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Dalgliesh

20213 seasons6.8 / 10

A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.

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Checked Jul 22, 2026

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Synopsis

A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.

Cast, crew and production details

About Dalgliesh

Watch trailerDalgliesh | New Series Trailer | Channel 5

Cast

Bertie CarvelAdam Dalgliesh

Helen AlukoChristine Dakers

Alice NokesJulia Pardoe

Fenella WoolgarSister Gearing

Siobhán CullenJosephine Fallon

Richard DillaneStephen Courtney-Briggs

Avin ShahRohan Chopra

Robin KristoffyShirley Burt

Credits

Created by: Jill Robertson
Written by: Helen Edmundson, Stephen Greenhorn, Colette Kane, Kam Odedra

Production details

Status: Returning Series
Series type: Scripted
Episodes: 18
Original language: English

Networks & production

5United Kingdom
New PicturesUnited Kingdom
All3MediaUnited Kingdom

Themes

1970sbased on novel or bookgreat britainmurder investigationpolice detective

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Shroud for a Nightingale (1)

Nov 4, 202145m7.6 / 10

January 1975. Student nurse Heather Pearce dies during a training demonstration. Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate, accompanied by his partner DS Masterson. Pathologist Dr. Chopra confirms that Pearce was poisoned. Dalgliesh and Masterson take statements from the nurses, despite Matron’s attempts to intercede.

Guest stars Beccy Henderson, Syd Ralph, Helen Aluko, Alice Nokes, Fenella Woolgar, Siobhán Cullen, Richard Dillane, Avin Shah

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Episode 2

Shroud for a Nightingale (2)

Nov 5, 202145m8.0 / 10

After 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’ called Martin Dettinger, whose recent death on the hospital ward upset her. He later discovers rose spray, which Chopra confirms was used to poison Fallon. In the woods Dalgliesh is violently attacked.

Guest stars Helen Aluko, Alice Nokes, Fenella Woolgar, Siobhán Cullen, Richard Dillane, Avin Shah, Robin Kristoffy, Alex Kristoffy

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Episode 3

The Black Tower (1)

Nov 11, 202145m7.9 / 10

March 1975. Dalgliesh is invited to Dorset by his old friend Father Michael, only to discover that he died a few days ago. Father Michael lived in a home for the disabled run by the enigmatic Wilfred, who has organised trips to Lourdes ever since he was miraculously cured there of a serious illness.

Directed by Ryan Tohill, Andy TohillWritten by Stephen GreenhornGuest stars Darren Swift, Mirren Mack, Jenny Howe, Paul Mallon, Sally Scott, Jonjo O'Neill, George Robinson, John Hollingworth

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Episode 4

The Black Tower (2)

Nov 12, 202145m6.3 / 10

Wilfred announces that he will transfer the Grange to the Ridgewell Trust and hold a vote on whether he will carry on as spiritual adviser. Maggie threatens to down the ‘whole rotten place’. Despite Eric and Helen’s plot to usurp Wilfred, the majority of the Grange vote for Wilfred to stay, ensuring the Lourdes trips will continue.

Directed by Ryan Tohill, Andy TohillWritten by Stephen GreenhornGuest stars Mirren Mack, Jenny Howe, Paul Mallon, Sally Scott, Jonjo O'Neill, George Robinson, John Hollingworth, Storme Toolis

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Episode 5

A Taste for Death (1)

Nov 18, 202145m7.9 / 10

May 1975. 8-year-old Darren and churchwarden Miss Wharton find two dead bodies in the vestry of St Matthew’s Church, Paddington, their throats slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently-resigned Tory MP; the other a homeless man called Harry Mack. Dalgliesh is called in to investigate, accompanied by DS Masterson and his new DS Kate Miskin.

Directed by Lisa ClarkeWritten by Helen EdmundsonGuest stars Tilly Vosburgh, David Pearse, Kieran O'Reilly, Jeremy Irvine, Carlyss Peer, Jim Norton, Lily Sacofsky, Fra Fee

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Episode 6

A Taste for Death (2)

Nov 19, 202145m7.5 / 10Finale

After the attack on Father Barnes while Halliwell was in custody, Dalgliesh brings Swayne and Lampart in for questioning. He discovers Lampart is having an affair with Lady Barbara, who reveals she is pregnant and thinks she will inherit everything. However, Lady Lavinia reveals that Sir Paul secretly changed his will at the last minute.

Directed by Lisa ClarkeWritten by Helen EdmundsonGuest stars Tilly Vosburgh, Jeremy Irvine, Carlyss Peer, Jim Norton, Lily Sacofsky, Fra Fee, James Cartwright, Julia Dearden

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Episode information updated Jul 22, 2026

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