GARDEN OF DEATH
First Broadcast: September 10, 2000
| Barnaby
and Joyce make a visit to the Inkpen Manor garden in Midsomer Deverell
one afternoon. The garden has been the talk of the village ever since
the owner, Elspeth Inkpen-Thomas, decided that with the popularity of
the place they need a tea room. What has upset the villagers most is
that they are going to take away the Memorial Garden - and build the tea
room at the very spot. The Inkpen-Thomas family owned the manor years ago but were forced to sell. Now they are back. The family consists of Elspeth's mother, Naomi, her first and arrogant daughter, Fliss, and her other daughter, Hilary. Hilary has only just traced Elspeth and her family - she was adopted - and her father is unknown. |
| Barnaby
catches Rodney Widger, who lives in front of the manor in a small
cottage, firing shots at the tyre of cars who have chosen to block the
lane and the entrance of his cottage. He is arrested without further
ado. Later there is a meeting in the village hall, free for all to come and debate whether or not the tea room should go ahead. First to speak in Jane Bennett, whose father Gerald created the Memorial Garden when the Bennett's owned the garden. Several villagers leave before time following awkward comebacks from Elspeth. |
| During
the meeting, there is an attack on one of the Inkpens. Fliss is beaten
to death with a spade and found the next day by Susan Millard, one of
the organisers for the village meeting. Barnaby and Troy move their
investigations slightly towards Daniel Bolt, a gardener, both involved
with Elspeth and Fliss. Another member of the family is force fed poisoned pasta that evening. While Barnaby is determined to discover the Inkpen's family history and secrets, Troy embarks on a missing person mystery which goes back a few years, in the same village.
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DCI
Tom Barnaby |
John
Nettles |
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DS
Gavin Troy |
Daniel
Casey |
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Joyce
Barnaby |
Jane
Wymark |
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Dr.
George Bullard |
Barry
Jackson |
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Elspeth
Inkpen-Thomas |
Belinda
Lang |
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Fliss
Inkpen-Thomas |
Sarah
Alexander |
|
Naomi
Inkpen |
Margaret
Tyzack |
|
Hilary
Inkpen |
Victoria
Hamilton |
|
Jane
Bennett |
Kate
Duchene |
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Gerald
Bennett |
Frederick
Treves |
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Cynthia
Bennett |
Valerie
Minifie |
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Augustus
Deverell |
Anthony
Bate |
|
Bishop
Richard Deverell |
Simon
Chandler |
|
Daniel
Bolt |
Neil
Dudgeon |
|
Desmond
Cox |
Raymond
Bowers |
|
Archie
Craddock |
Neville
Phillips |
|
Charles
King |
Tom
Chadbon |
|
Rodney
Widger |
David
Ross |
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Marie
Widger |
Shirley
King |
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Shaun
Widdowson |
Sam
Cox |
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Michael |
Dean
Batchelor |
|
Elaine |
Elaine
Donnelly |
|
Mary |
Katherine
Stark |
|
Dean |
Michael
Tucek |
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Screenplay
by |
Christopher
Russell |
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Directed
by |
Peter
Smith |
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Produced
by |
Brian
True-May |
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