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Season guide

Midsomer Murders: Series 16

5 episodes Premiered Dec 24, 2013 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Midsomer Murders

Season 16 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Midsomer Murders Season 15.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 16 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 16: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S16·E1 Mytharc

The Christmas Haunting

Dec 24, 2013 · 93 min

DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson investigate the fatal stabbing of a man with an antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at a 'haunted' manor house

S16·E2 Core

Let Us Prey

Jan 8, 2014 · 92 min

A series of murders in Midsomer St Claire seem to be inspired by macabre images on a medieval fresco recently discovered in the church crypt.

S16·E3 Core

Wild Harvest

Jan 29, 2014 · 93 min

When farmer Martin Strickland is covered in truffle oil and mauled to death by a wild boar, the investigation leads to restaurant Wyvern House and its tyrannical chef.

S16·E4 Core

The Flying Club

Feb 5, 2014 · 92 min

The owner of Finchmere airfield is dropped from a plane to meet a gruesome death. Are anti-craft campaigner's behind Bernard King's murder or does it link back to a World War Two m

S16·E5 Mytharc

The Killings of Copenhagen

Feb 12, 2014 · 92 min

Barnaby and Nelson join forces with two female Danish police detectives after Eric Calder is poisoned by Strychnine coating when opening one of his famous golden clusters.

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