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00:15Sir, clearance rack two.
00:17Thanks, Kel.
00:38Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to our celebration of the magical and the macabre.
00:48The next part of tonight's performance is not for those of a weak constitution.
00:53If you are easily shocked or prone to nightmares, I highly recommend you leave the theatre.
01:00Immediately.
01:03You have been warned.
01:07Now, I require a volunteer.
01:10Somebody brave.
01:13Or failing that.
01:18Foolish.
01:22Please, look under your seats.
01:29There's no way I'm getting on stage with that pompous prick.
01:32Here.
01:34Do we have a volunteer?
01:36Yes, madam?
01:37Please.
01:38She looks nervous.
01:39How about a round of applause?
01:45A little more encouragement, please, ladies and gentlemen.
01:53I'd like to come with you.
01:56Please don't tell me your name.
01:58I don't want to become emotionally attached.
02:00Just in case.
02:01Now, I would like to introduce you all to a woman close to my heart.
02:07I call her the Iron Maiden.
02:17For those of you who think these spikes are fake,
02:23solid metal.
02:27Please.
02:32Try to relax.
02:46Don't worry, ladies and gentlemen.
02:49I have no doubt she will find this to be a transformative experience.
03:00Jill?
03:05Jill, are you okay?
03:08Look, there's blood.
03:09Don't worry, guys.
03:11Have a good day.
03:20Bye.
03:21Bye.
03:21Bye.
03:25Bye.
03:28Bye.
03:29Bye.
03:29Bye.
03:54Look.
03:56Do I have to?
03:58We should be doing this.
03:59What, gurning?
04:00Publicising.
04:01What for?
04:03Let me think.
04:04Because we've got no clients.
04:06Not true.
04:07What about that identity theft case?
04:09Oh, he called out to cancel.
04:11Turns out it was his sister, only she thought he was dead.
04:14That's a long story.
04:14Oh, don't worry about it.
04:16Something will turn up.
04:17It always does.
04:17I hope so, because you've got more bills than a duck pond.
04:20Chester Patterson is our main competition.
04:22He is a fake.
04:24He used to sell overpriced wine for a living, eh?
04:27I mean, what kind of P.I. puts his own face on a flyer?
04:30I'm twice the detective he'll ever be.
04:33Well, if that's the case, how come he's opening a new swanky office down the road
04:36and we are just stood here?
04:37I'm just stood here eating doughnuts.
04:39Because, unlike Mr. Chester Patterson, I have integrity.
04:45Says a man in a fake leather jacket.
04:48Hey, this is real.
04:49Smell it.
04:50Either way, integrity won't pay the bills.
04:52If we are so much better than him, then that's great.
04:55That is brilliant.
04:55Let's shout about it.
04:56Let's tell everyone.
04:57All right.
04:58And how are we going to do that?
05:02As you can see, these chains are very real and very strong.
05:20I'm starting the stopwatch now.
05:25His record is 13 seconds.
05:28It's not that interesting.
05:31That's good.
05:33Of course, he's not performed this particular trick in a while.
05:38It won't be long now.
05:41One final look.
05:46To me, or not to me, that is the question.
05:52Whether it is no rule of the mind to summon the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or...
05:58I am fortune's fool.
06:00Against a sea of troubles and by opposing.
06:03End them.
06:07Don't give up, Dad.
06:09Just need to get your mojo back.
06:11Why?
06:13So I can do card tricks with the other lads.
06:20Involuntary manslaughter by gross negligence.
06:24But it was an accident.
06:28You have to fight this.
06:29A woman died.
06:31It was my fault.
06:34You've done the Iron Maiden trick a thousand times.
06:37You checked it and double-checked it.
06:39It's safe.
06:40Clearly not.
06:48For my opening night at the Terra Nova tomorrow.
06:51Show there are no hard feelings.
07:03What if it wasn't an accident?
07:14Choose Shakespearean Hathaway because the other guy's a pillock.
07:17Would you please take this seriously?
07:18I am.
07:19No, you're not.
07:20You can't be like...
07:21Dear Lord, please let these clients be affluent, desperate and suggestible.
07:26So much for integrity.
07:27And thank you for the doughnuts.
07:28I bought you the doughnuts.
07:29The Lord works in mysterious ways.
07:31Come in.
07:33Mr. and Miss Pross.
07:35They want to employ our services.
