01x08 - Game of Champions

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Red leather, yellow leather.
Red leather. I'm good.

Come on, people!
Let's make this a good one.

Thank you, Dawn.

Feeling good, feeling good.
Gonna be a good one.

Let's do it, come on!

Ladies and gentlemen,

live from Ballarat Studios,

BTV Channel 8 and Tyneman Electrics
are proud to present

Game Of Champions, the quiz show
where only the smartest survive.

And now please welcome the stars of
the show,

Alan and Verity Coleman.

Thank you, Tony, and welcome,
ladies and gentlemen.

Have we got an exciting show for you
tonight.

After countless heats and thousands
of questions,

tonight's game
is the championship round.

One contestant will take home
all the prizes and £1,000 in cash,

courtesy of Tyneman Electrics.

The loser will go home with nothing.

And now it's time for me to introduce
to you our contestants.

Our longest-running champion ever,

the man with all the answers,
Simon Lo.

And his challenger, the very charming
James Holbrook.

Are you ready to play
Game Of Champions?

Your father treated his family
for years.

What - the Chinese bloke?
No, James Holbrook.

He's nice.

Oh, come on! He's not that
good-looking.

Simon, this is your final question.

Get this right,
and the money's yours.

The Stanford-Binet test tells us
which of these has the lowest IQ?

A, moron, B, cretin,
C, imbecile, D, idiot.

And your time's up.
Your answer, please.

Cretin.
And that's wrong.

Simon Lo, thanks for playing
Game Of Champions,

and congratulations to our new quiz
champion James Holbrook.

Congratulations, James.

You take away £1,000 in cash,

together with these great prizes
from Tyneman Electrics.

Tune in tomorrow night,

when our new champion James Holbrook
will return to defend his title.

Thanks.

Have you seen him?
No sign of him.

You were meant to be keeping an eye
on him!

Don't start, Alan.
This wasn't my idea.

There you are. We were worried.
This isn't fair!

I know, Simon. You must be very
disappointed.

You made me lose!
Settle down, son.

Don't tell me to settle down!
This is fixed!

Simon!

He's dead!

James Holbrook, I take it.

It is. What are you doing here?

James's fiancee called me. I'm the
family doctor. What about you?

Oh, I was in the audience.

I like quiz shows.

Explains the civvies.
You look very smart.

I might go take a look at the room
where it happened. Are you coming?

Ambos reckon it was a heart att*ck.

Yes, I just checked his history.

Makes sense. Heart disease runs in
the family.

Bloke wins 1,000 quid, then dies.

It's ironic, really.

Yes. I better talk to the boy's
fiancee.

- No bloody way!
- Patrick...

That chink is NOT going back onto
the show!

Simon's the holdover champion...

People keep coming into the store

just to tell us how much they hate
the little bastard...

Superintendent. Anything you need?

Yes, actually. I'd like to talk
to Dawn Prentice, James's fiancee.

Dr Blake, our police surgeon.

We sent Dawn home.

She was the one who found his body.

Mmm. Dreadful thing.
It certainly is.

I couldn't help overhearing.
Simon Lo coming back on the show?

Over my dead body.

Simon was our previous champion.

Now James is dead, we have to bring
him back. They're the rules.

I'm with Patrick on this.

You saw him after the show.
He was out of control.

Take losing badly, did he?
He was upset.

He threatened us.
Where is he now?

He went home.

Couldn't get out of here fast enough
after we found James.

And you want to put him back on air.

We might leave you to it.

Well, you didn't lose any money,
Patrick. At least that's something.

Oh, Jesus.

Oh, James. I really never expected to
see you in here.

Certainly not yet.

We all knew your heart needed some
attention.

But to fail you right after you won
£1,000.

You were very good on the music
questions.

And what have you done here?

So much for a heart att*ck, James.

Lawson!
Oh! Bloody hell, what?

Listen, James Holbrook was
electrocuted, not heart.

Well, not a heart att*ck, as such.

Are you sure?

Flash burns on his hands,
soles of his feet.

I'm surprised the ambulance boys
didn't pick up on it.

