Is Midsomer Murders coming back?
Midsomer Murders (1998–present) — drama · crime · mystery on Acorn TV
The answer: Between seasons — last episode December 29, 2025, no return date announced yet.
Based on The Midsomer Murders book series by Caroline Graham. Listen on Audible · Read on Kindle
25seasons
139episodes
7.9/ 10
About Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is currently airing on Acorn TV; the next episode airs 2026-06-01. The series has been on hiatus between seasons since its most recent episode aired on 2025-12-29. The show originally premiered on 1998-03-22 and has been a long-running fixture in the crime drama genre.
Based on the books by Caroline Graham, Midsomer Murders was a British mystery series that first debuted in 1998. It was a detective drama centered around Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby and his colleagues as they investigated murders in the idyllic countryside of Midsomer County. Each self-contained episode was approximately two hours long, featuring a classic whodunit format.
Midsomer Murders episode schedule
139 aired
Aired · 139
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| December 29, 2025 | S25·E4 | Top of the Class |
| December 22, 2025 | S25·E3 | Death Strikes Three |
| December 15, 2025 | S25·E2 | Lawn of the Dead |
| December 8, 2025 | S25·E1 | Treasures of Darkness |
| December 25, 2023 | S24·E4 | A Climate of Death |
| December 18, 2023 | S24·E3 | Claws Out |
| December 11, 2023 | S24·E2 | Book of the Dead |
| December 4, 2023 | S24·E1 | The Devil's Work |
| January 2, 2023 | S23·E4 | Dressed to Kill |
| December 26, 2022 | S23·E3 | A Grain of Truth |
| December 19, 2022 | S23·E2 | The Debt of Lies |
| December 12, 2022 | S23·E1 | The Blacktrees Prophecy |
| October 18, 2021 | S22·E6 | The Witches of Angel's Rise |
| October 11, 2021 | S22·E5 | For Death Prepare |
| October 4, 2021 | S22·E4 | Scarecrow Murders |
| September 27, 2021 | S22·E3 | Happy Families |
| April 19, 2021 | S22·E2 | The Stitcher Society |
| April 19, 2021 | S22·E1 | The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy |
| December 22, 2019 | S21·E4 | With Baited Breath |
| December 15, 2019 | S21·E3 | The Sting of Death |
| December 8, 2019 | S21·E2 | The Miniature Murders |
| December 1, 2019 | S21·E1 | The Point of Balance |
| August 26, 2019 | S20·E4 | The Lions of Causton |
| May 19, 2019 | S20·E3 | Drawing Dead |
| March 17, 2019 | S20·E2 | Death of the Small Coppers |
| March 10, 2019 | S20·E1 | The Ghost of Causton Abbey |
| May 20, 2018 | S19·E6 | The Curse of the Ninth |
| May 13, 2018 | S19·E5 | Death by Persuasion |
| January 18, 2017 | S19·E4 | Red in Tooth & Claw |
| January 11, 2017 | S19·E3 | Last Man Out |
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| January 4, 2017 | S19·E2 | Crime and Punishment |
| December 18, 2016 | S19·E1 | The Village That Rose from the Dead |
| February 17, 2016 | S18·E6 | Harvest of Souls |
| February 10, 2016 | S18·E5 | Saints and Sinners |
| February 3, 2016 | S18·E4 | A Dying Art |
| January 27, 2016 | S18·E3 | Breaking the Chain |
| January 13, 2016 | S18·E2 | The Incident at Cooper Hill |
| January 6, 2016 | S18·E1 | Habeas Corpus |
| February 18, 2015 | S17·E4 | A Vintage Murder |
| February 11, 2015 | S17·E3 | The Ballad of Midsomer County |
| February 4, 2015 | S17·E2 | Murder by Magic |
| January 28, 2015 | S17·E1 | The Dagger Club |
| February 12, 2014 | S16·E5 | The Killings of Copenhagen |
| February 5, 2014 | S16·E4 | The Flying Club |
| January 29, 2014 | S16·E3 | Wild Harvest |
| January 8, 2014 | S16·E2 | Let Us Prey |
| December 24, 2013 | S16·E1 | The Christmas Haunting |
| January 30, 2013 | S15·E6 | Schooled in Murder |
| January 9, 2013 | S15·E5 | The Sicilian Defence |
| January 2, 2013 | S15·E4 | Death and the Divas |
| September 25, 2012 | S15·E3 | Written in the Stars |
| March 21, 2012 | S15·E2 | Murder of Innocence |
| February 1, 2012 | S15·E1 | The Dark Rider |
| January 11, 2012 | S14·E8 | A Rare Bird |
| October 26, 2011 | S14·E7 | A Sacred Trust |
