List of Midsomer Murders episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the British drama Midsomer Murders that first aired in 1997. As of 17 February 2016, 110 episodes have aired from 18 series.
Series overview
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD Release | Avg. UK viewers | ||||
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Series premiere | Series finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||||
1 | 5 | 23 March 1997 | 6 May 1998 | 29 March 2005[1] | 6 April 2009[2] | 6 August 2008[3] | N/A | |
2 | 4 | 20 January 1999 | 5 February 2000 | 13 May 2003[4] | 6 April 2009[2] | 6 August 2008[5] | 10.31 million | |
3 | 4 | 12 September 1999 | 29 January 2000 | 7 October 2003[6] | 11 May 2009[7] | 6 August 2008[8] | 8.20 million | |
4 | 5 | 10 September 2000 | 16 September 2001 | 27 April 2004[9] | 11 May 2009[7] | 6 August 2008[10] | 9.31 million | |
5 | 5 | 23 September 2001 | 22 September 2002 | 5 October 2004[11] | 1 June 2009[12] | 6 August 2008[13] | 9.42 million | |
6 | 5 | 3 January 2003 | 31 January 2003 | 13 September 2005[14] | 1 June 2009[12] | 6 August 2008[15] | 9.35 million | |
7 | 7 | 2 November 2003 | 25 December 2004 | 3 October 2006[14] 27 March 2007[16] |
6 July 2009[17] | 2 May 2007[18] | 9.57 million | |
8 | 8 | 10 October 2004 | 2 October 2005 | 25 September 2007[19] 25 March 2008[20] |
3 August 2009[21] | 21 December 2011[22] | 8.65 million | |
9 | 8 | 9 October 2005 | 24 September 2006 | 7 October 2008[23] 24 March 2009[24] |
7 September 2009[25] | 21 December 2011[26] | 7.52 million | |
10 | 8 | 12 November 2006 | 11 May 2008 | 29 September 2009[27] 23 February 2010[28] |
5 October 2009[29] | 21 May 2008[30] 17 September 2008[31] |
7.11 million | |
11 | 7 | 1 January 2008 | 5 May 2010 | 1 June 2010[32] 28 September 2010[33] |
23 August 2010[34] | 18 March 2009[35] 24 June 2009[36] |
6.72 million | |
12 | 7 | 22 July 2009 | 14 April 2010 | 22 February 2011[37] 6 September 2011[38] |
4 October 2010[39] | 10 February 2010[40] 14 July 2010[41] |
6.27 million | |
13 | 8 | 10 February 2010 | 2 February 2011 | 28 February 2012[42] 3 July 2012[43] |
9 May 2011[44] | 16 March 2011[45] 3 August 2011[46] |
6.36 million | |
14 | 8 | 23 March 2011 | 11 January 2012 | 8 January 2013[47] 6 August 2013[48] |
2 April 2012[49] | 16 November 2011[50] 20 June 2012[51] |
6.03 million | |
15 | 6 | 1 February 2012 | 30 January 2013 | 4 February 2014[52] 19 May 2015[53] |
6 May 2013[54] | 22 May 2013[55] 6 November 2013[56] |
6.32 million | |
16 | 5 | 24 December 2013 | 12 February 2014 | 24 February 2015[57] | 7 July 2014[58] | 18 June 2014[59] 15 October 2014 |
5.96 million | |
17 | 4 | 28 January 2015 | 18 February 2015 | 15 September 2015[60] | 8 June 2015[61] | 10 June 2015[62] | 5.48 million | |
18 | 6 | 6 January 2016 | 17 February 2016 | TBA | 16 May 2016[63][64] | TBA | 5.79 million |
Episodes
Series 1 (1997-98)
# | #[65] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming date |
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1 | 1 | "The Killings at Badger's Drift" | Jeremy Silberston | Anthony Horowitz | 23 March 1997 | September/October 1996 |
When Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby and Sergeant Troy arrive in the village of Badger's Drift to investigate the sudden death of Emily Simpson, her next door neighbour insists that she had been murdered, after witnessing the elderly woman return home, quite unnerved and shocked about something she had seen. When the post mortem on Emily reveals she was indeed murdered, the pair quickly find themselves attempting to determine what she had witnessed that had necessitated her death, slowly discovering that nothing is what it seems in the sleepy village as they begin uncovering blackmail, sex, and lies that seem to conceal the truth to the case. Matters soon become more perplexing when they suspect a possible connection to a shooting accident that happened one year ago, that led to the death of another woman... First appearances of DCI Tom Barnaby, DS Gavin Troy, Dr George Bullard, Joyce Barnaby and Cully Barnaby. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Written in Blood" | Jeremy Silberston | Anthony Horowitz | 22 March 1998 | July/August 1997 |
When the Midsomer Worthy Writers' Circle gather together to debate on which author to bring into their next meeting as a guest speaker and to discuss with them about the books they are working on, Gerald Hadleigh, the group's secretary, is far from pleased when the majority decide that Max Jennings, a famous writer, should be invited. The morning after Jennings' visit, Hadleigh is found bludgeoned to death in his own home, prompting Barnaby and Troy to delve into his private life. But their investigations are complicated when they find that Max Jennings has disappeared, and that Hadleigh had had a mysterious woman in his house the night he was killed... | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Death in Disguise" | Baz Taylor | Douglas Watkinson | 6 May 1998 | August/September 1997 |
When Barnaby and Troy arrive at the Lodge of the Golden Windhorse, a local New Age commune, to investigate the sudden death of one of it's founders, Bill Carter, the pair are uncertain as to whether his death from a broken neck was the result of an accident or a murder. A few days later, the detectives have no doubt about the sudden death of the commune's leader, Ian Craigie, who was stabbed to death during a spiritual seance, with a carving knife, whilst amongst other members of the lodge and the parents of one the group. The detectives find themselves puzzled as to how he was killed without anyone seeing it, and begin wondering if it has a connection to Carter's death... | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Death of a Hollow Man" | Jeremy Silberston | Caroline Graham | 29 March 1998 | October 1997 |
Whilst investigating the sudden death of Agnes Gray, a quiet animal-loving woman who was found drowned near to the village of Ferne Basset, Barnaby attends the Causton Amateur Dramatics' production of Amadeus to watch his wife perform in it. But both and the audience truly receive their money's worth when Agnes' cousin, Esslyn Carmichael, inadvertently cuts his own throat during the final act. The discovery that the tape on the blade of the prop razor blade had been tampered with, leaves Barnby and Troy wondering who wanted to turn Esslyn's final act into a true coup de theatre, and what the motive is that connects the two deaths... | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Faithful unto Death" | Baz Taylor | Douglas Watkinson | 22 April 1998 | November/December 1997 |
Local villagers in Morton Fendle are up in arms over news that a local craft centre they had invested in, has recently fallen into financial turmoil, leading to demands for answers from its owner, Alan Hollingsworth. As tensions begin rising in the village, his behaviour suddenly becomes secretive, prompting Barnaby to suspect that something has happened to Alan's wife, Simone, and that she may have been abducted. As he attempts to determine if his assumption is correct, the matter darkens when one of Alan's neighbours is murdered, leaving him and Tory wondering whether she had witnessed something that Simone's kidnappers didn't want her to see... |
Series 2 (1999-00)
# | #[66] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming date | Viewers (millions) |
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6 | 1 | "Strangler's Wood" | Jeremy Silberston | Anthony Horowitz | 3 February 1999 | May/June 1998 | 10.70 |
When a South American woman is found murdered in woodland outside Midsomer Worthy, Barnaby is forced to cut short some father-daughter bonding with Cully while his wife is away, to investigate the matter. The fact that the woman was strangled at the neck with a tie and her body was left naked, leave both himself and Troy wondering if there is a connection between the murder and those of three women, nine years ago, who were killed in the exact same manner and within the same woods. It isn't long before the pair find themselves dealing with problematic evidence, a detective obsessed with the previous murders, lies and issues in a local family, a tobacco company, and an affair within a local hotel, before another death occurs... First appearance of Dr Dan Peterson | |||||||
7 | 2 | "Blood Will Out" | Moira Armstrong | Douglas Watkinson | 19 September 1999 | June/July 1998 | 9.99 |
Local magistrate, Hector Bridges, is infuriated when two bands of travellers arrive in the village of Martyr Warren, around the same time that a goose of his is stolen. While Barnaby and Troy are initially called in to investigate the theft, they soon find themselves dealing with murder when Bridges is found dead, killed with his own shotgun. Suspicions are soon cast amongst the travellers, but when the leader of one group is found dead, Barnaby is soon determined to find out who truthfully hated Bridges enough to want to kill him... | |||||||
8 | 3 | "Death's Shadow" | Jeremy Silberston | Anthony Horowitz | 20 January 1999 | July/August 1998 | 10.41 |
Plans by Barnaby to renew his wedding vows with Joyce at St Michael's in Badger's Drift are soon put on hold, when the body of Richard Bayly, a local developer, is found decapitated in his own home within the village. Yet the detective is left wondering why someone would kill a man who had been recently diagnosed with a brain tumour and had only weeks left to live. It's not long before he and Troy begin to uncover a hotbed of corruption and property feuding within the village, before another murder occurs... | |||||||
9 | 4 | "Beyond the Grave" | Moira Armstrong | Douglas Watkinson | 5 February 2000 | September 1998 | 9.40 |
