List of Midsomer Murders episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the British drama Midsomer Murders that first aired in 1997. As of 20 April 2011, 84 episodes have aired, in fourteen series and two Christmas specials.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			Season premiere	Season finale
	Pilot	1	23 March 1997 (1997-03-23)	—
	1	4	22 March 1998 (1998-03-22)	6 May 1998 (1998-05-06)
	2	4	20 January 1999 (1999-01-20)	5 February 1999 (1999-02-05)
	3	4	31 December 1999 (1999-12-31)	29 January 2000 (2000-01-29)
	4	6	10 September 2000 (2000-09-10)	16 September 2001 (2001-09-16)
	5	5	23 September 2001 (2001-09-23)	22 September 2002 (2002-09-22)
	6	5	3 January 2003 (2003-01-03)	31 January 2003 (2003-01-31)
	7	6	2 November 2003 (2003-11-02)	29 February 2004 (2004-02-29)
	Christmas special	1	25 December 2004 (2004-12-25)	—
	8	8	10 October 2004 (2004-10-10)	2 October 2005 (2005-10-02)
	9	8	9 October 2005 (2005-10-09)	17 September 2006 (2006-09-17)
	10	8	12 September 2006 (2006-09-12)	11 May 2008 (2008-05-11)
	11	6	1 January 2008 (2008-01-01)	5 May 2010 (2010-05-05)
	Christmas special	1	24 December 2008 (2008-12-24)	—
	12	7	22 July 2009 (2009-07-22)	14 April 2010 (2010-04-14)
	13	8	10 February 2010 (2010-02-10)	2 February 2011 (2011-02-02)
	14	6	23 March 2011 (2011-03-23)

Episodes

Pilot (1997)

#	#	Title	Writer	Director	Original airdate
1	1	"The Killings at Badger's Drift"	Anthony Horowitz	Jeremy Silberston	23 March 1997 (1997-03-23)
The elderly Emily Simpson (Renée Asherson) is murdered in her home, forcing DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) and DS Gavin Troy (Daniel Casey) to interview many of the residents of Badger's Drift, including Iris Rainbird (Elizabeth Spriggs) and her son Dennis (Richard Cant), the local undertaker; Dr. Trevor Lessiter (Bill Wallis), his wife Barbara (Diana Hardcastle) and his daughter Judith (Jessica Stevenson) and Emily's friend Lucy Bellringer (Rosalie Crutchley). The local landowner is Henry Trace (Julian Glover), whose wife Bella was fatally shot at a shooting party two years ago. His estate manager is David Whitely (Christopher Villiers), and Bella's sister is Phyllis Cadell (Selina Cadell). Henry is engaged to the younger Katherine Lacey (Emily Mortimer), whose brother is artist Michael (Jonathan Firth).

Series one (1998)

#	#	Title	Writer	Director	Original airdate
2	1	"Written in Blood"	Anthony Horowitz	Jeremy Silberston	22 March 1998 (1998-03-22)
The morning after a meeting of the Writers' Circle of Midsomer Worthy, Gerald Hadleigh (Robert Swann), is found dead. Gerald Hadleigh, secretary of the writers' circle, is found battered to death the morning after the group's meeting with best-selling novelist (and former psycho-therapist) Max Jennings. Gerald did not want to invite Max to Midsomer Worthy, and he seemed apprehensive about the visit.Barnaby's investigations show that Gerald was a man of mystery - he had no National Insurance number, no family, and no marriage certificate to go with his wedding photographs. And it seems he had a mysterious woman visitor on the night of his death... then Max Jennings goes missing and is found dead. Other members of the Circle include Sue Clapper (Judith Scott) and school drama teacher husband Brian (David Troughton); Laura Hutton (Jane Booker), who is rumoured to have been Gerald's lover and sisters-in-law Amy (Joanna David) and snobbish family historian Honoria Lyddiard (Anna Massey). At the meeting, the guest speaker had been famous author Max Jennings (John Shrapnel), an acquaintance of Gerald's who said he was afraid of meeting him again. He is married to Selina (Una Stubbs).
3	2	"Death in Disguise"	Douglas Watkinson	Baz Taylor	6 May 1998 (1998-05-06)
Bill Carter (Robert Pickavance) is found dead at a local New Age commune (fancifully called the Lodge of the Golden Windhorse) with a broken neck, lying at the bottom of a staircase. Barnaby and Troy have to decide whether the death was an accident or murder. A few days later Barnaby and Troy are called back to the Lodge, only this time there is no doubt. This is murder. Other Lodge members include Ken (Col Farrell) and Heather Beavers (Diane Bull); May Cuttle (Judy Cornwell), who practises in past-life regressions; former solicitor's clerk Arno Gibbs (Charles Kay), new member Christopher Wainwright (Stephen Moyer) and girlfriend Suhami Gamelin (Anna Bolt); Trixie Channing (Tilly Blackwood); and adolescent Tim Riley (Daniel Hart). The Lodge's Master is Ian Craigie (Michael Feast). Suhami's parents are Guy (Miles Anderson) and Felicity (Susan Tracy), who are separated.
4	3	"Death of a Hollow Man"	Caroline Graham	Jeremy Silberston	29 March 1998 (1998-03-29)
The Causton Players are getting ready for their production of Amadeus when Barnaby tells one the lead actors Esslyn Carmichael (Nicholas Le Prevost) that his cousin Agnes Grey (Denyse Alexander) has been murdered. The body of Grey, a woman who loved only animals, is found in the river - but she did not drown. And then her cousin Esslyn Carmichael is tricked into killing himself on stage during an amateur production of the murder mystery Amadeus. Barnaby has to get to grips with clues which include adultery, dramatic ambition, stolen religious art, and large donations to animal charities, before unmasking a killer who proves to be mad. Esslyn is married to the young Kitty (Debra Stephenson), and is divorced from heavy-drinker Rosa (Sarah Badel). Avery Phillips (Nick Woodeson) and his partner Tim Young (Richard Huw), who own the local bookshop, are both involved in Amadeus. The play's director is wealthy Harold Winstanley (Bernard Hepton), who is married to Doris (Angela Pleasence), the stage manager is shy Deidre Tibbs (Janine Duvitski), who is rumoured to be in a relationship with actor David Smy (Ian Fitzgibbon), whose father Colin (Geoffrey Hutchings) works backstage.
5	4	"Faithful unto Death"	Douglas Watkinson	Baz Taylor	22 April 1998 (1998-04-22)
Gray Patterson (Mark Bazeley) and Alan Hollingsworth (Roger Allam) have a public argument at the Morton Fendle village fete about Gray's £20,000 investment for a project to build a new local craft centre. Alan's wife Simone (Lesley Vickerage) is missing. The suspects include the local pub's owners Nigel (Paul Brooke) and Doreen Anderson (Rosalind Ayres); potter Sarah Lawton (Tessa Peake-Jones); Reg Buckley (Paul Chapman), the secretary of the project, his distant wife Felicity (Michele Dotrice), and their daughter Brenda, who is killed by being run off the road, (Sophie Stanton); and retired policeman Harry Vellacott (David Daker). Other villagers include elderly couple Bunny Dawlish (Peter Jones) and Elfrida Molfrey (Eleanor Summerfield).

