Who created the fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh, played on TV by Roy Marsden?
"Shroud for a Nightingale Shroud for a Nightingale is a 1971 detective novel written by PD James in her Adam Dalgliesh series. Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate the death of two student nurses at the hospital nursing school of Nightingale House. Student nurses Heather Pearce and Josephine Fallon have died of mysterious circumstances in the hospital nursing school of Nightingale House. As Scotland Yard’s Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh uncovers sexual secrets and blackmail within the closed community of the hospital, he finds himself in mortal danger. In a 1972 book review, Newgate Callandar"
"All of James's novels featuring Adam Dalgliesh up to and including ""The Murder Room"" have been adapted for television, beginning with ""Death of an Expert Witness"" in 1983. The first ten novels (in the order shown below) were adapted by Anglia Television for transmission on the ITV network and starred Roy Marsden as Dalgliesh. The BBC took over the series in 2003, and Martin Shaw played the role in ""Death in Holy Orders"" and ""The Murder Room"". Opinion amongst fans of both portrayals of Dalgliesh generally agrees that Roy Marsden's portrayal of Dalgliesh emphasises the cold-fish, aloof and peremptory side"
"great-grandchildren. During the 1980s, many of James's mystery novels were adapted for television by Anglia Television for the ITV network in the UK. These productions have been broadcast in other countries, including the US on the PBS network. They featured Roy Marsden as Adam Dalgliesh. According to James in conversation with Bill Link on 3 May 2001 at the Writer's Guild Theatre, Los Angeles, Marsden ""is not my idea of Dalgliesh, but I would be very surprised if he were."" The BBC adapted ""Death in Holy Orders"" in 2003, and ""The Murder Room"" in 2004, both as one-off dramas starring"
"Christie force-fed on Pevsner and the humbug of Kenneth Baker’s latest flag-waving anthology. A subgenre that has always been profoundly conservative (hence its popularity, up there with P.G. Wodehouse, in America) is reduced to editorialised sound-bites from a phantom Smith Square manifesto... Autopilot opinions suggesting that the author has donated far too much of her time to media book-gabble and the smokefree backrooms of power."" A television version of the novel was produced for Britain's ITV network in 1997. It starred Roy Marsden as Adam Dalgliesh. Original Sin (James novel) Original Sin is a 1994 detective novel in the Adam"
"an unexpected death that requires the coroner to become involved. It is only in the final chapters that Adam Dalgleish figures out the dark secret behind the supposedly innocent care home. In a 1975 book review, Newgate Callandar of ""The New York Times"" wrote ""James is an exceedingly good writer, and her detective, Adam Dalgliesh, is one of the more unusual ones in action today. Nevertheless, 'The Black Tower' is so slow-moving that it will try the patience of most readers — and that has to be the besetting sin of a crime novel."" It was produced for television by"
"British detective fiction. A number of parallels may be drawn between Dalgliesh and another contemporary fictional detective, Inspector Morse. DCI Dalgliesh was named in honor of the author's English teacher at Cambridge High School; years later she learnt that by mere chance, Miss Dalgliesh's father had in fact been named Adam. Detective Sergeant Martin is Dalgliesh's partner in ""Cover Her Face"" and ""A Mind to Murder"". (Martin is played in the ITV adaptation by Robert Pugh.) In ""Shroud for a Nightingale"" he partners with Detective Sergeant Masterson. Dalgliesh's first permanent partner was the moody and arrogant Detective Chief Inspector Massingham"
"of ""The New York Times"" wrote ""James works in the old tradition. She takes all the time in the world to establish her plot, her people and her locale. False clues are liberally seeded. The author goes into the background of the characters. Some are literate in the best British tradition."" The novel was adapted as a television miniseries by Anglia Television and was produced for Britain's ITV network in 1984. It starred Roy Marsden as Adam Dalgliesh, Joss Ackland as the surgeon, Stephen Courtney-Briggs, and Sheila Allen as Mary Taylor. Shroud for a Nightingale Shroud for a Nightingale is"
"Pryde was diagnosed with cancer and committed suicide. Instead of selling the detective agency off, Cordelia decided to keep it open, helped by the young aspiring actor Bevis and the old secretary Mrs. Maudsley. Despite dealing with cases involving murders and threats, the agency becomes specialized in searching for missing animals. At the conclusion of ""An Unsuitable Job for a Woman"", Cordelia Gray meets James's other detective Adam Dalgliesh. In ""A Taste for Death"" it is mentioned that they have been seen dining together. Cordelia is also referred to at the beginning and at the end of another Dalgliesh novel,"
