Breaking the Chain 

Cyclist Greg Eddon is murdered after winning the local leg of a national race, beating team mate Mitch McCordell at the last minute.

Director:

Rob Evans

Writers:

Chris Murray (screenplay), Caroline Graham (based on characters by)

Stars:

Neil Dudgeon, Gwilym Lee, Fiona Dolman

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Neil Dudgeon	...	DCI John Barnaby
Gwilym Lee	...	DS Charlie Nelson
Fiona Dolman	...	Sarah Barnaby
Manjinder Virk	...	Dr. Kam Karimore
Edward Akrout	...	Damien Lamerat
Sophia Di Martino	...	Amber Layard
Hari Dhillon	...	Reece Dexter
Rebecca Grant	...	Joanna Stockerton
Richard Graham	...	Gerry Bleacher
Ben Lamb	...	Aiden McCordell
Joe McGann	...	Jez Oliver
Derek Riddell	...	Des McCordell
Tom York	...	Mitch McCordell
Tessa Peake-Jones	...	Mary Appleton
Jack Staddon	...	Greg Eddon

Storyline

Cyclist Greg Eddon is killed after winning the local leg of a national race, beating team mate Mitch McCordell at the last minute. Mitch's father Des, who owns the DJM racing stable tells Barnaby the race is make or break for them but there are clearly factions as Mitch's brother Aiden had sent threatening texts to Greg after he was seen kissing Aiden's girlfriend Amber. Local environmentalist Gerry Bleacher opposes the races, claiming that people die because of them and organizer and pub landlady Mary Appleton receives messages accusing her of murder. Des admits that DJM's sponsorship depends on Mitch's continuing success as the company is cash strapped whilst Reece Dexter, who runs rival team Ravondale, accuses Des of corruption and persuades Aiden to cycle for his stable. Another murder follows before Barnaby is able to save a further victim and identify who, in the cycling world, was guilty of literally breaking the chain.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2016 (UK)

Filming Locations:

St Mary's Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bentley Productions, ITV - Independent Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In an early scene, the Moon is full. By the later part of the episode, it is a half Moon. This suggests that about seven days elapsed between scenes. (The Show isn't real. It takes 2-3 weeks to film an episode. Suspend your disbelief. )

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Goofs

In the scene where Nelson calls Barnaby to tell him there's a case, he's wearing what looks like bike racing gear, a spandex shirt. After Barnaby arrives, Nelson is in normal street clothes, with no explanation for the change.

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Soundtracks

Main Theme
Composed by Jim Parker
Theremin played by Celia Sheen

User Reviews

And what's with the cantilevers?

Okay, the one reason I bother with a review is just to point out that if you get a stick in your wheel when on rollers, you will not get thrown over the handlebars. Instead the wheels stop, the roller push you off a few inches, then you fall sideways. You don't have much momentum.

There are definitely some teething problems with the new cast and settings. Every other face is anything but a pasty Anglo-Saxon, to make up for past sins. That's OK, but a bit obvious. And I think we need to let Nelson and Kam and John and Sarah develop a bit more. But the other thing missing that seems to be overlooked is that before Tom was always sussing out the bad guy from a host of conflicting information to the astonishment of Ben, while now it seems a police procedural with lots of investigation and little magic intuition.