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\n<\/p>\n

\nBy
\nDaily Mail Reporter<\/a>
Last updated at 8:42 AM on 25th March 2011<\/p>\n

\n\"Controversy:<\/p>\n

Controversy: Midsomer Murders executive producer Brian True-May will be standing down from the hit show<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It has lost its leading man and its producer is currently embroiled in a nasty race row.<\/p>\n

But that didn’t stop a staggering six million loyal viewers tuning in to catch the first episode in a new series of the popular televison drama Midsomers Murders.<\/p>\n

And it has also been revealed that a mixed-race actress has appeared in the hit series – despite claims by producer Brian True-May that a racially diverse cast was not suitable for a crime show set in a genteel country village.<\/p>\n

Mr True-May was suspended after he described the show as the \u2018last
\nbastion of Englishness\u2019. He was reinstated by ITV, but will now be
\nstepping down at the end of the current series.<\/p>\n

But if he ever
\nwatches repeats of his creation, Mr True-May will discover that an
\nethnic minority actress did feature in a 1997 episode – and that irate viewers did not
\ncall in to complain that ‘we might be in Slough’.<\/p>\n

Indra Ove, 43, played Charlotte Knight in an early episode of the long-running drama, as revealed by the Daily Express.<\/p>\n

\n\"Cast<\/p>\n

Cast member: Actress Indra Ove appeared in a 1997 episode of the crime drama <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The
\nLondon-born actress, who also appeared on screen with Hollywood stars
\nTom Cruise and Brad Pitt in 1994’s Interview With A Vampire, is the
\ndaughter of Trinidad filmmaker Horace Ove, who has spent his own career
\ndocumenting black history.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Further, eagle-eyed viewers will have spotted a black man briefly appear onscreen as recently as during last week’s episode.<\/p>\n

The man – pictured on the far right of the image – was pictured in the fictional town of Causton standing on the bridge at the start of ‘Death In The Slow Lane’<\/p>\n

\n\"Midsomer<\/p>\n

Midsomer mystery: A black man – circled, far right – appeared briefly at the start of Death In The Slow Lane which was broadcast on ITV1 last Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The show would have been edited and prepared for broadcast before Mr
\nTrue-May’s remarks about casting were published in the Radio Times
\nsparking the ‘race row’.<\/p>\n

The controversy erupted after he said he did not use black and Asian people in the series because \u2018it wouldn\u2019t be an English village with them\u2019.<\/p>\n

In the Radio Times, he described Midsomer Murders as the \u2018last bastion of Englishness\u2019 which relied on an \u2018English genteel eccentricity\u2019, and suggested it would not work if there was racial diversity in the village. <\/p>\n

\n\"Still<\/p>\n

Still pulling viewers: Despite the ‘race row’ controversy more than six million fans turned into the season premiere this week<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He also said that if he had more minority cast members \u2018we might be in Slough\u2019.<\/p>\n

True-May has since apologised through production company All3Media, who said that he was sorry if his remarks gave ‘unintended offence’.<\/p>\n

Wednesday night’s opening episode –
\nin which actor Neil Dudgeon replaced longtime star John Nettles in the
\ncentral role – topped its timeslot rating with an audience of 5.5million
\nviewers, or 23.9 per cent.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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