Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional
Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by
Reginald Hill
Reginald Charles Hill FRSL (3 April 193612 January 2012) was an English crime writer and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement.
Biography
Hill was born to a "very ordinary" family ...
.
Characterisation and style
Dalziel is depicted as being rude, insensitive and blunt, whereas Pascoe is calm, polite and well mannered.
Hill's mysteries often break with storytelling tradition. The novels employ various structural tricks, such as presenting parts of the story in non-chronological order, or alternating with sections from a novel supposedly written by Peter's wife, Ellie Pascoe (née Soper). The novella ''One Small Step'' is even set in the future, and deals with the detectives investigating a
murder on the
moon. In another departure from the norm, the duo do not always "get their man", with at least one novel ending with the villain getting away and another strongly implying that what Dalziel and Pascoe dismiss as a series of unrelated accidents actually included at least one undetected instance of murder.
The novels
# ''
A Clubbable Woman
''A Clubbable Woman'' is a 1970 crime novel by Reginald Hill, the first novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe
Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorks ...
'' (1970) - Series 1, Episode 1
# ''
An Advancement of Learning'' (1971) - Series 1, Episode 2
# ''
Ruling Passion
''Ruling Passion'' is a 1973 crime novel by Reginald Hill, the third novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe
Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorksh ...
'' (1973) - Series 2, Episode 1
# ''
An April Shroud
''An April Shroud'' is a 1975 crime novel written by Reginald Hill, it is also the fourth novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe
Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are t ...
'' (1975) - Series 1, Episode 3 (re-titled "An Autumn Shroud")
# ''
A Pinch of Snuff'' (1978) -
ITV pilot adaptation
# ''
A Killing Kindness
''A Killing Kindness'' is a 1980 crime novel by Reginald Hill, the sixth novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe
Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yo ...
'' (1980) - Series 2, Episode 2
# ''Deadheads'' (1983) - Series 2, Episode 3
# ''Exit Lines'' (1984) - Series 2, Episode 4
# ''Child's Play'' (1987) - Series 3, Episode 2
# ''Auteur Theory'' (short story, included in the collection ''There are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union'', 1987)
# ''Under World'' (1988) - Series 3, Episode 1
# ''
Bones and Silence
''Bones and Silence'' is a 1990 crime novel by Reginald Hill, the eleventh novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe
Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional ...
'' (1990) - Series 3, Episode 3
# ''
One Small Step'' (1990, novella) - Never adapted for TV
# ''
Recalled to Life'' (1992) - Series 4, Episode 2
# ''Pictures of Perfection'' (1994) - Never adapted for TV
# ''The Wood Beyond'' (1995) - Series 3, Episode 4
# ''Asking for the Moon'' (1996, short stories) - Never adapted for TV
# ''On Beulah Height'' (1998) - Series 4, Episode 1
# ''Arms and the Women'' (1999) - Never adapted for TV
# ''Dialogues of the Dead'' (2002) - Series 7, Episode 5
# ''Death's Jest-Book'' (2003)
# ''
Good Morning, Midnight'' (2004) - (inspiration for the episode "Houdini's Ghost")
# ''The Death of Dalziel'' (aka ''Death Comes for the Fat Man'') (2007)
# ''A Cure for All Diseases'' (US title ''The Price of Butcher's Meat'' ) (2008)
# ''Midnight Fugue'' (2009)
TV series
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ITV adapted the novel ''A Pinch of Snuff'' in 1993 for a three-part
serial. The serial starred comedy duo
Gareth Hale
Gareth Irvin Hale is an English comedian and actor, who is best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace, with his friend and comic partner Norman Pace.
Biography
Hale and his comedy partners were both former teachers, their comed ...
as Dalziel and
Norman Pace
Norman John Pace (born 17 February 1953 in Dudley, Worcestershire) is an English actor and comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace with his friend and comic partner Gareth Hale. Both former teachers, they fronted se ...
as Pascoe.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank (born 4 October 1953) is an English film, stage and television actor. Career
In 2010, he appeared as a detective in '' Five Daughters'', and as Alfred "Freddie" Lennon in the biopic '' Lennon Naked''.
References
Exter ...
was cast as DS Edgar Wield.
Reginald Hill
Reginald Charles Hill FRSL (3 April 193612 January 2012) was an English crime writer and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement.
Biography
Hill was born to a "very ordinary" family ...
was not happy with the adaptation, and it remained a one-off, much to ITV's disappointment.
* The
BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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created a more successful series of adaptations, beginning in March 1996, with an adaptation of the first novel, ''
A Clubbable Woman
''A Clubbable Woman'' is a 1970 crime novel by Reginald Hill, the first novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe
Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorks ...
''. Produced by
BBC Birmingham
BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC, located in Birmingham. It was the first region outside London to start broadcasting both the corporation's radio (in 1922) and television (in 1949) transmissions, the latter from th ...
, the series starred
Warren Clarke
Warren Clarke (born Alan James Clarke; 26 April 1947 – 12 November 2014) was an English actor. He appeared in many films after a significant role as Dim in Stanley Kubrick's '' A Clockwork Orange''. His television appearances included '' Dal ...
as Dalziel,
Colin Buchanan as Pascoe, David Royle as DS Edgar "Wieldy" Wield and
Susannah Corbett
Susannah Jane Corbett (born 10 August 1968) is an English actress and author. Her acting career began in 1991 and she has performed on television, film and radio. As an author, she writes children's books.
Early life
Born in Marylebone in Lon ...
as Ellie Pascoe. Later series introduced Jo-Anne Stockham as DC Shirley "Ivor" Novello,
Keeley Forsyth
Keeley Forsyth is an English actress and musician. She has released the albums ''Debris'' (2020) and '' Limbs'' (2022).
Acting
Forsyth's first acting role was as Nicky in the BBC children's television series '' The Biz'' in 1995, appearing a ...
as DC Carrie "Tweedie" Harris,
Katy Cavanagh
Kathryn Sarah Collins Jupe (born 12 December 1973), known professionally as Katy Cavanagh, is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Julie Carp in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' from 2008 to 2015. She also had reg ...
as DS Dawn "Spike" Milligan and
Jennifer James
Jennifer James is an English actress. She played the role of Geena Gregory in '' Coronation Street''.
References
External links
*Geena Gregory
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English television actresses
{{en ...
as DC Kim "Posh" Spicer. Twelve series were produced in total, concluding in June 2007. The BBC series won much critical acclaim from
newspapers such as ''
The Daily Express
The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet ...
'' and ''
The Sunday Times''. The television and novel continuities are separate, with both Ellie and Wield having appeared in the most recent books, despite having been written out of the TV series.
External links
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{{Dalziel and Pascoe
Series of books
Fictional British police detectives
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Literary duos
Television duos
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