News about Neil Dudgeon

In contrast to so many TV coppers, Barnaby enjoys a happy marriage (to Sarah, played by Fiona Dolman, left) and is untroubled by personal demons. Pictured right: Neil Hendrix and Neil Dudgeon as DS Winter and Barnaby in Midsomer Murders.

Midsomer Murders is one of Britain's best-loved television shows, regularly pulling in millions of viewers thanks to its bucolic scenes of rural life alongside a notoriously high body count. But now ITV is slapping content warnings on the long-running series to ensure viewers are fully aware that the 'Murders' being carried out are not of the gentle sort, and that episodes may contain 'violence' and even 'crime scene images'. Stars of the show are among those who have ridiculed the move, pointing out that the name of the drama, which has been on air since 1997, and the titles of individual episodes, make it clear what will happen.

Holly Willoughby's life in the last few months has been a bit of drama. Fortunately, the most recent scenes were entirely fictional. On Sunday, the ITV presenter celebrated her acting debut - a performance in her favorite film, Midsomer Murders. In the psychic-themed episode of the ITV crime drama, she appeared alongside Neil Dudgeon as DCI John Barnaby.

Geoff Metcalfe, the cruel murderer, was played before being fatally murdered. However, Coronation Street actor Ian Bartholomew appeared far removed from his soap alter ego when he made a surprise appearance in Midsomer Murders on Sunday. For his role as the father of a teenage girl named Tilly, the actor, 69, sported a bushy grey beard.