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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.

07:11.033 --> 07:13.700 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
And then I was in it
for another 14 years.

07:13.800 --> 07:14.933 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(laughs)

07:15.033 --> 07:16.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:35%
(Daniel Casey)
Oh, it was amazing.

07:16.366 --> 07:19.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
We got 15.8 million viewers
for that first episode.

07:19.533 --> 07:20.966 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
It's 2:15.

07:21.066 --> 07:23.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5%
Said I'd meet Joyce
at the fête, you coming?

07:23.166 --> 07:26.466 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:15%
(Troy)
Yeah, I thought
I'd win myself a coconut.

07:26.566 --> 07:30.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
And what inspired this series
full of strange people and plots

07:30.666 --> 07:33.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:40%
was a collection
of acclaimed crime novels.

07:33.300 --> 07:34.533 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5%
(screams)

07:34.633 --> 07:36.366 align:start position:20% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
It was a series of books
by a lovely writer

07:36.466 --> 07:37.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
called Caroline Graham.

07:37.866 --> 07:39.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
I've read them, actually,
and they were terrific.

07:39.766 --> 07:42.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
The original sort of
artistic producer on it,

07:42.466 --> 07:44.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
Betty Willingale, was clever
to spot it, you know,

07:45.066 --> 07:48.233 align:start position:15% line:10% size:50%
and do what she did,
along with the first writer,

07:48.333 --> 07:50.233 align:start position:30% line:10% size:37.5%
to make it work
for television.

07:52.200 --> 07:55.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Caroline Grimm's books inspired
the first five episodes.

07:56.000 --> 07:59.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
But over the next few years,
a host of new writers

07:59.100 --> 08:02.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
would take Barnaby
on many new adventures.

08:02.866 --> 08:04.233 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:12.5%
(man)
We're on.

08:04.333 --> 08:07.066 align:start position:20% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
But there was another
key character whose role

08:07.166 --> 08:11.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65%
was to remain calm amongst
this wicked world of murder.

08:11.100 --> 08:12.533 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
Dinner's ready, Tom.

08:12.633 --> 08:14.033 align:start position:30% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
Believe you me,
it's not easy

08:14.133 --> 08:16.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
playing the nicest woman
in the world.

08:16.200 --> 08:17.866 align:start position:25% line:74% size:17.5%
(Joyce)
You know Cully
is coming tomorrow.

08:17.966 --> 08:20.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
She's going to want
to see a bit of you.

08:20.400 --> 08:22.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
Just I know how you are
when you get started on a case.

08:22.633 --> 08:24.133 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:12.5%
-Yes.
-For 14 years,

08:24.233 --> 08:26.133 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
it was Barnaby's wife, Joyce,

08:26.233 --> 08:28.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65%
whose happy home life with
Tom and their daughter Cully

08:29.033 --> 08:31.966 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
was in stark contrast
to the many deadly challenges

08:32.066 --> 08:33.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:27.5%
they faced,
including, Joyce's cooking.

08:33.866 --> 08:35.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
(toaster clanks)

08:35.366 --> 08:37.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
Not much meat on this chicken,
is there?

08:37.533 --> 08:39.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
It's not a chicken,
it's a quail.

08:39.966 --> 08:41.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35%
(John Nettles)
She was a terrible cook.

08:41.166 --> 08:43.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
Fried things and stuff
like that, and Barnaby

08:43.733 --> 08:45.100 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
had to pretend
to like them.

08:45.200 --> 08:47.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:45%
Dad, I brought you
a present from Cambridge.

08:47.433 --> 08:48.500 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
What is it?

08:48.600 --> 08:50.066 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
It's chicken and ham.

08:50.166 --> 08:51.666 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
The bad cooking
lasted for a bit,

08:51.766 --> 08:55.700 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
but there's limits to how many
lousy meals you can cook.

08:55.800 --> 08:59.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
So she became more
and more involved

08:59.100 --> 09:01.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
in the actual cases
as time went on.

09:01.433 --> 09:04.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:55%
It was very handy that
Joyce didn't have a career,

09:04.500 --> 09:06.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5%
because she could
therefore have hobbies.

09:06.900 --> 09:09.433 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:17.5%
(Joyce)
You've caught me digging up
rather too much of your lawn.

09:09.533 --> 09:10.500 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
Yeah, I'm still
working actually.

09:10.600 --> 09:12.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
Do you have
pictures in those

09:12.633 --> 09:14.533 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
plant encyclopedias of yours?

09:14.633 --> 09:16.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:12.5%
-Yes.
-That was quite a handy device

09:16.233 --> 09:17.166 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
for writers,

09:17.266 --> 09:18.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
and nice for me,
you know,

09:18.366 --> 09:20.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
to not always be sitting
in the kitchen.

09:20.800 --> 09:23.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
Being out in the world,
being blown up in a canal,

09:23.833 --> 09:26.700 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
or doing watercolor painting,
that was a good one.

09:26.800 --> 09:28.700 align:start position:25% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
Instead of being
a kind of grace note

09:28.800 --> 09:30.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
in the great symphony
of "Midsomer,"

09:30.966 --> 09:33.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:25%
she became
a whole theme on her own.

09:33.766 --> 09:36.333 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
(dramatic music)

09:36.433 --> 09:41.033 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

09:41.133 --> 09:42.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Coming up,

09:42.433 --> 09:44.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
there's confessions
of a "Midsomer" sidekick.

09:44.400 --> 09:45.666 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:35%
(Jason Hughes)
When I think
of my time on it,

09:45.766 --> 09:47.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
it's like I was in some kind
of apocalyptic world

09:47.800 --> 09:49.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
where people just
died all the time.

09:49.633 --> 09:51.266 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
As we celebrate
a hit series

09:51.366 --> 09:53.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
that's always left us
seeing stars.

09:53.866 --> 09:54.800 align:start position:30% line:74% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
I'd already
watched the show

09:54.900 --> 09:56.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
since the beginning
and loved it,

09:56.133 --> 09:58.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
so, I jumped at the chance,
little thinking

09:58.433 --> 10:01.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
that I might return
for a longer stay.

10:01.300 --> 10:03.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Jones)
This is the new DCI Barnaby.

10:03.100 --> 10:05.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
Cousin of the other DCI Barnaby.

10:06.066 --> 10:07.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
For 25 years,

10:07.400 --> 10:09.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:40%
Midsomer Murders
has led us on a trail

10:09.633 --> 10:10.800 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
of death and destruction.

10:10.900 --> 10:12.733 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(whimsical music)

10:12.833 --> 10:14.600 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5%
(explosion)

10:14.700 --> 10:16.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
A path which has in turn

10:16.733 --> 10:19.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
put many of the quaintest
villages in Oxfordshire

10:19.500 --> 10:21.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
on a rather unusual
tourist map.

10:21.266 --> 10:22.500 align:start position:87.5% line:15.33% size:2.5%
♪

10:22.600 --> 10:24.400 align:start position:25% line:74% size:17.5%
(guide)
Here we are outside
the estate agent

10:24.500 --> 10:26.166 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
that was used
in an episode

10:26.266 --> 10:28.166 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
called "House in the Woods."

10:28.266 --> 10:32.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:50%
It was Harriet Davis
estate agency in that show.

10:32.933 --> 10:35.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
In that episode, a couple
who are looking to buy

10:35.666 --> 10:39.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
the house in the woods
find themselves garroted

10:39.800 --> 10:43.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:45%
outside the house,
and there, the mystery begins.

10:44.000 --> 10:45.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Over the years,

10:45.266 --> 10:47.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
fighting crime in Midsomer
has been quite a task

10:47.666 --> 10:51.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:47.5%
for the overworked,
understaffed Causton police.

10:51.466 --> 10:53.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
And when it comes
to the real leg work--

10:53.566 --> 10:55.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:30%
the running,
jumping, flirting,

10:55.800 --> 10:57.333 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
or going undercover--

10:57.433 --> 11:00.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:35%
it often falls
to the Midsomer sidekick,

11:00.266 --> 11:02.566 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
the lowly detective sergeant.

11:02.666 --> 11:06.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
And first in line was
Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy.

11:06.133 --> 11:07.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
John and I clicked
from day one,

11:07.933 --> 11:11.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:35%
and we laughed
every single day.

11:11.366 --> 11:14.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:32.5%
In the books,
he was a right little thug.

11:14.300 --> 11:15.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:15%
(Troy)
I could force it, sir.

11:15.866 --> 11:17.933 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
You've broken enough rules
for one day, Troy.

11:18.033 --> 11:19.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
Thank you all the same.

11:19.566 --> 11:21.733 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:35%
(John Nettles)
He had no charm at all
and was entirely not

11:21.833 --> 11:23.966 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60%
good detective material.

11:24.066 --> 11:29.233 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:40%
That was changed
in the television version.

11:29.333 --> 11:32.300 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
(mysterious music)

11:32.400 --> 11:36.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:57.5%
The character became...
I think the word is lovable.

11:36.466 --> 11:38.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
He couldn't drive a car.

11:38.166 --> 11:39.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5%
Wherever he went,
he used to hit the hedge

11:39.900 --> 11:41.066 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
or hit somebody else.

11:41.166 --> 11:43.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:35%
Yeah, Troy was
an appalling driver.

