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{{Infobox episode|series_and_ep_number = Series Nine, Episode Two|image1 = Dead-letters.jpg|airdate = 26 February 2006|village_or_location = [[Midsomer Barton]]|writer = [[Peter J. Hammond]]|director = [[Renny Rye]]|previous_episode = [[The House in the Woods]]|following_episode = [[Vixen's Run]]}}'''Dead Letters''' is the second episode of the [[Series Nine|ninth series]] of the popular [[ITV]] crime drama [[Midsomer Murders]] and originally aired on 26th February 2006.
  
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|series_and_ep_number = Series Nine, Episode Two
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|image1 = Dead-letters.jpg
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|airdate = 26 February 2006
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|village_or_location = [[Midsomer Barton]]
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|writer = [[Peter J. Hammond]]
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|director = [[Renny Rye]]
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|previous_episode = [[The House in the Woods]]
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|following_episode = [[Vixen's Run]]
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}}'''Dead Letters''' is the second episode of the [[Series Nine|ninth series]] of the popular [[ITV]] crime drama [[Midsomer Murders]] and originally aired on 26th February 2006.
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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It is the first day of Oak Apple Week in [[Midsomer Barton]] when [[Marion Slade]], a loner suffering from depression is found drowned. It looks like suicide, driven by grief for her dead daughter, a former carnival queen. [[Tom Barnaby|DCI Barnaby]] and [[Ben Jones|DC Jones]] investigate, but was it suicide or murder? During the investigation, Barnaby is shaken by the appearance of two villagers who look like murder victims from his past. When another body is found, it appears the festivities have stirred up a cocktail of adultery, unrequited love and revenge in the village.
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It is the first day of Oak Apple Week in [[Midsomer Barton]] when [[Marion Slade]], a loner suffering from depression is found drowned. It looks like suicide, driven by grief for her dead daughter, a former carnival queen. [[Tom Barnaby|DCI Barnaby]] and [[Ben Jones|DC Jones]] investigate, but was it suicide or murder? During the investigation, Barnaby is astonished by the appearance of two villagers who look like murder victims from his past. When another body is found, it appears the festivities have stirred up a cocktail of adultery, unrequited love, and revenge in the village.
   
 
==Plot==
  
==Plot==
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Barnaby and Jones investigate the death of Marian Slade who is found face down in a stream just a short walk from the Midsomer Barton village fête. Oddly, Barnaby encounters a woman and her son who bear a striking resemblance to a pair who were murdered eight years before. They soon discover another body, that of Slade's neighbor, [[Mark Castle]]. Both victims had been mildly sedated with the same drug, leading to the conclusion that they were killed by the same person. The motive for the crime is related to the death of Slade's daughter Bella many years before and an abortion that everyone has kept secret all these years.
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Barnaby and Jones investigate the death of Marian Slade who is found face down in a stream just a short walk from the Midsomer Barton village fête. Oddly, Barnaby encounters a woman and her son who bear a striking resemblance to a pair who were murdered nine years earlier. They soon discover another body, that of Slade's neighbor, [[Mark Castle]]. Both victims had been sedated with the same drug, leading to the conclusion that they were killed by the same person. The motive for the crime is related to the death of Slade's daughter Bella many years before and an abortion that everyone has kept secret all these years.
   
 
==Cast==
  
==Cast==
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*[[John Nettles]] as DCI [[Tom Barnaby]]
  
*[[John Nettles]] as DCI [[Tom Barnaby]]
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*[[Barry Jackson]] as Dr. [[George Bullard]]
  
*[[Barry Jackson]] as Dr. [[George Bullard]]
 
*[[Elizabeth Spriggs]] as [[Ursula Gooding]]
  
*[[Elizabeth Spriggs]] as [[Ursula Gooding]]
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*David Bamber as [[John Starkey]]
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*[[David Bamber]] as [[John Starkey]]
 
*Claire Askam as [[Marion Slade]]
  
*Claire Askam as [[Marion Slade]]
 
*Tom Bennett as [[Rob Pride]]
  
*Tom Bennett as [[Rob Pride]]
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*Tom Georgeson as [[Ron Chalk]]
  
*Tom Georgeson as [[Ron Chalk]]
 
*Tracy Brabin as [[Ruth Chalk]]
  
*Tracy Brabin as [[Ruth Chalk]]
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*Simon Callow as [[Dr. Wellow]]
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*Simon Callow as [[Richard Wellow|Dr. Wellow]]
 
*Caroline Goodall as [[Grace Starkey]]
  
*Caroline Goodall as [[Grace Starkey]]
 
