First broadcast 9th/16th March 1984.
When a nursing student with a penchant for petty extortion is fatally poisoned during a routine procedure, Commander Dalgliesh and Inspector Massingham must find out which, of the many guilty secrets held by the staff and students at Nightingale House, was a strong enough motive for murder.
Roy Marsden - Adam Dalgliesh
Joss Ackland - Stephen Courtney-Briggs
Sheila Allen - Matron Mary Taylor
Liz Fraser - Sister Mavis Gearing
Thelma Whiteley - Sister Ethel Brumfett
Andree Evans - Sister Hilda Rolfe
John Vine - DS John Massingham
Rosalyn Elvin - Madeleine Goodall
Natalie Ogle - Christine Dakers
Judi Maynard - Julia Pardoe
Sarah Thomas - Maureen Burt
Marcia Tucker - Shirley Dalston
John Pennington - Len Morris
Nicholas Coppin - Sergeant McPherson
Annette Robertson - Morag Smith
Graham Faulkner - Staff Nurse
Margaret Whiting - Delia Dettinger
Eleanor David - Jo Fallon
Forbes Collins - Chief Superintendent Bailey
Robin Kermode - Arnold Dowson
Lennard Pearce - Mr. Coles
Ellen Thomas - Staff Nurse
Richard Marner - Martin Dettinger
Adam Bareham - Gerald Sheldon
Buster Merryfield - Sir Miles Honeyman
Lynne Pearson - Diane Harper
Deborah Findlay - Heather Pearce
David Swift - Sir Marcus Cohen
Gabrielle Hamilton - B&B Manageress
Antony Carrick - Official
Kim-Maree Thorpe - Delia Dettinger's maid
Peter Schofield - Mr. Harper
Paul Greenhalgh - Hospital Administrator
Bryan Matheson - Hospital Administrator
