Midsomer Murders
A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
Cast:John Nettles , Jane Wymark , Barry Jackson , Neil Dudgeon , Fiona Dolman , Jason Hughes , Laura Howard , Daniel Casey , Sykes , Nick Hendrix , Kirsty Dillon , Annette Badland , Tamzin Malleson , Gwilym Lee , John Hopkins , Isabel Shaw , Manjinder Virk , Neil Conrich
S1.E1 ∙ The Killings at Badger's Drift
An elderly woman is found dead in her own cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not a simple accident.
S1.E2 ∙ Written in Blood
After a noted author speaks before a group of local Midsomer writers, the naked body of the event's host is found bludgeoned to death in his bedroom.
S1.E3 ∙ Death of a Hollow Man
Barnaby donates time to the local amateur dramatic society when Joyce is cast in a revival of "Amadeus," but complications arise when the leading man is murdered onstage.
S1.E4 ∙ Faithful unto Death
When the wife of a wealthy local businessman disappears, Barnaby finds that Fawcett Green harbors a complex web of financial and romantic entanglements.
S1.E5 ∙ Death in Disguise
DCI Barnaby needs all his wits about him as he investigates a string of deaths at a local New Age commune.
S2.E1 ∙ Death's Shadow
The Barnabys plan to renew their wedding vows for their 25th anniversary when Tom is distracted by a murder committed with an Indian sword in Badger's Drift.
S2.E2 ∙ Strangler's Wood
The nude body of a Brazilian woman is found strangled in the woods, which suggests that a serial killer from nine years before has begun killing again.
S2.E3 ∙ Dead Man's Eleven
Fletcher's Cross is preparing for annual cricket match when the wife of local landowner and cricket captain is murdered after taking dog for a walk.
S2.E4 ∙ Blood Will Out
The murder of a village blow-hard, who had few supporters among his neighbors, happens while a gathering of travelers is taking place.
S3.E1 ∙ Death of a Stranger
Fox hunting, taxidermy and Oscar Wilde are part of the backdrop as Barnaby and Troy investigate a series of murders, beginning with that of a tramp in the woods.
S3.E2 ∙ Blue Herrings
A visit to his convalescent aunt prompts Barnaby to investigate a series of suspicious deaths at the nursing home where she is staying.
S3.E3 ∙ Judgement Day
When a local thief and womanizer is killed with a pitchfork, the residents of Midsomer Mallow fear for their chances in the Perfect Village Competition.
S3.E4 ∙ Beyond the Grave
Barnaby and Troy, with an actor tagging along for research, investigate a slashed painting at a museum, which later turns out to be the site of a murder.
S4.E1 ∙ Garden of Death
When an arrogant aristocratic family's decision to develop a memorial garden into a commercial tea shop has the villagers up in arms, murders past and present rear their heads.
S4.E2 ∙ Destroying Angel
When a hotel owner dies, the manager misses the reading of the will that names him part-owner.
S4.E3 ∙ The Electric Vendetta
The body of a criminal is found in a crop circle, and the locals blame extra-terrestrial activity for the death. But Barnaby is not convinced.
S4.E4 ∙ Who Killed Cock Robin?
Barnaby and Troy are drawn to Newton Magna where their search for a horse whisperer allegedly struck by a car is complicated by the discovery of a body in the town well.
S4.E5 ∙ Dark Autumn
The near decapitation of the local postman, whose hyperactive libido also makes him the village lothario, leads to a series of grisly murders involving other promiscuous villagers.
S4.E6 ∙ Tainted Fruit
When the body of a local beauty is discovered by the pool at her manor house, Barnaby and Troy uncover a seedy world of adultery and deceit within the affluent rural community.
S5.E1 ∙ Market for Murder
An investigation of a car fire and a bludgeon murder lead Barnaby and Troy to investigate the members of a local reading club which has an agenda that goes beyond books.
S5.E2 ∙ A Worm in the Bud
A woman is found dead in Setwale Wood, an apparent suicide, except that her suicide note is emailed after her body has already been sighted.
