Inspector Barnaby
| Television series | |
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| German title | Inspector Barnaby |
| Original title | Midsomer Murders |
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| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 1997 |
| Production company |
Bentley Productions Independent Television |
| length | 90 to 110 minutes |
| Episodes | 126 in 21+ seasons ( List ) |
| genre | Detective film |
| idea | Caroline Graham |
| music | Jim Parker |
| First broadcast | March 23, 1997 on ITV |
| German-language first broadcast |
June 26, 2005 on ZDF |
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Former performers
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Inspector Barnaby (original title: Midsomer Murders) is a British crime film - television series , which deals with the cases of the Detective Chief Inspector (in Germany comparable to a chief detective ) Tom Barnaby or from the 14th season of his cousin John Barnaby. While the first episodes are based on the novels of bestselling author Caroline Graham , who also wrote the screenplay for Death of a Hollow Man , the series was later continued with new stories from the fictional county of Midsomer . Filming locations were villages from various English counties, including Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire .
characters
Investigator
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John Nettles ( Detective Chief Inspector Thomas "Tom" Geoffrey Barnaby )
- Detective Chief Inspector Thomas "Tom" Geoffrey Barnaby ( John Nettles )
- Season 1.1-13.8
- Tom Barnaby works for Causton CID (Criminal Investigation Department) and is a calm, tolerant, astute, and astute investigator who works methodically on his cases. His parents both died (three dead old ladies) ; as a result, healthy but dead , it is learned that Barnaby's father died on his birthday.
- Joyce is Tom Barnaby's wife and tolerates that his official duties repeatedly stand in the way of family obligations. She is friendly and sociable and engages in many community activities (as a result, the dead do not sing, she sings in the church choir), which is why she is often personally acquainted with victims or witnesses. Therefore, Tom often includes her in his investigations. She likes to cook and experiment, but not exactly to Tom's taste, which is why he often eats out or prefers the company canteen.
- Cully is the already grown up daughter of Tom and Joyce in the series. She owes her name to the Swiss community of Cully , where she was conceived during her parents' honeymoon. She is an actress, waiting for the breakthrough, and making occasional appearances in Midsomer. At the beginning of the series, she attended the University of Cambridge and went out there with a student named Nico; she later flirted with her father's assistants Gavin Troy and Daniel Scott. In the episode Murder with Groove , she meets the music producer Simon Dixon, becomes engaged to him in Loved, Hunted, Killed and marries him in All in Red .
- Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby ( Neil Dudgeon )
- Season 13.2, Season 13.8+
- John Barnaby came to Midsomer from Brighton to take his older cousin Tom Barnaby's position at Causton CID when he retired (episode Sane but Dead ). In addition to criminology, he also studied psychology and lives with his family in a large country house. He made his first appearance as an investigator, still active in Brighton, in the episode Heads Is No Solution . In the episode The Garden of Death (1st episode, 4th season), the actor was seen in a supporting role as a gardener.
- Sarah Barnaby is the wife of John Barnaby, a teacher by profession and takes over the management of the elementary school after moving to Causton. Sarah is significantly less often than Joyce personally affected by the crimes investigated or involved in the investigations.
- As a result, Barnaby has to travel daughter Betty is born.
- A dog is also part of the family. Sykes , a wire-haired black and white Jack Russell Terrier, moves to Causton . Sykes doesn’t play a role in solving the cases, but always makes for strange inserts. He retired at the age of 13 in 2016, so his role was allowed to die between seasons 18 and 19. In season 19, episode 1, the red and white terrier Paddy, orphaned by a murder, is accepted into the family after Betty did not accept a plush dog as a replacement. The Sykes actor, who was really called that, died in June 2019 with his foster family.
Assistants
- Detective Sergeant (later Detective Inspector) Gavin Troy ( Daniel Casey )
- Season 1.1–7.1, season 11.2
- Troy is Tom Barnaby's first assistant. He is very ambitious but tends to jump to conclusions. He is known for his careless driving, which is also reflected in his guest appearance at Cully's wedding in season 11. In the episode Death Draws Barnaby a case is withdrawn from a supervisor, but Troy continues to provide him with information. The relationship between the two is warm. In the first episode of the 7th season Blood Is Thicker , he is promoted to Inspector, which Tom Barnaby is happy for on the one hand, but also regrets because it goes hand in hand with his transfer. He is succeeded by Sergeant Scott.
