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The daughter of an elderly, recently widowed woman feels that her mother is being bilked by a phony spiritualist and hires Hetty to expose her. Starring: Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan, Derek Benfield.
The daughter of an elderly, recently widowed woman feels that her mother is being bilked by a phony spiritualist and hires Hetty to expose her. Starring: Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan, Derek Benfield.
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00:00Hear my prayer, O God, incline my ear, Thyself of my petition, thou wilt hide.
00:18Hear my prayer, O God, incline my ear, Thyself of my petition, thou wilt hide.
00:29I'm getting something.
00:33It's not clear.
00:37I think, yes, it's A.
00:44Does the letter A mean something to anyone here?
00:49It's a man, I think, trying to communicate.
00:53Capital letter A. Not very well formed.
00:57Could it be an H? A does sometimes look like H.
01:01Oh, you're right. It's H.
01:06I've got it clear now.
01:09H. A definite H.
01:13Harry.
01:14Someone dear to you.
01:16My husband.
01:17He passed over in January.
01:20His handwriting were never easy to read.
01:23Harry.
01:26Are you there, Harry?
01:29Is there something you want to say to this lady?
01:35It's him.
01:36I know it is.
01:37I can smell his pipe tobacco.
02:40It's unhealthy.
02:41What do you want us to do?
02:43Expose her.
02:44It's not illegal.
02:45Then it ought to be.
02:47Taking advantage of the bereaved at a vulnerable time.
02:50Oh, you'll have to excuse me.
02:51That lady's poodle's lifting its leg on the bellies, Pyrrhus.
02:53There won't be a moment.
02:55Oi!
02:56I can't sell those.
02:58You've soiled the goods.
02:59You'll have to take them.
03:00It's all work, I suppose.
03:02There's work and work, Geoffrey.
03:06Though we've not had much to do with the supernatural up till now.
03:09Hmm.
03:14Mother goes twice a week.
03:16The expense is horrendous.
03:18£20, it is.
03:20And bus fares.
03:21Oh, but it's worse.
03:23The house parties are only a come on.
03:25Folk go for the interest and then get hooked.
03:27Mother's having private consultations at £25 an hour.
03:30Well, she must be getting some satisfaction or she wouldn't go back.
03:34We're not meant to get satisfaction in this world.
03:37We're meant to get through it as best we can and hope for better in the next.
03:41I've asked Mother to come and live with us, but she refuses.
03:43She says Dad talks to her through a spirit guide and tells her to stay where she is.
03:49Why don't you go to the séance with her?
03:51She says the spirits won't utter if they sense a hostile presence.
03:56But if your dad really is talking to her...
03:59We had him cremated.
04:02He no longer possesses the equipment to communicate through a spirit guide or anyone else.
04:07Will you take the job or not?
04:10Forgive me for mentioning this.
04:12Our speakers are fine.
04:14Our fees aren't high, although my husband keeps telling me we should put them up.
04:18But even so...
04:19I can afford a week.
04:21It'll take longer than that.
04:22Five days as worked.
04:24You can slot it in with something else.
04:25And I feel, excuse me, I've got work to do.
04:27We'll be in touch.
04:28Henry, I want you in the perennials, PDQ, so stir your stumps.
04:35Exposing fraud, Mrs. Wainthrop.
04:37It's a public service if ever there was one.
04:40She just wants to get her hands on her mother's nest egg before it's squandered.
04:43But if this medium really is a fake, I suppose it's true she's taken advantage.
04:52Eyes closed.
04:53Breathe.
04:54In.
04:55Out.
04:56Deep breaths.
04:57In.
04:58Out.
04:59Deep breaths.
05:00In.
05:01Out.
05:02In.
05:03Out.
05:04Deep breaths.
05:05In.
05:06Out.
05:07Feel yourselves floating.
05:08In.
05:09In.
05:10In.
05:11Out.
05:12Feel yourselves floating.
05:13Ah.
05:14Eyes open.
05:15Minds open.
05:16Ready.
05:17Ready.
05:18Ready.
05:19Ready.
05:20Ready to receive.
05:21No.
05:22No.
05:23No.
05:24No.
05:25Nasty.
05:26Nasty.
05:27Nasty.
05:28Nasty.
05:29Not now, Tiny.
05:30Never at the beginning.
05:31You're in the way.
05:32Let the Red Indian gentleman through.
05:34Who's Tiny?
05:35A spirit guide.
05:36Just a little girl.
05:37She interrupts the others.
05:38Shh.
05:39No distraction.
05:40Please.
05:41Nasty.
05:42Nasty.
05:43Jinkle.
05:44Jungle.
05:45Withery.
05:46Is it an astral presence, Tiny?
05:47Something from a lower plane frightening you?
05:49I don't mind.
05:50I don't mind.
05:51I don't mind.
05:52I don't mind.
05:53I don't mind.
05:54I don't mind.
05:55I see.
