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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Midsomer Murders
Chief Inspector. Tom Barnaby is played to perfection by John Nettles.
Troy. Sergeant Gavin Troy is played by Daniel Casey who previously starred in "Our Friends in the North".
Causton. Causton is the main town and all the others are small villages in "Midsomer Murders".
Tom. As well as portraying Tom Barnaby John Nettles played another TV 'tec in the 1980's - Jim Bergerac.
Joyce. Joyce is played by Jane Wymark who once starred in the popular 1970's series "Poldark". She's now best know as Tom Barnaby's devoted wife with a penchant for complicated and fussy recipes!
Cully. Played by Laura Howard, Cully is is Tom's beautiful daughter who is set to become a great actress. Some of the plots on "Midsomer Murders" have revolved around the theatrical profession and Cully's acquaintances.
Caroline Graham. Ruth Rendell created Reg Wexford, Colin Dexter created Inspector Morse and PD James created Adam Dalgliesh.
Emily Simpson. The first episode 'The Killings At Badger's Drift' had Jonathan Firth among its guest stars. Jonathan is the younger brother of British actor Colin Firth.
Iris and Dennis Rainbird. Elizabeth Spriggs and Richard Cant appeared again in a later episode entitled 'Dead Letters' where they played relatives of the deceased Iris and Dennis Rainbird named Ursula and Alistair Gooding.
Catherine Lacey. The character of Catherine Lacey had, in fact, been responsible for four deaths as she had shot and killed Bella Trace on a hunting trip a couple of years previously. At the time Bella died, her death was attributed to an accident involving a stray shot.
He was a homosexual and a cross dresser. The very popular British actress Una Stubbs appeared in this episode and her performance was widely acclaimed. Joanna David, wife of Edward Fox and mother of Emilia Fox, was also one of the guest stars.
The Midsomer Worthy Writers Circle. The various villages of Midsomer which are mentioned throughout the series are frequently the same area of the UK. The producers of the series change signs, filming locations and prominent buildings in order to make it appear as though each village is a different place.
They were hiding the embalmed body of their dead brother in a locked bedroom. The director, writers and producers of 'Written In Blood' have stated in interviews that they wanted to give a 'slapstick' air to the episode which is why they had insane people chasing each other with hideously large kitchen knives, creepy music and a house full of dark, mysterious rooms and hidden objects!
On stage in a crowded theatre as he performed in a play. In the play 'Amadeus', Esslyn Carmichael was playing the role of Antonio Salieri, thought by many to be in some way responsible for the death of Wolfgang Mozart. Esslyn's death occurred while he was performing the scene where Salieri takes his own life. The killer had swapped the stage prop knife for a real blade, which resulted in the actor cutting his own throat in front of a live audience.
They were both acting in the stage production of 'Amadeus'. In the play, Joyce Barnaby was playing the role of Salieri's cook. It was a non-speaking role but she was still extremely nervous before opening night in case she made a mistake.
| Episode 4, 'Faithful Unto Death,' showed a man named Alan Hollingsworth in a spot of financial trouble which was made worse by the sudden kidnapping of his wife, Simone. Whom did Barnaby suspect was responsible for the crime? | 'Midsomer Murders' - Victims and Villains
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Simone herself, along with a friend of hers. Roger Allam, who played Alan Hollingsworth, also starred in 'The Queen' (2006) alongside Dame Helen Mirren, in the role of Robin Janvrin, a member of Her Majesty's personal staff.
Marijuana. Bunny was famous for his little brown cakes, which he baked regularly. On a visit to Bunny and Elfrida's home, Tom had sampled several of these treats and had acted somewhat strangely for the rest of the day, much to the surprise of Gavin Troy!
| In episode 5, 'Death In Disguise', Tom and Sgt. Troy are called upon to investigate a supposedly accidental death at a commune. What was the name of the site of this commune? | 'Midsomer Murders' - Victims and Villains
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The Lodge of the Golden Windhorse. 'Midsomer Murders' first aired in March, 1998 in the United Kingdom. The series is based on the novels by Caroline Graham although several changes have been made in plot and characterization in many of the episodes.
| Ian Craigie was stabbed to death in a split second, yet nobody near him appeared to have been the culprit. How did Barnaby deduce that Andrew Carter, Alias Christopher Wainright, who was nowhere near Craigie at the timr he was killed, was actually the murderer? | 'Midsomer Murders' - Victims and Villains
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He had made telephone calls to check on the young man's background and found that he had once been an expert knife thrower in a circus. There was a certain irony to Andrew Carter's murder of Ian Craigie. The young man blamed 'The Master' for the death of his uncle and killed him to get revenge, however, after Craigie's death it was found that he was terminally ill with cancer and did not have long to live anyway.
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