Midsomer Murders: Season 1

TV-14
1997
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The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up... More

Where to watch Midsomer Murders: Season 1

Midsomer Murders: Season 1 is available to stream in New... More Zealand now on Prime Video and Acorn and AMC+.

Midsomer Murders: Season 1 episodes

Episode 1.1

The Killings at Badger's Drift

An elderly woman is found dead in her cottage and... More DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not down to natural causes

Episode 1.2

Written in Blood

Gerald Hadleigh, secretary of a writers' circle, is found battered... More to death the morning after the group's meeting with best-selling novelist (and former psycho-therapist) Max Jennings. Gerald did not want to invite Max to Midsomer Worthy, and he seemed apprehensive about the visit.Barnaby's investigations show that Gerald was a man of mystery - he had no National Insurance number, no family, and no marriage certficate to go with his wedding photographs. And it seems he had a mysterious woman visitor on the night of his death... then Max Jennings goes missing and is found dead.

Episode 1.3

Death of a Hollow Man

The body of Agnes Gray, a woman who loved only... More animals, is found in the river - but she did not drown. And then her cousin Esslyn Carmichael is tricked into killing himself on stage during an amateur production of the murder mystery Amadeus. Barnaby has to get to grips with clues which include adultery, dramatic ambition, stolen religious art, and large donations to animal charities, before unmasking a killer who proves to be mad.Meanwhile, love begins to blossom between Cully Barnaby and Nico Bentley, one of the cast of Amadeus...

Episode 1.4

Faithful Unto Death

A craft centre in the old mill at Morton Fendle... More is losing money. Several locals have invested in the business and believe they have been swindled by Alan Hollingsworth, the man behind it. When Hollingsworth's glamorous wife Simone goes missing, Barnaby believes she has been kidnapped and puts Hollingsworth under observation. However, Hollingsworth evades the police, carrying a bundle of cash, and a woman neighbour who follows him to his rendez-vous is killed in a bizarre road accident. Then Hollingsworth is found dead, and Simone turns up alive. Barnaby guesses she and a friend faked the kidnapping, but he can't prove it.

EPISODE 1.5

Death in Disguise

At a local New Age commune (fancifully called the Lodge... More of the Golden Windhorse) William Carter is found dead with a broken neck, lying at the bottom of a staircase. Barnaby and Troy have to decide whether the death was an accident or murder.

Midsomer Murders: Season 1 | Details

Rating
TV-14,
Genre
Drama
Country of origin
UK