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Kerr Avon
  • 6/1/2025
A Man has time on his hands once he loses his business.He helps out at the local Amateur Dramatics so with disguises gets his own back on Hartley town.Decent episode with lots of Coronation Street actors in it.

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00:00The Lone Ranger
01:30Cold.
01:31Playing hockey, more like.
01:35What do you do with yourself when you stop off all day?
01:37Play.
01:38Thought you'd get bored doing nothing?
01:40No.
01:41Wouldn't you rather be at school doing something?
01:44No.
01:45I don't know.
01:51No.
01:53No.
02:25Have you seen these?
02:31Honestly, Howard, I think you must go looking for muck just to roll in it.
02:34I'll never get these cleaned.
02:36Ah, sorry the good ones has come off with mucky shorts, ain't it, kid?
02:39Right.
02:40Shame you knocked on with that last chance you got, mind.
02:42Did you see us then?
02:44Oh, of course I did.
02:46I never saw you.
02:47I was hiding, weren't I, in case I put you off.
02:50Got two more through, didn't I?
02:51Left that full back of theirs for dead me seconden.
02:54Ah, you did all right.
02:55Played for Rochdale, aren't it? It's one day, perhaps.
02:58Yeah, somebody better than them.
03:00Big head.
03:01Hey, come on, take your plate, we haven't got a butler.
03:05I'll off out to play.
03:06Right.
03:09He played well.
03:11Got a good pair of hands.
03:13You went down the job centre, then?
03:17Yeah.
03:19What did they say this time?
03:21Same as they said last time.
03:24Oh, I'm sure they'll find you something soon, Ted.
03:27That's what worries me.
03:28What else did you do?
03:31Oh, I went down to the theatre.
03:33Did a bit of work on the stage.
03:35Played snooker.
03:37You know, Alan, I reckon I'd miss me way there.
03:39If I'd spent a bit more time misspending me youth
03:41instead of joining her in for eight hours a day,
03:43I reckon I could have been good.
03:47I passed by the shop.
03:49Oh, yeah?
03:50Yeah.
03:51He's had the place all tarted up.
03:54Well, I suppose he'd have to, now it's a pet shop.
03:58Yeah.
04:07Right, I'm off home, Joseph.
04:09Evening off, Mum.
04:11I think I've earned it, don't you?
04:13Not for me to say.
04:15I'm going to go home, put my feet up and watch the telly.
04:18Something good on?
04:19No idea.
04:20All I know is I've earned a rest.
04:23Oh, no.
04:25Absolutely nothing.
04:29Right.
04:31Good night, then.
04:32Good night, Mum.
04:36Evening, lads.
04:38Hello, George.
04:39Evening off, Mum.
04:40I shall be at home if I'm needed, George.
04:42Good night.
04:42Good night, Mum.
04:45Husband coming home?
04:47She's going to put her feet up and watch telly.
04:49She's obviously not coming home, then.
04:51So she's earned a rest.
04:52Right as you are.
04:53Not everybody gets what they've earned, though, is it?
04:58That's a very good morning to you.
04:59It's the breakfast show.
05:00More music, tour news, and the top of the hour.
05:08Oh, turn that off, Howard.
05:09Good, Mum.
05:12Have you cleaned your teeth?
05:13Of course.
05:14Right.
05:14Get your jacket on, then, and off you go.
05:16Bye, Mum.
05:17Bye, love.
05:17My bike's got a puncher, Dad.
05:22I'll see to it for you.
05:23Thanks, Dad.
05:24Cost you 10p, though.
05:27I'll owe you.
05:28Go on, I'll be.
05:28Hey, come on.
05:29You're going to be late.
05:30Bye, love.
05:31Bye, Mum.
05:31You don't mind me leaving you the dirty parts?
05:33I'll see if I can fit them in.
05:35Then what will you do?
05:36I thought I might go down the shop.
05:40Oh?
05:41Poison all his parrots.
05:43Bye, love.
06:06Bye, love.
06:36Bye, love.
07:06Good morning to you, sir.
07:18Have I come to the right place?
07:20Just a minute.
07:24What was that?
07:25I said, just a minute.
07:26I'm trying to reckon up.
07:27Could you speak up a bit, sir?
07:29Can I help you?
07:31I beg your pardon?
07:33What do you want?
