Midsomer Murders: Set 19 (The Made-to-Measure Murders / The Sword of Guillaume / Blood on the Saddle / The Silent Land)

Only FOUR Episodes here! There is a huge difference between "seasons" and "Sets." The sets contain but four episode, expensive to watch, while the seasons contain about ten or more. The settings are just great: one gets to see Geo. Fourth's lavish castle in Brighton, and ride on a lovely tour bus...the atmosphere here, as well as the droll wit of John Nettle's delivery of Barnaby, are great entertainment, but, really! just foir discs?? Highly disappointing, when the sets contain so many more for the same price! Still, the trip to Brighton was worth it...The last disc was ind of terrible, though...the outlandish bad dream quality of The Old American West as imagined by an over-tired British writer really is just poorly done, and without the scenery to back up such a terrible plotline. Best to look for Episode titles and their seasons and get a larger collection of episodes for one's money!!!

The whole series is as comforting as an old sweater on a cold winter evening in front of the fire. Midsomer's population is now one tenth of what is was before this series began...there have been so many murders that I think even Tom Barnaby and all three of his sergeants in the series have counted. This series brings to light the quality of British television and if anyone ever tries to say the US has a Monopoly on good television...take an evening and watch Midsomer Murders The light hearted dry humor, the clues along the way, and the banter between Tom, his wife and daughter (now married and gone away), George the long-time forensics expert (through out the entire series), and some of the usual suspects are bright spots in the story-telling. The beacon and the foundation is Tom Barnaby, a tough-as-nails CI (Chief Investigator), with a soft center like a good chocolate. The gruesome (no splatter) murders, and the way the story unravels the clues in front of your eyes without giving away the, often, surprising ending will constantly entertain you, and keep you wishing that you might consider yourself lucky to have become a fan of this long-standing top shelf drama. It just doesn't get any better than this program for a Who-Done-It. The countryside vistas will remind you of All Creatures Great and Small (with Robert Hardy), and the quaint little English villages make you wish you could buy a ticket to spend your next Bank Holiday traveling to all corners of the County of Midsomer. The churches alone, highlighted in many episodes are simple and magnificent to the eye. This program is candy for the brain, and easy on the eye, and a joy to relax with on any afternoon or evening. Enjoy and behold the Spot-On pleasure of a top-quality program, great acting (you sometimes can't tell if John Nettles is acting at all!), and another body on the moor to keep the team jumping and you guessing.

I used it for entertainment. Wonerrful. John Nettles is such a perfect fit for the role of a canny detective who thinks outside the box. Nettles has a wife and daughter, they are full-blown characters. The murders that Barnaby and his sergeant experience are so involved and original that the episodes are fascinating: Joyce persuades her husband to take time out at a spa and of course bodies start falling right and left, an amateur production of AMADEUS that goes terribly wrong, and a tale of magic, The Magician’s Nephew, is so convoluted that only Barnaby can solve it. The locations alone are worth viewing.

Besides the excellent mysteries, one thing i like about British cop movies is that most of the police DO NOT carry guns or fear for there life, thereby having no need for bullet proof (resistant) vest, since gun possession is not wide spread. They don't have the NRA (Kill anyone anytime association). USA People claim a need for protection. Well yeah, there are easy to get guns everywhere. Some claim a desire to hunt. You don't hunt with a hand gun, and if it takes more than two shots, you should not be hunting. And the (NRA) Kill Anyone Anytime Association says "people not guns kIll"--leaving out the fact the people have easy access to guns, just about any type of guns because the NRA are the gun manufactures lead sales promoter.I know a lot of people will be offended, that is until they or someone close to them get killed or kills themself with a gun. To bad. I believe in fact not promotions

This series is one more session of murder by the dozens and great solutions. I am not sure why there is any one left in these Midsommer Villages, as most have died off. These are super entertaining from the mystery side and the inter-play between the characters. Barnaby continues to be old-school solving the mysteries the old-fashioned way (he is something like Jack Frost without complete bending of the rules and disregard for authority.) He is the only major detective who does not have a destructive home life as he has almost normal family relationships. He constantly stands up his wife when something suddenly gives him inspriation. Unfortunately, his daughter finally married and moved on. The mother and daughter frequently were instrumental in solving cases. Our only regret is that he is retiring, but in the meantime enjoy an excellent show filmed in some wonder countryside scenery and looks under the surface including the bed.

I have been watching the series Midsomer Murders for about 20 years now, ever since I discovered the very first sets in my local library's collection of DVDs. I soon was collecting the series on DVD myself and have enjoying watching and rewatching the episodes again and again. I just recently started from the first episode again, and added this series to my collection. As always the episodes are most enjoyable!

Great series. If you like a mystery and appropriate levels of dark humor as well as English landscapes and interiors, this show is for you. We like this so much that we've been slowly collecting all of them. We find ourselves working through our collection and then starting over. I can't say that about many other productions. If you're already a fan, then just disregard this review.

I agree fully with what everyone has said here -- expensive! Regardless of the pricing of this set, we still felt that it was worth it because we are still not finding anything on TV these days that are any where near to the calibre of what the Midsomer Murder cast and crew put together! In this set, we are introduced to Barnaby's cousin and so the role that is played, is done well. We both think that he is going to really pull this role off for when Tom Barnaby finally retires (in set 20 I understand it is). Here again he is still the 'unflappable' Barnaby with his sidekick doing both their roles well. In this set we have also gotten many laughs out of it too. Even though it seems that the pricing is a bit expensive, I suspect everyone is blaming it on 'inflation' of the dollar whereas I think it is just plain greed for the companies that are selling it. I still feel though, that in spite of the price, for us, it is still worth the buy. We are looking forward to the next ones coming.

Wonderful British murder mystery series.

Midsomer Murder is a must watch for all british mystery/crime fans. I have watched the complete set of all seasons at least 50 times and still the discs work as good as new,

Last of the Midsommer series with Tom Barnaby. Excellent stories, ending on a high note! Intriguing plots, beautiful series. Will be interesting to see how his cousin fares!

ONE OF THE BEST BRITISH MYSTERY SERIES I HAVE EVER WATCHED. LOOKING FORWARD TO BUYING MORE/.I CAN WATCH THEM OVER AGAIN.