Midsomer murders. Set 8
(DVD)

Based on the characters created by Caroline Graham.

Originally broadcast on television in 2003-2004.

Special features: Disc 1. A conversation with John Nettles; Carolyn Graham biography. All discs. Midsomer County Map; Cast filmographies (John Nettles, John Hopkins, Barry Jackson, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard, Alan Cox, William Gaunt, Freddie Jones, Keith Barron, Jemima Rooper, Haydn Gwynne, Margery Mason).

Costume designer, Reg Samuel ; music composed by Jim parker ; production designer, Paul Cowell ; editor, Derek Bain ; director of photography, Colin Munn.

John Nettles, John Hopkins (The maid in splendour) Raymond Coulthard, Alan Cox, Peter-Hugo Daly, William Gaunt, Dave Hill, Laura Howard, Barry Jackson, Freddie Jones, Frances Tomelty, Jane Wymark (The straw woman) Keith Barron, Richenda Carey, Richard Cordery, Laura Howard, Kelly Hunter, Barry Jackson, Maggie O'Neill, Jemima Rooper, Susanna Wise, Jane Wymark (Ghosts of Christmas past) Bruce Alexander, William Chubb, Haydn Gwynne, Laura Howard, Barry Jackson, Mel Martin, Margery Mason, Philip Quast, Jane Wymark.

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The Maid in Splendour: Unrequited love, secret business deals, and passionate affairs threaten the lives of those connected to The Maid in Splendour, Midsomer Worthy's beloved local pub. When one of the pub's bartenders is found murdered in the nearby woods, Barnaby and Scott uncover a deadly clash of cultures in the gossipy village. The straw woman: When a curate dies tragically at a festival revival, some villagers of Midsomer Parva suspect black magic. Barnaby and Scott unravel a centuries-old mystery, complicated by Scott's attraction to a schoolteacher who has been branded a witch by the village. Ghosts of Christmas past: The Villiers family has gathered to celebrate Christmas exactly nine years after Ferdy Villiers suicide. When another member of the family dies mysteriously, Barnaby and Scott find they must investigate the past as well as the present.

Not rated.

DVD; region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.