Cully's latest boyfriend, Nico, temporarily moves in with the Barnabys, while at the same time he begins shadowing Troy in preparation for a new role he has earned in a TV show. But he soon gets more hands-on experience than he bargains for, when investigations at a museum in Aspern Tallow into the slashing of a 17th century painting of Royalist, Jonathan Lowrie, are overshadowed by the murder of Lowrie's descendant, Marcus Lowrie, and the disappearance of the museum's trustee. It isn't long before Barnaby, Troy and Nico find themselves dealing with more than ghostly events, escaped prisoners and secret criminals, when the trustee soon turns up in the last place anyone expected... |
Series 3 (1999-00)
# | #[67] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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10 | 1 | "Dead Man's Eleven" | Moira Armstrong | Douglas Watkinson | 12 September 1999 | May/June 1999 | 8.40 |
As Fletcher's Cross prepares for an annual cricket match against Midsomer Worthy, the team's captain and local landowner, Robert Cavendish, is hit with tragedy when the search for his wife Tara, who had gone missing whilst walking their dog, turns up her body near to a disused quarry he had owned, killed with a cricket bat owned by his son. As Barnaby and Troy investigate, they soon turn up affairs, blackmail, a break-in, and a mysterious death only a few months ago at the same location, before another murder occurs during the cricket match... | |||||||
11 | 2 | "Blue Herrings" | Peter Smith | Hugh Whitemore | 22 January 2000 | June/July 1999 | 8.88 |
When one of the residents of the Lawnside nursing home, in Aspern Tallow, dies mysteriously during the night, new arrival Alice Bly is unconvinced by the home's director and its physician that they died naturally. Despite having the week off from police work, Barnaby, her nephew, decides to investigate when she asks for his help, especially as the deceased owned a valuable Cartier watch that has since gone missing. It's not long before both he and Troy discover theft, lies, secret flings, and deception, before more deaths begin to follow... | |||||||
12 | 3 | "Judgement Day" | Jeremy Silberston | Anthony Horowitz | 29 January 2000 | August/September 1999 | 9.65 |
The villagers of Midsomer Mallow fear their chances of winning the "Perfect Village" competition are scuppered, after Peter Drinkwater, a local thief wanted for committing a recent burglary, is found dead by police with a pitchfork in his chest. As he had many enemies, Barnaby and Troy seeks out answers as the competition draws closer. As secrets start to surface and relationships between the villagers begin to unravel, things take a dark turn when one of the judges of the competition drops dead without warning, poisoned by a glass of wine... | |||||||
13 | 4 | "Death of a Stranger" | Peter Cregeen | Douglas Livingstone | 31 December 1999 | October 1999 | 5.87 |
When a tramp is murdered during a fox hunt in the village of Upper Marshwood, the case is quickly solved by Superintendent Pringle shortly before his retirement. Barnaby, who had been in France on holiday during the investigation, is not convinced that the local poacher, who pleaded he was innocent when he was arrested, was the true culprit, and his suspicions are soon proved correct when the poacher's father is found dead at the same place, killed with his own shotgun. Barnaby and Troy soon reopen the murder case, and find themselves dealing with many upper classes who are unwilling to give much away... |
Series 4 (2000-01)
# | #[68] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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14 | 1 | "Garden of Death" | Peter Smith | Christopher Russell | 10 September 2000 | June/July 2000 | 7.65 |
Villagers of Midsomer Deverell are appalled when the Inkpen family plan to turn their public memorial garden into a small tea shop. Shortly after Elspeth Inkpen announces it is none of the village's business what her family is planning, her daughter is murdered in the gardens with a shovel. Barnaby and Troy soon attempt to uncover if someone truly opposed the Inkpen's plans, but as they uncover greed, snobbery, an illegitimate family member, mourning and a man with a violent nature, Elspeth is soon found dead in what appears to have been suicide... | |||||||
15 | 2 | "Destroying Angel" | David Tucker | David Hoskins | 26 August 2001 | July/August 2000 | 9.99 |
A search for Gregory Chambers, the manager of a hotel in Midsomer Magna, soon turns up a severed hand of his, prompting Barnaby and Troy to determine what had happened to him on the day of the funeral of Karl Wainwright, the owner of the hotel. Gregory was among four staff members who benefited from Wainwright's will, with the others being his wife, the hotel's chef and its accountant. Shortly after the investigation begins, the other beneficiaries receive death threats, and it's not long before the chef is poisoned with the mushroom, Destroying Angel, while the accountant's husband is crushed by his own drinks cabinet right before the two detectives. It's not long before they find themselves discovering lies, deceptions, and hidden truths behind the murders... | |||||||
16 | 3 | "The Electric Vendetta" | Peter Smith | Terry Hodgkinson | 2 September 2001 | August/September 2000 | 9.99 |
A crop circle on Sir Harry Chatwyn's wheat field near to Midsomer Parva spurs interest with the police when a man's naked body is found within it, having been electrocuted in mysterious circumstances. UFO mania is quickly stirred in the village, with the local ufologist certain it's alien activity, yet Barnaby is not convinced. When the another body, that of a well known burglar, is found with identical injuries in another crop circle, he and Troy become determined to discover what truly happened... | |||||||
17 | 4 | "Who Killed Cock Robin?" | David Tucker | Jeremy Paul | 9 September 2001 | September/October 2000 | 9.13 |
Returning home one night, in a drunken state, the local doctor of Newton Magna calls in the police after he had accidentally hit a man, yet when Barnaby and Troy arrive, the injured man is nowhere to be found. As they investigate, Barnaby encounters an old adversary who is working to help renovate the village and whose daughter is getting married to a local boy, before matters become complicated, when the body of the best man's father is found in a well being renovated. The detectives soon begin investigating the matter, uncovering affairs, deception and hatred, before another murder occurs in the village... | |||||||
18 | 5 | "Dark Autumn" | Jeremy Silberston | Peter J. Hammond | 16 September 2001 | October/November 2000 | 9.77 |
One morning in the village of Goodman's Land, the body of Dave Cutler, the village's local postman, is found by the local papergirl, shortly after she had seen him alive earlier when he was on his rounds. It soon emerges that Cutler had been having adulterous relationships with most of the village's women, but thoughts by Barnaby and Troy that a jealous husband may have been the murderer are dashed when one of the women he had slept with is killed later that night. As the detectives determine which of the villagers had a strong enough motive for the murders, they discover that someone had heard 1950s dance music being played in the village shortly before the postman had been murdered... |
Series 5 (2001-02)
# | #[69] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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19 | 1 | "Tainted Fruit" | Peter Smith | David Hoskins | 23 September 2001 | April/May 2001 | 9.80 |
On the same day that the local district nurse is charged for drink driving after her car had been involved in an incident during an evening event, the local veterinarian discovers that barbiturates have been stolen from his surgery. Barnaby and Troy become concerned that the drugs will be used to murder Melissa Townsend, who recently received death threats from some of the villagers who blamed her for the death of a local poacher, and soon enough she is found dead by the swimming pool of her father's manor, with a syringe in her stomach. As they investigate her murder, they soon uncover greed, blackmail, lies, hatred, and then more bodies... | |||||||
20 | 2 | "Ring Out Your Dead" | Sarah Hellings | Christopher Russell | 15 September 2002 | June/July 2001 | 9.43 |
The bell-ringers of Midsomer Wellow have got high hopes that they will win this year's bell-ringing competition, despite opposition by some of the villagers who seek to stop them, when one of the ringers, who was recently thrown out by his wife, is found dead in the belfry during a practice session. Shot through the heart and clutching a piece of paper with the words "Ding Dong Bell" printed on it, it is not long before two more bell ringers are murdered, one of whom is shot just as they are married. Barnaby is soon left wondering whether the murders are tied to the upcoming competition, or to an event that occurred at the village's church in the late 19th century... | |||||||
21 | 3 | "Murder on St. Malley's Day" | Peter Smith | Andrew Payne | 22 September 2002 | July/August 2001 | 9.52 |
Daniel Talbot, a student of the prestigious Devington School and a member of its secretive group known as the Pudding Club, is attacked during the school's St. Malley's Day race and drops dead upon returning to the school for help. His father, Anthony Talbot, insists that someone from the nearby village of Midsomer Parva was responsible, but as Barnaby and Troy delve into the facts of the case, they soon discover that Daniel wanted to run away from the school. Their investigation quickly turn up hidden conspiracies about the school and a wall of silence from the Pudding Club members, before more bodies turn up... | |||||||