There must be something
of an electrical fault

or something live in that room
that he touched.

Superintendent Lawson, Ballarat
Police. Get me Alan Coleman, BTV 8.

Alan Coleman.

This question goes to Matthew Lawson,
first practical use of the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell, 1876.
Correct.

Mr Coleman. Superintendent Lawson.

I need you to close down
that dressing room now.

I was horrified to get your call
this morning, Superintendent.

It's awful to think that the station
might have had a hand in his death,

but I've had Roger check
all the electrics in the room.

He couldn't find anything.
And who's Roger?

Uh, the station technician.
Part-time, of course.

Can you get him up here?

Well, at first I thought it might
have been the lights.

They're fine.

Then I checked the kettle.

I thought James might have made
a cup of tea or something.

Nothing?
Nothing.

I put everything through the volt
meter, even the television,

even though I'd checked that
at the store before I brought it in.

The store?

Roger works part-time
at Tyneman Electrics as well.

And electrics seem
to be the issue here.

I thought James had a heart att*ck.

Not according to the doctor.

We had high hopes for James.
He was very popular.

I'd noticed.

It's Dawn I really feel for.

It was the television.

I put it through the volt meter.
It's fine.

Well, you may have,

but you didn't actually look at the
television, did you, Roger?

I checked it.

What's he doing?
Lawson.

Here we are. Have a look at this.

Have a look at that.

It's a screw that's missing from
the back panel of the television set.

That's brand-new.
It's never been used.

What?

Someone tampered with the
television.

Roger brings the prizes in from the
shop on the day of the show.

The television was brand-new.

Where did it go after that?

In this office.

And Roger was the only one who had
access to it before the show.

And me, Alan, and Dawn.

Right. Alan, tell me, what about
after the show?

It was in the champion's dressing
room.

Roger took it there
before we went to air.

Thank you, Dawn.

I told her to take the day off.

Who else had access to the
television once it was put in the
dressing room?

The door was unlocked,
anyone could have gone in,

and the room was left open after
James's body was taken away, but...

Simon went missing after the show.

We couldn't find him for about ten
minutes, then suddenly he appears.

Basically att*cked us.
He was in a filthy mood.

So, you think he might have tampered
with the set.

I have no idea.

The point is, the television was in
the dressing room.

Simon had just lost £1,000.

£1,000. That'd be motive.

Possibly.

Dawn, are you sure you should be
at work today?

Oh, well, I have to be doing
something,

and this place would fall apart
without me, so...

Yes.

Look, I know this is difficult,

but what did you see when you went
into that room?

Um... I saw James...
lying on the floor.

Anything else?
No. Why?

I'm just trying to work things out.

Where were you before that?
I was looking for Simon.

We were all looking for Simon.
Yes, so I gather.

Well, if I had've been here,
none of this might've happened.

So, maybe you should ask Simon where
HE was when James d*ed.

Well, everyone was out looking for
Simon Lo after the show.

Roger Lambert checked the circuitry
of that television.

There was no damage, and no wires
were out of place.

Well, someone got to it.

He also reckons that

Simon Lo had more than a working
man's knowledge of electronics.

Well, how would Roger Lambert know
that?

He was at school with Simon,
and Dawn, and James, apparently.

They all went to school together?

In the same class.
Bloody hell.

Well, maybe we should be talking to
Roger.

I think I'll have a chat with Simon.

Mr Coleman said that you att*cked
him last night. Is this correct?

Yes.
Why?

I should have won.

You were missing for ten minutes
after the show had finished.

Where were you?
That's an exaggeration.

So, you weren't missing.

It was eight minutes.

Where were you?

Out.
What were you doing?

Nothing.

I don't know how you do things
at home,

but you don't get to piss me about
in my own country, do you
understand?

Are you going to hit me now?

Mr Lo, Mr Lo, please!

Now, James Holbrook is dead.

We're just trying to find out what
happened to him, alright?

We're simply asking some questions
here today.

Are you familiar with electronics,
Mr Lo?

Obviously.

So, if I was to ask you to pull
apart a television, for example

The electronics of a television set

consist of a rectifier to convert
from alternating to direct current.

