PICK OF THE DAY

MIDSOMER MURDERS, 8PM, STV

IT’S hard to believe that this is the seventh series since Neil Dudgeon replaced John Nettles as the new DCI Barnaby. And it’s equally hard to believe that this episode — the last of the current run — features the first murder at a pet show. It begins with a man releasing animals

episode focuses on how staff cope when demand outstrips supply and patients are queuing up to be admitted. from their cages, under cover of darkness; confronted by a killer in the shadows, he is found dead the following morning, surrounded by champion rabbits. Has there ever been a more perfect Midsomer murder scene? Susan Hampshire (pictured with Dudgeon) is among the suspects.