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The Best Episodes of Midsomer Murders Season 14

Every episode of Midsomer Murders Season 14 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Midsomer Murders Season 14!

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The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Midsomer Murders Season 14 Episode 1 - Death in the Slow Lane
    7.4/10(1091 votes)

    #1 - Death in the Slow Lane

    S14:E1

    New DCI John Barnaby arrives in Midsomer and is bemused by the quaint villages and their quirky residents. But when a local DJ is crushed to death at a traditional girls’ boarding school, he soon discovers that murder and deception are never far away. As the death toll rises, could Barnaby’s first case also be his last?

    Director:Richard Holthouse
    Writer:Michael Aitkens

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  2. Midsomer Murders Season 14 Episode 2 - Dark Secrets
    7.8/10(1085 votes)

    #2 - Dark Secrets

    S14:E2

    The reclusive lives of elderly eccentrics William and Mary Bingham comes under police scrutiny when a social services investigator is murdered. Barnaby and Jones must unearth generations of family secrets and decipher astronomical charts to find the killer.

    Director:Simon Langton
    Writer:Michael Aitkens

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  3. Midsomer Murders Season 14 Episode 3 - Echoes of the Dead
    7.3/10(1011 votes)

    #3 - Echoes of the Dead

    S14:E3

    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. The case takes Barnaby and Jones to a donkey sanctuary, a heritage steam railway, and a pub run by an ex-copper and former brothel madam. With the serial killer still at large, could history be repeating itself?

    Director:Nicholas Laughland
    Writer:Peter J. Hammond

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  4. Midsomer Murders Season 14 Episode 4 - The Oblong Murders
    7.7/10(970 votes)

    #4 - The Oblong Murders

    S14:E4

    Bullard asks Barnaby to investigate the disappearance of a friend's daughter who was a member of the Oblong Foundation, a cult based at Malham Hall. Jones goes undercover as a new recruit to solve the mystery, but he and Barnaby soon start digging into an old case involving the death of a couple in a boat explosion, which could be linked to the missing woman. With Will Knightley, Kevin Doyle, Holly Aird, Barbara Flynn and John Woodvine

    Director:Renny Rye
    Writer:David Hoskins

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  5. Midsomer Murders Season 14 Episode 5 - The Sleeper Under the Hill
    7.3/10(852 votes)

    #5 - The Sleeper Under the Hill

    S14:E5

    When the body of a farmer is found in the middle of a stone circle in Midsomer Mow, suspicion points at local druids. The murdered man had planned to plough Gorse Meadow, making Crowcall Circle inaccessible to the group led by high priests Ezra and Leticia. Barnaby and Jones are joined in their investigation by new pathologist Kate Wilding. The body left on the bloodstone is her first assignment, but Kate doesn’t shock easily.

    Director:Nicholas Laughland
    Writer:David Harsent

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  6. Midsomer Murders Season 14 Episode 6 - The Night of the Stag
    6.4/10(960 votes)

    #6 - The Night of the Stag

    S14:E6

    A tax inspector goes missing as he tries to track down the maker of an illicit, potent cider popular among the residents of Midsomer Abbas. Barnaby and Jones have a murder investigation on their hands when the man's body is found floating in a vat at the village's spring fair, where the duo are sampling the local brew

    Director:Simon Langton
    Writer:Nicholas Martin

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  7. Midsomer Murders Season 14 Episode 7 - A Sacred Trust
    7.7/10(890 votes)

    #7 - A Sacred Trust

    S14:E7

    Barnaby and Jones investigate the cloistered world of Midsomer Priory when a nun is strangled to death. The detectives uncover a complex mystery involving holy orders, teenage romantic liaisons, African art and missing antique silver as the community is forced to open its doors to 21st-century policing

    Director:Renny Rye
    Writers:Rachel Cuperman, Sally Griffiths

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  8. Midsomer Murders Season 14 Episode 8 - A Rare Bird
    7.4/10(830 votes)

    #8 - A Rare Bird

    S14:E8

    A row breaks out between some birdwatchers in Midsomer-in-the-Marsh ends things end up turning nasty after their president is killed. Patrick Morgan died as he hoping to get a glimpse of a rare bird, but is his obsession with ornithology to blame or something much more sinister. Barnaby is called in to investigate.

    Director:Nicholas Laughland
    Writer:Steve Trafford

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Season 14 Ratings Summary

"Death in the Slow Lane" is the best rated episode of "Midsomer Murders" season 14. It scored 7.4/10 based on 1091 votes. Directed by Richard Holthouse and written by Michael Aitkens, it aired on 3/23/2011. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Dark Secrets".