06:12Don't cry, my dear.
06:17It won't hurt you.
06:18Nasty.
06:19what happened it was tiny she was frightened there's hostility in the room interfering with
06:34reception i felt it from the beginning but it's stronger now there's someone in this room wants
06:42to destroy our work do you know the source oh yes i know the source
06:46i know which one of you it is i can feel the bad vibrations creating astral static
06:55i must ask you to go now please the spirits will not speak to those with closed ears
07:01your money will be refunded
07:09who was she i can't say she's never been before
07:13neither have i it's funny how you can't help feeling guilty mrs rome looked right
07:21at me and i thought oh i must be giving out hostile vibrations from my unconscious mind
07:27oh no dear anyone can see you're the sympathetic type you're one of us we've sustained a loss
07:35it's surprising your husband didn't make himself known
07:37well they usually do at the first city they've been waiting to make contact you see my harry
07:43straight through the french windows in a cloud of herbal tobacco my husband never liked putting himself
07:50forward
07:56you ought to try a private consultation it's more expensive but it's well worth the money
08:01but there's no competition just you and the departed and the spirit guide
08:14you ought to try to try to wait for yourself you can't make your soul
08:22okay
08:23you know
08:24you know
08:26you know
08:27you know
08:28yeah
08:30yeah
08:31yeah
08:35yeah
08:36yeah
08:37yeah
08:39yeah
08:39What have you found out?
08:52Not a lot. They're a mother and daughter.
08:54Not local. They've rented the house for the winter.
09:01Ah! DCI Adams phoned.
09:03He wants to see you.
09:05Tonight?
09:06Tomorrow.
09:07Could you drop into the station at your own convenience?
09:10Oh, that's a lovely hat.
09:11What about?
09:12There's a Don D cake his wife made. He wants you to try.
09:15Oh, aye.
09:17You look like Marlene Dietrich when you wear that hat.
09:21Don't be daft.
09:25I never knew you were married.
09:27If we're not, we don't get promoted.
09:29Of course, the marriages mostly break up for want of attention.
09:32Luckily, my wife has a job of her own,
09:34so it's just the children who feel neglected.
09:36Oh, tell me, please, Mrs. Wainthrop.
09:40What's your interest in Marika Rome and her daughter Sarah?
09:45I only went there yesterday evening for the first time.
09:50Are you having me followed?
09:51Oh, I wouldn't dare.
09:52No, I had someone of my own there.
09:58A young woman?
10:01She got thrown out.
10:02And what's your interest, then, in Mrs. Roman, her spirit guides?
10:08You first.
10:11I have a client who thinks she's a fake.
10:15I've said it's not illegal.
10:17Technically, it is.
10:19Fraudulent Mediums Act, 1951.
10:21But as long as the medium hears voices that nobody else can hear,
10:25sees what nobody else can see,
10:27and the spirits use her vocal cords to communicate,
10:30you can't prove it.
10:31Now, are you going to tell me what your lady was doing there?
10:34Have some more cake.
10:35I can't be bribed.
10:38My detective sergeant was, as you say, rumbled.
10:42But you, Mrs. Wainthrop, were not rumbled.
10:45How did you explain your presence?
10:47Said I'd read their advert in the Psychic Herald.
10:50Said my husband had recently passed away
10:52and I wanted to make contact.
10:54Robert? Has he?
10:56No, he'll outlive us all if he's not prevented.
10:59I went there in disguise, under a flag of convenience.
11:04Mrs. Lola Hattersley, wealthy widow, without dependence.
11:09Totally without.
11:11I haven't gone into details.
11:13They come at the private consultation, so I'm told.
11:17And will you be having one?
11:19I'll have to consult my client.
11:21I'm not sure she'll be prepared to pay.
11:24I have a small fund under my control which might cover it.
11:28Then what's the problem?
11:30Let's go for a little drive.
11:31This diary.
11:45When my father retired,
11:47he and my mother went to live at Granger-Over Sands.
11:52She died suddenly,
11:55eighteen months ago.
11:57He...
11:58only recently.
11:59this was his diary
12:03he took her death
12:07very hard
12:09and
12:12started going to group seances
12:14at a private house
12:15Mrs. Rome
12:17she'd rented a place for the winter
12:19group meetings first
12:21private consultations after
12:23it's all in here
12:24what he writes
12:26is what he believes she told him
12:29my mother told him
12:31through some spirit guide
12:33which was?
12:36terrible things
12:37lies
12:39we have to believe they were lies
12:41before she married
12:43my mother was a psychiatric nurse
12:46what she told him
12:47is said to have told him
12:50these terrible things
12:52they're done to patients
12:55ill treatment
12:57you could call it sadism
13:01by your mother?
