MysteryCrimeDrama
In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining down-to-Earth wit and humour.
DS Andy Dalziel is forced to accept new recruit Peter Pascoe as the pair team up to investigate a serious murder case. Wetherton Rugby Club's golden boy, Sam Connon, wakes after arriving at home with a hangover, to find his wife, Mary, dead in the armchair. Being vice-president of the rugby club himself, Dalziel decides to ruffle a few feathers and find out who had enough of a motive to want to kill her. However, with the murder weapon nowhere to be found, evidence of the killer's involvement is rather thin on the ground. The discovery of hidden 'dirty' letters, discussion of naked foreplay at the bedroom window, and the unearthing of the murder weapon during the search for a missing eight-year-old boy make for the final pieces of the puzzle. Does someone at the rugby club bear a terrible grudge against the couple — or is the true murderer closer to home?
Dalziel and Pascoe are thrown into uni life when the body of former uni principal Alison Girling—who supposedly died in a bus crash in Austria—is found underneath her own memorial statue in the car park. Speaking to all of the staff who worked alongside Girling prior to her death, Dalziel struggles to make any headway until the body of Anita Sewell, a student accusing another staff member of sexual harassment is found naked on a nearby golf course. Suspecting they may have a serial killer on their hands, the trail leads straight to the doorstep of the accused – Sam Fallowfield – only for the pair to find his house trashed and homophobic slurs sprayed all over the wall. Suspecting the culprit is closer to home, Dalziel's anger blows its top when he arrives back at the university to find his temporary police HQ has been trashed by students. And then Fallowfield is found dead.
Having persuaded Pascoe to marry the long-suffering Ellie, Dalziel finds himself with the opportunity to whisk himself away on holiday while Pascoe is on honeymoon. But, as ever, events fail to go to plan when Dalziel's car breaks down and he finds himself amidst a river funeral procession. Invited to stay at the deceased's house by his attractive widow, Dalziel believes all his dreams have come true, until her son goes missing, the housekeeper ends up dead in Epping Forest, and an insurance investigator with a tip-off about an insurance scam regarding the family's newest business venture ends up drowned in a nearby lake.
Cast: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle, Jennifer James, Wayne Perrey, Susannah Corbett, Joe Savino, Jo-Anne Stockham, James Puddephatt, Jemma Hines, Naomi Bentley, Fred Pearson, Malcolm Tierney, Navin Chowdhry, Pippa Haywood, Katy Cavanagh, Keeley Forsyth, Richard O'Callaghan, Rebecca Bridges, Lorraine Bruce, James Vaughan, Rosie Millar, Sylvia Kay, Peter Halliday, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Will Norris, Peter Martin, Ian Thompson, Claude Close, Paul Butterworth
Genres: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Warren Clarke
DS Andy Dalziel
Colin Buchanan
DI Peter Pascoe
David Royle
DS Edgar Wield
Jennifer James
WPC Kim 'Posh' Spicer
Wayne Perrey
DC Parvez Lateef
Susannah Corbett
Ellie Pascoe
Joe Savino
Dr Frank Mason
Jo-Anne Stockham
DC Shirley 'Ivor' Novello
James Puddephatt
Dr James Ashurst
Jemma Hines
WPC Claire 'Lulu' Baines
Naomi Bentley
WPC Maria 'Janet' Jackson
Fred Pearson
Dr Thomas Vickery
Malcolm Tierney
CC Victor Raymond
Navin Chowdhry
PC Sanjay Singh
Pippa Haywood
ACC Rebecca Fenning
Katy Cavanagh
DS Dawn 'Spike' Milligan
Keeley Forsyth
DC Carrie 'Tweedie' Harris
Richard O'Callaghan
Aidan Scarman
Rebecca Bridges
Rosie Pascoe
Lorraine Bruce
Maggie Ruddlesdin
James Vaughan
Lt Col James Hartley
Rosie Millar
Rosie Pascoe
Sylvia Kay
Mrs Mary Soper
Peter Halliday
Mr Edward Soper
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Desk Sergeant
Will Norris
PC Phil Higson
Peter Martin
Jacko Roberts
Ian Thompson
Willie Noolan
Claude Close
Desk Sergeant
Paul Butterworth
Vicar
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