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Dalgliesh: Season 3

Poster for Dalgliesh Season 3

6 episodes · first aired Dec 5, 2024

In 1979, on the cusp of Margaret Thatcher's victory, sees Commander Adam Dalgliesh takes on three highly sensitive cases - from a remote seminary already mired in scandal, to a wealthy family under political attack, and to a spate of killings at a nuclear power station.

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  1. 1 Death in Holy Orders (1) Dec 5, 2024 · 45m Dalgliesh travels to a remote seminary overlooking a windswept lake, where a body has been found gruesomely murdered. Nearly everyone in the seminary has reason to resent the victim, and…
  2. 2 Death in Holy Orders (2) Dec 6, 2024 · 46m A second death shakes the order. As Dalgliesh uncovers the secret agenda of one of his suspects, the seminary falls further into disrepute. But this may be the key to unlocking the…
  3. 3 Cover Her Face (1) Dec 12, 2024 · 45m Dalgliesh investigates a murder in the Essex home of the Mehtas, a staggeringly wealthy family with connections to the British government. With the help of local detective Clive Roscoe…
  4. 4 Cover Her Face (2) Dec 13, 2024 · 46m A pair of grueling interrogations brings the victim's life into sharper focus, but will it lead the police to the killer? After a shocking confession is made, Dalgliesh realizes he has…
  5. 5 Devices and Desires (1) Dec 19, 2024 · 47m Dalgliesh is sent on an urgent mission to investigate a terrorist plot against a nuclear power station on the Kent coast. He is soon drawn into a complex and highly charged hunt for a…
  6. 6 Devices and Desires (2) Dec 20, 2024 · 46m The hunt is on for a second killer as the threat to the local community looms larger than ever. Can Dalgliesh unpick a complex web of loyalties before it's too late?