Midsomer Murders (1997) s06e02 Episode Script

NIGHT BIRD CRIES DISTANT CHATTER ON RADIO MAN ON RADIO: .
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especially if you're a fishing freak like me.
Do you like fishing? WOMAN ON RADIO: No, not really.
So who've you got at home, Trish? Well, there's my husband, Paul.
And what does he do? He's a tree surgeon.
Oh, great.
And then there's Kelly, she's eight, and baby Mark.
Well, we call him baby Mark, he's nearly six.
I'll bet he just loves being called baby Mark.
He hates it, he really does.
And I guess the family's there with you right now.
Yes.
Well, no, I'm in the bedroom, they're downstairs in the kitchen listening.
Having a good laugh, I expect.
Course they're not laughing at you.
Why should they? Best mum in the world.
they're proud of you.
Take care now.
Bye, Dave.
Sorry to say we still have major problems as you approach Causton on the Ridgeway, due to an overturned vehicle and trailer.
So avoid the area if you can.
Coming up later we've got Jenny Carlisle with her regular health spot, followed by our old friend Rob Smith with all the local farming news.
But right now, it's time for our You Can Do It competition CLOCK TICKS Arggh! BIRDS CHIRP Morning, sir.
Troy.
His name's Martin Wroath.
He lived alone.
It's got to be suicide.
But what a way to do it.
RADIO: .
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station that's giving away a brand-new car.
Listen to Ed James at breakfast tomorrow from six.
JIG PLAYS ON RADIO (SNIFFS) Who found him? His housekeeper, sir.
Worked for him part-time.
I suggested she wait in the drawing room.
He leave a note? Haven't found one.
Could be some kind of memento reminding him of better days.
Why didn't he just go outside and stick a gun to his head? Why go to all this trouble? Mrs Mary May? Yes.
How do you do? I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby.
Uh, I understand that you were the first person to enter the house this morning.
What time was that? About 8:30.
My usual time.
I know all of this must have been a great shock to you, but can you remember the last time you saw Martin Wroath alive? Two days ago.
I only come in three days a week.
A house this size needs more time, but he was a mean man.
Always expected more for less.
I'm sorry he had to do what he did to himself.
I suppose some of us could see that coming.
Could have had the decency to give me my money first.
What money? He owed me four weeks' wages.
Then again, he owed a lot of people.
Do you happen to know his next of kin? Yes.
It's all right for you intellectuals.
Some of us have to work for a living.
(MOUTHS WORDS) Stop it.
Mrs Sarah Wroath? I'm Sarah Wroath, yes.
Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby.
Do you think we could have a word, please? About what? Um Can we talk inside? Providing you don't raise your voice, yes.
Thank you.
The baby's still asleep.
By the way, I don't call myself Mrs Wroath anymore.
Just Sarah will do.
Right.
So, um, how can I help? It's about your estranged husband, Martin Wroath.
Oh, no, not more trouble.
What's he trying to do to us now? Well, whatever he was trying to do, Sarah, he won't be doing it anymore.
BELLS TINKLE Won't keep you.
It's Martin, Mr Leesmith.
He's killed himself.
What? He shot himself.
I saw the body.
I was the one who found him.
He almost blew his own head right off.
What can I get you, Mrs May? I don't want anything.
I just thought I'd come and tell you the news, that's all.
Well, that's very thoughtful of you.
We're closed.
You've only just opened! Thank you, Mrs May.
(SNIFFLES) He caused us so many problems.
Gordon always hoped he'd kill himself with drink, but I'd never wish death on anyone.
Ever.
Who's Gordon? He's the local pharmacist.
We set up home together after I left Martin.
We were all set to get married as soon as my decree absolute comes through.
He's a good man.
And a proud father.
I just hope I just hope that Martin didn't kill himself because of me.
Now why would you think that? He wanted me back.
That's why he caused us all these problems.
He'd He'd get drunk and come round here and shout insults at me.
And at Gordon.
Was he ever physically violent towards you? During the marriage, yes.
He was always drinking, gambling our money away, and he liked the women.
Other women.
After I left, he got worse.
Got depressed.
So he tried to get help.
Where? Mercy Park, just outside the village.
Well, thank you, Sarah.
It's a great display, that.
Are those Gordon's? Yes.
Yes, he's wasted working in a chemist shop.
He's such a brilliant musician.
There was blood everywhere.
Up the walls, in the sink, all over the fridge.
Martin Wroath? Yes.
Well, what was left of him.
I'm glad they didn't ask me to clean that lot up.
(CLEARS THROAT) Morning, girls.
Good morning.
Thanks.
Excuse me.
Thank you.
I've had a word with the dead man's GP.
He'd been having treatment for depression.
Yeah, I know, at Mercy Park.
Oh.
Anyway, it backs up the suicide theory.
Does it? I reckon so.
That device he built in there.
