Midsomer Murders (TV Series)

The Great and the Good (2009)

John Nettles: DCI Tom Barnaby

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• DCI Tom Barnaby : The first time that sleepwalking was used as a defence at a murder trial was Massachusetts, USA, 1846 when a certain Albert Tirrell was charged with murdering a - "a lady of the night" having set fire to her brothel. Hnh. He got off scot-free.

  DS Ben Jones : Be different if he set fire to a nunnery.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Oh, so young and so cynical.

• [last lines] 

  DCI Tom Barnaby : We can hope we get a decent night's sleep tonight.

  Joyce Barnaby : I wouldn't count on it.

• DCI Tom Barnaby : The show must go on must it?

  Jane Menzies : Frobisher night has never been cancelled. The good causes do rely on us. And, well, there's just too much invested.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Very expensive is it?

  Jane Menzies : Howard Richardson's guaranteeing the fee.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Ah, the millionaire benefactor.

  Jane Menzies : Yes. Though I'm not quite sure how many of his millions he has.

  [exchanging a knowing glance with Barnaby] 

  Jane Menzies : Well, some trophy wives are just more high-maintenance than others.