Beyond Paradise Season 1 Episode 7
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00:00You know, I'm pretty sure the sound of a cockerel should herald the dawn of a new day.
00:21Well, we've got a duck. Deal with it.
00:24It's very disconcerting.
00:26I've got all the food to make for the Christmas concert tonight, so Mum's doing breakfast.
00:30Get a move on!
00:31OK.
00:36Cold, Selwyn.
00:37Very cold.
00:39It was agreed at the family meeting.
00:43No job, no driving lessons.
00:46I don't mind having a job, but this is embarrassing.
00:49Why? People know you're not a real elf.
00:52It's a bit childish, don't you think?
00:54Says the girl eating Spongebob Chocopops.
00:57Everyone I know will be in town. All my mates.
00:59Boys?
01:00Exactly. And what boy is going to ask me out when I'm dressed as a five-foot elf?
01:04Someone who appreciates the spirit of Christmas?
01:06Anyway, like I said, family meeting.
01:10You agreed you'd do it until Christmas Eve.
01:12Keep calling it a family meeting, but it's basically just sitting at the dining table and you telling me what to do.
01:16What can I say?
01:17It's a mum thing.
01:19Right, I've got to go.
01:20Put your bowl in the sink and lock the door.
01:22Oh, no mackie-d's for lunch.
01:24Get something elf-y.
01:26You're funny.
01:27I know.
01:28Well, apparently we're now the subject of a full-scale review.
01:41Did they say why?
01:42Well, I think the bottom line is they want to make sure we're cost-effective.
01:46Sounds very corporate.
01:48Yeah, so there's been the elephant in the room since I got here.
01:50Small station houses aren't part of the bigger picture anymore.
01:55They're quite like everyone under the same roof, super hubs.
01:59Well, it's obvious what that's all about.
02:01Is it?
02:02Yeah, they want to sell the building.
02:04Turn it into flats or something.
02:06It's right in the centre of town.
02:07Must be worth a fortune.
02:09That'd be a shame.
02:10Yes, it would.
02:12Shall I organise a protest group?
02:14What?
02:14Save our station.
02:15Well, hopefully I can convince them of our worth by doing an excellent job.
02:18I'll start by making a few calls, anyway.
02:20No, no.
02:34Morning.
02:35Morning.
02:37Didn't we have a health and safety meeting about hanging Christmas decorations?
02:41I'm wearing a hat.
02:42I'm not sure that's exactly what we agreed.
02:46Still, looking very festive.
02:49I love Christmas.
02:51Yeah, well, I could deal with a quiet day.
02:54I've still got presents to buy.
02:56I'm buying everyone the same thing this year.
02:59It's a revelation.
03:01No picking and choosing and a discount for buying in bulk.
03:04Genius.
03:05What are you doing for Christmas Day?
03:07Cooking 43 Christmas dinners at the church hall.
03:11You're amazing, Margot.
03:12Oh.
03:14What about you, Kelps?
03:15Oh, I'm at home.
03:17Me, Mum, Dad and Aunt Lou.
03:21Oh, Nan might come as well, but she needs to find someone to look after her cat.
03:25Well, can't she bring it with her?
03:27No, Mum's allergic to cats.
03:30Oh.
03:31Her head blows up like a football.
03:34We even have to hoover Nan when she arrives.
03:36Is the inspector not here?
03:40No.
03:41Is it HQ this morning?
03:43Of course he is.
03:45So much for a quiet day.
03:49Yes, Williams.
03:52No.
04:07I'm like...
04:38I'm sorry to hear you.
04:55Oh, not at all.
04:57I just seem to be having an issue with...
05:02Oh.
05:08Bit of a tricky little critter, isn't it?
05:10The one at the station is a bit more basic.
05:12Well, it's a tap.
05:17Sorry, I...
05:19Oh, thank you.
05:22Would you like a glass of water?
05:23No, thank you.
05:38You know why you're here?
05:40The review.
05:41Yes.
05:44Could you stop doing that, please?
05:46Sorry?
05:47Could you stop?
05:48Oh.
05:54As discussed, there is a wider review taking place of outlying station houses over Q1 of
06:00next year.
06:01And whilst the criterion is still under review, the overall aim is to identify SOPS ratio.
06:08SOPS?
06:09Successful outcome per pound spent.
06:12It's an algorithm that sets performance against cost.
06:14Right.
06:15I have some sympathy for the concept of local station houses, community-based policing.
06:21I really do.
06:23But I have to balance that with making sure we provide value for money.
06:27Right, so ultimately, you think Shipton Abbott should close?
06:32I think you need to give me a good reason for it not to.
06:41Here, leave everything as it is.
06:43Someone will be there shortly.
06:45Yeah?
06:48That makes four.
06:51Where's Kelby?
06:52Got a call about a shoplifter.
06:55Well, I'd better make a start.
06:57Can you message the inspector?
06:59Tell him to meet me at the first one.
07:01Er, the Owens.
07:03Will do.
07:05Thanks.
07:07Who's this?
07:08He got caught nicking a jumbo sausage roll from the bakery.
07:13Why didn't you just take him home?
07:15Speak to his parents.
07:16Because he said his name was Rishi Sunak and that he lived in Canada.
07:21Right.
07:23How old are you?
07:2527.
07:25I'll leave this one to you, I think, Margot.
07:30Oh, thanks.
07:33Give him something to drink and a biscuit.
07:35I'll call social services.
07:39Then let him keep it.
07:41No, I...
07:42He said he was hungry, so I pay for it.
07:46But I want that back from your mum and dad, though.