07:40Hang on.
07:41Aren't you that magician?
07:43Yes.
07:44Yes.
07:45The great Prasini.
07:47I saw your show a couple of years ago.
07:49It was brilliant.
07:51Lawrence will suffice.
07:53This is my daughter and assistant Maggie.
07:56Oh, please.
07:57Yes.
07:58Yeah.
08:02Are you here about what happened to that woman?
08:04I heard about it on the news.
08:05We believe the trick was sabotaged.
08:07By...
08:08Anton Dukes.
08:09A.K.
08:09The amazing Antonio.
08:11He was there that night.
08:12Another magician?
08:13Hardly.
08:14He calls himself an experimental illusionist.
08:17He's been stealing my tricks for years.
08:20And you think Mr. Dukes caused the fatality in order to...
08:24Destroy Dad's career?
08:26Anton's taken over our spot, the theatre.
08:29The last few weeks have been a nightmare.
08:31We've been spat at in the street.
08:33Our van's been vandalised.
08:35They even broke off my aerial and threw it into a tree.
08:40Dad's been charged with manslaughter.
08:43He could go to jail.
08:45You've got to help us.
08:47Why don't I put the kettle on?
08:49And you can tell us all about it.
08:53Sebastian?
08:55Starting with how the trick supports the work.
08:58That's not possible.
08:59The magic circle...
09:00I've already kicked you out.
09:02Just tell him, Dad.
09:08It's easier if I show you.
09:11Yes.
09:12Yeah.
09:17Calm down.
09:21Stratford's greatest car.
09:25Callum?
09:30Maggie, how have you been?
09:32Who are they?
09:34They're going to clear Dad's name.
09:36Right.
09:37I suppose you'd better come in then.
09:43The police took the real Iron Maiden away, but we can use these trunks.
09:47Excuse me.
09:48Mr. Pross.
09:49Iris.
09:50How lovely to see you.
09:51You too, Mr. Pross, but you're really not allowed to be in here.
09:55My manager said you're...
09:56But hardly, I'm aware.
09:58Iris, these kind people are helping us discover what happened to that poor woman.
10:03I would consider it a great favour if you would turn a blind eye.
10:08We won't be long.
10:09OK.
10:11Just while our manager's on lunch.
10:13You're an angel.
10:16So, we bring the volunteer up on stage.
10:19Hey!
10:20Um, sorry.
10:21How is that person chosen?
10:24I put a joker under one of the seats during the interval.
10:27So you don't know who it is until they come on stage?
10:29No, I just pick a random seat.
10:32I position the volunteer.
10:35Please, stand in here.
10:38And try to relax.
10:40Now, on the underside of this front section is a strong magnet.
10:45When the device passes this point, the magnet breaks a circuit,
10:50opening a trap door.
10:52The volunteer disappears into the trap room.
10:55A spring mechanism pushes the trap door back into place
10:58just before the Iron Maiden closes.
11:01I wait downstairs to make sure they're all right
11:03and then I just bring them up after the trick's over.
11:07Well, is that it?
11:08Oh.
11:08Then, uh, I do a bit more spiel.
11:13And Maggie emerges from a secret compartment behind the spikes.
11:18Resplendent in sequence.
11:22Is it not possible that maybe the trap door just jammed by itself?
11:25No, I do a safety check every night before the second half.
11:29A power cut?
11:30If the power goes, the latch opens, that's how it works.
11:34But surely the police would have noticed if it had been tampered with.
11:36Not if Anton had removed any evidence.
11:38So you're saying that this Anton guy,
11:41from his seat somewhere in the auditorium,
11:43managed to jam the trap door shut and then unjam it,
11:46but during the show, without anybody noticing?
11:49He's a magician, isn't he?
11:54Well, you got your wish.
11:56Desperate, affluent and suggestible.
11:58Although, I don't really feel like there's much of a case here.
12:00I feel like they just can't accept that the great prosceni might have messed up.
12:04I'm not so sure.
12:06Really?
12:07I do think he kind of likes a bit of a drink.
12:10I mean, really, would you put your life in his hands?
12:13Francis!
12:15Long time no see.
12:16Not long enough.
12:18Francis.
12:21Chester, you're looking, um, well.
12:24And you must be Miss Shakespeare.
12:26I heard Francis had got himself a glamorous new assistant.
12:29I'm his partner.
