First broadcast 23rd June 2013.
When old family friend Louisa Oxley visits Miss Marple one stormy night seeking help, Miss Marple decides to send her and her son, Archie, to safety at the labyrinthine estate of Greenshaw's Folly, owned by Miss Marple's good friend Katherine Greenshaw, an eccentric botanist and the last surviving Greenshaw.
Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple
Kimberley Nixon as Louisa Oxley
Bobby Smalldridge as Archie Oxley
Martin Compston as Alfred Pollock
Jim Moir as Walter Cracken
Julia Sawalha as Mrs Cresswell
Fiona Shaw as Miss Katherine Greenshaw
Sam Reid as Nat Fletcher
Rufus Jones as Horace Bindler
Joanna David as Grace Ritchie
Robert Glenister as Father Brophy
Judy Parfitt as Cicely Beauclerk
Candida Gubbins as Minnie Tulliver
John Gordon Sinclair as Inspector Welch
Matt Willis as Sergeant Cayley
Oscar Pearce as Philip Oxley
Duncan Casey as Parsons
When old family friend Louisa Oxley visits Miss Marple one stormy night seeking help, Miss Marple decides to send her and her son, Archie, to safety at the labyrinthine estate of Greenshaw's Folly, owned by Miss Marple's good friend Katherine Greenshaw, an eccentric botanist and the last surviving Greenshaw.
Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple
Kimberley Nixon as Louisa Oxley
Bobby Smalldridge as Archie Oxley
Martin Compston as Alfred Pollock
Jim Moir as Walter Cracken
Julia Sawalha as Mrs Cresswell
Fiona Shaw as Miss Katherine Greenshaw
Sam Reid as Nat Fletcher
Rufus Jones as Horace Bindler
Joanna David as Grace Ritchie
Robert Glenister as Father Brophy
Judy Parfitt as Cicely Beauclerk
Candida Gubbins as Minnie Tulliver
John Gordon Sinclair as Inspector Welch
Matt Willis as Sergeant Cayley
Oscar Pearce as Philip Oxley
Duncan Casey as Parsons
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00:00:00Where are we going, Mummy?
00:00:21To Merrymead.
00:00:22Not far.
00:00:24Aunt Jane will look after us.
00:00:46Louisa!
00:00:53You'll be safe here tonight.
00:00:55Tomorrow we'll go somewhere Philip can't find you.
00:01:54Here we are.
00:01:56Catherine Greenshaw needs a secretary.
00:02:00You can hide away here.
00:02:15Beware Decimus.
00:02:17He is prone to toppling.
00:02:20Miss Greenshaw's father.
00:02:22And eminent scientist.
00:02:25His laboratory's still occupied by his East Wing.
00:02:27Strictly out of bounds now, mind.
00:02:29Far too dangerous.
00:02:39This is Mrs Cresswell, the housekeeper.
00:02:41Hello.
00:02:42You must be Archie.
00:02:44Archie, this is going to be your mummy's room and that one there's yours.
00:02:48And I'm going to look after you both.
00:02:50I do all the work round here.
00:02:52Hello, Mrs Oxley.
00:02:54It's very decent of you to help us out.
00:02:56We're in a bit of a pickle.
00:02:58Oh, Miss Greenshaw helps everyone out, dear.
00:03:00Isn't that right, Mr Cracken?
00:03:02That's her nature.
00:03:04If you come to the window, you can see her in person.
00:03:09There.
00:03:13She's weird.
00:03:17Don't touch.
00:03:19Oh, let him be, Heavens. It's only a half.
00:03:21If you can play the national anthem on that, I'll give you a toffee.
00:03:26Sit down.
00:03:27Oh, why in Heaven's name would he want to sit down?
00:03:30I wouldn't want to sit down.
00:03:31If I were to listen to a couple of old biddies dribbling on.
00:03:34Just go and explore, boy. Go.
00:03:36Be careful, darling.
00:03:40Has he got spirit?
00:03:42I like a lad with spirit.
00:03:44He has, Miss Greenshaw.
00:03:46But he's had rather a run-do of late.
00:03:49We're extremely grateful to you for taking us in.
00:03:52Well, it's all Jane's doing, Mrs Oxley.
00:03:55Yes. Aunt Jane has been wonderful.
00:03:57Oh, I didn't know she was your aunt.
00:03:59Oh, she's not really. We just call her that.
00:04:02I'm compiling a codex of medicinal plants.
00:04:05It is my life's work, but I can barely see the wretched books any more.
00:04:10Right, so tell us your qualifications.
00:04:13Can you read and write?
00:04:15Yes, yes.
00:04:17Typing?
00:04:18Bearable.
00:04:19Bad habits?
00:04:21Men.
00:04:24You'll do.
00:04:26But I warn you, there's no mucking about,
00:04:28no running off into town to play bingo or whatever.
00:04:31We've got 7,000 species to get through.
00:04:34You can stay here as long as you like,
00:04:36and I'll pay you the same as that girl in Slytherin.
00:04:38What's her name? Cynthia.
00:04:39Oh, Cynthia.
00:04:40Yes, well, is that all settled?
00:04:42Thank you. Thank you both so much.
00:04:44I think we'll get on very well, Cynthia.
00:04:47I'm Louisa.
00:04:49Well, then who's Cynthia?
00:04:51Creswell? Where the devil's our tea?
00:04:54Are you boiling it leaf by leaf?
00:04:56No, I'm not boiling it leaf by leaf.
00:04:58I'm just waiting till you ask for it, Miss Greenshaw.
00:05:00Oh, that just means it's probably cold.
00:05:02Have you brought my drops?
00:05:07How are they, Catherine?
00:05:09They're absolutely awful.
00:05:14Oh, this thing is empty.
00:05:15Oh, God, I've got to brew another batch.
00:05:40Who are you?
00:05:48Are you sure, Jane,
00:05:49you don't mind looking after Archie whilst his mother's working?
00:05:52I'd be delighted. Far to come.
00:05:55He's a good little chap.
00:05:58Archie, what's the matter?
00:05:59There was a man.
00:06:01What kind of man?
00:06:02He had blood on his hands.
00:06:05Did he have black hair and dark eyes?
00:06:11That's Alfred, our new gardener.
00:06:13He has nothing to be afraid of.
00:06:15But he was cross with me.
00:06:17Oh, gardeners usually are.
00:06:19As a rule, they're rather ill-mannered.
00:06:22Have some cake.
00:06:25Afternoon, folks.
00:06:26Oh, Nat, have you met my nephew?
00:06:28He's an actor.
00:06:30Oh, I see.
00:06:32Have you met my nephew? He's an actor.
00:06:35My first dress rehearsal is tonight.
00:06:37I'm just taking every opportunity to run through my lines.
00:06:40The Tangled Web, for one week only at Boreham Theatre.
00:06:45Lucky I found some good digs, eh?
00:06:50Oh.
00:06:55Toodle-oo.
00:07:02Toodle-oo.
00:07:14I'll find all my reference books in here.
00:07:17Oh, hard at work, Mr Bindler.
00:07:19Oh, I fear my task is endless, Miss Greenshaw.
00:07:22You have a superfluity of treasures.
00:07:24Horace Bindler, architectural historian.
00:07:26How do you do?
00:07:27How do you do?
00:07:28Mr Bindler's also staying with us.
00:07:30He's been to a number of country houses.
00:07:32That is so.
00:07:33And this one is a prime example of what one might loosely call
00:07:37the catastrophic style.
00:07:39My grandfather designed it himself.
00:07:41Entirely by himself.
00:07:42He has visited the Gothic cathedrals of France
00:07:45and also it seems the minarets of Istanbul at some point.
00:07:49It's not called Greenshaw's Folly for nothing.
00:07:51Oh, thank you for tea, Catherine.
00:07:53I really must go.
00:07:54Oh, do you have a pressing appointment?
00:07:56My knitting circle at the local orphanage, Mr Bindler.
00:07:59It's an engagement I never miss.
00:08:01Well, then please, allow me to convey you.
00:08:03I have for some time been planning to sample
00:08:06the flesh parts of Boram Lovell.
