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A friend of Hetty's asks her to represent her and try to recover her money when a furniture shop goes bankrupt, but there's more here than meets the eye. Starring: Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan, Derek Benfield.
A friend of Hetty's asks her to represent her and try to recover her money when a furniture shop goes bankrupt, but there's more here than meets the eye. Starring: Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan, Derek Benfield.
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00:00See cents, Ray!
00:23I want another month.
00:24You can't trade one more day, let alone a month.
00:27You heard what the man said, it's illegal.
00:31Are you going to sign it or not? I haven't got all day.
00:47I'll make it as painless as possible.
00:51Excuse me?
00:57Is the shop open?
00:59No, it's closed. For good.
01:01For good?
01:02Afraid so.
01:03I'm waiting for some furniture.
01:05Sorry.
01:06But I've paid for it.
01:08Ring my office.
01:09They'll tell you about the creditors meeting.
01:12It's me, Packer Case.
01:16It's for nice.
01:17It's for nice.
01:18Soon, yeah so.
01:19Ensured 2-6
02:06Just the person I've been waiting for.
02:11Oh, they're not overdue, are they?
02:14Nothing to do with books, Mrs. Wainthrop. Paintings.
02:17What paintings?
02:19A while back, Mr. Wainthrop said he might be interested in a job, if a suitable opportunity came up.
02:24Oh, he did, did he?
02:26I said I'd look out for one on the council's list of vacancies, and I thought this might be just the thing.
02:32Gallery attendant.
02:33In the art gallery above the museum.
02:36But Mr. Wainthrop knows nothing about art.
02:39I think they're looking for a security guard as much as anything.
02:43And he'd be told what he needed to know.
02:45A bit of swatting, perhaps?
02:48Well, I'm sure he'd be very grateful if he was here, but he isn't.
02:52Not laid off, I hope.
02:53Oh, no.
02:54Oh, very much in the pink.
02:57Pinker than pink, probably.
02:59He's in Australia.
03:01Lucky man.
03:03More than you'd guess.
03:05His brother won a return ticket in a gardening competition and gave it to him.
03:09Really?
03:10That's wonderful.
03:10Well, we've got family out there, and his brother's terrified of flying, so off Robert's gone.
03:18Leaving you to run his errands?
03:19Exactly.
03:20Shame.
03:21That'll be 90p, please.
03:22Robert told me the agency was going great guns, but he didn't tell me Hetty was famous.
03:34Well, it's only the local rag, Mr. Wainthrop.
03:36It's not every day we hit the headlines.
03:37No, but look.
03:39We'd much rather stay out at the public eye, in fact.
03:42Oh, I get it.
03:44Incognito.
03:46Covert operation, all that.
03:48It's very interesting.
03:50Oh, she's here now.
04:00Geoffrey?
04:01Hello.
04:03Whose is this?
04:04Mr. Wainthrop.
04:06What?
04:07Your brother-in-law.
04:09Frank.
04:14Frank?
04:15Hello, Hetty.
04:16I'll be upstairs.
04:17Whatever are you doing here?
04:18Well, didn't Robert tell you I was coming?
04:21No.
04:22Oh, well, he probably didn't want to think he was fussing.
04:25What about?
04:26Leaving you to go jetting off.
04:28He made me promise I'd pop in and see if you were all right.
04:31Pop in?
04:33All the way from Western Supermare?
04:35Well, more like a detour, really, on my way to Peggy's.
04:38Ah.
04:39She told me how good you were over young Tommy's little problem.
04:42A cause, the least I could do.
04:46Well, it's very nice to see you anyway.
04:50But Robert shouldn't have put you out.
04:52Oh, it's my pleasure, Hetty.
04:54In fact, it's more like I'm putting you out.
04:56Oh?
04:57Yes, I've got my dates mixed up.
04:58Peggy's got the decorators in, so there's no room for me there.
05:01I didn't mind Robert going.
05:17It was a chance in a million.
05:19But he said nothing about doing B&B for his brother in return.
05:24It was his ticket.
05:27Yes, of course it was, Geoffrey.
05:29And I don't mind sleeping in the put-you-up for a night or two.
05:34Good lad.
05:38He did seem genuinely interested in the agency.
05:41Very impressed by the cuttings.
05:43Oh, yes.
05:45What now?
05:47I'll get it.
05:53Oh, hello.
05:54Hello.
05:55Is Mrs Wainflop at home?
05:57Yeah, come in.
05:57I'm a brother, Norfrank.
06:00Pleased to meet you.
06:01I'm Dora James from down the road.