12:32Business partner.
12:34He's a lucky man.
12:35Chester Patterson.
12:37I'm sure you've heard of, uh, Chester Patterson's investigations.
12:41This is my client, Mr Shipnick.
12:42Mr Shipnick, your wife was, uh...
12:45Murdered by that maniac.
12:47Yes.
12:47Our condolences.
12:48And we intend to sue Mr Pross.
12:51For every penny he has.
12:53I'm helping Mr Shipnick build a case for a private compensation claim.
12:56Excuse me, I have to tell you.
13:01We, um...
13:02We have reason to believe there might be a third party involved.
13:05And what reason is that?
13:07Well, not at liberty to say.
13:10So, uh, you're working for the great Prasimi?
13:14Might be.
13:15That's priceless.
13:16I've looked into the incident, Francis.
13:18If you think it was foul play, you're wrong.
13:20What, do you want to put your money where your mouth is, then?
13:21You want to make a wager?
13:22Excuse us.
13:24What are you doing?
13:25I've done what you said, trying to prove we're the best in town.
13:27Ooh, this is not what I meant.
13:29Listen to your hairdresser, Francis.
13:31Sounds like what she lacks in expertise, she makes up for in female intuition.
13:35Two days.
13:39Two days.
13:39And if we haven't proved that Pras is innocent by then, then Frank and I will spend an entire
13:46day handing out your flyers.
13:49And if you succeed.
13:52I was talking about 20 quid, not humiliating myself in public, promoting our biggest rivals.
13:59So I got carried away.
14:01As long as we solve the case, it doesn't matter, does it?
14:04And we are the best, remember?
14:07All right, listen, I want you to go back to the office and run those background checks
14:10and talk to the daughter again, but on her own this time.
14:13She might open up if the dad's not there.
14:15What are you going to do?
14:17I'm going to deal with this.
14:19Good luck.
14:21Well, well, if it isn't Arden Constabulary's finest.
14:25I just had a phone call.
14:26PPI.
14:26Hate those.
14:27Mr. Shiplake has had a very distressing experience.
14:30Now, he's worried that your investigation is going to confuse the witnesses and mess up the trial.
14:35That is rubbish.
14:37Chester Patterson got him to call you because he's scared we might find something.
14:40Yeah, but there's nothing to find, Frank.
14:42You know, there was no sign that the trapdoor was tampered with.
14:45All right, look.
14:46Hypothetically, OK, if someone wanted to sabotage...
14:49Oh, who?
14:50Why?
14:50When?
14:51Look, we've done a thorough investigation, and so has a health and safety executive.
14:56Now, the only fingerprints that were found on the device were those belonging to Lawrence Pross and a resident technician.
15:02Well, you must have come up with something.
15:03Yeah, we did.
15:04In-house usher, Iris Swifton.
15:07She was seen having an argument with the deceased during an interval.
15:10And?
15:10And it was a dead end.
15:11It was just a customer complaint that was handled badly.
15:15And anyway, if someone wanted to kill Mrs Shiplake, well, she was chosen at random.
15:20Yeah, but if Mr Pross is right, the victim's irrelevant.
15:24Someone wanted to ruin his career.
15:26Yeah, and by someone, you mean Anton Dukes?
15:29Yeah, he was on a date the whole night.
15:31Look, the CPS have made their decision the case is closed.
15:34Well, we won't be getting in the way if we have a look around ourselves, will we?
15:42You always wanted to be a performer.
15:44Not really.
15:45When I was little, I planned on being an archaeologist.
15:49Travel the world exploring lost temples.
15:53Sounds silly now.
15:54I think I just wanted to be Lara Croft.
15:56Yeah.
15:57Left school after my GCSE.
15:59He's been helping Dad ever since.
16:02And how long has your Dad known Anton Dukes?
16:04A few years.
16:06Dad helped Anton out when he first started on the circuit.
16:08He was even going to propose Anton for the Magic Circle,
16:11but then he found out Anton was using some of his tricks,
16:14passing him off as his own.
16:16Dad reported him and Anton got blacklisted.
16:20Do you think Dukes is really capable of murder?
16:22He certainly gives me the creeps.
16:25And Dad had this book full of stage notes, right?
16:29Diagrams, scripts, everything.
16:30The Tuesday before the accident, it went missing.
16:33What, and you think Anton stole it?
