by Petra Tabarelli Also available for download as a PDF file here. Estimated time to read: 30-35 minutes This text is basically like an essay, but it doesn’t have to fit into any particular genre. Instead, it’s the thoughtful musings of a cultural historian who’s well-versed in England’s Romantic imagery of the rural idyll, and…
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Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger‘s Drift – Collection of Reviews
This is a collection of reviews of Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift – UK & Ireland tour 2025/2026, the stage adaptation of Caroline Graham’s first Inspector Barnaby novel. You can choose between an alphabetical list and a list sorted by location. Looking for a specific venue? -> Richmond-upon-Thames • Malvern • Chester •…
Midsomer and the Battle of the Somme
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S11E01: Shot at Dawn) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • The episode begins with a black and white picture. “France, July 1916.” is superimposed. It is 1 July 1916 – the first day of the Battle of the Somme. We see soldiers marching forward. Landmines explode,…
The Fisher King in Midsomer County
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S07E03: The Fisher King and a bit of S03E03: Judgement Day) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Near to the village Midsomer Priors, on the site of today’s Midsomer Barrow, in Celtic times, during the Iron Age, 3000 years ago, there was a local chieftain: the…
The History of Midsomer Murders’ County
This chronology lists all events mentioned in Midsomer Murders from Midsomer’s history in chronological order.
All Midsomer’s History by Series
This chronology lists all events in Midsomer’s history mentioned in Midsomer Murders, sorted by season and episode.
Real-life relatives among Midsomer Murders actors
Do you feel the same way? You watch Midsomer Murders and suddenly think: I know that face – but where from? What many fans don’t realise is just how many actors in Midsomer Murders are actually related in real life – siblings, parents and children, even couples. Here we go. Note: This table is still…
Not Dead But Sleepeth
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S13E04: The Silent Land) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Joyce and Cully Barnaby attend a concert by a tenor singer and a pianist. While Joyce listens with enthusiasm and devotion to Ben John’s rendition of “Drink to me only with thine eyes”, Cully is visibly…
Ghost Villages in World War 2
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S19E01: The Village That Rose From the Dead) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • A curtain opens to reveal a room with nine people. All of them are dressed in 1940s style. Almost all of them are sitting at three tables, only the older woman who opened…
Domesday in Midsomer
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S07E02: Bad Tidings) • Sergeant Daniel Scott has just arrived at his new police station in Causton and is assigned to investigate a murder in Midsomer Mallow. Tom Barnaby and his new sergeant are walking across a meadow where a woman’s body has been found. Daniel Scott is…