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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 97 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Midsomer Murders has been ongoing for soon 30 years, but there's still people left to murder.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I only catch an episode once on a while when it happens to be running on TV, but I've actually seen episodes in which the characters point at how absurd it is that so many murders happen all the time there.

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't it usually a different village each episode? I think Barnaby is responsible for the entire county

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Still an unusually high number of villages for one county.

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Midsomer county is bigger on the inside

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doctor Who crossover episode where they confront the evil alien force thriving on murders

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Sounds Like a great Red Nose Day special

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It started in 1997 and has had almost 150 episodes since then. An average then of like 5-6 murders a year. The UK homicide rate is about 10/million, so for a county of half a million it wouldn't be unreasonable. That kind of population is about right for a rural county.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That said, rate of murders in which the killer perfectly timed a firework, carried across the lake by their trained dog, to go off at the moment they were visibly on stage with an alibi, is a bit lower.