00:08:10The life of Decimus Greenshaw is unaccountably surrounded in mystery.
00:08:14Do you know anything about him?
00:08:16I believe he was a scientist.
00:08:18He had a laboratory here, but they won't let me in it.
00:08:23Trude, make a nice detail for my book.
00:08:26Do you happen to know where they keep the key?
00:08:29Why don't you ask Miss Greenshaw, Mr Bindler?
00:08:32Decimus was her father, after all.
00:08:34Oh, I have, but she just pulls her face.
00:08:37Perhaps someone in the village knows something.
00:08:39Oh, perhaps they do.
00:08:40If you spend enough money in the flesh parts of Boram Lovell,
00:08:44I dare say they'll offer it up.
00:08:46Oh.
00:08:47HE LAUGHS
00:08:53MUSIC PLAYS
00:09:02Do you know what this is?
00:09:06Deadly nightshade.
00:09:08That's poisonous.
00:09:10Quite right.
00:09:12But plants are awfully like people.
00:09:17Even the bad ones have a good side.
00:09:20I use these roots to distill a chemical called atrophine.
00:09:27It soothes sore eyes like mine.
00:09:35Thank you, Craig.
00:09:40Craig, can we look after you for a little bit?
00:09:43Very good, ma'am.
00:09:51Afternoon, Cicely.
00:09:53Afternoon, ladies.
00:09:54Why didn't you invite your friend in?
00:09:57I'm hardly a friend, Grace.
00:09:59I made his acquaintance an hour ago.
00:10:01He just drove me back from Greenshaw's Folly,
00:10:04where he's writing a book.
00:10:05What were you doing up there?
00:10:07Oh, I just went to visit Catherine Greenshaw, Cicely.
00:10:11I can't tell you how grateful we at St Faith's are
00:10:14for all your support, ladies.
00:10:16Your scarves and matching mittens
00:10:18can go down a storm at our bazaars.
00:10:20How many do you have in the orphanage at present, Father Brophy?
00:10:23Thirty-two, Miss Boatclerk.
00:10:25How we manage to feed them all, I don't know.
00:10:35Now then, young man,
00:10:38have you heard about the Greenshaw ghost?
00:10:41Just a little lad, he was not much older than you.
00:10:45They say he met a terrible end,
00:10:47and that his ghost, his spirit,
00:10:50still roams the Folly,
00:10:52looking for folk to lure to the doom.
00:10:56I've only seen him once,
00:10:58just out there on the landing.
00:11:00But he was as pale as that milk of yours, Archie.
00:11:04As pale as milk.
00:11:10Archie Oxley, I'm sure Mr Craggan has better things to do.
00:11:18I'll be needing the long ladder.
00:11:20Surely it can wait until tomorrow.
00:11:22No, it can't wait. It's dark.
00:11:24Someone will have an accident, and we don't want that, Mrs Cresswell.
00:11:48It went bloody well, actually.
00:11:50The director says he's got me in mind for a lead.
00:11:54What are you hoping for?
00:11:57Hamlet, of course.
00:12:07I'm afraid I've got to go.
00:12:09I'll see you tomorrow.
00:12:11Good-bye.
00:12:17Good-bye.
00:12:43Come here, you little blighter!
00:12:47Ah!
00:13:17Ah!
00:13:33Did Mr Craggan tell you that the house was haunted?
00:13:38Well, I wonder who the ghostie is coming for next.
00:13:42Me, perhaps.
00:13:44You.
00:13:46You.
00:13:52So he was found at midnight?
00:13:56Well, um...
00:13:58there was rather an almighty crash.
00:14:02I almost jumped out of my skin.
00:14:05I thought the old place was finally falling down.
00:14:08And did Mr Craggan have any health issues that you were aware of?
00:14:16We believed he conquered his demons.
00:14:23I thought I was full yesterday afternoon.
00:14:29I'd say his demons got the better of our Walter Craggan.
00:14:35Accidents will happen, one supposes.
00:14:38Especially where single malt's involved.
00:14:41Oh, yes, he hasn't touched a drop.
00:14:43I just don't believe my butler was a drunk.
00:14:46Ah, Jane, um, do you know Miss Marple, Inspector Wolfe?
00:14:49Miss Marple? Yes, of course, I know Miss Marple.
00:14:52How do you do, Inspector? Sergeant Carey?
00:14:56Yes, well, thank you, Miss Greenshaw, you've been most helpful.
00:15:03Come on, Walter, let's go back.
00:15:05Where are you going?
00:15:14HE SIGHS
00:15:32Your father.
00:15:37Sir.
00:15:44He's clammed up. Doesn't trust anyone.
00:15:48Are you happy to stay here, Louisa, given what's happened?
00:15:53Surely Craggan's death was nothing but a dreadful accident.
00:15:59We've nowhere else to go, Aunt Jane.
00:16:02I have to be somewhere no-one would think to look, especially Archie's father.
00:16:07And he has your address, you know.
00:16:13Aunt Catherine was wondering if you could come down for some dictation.
00:16:16She wants to work, take her mind off things.
00:16:19It's understandable, she's had a shock.
00:16:21I'll look after Archie.
00:16:32When's your first night, Mr Fletcher?
00:16:34Tomorrow. Oh, oh.
00:16:36Regular, isn't that what they say?
00:16:43DOORBELL RINGS
00:16:59Poor old Craggan. Must have fallen a fair distance.
00:17:04I ought to have gone off on my condolences to Miss Greenshaw.
00:17:07HE CLEARS THROAT
00:17:09The coppers probably think I done it.
00:17:11Must be your faith.
00:17:15It's rather a large house, isn't it?
00:17:18Sometimes, when I'm alone in my house, I get scared of all the creaks and groans.
00:17:24Really? Well, it's a secret. Don't tell anyone.
00:17:27I don't want them to think I'm completely bonkers.
00:17:30No, miss.
00:17:32Has anything funny ever happened to you?
00:17:34I promise to keep it a secret, if it did.
00:17:38I saw a ghost.
00:17:40Did you? Yes.
00:17:42Where was that? Here.
00:17:44Here? On the landing.
00:17:46Just like Mr Craggan said, as pale as milk.
00:17:49Mr Craggan was spinning a yarn, aren't you?
00:17:52No. I did see the ghost.
00:17:54When was that? Last night, I was going...
00:17:57Ah! The intrepid explorers.
00:18:00Where are you going?
00:18:02Oh, Archie and I have been viewing the splendours of the house.
00:18:06We've just seen the crockets on the east tower.
00:18:10Remarkable, aren't they?
00:18:14Indeed they are.
00:18:37DOOR OPENS
00:18:52I don't think I could be as brave as you if I'd just seen a ghost.
00:18:56In fact, I think you could do with a reward for being so courageous.
00:19:01How would you like to go and see Mr Fletcher and his play tomorrow?
00:19:06Oh!
00:19:08Afternoon, miss.
00:19:10Archie, isn't it?
00:19:12Ever heard one of these?
00:19:14Go on.
00:19:19There you go.
00:19:21Your hand's on that.
00:19:23Archie the archery.
00:19:30How did you get those bruises?
00:19:32I got into trouble.
00:19:36Right. Here we are.
00:19:40One finger above, two below, right?
00:19:43Eye on the target, pull as hard as you can.
00:19:48That's the one.
00:19:50Good lad.
00:20:03Polio trials.
00:20:07DOOR CREAKS
00:20:17The serp of Petunia lenta, more commonly known as sweet birch,
00:20:22is a source of methyl salicylate.
00:20:25M-E-D-H-Y-L...
00:20:29What is it, Louisa?
00:20:31Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Greenjoy, it's getting late.
00:20:33I really ought to fetch him my son.
00:20:36Archie!
00:20:38Aunt Jane!
00:20:40Archie, it's getting dark!
00:20:42Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania.
00:20:49I know where they are. Come with me.
00:20:52What were you doing in the bushes?
00:20:54Audition speech. Shakespeare sounds better in situ.
00:20:57He's playing bows and arrows.
00:20:59Steady. Arms straight. Keep your eye on the target.
