1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,960 METAL BANGING 2 00:00:46,548 --> 00:00:49,668 Unhand the maid! Or perish! Never! 3 00:00:50,588 --> 00:00:52,548 I'll unhorse you here. 4 00:01:19,708 --> 00:01:21,668 HAMMERING 5 00:01:44,268 --> 00:01:46,228 MAN SHOUTS, WOMAN SCREAMS 6 00:02:04,428 --> 00:02:07,068 How is he, Foley? Ready to run for his life, boss. 7 00:02:07,068 --> 00:02:12,548 Good, cos I'm putting a real jockey up on him for tomorrow's race. 8 00:02:12,548 --> 00:02:15,508 A top rider, from Newmarket. 9 00:02:16,748 --> 00:02:20,468 You can't do this. He needs a rider with a bit of class, don't you? 10 00:02:20,468 --> 00:02:22,748 The race is mine. You owe me. 11 00:02:23,828 --> 00:02:25,788 I owe you nothing. 12 00:02:28,468 --> 00:02:30,428 HORSE WHINNIES 13 00:02:34,948 --> 00:02:36,908 HISSING 14 00:03:37,212 --> 00:03:40,572 Bantling Boy is eating up the ground. Pulling double. 15 00:03:44,732 --> 00:03:48,092 Jake's done wonders with him. I'm the damn trainer, Marianna. 16 00:03:48,932 --> 00:03:50,892 How many years since your last winner? 17 00:03:50,892 --> 00:03:52,972 He'll win the cup. 18 00:03:52,972 --> 00:03:57,292 Then maybe you can find it within yourself to give me some credit. 19 00:04:12,972 --> 00:04:17,292 Car theft, Scott. Our superintendent is hoping for something better. 20 00:04:17,292 --> 00:04:19,372 Me too, sir. 21 00:04:19,372 --> 00:04:22,492 That's a nice outfit, sir. Mrs Barnaby choose it for you? 22 00:04:22,492 --> 00:04:26,292 Yes, she did. I'm off to the charity event at Causton Races. 23 00:04:26,292 --> 00:04:29,532 Gonna have yourself a flutter? No. It's a mug's game. 24 00:04:29,532 --> 00:04:33,172 I don't know. I enjoy a punt on the horses, studying form. 25 00:04:33,172 --> 00:04:37,412 Well, plenty of form there for you to study, Scott. Enjoy. 26 00:04:42,772 --> 00:04:46,772 Go on. Get your glad rags on. We'll make a day of it. 27 00:04:46,772 --> 00:04:49,692 Sam, I've told you, I'm already committed. 28 00:04:50,772 --> 00:04:52,212 CAR HORN 29 00:04:52,212 --> 00:04:54,172 They're here! 30 00:05:02,172 --> 00:05:04,812 (LAUGHS) 31 00:05:04,812 --> 00:05:08,452 Sir Peter! Have at you! 32 00:05:10,212 --> 00:05:14,052 Die, varlet! Surrender, saucy knave! 33 00:05:14,052 --> 00:05:16,812 Die! Put that back immediately, Geoffrey. 34 00:05:16,812 --> 00:05:18,812 Sorry, Angela. Sorry. 35 00:05:21,732 --> 00:05:23,772 HORN 36 00:05:23,772 --> 00:05:26,132 Morning, Lady Hartley. Come on, Jo. 37 00:05:26,132 --> 00:05:29,292 I've got a horse to shoe. Peter. 38 00:05:29,292 --> 00:05:31,092 Come here. 39 00:05:31,092 --> 00:05:33,092 Thanks for having him. 40 00:05:33,092 --> 00:05:36,092 Now, you be good. He always is. 41 00:05:48,292 --> 00:05:51,172 Is she coming? Yes, she's still on the phone. 42 00:05:51,172 --> 00:05:54,412 Oh! It's work, Tom. She's up for a part. 43 00:05:54,412 --> 00:05:57,572 We'll miss the first race. Ah! 44 00:06:01,372 --> 00:06:04,252 I have an audition. That's great, Cully. What is it? 45 00:06:04,252 --> 00:06:06,652 To play Hero. Shouldn't that be heroine? 46 00:06:06,652 --> 00:06:09,532 No, Dad. Hero's a woman. 47 00:06:09,532 --> 00:06:12,012 Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing. 48 00:06:12,012 --> 00:06:14,172 Let's hope this time it isn't. 49 00:06:23,852 --> 00:06:25,812 DISTANT RACE COMMENTARY 50 00:06:31,852 --> 00:06:33,812 CHEERING 51 00:06:40,252 --> 00:06:43,572 The next race is the Causton Gold Cup, sponsored by Tate's Bread. 52 00:06:43,572 --> 00:06:47,812 Local hopeful Bantling Boy is owned by a syndicate of Midsomer villagers 53 00:06:47,812 --> 00:06:49,932 and is trained by Bruce Hartley. 54 00:06:49,932 --> 00:06:53,492 He's been working terribly hard and he's come on tremendously well. 55 00:06:53,492 --> 00:06:56,132 We've got the right man on top of it today as well. 56 00:06:56,132 --> 00:06:59,012 He's a very genuine animal. 57 00:06:59,012 --> 00:07:01,092 More than can be said for you. 58 00:07:02,292 --> 00:07:05,892 "That brings us to our next race, the Causton Gold Cup." 59 00:07:05,892 --> 00:07:09,092 "Five runners in what promises to be a very competitive race." 60 00:07:16,172 --> 00:07:18,132 500 to win, Bantling Boy. 61 00:07:21,972 --> 00:07:23,932 Ticket, 74. Thank you, guvnor. 62 00:07:28,852 --> 00:07:31,812 Steady. I know my job, Mr Hartley. 63 00:07:36,732 --> 00:07:41,012 You must be gutted. I could gut Bruce Hartley, for sure. 64 00:07:41,012 --> 00:07:44,212 Been going since I retired the Horse Guards. 65 00:07:44,212 --> 00:07:48,452 Wife thinks I'm mad, but is the world any saner, Barnaby? 66 00:07:48,452 --> 00:07:51,132 How many rescue horses at Fallowfields now? 67 00:07:51,132 --> 00:07:55,092 Too many. Those horses have rescued me often enough. 68 00:07:55,092 --> 00:07:58,532 Hauling artillery over the Italian mountains in '45. 69 00:07:59,572 --> 00:08:01,732 Splendid creatures. Yes, indeed they are. 70 00:08:04,852 --> 00:08:09,012 Dad. Oh, hello, Major. Can I borrow your wallet for a second? 71 00:08:09,012 --> 00:08:11,532 Why? We're gonna put a bet on. 72 00:08:13,212 --> 00:08:15,932 Smile like a sunburst, that girl of yours. 73 00:08:15,932 --> 00:08:18,292 Hasn't changed since her pony-club days. 74 00:08:19,332 --> 00:08:21,332 "Jockeys mounting up now..." 75 00:08:33,452 --> 00:08:39,132 Can I have ã50 to win on Hawksbill? 3:30 at the Causton Cup. Thank you. 76 00:08:39,132 --> 00:08:43,212 You've done your money there, squire. Bantling Boy will romp home. 77 00:08:43,212 --> 00:08:45,812 It'll win me plenty. Got the mortgage on him? 78 00:08:45,812 --> 00:08:47,652 I own a leg of it. 79 00:08:47,652 --> 00:08:50,892 (COUGHS) That horse could win pulling a milk float. 80 00:08:50,892 --> 00:08:53,132 BICYCLE BELL 81 00:08:53,132 --> 00:08:57,652 "Here comes Simon Winter on Bantling Boy, just cantering up the post." 82 00:08:57,652 --> 00:09:01,492 "Just the five runners, then, for this afternoon's big race." 83 00:09:08,492 --> 00:09:10,452 "In goes Bantling Boy." 84 00:09:29,012 --> 00:09:33,372 "With Indian Tonic on the rails and Carmelite moving well behind her, 85 00:09:33,372 --> 00:09:37,172 it's Hawksbill moving along." What's he holding them up for? 86 00:09:37,172 --> 00:09:39,892 Come on, give him a bit of stick there. 87 00:09:39,892 --> 00:09:42,132 What's he doing? 88 00:09:42,132 --> 00:09:43,852 Come on! 89 00:09:43,852 --> 00:09:46,372 Come on, Bantling Boy. Come on! 90 00:09:46,372 --> 00:09:50,292 Is that the one you backed? Yes, he's local. Midsomer-trained. 91 00:09:50,292 --> 00:09:52,892 Come on, Bantling Boy. Come on! 92 00:09:52,892 --> 00:09:55,452 SHOUTING 93 00:09:55,452 --> 00:09:58,612 "Bantling Boy a length and a half behind in second place." 94 00:09:58,612 --> 00:10:00,612 CHANTING 95 00:10:08,532 --> 00:10:11,412 I told him to drop him out. No, he needs to pick up the pace. 96 00:10:11,412 --> 00:10:13,292 Come on, Bantling Boy! 97 00:10:13,292 --> 00:10:16,532 "Sir Richard out and committed in front of Hawksbill." 98 00:10:16,532 --> 00:10:19,012 "But here comes Bantling Boy, moving strongly." 99 00:10:21,572 --> 00:10:24,292 Come on, Bantling Boy! Come on, Bantling Boy! 100 00:10:24,292 --> 00:10:26,852 How much did you put on? I put ã30 to win. 101 00:10:28,332 --> 00:10:29,732 30...? 102 00:10:29,732 --> 00:10:32,692 Come on, Bantling Boy! Come on! Come on, Bantling Boy! 103 00:10:35,452 --> 00:10:38,692 "Bantling Boy, three furlongs to go." Come on, Hawksbill. 104 00:10:38,692 --> 00:10:39,932 Come on! 105 00:10:39,932 --> 00:10:42,212 SHOUTING 106 00:10:42,212 --> 00:10:44,892 Come on, yeah, he's going. Whip him on, my son. 107 00:10:44,892 --> 00:10:49,332 SHOUTING Go! Go! Go! 108 00:10:49,332 --> 00:10:53,092 "Neck-and-neck in the final furlong." Get up there. 109 00:10:59,212 --> 00:11:02,412 "Bantling Boy has a nose in front." Come on! 110 00:11:02,412 --> 00:11:04,412 SHOUTING 111 00:11:05,492 --> 00:11:07,452 Push him on! Push him on! 112 00:11:15,772 --> 00:11:17,932 CHEERING 113 00:11:27,012 --> 00:11:28,932 Wey! BICYCLE BELL 114 00:11:34,892 --> 00:11:37,132 Bantling Boy won. 115 00:11:37,132 --> 00:11:39,092 Bantling Boy won. 116 00:12:07,545 --> 00:12:09,665 Sam Tate. Interested in selling him? 117 00:12:09,665 --> 00:12:12,545 Well... I'll give you 500,000. 118 00:12:12,545 --> 00:12:14,345 Pounds? Guineas if you like. 119 00:12:14,345 --> 00:12:17,465 Keep away from my owners. I'll talk to who I like. 120 00:12:17,465 --> 00:12:20,585 He's not for sale. Get away. Don't push me! 121 00:12:27,225 --> 00:12:32,065 I'll see you finished. He'll be the last horse you ever train. 122 00:12:35,105 --> 00:12:37,705 ã30 at 3-1. That's ã90 profit. 123 00:12:37,705 --> 00:12:41,865 Dinner at the Bon Chance restaurant, bottle of Beau, steak a point. 124 00:12:41,865 --> 00:12:46,505 No, this money's going to charity. To Fallowfields. 125 00:12:46,505 --> 00:12:49,705 Spend our winnings saving some nag from the glue pot? 126 00:12:49,705 --> 00:12:51,705 Yes. Well, what a waste. 127 00:12:51,705 --> 00:12:53,905 Fish and chips? 128 00:12:53,905 --> 00:12:56,625 I will not sell. That's final. 129 00:12:56,625 --> 00:13:00,545 Half a million quid. That's 125 grand a piece. 130 00:13:00,545 --> 00:13:02,785 He'll be worth even more next year. 131 00:13:02,785 --> 00:13:06,345 If he breaks his leg tomorrow, he'll be dog food. 132 00:13:06,345 --> 00:13:08,425 The money would be very useful. 133 00:13:08,425 --> 00:13:12,945 My father left us Bantling Boy as reward for our loyalty. 134 00:13:12,945 --> 00:13:15,185 I demand the same loyalty from you. 135 00:13:15,185 --> 00:13:20,745 Don't dress it up, Bruce. We all know why he left the horse to you. 136 00:13:20,745 --> 00:13:22,625 This is nothing to do with you! 137 00:13:28,665 --> 00:13:30,345 (SHE CRIES) 138 00:13:31,825 --> 00:13:35,905 The terms of the syndicate require a unanimous decision. 139 00:13:35,905 --> 00:13:37,105 Dr Osgood? 140 00:13:38,785 --> 00:13:43,545 Are you LOYAL to Bruce on this? Yes. I'm with Bruce on this. 141 00:13:46,305 --> 00:13:49,585 I say we sell. I need the money. 142 00:13:49,585 --> 00:13:53,425 Me an' all. We'll get ourselves a lawyer. 143 00:13:53,425 --> 00:13:55,545 You want to break up the syndicate? 144 00:13:58,225 --> 00:14:00,185 You want the truth to come out? 145 00:14:01,345 --> 00:14:03,945 Hmm? Cos it will. 146 00:14:06,825 --> 00:14:10,425 Bantling Boy will be sold over my dead body! 147 00:14:27,065 --> 00:14:29,825 Then get into bed with Sam Tate. 148 00:14:29,825 --> 00:14:32,585 You can give him what he wants. Why the hell should I? 149 00:14:32,585 --> 00:14:34,665 How dare you? 150 00:14:34,665 --> 00:14:40,025 Bite his hand off, Mother. Before you're past your sell-by date. 151 00:14:44,265 --> 00:14:47,265 You and that halfwit brother of yours. 