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1:43

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1:45

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1:47

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1:50

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1:59

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2:01

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2:03

I. Felt sorry for the individual To

2:06

you ultimately find out is Archie

2:08

Bellingham. imagine him saying I was

2:10

in an episode of Midsomer Murders

2:12

and it was his legs. Will

2:14

hear from the producer instructor who

2:16

was part of the Midsomer Murders

2:18

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2:21

didn't think we'd want another dome that with

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2:25

came in at again today despite the thought

2:27

he was on a very good old. For.

2:30

So well trained and so

2:32

clever. The. Was opposite shoe and for

2:34

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2:37

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2:39

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2:41

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2:43

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2:46

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check everything twice because assumptions are

2:50

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2:52

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2:55

round of Ass Seats a fancy

2:57

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3:02

And most importantly, die hard

3:04

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he's actually story steal a

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small said i like. All.

3:11

Of us never try to love said

3:13

a fourth can. only messing my nights

3:15

is a big chunk of rotate as

3:17

the older his father Yorkers is. So

3:22

Bell always great to catch up

3:24

with year. We just loves these

3:26

shows same way why. Look for to!

3:29

This is the highlight of my we all.

3:31

We can go through some of the

3:33

most important scenes in the episode with

3:35

the to talk about some of the

3:37

clergy characters as well and with your

3:39

health. Hopefully. Within a spot some

3:41

great cameo. Some great act. As I must

3:43

admit I look at them unless it way

3:45

to I know them. From what sort of

3:47

the great Mysteries of Midsomer Murders is kind

3:50

of the the subset as you look at

3:52

everybody not only as a victim, aura or

3:54

suspect, but it's like oh my gosh, we're

3:56

to a new ways to joke and say

3:58

that there's only six. There's an England and

4:00

they're going to everything. They said he

4:03

appeared on somebody says i think so I

4:05

can see why this. Is one of john

4:07

nestles save with i can. See why? Because it's

4:09

if I have a. British episode Can we

4:11

trust? Size is a lot of class

4:13

in Islam, the elite structure, the secret

4:16

societies, the all boys school and then

4:18

youths. You have a you know brief

4:20

smattering of the all girls school is

4:22

something. that's it's a little foreign. Over

4:24

here is a little foreign to a

4:27

lot. Of us over here as well, but

4:29

this of half majority of people. I'd have

4:31

no medical school like this. So Dc my

4:33

Barnaby uncovers. And indeed, monsieur like

4:35

sex called the putting club. At

4:38

a private boys school Devon from

4:40

college. one investigating a murder and

4:42

he called gets the ball. Some

4:44

of the mystery before well let's

4:46

be honest another six him terms

4:49

are so opens with move any

4:51

little dialogue some bill is just

4:53

you see a car with a

4:55

D numberplate. Now those in the

4:57

Uk will know what D. Stansell

4:59

it suited as diplomatic plates so

5:01

that so you know it's diplomats

5:03

paw. Somebody. Gets out they

5:06

moved the bullets which those is of white and

5:08

red so things that people put when it

5:10

when a road is closed and moving them to

5:12

side with that. You have Assad's.

5:15

You. See somebody go down his dark they

5:17

getting drunk to the side and in

5:19

the booth at the park and pens.

5:22

And. Inside is a wooden box,

5:24

we say Jimmy open Jimmy, being a

5:26

of I push his time as sort

5:28

of ram and you'd open and inside

5:31

this wooden. Is. A

5:33

gold object. Now it looks like

5:35

a Buddha that it's dark. you

5:37

can't see too much. all you

5:40

know raise a puzzling to shown.

5:42

On this very very definite

5:44

design On the conflicts. That.

5:47

Seat. And. Then we move straight into

5:49

the main shut. Yeah. And you know now

5:51

that you so deeply that A I did not

5:53

pick up on that the fact that this is

5:55

a dip in the now I'm trying to go

5:57

through and think okay what does this have to

5:59

do story. How could I picked this up

6:01

faster and you know I felt sorry for

6:03

the individual to you Ultimately find out is

6:06

Archie Bellingham imagined him saying I was in

6:08

an episode of Midsomer Murders and lose his

6:10

legs. I think a lot of medal for

6:13

not. It took like two thirds the episode

6:15

to figure out you know actually who it

6:17

was. And so he was done

6:19

before the friend. Is some

6:21

money style at different schools. Posh boys'

6:24

schools with a girl school at the

6:26

sized we know that the school is

6:28

steeped in tradition. you've only just got

6:31

unlucky death and it's a day of

6:33

festivities and will. They opened with this.

6:38

Is. A.

6:46

Civil. Suit

6:50

with own sedentary. The

6:54

passed away in the early hours of the seems.

7:05

Impossible out of that with impossibility

7:07

of before he said nothing. The

7:09

Brave and the faithful studied Latin,

7:11

a school. New, new, new, known, and.

