Death in Holy Orders

When Roy Marsden signed off in 1998, I thought that was the end of for Adam Dalgliesh on TV, so I was very glad to see the BBC take up the as were new novels, and breathe fresh life into them.

Martin Shaw does a very fine job, he's a terrific actor and very different to his roles in George Gently and Judge John Deed, I believe in him here, a continuation, rather then a replacement for Marsden.

If I'm honest, I liked the first half more then the second, as I thought it was faster paced and more dramatic, but overall it's a terrific, engaging mystery, which is so much more then just a whodunit.

The acting is terrific, it's Robert Hardy that delivers the masterclass, but Hugh Fraser and Jesse Spencer that stand out.

At the time I wished they'd done more, and remade others, but that was never the point of this series. 8/10