06:02Well, go through, Dora.
06:03Go on, go through.
06:04Hello, Dora.
06:06Hetty.
06:07Come in and sit down.
06:08Tea, you'll smell insults.
06:17You look all of a tremble.
06:18Tea will be lovely, thank you.
06:19I'll put kettle on, will I?
06:20I don't want to interrupt anything, Hetty.
06:22You're not.
06:23But it was just a bit of advice.
06:24Now, take your time.
06:26I have a window, as they say.
06:30I've done a really stupid thing.
06:33Go on.
06:33I forked out £400 for some kitchen furniture.
06:37So what's happened?
06:39I paid the shop up front, Hetty, and now it's gone bust.
06:43Oh, no.
06:44I've been sent notice of a creditor's meeting by an accountant.
06:48What accountant?
06:49The fella dealing with it.
06:50That'll be the liquidator.
06:52That's it, liquidator.
06:54You didn't seem very hopeful.
06:56No, they never are.
06:58You think I've lost the money?
06:59I suppose you'll have to go to this meeting to find out.
07:03The problem is, it's the same day as our Barry's degree ceremony.
07:07And I can't miss that, can I?
07:09Course not, no.
07:11It's a big favour, Hetty.
07:13But they say I can send a substitute.
07:16A proxy, they call it.
07:19Are you asking me?
07:21Yeah.
07:22You're the only one I know with enough gumption to ask about my money.
07:25Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
07:51Our Robert always did have his own way of doing things.
07:55You're not changing his figures.
07:57Oh, I'm leaving his system exactly as it is.
07:59I'm just setting out the accounts as they should be done.
08:02He asked you to do that, did he?
08:03He asked me to check things, yes.
08:06You see, I've had much more experience of business than our Robert.
08:10Oh.
08:11I shall be coming to your car loan in a moment.
08:15And having considered the advice,
08:17the directors concluded that formal proceedings for winding up should be started.
08:22On the basis of this statement before you,
08:24it is unlikely that surplus funds will be available for unsecured creditors.
08:30I would like now to invite questions from the floor.
08:34Paul Croft, Woodworks International.
08:36Isn't it true that the company was still ordering stock,
08:39long after it became obvious that it was bust?
08:42Nothing was obvious, Mr. Croft.
08:46The hope was that trading would improve.
08:49And you were happy to halt with our money?
08:52Old business is a risk.
08:53Yes, and a lot of it's crooked.
08:56Wild accusations won't help.
08:58Let's just keep to the facts.
09:00Yes?
09:03Mrs. Wainthrop standing in for a neighbour
09:05who paid cash on the nail for furniture she hasn't had.
09:08I want to know why she can't have items out of the showroom instead.
09:13They're not exactly what she wants,
09:15but it'd be better than nothing.
09:17I'm afraid that isn't how things are done.
09:19All of the assets have to be sold to satisfy the chargeholder.
09:23Oh, what's that?
09:24He means the bank.
09:26It's the usual stitch-up.
09:28So this is more or less an interest-free loan.
09:31Is that what you're saying?
09:32Yes.
09:33A perk?
09:35Well, I am a director, Mr. Wainthrop.
09:38Yes, so I understand,
09:40but this is no way to teach you the realities of life, is it?
09:46I hope you're going to declare it as a benefiting kind.
09:50Wainthrop Detective Agency.
09:54G'day to you too, Mr. Wainthrop.
09:56Yeah, I'm very well, thanks.
09:58How are you?
10:00No, no, I can hear you as clear as anything.
10:04Is Mr. Wainthrop...
10:05No, er, she's out.
10:09Your brother's here, though.
10:11Frank, yes.
10:13Well, he stopped by to check we're coping while you're away.
10:16Like you asked him to.
10:17Let me say hello.
10:18He's here now.
10:20Hello there, Cobber.
10:22Brian Powell, Pycroft Print.
10:24Just one question.
10:26Why isn't Ray Lever here to face us?
10:29I understand Mr. Lever is unwell.
10:32Really?
10:33So Mrs. Lever knows where he is, does she?
10:35Where?
10:36Not exactly, no.
10:38So he's scarpered then, has he?
10:40I don't keep tabs on him.
10:43I am his ex-wife, you know.
10:45Yes.
10:45You made sure you got out in time.
10:47Right.
10:48So where is he?
10:49Mr. Lever has been under a lot of strain lately
10:51and decided to take a break.
10:53Make a break, you mean?
10:55Don't tell me he's gone with nothing in his pocket.
10:57There's no evidence that assets have gone missing, Mr. Powell.