00:21:01Are you out of your mind? You don't give a weapon to a child.
00:21:04It's just a game, Louisa. He's perfectly safe.
00:21:08Oh.
00:21:11Sorry.
00:21:13Your hands are filthy. We're going inside.
00:21:21Nice when you make a good impression, isn't it?
00:21:24Right.
00:21:34Come on.
00:22:00A toast.
00:22:02To a fine butler, a true gentleman, and...
00:22:05Please.
00:22:07Father Brophy, I think that's quite enough.
00:22:10Ah, Mr Bindler. Mulled wine?
00:22:12Mulled wine before dinner.
00:22:14How exquisitely rural.
00:22:16Yes, please.
00:22:18Are your investigations bearing fruit?
00:22:20Well, the Greenshaws are a fascinating family.
00:22:23The fruit hangs low on the bough.
00:22:26All one has to do is pick it.
00:22:33So?
00:22:35When is everyone coming to Boreham Theatre?
00:22:37Oh, think what it would be like when I'm famous to say you saw me in an early role.
00:22:41Those film stars earn good money, don't they?
00:22:44I'm a classical actor, sir. I have no ambition to be a film star.
00:22:47Can one make a living on the stage, Mr Fletcher?
00:22:50Well, not on a number two tour, no.
00:22:52The rewards are so meagre that I've often considered setting up a charity.
00:22:56Like yours, Father. Just to make ends meet.
00:22:59Oh, I say, steady on. There's no such thing.
00:23:02No, I didn't mean that.
00:23:04Just that actors and orphans have a lot in common, that's all.
00:23:07Yes, but I rather think that orphans are more deserving of our generosity than actors.
00:23:12Well, since I am both Aunt Catherine, I stand to profit either way.
00:23:27What is it?
00:23:29The ghost! The ghost!
00:23:33Where?
00:23:35Where?
00:23:56It's all right, darling.
00:24:02Thought you could both do with a nice cup of cocoa.
00:24:04Oh, thank you.
00:24:07That's Mr Bindler's bedtime snack.
00:24:13Not yet, it's too hot.
00:24:18Oh, my God!
00:24:31But where is Mr Bindler?
00:24:34I don't know.
00:24:54Good morning.
00:24:55I wish it was, Miss Marple, but Horace Bindler has vanished in the night,
00:24:58leaving me with a shocking awful mess to clear up.
00:25:04I saw the ghost again last night.
00:25:06Oh, but the same one, pale and cloaked.
00:25:11I do think you're brave, Archie.
00:25:15So you really have no idea who they're from?
00:25:18Beautiful lilies.
00:25:20Lilium rubellum, to be precise.
00:25:23Louisa has a secret admirer.
00:25:29It looks like there are presents for everyone today, Archie.
00:25:35From the nursery, unopened.
00:25:38An archery set.
00:25:41Take it out and shoot something.
00:25:43Archie.
00:25:47Stay near the house.
00:25:48He can't do any harm.
00:26:01The cup of the Jews?
00:26:05Hmm.
00:26:11His fire hasn't been lit.
00:26:14Well, I tried to light it last night, but Mr Bindler threw me out on my ear.
00:26:18Said he was perfectly warm.
00:26:20But it was such a cold night.
00:26:29Oughtn't you to answer that, Mrs Creswell?
00:26:32Yes, well, that used to be Mr Cracken's duty.
00:26:36I suppose I ought to get used to that now.
00:26:39Just one more ruddy thing to think about.
00:27:02What?
00:27:03What?
00:27:05Oh, God.
00:27:07Oh.
00:27:31The production of this organic compound
00:27:33is thought to be a natural defence against...
00:27:37That is odd.
00:27:41Did you move the paperweight, Louisa?
00:27:43Uh, no.
00:27:48Excuse me, Miss Greenshaw, Father Brophy is here to see you.
00:27:51Oh.
00:27:56Oh, she'll let you out then. That's unusual.
00:27:59Hmm.
00:28:02Father Brophy.
00:28:03Oh, they've come to rattle his collecting tin.
00:28:07Hmm, a rather large one, I'd say.
00:28:11Rubbish!
00:28:12It's regarding St Faith.
00:28:15You remarked to Mr Fletcher last night
00:28:17that an orphan's hand might be more deserving than...
00:28:24Remember the children.
00:28:26I will.
00:28:27Along with your gambling debts and bar bills.
00:28:30Every penny will go to those that most need it.
00:28:32You promised me that the last time.
00:28:34St Faith's will be taken care of.
00:28:37After I'm gone.
00:28:38But if you could release some funds now...
00:28:40The answer is no, Father Brophy.
00:28:46In you go.
00:28:49Oh, you're off, Father.
00:28:52Just heading for the bus stop.
00:28:54Hop in with us. Archie and I are going to the theatre.
00:29:13You!
00:29:15How did you find me?
00:29:17Damn your eyes, Parsons!
00:29:19You've double-crossed me!
00:29:20I'll see you in hell for this!
00:29:22You'll be waiting a long time, Lambert.
00:29:52There's Mr Fletcher.
00:29:53Hello. Hello.
00:29:54Yes, I wonder, do you have a reporter called Horace Bindler
00:29:57working at the Clarion?
00:30:00No, I've found his notebook.
00:30:02I'm trying to return it to him.
00:30:06Oh, you have Horace Lethbridge.
00:30:09Yes, dapper, certainly.
00:30:11Does he wear a bow tie?
00:30:14Well, could I speak to him, please?
00:30:16Yes, of course.
00:30:17Yes, of course.
00:30:18Yes, of course.
00:30:19No?
00:30:20Well, could I speak to him, please?
00:30:24Oh, you haven't seen him at all?
00:30:25But he...
00:30:26He was due to file a copy yesterday.
00:30:32Yes, thank you so much.
00:30:40We've been running a sweepstake, Miss Marple.
00:30:42The boys have been taking bets on how long it would be
00:30:45before you put in an appearance here.
00:30:47Oh, that is a pity.
00:30:48Why?
00:30:49Well, bookmaking for cash is, as you know, illegal.
00:30:54I would hate to think of the trouble your officers would be in
00:30:57when the authorities find out.
00:30:59Hang on just a minute.
00:31:00I'd like you to do something for me.
00:31:02And what would that be?
00:31:04A post-mortem.
00:31:05But you're still alive, Miss Marple.
00:31:08We generally reserve post-mortems for dead people.
00:31:11Very good.
00:31:13But you can order a post-mortem
00:31:15if the death is held to be suspicious.
00:31:18And whose death is held to be suspicious?
00:31:20Walter Crackham's.
00:31:22A heavily drunk man falling from a ladder
00:31:25isn't what we regard a suspicious circumstance.
00:31:28But can we be sure he was drunk?
00:31:30A post-mortem would prove it.
00:31:32A known alcoholic up a ladder at midnight
00:31:35with a decanter of whiskey inside him.
00:31:37We'd be laughed out of the coroner's office.
00:31:40Well, I'm sure you know your business.
00:31:43Good day.
00:31:49Sir, something's come up.
00:31:58We'll only be here for a little while, Archie.
00:32:01Then we'll go to a new house, start a new life.
00:32:04Where?
00:32:05I don't know.
00:32:07Another country, maybe?
00:32:09I don't want to go to another country.
00:32:11I want to stay here with Alfred.
00:32:15What's the matter, Mummy?
00:32:17A ghost.
00:32:19It can't be.
00:32:24Mummy, I don't want to leave!
00:32:27No, stop the car! Please, stop the car!
00:32:30No!
00:32:38Are you all right, darling?
00:32:40Don't worry, everything's going to be all right.
00:32:42Do you hear me?
00:32:43Everything's going to be all right.
00:32:48No.
00:32:50Are you all right?
00:32:52Yeah, I am.
00:32:54Yeah, come with me.
00:33:09I'm as jumpy as Archie.
00:33:12I was so sure I saw his face at the window.
00:33:15God, it seems so silly now.
00:33:25I was very young when I met my husband.
00:33:29Philip was the debonair doctor.
00:33:35But a sadist.
