3-394: 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 . The pilot episode was shown in 1990, with Simon Williams playing the part of Alleyn. Two series followed in 1993 and 1994, with Patrick Malahide replacing Williams in
6-557: The course of two series, eight episodes were broadcast, each focusing on a separate novel in the series. Both Malahide series were released on DVD in 2007, via Acorn Media . In 2011, Acorn acquired the rights to the pilot, and in 2012, issued a repackaged version of the set containing the Williams pilot. This set was also released in Australia . Unlike the original novels, whose first story takes place as early as 1934, after World War I,
9-467: The title role. In the pilot episode, the character of Alleyn was played by Simon Williams . 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. 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. Over
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