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{{Infobox episode|series_and_ep_number = Series Nineteen, Episode Two|image1 = Crime-and-punishment.jpg|airdate = 4 January 2017|village_or_location = [[Bleakridge]]|writer = [[Paul Logue]]|director = [[Renny Rye]]|previous_episode = [[The Village That Rose from the Dead]]|following_episode = [[Last Man Out]]}}'''Crime and Punishment''' is the second episode of the [[Series Nineteen|nineteenth series]] of the popular British crime drama [[Midsomer Murders]] and originally aired 4th January 2017.
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{{Infobox episode|series_and_ep_number = Series Nineteen, Episode Two|image1 = Crime-and-punishment.jpg|airdate = 4 January 2017|village_or_location = [[Bleakridge]]|writer = [[Paul Logue]]|director = [[Renny Rye]]|previous_episode = [[The Village That Rose from the Dead]]|following_episode = [[Last Man Out]]}}'''Crime and Punishment''' is the second episode of the [[Series Nineteen|nineteenth series]] of the popular [[ITV]] crime drama [[Midsomer Murders]] and originally aired 4th January 2017.
   
 
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The Bleakridge village watch are a Draconian bunch, penalizing the pettiest of offences. Barnaby and Winter investigate when one of their number, butcher Angus Colton, is murdered whilst looking into a spate of burglaries and his sister-in-law, the fearsome Ingrid Loxton explains that the group was established after her brother was killed in an unsolved hit and run. Not everybody supports the watch, notably landlord Mitch McAllister, who is attacked and his pub vandalized and who is prime suspect when another member of the group is killed. When Ingrid relents by asking Barnaby to help catch the murderer he discovers not only a burned out car stolen two years earlier from café owners Barbara and Duncan Walton for the hit and run but the identities of the burglar, putting Ingrid in a bad light, and the driver - who has cause to silence those watch members likely to expose their own form of crime and punishment.
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The Bleakridge village watch are a Draconian bunch, penalizing the pettiest of offences. Barnaby and Winter investigate when one of their number, butcher [[Angus Colton]], is murdered whilst looking into a spate of burglaries and his sister-in-law, the fearsome [[Ingrid Loxton]] explains that the group was established after her brother was killed in an unsolved hit and run. Not everybody supports the watch, notably landlord [[Mitch McAllister]], who is attacked and his pub vandalized and who is prime suspect when another member of the group is killed. When Ingrid relents by asking Barnaby to help catch the murderer he discovers not only a burned out car stolen two years earlier from café owners [[Barbara Walton|Barbara]] and [[Duncan Walton]] for the hit and run but the identities of the burglar, putting Ingrid in a bad light, and the driver - who has cause to silence those watch members likely to expose their own form of crime and punishment.
   
 
==Cast==
 
==Cast==

Revision as of 04:33, 11 June 2018

Crime and Punishment is the second episode of the nineteenth series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and originally aired 4th January 2017.

Synopsis

The Bleakridge Watch patrols the streets of their remote village, exposing anyone who steps outside the law. When one of their members dies, DCI Barnaby and new partner DS Jamie Winter uncover just how far some people will go for power.

Plot

The Bleakridge village watch are a Draconian bunch, penalizing the pettiest of offences. Barnaby and Winter investigate when one of their number, butcher Angus Colton, is murdered whilst looking into a spate of burglaries and his sister-in-law, the fearsome Ingrid Loxton explains that the group was established after her brother was killed in an unsolved hit and run. Not everybody supports the watch, notably landlord Mitch McAllister, who is attacked and his pub vandalized and who is prime suspect when another member of the group is killed. When Ingrid relents by asking Barnaby to help catch the murderer he discovers not only a burned out car stolen two years earlier from café owners Barbara and Duncan Walton for the hit and run but the identities of the burglar, putting Ingrid in a bad light, and the driver - who has cause to silence those watch members likely to expose their own form of crime and punishment.

Cast


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Supporting Cast

Episode images

Notes

  • The murdered characters Frank Lockston and Angus Colton were not included in the cast list.