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S01 · E01Landmark

Badger's Drift · 1997

The Killings at Badger's Drift

An apparently natural death draws Barnaby into a village of immaculate gardens and very untidy secrets.

  • First case
  • Book adaptation
  • Village secrets
Detective
Tom Barnaby
Partner
Gavin Troy
Writer
Anthony Horowitz
Cast on file
  • John NettlesTom Barnaby
  • Daniel CaseyGavin Troy
  • Barry JacksonDr George Bullard
  • Elizabeth SpriggsIris Rainbird
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S01 · E02Classic

Midsomer Worthy · 1998

Written in Blood

A writers' circle welcomes a celebrated novelist, then discovers that literary ambition can be murderously personal.

  • Writers
  • Book adaptation
  • Locked-room flavour
Detective
Tom Barnaby
Partner
Gavin Troy
Writer
Anthony Horowitz
Cast on file
  • John NettlesTom Barnaby
  • Daniel CaseyGavin Troy
  • Barry JacksonDr George Bullard
Sealed finding
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S01 · E03Classic

Ferne Basset · 1998

Death of a Hollow Man

An amateur production of Amadeus gives Barnaby a cast full of motives and a fatal change of props.

  • Theatre
  • Book adaptation
  • Amateur dramatics
Detective
Tom Barnaby
Partner
Gavin Troy
Writer
Caroline Graham
Cast on file
  • John NettlesTom Barnaby
  • Daniel CaseyGavin Troy
  • Barry JacksonDr George Bullard
Sealed finding
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S01 · E01 · 1997

The Killings at Badger's Drift

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25released series
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2Barnaby eras

Series 1–13

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81 cases across 13 series.

Series 14–25

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63 cases across 12 series.

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