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Dead Man's Eleven is the third episode of the second series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and originally aired 12th September 1999.

Synopsis[]

Barnaby and Troy investigate the murder of Tara Cavendish, who is beaten to death with a cricket bat near a quarry on her husband's estate. She is the young wife of Robert Cavendish, a local landowner who is also captain of the Fletcher's Cross cricket team. He is disliked by many: his son, Stephen, who resents his father and is having an affair with a local barmaid; Charles Jennings, whom Cavendish recently dismissed from the cricket team; and a group of locals who resent that Cavendish has closed a public footpath that ran across his estate. The mystery deepens when it turns out that a Cavendish's housekeeper, Emily Beavis, died in a fall at the quarry site some 18 months previously. With that information, Barnaby is convinced that the two deaths are connected.

Plot[]

Nine years ago: A mother reads her daughter a story about Sir Percival who fights a dragon. An explosion at a mine kills a young man.

Present: A Cricket game is going on. The Barnaby's are looking at a house in Fletcher's Cross. Joyce asks Tom what he thinks. Tom says, "You want to know what I think?" Joyce says, "No!" Christine Cooper invites the Barnaby's in.

At Cricket, Charles Jennings makes a bad call. Robert Cavendish gives him a look. His wife, a beautiful blonde who is 30 years younger, Tara Cavendish says, "That was rotten luck." Cavendish tells her to shut up.

Christine has completed the tour of the house when her husband, Colin Cooper walks in. Cooper works at the Causton Museum. They are planning to travel in Africa doing Missionary work. Colin asks Barnaby what he does. Christine guesses he's a businessman or civil servant. Both are less than thrilled when Barnaby says he is a police officer.

The Barnaby's leave the house and Tom says, "The first house we visit and the owners are barking mad." They sit down for lunch and Barnaby says he doesn't see why they can't stay in Causton. They've already discussed it as Cully is moving in with Niko. Joyce says, "We are moving. We all agreed." Barnaby says, "It's not just the house. I mean think about it, Joyce. Every time I go into any Midsomer village, it's always the same thing. Blackmail, sеxual deviancy, suicide and murder. How could you possibly expect me to go and live in one of them?"

At Cricket, one of the players hits a ball which breaks a window. Robert gives Tara money to go pay for the window. Stephen Cavendish comes up and asks if his father has had time to consider the loan they talked about. Robert says it is not the time or the place to discuss it. Tara pays Doreen Beavis whose window was broken. Stephen goes to a pub and speaks to the waitress, Patricia Smith. They kiss. Barnaby comes out of the bathroom and breaks the two up as he passes. Jane Cavendish comes out to talk to Tara and Robert.

Zelda Frasier comes up to ask the Barnaby's to sign a petition from Fletcher's Cross Ramblers Association. They are fighting to reopen the footpath across the Cavendish estate. Robert Cavendish has fenced it off.

At the end of the cricket match, the Fletcher's Cross team has won. Robert tells Charles he's off the team. He can do the scoring next game. Elsewhere, Troy is practicing cricket in Midsomer Worthy. He is invited to play for the team by Ian Frasier.

At the Cavendish house, Tara gives Robert a birthday present. An RLB dagger. He is thrilled. They go downstairs to his birthday party. Mrs. Wilson brings in the birthday cake. Stephen and Jane say Happy Birthday. Stephen is in a bad mood. Robert tells all that he is going to sell his home and they are moving to Orlando, Florida. Stephen says, "This is what happens when you marry a woman half your age? You end up in bloody Disneyland." Robert says he is not going to extend his business loan. Stephen says this is all Tara's doing. Tara claims she only wants what's best for Robert. She tells Jane she'll be alright and to have another piece of cake. Kaiser barks- he hears a noise outside. In the dark, Charles runs away.

In the morning, Tara goes for a walk with the dog, Kaiser. Stephen gets up early to go to the office. In his office, Robert admires his knife. Zelda crosses a fence to go walking. Tara chases after Kaiser. She comes to the old quarry. Someone comes up behind her. Tara turns around and recognizes them. They smash Tara's head in with a cricket bat.

Barnaby and Troy show up at the Cavendish home. Robert tells them his wife, Tara, went missing yesterday morning. Uniformed police officers have searched but nothing turned up. Tara left about 7:45 and normally is gone for an hour. By 10:00, Robert began to be worried about her. At midday, the dog came back on its own. Troy looks at his notes- Tara is age 35, fair hair, slim, wearing a green anorak. Mrs. Wilson comes in and tells Barnaby that Tara said she'd be going over by the quarry. Mrs. Wilson says, "She just said that's where she'd be. Well, that's the long and the tall of it."

