Thanks for sharing these classics. I don’t think the adaptations always capture the atmosphere of PD James’ novels, but they’re always enjoyable. I wish there were more.
Love watching these old episodes I'm old enough to have seen them first time round but wasn't interested then - have just watch all A Touch of Frost too as well as Above Suspicion
Second time around. What a vile bunch of people: the Chief Justice murdered, her sadistic defendant let loose by her brilliantly calculated courtroom performance to prey upon the weak; the bickering disloyal counselors ready with a smile and a knife; the stupidly sympathetic social worker ’asking to be murdered’ as Venetia might have said before she was; the unwanted, aimless cow of a daughter and her groveling housekeeper. What a hot mess. Must have been a raw and bloody year James devised this story. A certain justice indeed. In this life, We may only hold on to baseless hope to dodge harm! The only clean hands and sound minds were those of the sensible wife of the hapless social worker and the stoic investigator in the face of unfathomable evil, Chief Inspector Dalgliesh. Small favors.
This is my favorite FAVORITE show!!! Sadly, I cannot purchase this show digitally, anywhere. Amazon has a DVD version; the price: sixty-six DOLLARS!!! I mean, come ON!!! $66.00 plus shipping!!! Horrible!
I love when people complain about free shows and don't take 30 seconds to see if a final episode or a better version is on RU-vid or somewhere else. 🤔😏😵🤦🏿♀️
The same thing. goes for subtitles. I have been succesful almost everytime I have loked for subs for movies made in the last 20 yrs. The ones from the 50s and 40s are a little tuffer. Once you got the subs, its easy to use VLC to watch the with the srt file or use Handbreak to add them permenently. I do this a lot with Russian movies. The Russians have a slew of really excellent movies., made after the Soviet era.
مشاهده للمرة الأولى. تمثيل رائع وقصه مدهشة.دالجليش كبر في العمر خلال العشر سنوات. أمس شاهدته في ال٨٠نات واليوم في ال٩٠ات . الرجال لا يتركون المرأه تتسيدهم ،قتلها المؤلف !
1:32 Blackstone's Formulation: It is better for 10 guilty men go free than one innocent man be punished (imprisoned, executed,or tortured or worked to death - not uncommon in 18th century British prison system) . William Blackstone was a jurist , barrister , Judge, Law professor and elected to parliament . It is one of the foundation's of criminal law . Lawyers, solicitors, barristers and Judges in the UK and US after Blackstone even said 100 or more guilty persons should go free than one innocent man be punished
I've watched the 1st episode, enjoyed it very much. My cup of tea this 3 part mini series :) Great whodunit so far. All I see are folks complain and moan lol. Thanks for sharing these for our viewing pleasure yes all 3 of them the whole thing. Just subbed to your channel! You rock :)
In the last PD James story I watched, publisher Gerard was on a mission to be hated by all, and he succeeded. He was outlandishly unpleasant, cruel and ruthless. When he was murdered, the natural reaction was, "he had that coming". Vanetta topped Gerard. She didn't just go out of her way to be unlikeable. She literally promised to ruin the lives of anyone who didn't measure up to her standards. Forty minutes in, she's got at least four enemies who need to get rid of her and a couple more who wouldn't mind if she was dead. She must have had a death wish.
"A judge is found dead, murdered, with a number of bizarre clues and incidents that relate to the case and it takes Dalgleish (and his team) a while to piece together the puzzle" Via IMDb 1998 series
I had read the book, so the ending was known to me, but I can understand the frustration in one who is hoping for a conclusion. The PD James books are available in stores and online, and I really have enjoyed them.
Yes, and I find it very disconcerting - since I only recently watched that particular mini-series; further, her rival for next Head of Chambers also had a significant role in that same, previous series (“A Taste for Death”).
Uau...só Uau...ela livrou um assassino da cadeia, sabendo que era um assassino, e o mesmo foi buscar a filha dela! Que castigo! Esses personagens são criados por uma mente doentia.....fazer a "vítima " ser pior que seu assassino....E criam tantas personagens vítimas da personagem má, que não temos como avaliar um assassino! Ficamos perdidos com tantos suspeitos!
The rest of the plot aside, one very similar to the crime that is portrayed at the beginning of the story occurred in the U.S. A teenager killed the mother who had molested him his entire life. He did, in fact, kill her. Though a minor, he was tried as an adult and was sentenced to life in prison without any chance of parole. Being in a conservative “red” state, commutation of his sentence by the governor, his only way of leaving prison, will never happen.
