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Series overview

Series		Episodes	Originally aired		Average UK viewers (millions)
			First aired	Last aired
	1	5	23 March 1997 (1997-03-23)	6 May 1998 (1998-05-06)	—
	2	4	20 January 1999 (1999-01-20)	19 September 1999 (1999-09-19)	10.54
	3	4	31 December 1999 (1999-12-31)	5 February 2000 (2000-02-05)	8.45
	4	6	10 September 2000 (2000-09-10)	23 September 2001 (2001-09-23)	9.39
	5	4	16 June 2002 (2002-06-16)	22 September 2002 (2002-09-22)	9.33
	6	5	3 January 2003 (2003-01-03)	31 January 2003 (2003-01-31)	9.35
	7	7	2 November 2003 (2003-11-02)	25 December 2004 (2004-12-25)	9.57
	8	8	10 October 2004 (2004-10-10)	2 October 2005 (2005-10-02)	8.65
	9	8	9 October 2005 (2005-10-09)	3 July 2006 (2006-07-03)	7.52
	10	8	12 November 2006 (2006-11-12)	11 May 2008 (2008-05-11)	7.11
	11	7	1 January 2008 (2008-01-01)	5 May 2009 (2009-05-05)	6.49
	12	7	22 July 2009 (2009-07-22)	14 April 2010 (2010-04-14)	6.27
	13	8	12 May 2010 (2010-05-12)	2 February 2011 (2011-02-02)	6.26
	14	8	23 March 2011 (2011-03-23)	11 January 2012 (2012-01-11)	5.91
	15	6	1 February 2012 (2012-02-01)	30 January 2013 (2013-01-30)	5.98
	16	5	24 December 2013 (2013-12-24)	12 February 2014 (2014-02-12)	5.96
	17	4	28 January 2015 (2015-01-28)	18 February 2015 (2015-02-18)	5.48
	18	6	6 January 2016 (2016-01-06)	17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)	5.79
	19	6	18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)	27 August 2017 (2017-08-27) (Australia) 20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) (UK)	5.88
	20	6	2018 (2018)	()

