Death of an Expert Witness

The story

When Dr. Edwin Lorrimer, a forensic scientist working at a private laboratory is found killed, Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate. Dalgliesh had been in the area a few months previously investigating the murder of a young woman found in an abandoned car. There are several suspects: Lorrimer's subordinate, Clifford Bradley, who despises him; the new head of the laboratory, Maxim Howarth, who is jealous of his sister's relationship with him; a colleague, Paul Middlemass, who had a fight with Lorrimer. There is also a gruff and likely unethical policeman who was on the grounds of the laboratory at the time of the killing and a local pathologist who is raising his two young children after his wife leaves him for another man. When one of the suspects is also murdered, Dalgliesh learns a key piece of information.

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1983 · 7 episodes Season details＋

April 8, 1983

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Cast

R Roy MarsdenAdam Dalgliesh B Barry FosterDr. Maxim Howarth R Ray BrooksDr. Henry Kerrison I Ivor RobertsInspector Blakelock A Andrew RayClifford Bradley M Malcolm TerrisTom Doyle C Chloe FranksBrenda Pridmore B Brenda BlethynAngela Foley V Valerie TestaClaire Easterbrook S Stephen ThornePaul Middlemass F Fiona WalkerStella Mawson J John VineJohn Massingham

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J John BryansChief Superintendent Mercer M Meg DaviesDomenica Howarth A Annabelle LanyonNell Kerrison G Geoffrey PalmerEdwin Lorrimer W Wendy GiffordAnne Kerrison K Kate LansburyMrs Pridmore M Maryann TurnerMrs Bidwell S Sheridan BallSue Bradley R Rhoda LewisMiss Willard T Toby ScopesWilliam R Richard FoxtonSergeant Reynolds C Carl AdamsPolice Constable J Jack CarrMr Pridmore P Peter HowellSir Charles Freeborn C Cyril CusackMr Lorrimer P Patrick FieldRoy A Allan MitchellDr Michael Woods P Peter Forbes-RobertsonChairman M Margaret LangWoman Administrator T Tony SheeneOther Official H Harold WoolnoughOther Official B Barry NobleLocal Detective J Julie BrownDead Girl S Stacey TendeterJean Dalgliesh G Gloria StewartSophie Middlemass R Richard BealeMr Bidwell E Edgar StokesScientist in Library P Patrick MarleyFather Martin J John CaterAlfred Goddard J Janet DaviesMrs Winifred Swaffield N Noel JohnsonMajor Hunt A Anthony DawesMr Mitching M Michael QuintoDuty Sergeant, Barry J John LastPolice Constable S Simon WrightPolice Constable C Cherie LaineGirl Typist E Elizabeth BroomDog Lady D Dorothy WhiteDora Meakin P Philip GuardDr Green J Joy AllenDistrict Nurse R Rob GillionMortuary Attendant