Midsomer Murders - Shot At Dawn [DVD]

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Barnaby and Winter find themselves with many suspects and motives and work out that the answer lies in the past. Barnaby and Jones look at possible motives, which seem to revolve around the disputed ownership of an area of local land.

Things take a more serious turn when the body of his elderly descendant Marcus Lowrie is found in the tomb of his ancestor, and the two detectives encounter a mysterious escaped criminal, a therapist ( Sylvestra Le Touzel) who is never quite what she seems, and a museum trustee ( James Laurenson) with a hidden past. When Eve Lomax, a film journalist writing a book about 1960s horror actress Stella Harris, is found dead in Midsomer Langley, it appears her neck was punctured by a vampire. The detectives unearth some surprises when the ownership of the priory is investigated; but the real trail leads back to a chilling event that occurred 30 years previously. Nosy village resident Iris Rainbird ( Elizabeth Spriggs), who spies on her fellow villagers from a high vantage point in her house, may be a key witness, but she and her eccentric son Dennis ( Richard Cant) soon fall victim to the killer themselves. Many villagers come under suspicion, and when two more murders echo lyrics from the same song, the detectives need to catch the person responsible.Amateur Operatic Society, The Midsomer Mummers, are busy rehearsing for their charity concert, The Pirates of Penzance, when the body of an unknown man, later identified as Vince Summersby, is found in their theatre. When Private Tommy Hicks is executed during WWI for cowardice and desertion by a firing party commanded by Lt. The many suspects include fellow members and the club's staff against a background of snobbery, gambling, illegal money lending, jealousy and extortion.

The village of Dunstan leads Barnaby and Jones to investigate the deaths of a reclusive couple, Ron and Libby Wilson. As residents of Midsomer Mallow prepare for the 'Perfect English Village' competition, local thief and lothario Peter Drinkwater ( Orlando Bloom) is stabbed with a pitchfork at the abandoned Windy Whistle Farm. Barnaby and Jones suspect that the killer is operating with an accomplice, as it seems impossible for a single person to be involved. Gregory is found dismembered in woodland where he had been foraging for mushrooms, Suzanna is killed with a shotgun and Tristan eats a meal of mushrooms that includes the deadly Destroying angel.He begins his last case in Midsomer, investigating the murder of a teenager, Simon Mayfield (played by Henry Cavill), who had been shot with a gun that he and his friends had been using the previous night.

In the village of Midsomer Worthy, council employee Martin Barrett entertains a mystery woman before being shot dead through his kitchen window. Since 2011 the lead character has been DCI John Barnaby ( Neil Dudgeon), who permanently joined the show following John Nettles' 2011 departure. Peter and Caroline Cave are house-hunting in Midsomer Newton and view a tumbledown cottage in secluded woodland.The show is based on Caroline Graham's Chief Inspector Barnaby book series, originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. As the bodies start piling up, the detectives must step back in time before things begin to make sense. Barnaby and Jones discover that Sonia had passed a letter to the vicar a few days before, but the handwriting is not hers. When two more murders take place, the detectives investigate a range of suspects and possible motives. It is Christmas and DCI Barnaby deals with an explosion and some killings near a freight company, at the same time as trying to deal with his acting CS who has very strong beliefs about teamwork.