| October 12, 2011 | S14·E6 | The Night of the Stag |
| September 21, 2011 | S14·E5 | The Sleeper Under the Hill |
| May 25, 2011 | S14·E4 | The Oblong Murders |
| April 20, 2011 | S14·E3 | Echoes of the Dead |
| March 30, 2011 | S14·E2 | Dark Secrets |
| March 23, 2011 | S14·E1 | Death in the Slow Lane |
| February 2, 2011 | S13·E8 | Fit for Murder |
| January 12, 2011 | S13·E7 | Not in My Back Yard |
| October 13, 2010 | S13·E6 | The Noble Art |
| October 6, 2010 | S13·E5 | Master Class |
| September 22, 2010 | S13·E4 | The Silent Land |
| September 8, 2010 | S13·E3 | Blood on the Saddle |
| May 12, 2010 | S13·E2 | The Made-to-Measure Murders |
| May 5, 2010 | S11·E6 | Talking to the Dead |
| February 10, 2010 | S13·E1 | The Sword of Guillaume |
| October 4, 2009 | S12·E7 | The Great and the Good |
| September 27, 2009 | S12·E6 | The Creeper |
| September 20, 2009 | S12·E5 | Small Mercies |
| July 21, 2009 | S12·E4 | The Glitch |
| July 7, 2009 | S12·E3 | Secrets and Spies |
| March 26, 2009 | S12·E2 | The Black Book |
| March 19, 2009 | S12·E1 | The Dogleg Murders |
| June 14, 2008 | S11·E5 | The Magician's Nephew |
| May 31, 2008 | S11·E4 | Midsomer Life |
| May 24, 2008 | S11·E3 | Left for Dead |
| May 10, 2008 | S11·E2 | Blood Wedding |
| January 1, 2008 | S11·E1 | Shot at Dawn |
| October 14, 2007 | S10·E8 | Death in a Chocolate Box |
| October 7, 2007 | S10·E7 | They Seek Him Here |
| June 3, 2007 | S10·E6 | Picture of Innocence |
| May 8, 2007 | S10·E5 | Death and Dust |
| February 2, 2007 | S10·E4 | The Axeman Cometh |
| January 26, 2007 | S10·E3 | King's Crystal |
| January 19, 2007 | S10·E2 | The Animal Within |
| November 12, 2006 | S10·E1 | Dance with the Dead |
| September 24, 2006 | S9·E8 | Four Funerals and a Wedding |
| September 17, 2006 | S9·E7 | Last Year's Model |
| September 10, 2006 | S9·E6 | Country Matters |
| September 3, 2006 | S9·E5 | Death in Chorus |
| March 12, 2006 | S9·E4 | Down Among the Dead Men |
| March 5, 2006 | S9·E3 | Vixen's Run |
| February 26, 2006 | S9·E2 | Dead Letters |
| October 9, 2005 | S9·E1 | The House in the Woods |
| October 2, 2005 | S8·E8 | Midsomer Rhapsody |
| April 3, 2005 | S8·E7 | Sauce for the Goose |
| March 14, 2005 | S8·E6 | Hidden Depths |
| January 23, 2005 | S8·E5 | Second Sight |
| January 16, 2005 | S8·E4 | Bantling Boy |
| January 9, 2005 | S8·E3 | Orchis Fatalis |
| October 17, 2004 | S8·E2 | Dead in the Water |
| October 10, 2004 | S8·E1 | Things That Go Bump in the Night |
| February 29, 2004 | S7·E6 | The Straw Woman |
| January 25, 2004 | S7·E5 | The Maid in Splendour |
| January 18, 2004 | S7·E4 | Sins of Commission |
| January 11, 2004 | S7·E3 | The Fisher King |
| January 4, 2004 | S7·E2 | Bad Tidings |
| November 2, 2003 | S7·E1 | The Green Man |
| January 31, 2003 | S6·E5 | Birds of Prey |
| January 24, 2003 | S6·E4 | A Tale of Two Hamlets |
| January 17, 2003 | S6·E3 | Painted in Blood |
| January 10, 2003 | S6·E2 | Death and Dreams |
| January 3, 2003 | S6·E1 | A Talent for Life |
| September 22, 2002 | S5·E4 | Murder on St. Malley's Day |
| September 15, 2002 | S5·E3 | Ring Out Your Dead |
| June 23, 2002 | S5·E2 | A Worm in the Bud |
| June 16, 2002 | S5·E1 | Market for Murder |
| September 23, 2001 | S4·E6 | Tainted Fruit |
| September 16, 2001 | S4·E5 | Dark Autumn |
| September 9, 2001 | S4·E4 | Who Killed Cock Robin? |
| September 2, 2001 | S4·E3 | The Electric Vendetta |
| August 26, 2001 | S4·E2 | Destroying Angel |
| September 10, 2000 | S4·E1 | Garden of Death |
| February 5, 2000 | S3·E4 | Beyond the Grave |
| January 29, 2000 | S3·E3 | Judgement Day |
| January 22, 2000 | S3·E2 | Blue Herrings |
| December 31, 1999 | S3·E1 | Death of a Stranger |
| September 19, 1999 | S2·E4 | Blood Will Out |
| February 10, 1999 | S2·E3 | Dead Man's Eleven |
| February 3, 1999 | S2·E2 | Strangler's Wood |
| January 20, 1999 | S2·E1 | Death's Shadow |
| May 6, 1998 | S1·E4 | Death in Disguise |
| April 22, 1998 | S1·E3 | Faithful Unto Death |
| March 29, 1998 | S1·E2 | Death of a Hollow Man |
| March 22, 1998 | S1·E1 | Written in Blood |
