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Death of a Hollow Man

Death of a Hollow Man

1998TV Episode⏱️ 1h 42mTV-14
CrimeDramaMystery
7.3
IMDB Rating
1,633 votes

Barnaby donates time to the local amateur dramatic society when Joyce is cast in a revival of "Amadeus," but complications arise when the leading man is murdered onstage.

Director
Jeremy Silberston
Writers
Caroline Graham, Peter Shaffer
Stars
John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark
Release Date
March 29, 1998
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

John Nettles
John Nettles
as DCI Tom Barnaby
Daniel Casey
Daniel Casey
as Sgt. Gavin Troy
Jane Wymark
Jane Wymark
as Joyce Barnaby
Laura Howard
Laura Howard
as Cully Barnaby
Barry Jackson
Barry Jackson
as Dr. George Bullard
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Denyse Alexander
as Agnes Gray
Janine Duvitski
Janine Duvitski
as Deirdre Tibbs
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Ian Fitzgibbon
as David Smy
Geoffrey Hutchings
Geoffrey Hutchings
as Colin Smy
Bernard Hepton
Bernard Hepton
as Harold Winstanley

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
Color
Filming Location
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Production
Bentley Productions

🏷️ Keywords

rowboatreference to wolfgang amadeus mozartreference to shakespeare's macbethplay rehearsalkeyed car

🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

"It was like humping a tranquillised cartwheel horse! "
by coltras352022-07-16
9/10

"The rural bliss of Ferne Basset is rudely shattered by the discovery of an elderly resident's body in the river. When Barnaby and Troy descend on the village to ferret out the culprit, they get caught up in simmering backstage rivalries at a local amateur dramatics group that Joyce has recently joined - and the situation grows more sinister when one of the actors is tricked into killing himself in the middle of a performance A bit slow in places, and drags too, plus it can be muddled, but the sheer enjoyment of seeing "actors" and the theatre entourage preparing and with all th..."

💡 Did You Know?

When Sgt Troy is in the store looking for a gift for his mother, there's a poster on the wall with the name Max Jennings, the writer who appeared in the previous episode.

📖 Synopsis

Barnaby donates time to the local amateur dramatic society when Joyce is cast in a revival of "Amadeus," but complications arise when the leading man is murdered onstage.