The BEST episodes directed by Nick Laughland
#1 - A Rare Bird
Midsomer Murders - Season 14 - Episode 8
Barnaby and Jones investigate whether competition between ornithology enthusiasts led to murder.
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#2 - Three Men and a Brittle Lady
Lovejoy - Season 5 - Episode 5
Charlotte's former lover arrives from New York and invites her to live with him in Paris, but she turns him down.A forger cons Charlie Gimbert into buying some fake porcelain, but Lovejoy catches up with him. In doing so, he discovers a good artist.
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#3 - Echoes of the Dead
Midsomer Murders - Season 14 - Episode 3
The drowning of a woman in a bathtub is the first in a series of copycat murders imitating infamous killings from the past.
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#4 - The Sleeper Under the Hill
Midsomer Murders - Season 14 - Episode 5
The gruesome discovery of a farmer's eviscerated body in an ancient stone circle is made just days before the spring equinox.
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#5 - The Village That Rose from the Dead
Midsomer Murders - Season 19 - Episode 1
When a man is found murdered during the reopening of a ghost village, Barnaby and his new temporary DS, Jamie Winter, must unravel a sinister web of lies from both past and present in order to catch the killer.
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#6 - Harvest of Souls
Midsomer Murders - Season 18 - Episode 6
When the owner of an equestrian center is trampled by his own horse, Barnaby unravels a complex feud from the past.
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#7 - Once Upon a Time on the Westway
The Last Detective - Season 4 - Episode 1
Jimmy 'the Gem' Vincent is murdered within 24 hours of his release from prison. Do his unpublished memoirs reveal the identity of his killer?
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#8 - Send in the Clowns
Midsomer Murders - Season 20 - Episode 6
Things take a gruesome turn when Ferabbees Circus comes to town, bringing with it a chain of sinister clown sightings, threatening notes and deathly dangerous circus acts. Barnaby will have to face up to his fears in order to solve the case.
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#9 - A Vintage Murder
Midsomer Murders - Season 17 - Episode 4
When people start collapsing at the launch tasting of Midsomer Vineyard's newest sparkling wine, Kate Wilding discovers that the glasses had been laced with slug pellets.
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#10 - The Kakiemon Tiger
Lovejoy - Season 5 - Episode 4
Lovejoy is threatened by a debt collector and hijacks a country house auction to pay his debts. In the process, he finds the lost 'Kakiemon Tiger', but he has to deal with competitors for it. Beth Taylor joins Lovejoy Antiques on a youth employment scheme, to learn the business.
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#11 - Only The Lonely (2)
Silent Witness - Season 2 - Episode 6
The murderer makes a direct threat against Sam's life after she uncovers the evidence needed to identify them.
#12 - Death and the Divas
Midsomer Murders - Season 15 - Episode 4
A film historian writing about a 1960s horror actress is killed in her home. It becomes the start of what appear to be a series of copycat murders based on the actress' films.
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#13 - The Christmas Haunting
Midsomer Murders - Season 16 - Episode 1
Barnaby and his new partner, Detective Sergeant Charlie Nelson (Gwilym Lee), investigate the fatal stabbing of a man with an antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at a 'haunted' manor house.
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#14 - Only The Lonely (1)
Silent Witness - Season 2 - Episode 5
The murder of a married woman who was having an affair seems straightforward. Friction develops between Dr Ryan and the police when the evidence complicates their case.
#15 - Fireworks
The Bill - Season 8 - Episode 97
P.C. Stamp uses some old-fashioned policing methods to tackle the problem of children playing with railway detonators