07:50Come on.
07:54Wait.
07:55Rishi.
07:55Rishi.
07:56Rishi.
07:59Sit, Rishi.
08:02Um...
08:03Be good.
08:04So, how was it?
08:21Slightly mind-boggling.
08:22But I think the bottom line is we're something of a sliver in a bigger pie chart.
08:27Is that good or bad?
08:28We'll find out at the end of Q1.
08:30So what do we need to do?
08:32Well, if I understood correctly...
08:34We need to catch as many criminals as we can for the least amount of money.
08:39Talking of which, what have we got?
08:41Uh, four break-ins reported overnight.
08:44Socos have attended at all four, and although we can't be sure,
08:46it looks like the same M.O. on all of them.
08:49Someone's been busy.
08:50Anything to work with?
08:51No prints.
08:52Uh, we've got a few cloth fibres, nothing else.
08:54This is the first.
08:55Kai and Hannah Owen.
08:56Flippin' heck, Kai.
09:06Mrs. Owen, I'm Detective Sergeant Williams.
09:23This is D.I. Goodman.
09:23Can we come in?
09:24Oh, yeah.
09:25Please, uh, excuse the mess.
09:30We think they came through here?
09:32My husband says we knew what they were doing.
09:34He's a builder.
09:35Right, have you any idea what time it happened?
09:38Uh, we went up to bed just after 11,
09:41and Kai was up again for work at 6,
09:44so somewhere between then.
09:50You don't have any cameras anywhere.
09:54Oh, I've got a doorbell, but I checked it and...
09:56Oh, I'm sorry.
09:59Do you have an alarm system?
10:01It wasn't on.
10:02Right.
10:03We'll need you to make a list of what's been stolen.
10:05Well, that's just it.
10:07Nothing.
10:12Nothing?
10:13I have checked everywhere,
10:15and I can't find anything missing.
10:21They must have been disturbed.
10:22So it would seem, yes.
10:25Where's the next one?
10:26Uh, Sancroft Way.
10:28Josh Woods and his fiancée, Lucy.
10:30Josh Woods.
10:32So the predator becomes the prey.
10:34Uh-huh.
10:42Well, you reckon they climbed over the back fence.
10:45There's wheelie bins out there,
10:46so you lay them on their side.
10:47You can use them to get over.
10:49Land in the garden.
10:51Kitchen windows are.
10:51If I had to guess.
10:58The kitchen window was wide open, though.
11:00Any damage?
11:01No, you get a bit of bent wire,
11:03you use it to scoop the latch,
11:05Bob's your uncle, you're in.
11:08Probably.
11:09Do you have a list of what was stolen?
11:12I assume you'll be making an insurance claim.
11:14Well, I...
11:17No, no, that's just it.
11:18I don't think anything was missing.
11:20Nothing?
11:21Well, we don't know that yet.
11:23Not that I can see.
11:24Because they've been disturbed?
11:25Well, by what?
11:26I was in bed,
11:27and Josh was dead to the world on the sofa.
11:30They could have used a bulldozer,
11:31and he wouldn't have woken up.
11:32Yeah.
11:33Party at Langstone.
11:34I was hammered.
11:36Still am.
11:37Well, I've checked through the presents,
11:39and had a good look through every room.
11:40Can't find anything missing.
11:43Haven't, uh, wrapped everything, though, yet, have you?
11:45What?
11:46I knew you got me an iPad.
11:48You wish.
11:50Strange.
11:58You've got ash on top of your electric fire.
12:01You've been smoking that stuff in here again?
12:03No.
12:04Not often.
12:05I haven't.
12:06No.
12:10I saw a pile of ash in the fireplace at the last house.
12:18No offence, sir,
12:18but isn't that what you'd expect to find in a fireplace?
12:21Ordinarily, yes.
12:22Yes, but the rest of the half was spotless.
12:24So they missed a bit?
12:26Guys!
12:28Guys.
12:29You know, this has nothing to do with me, right?
12:31Just whenever anything like this happens,
12:33you always think I've done it.
12:34Because you usually have.
12:35Yeah.
12:36Well, that may or not be true,
12:37but this time, you have to believe me,
12:39I didn't do nothing.
12:41Anything.
12:42Eh?
12:42You didn't do anything.
12:44I know.
12:44That's what I'm trying to tell you.
12:45We know.
12:46See, this is exactly the...
12:48Say what now?
12:48We know this has nothing to do with you.
12:51Yeah.
12:53Good.
12:54How?
12:55Because even you aren't stupid enough
12:57to break into your own house
12:58and not steal anything.
13:00Exactly.
13:02You're welcome.
13:03Bye, Josh.
13:14Looks like it was prized open.
13:16I thought you might send that nice young constable.
13:19Kelby?
13:20Oh, he was dealing with a shoplifter.
13:22Oh, what a nice-looking boy.
13:25If only I were 20 years younger.
13:27Oh, and I always close the store at night
13:32because my Minnie sleeps in here by the AGA.
13:35But it was wide open when I got up.
13:39Minnie?
13:40Kat.
13:40Ah.
13:41And you're absolutely certain nothing has been taken?
13:45Yes, positive.
13:47Well, I know.
13:48It looks a bit muddled,
13:49but I know where everything is.
13:51Is this yours?
14:02No.
14:03You sure?
14:04Passive.
14:05Well, I can't wear gold, you see.
14:07I come out in a rash.
14:09My mum did arts and crafts.
14:11Used to make me bangles and the like,
14:14but never gold.
14:15Visitors, perhaps?
14:17Oh, I don't have visitors.