11:43.300 --> 11:44.200 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(horn blares)

11:44.300 --> 11:45.933 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
(brakes screech)

11:46.033 --> 11:46.933 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
But I used to love it,

11:47.033 --> 11:48.300 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40%
because it meant
that I could do

11:48.400 --> 11:50.600 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65%
a lot of the stunt driving
that we could do.

11:50.700 --> 11:52.500 align:start position:20% line:10% size:27.5%
Some of it,
I wasn't allowed to do.

11:52.600 --> 11:53.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
But a lot of it, I was.

11:53.766 --> 11:54.666 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(stammering)

11:54.766 --> 11:56.200 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
(bicycle bell ringing)

11:56.300 --> 11:57.333 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(tires squealing)

11:57.433 --> 12:00.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(whimsical music)

12:00.233 --> 12:01.666 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5%
Troy!

12:01.766 --> 12:04.233 align:start position:25% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
But after six years
on the rural beat,

12:04.333 --> 12:08.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65%
actor Daniel Casey decided
to move on to pastures new.

12:08.633 --> 12:09.733 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5%
Thank you, sir.

12:09.833 --> 12:11.700 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

12:11.800 --> 12:15.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
I mean, thank you for everything
over the years.

12:15.333 --> 12:18.666 align:start position:25% line:74% size:35%
(Daniel Casey)
I will never forget
that final scene,

12:18.766 --> 12:20.533 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
'cause we filmed that last.

12:20.633 --> 12:24.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:40%
And when Barnaby
speaks to Troy, uh,

12:24.733 --> 12:28.300 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
it did feel very real.

12:28.400 --> 12:32.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:55%
I know how much I've--
I've relied on you, Troy.

12:32.233 --> 12:34.333 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(light music)

12:34.433 --> 12:37.200 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
Midsomer will miss you.

12:37.300 --> 12:38.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
And I'll miss Midsomer.

12:39.000 --> 12:40.800 align:start position:15% line:74% size:35%
(Daniel Casey)
He's a leading man
in every sense of the word.

12:40.900 --> 12:44.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
He led that company beautifully.

12:44.366 --> 12:45.766 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5%
Troy?

12:45.866 --> 12:47.400 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:35%
(John Nettles)
Now, the next sidekick
was John Hopkins.

12:47.500 --> 12:48.966 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
He's a terrific actor.

12:49.066 --> 12:51.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45%
-What have we got?
-Good question, sir.

12:51.466 --> 12:52.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5%
Victim's name's
Nicholas Turner,

12:52.766 --> 12:53.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
he's a local solicitor.

12:54.066 --> 12:55.566 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
Took a stroll off his roof.

12:55.666 --> 12:58.466 align:start position:15% line:74% size:35%
(John Nettles)
He was a very dark
and kind of brooding figure.

12:58.566 --> 13:00.266 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:32.5%
(Dr. Bullard)
Initial impression
as to cause of death,

13:00.366 --> 13:03.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:42.5%
catastrophic head
and spinal injuries.

13:04.866 --> 13:06.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Scott)
He's quite a snappy dresser.

13:06.333 --> 13:08.200 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(crow cawing)

13:08.300 --> 13:11.166 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
And then Jason Hughes came in.

13:11.266 --> 13:12.300 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
And you are?

13:12.400 --> 13:13.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Jones)
Constable Jones, sir.

13:13.900 --> 13:15.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
Constable Jones.

13:15.366 --> 13:17.166 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:35%
(Jason Hughes)
Yeah, I thought it was
just brilliant

13:17.266 --> 13:18.266 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5%
the way that they did it.

13:18.366 --> 13:19.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
(Dr. Bullard)
No Scott this morning?

13:19.800 --> 13:20.900 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
No, he called in sick,
I'm on my own.

13:21.000 --> 13:22.533 align:start position:30% line:74% size:35%
(Jason Hughes)
I just showed up
in a uniform

13:22.633 --> 13:24.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
and somebody said,
"Well, where's the guy?"

13:24.800 --> 13:27.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35%
And they went,
"Oh, he's sick."

13:27.266 --> 13:28.433 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(laughs)

13:28.533 --> 13:29.500 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
And that was it!

13:29.600 --> 13:31.266 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
He was gone and I was in.

13:31.366 --> 13:33.733 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(laughs)

13:33.833 --> 13:35.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
Do you possess a suit, Jones?

13:36.000 --> 13:37.800 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Jones)
Yes, sir.

13:37.900 --> 13:38.866 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
And a tie?

13:38.966 --> 13:40.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Jones)
I do, sir, yes.

13:40.333 --> 13:41.366 align:start position:25% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
How do you fancy
working with the CID

13:41.466 --> 13:43.666 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
for a couple of days?

13:43.766 --> 13:45.433 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Jones)
Yes, sir.

13:47.400 --> 13:49.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:37.5%
They made me do
all kinds of stuff.

13:49.600 --> 13:51.033 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
(mysterious music)

13:51.133 --> 13:53.033 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40%
The nun would be
the standout one.

13:53.133 --> 13:56.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5%
I was luring a killer
to then pounce on them.

13:56.433 --> 13:59.633 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

13:59.733 --> 14:01.333 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:7.5%
Oh!

14:01.433 --> 14:02.333 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
(thudding)

14:02.433 --> 14:04.533 align:start position:85% line:15.33% size:2.5%
♪

14:04.633 --> 14:07.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:22.5%
(officer)
Stay on the floor!

14:07.333 --> 14:08.400 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
On your feet.

14:08.500 --> 14:09.866 align:start position:35% line:74% size:12.5%
(man)
Who the hell
trained her?

14:09.966 --> 14:11.633 align:start position:25% line:74% size:35%
(Jason Hughes)
I mean, when I think
of my time on it,

14:11.733 --> 14:12.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
those seven years,
it's like I was in

14:12.966 --> 14:14.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:30%
some kind of
apocalyptic world

14:14.533 --> 14:16.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
where people just
died all the time.

14:16.500 --> 14:17.600 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
(camera's shutter snaps)

14:17.700 --> 14:19.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
I haven't been up
that way for a while.

14:19.166 --> 14:21.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
Junction 2 Junction 7
on the M40,

14:21.400 --> 14:24.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:35%
I just divert,
go somewhere else.

14:24.500 --> 14:26.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:32.5%
Start to get,
kind of, hot flushes

14:26.733 --> 14:30.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:35%
and, you know,
memories of murder.

14:30.200 --> 14:31.866 align:start position:25% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Well, there's plenty
of that around.

14:31.966 --> 14:33.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
But one of the key questions

14:33.366 --> 14:35.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
in any episode of "Midsomer"

14:35.366 --> 14:37.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
is not just whodunnit
but more like,

14:37.866 --> 14:38.833 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
who's in it?

14:38.933 --> 14:40.600 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
How wonderful!

14:41.400 --> 14:42.833 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5%
But no.

14:42.933 --> 14:44.600 align:start position:25% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
I was once suspected
of murder myself.

14:44.700 --> 14:47.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
Apart from the person
who killed him,

14:47.266 --> 14:50.500 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
I was probably the last person
to see him.

14:50.600 --> 14:52.233 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Because across
the past 25 years,

14:52.333 --> 14:55.100 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:65%
the series has played host
to a Who's Who

14:55.200 --> 14:56.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:35%
of the British
acting profession.

14:57.066 --> 14:58.766 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

14:58.866 --> 15:00.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
We get fantastic guests.

15:00.400 --> 15:02.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:37.5%
Over the years,
it was just the entire range

15:02.700 --> 15:05.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:35%
of the British
acting profession.

15:06.033 --> 15:06.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:30%
(Mrs. Adler)
I took an order earlier,

15:07.033 --> 15:08.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:30%
three-tiered
Dungeons and Dragons

15:08.466 --> 15:10.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
in white and dark chocolate.

15:10.166 --> 15:12.900 align:start position:15% line:74% size:45%
(Tamzin Outhwaite)
As an actor, I always think
"Midsomer Murders."

15:13.000 --> 15:15.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
It's one of those boxes
that has to be ticked.

15:15.933 --> 15:17.266 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45%
What was brilliant
about my character

15:17.366 --> 15:21.500 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:37.5%
is that she was
the suspected murderer

15:21.600 --> 15:23.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
for pretty much
the whole episode.

15:23.966 --> 15:25.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
Do you really think
I would kill Dominic

15:25.966 --> 15:27.366 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
and keep the weapon?

15:27.466 --> 15:30.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
I mean, do you honestly believe
that I would be that stupid?

15:30.633 --> 15:33.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
The twist was, she actually
wasn't the murderer.

15:33.333 --> 15:35.100 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
That was ideal for me.

15:35.200 --> 15:37.733 align:start position:15% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
And there was one
TV comedy national treasure

15:37.833 --> 15:39.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
who set the wheels
in motion

15:39.233 --> 15:40.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
for guest stars to come.

15:40.900 --> 15:43.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:40%
An early one was
Richard Briers, legend.

15:43.766 --> 15:46.266 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
In "Death's Shadow" from 1998,

15:46.366 --> 15:47.566 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:20%
the star
of "The Good Life"

15:47.666 --> 15:49.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
was playing
the village priest

15:49.366 --> 15:52.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
and "Call The Midwife's"
Judy Parfitt, his wife.

15:52.500 --> 15:55.400 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:22.5%
(Stephen)
I have a police inspector
coming to see me.

