"Midsomer Murders"
A Picture of Innocence (2007)

Director:

Richard Holthouse

Writer:

Andrew Payne (screenplay)

TV Series:

"Midsomer Murders" (1997)

Original Air Date:

3 June 2007 (Season 10, Episode 6)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Rivalry breaks out between film and digital camera users.

Plot Keywords:

Sergeant | England | Murder | Police | Rural

Cast

John Nettles	...	DCI Tom Barnaby
Jason Hughes	...	Detective Constable Ben Jones
Jane Wymark	...	Joyce Barnaby
Barry Jackson	...	Dr. George Bullard
Nigel Anthony	...	Lionel Bell
Andrew Tiernan	...	Steve Bright
Adrian Scarborough	...	Eddie Carfax
Peter Eyre	...	Headley Madrigal
Richard Lintern	...	Martin Spellman
Martin Hutson	...	Seb Madrigal
Montserrat Lombard	...	Philomena Bell
Caroline Trowbridge	...	Imogen
Ian Peck	...	Adam Knox
François Domange	...	Maitre d'Hotel
Malcolm Raeburn	...	Hotel Manager

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Jordans of Thame, Market Square, Thame, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Life in the old dog yet

I think this is better than average for this creaking veteran of a series. The plot is fairly novel and interesting - film-based camera buffs against digital fans. It manages to avoid the twee garden fête-type scenes so prevalent in Midsomer Murders.

The worst bit is the episode's use of the dreadful old "You're off the case" cliché, with the hero being pushed aside in favour of an incompetent replacement. Of course Barnaby nevertheless carries on with the case and solves it. How many hundreds of times have we seen this in crime series? I wish someone would start a website called "www.you're-off-the-case.com" to document instances of the hoary old chestnut.