The body of Agnes Gray, a woman who loved only animals, is found in the river - but she did not drown. And then her cousin Esslyn Carmichael is tricked into killing himself on stage during an amateur production of the murder mystery Amadeus. Barnaby has to get to grips with clues which include adultery, dramatic ambition, stolen religious art, and large donations to animal charities, before unmasking a killer who proves to be mad.Meanwhile, love begins to blossom between Cully Barnaby and Nico Bentley, one of the cast of Amadeus...
- Directed by
- Jeremy Silberston
- Written by
- Caroline Graham
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S1 E1The Killings at Badger's Drift
Mar 23, 19977.6102 min
An elderly woman is found dead in her cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not down to natural causes
S1 E2Written in Blood
Mar 22, 19987.6102 min
Gerald Hadleigh, secretary of a writers' circle, is found battered to death the morning after the group's meeting with best-selling novelist (and former psycho-therapist) Max Jennings. Gerald did not want to invite Max to Midsomer Worthy, a
S1 E4Faithful Unto Death
Apr 22, 19987.4102 min
A craft centre in the old mill at Morton Fendle is losing money. Several locals have invested in the business and believe they have been swindled by Alan Hollingsworth, the man behind it. When Hollingsworth's glamorous wife Simone goes miss
S1 E5Death in Disguise
May 6, 19987.6101 min
At a local New Age commune (fancifully called the Lodge of the Golden Windhorse) William Carter is found dead with a broken neck, lying at the bottom of a staircase. Barnaby and Troy have to decide whether the death was an accident or murde









