'Dalgliesh' Debuts with "Shroud for a Nightingale" Parts 1 and 2

Poet detective Adam Dalgliesh has returned in a new series called, obviously enough, Dalgliesh. It’s the first remake since the acclaimed and long-lived ITV/Masterpiece series aired from 1983 –1998 with Roy Marsden as Dalgliesh. This latest adaptation tackles three of the novels by the late P. D. James — “Shroud for a Nightingale,” “The Black Tower,” and “A Taste for Death.”

You don’t just see the everyday, the banal, the human beings running this little planet, thinking everything they do matters and has meaning. You see the underneath, our souls. You know me.

This new Dalgliesh series is rich, detailed, and demanding, an impeccable collaboration between lead writer Helen Edmundson (An Inspector Calls), Stephen Greenhorn (Doctor Who), and lead director Jill Robertson (Trainspotting), who is joined by Andy and Ryan Tohill (The Dig), and Lisa Clarke (Sanditon). The accomplished cast is led by Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell). In other words, this team knows what it’s doing.