The Killings at Badger's Drift
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The Killings at Badger's Drift is a British television crime drama episode that serves as the first case in the long-running Midsomer Murders series, introducing DCI Tom Barnaby and the sinister goings-on in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Killings at Badger's Drift canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4577584 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Killings at Badger's Drift Context triple: [Midsomer Murders, pilotTitle, The Killings at Badger's Drift]
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A.
The Killing Place
The Killing Place is a crime thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen featuring medical examiner Maura Isles stranded with a group of travelers in a remote, snowbound Wyoming village where a sinister mystery unfolds.
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B.
The Killing Ground
The Killing Ground is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes tale of terrorism, kidnapping, and covert operations.
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C.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season is a 1989 anti-apartheid drama film set in South Africa, based on André Brink’s novel, that explores racial injustice through the story of a white teacher who investigates the death of a Black friend in police custody.
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D.
Laid Black
Laid Black is a contemporary jazz-funk album by bassist and producer Marcus Miller that blends groove-oriented compositions with elements of R&B, hip-hop, and world music.
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E.
Field of Blood
Field of Blood is the biblical name traditionally given to the plot of land associated with Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Killings at Badger's Drift Target entity description: The Killings at Badger's Drift is a British television crime drama episode that serves as the first case in the long-running Midsomer Murders series, introducing DCI Tom Barnaby and the sinister goings-on in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
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A.
The Killing Place
The Killing Place is a crime thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen featuring medical examiner Maura Isles stranded with a group of travelers in a remote, snowbound Wyoming village where a sinister mystery unfolds.
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B.
The Killing Ground
The Killing Ground is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes tale of terrorism, kidnapping, and covert operations.
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C.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season is a 1989 anti-apartheid drama film set in South Africa, based on André Brink’s novel, that explores racial injustice through the story of a white teacher who investigates the death of a Black friend in police custody.
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D.
Laid Black
Laid Black is a contemporary jazz-funk album by bassist and producer Marcus Miller that blends groove-oriented compositions with elements of R&B, hip-hop, and world music.
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E.
Field of Blood
Field of Blood is the biblical name traditionally given to the plot of land associated with Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television programme
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crime drama ⓘ television episode ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Caroline Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Killings at Badger's Drift (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
murder investigation
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rural English community ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Cully Barnaby
NERFINISHED
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Gavin Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ Joyce Barnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Barnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresInvestigationBy | Causton CID NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastNetwork | ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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mystery ⓘ |
| hasFictionalCounty | Midsomer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | feature-length episode ⓘ |
| hasSettingType | English village ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
secrets in an English village
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village murder mystery ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter |
Gavin Troy
NERFINISHED
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Tom Barnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducesSetting | Midsomer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFirstCaseFor | Tom Barnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tom Barnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | solving a suspicious death in Badger's Drift ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originatesSeries | Midsomer Murders television franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Midsomer Murders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Bentley Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Tom Barnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesPremiereOf | Midsomer Murders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalLocation |
Badger's Drift
NERFINISHED
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Midsomer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCharacterAppearsIn | Tom Barnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: The Killings at Badger's Drift Description of subject: The Killings at Badger's Drift is a British television crime drama episode that serves as the first case in the long-running Midsomer Murders series, introducing DCI Tom Barnaby and the sinister goings-on in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
Referenced by (1)
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