Someone puts Barnaby in the frame in the murders of two rival photographers and is ordered to stay home on virtual house arrest.Someone puts Barnaby in the frame in the murders of two rival photographers and is ordered to stay home on virtual house arrest.Someone puts Barnaby in the frame in the murders of two rival photographers and is ordered to stay home on virtual house arrest.
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François Domange
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- TriviaHere's the inside joke about the real-life scandal that backgrounds "Picture of Innocence": Liza Goddard (who plays Marion Bell) successfully sued a national British newspaper which printed a story alleging (untruthfully) that she and John Nettles were having an affair because their characters Jim Bergerac and Philippa Vale in Bergerac (1981) were romantically linked.
- GoofsMadrigal's old-fashioned photographic business and the digital camera shop 'Quikpix' are supposed to be in two different villages, Luxton Deeping and Midsomer Market respectively. But when Madrigal is taking one of his daily photos outside his shop (at 37 mins 20 seconds), Quikpix is visible on the corner behind him.
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Sonia Madrigal: Men... useless articles!
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Not one of the best 'Midsomer Murders' episodes
As has been said by me a number of times, 'Midsomer Murders' is one of my most watched and most re-watched shows. It is nowhere near as good now and the Tom Barnaby-era wasn't alien to average or less episodes, but when it was on form or at its best boy was it good.
Love 'Midsomer Murders', but every now and then in the Tom Barnaby-era there were misfires or episodes that didn't do it for me. "Picture of Innocence" is one such episode, and one of the weaker episodes of Season 10, which was fairly solid before "Picture of Innocence", "The Animal Within" being particularly good and "The Axeman Cometh" being the most problematic but still decent enough.
Granted, "Picture of Innocence" is not one of the show's worst, far from it. Before it, "Second Sight", "The Electric Vendetta", "The Straw Woman" and "Midsomer Rhapsody" were worse, and there has also been far worse since. It was just one example of a decent idea that was clumsily executed.
Starting with what "Picture of Innocence" does right, the production values as always are just great, the idyllic look of it contrasting very well with the story's grimness, and quaint and atmospheric photography. The music fits perfectly, with some lush jauntiness and sometimes an ominous quality, and the theme tune one of the most memorable and instantly recognisable of the genre.
There are some thoughtful and humorous moments in the script and the supporting characters are entertaining enough. Some of the more light-hearted tone is fun.
John Nettles and Jason Hughes are both superb, individually and together (their chemistry, and the chemistry with Daniel Casey and John Hopkins before Hughes, being a huge part of their episodes' charm). Can't fault the supporting cast either.
On the other hand, the story while not dull was just too contrived, the case having too many coincidences and worn out clichés that have been done much better and not enough red herrings, clues and twists and turns, and the light-heartedness did get too much in places, felt clumsy and silly and clashed with the serious subject. Just for the record, there was no trouble understanding what the episode was trying to do, that was pretty obvious, it's just that it didn't click with me. And this is true for the other reviewers almost certainly that didn't care for it.
Whoever is responsible for the crimes is too obvious, being strongly suspected early on, and the final solution underwhelms due to the far-fetched motives, the obviousness of who's responsible and the all too coincidental way it was solved.
On the whole, not a terrible episode but didn't click with me. 5/10 Bethany Cox
Love 'Midsomer Murders', but every now and then in the Tom Barnaby-era there were misfires or episodes that didn't do it for me. "Picture of Innocence" is one such episode, and one of the weaker episodes of Season 10, which was fairly solid before "Picture of Innocence", "The Animal Within" being particularly good and "The Axeman Cometh" being the most problematic but still decent enough.
Granted, "Picture of Innocence" is not one of the show's worst, far from it. Before it, "Second Sight", "The Electric Vendetta", "The Straw Woman" and "Midsomer Rhapsody" were worse, and there has also been far worse since. It was just one example of a decent idea that was clumsily executed.
Starting with what "Picture of Innocence" does right, the production values as always are just great, the idyllic look of it contrasting very well with the story's grimness, and quaint and atmospheric photography. The music fits perfectly, with some lush jauntiness and sometimes an ominous quality, and the theme tune one of the most memorable and instantly recognisable of the genre.
There are some thoughtful and humorous moments in the script and the supporting characters are entertaining enough. Some of the more light-hearted tone is fun.
John Nettles and Jason Hughes are both superb, individually and together (their chemistry, and the chemistry with Daniel Casey and John Hopkins before Hughes, being a huge part of their episodes' charm). Can't fault the supporting cast either.
On the other hand, the story while not dull was just too contrived, the case having too many coincidences and worn out clichés that have been done much better and not enough red herrings, clues and twists and turns, and the light-heartedness did get too much in places, felt clumsy and silly and clashed with the serious subject. Just for the record, there was no trouble understanding what the episode was trying to do, that was pretty obvious, it's just that it didn't click with me. And this is true for the other reviewers almost certainly that didn't care for it.
Whoever is responsible for the crimes is too obvious, being strongly suspected early on, and the final solution underwhelms due to the far-fetched motives, the obviousness of who's responsible and the all too coincidental way it was solved.
On the whole, not a terrible episode but didn't click with me. 5/10 Bethany Cox
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- Feb 11, 2017
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- Jordans of Thame, Market Square, Thame, Oxfordshire, England, UK(Headley Madrigal's photographic shop)
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 4:3
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