A Taste for Death: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: A Taste for Death
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 1988-10-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 1988-11-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 91046
• IMDb ID: tt0156122
• TVDB ID: 144001

Cast and credited roles

• Roy Marsden — Adam Dalgliesh

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1988-10-14; final listed air date 1988-11-18; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from A Taste for Death 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.