Midsomer Murders: Season 5

2002 · 4 episodes · ★ 7.7

Series 5

What Season 5 of Midsomer Murders

The season opens with a fire in a cart and a murder that lead Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and Troy to a reading group with a secret. Later, several residents of Midsomer Worthy try to stop James Harrington, who wants to turn the Setwale woods into a housing development. In Midsomer Wellow, someone is harassing the church bell ringers just before a bell-ringing contest. Another episode follows Barnaby to an exclusive private school, where a traditional race brings old grudges to light. Resentment is the thread that connects the cases.

4episodes

Jun 16, 2002released

Sep 22, 2002last episode

6.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Market for Murder
Jun 16, 2002 · 98 min · ★ 8.2
A ladies reading group in Midsomer Market starts losing members to murder.
Directing: Sarah Hellings · Writing: Andrew Payne · Starring: Barry Jackson, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Serena Gordon, Caroline Harker
5x02 A Worm in the Bud
Jun 23, 2002 · 99 min · ★ 7.4
A suspicious suicide note has Barnaby wondering if foul play was involved in a young woman's death.
Directing: David Tucker · Writing: Michael Russell · Starring: Barry Jackson, Rosie Cavaliero, Emily Joyce, Ian Hogg
5x03 Ring Out Your Dead
Sep 15, 2002 · 99 min · ★ 6.9
In the village of Midsomer Wellow, someone is killing off the bellringers of the parish church, in the week before a big bell-ringing competition. One young woman on the team is even shot dead in the churchyard on her wedding day. Before he can crack the case, Barnaby has to understand the significance of an old killing in the same village in the year 1860, when the Midsomer Wellow Vicar of the day, the Reverend Jonathan Ebbrell, was murdered and thrown down a well by the bellringers of his church. So where are the Ebbrells now?
Directing: Sarah Hellings · Writing: Christopher Russell · Starring: Carmen du Sautoy, Adrian Scarborough, Graham Crowden, Lyndsey Marshal
5x04 Murder on St Malley's Day Season Finale
Sep 22, 2002 · 99 min · ★ 8.2
Members of an elite student club close ranks after a murder at the Devington School.
Directing: Peter Smith · Writing: Andrew Payne · Starring: Eamon Boland, Peter Wight, Roger Brierley, Anna Maxwell Martin