00:33:40Each one of these came with the promise that he'd never hurt me again.
00:33:45He's killed my belief that a person can change.
00:33:50You don't think a person can change?
00:33:52No.
00:33:54I don't.
00:33:59I should have left him a long time ago, but...
00:34:01but every time I tried, he'd...
00:34:04convince me that a child needs a father.
00:34:07A father who'd be his own son.
00:34:11Well, that was the last straw.
00:34:15I got out.
00:34:17But now I'm terrified that it was him who sent me those flowers.
00:34:23Just to let me know he's coming for me.
00:34:25I've met quite a few thugs like him.
00:34:29Once the others tumbled them, they didn't stand a chance.
00:34:33The others?
00:34:37Inside.
00:34:41They'd get the bastards in an empty cell and...
00:34:45teach them a lesson.
00:34:49I moved around a lot when I was a boy.
00:34:52Just one...
00:34:54horrible situation to the next.
00:34:58Prison was just the next step.
00:35:10Who's there?
00:35:11It's Nat. Nat Fletcher.
00:35:14Come in.
00:35:22Oh.
00:35:26Oh.
00:35:27I was coming back from the theatre and I...
00:35:29noticed your car was in the trees.
00:35:32And when I saw that it was empty, the alarm bells sounded.
00:35:35I thought you and I could form a search party.
00:35:39No need, it seems. You've been out and searched already.
00:35:42Yes.
00:35:43Wet patch of leaves, that's all. Just a silly skit.
00:35:47Well, you can't stay here in this dump.
00:35:49Hot baths and your own beds are what you need.
00:35:52I'll take you back. Come on.
00:35:54Come on, little chap. Wakey, wakey.
00:35:56Yes. Thank you.
00:35:59Archie.
00:36:01Archie, darling.
00:36:14Good morning, Alfred.
00:36:16Lovely day.
00:36:18Is it?
00:36:26Father Brophy tells me you've become quite the regular
00:36:29up at Greenshaw's Folly.
00:36:31Well, it is a fascinating place.
00:36:34In fact, I've been wondering if you might be able to
00:36:38shed some light on some of Mr Bindler's notes
00:36:41that have come my way.
00:36:43You've lived in Boreham your whole life.
00:36:46Now, there's something about St Faith's and Decimus Greenshaw.
00:36:52The old professor?
00:36:55Well, he was no philanthropist, as far as I'm aware, anyway.
00:36:58What was his connection with the orphanage?
00:37:01What is the great race?
00:37:05I'm sorry.
00:37:07I suddenly feel rather faint.
00:37:09Is this something?
00:37:11I haven't been feeling myself recently.
00:37:14Sorry. I'll get you some water.
00:37:41Good morning.
00:37:44Oh, you've caught me before I'm properly up and about, Miss Marple.
00:37:50Your commitment puts me to shame.
00:37:53Can I...
00:37:55Can I help with preparations for the bazaar?
00:37:57Oh, no, thank you.
00:37:58I'd like to see the orphanage records, if I may.
00:38:03If you're up to show me.
00:38:05Oh, yes.
00:38:06I'd like to see the orphanage records, if I may.
00:38:10If you're up to showing me, that is.
00:38:28That's odd. There's a gap.
00:38:30The years between 1900 and 1910 are missing.
00:38:33It's before my time, I'm afraid.
00:38:45Alfred.
00:38:47What the devil's going on?
00:38:53Are you stealing from me?
00:38:56I think we ought to have a talk.
00:39:03Come on.
00:39:20You're right. People can't change.
00:39:22At least I've still got a job.
00:39:33Who's there?
00:39:46Oh, Jane.
00:39:48Have you heard about Mr. Bindler?
00:39:49The police have found his car on the bottom of a lake.
00:39:52Yes, I heard.
00:39:54And Mr. Bindler himself? Any sign?
00:39:58Strange business.
00:39:59Mrs. Cressnall asked me to give you that. It's on the mat.
00:40:11Remember the children?
00:40:14St. Faith's Orphanage.
00:40:171899.
00:40:19Sent anonymously, I take it?
00:40:24From someone with some connection to my late father's work, I fear.
00:40:30I had no idea the orphanage was tangled up in it all.
00:40:43You ought to tell me about it, Catherine.
00:40:46What did he do?
00:40:48What was the great race?
00:40:52Well, er...
00:40:55They were trying to find a cure.
00:40:57For polio. It was all very urgent.
00:41:01I was too young to understand what went on in his laboratory, but...
00:41:07There were rumours.
00:41:11I recall hearing ambulances coming and going,
00:41:16and raised voices in the night.
00:41:21And these recent uncertainties have brought back those memories.
00:41:27Thefts, accidents,
00:41:31objects mysteriously moved.
00:41:34And have these incidents continued since Mr. Bindler's disappearance?
00:41:39Yes.
00:41:42But what is going on, Jane?
00:41:46I think I ought to get around to making my will, just in case I'm next.
00:41:57Sigh.
00:42:02Sicily.
00:42:17The candlesticks were a gift from my father when I graduated from Oxford.
00:42:22I took a double first in chemistry, you know.
00:42:27But it didn't teach me a lot about people.
00:42:32I was convinced that if I took that young man under my wing,
00:42:35that he would mend his ways.
00:42:38You may still be right.
00:42:40No.
00:42:42When he came here, Alfred had just served three months in Barlinnie Prison for theft.
00:42:49Old habits, it seems, die hard.
00:42:52He's certainly proving a tonic to Archie.
00:42:55And Louisa.
00:42:58Thou art thy mother's glass,
00:43:02and she in thee calls back the lovely April of her prime.
00:43:07Shakespeare's sonnet number...
00:43:11three.
00:43:13Three.
00:43:23I say, Alfred.
00:43:25Auntie wants you to turn over the compost heap.
00:43:28Now, if you don't mind.
00:43:29Tittle pip.
00:43:32Yes, well, I should be getting back to work, too.
00:43:35No rest for the wicked, eh?
00:43:36What makes you think I'm wicked?
00:43:38Everybody is.
00:43:40Can I give you a ride into Boreham, Miss Marple?
00:43:42Oh, are you going that way, Mr. Fletcher?
00:43:44Half hour calls at 2.30.
00:43:45In fact, you can hear my lines on the way.
00:43:48Oh.
00:43:49I'll bring the motor round.
00:44:32If you need anything else, Mrs. Oxley,
00:44:34I'll be in my quarters, itemising the accounts.
00:44:37Thank you, Mrs. Cresswell.
00:44:38Another job the butlers went to do.
00:45:09I'm still in here!
00:45:14Help!
00:45:38Help!
00:46:09He's shot me!
00:46:10Miss Greenshaw!
00:46:11Mrs. Cresswell!
00:46:13Get help!
00:46:15Help!
00:46:17Help!
00:46:18Help!
00:46:20You take the bus from Holborn Station
00:46:22and it stops right outside Somerset House.
00:46:24Now, your instructions are in there.
00:46:26Oh, a mission to London.
00:46:28Oh, my God.
00:46:29Oh, my God.
00:46:30Oh, my God.
00:46:31Oh, my God.
00:46:32Oh, my God.
00:46:33Oh, my God.
00:46:34Oh, my God.
00:46:35Oh, my God.
00:46:36Oh, a mission to London.
00:46:38Cicely and Grace will be green with envy.
00:46:40Yes, no.
00:46:41Let's keep it to ourselves.
00:46:43I suppose I should really take a message for Father Brophy.
00:46:47He's most likely visiting some needy parishioner.
00:46:50Yes, most likely, dear.
00:46:52St. Faith's Orphanage. Can I...?
00:46:56A what?
00:46:58Your voice is very faint.
00:47:03Yes, she's here.
00:47:05Miss Greenshaw, are you there?
00:47:09Hello? Catherine?
00:47:11Catherine?
00:47:12The light's gone dead.
00:47:15She sounded most peculiar.
00:47:19Sort of garbled, drowsy.
00:47:21What did she want?
00:47:23Fish.
00:47:24Fish?
00:47:25Yes.
00:47:26A mound of cod.
