Midsomer Murders Series 13: Noble Art [DVD]

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Iris Holman drives up to Morchard Manor. Sebastian comes out of the Manor. Iris says she wants to know if Sebastian killed Giles. Sebastian says he's been wanting to ask her the same question. Libby runs up after Ken. Grace says, "They're only pretending! Your Ken will be all right." Libby says, "It's not Ken that I'm worried about. It's John." Grace says, "My John is champion of the world, love. I think he knows how to take care of himself." Libby says, "You don't know what Ken's capable of. He's got the strength of a bull when he's angry. And he's way beyond angry." Grace looks at Libby and says, "Do you mean you and my John have been....." Libby nods... "and right now, all he wants to do is rip John's head off his shoulders." ( Cheering ) The Noble Art" is somewhere in the middle as far as Season 13 goes. It is a let-down after "Master Class", which blew me away and was the best 'Midsomer Murders' episode since "The House in the Woods". However, it is infinitely better than "The Made-to-Measure Murders" and especially "Blood on the Saddle" (almost anything is better than that episode this said). On TV: " Teddy: Get him. Right uppercut. You heard the instructions from Teddy Malloy. Teddy: Box behind him!" Everyone welcomes Kinsella home with a party, thrown by Gerald Farquharson, a local magistrate. Among the guests are Giles Braithwaite, his secretary Iris, and Grace, who is the wife of Kinsella's manager Frank Bishop.

That is the irony of it. You see, Frank Bishop was so determined that his man would win that he did a bit of pre-fight tampering. Kinsella didn't know. But he was told this morning he had failed a drugs test. 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). The supporting cast are good, especially Kevin McNally. Tessa Peake-Jones played Sarah Lawton in "Faithful unto Death" (1998), and Mary Appleton in "Breaking the Chain" (2016). Tom finally gets to the bottom of the case by telling Joyce that he has purposely steered clear away from one suspect (his friend) because he just can't seem to understand why...because he doesn't want to believe it.Jones is considerably less naive than Troy or Scott, possessing an insight into cases that neither would have. Jones was born in Wales and remarks about his love for Wales when he and Tom travel there in the episode "Death and Dust". He is a Welsh Baptist, as Barnaby calls him in "A Sacred Trust" (Series 14, Episode 7), to which Jones replies "What's wrong with that? Except the teetotalism." Elizabeth Spriggs and Richard Cant appeared in the pilot episode ("The Killings at Badger's Drift"), as mother and son Iris and Dennis Rainbird; they appeared again in "Dead Letters", this time as Iris' sister Ursula Gooding and her son Alistair.

Episode six from season thirteen this Midsomer Murders mystery was directed by Richard Holthouse this isn't a bad episode I suppose but isn't that great either & feels a little routine, while The Noble Art is a solid enough crime drama murder mystery I don't think it will last too long in my memory. The script revolves around the world of boxing with various old fashioned sentimental nonsense, the usual Midsomer Murder plot details like affairs & people with financial problems also come up & in the end The Noble Art is nothing that new or groundbreaking with relatively restrained if plausible motives for murder. The character's are decent enough, there's the usual red herrings & plot points that are there to throw the viewer but never really go anywhere. Fairly unremarkable in the context of the series I suppose but The Noble Art is watchable enough & most fans of the show should like it well enough. John Lightbody is gardener Steve Hope in "Hidden Depths", in "Death and Dust", he plays the role of Jason Slater. Barnaby and Jones go to Morchard Manor. They tell Gerald about Iris Holman and her request to meet them at the statue of Tom Sayers. Frank Bishop drives up to Morchard Manor. Sebastian tells him he has a damn nerve coming there at all! Frank asks if Sebastian is going to set the dogs on him? Sebastian says. "Why give them all the pleasure?" Gerald tells Sebastian to get inside the house! Camilla tells Grace that Frank should be at the field by now- he only went to get his costume on. Grace goes to look for Frank. Camilla asks Joyce, "Do you think Frank Bishop would mind if someone else did the unveiling?" Joyce says, "The whole event was his idea. And his money paid for the statue." Camilla says, "I suppose he would be put out if somebody else took the limelight." Camilla says, "If Grace can't find him, will you do the honours? In your capacity as Queen Victoria." Grace shows up and doesn't know where Frank is, so Joyce goes to unveil the statue of Tom Sayers. The crowd cheers.

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Estate agent Olive Beauvoisin (Eileen Davies) appeared in "Death's Shadow", "Dead Man’s Eleven", and "Hidden Depths" (but was credited in that particular episode only as "Estate Agent").