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Midsomer Murders

Name: 9:00pm - Series 23 Episode 2
Start: 2026-03-07T21:00:00Z
End: 2026-03-07T23:00:00Z
Location: ITV3 +1 (Freeview)

Series 3 Episode 1: Death of a Stranger

DI Tom Barnaby realises that there is more to a case than first appears when the father of a young poacher, jailed for killing a tramp, is himself brutally murdered.

Category: Crime drama / Mystery
Original air date: 31/12/1999

Cast and crew

Peter CregeenDirector
John NettlesDCI Tom Barnaby
Daniel CaseySgt. Gavin Troy
Jane WymarkJoyce Barnaby
Laura HowardCully Barnaby
Richard JohnsonJames Fitzroy
Jennifer HilarySarah Fitzroy
Dominic MafhamGrahame Tranter
Diane FletcherMarcia Tranter
Sarah WinmanKate Tranter
James BolamRon Pringle
Janet DaleBetty Pringle
Jeanne HeppleLinda Wagstaff
Peter BaylissTramp
Jane WoodCathy Gurdie
Fred RidgewayBen Gurdie
Tom SmithBilly Gurdie
Jonie BroomDave Hedges
Simon McBurneyHenry Carstairs
Toby JonesDan Peterson
Patricia ValentineSandra
Arlene CockburnCharlotte
David MaybrickPoliceman
Shenagh GovanMatron
Frank MillsFred Rodale
Eve PearceLady Bracknell
Grant GillespieJack Worthing
Simon GreiffDirector

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