Pathologists · Tom Barnaby
Dan Peterson
A temporary forensic presence during George Bullard's absence, played with the brisk precision expected from a Midsomer medical examiner.
Episode-by-episode
Cases that chart the character
Series 2 · 1999 · Midsomer Worthy
Strangler's Wood
The death of a visiting model resembles a notorious unsolved case, but the local tobacco business supplies fresher motives.
A sombre early mystery that places an old serial-killer fear beside corporate and family pressure.
DCI Tom Barnaby · DS Gavin TroySeries 2 · 1999 · Fletcher's Cross
Dead Man's Eleven
A village cricket match continues around a body and a grand estate whose family history refuses to stay in the pavilion.
Cricket, class and a formidable guest performance make this a distilled piece of early Midsomer.
DCI Tom Barnaby · DS Gavin TroySeries 3 · 1999 · Upper Marshwood
Death of a Stranger
A stranger's death after a fox hunt forces Barnaby to question a close-knit rural circle and a conveniently solved case.
Barnaby begins the series by challenging a senior officer's tidy conclusion and following the people whom the first inquiry overlooked.
DCI Tom Barnaby · DS Gavin TroySeries 3 · 2000 · Midsomer Mallow
Judgement Day
A Perfect Village competition arrives just as an outsider's death threatens to expose the imperfections under the bunting.
Few episodes express the central joke of Midsomer more neatly: perfect hedges, disastrous neighbours.
DCI Tom Barnaby · DS Gavin Troy