Performer file
Peter Davison
Yes — Peter Davison played Nicky Frazer in Secrets and Spies (Series 12, 2009).
In Midsomer Murders
Davison plays Nicky Frazer in Secrets and Spies, an episode that reaches into an intelligence-service past. He returned much later as Archie Pollock in Lawn of the Dead, a different Midsomer character.
Performer biography
Peter Davison became a major television name as Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small, then played the Fifth Doctor in Doctor Who. His long-running screen career includes At Home with the Braithwaites and Law & Order: UK.
He has also worked extensively in musical theatre. The two Midsomer roles underline how far apart in the show's history a guest actor's appearances can fall.
Career background ↗Peter Davison’s Midsomer roles
Peter Davison plays Nicky Frazer in Secrets and Spies and later returns as Archie Pollock in Lawn of the Dead. These are separate Midsomer characters. The first role belongs to a case reaching into an intelligence-service past, while the later story is set around a lawn-bowling club. Keeping the names together with those different premises helps explain why a familiar face does not indicate a continuing fictional biography.
For a comparison, watch how each case establishes the community around the character before turning to the interviews and evidence. The Casebook suggests treating the two parts as an ensemble exercise rather than looking for a hidden connection between the stories. The linked episode pages provide the rest of the cast, the filming places and the sealed solutions. Davison’s career profile answers the separate question of where you may have seen the performer elsewhere; the role list below keeps the Midsomer appearances tied to exact titles, series numbers and years.
The cases in context
Secrets and Spies
Peter Davison as Nicky Frazer · Series 12, Episode 3 (2009).
A former agent is killed at a country house for retired spies, reviving a Cold War operation and the legend of a village beast.
DCI Tom Barnaby investigates with DS Ben Jones. Filming places for Secrets and Spies →
Lawn of the Dead
Peter Davison as Archie Pollock · Series 25, Episode 2 (2025).
A bowling-club groundsman and antiques dealer is murdered after a disputed friendly match exposes deeper club resentments.
DCI John Barnaby investigates with DS Jamie Winter. Filming places for Lawn of the Dead →
Published episode credits
2 sourced episodes as Nicky Frazer, Archie Pollock.