S12E02: The Black Book
The sale of a previously unknown painting by an 18th century painter sends Barnaby into an investigation of murders as well as art forgery.
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Season 1
The Killings at Badger's Drift
S1E1 / 23 Mar 1997
Written in Blood
S1E2 / 22 Mar 1998
Death of a Hollow Man
S1E3 / 29 Mar 1998
Faithful Unto Death
S1E4 / 22 Apr 1998
Death in Disguise
S1E5 / 06 May 1998
Season 2
Death's Shadow
S2E1 / 20 Jan 1999
Strangler's Wood
S2E2 / 03 Feb 1999
Dead Man's Eleven
S2E3 / 12 Sep 1999
Blood Will Out
S2E4 / 19 Sep 1999
Season 3
Death of a Stranger
S3E1 / 31 Dec 1999
Blue Herrings
S3E2 / 22 Jan 2000
Judgement Day
S3E3 / 29 Jan 2000
Beyond the Grave
S3E4 / 05 Feb 2000
Season 4
Garden of Death
S4E1 / 10 Sep 2000
Destroying Angel
S4E2 / 26 Aug 2001
Electric Vendetta
S4E3 / 02 Sep 2001
Who Killed Cock Robin?
S4E4 / 09 Sep 2001
Dark Autumn
S4E5 / 16 Sep 2001
Tainted Fruit
S4E6 / 23 Sep 2001
Season 5
Market for Murder
S5E1 / 16 Jun 2002
A Worm in the Bud
S5E2 / 23 Jun 2002
Ring Out Your Dead
S5E3 / 15 Sep 2002
Murder on St Malley's Day
S5E4 / 22 Sep 2002
Season 6
A Talent for Life
S6E1 / 03 Jan 2003
Death and Dreams
S6E2 / 10 Jan 2003
Painted in Blood
S6E3 / 17 Jan 2003
A Tale of Two Hamlets
S6E4 / 24 Jan 2003
Birds of Prey
S6E5 / 31 Jan 2003
Season 7
The Green Man
S7E1 / 02 Nov 2003
Bad Tidings
S7E2 / 04 Jan 2004
The Fisher King
S7E3 / 11 Jan 2004
Sins of Commission
S7E4 / 18 Jan 2004
The Maid in Splendour
S7E5 / 25 Jan 2004
The Straw Woman
S7E6 / 29 Feb 2004
Season 8
Things That Go Bump in the Night
S8E1 / 10 Oct 2004
Dead in the Water
S8E2 / 17 Oct 2004
Ghosts of Christmas Past
S8E3 / 25 Dec 2004
Orchis Fatalis
S8E4 / 09 Jan 2005
Bantling Boy
S8E5 / 16 Jan 2005
Second Sight
S8E6 / 23 Jan 2005
Hidden Depths
S8E7 / 13 Mar 2005
Sauce for the Goose
S8E8 / 03 Apr 2005
Midsomer Rhapsody
S8E9 / 02 Oct 2005
Season 9
The House in the Woods
S9E1 / 09 Oct 2005
Dead Letters
S9E2 / 26 Feb 2006
Vixen's Run
S9E3 / 05 Mar 2006
Down Among the Dead Men
S9E4 / 12 Mar 2006
Four Funerals and a Wedding
S9E5 / 24 Sep 2006
Country Matters
S9E6 / 10 Sep 2006
Death in Chorus
S9E7 / 03 Sep 2006
Last Year's Model
S9E8 / 17 Sep 2006
Season 10
Dance with the Dead
S10E1 / 12 Nov 2006
The Animal Within
S10E2 / 19 Jan 2007
The King's Crystal
S10E3 / 26 Jan 2007
The Axeman Cometh
S10E4 / 02 Feb 2007
Death and Dust
S10E5 / 08 May 2007
Picture of Innocence
S10E6 / 03 Jun 2007
They Seek Him Here
S10E7 / 27 Apr 2008
Death in a Chocolate Box
S10E8 / 11 May 2008
Season 11
Shot at Dawn
S11E1 / 01 Jan 2008
Blood Wedding
S11E2 / 10 May 2008
Left for Dead
S11E3 / 24 May 2008
Midsomer Life
S11E4 / 31 May 2008
The Magician's Nephew
S11E5 / 14 Jun 2008
Days of Misrule
S11E6 / 05 Jul 2008
Talking to the Dead
S11E7 / 05 Aug 2008
Season 12
The Dogleg Murders
S12E1 / 22 Jul 2009
The Black Book
S12E2 / 05 Aug 2009
Secrets and Spies
S12E3 / 29 Jul 2009
The Glitch
S12E4 / 23 Sep 2009
