Midsomer Murders - Echoes of the Dead [DVD]

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Barnaby and Winter have to step into the world of spirituality when the body of Tilly Mulroney is found surrounded by ritual symbols on the first night of the Angel’s Rise Psychic Fayre. Simeon Dagley falls under suspicion when it is revealed that one of his Devil Tarot cards was found beside Tilly’s body, but a while later, Simeon is also found murdered, hanging upside down from a tree in the woodland. It transpires that Simeon may have figured out the identity of Tilly’s murderer, by looking at his Tarot cards. DCI Barnaby soon learns the truth about the previous death of Bea Saint-Stephens, and he realises that her passing may be the key to the murder case. The denouement is silly as well, we really cannot believe this man would do these killings for the reason given. Farce, really. And John Barnaby gets really upset at one murder only. Yep, the female who wanted to have a same-sex marriage sets him off. There is a full moon over Little Worthy at Halloween and the people in the area are thrilled when local photographer Steve Skelton wins a competition in the village with his own creation of the Wolf Hunter. Unexpectedly, the Wolf Hunter is becoming a viral meme, with people coming from miles around to explore the woods of Little Worthy in the hope of catching a glimpse of the beast. The excitement turns into fear when Jez Gladberry is found murdered in the woods, killed in the unique way of the Wolf Hunter. Her career started as a child in the television series Woof! [1] She is known for a series of television roles including Virginia Braithwaite, daughter of a lottery winning family in the comedy drama At Home with the Braithwaites. [3] Sparkhouse ( Red Production Company/ BBC 2002) and her appearance in Jane Hall (Red Production Company/ ITV1 2006) marked a link between Smart and television writer Sally Wainwright. Between 2008 and 2012, she played Ann-Britt Höglund in Wallander, nine feature-length adaptations of Henning Mankell's Wallander novels, for the BBC. Smart has also been featured in a number of radio dramas. In 2011, she appeared in a two-part story for the sixth series of the BBC series Doctor Who as the sympathetic 'villain' of The Rebel Flesh/ The Almost People. [4] Selected filmography [ edit ] After attending a retirement party for ex police officers, Elaine Bennet dies crashing her car. Fleur informs Barnaby that someone has tampered with Elaine’s car and the night before, she had an argument with Giles Franklyn in the car park. Challis Court is a tight-knit community for the retired police officers and one of the resident’s houses is broken into, where much of the evidence is stolen and destroyed. Damian Bennet is also found murdered and a well kept lie may help Barnaby and Winter to uncover the culprit.

Normally I do a recap of the plot of the Midsomer Murders episode, but in the case of "Echoes of the Dead," I'm not going to. As far as the story, it was just okay. And also, may I point out, they didn't solve the case. David confessed in his studies while teaching history and the French language, he adored the sensation of the early 19th century murders he first emulated, hoping to create his own painted pictures. John Barnaby, who was always furious from the extreme violence of the murders, merely hissed at David for feeling like he wanted to play God over innocent people by "punishing" them as he saw fit. David said nothing as he was taken away. The rest of the episode has a lot to praise. John Barnaby here shows emotion and his disgust for the killer, which is unusual for him, and the last seconds are quite strong, and the theme music is well changed. The finale is the most intense in the entire show, and it kept me incredibly tense and anxious. The plot is quite interesting, and the beginning is one of the most creepy and promising in the show. The atmosphere is also great. When wealthy landowner Gregory Lancaster's body goes missing on the night of his death, it starts a series of mysterious events in the village of Little Malton. DCI Barnaby, DS Nelson, and new forensic pathologist Kam Karimore enter a very macabre world of body-snatching. Nothing is quite what it seems, and when another strange event takes place, the detectives set out to catch the culprit. The villagers of Midsomer Deverell are angered by the Inkpen family's plans to convert the public memorial garden into a tea shop. When Elspeth Inkpen's daughter Fliss is found murdered in the garden, Barnaby and Troy believe that someone may be determined to stop its destruction. Elspeth ( Belinda Lang) moves to the vicarage where she too is murdered. As the investigation continues, the suspect list grows to include the daughter of the architect who designed the garden and a gardener ( Neil Dudgeon) with whom both Elspeth and Fliss had been having an affair. Barnaby and Troy realise that the case will only be solved when the garden gives up a sinister secret.