Series two (1999)

#	#	Title	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
6	1	"Strangler's Wood"	Anthony Horowitz	Jeremy Silberston	3 February 1999 (1999-02-03)	10.70
Midsomer Worthy is rocked by the murder of a young woman in Strangler's Wood, several years after three other murders were committed there.
7	2	"Blood Will Out"	Douglas Watkinson	Moira Armstrong	19 September 1999 (1999-09-19)	9.99
Unpopular landlord Hector Bridges (Paul Jeeson) is found shot in his home, suspicion falls on the New Age travellers, one of whom turns out to have served with him in the army. Guests: Honeysuckle Weeks, Kevin McNally, Tricia George, John Duttine, Phyllida Law, Rowena Cooper.
8	3	"Death's Shadow"	Anthony Horowitz	Jeremy Silberston	20 January 1999 (1999-01-20)	10.41
An unpopular local property developer, Richard Bayly, is gruesomely murdered in the village of Badger's Drift just hours after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. DCI Tom Barnaby, planning an anniversary ceremony at the local church, and Sergeant Troy, are called to investigate, as the body count increases and the mystery deepens. Guests: Richard Briers, Judy Parfitt, Nick Dunning, Jessica Turner.
9	4	"Beyond the Grave"	Douglas Watkinson	Moira Armstrong	5 February 2000 (2000-02-05)	9.40
In Aspern Tallow a 17th Century painting is found slashed, and villager Marcus Lowrie dead...

Series three (1999–2000)

#	#	Title	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
10	1	"Dead Man’s Eleven"	Anthony Horowitz	Jeremy Silberston	12 September 1999 (1999-09-12)	11.07
When the wife of a local landowner is found bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat, Barnaby and Troy find themselves investigating a string of calculated murders.
11	2	"Blue Herrings"	Hugh Whitemore	Peter Smith	22 January 2000 (2000-01-22)	8.88
During his week off to renovate his house, DCI Tom Barnaby's favourite aunt, Alice Bly, moves temporarily into the Lawnside nursing home in Aspern Tallow. But on the night of her arrival, one of the residents dies mysteriously during the night, and her valuable Cartier watch is stolen. Though the Lawnside director and its physician assure the residents that she died of natural causes, Aunt Alice is unconvinced, and urges Barnaby to investigate. He does, and a series of deaths soon follows, that only Barnaby and his loyal sidekick DS Troy can solve.
12	3	"Judgement Day"	Anthony Horowitz	Jeremy Silberston	29 January 2000 (2000-01-29)	9.65
Midsomer Mallow is vying for the title of Perfect Village, a hope that may be scuppered by the brutal murder of a local thief (Orlando Bloom).
13	4	"Death of a Stranger"	Douglas Livingstone	Peter Cregeen	31 December 1999 (1999-12-31)	5.87
During a fox hunt a tramp is murdered, and a gamekeeper's son is arrested by Ron Pringle, who DCI Barnaby heartily dislikes. But then the gamekeeper is killed, as is Pringle himself...