13:03when he himself died
13:05all his savings were gone
13:06for nearly a year
13:09he'd been taking large sums
13:10out of the bank
13:11in cash
13:12so he has these
13:14private consultations
13:16his dead wife talks to him
13:18telling him about
13:19all the dreadful things
13:20she's done
13:21and he believes her
13:22and then he pays up
13:25to keep it quiet
13:26wait a minute
13:35the medium's in a trance
13:42she's not supposed to know
13:44what happens
13:45Mrs. Rome tape records
13:47the private consultations
13:48so that her clients
13:50can have a record
13:51of what their loved ones
13:51tell them
13:52it'd only need one tape
13:54blackmail
13:56and no way of proving it
14:00a special consultation
14:0425 pounds
14:06and bus fares
14:07why?
14:08you want me to expose her
14:10well why can't you expose her
14:12at one of her evening dues
14:13you'd have witnesses
14:14she's a clever woman
14:15she doesn't give herself
14:17away in public
14:18anyone hostile
14:19affects the vibrations
14:20so they get thrown out
14:21the point is
14:23she doesn't do anything
14:24the spirits do it all
14:26she just passes on
14:28what the spirits say
14:29and the people at the seance
14:31have to tell her
14:32whether it has any meaning
14:33for them
14:33so if a mistake's made
14:35wrong age
14:36wrong colour hair
14:37wrong sex
14:38any sort of error
14:39it's not heard
14:41you see
14:41the spirits got it muddled
14:44going to bad reception
14:45and what do you expect
14:47to get from a private consultation
14:49that you wouldn't get otherwise
14:50in private
14:52she might just take
14:53one step too far
14:5625 pounds
15:01a place like this
15:08you've no idea
15:10the wastage
15:11one step too far
15:18how do we lay the bait
15:20we shall put together
15:23a life story
15:24of Mrs Lola Hattersley
15:26as soon as we get home
15:27and I shall learn it
15:29by heart
15:30Mrs Hattersley
15:48good afternoon
15:49Mrs Hattersley
15:50come in
15:51thank you Sarah
15:52your coat
15:54thank you
15:55you're a friend of Mrs Todd
15:58I believe
15:58both having lost
16:01a loved one
16:02recently
16:02it brings you together
16:05a loved one
16:06that would be
16:07my husband
16:09Mr Hattersley
16:11Mr Hattersley
16:12you don't use
16:13his first name
16:14he may do so
16:17he may do so
16:17if he decides
16:18to make himself known
16:19that's up to him
16:20I see
16:21thank you
16:26now you'll excuse me
16:28but we have to get
16:30one thing straight
16:31right from the beginning
16:31I'm only a channel
16:37of communication
16:38I can't guarantee
16:40success
16:41if your husband
16:42doesn't wish to communicate
16:43there's nothing
16:45I can do about it
16:46oh but he must
16:47want to
16:48he must
16:49he's always
16:49looked after me
16:50he's left me
16:53all this money
16:54the house
16:55the business
16:56he went so sudden
16:59I don't know
17:00what to do
17:01take the crystal
17:23in both hands
17:23hold it
17:25feel the warmth
17:31look deep into it
17:34deep
17:36yes
17:38such secrets there
17:41put it back please
17:43first I'm going to
17:48study your aura
17:49for a while
17:50close your eyes please
17:51what's an aura?
17:55the astral part of you
17:56everybody has one
17:58it's just light
18:00a mist of light
18:02like you see
18:03round a street lamp
18:04on a rainy night
18:05yours is purple
18:08that's the colour
18:10of grief
18:11oh
18:11I'd never have known
18:13open
18:14grace todd
18:20said something
18:21about a tape recording
18:22I was about to ask
18:24it's a little extra
18:26but many clients
18:27like to have a record
18:28oh I don't mind
18:29about the extra
18:30it's the least
18:32of my worries
18:32I see
18:47an old man
18:49rocking
18:51Mr Hattersley
18:54wasn't old
18:55he was cut down
18:57in his prime
18:58rocking
18:58in his chair
19:00there's a chamber pot
19:03by the side of it
19:04rocking
19:05a chamber pot
19:07I didn't come here
19:09to play these silly
19:10games
19:11please put me
19:12onto my husband
19:13as quick as you can
19:14good gracious me
19:19I remember
19:21you know the old man
19:23my grandad
19:25he had sciatica
19:28he had to rock
19:28to get out of his chair
19:30in the chamber pot
19:31he used it
19:32as a spittoon
19:33he's your guardian
19:34in the spirit world
19:35he keeps an eye
19:36on you
19:37I don't know why
19:40I never liked him
19:41why are you following me
19:52hey
19:53you heard
19:55I wasn't following you
19:57don't lie
19:58you're no good at it
19:59well
20:01if I was
20:03you were
20:04I fancied you
20:07I suppose
20:09no
