George Baker

For the Bengali actor-cum-politician, see George Baker. George Morris Baker, MBE was an English actor and writer. He was best known for portraying Tiberius in I, Claudius, and Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries.

Midsomer Murders · S9, E1

The House in the Woods

With the help of Acting DC Ben Jones, Barnaby investigates the garrotting of a husband and wife outside a deserted cottage near Midsomer Newton. Despite a reputation for being haunted, Winyard is a magnet for villagers, developers and conservationists. Barnaby and Jones must separate truth from rumour in order the reveal the cottage's secrets - and catch the killer.
The Prisoner · S1, E1

The Arrival

A secret agent resigns from a high-security organisation, but he is then abducted and awakens to find himself imprisoned in a village from which there is no escape.
New Tricks · S4, E3

Ducking and Diving

The discovery of an armoured security van involved in the disappearance of one person and the unsolved murder of another provides the impetus for the team to look into the case again. The van is at the bottom of a lake and Pullman decides to dive down and investigate. She survives, but a key witness does not and the team realise that the murderer is close at hand.
Spooks · S4, E8

Episode 8

The team investigate a multi-millionaire Soviet investor, who the government see as the saviour of the NHS. But is his offer of financial intervention too good to be true?