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Midsomer Murders Episodes

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player c slot	Original Air Date	Title	Description
1	1997-03-23	The Killings at Badger’s Drift (Pilot)	The elderly Emily Simpson (Renée Asherson) is murdered in her home, forcing Barnaby and Troy to interview many of the residents of Badger’s Drift, including Iris Rainbird (Elizabeth Spriggs) and her son Dennis (Richard Cant), the local undertaker; Dr. Trevor Lessiter (Bill Wallis), his wife Barbara (Diana Hardcastle) and his daughter Judith (Jessica Stevenson) and Emily’s friend Lucy Bellringer (Rosalie Crutchley). The local landowner is Henry Trace (Julian Glover), whose wife Bella was fatally shot at a shooting party two years ago. His estate manager is David Whitely (Christopher Villiers), and Bella’s sister is Phyllis Cadell (Selina Cadell). Henry is engaged to the younger Katherine Lacey (Emily Mortimer), whose brother is artist Michael (Jonathan Firth).
2	1998-03-22	Written in Blood	The morning after a meeting of the Writers’ Circle of Midsomer Worthy, Gerald Hadleigh (Robert Swann), is found dead. Other members of the Circle include Sue Clapper (Judith Scott) and school drama teacher husband Brian (David Troughton); Laura Hutton (Jane Booker), who is rumoured to have been Gerald’s lover and sisters-in-law Amy (Joanna David) and snobbish family historian Honoria Lyddiard (Anna Massey). At the meeting, the guest speaker had been famous author Max Jennings (John Shrapnel), an acquaintace of Gerald’s who said he was afraid of meeting him again. He is married to Selina (Una Stubbs).
3	1998-03-29	Death of a Hollow Man	The Causton Players are getting ready for their production of Amadeus when Barnaby tells one the lead actors Esslyn Carmichael (Nicholas Le Prevost) that his cousin Agnes Grey (Denyse Alexander) has been murdered. Esslyn is married to the young Kitty (Debra Stephenson), and is divorced from heavy-drinker Rosa (Sarah Badel). Avery Phillips (Nick Woodeson) and his partner Tim Young (Richard Huw), who own the local bookshop, are both involved in Amadeus. The play’s director is wealthy Harold Winstanley (Bernard Hepton), who is married to Doris (Angela Pleasence), the stage manager is shy Deidre Tibbs (Janine Duvitski), who is rumoured to be in a relationship with actor David Smy (Ian Fitzgibbon), whose father Colin (Geoffrey Hutchings) works backstage.
4	1998-04-22	Faithful Unto Death	Gray Patterson (Mark Bazeley) and Alan Hollingsworth (Roger Allam) have a public argument at the Morton Fendle village fete about Gray’s £20,000 investment for a project to build a new local craft centre. Alan’s wife Simone (Lesley Vickerage) is missing. The suspects include the local pub’s owners Nigel (Paul Brooke) and Doreen Anderson (Rosalind Ayres); potter Sarah Lawton (Tessa Peake-Jones); Reg Buckley (Paul Chapman), the secretary of the project, his distant wife Felicity (Michele Dotrice), and their daughter Brenda, who is killed by being run off the road, (Sophie Stanton); and retired policeman Harry Vellacott (David Daker). Other villagers include elderly couple Bunny Dawlish (Peter Jones) and Elfrida Molfrey (Eleanor Summerfield).
5	1998-05-06	Death in Disguise	Bill Carter (Robert Pickavance) is found dead at the “Lodge of the Golden Windhorse”, a Midsomer commune. Other Lodge members include Ken (Col Farrell) and Heather Beavers (Diane Bull); May Cuttle (Judy Cornwell), who practises in past-life regressions; former solicitor’s clerk Arno Gibbs (Charles Kay), new member Christopher Wainwright (Stephen Moyer) and girlfriend Suhami Gamelin (Anna Bolt); Trixie Channing (Tilly Blackwood); and adolescent Tim Riley (Daniel Hart). The Lodge’s Master is Ian Craigie (Michael Feast). Suhami’s parents are Guy (Miles Anderson) and Felicity (Susan Tracy), who are separated.