"fifteen years. The series began as adaptations played out in serials of five or six one-hour episodes each, which were, unusually for the time, recorded on outside broadcast videotape as opposed to film: After producer John Rosenberg died in early 1991 (during the transmission run of ""Devices and Desires""), the format of the adaptations changed. Initially, Anglia followed the trend made popular by the ""Inspector Morse"" series, condensing the next two adaptations into two-hour filmed TV films. The final two adaptations were filmed in three one-hour episodes: The Dalgliesh role was taken by Martin Shaw when the BBC took over"
"P. D. James Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English crime writer. She rose to fame for her series of detective novels starring police commander and poet Adam Dalgliesh. James was born in Oxford, the daughter of Sidney James, a tax inspector, and educated at the British School in Ludlow and Cambridge High School for Girls. She had to leave school at the age of sixteen to work because her family did not have much money and her father did not believe in"
"of his character, and is more faithful to James's novels, whereas Martin Shaw's portrayal adds a more likeable human warmth to these character traits. The television adaptations have not always been faithful to the novel they dramatise, partly because they are out of chronological order. Five of the Dalgliesh novels have been dramatised by Neville Teller for BBC Radio 4. Robin Ellis played Dalgliesh in ""Cover Her Face"" (1993; miscredited as ""Robert"" Ellis by the BBC announcer) and ""Devices and Desires"" (1998). Phillip Franks played the role in ""A Certain Justice"" (2005). Dalgliesh was then played by Richard Derrington in"
"A Certain Justice A Certain Justice is an Adam Dalgliesh novel by P. D. James, published in 1997. A three episode 1998 TV mini-series was made based upon the novel. Venetia Aldridge is a brilliant criminal lawyer who is set to take over as the Head of Chambers in Pawlet Court, London. She successfully defends Garry Ashe against the charge of the murder of his aunt but is unprepared when her daughter flaunts her emotional involvement with him. Venetia is murdered in her office soon after her trial. Adam Dalgliesh investigates what appears to be an inside job. Things are"
"is his replacement. When Tarrant is then transferred to Special Branch, DS Francis Benton-Smith replaces him. (Miskin has a short romantic relationship with Piers Tarrant after he leaves the Squad.) Benton-Smith, the ambitious and good-looking son of English and Indian parents, is at first resented by Kate Miskin, but they develop a good working relationship. Jane Dalgliesh is Adam Dalgiesh's aunt and his sole living relative until her death prior to ""Devices and Desires"". Introduced in ""Unnatural Causes"", she is described as a very private and cerebral person, not unlike Dalgliesh himself. She is fond of bird watching and possesses"
"Martin Shaw as Dalgliesh. Her novel ""The Children of Men"" (1992) was the basis for the feature film ""Children of Men"" (2006), directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine. Despite substantial changes from the book, James was reportedly pleased with the adaptation and proud to be associated with the film. Adam Dalgliesh mysteries Cordelia Gray mysteries Miscellaneous novels Short stories Omnibus editions Honorary doctorates Honorary fellowships P. D. James Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English crime"
"Ernest Dudley Ernest Dudley (23 July 1908 – 1 February 2006) was an English actor, dramatist, novelist, journalist and screenwriter. The actor and scriptwriter Ernest Dudley was the creator of the hit BBC radio crime series ""Dr Morelle"" and also the television series ""The Armchair Detective"". The ""Dr Morelle"" — ‘the man you love to hate!’ — series which was hugely popular during the 1940s and 1950s and originally starred Dennis Arundell in the title role. In the fifties the role was given to Cecil Parker, who co-starred with Sheila Sim. He was born Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen, in Dudley, Worcestershire,"
"Ernest Dudley Ernest Dudley (23 July 1908 – 1 February 2006) was an English actor, dramatist, novelist, journalist and screenwriter. The actor and scriptwriter Ernest Dudley was the creator of the hit BBC radio crime series ""Dr Morelle"" and also the television series ""The Armchair Detective"". The ""Dr Morelle"" — ‘the man you love to hate!’ — series which was hugely popular during the 1940s and 1950s and originally starred Dennis Arundell in the title role. In the fifties the role was given to Cecil Parker, who co-starred with Sheila Sim. He was born Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen, in Dudley, Worcestershire,"
"unusual but compelling. Insp. Dalgliesh is perhaps too quietly competent in his disclosure of Sally's killer – and, despite the title, the girl isn't a Duchess of Malfi."" – ""A Catalogue of Crime"" In a 1966 book review, Anthony Boucher of ""The New York Times"" wrote ""This is a literate and not unpromising first novel, but modeled firmly upon the detective story of 30 years ago at its dullest... When I keep urging a return to the formal detective story, this is not what I mean."" A television version of the novel was produced for Britain's ITV network in 1985."
