 Dudgeon's character name is DCI "John" Barnaby, which has been suggested may be a vehicle for continued sales to territories where the show is known as "Inspector Barnaby".Dudgeon had first appeared in "Midsomer Murders" in the opening episode of the fourth series ("Garden of Death"), playing a secondary character.In 2012 Dudgeon starred as Norman Birkett on BBC Radio 4's "Afternoon Play" series in four plays written by Caroline and David Stafford based on Birkett's cases.