Series four (2000–2001)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Filming Date	Viewers (millions)
14	1	"Garden of Death"	Peter Smith	Christopher Russell	10 September 2000 (2000-09-10)	June/July 2000	7.65
Headstrong Fliss Inkpen is found dead in the memorial garden of her family's estate, which is to be turned into a teashop, much to the indignation of the locals, one in particular… Guests: Belinda Lang, Neil Dudgeon, Margaret Tyzack, Victoria Hamilton, Sarah Alexander, Kate Duchene, Frederick Treves, Tom Chadbon
15	2	"Destroying Angel"	David Tucker	David Hoskins	26 August 2001 (2001-08-26)	July/August 2000	9.99
Gregory Chambers is shot with an arrow on the day of the funeral of hotelier Karl Wainright, who in his will left the hotel to Gregory as well as three other beneficiaries, who also come to sticky ends… This is one of several episodes that contain veiled tributes to classic mystery stories, as the mushroom that features in some of the other murders is the same one used in Dorothy L. Sayer's "The Documents in the Case." Guests: Samantha Bond, Rosemary Leach, Robert Lang, Abigail McKern, Tom Ward, Jonathan Coy, Tony Haygarth, Edward Jewesbury
16	3	"The Electric Vendetta"	Peter Smith	Terry Hodgkinson	2 September 2001 (2001-09-02)	August/September 2000	9.99
A body of a criminal is found dead in a crop circle in Midsomer Parva, which local ufologist Lloyd Kirby refers to as alien activity, though Barnaby has doubts, which become more prominent when another body is found. Guests: John Woodvine, Ursula Howells, Amanda Mealing, Alec McCowen, Kenneth Colley, Patrick Baladi, Donald Gee, Charmian May
17	4	"Who Killed Cock Robin?"	David Tucker	Jeremy Paul	9 September 2001 (2001-09-09)	September/October 2000	9.13
Barnaby encounters old adversary Melvyn Stockhard, in Midsomer Magna, whose daughter is getting married, but when the father of the best man turns up dead in a well, the detective has yet another murder to solve. Guests: Ian McNeice, Jane Lapotaire, Noah Huntley, Polly Maberly, Mick Ford, Linda Marlowe, Yolanda Vasquez, Larry Lamb
18	5	"Dark Autumn"	Jeremy Silberston	Peter J. Hammond	16 September 2001 (2001-09-16)	October/November 2000	9.77
Local adulterer postman Dave Cutler is found dead, killed by a billhook. Then, as usual, more murders occur in quick succession in the hamlet of Goodman's Land. Guests: Rupert Walz, Celia Imrie, Robert Glenister, Gillian Kearney, Nicky Henson, Philip Whitchurch, Alan Howard, Morris Perry, Adam Blackwood

Series five (2001-2002)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Filming Date	Viewers (millions)
19	1	"Tainted Fruit"	Peter Smith	David Hoskins	23 September 2001 (2001-09-23)	April/May 2001	9.80
Barnaby and Troy go out to the village of Midsomer Malham to investigate death threats against Melissa Townsend, the beautiful daughter of the big house. They find that some Midsomer Malham villagers blame Melissa for causing the death of a local poacher by failing to get the leaking roof of his cottage mended. Then barbiturates are stolen from Raif and Georgina Canning's veterinary surgery and the district nurse is found in her crashed car in a confused state. Barnaby and Troy dash to the Manor, fearing the drugs theft may be connected to the death threats - but they find Melissa is already lying dead by the swimming pool with a syringe in her stomach. Now they have a murderer to find. Guests: Ann Bell, Benjamin Whitrow, Claire Price, Lucy Punch, Adrian Rawlins, Eleanor David, John McGlynn
20	2	"Ring Out Your Dead"	Sarah Hellings	Christopher Russell	15 September 2002	June/July 2001	9.43
The bellringers of Midsomer Wellow are preparing for a striking competition, but soon come up against a killer with a gun in hand and an axe to grind… The centrality of changeringing to the story may be a tribute to Dorothy L. Sayers' "The Nine Taylors." Guests: Gemma Jones, Hugh Bonneville, Dugald Bruce Lockhart, Gwen Taylor, Graham Crowden, Carmen du Sautoy, Adrian Scarborough
21	3	"Murder on St. Malley’s Day"	Peter Smith	Andrew Payne	22 September 2002	July/August 2001	9.52
Daniel Talbot, pupil of the prestigious Devington School is killed the same day as his grandfather dies. Barnaby and Troy discover Daniel was a member of the school's prestigious Pudding Club, who know more than they're letting on. Guests: Anna Maxwell Martin, Jeremy Child, Jane How, Patrick Godfrey, Roger Brierley
22	4	"Market for Murder"	Sarah Hellings	Andrew Payne	16 June 2002	September/October 2001	8.99
Widow Marjorie Empson's reading club is revealed to be a lucrative investment portfolio after she is murdered. Pompous Selwyn Proctor narrowly escapes the killer as well. Guests: Jesse Birdsall, Anton Rodgers, Angela Thorne, Rupert Vansittart, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Dilys Laye, Caroline Harker, Serena Gordon, Christopher Ravenscroft
23	5	"A Worm in the Bud"	David Tucker	Michael Russell	23 June 2002	October/November 2001	9.37
Barnaby looks into the death of barren farmer's wife Susan Bartlett, who was suffering from depression. But was her death suicide or something more sinister? Guests: Wendy Craig, Ian Hogg, Emily Joyce, Gillian Barge, Adam Kotz, Jeffrey Wickham

