Colin Buchanan

Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the novels of the same name, written by Reginald Hill. The series was first broadcast on 18 March 1996, with Warren Clarke being cast as Dalziel and Colin Buchanan being cast as Pascoe. The series is primarily set in Yorkshire, and “follows the work of two detectives that are thrown together as partners. Complete opposites. Different backgrounds, different beliefs, different styles. They get on each other’s nerves. They are embarrassed by each other everyday. But their differences make them a stunningly brilliant crime-solving team.” The first three series were entirely based on Hill’s novels, as were the first two episodes of series four. However, all subsequent stories, with exception to “Dialogues of the Dead”, are stories written exclusively for television, and have not appeared as subsequent novels. The series was produced by BBC Birmingham, and broadcast on BBC One until 22 June 2007, running for a total of twelve series.