Also capacitors, a regulator,
and a control circuit.

Basic circuit theory.

I think that means he could.

Did you sabotage the television in
Mr Holbrook's dressing room.

No.

Look at him, trying to make himself
look innocent.

I don't think he feels he needs to.

Clearly.

The fact that a man's been m*rder*d
doesn't seem to bother him a bit.

So, what's your next move?

I'll let him sweat it out for a bit,
then I'll pull him back in.

He didn't appear to be sweating that
much to me.

He's an annoying piece of work.

I think he must be Filipino.
He's speaking Tagalog.

Anything else I should know?

Yes. You should be investigating him
for m*rder.

Thought so.

One, two, three!

Er, what's going on?

Don't worry, it'll be fine.

Yes, you say that every time you
borrow something.

Sunny Side Up's on this evening.

Right.

What are you trying to do?

Well, I'm working out how to turn a
television set into a m*rder w*apon.

But do you actually know
what you're doing?

Well, just basic circuit theory
according to Simon Lo.

Right, so, how do you do it?

Well, if you're not concerned about
damaging the television,

you simply run a high tension supply

from the cathode ray to aerial
socket.

And you don't wanna do that?

Well, no. That'd blow the tube.

And you don't wanna blow the tube?

Danny, whoever sabotaged
James Holbrook's television

didn't leave a single sign

apart from a small screw that dropped
on the floor.

Yeah, but are we actually sure that
it was sabotaged?

No. No, but I can't for the life of
me think of another explanation.

Oooh!

What's happened?

Lucien!

Um, yes. I'll go find the fuse box,
shall I?

Oh! There you are.

What did you do to it?

He was conducting an experiment.
What sort of experiment?

He wanted to know how long it was
going to take

to get from the living room to the
fuse box

with the house in complete darkness.

And I did find the fuse box.

But not the fuse wire.
My guess is it's ruined.

Pretty much.
Ha!

Thank you, Jean.
Excuse me.

Trouble on the home front?

Oh, I was testing a theory

about how a television might be
dangerous if you touched it,

and how that could happen without
blowing the tube.

Yeah, I've been thinking about that
too.

You take a couple of cables,

then you wire them
from the main socket

through the back of the set
to the aerial socket,

but you'd have to touch the aerial
to get a shock.

Right.

Of course, you'd have to take the
aerials out again

before anyone found them.

Right.

Seems you've been giving this some
thought, Roger.

Well, I was trying to work out why
there wasn't any damage to the set.

Tell me, was the television on when
you left it in the room?

No.

I'll get it, if the lights stay on.

Oh!

Listen, I understand you went to
school with Simon.

Simon, Dawn, James, and me.

It was a special academic program.

I was never really in the running,
though.

Must have been tough competing with
him, eh?

Simon always came out ahead.

I heard the police
were talking to him.

Yes. What do you think?

Simon was always playing with
circuits and wires at school.

If it was me, I'd be locking him up.

You know it's going to cost you to
have it repaired?

Yes, lovely.
We'll do that, thank you.

Phone call for you.

Right. Excuse me, Roger.

Yes, Dr Blake.

What kind of trouble?

That man has absolutely no
business being here!

OK, look, I understand...

He's a contestant
on a television show!

Please! Don't give me that!

Just everybody relax so I can
understand what's going on.

Keep this man away from the shop!

Yes, I'm trying, sir. If you can
just step backwards...

He pushed me into the traffic!

Doc. Glad you're here.

This man came into my shop making
certain wild allegations...

They're true!

My manager here asked him to leave.

He assaulted him,
so I grabbed him...

That's a lie. He pushed me onto the
road. A car ran into me!

He tried to k*ll me!
Hang on, hang on.

A car hit you? Are you hurt?

It simply brushed against him,
that's all.

Thank you, Patrick, I was talking to
Mr Lo. Are you hurt?

I hurt my knee
when I fell on the gutter.

Just step aside with me for a moment,
would you?

Did you hit your head?

I can't remember.

Alright, Mr Lo, just follow my finger
with your eyes,

and tell me, why were you here?

He was making absurd claims about
the show!