6	1999-01-20	Death’s Shadow	An unpopular local property developer, Richard Bayly, is gruesomely murdered in the village of Badger’s Drift just hours after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. DCI Tom Barnaby, planning an anniversary ceremony at the local church, and Sergeant Troy, are called to investigate, as the body count increases and the mystery deepens.
7	1999-02-03	Strangler’s Wood	Midsomer Worthy is rocked by the murder of a young woman in Strangler’s Wood, several years after three other murders were committed there.
8	1999-09-12	Dead Man’s Eleven	When the wife of a local landowner is found bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat, Barnaby and Troy find themselves investigating a string of calculated murders.
9	1999-09-19	Blood Will Out	Unpopular landlord Hector Bridges (Paul Jeeson) is found shot in his home, suspicion falls on the New Age travellers, one of whom turns out to have served with him in the army.
10	1999-12-31	Death of a Stranger	During a fox hunt a tramp is murdered, and a gamekeeper’s son is arrested by Ron Pringle, who DCI Barnaby heartily dislikes. But then the gamekeeper is killed, as is Pringle himself.
11	2000-01-22	Blue Herrings	During his week off to renovate his house, DCI Tom Barnaby’s favorite aunt, Alice Bly, moves temporarily into the Lawnside nursing home in Aspern Tallow. But on the night of her arrival, one of the residents dies mysteriously during the night, and her valuable Cartier watch is stolen. Though the Lawnside director and its physician assure the residents that she died of natural causes, Aunt Alice is unconvinced, and urges Barnaby to investigate. He does, and a series of deaths soon follows, that only Barnaby and his loyal sidekick DS Troy can solve.
12	2000-01-29	Judgement Day	Midsomer Mallow is vying for the title of Perfect Village, a hope that may be scuppered by the brutal murder of a local thief (Orlando Bloom).
13	2000-02-05	Beyond the Grave	In Aspen Tallow a 17th Century painting is found slashed, and villager Marcus Lowrie dead.
14	2000-09-10	Garden of Death	Headstrong Fliss Inkpen is found dead in the memorial garden of her family’s estate, which is to be turned into a tea shop, much to the indignation of the locals, one in particular.
15	2001-08-26	Destroying Angel	Gregory Chambers is shot with an arrow on the day of the funeral of hotelier Karl Wainright, who in his will left the hotel to Gregory as well as three other beneficiaries, who also come to sticky ends.
16	2001-09-02	The Electric Vendetta	A body of a criminal is found dead in a crop circle in Midsomer Parva, which local ufologist Lloyd Kirby refers to as alien activity, though Barnaby is doubts, which become more prominent when another body is found.
17	2001-09-09	Who Killed Cock Robin?	Barnaby encounters old adversary Melvyn Stockhard, in Midsomer Magna, who’s daughter is getting married, but when the father of the best man turns up dead in a well, the detective has yet another murder to solve.
18	2001-09-16	Dark Autumn	Local adulterer postman Dave Cutler is found dead, killed by a billhook. Then, as usual, more murders occur in quick succession in the hamlet of Goodman’s Land.
20	2001-09-23	Tainted Fruit	Arrogant beauty Melissa Townsend receives death threats, which she does not take seriously. Of course, it is not long before someone corroborates with the letters.
23	2002-06-02	Market for Murder	Widow Marjorie Empson’s reading club is revealed to be a lucrative investment portfolio after she is murdered. Pompous Selwyn Proctor narrowly escapes the killer as well.
24	2002-06-23	A Worm in the Bud	Barnaby looks into the death of barren farmer’s wife Susan Bartlett, who was suffering from depression. But was her death suicide, or something more sinister?
21	2002-09-15	Ring Out Your Dead	The bellringers of Midsomer Wellow are preparing for a striking competition, but soon come up against a killer with a gun in hand and an axe to grind.
22	2002-09-22	Murder on St. Malley’s Day	Daniel Talbot, pupil of the prestigious Devington school is killed the same day as his grandfather dies. Barnaby and Troy discover Daniel was a member of the school’s prestigious Pudding Club, who know more than they’re letting on.
