Poll Results

LAST UPDATED: 15th August 2006

Every two weeks I will update the poll, and post the results on this area on the site. One poll received over 140 votes! All of the polls are just based on fan opinions and may not always be what you think.

POLL 61: Which recurrent writer is your favourite? VOTE HERE

Aug 15, 2006 - Poll 60

Which current director is your favourite? [22 votes total] Peter Smith (The House in the Woods, Vixen's Run) (5) 23% Renny Rye (Dead Letters, Down Among the Dead Men) (4) 18% Sarah Hellings (Bantling Boy, Hidden Depths) (10) 45% Richard Holthouse (Second Sight, Midsomer Rhapsody) (3) 14%

Jul 26, 2006 - Poll 59

Who was the best one-off writer? [32 votes total] Caroline Graham (Death of a Hollow Man) (7) 22% Douglas Livingstone (Death of a Stranger) (5) 16% Hugh Whitemore (Blue Herrings) (4) 13% Jeremy Paul (Who Killed Cock Robin?) (1) 3% Alan Plater (A Tale of Two Hamlets) (3) 9% Isabelle Grey )The Fisher King) (1) 3% Elizabeth Anne-Wheal (Sins of Commission) (3) 9% Jeff Dodds (The Straw Woman) (2) 6% Steve Trafford (Bantling Boy) (1) 3% Tony Etchells (Second Sight) (1) 3% Richard cameron (Midsomer Rhapsody) (1) 3% Barry Simner (The House in the Woods) (2) 6% Michael Aitkens (Vixen's Run) (1) 3%

Poll 58: Do you think ITV does a good job of broadcasting 'Midsomer Murders'?

Poll 57: On which night of the week would you rather 'Midsomer Murders' is shown?

Poll 56: Which is Barnaby's favourite sidekick?

Poll 55: Which is the Midsomer Magazine's best feature?

Poll 54: Which is Midsomer's quaintest cottage?

Poll 53: Which episode are you most looking forward to? 

Poll 52: Which of the newest episodes did you like best? 

Poll 50 - Who are/were the strangest villagers of Midsomer?

Poll 49 - Which episode has the most convincing 'grieving' widow?

Poll 48

Which episode had the cleverest solution? The Killings at Badger's Drift (16) 13% 1st Written in Blood (11) 9% 4th Death's Shadow (15) 13% 2nd Dead Man's Eleven (11) 9% 4th Judgement Day (8) 7% 7th Destroying Angel (13) 11% 3rd Bad Tidings (10) 8% 5th The Straw Woman (9) 8% 6th Ghosts of Christmas Past (13) 11% 3rd Hidden Depths (13) 11% 3rd Total Votes: 119

Poll 47

Whcih episode of 'Midsomer Murders' Series IX are you most looking forward to? Dead Letters (22) 50% 1st Vixen's Run (5) 11% 4th Down Among the Dead Men (6) 14% 3rd Four Funerals and a Wedding (9) 20% 2nd Country Matters (2) 5% 5th Total Votes: 44

Poll 46

Which is your favourite filming location? (See 'Midsomer Land' Section) The Lee, Buckinghamshire (7) 10% 2nd Bledlow, Buckinghamshire (9) 13% 1st   Great Haseley, Oxfordshire (7) 10% 2nd Little Haseley, Oxfordshire (9) 13% 1st Warborough, Oxfordshire (7) 10% 2nd Dorchester-On-Thames, Oxfordshire (9) 13% 1st Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire (3) 4% 4th Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire (2) 3% 5th Cuddington, Buckinghamshire (5) 7% 3rd Haddenham, Buckinghamshire (9) 13% 1st Total Votes: 67

Poll 45

Which is your favourite episode of Series 8? Things That Go Bump in the Night (7) 10% 6th Dead in the Water (8) 12% 5th Orchis Fatalis (12) 17% 2nd Bantling Boy (4) 6% 7th Second Sight (2) 3% 8th Hidden Depths (15) 22% 1st Sauce for the Goose (11) 16% 3rd Midsomer Rhapsody (10) 14% 4th Total Votes: 69

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS POLLS

Final Results

 

Christmas Poll

Final Christmas Poll: Which is your favourite episode OF 'Midsomer Murders'? Beyond the Grave (11) 10% 6TH Blue Herrings (3) 3% 10TH Dark Autumn (17) 15% 1ST Death of a Hollow Man (8) 7% 9TH Market for Murder (16) 14% 2ND Painted in Blood (10) 9% 7TH Ring Out Your Dead (13) 12% 4TH The Green Man (9) 8% 8TH The Killings at Badger's Drift (14) 12% 3RD The Straw Woman (12) 11% 5TH   Total Votes: 113

