Midsomer is killing it
Daily Mirror UK|May 27, 2023
Actor Neil celebrates 50 episodes and 12 years as death-solving detective
MARK JEFFERIES
Midsomer is killing it

WHEN he replaced John Nettles on screen as the lead detective in 2011, fans worried the writing could be on the wall for Midsomer Murders.

But more than a decade later Neil Dudgeon is still solving crime in what must be the most death-ridden collection of villages in the world.

Neil has played DCI John Barnaby for 12 years and will celebrate his 50th episode as lead detective tomorrow.

He reflects: "Nobody in their right mind as an actor would think: I'm taking a job here for the next few months and it'll last for 12 years or something'.

"They came along and said, 'ITV have commissioned four with you... I thought four gives you a bit of time to play your way in. And they upped it to eight before we started shooting.

I thought: 'Oh, well, this is great. We've got eight and that'll be a lot of fun. I've got a job for a bit'.

This story is from the May 27, 2023 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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