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(John Nettles) 
"Midsomer Murders" is like 
Agatha Christie on speed.

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(horse whinnying)

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(Neil Dudgeon) 
We're in Midsomer now, 
and things happen

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differently here.

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(explosion)

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The deaths are unusual 
and fascinating.

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Who in their right mind 
chooses to be surrounded

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by death?

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(female narrator) 
"Midsomer Murders" is 
one of the most popular

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crime dramas 
not just in Britain,

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but on the planet.

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♪

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(speaking in French)

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The French version 
is quite my favorite.

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(female narrator) 
Over the next hour, 
we'll celebrate 25 years

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of the strangest 
goings-on.

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(Nick Hendrix) 
I love the human candle,

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which was particularly amazing 
to just see on set, actually.

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(female narrator) 
Reveal the show's 
dark secrets.

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I believe I've killed 
18 people,

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and I'm still at large.

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(female narrator) 
Bring curious insights.

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(Jane Wymark) 
He said, "I'm not gonna blink."

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And I went, "Wow."

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(female narrator) 
And look back 
at the world-famous stars...

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I will drive straight over you.

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(female narrator) 
...who dared take 
their first TV steps

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in Midsomer County.

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(Manjinder Virk) 
It's actually quite 
family-friendly,

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despite all the murders.

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♪

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(female narrator) 
As we go behind the scenes

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on a quarter of a century 
of mystery...

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(Jason Hughes) 
It's like I was in some 
kind of apocalyptic world

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where people just 
died all the time.

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(female narrator) 
...and mayhem.

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(objects crashing)

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(Fiona Dolman) 
You know, we kill people 
with cheese.

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There isn't 
another program,

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I think, that can do that.

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-Have we got a murder weapon? 
-You're standing in it.

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(female narrator) 
...in the glorious 
English countryside.

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(Neil Dudgeon) 
What's not to like 
about Midsomer?

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(theme music)

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As long as you survive it, 
really.

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♪

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(man) 
I killed them 
because I wanted to.

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♪

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(female narrator) 
Death by chocolate.

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♪

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(man) 
No good deed goes unpunished, 
eh?

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♪

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(energetic music)

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(female narrator) 
Here in these 
deadly woodlands,

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filming for the latest series

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of "Midsomer Murders" has begun.

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(director) 
Action!

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(female narrator) 
And Inspector Barnaby 
has yet another death

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to investigate.

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Quite possibly the 396th 
Midsomer murder.

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But no one really knows.

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(Tamzin Outhwaite) 
They've got this 
beautiful scenery,

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and then they've got 
these murders,

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which sometimes are 
quite outlandish.

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(female narrator) 
Over the past 25 years,

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audiences the world over have 
embraced "Midsomer's" reputation

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as the deadliest 
place on television.

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Midsomer Murders has 
a light feel to it

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in a lot of ways

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and has an awful 
lot of comedy within it.

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♪

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(John Nettles) 
Of course, 
the public laughed at

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the unfeasible 
number of deaths

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and all those things.

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But it would be at least 
three or four murders

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before Tom Barnaby 
found out who done it.

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He's the most useless 
cop in the world.

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(laughs)

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(female narrator) 
But thankfully, 
the Causton police

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are dogged and reliable

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and over the years 
have brought us not one

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but two 
Inspector Barnabys

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to keep on top 
of the body count.

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(Neil Dudgeon) 
"Midsomer" takes everything 
seriously enough

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for us to enjoy it, 
but not so seriously

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that we can't also go,

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"What is going 
on in this place?"

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(Jeff Povey) 
There's nothing 
intrinsically nasty

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about "Midsomer" anywhere,

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although people get murdered.

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They're sort of escapist deaths, 
fun deaths.

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(whimsical music)

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♪

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(guide) 
Here we are all celebrating 
the 25th anniversary

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of "Midsomer Murders."

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♪

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(female narrator) 
Already enjoying the sights 
of Oxfordshire today,

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this group 
of "Midsomer" fans

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are about to discover 
the location

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of one of the series' 
most infamous murders.

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♪

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(guide) 
Here we are 
in Badger's Drift,

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otherwise known as 
The Lee in Buckinghamshire.

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And what you are looking at here 
is exactly where,

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in the opening sequence 
of that very first episode,

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you saw Emily Simpson riding 
her bicycle along the road.

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Here is where 
the whole story

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of "Midsomer Murders" started.

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(upbeat music)

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(female narrator) 
25 years ago, the fictional 
Midsomer village

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of Badger's Drift 
was the sleepy setting

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for the debut episode 
of a brand-new crime drama.

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♪

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(driver) 
Hello, Miss Simpson!

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Have a very good afternoon.

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(John Nettles) 
"The Killings 
at Badger's Drift,"

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all the tropes 
of the provincial

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murder drama were there.

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There was blackmail 
and knife killings

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and all the rest 
of those things.

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How'd she die?

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(Dr. Bullard) 
That's easy--broken neck.

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But the question is, 
did she fall?

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(chuckles)

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Or was she pushed?

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(Daniel Casey) 
The brother and sister had 
been caught by the Rainbirds,

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who are the 
local undertakers,

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and so they were 
blackmailing people.

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(Dennis) 
How much do you 
think it's worth?

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(Iris) 
Think what the police 
will make of it

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if their forensic people 
get hold of it.

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They'd have a field day!

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Oh, this is the big one, 
Denny!

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This is going to make us 
very, very rich.

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Mommy!

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The characters were 
wonderfully well-written.

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They were caricatures, 
of course they were.

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(whimsical music)

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(female narrator) 
But of course, 
the main star

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of this opening whodunnit

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was the genial 
local detective,

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Inspector Barnaby.

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(man) 
Who are you? What do you want?

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(Barnaby) 
I'm Detective Inspector Barnaby.

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♪

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And this is 
Detective Sergeant Troy.

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Who are you?

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(John Nettles) 
The producer came to see me 
with the proposition

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that I should 
play a detective

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in this new series 
he had coming up.

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I thought, well, 
I've already done Bergerac.

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But it was as far away 
from the world of Bergerac

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as could possibly be.

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Here was a guy who was 
a respectably married man.

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He had no hang-ups,

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no psychological difficulties 
of life.

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-What's this, then? 
-It's Delia Smith.

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Stewed neck of lamb 
with mushroom dumplings.

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You can't go wrong 
with Delia Smith.

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(Barnaby) 
Hm, I'd always thought.

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(John Nettles) 
When he finds himself

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in a world full 
of extraordinary characters,

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every one 
of the people he sees

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in the high street there 
is a potential murderer,

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and that's-- 
I thought that was fun.

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You know, Mrs. Rainbird,

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I'd have said 
that eight o'clock

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was a bit late 
for your hobby.

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I mean, what are you 
likely to see flying

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at that time?

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Owls.

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(Jane Wymark) 
I was right there 
from the beginning.

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The pilot, we went 
to the then-producer,

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Brian True-May, 
and we said to him,

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"So, you know, 
do you think is going well?"

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Do you think we might even 
get a series out of it?"

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And he said,

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"I've got plans for Midsomer 
Murders for 12 years."

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And we went straight 
to John and we said,

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"Do you wanna hear 
something really funny?

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Apparently, we're going to be 
doing this for 12 years."

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(Barnaby) 
Why do I get the feeling 
that everyone is lying to me?

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Everyone!

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(Joyce) 
They always lie to you, 
Tom, and you always know.

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That's why you're 
so good at your job.

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(Jane Wymark) 
And then I was in it 
for another 14 years.

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(laughs)

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(Daniel Casey) 
Oh, it was amazing.

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We got 15.8 million viewers 
for that first episode.

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(Barnaby) 
It's 2:15.

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Said I'd meet Joyce 
at the fête, you coming?

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(Troy) 
Yeah, I thought 
I'd win myself a coconut.

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(female narrator) 
And what inspired this series 
full of strange people and plots

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was a collection 
of acclaimed crime novels.

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(screams)

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(Jane Wymark) 
It was a series of books 
by a lovely writer

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called Caroline Graham.

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I've read them, actually, 
and they were terrific.

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The original sort of 
artistic producer on it,

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Betty Willingale, was clever 
to spot it, you know,

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and do what she did, 
along with the first writer,

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to make it work 
for television.

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(female narrator) 
Caroline Grimm's books inspired 
the first five episodes.

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But over the next few years, 
a host of new writers

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would take Barnaby 
on many new adventures.

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(man) 
We're on.

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(female narrator) 
But there was another 
key character whose role

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was to remain calm amongst 
this wicked world of murder.

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Dinner's ready, Tom.

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(Jane Wymark) 
Believe you me, 
it's not easy

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playing the nicest woman 
in the world.

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(Joyce) 
You know Cully 
is coming tomorrow.

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She's going to want 
to see a bit of you.

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Just I know how you are 
when you get started on a case.

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-Yes. 
-For 14 years,

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it was Barnaby's wife, Joyce,

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whose happy home life with 
Tom and their daughter Cully

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was in stark contrast 
to the many deadly challenges

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they faced, 
including, Joyce's cooking.

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(toaster clanks)

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Not much meat on this chicken, 
is there?

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It's not a chicken, 
it's a quail.

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(John Nettles) 
She was a terrible cook.

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Fried things and stuff 
like that, and Barnaby

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had to pretend 
to like them.

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Dad, I brought you 
a present from Cambridge.

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(Barnaby) 
What is it?

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It's chicken and ham.

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(Jane Wymark) 
The bad cooking 
lasted for a bit,

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but there's limits to how many 
lousy meals you can cook.

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So she became more 
and more involved

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in the actual cases 
as time went on.

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It was very handy that 
Joyce didn't have a career,

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because she could 
therefore have hobbies.

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(Joyce) 
You've caught me digging up 
rather too much of your lawn.

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(Barnaby) 
Yeah, I'm still 
working actually.

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Do you have 
pictures in those

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plant encyclopedias of yours?

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-Yes. 
-That was quite a handy device

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for writers,

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and nice for me, 
you know,

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to not always be sitting 
in the kitchen.

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Being out in the world, 
being blown up in a canal,

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or doing watercolor painting, 
that was a good one.

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(Barnaby) 
Instead of being 
a kind of grace note

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in the great symphony 
of "Midsomer,"

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she became 
a whole theme on her own.

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(dramatic music)

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♪

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(female narrator) 
Coming up,

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there's confessions 
of a "Midsomer" sidekick.

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(Jason Hughes) 
When I think 
of my time on it,

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it's like I was in some kind 
of apocalyptic world

254
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where people just 
died all the time.

