Devices and Desires

Overview

Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard, ostensibly on leave to mourn the death of a close friend and settle her estate at a coastal cottage, soon finds himself entangled in a murder investigation when a serial killer dubbed the 'Norfolk Whistler' strikes near a local nuclear power station.

Created by P. D. James

Network

• ITV1

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Roy Marsden

  Commander Adam Dalgliesh

  6 eps

• 

  Susannah York

  Meg Dennison

  6 eps

• 

  Gemma Jones

  Alice Mair

  6 eps

• 

  James Faulkner

  Dr. Alex Mair

  6 eps

Themes

• scotland yard
• based on novel or book
• serial killer
• miniseries
• norfolk
• literary adaptation

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