Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe is a British television crime drama based on the mystery novels of the same name, written by Reginald Hill. The series was first broadcast on 16 March 1996, with Warren Clarke being cast as Dalziel (pronounced "dee-ell", ) and Colin Buchanan being cast as Pascoe. The series is primarily set in the fictional town of Wetherton in Yorkshire, and "follows the work of two detectives who are thrown together as partners. Complete opposites. Different backgrounds, different beliefs, different styles. They get on each other's nerves. They are continually embarrassed by each other. But their differences make them a stunningly brilliant crime-solving team." The series was produced by BBC Birmingham, and broadcast on BBC One until 22 June 2007, running for a total of eleven series. The first three series, comprising eleven episodes, were entirely based on Hill's novels, as were the first two episodes of Series 4. However, all subsequent stories, with the exception of "Dialogues of the Dead", are stories written exclusively for television, and have not appeared as subsequent novels. The series was axed in 2008, citing falling viewing figures as the main reason. It was one of a number of dramas axed in a mass cull by newly appointed station controller Peter Fincham. Cast Warren Clarke as Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel Colin Buchanan as Detective Inspector Peter Pascoe David Royle as Detective Sergeant Edgar "Wieldy" Wield (Series 1–7) Susannah Corbett as Ellie Pascoe (Series 1–5, Guest Series 9) Malcolm Tierney as Chief Constable Victor Raymond (Series 3–4) Fred Pearson as Dr. Thomas Vickery (Series 2–5) Navin Chowdhry as PC Sanjay Singh (Series 2) Jo-Anne Stockham as Detective Constable Shirley "Ivor" Novello (Series 4–6) Pippa Haywood as Assistant Chief Constable Rebecca Fenning (Series 5) James Puddephatt as Dr. Paul Ashurst (Series 6–8, Guest Series 11) Marian McLoughlin as Assistant Chief Constable Belinda Kennedy (Series 6) Keeley Forsyth as Detective Constable Carrie "Tweedie" Harris (Series 7) Diana Quick as Assistant Chief Constable Stella Applegarth (Series 7) Katy Cavanagh as Detective Sergeant Dawn "Spike" Milligan (Series 8) Joe Savino as Dr.