25	2003-01-03	A Talent For Life	Barnaby investigates the double murder of eccentric widow Isobel Hewitt and adulterous doctor Duncan Goff. Troy soon begins to suspect Isobel’s younger boyfriend, Quentin Roka.
26	2003-01-10	Death and Dreams	Martin Wroth is found shot dead, apparently having committed suicide in an unnecessary complex fashion. However, in Midsomer, things are never that simple.
27	2003-01-17	Painted in Blood	Ruth Fairfax, an elderly lady whom Joyce Barnaby finds murdered at an art class, turns out to be 30-year-old Angela Browning, who was investigating a large sum of money stolen from Heathrow Airport years before. Barnaby is taken off the case, but Troy eventually helps him solve it, after first being dazzled by two big-city detectives who take him under their wing.
28	2003-01-24	A Tale of Two Hamlets	Arrogant actor Larry Smith is killed when he walks into a summerhouse that subsequently explodes. The director of Smith’s main film, The House Of Satan is then electrocuted on his exercise bike. Barnaby and Troy soon discover a century old dispute between the villages of Upper and Lower Warden.
29	2003-01-31	Birds of Prey	When an investor of a millionaire’s latest scheme is found dead in a lake, it raises the question of whether he killed himself or someone did it for him. The man was depressed as the Alzheimer’s suffering millionaire his money was wrapped up in wouldn’t let him pull out of the invention being developed. As usual, more murders follow.
30	2003-11-02	The Green Man	Troy receives his promotion to Inspector and tackles one last case alone as he prepares to leave Midsomer, the death of a youth who was a sworn enemy of Tom, a quiet recluse who lives in the woods. Barnaby looks into the unnatural death of a man whose skeleton was unearthed at a tunnel collapse.
31	2004-01-04	Bad Tidings	Barnaby’s cocky new sergeant, DS Scott arrives in Midsomer, and gets the usual reception when a woman is murdered. Meanwhile, Cully decides to set up a reunion of old school friends that doesn’t end well.
32	2004-01-11	The Fisher King	Womaniser Gareth Heldman is murdered by a Celtic spear on Midsomer Barrow, and the man who is discovered to be Heldman’s half brother is obsessed with holding a celebration of the summer solstice there.
33	2004-01-18	Sins of Commission	An author is found, neck broken, at the foot of his stairs and it is discovered that his neck has been expertly broken, indicating army training. Suspicion falls on John Denton, local layabout turned author, who is in the running for an award at the annual literary festival.
34	2004-01-27	The Maid in Splendour	Barman at the Maid In Splendour pub Jamie Cruickshank is shot, but when the thoroughly disliked manager also dies, it seems to be a case of mistaken identity.
35	2004-02-29	The Straw Woman	Attempts to revive a pagan festival of setting alight an effigy of a straw woman end in tragedy when the church’s curate is placed inside.
37	2004-10-10	Things That Go Bump in the Night	Undertaker Patrick Pennyman is found in his own chapel of rest, and the finger of suspicion points towards the local spiritualist church/ who believe it is not someone this side of life who is responsible for the murder.
38	2004-10-17	Dead in the Water	The body of Guy Sweetman is found in the river on the day of the annual Midsomer Regatta. Guy made many enemies, so Barnaby has his work cut out.
36	2004-12-25	Ghosts of Christmas Past	Nine years after Ferdinand Villiers committed suicide, his extended family gather for Christmas at his old home, pleasantly unaware a killer is out for revenge.
39	2005-01-09	Orchis Fatalis	A one-of-a-kind orchid, the yellow roth, is smuggled into a Midsomer village, causing a string of deaths, starting with the person who brought it there.
40	2005-01-16	Bantling Boy	Horse trainer Bruce Hartley is killed after refusing to sell the racehorse Bantling Boy despite the wishes of the other members of the syndicate that own the horse. But the syndicate holds a dark secret, which is driving someone to murder.
41	2005-01-23	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, from being a lab rabbit for his brother “Mad” Max, who was conducting experiments on his sibling, suspecting him of having the ability to predict events that should be unpredictable, known as Second Sight.
