Midsomer Murders "Murder of Innocence"
Sam Callis was delighted to be reunited with friends and former colleagues in the new episode of MIDSOMER MURDERS.
“Sharon Duce played my mum in London’s Burning and she’s also my mum in Midsomer. It was a nice reunion of mother and son. I also know Jason Hughes from drama school as I was in the same year as his wife, and Jo Wright the producer cast me in my first big TV job when I started on London’s Burning. So it was good to see her again.”
Sam plays Will Gideon, who works on the Binwell Estate, and who was a friend of murdered villager Daniel Denning.
“Will is down to earth, practical, pragmatic and a bit stoic. He just gets on with it. He is a farm manager and wears forest green tweed and a Barbour, so I was well wrapped up against the cold although he was not that imaginative with his fashion. It was a lovely job to work on.”
Since filming the episode, Sam has gone back to the West End stage where he is appearing in Hayfever at the Noel Coward Theatre with Lindsay Duncan and Kevin McNally until June.
“It’s good to be in theatre, as it’s always a great experience though it’s a bit nerve-wracking. It’s such a funny play and I am really enjoying the actors in it. I am playing Sandy Tyrell who is a posh idiot. In some ways, the hours are more civilised, especially in rehearsals when you don’t start till 11am. So it’s quite lovely and I get to see my kids.
“Last year I directed a short film which went to the London Film Festival. It was a brutal story and grim to the end with no laughs at all. So it’s good to be doing Hayfever.”
Sam played Sgt Callum Stone in almost 100 episodes of The Bill and his other credits include Kidulthood, Ultimate Force and The Royal.
He has also written two film scripts – a romantic comedy and a thriller – which he hopes to get into production, and is a keen cyclist.
“I have two small children who steal all my sleep so I build the cycling into my day and I always cycle all over London. I have a motorbike too as anything with two wheels is so much easier than a car in London,” he says.
“Sharon Duce played my mum in London’s Burning and she’s also my mum in Midsomer. It was a nice reunion of mother and son. I also know Jason Hughes from drama school as I was in the same year as his wife, and Jo Wright the producer cast me in my first big TV job when I started on London’s Burning. So it was good to see her again.”
Sam plays Will Gideon, who works on the Binwell Estate, and who was a friend of murdered villager Daniel Denning.
“Will is down to earth, practical, pragmatic and a bit stoic. He just gets on with it. He is a farm manager and wears forest green tweed and a Barbour, so I was well wrapped up against the cold although he was not that imaginative with his fashion. It was a lovely job to work on.”
Since filming the episode, Sam has gone back to the West End stage where he is appearing in Hayfever at the Noel Coward Theatre with Lindsay Duncan and Kevin McNally until June.
“It’s good to be in theatre, as it’s always a great experience though it’s a bit nerve-wracking. It’s such a funny play and I am really enjoying the actors in it. I am playing Sandy Tyrell who is a posh idiot. In some ways, the hours are more civilised, especially in rehearsals when you don’t start till 11am. So it’s quite lovely and I get to see my kids.
“Last year I directed a short film which went to the London Film Festival. It was a brutal story and grim to the end with no laughs at all. So it’s good to be doing Hayfever.”
Sam played Sgt Callum Stone in almost 100 episodes of The Bill and his other credits include Kidulthood, Ultimate Force and The Royal.
He has also written two film scripts – a romantic comedy and a thriller – which he hopes to get into production, and is a keen cyclist.
“I have two small children who steal all my sleep so I build the cycling into my day and I always cycle all over London. I have a motorbike too as anything with two wheels is so much easier than a car in London,” he says.