- Neil Dudgeon (DCI John Barnaby)
- Nick Hendrix (DS Jamie Winter)
- Fiona Dolman (Sarah Barnaby)
- Annette Badland (Fleur Perkins)
Episode: The Sicilian Defence
Air Date: 2013-01-02
Runtime: 90 min
After having been in a coma since the night she attempted to elope, Harriet Farmer wakes up. A killer then murders members of a local chess club. John Barnaby and the team investigate whether the attack which left Harriet for dead a year ago could be linked to moves on a chess board and atempt to find out what happened to her boyfriend Finn.