Series six (2003)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Filming Date	Viewers (millions)
24	1	"A Talent for Life"	Sarah Hellings	David Hoskins	3 January 2003	May/June 2002	9.23
Barnaby investigates the double murder of eccentric widow Isobel Hewitt and adulterous doctor Duncan Goff. Troy soon begins to suspect Isobel's younger boyfriend, Quentin Roka. Guests: Honor Blackman, Amanda Root, Jeff Rawle, Susan Wooldridge, James Hazeldine, Philip Franks, Peter Cellier, Jane Downs
25	2	"Death and Dreams"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	10 January 2003	June/July 2002	9.46
Martin Wroth is found shot dead, apparently having committed suicide in an unnecessary complex fashion. However, in Midsomer, things are never that simple. Then another man is found dead, drowned and strung up on an assault course. He clearly didn't kill himself, so why is the murderer playing games? Rather strangely, the episode contains three murders but a fourth murder of another named man "hanged by his own lanyard" is mentioned briefly in a conversation between the Isla Blair character and the two detectives. Apparently this fourth murder was edited out but the reference to it was accidentally left in. Guests: Isla Blair, Jan Ravens, Perdita Weeks, Stuart Bunce, Philip Fox
26	3	"Painted in Blood"	Sarah Hellings	Andrew Payne	17 January 2003	July/August 2002	9.45
Ruth Fairfax, an elderly lady whom Joyce Barnaby (Jane Wymark) finds murdered at an art class, turns out to be 30-year-old Angela Browning, who was investigating a large sum of money stolen from Heathrow Airport years before. Barnaby is taken off the case, but Troy eventually helps him solve it, after first being dazzled by two big-city detectives who take him under their wing. Guests: Leslie Phillips, John Sessions, Barbara Durkin, Andrew Lancel, Clive Merrison, Denise Black, Sheila Reid
27	4	"A Tale of Two Hamlets"	Peter Smith	Alan Plater	24 January 2003	September/October 2002	9.28
Arrogant actor Larry Smith is killed when he walks into a summerhouse that subsequently explodes. The director of Smith's main film, The House Of Satan is then electrocuted on his exercise bike. Barnaby and Troy soon discover a century old dispute between the villages of Upper and Lower Warden. Guests: Beth Goddard, Phoebe Nicholls, Ronald Pickup, Christopher Good, Anne Reid, Jo Stone-Fewings, Tim Preece
28	5	"Birds of Prey"	Jeremy Silberston	Michael Russell	31 January 2003	October/November 2002	9.32
When an investor of a millionaire's latest scheme is found dead in a lake, it raises the question of whether he killed himself or someone did it for him. The man was depressed, as the Alzheimer's suffering millionaire his money was wrapped up in wouldn't let him pull out of the invention being developed. As usual, more murders follow. Guests: Richard Todd, Kate Buffery, David Calder, Rosalind Knight, Anton Lesser, Alexandra Gilbreath, Trevor Cooper, Kenneth Gilbert

Series seven (2003–2004)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Filming Date	Viewers (millions)
29	1	"The Green Man"	Sarah Hellings	Michael Russell	2 November 2003 (2003-11-02)	May/June 2003	10.01
Troy receives his promotion to Inspector and tackles one last case alone as he prepares to leave Midsomer, the death of a youth who was a sworn enemy of Tom, a quiet recluse who lives in the woods. Barnaby looks into the unnatural death of a man whose skeleton was unearthed at a tunnel collapse. Guests: Cherie Lunghi, Henry Cavill, David Bradley, Tim Woodward, John Carlisle
30	2	"Bad Tidings"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	4 January 2004 (2004-01-04)	June/July 2003	9.96
Barnaby's cocky new sergeant, DS Dan Scott (John Hopkins) arrives in Midsomer, and gets the usual reception when a woman is murdered. Meanwhile, his daughter Cully (Laura Howard) decides to set up a reunion of old school friends that doesn't end well… Guests: John Standing, Helen Grace, Esther Hall, Ruth Jones, John Normington
31	3	"The Fisher King"	Richard Holthouse	Isabelle Grey	11 January 2004 (2004-01-11)	July/August 2003	9.71
Womaniser Gareth Heldman is murdered by a Celtic spear on Midsomer Barrow, and the man who is discovered to be Heldman's half brother is obsessed with holding a celebration of the summer solstice there. Guests: Lynda Bellingham, Malcolm Tierney, Jim Carter, Susannah Doyle, Henry Ian Cusick, Nicholas Rowe, Terrence Hardiman
32	4	"Sins of Commission"	Peter Smith	Elizabeth-Anne Wheal	18 January 2004 (2004-01-18)	September/October 2003	10.17
An author is found, neck broken, at the foot of his stairs and it is discovered that his neck has been expertly broken, indicating army training. Suspicion falls on John Denton, local layabout turned author, who is in the running for an award at the annual literary festival. Guests: Stella Gonet, Rachel Bell, Susan Engel, Emma Buckley, Donald Sumpter
33	5	"The Maid in Splendour"	Richard Holthouse	Andrew Payne	25 January 2004 (2004-01-25)	October/November 2003	10.24
Barman at the Maid In Splendour pub Jamie Cruickshank is shot, but when the thoroughly disliked manager also dies, it seems to be a case of mistaken identity. Guests: William Gaunt, Freddie Jones, Raymond Coulthard, Frances Tomelty, Peter-Hugo Daly
34	6	"The Straw Woman"	Sarah Hellings	Jeff Dodds	29 February 2004 (2004-02-29)	November/December 2003	10.03
Attempts to revive a pagan festival of setting alight an effigy of a straw woman end in tragedy when the church's curate is placed inside. Guests: Keith Barron, Maggie O'Neill, Jemima Rooper, Richenda Carey, Susannah Wise, Sarah Ball

Christmas special (2004)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Filming Date	Viewers (millions)
35	1	"Ghosts of Christmas Past"	Renny Rye	David Hoskins	25 December 2004 (2004-12-25)	February/March 2004	6.90
Nine years after Ferdinand Villiers committed suicide, his extended family gather for Christmas at his old home, pleasantly unaware a killer is out for revenge. Guests: Margery Mason, Mel Martin, Alice Patten, Philip Quast, Haydn Gwynne, Kevin Doyle, Daphne Oxenford, Lydia Leonard

