Midsomer Murders - Tricks of the Trade

Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 21 Jun 2015

Numerous episodes of TV series Midsomer Murders have been recorded in and around Wallingford, which appears as Causton in the series. One of the stories coming up is obviously going to involve cycle racing. There was a bike event taking place in town today anyway so the Midsomer people were able to video in between races using the spectators and event scenery as part of their backdrop. Here, they are taking a close up sequence supposedly during a race, but rather than have the actor cycling dangerously near (or maybe he's not a good cyclist - always possible), his bicycle has had the front wheel taken off and the frame is fixed to the back of the truck. He is being filmed huffing and puffing and pedaling furiously while being towed along. All the spectators were moved over to this side of the road so as to be in shot. The guy standing up waving his arms about is encouraging us all to whoop and cheer as the action passes by.

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