16:34I saw him backstage.
16:39Maggie, no tricks.
16:41What are you doing, Anton?
16:42I was, um, I was looking for your Dad.
16:44He's rehearsing.
16:46All right, but never mind.
16:47I'll catch him later.
16:48I thought you took one speaking.
16:51He told you that.
16:53I'll speak of the devil.
16:56Callum?
16:57Yes, Mr. Pross?
16:58What if I told you about leaving the stage door unlocked?
17:02Any vermin might crawl out of the sewer into our crucible of magic.
17:07Sorry, Mr. Pross.
17:08There's no need to be like that, Larry.
17:11I thought we might start over.
17:14Maybe I could do a guest spot here one night.
17:17You wouldn't have to pay.
17:19I'll do it for the exposure.
17:22If you wish to expose yourself, please do it elsewhere.
17:40Did you tell the police?
17:41Only after the accident.
17:42And, of course, Anton denied taking it.
17:46I hope you don't mind me asking this.
17:48But does your Dad normally drink during the day?
17:53No.
17:54I mean, my mum left when I was 15.
18:00Dad took it pretty hard, hit the bottle.
18:04He sorted himself out.
18:06It's only been since the accident.
18:09He's not coping.
18:10He's scared.
18:12How's someone like him going to cope in jail?
18:16It won't come to that.
18:28Did you get my message about the stage notes?
18:30Yeah, yeah.
18:31Rent it by Marlowe.
18:32Problem is, Pross didn't report the theft at the time.
18:35She honestly is making it up.
18:36Oh, well.
18:37It is a bit convenient, isn't it?
18:39All your notes vanishing just as they launch a health and safety investigation.
18:42What else was she saying?
18:44No.
18:44She said we were wasting our time.
18:46She's got a point, hasn't she?
18:48I mean, how long are we planning on just standing here doing nothing?
18:51Look.
18:51We've got 46 hours and we'll be handing out Chester's note.
18:56Dukes is the only person we've got with a motive.
18:59Right.
19:00So what are we going to find out loitering outside his house all day?
19:03What have I told you, hey?
19:05Surveillance is 90% of the job.
19:08You know, we get inside people's heads, find out what lies beneath the surface.
19:11Idiot!
19:13I was only going to show you my rabbit.
19:16Really?
19:23Wait, go in.
19:24We haven't got time for this.
19:25I have met men like Dukes before.
19:28Trust me, there is nothing going on beneath the surface.
19:31No, no, no.
19:34Jealous?
19:35That's a laugh.
19:42Prosser's a dinosaur.
19:43He's been doing the same tricks since the 80s.
19:45Oh, wake up!
19:50So, so, er, why copy him then?
19:53Those old illusions are like jazz standards.
19:55You take a classic trick and you put a new twist on it.
20:00Anyway, I've moved on since then.
20:02So, why were you there that night then?
20:05Well, I like to keep an eye on my competitors.
20:09Even the rubbish ones.
20:13Why would I sabotage his act when he does such a good job of that himself?
20:16Well, I saw you could inherit his residency at the theatre.
20:22Yeah, well, a terranoia's hardly worth killing for, is it?
20:25Revenge, then, for having you blacklisted from the magic circle.
20:31Maybe.
20:34Maybe you never meant to hurt anybody.
20:36You just, just wanted to embarrass Pross and then it just, it all went wrong.
20:40It's obviously badly.
20:42Yeah, I was with my date the whole time.
20:43Yeah, we, er, we heard.
20:45Um, you haven't got, er, contact details, have you?
20:48Just in case you remembered anything useful.
20:50Nah, sorry.
20:51Can't help you there.
20:52Only met her the night before.
20:55Him, maybe.
20:58Lily?
20:59Millie?
21:01Nah, it's gone.
21:03Police should have her details.
21:05And you're confident that she'll back your version of events, are you?
21:08Well, who knows?
21:09Did my famous vanishing act during the night, so she might be a bit miffed.
21:14I don't like to be there when they wake up.
21:18Ruins the magic.
21:28The man is a cockroach.
21:30Yeah, but he's right though, isn't he?
21:32The Terranova's not worth killing an innocent woman for.
21:35Not even if it meant getting revenge on Pross.
21:37And plus, he's got an alibi.
21:39Well, so what are we supposed to do?
21:40Just give up?
21:41Let Chester win?