14:18Well, only you.
14:21And young Kelby.
14:23So, no, no, no.
14:25I have never seen that before in my life.
14:28Yes.
14:41Well, I don't understand.
14:43I mean, why would someone break in but not take anything?
14:46Why indeed?
14:47What do you do?
14:47Um, when will social services get here?
15:10They're short-handed, Kelby.
15:12They said they'll get here when they can.
15:14Hey.
15:16Okay, then we'll go on your hat.
15:18Uh, no, you can't.
15:22Can I have a go of your handcuffs?
15:25No.
15:26You have to have special training.
15:28What else have you got?
15:31I've got a baton, CS spray, and access to a taser if I need it.
15:39Can I taser you?
15:41No.
15:43Can you taser me?
15:44No.
15:45Okay, but if you give me your real name and address, we'll let you have a go on my bike.
15:54No, thanks.
15:55Okay.
16:07And did you or your wife see or hear anything?
16:11No.
16:12And you say nothing has been taken?
16:14Not as far as we can see.
16:17Have you lived here long?
16:18Nine years in February.
16:20We inherited the house from Mary's mum when she passed.
16:24Sorry.
16:26Do you mind me asking?
16:28Why have you only got half a moustache?
16:31It was my eldest son's stag last night.
16:35Honestly, I have two boys and they are a nightmare.
16:39Practical jokers.
16:40I dozed off at one point and they thought it would be funny to shave it off.
16:46Or at least half of it.
16:48Well, I wouldn't worry.
16:50It's rather fetching.
16:51Do your boys still live with you?
16:52Oh, God, no.
16:55Though they do come home often enough, bring their washing and steal food and put cling film over the toilet bowl,
17:08they have their passers delivered here because we're always in.
17:11I've been tripping over a television in the hallway since I got back home.
17:19It would have been their own fault if it got nicked.
17:23Maybe I'll tell them it was.
17:41Why was someone breaking to four different houses just to burn something and leave?
17:47I've absolutely no idea.
17:49Witchcraft?
17:50Some kind of pagan rites?
17:53Isn't it the winter solstice?
17:54Well, whatever it was, it's clear that theft wasn't the motive.
17:57There's a brand new TV in there, still boxed.
17:59All it needed was a label saying, steal me.
18:04Let's find out what we can about the bracelet.
18:06If it was drawn by whoever broke in, it's the only real lead we have.
18:10I'll get these ash samples to the lab, see if they can tell us anything.
18:16Sir.
18:19Yes.
18:24So Archie's definitely gone.
18:27Well, he's still at the vineyard.
18:29We're just not partners anymore.
18:32Probably wise.
18:34Always best to remove temptation.
18:37I wasn't tempted.
18:39Not even a little bit?
18:40Absolutely not.
18:41Well, you had more willpower than me.
18:44I could have spread mayonnaise all over him and eaten him in a sandwich.
18:48That's very specific.
18:51Being a widow doesn't permanently dull senses, you know, darling.
18:57I still have the occasional itch.
19:00I'm not sure I want to talk about your itches.
19:05Ah, Kelby.
19:07What can I get you?
19:08Oh, er, three coffees and a sausage sandwich, please.
19:12Ram sauce?
19:14Mayonnaise?
19:15Uh, I didn't ask.
19:17Better leave it plain.
19:19Not for you, then.
19:20It better not be for Humphrey after I cooked him breakfast.
19:23No, it's, er, for this young boy we're looking after, er, until social services pick him up.
19:29Do you know who he is?
19:31He says he's Rishi Sunak, but we don't believe him.
19:35Right.
19:36I'll get your coffee and it's out.
19:39Thanks, Martha.
19:42Actually, er, better make it two sausage sandwiches.
19:45Ketchup on the second one, please.
19:56Right.
19:58Well, it seems to me there are two questions we need to answer.
20:01Actually, three.
20:02One, why on earth would you break into a house with the sole purpose of burning something?
20:07Two, why those houses in particular?
20:09Why not a neighbour or a house across the street?
20:12And three, why is there a small child sitting next to Margot?
20:15Oh, Kelby brought him in.
20:17He got caught nicking a sausage roll at the baker's.
20:20He's eaten the evidence.
20:22Does he have a name?
20:23Yes, Williams.
20:24Well, he gave me a false name to start with.
20:27It took me three sherbet dabs to find out his real name's Freddy.
20:31Hello, Freddy.
20:32All right.
20:33Weren't your mum and dad be worried about you?
20:35Ain't got it, Dad.
20:36That's great.
20:37OK.
20:38Your mum, then?
20:39Okey-dokey.
20:39Thanks.
20:41That was the lab.
20:42The ash found in all four houses originated from the same material source.
20:46Decent quality writing paper, traces of ink, which confirms all four break-ins are linked.
20:52And they think the cloth fibres found at the scene came from white cotton gloves.
20:56What kind of burglar wears white cotton gloves?
20:59I know who it is.
21:02It's obvious, isn't it?
21:03Um, is it?
21:04A man sneaking into people's houses at Christmas wearing white gloves.
21:09It's Santa.
21:11He's got a point.
21:13That would make sense of the ash, too.
21:14It got caught on his clothes when he came down the chimney.
21:17So, our only credible suspect is Father Christmas.
21:20Open a shirt case.
21:21Can we all go home now?
21:22Not quite, Margot.
21:23And thank you, Freddy.
21:24Now, before we arrest Santa and ruin everyone's Christmas, let's check all other avenues first.
21:28Such as what links, if any, can we find between the four victims?
