Crime20019 seasonsTV-14★ 7.2

Waking the Dead

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

Created by Keith Gordon

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Burn Out (1)

    Jun 18, 2001

    A young woman, Marina sets fire to an abandoned car in a street and takes photographs of it as it burns. Boyd walks by and tackles her to the ground, attempting to shield her from the possible explosion. He later learns that Marina's father died in a car accident a few years earlier in that spot, and Marina refuses to accept that his death was an accident. Although not officially a cold case, Boyd is intrigued and reluctantly agrees to investigate. Frankie runs forensic tests on Marina's father's car and proves that he was still alive after the crash and could have escaped. The answers they uncover may mean that the danger to Marina is much greater than any of them had suspected.

  2. 2

    Burn Out (2)

    Jun 19, 2001

    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.

  3. 3

    The Blind Beggar (1)

    Jun 25, 2001

    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.

  4. 4

    The Blind Beggar (2)

    Jun 26, 2001

    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.

  5. 5

    A Simple Sacrifice (1)

    Jul 2, 2001

    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?

  6. 6

    A Simple Sacrifice (2)

    Jul 3, 2001

    Boyd and the team continue their investigation of the Annie Keel case, and try to locate her son who was present during the murders.

  7. 7

    Every Breath You Take (1)

    Jul 9, 2001

    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.

  8. 8

    Every Breath You Take (2)

    Jul 10, 2001

    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?

Cast

  • Trevor Eve

    Trevor Eve

    DCI Peter Boyd

  • Sue Johnston

    Sue Johnston

    Dr. Grace Foley

  • Tara Fitzgerald

    Tara Fitzgerald

    Dr. Eve Lockhart

  • Wil Johnson

    Wil Johnson

    DS Spencer Jordan

  • Eva Birthistle

    Eva Birthistle

    Det Supt Sarah Cavendish

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