Small Mercies
S12E5 / 28 Oct 2009
The Creeper
S12E6 / 27 Jan 2010
The Great and the Good
S12E7 / 14 Apr 2010
Season 13
The Sword of Guillaume
S13E1 / 10 Feb 2010
The Made-to-Measure Murders
S13E2 / 12 May 2010
Blood on the Saddle
S13E3 / 08 Sep 2010
The Silent Land
S13E4 / 22 Sep 2010
Master Class
S13E5 / 06 Oct 2010
The Noble Art
S13E6 / 13 Oct 2010
Not in My Back Yard
S13E7 / 12 Jan 2011
Fit for Murder
S13E8 / 02 Feb 2011
Season 14
Death in the Slow Lane
S14E1 / 23 Mar 2011
Dark Secrets
S14E2 / 30 Mar 2011
Echoes of the Dead
S14E3 / 20 Apr 2011
The Oblong Murders
S14E4 / 25 May 2011
The Sleeper Under the Hill
S14E5 / 21 Sep 2011
The Night of the Stag
S14E6 / 12 Oct 2011
A Sacred Trust
S14E7 / 26 Oct 2011
A Rare Bird
S14E8 / 11 Jan 2012
Season 15
The Dark Rider
S15E1 / 01 Feb 2012
Murder of Innocence
S15E2 / 21 Mar 2012
Written in the Stars
S15E3 / 25 Sep 2012
The Sicilian Defence
S15E4 / 02 Jan 2013
Death and the Divas
S15E5 / 09 Jan 2013
Schooled in Murder
S15E6 / 30 Jan 2013
Season 16
The Christmas Haunting
S16E1 / 24 Dec 2013
Let Us Prey
S16E2 / 08 Jan 2014
Wild Harvest
S16E3 / 29 Jan 2014
The Flying Club
S16E4 / 05 Feb 2014
The Killings of Copenhagen
S16E5 / 12 Feb 2014
Season 17
The Dagger Club
S17E1 / 28 Jan 2015
Murder by Magic
S17E2 / 04 Feb 2015
The Ballad of Midsomer County
S17E3 / 11 Feb 2015
A Vintage Murder
S17E4 / 18 Feb 2015
Season 18
Habeas Corpus
S18E1 / 06 Jan 2016
The Incident at Cooper Hill
S18E2 / 13 Jan 2016
Breaking the Chain
S18E3 / 27 Jan 2016
A Dying Art
S18E4 / 03 Feb 2016
Saints and Sinners
S18E5 / 10 Feb 2016
Harvest of Souls
S18E6 / 17 Feb 2016
Season 19
The Village That Rose from the Dead
S19E1 / 18 Dec 2016
Crime and Punishment
S19E2 / 04 Jan 2017
Last Man Out
S19E3 / 11 Jan 2017
Red in Tooth & Claw
S19E4 / 18 Jan 2017
Death by Persuasion
S19E5 / 13 May 2018
The Curse of the Ninth
S19E6 / 20 May 2018
Season 20
The Ghost of Causton Abbey
S20E1 / 10 Mar 2019
Death of the Small Coppers
S20E2 / 17 Mar 2019
Drawing Dead
S20E3 / 19 May 2019
The Lions of Causton
S20E4 / 26 Aug 2019
Till Death Do Us Part
S20E5 / 07 Nov 2019
Send in the Clowns
S20E6 / 07 Nov 2019
Season 21
The Point of Balance
S21E1 / 21 Jan 2020
The Miniature Murders
S21E2 / 04 Feb 2020
The Sting of Death
S21E3 / 11 Feb 2020
With Baited Breath
S21E4 / 18 Feb 2020
Season 22
The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy
S22E1 / 04 Apr 2021
The Stitcher Society
S22E2 / 11 Apr 2021
Happy Families
S22E3 / 03 Oct 2021
The Scarecrow Murders
S22E4 / 29 May 2022
For Death Prepare
S22E5 / 28 May 2023
The Witches of Angel's Rise
S22E6 / 27 Aug 2023
Season 23
The Blacktrees Prophecy
S23E1 / 14 Apr 2024
The Debt of Lies
S23E2 / 16 Jul 2024
A Grain of Truth
S23E3 / 23 Jul 2024
Dressed to Kill
S23E4 / 10 Nov 2024
Season 24
The Devil's Work
S24E1 / 29 Dec 2025
Book of the Dead
S24E2 / 30 Dec 2025
Neil Dudgeon
DCI John Barnaby
Nick Hendrix
DS Jamie Winter
Fiona Dolman
Sarah Barnaby