11:00Well, I'm suggesting it's your job to get hold of him and find out.
11:04To get hold of him?
11:07I propose a liquidation committee's form to hire someone to find him.
11:10I'll send you that.
11:11The cost of an inquiry agent would reduce funds by at least £2,000 a week.
11:16So what?
11:17It's all good to the bank anyway.
11:19My job is to protect what money there is, not make matters worse.
11:23What about protecting us?
11:24We made nothing out of this.
11:25If I may change hats midstream.
11:28Yes.
11:29Mrs. Wainthrop of the Wainthrop Detective Agency.
11:32You may have seen us in the Yellow Pages.
11:35We offer a first-rate service at a fraction of the price you've quoted.
11:42I feel a bit guilty.
11:44We pick up a job and Dora loses her money.
11:48It's always the little people who suffer.
11:51If we're successful, she might get something back.
11:54Yes.
11:56Positive thinking, Geoffrey.
11:59You really think Levy's run off with the company cash?
12:02Some of the creditors seem convinced.
12:05We've got to find him first.
12:07Where do we start?
12:08His last known address.
12:12Have the car warmed up for 8.30 in the morning.
12:15Right.
12:17It's a shame you missed Mr. Wainthrop's phone call.
12:19Ah.
12:21He'll try again.
12:23Just so long as I know he's in one piece.
12:26He, um...
12:28He seemed a bit surprised that his brother was here.
12:33Robert probably said something off the cuff and Frank's taken it on himself to be big brother.
12:39What was he up to this morning?
12:41Polishing the accounts.
12:42Oh, why?
12:43Seemed more like hoovering to me.
12:46Put you through the dust bag, did he?
12:48Yeah.
12:48Oh, well.
12:49As soon as he gets together with his old cronies round and about, he'll lose interest in us.
12:54I'm not so sure.
12:56Why is that?
12:57Well, I think I whetted his appetites with our newspaper cuttings.
13:02I can't be certain, but I'd say he's angling to stay a bit longer than a couple of days.
13:11What's up?
13:12There's a knocking sound in the steering.
13:14I haven't got time now.
13:16Well, it's dead worrying.
13:19Go on then, get in.
13:27What do you reckon?
13:54Serious?
13:57Golf ball.
14:03Amazing.
14:05That's the problem?
14:06Yeah.
14:09Amazing.
14:10You've said.
14:13Amazing.
14:14I'm not sure if you're stupid or just daft.
14:19Len Harris has gone abroad.
14:21Bill Woods died last year.
14:23And Donald Walker has moved to Somerset.
14:27So you didn't meet up with anybody?
14:29Harry Holmes.
14:31Who's gone potty and didn't know me from Adam.
14:33Oh, dear.
14:36Well, if Donald Walker's in your part of the world, you might be able to meet up there.
14:40Ah, well, the thing is, since Peggy and Malcolm have moved back up north, I was thinking of coming back myself.
14:46Oh, really?
14:48Yeah, not too close, mind.
14:49Just nearly enough.
14:50Like where?
14:51Well, somewhere around here would be ideal.
14:53But I thought you were still doing a bit of business back home, Frank.
14:57No, no.
14:58Nothing much.
15:00Of course, I don't like to be idle.
15:01I shall be looking for something.
15:03A job, you mean?
15:05Well, you know me, Hetty.
15:06I like to keep myself busy.
15:08So, if you have any thoughts...
15:10Well, yes, Frank.
15:12As a matter of fact, I have.
15:24What if he's there?
15:25We'll tell him we're looking for your lost cat, Geoffrey.
15:28Oh.
15:28Doesn't exactly shout money, does it?
15:48Nothing very notable, I'm afraid, but bequeathed by local patrons, so an important record of their time and the town's history.
15:56I was in short trousers the last time I was in here.
15:59Yes, well, I'm sure we've given it a lick of paint and cleaned the odd canvas since then.
16:05Yes.
16:06We like our attendants to be able to answer questions from visitors about the paintings.
16:10So I understand, yes.
16:12Well, nothing in too much depth.
16:14Security is our prime consideration.
16:16Security, of course.
16:18Discreet, but watchful.
16:20While having a nose for trouble.
16:23Yes, I suppose so.
16:24Yes.
16:26Any joy your side?
16:31The neighbours haven't seen him for days.
16:33Any of them know where he might have gone?
16:35Nobody knows him that well.
16:37Just someone they used to say hello to.
16:39How about you?
16:40It's the same story.
16:42There's a caretaker who says we'll have to talk to the landlord to get into the flat.