20:11that's it
20:12I saw you
20:13I fancied you
20:15followed you
20:16end of story
20:17it's as old as time
20:19most stories are
20:21F
20:25F
20:26Florence
20:28Florey
20:30Flora
20:31Anne Florey lived
20:35at Bamba Bridge
20:36and her husband
20:38worked on the railway
20:39in a supervisory capacity
20:41we never had much
20:43to say to them
20:44in this life
20:45and I can't think
20:45the spirit world
20:46will make a difference
20:47now
20:48may I talk
20:50to my husband
20:51please
20:51I told you my dear
20:53I can't command
20:54the spirits
20:55the ones who come
20:57are the ones
20:58with something
20:59to communicate
20:59F
21:02I don't think
21:05it's your auntie
21:06but nothing's clear
21:08I can feel
21:10impatience
21:11hindering the flow
21:12F
21:15I have the feeling
21:19a child
21:22is there some
21:25buried unhappiness
21:26in your mind
21:27connected with a child
21:29Mr Hattersley
21:30and I never had
21:31children
21:32we married late
21:34he did have a lady
21:38friend for some
21:39years before
21:40our marriage
21:41but we don't
21:43speak of her
21:44and what was
21:45the name of
21:46this lady friend
21:47my dear
21:47Fiona
21:49Fiona Freeman
21:55why aren't you
21:58at work
21:59I'm unemployed
22:00at the moment
22:01that's why I have
22:02to keep wondering
22:02about
22:03killing time like
22:04if you're unemployed
22:05how come you're
22:06buying a coke
22:06I had a piece
22:09of good fortune
22:09when some careless
22:10person left his
22:11car and locked
22:11you're beginning
22:14to grow on me
22:15I've been wondering
22:17what you're like
22:18in bed
22:18I've had no complaints
22:24maybe you've had
22:25no opportunities
22:26either
22:26I don't know
22:30how to reply
22:30to that
22:31don't worry
22:33I was only
22:33trying to knock
22:34you off balance
22:35in my job
22:36you learn a lot
22:37about people
22:37from their reactions
22:38you're not a
22:40Jack the lad
22:41looking for a
22:41quick pick up
22:42so why were you
22:44really following me
22:45I followed you
22:49because
22:50anyone can dream
22:52and has your
22:54husband's lady friend
22:55Fiona
22:56passed over
22:57do you happen
22:58to know
22:58they lost touch
22:59she went south
23:01to Dunstable
23:02for her health
23:03he never heard
23:04from her again
23:05for her health
23:06yes
23:07to have an abortion
23:09or to have
23:10the baby
23:11oh
23:12oh
23:13whoever it is
23:16she's extremely
23:18anxious to
23:18communicate
23:19if it's
23:21Miss Freeman
23:21please inform
23:24her that I do
23:25not wish to
23:25receive any
23:26communications
23:27she may be
23:28trying to make
23:29I want to
23:30speak to my
23:30husband
23:31and only
23:32to my
23:32husband
23:33there's
23:34£250,000
23:36tied up
23:37at an
23:38extremely low
23:39rate of interest
23:40and I need
23:41better advice
23:42than I'm getting
23:43from the bank
23:44just the same
23:47my dear
23:48husband
23:49never appeared
23:50of course
23:51I didn't appear
23:51I'm not dead yet
23:53how could I appear
23:53you've not had
23:55a lady friend
23:56call Fiona
23:56either
23:57as far as I know
23:59you and I
24:00were married
24:01far too young
24:02I never realised
24:02my potentialities
24:04I might have
24:05fancied a Fiona
24:05if fate had
24:06thrown one my way
24:07it was
24:09funny about
24:10your grandad
24:11though
24:11it was
24:12rocking in his
24:13chair
24:14a chamber pot
24:15to spit in
24:16for his bronchitis
24:17my grandad
24:18not Mrs. Lola
24:19Hattersley's
24:20that medium
24:21couldn't have known
24:22she could be genuine
24:23a lot of old men
24:24I'd say
24:25I had to go
24:25in your grandad's
24:26day
24:26and bronchitis
24:28keeping an eye
24:32on me
24:32from the astral
24:33plane
24:34she said
24:35well why not
24:37if he enjoys it
24:38the important
24:40thing is
24:40genuine or not
24:42she's taken the
24:43bait
24:44the bleating
24:45of the goat
24:46excites the tiger
24:47some goat
24:49a wealthy goat
24:51without children
24:52and now there's
24:54her husband's
24:55ex-lady friend
24:56deceased
24:56trying to get
24:57through to me
24:57with a message
24:58about a little
24:58girl
24:59I find that
25:00interesting
25:00did she give you
25:01the tape recording
25:02next session
25:03she wants to
25:05make a copy
25:05for her own
25:06records
25:06that's how she
25:07blackmailed the
25:07vicar's dad
25:08kept a copy
25:09well it isn't
25:11blackmail this time
25:12maybe not
25:13but I expect
25:14that little girl
25:15will turn out
25:15to be in need
25:16she's not
25:33thought it
25:34through
25:34Mr.
