Midsomer Murders: Ghosts of Christmas Past

Series 7, episode 7

Directed by
Renny Rye

Originally Aired On: Saturday, 25 December 2004

It is Christmas and the troubled Villiers family gets together nine years after the death of eldest son Ferdy, a magician. A riddle in a cracker predicts that two people will die before midnight on Boxing Day, then the frail Lydia Villiers is hospitalised after a fall. As Barnaby abandons his Christmas lunch with the in-laws to investigate, it seems as though ghosts from the past and cunning sleight of hand are haunting the household.

Cast

John Nettles...DCI Tom Barnaby
John Willie Hopkins...Sgt. Dan Scott
Image for Jane WymarkJane Wymark...Joyce Barnaby
Laura Howard...Cully Barnaby
Barry Jackson...Dr Bullard
Haydn Gwynne...Jennifer Carter
Margery Mason...Lydia Villiers
Image for Bruce AlexanderBruce Alexander...Dominic Jones
Mel Martin...Kate Frears
Philip Quast...Ross Villiers
William Chubb...Digby Frears
Alice Patten...Emily Hide
Dominic Colenso...Aidan Carter
Rory Copus...Howard Frears
Lydia Leonard...Phoebe Frears
Kevin Doyle...Ferdy Villiers
Claire Carrie...Clare English
Daphne Oxenford...Muriel
John Burgess...Douglas
Bryan Matheson...Vicar
Harry Gostelow...Doctor
Charles Millham...Det.
Christopher Sutton...Aidan Aged 11
Gemma Martin...Phoebe Aged 12
Luke Foster...Howard Aged 4
Tim Treloar...Drinker in Pub
Laura Jeffree...Girl