07:35Oh, a budgie, sir.
07:36You sell budgies, do you?
07:38We have been known to sell the old budgie, yeah.
07:40That's good, sir, because that's what I'm after.
07:42A budgie.
07:43Will I come in with you, sir, to show you which one I want?
07:47Just stop there and point it out to me.
07:54Now then.
07:55Which one?
07:57Well, give a move on, will you?
07:58I've not got all day.
08:00I beg your pardon, sir.
08:00Will you just speak up a bit, sir?
08:02Hurry up.
08:02Which one?
08:03Right, sir.
08:04That one, that one, sir, up there.
08:07The blue one?
08:08That's the one, sir.
08:09That's the one for me, so it is.
08:12You nearly had him there, sir.
08:30Oi!
08:31Oi!
08:32Go out of there, you bloody old thief!
08:36Stop, thief!
08:37Stop, thief!
08:39Stop, thief!
08:50Was very much taken?
08:52About £50, ma'am.
08:54Anything to go on, Prince?
08:55Yes, ma'am, on the padlock and on the till, I understand.
08:57No ident, though.
08:58They don't match anything in records.
08:59How old did the shopkeeper say he was?
09:03In his mid-sixties, at least.
09:06He must have led a charmed life, then, to have got to that age without collecting any form.
09:10Unless he's a late vacation man.
09:13Did anybody else see him?
09:15Yes, ma'am.
09:16I pass her by.
09:17The one who let Mr Morley out of the birdcage.
09:19Said he rode up on a bike.
09:20Well, that tells us something, I suppose.
09:24Most likely a local man.
09:26Somebody who lives within cycling distance of the town centre.
09:28Right.
09:30Well, that's all we need.
09:31A geriatric Irish tea leaf.
09:34Right, Joseph.
09:35Get the lads to circulate the town centre shops with a description.
09:37I'm off to lunch.
09:38See you later.
09:38Right, ma'am.
09:44Something amusing, you, Sims?
09:46Me, Sarge?
09:47No.
09:48Not a thing.
09:52How was your day, then?
09:54Oh, full of drama.
09:56Johnny Cox didn't quite make it to the loo in time.
09:58Again.
09:59Oh, little Rachel Lindley was sick in her rod box.
10:02Charming.
10:02I must have been mad volunteering to take the reception class.
10:07Go on, you'll love it.
10:09What did you do today?
10:11Oh, I had a marvellous day.
10:13Great.
10:14Doing what?
10:16Not a lot.
10:18I bumped into Ronnie Gore when I was in town.
10:21Oh, yeah?
10:22He says he'll ask around, see if there's any vacancies going at their place.
10:25Trust you to start looking around, trying to find me work,
10:28just when I'm beginning to enjoy myself.
10:29You never mended my puncture.
10:37I'll do it now.
10:38I'll do it now.
10:39Come on.
10:52Guess who?
10:54Oh, hello, Rob.
10:55Come in.
10:55Thanks.
10:56Is Teddy in?
10:57He's out at the back, being a father.
10:59How is he?
11:03I mean, really.
11:05Oh, as well as can be expected, I suppose.
11:08Sit down.
11:09He seems cheerful enough down at the theatre.
11:10Full of beans.
11:12Oh, he is.
11:13That's what's so frightening.
11:15Underneath, though, he feels a right mug.
11:17And he reckons that's what everybody else thinks he's been as well.
11:19A mug?
11:20A mug for accepting early redundancy when he'd nothing better lined up.
11:24And an even bigger mug for putting his redundancy money into a business that didn't work and losing it all.
11:29Small businesses have been folding all over the shop, love.
11:32That's no consolation, Rob.
11:35We even lost out over that.
11:36How do you mean?
11:37Well, that bloke Morley who took over the lease and turned it into a pet shop.
11:41He knew we were desperate to get rid.
11:43He got it for a song.
11:44Well, according to tonight's paper, somebody walked in there today and made a right mug of him.
11:49Oh.
11:49Locked him in his birdcage and cleaned out the till.
11:53Well, I wish I could say he was sorry, but I can't.
11:56He certainly cleaned us.
11:59Talk about me, are you?
12:01You know what Oscar Wilde said, Ted?
12:04No, what was that?
12:06There's only one thing worse than being talked about, and that's not being talked about.
