Midsomer Murders’ Neil Dudgeon admits he was initially unsure about role offer: 'So vague'

express.co.uk:

ITV series’ cast after his agent tentatively approached him about the role. Although the DCI John Barnaby star insisted “it was a no brainer” to say yes to the job offer, he was slightly concerned because the offer was “so vague” at the time.Neil explained he was originally informed that John Nettles, 76, had decided he wanted to stop playing Midsomer Murders’ lead character Tom Barnaby “way in the future”, but it was not confirmed when this would happen.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Neil recalled: “It was a bit of a no brainer to do it but it was quite a long, protracted process because I think my agent rang up and said, ‘Way in the future John Nettles is thinking that he might want to stop doing the show at some point and if he.