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[ Gasps, applause ]
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Behold the box of death.
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[ Audience gasps ]
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A replica of the one found
in the dungeon
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of the Marquis de Sade in 1814.
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Prepare to be amazed!
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[ Audience gasps ]
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But first, I need a volunteer
from the audience.
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You, sir.
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[ Applause ]
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And now I shall be secured
inside this formidable
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box of death.
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[ Audience gasps ]
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Watch the rope burn
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and pray that I can
make my escape
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before the blades above
can seal my fate.
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[ Audience gasps ]
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♪♪
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♪♪
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[ Audience gasps ]
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♪♪
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[ Woman screams ]
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[ Audience gasping ]
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[ Theme music plays ]
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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[ Bird cawing ]
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[ Creaking ]
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The Great Faldini.
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[ Applause ]
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- I don't know how we're
expected to beat that.
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It was marvelous. Bravo.
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You haven't seen my Tina yet.
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- Right. Now if somebody could
clear this blood up, please.
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And if The Great Faldini
could move his prop
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to the back of the stage so
we can carry on the rehearsals.
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Judges will be here -- ooh --
just under two hours.
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- So how did you get out?
- Mind your own business, squirt.
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Magicians' secrets,
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Magicians' secrets, eh, Terry?
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Oh, didn't see you there, Len.
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How's business?
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- Oh, you know.
You've taken most of it.
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- Oh, you can have
your poxy kids' parties.
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I'll be out of Great Slaughter
for good with this new act.
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- New?
Oh, that's a good one.
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- Come on, Len.
It's not worth it.
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Hey, he's right, old boy.
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Time to walk away.
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Just like your customers have.
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[ Audience gasps ]
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- Break it up!
That's enough, both of ya!
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Um, Sister,
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I have a receipt here
for, um, strumpets.
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- I should've been a doctor.
That would be crumpets.
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- But it's for seven guineas
and 12 shillings.
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- Yes, well, at an average
of 2.5 a day,
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at a cost of two pence
a crumpet --
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however, given the said amount
being consumed in entirety
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by an employee of the police,
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it's been submitted
as a police expense.
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It's a fair cop.
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Where do you want these?
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- Sir, if you could --
if you could possibly --
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Yep. Audit.
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Mm, nasty business.
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I don't see why we should have
to account for every last groat.
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We should be guarding the law,
not counting beans.
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Hear, hear.
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- Anyway, one of you lot
is off the hook
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because WPC Barton is visiting
some sick aunt in Salisbury and,
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well, I need someone with me.
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With you where, sir?
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- I'm head judging
the talent show.
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[ Laughs ]
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And Button was down
for security duty.
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So who fancies a fast
from pesky paperwork
for a couple of days?
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You go.
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Me?
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- Give you a chance to absorb
the local culture.
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Engage with the community.
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But what about this?
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Well...
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Consider it done. You deserve
a break from paperwork.
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Splendid!
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That's settled, then.
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♪♪
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Sir, may I ask,
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why do you need police presence
at the village talent show?
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- Ho, ho, ho!
It can get rather heated.
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There's already been
a scuffle, I hear.
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And this year, the world, his
wife and their dog have entered
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on account of there
being a £500 prize pot.
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Wow. That is a lot of money.
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- Well, it's the 50th anniversary
of the talent show.
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And Sir Tristan Leakey has
offered it to promote
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the cultural life
of the village,
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along with a cup in his name.
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The Leakey cup?
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- Oh, yes, an unfortunate
stipulation,
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but, well, gift horse looked
in the mouth and all that.
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Ah!
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Morning, Tom.
[ Chuckles ]
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Heard you all doing a soliloquy.
What's it to be?
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Or nar ta be. Harret.
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Oh, iconic.
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Eh?
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The bard at his very finest.
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Don't you think, Sergeant?
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A particular favorite of mine.
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[ Clears throat ]
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Ar got you a'lar somming.
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What, what, what?
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[ Sniffing ]
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Oh, truffle.
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Where on Earth,
if you'll pardon the pun,
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did you unearth
this treasure trove?
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- Oh, of course. Wouldn't want
to spread it about.
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Well, jolly decent of you, Tom.
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- Sir, couldn't that
be considered bribery?
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Not if he doesn't win.
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Ah! Miss Beaufort.
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Chief Constable Hector Lowsley.
Are you lost?
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- Well, I'm looking
for the dressing tent.
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I wanted to wish
the contestants luck.
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Miss Beaufort, may I introduce
my daughter, Tina Tiny.
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You may have heard of her.
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Oh, she's making
quite a name for herself.
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- Hello, Tina.
I like your costume.
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- How old are you?
- 11.
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The little girl
with a big voice.
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- Well, I hope you break
a leg in the heats.
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Oh. Welcome to the heats
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of the 50th Great Slaughter
talent competition.
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I'm your compere, Ted Button.
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And your judges --
Sir Tristan Leakey,
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this year's generous
benefactor,
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Chief Constable Lowsley,
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and local celebrity judge,
Jane Beaufort.
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- Celebrity. [Sniffs]
I've never heard of her.
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- Today will be entirely devoted
to the heats due to
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the unusually
high number of entrants.
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- They're only here
for the prize money.
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- With the audience finals
tomorrow afternoon.
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- Tina Tiny is
a rising child star.
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You should be grateful
to have her.
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- Yeah, right. Who wants to see
a poor man's Shirley Temple?
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- You should be disqualified.
And Creepy Cuddles.
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That's Curly Cuddles.
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- All right, now, let's
keep things cordial.
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- Remember, folks, it's all
about the taking part, yeah?
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[ Mid-tempo piano music plays ]
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♪ Once I stood ♪
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♪ In the shadows ♪
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♪ Never seen ♪
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♪ Never heard ♪
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♪ Always looked in the mirror ♪
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♪ Feeling false ♪
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♪ Quite absurd ♪
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♪ Then I found ♪
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♪ A new sound ♪
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♪ From inside, no
need to hide ♪
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♪ I was there ♪
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♪ Now I'm here ♪
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♪ I can finally be me ♪
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♪ Flying free ♪
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[ Applause ]
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- Well, let's hear it
for Tina Tiny,
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the little lady
with a big, big voice.
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- Your timing was off
on the offbeat double-hop turn.
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Let's hope it won't cost you
a place in the final.
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Stop squirming!
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- in the refreshments tent,
and we recommence in one hour.
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- Where do you think
you're going?
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- Now watch as I,
Curly Cuddles the Conjurer,
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dare to escape from this rope.
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♪♪
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[ Scissors sawing ]
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Thank you,
ladies and gentlemen.