00:47:29Or a pile of carp.
00:47:31No.
00:47:32A heap of haddock.
00:47:34Haddock? I think that's what she said.
00:47:38Surely it can wait?
00:47:40No, I don't think so, Minnie.
00:47:44I fear it can't.
00:47:51Can you hear me, Miss Greenshaw?
00:47:55I've called the police. They're on their way.
00:47:57Oh, come and let me out.
00:47:58I can't. I'm locked in, too.
00:48:01Oh, God. Archie.
00:48:04Help! Help!
00:48:06Don't be afraid.
00:48:09I won't let them hurt you again.
00:48:13Greenshaw's not going to get away with it this time, Edwin.
00:48:19It's no good. I can't climb down from here.
00:48:22Do be careful, Mrs. Oxley.
00:48:25Oh, thank goodness. Please, please hurry.
00:48:28Edwin, Miss Greenshaw's been attacked. She's in the house.
00:48:31Ma'am...
00:48:32Please hurry. She's been badly hurt.
00:48:37Oh, please, Edwin. Do as I say.
00:48:41It's for the best.
00:48:42My name's Archie. Who are you?
00:48:44Oh, he's a stroke of luck.
00:48:47Please, can you help, dear Edwin?
00:48:50The Greenshaws are trying to kill him.
00:48:54Oh, you'd better hop in then, Archie.
00:48:56No, Daddy!
00:48:57Archie! Archie!
00:48:59Archie!
00:49:01Archie! Come here!
00:49:04Archie!
00:49:05Constable!
00:49:07Oh, what's he doing down there?
00:49:10Archie!
00:49:18Alfie!
00:49:27Alfie!
00:49:48Let's see if we can get in at the back.
00:49:50Oh, thank heavens. Please, Inspector!
00:49:52Miss Greenshaw's been shot with an arrow.
00:49:56And we're locked in!
00:50:04I want the whole place searched.
00:50:06Seal it off. Nobody leaves.
00:50:17Archie! Where are you, darling?
00:50:19I want to go down there, Miss.
00:50:21I have to find my son!
00:50:27Miss Oxley!
00:50:29Miss Oxley!
00:50:31Oh, Aunt Jane!
00:50:32Archie's disappeared and I think Philip may have found him!
00:50:35That's awful. Miss Oxley!
00:50:36My son has been kidnapped!
00:50:37I need you to stay calm!
00:50:38We must find him!
00:50:39Right now, my primary concern is the murder of Catherine Greenshaw.
00:50:43Catherine. Murder.
00:50:46Wait by the car.
00:50:47Miss Oxley!
00:50:48Miss Oxley!
00:50:49Miss Oxley!
00:50:50Miss Oxley!
00:50:51Miss Oxley!
00:50:52Miss Oxley!
00:50:54Wait by the car.
00:50:55Miss Oxley, that is a murder scene.
00:50:57I don't want you disturbing the evidence.
00:50:59Let's get everyone into the library.
00:51:01Miss Oxley!
00:51:22Inspector Works will have my guts for garters, Mark.
00:51:24Could you please just do as I ask?
00:51:27Come and wait in the library.
00:51:38I asked you to remain in the library, Miss Marple.
00:51:41Hmm? Yes.
00:51:43Yes, it's just that I have some information
00:51:46I thought you might be interested in.
00:51:49At two minutes past four,
00:51:51I had a very odd phone call from Miss Greenshaw
00:51:54asking for a heap of haddock or some such thing.
00:51:57Miss Marple, at two minutes past four,
00:52:00had a gunshot in the neck.
00:52:01You'd think she might have mentioned that
00:52:03before she asked you to go to the fishmongers.
00:52:06All I'm interested in at the moment
00:52:08is establishing who might have been here at the time.
00:52:11Now, go and wait in the library.
00:52:23No-one comes in the door.
00:52:24I just say I want to come in and you go straight to me.
00:52:31What the hell's going on?
00:52:32Nathaniel Fletcher.
00:52:33Yeah?
00:52:34Be grateful if you go and wait with the others, please, sir.
00:52:36Others? What others?
00:52:39Follow me.
00:52:42Come to the library, sir.
00:52:53Mummy!
00:52:54Oh, my darling, thank God.
00:52:56I've been so worried. Where have you been?
00:52:58Daddy, then Daddy came and tried to take me away.
00:53:01But Alfred wouldn't let him. He punched him on the nose.
00:53:04Daddy was bleeding.
00:53:06Where's Daddy now?
00:53:07He gave us the slip, I'm afraid, Mrs Oxley.
00:53:10We couldn't catch him.
00:53:12So as an alternative, you've arrested the man who protected my son?
00:53:15We haven't arrested him.
00:53:17We've asked him in for questioning.
00:53:21Pollock, sir.
00:53:22Found it in his cottage.
00:53:23Seems he was all packed and ready to scarper.
00:53:29If you would care to have a seat, Miss Marple.
00:53:34Sir.
00:53:36That engine we passed on the way up, with the door open,
00:53:39the lads on the gate say it's gone.
00:53:41Got a feeling it was Philip Oxley's.
00:53:43Have you told control?
00:53:47If you would care to have a seat, Miss Marple.
00:53:50Miss Marple.
00:53:56Did you notice anyone hanging around the vicinity
00:53:59when you arrived in Mr Inch's taxi?
00:54:01I did. Father Brophy.
00:54:03He was hurrying towards the bus stop.
00:54:06Brophy?
00:54:08Bring him in.
00:54:09But, sir, he's a man of the cloth.
00:54:11Bring him in.
00:54:13And your mistress definitely shouted,
00:54:15he shot me.
00:54:17Loud and clear, Inspector.
00:54:20Philip Oxley and I both heard her.
00:54:24And then what happened?
00:54:25And then she pointed across the lawn.
00:54:28In which direction?
00:54:33Towards the cottage where Alfred Pollock lives.
00:54:38And you say he always finishes at four o'clock exactly.
00:54:46It's my fault.
00:54:48I saw him stealing.
00:54:55Do you think he did this to keep her quiet?
00:55:01One of yours?
00:55:07And you had your eye on these as well.
00:55:10So I hear.
00:55:12Where were you at four o'clock this afternoon, Mr Pollock?
00:55:16On the ground.
00:55:18Digging the compost heap.
00:55:21Want to come dust it for print?
00:55:24Was anyone with you?
00:55:25No.
00:55:26No alibi.
00:55:27A motive to silence the victim.
00:55:29Rucksack packed, ready for a quick departure.
00:55:32Oh, and a criminal record.
00:55:35Nearly forgot.
00:55:37Who do we have here?
00:55:40Who would do a thing like that?
00:55:42We're pretty close to establishing that, Mr Fletcher.
00:55:45Are you?
00:55:46Good.
00:55:48I mean, it's unbelievable.
00:55:51I understand that in the absence of a will,
00:55:54you would be named sole beneficiary of your aunt's estate.
00:55:58I don't think so.
00:56:00My understanding is that she's left everything to St Faith's Orphanage.
00:56:05Alfred Pollock was one of your charges at St Faith's, I believe.
00:56:11Did he ever get himself in any trouble?
00:56:13Oh, you know, the usual rough and tumble.
00:56:18It was a bit more than the usual rough and tumble that landed him in Berlin.
00:56:23Resisting arrest, theft.
00:56:26Well, he was a good lad when he left me.
00:56:28But he fell in with a bad crowd.
00:56:31Scottish.
00:56:35But you stayed in touch with him.
00:56:37Became friends, even.
00:56:40And you say you saw him this afternoon.
00:56:45Yes, I often come for a stroll around the folly.
00:56:48I saw him gardening from across the field.
00:56:52At what time?
00:56:53Oh, um...
00:56:55About four o'clock, I should say.
00:57:05I'd like to thank you all for your cooperation.
00:57:08We don't expect this will take very long.
00:57:10I would like you to remain in the house until I return.
00:57:13Is that clear?
00:57:15We have an officer stationed outside.
00:57:17Do not attempt to leave without permission.
00:57:23Let's head back by a boring theatre.
00:57:25Make sure Mr Fletcher was on stage when he says he was.
