Midsomer Murders

1997•2 series•Entertainment / Detective

Available on ITV3 HD

Based on the crime-novel series by author Caroline Graham, `Midsomer Murders' follows the efforts of Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby to solve crimes that occur in the wealthy, isolated English county of Midsomer, a picturesque and peaceful place on the outside but one filled with amoral and snobbish eccentrics with all kinds of vices. Chief Inspector Barnaby is the younger cousin of DCI Tom Barnaby who retired in 2011. His right-hand man is Detective Sergeant Jamie Winter, who is young, keen and smart as a whip. 'Midsummer Murders' is the UK's longest-running contemporary detective drama, having aired on ITV since 1997.

Episode 1A Talent for Life

Feature-length drama. Barnaby and Troy have to solve a double murder when a feisty former socialite and a Casanova are found bludgeoned to death. S6 Ep1

Episode 3Painted in Blood

Joyce Barnaby uncovers a nest of plots and double-dealings when she finds a woman stabbed to death while painting watercolours of picturesque Midsomer Florey. S6 Ep3

Episode 4A Tale of Two Hamlets

The death of a young film star at a Satanic experience at his family's ancestral pile brings Barnaby and Troy to the feuding hamlets of Upper and Lower Warden. S6 Ep4

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