About this programme
7/7. At a Christmas family get-together, a cracker riddle states two people will die before midnight on Boxing Day, and just a few hours later family matriarch Lydia meets an untimely end - giving Barnaby the perfect reason to escape a boring Christmas with his in-laws. John Nettles and John Hopkins star, with guest appearances by Haydn Gwynne and Margery Mason. Last in the series.
Cast and crew
Cast
- DCI Tom Barnaby
- John Nettles
- DS Daniel Scott
- John Hopkins
- Joyce Barnaby
- Jane Wymark
- Cully Barnaby
- Laura Howard
- Dr Bullard
- Barry Jackson
- Douglas
- John Burgess
- Muriel
- Daphne Oxenford
- Ferdy Villiers
- Kevin Doyle
- Lydia Villiers
- Margery Mason
- Jennifer Carter
- Haydn Gwynne
- Emily Hide
- Alice Patten
- Aidan Carter
- Dominic Colenso
- Digby Frears
- William Chubb
- Kate Frears
- Mel Martin
- Phoebe Frears
- Lydia Leonard
- Howard Frears
- Rory Copus
- Ross Villiers
- Philip Quast
- Dominic Jones
- Bruce Alexander
- Drinker in Pub/Colleague
- Tim Treloar
- Claire English
- Claire Carrie
- Vicar
- Bryan Matheson
- Aidan (Aged 11)
- Christopher Sutton
- Phoebe (Aged 12)
- Gemma Martin
- Howard (Aged four)
- Luke Foster
- Girl
- Laura Jeffree
- Doctor
- Harry Gostelow
Crew
- Director
- Renny Rye
- Executive Producer
- Brian True-May
- Producer
- Brian True-May
- Writer
- David Hoskins
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