Midsomer Murders (TV Series)

Death of a Stranger (1999)

Richard Johnson: James Fitzroy

Quotes 

• James Fitzroy : Barnaby.

  [pause] 

  James Fitzroy : Yeah, Chief Inspector Barnaby, eh?

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Yeah, that's right.

  James Fitzroy : Yeah, just popped over for a couple of days, boar hunt yesterday. The village we're twinned with. Damned good chase, and we got a kill, huh. That's why we've been putting our nosebags on today.

  [pause] 

  James Fitzroy : Oh, this is my wife, Sarah.

  Sarah Fitzroy : Hello.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : This is my wife, Joyce, and my daughter Cully.

  Sarah Fitzroy : Oh, Cully Barnaby. You're going to be in "The Importance of Being Earnest," aren't you? At the Causton Playhouse.

  Cully Barnaby : Yes, I have to go back and rehearse.

  James Fitzroy : Sarah is on the committee there.

  Sarah Fitzroy : Friends of the Playhouse, you know.

  Cully Barnaby : Oh, really?

  James Fitzroy : She'll bore you to death, I dare say, before you can get the play on. Well, we mustn't bore you anymore. On you go, Sarah.

  Sarah Fitzroy : Bye.

  James Fitzroy : Almost forgot, we had a murder in Upper Marshwood, some old tramp. Superintendent Pringle's on the case.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Yes, he's standing in for me while I'm on holiday.

  James Fitzroy : Damn fine chap. Had the bloke who did it inside within a week. Now that's what I call police work.

  [laughing] 

  James Fitzroy : Yes, yes, on you go, Sarah. Go on, go on, go on. Bye.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Ron Pringle solves a murder while I'm away. I'll never hear the last of this. Ron Pringle, he's an oaf.

  Cully Barnaby : Dad, forget about Ron Pringle. You're on holiday.