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.