British Chamber of Commerce welcomes Midsomer’s Barnaby

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British actor John Nettles took time out of a promotional visit to Denmark to meet with guests of the British Chamber of Commerce

The British Chamber of Commerce (BCCD), together with the British Embassy, hosted an afternoon event in Copenhagen this week, with special guest John Nettles, of Midsomer Murders fame. The Copenhagen Post had an article about the visit - read this article here.

The popular British crime series has been running for more than a decade and has proved very popular with fans all over the world, including Denmark.

^{Gareth Garvey, Countess Victoria Bernstorff-Gyldensteen, John Nettles and Mariano A. Davies.
Photo by Kyle Wheeler, Copenhagen Post.}

Nettles and the show’s producer, Brian True May, took the opportunity to meet with the BCCD over an exclusive lunch at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel on Tuesday, 28 April.

British Ambassador and Patron of the BCCD, Nick Archer, welcomed the assembled guests and noted how cultural events such as this strengthened ties between Britain and Denmark.

Nettles graciously thanked his hosts and said it was good to be back in Denmark after his last visit in 1970.

The 65-year-old actor first shot to fame as the troubled Jersey island cop Jim Bergerac in the 1980s, before moving on to play DCI Tom Barnaby in Midsomer Murders in 1997.

Having played a television detective for more than 20 years, he has attracted quite a following. He still gets a lot of fan mail, although he said his Russian fans seem to think the show is a documentary series. This could be worrying, considering there are at least three bizarre murders per episode!

Nettles also said that the show has some high-profile fans, such as the Police Chief of Chicago who praised the show’s policing techniques. Fellow actors Johnny Depp and Sir Roger Moore have previously professed an admiration for the show and Nettles said he would like to see both appear on the show before he leaves the series at the end of next year.

_{^{John Nettles and Mariano A. Davies. Photo by Kyle Wheeler.}}

_{^{British Ambassador and Patron of the BCCD, Nick Archer together with John Nettles.
Foto by Kyle Wheeler.}}