152 00:15:02,585 --> 00:15:04,545 Don't cry. 153 00:15:07,625 --> 00:15:09,625 Why now? 154 00:15:09,625 --> 00:15:12,905 Because Bruce said he would tell, he said he'd tell everybody. 155 00:15:12,905 --> 00:15:16,625 I can't believe this. They knew. All of them knew. 156 00:15:16,625 --> 00:15:19,425 Well, damn the lot of them, and damn you! 157 00:15:19,425 --> 00:15:21,105 Ray! 158 00:15:21,105 --> 00:15:23,065 (SHE CRIES) 159 00:15:47,905 --> 00:15:49,865 METAL BANGING 160 00:16:13,185 --> 00:16:15,145 SHOUTING 161 00:16:26,025 --> 00:16:27,985 I know. I know, it has to stop. 162 00:16:29,025 --> 00:16:31,545 No. No, don't come round. 163 00:16:31,545 --> 00:16:33,585 Please, John. John! 164 00:16:33,585 --> 00:16:35,585 J- 165 00:17:25,265 --> 00:17:27,305 Come on. 166 00:17:29,585 --> 00:17:31,585 Boy. 167 00:17:50,825 --> 00:17:53,025 WHINNIES 168 00:18:26,465 --> 00:18:28,425 Marianna! In here. 169 00:18:41,265 --> 00:18:43,145 Stay back, Ray. He... He's dead. 170 00:18:43,145 --> 00:18:44,785 What happened? 171 00:18:44,785 --> 00:18:48,785 I don't know. I found him. Jake's disappeared. 172 00:18:49,825 --> 00:18:52,505 We need the police. Don't touch anything. 173 00:18:54,025 --> 00:18:56,025 Marianna, come away. 174 00:19:12,665 --> 00:19:16,105 I doubt it was a kick. Blunt, heavy weapon, I suspect. 175 00:19:16,105 --> 00:19:19,105 The horse could've stood in the pooling blood. 176 00:19:19,105 --> 00:19:22,145 Or the hoof was smeared to make it appear accidental? 177 00:19:22,145 --> 00:19:24,145 Possibly. 178 00:19:25,145 --> 00:19:27,345 Thanks for your help. 179 00:19:27,345 --> 00:19:32,345 Er, Mr Craxton, when did you last see Bruce Hartley alive? 180 00:19:32,345 --> 00:19:36,905 About eightish last night. Drunk as a hand cart, shouting his head off. 181 00:19:36,905 --> 00:19:39,425 Bruce was a pain in the ear with everybody. 182 00:19:39,425 --> 00:19:41,625 Including you? I left here about 8:00. 183 00:19:41,625 --> 00:19:45,465 By 9:00 he was having a blazing argument with the syndicate. 184 00:19:45,465 --> 00:19:49,945 What syndicate? Bruce Hartley owned Bantling Boy 185 00:19:49,945 --> 00:19:52,665 with Dr Osgood, Trevor Machin and Joanna, my wife. 186 00:19:54,145 --> 00:19:56,825 Look, I had nothing to do with any of that. 187 00:19:56,825 --> 00:19:59,625 I've got a horse to shoe. Of course you have. 188 00:19:59,625 --> 00:20:04,785 Er... Jake Foley, stable lad. Where can we find him? 189 00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:10,305 Dunno. Seems he went last night. And we'll need this hammer, please. 190 00:20:10,305 --> 00:20:12,825 For Forensics. Yes, George? Thank you. 191 00:20:14,705 --> 00:20:17,665 Why? Just routine, Mr Craxton. 192 00:20:21,705 --> 00:20:23,985 Thank you. 193 00:20:23,985 --> 00:20:26,665 Don't play Little Miss Innocent with me. 194 00:20:26,665 --> 00:20:28,905 You brought nothing into this marriage. 195 00:20:28,905 --> 00:20:31,865 How dare you? Osgood? Or the two of you together? 196 00:20:31,865 --> 00:20:33,865 Leave, Angela! Now! 197 00:20:40,825 --> 00:20:44,025 Um... DCI Barnaby. This is DS Scott. 198 00:20:44,025 --> 00:20:45,305 Sorry. 199 00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:48,305 My mother-in-law. 200 00:20:48,305 --> 00:20:50,025 Mrs Hartley? 201 00:20:51,345 --> 00:20:54,145 Do you feel able to answer a few questions, please? 202 00:20:54,145 --> 00:20:56,145 If I can be of any help. 203 00:21:02,065 --> 00:21:04,865 Jake Foley, I understand he's missing. 204 00:21:04,865 --> 00:21:07,385 Yes. Jake was the real horseman here. 205 00:21:07,385 --> 00:21:09,825 He should have been on Bantling Boy yesterday 206 00:21:09,825 --> 00:21:11,585 but Bruce took the ride from him. 207 00:21:11,585 --> 00:21:13,985 Oh, how did Jake take that? 208 00:21:13,985 --> 00:21:16,705 He put up with it. He put up with it? 209 00:21:16,705 --> 00:21:18,505 We all put up with Bruce... 210 00:21:19,425 --> 00:21:22,825 His drinking, his violent temper. 211 00:21:22,825 --> 00:21:26,865 Was your husband violent last night, Mrs Hartley? Towards you? 212 00:21:26,865 --> 00:21:28,985 We did argue. I... 213 00:21:30,425 --> 00:21:33,865 I fell. Sprained my wrist. 214 00:21:33,865 --> 00:21:35,665 What did you argue about? 215 00:21:37,065 --> 00:21:39,025 It was personal. 216 00:21:39,025 --> 00:21:41,065 OK. 217 00:21:41,065 --> 00:21:45,385 One more question. Were you alone here last night with your husband? 218 00:21:45,385 --> 00:21:47,345 Yes. 219 00:21:50,145 --> 00:21:52,785 A very angry woman swinging a heavy weapon 220 00:21:52,785 --> 00:21:55,705 might just do that kind of damage to herself. 221 00:21:55,705 --> 00:22:00,425 You mean the sprained wrist? Very neatly bandaged, isn't it? 222 00:22:00,425 --> 00:22:03,705 Scott, the people in this syndicate that own Bantling Boy... 223 00:22:03,705 --> 00:22:05,505 I met one of them yesterday, sir. 224 00:22:05,505 --> 00:22:08,865 Trevor Machin. Lives in a wheelchair. Breath like a badger. 225 00:22:08,865 --> 00:22:12,705 You can start with Trevor Machin. Where exactly did you meet him? 226 00:22:12,705 --> 00:22:14,745 At the Hammer and Pennant. 227 00:22:14,745 --> 00:22:16,625 The Hammer and Pennant, Scott? 228 00:22:16,625 --> 00:22:19,865 I thought you were supposed to be investigating car thefts. 229 00:22:19,865 --> 00:22:23,305 I noticed that most of the car thefts took place in pub car parks. 230 00:22:23,305 --> 00:22:26,025 I did a sort of tour. A forensic pub crawl, was it? 231 00:22:26,025 --> 00:22:28,265 Public-house-to-house enquiries, sir. 232 00:22:28,265 --> 00:22:33,025 I'm off to Bantling Hall. Put out a call for this Jake Foley. Yes, sir. 233 00:22:34,974 --> 00:22:36,014 Yes! 234 00:22:36,014 --> 00:22:39,054 A hit! Come on. Bull's-eye next. 235 00:22:39,054 --> 00:22:42,014 Go for gold, yes? Shoot it again. 236 00:22:43,414 --> 00:22:46,894 I can do it myself. Going to help. 237 00:22:46,894 --> 00:22:48,854 No, you can't. 238 00:22:51,054 --> 00:22:56,334 Excuse me. Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, Causton CID. 239 00:22:59,494 --> 00:23:01,454 Come inside, will you? 240 00:23:03,094 --> 00:23:04,854 Shoot. No, get off. 241 00:23:09,254 --> 00:23:11,454 Stupid! 242 00:23:11,454 --> 00:23:13,414 You made me miss. Go and fetch. 243 00:23:15,814 --> 00:23:19,534 Cecil Hartley, 3rd Baron Bantling. Famous Catholic. 244 00:23:19,534 --> 00:23:21,654 Involved in the Gunpowder Plot. 245 00:23:21,654 --> 00:23:27,894 George, 4th Baron Bantling. Betrayed the king at Marston Moor. 246 00:23:27,894 --> 00:23:31,894 Thomas Bantling. Fought in the American War of Independence. 247 00:23:31,894 --> 00:23:36,574 For the Americans. More bloodshed and treachery in the Bantling family 248 00:23:36,574 --> 00:23:39,014 than all Shakespeare's plays put together. 249 00:23:40,174 --> 00:23:42,134 Shut the door, will you? 250 00:23:46,974 --> 00:23:49,614 You may as well know my relationship with my son 251 00:23:49,614 --> 00:23:52,174 had been in low water for some time. 252 00:23:52,174 --> 00:23:55,454 Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Was there a particular reason? 253 00:23:55,454 --> 00:23:59,134 When my husband died last year, he left me nothing but debts. 254 00:23:59,894 --> 00:24:02,934 I WAS lady of the manor. I'm now maid of all work. 255 00:24:02,934 --> 00:24:05,494 I cook, clean, do accounts for tradesmen 256 00:24:05,494 --> 00:24:07,534 to keep body and soul together. 257 00:24:07,534 --> 00:24:09,414 And your son was unsympathetic? 258 00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:12,974 There was a profound shallowness about my son, 259 00:24:12,974 --> 00:24:16,494 a childlike selfishness which he inherited from his father. 260 00:24:16,494 --> 00:24:18,974 What about his wife, Marianna? 261 00:24:18,974 --> 00:24:20,894 The girl lacked background. 262 00:24:20,894 --> 00:24:22,574 My son made a bad marriage. 263 00:24:24,574 --> 00:24:26,934 Have you lived alone since your husband's death? 264 00:24:26,934 --> 00:24:31,174 I live with my brother Geoffrey, a full-time occupation himself. 265 00:24:31,174 --> 00:24:33,414 The body of a man, the mind of a child. 266 00:24:35,534 --> 00:24:38,734 Men who remain children seem to run in my family. 267 00:24:40,734 --> 00:24:43,494 This horse, Bantling Boy, 268 00:24:43,494 --> 00:24:47,774 your husband left it to a syndicate, didn't he? Why did he do that? 269 00:24:47,774 --> 00:24:51,974 Bruce and my husband wasted a fortune on useless horses. 270 00:24:51,974 --> 00:24:54,014 Bantling Boy was a home-bred yearling 271 00:24:54,014 --> 00:24:55,974 when he willed it to the syndicate. 272 00:24:55,974 --> 00:24:59,654 Now it's worth thousands. Just another of life's ironies. 273 00:24:59,654 --> 00:25:02,254 I understand there was some sort of argument 274 00:25:02,254 --> 00:25:04,734 at the meeting of the syndicate last night. 275 00:25:04,734 --> 00:25:07,614 They had an offer for the horse. Bruce refused to sell. 276 00:25:08,734 --> 00:25:12,974 His death will make the rest of them considerably richer. How? 277 00:25:12,974 --> 00:25:17,294 If a member dies, their share passes to the remaining members. I see. 278 00:25:17,294 --> 00:25:20,374 All of which is cold comfort to me. 279 00:25:21,454 --> 00:25:25,694 I shall have to sell Bantling Hall to settle my husband's debts. 280 00:25:25,694 --> 00:25:29,694 It's been in the family 500 years. Devastating loss. 281 00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:33,294 More devastating than the loss of your son? 282 00:25:34,374 --> 00:25:36,334 Frankly, Inspector, yes. 283 00:25:38,796 --> 00:25:42,716 Mr Machin, I'd like to know where you were last night about 10:00. 284 00:25:42,716 --> 00:25:44,676 Whoa! I'm stuck in this wheelchair. 285 00:25:44,676 --> 00:25:47,356 I couldn't kill him no matter how much I wanted to. 286 00:25:47,356 --> 00:25:50,396 This horse of yours, Bantling Boy. 287 00:25:50,396 --> 00:25:54,036 How did you get a share in it? 30 years a gardener at the hall. 288 00:25:54,036 --> 00:25:58,476 It broke my back. Colonel Hartley left it me as a reward. 289 00:25:58,476 --> 00:26:02,116 But you're chasing shadows if you think the horse is behind it. 290 00:26:02,116 --> 00:26:05,676 No, this is family matters. 291 00:26:05,676 --> 00:26:08,836 In what way? Have you met Hartley's wife? 292 00:26:08,836 --> 00:26:11,996 Marianna. Her with the swimming-pool eyes. 293 00:26:12,836 --> 00:26:14,836 Right, talk to Dr Osgood. 294 00:26:14,836 --> 00:26:18,316 Him and Hartley are like that. 295 00:26:18,316 --> 00:26:24,956 But behind Hartley's back, Osgood and Marianna are like that, an' all. 296 00:26:24,956 --> 00:26:28,476 They're having an affair? Bit of one with the other, yeah. 297 00:26:28,476 --> 00:26:33,316 I saw Osgood driving to the stables last night like a bat out of hell. 298 00:26:33,316 --> 00:26:36,756 What time was this? About 10:00. 299 00:26:36,756 --> 00:26:40,116 Thank you, that's very useful. See yourself out, can you? 300 00:26:42,276 --> 00:26:44,516 Yeah. 301 00:27:15,956 --> 00:27:19,956 Ginseng and dandelion. Sharpens the mind. 302 00:27:19,956 --> 00:27:24,956 Thank you. I understand, Dr Osgood, you and Bruce Hartley were friends. 303 00:27:25,956 --> 00:27:30,556 Grew up in the village. Climbed the same trees. Chased the same girls. 304 00:27:30,556 --> 00:27:32,476 Very good friends, then. 305 00:27:32,476 --> 00:27:35,436 So Bruce Hartley left you the share in Bantling Boy? 306 00:27:35,436 --> 00:27:37,636 No, his father bequeathed it to me. 307 00:27:37,636 --> 00:27:40,036 I became his doctor in his final years. 308 00:27:40,036 --> 00:27:43,236 Dead long before they buried him, poor chap. Cancer. 309 00:27:43,236 --> 00:27:46,756 When did you last see Bruce Hartley? At Causton Races. 310 00:27:46,756 --> 00:27:50,596 French-kissing a bottle of champagne. Chateau'd, I'm afraid. 311 00:27:50,596 --> 00:27:53,116 Would you say he's got a problem with drink? 312 00:27:53,116 --> 00:27:56,596 Bruce was a functioning alcoholic, sergeant, like his father. 313 00:27:56,596 --> 00:27:58,916 Causton Races, you say. 314 00:27:58,916 --> 00:28:03,036 You're not being entirely honest with us, are you, Dr Osgood? 315 00:28:03,036 --> 00:28:06,836 We know that you saw him up at the hall last night. 316 00:28:06,836 --> 00:28:09,596 You've heard about that? Oh, yes, indeed. 317 00:28:09,596 --> 00:28:13,556 We also have a witness who saw you driving towards the stables at 10:00 318 00:28:13,556 --> 00:28:14,956 last night. 319 00:28:14,956 --> 00:28:18,036 I'm assuming it was you who bandaged Marianna's wrist. 320 00:28:18,036 --> 00:28:21,396 Is she a patient of yours? Yes, Marianna called me. 321 00:28:21,396 --> 00:28:25,676 Bruce had assaulted her. Again. Just a house call, was it, Doctor? 322 00:28:28,716 --> 00:28:30,676 OK. 323 00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:35,156 Marianna and I are involved but Bruce knew nothing. 324 00:28:35,156 --> 00:28:38,036 I love Marianna and I begged her to leave him. 325 00:28:38,036 --> 00:28:41,876 How did you feel knowing that your good friend had assaulted 326 00:28:41,876 --> 00:28:43,596 the woman you love? 327 00:28:43,596 --> 00:28:45,956 Did you confront him? Teach him a lesson? 328 00:28:45,956 --> 00:28:49,436 He'd cleared off, Inspector. I assumed he'd gone to the pub. 329 00:28:51,876 --> 00:28:55,196 How do you like him for it, sir? Love ripens into vengeance? 330 00:28:55,196 --> 00:28:56,996 Crime of passion? Possibly. 331 00:28:56,996 --> 00:28:58,636 What about this syndicate, 332 00:28:58,636 --> 00:29:01,716 this strange collection of locals who own Bantling Boy? 333 00:29:01,716 --> 00:29:05,636 Trevor Machin was the Colonel's gardener. Osgood was his doctor. 334 00:29:05,636 --> 00:29:08,436 Why leave Joanna Craxton a leg of the horse? 335 00:29:08,436 --> 00:29:10,476 Pass. 336 00:29:10,476 --> 00:29:14,716 Right, lunch. Then we'll find out. 337 00:29:18,396 --> 00:29:20,916 He's off his food, Ray. Hasn't touched an oat. 338 00:29:20,916 --> 00:29:22,836 The vet scoped him. Blood test. 339 00:29:22,836 --> 00:29:25,916 Something or somebody's got to him. Somebody? 340 00:29:25,916 --> 00:29:30,236 He's worth good money now. There's nothing in the way of security here. 341 00:29:30,236 --> 00:29:32,556 Maybe we should move him. Where? 342 00:29:32,556 --> 00:29:35,476 I don't know. Anywhere but here. 343 00:29:35,476 --> 00:29:37,796 I'd like to be a million miles away myself. 344 00:29:37,796 --> 00:29:39,876 Yeah, me too. 345 00:29:39,876 --> 00:29:43,396 I'm only going as far as the forge, so call me if you need me. 346 00:30:05,516 --> 00:30:07,596 DOGS BARK 347 00:30:24,756 --> 00:30:27,156 My uncle was a bookmaker. Was he? 348 00:30:27,156 --> 00:30:29,196 Yeah. In the blood, then, is it? 349 00:30:29,196 --> 00:30:33,676 Used to carry the satchel for him at Kempton Park, do the old tick-tack. 350 00:30:33,676 --> 00:30:37,156 130, Burlington Bertie, all that. What a sheltered life I've led. 351 00:30:37,156 --> 00:30:41,196 I'm sure you've had your moments. Not at Kempton Park, I haven't. 352 00:30:47,796 --> 00:30:49,476 Mr Craxton. Just a minute. 353 00:31:09,996 --> 00:31:13,196 Mr Craxton, we are here to see your wife. Is she in? 354 00:31:13,196 --> 00:31:15,876 She's in the back garden. Is this you, sir? 355 00:31:15,876 --> 00:31:19,436 Yeah, we have medieval tournaments over at Bantling Hall every year 356 00:31:19,436 --> 00:31:21,316 for charity. 357 00:31:21,316 --> 00:31:24,716 Is that your son? Yeah. He loves all that malarkey. 358 00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:27,276 Mad over it. This way. 359 00:31:28,916 --> 00:31:31,916 Put a nasty dent in your skull. WMD, Scott. 360 00:31:31,916 --> 00:31:34,036 Weapons of medieval destruction. 361 00:31:36,236 --> 00:31:40,356 Mrs Craxton, I understand that you're one of the owners of Bantling Boy. 362 00:31:40,356 --> 00:31:41,996 Yes. 363 00:31:41,996 --> 00:31:46,276 I'm a visiting nurse. I looked after Lord Bantling during his illness. 364 00:31:46,276 --> 00:31:48,756 And he left me a share in the horse. 365 00:31:49,876 --> 00:31:54,276 We're establishing the whereabouts of people around about 10:00 last night. 366 00:31:54,276 --> 00:31:59,236 Well, I was here with Peter. Were you all together all the time? 367 00:32:00,436 --> 00:32:02,556 No, Ray had gone for a walk. 368 00:32:05,676 --> 00:32:08,476 A walk? Tell them. Tell them what you like. 369 00:32:12,116 --> 00:32:15,196 He just wanted to get out for some air. 370 00:32:15,196 --> 00:32:17,476 You know, he wanted to be on his own. 371 00:32:17,476 --> 00:32:20,076 Can I take it your husband is not entirely happy 372 00:32:20,076 --> 00:32:22,396 about your involvement with Bantling Boy? 373 00:32:24,316 --> 00:32:27,676 You'll have to ask him about that yourself. Excuse me. 374 00:32:47,116 --> 00:32:48,556 Hiya. 375 00:32:48,556 --> 00:32:52,476 What's that game you're playing? Secret Of The Ring. 376 00:32:52,476 --> 00:32:55,436 Want a go? Yes. Yes, please. 377 00:32:56,516 --> 00:32:58,836 Here. Hold this. MOBILE PHONE 378 00:32:58,836 --> 00:33:01,556 OK. Now, wait. 379 00:33:01,556 --> 00:33:03,676 Steady. Hello? 380 00:33:03,676 --> 00:33:06,196 When I tell you, fire! 381 00:33:09,556 --> 00:33:11,516 Yes, you got him. 382 00:33:13,116 --> 00:33:15,596 Is killing people your idea of fun, young man? 383 00:33:15,596 --> 00:33:17,076 It's only a game. 384 00:33:17,076 --> 00:33:20,156 Er, sir, we've got a treble 9 call from Lodge Stables. 385 00:33:20,156 --> 00:33:23,276 Marianna Hartley. I think we should get down there. 386 00:33:23,276 --> 00:33:25,676 If all the killing in the world was only a game, 387 00:33:25,676 --> 00:33:27,636 nobody would ever be hurt, would they? 388 00:33:29,076 --> 00:33:31,796 No, that is true. Very true. 389 00:33:33,836 --> 00:33:36,436 Out of the mouths of babes... 390 00:33:37,476 --> 00:33:39,196 ELECTRONIC CHUCKLE 391 00:33:40,396 --> 00:33:43,636 Somebody's prowling round. I've seen them twice now. 392 00:33:43,636 --> 00:33:47,156 Bantling Boy's ailing. I'm worried he's been got at. 393 00:33:47,156 --> 00:33:49,556 Got at? 394 00:33:49,556 --> 00:33:53,716 I don't like saying this, but Foley was in trouble a few years ago. 395 00:33:53,716 --> 00:33:57,356 A doping scandal. Race-fixing. Was he prosecuted? 396 00:33:57,356 --> 00:34:02,116 Nothing was proved, but mud sticks. He had trouble getting rides. 397 00:34:02,116 --> 00:34:04,196 That's why he came to us. 398 00:34:04,196 --> 00:34:08,836 I presume if Bantling Boy is a sick horse, that could reduce his value. 399 00:34:08,836 --> 00:34:12,156 Oh, yes, the vet's been up. It'll be all round the county by now. 400 00:34:12,156 --> 00:34:15,556 Sam Tate wants to buy the horse. He could save himself a lot of money. 401 00:34:16,676 --> 00:34:20,156 Yes. You don't think Sam Tate's behind this, do you? 402 00:34:22,676 --> 00:34:25,036 We've spoken with Dr Osgood, Mrs Hartley, 403 00:34:25,036 --> 00:34:27,436 and you haven't been entirely frank with us 404 00:34:27,436 --> 00:34:29,956 about your relationship with him. 405 00:34:29,956 --> 00:34:31,516 No. 406 00:34:32,596 --> 00:34:34,756 Sorry. 407 00:34:34,756 --> 00:34:37,676 Last night, after Bruce hit me, he stormed off. 408 00:34:38,996 --> 00:34:41,396 I called John. He came up here but he left. 409 00:34:41,396 --> 00:34:43,676 He has nothing to do with Bruce's death. 410 00:34:43,676 --> 00:34:45,236 And what about you? 411 00:34:45,236 --> 00:34:48,356 Were you angry with your husband that he'd attacked you? 412 00:34:48,356 --> 00:34:51,036 Did you go looking for him? Find him in here then... 413 00:34:51,036 --> 00:34:53,236 No! 414 00:34:53,236 --> 00:34:57,516 I married a vulgar bully and, yes, I've wished him dead often enough. 415 00:34:57,516 --> 00:34:59,156 But I didn't kill him. 416 00:35:00,716 --> 00:35:04,556 Right now the most important thing is to increase your security. 417 00:35:04,556 --> 00:35:08,196 Whoever killed your husband may have been trying to steal Bantling Boy 418 00:35:08,196 --> 00:35:10,036 when he disturbed them. 419 00:35:10,036 --> 00:35:12,516 I said to Ray to move him somewhere safer. 420 00:35:12,516 --> 00:35:15,756 That would be a good idea. In the meantime, Sergeant Scott 421 00:35:15,756 --> 00:35:17,476 can stay with him. 422 00:35:17,476 --> 00:35:22,156 He's very good with horses. He spent many happy days with them. 423 00:35:22,156 --> 00:35:25,676 Yes, sir. I'm not sure I fancy spending the night with one. 424 00:35:28,156 --> 00:35:30,116 Cully. 425 00:35:32,276 --> 00:35:33,756 Cully. 426 00:35:34,876 --> 00:35:38,036 How'd it go? I was wrong for the part. 427 00:35:38,036 --> 00:35:39,956 Again. 428 00:35:43,836 --> 00:35:45,876 It'll come. Will it? 429 00:35:45,876 --> 00:35:50,236 I feel so useless, just sitting around waiting for my agent to ring. 430 00:35:50,236 --> 00:35:52,316 I'm not making any money. 