Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Midsomer murders. Series 1 / a Bentley Production for the ITV Network in association with A & E Networks ; written by Anthony Horowitz, Caroline Graham, Douglas Watkinson ; produced by Betty Willingale, Brian True-May ; directed by Jeremy Silberston, Baz Taylor.

Publisher, Date:

[Silver Spring, Maryland] : RLJ Entertainment, [2013]

[Silver Spring, Maryland] : Distributed by Acorn Media, [2013]

Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 529 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

laser optical NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

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.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Barnaby, Chief Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Drama.

Troy, Sergeant (Fictitious character) -- Drama.

Detective and mystery plays.

Criminal investigation -- England -- Drama.

Murderers -- England -- Drama.

Police -- England -- Drama.

Genre:

Detective and mystery television programs.

Action and adventure television programs.