"Midsomer Murders"
The Killings at Badger's Drift (1997)

Director:

Jeremy Silberston

Writers:

Anthony Horowitz (screenplay)
Caroline Graham (novel)

TV Series:

"Midsomer Murders" (1997)

Original Air Date:

23 March 1997 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

An elderly woman is found dead in her cottage and DCI Barnaby is convinced the death is not down to natural causes.

Plot Keywords:

Prison Suicide | Midsomer | Mortician | English Breakfast | Broken Neck

Cast

John Nettles	...	D.C.I. Barnaby
Daniel Casey	...	Sergeant Troy
Jane Wymark	...	Joyce Barnaby
Laura Howard	...	Cully Barnaby
Barry Jackson	...	Dr Bullard
Renée Asherson	...	Emily Simpson (as Renee Asherson)
Rosalie Crutchley	...	Lucy Bellringer
Jonathan Firth	...	Michael Lacey
Emily Mortimer	...	Katherine Lacey
Julian Glover	...	Henry Trace
Selina Cadell	...	Phyllis Cadell
Christopher Villiers	...	David Whitely
Richard Cant	...	Dennis Rainbird
Elizabeth Spriggs	...	Iris Rainbird
Bill Wallis	...	Dr Trevor Lessiter

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Bentley Productions

Trivia:

First entry in the popular series.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In several scenes after the murder of Iris and Dennis Rainbird, Barnaby and/or Troy refer to only Mrs. Rainbird having been murdered, not her son as well. These may be surviving scenes from a version faithful to Caroline Graham's novel, in which only Mrs. Rainbird is killed, while Dennis suffers from post-traumatic catatonia.

Quotes:

Sergeant Troy: [showing his homophobia] Well, I'm afraid you can't have the body yet... sir
Dennis Rainbird: [to Barnaby] You've got a right "constable" there, haven't you?

Another excellent offering from the British studios.

I have never been disappointed with any of the mysteries from across the "POND". The plots are always so unique and absorbing. The acting is always superb making you feel as if you were actually there. Some of the dialects can be such that it is imperative that one is not distracted whilst viewing. I must admit I get so absorbed that nothing can cause me to be distracted. This particular offering is another masterpiece and certainly maintains the standard which we are accustomed to.