Dalgliesh (2021–present)
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Dalgliesh is based on PD James' best-selling novels about Inspector Adam Dalgliesh.The show will be set in mid-1970's England and is told from the perspective of the enigmatic detective, following his career to present day as he solves unusual murders and reveals buried secrets.
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Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01
A Certain Justice (1)Dalgliesh, Kate Miskin, and new D.S. Daniel Tarrant investigate the murder of an abrasive female defence barrister who successfully defended a shady young man on murder charges, only for him to begin dating her daughter. - 02
A Certain Justice (2)As Dalgliesh's team sort out the complicated motives surrounding the victim's murder, they are running out of time to save her daughter from her dangerous fiancee. - 03
The Murder Room (2)The grisly discovery in the trunk provides a new line of inquiry that leads to a hidden room, ties to intelligence agents, and a scandalous society at the heart of the museum. The team race to crack the case as the killer prepares to strike again.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Shroud for a Nightingale (1)November 4, 2021January 1975. Student nurse Heather Pearce dies during a training demonstration. Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investi - S01E02
Season's bestShroud for a Nightingale (2)November 5, 2021After Fallon’s death, Dalgliesh finds a library book in Fallon’s room and a letter in Pearce’s pigeonhole about a patient of Courtney-Briggs - S01E03
The Black Tower (1)November 11, 2021March 1975. Dalgliesh is invited to Dorset by his old friend Father Michael, only to discover that he died a few days ago. Father Michael li - S01E04
The Black Tower (2)November 12, 2021Wilfred announces that he will transfer the Grange to the Ridgewell Trust and hold a vote on whether he will carry on as spiritual adviser. - S01E05
A Taste for Death (1)November 18, 2021May 1975. 8-year-old Darren and churchwarden Miss Wharton find two dead bodies in the vestry of St Matthew’s Church, Paddington, their throa - S01E06
A Taste for Death (2)November 19, 2021After the attack on Father Barnes while Halliwell was in custody, Dalgliesh brings Swayne and Lampart in for questioning. He discovers Lampa
Season02Best season
- S02E01
Death of an Expert Witness (1)April 27, 2023When a senior forensic biologist is found dead in his lab, Dalgliesh is called to East Anglia, where the murderer is lying in wait to strike - S02E02
Death of an Expert Witness (2)April 28, 2023After another body is discovered, Dalgliesh and Miskin untangle a web of infidelities in this rural community, unearthing a killer with secr - S02E03Season's bestA Certain Justice (1)May 4, 2023Dalgliesh, Kate Miskin, and new D.S. Daniel Tarrant investigate the murder of an abrasive female defence barrister who successfully defended
- S02E04A Certain Justice (2)May 5, 2023As Dalgliesh's team sort out the complicated motives surrounding the victim's murder, they are running out of time to save her daughter from
- S02E05
The Murder Room (1)May 11, 2023Marcus and Caroline Dupayne struggle to convince their brother, Neville, to renew the lease on their family's museum. When Neville's car is - S02E06The Murder Room (2)May 12, 2023The grisly discovery in the trunk provides a new line of inquiry that leads to a hidden room, ties to intelligence agents, and a scandalous
Season03
- S03E01
Death in Holy Orders (1)December 5, 2024Dalgliesh travels to a remote seminary overlooking a windswept lake, where a body has been found gruesomely murdered. Nearly everyone in the - S03E02
Season's bestDeath in Holy Orders (2)December 6, 2024A second death shakes the order. As Dalgliesh uncovers the secret agenda of one of his suspects, the seminary falls further into disrepute. - S03E03
Cover Her Face (1)December 12, 2024Dalgliesh investigates a murder in the Essex home of the Mehtas, a staggeringly wealthy family with connections to the British government. W - S03E04
Cover Her Face (2)December 13, 2024A pair of grueling interrogations brings the victim's life into sharper focus, but will it lead the police to the killer? After a shocking c - S03E05
Devices and Desires (1)December 19, 2024Dalgliesh is sent on an urgent mission to investigate a terrorist plot against a nuclear power station on the Kent coast. He is soon drawn i - S03E06
Devices and Desires (2)December 20, 2024The hunt is on for a second killer as the threat to the local community looms larger than ever. Can Dalgliesh unpick a complex web of loyalt
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