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Harry Ferabbee is a character appearing in the episode Send in the Clowns of the ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders.

Harry is the son of circus ringmaster Joe Ferabbee and worked as a stage manager for his father's show, though he seemed to be aware of the harsh economic realities his Dad was facing and constantly tried to warn him about, along with making him consider some of his own ideas that he pitched, though he does not want to hear it.

On the day before Terry's murder, his uncle Curtis stops by with a document from his lawyers; claiming that the land to the circus has been reversed and that he technically owns it now. He instructs him to give it to his Dad and while we don't see it happen, its safe to say that his efforts fell on deaf ears. When Joe mopes about the circus being placed under lockdown during the investigation, Harry proposes a new attraction that could reinvent their family business while attracting much younger audiences: a "Gothic extravaganza" with a cast of classic horror characters (ghosts, werewolves, "escaped lunatics") and a darker, thrilling edge; tied together with light shows and rock music. His father protests that it would betray the circus' message of "escaping from the grim realities of life to magic" while he objects that his ego is what's really hurting their business. Annoyed at his father, he goes to seek some support from his aunt Freya and comes him to tell her husband about the idea he's been planning; which he uses to his advantage as the next day, despite insisting that he had too much to drink and that he shouldn't have talked so much, Curtis reaffirms his nephew that his father is not worthy of his approval and promises that if makes him sell the land, he will be the sole investor of his horror show.

When the police are investigating Denton's death, when bringing up how Joe would always rig the "magic box" act that he died in, Harry confesses that his father suggested Ashley should do it for publicity relations. When Joe wonders where his son went and chews off him off for ratting him out to the cops, Harry tells off his father by saying that he doesn't need to hear anymore from him. Upon being accused of wanting to destroy the circus, he states that despite doing all he could to help, his father ultimately did it to himself and is ready to move onto his own enterprise with the help of Curtis; much to Joe's shock. When he's being investigated by Barnaby and Winter on whether he killed Ashley or not, Joe comes in to bring him a threatening letter that was sent to him; presumably by the clown, which reads "GO NOW OR UR NEXT." While it may have been directed to Joe, it could've also been towards Harry as Mostyn, the person that wore the clown costume, noticed his boss walking off with Harry the day before Denton's murder.

Harry is last seen watching his father being taken away by the cops and goes to hug Sophia Bellini for support, who had just watched her hysterical mother be arrested for her crimes; though this may also imply they're in a relationship. It is unknown if Harry decided to run the circus in place of his father or if he decided to move on with that "Gothic extravaganza," though the latter seems unlikely considering his relation to a man that covered up someone's death might get him blacklisted and that the only man willing to greenlight his project is now dead.

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