Sauce for the Goose (3 Apr. 2005)

When a corporate giant tries to acquire a small but respected relish factory owned and run by a dysfunctional family, a naked body is found in the warehouse.

Director:

Renny Rye

Writers:

Andrew Payne (screenplay), Caroline Graham (characters)

Stars:

John Nettles, John Hopkins, Jane Wymark

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
John Nettles	...	DCI Tom Barnaby
John Hopkins	...	Sergeant Dan Scott
Jane Wymark	...	Joyce Barnaby
Barry Jackson	...	Dr Bullard
Annette Crosbie	...	Amelia Plummer
John Quayle	...	Mr Judd
Jasper Britton	...	Anselm Plummer
Rod Hallett	...	Dexter Lockwood
David Ross	...	Sam Hardwick
Lizzy McInnerny	...	Caroline Plummer
James Fleet	...	Ralph Plummer
Ann Beach	...	Sonia Hardwick
Geraldine Alexander	...	Helen Plummer
Benedict Sandiford	...	Alex Hardwick
Tom Bowles	...	Milner

Storyline

A tour of Plummer's famous relish factory ends in tragedy when one of the visitors is crushed against towers of relish bottles and dumped naked into a 200-degree sterilizer. When the dead man is found to be an executive with rival company Fieldway Foods, Barnaby and Scott's investigation uncovers many secrets and lies among the Plummer family. Someone is also trying to frighten matriarch Amelia Plummer. But who feels strongly enough about Plummer's Relish to commit murder?

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Plot Keywords:

relish | murder | dysfunctional family | warehouse | old love | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 April 2005 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bentley Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min 94 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
Fred: Morning, Mrs Plummer.
Amelia Plummer: Morning, Fred.
Kaye: Morning, Mrs Plummer.
Amelia Plummer: Morning, Kaye.

User Reviews

A tribute to episode 1?

This is a classic plot for the series, involving feuding family members and a murder in an interesting location (a relish factory). As it happens, the US Biography Channel premiered this episode on the same day they re-ran the very first pilot episode of MM. Both episodes begin with an elderly lady on a 3-wheeled bicycle, cycling through town greeting various inhabitants. Was this deliberate? Looks like a tribute to me! Annette Crosbie, who has many film and TV credits behind her, puts in another fine performance as a slightly daft old woman whose past figures significantly in the development of the plot. Seeing the pilot with a series 8 episode back-to-back also revealed the development of wrinkles in the main characters. It happens to the best of us.