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Sports History in Midsomer, pt. 2: Other Sports

As well as playing a lot of cricket, Midsomer has been very successful in chess, Formula 1 and boxing. The famous boxing match of 1860 is a topic for another time: here we look at chess and F1 first. • (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S06E01: A Talent of Life, S08E02: Dead in the Water, S14E01: Death in the slow lane, S15E05: The Sicilian Defence, and a little bit of S05E03: Ring Out Your Dead and S19E03: Last Man Out) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • In 1893 there was a world champion from Bishopwood in Midsomer County: Reverend Stannington.

Debt of Lies & Painted in Blood – Midsomer’s Bank Heists

Published by Petra Tabarelli

Two episodes of Midsomer Murders focus on fictional robberies in Midsomer County. Rugged Edge in ‘Painted in Blood’ (S06E03) and the Goldman Forbes heist in ‘Debt of Lies’ (S23E02). Both took place in the 1990s, in 1993 and 1998 respectively. – Caution: Contains spoilers for these episodes.) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.

Treasures & Raiders in Midsomer County

Published by Petra Tabarelli

• (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) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Three episodes of Midsomer Murders are about treasure and its theft. They come from three different eras: The Anglo-Saxon treasure of Gorse Meadow from the Battle of Hallows Beck between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings (14×05: The Sleeper under the Hill) and the Tudor hoard of Milson (18×05: Saints and Sinners) – both treasure heists taking place in Midsomer in the early 21st century.

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Ghost Villages in World War 2

Published by Petra Tabarelli

• (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 the curtain is standing in front of them, just finishing her presentation about a living museum in Little Auburn. It is Sylvia Lennard. The audience applauds her. Roderick Craven, the landlord of Great Auburn and heir to Little Auburn, thanks her. 75 years ago, Little Auburn became a military base and fell into disrepair after the war, becoming a ghost village. The residents founded Great Auburn not far away, but tomorrow the army will return the land to the Craven family. In return, the landlord wants to support a project. There are three groups with very different ideas, including Sylvia Lennard’s living museum.