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Midsomer Murders Season 13 Episode 1

The Sword of Guillaume

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AIRED: 2/10/10

Tom Barnaby takes a bus trip to Brighton with a Midsomer group to investigate a a shady land deal involving the Mayor of Causton. Helping him in Brighton is his cousin DCI John Barnaby.
While in Brighton of the Midsomer group is murdered - and the murders don't stop when they return home.
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By hlm11, Mar 24, 2013

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An excellent start to the new series where Tom Barnaby finds himself hunting a killer in Brighton with the assistance of his cousin, DCI John Barnaby. Neil Dudgeon who plays John Barnaby will take over when John Nettles leaves the show.moreless

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By Lady_Lancaster, May 26, 2011

There is clearly a lot of ill feeling between the Causton Council and the Brighton Council and the Causton Council, along with some members of the local Chamber of Commerce decide to travel to Brighton on a kind of goodwill visit. There is some land in Brighton which may or may not be suitable to build dwellings on and the whole thing looks a bit seedy but Barnaby has other things to deal with when a man who is as shady as the land deals ends up decapitated in the fun house.

All that George Bullard can tell the two DCI Barnabys is that the murder weapon was a sharp blade of some kind, possibly a sword. Meanwhile, the wealthy and arrogant Lady Matilda William who is a former mayor of Causton and now on the council is unimpressed with everyone and everything to do with the connection to Brighton but, then again, she has problems of her own - a wheelchair-bound son, Richard, the last of the William family line, who was incapacitated after a mugging some twenty years earlier.

At first, the Barnaby cousins don't connect the grandiose tales Lady Matilda's late husbands ancestors with the murder, but when a second victim, the owner of the local hotel is also beheaded, John and Tom have to wonder if all the crimes are connected and if so, how and what is the motive?

I won't spoil the plot further by telling you the outcome, but I will tell you that all 'Midsomer Murders' fans must watch this one, even if it's only to get a first look at the man who will replace John Nettles as the lead character after Nettles quits the show following twelve seasons portraying Tom Barnaby. I for one will greatly miss John Nettles but I'm hoping for the sake of the show and the fans that DCI John Barnaby will be accepted and that this excellent series will continue.moreless
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John Nettles	DCI Tom Barnaby
Jason Hughes	DS Ben Jones

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Lucy Cohu	Jenny Russell	Guest Star
Rosina Carbone	Lucy Terry	Guest Star
Darren Tighe	Trent Terry	Guest Star
Jane Wymark	Joyce Barnaby	Recurring Role
Barry Jackson	Dr Bullard	Recurring Role
Kirsty Dillon	DC Gail Stephens	Recurring Role

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- Tom Barnaby: Lady Matilda, this is Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby from Brighton CID, he's the Senior Investigating Officer in this case.
  
  Lady Matilda: Oh. Are you all called Barnaby in the Police?
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- This episode introduces Neil Dudgeon who will later take over the starring role in the series.
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