When council clerk Martin Barrett is shot dead, Barnaby and Jones discover that he was an expert blackmailer. They investigate which of his victims hated him enough to kill him, and the trail leads to Fennacombe Bay. Why are Richard and Maggie Florian spending so much time at sea, and could police committee chairman Sir John Waverley have a scandalous past? With the help of Barnaby, they intend to find out.
The death of wealthy aristocrat Sir Freddy Butler brings Barnaby and Jones to the privileged surroundings of Haddington Hall. It looks like Freddy suffered a heart attack, but when his will disappears and his lawyer is killed in an arson attack, the detectives close in on Freddy's family. What are they hiding, and where are the mysterious Haddington diamonds?
Midsomer Barton is celebrating Oak Apple Week when a mother is found drowned. It looks like suicide, and that she was driven to it by grief over her dead daughter. Barnaby investigates and is shaken by two villagers who look like murder victims from his past. Then another body is discovered and it appears that the festivities have stirred up a cocktail of adultery, contempt, unrequited love and revenge in the village.
With the help of Acting DC Ben Jones, Barnaby investigates the garrotting of a husband and wife outside a deserted cottage near Midsomer Newton. Despite a reputation for being haunted, Winyard is a magnet for villagers, developers and conservationists. Barnaby and Jones must separate truth from rumour in order the reveal the cottage's secrets - and catch the killer.
DCI Barnaby uncovers an elite Mafia-like sect called the Pudding Club at private boys' school Devington College while investigating a murder, and must get to the bottom of the mystery before another victim turns up dead.
DCI Barnaby investigates the murders of bell ringers from the village church who are being mysteriously murdered one by one. Barnaby and Troy find that they must solve a riddle from the past before the killer strikes again.
When the body of arrogant local beauty Melissa Townsend is discovered by the pool at her manor house, DCI Barnaby uncovers a seedy world of adultery and deceit within the affluent rural community.
DI Tom Barnaby realises that there is more to a case than first appears when the father of a young poacher, jailed for killing a tramp, is himself brutally murdered.
When the wife of a wealthy landowner is bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat, DCI Tom Barnaby and his team are enmeshed in a succession of calculating murders. Once again, blackmail, deceit, greed and revenge threaten to destroy Midsomer's tranquillity.
The Midsomer Murders team opens up about their experience of working on the popular crime drama and provides insight into the overall process of bringing it to the small screen.
When retired music teacher Arthur Leggott is battered to death at his cottage, an unpublished musical score by the late Joan Alder, famous composer of `Midsomer Rhapsody', is unearthed.
Barnaby and Scott delve into the murder of a visitor to Plummer's Relish factory, and discover that the dead man was employed by a rival company. Further investigation reveals a web of secrets and lies within the Plummer family, and a campaign to frighten the family matriarch - but why?
Barnaby and Scott enter the world of horseracing when the trainer of thoroughbred Bantling Boy is battered to death. Bruce Hartley was an alcoholic who had vowed to expose the reason why his father bequeathed the horse to four Midsomer villagers. The other members of the syndicate come under suspicion, but the killing continues - then Bantling Boy falls ill.
When one of the world's rarest orchids is smuggled illegally into Midsomer Malham, it triggers a catalogue of passion, jealousy and death. Barnaby and Troy must find both the flower and the person prepared to commit murder in order to get their hands on it.
The annual Midsomer Regatta is brought to a standstill when a body is found in the river. It turns out to be that of a noted ladies' man who had been previously seen arguing with friends. As Barnaby and Scott dig into the luxury lifestyles of the rowing set, they discover that money problems and sexual jealousy are rife.
Barnaby and Scott travel to a picturesque village to investigate the murder of an undertaker. There, they discover that the village is divided by the presence of a spiritualist church run by a medium.
The annual harvest fair and the daredevil riders of the Wall of Death arrive in Whitcombe Mallet the owner of an equestrian centre is trampled by his horse.
An international cycling competition comes to the Midsomer village of Burwood Mantle. When the race leader is murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson find themselves drawn into a ruthlessly competitive world of blackmail, bribery and bloodshed where winning comes at any cost.
Mysterious lights are seen in the sky over famous UFO hot-spot Cooper Hill. When a local forest ranger suffers a strange death, the visiting UFO spotters are convinced aliens are responsible. DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson unearth suspicions, betrayals and long-buried secrets in their search for the truth.
When wealthy landowner Gregory Lancaster's body goes missing on the night of his death, a sinister web of secrets and lies is exposed in the village of Little Malton as Barnaby, Nelson and Kam Karimore are drawn into a world of body-snatching.