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The Black Book is the second episode of the twelfth series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and originally aired on 26th March 2009.
Synopsis[]
Felicity Law auctions a painting by eighteenth century Midsomer artist Henry Hogson for £400,000, giving most of the money to Matilda Simms, who runs a therapeutic art school, inherited from her father. Felicity is murdered, as is a young thief who had stolen another Hogson, causing Matilda to confess that both paintings were forged by her father. A greedy gallery owner tries to blackmail the killer and is himself slain. All three victims were, variously and dangerously, in possession of the forger's notes, kept in The Black Book.
Plot[]
Cast[]
- John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby
- Jason Hughes as DS Ben Jones
- Jane Wymark as Joyce Barnaby
- Barry Jackson as Dr. George Bullard
- Kirsty Dillon as WPC Gail Stephens
- Ann Firbank as Felicity Law
- David Bamber as Anthony Prideaux
- Susannah Harker as Matilda Simms
- Paul Anderson as Graham Spate
- Christopher Fulford as Alan Best
- Sarah Badel as Patricia Blackshaw
- Paul Ridley as Neville Blackshaw
- Gavan O'Herlihy as George Arlington
- Charlotte Asprey as Christine Miller
- Paula Jennings as Yvonne Best
- Iain Mitchell as Auctioneer
- Victoria Lennox as Librarian
- Tim Stanmore as Security Guard
- Victoria Shalet as Melony
- Neville Phillips as Admirer
- Chris Wilson as Police Officer (uncredited)
Galleries[]
Body Count[]
Prior to the Episode
Died in 1810 from arthritis.
Died of natural causes.
In the Episode
Tortured by having her hand held on the hotplate, then had her throat slit.
Knocked unconscious and tied to a table. He was then tortured with a razor blade and finally killed by repeated blows to the head.
After getting up from his desk, was held from behind and had his throat slit with a razor blade, then pushed on top of the desk.
Supporting Cast[]
Episode Images[]
Video[]
Midsomer Murders Series 12 Episode 2 - The Black Book Preview
Notes[]
The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes:
- Sarah Badel - Death of a Hollow Man
- Neville Phillips - Faithful unto Death, Garden of Death, Dark Autumn, Birds of Prey and Vixen's Run
- Victoria Shalet - Murder on St. Malley's Day
- Victoria Lennox - Things That Go Bump in the Night, Orchis Fatalis, Vixen's Run and The Silent Land
- David Bamber - Dead Letters and A Dying Art