Midsomer Mayhem Marathon

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham, modern master of the English village mystery, the series stars John Nettles (Bergerac) as the unflappable Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby.

1. Master Class
When world-famous pianist Sir Michael Fielding offers an audition-only master class in Midsomer, the competition is fierce. Introverted, anxious piano prodigy Zoe Stock wins a place in the class, but soon afterward witnesses a drowning that reminds Barnaby of a 20-year-old case.

2. The Noble Art
When Midsomer Morchard resident John Kinsella wins an international boxing title, it seems that everyone in town is delighted with his success, especially wealthy landowner Gerald Farquaharson. However, the celebrations sour during a reenactment of a Victorian prizefight, which reveals a story of greed, resentments, and complex entanglements that threaten to turn deadly.

3. Not in My Back Yard
Maureen Stubbs of the Midsomer Conservation Society is aghast at a wealthy builder’s plans for a modern development in bucolic Pelfe Chase. After Stubbs is brutally murdered with a broken bottle, the detectives’ investigation reveals that she may have been responsible for a string of burglaries and vandalism targeting supporters of the development.

4. Fit For Murder
A relaxing weekend at the spa turns into yet another murder investigation when Joyce finds a body in the spa’s flotation chamber. The detectives discover several possible motives, including a feud between the spa’s owners and their neighbors and a mysterious manuscript. After solving the crime, Barnaby decides it’s time to pass the torch to his cousin, DCI John Barnaby.

5. Death’s Shadow
Soon after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, a property developer in the village is savagely murdered with a sword. Barnaby & Troy investigate the crime, trying to discover if it was motivated by ill-feeling in the village.

6. Strangler’s Wood
The body of a young woman is found strangled with a tie in a wood where three murders occurred years before. Barnaby & Troy visit the now-retired police officer who was in charge of the investigation of the earlier crimes.

7. Blood Will Out
When an unpopular local magistrate, Hector Bridges, is found shot dead in his house, investigations uncover that his wife was married to their neighbor. Things are complicated by travelers who hold a horse-race.

8. Beyond the Grave
The slashing of a painting starts a series of manifestations by the ghost of Jonathan Lowrie. Cully's boyfriend Nico has just been given a part in a soap opera as a DS, and asks DCI Barnaby if he can shadow DS Troy.

9. Dead Man’s Eleven
A cricket bat used as a murder weapon implicates the son of a Fletcher’s Cross tycoon.

10. Death of a Stranger
When a tramp dies fleeing from fox hunters in Upper Marshwood, the investigation uncovers a trail of murderous deceit.

11. Blue Herrings
Death is no stranger at a home for the elderly, but at Lawnside a series of deaths causes the residents to suspect foul play.

12. Judgement Day
Midsomer Mallow has a shot at the Perfect Village title, provided it can keep a vicious murderer at bay.

13. Garden of Death
One of the most beautiful spots in Midsomer Deverell becomes a source of contention and then something far worse.

14. Destroying Angel
When the owner of the Easterly Grange Hotel dies, the hotel’s manager fails to show up at the funeral or at the reading of the will that names him part-owner.

15. The Electric Vendetta
A mutilated body found in the middle of a crop circle leads some to suspect that aliens have invaded Midsomer Parva.

16. Who Killed Cock Robin?
In Newton Magna, a murder mars plans for the upcoming wedding of the village squire’s daughter.

17. Dark Autumn
In Goodman’s Land, the postman is brutally murdered. Turns out he was delivering more than mail to the village women.

18. Tainted Fruit
A wealthy young landlady in Midsomer Malham fears for her life after she callously ignores the plight of an elderly tenant.

19. Ring Out Your Dead
Just before a big competition, someone starts killing members of the church bell-ringing team in Midsomer Wellow.

20. Murder on St. Malley's Day
After a murder at the Devington School in Midsomer Parva, members of an elite student club close ranks.

21. Market for Murder
In lovely Midsomer Market, a ladies reading group starts losing members to murder.

22. A Worm in the Bud
A woman is found dead in Setwale Wood, an apparent suicide, except that her suicide note is e-mailed after her body has already been sighted.

23. The Killings at Badgers's Drift
The death of an elderly woman and the persistence of her lifelong friend draw Barnaby into a case that reveals the sordid side of this quaint village.

24. Written in Blood
Investigating the brutal murder of a Midsomer Worthy writer, Barnaby discovers that the victim had been living a fictitious life.

25. Death of a Hollow Man
In Causton, Barnaby and his family take part in an amateur theatrical production of Amadeus that provides an abundance of real-life drama.

26. Faithful Unto Death
When the wife of a wealthy local businessman disappears, Barnaby finds that Fawcett Green harbors a complex web of financial and romantic entanglements.

27. Death in Disguise
Barnaby needs all his wits about him as he investigates a string of deaths at a local New Age commune.

"The British rural version of Law & Order"—San Francisco Chronicle
"Caroline Graham is the best detective writer since Agatha Christie"—London Sunday Times

Edgar Allan Poe Award Nomination for Best Television Feature or Miniseries (1999)