7:13

Unknown. To science my toughest school. We didn't

7:15

do that in the boonies or drive around

7:17

the country. In the Uk, you see all

7:20

these incredible. Very old,

7:22

prestigious, Private and public schools

7:24

Coal some private schools public schools but

7:26

they're not for the public. Their see

7:28

pants and they are no money. Incredibly

7:31

beautiful old heritage buildings with amazing grounds.

7:33

With see some are we talking a

7:35

lot of money and often the logo

7:37

will be a blessing city. Go to

7:39

private school as you know last and

7:41

you know what it means since most

7:44

of us the guy, what's that lovely

7:46

emblem on that sweet it's but I

7:48

love the scene setting where they've all

7:50

in from the courtyard you put the

7:52

bell during. Some Marlies Day is

7:55

a big day and it's when

7:57

these young boys. Have. Been a

7:59

race and. One be the when. You're

8:07

my first thought when I saw everybody is

8:09

I guess the entire town of their but

8:12

then I kept thinking okay why is Tom

8:14

Barnaby there Because what's the connection In a

8:16

wise you there and what's gonna happen when

8:18

is going to happen and he's gonna be

8:20

there to take care of everything and then

8:23

you know, minute look like okay to toss

8:25

the ball down then it becomes a rugby

8:27

game. All of a sudden. Yes, I'm

8:29

He's only been to help his mates isn't It

8:31

is. estimates in the school for. A boy.

8:34

Such a system. Coincidence.

8:36

That he's our conscious say at Daniel who

8:38

is an one of the main sort of

8:40

the the anti says that we see early

8:43

on he the people and we know he's

8:45

distress they were he doesn't have a happy

8:47

he doesn't want to take part in this

8:49

race that over the boys gets get off

8:52

the rugby ball is thrown up into the

8:54

I one gramsci and he has to run

8:56

around the circle around the village and he

8:58

does seem to be awesome them as the

9:01

school in the village never to meet this

9:03

animosity they're straight away we can just how.

9:06

That. He goes off. he's. He's.

9:08

He's a bit distraught, isn't he? He's a little

9:10

bit. Can. I say wet My

9:12

lot to say that always accessories.

9:15

You can say that I have no idea what you mean.

9:17

A tight wet. How can I explain wet?

9:19

Wet behind the web, behind the ears, Were

9:22

a little bit stabbed, just a bit like. Not.

9:25

Quite. A

9:27

bit wet? Yeah, he definitely does not look

9:30

like anybody who is interested in in the

9:32

festivities of the day of. Course the off

9:34

he goes. Running through the

9:36

courtyard outskirts the school he goes through

9:38

the village. he acknowledges a couple of

9:40

the people in the village that we

9:42

see on many decides to go through

9:45

the undergrowth now at this moment in

9:47

time which is pouring it when unaware

9:49

is getting and then suddenly. A.

9:51

Tough to play. Bumps into somebody

9:53

he knows. Dramatic.

10:17

Or the greatness of gym Parker strikes

10:19

again. Dead. Dead. So

10:24

with receiving there is a sticky and

10:26

is that happened to the pool boy

10:28

to Danielle i'm a nice at a

10:30

star does back into the school grounds

10:32

and as he get say he collapses

10:35

the what are some sites or to

10:37

do I'm laughing. This is really not

10:39

funny. It's free status back into the

10:41

schools holding the ball and a set

10:43

of under his arm and no one

10:46

moves. And. You can see in

10:48

distress and everybody to starts around and watches

10:50

him fall down like a stone until his

10:52

mother Sunday decides to run forward or for

10:54

dramatic effect. School Everybody saw him

10:57

and thought oh this is

10:59

tired. Series.

11:01

Gonna collapse I kept waiting for. I'm not

11:03

that I was glad that he saw somebody

11:05

that he obviously new in the woods, but

11:08

I kept waiting for him to trip over

11:10

body some. Just how about conditioned form of

11:12

the murders is looking for that lot? It's

11:14

either going to happen to hammers, going to

11:16

chip, Exactly. Easy going for at least have been

11:19

is that needs to be another body count. Come on,

11:21

we need one more we need for more on of

11:23

course. Surprisingly. Part

11:25

of it as happens to be there

11:27

at the school and ccs go down

11:29

and he dies literally on the floor.

11:32

That. We know there's a connection with the Pudding

11:34

Club because he's had a spat with one

11:36

of the other students at the Pudding Club.

11:38

I didn't mention of the told a Pats.

11:40

Now some really good time to bring it

11:42

up. To. You know what a pudding

11:44

club is? A not by that

11:47

name and you've got this fraternities

11:49

and you've got the the secret

11:51

room upstairs where everything happens but

11:53

I'd named the putting club know.