431 00:35:52,316 --> 00:35:54,796 Just frittering away my life, you know? 432 00:35:56,676 --> 00:35:58,836 I'm...sorry. 433 00:36:05,916 --> 00:36:08,356 Hey, do you remember the Fallowfields? 434 00:36:08,356 --> 00:36:10,956 Yeah, why? 435 00:36:10,956 --> 00:36:14,196 Got to drop this off up there. Why don't you come along with me? 436 00:36:14,196 --> 00:36:17,316 Take you out of yourself. It's all right, you don't have to. 437 00:36:17,316 --> 00:36:19,236 I'm just a misery right now. 438 00:36:19,236 --> 00:36:23,116 Come on, you know what they say. Misery needs company. Come on. 439 00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:27,516 ã90? Yes, ã90. 440 00:36:27,516 --> 00:36:32,316 Mrs Barnaby won that on Bantling Boy and she insisted that you have it. 441 00:36:32,316 --> 00:36:35,516 Splendid. Need every bit of help we can get. 442 00:36:35,516 --> 00:36:39,436 I wonder, Major, if you could help us out here. 443 00:36:39,436 --> 00:36:42,036 We think that Bantling Boy has been got at 444 00:36:42,036 --> 00:36:44,556 and/or someone is trying to steal him. 445 00:36:44,556 --> 00:36:47,796 He needs stabling. Somewhere out of the way, somewhere safe. 446 00:36:47,796 --> 00:36:49,876 This is the back of beyond. 447 00:36:49,876 --> 00:36:52,676 Get nobody out here except the odd birdwatcher. 448 00:36:52,676 --> 00:36:55,516 And the occasional rambler bimbling about. 449 00:36:55,516 --> 00:36:57,596 Be safe enough here. 450 00:36:57,596 --> 00:37:00,636 So, you think you can manage Bantling Boy? 451 00:37:00,636 --> 00:37:04,716 Well, George, my head man's just retired. 452 00:37:04,716 --> 00:37:06,076 92. 453 00:37:06,076 --> 00:37:10,516 Lovable old biscuit. Complete horse nut, like myself. 454 00:37:10,516 --> 00:37:14,276 Point being, it's left us a bit thin in the ranks. 455 00:37:14,276 --> 00:37:17,076 Well, perhaps Cully could help you out 456 00:37:17,076 --> 00:37:19,276 while you've got some time on your hands. 457 00:37:19,276 --> 00:37:21,316 I wondered why you dragged me up here. 458 00:37:21,316 --> 00:37:26,156 Doesn't pay much, I'm afraid. Just three square meals and BFH. 459 00:37:26,156 --> 00:37:29,276 Bus fares home. Is that agreeable? 460 00:37:29,276 --> 00:37:31,316 Sounds great. 461 00:37:31,316 --> 00:37:33,316 Until I get a better offer. 462 00:37:57,312 --> 00:37:59,272 CAT MIAOWS, DOGS BARK 463 00:38:11,152 --> 00:38:13,112 RAT SQUEAKS 464 00:38:34,192 --> 00:38:36,152 SQUEAKS 465 00:38:55,992 --> 00:38:57,952 HORSE SNORTS 466 00:39:11,812 --> 00:39:13,972 Police, stay where you are. 467 00:39:44,452 --> 00:39:46,652 Why did you go on the run, Mr Foley? 468 00:39:46,652 --> 00:39:50,692 The only running I did was to catch the last bus to Causton. 469 00:39:50,692 --> 00:39:53,412 Bruce fired me, told me to clear out. 470 00:39:53,412 --> 00:39:55,492 Why? 471 00:39:55,492 --> 00:39:59,052 From what I hear, the success of Bantling Boy was down to you. 472 00:39:59,052 --> 00:40:01,052 Why? 473 00:40:01,052 --> 00:40:04,132 Bruce was a wannabe jockey but a few sizes too large. 474 00:40:04,132 --> 00:40:07,612 That's why he jocked me off. Jealousy. 475 00:40:07,612 --> 00:40:09,652 That made you bitter. Course it did. 476 00:40:09,652 --> 00:40:12,692 Why did you go back to the stables last night, Jake? 477 00:40:12,692 --> 00:40:15,572 I heard they called a vet out to Bantling Boy. 478 00:40:15,572 --> 00:40:17,412 Someone got to him. Was it you? 479 00:40:17,412 --> 00:40:20,972 I've raised that horse since a yearling. He's not sick. 480 00:40:20,972 --> 00:40:23,332 He's pining. For you? 481 00:40:24,972 --> 00:40:28,412 There's a bond between a horse and his minder that goes deep. 482 00:40:28,412 --> 00:40:30,932 Your four-legged friend, is he? 483 00:40:30,932 --> 00:40:34,612 Of course, you've doped your friends in the past, haven't you? 484 00:40:34,612 --> 00:40:36,812 Fixed the odd race. That was malicious. 485 00:40:36,812 --> 00:40:41,212 I was never charged with anything. I have to ask you this, Mr Foley. 486 00:40:42,572 --> 00:40:45,852 Did you kill Bruce Hartley? No! 487 00:40:47,252 --> 00:40:51,092 You wanna know who I think did it? Sam Tate. 488 00:40:51,092 --> 00:40:53,532 Tate's Bread. Why him? 489 00:40:53,532 --> 00:40:56,572 Him and Bruce had a right set-to after the race. 490 00:40:56,572 --> 00:41:00,692 If anyone's gonna be dancing on Hartley's grave, it'll be Sam Tate. 491 00:41:04,452 --> 00:41:06,932 With Bruce gone, that just leaves the doctor. 492 00:41:06,932 --> 00:41:08,892 So don't disappoint me. 493 00:41:13,692 --> 00:41:15,772 The police. I don't want to be seen here. 494 00:41:15,772 --> 00:41:17,812 I don't want them in our business. 495 00:41:17,812 --> 00:41:19,892 No, just keep out of sight. 496 00:41:28,332 --> 00:41:31,532 If I'm on your list, you can cross me off right now. 497 00:41:31,532 --> 00:41:35,212 Mr Tate, you had a bit of a run-in at the racecourse the other day. 498 00:41:35,212 --> 00:41:38,292 He made a backside of himself, if that's what you mean. 499 00:41:38,292 --> 00:41:41,612 I offered to buy Bantling Boy and what I want I usually get. 500 00:41:41,612 --> 00:41:45,412 Mr Tate, have you or any of your acquaintances 501 00:41:45,412 --> 00:41:47,492 been near Bantling Boy since the race? 502 00:41:47,492 --> 00:41:48,892 No, nowhere near. 503 00:41:50,652 --> 00:41:54,212 Do you live here alone, Mr Tate? Yes, divorced two years ago. 504 00:41:54,212 --> 00:41:57,772 Happily unmarried ever since. Heard of Tate's Oven-Ready Bread? 505 00:41:57,772 --> 00:42:01,412 Oh, indeed I have. ♪ The crust you can trust ♪ 506 00:42:01,412 --> 00:42:06,652 That's the one. It's disgusting but people buy it cos it saves time. 507 00:42:06,652 --> 00:42:10,812 And time is money. I've got a board meeting in an hour, Inspector. 508 00:42:10,812 --> 00:42:14,092 Bye. Thank you, Mr Tate, very much... 509 00:42:14,092 --> 00:42:16,132 For your valuable time. 510 00:42:16,132 --> 00:42:17,692 Bye. 511 00:42:23,812 --> 00:42:25,212 Scott? 512 00:42:27,452 --> 00:42:30,172 Can you run a car check on that? Yes, sir. 513 00:42:30,172 --> 00:42:32,132 Certainly. 514 00:42:34,292 --> 00:42:36,372 Sarge, it's DS Scott here. 515 00:42:36,372 --> 00:42:39,292 Run a vehicle check on a registration for me, please. 516 00:42:39,292 --> 00:42:44,132 Kilo 153 Echo Yankie Mike. No, I'll wait for it. 517 00:42:44,132 --> 00:42:45,492 Thank you. 518 00:42:45,492 --> 00:42:49,892 What do you make of Sam Tate? They reckon he started as a delivery boy. 519 00:42:49,892 --> 00:42:53,532 Yeah, and I don't suppose he got rich keeping on the right side of the law. 520 00:42:53,532 --> 00:42:55,372 Yeah? Thank you. 521 00:42:55,372 --> 00:42:57,452 Cheers. Thanks very much. 522 00:42:57,452 --> 00:43:01,172 It's Joanna Craxton's, sir. What's she doing up here? 523 00:43:01,172 --> 00:43:04,092 I suspect she's come to see a man about a horse. 524 00:43:09,772 --> 00:43:12,012 Bruce Hartley as Richard the Lionheart. 525 00:43:12,012 --> 00:43:15,652 Cor! He were the biggest chicken I ever met. 526 00:43:17,812 --> 00:43:20,372 Are we going to meet here? Peter's indoors. 527 00:43:20,372 --> 00:43:22,372 I don't want him hearing our business. 528 00:43:24,412 --> 00:43:26,572 Sam Tate wants an answer by tomorrow night. 529 00:43:26,572 --> 00:43:30,132 We sell. Me and Joanna's agreed. What's your vote? 530 00:43:31,332 --> 00:43:34,932 I think Marianna, as Bruce's wife, should have a say in this. 531 00:43:36,892 --> 00:43:41,012 That's not the syndicate rules, Doctor. We own Bruce's share. 532 00:43:41,012 --> 00:43:44,332 Morally, Marianna has a right. Morally? 533 00:43:44,332 --> 00:43:47,612 You still knocking a slice off her? Trevor! 534 00:43:47,612 --> 00:43:51,332 You'll be laughing all the way to Bruce's funeral, that's for sure. 535 00:43:51,332 --> 00:43:54,052 That settles it. The horse is not for sale. 536 00:43:54,052 --> 00:43:56,012 Goodbye. 537 00:43:57,332 --> 00:44:00,292 He don't care, do he? Bloody toff! 538 00:44:00,292 --> 00:44:02,732 DOOR SLAMS We've got another problem. 539 00:44:03,812 --> 00:44:07,052 Bantling Boy is ailing. He's been shipped up to Fallowfields. 540 00:44:07,052 --> 00:44:08,892 Who'll pay for that? I'm skint. 541 00:44:08,892 --> 00:44:13,772 It's a charity, Trevor, but if word gets out, his price will drop. 542 00:44:13,772 --> 00:44:15,852 Oh, damn Osgood. 543 00:44:15,852 --> 00:44:19,452 We got to sell that horse before it drops dead in its stall. 544 00:44:21,972 --> 00:44:24,052 Keep coming. Keep coming. 545 00:44:24,052 --> 00:44:27,052 That's it. Back you come. Come on. Slowly. 546 00:44:27,052 --> 00:44:29,292 Come on. Come on. Keep coming. 547 00:44:29,292 --> 00:44:32,292 Keep coming. Whoa! That's it. 548 00:44:37,532 --> 00:44:41,172 This takes me back to the pony-club trials. Remember the Causton Show? 549 00:44:41,172 --> 00:44:45,092 Five-foot wall. You were an old worry-guts. 550 00:44:45,092 --> 00:44:48,132 You were lucky to get away with just a broken arm. Grab that. 551 00:44:49,412 --> 00:44:51,532 Greenstick fracture, wasn't it? 552 00:44:51,532 --> 00:44:53,972 At least you got a lot of exercise out of it. 553 00:44:55,092 --> 00:44:59,292 These days, kids seem stuck in front of computers all the time. 554 00:44:59,292 --> 00:45:04,772 OK. Playing games, the entire purpose of which is to kill people. 555 00:45:04,772 --> 00:45:07,452 The Craxton boy is obsessed with them. 556 00:45:07,452 --> 00:45:09,732 He's nine years old, right? Nine years old. 557 00:45:09,732 --> 00:45:12,612 We never let you play games like that, did we? 558 00:45:12,612 --> 00:45:16,852 I hated computers. Films were my thing. 559 00:45:16,852 --> 00:45:20,252 Having said that, at nine, my favourite film was Terminator. 560 00:45:21,532 --> 00:45:24,252 Was it? Fascination with gruesome deaths 561 00:45:24,252 --> 00:45:26,492 does run in the family. You think so? 562 00:45:27,892 --> 00:45:31,612 Thanks, Dad. I'm gonna go. I've got to pick up Bantling Boy at 3:00. 563 00:45:31,612 --> 00:45:34,292 Thank you, Cully. Thank you. Hey! 564 00:45:35,532 --> 00:45:39,372 The phone ringing? No. I think my agent died. 565 00:45:56,252 --> 00:45:59,012 I need to see him. Keep away from that horse. 566 00:45:59,012 --> 00:46:02,292 He's pining. That's what's wrong. I'll call the police. 567 00:46:02,292 --> 00:46:03,852 Calm down! Get out of my way. 568 00:46:03,852 --> 00:46:06,852 Clear off, Jake. You heard her. 569 00:46:07,972 --> 00:46:10,852 If anything happens to Bantling Boy... 570 00:46:13,932 --> 00:46:17,892 Why have the police let him go? They haven't got anything on him. 571 00:46:17,892 --> 00:46:20,212 I think he did it, Ray. 572 00:46:20,212 --> 00:46:22,892 He hated Bruce. We all hated Bruce. 