Episodes

Series 1 (1997–98)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Killings at Badger's Drift"	Jeremy Silberston	Anthony Horowitz	23 March 1997 (1997-03-23)
Shortly after making a discovery in the woods, Emily Simpson is found dead in her cottage. DCI Tom Barnaby and Sgt. Gavin Troy are sent to Badger's Drift to investigate the incident, when an autopsy reveals Emily was murdered. Barnaby and Troy begin to investigate the murder, where they uncover a family, the Rainbirds, who have been blackmailing villagers. As the detectives continue to inquire about Emily's murder, they receive another shock when the Rainbirds are later found hacked to death. With the body count rising, Barnaby and Troy are forced to look deeper into the investigation. They make an arrest, but when their arrestee kills themself in prison, the investigation proves far from over. As Barnaby and Troy look deeper into the case, they soon realise a hidden painting holds the answer behind the murders. First appearance of DCI John Barnaby (John Nettles), Sergeant Gavin Troy (Daniel Casey), Dr. George Bullard (Barry Jackson), Joyce Barnaby (Jane Wymark) and Cully Barnaby (Laura Howard).
2	2	"Written in Blood"	Jeremy Silberston	Anthony Horowitz	22 March 1998 (1998-03-22)
In Midsomer Worthy, the local writers' circle eagerly await a visit from a best-selling novelist, but when one of the writers' body is found naked on the floor of their bedroom, suspicion falls on one of the writers of the group. Barnaby and Troy interview the members of the writers' circle, although it appears none of the members knew the victim very well. Laura Hutton, one of the club members, claims she used to have a crush on the victim, but it never went any further. Investigations soon come to a halt when one of the suspects is found dead at a seaside cottage. Troy is convinced the case is over, the dead suspect having murdered the victim before taking his own life – but Barnaby believes otherwise, and it appears his instincts may once again be correct.
3	3	"Death of a Hollow Man"	Jeremy Silberston	Anthony Horowitz	29 March 1998 (1998-03-29)
Former linguist and animal-lover Agnes Gray's body is discovered in a lake, seeming as though she has been drowned after a brutal attack. As Barnaby and Troy attempt to learn of the motive behind Agnes's murder, Barnaby attends a Causton amateur theatre production of Amadeus, but the play soon goes horrifyingly wrong when Esslyn Carmicheal has his throat slit on stage with a prop knife – the safety tape having been removed. With the body count rising, and the murders not seeming to be linked, Barnaby is forced to try and determine the motives behind the murders before the murderer can strike a third time.
4	4	"Faithful unto Death"	Baz Taylor	Douglas Watkinson	22 April 1998 (1998-04-22)
The local community in Morton Fendle are in high spirit after many of the villagers have invested in a new craft centre, owned by Alan Hollingsworth. However, the high spirits do not last long as the project soon comes under financial ruin, resulting in Barnaby and Troy being called in to village to investigate what soon turns out to be a kidnap case. Then one of Alan's neighbours sees something they should not have, and they are murdered. Barnaby and Troy start to investigate the murder, where all the villagers who contributed to the project are wanting revenge, although their investigation later faces a further setback, as the body of Alan Hollingsworth is discovered.
5	5	"Death in Disguise"	Baz Taylor	Douglas Watkinson	6 May 1998 (1998-05-06)
When Bill Carter, one of the founders of a local New Age commune dies after appearing to have fallen down some stairs and breaking his neck, there is uncertainty as to whether his death was an accident or murder. Barnaby and Troy are called in to investigate whether Bill was targeted or whether his death really was an accident when the other founder of the New Age commune is murdered after a carving knife is thrown at him from across a room. As the investigation intensifies and another member of the commune dies, Barnaby and Troy soon learn of some hidden truths behind the commune's founding and some of its members.

Series 2 (1999)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
6	1	"Death's Shadow"	Jeremy Silberston	Anthony Horowitz	20 January 1999 (1999-01-20)	10.41
Tom and Joyce Barnaby plan to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary by retaking their wedding vows at St. Michael's church in Badger's Drift, but when a dying local man is decapitated by an Indian sword, their plans are put on hold. Barnaby begins his investigations by attempting to understand why anyone would want to murder a dying man, but he soon learns the victim's redevelopment plans for the village were not beneficial to locals, explaining a potential motive behind the murder. When another murder takes place, Barnaby and Troy are forced to act fast before the killer can strike a third time.
7	2	"Strangler's Woods"	Jeremy Silberston	Anthony Horowitz	3 February 1999 (1999-02-03)	10.70
Carla Constanza, a well-known Portuguese actress and the leading face of a tobacco advertising campaign is found strangled in Raven's Woods, the same place where three young women were found strangled eight years ago. Barnaby and Troy commence the investigation by looking into who would want to kill Carla and why. An au pair appears to know more than what she initially lets on, but that night she is murdered – run over and injected with pure liquid nicotine. Barnaby and Troy realise that they need to act fast if they are to catch the killer before they can strike again, but time runs out as the killer strikes again in another brutal murder, and Carla's doctor's body is found among the burnt remains of his clinic.
8	3	"Dead Man's Eleven"	Jeremy Silberston	Anthony Horowitz	12 September 1999 (1999-09-12)	11.07
Fletcher's Cross prepares to go head−to−head with Midsomer Worthy in the annual village cricket match, however tragedy strikes when Tara Cavendish, the wife of cricket captain Robert Cavendish, is found bludgeoned to death with her step−son's cricket bat. Barnaby heads to the village to investigate the murder and soon learns that Tara was not short of enemies, in particular Robert's son, who openly resented Tara and owned the cricket bat used to kill her. Matters are soon made even more complicated when another murder occurs, only this time during the cricket match.
9	4	"Blood Will Out"	Moira Armstrong	Douglas Watkinson	19 September 1999 (1999-09-19)	9.99
Local magistrate Hector Bridges is infuriated after discovering one of his geese have been stolen shortly after two bands of travellers arrive in the village of Martyr Warren. Barnaby and Troy are called in to initially handle the theft and attempt to dissuade Hector from forcefully evicting the travellers from the village, although they soon find themselves solving a murder when Hector is later shot with his own shotgun. With a murder investigation now underway, Barnaby and Troy learn that Hector was a liar and a bully, giving most of the village a motive to murder.

