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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. From the pilot episode on 23 March 1997 until 2 February 2011 the lead character, DCI Tom Barnaby, was portrayed by John Nettles.
Sykes (series 14–18) joined the cast in 2011 as John Barnaby's family dog. A Jack Russell terrier rescue dog, Sykes appeared in every episode for five years, providing warm companionship to his humans and occasional comic relief. When his real-life owners put him into retirement, series 19 opened with a scene of the Barnabys paying respect at ...
Filming of Midsomer Murders began in the autumn of 1996, and the first episode, "The Killings at Badger's Drift", was broadcast in the United Kingdom on 23 March 1997. This inaugural episode was the highest-rated single drama programme of 1997, watched by 13.5 million viewers. [ 2 ]
The Midsomer Wellow bell-ringing band is stalked by an elusive serial killer on the eve of a major tournament. A cute new member distracts some of the bell ringers of Midsomer Wellow from concentrating on the upcoming striking competition, but they still manage to place a group bet on a horse called Ring-A-Ding, which wins them 30,000 pounds.
Another Barnaby sidekick, Jason Hughes joined the show in 2005 and left in 2013 due to its strict demands. The actors are required to film Midsomer Murders for ten months a year, and Hughes ...
Dudgeon, also cast as a senior detective, took over as the lead character in Midsomer Murders after the last episodes featuring John Nettles were screened in 2011. Dudgeon's character name is DCI John Barnaby, which has been suggested may be a vehicle for continued sales to territories where the show is known as "Inspector Barnaby". [ 3 ]
The Killings of Copenhagen is the 100th episode of the British TV series Midsomer Murders. [1] The episode is also the first where a murder takes place outside the United Kingdom, and only the second outside the fictitious county of Midsomer (the first being in Brighton, East Sussex in the 75th episode). It was filmed and produced in late ...
"Dead in the Water" is the second episode of the eighth season of British television show Midsomer Murders and the thirty seventh episode overall. It stars John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and John Hopkins as Detective Sergeant Dan Scott. The boating scenes were filmed in Henley, Oxfordshire.