Maybe he had to do it that way.
Probably couldn't handle the moment.
Take this to Forensics.
(SINGS) Sarah! He's dead.
That bastard's dead.
I know.
Our troubles are over! Careful.
Oh, Sarah, what would I do without you? And you.
Look.
Eh? MOBILE PLAYS LULLABY Ooh, quite a place.
And quite a person running it.
You don't know Dr Moore, do you? No, sir.
I used the good doctor on a couple of difficult cases.
Long before your time, of course.
Doing what? These days it's called psychological profiling.
Oh, that.
And having a brilliantly analytical mind, Dr Moore was spot on.
Yeah, well, these dried up old academics are all right for a bit of theory long after the event, but your Dr Moore doesn't have to go out and find it first hand, does he? Probably not, Troy.
Tom.
It's great to see you.
Jane.
It's good to see you too.
Jane, I've set up a five o'clock appointment for the new arrivals.
Oh, right.
Troy, this is Dr Moore.
Dr Moore, Sergeant Troy.
Hello.
Hi.
This is Tony Parish.
He's our resident counsellor.
How do you do? A resident counsellor in a cottage hospital? I've made changes.
Knowing you, Jane, I wouldn't expect you to move anywhere without making changes.
A survival course.
Why not? I believe in active rehabilitation.
And that's what Mercy Park is getting.
It's been long overdue.
So I kicked out the TV sets and the slippers.
Well, I do hope good old care in the community is still flourishing.
It is.
My kind of care.
No-one is left alone here.
What kind of patients do you have? The usual cross-section, and a few damaged people I've shipped in.
They also need help.
Jane, we've come to ask you about one of your patients.
Who? Martin Wroath.
Martin.
He was here on a voluntary basis for a while.
But he discharged himself a few weeks ago.
Give you a reason? Didn't need to.
He liked his drink too much.
Of course he wasn't allowed that here.
Why? Martin Wroath is dead.
He was found with gunshot wounds.
Martin? That's terrible.
How? What happened? When did you last see him? I suppose about a week ago.
I used to visit him regularly.
On an unofficial basis.
Try and get him to come back.
But I was wasting my time.
You're not trying to tell me that he killed himself? We're not sure yet.
He wouldn't.
Not Martin.
He was a natural-born gambler, always looking for an easy way out, a way that would benefit him.
He'd never take his own life.
DOOR UNLOCKS Mum's home.
No! Leave me alone! I'm telling her first.
Mum, guess what? A man's dead, Mum.
We heard about it.
His head was shot off and there was blood everywhere.
I know.
It was an ex-patient of mine.
Oh, no.
Guy, switch that off.
Mum's upset.
Ettie, can you get Mum a drink? What's wrong, Mum? The man who died, he was one of Mum's patients.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Really sorry.
(SIGHS) What a day.
FOOTSTEPS UPSTAIRS Mrs May.
What are you doing here? May I? Oh.
Put these back where they belong, please.
Do what he says, will you? We just wanted something back for what we're owed, that's all.
This happens to be the scene of a police investigation, Mrs May.
Are you aware of that? Yes.
How did you get in? Back door.
Then I'd like your keys to the house, please.
Please.
Give him the bloody keys.
OK.
Come on.
Mrs May Do you know if Martin Wroath had any visitors recently? No.
Except that doctor woman.
She was always here.
Thank you.
Sir.
Post-mortem report, Troy.
There were large amounts of alcohol in Martin Wroath's system, plus an almost equal amount of an anti-depressant drug.
Here you go.
What about the cup? It contained traces of the same tricyclic drug.
So do you reckon he mixed himself a cocktail before he took his own life? Why would he want to do that? I don't know.
To make things easier.
Read.
Read what it says, Troy.
It says "large amount of the drug", which would have been circulating in his bloodstream, which means he would have been unconscious at the time he was sitting in that contraption of his.
So he'd have been in no fit state to shoot himself.
BRASS BAND PLAYS MOZART'S RONDO ALLA TURCA (KNOCKS) If you're looking for the chemist, you're wasting your time.
Why? That's just his day job.
(BOTH LAUGH) These damaged people Dr Moore's been talking about.
What about them? Would they have had convictions? I have no idea.
But I'm sure Jane knows what she's doing.
Always admired her mind.
I'm sure you have, sir.
Jane was very good to work with, Troy.
She would have made a very good detective.
How are we supposed to ask questions with that racket going on? Police! Stop! PLAYING ENDS IN CACOPHONY The Morton Fendle Concert Championship.
That's right.
Three years ago.
What do you reckon the police want? Dunno.
Maybe Gordon's been murdering the piano again.
(ALL LAUGH) Mind you, I would have preferred stronger competition.
So this cup belongs to you? Of course it belongs to me.
What are you doing with it? When did you last see it? At home with all the other trophies.
Where else would it be? I've had enough interruptions for one day, so if you don't mind This cup .
