Barnaby and Scott follow a trail of dead people involved in the collecting of rare orchids.Barnaby and Scott follow a trail of dead people involved in the collecting of rare orchids.Barnaby and Scott follow a trail of dead people involved in the collecting of rare orchids.
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Marty Cruikshank
- Madeline Villiers
- (as Marty Cruickshank)
Richard Attlee
- Henry Plummer
- (as Richard Atlee)
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- TriviaThe producers clearly wanted to suggest a botanical name with title of this episode, 'Orchis fatalis'; orchids get their name from a resemblance to the testicle. So, the title could be translated as 'Fatal testicle'.
- GoofsProfessor Margaret Winstanley attempts to convert Roman numerals into Arabic Numerals and determines that 'VXCIX' is '5,999'. Not only is it wrong, 'VXCIX' is complete gibberish. '5,999' is 'V (with a line atop it) CMXCIX.
- Quotes
DCI Tom Barnaby: [after Scott has broken into a safe using an axe] Where did you learn to do that?
Sergeant Dan Scott: School of hard locks.
Featured review
Orchids and murder
The world of botany is explored when Barnaby and Scott search for the killer of a retired teacher found dead shortly after smuggling a rare orchid out of Borneo. Two more bodies is proof that the murderer will stop at nothing to get hold of the coveted plant, and the key to the mystery may lie in a Latin notebook.
Deliciously engaging entry with an interesting subject of orchids. Apart from that, there's some good suspects, good detecting and some dramatic kills. John Nettles does his squinting, heavy breathing Barnaby as usual and his sidekick runs around like usual.
Deliciously engaging entry with an interesting subject of orchids. Apart from that, there's some good suspects, good detecting and some dramatic kills. John Nettles does his squinting, heavy breathing Barnaby as usual and his sidekick runs around like usual.
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- coltras35
- Jul 8, 2022
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- 4:3
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