Midsomer Murders (TV Series)

Death and Dust (2007)

John Nettles: DCI Tom Barnaby

Quotes 

• DS Ben Jones : I don't go there for three years, then twice in one week. I might get fond of the place. Apply for a transfer.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Oh, don't say that, Jones. Got enough on me plate without losing you.

  DS Ben Jones : That could almost have been a compliment.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Almost.

• DCI Tom Barnaby : Right, Jones. Hands out of your pockets, comb your hair, straighten your tie! We have been summoned!

• [last lines] 

  Joyce Barnaby : Supper in ten minutes.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : No, make that half an hour; Simon and I are going to the Crown for a pint. Come on, young sir.

  Cully Barnaby : [to Joyce]  Now, that is what I call a result.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : This patio may prove more expensive than I thought. Thank you.

• DCI Tom Barnaby : Mrs. Hutton, how's the rat population in your neck of the woods then?

  Dorothy Hutton : Dwindling.

• DCI Tom Barnaby : Can you tell me about the depth of your feelings for Delyth Mostyn?

  Clifford Rawnsley : Yes. I admire Delyth - I don't deny it. I desired her in a... a healthy sort of way.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Even though her husband flattened you.

  Clifford Rawnsley : That was a lucky punch. Now I just feel sorry for her. She's taken up with that ponce of a doctor. He's had more women than Casanova over there.

  [points to a large boar] 

  Clifford Rawnsley : I asked Delyth to marry me, you know. She could have had standing in the porcine community. She could have had all this!

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Well I can't imagine why she'd turn you down.

• DCI Tom Barnaby : When did you last see them?

  Huw Mostyn : Megan, six months ago. She drove up here with her new boyfriend to see if I was getting my strength back.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Why, had you been ill?

  Huw Mostyn : Yeah, I had a stroke a year ago. I'm not a crippler, but the left hand side of me still plays up. So I gave up murdering people.

• DCI Tom Barnaby : I'd like to know where you were the night Dr. Delaney was killed.

  Megan Mostyn : Here, with Jason, watching telly.

  DS Ben Jones : What were you both doing night before last, around eight o'clock?

  Jason Slater : Here, watching telly.

  DS Ben Jones : You should get out more!

• Delyth Mostyn : Chief Inspector, your investigation is upsetting people.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Yes, well, I'm sorry, Mrs. Mostyn, but murder tends to do that.