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 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 counselor. Nothing is ever simple when investigating a Midsomer murder even one of Death in a Chocolate Box.
Plot[]
Sixteen years ago in Midsomer Holm, Maria Godbold is found dead inside the Camera Obscurer building in the village.
Sixteen years later, Jack Colby wakes up from a nightmare about the murder of Maria Godbold. His wife, Gina Colby brings him a prescription of Ativan to help him sleep.
Eddie Marsden opens the door of the Camera Obscurer and looks at pictures of the village. Outside on the green, various people are arranging things. Lord Holm strolls down the street and goes to Gina Colby's office.
At the pub, Gina Colby introduces Ronnie Tyler, a criminal who has completed the rehabilitation program at the center. DCI Tom Barnaby is in the crowd. Eddie walks into the pub. He is the new member of the rehabilitation center.
Ronnie says, "Eddie's just served serious jail time. But from tomorrow he'll begin to find out what it's like to start living in a halfway house. Don't think of this village as some sort of chocolate box, Eddie, some easy number tucked away on a country estate. It's half a dozen cottages, handed over to ex-cons like you and me, so we can let ourselves be worked to death for board and lodging. But it's also a place where you can think about how you want to turn your life around. It's a second chance."
Lord Holm, meanwhile, is sitting in Gina's office reciting "The fact is...." Tommy Crinney comes by to remind him about the presentation.
Ronnie continues, "I'd also like to thank Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby for a certain arrest... which as it turned out was the first day of the rest of my life. And last but not least, the owner and benefactor of this village, the ninth Lord Holm, Victor Godbold. And its creative genius, its intelligence and its driving force, Professor Gina Colby." Jack Colby looks in the window at the celebration, but doesn't go in. He walks away and Eddie watches him go.
Jack goes to his office and writes a note to Barnaby. He puts it in a manilla envelope along with a newspaper article. (Flashback: 16 years ago. Maria Godbold has been arrested again. Two policemen escort her to a cell). Eddie Marston watches Jack outside his window.
Barnaby tells Gina that he doesn't approve of Eddie being in the rehabilitation program. He also would like to talk to Jack, but he's been barred from the pub. Jack goes back to the pub and looks in the window, watching Barnaby. He goes over to his car. DS Ben Jones is at the pub and Angie Walker and husband Bob Walker start fighting. Jack puts the envelope in his car and locks it.
Barnaby comes out of the pub and sees Jack by his Land Rover. Barnaby tries to talk to him, but Jack walks away. DS Ben Jones and Barnaby get into his car. On the green, there are fireworks. Barnaby tells Jones that he and Jack Colby used to be sergeants together. They used to be known as the "dynamic duo." Jack resigned over 16 years ago due to a scandal.
Barnaby explains, "Jack was Duty Sergeant and he regularly found himself in charge of Causton nick on a Friday night. And as such he was responsible for a group of...stupid sods! Called themselves the "Friday Nighters". At the time, Gina Colby, she was a...oh... hugely talented, very capable Detective Inspector. She it was who arrested Lord Holm for the murder of his wife Maria Godbold, when he finally got tired of his wife's frequent and very public affairs. Those affairs took placed inside the cells of Causton Police Station. She had a habit of getting herself arrested on drunk and disorderly. And once word got out exactly what was on offer behind a locked cell door, the men queued up to work on Friday night. Of course, after Maria's murder, the whole mess became public knowledge. Now, whether Jack didn't know about it, or did know about it and just turned a blind eye, was never established. But what is certain is he was Duty Sergeant and as Duty Sergeant - He should have put a stop to it. Yeah, he should have stopped it. And when he did shop them, then of course, they were dismissed. Jack, well, he was ostracised, treated like a pariah. And eventually he, well, both he and Gina, resigned."
They pull over into a garage and Barnaby buys some flowers for Joyce Barnaby. Barnaby continues, "After she resigned, Gina Colby, she retrained as a psychotherapist. It was her counselling that got Lord Holm an early release. He was out in eight. And Jack Colby, he retrained as a probation officer."
Back at the Rehabilitation Center, fireworks are going off. Ronnie says goodbye and gets into the Land Rover with Jack Colby.
Barnaby says to Jones, "The problem is that... after all this time, my mate Jack Colby still can't face me. Thanks for the lift. Good night." Barnaby brings in the flowers to Joyce. Joyce says, "So. You bought me some flowers from the all-night garage."
