Debbie Moffett is crushed to death by a giant round of cheese just hours after an argument at a Parents’ Council meeting at Midsomer Pastures Prep School. Debbie worked at the dairy which produces the world-famous Midsomer Blue and was found by her colleague Jim Caxton. Jim seems more anxious about his precious cheese than the death of Debbie.
Midsomer Murders is back baby yeah on Wednesday, 2 January at 8:00PM with a new three-parter entitled, Death and the Divas, and here’s every little thing you need to know about it…
The murder of a journalist has chilling echoes of a 1960s horror film starring Midsomer’s own Stella Harris. When Stella’s more famous sister returns after a 40-year family rift, the killings escalate, each reminiscent of a movie plot. Is life – and death – imitating art?
Journalist Eve Lomax is murdered as she watches a cult 60s horror film starring Midsomer’s own Stella Harris. Colin Yule opens the inaugural Midsomer Langley film festival by showing the same film. But Stella’s evening is eclipsed by the dramatic arrival of her sister Diana Davenport, a Hollywood superstar. Diana and her producer husband Cy are reunited with their son Scott, who fled the family home to live in Midsomer. He is not pleased to see them… Read more & comment »
With the nation deep in mourning following the end of series 3 of Downton Abbey last night, and with no confirmation of a fourth series being commissioned as yet, maybe this may be the biggest indication that there indeed will be.
Show creator, Julian Fellowes has revealed that he is considering casting black or Indian characters in the new series, if there is one, as long as it can be historically accurate in its timing and content, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reports.
Read more & comment »
Former Doctor Who companion, Caroline John, has passed away aged 72!
John played Liz Shaw, assistant to John Pertwee’s Doctor in 1970, as well as reprising the role for a 1983 feature-length special, The Five Doctors.
Read more & comment »
Neil Dudgeon has revealed that when he took over the lead role in drama Midsomer Murders from John Nettles, he worried that viewers would stop watching.
Neil first joined the show in 2010, but only took on the lead part when John – who played Tom Barnaby – left last year.
Of his concerns, Neil – who’s also starred in Casualty, London’s Burning, Lovejoy, and A Touch of Frost – told the PA, “I thought everyone would stop watching, [saying] we only like John Nettles”.
He added, “It would have been the end of my career but fortunately that wasn’t the case.
“I’ve been acting for 25 years and I’ve always been a fan of the series.”
He went on to say that now John has left, “The show is essentially still the same…” Read more & comment »
The cloistered world of Midsomer Priory is forced to open its doors to 21st century policing when a nun is strangled to death. Teenage liaisons, missing antique silver and holy orders add up to make a complex investigation for Barnaby and Jones.
***
Teenage vandals smash a stained glass window at Midsomer Priory but the Prioress Mother Julian doesn’t want the police involved. But when Mother Thomas Aquinas is strangled to death, Barnaby and Jones must enter their cloistered world.
BBC News has just reported that actress Anna Massey, who starred in a string of TV dramas such as Midsomer Murders and Poirot, has died at the age of 73.
Her agent confirmed the sad news in a statement which reads: Actress Anna Massey CBE passed away peacefully on Sunday 3rd July, with her husband and son by her side. She will be remembered as a loving wife and mother, a cherished grandmother, a generous colleague and, always, a consummate professional. She will be greatly missed.”
London’s Evening Standard adds, “Massey’s film work included roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy, Possession with Gwyneth Paltrow and the adaptation of The Importance Of Being Earnest.” Read more & comment »
When a young woman is dressed like a bride and drowned in a bath, it triggers a spate of ghoulish wedding-themed murders in Great Worthy. The case takes Barnaby and Jones to a donkey sanctuary, a heritage steam railway, and a pub run by an ex-copper and former brothel madam. Could history be repeating itself?
A 23-year-old woman is drowned in a bath wrapped in net curtains and made to look like a bride with a chilling lipstick message on the mirror. She wears a ring and a bouquet of cheap flowers is placed on the toilet seat – but Dianne Price had no plans to marry.
Brian True-May is set to leave ITV’s Midsomer Murders after the conclusion of the current series.
Brian was recently suspended after remarking that “whites only” are cast in the show.
Mr True-May made his comments during an interview with the Radio Times in which he said, “Maybe I’m not politically correct. We just don’t have ethnic minorities involved.
“It wouldn’t be the English village with them. It just wouldn’t work.
‘Midsomer Murders’ star Neil Dudgeon is modernising the series’ Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) character.
The actor plays DCI John Barnaby – who is replacing John Nettles’ DCI Tom Barnaby as the show’s lead character this week – and will bring the role up-to-date in subtle ways, such as drinking soya milk and eating sushi.
As viewers of the hugely popular drama Midsomer Murders will most likely know, the show’s executive producer, Brian True-May, was recently suspended after remarking that “whites only” are cast in the show.
Mr True-May made his comments during an interview with the Radio Times in which he said, “Maybe I’m not politically correct. We just don’t have ethnic minorities involved.
“It wouldn’t be the English village with them. It just wouldn’t work.
“Suddenly we might be in Slough. Ironically, Causton [a town in the show] is supposed to be Slough and if you went into Slough you wouldn’t see a white face.
“We’re the last bastion of Englishness and I want to keep it that way.”
However, today, the Sunday Express states that a “black extra” has been cast in the very first episode of the show’s new series. Read more & comment »
‘Midsomer Murders’ boss Brian True-May has hit back at tabloid reports that have treated him “like a criminal”.
The producer – who is desperately trying to hold on to his job after being suspended from the ITV drama when he claimed the success of the show was down to its lack of multiculturalism – feels he is the one being treated badly after becoming embroiled in the race row.
He said: “According to the press reports I am going to be investigated as if I was a criminal. There’s not a lot to investigate.”
‘Midsomer Murders’ creator Brian True-May has been suspended after claiming the show’s success is due to its lack of multiculturalism.
ITV bosses said they were “shocked and appalled” by the comments of the programme’s producer, who described the drama as the “last bastion of Englishness” and admitted he felt there was “no place” for non-white characters.
John Nettles, who plays DCI Tom Barnaby in Midsomer Murders, has revealed that he’d hoped his character would be killed off, but the show’s producers had other ideas!
67 year old John has played Barnaby for 14 years, and has made a total of 80 episodes of the hit drama, but it seems he’s had enough and had hoped for a “noble” death for his character.
John told The Sun, “I wanted to die in noble fashion in the service of my country and be buried in Westminster Abbey.
“But Tom and his long-suffering wife Joyce will simply retire.”
John will be seen making his final appearance as Barnaby in the forthcoming drama, Fit For Murder, which airs on ITV1 on February 2nd. Read more & comment »
It seems that the star of Midsomer Murders, John Nettles, has been tempted out of his semi-retirement to star in a one off drama.
According to the Daily Mirror, the producer of Midsomer Murders, Brian True-May, coxed John back to star in a drama to be entitled, ‘Country Matters.’
John will play the role of a magistrate in a farming community.
Speaking to the paper of the part, John joked, “At least I’m staying on the right side of the law.”
66 year old John added, “Leaving Midsomer certainly didn’t mean I was going to retire… Read more & comment »
Latest Reality TV News American TV News
