When factory owner Alan King, owner of the Kings crystal glass company, meets his death in Shanghai the repercussions are swiftly felt in far off Midsomer Magna. His brother, not only assumes control and closes the factory down but marries the widow, much to the resentment of her son. When the company's chief accountant is found dead in the river Barnaby finds himself drawn into the mysterious world of Masonic rituals and business corruption. Jones's knowledge of the former proves invaluable but it is Cully's performance in an open air version of Hamlet that provides the vital clue, setting the detectives on a race against time to prevent further deaths.
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Cast of Midsomer Murders
Barry JacksonDoctor George Bullard
John NettlesDCI Tom Barnaby
Jane WymarkJoyce Barnaby
Laura HowardCully Barnaby
Neil DudgeonDCI John Barnaby
Jason HughesDS Ben Jones
Fiona DolmanSarah Barnaby
Kirsty DillonWPC/DC Gail Stephens
Daniel CaseySgt Gavin Troy
Nick HendrixDS Jamie Winter
Tamzin MallesonDoctor Kate Wilding
Annette BadlandDr. Fleur Perkins
SykesSykes the Jack Russell Terrier
Gwilym LeeDS Charlie Nelson
John HopkinsSgt Daniel Scott
Manjinder VirkDr. Kam Karimore
Raj AwastiVillager
Neil ConrichPolice Constable Angel
Isabel ShawBetty Barnaby
Neville PhillipsVicar
Lee ByfordPolice Officer
Fiona DolmanSarah Barnaby
Alwyne TaylorKath Bullard
Fiona DolmanSarah Barnaby
Toby JonesDan Peterson
Victoria LennoxGhost Walk Tourist
Sam HazeldineSimon Dixon
Elaine DonnellyElaine
Rupert VansittartDesmond Harcourt
Clare HolmanFiona Beauvoisin
Clare HigginsGina Colby
Timothy BatesonJames Jocelyne
Tony HaygarthJack Tewson
Chris WilsonPolice Officer
Samantha BondSuzanna Chambers
Gabrielle LloydValerie Megson
Adrian ScarboroughEddie Carfax
David BamberAnthony Prideaux
Clive WoodGeoffrey Larkin
Caroline BlakistonHilary Compton
Malcolm SinclairJohnny Hammond
Maggie SteedLynne Fox
Richard CorderyMorris Bingham
Richard BanksPallbearer
Hannah BlamiresCID Officer
Susan FordhamCirculus Worker
Ruth ClarsonPub Customer
Nicky HensonTerence Charteris
Annabelle ApsionEllen Barker
Richard JohnsonRex Masters
Miles AndersonLance Woodrow
Rosie CavalieroJudy Tyler
David TroughtonMiles King
Charles KayHenry York
Emily JoyceValerie Fergus-Johnson
Jonathan HackettRev Jim Hale
Stuart MilliganMr. Hundsecker
Harriet ThorpeElaine Trim
Samuel WestJames Oswood
Morris PerryPub Landlord
Cyril ShapsSebastian Renwick
Peter EyreLeonard Pike
Richard CantAlistair Gooding
Dominic JephcottHenry Marwood
June WhitfieldMolly Darnley
Desmond BarritRaymond Clandillon
Philip Martin BrownGeorge Barkham
Caroline GoodallPenelope Calder
Anton LesserRev. Wallace Stone
Sara StewartCarolyn Armitage
Derek HutchinsonRichard Budd
Victoria ShaletMelony
John StandingCharles Rust
Benjamin WhitrowHugo Balcombe
Sarah BadelPatricia Blackshaw
Stephanie JacobSolicitor
Gillian KearneyJay Nash
Nicholas Le PrevostJerry Drinkwater
Judy ParfittAngela Wentworth
Marcia WarrenMelissa Shrike
Una StubbsSelina Jennings
Anna MasseyBrenda Packard
Ann Eleonora JørgensenVPK Birgitte Poulsen
Adam KotzNick Summersbee
David RossRodney Widger
Christopher VilliersDavid Whitely
