TV detective on the trail of wartime stories

JOHN NETTLES attended a house in the Saltpans yesterday afternoon, but he was not investigating a suspicious death.

The Midsomer Murders star called in on Eileen and Ken de Mouilpied to hear about their wartime experiences for his narration of a documentary on the German Occupation to be released next year.

Mr Nettles said he had been impressed by the island and its people and was keen to remedy his lack of knowledge of Guernsey and its history

'Making this documentary has been a huge learning curve for me. There is so much information on every aspect of island life during the Occupation, it's hard trying to get a handle on it. The chief aim of it is to tell the whole story the best we can, with the best available evidence,' he said.

'I've been to Guernsey only briefly before and I don't know a lot about it, which is disgraceful and I'm hoping to rectify this. But it's a charming little place and the people I've met on this brief visit have been absolutely wonderful, just wonderful.'

Mr de Mouilpied, 77, said he and his wife were avid fans of Bergerac and Midsomer Murders and they never thought that the star of both would come for tea.