Midsommer Murders

[vernonk]

More like mid-Delhi murders now. Political correctness gone mad, dontcha think?

[douglas9401]

I remarked on that very thing (kinda) on another thread earlier today. :)

[douglas9401]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Culture/Question1531314.html

[jourdain2]

Good story, but we also commented about the number of ethnic minority actors. I suppose that is an over-reaction to the criticism that it was all white before (population around where it is filmed is about 98% white). Too much the other way.

[vernonk]

It'd be more palatable if theyre good actors but last nights were hopeless. Probably picked off the streets for one qualification only

[Mamyalynne]

Midsomer Murders. current storyline.

Crime and Punishment.



//Dusk falls in Bleakridge, the most remote village in Midsomer, and a group of villagers walk the streets, reporting anyone who falls foul of the law. Welcome to Bleakridge Watch country. 'Code Red' sounds through their walkie talkies. One of their members, local butcher Angus Colton, is dead, lying frozen in his meat freezer...


Barnaby and Winter meet Angus' devastated sister, Maxine Lockston and her daughter Tara. They learn that Angus was investigating a recent spate of burglaries in the village, but hadn't identified the culprit. Next port of call is Ingrid Lockston, the Watch leader. She set up the Watch two years ago in honour of her brother Frank, Maxine's husband, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident. His killer was never found. Adrian Peck, Ingrid's lackey, tells the police that pub landlord Mitch McAllister hated Angus. At The Gallows, Barnaby and Winter learn from a beleaguered Mitch and his partner Lena, a mobile hairdresser, that the Watch are a total nuisance. Abuse of power is rife amongst them. Later in a dark field, an old barn is set alight...


Angus' post-mortem reveals strange restraining injuries on his wrists.....//


Very Bollywood.

[EcclesCake]

I can't say I notice the ethnicity of actors in programmes, I tend to concentrate on the storyline.

[Bazile]

Watch something good , like Criminal Minds

[Mamyalynne]

Are there no people of other lands in that one Baz?

[Lie-in King]

EcclesCake - snap & I enjoyed the episode to boot.

[hc4361]

I thought it was one of the best episodes in a long time.

[Bazile]

I haven't seen any Mamy - Well i tell a lie - there are 2 African Americans .

But then there are lots of people of colour in the locations where the story lines are based .

Unlike Midsommer locations where in reality the only peoples of other lands are those on the coach passing through on the way to the seaside

[Mamyalynne]

Yes it was good.

[poisondwarf]

Did you all mean MIDSOMER Murders?

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, this episode in particular ,sad the dog isn't credited - he's excellent.

http://midsomermurders.org/crimepunishment.htm

[hc4361]

Paddy the dog is owned by the same trainer as Sykes :)

[DSJ]

I thought last night's episode was rubbish. They must be running out of credible plots.

[hc4361]

Midsomer has never had credible plots - that is part of the appeal of the show. There has been some daft murders over the years.

I recall another drama that had a butcher frozen to death in his own shop freezer - was it Inspector Wexford in the Ruth Rendell Mysteries?

[TheChair]

//They must be running out of credible plots.//
You mean they have ever had credible plots?

[vernonk]

a new role for David Essex then!