Midsomer Murders: Season 20

Adam Asoba is found murdered, having been boiled to death in one of the vats at the newly opened brewery of the famously cursed abbey in Midsomer. Dr Fleur Perkins, a new pathologist, tells Barnaby and Winter that Adam Asoba was living under a false name, and that he actually died three years earlier, under the name Adam Dumont. Adam's widower, Kwame Asante, turns up at Adam's house admitting the truth. It seems that he and Adam had big debts, and the only solution for them was for Adam to fake

The body of Mahesh Sidana, butterfly collector and founding member of an elite IQ society, is found pinned to a wall in a manner akin to his treasured butterfly specimens. This is the first of a series of strange murders that evoke trapped insects. DCI Barnaby and DS Winter are thrust into a crime that impacts not only their community, but also internationally. With the help of an old friend, they set out to catch the culprit before another victim is found. Note: To mark the 20th anniversary ser

After receiving a head injury from a horse kick, Francesca Lounds falls into a coma for two years. As she awakens, she is murdered when someone unplugs her life-support respirator and a rolled-up comic book is inserted into her throat. Her son, Barrett Lounds, is later found murdered when someone pulls him onto a large and sharpened paper cutter, slitting his throat in the process. During these murders, the village of Carver Valley is hosting a comic book festival, and it appears that someone ha

Mark Adler is found dead in a cryogenic treatment chamber, where the temperature was set to –150 degrees C, freezing him to death. He had bought and professionalised a local rugby club in Midsomer, the Causton Lions, but it seems that is not the only reason others bore grudges against Mark. Then the talented baker and chocolatier at the shop owned by Mark's wife Samantha, Dominic Braun, is found dead in the kitchen, drowned in chocolate. Now, it is up to Barnaby and Winter to find the real conne

Laurel Newman is found murdered on the night of her wedding to Gavin Webster, son of Sarah Barnaby's old friend Hazel.A talk radio host, Laurel had been receiving online harassment as well as packages containing dead animals, which Gavin accuses the police of not taking seriously. Serena Madison, who Gavin previously jilted, had to provide Laurel's wedding dress from her design and vintage business because their wedding package was won in a magazine competition. When Serena is murdered while mod

Terry Bellini, a circus performer, had told his partner Les Morrison that he was about to leave the town, with his wife and daughter, as he had been offered a role at another circus. Soon afterwards, Terry is shot dead while performing. Later, Ashley Denton, a volunteer for a sword show, is killed because the prop swords used in the trick act had been tampered with. Curtis Ferabbee, brother of the circus ringmaster Joe Ferabbee, wants to get rid of the circus, but when he is found murdered at hi