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Breaking the Chain

  • Episode aired Jan 27, 2016
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 29m
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Sophia Di Martino, Gwilym Lee, Ben Lamb, Olivia Vinall, and Tom York in Midsomer Murders (1997)
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Cyclist Greg Eddon is murdered after winning the local leg of a national race, beating team mate Mitch McCordell at the last minute.Cyclist Greg Eddon is murdered after winning the local leg of a national race, beating team mate Mitch McCordell at the last minute.Cyclist Greg Eddon is murdered after winning the local leg of a national race, beating team mate Mitch McCordell at the last minute.
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    • Director
      • Rob Evans
    • Writers
      • Chris Murray(screenplay)
      • Caroline Graham(based on characters by)
    • Stars
      • Neil Dudgeon
      • Gwilym Lee
      • Fiona Dolman
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Rob Evans
    • Writers
      • Chris Murray(screenplay)
      • Caroline Graham(based on characters by)
    • Stars
      • Neil Dudgeon
      • Gwilym Lee
      • Fiona Dolman
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    • 19User reviews
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    Neil Dudgeon, Jack Staddon, Gwilym Lee, Ben Lamb, and Tom York in Midsomer Murders (1997)
    Jack Staddon and Sophia Di Martino in Midsomer Murders (1997)
    Jack Staddon and Tom York in Midsomer Murders (1997)
    Chris Wilson in Midsomer Murders (1997)

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    Neil Dudgeon
    Neil Dudgeon
    • DCI John Barnaby
    Gwilym Lee
    Gwilym Lee
    • DS Charlie Nelson
    Fiona Dolman
    Fiona Dolman
    • Sarah Barnaby
    Manjinder Virk
    Manjinder Virk
    • Dr. Kam Karimore
    Edward Akrout
    Edward Akrout
    • Damien Lamerat
    Sophia Di Martino
    Sophia Di Martino
    • Amber Layard
    Hari Dhillon
    Hari Dhillon
    • Reece Dexter
    Rebecca Grant
    Rebecca Grant
    • Joanna Stockerton
    Richard Graham
    Richard Graham
    • Gerry Bleacher
    Ben Lamb
    Ben Lamb
    • Aiden McCordell
    Joe McGann
    Joe McGann
    • Jez Oliver
    Derek Riddell
    Derek Riddell
    • Des McCordell
    Tom York
    Tom York
    • Mitch McCordell
    Tessa Peake-Jones
    Tessa Peake-Jones
    • Mary Appleton
    Jack Staddon
    Jack Staddon
    • Greg Eddon
    Olivia Vinall
    Olivia Vinall
    • Kim Fosse
    Sykes
    • Sykes the Jack Russell Terrier
    Raj Awasti
    Raj Awasti
    • Pub Go-er
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Rob Evans
    • Writers
      • Chris Murray(screenplay)
      • Caroline Graham(based on characters by)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The modernist house in which Lamerat lives is used again in series 19's 'Death by Persuasion'. The decor is slightly changed but the same iconic Mies Van Der Rohe chair is clearly seen in both episodes.
    • Goofs
      Barnaby tells someone that a recorded confession cannot be used because it constitutes entrapment, but this is not what entrapment means. Entrapment occurs when a law official encourages someone to break the law, not when they secretly record a confession. It is true that secret recordings by legal officials are also frowned upon in some (but by no means all) jurisdictions, but in this case the recorder was not a legal official, so the recording would most likely have been admissible.
    • Soundtracks
      Main Theme
      Composed by Jim Parker

      Theremin played by Celia Sheen

    User reviews19

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    5/10
    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.
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    • hewjohns
    • Oct 28, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 27, 2016 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • St Mary's Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Bentley Productions
      • ITV - Independent Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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