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(female narrator) 
As we celebrate 
a hit series

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that's always left us 
seeing stars.

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(Neil Dudgeon) 
I'd already 
watched the show

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since the beginning 
and loved it,

259
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so, I jumped at the chance, 
little thinking

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that I might return 
for a longer stay.

261
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(Jones) 
This is the new DCI Barnaby.

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Cousin of the other DCI Barnaby.

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00:10:06,066 --> 00:10:07,300
(female narrator) 
For 25 years,

264
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Midsomer Murders 
has led us on a trail

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of death and destruction.

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(whimsical music)

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(explosion)

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A path which has in turn

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put many of the quaintest 
villages in Oxfordshire

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on a rather unusual 
tourist map.

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♪

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(guide) 
Here we are outside 
the estate agent

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that was used 
in an episode

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called "House in the Woods."

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It was Harriet Davis 
estate agency in that show.

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In that episode, a couple 
who are looking to buy

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the house in the woods 
find themselves garroted

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outside the house, 
and there, the mystery begins.

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(female narrator) 
Over the years,

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fighting crime in Midsomer 
has been quite a task

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for the overworked, 
understaffed Causton police.

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And when it comes 
to the real leg work--

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the running, 
jumping, flirting,

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or going undercover--

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it often falls 
to the Midsomer sidekick,

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the lowly detective sergeant.

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And first in line was 
Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy.

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John and I clicked 
from day one,

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and we laughed 
every single day.

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In the books, 
he was a right little thug.

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(Troy) 
I could force it, sir.

292
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(Barnaby) 
You've broken enough rules 
for one day, Troy.

293
00:11:18,033 --> 00:11:19,466
Thank you all the same.

294
00:11:19,566 --> 00:11:21,733
(John Nettles) 
He had no charm at all 
and was entirely not

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good detective material.

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That was changed 
in the television version.

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(mysterious music)

298
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The character became... 
I think the word is lovable.

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He couldn't drive a car.

300
00:11:38,166 --> 00:11:39,800
Wherever he went, 
he used to hit the hedge

301
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or hit somebody else.

302
00:11:41,166 --> 00:11:43,200
Yeah, Troy was 
an appalling driver.

303
00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:44,200
(horn blares)

304
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(brakes screech)

305
00:11:46,033 --> 00:11:46,933
But I used to love it,

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because it meant 
that I could do

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a lot of the stunt driving 
that we could do.

308
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Some of it, 
I wasn't allowed to do.

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But a lot of it, I was.

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(stammering)

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(bicycle bell ringing)

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(tires squealing)

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(whimsical music)

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Troy!

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00:12:01,766 --> 00:12:04,233
(female narrator) 
But after six years 
on the rural beat,

316
00:12:04,333 --> 00:12:08,533
actor Daniel Casey decided 
to move on to pastures new.

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Thank you, sir.

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♪

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I mean, thank you for everything 
over the years.

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00:12:15,333 --> 00:12:18,666
(Daniel Casey) 
I will never forget 
that final scene,

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00:12:18,766 --> 00:12:20,533
'cause we filmed that last.

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00:12:20,633 --> 00:12:24,633
And when Barnaby 
speaks to Troy, uh,

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it did feel very real.

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I know how much I've-- 
I've relied on you, Troy.

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(light music)

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Midsomer will miss you.

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And I'll miss Midsomer.

328
00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,800
(Daniel Casey) 
He's a leading man 
in every sense of the word.

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He led that company beautifully.

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00:12:44,366 --> 00:12:45,766
Troy?

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(John Nettles) 
Now, the next sidekick 
was John Hopkins.

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He's a terrific actor.

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00:12:49,066 --> 00:12:51,366
-What have we got? 
-Good question, sir.

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00:12:51,466 --> 00:12:52,666
Victim's name's 
Nicholas Turner,

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00:12:52,766 --> 00:12:53,966
he's a local solicitor.

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00:12:54,066 --> 00:12:55,566
Took a stroll off his roof.

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00:12:55,666 --> 00:12:58,466
(John Nettles) 
He was a very dark 
and kind of brooding figure.

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00:12:58,566 --> 00:13:00,266
(Dr. Bullard) 
Initial impression 
as to cause of death,

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00:13:00,366 --> 00:13:03,566
catastrophic head 
and spinal injuries.

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00:13:04,866 --> 00:13:06,233
(Scott) 
He's quite a snappy dresser.

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(crow cawing)

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And then Jason Hughes came in.

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(Barnaby) 
And you are?

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00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:13,800
(Jones) 
Constable Jones, sir.

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00:13:13,900 --> 00:13:15,266
Constable Jones.

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00:13:15,366 --> 00:13:17,166
(Jason Hughes) 
Yeah, I thought it was 
just brilliant

347
00:13:17,266 --> 00:13:18,266
the way that they did it.

348
00:13:18,366 --> 00:13:19,700
(Dr. Bullard) 
No Scott this morning?

349
00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:20,900
(Barnaby) 
No, he called in sick, 
I'm on my own.

350
00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,533
(Jason Hughes) 
I just showed up 
in a uniform

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00:13:22,633 --> 00:13:24,700
and somebody said, 
"Well, where's the guy?"

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00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,166
And they went, 
"Oh, he's sick."

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00:13:27,266 --> 00:13:28,433
(laughs)

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00:13:28,533 --> 00:13:29,500
And that was it!

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00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,266
He was gone and I was in.

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(laughs)

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(Barnaby) 
Do you possess a suit, Jones?

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(Jones) 
Yes, sir.

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00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:38,866
(Barnaby) 
And a tie?

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00:13:38,966 --> 00:13:40,233
(Jones) 
I do, sir, yes.

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00:13:40,333 --> 00:13:41,366
(Barnaby) 
How do you fancy 
working with the CID

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for a couple of days?

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00:13:43,766 --> 00:13:45,433
(Jones) 
Yes, sir.

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00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,500
They made me do 
all kinds of stuff.

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00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,033
(mysterious music)

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00:13:51,133 --> 00:13:53,033
The nun would be 
the standout one.

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I was luring a killer 
to then pounce on them.

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♪

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Oh!

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00:14:01,433 --> 00:14:02,333
(thudding)

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00:14:02,433 --> 00:14:04,533
♪

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(officer) 
Stay on the floor!

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On your feet.

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00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:09,866
(man) 
Who the hell 
trained her?

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00:14:09,966 --> 00:14:11,633
(Jason Hughes) 
I mean, when I think 
of my time on it,

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00:14:11,733 --> 00:14:12,866
those seven years, 
it's like I was in

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00:14:12,966 --> 00:14:14,433
some kind of 
apocalyptic world

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00:14:14,533 --> 00:14:16,400
where people just 
died all the time.

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00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:17,600
(camera's shutter snaps)

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00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:19,066
I haven't been up 
that way for a while.

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00:14:19,166 --> 00:14:21,300
Junction 2 Junction 7 
on the M40,

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00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,400
I just divert, 
go somewhere else.

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Start to get, 
kind of, hot flushes

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and, you know, 
memories of murder.

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00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,866
(female narrator) 
Well, there's plenty 
of that around.

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00:14:31,966 --> 00:14:33,266
But one of the key questions

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in any episode of "Midsomer"

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00:14:35,366 --> 00:14:37,766
is not just whodunnit 
but more like,

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00:14:37,866 --> 00:14:38,833
who's in it?

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00:14:38,933 --> 00:14:40,600
How wonderful!

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00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:42,833
But no.

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00:14:42,933 --> 00:14:44,600
(female narrator) 
I was once suspected 
of murder myself.

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00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:47,166
Apart from the person 
who killed him,

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00:14:47,266 --> 00:14:50,500
I was probably the last person 
to see him.

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00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,233
(female narrator) 
Because across 
the past 25 years,

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the series has played host 
to a Who's Who

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of the British 
acting profession.

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♪

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We get fantastic guests.

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00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,600
Over the years, 
it was just the entire range

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00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:05,933
of the British 
acting profession.

402
00:15:06,033 --> 00:15:06,933
(Mrs. Adler) 
I took an order earlier,

403
00:15:07,033 --> 00:15:08,366
three-tiered 
Dungeons and Dragons

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00:15:08,466 --> 00:15:10,066
in white and dark chocolate.

405
00:15:10,166 --> 00:15:12,900
(Tamzin Outhwaite) 
As an actor, I always think 
"Midsomer Murders."

406
00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,833
It's one of those boxes 
that has to be ticked.

407
00:15:15,933 --> 00:15:17,266
What was brilliant 
about my character

408
00:15:17,366 --> 00:15:21,500
is that she was 
the suspected murderer

409
00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,866
for pretty much 
the whole episode.

410
00:15:23,966 --> 00:15:25,866
Do you really think 
I would kill Dominic

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00:15:25,966 --> 00:15:27,366
and keep the weapon?

412
00:15:27,466 --> 00:15:30,533
I mean, do you honestly believe 
that I would be that stupid?

413
00:15:30,633 --> 00:15:33,233
The twist was, she actually 
wasn't the murderer.

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00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:35,100
That was ideal for me.

415
00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,733
(female narrator) 
And there was one 
TV comedy national treasure

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00:15:37,833 --> 00:15:39,133
who set the wheels 
in motion

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00:15:39,233 --> 00:15:40,800
for guest stars to come.

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00:15:40,900 --> 00:15:43,666
An early one was 
Richard Briers, legend.

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00:15:43,766 --> 00:15:46,266
(female narrator) 
In "Death's Shadow" from 1998,

420
00:15:46,366 --> 00:15:47,566
the star 
of "The Good Life"

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00:15:47,666 --> 00:15:49,266
was playing 
the village priest

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00:15:49,366 --> 00:15:52,400
and "Call The Midwife's" 
Judy Parfitt, his wife.

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00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:55,400
(Stephen) 
I have a police inspector 
coming to see me.

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00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:57,100
Oh, don't tell me, 
Stephen,

425
00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,200
you've been found with 
your hand in the steeple fund.

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00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:01,333
Don't be ridiculous.

427
00:16:01,433 --> 00:16:02,766
(John Nettles) 
He came along 
to play a priest

428
00:16:02,866 --> 00:16:06,200
and he was wonderfully 
enthusiastic.

429
00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:07,633
Yes, vicar.

430
00:16:07,733 --> 00:16:09,300
Looks as if we're gonna 
have the weather for it.

431
00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:10,733
Absolutely.