22 | 4 | "Market For Murder" | Sarah Hellings | Andrew Payne | 16 June 2002 | September/October 2001 | 8.99 |
Majorie Empson, an elderly woman well known throughout Midsomer Market for her garden parties, is found dead by a close friend, having been struck over the head with her own walking stick. As Barnaby and Troy begin to investigate, they quickly discover that she and several women in the village had been meeting at her house and secretly investing in the stock market, under the cover of a book club, with their last meeting being on the day of the murder. Things soon become complicated when one of the other book club members is murdered, and it soon becomes clear that the killer appears to be privy to many secrets in the village... | |||||||
23 | 5 | "A Worm in the Bud" | David Tucker | Michael Russell | 23 June 2002 | October/November 2001 | 9.37 |
As a proposed development of Setwale Wood is given the go-ahead, despite opposition in Midsomer Worthy, the body of a local farmer's wife, Susan Bartlett, is found dead in the wood. It initially appears that she committed suicide after suffering from depression, but when Barnaby learns that the young Julie Fielding and her younger brother had chanced upon her "sleeping" the day before the body was found, he soon suspects she was murdered. As he and Troy investigate, uncovering lies and stories on witchcraft, the farmer developing the wood is soon found dead... |
Series 6 (2003)
# | #[70] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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24 | 1 | "A Talent for Life" | Sarah Hellings | David Hoskins | 3 January 2003 | May/June 2002 | 9.23 |
The double murder of eccentric widow, Isobel Hewitt, and adulterous doctor, Duncan Goff, lead Barnaby and Troy into finding out more about their personal and private lives in the village of Malham Bridge. While Troy suspects an antique dealer that Isobel befriended is the culprit, Barnaby is not convinced, believing anyone the victims knew when they were alive could have been the murderer, from the doctor's wife to the local owner of a restaurant. Even Isobel's close family and members of a local fly fishing group are suspects as they investigate all possible angles... | |||||||
25 | 2 | "Death and Dreams" | Peter Smith | Peter J. Hammond | 10 January 2003 | June/July 2002 | 9.46 |
When Martin Wroath is found dead in his home in Midsomer Worthy, Barnaby is unconvinced that he committed suicide with his own shotgun in an unnecessarily complex fashion. When a second murder occurs on an assault course at a local cottage hospital, to which Wroath was a patient at, the detective suspects a link between the two murders, and soon finds a wealth of hatred, jealously and lies, before discovering that rope in the village is mysteriously disappearing... | |||||||
26 | 3 | "Painted in Blood" | Sarah Hellings | Andrew Payne | 17 January 2003 | July/August 2002 | 9.45 |
Joyce Barnaby is taking part in an open-air art class, being held on the village green of Midsomer Florey, when she is shocked to discover the body of a fellow elderly student, Ruth Fairfax, concealed beneath some undergrowth on the green. Just as her husband begins to discover that the victim was not all she seemed to be, officers of the NIS pull him off the case. While Troy is allowed to assist them, Barnaby is left handling a local operation into a spate of thefts, but when a recent theft turns up something in connection to the murder, the detective decides to continue his investigations in secret. In doing so, he soon turns up armed robbery, unaccounted stolen money, former criminals, and secret liaisons, before discovery that the NIS investigation is not being as thorough as it should be.... | |||||||
27 | 4 | "A Tale of Two Hamlets" | Peter Smith | Alan Plater | 24 January 2003 | September/October 2002 | 9.28 |
At his family home in Upper Warden, Larry Smith, an arrogant actor, is promoting a sequel to the hit film that he starred in, The House of Satan, when a summer house he walks into as part of the promotion is suddenly destroyed in an explosion. All accusations by his family for his murder are directed at the residents of rival village, Lower Warden, leading Barnaby and Troy to determine if this is the case, especially when Larry's director, and another member of the family, is electrocuted while using an exercise bike. It's not long before secrets, affairs and blackmail begin to surface from within the two villages... | |||||||
28 | 5 | "Birds of Prey" | Jeremy Silberston | Michael Russell | 31 January 2003 | October/November 2002 | 9.32 |
While Troy assists an attractive wildlife liaison officer with an investigation into the illegal sale of protected bird eggs, Barnaby travels to Midsomer Magna to investigate the sudden death of a man, who apparently drowned himself. While there was evidence he was desperately seeking to avoid bankruptcy, and had visited a local millionaire to get back his money from a scheme he had invested in, a post mortem reveals that he had been murdered. The two detectives soon find their investigations crossing over, when a man found to have an illegal collection of bird eggs, is also murdered, prompting concerns that the millionaire's scheme is being used to defraud many, and that someone is willing to kill to keep the scheme going... |
Series 7 (2003-04)
# | #[71] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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29 | 1 | "The Green Man" | Sarah Hellings | Michael Russell | 2 November 2003 | May/June 2003 | 10.01 |
When a tunnel collapse on a canal project, near to Midsomer Worthy, turns up several skeletons, Barnaby investigates a possible murder when one skeleton is discovered to have teeth baring modern dental work. Meanwhile, Troy, recently having earned a promotion to Inspector, tackles his last case in the county by visiting the village to investigate a more recent murder - that of a youth, one of several who had caused problems for the villagers, who had been shot with a gun he and his friends had been using the night before to shoot wild animals. It's long before both uncover lies, affairs, and domestic arguments, and a mysterious recluse with a hidden past... Last regular appearance of DS Gavin Troy | |||||||
30 | 2 | "Bad Tidings" | Peter Smith | Peter J. Hammond | 4 January 2004 | June/July 2003 | 9.96 |
DS Dan Scott, Barnaby's cocky new sergeant, is thrust into his first case when the two detectives look into the murder of a woman who had been stabbed to death after a Spanish themed evening in Midsomer Mallow, before being left in a field with a red rose in her mouth. Not long after their investigation begins, a retired doctor, who she had worked for, is murdered in his home during the village's open day with an apple left beside his body. It quickly becomes clear the two victims knew a secret about one of the villagers, something that they are prepared to silence by any means necessary... First appearance of DS Dan Scott | |||||||
31 | 3 | "The Fisher King" | Richard Holthouse | Isabelle Grey | 11 January 2004 | July/August 2003 | 9.71 |
When Gareth Heldman, a womaniser, is murdered with a Celtic spear near to the village of Midsomer Barrow, shortly after coming onto newcomer Vanessa Stone, initial suspicions are placed on her former husband, Harry Green, the local river keeper and the last person seen to be handling the weapon. But when Green is murdered in front of the villagers, during the opening summer solstice celebrations that he hoped would rekindle his marriage with Vanessa, Barnaby and Scott find themselves untangling complicated thread within the past and present, uncovering lies, unknown family relationships, and the truth behind an accident a few decades ago at an ancient barrow, that led to a man's death... | |||||||
32 | 4 | "Sins of Commission" | Peter Smith | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 18 January 2004 | September/October 2003 | 10.17 |
As the village of Midsomer St Michael prepares to become a hotbed for feuding writers, editors and publishers before the opening of an annual Literacy Festival, Barnaby and Scott find themselves called in to the house of a prize-winning author, who had been found at the foot of his stairs with his neck expertly broken. When another writer is pushed off a roof during the opening of the festival, it becomes clear there are lies being spoken, as fraud, hidden secrets and the truth about a book's origin begin to emerge during the investigations, before a third murder occurs... | |||||||
33 | 5 | "The Maid in Splendour" | Richard Holthouse | Andrew Payne | 25 January 2004 | October/November 2003 | 10.24 |
As a conflict between residents of Midsomer Worthy and commercial developers brews over the fate of a local pub, the Maid In Splendour, a popular barman who works there, Jamie Cruickshank, is found dead at an abandoned cottage in woods near to the village. As Barnaby and Scott investigate, they wonder who wanted him dead when the pub's new manager, Stephen Bannerman, seemed a more likely target after they find that he was thoroughly disliked and was threatening to tear the Splendour down. When Bannerman is soon murdered, the detectives wonder if Jamie's murder was unintentional... | |||||||
34 | 6 | "The Straw Woman" | Sarah Hellings | Jeff Dodds | 29 February 2004 | November/December 2003 | 10.03 |
