•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S11E02: Blood Wedding, and S15E01: The Dark Rider.)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Continued from Civil War, pt. 1 But when the Parliamentarians failed to capitalise on the successful battles of Marston Moor and Aspern Tallow, Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax formed the New Model Army –…
Category: Chapters
Albert Plummer in India
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S08E07: Sauce for the Goose)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• Sam Hardwick leads a small group through the Plummer’s Relish factory where he worked until he retired – past the desks and conveyor belts where the work is done. He tells us that Albert Plummer was a young…
Sports History in Midsomer, pt. 1: Boxing
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S13E06: The Noble Art)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• Cricket is played in many episodes – even actively by Sergeants Gavin Troy and Ben Jones – but unfortunately the history of cricket is never discussed, and football is completely absent. However, there are mentions of historical events in…
Roman Vineyards
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S17E04: A Vintage Murder) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Elspeth Rice has just returned from measuring the depth of a lake in Midsomer Vinae. She is deeply concerned about the results, as this lake holds a painful memory for her. Five years ago, she accidentally hit…
The Night of the Stag
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S14E06: The Night of the Stag)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• On a colourfully decorated village square, a very well-attended, joyous fete takes place. There are stalls and plenty of alcohol to drink. We are at the Midsomer Abbas May Fayre, which is celebrated jointly by residents from Midsomer…
Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance and Midsomer
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S22E05: For Death Prepare)Diesen Artikel gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• Right at the beginning, we see a house on a river with the inscription ‘Empson Playhouse’. A man comes out of the front door with a poster in his hand and hangs it on the wall of the house…
Midsomer’s Old Railways
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S08E01: Things That Go Bump in the Night) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Joyce and Tom Barnaby are guests of Elizabeth Key in Fletcher’s Cross. They go out of the cottage into the garden. Elizabeth Key carries a tray with three cups and saucers, sugar bowl…
Treasures & Raiders in Midsomer County
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S05E04: Mord am St Malley’s Day, S14E05: The Sleeper under the Hill, S18E05: Saints and Sinners, and a little bit S09E04: Down Among Dead Men and S25E01: Treasure of Darkness) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Three episodes of Midsomer Murders are about treasure and its theft….
The History of Midsomer Villages
An overview of historical events in Midsomer County (excluding Midsomer Parva and Midsomer Worthy). •(Caution: Contains spoilers for all episodes until series 24; the information on episode S24E01 contains no relevant spoilers and the information on episode S24E04 is hidden here spoiler markers)• Having looked at the historic Midsomer villages of Parva and Worthy,…
Francis Galton, founder of eugenics
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes S13E05: Master Class, and a bit for S14E06: The Night of the Stag)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• The Fieldings’ manor, Devington Hall, is currently hosting auditions for Sir Michael Fielding’s Master Class. The manor is a 19th century country house, the grounds of which belonged to the…