How the Casebook speaks
The glossary.
Plain-English definitions for the geography, evidence labels and spoiler controls used across the site.
Programme and geography
The terms that explain where the stories take place.
Midsomer
The programme’s fictional English county; it is not a real administrative area.
Causton
The fictional county town and the detectives’ professional base.
Principal setting
The fictional village or place used to file one episode in the Casebook.
Screen identity
The fictional building, business or institution represented by a real filming site.
Casebook labels
How the archive describes evidence and completeness.
Expanded dossier
An episode file with the complete editorial layer rather than a concise catalogue record.
Exact site
A building-level filming match that names both the real place and its on-screen use.
Published source gap
A deliberately visible note that the current reference does not support a precise claim.
Selected profile
A checked but intentionally non-exhaustive person or appearance record.
Spoilers and recommendations
What the viewing tools reveal—and what they keep sealed.
Spoiler-light
Premise, mood and context without the culprit or final solution.
Sealed finding
The hidden final explanation on an episode page, opened only by the reader.
Tone
One of the Casebook’s editorial mood labels: Classic, Dark, Eccentric or Landmark.
Related case
A recommendation based on shared setting, era, tone or tags rather than audience ratings.