Die zwei unmöglichen Ermittler - jetzt auch endlich in deutscher Sprache zu sehen.
Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel ist ein ungehobelter, launischer Workaholic, ein Urgestein im Morddezernat von Wetherton in der Grafschaft Yorkshire. Sein junger Kollege Peter Pascoe ist ein wohlerzogener Uni-Absolvent, höflich, korrekt und hochintelligent. Eine nahezu unmögliche Zusammenstellung, denn Dalziel reagiert allergisch auf "feine Pinkel", die sich etwas auf ihre besseren Manieren einbilden. Doch gerade ihre unterschiedlichen Temperamente und Fähigkeiten machen aus den beiden ein unvergleichliches Ermittlerteam, das in der windumbrausten Landschaft Nord-Yorkshires manch dunkles Geheimnis an den Tag bringt.
Dalziel & Pascoe leben und arbeiten in Nord-Yorkshire, einer Region der Gegensätze mit windumbrausten Mooren, malerischen Dörfern und ländlichen Prachthotels rings um moderne Städte. Auch für Briten gilt Yorkshire schon lange nicht mehr als Idylle im Norden. Schon vor dreißig Jahren hat hier der "Yorkshire Ripper" mindestens 13 Frauen ermordet.
Nie machen sich die privaten Stränge der beiden so gegensätzlichen Ermittler auf Kosten der spannenden Geschichten breit. Sie bereichern unsere Reise in die dunklen Ecken von Yorkshire und in die Abgründe der Seelen einiger ihrer Bewohner durch so manche Untiefen, wie wir alle sie in uns tragen. Das ist vielleicht eines der Erfolgsgeheimnisse dieser Reihe. Reginald Hill hat die beiden Charaktere erfunden. Er gilt auch bei uns mittlerweile als herausragender Kriminalschriftsteller.
Die Fernsehfilme mit Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan und Katy Cavanagh werden im krimiversessenen Großbritannien seit mittlerweile zehn Jahren von den Zuschauern als kongeniale Umsetzungen von Hills eigenwilligen Ermittlern geliebt.
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Episode 1
An American woman tracing her family appears in a graveyard. The only person she meets is the gravedigger. Next time she's seen she is found dead by a bunch of squaddies. Dalziel comes to investigate and bumps into another old flame, Jenny Ettrick. Later, one of the squaddies kills himself after being harassed by his sergeant As Dalziel starts investigating, they find that the victim may have drunk in the squaddies bar. Another squaddie turns up dead and while investigating that murder they find out that there might be a case of mistaken identity
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Episode 2
Dalziel is investigating the disapperance of a teenage girl who was addicted to the Internet. He gets rough with the only suspect they have and gets booted off the case. Then a girl gets murdered at a holiday resort. Not any girl - a popular girl who won a TV reality contest. Then one of the holiday makers turns up dead as well. There are plenty of suspects but no real motive. Dalziel comes back onto the case. Another colleague is investigating a diamond heist. After Pascoe discovers a suspect from that case, by falling into a swimming pool, it looks like the cases could be linked
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Episode 3
Dalziel's car breaks down on the moors and unsurprisingly Pascoe won't come fetch him in the middle of the night
Dalziel walks to a nearby pub and stays the night. The next morning he discovers a body while taking a walk and suddenly a bigger case unfolds.
The landlord's son was convicted of murdering his wife but her body was never found. He has escaped while in transit and is expected to arrive at the pub to see his son.
Suddenly the wife's body turns up, and it's clear it has been stored somewhere for a number of years. Dalziel does some digging and discovers the real murderer is much closer to home.
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Episode 4
What is the connection between an unidentifiable corpse found drowned in the canal with a two-year-old AK47 bullet lodged in his spine and the murder of a wealthy, successful businessman who has just returned from Russia with a new order and a new Russian bride-to-be? This is the mystery that Dalziel and Pascoe must solve if they are to discover the murderer before Dalziel is moved sideways into a desk job to make way for "new blood". The strange thing about the case is that nobody seems particularly upset about the death of the businessman. As they probe deeper into the case all sorts of jealousies, money problems and family conflicts are exposed. Also, the factory staff is trying desperately to conceal various wrongdoings from the police. Eventually, the murder weapon is discovered and a suspect confesses to the crime but is she the real murderer?