Waking the Dead

Series 1

TV-14

40%

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd ( Trevor Eve ) is the leader of a multi-discipline Police team of detectives and scientists, the Cold Case Squad, which investigates old, unsolved murder cases using modern methods and new technology that may not have been available during the original investigation.

Where to Watch Series 1

8 Episodes

Burn Out (1)
E1
Burn Out (1)Boyd encounters Marina, a young woman unable to accept the explanation of her father's death, and investigates case When the man's body is exhumed, DNA tests reveal some disturbing facts. The team faces a race against time to protect Marina.
Burn Out (2)
E2
Burn Out (2)Boyd has Marinas uncle, Mike Coleman and her mother Gwen brought in for questioning while Frankie searches the house. The team find the items that were recovered from the car nine years ago and suspect that Perry Coleman was being blackmailed by Rod Brogan, a friend of Perry's. Boyd has the body exhumed and the DNA results surprise everyone.
The Blind Beggar (1)
E3
The Blind Beggar (1)Workmen are burrowing in the crypt of a Catholic church when they come across the skeletal remains of a young man buried in concrete. The squad sets about trying to pinpoint the identity of the body, which was buried with the accoutrements of certain Catholic rituals. Even more oddly, there is a message in Braille buried with the corpse, which tums out to be a passage from one of St Paul's letters to the Corinthians The team suspects that the body was never meant to be discovered.
The Blind Beggar (2)
E4
The Blind Beggar (2)The hunt continues for the murderer. The team uncovers some long hidden family secrets while questioning the community & congregation. Also Frankie discovers a possible biological connection between the former parish priest, Father Stuart, and the first victim.
A Simple Sacrifice (1)
E5
A Simple Sacrifice (1)Boyd and the team decide to reopen the 25 year old case of Annie Keel, a woman who was tried and convicted of a double homicide solely based upon her own confession. Boyd doubts the validity of the conviction, and decides to dig deeper to possibly discover what really happened. Why did Annie confess? Did she really commit murder, or was she covering for someone else?
A Simple Sacrifice (2)
E6
A Simple Sacrifice (2)A anonymous letter writer, apparently intent on having Annie Keel released after serving twenty-five years for a brutal double homicide, is able to demonstrate that at least one other individual was present during the murders, but who is he, what is his motive, and why has he come forward now after all these years?
Every Breath You Take (1)
E7
Every Breath You Take (1)When the corpse of a well-known police woman who went missing a year earlier is found floating in the Thames, Boyd and his team of investigators try to track down who murdered her and her unborn child.
Every Breath You Take (2)
E8
Every Breath You Take (2)Grace is not convinced that the stalker who confessed to the murder is truly guilty. But who really killed the police officer? Was it possibly the stalker, her ex-husband, or the married father of her unborn baby?