TV Guide Ovation Wednesday

A disagreement among women running a secret finance group using the front of a literary club leads to murder and Barnaby must get to the bottom of it.

An animation artist draws from his long-time experience with stop-motion cinema; a specialist in real-time computer graphics is profiled.

A student may homeschool to train with top choreographers; a youth pursues the opera; a male ballet dancer ignores ridicule for performing arts school.

With her mother's added stress, a girl preps for a big show; a young dancer misses his dad who stays in Russia; a boy's weekends away from family take a toll.

A prodigy prepares for one of the biggest shows of his young life; a girl is determined to impress judges at dance competition, but she must summon the courage.

A prodigy spends a rare night with friends; questionable health jeopardizes an opera singer's future; a youth's independence is urged; a dancer has a big show.

PC Penhale is shocked when his seemingly amnesiac ex-wife returns; a fisherman goes to Martin for help; Bert visits a loan shark; the baby gets a name.

Maggie decides to go home, but Joe doesn't want her to leave; school children become infected with a mysterious illness; Martin plans James's christening.

Al discovers his father owes a loan shark some money and attempts to pay off his debt; Martin must perform emergency surgery on Louisa's mother.

Martin agrees to babysit James, but when Clive needs his help, Mrs. Tishell volunteers to look after him, which backfires in a way the doctor wasn't expecting.

Martin and Louisa enjoy a lovely wedding ceremony and delight in their honeymoon suite; Ruth gets baby advice from the always well-read Mike.

Martin offends the Ellingham family's new nanny and causes her to leave; Ruth sits in for a radio show and answers a call from Joe Penhale.

Alistair Kingslake is killed by a golf iron at the Whiteacres golf club, but no one seems to weep for him because he was a well known bully and snob.

An elderly woman stumbles across an ancient painting in her house and recalls that Hogson, an infamous 18th century painter, had previously owned the dwelling.

Charlie and Rex investigate after Jesse's friend suddenly vanishes, and they learn that the man was secretly living two separate lives.

When a magician dies during a practice-run of her latest routine, Charlie and Rex must look beyond the smoke and mirrors to uncover the truth.

Rex proves himself as a member of the Major Crimes team when he tails a kidnapper; Charlie and the team realize the abduction is part of an elaborate plan.

When a thrill-seeking daredevil falls to his death, Charlie and Rex unravel a conspiracy within the city's parkour community.

Charlie and Rex take on a cold case they believe could be connected to a current investigation; Donovan asks Charlie to spy on his daughter.

A woman's body is found in the woods of an apparent suicide until Barnaby and Troy discover her emailed suicide note was sent after her death.

Two professional artists specializing in costume design cater to some of the most famous entertainers in the world; a unique family gets ready for Halloween.