The revival of a traditional festival at Midsomer Parva ends in tragedy when the curate, the Rev Alex Dakin, is burnt alive inside a straw effigy of a woman. Then his gay lover the priest, the Rev Jim Hale, dies too.
When a young barman from The Maid in Splendour pub is found shot dead, Barnaby and Scott uncover a web of romantic intrigue involving several members of the bar staff.
Sergeant Dan Scott arrives to work with Barnaby and is thrown straight into a murder investigation in Midsomer Mallow. A noise heard near the scene of Fiona Thompson's bloodstained body leads police to suspect an odd-job man, but when the murder toll rises, Barnaby becomes concerned for Cully, who is organising a ten-year school reunion.
An accident during the restoration of a canal leads to a particularly difficult case for Barnaby and Troy, which appears to be linked to a group of rowdy teenagers.
Two couples vanish without trace from the village of Monks Barton amid rumours of witchcraft and haunted woods. Flamboyant psychic Cyrus LeVanu clashes with pompous cleric Wallace Stone as a body is found, while other villagers seem to be caught up in a stolen antiques racket.
Barnaby and Jones are called away from a hated team-building exercise to investigate an explosion at a haulage yard run by Territorial Army officer Matt Parkes and his ruthless son James. James is involved in some shady activities, but is he capable of arson or murder? When a body turns up, there are plenty of other suspects on the scene, including a peace protestor and a host of trained killers at the TA.
When a pub landlady is crushed to death during a magic show in Midsomer Oaks, Barnaby and Nelson uncover conflict between the village church and ancient pagan traditions. Is famous magician Gideon Latimer to blame or is he the target?
A family feud dating back to WWI comes to a head after the unveiling of a war memorial in Midsomer Parva, when a retired colonel is found dead. During their investigation, Barnaby and Jones discover that the town's mayor blamed the deceased man for his grandfather's shooting for cowardice at the Somme, and that the dysfunctional families are connected by dangerous secrets.
There are two contrasting weddings taking place in Midsomer - Cully's to Simon, and local baronet Ned Fitzroy's to Beth Porteous. As Cully suffers from last minute doubts, Barnaby becomes an unwelcome guest at Ned's marriage when the maid of honour is stabbed to death. What are the secrets in Midsomer high society, and will Barnaby get to his daughter's ceremony on time?
With his birthday approaching, Barnaby reluctantly accompanies Joyce on a spa weekend to Swavely Manor, but as he attempts to relax, a woman is found dead in the flotation chamber. Abandoning the treatment to investigate, Barnaby uncovers a feud between neighbours, money wrangles and the mystery of a half-written novel. After another gruesome discovery, the truth gradually emerges.
A planning dispute turns to murder after a leading light in the Midsomer Conservation Society suspects her neighbours are involved in a money-making development scam. Political wrangling, burglaries and sexual liaisons abound in picturesque Great Pelfe - but why is someone driven to start killing? Barnaby and Jones investigate.
Trouble seems to be brewing in the pretty village of Ford Florey when a tract of waste ground dubbed `the Swamp' becomes the focus of a land dispute between two old agricultural families and a band of travellers. Things get nasty at the town's annual fair when a woman is shot for real during a shootout reconstruction at the Wild West show. Barnaby and Jones uncover a series of seething grudges within the village.
Barnaby joins a trip from Midsomer Parva to Brighton because he's suspicious about a deal to buy coastal land for holiday chalets by Causton's mayor. Also against the proposal is Lady Matilda William, a descendant of a French knight Sir Richard Guillaume, whose son Richard will be the last of the line because of brain damage sustained in an attack 20 years ago.
The residents of Milton Cross, a feudal estate with a church, farms, houses and acres of land, depend on lord of the manor Edward Milton for their livelihoods. When Sonia Woodley is stabbed in the churchyard two years after the death of her abusive husband Gerald, Barnaby and Jones investigate - and the village starts to reveal its secrets.
Each year, the village of Angel's Rise hosts the Psychic Fayre. Founded by the Saint-Stephens family in memory of their late daughter, the event attracts mediums, psychics and followers of the occult. When a body is found surrounded by ritual symbols on the eve of the festival, Barnaby must step into the spiritual world to find the killer.
As the owners of Karras Games gather for a murder mystery weekend, the immersive experience takes a puzzling twist when a killer strikes for real. The police's detective skills are put to the test as they are forced to solve this case on their own.
A local outcast, who was controversially acquitted of murder years earlier, is the latest inductee into a post-operative heart rehab club. Following his arrival, members' dreams of a second chance at life begin to be cut short.
After a local photographer wins an urban myth competition with his creation of The Wolf Hunter, it unexpectedly gains a cult following. However, when a man is killed, Barnaby and Winter must investigate if this myth has become murderous reality.
Chief Inspector Barnaby is called in following the death of a cult leader and finds clues that point to a ruthless tycoon searching for his daughter.
The village of Morton Fendle seems to be overflowing with community spirit when many of the residents invest in the local craft centre, but DCI Barnaby is called in after the wife of the centre's owner goes missing and a neighbour is murdered.