The Best Episodes Written By Steve Trafford

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(10 votes)

   #1 - Bantling Boy

   S8:E51/16/2005

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

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - All for Love

   S2:E16/18/1995

   A hunt for John Bonetti, an escaped prisoner from HMP Bodmin, takes a dramatic twist after the discovery of a body. Wycliffe and his team race against time to recapture him.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - Dead on Arrival

   S3:E16/9/1996

   An abandoned lorry with five corpses at the ferry terminal and a man on the run bring Wycliffe's silver wedding anniversary celebration, which their children have laid on as a surprise, to an abrupt halt.

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   7.8/10(8 votes)

   #4 - The King's Crystal

   S10:E31/26/2007

   When factory owner Alan King, owner of the Kings crystal glass company, meets his death in Shanghai the repercussions are swiftly felt in far off Midsomer Magna. His brother, not only assumes control and closes the factory down but marries the widow, much to the resentment of her son. When the company's chief accountant is found dead in the river Barnaby finds himself drawn into the mysterious world of Masonic rituals and business corruption. Jones's knowledge of the former proves invaluable but it is Cully's performance in an open air version of Hamlet that provides the vital clue, setting the detectives on a race against time to prevent further deaths.

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   7.4/10(6 votes)

   #5 - A Rare Bird

   S14:E81/11/2012

   A row breaks out between some birdwatchers in Midsomer-in-the-Marsh ends things end up turning nasty after their president is killed. Patrick Morgan died as he hoping to get a glimpse of a rare bird, but is his obsession with ornithology to blame or something much more sinister. Barnaby is called in to investigate.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - The Dead Flautist

   S1:E27/30/1994

   When the body of an amateur flautist, Tony Miller, shot by his own gun, is found on the secluded estate of Lord & Lady Bottrell, it is assumed that he killed himself. But Wycliffe senses there is more to the case than first meets the eye. As he unravels the dead man's last days, another mystery is revealed - the disappearance of a maid from the Bottrell household. Family feuds and illicit relationships are uncovered - and then another body is found.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - The Trojan Horse

   S2:E26/25/1995

   Alex Keir is distraught when his wife Alison goes missing, but Wycliffe is sceptical of his grief, until a ransome note is found. The case of apparent kidnapping then takes a dramatic turn when Mrs Keir is found dead and smelling of alcohol at the wheel of a crashed car.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - Breaking Point

   S2:E88/6/1995

   Surfer Anne Carter is found in a deep coma when she is washed ashore. The assumption that she is a victim of afreak accident have to be revised when Wycliffe and his team investigate, and uncover a host of sinister facts and conspiracies. Their task is hindered by an obvious leak to the press, which puts DI Lane in a precarious position.

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   6.7/10(5 votes)

   #9 - Written in the Stars

   S15:E39/25/2012

   As darkness covers Midsomer Stanton during a total eclipse of the sun, amateur astronomer Jeremy Harper is killed by blow to the head with a meteorite. Barnaby and Jones are called in to investigate, and the duo discover that intrigue, sexual tension and academic rivalry are rife among the local stargazing community. Murder mystery, guest starring Maureen Lipman and Kenny Ireland, with Neil Dudgeon and Jason Hughes

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Watching the Detectives

    S1:E910/30/1992

    Det. Sgt. Markham is accused of taking a bribe. Meanwhile, Clark's lover, W.P.C. Jenny Dean, is under pressure over her part in the Michael Carswell affair.

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    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - The Pea-Green Boat

    S1:E68/28/1994

    When a fishing-boat owner, Harry Tremaine, is killed in the explosion of his fishing boat, suspicion falls on the man's son, who stands to inherit everything, but Wycliffe remains unconvinced. There's also a local developer who wants to build a marina on the quayside Tremaine owned; Tremaine's partner has been having an affair with his wife; and there is a mysterious recipient of £500 in cash from Tremaine on the first day of every month.

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