First broadcast April/May 1983.<br /><br />Forensic scientist Dr. Edwin Lorrimer is murdered. Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is assigned the case, having recently investigated another killing in the area.<br /><br />Roy Marsden - Adam Dalgliesh<br />Barry Foster - Dr. Maxim Howarth<br />Geoffrey Palmer - Dr. Edwin Lorrimer<br />Ray Brooks - Dr. Henry Kerrison<br />Andrew Ray - Clifford Bradley<br />Malcolm Terris - DI Tom Doyle<br />John Bryans - Chief Superintendent Mercer<br />Ivor Roberts - Inspector Blakelock<br />Valerie Testa - Claire Easterbrook<br />Stephen Thorne - Paul Middlemass<br />Wendy Gifford - Anne Kerrison<br />Annabelle Lanyon - Nell Kerrison<br />Chloe Franks - Brenda Pridmore<br />Kate Lansbury - Mrs. Pridmore<br />Jack Carr - Mr. Pridmore<br />Maryann Turner - Mrs. Bidwell<br />Patrick Field - Roy<br />Sheridan Ball - Sue Bradley<br />Peter Howell - Sir Charles Freeborn<br />Allan Mitchell - Dr. Michael Woods<br />Peter Forbes-Robertson - Chairman<br />Margaret Lang - Woman Administrator<br />Tony Sheene - Other Official<br />Harold Woolnough - Other Official<br />Barry Noble - Local Detective<br />Julie Brown - Dead Girl<br />John Vine - DI John Massingham<br />Meg Davies - Domenica Howarth<br />Brenda Blethyn - Angela Foley<br />Fiona Walker - Stella Mawson, aka 'Star'<br />Stacey Tendeter - Jean Dalgliesh<br />Rhoda Lewis - Miss Willard<br />Richard Beale - Mr. Bidwell<br />Edgar Stokes - Scientist in Library<br />Patrick Marley - Father Martin<br />Annabelle Lanyon - Nell Kerrison<br />Toby Scopes - William Kerrison
