Complete released-series file · 2004–2005
Series 8
8 feature-length cases from the Tom Barnaby era, led by DCI Tom Barnaby with DS Dan Scott across the run.
Episodes 1–8
Year-level chronology
Principal fictional places
Expanded case files
Before you open the folder
What defines Series 8?
This run sits in the Tom Barnaby period and contains 8 cases. Its archive labels lean eccentric, with 4 cases carrying that tone.
- Best entry point
- Things That Go Bump in the Night
- Opening case
- Things That Go Bump in the Night
- Final case
- Midsomer Rhapsody
- Recurring settings
- Each principal setting appears once
Archive highlights
Three ways into Series 8
Editorial signposts drawn from the Casebook catalogue—not a claim that every murder needs a podium.
Things That Go Bump in the Night
An undertaker is killed in his chapel of rest while a spiritualist church offers the bereaved rather more information than chance should allow.
Episode 1 →Casebook focus · DarkThings That Go Bump in the Night
Its séances and disused railway make Fletcher's Cross one of the Scott era's most atmospheric returns to the uncanny.
Open the case →Filming trailThings That Go Bump in the Night
5 broader filming areas are already connected to this file.
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Core cast in Series 8
Every lead detective, investigating partner and credited on-screen pathologist represented in this series.
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John Nettles
Tom Barnaby · 8 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 · 8 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.
Open actor profile →Barry Jackson
Dr George Bullard · 8 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 8 case
8 expanded dossiers and 0 concise catalogue records, all linked in broadcast order.
- Episode01
2004 · Fletcher's Cross
Things That Go Bump in the Night
An undertaker is killed in his chapel of rest while a spiritualist church offers the bereaved rather more information than chance should allow.
- Episode02
2004 · Morton Fendle
Dead in the Water
The chairman of a rowing club is found dead during the regatta, opening a case of secret meetings, blackmail and a carefully planned robbery.
- Episode03
2005 · Midsomer Malham
Orchis Fatalis
A poisoned orchid enthusiast leads Barnaby to a smuggled specimen valuable enough to make collectors abandon ordinary gardening etiquette.
- Episode04
2005 · Bantling Hall
Bantling Boy
A successful racehorse's four owners reject a purchase offer, and one of them is soon found murdered in the stables.
- Episode05
2005 · Midsomer Mere
Second Sight
A man used in experiments intended to test clairvoyance is found dead after a fight with his brother-in-law.
- Episode06
2005 · Midsomer Magna
Hidden Depths
A solicitor falls from his roof, a neighbour disappears and missing client money leads to a murder by medieval catapult.
- Episode07
2005 · Little Upton
Sauce for the Goose
A factory visitor is found inside Plummer's relish machinery, exposing a family business with more guarded secrets than its recipe.
- Episode08
2005 · Badger's Drift
Midsomer Rhapsody
A murdered music teacher and a missing manuscript reopen the authorship and family history of a late composer.