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was found beside the body of Martin Wroath.
And it contained traces of a tricyclic drug called tenzine.
Does your pharmacy stock that particular drug, Mr Leesmith? Did you kill Martin Wroath? (SCOFFS) Of course I didn't kill him! You had reason to.
Yes, but I couldn't do it.
I wouldn't take a life.
Martin Wroath must have stolen it.
Why would he do that? Well, he was always calling round to the house, all hours of the day, trying to get Sarah back.
And he collected things.
Bits of bric-a-brac.
Gordon - I'll be with you in a minute, Sonia.
Go through the andante section again, will you? Start at letter 'P'.
Right you are, Gordon.
BAND STARTS UP Mr Barnaby.
This is a small village.
And I have two important roles to play here.
People look up to me.
I can't afford trouble.
Right.
I have to admit, I I have conducted better bands.
Presentation, that's my main worry with this lot.
But it's my ambition to change all that.
I'm going to incorporate one or two drum majorettes.
Good-looking young girls, of course.
That should make Midsomer Worthy sit up and take notice.
I'm sure it will.
All right if I come on board? Sure.
Hello.
Hiya.
Gor! Couldn't do a handbrake turn in one of these things, could you? Be books everywhere.
Tell me something, Cully.
What do you know about Dr Jane Moore? Why? Your dad finds her invaluable.
I know he asked her to work with him once.
It was a difficult case.
I suppose she solved it for him, did she? Well, she must have helped.
Dad got a conviction.
They spent quite a few days together.
Must have had you and your mum a bit worried.
Why should it? It was a working relationship.
Course it was.
Is that it? Only I'm due at the Crossways, and I'm late.
Fine.
You can drop me off.
From what I hear, the locals aren't too sure about Dr Moore.
Why? They don't like what she's done here.
They're a quiet lot.
They don't do much with their lives.
They read books.
Yes.
Maybe she was just too much of a high flyer for them.
Has she got a family? She's a widow.
Lives with her children.
Her husband was killed in a climbing accident about three years ago.
I'll see you later.
Yeah.
See you.
Yes, Martin Wroath was prescribed tenzine while he was here.
On a regular basis? Yes.
What about after he left? He wouldn't have been able to get hold of it.
Tenzine has a high overdose danger rating.
It can only be taken under strict medical supervision.
You see, his body contained a very large amount of the drug.
Then I've no idea where he got it from.
PHONE RINGS Yes.
What, again? OK, I'll deal with it.
Dean! Could Martin Wroath have nicked the drug? Not from here.
Dean! Of course, he could have been hoarding his supply, taking some home with him every day.
Did your staff construct this course? No, Jane got a professional to do it.
Jeff Haskin, a local man.
Dean! Bit of a temptation, though, isn't it, for any potential suicide case? We don't have many vulnerables here.
There are no physical exercises planned today, Dean.
You know that as well as I do.
Do I? Yes.
So get down here right now.
I'd say ten out of ten for that.
Who is that man? Dean Hunniset has been in institutions from orphanages upwards most of his life.
Someone had to help him.
So you had him moved to Mercy Park.
As part of a rehabilitation scheme, yes.
He needs to be reintroduced into society.
Is he allowed out? Providing we know where he is, yes.
What does that mean? He's allowed authorised absence to do a part-time gardening job in the village.
Where did you move him from, Jane? A secure hospital unit.
Then he must have committed an offence or two.
A long time ago, yes.
Poor old Dean's been lost in the system.
Happens to a lot of people.
Troy, could you make your own way back to Causton, please? Yes, sir.
Why? Because I'd like to take Jane - Dr Moore - to the farmhouse.
Ettie.
I'm just going out for a while.
Tell Hannah and Guy, will you? Yes, Mum.
I wonder what he was trying to tell us.
Often suicides who hang themselves are making some kind of statement.
"Look what you made me do", etc.
He didn't kill himself.
What are you talking about? You mean someone went to all this trouble to commit murder? Yes.
I don't believe it.
So why didn't he fight back? Because he'd been drugged first.
Oh! Do you know of anyone who could kill in such a way? I could think of one or two.
But they've been put away for life.
When you last visited here about a week ago .
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what kind of state was he in? Much the same.
Drinking too much.
Depressed.
Missing his wife.
He really loved Sarah.
And during your chats, did you ever share a drink with him? I'd have the odd glass of wine now and again.
What kind of wine? White.
I only drink white.
I understand Martin had quite a few enemies.
Yes.
How did he get on with people at the hospital? He didn't.
He upset quite a few.
He used to wind them up.
By the way, tomorrow's our first anniversary at Mercy Park.
Tony thinks we should celebrate at my place.
Will you come? I'd like that very much, thank you.
And happy anniversary.
PEOPLE CHATTER Good food.
Oh, thanks.
Our brother, Guy, organised it.
Top man.
