Midsomer Murders

Series 8

2004 · 9 episodes · 14h 8m in all · 7.9/10

Episodes

1. 

   1. Things That Go Bump in the Night

   10 Oct 2004 · 95 min · 6.9/10

   DCI Tom Barnaby and Sergeant Dan Scott investigate a link between a murder spree and a spiritualist church.

2. 

   2. Dead in the Water

   17 Oct 2004 · 94 min · 7.2/10

   The Midsomer Regatta is halted by the discovery of the body of the chairman of the Midsomer Rowing Club floating at the finishing line.

3. 

   3. Ghosts of Christmas Past

   25 Dec 2004 · 95 min · 9.1/10

   Barnaby looks forward, with reservations, to entertaining his in-laws for Christmas. Meanwhile, exactly 9 years after the suicide of Ferdy Villiers his family and their guests arrive at the somewhat dilapidated Villiers home to celebrate the festive season. However, not everyone present is imbued with the Xmas spirit and the already rather tense atmosphere begins to disintegrate even further when it becomes apparent that someone in the household is all too aware that certain family members have dark secrets to hide. When what initially appears to have been an accident is revealed to be murder Barnaby and Scott discover that they must first unravel what really happened in the past in order to resolve the present.

4. 

   4. Orchis Fatalis

   9 Jan 2005 · 94 min · 8.2/10

   When a rare orchid is smuggled illegally into Midsomer Malham it releases the heady scents of passion, jealousy and death.

5. 

   5. Bantling Boy

   16 Jan 2005 · 94 min · 7.9/10

   DCI Tom Barnaby and Sgt Dan Scott investigate the murders of a horse-racing syndicate.

6. 

   6. Second Sight

   23 Jan 2005 · 94 min · 6.6/10

   John Ransom is found murdered with suspicious burn marks to his head. The investigation leads to two feuding families - one with the ability of second sight.

7. 

   7. Hidden Depths

   13 Mar 2005 · 94 min · 8.6/10

   When local solicitor Nick Turner falls to his death from his house roof, it is not clear whether it was murder or suicide.

8. 

   8. Sauce for the Goose

   3 Apr 2005 · 94 min · 8.1/10

   Barnaby and Scott investigate when the dead body of rival employee, Dexter Lockwood, is found in the Plummer family's factory steriliser.

9. 

   9. Midsomer Rhapsody

   2 Oct 2005 · 94 min · 8.2/10

   When retired music teacher Arthur Leggott is battered to death with a torch, Barnaby and Scott investigate a web of family feuds and long lost love affairs to discover the truth.