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Crime Drama

Waking the Dead

A crack detective team led by Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd apply new techniques to nightmarish old crimes as they solve cold cases.

Pilot - Part 1 (51 mins)

Pilot - Part 1

A schoolgirl's murder is investigated, in this first ever episode of the police drama.

51 mins

A victim is exhumed, as the team's first case reaches a nail-biting conclusion.

1. Burn Out - Part 1

DS Boyd encounters a woman unable to accept her father's death.

2. Burn Out - Part 2

New evidence and new methods shed light on the death of Marina’s father.

3. The Blind Beggar - Part 1

Boyd investigates the case of a skull buried within concrete for over 20 years.

4. The Blind Beggar - Part 2

The case forces Boyd to confront the unsolved disappearance of his son.

5. A Simple Sacrifice - Part 1

Boyd's team challenge the 25-year-old confession of a woman convicted of double murder.

6. A Simple Sacrifice - Part 2

Boyd suspects that Keel has been covering for someone else ever since that night in 1975.

7. Every Breath You Take - Part 1

A missing policewoman's body is found in the Thames.

8. Every Breath You Take - Part 2

The team track down the PC's married lover, just as her stalker confesses to murder.