21:43No, right, listen.
21:44We go back to the beginning.
21:46The victim.
21:47Maggie said she chose the volunteer at random.
21:51What if someone saw where she put the card and moved it to Mrs. Shiplake's seat?
21:55Ah.
21:56Who?
21:57Marlowe mentioned an argument that night between...
22:00the victim and an undue to usher.
22:02Maybe we should have a word.
22:11Iris?
22:12Er...
22:13Do you want a hand?
22:14I'm fine.
22:21Iris?
22:22Oh, he's scared the life out of me.
22:24Sorry.
22:25It's okay.
22:25I'm just a little bit jumpy since...
22:27you know.
22:29Yeah.
22:29Yeah.
22:30I'm sure you are.
22:31Is it all right if we, um, just ask a couple of questions?
22:36So, is it true that you've had an argument with Jill Shiplake the night she died?
22:42Oh, sorry.
22:43I didn't mean to.
22:44Well, it's my fault.
22:46I killed her.
22:49You killed Mrs. Shiplake?
22:51She was sat behind this woman with stupidly big hair and she wanted to move seats, but I
22:55wouldn't let her.
22:56Why not?
22:58Because I saw Maggie put the card under her seat and I was worried that I'd mess up the
23:02trick.
23:04I'm sure it wasn't your fault.
23:06I should have just let her move.
23:07She was already in a bad mood, bickering with her husband.
23:10Why were they arguing?
23:11Well, he turned up late and then she was asking him where he'd been.
23:15That's all I know.
23:18You've been really helpful.
23:21You didn't see anything else suspicious that night?
23:26Well, at the interval, we cleared the auditorium and as I was doing my checks, I saw Mr. Shiplake
23:33coming from backstage.
23:35Sorry, you're not allowed.
23:37Oh, no, I'm sorry.
23:39I was looking for the toilet.
23:41Just got a bit lost.
23:47Did you tell the police that?
23:49Well, they were asking me loads of questions about the row with his wife and I guess it
23:53just slipped my mind.
23:55But, like you said, he was probably just lost.
23:59Does this place have CCTV?
24:02There's a camera at the back by the stage door.
24:05But the police already checked the footage from that night.
24:07What about the Tuesday before?
24:10I mean, Maggie assumed that Anton stole the stage notes.
24:14What if it was someone else?
24:14The footage is probably still on the hard drive.
24:17But, no, I can't.
24:20Really?
24:22Not even if it would stop Pross going to jail?
24:26My manager would freak out and I need this job.
24:29I'm sorry.
24:31Well, listen, if you think of anything, it would be a big help.
24:40So, Jill Shiplake comes from a very wealthy family.
24:43Most of their assets are in her name.
24:46Stefan Shiplake, however, owns Undreamed Shores, an independent travel agent.
24:52Made a loss for the last two years.
24:53So, are we talking about, like, an episode of my big fat life assurance policy?
24:59Well, the culprit's usually someone close to the victim.
25:02And Stefan's stood to gain financially.
25:04And he asked Marlowe to warn us off.
25:07How do we prove it?
25:08Well, we'll ruffle his feathers a bit, see what happens.
25:12Sebastian!
25:14Can't a man enjoy his quinoa in peace?
25:17Fancy going on all day?
25:21You've come here to ask me if I killed my wife!
25:24That's not what I'm saying.
25:24I'm just asking why you were snooping around backstage.
25:27I wasn't snooping anywhere!
25:29Was it your idea to go to the magic show?
25:31For your information, we won those tickets in a competition organised by the theatre for couples.
25:38If you don't believe me, just ask them.
25:41Now, I would like you to leave.
26:00Good morning.
26:01Isn't it?
26:03It's a sports injury.
26:04I managed to do my niece skiing last month.
26:07No, this is a car accident years ago.
26:11It serves me right.
26:13It's trying to be Lewis Hamilton.
26:14Mm-hmm.
26:15So, are we, uh, planning a trip?
26:18Honeymoon.
26:19Somewhere adventurous yet luxurious.
26:21And Olivia's adamant we only stay in hotels with a low-carbon footprint.
26:25Budget?
26:27Not an issue.
26:28Please take a seat.
26:36Sorry.
26:37Can't you take off this bug I picked up in Whistler?
26:39Water?
26:39If it's not too much trouble.
26:59Decent of you.