42	2005-03-13	Hidden Depths	Depressed solicitor Nick Turner falls to his death from his roof. But did someone cover up his murder as suicide?
43	2005-04-03	Sauce for the Goose	A visitors’ tour of Plummer’s relish’s famous factory ends in murder when one of the tour (who is revealed to be a market executive for rival company Fieldway Foods) is crushed against towers of relish bottles before being dumped naked into a 200-degree sterilizer. But which one of the family-owned company is responsible?
44	2005-10-02	Midsomer Rhapsody	Old music teacher Arthur Leggot 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. And, predictably, where the manuscript goes, murders follow.
45	2005-10-09	The House in the Woods	Barnaby’s new sidekick arrives just in time to investigate the garrotting of two house-hunters outside a deserted, supposedly haunted, house.
46	2006-02-26	Dead Letters	The mother of a deceased one time carnival queen is found dead in a stream, and once again Barnaby has to dig up the past to solve the case. Barnaby is convinced he has seen two people from an earlier mystery (The Killings at Badgers Drift) around the village. But the people in question were brutally murdered.
47	2006-03-05	Vixen’s Run	Wealthy, eccentric, obese aristocrat Freddy Butler drops dead after gathering all three of his wives at his hall. Although his death is revealed as natural causes, the case is far from simple when Freddy’s solicitor is killed in a house fire.
48	2006-03-12	Down Among the Dead Men	Solicitor’s clerk turned expert blackmailer Martin is shot at his home, and there is no shortage of suspects.
51	2006-09-03	Death in Chorus	Barnaby and Jones attempt to unravel the deaths of a member of a choir and a bird watcher before more murders occur.
50	2006-09-10	Country Matters	Campaigns against the building of a supermarket in Elverton cum-Laterly come to a head when environmental supervisor Frank Hopkirk is stabbed to death.
52	2006-09-17	Last Year’s Model	When Annie Woodrow, accused murderer of Frances Trevelyan comes to court charged with her death, DCI Barnaby begins to doubt the evidence for her conviction.
49	2006-09-24	Four Funerals and a Wedding	A ninety year old battle of the sexes comes to a head in Broughton, with casualties on both sides: Mildred Danvers, poisoned, and Rev. Anthony Gant, shot.
53	2006-11-12	Dance with the Dead	At an old World War Two base, Cooper’s Cross a young man gasses himself in a vintage car, and his girlfriend disappears.
54	2007-01-19	The Animal Within	The niece of local society photographer Rex Masters arrives in Midsomer from Philadelphia. Nothing too odd about that, but Rex told everyone she was dead. Then Rex himself dies, and a group of locals all produce different wills.
54	2007-01-26	King’s Crystal	Six months after glassware company King’s Crystal’s partner Alan King dies in Shanghai, his brother Charles marries his wife, much to Alan’s son Ian’s displeasure. Then the accounts executive of the firm, Peter Baxter is stabbed with a Masonic dagger. The King’s Crystal firm suffers financial meltdown as a result of Alan’s death, is this a motive for murder?
56	2007-02-02	The Axeman Cometh	Barnaby’s favourite rock band Hired Gun rejoin for a comeback performance in Midsomer, but someone is determined to pull the plug.
57	2007-05-08	Death and Dust	Dr Alan Delaney is killed by a hit and run driver, but Barnaby soon realises the intended target was Delaney’s colleague, Jim Kirkwood, who has many an enemy.
58	2007-06-03	Picture of Innocence	A killer strangles photographer Lionel Bell before trying to frame Barnaby! The detective is thrown off the case by arrogant Martin Spellman, but Barnaby still does his best to catch an obsessed murderer.
62	2008-01-01	Shot at Dawn	The unveiling of a disgraced soldier’s name on a First World War memorial in Midsomer Parva leads to a number of deaths.
59	2008-04-27	They Seek Him Here	Nick Cheney was once a successful director, but he has now ended up mainly directing low budget films. We meet him as he is directing The Scarlet Pimpernel at Magna Manor. A former convict, Jed Norris, has been hired as a security guard on the film set, and one night he finds the director dead, beheaded by the use of a guillotine.