Don't tell him that.
(CHUCKLES) No.
His head's big enough already.
Red or white? Oh, red, please.
Thank you.
These doctors do all right for themselves, don't they? You're not drinking? No, I'm driving, but I'll have a Coke or something.
I expect you and Dad'll have the odd drink in the line of duty.
Absolutely.
Gordon, glad you could make it.
Ah, thank you, Jane.
On my own, I'm afraid.
Sarah's busy with the baby.
Right.
Excuse me.
Tom.
You look rather trapped.
Too many people for you? Yes.
Let's go outside for a bit.
I think it's going rather well, don't you? Looks like it.
Mm! You've done wonders, Guy.
Thanks, Tony.
You all have.
But like I've always said, nothing's too good for your mother.
I'd do anything for her.
(GIRLS SUPPRESS A LAUGH) Here's to a very successful year.
With an ex-patient dying on me? Could have been better.
Martin Wroath's death had nothing to do with you.
You must know that.
I took this job when my husband died.
It was a downward step.
But I decided I needed something a little less demanding while I grieved for him.
And now it's taken off.
In a big way.
Yeah, and the kids, they seem happy enough.
Oh, they're great.
And they stay so close to me.
Sometimes they act like parents.
Hm! But at least Hannah and Guy came through it all right.
It was a terrible time for them.
(SOOTHING) Oh.
You see, they were there when Andy fell to his death.
GAVIN: At the moment your dad's listening to Jane Moore's opinions more then he's listening to mine.
Well, he must have a reason.
I'm sure he has.
Because I'm also quite good at knowing what goes on in people's minds.
It's part of the job.
He should know that.
Mm.
And some of the patients she's got in that hospital, I mean, it's a joke! Why? Police officers and psychiatrists have different objectives, that's why.
What objectives? Well, it's simple - we lock them up and the shrinks let them out again.
Oh, come on, Gavin! Relax! It's a party.
Huh! Yeah.
VIOLINIST PLAYS FOLK TUNE Tony.
Do you mind if I ask you something? What? Are you all right? Me? Yes, fine.
I've had a long day.
Did Dean Hunniset get to know Martin Wroath when he was at the hospital? Of course he did.
They were in group together.
How did they get on? They hated each other.
Oh, Tom.
Ettie, time for bed.
But Mum, I wanted to hear the music! Up you go.
School in the morning.
Please! Jane, I think I'll head off.
OK.
Are you all right? Bit tired.
I'm not surprised.
You've been busy.
Mum! Ettie.
Bed! Now! Come on, Ettie, you heard what mum said.
We'll take her up with us.
Come on.
Kids.
(ONLOOKERS CHEER) That was fantastic, Gavin, well done! Yeah? Just wait till I start on the knives and forks! PLASHING Dean? If you've been in the stream again after lights out, there'll be trouble.
Dean! Any chance of a lift? What about Dad? He's getting a cab home.
Or so he says.
OK.
I'm just over here.
Would you mind if we stop off somewhere on the way back? You must be kidding! No, seriously, Cully, this is business, not pleasure.
Stop where? Mercy Park.
Why? I want to prove something.
Prove what? I want to know how he does it.
Who? Gavin, this is crazy! Come here.
Just trust me.
Where the hell are we going? (GAVIN LAUGHS) TWIG SNAPS Gavin.
Wait! What are we doing here? I'll show you.
Watch this.
Oh! (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) Careful! God! (LAUGHS) Well.
You've proved one thing.
You're no Tarzan.
Here, let me show you how it's done.
(LAUGHS) (PEOPLE CHATTER) Morning, Gordon.
Good morning, Sonia.
Um, Sonia, perhaps you'd like to listen to, um, this version of the piece we've been rehearsing.
See what you think.
BAND PLAYS DISTANTLY Did you see anyone else here last night? Er, no.
Did you hear anyone? Er Not happy, Troy.
I know, sir.
Having to question you and my own daughter as possible witnesses makes me very unhappy.
Looks like his body was dragged out of the stream and along here.
You saying he didn't hang himself? That's right.
What beats me is, why drown him and then string him up? You can't be killed twice, can you? These were found in his pocket.
They're in capsule form, so the water hadn't quite dissolved them.
What are they? At first glance, the same antidepressant drug - tenzine.
You're saying You're saying he was murdered? Yes.
How terrible! You're used to seeing this sort of thing, Dad.
Yes.
I'm not.
Did you see or hear anything else when you were there? No.
Well, I I thought I saw something when we were making our way to the survival course.
But I can't be certain.
What do you mean, you thought you saw something? In the dark.
In the trees.
Aa shape.
Like somebody watching.
But I can't be sure.
BABY CRIES Er, I just wanted to say that a certain little item has arrived.
Yes.
This morning.
So perhaps you'd like to come and see me some time.
I look forward to that.
SARAH: It's all right, darling.
