| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Performer |
John Nettles, John Hopkins (Things that go bump in the night) Cathryn Bradshaw, Philip Martin Brown, Julian Curry, Laura Howard, Barry Jackson, Dearbhla Molloy, Kathryn Pogson, Mary Jo Randle, Jane Wymark ; (Dead in the water) Janet Brown, Laura Howard, Barry Jackson, Adrian Lukis, Diana Quick, William Scott-Masson, Jane Wymark ; (Orchis fatalis) Matt Bardock, Geoffrey Chater, Amanda Harris, Laura Howard, Barry Jackson, John Nettleton, Harriet Walter, Jane Wymark ; (Bantling boy) Caroline Blakiston, Julia Ford, Geoffrey Freshwater, Laura Howard, Barry Jackson, Barnaby Kay, Phillip McGough, Richard O'Callaghan, Anna Wilson-Jones, Jane Wymark. |
| Credits |
Costume designer, Reg Samuel ; music composed by Jim Parker ; production designer, Paul Cowell ; editor, Derek Bain ; director of photography, Colin Munn. |
| Note |
Based on the characters created by Caroline Graham. |
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Originally broadcast on television in 2004. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Things that go bump in the night: A series of grisly murders rocks the village of Fletcher's Cross and local spiritualists fall under suspicion. Dead in the water: Barnaby and Scott immerse themselves in the luxurious world of rowing after a murder mars the annual Midsomer Regatta. Orchis fatalis: In the orchid-mad village of Midsomer Malham, Barnaby and Scott must discover who would kill to own an extremely rare specimen. Bantling boy: Why did the owner of Bantling Hall bequeath his champion thoroughbred to four Midsomer villagers? The only person who knows doesn't live to tell the tale. |
| Contents |
Things that go bump in the night / screenplay by Peter J. Hammond ; directed by Peter Smith -- Dead in the water / screenplay by Douglas Watkinson ; directed by Renny Rye -- Orchis fatalis / screenplay by Terry Hodgkinson ; directed by Peter Smith -- Bantling boy / screenplay by Steve Trafford ; directed by Sarah Hellings. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1. Caroline Graham biography; All discs. Cast filmographies (John Nettles, John Hopkins, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard, Garry Cooper, Diana Quick, Harriet Walter, Caroline Blakiston). |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Barnaby, Chief Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Detective and mystery plays -- England.
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Criminal investigation -- England -- Drama.
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Murderers -- England -- Drama.
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Police -- England -- Drama.
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Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery television programs.
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| Subject |
Homicide investigation -- England -- Drama.
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England -- Drama.
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Graham, Caroline, 1931- -- Adaptations -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
True-May, Brian.
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Nettles, John, 1943-
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Hopkins, John, 1974-
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Wymark, Jane, 1952-
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Howard, Laura, 1977-
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Cooper, Garry, 1955-
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Lukis, Adrian.
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Jackson, Barry, 1938-2013.
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Quick, Diana, 1946-
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Walter, Harriet.
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Bardock, Matt.
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Chater, Geoffrey, 1921-2021
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Harris, Amanda, 1963-
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Blakiston, Caroline, 1933-
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Hammond, Peter, 1923-2011.
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Smith, Peter (Film director)
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Watkinson, Douglas.
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Rye, Renny.
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Hodgkinson, Terry.
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Trafford, Steve.
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Hellings, Sarah.
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Graham, Caroline, 1931-
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Bentley Productions (Firm)
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All3Media International (Firm)
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Arts and Entertainment Network.
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ITV (Firm)
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Midsomer murders. Set nine |
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Midsomer murders (Television program)
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Things that go bump in the night.
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Dead in the water.
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Orchis fatalis.
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Bantling boy.
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| Standard No. |
054961977291 |
| Music No. |
AMP-9772 Acorn Media |
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