25:34Wayne
25:34that's the
25:35trouble
25:36Hetty never
25:37does think
25:37things through
25:38little grace
25:39sells
25:40rubbish
25:41it's
25:41interesting
25:42with her
25:42always has
25:42been
25:43I've not
25:44thought it
25:44through
25:45that's the
25:45trouble
25:45unlike you
25:47when I began
25:48all I was
25:49gonna do
25:49was go
25:50to a couple
25:50of seances
25:51get her
25:52to give me
25:52a message
25:53from me
25:53dead husband
25:54and then
25:54expose her
25:55because Robert
25:56isn't dead
25:57and anyway
25:57I'm not
25:58Mrs. Hattersley
25:59she'd have
26:00wriggled out
26:01of that
26:01somehow
26:01though
26:02but it
26:03might have
26:04been enough
26:04for Grace
26:05Todd
26:05and I'd
26:05have done
26:06me duty
26:06by the
26:07client
26:07and now
26:08well
26:09there's
26:09this
26:09blackmail
26:10business
26:11I've
26:12laid a
26:12bait
26:13and she's
26:13taken it
26:14Jeff
26:15and me
26:16we've
26:16made up
26:16a life
26:17story
26:17for Mrs.
26:17Hattersley
26:18but she's
26:19gonna need
26:19more than
26:19a made
26:20up story
26:20where does
26:22she live
26:22and what's
26:22her phone
26:23number
26:23I can
26:25find you
26:25a house
26:26and an
26:26answer
26:26phone
26:27good
26:28and
26:29Mrs.
26:30Hattersley
26:31will need
26:31a check
26:31book
26:32I suppose
26:32I wanted
26:41to have
26:42a talk
26:42with you
26:42man to
26:43man you
26:44know
26:44it's not
26:45the facts
26:46of life
26:46is it
26:47I had
26:48to do
26:48them
26:48without
26:48Derek
26:49I got
26:50rather
26:51modelled
26:51up to
26:51tell you
26:51the truth
26:52it's
26:53not
26:53the facts
26:54of life
26:54at least
26:55not
26:56exactly
26:57it's
26:58more
26:59the way
27:00we live
27:00you
27:01me
27:01and
27:02Mrs.
27:02Wayne
27:02Drop
27:02there's
27:03not
27:04the
27:04opportunity
27:04to
27:05if I
27:07was
27:07to
27:07meet
27:07someone
27:08a
27:09girl
27:09say
27:10oh
27:11oh
27:12you're
27:12you're
27:12right
27:13it's
27:14quiet
27:15here
27:15for you
27:15living
27:16with
27:16us
27:16I'm
27:17not
27:17complaining
27:18well
27:18when I
27:18say
27:18quiet
27:19I
27:19don't
27:19mean
27:19the
27:19detective
27:20agency
27:20aspect
27:21witches
27:21arsonists
27:22the
27:22mafia
27:22sort
27:23of
27:23thing
27:23they're
27:24not
27:24always
27:24welcome
27:25but they
27:25do
27:25make
27:25a
27:25change
27:26no
27:26no
27:26what
27:26I was
27:27meaning
27:27is
27:27that
27:28you're
27:29a
27:29teenager
27:29I
27:30am
27:30you've
27:31got
27:31urges
27:31I
27:32have
27:32it's
27:33a
27:33problem
27:33it
27:34is
27:34Etty
27:35doesn't
27:35always
27:36understand
27:37men's
27:38feelings
27:38she gets
27:40proprietorial
27:41you could
27:41say
27:42it's a
27:43family
27:43Mr
27:43Wayne
27:44drop
27:44I
27:44like
27:44that
27:45I
27:45haven't
27:46had a
27:46proper
27:46family
27:46for
27:47a
27:47long
27:48time
27:48I'm
27:49grateful
27:49and
27:51as
27:51you
27:51say
27:51the
27:51work
27:52it
27:52stretches
27:52me
27:53it's
27:53a
27:54challenge
27:54only
27:56only
27:56you ought
27:57to get
27:57out on
27:57your own
27:58from
27:58time
27:58to
27:58time
27:58every
27:59lad
28:00should
28:00I'll
28:01have a
28:01word
28:01with
28:02her
28:02you
28:10don't
28:10have
28:10a
28:10job
28:11I
28:11work
28:11for
28:11my
28:11mother
28:12what
28:13about
28:13your
28:13dad
28:13the
28:14women
28:15manage
28:15things
28:15in
28:16my
28:16family
28:16is
28:17it
28:17a
28:17good
28:17trade
28:17being
28:18a
28:18medium
28:18it's
28:19not
28:19a
28:19trade
28:19it's
28:20a
28:20calling
28:20you
28:21have
28:21to
28:21have
28:21the
28:21gift
28:21as
28:23for
28:23money
28:23we
28:23don't
28:23charge
28:24much
28:24a lot
28:25of
28:25clients
28:26are
28:26old age
28:26pensioners
28:27sit down
28:31for a
28:31bit
28:32have you
28:37got
28:37the
28:38gift
28:38yeah
28:39I
28:39think
28:40so
28:40you
28:42can
28:42put
28:42your
28:42arm
28:43around
28:43me
28:43if
28:43you
28:43like
28:43try
28:47to
28:48enjoy
28:48it
28:48don't
28:52you
28:52have
28:52a
28:52regular
28:52boyfriend
28:53if
28:53I
28:53like
28:53someone
28:54I
28:54might
28:54go
28:54with
28:54them
28:54for
28:54a bit
28:55but
28:56nobody
28:56claims
28:56me
28:57besides
28:58I
28:59don't
28:59know
28:59anyone
28:59in
28:59Burnley
29:00we're only here for the winter
29:01what about the summer
29:03so you're sorry
29:04I thought we might
29:07go to a club later
29:08we found another careless person
29:10left his car unlocked
29:11I wouldn't ask you if I couldn't afford to take it
29:14shall I kiss you
29:21you might enjoy it
29:24not bad
29:35you'll get better if you practice
29:38let's practice
29:39come on
29:45would you do something for me Jeff
29:49since you turned your own
29:51ask
29:52there's one of our clients
29:53in Darwin
29:54a widow
29:55mrs. Lola Hattersley
29:57I'll give you the address
29:58what about her
30:00she doesn't feel right
30:02usually when folk come to us
30:05it's loneliness
30:06with her there's something wrong
30:08it's all to do with money
30:10what do you want me to do
30:11find out all you can
30:12ask the neighbours
30:14she could get hurt
30:16if she's going into it
30:16for the wrong motives
30:17you
30:20what
30:20well
30:21in the course of making
30:23general inquiries
30:24in the area
30:24no flannel
30:25I don't want flannel
30:26Geoffrey
30:26I came to make the acquaintance
30:28of the subject's daughter
30:30and never told us
30:32you spoke
30:37he told me
30:41he'd made the acquaintance
30:42of a young lady
30:43he didn't say who
30:45I was going to talk to you about it
30:48how dare you keep secrets from me
30:53you've had one go of solving cases on your own
30:57and it came to no good
30:58and now you want to take over the agency
31:01it's got nothing to do with the agency
31:03my feelings for the young lady are private
31:07mrs. Wainthrop
31:07they have nothing to do with the agency
31:10until now
31:13maybe they have now
31:15but you've got to look at things from their point of view
31:18got to?
31:19give the lad a chance Hetty
31:20let him explain
31:21explain
31:28there's your grandad
31:29and your aunt Flory
31:31mrs. Rome got both those right
31:33she didn't know who you were
31:35because you were pretending to be someone else
31:36but she got those right
31:38and my dear husband
31:39who's passed over
31:40and his lady friend Fiona
31:42also passed
31:43who wants to tell me about a little child
31:45she didn't say that
31:47oh
31:47am I losing my mind?
31:52are you telling me
31:53what this medium did or didn't say
31:55when you weren't even there?
31:57I'm sorry mrs. Wainthrop
31:58but from what you've already told
31:59god give me patience
32:01oh I do so I hope it will
32:02all she actually said was
32:04there was a message about a little child
32:06something to do with the letter F
32:08she never succeeded in communicating with Mr Hattersley
32:11and all that stuff about Fiona
32:12was what you told her yourself
32:14I suppose
32:15strictly speaking
32:17that could be true
32:19then why does this girl
32:20want Geoffrey to investigate me
32:22mrs. Hattersley?
32:24she thinks there's something strange about you
32:26she thinks you're obsessed by money
32:27and you may be at risk
32:28me at risk?
32:31I'll tell you who's at risk young man
32:33I'll tell you who's obsessed
32:35and it's not with money
32:37it's with sex
32:38oh I'm not speaking to anybody
32:44Michael the DCI
32:46Wainthrop detective agency
32:48who?
32:52Derek!
32:54it's the baby
32:54something's happened
32:56but it must be about
32:57four in the morning where you are
32:58is there anything wrong?
33:02yeah she's here now
33:03I had a little girl
33:05a week early
33:06but she's all right
33:07hello?
33:09good news
33:10yes
33:11a little girl
33:11yes
33:13they
33:13they had a miscarriage before
33:15so they
33:15they thought them I'd lose her
33:17but she's all right
33:19Felicity
33:20oh yes
33:22it's a lovely name
33:23most appropriate
33:26Felicity
33:27yes
33:30F
33:32a child
33:34I'm giving up the case
33:37what?
33:38give us a minute
33:38sure
33:39she's not a fake
33:41there's too much she's got right
33:43first me grandad
33:45then me aunt Flory
33:46of Bamba Bridge
33:47take your time
33:48it's this F
33:49the child
33:50she's just been born
33:52in Dunstable
33:53in Sydney Australia
33:54she's me own granddaughter
33:56Felicity
33:56Mrs. Rome couldn't have known that
33:59so maybe what the spirits told that vicar's dad was true
34:02and maybe his wife really did all that
34:05that's not the point
34:06whether Mrs. Rome is a fake or not
34:09whether the vicar's mother ill-treated her geriatric patients or not
34:13blackmail is still blackmail and it's a blackmailer you're after
34:16so tell me please
34:19what is Geoffrey going to say to the girl?