What's he saying?

Professor Waterman...

We talk English here, Mr Lo.

If you want to speak Chinese,
you can go back home.

Actually, Patrick,
he's speaking Tagalog.

I don't give a damn! He speaks
English and he learns how to behave.

I'll be laying a complaint.

God alone knows what rubbish
he's been telling you!

Who's Waterman?

That went well.

Yes.

It's all going terribly smoothly
today, Danny.

Better track down this Waterman.

See you, Doc.

Professor Waterman?
Yes?

Dr Lucien Blake, police surgeon.

Simon Lo mentioned your name.
Do you mind if we have a chat?

Simon Lo.

Frankly, I was glad to see the back
of him.

He didn't belong in our school
system.

Roger Lambert certainly had a few
things to say.

Well, I'm not surprised.

Roger and James Holbrook got
themselves into a lot of trouble
with our Mr Lo.

What kind of trouble?

There was some v*olence on the oval
one lunchtime.

It was understandable with Simon Lo,
but it got out of hand.

We had to expel Roger Lambert.

Tell me, why was Roger expelled
and not James?

Lambert was a bad influence.
James told us everything.

You want to know what Simon Lo was
really like?

Read this. Simon Lo wrote it just
before he graduated.

It's typical of the boy.

Critical Analysis of the Teaching
Methods of Professor M Waterman.

He gave this to you.

I hope your patients treat you
better.

Professor Waterman has a pompous
manner that attempts to hide

consistently sloppy thinking and
incorrect...

You don't need to read it out.

He has a weak grasp of higher
mathematics, conceptual physics...

Well, it goes on and on,
much like the boy himself.

I had 12 other pupils to teach at
this time.

'Use of terms of abuse,
especially the word "idiot".'

You called him an idiot?

It was the only way I could get him

to stop answering every single
question.

Well, clearly he's not an idiot.

Well, obviously, but it proved to be
most effective at the time,

especially when the other students
cottoned on.

Professor, was that really necessary?

The other students needed to step
up.

Dawn Prentice, for example.

Such a clever girl - always in
Simon's shadow.

Right.

Tell me, have you had, or indeed,

do you have contact with Alan Coleman
and Patrick Tyneman?

Well, yes, indeed. I write questions
for that show.

There's a whole group of us -
academics, of course.

Of course, and let me guess.

The idiot question, that was one of
yours, wasn't it?

Quite possibly.

They came to you, didn't they?

Wanting to know
how to unsettle Simon,

and you told them exactly
how to do it.

I have signed a confidentiality
contract.

I couldn't possibly comment.

Thank you, Professor.
I think I have everything I need.

You did a good job on it.

Took me half the morning
to fix it up.

Is it working now?
It was in the shop.

Well, the reception used to be fine.

Oh, you'll need to adjust that
during transmission.

Oh. That can be your job.

Not too happy with you, is she?

No.

Roger, tell me about getting expelled
from school.

Who'd you talk to?

Oh, some obnoxious chap called
Waterman.

That'd be right.

Me and James had an argument with
Simon Lo.

It was more than just an argument,
wasn't it?

Alright, we b*at him up.

You'd call Simon an idiot
and he'd lose it.

Then we'd get stuck into him.

It became a sort of game.

Really?

I wonder if Simon saw it like that.

So, you got kicked out,
but not James. Why?

'Cause James said I was the sole
instigator.

We were mates.

He never talked to me again.

I think I'd be pretty resentful of
James if that had've been me.

It was years ago.

And I didn't sabotage his TV,
if that's what you're asking.

It's Superintendent Lawson again.

Right.

I would like you to do something
about it.

I'm sorry, Mr Lo, but...

He pushed me in front of a car!
Yeah, I understand that, alright...

Tyneman tried to k*ll me, and you're
not doing anything about it.

Yeah, OK...
He wanted me off his show...

Oh, Doc! Just a sec.

Can you talk to him?

And you, Dr Blake.

Where's Lawson?

Well, he's...

So, what's it going to be,
Constable?

Really has no idea how to get on
with people, does he?

Well, I don't think it's ever
occurred to him.