You go to sleep now, darling.
I've got to go.
I'll speak to you soon.
FOOTSTEPS Forensic evidence suggests that Tony was drowned in the stream, yet marks on his body indicated that he'd been forced under the water and held there.
He also had some tenzine capsules in his pocket.
I expect he intended giving them to one of the patients.
Then why did he take them to your party? I don't know.
I expect he forgot.
The poor man's dead, for God's sake.
Could he have taken the drug himself? No.
Because there are also traces of tenzine in his system.
If Tony had a drug dependency problem, I'd have been the first to know about it.
Jane.
Have you seen this? What is it? It's a draft letter saying that he'd been concerned about Dean Hunniset's behaviour and had recommended that all his privileges be withdrawn.
Ugh.
Dean Hunniset.
I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, this is Detective Sergeant Troy.
Ugh.
Mr Hunniset, could you tell us, please, where you were last night between the hours of 9pm and midnight? I was in the canteen at 9:30.
Talking to Terry.
Ask him.
Who's Terry? One of the patients.
I came up here to bed.
It's lights out at 9:30.
There's four of us on this ward.
They saw me go to bed.
Ask them.
You people, you never give up, do you? I was convicted a long time ago, and I've been shunted around ever since.
Why were you convicted? We can check.
I stole cars.
And you were sectioned for that? It was the way I stole them.
Why don't I make things easy for you? I didn't kill Martin Wroath.
But like a lot of people here, I'd like to have done.
Why? He antagonised people, people with problems.
People who couldn't defend themselves.
Fortunately they had me to defend them.
They still have.
And Tony? Now, why would I want to kill him? Well, you obviously didn't like him.
Only because he was weak.
I've no time for weakness.
Not here.
This place needs people like Dr Moore and me.
Why should it need you? Dr Moore'll tell you.
I'm an example to others.
I've come through it all.
Dealt with all the crap.
Now they know that they can do the same.
I knew there'd be trouble when they put that survival course near the stream.
Jeff insisted on it.
Said it was the best place for it.
Jeff Haskin? Yeah.
The rope man.
My family have been in ropes and rigging for years.
I even had a great uncle who was a public hangman back in the '30s.
Really? Did 18 of them.
My dad said he used to call them his little pals.
And when he was going off to do a job, he'd pack his overnight bag and tell his wife he was going to visit one of his pals.
(CHUCKLES) Not the sort of friendship you want, though, is it? I believe you rigged the survival course at Mercy Park, is that right? That's right.
Easy job.
I like rope.
Real rope.
I like the feel of it.
(INHALES) Smell that.
Hm.
Burmese hemp.
Best rope in the world.
You can do anything with it.
And my wife, she loves rope as well.
Got a lot of it in the house.
I take it that you knew Martin Wroath.
Yes.
Bastard owed me money.
But he always avoided paying up.
Won't get it now, will I? Why did he owe you money? We were going into business together.
It was his idea.
Said he knew of a market.
So I provided all the time and materials.
But he lost interest.
I didn't get a penny.
What sort of business? I'll show you.
He reckoned we could set up a stall and sell these at country shows.
Siege engines.
I've checked out Hunniset's form, sir.
He did steal cars.
But on the last occasion, the owner tried to stop him.
Hunniset then attempted to strangle him.
The victim was elderly and had a heart attack at the scene of the crime.
Hunniset then tried to strangle one of the arresting police officers.
When, when was this? About eight years ago.
He was found unfit to plead and ordered to be detained at a secure hospital.
He's not been in trouble since.
Joe! Come on, Theo, let's go.
Must have happened during the night.
The loo window was forced.
It's out the back.
Was the alarm on? Yes.
But only the doors are connected.
You don't expect someone to break into the loo, do you? What was taken? As far as I can make out, some sugar-free chocolate.
Some drugs.
There was cash in the till, but that's still there.
What kind of drugs? Just the one kind.
The tricyclic drug that you mentioned before, tenzine.
How much was taken? Um, quite a large amount.
I closed the bar at 11:45 last night, and I was here tidying up till 12:30.
Did you see anyone near the pharmacy at that time? Didn't look.
Or hear anything suspicious? No.
Thank you, Mr May.
KNOCK AT DOOR Oh, hello, Hannah.
Is Mr Leesmith in? Um, no, they've gone out.
Oh.
Would you like to come in? Yes, yes, please.
I'm babysitting.
It's not a problem.
She's fast asleep.
She knows me.
I often sit for them.
So where have they gone? Sarah's a bit worried about all the bad things going on in the village just lately, so Mr Leesmith's taken her out to tea by the river.
He's even bought her flowers.
I'm sorry, are you working? Oh, um, it's just homework.
Bit of a struggle, is that.
Oh, it's a nightmare.
Erm, would you like a cup of tea? I'm just making myself one.
Yes, I would, thank you, thank you.
