In the gym, Grace is practicing boxing with Teddy. Frank comes in and wants to know what Ken Tuohy was doing in the gym. Teddy tells him Ken told him he'd done a bit of boxing and wanted Teddy to have a look at him. He was nothing special. Frank says, "Just a one-off, then? Because if I thought he'd been here more than once, I'd have to start wondering what you're up to. You and this...loving wife of mine." TV: Frank Bishop, Kinsella's promoter and manager at ringside. Don King's there as well. I wonder if he'll want a piece of young John Kinsella if he can come through this. Into the ninth round of this 12-rounder. The world middleweight title.Latosa is a favourite for this one. Good body shots. Kinsella really teeing off with that left hand. Precisely what Teddy Molloy said. TV: He's going to win the title! The referee's stopping it! John Kinsella, from Midsomer Morchard! ( Cheering ) TV: And the celebrations begin! What a performance, John Kinsella! Taken in as a young boy, as an orphan, by Frank Bishop. He's there in the ring with him now, sharing the moment of glory. He's now champion of the world. In the gym, Grace and Teddy worry about what Frank knows about them. She thinks Iris Holman may have told him about them. As has been said by me a number of times, 'Midsomer Murders' is one of my most watched and most re-watched shows. It is nowhere near as good now and the Tom Barnaby-era wasn't alien to average or less episodes, but when it was on form or at its best boy was it good.

TV Commentary: Good left hand again. Rattling that jab into the face of Latosa. Good shot! Left hook! Kinsella has put Latosa down! Working off that right-hand lead. And a left hook has put Latosa on the canvas. The gumshield is out. Some of the inconsistent supporting cast could have done a better job, too, in particular Glenn Murphy as Frank and Henry Garrett as John. Much of their line delivery was so wooden I was amazed it made the director's cut.

See also

Richard Hope appeared in "Judgement Day" as Gordon Brierly, the local veterinarian, and seven years later reappeared in the episode "They Seek Him Here", this time as local actor and historian Neville Hayward. Iris goes upstairs and finds her apartment has been broken into and trashed. She calls Chief Inspector Barnaby and tells him that her flat's been broken into. She asks him to meet her at the statue of Tom Sayers. There's something she wants to show him. She hangs up the phone. Then she hears a noise. Elizabeth Spriggs and Richard Cant appeared in the pilot episode ("The Killings at Badger's Drift"), as mother and son Iris and Dennis Rainbird; they appeared again in "Dead Letters", this time as Iris' sister Ursula Gooding and her son Alistair. She held the document that legalised the wager. She was asking for money. But what she really wanted was revenge. Doctor Fleur Perkins ( Annette Badland) (series 20–present)—Dr. Kam Karimore's replacement as resident pathologist.

Samantha Bond starred in three episodes: first in "Destroying Angel" (2001) and "Shot at Dawn" (2008), and again in Neil Dudgeon's 2011 debut as lead character, the episode "Death in the Slow Lane". Little if anything in "The Noble Art" is done terribly, but it is one of those episodes that executes its components with competence but all those components have been done in previous 'Midsomer Murders' episodes better and with more impact. Competent but a bit safe and bland. Inside the Manor, Gerald and Sebastian are having a discussion. Sebastian says, "Frank Bishop? Here? It's never going to happen. I won't let it." Gerald says, "There's nothing we can do about it. It's out of our hands." Sebastian says, "We'll see about that." Sebastian walks out. Joyce tells Barnaby that she suspects Camilla may be pregnant. The smell of coffee makes her feel nauseous. Joyce adds that she'll make a lovely mum. Joyce isn't so sure about Sebastian as a father though. He is such a joyless individual. Barnaby says, "He certainly hasn't got his father's good nature, that is true." Iris says, "Oh, do you know his father?" Barnaby says, "Yes. Gerald? Of course." Iris says, "Then you have the advantage over Sebastian. He has no idea who his biological father is. It certainly isn't Gerald Farquaharson."Kevin McNally appeared as Orville Tudway in "Blood Will Out" (1999) and as Gerald Farquaharson in "The Noble Art" (2010). The Noble Art" is somewhere in the middle as far as Season 13 goes. It is a let-down after "Master Class", which blew me away and was the best 'Midsomer Murders' episode since "The House in the Woods". However, it is infinitely better than "The Made-to-Measure Murders" and especially "Blood on the Saddle" (almost anything is better than that episode this said).

Troy's relationship with Barnaby is warm, and the two make a formidable pair. Troy was promoted to Inspector and transferred to Northumbria in the first episode of the seventh series, called "The Green Man". [1] Troy makes one re-appearance in the first episode of Series 11, "Blood Wedding", to attend the wedding of Tom's daughter, Cully Barnaby (whom he once secretly kissed in the episode "Death And Dreams", which temporarily strained his relationship with Barnaby), where he met his second successor, Sgt Jones. [2] DS Dan Scott [ edit ] Kevin Doyle appeared as Ferdy Villiers in "Ghosts of Christmas Past" (2004), and again as Paddy Powell in "The Oblong Murders" (2011). Maggie Steed played Rosemary Furman in "Judgement Day" (2000), Lynne Fox in "Left for Dead" (2008), and Sylvia Mountford in "Schooled in Murder" (2013). Clare Holman played Sue Tutt in "Ring Out Your Dead" (2002), Rose Southerly in "Country Matters" (2006) and Fiona Beauvoisin in "The Miniature Murders" (2019).Preparing for the Reenactment: At Morchard Manor, Gerald greets Camilla and Grace. They are planning the Tom Sayers Reenactment World Title Fight. Grace is helping with publicity and the hiring of costumes and she's handling the charity donations. Grace says, "Can you think of anyone better to deal with my husband's tight-fistedness?" Gerald says, "Now this whole event was Frank's idea." Grace says, "That might be. But I'm telling you, it's going to take an expert to get him to part with the money we raise."

Jones says, "He got his son's wife pregnant, he gambled away his family fortune, and people like him." Barnaby says, "I certainly did." Jones says, "Yeah. He stitched you up, didn't he, sir?" Barnaby says, "Yes. Killed three people. Carried out those murders meticulously, clinically. Right under my nose. What kind of a man does that?" Jones says, "A JP! A pillar of the community." Barnaby says, "And certainly not one of us at all."

Guest Stars

Everyone welcomes Kinsella home with a party, thrown by Gerald Farquharson, a local magistrate. Among the guests are Giles Braithwaite, his secretary Iris, and Grace, who is the wife of Kinsella's manager Frank Bishop. The Fight: In Morchard Manor, a group of villagers are watching the fight of local John Kinsella at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY. Rupert Vansittart appeared in three episodes: as Selwyn Proctor in "Market for Murder" (2002), as Desmond Harcourt in "The Axeman Cometh" (2007), and as Alistair Kingslake in "The Dogleg Murders" (2009). Grace grabs Iris Holman's hand. Camilla says, "I'm not much of a boxing fan." Joyce says, "You're not alone there." Tom Barnaby says, "Not by a long shot. I'm surprised that Grace Bishop hasn't got more of a stomach for this kind of thing."