Midsomer Murders

[detective392]

Anyone watch this show? I was thinking about starting it but not sure, I love British mystery shows. But I mostly love the old London/country type shows in the olden days. I know midsomer murders is up to date but takes place in the country so you don't have all the cars, cell phones and technology.

[OceanBlue]

Started regularly watching repeats of Midsomer Murders around the time that the 100th episode "The Killings of Copenhagen" was first shown on ITV. Some of the Neil Dudgeon episodes (the episodes when he plays the lead detective) have been repeated on ITV, with the episodes from when John Nettles was on the show being repeated on ITV3. Only trouble is, the order ITV3 show them in is all over the place. It helps that on the whole the episodes are separate, so it isn't too confusing. One episode will be from the Barnaby and Troy era, and the next episode on ITV3 is from the Barnaby (John Nettles) and Jones era.

No Blu-ray releases of Midsomer Murders in the UK at all (there have definitely been US Blu-ray releases of the more recent episodes, and recently there was a German Blu-ray release called Inspector Barnaby: Set 21).

When are the next new episodes due to start on ITV?


EDIT: Moderators, can this thread be moved to the TV Shows folder please.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by OceanBlue

Started regularly watching repeats of Midsomer Murders around the time that the 100th episode "The Killings of Copenhagen" was first shown on ITV. Some of the Neil Dudgeon episodes (the episodes when he plays the lead detective) have been repeated on ITV, with the episodes from when John Nettles was on the show being repeated on ITV3. Only trouble is, the order ITV3 show them in is all over the place. It helps that on the whole the episodes are separate, so it isn't too confusing. One episode will be from the Barnaby and Troy era, and the next episode on ITV3 is from the Barnaby (John Nettles) and Jones era.

No Blu-ray releases of Midsomer Murders in the UK at all (there have definitely been US Blu-ray releases of the more recent episodes, and recently there was a German Blu-ray release called Inspector Barnaby: Set 21).

When are the next new episodes due to start on ITV?


EDIT: Moderators, can this thread be moved to the TV Shows folder please.

Yeah, I ended up watching the show and love it. Cast is great and the mysteries are good. Still need to pick up the BD release.

The next season is going to air in 2015 sometime.

[OceanBlue]

Have about a handful of episodes from the Barnaby and Troy era left to watch (most recent episode I've watched was "Dark Autumn", which on the whole was excellent). Can't remember when ITV3 last showed an episode from the Barnaby and Scott era (the seventh and eighth series).

The recurring characters are memorable (in a good way) on the show as well (thinking of characters Cully (Tom Barnaby's daughter, played by Laura Howard), George (the coroner during John Nettles' time on the show and the first few episodes from the Neil Dudgeon era, played by Barry Jackson), Stephens (played by Kirsty Dillon) and Joyce (Tom Barnaby's wife, played by Jane Wymark).

Something I've noticed is that a village pub is seen in nearly every episode I've watched. And is George a coroner or a crime scene investigator?

[detective392]

Originally Posted by OceanBlue

Have about a handful of episodes from the Barnaby and Troy era left to watch (most recent episode I've watched was "Dark Autumn", which on the whole was excellent). Can't remember when ITV3 last showed an episode from the Barnaby and Scott era (the seventh and eighth series).

The recurring characters are memorable (in a good way) on the show as well (thinking of characters Cully (Tom Barnaby's daughter, played by Laura Howard), George (the coroner during John Nettles' time on the show and the first few episodes from the Neil Dudgeon era, played by Barry Jackson), Stephens (played by Kirsty Dillon) and Joyce (Tom Barnaby's wife, played by Jane Wymark).

Something I've noticed is that a village pub is seen in nearly every episode I've watched. And is George a coroner or a crime scene investigator?

I've seen most of Barnaby's episodes and none of John's episodes. Gonna start collecting them on BD this Christmas hopefully. Catch up that way.

[drmar]

My wife and I are big fans and own four of the first five omnibus DVD volumes. It's state of the art for British village mystery--Miss Marple updated to the oughts and teens. You might also call it a "cozy" mystery. If you like that sort of thing--and not everybody does--you can't lose. Haven't yet seen many episodes with the new Barnaby.

[OceanBlue]

A new series of Midsomer Murders (Season 18) starts on ITV on Wednesday 6th January. This new series/season consists of six episodes, starting with the episode

[Show spoiler]"Habeas Corpus". There is a new coroner in the first episode, so I'm wondering how (or if) they'll explain the departure of female coroner Kate.

[1blufan]

Did Anthony Horowitz have any involvement in this show? I remember he wrote a few books with the same title.

[hagios]

I'm a big fan of Midsomer Murders as of lately & have all the series(sets) except series 17(I'll get this on BD when/if it gets to my price-point)!



I absolutely love the cinematography of the fictional English county of Midsomer & the surrounding locations!!

