Brian True-May Movies

Dark Autumn is the 18th feature-length installment of the off-and-on British TV crime series Midsomer Murders. This time, self-effacing Detective Constable Inspector Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) and his assistant Detective Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey) head to the rural village of Goodman's Land, where the local postman has been murdered. It is soon revealed that the victim fancied himself the village Lothario, and that several men -- mostly outraged husbands -- had good reason to wish him ill. Eventually another murder occurs, which is not altogether bad news for Troy, who has grown fond of attractive local female Police Constable Jay Nash (Gillian Kearney). Series regulars Jane Wymark (as Joyce Barnaby) and Barry Jackson (as Dr. George Bullard) make brief appearances. First telecast in England by ITV on September 16, 2001, Midsomer Murders: Dark Autumn made its American TV bow over the A&E cable network on January 5, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The 13th feature-length episode of the British detective series Midsomer Murders, "Beyond the Grave" is set in motion by a mysterious act of vandalism at the Aspen Tallow museum. When a 17th century painting is slashed to pieces, the superstitious locals believe that the damage was the handiwork of one Jonathan Lowrie -- and never mind that he has been dead for centuries. Ultimately, a number of mysterious deaths occur, which some attribute to Lowrie but which DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) believes are being committed by someone who is still very much alive. As he pursues his investigation, Tom is also pressed into service as a "technical advisor" for his daughter's actor-boyfriend (Ed Waters), who has been cast as a cop in a popular TV soap opera. "Beyond the Grave" was first telecast in the U.K. on February 5, 2000, and in the U.S. on April 8 of that same year. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The eighth feature-length episode of the British detective series Midsomer Murders, "Dead Man's Eleven" premiered in the U.K. on September 12, 1999. Having had his fill of Midsomer Worthy, Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby (John Nettles) prepares to move himself and his family to the village of Fletcher's Cross. Alas, Barnaby's move is delayed by yet another murder: The wife of a prosperous landowner has been brutally bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat. Suspicion immediately falls upon the landowner's son (it was his bat, after all), but with no conclusive evidence, Barnaby and his assistant Troy (Daniel Casey) cannot close the case. And then another murder occurs...and another? "Dead Man's Eleven" first aired in the United States on August 12, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi