Last Man Out is the third episode of the nineteenth series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and originally aired 11th January 2017. It featured the return of DI Ben Jones.
Synopsis[]
Tensions run high in Lower Pampling as a new type of cricket, the C-10, threatens a century of tradition. When star cricketer Leo Henderson is found dead following the tournament quarter-final, DCI Barnaby and DS Winter's investigation leads them into the path of a surprise visitor from Barnaby’s past, one "Jack Morris", who happens to be none other than an undercover Ben Jones, who is now a Detective Inspector.
Plot[]
Leo Henderson, star player of the Lower Pampling Panthers, is murdered following a one day tournament called C10, a format disapproved of by committee members St John Beachwood and retired player Germaine Troughton. Barnaby is mystified by the unexplained amount of cash in Leo's account and the appearance of an unshaven Ben Jones, calling himself Jack Morris and with Leo's widow Melody when her house is burgled. New captain Fitz Theara, who is taking bribes to throw matches, is the next victim, leading Jones to explain that, with Germaine's cooperation, he is investigating match fixing. - a possible key to Leo's new-found wealth and the financial problems of C10 organizer Elliot Luthando. Whilst a twenty year disappearance is resolved, Jones' new role as the leading player makes him a likely target and, unless Barnaby unmasks the killer, the last man out.
Cast[]
- Neil Dudgeon as DCI John Barnaby
- Nick Hendrix as DS Jamie Winter
- Fiona Dolman as Sarah Barnaby
- Manjinder Virk as Dr. Kam Karimore
- Tia Bannon as Kia Luthando
- John Bird as St John Beachwood
- Joe Dixon as Elliot Luthando
- Frances Grey as Cilla Troughton
- Esther Hall as Serena Luthando
- Jason Hughes as DI Ben Jones
- Susan Jameson as Germaine Troughton
- Bruce Lawrence as Leo Henderson
- Natasha Little as Melody Henderson
- Mark Powley as Wade McMaster
- Paul Reynolds as Butler Styles
- Parth Thakerar as Fitz Theara
- Raj Awasti as Cricket Fan (uncredited)
- Kishore Bhatt as Cricket Club Member (uncredited)
- Steve Doyle as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Daniel Eghan as Neighbourhood Watch (uncredited)
- Susan Fordham as Cricket Spectator (uncredited)
- Stephen Hawke as Midsomer Police Officer (uncredited)
- Michael Haydon as Police Officer (uncredited)
- John Kinory as Cricket Club Member (uncredited)
- Shaun Lucas as Press Photographer (uncredited)
- Mike Ray as Cricket Spectator (uncredited)
- Glenn Webster as Villager / Cricket Spectator (uncredited)
- Jo Wheatley as Cricket Spectator (uncredited)
- Chris Wilson as Police Officer (uncredited)
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Body Count[]
Prior to the Episode
Died of a heart attack when Cilla was small.
In the Episode
Knocked unconscious by a ball fired from a Cricket practice machine. As he fell backwards onto a net, the speed at which the balls were fired was raised to maximum, then the machine was turned back on, firing more balls straight at him. Finally a ball hit his heart and stopped it.
Lured to the village outskirt at the tree where Cilla disappeared and stabbed from the back through his stomach with a sharp cricket stump, falling onto the tree. Then, until he was pinned to it, blunt force was used on the end of the cricket stump several times.
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Notes[]
The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes
- Esther Hall - Bad Tidings
- John Kinory - King's Crystal
- Bruce Lawrence - Midsomer Life
- Shaun Lucas - Written in the Stars, The Ballad of Midsomer County, The Incident at Cooper Hill, Crime and Punishment and With Baited Breath
- Steve Doyle - Death by Persuasion
- Daniel Eghan - The Curse of the Ninth and Drawing Dead