00:57:28Stay put, Jenkins.
00:57:35Come on.
00:58:00I'm rather envious of you, old sport.
00:58:03Envious of Archie? Why?
00:58:05Well, because he has a mother who would stand between him and any danger.
00:58:11Someone to smooth his way in life.
00:58:14Didn't you have anyone to smooth your way in life?
00:58:19My mother died in childbirth.
00:58:23I killed her.
00:58:26I had to live with that.
00:58:28I'm so sorry.
00:58:29But I'm sure she's proud of all you've achieved.
00:58:33One does hope so.
00:58:48You told Mummy that an old lady took you away this afternoon?
00:58:52The police thought I meant the ghost, but it wasn't him.
00:58:55It was a live woman.
00:58:58She was in the science place.
00:59:00Oh, you found the lab.
00:59:02Don't worry, I won't tell anyone.
00:59:04What did she look like?
00:59:06Well, old.
00:59:08Like me.
00:59:09Yes, miss.
00:59:10But she was scary.
00:59:11She kept on saying,
00:59:13Greenshaw won't get away with it this time.
00:59:17And did you mention this to the police inspector when he spoke to you?
00:59:20And she kept calling me Edwin.
00:59:23Everyone here's a bit weird, aren't they?
00:59:26Let's have some music.
00:59:35This was my auntie's favourite song.
00:59:37Really?
00:59:38I thought she liked Schubert.
00:59:40No.
00:59:43There's so many things I don't understand.
00:59:45Aunt Catherine and I were just starting to get acquainted.
00:59:48My mother and Nettie married beneath herself, you see.
00:59:53The Greenshaws, well, they weren't too impressed.
00:59:56Kicked her out.
00:59:58I'm a bit like the black sheep returning to the fold.
01:00:01That's a very luxurious fold, Mr. Fletcher.
01:00:04I dare say you won't go short of straw.
01:00:08I don't think so.
01:00:10I don't think so.
01:00:11Mr. Fletcher, I dare say you won't go short of straw.
01:00:15To me, art is more important than money.
01:00:26I'm glad you stayed.
01:00:28Must be the only one who is.
01:00:32No.
01:00:33There's someone else.
01:00:35Who?
01:00:38Archie.
01:00:41Who?
01:00:47Is he here?
01:00:48I don't know.
01:00:49Stay here.
01:01:03You shouldn't have let him go.
01:01:05It's dangerous.
01:01:06What the hell is he doing?
01:01:07Whoa!
01:01:09Go away, you brute!
01:01:11Jane!
01:01:13It's all right, Alfred.
01:01:14You can let her go.
01:01:15She's a friend of mine.
01:01:16Then what was she doing in the lab?
01:01:17Sicily.
01:01:19Come with me.
01:01:21To the kitchen.
01:01:28So, what were you doing in Greenshaw's laboratory?
01:01:32Jane.
01:01:34The things I've been doing.
01:01:37Living in the past.
01:01:40I'm haunted by the thought that I killed him.
01:01:45That I killed my own brother.
01:01:50So you were both at St. Faith's?
01:01:52Yes.
01:01:56And when they came to take Edwin away,
01:01:58there was nothing I could do but stand and watch.
01:02:02And then, today, in the lab,
01:02:04when I saw the little boy, Archie,
01:02:07something in my mind seemed to say,
01:02:10rescue him.
01:02:13I thought the professor's experiments were starting up again.
01:02:18Sister, listen to me.
01:02:21You and Edwin were children.
01:02:22You could not have stood up against Decimus Greenshaw.
01:02:26He was a monster.
01:02:27Yes, he was.
01:02:32This is his journal?
01:02:34Yes.
01:02:37I needed to see it.
01:02:40Jane.
01:02:42Am I going mad?
01:02:44No, of course not.
01:02:46Is everything all right?
01:02:47Yes, absolutely fine.
01:02:49Thank you, Mrs. Creswell.
01:02:50Good.
01:02:51Well, I said I'd make tea for everybody.
01:02:55What's that book?
01:02:57I was just looking at it.
01:02:59We were putting it back.
01:03:08Jane?
01:03:11Are you all right?
01:03:12It's just...
01:03:32Dear God!
01:03:33Mr. Bindler!
01:03:36What's that he's holding?
01:03:43It's only a power cut.
01:03:44Stay calm and I'll fetch some torches.
01:03:46Help!
01:03:51Isn't there supposed to be a policeman here?
01:03:54Let's try the telephone.
01:04:01There's no line.
01:04:03We're trapped.
01:04:05No!
01:04:07Take that!
01:04:11Kill him! Don't hurt him!
01:04:19Artie!
01:04:24Let me out!
01:04:27Let me out!
01:04:29I've done nothing wrong!
01:04:30I just want to see my son!
01:04:31Let me out of here!
01:04:36You can't get out, can you?
01:04:37No. He's going nowhere.
01:04:40Artie, don't be scared.
01:04:43I promise you, as long as I'm around,
01:04:44nobody is going to hurt you.
01:04:46Nobody.
01:04:47All right?
01:04:49A little early for that, I would have thought, Father.
01:04:51Early?
01:04:53I've been up all night.
01:04:55I'm sure Inspector Welch will return soon, Father.
01:04:59And once the facts are established,
01:05:01we'll be able to get out of here.
01:05:03And once the facts are established,
01:05:05we can all go home, can't we?
01:05:11Where's Jenkins?
01:05:13I left him on guard.
01:05:27What's that on his hand?
01:05:31A button.
01:05:33Looks like it's off Pollock's jacket.
01:05:35The one we found in his rucksack.
01:05:38Yeah. Get it checked.
01:05:45Careful now, Father.
01:05:47We don't want you to end up like Mr Cracken.
01:05:51Walter Cracken didn't touch a drop for ten years or more.
01:05:55Not since his wife passed.
01:05:57House fire.
01:05:59Folks thought he caused it.
01:06:01Because he was drunk.
01:06:04It's amazing the things people tell you when you're a priest.
01:06:10Right.
01:06:11I asked you all to stay put and keep calm for a few hours,
01:06:15and what do I find on my return?
01:06:17A constable is missing, the telephone line cut,
01:06:20and a decomposing corpse outside the kitchen.
01:06:23Greenshaw's Folly.
01:06:25What a place.
01:06:26Come on, let me out of here!
01:06:27Let me out!
01:06:29Let me out!
01:06:31What's that?
01:06:33That's the bloke I locked in the cupboard.
01:06:35Archie's dad.
01:06:38Jenkins!
01:06:40You, over there.
01:06:41Sir!
01:06:49Over here!
01:06:51You seriously assaulted a police officer,
01:06:53fought with a gardener,
01:06:55kidnapped your son whilst brandishing a knife.
01:06:58You'd do the same to get your boy back.
01:06:59Did you also remove the lady who stood in the way of your plans?
01:07:02Was Catherine Greenshaw the owner of this house?
01:07:05Did you kill her?
01:07:06No. Why do you say that?
01:07:08We know you're a violent man, Dr Oxley.
01:07:10That's why they locked you in a cupboard.
01:07:12What about that thug who cursed me?
01:07:14You should be handcuffing him!
01:07:22Oh, we're lucky to have been let out for a breath of fresh air, Archie.
01:07:26The police inspector thought my idea was very sensible.
01:07:29Yes, he did, didn't he?
01:07:31How did you find out about this place?
01:07:33Miss Greenshaw showed me.
01:07:34She showed me her plants.
01:07:38Deadly nightshade.
01:07:42Don't eat the berries.
01:07:46Atropa belladonna.
01:07:49It's for her eyes.
01:07:57How could I have been so absurdly slow?
01:08:00Not a heap of haddock, Archie.
01:08:03A pile of carp.
01:08:24So who would want to kill Horace Lethbridge?
01:08:27He told us his name was Bindler.
01:08:30Probably not enough reason to push him down a lift shaft, Mrs Creswell,
01:08:34but interesting nonetheless.
01:08:37So why would anyone kill Horace Bindler?
01:08:39Well, I think I can tell you that.
