Note: the blood-red drips behind the letters of the title have returned, after having been changed to multi-color for two series. No. At the Fox and Goose, Leonard Pike goes to take a bath. Someone comes up to the door with a knife. Leonard gets in the bath, humming to himself. ...He is surprised by the knife...

A young couple approaches her and overhears a man in the office discussing this house, which he, in fact, is selling. The agent's story to him is that there are no offers. The couple, very disappointed in other places they have viewed, would love to see this place. She won't let them. Eventually they find it themselves. And wind up dead. There is a fierce rivalry between traditional and digital photographers in the village of Luxton Deeping. When the photographic society's committee decides not to accept digital images at the annual photographic exhibition, matters take an ugly turn and there is a confrontation. The following day, photographer Lionel Bell is found murdered in woodland, strangled with the cord of his light meter. As the detectives begin to investigate, evidence seems to implicate Barnaby in the murder and he is taken off the case. He is replaced by DI Martin Spellman, a colleague disliked by Tom, who appears more interested in his upcoming wedding than the case. When another photographer is murdered, Barnaby continues his investigation unofficially to discover who is framing him and bring the guilty party to justice. At home, Barnaby reads files. Cully says, "Dad you haven't eaten any of it! Eggs, bacon, sausage, fried bread. All your favourites. It's all cold now. (She throws them in the trash) So, what is it this time?" Barnaby shows her the paper. "It's a South American girl. Actress or a model, by the look of it. There she is. Strangled in Raven's Wood." "But that was nine years ago" Cully says, "So why has he started again?" Barnaby replies, "Why did he stop?" The phone rings. Troy has an ID on the girl. Barnaby puts on his coat to leave. Cully suggests that they go out to dinner that night. Barnaby agrees. Golddigger, 15, pretended to fall in love with man, 35, she met online before stabbing him in the head when he didn't buy her the gifts she wanted Leonard Pike shows up and asks what is going on. Gloria tells him about the woman who's been strangled- "the South American lady in Room 15." Leonard asks if Gloria has taken the papers up yet. He doesn't want his mother upset. Barnaby and Troy interview Leonard. He says that one of the girls who was killed had worked there, Joan Chaplin. She was close to his mother. That's why he doesn't want his mother to know anything about any of this. He says his mother is ill- dying of cancer. Leonard says Carla made two telephone calls that Wednesday. Barnaby recognizes one of the numbers as Kate Merrill's.

DAISY GOODWIN: Why I believe a good funeral can be just as memorable and life-affirming as a wedding (and to deny your family one is selfish), as more than half of us say a formal send-off is a waste of money The Milton Estate is the principal landowner for much of Milton Cross, with many people and businesses dependent on Edward Milton for their jobs and income. One of those businesses is the Woodley & Woodley tailor shop. When Sonia Woodley is found murdered in the churchyard two years after the death of her abusive husband Gerald, a set of tailor's shears are identified as the murder weapon. Barnaby and Jones discover that Sonia had passed a letter to the vicar a few days before, but the handwriting is not hers. When the vicar is also murdered shortly afterwards, the police need to uncover who wrote the letter to solve the mystery. The villagers of Midsomer Barton are celebrating the annual Oak Apple Week when the body of a woman is found in a stream. The return of the festival queen event, after a hiatus of eight years, seems to be a link to a series of murders. Barnaby and Jones investigate and find some familiar faces from the past. A body lying, uncovered, in the woods for a week would show signs of decomposition. The body shown was in remarkably good condition. 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.

Barnaby arrives home. "Joyce?" he calls. Cully says, "Hi, Dad. We've just carried her luggage upstairs. She's probably catching her breath." Barnaby says, "What did you say just now?" He runs off. Gerald Hadleigh ( Robert Swann), chairman of the Midsomer Worthy Writers Circle, is deeply troubled when the group decides to invite writer Max Jennings ( John Shrapnel) to their next meeting. The morning after Jennings's visit, Hadleigh's housekeeper finds him bludgeoned to death in his home. Barnaby and Troy discover Hadleigh was somewhat of an enigma since a witness observed an unknown woman enter his house the night before his murder. The police detectives now find themselves scrutinizing all the writers and unearth many secrets before Max himself is found dead from poisoning. Anna Massey, Joanna David, and Una Stubbs also appear. 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 internationally. With the help of an old friend, they set out to catch the culprit before another victim is found. Barnaby and Jones attend the Midsomer Abbas spring fair, a celebration of the village’s friendship with Midsomer Herne. After sampling the local cider, Barnaby becomes unwell, and moments later the body of Peter Slim is discovered inside the cider vat. Peter had been a tax inspector searching for illicit alcohol. The investigation reveals two very insular communities wedded to ancient traditions and suspicious of outsiders. When the bloodied fingerprints of the local cider mill owner are found on a wooden staff linked to the murder, the case seems solved. But Barnaby has his doubts. Meanwhile, the local vicar, the Reverend Conrad Walker, is appalled at plans to revive an ancient fertility rite known as 'The Stag,' and soon afterwards is himself murdered. Upon discovering that a local girl had been married to Peter Slim, the detectives realise that the motive for the killings is far darker than they had imagined. Apley Court, in the village of Granville Norton, is home to historic beehives that produce a well top-of-the-range ‘Apley Gold’ honey. Master beekeeper Ambrose Deddington attributes his survival from a life-threatening cancer to a combination of Apley Gold and bee venom. When he is injured trying to prevent the theft of his beloved bees, Barnaby and Winter investigate. Later the local doctor, Serena Lowe, is found murdered, and stung to death. Barnaby and Winter discover that a previous event is the key to the case.Bed-ridden British mother, 39, battling long Covid 'death sentence' wants to end her life in Switzerland after almost two years of suffering that has left her in constant agony and unable to care for her four children When the body of Charlie Finleyson is found in woodland in Midsomer Sonning, Barnaby and Jones begin to scrutinize the employees at the offices of Midsomer Life magazine. It is discovered that Mr. Finleyson was married to Christine Sandys, ex-wife of Guy Sandys, the wealthy owner of the magazine. The detectives also become aware of a dispute between Guy and the owner of the Morecroft Hotel, where Christine's brother works, with tensions starting to rise between the locals and visitors from London. Shortly after being questioned, Guy is murdered in his office. Barnaby and Jones find out what led to the murder when Morecroft's alcoholic receptionist is killed in the laundry room and uncover the village's secrets from the past to catch the killer. Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama [1] that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on Caroline Graham's Chief Inspector Barnaby book series, originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. 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.