Jack drives Ronnie to the train station. Jack shows Ronnie the newspaper article on the Friday Nighters that was sent to him. Ronnie writes a phone number down and gives it to Jack. "If you need to talk to someone, call this number, If you're in trouble, he'll help. But he'll only help if you tell him the truth." says Ronnie, who then gets out of the car and goes to the train platform.
Jack writes an address on the envelope and drops it in the post box at the station. On his way home, someone stands in the road and Jack swerves to avoid them and crashes his car. The person then follows Jack and hits him over the head.
The next day, at the Barnaby home, Simon Dixon and Cully Barnaby arrive. Simon gives Joyce a bouquet of flowers.
At Midsomer Holm, Dr. Wyatt asks Bob Walker if he's seen Jack Colby. Bob blows him off. At Eddie Marston's cottage, Lionel Poulter is delivering mail. Eddie yanks him inside his cottage.
Barnaby wants to know what Cully and Simon's news is. Cully says she has a part in a play that is starting a three-months tour- The Cherry Orchard. She starts rehearsals on Monday. There was one other thing the couple want to tell the Barnaby's. ....
Poulter walks out of Marston's home and continues on his postal route. Eddie follows him and is almost run down by Melissa Shrike on a bicycle. She is Chair of the Welcome Committee. Melissa says, "You got my note? I don't want to be a bother on your first day, but I'd have said the same thing to Mr Tyler. Gate." She closes his gate and rides away. Marston steals a carton of juice out of a delivery basket and walks over to the offices. He looks around and sees no one and then Tommy Crinney drives up.
Lord Holm continues haunting Gina Colby's office and practicing his speech..."Mrs. Professor... The thing is... "
Crinney takes Marsten to a building on the green. He says, "Seen this before? Well, this is the Midsomer Holm camera obscura, a miracle of 18th-century optical technology. It's the eyes of the village. It's the CCTV camera of its day. Visitors travel miles to come and see it. And I'd like you... to learn how to clean it."
Lord Holm goes to the kitchen where Mrs. Shrike is making breakfast. "Good morning, sir," says Mrs. Shrike. Lord Holm says, "How's the new neighbour?" Mrs. Shrike says, "He's with Mr Crinney, sir. If first impressions are lasting, he's unlikely to be my neighbour for very long." Holm says, "Oh, I'm sure the Professor will lick Mr Marsden into shape in no time. " Shrike says, "Marston, sir. Mr Marston. I dare say Mr Crinney will be pointing out a few do's and don'ts. Shall we say breakfast in half an hour?" Holm says, "Half an hour...will suit me fine."
Poulter delivers mail and Eddie watches him. Lord Holm goes back over to Gina's office and settles himself in a chair. Gina drops by the kitchen, "Morning, Melissa. Where is everyone?" Mrs. Shrike puts breakfast in a cabinet in the stove. Lord Holm says, "The fact is, Professor... The fact is... ..I'm in love with you. I'm in love with you. I've been in love with you since the first moment we met. This may come as a bit of a shock to you, but I don't want to spend my life as your patient. I want our relationship... to blossom... if you see what I mean."
The door of the office opens and Gina Colby comes in. Gina asks Lord Holm if he has seen Jack. "He's not been home all night." Gina goes off to look for Jack and Lord Holm (Victor) follows her.
At home, Barnaby asks Cully about her play. "Who's this character you're playing?" Cully says, "Varya....She is Madam Ranyevskaya's eldest daughter. Wants to join a convent, to become a nun and has got a thing about needing to be helpful, but in fact, ends up driving everybody mad." Barnaby says, "And the director thought that was you?"
Upstairs, Joyce shows Barnaby a brochure of Cully's about New Zealand. Joyce says, "Do you think this is just a holiday?" Barnaby says, "Are we entertaining some other theory?" Joyce says, gloomily, "They're going to emigrate." Barnaby says, "She can't be that serious. She's only just met him." Joyce says, "Yes. Well, that shows how much you know about romance."
Gina and Victor go to the train station looking for Jack. Then they are driving down the road and see Jack's Land Rover on the side of the road. Gina runs over to Jack's dead body. She passes her phone to Victor and tells him to call Tom Barnaby.
Barnaby gets the call about Jack. Victor tells him there has been an accident. Joyce notices Barnaby's face and Tom tells her that Jack is dead.
