| Sir Paul Berowne - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulterous affair with a prominent surgeon and she makes no secret of it. Berowne's only daughter is involved in left-wing politics and rejects her conservative father. Adding to his woes, his own mother favoured her son who was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush over Paul. The informal investigation has barely began when Dalgliesh is faced with a series of bizarre deaths that turn the case into an urgent assignment. —DumbeBlonde |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Penny Downie | Kate Miskin | 6 |
| Simon Ward | 6 | |
| Oliver Ford Davies | Father Barnes | 6 |
| Wendy Hiller | 6 | |
| Fiona Fullerton | Barbara Berowne | 6 |
| Roy Marsden | 6 | |
| Avril Elgar | Emily Wharton | 6 |
| Rob Spendlove | Ivor Garrod | 5 |
| Tat Whalley | Darren Wilkes | 5 |
| Kate Buffery | Sarah Berowne | 4 |
| Matthew Marsh | Dominic Swayne | 4 |
| Derek Newark | Gordon Halliwell | 4 |
| Constance Chapman | Gran | 3 |
| Rebecca Saire | Theresa Nolan | 3 |
| John Ringham | Miles Kynaston | 2 |
| Patsy Byrne | Millicent Gentle | 2 |
| Bosco Hogan | Paul Berowne | 2 |
| Pauline Delaney | Mrs. Nolan | 2 |
| Morag Hood | Carole Washburn | 2 |
| Kevin Stoney | Mr. Nolan | 2 |
| John Hawkes | Tony | 1 |
| Jack Watson | Henry | 1 |
| Martin Friend | Charlie Ferris | 1 |
| John Bown | Solicitor | 1 |
| Peter Sproule | Inspector Glyn Morgan | 1 |