60	2008-05-11	Death In a Chocolate Box	Reformed criminal Ronnie Tyler prepares to leave Midsomer Holm, a tranquil village and halfway house. In the village is an historic camera obscura. New arrival Eddie Marston takes Ronnie’s place, making DCI Barnaby uneasy.
61	2008-07-06	Blood Wedding	A society wedding takes place between Sir Ned Fitzroy (Charles Edwards) and Beth Porteous (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh), and the maid of honour is stabbed to death at the reception. Meanwhile, Cully, who has been offered an acting job in London, is soon to marry Simon Dixon (Sam Hazeldine), and Sgt. Troy turns up for the wedding as do Cully’s grandparents (John Burgess and Daphne Oxenford).
65	2008-07-13	Midsomer Life	Charlie Finleyson (Richard Ward) is found in his car in Dray’s Copse, having been dead for two weeks. His wife Christina (Serena Gordon) seems indifferent to his death, and he thought she was having an affair with Guy Sandys (Simon Williams), the editor of the Midsomer Life magazine. Other Midsomer Life employees include Garth Platt (David Crow) and sister Gemma (Debbie Chazen), and Julia Benson (Pooky Quesnel). Christina’s brother Martin Reid (Daniel Hill) works at Moorcroft Hotel, after his restaurant went bankrupt following a review by Sandys. His colleagues include Eleanor Crouch (Selina Cadell).
63	2008-07-20	Left for Dead	While out getting signatures for a petition against a local by-pass, Lynne Fox (Maggie Steed) finds Ron and Libby Wilson dead in their house. Shortly afterwards the man behind the by-pass Jack Purdy (Matthew Flynn) is found dead in his car, the day before the wedding of his brother Mark (Shaun Dooley). Mark is a school friend of Jones, and many years ago while at school the Wilsons’ son Michael was killed in a road accident. With Jack meant to have been the best man, Jones is asked to perform the duty at Mark’s wedding. Meanwhile, another opponent of the by-pass, Alyssa Bradley (Marion Bailey) believes her son Patrick (Harry Peacock) will return home having gone missing 19 years ago.
64		Super Sleuths	Included in DVD set 15, a documentary about Midsomer Murders in which John Nettles, Caroline Graham, Anthony Horowitz, and others reflect on the show’s first decade.
66	2008-07-27	The Magician’s Nephew	Jean Wildacre (Kate Crutchley), a magician’s assistant dies on stage after a trick goes wrong and she is stabbed with poisoned daggers. Barnaby and Jones’s investigations lead them to the local Magic Circle, a group of people who once formed a cult together. Suspects include Ernest (Ronald Pickup), Estelle (Brigit Forsyth), Isolde (Rachel Pickup), Rosemary (Rosemary McHale) and Tristan Balliol (Tom Goodman-Hill); Aloysius and Simon Wilmington (Stuart Wilson and Dominic Rowan); Christine Turner (Sian Brooke) and Hugo Cartwright (Michael FitzGerald).
68	2008-08-05	Talking to the Dead	A haunted forest, a gang of thieves and two couples’ disappearance is the setting for this Barnaby mystery.
67	2008-12-24	Days of Misrule	Barnaby and Jones are forced to take part in a team building exercise and Tom has problems with the young new acting Chief Superintendent John Cotton (Nick Fletcher). Following an explosion in a truck, a body is soon discovered. 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 ago.
294	2009-07-22	The Dogleg Murders	Bullying snob Alistair Kingslake is killed with a golf iron at the Whiteacres golf club. After another member, Miles Tully, tells Barnaby about illegal gambling among players, another member, who has had an ‘odd phone call’ is also slain. A figure in a blue tracksuit is seen at both murders. In fact there have been unreported assaults on members over the months. Barnaby discovers that the gambling is rife and the social-climbing steward , Mrs. Fountain, and her two warring sons are lending money to the gamblers and assaulting them if they fail to pay. Indeed Mrs. Fountain’s scheming has driven the killer to commit the Dogleg Murders.
