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| 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–) Michele Buck (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 | |
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| Soundtrack album by Jim Parker | |
| Released | 1998 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 65:15 |
| Label | Oceandeep Soundtracks Ltd |
| The Best of Midsomer Murders | |
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| Soundtrack album by Jim Parker | |
| Released | 16 September 2002 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 63:05 |
| Label | Universal Classics |
| The Music of Midsomer Murders | |
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| 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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