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Death of the Small Coppers is the second episode of the twentieth series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and was first aired through Acorn TV streaming service to the U.S. on 3rd May 2018. It was then screened to UK audiences on 17th March 2019.
Synopsis
When Mahesh Sidana - butterfly collector and founding member of an elite IQ society - is found murdered, pinned to a wall in a manner akin to his treasured butterfly specimens, DCI Barnaby and DS Winter are thrust into a crime that impacts not only on their community, but internationally. With the help of an old friend, can they catch the culprit before another victim is found?
Plot
Cast
- Neil Dudgeon as DCI John Barnaby
- Nick Hendrix as DS Jamie Winter
- Fiona Dolman as Sarah Barnaby
- Annette Badland as Dr. Fleur Perkins
- Mark Benton as Eddie Rowbotham
- Peter Egan as Grady Palmerston
- Ray Fearon as Carlton Scott
- Ellie Haddington as Ginny Welton
- Thusitha Jayasundera as Anika Sidana
- Ann Eleonora Jørgensen as VPK Birgitte Poulsen
- Ella Kenion as Celeste Palmerston
- John Light as Luke Fawcett
- Niamh McGrady as Penny Kingdom (as Niamh Mcgrady)
- Chance Perdomo as Leo Scott
- Gioacchino Jim Cuffaro as Student (uncredited)
- Ashley Darkwood as Newspaper Delivery Agent (uncredited)
- Susan Fordham as Circulus Worker (uncredited)
- Stephen Hawke as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Ty Hurley as Crosby Newspaper Journalist (uncredited)
- A.k. Steppa as Postman (uncredited)
- Glenn Webster as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Chris Wilson as Police Officer (uncredited)
- (unnamed actor) as Mahesh Sidana
Galleries
Body Count
Died of unspecified illness prior to the events of the episode.
Run through with an auger and then hung on a wall in front of an image of a large "Small Copper" butterfly.
Electrocuted by a device connected to a computer quiz that shocked him when he answered incorrectly.
Supporting Cast
Episode Images
Notes
- Ann Eleonora Jørgensen returns to Midsomer as VPK Birgitte Poulsen who is conducting an unofficial investigation into Circulous. Her previous appearance occurred in the sixteenth series in The Killings of Copenhagen.
The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes
- Ellie Haddington - Tainted Fruit
- Peter Egan - Not in My Back Yard
- Ann Eleonora Jørgensen - The Killings of Copenhagen