16:46We'll have to see what Mr Dixon can do for us about that.
16:49What now?
16:49We need to find out what sort of animal we're hunting, Geoffrey.
16:54We'd better go and see the one who should know.
16:56Good morning, Mrs Lever.
17:01Who's this?
17:03Mr Shawcross, my business partner.
17:06Come in.
17:10As I said on the phone, I'm due out at half-past.
17:14In here, please.
17:15I told the liquidator I couldn't help, but he said I had to play along.
17:21So, what do you want?
17:23We need background, Mrs Lever.
17:26Something that might give a clue to your husband's whereabouts.
17:30Such as?
17:31Well, what sort of a man is he?
17:33The failed sword.
17:38What about friends?
17:40Favourite haunts?
17:41I divorced Ray two years ago.
17:44I haven't any idea what he's been doing or who he sees.
17:48But you're a co-director of the company.
17:51On the letterhead.
17:53But I've had no real contact with the business since the divorce.
17:58This was your married home?
18:01Yes.
18:02Very nice.
18:05Oh, let me get something clear.
18:08It wasn't my divorce settlement that caused the business to go under.
18:12I didn't say it was.
18:13What I got, I earned.
18:16I lived in hope of turning Ray into a businessman.
18:19But he was clueless.
18:21Some say I pushed him too hard.
18:24And when I wasn't pushing, he was sliding back.
18:26He relied on me from day one.
18:28In fact, the divorce could have been the reason why the firm went under.
18:33Because I walked away?
18:36You think I should have stayed married for the sake of your neighbour's kitchen suite?
18:40Do you know where he might have gone?
18:42Tell, probably.
18:45Tell him to go there often enough.
18:47You're not worried, then, for his state of mind, his well-being?
18:51What's he writing?
18:52I'm just taking notes, Mrs Lever.
18:54If you're saying he might do something to himself, forget it.
19:00He's not the type.
19:02You know the type.
19:05Oh, I know Ray.
19:06He's out there somewhere, lying low.
19:10Living on what?
19:11No idea.
19:13He isn't sitting on a crock of gold, if that's what you're hoping.
19:17If he hasn't taken any money, why would he bother to disappear?
19:22He's done what he always does.
19:25Left me to face the music.
19:29Do you have a photograph of him?
19:32I don't know, Howie's.
19:44May I borrow it?
19:46Keep it.
19:48Now, if you don't mind, I'll have to be somewhere.
19:58You didn't say what Mr Lever's original trade was.
20:02He was a pattern maker.
20:04A joiner.
20:07Told you wouldn't be much help.
20:09Thank you, anyway.
20:12I want to draw a line under my life with Ray, you understand?
20:15I don't want to see you here again.
20:20Now we know where he is.
20:21Where?
20:22As far away from her as possible.
20:24Suppose the Lever's got divorced as a way of getting the assets out of the company.
20:32You mean they could still be together?
20:34After what she said about him?
20:36Never.
20:36Well, whatever.
20:38Well, whatever.
20:39Mrs Lever is certainly well set up.
20:43Maybe she did used to roll up her sleeves and get stuck in.
20:46But now she's definitely a lady who lunches.
20:49What's the next move?
20:53We're going to see Powell, the printer.
20:56He's obviously convinced that Ray Lever ran off with company money.
21:00Let's hope he gives us a lead.
21:02Frank?
21:04Well, how did it go?
21:06Well, not really what I was looking for.
21:09Oh?
21:09Still, the job's what you make of it, I suppose.
21:14You mean you got it?
21:15Start tomorrow.
21:17Congratulations!
21:17It's a feather in his cap at his edge.
21:29Even so, our knight has seemed a bit over-pleased.
21:33Just a bit.
21:35The main thing is, he's out of our hair.
21:38Still in my bed.
21:46See these?
21:47Mail order catalogues, brochures and priceless, ready to go.
21:51All scrap now.
21:53No use to anybody.
21:55If I don't get paid, I can't pay my suppliers and so on down the line.
21:58Bad debts kill small firms.
22:01Why are you so sure that Ray Lever absconded with company money?
22:06Come here.
22:10During the last few months,
22:13he asked me to print these invitations.
22:15It's a celebration dinner.
22:22Champagne party.
22:24That was when his divorce came through.
22:26Ah.
22:27When he and his ex-misses carved up the company and left us for dead.
22:31He seems to have had a taste for the good life, Mr. Powell.
22:35Perhaps that's where the money went.
22:36Then there's this.
22:40He wanted to know if I could make it into a Christmas card.
22:43Him, in front of his villa.
