Complete released-series file · 2000–2001
Series 4
6 feature-length cases from the Tom Barnaby era, led by DCI Tom Barnaby with DS Gavin Troy across the run.
Episodes 1–6
Year-level chronology
Principal fictional places
Expanded case files
Before you open the folder
What defines Series 4?
This run sits in the Tom Barnaby period and contains 6 cases. Its archive labels lean dark, with 3 cases carrying that tone.
- Best entry point
- Garden of Death
- Opening case
- Garden of Death
- Final case
- Tainted Fruit
- Recurring settings
- Each principal setting appears once
Archive highlights
Three ways into Series 4
Editorial signposts drawn from the Casebook catalogue—not a claim that every murder needs a podium.
Garden of Death
Plans for a memorial garden expose a feud between old money, new development and one exceptionally complicated family.
Episode 1 →Casebook focus · EccentricGarden of Death
A lavishly tangled family case with classic country-house scenery.
Open the case →Filming trailWho Killed Cock Robin?
3 broader filming areas are already connected to this file.
Follow the places →Who works these cases
Core cast in Series 4
Every lead detective, investigating partner and credited on-screen pathologist represented in this series.
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John Nettles
Tom Barnaby · 6 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 · 6 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.
Open actor profile →Barry Jackson
Dr George Bullard · 5 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 →Michael Bertenshaw
Dr Michael Rycroft · 1 caseAn English actor with a long stage career that includes the Royal Shakespeare Company and major regional theatres. His screen credits include The Da Vinci Code, Doctor Who and a broad range of British television work.
Open actor profile →Complete episode ledger
Every Series 4 case
6 expanded dossiers and 0 concise catalogue records, all linked in broadcast order.
- Episode01
2000 · Midsomer Deverell
Garden of Death
Plans for a memorial garden expose a feud between old money, new development and one exceptionally complicated family.
- Episode02
2001 · Midsomer Magna
Destroying Angel
A hotel inheritance, a missing manager and some lethally expert mushroom knowledge produce an unusually patient reckoning.
- Episode03
2001 · Midsomer Parva
The Electric Vendetta
An electrocuted body in a crop circle brings UFO folklore, aristocratic families and wartime memories into the same inquiry.
- Episode04
2001 · Newton Magna
Who Killed Cock Robin?
A doctor's late-night collision and a body recovered from a well turn two missing men into one unusually tangled village case.
- Episode05
2001 · Goodman's Land
Dark Autumn
The murder of a postman places the village's correspondence, affairs and closely observed daily routines under scrutiny.
- Episode06
2001 · Midsomer Malham
Tainted Fruit
A wealthy young woman's hostility leaves Barnaby with a crowded suspect list when she is killed using stolen barbiturates.