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{{Infobox episode|series_and_ep_number = Series Fourteen, Episode Six|image1 = The-night-of-the-stag.jpg|airdate = 12 October 2011|village_or_location = [[Midsomer Abbas]]<BR>[[Midsomer Herne]]|writer = [[Nicholas Martin]]|director = [[Simon Langton]]|previous_episode = [[The Sleeper Under the Hill]]|following_episode = [[A Sacred Trust]]}}'''The Night of the Stag''' is the sixth episode of the [[Series Fourteen|fourteenth series]] of the popular [[ITV]] crime drama [[Midsomer Murders]] and originally aired on 21st October 2011.
 
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{{Infobox episode
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|series_and_ep_number = Series Fourteen, Episode Six
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|image1 = The-night-of-the-stag.jpg
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|airdate = 12 October 2011
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|village_or_location = [[Midsomer Abbas]]<br>
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[[Midsomer Herne]]
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|writer = [[Nicholas Martin]]
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|director = [[Simon Langton]]
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|previous_episode = [[The Sleeper Under the Hill]]
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|following_episode = [[A Sacred Trust]]
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}}'''The Night of the Stag''' is the sixth episode of the [[Series Fourteen|fourteenth series]] of the popular [[ITV]] crime drama [[Midsomer Murders]] and originally aired on 21st October 2011.
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
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A VAT inspector goes missing as he hunts for an illicit cider still responsible for brewing The Beast, a potent local hooch. At the Midsomer Abbas spring fayre which celebrates its friendship with Midsomer Herne, [[John Barnaby|Barnaby]] and [[Ben Jones|Jones]] sample the local cider, while temperance preacher [[Norman Grigor]] calls on residents to repent of their drunken ways. Suddenly, Barnaby is violently ill as the body of missing man [[Peter Slim]] is found floating in the cider vat. Meanwhile [[Samuel Quested]] (Warren Clarke), the traditionalist mayor of Midsomer Abbas, seeks to revive the ancient rite known as ''''The Stag'''.'
Local bootleggers come under suspicion after the disappearance of a government inspector.
 
   
 
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==Cast==
 
==Cast==
 
 
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*[[Neil Dudgeon]] as DCI [[John Barnaby]]
 
*[[Neil Dudgeon]] as DCI [[John Barnaby]]
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*Jonathan Jaynes as [[Jonathan Oak]]
 
*Jonathan Jaynes as [[Jonathan Oak]]
 
*Richard Bradshaw as [[Peter Slim]]
 
*Richard Bradshaw as [[Peter Slim]]
*Jimmy Ryan-Shedden as Abbas Man
 
*Kelvin Wise as Armed Response Unit
 
 
*Ian Mann as Cider Worker (uncredited)
 
*Ian Mann as Cider Worker (uncredited)
*June Smith as Drunken Floozy (uncredited)
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*Jimmy Ryan-Shedden as Abbas Man (uncredited)
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*Atul Sharma as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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*[[June Smith]] as Drunken Floozy (uncredited)
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*[[Chris Wilson]] as Police Officer (uncredited)
 
*Kelvin Wise as Armed Response Unit (uncredited)
 
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==Galleries==
 
==Galleries==
 
===Body Count===
 
===Body Count===
[[File:F3AE0E78-CAC0-48DB-B646-91392B13F8EB.png|thumb|220x220px|Reverend Conrad Walker raised his arms across his face for protection after preaching to his killers and he was mercilessly hacked to death by scythes in his church, he had defensive wounds.]]
 
 
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Peter-slim.jpg|[[Peter Slim]]<br>Broken neck by being shaken with an apple tree shaker, then dumped in a vat of apple cidar.
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Peter-slim.jpg|[[Peter Slim]]<br>Beaten with a wading staff, chased around the fields with dogs and after he was cornered had his neck broken by being shaken by an apple tree shaker. His body was then dumped in a vat of apple cider.
Conrad-walker.jpg|[[Conrad Walker]] Raises arms across face for protection after preaching to the killers and mercilessly hacked to death with scythes, he had defensive wounds.
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Conrad-walker.jpg|[[Conrad Walker]]<br>Hacked to death with scythes.
 
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* Supporting Cast
 
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===Supporting Cast===
 
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Norman-grigor.jpg|[[Norman Grigor]]
 
 
Samuel-quested.jpg|[[Samuel Quested]]
 
Samuel-quested.jpg|[[Samuel Quested]]
 
Smudgepot.jpg|[[Smudgepot]]
 
Smudgepot.jpg|[[Smudgepot]]
 
Wilberforce.jpg|[[Wilberforce]]
 
Byron-street.jpg|[[Byron Street]]
 
Byron-street.jpg|[[Byron Street]]
 
Norman-grigor.jpg|[[Norman Grigor]]
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Evelyn-grigor.jpg|[[Evelyn Grigor]]
 
Chloe-baker.jpg|[[Chloe Baker]]
 
Esme-baker.jpg|[[Esme Baker]]
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Will-green.jpg|[[Will Green]]
 
Silas-trout.jpg|[[Silas Trout]]
 