22:46His villa?
22:48That's what he said.
22:49Well, thanks for your help, Mr. Powell.
22:54Let me know if you hear anything.
22:55I will.
22:57If Ray Lever likes splashing out,
22:59what's he been doing renting a shabby flat in Hackersley?
23:02There's a front.
23:03You think he could be over there?
23:05Over where?
23:06All that photo shows is that Ray Lever went somewhere sunny.
23:10And somehow, I don't think Mr. Dixon is going to pay for us to go looking.
23:14Hmm, pity.
23:15Not at all.
23:16Too much sun is very bad for somebody with your skin, Tom.
23:19The fact sheets have the basic information about the paintings,
23:30but if you want more detail, you'll find it in one or other of the books.
23:35Spend today on these, then tomorrow we'll let you loose in the gallery.
23:39Right.
23:49How long since you've seen him?
23:55Days?
23:55Weeks?
23:56Three weeks.
23:58I don't keep a check on tenants.
24:09Do you know if he had many visitors?
24:11No, I don't.
24:19You didn't know he was going?
24:24No.
24:27Did he pay his rent?
24:29Landlord's agent deals with that.
24:32I'm here on behalf of Mr. Lever's elected liquidator.
24:36I'm not the police.
24:37Wouldn't matter if you were.
24:38I don't snoop, I don't gossip.
24:41You finished.
24:47Geoffrey?
24:49Oh, see you later.
24:55Anything?
24:56No noisy parties, as far as anyone can remember.
24:59Ditto.
25:00Maybe nobody came.
25:02Did you get Sandra Lever on the phone?
25:05She won't see us.
25:06She's got a hair appointment in Blackburn.
25:09Who's the most expensive hairdresser in Blackburn?
25:18What are you doing here?
25:23I was in the area.
25:24It seemed rude to pass.
25:28Michelle, is there a quiet corner where I can deal with this?
25:32What are you trying to do?
25:39My job, Mrs. Lever.
25:41Oh, your job?
25:43To embarrass me and fill people's mouths with gossip?
25:45Just answer a couple of questions and I'll be out of your way.
25:50What is it?
25:51Was your ex-husband a sociable type?
25:54In what way?
25:56Was he in the habit of throwing parties?
25:59He entertained a bit.
26:01He's been lacking now.
26:03What about this?
26:05Oh, it's Ray.
26:07So what?
26:08Did you take it?
26:09I don't think so.
26:11Look, having the business meant we often took separate holidays.
26:14You don't recognise the villa then?
26:16No.
26:17Why?
26:18Should I?
26:19One of the creditors says it's Ray's.
26:22Oh, his villa?
26:24I don't believe it.
26:26Look, where's this leading?
26:28I've said all I'm going to say.
26:30If he's been sold to money away, it's got nothing to do with me.
26:32Mrs. Lever.
26:34Don't mind me, but I think your time is up.
26:39True to their industry spirit, the Victorians expected their art to do something.
26:48To amuse, perhaps.
26:50To uplift.
26:51Or to warm.
26:52In other words, a painting had to earn its keep.
26:57Now take this painting done in the mid...
27:00Mid...
27:01Erm...
27:06Anybody in?
27:09Reminds me of my days as a latchkey kid.
27:18Hello, Mr. Wainthrop.
27:21You're in then, Frank.
27:24My, er, easy learning tapes.
27:27Yes, I'm on Rossetti and the pre-Raphaelites.
27:30Very nice.
27:31Hmm.
27:32How did your first day go?
27:34Not bad, not bad.
27:35How was your day?
27:37All slog and no progress, wasn't it, Geoffrey?
27:40Afraid so, yeah.
27:42Any thoughts on supper?
27:43I've organised something.
27:45Oh, good.
27:46In the fridge.
27:48Oh.
27:52Hello?
27:52Robert.
27:54Oh, how are you?
27:59Good.
28:01Yes, I'm fine.
28:03All the better for hearing your voice.
28:08How's everybody over there?
28:11Now, listen, Robert.
28:13The news is good this end as well.
28:16I've found somewhere for Derek and Gloria and the children to stay when they come over.
28:21Yes, it's a place just across from Jubilee Park.
28:30Oh, I see.
28:36Oh, right.
28:37This is supper.
28:56How's Mr. Winthrop?
28:59He's fine.
29:02Is everything all right?
29:05Yes, all right.
29:07You look like you've had some bad news.
29:10Apart from the sandwiches.
29:15It's just that I assumed Derek and the family would stay nearby when they came over.
29:22Now Robert tells me that Gloria set her mind on something further afield.
