Barnaby ventures into the world of fine art in "The Black Book," from season 12.
The episode starts with little old lady Felicity Law (Ann Firbank) bringing a painting into an antique store run by Prideaux (Anthony Bamber) who doesn't want to look at it. When he does, you can see clearly he thinks he's got something, so he offers her 50 pounds for the frame. Oh, she's thrilled. Then she says she's going to get an estimate from Causton Gallery.
Unable to dissuade her, Prideaux keeps upping the money, to no avail. He finally has to tell her she has a Hogson - he was an 18th century painter who painted a lot of scenes from the area. At auction, it brings 400,000 pounds, to the disappointment of the head of the Hogson Society, led by Patricia Blackshow (Sarah Badel), with Joyce as a member. They were prepared to pay up to 120,000 pounds.
Felicity announces that she will take a 2000 pound trip and the rest of the money is going to Matilda Simms (Susannah Harker), the daughter of an artist, who runs an art school for truant youngsters, and whose funding has just been cut off.
Then the murders begin, and Barnaby and Jones investigate. One of Matilda's ex-students, a known troublemaker, is immediately suspected of the first murder, but what the detectives uncover are people desperate to keep secrets and a frenzied search for a black book.
Really good story, with Barnaby quite funny as Matilda teaches him about art, and Barnaby and Jones see a nude female model posing.
Very good.
The episode starts with little old lady Felicity Law (Ann Firbank) bringing a painting into an antique store run by Prideaux (Anthony Bamber) who doesn't want to look at it. When he does, you can see clearly he thinks he's got something, so he offers her 50 pounds for the frame. Oh, she's thrilled. Then she says she's going to get an estimate from Causton Gallery.
Unable to dissuade her, Prideaux keeps upping the money, to no avail. He finally has to tell her she has a Hogson - he was an 18th century painter who painted a lot of scenes from the area. At auction, it brings 400,000 pounds, to the disappointment of the head of the Hogson Society, led by Patricia Blackshow (Sarah Badel), with Joyce as a member. They were prepared to pay up to 120,000 pounds.
Felicity announces that she will take a 2000 pound trip and the rest of the money is going to Matilda Simms (Susannah Harker), the daughter of an artist, who runs an art school for truant youngsters, and whose funding has just been cut off.
Then the murders begin, and Barnaby and Jones investigate. One of Matilda's ex-students, a known troublemaker, is immediately suspected of the first murder, but what the detectives uncover are people desperate to keep secrets and a frenzied search for a black book.
Really good story, with Barnaby quite funny as Matilda teaches him about art, and Barnaby and Jones see a nude female model posing.
Very good.