I think that this marvelous book was filmed also with another cast, another Dalgliesh (not Martin Shaw, someone else) with a blond Miskin. Does anyone know about it? how to find it?
I have all of PD James' "Adam Dalgleish" movies on CD. I have watched them over & over & over EXCEPT this one - twice was enough. I watched it a 2nd time to make sure I just wasn't having a bad day the first time around and to give Dalgleish a chance to win me over. But I just don't like it from start to finish. I wondered - since this was Marsden's last play as Dalgleish - if that is why you don't see much of him?? I read somewhere he was simply "over" playing this character. I really like Martin Shaw but he's no Ray Marsden when it come to Adam Dalgleish.
The composer is Richard Harvey. You can listen the theme here on youtube, or check Amazon. I've been looking for it as well, and I just can't pin down the name of the theme . . . everything I come across with the theme is so vague about the name. It MIGHT be called "Shroud for a Nightengale," which is the name of one of the series; however, it's not the name of the first one, so that may not be correct . . .
If the Gary Ash case was (we are told) the first time Venitia had tried a case in court how could she possibly be the front-runner for 'Head of Chambers'?
I think you misheard something. She has been in chambers a long time and she has seniority among all the barristers, as the conversation at 15:25 makes clear.
I usually greatly appreciate films but I think it very unkind to upload a series with episodes missing, esp; in whodunnits. Glad I read the comments before starting as the last series had an episode missing, so I won't bother. I would think when one is bombarded with commercials the up-loader could at least make sure all episodes are available.
alice hudson: The ads are usually placed by the copyright holder, as a condition of allowing the vid to remain on YT (i.e., not by the uploader). Install a free, safe adblocker like uBlock Origin -- it'll change your life. ..... Also: It's not unheard of for a copyright holder to require the takedown of one ep from a series but not all (the issue can be music used in that ep) -- I know all of this from long and sometimes bitter experience as an uploader. Someone who has gone to the trouble of uploading all of these eps wouldn't have posted 5 out of 6 and left us hanging; I'd bet my life that the missing upload was taken down bc of CR issues. ..... And, when an ep is missing, search YT to see if anyone else has uploaded it (in this case, someone did).
alice hudson All 3 episodes are now uploaded. They are a gift, not an entitlement. You could, as many of us, have done due diligence and discovered that the third episode had not yet been uploaded. The generous one who provided us with this may, for any number of reasons, not yet had an opportunity to complete the uploads or a copyright holder may have had an episode removed. I imagine you being one who gets upset at not receiving anniversary cards, but see no need to mail some out yourself.
Octavia, one of those adult children who insist on being treated as an adult, but moves in with Mummy and tries to rule her house instead of finding her own. ' You see, the only person whose in a state about her daughter coming home is you, ' insolent and Narcissistic. Some children are difficult to love and even more difficult to like. Detestable. Will Mummy turn out to be the Mummy from hell? The author makes very interesting observations.
You have to consider what makes them difficult to love and difficult to like in the first place, and what role their parents played in making that the case.
If you mean you won't bother because you think an ep is missing, then just search YT for it -- all 3 eps were here a couple of days ago (I watched them). It's a pretty good series -- not great, and a little dated. But good -- very good, if you like older fare and don't mind the production values and slower pacing of the times.
That is a shame as it was a truly fantastic mystery, I first watched years ago Penny Dowie as Venetia Aldridge and Ricci Harnett as Gary Ashe were marvellous. Roy Marsden was the true Commander Adam Dalgleish, no matter how much he hated Adam as a character he carried the enigmatic and philosophical nature of the Adam Dalgleish in the novels,Adam was a reflection of Dame Phyllis D James herself. I have always believed PD James was truly gifted ,she possessed one of the finest analytical minds, coupled with a cold and calculating approach especially with reference to her detachment of her characters, as any great writer has to possess, my belief is she not only an unsurpassable crime writer she was also a great writer.
I have read many P.D. James novels. I am sure Roy Marsden is an OK actor, but Adam Dalgliesh is not arrogant in the books. I don't know why Mr. Marsden plays the part so arrogant.
First, check yt -- someone else has shared the missing ep, as is sometimes the case. And, the original uploader might not know that an ep was taken down -- it's been 2.5 years since he shared this, and many people don't maintain their channels. Finally, the uploader has no control over takedowns, so please cut him some slack -- he spent a lot of time uploading hard-to-find vids that we're enjoying.
Lester: Please don't yell at the uploader, who has no control over takedowns. This particular uploader has gone to a lot of trouble to share many vids; I'd bet my life that he uploaded all but that one was pulled by YT, probably because of a music CR claim.