573 00:46:22,892 --> 00:46:25,372 For the way he treated the horses. 574 00:46:25,372 --> 00:46:27,932 The way he treated you made my blood boil. 575 00:46:32,932 --> 00:46:34,332 HORN 576 00:46:34,332 --> 00:46:36,292 I'll fetch Bantling Boy. 577 00:46:47,605 --> 00:46:50,725 Think of it as a marriage of convenience. 578 00:46:50,725 --> 00:46:54,005 Angela Hartley nee Bantling of Bantling Hall 579 00:46:54,005 --> 00:46:56,205 and Sam Tate of Roughley Road, Barnsley. 580 00:46:56,205 --> 00:46:58,245 Made in heaven. Sam, please! 581 00:46:58,245 --> 00:47:03,325 This place will be sold off, developed, maybe even bulldozed. 582 00:47:03,325 --> 00:47:05,645 Is that what you want for you and Geoffrey? 583 00:47:05,645 --> 00:47:09,885 Not now, Geoffrey, please. We have business to discuss. 584 00:47:17,775 --> 00:47:20,455 Well, he's settled in but still not feeding. 585 00:47:20,455 --> 00:47:22,815 Jake Foley reckons he's pining for him. 586 00:47:22,815 --> 00:47:26,655 Is it possible? Yes. Could be. 587 00:47:26,655 --> 00:47:30,255 The Major mentioned he'd lost his head man. 588 00:47:30,255 --> 00:47:33,815 Do you think he'd take on Jake Foley? He's very experienced. 589 00:47:33,815 --> 00:47:36,055 Is there a risk? Do you suspect him? 590 00:47:36,055 --> 00:47:40,495 No, I don't. I suspect he's genuinely fond of this horse. 591 00:47:40,495 --> 00:47:42,735 Pining for Jake, are you, boy? 592 00:47:42,735 --> 00:47:45,055 You know who killed him, don't you? Eh? 593 00:47:50,375 --> 00:47:52,375 Don't! No! Leave me alone! 594 00:47:52,375 --> 00:47:57,055 All right. It's not going to hurt. I don't want him touching me. Go! 595 00:47:58,135 --> 00:48:00,855 Any vomiting? No, but he's been having nightmares. 596 00:48:00,855 --> 00:48:03,055 And cold sweats. 597 00:48:03,055 --> 00:48:05,455 Joanna's out on call, is she? Yes. 598 00:48:06,935 --> 00:48:10,975 You did right to call me. It's always better to be safe than sorry. 599 00:48:16,495 --> 00:48:18,455 CLOCK TICKS 600 00:50:06,049 --> 00:50:10,249 Blow to the skull, exactly as with Bruce Hartley. 601 00:50:10,249 --> 00:50:14,289 This was found tied round the victim's mouth like a gag. 602 00:50:14,477 --> 00:50:17,437 Was that applied before or after the blow to the head? 603 00:50:17,437 --> 00:50:20,997 Can't be sure. The head blow killed him. The skull's very crushed. 604 00:50:20,997 --> 00:50:24,357 Anything back from Forensics on Craxton's hammer? 605 00:50:24,357 --> 00:50:26,477 I'll chase it up. Thanks, George. 606 00:50:28,517 --> 00:50:33,037 Bruce Hartley, John Osgood both opposed the sale of Bantling Boy. 607 00:50:33,037 --> 00:50:34,917 Yeah. 608 00:50:34,917 --> 00:50:37,997 Trevor and Joanna are free to sell the horse, yeah? 609 00:50:37,997 --> 00:50:41,397 Yeah, and Sam Tate, who always gets what he wants, 610 00:50:41,397 --> 00:50:43,437 now has a clear way to buy it. 611 00:50:43,437 --> 00:50:46,517 I'd say that makes them joint favourites. Would you? 612 00:50:53,137 --> 00:50:56,337 Dr Osgood is dead. 613 00:50:56,337 --> 00:50:59,697 Death's the cost of living for all of us, ain't it? 614 00:50:59,697 --> 00:51:03,417 There'll be no more problems cos me and Joanna will sell. 615 00:51:03,417 --> 00:51:06,777 I'm not sure I can trust you, Trevor. 616 00:51:06,777 --> 00:51:09,497 You've been keeping things from me, haven't you? 617 00:51:09,497 --> 00:51:13,497 Bantling Boy's a sick horse. It's not you's been getting at him? 618 00:51:13,497 --> 00:51:18,057 Shipped up to Fallowfields. Most horses come out of there feet first. 619 00:51:18,057 --> 00:51:21,697 Are you buying, or not? 250,000. 620 00:51:21,697 --> 00:51:25,417 That's half of what you said. You're no worse off. 621 00:51:25,417 --> 00:51:28,697 Your stake's doubled now Osgood and Hartley are out. 622 00:51:28,697 --> 00:51:31,897 This isn't sweetie money we're talking about. 623 00:51:33,417 --> 00:51:37,497 Two of the owners of this horse have come to a sticky end, Trevor. 624 00:51:37,497 --> 00:51:40,177 We don't want you suffering the same fate. 625 00:51:40,177 --> 00:51:41,937 Are you threatening me? 626 00:51:41,937 --> 00:51:44,177 Just making a once-and-only offer. 627 00:51:45,577 --> 00:51:47,697 Phone me, Trevor. 628 00:51:50,737 --> 00:51:53,537 It seems, Scott, that our Dr Osgood 629 00:51:53,537 --> 00:51:56,737 paid a visit to the Craxtons yesterday. 630 00:51:56,737 --> 00:51:58,417 What time? 631 00:51:58,417 --> 00:52:02,577 Why do doctors write in Sanskrit? Can you make head or tail of that? 632 00:52:03,537 --> 00:52:04,617 No. 633 00:52:04,617 --> 00:52:08,137 It means they might've been the last ones to see him alive. 634 00:52:08,137 --> 00:52:11,617 Let's give the Craxtons a house call of our own, shall we? 635 00:52:11,617 --> 00:52:15,337 It was Ray who called the doctor. Peter was having nightmares. 636 00:52:16,497 --> 00:52:19,257 I was out visiting a patient. The name of this patient? 637 00:52:20,497 --> 00:52:23,137 Dickinson. But she's got Alzheimer's. 638 00:52:23,137 --> 00:52:25,617 But she can't remember which way is up. 639 00:52:25,617 --> 00:52:28,137 And the night that Bruce Hartley died, 640 00:52:28,137 --> 00:52:33,577 you say you were at home here on your own, your husband gone for a walk. 641 00:52:33,577 --> 00:52:38,977 With Peter. Are you implying I had something to do with these murders? 642 00:52:38,977 --> 00:52:45,297 Well, the two people who refused to sell Bantling Boy are now dead. 643 00:52:45,297 --> 00:52:47,857 And you are much the richer for it, aren't you? 644 00:52:47,857 --> 00:52:50,177 It's not my doing. 645 00:52:50,177 --> 00:52:51,857 None of it. 646 00:52:53,097 --> 00:52:55,897 Oh! Who have we here? 647 00:52:55,897 --> 00:52:58,057 I'm Sir Peter Bantling. Are you? 648 00:52:58,057 --> 00:53:01,697 Rehearsals for the tournament. We're due up at the hall. 649 00:53:01,697 --> 00:53:05,617 I hear, Peter, you've been having nightmares. 650 00:53:05,617 --> 00:53:09,417 It could be The Secret Of The Ring. Computer games give me nightmares. 651 00:53:09,417 --> 00:53:13,497 With The Secret Of The Ring, I'm never scared. Never, ever. 652 00:53:13,497 --> 00:53:16,737 Look, I'm late, Inspector. Ray's up there waiting. 653 00:53:16,737 --> 00:53:18,857 Peter, get in the car. 654 00:53:18,857 --> 00:53:21,537 Bye. Bye, Sir Peter. 655 00:53:24,497 --> 00:53:28,297 He's a fine little lad. Has he always been troubled with nightmares? 656 00:53:29,337 --> 00:53:32,737 No more than most. It's a troubled world, isn't it? 657 00:53:34,577 --> 00:53:36,537 Indeed it is. 658 00:53:42,297 --> 00:53:44,417 Trevor, what is this proposition? 659 00:53:46,257 --> 00:53:51,297 Sam Tate has cut his offer to 250. So? 660 00:53:51,297 --> 00:53:53,057 Persuade him to up his bid 661 00:53:53,057 --> 00:53:55,577 and I'll give you 20 per cent of every penny more 662 00:53:55,577 --> 00:53:58,737 you can get out of him. Why do you think I have influence? 663 00:53:58,737 --> 00:54:02,217 You got him round your little finger. He's a ladies' man. 664 00:54:02,217 --> 00:54:05,577 What about Joanna? She ain't got your class, has she? 665 00:54:05,577 --> 00:54:09,937 Tell Tate I will not sell, not for 250 grand. Never. 666 00:54:09,937 --> 00:54:11,457 You may regret saying that. 667 00:54:13,057 --> 00:54:16,257 Well, I'll take my chance. Thanks for the veg. 668 00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:12,280 Can we have the yeomen, the bowmen and the camp followers into the jousting field NOW? 669 00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:17,080 HORSE NEIGHS 670 00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:21,720 Mr Craxton, a couple of questions, please. 671 00:55:21,720 --> 00:55:23,560 What? In the middle of all this? 672 00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:25,640 I'm in the middle of a murder enquiry, 673 00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:29,360 and I believe you were the last person to see Dr John Osgood alive. 674 00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:32,120 When he left mine, that was the last I saw of him. 675 00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:35,400 Excuse me. I'm in the middle of a battle. 676 00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:39,120 (INDISTINCT ARGUMENT) 677 00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:53,600 You bought yourself a horse yet, Mr Tate? 678 00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:56,760 No, but I'm working on it. 679 00:56:08,382 --> 00:56:10,102 TREVOR: He can stuff his offer! 680 00:56:10,102 --> 00:56:12,302 I wish you'd leave Sam to me, Trevor. 681 00:56:12,302 --> 00:56:15,182 Put my trust in pillow talk? No. 682 00:56:16,222 --> 00:56:20,062 Peter, would you take Mr Machin his drink, please? 683 00:56:20,062 --> 00:56:22,182 No! 684 00:56:22,182 --> 00:56:24,302 You, young man, will do as I say. 685 00:56:25,302 --> 00:56:28,222 (YELLS) Little monkey! 686 00:56:32,382 --> 00:56:33,862 Make ready. 687 00:56:38,662 --> 00:56:40,062 Approach. 688 00:56:56,902 --> 00:56:58,622 SCOTT: What's she doing, sir? 689 00:56:58,622 --> 00:57:02,342 She's giving her favour to her chosen knight. 690 00:57:02,342 --> 00:57:04,662 Making him the favourite, is that it? 691 00:57:04,662 --> 00:57:06,782 That's where the phrase comes from. 692 00:57:06,782 --> 00:57:08,942 Let battle commence. 693 00:57:10,822 --> 00:57:12,782 DRUM ROLL 694 00:57:33,102 --> 00:57:35,302 HORSES NEIGH 695 00:58:02,502 --> 00:58:04,302 Vicar! 696 00:58:12,942 --> 00:58:14,342 Give mercy. 697 00:58:14,342 --> 00:58:16,262 (GROANS) 698 00:58:18,966 --> 00:58:21,406 Ray and Joanna Craxton are a double act, sir. 699 00:58:21,406 --> 00:58:24,686 They'll share the money from the horse sale. That's the motive. 700 00:58:24,686 --> 00:58:26,846 Machin also stands to gain from that, 701 00:58:26,846 --> 00:58:31,526 if money IS the motive behind all of this. 702 00:58:31,526 --> 00:58:34,206 If it's not money, sir, what is it? 703 00:58:34,206 --> 00:58:38,766 The boy. Peter. He's clearly upset. Having nightmares. 704 00:58:38,766 --> 00:58:42,326 You should have seen him running at Trevor Machin with his sword. 705 00:58:42,326 --> 00:58:43,966 I'm not with you on this, sir. 706 00:58:43,966 --> 00:58:48,206 Scott, there's something between his mother and Trevor Machin... 707 00:58:48,206 --> 00:58:50,526 makes the boy very angry. 708 00:58:50,526 --> 00:58:52,366 Machin's got a hold over her? 709 00:58:52,366 --> 00:58:54,406 Could be. 710 00:58:54,406 --> 00:58:58,166 He was certainly keen to finger Dr Osgood when I spoke to him. 711 00:58:58,166 --> 00:59:00,886 Tom, I thought you'd want to see this straight away. 712 00:59:00,886 --> 00:59:04,486 Just back from Forensics. No prints, I'm afraid, 713 00:59:04,486 --> 00:59:08,606 but it's a pretty close fit with the head wounds on Hartley and Dr Osgood. 714 00:59:08,606 --> 00:59:11,766 Definitely the type of weapon you're looking for. 715 00:59:11,766 --> 00:59:15,806 Ray Craxton's spent a lifetime swinging hammers like that, sir, 716 00:59:15,806 --> 00:59:19,046 with deadly accuracy. But everybody knows that, Scott. 717 00:59:19,046 --> 00:59:21,726 The killer could be using that fact. 718 00:59:35,086 --> 00:59:37,046 CLASHING SWORDS 719 00:59:48,086 --> 00:59:50,046 METAL CLANGS 720 01:00:02,526 --> 01:00:04,486 CREAKING 721 01:00:55,531 --> 01:00:57,531 The same hammer blow. 722 01:00:57,531 --> 01:01:01,891 Exactly the same weapon profile, Tom. Skull crushed and this again. 723 01:01:01,891 --> 01:01:04,451 Why would you do this? It's a statement. 724 01:01:04,451 --> 01:01:06,891 They're being killed. 725 01:01:06,891 --> 01:01:08,451 Then they're gagged. 726 01:01:08,451 --> 01:01:10,891 They're being ritualistically silenced. 727 01:01:10,891 --> 01:01:12,491 Would make sense of it. 728 01:01:12,491 --> 01:01:16,091 But silenced about what? And by whom? 729 01:01:19,171 --> 01:01:21,571 SAM: Inspector Barnaby's car, isn't it? 730 01:01:22,971 --> 01:01:24,891 I'd better go. Take care. 731 01:01:30,731 --> 01:01:34,491 Yeah, I was on my own. Working here till ten on them shields. 732 01:01:34,491 --> 01:01:36,731 When did you last see Trevor Machin, Ray? 733 01:01:36,731 --> 01:01:38,571 What's going on? 734 01:01:39,651 --> 01:01:42,011 Trevor Machin was murdered last night. 735 01:01:42,011 --> 01:01:44,411 Oh, my God! 736 01:01:44,411 --> 01:01:47,971 You think I killed him. And Dr Osgood and Bruce Hartley. Right? 737 01:01:47,971 --> 01:01:52,291 Can we continue this conversation at the station, Mr Craxton? 738 01:01:58,211 --> 01:01:59,651 Ray. 739 01:02:00,731 --> 01:02:03,651 He wouldn't harm a fly, let alone kill anybody. 740 01:02:03,651 --> 01:02:07,611 Just his hobby, is it? Malleting people. Excuse me. 741 01:02:08,691 --> 01:02:10,451 I liked none of them, no. 742 01:02:10,451 --> 01:02:15,891 Nevertheless, your wife now owns outright a horse worth half a million pounds. 743 01:02:15,891 --> 01:02:20,411 Everybody in Midsomer's made money out of that horse. Even the vicar. 744 01:02:20,411 --> 01:02:23,891 Look, it caused me and Joanna nothing but arguments. 745 01:02:23,891 --> 01:02:26,171 I killed nobody. 746 01:02:26,171 --> 01:02:27,811 Why are you picking on me? 747 01:02:27,811 --> 01:02:31,131 Because you don't have an alibi for the times of the murders. 748 01:02:31,131 --> 01:02:33,691 What about Sam Tate and that cow Angela Hartley? 749 01:02:33,691 --> 01:02:35,411 You haven't pulled them in. 750 01:02:35,411 --> 01:02:40,051 Come on. We've questioned everyone alike, no matter who they are. 751 01:02:40,051 --> 01:02:43,771 You're not going to get the right answer questioning the wrong man. 752 01:02:43,771 --> 01:02:46,011 I didn't do it. 753 01:02:48,331 --> 01:02:52,011 The police think that Ray killed all three of them. 754 01:02:52,011 --> 01:02:54,131 Well, they're wrong, aren't they? 755 01:02:58,091 --> 01:03:01,451 What if Ray starts talking... 756 01:03:01,451 --> 01:03:03,691 about the syndicate? 757 01:03:04,771 --> 01:03:06,651 He knows everything, Angela. 758 01:03:07,811 --> 01:03:09,451 All of it. 759 01:03:10,491 --> 01:03:11,971 Me... 760 01:03:11,971 --> 01:03:13,651 You. How does he know? 761 01:03:13,651 --> 01:03:15,131 Did you tell him? 762 01:03:15,131 --> 01:03:17,731 I had to! Bruce threatened to tell everybody. 763 01:03:17,731 --> 01:03:19,811 I wanted Ray to hear it from me. 764 01:03:19,811 --> 01:03:22,251 Stay calm, Joanna. We don't need to panic. 765 01:03:25,931 --> 01:03:28,531 I can look after Peter as long as you like. 766 01:03:28,531 --> 01:03:30,611 We're in this together. 767 01:03:32,451 --> 01:03:34,851 Always have been. 768 01:03:37,851 --> 01:03:41,611 We searched Craxton's cottage till we ran out of places to look. 769 01:03:41,611 --> 01:03:45,531 Nothing. Any luck your end? No. He's denying any involvement. 770 01:03:45,531 --> 01:03:48,571 We've got nothing. We'll have to release him. 771 01:03:48,571 --> 01:03:52,091 Take a look at that. That's the Bantling family crest. 772 01:03:52,091 --> 01:03:55,771 It's got to be him. Can't we lean on him a bit, keep his feet to the fire? 773 01:03:55,771 --> 01:03:58,171 Sergeant, this is Midsomer, not the Met. 774 01:03:58,171 --> 01:04:00,691 Did they not teach you about the holy trinity? 775 01:04:00,691 --> 01:04:04,931 There are three things required before you move from suspicion to conviction. 776 01:04:04,931 --> 01:04:07,411 Motive, opportunity and evidence. 777 01:04:07,411 --> 01:04:09,611 And the greatest of these three, my son, 778 01:04:09,611 --> 01:04:12,411 is evidence, which in Ray's case we do not have. 779 01:04:12,411 --> 01:04:14,691 Yeah, but, sir... He will be released. 780 01:04:14,691 --> 01:04:16,651 Bring that along with you. 781 01:04:17,811 --> 01:04:21,851 See him fly! His feet are wings! Keeper of the secret of the ring! 782 01:04:21,851 --> 01:04:24,491 Shoes on! Quick sticks! (PLAYFUL LAUGH) 783 01:04:24,491 --> 01:04:26,211 We'll be late. 784 01:04:27,291 --> 01:04:28,931 DOORBELL 785 01:04:28,931 --> 01:04:30,291 Who the hell's that? 786 01:04:33,091 --> 01:04:34,571 What do you see? 787 01:04:34,571 --> 01:04:38,211 Well, it's... it's a coat of arms, isn't it? 788 01:04:38,211 --> 01:04:40,131 Yeah. The hammer and the pennant. 789 01:04:42,211 --> 01:04:44,691 Now we have three people killed with a hammer 790 01:04:44,691 --> 01:04:49,251 and two of them were gagged, each with a triangular cloth in the shape of the pennant. 791 01:04:49,251 --> 01:04:54,611 There could be a connection, sir, but why not gag all three of the victims? 792 01:04:54,611 --> 01:04:59,731 Why not indeed? Something different about Bruce Hartley's death... 793 01:04:59,731 --> 01:05:03,731 Oh, Inspector. We were just going to Fallowfields to see Bantling Boy. 794 01:05:03,731 --> 01:05:07,491 Lady Hartley, could you tell me, where were you last night? 795 01:05:07,491 --> 01:05:09,051 You and Geoffrey? 796 01:05:09,051 --> 01:05:11,691 I was working in my office on some accounts. 797 01:05:11,691 --> 01:05:14,651 The boys were playing their computer games. Is that all? 798 01:05:14,651 --> 01:05:17,811 Geoffrey, that shield up there. 799 01:05:19,571 --> 01:05:23,051 What does that mean to you? 800 01:05:25,571 --> 01:05:28,771 The crest of the Bantlings. Into the car, boys. 801 01:05:28,771 --> 01:05:30,331 Goodbye. 802 01:05:31,411 --> 01:05:32,491 Peter. 803 01:05:37,091 --> 01:05:43,331 If you think Geoffrey had anything to do with these dreadful murders, you're very much off track. 804 01:05:43,331 --> 01:05:44,971 He's completely harmless. 805 01:05:44,971 --> 01:05:46,451 I'm sure he is. 806 01:05:46,451 --> 01:05:49,451 But I have to ask these questions, Lady Hartley. 807 01:05:49,451 --> 01:05:54,411 And sometimes the most unlikely people do the most extraordinary things. Don't they? 808 01:05:58,251 --> 01:06:00,851 I'll drop you off at the station, Scott, if I may. 809 01:06:00,851 --> 01:06:02,971 Head up to Fallowfields with them. 810 01:06:11,571 --> 01:06:13,931 Put it away now, Peter. 811 01:06:17,411 --> 01:06:20,211 The secret of the ring. 812 01:06:20,211 --> 01:06:22,251 CAR STARTS UP 813 01:06:22,251 --> 01:06:24,571 The secret of the ring. 814 01:06:26,371 --> 01:06:28,691 I want to get out, Ray. Yes, so do I. 815 01:06:28,691 --> 01:06:31,771 I meant you and me and our Peter. 816 01:06:32,771 --> 01:06:35,771 We just pack everything and go. 817 01:06:37,531 --> 01:06:40,411 I want us to start again. 818 01:06:41,531 --> 01:06:43,851 We could be back to how we were. 819 01:06:45,251 --> 01:06:46,971 Just us three. No, Joanna. 820 01:06:48,091 --> 01:06:50,571 There's no going back. 821 01:06:50,571 --> 01:06:52,691 You destroyed all that. 822 01:06:52,691 --> 01:06:55,571 You and Angela and the whole damn lot of them! 823 01:06:55,571 --> 01:06:57,571 Ray, please! To hell with you! 824 01:07:00,237 --> 01:07:05,557 It's all cleared with the custody sergeant, Mr Craxton. You're free to go. 825 01:07:05,557 --> 01:07:08,597 Thanks...for nothing. 826 01:07:17,983 --> 01:07:21,263 Doesn't Bantling Boy look a picture? Yes, he does. 827 01:07:21,263 --> 01:07:23,503 Can I give him this? Can he? 828 01:07:23,503 --> 01:07:24,903 I think he'd love it. 829 01:07:29,663 --> 01:07:31,143 GEOFFREY: Can I stroke him? 830 01:07:31,143 --> 01:07:33,103 Of course you can, Geoffrey. 831 01:07:37,063 --> 01:07:38,143 HORSE NEIGHS 832 01:07:38,143 --> 01:07:40,983 He doesn't like you, Geoffrey. 833 01:07:40,983 --> 01:07:42,623 He only likes ME. 834 01:07:42,623 --> 01:07:45,863 Can I ride him? Is that all right, Major? 835 01:07:45,863 --> 01:07:48,063 You can sit on him, yes. OK, Peter. Go on. 836 01:07:48,063 --> 01:07:50,583 One, two, three, up! 837 01:07:52,103 --> 01:07:54,743 Sir Peter on his charger. 838 01:07:54,743 --> 01:07:55,943 He's the best! 839 01:07:55,943 --> 01:07:58,343 Out of Midsomer Girl by Bantling Brave 840 01:07:58,343 --> 01:08:01,103 from Knight's Maiden by King's Charter 841 01:08:01,103 --> 01:08:04,623 who was out of Royal Dynasty. All right. We've heard enough. 842 01:08:04,623 --> 01:08:07,583 It's breeding, you see. It's in the blood. 843 01:08:07,583 --> 01:08:09,543 Everything's in the breeding. 844 01:08:26,023 --> 01:08:28,023 METAL CLANGS 845 01:08:49,383 --> 01:08:51,383 Ray? 846 01:09:00,463 --> 01:09:02,463 Are you in there, Ray? 847 01:09:06,703 --> 01:09:08,703 DOOR CREAKS 848 01:09:12,463 --> 01:09:14,463 DOOR SLAMS SHUT 849 01:09:16,143 --> 01:09:18,103 (SCREAMS) 850 01:09:44,663 --> 01:09:46,663 CLASHING SWORDS 851 01:10:00,323 --> 01:10:03,043 It's Joanna Craxton. Head caved in. 852 01:10:04,123 --> 01:10:06,123 Dead? Yes, same as the others. 853 01:10:06,123 --> 01:10:07,683 Ray Craxton found her. 854 01:10:07,683 --> 01:10:09,763 My money says he put her there as well. 855 01:10:09,763 --> 01:10:12,003 I thought you were holding him. We were. 856 01:10:12,003 --> 01:10:15,443 I've just had the Super on, wanting to know why he was released. 