11:56

So it is what it says to all

11:58

the boys get together. I. Been to a

12:00

pudding club. And you turn out. And

12:03

the rebel be full of one hundred two hundred

12:05

people At all you will do is a puddings

12:07

so. For. Me: that sort of like

12:09

utopia. that's the perfect life isn't that he needs

12:12

a starter in a main when you could just

12:14

he puddings but I love the putting top of

12:16

his on the table or all these puddings at

12:18

the boys that eating and they have a spoon

12:20

and they knock. Like

12:23

that the table which is very. British Their me

12:25

British. As a said, not. At my

12:27

comprehensive and Daniel is him Paul all

12:29

that putting club and we know there's

12:32

something sinister going on down we bill

12:34

but we're not quite sure why. So

12:36

they eat pudding. But as a much

12:38

better published explanation of Will will be

12:41

reveals. Yeah. I can think

12:43

of was Mrs. Bosworth Macys gotta prepare an

12:45

awful lot of putting. These

12:48

kids called the Waffle Shower and go straight

12:51

to the point is only one live investigation

12:53

with the series and was line is that.

12:56

For the village with some a pass.

12:59

Or. Status for many years ago

13:01

the St Mary's de Rais

13:03

visitation when scores were settled

13:05

between school and village. Pitched

13:08

battles were fought mindless to say

13:10

the school usually cameras on top

13:13

five up nowadays reducing rather differently.

13:15

We respect each other's road in

13:17

the community. That sort of those

13:20

service and are all still some

13:22

in the village who resent the

13:24

school. Systems the

13:26

attack on Daniel was part of some

13:29

sued with the villagers. know what other

13:31

explanation could that be have a local

13:33

use on the Village Green. Yesterday Snape

13:36

verbally abused and through missiles at the

13:38

boys taking part in the race. Verbal

13:41

abuse is one thing soul to

13:43

the deadly weapons or another violence

13:45

is never far of. Over seven

13:47

are looking to of aspects of

13:49

his blue. Chew Oxygen is

13:51

just lost his some. To. A

13:54

stabbing. He's taking it rather

13:56

well done descent. Just seems

13:58

to be more happy about the

14:00

fact that he the conflict between

14:02

the townies and the the school

14:04

is over and we both recognize.

14:07

The part that we play which means. The

14:10

school has a partisan that in the town

14:12

in the town is don't sell true so

14:14

true. So. Toy

14:17

and Barnaby then or off. Dana Investigations

14:19

and a new picks up on this.

14:21

this meal that Troy has back at

14:24

the school we keep going back to

14:26

see day. Wage suit is the same

14:28

with this episode and there's some lovely

14:31

puzzler. The out one of the cooks

14:33

talks about was certain puddings with unusual

14:35

names, which for him in the Uk

14:37

we know that I'm not sure they

14:40

have the same international flavor. Yeah,

14:42

I definitely had to back it up

14:44

and listen to it says and what

14:47

they really said. He knows that a

14:49

thing and thankfully because I've I've seen

14:51

it on cells and for Tesco side

14:53

and I know it is. A things

14:55

aside. I was what you're referring to. Let's have

14:57

another listen to at. School food and

14:59

proves his mother who say not

15:01

says of stories. silly stairs to

15:04

the to stable know what about?

15:06

How about a little spotted Dick

15:08

and test or overnight and so

15:11

on the time or same. Voice

15:13

was listening to these podcasts us for

15:15

back to the alone little bit of.

15:18

Spotted Deacon, Constant have

15:20

Spotted Dick, everybody. Is

15:23

a. Well. It's

15:25

like a silly to pudding with

15:27

raisins and full time is it

15:29

with custard. Why it's called Spotted

15:31

Dick. I'm just gonna leave it there. While.

15:34

I was gonna ask you where that came

15:36

from. Doubt I'd I'd only Milner wanted. Of.

15:40

Is what is It is a

15:42

reference to the dried fruit in

15:44

the pudding which was resembles spots

15:46

deep and dogwood dialects Thames water

15:48

used for putting. Is

15:50

not as rude as it sounds. Is

15:52

delicious comes the Uk. Go to

15:54

a decent village pub in the

15:56

winter months and ask The Spotted

15:59

Dick and. Ah ah

16:01

is gonna need. I want.

16:03

if you can get anywhere else if you cared

16:05

around the world please let us know Right backs

16:08

the plot. Or. You know, Nicky and

16:10

True Barnaby enjoy fashion the do not

16:12

leave any stone unturned and they go

16:14

around the village since they're really looking.

16:17

Is not only into the history

16:19

of the college, but they're trying

16:21

to see if there's any scandals

16:23

they are trying to unearth that

16:26

They're looking at rivalries because we

16:28

talked about the candidates villagers versus

16:30

the school. So they're interviewing villagers

16:32

their injury in college professors. The

16:34

ambitious students have a see that

16:36

Marks Heywood who is next in

16:39

line for a scholarship and they're

16:41

interviewing the grounds keepers and really

16:43

into Midsomer Murders Fasten. They're setting

16:45

every one up. As. A

16:48

Suspect Services. including.

16:50

Nipple Champs. Awful. Start your

16:52

own bloody motorbike away from France.

16:54

Cops us hot sauce. Stocky,

16:57

Wouldn't matter anyone. Who's pool?

