Starring Neil Dudgeon as Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby this DVD collection contains all six episodes from the fifteenth series of Midsomer Murders and includes a fascinating behind the scenes feature with cast and crew on the set of Death and the Divas. Set in the idyllic, picturesque county of Midsomer, all is not as it seems and beneath the tranquil surface of village life exists a disturbing and cunning propensity for murder.

Episode Guide

1. The Dark Rider - First Broadcast: 1st February 2012       

Bentham DeQuetteville falls to his death from the roof of Quitewell Hall after the appearance of a headless horseman. The eccentric DeQuettevilles seem unmoved by their loss – the show must go on. Nothing must be allowed to get in the way of the family’s annual re-enactment of the Battle of Naseby. However, Bentham’s death is the first of many, all preceded by sightings of the headless horseman.

Barnaby and Jones delve into the DeQuetteville’s history and uncover family myths and legends. But will they discover the truth about the DeQuettevilles and the ghostly rider?

2. Murder of Innocence - First Broadcast: 21st March 2012

When a barrister is killed in Midsomer, suspicion falls on convicted murderer Grady Felton.  Grady has just returned to the village where he committed the murder years ago amid much anger from locals.  But Grady has a solid alibi.  Barnaby suspects he is working with an accomplice – until Grady himself is targeted in an arson attack. 

3. Written in the Stars - First Broadcast: 25th September 2012

As darkness covers Midsomer Stanton during a total eclipse of the sun, Jeremy Harper is killed by a blow to the head with a meteorite. He was a leading light in the village - an amateur astronomer who was passionate about preserving Moonstone Ridge, a Bronze Age heritage site housing a 1930s observatory. Barnaby and Jones are called in to investigate and discover that intrigue, sexual tension and academic rivalry are rife among the local stargazing community.

4. Death and the Divas - First Broadcast: 2nd January 2013

The murder of a journalist has chilling echoes of a 1960s horror film starring Midsomer’s own Stella Harris.  When Stella’s more famous sister returns after a 40-year family rift, the killings escalate, each of them reminiscent of a movie plot.  Is life – and death – imitating art?

5. The Sicilian Defence - First Broadcast: 9th January 2013

Harriet Farmer wakes up after being in a coma since the night she tried to elope. Soon afterwards, a killer strikes members of a chess club. Could the attack which left Harriet for dead a year ago be linked to moves on a chess board? And where is her boyfriend Finn?

6. Schooled in Murder - First Broadcast: 30th January 2013

When Debbie Moffett (Martine McCutcheon) is crushed to death with a giant round of cheese at the home of the world-famous Midsomer Blue, secret and controversial plans to modernise the dairy are revealed while rumours about private lives of the parents cause a row at the prestigious local prep school. As other people linked to the dairy meet agonising deaths, long-held secrets start to emerge.

DVD Extras

Behind the Scenes

Cast Filmographies

Picture Gallery

Biography of the Writer

Broadcast Dates

Subtitles