01:08:42I've put Archie to bed. He's exhausted.
01:08:47I'm afraid this will make painful listening for Miss O'Clock.
01:08:54Well, Horace Lethbridge, Horace Bindler,
01:08:58was actually a reporter working for the Clarion newspaper.
01:09:03So he wasn't an expert on historic buildings?
01:09:06Certainly not.
01:09:08Remarkable, aren't they?
01:09:10Anyone with the slightest interest in architecture would have known
01:09:13that the Greenshaw's Folly doesn't have any crockets on its east tower.
01:09:17Not a one.
01:09:19So after he vanished, I visited his room.
01:09:24I discovered that he had been working here, undercover,
01:09:28pursuing a scoop which would expose the late Professor Greenshaw
01:09:33and his barbaric polio trials.
01:09:37Trials which involved injecting orphaned children with the polio virus
01:09:42in order to develop a vaccine.
01:09:47Many were left paralysed, even more left dead.
01:09:54Now, this was sent to Miss Greenshaw yesterday, anonymously.
01:10:01Remember the children?
01:10:03My brother and some of our friends.
01:10:06I wanted Miss Greenshaw to see it.
01:10:09And did you cross out the faces as well, Miss O'Clock?
01:10:12Those are some of the children that disappeared here at Greenshaw's Folly,
01:10:16with no family to miss them. This can prove it.
01:10:20Greenshaw won't get away with it this time.
01:10:23Your words, I believe, Miss O'Clock.
01:10:25Are they?
01:10:27But...
01:10:29I was very upset.
01:10:31Upset enough to kill?
01:10:33No!
01:10:34I wanted the killing to stop.
01:10:36Inspector, Cicely is over 70 years old.
01:10:40I can't really see her pushing an arrow through someone's jugular vein.
01:10:47Now, searching through the records at St Faith's Orphanage,
01:10:51I discovered that the period from 1900 to 1910,
01:10:57as mentioned in Horace Bindler's notebook,
01:11:00had disappeared, no doubt destroyed.
01:11:03On whose orders?
01:11:05Professor Greenshaw, I expect.
01:11:07So it's possible that someone might have killed Horace Bindler
01:11:11to keep the secret safe.
01:11:13Yes, it is possible, Inspector.
01:11:15Miss Greenshaw herself, perhaps?
01:11:17I wouldn't think that for her at all.
01:11:20Catherine was as troubled by her father's past as anyone.
01:11:25No, I suspect that Horace Bindler
01:11:29may have stumbled upon something quite unexpected,
01:11:32something quite new.
01:11:34A piece of information that someone would be prepared to kill for.
01:11:41Sir, there's a Mr Fordite here, Miss Greenshaw's solicitor.
01:11:44He's asking to speak to Mr Fordite.
01:11:46He's asking to speak to Mr Fletcher.
01:11:53Do you know what that is?
01:11:54Yeah.
01:11:55Sir.
01:11:57Did you give any further thought to my request, Inspector,
01:12:01regarding Mr Kraken's post-mortem?
01:12:04Look, I'm really quite busy right now, Miss...
01:12:06Yes, I appreciate that, but if you could indulge me for a moment.
01:12:10You see, Mr Kraken had not touched alcohol for ten years.
01:12:15Says who?
01:12:16His priest, Father Brophy.
01:12:18Well, I know the butler's behaviour may have seemed odd and irrational.
01:12:22Yes, well, I'd agree with you there.
01:12:24But I believe it was the behaviour of a person
01:12:26under the influence of a drug, not alcohol.
01:12:31Go on.
01:12:32Atropine.
01:12:33It's a chemical derivative of deadly nightshade.
01:12:37It was grown by Miss Greenshaw in order to produce her own eye drops.
01:12:41But if ingested, it can promote the symptoms of drunkenness,
01:12:46dilated pupils, a flushed appearance, and with two deaths since.
01:12:52I might suggest a post-mortem be conducted on Miss Greenshaw too.
01:12:57Now, wait just a minute, Miss Marple.
01:13:00I'll admit that the information you've just given me seems plausible.
01:13:05But the medical officer has confirmed
01:13:07that Miss Greenshaw's jugular vein
01:13:09was severed by an arrow through her neck.
01:13:11Yes, but when?
01:13:19Tell the coroner's office I'm authorising a post-mortem on Walter Cracken.
01:13:29Blimey.
01:13:30Do you know what that solicitor chapter said?
01:13:33That this is all mine.
01:13:35Do you think it's a joke?
01:13:37I mean, why ever wouldn't Aunt Catherine have left a will?
01:13:40I don't understand.
01:13:42Father?
01:13:43She promised that the orphanage would be taken care of.
01:13:46She promised to remember.
01:13:48Yes, well, it seems like she didn't.
01:13:50Sorry to bother you, sir.
01:13:52There's another old lady here.
01:13:53Not another one.
01:13:54No, a mini-Tulliver.
01:13:55She has some information for Somerset House.
01:13:57Oh, I don't see for me, Sergeant.
01:14:02Right.
01:14:04The button found in Bindler's hand matches those on Pollock's jacket.
01:14:10What?
01:14:11The fingerprint tests have come back, too.
01:14:13I didn't kill anyone.
01:14:14Alfred Pollock, I am arresting you for a murder...
01:14:16He is not your murderer, Inspector.
01:14:18Miss Marple, I am in the middle of...
01:14:20Before we go any further,
01:14:22I must tell you that I am in possession of evidence
01:14:24which will prove Alfred's innocence
01:14:26and change the entire complexion of this case.
01:14:35Now, I promised I had new evidence for you, Inspector.
01:14:39All right. Let's hear it.
01:14:41I will come to that later.
01:14:44We need to begin at the beginning.
01:14:47Both Walter Crackham and Catherine Greenshaw
01:14:50were poisoned before they were killed.
01:14:53Just a minute.
01:14:55Poisoned?
01:14:56My aunt was found with an arrow through her neck.
01:14:59Have none of you considered that Catherine Greenshaw
01:15:02somehow seems a little too perfect?
01:15:05We have a clear-cut suspect to my mind.
01:15:08Yes, exactly. Too clear-cut.
01:15:11The only crime of which Alfred Pollock is guilty
01:15:14is misplaced loyalty.
01:15:16Mrs Cracewell saw him stealing.
01:15:19Did she?
01:15:21You see, I believe it was Father Brophy
01:15:24who sold the candlesticks.
01:15:27Whilst Alfred, in fact, reclaimed them.
01:15:30Eager to return them safely to the folly.
01:15:34Unfortunately, he was seen doing so
01:15:37and it was assumed he was a thief.
01:15:40I don't imagine Alfred was ever a very successful thief.
01:15:45Whereas you, Father...
01:15:47I, um...
01:15:48I thought the silverware would raise a good sum for the orphanage.
01:15:52Or perhaps pay off your debts.
01:15:57Can you explain why Miss Marple saw you leaving the folly
01:16:01just half an hour after Miss Greenshaw had been murdered?
01:16:04Yes, yes, I'd come back to confess to the theft.
01:16:07I came back to confess to the theft.
01:16:09I came back to confess to the theft.
01:16:12I came back to confess to the theft.
01:16:15I came back to confess to the theft.
01:16:17I couldn't let Alfred take the blame for me.
01:16:19He's a decent lad.
01:16:21I'm afraid I rather lost my nerve.
01:16:24But you said you saw Pollock at the time of Miss Greenshaw's murder.
01:16:28Yes, yes, I did say that.
01:16:31I wanted to repay Alfred somehow.
01:16:35Look, we have a motive.
01:16:38A packed rucksack.
01:16:40Fingerprint evidence and no alibi.
01:16:42Short of a signed confession,
01:16:44it couldn't really be more conclusive.
01:16:46Yes, so much so that it could almost have been stage managed.
01:16:51A ghastly melodrama played out for Louisa and Mrs Cresswell
01:16:56up in the dress circle.
01:16:58Yes, but it isn't a play, Miss Marple.
01:17:00Miss Greenshaw is dead.
01:17:02And whoever killed her sedated her first with atropine.
