Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)

Dalziel and Pascoe
GenreCrime drama
Police procedural
StarringWarren Clarke
Colin Buchanan
David Royle
Susannah Corbett
Malcolm Tierney
Fred Pearson
Navin Chowdhry
Jo-Anne Stockham
Pippa Haywood
James Puddephatt
Marian McLoughlin
Keeley Forsyth
Diana Quick
Katy Cavanagh
Joe Savino
Wayne Perrey
Naomi Bentley
Jemma Hines
Jennifer James
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series12
No. of episodes61 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time60–90 minutes
Production companyBBC Birmingham
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release16 March 1996 (1996-03-16) –
22 June 2007 (2007-06-22)
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Dalziel and Pascoe is a British television crime drama based on the mystery novels of the same name, written by Reginald Hill. The series was first broadcast on 16 March 1996, with Warren Clarke being cast as Dalziel (pronounced "dee-ell", /dˈɛl/ ) and Colin Buchanan being cast as Pascoe. The series is primarily set in the fictional town of Wetherton[1] in Yorkshire, and "follows the work of two detectives who are thrown together as partners. Complete opposites. Different backgrounds, different beliefs, different styles. They get on each other's nerves. They are continually embarrassed by each other. But their differences make them a stunningly brilliant crime-solving team."[2]

The series was produced by BBC Birmingham, and broadcast on BBC One until 22 June 2007, running for a total of eleven series. The first three series, comprising eleven episodes, were entirely based on Hill's novels, as were the first two episodes of Series 4. However, all subsequent stories, with the exception of "Dialogues of the Dead", are stories written exclusively for television, and have not appeared as subsequent novels. The series was axed in 2008, citing falling viewing figures as the main reason. It was one of a number of dramas axed in a mass cull by newly appointed station controller Peter Fincham.[3]

  1. ^ "Dalziel and Pascoe". BBC Drama. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Crime Drama | Alibi Channel". Uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  3. ^ BBC dramas including Dalziel and Pascoe may be axed | Media | The Guardian