SETTING THE SCENE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Midsomer Murders
1997–SERIES
A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
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THE STORY UNFOLDS
Episodes 05
EPISODE 01The Killings at Badger's Drift
An elderly woman is found dead in her own cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not a simple accident.
Mar 23, 1997
EPISODE 02Written in Blood
After a noted author speaks before a group of local Midsomer writers, the naked body of the event's host is found bludgeoned to death in his bedroom.
Mar 22, 1998
EPISODE 03Death of a Hollow Man
DCI Barnaby donates time to the local amateur dramatic society when his wife Joyce is cast in a revival of "Amadeus," but complications arise when the leading man is murdered onstage.
Mar 29, 1998
EPISODE 04Faithful 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.
Apr 22, 1998
EPISODE 05Death in Disguise
DCI Barnaby needs all his wits about him as he investigates a string of deaths at a local New Age commune.
May 6, 1998