Series 3 (1999–2000)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
10	1	"Death of a Stranger"	Peter Cregeen	Douglas Livingstone	31 December 1999 (1999-12-31)	5.87
Barnaby returns from holiday to learn an unidentified tramp has been beaten to death in the woods near the village of Marshwood. In Barnaby's absence, Superintendant Ron Pringle has placed a young man behind bars for the murder. The villagers are impressed by Ron's arrest, in particular the joint masters of Marshwood Hunt, which Ron is keen to join. However, Barnaby isn't convinced by Ron's arrest, and his instincts prove correct when the young man's father commits suicide. Following the second death, Barnaby and Troy begin to dig deeper into the village's past, only to learn a shocking truth about the woods. As clues begin to piece together they are faced with another murder and a race against time as Ron thrown from a doped horse and killed.
11	2	"Blue Herrings"	Peter Smith	Hugh Whitemore	22 January 2000 (2000-01-22)	8.88
When Alice Bly arrives at the Lawnside nursing home in Aspern Tallow to rest up from hospital treatment, she is unconvinced by the home's director and its physician that one of the residents had died naturally, on the night shortly after her arrival, especially as the deceased owned a valuable Cartier watch that has since gone missing. Despite having a week off from police work, her nephew Barnaby, concerned for her well being, decides to investigate the matter, and its not long before he and Troy uncover theft, lies and secret flings, as more deaths follow.
12	3	"Judgement Day"	Jeremy Silberston	Anthony Horowitz	29 January 2000 (2000-01-29)	9.65
Midsomer Mallow prepares itself for the Perfect Village competition, and despite the village seeming lively and welcoming, one of its residents, local villager Peter Drinkwater, robs a retired actor's mansion of valuable goods. Later that day Peter is impaled with a pitchfork, prompting Barnaby returns to the village to try and uncover the killer. However, the villagers are desperate to keep quiet about the murder to prevent their chances from being ruined in the competition, forcing Barnaby and Troy to work their way back through several decades of the village to try and uncover the killer, although that soon proves fatal as another villager drops dead at the competition.
13	4	"Beyond the Grave"	Moira Armstrong	Douglas Watkinson	5 February 2000 (2000-02-05)	9.40
Cully's boyfriend, Nico, is delighted to learn he has been offered a role in a television series. Nico spends time with Troy whilst he works in the hopes that he can gain some experience prior to his television role. However, Barnaby and Troy are thrown into a sinister case when, whilst investigating a slashed painting of a seventeenth century portrait of royalist Jonathan Lowrie, Jonathan's descendant, Marcus Lowrie, is beaten to death with a slide projector. As they delve deeper into the past of Jonathan Lowrie, Barnaby and Troy, alongside Nico, unearth a world of deceit and lies between museum trustees and escaped criminals.

