Fresh off terrorising Albert Square, EastEnders' Annette Badland will wreak her unique brand of havoc on Midsomer Murders.

Only this time, Aunt Babe won't be committing the crimes… she'll be solving them! ITV's procedural has cast Badland in its 20th anniversary series as a new pathologist named Dr Fleur Perkin.

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Dr Perkin will work with DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and DS Jamie Winter (Nick Hendrix) to crack murders at a comic book festival, a seedy circus, a sinister intellectual society and a haunted brewery.

"I have always enjoyed living dangerously so arriving at Midsomer is thrilling," Annette Badland said. "In truth I'm delighted to be involved in the twentieth series of Midsomer Murders and to work alongside and be part of this creative team.

"I hope Fleur can assist Barnaby in maintaining his high success rate of crime detection. She is very good at her job."

Midsomer Murders will also welcome back Fiona Dolman as John Barnaby's wife Sarah and their lovable dog Paddy, along with additional guests to be announced in the months to come.

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Executive producer Jonathan Fisher marked the show's anniversary by saying: "It is a real privilege to be leading this iconic British detective series into its landmark twentieth year. As part of our celebrations, we will be treating our very loyal audience with nods back to some of the most memorable moments of the show's history.

"Meanwhile we are thrilled to welcome the wonderfully talented Annette Badland to the cast as our formidable new pathologist Fleur Perkins. We're sure Fleur will prove to be a vibrant and much-loved Midsomer character."

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Given Annette Badland's penchant for playing schemers in EastEnders and Doctor Who over the years, we wouldn't be surprised to see Dr Fleur Perkin end up on the wrong side of the Midsomer Murders crimes.

Midsomer Murders originally premiered on ITV back in 1997 as an adaptation of Caroline Graham's popular Chief Inspector Barnaby novels.

The upcoming anniversary series will comprise six feature-length episodes.

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