List of Midsomer Murders episodes

At the family home of actor Larry Smith in the village of Upper Warden, a crowd has gathered to watch the promotion for the sequel to his hit film ‘The House of Satan’, when Larry walks into a summerhouse house in the grounds, it suddenly explodes.

During a canal restoration project near Midsomer Worthy, several skeletons are discovered shortly after a tunnel collapse. DCI Barnaby begins his investigations when it’s found that one skeleton had modern dental work. Meanwhile DS Troy, having been promoted to Inspector has his last case in Midsomer, to look into the murder of a youth, Simon Mayfield. Simon had been shot with a gun that he and his friends had been using the night before, “lamping in the woods” and had caused problems for many in the village. Both the detectives uncover a web of lies, affairs and domestic arguments alongside a mysterious recluse with a hidden past.

DS Dan Scott, arrives in Midsomer and is soon thrust into his first case. When a woman is stabbed after attending a Spanish-themed evening in Midsomer Mallow is found. Not long after a retired doctor for whom she had worked for is also murdered during the village’s annual garden open day. It quickly becomes clear that the two victims knew a secret about one of the villagers. Are both crimes connected? Whilst Cully is organising a reunion with a group of old school friends.

Retired music teacher Arthur Leggott is murdered after disturbing an intruder at his home in Badger’s Drift. It’s discovered that a musical manuscript by the late composer Joan Alder has since gone missing before being sent to auction. When the manuscript shows signs that it has been written by another hand, a handwritten letter by Joan Alder turns up indicating the manuscript is a forgery. Where the manuscript goes more murders follow.

The Midsomer Rocks festival is due to take place and music fans descend on neighbouring fields to enjoy the fiesta. The recently reformed band Hired Gun, are one of the headline acts and during their opening performance, the bands vocalist Mimi Clifton is electrocuted on stage whilst holding on to her microphone stand, that had an added mystery wire. Barnaby and Jones soon discover other band members could be targets. When another is murdered, they uncover that a former member Ginger Foxton, who disappeared 30 years before and presumed dead, could still be alive. The detectives enter a world of rock music, drugs, grudges and greed to find the killer

When popular GP, Doctor Alan Delaney borrows fellow Dr. James Kirkwood’s new car to do an evening call out. He is mysteriously killed in a hit and run during a drive through woods in a thunderstorm. Barnaby and Jones start investigating in Midsomer Market and discover that James may have been the intended victim. The case leads them to North Wales - former home of Delyth Mostyn, James’s fiancée to delve further. There is many possible suspects in the murder and attempt on Kirkwood, including Delyth’s children, who oppose the engagement, Delyth’s husband and other acquaintances of Doctor Kirkwood. They need to find the truth before a major walk is to take place at Mount Snowdon in hopes of tracking the killer.

As preparations are underway for Cully Barnaby’s wedding, Ned Fitzroy and Beth Porteous are married in Bledlow village. At the gorgeous reception at Bledlow Hall, the maid of honour Marina Fellowes, is found murdered in an upstairs room, by a couple of guests. With the honeymoon postponed, the newlyweds and their guests find themselves being interrogated by the police. Barnaby and Jones discover more about the long family history and evidence soon points to archery, when a ‘fletching’ is found at the crime scene. They need to investigate many secrets, lies, deception and a illegitimate son. Made even more complicated when the estate manager is also murdered.

In the village of Monks Barton, two couples seemingly disappear from their cottages. When Barnaby and Jones arrive and learn of the legendary, mysterious haunted woods, they remain sceptical. Shortly after a body is found in a shallow grave, answering to the description of one of the ‘missing’. The detectives have to delve much deeper into the woods and beyond to find out if ghosts are really to blame or something else. Two-parts. Features Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbé.

During a council meeting, Mayor Dave Hicks announces plans to awaken an annual trip to Brighton. Barnaby suspects his proposal to buy coastal land there is a fraud. Barnaby reluctantly joins the party, but during there time in Brighton, hated property developer Hugh Dalgleish is beheaded on a ghost train ride. The detectives together with Tom’s cousin DCI John Barnaby gather who from the party or someone else could have been responsible. Before other murders occur and secrets are uncovered.

A spa weekend at Swavely Manor, proves far from relaxing, when Tom and Joyce Barnaby arrive. It starts stressful and goes rather downhill when a female client is found dead in the flotation chamber, by Joyce. Barnaby takes a break from his treatment to investigate alongside Jones. The mystery deepens when the woman’s husband disappears in the night shortly afterwards. Tom’s worries about his future seem to distract him from the case. With grudges, hostility, betrayals and hidden secrets in the mix, other bodies soon turn up and Barnaby and Jones delve in the find the motive and catch the one responsible. Before Tom announces his impending retirement and hands the baton to his cousin John.

