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The Magicians Nephew is the fifth episode of the eleventh series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and was originally broadcast on 27th July 2008.
Synopsis[]
Jean Wildacre is killed on stage during a magic show. She was a member of an occult group headed by imperious Ernest Balliol. Balliol and a former colleague in the group Aloysius Wilmington have long been at odds as both are anxious to locate a priceless antique book, believed to be somewhere on Aloysius's premises. Balliol has married again and his daughter Isolde is as fervent as he is in trying to find the book. His gentler son Tristan lives with and cares for his mother, Ernest's mentally fragile first wife Rosemary. Two more deaths follow and each victim was present when one of Balliol's wives was recruited into the group years earlier. Suspicion falls on Ernest and his children and on Simon Wilmington, actually the illegitimate son of Aloysius, though he has been led to believe he is The Magician's Nephew.
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
- Kirsty Dillon as WPC Gail Stephens
- Stuart Wilson as Aloysius Wilmington
- Dominic Rowan as Simon Wilmington
- Sian Brooke as Christine Turner
- Michael Fitzgerald as Hugo Cartwright
- Ronald Pickup as Ernest Balliol
- Brigit Forsyth as Estelle Balliol
- Rachel Pickup as Isolde Balliol
- Tom Goodman-Hill as Tristan Balliol
- Rosemary McHale as Rosemary Balliol
- David Roper as Anton Thorneycroft
- Vivien Heilbron as Felicity Brand
- Kate Crutchley as Jean Wildacre
- Bill Thomas as Derek Wildacre
- Angela Rippon as Interviewer
- James Staddon as Rector
- Olivia Thomas as Elisabeth Shepherd
- J.P. Turner as Customer (uncredited)
- Chris Wilson as Police Officer (uncredited)
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Body Count[]
Prior to the Episode
Died of natural causes in 2005.
In the Episode
Killed while inside "The Cabinet Of Death" magic prop. The knives had been jammed so they did not retract and the blades had been coated with secretions from the skin of a Poison Dart Frog the night prior. Inside the cabinet was left the handle of the ritualic sword that she used in Rosemary's initiation ceremony in The Temple of Thoth.
While coming drunk to his shop, tripped on a wire and fell onto broken glass that had been tainted with the secretions from the skin of a Poison Dart Frog. Earlier that day he received the ritualic arrow that he used in Rosemary's initiation ceremony in The Temple of Thoth in pieces.
Lured outside where he found the ritualic axe that he used in Rosemary's initiation ceremony in The Temple of Thoth in pieces. As he picked it up was struck in the back of the head with an axe that had been coated with secretions from the skin of a Poison Dart Frog.
Accidental death. As he was being apprehended by DS Jones, fell onto the glass enclosure which contained Poison Dart Frogs. Secretions from the frogs entered the cuts he received from the broken glass.
Supporting Cast[]
Episode Images[]
Video[]
Midsomer Murders Series 11 Episode 5 - The Magician's Nephew Preview
Notes/Trivia[]
Parentage[]
- Aloysius Wilmington reveals that he is actually the father of Simon Wilmington as the result of an incestuous liaison he had with his sister Lucy. Apparently, this parentage was covered up because a farmer by the name of David Cuningham is listed on the Birth Certificate as the father.
The following actors and actresses who appeared in this episode have also appeared in the following episodes
- Bill Thomas - Judgement Day and Picture of Innocence
- Ronald Pickup - A Tale of Two Hamlets
- Michael Fitzgerald - Death in Chorus
- J.P. Turner - The Axeman Cometh