I got the DVDs of the 20th series of Midsomer Murders early enough today that I could watch the whole series in one big gulp. There's 6 episodes and they aired between May and July this year. The DVDs came out last month and I should have waited for another price drop but there you go.
Three main cast members return for the series. Neil Dudgeon is DCI John Barnaby, Nick Hendrix is DS Jamie Winter and Fiona Dollman is Sarah Barnaby. The Causton Police have anew medical examiner in Dr Fleur Perkins, played by Annette Badland. I'm liking her character, she's entertaining. Annette had a regular part in Bergerac in the 80s, John Nettles played Bergerac and later would play DCI Tom Barnaby in the first 13 series of Midsomer Murders.
The Ghost Of Causton Abbey mixes beer and murder. A man is boiled to death in a beer brewing vat. The brewery is set up in an old abbey that's said to be cursed. Just about any business in Midsomer seems cursed, especially if it gets featured on the series.
In Death Of The Small Coppers we visit the world of butterfly collectors. Doesn't it seem that joining in a club in Midsomer is well dangerous. That guy got stuck to the wall like the butterflies in his collection. Danish actress Ann Eleonora Jorgensen returns as Danish Police Inspector Brigitte Poulsen. She was on the show in 2014 in an episode in Series 16.
One of my favorite British comedians has a guest part in Drawing Dead. It's set in the world of comic book creators. Some might remember Bill in Spaced and Black Books.
The Lions Of Causton has John and Jamie investigating a murder at a Rugby club.
The Barnaby's can't seem to go out without running into a murder occasionally. In Till Death Do Us Part the murder is at the wedding of one of Sarah's old friends.
The last episode of the series is Send In The Clowns and it takes us to the world of the circus. Kevin Eldon plays a clown who's first to get murdered.
I enjoyed the episodes, I'll watch them again.
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