Tara's body is found by the quarry. Dr. Peterson says someone smashed her head in. Eight or more blows. A cricket bat was used. The ground's dry so no footprints. When Robert is told, he falls to a chair and is crying. The police question him. Jane Cavendish walks in and asks what is going on. They tell her that Tara is dead. They found a cricket bat by the body- A True Play. Jane says her husband, Stephen, has such a bat.

Barnaby and Troy go to speak to Stephen and are met by Christine Cooper. She is Mr. Cavendish's secretary. Barnaby tells Stephen about Tara's death. Stephen says no one would want to kill Tara. Troy asks him about his True Play cricket bat. Stephen says he keeps the bat in the downstairs loo. Stephen tells them he came into the office Sunday morning. As they are leaving, Barnaby tells Troy he's seen Stephen before at the pub in a passionate embrace with someone who was not his wife. Christine runs out to speak to them. She says that Stephen was never in on Sunday. He was lying. Christine runs back in and Stephen speaks to her. She lies and says she was speaking to Mr. Barnaby about her house that is for sale.

Barnaby and Troy go to the pub and see Charles Jennings. He has a room there and helps out part of the time. Barnaby orders beer and Troy gets Lemonade since he's driving. Troy tells Barnaby that he is opening the batting for Midsomer Worthy next week. Troy says, "Robert Cavendish is the captain of the Fletcher's Cross team. And last Saturday, our captain, his name is Ian Frasier, was talking about him. He said Cavendish was an evil bastard. And then he said, "I'm going to kill him."

Ian Frasier walks in on his wife, Zelda, making posters to put up around the village. Ian asks her if that is appropriate since Tara died. Zelda says, "Tara Cavendish was an empty-headed upstart who loved playing queen of the manor. Her death doesn't matter a jot. These footpaths are 400 years old." Ian asks if Zelda saw Tara on Sunday morning. She tells him to leave her alone.

At the Cooper home, Christine is worried. Colin tells her that Barnaby is not interested in them. Christine says, "I... I need to be punished." Colin says he will punish her...

Charles asks Patricia if he can borrow the old typewriter in the office. Charles types up a blackmail letter asking for £500. Joyce is in the realtor's office and Olive Beauvoisin suggests another property she might be interested in.

Troy tells Barnaby the next morning that Robert Cavendish used to run a quarrying company. He closed it down nine years ago. "It was very unexpected apparently. A lot of jobs losses. Robert married his second wife around the same time." He also put his house on the market just before his wife died.

The detectives go to speak to Stephen Cavendish. Mrs. Wilson answers the door. Jane Cavendish is home. She says that "Robert did mention that he was going to sell the hall. He was talking about Orlando, actually. Of course, that was Tara's idea...I never really liked her, to be honest. I know that's a wicked thing to say. But why should I lie? It's not as if I murdered her...Tara was so young and so pretty. And so slim. She had a way of looking down that little nose of hers. Didn't really like her at all although Robert adored her...To be honest with you, I was quite surprised, her walking round the quarry. The quarry's supposed to be cursed. First there was the accident, that was a long time ago, Robert used to blast there. Then it was only about, well 18 months ago, poor Miss Beavis... She was the housekeeper before Mrs Wilson. She used to take the dog out sometimes. One day she went out and she never came back. Just like Tara...The police said that she slipped and fell but... That's why it was so strange, Tara walking there. Just not a very nice place."

Stephen comes in. Barnaby asks to speak with him. Stephen says he lied. He wasn't at the office. He was with Trish, Patricia Smith. She came to the village a year ago from London. Stephen was with her all morning. After the detectives leave, Stephen confronts his Jane- she told the detectives about his bat. Stephen asks if she wants to see him arrested and sent to jail. Jane says, "What? You in prison for 30 years, and me having to start a new life, all on my own?"

In the grounds of the estate, Robert Cavendish is tearing up posters that Zelda put up. Barnaby and Troy go to speak to him. He complains that Zelda is advertising her intention to break the law and nobody does a damn thing about it. Robert tells the detectives that someone was spying on them the night of his birthday party. Barnaby mentions the death of Miss Beavis. Robert tells them that Miss Beavis has a sister who lives in the village. On their way to visit Miss Beavis, Barnaby sees Joyce drive by.