295	2009-08-05	The Black Book	Felicity Law auctions a painting by eighteenth century Midsomer artist Henry Hogson for four hundred thousand pounds, giving the money to Matilda Simms, who runs a therapeutic art school, inherited from her father. Felicity is murdered, as is a young thief who steals another Hogson, causing Matilda to confess that both paintings were forged by her father. A greedy gallery owner tries to blackmail the killer and is himself slain. All three victims were, variously and dangerously, in possession of the forgers’ notes, kept in the black book.
296	2009-07-29	Secrets and Spies	After a break-in at Causton Museum where an animal skeleton is stolen ex-spy Brenda Packard tells Barnaby that Allenby House, owned by testy ex-spymaster Malcolm Frazer, is a safe house for agents. Geoffrey Larkin, a visiting former agent, has a bitter argument with Frazer, who accuses him of treachery when they were spying in Berlin during the Cold war. Larkin threatens Frazer with a dossier marked ‘Wolfman’ and next day is murdered, seemingly by a wild animal, the legendary Beast of Midsomer. Frazer’s drunkard son Nicky, another ex-spy ,is killed in identical fashion but Barnaby realizes that the ‘Beast’ is but a cover. The true murderer is seeking revenge for betrayal back in Berlin two decades earlier when they were involved with secrets and spies.
297	2009-09-23	The Glitch	Midsomer’s cycling club is amused by the Bucketman, who throws red paint over road hogs, all employees of the Soft Earth computer company, the latest victim being its pompous boss Clinton Finn. Club president George Jeffers also angers Finn by threatening to expose a glitch in the air traffic control system Dr. Jeffers has devised, the scrapping of which will cost Finn millions. Another club member,Emily, is killed in a nocturnal hit-and-run whilst riding the bike belonging to Jeffers, whom Barnaby sees as the real intended target though Jeffers’ ex-wife, who is seeing Finn, blames Emily for her marriage breakdown. Garage owner Dan Snape is murdered when he apparently finds a clue whilst working on one of the Bucketman’s victim’s car, which he is about to relay to Dr. Jeffers. However, the killer is closer to home with motives of family loyalty and the identity of the Bucketman brings Jeffers closer to his young son, though no charges can be pressed because of a glitch.
317	2009-10-28	Small Mercies	Local trouble-maker Richard Tanner is found dead in the model village in Little Worthy, with his body tied down like Gulliver in the land of Lilliput. Barnaby & Jones interview the man’s ex-girlfriend, Rebecca Rix, his current girlfriend, Christa Palfrey, and her father, Edward Palfrey, and his new love, Bernice, the model maker, Bob Moss, the two elderly women who own the tourist attraction, the Comptons, the owners of the local gift-shop, the Johnsons, and the owners of the local tea-rooms, the Doves. Then at the local fancy-dress boat race, another resident of the village is found murdered.
318	2010-01-27	The Creeper	A cat-burgler who has become known as The Creeper targets the house of Midsomer’s chief constable, Richard Lovell, but there is a curious selectivity in what is taken. At a nearby country house, wealthy businessman Jack Filby gives a small house party for his family and old friends. Following a disagreement between him and David Roper, a rather dissolute old friend amongst the guests, Roper is murdered. Barnaby’s investigations include Baronet Chettham and his family, the former owners of the main house, who now live in the dower house, and who are also amongst Filby’s circle of old friends.
319	2010-04-14	The Great and the Good	One night, in the centre of the village of Badger’s Drift, the local school-teacher Connie Bishop screams for help from her cottage, and several of the lcoal men rush to her assistance, each with a different mix of feelings. A few days later, councillor Jim Hanley is found with his throat slit in her garden, after having decided to approve planning permission for an extension to the cottage. The school’s group of supporters under Zukie Richardson are busy organising that year’s Frobisher Night, to raise funds to support the school, which would otherwise be uneconomic. When they find that Connie Bishop is a well-known sleepwalker, Barnaby and Jones consider whether she could be the killer, albeit involuntarily. And then there is another murder.
