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The Axeman Cometh is the fourth episode of the tenth series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and was originally aired on 2nd February 2007.
Synopsis[]
DCI Barnaby revels in the atmosphere of a major rock concert being held in Badger's Drift that features Hired Gun, an influential rock group from his youth and his personal favorite. Barnaby is soon on the job when the group's lead singer, Mimi Clifton, is electrocuted on stage during their opening number. It is quickly apparent that the equipment was tampered with and they are dealing with a case of murder. Gary Cooper, the group's nominal leader, believes the attempt was directed at him as he has been harassed and threatened for some time. He thinks his nemesis is former band member Ginger Foxton who disappeared 30 years ago, a case the then Det. Sgt. Barnaby and his DI Owen Jenkins, had worked on. When an attempt is made on a second member of the group and then a third, successfully this time, Barnaby thinks Cooper might be right. Revenge is at the center of it all, but not for the reasons that seem apparent.
Plot[]
Cast[]
- John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby
- Jason Hughes as DS Ben Jones
- Jane Wymark as Joyce Barnaby
- Laura Howard as Cully Barnaby
- Barry Jackson as Dr. George Bullard
- Annie Lambert as Ingrid Peterson
- Phil Davis as Gary Cooper
- David Horovitch as James Hobson
- James Cosmo as Jack 'Axeman' McKinley
- Fiona Button as Willow McKinley
- Michael Angelis as Nicky Harding
- Rachel Davies as Jeannie Harding
- Suzi Quatro as Mimi Clifton
- Robin Weaver as Serena Stanton
- Rupert Vansittart as Desmond Harcourt
- Tilly Blackwood as Finola Harcourt
- Sam Hazeldine as Simon Dixon
- Bryan Matheson as Cedric
- Ford Kenyon as Roadie
- Philip Madoc as D.I. Owen Jenkins
- Roger Chapman as Himself
- Geno Washington as Himself
- Mike Read as Himself
- Steve Simpson as Guitarist
- Caroline Fitch as Young Mimi
- Ian Mann as (uncredited)
- Brendan McCoy as Band Member (uncredited)
- Antony Sendall as Barman (uncredited)
- John Snowden as Detective (uncredited)
- J.P. Turner as Sound Recording Engineer (uncredited)
Galleries[]
Body Count[]
Prior to the Episode
Committed suicide by driving car off cliff into a quarry. Suicide occurred 30 years ago.
In the Episode
Electrocuted while singing by the microphone stand that had been wired to live electrical wires through a small hole in the stage that was drilled the night before. The current was started by pressing an amplifier pedal.
Smothered with a pillow while sleeping in the back of his Cadillac and then the car was driven into a swimming pool.
Supporting Cast[]
Episode Images[]
Video[]
Midsomer Murders Series 10 Episode 4 - The Axeman Cometh Preview
Notes[]
- This episode introduced the character of Simon Dixon portrayed by Sam Hazeldine.
- Gary Cooper's House (Long Crendon Manor) appears as the Inkpen Manor in Garden of Death, the Spiritualist Church in Things that go Bump in the Night, and as the Fergus Johnson House in The Christmas Haunting.
- Michael Angelis plays a drummer in a band in this episode sort of like Ringo Starr who was the narrator of Thomas The Tank Engine before him.
The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes
- Tilly Blackwood - Death in Disguise
- Rupert Vansittart - Market for Murder and The Dogleg Murders
- Sam Hazeldine - Death and Dust, Death in a Chocolate Box and Blood Wedding
- Bryan Matheson - Ghosts of Christmas Past
- Antony Sendall - Blood on the Saddle
- Ian Mann - The Night of the Stag and Death and the Divas
- J.P. Turner - The Magician's Nephew