34:22Mrs. Lola Hattersley lives alone in a detached house in the select area of Darwin
34:28she and her husband were a devoted couple
34:31rich, well respected
34:34old-fashioned views
34:35pro-hanging anti-abortion
34:37and she was utterly dependent on him
34:39she has no close relatives
34:43nobody comes to see her
34:45the telephone's ex-directory
34:48but he got the number from the cleaning lady
34:50and I tell you now
34:54it won't come to anything
34:56we're wasting our time
35:00Mrs. Lola Hattersley is not available to take your call at the present time
35:08please leave a message after the tone
35:11hello this is Wendy Freeman
35:14from Dunstable
35:15I'm sorry to bother you Mrs. Hattersley
35:18but it is urgent
35:20she says she's in the area staying with friends
35:25she'll phone again at 4pm
35:26then Mrs. Lola Hattersley had better be there to take the call
35:30I'll pack a bag and move in pronto
35:32goodbye
35:33oh phone for a taxi will you love
35:40we won't get Mrs. Hattersley and the suitcase on the back of the scooter
35:44do you want me to come with you?
35:45she has no children
35:47shall I come?
35:49and her husband's dead
35:50now I don't suppose there's any food in that house
35:54I'd better take a carrier bag of bits and pieces
35:57sir
35:59so
36:05I promise
36:07so
36:08I notice
36:11I mean
36:12I'm sorry
36:14but
36:16I'm sorry
36:17I
36:18I��
36:18I actually
36:20I'm sorry
36:21and I'm sorry
36:21I could see
36:22I don't know
36:23but
36:23I could see
36:23as I should
36:24you
36:24I am own
36:25I have something
36:26Danny's arrived.
36:51Three minutes to go.
36:53Doesn't time fly when you're having fun?
36:56Mrs. Lola Hattersley speaking.
37:18Winthrop Detective Agency.
37:23Right.
37:24Understood.
37:29I know you wouldn't want me to have an abortion.
37:33Would you like some coffee?
37:35I have the George and Silver coffee service in the kitchen and a plate of petit four.
37:40It would be your husband's grandchild you see.
37:43The milk of course is boiled.
37:44Are we getting through to you Mrs. Hattersley?
37:47Oh yes. This young lady says she's my husband's illegitimate daughter by the late Fiona Freeman and that she's now about to have an illegitimate child of her own which she does not wish to abort.
38:02My mother refused to have an abortion and so do I.
38:06Well there are plenty of single mothers about today.
38:10She never asked your husband for a penny.
38:13She struggled on her own to bring me up.
38:15I only discovered who I was after she died.
38:18And am I right in thinking my dear that unlike your mother you are about to ask for money.
38:28She shouldn't have to ask.
38:30You should offer.
38:31I want to start a new life in Canada.
38:36With a baby.
38:38Oh.
38:40How much would it cost?
38:42Well with the airfare and getting on my feet.
38:46Three thousand.
38:48I've booked a ticket, put down a deposit.
38:50You wouldn't see me again.
38:53Oh dear.
38:55Oh.
38:56Oh this is really most disturbing.
38:59Three thousand pounds.
39:02My husband never mentioned.
39:05He never even spoke of Miss Freeman after our marriage.
39:10I mean there's no proof.
39:12There is proof Mrs Hattersley.
39:14How else could I know so much about you?
39:17Well I have no responsibility.
39:19Three thousand pounds.
39:21If you're pregnant you must know who the father is.
39:23You don't have to go to Canada.
39:26He can be made to pay.
39:28He's a married man.
39:30Like your husband was.
39:33Mr Hattersley and I were not yet married when your mother went south to Dunstable for her health.
39:40Makes it worse.
39:42I don't think you understand Mrs Hattersley.
39:45My cousin here wants to bear your late husband's grandchild and make a new life for them both.
39:50You should be happy to help her.
39:54If you won't she'll have to get what she can where she can.
39:59Meaning?
40:01Sell her story to the Sunday papers.
40:05History repeats itself kind of thing.
40:08But that's blackmail.
40:10No.
40:12Blackmailers keep coming back.
40:14This is a one off.
40:15She'll be in Canada.
40:17You'll never hear from her again.
40:19Three thousand pounds.
40:22I haven't had much money in the house.
40:25Write the cheque.
40:27Pay cash to bearer.
40:28Phone the bank and tell them to honour it.
40:30I'll get the money and come back.
40:32Very well.
40:33Very well.
40:40I shall need a receipt.
40:44She's making out the cheque.
40:46Money has to pass and then the police can take them in.