New DCI John Barnaby arrives in Midsomer county and ‘feels all at sea’ with its many quirky inhabitants and villages. When the death of a local DJ, who has been asked to help judge a vintage car rally. It brings Barnaby and Jones to the prestigious Darnley Park Girls School, where the event is being held. It’s found he was crushed by the crank handle of the car he was trying to start. Both detectives look for motives, exploring hidden secrets, drugs, deception and disappointments along the way, before Barnaby finds himself in a difficult situation with the killer.

The lives of elderly eccentrics William and Mary Bingham, come under police investigation, when a social services inspector is found dead in the river apparently from a canoeing accident. It brings with it many hidden secrets that the reclusive couple may wish to keep concealed. But when a tower of newspapers topples over, to make murder look like an accident. It’s left to both Barnaby and Jones to identify the killer and find the truth.

When farmer Alex Preston’s dead body is found on his land, in the middle of Crowcall stone circle just days before the spring equinox. Suspicions point to the New Dawn Druids who had been angered over Preston’s plans to plough the meadow, making the sacred place inaccessible. With infidelity, betrayals, superstitions, deception and hidden treasures. There’s much to look into before two further deaths rock Midsomer Mow.

Harriet Farmer wakes up, after being in a coma for almost a year. Shortly after running away to elope with her boyfriend Finn Robson. Harriet had been left for dead in local woodland. Barnaby and Jones look into whether the attack could be connected to rivalry of a chess club, whose members are very competitive. Before long, Harriet starts remembering that night, leading to her possibly revealing who attacked her and where is her boyfriend Finn? The detectives need to solve chess notation to identify the culprit.

Midsomer Pastures is on the map due to its famous connection with producing the Midsomer Blue cheese. When Debbie Moffett is lured to the caves and is subsequently crushed by a wheel of cheese. It leads the detectives to investigate secret and controversial plans to modernise the dairy. As well as the private lives of the parents of children at the local preparatory school in the village. When more murders take place, long held hidden secrets about the dairy, school and the villagers are revealed, to catch the killer.

DCI Barnaby assisted by new DS Nelson arrive in the village of Morton Shallows, to investigate the death of a visitor during a ghost-hunting party at the local Manor House. The murder victim had been stabbed with an antique sword. The Manor, itself said to have a haunted reputation by some, when legendary stories of a blacksmith’s daughter are told. With many secrets to uncover will they find the true motive behind the murder, before more take place?

Eric Calder, Chairman and boss of Calder’s Biscuits, is murdered whilst on a business trip in Copenhagen. Shortly after opening a tin of Calder’s, which had been laced with Strychnine coating. It’s discovered the tin had been sent from the village of Badger’s Drift, home to Calder’s firm. The detectives team up with two female Danish police to investigate, where many suspects and motives abound to unravel the mystery.

The launch of the latest sparking wine, produced by the Carnarvon Estate Winery in Midsomer Vinae, loses all its fizz. When wine critic Nadia Simons gives it a very harsh review. Moments later, guests who had been sampling the vintage, start collapsing. Owner William Carnarvon suspects the Farmers’ Wives’ Association of trying to destroy his business. Kate Wilding tells Barnaby and Nelson that the glasses had been laced with slug poison. Many suspects and motives abound, could the unforgettable wine launch be connected to the death of a village girl in a hit and run. The detectives set out to piece the puzzle together.

When the annual harvest fair arrives in the village of Whitcombe Mallet, it reopens old wounds for some villagers. After the son of an equestrian centre owner is found trampled by his own horse. The detectives have to look into a case with much complexity that has its roots in the past. In order to solve the investigation and where nothing is what it seems.

When the villagers of Great Auburn come out in force to see the grand re-opening of Little Auburn, a village, abandoned by the army, since the end of the Second World War. Upon exploration, Finn Thornberry, one of the people that had submitted plans for its redevelopment, is found murdered. DCI Barnaby and newbie DS Winter start investigating and in doing so discover, rival bidders, inheritance, passion, secrets and an illegal snake farm in the process.

The Bleakridge Watch think they are the law, ruling over the villagers lives and businesses within the remote backwater of Bleakridge. When the village butcher and Watch member is found murdered in his shop. The police set to work to uncover many hidden secrets amongst the villagers to identify the guilty.

Lower Pampling sees a cricket tournament, breaking with tradition in the village with a new format, which is seen as somewhat controversial by some. When cricketer Leo Henderson is murdered in the club’s training shed. DCI Barnaby and DS Winter find themselves investigating gambling, bribery, burglary and the disappearance of a local woman. Before their new captain is also murdered, along with a surprise visitor from Barnaby’s past.

After a musical concert in the village church, the winner of the Falconer Award is announced. It leads to many shocked and disappointed people, both fellow musicians and audience members. When a body is found and the disappearance of a treasured Stradivarius violin, Barnaby and Winter delve into rivalry, disappointments, disagreements and hidden identities to catch the killer.