The WORST episodes of Midsomer Murders
Every episode of Midsomer Murders ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Midsomer Murders!
A veteran DCI and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer.
#1 - A Dying Art
Season 18 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/3/2016
The grand opening of a new Sculpture Park is marred by murder in the picturesque Midsomer village of Angel's Rise.
#3 - Let Us Prey
Season 16 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2014
A series of murders in Midsomer St Claire seems to be inspired by macabre images on a medieval fresco recently discovered in the church crypt.
#4 - The Christmas Haunting
Season 16 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/24/2013
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.
#5 - For Death Prepare
Season 22 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/28/2023
The Midsomer Mummers, a company for amateur opera, is in the middle of rehearsals for a charity concert when a dead body is found at the theatre. The investigation's goal is to find out which person has the greatest wishes to be at the centre of attention.
#6 - Written in the Stars
Season 15 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2012
During a total eclipse of the sun, an astronomer is bludgeoned to death by a meteor and an astrologer claims to have predicted each subsequent murder.
#7 - The Flying Club
Season 16 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/2014
The owner of Finchmere airfield is dropped from a plane to meet a gruesome death. Are anti-craft campaigners behind his murder? Or does it link back to a WWII mission?
#8 - The Oblong Murders
Season 14 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/25/2011
Barnaby sends Jones undercover into a New Age cult to investigate the disappearance of a young woman who entered an introduction course and then never left the movement.
#9 - Death and the Divas
Season 15 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/2/2013
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.
#10 - Blue Herrings
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2000
A visit to his convalescent aunt prompts Barnaby to investigate a series of suspicious deaths at the nursing home where she is staying.
#11 - Wild Harvest
Season 16 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/2014
When the landlord of Wyvern House meets a brutal and untimely death in his own woods, many aspersions are cast.
#12 - The Lions of Causton
Season 20 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/26/2019
Barnaby gets to relive his former days of sporting glory when a death at the local Rugby Club sends Barnaby and Winter into a muddle of rucks, old grudges, new romances… and artisanal chocolates?
#13 - 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.
#14 - Till Death Do Us Part
Season 20 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2019
Barnaby is less than impressed when Sarah drags him to a family friend's wedding. But things soon go from bad to worse when tragedy strikes and Barnaby is called into action to catch a murderer with an apparent penchant for local brides.
#15 - The Scarecrow Murders
Season 22 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/29/2022
The annual scarecrow festival in Midsomer takes a terrible turn when dead bodies are found placed on piles next to the festival's straw creations. Barnaby's investigation shows a deep competitive rivalry that makes people do just about anything to win.
#16 - The Incident at Cooper Hill
Season 18 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2016
A local forest-ranger suffers a strange death after mysterious lights appear in the sky over UFO hot-spot Cooper Hill.
#17 - Schooled in Murder
Season 15 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/30/2013
At the factory where the world-famous Midsomer Blue Cheese is made, a dairy worker is brutally murdered by a giant round of weaponized cheese.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - Habeas Corpus
Season 18 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2016
When a wealthy landowner's body goes missing right after his death, a sinister web of secrets and lies is exposed in the village of Little Malton.
#21 - A Vintage Murder
Season 17 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/18/2015
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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - Left for Dead
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/24/2008
Jones is brought back to his home town to help investigate a series of murders linked to childhood friends and events that occurred years earlier.
#25 - Murder by Magic
Season 17 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/4/2015
Pub landlady Hannah Altman is crushed to death by a giant Perspex box during a magic show by famous illusionist Gideon Latimer.