Midsomer Murders, Season 8

Local Choir member, Connor Simpson, is found dead in his cottage. A pig’s heart and unsavoury message lie as evidence in his kitchen bin. The Midsomer Worthy choir is competing in the four choir’s competition and the choir master, Laurence Barker, seems to be taking it all a little too seriously. Has the rivalry between Aston Wherry and Midsomer Worthy got out of control?

Annie Woodrow is arrested for the murder of her old school friend, Frances Trevelyan. Ten months later, her case comes to court and although Barnaby was the arresting officer, he is still not convinced that the full story has come out. It is likely that the prosecution will suggest that Annie was obsessed with Frances’ husband John - that she is a deluded stalker who would stop at nothing, including murder, to obtain the object of her desire. But Annie has always denied having any feelings for John, and he too has denied any sort of relationship with her. Barnaby is not so sure.

When the body of a young man is found in a World War Two Humber full of exhaust fumes it looks like suicide. But Simon Bright was not alone – and he was hit on the head before he died. Where is his girlfriend, newcomer Laura Sharp? And what is her hold on the people of Morton Fendle, a village still overshadowed by the gloomy spectre of the Second World War?

When old rockers Hired Gun reform to play a gig at the Midsomer Rocks Festival, paranoid lead singer Gary Cooper is convinced someone is trying to warn them off. First rock diva Mimi Clifton is electrocuted on stage, then drummer Nicky Harding is found dead in the swimming pool. Barnaby has to face the possibility that one of his rock ‘n’ roll heroes is a murderer.