any Midsomer Murders fans here?

[DrDan]

My wife and I have been watching them the past couple of weeks.

Just curious - but they tend to run 1:45 or so. So does that mean they are shown on one evening for a two hour period with time for commercials? Or over several evenings?

In either case, we love them. We particularly enjoy Inspector Troy - what a character.

[elleng]

1. I enjoy it,

and as it's on a PBS station here, no commercials ever!

[northoftheborder]

2. Yes - never miss it; waiting for new season though.

[OnDoutside]

3. Not sure about the U.S. but in the U.K. it's a 2 hr show with ads.

[DrDan]

8. thanks - kinda thought so

[TexasProgresive]

4. Love it

Very few British mysteries we don't like. Found the tunnel a bit too dark.

[saidsimplesimon]

5. Dr. and Mrs. Dan,

I enjoyed every season available on Netflix. It was a bit uncomfortable to realize there was a lack of diversity in Midsomer.

[DrDan]

10. there certainly was

[fierywoman]

6. I get them on DVD from the library. I can't get into the dark mysteries either.

[Polly Hennessey]

7. Love the series.

Agree, the Tunnel is/was dark. The two main characters overcame that darkness for me. I’m a fan of almost all the British mysteries. Another good one is Endeavor.

[Stonepounder]

9. Love Midsomer.

Can't figure out how there are any residents left in Midsomer though. The body count in each episode goes up and up.

[DrDan]

11. it sure does - I think there 3 in the episode we just finished

[AJT]

12. Netflix has all of the seasons. The series has concluded.

I enjoyed it very much.

[DarthDem]

20. It Hasn't Concluded

The 19th season (the British call them "series&quot just ended in May. A 20th season has been confirmed as in the works.

[AJT]

22. That's great!

[matt819]

13. Much Tony wife's dismay

I’ve watched all 30 seasons. Shows are shown in full, not divided into two episodes.

[DrDan]

14. that would be a LOT of episodes

[matt819]

16. Yep. Every single one.

Hey, I’m a fan.

I just started in on the x files. Only 211 episodes to go

[SallyHemmings]

15. Love the show!

[procon]

17. The missing minutes would have been allocated to commercials

during the original broadcast time. That's one of the best reasons to subscribe to a streaming service, they remove all the ads.

Haven't watch that particular show yet, generally not a big fan of cop shows overall. However, I did chance upon another British "C.B. Strike", based on best-selling novels by J.K. Rowling writing under a pseudonym.

Its about an ex Brit soldier turned drunken private investigator. He has a prosthetic leg, PTSD, and is beset with all kinds of personal problems, but underneath all his demons, he really is a good guy. Good show so far.

[DrDan]

19. there is a different feel to this cop show - somewhat light considering subject, likeable characters

solving the crimes has been more cerebral on the part of the Chief Inspector.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. I like them, although the murder rate in that area,

not to mention the bizarre nature of the murders, seems to be rather extraordinary. And nobody ever seems to get stabbed in a bar brawl; all the victims turn out to have had some unknown involvement with sinister but wealthy people with inexplicable motives, and they seem to turn up dead in rose gardens, churches, or at peculiar village festivals.

[csziggy]

21. Did Jessica Fletcher move to Midsomer?

That was the complaint about Angela Lansbury's character - every where she went there was at least one murder!