Midsomer Murders star Neil Dudgeon has said Holly Willoughby was “great” when she performed a cameo in the series.
This Morning star Holly is a huge fan of the murder mystery show, and had the opportunity to film a role.
Neil – who stars as DCI John Barnaby – has now spilled the beans about her appearance, saying that the blonde did well although she had some butterflies.
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“Holly has a cameo in this episode and she was great, she was thoroughly professional,” he said on Good Morning Britain.
“I think she was a bit nervous when she first arrived.”
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Asked if she played herself in the long-running series, Neil said: “I think she is playing a character called Holly Willoughby but I wouldn’t like to say that it’s herself.”
Holly’s role came about in 2021 as she was presenting This Morning with then co-host Phillip Schofield.
Neil and his co-star Nick Hendrix were on the ITV programme and told the TV star they would like her to invite her to shoot a guest role.
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Holly said how much she loved the programme and jumped at the offer to be a part of it.
But she confessed: “You are going to have to kill me off really quickly because I am terrible at acting!”
She said that if her Midsomer character was going to be murdered, she knew exactly how she should go.
“If you kill me, can I die by eating chocolate?” she giggled.
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“Because I saw an episode where someone died from eating chocolate and I thought, ‘That is the way to go’.”
The TV star later shared a photo from the set as she started filming, telling fans: “Excitement levels off the chart!”
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
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