15:55.500 --> 15:57.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
Oh, don't tell me,
Stephen,

15:57.200 --> 16:00.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:55%
you've been found with
your hand in the steeple fund.

16:00.300 --> 16:01.333 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
Don't be ridiculous.

16:01.433 --> 16:02.766 align:start position:30% line:74% size:35%
(John Nettles)
He came along
to play a priest

16:02.866 --> 16:06.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
and he was wonderfully
enthusiastic.

16:06.300 --> 16:07.633 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5%
Yes, vicar.

16:07.733 --> 16:09.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
Looks as if we're gonna
have the weather for it.

16:09.400 --> 16:10.733 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5%
Absolutely.

16:10.833 --> 16:12.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35%
Did you manage
to find someone

16:12.466 --> 16:13.633 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
to open the fête?

16:13.733 --> 16:14.866 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
A celebrity?

16:14.966 --> 16:15.866 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
No, not yet.

16:15.966 --> 16:17.400 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
But I may have had an idea.

16:17.500 --> 16:19.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
I'll be back forthwith.

16:20.066 --> 16:23.500 align:start position:20% line:10% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
We were sitting waiting
to go into the church

16:23.600 --> 16:26.166 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:52.5%
where there was gonna
be the big scene, the reveal,

16:26.266 --> 16:28.700 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50%
that Richard Briers,
who, you know,

16:28.800 --> 16:30.000 align:start position:15% line:10% size:42.5%
the loveliest man
in the world kind of thing,

16:30.100 --> 16:31.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
does turn out to be
the bad guy.

16:31.733 --> 16:33.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
And I'm sitting with him
and he says to me,

16:33.600 --> 16:35.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
"I'm going to do some acting
in this scene."

16:36.066 --> 16:37.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
And I went, "Are you, Richard?"

16:37.366 --> 16:38.433 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(laughs)

16:38.533 --> 16:42.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
He said, "I'm not gonna blink."

16:42.433 --> 16:44.033 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
And I went, "Wow."

16:44.133 --> 16:46.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
And that's exactly
what he did.

16:46.200 --> 16:47.866 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
It was terrifying.

16:47.966 --> 16:49.933 align:start position:25% line:74% size:15%
(Troy)
Stephen Wentworth,
we're arresting you

16:50.033 --> 16:51.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
for the murders
of Richard Bailey,

16:51.633 --> 16:53.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:37.5%
David Whiteley,
and Simon Fletcher.

16:53.966 --> 16:55.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35%
You don't have
to say anything

16:55.133 --> 16:56.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5%
but it may harm
your defense

16:56.233 --> 16:57.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
if you do not mention
when questioned

16:57.566 --> 17:00.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5%
something which you
later rely on in court.

17:00.200 --> 17:02.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:30%
-It was him.
-There was no planning,

17:02.200 --> 17:04.133 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5%
no calculation.

17:04.233 --> 17:06.666 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
He had to die
by your hand

17:06.766 --> 17:07.966 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
before his operation.

17:08.066 --> 17:08.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:25%
And it was
all the more shocking,

17:09.066 --> 17:10.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35%
because it was
Richard Briers,

17:10.366 --> 17:12.433 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
'cause you didn't expect it.

17:12.533 --> 17:13.533 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
Please, come in.

17:13.633 --> 17:15.533 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
(dramatic music)

17:15.633 --> 17:20.700 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

17:20.800 --> 17:23.233 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(resounding thud)

17:23.333 --> 17:25.533 align:start position:30% line:74% size:35%
(John Nettles)
It was a lovely
bit of casting.

17:25.633 --> 17:28.300 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Many a famous face has popped
up in "Midsomer Murders,"

17:28.400 --> 17:30.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
but the cast list
also includes some

17:30.533 --> 17:31.800 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
now well-known names

17:31.900 --> 17:33.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
who weren't
quite so familiar

17:33.333 --> 17:34.833 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
at the time.

17:34.933 --> 17:36.466 align:start position:25% line:74% size:22.5%
(Bernice)
Edward, what was
all the noise about?

17:36.566 --> 17:38.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
-It's a police car.
-Police car?

17:38.866 --> 17:42.400 align:start position:15% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
In 2009, the Causton police
were called to investigate

17:42.500 --> 17:44.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
the very strange death
of a young man

17:44.333 --> 17:46.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
in Midsomer's miniature village.

17:46.533 --> 17:49.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
What they found was future
Oscar-winning actress

17:49.933 --> 17:54.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
Olivia Colman playing
the unlikely suspect, Bernice.

17:54.533 --> 17:56.633 align:start position:30% line:74% size:17.5%
(woman)
The police have
found a body

17:56.733 --> 17:57.933 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
here in the village.

17:58.033 --> 17:59.100 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5%
A body?

17:59.200 --> 18:01.033 align:start position:30% line:74% size:22.5%
(Bernice)
Oh, Edward,
that's terrible.

18:01.133 --> 18:02.633 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
She wasn't
a huge star then.

18:02.733 --> 18:04.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
She just has a kind
of truthfulness

18:04.733 --> 18:05.800 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
as an actor.

18:05.900 --> 18:08.333 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
I was just gobsmacked.

18:08.433 --> 18:12.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
She had that extraordinary
ability of being

18:12.400 --> 18:14.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
a hundred percent
within the part.

18:14.566 --> 18:15.966 align:start position:25% line:74% size:22.5%
(Bernice)
I just know
you're going to win.

18:16.066 --> 18:17.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
I'll be cheering for you
all the way.

18:17.666 --> 18:19.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
Oh, for God's sake,
leave me alone, will you?

18:19.633 --> 18:21.833 align:start position:20% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
She just can't step
an emotional foot wrong.

18:21.933 --> 18:23.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
I don't think she could
do it if she tried.

18:24.066 --> 18:28.233 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:22.5%
(Bernice)
She didn't like me putting
flowers on the graves.

18:28.333 --> 18:29.466 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
She smashed them.

18:29.566 --> 18:31.733 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(hammer knocking)

18:31.833 --> 18:34.100 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

18:34.200 --> 18:35.100 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
So I smashed her.

18:35.200 --> 18:37.400 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5%
(ominous music)

18:37.500 --> 18:39.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
♪ And the green grass grows
all around, all around ♪

18:39.966 --> 18:42.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
♪ And the green grass
grows all around ♪

18:42.666 --> 18:44.900 align:start position:25% line:74% size:35%
(John Nettles)
I'm not in
the least surprised

18:45.000 --> 18:47.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
that she has gone on
to be a great lady

18:47.166 --> 18:48.233 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
of English acting.

18:48.333 --> 18:50.166 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
Not at all surprised.

18:51.766 --> 18:53.366 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
But amongst a cast
of more than

18:53.466 --> 18:55.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:30%
1,000 actors
over 23 series,

18:56.033 --> 18:58.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5%
there have been
some surprises.

18:58.366 --> 19:00.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Laura)
You still seeing that girl?

19:00.233 --> 19:04.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
I wonder what she'd say
if she knew about me.

19:04.400 --> 19:05.700 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Peter)
Get lost, Laura.

19:05.800 --> 19:08.333 align:start position:20% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
I used to do mentoring
at the Guildhall School,

19:08.433 --> 19:10.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
and one of my mentees
was Orlando Bloom,

19:10.533 --> 19:11.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
and the minute I met him,
I knew he was going

19:11.933 --> 19:13.200 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
to be a movie star.

19:13.300 --> 19:15.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65%
And so, I read the current
script and I thought, well,

19:15.900 --> 19:17.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
Orlando could do that
so easily.

19:17.566 --> 19:19.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
So, I put his name forward
to the casting director

19:19.833 --> 19:21.100 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
and there you go.

19:21.200 --> 19:23.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
-You're Peter Drinkwater?
-And you're police.

19:23.166 --> 19:25.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
It's the same smell,
you can always tell.

19:25.566 --> 19:26.866 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(engine revs)

19:26.966 --> 19:28.433 align:start position:25% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
And then he went on
to be an elf,

19:28.533 --> 19:29.433 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
there you are.

19:29.533 --> 19:30.933 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(laughs)

19:31.033 --> 19:32.600 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
And "Midsomer" was
the starting point

19:32.700 --> 19:34.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:27.5%
for another
British movie star,

19:34.500 --> 19:37.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
spotted here by "Harry Potter's"
David Bradley,

19:37.266 --> 19:40.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:60%
who's worked with a fair
few budding actors himself.

19:40.266 --> 19:42.433 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
Nice day for it, youngin'.

19:42.533 --> 19:45.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:57.5%
It was my last episode,
and there was his young boy,

19:45.433 --> 19:49.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
really handsome, and he was
quite a gentle soul.

19:49.500 --> 19:50.533 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
Really nice guy.

19:50.633 --> 19:51.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
I just thought,
"I hope he doesn't

19:51.866 --> 19:53.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
get eaten up and spat out
by this business."

19:54.066 --> 19:56.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:30%
I will drive
straight over you.

19:56.333 --> 19:57.366 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(engine revs)

19:57.466 --> 19:59.033 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(horn honks)

19:59.133 --> 20:01.500 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:35%
(Daniel Casey)
Henry Cavill went on to do
rather well for himself.

20:01.600 --> 20:03.166 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

20:03.266 --> 20:05.933 align:start position:20% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Unfortunately for the
future star of Superman,

20:06.033 --> 20:07.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
Henry's Kryptonian powers

20:07.633 --> 20:09.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:32.5%
weren't quite
developed enough

20:09.233 --> 20:11.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
to save him from death
by "Midsomer."