27:00Now, let's see what we can find.
27:11Listen to this.
27:16I want to see you, Tim.
27:19It's not a good time.
27:22Because I've got some private detectives sniffing around, but it won't look good, but it won't look good.
27:28All right, calm down.
27:30I'll come around after work.
27:33Five o'clock.
27:34I won't have to be discreet.
27:37Looks like he's traded his wife in for a newer model.
27:40Hmm, he didn't exactly seem heartbroken when I saw him.
27:43I'll come around.
27:58No.
27:59Remember what I told you about tailing people?
28:01Slow, smooth, steady.
28:10I thought you might try something like this, just to win a silly bet.
28:16Hey, that's willful destruction of property.
28:19We both know you lack reasonable ground, so listen to my client's private conversations.
28:22What were you hoping to find?
28:24Evidence, and we did.
28:25Of what?
28:26He has been conducting an extramarital affair.
28:30And you can prove that this relationship started prior to Mrs. Shiplake's death, can you?
28:38Your client was in the perfect position to place Joker under his wife's seat.
28:42Divorce costs a lot of money.
28:43Now he gets the assets, the life assurance, the compensation payout.
28:47It's a strong motive, Chester.
28:49Yeah, and we have a witness who saw him sneaking backstage during the interval.
28:53Wild speculation.
28:55If you continue bothering Mr. Shiplake, I'll have you charged with harassment.
28:59And don't bother with another bug.
29:01My client won't be so careless in the future about what he says on the phone.
29:08He's worried.
29:10Good.
29:12We still need to get some proof, though.
29:18So, the box office manager says that the Shiplake's tickets were issued under a complimentary code.
29:24So it was telling the truth.
29:25Except no-one can remember issuing them, and they've never heard of this couple's competition.
29:29Maybe Shiplake had an accomplice.
29:31Who else could have processed the tickets?
29:33Well, resident performers are allowed comps, so maybe Maggie or Lawrence.
29:37Oh, and Callum told the police that nobody went backstage during the interval.
29:41So, either he didn't see Shiplake...
29:44Or Callum is lying.
29:50Callum.
29:51No, he wouldn't.
29:53You believe he was conspiring with Anton Dukes?
29:57No.
29:58Stefan Shiplake.
29:59But the evidence suggests...
30:01No evidence.
30:02My foot.
30:04Dukes did it.
30:05He is an immoral, plagiarising, ungrateful wretch.
30:13My solicitor.
30:16Lawrence Pross speaking.
30:19Trust me.
30:21Callum wouldn't hurt a fly.
30:22And you'll be sure.
30:24That's it!
30:25Okay, Maggie.
30:27I'll go.
30:32You are about to witness a superhuman feat.
30:37I'll be...
30:38Not there!
30:40How many times do I have to tell you?
30:43It's there!
30:44There you are, you slug.
30:47Is it true?
30:48It's what true?
30:49My solicitor told me you were spoken to the health and safety executive.
30:52He offered to be their expert witness.
30:54Mr. Pross, should we go outside?
30:55How could you?
30:56Without me, you wouldn't even have an act.
30:58Right, Callum, can you get him out of here, please?
31:00So you are helping him?
31:01It's my job, Mr. Pross.
31:03To stab me in the back!
31:04Admit it, Pross.
31:05You're finished.
31:07Right.
31:08While you're banged up, I might even offer Maggie some work.
31:14I'd have to give her a test drive first, though.
31:17I'll kill you!
31:18Oh, the face!
31:19Oh, hey!
31:20Oh, stop it!
31:20Hey!
31:21Stop it!
31:22Stop!
31:23Stop it!
31:25Oh!
31:27Oh!
31:29Oh!
31:30Oh!
31:30Oh!
31:32Oh!
31:34Mr. Pross!
31:35Why the devil did you come between us?
31:37I was going to tell him that it was a freak accident, unforeseeable.
31:41You know, for old time's sake.
31:43But you deserve to be banged up.
31:47You were all right.
31:51You're very lucky, Mr. Pross.
31:53Am I?
31:54Well, there's no permanent damage, and Mr. Dukes doesn't want to press charges.
31:57You're right.
31:58He's the criminal around here.
32:00Careful there.
32:01I have witnesses who say you threatened to kill him.
32:06Oh, hello.
32:08Not interrupting, are we?
32:10No, we're done.
