Vera

You'd think one of you would help me with the booze.

And the best bit is, she really wanted me.

Stop it.

And it was right here in the kitchen.

Allie, I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry.

Yeah, go to bed Rick.

Go to bed.

You knew exactly what you were doing.

How dare you.

Has anyone seen Rick?

No.

I'll go and wake him.

Rick, you awake?

Good morning.

All right?

Good morning.

Who's that from?

Here's more for you Mark.

Now Kenny, you're secret Santa.

Oh, why me?

Oh. 'cause I know how much you love it.

The names are all in there.

That's the spirit.

Kenny's secret Santa everyone.

It's still under 10 quid, right?

Aye.

It better be.

Ho, ho, ho, come on, come on.

- Morning. - Ah, Billy.

Now, you all know Billy from the front desk,

PC Billington.

He's on secondment to CID for a month,

he's requested this department for some reason.

I wanted to learn from the best.

Oh, nobody likes a suck up, eh.

Boss, boss.

Superintendent Watkins is on the phone,

he wants a word.

Super, what's he want?

Well, I'll take it in here.

Your name's in the hat.

Thanks.

Yep.

You got your dad's suit?

It's my brother's.

Billy, I've got a very important job for you, son,

it involves milk, two sugars and a tea bag.

There appears to have be a fatality on your home turf,

Holy Island

A fatality, sir?

Cause of death sir?

Suicide, hanging.

I need you to get there as soon as you can.

Oh, well how do we know it's a suicide, sir?

That's what the informant told us,

and as yet we have no reason to think otherwise.

The deceased Rick Kelsall will have a national profile.

Ah, so there might be press interest.

Not yet, but there will be.

We wouldn't want it to look like

we haven't done our jobs, would we?

- Well, I always do. - Bye.

All right, listen up everyone,

there's been an unexplained death on Holy Island,

of all places.

Possible suicide.

And Superintendent Watkins wants us to take a look at it.

He said he's a celebrity, Rick Kelsall,

I've never heard of him.

Oh yeah, no, he's definitely famous,

I grew up watching him.

Didn't he lose his job a couple of weeks ago?

I used to watch his travel programmes.

Aye, and that cooking one.

Yeah, got it.

Morning Sunrise's co-host Rick Kelsall,

forced to leave over accusations of sexual harassment.

That could be a motive for suicide.

Ah, now first lesson Billy,

don't jump to conclusions before we've even seen him.

Otherwise, you might miss the obvious.

Oh, the tides in.

We'll have to go by boat.

Aiden, I'll need you to drive me motor over,

and get Paula to go with you.

I'm on it.

Don't scratch it, go easy on the clutch

and don't get a ticket.

- Morning Jac. - All right?

I'm here about the fatality pet, DCI Stanhope.

Oh, I'm Anelade Law, come in.

I was the one who found him.

Hey, that must have been a shock.

Now, did you know the deceased?

Yes, he was our friend.

Well, I'm sorry for your loss.

If you could just show me.

Yeah, he's in his bedroom.

Now, I'd like you all to wait here while I take a look.

Now, have any of you been into the room?

No.

It was clear he was dead.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Yes ma'am.

Aiden, you on your way?

I should be with you shortly,

Paula's not far behind, have you seen him?

Well, it looks like he hanged himself.

Right, so what's the but?

Well, there's mud on the bed,

it looks like somebody stood on it.

Well, that would've been him.

No, he's barefoot and his shoes are clean,

and I can't see a note.

This doesn't feel right.

Annie Laidlore, L-A-I-D-L-O-R-E.

Phillip Robson.

Louisa and Sam Hampton.

Hampton.

Anyone else staying here?

No, it was just the five of us.

And you are certain none of you went into that room?

Right.

What do you think happened here?

Oh, it's obvious, he's killed himself.

No, he was different last night,

we should have picked up on it,

we've known him long enough.

Oh, we were all at school together.

He was drunk.

How were we to know?

Annie's right, he wasn't quite himself,

he was trying so hard to have a good time.

Can you think of any reason at all

why he might have done this?

No.

No.

Did he mention losing his job?

If you mean those ludicrous things he was accused of,

they were a pack of lies.

So you all went to school together?

Chemist and Grammar Sixth form,

that's where we all became friends.

We all came here for the first time in 1977.

Not all, don't rewrite history.

You wanna say something Sam?

He's dead.

That fella in...

Rick love, Rick.

Don't worry about it Sam, it's fine.

Look, the thing is, we all came here,

apart from Louisa in 1977.

It was a sixth form residential called Only Connect.

We knew of each other before, but not really.

Coming here changed our lives,

we had a brilliant teacher.

Oh, she was amazing.

Ms. Marshall, Judy, she was young, passionate, idealistic.

And sexy.

Judy was very sexy.

She wanted the weekend to bond us,

bring us together.

And we've come back here every five years since then.

Oh, well the bonding certainly worked.

If you could give me the name of the deceased's next of kin.

That'd be Charlotte, his ex-wife.

Charlotte Thomas.

Yes, she was here the first weekend,

until her dad came and took her back home to Heskett.

Heskett?

Charlotte Thomas of Heskett?

Is her father Isaiah Thomas?

You know him?

Hm.

Billy.

Well, he's on the ground floor,

straight through the kitchen.

Great.

Oh, you're not your normal cheery self,

I'm meant to be going to a Christmas market today,

but here I am.

Well, it's a few weeks yet,

I'm sure there'll be another one.

Now, have you scratched me motor?

What?

Of course not.

Right, come here.

Well, they all seem to think it's suicide.

Well, did he mention losing his job to them?

Well, only to say they thought the allegation was false.

But listen to this, his next of kin is his ex-wife,

Charlotte Thomas, Isaiah Thomas's daughter.

You're joking.

I'm not.

Rick Kelsall is related

to one of the biggest crime families in the Northeast?

Hmm, isn't that interesting, eh?

The rest of the party

should have vacated the building hours ago.