432
00:16:10,833 --> 00:16:12,366
Did you manage 
to find someone

433
00:16:12,466 --> 00:16:13,633
to open the fête?

434
00:16:13,733 --> 00:16:14,866
A celebrity?

435
00:16:14,966 --> 00:16:15,866
No, not yet.

436
00:16:15,966 --> 00:16:17,400
But I may have had an idea.

437
00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:19,966
I'll be back forthwith.

438
00:16:20,066 --> 00:16:23,500
(Jane Wymark) 
We were sitting waiting 
to go into the church

439
00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,166
where there was gonna 
be the big scene, the reveal,

440
00:16:26,266 --> 00:16:28,700
that Richard Briers, 
who, you know,

441
00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,000
the loveliest man 
in the world kind of thing,

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00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:31,633
does turn out to be 
the bad guy.

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00:16:31,733 --> 00:16:33,500
And I'm sitting with him 
and he says to me,

444
00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,966
"I'm going to do some acting 
in this scene."

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00:16:36,066 --> 00:16:37,266
And I went, "Are you, Richard?"

446
00:16:37,366 --> 00:16:38,433
(laughs)

447
00:16:38,533 --> 00:16:42,333
He said, "I'm not gonna blink."

448
00:16:42,433 --> 00:16:44,033
And I went, "Wow."

449
00:16:44,133 --> 00:16:46,100
And that's exactly 
what he did.

450
00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,866
It was terrifying.

451
00:16:47,966 --> 00:16:49,933
(Troy) 
Stephen Wentworth, 
we're arresting you

452
00:16:50,033 --> 00:16:51,533
for the murders 
of Richard Bailey,

453
00:16:51,633 --> 00:16:53,866
David Whiteley, 
and Simon Fletcher.

454
00:16:53,966 --> 00:16:55,033
You don't have 
to say anything

455
00:16:55,133 --> 00:16:56,133
but it may harm 
your defense

456
00:16:56,233 --> 00:16:57,466
if you do not mention 
when questioned

457
00:16:57,566 --> 00:17:00,100
something which you 
later rely on in court.

458
00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,100
-It was him. 
-There was no planning,

459
00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,133
no calculation.

460
00:17:04,233 --> 00:17:06,666
He had to die 
by your hand

461
00:17:06,766 --> 00:17:07,966
before his operation.

462
00:17:08,066 --> 00:17:08,966
And it was 
all the more shocking,

463
00:17:09,066 --> 00:17:10,266
because it was 
Richard Briers,

464
00:17:10,366 --> 00:17:12,433
'cause you didn't expect it.

465
00:17:12,533 --> 00:17:13,533
Please, come in.

466
00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:15,533
(dramatic music)

467
00:17:15,633 --> 00:17:20,700
♪

468
00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,233
(resounding thud)

469
00:17:23,333 --> 00:17:25,533
(John Nettles) 
It was a lovely 
bit of casting.

470
00:17:25,633 --> 00:17:28,300
(female narrator) 
Many a famous face has popped 
up in "Midsomer Murders,"

471
00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,433
but the cast list 
also includes some

472
00:17:30,533 --> 00:17:31,800
now well-known names

473
00:17:31,900 --> 00:17:33,233
who weren't 
quite so familiar

474
00:17:33,333 --> 00:17:34,833
at the time.

475
00:17:34,933 --> 00:17:36,466
(Bernice) 
Edward, what was 
all the noise about?

476
00:17:36,566 --> 00:17:38,766
-It's a police car. 
-Police car?

477
00:17:38,866 --> 00:17:42,400
(female narrator) 
In 2009, the Causton police 
were called to investigate

478
00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:44,233
the very strange death 
of a young man

479
00:17:44,333 --> 00:17:46,433
in Midsomer's miniature village.

480
00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:49,833
What they found was future 
Oscar-winning actress

481
00:17:49,933 --> 00:17:54,433
Olivia Colman playing 
the unlikely suspect, Bernice.

482
00:17:54,533 --> 00:17:56,633
(woman) 
The police have 
found a body

483
00:17:56,733 --> 00:17:57,933
here in the village.

484
00:17:58,033 --> 00:17:59,100
A body?

485
00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:01,033
(Bernice) 
Oh, Edward, 
that's terrible.

486
00:18:01,133 --> 00:18:02,633
(Jane Wymark) 
She wasn't 
a huge star then.

487
00:18:02,733 --> 00:18:04,633
She just has a kind 
of truthfulness

488
00:18:04,733 --> 00:18:05,800
as an actor.

489
00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:08,333
I was just gobsmacked.

490
00:18:08,433 --> 00:18:12,300
She had that extraordinary 
ability of being

491
00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,466
a hundred percent 
within the part.

492
00:18:14,566 --> 00:18:15,966
(Bernice) 
I just know 
you're going to win.

493
00:18:16,066 --> 00:18:17,566
I'll be cheering for you 
all the way.

494
00:18:17,666 --> 00:18:19,533
Oh, for God's sake, 
leave me alone, will you?

495
00:18:19,633 --> 00:18:21,833
(Jane Wymark) 
She just can't step 
an emotional foot wrong.

496
00:18:21,933 --> 00:18:23,966
I don't think she could 
do it if she tried.

497
00:18:24,066 --> 00:18:28,233
(Bernice) 
She didn't like me putting 
flowers on the graves.

498
00:18:28,333 --> 00:18:29,466
She smashed them.

499
00:18:29,566 --> 00:18:31,733
(hammer knocking)

500
00:18:31,833 --> 00:18:34,100
♪

501
00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:35,100
So I smashed her.

502
00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,400
(ominous music)

503
00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:39,866
♪ And the green grass grows 
all around, all around ♪

504
00:18:39,966 --> 00:18:42,566
♪ And the green grass 
grows all around ♪

505
00:18:42,666 --> 00:18:44,900
(John Nettles) 
I'm not in 
the least surprised

506
00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,066
that she has gone on 
to be a great lady

507
00:18:47,166 --> 00:18:48,233
of English acting.

508
00:18:48,333 --> 00:18:50,166
Not at all surprised.

509
00:18:51,766 --> 00:18:53,366
(female narrator) 
But amongst a cast 
of more than

510
00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:55,933
1,000 actors 
over 23 series,

511
00:18:56,033 --> 00:18:58,266
there have been 
some surprises.

512
00:18:58,366 --> 00:19:00,133
(Laura) 
You still seeing that girl?

513
00:19:00,233 --> 00:19:04,300
I wonder what she'd say 
if she knew about me.

514
00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:05,700
(Peter) 
Get lost, Laura.

515
00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,333
(Jane Wymark) 
I used to do mentoring 
at the Guildhall School,

516
00:19:08,433 --> 00:19:10,433
and one of my mentees 
was Orlando Bloom,

517
00:19:10,533 --> 00:19:11,833
and the minute I met him, 
I knew he was going

518
00:19:11,933 --> 00:19:13,200
to be a movie star.

519
00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:15,800
And so, I read the current 
script and I thought, well,

520
00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:17,466
Orlando could do that 
so easily.

521
00:19:17,566 --> 00:19:19,733
So, I put his name forward 
to the casting director

522
00:19:19,833 --> 00:19:21,100
and there you go.

523
00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,066
-You're Peter Drinkwater? 
-And you're police.

524
00:19:23,166 --> 00:19:25,466
It's the same smell, 
you can always tell.

525
00:19:25,566 --> 00:19:26,866
(engine revs)

526
00:19:26,966 --> 00:19:28,433
(Jane Wymark) 
And then he went on 
to be an elf,

527
00:19:28,533 --> 00:19:29,433
there you are.

528
00:19:29,533 --> 00:19:30,933
(laughs)

529
00:19:31,033 --> 00:19:32,600
(female narrator) 
And "Midsomer" was 
the starting point

530
00:19:32,700 --> 00:19:34,400
for another 
British movie star,

531
00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:37,166
spotted here by "Harry Potter's" 
David Bradley,

532
00:19:37,266 --> 00:19:40,166
who's worked with a fair 
few budding actors himself.

533
00:19:40,266 --> 00:19:42,433
Nice day for it, youngin'.

534
00:19:42,533 --> 00:19:45,333
It was my last episode, 
and there was his young boy,

535
00:19:45,433 --> 00:19:49,400
really handsome, and he was 
quite a gentle soul.

536
00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:50,533
Really nice guy.

537
00:19:50,633 --> 00:19:51,766
I just thought, 
"I hope he doesn't

538
00:19:51,866 --> 00:19:53,966
get eaten up and spat out 
by this business."

539
00:19:54,066 --> 00:19:56,233
I will drive 
straight over you.

540
00:19:56,333 --> 00:19:57,366
(engine revs)

541
00:19:57,466 --> 00:19:59,033
(horn honks)

542
00:19:59,133 --> 00:20:01,500
(Daniel Casey) 
Henry Cavill went on to do 
rather well for himself.

543
00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,166
♪

544
00:20:03,266 --> 00:20:05,933
(female narrator) 
Unfortunately for the 
future star of Superman,

545
00:20:06,033 --> 00:20:07,533
Henry's Kryptonian powers

546
00:20:07,633 --> 00:20:09,133
weren't quite 
developed enough

547
00:20:09,233 --> 00:20:11,533
to save him from death 
by "Midsomer."

548
00:20:13,133 --> 00:20:14,333
(gunshot)

549
00:20:16,666 --> 00:20:18,533
But there was one 
fleeting appearance

550
00:20:18,633 --> 00:20:20,200
that would blossom 
into something

551
00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:21,200
far more long-term.

552
00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:24,566
(mellow music)

553
00:20:24,666 --> 00:20:26,533
Excuse me.

554
00:20:26,633 --> 00:20:28,800
(Jane Wymark) 
Neil actually had appeared 
in "Midsomer Murders"

555
00:20:28,900 --> 00:20:32,400
in a fairly early series, 
I think, playing a gardener.

556
00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:33,800
(cork pops)

557
00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:35,266
(coughs)

558
00:20:35,366 --> 00:20:36,366
(Neil Dudgeon) 
He spent a lot of time 
in the hothouse

559
00:20:36,466 --> 00:20:38,933
being quizzed and being 
generally suspicious.

560
00:20:39,033 --> 00:20:40,133
(woman) 
Where are you going?

561
00:20:40,233 --> 00:20:41,366
Back to the garden.

562
00:20:41,466 --> 00:20:43,133
I'm a gardener, remember?