Series 4 (2000–01)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
14	1	"Garden of Death"	Peter Smith	Christopher Russell	10 September 2000 (2000-09-10)	7.65
The villagers of Midsomer Deverell are appalled when they learn the Inkpen family plan to turn their public memorial garden into a small tea shop. Elspeth Inkpen reminds the villagers that it is none of their business what her family are planning, but then her daughter is found dead in the garden, which causes Barnaby and Troy to question if someone is determined to stop the transition happening. The pair slowly uncover greed, snobbery, illegitimacy and violence among the villagers, before Elspeth is later found dead in her bedroom in what appears to have been suicide.
15	2	"Destroying Angel"	David Tucker	David Hoskins	26 August 2001 (2001-08-26)	9.99
Gregory Chambers misses the funeral of his hotelier boss, causing the residents of Midsomer Magna to become alarmed. A severed hand is found in the woods, prompting Barnaby and Troy to begin a murder investigation. They learn that Gregory was set to inherit a share of the hotel, and that his pregnant lover, Annie, was being unfaithful. As Annie is arrested by a pile of Gregory's burning clothes, Barnaby is unconvinced that the investigation is close to being resolved, especially when another villager is murdered.
16	3	"The Electric Vendetta"	Peter Smith	Terry Hodgkinson	2 September 2001 (2001-09-02)	9.99
A naked dead man's body is discovered at the centre of a crop circle, bringing UFO fans to Midsomer Parva. The deceased's body bears hallmarks of an alien abduction. Barnaby and Troy refuse to believe the villagers who are adamant that aliens are the killers, and the post-mortem confirms that the victim was electrocuted. However, Barnaby also learns that the victim was a London criminal who does not have an interest in aliens nor links to the countryside. As Barnaby begins to work out who would want the criminal dead, another body is found in the crop circle, with identical injuries to the previous victim.
17	4	"Who Killed Cock Robin?"	David Tucker	Jeremy Paul	9 September 2001 (2001-09-09)	9.13
Dr Burgess, Newton Magna's local doctor, knocks down a stranger whilst driving home from an evening of drinking at an event at the riding school. As Barnaby and Troy investigate the situation, they are unable to locate the victim. Whilst looking further into the mystery, Barnaby comes face-to-face with an old adversary, Melvyn Stockard, who is now the squire in the village. Melvyn insists he is reformed, but Barnaby is not convinced when he learns that Melvyn has been romantically involved with the owner of the riding school. Then, a body is found in the well and is discovered to be the best man of Melvyn's daughter. With it being knowledge to the residents of Newton Magna that Melvyn was opposed to his daughter's marriage, Barnaby begins to question whether Melvyn is the murderer.
18	5	"Dark Autumn"	Jeremy Silberston	Peter J. Hammond	16 September 2001 (2001-09-16)	9.77
Postman Dave Cutler is brutally murdered whilst completing his morning post round in the village the Goodman's Land. The murder shocks the villagers, as well as WPC Jay Nash, who offers to help Barnaby and Troy on the case. With Jay's help, Barnaby learns that Dave had sex with many of the female villagers; he was a womaniser. This provides many of the men in the village with a motive for murder, but as Barnaby begins to question the men of the village, a woman's body is then discovered on the village green, also brutally murdered in the same way as Dave.
19	6	"Tainted Fruit"	Peter Smith	David Hoskins	23 September 2001 (2001-09-23)	9.80
In Midsomer Malham, a local veterinarian discovers that someone has stolen barbiturates from his surgery. Barnaby and Troy grow concerned for the safety of Melissa Townsend, a disliked young woman who had been receiving death threats blaming her for the death of a local poacher. However, as the pair go to visit Melissa, they arrive too late - she is found next to her swimming pool on her sun bed with a syringe in her stomach. Melissa's death causes Barnaby to hastily try and find the murderer before they are able to kill again, but as the investigation deepens, Barnaby and Troy learn that adultery, deceit and blackmail are at the centre of their investigation.

