Season 8
🎬 9 Episodes 📅 2004 ⏱ 90 min
When a respected member of the Midsomer community is found dead under suspicious circumstances, a veteran detective and his young partner must navigate the tangled web of rural secrets and buried resentments. As they methodically separate truth from deception, the investigation reveals that the victim's seemingly ordinary life concealed complex betrayals and dark family histories. Midsomer Murders peels back the veneer of respectability to expose the violent passions simmering beneath the surface of a peaceful English village.
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📊 Season Stats
9
Episodes
2004
Year
90
min / ep
13.5
Watch Hours
8/25
Season No.
⭐ 8.8
Best Episode
Ep. 3 · Ghosts of Christmas Pa…
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🎬 Episodes 9 episodes
1
⭐ 7.0
Things That Go Bump in the Night
DCI Tom Barnaby and Sergeant Dan Scott investigate a link between a murder spree and a spiritualist church.
🎬 Peter Smith ✍️ Peter J. Hammond
2
⭐ 6.9
Dead in the Water
The Midsomer Regatta is halted by the discovery of the body of the chairman of the Midsomer Rowing Club floating at the finishing line.
🎬 Renny Rye ✍️ Douglas Watkinson
3
⭐ 8.8
Ghosts of Christmas Past
An elderly woman is found dead in her cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not down to natural causes.
🎬 Renny Rye ✍️ David Hoskins
4
⭐ 8.3
Orchis Fatalis
When a rare orchid is smuggled illegally into Midsomer Malham it releases the heady scents of passion, jealousy and death.
🎬 Peter Smith ✍️ Terry Hodgkinson
5
⭐ 8.1
Bantling Boy
DCI Tom Barnaby and Sgt Dan Scott investigate the murders of a horse-racing syndicate.
🎬 Sarah Hellings ✍️ Steve Trafford
6
⭐ 7.1
Second Sight
John Ransom is found murdered with suspicious burn marks to his head. The investigation leads to two feuding families - one with the ability of second sight.
🎬 Richard Holthouse ✍️ Tony Etchells
7
⭐ 8.4
Hidden Depths
When local solicitor Nick Turner falls to his death from his house roof, it is not clear whether it was murder or suicide.
🎬 Sarah Hellings ✍️ David Hoskins
8
⭐ 8.0
Sauce for the Goose
Barnaby and Scott investigate when the dead body of rival employee, Dexter Lockwood, is found in the Plummer family's factory steriliser.
🎬 Renny Rye ✍️ Andrew Payne
9
⭐ 7.9
Midsomer Rhapsody
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.
🎬 Richard Holthouse ✍️ Richard Cameron