Editing P. D. James (section)

== Film and television ==
During the 1980s and 1990s, many of James's mystery novels were adapted for television by [[Anglia Television]] for the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network in the UK. These productions have been broadcast in other countries, including the US on the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] network. [[Roy Marsden]] played Adam Dalgliesh. According to James in conversation with Bill Link on 3&nbsp;May 2001 at the Writer's Guild Theatre, Los Angeles, Marsden "is not my idea of Dalgliesh, but I would be very surprised if he were."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.writersblocpresents.com/archives/james/james.htm|title=P.D. James with Bill Link|website=Writers Bloc|date=2001-05-03|access-date=2014-11-27}}</ref> The BBC adapted ''[[Death in Holy Orders]]'' in 2003, and ''[[The Murder Room]]'' in 2004, both as one-off dramas starring [[Martin Shaw]] as Dalgliesh. In ''[[Dalgliesh (TV series)|Dalgliesh]]'' (2021), [[Bertie Carvel]] starred as the titular, enigmatic detective–poet. Six episodes, shown as three two-parters, premiered on [[Acorn TV]] on 1 November 2021 in the United States followed by a [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]] premiere on 4 November in the United Kingdom. A further six episodes started to air on Channel 5 in April 2023.

Her novel ''[[The Children of Men]]'' (1992) was the basis for the feature film ''[[Children of Men]]'' (2006), directed by [[Alfonso Cuarón]] and starring [[Clive Owen]], [[Julianne Moore]] and [[Michael Caine]].<ref name="Children of Men">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/ Children of Men] at IMDB</ref> Despite substantial changes from the book, James was reportedly pleased with the adaptation and proud to be associated with the film.<ref name="iwgblog">{{cite web|title=P. D. James Pleased With Film Version of Children of Men|work=internetwritingjournal.com|url=http://www.internetwritingjournal.com/cgi-bin/iwjblog.pl?id=108071|date=8 January 2007|access-date=20 May 2008}}</ref>

A three-episode adaptation of her novel ''[[Death Comes to Pemberley]]'', written by Juliette Towhidi, was made into the TV series ''[[Death Comes to Pemberley (TV series)|Death Comes to Pemberley]]'' by Origin Pictures for [[BBC One]]. It was first shown in the UK over three nights from 26 December 2013 as part of the BBC's Christmas schedule and stars [[Anna Maxwell Martin]] as Elizabeth, [[Matthew Rhys]] as Mr Darcy, [[Jenna Coleman]] as Lydia and [[Matthew Goode]] as Wickham.