Faithful unto Death is the third episode of the first series of the popular British crime drama Midsomer Murders and first aired on 22nd April 1998.
Synopsis
Anger is mounting in Midsomer as villagers in Morton Fendle have invested money into the local craft centre which is in financial turmoil. The owner Alan Hollingsworth hasn't got the money to return to the investors but the villagers plan to get their money back, in any way possible. However, when DCI Barnaby arrives in the village he is not only investigating dodgy deals as Alan's wife Simone is missing and their neighbour is found murdered. He and DS Troy have their work cut out as they have to interview a group of angry villagers and separate the truth from lies. But evil forces are lurking in Morton Fendle ready to shock the whole village.
Plot
Cast
- John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby
- Daniel Casey as Sgt. Gavin Troy
- Jane Wymark as Joyce Barnaby
- Laura Howard as Cully Barnaby
- Barry Jackson as Dr. George Bullard
- Paul Brooke as Nigel Anderson
- Rosalind Ayres as Doreen Anderson
- Eleanor Summerfield as Elfrida Molfrey
- Peter Jones as Bunny Dawlish
- Tessa Peake-Jones as Sarah Lawton
- Lesley Vickerage as Simone Hollingsworth
- Roger Allam as Alan Hollingsworth
- Michele Dotrice as Felicity Buckley
- Paul Chapman as Reg Buckley
- Sophie Stanton as Brenda Buckley
- Mark Bazeley as Gray Patterson
- Alwyne Taylor as Catherine Bullard
- Andrew Powell as Vince Perry
- David Daker as Harry Vellacott
- Neville Phillips as Richard
- Ann Queensberry as Hermione
- Tom Mullion as Freddy
- Oliver Lavery-Farag as School boy (uncredited role)
Notes
The following actors and actresses that first appeared in this episode have appeared in subsequent episodes:
- Paul Chapman - The Great and the Good
- Tessa Peake-Jones - Breaking the Chain
- Neville Phillips - Garden of Death, Dark Autumn, Birds of Prey, Vixen's Run and The Black Book.
- Sophie Stanton - The Oblong Murders
- Alwyne Taylor - Beyond the Grave, Death in Chorus, and Death and Dust.