TV series

Original Sin

Name: Original Sin
Released: 1997
Cast: Roy Marsden, Lizzy McInnerny, Carolyn Pickles, Cathryn Harrison, Rowena Cooper

1997· 1 season★ 7.0Ended

On ITV1 — From United Film and Television Productions · GBH

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Synopsis

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.

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E1 Episode 1Next upMar 20, 1997 · 51 min
Synopsis
Peverell Press poet and partner Gabriel Dauntsey calls on his old friend Commander Adam Dalgliesh when the Press falls victim to a spate of malicious pranks. When the body of a senior editor is discovered and the Press's ruthless managing director goes missing, Dalgliesh's investigation takes on a new urgency.
Guest stars: James Wilby (Gerard Etienne), Jonathan Coy (James de Witt), Matthew Mills (Poetry Promoter), Andy Bradford (Stunt Arranger)
E2 Episode 2Mar 27, 1997 · 51 min
Synopsis
There's a snake in the grass at Innocent House -- Peverell Press's elegant home on the Thames -- and it was found wound around the neck of the Press's cold-blooded managing director, Gerard Etienne Etienne's death leads Dalgliesh to question the late publisher's long list of enemies, from most of Peverell's staff to Etienne's former lover Frances Peverell to disgruntled former Peverell author, Esme Carling. Motives abound -- and a new victim surfaces.
Guest stars: James Wilby (Gerard Etienne), Jonathan Coy (James de Witt), Jason Hall (Rupert Farlow), David Dixon (Dr Wardle)
E3 Episode 3Apr 3, 1997 · 51 min
Synopsis
Dalgliesh is convinced that the answer to Gerard Etienne's murder likes buried deep in someone's past -- but whose? Dalgliesh is running out of time and the body count continues to rise, when a long-forgotten photograph offers a shocking picture of the past -- and an unexpected new lead.
Guest stars: Jonathan Coy (James de Witt), Andy Bradford (Stunt Arranger), David de Keyser (Mr Aron)