Barnaby and Troy go to speak to Doreen Beavis. She tells them her sister fell in the quarry. Colin Cooper found her. Doreen says, Emily "did phone her the night before and said she wanted to see me. And now that you mention it, I did think it was strange that she went so close to that quarry's edge. She was always terrified of heights. And then there was the business of the break-in..Somebody broke into her house the same day that she died. It didn't look as if anything was taken. But it was still a very unhappy coincidence."

Barnaby goes to visit Patricia at the pub. She tells them that "Stephen doesn't love his wife, you know. There's been nothing between them for years. ..He wants to marry me...The long and tall of it is, he was with me all morning, so he couldn't have been at the quarry, if that's what you're thinking."

Barnaby gets back in the car with Troy. He tells Troy Patricia was lying. They go to see Colin Cooper. Troy says "We wanted to ask you some questions about the death of Emily Beavis." Colin says, "But I thought that was an accident. And it happened ages ago. I still pray for her. She was a friend of mine. I tried to be a good neighbour, Mr Barnaby. That's what it says in the Bible."

Barnaby asks Colin to come to the quarry with them and explain what they saw when Emily Beavis died. (Flashback 18 months ago: Colin and Christine are making out at the bottom of the quarry.) It was Saturday afternoon about four. They heard Emily calling the dog. Kaiser. We didn't take any notice of her, though. She could have been miles away. And anyway, we wanted to be on our own. To meditate together. And then they heard this scream. ( Scream ) Colin says, "I swear to God I could see her eyes as she came down. I could see right into her soul. She hit the ground head-first. We could see at once that she was dead. There was nothing we could do. That was where she hit. (He shows them). It was 4:16. Her watch was smashed in the fall, so that's how they knew. We ran to the car, drove off and called the police."

After Colin leaves the quarry, Barnaby says to Troy that it was no accident, "Look at the evidence, for heaven's sake. Two deaths in identical circumstances in exactly the same place...Look how far she travelled, for a start. She didn't come straight down, she came down in an arc. That's not a fall. It's more like a running jump. And she landed head-first. If she had just gone too close to the edge, she'd have come down feet first, not in a dive." Troy says, "But she wouldn't have gone too close to the edge, she was scared of heights." Barnaby says, "So either she jumped on purpose... ..or else somebody pushed her. You know what I think, Troy? Emily Beavis was murdered. And by the same person or persons who killed Tara Cavendish."

Joyce greets Cully when she gets off of a bus. Barnaby drives up. Cully tells him, "Nico's on a tour, the flat's got a leak, and I was missing you." They have dinner out. In terms of the house-hunting, Joyce tells them she went to see a converted post office yesterday and it was ghastly. Barnaby tells them about the case. Tara Cavendish was bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat. Tom says, "I'd be less surprised if it had been her husband, Robert, who comes to his end. He is the sort of man you can't help disliking. He owned the quarry that seems to be the centre of everything. He closed it down. There were redundancies."

Troy finishes practice and speaks to Frasier. They go to get a drink. Frasier tells him, "I used to work for Cavendish. I was the quarry manager. Just outside the village. We were exporting to France, Holland... All over the place. And we were having trouble keeping up with the orders. And that day, we were supposed to be blasting, but there was a fault in the wire. One of the charges didn't go off. Now, there are special procedures in this eventuality. We should have shut down, evacuated the place and called in the proper people." Robert told them to just get on with it. Cavendish was always on Frasier's back. Frasier says, "I knew what he'd say. "Late with an order, lose a customer." Time, efficiency. That's... ..all that mattered to him. So... I persuaded one of the men to try and sort it out. His name was Matthew Draper. I'll never forget it. Thirty-six years old, married, with a kid. (There was an explosion) There was an investigation, of course. And I was the one who took the rap. And they were right. It was my fault. I lost my licence... ..and my job. Cavendish never gave me any help. And no support, financial or otherwise. And then... Just nine weeks later.." Troy says, "He shut down the quarry." Frasier says, "He'd been planning it all along. Not a word to any of us. And a man had died... for nothing."

Zelda speaks to a group of villagers who are going on the walk the next day. She says, "We will leave at two o'clock tomorrow on the dot. We will be following the path from this point here, just beyond the lane. It's a two-hour walk, of which thirty minutes will be on the Cavendish estate. Remember, it is our land. It is our footpath. It is our right."

