Midsomer Murders: Season 15

2012 · 6 episodes · ★ 7.7

Series 15

What Season 15 of Midsomer Murders

Midsomer is a fictional English county whose capital is Causton. The ITV series follows Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, played by John Nettles, who works in the Causton CID. Each episode takes him to a seemingly peaceful village, where he must uncover who is behind a series of incidents and what their motive is. The aristocratic family at Quitewell Hall is haunted by old feuds, while an astronomer and his colleagues hide rivalries and personal tensions. A chess club, the world of horror films, and a prep school with secrets round out the picture. Barnaby moves among them all with plenty of dark humor.

6episodes

Feb 1, 2012premiered

Jan 30, 2013Latest episode

9.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 15 Episodes

15x01 The Dark Rider
Feb 1, 2012 · 92 min · ★ 8.1
When a headless horseman makes an an appearance at Quitewell Hall it foreshadows a number of deaths amongst an aristocratic family. Whilst a Civil War re-enactment takes place the family relive their own historic battles with their neighbours.
Directing: Alex Pillai · Writer: Michael Aitkens · Cast: Kerry Fox, Sykes, Eleanor Bron, James Callis
15x02 Murder of Innocence
Mar 21, 2012 · 92 min · ★ 7.8
After convicted killer Grady Felton returns to his childhood home after 18 years, it causes anger and raw emotion for the family of his victim. A barrister who was involved in the trial is murdered and the finger of suspicion is pointed at Grady. Grady has an alibi though so the detectives suspect he could be working with an accomplice. Grady ends up being critically injured in an arson attack and it looks like somebody is out to settle some old scores.Meanwhile, Barnaby must face some personal demons of his own as he tries to train for the Chief Constable’s fitness test.
Directing: Renny Rye · Writer: Elizabeth-Anne Wheal · Cast: Sam Callis, Lisa Dillon, Sharon Duce, Rupert Hill
15x03 Written in the Stars
Sep 25, 2012 · 93 min · ★ 6.7
As darkness covers Midsomer Stanton during a total eclipse of the sun, amateur astronomer Jeremy Harper is killed by blow to the head with a meteorite. Barnaby and Jones are called in to investigate, and the duo discover that intrigue, sexual tension and academic rivalry are rife among the local stargazing community. Murder mystery, guest starring Maureen Lipman and Kenny Ireland, with Neil Dudgeon and Jason Hughes
Directing: Renny Rye · Writer: Steve Trafford · Cast: Sykes, Harry Hadden-Paton, Kenny Ireland, Soraya Radford
15x04 The Sicilian Defence
Jan 2, 2013 · 93 min
After having been in a coma since the night she attempted to elope, Harriet Farmer wakes up. A killer then murders members of a local chess club. John Barnaby and the team investigate whether the attack which left Harriet for dead a year ago could be linked to moves on a chess board and atempt to find out what happened to her boyfriend Finn.
Directing: Alex Pillai · Writing: Paul Logue · Starring: Sykes, Richard Lumsden, Jo Woodcock, Julie Graham
15x05 Death and the Divas
Jan 9, 2013 · 93 min · ★ 7.9
The murder of a journalist leaves reminders of a 1960's horror movie starring Midsomer’s Stella Harris. After Stella’s more famous sister returns following a 40-year family rift, the killings contiue, each reminiscent of a film plot.
Directing: Nicholas Laughland · Writers: Rachel Cuperman, Sally Griffiths · Cast: Sinéad Cusack, Harriet Walter, Henry Goodman, Pearce Quigley
15x06 Schooled in Murder Season Finale
Jan 30, 2013 · 93 min · ★ 7.6
A woman ends up being crushed to death with a giant wheel of Midsomer Blue cheese. Secret and controversial plans to modernise the dairy end up being revealed as rumours about the private lives of the parents cause a row at a local prep school. More people linked to the dairy are involved in shocking deaths as long-held secrets begin to be revealed.
Directing: Andy Hay · Writing: Lisa Holdsworth · Starring: Sian Clifford, Eloise Webb, Sykes, Hattie Morahan