Neil Dudgeon as DCI John Barnaby and Nick Hendrix as DS Jamie Winter in 'Midsomer Murders' season 24
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Will ‘Midsomer Murders’ return for a landmark 25th season?

We've got good news!

Midsomer Murders is one of the U.K.’s most beloved cozy murder mystery series. Who doesn’t love returning to the idyllic fictional county of Midsomer, where murder lurks around every corner? It’s the perfect countryside escape.

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At the end of 2023, Midsomer Murders season 24 premiered on Acorn TV. Four new feature-length episodes were released in the U.S. for our viewing pleasure, involving a broken family estate, a murdered pet detective, a dead author, a wealthy Texas oil baron, and more. Now the question is whether or not Midsomer Murders will return for season 25, even though season 23 has only recently been released on ITVX in the U.K.

Will ‘Midsomer Murders’ return for season 25?

We’ve got good news! Star Neil Dudgeon, who has played Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby since season 14, recently confirmed in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com that Midsomer Murders had officially been renewed for season 25. Speaking to the British outlet at the Radio Times Covers Party, Dudgeon revealed:

“We start filming again at the end of March for season 25, so it goes on. We’ve had a year off this year. We didn’t film this year, but last year. But we are filming again this year. We’re filming four new stories from March this year.”

That filming break explains why we’ve had to wait so long for confirmation that Midsomer Murders had been renewed for season 25. Thankfully, we’ve got four more countryside murders to look forward to. It’s currently impossible to say when the new episodes will be released, however; even Dudgeon said he doesn’t “know when it’s next being broadcast.”

The star also hinted that he had no plans to leave the show anytime soon, saying, “No, I assume that at some point I’ll get the hook. You know, the hook will all come and sort of drag me off into the wings and they won’t want me anymore. But they haven’t done it yet, so I’m going to keep going to work until I get the hook.” Seasons 26 and 27, anyone?

The same supporting cast is expected to return for Midsomer Murders season 25, including Nick Hendrix as DS Jamie Winter, Fiona Dolman as John’s wife Sarah, and Annette Badland as the unique pathologist Fleur Perkins.

Given Midsomer Murders went all out when it celebrated its 100th episode—Barnaby and his partner at the time, DS Charlie Nelson (Gwilym Lee), traveled all the way to Copenhagen to solve a mystery that occurred on their turf in Midsomer—there’s no telling how the show will celebrate 25 whole seasons. I’m sure, though, that it will be fabulously bonkers, as all episodes of Midsomer Murders are.


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