Series eight (2004–2005)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
36	1	"Things That Go Bump in the Night"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	10 October 2004 (2004-10-10)	8.56
Undertaker Patrick Pennyman is found in his own chapel of rest, and the finger of suspicion points towards the local spiritualist church/ who believe it is not someone this side of life who is responsible for the murder. Guests: Mary Jo Randle, Catherine Bradshaw, Dearbhla Molloy, Julian Curry
37	2	"Dead in the Water"	Renny Rye	Douglas Watkinson	17 October 2004 (2004-10-17)	9.13
The body of Guy Sweetman is found in the river on the day of the annual Midsomer Regatta. Guy made many enemies, so Barnaby has his work cut out. Guests: Diana Quick, Emma Amos, Janet Brown, Adrian Lukis, Owain Yeoman, Steve Redgrave
38	3	"Orchis Fatalis"	Peter Smith	Terry Hodgkinson	9 January 2005 (2005-01-09)	8.74
A one-of-a-kind orchid, the yellow Roth, is smuggled into a Midsomer village, causing a string of deaths, starting with the person who brought it there. The centrality of orchids to the story makes any devotee of the detective fiction think of Nero Wolfe. Guests: John Nettleton, Harriet Walter, Matt Bardock, Geoffrey Chater, Timothy Bateson
39	4	"Bantling Boy"	Sarah Hellings	Steve Trafford	16 January 2005 (2005-01-16)	8.80
Horse trainer Bruce Hartley is killed after refusing to sell the racehorse Bantling Boy despite the wishes of the other members of the syndicate that own the horse. But the syndicate holds a dark secret, which is driving someone to murder… Guests: Caroline Blakiston, Anna Wilson-Jones, Philip McGough, Richard O'Callaghan, Julia Ford, Geoffrey Freshwater
40	5	"Second Sight"	Richard Holthouse	Tony Etchells	23 January 2005 (2005-01-23)	8.69
John Ransom collapses and dies outside a pub after a fight with his brother-in-law over the baptism of his niece. He has electrical scars across the top of his head, from being a lab rabbit for his brother "Mad" Max, who was conducting experiments on his sibling, suspecting him of having the ability to predict events that should be unpredictable, known as Second Sight. Guests: Owen Teale, Wanda Ventham, Geoffrey Whitehead, Joe Anderson.
41	6	"Hidden Depths"	Sarah Hellings	David Hoskins	13 March 2005 (2005-03-13)	8.56
Depressed solicitor Nick Turner falls to his death from his roof. But did someone cover up his murder as suicide? Guests: Oliver Ford Davies, Sara Kestelman, Robert Daws, Robin Soans, Ian Talbot
42	7	"Sauce for the Goose"	Renny Rye	Andrew Payne	3 April 2005 (2005-04-03)	9.73
A visitors' tour of Plummer's relish's famous factory ends in murder when one of the tour (who is revealed to be a market executive for rival company Fieldway Foods) is crushed against towers of relish bottles before being dumped naked into a 200-degree sterilizer. But which one of the family-owned company is responsible? Guests: Annette Crosbie, James Fleet, David Ross, Benedict Sandiford, Lizzy McInnerny, Geraldine Alexander, John Quayle, Ann Beach
43	8	"Midsomer Rhapsody"	Richard Holthouse	Richard Cameron	2 October 2005 (2005-10-02)	6.97
Old music teacher Arthur Leggot is bludgeoned to death when confronting an intruder in his home who apparently came for the manuscript of a piece of music by the late composer Joan Alder. And, predictably, where the manuscript goes, murders follow. Guests: June Whitfield, Frank Middlemass, David Burke, Oliver Cotton, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Peacock

Series nine (2005–2006)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
44	1	"The House in the Woods"	Peter Smith	Barry Simner	9 October 2005 (2005-10-09)	8.49
Barnaby's new sidekick arrives just in time to investigate the garrotting of two house-hunters outside a deserted, supposedly haunted, house. Guests: George Baker, Ruth Gemmell, Gawn Grainger, David Westhead, Michael Elwyn
45	2	"Dead Letters"	Renny Rye	Peter J.Hammond	26 February 2006 (2006-02-26)	8.54
The mother of a deceased one-time carnival queen is found dead in a stream, and once again Barnaby has to dig up the past to solve the case. Barnaby is convinced he has seen two people from an earlier mystery (The Killings at Badgers Drift) around the village. But the people in question were brutally murdered… Guests: Simon Callow, David Bamber, Tom Georgeson, Caroline Goodall, Sophie Thompson, Elizabeth Spriggs, Richard Cant
46	3	"Vixen’s Run"	Peter Smith	Michael Aitkens	5 March 2006 (2006-03-05)	8.94
Wealthy, eccentric, obese aristocrat Freddy Butler drops dead after gathering all three of his wives at his hall. Although his death is revealed as natural causes, the case is far from simple when Freddy's solicitor is killed in a house fire. Guests: Joss Ackland, Siân Phillips, Annabel Mullion, Sheila Ruskin, Leslie Schofield, Carol Macready, Charles Kay, John Franklyn-Robbins
47	4	"Down Among the Dead Men"	Renny Rye	Douglas Watkinson	12 March 2006 (2006-03-12)	8.07
Solicitor's clerk turned expert blackmailer Martin is shot at his home, and there is no shortage of suspects. Guests: Paul Freeman, Sam Kelly, Julia McKenzie, Christine Kavanagh, Dermot Crowley, Frank Mills
48	5	"Four Funerals and a Wedding"	Sarah Hellings	Elizabeth-Anne Wheal	24 September 2006 (2006-09-24)	7.29
A ninety-year-old battle of the sexes comes to a head in Broughton, with casualties on both sides: Mildred Danvers, poisoned, and Rev. Anthony Gant, shot. Guests: Daphne Oxenford, Sian Thomas, Struan Rodger, Jessica Brooks, Sandra Voe, Lloyd McGuire
49	6	"Country Matters"	Richard Holthouse	Andrew Payne	10 September 2006 (2006-09-10)	5.80
Campaigns against the building of a supermarket in Elverton cum-Laterly come to a head when environmental supervisor Frank Hopkirk is stabbed to death. Guests: Clare Holman, Madeleine Potter, Stuart Milligan, Juliet Aubrey, Dorian Healy, Frank Mills
50	7	"Death in Chorus"	Sarah Hellings	David Lawrence	3 September 2006 (2006-09-03)	6.28
Barnaby and DS Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) attempt to unravel the deaths of a member of a choir and a bird watcher before more murders occur. Guests: Peter Capaldi, John Shrapnel, Annabelle Apsion, Sara Stewart
51	8	"Last Year’s Model"	Richard Holthouse	David Hoskins	17 September 2006 (2006-09-17)	6.78
When Annie Woodrow, accused murderer of Frances Trevelyan comes to court charged with her death, DCI Barnaby begins to doubt the evidence for her conviction. In another tribute to classic detective fiction, the climactic scene in which the true villain in unmasked is lifted almost directly from Agatha Christie's "Nemesis". Guests: Thelma Barlow, Guy Henry, Siobhan Redmond, Josette Simon, Saskia Wickham, Jamie Glover