How do you like it? Strong, please, with one sugar.
OK.
Are you a fan of the Midsomer Worthy Band, then? No, I hate that kind of music.
And all that silly dressing up.
I'm also worried about what's happening in the village, Mr Barnaby.
Well, you don't have to be, Hannah.
We're here.
We'll do our best to find out who's responsible.
Thank you.
I wish we could go away.
Who's we? Me and Mum, Guy and Ettie.
Go away where? Just somewhere far away.
Somewhere quiet.
Mum works too hard.
She's always busy doing things.
If we could just find the right place, some quiet place, we could look after Mum.
You like her, don't you, Mr Barnaby? Yes, yes, I do.
I have a great admiration for her.
And it's her big occasion on Saturday.
The Mercy Park open day.
Will you be there? How could I possibly miss out on a thing like that? BAND PLAYS UPBEAT TUNE Hello.
The locals have done us proud this time.
It's quite a turnout.
Yeah, good! Enjoy yourselves.
We will, thanks.
I take it this isn't a day off.
With two unsolved murders to my name, when can I have a day off? What's that? Don't know what your dad's up to.
He's got a number one suspect here right now.
Who? The rope-climbing expert.
Well, why don't you arrest him? Not up to me, is it? Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please! Would both teams for the tug-of-war assemble now? OK, gents.
Come on, come on, let's have a good contest, shall we? All right, gentlemen, start to take the strain.
(MEN GRUNT) Keep firm hold.
Right, let's see if we can get it right this time.
Wait for my signal, please.
And Arggh! LAUGHTER Look, for the third time, will you wait for the signal? Don't you loonies understand English? Mick, what's he done to you, Mick? You can see what he's like.
Why don't you just arrest him now? Are you gonna let this happen? It's all right.
It's not all right! Nothing's all right! My husband gets attacked, and there's been a serious crime at my house.
A serious crime? Yes.
In my garden.
Now what are you gonna do about that? I've left everything just as it was.
And I'm not the only one.
Next door's has gone as well.
So tell me, who'd want to steal washing lines? BAND PLAYS AULD LANG SYNE What happened at Mrs May's house? Someone nicked her washing line.
What? Not the washing.
Just the line itself.
That's her serious crime.
I mean, who'd want to steal the old bag's knickers anyway? In answer to your earlier question, I'm not going to arrest Hunniset.
Why not? He almost killed the referee.
Then again, he's got Dr Moore on his side, hasn't he? She believes in him, yes.
And I respect her judgment.
Mrs May and her stolen washing line, sir.
What about it? Well, we've got all the help we need.
So why not do a bit of psychiatric profiling on that as well? (HUMS) KNOCK AT DOOR I'm so glad you could make it.
Gordon? What's he been playing at? Did they nick the flag as well? No.
It was lying trampled on the ground.
That should be an offence in itself.
Why? It's our national flag.
The Queen's flag.
The Union Jack.
KNOCKING Gordon! Excuse me.
Gordon! KNOCKING CONTINUES So what you gonna do about my rope?! Is anything wrong? I thought Gordon might be in here.
He does his prescriptions on a Sunday morning.
Didn't he tell you what he was doing? No, he hasn't been home all night.
KNOCK AT DOOR SONIA: Gordon? His suit's still hanging up in his locker.
Can you go through the pockets? Yes, sir.
His wallet's still here.
Money, credit cards.
Some loose change.
A lot of scuff marks on the floor.
I think he was dragged into here.
Could have been killed before he was hung up.
Like Tony? Yeah.
And there's this.
It's Simms and Sykes or Simmons.
Anyway, something and Sykes.
Yeah, there's part of a London postcode.
APPLAUSE We've managed to trace that name, sir.
It's Simblet and Sykes.
They're an old established firm of outfitters.
They specialise in staff wear and uniforms.
Gordon Leesmith? I'm afraid so, yes.
Of all people.
He was harmless.
Why was he killed? We don't know.
How on earth is Sarah going to cope with this? Was Dean Hunniset working in the village today? I'm not sure.
He may have been.
I'd need to check.
There's something you should see.
There.
All the ropes, every one, just disappeared.
Ropes.
Hm! They're everywhere in this, aren't they? Tony's body was hung up by a rope.
Leesmith was hanged by his own lanyard.
Maybe the theft of the clothesline isn't as trivial as we thought.
Jane, ever had any problems with Jeff Haskin? He resents this place.
Has he ever had a go at you personally? No.
Why, sir? That man is very fond of rope.
I was just about to call you people.
Why? Well, I'll show you why.
I was only gone an hour.
Why didn't you lock the place up? I was only just along the road in the pub having my lunch.
All my best ropes.
I mean, even all the odds and ends of ropes are gone.
What use is that lot to anyone? Don't know what I'm going to do now.
Gordon was the kindest, most talented person I've ever known.
