Acorn TV's 'Dalgliesh' seeks "A Certain Justice"
Dalgliesh and his team investigate the murder of a controversial barrister, although her death isn’t the first we see in this two-part adaptation of P. D. James’s novel A Certain Justice. A prostitute has been brutally murdered in her home, and Adam and DS Kate Miskin arrest her nephew, Garry Ashe (Yaseen Aroussi). The case rests on the evidence of a neighbor who thought she saw him enter the house at a specific time. The barrister for the defense, Venetia Aldridge (Sara Stewart), who has a reputation for intelligence and aggression, quickly demolishes the neighbor on the stand, and Garry is declared innocent.
A desire for vengeance is a powerful thing. It can be held in check, suppressed by a determined mind, but it’s hard –– a fight, a battle, which must be fought every day.
Pawlett Court Chambers is the sort of setting we’ve come to expect from Dalgliesh –– archaic, picturesque, claustrophobic, and featuring an elite and insular set of characters/suspects, mostly at each others’ throats. There’s even a Chapel in the complex, a recurring feature for Dalgliesh, who’s drawn to places of worship.
