Midsomer Murders

Series 1

5 episodes 25 seasons

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Midsomer Murders Season 1 released on March 23, 1997.

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S01E01 Aired March 23, 1997

The Killings at Badger's Drift

An elderly woman is found dead in her own cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not a simple accident.

S01E02 Aired March 22, 1998

Written in Blood

After a noted author speaks before a group of local Midsomer writers, the naked body of the event's host is found bludgeoned to death in his bedroom.

S01E03 Aired March 29, 1998

Death of a Hollow Man

DCI Barnaby donates time to the local amateur dramatic society when his wife Joyce is cast in a revival of "Amadeus," but complications arise when the leading man is murdered onstage.

S01E04 Aired April 22, 1998

Faithful unto Death

When the wife of a wealthy local businessman disappears, Barnaby finds that Fawcett Green harbors a complex web of financial and romantic entanglements.

S01E05 Aired May 06, 1998

Death in Disguise

DCI Barnaby needs all his wits about him as he investigates a string of deaths at a local New Age commune.