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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

All Episodes 1997 - 2001

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  • 1997-10-23T23:00:00Z
  • 1m
  • 10m (10 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
The novels by P D James on which An Unsuitable Job for a Woman is based are An Unsuitable Job for a Woman [1972] and The Skull Beneath the Skin [1982]. Helen Baxendale (Friends) returns to MYSTERY! as the pensive, now pregnant private eye in an encore presentation of Series 1 and 2 of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, the umbrella title for four multi-part dramas -- Sacrifice, A Last Embrace, Living on Risk and Playing God.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

1997-10-23T23:00:00Z

1x01 Sacrifice (1)

Series Premiere

1x01 Sacrifice (1)

  • 1997-10-23T23:00:00Z1m

Cordelia Gray inherits the detective agency she works for, after the death of her boss. Her first case is when she is hired by Ronald Callender, an eminent scientist, to investigate why his son, Cambridge University student Mark Callender, has committed suicide. She soon discovers the case is more dnagerous and complex than it at first appeared. She moves into the summer house where he was found hanged, and finds herself threatened. The investigation ends in nightmarish fashion.

Season Finale

1997-10-23T23:00:00Z

1x02 Sacrifice (2)

Season Finale

1x02 Sacrifice (2)

  • 1997-10-23T23:00:00Z1m

Cordelia Gray goes undercover as a holiday relief at the Claircourt Park Hotel when the proprietor is accused by his wife of sexually harassing female staff. But when she arrives, the woman has disappeared. Then a murderer strikes, throwing the Hampton family into discord.

1997-10-23T23:00:00Z

1x03 Sacrifice (3)

1x03 Sacrifice (3)

  • 1997-10-23T23:00:00Z1m

Season Premiere

1998-02-19T00:00:00Z

2x01 A Last Embrace (1)

Season Premiere

2x01 A Last Embrace (1)

  • 1998-02-19T00:00:00Z1m

Cordelia Gray goes undercover as a holiday relief at the Claircourt Park Hotel when the proprietor is accused by his wife of sexually harassing female staff. But when she arrives, the woman has disappeared. Then a murderer strikes, throwing the Hampton family into discord.

Season Finale

1998-02-19T00:00:00Z

2x02 A Last Embrace (2)

Season Finale

2x02 A Last Embrace (2)

  • 1998-02-19T00:00:00Z1m

Cordelia Gray goes undercover as a holiday relief at the Claircourt Park Hotel when the proprietor is accused by his wife of sexually harassing female staff. But when she arrives, the woman has disappeared. Then a murderer strikes, throwing the Hampton family into discord.

1998-02-19T00:00:00Z

2x03 A Last Embrace (3)

2x03 A Last Embrace (3)

  • 1998-02-19T00:00:00Z1m

Season Premiere

1999-08-26T23:00:00Z

3x01 Living on Risk (1)

Season Premiere

3x01 Living on Risk (1)

  • 1999-08-26T23:00:00Z1m

With the agency struggling, and now pregnant, Cordelia Gray welcomes a seemingly straightforward job. But is the man she is hired to follow a killer or a victim?

1999-08-26T23:00:00Z

3x02 Living on Risk (2)

3x02 Living on Risk (2)

  • 1999-08-26T23:00:00Z1m

Season Premiere

2001-05-15T23:00:00Z

4x01 Playing God (1)

Season Premiere

4x01 Playing God (1)

  • 2001-05-15T23:00:00Z1m

Now heavily pregnant, and facing an uncertain future, Cordelia Gray accepts a job from her an adversary, DCS Fergusson, who hires her to spy on his daughter's boyfriend, Tim Bolton, but then abruptly breaks the job off. Then she is hired by his daughter, Laura.

2001-05-15T23:00:00Z

4x02 Playing God (2)

4x02 Playing God (2)

  • 2001-05-15T23:00:00Z1m

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