Brian CapronDave Hicks
Neil StukeCurtis Ferabbee
Robert MorganJulian Shepherd
Serena GordonGinny Sharp
Danny WebbTony Kirby
Geoffrey HutchingsHarry Claypole
Carolyn PicklesWendy Minchin
Debbie ChazenAnna Santarosa
Simon KunzMiles Rattigan
Nick FletcherJohn Cotton
Susan EngelHarriet Wingate
Jeff RawleDerrick Seagrove
John WoodvineCommodore
Jesse BirdsallHarry Painter
Ruth GemmellDiana Carnarvon
Phyllida LawMary Bingham
Mark UmbersNeville Williams
Kevin McNallyOrville Tudway
Beth GoddardSelina Stanton
Adrian RawlinsDavid Orchard
Deborah FindlayHilary Richards
Ronald PickupRupert Smythe-Webster
Paul JessonHector Bridges
Will KnightleyAndrew Turner
Ed WatersNicholas Bentley
Elizabeth SpriggsIris Rainbird
Mary HealeyMrs. Wilson
Jane BookerLaura Hutton
Simon ChandlerJonathan Canning
Nickolas GraceFrank Mannion
Lizzy McInnernyAlberta Tooms
Tom BeardMartin Fulmer
Margaret TyzackHarriet Compton
Dominic MafhamGrahame Tranter
Julian WadhamWilliam Chettham
Victoria WicksHelen Callaghan
Clive MerrisonCaleb Southwood
Peter-Hugo DalyWesley
Malcolm StorrySilas Burbage
Eamon GeogheganMike Weatherby
Jonie BroomDave Hedges
Nicholas RoweDavid Heartley-Reade
Barbara JeffordElizabeth Chettham
Patricia BrakeStella Spencer
Suzanne BurdenRebecca Plunkett
Noah HuntleyNoel Wooliscroft
Janet MawEileen Hamilton
Harriet WalterMargaret Winstanley
William GauntMichael Bannerman
Denise BlackChloe Baker
Joanna DavidAmy Lyddiard
Geoffrey WhiteheadDr. Gregory Ransom
Sophie StantonJosie Palmer
Selina CadellEleanor Crouch
Sylvestra Le TouzelLinda Marquis
Marty CruikshankCecily Hope
Rosalind KnightEleanor Macpherson
Cherie LunghiLillian Webster
John ShrapnelLeo Clarke
Philip BirdDuncan Walton
Susan TracyFelicity Gamelin
Diana QuickHermione Lancaster
Cheryl CampbellSandra MacKillop
Michael MaloneyNeville Gallagher
Nadia Cameron-BlakeyPenelope Guest
Paul ThornleySergeant Gill
Tessa Peake-JonesMary Appleton
Haydn GwynneJennifer Carter
Graham SeedDr. Tibbs
Robert DawsHamish Rafferty
Felicity DeanFrances Kirby
Anthony CalfStephen Cavendish
Matthew MarshTony Carter
Adrian LukisJulian Calder
Polly HemingwayBubbles Stockard
Richard ClothierPostman
Maggie O'NeillAgnes Waterhouse
Patrick DruryRobin Wooliscroft
Paul ChapmanHoward Richardson
Rebecca JohnsonJenny Down
James FleetMichael Falconer
Richard HopeGordon Brierly
Nigel HarrisonEddie Marston
Marian McLoughlinBarbara Judd
Eleanor BronIzzy DeQuetteville
Frances BarberIngrid Lockston
Angela DownDr. Sylvia Goring
John LightbodyJason Slater
Matthew FlynnJack Purdy
Holly AirdClaire Powell
Linda MarloweBridget Wooliscroft
David HenryPhotographer
Caroline TrowbridgeImogen
Saskia ReevesMarcia Macintyre
Adam FarrPolice Constable
Nancy CarrollAntonia Wilmot
Michael FitzGeraldHugo Cartwright
Shaughan SeymourArchdeacon Able
Richard GrahamStanley Goodfellow
Kevin DoyleFerdy Villiers
Merelina KendallMiss Alice Leonard
Christopher MellowsMr. Stevens
Barnaby KayAdrian Sharp
Laila RouassVanessa Debouverie
Anna Wilson-JonesEmma Harris
Francine MorganMiddle Aged Woman
Grant CrookesDealer
Anthony FarrellyC.I.D. Officer
Ian PeckAdam Knox
Esther HallCassie Woods
Ellie HaddingtonGinny Welton
Nigel LindsayNigel Bellamy