- Detective Sergeant Daniel "Dan" Scott ( John Hopkins )
- Season 7.2–8.8
- Scott comes from the Metropolitan Police Service and is initially not particularly enthusiastic about his transfer to Midsomer. The relationship between him and Tom Barnaby is tense at first (for example, Barnaby dislikes how easily Scott is distracted by beautiful women, but Scott doesn't like Barnaby's unconventional way of working), but develops over time. In the episode Burning Thou Shalt Start a relationship with a woman who is later murdered in the episode. He was abruptly eliminated in the episode Curse of Winyard - quote Barnaby: " Got married and got out" - and was spontaneously replaced by Ben Jones in the same episode.
- Detective Sergeant (previously Police and Detective Constable, later Detective Inspector) Benjamin "Ben" Jones ( Jason Hughes )
- Season 9.1-15.6, Season 19.3
- Jones is the third assistant to Tom Barnaby and, unlike his predecessors, appears as a local police constable at the scene of a murder right after Scott's departure. Barnaby recognizes Jones' forensic talent and spontaneously appoints him as his detective constable, at the end of the ninth season Jones is promoted to detective sergeant. He comes from Wales and shows his love for this country in the episode Because you are dust . Jones is gifted as a singer and is therefore not used as a tenor in the choir.
- In the first episode of the 14th season, Death in the Slow Lane , it turns out that Jones was interested in the successor to Tom Barnaby and was annoyed that John Barnaby got the job. In the episode A Murderer Comes Home , you learn about a relationship with the firefighter Susie Bellingham. After Jones is promoted to inspector, he leaves Midsomer and takes a related position in Brighton. Later he sent the John Barnaby family a greeting card for Christmas, addressed to their dog Sykes. In the episode And where are the bodies? we learn that Doctor Kate Wilding has also left Midsomer, works in Brighton and lives with Jones. In the episode Last Man Out , Jones returns to Midsomer for a guest appearance.
- Detective Sergeant Charlie Nelson ( Gwilym Lee )
- Season 16.1–18.6
- After Jones was promoted, DS Charlie Nelson joined DCI John Barnaby as a replacement. He had previously worked in London. Nelson is the fourth assistant among the Barnabys in Midsomer and also the first sergeant and employee who did not work alongside Tom Barnaby. Nelson was also the lodger in Doctor Kate Wilding's house. Nelson leaves Midsomer at the end of season 18.
- Detective Sergeant Jamie Winter ( Nick Hendrix )
- Season 19.1+
- After DS Charlie Nelson moves away from Midsomer, the episode The Village That Rose from the Dead Detective Sergeant Jamie Winter replaces DCI with John Barnaby. It turns out that DS Winter Dr. Kam Karimore knows from before.
- Constable (later Detective) Gail Stephens ( Kirsty Dillon )
- Season 10.7–13.8
- She is not an official assistant but is a colleague of Tom Barnaby and DS Jones. Stephens often helps them with their cases and sometimes gives valuable pointers. Gail comes to Midsomer from Binwell and is a happy and emotional woman, which you can tell by her reaction when she is named CID detective by the constable in the episode Sportsmen and Spies . She flirts with Detective Sergeant Jones, but he decides against a relationship because he wants to separate his professional from private.
Coroner
- Doctor George Bullard ( Barry Jackson )
- Season 1.1-14.4
- The first forensic doctor at Causton CID is a good-humored person and also good friends with the Barnabys privately. In his work he values professional thoroughness (Barnaby at the crime scene: “Can you already say something?” - Bullard: “Yes, he's dead!”). In the episode Dead Do Not Sing , he sings with Joyce in the church choir. At the end of the episode One Spark is Enough, he tells John Barnaby that he would go to Ireland for a longer fishing vacation according to Tom's suggestion, and is eliminated from the series.
- Doctor Kate Wilding ( Tamzin Malleson )
- Season 14.5–17.4
- She is the successor to Doctor Bullard and a self-confident, competent and matter-of-fact woman. She is unmarried and a professor. In the episode One Last Drop , she leaves Midsomer. In the following episode And where are the bodies? John Barnaby's family receives a photo where they and former assistant Ben Jones are pictured together. The Barnabys' conversation with DS Charlie Nelson tells us that she has moved to Brighton and is now working at Brighton University and living with Detective Inspector Benjamin "Ben" Jones.
- Doctor Kam Karimore ( Manjinder Virk )
- Season 18.1-19.6
- The coroner Dr. Kam Karimore comes across in the episode And Where Are the Bodies? to the investigative team of DCI John Barnaby and DS Charlie Nelson to Midsomer to replace Dr. Kate Wilding who has moved to Brighton. At the end of the 19th season in the episode The Cursed Nine , Dr. Came to Karimore Midsummer after taking a new job in Montreal.