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- Put your hands together
for Curly Cuddles!
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[ Polite applause ]
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Now, if there are any
members of the audience
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with a nervous disposition,
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can they kindly leave
the hall now?
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Because the next act,
the Great Faldini,
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will attempt the box of death.
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Ooh!
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[ Audience gasps ]
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[ Dramatic music plays ]
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Behold the box of death.
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But first, I need a volunteer
from the audience.
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Perhaps our esteemed judge
will do the honors.
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No.
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Well, up you go, then.
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- An honor to have
Miss Jane Beaufort
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as my assistant.
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And now...
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Miss Beaufort shall secure
this formidable box of death.
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♪♪
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Watch the rope as it burns
and pray that the Great Faldini
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can make his escape
before the blades above
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seal his fate.
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[ Audience gasps ]
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- Well, this will be
the one to beat. [ Chuckles ]
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Keeping us on tenterhooks, eh?
[ Chuckles ]
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♪♪
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[ Audience gasping ]
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[ Gasps ]
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♪♪
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The victim is Terry Smith,
a.k.a. the Great Faldini,
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also available for weddings,
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children's parties,
and bar mitzvahs.
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- Well, no need to ask
the cause of death.
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- It's a variation on a trick
by Andre Kole.
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The magician climbs into the box
and is shut inside,
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the candle lit to burn
through the rope
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and release the knives.
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- Well, I'm assuming it didn't
go according to plan.
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- Well, the rope ignited and
burnt through under 10 seconds,
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giving the poor soul no time
to make his escape.
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[ Shoes squeaking ]
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- Do you mind?
This is a crime scene.
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- I'm sorry.
I'll be quiet as a church mouse.
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[ Shoes squeaking ]
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- So, misadventure.
Well, that makes things simpler.
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Have a sniff at that.
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I'll wager some
sort of accelerant,
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in which case this was
no magical misadventure.
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It's murder.
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- Right. Well, I'll leave you
to take witness statements.
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I need to get back
to the station.
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I have an audit to finish.
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♪♪
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Anything of interest?
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- "Terry, I'll put an end to this
once and for all.
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Debra."
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- Well, we've got
a "Diandra the poet,"
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a cellist named Diana,
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and Della the dog hypnotist,
but no Debra.
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You said the Great Faldini
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did a technical rehearsal
this morning.
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And then the prop was moved
to the back of the stage.
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Who was in there?
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Anyone and everyone.
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The contestants were rehearsing
until the heats started.
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The only time the hall was empty
was during the tea break.
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- When everyone was
in the tea tent.
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Correct.
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Well, no.
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Now I come to think of it,
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I don't think I saw the kid
and her mother.
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- Did, um -- Did Terry's
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technical run-through
go smoothly, Ted?
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[ Exhales ]
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00:15:14,180 --> 00:15:17,580
- Terry and I were partners
for 10 years.
264
00:15:17,780 --> 00:15:19,580
"The Clown and the Magician."
265
00:15:19,780 --> 00:15:22,900
That was up until six months ago
when he decided that clowns
266
00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:26,700
were old hat
and I was holding the act back.
267
00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:29,140
Turned out he was right.
The business dried up.
268
00:15:29,340 --> 00:15:31,500
And no one wants a clown
without a magician.
269
00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:33,980
Then what happened today?
270
00:15:34,180 --> 00:15:36,460
- Well, I came in here
and he was lording it
up with his new act.
271
00:15:36,660 --> 00:15:39,260
He goes to me, "Hey, Leonard.
How's business?"
272
00:15:39,460 --> 00:15:41,140
I just lost it.
273
00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:43,380
But I-I wouldn't wish
that upon him.
274
00:15:43,580 --> 00:15:45,620
- No.
- One more thing.
275
00:15:45,820 --> 00:15:48,380
Does the name Debra
mean anything to you?
276
00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:50,740
Debra?
277
00:15:50,940 --> 00:15:53,140
He had an assistant years ago.
278
00:15:53,340 --> 00:15:56,700
Debra Cadabra,
but I don't know her real name.
279
00:15:56,900 --> 00:15:58,860
Can you describe her?
280
00:15:59,060 --> 00:16:00,820
Well, I've only seen a photo,
281
00:16:01,020 --> 00:16:03,540
but it is typical Terry.
282
00:16:03,740 --> 00:16:07,020
Blonde. 10 years
younger. Curvy.
283
00:16:07,220 --> 00:16:09,820
- Classic magician's assistant.
- All right.
284
00:16:10,020 --> 00:16:12,740
Thank you, Mr. Cuddles.
285
00:16:12,940 --> 00:16:16,860
[ Sighs ] Poor Terry, eh?
286
00:16:17,060 --> 00:16:20,180
Still, at least
the kid'll win now.
287
00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:23,380
[ Shoes squeaking ]
288
00:16:23,580 --> 00:16:26,620
- You weren't in the refreshments
tent during the tea break.
289
00:16:26,820 --> 00:16:28,860
We stayed behind.
290
00:16:29,060 --> 00:16:31,700
Tina needed to work
on her routine.
291
00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:34,140
We missed tea.
292
00:16:34,340 --> 00:16:37,740
- I don't think you need
any more feeding. Do you?
293
00:16:37,940 --> 00:16:39,580
- Did anyone come in
while you were there?
294
00:16:39,780 --> 00:16:41,100
No.
295
00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:42,740
- And you were together
the entire time?
296
00:16:42,940 --> 00:16:44,180
Yes.
297
00:16:44,380 --> 00:16:47,060
- Weren't we, Tina.
- Yes.
298
00:16:47,260 --> 00:16:49,520
Stop biting your fingernails.
299
00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,380
- Where's the other entrance
to the hall?
300
00:16:55,580 --> 00:16:57,780
- So the saboteur
must have entered this way
301
00:16:57,980 --> 00:16:59,660
unseen by Sylvie
and her daughter.
302
00:16:59,860 --> 00:17:02,380
- When the contestants were
in the tea tent.
303
00:17:02,580 --> 00:17:03,900
Although, arguably,
one of them
304
00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:05,920
could have slipped out
unnoticed.
305
00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,420
[ Gasps ] Oh.
306
00:17:09,620 --> 00:17:10,820
Sorry.
307
00:17:11,020 --> 00:17:12,700
My nerves are rather frayed.
308
00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:15,740
- Yes, I can imagine.
- The poor man.
309
00:17:15,940 --> 00:17:17,020
Were you in the tea tent
310
00:17:17,220 --> 00:17:19,380
for the duration
of the break earlier?
311
00:17:19,580 --> 00:17:21,860
Um, most of it, yes.
