Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard, ostensibly on leave to mourn the death of a close friend and settle her estate at a coastal cottage, soon finds himself entangled in a murder investigation when a serial killer dubbed the 'Norfolk Whistler' strikes near a local nuclear power station.

• Roy Marsden
• Susannah York
• Gemma Jones
• James Faulkner
• Tony Haygarth
• Tom Chadbon