Tainted Fruit
The beautiful but arrogant and spoilt daughter of the manor of the village of Midsomer Malham, Melissa Townsend, receives death threats. Drugs and syringes are discovered stolen from the local veterinary surgery of Raif & Georgina Canning, and a local district nurse, Sally, is found at the wheel of her crashed car in a confused state. Fearing for Melissa Townsend's life, Barnaby & Troy race to Malham Manor, but it is too late: they find her dead by the swimming pool.
CAST
Sally Rickworth- Claire Price
Hugo Balcombe- Benjamin Whitrow
Cherrie Balcombe- Ann Bell
Joan Farley- Ellie Haddington
Frederick Bentine-Brown- Miles Richardson
Archie Townsend- Terence Harvey
Melissa Townsend- Lucy Punch
Raif Canning- John McGlynn
Adam Keyne- Adrian Rawlins
Georgina Canning- Eleanor David
Liz Keyne- Sara Mair-Thomas
Derek- Brian Poyser
Lord Hislop- Charles Collingwood
Lady Hislop- Pamela Miles
Postman- Richard Clothier
Written by:
David Hoskins
Directed by:
Peter Smith
Produced by:
Brian True-May
| Victims | How? |
| Melissa Townsend | Deadly drugs injected with syringe. |
| Adam Keyne | Fell through sawn through beams in barn and onto plough, while trying to pick up money. |
| Ralph Kennings | Deadly drugs injected with syringe |
...and the murderer was: Georgina Canning.
"Tainted Fruit" was filmed in:
Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
Which village (fictional)?
Midsomer Malham
When?
April- May 2001
It was shown in the UK:
23rd September 2001