29:26Oh?
29:28It's near her mother's.
29:32Just means they won't be on the doorstep, that's all.
29:34It's probably for the best.
29:39If we get busy.
29:41Yeah.
29:41She was asking about this new development at Salford Quays.
29:50That's nowhere near her mother's.
29:53No.
29:53She thought Salford so that Derek wouldn't have so far to travel each day.
29:59Logical, I suppose.
30:02Oh, logical, yes.
30:07She says you cornered her in a hair salon.
30:11I needed answers, Mr. Dixon.
30:13She said you were harassing her.
30:15Good for you.
30:15I applied gentle pressure.
30:18No more.
30:19This committee expects you to stay within the bounds of reasonable behaviour.
30:22Spoiled dead who I can live with.
30:24Same here.
30:25But have you made any progress?
30:27Nothing to report as yet.
30:29But we're following up certain lines of inquiry.
30:32Nothing as yet.
30:34Let me say again, the money available for this investigation is limited.
30:39Look, we all know about that.
30:41But this isn't just about money.
30:42Well, I'm afraid it is.
30:43It's about justice for people who've been duped and cheated.
30:45I'm sorry, that's not the issue.
30:47You're sitting pretty, you get your fee, whichever way the wind blows.
30:49The money just isn't there, Mr. Powell.
30:52If Ray Leavers nicked company funds, that's fraud.
30:54And we want him brought back and banged up.
30:56Even if he has spent it.
30:57If you know what's on the fact sheet, you'll be fine.
31:02And Jack will only be next door if you need any help.
31:04Right.
31:05Good luck.
31:06You've done this sort of thing before?
31:08No, no.
31:09As a matter of fact, I was hoping to find something more in my mind.
31:13Like what?
31:14Well, my family are in the detection business.
31:17Ah, yes.
31:19Undercover surveillance, that sort of thing.
31:22Still, I suppose this job has its moments.
31:25Oh, yes.
31:26It's best if you and me can take our breaks to fit in.
31:30You go, I keep an eye on your room, and vice versa.
31:34Right.
31:35You'll soon settle in.
31:38Yes.
31:39What exactly are we looking for?
31:45I'm not sure.
31:46Just Del.
31:48We know that a lot of creditors weren't paid.
31:52But what about those who were?
31:54Ray Leavers' friends, perhaps.
31:57Well, you made sure they were paid before the firm went bust?
31:59Correct.
31:59Somebody who might now be willing to hide him.
32:03Pre-Raphaelite school.
32:21No hearth, nor home there.
32:24No pots or pans.
32:25This woman has been raised above her role of wife and mother
32:29to become that timeless icon, the beloved lady.
32:33N-8-8-0-R-T-H.
32:52I'm sorry?
32:53Ray Leavers' Rover.
32:55What about it?
32:56We wondered where it's got to.
32:58Wherever he's taken it, I assume.
33:00It's a company car.
33:01Well worth recovering, wouldn't you say?
33:03Yes and no.
33:05I don't suppose finding a car will be any less expensive than finding the driver.
33:09You're a born optimist, Mr. Dixon.
33:12That's a joke, I assume.
33:14Well spotted.
33:15Do you think you can find the car?
33:18Well, according to the books, the insurance was up for renewal last week.
33:22Perhaps Ray Leavers surfaced somewhere to do it.
33:26I see.
33:30Yes, I understand.
33:34They won't give details except to say the Rover's no longer insured with them.
33:38So he hasn't renewed it?
33:39Or he's changed his insurers.
33:42Or he's changed cars.
33:44How can we find out?
33:46I'll ask Janet.
33:47The motor trade has a computer system that tracks bought and sold cars.
33:50And she's got access to it.
33:52Well, I don't know, but I can ask you.
33:54This isn't another excuse to canoodle in company time, is it, Geoffrey?
33:58To what?
33:59Well, I've lost one partner to the lure of the Antipodes.
34:02I don't want to lose another to the charms of an oil rag.
34:05I wouldn't expect a favour without doing one in return.
34:08What sort of favour could you do for me, Geoff?
34:12Spot of free surveillance work.
34:14Oh, I've always wanted.
34:17Well, what do you say?
34:18I'll see.
34:20Great.
34:21I said, I'll see.
34:23Mr Scully might not like it.
34:24You said you've been expecting too much after sales service already on that heap of junk you bought from us.
34:28Heap of junk?
34:30His words.
34:31But then again, he knows nothing about cars.
34:33Right, I'll come back later.
34:36OK.
34:36OK.
34:36I'll see you next time.