Barnaby says, "I've pulled the file on Emily Beavis. No reason to suspect foul play. Emily Beavis was just a housekeeper. Not as if anyone benefited from her death. Then there's the break-in. There's a note on it. Here. Look. Colin Cooper called the police from his home at 4:56. That's 40 minutes after she fell. And some time that same afternoon, someone broke into her house." Troy says, "Cooper. That's someone I wouldn't trust an inch." Barnaby says, "Today is the day of the cricket match, isn't it, Troy? Midsomer Worthy versus Fletcher's Cross." Barnaby says, "I'm coming to watch you Troy. As are Cully and Joyce."

At the Cricket Event hall, Mrs. Wilson is laying out sandwiches. "Ham, cheese, egg-and-cress. We'll have the biscuits and the cakes over here. She directs Trish. Jane comes in and grabs some sandwiches. In the locker room, Stephen Cavendish tells the players that he will be captaining the team as his father is unable to play. Colin Cooper has agreed to step in as eleventh man at the last minute. Charles Jennings heads out to the scorer's hut. Robert looks at a dagger in a glass case in his home.

Barnaby and Troy discuss the case on their way to Miss Beavis' house. Barnaby says, "So Ian Frasier used to work for Robert Cavendish. Until the accident... Matthew Draper, Emily Beavis, Tara Cavendish. Three unnatural deaths. No wonder the locals say the quarry's cursed." Barnaby tells Troy to go get changed and he'll speak to Miss Beavis.

Miss Beavis invites Barnaby in. She shows Barnaby the letter from Emily. It's about their dad's coin collection. She says Colin Cooper valued them. Some of them are worth £20 each. But Miss Beavis says she wouldn't sell them.

The walkers are out walking in the woods. Zelda reminds them to, "Just remember, people have been walking this path since the time of Henry VIII."

The cricket match starts. Barnaby greets Joyce and Cully on the sidelines. Fletcher's Cross won the toss. Charles changes the score at the scoring hut. Mrs. Wilson asks Stephen to take a cup of tea over to the scoring shed.

Zelda crosses a bridge and the rope snaps. She careens into the river.

Joyce tells Tom, "I think I found the perfect house. It's a lovely cottage in Badger's Drift. It's got two bedrooms, two living rooms and a conservatory. Barnaby says, "Sounds like something out of Cluedo." Cully says, "Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the conservatory."

Robert comes to the cricket match. Jane notices blood on his hand. Patricia comes out of the scoring shed screaming. Charles Jennings is dead with a dagger in his back.

Patricia tells Barnaby that she thoughts she saw Stephen come out of the scoring shed. Barnaby asks her about what time she saw Stephen last Sunday. Patricia says she she told Barnaby what Stephen wanted her to say.

Stephen tells the detectives that he took the tea to the scoring shed. He gave it to Charles. Stephen recognizes the dagger as his fathers. The detectives found a roll of cash on Charles. Stephen had no reason to kill Charles Jennings and denies giving him money. At Charles lodgings, the police find a crumpled letter in the trash. "I saw what happened in the quarry. I was watching Mrs Cavendish, and I know who killed her. I don't want to go to the police, but I do want money. I want £500 in cash before the end of the week. Or else." Troy tells Barnaby that Stephen killed Charles. He goes over the evidence. Barnaby thinks the evidence is "too neat, too straightforward. Stephen Cavendish is a very rich man. If we are to believe the letter, he has committed the act of murder. So why did Jennings ask for so little? £500? It's nothing. He could've asked for ten times as much. And here's something. It was the last thing he did in his life, the cricket match. You bowled. Colin Cooper made one run. But Charles Jennings put up the score as a four. Now why did he do that?" Troy says he must have been distracted. Barnaby says did Stephen kill Emily Beavis too?

Barnaby and Troy go over to the Coopers. Barnaby says, "Mrs Cooper. I think you know why I'm here. Now I'm going to give you one opportunity, just one opportunity, to tell the truth...Tell me what happened that day in the quarry." Christine says, "It was like we said. Almost like we said..." Colin says, "We saw her fall. When we got to her, she wasn't dead. But she was dying. There was obviously nothing we could do. And then... she-she pointed up. And we looked up there and... There was someone with her. We realised that she must have been pushed." Barnaby says, "You never told this to the police? You didn't tell the police, because you had plans of your own, yes? Because you drove all the way home before you reported the death to the police. 4:56. That's 40 minutes later. Anyone else would have gone straight to the nearest telephone box. But you, you had plans, didn't you?" Colin says, "She had these coins. She asked me to look at them. There was one there... I knew immediately what it was worth. I'd see something like it once at the museum. A Henry III gold penny. A classic one-type coin. Could you believe it was just sitting there in an old box with some pennies and ha'pennies?" Barnaby says, "So when you found her dying, you went back for it. And then you sold it? How much for?" Colin says, "£100,000. It wasn't stealing. Nobody knew. Nobody would ever have known. She didn't need it." Christine says, "It was a sin, Mr Barnaby. It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners." Barnaby says, "You left an old woman to die... ...and helped cover up a murder for more than a year." The Coopers are arrested.

