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[[File:Placeholder|right|300px]]Lord Holm, an aristocrat who once served a prison sentence for killing his sluttish wife, has turned his home into a rehabilitation centre for other ex-offenders. Gina and Jack Colby, married ex-police officers, assist him, Jack as administrator and Gina as a counsellor. Jack has expressed concerns over the hostel's financial situation shortly before he is murdered. Eddie Marston, a new arrival at the hostel, over whose admittance Tom Barnaby has had misgivings, goes missing, and the local postman, a disgraced former policeman, tells Tom that he has been blackmailing Jack over information given him by Marston when they were cell-mates. Also in the frame is the bad-tempered local inn-keeper, whose neglected wife had been using Jack as a confidant. Nothing is ever simple when investigating a Midsomer murder
  
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|series_and_ep_number = Series Ten, Episode Eight
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|image1 = image:death-in-a-chocolate-box.png
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|airdate = 11 May 2008
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|village_or_location = [[Midsomer Holm]]
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|writer = [[Tony Etchells]]
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|director = [[Richard Holthouse]]
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|previous_episode = [[They Seek Him Here]]
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|following_episode = [[Shot at Dawn]]
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}}'''Death in a Chocolate Box''' is the eighth episode of the [[Series Ten|tenth series]] of the popular [[ITV]] crime drama [[Midsomer Murders]] and first aired 11th May 2008.
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==Synopsis==
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Lord Holm, an aristocrat who once served a prison sentence for killing his serially unfaithful wife, has turned his home into a rehabilitation centre for other ex-offenders. Gina and Jack Colby, married ex-police officers, assist him, Jack as administrator and Gina as a counsellor. Jack has expressed concerns over the hostel's financial situation shortly before he is murdered. Eddie Marston, a new arrival at the hostel, over whose admittance Tom Barnaby has had misgivings, goes missing, and the local postman, a disgraced former policeman, tells Tom that he has been blackmailing Jack over information given him by Marston when they were cell-mates. Also in the frame is the bad-tempered local innkeeper, whose neglected wife had been using Jack as a confidant. Nothing is ever simple when investigating a Midsomer murder.
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==Plot==
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==Cast==
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*[[John Nettles]] as DCI [[Tom Barnaby]]
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*[[Jason Hughes]] as DS [[Ben Jones]]
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*[[Jane Wymark]] as [[Joyce Barnaby]]
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*[[Laura Howard]] as [[Cully Barnaby]]
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*[[Barry Jackson]] as Dr. [[George Bullard]]
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*[[Sam Hazeldine]] as [[Simon Dixon]]
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*Pip Donaghy as [[Jack Colby]]
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*Clare Higgins as [[Gina Colby]]
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*Edward Petherbridge as [[Victor Godbold|Lord Holm (Victor Godbold)]]
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*Christopher Fairbank as [[Ronnie Tyler]]
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*Nigel Harrison as [[Eddie Marston]]
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*Chris Barrie as [[Lionel Poulter]]
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*Philip Bond as [[Dr. Wyatt]]
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*Keith Drinkel as [[Tommy Crinney]]
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*[[Marcia Warren]] as [[Melissa Shrike]]
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*Sue Jenkins as [[Angie Walker]]
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*Sion Tudor Owen as [[Bob Walker]]
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*Martyn Whitby as [[Lenny Leigh]]
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*Wendy Morgan as [[Maria Godbold]]
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*[[Kirsty Dillon]] as WPC [[Gail Stephens]]
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*[[Chris Wilson]] as Police Officer (uncredited)
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==Galleries==
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===Body Count===
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<gallery captionalign="center" captionsize="large" bordersize="medium" navigation="true" widths="110" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
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Maria-godbold.jpg|[[Maria Godbold]]<br>Killed by a blow to the head with the winding handle of the "camera obscura". This murder took place prior to the events of the episode.
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Jack-colby.jpg|[[Jack Colby]]<br>While he was driving his Land Rover through a forest, a shadowy figure appeared in front of his car forcing him off the road. As he laid injured outside the damaged vehicle, was killed by a blow to the head with the winding handle of the "camera obscura".
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Eddie-marston.jpg|[[Eddie Marston]]<br>Killed by a blow to the head with the winding handle of the "camera obscura".
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Gina-colby.jpg|[[Gina Colby]]<br>While she was taken into custody and Tom stopped the car at a train crossing seeing a train was coming, she hit Tom and committed suicide by getting out of the car and running in front of the train as it was approaching.
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===Supporting Cast===
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<gallery captionalign="center" captionsize="large" bordersize="medium" widths="110" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
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Simon-dixon-04.jpg|[[Simon Dixon]]
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Victor-godbold.jpg|[[Victor Godbold|Lord Holm (Victor Godbold)]]
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Ronnie-tyler.jpg|[[Ronnie Tyler]]
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Lionel-poulter.jpg|[[Lionel Poulter]]
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Dr-wyatt.jpg|[[Dr. Wyatt]]
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Tommy-crinney.jpg|[[Tommy Crinney]]
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Melissa-shrike.jpg|[[Melissa Shrike]]
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Angie-walker.jpg|[[Angie Walker]]
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Bob-walker.jpg|[[Bob Walker]]
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Lenny-leigh.jpg|[[Lenny Leigh]]
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===Episode Images===
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Death-in-a-chocolate-box-03.jpg|Camera obscura
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</gallery>
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==Video==
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[[File:Midsomer Murders Series 10 Episode 8 - Death in a Chocolate Box Preview|thumb|none|350 px]]
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==Notes==
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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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*[[Sam Hazeldine]] - [[The Axeman Cometh]], [[Death and Dust]] and [[Blood Wedding]]
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*Nigel Harrison - [[The Electric Vendetta]]
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*Clare Higgins - [[Midsomer Rhapsody]] and [[Talking to the Dead]]
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*[[Marcia Warren]] - [[The Lions of Causton]]
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[[Category:Series Ten episodes]]

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Death in a Chocolate Box is the eighth episode of the tenth series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and first aired 11th May 2008.

Synopsis

Lord Holm, an aristocrat who once served a prison sentence for killing his serially unfaithful wife, has turned his home into a rehabilitation centre for other ex-offenders. Gina and Jack Colby, married ex-police officers, assist him, Jack as administrator and Gina as a counsellor. Jack has expressed concerns over the hostel's financial situation shortly before he is murdered. Eddie Marston, a new arrival at the hostel, over whose admittance Tom Barnaby has had misgivings, goes missing, and the local postman, a disgraced former policeman, tells Tom that he has been blackmailing Jack over information given him by Marston when they were cell-mates. Also in the frame is the bad-tempered local innkeeper, whose neglected wife had been using Jack as a confidant. Nothing is ever simple when investigating a Midsomer murder.

Plot

Cast

Galleries

Body Count

Supporting Cast

Episode Images

Video

Midsomer_Murders_Series_10_Episode_8_-_Death_in_a_Chocolate_Box_Preview

Midsomer Murders Series 10 Episode 8 - Death in a Chocolate Box Preview

Notes

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

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