563
00:20:43,233 --> 00:20:45,800
(Jane Wymark) 
A particularly 
randy gardener

564
00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:47,733
who flirted 
with Joyce Barnaby,

565
00:20:47,833 --> 00:20:49,466
much to Tom's irritation.

566
00:20:49,566 --> 00:20:51,566
(Daniel) 
Brought you a few 
Pennington gems.

567
00:20:51,666 --> 00:20:53,633
(Joyce) 
Well, that's very 
kind of you, Daniel.

568
00:20:53,733 --> 00:20:56,133
(Daniel) 
Bear in mind, 
the White Bedder is vigorous.

569
00:20:56,233 --> 00:20:58,100
(Jane Wymark) 
I think that was 
the only time

570
00:20:58,200 --> 00:20:59,833
anybody flirted 
with Joyce Barnaby.

571
00:20:59,933 --> 00:21:01,100
I'll be quite happy 
to come back

572
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,166
and make sure everything's 
is nicely...

573
00:21:04,266 --> 00:21:05,366
Bedded in?

574
00:21:05,466 --> 00:21:07,400
(Jane Wymark) 
That was a fun day of filming.

575
00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,500
(Daniel) 
Right, well, 
I'll be off then.

576
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:10,966
(Neil Dudgeon) 
I'd already watched the show 
since the beginning

577
00:21:11,066 --> 00:21:12,133
and loved it,

578
00:21:12,233 --> 00:21:14,566
so when my agent 
rang up and said,

579
00:21:14,666 --> 00:21:15,866
"Oh, they've offered you 
an episode of 'Midsomer.'"

580
00:21:15,966 --> 00:21:16,900
And I said, 
"Oh, that'd be fantastic,

581
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:17,900
that'd be brilliant."

582
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:18,966
So I jumped 
at the chance,

583
00:21:19,066 --> 00:21:22,966
little thinking 
that I might return

584
00:21:23,066 --> 00:21:25,133
for a longer stay.

585
00:21:25,233 --> 00:21:28,000
(female narrator) 
It was nine years later 
when the moment finally came

586
00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:31,100
for DCI Tom Barnaby 
and actor John Nettles

587
00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,566
to retire from this hotspot 
of murder and mayhem.

588
00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:38,533
Whoa! Champagne!

589
00:21:38,633 --> 00:21:40,000
Well, I did it for 13 years.

590
00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:42,433
A long, long time.

591
00:21:42,533 --> 00:21:45,633
I was getting on for 70, 
and I couldn't run anymore.

592
00:21:45,733 --> 00:21:47,233
I couldn't think 
of any more reactions

593
00:21:47,333 --> 00:21:48,866
to dead bodies, 
to be honest with you,

594
00:21:48,966 --> 00:21:50,166
I couldn't.

595
00:21:50,266 --> 00:21:51,866
(Barnaby) 
So, we're saying 
it's suspicious?

596
00:21:51,966 --> 00:21:54,266
(Dr. Bullard) 
Well, the question is, 
was she dead before immersion?

597
00:21:54,366 --> 00:21:56,666
There's no obvious 
signs of struggle.

598
00:21:56,766 --> 00:21:59,233
I'll know more 
when I've opened her up, Tom.

599
00:21:59,333 --> 00:22:00,300
Tom?

600
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:02,500
Sir?

601
00:22:03,900 --> 00:22:06,333
Oh, yeah, well I suppose 
I'd better get changed.

602
00:22:06,433 --> 00:22:08,800
(Ian Strachan) 
When John decided to retire,

603
00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:11,533
we started quite a long process

604
00:22:11,633 --> 00:22:17,966
of quite a long list 
of potential replacements.

605
00:22:18,066 --> 00:22:20,533
(female narrator) 
After two years, 
it was finally decided

606
00:22:20,633 --> 00:22:23,733
that Neil Dudgeon 
was the man for the job.

607
00:22:23,833 --> 00:22:25,566
(telephone ringing)

608
00:22:25,666 --> 00:22:26,566
Barnaby.

609
00:22:26,666 --> 00:22:27,633
-It's John. 
-Oh, John!

610
00:22:27,733 --> 00:22:29,500
He was on everybody's 
shortlist.

611
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,000
This isn't personal, 
is it, Tom?

612
00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:32,266
Oh, no, no.

613
00:22:32,366 --> 00:22:34,533
This is preventative detection.

614
00:22:34,633 --> 00:22:38,033
Okay, I'll dig 
a little deeper.

615
00:22:38,133 --> 00:22:40,533
(female narrator) 
But there was something 
of an unusual hurdle

616
00:22:40,633 --> 00:22:44,033
for anyone replacing 
Inspector Tom Barnaby.

617
00:22:44,133 --> 00:22:46,633
(Neil Dudgeon) 
In Britain, "Midsomer Murders" 
is known as "Midsomer Murders,"

618
00:22:46,733 --> 00:22:48,800
whereas in a lot of territories 
around the world,

619
00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:51,000
it's called "Barnaby" 
or "Inspector Barnaby."

620
00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:53,333
So somebody came up with 
the idea that Tom Barnaby,

621
00:22:53,433 --> 00:22:56,600
John Nettles' character, 
has a cousin who's also

622
00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:58,400
a police detective 
chief inspector,

623
00:22:58,500 --> 00:22:59,900
and his name, of course, 
being his cousin,

624
00:23:00,066 --> 00:23:01,200
is John Barnaby.

625
00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:02,500
That was miraculous!

626
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:04,266
Ha-ha-ha!

627
00:23:04,366 --> 00:23:10,466
(Jason Hughes) 
Yeah, he was a cousin who had 
come from...cousin lands.

628
00:23:10,566 --> 00:23:15,033
This is the new DCI Barnaby, 
cousin of the other DCI Barnaby.

629
00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:16,300
Oh.

630
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,666
(Neil Dudgeon) 
And I certainly didn't think,

631
00:23:17,766 --> 00:23:19,166
"Oh, I want to go to 'Midsomer' 
and change anything."

632
00:23:19,266 --> 00:23:21,000
I'll go to 'Midsomer' 
and do what John was doing.

633
00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,166
It was brilliant, 
it's a great show.

634
00:23:23,266 --> 00:23:25,233
(Barnaby) 
You're the local, 
you take it.

635
00:23:25,333 --> 00:23:26,833
(gate creaking)

636
00:23:26,933 --> 00:23:29,466
My first scene 
as John Barnaby,

637
00:23:29,566 --> 00:23:32,300
once John had left 
and I'd kind of moved in,

638
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:33,966
it was in this sort of 
pathology lab,

639
00:23:34,066 --> 00:23:35,866
and then all these people 
came in this little room,

640
00:23:35,966 --> 00:23:37,533
and they're all 
having a look, going,

641
00:23:37,633 --> 00:23:38,533
"Can he do it?

642
00:23:38,633 --> 00:23:39,600
Is he going to be all right?

643
00:23:39,700 --> 00:23:40,600
Is this okay or are 
we all gonna be looking

644
00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:42,466
for another job next week?"

645
00:23:42,566 --> 00:23:47,000
(Barnaby) 
But somehow we have to encompass 
this little news item.

646
00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:49,200
"Palmer was never keen 
on driving the Lotus X4,

647
00:23:49,300 --> 00:23:52,633
because being 
a left-hander,

648
00:23:52,733 --> 00:23:54,666
he found the positioning 
of the gear lever

649
00:23:54,766 --> 00:23:56,033
more awkward than usual."

650
00:23:56,133 --> 00:23:58,966
See, right-handed headshot, 
easy-peasy,

651
00:23:59,066 --> 00:24:00,400
bang as per your photos.

652
00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:05,000
But, as a lefty, 
damn near impossible.

653
00:24:05,100 --> 00:24:06,800
Conclusion?

654
00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:10,100
(whimsical music)

655
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,266
Precisely.

656
00:24:12,366 --> 00:24:13,566
See you later.

657
00:24:13,666 --> 00:24:16,400
♪

658
00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:17,900
(female narrator) 
But the real test would come

659
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,666
when we saw the new 
Inspector Barnaby on TV,

660
00:24:20,766 --> 00:24:24,533
along with his wife, 
Sarah, and dog, Sykes.

661
00:24:24,633 --> 00:24:26,366
(Fiona Dolman) 
When we first took over,

662
00:24:26,466 --> 00:24:28,133
there was lots of talk 
of there being, sort of,

663
00:24:28,233 --> 00:24:30,466
"big shoes" to fill.

664
00:24:30,566 --> 00:24:32,933
I think, for fans, 
there was a mixed reaction,

665
00:24:33,033 --> 00:24:34,700
I think at the beginning.

666
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,466
(woman) 
Mr. Barnaby, 
Mrs. Barnaby!

667
00:24:36,566 --> 00:24:38,300
(Fiona Dolman) 
I was certainly concerned,

668
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,266
but, actually, 
the reception was very warm.

669
00:24:41,366 --> 00:24:43,300
(Barnaby) 
I hope Sykes didn't 
disgrace himself.

670
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,000
(woman) 
Oh, he did make some 
amorous advances

671
00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:48,233
towards two of my bitches, 
which wasn't the best of starts.

672
00:24:48,333 --> 00:24:49,833
But, I think from Sykes's 
point of view,

673
00:24:49,933 --> 00:24:52,033
it was top banana.

674
00:24:52,133 --> 00:24:53,600
Consider him part of the pack.

675
00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:55,300
(Sarah) 
Fantastic news, thank you.

676
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,500
I get people who sort of 
see me in the street and go,

677
00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,400
"Oh, yeah, you're the new 
Mrs. Barnaby, aren't you?"

678
00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:01,700
And you think, "I've been 
doing it for 10 years.

679
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,700
How long do I need to do it?"

680
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,033
(Neil Dudgeon) 
Here we are, ten, 
twelve years later,

681
00:25:06,133 --> 00:25:09,066
It's...we're still here 
talking about it,

682
00:25:09,166 --> 00:25:10,466
so, fingers crossed.

683
00:25:10,566 --> 00:25:11,900
(theme music)

684
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,166
(female narrator) 
Coming up:

685
00:25:13,266 --> 00:25:15,666
How "Midsomer Murders" 
went on to make a killing

686
00:25:15,766 --> 00:25:17,133
around the world.

687
00:25:17,233 --> 00:25:19,133
(voiceover in French)

688
00:25:19,233 --> 00:25:20,833
It's just great in French.

689
00:25:20,933 --> 00:25:24,533
(female narrator) 
And Midsomer's greatest mystery 
is finally solved.

