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Devices and Desires
First aired on Jan 4, 1991
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Genres: Mystery, Drama, Crime

A particularly vicious serial killer is stalking the Norfolk coast in the vicinity of the Larksoken nuclear power station. The press have branded him 'The Whistler' because witnesses have heard a hymn being whistled in the vicinity of the murders. His trademark is the letter 'L' carved on the forehead of his victims. L for Larksoken? At first, his victims seem to be chosen entirely at random - women in the wrong place at the wrong time - but then two women employed at the nuclear power station are murdered in quick succession...

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Roy Marsden | Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Susannah York | Meg Dennison
Gemma Jones | Alice Mair
James Faulkner | Dr. Alex Mair
Tony Haygarth | Chief Inspector Terry Rickards
Tom Chadbon | Miles Lessingham
Featured Crew
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P. D. James | Writer
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John Davies | Director
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Thomas Ellice | Writer