TV Guide ITV3 Wednesday

Workers at a visiting funfair get their hands on a stolen painting and sell it to Greengrass. In characteristic fashion he sets out to make a quick return on his investment and wastes no time in trying to offload it on Dr Ferrenby - who realises its value and informs Nick. Rural drama, starring Nick Berry and Bill Maynard

Long-suffering DCI Vera Stanhope must unravel the mystery when well-respected local builder and family man Jim Tullman is found beaten to death on the steps of the Collingwood Monument. His demise happened just before he was due to testify in court as the key witness in a violent assault case. Crime drama, starring Brenda Blethyn, Kenny Doughty and Jon Morrison

A tax inspector goes missing as he tries to track down the maker of an illicit, potent cider popular among the residents of Midsomer Abbas. Barnaby and Jones have a murder investigation on their hands when the man's body is found floating in a vat at the village's spring fair, where the duo are sampling the local brew. Pathologist Kate Wilding says the victim's injuries look as if he was shaken to death by a giant, and as their inquiries continue, they discover the area is steeped in bizarre local traditions. Guest starring Warren Clarke (Dalziel & Pascoe) and Denise Black (Coronation Street)

Hathaway and Lewis investigate the murder of a businesswoman connected with an organisation that supports gifted children, who had apparently been blackmailing the father of one particularly promising youngster. Further deaths follow, and as the body count rises, they realise there is a decades-old secret at the heart of the case. Matters are complicated still further by the presence in Oxford of former MI5 spymaster Grace Orde, who is visiting to sign copies of her tell-all memoir - which provides a vital clue to the killer's identity. Detective drama, guest starring Anna Chancellor and Cherie Lunghi, with Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox