- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Brown
Death stalks the cloistered Midsomer Priory, as Barnaby and Jones discover when Mother Thomas Aquinas is found strangled in the chicken coop. The only clues they have to go on are a missing pair of trousers, stolen antique silver and a spliff found in a nearby dingly dell.
Midsomer Murders may be a load of guff, but – like the nuns who people this week’s mystery – I find it hard to get out of the habit. Also, DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) is still the benchmark of bland. “I don’t do jokes, Jones,” he tells his assistant. He doesn’t do charisma either and seems content to mooch around looking like a more jowly, weather-beaten version of David Cameron.
About this programme
7/8. Barnaby and Jones investigate the cloistered world of Midsomer Priory when a nun is found strangled. The detectives uncover a complex mystery involving holy orders, teenage romantic liaisons, African art and missing antique silver as the community is forced to open its doors to 21st-century policing. Former EastEnders actor Cliff Parisi (Minty) guest stars alongside Neil Dudgeon and Jason Hughes.
Cast and crew
Cast
- DCI John Barnaby
- Neil Dudgeon
- DS Ben Jones
- Jason Hughes
- Sarah Barnaby
- Fiona Dolman
- Kate Wilding
- Tamzin Malleson
- Duncan Hendred
- Jamie Blackley
- Tamsin Bickford
- Martha Mackintosh
- Mother Julian
- Joanna David
- Sister Catherine
- Fiona Glascott
- Mother Thomas
- Susan Sheridan
- Mother Jerome
- Rosalind Knight
- Katy
- Hannah Arterton
- Peter De Winter
- Phillip Anthony
- Father Behan
- Michael Colgan
- Barry
- Cliff Parisi
- Colin Fleming
- Tom Knight
- Serena Fleming
- Louise Bengay
- Lauren Hendred
- Emma Davies
- Matthew Hendred
- George Irving
- Callum
- Josh Parris
- George Norrington
- Richard Walsh
- Delia Norrington
- Jessica Turner
- Bishop Graves
- Hugh Ross
- Young mother Julian
- Zoe Lister
Crew
- Director
- Renny Rye
- Producer
- Brian True-May
- Writer
- Rachel Cuperman
- Writer
- Sally Griffiths
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