Series ten (2006–2008)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
52	1	"Dance with the Dead"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	12 November 2006	7.80
At an old World War Two base, Cooper's Cross a young man gasses himself in a vintage car, and his girlfriend disappears. Viewers should note the incorrect Canadian flag used in the 1940's dance scene. Shown is the Current Canadian Flag instead of the Red Ensign used during WW2. Guests: Danny Webb, Harriet Thorpe, Felicity Dean, Nicola Redmond
53	2	"The Animal Within"	Renny Rye	David Hoskins	19 January 2007 (2007-01-19)	6.95
The niece of local society photographer Rex Masters arrives in Midsomer from Philadelphia. Nothing too odd about that, but Rex told everyone she was dead. Then Rex himself dies, and a group of locals all produce different wills. Guests: Samuel West, Emily Woof, Malcolm Stoddard, John Cater, Lisa Eichhorn, Helen Masters, Linda Bassett, Freda Dowie
54	3	"King’s Crystal"	Peter Smith	Steve Trafford	26 January 2007 (2007-01-26)	6.88
Six months after glassware company King's Crystal's partner Alan King dies in Shanghai, his brother Charles marries his wife, much to Alan's son Ian's displeasure. Then the accounts executive of the firm, Peter Baxter is stabbed with a Masonic dagger. The King's Crystal firm suffers financial meltdown as a result of Alan's death, is this a motive for murder? Guests: John Castle, Ray Lonnen, Tony Haygarth, Sam Heughan, Morris Perry
55	4	"The Axeman Cometh"	Renny Rye	Michael Aitkens	2 February 2007 (2007-02-02)	6.87
Barnaby's favourite rock band Hired Gun rejoin for a comeback performance in Midsomer, but someone is determined to pull the plug. Guests: Suzi Quatro, Phil Davis, Philip Madoc, James Cosmo, Michael Angelis, Annie Lambert, Rachel Davies, David Horovitch, Mike Read
56	5	"Death and Dust"	Sarah Hellings	Douglas Watkinson	8 May 2007 (2007-05-08)	6.18
Dr Alan Delaney is killed by a hit and run driver, but Barnaby soon realises the intended target was Delaney's colleague, Jim Kirkwood, who has many an enemy… Guests: Stephanie Cole, Gareth Thomas, Nigel Betts, Sam Hazeldine, William Thomas, William Ilkley
57	6	"Picture of Innocence"	Richard Holthouse	Andrew Payne	3 June 2007 (2007-06-03)	7.31
A killer strangles photographer Lionel Bell before trying to frame Barnaby. The detective is thrown off the case by arrogant Martin Spellman, but Barnaby still does his best to catch an obsessed murderer. Guests: Nigel Anthony, Andrew Tiernan, Adrian Scarborough, Richard Lintern, Montserrat Lombard, Lynn Farleigh, Liza Goddard
58	7	"They Seek Him Here"	Sarah Hellings	Barry Purchese	27 April 2008 (2008-04-27)	7.98
Nick Cheney was once a successful director, but he has now ended up mainly directing low budget films. We meet him as he is directing The Scarlet Pimpernel at Magna Manor. A former convict, Jed Norris, has been hired as a security guard on the film set, and one night he finds the director dead, beheaded by the use of a guillotine. Guests: Kieran Bew, Desmond Barrit, Nicky Henson, Richard Hope, Nick Thomas-Webster, Marian McLoughlin, Matthew Marsh, Fiona Mollison, Jay Villiers
59	8	"Death in a Chocolate Box"	Richard Holthouse	Tony Etchells	11 May 2008 (2008-05-11)	6.88
Reformed criminal Ronnie Tyler prepares to leave Midsomer Holm, a tranquil village and halfway house. In the village is an historic camera obscura. New arrival Eddie Marston takes Ronnie's place, making DCI Barnaby uneasy. Guests: Chris Barrie, Christopher Fairbank, Edward Petherbridge, Clare Higgins, Sue Jenkins, Keith Drinkel, Philip Bond, Marcia Warren, Sion Tudor Owen, Martyn Whitby