40:49I don't think I'll be serving coffee.
40:52Then if you don't mind Mr Wainthrop, there's something I have to do.
40:55You don't need me here.
40:57Eh?
40:58When you've signed...
41:04And here's the cheque.
41:09Before your cousin goes to collect the money.
41:12There's someone I'd like you both to meet.
41:15This is my husband.
41:23Come back from the astral plane.
41:28Robert, this is your daughter by the late Fiona Freeman.
41:33Who never actually existed except in my imagination.
41:36PHONE RINGS
41:50Er...Mrs Rome?
41:52Gone.
41:53Where?
41:54Who knows?
41:55Done a bunk?
41:56I've come for the rent.
41:57They pay a month in advance.
41:59Well, they said they'd stay till summer, but they've terminated early.
42:02Where does a Romany woman go in the summer?
42:06Seaside.
42:08Fortune telling.
42:09Everybody knows that.
42:11Thanks.
42:12You've been very helpful.
42:15Wait!
42:17You're going looking for her?
42:19All the way up the coast on that thing?
42:22If I have to.
42:23In Undercliff.
42:25Your pleasure, Beach.
42:26Just tell me how I'm supposed to have conned money out of a woman who doesn't even exist.
42:37If there never was a Mrs Lola Hattersley, that cheque's a fraud for a start.
42:45Of course we can't make it stick.
42:47That's not the point.
42:49When can we ever make blackmail cases stick?
42:51And the point is to warn them off.
42:53And by a little judicious harassment, get them out to the North West.
43:10Never said where he was going.
43:12Thank you so much.
43:14It's so unlike him.
43:16Maybe he's phoned.
43:17We should have one of those answering machines.
43:19We have, it's me.
43:20Oh, it's ringing now.
43:21Oh.
43:25Oh, it's stopped.
43:27Oh, how could you let him go off like that?
43:49Oh, my God.
43:50Oh.
43:51Oh, my God.
43:52Oh, my God.
43:53Oh, my God.
44:23Have you come to have your fortune told?
44:26I've come to warn you.
44:27No need. They had to let her go.
44:31Wendy.
44:31My sister, Katya.
44:33Did you really believe a Romany would be called Wendy?
44:38How did you find me?
44:39I worked it out.
44:42I don't see why you have to make extra by blackmailing people.
44:45Nobody blackmailed Mrs. Hattersley.
44:47There was no such person. You lied.
44:49And the old man at Grange-over-Sands?
44:52Been doing your homework.
44:55There was no blackmail there, either.
44:58He was a stupid old man who paid to keep it quiet what his wife had done.
45:02When we'd have kept quiet anyway.
45:04Yeah.
45:06So...
45:06It didn't mean anything, then.
45:09You and me.
45:11Kissing a cuddle, what's that mean?
45:12Something.
45:14Something.
45:17A lot.
45:19You'd better go.
45:23I'm sorry.
45:26You've wasted your time.
45:33Anyone can dream.
45:35Oh, god.
45:48No.
45:51Oh...
45:52Oh, god.
45:53Come on.
45:54Oh, god.
45:56Come on.
45:58Get away with me.
45:59Get away.
46:00Trouble with Amy?
46:20She knows nout about feelings.
46:23Exposing Mrs. Rome wouldn't have done no good.
46:26Oh, I've known for some time she would have faked.
46:29I'd have told you.
46:30But I thought you believed in her.
46:32She got some things right.
46:35That wasn't the point.
46:36She was taking advantage.
46:38I'd tumble to her very quick.
46:40And I'll tell you for why.
46:42That spirit guide of hers.
46:44Oh, a shaman of the Atahashi tribe.
46:47Chief Wet Blanket or some such.
46:49My Harry would never discuss his personal problems with a red Indian.
46:53And he kept saying he was so happy in a better place where everything were perfect.
46:58Well, that's not Harry.
46:59He'd find a bit of faulty workmanship in the gates of paradise.
47:03Then why did you keep going back?
47:06Mrs. Rome's front room were the only place I could talk about Harry non-stop.
47:11It were worth £25 an hour.
47:13Amy wants you to go and live with them.
47:15That's the other reason the money were worth it.
47:19I tell her Harry says I must be independent.
47:24You know, I put the bolster down the middle of the bed and sleep beside it with one arm over.
47:30Pretending it's him.
47:31Well, Amy wouldn't allow that.
47:32He's back.
47:45I'll go.
47:46I'll go.
47:46I went to warn her.
47:58She knew already, as a matter of fact.
48:03You can have my resignation if you want.
48:05I'll go upstairs and pack.
48:14Your supper will be ready in 20 minutes.
48:17You better have a bit of a wash.
48:20And there'll be work to do in the morning.
48:24Trying to get the rest of our fee out of Amy Todd.
48:27You're right, Mrs. Wainthrop.
48:35You're right.
48:35You're right.
48:57You're right.