Painted in Blood

what happens

Barnaby's wife, Joyce, finds a dead body on the Midsomer Florey village green while taking part in a watercolour painting class, and she recognizes it as the elderly Miss Fairfax.Barnaby is given the case, then finds himself taken off it and replaced by a team from the National Intelligence Squad, while he is assigned to deal with a missing handbag. However, he continues his investigation into the murder, finding deceit and double-dealing. It appears that 'Miss Fairfax' was not an elderly spinster at all, but a young detective sergeant from the National Intelligence Squad working under cover, and that her colleagues are busy fitting up the village handyman for the murder of an old lady who never was. He discovers that someone is busy hunting for some five million pounds still missing from an old robbery. In the closing moments, Barnaby has to lock two of the National Intelligence Squad's officers in a bank strong-room, where they are trying to snatch the missing cash, and to arrest the

who made it

directed

Sarah Hellings

written

Andrew Payne

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• Clive Merrison as Colin Hawksley
• Andrew Lancel as Simon Backley
• BBarbara Durkin as Linda Tyrell
• John Sessions as Barrett Filby
• Denise Black as Ann Carter
• Sheila Reid as Mrs. Metcalfe
• Leslie Phillips as Godfrey Teal
• Matthew Marsh as Tony Carter