In the Red (Murder Room)

The lease on the Dupayne Museum is almost up and under the terms of their father's will, all three of the Dupayne children must agree to continue or the museum is to close. Neville Dupayne is dead set against continuing the museum when the money could be used for a much better purpose. One of the museum's key attractions is the Murder Room, displaying information on a series of notorious murders from between the two World Wars.

When Neville dies in a way reminiscent of one of the murders on display in the Murder Room, Commander Adam Dalgleish is asked to investigate.

There are any number of suspects: A second murder reveals some of the activities of the upper classes and the solution lies in a long-ago wrong that someone is seeking to right. As always, P D James has written a very good and intriguing story. The adaptation is faithful to the book: However maybe the explanation of the murderer's motives was glossed over a little.

Martin Shaw's portrayal is arguably less faithful to the character as P D James writes it, but portrays him as a more human, likable character. I always found Roy Marsden's portrayal and his description in P D James's books to be stern, humourless, aloof, distant and with no likable qualities or little human failings that I could identify with. I liked the subplot about his girlfriend. It showed his vulnerability and his awkwardness with women; the letter that he wrote to her at the end I won't spoil it by mentioning the subject was very moving.

I agree that characters of Dalgliesh's two inspectors weren't really developed properly they aren't in the book either.

One of the slight failings of the Dalgliesh books and TV series are that the relationship between Dalgliesh and his sidekicks isn't strong enough that they can confide in each other, in the way that Morse and Lewis or Wexford and Burden do. The acid test of a "good" TV detective, aside from their deductive qualities, is whether you like them as a person and could imagine yourself discussing a case with them over a pint. With Morse, Frost or Wexford, this is easy to imagine; with Dalgliesh, especially as portrayed by Roy Marsden, I suspect that the conversation would be a bit tense and there would be lots of long silences!

At least it is easier to imagine having a drink and a chat with Martin Shaw's version of Dalgliesh. Enjoy a night in with these popular movies available to stream now with Prime Video. Start your free trial.

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Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Adam Dalgliesh looks into the connection between the grisly exhibits at the Dupayne family museum and the murder of adopted son Neville. Shows I Want to See. Share this Rating Title: The Murder Room — 7.

Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Photos Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Learn more More Like This. Death in Holy Orders Apparitions TV Mini-Series Unnatural Causes TV Movie The Black Tower Martin Shaw is a good actor, but like most of the other fans I prefer Roy Marsden. As an avid P. Unlike other comments, I feel that the movie must at least be true to the writer's creation of the character's personality. Adam Dagliesh is a classy, private, remote, creative intelligent, sensitive character, not the "Bull In a China Shop" personality that Martin Shaw portrays in Murder Room.

Don't get me wrong, I love "Judge Deed" and Shaw's portrayal of him, but his performance simply doesn't fit as James's "Dagliesh" character. Roy Marsden out of his theater environment for these wonderful new productions of P. James excellent novels and enjoy his accurate and creative interpretation of the Dagliesh character.

In closing I must say that the film itself was well written, well directed, and true to the novel. This feels to me like a pretty poor adaptation of a PD James book. The first espisode can almost be ignored completely. The editing in the initial 50 mins is awful But for me the real problem is that all the characters in the film are simply unpleasant. Dalgliesh's 2 junior officers seem to hate each so much that he let's let bicker and insult each other continually during the investigation. Would a Commander at the Met really let that happen during a murder investigation?

All the other characters in the drama are awful people, with something to hide, and seemingly no redeeming features. OK Sian Phillips character is nice. It adds no value to stories ever. In this adaptation Dalgliesh is made out to be a complete fool with Dr Lavenham. The meal they almost have after 48 mins in Esp 1 - he really goes out on a date with an incredibly beautiful Cambridge Don with his phone on?

But before he mobile rings, he is simply dithering in front of a "perfect woman". Dalgliesh is super smart Met Commander and a poet! But incapable of expressing himself on a date BTW they pour their own wine in a fancy restaurant - inconceivable that could happen. In the second episode the pace picks up and isn't bad. Finally, I do not think that Shaw makes Dalgliesh any more human than Marsden.

Marsden's performances are more nuanced.

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But Shaw is a fine actor, and does a good job here. Overall I think "A taste for death" is the best TV adaptation. James, is an excellent whodunit starring Martin Shaw as Adam Dalgliesh, and that's the problem right there.

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Though a fine actor, he just isn't Dalgliesh for me. I remember the old series starring Roy Marsden as being more exciting. The story concerns a lease about to expire on a family museum, and there is one holdout, Neville Dupayne, who does not want to re-sign. Neville, a doctor, thinks the money could be put to medical use. When Neville dies in what appears to be a copycat murder of a display in the Murder Room, Commander Dalgleish is brought in. He has a lot of suspects to choose from -- the victim's brother and sister, museum employees who stood to lose their jobs, his secretary who is also his ex-mistress, and others.

The solution, however, won't be found by investigating only the present day.

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Though a good mystery and well-done, it was too long, in part because a subplot dealt with Dalgleish's love life, which I, for one, couldn't have cared less about. Cut her ropes with the knife to free her.

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