Patrick Malahide as Chief Inspector Roderick AlleynĮpisodes Pilot (1990) Episode #Īfter an artist's model dies in a suspicious incident, Alleyn and his down-to-earth assistant Fox investigate.Simon Williams as Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn (pilot only).Unlike the original novels, whose first story takes place as early as 1934, after World War I, the pilot and thus all subsequent episodes take place after World War II, with 'Artists in Crime' being set in late 1948. In 2011, Acorn acquired the rights to the pilot, and in 2012, issued a repackaged version of the set containing the Williams pilot. Both Malahide series were released on DVD in 2007, via Acorn Media. Over the course of two series, eight episodes were broadcast, each focusing on a separate novel in the series.

When a full series finally came to screen three years later, Simon Williams was unavailable, and the role of Alleyn was filled by Patrick Malahide, while Simons and Lang reprised their roles. William Simons was cast as Alleyn's right-hand man and ' Dr Watson', Detective Inspector Fox, and Belinda Lang starred as painter Agatha Troy, Alleyn's love interest.

In the pilot episode, the character of Alleyn was played by Simon Williams. Two series followed in 19, with Patrick Malahide replacing Williams in the title role. The pilot episode was shown in 1990, with Simon Williams playing the part of Alleyn. The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries is a British detective television series, broadcast on BBC1, which was adapted from nine of the novels by Dame Ngaio Marsh, featuring the character Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn.

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