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Originally Posted by Stuart
While I can see the point (television *can* be a powerful weapon in fighting things like racism), it also worth noting that most drama (Midsommer Murders included) is supposed to be at least vaguely realistic. It's set in a small village. Right or wrong, anyone in such a small village is unlikely to ever see anyone who is a different colour.
Having said that, most small villages don't have someone being murdered every week.
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Neither they do, but without stretching reality a little in that direction there wouldn't be a series.
A high murder rate is necessary to the plot. An unrealistic ethnic mix is not.
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Originally Posted by Damien
However that doesn't mean the producer was right, there is no reason why Midsomer Murders cannot have a black character which is what he was suggesting. It wouldn't detract from the 'Englishness' of the show.
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I'm not so sure. Despite its modern setting, Midsomer Murders is in many ways a pastiche on Agatha Christie, or rather Agatha Christie's England. That England was a very white place indeed.