About this Project
This website is an unofficial, historian-curated archive exploring England’s cultural memory, nostalgia and atmosphere in Midsomer Murders. On this topic, I’ve published an essay which is freely available. Lo and behold, it has the same title as this page: ‘Quintessentially English! The atmosphere in Midsomer Murders‘. I’ll be putting out some more focused articles in 2026.
But that’s not all: take a look at the only complete historical chronology of Midsomer County (sorted by year or by episode) and some articles on English history and context within the TV series.
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English History in Midsomer Murders
Stage Adaptation: The Killings at Badger’s Drift
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Essay: Quintessentially English! The Atmosphere of Midsomer Murders
About Me
My name is Petra Tabarelli. I’m a playwright and cultural historian specialising in the ‘Long Regency’/Romantic Period (c.1800-1837), and its echoes into the present (atmosphere, cultural memory, nostalgia). My work explores how history is felt, staged and remembered with a particular focus on the cultural memory of England in the world of Midsomer Murders.
Affiliations
- Member of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB)
- Member of the Midsomer Murders Society
- Head of the Municipal Archive, Bingen on the Rhine
- Appointed member of the German Academy of Football Culture
Open for Conversation
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