VKK Birgitte Poulsen ( Ann Eleonora Jørgensen) appears in "The Killings of Copenhagen" and "Death of the Small Coppers". Tom finally gets to the bottom of the case by telling Joyce that he has purposely steered clear away from one suspect (his friend) because he just can't seem to understand why...because he doesn't want to believe it. At the party, Grace Bishop says to Iris Holman, "Sorry for squeezing your hand like that. During the fight the other night. You must think I'm awful." Iris says, "How perceptive." Grace says, "Is that a smile? Or just your lips sliding off your teeth?" Barnaby says to Giles Braithwaite, "Gerald is very strongly identified with Midsomer Morchard, isn't he?" Joyce says, "He's the lord of the manor." Giles retorts, "Not quite." Joyce says, "He lives in the manor house." Giles says, "He's the current occupant." Barnaby says, "And it is very kind of him, is it not, to open up the place for the celebration?" Giles says, "He's a sporting man with a strong sense of occasion." Giles is not a boxing fan, but he did have an interest in this fight. Joyce says, "And your wife?" Giles says, "Iris? She's not my wife. She's my assistant." Giles walks off. Yet The Noble Art is great from the viewpoint of multi layered, people driven drama. It also features the humour and community life which I miss from the John Nettles era and which I can forgive not advancing the plot as it's enjoyable in its own right. Barnaby asks Frank "What was that about?" Frank says, "No idea. All a bit mad, aren't they, the aristocracy? All that inbreeding. You just have to accept it." Frank came to see Gerald, but says it can wait. "Wouldn't want to get in the way of some father and son bonding. Happy families, eh?" Barnaby says, "Mr Bishop. Did you know that your wife is planning to divorce you?" Frank says, "She's been planning that for years, Chief Inspector. It's what gets her out of bed in the mornings."

Doctor Kate Wilding ( Tamzin Malleson) (series 14–17)—Dr George Bullard's replacement as resident pathologist. Her confident, competent, no-nonsense approach has earned the detectives' respect. She is unmarried and is also a professor. Her parents, Giles and Laura, have appeared in one episode, "The Flying Club". [4] In the series 18 opener, "Habeas Corpus", Wilding has left Midsomer to take up a professorship in Brighton. She is briefly seen on-screen in a photo with Ben Jones, who had previously relocated to Brighton. She said that she grew up with four red setters and a Labrador. She and DS Jamie Winter develop romantic feelings towards one another. At the end of series 19 she has taken a job in Montreal. [5] Dr. Fleur Perkins [ edit ]Barnaby and Jones go to visit Grace. She tells them Frank is in bed. "Jet lag." Barnaby says, "And he's been up all night." Grace says, "Is it true he found the body?" Barnaby says, "It's true he found Mr Braithwaite. Whether Mr. Braithwaite was alive or dead at the time, we're still looking at that." Grace says, "What do you mean?" Jones asks, "Why did you ask Giles Braithwaite to come here yesterday afternoon?" Grace says, "I wanted to ask about getting a divorce. The longer I can keep it from Frank, the better. Where Frank and money is concerned, you need to get the jump on him to stand any chance of getting what you're due." Sebastian looks at Gerald and then walks out. Gerald says, "Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen, please raise your glasses to the champion of Midsomer Morchard. Now champion of the world! John Kinsella!" ( Cheering ) The Fight: In Morchard Manor, a group of villagers are watching the fight of local John Kinsella at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY.

DS Ben Jones goes to the Midsomer Orchard Turf Accountants and cashes in his wager. Ben says, "You must be the only shopfront in Causton without a message of congratulations for John Kinsella." The attendant says, "I'm doing my bit for Kinsella. Really. Every time some part-time punter like you comes in, they collect the winnings from his fight. Don't suppose you'd like to reinvest any of this?" Jones says, "Nope. Didn't think so. My family thinks gambling is like giving money to the devil. No offense." Jones is considerably less naive than Troy or Scott, possessing an insight into cases that neither would have. Jones was born in Wales and remarks about his love for Wales when he and Tom travel there in the episode "Death and Dust". He is a Welsh Baptist, as Barnaby calls him in "A Sacred Trust" (Series 14, Episode 7), to which Jones replies "What's wrong with that? Except the teetotalism." TV Commentary: Good left hand again. Rattling that jab into the face of Latosa. Good shot! Left hook! Kinsella has put Latosa down! Working off that right-hand lead. And a left hook has put Latosa on the canvas. The gumshield is out.Frank Bishop drives up to Morchard Manor. Sebastian tells him he has a damn nerve coming there at all! Frank asks if Sebastian is going to set the dogs on him? Sebastian says. "Why give them all the pleasure?" Gerald tells Sebastian to get inside the house! Outside Sebastian runs into Giles. "I've been looking everywhere for you!" Giles says, "Not now, Sebastian. We're leaving." Sebastian says, "I don't think so." Detective Sergeant (later Inspector) Gavin Troy ( Daniel Casey) (main: series 1–7; guest: series 11)—DCI Barnaby's first assistant. Troy is bright and ambitious. Early in the series, Troy is also known for his careless driving, causing a number of near-accidents. He is less enlightened than his boss who, in the first episode, tells Troy that he is “as politically correct as a Nuremberg Rally.” For example, Troy is uncomfortable with gay people (he calls them “ass bandits”) and the elderly, whom he calls "wrinklies". Teddy tells Grace that he's glad Frank fired him. Teddy says, "I'm finally free of him. We can be together now." Grace says, "You know I can't leave John. He's like a son to me." Teddy says, "And me! He'll come with us. That was always the plan." Grace says, "Teddy, the plan was to get him out of his contract. And unless that happens, we're going nowhere. Not while Frank's still around." As has been said by me a number of times, 'Midsomer Murders' is one of my most watched and most re-watched shows. It is nowhere near as good now and the Tom Barnaby-era wasn't alien to average or less episodes, but when it was on form or at its best boy was it good.