312
00:17:22,060 --> 00:17:26,740
I, uh, powdered my nose
before I returned to the hall.
313
00:17:26,940 --> 00:17:28,580
- Can I ask if the
Great Faldini's behavior
314
00:17:28,780 --> 00:17:30,940
seemed, well, normal?
315
00:17:31,140 --> 00:17:34,260
Was he distracted or worried
about the performance?
316
00:17:34,460 --> 00:17:38,180
- He was in his element,
relishing the theater.
317
00:17:38,380 --> 00:17:41,380
What a terrible way to die.
318
00:17:41,580 --> 00:17:43,260
If you'll forgive me,
I could do with a lie down.
319
00:17:43,460 --> 00:17:44,900
Of course.
320
00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:51,020
♪♪
321
00:17:51,220 --> 00:17:52,960
Care to share, Felix?
322
00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,340
- She seemed ill at ease when she
was called on the stage.
323
00:17:58,540 --> 00:18:00,860
Strange for an actress, no?
324
00:18:01,060 --> 00:18:04,460
- Or perhaps she was simply
caught off-guard.
325
00:18:04,660 --> 00:18:06,700
Now, time for some tests.
326
00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:07,980
Do you think he was murdered?
327
00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:09,740
- The police are presently
treating it
328
00:18:09,940 --> 00:18:12,460
as an unexplained death.
329
00:18:12,660 --> 00:18:15,300
- Settle down. Settle down.
Settle down.
330
00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:18,060
Terry, above all else,
was a showman.
331
00:18:18,260 --> 00:18:20,660
And despite the untimely
and unfortunate nature
332
00:18:20,860 --> 00:18:22,180
of his demise,
333
00:18:22,380 --> 00:18:24,020
I believe he would say
the show must go on.
334
00:18:24,220 --> 00:18:25,940
Hear, hear.
335
00:18:26,140 --> 00:18:27,980
- All in favor?
Right.
336
00:18:28,180 --> 00:18:30,500
So if we're all agreed,
337
00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:32,580
the heats will resume
tomorrow morning
338
00:18:32,780 --> 00:18:35,740
with the finals
in the afternoon as scheduled.
339
00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:38,500
[ Pencil scribbling,
liquid boiling ]
340
00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:49,380
♪♪
341
00:18:49,580 --> 00:18:51,140
Fascinating.
342
00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:52,620
[ Sighs ] Oh!
343
00:18:52,820 --> 00:18:55,700
- Morning, Sister.
- Oh, good morning, Sam.
344
00:18:55,900 --> 00:18:58,420
Good news -- I've identified
our murder weapon,
345
00:18:58,620 --> 00:19:00,820
otherwise known
as the accelerant.
346
00:19:01,020 --> 00:19:02,820
It's hairspray.
347
00:19:03,020 --> 00:19:04,660
Used by half the population.
348
00:19:04,860 --> 00:19:06,220
Present company
excepted, Sister.
349
00:19:06,420 --> 00:19:08,300
- Uh, no, it's -- it's not
human hairspray.
350
00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:09,940
It's industrial strength,
351
00:19:10,140 --> 00:19:11,700
designed for use
on synthetic wigs.
352
00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:13,700
- The sort of thing
a clown might use?
353
00:19:13,900 --> 00:19:15,380
Oh, yes, exactly.
354
00:19:15,580 --> 00:19:20,260
- Okay. I think we should have
a word with Mr. Cuddles.
355
00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:21,900
- You go.
I'd love to, but there's
356
00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:24,460
a renegade flock of sheep
blocking the high street.
357
00:19:24,660 --> 00:19:26,220
Can't PC McGrew handle it?
358
00:19:26,420 --> 00:19:28,620
- It's carnage out there,
apparently.
359
00:19:28,820 --> 00:19:31,780
Fill me in later.
360
00:19:31,980 --> 00:19:34,940
- He's acting rather strangely.
- Hmm.
361
00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:37,740
- Almost like he's pulling
the wool over our eyes.
362
00:19:37,940 --> 00:19:39,600
[ Chuckles ]
Sorry.
363
00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:42,900
What are you looking for?
364
00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:45,180
- Do you own a kind
of synthetic wig hairspray?
365
00:19:45,380 --> 00:19:47,700
- Yes, but someone
swiped it yesterday.
366
00:19:47,900 --> 00:19:49,420
Okay. Very convenient.
367
00:19:49,620 --> 00:19:51,520
Oh, hey, don't go in there.
368
00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,180
- Mr. Cuddles, I would like you
to accompany me
369
00:19:56,380 --> 00:19:58,160
to the station for questioning.
370
00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,180
So tell us about
the missing hairspray.
371
00:20:03,380 --> 00:20:04,660
Why are you asking?
372
00:20:04,860 --> 00:20:06,940
- Well, because that specific
type of hairspray
373
00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:09,560
was applied to the rope
before Terry's death.
374
00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,740
- It was in my prop box.
I left it in the village hall.
375
00:20:14,940 --> 00:20:16,300
You were there
when I went to fetch it.
376
00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:18,060
I mean, anyone could
have swiped it.
377
00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:20,060
You -- You can't
pin this on me.
378
00:20:20,260 --> 00:20:21,820
- Can you explain
how you came across
379
00:20:22,020 --> 00:20:24,140
the Great Faldini's notebook?
380
00:20:24,340 --> 00:20:26,500
- A magician and his secrets
are never parted.
381
00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:30,100
But now the magician is dead and
said book in your possession.
382
00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:32,860
I think you'll agree,
an explanation is in order.
383
00:20:33,060 --> 00:20:35,440
- I wanted proof.
- Of what?
384
00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,500
Terry didn't come up
with the box of death.
385
00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:41,280
I did. Look.
386
00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,540
See?
387
00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:49,540
That -- that's my handwriting.
See how it's different?
388
00:20:49,740 --> 00:20:53,980
I didn't want him winning £500
on an idea he'd stolen from me.
389
00:20:54,180 --> 00:20:56,740
I just wanted my fair share,
that's all.
390
00:20:56,940 --> 00:21:00,100
- How did you get it?
- It was in the tea interval.
391
00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:02,180
He kept it locked
inside his trunk.
392
00:21:02,380 --> 00:21:03,660
But I knew the combination.
393
00:21:03,860 --> 00:21:06,400
I'd seen him do it
a thousand times.
394
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,460
I didn't kill him.
395
00:21:11,660 --> 00:21:14,900
It was my only chance
of getting some cash.
396
00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:18,260
I'm hardly going to win, am I?
397
00:21:18,460 --> 00:21:20,220
During the interval, did you
398
00:21:20,420 --> 00:21:22,260
see anyone else at the back
of the village hall?
