( animal howling ) leave me. leave me be! ( howling continues ) make him leave me be. do you hear? ( dog barking )

( dog snarls ) ♪

( door opens ) geoff? ( grunts ) you getting up or what? i'm going to work. you want this? ( grunts ) what's this? a reminder of your decorating duties. uh, okay. don't worry, if you change your mind about paint colors or anything...you can ring me. on your new toy? only if you really want to. - oh, i was bringing-- - it's arrived, robert a reply to my advert. - can you believe it? - from whitby?

yes, yes, from kate, my cousin my long lost relative. i found her, robert. she's written. she's moved from whitby, as a matter of fact, to a little village called kirk--kirkewell that's it. she's widowed, owns a pet shop. how long is it since you've seen her? oh, not since we were at school together. - oh, you must invite her over. - too late, she's invited us. to yorkshire? we don't have to have passports. oh, think of it, robert, sea air, crab salads, lobster. what do you say? we've nothing much on. well, i have. sorry, i have this article to write. - oh. - there's a deadline. we journalists work to them. - and i don't want my article to be in late. - oh, i understand, robert. i've got to do some research into that dodgy roofing company. i can't believe this. i've found somebody from my family. i thought they'd all passed on. ( laughs ) kate fielding. oh, she did turn a good skipping rope. ♪ salt, mustard vinegar, pepper ♪

♪ pepper, salt ♪ ♪ mustard, vinegar pepper, salt ♪ ♪ mustard, vinegar, pepper ♪ hetty: oh, it looks just like lancashire, really. ( cell phone rings ) - oh, mrs. wainthropp, in my pocket. - what? - it's my mobile phone. - oh, goodness. - can you answer it? - oh, i don't know. we're not supposed to use them when we're driving. - what do you do? - oh, blue button. - blue button. - yeah. hello? janet. no, we're driving to a village near whitby. yes, he's with me. tell her i'll be back tonight, late. he'll be back tonight-- oh, it's gone. oh, it's dead as a dodo. loss of signal, it can happen. yes. when we were girls kate and i we talked to each other through two tin cans the length of string... ah, mobile phone...

it worked every time. - hello? - mrs. susan dent? - yes? - robert wainthropp. you telephoned the echo. ( buzzes ) - oh, you're the reporter. - yes. ( seagulls squawking ) so i said to my husband-- oh, he's at work in case you're wondering. "well, having the roof sprayed from the inside seems a good idea." styroprotek protect were giving a good discount, and i always like a good discount. uh, sorry, sorry not--not so fast. my pencil's on fire. so this company, styroprotek, sprayed this plastic stuff all over your loft as insulation and protection? yes. well, it was fine at first. cost a few hundred. but what's money when it comes to

your house? how much exactly? £417.67. is that exact enough? yes, thank you. when did the trouble start? well, i said to my husband "there's a funny, musty smell coming from somewhere." and when we went up to the loft to look, the plastic stuff was eating its way into the structure of our house. there was rain coming in. that was the smell...damp! ugh. we were devastated. it cost tom a lot of lettuce to have it put right. lettuce? money, lettuce. "a lot of lettuce," it's a line from guys and dolls. i played adelaide. i got a great review from your paper. it said i had a modicum of talent. "a lot of lettuce." well, i didn't dare ask him how much. i twisted up his arm in the first place to have it done. so the damage was rectified by you, can i say,

at considerable expense? you certainly can. i want you to tell your readers just what's going on with those swindlers at styroprotek. oh, i will. i will. you mentioned another-- pam and eric pardew, yes. there's their address and details. they'll show you the havoc caused by these con merchants. ♪ journey's end. the shop is open mrs. wainthropp. i wonder if we'll still like each other.

it's been an age. ( bell chimes ) ( parrot squawks ) oh. hetty ponsonby. - kate fielding. - ( chuckles ) ( chuckles ) oh, hetty, the years have been kind to you. well, you look well, kate. count my blessings. is this your son? no, no. derek's in australia. this is geoffrey, my partner partner in crime. i run a detective agency. not come to arrest me, i hope.

