7.5/10996 votes#1 - A Talent for Life
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2003
Accusations of unsportsmanlike conduct on the river are bedevilling the Midsomer game fishermen, and Barnaby has to interview elegant widow Isobel Hewitt, a spendthrift, fast-living, Jaguar-driving 75-year-old, when another lady fly-fisher accuses her of a violent assault. Then first Isobel and later her fellow villager Dr Duncan Goff are found on the river-bank with their skulls smashed in, and there is no shortage of suspects - including an antique dealer who apparently specializes in befriending elderly widows. The picture is confused when one of the suspects, chef-restaurateur Keith Scholey, is found frozen to death in his walk-in deep freeze, with the lock of the door jammed by a nail. Troy has a theory that Scholey was the killer and has made his suicide look like murder, but will that be the end of the affair?
Director: Sarah Hellings
Writer: David Hoskins
7.7/101,092 votes#2 - Death and Dreams
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2003
Barnaby investigates a death which looks very much like suicide. The dead man was a troubed and depressed gambler on a losing streak, but Barnaby's nose tells him to look for a murderer. During the investigation he recognizes someone from his past, in the shape of Dr Jane Moore.
Director: Peter Smith
Writer: Peter J. Hammond
8.1/101,049 votes#3 - Painted in Blood
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2003
Barnaby's wife, Joyce, finds a dead body on the Midsomer Florey village green while taking part in a watercolour painting class, and she recognizes it as the elderly Miss Fairfax.Barnaby is given the case, then finds himself taken off it and replaced by a team from the National Intelligence Squad, while he is assigned to deal with a missing handbag. However, he continues his investigation into the murder, finding deceit and double-dealing. It appears that 'Miss Fairfax' was not an elderly spinster at all, but a young detective sergeant from the National Intelligence Squad working under cover, and that her colleagues are busy fitting up the village handyman for the murder of an old lady who never was. He discovers that someone is busy hunting for some five million pounds still missing from an old robbery. In the closing moments, Barnaby has to lock two of the National Intelligence Squad's officers in a bank strong-room, where they are trying to snatch the missing cash, and to arrest the
Director: Sarah Hellings
Writer: Andrew Payne
7.3/10935 votes#4 - A Tale of Two Hamlets
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/2003
Someone is decimating the ancient Smythe-Webster family of Upper Walden, and the bad blood between the villages of Upper and Lower Walden is renewed with a vengeance. First, young heart-throb actor Larry Smith (alias Laurence Smythe-Webster) dies in an explosion at a publicity event for a new film. House of Satan is based on a book by a local writer, the late Ellis Bell of Lower Walden - a village whose inhabitants are referred to by its Vicar, the Reverend Simon Smythe-Webster, as ""the weasels of the wild wood"".The next to die is Larry's uncle, House of Satan producer Frank Webster (Francis Smythe-Webster), electrocuted to death on his exercise bike. Finally, Barnaby's principal suspect, Danny Pinchel, the family's cook, is drowned in a large bowl of tomato soup...Barnaby realizes he is dealing with an historic grudge, and he enquires into the family's antecedents.
Director: Peter Smith
Writer: Alan Plater
7.4/10879 votes#5 - Birds of Prey
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/2003
Julian Shepherd, who has most of his money invested in Charles Edmonton's new invention, is found drowned, and there is every appearance that he killed himself due to money problems. Then a villager who has been stealing peregrine falcon eggs from Charles's widow is also found dead, and Barnaby and Troy investigate.
Director: Jeremy Silberston
Writer: Michael Russell
The Best Episodes of Midsomer Murders Season 6
Every episode of Midsomer Murders Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Midsomer Murders Season 6!
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...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ITV1
Season 6 Ratings Summary
"A Talent for Life" is the best rated episode of "Midsomer Murders" season 6. It scored 7.5/10 based on 996 votes. Directed by Sarah Hellings and written by David Hoskins, it aired on 1/3/2003. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Death and Dreams".