21:32Anything back on the bracelet we found?
21:34Not yet.
21:35Shipped and have a police station.
21:37Coffees.
21:39And I got Rishi a lemonade to go with his sandwich.
21:45His name's Freddy.
21:47I've got Josh Woods on the phone.
21:49He wants a crime number for his insurance.
21:52Nothing was stolen?
21:53He says he's just realised he might have lost his gold bracelet.
21:56I'm not sure.
22:08You're not sure?
22:09I just had it on my wrist.
22:10I didn't spend all day looking at it.
22:12If it is yours, can you explain what it might have been doing in Mrs Jones' cottage?
22:16Maybe she nicked it.
22:17Or, maybe it came off your wrist while you were breaking in.
22:21I didn't break in anywhere.
22:22Can you account for your whereabouts last night?
22:24I told you I had a party at the Langstone.
22:26Birthday for Snoop Dogg?
22:27Snoop Dogg?
22:28Not that one.
22:29Paul Harris.
22:30Works at the wool shop.
22:31I'll tell you why we call him Snoop Dogg.
22:32Doesn't matter.
22:34So you have people who can confirm you were there?
22:37Yeah.
22:38Till what time?
22:39Half one, two, and after that.
22:42It's all a bit of a blur, to be honest.
22:51Thoughts?
22:52He got drunk, reverted to type,
22:54wandered around, breaking into houses, smoking his worky-backy.
22:57Except the ash wasn't marijuana, it was writing paper.
22:59And why would he also break into his own house?
23:01All I know is, whenever Josh Woods is in the picture,
23:04he's usually guilty of something.
23:05That he may be.
23:06But is he really our housebreaker?
23:09I don't know.
23:10His fiancée, Lucy,
23:12seems a little more straightforward.
23:15Let's talk to her again.
23:16We need the Christmas market.
23:35Mind if we just stop off?
23:36Uh, thank you.
23:37Santa, don't you take too long
23:40Slave us playing a familiar song
23:44Let me wear your outfit now.
23:49Come on, please.
23:53Hello.
23:54Oh.
23:54How's it all going?
23:56Shouldn't you be working?
23:57We are.
23:58We had four break-ins last night,
23:59which is on the way to see a suspect's fiancée.
24:01Not to mention babysitting a mystery boy
24:03until social services get you.
24:05Oh.
24:06Kelby told me.
24:07Has a taste for sausages.
24:09It seems so.
24:10Well, this all looks very Christmassy.
24:13That's the general idea.
24:15Hello.
24:15Hi.
24:18Must be quite a year.
24:20Yeah, it has.
24:22Had to see the back of it?
24:23No.
24:25Not even the IVF?
24:27It didn't work.
24:29But we always knew it might not.
24:30And we broke up.
24:32And we got back together.
24:34And we moved here.
24:35And you bought a boat.
24:37And we've got a duck.
24:38And it's Christmas.
24:39So we're winning?
24:40I think we are.
24:41Don't you?
24:42Well, I'm definitely winning.
24:42I've got you.
24:43Very true.
24:46Put her down.
24:47You're supposed to be hanging tinsel.
24:49Sorry.
24:50Are you joining us tonight, Esther?
24:52As long as I don't have to sing.
24:54Singing is compulsory.
24:56We should go.
24:57Yeah.
24:58See you later.
24:59Bye.
25:01Oh, my daughter's at the goto.
25:03Do you mind?
25:03No, of course not.
25:04You don't let go.
25:05I'm going to tell Santa not to bring you any presents this year.
25:07And take back the ones you got last year.
25:10How's it going?
25:12They keep pulling on me bells.
25:14But you do know elves are supposed to be happy.
25:16I will be.
25:18When I get home.
25:19Zoe, this is Inspector Goodman I've been telling you about.
25:22Hi.
25:22Very pleased to meet you, Zoe.
25:23She's not really an elf.
25:25It's a costume.
25:26Excuse my mum.
25:27She thinks she's funny.
25:28So, do you need anything?
25:30Yeah.
25:30This lot?
25:31Stop telling me about.
25:33Well, if they hurt you, tell someone.
25:36Because it's very important.
25:39What is?
25:40Elf and safety.
25:41In the workplace.
25:42Wow.
25:48He lost it in June.
25:51What?
25:52On a jet ski in Menorca.
25:57As soon as you mentioned insurance,
26:00you started making a list of all the things that we've lost
26:03or that have broken in the past year.
26:08Watch, microwave, smartphone.
26:12Gold bracelet.
26:13You, er, do know that such a claim would be fraudulent.
26:16I told him that.
26:18But he said he'd get a crime number just in case.
26:21I wouldn't have let him do it.
26:23I'm sorry, but you know what he's like.
26:26Right, well, we'll, er, we'll send him home.
26:28We can keep him if you like.
26:30Chuck away the key.
26:32Nah.
26:33Oh, I love the bones of him.
26:38Right.
26:42Anyone for hot chocolate?
26:45I need a taste test.
26:47Oh, go on then.
26:50There's a few cakes too.
26:52Oh, thanks, Martha.
26:54It's our mystery boy, is it?
26:57Er, yes.
26:58Social services are supposed to be on their way,
27:00but social work, I've got a hold of.
27:04Well, I'm going back to the cafe.
27:06Do you want me to take him for a while?
27:08He must need feeding again.
27:10You hungry?
27:13Yeah.
27:13You look like a girl who needs cake.
27:38Thanks.
27:39Just catching my breath before we start.
27:41You're looking forward to it?
27:45Not if this morning's anything to go by.
