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King’s Crystal

Synopsis
Murder/mystery detective drama series. An amateur production of Hamlet, in which his daughter plays Ophelia, gives DCI Barnaby a clue to the murderer. The story also has Hamlet parallels in that soon after her husband dies Hilary King (Tracy) marries his brother (Castle) who now has sole control over the family business; her son Ian (Heughan) is deeply upset.
Series
Midsomer Murders
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre; Mystery

Credits

Director
Peter Smith (2)
Producer
Brian True-May
Cast
Hugh Sachs 
Jane Wymark 
Jason Hughes 
John Castle 
John Nettles 
Laura Howard 
Oliver Ryan (2) 
Sam Heughan 
Steve Trafford 
Susan Tracy 

Production Company

Name

Bentley Productions

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web
http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7436 0165
Address
21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
Name

Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service

Email
services@bufvc.ac.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7393 1514
Fax
020 7393 1555
Address
For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
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