RING OUT YOUR DEAD
First Broadcast: September 15, 2002
| The
villagers of Midsomer Wellow have taken to regular practising, to ensure
they win the Striking Competition in the village. The bell ringing
leader, Peter Fogden, is very passionate about victory, so he can defeat
the past members of his family who have done well in campanology. None,
however, have ever won the competition. The other five are less
desperate to win. Frances Le Bon, part of the group, is a widow with an
excellent gun-aim; a good friend of hers who Frances has taken under her
wing, Marcus, is also a bell ringer, who has a secret obsession with
Emma Tysoe, a bell ringer, who is about to be married to her fiancée,
Liam Brooker, angry at Greg Tutt, the local womaniser, who seems to be
giving Emma some seductive looks. Greg is married to Sue Tutt, who owns the local tea room with the help of Angie Blunstone, also a bell ringer but who was turned down for the team. Greg's numerous affairs with women have had him thrown out by Sue. Greg has most recently been at it with the lady of the manor, Rosalind Parr. |
| Wing
Commander Reggie Barton, part of the church, is angry at the bell
ringers for using the bells to win competition. It looks like many
villagers are opposed to the group, but would any of them commit murder?
It seems so when Greg Tutt's body is found in the bell tower, after
being shot dead with a revolver. There is a rather malicious note left
by the body that reads - DING DONG BELL. Peter Fogden is sure that he was killed by one of the competition's opposing teams. Then Marcus helps Barnaby, but maybe not the wedding of Liam and Emma, when he explains that he met Greg in the town that day. Apparently he was going to meet Emma in the bell tower for a 'final fling before the wedding.' Liam runs away and tells Emma the wedding is off. |
| Meanwhile,
Troy has visited Rosalind, who has shredded Greg's clothing and burnt
the letter from Emma to Greg containing the invitation. He falls under
her charm. The investigation keeps going, but the bell ringers are being killed off one by one. Each time, there is a rhyme next to the body. They seem to be clues left by the killer. The rhyme, however, has been altered to fit in with a tragic murder in the village in 1860, which was caused by bell ringers. So who is killing them off?
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DCI
Tom Barnaby |
John
Nettles |
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DS
Gavin Troy |
Daniel
Casey |
|
Joyce
Barnaby |
Jane
Wymark |
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Dr.
George Bullard |
Barry
Jackson |
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Peter
Fogden |
Adrian
Scarborough |
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Frances
Le Bon |
Gwen
Taylor |
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Marcus
Steadman |
Jamie
de Courcey |
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Emma
Tysoe |
Lyndsey
Marshal |
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Liam
Brooker |
Seamus
Whitty |
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Greg
Tutt |
Dugald
Bruce-Lockhart |
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Sue
Tutt |
Clare
Holman |
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Angie
Blunstone |
Julia
Swift |
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Wing
Commander Reggie Barton |
Graham
Crowden |
|
Hugh
Barton |
Hugh
Bonneville |
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Rosalind
Parr |
Carmen
du Sautoy |
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Maisie
Gooch |
Gemma
Jones |
|
Dennis
Ebbrell |
Harry
Burton |
|
Jen
Ebbrell |
Caroline
Lintott |
|
Judge |
Steve
Pimlott |
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|
Screenplay |
Christopher
Russell |
|
Director |
Sarah
Hellings |
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Producer |
Brian
True-May |