20:13.133 --> 20:14.333 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5%
(gunshot)

20:16.666 --> 20:18.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:42.5%
But there was one
fleeting appearance

20:18.633 --> 20:20.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
that would blossom
into something

20:20.300 --> 20:21.200 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
far more long-term.

20:21.300 --> 20:24.566 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
(mellow music)

20:24.666 --> 20:26.533 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
Excuse me.

20:26.633 --> 20:28.800 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
Neil actually had appeared
in "Midsomer Murders"

20:28.900 --> 20:32.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:62.5%
in a fairly early series,
I think, playing a gardener.

20:32.500 --> 20:33.800 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5%
(cork pops)

20:33.900 --> 20:35.266 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(coughs)

20:35.366 --> 20:36.366 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
He spent a lot of time
in the hothouse

20:36.466 --> 20:38.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
being quizzed and being
generally suspicious.

20:39.033 --> 20:40.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(woman)
Where are you going?

20:40.233 --> 20:41.366 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
Back to the garden.

20:41.466 --> 20:43.133 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
I'm a gardener, remember?

20:43.233 --> 20:45.800 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
A particularly
randy gardener

20:45.900 --> 20:47.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:27.5%
who flirted
with Joyce Barnaby,

20:47.833 --> 20:49.466 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
much to Tom's irritation.

20:49.566 --> 20:51.566 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:20%
(Daniel)
Brought you a few
Pennington gems.

20:51.666 --> 20:53.633 align:start position:25% line:74% size:17.5%
(Joyce)
Well, that's very
kind of you, Daniel.

20:53.733 --> 20:56.133 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:20%
(Daniel)
Bear in mind,
the White Bedder is vigorous.

20:56.233 --> 20:58.100 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
I think that was
the only time

20:58.200 --> 20:59.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:37.5%
anybody flirted
with Joyce Barnaby.

20:59.933 --> 21:01.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
I'll be quite happy
to come back

21:01.200 --> 21:04.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
and make sure everything's
is nicely...

21:04.266 --> 21:05.366 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
Bedded in?

21:05.466 --> 21:07.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
That was a fun day of filming.

21:07.500 --> 21:09.500 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:20%
(Daniel)
Right, well,
I'll be off then.

21:09.600 --> 21:10.966 align:start position:15% line:74% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
I'd already watched the show
since the beginning

21:11.066 --> 21:12.133 align:start position:32.5% line:15.33% size:32.5%
and loved it,

21:12.233 --> 21:14.566 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:40%
so when my agent
rang up and said,

21:14.666 --> 21:15.866 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60%
"Oh, they've offered you
an episode of 'Midsomer.'"

21:15.966 --> 21:16.900 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:27.5%
And I said,
"Oh, that'd be fantastic,

21:17.000 --> 21:17.900 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5%
that'd be brilliant."

21:18.000 --> 21:18.966 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
So I jumped
at the chance,

21:19.066 --> 21:22.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:37.5%
little thinking
that I might return

21:23.066 --> 21:25.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
for a longer stay.

21:25.233 --> 21:28.000 align:start position:15% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
It was nine years later
when the moment finally came

21:28.100 --> 21:31.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
for DCI Tom Barnaby
and actor John Nettles

21:31.200 --> 21:34.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
to retire from this hotspot
of murder and mayhem.

21:36.300 --> 21:38.533 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
Whoa! Champagne!

21:38.633 --> 21:40.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
Well, I did it for 13 years.

21:40.100 --> 21:42.433 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
A long, long time.

21:42.533 --> 21:45.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:60%
I was getting on for 70,
and I couldn't run anymore.

21:45.733 --> 21:47.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:40%
I couldn't think
of any more reactions

21:47.333 --> 21:48.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
to dead bodies,
to be honest with you,

21:48.966 --> 21:50.166 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5%
I couldn't.

21:50.266 --> 21:51.866 align:start position:30% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
So, we're saying
it's suspicious?

21:51.966 --> 21:54.266 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:32.5%
(Dr. Bullard)
Well, the question is,
was she dead before immersion?

21:54.366 --> 21:56.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
There's no obvious
signs of struggle.

21:56.766 --> 21:59.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:35%
I'll know more
when I've opened her up, Tom.

21:59.333 --> 22:00.300 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10%
Tom?

22:01.600 --> 22:02.500 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10%
Sir?

22:03.900 --> 22:06.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
Oh, yeah, well I suppose
I'd better get changed.

22:06.433 --> 22:08.800 align:start position:15% line:10% size:35%
(Ian Strachan)
When John decided to retire,

22:08.900 --> 22:11.533 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:77.5%
we started quite a long process

22:11.633 --> 22:17.966 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:50%
of quite a long list
of potential replacements.

22:18.066 --> 22:20.533 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
After two years,
it was finally decided

22:20.633 --> 22:23.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5%
that Neil Dudgeon
was the man for the job.

22:23.833 --> 22:25.566 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
(telephone ringing)

22:25.666 --> 22:26.566 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
Barnaby.

22:26.666 --> 22:27.633 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5%
-It's John.
-Oh, John!

22:27.733 --> 22:29.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
He was on everybody's
shortlist.

22:29.600 --> 22:31.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
This isn't personal,
is it, Tom?

22:31.100 --> 22:32.266 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5%
Oh, no, no.

22:32.366 --> 22:34.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
This is preventative detection.

22:34.633 --> 22:38.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35%
Okay, I'll dig
a little deeper.

22:38.133 --> 22:40.533 align:start position:20% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
But there was something
of an unusual hurdle

22:40.633 --> 22:44.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50%
for anyone replacing
Inspector Tom Barnaby.

22:44.133 --> 22:46.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
In Britain, "Midsomer Murders"
is known as "Midsomer Murders,"

22:46.733 --> 22:48.800 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5%
whereas in a lot of territories
around the world,

22:48.900 --> 22:51.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5%
it's called "Barnaby"
or "Inspector Barnaby."

22:51.100 --> 22:53.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60%
So somebody came up with
the idea that Tom Barnaby,

22:53.433 --> 22:56.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
John Nettles' character,
has a cousin who's also

22:56.700 --> 22:58.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
a police detective
chief inspector,

22:58.500 --> 22:59.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
and his name, of course,
being his cousin,

23:00.066 --> 23:01.200 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
is John Barnaby.

23:01.300 --> 23:02.500 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
That was miraculous!

23:02.600 --> 23:04.266 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5%
Ha-ha-ha!

23:04.366 --> 23:10.466 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:35%
(Jason Hughes)
Yeah, he was a cousin who had
come from...cousin lands.

23:10.566 --> 23:15.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
This is the new DCI Barnaby,
cousin of the other DCI Barnaby.

23:15.133 --> 23:16.300 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:7.5%
Oh.

23:16.400 --> 23:17.666 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
And I certainly didn't think,

23:17.766 --> 23:19.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
"Oh, I want to go to 'Midsomer'
and change anything."

23:19.266 --> 23:21.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:52.5%
I'll go to 'Midsomer'
and do what John was doing.

23:21.100 --> 23:23.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
It was brilliant,
it's a great show.

23:23.266 --> 23:25.233 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
You're the local,
you take it.

23:25.333 --> 23:26.833 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5%
(gate creaking)

23:26.933 --> 23:29.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35%
My first scene
as John Barnaby,

23:29.566 --> 23:32.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:45%
once John had left
and I'd kind of moved in,

23:32.400 --> 23:33.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
it was in this sort of
pathology lab,

23:34.066 --> 23:35.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
and then all these people
came in this little room,

23:35.966 --> 23:37.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
and they're all
having a look, going,

23:37.633 --> 23:38.533 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
"Can he do it?

23:38.633 --> 23:39.600 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
Is he going to be all right?

23:39.700 --> 23:40.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5%
Is this okay or are
we all gonna be looking

23:40.700 --> 23:42.466 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
for another job next week?"

23:42.566 --> 23:47.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
But somehow we have to encompass
this little news item.

23:47.100 --> 23:49.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
"Palmer was never keen
on driving the Lotus X4,

23:49.300 --> 23:52.633 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
because being
a left-hander,

23:52.733 --> 23:54.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
he found the positioning
of the gear lever

23:54.766 --> 23:56.033 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
more awkward than usual."

23:56.133 --> 23:58.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
See, right-handed headshot,
easy-peasy,

23:59.066 --> 24:00.400 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
bang as per your photos.

24:00.500 --> 24:05.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:40%
But, as a lefty,
damn near impossible.

24:05.100 --> 24:06.800 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5%
Conclusion?

24:06.900 --> 24:10.100 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(whimsical music)

24:10.200 --> 24:12.266 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
Precisely.

24:12.366 --> 24:13.566 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
See you later.

24:13.666 --> 24:16.400 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

24:16.500 --> 24:17.900 align:start position:15% line:10% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
But the real test would come

24:18.000 --> 24:20.666 align:start position:20% line:10% size:47.5%
when we saw the new
Inspector Barnaby on TV,

24:20.766 --> 24:24.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50%
along with his wife,
Sarah, and dog, Sykes.

24:24.633 --> 24:26.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35%
(Fiona Dolman)
When we first took over,

24:26.466 --> 24:28.133 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55%
there was lots of talk
of there being, sort of,

24:28.233 --> 24:30.466 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50%
"big shoes" to fill.

