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Midsomer Murders - Set Eight | 
 enlarge | Director: Caroline Graham
Actor: John Nettles; John Hopkins
Studio: ACORN MEDIA
Category: DVD
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 6128
Format: Box Set, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 300 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.9
MPN: ACRDAMP9187D
UPC: 054961918799
EAN: 0054961918799
ASIN: B000L2129U
Theatrical Release Date: June 28, 1998
Release Date: March 27, 2007
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Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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Studio: Acorn Media Release Date: 03/27/2007 Run time: 300 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com
Idyllic Midsomer county has an alarmingly high mortality rate--at least on television. As actor John Nettles comments in a charming interview, after several series of the murder mystery program Midsomer Murders only a handful of villagers would be left alive. The show's writers tried to lower the body count to a more plausible number, but viewers complained, so Midsomer is as lethal as ever. Set Eight, featuring three episodes from Midsomer Murders' seventh series, racks up its share of corpses as the ever-observant DCI Barnaby (Nettles) and his brash right hand man Dan Scott (John Hopkins) sort through a tale of unrequited love and secret real estate deals that mirrors an old legend, a collision of the church and pagan ways that sparks several flaming deaths, and a Christmas gathering that turns murderous as the truth about a long-ago suicide comes out. Midsomer Murders is topnotch: The 90-100 minute episode length allows each episode to unfold intricate plots while cultivating a distinct atmosphere and establishing vivid characters. Anchoring it all is Nettles, whose combination of gravitas and sly wit make him not only an excellent detective but a delightful and engaging personality. Hopkins is less charismatic, but he provides a suitable foil for his senior colleague. Aside from the interview with Nettles, the extras are modest: A map of the county, a handful of cast filmographies, and a slender bit of biography about Caroline Graham, the mystery novelist who created DCI Barnaby and his rural miasma of passion, jealousy, and bitter revenge. --Bret Fetzer
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Midsomer Murders - Set 8 November 17, 2008
D C
still like the series but do not like the new Sgt. He is awful in my opinion. Of all the series # 8 is mediocre at best.
 Midsomer Murders set 8 September 9, 2008
J. Violette
As always, these are outstanding. We watch them as soon as they arrive and then wait for the next set to come out. We have just about all of them and are anxiously waiting for set 11. Hope they never stop making Midsomer Murders, I believe that they would always be popular. The Brits seem to do the best when it comes to mysteries.........would like them to put Martha Grimes' Richard Jury stories into video.
Midsomer Murders Set 8 August 13, 2007
Patricia A. Smith (Cape Charles, VA, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
These three episodes are some of the best of the series. Especially well done is the episode, "The Straw Woman." The storyline evokes depth from the Scott character that comes as something of a surprise if one has followed the series through from the beginning.
Avid watcher of the Series July 18, 2007
J. Nickel (California,USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent group. You have to watch carefully as this set is probably the most complex of the series I have yet seen.
 Another winner July 17, 2007
R. Kaplan (Highland Park, IL United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Forget that Sgt. Troy is gone, the series is still excellent in the BBC tradition.
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