I can't believe "Midsomer Murders" is still going strong after all this time - the last time I saw this show was when it was with Barnaby's first partner, way back.
John Nettles looks like he's close to retirement in this 2007 segment - in fact, he was 64 at the time of this filming, and I notice the series is ongoing as of 2012 - soon he'll be the world's oldest detective. Give him credit, he's still a vital man with his great speaking voice and imposing presence.
In this segment, Barnaby gets involved in the death of a photographer, and later another photographer, and the men are on two different sides of photography -- one, Lionel Bell ((Nigel Anthony) (the ex-husband of Barnaby's ex-girlfriend) won't have a computer and doesn't believe in digital photos, and the other, Steven Bright (Andrew Tieman) is an avowed user of digital. Also disturbing is that someone is framing Barnaby, with a doctored photo and fingerprints on a glass at the dead man's house -- to the extent that he's taken off the case by Spellman (Richard Lintern).
This was pretty good - there are people on this board who seem to have followed every episode and can write more eloquently on the condition of this series, but I can't since it's been so long since I've seen an episode. I'm looking forward to catching up. I do like Barnaby, his wife (Jane Wymark), and partner (Jason Hughes) -- and as I recall, Barnaby had a daughter who was an actress. Hope she shows up in these later episodes.
John Nettles looks like he's close to retirement in this 2007 segment - in fact, he was 64 at the time of this filming, and I notice the series is ongoing as of 2012 - soon he'll be the world's oldest detective. Give him credit, he's still a vital man with his great speaking voice and imposing presence.
In this segment, Barnaby gets involved in the death of a photographer, and later another photographer, and the men are on two different sides of photography -- one, Lionel Bell ((Nigel Anthony) (the ex-husband of Barnaby's ex-girlfriend) won't have a computer and doesn't believe in digital photos, and the other, Steven Bright (Andrew Tieman) is an avowed user of digital. Also disturbing is that someone is framing Barnaby, with a doctored photo and fingerprints on a glass at the dead man's house -- to the extent that he's taken off the case by Spellman (Richard Lintern).
This was pretty good - there are people on this board who seem to have followed every episode and can write more eloquently on the condition of this series, but I can't since it's been so long since I've seen an episode. I'm looking forward to catching up. I do like Barnaby, his wife (Jane Wymark), and partner (Jason Hughes) -- and as I recall, Barnaby had a daughter who was an actress. Hope she shows up in these later episodes.