Dalziel and Pascoe

Characterisation and style

The novels

1. A Clubbable Woman - Series 1, Episode 1
2. An Advancement of Learning - Series 1, Episode 2
3. Ruling Passion - Series 2, Episode 1
4. An April Shroud - Series 1, Episode 3
5. A Pinch of Snuff - ITV pilot adaptation
6. A Killing Kindness - Series 2, Episode 2
7. Deadheads - Series 2, Episode 3
8. Exit Lines - Series 2, Episode 4
9. Child's Play - Series 3, Episode 2
10. Auteur Theory
11. Under World - Series 3, Episode 1
12. Bones and Silence - Series 3, Episode 3
13. One Small Step - Never adapted for TV
14. Recalled to Life - Series 4, Episode 2
15. Pictures of Perfection - Never adapted for TV
16. The Wood Beyond - Series 3, Episode 4
17. Asking for the Moon - Never adapted for TV
18. On Beulah Height - Series 4, Episode 1
19. Arms and the Women - Never adapted for TV
20. Dialogues of the Dead - Series 7, Episode 5
21. Death's Jest-Book
22. Good Morning, Midnight -
23. The Death of Dalziel
24. A Cure for All Diseases
25. Midnight Fugue

    TV series

• ITV adapted the novel A Pinch of Snuff in 1993 for a three-part serial. The serial starred comedy duo Gareth Hale as Dalziel and Norman Pace as Pascoe. Christopher Fairbank was cast as DS Edgar Wield. Reginald Hill was not happy with the adaptation, and it remained a one-off, much to ITV's disappointment.
• The BBC created a more successful series of adaptations, beginning in March 1996, with an adaptation of the first novel, A Clubbable Woman. Produced by BBC Birmingham, the series starred Warren Clarke as Dalziel, Colin Buchanan as Pascoe, David Royle as DS Edgar "Wieldy" Wield and Susannah Corbett as Ellie Pascoe. Later series introduced Jo-Anne Stockham as DC Shirley "Ivor" Novello, Keeley Forsyth as DC Carrie "Tweedie" Harris, Katy Cavanagh as DS Dawn "Spike" Milligan and Jennifer James 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 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.