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Episode 5

Episode 5 of 8

The team is challenged by a perplexing poisoning during a performance of The Tempest. Meanwhile, Mervin must decide what to do about a difficult development involving his brother.

The play鈥檚 the thing! A touring theatre company are in town for their final performance of Shakespeare鈥檚 The Tempest on one of Saint Marie鈥檚 pristine beaches. During a raucous drinking scene, one of the leads keels over dead after drinking from a bottle of red wine. Tests reveal that the liquid contained a lethal quantity of cyanide. But two other actors drank from the same bottle both before and after the victim, and emerged unscathed. So how on earth did he, and only he, perish?

Meanwhile, Mervin is informed that his half-brother Solomon is set to inherit everything from their deceased mother and promptly sell it off. Mervin is desperate to hold on to at least some sort of memento of her. The trouble is, Solomon will not return any of his calls. With time slipping away, Mervin may need to go to unexpected lengths to reach his brother.

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Role Contributor
DI Mervin Wilson Don Gilet
Commissioner Selwyn Patterson Don Warrington
DS Naomi Thomas Shantol Jackson
Officer Sebastian Rose Shaquille Ali-Yebuah
Sergeant Mattie Fletcher Catherine Garton
Anya Chambers Phoebe Sparrow
Michael Farrer Samuel Edward-Cook
Jez Gorman Ben Lloyd-Hughes
Nathan Burns Paul G Raymond
Richard Dempster Tim McMullan
Writer James Hall
Writer Ian Jarvis
Director Jamie Annett
Producer Emma Grazette
Producer Ray McBride
Executive Producer Tim Key
Executive Producer America Rodriguez
Production Company Red Planet Pictures

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