Midsomer Murders: Orchis Fatalis

Series 8, episode 3

Directed by
Pete Smith

Originally Aired On: Sunday, 09 January 2005

Barnaby and Scott enter the world of botany to search for the killer of a retired teacher found dead shortly after smuggling a rare orchid out of Borneo. The discovery of two more bodies makes the detectives realise the murderer will stop at nothing to get hold of the coveted plant, and it seems the key to the mystery may lie in a Latin notebook. John Nettles and John Hopkins star

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
Marty Cruikshank...Madeline Villiers
Sai-Kit Yung...Jimmy Fong
Image for Harriet WalterHarriet Walter...Margaret Winstanley
Richard Attlee...Henry Plummer
Amanda Harris...Deborah Plummer
John Nettleton...Munro Hilliard
Helen Ryan...Mrs. Hilliard
Richard Simpson...Feather
Geoffrey Streatfield...Jonathan Makepeace
Matt Bardock...Harry Rose
Geoffrey Chater...Brother Robert
Anthony Smee...Cap. Tucker
Victoria Lennox...Mrs. Maitland
Timothy Bateson...Mr. Jocelyn
Chooi Beh...Weng Tu Ho
Brian True-May
Mo Zinal...Boy
Pete Smith
Terry Hodgkinson