When a prize-winning violinist is killed and his Stradivarius stolen, Barnaby must sort through a myriad of suspects and motives to find the real killer.When a prize-winning violinist is killed and his Stradivarius stolen, Barnaby must sort through a myriad of suspects and motives to find the real killer.When a prize-winning violinist is killed and his Stradivarius stolen, Barnaby must sort through a myriad of suspects and motives to find the real killer.
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- TriviaJoseph Prowen, the actor who plays Dan Falconer, is an accomplished violinist in real life.
- GoofsWhen Barnaby and Jamie are questioning Ivo Baxter, who owns a music shop, Jamie correctly pronounces "Totenfeier" as "toe-ten-fire" (after Kam has told him), but Baxter "corrects" him to "tottenfeer". Someone for whom "classical music is an obsession" would almost certainly know the correct pronunciation.
- Quotes
[John grabs Sarah on the stairway while acting out a scene from her novel-in-progress]
DCI John Barnaby: I've got you!
Sarah Barnaby: Oh no!
[Sarah and John freeze, seeing Jamie standing at the bottom of the stairs]
DS Jamie Winter: I *did* knock.
Sarah Barnaby: Hi, Jamie. We were just doing a bit of role play.
DCI John Barnaby: Not *that* kind of role play.
Sarah Barnaby: For the first murder scene in my novel.
DS Jamie Winter: Murder? Thought you were writing historical romance.
DCI John Barnaby: Romance is dead, apparently.
I can understand why some viewers won't be too keen on this instalment; mostly because the ultimate resolution is a bit far-fetched even by the standards of 'Midsomer Murders'... the motive doesn't emerge till quite near the end and relies on an unlikely case of mistaken identity. I still enjoyed it though; just about everybody seemed to be guilty of something whether it is actual crimes or something more petty. At some point or another I suspected just about everybody apart from the actual killer! The cast is on fine form was some great guest performances; Simon Callow was delightfully over-the-top as a viola player who like a drink or three and James Fleet is solid as the arrogant composer/conductor. Away from the case the story about Sarah Barnaby's book writing was a bit of a distraction and the potential relationship between Winters and pathologist Dr Kam Karimore was a little disappointing... perhaps because it didn't turn out as I'd hoped! Overall I really enjoyed this episode despite its unlikely moments... I hope we don't have to wait too long before the next series airs.
- Tweekums
- May 20, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- 16:9 HD