690
00:25:24,633 --> 00:25:25,766
(Jeff Povey) 
A lot of people think 
it's the same village

691
00:25:25,866 --> 00:25:27,233
we keep going to.

692
00:25:27,333 --> 00:25:28,733
(Jane Wymark) 
They look at you 
and then they say,

693
00:25:28,833 --> 00:25:31,466
"There can't be anybody 
left alive in that village."

694
00:25:31,566 --> 00:25:33,366
(upbeat music)

695
00:25:33,466 --> 00:25:35,533
(female narrator) 
In the Oxfordshire town 
of Thame,

696
00:25:35,633 --> 00:25:37,233
a place that has 
featured regularly

697
00:25:37,333 --> 00:25:39,333
as the fictional town 
of Causton,

698
00:25:39,433 --> 00:25:42,300
a "Midsomer Murders" 
guided tour is in full swing.

699
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,000
♪

700
00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:48,733
(guide) 
Here we are, at, um, 
Causton Town Hall,

701
00:25:48,833 --> 00:25:51,000
the center of Midsomer County.

702
00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:53,800
Of course, 
it's not really Causton.

703
00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:57,433
We are actually outside 
Thame's Town Hall,

704
00:25:57,533 --> 00:25:59,700
as you can see.

705
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,466
(female narrator) 
Indeed, one of 
the key attractions

706
00:26:01,566 --> 00:26:04,766
of "Midsomer Murders" is 
its quintessentially English

707
00:26:04,866 --> 00:26:06,933
chocolate box setting.

708
00:26:08,766 --> 00:26:10,433
(Neil Dudgeon) 
The countryside's 
is very important, I think.

709
00:26:10,533 --> 00:26:12,233
When I used to watch it 
before I was in the show,

710
00:26:12,333 --> 00:26:13,633
I'd be on the sofa 
with my wife,

711
00:26:13,733 --> 00:26:16,033
and you'd have this opening shot 
of some beautiful village,

712
00:26:16,133 --> 00:26:19,533
and a Norman church 
and lovely thatched cottages.

713
00:26:19,633 --> 00:26:20,800
And we were sort of 
intrigued as to,

714
00:26:20,900 --> 00:26:21,800
"Where do they film that?

715
00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:22,800
It's so beautiful."

716
00:26:22,900 --> 00:26:24,033
And I still kind of...

717
00:26:24,133 --> 00:26:25,233
I find myself in 
a beautiful village like this,

718
00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:27,400
and I say, 
"Where are we, exactly?"

719
00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:29,466
(crack of bat, applause)

720
00:26:29,566 --> 00:26:33,200
(Ian Strachan) 
Midsomer is, well, it's along 
the M4 and M40 corridor,

721
00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:34,633
usually west.

722
00:26:34,733 --> 00:26:37,633
It's Hertfordshire, 
it's Oxfordshire,

723
00:26:37,733 --> 00:26:41,166
it's Buckinghamshire, 
anywhere the script demands.

724
00:26:42,266 --> 00:26:43,566
(female narrator) 
Hear that, dear viewers?

725
00:26:43,666 --> 00:26:45,133
A script.

726
00:26:45,233 --> 00:26:46,300
Because Midsomer,

727
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,233
home of the national collection 
of rural murders,

728
00:26:49,333 --> 00:26:52,766
is, we must remind you, 
a completely fictional place.

729
00:26:52,866 --> 00:26:54,466
(Jason Hughes) 
I don't know 
how many times

730
00:26:54,566 --> 00:26:57,000
I've had to sort of explain that 
to people who go,

731
00:26:57,100 --> 00:26:59,166
"This little village 
and all these murders?"

732
00:26:59,266 --> 00:27:00,266
They look at you first.

733
00:27:00,366 --> 00:27:03,566
They set it up as a gag, 
and then they say,

734
00:27:03,666 --> 00:27:06,333
"There can't be anybody 
left alive in that village."

735
00:27:06,433 --> 00:27:07,800
"Bet it's cheap to buy a house."

736
00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:09,133
A lot of people think 
it's the same village

737
00:27:09,233 --> 00:27:11,866
we keep going to, 
but it's not.

738
00:27:11,966 --> 00:27:12,933
We make up the names.

739
00:27:13,033 --> 00:27:14,566
Gotta hammer that home, 
it's not.

740
00:27:14,666 --> 00:27:16,166
It's not a village.

741
00:27:16,266 --> 00:27:18,000
It's a county, everybody.

742
00:27:18,100 --> 00:27:19,266
Not a village.

743
00:27:19,366 --> 00:27:21,533
(dramatic music)

744
00:27:21,633 --> 00:27:27,500
(Jeff Povey) 
It is a huge English county 
made up of beautiful villages.

745
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,166
And made up of people 
who are insane,

746
00:27:30,266 --> 00:27:32,300
who want to kill people.

747
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,033
(woman) 
Suddenly, there was a rather 
weighty object in my hand,

748
00:27:35,133 --> 00:27:36,700
and, well...

749
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:37,700
What can I say?

750
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,633
She stepped out 
in front of it.

751
00:27:39,733 --> 00:27:43,533
(announcer) 
Let's put Solomon Gorge 
on the Psycho map.

752
00:27:43,633 --> 00:27:44,533
Are you ready?

753
00:27:44,633 --> 00:27:45,866
(cheering)

754
00:27:45,966 --> 00:27:47,666
Three, two...

755
00:27:47,766 --> 00:27:51,200
(female narrator) 
Over 25 years, 
Midsomer County, not village,

756
00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:53,800
has delivered an impressive 
number of murders--

757
00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:56,266
nearly 400, 
at the last count,

758
00:27:56,366 --> 00:28:02,300
with ever-imaginative new ways 
to tax the Causton police.

759
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:06,233
(Jane Wymark) 
I think what's genius about it 
is that it manages

760
00:28:06,333 --> 00:28:09,100
to marry together 
all of the components

761
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,366
of your Agatha Christie, 
Margery Allingham,

762
00:28:11,466 --> 00:28:13,433
you know, all the greats 
of the golden age

763
00:28:13,533 --> 00:28:15,566
of whodunnits in England

764
00:28:15,666 --> 00:28:18,200
while being nominally 
contemporary.

765
00:28:18,300 --> 00:28:20,166
(John Nettles) 
This is the essential 
contradiction,

766
00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:22,900
all these beautiful, 
look-at-me villages,

767
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,166
the half-timbered cottages 
and so forth.

768
00:28:25,266 --> 00:28:27,966
All this is subverted of course, 
in "Midsomer Murders,"

769
00:28:28,066 --> 00:28:31,533
because your dear old lady 
is a homicidal maniac.

770
00:28:31,633 --> 00:28:33,000
All human life is there.

771
00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:38,866
That chocolate box image is 
frayed slightly in Midsomer.

772
00:28:38,966 --> 00:28:41,933
(woman) 
I always say that 
if Jesus had played a sport,

773
00:28:42,033 --> 00:28:43,966
I'm sure it would 
have been cricket.

774
00:28:44,066 --> 00:28:46,800
Come in!

775
00:28:46,900 --> 00:28:49,266
(Jane Wymark) 
You're looking at beautiful 
cottages and gardens

776
00:28:49,366 --> 00:28:53,300
while fetishism is going on 
in the background.

777
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,000
(breathing heavily)

778
00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:58,266
Behold, I was shapen 
in wickedness.

779
00:28:58,366 --> 00:29:00,133
(Neil Dudgeon) 
People just like to see,

780
00:29:00,233 --> 00:29:01,400
especially somewhere 
where you think,

781
00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:02,766
"This is all so beautiful, 
isn't it?

782
00:29:02,866 --> 00:29:04,200
This is all lovely.

783
00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:06,600
Oh, my goodness, that man's 
been eaten by wild boar."

784
00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:09,500
(Kate) 
Most of his chest 
and stomach are gone.

785
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:10,933
Not to get too technical 
about it,

786
00:29:11,033 --> 00:29:14,366
I'd say he's been 
eaten by something.

787
00:29:14,466 --> 00:29:16,433
That sort of contrast 
of one with the other,

788
00:29:16,533 --> 00:29:19,566
I think, is sort of rich 
and appealing to us,

789
00:29:19,666 --> 00:29:22,166
in some human way.

790
00:29:22,266 --> 00:29:25,300
(female narrator) 
It might seem like 
the most British of TV dramas,

791
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,466
but you might be surprised 
to hear that Midsomer

792
00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:29,266
is exceptionally 
well-traveled.

793
00:29:29,366 --> 00:29:30,966
(tense music)

794
00:29:31,066 --> 00:29:33,966
(voiceover in Spanish)

795
00:29:40,066 --> 00:29:42,433
The international appeal 
of "Midsomer" is something

796
00:29:42,533 --> 00:29:43,433
a lot of people 
don't know about.

797
00:29:43,533 --> 00:29:47,633
(voiceover in Spanish)

798
00:29:47,733 --> 00:29:49,433
It's massive in Scandinavia, 
it's huge in Europe,

799
00:29:49,533 --> 00:29:51,633
and Australia, 
New Zealand, love it,

800
00:29:51,733 --> 00:29:52,966
and it's now in America.

801
00:29:53,066 --> 00:29:54,433
When I signed up to the job, 
I didn't know that.

802
00:29:54,533 --> 00:29:56,566
(foreign language voiceover)

803
00:29:56,666 --> 00:29:59,000
(Nick Hendrix) 
Yeah, I got recognized 
on my honeymoon in Vietnam,

804
00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:00,166
of all places.

805
00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:03,333
And I was just like, 
"Man, this is crazy."

806
00:30:03,433 --> 00:30:04,833
(voiceover in French)

807
00:30:04,933 --> 00:30:06,500
John Kinsella.

808
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,133
(loud thud, grunt)

809
00:30:08,233 --> 00:30:11,700
It's just great in French, 
because the man voicing me,

810
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,533
he has the most beautiful 
voice in the world,

811
00:30:14,633 --> 00:30:18,233
and he made Tom Barnaby 
sound like the most kind,

812
00:30:18,333 --> 00:30:21,633
loving man 
God ever put breath into.

813
00:30:21,733 --> 00:30:24,633
(voiceover in French)

814
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,866
(voiceover in foreign language)

815
00:30:30,966 --> 00:30:32,433
(Neil Dudgeon) 
Denmark is one 
of the countries

816
00:30:32,533 --> 00:30:35,633
that has been a great supporter 
of "Midsomer."