"quite astute and successful and now heads a squad of CID officers working on only the most sensitive cases. Dalgliesh is a widower. He lost his wife in childbirth 13 years before ""A Mind to Murder,"" and was reluctant to commit himself ever since. His relationship with Deborah Riscoe ended because of this. During his time at St. Anselm's in Suffolk, he meets Cambridge lecturer Emma Lavenham and later asks her to marry him. The wedding takes place at the end of ""The Private Patient"", published in 2008. Dalgliesh is a late example of the gentleman detective, a staple of"
"(created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) and Agent Jasi McLellan created by Cheryl Kaye Tardif. The popular TV show, ""Psych"" features a charlatan paranormal detective helping the Santa Barbara police with crimes that range from robberies to kidnappings to murders. However, the man actually uses an acute sense of observation he acquired as a child; a eidetic memory; excellent vision; and deduction and reasoning to solve cases, making a running gag of his claim to be a psychic. In Douglas Adams's ""Dirk Gently"" novels, the titular character—a ""holistic"" detective—is implied to have psychic powers on occasion. One incident involved"
"handled, and the powerful ending under rushing waters is both credible and mysterious, but the method of murder as well as its cause is farfetched. Dalgleish has had a tiff with his lover and lets her go out of his life in a psychologically odd instance of inaction."" - ""Catalogue of Crime"" Unnatural Causes Unnatural Causes (1967) is a detective novel by English crime writer P. D. James. While staying with his Aunt Jane in Suffolk, Adam Dalgliesh stumbles across a most bizarre and frightening murder. A local detective novelist, Maurice Seton, becomes himself the subject of investigation when his"
"and his assistant, George (George Orrison). Boyett was also a regular on ""Adam-12,"" playing Sergeant MacDonald. The role of Dixie McCall was originally written as a love interest for Fuller's character, Dr. Kelly Brackett, though the on-screen romance between Brackett and McCall was gradually downplayed and eventually ignored over the course of the series; this was explained by Brackett's and McCall's romance not having worked out. The series was created by Robert Cinader and Jack Webb. Webb had previously created ""Dragnet"", and the two had previously created ""Adam-12"", both of which were TV series about policing. In 1971, Cinader and"
"Strange Report Strange Report is a British television drama starring Anthony Quayle as Adam Strange. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and first broadcast in 1969. Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which had been marked ""Open File"" by various government departments – with the help of Hamlyn Gynt (Kaz Garas), Evelyn (Anneke Wills) and Professor Marks (Charles Lloyd-Pack). He employed the latest techniques in forensic investigation, which he undertook in his own laboratory in his flat in Warwick Crescent in the Maida Vale/Little Venice area of Paddington. Unlike other ITC productions, which were created"
"Adam Warlock Adam Warlock, originally known as Him or Adam, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character's earliest appearances were in ""Fantastic Four"" #66–67 (cover-dates Sept. 1967 and Oct. 1967) and ""Thor"" #165–166 (June–July 1969). He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and significantly developed by Roy Thomas and Jim Starlin. Debuting in the Silver Age of comic books, the character has appeared in over four decades of Marvel publications, and starred in the titles ""Marvel Premiere"" and ""Strange Tales"" as well as five eponymous volumes and several related limited"
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"by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani. According to Drake, the issue's co-writer Bob Haney was not brought on to the project until after the Chief was created. Drake has confirmed in an interview that his inspiration for The Chief was the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, specifically Sherlock Holmes' elder brother, Mycroft. Dr. Niles Caulder is a paraplegic gifted with a genius-level intellect. Caulder uses his scientific knowledge to develop numerous inventions and innovations that have made him wealthy. Caulder founded and organized the team called Doom Patrol to protect the innocent and fight crime, and to teach humanity"
