This is the fifth episode based on the books by Caroline Graham which made up the first series and by far the worst.
The whole series seems to have a different feel to what we know the show as being today.
If commissioners had based their decisions on this episode alone then we wouldn't have got beyond series 1 never mind series 21.
A lesser-known cast than in previous episodes so perhaps the series budget had already been spent with most of the episode being based at one establishment.
The O. T. T. performances of previous episodes were just downright wacky here (one character spends a lot time up a tree, the others are just out of their tree!) but I do love the great humour involving Barnaby and Troy which turns into something a bit different as other writers become used in later series of the show.
Worth watching just to see how the show has evolved.
Review of Death in Disguise
