Format:
Video disc
Title:
Midsomer murders. Set five
Other title(s):
Midsomer murders. Set 5
ISBN:
9781569387504
Edition:
Letterboxed.
Publication Information:
Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, ©2004.
Physical Description:
5 videodiscs (approximately 500 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Series title(s):
Number in series:
5.
General Note:
From the novels by Caroline Graham.
The episodes presented in this set comprise the first series of Midsomer Murders, previously unavailable. The stories are directly based upon the "Inspector Barnaby" novels of Caroline Graham.
Special features: Disc 1. About this set; Production notes; Caroline Graham : biography & booklist; All discs. Map of Midsomer County; Cast filmographies (John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard, Jonathan Firth, Emily Mortimer, Julian Glover, Jessica Stevenson, Anna Massey, David Troughton, John Shrapnel, Una Stubbs, Nicholas Le Prevost, Sarah Badel, Bernard Hepton, Angela Pleasence, David Daker, Paul Brooke, Lesley Vickerage, Michael Feast, Judy Cornwell, Stephen Moyer).
Contents:
The killings at Badger's Drift / screenplay by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Jeremy Silberston -- Written in blood / screenplay by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Jeremy Silberston -- Death of a hollow man / screenplay by Caroline Graham ; directed by Jeremy Silberston -- Faithful unto death / screenplay by Douglas Watkinson ; directed by Baz Taylor -- Death in disguise / screenplay by Douglas Watkinson ; directed by Baz Taylor.
Summary:
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The killings at Badger's Drift: The death of an elderly woman and the persistence of her lifelong friend draw Barnaby into a case that reveals the sordid side of this quaint village. Written in blood: Investigating the brutal murder of a Midsomer Worthy writer, Barnaby discovers that the victim had been living a fictitious life. Death of a hollow man: In Causton, Barnaby and his family take part in an amateur theatrical production of Amadeus that provides an abundance of real-life drama. Faithful unto death: When the wife of a wealthy local businessman disappears, Barnaby finds that Fawcett Green harbors a complex web of financial and romantic entanglements. Death in disguise: Barnaby needs all his wits about him as he investigates a string of deaths at a local New Age commune.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
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Midsomer murders (Television program)
Added Title:
Killings at Badger's Drift.
Written in blood.
Death of a hollow man.
Faithful unto death.
Death in disguise.