Complete released-series file · 2008
Series 11
7 feature-length cases from the Tom Barnaby era, led by DCI Tom Barnaby with DS Ben Jones across the run.
Episodes 1–7
Year-level chronology
Principal fictional places
Expanded case files
Before you open the folder
What defines Series 11?
This run sits in the Tom Barnaby period and contains 7 cases. Its archive labels lean dark, with 3 cases carrying that tone.
- Best entry point
- Blood Wedding
- Opening case
- Shot at Dawn
- Final case
- Talking to the Dead
- Recurring settings
- Midsomer County (2)
Archive highlights
Three ways into Series 11
Editorial signposts drawn from the Casebook catalogue—not a claim that every murder needs a podium.
Shot at Dawn
A village feud dating from a First World War execution erupts when a retired colonel is abducted for a grotesque mock firing squad.
Episode 1 →Casebook focus · LandmarkBlood Wedding
The parallel weddings balance a significant Barnaby-family farewell against an unusually tangled aristocratic mystery.
Open the case →Filming trailShot at Dawn
5 broader filming areas are already connected to this file.
Follow the places →Who works these cases
Core cast in Series 11
Every lead detective, investigating partner and credited on-screen pathologist represented in this series.
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John Nettles
Tom Barnaby · 7 casesAn English actor, author and narrator who was already a household name as Jersey detective Jim Bergerac. After Bergerac he spent five seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company and later returned to television drama in Poldark.
Open actor profile →Jason Hughes
Ben Jones · 7 casesA Welsh actor who first became widely known as Warren Jones in the BBC drama This Life. His later television work includes Marcella and The Pact, alongside substantial theatre work at venues including the Donmar Warehouse and Royal Court.
Open actor profile →Barry Jackson
Dr George Bullard · 7 casesAn English stage and screen character actor whose career lasted more than five decades. His credits ranged from the landmark television play Cathy Come Home to Doctor Who, Barry Lyndon and many familiar British television dramas.
Open actor profile →Complete episode ledger
Every Series 11 case
7 expanded dossiers and 0 concise catalogue records, all linked in broadcast order.
- Episode01
2008 · Midsomer Parva
Shot at Dawn
A village feud dating from a First World War execution erupts when a retired colonel is abducted for a grotesque mock firing squad.
- Episode02
2008 · Bledlow
Blood Wedding
Cully prepares to marry Simon while another grand wedding is disrupted by the murder of its maid of honour.
- Episode03
2008 · Dunstan
Left for Dead
A road protest and the deaths of an isolated couple lead Jones back to a schoolfriend lost in a childhood hit-and-run.
- Episode04
2008 · Midsomer County
Midsomer Life
A woodland death links a local magazine, a disputed hotel and a community argument about who counts as an outsider.
- Episode05
2008 · Midsomer County
The Magician's Nephew
A children's magic-show assistant is poisoned as an occult dispute gathers around an exceptionally rare book.
- Episode06
2008 · Calham Cross
Days of Misrule
A compulsory police team-building exercise collides with an explosion at a haulage yard and a body recovered from a lake.
- Episode07
2008 · Monks Barton
Talking to the Dead
Two couples vanish from cottages beside reputedly haunted woods, leaving blood, folklore and a body in a shallow grave.