The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original network	BBC1
Original release	23 December 1990 – 29 August 1994

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries is a British detective television series adapted from nine of the novels by Dame Ngaio Marsh about Roderick Alleyn. The pilot episode was shown in 1990, and two series followed, in 1993 and 1994.

In the pilot episode Detective Chief Inspector Alleyn was played by Simon Williams, William Simons played Alleyn's righthand man and "Dr Watson" Detective Inspector Fox, and Belinda Lang starred as the painter Agatha Troy, Alleyn's love interest. Simon Williams was unavailable after the pilot was made, so while Simons and Lang reprised their original roles, the lead character was played by Patrick Malahide in the remaining episodes.

The BBC made nine episodes in all, each based on a separate novel. The eight episodes starring Patrick Malahide are available on DVD in the USA and UK (with a 2012 release of the full series on DVD from Acorn Media UK containing the pilot episode). An Australian DVD set has all nine episodes.

Unlike the original book series, whose first story takes place as early as 1934, after World War I, the pilot and thus all subsequent episodes take place after World War II, with Artists in Crime being set in late 1948.

Episodes

For each episode this list shows both the year the source novel was published and the date of first broadcast (in the UK).

Artists in Crime (1938 - 23 December 1990)

Series One
A Man Lay Dead (1934 - 18 April 1993)
The Nursing Home Murder (1935 - 25 April 1993)
Final Curtain (1947 - 2 May 1993)
Death at the Bar (1939 - 9 May 1993)
Death in a White Tie (1938 - 16 May 1993)

Series Two
Hand in Glove (1962 - 10 January 1994)
Dead Water (1964 - 1 April 1994)
Scales of Justice (1958 - 29 August 1994)

Episode #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate
1	"Artists in Crime"	Silvio Narizzano	T.R. Bowen	23 December 1990
2	"A Man Lay Dead"	Sarah Pia Anderson	Barbara Machin	18 April 1993
3	"The Nursing Home Murder"	Silvio Narizzano	Kevin Laffan	25 April 1993
4	"Final Curtain"	Martyn Friend	Barbara Machin Hugh Leonard	2 May 1993
5	"Death at the Bar"	Michael Winterbottom	Alfred Shaughnessy	9 May 1993
6	"Death in a White Tie"	John Woods	Ken Jones	16 May 1993
7	"Hand in Glove"	Martyn Friend	Ken Jones	10 January 1994
8	"Dead Water"	John Woods	T.R. Bowen	1 April 1994
9	"Scales of Justice"	Jim Goddard	Cyril Williams	29 August 1994

References

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries at the Internet Movie Database

Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Roderick Alleyn

Novels	A Man Lay Dead Enter a Murderer The Nursing Home Murder Death in Ecstasy Vintage Murder Artists in Crime Death in a White Tie Overture to Death Death at the Bar Surfeit of Lampreys Death and the Dancing Footman Colour Scheme Died in the Wool Final Curtain Swing Brother Swing Opening Night Spinsters in Jeopardy Scales of Justice Off With His Head Singing in the Shrouds False Scent Hand in Glove Dead Water Death at the Dolphin Clutch of Constables When in Rome Tied Up in Tinsel Black as He's Painted Last Ditch Grave Mistake Photo Finish Light Thickens

See also	The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

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