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In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Dalziel and Pascoe Season 7 Episode 4 - For Love Nor Money
    8.2/10(160 votes)

    #1 - For Love Nor Money

    S7:E4

    Dalziel and Pascoe attend a retirement party for a senior colleague, Donald Fitzgerald. Dalziel's distinctly unhappy. He cannot forgive Fitzgerald for losing a recent court case against local villain and long standing adversary Danny Macer. He's even angrier when Macer turns up to celebrate, but anger turns to suspicion when Fitzgerald's found dead on a golf course the following morning. As the team examine Fitzgerald's soured personal life, including his affair with physiotherapist Rachel Waller, Dalziel goes after Macer. Pascoe tries to keep the investigation on course, but Dalziel's obsession soon leads him into confrontation with both Pascoe and his boss. ACC Stella Applegarth orders him back off duty on grounds of ill-health. Pascoe takes over, but soon finds evidence - a key leading to a bank vault and a suitcase full of money - which suggests that Dalziel's instincts about Fitzgerald may have been right. As Pascoe explores the implications, a second murder, that of Rachel Waller

    Director:Warren Clarke
    Writer:Mark Holloway

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  2. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 3 Episode 4 - The Wood Beyond
    8.1/10(175 votes)

    #2 - The Wood Beyond

    S3:E4

    A group of animal rights protesters break into a medical facility, where they find more than they bargain for when one escapes into the nearby woods, only to find the remains of a dead body. Dalziel's displeased when he is forced to give up watching his rugby match to attend the scene. Meanwhile, after his grandmother's abrupt death, Pascoe tries to find out what happened to his grandfather who, during WWI, apparently deserted from a medical hospital to sail to America.

    Director:Edward Bennett
    Writer:Ed Whitmore

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  3. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 5 Episode 1 - A Sweeter Lazarus
    8.1/10(168 votes)

    #3 - A Sweeter Lazarus

    S5:E1

    When a suspected serial killer jumps to his death from the roof of a homeless hostel, the only witnesses are Pascoe and a homeless girl, who goes by the name of Abbie Hallingsworth—who has been missing for nineteen years. DC Shaz Kendall, on attachment to Wetherton CID, invites Abbie to stay while she tries to learn more about the events leading up to her disappearance. However, her coy tactics of introducing her to her long-lost family lands her in hot water with Dalziel.

    Director:Stephen Whittaker
    Writer:Michael Jenner

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  4. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 7 Episode 6 - Dialogues of the Dead (2)
    8.1/10(109 votes)

    #4 - Dialogues of the Dead (2)

    S7:E6

    Wetherton CID struggles to track down a serial killer with a penchant for words, as Messrs Dalziel and Pascoe take on their most puzzling and challenging case to date. The sublimely confident killer leaves a dialogue for the police to find after each murder. These chilling documents, carefully written and lovingly illustrated, describe each killing in detail and, at the same time, are strewn with tantalising hints and clues.

    Director:Patrick Lau
    Writer:Hugh Stoddart

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  5. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 2 Episode 3 - Deadheads
    8.0/10(183 votes)

    #5 - Deadheads

    S2:E3

    Dick Elgood, an old fiend of Dalziel's, unofficially reports two strange, nearly fatal incidents and asks Dalziel to investigate. The subsequent investigation exposes a chain of bizarre, accidental deaths stretching back nearly three decades but not a single shred of evidence to suggest foul play! Each of the seemingly unconnected deaths have somehow or other benefited Patrick Alderman although it cannot be proven that he has any connection.

    Director:Edward Bennett
    Writer:Alan Plater

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  6. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 4 Episode 1 - On Beulah Height
    8.0/10(236 votes)

    #6 - On Beulah Height

    S4:E1

    What happened to little Mary? Eight years ago, the town was sure they knew: Benny, a boy with a metal plate in his head, who also disappeared. When another little girl vanishes, the squad investigates, but Pascoe is sidelined by his daughter's meningitis. Mary's bereaved family adopted Betsy (now called Elizabeth), now a well-known singer, has come home to sing a requiem for Mary. Townspeople claim to have seen Benny; his aunt had a visitor asking about money close to her death; Betsy's fathers (birth and adopted) and even little Rose Pascoe are crucial witnesses.

    Director:Maurice Phillips
    Writer:Michael Chaplin

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  7. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 9 Episode 5 - The Dig (1)
    8.0/10(126 votes)

    #7 - The Dig (1)

    S9:E5

    At an archaeological site, a relatively fresh skeleton of a man is found. During the investigation conflict erupts between the archaeologists and local builders. Are the cost cutting antics of the local council somehow tied to the find? Or is it the underhand dealings of the contractors? Elsewhere, Dalziel is positively smitten by the new pathologist, Eleanor Brown.

    Director:David Thacker
    Writer:Stan Hey

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  8. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 11 Episode 2 - The Cave Woman (2)
    8.0/10(97 votes)

    #8 - The Cave Woman (2)

    S11:E2

    When a woman's mummified remains emerge from the water during a cave rescue operation, Dalziel and Pascoe embark upon a treacherous murder inquiry which rocks their world to its core.

