MIDSOMER MURDERS
SHOT AT DAWN
MAIN CHARACTERS
Colonel Henry Hammond - Donald Sinden
Octogenarian Henry Hammond is bluff and irascible. The
son of World War One officer Duggie, Henry commanded the Midsomer
Yeomanry and is proud of his family's military credentials. He now
gets around in a smart electric wheelchair.
Johnny Hammond - Malcolm Sinclair
Johnny leads a wartime re-enactment group in Midsomer
but he lacks his father Henry's moral fibre. He hates the Hicks
family and has little interest in his wife.
Arabella Hammond - Samantha Bond
Bella is a beautiful, middle-aged woman but she tends
to live in a hazy parallel universe, thanks to a reliance on tranquilisers.
Sophie Hammond - Charlotte Lucas
Sensuous Sophie has no time for the long-standing feud
between her parents and the Hicks family. Although she stands to
inherit a trust, she has a job as a social worker.
Kate Hammond - Charlie Covell
Sophie's sister Kate is sexually-confused, wearing
men's suits, and refuses to get a job. She's always angry and needing
cash for her horses.
Lionel Hicks - George Cole
A wizened, wheelchair-bound but kindly granddad whose
father Tommy was shot at the Somme for cowardice by Duggie Hammond,
starting a 90-year family feud. He's delighted when Tommy's name is
finally added to the Midsomer war memorial.
Dave Hicks - Brian Capron
Lionel's son and mayor of Causton. Dave is a spiv, not
above using his influence on the council to further his dodgy
property deals, including building a vulgar new home.
Judy Hicks - Gemma Craven
Judy is Dave's loud and vehement wife who dresses in
dangerous heels and alarming colours. She hates the country squire
lifestyle and suspects her husband is unfaithful.
Danny Hicks - Grant Ibbs
A thuggish clone of his father, Danny is
none-too-bright and enjoys boozing. He is happy to fall in with
Dave's property scams.
Will Hicks - Tom Harper
Unlike the rest of his family, Dave's son Will is good
natured and charming. He's an artist and rather Byronic, who's always
on the edge of laughter.
Mickey Ryan - Lloyd Hutchinson
A petty thief from Belfast who drinks at the Jolly
Woodman in Midsomer Parva.
Biddy Dixon - Marcia Ashton
Elderly and daft, Biddy is the local gossip and a
close friend of Lionel's.