"Midsomer Murders" King's Crystal (2007)

Director:

Peter Smith

Writers:

Steve Trafford (screenplay)
Caroline Graham (characters)

TV Series:

"Midsomer Murders" (1997)

Original Air Date:

26 January 2007 (Season 10, Episode 3)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

King's Crystal, a glassware factory in Midsomer Magna, faces ruin following the death of its co-owner Alan King...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Suspect | Police | Sergeant | Detective

Cast

John Nettles	...	DCI Tom Barnaby
Jason Hughes	...	DS Ben Jones
Jane Wymark	...	Joyce Barnaby
Laura Howard	...	Cully Barnaby
Barry Jackson	...	Dr Bullard
Tony Haygarth	...	Jack Tewson
John Castle	...	Charles King
Ray Lonnen	...	Peter Baxter
Joseph Rye	...	James Taylor
Sam Heughan	...	Ian King
Susan Tracy	...	Hilary King
Flora Montgomery	...	Sophie Baxter
Tim Delap	...	David Monroe
David Henry	...	Photographer
Hugh Sachs	...	Harold Bumstead

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Filming Locations:

All Saints Church, Rotherfield Peppard, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Bentley Productions

Quotes:

[last lines]
DS Ben Jones: I appreciated your trust over the Mason's thing.
DCI Tom Barnaby: Well, trust, Jones, is something hard to win, easy to lose, and never to be taken lightly.
DS Ben Jones: William Shakespeare, sir?
DCI Tom Barnaby: No. Thomas Barnaby.

The Shakespearian element was just a plot device

The murder part of the programme was not a "second theme that is inartfully folded in" but an intrinsic part of the whole programme.

The Shakespearian element was just a plot device which helped the detective figure out how the murders took place.

It seems that you watched a show called Midsomer Murders thinking the murder part of it was somehow coincidental.

The show held my interest and whilst not a classic was certainly well crafted and acted.

Perhaps if you had read your TV guide a bit more carefully you would have been able to find viewing more to your liking.