Episode
Midsomer Murders: Orchis Fatalis
Overview
When a rare orchid is smuggled illegally into Midsomer Malham it releases the heady scents of passion, jealousy and death.
Details
- Series
- Midsomer Murders
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2005-01-09
- Runtime
- 90 min
Episode context
Orchis Fatalis is Episode 4 in Series 8 of Midsomer Murders. It aired on 2005-01-09. The runtime is 90 min.
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Episode 3: Ghosts of Christmas Past
Barnaby looks forward, with reservations, to entertaining his in-laws for Christmas. Meanwhile, exactly 9 years after the suicide of Ferdy Villiers his family and their guests arrive at the somewhat dilapidated Villiers home to celebrate the festive season. However, not everyone present is imbued with the Xmas spirit and the already rather tense atmosphere begins to disintegrate even further when it becomes apparent that someone in the household is all too aware that certain family members have dark secrets to hide. When what initially appears to have been an accident is revealed to be murder Barnaby and Scott discover that they must first unravel what really happened in the past in order to resolve the present.
Episode 5: Bantling Boy
DCI Tom Barnaby and Sgt Dan Scott investigate the murders of a horse-racing syndicate.
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Episode 7: Hidden Depths
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Episode 9: Midsomer Rhapsody
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