24:30.566 --> 24:32.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:45%
I think, for fans,
there was a mixed reaction,

24:33.033 --> 24:34.700 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
I think at the beginning.

24:34.800 --> 24:36.466 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:17.5%
(woman)
Mr. Barnaby,
Mrs. Barnaby!

24:36.566 --> 24:38.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:35%
(Fiona Dolman)
I was certainly concerned,

24:38.400 --> 24:41.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:35%
but, actually,
the reception was very warm.

24:41.366 --> 24:43.300 align:start position:25% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
I hope Sykes didn't
disgrace himself.

24:43.400 --> 24:45.000 align:start position:25% line:74% size:17.5%
(woman)
Oh, he did make some
amorous advances

24:45.100 --> 24:48.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
towards two of my bitches,
which wasn't the best of starts.

24:48.333 --> 24:49.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
But, I think from Sykes's
point of view,

24:49.933 --> 24:52.033 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
it was top banana.

24:52.133 --> 24:53.600 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
Consider him part of the pack.

24:53.700 --> 24:55.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Sarah)
Fantastic news, thank you.

24:55.400 --> 24:57.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:60%
I get people who sort of
see me in the street and go,

24:57.600 --> 24:59.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
"Oh, yeah, you're the new
Mrs. Barnaby, aren't you?"

24:59.500 --> 25:01.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
And you think, "I've been
doing it for 10 years.

25:01.800 --> 25:03.700 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
How long do I need to do it?"

25:03.800 --> 25:06.033 align:start position:25% line:74% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
Here we are, ten,
twelve years later,

25:06.133 --> 25:09.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
It's...we're still here
talking about it,

25:09.166 --> 25:10.466 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
so, fingers crossed.

25:10.566 --> 25:11.900 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(theme music)

25:12.000 --> 25:13.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Coming up:

25:13.266 --> 25:15.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:55%
How "Midsomer Murders"
went on to make a killing

25:15.766 --> 25:17.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
around the world.

25:17.233 --> 25:19.133 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
(voiceover in French)

25:19.233 --> 25:20.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
It's just great in French.

25:20.933 --> 25:24.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
And Midsomer's greatest mystery
is finally solved.

25:24.633 --> 25:25.766 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:30%
(Jeff Povey)
A lot of people think
it's the same village

25:25.866 --> 25:27.233 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
we keep going to.

25:27.333 --> 25:28.733 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
They look at you
and then they say,

25:28.833 --> 25:31.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:57.5%
"There can't be anybody
left alive in that village."

25:31.566 --> 25:33.366 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
(upbeat music)

25:33.466 --> 25:35.533 align:start position:20% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
In the Oxfordshire town
of Thame,

25:35.633 --> 25:37.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40%
a place that has
featured regularly

25:37.333 --> 25:39.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
as the fictional town
of Causton,

25:39.433 --> 25:42.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:50%
a "Midsomer Murders"
guided tour is in full swing.

25:42.400 --> 25:44.000 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

25:44.100 --> 25:48.733 align:start position:25% line:74% size:17.5%
(guide)
Here we are, at, um,
Causton Town Hall,

25:48.833 --> 25:51.000 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
the center of Midsomer County.

25:51.100 --> 25:53.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:25%
Of course,
it's not really Causton.

25:53.900 --> 25:57.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
We are actually outside
Thame's Town Hall,

25:57.533 --> 25:59.700 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5%
as you can see.

25:59.800 --> 26:01.466 align:start position:25% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Indeed, one of
the key attractions

26:01.566 --> 26:04.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:60%
of "Midsomer Murders" is
its quintessentially English

26:04.866 --> 26:06.933 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
chocolate box setting.

26:08.766 --> 26:10.433 align:start position:15% line:74% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
The countryside's
is very important, I think.

26:10.533 --> 26:12.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
When I used to watch it
before I was in the show,

26:12.333 --> 26:13.633 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45%
I'd be on the sofa
with my wife,

26:13.733 --> 26:16.033 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80%
and you'd have this opening shot
of some beautiful village,

26:16.133 --> 26:19.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
and a Norman church
and lovely thatched cottages.

26:19.633 --> 26:20.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
And we were sort of
intrigued as to,

26:20.900 --> 26:21.800 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
"Where do they film that?

26:21.900 --> 26:22.800 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
It's so beautiful."

26:22.900 --> 26:24.033 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
And I still kind of...

26:24.133 --> 26:25.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:40%
I find myself in
a beautiful village like this,

26:25.333 --> 26:27.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:25%
and I say,
"Where are we, exactly?"

26:27.500 --> 26:29.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
(crack of bat, applause)

26:29.566 --> 26:33.200 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:35%
(Ian Strachan)
Midsomer is, well, it's along
the M4 and M40 corridor,

26:33.300 --> 26:34.633 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:32.5%
usually west.

26:34.733 --> 26:37.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
It's Hertfordshire,
it's Oxfordshire,

26:37.733 --> 26:41.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:52.5%
it's Buckinghamshire,
anywhere the script demands.

26:42.266 --> 26:43.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Hear that, dear viewers?

26:43.666 --> 26:45.133 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5%
A script.

26:45.233 --> 26:46.300 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
Because Midsomer,

26:46.400 --> 26:49.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
home of the national collection
of rural murders,

26:49.333 --> 26:52.766 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
is, we must remind you,
a completely fictional place.

26:52.866 --> 26:54.466 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:35%
(Jason Hughes)
I don't know
how many times

26:54.566 --> 26:57.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80%
I've had to sort of explain that
to people who go,

26:57.100 --> 26:59.166 align:start position:20% line:10% size:50%
"This little village
and all these murders?"

26:59.266 --> 27:00.266 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5%
They look at you first.

27:00.366 --> 27:03.566 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60%
They set it up as a gag,
and then they say,

27:03.666 --> 27:06.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:57.5%
"There can't be anybody
left alive in that village."

27:06.433 --> 27:07.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
"Bet it's cheap to buy a house."

27:07.900 --> 27:09.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
A lot of people think
it's the same village

27:09.233 --> 27:11.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
we keep going to,
but it's not.

27:11.966 --> 27:12.933 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
We make up the names.

27:13.033 --> 27:14.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
Gotta hammer that home,
it's not.

27:14.666 --> 27:16.166 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
It's not a village.

27:16.266 --> 27:18.000 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
It's a county, everybody.

27:18.100 --> 27:19.266 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
Not a village.

27:19.366 --> 27:21.533 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
(dramatic music)

27:21.633 --> 27:27.500 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:30%
(Jeff Povey)
It is a huge English county
made up of beautiful villages.

27:27.600 --> 27:30.166 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5%
And made up of people
who are insane,

27:30.266 --> 27:32.300 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60%
who want to kill people.

27:32.400 --> 27:35.033 align:start position:15% line:74% size:17.5%
(woman)
Suddenly, there was a rather
weighty object in my hand,

27:35.133 --> 27:36.700 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
and, well...

27:36.800 --> 27:37.700 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5%
What can I say?

27:37.800 --> 27:39.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5%
She stepped out
in front of it.

27:39.733 --> 27:43.533 align:start position:20% line:74% size:27.5%
(announcer)
Let's put Solomon Gorge
on the Psycho map.

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Are you ready?

27:44.633 --> 27:45.866 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
(cheering)

27:45.966 --> 27:47.666 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
Three, two...

27:47.766 --> 27:51.200 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Over 25 years,
Midsomer County, not village,

27:51.300 --> 27:53.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
has delivered an impressive
number of murders--

27:53.900 --> 27:56.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
nearly 400,
at the last count,

27:56.366 --> 28:02.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
with ever-imaginative new ways
to tax the Causton police.

28:02.400 --> 28:06.233 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
I think what's genius about it
is that it manages

28:06.333 --> 28:09.100 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:42.5%
to marry together
all of the components

28:09.200 --> 28:11.366 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60%
of your Agatha Christie,
Margery Allingham,

28:11.466 --> 28:13.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
you know, all the greats
of the golden age

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of whodunnits in England

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while being nominally
contemporary.

28:18.300 --> 28:20.166 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:35%
(John Nettles)
This is the essential
contradiction,

28:20.266 --> 28:22.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
all these beautiful,
look-at-me villages,

28:23.000 --> 28:25.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
the half-timbered cottages
and so forth.

28:25.266 --> 28:27.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
All this is subverted of course,
in "Midsomer Murders,"

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because your dear old lady
is a homicidal maniac.

28:31.633 --> 28:33.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
All human life is there.

28:33.100 --> 28:38.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
That chocolate box image is
frayed slightly in Midsomer.

28:38.966 --> 28:41.933 align:start position:15% line:74% size:17.5%
(woman)
I always say that
if Jesus had played a sport,

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I'm sure it would
have been cricket.

28:44.066 --> 28:46.800 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
Come in!

28:46.900 --> 28:49.266 align:start position:15% line:74% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
You're looking at beautiful
cottages and gardens

28:49.366 --> 28:53.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
while fetishism is going on
in the background.

28:53.400 --> 28:55.000 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
(breathing heavily)

28:55.100 --> 28:58.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
Behold, I was shapen
in wickedness.

