"Midsomer Murders" (1997) TV series 1997-????

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

Release Date:

28 June 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

The deadliest county in England.

Plot:

A veteran DCI and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer.

Plot Keywords:

Sergeant | England | Murder | Police | Rural

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Nettles	...	DCI Tom Barnaby / ... (66 episodes, 1997-2008)
Jane Wymark	...	Joyce Barnaby (66 episodes, 1997-2008)
Barry Jackson	...	Dr Bullard / ... (57 episodes, 1997-2008)
Laura Howard	...	Cully Barnaby (41 episodes, 1997-2008)
Daniel Casey	...	Sergeant Gavin Troy / ... (30 episodes, 1997-2008)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | Iceland:12 (some epiosodes) | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Bentley Productions

Trivia:

Filming for an episode "The Blood Point" was abandoned after a few preliminary pickup-up shots had been filmed because of unintentional close similarities between the plot and a real-life event.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters (2003) (V)

Understated, witty and intelligent

This shows tongue is so far into its cheek it's a wonder there's not been a serious rupture!

From the outset back in 1997 there has never been a moment that we were meant to take too seriously - but we do! Every time a new feature length episode is announced we sit, gripped, for 2hrs stifling chuckles not because it's "so bad it's good" but because it's "so good it's wicked!".

It has inspired letters to The Times newspaper ("Joyce Barnaby - Britain's most elusive serial killer?") and made those of us that live in chocolate box villages feel like locking our back doors at night (just in case).

"Midsomer Murders" is a gleeful repost to the plethora of "gritty" and "realistic" crime shows. Long may the death toll rise....