Juliet Aubrey, who has enjoyed a long and varied acting career, previously recalled her experience working with John Nettles on Midsomer Murders
John Nettles starred as DCI Tom Barnaby in Midsomer Murders (Image: Getty Images)
An actress who previously worked alongside John Nettles on Midsomer Murders has used just one word to sum him up.
Juliet Aubrey appeared with the DCI Tom Barnaby star in a 2006 episode, and has reminisced about her experience on the much-loved ITV crime drama.
The screen and stage performer, perhaps best recognised for portraying Dorothea in the BBC’s 1994 adaptation of Middlemarch, which earned her a Bafta, has since appeared in Snatch, Primeval, All Creatures Great and Small and The White Queen.
However, when questioned about one particular role, she had nothing but praise to share.
“That was fun, that was a really fun role because she was quite an extreme character,” Juliet revealed, discussing Midsomer Murders.
She continued: “She’s a horse-riding nymphomaniac basically! [It was] lots of fun doing that.”
Reflecting on her experience with the ensemble, Juliet remarked: “The cast on Midsomer Murders, they were lovely, they were great… John Nettles was wonderful,” reports the Express.
“It’s nice going in and doing a storyline and then coming out and doing something else, rather than being stuck in a series for a long time.”
Despite her extensive catalogue across numerous television programmes, Juliet maintained she doesn’t pick favourites.
She explained: “There are just so many wonderful parts, and at the time you think they’re a favourite and then the next one comes along and you go, this one.
“I mean, there’s so much variety… to be able to asked to play all these very, very different characters, it’s been wonderful, love it.”
Having taken on a variety of screen roles, Juliet has returned to the stage, and is presently appearing in a production of The Marquise.
“I always used to do loads of theatre, that’s my whole background,” she shared.
Discussing the Noel Coward play in which she’s currently performing, she added: “It’s very fast-paced, lots of laughs, and it’s about love and betrayal and lust and hope and new beginnings, all of that, it’s really good fun.”
She continued: “It’s completely different to anything I’ve ever played before. It’s comedy, and it’s really nice to be getting into a really happy place every day, and she’s fantastic.”
Midsomer Murders is available to watch on ITVX.