Complete released-series file · 2003–2004
Series 7
7 feature-length cases from the Tom Barnaby era, led by DCI Tom Barnaby with DS Gavin Troy and DS Dan Scott across the run.
Episodes 1–7
Year-level chronology
Principal fictional places
Expanded case files
Before you open the folder
What defines Series 7?
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
- Bad Tidings
- Opening case
- The Green Man
- Final case
- Ghosts of Christmas Past
- Recurring settings
- Midsomer Worthy (2)
Archive highlights
Three ways into Series 7
Editorial signposts drawn from the Casebook catalogue—not a claim that every murder needs a podium.
The Green Man
The collapse of a canal tunnel uncovers human remains and disturbs the solitary life of a local woodsman.
Episode 1 →Casebook focus · LandmarkBad Tidings
A prickly new partnership gives the familiar village machinery a useful jolt.
Open the case →Filming trailThe Maid in Splendour
4 broader filming areas are already connected to this file.
Follow the places →Who works these cases
Core cast in Series 7
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.
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John Hopkins
Dan Scott · 6 casesAn English actor with extensive stage, screen and voice work. His credits include the Royal Shakespeare Company, Poldark and Alice in Wonderland, as well as prominent game performances in Horizon, Hitman and Assassin's Creed.
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Gavin Troy · 1 caseAn 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 · 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.
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Every Series 7 case
7 expanded dossiers and 0 concise catalogue records, all linked in broadcast order.
- Episode01
2003 · Midsomer Worthy
The Green Man
The collapse of a canal tunnel uncovers human remains and disturbs the solitary life of a local woodsman.
- Episode02
2004 · Midsomer Mallow
Bad Tidings
Dan Scott's first case begins with an unwelcome transfer, Cully's school reunion and a string of personal attacks.
- Episode03
2004 · Midsomer Barrow
The Fisher King
A Celtic spear and a reopened burial mound disturb the lies left behind by a fatal archaeological dig.
- Episode04
2004 · Midsomer St Michael
Sins of Commission
A literary festival gathers ambitious writers, editors and publishers before an author's apparent fall is proved to be murder.
- Episode05
2004 · Midsomer Worthy
The Maid in Splendour
Two shootings at a beloved village pub leave Barnaby asking whether the first victim was ever the intended target.
- Episode06
2004 · Midsomer Parva
The Straw Woman
A revived pagan festival becomes a murder scene when a curate is trapped inside its burning straw effigy.
- Episode07
2004 · Draycott
Ghosts of Christmas Past
A divided family gathers at its country house for Christmas, nine years after a death nobody has properly faced.