817
00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:40,100
When we got to the hundredth 
episode of "Midsomer,"

818
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,800
as a kind of celebration 
and a sort of a thank you

819
00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:44,000
to the international audience,

820
00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:45,433
somebody came up 
with the brilliant idea

821
00:30:45,533 --> 00:30:48,700
of setting part of the 100th 
episode in Denmark.

822
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,900
We were in Copenhagen 
with some lovely actors

823
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,566
who I'd only just stopped 
watching in "The Killing."

824
00:30:54,666 --> 00:30:56,600
(Barnaby) 
Everything here tallies 
with the crime scene

825
00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:58,466
at the Calders factory,

826
00:30:58,566 --> 00:31:02,066
which means 
he was killed in Midsomer.

827
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,166
And that makes him 
your problem.

828
00:31:05,266 --> 00:31:06,366
(Neil Dudgeon) 
Ann Eleonora Jorgensen,

829
00:31:06,466 --> 00:31:07,633
she played the mother 
in "The Killing,"

830
00:31:07,733 --> 00:31:09,133
they said, 
"What are you doing next?"

831
00:31:09,233 --> 00:31:10,633
She said, "I'm doing an episode 
of 'Midsomer Murders.' "

832
00:31:10,733 --> 00:31:12,233
They go, 
"You're doing an episode

833
00:31:12,333 --> 00:31:13,633
of 'Midsomer Murders'?

834
00:31:13,733 --> 00:31:14,766
That's fantastic."

835
00:31:14,866 --> 00:31:16,866
She said 
they just go bonkers

836
00:31:16,966 --> 00:31:19,066
for anything to do with 
"Midsomer Murders" in Denmark.

837
00:31:19,166 --> 00:31:20,700
(Ian Strachan) 
We're treated incredibly well.

838
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,633
The name "Midsomer" 
or "Barnaby"

839
00:31:22,733 --> 00:31:24,000
open doors 
you would not believe.

840
00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,600
We were allowed to film 
outside the Royal Palace,

841
00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:29,800
we filmed inside Copenhagen's 
police headquarters.

842
00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:32,966
And we had a fantastic 
couple of weeks in Denmark.

843
00:31:33,066 --> 00:31:35,833
And I think it made 
for a very good episode.

844
00:31:35,933 --> 00:31:37,600
(Birgitte) 
You're sneaky.

845
00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:39,266
That impresses me.

846
00:31:39,366 --> 00:31:41,900
(Barnaby) 
Well, I'm glad you're impressed.

847
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,700
(theme music)

848
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,066
(female narrator) 
Coming up:

849
00:31:45,166 --> 00:31:48,233
Midsomer's greatest murderer 
is finally unmasked.

850
00:31:48,333 --> 00:31:51,900
I believe I've killed 18 people 
and I'm still at large.

851
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,000
(female narrator) 
And how Midsomer dines out 
on the most savory of deaths.

852
00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:58,900
(clattering thud)

853
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,566
♪

854
00:32:02,666 --> 00:32:05,200
"Midsomer Murders" 
has found a unique place

855
00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:06,600
in television history

856
00:32:06,700 --> 00:32:09,733
not just because it's been 
killing people off for 25 years,

857
00:32:09,833 --> 00:32:13,033
or the volume of deaths 
it manages to squeeze

858
00:32:13,133 --> 00:32:15,066
into each episode.

859
00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:16,666
No, it's the way 
they kill 'em

860
00:32:16,766 --> 00:32:19,333
that's really caught 
our imagination.

861
00:32:19,433 --> 00:32:21,866
(John Nettles) 
The great joy about 
"Midsomer Murders," one of them,

862
00:32:21,966 --> 00:32:26,133
is that, for the slightest 
reason, people will kill.

863
00:32:26,233 --> 00:32:27,866
(woman) 
What are you doing?

864
00:32:27,966 --> 00:32:28,866
I was just...

865
00:32:28,966 --> 00:32:30,033
(scream)

866
00:32:30,133 --> 00:32:31,033
(thud)

867
00:32:31,133 --> 00:32:32,433
She fell!

868
00:32:32,533 --> 00:32:34,333
(John Nettles) 
They don't have to have 
a great motive.

869
00:32:34,433 --> 00:32:35,633
(engine revs)

870
00:32:35,733 --> 00:32:37,266
(Jason Hughes) 
Very short tempers.

871
00:32:37,366 --> 00:32:40,233
In Midsomer, you don't 
wanna go upsetting

872
00:32:40,333 --> 00:32:41,333
the apple cart down there, 
mate.

873
00:32:41,433 --> 00:32:45,200
Just wanted to shut him up,

874
00:32:45,300 --> 00:32:48,700
and the bowling machine 
was right there.

875
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,266
(Neil Dudgeon) 
There are many 
favorite odd ways

876
00:32:51,366 --> 00:32:53,766
that people have found 
to kill other people.

877
00:32:53,866 --> 00:32:55,900
♪

878
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,533
(gunshot)

879
00:32:57,633 --> 00:33:00,266
It's not your urban murdery 
thing where, oh,

880
00:33:00,366 --> 00:33:02,900
it's some sort of drug-addled 
mugging goes wrong.

881
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,366
(splash)

882
00:33:04,466 --> 00:33:07,566
They're sort of escapist deaths, 
fun deaths.

883
00:33:07,666 --> 00:33:09,000
♪

884
00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:10,666
(female narrator) 
Over 22 series,

885
00:33:10,766 --> 00:33:13,900
the pressure to deliver 
ever more outlandish deaths

886
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,666
has proved 
a grisly challenge

887
00:33:15,766 --> 00:33:17,900
for the writers 
and set designers.

888
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,233
♪

889
00:33:20,333 --> 00:33:21,966
(Nick Hendrix) 
I loved the human candle,

890
00:33:22,066 --> 00:33:24,166
which was particularly amazing 
to just see on set, actually,

891
00:33:24,266 --> 00:33:25,766
the way that they made 
this sort of

892
00:33:25,866 --> 00:33:27,300
entire wax body.

893
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,466
(Dr. Perkins) 
The human Roman candle.

894
00:33:29,566 --> 00:33:33,200
One of Nero's favorite ways 
to kill naughty Christians.

895
00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:35,766
(Neil Dudgeon) 
My favorite deaths in the show?

896
00:33:35,866 --> 00:33:37,833
There are so many 
to choose from over the years.

897
00:33:37,933 --> 00:33:40,700
There's an episode called 
"The Dark Rider."

898
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,000
It opened, there was 
a storm over this castle.

899
00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:45,966
(dramatic music)

900
00:33:46,066 --> 00:33:49,900
In the storm, he looks down 
and sees a headless horseman.

901
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,533
♪

902
00:33:51,633 --> 00:33:52,933
(scream)

903
00:33:53,033 --> 00:33:54,800
(horse whinnying)

904
00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:58,133
♪

905
00:33:58,233 --> 00:33:59,966
And I love it when I'm reading 
an episode and think,

906
00:34:00,133 --> 00:34:02,466
"How are we going 
to sort of justify

907
00:34:02,566 --> 00:34:06,233
he, and we, have seen 
a headless horseman?

908
00:34:06,333 --> 00:34:11,633
♪

909
00:34:11,733 --> 00:34:14,400
-Eye holes. 
-But no current occupant.

910
00:34:15,933 --> 00:34:18,000
(female narrator) 
And fans on our tourist trail

911
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:20,100
are about to discover 
the location

912
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,600
of one of "Midsomer's" 
most infamous crimes.

913
00:34:23,700 --> 00:34:24,900
(Barnaby) 
Everything in this village

914
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,233
centers around one thing: 
the dairy.

915
00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:31,900
(guide) 
So, this is the beautiful, 
picturesque village of Turville,

916
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,633
which has been used frequently 
not only in "Midsomer Murders,"

917
00:34:34,733 --> 00:34:37,866
but in "The Vicar of Dibley" 
and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

918
00:34:37,966 --> 00:34:40,333
In fact, you can see 
at the top of the hill

919
00:34:40,433 --> 00:34:44,166
the very windmill that was used 
in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

920
00:34:44,266 --> 00:34:47,433
And of course, 
also in "Schooled in Murder,"

921
00:34:47,533 --> 00:34:50,533
the episode where 
it particularly featured

922
00:34:50,633 --> 00:34:53,933
in "Midsomer Murders."

923
00:34:54,033 --> 00:34:57,933
(Jeff Povey) 
The cheese one is the one 
that everyone absolutely loves.

924
00:34:58,033 --> 00:35:00,200
(tense music)

925
00:35:00,300 --> 00:35:01,700
Hello?

926
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:02,800
People are forever saying,

927
00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:04,200
"Oh, the one with 
Martine McCutcheon."

928
00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:06,500
What are you playing at?

929
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,866
Because I'm not 
in the mood for games.

930
00:35:09,966 --> 00:35:11,666
Not today.

931
00:35:11,766 --> 00:35:14,266
♪

932
00:35:14,366 --> 00:35:16,900
(clattering thud)

933
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,266
♪

934
00:35:20,366 --> 00:35:21,633
(heavy thud)

935
00:35:21,733 --> 00:35:24,666
Crushed by wheels of cheese.

936
00:35:24,766 --> 00:35:25,900
Brilliant.

937
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,033
And I think that's 
really sort of clever.

938
00:35:28,133 --> 00:35:30,700
-Have we got a murder weapon? 
-You're standing in it.

939
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,500
(Fiona Dolman) 
We kill people with cheese.

940
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,400
There isn't another program, 
I think, that can do that.

941
00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:37,566
I mean, the writers,

942
00:35:37,666 --> 00:35:41,833
whoever are thinking up 
all of these murders,

943
00:35:41,933 --> 00:35:43,866
how they keep going, 
finding new ones,

944
00:35:43,966 --> 00:35:45,300
I'll never know.

945
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,666
(Jeff Povey) 
Picking a murder out of the air 
is amazing.

946
00:35:47,766 --> 00:35:50,300
I spend most of the year 
sending texts to myself, saying,

947
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:51,400
"This would be 
a great murder."

948
00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:53,900
"Oh, this would be 
an even better one."

949
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,133
(gunshot)

950
00:35:55,233 --> 00:35:56,666
(Announcer) 
Over the past eight years,

951
00:35:56,766 --> 00:35:59,733
writer Jeff Povey has come up 
with some of "Midsomer's"

952
00:35:59,833 --> 00:36:02,366
most talked-about deaths.

953
00:36:02,466 --> 00:36:03,900
Hooking in some deadly 
fishing...