S5.E3 ∙ Ring Out Your Dead
Someone is killing off parish church bell ringers in the week before a big bell-ringing competition takes place in the village of Midsomer Mallow.
S5.E4 ∙ Murder on St. Malley's Day
Barnaby investigates the murder of a boy during a traditional annual race at an exclusive private school but meets with resentment.
S6.E1 ∙ A Talent for Life
Something is fishy about the clubbing deaths of two local residents.
S6.E2 ∙ Death and Dreams
The investigation into an elaborate suicide leads Barnaby to suspect the dead man may have had help pulling the trigger.
S6.E3 ∙ Painted in Blood
Barnaby's wife finds a body on the Midsomer Florey village green while taking part in a watercolor painting class.
S6.E4 ∙ A Tale of Two Hamlets
When heirs of the aristocratic Smythe-Webster family are killed, Barnaby's investigation uncovers long-hidden family secrets.
S6.E5 ∙ Birds of Prey
Investment in a secret invention leads to an apparent suicide in Midsomer Magna, and a plan to steal valuable falcon eggs leads to another death.
S7.E1 ∙ The Green Man
Barnaby and Troy tackle two separate cases as Troy prepares to leave Midsomer after his promotion to DI.
S7.E2 ∙ Bad Tidings
Barnaby's new Sergeant arrives on the day after the murder of a local shrew occurs, and he is immediately put to work.
S7.E3 ∙ The Fisher King
Long-suppressed family secrets, stolen ancient artifacts, and a thirty year old death at a Celtic burial site result in a series of murders in present day Midsomer.
S7.E4 ∙ Sins of Commission
When Midsomer hosts its 12th Annual Literary Festival, an author is found with his neck broken. More writers will die before the winner of the competition is announced.
S7.E5 ∙ The Maid in Splendour
Midsomer Worthy's beloved local pub figures in a case involving unrequited love, secret business deals, and passionate affairs.
S7.E6 ∙ The Straw Woman
Midsomer comes closer and closer to its boiling point when a priest is burned to death inside the effigy of a straw woman and more people burst into flames spontaneously as though by witchcraft.
S7.E7 ∙ Ghosts of Christmas Past
Nine years after Ferdy Villers killed himself, his family reunites for Christmas, unaware that someone is out for revenge.
S8.E1 ∙ Things That Go Bump in the Night
Undertaker Patrick Pennyman is found dead with his wrists slashed and suspicion turns towards a spiritualist church.
S8.E2 ∙ Dead in the Water
During a regatta, the body of Rowing Club chairman Guy Sweetman is found bludgeoned and drowned. Bachelor Sweetman was prolifically promiscuous and jealousy would seem to be the motive.
S8.E3 ∙ Orchis Fatalis
Barnaby and Scott follow a trail of dead people involved in the collecting of rare orchids.
S8.E4 ∙ Bantling Boy
A four-member syndicate owns a racehorse that two of them are desperate to sell and two of them are determined to keep. When one of them is murdered, Barnaby is on the case.
S8.E5 ∙ Second Sight
John Ransom collapses and dies outside a pub after a fight with his brother-in-law over the baptism of his niece. He has electrical scars across the top of his head.
S8.E6 ∙ Hidden Depths
Troubled solicitor Nick Turner falls from the roof of his home; is this suicide disguised as murder?
S8.E7 ∙ Sauce for the Goose
When a corporate giant tries to acquire a small but respected relish factory owned and run by a dysfunctional family, a naked body is found in the warehouse.
S8.E8 ∙ Midsomer Rhapsody
Deaths follow the discovery of a valuable musical manuscript sold cheaply at an auction.
S9.E1 ∙ The House in the Woods
A secluded old dark house, believed haunted by the residents of Midsomer Newton, becomes the scene of a double murder when a house-hunting yuppie couple is found garroted.
S9.E2 ∙ Dead Letters
Barnaby and Jones investigate a series of murders linked to the death of a beauty queen which occurred several years previously.