857 01:10:15,443 --> 01:10:18,683 It's the holy trinity. Motive, opportunity and evidence, 858 01:10:18,683 --> 01:10:22,923 the greatest of which is evidence, which in Craxton's case we didn't have. Did we? 859 01:10:22,923 --> 01:10:26,203 No. I preferred my doubts to your certainties. 860 01:10:42,843 --> 01:10:46,883 Lady Hartley, can you look after Peter? His father will be with us. 861 01:10:46,883 --> 01:10:48,723 Yes, of course. 862 01:10:48,723 --> 01:10:51,083 You'll never get your hands on him! 863 01:10:51,083 --> 01:10:52,723 NEVER! 864 01:10:54,083 --> 01:10:55,283 Thank you. 865 01:11:02,123 --> 01:11:04,083 SIREN 866 01:11:05,483 --> 01:11:07,843 "You'll never get your hands on him," he said. 867 01:11:07,843 --> 01:11:09,563 Meaning the horse? 868 01:11:09,563 --> 01:11:11,563 Ta... Or his son. 869 01:11:13,403 --> 01:11:17,283 Craxton clearly resents Angela Hartley's closeness to Joanna 870 01:11:17,283 --> 01:11:20,283 and her owning a share in Bantling Boy. 871 01:11:20,283 --> 01:11:23,363 Scott, there's something staring us in the face here 872 01:11:23,363 --> 01:11:27,003 and we are missing it. About Joanna? The syndicate? 873 01:11:27,003 --> 01:11:28,643 The syndicate. 874 01:11:28,643 --> 01:11:32,963 Yeah. As each member of the syndicate died, 875 01:11:32,963 --> 01:11:36,483 their share was passed on to the remaining members of the syndicate 876 01:11:36,483 --> 01:11:39,123 until Joanna Craxton owned the lot. 877 01:11:40,283 --> 01:11:41,843 But now she's dead, 878 01:11:41,843 --> 01:11:43,803 who owns the horse? 879 01:11:47,323 --> 01:11:50,443 It's a matter of your husband's will. 880 01:11:50,443 --> 01:11:52,403 The bequest of Bantling Boy. 881 01:11:52,403 --> 01:11:55,323 I've left my note book. Excuse me. 882 01:12:06,203 --> 01:12:08,243 TRIES DOOR 883 01:12:08,243 --> 01:12:10,323 SOUNDS OF PLAYFUL SWORDFIGHT 884 01:12:11,723 --> 01:12:14,803 PETER: You're my champion, Sir Geoffrey. 885 01:12:18,963 --> 01:12:23,643 Now that Joanna Craxton's dead, who owns Bantling Boy? 886 01:12:23,643 --> 01:12:26,843 The terms of the will are that the horse now belongs to Peter. 887 01:12:26,843 --> 01:12:28,883 To Peter? 888 01:12:28,883 --> 01:12:31,763 Oh, come on, Barnaby, you're a man of the world. 889 01:12:33,803 --> 01:12:35,603 Peter's mother Joanna... 890 01:12:35,603 --> 01:12:37,403 nursed my husband. 891 01:12:37,403 --> 01:12:39,483 Were they lovers? 892 01:12:41,683 --> 01:12:46,603 Nine years ago, my husband raped Joanna. 893 01:12:50,043 --> 01:12:51,643 PETER: Get up! 894 01:12:51,643 --> 01:12:53,763 Until the death! Peter! 895 01:12:53,763 --> 01:12:56,403 Joanna was Catholic. So were the Hartleys. 896 01:12:56,403 --> 01:13:02,083 Just as a divorce was out of the question for me, so was abortion for her. 897 01:13:02,083 --> 01:13:03,763 I paid her money. 898 01:13:05,123 --> 01:13:07,003 Every week. 899 01:13:07,003 --> 01:13:09,043 She kept quiet and she kept the child. 900 01:13:14,003 --> 01:13:18,643 Osgood was his doctor, Machin was his gardener, 901 01:13:18,643 --> 01:13:23,523 and I take it they and your son Bruce all knew what had happened to Joanna. 902 01:13:23,523 --> 01:13:25,043 They knew. 903 01:13:25,043 --> 01:13:28,523 And that's why your husband left all the Bantling Boy shares 904 01:13:28,523 --> 01:13:31,283 to the four of them as a reward for their silence. 905 01:13:31,283 --> 01:13:32,323 Yes. 906 01:13:35,563 --> 01:13:37,523 BEEP 907 01:13:58,523 --> 01:14:01,683 Peter is very fond of Bantling Boy. 908 01:14:02,683 --> 01:14:05,483 I doubt he'd want him sold to Mr Tate. 909 01:14:05,483 --> 01:14:07,163 We'll see. 910 01:14:08,683 --> 01:14:10,203 It will be Peter's decision. 911 01:14:10,203 --> 01:14:11,763 Oh, I hope it is. 912 01:14:12,843 --> 01:14:15,203 Your sergeant seems to have gone missing. 913 01:14:15,203 --> 01:14:17,843 Perhaps we'd better find him. 914 01:14:27,323 --> 01:14:29,483 Sergeant Scott? 915 01:14:29,483 --> 01:14:31,483 BEEP 916 01:14:34,163 --> 01:14:36,683 Are you looking for something, Sergeant? 917 01:14:37,763 --> 01:14:40,403 Er...the toilet. 918 01:14:40,403 --> 01:14:42,403 This way. 919 01:14:43,523 --> 01:14:46,603 It's a proprietary game taken off the internet, 920 01:14:46,603 --> 01:14:49,843 but it's been modified. They've added some variables, loops. 921 01:14:49,843 --> 01:14:51,243 And in English that is? 922 01:14:51,243 --> 01:14:55,523 Someone's taken the original game and expanded on it. 923 01:14:55,523 --> 01:15:01,203 The object now seems to be to redeem the honour of the Bantling. 924 01:15:02,283 --> 01:15:05,523 So I followed the pathway plan through to the final level, 925 01:15:05,523 --> 01:15:09,123 where I found this secret chamber. 926 01:15:10,243 --> 01:15:12,203 And then this. 927 01:15:16,603 --> 01:15:18,963 The victims' names are all there, sir. 928 01:15:18,963 --> 01:15:23,363 Bruce Hartley, Dr Osgood, Trevor Machin and Joanna Craxton. 929 01:15:23,363 --> 01:15:25,443 That's grotesque. 930 01:15:25,443 --> 01:15:28,243 All of the deaths are described, 931 01:15:28,243 --> 01:15:31,323 each one using medieval language. 932 01:15:31,323 --> 01:15:34,763 "Ye hammer of vengeance and ye pennant of pride." 933 01:15:34,763 --> 01:15:39,123 The quest seems to be to take revenge on the ring, 934 01:15:39,123 --> 01:15:41,123 the betrayers of the secret. 935 01:15:41,123 --> 01:15:43,763 Could the ring be the syndicate? 936 01:15:43,763 --> 01:15:45,883 The ring of owners of Bantling Boy? 937 01:15:45,883 --> 01:15:50,243 The hero of the game is Sir Peter riding a mighty steed. 938 01:15:50,243 --> 01:15:54,723 It all ties in with Craxton's obsession with battle recreation and medieval weapons. 939 01:15:54,723 --> 01:15:57,683 Why put that on Peter's computer? 940 01:15:57,683 --> 01:16:02,683 I think he's used the game to rehearse the killings before he carries them out. 941 01:16:02,683 --> 01:16:05,563 Could Geoffrey have created this? 942 01:16:05,563 --> 01:16:08,523 No, it's beyond him. He's got an IQ of about...two. 943 01:16:08,523 --> 01:16:13,483 I think that when Joanna told Ray that Peter wasn't his son... 944 01:16:13,483 --> 01:16:17,003 it tipped him over the edge into this. 945 01:16:17,003 --> 01:16:19,763 I don't know what games you're talking about. 946 01:16:19,763 --> 01:16:23,603 The Secret of the Ring - the game you downloaded onto Peter's laptop. 947 01:16:23,603 --> 01:16:26,523 His laptop? I hate them things. 948 01:16:26,523 --> 01:16:28,403 I work with my hands, Inspector. 949 01:16:28,403 --> 01:16:30,283 I'm computer illiterate. 950 01:16:30,283 --> 01:16:32,203 When did you first discover 951 01:16:32,203 --> 01:16:34,763 that Peter wasn't your real son, Mr Craxton? 952 01:16:37,323 --> 01:16:40,123 Joanna told me the night Bruce Hartley was killed 953 01:16:40,123 --> 01:16:42,163 that Peter wasn't mine. 954 01:16:42,163 --> 01:16:44,523 They all knew, the whole syndicate. 955 01:16:44,523 --> 01:16:47,363 They've been laughing behind my back for years. 956 01:16:47,363 --> 01:16:51,683 Mr Craxton, four people are to be buried, 957 01:16:51,683 --> 01:16:54,803 the very ones you say were laughing at you behind your back. 958 01:16:54,803 --> 01:16:56,763 I didn't kill them! 959 01:16:58,043 --> 01:17:00,083 My wife is dead. 960 01:17:00,083 --> 01:17:02,163 And to me, Peter is still my son. 961 01:17:02,163 --> 01:17:05,683 So either charge me or let me go home and look after him. 962 01:17:08,283 --> 01:17:11,523 The game on your computer, Peter. 963 01:17:11,523 --> 01:17:13,243 The Secret of the Ring. 964 01:17:13,243 --> 01:17:14,683 What's it about? 965 01:17:14,683 --> 01:17:16,483 The quest of the Bantling. 966 01:17:16,483 --> 01:17:18,163 Quest? 967 01:17:18,163 --> 01:17:20,363 To take back the secret of the ring. 968 01:17:20,363 --> 01:17:23,963 Did your father invent the game, Peter? Did you play it with Ray? 969 01:17:23,963 --> 01:17:26,243 He is not my father. 970 01:17:26,243 --> 01:17:28,123 I don't want to see him ever again. 971 01:17:31,003 --> 01:17:33,283 DOOR SLAMS I had to tell him, Inspector. 972 01:17:33,283 --> 01:17:36,323 It's his birthright to know who he is. 973 01:17:36,323 --> 01:17:38,723 What he is. He's my husband's son. 974 01:17:38,723 --> 01:17:42,723 He's heir to the lordship and manor of Bantling. 975 01:17:42,723 --> 01:17:47,643 Lady Hartley, if I may, I'd like to examine your computer, please. 976 01:17:47,643 --> 01:17:49,443 Feel free. 977 01:17:49,443 --> 01:17:52,003 I've nothing to hide. Thank you. 978 01:18:36,994 --> 01:18:38,954 Mr Craxton. 979 01:18:40,354 --> 01:18:42,354 Mr Craxton, you are free to go. 980 01:18:42,354 --> 01:18:44,434 But... 981 01:18:44,434 --> 01:18:48,034 I must seriously advise you not to try and approach Peter. 982 01:18:49,074 --> 01:18:51,074 I want my son. 983 01:18:51,074 --> 01:18:53,154 Please. Be warned. 984 01:18:53,154 --> 01:18:55,474 For his sake and for yours. 985 01:18:55,474 --> 01:18:58,194 Stay away from Peter. 986 01:19:10,554 --> 01:19:13,034 Get anything from Lady Hartley's computer? 987 01:19:13,034 --> 01:19:16,754 Plenty to interest the Inland Revenue, but nothing for us so far. 988 01:19:16,754 --> 01:19:18,634 I've had to let Craxton go. 989 01:19:18,634 --> 01:19:21,234 We've got nothing on him - no blood stains, 990 01:19:21,234 --> 01:19:23,634 no weapon, no fingerprints, nothing. 991 01:19:23,634 --> 01:19:25,594 It's a bit of a risk, isn't it, sir? 992 01:19:25,594 --> 01:19:27,754 Yes. Yes, it is. 993 01:19:27,754 --> 01:19:30,674 Scott, you can leave that. 994 01:19:30,674 --> 01:19:33,594 You follow Craxton. Don't let him out of your sight. 995 01:19:33,594 --> 01:19:35,154 Sit tight on that cottage. 996 01:19:35,154 --> 01:19:37,114 Yes, sir. 997 01:19:44,554 --> 01:19:48,754 We had a deal. You can't back out now after everything I've done. 998 01:19:48,754 --> 01:19:51,514 Anything you've done, Sam, you did for yourself. 999 01:19:51,514 --> 01:19:55,874 And you're Lady Bountiful? Come off it, Angela. 1000 01:19:55,874 --> 01:19:59,194 You're as ruthless as I am. We're two of a kind. 1001 01:19:59,194 --> 01:20:01,114 I hardly think so. 1002 01:20:01,114 --> 01:20:04,434 You think you can ditch me now? 1003 01:20:04,434 --> 01:20:08,714 Now you can control Bantling Boy through Peter? 1004 01:20:08,714 --> 01:20:10,074 No way! 1005 01:20:10,074 --> 01:20:12,754 Please, don't raise your voice in my kitchen. 1006 01:20:12,754 --> 01:20:17,554 I will not change my mind. Oh, yes, you will, Angela. 1007 01:20:17,554 --> 01:20:22,154 Only fools and the departed never change their minds. 