The BEST episodes of Dalziel and Pascoe
Every episode of Dalziel and Pascoe ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dalziel and Pascoe!
A British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick Detective Sargent, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining a down to earth wit and humour.
#1 - The Wood Beyond
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1998
Pascoe has his life thrown into turmoil when he discovers that his grandfather was shot as deserter during World War One, Dalziel manages to fall for the prime suspect in the case (an animal rights raid on a pharmaceutical company and the discovery of a skeleton in the grounds of the place) he is investigating.
#2 - A Clubbable Woman
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/16/1996
The first episode see Dalziel picking up his once sociable roots - and returning to Wetherton Rugby Football Club where he is still a member. But his visit is not sparked off by a desire to down a few friendly pints in the bar. Connon the club's star player - he was tipped to play for England before an ankle injury wrecked his chances - has returned home from Saturday's match dazed and confused after a deliberate blow on the head in the confusion of a scrum. Still groggy, he goes to lie down leaving his wife Mary watching television. Some time later when he descends the stairs he finds her sitting in exactly the same position. There is just one difference - a neat, round and lethal hole in her skull. Has Connon killed his wife suspecting that she had ben unfaithful? Or could someone at the club have it in for the rugby star and his family?
#3 - An Advancement of Learning
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/23/1996
Pascoe is back on familiar territory when he is called to Holm Coltram University, along with his straight-talking, mickey-taking boss, the formidable Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel. But it is not the groves of academe that are calling to Dalziel, it is the lure of the unearthed body of a mystery middle-aged woman - buried underneath a statue commemorating the late head of the college. For Pascoe the discovery of the remains at the university gives him the chance to meet up once more with Ellie who is a lecturer there. The couple's relationship looks like it's ripe for renovation. The university campus becomes a temporary headquarters for Dalziel and Pascoe as they set up their office in the Principal's study. They soon learn that all is not as it seems at this seat of learning
#4 - An Autumn Shroud
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/1996
The wedding bells ring out as Peter Pascoe finally walks down the aisle with Ellie. An Autumn Shroud sees the happy couple off on their honeymoon - leaving Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel with no one to torment. The lure of Lincolnshire - the wedding location - appeals and Dalziel sets off a holiday of his own. But it seems he just can't get away from death and intrigue. A flooded road, a stranded car - and his only means of rescue turns out to be a funeral flotilla passing by! The deceased is one Conrad Fielding whose beautiful widow Bonnie offers Dalziel a port in the storm until his car is mended. But all is far from well at the Fielding's beautiful but debt-laden country home Lake House
#5 - Ruling Passion
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/14/1997
Detective drama series. Pascoe and Ellie (who is now pregnant) visit friends in Oxfordshire but are horrified when they discover the murdered bodies of their friend Rose and two of her guests.Meanwhile DS Dalziel is back in Yorkshire investigating a series of burglaries in which the thief leaves a bizarre calling card. He finds a link with Patrick Ryecart who is a flamboyant antiques trader.
#6 - Exit Lines
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/12/1997
A car crash leaves Dalziel suspended from duty pending an investigation into drink-driving allegations. Pascoe probes the source of the claims against his boss, and exposes a web of conspiracy surrounding the violent death of an elderly Army veteran - all the while coping with being a dad of the Nineties and dealing with his senile father-in-law. Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan star
#7 - Recalled to Life
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/19/1999
A former nanny (Shirley Anne Field) is released after 35 years in jail, which prompts an investigation about her conviction. Dalziel attempts to clear his name.
#8 - Demons on Our Shoulders (2)
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/13/2007
Dalziel and Pascoe are forced to look beyond the everyday and explore the darkest corners of the occult in a case where no-one and nothing is what it seems.
#9 - Project Aphrodite (1)
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/14/2007
Following the murder of a controversial young scientist, Dalziel and Pascoe discover he was on the verge of unlocking one of life's greatest mysteries. But at what price?
#10 - Demons on Our Shoulders (1)
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/6/2007
When a spectacular TV mind-control experiment ends in cold-blooded murder, Dalziel and Pascoe find themselves drawn into the dark and dangerous world of the paranormal.
#11 - A Sweeter Lazarus
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2000
After suffering a gunshot wound at the end of the last season Dalziel returns to work and is quickly caught up in a serial killers death, he is amazed to learn that the main witness in the strange death is Abbie Hallingsworth - a woman who went missing as a young child 18 years before (Dalziel even put someone in prison for a murder). Dalziel also manages to get off on the wrong foot with new Assistant Chief Constable Rebecca Fenning.
