There is a full moon over Little Worthy this Halloween and the area is buzzing with activity following the chance popularity of Little Worthy’s very own meme.
The Hub, an internet café run by the maternal Mel (Sinead Matthews), recently ran a competition to create a modern urban myth which was won by struggling photographer Steve (Matt McCooey), with his creation of the Wolf Hunter.
Unexpectedly, the Wolf Hunter gained a cult following, becoming a viral meme, with people coming from miles around to explore Little Worthy woods in the hope of catching a glimpse of the beast.
The Hub, set up as an oasis of internet connectivity, a nest to bring people together – old and young, saw customers flock to visit their Wolf Hunter exhibition, while the hunky handyman Jez (Kojo Attah) has been able to make himself a side-line forging Wolf Hunter replicas.
However, when a man is killed Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and Winter (Nick Hendrix) are pulled in to investigate, and with Barnaby’s unfamiliarity with social media, he must navigate the path between myth and reality after he is unwittingly sucked into the online frenzy.
The main obstacle to his investigation; the speed and power at which social media spreads news.
The police must discover if this killing is some prank which has gone wrong, or if this myth has truly become a murderous reality.
Production credits: Cast: Neil Dudgeon is DCI John Barnaby and Nick Hendrix is DS Jamie Winter and Fiona Dolman is Sarah Barnaby. Midsomer Murders is a Bentley Productions series for ITV.
Glad to see this show goes on.
I checked ABC and didn’t see it. Is it on somewhere else? A different station tonight?