As ever, plenty of guest stars<\/a> have joined established cast Neil Dudgeon<\/a> (DCI John Barnaby), Nick Hendrix (DS Jamie Winter) and co, one of whom is This Morning<\/a> presenter Holly Willoughby.<\/p>\n Hendrix described her involvement in the episode as \u201chilarious and random\u201d to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, adding: \u201cIt was lovely, and she\u2019s a professional performer in some ways. She\u2019s had years of being on camera and therefore she was obviously brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n But being an actor and hosting a daytime magazine show are two different propositions, which put Willoughby to the test.<\/p>\n \u201cI know that for her the big challenge was learning lines rather than reading them, and also not looking at the camera as opposed to staring at the camera,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut she\u2019s a pro, and wonderful and lovely, and she\u2019s a big fan, so I think for her it was exciting to be there, and it was nice for us to have her there.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of fun for us and a great thing for the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n Willoughby is playing herself rather than a character in the upcoming episode, which Hendrix initially thought was \u201cquite strange\u201d, but it didn\u2019t take long for him to grasp the concept.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is this sort of line that Midsomer can cross, that there are certain things that can exist,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe talk about London and Brighton being real places, so while Midsomer is obviously fictional it sits somewhere within a world where those places exist as well.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can blur those lines a bit, and therefore having Holly was just, \u2018Why not?’\u201d<\/p> \n
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