Midsomer Murders

An actor in a local theatre group is tricked into killing himself on stage

The rural bliss of Ferne Basset is rudely shattered by the discovery of an elderly resident's body in the river. When Barnaby and Troy descend on the village to ferret out the culprit, they get caught up in simmering backstage rivalries at a local amateur dramatics group that Joyce has recently joined - and the situation grows more sinister when one of the actors is tricked into killing himself in the middle of a performance