17:00

stocks? Restock is so slumlord

17:02

in the tilt and gas do

17:04

is ride on Batman. He's on

17:06

his moments of murdered someone that

17:09

just says he said cool stuff

17:11

He has his moments forty minutes

17:13

x. That if

17:15

it's our last motorbikes so ask. Love

17:17

the he always had his moments and

17:20

then he goes into the moment cities

17:22

had which immediately makes him a suspect

17:24

but denial it always reminded me of.

17:26

you know anytime anything like this happens

17:28

and somebody becomes a suspect is like.

17:31

Will He was such a nice boy. I

17:33

can imagine him doing anything like this. Him.

17:36

I'm quite happy to arrest him. But.

17:38

It seems we're not all as it

17:40

seems. People such as the

17:42

World view these. Countries

17:49

as soon as something

17:51

to talk and went

17:53

from the rice. Rights

17:56

just rolled around and on

17:58

the way. You

18:01

drove so fast through Friar's Cops, you

18:04

almost forced Dennis Carter off the road. Fast?

18:08

Dennis Carter on all the meaningless words. Paul,

18:12

I'm going to ask you just

18:14

once more. Were you in Friar's

18:16

Cops yesterday afternoon? No,

18:20

I wasn't. I told you.

18:22

Bill, did you notice his accent? He's

18:24

got a real country borough going on, but none

18:26

of the others have. His real country. Well,

18:29

he's a villager. Maybe he's not. Could

18:32

you say that's him? He's a villager.

18:37

He's a villager, but he didn't do it. You know,

18:40

Nicky, after going through the town

18:42

interviewing pretty much everybody in the

18:44

town, it becomes really clear

18:46

that the Pudding Club has... They're

18:49

at the center of the mystery. That's

18:51

very secretive. It's quote-unquote

18:53

prestigious. And Barnaby

18:55

and Troy, through incredible

18:59

deduction, as they see the white glove

19:01

on the floor, they discovered a

19:03

hidden treasure in the

19:06

room that has dozens of

19:09

stolen golden statues. It has

19:11

artifacts from around the world.

19:13

They were all brought to

19:15

Devington by diplomats. Now

19:17

it becomes full circle, just like one

19:19

that met his fate very early. And

19:21

now we start to understand, as you

19:24

pointed out, the D and the license

19:26

plate, what happened at the very beginning.

19:29

Well, obviously, Daniel, this

19:32

is what was disturbing him at the very beginning

19:34

when he didn't want to take part in the

19:36

St. Mally's Day run. And

19:38

he wanted to tell others about the stolen treasure, which

19:41

unfortunately put him at the top of the

19:43

hit list of Mr. Ludlow,

19:46

who's becoming increasingly the number

19:48

one suspect. And then

19:52

the shady headmaster wants to cover

19:54

up all the dealings and the

19:56

greed. And I love the enormous

19:59

spoon. And that was just

20:01

like the best prop on the planet. And

20:04

how you can be killed, you know, you're going

20:06

to be killed by being hit with it. How

20:08

fitting. I know we've had in the

20:10

past there's chocolate, there's cheese, now the big spoon is

20:13

going to be out there as a murder weapon. And

20:15

also the thought of selling all these wonderful

20:17

artifacts because all the diplomats, the link is

20:19

they were all members of the pudding club,

20:21

weren't they at this posh private school? And

20:24

they're stealing stuff to order to help

20:27

fund the private school. So they think

20:29

they're doing it with the best intentions,

20:31

but they're stealing priceless objects to keep

20:33

this very pompous private school going. And

20:36

it's jobs for the boys. You know,

20:38

we hear that old phrase, don't we?

20:40

It drops for the boys. And that's what it

20:42

was. You went up the school,

20:44

if you got the scholarship, then you became

20:46

a diplomat. And then it

20:48

was down to you to steal some artifacts

20:51

to send back to the school to keep

20:53

the school running. Well, then you

20:55

think back during Daniel's run through

20:57

the woods and you hear

20:59

the phrase that we're

21:01

doing this for the greater good. And

21:04

that's what I think all of the diplomats are

21:06

doing is the greater good we're funding the school.

21:09

And it's just kind of self-perpetuating. Look at this

21:11

lot. Yes, sergeants. Look

21:14

at this lot indeed. Girls

21:17

from South America, ronses from

21:19

Africa, ivories from

21:21

Afghanistan, all stolen

21:23

by pudding club members in

21:26

the diplomatic service. It's a tradition. And

21:29

we're rather keen on tradition here at

21:31

Devington. I've got to ask you, Bill,

21:33

about these cameos. Tell us all. You

21:36

had a few, but I think the

21:38

one that just really stuck out that I kept

21:40

staring at, and when you have to think of

21:42

how old this episode is, thinking this person is

21:44

very young because it's probably 20 years before he

21:46

knew it, Arabella was played

21:49

by Anna Maxwell Martin. And

21:53

people today will know her from Bletchley Circle,

21:56

Good Omens with David Tennant and

21:58

Michael Sheen. And

22:00

then line of duty, death comes to

22:02

Pemberley. So if I

22:04

remember correctly in looking back, this

22:07

was really her first television role.

