13/01/2010
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John Nettles and Jason Hughes are back on the trail of mystery and mayhem in “The Creeper”, a brand new episode of top-rating ITV1 drama MIDSOMER MURDERS, from Bentley Productions.
Jenny Agutter, George Costigan, Nickolas Grace, Rik Mayall and Julian Wadham are among the guest stars joining the esteemed roll call of famous names playing murderers, victims or eccentric villagers in Midsomer.
In the new film, a burglar dubbed ‘the Creeper’ terrorises Midsomer as DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) and DS Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) investigate the murder of a dinner party guest at upper-crust Chettham Park House.
The detectives discover that a group of high society friends with links both to gangsters and Midsomer’s Chief Constable dating back to the 1960s appear to have secrets worth killing for.
Jane Wymark returns as Barnaby’s long-suffering wife Joyce, Barry Jackson is pathologist Dr Bullard and Kirsty Dillon plays DC Gail Stephens
MIDSOMER MURDERS attracts top viewing figures on ITV1 and is one of the UK’s best programming exports with sales to 230 territories from Afghanistan to Zambia.
A 13th series is currently in production, as John Nettles prepares to hand over his responsibilities to a new detective.
Producer Brian True-May says: “It’s tremendously satisfying that MIDSOMER MURDERS continues to attract such a high calibre cast who often ask to come back again as different characters.
“Luckily, they don’t seem to be put off by the gruesome murders that may be in store for them. In the 12 years that we’ve been going so far, our victims have been dispatched in many weird and bizarre ways - a hatpin, poison from a tropical frog, King Neptune’s trident, a French guillotine, a vat of soup and a slide projector to name but a few!”
“The Creeper” is written by Andrew Payne and directed by Renny Rye. The executive producer of MIDSOMER MURDERS is Brian True-May and the series is made by Bentley Productions, part of the All3Media Group, for ITV1.
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