Dalgliesh

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Roy Marsden stars as Commander Adam Dalgliesh in this series based upon the novels of P.D. James. It began in 1983 with the six-part mini-series "Death Of An Expert Witness" and subsequently returned for five more six-part mini-series, two 120-minute specials and a further two three-part mini-series - over the course of fifteen years. Each of the stories was based on a novel written by P.D. James. Ten of the Dalgliesh novels were made by ITV: 01) Cover Her Face (1962) 02) A Mind To Murder (1963) 03) Unnatural Causes (1967) 04) Shroud For A Nightingale (1971) 05) The Black Tower (1975) 06) Death Of An Expert Witness (1977) 07) A Taste For Death (1986) 08) Devices And Desires (1989) 09) Original Sin (1994) 10) A Certain Justice (1997) There are a further three novels: 11) Death In Holy Orders (2001) 12) The Murder Room (2003) 13) The Lighthouse (2005) After Roy Marsden left the role in 1998, the BBC produced two further stories Death In Holy Orders (2003) and The Murder Room (2005), which both starred Martin Shaw as Adam Dalgliesh.