32:11And so are you.
32:12I don't want you anywhere near Stefan Shiplake, Anton Dukes, or the Terranova Theatre.
32:18But I...
32:18Or I will arrest you for perverting the course of justice.
32:21Clear!
32:26I've messed everything up, haven't I?
32:29That's not true, Dad.
32:30Yes, it is.
32:31Oh.
32:32Look on the bright side.
32:34If you do end up going to prison, at least you're a trained escapologist.
32:41So, what now?
32:43Er, I've got no idea.
32:47Oh, you shouldn't have.
32:49I have this effect on most women, you know.
32:51Actually, they're for my parents.
32:53I was just on the way to the graveyard.
32:58CCTV footage you wanted?
33:00Oh.
33:01What made you change your mind?
33:03If somebody does something wrong, they deserve to be punished.
33:08How long do I have to endure this?
33:11It's like watching an Amdram production of Waiting for God.
33:14We have to watch the whole thing.
33:17Prost said he had his stage notes first thing, but they were gone by the evening show.
33:21What was that?
33:22What was what?
33:22Go back.
33:26There.
33:28That could be anyone.
33:30Not just anyone.
33:31Play it again.
33:33Look how he's walking.
33:47We found Mr. Prost's stage notes in a bin bag round the back.
33:51So, with the CCTV footage and the usher's witness statement, I'm confident that Shiplake will crack.
33:58Sorry, what was that?
34:00You were right, Frank.
34:01Sorry for ever doubting you.
34:03She loves me, really.
34:04Yeah.
34:05No, I can see that.
34:06Yeah?
34:06Yeah.
34:07It's in her eyes.
34:08I can't tell you how grateful I am.
34:11That makes two of us.
34:12As soon as my arm is better, I'll talk to the Terran over about having us back.
34:16Can't wait.
34:17You, er, you might want to retire the old Iron Maiden trick, though.
34:21PHONE RINGS
34:22PHONE RINGS
34:24Marlowe.
34:26Hello?
34:30What have you charged him?
34:32Well, that can't be right.
34:36What's wrong?
34:38That is him.
34:40He, er, he's lying.
34:41How many more times?
34:43Stefan Shiplake has an alibi for when this was taken.
34:45Well, then he paid someone to cover for him.
34:48What, the hold of the Stratford Small Business Association?
34:51Yeah, maybe not.
34:53Whoever this is, it's not him.
34:57Show me the shot of him leaving again.
35:04Show me again.
35:06Why?
35:06There's no clear shot of his face.
35:08Just show me.
35:16There.
35:18What am I looking for?
35:20That's Anton's poster.
35:23But the date says this was taken the week before the accident.
35:27Yeah.
35:28And if that's true, then there's no way that that poster would have been there.
35:33That's...
35:33This has been faked.
35:41Get out.
35:42We've come to apologise.
35:43I'm not interested.
35:44Mr Shiplake, honestly...
35:45My wife's dead.
35:46And you had me dragged off to a police station.
35:49Don't you want to find out who's trying to frame you?
35:57Someone went out of their way to make us think it was you on that CCTV.
36:01And the same person probably planted the stage notes on your property.
36:04We've been trying to find out why someone would want to see you locked up.
36:09And?
36:10You told our colleague that you injured your leg in a car accident.
36:16That's right.
36:18Was, er...
36:19Anyone else injured?
36:23I don't see what this has got...
36:25Please, Mr Shiplake.
36:27Okay, yeah.
36:29Er...
36:29Yes.
36:31A couple.
36:33According to an article that we've got, you were...
36:36You were charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
36:49It was raining.
36:53They just came out of nowhere.
36:54I...
36:57I didn't do anything wrong.
36:59The case was dropped.
37:02Insufficient evidence.
37:04This was years ago.
37:05Why are you dragging this up now?
37:06The thing is, we think that maybe...
37:08Maybe your wife wasn't the intended victim that night.
37:13Maybe it was you.
37:15I don't understand.
37:17Did you two swap seats before the second half?
37:26Please take your seats.
37:28The amazing Antonia is about to commence.
37:31Did you find anything on the CCTV?
37:33As a matter of fact, we did, yeah.
37:36What?
37:37You must have watched that Iron Maiden trick a hundred times, eh?
37:40Probably, yeah.
37:42Still, you don't want to leave anything to chance.