34:37OK.
34:38OK.
34:39OK.
34:40OK.
34:41OK.
34:42OK.
34:43OK.
34:44OK.
34:45Of course, it doesn't show us what he's bought in exchange.
35:00But it gives us our lead.
35:01Frank?
35:02Yeah.
35:03He's early.
35:04Young Janet's come up with the goods for us, Frank.
35:10Oh.
35:11Raila levers's Rover was sold three days ago in Barn Oldswick.
35:14Ah.
35:15I thought it was most likely gathering dust in an airport car park.
35:16Oh, I thought he was going to buy some property for us, I thought he's bought in exchange.
35:19But it gives us our lead.
35:20Frank?
35:21He's early.
35:22He's early.
35:24Young Janet's come up with the goods for us, Frank.
35:26Oh.
35:27Raila levers's Rover was sold three days ago in Barn Oldswick.
35:31Oh.
35:32I thought it was most likely gathering dust in an airport car park.
35:40airport car park. So you said. Ah, escaped to Bar Moleswick, hard to credit. You're back a bit
35:51earlier today. Yes. Something the matter? I won't be going back to the gallery. Why not? I've left
36:03that job. But you've not been there five minutes. But it was a mistake, Hetty. I just didn't see
36:08how you and Geoffrey could go herring off to Bar Moleswick and suchlike without having somebody
36:14back here at the base. No, it's done, Hetty. I gave my word to Robert. This herring off to
36:25Bar Moleswick, it's a fair distance. I'd better get some petrol. Who's watering his plants in
36:37Weston-Super-Mare? I've tried that one. It's no good. We'll just have to put up with him for the time
36:43being. Oh, comfy? Not so as you'd notice. My feet are boiling. Is there no adjustment?
36:57Romeo Tango Hotel. Chance it'd be a fine thing. Come on, we're in business.
37:05Yeah, that's him. Nice guy. Did he trade it in for another vehicle? No, straight cash deal. What's
37:13your interest? We're working for the liquidator of Mr. Lever's company. The title to the car's
37:18clean, I checked. We're looking for Mr. Lever, not the car. Did he give you an address?
37:24No. Have you seen him since? No, but then I'd hardly be looking out for him, would I?
37:29Why not? Cash deal. Down on his luck, isn't he? Somehow I don't think there's a crock of gold
37:35at the end of this rainbow, or even a set of kitchen furniture. So where now? Well, if he's
37:42short of money, he may have got a job. Something he knows. You take the furniture shops, I'll do
37:47the job centre. Thank you for trying, anyway.
38:01Joinery workshops. His original trade. He might have just landed here, sold the car
38:22and then scooted off. But he came here just to sell a car. Well, if he's got no money,
38:27why do we keep looking for him? Go and ask them for the yellow pages. Go on.
38:41He's a prey on a month's trial. I don't want to bother. He's a first-rate craftsman. Hard
38:46to come by. We heard he'd moved and got a job, but none of the family knew exactly where.
38:52Well, that's him over there, in the Czech shirt. We won't disturb him.
38:56I don't mind calling him out for a minute or two. No, no, he's busy. No need to say
39:01we were here, really. If you've got his home address, we'll surprise him there later.
39:06You raise auntie, you say? Auntie and nephew. His favourite nephew.
39:12He lives a little way out of town. I've got his address in the office.
39:16Thank you. Don't overdo it, Geoffrey.
39:19Brian Powell.
39:24A member of the Liquidation Committee of Pine Paradise. Oh, yes.
39:27Mrs. Bainthrop said it would be all right to call by and progress her inquiries.
39:32Oh, yes, of course. I hope that she will be reporting in to me very soon.
39:35Don't call me, Mr. Powell. Thank you.
39:37Why didn't you want to speak to him?
39:43And send him on the run again? We've a mystery to solve. He could be living the life of Riley.
39:50Is that likely?
39:53Not really.
39:55But we'd better be sure.
39:56And we'd better tell Frank what's happening.
40:07Wainthrop Detective Agent.
40:08Frank?
40:10We've found him.
40:13I need you to tell the Liquidation Committee.
40:16Oh, er, hold on, Hetty.
40:18I'll make a note.
40:21All right.
40:23We found him in the workshop.
40:26Oh, yes, he's a dab hand at the barley twist legs and knobbly handrails.
40:30Did you speak to him?
40:33No.
40:35I'll call Mr. Dixon.
40:37I can tell Mr. Powell right now because he's standing here.
40:40Yes, he called in to see if there was any news.
40:43Yes.
40:45See you later. Bye.
