A Pinch of Snuff: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A Pinch of Snuff is a British television crime drama miniseries, consisting of three fifty-minute episodes, that broadcast on ITV network from 9 to 23 April 1994. The series, adapted from the 1978 novel of the same name by author Reginald Hill, was the first Dalziel and Pascoe adaptation for TV, arriving two years before the more widely known and acclaimed BBC adaptation that followed in 1996.

Series details

• Title: A Pinch of Snuff
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 1994-04-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1994-04-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 51192
• IMDb ID: tt0292186
• TVDB ID: 89301

Cast and credited roles

• Gareth Hale — Insp. Andy Dalziel
• Norman Pace — Sgt. Peter Pascoe
• Christopher Fairbank — Det. Sgt. Edgar Wield

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-04-09; final listed air date 1994-04-23; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from A Pinch of Snuff on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.