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Waking the Dead

  • TV-14
  • 2001–2011
  • 9 seasons
  • Crime, Mystery
  • 7.2

A second chance to catch the killer!

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

Episodes

12 episodes
  1. 1In Sight of the Lord (1)

    Jul 11, 2004

    In 1948, post-war Britain, an ex-soldier has been found dead with his skull nailed to the floor. Now this case has been re-opened due to media attention and pressure created by his grandson.

  2. 2In Sight of the Lord (2)

    Jul 12, 2004

    Is the Second World War the linking factor? The team must find the next possible victim but no-one knows where he is.

  3. 3False Flag (1)

    Jul 18, 2004

    As a garage is demolished in contemporary London, demolition work is halted at the sight of a skeleton sitting in the driver’s seat. An unexploded bomb is found under the car which is soon linked to an Irish terrorist cell from the late 1970s.

  4. 4False Flag (2)

    Jul 19, 2004

    While the security services begin using underhand methods, a former army officer promises Boyd explosive new evidence—but their meeting is destined never to happen.

  5. 5Fugue States (1)

    Jul 25, 2004

    Two five-year-old twins are taken from their home in Notting Hill Carnival and a nationwide search is launched, but they are not found. Thirteen years later, one of the twins, Jason, is admitted to hospital after a traffic accident. The hunt now begins to establish where his sister, Cindy might be and if she is still alive.

  6. 6Fugue States (2)

    Jul 26, 2004

    After shooting an unarmed man in the raid on the nursery, Mel is suspended from the case pending an inquiry. Grace and Boyd, meanwhile, have more questions for Roper—but the doctor's in no position to answer them.

  7. 7Anger Management (1)

    Aug 1, 2004

    After Sam is released from prison, a man is murdered in the hostel where he stays. Soon he is a suspect. But it looks as though Sam was in fact the intended victim. On the surface Sam appears to be a devoted family man, but he has a hidden past which the team can only speculate about.

  8. 8Anger Management (2)

    Aug 2, 2004

    When the gun stolen from Frankie is used in another murder, the Squad suspect the victim's gopher. It is revealed the first murder could have been a case of mistaken identity. Frankie and Grace begin to get creeped out by the effects of Boyd's Anger Management!

  9. 9The Hardest Word (1)

    Aug 8, 2004

    A sadomasochistic serial killer is at large. The killings are brutal and the victims are found with the word 'Sorry' carved in their backs.

  10. 10The Hardest Word (2)

    Aug 9, 2004

    When the killer strikes at the heart of the team, the investigation takes a new track and the motive for the murders takes on a very different meaning.

  11. 11Shadowplay (1)

    Aug 15, 2004

    A young woman who has psychiatric problems has killed her family through an arson attack on her family home. She claims she was incited to do this by a mysterious figure known only as 'The Shepherd'.

  12. 12Shadowplay (2)

    Aug 16, 2004

    Boyd and the team continue to investigate the arson case and the other two other possible crime connections to 'The Shepherd'. Will the team discover this person's true identity or will it all turn out to be a part of the imagination of a mentally ill woman?

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Series cast

Trevor EveDCI Peter Boyd90 episodes
Sue JohnstonDr. Grace Foley90 episodes
Wil JohnsonDS Spencer Jordan90 episodes
Tara FitzgeraldDr. Eve Lockhart42 episodes
Félicité Du JeuDC Stella Goodman38 episodes
Holly AirdDr. Frankie Wharton (voice) (uncredited)37 episodes
Claire GooseDC Amelia 'Mel' Silver37 episodes
Esther HallDr. Felix Gibson12 episodes
George RainsfordLuke Boyd (credit only)11 episodes
Eva BirthistleDet Supt Sarah Cavendish10 episodes
Stacey RocaDS Katrina Howard8 episodes
Elizabeth RiderDI Maureen Smith7 episodes
Ruth GemmellLinda Cummings6 episodes
Michelle ForbesSarah4 episodes
Simon KunzDAC Ralph Christie4 episodes
Kananu KirimiSalma Ahmed4 episodes
Nicholas BeveneyFraser4 episodes
Chris BarnesReporter 14 episodes

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