally take the wrap,
I think she might just pay handsomely for our silence.
Well, now that is interesting.
They were scumbags.
No. Adam maybe.
But not Melissa. I can't believe...
My dear girl, Melissa took pleasure from other people's misery.
It entertained her. Yours included.
You mean she never cared for me at all? Ever?
No.
She had the affair with your husband
so you'd divorce him and she'd get you on the rebound.
You were quite a challenge.
Vicar's daughter, first lesbian affair.
Quite a trophy.
I expect you'd like to take me down to the station.
Do you think we could go out the back way?
The drink driving, of course, and all the other charges,
they'll be dropped.
You'll be able to keep your job.
Funny, it doesn't seem like much of a relief any more.
What was all that about you looking in my bag?
You lied.
Well, she was trying to frame you.
It's anything goes, isn't it?
I'm sorry you had to hear about it so bluntly.
Yes. Life suddenly seems very much clearer.
Can we give you a lift?
I have a drinks party to attend.
And an ego to bring down to size.
Goodbye.
Oh, hello. Hello.
You look delightful in green. Thank you.
Mind you, I'd still prefer you in that uniform of yours.
I liked the bit with the bag, sir.
Thank you, Troy.
Very unscrupulous.
Oh, look, there they are.
Don't much like the look of him.
Frederick Bentine-Brown, multimillionaire git.
Lovely bride. She looks positively blooming.
Ripened by their own corruption.
Your medlar fruit.
Ah, of course.
"The happy couple will be living at the 700 acre Bentine-Brown estate
"in Midsomer Worthy."
Have a feeling it won't be an entirely strife-free union
for dear old Freddie.
Medlar jelly. Mm?
Try some. Go on.
Mmmm. That's very nice.
Perhaps we should save it for special occasions.
It's really not necessary. We've got two dozen jars.
Just tuck in.
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