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List Of Midsomer Murders Episodes
''Midsomer Murders'' is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV (TV network), ITV since 1997. The show is based on Caroline Graham (writer), Caroline Graham's ''Caroline Graham (writer), Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series, originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. From the pilot episode on 23 March 1997 until 2 February 2011 the lead character, Chief inspector, DCI Tom Barnaby, was portrayed by John Nettles. In February 2009 it was announced that Nettles had decided to leave Midsomer Murders after the conclusion of series 13 in July 2010. When his last episode "Fit for Murder" aired on 2 February 2011, Nettles had appeared in 81 episodes. Since 2011 the lead character has been DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon), who permanently joined the show following John Nettles' 2011 departure. He is the younger cousin of DCI Tom Barnaby. Like his cousin, John Barnaby works for Causton Criminal Investigation Department, CID. As of 10 November 2024, 136 episodes have aire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midsomer Murders
''Midsomer Murders'' is a British Mystery fiction, mystery television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the ''Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series created by Caroline Graham (writer), Caroline Graham. It has been broadcast on the ITV (TV network), ITV network since its premiere on 23 March 1997. The series focuses on various murder cases that take place within small country villages across the fictional English county of Midsomer, and the efforts of the senior police detective and his partner within the fictional Midsomer Constabulary to solve the crime by determining who the culprit is and the motive for their actions. It differs from other detective dramas in featuring a mixture of lighthearted whimsy and dark humour, as well as a notable soundtrack with a title theme that includes a theremin. The programme has featured two lead stars: from its premiere in 1997, John Nettles as Chief Inspector#United Kingdom, Detective Chief Inspecto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Casey
Daniel Casey (born 1 June 1972) is an English actor. He is best known for playing DS Gavin Troy, the original sidekick of DCI Tom Barnaby, for the first six series (and the first episode of series 7), with a guest appearance in series eleven, of the long-running television programme ''Midsomer Murders''. Early life The son of journalist and television presenter Luke Casey, he grew up in Stockton-on-Tees and attended Grey College, Durham, graduating with a BA in English Literature before pursuing a career in acting. Career Casey began his acting career on stage, in a touring production of ''Dead Fish''. Casey is known for portraying DS Gavin Troy in ''Midsomer Murders'', and Anthony Cox in ''Our Friends in the North''. He also played leading firefighter Tony Barnes in the 2004 ITV firefighting series '' Steel River Blues''. He also guest starred in ''M.I. High''. In 2010, he appeared in an episode of ''Inspector George Gently'', and in 2011, he appeared in ''Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Mortimer
Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer (born 6 October 1971) is a British and American actress and filmmaker. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in ''Lovely and Amazing''. She is also known for playing Mackenzie McHale in the HBO series '' The Newsroom'' (2012–2014). She co-created and co-wrote the series '' Doll & Em'' (2014–2015) and wrote and directed the miniseries ''The Pursuit of Love'' (2021), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. She provided the voice of Sophie in the English-language version of '' Howl's Moving Castle'' (2004), and starred in '' Scream 3'' (2000), '' Match Point'' (2005), ''The Pink Panther'' (2006), '' The Pink Panther 2'' (2009), '' Lars and the Real Girl'' (2007), ''Chaos Theory'' (2008), '' Harry Brown'' (2009), '' Shutter Island'' (2010), ''Cars 2'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cant
Richard Cant (born 1964) is a British actor. He is the son of actor and children's television presenter Brian Cant, and partner of Richard Coles, the former Communards musician and Anglican priest. Career Cant appeared twice on the long-running murder mystery series ''Midsomer Murders'', appearing in the 1997 pilot episode '' The Killings at Badger's Drift'' as undertaker Dennis Rainbird, and then again as Dennis Rainbird's cousin, Alistair Gooding, in the 2006 story ''Dead Letters''. In the second story, he appeared alongside Jason Hughes, who played Detective Sergeant Ben Jones. Cant had previously appeared with Jason Hughes in an episode of the BBC 2 TV series '' This Life'', where he played Phil, a friend of Hughes's character, Warren. Other television and film appearances include " Stan and Ollie", "Mary, Queen of Scots", 'The Crown", "It's a Sin", ''The Way We Live Now'', ''Bleak House'', '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'', and ''Gunpowder Treason and Plot''. In 2007 he appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Spriggs
Elizabeth Jean Spriggs (18 September 1929 – 2 July 2008) was an English actress. Spriggs' roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company included Nurse in ''Romeo and Juliet'', Gertrude in ''Hamlet'', and Beatrice in ''Much Ado About Nothing''. In 1978, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for Arnold Wesker's ''Love Letters on Blue Paper''. She received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film ''Sense and Sensibility''. Her other films included '' Richard's Things'' (1980), ''Impromptu'' (1991), '' Paradise Road'' (1997), and ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001). Early life and career Born in Buxton, Derbyshire, in 1929, Spriggs had an unhappy childhood, later stating that she "grew up entirely without affection". Possessing a mezzo-soprano voice, she studied opera at the Royal College of Music, and taught speech and drama in Coventry. Her first marriage at 21 was a disaster and, in what she called "the most painful deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalie Crutchley
Rosalie Sylvia Crutchley (4 January 1920 – 28 July 1997) was a British actress. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, she was perhaps best known for her television performances, but had a long and successful career in theatre and films, making her stage debut in 1932 and her screen debut in 1947. Crutchley had dark piercing eyes and often played foreign or rather sinister characters. She also played many classical roles, including Juliet in Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'', Hermione in ''The Winter's Tale'' and Goneril in ''King Lear''. Life and career Crutchley was born in London on 4 January 1920. She trained at the Royal Academy of Music. Her screen debut was as a violinist who is murdered in '' Take My Life'' (1947). She played Madame Defarge twice in adaptations of ''A Tale of Two Cities'', in both the 1958 film and in the 1965 television serialisation of the same story. She played Catherine Parr in the 1970 TV series, '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' and played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Asherson
