SECOND SIGHT

First Broadcast: January 23, 2005

The birth of baby Christine Kirby has caused competition between the Kirby and the Ransom families in Midsomer Mere. The father of the baby is Ben Kirby. The Kirbys have a power called 'second sight' which enables them to see into the future. Landlord Jimmy Kirby uses his on gambling to get money. Little Mal Kirby doesn't use his ability. Ben Kirby does not have it.

The Ransom family don't have second sight, apart from John Ransom, who is almost too drunk to use his ability, apart from the occasional cheating in betting. Scientist Max Ransom, envious of his brother, is keen to understand how it works. His father, Dr. Gregory Ransom, is also a scientist. Emma, however, does not have the ability. Both families are eager to know if Christine is blessed with it, and are against the choice the religious parents have made to baptize her.
Though John is killed during one of his drunken fights outside The Luck of the World Pub. The landlord, Jimmy, has no idea what killed him. After throwing him out, John started howling loudly and then drops to the floor dead. Bullard shows Barnaby some odd marks around the victim's skull. There are scorch marks around his scalp, caused by Max's experiments to discover more about second sight. Barnaby and Scott visit the victim's father, at Lower Mere House, a former asylum, who couldn't care less about his son's demise.
Scott is out looking for Lucky Lol Tanner, owner of the betting shop. It looks like John won a great deal of cash the morning he was killed. He bumps into Preaching Pete Kubatski instead, who is anxious to baptize the baby. Pete has been given a planned amount of time to restore faith and religion in the community but with the murder occurring and the future sightings of those with second sight, it doesn't look as if this might happen.

Barnaby accidentally runs over Little Mal Kirby, who lives on the edge of the village and is not often seen. Barnaby is sure that he rings a bell but cannot make out what is so familiar about the man. That night, Dr. Gregory Ransom is pushed down some stairs into the laboratory and Max goes missing. Emma is told of the news but then Christine starts crying loudly - Max is spying on the baby, as Barnaby discovers when he opens the back door. Max is arrested - but it doesn't look like he's the killer. Facing Barnaby is a complex case - and he might find himself relying on the ability to catch the murderer.

 

DCI Tom Barnaby

John Nettles

DS Daniel Scott

John Hopkins

Joyce Barnaby

Jane Wymark

Cully Barnaby

Laura Howard

Dr. George Bullard

Barry Jackson

Little Mal Kirby

Owen Teale

Ben Kirby

Tom Frederic

Emma Kirby

Alexandra Moen

Jimmy Kirby

Sean Chapman

Dr. Gregory Ransom

Geoffrey Whitehead

Max Ransom

Joe Anderson

John Ransom

James Hoare

Preaching Pete Kubatski

Will Keen

Lucky Lol Tanner

Bill Stewart

Romany Rose

Wanda Ventham

Young Emma

Imogen Holthouse

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Screenplay

Tony Etchells

Director

Richard Holthouse

Producer

Brian True-May

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 Twyford, Berkshire

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