Changes: Series Two

Revision as of 16:49, 23 August 2020

Series Two of Midsomer Murders premiered 20 January 1999, and concluded on 19 September 1999.

Main Cast
Name	Portrayed by	Occupation	Notes
Tom Barnaby	John Nettles	DCI Causton CID
Gavin Troy	Daniel Casey	DS Causton CID	DCI Barnaby's partner
Joyce Barnaby	Jane Wymark	Wife of DCI Barnaby
Cully Barnaby	Laura Howard	Daughter of DCI Barnaby
George Bullard	Barry Jackson	Chief pathologist of Midsomer County.	He did not appear in Strangler's Wood and Dead Man's Eleven
Dan Peterson	Toby Jones	Pathologist of Midsomer County	Substitute for Dr. Bullard

Episodes
Ep Nr	Ep ID	Title	Director	Writer	Air Date
6	2.1	Death's Shadow	Jeremy Silberston	Anthony Horowitz	20 January 1999
Tom and Joyce Barnaby decide to retake their marriage vows to celebrate their 25th Wedding Anniversary. They choose the picturesque church, St. Michaels, in Badgers Drift for the ceremony. However, a brutal murder in the village detracts Barnaby away from the preparations culminating in a strange turn of events.
7	2.2	Strangler's Wood	Jeremy Silberston	Anthony Horowitz	3 February 1999
Nine years after a series of unsolved murders at Midsomer Worthy, a new death which follows the same pattern (a girl is found strangled in the woods) leads to fears that the serial killer is back in business. Barnaby and Troy look out the old files in dealing with the first new murder - and then others follow.
8	2.3	Dead Man's Eleven	Jeremy Silberston	Anthony Horowitz	12 September 1999
Fletcher's Cross is preparing itself for their annual cricket match against neighbouring village, Midsomer Worthy. Troy has also been selected to open the batting for the Midsomer team. However, tragedy strikes when the wife of local landowner and cricket captain, Robert Cavendish, is discovered murdered after taking their dog for a walk.
9	2.4	Blood Will Out	Moira Armstrong	Douglas Watkinson	19 September 1999
Two groups of travellers threaten to shatter the peace of the serene village of Martyr Warren. Barnaby and Troy are initially called to the local manor house to investigate the disappearance of a goose! However, events take a more macabre turn for the worse when the local magistrate owner and antagonizer of the travellers is found dead at his opulent home.

