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‘Midsomer Murders’: “Three Best Eps.”
ITV’s “Midsomer Murders,” after 22-series televised, remains one of the U.K.’s most popular detective dramas
Midsomer Murders premiered on Sunday, 23 March 1997. The detective drama, co-created by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson, is an adaptation of Caroline Graham’s Chief Inspector Barnaby literary series. The Killings at Badger’s Drift was a one off special.
The first series wouldn’t hit television screens for another year. Written in Blood, televised on 22 March 1998, saw the beginning of the longest running detective dramas. Many excellent episodes, with 132 instalments televised, have come to television screens.
‘Midsomer Murders’: S13.E01. “The Sword of Guillaume”
The Sword of Guillaume, directed by Renny Rye from a screenplay penned by Michael Aitkens, kicks off the thirteenth series with a head-rolling story. The Causton Chamber of Commerce, despite Lady Matilda William’s initial opposition, takes a bus trip to Brighton.
A serial killer on the loose, naturally swinging an ancient sword, results in more than a few grizzly deaths. It’s the kind of story Midsomer Murders fans expect from…
