Series Seven of Midsomer Murders premiered 2 November 2003, and concluded on 29 February 2004.
Name | Portrayed by | Occupation | Notes |
Tom Barnaby | John Nettles | DCI Causton CID | |
Gavin Troy | Daniel Casey | DS Causton CID he was promoted to DI and transferred at the conclusion of The Green Man | Daniel Casey's final appearance as a series regular occurred in The Green Man |
Daniel Scott | John Hopkins | DS Causton CID | John Hopkins made his debut as DS Dan Scott in Bad Tidings |
Joyce Barnaby | Jane Wymark | Wife of DCI Barnaby | |
Cully Barnaby | Laura Howard | Daughter of DCI Barnaby | Cully did not appear in The Fisher King |
George Bullard | Barry Jackson | Chief pathologist of Midsomer County. |
Ep Nr | Ep ID | Title | Director | Writer | Air Date |
29 | 7.1 | The Green Man | Sarah Hellings | Michael Russell | 2 November 2003 |
Troy wins a promotion to inspector, but before he can decide on his future, a construction mishap unearths a recent skeleton hidden among ancient bones. While Barnaby investigates, he sends Troy to the woods near Midsomer Worthy where teenagers have tangled with an old man who lives in the wild. *This is the final episode with Daniel Casey as a series regular. | |||||
30 | 7.2 | Bad Tidings | Peter Smith | Peter J. Hammond | 4 January 2004 |
Sergeant Dan Scott arrives from London to work with Barnaby, expecting to have an easy life on the rural beat. Then the murders begin. The death of an unlikable Midsomer Mallow woman embroils Cully and her old schoolmates in a case of murder and deceit. | |||||
31 | 7.3 | The Fisher King | Peter Smith | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 11 January 2004 |
Womanising landowner Gareth Heldman is killed by a violent blow from a Celtic spear, reawakening memories of a tragic archaeological dig at the ancient mound of Midsomer Barrow. Barnaby and Scott's investigation stirs up a maze of twisted relationships, professional jealousies and lies festering within the picturesque village community. | |||||
32 | 7.4 | Sins of Commission | Richard Holthouse | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 18 January 2004 |
The Midsomer Literary Festival opens with the real-life murder of a famous author at Midsomer St Michael. In investigating the killing, Barnaby and Scott find that the village highbrows are busy with corruption, embezzlement, and sexual peccadilloes of various kinds. And the dead bodies go on piling up. | |||||
33 | 7.5 | The Maid in Splendour | Richard Holthouse | Andrew Payne | 25 January 2004 |
A barman from The Maid in Splendour pub is shot dead as he walks near a ruined cottage in the woods. Barnaby and Scott discover a clash of cultures at the pub, between locals and new money, and between charming old landlord Michael Bannerman and his bullish son Stephen. But when Stephen, too, is murdered, past passions become as important as current enemies. | |||||
34 | 7.6 | The Straw Woman | Sarah Hellings | Jeff Dodds | 29 February 2004 |
Midsomer Parva hosts the revival of a traditional pagan festival, but tragedy strikes when curate Alex Deakin is burned alive inside a straw effigy of a woman. The body count rises as an apparent victim of spontaneous combustion, a budding photographer and a newly arrived schoolteacher are the next to be roasted alive. | |||||
35 | 7.7 | Ghosts of Christmas Past | Renny Rye | David Hoskins | 25 December 2004 |
At a Christmas family get-together, a cracker riddle says two people will die before midnight on Boxing Day, and just a few hours later family matriarch Lydia meets an unfortunate end. For local copper DCI Tom Barnaby it's a chance to escape a boring Christmas with his in-laws as he and sidekick DS Dan Scott throw themselves into the investigation. * This episode was filmed during series seven, but it was broadcast as part of series eight. |
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