Dalgliesh series 4: Will there be more episodes of Bertie Carvel detective series?
By Helen FearDetective Adam Dalgliesh is currently sleuthing his way through some puzzling crimes in series 3 of the crime drama on Channel 5 - but will there be a series 4?
The popular drama, based on the bestselling books by crime writer PD James, stars actor Bertie Carvel as the poetic sleuth, alongside his sidekick DS Daniel Tarrant.
In series 3, they find themselves confronted with some very tricky cases to solve... However, there's so sign of Dalgliesh tiring - so will he be back for a season 4? Here's everything we know so far.
Is there a Dalgliesh series 4?
Channel 5 has not yet confirmed if there'll be a series 4 of Dalgliesh. Although it's highly likely there will be.
After all, there are still plenty of PD James' Dalgliesh novels to be adapted. Adam Dalgliesh is a fictional character created by the crime author. And he appears in 14 mystery novels.
The first was the 1962 novel Cover Her Face. The last in the Adam Dalgliesh series was The Private Patient, published in 2008.
What PD James Dalgelish novels have been adapted so far?
The Channel 5 adaptations have not aired in order of the books. Series 1 of Dalgliesh, which first aired in 2021, adapted the novel Shroud For a Nightingale (episode 1 and 2).
Series 1 episodes 3 and 4 adapted The Black Tower, while episodes 5 and 6 covered the novel A Taste for Death.
Series 2 of Dalgliesh covered Death of an Expert Witness (eps 1 and 2), A Certain Justice (eps 3 and 4), and The Murder Room (eps 5 and 6).
Dalgliesh series 3 bought to life the novels Death in Holy Orders (eps 1 and 2), Cover Her Face (eps 3 and 4), and Devices and Desires (eps 4 and 5).
That's nine books adapted so far, with five left to be adapted.
PD James' Books In Order
The late PD James - aka Phyllis Dorothy James - wrote 14 Dalgliesh novels in total. They are in order of publication:
Cover Her Face (1962)
A Mind to Murder (1963)
Unnatural Causes (1967)
Shroud for a Nightingale (1971)
The Black Tower (1975)
Death of an Expert Witness (1977)
A Taste for Death (1986)
Devices and Desires (1989)
Original Sin (1994)
A Certain Justice (1997)
Death in Holy Orders (2001)
The Murder Room (2003)
The Lighthouse (2005)
The Private Patient (2008)
How can I watch series 1 and 2 of Dalgliesh?
Series 1 and 2 of Dalgliesh are no longer available on My5, having originally aired on Channel 5 in 2021 and 2023 respectively.
Both series are now available to stream on Acorn TV, Amazon Prime Video, and Apple TV+.
Dalgliesh series 3 episodes 1 and 2 air at 9pm on Thursday, December 5, and Friday, December 6, 2024 respectively. The series is expected to continue on Thursday and Friday weekly after that for three weeks in total.