S9.E3 ∙ Vixen's Run
Sir Freddy Butler collapses during a speech. The PM suggests the death is due to natural causes, however Barnaby is not convinced. Sir Freddy's will is stolen and his lawyer's house is burned down in an arson attack.
S9.E4 ∙ Down Among the Dead Men
Expert blackmailer Martin Barret is murdered and there is no shortage of suspects.
S9.E5 ∙ Four Funerals and a Wedding
A 90-year-old battle of the sexes comes to a head in Midsomer Broughton, with casualties on both sides.
S9.E6 ∙ Country Matters
Controversy about a proposed supermarket ruining the quality of life in a small village, marital infidelity, contaminated soil, and kinky sex lead to murder
S9.E7 ∙ Death in Chorus
A heated competition among Midsomer church choirs is interrupted by the bludgeon murder of the Midsomer Worthy's tenor, a local artist.
S9.E8 ∙ Last Year's Model
Barnaby begins to think the damning evidence he helped provide to convict a murderess wasn't exactly as watertight as it first looked.
S10.E1 ∙ Dance with the Dead
A young man's murder touches off a search for his girlfriend and partner in ballroom dancing classes.
S10.E2 ∙ The Animal Within
Faith's unannounced visit to her wealthy Uncle Rex's estate turns into quite a surprise. When Rex's body turns up, his would-be heirs engage in a battle of wills that exposes plenty of motives for murder.
S10.E3 ∙ King's Crystal
When King's family enterprise shatters into pieces and its accountant winds up stabbed, Barnaby digs into rivalries of business and blood-while Jones explores secret Masonic rites.
S10.E4 ∙ The Axeman Cometh
Badger's Drift plays host to the Midsomer Rock Festival - with murderous consequences.
S10.E5 ∙ Death and Dust
Barnaby and Jones are called to investigate a series of murders involving a pair of feuding families.
S10.E6 ∙ Picture of Innocence
Someone puts Barnaby in the frame in the murders of two rival photographers and is ordered to stay home on virtual house arrest.
S10.E7 ∙ They Seek Him Here
A film about the French Revolution is made in Midsomer. People lose their head in the guillotine, and it's not a film trick.
S10.E8 ∙ Death in a Chocolate Box
Barnaby investigates a murder of a former friend and colleague in Midsomer Holm, a small village inhabited by reformed ex-cons.
S11.E1 ∙ Shot at Dawn
A 90 years long feud between two families, the Hicks and the Hammonds, appears to have escalated to murder.
S11.E2 ∙ Blood Wedding
Barnaby has to deal with a murder at the wedding reception for a local aristocratic family as well as daughter Cully's upcoming nuptials.
S11.E3 ∙ Left for Dead
Jones is brought back to his home town to help investigate a series of murders linked to childhood friends and events that occurred years earlier.
S11.E4 ∙ Midsomer Life
When a man who's been missing for two weeks is found dead in the woods near Midsomer, Barnaby finds connections between him and a magazine editor known for his killing reviews of local hotels and restaurants.
S11.E5 ∙ The Magician's Nephew
The traditions of a local cult in Midsomer, the Temple of Thoth, appear to be related to a series of murders using poison of the poison dart frog.
S11.E6 ∙ Days of Misrule
During the Christmas days Barnaby has to solve an explosion as well as a number of murders near a freight company while trying to cope with his acting CS who has very strong beliefs about teamwork.
S11.E7 ∙ Talking to the Dead
Barnaby finds connections between a supposedly haunted forest, the traceless disappearances of two couples and a gang of antiquity thieves.
S12.E1 ∙ The Dogleg Murders
On the Midsomer Golfclub Whiteoaks a member is killed with a golfclub. In the course of the investigation they discover Whiteoaks to be full of hatred, gambling, violence, jealousy and extortion.
S12.E2 ∙ The Black Book
The sale of a previously unknown painting by an 18th century painter sends Barnaby into an investigation of murders as well as art forgery.
S12.E3 ∙ Secrets and Spies
A number of murders near a government safe house in Midsomer appears to be connected to a group of British spies stationed in East Berlin during the Cold War.
