

Latest in a line of right-hand men for Barnaby and proud to be promoted to detective sergeant

Ever-patient and experienced, Barnaby is on hand at the centre of every murder

Barnaby’s daughter Cully, a wannabe actress. Romance has eluded her but that could change

Barnaby’s patient wife Joyce; his rock at home and occasionally involved in the action

Pathologist Dr Bullard crops up at most murder scenes and is key to Barnaby’s investigations