27:47I've already been pulled about by a load of ankle biters,
27:49the man in to see Santa.
27:51You'll be fine once you get going.
27:53All those smiling little faces,
27:55excited to see Father Christmas.
27:57Or not.
27:58I'm dreading it.
28:01Then why do it in the first place?
28:04Mum said I had to get a job or she wouldn't get me driving lessons.
28:07Well, that doesn't sound unreasonable.
28:08No, but why couldn't she get me something normal?
28:11Or at least indoors?
28:13Oh, so that's what you're kicking against.
28:14You don't like it because it's Mum's idea.
28:17You know, my daughter's exactly the same.
28:20Has been since she was old enough to have an opinion.
28:23If I suggested something, she'd disagree on principle.
28:27It's perfectly natural.
28:29She's so annoying.
28:30I don't doubt it.
28:32But I suspect not quite as annoying as my daughter finds me.
28:35Sorry, I didn't mean to...
28:37Don't be.
28:39It's the way of the world.
28:42The thing to remember, though,
28:45is no matter how hard done by you're feeling,
28:48you should try to see it from other people's point of view.
28:53Right or wrong,
28:55your mum is only trying to teach you
28:56that if you want something out of life,
28:58you need to work for it.
29:00That's not a bad lesson to learn now, is it?
29:03And then there's all those little ones
29:06who've been excited for weeks,
29:07knowing that today's the day they're going to see Santa Claus
29:10and they're going to tell him what they want to find
29:13under the tree on Christmas morning.
29:16And the last thing they deserve
29:17is to be greeted by a grumpy elf.
29:21Shall I tell you a mum's secret?
29:27The more you complain about something,
29:29the more fun it is for us.
29:30So if you really want to get her back,
29:35tell her you're really enjoying it.
29:37She'll be mortified.
29:37Okay, I've tried everything.
29:53I can't find any link
29:55between the houses that were broken into,
29:57apart from the fact that they're all houses
29:59and people live in them.
30:01Anything back on the bracelet?
30:03No.
30:05What's this?
30:07They sent over all the paperwork for the station review.
30:09Anything not closed by the Christmas break
30:11will be included in the Q1 figures.
30:13What does that mean?
30:14Well, it means that with these break-ins,
30:16our clear-up rate will begin at minus four.
30:19We're screwed.
30:21Great.
30:21Mm.
30:23Where's the munchkin?
30:24Oh, Martha took him to the cafe for something to eat.
30:27I think he's got all her legs.
30:29Well, I'll check in, make sure she's okay,
30:31and maybe get some coffees while I'm at it.
30:33I have a feeling we're going to need them.
30:41Hi.
30:44Freddie?
30:44How's the food?
30:47We're here.
30:48Wicked.
30:50Well, I'm starting to think we're doing you a disservice.
30:55Creating the illusion that running away from home
30:58is far more fun than it ought to be.
31:00A world festooned with sweets and sausages in various forms.
31:05Take no notice.
31:07He just likes using big words.
31:09Yes.
31:10All the same, though.
31:11We need to get you home, okay?
31:14So what happened?
31:16Had a fallout with your mum?
31:18She's well annoying.
31:19Yeah.
31:20Well, mums can be annoying sometimes.
31:23But it's usually because they care about you.
31:25Don't feel like it.
31:29So what did she do that was so bad?
31:31She took my phone off me.
31:33Golly.
31:34I didn't even have a phone when I was your age.
31:37Well, if you did, you'd be annoyed if someone took it off you.
31:40Just how I would.
31:42Now I can't talk to my granddad.
31:44Are you close to your granddad?
31:46We're best friends.
31:47Mm-hmm.
31:49Well, I'm sure you love your granddad.
31:51And it's not fair that you can't talk to him.
31:53But I'm still not sure that's a reason to run away from home.
31:56I'm not running away.
31:58I'm thinking.
32:00Oh.
32:01You're thinking.
32:02Well, you know that when the lady from social services gets here, you'll have to tell her where you live.
32:09Why?
32:11Well, because if you don't, there's a good chance they'll take you into care.
32:17And you don't want that to happen, do you?
32:19However annoying your mum is.
32:22Can't they just stay here?
32:23Well, as much as we'd enjoy that, too, it's just not really possible.
32:31Why not?
32:34Well, as a policeman, I am...
32:37Well-placed, a quote on elements of the law, and I can report that kidnapping children is incontroversibly frowned upon.
32:48Big words again.
32:51You wouldn't be kidnapping me.
32:54Not if I wanted to stay.
32:57Yeah, I'm sorry.
32:58It's not really up to you.
33:00Or us.
33:02Well, it should be.
33:04D.I. Goodman.
33:05Thought I recognised the name.
33:06Oh, Mrs Owen.
33:07Hannah Owen.
33:09Social services.
33:10Hello, Ryan.
33:12Ryan?
33:12You know him?
33:13I work with a social worker.
33:15We've been helping the family deal with a few issues.
33:17Haven't we, Ryan?
33:18I don't want to go home.
33:20I want to stay here.
33:21Well, your mum's very worried about you.
33:24She won't let me talk to my grandad.
33:28Well, we can all go and talk about that together.
33:31Count me.
33:41Shipped an Abbott police station.
33:47She's on the other line at the moment.
33:50D.I. Goodman's just popped out.
33:52Can I take a message?
33:54OK.
33:57This is very strange.
33:59What is?
34:03I can't work out if it means anything or it doesn't.
34:08And I can't help you if you don't tell me what it is.
34:12Wait, well...
34:12I hit a dead end trying to find a link between the houses,
34:16like the inspector said.