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-'''Series Two''' of ''Midsomer Murders'' premiered 20 January 1999, and concluded on 19 September 1999.
+{{Infobox series|image1 = Series-2.jpg|number_of_episodes = 4|date_first_episode_aired = 20 January 1999|date_last_episode_aired = 19 September 1999}}'''Series Two''' of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' premiered 20 January 1999, and concluded on 19 September 1999.
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 |[[Barry Jackson]]
 |Chief pathologist of Midsomer County.
-|He did not appear in both Strangler's Wood and Dead Man's Eleven
+|He did not appear in [[Strangler's Wood]] and [[Dead Man's Eleven]]
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 |[[ Dan Peterson|Dan Peterson]]
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-| style="height:21px;text-align:center;"|2.1
+| style="height:21px;text-align:center;"|6
+| style="text-align:center;"|2.1
 | style="text-align:center;"|[[Death's Shadow]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|Jeremy Silberston
+| style="text-align:center;"|[[Jeremy Silberston]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|Anthony Horowitz
+| style="text-align:center;"|[[Anthony Horowitz]]
 | style="text-align:center;"|20 January 1999
 |-
+| colspan="6" |[[Tom Barnaby|Tom]] and [[Joyce Barnaby]] decide to retake their marriage vows to celebrate their 25th Wedding Anniversary. They choose the picturesque church, St. Michaels, in [[Badger's Drift|Badgers Drift]] for the ceremony. However, [[Richard Bayly|a brutal murder]] in the village detracts Barnaby away from the preparations culminating in a strange turn of events.
-| colspan="5" |A successful theatrical director, Simon Fletcher, arrives in Badger's Drift, his head filled with disturbing childhood memories. Shortly after his arrival, Richard Bayly, a wealthy property developer is brutally murdered.Bayly, who had recently been diagnosed as having a brain tumour, was planning to redevelop a local estate in the village, much to the anger of the residents. Barnaby and Troy are called to investigate.
+|-
-|- height="21"
-| style="height:21px;text-align:center;"|2.2
+| style="height:21px;text-align:center;"|7
+| style="text-align:center;"|2.2
 | style="text-align:center;"|[[Strangler's Wood]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|Jeremy Silberston
+| style="text-align:center;"|[[Jeremy Silberston]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|Anthony Horowitz
+| style="text-align:center;"|[[Anthony Horowitz]]
 | style="text-align:center;"|3 February 1999
 |-
+| colspan="6" |Nine years after a series of unsolved murders at [[Midsomer Worthy]], a new death which follows the same pattern ([[Carla Constanza|a girl]] is found strangled in the woods) leads to fears that the serial killer is back in business. [[Tom Barnaby|Barnaby]] and [[Gavin Troy|Troy]] look out the old files in dealing with the first new murder - and then others follow.
-| colspan="5" |The beautiful young Brazilian, Carla Constanza is the face of 'Carla' brand cigarettes, a popular brand of South American cigarettes in which [[Monarch Tobacco]], a company based in Midsomer Worthy, has a significant stake.When the body of a young Brazilian woman is found in [[Raven's Wood]], strangled with a striped neck tie, Barnaby and Troy are called in to solve the crime.
+|-
-|- height="21"
-| style="height:21px;text-align:center;"|2.3
+| style="height:21px;text-align:center;"|8
+| style="text-align:center;"|2.3
 | style="text-align:center;"|[[Dead Man's Eleven]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|Jeremy Silberston
+| style="text-align:center;"|[[Jeremy Silberston]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|Anthony Horowitz
+| style="text-align:center;"|[[Anthony Horowitz]]
 | style="text-align:center;"|12 September 1999
 |-
+| colspan="6" |[[Fletcher's Cross]] is preparing itself for their annual cricket match against neighbouring village, [[Midsomer Worthy]]. [[Gavin Troy|Troy]] has also been selected to open the batting for the Midsomer team. However, tragedy strikes when [[Tara Cavendish|the wife]] of local landowner and cricket captain, [[Robert Cavendish]], is discovered murdered after taking their dog for a walk.
-| colspan="5" |The village of [[Fletcher's Cross]] is astounded when a rich businessman's wife is found bludgeoned to death by a cricket bat. Whilst the victim had no apparent enemies, her husband, Robert Cavendish, was hated by all and sundry.Robert's arch enemy Frasier, who worked for Cavendish until a quarry explosion killed his partner, Cavendish's son Steven, who despised his father, Zelda, the sprightly, sly spinster who abhorred Cavendish because of his plan to fence off footpaths crossing his land. All had reasons for wishing harm on Robert, but why would anyone kill his wife?Barnaby and Troy set out to uncover the truth.
+|-
-|- height="21"
-| style="height:21px;text-align:center;"|2.4
+| style="height:21px;text-align:center;"|9
+| style="text-align:center;"|2.4
 | style="text-align:center;"|[[Blood Will Out]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|Moira Armstrong
+| style="text-align:center;"|[[Moira Armstrong]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|Douglas Watkinson
+| style="text-align:center;"|[[Douglas Watkinson]]
 | style="text-align:center;"|19 September 1999
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-| colspan="5" style="height:119px;width:797px;"|Barnaby and Troy are called in to help keep the peace in the village of [[Martyr Warren]] when, to the extreme anger of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War Falklands War] veteran Major Hector Bridges, two rival clans of travellers arrive.The caravans keep coming and then on the afternoon of a pony chariot race, organised by the travellers, Major Hector is shot dead.Barnaby is convinced that there must be a link between a certain traveller's arrival and Hector's murder and begins to investigate Hector's past.
+| colspan="6" style="height:119px;width:797px;"|Two groups of travellers threaten to shatter the peace of the serene village of [[Martyr Warren]]. [[Tom Barnaby|Barnaby]] and [[Gavin Troy|Troy]] are initially called to the local manor house to investigate the disappearance of a goose! However, events take a more macabre turn for the worse when [[Hector Bridges|the local magistrate owner]] and antagonizer of the travellers is found dead at his opulent home.
 |}