Midsomer Murders - Season 1 (1997) (season)
Directed by:
Jeremy SilberstonScreenplay:
Anthony HorowitzComposer:
Jim ParkerCast:
John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Laura Howard, Barry Jackson, Renée Asherson, Rosalie Crutchley, Jonathan Firth, Emily Mortimer, Julian Glover, Selina Cadell (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
Elderly villager Emily Simpson is found dead in her cottage after witnessing something unsettling in the woods. Though the doctor rules that Emily dies of natural causes, Emily's lifelong friend Lucy thinks otherwise and persuades Barnaby to launch a murder investigation. (Prime Video)
Cast
![John Nettles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271389_f8e825.jpg)
John Nettles
UK
Best series:
Poldark (2015) (series)
French and Saunders (1987) (series)
Robin of Sherwood (1984) (series)
![Daniel Casey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271388_b6a8bc.jpg)
Daniel Casey
UK
Best series:
Marchlands (2011) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
![Laura Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271463_c09572.jpg)
Laura Howard
UK
Best series:
Covington Cross (1992) (series)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
![Barry Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/456/161456789_50b70f.jpg)
Barry Jackson
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![Renée Asherson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/999/158999987_d1da5b.jpg)
Renée Asherson
UK
Best series:
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Lovejoy (1986) (series)
A Man Called Intrepid (1979) (series)
![Rosalie Crutchley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330959_4964a9.jpg)
Rosalie Crutchley
UK
Best series:
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
![Jonathan Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278206_da2931.jpg)
Jonathan Firth
UK
Best series:
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Middlemarch (1994) (series)
![Emily Mortimer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/137/163137724_404803.png)
Emily Mortimer
UK
Best series:
The Newsroom (2012) (series)
The New Look (2024) (series)
30 Rock (2006) (series)
![Julian Glover](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271632_2a8d48.jpg)
Julian Glover
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
Inside No. 9 (2014) (series)
![Selina Cadell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647173_5b03c9.jpg)
Selina Cadell
UK
Best series:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
The Vicar of Dibley (1994) (series)
![Christopher Villiers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/910/157910736_5810f4.jpg)
Christopher Villiers
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
Vicious (2013) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![Elizabeth Spriggs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064349_0e19f6.jpg)
Elizabeth Spriggs
UK
Best series:
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Bill Wallis
UK
Best series:
Yes, Prime Minister (1986) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
![Diana Hardcastle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483290_a4b2c7.jpg)
Diana Hardcastle
UK
Best series:
Utopia (2013) (series)
The Kennedys (2011) (series)
Taggart (1983) (series)
![Jessica Hynes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273818_147798.jpg)
Jessica Hynes
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
Skins (2007) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
Avril Elgar
UK
Best series:
A Taste for Death (1988) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Marlene Sidaway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/500/158500435_4f2871.gif)
Marlene Sidaway
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Pride and Prejudice (1995) (series)
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
Jane Wymark
UK
Best series:
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Lovejoy (1986) (series)
The Cop - Crime Scene Paris (2013) (series)
Paul Putner
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Look Around You (2002) (series)