Patrick Aldermann is an unlucky man, over a thirty year period, six people have died who were close to him in one way or another, all seemingly of natural causes. Dick Elgood, his boss, asks Pascoe to look into it, meanwhile Patrick's wife Daphne has been getting friendly with Peter's wife Ellie, and she's been having an affair with Dick Elgood.
I'd say this is perhaps the best of the earlier Dalziel and Pascoe episodes, I love the story, it's wonderfully intriguing, clever, full of strands, but somehow it's not overly complex, and it's easy to follow. A slightly ambiguous ending which works well.
A young fresh faced Navin Chowdhry is great, but Jonathan Cullen steals the show as Patrick Alderman, he's brilliant. As a big fan of Blake's 7 I was overjoyed to see a rare performance from Sally Knyvette, sadly not in it for long, but she's great. Keith Barron is great too.
I'd say this is perhaps the best of the earlier Dalziel and Pascoe episodes, I love the story, it's wonderfully intriguing, clever, full of strands, but somehow it's not overly complex, and it's easy to follow. A slightly ambiguous ending which works well.
A young fresh faced Navin Chowdhry is great, but Jonathan Cullen steals the show as Patrick Alderman, he's brilliant. As a big fan of Blake's 7 I was overjoyed to see a rare performance from Sally Knyvette, sadly not in it for long, but she's great. Keith Barron is great too.