'After all, you have such a pretty face. I'm sure you'd like to keep it.'
-Tom Barnaby in 'Faithful untill Death'
Tom Barnaby is a chubby, kind Chief Inspector with the police-force of Causton in Midsomer County. Although the rural villages surrounding Causton seem idyllic, brutal murders take place in them regularly, and Barnaby and his sidekick Sergeant Gavin Troy are often called upon to solve them. Barnaby is married to Joyce Barnaby, and they have a daughter - Cully.
In the tv-series, Barnaby is played by John Nettles.