37:45Is that why you took the stage notes?
37:48Sorry, I don't...
37:50You sent Mr and Mrs Shiplake tickets in the post,
37:53telling them they'd won some competition.
37:55And then that night, you waited until Maggie had hidden the Joker under the seat
37:58and you moved it, didn't you?
38:00And then after Callum had done his safety checks,
38:03you removed the magnet from underneath the Iron Maiden?
38:26Then you had to find a way to put it back without being noticed.
38:29So after Mrs Shiplake died, you ran on stage and you waited for an opportunity, didn't you?
38:34And then you put the magnet back.
38:36Why would I want to kill Mrs Shiplake?
38:38I already told you.
38:39It was just a stupid row because she wanted to move seats.
38:42Yes, and you couldn't allow that, could you?
38:45Not when you'd already hidden the Joker under Mr Shiplake's seat.
38:51I can't see anything.
38:53My hair's too big.
38:55So?
38:55It can be swap seats.
38:57I won't be able to see anything.
38:58Well, I have a minute to see that.
38:59I can't see anything.
39:00Okay, okay.
39:01It's our date night.
39:02It feels like it.
39:05Can we enjoy the rest of the evening now, please?
39:09Yes.
39:09You blamed Stefan Shiplake for the accident that killed your parents.
39:15You've wanted your revenge ever since.
39:18But then your little plan went horribly wrong, didn't it, when they swapped places?
39:22No.
39:22And then we showed up, asking about the CCTV.
39:26And you saw an opportunity, didn't you, to frame him for the murder that you committed?
39:30Putting Mr Shiplake in jail where you felt he belonged.
39:33It was you on the CCTV, wasn't it?
39:36You faked it.
39:38You lied about seeing him backstage.
39:40And you planted the notes at the travel agency.
39:43Come on.
39:44It was you, wasn't it?
39:48But that way, you are about to witness a superhuman feat of endurance and escapology.
40:14Raise the box!
40:19Higher!
40:23Leave me alone!
40:24Stop!
40:27Don't stop, you idiot!
40:29I've got this back!
40:31I don't even want you to think!
40:33Stice, I promise!
40:35Stay back!
40:36Woo!
40:38All right.
40:39What's going on?
40:41You just...
40:42You need to calm down.
40:43You're ruining my act!
40:46The police are just outside, Iris.
40:48You might as well just give it up.
40:49What about Stefan Shiplake?
40:51He gets to limp away again!
40:52Scott Free!
40:54He killed my parents!
40:55You killed an innocent woman.
40:56It was an accident!
40:57Oh, it was murder.
40:58You could have helped her, but you ought to be led to her death.
41:01I'm really sorry about this, ladies and gentlemen.
41:04Stay back!
41:05Police!
41:05Everybody stay in your seats!
41:09Ow!
41:10Ow!
41:21Someone let me down, please.
41:28I thought I told you to stay away from the theatre.
41:31The thing is, I know how difficult it is for you to allocate appropriate resources to...
41:33Shut up, Frank.
41:34Shutting up.
41:36Did she say anything?
41:37Yeah.
41:37I think she'll make a full confession.
41:39I'll talk to the CPS in the morning.
41:41Second time lucky, eh?
41:44What's so urgent?
41:46Do you want to tell him?
41:47Or shall I?
41:49Um, how shall I put this?
41:55Hey, hey, hey.
41:57There we go.
41:59Thanks.
42:02So, what now?
42:03Like I said, I persuade the Terra Nova to take us back.
42:08And maybe train up a new assistant?
42:11Excuse me?
42:12Well, I might be wrong, but, um, I get the impression that Maggie's ready for a new adventure.
42:19Is this true?
42:21Well, um, you know, I've always loved helping you with your tricks.
42:27I remember looking after your rabbits when I was tiny.
42:31But I'd, uh, I'd kind of like to see the world outside of Stratford.
42:40I'm, I'm sorry.
42:41No, don't be.
42:44It's my fault I've been too caught up in my magic to notice.
42:51Thank you both.
42:53Oh!
42:55A token of my appreciation.
42:59Is it true you bet that other detective you could clear my dad's name?
43:02Oh, yes.
43:03So what did you win?
43:21A pair of expats are returning to the UK.
43:24All they need now is the perfect place to call home.
43:27Escape to the country with them, next here on BBC One.
43:38See you next time.