Series 5 (2002)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
20	1	"Market for Murder"	Sarah Hellings	Andrew Payne	16 June 2002 (2002-06-16)	8.99
21	2	"A Worm in the Bud"	David Tucker	Michael Russell	23 June 2002 (2002-06-23)	9.37
22	3	"Ring out Your Dead"	Sarah Hellings	Christopher Russell	15 September 2002 (2002-09-15)	9.43
23	4	"Murder on St. Malley's Day"	Peter Smith	Andrew Payne	22 September 2002 (2002-09-22)	9.52

Series 6 (2003)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
24	1	"A Talent for Life"	Sarah Hellings	David Hoskins	3 January 2003 (2003-01-03)	9.23
25	2	"Death and Dreams"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	10 January 2003 (2003-01-10)	9.46
26	3	"Painted in Blood"	Sarah Hellings	Andrew Payne	17 January 2003 (2003-01-17)	9.45
27	4	"A Tale of Two Hamlets"	Peter Smith	Alan Plater	24 January 2003 (2003-01-24)	9.28
28	5	"Birds of Prey"	Jeremy Silberston	Michael Russell	31 January 2003 (2003-01-31)	9.32

Series 7 (2003–04)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
29	1	"The Green Man"	Sarah Hellings	Michael Russell	2 November 2003 (2003-11-02)	10.01
30	2	"Bad Tidings"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	4 January 2004 (2004-01-04)	9.96
31	3	"The Fisher King"	Richard Holthouse	Isabelle Grey	11 January 2004 (2004-01-11)	9.71
32	4	"Sins of Commission"	Peter Smith	Elizabeth−Anne Wheal	18 January 2004 (2004-01-18)	10.17
33	5	"The Maid in Splendour"	Richard Holthouse	Andrew Payne	25 January 2004 (2004-01-25)	10.24
34	6	"The Straw Woman"	Sarah Hellings	Jeff Dodds	29 February 2004 (2004-02-29)	10.03
35	7	"Ghosts of Christmas Past"	Renny Rye	David Hoskins	25 December 2004 (2004-12-25)	6.90

Series 8 (2004–05)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
36	1	"Things That Go Bump in the Night"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	10 October 2004 (2004-10-10)	8.56
37	2	"Dead in the Water"	Renny Rye	Douglas Watkinson	17 October 2004 (2004-10-17)	9.13
38	3	"Orchis Fatalis"	Peter Smith	Terry Hodgkinson	9 January 2005 (2005-01-09)	8.74
39	4	"Bantling Boy"	Sarah Hellings	Steve Trafford	16 January 2005 (2005-01-16)	8.80
40	5	"Second Sight"	Richard Holthouse	Tony Etchells	23 January 2005 (2005-01-23)	8.69
41	6	"Hidden Depths"	Sarah Hellings	David Hoskins	13 March 2005 (2005-03-13)	8.57
42	7	"Sauce for the Goose"	Renny Rye	Andrew Payne	3 April 2005 (2005-04-03)	9.73
43	8	"Midsomer Rhapsody"	Richard Holthouse	Richard Cameron	2 October 2005 (2005-10-02)	6.97

Series 9 (2005–06)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
44	1	"The House in the Woods"	Peter Smith	Barry Simner	9 October 2005 (2005-10-09)	8.49
45	2	"Dead Letters"	Renny Rye	Peter J. Hammond	26 February 2006 (2006-02-26)	8.54
46	3	"Vixen's Run"	Peter Smith	Michael Aitkens	5 March 2006 (2006-03-05)	8.94
47	4	"Down among the Dead Men"	Renny Rye	Douglas Watkinson	12 March 2006 (2006-03-12)	8.07
48	5	"Four Funerals and a Wedding"	Sarah Hellings	Elizabeth−Anne Wheal	24 September 2006 (2006-09-24)	7.29
49	6	"Country Matters"	Richard Holthouse	Andrew Payne	10 September 2006 (2006-09-10)	5.80
50	7	"Death in Chorus"	Sarah Hellings	David Lawrence	3 September 2006 (2006-09-03)	6.28
51	8	"Last Year's Model"	Richard Holthouse	David Hoskins	17 September 2006 (2006-09-17)	6.78

