Silver Spring, MD — Available in stunning high-definition for the first time, Midsomer Murders, Set 19 debuts on Blu-ray and DVD from Acorn Media on February 28, 2012. Set 19’s four new, contemporary, stand-alone mysteries are available to U.S. audiences for the first time with this release. Fan favorite John Nettles (Bergerac) stars as Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby in these engrossing full-length mysteries set in England’s picture-perfect but perilous Midsomer County (Blu-ray 2-Vol./DVD 4-Vol. Boxed Set, $59.99/$49.99, www.AcornOnline.com).

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 as the unflappable Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, with Jason Hughes (This Life) as his earnest, efficient protégé, Detective Sergeant Ben Jones. Guest stars include James Wilby (Lady Chatterley, Maurice, Gosford Park), Saskia Reeves (Butterfly Kiss), Janet Suzman (Trial & Retribution), Kenneth Cranham (Layer Cake, Merlin), Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill), David Rintoul (Ghost Writer; My Week with Marilyn), and featuring Neil Dudgeon (Son of Rambow, Life of Riley) in his first appearance as DCI John Barnaby.

The Mysteries:
The Made-to-Measure Murders—A widow is murdered on her way to confession.
The Sword of Guillaume—Barnaby travels to Brighton to investigate a land deal.
Blood on the Saddle—A dispute over property lines turns a Wild West show into a crime scene.
The Silent Land—A librarian obsessed with March Magna’s cemetery is found dead on top of a grave.

Midsomer Murders premiered in the United Kingdom in March 1997. Since then, nearly ninety feature-length episodes have aired with new episodes still in production. In the U.S., the series has been seen on A&E and The Biography Channel, however the episodes in Set 19 are the first part of Series 13 (2009-2010), which never broadcast in the U.S.

Street: February 28, 2012 - Four mysteries of approx. 100 min. each - SDH subtitles
Blu-ray 2-Vol. Boxed Set (SRP: $59.99) / DVD 4-Vol. Boxed Set: (SRP: $49.99)
BONUS FEATURES: Behind-the-scenes photo gallery for Blood on the Saddle

Acorn Media previously released Sets 1-18 with three to five mysteries per set ($39.99 to $59.99) as well as three collector’s sets (The Early Cases Collection, Barnaby’s Casebook, and Village Case Files). Each set ranked in Acorn’s top 10 best-sellers for its year and sales of each new set consistently gain momentum.

Headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., Acorn Media U.S. distributes distinctive home video releases to the North American market with a special focus on the best of British TV. 2011 releases included Upstairs, Downstairs: 40th Anniversary Edition, Brideshead Revisited: 30th Anniversary Edition, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Early 2012 releases include a bonus packed collector’s edition of I, Claudius; the Blu-ray debuts for the first three series of Agatha Christie’s Poirot; the U.S. debut of Lynda La Plante’s Above Suspicion; complete collections of Poldark, The Brief, Northern Lights, and French Fields; and more episodes from Single-Handed, New Tricks, Murder Investigation Team, and Man in a Suitcase. Acorn’s DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.