S12.E4 ∙ The Glitch
An air traffic computer system, based on theories from an eccentric college professor, is denounced by the scientist creating a financial crisis for its backers.
S12.E5 ∙ Small Mercies
The body of a local troublemaker and lady's man is found dead in the model village which is the chief tourist attraction of Little Worthy.
S12.E6 ∙ The Creeper
A cat burglar named "The Creeper" is breaking into the estates of Causton, and an alcoholic writer threatening a "tell-all" book about his friends turns up dead.
S12.E7 ∙ The Great and the Good
A troubled schoolteacher subject to sleepwalking and quasi-paranoia feels that an intruder has been in her house, and doubters find dead bodies to confirm her fears.
S13.E1 ∙ The Sword of Guillaume
When the Causton Chamber of Commerce takes a bus trip to Brighton, a serial killer swinging an ancient sword decapitates some of them in the seaside resort.
S13.E2 ∙ The Made-to-Measure Murders
A tailor dies of a heart attack. Two years later, his widow is murdered on her way to the vicarage. The vicar is also murdered after receiving a mysterious letter.
S13.E3 ∙ Blood on the Saddle
A Wild West show comes to Ford Florey and a serial killer starts to eliminate villagers in a "wild west" fashion related to a parcel of disputed swamp land.
S13.E4 ∙ The Silent Land
Jeff Bowmaker runs a profitable business in Midsomer Magna conducting spooky "ghost tours" at night when the unpopular village librarian turns up dead.
S13.E5 ∙ Master Class
A gifted young pianist with emotional issues is in competition with other young talents for a scholarship in a prestigious private musical academy.
S13.E6 ∙ The Noble Art
When a famous 1860 bareknuckle boxing bout is restaged in Midsomer Morchard with great pomp, dead bodies begin to pile up for Barnaby.
S13.E7 ∙ Not in My Back Yard
A group of conservationists object to the development of a pristine part of the village and adherents from both sides become victims of a mysterious killer.
S13.E8 ∙ Fit for Murder
Joyce talks Barnaby into enrolling in a spa located in a remodeled manor house but the bodies start to pile up when he's there.
S14.E1 ∙ Death in the Slow Lane
When a local DJ is crushed to death at a traditional girls' boarding school, DCI John Barnaby discovers that murder and deception are never far away from the quaint villages.
S14.E2 ∙ Dark Secrets
The reclusive lives of an eccentric elderly couple come under police scrutiny when a social services investigator is murdered.
S14.E3 ∙ Echoes of the Dead
The drowning of a woman in a bathtub becomes the first murder in a series of copycat murders imitating infamous murders from the past.
S14.E4 ∙ The Oblong Murders
Barnaby sends Jones undercover into a New Age cult to investigate the disappearance of a young woman who entered an introduction course and then never left the movement.
S14.E5 ∙ The Sleeper Under the Hill
The gruesome discovery of a farmer's eviscerated body in an ancient stone circle is made just days before the spring equinox.
S14.E6 ∙ The Night of the Stag
Local bootleggers come under suspicion after the murder of a revenue tax inspector.
S14.E7 ∙ A Sacred Trust
Vandalism and violence send shock waves through Midsomer's cloistered nunnery.
S14.E8 ∙ A Rare Bird
Barnaby and Jones investigate whether competition between ornithology enthusiasts led to murder.
S15.E1 ∙ The Dark Rider
The DeQuettevilles and the Fleetwoods have been enemies since the English Civil War. Now the DeQuettevilles are dying, each first seeing a headless horseman. Is the ancient feud to blame? Or is there a modern murderer at large?
S15.E2 ∙ Murder of Innocence
When a barrister is killed in Midsomer, suspicion falls on convicted murderer Grady Felton. But Grady has a solid alibi. Barnaby suspects he is working with an accomplice - until Grady himself is targeted in an arson attack.
S15.E3 ∙ Written in the Stars
During a total eclipse of the sun, an astronomer is bludgeoned to death by a meteor, and an astrologer claims to have predicted each subsequent murder.
