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Dalziel and Pascoe: Series 9

8 episodes Premiered Jan 29, 2005 Updated Sep 30, 2026
Previously on Dalziel and Pascoe

Season 9 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dalziel and Pascoe Season 8.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 9 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 9: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (5): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S9·E1 Mytharc

Heads You Lose (1)

Jan 30, 2005 · 60 min

Pascoe is rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a car crash, and slips into a coma. Dalziel keeps a vigil at his bedside and realises just how much his partner means t

S9·E2 Core

Heads You Lose (2)

Jan 31, 2005 · 60 min

Pascoe is rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a car crash, and slips into a coma. Dalziel keeps a vigil at his bedside and realises just how much his partner means t

S9·E3 Core

Dead Meat (1)

Feb 6, 2005 · 60 min

A corpse of a man was found in a cage with a tiger in a zoo, and everything indicates that this death was a murder. Dalzil and Pascoe are investigating and are facing an old unsolv

S9·E4 Core

Dead Meat (2)

Feb 7, 2005 · 60 min

A corpse of a man was found in a cage with a tiger in a zoo, and everything indicates that this death was a murder. Dalzil and Pascoe are investigating and are facing an old unsolv

S9·E5 Core

The Dig (1)

Feb 13, 2005 · 60 min

At an archaeological site, a relatively fresh skeleton of a man is found. During the investigation conflict erupts between the archaeologists and local builders. Are the cost cutti

S9·E6 Core

The Dig (2)

Feb 14, 2005 · 60 min

The investigation concludes.

S9·E7 Mytharc

Dust Thou Art (1)

Feb 20, 2005 · 60 min

Mary Jackson witnesses the abduction of a schoolgirl. She tried to stop the kidnapper and was also abducted. On the same day, Pascoe witnesses how a machine tries to bring down a r

S9·E8 Mytharc

Dust Thou Art (2)

Feb 21, 2005 · 60 min

Mary Jackson witnesses the abduction of a schoolgirl. She tried to stop the kidnapper and was also abducted. On the same day, Pascoe witnesses how a machine tries to bring down a r

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