Series eleven (2008-2010)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
60	1	"Blood Wedding"	Peter Smith	David Lawrence	6 July 2008 (2008-07-06)	7.20
A society wedding takes place between Sir Ned Fitzroy (Charles Edwards) and Beth Porteous (Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh), and the maid of honour is stabbed to death at the reception. Meanwhile, Cully, who has been offered an acting job in London, is soon to marry Simon Dixon (Sam Hazeldine), and Inspector Troy turns up for the wedding as do Cully's grandparents (John Burgess and Daphne Oxenford).
61	2	"Shot at Dawn"	Richard Holthouse	Michael Aitkens	1 January 2008 (2008-01-01)	6.62
The unveiling of a disgraced soldier's name on a First World War memorial in Midsomer Parva leads to a number of deaths… Guests: Donald Sinden, Samantha Bond, George Cole, Brian Capron
62	3	"Left for Dead"	Renny Rye	Michael Crompton	20 July 2008 (2008-07-20)	7.25
While out getting signatures for a petition against a local by-pass, Lynne Fox (Maggie Steed) finds Ron and Libby Wilson dead in their house. Shortly afterwards the man behind the by-pass Jack Purdy (Matthew Flynn) is found dead in his car, the day before the wedding of his brother Mark (Shaun Dooley). Mark is a school friend of Jones, and many years ago while at school the Wilsons' son Michael was killed in a road accident. With Jack meant to have been the best man, Jones is asked to perform the duty at Mark's wedding. Meanwhile, another opponent of the by-pass, Alyssa Bradley (Marion Bailey) believes her son Patrick (Harry Peacock) will return home having gone missing 19 years ago.
63	4	"Midsomer Life"	Peter Smith	David Hoskins	13 July 2008 (2008-07-13)	7.16
Charlie Finleyson (Richard Ward) is found in his car in Dray's Copse, having been dead for two weeks. His wife Christina (Serena Gordon) seems indifferent to his death, and he thought she was having an affair with Guy Sandys (Simon Williams), the editor of the Midsomer Life magazine. Other Midsomer Life employees include Garth Platt (David Crow) and sister Gemma (Debbie Chazen), and Julia Benson (Pooky Quesnel). Christina's brother Martin Reid (Daniel Hill) works at Moorcroft Hotel, after his restaurant went bankrupt following a review by Sandys. His colleagues include Eleanor Crouch (Selina Cadell).
64	5	"The Magician's Nephew"	Richard Holthouse	Michael Russell	27 July 2008 (2008-07-27)	7.01
Ernest Balliol is the high priest of the Temple of Thoth, a pagan cult, and is extremely upset when Aloysius Wilmington, an old friend and local magician, publishes a book declaiming the cult as nothing more than a drunken invention. During the Cabinet of Death routine in Aloysius' magic act, his assistant Jean Wildacre is stabbed with poisoned daggers and a ritual knife is left in the cabinet. Meanwhile, Ernest is relying on his daughter Isolde to charm Aloysius' nephew Simon into finding a book in Aloysius' library that her father thinks will prove the existence of the cult. When odious bookseller Hugo Cartwright dies in a similar fashion to Jean, Barnaby and Jones are forced to delve into the past to catch the killer.
65	6	"Talking to the Dead"	Sarah Hellings	David Lawrence	5 May 2010 (2010-05-05)	5.92
When two couples vanish into thin air in the village of Monks Barton, Barnaby and Jones hear rumours of haunted woods and witch craft. Barnaby remains sceptical of this, even when an unidentified body is found in a shallow grave and the missing start turning up dead...

Christmas special (2008)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
66	1	"Days of Misrule"	Renny Rye	Elizabeth-Anne Wheal	24 December 2008 (2008-12-24)	5.89
Barnaby and Jones are forced to take part in a team building exercise and Tom has problems with the young new acting Chief Superintendent John Cotton (Nick Fletcher). Following an explosion in a truck, a body is soon discovered. It belongs to Alec Grainger, who had been seen arguing with James Parkes (Joseph Millson), the son of Colonel Matt Parkes (Tim Pigott-Smith). James appears to be involved in shady business deals and is blamed by his grandmother Caroline Halsey (Judy Parfitt) - and others - for the suicide of a woman he got pregnant two years ago.

Series twelve (2009-2010)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
67	1	"The Dogleg Murders"	Richard Holthouse	Andrew Payne	22 July 2009 (2009-07-22)	6.14
A prestigious golf club is the setting for murder when a player is bludgeoned to death on the 13th hole. Barnaby and Jones discover gambling, illegal money lending and assault are rife among the snobbish members, who are also dismissive of the local villagers and only allow them onto the course for a few hours a week. Before long, another body turns up, making the detectives determined to catch this terror of the fairways.
68	2	"The Black Book"	Peter Smith	Nicholas Martin	5 August 2009 (2009-08-05)	6.28
A newly discovered masterpiece by landscape artist Henry Hogson causes a stir when it is auctioned for £400,000 - just hours before its former owner is tortured and killed. When another Hogson is stolen, Barnaby decides to become an expert on the Midsomer painter, with the help of art teacher Matilda Simms (Susannah Harker). He soon realises the paintings are not what they seem – but the death toll is rising.
69	3	"Secrets and Spies"	Renny Rye	Michael Aitkens	29 July 2009 (2009-07-29)	6.90
A former secret agent Geoffrey Larkin arrives in Midsomer Parva and stays at Allenby House, a country mansion run by former spies Sir Malcolm Frazer (Benjamin Whitrow), his son Nicky (Peter Davison) and Nicky's wife Jenny (Alice Krige) as a safe house. Geoffrey is soon gashed to death after a cricket match in Midsomer Parva, and the locals blame the 'beast of Midsomer'. However, Barnaby - a former spy himself - soon realises that the killing has links to Allenby House and Cold War Berlin, but is initially thrown off the case by MI6. But when a further murder occurs he is put back on the case.
70	4	"The Glitch"	Richard Holthouse	Michael Russell	23 September 2009 (2009-09-23)	6.34
Midsomer University science fellow George Jeffers threatens to make public a problem with his state-of-the-art invention Kernel Logic, but American software boss Clinton Finn fears he will lose millions if the truth comes out. When a schoolteacher is killed in a hit-and-run, Barnaby suspects Jeffers was the intended target. This episode features "The Bucketman" who is regarded to be the greatest villain ever in Midsomer Murders.
71	5	"Small Mercies"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	28 October 2009 (2009-10-28)	6.43
In the village of Little Worthy, Bob Moss goes to open up his beloved model village to find a gruesome extra attraction. Young local Richard Tanner has been stabbed in the side and his corpse tied down like Gulliver in Liliput.
72	6	"The Creeper"	Renny Rye	Andrew Payne	27 January 2010 (2010-01-27)	6.35
A cat burglar is on the loose, but what connects the victims? And has "the Creeper" now resorted to murder? This seems to be the case when David Roper is found smothered in his bed on the Chettham family estate.
73	7	"The Great and the Good"	Richard Holthouse	David Hoskins	14 April 2010 (2010-04-14)	5.46
A sleep-walking school teacher starts to believe she is slitting the throats of men in her sleep, but Barnaby isn't convinced that she is the culprit.

