Midsomer Murders

Premiere Date
Season 25 Premiere:

Midsomer Murders - Acorn TV

Acorn TV

Series

1997

TVPG

Crime drama

Mystery

Based on the crime-novel series by Caroline Graham, Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby solves crimes that occur in the wealthy, isolated English county of Midsomer, a picturesque and peaceful place on the outside but filled with amoral and snobbish eccentrics with all kinds of vices.

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Tuesday, December 9

Death and the Divas

Season 15 • Episode 4

Life and death imitates art as a murder matches that of a 1960s horror film.

Tuesday, December 9

Death and Dreams: Part 1

Season 6 • Episode 2

A gambler appears to have committed suicide.

Tuesday, December 9

The Dark Rider

Season 15 • Episode 1

Barnaby and Jones investigate the appearance of a headless horseman.

Tuesday, December 9

Murder of Innocence

Season 15 • Episode 2

Convicted murderer Grady Felton returns to the village; he is targeted in an arson attack.

Wednesday, December 10

The Sicilian Defence

Season 15 • Episode 5

A serial killer strikes members of a chess club.

Wednesday, December 10

Written in the Stars

Season 15 • Episode 3

An amateur astronomer was killed by a blow to the head with a meteorite.

Wednesday, December 10

Death and the Divas

Season 15 • Episode 4

Life and death imitates art as a murder matches that of a 1960s horror film.

Thursday, December 11

Schooled in Murder

Season 15 • Episode 6

A woman who was crushed to death with a giant round of cheese.

Thursday, December 11

The Sicilian Defence

Season 15 • Episode 5

A serial killer strikes members of a chess club.

Thursday, December 11

Schooled in Murder

Season 15 • Episode 6

A woman who was crushed to death with a giant round of cheese.

Friday, December 12

The Christmas Haunting

Season 16 • Episode 1

Charlie Nelson and Barnaby investigate a fatal stabbing during a manor hour ghost-hunting party.

Friday, December 12

The Killings at Badger's Drift

Season 1 • Episode 1

Barnaby investigates the death of an elderly woman who witnessed a shocking event.

Friday, December 12

Written in Blood

Season 1 • Episode 2

A best-selling novelist is implicated in the death of a club secretary.

Friday, December 12

Birds of Prey

Season 6 • Episode 5

Troy investigates a wildlife crime; a car and a body are found in a river.

Saturday, December 13

Let Us Prey

Season 16 • Episode 2

Barnaby and Nelson investigate a series of murders that seem to be inspired by images.

Saturday, December 13

Painted in Blood: Part 1

Season 6 • Episode 3

Joyce Barnaby finds a body in Midsomer Florey.

Sunday, December 14

Birds of Prey

Season 6 • Episode 5

Troy investigates a wildlife crime; a car and a body are found in a river.

Monday, December 15

Death of a Hollow Man

Season 1 • Episode 3

An actor dies when a real razor is substituted for a fake one in a play.

Monday, December 15

Faithful Unto Death

Season 1 • Episode 4

A project to revitalize a struggling mill figures in the disappearance of a wealthy woman.

Tuesday, December 16

Wild Harvest

Season 16 • Episode 3

Wyvern House and its tyrannical celebrity chef Ruth Cameron.

Tuesday, December 16

British mysteries of blackmail, betrayal and murder in Midsomer county.

Tuesday, December 16

British mysteries of blackmail, betrayal and murder in Midsomer county.

Tuesday, December 16

Death in Disguise

Season 1 • Episode 5

Barnaby and Troy probe strange goings-on at a commune.

Tuesday, December 16

Death's Shadow

Season 2 • Episode 1

A property developer is brutally murdered soon after a troubled theater director arrives in town.

Tuesday, December 16

The Flying Club

Season 16 • Episode 4

Barnaby and Nelson find that the world of stunt pilots and aviation heroes hides many dark secrets.

Wednesday, December 17

Strangler's Wood

Season 2 • Episode 2

A woman is found strangled nine years after three identical murders took place in the same area.

Wednesday, December 17

Beyond the Grave

Season 3 • Episode 4

A resident believes Jonathan Lowrie's ghost is in their community.

