MIDSOMER MURDERS-SET 7 (DVD/GIFT SET/4 VOLUME SET)

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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham, modern master of the English village mystery, the series stars John Nettles (Bergerac) as the unflappable Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. Daniel Casey (The Wingless Bird)) costars as Barnaby's earnest young assistant, Sergeant Troy. When Troy wins a promotion and transfer, Barnaby gets a partner of a different stripe. Sergeant Dan Scott (John Hopkins, Love in a Cold Climate)) is a streetwise Londoner who mistakenly expects an easy, dull life on the rural beat. Guest stars include Cherie Lunghi, John Standing, Michael Simkins, Henry Ian Cusick, Diana Kent, and Stella Gonet.

The Mysteries
The Green Man -- Troy passes his inspector's exam and is moving on, but not before one more challenging case with Barnaby in Midsomer Worthy
Bad Tidings -- Dan Scott, Barnaby's new partner, gets a baptism by fire with a case in Midsomer Mallow that implicates Cullly and her old schoolmates.
The Fisher King -- Barnaby and Scott follow a maze of Celtic rites, ancient artifacts, and twisted relationships to find the murderer of a Midsomer Barrow landowner.
Sins of Commission -- Murder attends the annual literary festival in Midsomer St. Michael, leading Barnaby and Scott to discover a hotbed of corruption within the highbrow crowd.

• Actors: Midsomer Murders
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language (Original Language): English
• Language (Original Language): Spanish
• Region Code: 1
• Release Date: 2006-10-03
• Running Time: 400 minutes
• Theatrical Release Date: 1998-06-28

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2008-07-23 Cully Barnaby should be made a Midsomer Murder victim "Midsomer Murders" as a whole presents the very best of what the British can do with the old-fashioned, village "whodunits". Tom Barnaby is the world-weary, low-key chief inspector who toodles around the fictitious Midsomer County, England, solving various murders. Some plots are a trifle thin, but most are engaging, and his sidekicks (Troy in the first several series, Scott in the last) are perfect foils for Barnaby's mature (and usually dead-on) instincts. All that having been said, I simply cannot cope with the central character's long-suffering daughter, the unlikely-named CULLY. She is nothing more than a millstone around the viewer's neck, a constant Madame Bringdown who does nothing but throw a pall of misery over nearly every scene in which she takes part. Reviewer C. O. DeRiemer justly referred to her as a "grim, serious young woman"--an attitude that pushes her already-subdued father's demeanor even further into himself. Poor Joyce Barnaby, Cully's mother, is so soft-hearted and dithering that her child's blunt, cheerless, and wheedling mannerisms seem only to exacerbate the elder female Barnaby's innate excitability. Either Laura Howard is a vastly underwhelming actress or, even worse, the creators/writers of this series actually wanted the character of Cully to come across as completely alienating. I can't help but notice that she: 1) has no friends 2) seldom has a romantic interest (*SURPRISE*) and 3) is constantly draped all over her parents' home, either living with them or simply dropping in to lecture or nag them. Horrible, horrible character--I'd have thoroughly enjoyed it if they'd incorporated Cully Barnaby into a plot as a murder victim.

Reviewed on 2008-03-08 Excellent Entertainment Love Midsomer Murders! Hope that they go on and on. Worth watching a second, third and fourth time. We always see and hear something we've missed watching it previously.

Reviewed on 2008-02-08 Can't Go Wrong If you are a mystery buff like myself you can't go wrong with Midsomer Murders - I can never guess who the killer is no matter how many of these movies I watch. Great viewing!

Reviewed on 2007-11-21 no subtitles I could not look at this product because their have no subtitles and - like many other customers - I am slighly hear-impaired

Reviewed on 2007-10-27 Entertainment with a bite This series is extremely entertaining and it keeps you guessing until the end. It doesn't hurt that John Nettles is attractive and the scenery is beautiful!

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