When the village of Midsomer Parva set alight the straw effigy of a woman as part of the revival of an old pagan festival, no one could foresee it ending in tragedy when the local curate screams out in agony from within the effigy. His death quickly turns the community against Liz Francis, the local teacher who organized it, yet as Barnaby and Scott investigate his murder, they soon discover that the curate had been in conflict with Alan Clifford, a pornographer who had moved into the area recently. When more people suddenly die from bouts of spontaneous human combustion, the detectives soon suspect someone is using the illusion of witchcraft to cover up the real motive behind the murders... | |||||||
35 | 7 | "Ghosts of Christmas Past" | Renny Rye | David Hoskins | 25 December 2004 | January/February 2004 | 6.90 |
Nine years after Ferdinand Villiers committed suicide at his family's home of Draycott Hall, the extended Villiers family gather together to celebrate Christmas. When a note in a Christmas cracker proclaims that two members of the family will be dead by midnight on Boxing Day, everyone assumes it to be nothing more than a joke, but when Aunt Lydia, the eldest member of the family, falls down the stairs and dies from her injuries, Barnaby discovers she had been pushed and that someone had attempted earlier to kill her via smoke suffocation. Both he and Scott soon find themselves trying to determine the motive for Lydia's death, and quickly uncover many secrets and lies tied to Ferdinand's suicide, before another member of the family is killed in what appeared to be a shooting accident... |
Series 8 (2004-05)
# | #[72] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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36 | 1 | "Things That Go Bump in the Night" | Peter Smith | Peter J. Hammond | 10 October 2004 | May/June 2004 | 8.56 |
In Fletcher's Cross, the local undertaker, Patrick Pennyman, is found dead in his own chapel of rest, bludgeoned by a heavy object while left with a shocked look on his face. Suspicion soon point at the local spiritualist church which is heavily controversial in the village, and Barnaby and Scott find themselves trying to uncover why the undertaker was killed. When a woman investigating both the undertaker and the church on suspicions of stealing items from the dead and using information acquired from them, is herself murdered shortly after leaving Barnaby's wife, Joyce, it soon becomes clear someone is trying to cover up something. | |||||||
37 | 2 | "Dead in the Water" | Renny Rye | Douglas Watkinson | 17 October 2004 | June/July 2004 | 9.13 |
When the body of Guy Sweetman (Benedict Blythe) is found in the river at Morton Shallows, on the day of the annual Midsomer Regatta, questions are raised as to who wanted him dead. Guy was a ladies' man with many enemies and Barnaby and Scott have to sift through all the evidence working out whose innocent and whose guilty, to discover the truth. It soon becomes clear that Guy was planning something with others, but whatever it was, Barnaby has to uncover it fast, as a woman who loved Guy is attacked and nearly killed. | |||||||
38 | 3 | "Orchis Fatalis" | Peter Smith | Terry Hodgkinson | 9 January 2005 | July/August 2004 | 8.74 |
It's the Midsomer Malham Orchid Society's annual show, and the competition is fierce. Perhaps rather fiercer than usual, when a classics scholar is found poisoned. Seeking to understand who killed her, Barnaby and Scott soon have another murder on hand, and when they learn the pair had been involved in smuggling in a rare, priceless, one-of-a-kind yellow Roth orchid, illegally smuggled out of Borneo, Barnaby suspects it to be the motive for the murders. He soon has to wonder who killed the pair, and where the orchid has gotten to, using the scholar's journal, written in Latin and detailing her rather naughty activities, to provides clues. | |||||||
39 | 4 | "Bantling Boy" | Sarah Hellings | Steve Trafford | 16 January 2005 | September/October 2004 | 8.80 |
Horse trainer and wife-beater, Bruce Hartley (Simon Kunz), is killed after refusing to go along with the other owners and sell their racehorse, Bantling Boy, following a successful day at the races. Barnaby and Scott find themselves trying to delve in between a web of lies and more, but soon find that the syndicate is based on a dark secret, and as one death follows another, Barnaby and Scott are drawn deeper into the owners' lives and trying to work out what the secret is. | |||||||
40 | 5 | "Second Sight" | Richard Holthouse | Tony Etchells | 23 January 2005 | October/November 2004 | 8.69 |
John Ransom collapses and dies outside a pub after a fight with his brother-in-law, over the upcoming baptism of his niece. When examined he is found to have electrical scars across the top of his head, from being a lab rabbit for his brother "Mad" Max, who was conducting experiments on his sibling, suspecting him of having an ability known as "Second Sight" to predict events that should be unpredictable. Barnaby and Scott investigate the strange world of Midsomer Mere, where the local church has lost its congregation and tensions between the Ransom and Kirby families run high, trying to determine if the ability is real, and who wanted John dead, only for more members of the Ransom family to be suddenly murdered. | |||||||
41 | 6 | "Hidden Depths" | Sarah Hellings | David Hoskins | 13 March 2005 | November/December 2004 | 8.56 |
In Midsomer Magna, solicitor Nick Turner falls from his roof in an apparent suicide. However, Barnaby uncovers evidence to suggest the opposite, as Turner's neighbour Jack Wilmot has gone missing and a number of dodgy deals are soon discovered, involving wine. And when Turner's rival Otto Benham is found to have been killed with catapulted wine bottles, in view of his wife, the investigation takes a sinister turn for the worse. Then Barnaby and Scott are locked in a wine cellar with the killer still at large, as they try to fathom out the motive, and soon discover something was not what it seemed. | |||||||
42 | 7 | "Sauce for the Goose" | Renny Rye | Andrew Payne | 3 April 2005 | January/February 2005 | 9.73 |
At the general meeting of Plummer & Son Famous Relish in Little Upton, Ralph Plummer (James Fleet) angers his siblings by refusing to sell the floundering business. A mystery visitor on a tour of the factory is soon found dead the morning after, discovered naked in the sterilizer, and Barnaby finds himself investigating the makers of his father's favourite condiment, to determine what was going on. | |||||||
43 | 8 | "Midsomer Rhapsody" | Richard Holthouse | Richard Cameron | 2 October 2005 | February/March 2005 | 6.97 |
In Badger's Drift, retired music teacher Arthur Leggott is bludgeoned to death when confronting an intruder in his home who apparently came for the manuscript of a piece of music by the late composer Joan Alder. A valuable manuscript is then sold cheaply at auction, apparently showing another hand was involved with writing the piece. Predictably, where the manuscript goes, murders soon follow. Last appearance of DS Dan Scott |
Series 9 (2005-06)
# | #[73] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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44 | 1 | "The House in the Woods" | Peter Smith | Barry Simner | 9 October 2005 | May/June 2005 | 8.49 |
Local PC Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) steps into CID, and DS Scott's shoes, to help Barnaby investigate the garrotting of two house hunters outside a deserted, reputedly haunted house in Midsomer Newton. The owner is anxious to sell but the estate agent, Harriet Davis (Rebecca Egan) representing Charlie Magwood (George Baker), seems reluctant to let anyone see the property. Both Barnaby and Jones find themselves investigating affairs, fraud, and ghosts, and soon discover some hidden truths in regard to a crime that occurred years ago, in regards to Charlie's identical twin brother. First appearance of DC Ben Jones | |||||||
45 | 2 | "Dead Letters" | Renny Rye | Peter J. Hammond | 26 February 2006 | June/July 2005 | 8.54 |
When the mother of a deceased one-time carnival queen is found dead in a stream, Barnaby has to once again dig up the past to solve the case. The Oak Apple Week celebrations are in full flow in the village of Midsomer Barton, and the carnival queen event is returning after an eight year absence, leaving Barnaby wondering if it has connections to the death. | |||||||
46 | 3 | "Vixen's Run" | Peter Smith | Michael Aitkens | 5 March 2006 | July/August 2005 | 8.94 |
Wealthy, eccentric and obese aristocrat Freddy Butler (Joss Ackland) drops dead after gathering all three of his wives at Haddington Hall. Although George Bullard is adamant his death is from natural causes, the case is far from simple, when Freddy's solicitor is killed in a house fire shortly afterwards and the will of Freddy's goes missing, leading Barnaby and Jones to investigate the family, and discover hidden secrets within it. | |||||||
47 | 4 | "Down Among the Dead Men" | Renny Rye | Douglas Watkinson | 12 March 2006 | September/October 2005 | 8.07 |
When expert blackmailer, Martin Barrett, is murdered in his kitchen in the village of Midsomer Worthy by shotgun, Barnaby finds plenty of suspects with motives - all victims of blackmail - but no real proof to link them to the murder. His investigations soon lead him to the seaside to determine who amongst the victims may have committed the deed. And it soon leads him investigating theft, deception, attempted blackmail, and hatred. | |||||||
48 | 5 | "Four Funerals and a Wedding" | Sarah Hellings | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 24 September 2006 | October/November 2005 | 7.29 |