01:17:06The same as poor Mr Crackham.
01:17:09Atropine is a derivative of deadly nightshade
01:17:13which is often found in eyedrops.
01:17:17Catherine was drugged using her own medicine.
01:17:25Miss Greenshaw called you just after four o'clock?
01:17:29Asking for pylocarpine.
01:17:31Not a pile of carp.
01:17:33Pylocarpine, the antidote to atropine poisoning.
01:17:37She knew she'd been drugged.
01:17:39But at four o'clock we saw her weeding.
01:17:42Just before...the arrow.
01:17:45Leucotha.
01:17:47Thimble Campanula.
01:17:49The real Miss Greenshaw would never have mistaken
01:17:53those lovely plants for weeds.
01:17:58It was Archie's ghost which really made me start to think.
01:18:03Ghosts don't exist. People do.
01:18:06Yes, I am aware of that fact.
01:18:08Thank you, Miss Marple.
01:18:10Ghost appearances are surprisingly easy to alter.
01:18:14In Mr Fletcher's business, for example,
01:18:17costume and make-up can produce astounding transformations.
01:18:22Isn't that so, Mrs Creswell?
01:18:26In a certain outfit, for example,
01:18:28a housekeeper might be mistaken for a ghost,
01:18:31whilst a different hairpiece and dress
01:18:34could give her the look of, say, an eccentric lady gardener.
01:18:40Well, this proves nothing.
01:18:42Nothing at all.
01:18:44Let me remind you that Mrs Oxley and I
01:18:47were each locked in our bedrooms at the time of the murder.
01:18:50Apparently so.
01:18:52Enter Police Constable Stade Wright.
01:18:55Police Constable?
01:18:57Sergeant Cayley and I were the first officers on the scene.
01:19:00Having received Miss Creswell's call at a quarter past four.
01:19:03A whole quarter of an hour after the murder. How interesting.
01:19:07Oh, no, Inspector, this officer had nothing to do
01:19:10with the Downshire Constabulary.
01:19:12Another actor?
01:19:14In costume?
01:19:15Borrowed from Boreham Theatre.
01:19:20At four o'clock, I was halfway through a matinee.
01:19:23Oh, yes, your play. Such a pity you only appeared in the first act.
01:19:28Make your point, Miss Marple.
01:19:31You leave the stage at three-third here,
01:19:34quickly changing into a policeman's uniform from the costume rail
01:19:38and speeding back here to play the conscientious constable.
01:19:43But you also stab the sedated Miss Greenshaw
01:19:47before locking your accomplice, Mrs Creswell, in her room,
01:19:51as she had earlier locked up both Archie and Louisa.
01:19:56I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'd never miss a curtain call.
01:20:00And you didn't. You speeded back there to take your well-deserved bow.
01:20:07It's only 15 minutes in a fast car.
01:20:10And your theatre manager was happy to confirm
01:20:13you couldn't drag him off the stage, I think his words were.
01:20:16This is... This is insane.
01:20:18Why would I be in cahoots with Miss Creswell?
01:20:20I barely know each other.
01:20:22Not according to these records from Somerset House.
01:20:26Finally.
01:20:28Miss Greenshaw's sister, Nettie,
01:20:31married the Folly stableman, Harry Fletcher,
01:20:34and they had a child together.
01:20:36That much is true.
01:20:38But because she'd married a servant,
01:20:40her father, Decimus, cut them off completely.
01:20:43So the Greenshaws would never have known that Nettie died in childbirth,
01:20:48nor that the child also died just a year later.
01:20:52Neither would they have known that Harry Fletcher married again
01:20:57a Miss Mary Creswell,
01:20:59and that shortly afterwards they too had a son, Nathaniel Fletcher.
01:21:05It's not true.
01:21:07I have a copy of the birth certificate.
01:21:15So Fletcher isn't even a Greenshaw.
01:21:20He's Mrs Creswell's son.
01:21:22And the love his mother has for him knows no bounds.
01:21:27Mr Cracken's discovery that you were mother and son
01:21:31obviously jeopardised the plan for Nett
01:21:33to inherit the Greenshaw fortune.
01:21:35You had no choice but to get rid of him.
01:21:38Come here, you little blighter.
01:21:50And that left Horace Bindler,
01:21:52who was prying unearthed an horrific fact
01:21:56that Catherine Greenshaw had an illegitimate son,
01:21:59a rightful heir, one who could easily usurp Nat Fletcher's claim.
01:22:04It was obvious in the way Catherine looked at you.
01:22:08She refused to lose faith even when she thought you'd stolen from her.
01:22:14Suspecting that someone had been interfering with her property,
01:22:17Catherine checked Alfred's precious birth certificate
01:22:21to find that it had indeed been torn by someone.
01:22:24She took it from the laboratory,
01:22:26hiding it instead in Shakespeare's sonnets.
01:22:31Bookmarking.
01:22:33Sonnet number three.
01:22:35Thou art thy mother's glass,
01:22:38and she in thee calls back the lovely April of her prime.
01:22:55You both searched high and low for that birth certificate, didn't you?
01:23:00After you dealt with Mr Bindler.
01:23:02But it wasn't where he said it was, was it?
01:23:05And without destroying it,
01:23:07you could never ensure that your son would inherit the Greenshaw fortune.
01:23:11I knew I couldn't trust him.
01:23:1310,000 in cash, old fruit.
01:23:15You can't be serious.
01:23:17For the photograph as well as the original.
01:23:20A bargain, I'd say.
01:23:22I can think of a cheaper alternative.
01:23:36A murder committed with brute strength by the son.
01:23:41And expertly managed by the mother.
01:23:53The old witch hid it in a book.
01:23:55That is ridiculous!
01:23:56Well, she always was a ridiculous woman.
01:23:58That's for abandoning her own son.
01:24:00You can only call that heartless.
01:24:02On the contrary.
01:24:03Catherine had always lived in fear of her father and his hideous experiments.
01:24:08So when she had Alfred out of wedlock,
01:24:11her only thought was to hide him away as quickly as possible.
01:24:16So she entrusted her son to St Faith's Orphanage.
01:24:20Where Catherine could keep the closest eye on him.
01:24:24No one knew then that Decimus used the children from St Faith's.
01:24:29It was his favourite hunting ground.
01:24:33Nat didn't kill Miss Greenshaw.
01:24:36I did.
01:24:39She would have died anyway, the amount of atropine I gave her.
01:24:50Please, Mother.
01:24:54When I found Miss Greenshaw, she was very much alive.
01:24:59I'll...
01:25:00Oh, God.
01:25:04Hello?
01:25:05Hello?
01:25:09Hello?
01:25:11Hello?
01:25:13Hello?
01:25:15Hello?
01:25:17Hello?
01:25:18Hello?
01:25:33So as long as Miss Greenshaw hadn't made a will,
01:25:36Fletcher could have masqueraded as her blood nephew,
01:25:39safe in the knowledge that he would inherit everything.
01:25:41Yes.
01:25:43They realised it would be a long time before they saw any reward.
01:25:48And seeing Catherine's own son hanged for her murder
01:25:51must have seemed like a very neat way of killing two birds with one stone.
01:25:55And they framed him beautifully, I have to admit.
01:25:57Even down to squeezing his button into Mr Bindler's dead hand.
01:26:01A perfect plan.
01:26:04Almost, yes.
01:26:19There, another family.
01:26:22What am I going to do with all this?
01:26:24I've never had any money.
01:26:28Father Rofey could use a helping hand.
01:26:31The orphanage roof, for starters.
01:26:35It's what your mother would have wanted.
01:26:38I don't know.
01:26:40I don't know.
01:26:42I don't know.
01:26:44I don't know.
01:26:46I don't know.
01:26:48I don't know.
01:26:57We'll be off first thing in the morning.
01:26:59You can't go.
01:27:02This is your house. There's no place for me here.
01:27:04Stay, please.
01:27:08Why, Alfred?
01:27:10Because...
01:27:14Well, I'll be needing my own secretary now I've got this place to manage.
01:27:19When are you?
01:27:21Mummy, can we stay?
01:27:48Mummy?