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Season 25, Episode 19 The Murder Room

First Aired: October 9, 2005

Scotland Yard poet Adam Dalgliesh (Martin Shaw) probes killings at an offbeat museum owned by squabbling siblings in P.D. James' “The Murder Room.” Part 1 of two: Neville Dupayne (Michael Maloney) wants to close the family museum, which devotes a room to notorious murders of the 1920s and '30s. But his brother and sister (Nicholas Le Prevost, Samantha Bond) wish to keep it open. Meanwhile, Dalgliesh is in conflict over whether to pursue a romance with Emma Lavenham (Janie Dee).

Guest Cast

Trevor Laird Phil Carter
Greg Wakeham Ryan's Flatmate
Anita Carey Tally Clutton
Anthony Calf Lord Martlesham
James Weber-Brown Whitehall Colleague
Michael Maloney Neville Dupayne
Nicholas Le Prevost Marcus Dupayne
Sid Mitchell Ryan Archer
Paul Williamson Whitehall Colleage
Daniel Flynn Anderson
Sian Phillips Marie Strickland
Harry Burton Bruno Denholm
Selina Cadell Lady Swathling
Janie Dee Emma Lavenham
Jack Shepherd James Calder-Hale
Maryann Turner Ada Gearing
Kate Alderton Sara Dupayne
Telly Blackwood DI Kate Miskin
William Beck DI Piers Tarrant
Samantha Bond Caroline Dupaye
Eloise Mayling Schoolgirl
Martin Shaw Cdr. Adam Dalgliesh
Nicholas Gecks Alfred Arthur Rouse
Ty Glaser Celia Mellock
Kerry Fox Muriel Godby
Sara Carver Dalgliesh's PA
Thomas Wheatley Harkness
Richard Cubison Nobby Clarke
Lesley Vickerage Clara
Peter Banks Conrad

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  • Premiered: February 5, 1980
  • Rating: TV-PG
  • Premise: Whodunits, courtroom dramas and suspense tales make up this often brilliant anthology. It features adaptations of tales by myriad classic mystery writers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie to Dick Francis and John Mortimer, with such notable figu… (more)

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