332	2010-02-10	The Sword of Guillaume	On a trip from Midsomer Parva to Brighton to renew & strengthen ties between the two towns that date back to the Second World War, a universally-hated man from Midsomer is beheaded at a funfair on a pier. Barnaby had gone along on the trip to look into possible misdealings by a Midsomer property developer, who happens to be the Causton mayor, who is doing a land deal in Brighton that involves the mayor and council of Brighton. While there he investigates the murder with his cousin DCI John Barnaby of the local CID. Meanwhile an historical sword is stolen from a Midsomer church, and notices threatening and smearing various local people are put up in the church porch by a mysterious hooded figure.
333	2010-05-12	The Made for Measure Murder	The people of the Milton Cross estate village are dependent on the benevolence of Edward Milton, its lord of the manor, who owns virtually all of the local property. After a few days of obvious anxiety, village resident Sonia Woodley is stabbed to death in the graveyard, two years after the death of her bullying husband, tailor Gerald Woodley, who left his tailor’s shop to his wife, son and brother. When Barnaby and Jones investigate her death, and consequently that of her husband, they uncover a set of sordid secrets amongst the village’s inhabitants.
334	2010-09-08	Blood on the Saddle	At the annual Wild West Fair in a Midsomer village, one of the women volunteering for the Dunk the Witch stand is murdered, using a rare rifle, a collector’s piece in England. Barnaby and Jones soon link the death to a long-running dispute between the Fincher and Burbage families, over a piece of land, which a group of travellers wants to buy. But who is the owner of the gun?
335	2010-09-22	The Silent Land	On the night that Jeff Bowmaker is leading a ghost walk around the village of March Magna, Joyce is driving Cully home from a concert and has an accident swerving to avoid a shadowy man she thought she saw walking across the road nearby. She is convinced she must have hit him, in the morning the body of a widely-disliked local man, Gerald Ebbs, is discovered in the March Magna graveyard. Investigations lead Barnaby & Jones to the now derelict local mental hospital.
339	2010-10-06	Master Class	Sir Michael Fielding, a famous pianist, hosts an annual music school at his home, Devington Manor, with the three best students being chosen for a course of master classes, and the best of them being awarded the prestigious Fielding Prize. Zoe Stock, one of the most talented students, runs off to a nearby river after suffering a panic attack at the auditions. There she sees a woman drowning having left a baby on the bank. When Barnaby & Jones arrive, there’s no evidence that the event happened, but Barnaby recognises similarities with a case that occurred nearly twenty years previously, when he was a junior police officer.
340	2010-10-13	The Noble Art	When John Kinsella, a boxer from Midsomer Morchard, who is managed by Frank Bishop and trained by Teddy Molloy, wins a world title fight in New York, Gerald Farquaharson, the owner of the local manor, throws a party to celebrate. As part of the evening there is a re-enactment of a Victorian prize-fight, but it doesn’t go according to plan, as there is a last-minute substitution for one of the actors, giving vent to some of the jealousies and resentments among the village residents. Kinsella, Bishop & Molloy’s return from America is delayed, but when they arrive, each has his own reason for meeting up with a different person in the village as soon as possible, but Bishop finds that the person he visits at 2am has been murdered.
341	2011-01-12	Not in My Back Yard	The building of a large, modern house, called Swanscombe House, for Norman & Eleanor Swanscombe on land formerly owned by Fiona Conway, has caused much resentment in the village of Pelfe. This proves just the warm-up for the opposition to a major development on the village outskirts, spearheaded by Norman Swanscombe, designed by architect Clifford Bunting, and built by local builder Geoff Rogers - the same team that built Swanscombe House. During the night after an altercation at an open garden event at Swanscombe House, the leading local objector Maureen Stubbs, is murdered in its grounds. Barnaby & Jones investigate the complex web of relationships between the scheme’s proposers and objectors and the local planning committee that will be considering it, whose members include Liz Gerrard and local vet James Otley.