22:10

Midsummer Virtues is so good at

22:12

recognizing talent from, and

22:14

you think this is 20 years ago and what

22:16

everybody's gone on to be. She looks

22:18

so young, doesn't she? Well, she was young.

22:21

I was going to say, this is not the case

22:23

of somebody who's 35 years old playing an 18-year-old. This

22:27

is an 18-year-old playing an 18-year-old. Yeah.

22:30

Phil can't believe it. That's

22:32

been very fun, I love Daniel. Yeah,

22:34

I adore Daniel, he's a sweet boy. Tell

22:37

me about Paul Starkey. Well,

22:39

he just sort of hung around, you know. Boring,

22:42

he seemed to think I fancied him, which is

22:44

just ludicrous. He's a good-looking man.

22:48

No way! He's gay.

22:51

Any other cameos we should be looking out for?

22:54

I loved Dudley Carew, the town

22:57

conspiracy theorist. Yes. And

23:00

what tweaked my, obviously, where I

23:02

am, he talks about

23:04

Lee Harvey Oswald and it's like, oh my

23:06

goodness, the epitome of

23:09

conspiracy theories. Yeah, definitely,

23:11

definitely. And a friend of

23:13

Daniel's, a friend of

23:15

Daniel's, which means he has to be knocked off,

23:17

another dead body bill. We haven't really talked about

23:19

body counts. How many are there in this

23:21

episode? Let's go through it. We've

23:24

got one at the very, very beginning. We

23:26

then have the diplomat. We then have Daniel. Then

23:29

we have your mate, Dudley Carew.

23:31

Dudley Carew. That's three. Anthony

23:33

Talbert survives, doesn't he, right at the end. So I

23:35

think we're going to have to go with three. Well,

23:39

actually three murders, but four deaths,

23:41

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23:48

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24:48

In each episode of Midsummer Murders Mayhem,

24:50

we like to delve into our archives

24:52

to hear from some of the people

24:54

who made the show what it is.

24:57

This week we're going to be hearing

24:59

from Ian Streken. Now he's been involved

25:01

with the production since 1999. Here he

25:04

is explaining

25:07

the locations used. Well after 20

25:10

series, there is not a single picturesque

25:12

village has not been used at least

25:14

two or three times. There

25:16

are probably only two or three village greens within

25:18

our area. It doesn't exist anymore.

25:21

So the village shop will tend to be an

25:23

exterior of someone's house. Maybe it was an old

25:25

village shop. Some of the frontages still exist. Very

25:28

few pubs are on village greens and the script

25:30

indelibly wants a pub which overlooks something else because

25:33

when they come out of the pub they see

25:35

something. They might be looking over there and then

25:37

what they see may be in another village. We

25:40

haven't considered when they're busy filming is

25:42

making sure that the surroundings are true

25:44

to life. Also you've got to be

25:46

very careful with terms to do with the times of

25:48

year and the seasons as well. If it's spring, you've

25:51

got to make sure it's a spring episode because there

25:53

are times we don't want to see daffodils And

25:56

we're filming in the spring, but maybe for the autumn.

25:58

When We did the second Christmas episode. We.

26:00

Filmed on July. And the

26:02

hottest days a year we did less

26:04

Denison a Santa suit in something like

26:07

ninety nine degrees, fallen high and begged

26:09

for.men we couldn't see any greenery cause

26:11

all the trees when leaf it was

26:13

briefly sunshine it all the actors in

26:15

fleeces and scarves and hot some. People.

26:18

Basically processor heat exhaustion that was meant to

26:20

be december we just have to take for

26:22

the script says than trying interpreter especially comes

26:25

with you. So. We've got

26:27

the seasons to contend with when they're

26:29

still being an episode that what about

26:31

the specific locations and him to teach?

26:33

Not really thinking about the point in

26:35

this country side that always seems to

26:37

be a place of worship. Shutters

26:39

played a big part in Midsummer

26:42

over the years to pick. Opening

26:44

sequence in Mud by Magic where

26:46

the church organist is crushed to

26:48

death by a giant Suspects box.

27:00

and then on a year later cause

27:02

the nine square and one of the

27:04

promising violinists has found dead across a

27:06

tombstone decide to church will the classical

27:09

concert taken place to think about few

27:11

years but made in splendor which is

27:13

all about a pub. I. Think

27:15

you'll find a that was four different pumps and

27:17

one pop. The exterior was

27:19

sin daughter still. In terms of

27:22

their nothing, there were two interiors

27:24

and totally different villages. Than.

27:26

Friend the pub or had a make over at

27:28

the very end. up was another pub pulsar the

27:30

view and never noticed that the went through one

27:32

door. And. Appeared in another a

27:34

couplet, another build. Onto the

27:36

cast members Now there was one

27:38

member the past that into to

27:41

City Night and he will sahib

27:43

it was the beautiful Sykes D

27:45

C I Barnaby's. Jack Russell.

