P604 Central 604 Sat 25 Oct 02:44:42 PD James' Cordelia Gray steps out of the long shadow of Adam Dalgleish when she debuts in the first of what ITV hopes will be many TV shows tonight. ITV is putting a lot of faith in PD James' An Unsuitable Job For A Woman. Before a single frame of the first series was shot, another one had been commissioned and the rights to the character had been snapped up. Not bad for a character who appeared in only two books while PD James took a break from Adam Dalgleish novels. Previews 620+ Page 1 of 2P604 Central 604 Sat 25 Oct 02:45:32 PD James' was persuaded to give her blessing to furthjt Cordelia Gray films after she met Helen Baxendale who plays the headstrong young private detective. According to producer Colin Ludlow: "The beauty of An Unsuitable Job For A Woman is that it combines the ingenuity of a PD James crime story with a fresh heroine who is not a trained detecti6j" What Inspector Morse did for Oxford, Cordelia Gray looks set to do for Cambridge as she investigates the suicide of young university student. Today's TV 601 Page 2 of 2