( laughs ) no, not today, i'm off duty. ( laughs ) we've a lifetime's news to catch up on. we certainly have. ( squawks ) ( chuckles ) still keeping up your music, i see. ( singing ) ♪ plea to be remembered ♪ ♪ farewell to thee ♪ ♪ shadows on the sea ♪ no. i'm not mad. - i'm not. - ( man laughing ) i'm sorry i never met your husband.

a freak wave, they said. he loved his fishing always bringing lobsters home. i've never had one since. joe was a good man. he cared for me. he set me up in my little shop as if--as if he knew what was coming. now, kate... oh, look at me. i bring you on a day out and here i am bluthering away. come on. all right, janet i got your tea. okay, thanks. it's hot. ( scoffs ) what's wrong, love? - something in your tea? - yeah. lots of rats around here warren. ♪

oh, look at that. restless today, a wind. fishermen out there... shadows on the sea. we must get you back to your shop. i've kept you away long enough. eric: terrible. don't you think, it's terrible? they want doing for fraud, shysters. - have you complained to anyone? - who to? this styroprotek company would have changed its name three times by now. at least. - moved on. - blackburn. - bolton, even. - swindlers. - write this down. - it's a scoop. - win you an award. - ah, pam and eric... - pardew, p-a-r-d-e-w. - w. ( man speaking indistinctly ) come here. come here.

- agnes, stop. - oh, my goodness. - what is it? - my father, i heard his voice. i won't go to him. i won't. agnes, your father's been dead long since. i heard his voice. i know i did. ( stutters ) i didn't imagine. this is my cousin, hetty. she's a private investigator. how do you do? - i'm all right now. - are you sure? i should open my shop. yes. go, go. i'm--i'm agnes stubbs, miss. oh, whatever must you think of me. you better get back to your shop. i'll stay with miss stubbs. - is that all right? - you're brave. most folk here think i'm off my head. it was a public house once. my father bought out the license. he was a strict teetotaler. - he must be angry with me. - why? ( stutters ) because i've sinned.

hey. where the hell have you been? i'm sorry. sorry. i'm not a big fan of the supernatural, miss stubbs. but that's a solid wall. yes? well, it seems so, yes. yes. this is my torture chamber. i suffer here day and night. you say you hear voices. shouts, laughter... the growl of a hound. my father calling me. and the voice you hear is angry.

oh, yes. last month i was offered strong drink. i succumbed. what drink did you have? sherry...i didn't like it. my father must've been watching me. first, he sent the padfoot. - now he summons me himself. - padfoot? a few nights back, i saw a man outside with a dog by the wall. i'd thrown ashes at the moon. ashes at the moon? why? if you're being haunted, it's supposed to free you from the boggarts. boggarts, demon... spirit...devil. when your time is nigh you see the devil's dog... a padfoot, so the story goes. it's just a story. that's all.

you think so? yes, i do. you investigate things kate said. things of this world, yes. will you investigate me? - you? - yes. find out if i'm being haunted or i'm simply going mad. ( cell phone rings ) oh. hello? hello? i--hold on. mrs. wainthropp... you're breaking up. hello? what? where? wait. hello? hello? oh, that's better. i can hear you now mrs. wainthropp. kirkewell. yes, of course, i'll come. no, no, janet will understand. it's work.

okay, i'll be there as soon as i can. bye. ♪

( door creaks open ) geoff. geoff! he's done a bunk. - what? - i overheard him talking on his mobile to a woman. sorry if that upsets you. - it doesn't. - locked out, are you? you're locked out. allow me. ( sniffles ) ( sighs ) ( grunts ) ( gasps ) - there you are, little lady. - what have you done? - you great lunk. - hey, no probs. i have a screwdriver and a chisel. the damage will be repaired. i did a course on joinery. uh, who are you? your neighbor. carl p. unsworth. what's the "p" for?

