Midsomer Murders

Sunday 11 May 2008 8:05pm - 10:05pm

Reformed criminal Ronnie Tyler prepares to leave Midsomer Holm, a tranquil village and halfway house founded by Lord Holm and detective-turned-psychotherapist Professor Gina Colby. At the heart of the village is an historic camera obscura.

New arrival Eddie Marston takes Ronnie’s place, which DCI Barnaby is uneasy about. Meanwhile Gina’s husband Jack, a former DS at Causton, is having trouble sleeping, haunted by the past.

Jack and Barnaby were close, but Jack can’t open up to his old colleague now. He left the force under a cloud after Lord Holm was jailed for killing his unfaithful wife Maria with the handle from the camera obscura. Maria’s conquests included the Friday Nighters - policemen who had sex with her in the cells while Jack was on duty.

Sunday 27 April 2008 8:00pm - 10:00pm on ITV1.

A new version of The Scarlet Pimpernel is being shot in Midsomer Magna, but the atmosphere off set rivals the battles of the film. Producer Jack Braxton and director Nick Cheyney hate each other, manor house owners Terence and Diane Charteris are broke and their marriage is on the rocks, while there’s a painful history between their daughter Leonie and Cheyney.

DCI Barnaby and DS Jones get interested in events when they tail known thief George Ince to a meeting at the manor with Jed Norris, another ex-con. They are amazed to discover Norris is employed there as a security guard.

Meanwhile Joyce arrives with a group of residents from The Cedars care home who have been drafted in as cheap extras. Among them is Gwen Morrison, an old friend of Cheyney’s, who now runs a charity shop with Leonie.

DCI Tom Barnaby is forced to confront a scandal from his past and midsomer magna becomes a film location – as well as the scene of a gruesome killing - when top-rating drama midsomer murders returns with two new films.

Barnaby (John Nettles) and DS Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) discover that behind the picture-postcard settings, the seemingly idyllic villages of Midsomer are a hotbed of jealousy, intrigue, betrayal – and murder.

In They Seek Him Here, Nick Cheyney (Jay Villiers), the director of a new film version of The Scarlet Pimpernel is beheaded by a guillotine on set. There is no shortage of suspects, including an actor whose career Cheyney ruined, a woman who bore his child after a drunken encounter, and a bitter extra. Can Barnaby and Jones find the killer before the case becomes as bloody as the French revolution?

John Nettles from Midsomer Murders has been targetted by a fake internet blog. The 63-year old actor who plays DCI Barnaby on the hit drama show says that he has been told of a 13-page blog site that is meant to be authored by him. He says that the blog refers to his sexual prowess, something that he himself wishes were true!

As of right now, the star is preparing for the autumn screening of the next season of his show, and says that he would never think of starting his own online blog site, because it would be far too boring.

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