Fit for Murder (2 Feb. 2011)

Barnaby accompanies Joyce to Swaveley Manor health spa,run by fussy Luke Archbold and his wife Phoebe.Luke is in a right of way dispute with Phoebe's former best friend,Miranda Bedford,who ... See full summary »

Director:

Renny Rye

Writers:

Andrew Payne (screenplay), Caroline Graham (characters)

Stars:

John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
John Nettles	...	DCI Tom Barnaby
Jason Hughes	...	DS Ben Jones
Jane Wymark	...	Joyce Barnaby
Laura Howard	...	Cully Barnaby
Barry Jackson	...	Dr. Bullard
Neil Dudgeon	...	DCI John Barnaby
Kirsty Dillon	...	DC Gail Stephens
Geraldine James	...	Miranda Bedford
Jason Durr	...	Luke Archbold
Lesley Manville	...	Phoebe Archbold
Oliver Mellor	...	Julian Woodley
Sally Giles	...	Natasha Fox
Angus Barnett	...	Kenny Pottinger
Ronni Ancona	...	Kitty Pottinger
Shaun Dingwall	...	Carter Smith

Storyline

Barnaby accompanies Joyce to Swaveley Manor health spa,run by fussy Luke Archbold and his wife Phoebe.Luke is in a right of way dispute with Phoebe's former best friend,Miranda Bedford,who has written a novel,and her volatile handyman Carter Smith. Demanding guest Kitty Pottinger is found drowned in the flotation chamber and soon afterwards Luke is killed by a faulty weights machine. The spa faces closure and evidence points to Carter having killed Luke,though Barnaby believes he was framed. Kitty's husband Kenny disappears but is found,having survived an attempt on his life. Before Barnaby retires,handing over to his cousin John,he has exposed a fake medium and discovered that the killer had dual motives - hatred for the Pottingers and a need to stop Miranda 's book being published - both instances being fit for murder.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 2011 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bentley Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the final episode that DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) appeared in.

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Quotes

Dr. Bullard: [to Barnaby] Cheer up, Tom. Looks like you might have a murder after all.

User Reviews

Last episode for Tom Barnaby and some murders to solve

This episode starts with Barnaby and his wife Joyce going to a New Age type retreat with spas, mud baths and other services. The owners Luke Archbold and his wife Phoebe are in dispute with a woman and x-employee in regard to use of a drive way.

A woman dies in a pool and is found to have a overdose of drugs. They a woman laying on a table with mud on her with nude breast it is tacky but the is not dead. A man is also killed in the gym

In this one Barnaby finds Cloud a female cultist who lays a hand on his head and tells him about his dead father. He is kind of taken in. Barnaby's later finds out that Cloud's father is a doctor and got the info from him.. She then goes on to tell him more that she could not have known and Barnaby seems to be in some other world after this thinking about his past. Barnaby seems to accept this information as true.

There are a lot of ins and out and 3 people are murdered.

In this episode Barnaby gets unexplained insights into his father, He is a in a meditation garden where a Buddha like statue is sitting on a bench like he is in a trance.

I did notice that in several episodes with Buddhist statues in the background.and in the homes. The stories are never about that religion or statue in a negative way.

This episodes ends nice. There is a birthday party for Tom Barnaby and he is going on a indefinite vacation with his wife Joyce. His friends are all there to celebrate with him.

If you read my comments about Midsomer Murder they usually are against, nudity, swearing, and Christian persecution and cults.

Many years ago I was involved in a meditation group. It is very deceptive. They teach you to relax and talk you down to breath a certain way and picture relaxing things etc. What they don't tell you is that this is hypnosist.

When you are in this meditative state you start to believe what the person is saying. Basically you have consented to allowing them to do this,you have free will. You can become brainwashed.

You start to believe in things you did not believe in before and you have invited the spirits to oppress or possess you. The leaders often tell you this is not a religion but it is. It conflicts with your believe about God. You may think they are smarter than you. You trust the attendees and leaders more than you trust yourself.

They tell you that you become a 'god." You can rise on different levels of spiritual planes, you can be reincarnated and come back as another person to learn what you need to learn. Then they may add some Chakra and Yoga which is religious teaching and aura (colors of light) around people, karma etc. Avoid any group that uses these words.