Midsomer Murders - S7E6

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The Straw Woman

Series 7, episode 6

Written by Jeff Dodds, Caroline Graham

Directed by Sarah Hellings

Originally Aired On: Sunday, 29 February 2004

The revival of a traditional festival at Midsomer Parva ends in tragedy when the curate, the Rev Alex Dakin, is burned alive inside a straw effigy of a woman. Then his gay lover the priest, the Rev Jim Hale, dies too. Amid rumours of witchcraft, some villagers blame manor owner and orgy host Alan Clifford, who has a secret of his own, some blame the teacher, Liz Francis, who restarted the straw woman tradition, and some blame the local herbalist, Kate Malpas, who has a connection to events of previous centuries in the village.

Cast

John NettlesDCI Tom Barnaby
John HopkinsSgt. Dan Scott
Image for Jane WymarkJane WymarkJoyce Barnaby
Laura HowardCully Barnaby
Barry JacksonDr Bullard
Image for Keith BarronKeith BarronAlan Clifford
Image for Maggie OMaggie O'NeillAgnes Waterhouse
Kelly HunterKate Malpas
Susannah WiseLiz Francis
Richenda CareyMargaret Hopkins
Richard CorderyDr. John Cole
Image for Jemima RooperJemima RooperJo Clifford
Daniel WeymanMatthew Cole
Jonathan HackettRev Jim Hale
Martin HerdmanJed Fox
Caroline LintottSally Middleton
Sarah McGuireDenise Jenkins
Madeleine Rakic-PlattLucy Middleton
Alex BelcourtWPC
John WarmanPoliceman