Nettles, 81, played Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby in the classic ITV crime drama, appearing on the show from 1997 to 2011 and starring in 81 episodes.
Nettles also bemoaned the “awful” prevalence of violence against women in modern detective dramas, which he said is getting “worse and worse”.
After Nettles departed from Midsomer Murders, his character was replaced by Neil Dudgeon’s DCI John Barnaby, who was introduced as a younger cousin of Tom’s.
Former Midsomer Murders star John Nettles has explained why he has no interest in watching the long-running detective show again.
Part of the “appeal” of Midsomer Murders, he claimed, was the “extraordinary murders” that often made the crimes seem “totally unreal”.
