Err..

She isn't, except in repeats at the moment.

She can do what she likes, she doesn't need my permission. How she's perceived, is down to the individual viewer.

You're welcome to your own opinions.

Is this the second time there has been a murderous vicar in Midsommer Murders??

Richard Briers played one way back in '99

Classic episode "death's shadow"

I thought it was always the vicar?

(Lewis is finished for ever, btw. **sobs**)

3rd I think there was another one where a mad vicar wanted to baptise a child to end some kind of historical curse.

"Second sight"

Yes, I knew straight away it would be one of the vicars. It seems common now in these detective series for the vicar to be the villain. Is it part of an anti Christian ethos amongst todays producers.? Why don't they dare have a villainous Rabbi or Immam.?

Yes, Christians in general and Vicars in particular seem usually to be portrayed in a bad light.

Luckily there is Father Brown on BBC as an antidote.

Not according to Laurence Fox it isn't

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n7gp6

4mins 40secs or so in

Well, that's amazingly good news to cheer up a dreary, wet afternoon.

Thanks for posting that, Verence.

You're very welcome

TBH if it were any programme other than MM I'd agree that there was some kind of agenda, like the "Floods" in this weeks episode but I really think that its just not that kind of show.

Anyway MM is set in rural England and there aren't that many rabbis and imans about in those areas

Good question! I mean, it's not as if they really include any 'good Christians' in the plot to balance it out, so it does seem a bit tasteless. It was fine for the memorable climactic scene in "Death's Shadow", but they shouldn't really play the 'evil vicar/priest' card too often because it does end up feeling like there's an anti-Christian sentiment. It's not helped at all by the greedy female vicar (can't remember her name) or the fact that the vicar baddie was shown up by an atheist (John Barnaby). Even Nelson made a crack about Churches giving him the creeps when they first walked in there. We could do with a bit more variety of opinion from the characters.


I see your point, but they've been bringing in people of more diverse ethnicities for the last couple of series', so we could see people of other faiths, both villainous and non-villainous.

But anyway, the point is that Christianity could do with a slightly better representation on the show.

She's been in LOADS of things! Before Lewis and since Lewis.

Though when I saw her in New Tricks once it took a few scenes for me to ignore the fact she was Robbie's boss!

Lovely to see Roy Hudd again. He's looking well, and he's lost weight!

What an improvment this series has been. a really good one tonight. loved the twist ending

Yes I intrigued as to how they did that

I thought this week's episode was very good. The scripts and plots seem to have gone up a notch this series.

I think Neil Dudgeon is excellent as the current Barnaby, now he has settled in, and the new sidekick is just right.

I still love Sykes best, though (and I don't even like dogs!)

Pleased that I managed to correctly guess the murderer's identity again! Though as with the episode we had in early January, there were moments that made me hesitate.

Mild spoiler (sort of) for next week's episode:

Wonder if Jones will briefly appear in the 100th episode, like Daniel Casey did in the 50th. Mind you, we'd probably know by now if he was coming back.

I love Sykes too - my dog went bonkers when he squeaked his cuddly toy!

Really enjoyed last night's episode. The new partnership is shaping up well and I've always liked Neil Dudgeon.

I enjoyed last night's episode too.

I think she took maternity in real life when they filmed this one so we wont see her at all. but she will have the baby in the 100th but she had already given birth in real life at this time

Me too... I thought the twist was great too. I didn't guess the killer but really enjoyed the episode.