Midsomer Murders - Market for Murder - 2:10 pm Saturday, February 7 on ITV3

About this Broadcast

Market for Murder
Season 5, Episode 1

A prominent resident is robbed and battered to death with her walking stick, and suspicion soon falls on the members of her reading club - which turns out to be a front for a lucrative investment portfolio. John Nettles and Daniel Casey star, with guest appearances by Anton Rodgers (Fresh Fields) and Angela Thorne (To the Manor Born)

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Detective/Thriller Movie/Drama Mystery

Cast & Crew

John Nettles (Actor) .. DCI Tom Barnaby

Daniel Casey (Actor) .. Sgt Gavin Troy

Jane Wymark (Actor) .. Joyce Barnaby

Jesse Birdsall (Actor) .. Harry Painter

Eamon Geoghegan (Actor) .. Barman

Serena Gordon (Actor) .. Ginny Sharp

Caroline Harker (Actor) .. Tamsin Proctor

Barry Jackson (Actor) .. Dr Bullard

Dilys Laye (Actor) .. Vera Hopkins

Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Actor) .. Marjorie Empson

Christopher Ravenscroft (Actor) .. Dr Rupert Bradshaw

Anton Rodgers (Actor) .. Lord James Chetwood

Jay Smith (Actor) .. Police technician

Gerda Stevenson (Actor) .. Sandra Bradshaw

Angela Thorne (Actor) .. Lady Lavinia Chetwood

Rupert Vansittart (Actor) .. Selwyn Proctor

Catherine Bott (Actor) .. Solo voice

Andrew Payne (Writer)

Brian True-May (Producer)

Sarah Hellings (Director)

More Information

Did You Know..

John Nettles (Actor) .. DCI Tom Barnaby

Born: October 11, 1943 in St Austell, Cornwall

Best Known For: Playing Jim Bergerac.

Early-life: John Vivian Drummond Nettles was born on October 11, 1943, in St Austell, Cornwall. He was adopted at birth by a carpenter and his wife, who was a cleaner. John later discovered his biological mother was an unmarried Irish nurse who died of tuberculosis at the age of 28. Despite these humble beginnings, he won a scholarship to study philosophy and history at Southampton University. He trained to be a teacher, but drifted into acting after appearing in a touring version of the play Camus during his time at university.

Career: While appearing in amateur drama productions, Nettles was spotted by an agent who arranged work for him at the Royal Court Theatre. He made his debut as a standard bearer in Macbeth, opening doors for Alec Guinness. His first movie was The Red, White and Black in 1970. His big break came in 1972's A World At War, followed by a four-year stint in The Liver Birds. Nettles became a household name thanks to Bergerac, which ran for 10 years until 1991. TV projects since include Romeo And Juliet, The Hound of the Baskervilles and Midsomer Murders. He has also provided the narration for such programmes as Airport and The Hunt.

Quote: "I live in the tranquility and splendour which befits someone of my seniority."

Trivia: Nettles received an OBE in 2010.

Daniel Casey (Actor) .. Sgt Gavin Troy

Jane Wymark (Actor) .. Joyce Barnaby

Jesse Birdsall (Actor) .. Harry Painter

Born: February 13, 1963 in London

Early-life: Jesse was born in 1963, the son of renowned Penguin Books designer Derek Birdsall. He showed a passion for acting and first came to public attention in the serial Annika in 1984, his first notable TV role. He subsequently appeared in the movie Wish You Were Here (1987), directed by David Leland and co-starring Emily Lloyd. He was cast in notorious BBC soap Eldorado in 1992.

Career: Eldorado was mauled by viewers and critics and cancelled after one year. Nonetheless, the amount of coverage the programme received for its perceived low quality and lack of success would gain Birdsall much exposure, and from 1995 to 1999 he played one of the lead characters in another BBC1 programme, the successful futuristic action/adventure series Bugs. Since then, he has appeared in episodes of The Bill, Footballer's Wives, and EastEnders.

Quote: Following the critical response to Eldorado. "We're working on the scripts. It'll get better".

Trivia: He has twice been convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Best Known For: Eldorado and Bugs.