Dr. George Bullard reports, "We've got bruising and abrasions to the face and upper body. And we're still looking at the Land Rover. But they found these inside his coat pocket. (holds up a bottle) Ativan. It's a benzodiazapine, a sort of tranquiliser, used in the short-term treatment of anxiety. I should be interested to know how much is in his bloodstream....I don't think he died in the accident. He's been belted by the proverbial blunt instrument. You're probably looking at something like a heavy iron bar. A post mortem will tell us more, but he's been struck once and with considerable force. Tom. I know you and Colby used to be friends. But given what I've seen so far, I've got to tell you, he was definitely murdered."
At Midsomer Holm, people are talking and the police are parked on a street. Angie comes out of the pub and her husband gleefully tells her, "Tell you what, Ange, don't listen to me from now on, love. I've been telling kids for years there's no such thing as Father Christmas. You know what? After all this bloody time, it turns out there is," and laughs.
Barnaby interviews Gina. Gina says, "We've got six ex-offenders at the moment, Tom. I can't see any of them wanting Jack dead." Barnaby says, "Eddie Marston. The first time Eddie Marston was sent down Jack put him away, second time it was me. Both times it was GBH." Gina claims Eddie wouldn't have killed Jack as Jack was the one who talked the parole board into giving Eddie his early release, so he could come to Midsomer Holm. Jack was on Ativan to help him sleep. Jack's been a brilliant administrator at Midsomer Holm. But lately he started to let things slide. The bank started calling in loans. If they are not careful, the whole project might have to fold. A week ago, Jack was relieved of some of his duties, in favour of a man called Tommy Crinney. There's something called the Welcome Committee. It's a council of residents, chaired by Lord Holm's housekeeper Melissa Shrike. Gina thought easing him aside might take the pressure off.
Jones tells Barnaby that the senior conductor on the 22:53 from Holm Lane Junction was a man called Lenny Leigh. Nothing gets past him, apparently. They're trying to get in touch with him to see if he remembers seeing anyone fitting Ronnie's description. Jones also mentions that Bob Walker, the landlord of The Safe Haven pub, was involved in a bit of a domestic last night. His wife was...asking after Jack Colby. He's got a bit of form- In 1989, he ran a pub called The Feathers and he cracked someone's skull with a pool cue.
Victor is in the Camera Obscura looking at the village. Mrs. Shrike enters and tells him that he needs to come back to the house. She will have his lunch ready in 15 minutes, but Victor is not interested in it. He thinks the Professor (Gina) needs him.
As Jones and Barnaby drive up, they find Angie and Bob Walker fighting. Angie throws a flower pot and screams at her husband. She pours herself a drink and offers Barnaby one, which he declines.
Jones goes to speak to Crinney, who doesn't know where Marston is. Victor goes over to speak to Gina and starts to give her his speech, but stumbles and falters.
Angie tells Barnaby that her problems with her husband started a month ago. Jack was upset and couldn't talk to Gina so he started talkng to Angie. "Something was getting to him. Something so bad, he... couldn't even talk about it to me. Jack was his old self one minute and... ..the next he was sitting at this bar, looking as if he'd just seen a ghost." Barnaby asks when her husband found out about her affair with Jack, but Angie insists that they were not having an affair.
Victor walks in the kitchen to find that Mrs. Shrike is packed up and ready to leave. She tells him, "I'd like some time off. I believe I'm due several weeks' leave. I'm sure you and the Professor will manage once I'm out of the way. You don't want breakfast, you don't want lunch. I'm clearly not needed. You're with the Professor, so I'm going. I'm sure you'll be very happy. You've never understood women, Victor," and walks out.
At the police station, Jones gives Barnaby statements from Midsomer Holm. Constable Stephens tells Barnaby that Dr Wyatt was a consultant who prescribed a drսg which almost killed one of his patients. He was nearly struck off but he quit before he was pushed. Dr. Bullard walks in with more information- Jack Colby was on Ativan because he started having nightmares a month or so ago. Bullard shows Barnaby something they found in the Land Rover- a pub coaster with Barnaby's phone number on it.
Barnaby goes home and finds Joyce rehearsing lines from Cully's play. Joyce says, "My husband drank himself to death, on champagne. He was a terrible drunkard. And then, for my sins, I fell in love and went off with another man. Oh, the sins I've committed! I've always squandered money, completely at random."
At the train station, Poulter is gathering mail from the box when he finds the manilla envelope that Jack Colby posted. He stuffs it in his bag.
Joyce asks Barnaby about the case, hoping Cully and Simon don't have to run off back to London. Cully and Simon invite her parents to lunch at the White Lion. They are going to have to head back to London that evening. Barnaby promises to see them at lunch.
