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In the event, Tom and his long-suffering wife Joyce will simply retire. It's always better to leave when people want more. If Neil has half the good times that I have had on Midsomer then he will be in seventh heaven. More info. ITV series Midsomer Murders will be making its big comeback later in The show, which has been on the air since , has aired nearly a series every year since it started. Dudgeon will be embarking on his 10th year as the sleuth cracking cases in quaint, quintessentially English villages which hold dark secrets.

Speaking to the Telegraph at the time, Nettles said it was tough decision to leave behind Midsomer Murders. But no, I think that as long as ITV wants to make it and people want to keep commissioning it, as long as people want to keep watching it, it's a great show to do.

John, who played Tom Barnaby in the series for 14 years, previously opened up about why he decided to leave, telling The Telegraph : "I suddenly realised that I'm going to be the oldest detective in the business now that David Jason has thrown off the mantle. But it was a very difficult decision to make. I'll have been doing Midsomer Murders for 14 years by the time Barnaby leaves. I've formed familial ties with the people involved in the show and they will be hard to break.

If there's a formula at all, it's a very loose formula. So I think it's got the potential to go on. It can keep re-energising itself. Like this story? Sign up to our newsletter to get other stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. We use our own and third-party cookies to improve our services and show you related advertising with your preferences by analyzing your browsing habits and generating the corresponding profiles.

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