1008 01:20:27,154 --> 01:20:29,074 DOG BARKS 1009 01:21:42,274 --> 01:21:43,834 RUSTLING 1010 01:22:06,156 --> 01:22:08,796 What's another word for con man? 1011 01:22:08,796 --> 01:22:10,876 Nine letters, ending in R. 1012 01:22:10,876 --> 01:22:14,356 Ray Craxton's son Peter, he really is extraordinary. 1013 01:22:14,356 --> 01:22:16,356 Fraudster. Pardon? 1014 01:22:16,356 --> 01:22:18,596 Con man. Nine letters ending in R. 1015 01:22:18,596 --> 01:22:23,156 He can remember Bantling Boy's pedigree back four or five generations. 1016 01:22:23,156 --> 01:22:25,716 The sires, the mares, everything. 1017 01:22:31,316 --> 01:22:33,276 That hadn't occurred to me. 1018 01:22:33,276 --> 01:22:36,956 I never thought of that, even as a possibility. 1019 01:22:36,956 --> 01:22:38,756 What? Something Scott said. 1020 01:22:39,836 --> 01:22:43,876 To quest: to take revenge on the Ring, the betrayers of the Secret. 1021 01:22:44,036 --> 01:22:46,196 KEYBOARD CLATTERING 1022 01:22:46,196 --> 01:22:49,196 To redeem the honour of the Bantling. 1023 01:22:49,196 --> 01:22:51,156 Give me the dictionary. 1024 01:22:52,236 --> 01:22:53,796 Ta. 1025 01:22:54,876 --> 01:22:57,756 Honour of the Bantlings, eh? 1026 01:23:00,596 --> 01:23:02,556 Band. Banshee. Bantam... 1027 01:23:03,796 --> 01:23:05,756 Bantling! 1028 01:23:07,396 --> 01:23:09,436 Oh! 1029 01:23:09,436 --> 01:23:10,996 Oh, of course. 1030 01:23:12,076 --> 01:23:14,476 Sleep well, Peter. 1031 01:23:14,476 --> 01:23:16,396 Mmmuh! Sleep tight. 1032 01:23:17,676 --> 01:23:20,156 Night, Geoffrey. 1033 01:23:20,156 --> 01:23:22,356 Say good night, Geoffrey. 1034 01:23:22,356 --> 01:23:25,036 Good night. 1035 01:23:25,036 --> 01:23:26,916 It's the three of us now, boys. 1036 01:23:26,916 --> 01:23:30,316 Nothing more to worry about, Geoffrey, nothing, not now. 1037 01:23:31,436 --> 01:23:33,756 This will be our family home for ever! 1038 01:24:02,676 --> 01:24:05,956 MOBILE PHONE RINGS 1039 01:24:05,956 --> 01:24:07,356 Barnaby. 1040 01:24:07,356 --> 01:24:12,036 'Sir, it's Scott. I've lost Craxton. He's on the loose, I'm afraid.' 1041 01:24:12,036 --> 01:24:15,356 OK, Scott. Get over to Bantling Hall as fast as you can. 1042 01:24:24,436 --> 01:24:26,396 Ray! 1043 01:24:28,116 --> 01:24:30,476 I told you to stay away. I want my son! 1044 01:24:30,476 --> 01:24:31,916 CHILD SCREAMS 1045 01:24:31,916 --> 01:24:33,956 Peter! 1046 01:24:33,956 --> 01:24:36,276 SCREAMING 1047 01:24:37,516 --> 01:24:39,636 Peter! 1048 01:24:39,636 --> 01:24:41,676 SCREAMING 1049 01:24:41,676 --> 01:24:44,156 (UPSTAIRS) No, no, don't do it! 1050 01:24:44,156 --> 01:24:46,076 No, no, Geoffrey! 1051 01:24:46,076 --> 01:24:47,196 No! 1052 01:24:47,196 --> 01:24:50,156 No, leave him! Peter! 1053 01:24:50,156 --> 01:24:51,996 No, no, no, no, no! 1054 01:24:51,996 --> 01:24:55,116 No, no, no, no! 1055 01:24:55,116 --> 01:24:57,476 I don't want to! No! 1056 01:24:58,476 --> 01:25:01,596 I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! 1057 01:25:01,596 --> 01:25:03,956 You're a traitor! Betrayer! 1058 01:25:03,956 --> 01:25:05,516 Leave me alone! 1059 01:25:05,516 --> 01:25:09,636 It was you, Geoffrey, wasn't it? You did all this killing. 1060 01:25:09,636 --> 01:25:13,276 Bruce and Trevor, John and Joanna. It was YOU, wasn't it? 1061 01:25:13,276 --> 01:25:15,036 Is that true, Geoffrey? 1062 01:25:15,036 --> 01:25:16,716 No! Was it you? 1063 01:25:16,716 --> 01:25:19,476 Yeah, but not by himself, Lady Hartley. 1064 01:25:20,436 --> 01:25:22,396 Not by himself. 1065 01:25:22,396 --> 01:25:24,876 Surely, you're not suggesting - 1066 01:25:24,876 --> 01:25:28,476 Oh, no. He did it at Peter's bidding. 1067 01:25:28,476 --> 01:25:30,476 Isn't that right, Peter? 1068 01:25:30,476 --> 01:25:31,836 Oh, Peter. 1069 01:25:31,836 --> 01:25:33,836 Peter? 1070 01:25:35,276 --> 01:25:37,316 Geoffrey. 1071 01:25:37,316 --> 01:25:39,676 Geoffrey. 1072 01:25:39,676 --> 01:25:41,756 On the night Bruce died, 1073 01:25:41,756 --> 01:25:45,236 can you remember where you were about ten o'clock? 1074 01:25:45,236 --> 01:25:48,996 Bruce upset Angela. And that upset you, too, did it? 1075 01:25:48,996 --> 01:25:51,676 Yes! He was mean to her. 1076 01:25:51,676 --> 01:25:53,916 And he wouldn't sell the horse 1077 01:25:53,916 --> 01:25:56,196 to help Angela keep Bantling Hall. 1078 01:26:07,156 --> 01:26:10,516 You and that half-wit brother of yours! 1079 01:26:10,516 --> 01:26:12,396 No! 1080 01:26:15,996 --> 01:26:17,996 (Angela...) 1081 01:26:24,716 --> 01:26:27,396 This is home, Angela. 1082 01:26:28,476 --> 01:26:31,636 I want to stay here. Oh, Geoffrey. 1083 01:26:33,236 --> 01:26:35,916 So, you went out looking for him, Geoffrey. 1084 01:26:35,916 --> 01:26:37,916 Yes. 1085 01:26:37,916 --> 01:26:40,076 I crept up on him. 1086 01:26:41,436 --> 01:26:43,436 He didn't see me. 1087 01:26:44,996 --> 01:26:46,676 CLANG 1088 01:26:46,676 --> 01:26:51,276 Then I found a hammer, so I... 1089 01:26:55,396 --> 01:26:56,636 NEIGHING 1090 01:27:01,476 --> 01:27:03,356 WHINNY 1091 01:27:05,956 --> 01:27:07,676 What did you do with the hammer? 1092 01:27:07,676 --> 01:27:09,316 I hid it. 1093 01:27:09,316 --> 01:27:12,436 In the priests' hiding hole. 1094 01:27:12,436 --> 01:27:14,116 Oh! 1095 01:27:15,436 --> 01:27:17,876 You couldn't find it! 1096 01:27:17,876 --> 01:27:22,156 The idea for that game, Geoffrey, that was Peter's, wasn't it? Yes! 1097 01:27:22,156 --> 01:27:25,436 He has a lot of ideas, doesn't he...Peter? 1098 01:27:29,036 --> 01:27:31,436 And you are his best friend, Geoffrey. 1099 01:27:33,436 --> 01:27:35,836 You don't have secrets from one another. 1100 01:27:35,836 --> 01:27:37,636 No. 1101 01:27:37,636 --> 01:27:39,356 Bet you told him, didn't you? 1102 01:27:42,236 --> 01:27:44,596 You told him what you'd done to Bruce. 1103 01:27:45,756 --> 01:27:48,116 He said he'd tell on me if I didn't... 1104 01:27:49,156 --> 01:27:53,196 and they would take me away and put me in prison! 1105 01:27:53,196 --> 01:27:54,796 Why, Geoffrey? 1106 01:27:54,796 --> 01:27:59,316 Why did Peter want you to do to the others what you'd done to Bruce? 1107 01:27:59,316 --> 01:28:01,356 Because...! 1108 01:28:01,356 --> 01:28:05,276 Because they betrayed the secret. 1109 01:28:05,276 --> 01:28:06,676 What secret? 1110 01:28:06,676 --> 01:28:08,876 That Peter was a Bantling? 1111 01:28:16,916 --> 01:28:18,396 Yes. 1112 01:28:18,396 --> 01:28:22,876 He overheard his mum and dad fighting about it. 1113 01:28:22,876 --> 01:28:25,556 He thinks of himself as yours. He's yours! 1114 01:28:27,316 --> 01:28:30,436 He is the bastard son of the Hartleys, 1115 01:28:30,436 --> 01:28:32,916 that is what he is! 1116 01:28:32,916 --> 01:28:35,236 (SOBBING) 1117 01:28:35,236 --> 01:28:38,396 They'd been arguing about you, hadn't they, Peter? 1118 01:28:39,556 --> 01:28:40,596 Yes. 1119 01:28:40,596 --> 01:28:45,396 Your mother told your father that you weren't really his son. 1120 01:28:46,636 --> 01:28:50,116 That you were...a Bantling. 1121 01:28:50,116 --> 01:28:52,396 Yes, I am a Bantling. 1122 01:28:53,676 --> 01:28:59,436 The word bantling was an ancient medieval term for...bastard. 1123 01:29:02,076 --> 01:29:04,356 Isn't that right? 1124 01:29:06,596 --> 01:29:10,196 And you knew that word, didn't you? From your medieval myths, 1125 01:29:10,196 --> 01:29:13,316 and your codes of chivalry. 1126 01:29:13,316 --> 01:29:15,556 You knew what it meant to be a bantling. 1127 01:29:17,876 --> 01:29:21,596 To wear the badge of shame, forfeit all honour, 1128 01:29:21,596 --> 01:29:26,076 be mocked, scorned, outcast for ever. 1129 01:29:28,876 --> 01:29:33,276 And the Ring were the owners of Bantling Boy, 1130 01:29:33,276 --> 01:29:35,916 who knew the secret. 1131 01:29:37,516 --> 01:29:41,676 They were the Possessors, sworn to keep it safe. 1132 01:29:41,676 --> 01:29:45,716 Once betrayed, the Secret must be taken back. 1133 01:29:45,716 --> 01:29:48,596 But how, Peter, how? 1134 01:29:54,796 --> 01:29:59,956 By the Knight Champion, with the Hammer Of Vengeance and the Pennant Of Pride in his hand. 1135 01:29:59,956 --> 01:30:02,596 He could steal back the Secret Of The Ring. 1136 01:30:04,476 --> 01:30:07,516 And Geoffrey was your Knight Champion, was he? 1137 01:30:14,596 --> 01:30:17,236 GEOFFREY: I want to be Lord Of The Manor now. 1138 01:30:17,236 --> 01:30:22,796 No, you're Knight Champion, Sir Geoffrey, brave and fearless. 1139 01:30:24,756 --> 01:30:30,596 So, Geoffrey stole back the secret by silencing them one by one. 1140 01:30:30,596 --> 01:30:34,276 That was his quest in that computer game that you created. 1141 01:30:34,276 --> 01:30:36,276 Yes. 1142 01:30:42,596 --> 01:30:45,636 And you almost won that duel, didn't you? Eh, Peter? 1143 01:30:45,636 --> 01:30:48,196 Colonel Hartley's Bantling Boy... 1144 01:30:49,276 --> 01:30:51,276 ..and Colonel Hartley's title... 1145 01:30:52,516 --> 01:30:54,556 ..would be all yours. 1146 01:30:54,556 --> 01:30:56,196 It's breeding. 1147 01:30:56,196 --> 01:30:57,796 Class will tell. 1148 01:30:58,996 --> 01:31:00,996 Horses and people alike. 1149 01:31:00,996 --> 01:31:02,676 It wasn't a game, Peter! 1150 01:31:06,836 --> 01:31:07,996 Peter... 1151 01:31:11,916 --> 01:31:14,396 I don't think he can hear us, Mr Craxton. 1152 01:32:00,116 --> 01:32:05,116 What I don't understand, sir, is why Geoffrey turned on Peter in the end. 1153 01:32:05,116 --> 01:32:08,556 Peter's last command to Geoffrey was to kill Angela, 1154 01:32:08,556 --> 01:32:11,956 because she knew about his Bantling secret, as well. 1155 01:32:11,956 --> 01:32:14,876 But Geoffrey liked Angela, she was his sister. 1156 01:32:14,876 --> 01:32:17,636 He couldn't do it, so he turned on Peter instead. 1157 01:32:17,636 --> 01:32:19,756 Makes you feel a bit queasy, sir. 1158 01:32:19,756 --> 01:32:24,036 A little kid like that using his computer to turn murder into a game. 1159 01:32:24,036 --> 01:32:27,116 Ah, Scott, when killing becomes entertainment, 1160 01:32:27,116 --> 01:32:30,116 we all lose touch with reality. We'll turn in here. 1161 01:32:30,116 --> 01:32:33,836 Sir? Tell the landlord we are onto the thefts in his car park. 1162 01:32:43,196 --> 01:32:45,676 TV: With just two furlongs to go 1163 01:32:45,676 --> 01:32:48,636 Ruby Mist has Bantling Boy on his shoulder. 1164 01:32:48,636 --> 01:32:51,396 Jake Foley sitting with a double handful. 1165 01:32:51,396 --> 01:32:55,556 Foley asks for an effort now and Bantling Boy storms into the lead! 1166 01:32:55,556 --> 01:32:58,836 And Bantling Boy wins his comeback race at a canter! 1167 01:32:58,836 --> 01:33:01,676 Have you had a bet on, sir? I have, Scott. 1168 01:33:01,676 --> 01:33:03,876 I made myself a nice little killing. 1169 01:33:33,676 --> 01:33:35,636 Subtitles by ITFC