Episode Guide - Series Eight 2004/2005
Things that Go Bump in the Night
UK Broadcast Date: 10 Oct 04
Barnaby's suspicions centre on a local spiritualist group,
headed by medium Rosetta Price, when a series of grisly
murders rocks the village of Fletcher's Cross, starting
with that of undertaker Patrick Pennyman. When Joyce's friend
Elizabeth Key also dies, Barnaby & Scott suspect a link
between the funeral parlour and the spiritualists.
Filming Locations
Chesham, Buckinghamshire
Dorchester-On-Thames, Oxfordshire
Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
Nether Winchendon, Buckinghamshire
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Dead in the Water
UK Broadcast Date: 17 Oct 04
A body is found in the River Thames during the annual
Midsomer Regatta: ladies' man Guy Sweetman appears to have
been killed after arguing with his friends Philip Trent
and John Parkway from the rowing club. When Barnaby &
Scott dig into the luxury lifestyles of the members, they
discover a tangled network of money problems and sexual
jealousy. Then the dead man's girlfriend is attacked in
her own home.
Filming Locations
Aston, Berkshire
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Dorchester-On-Thames, Oxfordshire
Frieth, Buckinghamshire
Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Moulsford, Oxfordshire
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Ghosts of Christmas Past
UK Broadcast Date: 25 Dec 04
The Barnabys entertain Joyce's family for Christmas, and
he is almost anxious for Sgt Scott to call him out as a
diversion. Meanwhile, at the run-down historic home of the
Villiers, the family gather for their Christmas, some 9
years after the suicide of one of their members, Ferdy Villiers.
The atmosphere becomes more and more tense, as the family
tries to keep its dark secrets hidden. When elderly aunt
Lydia Villiers dies after a fall, the apparent accident
is discovered to have been murder, and Barnaby & Scott
are called in to investigate. Despite their warnings to
the other family members to be on their guard, another soon
dies in an apparent accident.
Filming Locations
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Denham, Buckinghamshire
Harpsden, Oxfordshire
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Orchis Fatalis
UK Broadcast Date: 9 Jan 05
Midsomer Malham has a significant orchid growing community,
including a retired teacher, Madeline Villiers, who goes
on distant collecting trips, who is found murdered at her
home. Barnaby discovers her notebook, written in Latin,
which records all the illegal sales of her collected specimens,
including one, nicknamed the Yellow Roth, to a local of
an extreme rarity for £125,000, as well as some imaginative
details of sexual exploits. Then a series of other people
who have owned the orchid are also murdered. Suspects include
local handyman and ex-con Harry Rose, who seems to be involved
with many of the people of the village, and Jimmy Fong,
Madeline Villiers collecting associate, who is a wanted
man in several countries for smuggling that contravenes,
CITES regulations.
Filming Locations
Chenies, Buckinghamshire
Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
Stoke Talmage, Oxfordshire
Watlington, Oxfordshire
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Bantling Boy
UK Broadcast Date: 16 Jan 05
A successful racehorse, Bantling Boy, has been left to
a syndicate of four people in the will of its owner, Hartley
of Bantling Hall: his son Bruce Hartley, his doctor John
Osgood, his nurse Joanna Craxton, and his former gardener
Trevor Machin. When local businessman Sam Tate offers them
£500,000 for the horse, Bruce Hartley stops them selling
it; later that night he is found dead. Then, one-by-one,
the others die in almost identical attacks, and the horse
sickens. Barnaby dismisses the idea that it is groom Jake
Foley, even though he has been accused of horse-doping in
the past, and concentrates his enquiries on the inhabitants
of Bantling Hall.
Filming Locations
Dorney, Berkshire
Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire
Littlewick Green, Berkshire
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Second Sight
UK Broadcast Date: 23 Jan 05
John Ransom is found dead in Midsomer Mere, his head covered
in scorch marks. Barnaby and Scott find that the villagers
seem to have the ability to predict future events. Was Ransom's
death the result of his brother Max's research into second
sight. or was it caused in a pub brawl with his brother-in-law
Ben Kirby over plans for a baptism, or was he a casualty
of some strange psychical experiment? In the battle between
faith and science, even Barnaby thinks he has seen one of
the villagers somewhere before, and he has to delve deep
into the village's history in his investigations.
Filming Locations
Ipsden, Oxfordshire
Littlewick Green, Berkshire
Penn Street, Buckinghamshire
Warborough, Oxfordshire
Worminghall, Oxfordshire
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Hidden Depths
UK Broadcast Date: 13 Mar 05
When a local solicitor falls to his death from his house
roof, it is not clear whether it was murder or suicide.
His death is followed by the bizarre death of a neighbour,
Otto Benham, known for his involvement in various scams.
Barnaby discovers some faked vintage wine labels in Benham's
safe, and begins to suspect that an elaborate fraud underlies
the two killings, which are soon followed by another bizarre
murder.
Filming Locations
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Great Haseley, Oxfordshire
Little Haseley, Oxforshire
Little Milton, Oxfordshire
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Sauce for the Goose
UK Broadcast Date: 3 Apr 05
A visitor on a tour of the famous Plummer's relish factory
disappears, and his naked body is discovered dumped in a
vat, having been crushed to death. It is realised that he
was an executive with the rival company Fieldway Foods.
Barnaby & Scott's investigations concentrate on the
Plummer family, and which of them might want to sell out
to their rival.
Filming Locations
Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
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Midsomer Rhapsody
UK Broadcast Date: 2 Oct 05
Joan Alder, the local composer of a very successful piece
of music, 'Midsomer Rhapsody', died twenty years ago, leaving
bitterness among her family. Barnaby and his wife know her
mother, Peggy Alder, who is about to remarry. A local man
is murdered, and Barnaby realises that he was her music
teacher. Then a valuable manuscript shows up among the murdered
man's effects, that appears to be an early draft of the
work as a collaboration by two hands, but Barnaby suspects
it is a forgery, by someone who hopes to gain a share in
the continuing royalties. Then Joan's long-lost daughter,
Sarah Douglas, appears, followed by the revelation that
her boyfriend, who was thought to be dead, is living close
by. As the number of people with an interest in Joan Alder's
work increases, the number of those interested in her work
decreases as further murders occur.
Filming Locations
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Great Haseley, Buckinghamshire
Islip, Oxfordshire
Little Haseley, Oxfordshire
Swallowfield, Berkshire
Watlington, Oxfordshire
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