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Waking the Dead

  • 9 Series
  • 82 Episodes
  • Category: Crime Drama
  • Subtitles available

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

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All episodes for series 1 of Waking the Dead

  • S1 E1 · Pilot: Part 1

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

  • S1 E2 · Pilot: Part 2

    The team exhume the first victim to find vital clues with new DNA techniques.

  • State Of Play

    Description: Drama about a journalist who is exploring the murder of an MP's young researcher.; Category: UK Drama; 6 episodes available.

  • Murphy's Law

    Description: Crime drama about a maverick undercover cop and starring James Nesbitt.; Category: Crime Drama; 12 episodes available.

  • The Long Firm

    Description: Drama about the seedy side of the criminal underworld in Sixties London.; Category: Crime Drama; 4 episodes available.

  • Jonathan Creek 2001 Xmas Special: Satan's Chimney

    Description: Offbeat comedy drama, starring Alan Davies.; Category: Crime Drama; 1 episode available.

  • The Last Detective

    Description: Detective drama series based on the novels by Leslie Thomas; Category: Crime Drama; 17 episodes available.

  • Inspector Lynley Mysteries

    Description: Drama series about upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and working class DS Barbara Havers.; Category: Crime Drama; 22 episodes available.

  • Judge John Deed

    Description: Drama series about an uncompromising High Court judge; Category: Crime Drama; 25 episodes available.

  • Death in Holy Orders

    Description: Martin Shaw takes the lead in this murder mystery from the pen of crime writer PD James.; Category: Crime Drama; 2 episodes available.

  • Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    Description: A drama series based on characters from a novel by David Cook; Category: Crime Drama; 27 episodes available.

  • Pie in the Sky

    Description: Drama series about a policeman who doubles as a restaurateur.; Category: Crime Drama; 40 episodes available.

  • Jonathan Creek

    Description: Comedy-drama series featuring an illusions expert who solves seemingly impossible crimes.; Category: Crime Drama; 26 episodes available.

  • Leaving Soon

    Prison Break

    Description: When his brother is wrongly convicted, an engineer plans to break him out of prison.; Category: International Drama; 90 episodes available.