Who would want to hurt him? I'm sorry, Sarah, to have to ask you questions at a time like this, but you see, it is necessary.
We must find whoever's responsible.
You say he didn't tell you he was going to the village hall last night.
No.
He would have sent the other band members straight home after the performance.
Gordon would have gone back to the village hall to change.
He was still in his uniform.
Did he tell you he'd ordered a different kind of uniform? What kind of uniform? A drum majorette outfit.
No.
No, he didn't tell me.
But he could have bought it.
He did always want drum majorettes in the band, but I told him it wasn't right for Midsomer Worthy.
They're far too conservative here.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS Excuse me.
Did Gordon ever mention that one of his commemorative cups had gone missing? No.
He believed Martin Wroath could have stolen it.
Well, I wouldn't put it past him.
He was always round here.
We don't have that many visitors.
What about your babysitter? Hannah? She wouldn't have stolen it.
Not Hannah.
Yeah? Yeah, yeah, I know it is.
Yep.
Will do.
Yep, thanks.
The drum majorette's uniform, sir.
The tunic's been found.
Where? Near the playing field.
Get Sarah to do a formal ID of the body, will you? And then meet me there.
APPLAUSE Hiya! Hi.
Ettie.
Hannah.
Is this is a private party? No.
Come and join us.
Thank you.
We always give Guy a picnic when he's playing.
He likes his food.
Yes, the greedy pig! Would you like a cup of tea? Yes, I would, thank you.
Thanks, that's mine! Stop moaning.
I'll get you another one in a minute.
Hello, Mr Barnaby.
Hello, Guy.
Is Dean Hunniset, does he have anything to do with your school side? Dean? No.
Mercy Park's getting a staff-patient side together.
THWACK! APPLAUSE Have you ever taken Mum on a picnic, Mr Barnaby? Er, no, no, I haven't.
I bet you'd like to.
Ettie, shut up.
Good shot! APPLAUSE NIGHT BIRD CALLS Ugh! HORN BEEPS Sir? Sir.
Here.
It's brandy.
Drink it.
(GAGS) Did you see anyone, sir? No.
(COUGHS) There's something I feel I should tell you.
Dean Hunniset hasn't returned to the hospital.
It can wait till morning, sir.
You need to see a doctor.
I'll put a call out for him.
You know, it's almost as if someone were playing games with us.
Poor Mr Barnaby didn't look well last night.
No, he didn't.
Good job he had Mum there to look after him.
Ettie, don't scuff those shoes.
Did you hear me? They're my shoes.
Maybe Mum wants to look after Mr Barnaby forever.
He's married.
What difference does that make? Ettie, sometimes you say the stupidest things.
Oh, yeah? I wonder where I get that from.
Someone's coming to get you.
No! (SQUEALS) No! Don't, Guy! No! I said don't.
I'll tell Mum.
Stop it.
Stop doing that.
I said don't, Guy! No! No! Ow! Tom, hello.
What did the doctor say? Doctor said I'd been drugged, probably with a strong tranquiliser.
I'd say tenzine, wouldn't you? Oh, Tom.
Has Dean Hunniset returned yet? No.
He's still not here.
Can we have a look round? I'm a bit late for an appointment.
That's no problem.
ENGINE STARTS He can't hide behind the shrinks now, can he, sir? Where would he go? This is his only home.
Perhaps he's still gardening.
All night? This is gonna look good in the stolen property book.
Sir! All the rigging from Haskin's workshop.
Yes.
Well, we've got him now.
He's definitely the one.
I'd like to think so.
Hello, Dean.
Please, putput the piece of wood down, OK? I'm not going back.
I'm not going back to that secure unit.
I thought you said you were supposed to be an example to others.
I am.
I am.
Well, what sort of example is that? Come on, put it down.
Did you ever visit Martin Wroath's house? I went there once.
I did a couple of hours gardening for him.
But he never paid us.
Did you visit his house on the night he was murdered? No.
But you have the strength to kill people, Dean.
You also have the strength to drag their bodies from the scene of a crime and hang them.
I saw you.
What? The night Tony was killed.
I saw you.
And the girl.
Where the hell are we going? (GAVIN LAUGHS) Gavin! I was all set to cut the poor bastard down when you turned up.
What else did you see? Nothing.
Come on, Dean! You were there when he died.
So if you didn't kill him, who did? Who are you protecting? I should have stopped it happening.
Who killed him, Dean? Pissed off with talking now.
All right then.
Tell us about the rope and cord.
Why did you take it? Nobody knew.
Climb out my window at night.
Take all I could get.
Nobody ever saw us.
Had to do it.
Had to help Dr Moore.
By stealing rope? Of course.
If it wasn't there, they couldn't use it, could they? I had to stop them killing again.
Them? How many are we talking about here, Dean? Two? Maybe three? We'll talk to you later, Guy.
