"Small Mercies" is a marvelous episode of "Midsomer Murders," as Barnaby and Jones investigate the murder of one Richard Tanner, found dead in a model village located in Little Worthy. He's tied to the ground like Gulliver in Gulliver's Travels, and he's surrounded by some of the tiny handmade residents of the village. The man who finds him, Ben Moss, is an old man who makes the models and keeps the grounds up for the owners, Hillary and Harriet Compton.
Tanner was known as troublemaker, and what he was doing in the village when it was closed at night is another matter. He had some sort of relationship with a schoolteacher and also with Krista Palfrey, whose father runs the hotel with his girlfriend, Bernice.
As is usual with these stories, the bodies start piling up, and there's a connection to the present murders from years earlier.
Fascinating episode with a top-notch cast that includes Margaret Tyzack and Caroline Blakiston as the sisters.
The little village is amazing.