12:12It's not exactly my dub, Oscar Wilde.
12:15Would you like a copy?
12:16No, thanks.
12:16I have to dash.
12:17I just called to ask Ted if we'd be able to rehearse on stage tonight.
12:20Of course you can.
12:21Mind you, I can't guarantee you'll have a set ready for the first night if you do.
12:24We really do need it, Ted.
12:26We're badly under-rehearsed.
12:27Well, you're the producer.
12:29I'm just the stage manager.
12:30Of course, you can always play in front of the drapes.
12:33Thanks, Ted.
12:34See you down there later on, then, right?
12:35Bye, Rob.
12:36Bye-bye.
12:39Come on, then, Dad.
12:40I've got the tariff for you.
12:41I should hope so, too.
12:43A technician of my colliber can hardly be expected to do his own labouring.
12:47Listen, you're lucky to get me.
12:49I normally only do the things you want.
13:04Well, I told her.
13:06I said, look, if you're going to let a girl go to them all night soul sessions, who do you think she's going to be bringing on?
13:15Prince Untrue?
13:17Hey, excuse me, ladies.
13:19I've come about to central heating.
13:20What central heating?
13:21I understand you're having problems with the central heating in the dining hall.
13:26At first, I've heard about it, if we have.
13:29And you're an expert, are you, lady?
13:31All I'm saying is I've heard nothing about it.
13:34Have either of you heard anything?
13:36No.
13:36No.
13:37Sue yourself.
13:38I've had this job on our books as urgent for the past two weeks, but if you're telling me it's all right now, it's no skin off my nose.
13:44Either way.
13:44Hey, wait a minute.
13:47I mean, we're only the dinner ladies.
13:49We don't know.
13:50I mean, if you've been told to come, well, you'd best have a look at it anyway.
13:56Thanks.
13:56Where's the boiler room?
13:58Do you know?
13:58Through that door there and downstairs.
14:01Thanks.
14:06I want to say no to a cup of tea if there's one going.
14:09Cheeky monkey.
14:10Okay.
14:14Hey, uh, will the three of yous come down for a minute?
14:36And will you each of yous bring a big spoon with you?
14:39Good.
14:56Now, I think I've probably cracked it for you.
14:59Only there's something I have to check.
15:02Now, here's what I want you to do for me.
15:04You see this pipe here?
15:05Yes.
15:06And these two pipes over here?
15:08Yes.
15:09Well, I want you to each take a spoon.
15:11And when I give you the word, I want you to start tapping.
15:13Now, do you understand that?
15:14You want us to tap all the pipes?
15:17That's right.
15:18Would you like to try it?
15:23Can you no do it a bit louder than that?
15:27Now, will the two of yous do the same thing on these two pipes over here?
15:31While I check the thermoculator on the hydrometer?
15:35That's fine.
15:36Now, just keep going until I tell you to stop.
15:43We're all right here.
15:45We're all right here.
15:56We carry on.
16:00chick chick chick chick
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17:00Just checking the message pad, Sarge.
17:03Of course you were. Come on. Come on.
17:09What's the joke, anyway?
17:11Melody Spoon, Sarge.
17:14The school dinner's yesterday.
17:17You found that funny, did you?
17:19God admit, it was a bit.
17:21How much was it he took from the purses?
17:22Ten quid, fifteen?
17:25Something like that, aye.
17:27I bet they weren't giggling, those three old ears.
17:31No, Sarge.
17:36The voculator in the hydrometer.
17:39What's the joke?
17:41Oh, it's nothing, Mum.
17:42You mean it wasn't fit for my delicate ears?
17:43No, no, nothing like that.
17:45We were just having a bit of a laugh about that job down at the junior school yesterday.
17:48No.
17:49Can't say I found it particularly hilarious.
17:51Three elderly women having their bags rifled and made fools of.
17:55It's just what I've been saying myself, Mum, to the lads.
17:58Hmm.
17:59Do you have anything to go on?
18:00Well, scenes of crime turned up some prints, apparently.
18:03And?
18:04Well, that's the weird bit.
18:05The only ones they match are the set we collected the other day from the pet stores.
18:09What?
18:10There's no doubt about it.
18:11They're definitely made by the same man.
18:13But I thought this one was Scottish.
18:15And in his 40s.
18:16That's right.
18:17And all three dinner ladies confirmed that.
18:19I reckon we've got a bit of an actor on our hands, Mum.
18:21Yeah.
18:23I think we do, Joseph.
18:25I'm not intruding, am I?
18:26Good heavens, no.
18:28No, it's just that I was on my way home myself, and, well, I thought I'd drop in and see if you're all right.
18:33That's very kind of you.
18:35Well, are you all right?
18:37Shouldn't there be?
18:38It's just that you've seemed a touch depressed recently.
18:42Would you like a cup of coffee?
18:43I was just making some.
18:44Oh, sure.
18:45How's Tom getting on with his course?
18:55Oh, fine.
18:56He's enjoying every minute of it.
18:58Which is more than you are, right?
19:03Won't last forever.
19:07How are you getting on with this Dick Emery character?
19:10He's beginning to get through to me.
19:12He's certainly a cocky devil, whoever he is.
19:14And nasty with it.
19:16I mean, he's not just satisfied to rob you, he's to make a fool of you while he's at it.
19:20Yeah, someone with a great big chip on his shoulder, I'd say.
19:22Oh, I think you're right.
19:23And the really maddening thing is, we've got an issue of description.
19:27Have you got nothing to go on yet?
19:28Well, no, not really.
19:30Except, well, something Joe Becks said.
19:35What was that?
19:36About him being a bit of an actor.
19:38I'm sure that's not the way he meant it.
19:40But, well, maybe that's what he is, an actor.
19:45What, a professional actor?
19:48You mean someone who's out of work and got fed up of waiting for that phone to ring and decided that there were easier ways of making a living?
19:54Yeah.
19:54Well, I mean, none of the people he's robbed so far had any idea it was anything but what he was pretending to be.
20:02Which makes him not only pretty good at accents, but also very proficient with make-up.
20:07It's one thing to fool someone at stage range.
20:08It's quite another thing in broad daylight.
20:11Well, that's a point, I suppose.
20:14It certainly cuts down the field a bit.
20:15I mean, there can't be all that many disgruntled old pros living within cycling distance of Hartley Town Centre.
20:21No.
20:24I know.
20:24Good morning.
20:32Good morning.
20:33A quiet night?
20:35A couple of drunks, that was all, seemingly.
20:37Lucky George.
20:38Some folks seem to have it all, ma'am, yes.
20:41How are you on thespians, Joseph?
20:46Pardon?
20:47Actors, theatricals.
20:49Do you know any locally?
20:50Only a couple who play football.
20:56Very helpful.
20:57I haven't given him much thought, really.
21:00There's always Mr Gore, of course.
21:02Ronnie Gore?
21:03The JP.
21:04He's chairman, isn't he, of the local amateurs.
21:07That's right, so he is.
21:09Worth a word, perhaps.
21:11Thank you, Jersey.
21:12Try to be helpful, ma'am.
21:20Thank you, sir.
21:37What's that?
21:39Martin.
21:40Better get the inspector on.
21:41Oh, right, Sarge.
21:43Sorry, I didn't realise she was in.
21:44It's early start this morning.
21:46Checking up, is she?
21:48Checking up?
21:49Well, keeping us all on our toes, like.
21:52No, that's not her style, son.
21:53She trusts her people.
21:55Besides, it's my job to keep people on the toes.
21:57So, on your toes and get her a tea, eh?
21:59Right, Sarge.
22:00She'd need to be a sight earlier than this, anyhow.
22:05Yes.
22:07I wouldn't have phoned so early,
22:08but I thought Mr Gore was probably sitting this morning.
22:10I was hoping to catch him before he left.
22:12Erm, can you tell me when he'll be back?
22:15Tonight?
22:17Or that late?
22:19The theatre first?
22:21Yeah.
22:22Just the place.
22:32Can you be late?
22:33I suppose that depends upon our beloved producer, love.
22:36He has been known to keep everybody till dawn if he's not happy with it.
22:39Mum, can I go a row skating?
22:41No, you can't.
22:42I can't afford it.
22:43Mum, it's only £1.50.
22:44Only £1.50?
22:46Please, Mum, all others are going.
22:47I've told you, love, I can't afford it.
22:49Yeah.
22:49And I want some change, mind.
22:52Right, Dad, thanks.
22:55What's the matter?
22:57Where did that come from?
22:58Oh, I forgot to tell you.
23:00I had a Yankee up today.
23:01A Yankee?
23:02Yeah, it's, er, a bet.
23:05A sort of accumulator.
23:07On the horses, are you?
23:08Yeah, that's right.
23:10You always said backing horses for the mugs game.
23:12Oh, well, I've found me true vocation, haven't I?
23:15Do you want, Tom?
23:16No, thanks.
23:17Right, well, er, I'll see you later.
23:19I'll see you later.
23:49Tis no matter.
24:01Honour pricks me on.
24:04Yeah.
24:05But what if honour were to prick me off when I come on?
24:08How then?
24:09Can honour set to a leg?
24:12No.
24:14Or an arm?
24:15No.
24:17Or take bloody hell, Rob!
24:19All right, Roger, I'll hold it there.
24:22Teddy!
24:24Teddy!
24:28Did you speak?
24:29Do you think we can leave that until we get through this final bit?
24:32Of course we can.
24:33I can finish it tomorrow for you, if you like, when the audience...
24:35Inspector D'Arbelay asks you.
24:36Oh, hello, Ronnie.
24:38Let's go and find the bar, shall we, Jean?
24:40Nevertheless, fur and feathers flying.
24:42Right.
24:42That's all I've asked for you.
24:43Well, teach you, Maco.
24:47Problems?
24:48Par for the course at dress rehearsal.
24:50Be all right on the night, I hope.
24:53What are you having to drink?
24:54I won't, thanks.
24:55I'm driving.
24:56Well, then, what can I do for you, Jean?
25:00Well, it's a bit of a shot in the dark, really.
25:03We've had a couple of thefts in the town centre this last week.
25:07Both jobs were the work of the same man.
25:08Oh, yeah.
25:09His trademark seems to be that he goes in for make-up and pretty authentic disguise.
25:14Oh, yes.
25:15I've read something about that in the local rag.
25:17What was it they nicknamed him?
25:18Dick Emery.
25:19Oh, that's right.
25:21So, how can I help?
25:23Well, one of the theories we had was that he might be some sort of theatrical.
25:27Both disguises he's used have been very convincing.
25:30Pretty professional, in fact.
25:31Oh, yeah.
25:32If there was someone like that living in Hartley,
25:35someone who'd been in the business, perhaps,
25:36presumably you'd know him, if anyone would.
25:38Possibly, not necessarily.
25:40No?
25:41Oh, no.
25:42In fact, there's no real guarantee at all that he'd gravitate towards us.
25:45But you are the only theatre in town.
25:46That's not the point, you see.
25:48Pros and amateurs don't generally mix.
25:50Fire and water, in fact.
25:52Why?
25:54My private theory is that most pros were amateurs themselves once,
25:57and would prefer to forget the fact.
25:58And most amateurs think they're at least as good as pros,
26:01but nobody seems to realise it.
26:02I see.
26:05Well, if anything does occur to you...
26:07I'll give you a ring, of course.
26:09All sorted out, then, is it, Teddy?
26:10World War III?
26:12We've come to a very amicable arrangement.
26:14He's carrying on with his rehearsals,
26:15and I'm going to leave him to build his own bloody set when he's finished.
26:18Don't be like that.
26:19Well, I what, Doron?
26:20I tell you, I've had it.
26:20These actors down here, they reckon the sets build themselves.
26:23Grow up out of the floorboards overnight while they're in their little beds.
26:26Have a pint.
26:27Drown your sorrows.
26:28Pint, please, Charlie.
26:31Oh, Inspector Darbly, Ted Grimshaw.
26:34The best stage manager in the business.
26:35Flattery, Mr Chairman.
26:36We'll get you nowhere.
26:38Hello.
26:38Hello.
26:39What's up?
26:40Somebody's been nicking the takings again, have they?
26:42Something like that.
26:44Look, sure you won't have a drink?
26:45Positive, thanks.
26:46In fact, I must be going.
26:47Now, you will let me know if you have any thoughts, Ronnie.
26:49Of course.
26:49Thanks.
26:50Bye-bye.
26:50Do you know your way out?
26:51Oh, yes.
26:52Bye.
26:54What was all that about, then?
27:03Will you have time to go to the supermarket for me?
27:06Yeah.