28:58.366 --> 29:00.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
People just like to see,

29:00.233 --> 29:01.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
especially somewhere
where you think,

29:01.500 --> 29:02.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
"This is all so beautiful,
isn't it?

29:02.866 --> 29:04.200 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
This is all lovely.

29:04.300 --> 29:06.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Oh, my goodness, that man's
been eaten by wild boar."

29:06.700 --> 29:09.500 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:15%
(Kate)
Most of his chest
and stomach are gone.

29:09.600 --> 29:10.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
Not to get too technical
about it,

29:11.033 --> 29:14.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:42.5%
I'd say he's been
eaten by something.

29:14.466 --> 29:16.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
That sort of contrast
of one with the other,

29:16.533 --> 29:19.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
I think, is sort of rich
and appealing to us,

29:19.666 --> 29:22.166 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
in some human way.

29:22.266 --> 29:25.300 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
It might seem like
the most British of TV dramas,

29:25.400 --> 29:27.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
but you might be surprised
to hear that Midsomer

29:27.566 --> 29:29.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
is exceptionally
well-traveled.

29:29.366 --> 29:30.966 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(tense music)

29:31.066 --> 29:33.966 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
(voiceover in Spanish)

29:40.066 --> 29:42.433 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60%
The international appeal
of "Midsomer" is something

29:42.533 --> 29:43.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
a lot of people
don't know about.

29:43.533 --> 29:47.633 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
(voiceover in Spanish)

29:47.733 --> 29:49.433 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70%
It's massive in Scandinavia,
it's huge in Europe,

29:49.533 --> 29:51.633 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:35%
and Australia,
New Zealand, love it,

29:51.733 --> 29:52.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
and it's now in America.

29:53.066 --> 29:54.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
When I signed up to the job,
I didn't know that.

29:54.533 --> 29:56.566 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
(foreign language voiceover)

29:56.666 --> 29:59.000 align:start position:15% line:74% size:35%
(Nick Hendrix)
Yeah, I got recognized
on my honeymoon in Vietnam,

29:59.100 --> 30:00.166 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
of all places.

30:00.266 --> 30:03.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50%
And I was just like,
"Man, this is crazy."

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(voiceover in French)

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John Kinsella.

30:06.600 --> 30:08.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
(loud thud, grunt)

30:08.233 --> 30:11.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65%
It's just great in French,
because the man voicing me,

30:11.800 --> 30:14.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
he has the most beautiful
voice in the world,

30:14.633 --> 30:18.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
and he made Tom Barnaby
sound like the most kind,

30:18.333 --> 30:21.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:25%
loving man
God ever put breath into.

30:21.733 --> 30:24.633 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
(voiceover in French)

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(voiceover in foreign language)

30:30.966 --> 30:32.433 align:start position:30% line:74% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
Denmark is one
of the countries

30:32.533 --> 30:35.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
that has been a great supporter
of "Midsomer."

30:35.733 --> 30:40.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
When we got to the hundredth
episode of "Midsomer,"

30:40.200 --> 30:42.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60%
as a kind of celebration
and a sort of a thank you

30:42.900 --> 30:44.000 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
to the international audience,

30:44.100 --> 30:45.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:40%
somebody came up
with the brilliant idea

30:45.533 --> 30:48.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
of setting part of the 100th
episode in Denmark.

30:48.800 --> 30:51.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5%
We were in Copenhagen
with some lovely actors

30:52.000 --> 30:54.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
who I'd only just stopped
watching in "The Killing."

30:54.666 --> 30:56.600 align:start position:20% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
Everything here tallies
with the crime scene

30:56.700 --> 30:58.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
at the Calders factory,

30:58.566 --> 31:02.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
which means
he was killed in Midsomer.

31:03.600 --> 31:05.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
And that makes him
your problem.

31:05.266 --> 31:06.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
Ann Eleonora Jorgensen,

31:06.466 --> 31:07.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
she played the mother
in "The Killing,"

31:07.733 --> 31:09.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:25%
they said,
"What are you doing next?"

31:09.233 --> 31:10.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
She said, "I'm doing an episode
of 'Midsomer Murders.' "

31:10.733 --> 31:12.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:20%
They go,
"You're doing an episode

31:12.333 --> 31:13.633 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
of 'Midsomer Murders'?

31:13.733 --> 31:14.766 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
That's fantastic."

31:14.866 --> 31:16.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:20%
She said
they just go bonkers

31:16.966 --> 31:19.066 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
for anything to do with
"Midsomer Murders" in Denmark.

31:19.166 --> 31:20.700 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:35%
(Ian Strachan)
We're treated incredibly well.

31:20.800 --> 31:22.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
The name "Midsomer"
or "Barnaby"

31:22.733 --> 31:24.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:25%
open doors
you would not believe.

31:24.100 --> 31:26.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
We were allowed to film
outside the Royal Palace,

31:26.700 --> 31:29.800 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
we filmed inside Copenhagen's
police headquarters.

31:29.900 --> 31:32.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:55%
And we had a fantastic
couple of weeks in Denmark.

31:33.066 --> 31:35.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5%
And I think it made
for a very good episode.

31:35.933 --> 31:37.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:25%
(Birgitte)
You're sneaky.

31:37.700 --> 31:39.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
That impresses me.

31:39.366 --> 31:41.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
Well, I'm glad you're impressed.

31:42.000 --> 31:43.700 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(theme music)

31:43.800 --> 31:45.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Coming up:

31:45.166 --> 31:48.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
Midsomer's greatest murderer
is finally unmasked.

31:48.333 --> 31:51.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
I believe I've killed 18 people
and I'm still at large.

31:52.000 --> 31:56.000 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
And how Midsomer dines out
on the most savory of deaths.

31:56.100 --> 31:58.900 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(clattering thud)

31:59.000 --> 32:02.566 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

32:02.666 --> 32:05.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
"Midsomer Murders"
has found a unique place

32:05.300 --> 32:06.600 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
in television history

32:06.700 --> 32:09.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
not just because it's been
killing people off for 25 years,

32:09.833 --> 32:13.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
or the volume of deaths
it manages to squeeze

32:13.133 --> 32:15.066 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
into each episode.

32:15.166 --> 32:16.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
No, it's the way
they kill 'em

32:16.766 --> 32:19.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
that's really caught
our imagination.

32:19.433 --> 32:21.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:35%
(John Nettles)
The great joy about
"Midsomer Murders," one of them,

32:21.966 --> 32:26.133 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65%
is that, for the slightest
reason, people will kill.

32:26.233 --> 32:27.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(woman)
What are you doing?

32:27.966 --> 32:28.866 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
I was just...

32:28.966 --> 32:30.033 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(scream)

32:30.133 --> 32:31.033 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15%
(thud)

32:31.133 --> 32:32.433 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5%
She fell!

32:32.533 --> 32:34.333 align:start position:20% line:74% size:35%
(John Nettles)
They don't have to have
a great motive.

32:34.433 --> 32:35.633 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(engine revs)

32:35.733 --> 32:37.266 align:start position:25% line:10% size:35%
(Jason Hughes)
Very short tempers.

32:37.366 --> 32:40.233 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55%
In Midsomer, you don't
wanna go upsetting

32:40.333 --> 32:41.333 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65%
the apple cart down there,
mate.

32:41.433 --> 32:45.200 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
Just wanted to shut him up,

32:45.300 --> 32:48.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
and the bowling machine
was right there.

32:48.800 --> 32:51.266 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
There are many
favorite odd ways

32:51.366 --> 32:53.766 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55%
that people have found
to kill other people.

32:53.866 --> 32:55.900 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

32:56.000 --> 32:57.533 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5%
(gunshot)

32:57.633 --> 33:00.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
It's not your urban murdery
thing where, oh,

33:00.366 --> 33:02.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
it's some sort of drug-addled
mugging goes wrong.

33:03.000 --> 33:04.366 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(splash)

33:04.466 --> 33:07.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
They're sort of escapist deaths,
fun deaths.

33:07.666 --> 33:09.000 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

33:09.100 --> 33:10.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Over 22 series,

33:10.766 --> 33:13.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:57.5%
the pressure to deliver
ever more outlandish deaths

33:14.000 --> 33:15.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:25%
has proved
a grisly challenge

33:15.766 --> 33:17.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
for the writers
and set designers.

33:18.000 --> 33:20.233 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

33:20.333 --> 33:21.966 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:35%
(Nick Hendrix)
I loved the human candle,

33:22.066 --> 33:24.166 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75%
which was particularly amazing
to just see on set, actually,

33:24.266 --> 33:25.766 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55%
the way that they made
this sort of

33:25.866 --> 33:27.300 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
entire wax body.

33:27.400 --> 33:29.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:32.5%
(Dr. Perkins)
The human Roman candle.

33:29.566 --> 33:33.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
One of Nero's favorite ways
to kill naughty Christians.

33:33.300 --> 33:35.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
My favorite deaths in the show?

33:35.866 --> 33:37.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
There are so many
to choose from over the years.

33:37.933 --> 33:40.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
There's an episode called
"The Dark Rider."

33:40.800 --> 33:44.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:50%
It opened, there was
a storm over this castle.

33:44.100 --> 33:45.966 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
(dramatic music)

33:46.066 --> 33:49.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
In the storm, he looks down
and sees a headless horseman.

