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Midsomer Murders: Season 4

6 episodes Premiered Sep 10, 2000 Updated Sep 18, 2026

Midsomer Murders Season 4 continues the overarching saga across six episodes within the television series. The program is based on Caroline Graham's Chief Inspector Barnaby book series and was originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. Set in the fictional English county of Midsomer with its central headquarters in Causton, the series depicts the peacefulness of the local community as it is repeatedly shattered by viole

Previously on Midsomer Murders

Season 4 Lore Primer

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

  • The television series is set in the fictional English county of Midsomer, which has its central headquarters located in Causton.
  • The show is based on Caroline Graham's Chief Inspector Barnaby book series, which was originally adapted for television by Anthony Horowitz.
  • The series stars John Nettles, Jane Wymark, and Barry Jackson.
  • The overarching narrative of the series centers on the peacefulness of the Midsomer community being repeatedly shattered by violent crime.

Season overview

Midsomer Murders Season 4 continues the overarching saga across six episodes within the television series. The program is based on Caroline Graham's Chief Inspector Barnaby book series and was originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. Set in the fictional English county of Midsomer with its central headquarters in Causton, the series depicts the peacefulness of the local community as it is repeatedly shattered by violent crime.

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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S4·E1 Mytharc

Garden of Death

Sep 10, 2000

The Inkpen family has bought back its ancestral home, Inkpen Manor at Midsomer Deverell, and they plan to turn a village Memorial Garden on their land into a tea shop. This causes

S4·E2 Core

Destroying Angel

Aug 26, 2001

Barnaby attends the funeral of the owner of the Easterly Grange Hotel and hears that the hotel manager has gone missing. The will is read, and it seems the hotel has been divided b

S4·E3 Core

Electric Vendetta

Sep 2, 2001

A man's naked body is found in a crop circle, then another dead man electrocuted at the wheel of his vehicle, and then yet another dead man in another crop circle. Barnaby is not i

S4·E4 Core

Who Killed Cock Robin?

Sep 9, 2001

Dr Burgess, on his way home from a party at the glamorous Francesca Ward's riding school, knocks a stranger down in the road at Newton Magna, and the stranger mysteriously vanishes

S4·E5 Mytharc

Dark Autumn

Sep 16, 2001

A postman is brutally murdered on his morning round in the hamlet of Goodman's Land. Local WPC Jay Nash helps Barnaby and Troy to establish that Dave offered a very personal servic

S4·E6 Mytharc

Tainted Fruit

Sep 23, 2001

A wealthy young landlady fears for her life after she callously ignores the plight of an elderly tenant.