Midsomer Murders: Season 25

Tensions run high in the village of Goldworthy when two rival mudlarking groups turn up at the same spot in their search for antique treasures by the river bank. The situation escalates when one member of each group, Jonathan Hoxham and Cole Densmore, have an altercation over a newly-discovered ampulla. The following morning, Jonathan is found dead, near the jetty by the river, the victim of a supposedly accidental drowning. It quickly becomes clear, however, that Jonathan was lured to his death

Wilfred Worrell, groundsman and referee for the Midsomer Deverell Lawn Bowling Club, is found murdered, shortly after a friendly competition draws to a close on the bowling green. Barnaby and Winter discover that besides his club duties, Wilf was also a local antiques dealer in the village, and Dr Ruth Gillan informs Barnaby that the friendly match had turned into a full-blown argument the day before, when Ollie Peterson accused Wilf of wrongly appointing the win to veteran bowls champion Archie

On the night following his engagement party, Brad Furbank is murdered at Godley Manor – pecked to death by a booby-trapped cuckoo clock. His fiancée, Francesca Bruce, was celebrating with friends following the party, and informs DCI Barnaby that Brad was living at the village pub and made his living trading bitcoin. Barnaby is also made aware that Frankie's father, Sir Alan, had introduced his supposed half-brother, Noah Conoboy, to his family at the engagement party. The cuckoo clock was a gift

Estelle Hallis, head teacher at Causton Grammar School, is killed on camera during a PTA meeting. It appears, that just moments before she was killed, a full-blown argument had occurred, between Estelle herself, and the PTA chairwoman, Moira Mayhew. A fundraiser featuring Moiras brother, Piers Mayhew, had been cancelled. The topic of the disagreement was related to the school event being cancelled. A javelin is then identified as the murder weapon and DCI Barnaby and DS Winter initiates a conver