Waking the Dead

20009 seriesEntertainment / Detective
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A specialised team of police officers uses newfound evidence and new technology to try and solve cold cases. Led by the temperamental Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd, the experts work on bringing justice to murder victims and their families.

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Episode 1Missing Persons

Feature-length episode of the forensics mystery series. When a woman defends her daughter from a mugger, she places herself and her children in mortal danger.

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Episode 1Missing Persons: Part 1

When a woman defends her daughter from a mugger, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts herself and her children in danger.

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Episode 2Missing Persons: Part 2

Boyd and the team struggle to ascertain Lore's true identity, but without that information they can't understand why she and her family are in such danger.

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Episode 3Sins

Feature-length episode of the top-rated forensics mystery series, with Trevor Eve. The team's investigations lead them to a group of ex-cons after the discovery of a human head.

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Episode 3Sins: Part 1

The discovery of human remains is linked to the unsolved murder of a prison governor 15 years earlier, leading the team to seek out the original suspects.

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Episode 4Sins: Part 2

The team works fast to identify Governor Reading's killer when prime suspect Kelleher takes Dr Hooper hostage.

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Episode 5Duty and Honour

Feature-length episode. A dog's grisly discovery in the woods provides the team with a new clue in a two-year-old case, leading the squad to a high-level conspiracy.

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Episode 5Duty and Honour: Part 1

A dog's grisly discovery in the woods provides the team with a new clue on a two-year-old case.

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Episode 6Duty and Honour: Part 2

Boyd goes head to head with the military in order to identify the murderer, but an Iraqi woman proves to be the key to solving the case.

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Episode 7Skin

Feature-length forensics mystery with the great Trevor Eve. The cold case squad find a dead neo-Nazi hidden in an air conditioner duct in an empty car park.

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Episode 7Skin: Part 1

An anonymous e-mail leads the squad to waste ground in east London, where the remains of a right-wing political activist are found.

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Episode 8Skin: Part 2

Boyd and the squad race to uncover the truth about the political activist's murder, aware that if they do not solve the mystery, a boy's life is at stake.

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Episode 9Wounds

Feature-length edition of the gripping mystery series. The team discover ritual connections to an unearthed corpse, found in tunnels originally built by road protestors.

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Episode 9Wounds: Part 1

A body discovered in a disused tunnel is found to be that of a salesman who went missing in 1996, with evidence pointing to a ritualistic murder.

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Episode 10Wounds: Part 2

Boyd investigates the possible links between the men who had been on the self-empowerment weekend in 1996.

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Episode 11Pieta

Feature-length forensics mystery with Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston. A road accident provides a DNA link to a chilling murder committed in Srebrenica during the Balkan War.

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Episode 11Pieta: Part 1

Eve links DNA evidence found at a traffic accident to a murder case she worked on while examining mass graves during the Balkan War.

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Episode 12Pieta: Part 2

Boyd and the team learn of links between war crimes and a major drugs deal.

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