About this season
When Dr. Edwin Lorrimer, a forensic scientist working at a private laboratory is found killed, Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate. Dalgliesh had been in the area a few months previously investigating the murder of a young woman found in an abandoned car. There are several suspects: Lorrimer's subordinate, Clifford Bradley, who despises him; the new head of the laboratory, Maxim Howarth, who is jealous of his sister's relationship with him; a colleague, Paul Middlemass, who had a fight with Lorrimer. There is also a gruff and likely unethical policeman who was on the grounds of the laboratory at the time of the killing and a local pathologist who is raising his two young children after his wife leaves him for another man. When one of the suspects is also murdered, Dalgliesh learns a key piece of information.
Episodes (7)
1. Episode 1
Aired 8 April 1983 • 50 min
First of seven episodes
2. Episode 2
Aired 15 April 1983 • 50 min
Second of seven episodes
3. Episode 3
Aired 22 April 1983 • 50 min
Third of seven episodes
4. Episode 4
Aired 29 April 1983 • 50 min
Fourth of seven episodes
5. Episode 5
Aired 6 May 1983 • 50 min
Fifth of seven episodes
6. Episode 6
Aired 13 May 1983 • 50 min
Sixth of seven episodes
7. Episode 7
Aired 20 May 1983 • 50 min
Seventh of seven episodes