TV series
The deadliest county in England.
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Checked Sep 5, 2026
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The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Episode 1
An elderly woman is found dead in her cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not down to natural causes
Directed by Jeremy SilberstonWritten by Caroline Graham, Anthony HorowitzGuest stars Renée Asherson, Elizabeth Spriggs, Jonathan Firth, Emily Mortimer, Selina Cadell, Richard Cant, Rosalie Crutchley, Bill Wallis
Episode 2
Gerald Hadleigh, secretary of a writers' circle, is found battered to death the morning after the group's meeting with best-selling novelist (and former psycho-therapist) Max Jennings. Gerald did not want to invite Max to Midsomer Worthy, and he seemed apprehensive about the visit.Barnaby's investigations show that Gerald was a man of mystery - he had no National Insurance number, no family, and no marriage certficate to go with his wedding photographs. And it seems he had a mysterious woman visitor on the night of his death... then Max Jennings goes missing and is found dead.
Directed by Jeremy SilberstonWritten by Caroline Graham, Anthony HorowitzGuest stars Joanna David, David Troughton, Jane Booker, Robert Swann, Una Stubbs, Daniel Newman, John Bardon, Paul Putner
Episode 3
The body of Agnes Gray, a woman who loved only animals, is found in the river - but she did not drown. And then her cousin Esslyn Carmichael is tricked into killing himself on stage during an amateur production of the murder mystery Amadeus. Barnaby has to get to grips with clues which include adultery, dramatic ambition, stolen religious art, and large donations to animal charities, before unmasking a killer who proves to be mad.Meanwhile, love begins to blossom between Cully Barnaby and Nico Bentley, one of the cast of Amadeus...
Directed by Jeremy SilberstonWritten by Caroline GrahamGuest stars Angela Pleasence, Janine Duvitski, Debra Stephenson, Bernard Hepton, Sonya Walger, Nicholas Le Prevost, Sarah Badel, Neil Conrich
Episode 4
A craft centre in the old mill at Morton Fendle is losing money. Several locals have invested in the business and believe they have been swindled by Alan Hollingsworth, the man behind it. When Hollingsworth's glamorous wife Simone goes missing, Barnaby believes she has been kidnapped and puts Hollingsworth under observation. However, Hollingsworth evades the police, carrying a bundle of cash, and a woman neighbour who follows him to his rendez-vous is killed in a bizarre road accident. Then Hollingsworth is found dead, and Simone turns up alive. Barnaby guesses she and a friend faked the kidnapping, but he can't prove it.
Directed by Baz TaylorWritten by Douglas Watkinson, Caroline GrahamGuest stars Eleanor Summerfield, David Daker, Peter Jones, Roger Allam, Tessa Peake-Jones, Sophie Stanton, Paul Brooke, Rosalind Ayres
Episode 5
At a local New Age commune (fancifully called the Lodge of the Golden Windhorse) William Carter is found dead with a broken neck, lying at the bottom of a staircase. Barnaby and Troy have to decide whether the death was an accident or murder.
Directed by Baz TaylorWritten by Douglas Watkinson, Caroline GrahamGuest stars Judy Cornwell, Jon Glover, Stephen Moyer, Michael Feast, Anna Bolt, Mary Healey, Geoffrey Beevers, Diane Bull
Episode information updated Sep 11, 2026
John NettlesDCI Tom Barnaby
Gwilym LeeDS Charlie Nelson
Jane WymarkJoyce Barnaby
Nick HendrixDS Jamie Winter
Tamzin MallesonDoctor Kate Wilding
Laura HowardCully Barnaby
John HopkinsSgt Daniel Scott
Kirsty DillonWPC/DC Gail Stephens
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