Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders (1997 – ...)

1997 • 25 seasons • Crime, Drama • TV-14

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Episode 2 — Written in Blood

Season 1 • Midsomer Murders

Released: 1998-03-22 • Crime/Drama/Mystery

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Gerald Hadleigh, secretary of a writers' circle, is found battered to death the morning after the group's meeting with best-selling novelist (and former psycho-therapist) Max Jennings. Gerald did not want to invite Max to Midsomer Worthy, and he seemed apprehensive about the visit.Barnaby's investigations show that Gerald was a man of mystery - he had no National Insurance number, no family, and no marriage certficate to go with his wedding photographs. And it seems he had a mysterious woman visitor on the night of his death... then Max Jennings goes missing and is found dead.

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Episodes

Episode 1
The Killings at Badger's Drift
1997-03-23

Episode 2
Written in Blood
1998-03-22

Episode 3
Death of a Hollow Man
1998-03-29

Episode 4
Faithful Unto Death
1998-04-22

Episode 5
Death in Disguise
1998-05-06

Information

Creator	Anthony Horowitz, Caroline Graham
Episode air date	22.03.1998
Episode runtime	101 min
Episode rating	7.60
Genres	Crime / Drama / Mystery
TMDB series rating	7.5
IMDb series rating	7.9
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	14+
Country	GB

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Cast

Neil Dudgeon
DCI John Barnaby

Nick Hendrix
DS Jamie Winter

Fiona Dolman
Sarah Barnaby

Annette Badland

Annette Badland
Fleur Perkins

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