Midsomer Murders: Season 5

A car belonging to wealthy stockbroker Selwyn Proctor (Rupert Vansittart) is set ablaze and he narrowly escapes with his life. Meanwhile a local ladies' investment group meets under the guise of a reading club. Group leader Marjorie Empson (Barbara Leigh-Hunt) is found bludgeoned to death with her own walking stick in her house. The detectives quickly suspect that a stock market connection, possibly involving insider information, may link the two events. More killings follow, involving members o

When Susan Bartlett is found murdered in Setwale Wood in Midsomer Worthy, DCI Barnaby and DS Troy discover the wood is the centre of a court case over a proposed redevelopment involving neighbouring farmers Simon Bartlett and James Harrington. Barnaby and Troy now suspect murder when two children tell them they found the body the previous afternoon. But as they investigate this case, they soon uncover a web full of witchcraft, potions and hidden secrets. When James Harrington is also found murde

The bell-ringers of Midsomer Wellow celebrate their win of £30,000 on a horse race and are hopeful of winning the annual striking competition. When a grudge from the past later starts to resurface, an unknown killer soon begins to target the bell-ringers, one by one. Greg Tutt is found shot through the heart in the belfry, the next victim is the bride (Lyndsey Marshal) at her wedding, and the third bell ringer is found drowned in a creek. Barnaby and Troy realise they need to step back in time t

Daniel Talbot, a student at Devington School, dies after being attacked and stabbed during the annual St. Malley's Day race. DCI Barnaby and DS Troy discover that Daniel was unhappy with his membership of the school's elite Pudding Club, founded by his grandfather, and had planned to run away from both the school and his family. An early suspect is the son of the local publican, but he is cleared of involvement when a further murder is committed while he is in custody. Dudley Carew, an eccentric