Expert Witness

20212 seriesEntertainment / Factual
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BBC One

A look at how some of the UK's most serious and complex cases were solved by the expertise of a band of unsung heroes, the expert witnesses.

The Murder of Sarah Payne: Fields of Evidence: Episode Image
Episode 1The Murder of Sarah Payne: Fields of Evidence

The murderer of Sarah Payne is linked to the crime by a forensic pollen expert.

The Body in the Suitcase: Episode Image
Episode 2The Body in the Suitcase

A 3D-scanning expert uncovers crucial evidence to convict a twisted killer.

The Wheelie Bin Killer: Episode Image
Episode 3The Wheelie Bin Killer

When a body is found in a wheelie bin, an expert tracks the suspects’ mobile phones.

Cracking the Killer's Code: Episode Image
Episode 4Cracking the Killer's Code

Police turn to a forensic linguist to crack the code of a gang using a secret language.

Catching a Cold Case Killer: Episode Image
Episode 5Catching a Cold Case Killer

Untying the knot in a dressing gown cord used to murder a woman finally nails her killer.

Murderers, Messages and the Breakfast Killer: Episode Image
Episode 6Murderers, Messages and the Breakfast Killer

An intelligence analyst tracks the killers of a man stabbed to death in his own home.

The Boy in the Woods: The Murder of Rikki Neave: Episode Image
Episode 7The Boy in the Woods: The Murder of Rikki Neave

The Boy in the Woods - The Murder of Rikki Neave. A soil expert's evidence helps to convict a killer 30 years after the murder.

Beneath the Ashes: Episode Image
Episode 8Beneath the Ashes

After fire crews find a body in a burning flat, a blood spatter analyst finds evidence.

Lured to the Woods: Episode Image
Episode 9Lured to the Woods

When a teen is fatally stabbed, an expert analyses the wounds to shed light on the attack.

The Shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel: Episode Image
Episode 10The Shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel

An image analyst helps detectives unmask the killer of a young girl in Liverpool.

Blood on the Carpet: Episode Image
Episode 11Blood on the Carpet

A mother and son vanish in 1976. Forty years on, a blood analyst helps to find the killer.

The Rachel Nickell Murder: Justice at Last: Episode Image
Episode 12The Rachel Nickell Murder: Justice at Last

Rachel Nickell’s murder was unsolved until DNA technology finally identified her killer.

Unearthing the Truth: Episode Image
Episode 13Unearthing the Truth

A boy's killer escapes detection. Thirty years on, a pollen expert finds crucial evidence.

Blood on His Hands: Episode Image
Episode 14Blood on His Hands

When a disabled woman is killed, her neighbour is suspected.

Buried Secrets: Episode Image
Episode 15Buried Secrets

A murder in Glasgow goes cold. Seventeen years on, a soil expert helps convict the killer.

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