    Director:Minkie Spiro
    Writer:Dusty Hughes

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  9. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 6 Episode 1 - Walls of Silence
    7.9/10(172 votes)

    #9 - Walls of Silence

    S6:E1

    A promising young musician, who has just been awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy, is discovered dead in a lake. The youngster has an unfortunate link to Andy Dalziel, a fact that causes him to be pulled from the case by ACC Belinda Kennedy. As they investigate the youngsters troubled life more secrets come out. Dalziel meanwhile picks up a lead on the case that links him to the youngsters family and solves another mystery.

    Director:Ashley Pearce
    Writer:Matthew Hall

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  10. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 6 Episode 4 - Truth and Consequences
    7.9/10(149 votes)

    #10 - Truth and Consequences

    S6:E4

    In the village of Thirksby the mine is being broken down to make way for a new hi tech factory. Protestors at the site storm the site and this leads to the uncovering of a skeleton, who has been there since the strikes of '84/'85. The victim turns out to be a bent undercover cop, who was supposed to have run off with £250,000 meant for the strikers. Dalziels investigation opens a lot of wounds and awakens bad memories of the strike for both himself and the old miners. Peter Pascoe starts to doubt his superior as he researches Dalziels involvement 15 years ago. Dalziel sees his sister for the first time in 7 years but time has not improved their relationship. As the developer of the old mine is found murdered the secrets start to be revealed, opening old wounds and causing new ones.

    Director:David Wheatley
    Writers:Elizabeth-Anne Wheal, David Gilman

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  11. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 7 Episode 1 - The Unwanted
    7.9/10(160 votes)

    #11 - The Unwanted

    S7:E1

    Back home to act as best man at an old army friend's wedding, Pascoe soon finds himself in the midst of a murder investigation. His friend Sgt Ian Henslowe marries Jill Lowry, unifying the two largest farming and land-owning families in the area. The big day is not a happy one, however, when another army mate, Cpl Martin Wilkie, is found dead.

    Director:Patrick Lau
    Writer:Manjit Singh

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  12. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 9 Episode 1 - Heads You Lose (1)
    7.9/10(136 votes)

    #12 - Heads You Lose (1)

    S9:E1

    Pascoe is rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a car crash, and slips into a coma. Dalziel keeps a vigil at his bedside and realises just how much his partner means to him. Meanwhile, when a local fisherman reels in a gruesome catch – a human foot – and police divers discover other body parts amongst illegally dumped waste in a nearby lake, Dalziel finds himself at the centre of a potential murder enquiry. As the case unravels, Dalziel discovers an uneasy relationship between Wetherton's leading hospital physician, Dr McKenzie Mansfield, and neurology consultant Mr Alisdair Collinson, not to mention a snake pit of political wranglings with local business tycoon, and the main source of the hospital's funding, Barry Jemmerson. Dalziel finds himself torn between trying to cope with Pascoe's continuing deterioration and his duty as a policeman to throw himself into this very intricate and gruesome case.

    Director:Matthew Evans
    Writer:Tony McHale

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  13. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 9 Episode 6 - The Dig (2)
    7.9/10(104 votes)

    #13 - The Dig (2)

    S9:E6

    The investigation concludes.

    Director:David Thacker
    Writer:Stan Hey

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  14. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 10 Episode 8 - Guardian Angel (2)
    7.9/10(100 votes)

    #14 - Guardian Angel (2)

    S10:E8

    An ordinary housewife is poisoned with a dangerous toxin when shopping at the store, falls into a coma and dies on the same day. Dalsil and Pascoe begin an investigation. All this happens against the backdrop of a big pension scandal. Rosie comes to her father and says she doesn’t want to leave. Soon, another woman was similarly killed.

    Director:Paul Marcus
    Writer:Glenn Chandler

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  15. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 11 Episode 1 - The Cave Woman (1)
    7.9/10(111 votes)

    #15 - The Cave Woman (1)

    S11:E1

    When a woman's mummified remains emerge from the water during a cave rescue operation, Dalziel and Pascoe embark upon a treacherous murder inquiry which rocks their world to its core.

    Director:Minkie Spiro
    Writer:Dusty Hughes

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  16. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 11 Episode 3 - Fallen Angel (1)
    7.9/10(105 votes)

    #16 - Fallen Angel (1)

    S11:E3

    Dalziel and Pascoe's investigation comes under increasing attack, despite their best efforts to search for clues. However, they battle harder than ever to uncover the truth about the mummified remains, which they believe are connected to the case of the Yorkshire chief constable's ex-wife, who vanished more than 20 years ago.

    Director:Ian Knox
    Writers:Elliot Hope, Johanne McAndrew

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  17. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 2 Episode 4 - Exit Lines
    7.8/10(174 votes)

    #17 - Exit Lines

    S2:E4

    A car crash leaves Dalziel suspended from duty, pending investigation into drunk-driving allegations. Pascoe probes the source of the claims against his boss, and exposes a web of conspiracy surrounding the violent death of an elderly Army veteran — all the while coping with being a dad of the Nineties and dealing with his senile father-in-law.

