A Man Lay Dead
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 17, 1993
Alleyn cancels his holiday with Troy to investigate a murder connected to a stolen chalice, but he's called when a second murder occurs at uncle's estate.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 17, 1993
Alleyn cancels his holiday with Troy to investigate a murder connected to a stolen chalice, but he's called when a second murder occurs at uncle's estate.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 23, 1993
A member of Parliament who has taken controversial stands on Palestine and A-bomb development is murdered during a routine appendectomy.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: May 2, 1993
An egotistical Shakespearean ham actor gathers his dysfunctional extended family in his mansion on his 75th birthday for the reading of his will.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: May 9, 1993
During a display of dart throwing in a Cornish pub a man's hand is impaled by a dart, and he dies shortly afterward from cyanide although no one can explain how.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: May 16, 1993
Inspector Alleyn enlists the help of his friend Lord Robert "Bunchy" Gospell to uncover a society blackmailer. After Lord Robert is killed, a murder hunt follows among the world of titled heiresses, gamblers and adulterers.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1994
A divorced and disliked man living in a nobleman's estate is found in a sewer ditch after someone rolled a concrete pipe on his head.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Apr 1, 1994
Alleyn's old French teacher, the landlord of an idyllic Scottish island is receiving death threats because she's blocking its development as a health spa.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Aug 29, 1994
The publication of a war hero's memoirs and his dispute with a neighboring fisherman about poaching leads to a murder.
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Dec 23, 1990
After an artist's model dies in a suspicious incident, the aristocratic Detective Chief Inspector Alleyn and his down-to-earth assistant Inspector Fox, investigate. Matters get complicated with a houseful of suspects, blackmail, another death, and Alleyn's growing attraction to the painter Agatha Troy.