Guest-star file · Series 5
Hugh Bonneville
as Hugh Barton in Ring Out Your Dead
Downton Abbey · Paddington
The Midsomer part
Who did Hugh Bonneville play?
Hugh Barton is a writer returning to his bell-ringing home village of Midsomer Wellow. His memories and family connections give Barnaby a route into the local tensions behind a series of deaths.
This overview explains the character's place in the story without identifying the killer or final outcome.
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A brief performer profile.
Hugh Bonneville is best known as Robert Crawley in Downton Abbey and Mr Brown in the Paddington films. His wide-ranging television work also includes Twenty Twelve and W1A, supported by substantial stage and film experience.
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