Forensic support

The pathologists’ desk.

Meet the resident, locum and guest specialists behind the post-mortem findings—plus the cases where no on-screen pathologist is identified.

Case notes, a village map and magnifying glass on a dark wooden desk beside a rainy cottage window
Original Village Murder Casebook artwork · editorial interpretation

Dr George Bullard

Barry Jackson · Resident pathologist · 78 case records

Forensic role

Causton's long-serving pathologist is professionally unflappable, quietly witty and an old friend of Tom Barnaby.

Series 1

The Killings at Badger's Drift

Badger's Drift

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Series 1

Written in Blood

Midsomer Worthy

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Series 1

Death of a Hollow Man

Ferne Basset

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Series 1

Faithful Unto Death

Morton Fendle

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Series 1

Death in Disguise

Lodge of the Golden Windhorse

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Dr Dan Peterson

Toby Jones · Locum pathologist · 4 case records

Forensic role

Peterson covers a brief early-series spell during Bullard's absence and brings a brisk, precise manner to the forensic work.

Series 2

Strangler's Wood

Midsomer Worthy

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Series 2

Dead Man's Eleven

Fletcher's Cross

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Series 3

Death of a Stranger

Upper Marshwood

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Series 3

Judgement Day

Midsomer Mallow

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No on-screen pathologist identified

No on-screen pathologist identified · 2 case records

Forensic role

No police pathologist is identified on screen in the published credit check for this nursing-home case.

Series 3

Blue Herrings

Aspern Tallow

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Series 5

Murder on St Malley's Day

Devington

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Dr Michael Rycroft

Michael Bertenshaw · Guest pathologist · 1 case records

Forensic role

Rycroft is the one-off examining pathologist credited for this case during an absence by George Bullard.

Series 4

The Electric Vendetta

Midsomer Parva

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Dr Kate Wilding

Tamzin Malleson · Resident pathologist · 19 case records

Forensic role

Bullard's assured, no-nonsense successor combines forensic authority with a more informal chemistry around the John Barnaby team.

Series 14

The Sleeper Under the Hill

Midsomer Mow

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Series 14

The Night of the Stag

Midsomer Abbas and Midsomer Herne

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Series 14

A Sacred Trust

Midsomer Vertue

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Series 14

A Rare Bird

Midsomer-in-the-Marsh

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Series 15

The Dark Rider

Quitewell

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Dr Kam Karimore

Manjinder Virk · Resident pathologist · 12 case records

Forensic role

Exceptionally capable and forthright, Kam works across the transition from Charlie Nelson to Jamie Winter.

Series 18

Habeas Corpus

Little Malton

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Series 18

The Incident at Cooper Hill

Cooper Hill

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Series 18

Breaking the Chain

Burwood Mantle

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Series 18

A Dying Art

Angel's Rise

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Series 18

Saints and Sinners

Midsomer Cicely

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Dr Fleur Perkins

Annette Badland · Resident pathologist · 28 case records

Forensic role

Fleur pairs forensic certainty with dry humour and a magnificently low tolerance for Midsomer nonsense.

Series 20

The Ghost of Causton Abbey

Causton

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Series 20

Death of the Small Coppers

Little Crosby

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Series 20

Drawing Dead

Carver Valley

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Series 20

The Lions of Causton

Causton

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Series 20

Till Death Do Us Part

Causton

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