 

Poll 44

Group Five: Which is your favourite episode? Written in Blood (20) 14% 4th Bad Tidings (13) 9% 6th Ring Out Your Dead (26) 18% 3rd The Killings at Badger's Drift (28) 19% 2nd Hidden Depths (7) 5% 8th Ghosts of Christmas Past (8) 5% 7th Death's Shadow (17) 11% 5th Dark Autumn (29) 20% 1st Total Votes: 148

Poll 43

Group Four: Which is your favourite episode? Birds of Prey (5) 3% 9th Painted in Blood (33) 19% 2nd Judgement Day (12) 7% 5th Dead Man's Eleven (10) 6% 7th Destroying Angel (30) 17% 4th Death and Dreams (9) 5% 8th Market for Murder (34) 19% 1st Strangler's Wood (11) 6% 6th Beyond the Grave (32) 18% 3rd   Total Votes: 176

Poll 42

Group Three: Which is your favourite episode? Death of a Stranger (11) 6% 9TH Dead in the Water (16) 9% 6TH The Straw Woman (25) 15% 2ND Tainted Fruit (24) 14% 3RD Faithful Unto Death (17) 10% 5TH A Worm in the Bud (13) 8% 8TH A Talent for Life (23) 13% 4TH The House in the Woods (15) 9% 7TH The Green Man (27) 16% 1ST Total Votes: 171

 

Poll 41

Group Two: Which is your favourite episode? Murder on St. Malley's Day (7) 5% 10TH Sauce for the Goose (15) 10% 7TH Blood Will Out (17) 11% 4TH Garden of Death (19) 13% 2ND Second Sight (9) 6% 9TH The Fisher King (14) 9% 8TH Death of a Hollow Man (34) 23% 1ST Things That Go Bump in the Night (16) 11% 5TH Midsomer Rhapsody (18) 12% 3RD Total Votes: 149

Poll 40

Group One: Which is your favourite episode? The Electric Vendetta (5) 6% 7th A Tale of Two Hamlets (2) 2% 9th Orchis Fatalis (11) 13% 3rd Blue Herrings (20) 24% 1st Who Killed Cock Robin? (9) 11% 4th Death in Disguise (3) 4% 8th The Maid in Splendour (8) 10% 5th Sins of Commission (19) 23% 2nd Bantling Boy (6) 7% 6th Total Votes: 83

Poll 39

Which is the nicest manor house in Midsomer? Gerald Hadleigh's - Plovers Rest (Written in Blood) (7) 12% 2nd The Gooders (Destroying Angel) (2) 4% 6th The Augusts (Dark Autumn) (11) 19% 1st The Townsends (Tainted Fruit) (5) 9% 4th The Proctors - Milsley House (Market for Murder) (6) 11% 3rd The Spearmans House - Grove House (Bad Tidings) (6) 11% 3rd The Bonavitas (Dead in the Water) (2) 4% 6th The Bantlings - Bantling Hall (Bantling Boy) (4) 7% 5th The Benhams (Hidden Depths) (7) 12% 2nd Amelia Plummer - Plummer House (Sauce for the Goose) (6) 11% 3rd Other (Please State) view suggestions (1) 2% 7th Total Votes: 57

Poll 38

Which is Midsomer's perfect village? Midsomer Worthy (10) 16% 2nd Badger's Drift (12) 20% 1st Goodman's Land (6) 10% 3rd Midsomer Parva (4) 7% 4th Fletcher's Cross (10) 16% 2nd Midsomer Magna (4) 7% 4th Midsomer Priors (4) 7% 4th Midsomer Malham (3) 5% 5th Midsomer Mallow (6) 10% 3rd Morton Fendle (2) 3% 6th Total Votes: 61

 

Poll 37

Who has made 'Midsomer Murders' what it is today? John Nettles (25) 57% 1st Brian True-May (13) 30% 2nd Other (Please state) view suggestions (6) 14% 3rd Total Votes: 44

 

Poll 36

Which Midsomer character has faced the most tragedy? Dr. Jane Moore: Death and Dreams (10) 25% 1ST Sandra MacKillop: Beyond the Grave (10) 25% 1ST Julia Gooders: Destroying Angel (3) 8% 4TH Matthew Cole: The Straw Woman (2) 5% 5TH Tom: The Green Man (6) 15% 2ND Amy Lyddiard: Written in Blood (2) 5% 5TH Revd. Stephen Wentworth: Death's Shadow (3) 8% 4TH Mrs. Wilson: Dead Man's Eleven (4) 10% 3RD Other (Please state) view suggestions (0) 0% 6TH Total Votes: 40

