Midsomer Murders - Set Eight What evil lurks beyond the well-trimmed hedges of Midsomer…

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham, modern master of the English village mystery, the series stars John Nettles (Bergerac) as the unflappable Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby with John Hopkins (Love in a Cold Climate) as his brash young assistant. Guest stars include John Burgess, William Gaunt, Freddie Jones, Keith Barron, and Margery Mason.

The Mysteries
The Maid in Splendour—Midsomer Worthy’s beloved local pub figures in a case involving unrequited love, secret business deals, and passionate affairs.
The Straw Woman—Scott becomes bewitched by a village schoolteacher as he and Barnaby unravel a centuries-old mystery in Midsomer Parva.
Ghosts of Christmas Past—Barnaby escapes Christmas with his in-laws only to be thrust into the shadowy world and dark secrets of the mysterious Villiers family.

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE John Nettles interview, Midsomer map, Caroline Graham biography, and cast filmographies.

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Mexico s country music stars are being killed at an alarming rate 13 in the past year and a half.

Classical music/Opera Listings
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Handel s Holiday Hit, Tactfully Modern
Instead of playing yet another respectful Messiah by Handel, the Philharmonic should try to recreate one of the sumptuously padded later versions by Mozart, Michael Costa or Thomas Beecham.

Leaping Borders, Stylistic and Global
Wednesday s program at the Kosciuszko Foundation was led by Daniel Schnyder, whose style is rooted in the improvisatory give and take of jazz, tempered by a fascination with world music.

Philharmonic Gets a Taste of Pyongyang Diplomacy
North Korea s top diplomat and orchestra officials held a news conference to discuss a coming performance.

Bernstein Returns in the Form of Festival
With a new festival presented by Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein will loom prominently on New York’s music scene next fall.

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