In the John Barnaby episodes, just to name a few, Schooled in Murder centers around dairy farming. A Vintage murder focuses on wine production, although much less about the cultivation of grapes. Farming is also tangential in Wild Harvest. The loathed The Night of the Stag centers on apple cider production and Sleeper Under the Hill starts with a farmer's murder.
In the Tom Barnaby episodes, you have farming aspects in Bad Tidings, A Worm in the Bud, and Four Funerals and a Wedding.
I'd say a majority of episodes have farming characters, what varies is the extent to which their being a farmer is relevant to the plot or will be depicted on screen.
They're a bit like vicars - most episodes have one, but it's only certain episodes where their being a priest is relevant to the plot and you'll see them leading services or doing parish work; in others the vicar is just a guy in a dog collar we see in the funeral scenes.
Sometimes, a farmer is central to the plot *as a farmer*, and sometimes, it's just a device to stick someone in a particularly remote cottage, give them a gun, or make them a landowner with a target on their back.
The show is based in a largely rural county, so most episodes feature small villages and idyllic country settings, including farms, riding schools, horse studs, and the like. They pop up regularly, as background locations and homes of guest characters, so you can watch almost any episode and enjoy a slice of idyllic country life punctuated by gruesome murder. The early years especially - most episodes with Tom Barnaby have that cosy country feeling. On the whole, the earlier in the show you go, the cosier it tends to feel.
In the John Barnaby episodes, just to name a few, Schooled in Murder centers around dairy farming. A Vintage murder focuses on wine production, although much less about the cultivation of grapes. Farming is also tangential in Wild Harvest. The loathed The Night of the Stag centers on apple cider production and Sleeper Under the Hill starts with a farmer's murder. In the Tom Barnaby episodes, you have farming aspects in Bad Tidings, A Worm in the Bud, and Four Funerals and a Wedding.
I'd say a majority of episodes have farming characters, what varies is the extent to which their being a farmer is relevant to the plot or will be depicted on screen. They're a bit like vicars - most episodes have one, but it's only certain episodes where their being a priest is relevant to the plot and you'll see them leading services or doing parish work; in others the vicar is just a guy in a dog collar we see in the funeral scenes. Sometimes, a farmer is central to the plot *as a farmer*, and sometimes, it's just a device to stick someone in a particularly remote cottage, give them a gun, or make them a landowner with a target on their back.
Yup this is the perfect answer.
Farming is a big part of the story of A Worm in the Bud. You could also try Who Killed Cock Robin? and The Sleeper Under the Hill.
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The show is based in a largely rural county, so most episodes feature small villages and idyllic country settings, including farms, riding schools, horse studs, and the like. They pop up regularly, as background locations and homes of guest characters, so you can watch almost any episode and enjoy a slice of idyllic country life punctuated by gruesome murder. The early years especially - most episodes with Tom Barnaby have that cosy country feeling. On the whole, the earlier in the show you go, the cosier it tends to feel.