Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1150 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-11-25
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Running time: 100 minutes

Video Details
As seen on A&E
MIDSOMER MURDERS
Set Two
What evil lurks beyond the well-trimmed hedges of Midsomer...
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Based on characters created by Caroline Graham, modern master of the English village mystery, the series stars John Nettles (Bergerac) as the unflappable Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby with Daniel Casey (The Wingless Bird) as his eager young assistant. Guest stars include Robert Hardy, Terence Rigby, James Bolam, Nigel Davenport, Orlando Bloom and Timothy West.

The Mysteries:
Dead Man’s Eleven—A cricket bat used as a murder weapon implicates the son of a Fletcher’s Cross tycoon. Death of a Stranger—When a tramp dies fleeing from fox hunters in Upper Marshwood, the investigation uncovers a trail of murderous deceit. Blue Herrings—Death is no stranger at a home for the elderly, but at Lawnside a series of deaths causes the residents to suspect foul play. Judgement Day—Midsomer Mallow has a shot at the Perfect Village title, provided it can keep a vicious murderer at bay. Four mysteries of approx. 100 mins. each

On the DVD
Midsomer map
Cast filmographies
Caroline Graham biography
Production notes

DVD Menu

• Side #1 -- Dead Man's Eleven
  • Play Feature
  • Scene Index
  • Special Features
    • Map of Midsomer County
    • Production Notes
    • Caroline Graham: Biography & Booklist
    • Filmographies
      • John Nettles
      • Daniel Casey
      • Jane Wymark
      • Laura Howard
      • Robert Hardy
      • Terence Rigby
      • Anthony Calf
• Side #2 -- Death of a Stranger
  • Play Feature
  • Scene Index
  • Special Features
    • Map of Midsomer County
    • Production Notes
    • Caroline Graham: Biography & Booklist
    • Filmographies
      • John Nettles
      • Daniel Casey
      • Jane Wymark
      • Laura Howard
      • Richard Johnson
      • James Bolam
• Side #3 -- Judgement Day
  • Play Feature
  • Scene Index
  • Special Features
    • Map of Midsomer County
    • Production Notes
    • Caroline Graham: Biography & Booklist
    • Filmographies
      • John Nettles
      • Daniel Casey
      • Jane Wymark
      • Laura Howard
      • Orlando Bloom
      • Timothy West
      • Hannah Gordon
• Side #4 -- Blue Herrings
  • Play Feature
  • Scene Index
  • Special Features
    • Map of Midsomer County
    • Production Notes
    • Caroline Graham: Biography & Booklist
    • Filmography
      • John Nettles
      • Daniel Casey
      • Jane Wymark
      • Laura Howard
      • Phyllis Calvert
      • Nigel Davenport
      • Geoffrey Bayldon

Customer Reviews

Midsomer Murders
Awesome, I love thisseries it's the greatest. As for the reveiw stating people are tall and stretched, it is because the dvd is widescreen his tv is regular non widescreen, but his dvd player is set to widescreen. If the dvd player is set to 4.3 the picture would appear normal in a letter box. Anyway I must say Dead Man's Eleven, from set 2 and Deaths Shadow from set are my 2 favorites. I can't wait for Death of a Hollow Man to come out in W/S DVD.

Midomer Murders
I love Midsomer Murders. My local A&E television station began to show Midsomer Murders about a year ago. In the spring, they took it off the air. I was upset, but now with them on DVD, I can watch them whenever I want. I have both sets 1 and 2, and everytime I watch them, I always enjoy them just as much as when I first saw it. I love British mysteries such as Miss Marple and Poirot, but Midsomer Murders is my favorite.

Great set -- just make sure your player is set correctly!
The Midsomer Murders series is probably my favorite contemporary mystery series, with great ensemble acting, charm and wit, picturesque settings and plotlines that keep you guessing until the final moments. One thing I appreciate is that the character of Tom Barnaby is allowed to be human -- showing his devotion to his family, his occasional frustration with his partner Troy, and letting him go down the wrong path in his investigations from time to time. And this set is also noteable for featuring one of the first appearances of Orlando ("Lord of the Rings") Bloom in the episode "Judgement Day," which just makes it that much more watchable.

One thing to make sure of, though, is that your DVD player is set up correctly, as this is an anamorphically-enhanced presentation to accomodate those with widescreen television sets. Because widescreen televisions are becoming more and more popular, some players' settings default to "16:9 Widescreen" or "16:9 Anamorphic" (what it's called varies according to your player). If you don't have a widescreen set, and are watching on a standard 4:3 TV screen, here's what you do: go into your player's "setup" option (there's generally a "setup" button on your remote, or sometimes you can access these options via your "display" button), and look around the video-related choices until you find options labeled "16:9 Widescreen," "4:3 Letterboxed" and "4:3 Full Screen" (or a similar wording). Choose "4:3 Letterboxed." This setting basically tells your player that you're watching the program on a standard 4:3 TV set, and that you want to see the program letterboxed (the program was shot in a widescreen format, so you will see black bars at the top and bottom of the image). The 16:9 Widescreen option "squeezes" the image horizontally so that it fills the screen on all sides, and widescreen TV sets automatically "stretch" it back out to widescreen.