I've always loved Midsomer when you get a taste of old England, and with this one you get it in bad fulls. Glorious countryside, tea, bell ringing, medieval banquets, the Ford Mondeo, the Village fate and of course Murder. The apparent miscreant of the fraud Alan Hollingsworth is found inebriated, and his beautiful wife Simone has disappeared. He's witnessed digging a hole in his garden late at night, but has he done her in?
Lots of people have invested in a project, which has gone pair shaped, angers arise in the tea rooms.
In the first episode the comic duo were the Rainbirds, in this one it's Freda and Bunny, they bring some great humour, beautifully portrayed. The bunny cakes are hilarious, and naturally Barnaby's reaction.
It looks fabulous, the countryside is glorious, and would continue to be a feature for many years to come.
I never really paid a huge deal of notice to Roger Allam until Endeavour, but he truly is a great actor, I enjoyed him very much in this.
It's not the most bloodthirsty episode, and not to give the game away, all I will say is the car scene is brilliant. Barnaby later please for witnesses to a Saab 900, but it was a 9000. They'd never have found it.
This is a brilliant episode, Nettles is a joy throughout, it's one of my favourite performances from him. It's better then the previous 'Death of a hollow man,' it's better written, and makes more sense. It has a very satisfying outcome, great episode. 9/10