If anybody wanted to devise a Midsomer Murders drinking game then ‘disgruntled villagers’ should certainly be one cue to take a sip. Last week they were moaning about the sculpture park, this week it’s archaeologists. ‘Saints and Sinners’ starts with the discovery of a skeleton in the ground. It’s not the first body ever to … >

It struck me during ‘A Dying Art’ that it would save an awful lot of trouble if they employed more than two policemen at the Causton constabulary. Most other crime dramas would leave a police liaison officer with the grieving relatives of the murder victim – partly as a point of contact, but also because … >

This week’s Midsomer Murders is set against a backdrop of competitive cycling. With its mix of dodgy-dealings, infidelities and of course murders, ‘Breaking the Chain’ presents a far more dramatic view of the sport than we ever see in the real world. (Well, apart from that huge doping scandal a few years back.) Unfortunately – … >

I expect the Midsomer Constabulary scores very highly in the police performance charts, given the ‘always get their man’ attitude that has prevailed there for nearly twenty years. But the force’s zero tolerance policy towards unsolved murders has not always been so rigidly followed – and ‘The Incident at Cooper Hill’ revolves around a murder … >