- Dr. Fleur Perkins ( Annette Badland )
- Season 20.1–
- In the first episode of the 20th season, Dr. Fleur Perkins, the new pathologist in the Midsomer Police Department, succeeds the retired coroner, Dr. Arrived at Karimore. She is of an advanced age, works very meticulously and makes valuable contributions. On the other hand, she loves to snub the male world embodied by John Barnaby - when she is briefly barked at by Paddy at the first meeting, she immediately advises a castration , as he is aggressive. Her boyfriend is a veterinarian.
Further
Minor characters who appear in several episodes (selection):
| actor | role | consequences |
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| Timothy Bateson | Attorney James Jocelyne |
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| Eileen Davies | Real estate agent Olive Beauvoisin |
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| Terence Corrigan | Casual worker or cricketer Charles Jennings |
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| Christopher Villiers | Land manager David Whitely |
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| Brian Capron | Mayor Dave Hicks |
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| Nick Fletcher | Chief Superintendent John Cotton |
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| Alex Belcourt | Police officer |
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| Neil Conrich | Police officer |
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| Sam Hazeldine | Simon Dixon |
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| Toby Jones | Forensic scientist Dan Peterson |
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| Robin Soans | Banker Mr. Perkins |
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Actors with several different roles as supporting characters
The following people appear in several episodes, but in different roles (selection):
- John Lightbody can be seen in Deep Underground as the gardener Steve Hope and in Because You're Dust as Jason Slater.
- Richard Hope appeared in The Pitchfork Killer as Gordon Brierly, the local vet, and in Poison and the Guillotine as actor Neville Hayward.
- Nickolas Grace in The Pitchfork Murderer as Frank Mannion, in Above the Roofs of Chattham as Hugo Greening and in When the Dawn is Rising as Johnny Hammond.
- Elizabeth Spriggs and Richard Cant in Badger's Drift as mother Iris and son Dennis Rainbird and in The Dead Queen as Ursula Gooding and her son Alistair
- Debbie Chazen has appeared in Der Würger von Raven's Wood as Aupair Anna Santarosa and in Leben und Murden in Midsomer as Gemma Platt.
- Nancy Carroll can be seen in Deep Underground as Antonia Wilmot and in Screams in the Night as Elementary School Teacher Connie Bishop.
- Danny Webb appears as Tony Kirby in Dance to Death and Jeff Bowmaker in Ghost Walk.
- Annabelle Apsion appears in Sports Is Murder as Jane Cavendish and in Not Singing Dead as Ellen Barker.
- David Troughton can be seen in Bloody Beginners as Brian Clapper and in The Animal Inside You as Miles King.
- David Yelland in Because You're Dust as Dr. James Kirkwood and in The Carnival Killer as Jasper Wyham.
- Jane Booker appears in Bloody Beginners as Laura Hutton and in Above the Rooftops of Chattham as Janet Lovell.
- John Shrapnel can be seen as Max Jennings in Bloody Beginners and Leo Clarke in Dead Singing .
- Tony Haygarth can be seen in A Little Man Dies in the Forest as Tyson, in A Coffin from China as Jack Tewson and in The Birds as Georg Napier. He has already played three different supporting roles.
- Anna Massey in Bloody Beginners as Landlady Honoria Lyddiard and in Sportsmen and Spies as Retired Secret Agent Brenda Packard.
- Abigail McKern in A Little Man Dies in the Forest as Julia Gooders and in Mr. Bingham there is no speaking as Josie Parker.
- Dominic Jephcott in Murder, Then Marry as Henry Marwood and in Shadow of Death as Richard Bayly.
- Miles Anderson in Bad Ending as Guy Gamelin and Killer Trap as Lance Woodrow.
- Cheryl Campbell in The Curse of Aspern Tallop as Sandra MacKillop and in King Lady Death as Vivian Stannington.
- Clare Holman in Hot Secrets as Rose Southerly and in Chiming the Bell as Sue Tutt.
- Angela Down in Three Dead Old Ladies as Pru Bennett and in Above the Rooftops of Chattham as Dr. Sylvia Goring.
- Haydn Gwynne in Mr. Bingham is inaudible as Maggie Viviani and in House of Hate as Jennifer Carter.
- Tessa Peake-Jones in Faithful Death as Sarah Lawton and in Death as Mary Appleton.
- Selina Cadell in Death in Badger's Drift as Phyllis Cadell and in Life and Murder in Midsomer as Eleanor Crouch.
- Nicholas Farrell in The Strangler of Ravens Wood as John Merrill and What Really Happened at Castle Argo? as Isaac Starling.
- Robert Daws in Deep Underground as Mike Spicer and The Cursed Ninth as Hamish Rafferty.
- Simon Callow in The Dead Queen as Dr. Wellow and in The Cursed Ninth as Vernon De Hartogh.
- Una Stubbs in Bloody Beginners as Selina Jennings and in British Roulette as Audrey Braylesford.
- Samantha Bond in A Little Man Dies in the Woods as Suzanna Chambers and in When the Morning Glows as Arabella Hammond and in Unter Oldtimern as Kate Cameron.
- David Bamber in Dead Letters (S9 / E2) as John Starkey, in The Black Book (S12 / E2) as Anthony Prideaux and in A Dying Art (S18 / E4) as Daniel Fargo.
Charisma
The series has been on ITV since 1997, with the 19th season airing in the UK until August 2017. The series achieved high ratings there and was sold in 204 countries; In 2004 it was among the top three UK best-selling TV shows worldwide. In Germany, ZDF and ZDFneo broadcast the series in loose order; Only ZDF shows first broadcasts. Also, not all episodes have been shown in Germany yet.
Locations
The episodes are shot in villages in southern England counties, mostly in Buckinghamshire , Oxfordshire , Surrey , Hertfordshire , Devon , East Sussex , Cambridgeshire , Berkshire , Middlesex , Gloucestershire and Hampshire .
The fictional city of Causton is represented by Wallingford , Oxfordshire, and the Royal Air Force Staff College Bracknell serves as the backdrop for the Causton CID Police Station. Twyford Railway Station, Berkshire, represents Causton Railway Station.
The following villages and cities are used as filming locations:
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occupation
In 2003, Daniel Casey , who played Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy, partner of DCI Barnaby, left the series. The reason given within the plot was a promotion to inspector and a transfer to Middlesbrough in episode 29. Daniel Casey made a guest appearance as a wedding guest later in episode 61. In seasons 7 and 8 he was replaced by John Hopkins as DS Dan Scott. In episode 44, Barnaby appears without a partner on the scene and spontaneously hires Constable Ben Jones, played by Jason Hughes , because of his obvious ability to be a criminalist as a replacement. Ben Jones initially works as a constable with Barnaby, from episode 51 he is a detective sergeant.
John Nettles dropped out of the series in 2011 at the end of season 13. Actor Neil Dudgeon, who was introduced as Tom Barnaby's cousin in the second episode of season 13 and was seen in a supporting role in an earlier episode called Garden of Death , took on the lead role as the new investigator DCI John Barnaby in season 14 Series.
Barry Jackson, who led coroner Dr. George Bullard was starred in Season 14, Episode 5 (September 2011) by Tamzin Malleson as Dr. Kate Wilding and from season 18, episode 1, again replaced by Manjinder Virk in the role of Doctor Kam Karimore. Gwilym Lee succeeded Charlie Nelson as DS Ben Jones and John Barnaby's assistant. The filming with the duo ran from April 2013 to 2015. In the first episode of the 19th season DS Jamie Winter ( Nick Hendrix ) moves up to replace DS Charlie Nelson. At the beginning of the 20th season, Dr. Fleur Perkins the previously retired Dr. Graduated from Karimore as the new pathologist.
Episodes
synchronization
The German language dubbing was created by Arena Synchron , Berlin under the direction of Theodor Dopheide .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
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| DCI John Barnaby | Neil Dudgeon | Erich Rauker |
| DCI Tom Barnaby | John Nettles | Norbert Langer |
| DC Jamie Winter | Nick Hendrix | René Dawn-Claude |
| DC Charlie Nelson | Gwilym Lee | Arne Stephan |
| DC Ben Jones | Jason Hughes | Norman Matt |
| DS Dan Scott | John Hopkins | Karlo Hackenberger |
| DS Gavin Troy | Daniel Casey | Norman Matt |
| Constable Gail Stephens | Kirsty Dillon | Victoria Storm |
| Sarah Barnaby | Fiona Dolman | Katrin Fröhlich |
| Joyce Barnaby | Jane Wymark | Alexandra Lange |
| Cully Barnaby | Laura Howard | Maria Koschny |
| Dr. Fleur Perkins | Annette Badland | |
| Dr. Came to Karimore | Manjinder Virk | Mareile Moeller |
| Dr. Kate Wilding | Tamzin Malleson | Elisabeth Günther |
| Dr. George Bullard | Barry Jackson | Lothar Hinze |
| Dr. Dan Peterson | Toby Jones | Lutz Schnell |
Soundtrack
The title melody, composed by Jim Parker , is a waltz theme in C minor and the main instrument is a theremin . Since the middle of the 20th century, this was often used in film music to depict supernatural or bizarre events.
