Episode #1.1

Episode aired Mar 20, 1997

S1.E1

Scotland Yard's Commander Adam Dalgleish is asked by Gabriel Dauntsey of the Peverell Press to look into an anonymous poison pen letter he received. It said that as he contributes nothing, h... Read allScotland Yard's Commander Adam Dalgleish is asked by Gabriel Dauntsey of the Peverell Press to look into an anonymous poison pen letter he received. It said that as he contributes nothing, he should do everyone a favor and take his own life. This is not the first such letter he's... Read allScotland Yard's Commander Adam Dalgleish is asked by Gabriel Dauntsey of the Peverell Press to look into an anonymous poison pen letter he received. It said that as he contributes nothing, he should do everyone a favor and take his own life. This is not the first such letter he's received but they are interrupted when Peverell employees discover the body of Sonya Clem... Read all

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Director
- Andrew Grieve
Writers
- Michael Chaplin
- P.D. James(novel)
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- Andrew Grieve
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- Michael Chaplin
- P.D. James(novel)
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Scotland Yard's Commander Adam Dalgleish is asked by Gabriel Dauntsey of the Peverell Press to look into an anonymous poison pen letter he received. It said that as he contributes nothing, he should do everyone a favor and take his own life. This is not the first such letter he's received but they are interrupted when Peverell employees discover the body of Sonya Clements in the firm's archives room. It has all of the hallmarks of a suicide and Dauntsey doesn't know if she too has been receiving letters. A portrait of Etienne's beloved predecessor is slashed and soon after his BMW is defaced with acid in the firm's garage. Dalgliesh believes someone has something against the firm but the working atmosphere has been bad since Gerard Etienne took charge a year ago. Etienne wants to sell the firm's beautiful Venetian building over the objection of Frances Peverell. After longtime author Esme Carling learns from Etienne that they will not publish her latest novel, she too is on the warpath against Etienne. There is soon another death at Peverell Press. —garykmcd

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8/10

A fine first episode.

Adam is on hand to assist at Peverell Press, as a suicide and series of poison pen letters shake the organisation, which is now under new management, the rude Gerard Etienne.

It's an excellent start, I thoroughly enjoyed this, from 1997, it does seem a time of change, Peverell Press, an old fashioned firm housed in a valuable property is about to change.

It's an intriguing start, was.it suicide or murder? I like the set of characters, and the setting, some clever CGI here. I notice this is only three parts instead of six, and it is faster paced than earlier series.

Marsden as always is great, two notable performances here from Sylvia Sims and James Wilby.

Intriguing start, 8/10.

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