    Director:Ross Devenish
    Writer:Stephen Lowe

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  18. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 7 Episode 3 - Sins of the Fathers
    7.8/10(160 votes)

    #18 - Sins of the Fathers

    S7:E3

    A paralyzed girl is miraculously healed after sitting under a tree in the woods near her home. Later the same tree yields the body of a young girl killed a long time ago. This leads Dalziel into a web of abuse by the Catholic Church, including the practice of splitting up families and making youngsters slave labour on church farms. In the village Dalziel bumps into his sister, who is trying to find her brother, that Dalziel knew nothing about. And she has news for him that breaks his heart.

    Director:Lawrence Gordon Clark
    Writer:Elizabeth-Anne Wheal

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  19. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 8 Episode 1 - A Game of Soldiers
    7.8/10(159 votes)

    #19 - A Game of Soldiers

    S8:E1

    An American woman tracing her family appears in a graveyard. The only person she meets is the gravedigger. Next time she's seen she is found dead by a bunch of squaddies. Dalziel comes to investigate and bumps into another old flame, Jenny Ettrick. Later, one of the squaddies kills himself after being harassed by his sergeant As Dalziel starts investigating, they find that the victim may have drunk in the squaddies bar. Another squaddie turns up dead and while investigating that murder they find out that there might be a case of mistaken identity

    Director:Patrick Lau
    Writer:Stan Hey

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  20. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 9 Episode 2 - Heads You Lose (2)
    7.8/10(104 votes)

    #20 - Heads You Lose (2)

    S9:E2

    Pascoe is rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a car crash, and slips into a coma. Dalziel keeps a vigil at his bedside and realises just how much his partner means to him. Meanwhile, when a local fisherman reels in a gruesome catch – a human foot – and police divers discover other body parts amongst illegally dumped waste in a nearby lake, Dalziel finds himself at the centre of a potential murder enquiry. As the case unravels, Dalziel discovers an uneasy relationship between Wetherton's leading hospital physician, Dr McKenzie Mansfield, and neurology consultant Mr Alisdair Collinson, not to mention a snake pit of political wranglings with local business tycoon, and the main source of the hospital's funding, Barry Jemmerson. Dalziel finds himself torn between trying to cope with Pascoe's continuing deterioration and his duty as a policeman to throw himself into this very intricate and gruesome case.

    Director:Matthew Evans
    Writer:Tony McHale

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  21. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 9 Episode 7 - Dust Thou Art (1)
    7.8/10(129 votes)

    #21 - Dust Thou Art (1)

    S9:E7

    Mary Jackson witnesses the abduction of a schoolgirl. She tried to stop the kidnapper and was also abducted. On the same day, Pascoe witnesses how a machine tries to bring down a rich woman. The next day, he and Dalzil begin an investigation into the murder of a young music teacher who taught a kidnapped girl.

    Director:Gwennan Sage
    Writer:J. C. Wilsher

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  22. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 10 Episode 5 - Wrong Time, Wrong Place (1)
    7.8/10(146 votes)

    #22 - Wrong Time, Wrong Place (1)

    S10:E5

    Dalzil and Pascoe arrive in Amsterdam at a conference of police detectives. Local police greet them with undisguised irritation. Dalsil meets a young singer and spends the night with her, and in the morning he sees that her throat was cut. Andrew becomes a suspect in this murder.

    Director:Warren Clarke
    Writer:Stan Hey

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  23. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 10 Episode 10 - A Death in The Family (2)
    7.8/10(87 votes)

    #23 - A Death in The Family (2)

    S10:E10

    During a bank vault robbery, bandits kill security guard Dave Compton, a former police detective who was friends with Dalzil. Latif learns of involvement in the cause of the Asian mafia.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Nicholas Martin

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  24. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 11 Episode 4 - Fallen Angel (2)
    7.8/10(95 votes)

    #24 - Fallen Angel (2)

    S11:E4

    Dalziel and Pascoe's investigation comes under increasing attack, despite their best efforts to search for clues. However, they battle harder than ever to uncover the truth about the mummified remains, which they believe are connected to the case of the Yorkshire chief constable's ex-wife, who vanished more than 20 years ago.

    Director:Ian Knox
    Writers:Elliot Hope, Johanne McAndrew

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  25. Dalziel and Pascoe Season 12 Episode 3 - Project Aphrodite (1)
    7.8/10(135 votes)

    #25 - Project Aphrodite (1)

    S12:E3

    As the body count continues to rise, Dalziel and Pascoe continue to focus their investigation on Lee Knight. Knight continues to maintain his innocence and says he's being set up by someone. The police uncover that most of the principals are involved in witchcraft of one sort or another. As the victims' bodies are being dismembered, they believe the killer is set to perform some type of ritual. Pascoe believes Knight is innocent and the true killer is someone who is well-known to Andy.

    Director:David Tucker
    Writer:Edel Brosnan

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Best Episodes Summary

"For Love Nor Money" is the best rated episode of "Dalziel and Pascoe". It scored 8.2/10 based on 160 votes. Directed by Warren Clarke and written by Mark Holloway, it aired on 10/21/2002. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Wood Beyond".