Lynley’s four-episode first season proved to be such a success that the BritBox production got not just a Season 2 — which started filming in Dublin this spring — but also a linear airing on British TV via BBC One.
But it wasn’t so long ago that British telly viewers got another adaptation of Elizabeth George’s mystery novel series with The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, which ran 24 episodes across six series on BBC One between 2001 and 2008.
And as you’ll see below, the two versions have characters in common, though the characterizations can differ greatly. Check out the old and new cast below.