Series thirteen (2010–2011)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
74	1	"The Made-to-Measure Murders"	Peter Smith	Andrew Payne	12 May 2010 (2010-05-12)	5.53
The residents of Milton Cross, a feudal estate with a church, farms, houses and acres of land, depend on lord of the manor Edward Milton for their livelihoods. When Sonia Woodley is stabbed in the churchyard two years after the death of her abusive husband Gerald, Barnaby and Jones investigate - and the village starts to reveal its secrets. Guests: James Wilby, Maureen Beattie, Philip Bretherton, Karl Davies, Gwyneth Strong and Nicholas Jones.
75	2	"The Sword of Guillaume"	Renny Rye	Michael Aitkens	10 February 2010 (2010-02-10)	7.02
Barnaby decides to join Causton's annual trip to Brighton when he becomes suspicious about the mayor, Dave Hicks' plans to buy up coastal land for holiday chalets. But before he can get to the bottom of the dubious deal, a hated property developer is beheaded at a funfair and a collection of valuable historical swords goes missing. With the help of his cousin DCI John Barnaby, the detective sets out to crack the case. Guests: Neil Dudgeon, Mark Gatiss, Brian Capron, Julia Watson, Lucy Cohu and Tim McInnerny. First appearence of DCI John Barnaby
76	3	"Blood on the Saddle"	Richard Holthouse	David Lawrence	8 September 2010 (2010-09-08)	6.07
Ford Florey is a town with a Wild West Society and many grudges. During a Wild West show at the local fayre, the witch on the 'Dunk the Witch' stall is well and truly dunked. Laughter turns to horror when she doesn't get up and the water in the tank starts to turn red. Barnaby and Jones need to be quick on the draw to track down the murderer.
77	4	"The Silent Land"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	22 September 2010 (2010-09-22)	5.45
On a dark night in the village of March Magna, Barnaby's wife Joyce swerves her car to narrowly miss a shadowy figure in the road. Or so she thinks. Later that night a body is discovered in the old cemetery. Did Joyce hit someone after all or was the victim, who seems to have plenty of enemies, killed by one of the villagers? Barnaby and Jones have their work cut out as all the villagers seem to be hiding something - but is it murder?
78	5	"Master Class"	Renny Rye	Nicholas Martin	6 October 2010 (2010-10-06)	6.10
Piano student Zoe Stock has won a place at the Devington Manor Winter School led by internationally renowned musician Sir Michael Fielding. From the riverbank in the grounds of the manor she sees a woman jump from the bridge and disappear underwater. When Barnaby and Jones start investigating the possible drowning, they discover unsavoury connections to the past that could prove lethal twenty years later. But can they intervene before the body count escalates and will the talented Zoe survive her master class?
79	6	"The Noble Art"	Richard Holthouse	Barry Purchese	13 October 2010 (2010-10-13)	5.70
When Midsomer Morchard's very own boxer John Kinsella wins a world title in New York, the success stirs up hidden passions among the villagers. Betrayal, infidelity and blackmail all fester as plans to re-enact a Victorian prize-fight turn nasty. Even DCI Barnaby finds his judgement is clouded.
80	7	"Not in My Back Yard"	Peter Smith	J.C. Wilsher	12 January 2011 (2011-01-12)	6.93
A series of inventively savage murders, faces Barnaby and Jones as tensions rise over the development of an area of land in the village of Great Pelf.
81	8	"Fit for Murder"	Renny Rye	Andrew Payne	2 February 2011 (2011-02-02)	8.10
Barnaby reluctantly accompanies Joyce on a spa weekend to Swavely Manor. But as he attempts to de-stress, a woman is found dead in the flotation chamber. He abandons his treatment to investigate, but his personal worries are never far away as he contemplates his future. Last appearance of Tom Barnaby, Joyce Barnaby and Cully Barnaby.

Series fourteen (2011)

#	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
82	1	"Death in the Slow Lane"	Richard Holthouse	Michael Aitkens	23 March 2011 (2011-03-23)	6.44
New DCI John Barnaby arrives in Midsomer and is bemused by the quaint villages and their quirky residents. But when a local DJ is crushed to death at a traditional girls’ boarding school, he soon discovers that murder and deception are never far away. As the death toll rises, could Barnaby’s first case also be his last?
83	2	"Dark Secrets"	Simon Langton	Michael Aitkens	30 March 2011 (2011-03-30)	6.32
The reclusive lives of elderly eccentrics William and Mary Bingham comes under police scrutiny when a social services investigator is murdered. Barnaby and Jones must unearth generations of family secrets and decipher astronomical charts to find the killer.
84	3	"Echoes of the Dead"	Nick Laughland	Peter J Hammond	20 April 2011 (2011-04-20)	5.00 (overnight rating)
When a young woman is dressed like a bride and drowned in a bath, it triggers a spate of ghoulish wedding-themed murders in Great Worthy. The case takes Barnaby and Jones to a donkey sanctuary, a heritage steam railway, and a pub run by an ex-copper and former brothel madam. With the serial killer still at large, could history be repeating itself?
85	4	"The Oblong Murders"	Renny Rye	David Hoskins	2011 (2011)	TBA
86	5	"The Sleeper Under The Hill"	Nick Laughland	TBA	2011	TBA
87	6	"The Stag"	TBA	Nicholas Martin	2011	TBA

External links

• Full episodes guide at IMDB.com