Original Sin
1997 · ITV1 · 60 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Part 3
Fri, 4 Apr, 6:00 am
Aron makes a discovery in the archive rooms, the significance of which only comes to light when he attends his brother's wedding and seeks his father's advice. This information leads Dalgliesh and Miskin to finally bring the murderer to justice.
About
Commander Adam Dalgliesh is consulted by one of his literary heroes when Peverell Press staff fall victim to a rash of hate mail. When the body of an editor is discovered and another member of the venerable firm is found dead soon after, Dalgliesh and his team -- Detective Inspectors Kate Miskin and Daniel Aron -- turn to the past to track down a murderer who seems prepared to kill and kill again.
Episodes
- E01
Part 1
Fri, 21 Mar· 60 minCommander Adam Dalgliesh arrives at Innocent House in Wapping, a mock-Venetian palazzo on the banks of the Thames, where he's been called to discuss a series of alarming hate mail with fellow poet and publisher Gabriel Dauntsey. While he is there, the body of one of the Peverell Press editors is found lying on a bed in the archive room.
- E02
Part 2
Fri, 28 Mar· 60 minWhen the body of Peverell Press managing director Gerard Etienne is discovered at Innocent House, Commander Dalgliesh and his detectives try to find a link with the earlier death of the firm's editor. Their inquiries are interrupted by another grisly find.
- E03
Part 3
Fri, 4 Apr· 60 minAron makes a discovery in the archive rooms, the significance of which only comes to light when he attends his brother's wedding and seeks his father's advice. This information leads Dalgliesh and Miskin to finally bring the murderer to justice.
Cast
Roy Marsden
Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Carolyn Pickles
Miss Blackett
Cathryn Harrison
Claudia Etienne
Rowena Cooper
Mrs. Demery
Sylvia Syms
Esme Carling