I was fairly bored with this episode, which introduces Neil Dudgeon as Barnaby's replacement, his cousin John.
The show begins with two schoolgirls finding a body on the grounds of a private school. It then skips to 45 years later, when a classic car competition is taking place on the grounds of the same school, run by Harriett Wingate.
Jones is busy restoring a vintage car owned by racer Duncan Palmer, the man whose body was found 45 years ago. The competition will be a fierce one, judged by Peter Fossett, Palmer's old teammate. One of the entrants is his own daughter Katie, who is there under protest by her ex-husband Jamie. He is on the board with Harriett, and in love with her daughter Jessica.
Kate wants to win badly and tries to bribe another judge, a radio D.J. named Doggy Day. Doggy Day is murdered while working on her car.
Later another man meets the same fate.
In comes Barnaby to try to sort things out. He discovers all sorts of things, some from the past, including illegitimacy and drug dealing.
Well, this Barnaby has nothing on the old Barnaby. There is something incredibly appealing about John Nettles. I always found him terribly attractive as Barnaby, sharp, with a good sense of humor and authority. Neil Dudgeon's John Barnaby is a know-it-all, somewhat snobby and pompous. Maybe he'll change. I hope so. He's almost as dull as this episode.
The show begins with two schoolgirls finding a body on the grounds of a private school. It then skips to 45 years later, when a classic car competition is taking place on the grounds of the same school, run by Harriett Wingate.
Jones is busy restoring a vintage car owned by racer Duncan Palmer, the man whose body was found 45 years ago. The competition will be a fierce one, judged by Peter Fossett, Palmer's old teammate. One of the entrants is his own daughter Katie, who is there under protest by her ex-husband Jamie. He is on the board with Harriett, and in love with her daughter Jessica.
Kate wants to win badly and tries to bribe another judge, a radio D.J. named Doggy Day. Doggy Day is murdered while working on her car.
Later another man meets the same fate.
In comes Barnaby to try to sort things out. He discovers all sorts of things, some from the past, including illegitimacy and drug dealing.
Well, this Barnaby has nothing on the old Barnaby. There is something incredibly appealing about John Nettles. I always found him terribly attractive as Barnaby, sharp, with a good sense of humor and authority. Neil Dudgeon's John Barnaby is a know-it-all, somewhat snobby and pompous. Maybe he'll change. I hope so. He's almost as dull as this episode.