27:48

Every was on say was probably more

27:50

focused, had more concentration. Most of the

27:53

actors. You could tell he

27:55

was get a little bit old and then

27:57

Joe Ridings decided to retire. I'm so we

27:59

the to try and find another dog and

28:01

we didn't think we'd want another dome that

28:03

would just like sykes little bit of a

28:06

mutt. That party came in and again today

28:08

despite the fact he was on of a

28:10

year old. Or. So well

28:12

trained on so clever. He.

28:15

Was upset shoe and for the paul. Ah

28:17

we do love Syncs I'm Patty

28:19

and something that we we find

28:21

common sense is the cameos. I'm

28:23

in. over twenty years we have bust

28:25

of odd well over a thousand actors

28:27

and a series and over that time

28:30

we've managed to help a lot of

28:32

said a famous people advanced the careers

28:34

few Bournville. Henry. Causal. Olivia

28:37

Colman went from waitress to the

28:39

queen. That. Was because you

28:42

said he instructed. In.

28:45

Each episode of Meats and The Murders

28:47

may have to be from the the

28:50

experts. Today we bringing in Am Resident

28:52

X to taxes and fool not mix

28:54

upon us and policeman Malcolm Day. This.

28:57

I started off by asking him,

28:59

what about poor does lead through.

29:02

This pounds and he's a

29:04

cricket cage. Lola Smothered was

29:06

a nice city. Mode

29:09

of those. Matsumoto

29:12

podium, the cricket pitch. a tent

29:14

needed a thing. I put a

29:16

screen around him. He to

29:19

ten of it's protect them from the elements. And

29:22

that could. Lead to be able

29:24

to say that thing as bathroom For flaws

29:26

in this go if you cannot to the

29:28

top you would have been out see down

29:30

he don't think have seen this because it's

29:32

some especially one where is this person come

29:34

from to do this because so could just

29:36

put in net and then everybody walking over

29:38

to quickie page you've got one in a

29:40

cold enough you got an hour to not.

29:43

All. right? So we roots of the Death on

29:45

the cricket. Pitch. But. What

29:48

about Dc I? Barnaby suffering

29:50

his investigations. The A see

29:52

a criminal investigation is assume nothing

29:54

Blade know want to check everything

29:56

twice because assumptions are a detective's

29:59

worst enemy. Sorry go into

30:01

the forest here or the word whatever you want

30:03

to call it And I got. A

30:06

good site in their service. Says

30:09

a struggle yes. Yes,

30:12

this is. What

30:17

he comes here for. His

30:26

whole kinda. Waiting

30:29

for. Old know it

30:31

could be voting animals. And and

30:33

then he looks in that tree. Stump and he

30:35

starts coming up with this numbers

30:37

are the subway put his upset

30:39

I think he's hitting his whole

30:41

or is he came back for

30:43

some was waiting for us. Is

30:45

it. Once you sign it. So.

30:48

Lots of assumptions. They make assumptions.

30:51

Yeah, Have knives

30:53

guy. Before I finish with you.

30:55

I just flew to. Misses the point where

30:57

choice it's like hits the best for all

30:59

of them. Early lunch. And.

31:04

Mrs. Buzzwords doesn't sent from Lincoln. Chess isn't

31:06

a could be looked on as a gratuity.

31:09

You. Know which place professional place of

31:11

some be taken except and they saw

31:13

a things that since the last thing

31:15

you wanted to raise? You're

31:17

there to do a job for you. An

31:20

investigator. Stop his

31:22

family friendly would pay Paul a

31:24

compromise investigation in some way. That

31:26

was eggs Detective Malcolm

31:28

Davis. It's

31:32

nice home for the met. Some I'm like

31:34

they're surpassed than face off Maggots has left.

31:36

Me actually? Story. Today

31:42

I am giant say Petra his

31:44

in Germany Hello Pacha. As

31:47

they have a you sign I'm

31:49

I'm fit Tell us the site.

31:51

And happy This is a very

31:54

low stakes quest said it's nothing

31:56

to be Ten surveys I vote

31:58

simple Nato ally south and. teenager,

32:02

her resident teenage midsummer murder

32:04

expert. How are you Elijah? Are you

32:06

feeling confident? Yeah I'm feeling confident, yeah just ready

32:09

to get into a quiz. Amazing, right

32:11

we don't have any money for

32:13

buzzers so you have to make

32:15

your own noise Petra, what

32:17

is your buzzer noise going to be?

32:19

Maybe I have to. Do

32:21

you? Oh yes I do. Okay. Oh she's

32:23

going to snap her

32:26

fingers. Very taffy. Elijah,

32:29

what's your noise? I think

32:31

I might go for a clap if she snaps

32:33

her fingers, like that. Is that right? Okay that's

32:36

very cool yes. Today's quiz is

32:38

on murder on St Molly's Day.