In the village of Broughton, a ninety-year-old battle of the sexes has often occurred, with men trying to oppose an event that the women have managed to successfully hold without interruption, until it culminates with casualties on both sides - Mildred Danvers, an elderly woman who had returned on the day of a funeral and poisoned in her hotel room, and Rev. Anthony Gant, shot during a major event being held in the village green, in view of many. It soon becomes clear someone may have wished to kill both to cover up a dark truth, and soon Barnaby has to figure out who amongst the village wanted both dead, complicated further when Gant's curate is murdered next. | |||||||
49 | 6 | "Country Matters" | Richard Holthouse | Andrew Payne | 10 September 2006 | November/December 2005 | 5.80 |
Villagers in Elverton-cum-Latterly are up in arms and divided, over the building of a supermarket. Things soon come to a head when independent environmental supervisor, Frank Hopkirk, is found stabbed to death at a long-forgotten timberyard by a pair of children. When Barnaby and Jones investigate to determine who wanted Hopkirk dead, they find out that he secretly came to the village under various aliases for sexual rendezvous with various women in fantasy role-playing scenarios, and that he had been making further investigations on the future development site and having doubts over claims it was contaminated. Either someone didn't like his investigations, or someone didn't like his sexual appetite, but either way, Barnaby finds himself investigating lies and more to uncover the truth. | |||||||
50 | 7 | "Death in Chorus" | Sarah Hellings | David Lawrence | 3 September 2006 | January/February 2006 | 6.28 |
Barnaby and DC Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) find themselves attempting to unravel the deaths of a choir tenor, and later a bird watcher, before more murders occur. The case is complicated by a rivalry between the Midsomer Worthy and Aston Wherry choirs, due to compete in an upcoming competition, and suspicions that an art scam is to be conducted, and soon Barnaby and Jones become concerned about a local woman, who they fear may become a victim herself. Particularly when it becomes clear the bird watcher had been photographing suspicious activity of late. | |||||||
51 | 8 | "Last Year's Model" | Richard Holthouse | David Hoskins | 17 September 2006 | February/March 2006 | 6.78 |
A few months ago, Annie Woodrow was arrested, accused of murdering her friend, Frances Trevelyan, on the motive of wanting Frances' husband. Her time in court has come, but DCI Barnaby is certain she still is holding things back in regards to the murder, and decides to monitor the trial. Yet a chance remark by Frances' youngest daughter, and a meeting with an old friend and psychiatrist, makes him begin to doubt the evidence for her conviction. Soon he and DC Jones, awaiting news of his promotion to DS, find themselves reinvestigating the case, and it soon becomes clear that they may have missed details that could implicate another in the murder. |
Series 10 (2006-08)
# | #[74] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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52 | 1 | "Dance with the Dead" | Peter Smith | Peter J. Hammond | 12 November 2006 | May/June 2006 | 7.80 |
When a young man is found dead in his vintage car on an airfield near Morton Fendle, Barnaby and Jones must investigate. Initially, it looks as if Simon Bright killed himself using the car's exhaust fumes, but it soon becomes clear that foul play was at work and someone had murdered him. The detectives quickly realise that Simon's girlfriend, Laura, was with him and has suddenly disappeared, so they begin the search for her and try to establish whether she is a victim in all this or a culprit. But there are plenty of other suspicious characters in this tight-knit community, and the pair soon find themselves dealing with a second murder. | |||||||
53 | 2 | "The Animal Within" | Renny Rye | David Hoskins | 19 January 2007 | June/July 2006 | 6.95 |
When Faith Alexander (Lisa Eichhorn) arrives in Midsomer County to meet her long-lost uncle Rex Masters, she gets a shock - Rex's staff had been told that she was dead. Things become even more complex when Rex's body is found in a nearby river, bearing wounds that suggest he was murdered. Barnaby and Jones are soon on the case, trying to establish who would have wanted the elderly man dead. Several people soon come forward with multiples wills, which confuse the matter, but when two more people, close friends of Rex, are also murdered, the investigation raises question on the motive, leading Barnaby to wonder if it was down to finances, passion, or something from Rex's past. | |||||||
54 | 3 | "King's Crystal" | Peter Smith | Steve Trafford | 26 January 2007 | July/August 2006 | 6.88 |
Following the death of Alan King while on a business trip to China, the family company, King's Crystal, is in financial trouble. As plans to shut the Midsomer Magna factory are being put into action, Alan's wife Hilary and brother Charles are married in the village church - much to the dismay of Alan's son Ian. In addition to strife between members of the family, the factory workers are outraged at the loss of their jobs. So when company accountant Peter Baxter is found murdered, Barnaby and Jones suspect a disgruntled employee is to blame. But in order to investigate the matter further, Jones is forced to work undercover, and infiltrate the local group of Freemasons in the village. | |||||||
55 | 4 | "The Axeman Cometh" | Renny Rye | Michael Aitkens | 2 February 2007 | August/September 2006 | 6.87 |
The music lovers of Midsomer County are delighted when a host of bands arrives for the Midsomer Rocks festival. Barnaby himself is particularly looking forward to seeing recently re-formed rock band, Hired Gun, perform on stage, but he soon gets close to the band for rather unfortunate reasons. During their opening performance, the band's singer, Mimi, falls to the ground dead - electrocuted by a wire that had been run through the microphone stand. Barnaby and Jones soon find the rest of the band could be targets, and when another is killed, questions are raised as to whether former band member, Ginger Foxton, who went missing for 30 years and is presumed dead, is still at large. The detectives soon have to delve into a world of rock music, drug use and greed, to find the truth. First appearance of Simon Dixon | |||||||
56 | 5 | "Death and Dust" | Sarah Hellings | Douglas Watkinson | 8 May 2007 | October/November 2006 | 6.18 |
The suspicious death of popular young GP Dr Alan Delaney brings Barnaby and Jones to Midsomer Market to investigate. The detectives are baffled as to a motive for murder - until they consider that the newly engaged Dr James Kirkwood may have been the intended victim. Before long, Barnaby and Jones are heading to Wales - former home to Delyth Mostyn, James's fiancee, to delve deeper into the mystery. There are certainly possible suspects in the murder and attempt on Kirkwood, from Delyth's children, who oppose the engagement, her Delyth's husband, and more, as the detectives investigate things, in hopes of uncovering the truth before a major walk is to take place on Mount Snowdon. | |||||||
57 | 6 | "Picture of Innocence" | Richard Holthouse | Andrew Payne | 3 June 2007 | November/December 2006 | 7.31 |
In the build-up to Luxton Deeping's annual photographic exhibition, a battle rages between the traditional and digital photographers of the pretty village. The dispute seems harmless enough - until Lionel Bell is found murdered in a nearby woodland, strangled with the cord of his light meter. Barnaby soon gets to work tracking down the killer, but it seems someone is trying to implicate the detective in the murder. And once he is replaced on the case, finding the culprit seems less likely than ever, as his replacement is more concerned of an upcoming wedding than the investigation. Barnaby is forced to work off the case to uncover who is framing him, and who wants dead other photographers in the village. | |||||||
58 | 7 | "They Seek Him Here" | Sarah Hellings | Barry Purchese | 27 April 2008 | January/February 2007 | 7.98 |
The residents of Midsomer Magna are thrilled when a production crew arrives at the local manor house to film a version of The Scarlet Pimpernel. But the crew members aren't the only visitors to the area - Jones has spotted notorious criminal George Ince nearby. But when the director, Nick Cheney, is found dead - his head severed by a prop guillotine - Barnaby must discover who would have wanted the victim dead. It soon becomes clear that things are not so simple, and the detectives soon have to shift through varying motives, layered by lies, hidden truths, and a possible robbery to be committed. | |||||||
59 | 8 | "Death in a Chocolate Box" | Richard Holthouse | Tony Etchells | 11 May 2008 | February/March 2007 | 6.88 |
Barnaby is in Midsomer Holm, bidding farewell to reformed criminal Ronnie Tyler, who has taken part in a rehabilitation scheme in the village. Also present is disgraced ex-policeman Jack Colby, a former colleague of Barnaby's - but Jack refuses to talk to his old friend. When Jack is murdered, the detective must delve into the dark secrets in the victim's past. There are certainly dark secrets to uncover, and Barnaby has to determine whether the victim's part in a scandal years earlier at Causton police station, is key to the mystery behind his death. It isn't long before he finds that Eddie Masdon is attempting blackmail, and soon murdered as a result, and that Lord Holm is in love Jack's wife, psychotherapist Gina. |
Series 11 (2008-10)
