Change ledger
Recently added to the Casebook.
New pages, research expansions and corrections are recorded here so returning readers can see what changed.
Search visibility review · release 8.1
Made the active www address canonical throughout metadata, structured data, robots and the XML sitemap; removed private search, watchlist and print utilities from the sitemap; added no-index instructions where appropriate; and refreshed sitemap modification dates and regression checks.
New name and address · release 8.0
Rebranded the independent guide as The Village Murder Casebook and prepared the site for villagemurdercasebook.co.uk and its www address, while retaining the established spoiler-light design and editorial approach.
Viewing essays, reading guides and corrections · release 7.4
Added twelve individual episode viewing essays, six longer guides, twenty published guest-cast records and three attributed content advisories. Corrected the A Place of Safety adaptation claim and four book publication years. Improved the starter recommendations, episode reading order, homepage search, watched-case filtering and research-coverage explanations. New guide articles are linked from search and the guide directory.
Interactive discovery expansion · release 7.3
Added a filterable programme timeline, seven spoiler-light novel comparison files and a searchable real-place identity explorer with county filters and direct links into episode and location records.
Research dossier expansion · release 7.2
Expanded the series-era guide, corrected and enriched the Caroline Graham adaptation ledger, added a production-history and trivia file, and refreshed the clearly labelled Series 26 confirmed-information desk from the supplied research dossier.
Superfan discovery review · release 7.1
Added a dedicated Superfan Desk that connects the strongest deep-cut routes through returning performers, creator fingerprints, changing filming-location identities, forensic teams, motifs and double bills. Added explicit canon-versus-interpretation scope language and exposed the desk from the homepage, fan-extras hub, footer and sitemap.
Editorial redesign and trust review · release 7.0
Rebuilt the homepage around six fan tasks, shortened the hero, removed overlapping discovery sections, reorganised all 33 reference tools into six categories, tightened episode and footer spacing, clarified the independent relationship with ITV and the programme’s production and distribution companies, improved first-visit routes, and introduced a restrained, clearly disclosed books-and-travel path ready for optional affiliate use.
Ten-pass fan orientation review · release 6.2
Added continuity and production-credit guides; made both globally discoverable; expanded search coverage and examples; improved empty-search recovery and live result feedback; strengthened mobile-menu behaviour; added new homepage questions; and refreshed navigation, footer, fan extras, reference desk and sitemap routes.
Ten-pass usability and discovery review · release 6.1
Expanded search to guides and tools; added milestone and screen-role trails; introduced homepage discovery, episode, village and location shortcuts; rebuilt missing-page recovery; and improved keyboard focus, reduced motion and long-page rendering.
Ten-pass fan reference expansion · release 6.0
Added an episode A–Z, decade guide, case-team chronology, pathologists’ desk, returning-village index, filming-county directory, ten double bills, ten fan challenges, story-motif index and a Casebook glossary. The reference desk now counts its tools automatically.
Five more fan passes · release 5.1
Repaired the reference desk, removed its numbered labels and added a seasonal viewing almanac, clubs and institutions directory, printable rewatch notebook with Midsomer bingo, and a ten-question spoiler-light fan FAQ.
Five-pass fan review · release 5.0
Shortened the homepage and made episode research easier to scan; added original guide artwork, creator and returning-performer desks, twelve themed watch routes, a reused-location identity ledger, flexible visit plans and a dedicated corrections guide.
Fan companion release 4.1
Added authored profiles for twenty recurring settings, quick decision cards and personal markers on every episode, related-case recommendations, page contents navigation, village survival cards, search filters, village traditions and a spoiler-light relationships guide.
Viewing guide and complete ITVX routes
Added a country-by-country legal viewing guide and an ITVX route to every episode card and case page.
A clearer way in
Added a beginner guide, a dedicated complete episode search and shorter homepage archive preview.
Navigation and accessibility polish
Grouped the main routes, made the spoiler preference persistent, removed invalid nested links and repaired the interpretive map markup.
Fan extras
Published the imagined county map, case picker, filming reuse desk, visitor trails and playful danger guide.