40:48Well, they found Ray Lever.
40:49He's at Axis Joinery Barnalswick.
40:56You've forgotten your glasses, haven't you?
40:59Oh, don't nag, Geoffrey.
41:04That was it, I think.
41:06Oh, really?
41:07The end of the rainbow.
41:36Hello.
41:48Hello?
41:49Oh.
41:51Oh, excuse me.
41:53But does Mr. Ray Lever live here?
41:55So soon.
41:59I knew Ray had money problems.
42:03He didn't say how bad, not until the end.
42:06But he always talked about getting out.
42:09He never was a businessman.
42:11His wife wanted it, so that's what he had to be.
42:15Makes him sound weak, doesn't it?
42:18We've met Mrs. Lever.
42:19It was her divorce settlement that took all the capital out of the company.
42:23I'd rather gather that.
42:25Ray's been happy the time we've been here.
42:28We both have.
42:29I know we ran away,
42:32left all the problems behind,
42:33but we just wanted a new start.
42:35I don't see why you can't carry on as you want.
42:40Ray will have to square the sale of the company car with the creditors,
42:44but he doesn't seem to be hiding any other assets.
42:47This place is rented.
42:49No phone, no telly even.
42:52What you see is what we've got.
42:55There's no villa then.
42:56Villa?
42:59Where did you get this?
43:01Why?
43:01It's mine.
43:03It's mine, this photograph.
43:05I asked Ray for one and he gave me this holiday snap.
43:08So the villa was a holiday let?
43:11Yes, of course, but...
43:13This was hidden in my dressing table.
43:14Well, one of Ray's creditors gave it to me.
43:20Creditors?
43:21Mm-hm.
43:22You mean Brian Powell, my husband?
43:28Oh, you won't tell him where Ray is, will you?
43:32Please.
43:33I'm sorry, Mrs Powell, but I think I already have.
43:44We'll go straight there and tell Ray what's happened.
43:50At least your husband doesn't know about this place.
43:52Not yet.
43:53I'm sorry.
43:54Just hurry.
43:55Please.
43:56Paul's used us.
44:10He probably knew Ray leave out no money.
44:12What about the party invitations?
44:14He's a printer, isn't he?
44:16Must have had him run off for our benefit.
44:18You, me, the liquidation committee.
44:20We've all been set up to find his wife.
44:23I'm scared to death.
44:25Well, all we can do now is warn Ray Lever.
44:28Do you think you can remember the way back?
44:30Oh, no.
44:45Patience, Geoffrey.
44:47Hang on.
44:53We should have turned right.
44:55Oh, flippin' heck.
44:58Now, then.
44:59Well, let's hope this way takes us back to the main road.
45:03All right, steady down.
45:05Step on it, you said.
45:07That was before me feet started to burn.
45:10You know, there's something seriously wrong
45:12when the floor gets as hot as this, Geoffrey.
45:25Don't believe it.
45:29Oh, OK, he's turning off.
45:42Thank goodness for that.
45:44Broad or road rage doesn't become you, Geoffrey.
45:46He's got a gun.
46:12I thought this was a detective agency, not the SAS.
46:39Yes.
46:39I mean, what would Robert say?
46:42All right, Frank.
46:43Keep calm.
46:44At least we're guaranteed payment.
46:47Which is more than could be said for Dora James.
46:49Has she been round?
46:50Yes, twice.
46:51I'd better go and break the news.
46:55Ray says he'll come and look at her kitchen.
46:58Sounds as though he's got something special in mind.
47:01I think a celebration is in order, don't you, Geoffrey?
47:04There's something else I ought to mention.
47:11Confession, really.
47:13About the job.
47:15Oh?
47:17Wasn't my decision to leave.
47:20You mean you were sacked?
47:22Oh, no, no, not sacked.
47:23No, no.
47:24My job was de-emphasized.
47:27But they'd only just taken you on.
47:31Yes, but you see, the thing was, Jack and me, we fell asleep at the same time.
47:37Something they'd hoped to avoid.
47:42Fell asleep?
47:43Yes, all that learning must have got to me.
47:46But if you both fell asleep, why did you have to go and not Jack?
47:50Oh, last in, first out.
47:51That's fair enough, really.
47:52Besides, he wasn't snoring.
47:56I see.
47:58I'm sorry, Frank.
47:59Why?
48:00I'm not.
48:05All for one and one for all.
48:08Snoring optional.
48:12Hmm?
48:14That'll be Dora.
48:16Get another glass, Geoffrey.
48:22Come on.
48:45Yeah.
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