Barnaby is late to the house showing. Miss Beauvoisin greets him. "Welcome to Long Trees, which has been on the market a very short time." Barnaby exclaims about what she just said and then rushes off.

Barnaby and Troy go to the Frasier's house. Barnaby says, "You told Sgt Troy about an accident that happened in the quarry about nine years ago." Frasier says, "His name was Matthew Draper." Frasier says he was married with a child. A girl. Zelda interrupts to complain about the accident she had on the bridge. She says Robert Cavendish was responsible for it. He sabotaged that bridge. Frasier tells her to shut up. "Nobody is interested in you, or your bloody footpaths. They never have been."

Barnaby says that Robert Cavendish probably did sabotaged the bridge. But whatever you may think about Robert Cavendish, he's no killer. He's much more likely to be the victim. He closed down the quarry. He's an arrogant man. All that Nazi stuff. If anyone in Fletcher's Cross is a target, he's it. They killed his wife, framed his son. Killing him's too easy. They're out to destroy him, slowly. Charles Jennings' letter had no name on it. It could have been sent to anyone and then planted in Stephen's house. Jennings wrote that letter to someone he knew had far less money than Stephen Cavendish. That's why he was only asking for £500. Someone who had access to both the hall and the lodge, who could steal the dagger and the cricket bat, who could plant the letter, and get their hands on banknotes they knew carried Stephen Cavendish's fingerprints.

Mrs. Wilson asks Robert if he would like more wine. Robert appears to be drugged. Mrs. Wilson says, "it's a terrible business, sir. I can't imagine how you must be feeling. First, lovely Mrs Cavendish. And on the day after your 60th birthday. So young. With her pretty face all smashed in like that with a cricket bat. And now young Master Cavendish, too. He'll be going to prison. No doubt about it. I don't think you'll be seeing him again. Now, you drink up, sir. Dinner's almost served."

Barnaby wonders why Emily Beavis was killed. What possible reason could you have to kill an elderly housekeeper. Well, you might kill her if you wanted to replace her.

Mrs. Wilson continues, "Actually... I can imagine how you must be feeling, sir. I used to be married myself. My Matthew... ...he was a wonderful man. Of course... you wouldn't remember his name. He was nothing to you. To me... he was the kindest, most handsome man ..And I'll never forget the day he died! The day you took him from me!" Robert says, "It wasn't me. It... was... F-Frasier." Robert says, "Frasier was doing what you told him to do! It was you! You were the one! Oh. Oh, but you must forgive me, sir. I, I shouldn't be talking like this. How's the wine? I hope the little Valium I put in it didn't spoil the bouquet."

Barnaby continues musing.."Mrs Wilson had access to the cricket bat and the dagger. The £10 notes we found, with Stephen Cavendish's fingerprints, probably her wages. She's Matthew Draper's widow. She spent nine years planning revenge for what had happened to her husband. Changing her name. Changing her appearance. Moving to Fletcher's Cross and killing an innocent housekeeper, simply so she could move in on the family as her replacement. First time we first her, I knew there was something wrong." Mrs. Wilson had mentioned that Tara was planning to go to the old quarry. Why would she mention that to the housekeeper. But then maybe she never did. It was essential to Mrs Wilson's plan that the body should be found. And of course she knew exactly where it was. She committed that murder. But she wasn't working alone. There were two of them. She had her daughter, too.

Patricia comes into the dining room with a covered dish. She says, "Mummy, I'm here..." She uncovers the dish revealing a knife. "Would sir care to commit suicide?

Barnaby says "Patricia Smith killed Charles. Mrs Wilson set Stephen Cavendish up, but this time it was Trish who wielded the knife. It happened just at the moment when Colin Cooper hit his single. The scoring went wrong. All the scores were on a rotating loop. And he must have been pulling it down when she struck. Her timing was perfect. Mrs Wilson watched Trish go in and asked Stephen to take a cup of tea over to the scoring shed. There was no light inside the scoring shed. And it would have been even darker coming straight in from the sun. It was a hell of a risk. They don't come more cold-blooded than these two." Stephen brings Charles a cup of tea. Patricia says, "Ta." After that, all she had to do was put the body back as we found it, put back the cap and the jersey, step into the doorway as if she'd just got there. And as for Trish, she was having an affair with Stephen Cavendish simply to destroy him. She gave him an alibi alright, but managed to make us know that she was lying.

