{"id":329235,"date":"2011-03-22T11:43:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T11:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/22\/new-midsomer-murders-star-neil-dudgeon-refuses-to-get-into-race-row-surrounding-the-drama\/"},"modified":"2011-03-22T11:43:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T11:43:47","slug":"new-midsomer-murders-star-neil-dudgeon-refuses-to-get-into-race-row-surrounding-the-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/22\/new-midsomer-murders-star-neil-dudgeon-refuses-to-get-into-race-row-surrounding-the-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"New Midsomer Murders star Neil Dudgeon refuses to get into race row surrounding the drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"125.708514446\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Georgina+Littlejohn\" rel=\"nofollow\">Georgina Littlejohn<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 11:43 AM on 22nd March 2011<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s the new face on the English countryside block who is preparing to step into John Nettle&#8217;s shoes.<\/p>\n<p>But although ITV drama Midsomer Murders is currently embroiled in a race row, actor Neil Dudgeon is refusing to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>Dudgeon starts his lead role tomorrow night as the new Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby, replacing Nettles, who played Tom Barnaby, John&#8217;s cousin.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/58f10765195_468x384.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Not getting involved: Neil Dudgeon, seen here as new Detective Chief Inspector on Midsomer Murders with his faithful canine companion, doesn't want to get caught up in the race row surrounding the show\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not getting involved: Neil Dudgeon, seen here as new Detective Chief Inspector on Midsomer Murders with his faithful canine companion, doesn&#8217;t want to get caught up in the race row surrounding the show<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last week, the show&#8217;s executive producer Brian True-May was suspended after he said there was no place for any ethnic characters on the show.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;We just don&#8217;t have ethnic minorities involved. Because it wouldn&#8217;t be the English village with them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It just wouldn&#8217;t work. We&#8217;re the last bastion of Englishness and I want to keep it that way.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Last week he said his comments had been misinterpreted and he was being victimised and being made to feel like a criminal.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;According to the press reports I am going to be investigated as if I was a criminal. There\u2019s not a lot to investigate.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>When asked to respond to claims from viewers that the reaction to his comments was \u2018hysterical\u2019 \u2013 he said: \u2018You said it, not me. But I agree.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his lead role debut, Dudgeon has refused to get involved in the row and said it was &#8216;a problem for Brian True-May and ITV&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ef7b49ef545_468x308.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"308\" alt=\"Suspended: Executive producer Brain True-May - seen here with Nettles - is under investigation for his comments about the lack of ethnic characters in the show\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Suspended: Executive producer Brain True-May &#8211; seen here with Nettles &#8211; is under investigation for his comments about the lack of ethnic characters in the show<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking to the Mirror, he added: &#8216;You\u2019ve got this thing that\u2019s phenomenally successful. You want it to go on being successful.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If people have been quite happy for it not to really change in 14 years, there\u2019s no reason to suppose they\u2019re going to want it to change now. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I dare say there are some things where I would want a bit more of this and a bit less of that \u2013 but that\u2019s a long way in the future.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Dudgeon, 50, will be joined on the show by actress Fiona Dolman, 41, who will play his headmistress wife Sarah.<\/p>\n<p>And in the first episode, the couple are seen heading upstairs in their new home to try out their new bed.<\/p>\n<p>Dudgeon said: &#8216;Yes, it\u2019s a fully-functioning marriage. However, thinking about it, I don\u2019t think Midsomer can ever get that racy. It\u2019s not that sort of show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I won\u2019t be sent any racy underwear like John, maybe some biscuits for my on-screen dog if that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But if I have to give myself to the nation as a sex symbol for ratings then it\u2019s a filthy job but somebody has to do it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/050d9de48-4_468x569.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"569\" alt=\"Saying goodbye: Dudgeon will replace John Nettles, seen here with co0star Jason Hughes, who plays DS Ben Jones and will be staying in the show\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saying goodbye: Dudgeon will replace John Nettles, seen here with co0star Jason Hughes, who plays DS Ben Jones and will be staying in the show<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/58f10765195_468x384.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1368694\/New-Midsomer-Murders-star-Neil-Dudgeon-refuses-race-row-surrounding-drama.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"New Midsomer Murders star Neil Dudgeon refuses to get into race row surrounding the drama\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Midsomer Murders star Neil Dudgeon refuses to get into race row surrounding the drama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Georgina Littlejohn Last updated at 11:43 AM on 22nd March 2011 He&#8217;s the new face on the English countryside block who is preparing to step into John Nettle&#8217;s shoes. 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