Midsomer Murders: Season 19

The village of Little Auburn, which had been requisitioned by the army in World War II and afterwards abandoned, is to be reopened. There are competing visions among the villagers for its future. Finn Thornberry, who had envisioned an eco-friendly village, is found crushed to death by a tank. DCI Barnaby and new DS Jamie Winter investigate and find suspects among the factions of rival bidders. When Roderick Craven, the head of the judging panel that will decide Little Auburn's redevelopment, and

The Bleakridge Watch is a vigilante group established by Ingrid Lockston after her brother was killed in an unsolved hit and run incident. The police investigate when Watch member Angus Colton is found dead in his butcher shop while looking into a series of burglaries. The Watch does not have everyone's support, with a notable opponent being pub landlord Mitch McAllister, who becomes a prime suspect when another member of the group is killed. Barnaby and Winter suspect that both murders are conn

Lower Pampling sees a cricket tournament with a new format that controversially breaks with tradition. When star cricketer Leo Henderson is murdered in the club's training shed, DCI Barnaby and DS Winter eventually find out that this case is about gambling, bribery, burglary, and the disappearance of a local woman. Winter finds it suspicious when the man who found the body, Jack Morris, keeps showing up before him and Barnaby as they investigate. Barnaby is surprised when he sees Morris for the

When the annual summer pet show comes to the village of Bellville, it is rocked by the murder of a local estate agent, Seb Huntington. He is discovered in the marquee, surrounded by live rabbits. DCI Barnaby and DS Winter explore whether the motive was animal-rights activism, theft of one of the prize-winning pets, or something more sinister, to catch the culprit.

Shortly after a young woman takes a walk into woodland dressed in period attire from a Jane Austen event in the village, her body is found stabbed with a quill. It is discovered that she was a journalist curious about the village's new trial healthcare drone delivery programme. Barnaby and Winter find themselves with many suspects and motives and work out that the answer lies in the past.

At the end of the Thassington classical music festival in the village church, the winner of the Falconer Award is announced as Jacob Wheeler. There are many shocked and disappointed musicians and audience members, who feel that pianist Zak Sowande should have won. When Jacob is found strangled with a violin string and the treasured Stradivarius violin on loan to him disappears, Barnaby and Winter must delve into rivalries, disappointments, and hidden identities. Last appearance of Dr Kam Karimor