One thing I've gotten hooked on during my sojourn in Oxford is a TV series called "Midsomer Murders." I had seen a few occasional episodes on TV back home and enjoyed them. But here, the series comes on every weekday afternoon from 4 to 5. It's also on today (Sunday, from 3:30 - 5:30).
The main character in "Midsomer Murders" is Chief Inspector Barnaby. Actually, last week they aired the last show in which Barnaby is featured. He retired on that episode, so now his cousin, also a Barnaby, will take his place.
The setting for the series is the fictional county of Midsomer, and it is the most murder-wrought county in the world! Usually 2 or 3 people die in every episode. Barnaby, of course, always solves the crime. In truth, the plots are sometimes hard to follow -- but they always involve something interesting -- incest, transvestites, secret lesbian love affairs, etc. -- not the usual Miss Marple fare (although Miss Marple is still my favorite crime-solver!).
"Midsommer Murders" is based on novels written in the 1980s and 90s by a woman named Caroline Graham. I will have to check these out.
Meanwhile, for more information on the show, visit:
www.itv.com/Drama/copsandcrime/midsomermurdersweekend/Abouttheshow/default.html
Cheerio!
The main character in "Midsomer Murders" is Chief Inspector Barnaby. Actually, last week they aired the last show in which Barnaby is featured. He retired on that episode, so now his cousin, also a Barnaby, will take his place.
The setting for the series is the fictional county of Midsomer, and it is the most murder-wrought county in the world! Usually 2 or 3 people die in every episode. Barnaby, of course, always solves the crime. In truth, the plots are sometimes hard to follow -- but they always involve something interesting -- incest, transvestites, secret lesbian love affairs, etc. -- not the usual Miss Marple fare (although Miss Marple is still my favorite crime-solver!).
"Midsommer Murders" is based on novels written in the 1980s and 90s by a woman named Caroline Graham. I will have to check these out.
Meanwhile, for more information on the show, visit:
www.itv.com/Drama/copsandcrime/midsomermurdersweekend/Abouttheshow/default.html
Cheerio!
Don't know if you have Netflix, but if you do you can get many episodes of Midsomer Murders, as well as most British tv shows. Also, they have a lot of Miss Marple to watch. Have you every read the Miss Zukas series?
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