Su protagonista, hasta el año 2011, era el inspector jefe Tom Barnaby (John Nettles), que trabajaba para Caustron CID; más tarde, fue reemplazado por el actor Neil Dudgeon, que interpreta a un primo menor de Tom, John Barnaby. En cada episodio, Barnaby investiga uno de los numerosos asesinatos que ocurren en el condado ficticio de Midsomer, acompañado por un sargento, que fue cambiando durante la historia del programa: Gavin Troy (Daniel Casey), Dan Scott (John Hopkins) y Ben Jones (Jason Hughes).
Market for Murder 7.8
Fecha de emisión: 2002-06-16
Duración: 98 min
Sinopsis: A ladies reading group in Midsomer Market starts losing members to murder.
A Worm in the Bud 6.9
Fecha de emisión: 2002-06-23
Duración: 90 min
Sinopsis: A suspicious suicide note has Barnaby wondering if foul play was involved in a young woman's death.
Ring Out Your Dead 6.6
Fecha de emisión: 2002-09-15
Duración: 90 min
Sinopsis: In the village of Midsomer Wellow, someone is killing off the bellringers of the parish church, in the week before a big bell-ringing competition. One young woman on the team is even shot dead in the churchyard on her wedding day. Before he can crack the case, Barnaby has to understand the significance of an old killing in the same village in the year 1860, when the Midsomer Wellow Vicar of the day, the Reverend Jonathan Ebbrell, was murdered and thrown down a well by the bellringers of his church. So where are the Ebbrells now?
Murder on St Malley's Day 7.3
Fecha de emisión: 2002-09-22
Duración: 90 min
Sinopsis: Members of an elite student club close ranks after a murder at the Devington School.
