Chief Inspector Barnaby is pitted against one of his old rivals when what at first seems like a routine road accident opens the door on a much more sinister crime.
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Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, Midsomer Murders made their television debut in 1997 and continue to keep viewers happy with that potent whodunnit ingredient: spectacularly bloody murders in the most tranquil rural settings the Shires have to offer. Midsomer is a vaguely defined area of villages and hamlets with charming names like Badger's Drift and Goodman's Land. It also has the highest number of violent deaths per capita outside the average war zone. Serial killings abound to test the nerve of Barnaby (John Nettles) and his sidekick Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey), a dullard easily perplexed by a world which refuses to stick to his black and white view of things. Nettles is excellent; there's a hint of Bergerac still, now heavier of jowl and broader of beam, though the chasing is necessarily limited and the DCI enjoys the home comforts of an understanding wife and a spirited daughter. "Every time I go into any Midsomer village, it's always the same thing", he huffs. "Blackmail, sexual deviancy, suicide and murder." Ain't it the truth? The murders are astonishing. Family feuds, jealousy, incest, industrial espionage, all erupt at regular intervals leaving a trail of bodies with throats slashed, limbs dismembered and blood absolutely everywhere. Rivers of sheer nastiness run deep beneath the superficially pastoral perfection of Midsomer. Thank goodness there are still men like dependable Barnaby to get to the bottom of things. Eventually. Sure of Barnaby's eventual success, Midsomer Murders make for a cosy, even comforting, couple of hours curled up in front of the television. And they make a great showcase for star turns from the great stable of British character actors, too, from Celia Imrie and Elizabeth Spriggs to Imelda Staunton and Duncan Preston, who invariably turn this whimsical stuff into the tastiest possible ham.--Piers Ford
Chief Inspector Barnaby is pitted against one of his old rivals when what at first seems like a routine road accident opens the door on a much more sinister crime.
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Main Language: English
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Special Features: Midsomer Map, Production Notes, Filmographies
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Midsomer Barton is celebrating it's yearly festival of Oak Apple Week. As the children are playing down by the stream they find the body of Marion Slade floating in the water. The locals assume she has committed suicide as Marion has been severly depressed since the death of her daughter Bella 8 years ago. Bella who had been the Oak Apple's Carnival Queen died at the age of 16 from a severe bout of food poisoning. Since her death the Carnival Queen had been abolished, that is until this year.
Barnaby is called in to investigate the death only to find himself in turmoil when two local residents show up, Ursula and Alistair Gooding, this mother and son team are absolute identicals to two previous murder victims Iris and Dennis Rainbird whom Barnaby investigated at the town of Badger's Drift several years ago. ('The Killings...
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...I love every MidsomerMurders that has ever been made and this one especially. It's another great MidsomerMurders, with a really unexpected spin. With Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby (played by John Nettles) and Sergeant Gavin Troy (played by Daniel Casey) it's about grace and deep love. I particularly loved it because of it's unexpected twist. It was hard for me to understand why the murder was commited, until I watched it again (my sisters didn't need to). I would recomend this to anyone who loves a good old mystery or just likes to have a guess at who's the killer. I would advise watching earlier episodes to understand who's who, but if you catch on quickly, you'll probably be OK. Will you be able to guess who the murderer is? I couldn't. But I still loved it....
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...I love MidsomerMurders, the settings are beautiful, the stories are always great and it's fun to try and figure out 'who done it'!
The actors include John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby, Daniel Casey as Sgt Gavin Troy, Jane Wymark as Joyce Barnaby, Laura Howard as Cully Barnaby and not forgetting an appearance from the lovely Orlando Bloom who plays Peter Drinkwater!
- Directed by Jeremy Silberston.
- Written by: Caroline Graham (characters) and Anthony Horowitz (screenplay.)
- The episode was based on a novel by Caroline Graham.
- The air date for this episode was January 29th and was episode three from season three.
- The filming locations (in England) include, Chenies - Buckinghamshire, Haddenham - Buckinghamshire and Watlington in Oxfordshire, all beautiful places.
- The run time for this feature length episode is 120 minutes...
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