Series 10 (2006–08)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
52	1	"Dance with the Dead"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	12 November 2006 (2006-11-12)	7.80
53	2	"The Animal Within"	Renny Rye	David Hoskins	19 January 2007 (2007-01-19)	6.95
54	3	"King's Crystal"	Peter Smith	Steve Trafford	26 January 2007 (2007-01-26)	6.88
55	4	"The Axeman Cometh"	Renny Rye	Michael Aitkens	2 February 2007 (2007-02-02)	6.87
56	5	"Death and Dust"	Sarah Hellings	Douglas Watkinson	8 May 2007 (2007-05-08)	6.18
57	6	"Picture of Innocence"	Richard Holthouse	Andrew Payne	3 June 2007 (2007-06-03)	7.31
58	7	"They Seek Him Here"	Sarah Hellings	Barry Purchese	27 April 2008 (2008-04-27)	7.98
59	8	"Death in a Chocolate Box"	Richard Holthouse	Tony Etchells	11 May 2008 (2008-05-11)	6.88

Series 11 (2008–09)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
60	1	"Shot at Dawn"	Richard Holthouse	Michael Aitkens	1 January 2008 (2008-01-01)	6.62
61	2	"Blood Wedding"	Peter Smith	David Lawrence	6 July 2008 (2008-07-06)	7.20
62	3	"Left for Dead"	Renny Rye	Michael Crompton	20 July 2008 (2008-07-20)	7.25
63	4	"Midsomer Life"	Peter Smith	David Hoskins	13 July 2008 (2008-07-13)	7.16
64	5	"The Magician's Nephew"	Richard Holthouse	Michael Russell	27 July 2008 (2008-07-27)	7.01
65	6	"Days of Misrule"	Renny Rye	Elizabeth−Anne Wheal	25 December 2008 (2008-12-25)	5.89
66	7	"Talking to the Dead"	Sarah Hellings	David Lawrence	5 May 2009 (2009-05-05)	4.31

Series 12 (2009–10)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
67	1	"The Dogleg Murders"	Richard Holthouse	Andrew Payne	22 July 2009 (2009-07-22)	6.14
68	2	"The Black Book"	Peter Smith	Nicholas Martin	5 August 2009 (2009-08-05)	6.28
69	3	"Secrets and Spies"	Renny Rye	Michael Aitkens	29 August 2009 (2009-08-29)	6.90
70	4	"The Glitch"	Richard Holthouse	Michael Russell	23 September 2009 (2009-09-23)	6.34
71	5	"Small Mercies"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	28 October 2009 (2009-10-28)	6.43
72	6	"The Creeper"	Renny Rye	Andrew Payne	27 January 2010 (2010-01-27)	6.35
73	7	"The Great and the Good"	Richard Holthouse	David Hoskins	14 April 2010 (2010-04-14)	5.46

Series 13 (2010–11)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
74	1	"The Made−to−Measure Murders"	Peter Smith	Andrew Payne	12 May 2010 (2010-05-12)	5.92
75	2	"The Sword of Guillaume"	Renny Rye	Michael Aitkens	10 February 2010 (2010-02-10)	7.02
76	3	"Blood on the Saddle"	Richard Holthouse	David Lawrence	8 September 2010 (2010-09-08)	5.84
77	4	"The Silent Land"	Peter Smith	Peter J. Hammond	22 September 2010 (2010-09-22)	5.29
78	5	"Master Class"	Renny Rye	Nicholas Martin	6 October 2010 (2010-10-06)	5.87
79	6	"The Noble Art"	Richard Holthouse	Barry Purchese	13 October 2010 (2010-10-13)	5.45
80	7	"Not in My Back Yard"	Peter Smith	John Wilsher	12 January 2011 (2011-01-12)	6.61
81	8	"Fit for Murder"	Renny Rye	Andrew Payne	2 February 2011 (2011-02-02)	8.10
Final appearance of DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles), Joyce Barnaby (Jane Wymark) and Cully Barnaby (Laura Howard).