At the train station, Mr Leigh tells the detectives that a man dropped off a large envelope. Jones tells Barnaby that there WAS an internal investigation of the Friday Nighters. They were all dismissed from the service. No charges were laid, except for one. PC Poulter- A load of dodgy gear was found in his locker. He was on remand in Causton, but got off on a technicality. He's a postman now and about a month ago, his route changed to include Midsomer Holm.
Poulter calls Eddie Marsten, who is in the camera obscura, to tell him he found the envelope addressed to Barnaby. Eddie is pleased and then someone sneaks up on him and bashes him in the head.
The detectives arrest Poulter. In interview, he says he didn't kill anyone. Barnaby tells him that he knows he and Eddie Marston spent time together in Causton jail - six weeks, 16 years ago. And yesterday morning, Eddie Marston was released from his latest stretch in Causton jail, on parole, on condition that he undergo a course of reformative psychotherapy with Professor Gina Colby, whilst living at a halfway house in Midsomer Holm. One month ago Poulter's postal round was changed to include Midsomer Holm. Barnaby guesses that Poulter went to the Manor House and the door was opened by Jack Colby. From the time Poulter started his postal round in Midsomer Holm, quite large sums of money have been disappearing and when he started his round this morning, he must have had a great shock seeing Eddie- suddenly realising he'd have to share the money with Eddie Marston. Poulter refuses to talk and is sent to a jail cell.
Barnaby surmises that if Jack Colby was a target for blackmail, he must have had something to hide. Something that Eddie Marston knew about the Friday Nighters. Dr. Bullard walks in to report that Eddie Marston was found murdered. Killed by a single blow to the head, similar to the one that killed Jack Colby. Same MO, same injuries, usually means the same killer. The big question is who would want to kill Jack Colby and Eddie Marston?
VIctor goes to Gina's office and tells her, "Er... I'd like to say something. The fact is, Professor, I'm in love with you. I've been in love with you since the first moment we met. I've been thinking and I can't let an opportunity like this go by. Now... ..I could be happy with you. I don't want to live life as a patient. I want to know if you can be happy with me. I know what you've done for me. It's only been you that's stood between me and utter madness. But... ..I am a man. I don't want psychotherapy. I want to know... whether you can love me as a person." Gina says, "I like you. I can't love you. " Victor doesn't accept this and chases Gina around the chair. The scene is observed by the detectives outside and they run in to break up the struggle. Victor puts his fists up and tells Jones, "I used to box at Eton." Jones says, "Yeah? Well, I did karate at Causton Comp."
At the police station, the detectives interview Lord Holm. Victor says, "Victor Charles Winston Godbold, ninth Lord Holm. It's quite simple. I wanted to ask Professor Colby to marry me. I was er... speaking to her, and the next thing I know, you and the Sergeant come barging in and without any warning, Sergeant Jones is trying to grab me. I warned him, by telling him I used to box. And um... And I tried to hit him. I wanted to kiss her full on the mouth. It was clumsy. And inappropriate. Quite rightly, she tried to resist me." Barnaby shows Victor the camera obscura handle. He says, "Lord Holm, I wonder if you'd tell me... Do you recognise that?" Victor says, "It's the um... winding mechanism, from the um...camera obscura." Barnay says, "Yes, it is. And are you aware that Eddie Marston has just been murdered? We have evidence to suggest that the injuries to Jack Colby and Eddie Marston were caused by that same winding handle, wielded as a weapon."
Victor says, "And in view of my previous conviction, you want to know if I did the wielding. I've always found it... difficult to speak to women, especially where feelings are concerned. (Clears throat) Background and breeding, Chief Inspector. A man of my class can become... repressed, and as Freud says, repression leads to frustration. And um... ..then one very, very dark night, your frustration gets the better of you and you snap. By you, I mean me. By snap, I mean... ..I murdered my wife. I always want the truth to be beautiful, Chief Inspector, despite the fact that the truth usually hurts. I've no recollection whatsoever of killing Maria... ..nor anything else that night. And no amount of therapy or coaxing has ever brought any of it back. I have no recollection of killing Jack... ..though I've wanted him out of Gina's life for years. But I...I couldn't give a damn about that Marston man." Victor is taken to a cell.
Barnaby says, "I'd love to know what Jack Colby was trying to tell me about Maria Godbold and the Friday Nighters." Barnaby goes to see Gina who is in Jack's office going through papers. She offers Barnaby a drink and they toast to Jack. He tells her that they are hanging on to Victor. He tells her that Jack's injuries were similar, very similar to Maria Godbold's, and certainly to the injuries of Eddie Marston. He is just waiting for the forensic confirmation that Lord Holm is indeed the killer in each case. He shows Gina a newspaper article about the Friday Nighters and the note.