399
00:21:22,460 --> 00:21:25,420
No. Oh, yeah. Just the kid.
400
00:21:25,620 --> 00:21:32,420
♪♪
401
00:21:32,620 --> 00:21:39,860
♪♪
402
00:21:40,060 --> 00:21:42,860
It's all right. I won't tell.
403
00:21:43,060 --> 00:21:48,120
Cake's long gone, but I think
I can maybe rustle something up.
404
00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,860
- Need to wash behind your ears.
- Thank you.
405
00:21:53,060 --> 00:21:55,180
You did good out there, kid.
406
00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:58,140
- I messed up.
- You want to see a mess?
407
00:21:58,340 --> 00:22:00,720
Watch me. Chin up.
408
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,180
Oh, I've seen some pushy mothers
in my time, but hers?
409
00:22:08,380 --> 00:22:12,940
Oh, she takes the biscuit.
410
00:22:13,140 --> 00:22:14,900
You aren't in any trouble.
411
00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:19,140
It's just very important
that you tell us the truth.
412
00:22:19,340 --> 00:22:20,980
- You said you were with
your mother rehearsing
413
00:22:21,180 --> 00:22:23,620
for the entire tea break.
414
00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:25,080
That wasn't true.
415
00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,260
No.
416
00:22:28,460 --> 00:22:31,340
- Knees, arms, curtsy hands,
and dimple.
417
00:22:31,540 --> 00:22:34,500
I don't need to practice.
418
00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:36,780
I-I know -- I know it by heart.
419
00:22:36,980 --> 00:22:40,380
- Do you want to beat
that magician or not?
420
00:22:40,580 --> 00:22:42,100
I have to pop out
for half an hour.
421
00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:43,740
But where are you going?
422
00:22:43,940 --> 00:22:46,380
You aren't a baby.
423
00:22:46,580 --> 00:22:50,500
I need some time to myself.
Now keep practicing.
424
00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:52,420
No stopping till I get back.
425
00:22:52,620 --> 00:22:59,580
♪♪
426
00:22:59,780 --> 00:23:01,940
- But you didn't stay
and practice.
427
00:23:02,140 --> 00:23:04,940
I was so hungry.
428
00:23:05,140 --> 00:23:08,260
Mummy's put me on a diet,
so I wasn't allowed tea.
429
00:23:08,460 --> 00:23:11,160
They leave the leftovers
at the back of the tea tent.
430
00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,260
- Did you come straight
back to the hall?
431
00:23:17,460 --> 00:23:21,620
- Yeah. Mummy was back
soon after.
432
00:23:21,820 --> 00:23:24,660
- Just before the break was over.
- Thank you, Tina.
433
00:23:24,860 --> 00:23:26,980
And do you know where we might
find your mother?
434
00:23:27,180 --> 00:23:30,140
- You won't tell her, will you?
About the food?
435
00:23:30,340 --> 00:23:34,220
- Mum's the word. I mean, um,
your secret's safe with us.
436
00:23:34,420 --> 00:23:39,620
♪♪
437
00:23:39,820 --> 00:23:41,100
Who told you that?
438
00:23:41,300 --> 00:23:43,140
- A witness saw you
leaving the village hall.
439
00:23:43,340 --> 00:23:45,580
I was meeting...
440
00:23:45,780 --> 00:23:47,000
a friend.
441
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,700
Oh, a gentleman friend.
442
00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:56,180
- There's no need
to look like that.
443
00:23:56,380 --> 00:23:59,020
My husband died 10 years ago,
444
00:23:59,220 --> 00:24:05,180
leaving me two baby girls
to bring up by myself.
445
00:24:05,380 --> 00:24:07,280
A woman gets lonely, you know.
446
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,240
And Tina has a sister.
447
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,860
Had.
448
00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:24,660
She died of measles six weeks
after this was taken.
449
00:24:24,860 --> 00:24:27,620
I'm so sorry.
450
00:24:27,820 --> 00:24:30,060
Chalk and cheese.
451
00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:35,340
One naturally sunny
and outgoing.
452
00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:38,300
The other quiet and reserved.
453
00:24:38,500 --> 00:24:40,500
Still...
454
00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:43,780
I still have one bright star.
455
00:24:43,980 --> 00:24:46,640
So if you don't mind...
456
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,440
I have some notes for Tina
to work through.
457
00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:02,860
I will attempt to interview
the mime artist.
458
00:25:03,060 --> 00:25:04,860
And in the meantime,
459
00:25:05,060 --> 00:25:09,460
there's a missing can of
hairspray still unaccounted for.
460
00:25:09,660 --> 00:25:11,220
Hey, where are you off to?
461
00:25:11,420 --> 00:25:12,700
I'm announcing
the finalists soon.
462
00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:15,300
Seriously, Ted.
463
00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:17,900
- Where's your fighting spirit?
- [ Sighs ]
464
00:25:18,100 --> 00:25:21,180
- Died with Terry.
- You're not missing him?
465
00:25:21,380 --> 00:25:25,180
No, no. He was a swine.
466
00:25:25,380 --> 00:25:27,980
But I can't blame him
for leaving me, though.
467
00:25:28,180 --> 00:25:30,540
I'm the worst clown
in the country.
468
00:25:30,740 --> 00:25:32,980
- Remember our Peg doll's
8th birthday party?
469
00:25:33,180 --> 00:25:36,140
You really made her day
with them balloon animals
470
00:25:36,340 --> 00:25:40,140
and squirty flowers
and squeaky shoes.
471
00:25:40,340 --> 00:25:42,620
Never in my life have I seen
a man pratfall like you.
472
00:25:42,820 --> 00:25:44,300
Yeah, but...
473
00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:46,820
I was at the top
of my game then, Ted.
474
00:25:47,020 --> 00:25:49,180
But no one wants
clowns anymore.
475
00:25:49,380 --> 00:25:52,860
- No, what they don't want is
clowns trying to be a magician.
476
00:25:53,060 --> 00:25:54,620
Mate, if you get through
to the finals,
477
00:25:54,820 --> 00:25:56,300
you've got
to remember something.
478
00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:57,900
You're a clown.
479
00:25:58,100 --> 00:25:59,420
Be a clown.
480
00:25:59,620 --> 00:26:00,700
Hmm?
481
00:26:00,900 --> 00:26:03,260
♪♪
482
00:26:03,460 --> 00:26:06,280
- [ Humming
Offenbach's "Can-Can" ]
483
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,180
Sister.
484
00:26:20,380 --> 00:26:21,860
- Sister?
- Oh.
