Midsomer Murders

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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.

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Episode 1The House in the Woods

Barnaby and Acting DC Ben Jones investigate the garrotting of a husband and wife outside a deserted cottage.

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Episode 2Dead Letters

Midsomer Barton is celebrating Oak Apple Week when a mother is found drowned. It looks like suicide and that she was driven to it by grief.

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Episode 3Vixen's Run

Sir Freddy Butler's death brings Barnaby and Jones to the privileged surroundings of Haddington Hall. The cause of death looks like a heart attack until Freddy's will disappears.

Down Among the Dead Men: Episode Image
Episode 4Down Among the Dead Men

When a council clerk is shot dead, Barnaby and Jones discover that he was a blackmailer. They investigate which of his victims hated him enough to kill him.

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Episode 5Death in Chorus

After Midsomer Worthy's baritone Connor Simpson is killed just days before a choir competition, the race is on for Barnaby and Jones to catch the killer. Contains some violence.

Country Matters: Episode Image
Episode 6Country Matters

Controversial plans to build a supermarket in Elverton-cum-Latterly lead to murder when a man is stabbed. Can Barnaby and Jones uncover the killer?

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Episode 7Last Year's Model

Barnaby begins to question the guilt of a woman who is on trial for the murder of her best friend when the prosecution's claims do not appear to add up.

Four Funerals and a Wedding: Episode Image
Episode 8Four Funerals and a Wedding

Barnaby uncovers a decades-old battle of the sexes when ageing feminist Mildred Danvers and misogynist vicar Rev Gantis are murdered. Extended episode.

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