Barnaby goes to the station and sits at his desk. He opens the file on the Friday Nighters. Bullard comes by and gives him the post-mortem results. The injuries to Jack Colby and Eddie Marston exactly match those to Maria Godbold. Barnaby says he doesn't believe Lord Holm is the killer. Bullard encourages him that they have all the evidence they need and to close the case. Barnaby says he doesn't think Lord Holm is cold-blooded enough to be the killer. He doesn't think he killed his wife either. Jack Colby resigned his career because shopping the Friday Nighters turned him into some kind of pariah. Barnaby says he is having difficulty understanding how Jack could have saved himself when he'd resigned. He tells Jones to keep Poulter locked up. Barnaby then goes to the post office branch and has Poulter's locker opened. He finds the letter to Barnaby in his locker. In the letter, Jack says, "Dear Tom, I haven't been able to face you, but then I guess you already know that. I should have told you, but I've been too busy running from the truth. I shopped Poulter and Wray, not because they'd let everyone down, but because I'd let myself down in a cell... with Maria Godbold." Jack Colby shopped the Friday Nighters, having become one of them. That's why he couldn't face Barnaby. Jones says who would want to kill Jack and then Eddie?
Barnaby goes to Midsomer Holm in the pouring rain and sees Dr Wyatt packing up his car. He is quitting over his prescription of Ativan for Jack Colby. Barnaby says, "Just like you've quit before, eh?" Dr. Wyatt says, "In common with most prescribed drսgs, Ativan is largely beneficial, but it does have some unfortunate side effects." Barnaby says, "Yes, so I'm told, one of which is severe loss of memory, caused by sustained and continuous use over a long period of time. You also prescribed Ativan to Lord Holm, didn't you? Dr Wyatt, this is now a crime scene. I'm asking you, I'm telling you, don't leave the village. I should unload your stuff."
Barnaby goes to Gina's office and locks the door. Barnaby says, "I wanted to tell you what happened. I wanted to know why Detective Inspector Gina Colby resigned after so cleverly solving the Holm case? You know, I used to lie awake at night, wondering why you did it. Why on earth would a woman who was surely going to make at least Chief Constable, why would she suddenly throw everything away? And Gina, I think, I've found the answer. (He plays a recorder which has Lord Holm's confession on it.) He gave a very well remembered, precise, detailed account of bursting into your office, pinning you to your couch and... This led me to wonder why it was he could remember the extreme emotion of attacking you but not of attacking his wife. And there was something else I didn't understand. Why did you insist that your Dr Wyatt went on prescribing Ativan for Lord Holm? It's a short-term treatment drսg, isn't it, eh? But that was your way of keeping Lord Holm confused and disoriented, wasn't it? The same way you wanted to keep Jack, after he complained to Dr Wyatt about having nightmares. But he opened his post one morning and found...and found this. (Barnaby shows the article about the Friday Nighters). So I thought, well, I'd better drive over there, just as you did 16 years ago, the night Maria Godbold, Lady Holm, was killed. Jack wrote to me. He wouldn't speak to me. But he wrote to me. And he confessed that he actually joined in with the Friday Nighters. And he also told me something else, Gina. This is the letter. That's why I found you in Jack's study, wasn't it? You weren't in there coping with grief. You were in there looking for this. See, Gina, Lord Holm doesn't remember killing Maria Godbold, because Lord Holm didn't kill Maria Godbold - you did... ..for having sеx with your husband in one of the cells. And then you had to kill Jack and Eddie Marston, to stop that truth coming out."
Gina says, "Tom, this is crazy." Barnaby says, "It was going so well for you, wasn't it? 16 years, all this and then...! Well, you weren't to know that your village postie was a Friday Nighter who'd been got at by Eddie Marston, were you? ( Distant thunder ) Do you know, Gina, there was a time when I admired you, I looked up to you, wanted to be like you. Top cop, you. And now what are you, Gina Colby? Eh? You are...a murderess. You murdered Maria Godbold. How could you do that?"
