MIDSOMER MURDERS

THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW

Jean Wildacre, a grandmother and magician's assistant, drops dead during a stage show, poisioned by a deadly tropical frog. Barnaby and Jones investigate the secretive world of Midsomer's Magic Circle - a group of friends who once formed a cult together. Ernest Balliol and his family are still obsessed with black magic, but fellow villager Aloysius Wilmington has caused upset by exposing their rituals as fakes. But why should someone want to murder Jean?

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LOCATIONS
BEACONSFIELD NEW TOWN, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
BLEDLOW CUM SAUNDERTON, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
ENGLEFIELD VILLAGE, BERKSHIRE
ETON, BERKSHIRE
HARPSDEN, OXFORDSHIRE
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, OXFORDSHIRE
NETTLEBED, BERKSHIRE
WINDSOR, BERKSHIRE
GRAND HOUSES

CAST:

CHARACTER

ACTOR

DCI Tom Barnaby

John Nettles

DS Ben Jones

Jason Hughes

Joyce Barnaby

Jane Wymark

Cully Dixon

Laura Howard

Dr. Bullard

Barry Jackson

WPC Gail Stephens

Kirsty Dillon

Aloysius Wilmington

Stuart Wilson

Simon Wilmington

Dominic Rowan

Christine Turner

Sian Brooke

Hugo Cartwright

Michael Fitzgerald

Ernest Balliol

Ronald Pickup

Estelle Balliol

Brigit Forsyth

Isolde Balliol

Rachel Pickup

Tristan Balliol

Tom Goodman-Hill

Rosemary Balliol

Rosemary McHale

Anton Thorneycroft

David Roper

Felicity Brand

Vivian Heilbron

Jean Wildacre

Kate Crutchley

Derek Wildacre

Bill Thomas

Interviewer

Angela Rippon

Rector

James Staddon

Elisabeth Shepherd

Olivia Thomas

Stunt Co-ordinator - Colin Skeaping

Magic Advisor - John Styles MBE

 

Written By

Michael Russell

 

Directed By

Richard Holthouse

 

Produced By

Brian True-May

 

BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY CAROLINE GRAHAM

 

 

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