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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders
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Genre Crime drama, mystery fiction
Based on Chief Inspector Barnaby
by Caroline Graham
Directed by Luke Watson
Andy Hay
Renny Rye
Nick Laughland
Simon Langton
Alex Pillai
Peter Smith
Sarah Hellings
Jeremy Silberston
Richard Holthouse
Starring John Nettles
Daniel Casey
Barry Jackson
Jane Wymark
Laura Howard
Toby Jones
John Hopkins
Jason Hughes
Kirsty Dillon
Neil Dudgeon
Fiona Dolman
Tamzin Malleson
Gwilym Lee
Manjinder Virk
Nick Hendrix
Composer(s) Jim Parker
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 19
No. of episodes 114 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Brian True-May (1–89)
Jo Wright (90–115)
Jonathan Fisher (116–)
Producer(s) Betty Willingale
Cinematography Colin Munn
Graham Frake
Editor(s) Derek Bain
Running time 89–102 minutes
Production company(s) Bentley Productions
Distributor All3Media
Release
Original network ITV
Picture format 16 mm film:
576i 4:3 (SDTV)
(1997–2004)
Super 16 mm film:
576i 16:9 (SDTV)
(2004–09)
High Definition Digital:
1080i 16:9 (HDTV)
(2009–present)
Audio format Stereo
(1997–2004)
Dolby Digital 5.1
(2004–present)
Original release 23 March 1997 – present
External links
Website
Midsomer Murders
Soundtrack album by Jim Parker
Released 1998
Genre Soundtrack
Length 65:15
Label Oceandeep Soundtracks Ltd
The Best of Midsomer Murders
Soundtrack album by Jim Parker
Released 16 September 2002
Genre Soundtrack
Length 63:05
Label Universal Classics
The Music of Midsomer Murders
Soundtrack album by Jim Parker
Released 2006
Genre Soundtrack
Length 43:39
Label Bentley Productions Ltd

Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on Caroline Graham's Chief Inspector Barnaby book series, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The current lead character is DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon), who works for Causton CID. Dudgeon's character is the younger cousin of former lead character DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles). Dudgeon first appeared as randy gardener Daniel Bolt in the Series 4 episode "Garden of Death". Dudgeon permanently joined the show in 2011 following Nettles' departure.

The stories are set in modern-day England and revolve around Tom Barnaby's (later, John Barnaby's) efforts to solve numerous murders that take place in the idyllic, picturesque but deadly villages of the fictional county of Midsomer. The Barnabys have worked with several different sergeants throughout the run of the show: Sgt Gavin Troy (Daniel Casey), Sgt Dan Scott (John Hopkins), Sgt Ben Jones (Jason Hughes), Sgt Charlie Nelson (Gwilym Lee) and currently Sgt Jamie Winter (Nick Hendrix).

Filming of Midsomer Murders began in Autumn 1996, with the first episode ("The Killings at Badger's Drift") broadcast in the United Kingdom on 23 March 1997. The feature-length drama attracts many well known accomplished actors from the stage and screen in guest-starring roles.

Anthony Horowitz and the original producers, Betty Willingale and Brian True-May, created the series. Horowitz adapted the majority of the early episodes from the original works by Caroline Graham. Current writers include Paul Logue, Chris Murray, Lisa Holdsworth, Rachel Cuperman and Sally Griffiths. Actor John Nettles retired at the end of 2010, after the 13th series of eight episodes; his last episode was "Fit for Murder". Neil Dudgeon replaced him in the 14th series, playing Tom Barnaby's cousin, DCI John Barnaby, who is first seen in the episode "The Sword of Guillaume".


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