The Best Episodes of Midsomer Murders Season 5

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(1296 votes)

   #1 - Market for Murder

   S5:E16/16/2002

   A ladies reading group in Midsomer Market starts losing members to murder.

   Director:Sarah Hellings

   Writer:Andrew Payne

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   Director:Sarah Hellings

   Writer:Andrew Payne
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   7.8/10(1357 votes)

   #2 - Ring Out Your Dead

   S5:E39/15/2002

   In the village of Midsomer Wellow, someone is killing off the bellringers of the parish church, in the week before a big bell-ringing competition. One young woman on the team is even shot dead in the churchyard on her wedding day. Before he can crack the case, Barnaby has to understand the significance of an old killing in the same village in the year 1860, when the Midsomer Wellow Vicar of the day, the Reverend Jonathan Ebbrell, was murdered and thrown down a well by the bellringers of his church. So where are the Ebbrells now?

   Director:Sarah Hellings

   Writer:Christopher Russell

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   Director:Sarah Hellings

   Writer:Christopher Russell
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   7.6/10(1241 votes)

   #3 - Murder on St Malley's Day

   S5:E49/22/2002

   Members of an elite student club close ranks after a murder at the Devington School.

   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Andrew Payne

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   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Andrew Payne
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   7.5/10(1156 votes)

   #4 - A Worm in the Bud

   S5:E26/23/2002

   A suspicious suicide note has Barnaby wondering if foul play was involved in a young woman's death.

   Director:David Tucker

   Writer:Michael Russell

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   Director:David Tucker

   Writer:Michael Russell