33:50.000 --> 33:51.533 align:start position:87.5% line:15.33% size:2.5%
♪

33:51.633 --> 33:52.933 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(scream)

33:53.033 --> 33:54.800 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(horse whinnying)

33:54.900 --> 33:58.133 align:start position:87.5% line:15.33% size:2.5%
♪

33:58.233 --> 33:59.966 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
And I love it when I'm reading
an episode and think,

34:00.133 --> 34:02.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
"How are we going
to sort of justify

34:02.566 --> 34:06.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
he, and we, have seen
a headless horseman?

34:06.333 --> 34:11.633 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

34:11.733 --> 34:14.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
-Eye holes.
-But no current occupant.

34:15.933 --> 34:18.000 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
And fans on our tourist trail

34:18.100 --> 34:20.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
are about to discover
the location

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of one of "Midsomer's"
most infamous crimes.

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(Barnaby)
Everything in this village

34:25.000 --> 34:27.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
centers around one thing:
the dairy.

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(guide)
So, this is the beautiful,
picturesque village of Turville,

34:32.000 --> 34:34.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
which has been used frequently
not only in "Midsomer Murders,"

34:34.733 --> 34:37.866 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70%
but in "The Vicar of Dibley"
and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

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In fact, you can see
at the top of the hill

34:40.433 --> 34:44.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
the very windmill that was used
in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

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And of course,
also in "Schooled in Murder,"

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the episode where
it particularly featured

34:50.633 --> 34:53.933 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
in "Midsomer Murders."

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(Jeff Povey)
The cheese one is the one
that everyone absolutely loves.

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(tense music)

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Hello?

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People are forever saying,

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"Oh, the one with
Martine McCutcheon."

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What are you playing at?

35:06.600 --> 35:09.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
Because I'm not
in the mood for games.

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Not today.

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♪

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(clattering thud)

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♪

35:20.366 --> 35:21.633 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(heavy thud)

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Crushed by wheels of cheese.

35:24.766 --> 35:25.900 align:start position:37.5% line:10% size:25%
Brilliant.

35:26.000 --> 35:28.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:45%
And I think that's
really sort of clever.

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

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(Fiona Dolman)
We kill people with cheese.

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There isn't another program,
I think, that can do that.

35:36.500 --> 35:37.566 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50%
I mean, the writers,

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whoever are thinking up
all of these murders,

35:41.933 --> 35:43.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
how they keep going,
finding new ones,

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I'll never know.

35:45.400 --> 35:47.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:30%
(Jeff Povey)
Picking a murder out of the air
is amazing.

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I spend most of the year
sending texts to myself, saying,

35:50.400 --> 35:51.400 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35%
"This would be
a great murder."

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"Oh, this would be
an even better one."

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(gunshot)

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(Announcer)
Over the past eight years,

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writer Jeff Povey has come up
with some of "Midsomer's"

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most talked-about deaths.

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Hooking in some deadly
fishing...

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(Jeff Povey)
The man in the vat of worms,
he was killed,

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and then dragged
into the tackle shop.

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But the actor was amazing.

36:11.566 --> 36:13.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:20%
He said,
"Yeah, I'll get in there,

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and they can crawl over me
if they want."

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(female narrator)
Creepy comic book capers...

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and a somewhat gruesome
adventure in the art world.

36:21.700 --> 36:24.033 align:start position:20% line:74% size:30%
(Jeff Povey)
I had one where
he was drowned in paint.

36:24.133 --> 36:25.766 align:start position:20% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
You know what they say,
Nelson.

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In art, everything has
a deeper meaning.

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(Jeff Povey)
I think the process
for a spectacular death is,

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basically,
what is your world?

36:32.966 --> 36:34.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
What are you doing here?

36:34.333 --> 36:36.966 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(tense music)

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Come to tell me how great I am?

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When I did the cricket one,

36:39.700 --> 36:43.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
I knew for a fact that they had
these bowling machines

36:43.633 --> 36:45.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
that hurled balls down.

36:46.033 --> 36:47.466 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5%
(click)

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(mechanized thud)

36:49.033 --> 36:50.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5%
Now, I thought, well,
what if you were tied up

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and you couldn't move

36:51.800 --> 36:53.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5%
and there's 100 balls
going 100 miles an hour?

36:53.566 --> 36:55.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
It's bound to kill you,
isn't it?

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And then we talked to,
like, a medical person.

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They said, "Well, it just takes
one to hit them on the heart

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and it'll stop it,"
or whatever, you know.

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And you go, "Okay."

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(tense music)

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(balls thudding)

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That's probably
one of my favorite ones,

37:07.000 --> 37:08.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
because I thought
it's very sort of visual,

37:08.266 --> 37:10.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:55%
and you could feel it,
you can really feel that.

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♪

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(balls thudding)

37:14.733 --> 37:17.033 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
And I just think
the writerly imagination.

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You sometimes think,
"Oh, get help.

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Where has this come from?

37:21.133 --> 37:22.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
What's wrong with you?"

37:22.366 --> 37:24.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
There's a few good deaths
in the next one

37:24.200 --> 37:25.433 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
that's filming at the moment.

37:25.533 --> 37:26.433 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:25%
(director)
Camera set!

37:26.533 --> 37:27.600 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5%
And action!

37:27.700 --> 37:28.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5%
(man)
As soon as you get this message,

37:28.933 --> 37:30.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:22.5%
grab Etta
and get to the shelter.

37:30.966 --> 37:32.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:30%
(Jeff Povey)
Including this latest episode,

37:32.300 --> 37:34.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
I believe I've killed 18 people.

37:34.600 --> 37:36.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
And I'm still at large.

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Prior to his demise,
he called two numbers.

37:40.066 --> 37:41.100 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:30%
(Jeff Povey)
It's a terrible thing to say,

37:41.200 --> 37:42.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
but it's great fun
killing people.

37:42.966 --> 37:44.000 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
It really is.

37:44.100 --> 37:47.066 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(laughs)

37:47.166 --> 37:49.200 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
But come every
Midsomer murder,

37:49.300 --> 37:51.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
often the first person
at the death scene

37:51.233 --> 37:53.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
is not a police officer.

37:53.900 --> 37:57.100 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:12.5%
(Kam)
Looks like she was
immersed in this stuff

37:57.200 --> 37:58.866 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
when it was in liquid form.

37:58.966 --> 38:02.133 align:start position:20% line:10% size:40%
(Manjinder Virk)
For Kam, I think one
of her favorite murders

38:02.233 --> 38:05.600 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5%
possibly was the incident
at Cooper Hill,

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with the aliens
and the spaceships,

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because she couldn't solve it,

38:09.600 --> 38:12.433 align:start position:25% line:74% size:20%
(Nelson)
So, you're saying
this stuff's alien,

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I'm saying it's alien to me.

38:14.533 --> 38:16.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40%
(Manjinder Virk)
For her, that was probably fun.

38:16.100 --> 38:17.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
For the actors,
that was probably not fun,

38:17.800 --> 38:20.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
because they had to be put
into black bags,

38:20.866 --> 38:23.200 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
covered in black goo.

38:23.300 --> 38:26.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
I used to be very protective
over the murdered actors,

38:26.800 --> 38:29.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
just because they had to hold
really uncomfortable positions

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for long periods of time.

38:31.500 --> 38:33.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
I would just make sure
there's a pillow,

38:33.200 --> 38:35.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
or they could just
lean on something.

38:35.766 --> 38:39.733 align:start position:20% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
In 2016, Manjinder Virk
became the fourth actor

38:39.833 --> 38:42.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
to take on the busy role
of Midsomer pathologist.

38:43.033 --> 38:45.700 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:40%
(Manjinder Virk)
The first day on set,
it was quite surreal.

38:45.800 --> 38:47.666 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
Please, call me Kam.

38:47.766 --> 38:50.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
There was something familiar
about being with Neil,

38:50.800 --> 38:52.533 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
it was part of my growing up.

38:52.633 --> 38:53.566 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:20%
(Nelson)
Don't suppose
there's much you can tell

38:53.666 --> 38:54.666 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
from an empty room,
is there?

38:54.766 --> 38:56.233 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
Quite the opposite.

38:56.333 --> 38:57.900 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15%
Right.

38:58.000 --> 38:59.666 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:40%
(Manjinder Virk)
I took the job on
because I liked the character

38:59.766 --> 39:01.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:32.5%
and I thought
she was interesting.

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(Kam)
See this?

39:02.833 --> 39:04.033 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
The weft of the carpet?

39:04.133 --> 39:05.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
It's flattened in the same way.

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(Manjinder Virk)
I didn't realize
that it would be part of

39:08.733 --> 39:11.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:22.5%
a sort of
controversial headline,

39:11.266 --> 39:13.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
because I was
the first person of color

39:13.600 --> 39:16.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
as a regular on the show.

39:16.166 --> 39:19.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35%
It's important
to have this discussion.

39:19.133 --> 39:20.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:32.5%
And the thing
about "Midsomer" is,

39:20.366 --> 39:22.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
it's so out there
as a show.

39:22.600 --> 39:25.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
It's important to realize that
people from all walks of life

39:26.000 --> 39:27.266 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
can be represented.

39:27.366 --> 39:30.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Sarah)
So, how are you finding the job?

39:30.500 --> 39:33.166 align:start position:25% line:74% size:12.5%
(Kam)
It's not what I was
expecting so far,

39:33.266 --> 39:34.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
but I'm enjoying the challenge.