"meeting between Adam Dalgliesh and Deborah Riscoe. It is hinted that a relationship will develop between Adam and Deborah. Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh – in charge of the investigation Detective Sergeant Martin – Dalgliesh's partner Mrs. Eleanor Maxie – owner of Martingale, mother to Stephen and Deborah Stephen Maxie – son of Eleanor; admires and desires Sally Jupp; doctor at St. Luke's Hospital Deborah Riscoe – daughter of Eleanor; her husband, Edward Riscoe, died of poliomyelitis less than a year after they were married Mr. Simon Maxie – Eleanor's invalid and elderly husband Felix Hearne – in love with"
"created by writer David Wolstencroft, and produced by Kudos for the BBC. A trademark style, coupled with the series' popularity, attracted a large number of high-profile guest stars. These included Martine McCutcheon, Hugh Laurie, Haluk Bilginer, Robert Hardy, Tim McInnerny, Bruce Payne, Reece Dinsdale, Ian McDiarmid, Ewen Bremner, Jimi Mistry, Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin McNally, Rupert Graves, Andrew Tiernan, Anton Lesser, Anupam Kher, Alexander Siddig, and Anthony Head. The availability and iconic status of certain London landmarks made them popular locations throughout production. Exterior shots of Thames House, the headquarters of MI5 were used in many episodes to establish"
"worked for a hospital board in London. She began writing in the mid-1950s. Her first novel, ""Cover Her Face"", featuring the investigator and poet Adam Dalgliesh of New Scotland Yard, named after a teacher at Cambridge High School, was published in 1962. Many of James's mystery novels take place against the backdrop of UK bureaucracies, such as the criminal justice system and the National Health Service, in which she worked for decades starting in the 1940s. Two years after the publication of ""Cover Her Face"", James's husband died, and she took a position as a civil servant within the criminal"
"and alternate takes plus library music from other composers also used in the series. Note: 'The Strangers' mentioned here should not be confused with either the Australian or Irish groups of the same name. Strange Report Strange Report is a British television drama starring Anthony Quayle as Adam Strange. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and first broadcast in 1969. Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which had been marked ""Open File"" by various government departments – with the help of Hamlyn Gynt (Kaz Garas), Evelyn (Anneke Wills) and Professor Marks (Charles Lloyd-Pack). He employed"
"1990), with Simon Williams (pilot) and then Patrick Malahide as Alleyn. In the 1990s the BBC made radio adaptations of ""Surfeit of Lampreys"", ""A Man Lay Dead"", ""Opening Night"", and ""When in Rome"" starring Jeremy Clyde as Inspector Alleyn. Ngaio Marsh co-wrote a 1951 episode ""Night at the Vulcan"" of the Philco Television Playhouse; and appeared as herself in the sixth episode ""The Central Problem"" in a television series of the unfinished Charles Dickens mystery novel ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"" Ngaio Marsh Dame Ngaio Marsh (; 23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982), born Edith Ngaio Marsh, was a"
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"Sam Ryan (Amanda Burton) and Trevor Stewart (William Armstrong), as well as former main character Superintendent Tom Adams (John McGlynn), and brand new character DS Stanley Sharman, with Burton generally appearing on the front cover of each novel. The fifth novel, due to be published in 2003, was placed on indefinite hold, and has never been released. The use of forensic pathology in the investigation of crime has been the central theme of several TV mystery-suspense dramas, including: Silent Witness Silent Witness is a British television crime drama series, produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic"
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