954
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:07,566
(Jeff Povey) 
The man in the vat of worms, 
he was killed,

955
00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:10,166
and then dragged 
into the tackle shop.

956
00:36:10,266 --> 00:36:11,466
But the actor was amazing.

957
00:36:11,566 --> 00:36:13,066
He said, 
"Yeah, I'll get in there,

958
00:36:13,166 --> 00:36:15,233
and they can crawl over me 
if they want."

959
00:36:15,333 --> 00:36:18,166
(female narrator) 
Creepy comic book capers...

960
00:36:18,266 --> 00:36:21,600
and a somewhat gruesome 
adventure in the art world.

961
00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:24,033
(Jeff Povey) 
I had one where 
he was drowned in paint.

962
00:36:24,133 --> 00:36:25,766
(Barnaby) 
You know what they say, 
Nelson.

963
00:36:25,866 --> 00:36:29,333
In art, everything has 
a deeper meaning.

964
00:36:29,433 --> 00:36:31,266
(Jeff Povey) 
I think the process 
for a spectacular death is,

965
00:36:31,366 --> 00:36:32,866
basically, 
what is your world?

966
00:36:32,966 --> 00:36:34,233
What are you doing here?

967
00:36:34,333 --> 00:36:36,966
(tense music)

968
00:36:37,066 --> 00:36:38,300
Come to tell me how great I am?

969
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:39,600
When I did the cricket one,

970
00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:43,533
I knew for a fact that they had 
these bowling machines

971
00:36:43,633 --> 00:36:45,933
that hurled balls down.

972
00:36:46,033 --> 00:36:47,466
(click)

973
00:36:47,566 --> 00:36:48,933
(mechanized thud)

974
00:36:49,033 --> 00:36:50,533
Now, I thought, well, 
what if you were tied up

975
00:36:50,633 --> 00:36:51,700
and you couldn't move

976
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,466
and there's 100 balls 
going 100 miles an hour?

977
00:36:53,566 --> 00:36:55,066
It's bound to kill you, 
isn't it?

978
00:36:55,166 --> 00:36:57,200
And then we talked to, 
like, a medical person.

979
00:36:57,300 --> 00:36:59,066
They said, "Well, it just takes 
one to hit them on the heart

980
00:36:59,166 --> 00:37:01,133
and it'll stop it," 
or whatever, you know.

981
00:37:01,233 --> 00:37:02,200
And you go, "Okay."

982
00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:04,200
(tense music)

983
00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:05,366
(balls thudding)

984
00:37:05,466 --> 00:37:06,900
That's probably 
one of my favorite ones,

985
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,166
because I thought 
it's very sort of visual,

986
00:37:08,266 --> 00:37:10,833
and you could feel it, 
you can really feel that.

987
00:37:10,933 --> 00:37:13,000
♪

988
00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:14,633
(balls thudding)

989
00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:17,033
(Neil Dudgeon) 
And I just think 
the writerly imagination.

990
00:37:17,133 --> 00:37:19,966
You sometimes think, 
"Oh, get help.

991
00:37:20,066 --> 00:37:21,033
Where has this come from?

992
00:37:21,133 --> 00:37:22,266
What's wrong with you?"

993
00:37:22,366 --> 00:37:24,100
There's a few good deaths 
in the next one

994
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:25,433
that's filming at the moment.

995
00:37:25,533 --> 00:37:26,433
(director) 
Camera set!

996
00:37:26,533 --> 00:37:27,600
And action!

997
00:37:27,700 --> 00:37:28,833
(man) 
As soon as you get this message,

998
00:37:28,933 --> 00:37:30,866
grab Etta 
and get to the shelter.

999
00:37:30,966 --> 00:37:32,200
(Jeff Povey) 
Including this latest episode,

1000
00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:34,500
I believe I've killed 18 people.

1001
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,133
And I'm still at large.

1002
00:37:36,233 --> 00:37:39,966
Prior to his demise, 
he called two numbers.

1003
00:37:40,066 --> 00:37:41,100
(Jeff Povey) 
It's a terrible thing to say,

1004
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:42,866
but it's great fun 
killing people.

1005
00:37:42,966 --> 00:37:44,000
It really is.

1006
00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:47,066
(laughs)

1007
00:37:47,166 --> 00:37:49,200
(female narrator) 
But come every 
Midsomer murder,

1008
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:51,133
often the first person 
at the death scene

1009
00:37:51,233 --> 00:37:53,800
is not a police officer.

1010
00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:57,100
(Kam) 
Looks like she was 
immersed in this stuff

1011
00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:58,866
when it was in liquid form.

1012
00:37:58,966 --> 00:38:02,133
(Manjinder Virk) 
For Kam, I think one 
of her favorite murders

1013
00:38:02,233 --> 00:38:05,600
possibly was the incident 
at Cooper Hill,

1014
00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:07,400
with the aliens 
and the spaceships,

1015
00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,500
because she couldn't solve it,

1016
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:12,433
(Nelson) 
So, you're saying 
this stuff's alien,

1017
00:38:12,533 --> 00:38:14,433
I'm saying it's alien to me.

1018
00:38:14,533 --> 00:38:16,000
(Manjinder Virk) 
For her, that was probably fun.

1019
00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:17,700
For the actors, 
that was probably not fun,

1020
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,766
because they had to be put 
into black bags,

1021
00:38:20,866 --> 00:38:23,200
covered in black goo.

1022
00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:26,700
I used to be very protective 
over the murdered actors,

1023
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,400
just because they had to hold 
really uncomfortable positions

1024
00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:31,400
for long periods of time.

1025
00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:33,100
I would just make sure 
there's a pillow,

1026
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,666
or they could just 
lean on something.

1027
00:38:35,766 --> 00:38:39,733
(female narrator) 
In 2016, Manjinder Virk 
became the fourth actor

1028
00:38:39,833 --> 00:38:42,933
to take on the busy role 
of Midsomer pathologist.

1029
00:38:43,033 --> 00:38:45,700
(Manjinder Virk) 
The first day on set, 
it was quite surreal.

1030
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:47,666
Please, call me Kam.

1031
00:38:47,766 --> 00:38:50,700
There was something familiar 
about being with Neil,

1032
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:52,533
it was part of my growing up.

1033
00:38:52,633 --> 00:38:53,566
(Nelson) 
Don't suppose 
there's much you can tell

1034
00:38:53,666 --> 00:38:54,666
from an empty room, 
is there?

1035
00:38:54,766 --> 00:38:56,233
Quite the opposite.

1036
00:38:56,333 --> 00:38:57,900
Right.

1037
00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,666
(Manjinder Virk) 
I took the job on 
because I liked the character

1038
00:38:59,766 --> 00:39:01,733
and I thought 
she was interesting.

1039
00:39:01,833 --> 00:39:02,733
(Kam) 
See this?

1040
00:39:02,833 --> 00:39:04,033
The weft of the carpet?

1041
00:39:04,133 --> 00:39:05,833
It's flattened in the same way.

1042
00:39:05,933 --> 00:39:08,633
(Manjinder Virk) 
I didn't realize 
that it would be part of

1043
00:39:08,733 --> 00:39:11,166
a sort of 
controversial headline,

1044
00:39:11,266 --> 00:39:13,500
because I was 
the first person of color

1045
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,066
as a regular on the show.

1046
00:39:16,166 --> 00:39:19,033
It's important 
to have this discussion.

1047
00:39:19,133 --> 00:39:20,266
And the thing 
about "Midsomer" is,

1048
00:39:20,366 --> 00:39:22,500
it's so out there 
as a show.

1049
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,900
It's important to realize that 
people from all walks of life

1050
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,266
can be represented.

1051
00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:30,400
(Sarah) 
So, how are you finding the job?

1052
00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:33,166
(Kam) 
It's not what I was 
expecting so far,

1053
00:39:33,266 --> 00:39:34,933
but I'm enjoying the challenge.

1054
00:39:35,033 --> 00:39:36,600
-Cheers. 
-Cheers.

1055
00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:38,266
(upbeat music)

1056
00:39:38,366 --> 00:39:41,100
(female narrator) 
Across the years, 
the Midsomer pathologists

1057
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,000
have had one of the most 
gruesome jobs on television,

1058
00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:46,433
and not just because 
of the criminally shapeless

1059
00:39:46,533 --> 00:39:47,733
boiler suits.

1060
00:39:47,833 --> 00:39:49,466
♪

1061
00:39:49,566 --> 00:39:53,633
(Annette Badland) 
Fleur came into the series 
peering into a vat of beer.

1062
00:39:53,733 --> 00:39:57,266
(Fleur) 
Boiled human flesh isn't 
something I work with every day,

1063
00:39:57,366 --> 00:40:00,266
so I'll need 
to consult a specialist.

1064
00:40:00,366 --> 00:40:01,900
And possibly a cookbook.

1065
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:06,166
(Annette Badland) 
I believe there have been 
five pathologists.

1066
00:40:06,266 --> 00:40:09,166
Barry Jackson played the first 
pathologist, of course.

1067
00:40:09,266 --> 00:40:10,300
(Troy) 
So, where is it, then, 
the body?

1068
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,000
(dramatic music)

1069
00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:13,533
Most of it's in the hall.

1070
00:40:13,633 --> 00:40:17,833
And I know of late, um, 
they have been often

1071
00:40:17,933 --> 00:40:19,500
the love interest 
for the sidekick.

1072
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,066
(Winter) 
Do you remember when they took 
us to watch a post-mortem

1073
00:40:21,166 --> 00:40:23,333
and the big Scottish guy 
fainted?

1074
00:40:23,433 --> 00:40:25,400
You and I had 
to take him outside.

1075
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:27,733
(Kam) 
Then you suggested we go 
across the road for sushi

1076
00:40:27,833 --> 00:40:29,000
and he nearly fainted again.

1077
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:30,600
(Winter) 
Didn't know what he was missing.

1078
00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:33,866
(Annette Badland) 
But Fleur came in 
and she was not that.

1079
00:40:33,966 --> 00:40:35,133
(door opens)

1080
00:40:35,233 --> 00:40:36,366
Sorry I'm late.

1081
00:40:36,466 --> 00:40:38,533
I was removing a chainsaw 
from a chest cavity.

1082
00:40:38,633 --> 00:40:39,966
(Nick Hendrix) 
She's a force of nature.

1083
00:40:40,066 --> 00:40:41,266
She always knows best.

1084
00:40:41,366 --> 00:40:44,266
She's always sort of 
solving the crimes for us.

