Charlotte MacDonald

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1,889 appearances 62 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2010 last heard Apr 2025

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More or Less · How to lose money - fast! · 10 Aug 2012 podcast

But of course, some countries with very large populations don't have any medals, Nigeria and Pakistan included. voice-verified

Until next week, goodbye. voice-verified

More or Less · How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen? · 3 Aug 2012 podcast

Homelessness rose 25% in England over past three years. matched

Well, Dian Liu isn't the first person to notice the high murder rate in Midsomer. matched

There are on average around 2.6 murders per episode and around 8 episodes a year. matched

Midsomer is a county, so if we assume that Inspector Barnaby investigates every murder in the county, 21 people get bumped off there every year. matched

Now, being a fictional place, I don't know the exact number of people who live there. matched

But one of the counties used for filming is Oxfordshire. matched

So if we assume its population is the same as that real county, we get to an annual murder rate in Midsomer of 32 per million. matched

Yes. matched

For example, Thames Valley Constabulary, which polices the real county of Oxfordshire, reports a murder rate of 10 in a million. matched

Even London, the most murderous place in Britain, has a rate about half that of Midsomer. matched

Yes, I was surprised too. matched

And yes, Midsumma's murder rates are not beyond the bounds of possibility. matched

Chile and Latvia have murder rates about on a par with Midsumma. matched

And in Honduras, the murder rate is a massive 910 per million, almost 30 times the rate in Midsumma. matched

It's a pretty horrifying number. matched

So let's return to the world of fiction for a moment and think about another question. matched

Where's the most murderous place in TV crime drama? matched

It turns out, after frankly a lot of work, that Midsomer is a peaceful place compared to Cabot Cove in the US, which is the fictional hometown of Murder, She Wrote's Jessica Fletcher. matched

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