He was right about the show, though.

I spoke to his old schoolteacher.

That last question was designed to
unsettle him.

How?

Well, back in the day

his teacher's preferred term of abuse
for Simon was 'idiot'.

Of course, the rest of the class
picked up on it.

James was part of that too.

It seems the word 'idiot' has become
Simon's Achilles' heel.

What's your point?

Simon was effectively
cheated out of £1,000.

Now, that gives him plenty of motive
for k*lling James Holbrook.

And he still can't explain those ten
minutes he went missing.

Someone else we should be looking at.
Roger Lambert.

Now, he went to school with James
and Simon.

In fact, they got into trouble for
b*ating Simon up.

Why didn't he tell us that when he
was dropping Simon Lo into it?

What are you planning
on doing with him?

Right, here we are.

Ah! Simon. This is Mrs Beazley.

Hello, Simon.

Is this house yours?

Well, this was my father's house.

Is he dead now?

Yes. Yes, he is, and Mrs Beazley
looked after him for quite a while.

Right, Simon, why don't you come
through to my surgery?

What are you doing?
I'm really not sure.

Erm, some tea, please.

Simon, can we talk about that
question

that cost you the championship?

I already said I should have won.

They knew what they were doing with
that question.

Yes.

A, moron, B, cretin,
C, imbecile, D, idiot.

Idiot... idiot...

It seems, if I may,

the very mention of the word 'idiot'

makes your blood pressure increase
instantly.

The adrenalin pumps
through your system.

Your entire body is primed for fight
or flight.

It makes calm, logical thought
damn-near impossible,

and that's what happened to you the
other night, wasn't it?

Yes.

Yes. No wonder you got that last
question wrong.

Your old schoolteacher took
a fairly common term of abuse

and he made it yours.

The kids in the class
picked up on it,

and pretty soon you only had to hear
the word and you'd lose all control.

Professor Waterman started it all.

Yes, when in fact,

you are the furthest thing from
an idiot I could possibly imagine.

Professor Waterman compiles questions
for the show,

and I'm pretty sure Patrick Tyneman
and Alan conspired with him

to get you kicked off.

Unfortunately, at the moment,
I have no proof.

He didn't like me.
No, he did not.

Neither does your housekeeper.

Well, that's a little bit
different.

She just thought you were being rude.

Everyone thinks I k*lled James.
Yes, they do.

Do you?

I don't know. Did you?

No.

Do you know who did?

No.

Well, seemingly you have considerable
motive.

You come across as quite angry,

and that - that is why people think
it was you.

So, the question is, who else had
a reason to k*ll him?

Do you have a blackboard?

And then he brings him in here,
into the house!

Simon Lo.
What?! That awful man from the show?

Yes!

Why?

Well, why does the Doctor do any of
these things?

But isn't Simon Lo a suspect?

Oh, yes.

Well, why would you bring him here?
And how long is he gonna stay for?

I suggest you ask the Doctor.

Did you watch the show?
Yes.

Then you'll know James appeared
in five heats before the final.

Which composer is famous for writing
the opera Cosi Fan Tutti?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Correct!

A heat has a total of 25 questions.

In every heat, he was asked at least
23 questions

about music, sport, or European
politics, his speciality subjects.

So, you're saying the questions were
rigged.

That percentage is far beyond
probability.

During the first heat,

Verity Coleman stood at a standard
distance from James.

There's a standard distance?

Allowing for the distance from
camera,

the contestant occupies one half of
the television screen

while Verity occupied the other.

So, I started out, just talking...

That angle diminished over
the course of James's five heats,

culminating in our final appearance

when Verity's position meant the
camera had to move to include her.

Now, on at least five occasions -

at least five occasions during
sh**ting -

I witnessed conversations of
increasing length

between James and Verity

when details of impending questions
could have been discussed.

Or perhaps there's more to it.

Such as?

£1,000 in cash!

They were having an affair.

Why would they?
Why would anyone have an affair?

I don't understand your question.

Well, it's difficult to explain,
but the point is,

if Verity and James were, in fact,
having an affair and Alan found out,

that would give him a strong motive
to k*ll James.

