PAINTED IN BLOOD
First Broadcast: January 17, 2003
| Up in the woods, Linda Tyrell has been looking down on the village of Midsomer Florey with a pair of binoculars. She looks down on a house, owned by Anne and Tony Carter. Tony shuts the curtains of the upstairs windows, which is a sign he is going up to meet her. Linda has set up a white screen and Tony is seated in front of it - they are taking illegal pictures for a passport with a Polaroid camera. Linda then shows him a strong room receipt, before he heads off to the village. As Linda heads back home, the bag containing all her private things - the binoculars, Polaroid, pictures and strong room receipt - is snatched by two teenagers on a motorbike. The only witness is an old man named Godfrey Teal. |
| Joyce
has joined the Midsomer Florey Watercolour Society. She is hoping for a
peaceful day out, but is sure that Barnaby is secretly investigating a
murder there. Barnaby confirms that the village is a celestial
environment. Godfrey Teal walks into the police station to report the bag snatching which he witnessed. He specifically looks for Barnaby, whom he knows when the met at the Golf Club Jubilee Party. Troy doesn't think it is there job to investigate bag snatching. Barnaby tells Troy that it is important and they have set up a special operation - Operation Pondlife. |
| Back
at Midsomer Florey, Joyce is made at home during the morning by the
leader of the group, Barret Filby, who has eyes for several of the
women, Anne Carter especially, who had the idea of painting Midsomer
Florey only because her house is situated there. Joyce also makes
friends with another of the painters, Tessa Hawksley, who's husband,
Colin, works in the local bank but she cannot cope with his constant
drinking. Then Ruth Fairfax, who paints almost every day, barges into
Joyce's painting spot and forces her off. Ruth is clearly an unpleasant
woman who doesn't like people digging into her business. The painting group head to the pub for lunch. Joyce is finishing off her painting - interested in Ruth Fairfax, she looks at her painting. It is not particularly good. Joyce gets a shock when she finds Ruth Fairfax's hat no the floor. Putting it with the rest of Ruth's things, she catches Ruth in the bushes. She has been stabbed in the back with a chisel.
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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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Barrett
Filby |
Desmond
Barrit |
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Anthony
Talbot |
John
Sessions |
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Tessa
Hawksley |
Dinah
Stabb |
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Colin
Hawksley |
Clive
Merrison |
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Alan
Pinkney |
David
Mallinson |
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Ann
Carter |
Denise
Black |
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Tony
Carter |
Matthew
Marsh |
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Linda
Tyrell |
Barbara
Durkin |
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DC
Simon Backley |
Andrew
Lancel |
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DS
James Noland |
Nigel
Lindsay |
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Major
Godfrey Teal |
Leslie
Phillips |
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Ruth
Fairfax |
Anna
Northam |
|
Mike
Weatherby |
Eamon
Geoghegan |
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Michael
Tucek |
Patrick
Godfrey |
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Mrs.
Bainbridge |
Jean
Challis |
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Mrs.
Partridge |
Hilary
Crane |
|
Mr.
Miller |
Colin
Higgins |
|
Mrs.
Metcalfe |
Sheila
Reid |
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|
Screenplay |
Andrew
Payne |
|
Director |
Sarah
Hellings |
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Producer |
Brian
True-May |