Silas-trout.jpg|[[Silas Trout]]
 
Anthony-devereux.jpg|[[Anthony Devereux]]
 
Anthony-devereux.jpg|[[Anthony Devereux]]
 
Alice-quested.jpg|[[Alice Quested]]
 
Alice-quested.jpg|[[Alice Quested]]
Will-green.jpg|[[Will Green]]
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Jonathan-oak.jpg|[[Jonathan Oak]]
Wilberforce.jpg|[[Wilberforce]]
 
Chloe-baker.jpg|[[Chloe Baker]]
 
Esme-baker.jpg|[[Esme Baker]]
 
 
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==Video==
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[[File:Midsomer Murders Series 14 Episode 6 - The Night of the Stag Preview|thumb|none|350 px]]
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==Notes==
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The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes
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*Ian Peck - [[A Talent for Life]] and [[Picture of Innocence]]
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*Denise Black - [[Painted in Blood]]
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*Ian Mann - [[The Axeman Cometh]] and [[Death and the Divas]]
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*Atul Sharma - [[The Dagger Club]], [[The Incident at Cooper Hill]] and [[Send in the Clowns]]
   
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
   
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''Reverend Norman Grigor has gatecrashed a Cider Festival at the local brewery and is preaching fervently about the evils of alcohol. He even accuses the vicar of being a fornicator''
 
''Reverend Norman Grigor has gatecrashed a Cider Festival at the local brewery and is preaching fervently about the evils of alcohol. He even accuses the vicar of being a fornicator''
   
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{{Quote|Six we know of, that is.|Samuel Quested ''(more laughter)''}}
 
{{Quote|Six we know of, that is.|Samuel Quested ''(more laughter)''}}
 
{{Quote|I can assure you, Samuel Quested, that I made those children to glorify the Lord. The act itself gave me no pleasure.|Rev Norman Grigor}}
 
{{Quote|I can assure you, Samuel Quested, that I made those children to glorify the Lord. The act itself gave me no pleasure.|Rev Norman Grigor}}
{{Quote|I'm sure your wife would say the same.|Chloe Baker ''(uproarious laughter)''}}
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{{Quote|I'm sure your wife would say the same.|Chloe Baker ''(uproarious laughter)''}}</div>
”In the name of christtt....sttopppp!”- says Reverend Walker before raising his arms to protect himself
 
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[[Category:Series Fourteen episodes]]

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The Night of the Stag is the sixth episode of the fourteenth series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and originally aired on 21st October 2011.

Synopsis

A VAT inspector goes missing as he hunts for an illicit cider still responsible for brewing The Beast, a potent local hooch. At the Midsomer Abbas spring fayre which celebrates its friendship with Midsomer Herne, Barnaby and Jones sample the local cider, while temperance preacher Norman Grigor calls on residents to repent of their drunken ways. Suddenly, Barnaby is violently ill as the body of missing man Peter Slim is found floating in the cider vat. Meanwhile Samuel Quested (Warren Clarke), the traditionalist mayor of Midsomer Abbas, seeks to revive the ancient rite known as 'The Stag.'

Plot

A VAT inspector goes missing as he hunts for an illicit cider still responsible for brewing The Beast, a potent local hooch. At the Midsomer Abbas spring fayre which celebrates its friendship with Midsomer Herne, DCI Barnaby and DS Jones sample the local cider, while temperance preacher Norman Grigor calls on residents to repent of their drunken ways. Suddenly, Barnaby is violently ill as the body of missing man Peter Slim is found floating in the cider vat. Whilst temperance campaigners, led by fervent, recovered-alcoholic parson Norman Grigor, protest against the Midsomer Abbas May Festival, the body of Peter Slim, a revenue inspector investigating illicit stills, is found dumped in a cider vat. The murder weapon, an apple tree harvester which shook him to death, belongs to boozy cider mill owner Anthony Devereux, a man with something to hide though he denies murder. Then Barnaby discovers a secret connecting Slim to a village girl and a party to that secret, the Reverend Conrad Walker,is murdered. As pub landlord Samuel Quested leads the villagers in the revival of an old fertility and after discovering Rev. Walker’s badly beaten body in his church, Barnaby and Jones find themselves in peril during the night of the stag.

Cast

Galleries

Body Count

Supporting Cast

Episode Images

Video

Midsomer_Murders_Series_14_Episode_6_-_The_Night_of_the_Stag_Preview

Midsomer Murders Series 14 Episode 6 - The Night of the Stag Preview

Notes

The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes

Quotes

Reverend Norman Grigor has gatecrashed a Cider Festival at the local brewery and is preaching fervently about the evils of alcohol. He even accuses the vicar of being a fornicator

"Tell me, Norman. If "the other" is so wrong, how come you've got six children of your own?"
– Samuel Quested (crowd laughs)

"Six we know of, that is."
– Samuel Quested (more laughter)

"I can assure you, Samuel Quested, that I made those children to glorify the Lord. The act itself gave me no pleasure."
– Rev Norman Grigor

"I'm sure your wife would say the same."
– Chloe Baker (uproarious laughter)