Stronger than being cheated out of
winning the championship?

Maybe stronger.

Jean, erm, I think we might have
to set another place for dinner.

That man's eating with us?

Yes, he is. Please.

And then after that?

After that I thought we could make up
a bed in the spare room.

And what if he electrocutes us all
while we're sleeping?

Well, at least then I won't be
wondering

who k*lled James Holbrook, will I?

By the way, I think Verity Coleman

might've been having an affair
with James.

Oh. How is that connected?

I'm not sure,

but I think I'm going to have to make
another visit to TV land.

Excuse me, sorry to trouble you, er,
Dawn Prentice... Ah.

Dawn, I'm wondering
if we could have a chat.

I'm very busy. We can walk together.
Certainly.

And tell me, what is it you actually
do here at the station?

During production,
I'm stage manager.

Daily routine, I open and close the
station,

answer phones, take notes,
organise schedules.

I do some repairs and I make tea.

That's a lot of jobs.
They're all menial.

Professor Waterman tells me you're
very smart.

Not as smart as Simon.

You and James were engaged to be
married, weren't you?

Yes.

He was a very popular contestant,
wasn't he? Smart, handsome.

It must have been difficult, seeing
how other women reacted to him.

You're thinking something.
Why don't you just ask it?

Alright.

Was James having an affair with
Verity Coleman,

and if so, did Alan Coleman know
about it?

You're not sure, so you're trying to
get a reaction from me.

The question still stands.

I loved James.

Verity, being Verity, always wants
what she can't have.

But James loved me, and that money
was going to set us up for life.

Any more questions?

No.

Today's
forecasts are for Victoria.

A few light clearing showers in the
southern district, otherwise fine.

Cool to mild day south-west to
south-east winds...

Anything you need, Simon?

A cup of tea.

'A cup of tea, please.'

He was simply answering
your question.

Rudely.
Don't talk in front of him.

I can't hear!

Well, excuse us, Simon,
but this is where we live.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Game Of Champions
suffered a tragic loss.

I think I'll go make
that cup of tea.

No, I'll get it.
Shush!

Holdover champion Simon Lo will
return,

but who will be his challenger?

Professor Michael Waterman, respected
teacher and Simon's old schoolmaster.

The master meets the student
on Game Of Champions

tomorrow night at half-past seven.

The man's a fool.
He doesn't stand a chance.

Lawson, I think I've got another
suspect for us.

Oh!
No, no, hear me out, hear me out.

Clearly Simon Lo struggles with
any sense of emotional connection,

but what he does understand is
patterns,

and what he saw with each ongoing
episode of that show

was Verity Coleman standing closer
and closer to James Holbrook.

Every woman I've talked to wanted to
stand closer to that bloke.

Yes, I'm sure.

Look, Simon couldn't quite put it
together, but what he described

was essentially two people becoming
interested in each other,

and Dawn Prentice confirmed it.

Confirmed it?
Yes, she knew.

The question is, how much did Alan
know and did he do anything about it?

So, studio full of people with
motive?

Alan Coleman, Verity Coleman,
Roger Lambert, and Simon Lo.

Look, historically I know

that Simon's been at the centre of
trouble,

but it was never, never of his
making.

He still remains number one on my
suspect list.

Live from Ballarat Studios,

BTV Channel 8 and Tyneman Electrics
are proud to present

Game Of Champions,
tonight at half-past seven.

You know they'll rig the questions?
Yes.

And that word Waterman
used to call you,

that's how they'll try
to make you feel.

They're wrong.

Well, they'll still try.

It's the way you described.
Fight or flight.

They can use that word.
I'll be ready for it.

You don't have to go, you know.

I'm smarter than Professor Waterman.

Even if it's rigged, I'll b*at him.

Alright. Danny, keep an eye on him.
Make sure there's no trouble.

Oh!

Simon! Sandwiches.

I'm not hungry.

Well, have them later.

Not an easy person to like, is he?

Well, depends what
you're looking for.

Hello, Simon.

Have to get you ready. You know where
the make-up room is.

Thank you, Constable.
Oh, that's fine.