32:41

It's a popular episode and

32:43

a lot of people like it. We've

32:45

got some good questions about it and

32:47

we've also got some just general midsummer

32:50

questions sprinkled in there to test your

32:52

knowledge. The first question

32:54

is, what was Dudley

32:56

Karoo force fed before being dumped

32:59

on the cricket pitch and run

33:01

over by a roller? I

33:03

think that was Elijah. Yeah I think it was

33:05

a steak pie, I was going to say a

33:08

steak pie. Steak pie is

33:11

distinctly not a pie. Oh

33:14

oh oh. Oh no Elijah you've

33:16

had your go Petra. Would

33:18

you like to take a guess? I'm sorry

33:20

I have to pass. Elijah I'm giving you

33:22

the point, you were closest. It was a

33:25

meat pudding. Yeah yeah. Not a

33:27

pie. It was a pudding. It

33:29

does make sense to Elijah because it's

33:31

an important element of the episode. Yeah that

33:33

does make sense. Question

33:35

number two, what was the original

33:38

title for the midsummer murder series

33:40

going to be? Elijah

33:42

you clapped, do you want to have a

33:44

go? D.C.I. Bonneby. Closs but no coconut. Petra.

33:48

I was saying inspecto Bonneby. Both

33:50

of you are wrong it was just Bonneby. Oh

33:53

okay. Okay well interesting. Fun

33:55

fact, we've learned something new. Okay

33:58

question number three. What

34:01

is the average number of

34:03

deaths per episode in Midsummer?

34:06

Yes, it's three. It is

34:08

three! Well done. Question

34:11

number four. What is

34:13

the name of the pub

34:15

secretly frequented by the Devington

34:17

students? Oh my god. The

34:20

skill in Crow or something like that, something in

34:22

Crow. It's definitely related

34:25

to teaching. Petra, would

34:27

you like to take a swing? I

34:29

think it's something like this one. I

34:31

don't know. The pub

34:33

is called The Chalk and Gown.

34:36

Oh yeah. Question

34:39

number five. What item

34:41

of treasure does Eckersley

34:44

hide tell Daniel was once

34:46

in a museum in Kabul?

34:50

I think it was a Buddha. Incorrect

34:53

Petra. The statue.

34:56

Not correct. Elijah. There

34:58

are a few things, I'm going to say maybe

35:00

a crucifix but I'm not sure. Incorrect.

35:03

It was a knife. Where

35:07

was Gavin Troy transferred to when

35:09

he was promoted? Newcastle.

35:13

No Petra. Elijah.

35:16

Brighton. No!

35:20

Petra's going to shy again. I know there's

35:22

a cake with Ms. Breyfsee

35:24

on the table. Is

35:28

it Murtra? I thought it was Newcastle. She got

35:30

it right, it was Middlesbrough and she used detective

35:32

work to get it. She used a

35:34

thing on a deck. That's so

35:36

cool Petra. Okay. I

35:39

have one. What

35:42

extravagant food item is being prepared for the

35:44

top table at the Devincons School? Oh Elijah.

35:47

I think it was Lobster. It

35:49

was Lobster, my friend. It was

35:51

Lobster. Do you like a

35:53

Lobster Elijah? No, I've actually never tried

35:55

a Lobster before. Something on the

35:57

TV list maybe. Oh

36:00

no, they're not very nice. It's just a big giant hot crotch

36:02

out of the ocean. Yeah. What a

36:05

great description. Right,

36:08

how many episodes of Midsummer

36:10

Murder are based on Caroline

36:12

Graham's books? Oh that's... Petra.

36:16

Episodes 5. Yes Petra.

36:21

There were more books than this 5 but

36:23

episodes 5. Yes. Okay.

36:26

Oh no, I have to say a lot. Oh

36:28

no. What

36:31

do the Latin words veritatum

36:34

dace aperit uttered

36:37

by the headmaster mean? Oh, I'm

36:40

just, I'm gonna have a guess. I'd

36:42

say to be

36:44

brave is to do something like that.

36:46

No, something with bravery I think. I

36:49

only could say something with truth. Yeah,

36:51

something with truth. Truth? And

36:55

the only reason I know that is because in

36:57

Harry Potter Trist syndrome it's called veritam. We

37:02

have in German an idiom called,

37:04

or it's not a German, I think, in

37:07

Vinoveritas. So in

37:09

the wine there is the truth. Okay. And

37:11

I live in a wine region and yeah

37:13

okay. So in note, yeah. Middle

37:16

Rhine. Trist is there. Veritam

37:19

dace aperit. Okay,

37:23

then I can tell two words

37:25

veritam truth. Veritam

37:29

dace a day or some day but

37:32

veritam. Do you know what? I'm

37:35

going to give this to Petra because

37:38

she is a German woman translating Latin

37:40

into English and that's insane. So

37:43

it's time reveals the

37:45

truth. So yes, it's a

37:47

date reveals the truth. Petra

37:49

gets the point. It was too hard

37:52

and to watch her brain

37:54

unpick that like Sherlock frickin'

37:57

films. Wasn't it? Petra.

