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A Taste for Death (1988)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

Sir Paul Berowne - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulterous affair with a prominent surgeon and she makes no secret of it. Berowne's only daughter is involved in left-wing politics and rejects her conservative father. Adding to his woes, his own mother favoured her son who was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush over Paul. The informal investigation has barely began when Dalgliesh is faced with a series of bizarre deaths that turn the case into an urgent assignment. —DumbeBlonde

IMDb rating
7.7 (394 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1988)

7.32 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 7.8 50 min avg

Ep 1: 7.2 · 33 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 32 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 30 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 31 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 28 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 32 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #1.17.233
2Episode #1.27.232
3Episode #1.37.130
4Episode #1.47.231
5Episode #1.57.428
6Episode #1.67.832