STRANGLER'S WOOD
First Broadcast: February 3, 1999
| A
Brazilian model and star of a cigarette company, Monarch Tobacco, is
found dead in a wood. Carla Constanza was strangled with a neck tie and
her body dumped naked in Raven's Wood. Though this might be Barnaby's
first visit to the wood, it is not long before the history of the wood
comes back to haunt the villagers and be acknowledged by Barnaby. Nine
years earlier, there were three girls found strangled by neck ties and
sexually assaulted in the wood. Ever since, the scene of the crimes has
been named Strangler's Wood. A Rolex watch found by the body alongside bits of clay might be a shortcut to finding the killer. Barnaby and Troy find out that the watch belonged to John Merrill, part of the Monarch Tobacco company. Unfortunately for the detectives, he is away on business and they have to wait longer to talk to him. |
| In the meantime, they visit The Fox and Goose Hotel where the victim was staying. According to Gloria Bradley, who works at the hotel, Carla only spent one night in her room and never came back. She also heard raised voices in the room the day she booked in. Gloria takes Barnaby and Troy there and they find a diary, the most recent entry saying 'DRAYCOTT.' |
| The
investigation continues for several days, but a new piece of evidence
comes through when Kate Merrill, John's wife, finds one of his shirts
smothered with lipstick stuffed in the wardrobe. The next body turns up
when their housekeeper is ran over and injected with liquid nicotine. Do
all of the current events match the recent fire at a Harley Street
surgery?
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DCI
Tom Barnaby |
John
Nettles |
|
DS
Gavin Troy |
Daniel
Casey |
|
Joyce
Barnaby |
Jane
Wymark |
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Cully
Barnaby |
Laura
Howard |
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Kate
Merrill |
Phyllis
Logan |
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John
Merrill |
Nick
Farrell |
|
David
Merrill |
Tom
Eilenburg |
|
Bill
Mitchell |
Jeremy
Clyde |
|
Anna
Santarosa |
Debbie
Chazen |
|
Leonard
Pike |
Peter
Byre |
|
Dorothea
Pike |
Kathleen
Byron |
|
Liz
Frances |
Trudie
Styler |
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Gloria
Bradley |
Katy
Britton |
|
George
Meakham |
Frank
Windsor |
|
Emily
Meakham |
Anne
Stallybrass |
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Carla
Constanza |
Betti
Romani |
|
Nick |
Frankie
Carson |
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Pathology
Laboratory Assistant |
Rebecca
Charles |
|
Brazilian
Bandit |
George
Lane Cooper |
|
Milkman |
Anthony
Howes |
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PC
Angel |
Neil
Conrich |
|
Ad
Woman |
Tara
Hugo |
|
Dan
Peterson |
Toby
Jones |
|
Ticket
Seller |
Elizabeth
Tyrrell |
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|
Screenplay |
Anthony
Horowitz |
|
Director |
Jeremy
Silberston |
|
Producer |
Brian
True-May and Betty Willingale |