S15.E4 ∙ Death and the Divas
A film historian writing about a 1960s horror actress is killed in her home. It becomes the start of what appear to be a series of copycat murders based on the actress' films.
S15.E5 ∙ The Sicilian Defence
When a young girl wakes up from a mysterious coma, she finds that no one knows what happened to her boyfriend, who disappeared around the same time she was attacked.
S15.E6 ∙ Schooled in Murder
At the factory where the world-famous Midsomer Blue Cheese is made, a dairy worker is brutally murdered by a giant round of weaponized cheese.
S16.E1 ∙ The Christmas Haunting
Barnaby and Nelson investigate the fatal stabbing of a man with an antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at a 'haunted' manor house.
S16.E2 ∙ Let Us Prey
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.
S16.E3 ∙ Wild Harvest
When the landlord of Wyvern House meets a brutal and untimely death in his own woods, many aspersions are cast.
S16.E4 ∙ The Flying Club
The owner of Finchmere airfield is dropped from a plane to meet a gruesome death. Are anti-craft campaigners behind his murder? Or does it link back to a WW2 mission?
S16.E5 ∙ The Killings of Copenhagen
Barnaby and 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.
S17.E1 ∙ The Dagger Club
Artist Suzie Colebrook is electrocuted by a roulette wheel shortly after discovering a break-in at her home in Luxton Deeping.
S17.E2 ∙ Murder by Magic
Pub landlady Hannah Altman is crushed to death by a giant Perspex box during a magic show by famous illusionist Gideon Latimer.
S17.E3 ∙ The Ballad of Midsomer County
Festival organizer Toby Winning is found dead on the morning of the Lower Crosby Folk Festival, shortly after announcing plans to move the festival nearer to London.
S17.E4 ∙ A Vintage Murder
When people start collapsing at the launch tasting of Midsomer Vineyard's newest sparkling wine, Kate Wilding discovers that the glasses had been laced with slug pellets.
S18.E1 ∙ Habeas Corpus
When a wealthy landowner'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.
S18.E2 ∙ The Incident at Cooper Hill
A local forest-ranger suffers a strange death after mysterious lights appear in the sky over UFO hot-spot Cooper Hill.
S18.E3 ∙ Breaking the Chain
Cyclist Greg Eddon is murdered after winning the local leg of a national race, beating team mate Mitch McCordell at the last minute.
S18.E4 ∙ A Dying Art
The grand opening of a new Sculpture Park is marred by murder in the picturesque Midsomer village of Angel's Rise.
S18.E5 ∙ Saints and Sinners
The leader of an archaeological dig is found buried alive following the discovery of a Saint's bones in the village of Midsomer Cicely.
S18.E6 ∙ Harvest of Souls
When the owner of an equestrian center is trampled by his own horse, Barnaby unravels a complex feud from the past.
S19.E1 ∙ The Village That Rose from the Dead
When a man is found murdered during the reopening of a ghost village, Barnaby must unravel a sinister web of lies from both past and present in order to catch the killer.
S19.E2 ∙ Crime and Punishment
The Bleakridge Watch patrols the streets of their remote village, exposing anyone who steps outside the law. When one of their members dies, Barnaby uncovers just how far some people will go for power.
S19.E3 ∙ Last Man Out
When star cricketer Leo Henderson dies during a tournament, the investigation draws Barnaby into a dangerous game with a surprise visitor from his past.
S19.E4 ∙ Red in Tooth & Claw
The discovery of a body covered in live rabbits reveals a sinister side to the local pet show. Is this a rivalry taken too far or is the killer driven by something darker?
S19.E5 ∙ Death by Persuasion
When a young woman slips away from a Jane Austen weekend dressed in period attire and is found stabbed in the woods, Barnaby needs to look back in time to find the killer.
S19.E6 ∙ The Curse of the Ninth
When a prize-winning violinist is killed with his Stradivarius stolen, Barnaby must sort through a myriad of suspects and motives to find the real killer.
S20.E1 ∙ The Ghost of Causton Abbey
The ancient Causton Abbey is now a brewery, but the old curse is still active: one person is found boiled to death in one of the vats shortly after a party to launch a new ale.
