Editorial pairings
Ten Midsomer double bills.
Two cases, one shared ingredient: a ready-made evening for fans who want a connection without a solution spoiler.
The original formula
Two foundational cases: village secrets followed by literary vanity.
The Killings at Badger's Drift
An apparently natural death draws Barnaby into a village of immaculate gardens and very untidy secrets.
Open file →Series 1 · ClassicWritten in Blood
A writers' circle welcomes a celebrated novelist, then discovers that literary ambition can be murderously personal.
Open file →Amateur dramatics
Two productions where the drama outside rehearsal rivals the performance.
Death of a Hollow Man
An amateur production of Amadeus gives Barnaby a cast full of motives and a fatal change of props.
Open file →Series 22 · EccentricFor Death Prepare
An unknown body is discovered as an amateur opera company rehearses The Pirates of Penzance, pulling the inquiry behind the curtain.
Open file →Village competition
Prestige, produce and the pressure to win local approval.
Judgement Day
A Perfect Village competition arrives just as an outsider's death threatens to expose the imperfections under the bunting.
Open file →Series 21 · EccentricThe Sting of Death
The theft of prized bees at Apley Court precedes a doctor's death by stinging and exposes a carefully marketed miracle cure.
Open file →History refuses to stay buried
Old stories and physical places keep shaping the present.
Beyond the Grave
Damage to a Civil War portrait and a run of ghostly incidents lead Barnaby from a village museum to a present-day body in an old tomb.
Open file →Series 7 · DarkThe Green Man
The collapse of a canal tunnel uncovers human remains and disturbs the solitary life of a local woodsman.
Open file →Music in the county
Creative legacy, reputation and a score worth fighting over.
Midsomer Rhapsody
A murdered music teacher and a missing manuscript reopen the authorship and family history of a late composer.
Open file →Series 19 · ClassicThe Curse of the Ninth
A young violinist wins a disputed festival prize, then is strangled with a string as a valuable Stradivarius disappears.
Open file →Midsomer on water
Competitive waterways followed by a very unusual fishing weekend.
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.
Open file →Series 21 · EccentricWith Baited Breath
A fishing competition and an extreme obstacle event collide when a contestant is electrocuted in the water course.
Open file →Schools and privilege
Institutions protect their traditions until Barnaby asks the wrong question.
Murder on St Malley's Day
A prestigious school, a secret society and an annual sporting tradition produce a case steeped in privilege.
Open file →Series 14 · LandmarkDeath in the Slow Lane
John Barnaby's first Causton case links a vintage-car rally with two deaths at an exclusive girls' school.
Open file →Christmas unease
Two wintry gatherings with old tension at the table.
Ghosts of Christmas Past
A divided family gathers at its country house for Christmas, nine years after a death nobody has properly faced.
Open file →Series 16 · LandmarkThe Christmas Haunting
A ghost-hunting night at a supposedly haunted manor gives new sergeant Charlie Nelson a distinctly Midsomer welcome.
Open file →Country-house secrets
Inheritance, property and the families who believe an estate belongs to them.
Garden of Death
Plans for a memorial garden expose a feud between old money, new development and one exceptionally complicated family.
Open file →Series 8 · DarkBantling Boy
A successful racehorse's four owners reject a purchase offer, and one of them is soon found murdered in the stables.
Open file →The handover
Tom Barnaby’s farewell followed by John Barnaby’s first case in charge.
Fit for Murder
Tom and Joyce's quiet spa weekend is interrupted by a body in a flotation chamber and a disappearing husband.
Open file →Series 14 · LandmarkDeath in the Slow Lane
John Barnaby's first Causton case links a vintage-car rally with two deaths at an exclusive girls' school.
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