39:35.033 --> 39:36.600 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:20%
-Cheers.
-Cheers.

39:36.700 --> 39:38.266 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
(upbeat music)

39:38.366 --> 39:41.100 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(female narrator)
Across the years,
the Midsomer pathologists

39:41.200 --> 39:44.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:60%
have had one of the most
gruesome jobs on television,

39:44.100 --> 39:46.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:50%
and not just because
of the criminally shapeless

39:46.533 --> 39:47.733 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
boiler suits.

39:47.833 --> 39:49.466 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

39:49.566 --> 39:53.633 align:start position:15% line:10% size:42.5%
(Annette Badland)
Fleur came into the series
peering into a vat of beer.

39:53.733 --> 39:57.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5%
(Fleur)
Boiled human flesh isn't
something I work with every day,

39:57.366 --> 40:00.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:30%
so I'll need
to consult a specialist.

40:00.366 --> 40:01.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
And possibly a cookbook.

40:02.000 --> 40:06.166 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(Annette Badland)
I believe there have been
five pathologists.

40:06.266 --> 40:09.166 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
Barry Jackson played the first
pathologist, of course.

40:09.266 --> 40:10.300 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:15%
(Troy)
So, where is it, then,
the body?

40:10.400 --> 40:12.000 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
(dramatic music)

40:12.100 --> 40:13.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
Most of it's in the hall.

40:13.633 --> 40:17.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
And I know of late, um,
they have been often

40:17.933 --> 40:19.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
the love interest
for the sidekick.

40:19.600 --> 40:21.066 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:20%
(Winter)
Do you remember when they took
us to watch a post-mortem

40:21.166 --> 40:23.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
and the big Scottish guy
fainted?

40:23.433 --> 40:25.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:32.5%
You and I had
to take him outside.

40:25.500 --> 40:27.733 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:12.5%
(Kam)
Then you suggested we go
across the road for sushi

40:27.833 --> 40:29.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
and he nearly fainted again.

40:29.100 --> 40:30.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20%
(Winter)
Didn't know what he was missing.

40:30.700 --> 40:33.866 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:42.5%
(Annette Badland)
But Fleur came in
and she was not that.

40:33.966 --> 40:35.133 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(door opens)

40:35.233 --> 40:36.366 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5%
Sorry I'm late.

40:36.466 --> 40:38.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
I was removing a chainsaw
from a chest cavity.

40:38.633 --> 40:39.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35%
(Nick Hendrix)
She's a force of nature.

40:40.066 --> 40:41.266 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
She always knows best.

40:41.366 --> 40:44.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:50%
She's always sort of
solving the crimes for us.

40:44.366 --> 40:45.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
And we're sort of
scared of her,

40:45.900 --> 40:47.566 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
love her, need her.

40:47.666 --> 40:50.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
Fleur has wonderful
backstories.

40:50.400 --> 40:52.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:25%
She's part
of a female biker gang.

40:52.766 --> 40:54.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
She's been married
in Las Vegas.

40:54.800 --> 40:57.766 align:start position:15% line:74% size:17.5%
(Fleur)
It's bringing back memories
of my first wedding.

40:57.866 --> 40:59.200 align:start position:25% line:74% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
I didn't know
you'd been married.

40:59.300 --> 41:00.866 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
(scoffs)

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I've been down the aisle
a few times.

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Although
it wasn't an aisle as such

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in Vegas.

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(Nick Hendrix)
So, Neil and I spend most
episodes pulling looks

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and just going, "What?"

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(Winter)
What's that?

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(Fleur)
A shinai stick,
with modifications.

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They use it in kendo.

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I once shacked up
with a local champion.

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(Annette Badland)
She's some girl.

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(laughs)

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(Fleur)
Enrobed, that's how
they describe it, isn't it,

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on the box?

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Mind you, they're usually
talking about a hazelnut.

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My very favorite
murder to explore

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was death by chocolate.

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(Fleur)
I won't be able to get
stuff out of his windpipe

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until I get him back to the lab.

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It'll be all the way into his
lungs, I shouldn't wonder.

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(Neil Dudgeon)
Pathologists traditionally
are shown to be

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rather sort of ghoulish,
dark-humored people.

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(Fleur)
I'd say he died because he got
turned into a human lolly.

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(Nick Hendrix)
I think humor is very important.

41:51.700 --> 41:53.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
It's a light-hearted show,
really.

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You know, we're not
"Line of Duty."

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That's the point
of "Midsomer,"

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is it's the other end
of that spectrum.

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The comedy element,
I think,

41:59.600 --> 42:01.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
is a very important
part of the tone.

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(kiss)

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You missed a bit.

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(sighs)

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It's what helps it to be cozy
rather than scary.

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It's not that we are glib.

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You have to worry about
someone who's been killed,

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and then be humorous
to survive yourself.

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Now, buzz off,
let me get back to work.

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(Jeff Povey)
Barnaby stays
very, very sane and true

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and straight through it.

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(Barnaby)
Mrs. Dagmar, I'm here
on official police business.

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Oh, in that case,
I'm all ears, all eyes,

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and all the rest of me.

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(Jeff Povey)
He never jokes about victims,
never ever.

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Winter can, and he could get
admonished for it.

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Fleur can 'cause she does,
she jokes about everything.

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(Winter)
That's the last time
I go to a gym.

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(Fleur)
You go to the gym?

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(Jeff Povey)
But as long as Barnaby
doesn't succumb to it,

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we're on safe ground.

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(Winter)
Do you believe her?

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(Barnaby)
It all sounds
plausible enough,

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but something just
doesn't feel right.

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(Neil Dudgeon)
I say this with some pride.

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Years ago, there was some
sort of survey among police

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as to what was
the most accurate

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representation of the police.

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(Fleur)
All right, I give up.

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Why did you cross the road?

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(Winter)
Like I said,
it's my day off.

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(Neil Dudgeon)
And "Midsomer," you'll be
astonished to hear this,

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"Midsomer" was adjudged

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the least accurate
representation

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of actual police work.

43:23.266 --> 43:24.866 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
Well, I was amazed.

43:24.966 --> 43:27.900 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:35%
(Jason Hughes)
Which, I think is probably
another part of its charm.

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We're not trying to be real,
it's a made-up land.

43:31.200 --> 43:34.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
You know, these stories
are fantastical,

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and we're not going
to apologize for it.

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And I think that's probably
something that people enjoy,

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because they're like, "Well,
at least they're honest.

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Not trying to be anything
you know, that they're not."

43:44.800 --> 43:46.266 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
Cheers!

43:46.366 --> 43:48.633 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(whimsical music)

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(guide)
So, ladies and gentlemen,

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this is where our tour
of Midsomer County ends,

43:55.200 --> 43:59.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
exactly where it began,
here in Badger's Drift,

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25 years after
that very first episode.

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And so, I hope
that you've enjoyed

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our little tour today.

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Thank you very much.

44:09.233 --> 44:10.600 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
(applause)

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(upbeat music)

44:12.533 --> 44:14.300 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:35%
(Ian Strachan)
This is actually
my 25th year as well.

44:14.400 --> 44:16.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
I started filming in 1997.

44:16.766 --> 44:18.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
To be honest, it's as fresh
today as it was then.

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♪

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(Annette Badland)
The storylines are...

44:22.233 --> 44:24.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:60%
what we're working on at
the moment is extraordinary.

44:24.800 --> 44:27.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
The killer reconfigured
the venting system.

44:27.466 --> 44:28.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
Twenty-five years.

44:28.900 --> 44:30.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
It's kind of incredible
that any show

44:30.766 --> 44:33.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50%
could have within it
the seeds of its own reinvention

44:33.766 --> 44:35.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:30%
so much that
it can keep changing.

44:35.566 --> 44:36.900 align:start position:25% line:74% size:35%
(John Nettles)
There's no reason
for it ever to stop,

44:37.000 --> 44:38.533 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
as far I can see.

44:38.633 --> 44:41.466 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
When you look at the rest
of the TV landscape,

44:41.566 --> 44:44.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35%
it's really...
it's really astonishing.

44:44.433 --> 44:46.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:20%
(Winter)
Are you retiring?

44:46.266 --> 44:47.533 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:22.5%
(Barnaby)
Me?

44:47.633 --> 44:49.100 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
Whatever gave you that idea?

44:49.200 --> 44:51.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:20%
(Winter)
Well, you did, sort of.

44:51.500 --> 44:53.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45%
All those pictures
of quaint cottages.

44:53.966 --> 44:55.566 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5%
Retire?

44:55.666 --> 44:57.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
I'm in my prime, Winter.

44:57.733 --> 44:58.966 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:35%
(Neil Dudgeon)
I just want people
to carry on loving

44:59.066 --> 45:01.200 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5%
"Midsomer Murders" as I do.

45:01.300 --> 45:03.166 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
Happy birthday, "Midsomer."

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(glass clink)

45:04.433 --> 45:07.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
Happy quarter-century,
"Midsomer Murders."

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(engine revs)

45:09.100 --> 45:10.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
(Jane Wymark)
Many, many happy returns.

45:10.966 --> 45:12.133 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5%
(cork pops)

45:12.233 --> 45:13.900 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(theme music)

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So many years,
so many deaths.

45:16.766 --> 45:19.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
So many criminals caught.

45:19.633 --> 45:20.533 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
Well done.

45:20.633 --> 45:30.600 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

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(bright music)