Midsomer Murders (TV Series)

A Talent for Life (2003)

Jane Wymark: Joyce Barnaby

Quotes 

• Joyce Barnaby : Oh look! So sweet! The children look lovely in those huge bonnets.

  [laughing] 

  Joyce Barnaby : They're so serious.

  Cully Barnaby : With good reason. They're in the work house. Most of them will probably never reach adulthood.

  Joyce Barnaby : Well! This one looks cheery. What are they celebrating?

  Cully Barnaby : The end of the first world war...

• Sgt Gavin Troy : [discussng the deaths of Isobel and Dr. Goff]  And it could be a confrontation with a poacher that got out of hand. Then there's Margaret Seagrove, who we know fell out with Isobel. And we haven't even got to Quentin Roku, the gay antiques dealer toyboy.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Wait, could we keep a bit of an open mind on this one?

  Joyce Barnaby : The village has lost quite a character in Isobel. And what about the doctor? Was he well liked?

  Sgt Gavin Troy : I suppose so. Poor wife. She was obviously devastated. It's a bereaved partner as it really gets here. There's something about elderly people being bereaved when they've, you know, been in love for a lifetime. Suddenly all alone.

  Cully Barnaby : So you've not heard about his womanizing then, Doctor Goff? Serial, apparently.