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Ok, I am going to get to the point of this particular episode. There's spoilers in this so, let's get to it. The peace of Ferne Basset is shattered when the body of quiet animal lover Agnes Gray ( Denyse Alexander) is found floating in the nearby river. Soon afterwards her cousin, Esslyn Carmichael ( Nicholas Le Prevost), inadvertently cuts his own throat on stage during the final act of an amateur production of Amadeus. It turns out that the safety tape on the prop knife used by Esslyn on stage had been removed, making it lethal. As most of the other cast members of the Causton Amateur Dramatics Society loathed him, there are multiple motives and suspects for his murder. DCI Tom Barnaby needs to establish whether there is a connection behind the two deaths to solve the case. Angela Pleasence and Bernard Hepton also appear. Echoes of the Dead", as already mentioned, is quite a disturbing and dark episode, as well as one of the most intense, I really felt an incredible tension and some fear when you are concerned about just one question: "Who's next?" It should be noted that the episode is too brutal and cruel for a cozy series. The 'Creeper' is a daring cat burglar responsible for a series of daring thefts across Midsomer. After the Creeper strikes twice in one night, a writer, David Roper, is found smothered to death in his bed on the Chettham family estate. The police soon learn that Mr. Roper had been planning to write a book that could have exposed many Chettham family secrets of years past. The mystery deepens when a second victim who knew the family is shot in woodland. The detectives have to search the family's history to solve the crimes and finally uncover the Creeper's identity. Barnaby and Winter are stranded on a remote island manor due to a storm after Victor Karras, owner of Karras Games, dies falling down the stairs and hit with a falling statue. Victor’s wife, Eleanor, is pregnant and plans to give the child to her sister Alicia. Later, Hugo Welles is also murdered and Barnaby and Winter discover the key to the case.

The residents in the village of Elverton-Cum-Latterly are about to start their rehearsals for a charity drag queen extravaganza, when Lois Springfield is found murdered. And after receiving a warning message, Malik Payne is almost run over by a car and it now seems that someone is not very happy about the charity drag queen extravaganza. At the end of the show, Evelyn Hardy is found murdered and the terminally ill Rocco Templeton collapses at the village green. It soon transpires that someone wants to start a new life at a new place. A well kept secret has been held concealed, and someone’s life has been changed forever. Not really much on offer in terms of mystery, you kind of know who it is within the first ten minutes, as said person is made far too questionable, an effort made to capture the feeling of revulsion of the crimes of George Joseph Smith, The Brides in the Bath, but somehow it misses the mark. The story is grislier than usual, but while one doesn't mind different the grisliness is done to overkill and gratuitous effect and feels really out of place not just for the show but (for when it first aired) for something airing barely past the watershed. Let's not get started on the insultingly farcical ending, with a far too obvious killer and one of the most intelligence-insultingly absurd motives in 'Midsomer Murders' history. In the village of Monks Barton, two couples seemingly disappear from their cottages. When Barnaby and Jones arrive, they learn about the legendary and mysterious haunted woods. Shortly afterwards, a body is found in a shallow grave, giving Barnaby and Jones an accurate description of one of the "missing" persons. The detectives have to delve much deeper into the woods and beyond, to find the answer. There is a fierce rivalry between traditional and digital photographers in the village of Luxton Deeping. When the photographic society's committee decides not to accept digital images at the annual photographic exhibition, matters take an ugly turn and there is a confrontation. The following day, photographer Lionel Bell is found murdered in woodland, strangled with the cord of his light meter. As the detectives begin to investigate, evidence seems to implicate Barnaby in the murder and he is taken off the case. He is replaced by DI Martin Spellman, a colleague disliked by Tom, who appears more interested in his upcoming wedding than the case. When another photographer is murdered, Barnaby continues his investigation unofficially to discover who is framing him and bring the guilty party to justice.

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Note: To mark the 20th anniversary series, 20 ' Easter eggs' references were included in this episode. When you have a show with such dastardly crimes that are often bloody, deal with dark secrets, etc., you have to have characters that can add attractiveness, some levity, some camaraderie, some warmth to the proceedings. In the remote hamlet of Goodman's Land, local postman and Lothario Dave Cutler is murdered during his early postal delivery. Barnaby and Troy, together with WPC Jay Nash ( Gillian Kearney), start investigating and discover Dave had had numerous affairs with women in the village. A witness later recalls having heard strange 1950s dance music before the murder. When a local man's wife, an antique dealer, and a businessman ( Alan Howard) all become victims to the killer as well, the detectives need to find a possible link to connect the murders before Jay gets into a perilous situation herself. Celia Imrie also appears. Spoiler Alert: Reading this critique may affect your enjoyment of this episode if you have not seen this episode.