Case file · Series 22, Episode 6 · Season 22, Episode 6
The Witches of Angel's Rise
A psychic fair opens with a ritualised death, leading Barnaby through tarot readings, spiritual businesses and an older tragedy.
Verified filming locations
Every filming site currently documented in this Casebook file is listed here. The published evidence does not establish a complete production itinerary.
- St John the Baptist Church · Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire
The church serves as the parish church of fictional Angel's Rise.
Site guide → Filming source ↗ - Dashwood Mausoleum · West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
The hilltop mausoleum provides the setting for the Angel's Rise Psychic Fayre.
Filming source ↗
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Selected episode credits
The Witches of Angel's Rise cast
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Fiona Dolman
Colin Salmon
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Clive Mantle
Holly Willoughby
Caroline Lee-Johnson
Cian Barry
Sarah Paul
Janine Duvitski
Richard David-Caine
Erin Mullen
Bettrys Jones
Tristan Sturrock
Jessica Whitehurst
Jordan Ford Silver
Ian Bartholomew
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Should I watch this one?
The occult presentation is elaborate, but the investigation keeps asking which supposedly mystical signs were arranged by very practical hands.
- Best for
- Psychic fair · Tarot · Secret history
- Mood
- Eccentric
- Team
- DCI John Barnaby with DS Jamie Winter
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Why it matters
The occult presentation is elaborate, but the investigation keeps asking which supposedly mystical signs were arranged by very practical hands.
Tilly Mulroney is discovered on the first night of the Angel's Rise Psychic Fayre, surrounded by symbols that appear to give the killing a ritual meaning. A tarot card points suspicion towards reader Simeon Dagley, but his own death shows that the symbolism may be evidence planted for an audience.
Barnaby and Winter test claims made by psychics and traders while tracing the earlier death of Bea Saint-Stephens. What happened to Bea provides the missing history behind the fair's present alliances and hostilities.
Break the seal: reveal the finding
The ritual signs disguise a chain of responsibility reaching back to Bea's death, while Simeon's reading threatens to expose someone who knows the symbols are not supernatural at all.
More episode detailsProduction, cast, deaths and filming information
Credits, context and checked facts
Production and cast
- TV series
- Series 22
- Episode number
- Episode 6
- Written by
- Maria Ward
- Directed by
- Gill Wilkinson
- Listed transmission date(s)
- 13 December 2021 27 August 2023
- Reported filming period
- May–June 2021
- Detective
- DCI John Barnaby
- Partner
- DS Jamie Winter
- Pathologist
- Dr Fleur Perkins · Annette Badland
- Principal setting
- Angel's Rise
- Casebook tone
- Eccentric
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The fictional setting and the real filming sites are separate pieces of information. The location desk currently connects it to 1 broader filming area and 2 exact on-screen site identities.
Credits and archive connections
- Writer credits4 episodes credited to Maria Ward
- Director credits3 episodes directed by Gill Wilkinson
- Release positionCase 132 of 144
- Story characterEccentric · Psychic fair · Tarot
- Location evidence2 exact screen-use matches
The Dashwood Mausoleum at West Wycombe supplies the striking setting for the Angel's Rise Psychic Fayre.
St John the Baptist Church in Little Missenden appears as the fictional village church.
Sources for the production file
Published episode chronology and credits ↗Official ITV programme page ↗Filming-location reference index ↗The chronology is the reference for the credits shown here. A programme homepage does not independently verify a filming date or every production detail. Where multiple transmission dates are listed, territory attribution needs checking. Story, teleplay and adaptation distinctions require the original credit wording; links to external synopses may reveal plot details.
The performers behind this case
Core cast
Actor profiles for the detective, investigating partner and pathologist credited to this episode.
Neil Dudgeon
John Barnaby · Detective Chief InspectorAn English actor whose television work before Causton included Piece of Cake, The Mrs Bradley Mysteries, Messiah and the sitcom Life of Riley. He also appeared in Midsomer Murders years earlier as a different character in Garden of Death.
- Messiah
- Life of Riley
- The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Nick Hendrix
Jamie Winter · Detective SergeantAn English actor trained at the University of Exeter and RADA. His theatre work includes the National Theatre, Old Vic and West End, while his screen credits include Black Mirror, Marcella, The Crown, Legend and Suffragette.
- Black Mirror
- Marcella
- The Crown
Annette Badland
Dr Fleur Perkins · Police pathologistAn award-winning English actor with an extensive career in theatre, television, film and radio. Her many recognisable roles include Doctor Who, EastEnders, Outlander, Bergerac and pub landlady Mae in Ted Lasso.
- Ted Lasso
- Doctor Who
- EastEnders
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Forensic desk
Dr Fleur Perkins
- Credit
- Resident pathologist
- Played by
- Annette Badland
Fleur pairs forensic certainty with dry humour and a magnificently low tolerance for Midsomer nonsense.
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Deaths recorded in this case
3 people die in this case, according to the linked death record.
Break the seal: reveal the death ledger
- Tilly Mulroney
Murder · Other recorded death
Performer check- Tilly Mulroney: Erin Mullen
- Simeon Dagley
Murder · Strangulation or hanging
Performer check- Simeon Dagley: Richard David-Caine
- Bea Saint-Stephens
Accidental, natural or other · Other recorded death · historical or before the main case
Performer check- Bea Saint-Stephens: Jessica Whitehurst
Break a second seal: reveal the verified killer
Verified killer
Jonas WakefieldJonas killed Tilly Mulroney and Simeon Dagley after their tarot readings and messages about his late partner Bea Saint-Stephens challenged his refusal to accept an afterlife. He used occult objects and staging to redirect suspicion towards believers, then threatened Hattie Bainbridge during the final séance; Bea's earlier fall from the tower remains a separate tragic accident.
Verified motive
Jonas's unresolved grief for Bea hardened into a refusal to accept that she might exist in an afterlife without him. He experienced Tilly and Simeon's messages as a torturous challenge to science, medicine and finality, killed them to silence that challenge and staged occult evidence against believers; Hattie's similar message made her the interrupted next target.
Real place → fictional identity
What was filmed where?
St John the Baptist Church
Used as: The church serves as the parish church of fictional Angel's Rise.
Representative photograph of the real filming location; the exact camera angle or building may differ.Dashwood Mausoleum
Used as: The hilltop mausoleum provides the setting for the Angel's Rise Psychic Fayre.
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Wider filming areas