Midsomer Murders. current storyline.
Crime and Punishment.
//Dusk falls in Bleakridge, the most remote village in Midsomer, and a group of villagers walk the streets, reporting anyone who falls foul of the law. Welcome to Bleakridge Watch country. 'Code Red' sounds through their walkie talkies. One of their members, local butcher Angus Colton, is dead, lying frozen in his meat freezer...
Barnaby and Winter meet Angus' devastated sister, Maxine Lockston and her daughter Tara. They learn that Angus was investigating a recent spate of burglaries in the village, but hadn't identified the culprit. Next port of call is Ingrid Lockston, the Watch leader. She set up the Watch two years ago in honour of her brother Frank, Maxine's husband, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident. His killer was never found. Adrian Peck, Ingrid's lackey, tells the police that pub landlord Mitch McAllister hated Angus. At The Gallows, Barnaby and Winter learn from a beleaguered Mitch and his partner Lena, a mobile hairdresser, that the Watch are a total nuisance. Abuse of power is rife amongst them. Later in a dark field, an old barn is set alight...
Angus' post-mortem reveals strange restraining injuries on his wrists.....//
Very Bollywood.