Midnight Murder: Midsomer Murders #20 – S05 E01 – Market For Murder – John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Daniel Casey
A car belonging to wealthy stockbroker Selwyn Proctor is set ablaze and he narrowly escapes with his life. Meanwhile a local ladies’ investment group meets under the guise of a reading club. The leader of the group, Marjorie Empson, is found bludgeoned to death with her own walking stick in her house. The detectives quickly suspect that a stock market connection, possibly involving insider information, may link the two events. More killings follow, involving members of the group. Ginny Sharp is found dead in her pool and Lady Chetwood is pushed from the roof of her manor house. Barnaby and Troy begin to realise that the motives for the killings may not be as straightforward as they first supposed.
Midsomer Murders is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the Chief Inspector Barnaby book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of ITV 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 identifies itself differently from other detective dramas often by featuring a mixture of lighthearted whimsy and dark humour, as well as a notable soundtrack that includes the use of the theremin instrument for the show’s theme tune.
The programme has featured two lead stars—from its premiere in 1997, John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Tom Barnaby, until his retirement from the drama in February 2011; then Neil Dudgeon as DCI John Barnaby, Tom’s younger cousin, since March 2011. Both main stars have featured a list of supporting actors who worked alongside them, including Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Daniel Casey, John Hopkins, Jason Hughes, and Gwilym Lee, with Nick Hendrix as the current co-star working with Dudgeon. Midsomer Murders remains a popular feature in British television schedules and has been broadcast internationally in over 200 countries and territories. MORE AT LINK
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