Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series)

Dalziel and Pascoe
Format Crime
Starring Warren Clarke
Colin Buchanan
Language(s) English
No. of series 12
No. of episodes 46
Production
Running time 120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run 16 March 1996 –
22 June 2007
External links
Website

Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives. After Recalled to Life (4.2), only one of the subsequent episodes, the two-part Dialogues of the Dead, (7.5) is based directly on an original Hill book (while several of his later Dalziel and Pascoe books were not made into shows). It was produced by BBC Birmingham and screened on BBC One and ran for twelve series.

Contents

Plot

The story looks at the cases of two detectives. Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel ( /diːˈɛl/) (Warren Clarke) is described by the actor who portrays him as 'a perfect pig', who is politically incorrect and often insensitive. He likes to do things in the old-fashioned way. On the other hand, Dalziel doesn't have an issue with DS Wield being gay. When Wield comes out with the line "I'm a homosexual, a queer, a poof", Dalziel just answers "It's OK I already knew" and the matter is never again discussed between them.

Detective Inspector Peter Pascoe (Colin Buchanan) is his opposite. Pascoe is university educated and becomes divorced from his wife Ellie in series 5, because he cared more for his work than for her. His wife and daughter then moved to the United States.

Episodes

Series 1

  1. "A Clubbable Woman" (16 March 1996)
  2. "An Advancement of Learning" (23 March 1996)
  3. "An Autumn Shroud" (30 March 1996)

Series 2

  1. "Ruling Passion" (14 June 1997)
  2. "A Killing Kindness" (21 June 1997)
  3. "Deadheads" (28 June 1997)
  4. "Exit Lines" (12 July 1997)

Series 3

  1. "Under World" (21 March 1998)
  2. "Child's Play" (28 March 1998)
  3. "Bones and Silence" (18 October 1998)
  4. "The Wood Beyond" (25 October 1998)

Series 4

  1. "On Beulah Height" (12 June 1999)
  2. "Recalled to Life" (19 June 1999)
  3. "Time to Go" (26 June 1999)
  4. "The British Grenadier" (3 July 1999)

Series 5

  1. "A Sweeter Lazarus" (1 July 2000)
  2. "Cunning Old Fox" (8 July 2000)
  3. "Foreign Bodies" (15 July 2000)
  4. "Above the Law" (22 July 2000)

Series 6

  1. "Walls of Silence" (29 October 2001)
  2. "Home Truths" (5 November 2001)
  3. "Secrets of the Dead" (12 November 2001)
  4. "Truth and Consequences" (19 November 2001)

Series 7

  1. "The Unwanted" (30 September 2002)
  2. "Mens Sana" (7 October 2002)
  3. "Sins of the Fathers" (14 October 2002)
  4. "For Love nor Money" (21 October 2002)
  5. "Dialogues of the Dead" (two parts: 21 & 22 December 2002)--Christmas special

Series 8

  1. "A Game of Soldiers" (3 January 2003)
  2. "The Price of Fame" (10 January 2003)
  3. "Great Escapes" (17 January 2003)
  4. "Soft Touch" (24 January 2003)

Series 9

  1. "Heads you Lose" (two parts: 30 & 31 January 2004)[1]
  2. "Dead Meat"(two parts: 6 & 7 February 2004)[1]
  3. "The Dig" (two parts: 13 & 14 February 2004)[1]
  4. "Dust Thou Art" (two parts: 20 & 21 February 2004)[1]

Series 10

  1. "Houdini's Ghost" (two parts: 6 & 7 March 2006)[2]
  2. "Glory Days" (two parts: 13 & 14 March 2006)[2]
  3. "Wrong Time, Wrong Place" (two parts: 27 & 28 March 2006)[2]
  4. "Guardian Angel" (two parts: 3 & 4 April 2006)[2]
  5. "A Death in the Family" (two parts: 10 & 11 April 2006)[2]

Series 11

  1. "The Cave Woman" (two parts: 3 & 4 September 2006)[3]
  2. "Fallen Angel" (two parts: 10 & 11 September 2006)[3]

Series 12

  1. "Demons on Our Shoulders" (two parts: 6 & 7 May 2007)[4]
  2. "Project Aphrodite" (two parts: 14 & 15 June 2007)[4]
  3. "Under Dark Stars" (two parts: 21 & 22 June 2007)[4]

Cast

Guest appearances

Over the years numerous actors have made guest appearances in the series, they include:

References and notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Dalziel and Pascoe: Episode Guide: Series 9" BBC.co.uk
  2. ^ a b c d e "Dalziel and Pascoe: Episode Guide: Series 10" BBC.co.uk
  3. ^ a b "Dalziel and Pascoe: Episode Guide: Series 11" BBC.co.uk
  4. ^ a b c "Dalziel and Pascoe: Episode Guide: Series 12" BBC.co.uk

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