Performer file
Jesse Birdsall
Jesse Birdsall played Harry Painter in Market for Murder (Series 5, 2002). The published cast credits list 2 Midsomer Murders episodes.
Cases featuring Jesse Birdsall
Market for Murder
Jesse Birdsall’s episode premise: A genteel reading group is really an investment circle, and its members begin paying a much steeper price than expected.
Jesse Birdsall plays Harry Painter in this Tom Barnaby investigation.
- Fictional setting
- Midsomer Market
- Investigating team
- DCI Tom Barnaby and DS Gavin Troy
- Episode
- Series 5, Episode 1 (2002)
Filming places in Market for Murder
Jesse Birdsall’s episode, The Six Bells, Warborough, Oxfordshire: The pub doubles as the village local in fictional Midsomer Market. Explore this filming place →
Small Mercies
Jesse Birdsall’s episode premise: A man is found bound like Gulliver in a model village, beginning a case about families distorted by secrecy and scale.
Jesse Birdsall plays Mike Johnson in this Tom Barnaby investigation.
- Fictional setting
- Little Worthy
- Investigating team
- DCI Tom Barnaby and DS Ben Jones
- Episode
- Series 12, Episode 5 (2009)
Filming places in Small Mercies
Jesse Birdsall’s episode, The White Hart Hotel, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: The exterior appears as Little Worthy's hotel. Explore this filming place →
Jesse Birdsall’s episode, The Pigeons Tea Room, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: The building becomes the Butterball Tea Room. Explore this filming place →
Jesse Birdsall’s episode, The Manor House, Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire: The house represents the Compton family home. Explore this filming place →
Jesse Birdsall’s episode, Village shop, Wallingford, Oxfordshire: A shopfront supplies the model village gift shop. Explore this filming place →
Published episode credits
2 sourced episodes as Harry Painter, Mike Johnson.