Midsomer Murders

Look! Bubbles!

Okay!

It's almost time for our light show.

So make sure you're ready to take photos

of your little stars.

Whee! Whee!

Come on, mum and dad, you can get them!

What about you? Can you get them?

Here goes the bubbles!

Always your favorite, wasn't it?

Never mind.

It'll be here anytime you want to come and see it.

Oh! Sorry!

Hello?

If you'd like to take a seat.

On behalf of my fellow trustees,

welcome to the Midsomer Museum of the Family.

This is one of the county's

most notable collections of dolls' houses,

and we're delighted to be adding it to our existing display.

So please welcome our generous new sponsor,

Alexander Beauvoisin.

Thank you, everyone. Thank you.

Yes.

Thank you.

I'm honored to be here.

Now, you might be thinking,

he doesn't look much like a dolls' house aficionado.

You'd be right!

But what I do know about is family.

These incredible miniatures were actually collected

by my great-aunt Olive,

the founder of the Beauvoisin Estates.

She taught me to value family above everything else.

Homes are the lifeblood of any community.

They're the place we raise our children.

They're the place we make memories.

They're the place we feel safe.

And that's why it's so fitting that Beauvoisin Estates

be making this donation.

And I honestly couldn't be...

Don't worry. They're both safe.

I spoke to Sarah. Can we go in yet?

Yeah, firearms have just given the all-clear.

We've got 60 people, including 15 children.

Everyone we could find has been searched.

- But no weapon? - Not yet.

They've either fled or hidden the gun.

And no one saw the shooter?

No one actually saw the gun go off,

but everyone's talking about a man giving the victim

a slow handclap from the back of the room beforehand.

- He's disappeared. - See if CCTV picked him up.

We need to know who he is and where he is.

Daddy!

- You're okay? - Yeah, we're fine, really.

None of us even realized.

We didn't hear a thing, did we?

Yeah, we just carried on with the class.

We'll need your register.

We'll process young families first.

- Silencer? - Could be.

What do we know about the victim?

Alexander Beauvoisin, 52. He was a local estate agent.

He'd just donated a collection of dolls' houses

to the museum, apparently.

That's his girlfriend, Holly Ackroyd.

She tried to give him first aid.

Don't you start.

I know. Just initial findings.

He's dead. Shot at fairly close range.

I'd say you're looking for a large-caliber firearm.

.45 or bigger.

Whoever tried to help him had the sense to recognize

that air was getting into the chest cavity.

They improvised a seal.

They did a decent job on packing the exit wound too.

Anything else you can tell me?

Don't move house the weekend you're on call.

Didn't know you were moving.

Desperately needed more space.

What for?

My many and varied interests.

He was shot in front of a room full of people,

but nobody saw the gun go off.

See if that door will open.

Here we are.

Caught in his clothes.

It feels very light for a bullet this size.

It's made of wood.

I've never seen anything like it.

Sir?

This house hinges at the back. It's been left open.

And the frame's been blown out.

And the chest of drawers is singed.

I think we know where they took their shot.

Excuse me.

Sorry, it's the list you asked for.

And do be careful.

Some of those pieces are extremely valuable!

I'm sure they won't do any damage.

Maxine Dobson. I'm in charge of exhibits here.

It's because they're toys, you see?

People fail to show the necessary respect.

I'm D.C.I. Barnaby. This is, uh, D.S. Winter.

He will ensure that every care is taken.

Was there anything controversial about the event today?

Any reason to target Alexander?

It was a little ironic, I suppose.

Dolls' houses donated by the landlord from hell.

There were issues with his tenants?

I'd say.

He had dozens of houses, but not so keen on maintaining them.

A girl died thanks to a dodgy boiler.

It was in the paper.

She was a student, I think.

They've been organizing protests against him ever since.

Did you see a man give Alexander

a slow handclap before the shooting?

No.

But they were all talking about it downstairs.

I nipped outside for a drink as soon as I'd finished my bit.

Came back in when I heard the screaming.

I want to see the toy-shop mouse.

I know, darling, but not today.

Toy-shop mouse!

Sorry, she's always been obsessed with the, uh,

little toy shop you have here.

You like to spot the mouse in the basement, don't you?

- I like him too. - He's cute!

That's why most of our exhibits must stay behind glass.

Come on.

This is her. Lara Wokoma.

Died in her student flat three years ago

of carbon monoxide poisoning linked to a faulty boiler.

Find out where her family are.

And we need to know who's behind those student protests as well.

Holly Ackroyd? D.C.I. Barnaby, D.S. Winter.

I'm very sorry for what you've been through today.

We just have to ask you a few questions,

and then there'll be a car ready to take you home.

Okay.

I don't know what I can tell you, though.

I was out here when it happened.

Well, when I got back in, I tried to...

I used my shirt, but there was just so much blood.

You did everything you could.

You must have first aid training?

Oh, years ago, yeah.

When I was a holiday rep.

Can you think of anyone that'd want to hurt Alexander?

Business associates? Someone from his past?

Not that I can think of.

The thing is, I don't actually know that much about him.

It wasn't that kind of relationship.

What do you mean?

We were having fun. Nice restaurants, shopping.

Don't get me wrong, I liked him,

but we weren't in love or anything.

You need to speak to Fiona.

- Fiona? - His wife.

Oh. Right.

Oh, no, it was nothing like that.

They were already separated and stuff.

I got a sales job with him in March,

and it... it kind of went from there.

And how were things with his wife?

Oh, they were fighting over the house.

I stayed well out of it.

But she was in the car park with me when he was killed.

Kept giving me dirty looks.

So when she left, I went to have it out with her.

Did Alexander know anyone else here?

The woman in the bird costume gave him a hug.

Jemima.

They used to work together or something?

Has anything else happened recently?

- Anything unusual? - Not really.

Except there was this thing this morning,

with the guys who came to move the dolls' houses.

One of them, the older guy, he totally lost it.

As in actually throwing things.

I told Alex to sort it out,

but he refused to even go downstairs.

I think he was afraid.

She seems genuine enough.

Assuming the wife backs up her alibi.

She was lying about that first aid training.

I don't know what 18-to-30s holiday reps

are expected to do these days,

but I doubt it includes the treatment of gunshot wounds.

Look into that removals firm.

And find out if she's ever held a firearms certificate.

I'm going to speak to Buddy Bird.

This is last Christmas. Work party.

That was his tipsy face.

- You were close? - Oh, yes.

Yes, I ran his sales team for a decade

before I did this full-time.

Were you working for him when a young woman died