controversy
On March 15, 2011, producer Brian True-May was dismissed from the production company All3Media after some of his statements in an interview were recorded as racist . True-May had pointed out the fact that the rural England series did not feature any of the ethnic minorities now living in England and that he believed that was one of the reasons for the series' success. After an official apology, True-May was reinstated, but at the same time announced that he would step down as a producer after the end of season 14.
The colored actress Indra Ové stood in front of the camera for the first time in 2008 in the episode Kind des Todes (Left for Dead) , and the figure was portrayed in flashbacks by a black girl.
Trivia
- Screenwriter Anthony Horowitz and Caroline Graham appear in the pilot film Death in Badger's Drift in the dream scene as wedding guests.
- The pilot film reached 13.5 million viewers when it was broadcast, making it the 1997 film with the highest ratings in Great Britain.
- There were 68 murders, 6 suicides, 5 natural deaths and 8 accidents in the first 30 episodes of the series. John Nettles referred to the many crimes in the little Midsomer by comparing them with Chicago.
- Each episode is filmed in five weeks, with up to 120 people moving around the set.
- “We should follow the money” is repeatedly mentioned as a solution strategy for the cases.
Web links
Commons : Inspector Barnaby - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Inspector Barnaby in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- barnaby.zdf.de: Inspector Barnaby on the ZDF website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bill Young: RIP Sykes - DCI John Barnaby's loyal sidekick on 'Midsomer Murders' passes away at 16. In: tellyspotting.kera.org. June 20, 2019, accessed December 25, 2019 .
- ↑ At the end of season 18 they go on vacation with Sykes, at the beginning of season 19 they tend his grave in the garden
- ↑ midsomermurders.org: List of all supporting characters
- ↑ Strong DVD Market Boosts UK TV Export Revenues ( Memento from February 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ A horse as a murder instrument . zdf.de, January 19, 2010, accessed October 11, 2013.
- ↑ midsomermurders.org: List of locations on the official Midsomer Murders website
- ↑ midsomermurders.org: Map of Midsomer , accessed March 31, 2013.
- ^ Meet the new DCI Barnaby: Neil Dudgeon to take over from John Nettles as ace Midsomer Murders sleuth. Daily Mail of February 10, 2010
- ^ Neil Dudgeon to replace John Nettles in Midsomer Murders. ( Memento from March 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Midsomer Murders: The Sleeper under the Hill ( Memento from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ midsomermurders.org: Midsomer News , accessed on May 6, 2013.
- ↑ itv.com: Gwilym Lee joins Midsomer Murders in brand new series for ITV , accessed on May 6, 2013.
- ↑ radiotimes.com: Midsomer Murders: Gwilym Lee joins as Barnaby's new partner , accessed May 6, 2013.
- ^ Independent.co.uk: RSC actor Gwilym Lee to joining Midsomer Murders cast , accessed May 6, 2013.
- ↑ thekillingtimestv.wordpress.com: Season 19 of Midsomer Murder begins shooting; Barnaby gets new sidekick ( English ) Retrieved on 29 April 2016th
- ^ A b Inspector Barnaby. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 26, 2018 .
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Midsomer Murders producer suspended over race row Article from March 15, 2011 (English)
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Midsomer producer to 'step down' after current series Article from March 23, 2011 (English)
- ↑ Inspector Barnaby in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Midsomer Murders did once feature a mixed-race star. Daily Express of March 25, 2011, accessed on October 8, 2013. The year "1997" given here is incorrect, however; it has to be "2008"!
- ↑ a b Midsomer Murders - The Killings at Badger's Drift at midsomermurders.org, accessed January 5, 2014.
- ↑ a b A horse as a murder instrument on zdf.de, accessed on January 5, 2014.
- ↑ focus.de: Nettles sounds like "screaming cats" in German, accessed on January 5, 2014.
Remarks
- ↑ Only locations are listed that serve at least twice as a backdrop for different episodes.