Complete released-series file · 2005–2006
Series 9
8 feature-length cases from the Tom Barnaby era, led by DCI Tom Barnaby with DC Ben Jones across the run.
Episodes 1–8
Year-level chronology
Principal fictional places
Expanded case files
Before you open the folder
What defines Series 9?
This run sits in the Tom Barnaby period and contains 8 cases. Its archive labels lean classic, with 3 cases carrying that tone.
- Best entry point
- The House in the Woods
- Opening case
- The House in the Woods
- Final case
- Four Funerals and a Wedding
- Recurring settings
- Each principal setting appears once
Archive highlights
Three ways into Series 9
Editorial signposts drawn from the Casebook catalogue—not a claim that every murder needs a podium.
The House in the Woods
A house-hunting couple are found dead beside an isolated cottage, and an unexpected local constable becomes Barnaby's new partner.
Episode 1 →Casebook focus · LandmarkThe House in the Woods
Jason Hughes arrives as Ben Jones in a property mystery whose apparently derelict house has been sold far too many times.
Open the case →Filming trailThe House in the Woods
4 broader filming areas are already connected to this file.
Follow the places →Who works these cases
Core cast in Series 9
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.
Open actor profile →Jason Hughes
Ben Jones · 8 casesA Welsh actor who first became widely known as Warren Jones in the BBC drama This Life. His later television work includes Marcella and The Pact, alongside substantial theatre work at venues including the Donmar Warehouse and Royal Court.
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.
Open actor profile →Complete episode ledger
Every Series 9 case
8 expanded dossiers and 0 concise catalogue records, all linked in broadcast order.
- Episode01
2005 · Midsomer Newton
The House in the Woods
A house-hunting couple are found dead beside an isolated cottage, and an unexpected local constable becomes Barnaby's new partner.
- Episode02
2006 · Midsomer Barton
Dead Letters
Oak Apple Week revives a festival-queen contest after eight years, and a body in the stream brings back faces from an earlier case.
- Episode03
2006 · Haddington Hall
Vixen's Run
Sir Freddy Butler dies after assembling his wives and heirs, then a missing will and an arson murder turn inheritance into an investigation.
- Episode04
2006 · Midsomer Worthy and Fennacombe Bay
Down Among the Dead Men
A council clerk is shot through his kitchen window, and his blackmail archive sends Barnaby and Joyce to the coast.
- Episode05
2006 · Midsomer Worthy
Death in Chorus
A choir member is murdered before the Four Choirs Competition, placing Joyce among singers frightened by more than a missed note.
- Episode06
2006 · Elverton-cum-Latterly
Country Matters
A supermarket proposal divides the village before an environmental inspector is found murdered on the development site.
- Episode07
2006 · Causton and Midsomer Malham
Last Year's Model
As Annie Woodrow stands trial for murdering her friend, Barnaby begins to distrust the evidence on which he built the prosecution.
- Episode08
2006 · Broughton
Four Funerals and a Wedding
A 90-year battle of the sexes erupts around a Skimmington Ride after an elderly feminist is poisoned.