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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
DCI Barnaby and DS Troy investigate the murder of Gregory Chambers who was killed when 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.
Plot
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
Prior to the Episode
Suffocated with a pillow.
In the Episode
Shot with an arrow in the chest. He was later dismembered from his traceable parts with a hacksaw and sunken in a lake.
Consumed a poisonous type of mushrooms, Destroying Angel, which were placed for him to cook instead of regular mushrooms.
Crushed by a large drink cabinet while taking a drink after the screws that were pinning it to the wall were loosened.
Shot in the chest with a shotgun by Julia Gooders while trying to kill her with a knife after Suzanna received a supposed phone call from Julia, threatening to expose her and Julia received a phone call saying "You are next! I'm coming to get you!".
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
