Dead in the Water (Midsomer Murders)

"Dead in the Water" is the second episode of the eighth season of British television show Midsomer Murders and the thirty seventh episode overall. It stars John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and John Hopkins as Detective Sergeant Dan Scott. The boating scenes were filmed in Henley, Oxfordshire.^[1]

"Dead in the Water"
Midsomer Murders episode
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 2
Directed by	Renny Rye
Written by	Douglas Watkinson
Original air date	17 October 2004 (2004-10-17)
Guest appearances
Adrian Lukis (Phillip Trent) William Scott-Masson (John Parkway) Benedick Blythe (Guy Sweetman) Diana Quick (Claire Bonavita) Clemency Burton-Hill (Hettie Trent) Mark Frost (Vic Lynton) Emma Amos (Sandra Tate) Owain Yeoman (Henry Charlton)
Episode chronology
List of episodes

Plot

Barnaby is persuaded by his wife to take a day out at the Midsomer Regatta. He is soon called into action however, when a body appears during a race. He discovers it is Guy Sweetman, a member of the club, and something of a ladies man. Barnaby tries to solve both the murder, and a spate of robberies in the area, which ultimately prove to be connected.