Destroying Angel is the second episode of the fourth series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and first aired 26th August 2001.
Synopsis
When a hotel owner dies, the manager misses the reading of the will that names him part-owner.
Plot
DCI Barnaby and DS Troy investigate the murder of Gregory Chambers who was killed while out in the woods mushrooming. He was one of four people who had recently inherited a portion of his employer's estate, principally a local hotel. With his death, his one-quarter share now passes to his wife, Suzanna, who has been having an affair with Tristan Goodfellow. It would also appear that Gregory was having an affair with Annie Tyson, who is four months pregnant. When Tristan is poisoned with a type of mushroom known as Destroying Angel and the other inheritors of the estate are put at risk, Barnaby looks to find a common connection.
Cast
- John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby
- Daniel Casey as Sgt. Gavin Troy
- Jane Wymark as Joyce Barnaby
- Adie Allen as Annie
- Glen Berry as Ben
- Nigel Betts as Sergeant
- Samantha Bond as Suzanna Chambers
- Philip Bowen as Gregory Chambers
- Jonathan Coy as Kenneth Gooders
- Niamh Daly as Denise Daly
- Lisa Ellis as Junior Cook
- Roger Frost as Colin Salter
- Tony Haygarth as Tyson
- Caroline Holdaway as Florence
- Barry Jackson as Dr. George Bullard
- Edward Jewesbury as Karl Wainwright
- Robert Lang as Woody Pope
- Gordon Langford-Rowe as Peter
- Rosemary Leach as Evelyn Pope
- Maggie McCarthy as Hilda
- Abigail McKern as Julia Gooders
- Ben Macleod as Boy (as Ben MacLeod)
- Jon Rake as Builder
- Shuna Snow as Nurse
- Richard Syms as Mr. Bream
- Tom Ward as Tristan Goodfellow
- Julia West as Mrs. Bream
- Madeleine Worrall as Clarice Opperman
Galleries
Body Count
Suffocated with a pillow.
Shot with arrow in the chest. He was later dismembered from his traceable parts and sunken in lake.
Consumed a poisonous type of mushrooms, Destroying Angel, which were placed for him to cook instead of regular mushrooms.
Crushed by large cabinet after the screws that were pinning it to the wall were loosened.
Shotgun blast to the chest.
Committed suicide by taking an overdose on prescription medication.
Supporting Cast
Episode Images
Notes
The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes
- Nigel Betts - Death and Dust
- Samantha Bond - Shot at Dawn and Death in the Slow Lane
- Tony Haygarth - King's Crystal and A Rare Bird
- Abigail McKern - Dark Secrets
- Jon Rake - Death and Dreams and Last Year's Model
