The Village Murder CasebookAn unofficial Midsomer Murders guide

Complete released-series file · 2013–2014

Series 16

5 feature-length cases from the John Barnaby era, led by DCI John Barnaby with DS Charlie Nelson across the run.

Two empty leather chairs and contrasting case notebooks on a rural detective desk at dusk
Original Village Murder Casebook artwork—not a programme still.
Cases5

Episodes 1–5

First shown2013–2014

Year-level chronology

Settings5

Principal fictional places

Archive depth5/5

Expanded case files

Before you open the folder

What defines Series 16?

This run sits in the John Barnaby period and contains 5 cases. Its archive labels lean landmark, with 2 cases carrying that tone.

Best entry point
The Christmas Haunting
Opening case
The Christmas Haunting
Final case
The Killings of Copenhagen
Recurring settings
Each principal setting appears once

Archive highlights

Three ways into Series 16

Editorial signposts drawn from the Casebook catalogue—not a claim that every murder needs a podium.

Opening file

The Christmas Haunting

A ghost-hunting night at a supposedly haunted manor gives new sergeant Charlie Nelson a distinctly Midsomer welcome.

Episode 1 →Casebook focus · Landmark

The Christmas Haunting

A seasonal introduction that gives Charlie Nelson a haunted manor, an antique sword and no gentle first day in Midsomer.

Open the case →Filming trail

The Christmas Haunting

2 broader filming areas are already connected to this file.

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Who works these cases

Core cast in Series 16

Every lead detective, investigating partner and credited on-screen pathologist represented in this series.

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Lead detective

Neil Dudgeon

John Barnaby · 5 cases

An 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.

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Actor Gwilym Lee during an MTV Movies interview in 2018
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Investigating partner

Gwilym Lee

Charlie Nelson · 5 cases

A British actor whose screen career includes Jamestown, The Great and Top End Wedding. International audiences may know him best as Queen guitarist Brian May in the film Bohemian Rhapsody.

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Forensic support

Tamzin Malleson

Dr Kate Wilding · 5 cases

An 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.

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Complete episode ledger

Every Series 16 case

5 expanded dossiers and 0 concise catalogue records, all linked in broadcast order.

  1. Episode01

    2013 · Morton Shallows

    The Christmas Haunting

    A ghost-hunting night at a supposedly haunted manor gives new sergeant Charlie Nelson a distinctly Midsomer welcome.

    LandmarkWritten by Chris MurrayExpanded dossier2 mapped areasOpen case →
  2. Episode02

    2014 · Midsomer St Claire

    Let Us Prey

    Deaths begin to resemble the punishments in a medieval church fresco while storms close in on Midsomer St Claire.

    DarkWritten by Paul LogueExpanded dossier2 mapped areasOpen case →
  3. Episode03

    2014 · Midsomer Wyvern

    Wild Harvest

    A landowner is found after a fatal encounter with a wild boar, sending Barnaby into an ambitious country-house restaurant.

    EccentricWritten by Rachel Cuperman & Sally GriffithsExpanded dossier1 mapped areasOpen case →
  4. Episode04

    2014 · Finchmere

    The Flying Club

    An airfield owner is dropped to his death from an aircraft, grounding Barnaby among stunt pilots, campaigners and wartime memories.

    EccentricWritten by Michael AitkensExpanded dossier1 mapped areasOpen case →
  5. Episode05

    2014 · Badger's Drift and Copenhagen

    The Killings of Copenhagen

    The hundredth case links a poisoned biscuit, a Badger's Drift company and a murder inquiry in Copenhagen.

    LandmarkWritten by Paul LogueExpanded dossier2 mapped areasOpen case →