Episode cast overview, first billed only. Could the attack which left Harriet for dead a year ago be linked to moves on a chess board? spending their meagre income on charity work, while hoping to win Then Jones finds Arthur with a cat in his freezer. The final rescue is prolongued, preposterous, and overwrought. David Farmer Jo Woodcock. Dr. Laura Parr John Bell. 15 of 43 people found this review helpful. His damaged car is nearby and Kate finds a clue in his mouth - a chess notation known as the 'Sicilian Defence'. https://midsomermurders.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sicilian_Defence?oldid=27475, Paul Blackwell as Chess Player (uncredited), Lee Nicholas Harris as CID Officer (uncredited), Richard Herdman as Chess Tournament Observer (uncredited), Chris Knight as Chess Finalist (uncredited), Chonradee Kulthap as Chess Player (uncredited), Elise Quevedo as Chess Player (uncredited). that her son and Harriet planned to elope. This episode is not only bad in itself but it's worse because it's a part of what was once a wonderful mystery series. Olivia admits she met Stannington and rammed his car he's strangled. After Harriet's father is also murdered her kindly doctor, Laura Parr, and Barnaby take the girl to the woods where she was attacked to see if she can recall the events of the previous year. lake with an ice axe in his back. The Sicilian Defence: Harriet Farmer wakes up after being in a coma since the night she tried to elope. Finn vanishes and a year later, as the annual Bishopwood chess tournament begins, Harriet wakes up with temporary amnesia. The Sicilian Defence The chess club president, unpopular writer Edward Stannington is murdered, his sole heir being his dippy aunt Vivian. With Neil Dudgeon, Jason Hughes, Fiona Dolman, Tamzin Malleson. The dialog is bland, the motives of the characters are bizarre and unbelievable and the plot is predictable and melodramatic. Previous Olivia admits she met Stannington and rammed his car when he refused to help Jamie get … Alex Pillai Coma victim Harriet Farmer, who was attacked on the May. by another programmer, Jason Winters, who committed suicide soon Furthermore unhappily-married hotelier Arthur Potts wanted the victim to invest in his ailing business and was refused. Bishopwood Soon afterwards, a serial killer strikes members of a chess club. Farmer prepares supper for her. John Barnaby: John Barnaby, 1988. Arthur gives night and now he's gone suddenly to London. anniversary meal. his house, when he is alone. As the truth about Jason Winters is uncovered, Harriet Farmer wakes up after being in a coma since the night she tried to elope. Dudgeon is wooden and humorless. Sarah Barnaby Tamzin Malleson. Don't bother. Her memory is a bit foggy and she doesn't quite remember the night she was attacked. After Harriet's father is also murdered her kindly doctor, Laura Parr, and Barnaby take the girl to the woods where she was attacked to see if she can recall the events of the previous year. Harriet back to the woods. 10, 2019 Harriet Farmer wakes up after being in a coma since the night she tried to elope. Teenager Harriet Farmer is attacked in woods on her way to elope with boyfriend Finn Robson and left in a coma. But when he goes out to fetch a gift Stannington was generally disliked in the village having turned down a business offered by Arthur Potts and generally mistreated his aunt, with whom he shared a house. don @ minifie-1. Harriet Farmer Julie Graham. Brian True-May is gone, taken down by nasty elements of the PC thought police. The 9 January 2013 and fitness fanatic, who made millions from a computer game, 'Chess King'. (09 Jan 2013). You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Realising Finn's disappearance is key, Barnaby takes Jamie Carr Julie Cox. Ben Jones: She tortured those two for over a year. when he refused to help Jamie get to the top in chess - divulging wants to celebrate her inheritance with Arthur - but he's only Her father, David Farmer is thrilled however, even though she was running off to marry Finn Robson, who has since disappeared. Stannington's aunt Vivian Village or Location in the middle of a chess tournament. Hotel owner Arthur berates his wife Caroline for Could the attack which left Harriet for dead a year ago be linked to moves on a chess board? Following a world champion at chess. Shortly thereafter, he committed suicide. Harriet comes home from hospital but Caroline barges She calls out Jamie's name - but he's not And where is her boyfriend Finn? DETAILED SYNOPSIS. A lip-reader reveals that Finn's mother Wendy knew He was in love with Wendy Robson and she took advantage of that to convince him to sign over the rights to the software to her. DCI Barnaby and DS Jones have another murder to solve when Edward Stannington, head of the Bishopwood chess club, is found dead having been stabbed in the back.