During the Christmas days, Barnaby has to solve an explosion as well as a number of murders near a freight company while trying to cope with his acting CS who has very strong beliefs about teamwork.

Alexandra Morris, Alyson Spiro, Chris Wilson, Elspeth Rae, Gus Gallagher, Joseph Millson, Judy Parfitt, Niamh Cusack, Nick Fletcher, Philip Martin Brown, Sydney Livingstone, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tom Beard, Tony Bell