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As Gwendoline Huby is being laid to rest her funeral is interrupted by Alessandro Pontelli, who claims to be her son Alexander, missing in action in Italy in 1944. The other heirs are not happy - especially bluff John Huby though hotelier Stephanie Windibanks is more philosophical. She believes Pontelli is genuine, having a birthmark she remembers. The family's former housekeeper Ella Keech claims there was no birthmark. Then Pontelli is shot dead. At the same time Wieldy is visited by a gay youth who knows that the policeman is a closet gay himself. The boy is also murdered and is ultimately found to have a link to the Huby family.

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    • Author: Ranicengi
    Oliver Reed once said his face looked like a garbage can. We can say of Warren Clarke that his face looks much like a battered old steel garbage can. His rugby playing days long over, Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel surveys the bleak Yorkshire landscape and the bleaker people inhabiting it with a jaundiced eye and biting sarcasm. He has to deal with a Bible-quoting superior officer who wants to weed out homosexuals on the police force; at the same time one of his men, who is gay, is going through emotional torments because of his infatuation with a delinquent youth. Dalziel has got to keep his team focused on a murder investigation, placate his superior, and stop any more murders in a very dysfunctional family.

    This series has carried me through a dreary fall and early winter 2002. I must add that I haven't read any of the Reginald Hill novels on which this fine series is based.
  • Episode cast overview, first billed only:
    Eugene Walker Eugene Walker - Gravedigger
    Marcus Romer Marcus Romer - Vicar
    Bryan Pringle Bryan Pringle - John Huby
    Cathy Sara Cathy Sara - Lexie Huby
    Jamie Glover Jamie Glover - Rod Lomas
    Linda Marlowe Linda Marlowe - Stephanie Windibanks
    Margaret Tyzack Margaret Tyzack - Ella Keech
    Gawn Grainger Gawn Grainger - Eden Thackeray
    Jack Hedley Jack Hedley - Alessandro Pontelli
    Warren Clarke Warren Clarke - Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel
    Malcolm Tierney Malcolm Tierney - DCC Raymond
    Colin Buchanan Colin Buchanan - Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe
    David Royle David Royle - Det. Sgt. Edgar Wield
    Hosh Kane Hosh Kane - Cliff Sharman (as Hosh Ibrahim)
    John Michie John Michie - Andrew Goodenough
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