485
00:26:22,060 --> 00:26:23,780
- Oh, hello.
- Sylvie's gentleman friend,
486
00:26:23,980 --> 00:26:27,180
he confirms that he was with her
between 3:15 and 3:45,
487
00:26:27,380 --> 00:26:29,580
which still leaves
15 minutes unaccounted for.
488
00:26:29,780 --> 00:26:31,540
Well, she's the right age.
489
00:26:31,740 --> 00:26:34,340
Is it possible that she's
the mysterious Debra Cadabra?
490
00:26:34,540 --> 00:26:37,460
- I'll do some
background checks.
491
00:26:37,660 --> 00:26:38,700
Oh!
492
00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:41,220
Oh, well, look at this.
493
00:26:41,420 --> 00:26:44,420
One puzzle solved, at least.
494
00:26:44,620 --> 00:26:47,900
I shall take this back
to the lab and dust for prints.
495
00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:50,460
- Competition has been
very high this year.
496
00:26:50,660 --> 00:26:51,900
So you can all be
very proud of yourselves
497
00:26:52,100 --> 00:26:53,860
just for being part of it.
498
00:26:54,060 --> 00:26:56,620
But now, without further ado,
499
00:26:56,820 --> 00:26:59,100
going through to the finals
this afternoon,
500
00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:02,860
and in no particular order,
are --
501
00:27:03,060 --> 00:27:05,480
Martin Marceau the Mime...
502
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,280
Contortionist Carla...
503
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,120
Tom Thomas...
504
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,840
Della the dog hypnotist...
505
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,840
The Belles of Great
Slaughter...
506
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,560
Curly Cuddles...
507
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,700
And last but by no means least,
except in terms of stature,
508
00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:42,740
it's Tina Tiny!
509
00:27:42,940 --> 00:27:45,140
[ Laughing ]
510
00:27:45,340 --> 00:27:47,500
- Now, those of you still
in the competition,
511
00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:50,180
meet backstage in 20 minutes.
512
00:27:50,380 --> 00:27:51,980
This is a fast turnaround.
513
00:27:52,180 --> 00:27:58,220
♪♪
514
00:27:58,420 --> 00:28:04,580
♪♪
515
00:28:04,780 --> 00:28:07,140
- Uh, Miss Beaufort, please,
can you sign my program?
516
00:28:07,340 --> 00:28:08,940
I'd be delighted.
517
00:28:09,140 --> 00:28:11,100
- She wasn't her best
in the heats.
518
00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:15,140
I'm sure she'll impress you
more today, won't you, Tina?
519
00:28:15,340 --> 00:28:17,380
I'm sure she will.
520
00:28:17,580 --> 00:28:23,540
- Oh, uh, I hope you'll
give my card to your husband.
521
00:28:23,740 --> 00:28:26,460
He was always on the lookout
for the next child star.
522
00:28:26,660 --> 00:28:28,280
Of course.
523
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,420
♪♪
524
00:28:35,620 --> 00:28:38,940
- I wonder if you'd oblige
with one more.
525
00:28:39,140 --> 00:28:41,380
If you'd make it
to Sister Peter.
526
00:28:41,580 --> 00:28:43,500
She's a huge fan
of the Fanshaw saga.
527
00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:45,380
Oh, how lovely.
528
00:28:45,580 --> 00:28:50,180
♪♪
529
00:28:50,380 --> 00:28:51,960
Thank you.
530
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,780
- My Lords, ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the finals
531
00:28:58,980 --> 00:29:02,380
of the 50th Great Slaughter
talent competition.
532
00:29:02,580 --> 00:29:04,140
And have we got a show for you.
533
00:29:04,340 --> 00:29:06,900
So put your hands together
for our first act,
534
00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:08,940
The Belles of Great Slaughter.
535
00:29:09,140 --> 00:29:11,160
[ Applause ]
536
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,000
Three, two, one and...
537
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,440
[ Bells ringing tunefully ]
538
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,340
I think I found something.
539
00:29:32,540 --> 00:29:34,720
No, no, no, no, not that.
Something else.
540
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,380
The Belles of Great Slaughter!
541
00:29:47,580 --> 00:29:49,700
Three, two, one and...
542
00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:52,980
- That's the end, Dottie.
Exit stage left.
543
00:29:53,180 --> 00:29:54,420
Dottie, Dottie, Dottie.
544
00:29:54,620 --> 00:29:56,160
Stage left.
545
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,540
- I happened to see Jane Beaufort
signing an autograph
546
00:30:04,740 --> 00:30:06,220
and noticed something
sinister --
547
00:30:06,420 --> 00:30:09,420
in the Latin sense, of course,
meaning on the left.
548
00:30:09,620 --> 00:30:11,260
She's left-handed.
549
00:30:11,460 --> 00:30:13,060
So what?
550
00:30:13,260 --> 00:30:15,620
- Do you remember the palm print
on Debra Cadabra's note
551
00:30:15,820 --> 00:30:18,060
on the right-hand side
of the page?
552
00:30:18,260 --> 00:30:20,460
Look at this.
553
00:30:20,660 --> 00:30:22,580
It's where a left-handed person
would rest their hand
554
00:30:22,780 --> 00:30:25,500
so they can write, see?
555
00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,100
Pound to a penny,
556
00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:28,940
if we compare this
to Debra Cadabra's note,
557
00:30:29,140 --> 00:30:31,220
we'll have a match.
558
00:30:31,420 --> 00:30:32,620
[ Boing! ]
559
00:30:32,820 --> 00:30:34,740
[ Laughter ]
560
00:30:34,940 --> 00:30:37,500
[ Upbeat music playing ]
561
00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:39,440
Oh, thank you.
562
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:43,780
[ Whistle ]
563
00:30:43,980 --> 00:30:46,500
[ Laughter ]
564
00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:55,580
♪♪
565
00:30:55,780 --> 00:30:58,060
[ Laughter ]
566
00:30:58,260 --> 00:31:04,500
♪♪
567
00:31:04,700 --> 00:31:06,820
[ Cheers and applause ]
568
00:31:07,020 --> 00:31:11,580
♪♪
569
00:31:11,780 --> 00:31:13,260
I don't have long, I'm afraid.
570
00:31:13,460 --> 00:31:15,320
I'm needed back
after the interval.
571
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,280
Did you write this?
572
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,380
Then you admit that you are
Debra Cadabra?
573
00:31:25,580 --> 00:31:28,380
Oh, I'm Jane Beaufort.
574
00:31:28,580 --> 00:31:32,700
I was Debra Cadabra
for less than two years.
575
00:31:32,900 --> 00:31:34,860
Terry came up with the name,
not me.
