One of the villages used as Badgers Drift - The Lee, Buckinghamshire
MIDSOMER MURDERS
THE KILLINGS AT BADGERS
DRIFT - 1997
Pilot Episode
One of the villages used as
Badgers Drift - The Lee, Buckinghamshire
After witnessing something
unsettling in the woods Emily Simpson is found dead in her cottage.
Her old friend, Lucy Bellringer, is unconvinced that Emily's death is
natural and consults Barnaby about her fears. Not all is what it
seems amongst the residents of Badgers Drift!
LINKS
DETAILED
SYNOPSIS
PHOTO
GALLERY
LOCATIONS
AMERSHAM,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
BLEDLOW,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
BRIGHTON,
WEST SUSSEX
CAMBRIDGE
CHRISTMAS
COMMON, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
THE
LEE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
LITTLE
MISSENDEN, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
SECRET
LOCATIONS (10)
PRIVATE
LOCATION (9)
CAST
DCI Tom Barnaby.........................................................John Nettles
Sgt. Gavin Troy.............................................................Daniel Casey
Joyce Barnaby...............................................................Jane Wymark
Cully Barnaby................................................................Laura Howard
Dr. Bullard.....................................................................Barry Jackson
Emily Simpson...............................................................Renee Asherson
Lucy Bellringer..............................................................Rosalie Crutchley
Michael Lacey...............................................................Jonathan Firth
Katherine Lacey............................................................Emily Mortimer
Henry Trace.................................................................Julian Glover
Phyllis Cadell...............................................................Selina Cadell
David Whitely.............................................................Christopher Villiers
Dennis Rainbird..........................................................Richard Cant
Iris Rainbird...............................................................Elizabeth Spriggs
Dr. Tevor Lessiter......................................................Bill Wallis
Barbara Lessiter.........................................................Diana Hardcastle
Judith Lessiter...........................................................Jessica Stevenson
Anne Quine...............................................................Barbara Young
Mary Sharpe............................................................Avril Elgar
Terry Barely.............................................................Cory Pulman
Counsellor 1............................................................Peter Jordan
Counsellor 2...........................................................Marlene Sidaway
Counsellor 3...........................................................Jonathan Oliver
Giovanni................................................................Simon Godwin
Duty Policy Officer................................................Neil Conrich
Policeman.............................................................Paul Putner
Vicar....................................................................Nigel Ashbridge
Producers
Betty Willingdale
Brian True-May
Screenplay
Anthony Horowitz
Directed By
Jeremy Silberston
ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL BY CAROLINE GRAHAM