He's hard work, isn't he?
Yeah. Goodbye.

And now please welcome the
stars of the show,

Alan and Verity Coleman.

Thank you, Tony, and welcome,
ladies and gentlemen,

to a very special episode of
Game Of Champions.

Tonight we present the student and
the master.

The returning champion and his
teacher.

Ladies and gentlemen...
I'm confused.

I don't know
if I want him to win or not.

There's no pattern. None of this
makes any sense.

Do we have to talk about this now?

Simon, your next question.

What question appears as number 75 on
the periodic table?

A, magnesium, B, rhenium,
C, beryllium, D, silicon.

Number 75 on the periodic table is
rhenium.

Correct.

Whoever k*lled James left no
evidence

apart from one screw on the dressing
room floor.

Now, a number of people had access
to that room,

and therefore the television,
before and after the show.

Any one of them
could have k*lled him.

I'll turn it up.

What are we missing?
Quite a lot, actually.

Seventh king of England, following
invasion by the House of Normandy?

A, King John, B, King Henry,
C, King Lear, D, King Edward.

King John was the seventh king of
England

after the invasion of Normandy.

Correct! Perfect score.

He's a machine!

He's not a machine,

he's just very intelligent in a very
particular way.

James Holbrook was loved by
everyone, wasn't he?

Hmm, quite literally.

Yet someone sabotaged that
television

so that after he won the quiz,
he'd be k*lled.

But why would someone
want to k*ll him?

Unless we're asking
the wrong question.

Professor Waterman...

If James wasn't actually
expected to win.

You'll need to have your skates on
tonight.

Are you ready to quiz?

I am, Alan.

Simon, you'll be off-air
for the Professor's round.

Bloody hell!

Ladies and gentlemen, if you'd like
to make your way to the foyer

in a quiet and orderly fashion.

Everything is under control.
Thank you.

I'll shut down the studio
till I can get the wiring checked.

Why would someone
want to k*ll him on air?

What the hell just happened?
I don't know.

You're paid to do a job, Roger.
I checked those wires.

This is a total bloody disaster!
A man just d*ed live on television!

Save your arguments for later,
please.

How am I supposed to sell electrical
appliances

when this clown's contestants keep
on getting electrocuted?

Shut up, Patrick!

Everybody down to the station now.

Bloody needle in a haystack.

Four needles in a very large
haystack.

Only one of them tampered with those
headphones.

The questions were rigged.
I didn't need to k*ll him.

I checked everything before the
show. Everything.

I don't think people realised
just how smart Simon was.

I did.

I heard it in the headphones.
I actually touched his hand.

What do you think of James?

Simon had enemies. James didn't.

James was gonna be our star.
Our new champion.

What did you think of Simon?

I couldn't stand Simon.

But to see him just lying there.

Does this mean whoever k*lled Simon
probably k*lled James too?

Sir?
What?

Mr Tyneman's downstairs,
wants to talk to you.

Great.

For God's sake, Lawson,
it's two in the morning!

I've been waiting
an hour and a half,

I've been treated like a criminal,

and you will never, NEVER tell me
to shut up again!

Two people have been m*rder*d,
Patrick.

You think I don't know that?

One of those m*rder*d was in here
yesterday

claiming that you tried to k*ll him.

You pushed him in front of a car.
This is bullshit, Lawson.

Is it? You were also present tonight
at Simon Lo's death.

You've made no secret about how much
you hated him.

Everybody hated him.

And it was your television that
k*lled Mr Holbrook!

Should I keep going?!
You don't believe any of this.

You can go home for now, and I'll
tell you to shut up when I need to!

You too, Parks. Go home.

Yes, sir.

Does this mean whoever k*lled Simon
probably k*lled James too?

Yes?

Oh, I'm sorry, I know it's late.

I didn't think you'd be sleeping.

Ha!

Danny?

Evening.
Danny.

You've been busy.
Yes.

Am I missing out on something?

Alright, I'm going to say it.

He was a difficult man, but he
didn't deserve to die like that.

No, he certainly didn't.

You know, I've been asking two
questions.

Who would want to k*ll James, and
two, who would want to k*ll Simon?

