Spoiler-light editorial notes on the changing mystery formats and ensemble balance across Series 1–4.
The casebook ranges from a folklore-linked assault to an impossible burglary, while the continuing ensemble prevents the mysteries from feeling interchangeable.
Good starting point: Episode 1 establishes the year's working relationships without requiring the solution to an earlier case.
Open every Series 1 case →The casebook ranges from murder on a steam railway to a museum-piece theft, while the continuing ensemble prevents the mysteries from feeling interchangeable.
Good starting point: Episode 1 establishes the year's working relationships without requiring the solution to an earlier case.
Open every Series 2 case →The casebook ranges from a body on a county boundary to the devil’s hump disappearance, while the continuing ensemble prevents the mysteries from feeling interchangeable.
Good starting point: Episode 1 establishes the year's working relationships without requiring the solution to an earlier case.
Open every Series 3 case →The casebook ranges from a novelist’s final plot to fire at the pirate festival, while the continuing ensemble prevents the mysteries from feeling interchangeable.
Good starting point: Episode 1 establishes the year's working relationships without requiring the solution to an earlier case.
Open every Series 4 case →