Death of an Expert Witness
7.4
Season 1
60 min
S1 · E1 Apr 8, 1983
Episode 1 Episode 1
60 min
S1 · E2 Apr 15, 1983
Episode 2 Episode 2
60 min
S1 · E3 Apr 22, 1983
Episode 3 Episode 3
60 min
S1 · E4 Apr 29, 1983
Episode 4 Episode 4
60 min
S1 · E5 May 6, 1983
Episode 5 Episode 5
60 min
S1 · E6 May 13, 1983
Episode 6 Episode 6
S1 · E7 May 20, 1983
Episode 7 Episode 7
7 episodes in Season 1
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When Dr. Edwin Lorrimer, a forensic scientist working at a private laboratory is found killed, Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate. Dalgliesh had been in the area a few months previously investigating the murder of a young woman found in an abandoned car. There are several suspects: Lorrimer's subordinate, Clifford Bradley, who despises him; the new head of the laboratory, Maxim Howarth, who is jealous of his sister's relationship with him; a colleague, Paul Middlemass, who had a fight with Lorrimer. There is also a gruff and likely unethical policeman who was on the grounds of the laboratory at the time of the killing and a local pathologist who is raising his two young children after his wife leaves him for another man. When one of the suspects is also murdered, Dalgliesh learns a key piece of information.
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Cast
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Roy Marsden
Adam Dalgliesh
Known for
King Solomon's Mines
The Escape Artist
Barry Foster
Dr. Maxim Howarth
Known for
Frenzy
Maurice
Ray Brooks
Dr. Henry Kerrison
Known for
EastEnders
The Knack... and How to Get It
Ivor Roberts
Inspector Blakelock
Known for
Hopscotch
Another Country
Andrew Ray
Clifford Bradley
Known for
The Bunker
Malcolm Terris
Tom Doyle
Known for
Elizabeth I
The First Great Train Robbery
Chloe Franks
Brenda Pridmore
Known for
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Tales from the Crypt
Brenda Blethyn
Angela Foley
Known for
Pride & Prejudice
Secrets & Lies
Valerie Testa
Claire Easterbrook
Also in
Diamonds
Stephen Thorne
Paul Middlemass
Known for
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Fiona Walker
Stella Mawson
Known for
I, Claudius
Far from the Madding Crowd
John Vine
John Massingham
Known for
The Keep
Cracker
P. D. James Creator · Herbert Wise Director
Total runtime 5h 50m · Episode length 50 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
April 8, 1983
Final episode
May 20, 1983
Status
Ended
Network
ITV1
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
50 min
Total runtime
5h 50m
Original language
English
Production
Anglia Television
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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