Case file · Series 20, Episode 5
Till Death Do Us Part
A radio presenter is murdered on her wedding night after months of harassment, then another woman dies at a bridal fashion show.
The 60-second case card
Should I watch this one?
The wedding-day surface is colourful, but the case takes persistent harassment and the failures around it seriously.
- Best for
- Wedding · Radio · Online harassment
- Mood
- Dark
- Team
- DCI John Barnaby with DS Jamie Winter
- Spoiler guidance
- Read the premise freely; open the marked sections only after watching. This is not a complete content advisory.
Why it matters
The wedding-day surface is colourful, but the case takes persistent harassment and the failures around it seriously.
A radio presenter is murdered on her wedding night after months of harassment, then another woman dies at a bridal fashion show.
Laurel Newman marries Gavin Webster, the son of Sarah Barnaby's old friend, after the couple win an elaborate wedding package. Laurel has been receiving abusive messages and disturbing parcels linked to her radio work, and she is killed before the celebration is over.
Gavin's former partner Serena Madison is then murdered while modelling at a wedding fair. The investigation follows the broadcaster's colleagues, the wedding business and the relationships around the groom to determine whether the harassment records a motive or was used to disguise one.
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The two victims are linked through relationships surrounding the wedding, while the recorded harassment creates a trail that is both genuine evidence and useful misdirection.
Open the full research dossierProduction, cast, forensics, deaths and filming evidence
Credits, context and checked facts
The episode file
- TV series
- Series 20
- Episode number
- Episode 5
- Written by
- Helen Jenkins
- Directed by
- Audrey Cooke
- Listed transmission date(s)
- 6 July 2018 6 January 2020
- Reported filming period
- July–August 2017
- Detective
- DCI John Barnaby
- Partner
- DS Jamie Winter
- Pathologist
- Dr Fleur Perkins · Annette Badland
- Principal setting
- Causton
- Casebook tone
- Dark
Check the credits, then follow the source trail for production and filming details. Counts below describe this archive’s records.
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 1 exact on-screen site identity.
Credits and archive connections
- Writer ledger6 episodes credited to Helen Jenkins
- Director ledger3 episodes directed by Audrey Cooke
- Release positionCase 121 of 144
- Story characterDark · Wedding · Radio
- Location evidence1 exact screen-use match
The Bridal Boutique in Beaconsfield appears as Lily Lou Lou, Serena's design and vintage business.
Sarah knows the groom's mother, Hazel Webster, bringing the Barnabys into the wedding before the police investigation begins.
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.
Selected episode credits
Guest cast on file
Selected profiles and published cast-list entries. Database records are linked individually; this is not a full transcription or an independent check against the end credits.
Kelly Brook
Published cast record ↗Colin McFarlane
Published cast record ↗Camilla Arfwedson
Published cast record ↗Gabrielle Glaister
Published cast record ↗Fenella Woolgar
Published cast record ↗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
Portraits are used only where a reusable licence or public-domain release has been verified. Publicity stills and stock photographs are not copied into this independent guide.
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
2 source rows represent 2 people in the current ledger.
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- Laurel Newman
Murder · Crushing
- Serena Madison
Murder · Other recorded death
Real place → fictional identity
What was filmed where?
Building identities are cross-checked against the Casebook's published filming-location references. A named match describes the part used on screen, not the whole village and not necessarily an interior.
Wider filming areas