power. ♪ hello? hello. oh, mrs. wainthropp, i thought there was no one here. kate's off gadding. did anybody see you arrive? - no, i don't think so. - good. i've got your secret lodgings for the night. ( knock on door )

who...who's there? it's only me, miss stubbs. geoffrey, the lodger. i'm just going to be downstairs. if you hear anything i'll hear it, too. - okay? - good night. good night. ( thunder rumbles ) ( dogs howling, barking ) agnes: aah! miss stubbs, are you okay? you heard them the devil's dog? - yes, i did. - oh. i'm not mad then.

it's kind of you to come and see me. we need to take instructions miss stubbs. - instructions? - mm. oh, oh, yes. i asked you to find out if i was off my chump. you heard the dog? yes, i did. scary. aye, that's all right. you say that you've actually seen the dog as well as heard it. a couple of nights ago... padfoot. i think we must try to find a rational explanation for all this. i've lived here too long... all my life in that horrible old house. can you not move? start somewhere fresh? missed my chance. should have taken it but i wouldn't sell.

who wanted to buy? those shadwell brothers, turned up from redcar a few years back kept knocking at my door until i told them i was staying put. give me two days miss stubbs, and i'll send this padfoot death dog, whatever you call it away with its tail between its legs. ( grunts ) ( sighs ) oh. hello? hello. i'm, uh, looking for a mr. shadwell.

we're called that. aye, both of us. i'm a close friend of miss agnes stubbs. oh, aye. she's wondering if you're still interested in purchasing her property. she's asked me to negotiate. i've worked as an estate agent. we need to think on it. we cannot pay you top whack. oi, nimrod, get off that net. sorry. i'm sure we can discuss a fair price. aye. we'll pass it on. yeah. see you. thanks for your time. oh, i'm staying with kate hepple. we heard.

problems? - from those two? - well, you never know. she might pistol-whip us with her pension book. kirkewell is one of those places where everyone seems to know everyone else's business. great place for smuggling in the old days, this, you know. the whole coast was notorious for it. secret passages. fancy a laugh? what?

oh. oh! - janet, what's happened here? - oh. i didn't notice they were chained up. - ( sighs ) - you won't forget to check next time, will you? it won't happen again, mr. halliwell. this lot's got to be cleared up and on the road by 4:00. it will be. right. i've had enough of you no-marks! get that lot cleared now or i won't cover for you any longer! and you, what is your problem? have you got something against women drivers, or is it just women? - girlie power, is it? - oh, lay off him, janet.

it's only 'cause he fancies you. - me? fancy her? - yeah. now, let's get this floor cleared up. sorry. - perhaps that was an entrance. - could've been. let's keep going. just a minute. the other day, cousin kate did a disappearing act around there.

and the lobsters these things. ( grunts ) mrs. wainthropp. well done, geoffrey. yes, hold the front page. ( gasps )

oh. ( chuckles ) ♪ geoffrey.

( groans ) who's that? ( geoffrey groans ) - geoffrey? - oh. - are you all right? - yeah. is that you, or have you turned into a ghost? sorry if i scared you, mrs. wainthropp. - i slipped. - where are you? you seem very close. i think i am very close. you want me to go on exploring? - there's more tunnels. - no. no need to, geoffrey. we best get back. kate will be wondering where we are. - okay. - at least we can put agnes' mind to rest. janet. look, um i know what happened earlier. now, loyalty is all very well, but you just look after yourself, okay? - listen, let's you and me have a chat some time. - okay.

- see you tomorrow. - bye. i found him down by the back. someone's pet. ( sighs ) probably. probably. lucky it's still alive. shy, isn't he? well, he did say hello once, stuck his neck out. he had some strange markings uh, yellow stripes maybe a bit of red. kids paint them, i shouldn't worry. it's nothing rare or special. i'll make sure he's taken care of. where have you been, hetty? i've missed you today. - oh, here and there enjoying myself. - good. oh, i had a word with ben, the choirmaster, - about you singing a solo with us. - a what? you have such a lovely voice. but i've not sung in years. but i promised the choir i said how special you were. kate. hetty, i'll look such a fool if you're not there. and you must come and see her,