DCI John Barnaby arrives in Midsomer and is bemused by the quaint villages and their quirky residents. When a local DJ is crushed to death he soon discovers that murder and deception are never far away.
The reclusive lives of elderly eccentrics William and Mary Bingham (Edward Fox and Phyllida Law) comes under police scrutiny when a social services investigator (Jeff Rawle) is murdered.
When a young woman is dressed like a bride and drowned in a bath, it triggers a spate of ghoulish wedding-themed murders in Great Worthy. With the serial killer still at large, could history be repeating itself?
Jones goes undercover at the Oblong Foundation. But he and Barnaby soon start digging into an old case involving the death of a couple in a boat explosion.
A VAT inspector goes missing as he hunts for an illicit cider still responsible for brewing The Beast, a potent local hooch. While temperance preacher Norman Grigor calls on residents to repent of their drunken ways.