#12 - The British Grenadier
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/3/1999
Dalziel gets a phone call from an old flame, Stella, who needs someone to talk too as her marriage is falling apart. She had a row with her husband, Frank and he believes she is unfaithful Dalziel goes round to the pub they own and gets confronted by the husband, who has a gun from his army days. He takes Dalziel and the other people in the pub hostage. Dalziel tries to keep everyone calm while Frank starts to crack under the stress.
#13 - Time to Go
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/26/1999
A young clubber dies after being given poisoned drugs, trailing the culprit leads Andy and Peter into an alien world of raves. Meanwhile Dalziel has a shock in store for him when he meets the guardian of one of the chief suspects.
#14 - Child's Play
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/28/1998
At the funeral of a thoroughly unpleasant woman, a mysterious older man appears and claims to be...her long-lost son! Needless to say, this complicates the matter of inheritance--and there's a fair amount of money at stake. Meanwhile, Sergeant Wield gets a phone call from a young man who knows a little too much about Wield's ""friend,"" Maurice Eaton. As it turns out, however, this mysterious (and possibly criminal?) young man has something to do with that family feud as well...
#15 - Under World
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/21/1998
A dead miner is found when old mine workings are re-opened. He is found on the anniversary of his, and another childs death. The question is, did he kill the child or not? The case is brought to a head when a journalist rules out the other suspect on the front pages of a sunday newspaper, causing red faces for the detectives. As the story unravels itself Dalziel makes sure the truth comes to light
#16 - Deadheads
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/28/1997
Dick Elgood, an old fiend of Dalziel's, unofficially reports two strange incidents which nearly kill him and asks Dalziel to investigate. The subsequent investigation by him and Pascoe exposes a chain of bizarre, accidental deaths stretching back nearly three decades but not a single shred of evidence to suggest foul play! Each of the, seemingly unconnected, deaths have somehow or other benefited Patrick Alderman even though it could not be proven that he had any connection to the deaths. The trail leads to Penny Highsmith, an old flame of Dalziel's, but goes cold when she is shown not to be involved. The case is eventually closed with the death, in mysterious circumstances, of Dick Elgood, the victim of yet another weird accident.
#17 - A Killing Kindness
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/21/1997
A serial killer who murders young women who have just become engaged is at large, who after every death phones the local newspaper and quotes from Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Investigations centre around a fair, where the young relative of a psychic fortune teller who "saw" the death of Brenda Sorby is also murdered.
#18 - Bones and Silence
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1998
Andy Dalziel is sole witness to the murder of his neighbour but has a hard time finding the evidence to convict the man, Philip Swain, he is convinced is guilty.
#19 - Under Dark Stars (2)
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/22/2007
As the body count continues to rise and with trust between them running dangerously low, Dalziel and Pascoe find their friendship as well as their professional partnership pushed to breaking point.
#20 - Project Aphrodite (2)
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/15/2007
As Dalziel and Pascoe investigate their latest case, they uncover a lethal cocktail of power, money and jealousy beneath the glossy veneer of the cosmetics industry.
#21 - Above the Law
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/2000
Dalziel and Pascoe investigate the murder of a judge, who though married was homosexual, the judges wife is a politician and because of fears that the murder may have something to do with that fact, Dalziel finds himself having to deal with Special Branch as well as solve thecrime.
#22 - Foreign Bodies
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/15/2000
Dalziel and old flame Florence have their romantic getaway in Whitby ruined when a body is washed up on the beach there, when he and Pascoe investigate it takes them to a university and a possible involvement with Cold War Spies.
#23 - Under Dark Stars (1)
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/2007
Pascoe takes it personally when the trial of a child killer he investigated collapses, and against Dalziel's advice finds himself increasingly embroiled in the lives of one of the victim's families.
#24 - On Beulah Height
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/12/1999
Memories of a case fifteen years before are revived for Dalziel when an eight year old girl is found murdered in a local beauty spot. Meanwhile Pascoe has other things to worry about when his daughter falls ill with meningitis.
#25 - Cunning Old Fox
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/8/2000
Dalziel and Pascoe have to investigate the murder of a member of the Harlesdon Hunt - tensions are high anyway with the anti-hunting element causing problems but Dalziel is not convinced a hunt saboteur is to blame, WDC Shirley Novello goes undercover amongst the hunt to try and find out thier secrets.