Complete released-series file · 1999–2000
Series 3
4 feature-length cases from the Tom Barnaby era, led by DCI Tom Barnaby with DS Gavin Troy across the run.
Episodes 1–4
Year-level chronology
Principal fictional places
Expanded case files
Before you open the folder
What defines Series 3?
This run sits in the Tom Barnaby period and contains 4 cases. Its archive labels lean classic, with 2 cases carrying that tone.
- Best entry point
- Death of a Stranger
- Opening case
- Death of a Stranger
- Final case
- Beyond the Grave
- Recurring settings
- Aspern Tallow (2)
Archive highlights
Three ways into Series 3
Editorial signposts drawn from the Casebook catalogue—not a claim that every murder needs a podium.
Death of a Stranger
A stranger's death after a fox hunt forces Barnaby to question a close-knit rural circle and a conveniently solved case.
Episode 1 →Casebook focus · DarkDeath of a Stranger
Barnaby begins the series by challenging a senior officer's tidy conclusion and following the people whom the first inquiry overlooked.
Open the case →Filming trailDeath of a Stranger
4 broader filming areas are already connected to this file.
Follow the places →Who works these cases
Core cast in Series 3
Every lead detective, investigating partner and credited on-screen pathologist represented in this series.
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John Nettles
Tom Barnaby · 4 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 →Daniel Casey
Gavin Troy · 4 casesAn English stage and television actor also known for Our Friends in the North, Steel River Blues, EastEnders and Emmerdale. He later returned to the Midsomer world to play Tom Barnaby in the first professional stage adaptation.
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Toby Jones
Dr Dan Peterson · 2 casesAn acclaimed English character actor across theatre, film and television. His work includes Infamous, Detectorists, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, the voice of Dobby in Harry Potter and an Olivier-winning performance in The Play What I Wrote.
Open actor profile →Barry Jackson
Dr George Bullard · 1 caseAn 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 3 case
4 expanded dossiers and 0 concise catalogue records, all linked in broadcast order.
- Episode01
1999 · Upper Marshwood
Death of a Stranger
A stranger's death after a fox hunt forces Barnaby to question a close-knit rural circle and a conveniently solved case.
- Episode02
2000 · Aspern Tallow
Blue Herrings
Barnaby's recuperating aunt suspects that deaths at her nursing home are more organised than natural causes suggest.
- Episode03
2000 · Midsomer Mallow
Judgement Day
A Perfect Village competition arrives just as an outsider's death threatens to expose the imperfections under the bunting.
- Episode04
2000 · Aspern Tallow
Beyond the Grave
Damage to a Civil War portrait and a run of ghostly incidents lead Barnaby from a village museum to a present-day body in an old tomb.