I think this is better than average for this creaking veteran of a series. The plot is fairly novel and interesting - film-based camera buffs against digital fans. It manages to avoid the twee garden fête-type scenes so prevalent in Midsomer Murders.
The worst bit is the episode's use of the dreadful old "You're off the case" cliché, with the hero being pushed aside in favour of an incompetent replacement. Of course Barnaby nevertheless carries on with the case and solves it. How many hundreds of times have we seen this in crime series? I wish someone would start a website called "www.you're-off-the-case.com" to document instances of the hoary old chestnut.
The worst bit is the episode's use of the dreadful old "You're off the case" cliché, with the hero being pushed aside in favour of an incompetent replacement. Of course Barnaby nevertheless carries on with the case and solves it. How many hundreds of times have we seen this in crime series? I wish someone would start a website called "www.you're-off-the-case.com" to document instances of the hoary old chestnut.