Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
Tainted Fruit (2001)
John Nettles: DCI Tom Barnaby
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Quotes
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DCI Tom Barnaby : Wouldn't be a bad spot, though, would it, for a secret tryst? All that straw.
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Hmm.
DCI Tom Barnaby : What?
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Personally, I think straw is a bit overrated, sir.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Why?
Sergeant Gavin Troy : It's prickly.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : When we were with you last, you gave the impression that your daughter may have had a few enemies.
Archie Townsend : There are a lot of people who would say that she left the world a worse place than when she came into it, but she was my daughter.
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Sergeant Gavin Troy : [about Cherrie] There's no way she could be protecting Joan?
DCI Tom Barnaby : What, like some sort of Women's Institute Mafia?
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DCI Tom Barnaby : Troy, if you're going to drive innocent members of the public off the road, try not to pick on influential multi-millionaires, will you?
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Sally Rickworth : What was all that about you looking in my bag? You lied.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Well, she was trying to frame you.
Sally Rickworth : It's anything goes, isn't it?
DCI Tom Barnaby : I'm sorry you had to hear about it so, ah, so bluntly.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : And how did Joan Farley take it, ah, Neil's death?
Cherrie Balcombe : Joan would never send threatening notes. She's a member of the Women's Institute.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : Medlar jelly. Medlar...
Joyce Barnaby : What is it?
DCI Tom Barnaby : Someone described their friend as 'the meddler'. I wonder if she meant; one who meddles or the fruit?
Joyce Barnaby : There are quite a few trees over Malham way; in the bigger gardens. Quite popular locally.
DCI Tom Barnaby : [reading aloud] 'Medlars spread on straw ripen by their own corruption.'
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[last lines]
Joyce Barnaby : Medlar jelly.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Mm?
Joyce Barnaby : Try some. Go on.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Hm. That's very nice. Perhaps you should, uh, save it for special occasions.
Joyce Barnaby : Well, that's really not necessary. We've got two dozen jars. Just tuck in.
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Sergeant Gavin Troy : So how old's this Melissa Townsend, then?
DCI Tom Barnaby : Twenty-two.
Sergeant Gavin Troy : A bit young, isn't it?
DCI Tom Barnaby : Her father wanted her to get used to the responsibilities of property ownership early on. Seems she didn't do much in the way of majors.
Sergeant Gavin Troy : She passed the first landlord's exam, then.
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Sergeant Gavin Troy : You know them?
DCI Tom Barnaby : Yeah. Cherrie's a legendary jam maker. He's an ex-botanist. He was a great explorer in his time. They're both bats, of course. But she does do a very good tea.