34:18So I did a cross-check against any previous crimes at those dresses.
34:25And?
34:27It's happened before.
34:30What else?
34:31Those exact four houses,
34:35they were all burgled at the same time,
34:3850 years ago.
34:47He said he had a falling out with his mum.
34:50One of many, I'm sorry to say.
34:52He lost his dad a few years back.
34:56Mum got a new boyfriend.
34:58He reacted quite badly.
35:00Became a bit disruptive at school.
35:03They contacted us and...
35:05We've been keeping an eye on things.
35:07He mentioned his grandad.
35:09Mm.
35:09The one real constant in his life.
35:12They're very close.
35:13Look, his mum's trying really hard.
35:18He'll be fine when I get him home.
35:20Bless him.
35:21I'll make sure he's OK before I leave.
35:33Do you think he'll be all right?
35:37Let's hope so.
35:43Oh, sir, we found something.
35:52All four houses were burgled before.
35:54All within three days of each other.
35:57What?
35:58Christmas week, 50 years ago.
36:011973.
36:03Only that time,
36:05things were stolen.
36:06Why did none of them mention this?
36:07Well, the Owens and Josh Woods
36:09didn't live there then,
36:10and neither did the Beckers.
36:11They inherited the house from our mother.
36:13Kathleen?
36:14She grew up in that house,
36:15but it's a long time ago.
36:16Mm.
36:22Coins.
36:24Games, console.
36:26TV.
36:29One of these is a gold bracelet.
36:31Coincidence?
36:32It cannot be.
36:33I don't believe in them.
36:34Kelby,
36:35was anyone arrested for these burglaries?
36:37One suspect arrested and questioned,
36:44released without charge.
36:46Ernest Buchanan.
36:47The detective in charge,
36:49D.I.
36:49Foster,
36:50cites a lack of evidence.
36:52Anything else?
36:53Only that they were opportunistic thefts,
36:56windows left open,
36:58back doors and the like.
37:00Oh,
37:00and he adds at the bottom
37:02that they weren't looking for anyone else.
37:04Sounds like they knew who it was,
37:06but couldn't prove it.
37:07Mm.
37:07Oh,
37:08Frank Becker phone while you were out,
37:10left a message.
37:11He said he doesn't know what it means,
37:13but the TV in the lounge
37:14wasn't ordered by his sons
37:16or anyone else in the house.
37:17It just appeared,
37:19after the break-in.
37:22Looks like it was Santa,
37:23after all.
37:27Maybe that's exactly what it was.
37:31What?
37:33If the bracelet isn't a coincidence,
37:35then neither is the TV.
37:40I wonder.
37:42Kelby,
37:43find out what you can about Ernest Buchanan.
37:45Is he still alive?
37:46Did he go on to commit other crimes?
37:47We need to check the other two crimeses.
37:55Coffee?
38:01Like what?
38:02A jar of coins.
38:03Has one just appeared anywhere?
38:05Or a game console?
38:07No.
38:08You haven't found anything in the house
38:10that you thought didn't belong here
38:11or you didn't know where it came from?
38:13No.
38:14Josh.
38:14Josh.
38:16No?
38:17Oh, except for a you-know-what?
38:20I told you,
38:21in your dreams.
38:23Ta-da!
38:24I saw an aside.
38:27It's nothing to do with me.
38:29Josh.
38:33what's the first ever Christmas present you remembered?
38:44I think the first main present I remember
38:48was an easy-bake oven.
38:50You got an oven for Christmas?
38:53Well, not a real one, you girt noodle.
38:55A little toy one.
38:57Green it was,
38:58with little light bulbs inside.
39:01Could you actually cook in it, though?
39:03Well, I mean,
39:03you couldn't do a Sunday roast,
39:05but you could do cakes.
39:06That doesn't sound safe,
39:10letting kids cook.
39:11We didn't worry about things like that
39:12when I was young.
39:14We rode bikes without helmets.
39:17We spent all day on the beach without sunscreen.
39:20We didn't even have seatbelts in the car.
39:22What happened if you hadn't acted in it?
39:25It was Mum's job
39:26to put her arm across you.
39:28That is wild.
39:31How about you?
39:32Ooh,
39:33first one I proper remember
39:35is getting all four
39:38teenage mutant ninja turtle characters.
39:42You see,
39:43that's the difference in our generations.
39:46We got presents to prepare us
39:48for the life ahead.
39:49You've got turtles.
39:52Yeah,
39:52but they fought crime, though,
39:53didn't they?
39:55So that prepared me
39:56for being a policeman.
39:59You know,
40:02sometimes,
40:03Kelby,
40:04I don't think you're
40:05as daft
40:07as you look.
40:08Thanks.
40:14How do you know that?
40:16Call it a lucky guess.
40:17Well,
40:18it won't coins.
40:19I mean,
40:20I didn't think anything of it.
40:21Kai's a builder.
40:22He's always leaving cash lying around.
40:24I banked it
40:25to cover the mortgage
40:27that's just gone up
40:28again.
40:30Can I ask how much you found?
40:37Kelby.
40:39Ernest Buchanan.
40:40Born December 29th,
40:451953,
40:46widowed in 2019,
40:48one son,
40:49nothing further on record of him,
40:51not even a parking ticket.
40:53Oh,
40:53last known address,
40:55Upper Denbury.
40:56It's about eight miles away.
40:59Occupation?
41:01Jeweler.
41:02White gloves.
41:03Indeed.
41:03Indeed.
41:04So?
41:06So.
41:101973.