S20.E2 ∙ Death of the Small Coppers
A butterfly collector is found pinned to a wall like one of his specimens.
S20.E3 ∙ Drawing Dead
Carver Valley's comic festival is in full swing when the village is shocked by the murder of a former supermodel.
S20.E4 ∙ The Lions of Causton
Barnaby gets to relive his former sporting glory when a death at the local Rugby Club sends Barnaby and Winter into a muddle of rucks, grudges, romance... and artisanal chocolates?
S20.E5 ∙ Till Death Do Us Part
Barnaby is less than impressed when Sarah drags him to a wedding. But things go from bad to worse when Barnaby must unveil a murderer with an apparent penchant for local brides.
S20.E6 ∙ Send in the Clowns
Things take a gruesome turn when Ferabbees Circus comes to town, bringing with it a chain of sinister clown sightings, threatening notes and deathly dangerous circus acts.
S21.E1 ∙ The Point of Balance
Midsomer is buzzing at the 'Paramount Dance Extravaganza'. But behind the sequins and smiles are deep running feuds and passions, and the desire to win outweigh just about anything.
S21.E2 ∙ The Miniature Murders
The world of miniatures collapses when a real estate agent is murdered in front of a crowd at the unveiling of a new dolls house collection at Midsomer Museum of the family.
S21.E3 ∙ The Sting of Death
Barnaby and Winter are called to the stately home of a master beekeeper after he is injured attempting to apprehend a thief. The village of Granville Norton is abuzz with news of the missing bees, and suspicions fly when one of the locals is stung to death.
S21.E4 ∙ With Baited Breath
Fishermen flock to Solomon Gorge desperate to catch a giant fish that is said to lurk in the lake. Their plans are threatened when hundred of others appear for the Pyscho Mud Run.
S22.E1 ∙ The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy
After a local photographer wins an urban myth competition with his creation of The Wolf Hunter, it unexpectedly gains a cult following. However, when a man is killed, Barnaby must investigate if this myth has become murderous reality.
S22.E2 ∙ The Stitcher Society
A local outcast, who was controversially acquitted of murder years previously, is the latest inductee into a post-operative heart rehab club. Following his arrival, members' dreams of a second chance at life begin being cut short.
S22.E3 ∙ Happy Families
DCI Barnaby and DS Winter are called in to investigate the death of Victor Karras, a manufacturer of exclusive board games, who appears to have been poisoned.
S22.E4 ∙ Scarecrow Murders
A scarecrow festival to raise church funds takes a grisly turn when dead bodies are found staged like the festival's straw creations. Barnaby's investigation uncovers more going on than a simple competition.
S22.E5 ∙ For Death Prepare
The Midsomer Mummers, an amateur opera company, is in the middle of rehearsals for a charity concert, when a dead body is found in the theatre. The aim of the inquiry will be to find out who is most desperate to be the centre of attention.
S22.E6 ∙ The Witches Of Angel's Rise
When a body is found surrounded by ritual symbols on the eve of a Psychic Fayre, Barnaby must step into the spiritual world of mediums, psychics, and occult followers to find the killer.
S23.E1 ∙ The Blacktrees Prophecy
Deep in Blacktrees Forest is a bombproof shelter built by a man named Warren Kaine. His extreme paranoia has drawn other survivalists to the village, and now a doomsday prepper group meets weekly.
S23.E2 ∙ The Debt of Lies
Gated estate Challis Court is a tight-knit community for retired police officers, but when a new arrival is found dead, the other residents regard the murder as an affront; Barnaby realizes that the killer is likely an ex-police officer.
S23.E3 ∙ A Grain of Truth
A trendy organic bakery in a restored mill is causing resentment amongst several villagers. Causton CID don't take the complaints too seriously until several people are dosed with a dangerous hallucinogenic. Then the first death occurs.
S23.E4 ∙ Dressed to Kill
Parish chairwoman Lois Springfield is found dead in a local theatre. The detectives assume it's because of her hostility toward a drag show being organised, but other motives are at play.
