Midsomer Murders 2024: A Grain of Truth release date, cast, plot and everything we know

Midsomer Murders episodes are like buses currently: none for ages and then two come along at once. Following on from " The Debt of Lies " (available to watch on ITVX if you missed it), comes a new episode called "A Grain of Truth".

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DCI John Barnaby and DS Jamie Winter really "knead" to use their loaves to crack this case which is set in the world of organic baking.

Leading man Neil Dudgeon tells us: "It's a great episode. You've got this young couple who are a celebrity baking sensation and they’ve recently moved to Midsomer. But the traditional villagers don't like it, which causes tension. On top of that, things that happened many years ago come back with plenty of repercussions."

Here's everything we know…

Midsomer Murders 2024: A Grain of Truth release date

Midsomer Murders 2024: A Grain of Truth airs on ITV1 at 8 pm on Tuesday, July 23. The episode will also be available on ITVX, where you can catch up with previous episodes as well. We also have a best ITV dramas guide for more shows to enjoy. In the US, BritBox is the place to head for Midsomer Murders .

Midsomer Murders 2024: A Grain of Truth plot

We meet a superstar baking couple — artisan baker Tom Larkton and his pâtissière wife Chrissie. They’ve revamped her family's historic old water mill and it now makes 100% organic flour. But not everyone in Midsomer enjoys their success and not everyone is pleased to see Chrissie back in Midsomer. Denise Bantrig, the landlady of The Highwayman Inn, is furious at the impact the mill is having on the village she sets up a protest group including Maria, who runs the village café. ITV teases: "While the charismatic power couple may seem to be living the magazine cover dream, things are not quite as perfect as they seem when they become targets of aggressive online hate.

"The threats appear to escalate when locals boycott the Larkton's attempt to build bridges with the village, a Midsummer's Eve Party, embarrassing them in front of the local press. But things take a sinister turn as Chrissie begins to hallucinate and is nearly killed as she staggers into the mill pond in a trance-like state before being saved by head miller Gabriel.

"Barnaby and Winter are called in to investigate as patrons at the pub were similarly affected. Fleur has a hunch that the seeded rolls which Chrissie ate were contaminated. But why would the pub, the hub of the protest, have eaten the rolls from Larkton's Mill?

"When a farmer is murdered Barnaby and Winter must race to work out the truth before the killer can strike again. Is this revenge for the poisoned rolls? Or is something hellbent on preventing the success of Larkton's Mill?"

Cast

Red Eye 's Robert Gilbert plays baker Tom with The Sandman 's Rebecca Night as his pâtissière wife Chrissie. Neil Dudgeon stars as Barnaby with Nick Hendrix as Winter.

Is there a trailer?

No, not yet.