MIDSOMER MURDERS
ORCHIS FATALIS
When one of the world's rarest orchids is smuggled illegally into Midsomer Malham, it triggers a catalogue of passion, jealousy and death. First a retired classics teacher and secret sexual siren is poisoned with hemlock, then compulsive collector Henry Plummer is strangled and his beloved orchids destroyed. Barnaby and Scott must find the delicate yellow Roth plant and root out who is prepared to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds, and commit murder, just to get their hands on it.
The episode mirrors the recent true life story of the stolen Ladys Slipper Orchid, at Silverdale Golf Club, Lancaster where it had been protected for 20 years.
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DETAILED SYNOPSIS
PHOTO GALLERY
LOCATIONS
CHENIES,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
GREYS
COURT, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, OXFORDSHIRE
HADDENHAM,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
BOTANIC
GARDEN, OXFORD,
OXFORDSHIRE
STOKE
TALMAGE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
WATLINGTON,
OXFORDSHIRE
SECRET
LOCATIONS
CAST
CHARACTER
|
ACTOR |
DCI Tom Barnaby |
John Nettles |
Sgt. Dan Scott |
John Hopkins |
Joyce Barnaby |
Jane Wymark |
Cully Barnaby |
Laura Howard |
Dr. Bullard |
Barry Jackson |
Madeline Villiers |
Marty Cruickshank |
Jimmy Fong |
Stuart Ong |
Margaret Winstanley |
Harriet Walter |
Henry Plummer |
Richard Attlee |
Deborah Plummer |
Amanda Harris |
Munro Hilliard |
John Nettleton |
Mrs. Hilliard |
Helen Ryan |
Feather |
Richard Simpson |
Jonathan Makepeace |
Geoffrey Streatfield |
Harry Rose |
Matt Bardock |
Brother Robert |
Geoffrey Chater |
Captain Tucker |
Anthony Smee |
Mrs. Maitland |
Victoria Lennox |
Mr. Jocelyn |
Timothy Bateson |
JAZZ BAND AT FETE - DEREK TATAM'S CHICAGOANS
Written By
Terry Hodgkinson
Directed By
Peter Smith
Produced by
Brian True-May
Betty Willingale
BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED IN THE NOVELS BY CAROLINE GRAHAM