576
00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:37,460
You were his assistant?
577
00:31:37,660 --> 00:31:40,460
- I was 18 years old
when he hired me.
578
00:31:40,660 --> 00:31:44,380
He was 10 years older
and a practiced seducer.
579
00:31:44,580 --> 00:31:49,500
- You were in a relationship.
What happened?
580
00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:52,220
I fell pregnant.
581
00:31:52,420 --> 00:31:57,820
Terry's future didn't include
a child, so she was adopted.
582
00:31:58,020 --> 00:32:00,740
I'm sorry for your loss.
583
00:32:00,940 --> 00:32:02,440
Can you explain this?
584
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,300
- After I agreed to judge
the talent show,
585
00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:08,940
I received a card from Terry
congratulating me
586
00:32:09,140 --> 00:32:10,940
on my engagement to Simon
587
00:32:11,140 --> 00:32:13,660
and saying he was looking
forward to seeing me here.
588
00:32:13,860 --> 00:32:15,540
- I assume you didn't take it
at face value.
589
00:32:15,740 --> 00:32:17,140
Knowing Terry, I assumed
590
00:32:17,340 --> 00:32:19,500
it was a thinly veiled
attempt at blackmail.
591
00:32:19,700 --> 00:32:23,860
- But why now? Why would he do it
after all these years?
592
00:32:24,060 --> 00:32:27,100
- Terry wasn't interested
in a bit-part actress.
593
00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:31,380
But now I'm going to be the wife
of Sir Simon Floyd Douglas,
594
00:32:31,580 --> 00:32:37,140
a wonderful man whom I hope
to have children with.
595
00:32:37,340 --> 00:32:40,460
But there are parts of my life
that I chose not to share,
596
00:32:40,660 --> 00:32:43,140
and I had hoped
for it to stay that way.
597
00:32:43,340 --> 00:32:44,860
Did you confront him?
598
00:32:45,060 --> 00:32:46,580
Well, after I arrived
599
00:32:46,780 --> 00:32:48,820
for the heats on Friday,
I went looking for him,
600
00:32:49,020 --> 00:32:50,740
but he wasn't
in his dressing area,
601
00:32:50,940 --> 00:32:53,460
so I left the note.
602
00:32:53,660 --> 00:32:57,220
The first time I saw him was
when he called me up on stage.
603
00:32:57,420 --> 00:32:59,060
- But as his assistant,
you were familiar
604
00:32:59,260 --> 00:33:00,940
- with these type of tricks?
- Oh, no.
605
00:33:01,140 --> 00:33:04,140
Escapeology wasn't Harry's thing
when we worked together.
606
00:33:04,340 --> 00:33:08,940
He just cut me in half and --
and pulled rabbits out of hats.
607
00:33:09,140 --> 00:33:11,100
If you think I had anything
to do with his death,
608
00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:13,640
you are very much mistaken.
609
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,380
I need to get back.
610
00:33:17,580 --> 00:33:24,660
♪♪
611
00:33:24,860 --> 00:33:27,300
- Trying to save
a future marriage.
612
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:30,500
It's quite the motive.
613
00:33:30,700 --> 00:33:33,220
Na more.
614
00:33:33,420 --> 00:33:37,180
Barr a sleep to say
we und the harrt eche.
615
00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:39,580
The harda usha sha-sha
flesh is harta.
616
00:33:39,780 --> 00:33:42,780
'Tis a constipation
devoutly ta bae wisht.
617
00:33:42,980 --> 00:33:46,700
Ta die, ta sleep.
618
00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:49,180
Oi, there's a rabber.
619
00:33:49,380 --> 00:33:53,660
- The bard at his most sublime.
Always gets me.
620
00:33:53,860 --> 00:33:57,380
[ Grunting ]
621
00:33:57,580 --> 00:33:59,700
[ Applause ]
622
00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:01,040
Oh!
623
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,080
[ Cheering ]
624
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:12,300
♪♪
625
00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:16,620
- Terry was blackmailing Jane.
He also stole Leonard's idea.
626
00:34:16,820 --> 00:34:20,420
Then there's Sylvie, who wants
her daughter to win at all cost.
627
00:34:20,620 --> 00:34:22,380
Anything yet
From the hairspray?
628
00:34:22,580 --> 00:34:23,860
No fingerprints.
629
00:34:24,060 --> 00:34:25,900
But I found some strange
residues on the canister.
630
00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:27,540
Just running some tests now.
631
00:34:27,740 --> 00:34:29,660
Has Sam been briefed
about Debra Cadabra?
632
00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:32,820
Yes, he -- he ran
to have a catch-up.
633
00:34:33,020 --> 00:34:35,180
Made more dubious excuses.
634
00:34:35,380 --> 00:34:37,180
- It can't be a woman.
He'd be more cheerful.
635
00:34:37,380 --> 00:34:41,260
- As well as smelling strongly
of Claude Chang for men.
636
00:34:41,460 --> 00:34:43,580
Let's examine this logically.
637
00:34:43,780 --> 00:34:45,260
It started when CC Lowsley
638
00:34:45,460 --> 00:34:47,580
asked for help
for the talent show.
639
00:34:47,780 --> 00:34:49,100
Then he abandoned a crime scene
640
00:34:49,300 --> 00:34:53,140
when he should
be interviewing key suspects.
641
00:34:53,340 --> 00:34:55,220
There must be a link.
642
00:34:55,420 --> 00:34:58,340
- Bingo!
- Of course.
643
00:34:58,540 --> 00:35:00,580
Denatonium benzoate.
644
00:35:00,780 --> 00:35:02,260
Okay...
645
00:35:02,460 --> 00:35:04,220
- A chemical often used
as a bittering agent
646
00:35:04,420 --> 00:35:05,740
in toxic products.
647
00:35:05,940 --> 00:35:07,940
Here it's found along
some interesting friends.
648
00:35:08,140 --> 00:35:12,660
Look at this -- nitrocellulose
and isopropyl alcohol.
649
00:35:12,860 --> 00:35:14,300
But a mixture of all three
would suggest
650
00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:17,340
a substance applied to...
651
00:35:17,540 --> 00:35:18,580
Oh, dear.
652
00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:21,420
- Hmm?
Isn't this good news?
653
00:35:21,620 --> 00:35:23,300
I'm afraid not.
