The Noble Art is a fairly decent episode of Midsomer Murders, it's a fairly good watch, but the trouble is it contains nothing original, nothing remarkable, and it is just plain forgettable.
I quite like the story, boxing always makes for a good story, but here the boxing theme is just a bit odd, it doesn't seem to gel well, at every possible moment they push the boxing theme, I'm surprised they didn't have Joyce in boxing gloves throughout, it was all a little too much.
Kevin McNally's character was in virtually every scene, he seemed to pop up in scene after scene, he acted his part very well though. Camille Coduri was the shining light though as she so often is.
Nice production values, some gorgeous costumes, but overall it is just very silly, the characters and relationships are a little confusing, and the identity of the killer is so obvious it's not really much of a mystery.
Overall the Noble Art is watchable, but one of the weaker episodes in my opinion. 5/10