| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Set 8 is series 7, episodes 5-7. |
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Episode broadcast order is not the same as production order or set number order. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Cast |
John Nettles, John Hopkins (The maid in splendour) Raymond Coulthard, Alan Cox, Peter-Hugo Daly, William Gaunt, Dave Hill, Laura Howard, Barry Jackson, Freddie Jones, Frances Tomelty, Jane Wymark (The straw woman) Keith Barron, Richenda Carey, Richard Cordery, Laura Howard, Kelly Hunter, Barry Jackson, Maggie O'Neill, Jemima Rooper, Susanna Wise, Jane Wymark (Ghosts of Christmas past) Bruce Alexander, William Chubb, Haydn Gwynne, Laura Howard, Barry Jackson, Mel Martin, Margery Mason, Philip Quast, Jane Wymark. |
| Credits |
Costume designer, Reg Samuel ; music composed by Jim parker ; production designer, Paul Cowell ; editor, Derek Bain ; director of photography, Colin Munn. |
| Note |
Based on the characters created by Caroline Graham. |
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Originally broadcast on television in 2003-2004. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The Maid in Splendour: Unrequited love, secret business deals, and passionate affairs threaten the lives of those connected to The Maid in Splendour, Midsomer Worthy's beloved local pub. When one of the pub's bartenders is found murdered in the nearby woods, Barnaby and Scott uncover a deadly clash of cultures in the gossipy village. The straw woman: When a curate dies tragically at a festival revival, some villagers of Midsomer Parva suspect black magic. Barnaby and Scott unravel a centuries-old mystery, complicated by Scott's attraction to a schoolteacher who has been branded a witch by the village. Ghosts of Christmas past: The Villiers family has gathered to celebrate Christmas exactly nine years after Ferdy Villiers suicide. When another member of the family dies mysteriously, Barnaby and Scott find they must investigate the past as well as the present. |
| Contents |
The maid in splendour / screenplay by Andrew Payne ; directed by Richard Holthouse -- The straw woman / screenplay by Jeff Dodds ; directed by Sarah Hellings -- Ghosts of Christmas past / screenplay by David Hoskins ; directed by Renny Rye. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1. A conversation with John Nettles; Carolyn Graham biography. All discs. Midsomer County Map; Cast filmographies (John Nettles, John Hopkins, Barry Jackson, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard, Alan Cox, William Gaunt, Freddie Jones, Keith Barron, Jemima Rooper, Haydn Gwynne, Margery Mason). |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Barnaby, Chief Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Detective and mystery plays -- England.
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Criminal investigation -- England -- Drama.
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Murderers -- England -- Drama.
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Police -- England -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery television programs.
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| Subject |
Homicide -- England -- Drama.
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England -- Drama.
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Graham, Caroline, 1931- -- Adaptations -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
True-May, Brian.
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Nettles, John, 1943-
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Hopkins, John, 1974-
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Jackson, Barry, 1938-2013.
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Wymark, Jane, 1952-
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Howard, Laura, 1977-
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Cox, Alan, 1970-
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Gaunt, William, 1937-
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Jones, Freddie, 1927-2019
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Barron, Keith, 1934-2017
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Rooper, Jemima.
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Gwynne, Haydn.
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Mason, Margery, 1913-2014
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Payne, Andrew.
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Holthouse, Richard.
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Dodds, Jeff.
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Hellings, Sarah.
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Hoskins, David.
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Rye, Renny.
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Graham, Caroline, 1931-
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Bentley Productions (Firm)
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Arts and Entertainment Network.
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ITV (Firm)
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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All3Media International (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Midsomer murders (Television program)
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Maid in splendour.
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Straw woman.
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Ghosts of Christmas past.
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| ISBN |
1569389187 |
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9781569389188 |
| Standard No. |
054961918799 |
| Music No. |
AMP-9187 Acorn Media |
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