Midsomer Murders — S06E01 — A Talent for Life

2003 · 99 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 785 VOTES · DIR. Sarah Hellings

Midsomer Murders — S06E01 — A Talent for Life poster

Overview

Accusations of unsportsmanlike conduct on the river are bedevilling the Midsomer game fishermen, and Barnaby has to interview elegant widow Isobel Hewitt, a spendthrift, fast-living, Jaguar-driving 75-year-old, when another lady fly-fisher accuses her of a violent assault. Then first Isobel and later her fellow villager Dr Duncan Goff are found on the river-bank with their skulls smashed in, and there is no shortage of suspects - including an antique dealer who apparently specializes in befriending elderly widows. The picture is confused when one of the suspects, chef-restaurateur Keith Scholey, is found frozen to death in his walk-in deep freeze, with the lock of the door jammed by a nail. Troy has a theory that Scholey was the killer and has made his suicide look like murder, but will that be the end of the affair?

Dialogue Timeline — 1,270 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:29 DRINKERS LAUGH AND CHAT
00:05:17 We're not a bottomless pit.
00:09:31 Yes, I'll come with you.
00:14:01 Isobel Hewitt? You won't catch her at home.
00:18:51 Leo?
00:23:07 I saw one a couple of weeks ago across the meadows.
00:26:54 Men ran around after her and she did nothing in return.
00:30:51 There's Margaret Seagrove who fell out with Isobel.
00:34:06 That's all it was.
00:37:35 I'm staying at the pub.
00:41:13 Mrs Goff, we've learned that Mr Keith Scholey came round here
00:46:50 We thought we'd keep the service simple.
00:51:56 I hope so. Still got a few more promised.
00:54:50 He was obviously very close to Isobel.
00:58:23 the night before she was killed.
01:03:26 Leo, what did you mean yesterday when you said
01:07:40 What if Isobel and Duncan had surprised him on the river?
01:11:51 then once the door was shut
01:17:06 Leo Bantock appears again.
01:21:01 There was no signal.
01:24:15 Mrs Scholey?
01:28:51 that she was worried about the timings on her husband's alibi.
01:32:01 When you thought
01:38:13 Closed Captions by CSI

Cast & Characters

John Nettles DCI Tom Barnaby
Jane Wymark Joyce Barnaby
Daniel Casey Sgt Gavin Troy
Laura Howard Cully Barnaby
Barry Jackson Dr. George Bullard Jeff Rawle Derrick Seagrove
Will Knightley Andrew Turner
Peter Cellier Peregrine Slade Amanda Root Ruth Scholey James Hazeldine Leo Bantock Honor Blackman Isobel Hewitt
Philip Franks Quentin Roka
Jonathan Cullen Melrose Plunkett
Suzanne Burden Rebecca Plunkett
Susan Wooldridge Margaret Seagrove Jane Downs Dixie Goff
John Warnaby Keith Scholey
Eileen Page Beatrice
Richard Durden Duncan Goff
Alison Rose Angela Goff
Roger Swaine Costumer
Sidney Livingstone Barman Ian Peck James Tapsell
Malcolm Raeburn Steve
Robert Putt Oyster Man
June Barrie Gwen Dobson

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,270
Dialogue density12.8 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line01:38:13

Production Record

DirectorSarah Hellings
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes785

Factoids

Episode

Midsomer Murders, season 6, episode 1: A Talent for Life.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/764/season/6/episode/1
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