Midsomer Murders - Shot At Dawn [DVD]

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Ballroom dancer Rosa Corrigan is found murdered in her home on the night after the start of the annual ‘Paramount Dance Extravaganza’. However, the inept firing squad failed to execute Hicks so the job was left to Hammond, who shot his friend in the head with his pistol. It is Christmas and DCI Barnaby deals with an explosion and some killings near a freight company, at the same time as trying to deal with his acting CS who has very strong beliefs about teamwork. The excitement for these two events soon turns to fear when the electrocuted body of Lex Bedford is found within the water obstacle.

The villagers of Morton Fendle are up in arms when they find out that the local craft centre (a mill conversion), in which they had invested, is facing financial uncertainty. Both Barnaby and Troy soon discover that the barbiturates had been stolen in a burglary at the local vet's ( John McGlynn) surgery.Later, while volunteering to take part in a circus trick, Ashley Denton is murdered when the prop swords used in the trick are tampered with. Before long, Harriet starts remembering that night, leading to her possibly revealing who attacked her and the whereabouts of her boyfriend Finn. Apley Court, in the village of Granville Norton, is home to historic beehives that produce a well top-of-the-range ‘Apley Gold’ honey. Meanwhile, the local vicar, the Reverend Conrad Walker, is appalled at plans to revive an ancient fertility rite known as 'The Stag,' and soon afterwards is himself murdered. Tommy Hicks was found guilty of cowardice under fire and executed by a firing squad commanded by Lt.

When the annual harvest fair arrives in the village of Whitcombe Mallet, it reopens old wounds for some villagers. Barnaby and Scott soon suspect that someone is using the illusion of witchcraft to hide their true motives.DCI Barnaby and DC Jones work their way through the extended Butler family and uncover hidden secrets, illegitimate children, and elusive treasure before they catch the killer. Several skeletons are discovered in a tunnel during a canal restoration project near Midsomer Worthy. On a dark night in the village of March Magna, Joyce Barnaby swerves her car, narrowly missing a shadowy figure in the road.

When Eve Lomax, a film journalist writing a book about 1960s horror actress Stella Harris, is found dead in Midsomer Langley, it appears her neck was punctured by a vampire. Model maker Bob Moss is carrying out his daily early morning rounds of the village when he discovers the body of Richard Tanner, stabbed and tied down in a scene reminiscent of Gulliver's Travels. The case also leads them to uncover secret affairs between villagers and RAF personnel to catch the culprit responsible. Much to the disgust of Colonel Henry Hammond, Private Tommy Hicks condemned for cowardice in the conflict, has been exonerated and his name added to the local war memorial. The Bleakridge Watch is a vigilante group established by Ingrid Lockston after her brother was killed in an unsolved hit and run incident.Henry, the patriarch of the Hammond family, is particularly riled by his insalubrious neighbours, and has nurtured a long-running feud with the Hickses. A 90-year-old feud between the male and female inhabitants of Broughton comes to a head with a Skimmington Ride event. After a successful day at the races for the racehorse, Bantling Boy, it is not long before one of the horse's owners is found murdered in the horses' stables. The previous evening, he had been on a romantic date with his girlfriend Laura Sharp, who is nowhere to be found.

DCI Barnaby and DS Troy investigate the staff and the doctor alongside all the incidents at Lawnside.The lives of elderly eccentrics William and Mary Bingham come under police investigation when a social services inspector is found dead in the river, apparently from a canoeing accident. New acting Chief Superintendent John Cotton plans a team-building exercise at a Territorial Army centre run by Colonel Matt Parkes. Barnaby and Winter find themselves with many suspects and motives and work out that the answer lies in the past.