A Pinch of Snuff

TV Mini Series
1994–
3h

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Inspector Pascoe investigates an adult film club after a tip about a potentially real murder scene. The actress denies harm, claiming it was simulated. Pascoe pursues the lead, probing the i... Read allInspector Pascoe investigates an adult film club after a tip about a potentially real murder scene. The actress denies harm, claiming it was simulated. Pascoe pursues the lead, probing the incident's authenticity.Inspector Pascoe investigates an adult film club after a tip about a potentially real murder scene. The actress denies harm, claiming it was simulated. Pascoe pursues the lead, probing the incident's authenticity.

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Gareth Hale

Andy Dalziel

• 1994

Norman Pace

Peter Pascoe

• 1994

Christopher Fairbank

Sgt Wield

• 1994

Malcolm Storry

Ray Crabtree

• 1994

John McGlynn

Jack Shorter

• 1994

John Woodvine

Godfrey Blengdale

• 1994

Linda Marlowe

Gwen Blengdale

• 1994

John Bluthal

Maurice Arany

• 1994

Rebecca Wheatley

Penny Latimer

• 1994

Simon Mattacks

Gerry Toms

• 1994

Joanne Thirsk

Alison Parfitt

• 1994

Richard Ridings

Brian Burkill

• 1994

Paul Copley

Charlie Hepplewhite

• 1994

John Simm

Clint Hepplewhite

• 1994

Julia Lane

Emma Shorter

• 1994

Ursula Howells

Alice Andover

• 1994

Elizabeth Spriggs

Annabelle Andover

• 1994

Zigi Ellison

Thelma Lacewing

• 1994

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Monumental Miscasting & Terrible Acting

Reginald Hills novels are excellent stories with depth and variety. The characters Dalziel & Pascoe are well written fully fleshed out and easy to imagine.

So to cast comedians Hale and Pace on the roles was always an astonishing decision but the performances particularly of Gareth Hale are abysmal.

It is difficult to see how this was brought to the screen it is so bad. Dalziel / Hale comes seems to be in a spoof comedy while Pascoe / Pace is completely devoid of any emotion.

The supporting cast of excellent name actors is completely wasted and one can only imagine what they must have made of this mini series.

Thankfully Reginald Hill was so appalled by this production that he refused to allow ITV to produce any more.

Two years later the BBC recast and reformatted the characters for 11 series all of which were excellent and best no comparison with this rubbish.

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This was Yorkshire Television's first adaptation of one of Reginald Hill's "Dalziel and Pascoe" books. Hill reportedly hated it so much that he refused to sanction any of his other books for TV adaptation and the BBC went to great lengths to persuade him otherwise. He said about the "A Pinch of Snuff" adaptation: "Hale and Pace wanted to try their hands at more dramatic roles. I just wish they'd tried it with someone else's books."

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Insp. Andy Dalziel: Are you a naturalised citizen?
Maurice Arany: Yes.
Insp. Andy Dalziel: I bet you'd like to go back to Hungary after all these years, eh. Take a little look.
Maurice Arany: You cannot deport me.
Insp. Andy Dalziel: [grinning] I wouldn't dream of it. Not while I can violate your human rights over here.