[Show spoiler]

Dorchester-on-Thames

A pretty country village crowned by the impressive Abbey Church of St Peter & St Paul known as Dorchester Abbey. The picturesque high street includes three 16th century coaching inns, a small shop and tea rooms. Pick up a range of self-guided walking leaflets covering the town, Midsomer Murders connections and The Thames Path, or take a stroll out to Wittenham Clumps via Days Lock. The Abbey regularly hosts festival, concerts and events as well as religious services.

In the episode ‘The House in the Woods’, Dorchester Abbey’s museum appears as Midsomer Newton Museum where Joyce Barnaby meets with the local conservation group.




Ewelme

The Midsomer fictional village of Aspern Tallow is a pretty stone village centred around a collection of 15th century buildings including the church, almshouses and a small school believed to be the oldest in England. Buy provisions at the village store and head into the wild nature reserve running behind the historic watercress beds which featured in ‘Secrets and Spies’. St Mary the Virgin Church has a magnificent tomb for Alice Chaucer, and Jerome K Jerome (author of Three Men in a Boat) is buried in the churchyard. The Church also featured in the film Les Miserables starring Hugh Jackman.




Mapledurham / Moulsford

Moulsford is a riverside hamlet located on the River Thames and welcomes passing boats on the pontoon. Slightly downriver, Mapledurham is a riverside manor house, first mentioned in the Domesday book, offering guided tours of the house, the watermill and boat trips. Enjoy a cream tea made from flour ground there, in the only mill still operational on the river Thames, or visit St Margaret’s Churchto see the Bardolf Aisle – final resting place of Mapledurham’s Lords & Ladies since 1395.

Mapledurham house featured as Bingham House Stud Farm in ‘Dark Secrets’.




Warborough

Warborough has all the markings of a typical Midsomer village – a cricket pavilion, village green, pretty church and country pub. Located at the side of The Green is The Six Bells pub which has appeared in at least four episodes, once under its own name, but also in the guise of The Quill Inn, The Black Swan and The Luck in the World. Fans of the series will most definitely recognise where DCI Barnaby and Sergeant Troy used to sup a pint whilst discussing the latest case.

Midsomer Mallow in Bloom was filmed on the Green where there is a not dissimilar village festival held every year and the cricket pavilion on the Green appeared as Badger’s Drift Village Hall in The Great and the Good.




Brightwell Baldwin

A charming and peaceful rural hamlet with a free house pub which means it can stock its own choice of beers – regulars on offer are Black Sheep, Rebellion IPA and Brakspears Bitter on hand pump as well as regular guest beers. St Bartholomew’s Church opposite the pub was used as the location for the funeral scenes in Destroying Angel and A Talent for Life.

This countryside setting is perfect for country walks and picnics. Stay over at the pub to enjoy a gorgeous sunrise and sunset across this magnificent landscape.




Lewknor

Lewknor is a small village built in the characteristic flint and brick architecture of the Chiltern Hills, where the school, (and its pupils), appeared as the Upper Warden school in two episodes of Midsomer Murders. At the heart of the village is The Leathern Bottle. This pretty Brakspears pub dates back 450 years and has an outside seating area where you are almost guaranteed to see the wonderful red kites soaring over the hills.

Probably best known for fabulous walks, Lewknor is situation very close to The Ridgeway National Trail and features less than five minutes from the M40 motorway.




Nettlebed

A small village along the old coaching route from London to Oxford with a history of brick making, using the local clay that runs through the Chiltern Hills. There is still a kiln on the Green just along from The White Hart, a pretty pub parts of which date back to the 14th century and which appeared in The Maid in Splendour as a pub of the same name. It’s a good place to stay and explore Midsomer, being on the road between Henley and Wallingford. The church, village shop and pretty cottages make a nice little village walk.




Rotherfield

Rotherfield Peppard and Rotherfield Greys have been used a number of times for filming, most notably perhaps in Orchis Fatalis when the National Trust’s Grey’s Court provided the location for Brother Robert’s monastery, and more recently, the background for the Crawley picnic in Downton Abbey.

Rotherfield Peppard’s primary school appeared as Badger’s Drift Primary School in Death’s Shadow.




The Haseleys

Great and Little Haseley have been much filmed for Midsomer Murders, with The Plough Pub at Great Haseley offering the quirky Oxfordshire pub game of Aunt Sally at which DCI Barnaby manages an impossibly high score! The pub is one of a growing number of community pubs that belongs to the village who raised £400,000 to retain it. Off the beaten track, these two villages are quintessential Midsomer and a great place to park up and wander – several cottages will be recognisable as homes for dubious Midsomer residents (please be aware not to linger too long as these are private houses).

The church was used for wedding scenes in ‘Midsomer Rhapsody’ and the postman’s funeral in ‘Dark Autumn’. The village hall is perhaps the most filmed location throughout the series – an antique shop in ‘Dark Autumn’, the venue for the book signing sessions in ‘The Fisher King’, the photographic exhibition in ‘Picture of Innocence’ and Midsomer Parva village hall in ‘Blood Weddding’.



http://www.visitmidsomer.com/villages-and-hamlets/

[TheProf89]

Huge fan of this series and English mysteries in general.

This is one of those shows I go to as a comfort series when I am not feeling well.