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Midsomer Murders: Series 20

6 episodes Premiered Mar 10, 2019 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Midsomer Murders

Season 20 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 19.
  • ⚡ 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 20 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 20: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S20·E1 Mytharc

The Ghost of Causton Abbey

Mar 10, 2019 · 92 min

Causton is buzzing at the opening of a new brewery on the site of a famously cursed Abbey. But excitement turns to fear when a man is found boiled to death in one of the vats. DCI

S20·E2 Core

Death of the Small Coppers

Mar 17, 2019 · 93 min

A butterfly collector is found pinned to a wall like one of his specimens.

S20·E3 Core

Drawing Dead

May 19, 2019 · 92 min

Carver Valley’s comic festival is in full swing when the village is shocked by the murder of a former supermodel. With a scathing comic shaming several villagers as the only lead,

S20·E4 Core

The Lions of Causton

Aug 26, 2019 · 93 min

Barnaby gets to relive his former sporting glory when a death at the local Rugby Club sends Barnaby and Winter into a muddle of rucks, grudges, romance… and artisanal chocolates?

S20·E5 Mytharc

Till Death Do Us Part

Nov 7, 2019 · 93 min

Barnaby is less than impressed when Sarah drags him to a wedding. But things go from bad to worse when Barnaby must unveil a murderer with an apparent penchant for local brides.

S20·E6 Mytharc

Send in the Clowns

Nov 7, 2019 · 93 min

Things take a gruesome turn when Ferabbees Circus comes to town, bringing with it a chain of sinister clown sightings, threatening notes and deathly dangerous circus acts. Barnaby

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