Watching Midsomer Murders again has convinced me not to visit there. Especially

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Badger’s Drift!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. It does seem an inordinately dangerous place ... (nt)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. Something like three people an hour are killed! 😱

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Given the idyllic surroundings, one might reckon people there would be a bit more polite (nt)

[madaboutharry]

3. Love this show.

Over the past few years, I have watched every single episode.

I agree, it is a very risky place to live. So many people getting bashed over the head!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. 😱

[femmocrat]

5. I have it on my Netflix list ...

but it has been unavailable for ages. I’m old-school and still get the DVDs by mail. I think they are trying to phase out this service but I don’t want to replace my TV right now.

[Chainfire]

7. Really, the countryside is beautiful

But they have a killing a week! Not only that, they can't do it American style with good clean shootings, they have to bludgeon folks to death. A rather nasty affair.

My wife and I finished up the series a few weeks ago and moved on to Endeavour: I liked Midsomer, but I think that the Endeavour series is better written and acted.

[lapfog_1]

8. you could always relocate

to Cabot Cove, ME.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

13. Beat me to it!

I always told my wife, people need to stay away from Jessica.

In the later seasons after they started flying her around the world, (I guess too many people were wondering why so many murders in a tiny hamlet,) I said if you see Jessica coming, run the other way!

[unc70]

9. In reality, only about 600 homicides a year in entire country

I think that is for the UK, but could be for just England.

[OnDoutside]

10. Better not watch The Responder then...

Do ! It's superb. Stars Martin Freeman.

[unblock]

11. We've made that same joke about Shetland

[csziggy]

15. They used to make the same joke about the town where Murder, She Wrote was set!

But then Jessica Fletcher started traveling since they had killed off the entire population of Cabot Cove, Maine, and had to go elsewhere for victims.

[Aristus]

12. Mrs. Aristus and I kind of got tired of the formula.

And so, I expect, did John Nettles.

Every episode. Every single episode: Gays portrayed as twisted perverts. One kind or another of some skeevy incestuous relationship. Older men with much, much younger women. Whole crowds of unpleasant people, even the ones not marked for murder. Ancient family secrets. Unattractive people having unpleasant sexual affairs for ridiculous reasons. Ludicrous village festivals celebrating idiotic events. Prim English matrons and elegant English gentlemen turning into spit-spraying monsters when found out.

The quality of the show has improved somewhat now that Barnaby's cousin has taken over. But it's still on probation. If they go back to their tiresome formula, I'm noping out for good.

[gibraltar72]

14. Gawd I loved watching that.

English actors don't all look like they came from Central Casting.

[Ocelot II]

16. And it's usually at a village fair or a church rummage sale

or some other apparently harmless community activity, and the victim or victims (usually several) are dispatched in odd and often gruesome ways; and there are usually clandestine or downright kinky relationships between the victims and some village bigwig - a local aristocrat, a beloved teacher, or the vicar. Stay the hell out of Midsomer.

[Wicked Blue]

17. The place should be re-named Death Valley nt

[Vinca]

18. It's almost as dangerous as Oxford (Inspector Morse).

[whistler162]

19. That is why I have never gone to

Cabot Cove ME.