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{{Infobox episode|series_and_ep_number = Series Twenty, Episode Six|image1 = Send-in-the-clowns.jpg|airdate = available via streaming to U.S. on 3rd May 2018<br>
 
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|series_and_ep_number = Series Twenty, Episode Six
14th January 2020 (UK)|filmdates = September - October 2017|village_or_location = [[Swynton Magna]]|writer = [[Julia Gilbert]]|director = [[Nick Laughland]]|previous_episode = [[Till Death Do Us Part]]|following_episode = [[The Point of Balance]]}}
 
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'''Send in the Clowns''' is the sixth episode of the [[Series Twenty|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 later transmitted in the UK on 14th January 2020.
 
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|airdate = available via streaming to U.S. on 3rd May 2018<br>
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14th January 2020 (UK)
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|filmdates = September - October 2017
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|village_or_location = [[Swynton Magna]]
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|writer = [[Julia Gilbert]]
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|director = [[Nick Laughland]]
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|previous_episode = [[Till Death Do Us Part]]
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|following_episode = [[The Point of Balance]]
 
}}'''Send in the Clowns''' is the sixth episode of the [[Series Twenty|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 later transmitted in the UK on 14th January 2020.
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
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==Cast==
 
==Cast==
 
 
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*[[Neil Dudgeon]] as DCI [[John Barnaby]]
 
*[[Neil Dudgeon]] as DCI [[John Barnaby]]
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*[[Susan Fordham]] as Meeting Member (uncredited)
 
*[[Susan Fordham]] as Meeting Member (uncredited)
 
*Taj Gill as Circus Attendee (uncredited)
 
*Taj Gill as Circus Attendee (uncredited)
*Stephen Hawke as Police Officer (uncredited)
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*[[Stephen Hawke]] as Police Officer (uncredited)
 
*Peter Jay as Circus Attendee (uncredited)
 
*Peter Jay as Circus Attendee (uncredited)
 
*Chen Yip Lai as Circus Crowd (uncredited)
 
*Chen Yip Lai as Circus Crowd (uncredited)
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*Faith Tarby as Circus Attendee (uncredited)
 
*Faith Tarby as Circus Attendee (uncredited)
 
*Kevin Vose as Circus Attendee (uncredited)
 
*Kevin Vose as Circus Attendee (uncredited)
*Glenn Webster as Police Officer (uncredited)
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*[[Glenn Webster]] as Police Officer (uncredited)
*Jo Wheatley as Circus Staff (uncredited)
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*[[Jo Wheatley]] as Circus Staff (uncredited)
 
*[[Chris Wilson]] as Arresting Police Officer (uncredited)
 
*[[Chris Wilson]] as Arresting Police Officer (uncredited)
 
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==Galleries==
 
==Galleries==
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<br>Elsa: Accidental fell off during circus act but preventable as no safety checks were made.
 
<br>Elsa: Accidental fell off during circus act but preventable as no safety checks were made.
 
Terry-bellini.jpg|[[Terry Bellini]]<br>Shot in chest with a .240 calibre bullet.
 
Terry-bellini.jpg|[[Terry Bellini]]<br>Shot in chest with a .240 calibre bullet.
Ashley-denton.jpg|[[Ashley Denton]]<br>Stabbed through chest by a sharpened fake sword while volunteering to be in a circus act.
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Ashley-denton.jpg|[[Ashley Denton]]<br>Stabbed through chest by a sharpened fake sword while volunteering to be in a circus act. (Not the intended victim.)
 
Curtis-ferabbee.jpg|[[Curtis Ferabbee]]<br>Accidentally pushed off overhead walkway via metal trolley and onto conveyor belt into a pig gassing and slaughtering machine.
 
Curtis-ferabbee.jpg|[[Curtis Ferabbee]]<br>Accidentally pushed off overhead walkway via metal trolley and onto conveyor belt into a pig gassing and slaughtering machine.
 
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
*Guy Normas who plays a circus attendee in this episode holds the record for the longest period between his first appearance in the series, the pilot episode and series premiere, ''[[The Killings at Badger's Drift]]'' and his latest appearance, ''Send in the Clowns''.
 
*Guy Normas who plays a circus attendee in this episode holds the record for the longest period between his first appearance in the series, the pilot episode and series premiere, ''[[The Killings at Badger's Drift]]'' and his latest appearance, ''Send in the Clowns''.
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The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes
 
The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes
 
*Guy Normas - [[The Killings at Badger's Drift]]
 
*Guy Normas - [[The Killings at Badger's Drift]]
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*Taj Gill - [[The Sicilian Defence]] and [[The Dagger Club]]
 
*Taj Gill - [[The Sicilian Defence]] and [[The Dagger Club]]
 
*Al Sawyer - [[A Vintage Murder]]
 
*Al Sawyer - [[A Vintage Murder]]
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*Faith Tarby - [[Breaking the Chain]] and [[A Dying Art]]
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*Gina Morrish - [[A Dying Art]]
 
[[Category:Series Twenty episodes]]
 
[[Category:Series Twenty episodes]]

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Send in the Clowns is the sixth 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 later transmitted in the UK on 14th January 2020.

Synopsis

Things take a gruesome turn when the circus comes to town, bringing with it a chain of sinister clown sightings, threatening notes and deathly dangerous circus acts.

Plot

Cast

Galleries

Body Count

Supporting Cast

Episode Images

Notes

  • Guy Normas who plays a circus attendee in this episode holds the record for the longest period between his first appearance in the series, the pilot episode and series premiere, The Killings at Badger's Drift and his latest appearance, Send in the Clowns.

The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes