The Black Tower (TV serial)

*The Black Tower*
The Black Tower
Based on	The Black Tower
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	52 minutes
Production company	Anglia Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	8 November –; 13 December 1985

Last updated July 10, 2025

The Black Tower is a 1985 mystery television drama based on the 1975 book The Black Tower by P. D. James.

The title role of Commander Adam Dalgliesh was played by Roy Marsden.

References

External links

"The Black Tower" (1985) at IMDb

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v t e Works by P. D. James
Adam Dalgliesh series	Cover Her Face A Mind to Murder Unnatural Causes Shroud for a Nightingale The Black Tower Death of an Expert Witness A Taste for Death Devices and Desires Original Sin A Certain Justice Death in Holy Orders The Murder Room The Lighthouse The Private Patient
Cordelia Gray series	An Unsuitable Job for a Woman The Skull Beneath the Skin
Other novels	Innocent Blood The Children of Men Death Comes to Pemberley
Non-fiction	The Maul and the Pear Tree Talking About Detective Fiction
Adaptations	An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982) The Black Tower (1985) An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997–2001) Children of Men (2006) Death Comes to Pemberley (2013) Dalgliesh (2021–2024)