Silver Spring, MD — Delighting fans with its distinctive mix of dazzling scenery, depraved crimes, and charming detectives, Midsomer Murders: Barnaby’s Top 10 arrives to DVD from Acorn Media on October 4, 2011. In this set, affable star John Nettles introduces 10 of his favorite mysteries with witty and revealing production anecdotes from the first six seasons of the bestselling series. Co-starring his original sidekick Daniel Casey (Marchlands), Nettles shares why each mystery holds a special place in his heart. The DVD 10-Disc Collector’s Edition includes ten full-length standalone mysteries set in England’s picture-perfect but perilous Midsomer County ($99.99, www.AcornOnline.com).

THE TOP TEN
How It All Began: The Killings at Badger's Drift
Favorite Story Line: Blue Herrings
Favorite Leading Lady: A Worm in the Bud
Best Location: Dark Autumn
Funniest Moments: Dead Man's Eleven
Most Intriguing Crime: Death of a Hollow Man
Most Difficult to Film: The Electric Vendetta
Most Dramatic Episode: Murder on St. Malley’s Day
Most Bizarre Episode: A Talent for Life
Favorite Episode: Strangler’s Wood

Midsomer Murders premiered in the United Kingdom in March 1997. Since then, more than eighty 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. The mysteries in Barnaby’s Top 10 were previously released on DVD in Sets 1-6.

Street: October 4, 2011
SRP: $99.99
DVD 10-Disc Collector’s Edition: Ten mysteries – Approx. 16 ½ hours - SDH subtitles

Acorn Media previously released Sets 1-18 with three to five mysteries per set ($39.99 to $59.99) as well as The Early Cases Collection (19-vol. collector’s set which includes Sets 1-3, 5), Barnaby’s Casebook (19-vol. collector’s set which includes Sets 4, 6-8) and Village Case Files (16-vol. collector’s set which includes Sets 9-12). 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 television. 2011 releases include Upstairs, Downstairs: 40th Anniversary Edition; U.S. debuts of must-see new series Garrow’s Law, Vera, Identity, and Single-Handed; more episodes from New Tricks, Doc Martin, Murphy’s Law, Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Marple, George Gently, Murdoch Mysteries; as well as the Blu-ray debut of Brideshead Revisited: 30th Anniversary Edition; and acclaimed documentaries from our Athena line. Acorn’s DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.