Franchise extensions
Beyond the television series.
Midsomer now carries several labelled continuities: Graham’s novels, ITV television, stage adaptation and licensed interactive fiction. The family trees should not be merged.
Story-bearing branches
The county keeps expanding.
Interactive books
You join CID
Simon Brew’s licensed Could You Survive Midsomer?, A Winter’s Murder and A Fete Worse than Death cast the reader as a detective. They grow from the television franchise and remain separate from Caroline Graham’s novel canon.
Official podcast
An oral history in progress
Midsomer Murders Mayhem interviews cast and programme-makers, preserving first-person accounts that can clarify writing, casting and production decisions.
Mobile game
A different Barnaby branch
Words, Crime & Mystery introduces Elizabeth Barnaby, John’s niece, alongside Paddy. Developer Qiiwi reported one million installations in August 2024—a dated company milestone, not a current player count.
Music
A fictional culture escapes
Jim Parker’s 2002 compilation established an early soundtrack record. The Ballad of Midsomer County later turned a fictional folk song into a real project, with performers including Seth Lakeman, Lucie Jones, The Nettlebed Collective and Clarke Peters.
The adaptation circle
Troy becomes Barnaby.
The Killings at Badger’s Drift travelled from Caroline Graham’s novel to the Nettles and Casey television pilot, then back to the stage. Guy Unsworth’s adaptation casts Daniel Casey—television’s original Sergeant Troy—as Tom Barnaby, with James Bradwell as Troy.
The production lists a second UK and Ireland tour from 23 April 2027. That date is time-sensitive: confirm venues and tickets with the official production before travelling.
Official stage production ↗Tourism
The fiction changes real places.
- Walking tours turn screen geography into local heritage.
- Museum exhibitions preserve production memory.
- Repeat-venue maps reveal how often a building changes identity.
- Current dates, access and prices should always be rechecked.
DVDs as archives
Not just another way to watch.
- Some releases preserve alternate footage and textless titles.
- Daytime-cut labels reveal alternate editorial versions.
- Discs retain featurettes and publicity material absent from streams.
- A menu proves material survives; it may not prove why every shot was made.