# | #[75] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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61 | 1 | "Shot at Dawn" | Richard Holthouse | Michael Aitkens | 1 January 2008 | July/August 2007 | 6.62 |
It's a good day for the Hicks family, as the name of Tommy Hicks - who was executed during World War I for "cowardice and desertion" - is added to the list on Midsomer Parva's war memorial. Tommy's son Lionel and grandson Dave, mayor of Causton and whom Barnaby does not like (owing to dodgy building work by the mayor's company), are thrilled, but the snooty Hammonds are decidedly less pleased. Henry, the patriarch of the Hammond family, is particularly riled by his insalubrious neighbours, and has nurtured a long-running feud with the Hickses. But the evening after a battle re-enactment in the village, Henry is murdered - and Barnaby must delve into the history of the two families to find the killer, discovering a web of fraud, lies, and hidden truths. | |||||||
60 | 2 | "Blood Wedding" | Peter Smith | David Lawrence | 6 July 2008 | June/July 2007 | 7.20 |
As the Barnabys prepare for Cully's wedding, Lord Fitzroy and Beth Porteous are married in the pretty village of Bledlow. At the lavish reception at Bledlow Hall that follows, however, tragedy strikes - maid of honour Marina Fellowes is found murdered in one of the rooms by some of the guests. With their honeymoon cancelled, the Fitzroys must contend with a police presence in their home, as Barnaby and Jones try to learn more about the family history. It soon becomes clear there are secrets, deception, and an illegtimate son involved in the mystery, which is further complicated when the estate manager is killed by an arrow. Last appearance of Simon Dixon and final, guest appearance of Gavin Troy | |||||||
62 | 3 | "Left for Dead" | Renny Rye | Michael Crompton | 20 July 2008 | August/September 2007 | 7.25 |
Barnaby and Jones are in Dunstan to investigate the deaths of a reclusive couple. As they try to establish whether Ron and Libby Wilson were murdered or died of natural causes, their attention is drawn to a dispute raging between a local builder and road protesters nearby. When another death occurs, the detectives learn that there are plenty of dark secrets and fierce hostilities in this apparently idyllic village. Will Jack Purdy's quick temper lead to violence? How far would the protesters go to prevent the bypass being built? And do current events somehow relate to the death of Michael Wilson many years earlier? | |||||||
63 | 4 | "Midsomer Life" | Peter Smith | David Hoskins | 13 July 2008 | October/November 2007 | 7.16 |
When the body of Londoner Charlie Finleyson is discovered in woodland near Midsomer Sonning, Barnaby and Jones find themselves investigating employees at local Midsomer Life magazine. It turns out the dead man was married to the ex-wife of Guy Sandys, the wealthy owner of the publication. As the detectives become aware of a feud between Guy and the proprietor of the Morecroft Hotel, tensions are also heating up between the locals and visiting Londoners. Soon Barnaby and Jones find themselves to trying to piece together the truth about the murder, and soon learn that someone might be trying to conceal something in their past. | |||||||
64 | 5 | "The Magician's Nephew" | Richard Holthouse | Michael Russell | 27 July 2008 | November/December 2007 | 7.01 |
A children's magic show goes horribly wrong when one of the performers dies during a trick. Barnaby and Jones discover that the victim was poisoned with a rare toxin extracted from Ecuadorean poison frogs - so the hunt is on for a particularly ruthless and imaginative killer. The detectives soon learn that a feud is raging between local occult practitioner Ernest Balliol and famous writer Aloysius Wilmington. While some of the villagers - such as Ernest's daughter Isolde - believe that powerful magical forces are at play, others think the reasons for the bloodshed may have their roots in the distant past. Barnaby and Jones soon find themselves delving into the occult, magic, and ancients books of power, to determine what happened, and soon sense a mixture of both might be the motive for the murder, when a book shop owner is killed with shattered glass, laced in the same poison. | |||||||
65 | 6 | "Days of Misrule" | Renny Rye | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 24 December 2008 | February/March 2008 | 5.89 |
Barnaby and Jones are forced to take part in a team building exercise and Tom has plenty of problems dealing with the young, new, acting Chief Superintendent, John Cotton (Nick Fletcher). Following an explosion in a truck that had been stored in a truck depot, a body is soon discovered in a nearby lake. It belongs to Alec Grainger, who had been seen arguing with James Parkes (Joseph Millson), the son of Colonel Matt Parkes (Tim Pigott-Smith). James appears to be involved in shady business deals and is blamed by his grandmother Caroline Halsey (Judy Parfitt) – and others – for the suicide of a woman he got pregnant two years before. Barnaby find themselves delving into a mixture of fraud, smuggling, and lies, trying to piece together the truth. | |||||||
66 | 7 | "Talking to the Dead" | Sarah Hellings | David Lawrence | 5 May 2010 | March/April 2008 | 5.92 |
When two couples vanish into thin air in the village of Monks Barton, Barnaby and Jones hear rumours of haunted woods and witchcraft. Barnaby remains sceptical of this, even when an unidentified body is found in a shallow grave and the missing start turning up dead. He soon has to determine if ghosts, criminals, or something else, is behind the abductions and murders. |
Series 12 (2009-10)
# | #[76] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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67 | 1 | "The Dogleg Murders" | Richard Holthouse | Andrew Payne | 22 July 2009 | June/July 2008 | 6.14 |
No one could suspect that a prestigious golf club would be the setting for murder, but when one of the major members is found dead, bludgeoned to death in a thicket next to the 13th hole, Barnaby and Jones try to determine what made him leave the fairway. It seems the club has a rift between the snobbish members, and local villagers, the latter only allowed onto the course for a few hours a week. Before long, another member turns up dead, and the detectives soon find the club has a hidden history, involving gambling, illegal money lending and assault, prompting the pair to determine if a club member, or one of its staff, is responsible for the deeds. | |||||||
68 | 2 | "The Black Book" | Peter Smith | Nicholas Martin | 5 August 2009 | July/August 2008 | 6.28 |
A newly discovered masterpiece by landscape artist Henry Hogson causes a stir when it is auctioned for £400,000 – just hours before its former owner is tortured and killed. When another Hogson is stolen, Barnaby decides to become an expert on the Midsomer painter, with the help of art teacher Matilda Simms (Susannah Harker). He soon realises the paintings are not what they seem – but the death toll is rising. | |||||||
69 | 3 | "Secrets and Spies" | Renny Rye | Michael Aitkens | 29 July 2009 | August/September 2008 | 6.90 |
Former secret agent Geoffrey Larkin arrives in Midsomer Parva and stays at Allenby House, a country mansion run by former spies Sir Malcolm Frazer (Benjamin Whitrow), his son Nicky (Peter Davison) and Nicky's wife Jenny (Alice Krige) as a safe house. Geoffrey is soon gashed to death after a cricket match in Midsomer Parva, and the locals blame the 'beast of Midsomer'. However, Barnaby – a former spy himself – soon realises that the killing has links to Allenby House and Cold War Berlin, but is initially thrown off the case by MI6. But when a further murder occurs he is put back on the case. | |||||||
70 | 4 | "The Glitch" | Richard Holthouse | Michael Russell | 23 September 2009 | October/November 2008 | 6.34 |
Midsomer University science fellow George Jeffers threatens to make public a problem with his state-of-the-art invention Kernel Logic, but American software boss Clinton Finn fears he will lose millions if the truth comes out. When a schoolteacher is killed in a hit-and-run, Barnaby suspects Jeffers was the intended target. | |||||||
71 | 5 | "Small Mercies" | Peter Smith | Peter J. Hammond | 28 October 2009 | November/December 2008 | 6.43 |
In the peaceful village of Little Worthy, Bob Moss was about to open up his beloved model village, when he found a gruesome extra attraction. Young local, Richard Tanner, had been stabbed in the side and his corpse tied down like Gulliver in Lilliput. Barnaby and Jones wonder who wanted him dead, but when the woman he was secretly meeting is killed during the villages Crazy Craft race, the pair have to delve in and discover who might be lying and hiding secrets. | |||||||
72 | 6 | "The Creeper" | Renny Rye | Andrew Payne | 27 January 2010 | February/March 2009 | 6.35 |
A cat burglar is on the loose, one known as "the Creeper", but the wave of burglaries they have committed, seem to have finally led to murder, when David Roper (Rik Mayall) is found smothered in his bed on the Chettham family estate. Yet Barnaby and Jones learn he may have been planning to write a book that could have been quite uncomfortable for someone, leading the pair to determine whether members of the Chettham family, or their friends, were responsible. | |||||||
73 | 7 | "The Great and the Good" | Richard Holthouse | David Hoskins | 14 April 2010 | March/April 2009 | 5.46 |
A sleep-walking school teacher (Nancy Carroll) starts to believe she is slitting the throats of men in her sleep, but Barnaby is not convinced that she is the culprit. Will the annual Frobisher night go without a hitch and can they identify the killer? |
Series 13 (2010-11)
# | #[77] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) |
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74 | 1 | "The Made-to-Measure Murders" | Peter Smith | Andrew Payne | 12 May 2010 | June/July 2009 | 5.53 |