Poll 35

Who deserved to be killed most? Iris and Dennis Rainbird: The Killings at Badger's Drift (5) 9% 3RD Susanna Chambers: Destroying Angel (6) 11% 2ND Jack Wilmot: Hidden Depths (3) 6% 5TH Elspeth Inkpen-Thomas: Garden of Death (4) 8% 4TH Leonard Pike: Strangler's Wood (9) 17% 1ST Jennifer Carter: Ghosts of Christmas Past (3) 6% 1ST Victoria Bartlett: A Worm in the Bud (5) 9% 3RD Danny Pinchall: A Tale of Two Hamlets (3) 6% 5TH Hanlon: Written in Blood (6) 11% 2ND Roger Heldman: The Fisher King (6) 11% 2ND Other (Please state) view suggestions (3) 6% 5TH Total Votes: 53

Poll 34

Which family is the most tragic? The Bantlings (6) 13% 2ND The Eberells (4) 9% 4TH The Inkpens (6) 13% 2ND The Tranters (8) 17% 1ST The Fields (5) 11% 3RD The Lyddiards (4) 9% 4TH The Heartley-Reades (3) 7% 5TH The Talbots (4) 9% 4TH Other (Please state) view suggestions (6) 13% 2ND Total Votes: 46

Poll 33

What is the most inventive method of murder? Catapulted with wine whilst pinned onto lawn. (6)  14% 1ST Drowned in TV full of wine. (6) 14% 1ST Flattened by a drinks cabinet. (4) 9% 3RD Spontaneous combustion. (2) 5% 5TH Hit over the head by giant spoon. (3) 7% 4TH Crammed with a forklift truck against relish, dumped in active steriliser. (5) 12% 2ND Drowned in cauldron of soup. (4) 9% 3RD Force-fed pasta and poisonous aconite. (3) 7% 4TH Flattened by toppling oak desk. (3) 7% 4TH Stabbed with pitchfork. (3) 7% 4TH Other (Please state) view suggestions (4) 9% 3RD Total Votes: 43

POLL THIRTY TWO

The episode with the most inventive ways of killing and weapons according to this poll is - Hidden Depths.

POLL THIRTY ONE

The recurring character that should return according to this poll is - Dan Peterson the Pathologist. 

POLL THIRTY

Peter Smith's best episode (Series 6-8) according to this poll is - Death and Dreams.

POLL TWENTY NINE

Peter Smith's best episode (Series 1-5) according to this poll is - Tainted Fruit.

POLL TWENTY EIGHT

Midsomer's Best Music according to this poll is - Ring Out Your Dead.

POLL TWENTY SEVEN

Midsomer's Most Tragic Episode according to this poll is - Garden of Death.

POLL TWENTY SIX

Midsomer's Worst Marriage according to this poll is - Dr. Rupert and Sandra Bradshaw.

POLL TWENTY FIVE

Sarah Hellings' best episode is - Hidden Depths

POLL TWENTY FOUR

Jeremy Silberston's best episode is - Death's Shadow.

POLL TWENTY, TWENTY ONE, TWENTY TWO AND TWENTY THREE

Most popular sub-plots were in Destroying Angel and Market for Murder (The Punch and Judy and The Reading Club)

POLL NINETEEN

Series 7's best episode is Ghosts of Christmas Past

POLL EIGHTEEN

Midsomer Murders' best director is - Sarah Hellings.

POLL SEVENTEEN

Midsomer Murders' best writer is - Anthony Horwitz.

POLL SIXTEEN

The best start in all episodes of Midsomer Murders is - Ring Out Your Dead

POLL FIFTEEN

The best ending in all episodes of Midsomer Murders is - Painted in Blood

POLL FOURTEEN

The darkest episode of Midsomer Murders is - The Straw Woman

POLL THIRTEEN

The best thing about Midsomer is - John Nettles

POLL TWELVE

The most evil killer in Midsomer is: Agnes Waterhouse

POLL ELEVEN

(Group One) The most horribly killed victim in Midsomer is: Gregory Chambers

POLL TEN

(Group Two) The most horribly killed victim in Midsomer is: Revd. Jim Hale

POLL NINE

Your favourite character: DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles)

POLL EIGHT

Your favourite series: Series 5

Your favourite episodes from each series in order: The Killings at Badger's Drift, Death's Shadow, Beyond the Grave, Dark Autumn, Ring Out Your Dead, Painted in Blood and Bad Tidings.

POLL SEVEN

POLL SIX

POLL FIVE

POLL FOUR

POLL THREE

POLL TWO

POLL ONE

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