38:00

You did so well, even

38:02

with my accent and

38:05

the translation. It was

38:07

so cool. Elijah takes it with

38:10

one point. It

38:12

was great. Guys, Elijah, well done.

38:14

Petra, well done. Thank you so

38:16

much for joining me. That was

38:18

another head-to-head fan quiz. And wasn't

38:20

it fun? Yeah, it was

38:23

great. Thank you very much. We

38:27

are coming to the end of this

38:29

episode. I think, Bill, we need to

38:31

wrap up the investigations. I

38:34

hate coming to the end of the episode because that means

38:36

it's over, but that means we're closer to the

38:38

next episode when we're able to get together. But,

38:41

you know, you see Marcus Haywood admits

38:43

to Barnaby that he saw Ludlow, the

38:46

school porter, in Friars Cops that

38:48

day. But he'd been sworn

38:50

to secrecy and fear of being expelled for

38:53

smoking, of all things. Upon

38:55

hearing this, Barnaby and Troy searched the Pudding

38:57

Club room. This is where they discovered the

38:59

hidden room full of antiques and relics that

39:02

have been stolen from ex Pudding Club

39:04

members in the diplomatic service. The

39:06

D is on the license plate.

39:08

And this was used to fund this

39:11

club's scholarships. The club became an elite

39:13

within an elite. The creme de la

39:15

creme, dedicated to furthering

39:17

the aims and ideals of Devington

39:19

School. What ideals

39:21

are those? Honor. Service. patriotism.

39:25

Old-fashioned values like that. It's

39:28

still theft. The fact that they hide. Whatever

39:31

you do with it. The headmaster, who's Ekersly

39:33

Hyde, he admits that he had shown the

39:35

treasures to Daniel in the hope that he

39:37

would take after his grandfather is

39:40

inspiration to the clubs. Daniel was

39:42

a sensitive and intelligent boy, but

39:44

his father bullied him, Mrs. As

39:47

a result, Daniel turned against the school and everything

39:49

he stood for. I

39:51

thought perhaps I might succeed where his father had

39:53

failed. I decided

39:55

to reveal to Daniel the true heart and

39:57

soul of Devington School. Obviously,

40:00

Daniel revoked this idea

40:02

and he's revealed the school's secrets

40:05

to Ecker's Lee Hyde and requested

40:07

that Ludlow tidy up his mistake

40:09

to ensure confidentiality of the school's

40:12

dark history. You see this? Years

40:16

of planning went into acquiring this. Then

40:19

Anzony and Bellingham decided that they should have

40:22

it. Bellingham

40:24

was a petty thief, a

40:26

second raider. Still

40:29

of the sort, Anzony was bringing into the

40:31

club. Not up to it. Where

40:33

is Mr. Ludlow now, sir? Doing

40:36

his duty, tidying up.

40:39

Barnaby and Troy raced to Anthony Talbot's house

40:42

where they're just in time to

40:44

save him from being bashed over the head

40:46

with... And I loved this. Bashed over the

40:48

head with his enormous spoon. And

40:52

the great quote is, Ludlow's looked

40:54

at it and says, you've been

40:56

very remiss, sir. And then

40:58

pulled this huge spoon from behind his coat.

41:01

What a murder weapon. In

41:05

the next episode of Midsummer Murders

41:08

Mayhem, Ashley and I are heading

41:10

to the skies in The Flying

41:12

Club. When a body

41:14

is discovered in a reservoir, dropped

41:16

out of a plane, Barnaby and

41:19

Nelson find the world of stunt

41:21

pilots and military heroes hides many

41:23

dark secrets. Are

41:25

campaigners against the local airfield behind

41:27

Bernard King's murder or does it

41:29

link back to a tragic story from

41:32

World War Two? Inspector

41:34

Barnaby. Harry Darnley, CO here. We'll

41:37

have to lock down the airfield until further

41:39

notice. Why? We believe Mr.

41:41

King was murdered. We'll be

41:43

hearing from the actress June Whitfield,

41:46

who played Molly Darnley in The

41:48

Flying Club. Most of

41:50

the male pilots were in fighter Obama

41:52

command, but the ATA had

41:54

to deliver the planes from the

41:57

factories to the airfield. So

41:59

we women. Flyers were in much demand.

42:01

Will be joined by our in house

42:03

expert on the dead. Karma.

42:06

Valentine, you get. A

42:08

really interesting perspectives on states

42:10

job as a pathologist. From her

42:13

father people. Seem. To think that pathology

42:15

as. A career that should be

42:17

relegated Sir like is he sales pressure medicine?

42:19

And of course I see will

42:22

be rounding things off with the

42:24

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42:27

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me Mickey Chapman and nicest. Things

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you to feel the up and as

42:34

the story and to I guess in

42:36

Stockholm this has been in all see

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42:43

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42:45

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42:48

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42:50

by Sam and Dell Lease the

42:52

production team with Pam Year. And

42:55

he Abraham and we have me. So. Say.

43:03

Batter batter ready to hit a homerun

43:05

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