Scotland Yard poet Adam Dalgliesh (Martin Shaw) probes killings at an offbeat museum owned by squabbling siblings in P.D. James' “The Murder Room.” Part 1 of two: Neville Dupayne (Michael Maloney) wants to close the family museum, which devotes a room to notorious murders of the 1920s and '30s. But his brother and sister (Nicholas Le Prevost, Samantha Bond) wish to keep it open. Meanwhile, Dalgliesh is in conflict over whether to pursue a romance with Emma Lavenham (Janie Dee).
As P.D. James' “The Murder Room” concludes, Dalgliesh (Martin Shaw) must contend with a second body---that of a young woman last seen having sex with an older man---found at the Dupayne Museum. This murder also mimics one highlighted in the museum's Murder Room, but the victim's connection with first victim Neville Dupayne is unclear. Meanwhile, Dalgliesh seems moody. His uncertainties regarding Emma Lavenham (Janie Dee) might have something to do with that. Marie Strickland: Sian Phillips.
