A year of suspicious village life

The Midsomer viewing almanac.

Twelve spoiler-light suggestions for matching a rewatch to the season outside—without claiming that Midsomer's fictional calendar is perfectly consistent.

Original AI-generated Village Murder Casebook artwork · editorial interpretation

Spring

Gardens, village renewal and bright days with poor judgement

Series 4 · Eccentric

Garden of Death

Plans for a memorial garden expose a feud between old money, new development and one exceptionally complicated family.

Series 5 · Dark

A Worm in the Bud

An apparent suicide in Setwale Wood points instead to a land dispute, two observant children and a concealed family story.

Series 23 · Eccentric

The Blacktrees Prophecy

A false missile warning sends a survivalist into his bunker, where the apocalypse fails to arrive but murder does.

Summer

Fêtes, festivals, water and outdoor competition

Series 8 · Classic

Dead in the Water

The chairman of a rowing club is found dead during the regatta, opening a case of secret meetings, blackmail and a carefully planned robbery.

Series 8 · Classic

Midsomer Rhapsody

A murdered music teacher and a missing manuscript reopen the authorship and family history of a late composer.

Series 22 · Eccentric

The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy

A homemade monster becomes a viral attraction before someone starts killing in the style of the village's new legend.

Autumn

Harvest colour, old stories and the county at its most atmospheric

Series 4 · Dark

Dark Autumn

The murder of a postman places the village's correspondence, affairs and closely observed daily routines under scrutiny.

Series 7 · Dark

The Green Man

The collapse of a canal tunnel uncovers human remains and disturbs the solitary life of a local woodsman.

Series 22 · Eccentric

The Scarecrow Murders

A village festival becomes a gallery of human scarecrows, each victim linked to an older financial disaster.

Winter

Christmas gatherings, family tensions and fireside unease