Midsomer Murders: The Straw Woman
10:00 pm - 11:50 pm, Sunday, April 19 on ITV3 (10)
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The Straw Woman
Season 7, Episode 6
Midsomer Parva hosts the revival of a traditional pagan festival, but tragedy strikes when curate Alex Dakin is burned alive inside a straw effigy of a woman. The body count rises as an apparent victim of spontaneous combustion, a budding photographer and a newly arrived schoolteacher are the next to be roasted alive. Keith Barron guest stars
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16x9
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
John Nettles
(Actor)
.. DCI Tom Barnaby
John Hopkins
(Actor)
.. DS Daniel Scott
Jane Wymark
(Actor)
.. Joyce Barnaby
Laura Howard
(Actor)
.. Cully Barnaby
Barry Jackson
(Actor)
.. Dr Bullard
Keith Barron
(Actor)
.. Alan Clifford
Richenda Carey
(Actor)
.. Margaret Hopkins
Richard Cordery
(Actor)
.. Dr John Cole
Daniel Weyman
(Actor)
.. Matthew Cole
Maggie O'Neill
(Actor)
.. Agnes Waterhouse
Kelly Hunter
(Actor)
.. Kate Malpas
Jemima Rooper
(Actor)
.. Jo Clifford
Jonathan Hackett
(Actor)
.. The Rev Jim Hale
Susannah Wise
(Actor)
.. Liz Francis
Caroline Lintott
(Actor)
.. Sally Middleton
Sarah Ball
(Actor)
.. Denise Jenkins
Madeleine Rakic-Platt
(Actor)
.. Lucy Middleton
Jeff Dodds
(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.
John Hopkins
(Actor)
.. DS Daniel Scott
Jane Wymark
(Actor)
.. Joyce Barnaby
Laura Howard
(Actor)
.. Cully Barnaby
Barry Jackson
(Actor)
.. Dr Bullard
Keith Barron
(Actor)
.. Alan Clifford
Born:
August 08, 1936
in
Mexborough, South Yorkshire
Best Known For:
Sitcom Duty Free.
Early-life:
Born in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, on August 8, 1936, he was the son of a wholesale provisions merchant who wanted his son to follow in his footsteps. Barron said a sadistic teacher fear forced him to leave school, pushing him into acting. After National Service in the RAF, he joined an amateur dramatics group also attended by Brian Blessed. That led to training at Sheffield Playhouse and his first job with a repertory company in the city, earning £1 a week.
Career:
Barron later moved to London, where he performed in several Dennis Potter plays in the West End. His TV debut came in a 1961 episode of The Avengers. It was the small screen plays Stand Up Nigel Barton, and Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton, both by Potter, that brought him to people's attention in the mid-1960s. His best-known work is on TV, but he has starred in films including The Land That Time Forgot, At The Earth's Core, Nothing But the Night and Voyage Of The Damned. His biggest success came playing philandering husband David in 1980s sitcom Duty Free. He went on to appear in Close Relations, Take Me Home, Where the Heart Is, NCS Manhunt, Brief Encounters and Being Eileen. He died on November 15, 2017 at the age of 83.
Quote:
On being an actor: 'You take nothing for granted. The best thing about it is being offered another job. It keeps the whole thing alive.'
Trivia:
In 2014, Barron toured with fellow original cast members Gwen Taylor and Neil Stacey in a stage version of Duty Free.
Richenda Carey
(Actor)
.. Margaret Hopkins
Richard Cordery
(Actor)
.. Dr John Cole
Daniel Weyman
(Actor)
.. Matthew Cole
Maggie O'Neill
(Actor)
.. Agnes Waterhouse
Born:
November 15, 1962
in
Buckinghamshire
Best Known For:
EastEnders and Shameless.
Early-life:
Margaret O'Neill was born in Buckinghamshire on November 15, 1962. She was educated at a convent school and was inspired by a sixth-form drama teacher to take up acting. She went on to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1985, she appeared in the video for Simply Red's Holding Back the Years, before making her stage debut in Moving Pictures at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds.
Career:
O'Neill made her big-screen debut in Mona Lisa (1986) and two years later starred in Gorillas in the Mist. Better known for her TV work, she has made guest appearances in a number of programmes and had recurring roles in Take Me Home, Peak Practice, Shameless and EastEnders.
Quote:
'Some people feel guilty if they're not doing something with their day. Not me. I'm a slacker.'
Trivia:
She enjoys pilates, yoga and reading.
Kelly Hunter
(Actor)
.. Kate Malpas
Jemima Rooper
(Actor)
.. Jo Clifford
Born:
October 24, 1981
in
London
Best Known For:
A string of TV roles.
Early-life:
Jemima was born in London on October 24, 1981. She wanted to be an actress from an early age and her first professional roles were in the films The Higher Mortals (1993) and Willie's War (1994). In 1996, she played George in a TV adaptation of Enid Blyton's The Famous Five. Roles followed in the miniseries Wives and Daughters and the TV movie The Railway Children before she landed the part of Nicki in Channel 4 comedy drama As If. It ran for 76 editions over four series until 2004.
Career:
Rooper made her Hollywood debut in The Black Dahlia (2006) and she played the lead role in the 2008 TV series Lost in Austin. She has also had recurring roles in Sinchronicity, Hex, The Time of Your Life, Bouquet of Barbed Wire and Atlantis. Her film credits also include Kinky Boots (2005) and What If (2013). On the stage, Rooper has starred in Me and My Girl, and One Man, Two Guvnors.
Quote:
'I'm an only child and I spent a lot of time alone. I played a lot of imaginary games. I just wanted to dress up and be weird, I suppose.'
Trivia:
With the money she earned as a child actor, Rooper was able to buy her first home at the age of 19.
Jonathan Hackett
(Actor)
.. The Rev Jim Hale
Susannah Wise
(Actor)
.. Liz Francis
Caroline Lintott
(Actor)
.. Sally Middleton
Sarah Ball
(Actor)
.. Denise Jenkins
Madeleine Rakic-Platt
(Actor)
.. Lucy Middleton
Jeff Dodds
(Writer)
Brian True-May
(Producer)
Sarah Hellings
(Director)
