The BEST episodes of Midsomer Murders
Every episode of Midsomer Murders ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Midsomer Murders!
A veteran DCI and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer.
#1 - Red In Tooth and Claw
Season 19 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/18/2017
The discovery of a body covered in live rabbits reveals a sinister side to the local pet show. Is this a rivalry taken too far or is the killer driven by something darker?
#2 - Crime and Punishment
Season 19 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2017
The Bleakridge Watch patrols the streets of their remote village, exposing anyone who steps outside the law. When one of their members dies, Barnaby uncovers just how far some people will go for power.
#3 - Send in the Clowns
Season 20 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2019
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.
#4 - Drawing Dead
Season 20 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2019
Carver Valley’s comic festival is in full swing when the village is shocked by the murder of a former supermodel. With a scathing comic shaming several villagers as the only lead, Barnaby and Winter are left trying to separate fact from fiction.
#5 - Death of the Small Coppers
Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/17/2019
When Mahesh Sidana - butterfly collector and founding member of an elite IQ society - is found murdered, pinned to a wall in a manner akin to his treasured butterfly specimens, DCI Barnaby and DS Winter are thrust into a crime that impacts not only on their community, but internationally.
#6 - The Ghost of Causton Abbey
Season 20 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2019
Causton is buzzing at the opening of a new brewery on the site of a famously cursed Abbey. But excitement turns to fear when a man is found boiled to death in one of the vats. DCI Barnaby and DS Winter are puzzled; could this really be about beer?
#7 - The Curse of the Ninth
Season 19 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/20/2018
When a prize-winning violinist is killed and his Stradivarius stolen, Barnaby must sort through a myriad of suspects and motives to find the real killer.
#8 - Death by Persuasion
Season 19 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/2018
When a young girl dressed in period attire slips away from a Jane Austen weekend and is found stabbed in the woods, Barnaby needs to look back in time to find the killer.
#9 - Garden of Death
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2000
When an arrogant aristocratic family's decision to develop a memorial garden into a commercial tea shop has the villagers up in arms, murders past and present rear their heads.
#10 - Painted in Blood
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2003
Barnaby's wife finds a body on the Midsomer Florey village green while taking part in a watercolor class.
#11 - Birds of Prey
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/2003
Investment in a secret invention leads to an apparent suicide in Midsomer Magna, and a plan to steal valuable falcon eggs leads to another death.
#12 - Hidden Depths
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/2005
Troubled solicitor Nick Turner falls from the roof of his home. Is this suicide disguised as murder?
#13 - Murder of Innocence
Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/21/2012
When a barrister is killed in Midsomer, suspicion falls on convicted murderer Grady Felton. But Grady has a solid alibi. Barnaby suspects he is working with an accomplice - until Grady himself is targeted in an arson attack.
#14 - The Straw Woman
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/29/2004
Midsomer comes closer and closer to its boiling point when a priest is burned to death inside the effigy of a straw woman and more people burst into flames spontaneously, as though by witchcraft.
#15 - Tainted Fruit
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/23/2001
When the body of a local beauty is discovered by the pool at her manor house, Barnaby and Troy uncover a seedy world of adultery and deceit within the affluent rural community.
#16 - Ring Out Your Dead
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/2002
Someone is killing off bell ringers of parish church in the week before a big bell-ringing competition takes place in the village of Midsomer Wellow.
#17 - The Maid in Splendour
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/25/2004
Midsomer Worthy's beloved local pub figures in a case involving unrequited love, secret business deals and passionate affairs.
#18 - Sauce for the Goose
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/3/2005
When a corporate giant tries to acquire a small but respected relish factory owned and run by a dysfunctional family, a naked body is found in the warehouse.
#19 - Country Matters
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/19/2006
Controversy about a proposed supermarket ruining the quality of life in a small village, marital infidelity, contaminated soil and kinky sex lead to murder.
#20 - Last Year's Model
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/3/2006
Barnaby begins to think the damning evidence he helped provide to convict a murderess wasn't exactly as watertight as it first looked.
#21 - Dark Autumn
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/16/2001
The near decapitation of the local postman, whose hyperactive libido also makes him the village lothario, leads to a series of grisly murders involving other promiscuous villagers.
#22 - The Green Man
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2003
Barnaby and Troy tackle two separate cases as Troy prepares to leave Midsomer after his promotion to DI.
#23 - Market for Murder
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/16/2002
An investigation of a car fire and a bludgeon murder lead Barnaby and Troy to investigate the members of a local reading club which has an agenda that goes beyond books.
#24 - Murder on St. Malley's Day
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/2002
Barnaby investigates the murder of a boy during a traditional annual race at an exclusive private school but is met with resentment.
#25 - A Worm in the Bud
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/2002
A woman is found dead in Setwale Wood, an apparent suicide, except that her suicide note is emailed after her body has already been sighted.