Hannah, will you come this way, please? Hannah! I want to be with Hannah! Just do as they say, Guy, it's all right.
Do you know why you've been brought here, Hannah? No.
We'd like to ask you some questions.
Do you recognise this cup? No.
Did you take it from Sarah's house one day when you were babysitting? No.
Take a closer look.
I may have borrowed it.
Without asking? Yeah.
Who'd miss that thing? Why did you borrow it? Pfff! I needed some tat for a school project on gamesmanship, and that was perfect.
And did you take that cup round to Martin Wroath's house? Where? The farmhouse in Salter's Lane.
Why would I want to take it there? Because that's where we found it.
Next to the dead body of Martin Wroath.
Did you put it there, Hannah? No.
Did you put drugs in the cup? How could I? I don't even know where the house is! But surely you knew Martin Wroath? No.
Yes.
Your mother used to visit him.
Did she? On a purely professional basis, of course, but maybe you misinterpreted that.
Maybe you thought he was, um, trying it on with her.
She's old enough to look after herself.
Not with you around, she isn't.
Then perhaps you invited yourself around instead.
To teach him a lesson.
DOORBELL RINGS Hello, Mr Wroath.
Hello, Hannah.
And I expect you made yourself look good.
Because Martin Wroath would have liked that.
Martin Wroath was that kind of a man.
Then what? Did he offer you a drink? A glass of white wine, perhaps? Before I killed him? Yes.
Come on now.
Me? I mean, how could I possibly kill a grown man? With some help, maybe.
Because you didn't go to that house alone, did you, Hannah? (SIGHS) KNOCK AT DOOR And oh, what a game the three of you played.
Hannah! Kill him! Kill him, kill him! As for poor old Tony, what kind of a threat was he? But then, he did have a crush on your mum.
We could all see that.
Did you hope that his murder would help close down the hospital? Why would I want that? So that you and you family could get away together.
And find that perfect place.
We believe that you used the same drug to fix Tony's drink.
At the party, maybe.
We also believe that you put some of those capsules into his pocket after you drowned him.
(KIDS YELL) Hannah, you'll have to tell us.
Have to tell us the truth.
Because we have evidence.
And we're going to talk to Guy, and we're going to talk to Ettie.
And I feel fairly certain they'll have something to say.
And then there's your mother.
She'll have to know.
You bastard! You were lucky.
You were so bloody lucky! Yes, I realise that.
I knew how you liked your tea.
HORN BEEPS Would you like to tell us about Gordon Leesmith? What's funny? Mr Leesmith and his band.
So you broke into the pharmacy and stole more drugs.
Why did you do that? You used up the others? I asked Mr Leesmith for some drugs, but he refused.
Why should he give them to you? Because he liked me.
He wanted me to be his drum majorette.
So we stole the drugs.
Ettie took some chocolate.
Me, a drum majorette? So he had to be killed? Of course.
He would have said something.
I'm surprised you didn't drug him first as well.
Didn't need to.
He was already up for it.
He used to ring me saying he'd got a uniform and he wanted me to go and try it on.
Ettie and I had such a laugh about it.
And then we thought, "Well, here's an opportunity.
" KNOCK AT DOOR BAND MUSIC PLAYS I'm so glad you could make it.
I think we gave Mr Leesmith the performance of his life.
LEESMITH CHOKES (LAUGHS) Is this all right for you, Mr Leesmith? Is this how you want me? (ETTIE LAUGHS) No-one will ever take our mother away from us.
Ever.
Ettie.
Ettie, this is Miss Daniels.
She's our social worker.
And she'll be with us during our little chat.
Is that all right? Here we are.
Where's Mum? Well, she's not at home yet.
So that's why Miss Daniels is here.
Would you like to sit down, Ettie? Here.
Do you want to ask me about Hannah and Guy and what we did? Perhaps we'll do that later on, yes.
But right now, I'd like to talk to you about your father.
He's dead.
Yeah, I know.
I'm sorry.
What sort of person was he? I expect he was a good dad to have, was he? He was all right.
Did you love him as much as you loved your mother? No.
Why not? He was too clingy.
Too clingy? Why too clingy? Too clingy with Mum.
All over her.
Kissing and that.
He used to send us out of the room sometimes.
Why, why did he do that? Because he wanted to be with Mum all the time.
He used to make me cry, and it made Hannah angry.
She said he wanted Mum all to himself.
But Hannah and Guy, they got on well with your father, didn't they? They went away on a climbing holiday together, didn't they? (CHUCKLES) I know.
Does that make you want to laugh? Sometimes.
Why? (LAUGHS) Dad didn't fall down the cliff.
Guy and Hannah pushed him.
(LAUGHS) Tom, why did you ask me to meet you here? Cos I might need your help with this.
All right.
I rang in.
They said you'd found the person responsible for the murders.
Yes, that's right.
Oh, thank God for that.
So who is it? Closed Captions by CSI