Series 14 (2011–12)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
82	1	"Death in the Slow Lane"	Richard Holthouse	Michael Aitkens	23 March 2011 (2011-03-23)	6.13
First appearance of DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon).
83	2	"Dark Secrets"	Simon Langton	Michael Aitkens	30 March 2011 (2011-03-30)	5.92
First appearance of Sarah Barnaby (Fiona Dolman).
84	3	"Echoes of the Dead"	Nick Laughland	Peter J. Hammond	20 April 2011 (2011-04-20)	5.45
85	4	"The Oblong Murders"	Renny Rye	David Hoskins	25 May 2011 (2011-05-25)	5.39
Final appearance of Dr. George Bullard (Barry Jackson).
86	5	"The Sleeper under the Hill"	Nick Laughland	David Lawrence	21 September 2011 (2011-09-21)	5.91
First appearance of Dr. Kate Wilding (Tamzin Malleson).
87	6	"The Night of the Stag"	Simon Langton	Nicholas Martin	12 October 2011 (2011-10-12)	5.95
88	7	"A Sacred Trust"	Renny Rye	Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths	26 October 2011 (2011-10-26)	6.45
89	8	"A Rare Bird"	Nick Laughland	Steve Trafford	11 January 2012 (2012-01-11)	6.10

Series 15 (2012–13)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
90	1	"The Dark Rider"	Alex Pillai	Michael Aitkens	1 February 2012 (2012-02-01)	6.94
91	2	"Murder of Innocence"	Renny Rye	Elizabeth−Anne Wheal	21 March 2012 (2012-03-21)	5.27
92	3	"Written in the Stars"	Renny Rye	Steve Trafford	25 September 2012 (2012-09-25)	5.05
93	4	"Death and the Divas"	Nick Laughland	Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths	2 January 2013 (2013-01-02)	6.03
94	5	"The Sicilian Defence"	Alex Pillai	Paul Logue	9 January 2013 (2013-01-09)	6.15
95	6	"Schooled in Murder"	Andy Hay	Lisa Holdsworth	30 January 2013 (2013-01-30)	6.43

Series 16 (2013–14)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
96	1	"The Christmas Haunting"	Nick Laughland	Chris Murray	24 December 2013 (2013-12-24)	4.92
97	2	"Let Us Prey"	Alex Pillai	Paul Logue	8 January 2014 (2014-01-08)	6.06
98	3	"Wild Harvest"	Renny Rye	Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths	29 January 2014 (2014-01-29)	6.24
99	4	"The Flying Club"	Luke Watson	Michael Aitkens	5 February 2014 (2014-02-05)	6.05
100	5	"The Killings of Copenhagen"	Alex Pillai	Paul Logue	12 February 2014 (2014-02-12)	6.54

Series 17 (2015)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
101	1	"The Dagger Club"	Alex Pillai	Chris Murray	28 January 2015 (2015-01-28)	5.91
102	2	"Murder by Magic"	Charles Palmer	Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths	4 February 2015 (2015-02-04)	5.59
103	3	"The Ballad of Midsomer County"	Renny Rye	Paul Logue	11 February 2015 (2015-02-11)	5.39
104	4	"A Vintage Murder"	Nick Laughland	Lisa Holdsworth	18 February 2015 (2015-02-18)	5.03

Series 18 (2016)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
105	1	"Habeas Corpus"	Alex Pillai	Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths	6 January 2016 (2016-01-06)	6.04
106	2	"The Incident at Cooper Hill"	Renny Rye	Paul Logue	13 January 2016 (2016-01-13)	5.90
107	3	"Breaking the Chain"	Rob Evans	Chris Murray	27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)	5.80
108	4	"A Dying Art"	Matt Carter	Jeff Povey	3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)	5.54
109	5	"Saints and Sinners"	Renny Rye	Lisa Holdsworth	10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)	5.83
110	6	"Harvest of Souls"	Nick Laughland	Caleb Ranson	17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)	5.60
Final appearance of DS Charlie Nelson (Gwilym Lee) and Sykes the Dog.

