The Wood Beyond

Episode aired Oct 25, 1998
TV-14TV-14
1h 30m

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8.0/10

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Crime Mystery Drama

Inspector Pascoe's grandmother dies, and he sets out to discover the truth about his grandfather: why he disappeared during WWI. Pascoe is falsely told that his grandfather was a deserter bu... Read allInspector Pascoe's grandmother dies, and he sets out to discover the truth about his grandfather: why he disappeared during WWI. Pascoe is falsely told that his grandfather was a deserter but continues his quest. An animal rights group, in a seemingly unrelated incident, attacks ... Read allInspector Pascoe's grandmother dies, and he sets out to discover the truth about his grandfather: why he disappeared during WWI. Pascoe is falsely told that his grandfather was a deserter but continues his quest. An animal rights group, in a seemingly unrelated incident, attacks a pharmaceutical firm's labs. The leader (Amanda Marvell) escapes to the woods nearby and ... Read all

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119

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Director
- Edward Bennett
Writers
- Reginald Hill(novel)
- Ed Whitmore(screenplay)
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Trivia
The second of two appearances as 2 different characters by Kenneth Hadley. He was also in s1e2 The Advancement Of Learning.

Quotes
['Cap' Marvel and her friends have just been arrested after breaking into a pharmaceutical company to liberate the animals; while she was escaping through the woods, Cap found a skeleton]
Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: Been having fun, have you? Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play in the woods. You might bump into something nasty.
Amanda 'Cap' Marvell: [looking at Dalziel] It looks like I just have.

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10/10

Great episode

Following on from the passing if his grandma, and flashing back to his grandfather's life and subsequent claim of desertion during service in the war, Pascoe is on a mission to clear his name. Meanwhile Dalziel is investigating the break in at a research facility by so called "woolly hats" aka activists one of whom comes across a body in the wood whilst trying to evade capture there is more to the story behind the break in than meets the Eye.

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