The Best Episodes of Midsomer Murders Season 8

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.3/10(963 votes)

   #1 - Things That Go Bump in the Night

   S8:E110/10/2004

   DCI Tom Barnaby and Sergeant Dan Scott investigate a link between a murder spree and a spiritualist church.

   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Peter J. Hammond

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   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Peter J. Hammond
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   7.5/10(1005 votes)

   #2 - Dead in the Water

   S8:E210/17/2004

   The Midsomer Regatta is halted by the discovery of the body of the chairman of the Midsomer Rowing Club floating at the finishing line.

   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:Douglas Watkinson

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   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:Douglas Watkinson
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   7.6/10(990 votes)

   #3 - Ghosts of Christmas Past

   S8:E312/25/2004

   An elderly woman is found dead in her cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not down to natural causes.

   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:David Hoskins

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   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:David Hoskins
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   7.4/10(931 votes)

   #4 - Orchis Fatalis

   S8:E41/9/2005

   When a rare orchid is smuggled illegally into Midsomer Malham it releases the heady scents of passion, jealousy and death.

   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Terry Hodgkinson

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   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Terry Hodgkinson
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   7.0/10(1018 votes)

   #5 - Bantling Boy

   S8:E51/16/2005

   DCI Tom Barnaby and Sgt Dan Scott investigate the murders of a horse-racing syndicate.

   Director:Sarah Hellings

   Writer:Steve Trafford

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   Director:Sarah Hellings

   Writer:Steve Trafford
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   8.2/10(1101 votes)

   #6 - Second Sight

   S8:E61/23/2005

   John Ransom is found murdered with suspicious burn marks to his head. The investigation leads to two feuding families - one with the ability of second sight.

   Director:Richard Holthouse

   Writer:Tony Etchells

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   Director:Richard Holthouse

   Writer:Tony Etchells
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7. 

   7.6/10(941 votes)

   #7 - Hidden Depths

   S8:E73/13/2005

   When local solicitor Nick Turner falls to his death from his house roof, it is not clear whether it was murder or suicide.

   Director:Sarah Hellings

   Writer:David Hoskins

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   Director:Sarah Hellings

   Writer:David Hoskins
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   7.4/10(1006 votes)

   #8 - Sauce for the Goose

   S8:E84/3/2005

   Barnaby and Scott investigate when the dead body of rival employee, Dexter Lockwood, is found in the Plummer family's factory steriliser.

   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:Andrew Payne

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   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:Andrew Payne
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   7.6/10(7 votes)

   #9 - Midsomer Rhapsody

   S8:E910/2/2005

   When retired music teacher Arthur Leggott is battered to death with a torch, Barnaby and Scott investigate a web of family feuds and long lost love affairs to discover the truth.

   Director:Richard Holthouse

   Writer:Richard Cameron

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   Director:Richard Holthouse

   Writer:Richard Cameron