The residents of Milton Cross, a feudal estate with a church, farms, houses and acres of land, depend on lord of the manor Edward Milton for their livelihoods. But when Sonia Woodley is stabbed in the churchyard two years after the death of her abusive husband Gerald, Barnaby and Jones investigate, trying to work out who killed her. It soon becomes clear someone took a pair of tailor scissors to do the deed, but who amongst the villagers could have done so, is unclear, and the investigation is complicated, when the pair learn the local reverend had received a letter from Sonia. When he himself is killed, the pair believe something in the letter may be key to solving the mystery. | |||||||
75 | 2 | "The Sword of Guillaume" | Renny Rye | Michael Aitkens | 10 February 2010 | July/August 2009 | 7.02 |
Barnaby is not convinced about Mayor David Hicks plans to revive an annual trip to Brighton, suspecting his proposal to buy coastal land there, is rather a fraudulent scheme. Naturally, he joins the trip, but during their time in Brighton, a hated property developer is beheaded on a ghost house ride, prompting Barnaby to team up with his cousin to determine whether the developers renters, the mayor, a gloomy reverend, or the lady of a large estate are responsible, and soon discovers a hotbed of jealously, debt, lies and more, conceal a far darker secret. First appearance of John Barnaby | |||||||
76 | 3 | "Blood on the Saddle" | Richard Holthouse | David Lawrence | 8 September 2010 | August/September 2009 | 6.07 |
Ford Florey is a town with a Wild West Society and many grudges. During a Wild West show at the local faire, the witch on the 'Dunk the Witch' stall is well and truly dunked but laughter soon turns to horror when she doesn't get up and the water in the tank starts to turn red. Barnaby and Jones need to be quick on the draw to track down the murderer, and soon begin to wonder whether a dispute over land was the motive, or something far more sinister, especially when more people are killed, with methods linked to the Wild West. | |||||||
77 | 4 | "The Silent Land" | Peter Smith | Peter J. Hammond | 22 September 2010 | October/November 2009 | 5.45 |
On a dark night in the village of March Magna, Barnaby's wife Joyce swerves her car and narrowly misses a shadowy figure in the road - or so she thinks, when later that night a body is discovered in the old cemetery. The victim was a member of the council who was strange and weird, but someone seemed to have quite a grudge on him, and so Barnaby and Jones delve into his background, and the village, attempting to determine who might have wanted him dead, finding ghosts, grudges, and more beneath the village's surface. | |||||||
78 | 5 | "Master Class" | Renny Rye | Nicholas Martin | 6 October 2010 | February/March 2010 | 6.10 |
Piano student Zoe Stock has won a place at the Devington Manor Winter School led by internationally renowned musician, Sir Michael Fielding. Yet when she is there, things become mysterious when from the river bank in the grounds of the manor she sees a woman jump from the bridge and disappear underwater. When Barnaby and Jones start investigating the possible drowning, they discover unsavoury connections to the past that could prove lethal 20 years later, especially when someone attempts to kill. It isn't long, before murder does occur, and the detectives attempt to fathom what occurred in the drowning, and the present day murders. | |||||||
79 | 6 | "The Noble Art" | Richard Holthouse | Barry Purchese | 13 October 2010 | April 2010 | 5.70 |
When Midsomer Morchard's very own boxer, John Kinsella, wins a world title in New York, the success seems to be a joyous time for all, until murder rears its ugly head. When a local solicitor is found dead by his assistant and Kinsella's manager, Barnaby attempts to determine what is going on, and soon discover issues with inheritance, affairs, anger, and gambling to make matters difficult. When a re-enactment of a Victorian boxing match gets heated, and Kinsella's manager is found dead in his home's gym, the pair attempt to determine who is responsible, although Barnaby's judgement seems to be clouded on this one. | |||||||
80 | 7 | "Not in My Back Yard" | Peter Smith | J.C. Wilsher | 12 January 2011 | May/June 2010 | 6.93 |
A planning dispute turns to murder, after a leading light in the Midsomer Conservation Society suspects her neighbours are involved in a money-making development scam. Political wrangling, burglaries and sexual liaisons abound in picturesque Great Pelfe - but when a member of the possible scam is themselves murdered, Barnaby wonders what is truly going on behind the scenes of an important by-election. | |||||||
81 | 8 | "Fit for Murder" | Renny Rye | Andrew Payne | 2 February 2011 | June/July 2010 | 8.10 |
Barnaby reluctantly accompanies Joyce on a spa weekend to Swavely Manor. But as he attempts to de-stress, a woman is found dead in the flotation chamber. He abandons his treatment to investigate, but his personal worries are never far away as he contemplates his future, while trying to determine if an argument between the spa's owners and their neighbours is the motive, or something else. Last appearance of Tom Barnaby, Joyce Barnaby, Cully Barnaby, and DC Gail Stevens |
Series 14 (2011-12)
# | #[78] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) (Includes ITV HD and ITV1+1) |
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82 | 1 | "Death in the Slow Lane" | Richard Holthouse | Michael Aitkens | 23 March 2011 | July/August 2010 | 6.44 |
New DCI John Barnaby arrives in Midsomer and is bemused by the quaint villages and their quirky residents. But when a local DJ is crushed to death at a traditional girls' boarding school, he soon discovers that murder and deception are never far away. As the death toll rises, could Barnaby's first case also be his last? First appearance of Sykes the dog | |||||||
83 | 2 | "Dark Secrets" | Simon Langton | Michael Aitkens | 30 March 2011 | August/September 2010 | 6.32 |
The reclusive lives of elderly eccentrics William and Mary Bingham comes under police scrutiny when a social services investigator is murdered. Barnaby and Jones must unearth generations of family secrets and decipher astronomical charts to find the killer. First appearance of Sarah Barnaby | |||||||
84 | 3 | "Echoes of the Dead" | Nick Laughland | Peter J. Hammond | 20 April 2011 | September/October 2010 | 5.47 |
When a young woman is dressed like a bride and drowned in a bath, it triggers a spate of ghoulish wedding-themed murders in Great Worthy. The case takes Barnaby and Jones to a donkey sanctuary, a heritage steam railway and a pub run by an ex-copper and former brothel madam. With the serial killer still at large, could history be repeating itself? | |||||||
85 | 4 | "The Oblong Murders" | Renny Rye | David Hoskins | 25 May 2011 | October/November 2010 | 5.33 |
Jones goes undercover at the Oblong Foundation after one of the cult's young female members disappears suddenly. But he and Barnaby soon start digging into an old case involving the death of a couple in a boat explosion. Last appearance of Dr. George Bullard | |||||||
86 | 5 | "The Sleeper Under the Hill" | Nick Laughland | David Lawrence | 21 September 2011 | March/April 2011 | 5.83 |
In Midsomer Mow, the gruesome discovery of a farmer's eviscerated body in an ancient stone circle is made just days before the spring equinox. First appearance of Dr. Kate Wilding | |||||||
87 | 6 | "The Night of the Stag" | Simon Langton | Nicholas Martin | 12 October 2011 | May/June 2011 | 6.04 |
A VAT inspector goes missing as he hunts for an illicit cider still responsible for brewing The Beast, a potent local hooch. At the Midsomer Abbas spring fayre which celebrates its friendship with Midsomer Herne, Barnaby and Jones sample the local cider, while temperance preacher Norman Grigor calls on residents to repent of their drunken ways. Suddenly, Barnaby is violently ill as the body of missing man Peter Slim is found floating in the cider vat. | |||||||
88 | 7 | "A Sacred Trust" | Renny Rye | Rachel Cuperman and Sally Griffiths | 26 October 2011 | June/July 2011 | 6.38 |
Barnaby and Jones investigate the cloistered world of Midsomer Priory when a nun is strangled to death. The detectives uncover a complex mystery involving holy orders, teenage romantic liaisons, African art and missing antique silver as the community is forced to open its doors to 21st-century policing. | |||||||
89 | 8 | "A Rare Bird" | Nick Laughland | Steve Trafford | 11 January 2012 | July/August 2011 | 6.43 |
A row between keen birdwatchers in Midsomer-in-the-Marsh turns nasty when their president is killed. Patrick Morgan met his death while hoping to sight a rare bird, but is his obsession with ornithology to blame – or something more sinister? |
Series 15 (2012-13)
# | #[79] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) (Includes ITV HD and ITV+1) |
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90 | 1 | "The Dark Rider" | Alex Pillai | Michael Aitkens | 1 February 2012 | September/October 2011 | 6.94 |
When Bentham DeQuetteville falls to his death from a roof after seeing a headless horseman, his aristocratic family seem more concerned about their forthcoming Civil War re-enactment than the incident. As Barnaby and Jones try to find out the truth behind the ghostly figure, their investigation uncovers shocking secrets about the DeQuettevilles. | |||||||
91 | 2 | "Murder of Innocence" | Renny Rye | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 21 March 2012 | November/December 2011 | 5.60 |
When a barrister is killed in Midsomer, suspicion falls on convicted murderer Grady Felton. Grady has just returned to the village of Binwell where he committed the murder years ago amid much anger from locals. But Grady has a solid alibi. Barnaby suspects he is working with an accomplice – until Grady himself is targeted in an arson attack. | |||||||
