WEEKEND TV: 10 things you didn't know about... MIDSOMER MURDERS.
Byline: MARION McMULLEN1 THE murder mystery series starring John Nettles (below) returns to ITV tomorrow.
2 THE television specials are based on the novels by Nuneaton-born writer Caroline Graham.
3 MIDSOMER Murders is filmed on location in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, the Chilterns and the Home Counties.
4 IT is one of ITV's top 10 shows and regularly attracts audiences of more than 10 million. It is also a big hit in America and has been sold to 120 countries worldwide.
5 GUESTS appearing in the new series include Samantha Bond, Alan Howard, Celia Imrie, Rosemary Leach and Tony Haygarth.
6 CELIA IMRIE once played John Nettles' girlfriend in Bergerac for a year.
7 DANIEL CASEY, who plays Sergeant Gavin Troy, is a keen runner and races to raise money for leukaemia charities. He says: " I love sport and am up early jogging."
8 ROSEMARY LEACH is a murder mystery addict and fascinated by forensics. She plays a Punch and Judy professor in tomorrow's opening episode and says: "If I hadn't acted I would have loved to study pathology."
9 THE new series features the 100th murder case for DCI Tom Barnaby and his sidekick Gavin Troy.
10 JOHN NETTLES likes the part of DCI Barnaby because his character combines a domestic soul with a sharp investigative mind.
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| Title Annotation: | Features |
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| Publication: | Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) |
| Date: | Aug 25, 2001 |
| Words: | 217 |
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