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Midsomer Murders is back - Sunday 9pm ITV1 |
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Written by Telly Addict
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Sunday, 27 April 2008 |
Midsomer Murders is back and DCI Barnaby has to investigate when an actor is decapitated by a guillotine
In tonight's episode of Midsomer Murders, a new version of The Scarlet Pimpernel is being shot in Midsomer Magna, but the atmosphere off set rivals the battles of the film. Producer Jack Braxton and director Nick Cheyney hate each other, manor house owners Terence and Diane Charteris are broke and their marriage is on the rocks, while there is a painful history between their daughter Leonie and Cheyney.
DCI Barnaby and DS Jones get interested in events when they tail known thief George Ince to a meeting at the manor with Jed Norris, another ex-convict. DCI Barnaby and DS Jones are amazed to discover Norris is employed there as a security guard.
Meanwhile Joyce arrives with a group of residents from The Cedars care home who have been drafted in as cheap extras. Among them is Gwen Morrison, an old friend of Cheyney's, who now runs a charity shop with Leonie.
Filming of The Scarlet Pimpernel is disrupted when Raymond Clandillon, a larger-than-life, gay, alcoholic actor arrives, begging for a role in the production. Cheyney casts him as an extra, much to the amusement of Neville Hayward, the brother of Gwen's late husband Ted. At one point, Raymond, Neville, Gwen and Ted were local actors known as the Four Musketeers, but after Ted died, Neville#'s friendship with Raymond turned sour.
Leonie interrupts dinner at Magna Manor to warn Cheyney to stay away from her son, Josh. Diane also threatens him, as does Danny, Leonie's partner. Cheyney laughs it off but, later that night, Jed finds him beheaded by the guillotine, a prop for the film.
Braxton and Diane have alibis after they admit spending the night together, while Danny reveals that Josh was Cheyney's son, the result of a drunken night of passion. And according to Neville, Raymond blames Cheyney for ruining his career, while Leonie suggests her father will stop at nothing to make money from Magna Manor.
With such a wide array of suspects to choose from, DCI Barnaby is sure young Josh is central to the case. Then Bullard reveals Cheyney was drugged with morphine before he was beheaded.
After Neville steps in to give an emotional performance in a scene, DCI Barnaby gets him to open up about Ted. Neville blames Raymond for contributing to his brother's death through drink. Then Gwen makes a stunning confession.
As the complicated relationships of the Four Musketeers start to emerge, Gwen is found beheaded. But who is settling old scores and why?
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 April 2008 )
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