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Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV Series · TV-14 · 90 min · ★ 7.5
CrimeDramaMystery
In a seemingly quiet English countryside community, a string of violent crimes disrupts village life and puts neighbors under suspicion. A seasoned detective and a younger partner methodically follow leads, question locals, and sift through secrets to separate the innocent from the guilty in each case.
Based on Chief Inspector Barnaby
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-03-23
- Network
- ITV1
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (356 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want long-running, comfort-style mysteries with colorful villagers, darkly playful cases, and plenty of suspects, similar to Inspector Morse or Poirot; Not for you if you want gritty realism or fewer murders.
Pros: cozy countryside setting; twisty whodunits; quirky local characters | Cons: formula can repeat; implausible murder setups; tone feels inconsistent
Themes
- england
- murder
- police detective
- murder investigation
- police inspector
- midsomer
- cosy crime
Cast & crew
- JN
John Nettles
as DCI Tom Barnaby
Neil Dudgeon
as DCI John Barnaby
- FK
Ferdinand Kingsley
as Brendan Yarrow
- GL
Gwilym Lee
as DS Charlie Nelson
Nick Hendrix
as DS Jamie Winter
- JW
Jane Wymark
as Joyce Barnaby
- TM
Tamzin Malleson
as Doctor Kate Wilding
- LH
Laura Howard
as Cully Barnaby
- JH
John Hopkins
as Sgt Daniel Scott
- KD
Kirsty Dillon
as WPC/DC Gail Stephens
Episodes25 seasons · 148 episodes
Season 15 episodes
- S1E1The Killings at Badger's Drift101mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S1E2Written in Blood101mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S1E3Death of a Hollow Man98mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S1E4Faithful Unto Death101mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S1E5Death in Disguise100mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
Season 24 episodes
- S2E1Death's Shadow90mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S2E2Strangler's Wood90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E3Dead Man's Eleven90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E4Blood Will Out90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 34 episodes
- S3E1Death of a Stranger90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E2Blue Herrings90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E3Judgement Day90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E4Beyond the Grave90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 46 episodes
- S4E1Garden of Death90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E2Destroying Angel90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E3Electric Vendetta90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E4Who Killed Cock Robin?90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E5Dark Autumn90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E6Tainted Fruit90mTubi
Season 54 episodes
- S5E1Market for Murder98mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E2A Worm in the Bud90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E3Ring Out Your Dead90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E4Murder on St Malley's Day90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 65 episodes
- S6E1A Talent for Life90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E2Death and Dreams90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E3Painted in Blood90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E4A Tale of Two Hamlets90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E5Birds of Prey90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 77 episodes
- S7E1The Green Man98mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E2Bad Tidings98mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E3The Fisher King94mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E4Sins of Commission94mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E5The Maid in Splendour94mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E6The Straw Woman90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E7S07:E07 - Ghosts of Christmas PastAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 89 episodes
- S8E1Things That Go Bump in the Night90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E2Dead in the Water90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E3Ghosts of Christmas Past101mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E4Orchis Fatalis90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E5Bantling Boy90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E6Second Sight90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E7Hidden Depths90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E8Sauce for the Goose93mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E9Midsomer Rhapsody90m
Season 98 episodes
- S9E1The House in the Woods90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S9E2Dead Letters90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S9E3Vixen's Run90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S9E4Down Among the Dead Men90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S9E5Four Funerals and a Wedding90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S9E6Country Matters90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S9E7Death in Chorus90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S9E8Last Year's Model90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 108 episodes
- S10E1Dance with the Dead90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S10E2The Animal Within90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S10E3The King's Crystal90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S10E4The Axeman Cometh90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S10E5Death and Dust90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S10E6Picture of Innocence90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S10E7They Seek Him Here90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S10E8Death in a Chocolate Box90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 117 episodes
- S11E1Shot at Dawn90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S11E2Blood Wedding90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S11E3Left for Dead90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S11E4Midsomer Life90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S11E5The Magician's Nephew90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S11E6Days of Misrule90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S11E7Talking to the Dead90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 127 episodes
- S12E1The Dogleg Murders92mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S12E2The Black Book90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S12E3Secrets and Spies90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S12E4The Glitch90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S12E5Small Mercies90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S12E6The Creeper90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S12E7The Great and the Good90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 138 episodes
- S13E1The Sword of Guillaume90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S13E2The Made-to-Measure Murders90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S13E3Blood on the Saddle90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S13E4The Silent Land90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S13E5Master Class90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S13E6The Noble Art90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S13E7Not in My Back Yard90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S13E8Fit for Murder90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 148 episodes
- S14E1Death in the Slow Lane90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S14E2Dark Secrets90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S14E3Echoes of the Dead90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S14E4The Oblong Murders90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S14E5The Sleeper Under the Hill90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S14E6The Night of the Stag90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S14E7A Sacred Trust90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S14E8A Rare Bird90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 156 episodes
- S15E1The Dark Rider90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S15E2Murder of Innocence90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S15E3Written in the Stars90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S15E4The Sicilian Defence90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S15E5Death and the Divas90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S15E6Schooled in Murder90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 165 episodes
- S16E1The Christmas Haunting90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S16E2Let Us Prey90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S16E3Wild Harvest90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S16E4The Flying Club90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S16E5The Killings of Copenhagen90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 174 episodes
- S17E1The Dagger Club90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S17E2Murder by Magic90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S17E3The Ballad of Midsomer County90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S17E4A Vintage Murder90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 186 episodes
- S18E1Habeas Corpus90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S18E2The Incident at Cooper Hill90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S18E3Breaking the Chain90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S18E4A Dying Art90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S18E5Saints and Sinners90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S18E6Harvest of Souls90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 196 episodes
- S19E1The Village That Rose from the Dead90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S19E2Crime and Punishment90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S19E3Last Man Out90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S19E4Red in Tooth & Claw90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S19E5Death by Persuasion90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S19E6The Curse of the Ninth90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 206 episodes
- S20E1The Ghost of Causton Abbey90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S20E2Death of the Small Coppers90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S20E3Drawing Dead90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S20E4The Lions of Causton90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S20E5Till Death Do Us Part90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S20E6Send in the Clowns90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 214 episodes
- S21E1The Point of Balance90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S21E2The Miniature Murders90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S21E3The Sting of Death90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S21E4With Baited Breath90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 226 episodes
- S22E1The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S22E2The Stitcher Society90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S22E3Happy Families90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S22E4The Scarecrow Murders90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S22E5For Death Prepare90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S22E6The Witches of Angel's Rise88mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 237 episodes
- S23E1The Blacktrees Prophecy90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S23E2The Debt of Lies90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S23E3A Grain of Truth90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S23E4Dressed to Kill90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S23E5Episode 5
- S23E6Episode 6
- S23E7Episode 7
Season 244 episodes
- S24E1The Devil's Work93mAmazon Prime Video
- S24E2Book of the Dead93mAmazon Prime Video
- S24E3Claws Out93mAmazon Prime Video
- S24E4A Climate of Death93mAmazon Prime Video
Season 254 episodes
- S25E1Treasures of Darkness89mAmazon Prime Video
- S25E2Lawn of the Dead89mAmazon Prime Video
- S25E3Death Strikes Three89mAmazon Prime Video
- S25E4Top of the Class89mAmazon Prime Video