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Dalziel and Pascoe

1996 Ended 60m episodes

6.4/10 29 votes

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.

Created by:: Reginald Hill
Cast:: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, Jennifer James
Language:: English
Country:: United Kingdom
Network:: BBC One

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Seasons

12 available

Series 7

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E01

Episode 1

The Unwanted

2002-09-30 · 60m

Back home to act as best man at an old army friend's wedding, Pascoe soon finds himself in the midst of a murder investigation. His friend Sgt Ian Henslowe marries Jill Lowry, unifying the two largest farming and land-owning families in the area. The big day is not a happy one, however, when another army mate, Cpl Martin Wilkie, is found dead.

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E02

Episode 2

Mens Sana

2002-10-07 · 60m

Dalziel checks out of hospital after a heart attack and is at home, bored, when a murder takes place at a posh health spa. He checks himself in there to investigate. Soon another murder takes place - are the two related?

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E03

Episode 3

Sins of the Fathers

2002-10-14 · 60m

A paralyzed girl is miraculously healed after sitting under a tree in the woods near her home. Later the same tree yields the body of a young girl killed a long time ago. This leads Dalziel into a web of abuse by the Catholic Church, including the practice of splitting up families and making youngsters slave labour on church farms. In the village Dalziel bumps into his sister, who is trying to find her brother, that Dalziel knew nothing about. And she has news for him that breaks his heart.

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E04

Episode 4

For Love Nor Money

2002-10-21 · 60m

Dalziel and Pascoe attend a retirement party for a senior colleague, Donald Fitzgerald. Dalziel's distinctly unhappy. He cannot forgive Fitzgerald for losing a recent court case against local villain and long standing adversary Danny Macer. He's even angrier when Macer turns up to celebrate, but anger turns to suspicion when Fitzgerald's found dead on a golf course the following morning. As the team examine Fitzgerald's soured personal life, including his affair with physiotherapist Rachel Waller, Dalziel goes after Macer. Pascoe tries to keep the investigation on course, but Dalziel's obsession soon leads him into confrontation with both Pascoe and his boss. ACC Stella Applegarth orders him back off duty on grounds of ill-health. Pascoe takes over, but soon finds evidence - a key leading to a bank vault and a suitcase full of money - which suggests that Dalziel's instincts about Fitzgerald may have been right. As Pascoe explores the implications, a second murder, that of Rachel Waller

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E05

Episode 5

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Dialogues of the Dead (1)

2002-12-21 · 60m

Wetherton CID struggles to track down a serial killer with a penchant for words, as Messrs Dalziel and Pascoe take on their most puzzling and challenging case to date. The sublimely confident killer leaves a dialogue for the police to find after each murder. These chilling documents, carefully written and lovingly illustrated, describe each killing in detail and, at the same time, are strewn with tantalising hints and clues.

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