Midsomer Murders - The House In The Woods [DVD]

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Kate and David are at Bill's house. She tells Bill she only stayed with John because of David. But David's more troubled than ever. Kate asks if Bill is OK with David staying the weekend. Bill says it's fine and they are planning to go out on the boat. When George Meakham visits Barnaby in his office he states "there's a full moon tonight." But, when we see Anna walking on the road, a 1/2 moon is clearly shown. Kate is meeting with Liz Frances reading letters. They run a help column together..Kate reads the letter, " ' Dear Kate, I was cleaning the bedroom of my 17-year-old son, when I found a magazine hidden under his bed.' 'To my horror, the magazine is called Gay News.' 'And I don't know if I should confront him or pretend it never happened?'" Liz says, "He's 17, for God's sake. He's a man. Tell her to read the magazine herself and get a life." Eric Calder, Chairman and boss of Calder's Biscuits, is found murdered whilst on a business trip in Copenhagen. He had been poisoned with strychnine applied to a box of Calder's biscuits. It is discovered the box had been sent from the village of Badger's Drift, home to Calder's firm. The detectives team up with two female Danish police officers to investigate, where suspects and motives abound before the mystery is unravelled. Lucy Oliver, daughter to friends of George Bullard, disappears from a manor house being used by the Oblong Foundation, a New Age cult organisation. Bullard asks for Barnaby's help in finding out what happened to her. The Oblong Foundation is renting the manor house from Ruth Lambert, who inherited the house from her parents after they were killed in a boat explosion. DS Jones, who has recently returned from an undercover policing course, joins a group of Foundation inductees under an assumed identity. He becomes increasingly uncomfortable when one of the female inductees, along with Ruth herself, seem to be emotionally drawn to him. Meanwhile, Barnaby looks into the death of Ruth's parents, suspecting murder, and believing the events all to be linked. These suspicions seem to be confirmed when one of the Foundation leaders is found stabbed. When the case is finally solved, George Bullard announces his retirement.

The launch of the latest sparkling wine, which is produced by the Carnarvon Estate Winery in Midsomer Vinae, loses all its fizz when wine critic Nadia Simons gives it a very harsh review. Moments later, guests who had been sampling the vintage start collapsing. Owner William Carnarvon suspects the Farmers' Wives' Association of trying to destroy his business. Kate Wilding tells Barnaby and Nelson that the glasses had been laced with slug poison. There are many suspects and motives and the detectives set out to piece the puzzle together. The villagers of Midsomer Barton are celebrating the annual Oak Apple Week when the body of a woman is found in a stream. The return of the festival queen event, after a hiatus of eight years, seems to be a link to a series of murders. Barnaby and Jones investigate and find some familiar faces from the past. A 90-year-old feud between the male and female inhabitants of Broughton comes to a head with a Skimmington Ride event. When elderly Ms. Danvers is poisoned shortly before the event takes place, Barnaby and Jones must investigate whether her murder was related to the feud or another unknown cause. When the Rev. Anthony Gant is shot and killed whilst taking part in the traditional ride, and another murder follows, it seems likely that there are deeper secrets to uncover.

Anna, the au pair, comes downstairs. She denies a message on the answering machine. Kate goes up to say goodnight to David. She tells him not to eavesdrop. He says he heard Kate and John arguing. The residents in the village of Elverton-Cum-Latterly are about to start their rehearsals for a charity drag queen extravaganza, when Lois Springfield is found murdered. And after receiving a warning message, Malik Payne is almost run over by a car and it now seems that someone is not very happy about the charity drag queen extravaganza. At the end of the show, Evelyn Hardy is found murdered and the terminally ill Rocco Templeton collapses at the village green. It soon transpires that someone wants to start a new life at a new place. A well kept secret has been held concealed, and someone’s life has been changed forever.

At an office in Harley Street, London, someone pours gasoline over papers and the desk of an office. A match is lit. The office goes up in flames. A man's body is seen on the floor. When the body of Charlie Finleyson is found in woodland in Midsomer Sonning, Barnaby and Jones begin to scrutinize the employees at the offices of Midsomer Life magazine. It is discovered that Mr. Finleyson was married to Christine Sandys, ex-wife of Guy Sandys, the wealthy owner of the magazine. The detectives also become aware of a dispute between Guy and the owner of the Morecroft Hotel, where Christine's brother works, with tensions starting to rise between the locals and visitors from London. Shortly after being questioned, Guy is murdered in his office. Barnaby and Jones find out what led to the murder when Morecroft's alcoholic receptionist is killed in the laundry room and uncover the village's secrets from the past to catch the killer. Martin Wroath is found dead in his home in Midsomer Worthy. He had been shot with a shotgun using an elaborately rigged wire leading from his foot to the trigger. First appearances suggest suicide, but the autopsy reveals that he had been drugged. The police conclude he was murdered. The investigations lead to Dr. Jane Moore ( Isla Blair), an old friend of Tom's and a psychologist at a local mental health clinic who knew the victim. More deaths follow when one of Jane's colleagues is found hanging in the clinic grounds and the local marching band leader is strangled. Meanwhile a series of mysterious rope thefts occur around the village, and an attempt is made on Tom's life. Barnaby goes to speak to George Meakum. He isn't home so Barnaby tells his wife, "I was going to tell him that we've found the man who killed those girls in Strangler's Wood. I'll be glad if you kept it confidential for 24 hours? It was a hotel manager, name of Leonard Pike. He was a local man. Lived in the area. Leonard Pike is dead." Emily Meakum asks, "Chief Inspector, can I show you something? ( they go upstairs) After he retired, George became completely obsessed with the killings. That's why we moved here. He couldn't bear to be away." There are photographs of the girls who were killed that he stole from the police files. Emily shows Barnaby the drawer filled with ties. She says, "He used to put them on and go into the wood. Sometimes he spent the whole night there. He said he was trying to become the killer. To get into his mind. I started following him, you know. Because after that other girl was found, I even began to wonder if George..." George walks upstairs. Emily says, "It's over, George. We're selling this house and we're leaving this horrible, horrible place. It's over. We can finally go."

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