Complete released-series file · 2011–2012
Series 14
8 feature-length cases from the John Barnaby era, led by DCI John Barnaby with DS Ben Jones across the run.
Episodes 1–8
Year-level chronology
Principal fictional places
Expanded case files
Before you open the folder
What defines Series 14?
This run sits in the John Barnaby period and contains 8 cases. Its archive labels lean dark, with 4 cases carrying that tone.
- Best entry point
- Death in the Slow Lane
- Opening case
- Death in the Slow Lane
- Final case
- A Rare Bird
- Recurring settings
- Each principal setting appears once
Archive highlights
Three ways into Series 14
Editorial signposts drawn from the Casebook catalogue—not a claim that every murder needs a podium.
Death in the Slow Lane
John Barnaby's first Causton case links a vintage-car rally with two deaths at an exclusive girls' school.
Episode 1 →Casebook focus · LandmarkDeath in the Slow Lane
The new Barnaby establishes his own methods while solving a case built around speed, prestige and a carefully preserved school legend.
Open the case →Filming trailDark Secrets
2 broader filming areas are already connected to this file.
Follow the places →Who works these cases
Core cast in Series 14
Every lead detective, investigating partner and credited on-screen pathologist represented in this series.
Neil Dudgeon
John Barnaby · 8 casesAn English actor whose television work before Causton included Piece of Cake, The Mrs Bradley Mysteries, Messiah and the sitcom Life of Riley. He also appeared in Midsomer Murders years earlier as a different character in Garden of Death.
Open actor profile →Jason Hughes
Ben Jones · 8 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 · 4 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 →Tamzin Malleson
Dr Kate Wilding · 4 casesAn English actor whose best-known television work includes Dangerfield, Teachers, the medical drama Bodies and Unforgotten. She has also appeared in Poirot, Marcella and A Touch of Frost.
Open actor profile →Complete episode ledger
Every Series 14 case
8 expanded dossiers and 0 concise catalogue records, all linked in broadcast order.
- Episode01
2011 · Midsomer Priory
Death in the Slow Lane
John Barnaby's first Causton case links a vintage-car rally with two deaths at an exclusive girls' school.
- Episode02
2011 · Chettham Park
Dark Secrets
A social-services investigator's apparent canoeing accident draws Barnaby towards a reclusive family and an estate full of accumulated history.
- Episode03
2011 · Great Worthy
Echoes of the Dead
Wedding-themed murder scenes and lipstick messages turn Great Worthy into a disturbing imitation of crimes from the past.
- Episode04
2011 · Midsomer Malham
The Oblong Murders
Jones enters a New Age retreat under cover after a young woman disappears from Malham Manor.
- Episode05
2011 · Midsomer Mow
The Sleeper Under the Hill
A farmer's body at an ancient stone circle appears to confirm the worst suspicions about a local Druid group.
- Episode06
2011 · Midsomer Abbas and Midsomer Herne
The Night of the Stag
A tax inspector is found in a cider vat as two neighbouring villages prepare to revive an alarming fertility custom.
- Episode07
2011 · Midsomer Vertue
A Sacred Trust
A nun's murder and missing antique silver place the threatened future of Midsomer Priory under investigation.
- Episode08
2012 · Midsomer-in-the-Marsh
A Rare Bird
A disputed sighting of an African bird leaves a village ornithology club divided before one of its members is killed.