Dorothy Renée Ascherson (19 May 1915 – 30 October 2014), known professionally as Renée Asherson, was a British actress. Much of her theatrical career was spent in Shakespearean plays, appearing at such venues as the Old Vic, the Liverpool Playhouse, and the Westminster Theatre. Her first stage appearance was on 17 October 1935, aged 20, and her first major film appearance was in ''The Way Ahead'' (1944). Her last film appearance was in '' The Others'' (2001). Early life Dorothy Renée Ascherson was born in Kensington, London, the younger daughter of shipowner Charles Stephen Ascherson (1877–1945) and Dorothy Lilian (; 1881–1975). Her father was of German-Jewish extraction. She was brought up in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, as well as Switzerland and Anjou. She later trained for the stage at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Career Theatre Asherson made her first stage appearance on 17 October 1935, as a walk-on in John Gielgud's production of ''Romeo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Silberston
Jeremy Silberston (1 April 1950 – 9 March 2006), was an English film director. Early life His father was economist Aubrey Silberston, and his mother, Dorothy, was a founder member of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship. He attended The Perse School, Cambridge. After college, he worked in France on the Disney on Ice show. Returning to England he began to work in television production. Career After training at the BBC as a production director in the late 1970s (he was recruited for his ability to speak French) he worked in a range of TV popular drama programmes such as ''Casualty'' and ''The Bill''. In 1979 he was an assistant floor manager on the BBC's '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy''. During the 1980s he was production manager of the ''Nanny'' Series 1 (1980), ''Smiley's People'' (1982), ''Doctor Who'' "The Five Doctors" (1983), '' My Cousin Rachel'' (mini TV Series) (1983), ''Bleak House'' (mini TV Series) (1985), two episodes of ''EastEnders'' (1986) and two episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Killings At Badger's Drift
''The Killings at Badger's Drift'' is a mystery novel by English writer Caroline Graham and published by Century in 1987. The story follows Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby investigating the murder of an elderly spinster in a rural village. It is the first volume in Graham's ''Chief Inspector Barnaby'' series, followed by '' Death of a Hollow Man''. In 1997, it was adapted as the pilot of ''Midsomer Murders'', a popular ITV television series based on Graham's books. Plot summary In the fictional village of Badger's Drift, the elderly Miss Bellringer insists that her friend, Emily Simpson, did not die of a heart attack as her doctor claims, but was in fact murdered. An autopsy soon proves her right, as a mix of red wine and hemlock is found in the dead woman's system. While the village descends into panic, the murderer strikes again, claiming the life of local birdwatcher Iris Rainbird. As Barnaby investigates, aided by Sergeant Gavin Troy, he uncovers a connection between an olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manjinder Virk
Manjinder Virk is a British actress, director and writer. She has appeared in the television series ''Holby City'' (1999), '' Doctors'' (2000), ''The Bill'' (2004), '' The Ghost Squad'' (2005), '' Runaway'' (2009), '' Skins'' (2010), '' Monroe'' (2011), '' Hunted'' (2012) and ''Midsomer Murders'' (2016 –2018). She has also written and directed the short films ''Forgive'' (2008) and ''Out of Darkness'' (2013), the latter of which she won the Best of Fest award at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival. Early life and education Manjinder Virk was born in Coventry, England. Her mother's name is Jasvir, who is of Indian origin. She comes from a family of three children. She began acting at the Belgrade Youth Theatre in Coventry and went on to become artistic director of Pangram Dance Theatre with her brother, Hardish. She went on to earn a degree in contemporary dance at De Montfort University in Leicester. Career In 1999, Virk began her television career on the British TV se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwilym Lee
Gwilym Lee (born 24 November 1983) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in ''Midsomer Murders'' (2013–2016), '' A Song for Jenny'' (2015), '' Jamestown'' (2017), '' Top End Wedding'' (2019), '' The Great'' (2020–2023), and for playing guitarist Brian May in the Queen biopic ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' (2018). Early life Lee was born in Bristol to Welsh parents, Tom and Ceinwen. He has three older siblings: Geraint, Owen and Rhiannon. When he was young the family moved to Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, although he identifies strongly with his Welsh heritage. He studied English literature at Cardiff University and drama at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he received the Guildhall Gold Medal in 2008. Lee lives in London. Career Lee joined a drama group as a teen. He then starred in the 1997–1998 television adaptation of the '' Animal Ark'' books. Aged 16 he started working on ''Richard III'' with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Lee appeared in a leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamzin Malleson
Tamzin Malleson (born 1 May 1974) is an English actress. Early life and education Malleson was born in Yeovil, and attended Horsley Primary School in Horsley, Gloucestershire, where she had her first taste of acting as a Munchkin. She furthered her drama activities in Archway School in Stroud, Glocs. Career She originally played Alison Dangerfield in Series 3 and 4 of the BBC drama '' Dangerfield'', before going on to play one of the starring roles (Penny Neville) in the Channel 4 comedy ''Teachers'' for three of the programme's four series, and she starred in one of ITV's Poirot adaptations, "Evil Under The Sun". She appeared in ''The Bill'', and in the detective show '' A Touch of Frost'', and starred in the BBC medical drama '' Bodies''. Malleson played the role of Kate Wilding, the pathologist in the series '' Midsomer Murders'', from the middle of series 14 to the end of series 17. Personal life Malleson is in a relationship with actor Keith Allen, father of actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
