The Best Episodes Written By Michael Russell

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Wishing and Hoping

   S2:E46/15/2003

   A frantic mother and father bring their daughter to the Royal for whooping cough treatment, and Cheriton is shocked to hear the girl hasn't been vaccinated because of her parents' fears of the side-effects. Tragically, the youngster dies - leaving the worried staff to cope with an influx of children in need of immunisation.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - Snakes and Ladders

   S2:E26/1/2003

   A teenage boy is brought into the Royal having fallen from a cliff, but it soon emerges that the incident was a suicide attempt as evidence of extreme depression comes to the surface. Cheriton contacts the youngster's psychiatrist but is taken aback when electroshock therapy is suggested as a form of treatment, so ventures to the family home to recommend an alternative — only for tragedy to strike. Meanwhile, a hypochondriac causes chaos at the hospital when she insists her dog be treated following a snake bite, and a heart-to-heart between Weatherill and Ormerod leads to a passionate kiss.

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   7.8/10(6 votes)

   #3 - The Green Man

   S7:E111/2/2003

   The Barnaby-Troy partnership is about to come to an end, as Troy has passed his inspector's exam and is moving on. However, the murderers of Midsomer go on piling up the bodies. Joyce Barnaby gets trapped in a fallen canal tunnel, and in getting her out seven skeletons come to light in a hidden chamber. Meanwhile, two local tearaways are shot dead in the woods at Midsomer Worthy, and a tramp called Tom is accused of the killings. While Troy looks into the shootings, Barnaby wrestles with an old mystery. And although six of the skeletons found in the tunnel date from the 18th century, one is much more recent.

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   7.4/10(7 votes)

   #4 - Birds of Prey

   S6:E51/31/2003

   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.

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   7.0/10(10 votes)

   #5 - A Worm in the Bud

   S5:E26/23/2002

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

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   7.0/10(7 votes)

   #6 - The Magician's Nephew

   S11:E56/14/2008

   Jean Wildacre dies suspiciously during a performance as assistant to local magician Aloysius Wilmington, and Barnaby & Jones are called in. They have to investigate the relationships of Midsomer's Magic Circle, a group of old friends whose activities spun off a new cult, and led to long-running animosities. Soon they are looking for colorful South American poison-dart frogs, as the death count rises

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   6.8/10(11 votes)

   #7 - War Games

   S2:E311/30/2003

   When a British food corporation signs a secret agreement with the Nazis to provide essential food services to the enemy during wartime, murders result.

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   Writer:Michael Russell

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