654
00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:26,620
♪ Then I found ♪
655
00:35:26,820 --> 00:35:30,260
♪ A new sound from inside ♪
656
00:35:30,460 --> 00:35:33,500
♪ No need to hide ♪
657
00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:38,420
♪♪
658
00:35:38,620 --> 00:35:41,460
♪ I was there ♪
659
00:35:41,660 --> 00:35:43,820
♪ Now I'm here ♪
660
00:35:44,020 --> 00:35:48,140
♪ I can finally be me ♪
661
00:35:48,340 --> 00:35:52,380
♪ Flying free ♪
662
00:35:52,580 --> 00:35:54,420
[ Applause ]
663
00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:58,660
- Let's hear it
for Miss Tina Tiny!
664
00:35:58,860 --> 00:36:00,580
Final act of the day.
665
00:36:00,780 --> 00:36:04,500
And now there will be a break
whilst the judges deliberate.
666
00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:10,500
♪♪
667
00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:12,900
- Did I win, Mummy?
- No doubt.
668
00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:14,820
No doubt, my angel.
669
00:36:15,020 --> 00:36:16,720
Can we have a word, please?
670
00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:24,460
- Curly Cuddles left his bag
in the village hall.
671
00:36:24,660 --> 00:36:28,460
Tina, did you take this can
of hairspray from it?
672
00:36:28,660 --> 00:36:29,820
No.
673
00:36:30,020 --> 00:36:31,620
We think you did.
674
00:36:31,820 --> 00:36:34,140
Then that you took it on stage.
675
00:36:34,340 --> 00:36:38,180
- What do you think you're doing?
You can't interrogate a child.
676
00:36:38,380 --> 00:36:39,900
- I'm afraid I must,
Mrs. Simmons,
677
00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:41,860
because Tina was seen
'round the back of the hall
678
00:36:42,060 --> 00:36:43,580
where the hairspray was found.
679
00:36:43,780 --> 00:36:45,660
- A residue was found
on the aerosol.
680
00:36:45,860 --> 00:36:47,180
Denatonium benzoate.
681
00:36:47,380 --> 00:36:48,900
It has an unbearably
bitter taste
682
00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:52,820
and so is often used
in nail-biting remedies.
683
00:36:53,020 --> 00:36:55,140
I'll need to swab
your fingernails to
see if they match.
684
00:36:55,340 --> 00:36:56,820
This is nonsense.
685
00:36:57,020 --> 00:36:59,800
Of course they won't be a match.
Tell them, Tina.
686
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,660
I did it for you.
687
00:37:04,860 --> 00:37:06,700
What?
688
00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:09,180
She's lying.
689
00:37:09,380 --> 00:37:11,420
I don't even know
why she'd say that!
690
00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:15,220
- Tina, I have to ask you,
did you mean to kill him?
691
00:37:15,420 --> 00:37:19,340
Of course she didn't kill him.
692
00:37:19,540 --> 00:37:22,460
- Never use hairspray by
a naked flame, you said,
693
00:37:22,660 --> 00:37:24,620
or you'll burn like
a Roman candle.
694
00:37:24,820 --> 00:37:26,160
No.
695
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,140
I can't believe it.
696
00:37:30,340 --> 00:37:31,660
You can't believe
what she's saying.
697
00:37:31,860 --> 00:37:34,160
- She's only 11.
- I'm 14.
698
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,900
This is you.
699
00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:45,460
You're Angela.
Christina would be 11.
700
00:37:45,660 --> 00:37:50,580
- Mummy changed my hair,
my clothes and my name.
701
00:37:50,780 --> 00:37:53,180
It's a stage name.
702
00:37:53,380 --> 00:37:58,060
Our tribute to your sister
703
00:37:58,260 --> 00:38:01,420
to keep her alive
in our hearts.
704
00:38:01,620 --> 00:38:04,620
- The Great Faldini discovered
your secret, didn't he?
705
00:38:04,820 --> 00:38:06,420
He walked in on me.
706
00:38:06,620 --> 00:38:13,700
♪♪
707
00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:21,100
♪♪
708
00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:22,980
Well, well, well.
709
00:38:23,180 --> 00:38:25,740
What have we here?
710
00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:29,460
Not so tiny after all,
are we, Tina?
711
00:38:29,660 --> 00:38:32,780
I better go and talk
to the judges.
712
00:38:32,980 --> 00:38:35,140
It'll get you disqualified,
I'm afraid.
713
00:38:35,340 --> 00:38:37,380
Lying about your age.
714
00:38:37,580 --> 00:38:39,820
- Please don't.
You're going to win anyway.
715
00:38:40,020 --> 00:38:42,580
- What does it matter?
- Probably.
716
00:38:42,780 --> 00:38:46,140
But you're my only
real competition here.
717
00:38:46,340 --> 00:38:50,620
You could pull out
of the talent contest.
718
00:38:50,820 --> 00:38:52,260
You get to keep your
little secret,
719
00:38:52,460 --> 00:38:53,780
and I get my prize money.
720
00:38:53,980 --> 00:38:55,820
Win, win.
721
00:38:56,020 --> 00:38:57,700
Mummy wouldn't let me.
722
00:38:57,900 --> 00:39:00,100
It's up to you, sweetheart.
723
00:39:00,300 --> 00:39:02,060
You were trapped.
724
00:39:02,260 --> 00:39:05,300
If Terry revealed your age
or if you quit the competition,
725
00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:09,740
the illusion your mother
had created would fall apart.
726
00:39:09,940 --> 00:39:16,820
♪♪
727
00:39:17,020 --> 00:39:24,140
♪♪
728
00:39:24,340 --> 00:39:26,360
- I just wanted to
make you proud, Mummy.
729
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:31,940
Make up for Christina's death.
730
00:39:32,140 --> 00:39:34,140
I know you wish it was me
that died instead.
731
00:39:34,340 --> 00:39:36,640
I have never said that.
732
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,580
What will happen to me?
733
00:39:43,780 --> 00:39:45,820
- You will be charged
with murder
734
00:39:46,020 --> 00:39:49,420
and taken to a young
offenders' facility.
735
00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:51,940
- You'll be treated very well,
and your mother
736
00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:54,740
will be able to visit.
737
00:39:54,940 --> 00:39:58,620
- I want nothing more
to do with her.
738
00:39:58,820 --> 00:40:01,300
I knew you were wrong...
739
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:04,280
from the minute you were born.
740
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,140
A glass half-empty.
741
00:40:10,340 --> 00:40:13,140
Whereas your sister...
742
00:40:13,340 --> 00:40:16,700
It seems the wrong child
did die.
743
00:40:16,900 --> 00:40:25,900
♪♪
744
00:40:26,100 --> 00:40:35,140
♪♪
745
00:40:35,340 --> 00:40:37,420
Can I have something to eat?
746
00:40:37,620 --> 00:40:39,140
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
747
00:40:39,340 --> 00:40:42,660
the moment we've all been
waiting for!
