3/16/1996 Dalziel and Pascoe premieres

March 16, 1996.  Today saw the premiere of the TV series Dalziel and Pascoe on BBC One.  The cop show was based on the novels of Reginald Hill.  It starred Warren Clarke as Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel and Colin Buchanan as Detective Inspector Peter Pascoe.  There were 46 episodes, one of which won the Edgar Award for best television episode.

4/3/1936 Reginald Hill is born

April 3, 1936.  British mystery novelist Reginald Hill was born this day in West Hartlepool.  He is best known for his novels about police officers Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe, set in Yorkshire.  Among the best of his other books were five novels about a black private eye named Joe Sixsmith.

In 1995 the Crime Writers Association gave him the Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement.