It can't be April already?

[caulkhead]

According to a report picked up by the Independent, 'Midsomer murders' is obscuring important public health messages by its concentration on 'bizarre murder methods'

http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/midsomers-murders-are-affecting-public-health-messages-9132121.html

I invite the floor to suggest what public health messages *are* in fact effectively conveyed by Midsomer Murders? Or the rest of the detective canon, in fact?

ETA

Nope. Still not convinced it isn't April.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/17/south-bank-university-fake-pub-alcohol-research-drinking

(I wonder what they'd make of a Batmoot?)

Comments

[perennialanna]

Someone actually studied the realism of Midsomer Murders? That makes my thoughts on the geographies of inter-town rivalries (with specific reference to St Just and Pendeen) look like a serious research proposal.

[caulkhead]

"“Concern has been expressed that the public may be given a misleading impression of homicide,”

Do they really think people are giving local Roman reenactors the side-eye in case they start shooting at people with trebuchets?

[legionseagle]

This reminds me it is some time since I linked to the YouTube classic Hurda Gurda Murder

[liadnan]

Uploaded 2011 I see.
https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/midsomer-murders/series-16/episode-5-the-killings-of-copenhagen
"8:00pm, Wednesday 12 February 2014
Duration: 2 hours Series 16 • Episode 5
100th episode of the detective series. Barnaby and Nelson travel to Copenhagen and join forces with local police when a Midsomer resident's body is found."