27:07Thanks.
27:09I'll leave you a tenner, all right?
27:11Fine.
27:13Honestly, I don't know how some people manage a tour.
27:15Every time I go in that place, everything's gone up.
27:18I think they just think of a number and double it.
27:20They keep telling us rates of inflation's coming down.
27:24All I can say is, if it is, nobody's told them about it yet.
27:27Bye, love.
27:28Sorry.
27:29Oh, did you see Ronnie Gore down at the theatre last night?
27:33Yeah, we had a drink.
27:35Did he say anything?
27:36Only the same as he told you.
27:38That he'd ask around at work and see if there's anything going.
27:40I told him there's no need to worry.
27:42No need to go breaking a leg over it.
27:44Oh, you're bored out of your mind.
27:45Admit it.
27:46Don't you believe it, love.
27:47Ever since I retired, I'm beginning to wonder how I ever found time to work.
27:52Try and bring me some change out of that, eh?
27:53You're bored out of that, you're bored out of that, you're bored out of it.
29:48Oi!
30:26Thank you, apparently.
30:27All right, Peter.
30:29Ma'am.
30:39It's our boy, all right, Mum.
30:40The prints on the trolley and on the phone are using.
30:42Both sets match the ones we've already got.
30:44How's the old lady?
30:46Not good, I'm afraid.
30:47Apparently she's got a dicky heart.
30:49It's a touch and go, I think.
30:51Is there a car going to forensic this morning?
30:54Is she out here going?
30:55Put a report in with this, George.
30:57We'll get it over to them.
30:58See what they can come up with.
30:59All right, well.
31:00I'm going.
31:02No.
31:04Hello, thank you.
31:08Ted?
31:09Ted.
31:10Oh, Tebby.
31:11Are you all right?
31:12Of course.
31:13Why?
31:14They said on the radio there'd have been a bomb scare down at the supermarket.
31:17Ah, there was.
31:18And I was in there at the time.
31:20What happened?
31:21Oh, some joker rang up and said they're bomb here.
31:25The bomb scare is on there.
31:26It could be a storm.
31:27You know?
31:28Some joker rang up and said that a bomb was due to go off at any minute.
31:32Oh, my God. It was hilarious, actually.
31:35This is your friendly neighbourhood manager speaking.
31:37There's no cause for alarm, but we've just been told that a bomb's been planted
31:41right in the middle of the fruit and veg.
31:43It's not funny, Ted.
31:44How do you know you went there? I don't have to have been there.
31:48You'd have to be sick in the head to pull a trick like that with a supermarket full of people.
31:52Do you reckon?
31:53Well, don't you?
31:55I don't know.
31:56Makes a change from raising their prices all the time.
32:00Raising the alarm.
32:04Any news from the hospital this morning, Joseph?
32:06The old lady's still under sedation, Mum.
32:08Let me know, eh, if there's any change.
32:10Oh, and a cup of tea would be welcome.
32:24Oh, thank you, Joseph.
32:26Mr. Mason's here, Mum, from forensic.
32:28Good. Send him in, will you?
32:37Hello, Harry.
32:38Hello, Jean.
32:39That was quick.
32:40Well, I had a clear afternoon.
32:42And I'm due in court this morning, so I thought I might as well drop it off.
32:45Cup of tea?
32:46No, I won't, thanks.
32:47I'm running late already.
32:48Well?
32:49Worn by a horse, was it?
32:50Pardon?
32:51There are traces of horse hair in the crown.
32:53Which means?
32:54Whoever wore it was obviously wearing a wig.
32:57That would fit in with what we know, yes.
32:59Also make-up.
33:00Theatrical make-up?
33:01Hmm.
33:02Well, probably.
33:03In fact, I'd say it's been exposed to various sorts of make-up over quite a period.
33:06The inside's ingrained with it.
33:08Anything else?
33:09No, I'm sorry.
33:10I'm afraid that's your lot.
33:11Thank you for being so prompt.
33:12Oh, all part of the service.
33:14Full report will follow in due course.
33:16See you.
33:17Yes, thanks, Harry.
33:18Bye-bye.
33:39Mr.
33:49Lutton.
33:50Hartley Little Theatre?
33:51Do you have any seats left for tonight?
33:52I just want the one.
34:06Hello.
34:07Hello, Jean.
