Midsomer Murders probes the criminal undercurrents lurking beneath the idyllic surface of village life in fictional Midsomer County filmed in the lush English countryside of the Chilterns and Oxfordshire.
The classic English village murder mystery has long been a favourite of aficionados of detective stories. The most famous exponent of the craft was probably Agatha Christie’s spinster sleuth Miss Marple, who from her home in the fictitious village of St. Mary Mead unravelled complex plots and announced ‘whodunit’ long before the plodding police inspector in charge of the case had found his first suspect. Set in the 30′s and 40′s Miss Marple solved murders that on the whole, were rather on the genteel side.
Following in this great tradition we now have the Midsomer Murders featuring Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, the creation of writer Caroline Graham on whose books the early teleplays were based. Midsomer Murders however, is set firmly in the present and the murders Barnaby is faced with include decapitations, burning alive and gruesome stabbings with farm implements and kitchen knives. Likewise, they are often forced to confront drug taking, incest, gay sex and sado-masochism, items strictly taboo in Miss Marple’s day!
The settings, however, remain the same. The English country village conjures up a unique vision of fetes, cricket on the green and tea at the vicarage. To read more about Midsomer Murders locations please visit www.mychilterns.co.uk and look for the topic in Exploring the Chilterns.
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