Midsomer Murders (TV Series)

Murder on St. Malley's Day (2002)

John Nettles: DCI Tom Barnaby

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Quotes 

• DCI Tom Barnaby : Smothered by a meat pudding, flattened by the roller and bashed about the head. Not necessarily in that order.

  Sergeant Gavin Troy : Think it could be accidental, sir?

  DCI Tom Barnaby : No time for jokes, Troy.

• Anthony Talbot : Boy comes in here to help, and what do you do? - Make a string of vile insinuations!

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Making inquiries, Mr. Talbot, not insinuations.

  Anthony Talbot : I hope you're not one of those chip on the soldier types who always takes the criminal's side, Barnaby.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : No, I'm one of those 'let's do the job properly' types.

• [last lines] 

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Charlie Meynell was right.

  Sergeant Gavin Troy : About what, sir?

  DCI Tom Barnaby : He said they were like kids in a gang. In the end it wasn't about making money, it was about who was in, who was out, who was the leader, who was top dog.

  Sergeant Gavin Troy : School, it's supposed to be the happiest days of your life, aren't they, sir?

  DCI Tom Barnaby : That's what they say, Troy.

  Sergeant Gavin Troy : I never did get that.

• Jonathan Eckersley-Hyde : I can assure you, Mrs. Woodard, I am moving heaven and earth to find a place for young Toby.

  Anthony Talbot : A word, if I may.

  Jonathan Eckersley-Hyde : Anthony, may I introduce...

  Jonathan Eckersley-Hyde : Now, Jonathan.

  Anthony Talbot : Please, excuse me.

  George Woodard : That's Anthony Talbot, Sir Walter's son. He's a diplomat as well.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : [sarcastic]  Yes, you can tell.

• Jonathan Eckersley-Hyde : Do you have a son, Inspector?

  DCI Tom Barnaby : No, I have a daughter.

  Jonathan Eckersley-Hyde : Then you have been spared. Personal hygiene and the adolescent male are rarely on speaking terms.