Midsomer Murders

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

Seasons

25

Episodes aired

138

Latest aired

S24E02

Total runtime

9d 2h

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 March 1997 – May 1998 5 episodes
2. Season 2 January 1999 – September 1999 4 episodes
3. Season 3 December 1999 – February 2000 4 episodes
4. Season 4 September 2000 – September 2001 6 episodes
5. Season 5 June 2002 – September 2002 4 episodes
6. Season 6 January 2003 5 episodes
7. Season 7 November 2003 – February 2004 6 episodes
8. Season 8 October 2004 – October 2005 9 episodes
9. Season 9 October 2005 – September 2006 8 episodes
10. Season 10 November 2006 – May 2008 8 episodes
11. Season 11 January 2008 – August 2008 7 episodes
12. Season 12 July 2009 – April 2010 7 episodes
13. Season 13 February 2010 – February 2011 8 episodes
14. Season 14 March 2011 – January 2012 8 episodes
15. Season 15 February 2012 – January 2013 6 episodes
16. Season 16 December 2013 – February 2014 5 episodes
17. Season 17 January 2015 – February 2015 4 episodes
18. Season 18 January 2016 – February 2016 6 episodes
19. Season 19 December 2016 – May 2018 6 episodes
20. Season 20 March 2019 – November 2019 6 episodes
21. Season 21 January 2020 – February 2020 4 episodes
22. Season 22 April 2021 – August 2023 6 episodes
23. Season 23 April 2024 – November 2024 4 episodes
24. Season 24 December 2025 2 episodes

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  S01E01 The Killings at Badger's Drift

  March 23 · 102min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  An elderly woman is found dead in her cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not down to natural causes

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  S01E02 Written in Blood

  March 22 · 102min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Gerald Hadleigh, secretary of a 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 certficate 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.

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  S01E03 Death of a Hollow Man

  March 29 · 102min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  The body of Agnes Gray, 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.Meanwhile, love begins to blossom between Cully Barnaby and Nico Bentley, one of the cast of Amadeus...

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  S01E04 Faithful Unto Death

  April 22 · 102min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  A craft centre in the old mill at Morton Fendle is losing money. Several locals have invested in the business and believe they have been swindled by Alan Hollingsworth, the man behind it. When Hollingsworth's glamorous wife Simone goes missing, Barnaby believes she has been kidnapped and puts Hollingsworth under observation. However, Hollingsworth evades the police, carrying a bundle of cash, and a woman neighbour who follows him to his rendez-vous is killed in a bizarre road accident. Then Hollingsworth is found dead, and Simone turns up alive. Barnaby guesses she and a friend faked the kidnapping, but he can't prove it.

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  S01E05 Death in Disguise

  May 6 · 101min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  At a local New Age commune (fancifully called the Lodge of the Golden Windhorse) William Carter is found dead 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.