*[[Sophie Thompson]] as [[April Gooding]]
  
*[[Sophie Thompson]] as [[April Gooding]]
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*Sarah Pritchard as [[Bella Slade|Bella]]
  
*Sarah Pritchard as [[Bella Slade|Bella]]
 
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==Galleries==
  
==Galleries==
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===Body Count===
  
===Body Count===
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Prior to the Episode
 
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Bella.jpg|[[Bella Slade]]<br>Died from complications of having an abortion 8 years prior to the events of the episode.
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Bella.jpg|[[Bella Slade]]<br>Died from complications of having an abortion 8 years ago.
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Marion-slade.jpg|[[Marion Slade]]<br>Drugged and then drowned in a stream.
  
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Mark-castle.jpg|[[Mark Castle]]<br>Drugged and throat slashed with his own knife.
  
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In the Episode
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Dr-wellow.jpg|[[Dr. Wellow]]<br>Stabbed numerous times.
  
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Marion-slade.jpg|[[Marion Slade]]<br>Drugged with Dirathene which made her halucinant and to run away from her house and when she was found was drowned in a stream.
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Mark-castle.jpg|[[Mark Castle]]<br>Drugged with Dirathene in Scotch which made him halucinant and when he collapsed in the woods near an Oak had his throat slashed with his own knife.
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Dr-wellow.jpg|Dr. [[Richard Wellow]]<br>Stabbed numerous times in the chest with a knife.
 
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Dead-letters-09.jpg
 
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==Video==
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[[File:Midsomer Murders Series 9 Episode 2 - Dead Letters Preview|thumb|none|350 px]]
   
 
==Notes==
  
==Notes==
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*[[Elizabeth Spriggs]] and [[Richard Cant]] who played in [[The Killings at Badger's Drift]] as [[Iris Rainbird|Iris]] and [[Dennis Rainbird]] return to [[Midsomer Murders]] to play in this episode as [[Ursula Gooding|Ursula]] and [[Alistair Gooding]] which are Iris's sister and Dennis's cousin respectively.
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* It is revealed that Jones used to come to the Oak Apple Week fête when he was a kid.
  
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*In both this episode and in [[The Killings at Badger's Drift]], another tie is that the person already dead at the beginning of each was called Bella.
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*It is revealed that Jones used to come to the Oak Apple Week fête when he was a kid.
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*In the episode a copy of ''The House of Satan'', a book from [[A Tale of Two Hamlets]] and a novel by [[Jezebel Tripp]], a character who appeared in ''[[Sins of Commission]]'' are shown in the [[Midsomer Barton]] Library where [[Alistair Gooding]] works.
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The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have appeared in other episodes
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*[[Richard Cant]] - [[The Killings at Badger's Drift]]
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*[[Elizabeth Spriggs]] - [[The Killings at Badger's Drift]]
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*Josef Lindsay - [[Secrets and Spies]]
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*[[David Bamber]] - [[The Black Book]] and [[A Dying Art]]
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*Simon Callow - [[The Curse of the Ninth]]
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*Caroline Goodall - [[The Killings of Copenhagen]]
 
[[Category:Series Nine episodes]]
  
[[Category:Series Nine episodes]]

Revision as of 21:45, 14 March 2020

Dead Letters is the second episode of the ninth series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and originally aired on 26th February 2006.

Synopsis

It is the first day of Oak Apple Week in Midsomer Barton when Marion Slade, a loner suffering from depression is found drowned. It looks like suicide, driven by grief for her dead daughter, a former carnival queen. DCI Barnaby and DC Jones investigate, but was it suicide or murder? During the investigation, Barnaby is astonished by the appearance of two villagers who look like murder victims from his past. When another body is found, it appears the festivities have stirred up a cocktail of adultery, unrequited love, and revenge in the village.

Plot

Barnaby and Jones investigate the death of Marian Slade who is found face down in a stream just a short walk from the Midsomer Barton village fête. Oddly, Barnaby encounters a woman and her son who bear a striking resemblance to a pair who were murdered nine years earlier. They soon discover another body, that of Slade's neighbor, Mark Castle. Both victims had been sedated with the same drug, leading to the conclusion that they were killed by the same person. The motive for the crime is related to the death of Slade's daughter Bella many years before and an abortion that everyone has kept secret all these years.

Cast

Galleries

Body Count

Prior to the Episode

In the Episode

Supporting Cast

Episode Images

Video

Midsomer_Murders_Series_9_Episode_2_-_Dead_Letters_Preview

Midsomer Murders Series 9 Episode 2 - Dead Letters Preview

Notes

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

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