41:13Let's say a 19-year-old
41:15Ernest Buchanan
41:16wasn't so much a burglar
41:18as an opportunistic thief.
41:21Breaking into what is now
41:22the Owen house,
41:23he stole a glass jar
41:25containing 55 pounds
41:27in coins.
41:37Later the same week,
41:38I think he stole a gold bracelet
41:39from Kathleen's cottage.
41:41As Kathleen has an allergy,
41:43I'm guessing it was her mother's.
41:45Followed by the game console
41:59from the house
42:00that now belongs
42:00to Josh Woods
42:01and fiancée Lucy.
42:13And finally,
42:15the TV
42:16from the home
42:17of Frank Becker's
42:18mother-in-law.
42:23Okay.
42:23So what if
42:24all these years later
42:26Ernest Buchanan
42:26had some kind of crisis?
42:28For some reason
42:29yet to be established,
42:30he was overcome with guilt
42:31with an undeniable desire
42:33to put right
42:34the wrongs of his past.
42:36We know he never offended again.
42:39I don't think
42:40the gold bracelet
42:41was dropped there by accident.
42:42I think
42:43it was put there
42:44on purpose.
42:45It was put there
42:46on purpose.
42:46And someone
42:58must have
42:59knocked it
42:59on the floor.
43:00One down.
43:10Three to go.
43:13The TV was simple enough.
43:15New for old.
43:19And Frank Becker
43:19thought the TV
43:20turning up
43:20was another prank
43:21by his two boisterous sons.
43:22Yes.
43:23Then,
43:24the game console.
43:25which was a little
43:32harder to replace
43:33like for like.
43:34So instead,
43:35he bought a tablet.
43:39Which Josh saw,
43:40but just assumed
43:41it was a Christmas present
43:42from Lucy
43:42yet to be wrapped.
43:44Exactly.
43:44Flippin' heck, Kai.
43:57And the jar of coins?
43:58As Hannah said,
43:59her husband Kai
44:00is a builder
44:00who has a habit
44:01of leaving cash
44:02lying around.
44:03She found
44:04569 pounds,
44:06which I bet
44:07is exactly
44:09what 55 pounds
44:11in 1973
44:12would be worth
44:13today.
44:15So Ernest Buchanan
44:16returned to the scene
44:17of his former crimes
44:18to replace
44:19the things
44:20he'd stolen.
44:24But why would he go
44:25to all this trouble
44:26after half a century?
44:29I'm dying.
44:31I have cancer.
44:34They told me
44:35it's stage four,
44:36which apparently means
44:36I'm riddled with it.
44:41And it's strange
44:42how discouraging
44:44you've only got
44:44a few months to live
44:45helps to reacquaint
44:46you with God.
44:48There's no time
44:49to be making enemies.
44:52No.
44:57My father
44:58was a very religious man.
45:01He found comfort
45:02in it,
45:03and I thought
45:05I might.
45:05so I picked up
45:07a Bible,
45:08which is something
45:09I haven't done
45:10for a long time.
45:13I suppose I was
45:14looking for a way
45:15to make sense
45:16of what's happening.
45:17Anyway,
45:17I found something.
45:19It sort of leapt out
45:20at me while I was
45:21speaking through.
45:21It was a story
45:22about an old king
45:23called Hezekiah,
45:25and he was dying
45:27and a prophet
45:30called Isaiah
45:31said to him,
45:33put your house
45:35in order
45:35because you are
45:36about to die.
45:39That seemed like
45:40sensible advice.
45:41I've ever
45:42tied you up
45:42before.
45:44It was funny,
45:45as I read it,
45:46I heard it in my dad's voice
45:47like he was telling me
45:48what to do.
45:48And that's what
45:49you were doing?
45:51Putting your house
45:52in order?
45:54Yeah.
45:57I always felt guilty
45:58taking those things
46:00from those people.
46:03So why not put it right
46:04and make my peace
46:06through the universe
46:07before I leave it
46:07and have a bit of fun
46:11at the same time?
46:15And the ash?
46:17The ash you left
46:18at all the houses?
46:20Yeah.
46:21That was the thing
46:21my dad used to make us
46:22do when we were children.
46:24Bright house sentence
46:24on a piece of paper
46:25and then burn it
46:26to show remorse.
46:30If you were trying
46:31to show remorse,
46:32Ernest,
46:33you left it a long time.
46:34I know.
46:40Life keeps you busy
46:41though,
46:41doesn't it?
46:42Your priorities change
46:43and time just goes.
46:47One day you go to sleep
46:48a boy at 19
46:49and you wake up
46:50a 70-year-old man
46:51looking back
46:51at all the stupid
46:53things you did.
46:58Don't you have family?
46:59No, I lost my wife
47:04and my son.
47:07I'm sorry.
47:10My son's with her.
47:11She got herself
47:12a boyfriend
47:13eight months
47:14after my son died.
47:17I thought it was
47:18too soon
47:19and we argued
47:20and I said things
47:23that I regret
47:24now.
47:26boyfriend didn't
47:30last of course
47:30but
47:31the damage
47:33had been done.
47:35Your daughter-in-law,
47:36does she know
47:38that you're not well?
47:39No, no.
47:40No, she don't know.
47:42Don't you think
47:43you should tell her?
47:47Well, I thought about it
47:48but I passed
47:49on my problems
47:50to them.
47:52Maybe some things
47:53are better left
47:53to stay out.
47:56so
47:58what now?
48:02I knew you'd
48:03need to take me in.
48:15Even if he put
48:16things back
48:17rather than
48:17taking anything
48:18it's still
48:19for a century.
