As the Barnabys prepare for Cully's wedding, Lord Fitzroy and Beth Porteous are married in the prettyof Bledlow. At the lavish that follows however, tragedy strikes.
It's a good day for the Hicks family, as the name of Tommy Hicks who was executed during World War I for "cowardice and desertion" is added Midsomer Parva's war memorial.
Barnaby and Jones are in Dunstan to investigate the deaths of a reclusive couple. They try to establish whether Ron and Libby Wilson were murdered or died of natural causes.
When the body of Charlie Finleyson is discovered in woodland near Midsomer Sonning, Barnaby and Jones find themselves investigating employees at local Midsomer Life magazine.
A children's magic show goes horribly wrong when one of the performers dies during a trick. Barnaby and Jones discover that the victim was poisoned with a rare toxin extracted from Ecuadorean poison frogs.
Barnaby and Jones are forced to take part in a team building exercise and Tom has plenty of problems dealing with the young, new, acting Chief Superintendent, John Cotton (Nick Fletcher).