Series 19 (2016–18)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
111	1	"The Village That Rose from the Dead"	Nick Laughland	Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths	18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)	5.68
The village of Little Auburn prepares for its grand re-opening following its closure since World War II, however the re-opening is forced to be put on hold when local villager Finn Thornberry is crushed to death by a tank. Meanwhile, John and Sarah are mourning the loss of their dog Sykes, until his new Sergeant, DS Jamie Winter, informs John of the murder. John and Jamie begin investigating the murder, and soon learns the village is rife with corruption from local residents, who are competing to transform the village into either an ecosystem, a village of luxury villas, or a museum. As Barnaby digs deeper to try and learn why someone would go to such great lengths to prevent the village reopening, they are soon faced with a second victim, Roderick Craven, poisoned by cyanide, who was set to inherit the village. First appearance of DS Jamie Winter (Nick Hendrix) and Paddy the Dog.
112	2	"Crime and Punishment"	Renny Rye	Paul Logue	4 January 2017 (2017-01-04)	6.25
113	3	"Last Man Out"	Matt Carter	Jeff Povey	11 January 2017 (2017-01-11)	6.55
114	4	"Red in Tooth & Claw"	Steve Hughes	Lisa Holdsworth	18 January 2017 (2017-01-18)	5.98
115	5	"Death by Persuasion"	Alex Pillai	Chris Murray	20 August 2017 (2017-08-20) (Australia) 13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) (UK)	5.82
Samantha Berry is murdered in the woods after sneaking away from a Jane Austen weekend to meet an unknown person. A drone films the murder. John and Jamie learn that Samantha was a journalist with a fond interest in the local village's new delivery service for prescriptions by drone. As Jamie visits the Drone HQ, he questions Ronin Chow and the manager, Doug Vaughan, about the drones and whether they use recording devices on the drones; both deny the use of recording devices. Later that evening, Ronin's laptop is set on fire. It then emerges that Ronin's laptop contained unknown drone footage, which brings Ronin's criminal history into perspective. Ronin later confesses to filming Samantha's murder. As he begins recalling events he saw on his laptop during Samantha's murder, he prepares to phone John and Jamie to tell them what he knows, but before he can, he is murdered by a drone. Ronin's murder directs the investigation back to the Grange, where the detectives realise that the murders are linked to a past.
116	6	"The Curse of the Ninth"	Matt Carter	Julia Gilbert	27 August 2017 (2017-08-27) (Australia) 20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) (UK)	4.98
There is uproar at Thassingham music festival when violinist Jacob Wheeler is awarded the Falconer bursary over his talented competitor, Zac Sowande. Just hours later, Jacob is strangled to death with one of his violin strings. John and Jamie focus the investigation on Michael Falconer, who used the festival to debut his ninth symphony. The detectives quickly realise that Jacob's Stradivarius is missing, and when they discover who stole it, secrets and lies are quickly unravelled. Tensions rise in Michael's orchestra, as the musicians begin to believe in the superstition: the curse of the ninth. Despite this, the orchestra agree to play Michael's ninth symphony, but as they perform in front of their audience, another violinist in the orchestra drops dead. The second victim shares a connection with Jacob, which leads John and Jamie to the woodlands, where they make a horrifying discovery, which holds the answers to the murders. Kam is offered a new job in Canada, which she accepts. Last appearance of Dr Kam Karimore (Manjinder Virk).

Series 20 (2018)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
117	1	"The Ghost of Causton Abbey"	TBD	TBD	2018 (2018)	TBD
118	2	"Death of the Small Coppers"	TBD	TBD	2018 (2018)	TBD
119	3	"Drawing Dead"	TBD	TBD	2018 (2018)	TBD
120	4	"The Lions of Causton"	TBD	TBD	2018 (2018)	TBD
121	5	"Till Death Do Us Part"	TBD	TBD	2018 (2018)	TBD
122	6	"Send in the Clowns"	TBD	TBD	2018 (2018)	TBD

External links

• Midsomer Murders at the Internet Movie Database