Thursday, December 18

The Killings of Copenhagen

Season 16 • Episode 5

Barnaby and Nelson join forces with two female Danish detectives.

Thursday, December 18

Blood Will Out

Season 2 • Episode 4

Feuding families visiting a sleepy village antagonize a judge, who is soon found shot to death.

Thursday, December 18

Dead Man's Eleven

Season 2 • Episode 3

A murder by a cricket bat leads Barnaby to a sordid tale of blackmail and revenge.

Friday, December 19

The Dagger Club

Season 17 • Episode 1

A crime festival is jeopardized when a manuscript is stolen and a woman is fatally electrocuted.

Friday, December 19

Blue Herrings

Season 3 • Episode 2

Barnaby to investigate a series of suspicious deaths at the nursing home where his aunt is staying.

Friday, December 19

Judgement Day

Season 3 • Episode 3

Winning the Perfect Village competition is challenged when a local thief is murdered.

Friday, December 19

The Green Man

Season 7 • Episode 1

An accident during the restoration of a canal appears to be linked to a group of rowdy teenagers.

Saturday, December 20

Murder by Magic

Season 17 • Episode 2

Barnaby and Nelson uncover a conflict between the village church and ancient pagan traditions.

Saturday, December 20

Painted in Blood

Season 6 • Episode 3

Joyce Barnaby finds a body in Midsomer Florey.

Sunday, December 21

The Green Man

Season 7 • Episode 1

An accident during the restoration of a canal appears to be linked to a group of rowdy teenagers.

Monday, December 22

Death of a Stranger

Season 3 • Episode 1

The murder of a tramp is connected to the village fox hunt and its participants.

Monday, December 22

Garden of Death

Season 4 • Episode 1

The closing of a popular public garden sparks a series of murders.

Tuesday, December 23

The Ballad of Midsomer County

Season 17 • Episode 3

Barnaby investigates whether a ballad could have been the inspiration for a murder.

Tuesday, December 23

British mysteries of blackmail, betrayal and murder in Midsomer county.

Tuesday, December 23

British mysteries of blackmail, betrayal and murder in Midsomer county.

Tuesday, December 23

Destroying Angel

Season 4 • Episode 2

The death of a hotel owner leads to murder and intrigue.

Tuesday, December 23

The Electric Vendetta

Season 4 • Episode 3

A body found in a crop circle draws UFO buffs into a murder investigation.

Wednesday, December 24

A Vintage Murder

Season 17 • Episode 4

When a wine launch turns deadly, Barnaby tries to find out who is targeting Midsomer Vinae Winery.

Wednesday, December 24

Who Killed Cock Robin?

Season 4 • Episode 4

Barnaby's old adversary, Melvyn Stockard, may be behind the death of his son's future father-in-law.

Wednesday, December 24

Dark Autumn

Season 4 • Episode 5

Adulterous liaisons and pub rivalries may be behind the murder of a postman.

Thursday, December 25

Habeas Corpus

Season 18 • Episode 1

Wealthy landowner Gregory Lancaster's body goes missing on the night of his death.

Thursday, December 25

Tainted Fruit

Season 4 • Episode 6

The body of an arrogant local beauty is discovered at her manor home.

Thursday, December 25

Ring Out Your Dead

Season 5 • Episode 3

DCI Barnaby is called in to investigate when the bell tolls for the bell ringers of Midsomer Wellow.

Friday, December 26

The Incident at Cooper Hill

Season 18 • Episode 2

Mysterious lights are seen in the sky over famous UFO hotspot Cooper Hill.

Friday, December 26

Murder on St Malley's Day

Season 5 • Episode 2

Barnaby uncovers an elite Mafia-like sect at a private school while investigating a boy's death.

Friday, December 26

Market for Murder

Season 5 • Episode 1

A woman's reading club turns out to be an investment club with a deadly secret.

Matt Roush

Matt Roush says...

The popular British mystery series set in the cozy yet lethal country villages of Midsomer County marks its milestone 25th season with four feature-length whodunits, creating new challenges for DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and DS Jamie Winter (Nick Hendrix). In the first episode, “Treasures of Darkness,” the detectives enter the world of treasure-seeking mudlarkers, whose rivalry while looking for gems during low tide turns deadly.

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