342	2011-02-02	Fit for Murder	Tom Barnaby is approaching his 60th birthday, and he is increasingly thinking of his father, who died at that age. He reluctantly accompanies his wife on a weekend in a health resort at Swavely Manor Spa Hotel, which is in financial difficulties. He finds the place tense, following a falling out between the owner, Phoebe Archbold, and neighbour Miranda Bedford. While Barnaby has a massage session, Joyce tries the flotation chamber, where she finds a horrifying sight. He decides to retire, and it is announced that his post is to be filled by his cousin John Barnaby.
353	2011-03-23	Death in the Slow Lane	Harriet Wingate is the principal of the exclusive but failing Darnley Park private girls school, still trying to counter the changes proposed by the Chair of the governors, Jamie Cameron, and the burser, her daughter Jessica Wingate, who want it to be run by the local education authority, so that local children can also attend. Because of historic connections with 1950’s racing drivers Peter Fossett and Duncan Palmer, the school holds an annual classic car show in which DC Jones is involved. Fossett is one of the regular judges, Palmer having appeared to have committed suicide in the Lake District many years previously, but Palmer’s body is suddenly discovered near the school. Harriet Wingate decides to proceed with the year’s show and invites DCI John Barnaby as well, so he is conveniently on hand when the other judge, local DJ Dave ‘Doggy’ Day, is murdered there. John Barnaby & Jones’s investigations uncover drug-dealing at the modern school, and jealousies between the old racing drivers.
354	2011-03-30	Dark Secrets	Dawkins makes enquiries at the rambling house of reclusive, elderly, upper-class eccentrics William & Mary Bingham, where he is sent packing by their daughter & son-in-law, Selina & Eddie Stanton, and then at a nearby artists colony run by Adam Grace & Maggie Viviani, where he gets dumped in the pond. After compaining about his treatment to the police, his body is discovered in a river. Barnaby & Jones investigate whether either establishment had anything to do with the death, and the possible connections between them. Meanwhile Barnaby’s wife Sarah arrives to take up the post of headteacher at Causton’s comprehensive school, but the members of staff, particularly the deputy headteacher, Josie Parker, are unhappy at the appointment of someone from outside the county.
355	2011-04-20	Echoes of the Dead	Jo Starling returns to the cottage she shares in the village of Great Worthy, to find her housemate Dianne Price dead in the bath, wrapped in the net curtain as if in a wedding dress. There are further murders in the village, each with a wedding theme. Barnaby soon spots similarities between tham and infamous murder cases of the past in Britain. He has a rich range of suspects: donkey sanctuary owner Liz Tomlin and Sam the son she bullies, publicans Matt & Nikki Rowntree, he having been a PC who left the force under a cloud, and she having been a brothel madam, overtly religious schoolteacher David Orchard, petrol station attendant Malcolm Merryman, and Bernard Flack, the shopowner who owns the cottage and is a Peeping Tom, and his embittered and suspicious wife Yvonne.
356	2011-05-25	The Oblong Murders	Lucy Oliver, a member of the Oblong Foundation, a new age cult, goes missing. The cult’s base was inherited by Ruth Lambert when her parents died. Jones goes undercover to infiltrate the sect to investigate. Meanwhile Barnaby undertakes his investigations at the local pub, where he hears theories about how the couple died, and that they had been banned from the pub.
368	2011-09-21	The Sleeper Under the Hill	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.
369	2011-10-12	The Night of the Stag	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.
370	2011-10-26	A Sacred Trust	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 21^st-century policing.
371	2012-01-11	A Rare Bird	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?
375	2012-02-01	The Dark Rider	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.
376	2012-03-21	Murder of Innocence	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.
377	2013-01-02	Death and the Divas	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?
379	2012-09-25	Written in the Stars	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.
380	2013-01-09	The Sicilian Defence	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?
381	2013-01-30	Schooled in Murder	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.
382	2013-12-24	The Christmas Haunting	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?
382	2014-01-08	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. 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?
383	2014-01-29	Wild Harvest	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.
383	2014-02-05	The Flying Club	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?
384	2014-02-12	The Killings of Copenhagen	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.
399c	2015-01-28	The Dagger Club	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?
399c	2015-02-04	Murder by Magic	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?
400c	2015-02-11	The Ballad of Midsomer County	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.
400c	2015-02-18	A Vintage Murder	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.