Gina says, "The little bitch was a total whοre. All I wanted to do was tell her to stay away from Jack. (Flashback: Gina wrestles with Maria and then whacks her on the head with the camera obscura handle. Then when Lord Holm comes in and finds his dead wife, Gina arrests him.). Barnaby says, "And when Lord Holm said that he couldn't remember the murder, you calmly put him on your couch and... What did you say to him? You're suffering from traumatic amnesia? That he was in denial? That he should be "moving on?" The counseling continued. And just in case Lord Holm wanted to dwell in the past, you prescribed him these, didn't you? Get in his way. Same stuff you prescribed Jack, when he started having nightmares." Gina saw that Jack had the newspaper article and saw him put in the Land Rover. (Flashback: Gina standing in the road, causing Jack to crash his car and then smashing his head in with the handle of the camera obscura)
Barnaby arrests Gina and as they drive to the station, they are stopped by a train coming. Gina says she feels sick and then hits Barnaby in the head, opens the door and runs onto the train tracks and is killed.
At the station, Jones says "Case closed, then, sir? You know what I realised, What have you realised? We caught the woman who put the "psycho" into psychotherapy."
At the Barnaby home, Cully and Simon are packing up to leave. Barnaby drives up and apologizes for missing lunch yesterday. Simon says, "I have a request, sir... ..for your beautiful daughter's hand in marriage. Oh... I'd have asked yesterday at lunch." Barnaby says, "That's entirely my fault." Cully says, "We do have to go, though."
Barnaby says, "I was just wondering how you might feel if I went in tomorrow morning and asked for a few days' leave. I thought, if they're going away to New Zealand for a honeymoon... why don't we beat them to it?" Joyce hugs him.
Cast[]
- John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby
- Jason Hughes as DS Ben Jones
- Jane Wymark as Joyce Barnaby
- Laura Howard as Cully Barnaby
- Barry Jackson as Dr. George Bullard
- Sam Hazeldine as Simon Dixon
- Pip Donaghy as Jack Colby
- Clare Higgins as Gina Colby
- Edward Petherbridge as Lord Holm (Victor Godbold)
- Christopher Fairbank as Ronnie Tyler
- Nigel Harrison as Eddie Marston
- Chris Barrie as Lionel Poulter
- Philip Bond as Dr. Wyatt
- Keith Drinkel as Tommy Crinney
- Marcia Warren as Melissa Shrike
- Sue Jenkins as Angie Walker
- Sion Tudor Owen as Bob Walker
- Martyn Whitby as Lenny Leigh
- Wendy Morgan as Maria Godbold
- Kirsty Dillon as WPC Gail Stephens
- Chris Wilson as Police Officer (uncredited)
Galleries[]
Body Count[]
Prior to the Episode
Killed by a blow to the head with the winding handle of the "camera obscura".
In the Episode
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".
Killed by a blow to the head with the winding handle of the "camera obscura".
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.
Supporting Cast[]
Episode Images[]
Arrests[]
- Gina Colby for the murders of
- Before they can get to the police station, Gina Colby runs onto a train track and dies.
- This is the 18th time a murderer has died before arrest. Previous episodes where the murderer died before being arrested are The Killings at Badger's Drift, Written in Blood, Death's Shadow, Strangler's Wood, Dead Man's Eleven, Death of a Stranger, Judgement Day Destroying Angel The Electric Vendetta , A Worm in the Bud, A Tale of Two Hamlets & The Maid in Splendour.
Notes[]
The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes
- Sam Hazeldine - The Axeman Cometh, Death and Dust and Blood Wedding
- Nigel Harrison - The Electric Vendetta
- Clare Higgins - Midsomer Rhapsody and Talking to the Dead
- Marcia Warren - The Lions of Causton
Trivia[]
- A camera obscura is a darkened room with a small hole or lens through which an image is projected onto a table opposite the hole. The handle rotates the hole/lens around.
- The part of Lord Holm (played by Edward Petherbridge) was originally given to Ian Richardson, who died two weeks before filming started.
- At 51 minutes and 55 seconds, the postman opens the postbox and picks up a letter addressed to Tom. It reveals his address as being The Branches, Assington Road, Causton, Midsomer (no postcode is given.)
- The last episode for Tom's X Type Jaguar BT06LNG. He has a newer model in the next episode.
- After 32 minutes there is a visual nod to s10e5 (Death And Dust( as Simon seems to be checking out the slabs he put down for Tom.
- The last episode for Ben's Ford Focus (EJ06KLL) which is replaced by a Ford Galaxy (AJ07DNY) at the start of the next series.
The Trials and Tribulations of DS Ben Jones: There aren't really any trials for DS Jones and as a matter of fact, he is wearing casual clothing- sweater and no tie- throughout.
Video[]
Midsomer Murders Series 10 Episode 8 - Death in a Chocolate Box Preview