Midsomer Murders - Hidden Depths [DVD]

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Neil Dudgeon, Chief Inspector John Barnaby, appeared for the first time as Daniel Bolt [7] a character in the episode "Garden of Death" (2000).

The story is excellent, it's a clever, twisted tail of deception and revenge. The murders are among the best in any episode, it's about now that the writers were looking for more bizarre and obscure killing methods, sometimes they went completely overboard, but here they manage to stay within the limits of reality. The wine bottle murder is perhaps the best in the show's history, and the fact that a relative is made to watch makes it all the better. It's amusing too, Joyce has some great moments, as does Scott. Detective Chief Inspector Thomas "Tom" Geoffrey Barnaby ( John Nettles) (series 1–13)—A senior member of Causton CID, Barnaby used to work for MI6. A patient, tolerant man, Barnaby's style of investigation is methodical and fair. Barnaby is a sagacious and perceptive individual, able to recognise seemingly obscure clues. Barnaby's social life revolves around his wife Joyce and his daughter Cully, who often provide a personal connection with the crimes that he is investigating. Barnaby's parents are both deceased by the episode "Blue Herrings". In his last appearance, "Fit for Murder", we learn that his father died on his birthday, at Barnaby's current age. Selina Cadell played Phyllis Cadell in the pilot episode "The Killings at Badger's Drift" (1997) and Eleanor Crouch in "Midsomer life" (2008). Tessa Peake-Jones played Sarah Lawton in "Faithful unto Death" (1998), and Mary Appleton in "Breaking the Chain" (2016). Detective Constable Gail Stephens ( Kirsty Dillon) (series 10–13)—a colleague of Tom Barnaby and DS Jones, who often helps them in their cases, sometimes providing valuable insight. Gail was transferred to Midsomer from Binwell. Gail is cheery but emotional, breaking down in tears when, after initially serving as a uniformed woman police constable, she was appointed as a plain-clothed CID detective. Throughout Gail's appearances, it is implied that she is on the point of having an affair with Sgt Jones, but when it came to the crunch he decided that he did not want to get too heavily involved with a colleague, after which Gail effectively snubbed him. Strangely, Gail has not been seen since "Fit For Murder".There have been many great episodes in "Midsomer Murders". "Written in Blood", "Death's Shadow" and "Dead Man's Eleven" come to mind immediately. "Hidden Depths" is an episode, which stands out in many ways. Here's 5 reasons why I think it's the best of the series. Samantha Bond starred in three episodes: first in "Destroying Angel" (2001) and "Shot at Dawn" (2008), and again in Neil Dudgeon's 2011 debut as lead character, the episode "Death in the Slow Lane". Bernie Benham - Restrained to her wheelchair with duct tape, them carefully transported to her bedroom window overlook Otto's murder. She was complicit by directing the trajectory of the murder weapon. I really enjoyed the performances of Oliver Ford Davies and Robert Daws, they play two of the most obnoxious, loathsome guys ever seen on the show, but they both do so brilliantly. Nancy Carroll is also excellent, whatever drama she appears in there seems to be a running joke about her husband being spoken about, but always absent, will we ever see Lady Felicia's husband Monty (Father Brown.)

Judy Parfitt appeared as Angela Wentworth in "Death's Shadow" (1999) and as Caroline Halsey in "Days of Misrule" (2008). The part in the story, when Scott and Barnaby are trapped in an old wine cellar, is indeed engaging. The difference of their characters is very visible during those scenes. The death scenes of Otto Benham and Mike Spicer are easily the show's most ingenious and brutal. One is catapulted with wine bottles, other drowns in a claret with a TV on his head...

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After being hugely let down by the previous episode "Second Sight", which to me is one of the low-points of 'Midsomer Murders' and actually didn't feel like it at all, it was such a relief for "Hidden Depths" to epitomise what 'Midsomer Murders' is all about and what makes it so great when on form.