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Midsomer Murders, Set 12
Homicide, blackmail, greed, and betrayal: just a taste of what goes on behind the well-trimmed
hedges of Midsomer County. Inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham ("the best detective writer since Agatha Christie"—London Sunday Times), this British series is
deliciously sinister and darkly humorous. 4 feature-length cases; approx. 400 min. on 4 DVDs.
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 with Jason Hughes (This Life) as his earnest, efficient protégé, Detective Constable Ben Jones. Guest stars include Richard McCabe, Clare Holman, Peter Capaldi, Saskia Wickham, Dominic Jephcott, Siobhan Redmond, Juliet Aubrey, John Shrapnel, and Guy Henry. |
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Disc 1
Four Funerals and a Wedding
Reviving a medieval ritual, the annual Skimmington Fayre gives the women of Broughton their chance to symbolically humiliate the menfolk. This year, the males have vowed to break with tradition and reclaim their dignity. But neither side in this battle of the sexes ever expected so many casualties.
Disc 2
Country Matters
With a proposed Goodfare supermarket dividing the residents of Elverton, an environmental consultant hired by the store is found stabbed to death in a dilapidated barn. As it turns out, the mysterious victim had been “consulting” with several local ladies in the countryside—and definitely not about the environment.
Disc 3
Death in Chorus
Laurence Barker, the new director of the Midsomer Worthy choir, wants to win the upcoming choral competition in the worst way, and he demands perfection from his singers. But when tenor and local artist Connor Simpson is murdered after practice and other choir members receive threatening notes, disharmony reigns.
Disc 4
Last Year’s Model
Annie Woodrow, the wife of a pop music impresario, stands accused of killing her best friend. Although all the evidence points to Mrs. Woodrow as the killer, DCI Barnaby begins to doubt her guilt. With his old friend, clinical psychologist Pru Plunkett, feeding his suspicions, Barnaby sets out to find the truth. |
- 50th episode production notes
- Text interviews with John Nettles and Jason Hughes
- Biography of Caroline Graham
- Cast filmographies
| Packaging: Boxed set
Run Time: 400 minutes
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 4
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: Yes
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Rating: N/A | "Still one of the best of the breed"—Wilmington on DVD
"Still tops thanks to smart scripts, great casts and the charm of leading man John Nettles."—PaperMag.com
"Delightful in a murderously charming way"—Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy
"The show just keeps chugging along with clever, sometimes rather perverse, murders and just enough wry humor to keep the audience smiling."—Deseret News
"Good, clean fun is what you're guaranteed"—San Francisco Chronicle
"Wonderful entertainment"—EInsiders
"Showing that if a story is well written and the acting is good less can be more."—Shakefire
"Sheer TV gold"—Entertainment Today | | Edgar Allan Poe Award Nomination for Best Television Feature or Miniseries (1999) |
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