List of Midsomer Murders episodes


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.
From the pilot episode in 1997 until 2 February 2011, the lead character, DCI Tom Barnaby, was portrayed by John Nettles, OBE. Barnaby's partner, DS Gavin Troy, portrayed by Daniel Casey, also made his debut in the pilot.
In February of 2009, it was announced that Nettles had decided to leave Midsomer Murders after two further series were to be made. By his final appearance in Season 13 on 2 February 2011 in "Fit for Murder", Nettles had appeared in 81 episodes.
The last regular appearance of DS Gavin Troy was on 2 November 2003, Series 7, episode, "The Green Man".
As of 2020, the current lead character is DCI John Barnaby, who permanently joined the show following John Nettles' 2011 departure. DCI John Barnaby works for Causton CID and is the younger cousin of former lead character DCI Tom Barnaby . Dudgeon first appeared as the randy gardener, Daniel Bolt, in the Series 4 episode, "Garden of Death".
After DS Troy moved on in Series 7, there have been partners of varying ranks working alongside, or with, DCI Tom Barnaby followed by DCI John Barnaby.
As of 04 February 2020, 124 episodes have aired over 20 series. Episodes 1 to 100 were originally released on DVD as 25 "sets," which are now discontinued, and have been re-released as "series" 1 to 16 in redesigned packages.
Series 21 was announced on 19 May 2018. It started airing on 21 January 2020.

Series overview


Episodes

Pilot (1997)

Series 1 (1998)

Series 2 (1999)

Series 3 (1999–00)

Series 4 (2000–01)

Series 5 (2002)

Series 6 (2003)

Series 7 (2003–04)

Series 8 (2004–05)

Series 9 (2005–06)

Series 10 (2006–08)

Series 11 (2008–10)

Series 12 (2009–10)

Series 13 (2010–11)

Series 14 (2011–12)

Series 15 (2012–13)

Series 16 (2013–14)

Series 17 (2015)

Series 18 (2016)

Series 19 (2016–18)

Series 20 (2019–20)

Series 21 (2020)

On 19 May 2018, Nick Hendrix confirmed that series 21 would begin filming in 2019. Series 21 began on 21 January 2020.