The Witches Of Angel's Rise
- Episode aired Aug 27, 2023
- 1h 33m
When a body is found surrounded by ritual symbols on the eve of a Psychic Fayre, Barnaby must step into the spiritual world of mediums, psychics, and occult followers to find the killer.When a body is found surrounded by ritual symbols on the eve of a Psychic Fayre, Barnaby must step into the spiritual world of mediums, psychics, and occult followers to find the killer.When a body is found surrounded by ritual symbols on the eve of a Psychic Fayre, Barnaby must step into the spiritual world of mediums, psychics, and occult followers to find the killer.
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- TriviaIn the opening credits Mrs Barnaby is packing pamphlets for the fayre one of which is "Night of the Stag Revisited" which is a call back to the episode in season 14 "Night of the stag".
- GoofsBarnaby misspoke. A star shape is a pentagram. A star inside a circle is called a pentacle.
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Hattie Bainbridge: [Watching Peter hang a poster with her photo] Chuffed to buggery with that!
Peter Saint-Stephens: [laughs] Good, I think.
Gerard King: Saint Hattie steals the limelight again.
Hattie Bainbridge: It's not my fault I'm a teeny, tiny bit marvellous. Oh, don't sulk, Gerard. No-one likes a wet wimple on a sunny day.
- Crazy creditsJonas Wakefield, played by Cian Barry introduces himself and is referred to with his surname by other characters, but in the credits is listed as Jonas Wilson.
The murder plot has the weakest and most laughable motive to date, and the murders don't even get explained in details, just a "yes, I did it" from the murderer. How did he plan it? How did he get the victims there? These are elaborate, premeditated murders, and they make it sound like the murderer just lost his temper. It makes no sense, and we get no satisfaction at all.
The investigation is even worse, no alibis are checked (or in some cases even asked), and Barnaby and Winter hardly spend any time speaking to each other, or at the station doing some actual thinking in front of the board. Which may explain why it takes them so long to work out anything.
The plot in general is a mess. A part from the fact that it massively features an event in the past, around which everything seems to revolve, and then just writes it off and doesn't go anywhere with it; there are also way too many subplots and characters that do not contribute in any significant way to the mystery. I mean, what's the point of feng-shui guy? And don't get me started on Holly Willoughby, such waste of time. Also, the whole thing with Winter's granddad was cringey, exaggerated and really poorly written.
Which brings me to the script. So preachy, so cheesy, so absolutely, utterly unbelievable. The reveal scene was the worst, it was almost painful to listen to. Even the usual stars, Dudgeon, Badland, Dolman and Hendrix, couldn't make a script this bad any better.
Some actors do manage to make it even worse though, like the ones in the roles of Hattie Bainbridge and Jonas Wilson. Their theatrics are simply ridiculous. Again, a dishonourable mention goes to Holly Willoughby, who looks like she wandered on set by mistake and nobody knows exactly what to do with her, or how to react.
On the positive side, the village is lovely, the nature is beautiful, the idea of a psychic fair is cute, and Colin Salmon is a top-notch actor as always. The storyline with Gerard, Jeanie, Ginger and the witches was really good too. Should have stuck to that one.
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- Little Missenden, Bucks, UK(The church)
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 16:9 HD
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