The Best Episodes of Midsomer Murders Season 5

A ladies reading group in Midsomer Market starts losing members to murder.

Director: Sarah Hellings

Writer: Andrew Payne

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?

Director: Sarah Hellings

Writer: Christopher Russell

Members of an elite student club close ranks after a murder at the Devington School.

Director: Peter Smith

Writer: Andrew Payne

A suspicious suicide note has Barnaby wondering if foul play was involved in a young woman's death.

Director: David Tucker

Writer: Michael Russell