Mrs. Wilson says, "Well, I've enjoyed working for you, Mr Cavendish. But if you don't mind, I'm gonna say goodbye now. Robert says, "I paid!" Patricia gets ready to stab Robert. Mrs. Wilson tells her to make sure it looks like a suicide." Patricia is slitting Robert's wrist when she hears sirens. Robert grabs the knife, they fall together to the floor and when Barnaby and Troy get in, Patricia is lying with the knife in her chest.

Later, Barnaby, Joyce and Cully are having lunch. Joyce says she gives in. After hearing the horrible story of the murders, she is not sure she wants to visit the country ever again. Barnaby explains what Miss Beauvoisin said that made him realize who the killers were. She said, "Welcome, at last, to Long Trees, which has been on the market a very short time." When Barnaby was talking to Mrs Wilson, she said "That's the long and the tall of it". A couple of days later, he was down at the pub, and he heard it again from Trisha- "That's the long and tall of it." The long and the short of it is the actual phrase. Now for one person to make that mistake, that's odd enough. But two of them? Two people who supposedly hardly knew each other? It's the sort of linguistic peculiarity... ...that a daughter might pick up from her mother. Once he made the connection between the two of them, everything else just fell into place.

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Trivia[]

  • Third episode where Joyce witnesses death:  At the cricket match, Charles Jennings is killed in the scoring hut. Previously she was a witness to death in Death's Shadow and Death of a Hollow Man.
  • Robert Hardy's character Robert Cavendish celebrates his 60th birthday in this episode whilst Robert Hardy was at the time 73.
  • Stars three of the main cast of the Harry Potter series in Imelda Staunton, Robert Hardy, and Toby Jones.
  • Olive Beauvoisin's character, previously seen in episode Death's Shadow (1999) working for Ian Eastman and now an estate agent herself, mentions to DCI Tom Barnaby that Eastman was divorced and living in Morocco. She would also be seen again in episode Hidden Depths (2005) as an unnamed estate agent.

The Trials and Tribulations of DS Gavin Troy: Troy is invited to play cricket for Midsomer Worthy.

Quotes[]


Tom Barnaby: I don't see why we can't just stay in Causton.
Joyce Barnaby: Because with Cully gone...
Tom Barnaby (to Cully): You don't really want to move in with Niko?
Cully Barnaby: We've been together for two years dad.
Tom Barnaby: You don't like London.
Cully Barnaby (with a bit of indignation): I love it!
Joyce Barnaby: We are moving! We all agreed. I thought Portland Place was charming.
Tom Barnaby: Oh it's not just the house.
Joyce Barnaby: Well what is it, then?
Tom Barnaby: It's just that I like living in Causton.
Cully Barnaby (laughing a bit): A townie!
Tom Barnaby: Yes. I mean think about it, Joyce. Every time I go to any Midsomer village, it's always the same thing. Blackmail, sexual deviancy, suicide and murder. How could you possibly expect me to go and live in one of them?




Tom Barnaby: Oh, please Lord. Not Fletcher's Cross.




Joyce Barnaby: By the way, Tom. I think I've found the perfect house.
DCI Tom Barnaby: Oh no.
Joyce Barnaby: It's a lovely cottage in Badger's Drift. It's got two bedrooms, two living rooms and a conservatory.
DCI Tom Barnaby: Conservatory? Sounds like something out of Cluedo.
Cully Barnaby: Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the conservatory.



Goofs[]

  • When explaining why she is telling Barnaby that Steven Cavendish is lying, Mrs. Cooper quotes a verse from the book of Philippians but attributes the words to Jesus instead of Paul.
  • A policeman pulls a wad of crumpled paper from a waste basket and opens it up. The paper he hands to Barnaby is clearly not the same piece of paper.
  • When Cavendish is showing the detectives his collection of German military memorabilia, he produces a medal which he refers to as the 'Iron Cross First Class'. As can be seen from the ribbon, it is in fact an even higher award, the Knight's Cross, with the further distinction of oak leaves. No serious collector (as Cavendish is apparently supposed to be) would make such an elementary mistake - it would be almost as bad as getting the denomination wrong on a coin or a stamp.
  • Since RLB daggers were issued to members of the German air raid warning services, it is unlikely the man who said it was used at El Alamein was right.

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