34:09Morning.
34:10Have you been to see the show?
34:11Yes.
34:12What did you think of it?
34:12I enjoyed it very much.
34:13Good.
34:14Did you think I was here on business?
34:17Always the first thought that occurs.
34:19I wonder why that is.
34:21Well, actually, there was something I was hoping to have a word with you about.
34:26Ah.
34:27You do have your own wardrobe here.
34:29I mean, you don't simply hire costumes.
34:31Good Lord, no.
34:32It must be afforded.
34:33Actually, we have a pretty extensive one.
34:35Who would have access to that?
34:37Pretty well every member of the theatre.
34:39Why?
34:40I'd like to show you something.
34:48It's a long time since I've seen one of those.
34:50The old Robin Hood.
34:52Is there any chance it could have come from your wardrobe?
34:54I might have.
34:55Leave it with me.
34:56I'll show it to our wardrobe people.
34:59Dick Embry again.
35:00We think he was responsible for that business down at the supermarket, actually.
35:04Oh, that, yes.
35:05That must have been terrible.
35:06Ted told me when somebody pressed the alarm, all hell broke this.
35:09Ted.
35:10Ted Grimshaw, our stage manager.
35:11You met him the other night?
35:12Oh, yeah.
35:14He was there when it happened, you know.
35:15Was he?
35:16It reminds me.
35:18I've got some good news for that young man.
35:19He told Ronnie you weren't interested in the job.
35:26That's right.
35:28But why, for God's sake?
35:29Oh, come on, Ellen.
35:31Walking around with a clipboard, checking stores for the rest of me life.
35:35Look, I am a tradesman.
35:36I have a trade.
35:38One there's not a lot of call for, Ted.
35:40Just at present.
35:42Thanks a lot.
35:44Oh, look, Ted.
35:45In a few months, a year, perhaps, things might be different.
35:48And in the meantime, well, it's a job, isn't it?
35:50It's at least better than being stuck at home all day.
35:53Do you reckon?
35:54Don't you?
35:56You know, the funny thing about being stuck at home all day,
35:59retire before your time.
36:01So it's going to happen to a lot of people, I think,
36:03unless things change.
36:05But you do get used to it.
36:07You adjust.
36:09I don't believe that.
36:10Oh, but you do, love, you do.
36:11You find things to do, things you like doing,
36:14things you get a real bang out of.
36:17You mean like playing snooker all afternoon,
36:20thinking you could have been Hurricane Higgins?
36:22Used to despise people who did that, Ted.
36:24That's right, I did.
36:26And much bloody good it did me, didn't it, Ellen?
36:41Partly 2595.
36:44Oh, hi there, George.
36:46That's all right, I've just got in.
36:48You have to be kept informed about Mrs May,
36:50the old lady from the supermarket.
36:52She just died.
36:54I see.
36:58Right.
37:00Leave a message in the CID room, will you, George?
37:02I shall want to see Sergeant Reeves as soon as he gets in tomorrow.
37:04Will do, Mum.
37:05Good night, George.
37:13Well?
37:13Well, it looks like it might well be one of ours.
37:19We did buy in a set of them for a musical some years back,
37:22and it does look as if one of them's gone missing.
37:25I see.
37:27Your stage manager, Ted Grimshaw.
37:30Oh, yes.
37:31How long have you known him?
37:34Twenty years, must be.
37:35What's he like?
37:36Good lad.
37:37Bell.
37:39He can be prickly, of course.
37:40Well, you saw that the other night.
37:42Yes.
37:42Basically, though, I don't know what we'd do without him down there.
37:47Bit worried about him at present, mind.
37:49Oh?
37:51Well, he's out of work.
37:53The firm he worked for was in trouble,
37:55and Ted accepted early redundancy,
37:57and opened a shop with the money.
37:58He couldn't have picked a worse time.
38:02Lost the lot.
38:04I see.
38:05I promised Helen that's his wife.
38:08I'd dare see if I could find him something at our place.
38:10I did.
38:12He turned me down flat.
38:13I couldn't believe it.
38:15Does he act at all?
38:16I mean, down at your theatre?
38:18He has a rich contempt for actors as old Teddy,
38:22like all the good stage managers.
38:24I bet you he could, mind you.
38:28He's a wickedly good mimic.
38:31Do you have an address for him?
