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{{Infobox episode|series_and_ep_number = Series Fourteen, Episode Two|image1 = Dark-secrets.jpg|airdate = 30 March 2011|village_or_location = [[Midsomer Parva]]|writer = [[Michael Aitkens]]|director = [[Simon Langton]]|previous_episode = [[Death in the Slow Lane]]|following_episode = [[Echoes of the Dead]]}}
  
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'''Dark Secrets''' is the second episode of the [[Series Fourteen|fourteenth series]] of the [[ITV]] crime drama [[Midsomer Murders]] and was first aired 30th March 2011.
  
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|image1 = Dark-secrets.jpg
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|airdate = 30 March 2011
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|village_or_location = [[Midsomer Parva]]
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|writer = [[Michael Aitkens]]
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|director = [[Simon Langton]]
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|previous_episode = [[Death in the Slow Lane]]
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|following_episode = [[Echoes of the Dead]]
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}}'''Dark Secrets''' is the second episode of the [[Series Fourteen|fourteenth series]] of the [[ITV]] crime drama [[Midsomer Murders]] and was first aired 30th March 2011.
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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*[[Fiona Dolman]] as [[Sarah Barnaby]]
  
*[[Fiona Dolman]] as [[Sarah Barnaby]]
 
*[[Edward Fox]] as [[William Bingham]]
  
*[[Edward Fox]] as [[William Bingham]]
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*Phyllida Law as [[Mary Bingham]]
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*[[Phyllida Law]] as [[Mary Bingham]]
 
*Neil Pearson as [[Eddie Stanton]]
  
*Neil Pearson as [[Eddie Stanton]]
 
*Beth Goddard as [[Selina Stanton]]
  
*Beth Goddard as [[Selina Stanton]]
 
*Lucy Briggs-Owen as [[Verity Stanton]]
  
*Lucy Briggs-Owen as [[Verity Stanton]]
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*Haydn Gwynne as [[Maggie Viviani]]
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*[[Haydn Gwynne]] as [[Maggie Viviani]]
 
*Julian Ovenden as [[Ben Viviani]]
  
*Julian Ovenden as [[Ben Viviani]]
 
*Nick Brimble as [[Adam Grace]]
  
*Nick Brimble as [[Adam Grace]]
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*Ifan Meredith as Dave Taylor
  
*Ifan Meredith as Dave Taylor
 
*Sue Vincent as Matron Lynch
  
*Sue Vincent as Matron Lynch
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*Helen Steinway Bailey as Jennifer Bingham (as Helen Steinway-Bailey)
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*Helen Steinway Bailey as Jennifer Bingham (as Helen Steinway-Bailey)(uncredited)
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*[[Nick Thomas-Webster]] as CID Officer (uncredited)
 
*Arran Topham as [[Robin Bingham]]
  
*Arran Topham as [[Robin Bingham]]
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*Nick Thomas-Webster as CID Officer (uncredited)
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*[[Chris Wilson]] as Police Officer (uncredited)
 
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==Gallery==
  
==Gallery==
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===Body Count===
  
===Body Count===
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Prior to the Episode
 
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Placeholder_person.png|Bertie Morell<br>Unspecified death related to alcohol in the '60s.
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Robin-bingham.png|[[Robin Bingham]]<br>Drowned after crashing car into river. Accidental death.
  
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Gerry-dawkins.png|[[Gerry Dawkins]]<br>Struck in back of head and then drowned in overturned canoe.
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Robin-bingham.png|[[Robin Bingham]]<br>Drowned after crashing his car into a river in 1975. Accidental death.
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Mary-bingham.png|[[Mary Bingham]]<br>Heart attack after being crushed by stack of newspapers.
  
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In the Episode
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Gerry-dawkins.png|[[Gerry Dawkins]]<br>Threatened with a shotgun to get inside his canoe, then struck in the back of the head with the shotgun's butt. The canoe overturned, he fell facedown in the river where he drowned and the current took him downstream where he was found.
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Mary-bingham.png|[[Mary Bingham]]<br>Heart attack after being crushed by a big stack of newspapers which were pushed onto her.
 
Jonathan-frost.png|[[Jonathan Frost|Dr. Frost]]<br>Heart attack after being questioned by DS Jones.
  
Jonathan-frost.png|[[Jonathan Frost|Dr. Frost]]<br>Heart attack after being questioned by DS Jones.
 
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Jane-morris.png|[[Jane Morris]]
  
Jane-morris.png|[[Jane Morris]]
 
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===Episode Images===
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Dark-secrets-01.jpg
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Dark-secrets-03.jpg
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Dark-secrets-05.jpg
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==Video==
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[[File:Midsomer Murders Series 14 Episode 2 - Dark Secrets Preview|thumb|none|350 px]]
   
 
==Notes==
  
==Notes==
 
*First appearance of [[Sarah Barnaby]].
  
*First appearance of [[Sarah Barnaby]].
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*Jennifer Bingham did survive the car crash into the river and was rescued by Adam Grace. She changed her name to Maggie Viviani and gave birth to a son named Ben.
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The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes
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*[[Phyllida Law]] - [[Blood Will Out]]
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*Abigail McKern - [[Destroying Angel]]
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*Jeff Rawle - [[A Talent for Life]]
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*Beth Goddard - [[A Tale of Two Hamlets]]
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*[[Haydn Gwynne]] - [[Ghosts of Christmas Past]]
 
[[Category:Series Fourteen episodes]]
  
[[Category:Series Fourteen episodes]]

Revision as of 15:22, 2 April 2020

Dark Secrets is the second episode of the fourteenth series of the ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and was first aired 30th March 2011.

Synopsis

The reclusive lives of elderly eccentrics William and Mary Bingham comes under police scrutiny when a social services investigator is murdered. DCI Barnaby and DS Jones must unearth generations of family secrets and decipher astronomical charts to find the killer.

Plot

When he tries to see William and Mary Bingham, county social services officer Gerry Dawkins is promptly thrown off the property by the Bingham's daughter Selena and her husband Eddie Stanton. The same day, he visits a local artists' colony where he asks the residents to register with the local authority. They welcome him by gently tossing him in a nearby duck pond. The fastidious Dawkins complains to the police and, as a result, Barnaby and Jones visit both the artists' colony and the Binghams. They have a murder to investigate when, two days later, Dawkins is found floating face down in the river. After learning a good deal of village gossip, Barnaby looks for the medical report into the death of Robin and Jennifer Bingham over thirty years ago. He finds there is no autopsy report on Jennifer as her body was never found. He believes she is still alive, but there will be another death before he ties it all together.

Cast

Gallery

Body Count

Prior to the Episode

In the Episode

Supporting Characters

Episode Images

Video

Midsomer_Murders_Series_14_Episode_2_-_Dark_Secrets_Preview

Midsomer Murders Series 14 Episode 2 - Dark Secrets Preview

Notes

  • First appearance of Sarah Barnaby.
  • Jennifer Bingham did survive the car crash into the river and was rescued by Adam Grace. She changed her name to Maggie Viviani and gave birth to a son named Ben.

The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes

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