Well, the second question's easier
than the first.

Jean, say you were running
a successful quiz show

and you were the star of that show.

So, she's Alan Coleman.
Yes.

You want to get rid of a particularly
unpopular contestant. What do you do?

I'd keep asking him difficult
questions until he got one wrong.

You wouldn't k*ll him?
No, why would I?

Yeah, I would do that too.

Say your wife is becoming close to
another contestant.

I'd smack him out!
I'd talk to her.

I'd confront them both,
and then I'd divorce her.

Right. So, you wouldn't k*ll
James or Simon?

I wouldn't need to.

Danny, James and Simon got you kicked
out of school.

Now you're doomed to work in a repair
shop for the rest of your life.

OK, I'm really pissed off.

Mm-hm. You k*ll them?

No, you wouldn't, would you?
Hey, this is my question!

Why now?

Well, you tell me.

Well, because they're both more
successful than me? I don't know.

It's just... why wouldn't I get back
at them years ago?

And why wouldn't just b*at 'em up?
I mean, it's so much more simpler.

I agree.

Alright. Mattie, you're Verity...

No, I want to be Dawn.
Why?

Well, from what you said,
that would make me the smartest.

Right, right.

OK, you went to school
with James and Simon,

but no-one really paid much attention
to you.

Well, everyone seems to be paying
attention to Simon,

and now he's on the show, it's all
happening again.

Uh-huh. Why do you k*ll your fiance?

I don't know.

Do I love him?
He's your ticket out of here.

Well, then why would I k*ll him?

I wouldn't. I couldn't.

Was it an accident?

Now we're asking the right question.

Good evening, Dawn.
Ready for your questions?

What are you doing HERE?

Giving you your moment in the
spotlight

after all these years in Simon Lo's
shadow.

Are you ready?

Who was the smartest person in your
class at school?

A, Simon Lo, B, James Holbrook, C,
Roger Lambert, or, D, Dawn Prentice.

Come on, give me your answer.

Simon Lo!

Wrong! The correct answer
is D, Dawn Prentice.

Next question...
You shouldn't be here.

I'm calling security.
True or false.

You didn't know Alan Coleman and
Patrick Tyneman

were conspiring
to get Simon off the show.

Come on, Dawn.

True.
Correct.

You had no idea James was meant to be
champion,

otherwise you would never have
sabotaged that sett

Is this all a game to you?

No. No, not at all, and it wasn't
a game for you either, was it?

True or false. You loved James.

True!

You hated Simon.
True!

But you only ever meant to k*ll
Simon, didn't you?

True or false. Come on.

Answer me!
True!

I k*lled the man I loved.

Simon was going to become champion.

He was going to take our money,
so, yes, true!

The sad thing is, Dawn, that makes
you the real loser in all of this.

The loser always leaves with
nothing.

Dawn Prentice, I'm arresting you

for the murders of Simon Lo and
James Holbrook.

Anything you say may be taken down
and used in evidence against you.

True.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to another round
of Game Of Champions,

the quiz show with all the answers,

and now please welcome the stars of
the show,

Alan and Verity Coleman.

Well, I think I've had enough
television to last me a lifetime.

Me too.

How about a game of Pontoon?

Ah, now you're talking!

Kitchen table?
I've got the cards.

£1,000 in cash
together with these great prizes

from Tyneman Electrics.

A very hearty welcome to all...

Now, briefly, this is the way
we play the game.

Drinks are on me.
Money up front.

How about this instead?

Came into the pub last night

telling everyone
he'd struck gold.

Well, that was smart.

Mr Pike d*ed in his goldmine.

We're treating it
as suspicious.

Tyre track made after
Arthur's car arrived

by a motorcycle
stopping about there.

These burn marks,
Gus, what do
you make of them?

Looks like he was tortured.

You had Eddie go back

and find the exact
location of that mine,

and then you
rode there
on your motorcycle.

No, I didn't do it!

If your lot
hadn't been such cowards...

Oh, how dare you!

There's no gold
here!
What is down there?

Nothing!
Really?

Maybe I'll just take
a little look.