748
00:40:42,860 --> 00:40:45,020
In third place...
749
00:40:45,220 --> 00:40:48,480
[ Whispering ]
750
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,820
it's the Belles of
Great Slaughter!
751
00:40:56,020 --> 00:41:02,900
♪♪
752
00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:09,940
♪♪
753
00:41:10,140 --> 00:41:11,780
In second place,
754
00:41:11,980 --> 00:41:14,300
the Laurence Olivier
of our village,
755
00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:16,780
Tom Thomas!
756
00:41:16,980 --> 00:41:21,820
♪♪
757
00:41:22,020 --> 00:41:25,380
[ Speaks unintelligibly ]
758
00:41:25,580 --> 00:41:28,820
- [ Laughs ]
Well said, Tom.
759
00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:30,660
And finally,
760
00:41:30,860 --> 00:41:34,580
the winner of the 50th
Great Slaughter talent contest
761
00:41:34,780 --> 00:41:37,860
and of the £500 cash prize,
762
00:41:38,060 --> 00:41:39,700
ladies and gentlemen,
763
00:41:39,900 --> 00:41:42,480
is Curly Cuddles!
764
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,700
- Oh, thank you, thank you.
I can't...
765
00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:50,980
I don't believe it.
766
00:41:51,180 --> 00:41:53,020
Well, thank you,
Great Slaughter.
767
00:41:53,220 --> 00:41:54,540
And good night!
768
00:41:54,740 --> 00:41:57,980
[ Cheers and applause ]
769
00:41:58,180 --> 00:42:00,300
- Congratulations
on solving the case.
770
00:42:00,500 --> 00:42:04,500
- Two, if you include
the Curious Case of
the Invisible Inspector.
771
00:42:04,700 --> 00:42:07,100
- What are you talking about.
- Sergeant?
772
00:42:07,300 --> 00:42:10,740
- Well, let's examine the facts.
- I have an audit to finish.
773
00:42:10,940 --> 00:42:13,460
There's a renegade flock of
sheep blocking the High Street.
774
00:42:13,660 --> 00:42:17,500
- We should have
a word with Mr. Cuddles.
775
00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:19,780
- Three related events
with one common denominator.
776
00:42:19,980 --> 00:42:21,620
Drinks are on me!
777
00:42:21,820 --> 00:42:25,100
[ Cheering ]
778
00:42:25,300 --> 00:42:28,340
Coulrophobia -- an
irrational fear of clowns.
779
00:42:28,540 --> 00:42:30,980
- It is not irrational.
My parents took me to the circus
780
00:42:31,180 --> 00:42:32,900
when I was age four,
and there was a --
781
00:42:33,100 --> 00:42:34,300
well, an incident.
782
00:42:34,500 --> 00:42:35,780
Why didn't you tell us?
783
00:42:35,980 --> 00:42:37,380
- Obviously,
because you'd make fun of me.
784
00:42:37,580 --> 00:42:40,380
- Phobias are no laughing --
no laughing matter.
785
00:42:40,580 --> 00:42:42,420
[ Stifled laugh ]
786
00:42:42,620 --> 00:42:44,080
[ Sighs ]
787
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:46,980
A worthy winner.
788
00:42:47,180 --> 00:42:49,100
- Have you ever thought
about having a go?
789
00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:53,580
- Oh, I fear that would fall
squarely under the sin of pride.
790
00:42:53,780 --> 00:42:58,060
[ Applause ]
791
00:42:58,260 --> 00:43:00,300
- ♪ There's luminol
so you can see ♪
792
00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:02,220
♪ Hemoglobin on the scene ♪
793
00:43:02,420 --> 00:43:03,940
♪ If you've got some
fire debris ♪
794
00:43:04,140 --> 00:43:05,180
♪ Use gas chromatography ♪
795
00:43:05,380 --> 00:43:07,140
♪ If blood grouping of ABO ♪
796
00:43:07,340 --> 00:43:08,940
♪ Makes you let somebody go ♪
797
00:43:09,140 --> 00:43:10,340
♪ All your tests are liminal ♪
798
00:43:10,540 --> 00:43:12,220
♪ Use this to catch
the criminal ♪
799
00:43:12,420 --> 00:43:15,820
♪ Trace evidence always
helps us solve the case ♪
800
00:43:16,020 --> 00:43:19,140
♪ Edmund Lowcock said
every contact leaves a trace ♪
801
00:43:19,340 --> 00:43:22,500
♪ Classified, the information's
need-to-know ♪
802
00:43:22,700 --> 00:43:25,660
♪ Magnify the fibers,
hairs, and clothes ♪
803
00:43:25,860 --> 00:43:28,940
♪ And ash and glass
and soil and tools ♪
804
00:43:29,140 --> 00:43:31,940
♪ And marks and fragments,
paint chips, fingerprints ♪
805
00:43:32,140 --> 00:43:34,220
♪ Blood stains
is the pattern shiny ♪
806
00:43:34,420 --> 00:43:36,060
♪ Are the edges spiny? ♪
807
00:43:36,260 --> 00:43:38,340
♪ Is the surface glass or wood
or tile or fabric? ♪
808
00:43:38,540 --> 00:43:40,940
♪ Suspect false documentation ♪
809
00:43:41,140 --> 00:43:42,740
♪ Differentiation ♪
810
00:43:42,940 --> 00:43:44,820
♪ Verify the handwriting's
a match ♪
811
00:43:45,020 --> 00:43:46,060
♪ Bang! Firearms ♪
812
00:43:46,260 --> 00:43:47,820
♪ When used to provide harm ♪
813
00:43:48,020 --> 00:43:49,540
♪ Check for powder on palms ♪
814
00:43:49,740 --> 00:43:52,140
♪ Work out the trajectory
and ammunition ♪
815
00:43:52,340 --> 00:43:54,460
♪ Tool marks, tyre tracks,
and footprints ♪
816
00:43:54,660 --> 00:43:56,300
♪ Impressions left on chintz ♪
817
00:43:56,500 --> 00:43:58,260
♪ Good to take
a plaster mould or two ♪
818
00:43:58,460 --> 00:43:59,700
Hey!
819
00:43:59,900 --> 00:44:03,120
[ Cheers and applause ]
820
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,100
Sister?
821
00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:22,920
Rather a shame, really.
822
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,500
[ Theme music plays ]
823
00:44:27,700 --> 00:44:36,620
♪♪
824
00:44:36,820 --> 00:44:45,940
♪♪
825
00:44:46,140 --> 00:44:55,220
♪♪
826
00:44:55,420 --> 00:45:04,600
♪♪