Midsomer Murders: Season 12

2009 · 7 episodes · ★ 7.9

Series 12

What Season 12 of Midsomer Murders

John Nettles stars as Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, who works for the Department of Crime Investigation out of Causton, the capital of Midsomer, a fictional county in England. Each case takes him to a quiet, picturesque village that hides danger, where he must figure out who is killing and why. This season brings together a wide range of stories: a golf club where betting and extortion are common, a forged art sale, British Cold War spies, a vigilante known as the Bucket Man who throws red paint at bad drivers, and a thief who ends up a murder suspect. Dark humor accompanies the intrigue in every episode.

7episodes

Jul 22, 2009premiered

Apr 14, 2010Latest episode

11.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 12 Episodes

12x01 The Dogleg Murders
Jul 22, 2009 · 97 min · ★ 8.1
On the Midsomer Golfclub Whiteoaks a member is killed with a golfclub. In the course of the investigation they discover Whiteoaks to be full of hatred, gambling, violence, jealousy and extortion.
Directing: Richard Holthouse · Writing: Andrew Payne · Starring: Holly Gilbert, Jamie Belman, Luke Neal, Maggie Ollerenshaw
12x02 The Black Book
Aug 5, 2009 · 97 min · ★ 6.7
The sale of a previously unknown painting by an 18th century painter sends Barnaby into an investigation of murders as well as art forgery.
Directing: Peter Smith · Writing: Nicholas Martin · Starring: Ann Firbank, David Bamber, Susannah Harker, Paul Anderson
12x03 Secrets and Spies
Jul 29, 2009 · 97 min · ★ 8.2
A number of murders near a government safe house in Midsomer appears to be connected to a group of British spies stationed in East Berlin during the Cold War.
Directing: Renny Rye · Writing: Michael Aitkens · Starring: Stephanie Jacob, Clive Russell, Neil Stuke, Benjamin Whitrow
12x04 The Glitch
Sep 23, 2009 · 97 min · ★ 8.1
Midsomer University science fellow George Jeffers threatens to make public a problem with his state-of-the-art invention Kernel Logic, but American software boss Clinton Finn fears he will lose millions if the truth comes out. When a schoolteacher is killed in a hit-and-run, Barnaby suspects Jeffers was the intended target.
Directing: Richard Holthouse · Writing: Michael Russell · Starring: Philip Jackson, Josie Taylor, Nigel Whitmey, Lucy Brown
12x05 Small Mercies
Oct 28, 2009 · 97 min · ★ 8.4
Richard Tanner is found murdered in a model village, stabbed and trussed up like Gulliver in a macabre tableau. The disturbing manner of his death leads Barnaby and Jones to suspect that someone in the village of Little Worthy is criminally insane.As further gruesome killings rock the community, the detectives face a race against time to unravel past events that lead to the making of a dangerous serial killer.
Directing: Peter Smith · Writing: Peter J. Hammond · Starring: Matilda Sturridge, David Ryall, Margaret Tyzack, Caroline Blakiston
12x06 The Creeper
Jan 27, 2010 · 97 min · ★ 7.1
Midsomer's Chettham Park House, once owned by Sir William Chettham, has been bought by entrepreneur Jack Filby to save Sir William from financial ruin. Long-term friends dating back to the days of university, Jack has allowed William, his mother Elizabeth, wife Isobel and son Freddy to stay on living at The Dower House - the smaller house on the estate where the Baronet's widowed mother would traditionally live. Jack is the man of the manor now with William and Isobel's son Freddy as his right hand man.
Directing: Renny Rye · Writing: Andrew Payne · Starring: Paul Shelley, Jane Booker, George Costigan, Oliver Le Sueur
12x07 The Great and the Good Season Finale
Apr 14, 2010 · 97 min · ★ 8.4
The night time peace of Badger's Drift is shattered horribly when teacher Connie Bishop screams in fright, convinced there is an intruder. Days later a local councillor, said to be obsessed with her, is found murdered in her garden. Is Connie the innocent victim she seems? Barnaby and Jones uncover jealous rivals, ruthless social climbers and a cottage with mysterious secrets as they search for the killer.
Directed by Richard Holthouse · Written by David Hoskins · Starring Nancy Carroll, Bertie Carvel, Paola Dionisotti, Monica Dolan