The Best Episodes of Midsomer Murders Season 12

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.4/10(954 votes)

   #1 - The Dogleg Murders

   S12:E17/22/2009

   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.

   Director:Richard Holthouse

   Writer:Andrew Payne

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   Director:Richard Holthouse

   Writer:Andrew Payne
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   7.9/10(1031 votes)

   #2 - The Black Book

   S12:E28/5/2009

   The sale of a previously unknown painting by an 18th century painter sends Barnaby into an investigation of murders as well as art forgery.

   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Nicholas Martin

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   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Nicholas Martin
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   7.6/10(1027 votes)

   #3 - Secrets and Spies

   S12:E37/29/2009

   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.

   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:Michael Aitkens

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   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:Michael Aitkens
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   7.3/10(904 votes)

   #4 - The Glitch

   S12:E49/23/2009

   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.

   Director:Richard Holthouse

   Writer:Michael Russell

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   Director:Richard Holthouse

   Writer:Michael Russell
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   7.8/10(1029 votes)

   #5 - Small Mercies

   S12:E510/28/2009

   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.

   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Peter J. Hammond

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   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Peter J. Hammond
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   7.9/10(1038 votes)

   #6 - The Creeper

   S12:E61/27/2010

   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.

   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:Andrew Payne

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   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:Andrew Payne
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   7.7/10(987 votes)

   #7 - The Great and the Good

   S12:E74/14/2010

   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.

   Director:Richard Holthouse

   Writer:David Hoskins

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   Director:Richard Holthouse

   Writer:David Hoskins