A Taste for Death

A Taste for Death (1988)

EndedScripted showDrama, Crime, Mystery

Sir Paul Berowne - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulterous affair with a prominent surgeon and she makes no secret of it. Berowne's only daughter is involved in left-wing politics and rejects her conservative father. Adding to his woes, his own mother favoured her son who was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush over Paul. The informal investigation has barely began when Dalgliesh is faced with a series of bizarre deaths that turn the case into an urgent assignment.

Network
Scheduleevery Friday at 21:00 (60 min)

Last Episode

Episode 6
Season 1Episode 660 min

Episode 6

Piece by piece Dalgliesh is putting together the jigsaw of clues behinf Sir Paul Berowne's death.

nov. 18, 1988

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E06Episode 6nov. 18, 1988
S01E05Episode 5nov. 11, 1988
S01E04Episode 4nov. 4, 1988
S01E03Episode 3oct. 28, 1988
S01E02Episode 2oct. 21, 1988
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Cast

Roy Marsden

Roy Marsden

plays Adam Dalgliesh
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Characters

Adam Dalgliesh

Adam Dalgliesh

played by Roy Marsden
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Also known as

  • P.D. James' A Taste for Death

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