38:36Could I speak to the ward sister, please?
38:43I believe you have a Mrs. Mather in there.
38:46She collapsed in Hartley Supermarket the other day.
38:51Could you tell me how she is, please?
38:53I'm her nephew.
38:56Only I'm speaking from London.
38:58What?
39:05When?
39:08All right.
39:12Thanks.
39:12hello
39:31hello
39:33we met at the theatre the other day
39:35oh yeah
39:37can I come in
39:38yes of course
39:40oh I give hand with the make-up down there
39:56if I didn't half of them would go on stage
39:59with leg tan on their faces
40:00well what can I do
40:03for you inspector
40:03Hartley supermarket
40:05I understand you were down there when they had the bomb hoax the other day
40:09yes that's right
40:10somebody tried to steal a few groceries
40:12apparently that's what it was all about
40:13so I heard
40:15it's hard to believe isn't it
40:16that somebody could do something so irresponsible
40:18for the sake of a few groceries
40:19sign of the times eh
40:21oh nobody's that desperate these days surely
40:24somebody obviously was
40:26one old lady was so frightened
40:29she collapsed you know
40:30yes I read about that
40:31she died last night in Hartley hospital
40:34oh that's terrible
40:36isn't it
40:37I wonder if he'll sleep tonight when he finds that out
40:41whoever he is
40:42or will he even care
40:44well what's all this got to do with me inspector
40:47you were there
40:48apparently someone set off the fire alarm as part of the same exercise
40:53presumably I simply wondered if you'd notice anything
40:55as soon as I heard the alarm all I wanted was out quick
40:58just like the old lady I suppose
40:59right
41:00only her heart wasn't up to it
41:01excuse me I'll just turn the kettle off
41:05well
41:12I'm sorry to have bothered you
41:14I'm sorry I can't be more helpful
41:17so you're struggling a bit are you
41:20oh no no no I wouldn't say we were struggling
41:22no no we are making some progress
41:23all right
41:24well the hat he dropped has helped a lot of course
41:26the hat
41:28yes the one he dropped whilst he was running away
41:30it's amazing what can be gleaned from a thing like that these days
41:33oh yeah
41:34yeah we know for instance that it came from your theatre
41:38our theatre
41:40hmm
41:40well what does that make him one of our members then
41:43oh it's a bit early to be that definite just yet I think
41:46well I'm sorry to have bothered you
41:48I must be off bye bye
41:49oh here inspector
41:51oh thanks
41:53and the prints definitely match
42:07they've got a perfect set on there
42:08they match all right
42:09it's good work
42:12right
42:13could I speak to Mr. Gore please
42:23Ted Grimshaw
42:24hello Ron it's uh Ted
42:29look uh about that job
42:32is it still going
42:34hang on a minute
42:38Mr. Edward Grimshaw
42:39Mr. Edward Grimshaw
42:43yes that's right
42:45I wonder if we might have a word
42:47my name is Logan
42:48Detective Chief Inspector
42:50and this is Detective Sergeant Reeves
42:52yes of course
42:54come in
42:56look Ronnie
43:00something just come up
43:02I'll call you back right
43:03dad dad dad I've been picked for the cold
43:23oh sorry
43:27what do you think he'll get Sarge
43:39Grimshaw I mean
43:40about to say
43:43I shall be back in an hour Joseph
43:51right ma'am
43:52ma'am
43:53why has Grimshaw been bailed
43:55simple theft beater
43:57but why hasn't he been charged with murder
43:59it falls into that murky area called causation
44:04she did have a weak heart
44:06which could have gone at any time
44:07he can also claim that he had no malicious intentions towards her
44:10he merely did it to steal food
44:12at the same time there's no doubt in my mind
44:14that he caused her death just as surely as if he'd stabbed her
44:16terrible thing man boredom
44:18getting up every morning
44:20revealing the day
44:21stretching away in front of you like some empty road
44:24knowing that tomorrow's going to be just the same
44:26and tomorrow
44:27it's not as though you're speaking from experience Joseph
44:31I have been unemployed ma'am yes
44:33was this before or after you joined the force
44:34before as far as I remember
44:38wipe that smirk off your face Simms
44:47if you don't have to do
44:49I can soon find you something
44:50I can soon find you something
45:02forwardo
45:10close to you