Not in my Back Yard is the seventh episode of the thirteenth series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and originally aired 12th January 2011.
Synopsis[]
A planning dispute turns to murder after a leading light in the Midsomer Conservation Society suspects her neighbours are involved in a money-making development scam. Political wrangling, burglaries and sexual liaisons abound in picturesque Great Pelfe- but why is someone driven to start killing?
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 DC Gail Stephens
- Peter Egan as Norman Swanscombe
- Jill Baker as Eleanor Swanscombe
- Dominic Mafham as James Otley
- Amanda Drew as Liz Gerrard
- Joan Blackham as Maureen Stubbs
- Dorothy Atkinson as Angela Lawrence
- David Annen as Major David Walsh
- Alistair Petrie as Clifford Bunting
- Linda Marlowe as Fiona Conway
- Hugo Speer as Geoff Rogers
- Polly Kemp as Gemma Rogers
- Ned Derrington as Pizza Boy
- Christopher Sloman as Builder (as Chris Sloman)
- Maroussia Frank as Council Officer
- Anthony Farrelly as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Chris Wilson as Police Officer (uncredited)
Galleries[]
Body Count[]
Prior to the Episode
Mr. Swanscombe
Died of natural causes.
Died of natural causes.
Mrs. Swanscombe
Died of natural causes.
Died of natural causes.
Mr. Conway
Died of natural causes.
Died of natural causes.
Douglas Stubbs
Died of natural causes.
Died of natural causes.
In the Episode
Maureen Stubbs
Stabbed several times in the back with a broken wine bottle.
Stabbed several times in the back with a broken wine bottle.
Clifford Bunting
While he was repairing Norman's sliding door, it was stopped slightly open. As he bent over and put his head through to try to force it to move the door was activated back, which caught his neck and "strangled" him to death.
While he was repairing Norman's sliding door, it was stopped slightly open. As he bent over and put his head through to try to force it to move the door was activated back, which caught his neck and "strangled" him to death.
Geoff Rogers
Drugged by being made to drink Ketamine and then covered with concrete while sitting on the back bench of his car.
Drugged by being made to drink Ketamine and then covered with concrete while sitting on the back bench of his car.
Supporting Cast[]
Episode Images[]
Video[]
Midsomer Murders Series 13 Episode 7 - Not In My Back Yard Preview
Notes[]
The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes:
- Dominic Mafham - Death of a Stranger
- Linda Marlowe - Who Killed Cock Robin?
- Christopher Sloman - Midsomer Life
- Maroussia Frank - The Great and the Good
- Peter Egan - Death of the Small Coppers
Trivia[]
- Dorney Court is used in this episode as Pelfe Hall. It is also featured in Strangler's Wood as the Fox and Goose, Bantling Boy as Bantling Hall, Secrets and Spies as Allenby House, and in Drawing Dead.