The Murder Room

Oct 31, 2004

3h 0m

★ 6.3

Overview

London's Dupayne Museum is in danger of closing since one of the trustees feels that the money expended on preserving the past could be better spent addressing the problems of living people. One of the museum's collections concerns murders committed between the world wars. When a killing that reflects one of the cases on display occurs, history seems to be repeating itself.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

BBC Drama Group

GBH

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Cast

Adam Dalgliesh

Martin Shaw

Emma Lavenham

Janie Dee

Caroline Dupayne

Samantha Bond

Muriel Godby

Kerry Fox

Marie Strickland

Siân Phillips

Neville Dupayne

Michael Maloney

Tally Clutton

Anita Carey

Angela Faraday

Lisa Kay

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