48:21Yes.
48:21So do we pursue
48:24a CPS
48:25or not?
48:26Well, we'll go
48:27through the process
48:28because
48:28because we have to
48:30but it'll never
48:31go to court.
48:33I think we could
48:34push for a caution.
48:36You know,
48:36without conviction
48:37we've got four
48:37burglaries that won't
48:38qualify for the review.
48:40Well, sometimes
48:41there are more
48:42important things
48:42than a pie chart,
48:43I suppose.
48:43like a real pie.
48:47A pie of the
48:48ginger and cinnamon
48:48variety
48:49cooked by the woman
48:50I love
48:51and about to be
48:52served with a hot
48:52mulled wine
48:53at the Christmas
48:54market
48:54right about now.
48:57Sir,
48:58can we stop
49:00somewhere on the
49:00way?
49:14Wash your hands,
49:15darling.
49:15You're teasing
49:16anybody.
49:22Jamie, you're
49:22coming?
49:23Yeah.
49:28Hi,
49:44Grandad.
49:45Oh.
49:46Mum found out
49:47I was calling you
49:48so she took my
49:49phone off me
49:49but now she's
49:51just giving me
49:52back.
49:56Hi,
49:56Ernie.
49:56How you doing?
49:59Oh,
49:59you're in love.
50:00Rolling with the
50:01punches.
50:03Police came round.
50:06They said you've
50:07not been well.
50:08I wish you'd said.
50:09No point both of us
50:10worrying,
50:11is there?
50:12It's been too
50:13long.
50:16Yes,
50:17it has.
50:18On a trip,
50:19Grandad?
50:20Oh,
50:21oh,
50:21can we finish
50:24the story now?
50:25Come on.
50:26Of course
50:27we can.
50:29Are you
50:30comfortable?
50:37Mr. Scrooge?
50:39Yes,
50:40said Scrooge.
50:42That is my name
50:43and I fear
50:44it may not
50:45be pleasant
50:45to you.
50:47Allow me
50:47to ask
50:48your pardon.
50:49Oh,
50:59sorry,
51:00excuse me.
51:01Sorry,
51:01excuse me.
51:02Sorry,
51:03I can't
51:03be.
51:04Oh,
51:04it's busy.
51:07Oh,
51:07thank you.
51:08Oh,
51:08can I please?
51:11How was it?
51:16Loved it.
51:17Mm-hmm.
51:20What's she doing?
51:21Oh,
51:27hi,
51:27huh?
51:28How's Ryan doing?
51:30Really good.
51:31He's got his phone
51:31back,
51:32he's talking to
51:32Grandad,
51:33and he and Mum
51:35have made their peace.
51:36Oh,
51:36that's brilliant news.
51:37You and Humphrey
51:38were so good
51:38with him,
51:39he talked about
51:39you all the way
51:40home.
51:40Oh,
51:41that's nice.
51:42You don't have
51:43kids?
51:44No,
51:44it didn't really
51:45happen for us.
51:47Oh.
51:50Well,
51:50if you ever feel
51:51you have the time
51:52and the energy
51:54to do for other
51:54kids what you
51:55did for Ryan
51:56today,
51:57here's my card.
52:00We're always
52:01looking for
52:01foster carers.
52:04Inspector.
52:05What?
52:06Are an inspector's
52:07wages so bad
52:08these days
52:08that you can't
52:09afford a coat?
52:10Well,
52:10I can't really
52:11do coats.
52:12There are
52:13too many pockets.
52:14Last time I wore
52:15one,
52:15I missed three trains
52:17trying to find
52:17my ticket.
52:19I spoke with
52:20Sergeant Williams.
52:21She talked me
52:22through the outcome
52:22of the break-ins
52:23investigation
52:23and your desire
52:25to pursue a caution
52:26with the man
52:26responsible,
52:27and why?
52:28Yes,
52:28Mum.
52:29Which will put
52:29you at a disadvantage
52:30with regards to
52:31your review.
52:32Unfortunately,
52:32yes,
52:33it will.
52:33In the
52:35circumstances,
52:36I think it
52:36prudent that
52:37we don't
52:38start to
52:38collect your
52:39figures until
52:39January.
52:41Circumstances,
52:42Mum?
52:42It's Christmas,
52:44Inspector.
52:45So it is.
52:47See you in the
52:47New Year.
52:52Hi.
52:53Yeah.
52:54Everything all
53:01right?
53:01Everything is
53:02absolutely perfect.
53:03Mm-hmm.
53:16I've been thinking.
53:18Today's been a bit
53:19like a Christmas
53:20carol.
53:20You know,
53:22Scrooge and the
53:23spirits of Christmas
53:24past, present,
53:25and future.
53:26So?
53:27We had a bit
53:28of a strange
53:28case today.
53:30This is all about
53:30righting the wrongs
53:31of the Christmas
53:32past.
53:34Then, in the
53:35Christmas present,
53:36a young boy was
53:37reunited with his
53:38granddad.
53:40If we could only
53:40know what our
53:42Christmas future
53:42holds.
53:46Happy Christmas.
53:48Happy Christmas.
53:50Happy Christmas.
54:20Kiss the girls' lips will go moldy
54:22Away, all the way, we're all the way for Rosie
54:26Away, all the way, we're all the way for Johnny O
54:30Away, all the way, we're all the way for Rosie
54:33Away, all the way, we're all the way for Johnny O
54:37Away, all the way, we're all the way for Rosie
54:40Away, all the way, we're all the way for Johnny O
54:50Oh