Expert blackmailer Martin Barret is murdered and there is no shortage of suspects.Expert blackmailer Martin Barret is murdered and there is no shortage of suspects.Expert blackmailer Martin Barret is murdered and there is no shortage of suspects.
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- TriviaAt about 18:17 Inspector Barnaby refers to the poem by Rudyard Kipling, "Dane-geld", and the famous line, "once you have paid him the Dane-geld/ You never get rid of the Dane". Dane-geld (also spelled Danegeld) was money paid to Vikings and others in the Middle Ages to keep them from raiding England, now what one would call protection money or blackmail.
- GoofsBarnaby checks Hatchard's exemplary Hong Kong Police Service which puzzlingly fails to detail his arrest and imprisonment for people trafficking. Also Hatchard apparently bribed his way out of jail and made it back to England , set up a successful seafood business, but never bothered to change his name or disguise his identity and background.
- Quotes
Detective Constable Ben Jones: Sounds good, sir; a trip to the seaside. Should we toss for it?
DCI Tom Barnaby: I already did. I won.
- ConnectionsReferences The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Featured review
Barnaby has to be at his best, Miss Marple's in town.
I found this a really enjoyable episode, it features a good, clever mystery, it has some wonderfully humorous moments, plus it contains some fine performances.
It's one of the best openings to an episode I can remember, classical music is always a great choice, and the Pearl Fisher's Duet complimented the dramatic opening scenes beautifully.
The acting is top notch all round, but it's the two veteran actors, Sam Kelly and Julia McKenzie that stood out for me, both utterly wonderful, funny, but serious when needed.
I've knocked two points off because I thought the identity of the killer was a little too obvious, but all in all it's a very good episode. 8/10
It's one of the best openings to an episode I can remember, classical music is always a great choice, and the Pearl Fisher's Duet complimented the dramatic opening scenes beautifully.
The acting is top notch all round, but it's the two veteran actors, Sam Kelly and Julia McKenzie that stood out for me, both utterly wonderful, funny, but serious when needed.
I've knocked two points off because I thought the identity of the killer was a little too obvious, but all in all it's a very good episode. 8/10
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- Sep 4, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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