jane wymark played tom barnaby's wife in midsomer murders.
jane wymark played tom barnaby's wife in midsomer murders.
who played tom barnaby's wife in midsomer murders?
jane wymark
joyce barnaby (jane wymark) (series 1–13)—dci tom barnaby's long-suffering wife. she is tolerant of her husband, despite his being a workaholic who spent their honeymoon solving the case of the "pimlico poisoner", which suggests that they met in london. joyce is an easy-going and friendly woman who likes to be involved in community activities. she has long possessed a desire to move out of their causton home and into one of the picturesque midsomer villages—only to be put off by the grisly murders that occur there. she's known to her family as an experimental, but not always successful, cook. thus, tom is often seen taking advantage of every opportunity to dine out. she married tom in 1973 and their only child, cully, was born five years later in 1978. her parents are called muriel and douglas.
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detective sergeant (later inspector) (previously police and detective constable) benjamin "ben" jones (jason hughes) (main: series 9–15; guest: series 19)—jones is tom barnaby's third junior as well as being the only one to serve opposite both of the barnaby cousins. unlike troy and scott, who first appeared on the series as plain-clothed detective sergeants, jones was a uniformed police constable when he was first introduced. jones was first appointed as a detective constable, as well as barnaby's second-in-command (after assisting barnaby during sgt scott's absence), and promoted to detective sergeant by the end of his first series. jones is considerably less naive than troy or scott, possessing an insight into cases that neither would have. jones was born in wales and remarks about his love for wales when he and tom travel there in the episode "death and dust". he used to be a freemason, as revealed in "king's crystal". in the episode "death in chorus", jones exhibits a remarkable vocal talent and is recruited to sing tenor in the midsomer worthy choir. in "death in the slow lane", it is revealed that jones was interested in replacing tom barnaby upon his retirement and was a little put out by his cousin, john barnaby, being transferred to the position instead. in reality, he could not have been given the post because it would have required him to bypass the rank of inspector. in "murder of innocence", it is revealed that jones is in a relationship with firefighter susie bellingham. in the series 16 opener, "the christmas haunting", it is revealed that jones had been promoted to inspector and transferred to brighton. a photo of jones (alongside kate wilding, who also moved to brighton) is shown in the series 18 opener "habeas corpus". di jones made a further appearance in episode 3 of series 19 "last man out", in an undercover role - erroneously still listed in the credits as ds ben jones.
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