Midsomer Murders: Season 8

In the village of Fletcher's Cross, undertaker Patrick Pennyman is found dead in his own chapel of rest by his wife. Barnaby and Scott start looking into a controversial spiritualist church in the village. Villager Elizabeth Key tells her friend Joyce of her suspicions that the murdered undertaker had been stealing from the dead and that the spiritualist church had been using very non-spiritual methods to acquire information revealed in their services. When both Elizabeth and a local labourer ar

At the Midsomer Regatta, the beautiful day is interrupted when the dead chairman of the local rowing club, Guy Sweetman, is found in the water. Barnaby and Scott learn that Guy, who had a reputation as a ladies' man, had participated in secret meetings with several other members. The two detectives uncover a tapestry of lies, blackmail and jealousy, and a very well planned robbery.

When a local handyman finds a female classics teacher and a member of a group of orchid enthusiasts poisoned in her own home, DCI Barnaby finds himself heading back to Midsomer Malham, the day after he and Joyce had helped out during the village's annual garden show. It is discovered that the victim had a secret lover and had helped to smuggle a rare orchid, the Yellow Roth, out of Borneo. With suspects and motives abounding, the police find themselves dealing with grudges, jealousies and envy.

After a successful day at the races for the racehorse Bantling Boy, it is not long before one of the horse's owners is found murdered in the horses' stables. The victim, Bruce Hartley, had been in dispute with the other owners of Bantling Boy, having had a heated argument with them over an offer to buy the horse. Things get worse for the other owners when a series of further killings follow, before a darker motive is revealed and the detectives bring the culprit to justice.

John Ransom gets thrown out of the village pub in Midsomer Mere for fighting with his brother-in-law, and a short while later he is found dead on the green. It is discovered that John had been used as a guinea pig for scientific experiments by his brother Max, who suspected he had the ability of 'Second Sight'. Barnaby and Scott soon discover that another family possesses the same talent. They have to delve deeper to unravel many secrets in the village to find the truth.

Solicitor Nick Turner apparently commits suicide by walking off the roof of his home in Midsomer Magna, and his neighbour Jack Wilmot mysteriously disappears that same day. A series of unexplained events follow. Barnaby and Scott soon discover that a large amount of money has gone missing from the account of one of Nick's clients. Shortly afterwards, Nick's rival is murdered in an elaborate ritual using his own model of a medieval catapult, while his wife is forced to watch. Then Barnaby and Sco

The body of a visitor is found in the famous relish factory of Plummer & Son in the village of Little Upton. When the detectives begin investigating the Plummer family and its staff, it turns out that the victim, Dexter Lockwood, was known to the family and had been on a guided tour of the factory the day before his body was found. It is not long before legal documents, family resentments, and mysterious sightings add to the complexity of the case.

Retired music teacher Arthur Leggott is murdered after disturbing an intruder at his home in Badger's Drift. It is discovered that a musical manuscript by the late composer Joan Alder has since gone missing before being sent to auction. When the manuscript shows signs that it has been written by another hand, a handwritten letter by Joan Alder turns up indicating the manuscript is a forgery. Where the manuscript goes more murders follow. Last appearance of DS Dan Scott

When retired music teacher Arthur Leggott is battered to death with a torch, Barnaby and Scott investigate a web of family feuds and long lost love affairs to discover the truth.