93 | 3 | "Written in the Stars" | Renny Rye | Steve Trafford | 25 September 2012 | May/June 2012 | 5.05 |
As darkness covers Midsomer Stanton during a total eclipse of the sun, amateur astronomer Jeremy Harper is killed by a blow to the head with a meteorite. Barnaby and Jones soon discover intrigue, sexual tension and academic rivalry are rife among the star-seeking community. | |||||||
92 | 4 | "Death and the Divas" | Nick Laughland | Rachel Cuperman and Sally Griffiths | 2 January 2013 | April/May 2012 | 6.49 |
The murder of a journalist has chilling echoes of a 1960s horror film starring Midsomer's own Stella Harris. When Stella's more famous sister returns after a 40-year family rift, the killings escalate, each reminiscent of a movie plot. Is life – and death – imitating art? | |||||||
94 | 5 | "The Sicilian Defence" | Alex Pillai | Paul Logue | 9 January 2013 | June/July 2012 | 6.95 |
Harriet Farmer wakes up after being in a coma since the night she tried to elope. Soon afterwards, a serial killer strikes members of a chess club. Could the attack which left Harriet for dead a year ago be linked to moves on a chess board? And where is her boyfriend Finn? | |||||||
95 | 6 | "Schooled in Murder" | Andy Hay | Lisa Holdsworth | 30 January 2013 | July/August 2012 | 6.89 |
When Debbie Moffett is crushed to death with a giant round of cheese at the home of the world-famous Midsomer Blue, secret and controversial plans to modernise the dairy are revealed while rumours about private lives of the parents cause a row at the prestigious local prep school. As other people linked to the dairy meet agonising deaths, long-held secrets start to emerge. Last appearance of DS Ben Jones |
Series 16 (2013-14)
# | #[80] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) (Includes ITV HD and ITV+1) |
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96 | 1 | "The Christmas Haunting" | Nick Laughland | Chris Murray | 24 December 2013 | June/July 2013 | 4.92 |
DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson investigate the fatal stabbing of a man with an antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at a ‘haunted’ manor house. Is blacksmith’s daughter Rose Wilton seeking revenge from the beyond the grave, or can Barnaby and Nelson find a more earthly motive behind the murder and trap the killer? First appearance of DS Charlie Nelson | |||||||
97 | 2 | "Let Us Prey" | Alex Pillai | Paul Logue | 8 January 2014 | April/May 2013 | 6.06 |
A series of murders in Midsomer St Claire seem to be inspired by macabre images on a medieval fresco recently discovered in the church crypt. As the village prepares for storms and flooding it appears that someone is using ancient torture methods to punish modern-day ‘sinners’. But who is responsible and why? | |||||||
98 | 3 | "Wild Harvest" | Renny Rye | Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths | 29 January 2014 | May/June 2013 | 6.24 |
When Martin Strickland, a local farmer is found dead in his own woods; covered by truffle oil and mauled to death by a wild boar, the investigation leads Barnaby to Wyvern House, a posh picturesque country house restaurant run by a very passionate celebrity chef. But soon, another murder occurs and this time, the poison spreads further than the intended target. | |||||||
99 | 4 | "The Flying Club" | Luke Watson | Michael Aitkens | 5 February 2014 | July/August 2013 | 6.05 |
When the owner of Finchmere Airfield is dropped from a plane to meet a gruesome death, Barnaby and Nelson find the exciting world of stunt pilots and military heroes hides many dark secrets. Are anti-aircraft campaigners behind Bernard King’s murder or does it link back to a tragic World War Two mission? | |||||||
100 | 5 | "The Killings of Copenhagen" | Alex Pillai | Paul Logue | 12 February 2014 | September/October 2013 | 6.54 |
DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson join forces with two female Danish police detectives after Eric Calder is poisoned by Strychnine coating when opening one of his famous golden clusters. First appearance of baby Betty Barnaby |
Series 17 (2015)
# | #[81] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) (Includes ITV+1) |
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101 | 1 | "The Dagger Club" | Alex Pillai | Chris Murray | 28 January 2015 | April/May 2014 | 5.91 |
The unveiling of a newly-discovered novel by deceased Midsomer crime-writer George Summersbee at the Luxton Deeping Crime Festival is jeopardised when the manuscript is stolen and a woman is fatally electrocuted by a booby-trapped roulette wheel. Can new dad Barnaby untangle a web of jealousy and obsession to find the killer? | |||||||
102 | 2 | "Murder by Magic" | Charles Palmer | Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths | 4 February 2015 | June/July 2014 | 5.59 |
Pub landlady Hannah Altman is crushed to death when a stunt goes wrong during a magic show by famous illusionist Gideon Latimer. When Kate discovers the safety wires have been sabotaged, a murder investigation is launched. Barnaby and Nelson uncover conflicts between the village church and Midsomer Oaks’ ancient pagan traditions. But with the murders seemingly all linked to Gideon’s illusions, who is staging the deathly tricks and why? | |||||||
103 | 3 | "The Ballad of Midsomer County" | Renny Rye | Paul Logue | 11 February 2015 | May/June 2014 | 5.39 |
It's the day of the Little Crosby Folk Festival and organiser Toby Winning is found dead, having drowned in a bowl of eggs and live eels. The murder seems to have been inspired by a ballad made famous by the late, lamented star Johnny Carver. Then it comes to light the victim recently announced plans to move the event to a new location, which would have cost local entrepreneur Frank Wainwright dearly. Toby's estranged wife Alice also comes under suspicion, before two further killings take place, echoing more lyrics from the song. | |||||||
104 | 4 | "A Vintage Murder" | Nick Laughland | Lisa Holdsworth | 18 February 2015 | August 2014 | 5.03 |
The launch of the latest sparkling wine by Midsomer Vinae Winery falls flat when critic Nadia Simons gives it a scathing review, then guests sampling the vintage start to collapse. Owner William Carnarvon suspects the Farmers' Wives Association of trying to destroy his business, while his wife Diana frets over her mother Matilda, one of the victims. Pathologist Kate reveals the drink was laced with slug poison, but how is the attack connected to the death of a child in a hit-and-run? Barnaby and Nelson are called in to investigate. Last appearance of Dr. Kate Wilding |
Series 18 (2016)
# | #[82] | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Filming Date | Viewers (millions) (Includes ITV+1) |
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105 | 1 | "Habeas Corpus" | Alex Pillai | Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths | 6 January 2016 | March/April 2015 | 6.04 |
When wealthy landowner Gregory Lancaster’s body goes missing on the night of his death, a sinister web of secrets and lies is exposed in the village of Little Malton. DCI Barnaby, DS Nelson and new Forensic Pathologist Kam Karimore are drawn into a macabre world of body-snatching as they seek to identify the villain. First appearance of Dr. Kam Karimore | |||||||
106 | 2 | "The Incident at Cooper Hill" | Renny Rye | Paul Logue | 13 January 2016 | April/May 2015 | 5.90 |
Mysterious lights are seen in the sky over famous UFO hot-spot Cooper Hill. When a local forest-ranger suffers a strange death, the visiting UFO spotters are convinced aliens are responsible. DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson unearth suspicions, betrayals and long-buried secrets in their search for the truth. | |||||||
107 | 3 | "Breaking the Chain" | Rob Evans | Chris Murray | 27 January 2016 | June/July 2015 | 5.80 |
An international cycling competition comes to the Midsomer village of Burwood Mantle. When the race leader is murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson find themselves drawn into a ruthlessly competitive world of blackmail, bribery and bloodshed where winning comes at any cost. | |||||||
108 | 4 | "A Dying Art" | Matt Carter | Jeff Povey | 3 February 2016 | July/August 2015 | 5.54 |
Art comes to the picturesque Midsomer village of Angel’s Rise with the opening of a new Sculpture Park. But when its launch is marred by murder, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson have to get creative to crack a case where art imitates death, and everything has a deeper meaning. | |||||||
109 | 5 | "Saints and Sinners" | Renny Rye | Lisa Holdsworth | 10 February 2016 | August/September 2015 | 5.83 |
The discovery of a Saint’s bones at an archaeological dig causes a stir in the village of Midsomer Cicely. But when the leader of the dig is murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson soon realise that it’s not only skeletons that have been long buried in the hallowed ground. | |||||||
110 | 6 | "Harvest of Souls" | Nick Laughland | Caleb Ranson | 17 February 2016 | September/October 2015 | 5.60 |
The annual harvest fair and the daredevil riders of the Wall of Death come to Midsomer village Whitcombe Mallet. When the owner of an equestrian centre is trampled by his horse DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson have to unravel a complex feud from the past, where nothing is what it seems. |
Series 19 (2017)
It was announced on Twitter during the final episode of Series 18 that Midsomer Murders would return for a nineteenth series, which would begin filming soon.[83]
External links
- Full episode guide at IMDB.com
References
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