1085
00:40:44,366 --> 00:40:45,800
And we're sort of 
scared of her,

1086
00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:47,566
love her, need her.

1087
00:40:47,666 --> 00:40:50,300
Fleur has wonderful 
backstories.

1088
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,666
She's part 
of a female biker gang.

1089
00:40:52,766 --> 00:40:54,700
She's been married 
in Las Vegas.

1090
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,766
(Fleur) 
It's bringing back memories 
of my first wedding.

1091
00:40:57,866 --> 00:40:59,200
(Barnaby) 
I didn't know 
you'd been married.

1092
00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:00,866
(scoffs)

1093
00:41:00,966 --> 00:41:02,900
I've been down the aisle 
a few times.

1094
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,300
Although 
it wasn't an aisle as such

1095
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:07,933
in Vegas.

1096
00:41:08,033 --> 00:41:09,733
(Nick Hendrix) 
So, Neil and I spend most 
episodes pulling looks

1097
00:41:09,833 --> 00:41:11,333
and just going, "What?"

1098
00:41:11,433 --> 00:41:12,666
(Winter) 
What's that?

1099
00:41:12,766 --> 00:41:15,833
(Fleur) 
A shinai stick, 
with modifications.

1100
00:41:15,933 --> 00:41:18,266
They use it in kendo.

1101
00:41:18,366 --> 00:41:21,166
I once shacked up 
with a local champion.

1102
00:41:21,266 --> 00:41:22,233
(Annette Badland) 
She's some girl.

1103
00:41:22,333 --> 00:41:24,100
(laughs)

1104
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,166
(Fleur) 
Enrobed, that's how 
they describe it, isn't it,

1105
00:41:27,266 --> 00:41:28,566
on the box?

1106
00:41:28,666 --> 00:41:31,200
Mind you, they're usually 
talking about a hazelnut.

1107
00:41:31,300 --> 00:41:33,533
My very favorite 
murder to explore

1108
00:41:33,633 --> 00:41:35,266
was death by chocolate.

1109
00:41:35,366 --> 00:41:37,166
(Fleur) 
I won't be able to get 
stuff out of his windpipe

1110
00:41:37,266 --> 00:41:39,133
until I get him back to the lab.

1111
00:41:39,233 --> 00:41:41,566
It'll be all the way into his 
lungs, I shouldn't wonder.

1112
00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:44,100
(Neil Dudgeon) 
Pathologists traditionally 
are shown to be

1113
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,566
rather sort of ghoulish, 
dark-humored people.

1114
00:41:47,666 --> 00:41:50,200
(Fleur) 
I'd say he died because he got 
turned into a human lolly.

1115
00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:51,600
(Nick Hendrix) 
I think humor is very important.

1116
00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:53,233
It's a light-hearted show, 
really.

1117
00:41:53,333 --> 00:41:54,866
You know, we're not 
"Line of Duty."

1118
00:41:54,966 --> 00:41:56,266
That's the point 
of "Midsomer,"

1119
00:41:56,366 --> 00:41:58,166
is it's the other end 
of that spectrum.

1120
00:41:58,266 --> 00:41:59,500
The comedy element, 
I think,

1121
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,366
is a very important 
part of the tone.

1122
00:42:01,466 --> 00:42:02,233
(kiss)

1123
00:42:02,333 --> 00:42:03,800
You missed a bit.

1124
00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:05,766
(sighs)

1125
00:42:05,866 --> 00:42:10,366
It's what helps it to be cozy 
rather than scary.

1126
00:42:10,466 --> 00:42:12,600
It's not that we are glib.

1127
00:42:12,700 --> 00:42:15,066
You have to worry about 
someone who's been killed,

1128
00:42:15,166 --> 00:42:18,200
and then be humorous 
to survive yourself.

1129
00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:21,000
Now, buzz off, 
let me get back to work.

1130
00:42:21,100 --> 00:42:23,500
(Jeff Povey) 
Barnaby stays 
very, very sane and true

1131
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:25,166
and straight through it.

1132
00:42:25,266 --> 00:42:27,766
(Barnaby) 
Mrs. Dagmar, I'm here 
on official police business.

1133
00:42:27,866 --> 00:42:32,333
Oh, in that case, 
I'm all ears, all eyes,

1134
00:42:32,433 --> 00:42:33,833
and all the rest of me.

1135
00:42:33,933 --> 00:42:36,033
(Jeff Povey) 
He never jokes about victims, 
never ever.

1136
00:42:36,133 --> 00:42:39,766
Winter can, and he could get 
admonished for it.

1137
00:42:39,866 --> 00:42:42,566
Fleur can 'cause she does, 
she jokes about everything.

1138
00:42:42,666 --> 00:42:44,866
(Winter) 
That's the last time 
I go to a gym.

1139
00:42:44,966 --> 00:42:46,566
(Fleur) 
You go to the gym?

1140
00:42:46,666 --> 00:42:49,766
(Jeff Povey) 
But as long as Barnaby 
doesn't succumb to it,

1141
00:42:49,866 --> 00:42:51,300
we're on safe ground.

1142
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:52,900
(Winter) 
Do you believe her?

1143
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,200
(Barnaby) 
It all sounds 
plausible enough,

1144
00:42:54,300 --> 00:42:56,700
but something just 
doesn't feel right.

1145
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:58,066
(Neil Dudgeon) 
I say this with some pride.

1146
00:42:58,166 --> 00:43:00,866
Years ago, there was some 
sort of survey among police

1147
00:43:00,966 --> 00:43:03,900
as to what was 
the most accurate

1148
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:05,600
representation of the police.

1149
00:43:05,700 --> 00:43:09,233
(Fleur) 
All right, I give up.

1150
00:43:09,333 --> 00:43:11,900
Why did you cross the road?

1151
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,733
(Winter) 
Like I said, 
it's my day off.

1152
00:43:14,833 --> 00:43:18,300
(Neil Dudgeon) 
And "Midsomer," you'll be 
astonished to hear this,

1153
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:19,533
"Midsomer" was adjudged

1154
00:43:19,633 --> 00:43:21,833
the least accurate 
representation

1155
00:43:21,933 --> 00:43:23,166
of actual police work.

1156
00:43:23,266 --> 00:43:24,866
Well, I was amazed.

1157
00:43:24,966 --> 00:43:27,900
(Jason Hughes) 
Which, I think is probably 
another part of its charm.

1158
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,100
We're not trying to be real, 
it's a made-up land.

1159
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,533
You know, these stories 
are fantastical,

1160
00:43:34,633 --> 00:43:37,600
and we're not going 
to apologize for it.

1161
00:43:37,700 --> 00:43:40,233
And I think that's probably 
something that people enjoy,

1162
00:43:40,333 --> 00:43:42,000
because they're like, "Well, 
at least they're honest.

1163
00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:44,700
Not trying to be anything 
you know, that they're not."

1164
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:46,266
(Barnaby) 
Cheers!

1165
00:43:46,366 --> 00:43:48,633
(whimsical music)

1166
00:43:48,733 --> 00:43:50,900
(guide) 
So, ladies and gentlemen,

1167
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:55,100
this is where our tour 
of Midsomer County ends,

1168
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:59,933
exactly where it began, 
here in Badger's Drift,

1169
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:03,966
25 years after 
that very first episode.

1170
00:44:04,066 --> 00:44:06,733
And so, I hope 
that you've enjoyed

1171
00:44:06,833 --> 00:44:08,100
our little tour today.

1172
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:09,133
Thank you very much.

1173
00:44:09,233 --> 00:44:10,600
(applause)

1174
00:44:10,700 --> 00:44:12,433
(upbeat music)

1175
00:44:12,533 --> 00:44:14,300
(Ian Strachan) 
This is actually 
my 25th year as well.

1176
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:16,666
I started filming in 1997.

1177
00:44:16,766 --> 00:44:18,666
To be honest, it's as fresh 
today as it was then.

1178
00:44:18,766 --> 00:44:20,366
♪

1179
00:44:20,466 --> 00:44:22,133
(Annette Badland) 
The storylines are...

1180
00:44:22,233 --> 00:44:24,700
what we're working on at 
the moment is extraordinary.

1181
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,366
The killer reconfigured 
the venting system.

1182
00:44:27,466 --> 00:44:28,800
(Neil Dudgeon) 
Twenty-five years.

1183
00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:30,666
It's kind of incredible 
that any show

1184
00:44:30,766 --> 00:44:33,666
could have within it 
the seeds of its own reinvention

1185
00:44:33,766 --> 00:44:35,466
so much that 
it can keep changing.

1186
00:44:35,566 --> 00:44:36,900
(John Nettles) 
There's no reason 
for it ever to stop,

1187
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:38,533
as far I can see.

1188
00:44:38,633 --> 00:44:41,466
(Neil Dudgeon) 
When you look at the rest 
of the TV landscape,

1189
00:44:41,566 --> 00:44:44,333
it's really... 
it's really astonishing.

1190
00:44:44,433 --> 00:44:46,166
(Winter) 
Are you retiring?

1191
00:44:46,266 --> 00:44:47,533
(Barnaby) 
Me?

1192
00:44:47,633 --> 00:44:49,100
Whatever gave you that idea?

1193
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:51,400
(Winter) 
Well, you did, sort of.

1194
00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:53,866
All those pictures 
of quaint cottages.

1195
00:44:53,966 --> 00:44:55,566
Retire?

1196
00:44:55,666 --> 00:44:57,633
I'm in my prime, Winter.

1197
00:44:57,733 --> 00:44:58,966
(Neil Dudgeon) 
I just want people 
to carry on loving

1198
00:44:59,066 --> 00:45:01,200
"Midsomer Murders" as I do.

1199
00:45:01,300 --> 00:45:03,166
Happy birthday, "Midsomer."

1200
00:45:03,266 --> 00:45:04,333
(glass clink)

1201
00:45:04,433 --> 00:45:07,433
Happy quarter-century, 
"Midsomer Murders."

1202
00:45:07,533 --> 00:45:09,000
(engine revs)

1203
00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:10,866
(Jane Wymark) 
Many, many happy returns.

1204
00:45:10,966 --> 00:45:12,133
(cork pops)

1205
00:45:12,233 --> 00:45:13,900
(theme music)

1206
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,666
So many years, 
so many deaths.

1207
00:45:16,766 --> 00:45:19,533
So many criminals caught.

1208
00:45:19,633 --> 00:45:20,533
Well done.

1209
00:45:20,633 --> 00:45:30,600
♪

1210
00:45:57,533 --> 00:45:59,433
(bright music)