Waking the Dead

2001 • BBC America
4.7
27 reviews
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Season 4 episodes (12)

1 In Sight Of The Lord Part 1
7/11/04
The case of an ex-soldier found dead with his skull nailed to the floor in 1948 has been reopened due to media attention and pressure created by his grandson. The team discover a similar murder dating back to the 1960s. Then the killer strikes again and a further victim is found nailed to the floor – this time in a nursing home for the elderly. Is World War II the common link? The team must find the next possible victim, but no one knows where he is.
2 In Sight Of The Lord Part 2
7/12/04
Having established that the killer's victims are the surviving members of the same WWII regiment, Boyd and his team must find the next possible target, but no one knows where he is. The motive for the murders becomes clear when they uncover the story of a brutal gang rape that led to a pregnancy and suicide.
3 False Flag Part 1
7/18/04
Who is the skeletal inhabitant of a car abandoned in a disused garage, and what links him to the assassination of a government minister 25 years ago?
4 False Flag Part 2
7/19/04
Boyd is told by an ex-army officer that the security services did not always play fair in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. When he discovers that his car has been bugged, he realises that things haven't changed. The ex-officer promises Boyd new evidence, but is killed in a car bomb before he can deliver it. As the evidence starts pointing back to the assassinated Government minister, the solution appears to be clear.
5 Fugue States Part 1
7/25/04
One of a pair of twins is admitted to hospital 15 years after they both went missing, but then he disappears again, and a murder takes place.
6 Fugue States Part 2
7/26/04
Mel is suspended from the case pending an inquiry, while Grace and Boyd have more questions for Roper, but the doctor's in no position to answer them.
7 Anger Management Part 1
8/1/04
Sam Jacobs is released from prison to start a new life. But then a man is murdered in the hostel where Sam stays and soon he is a suspect. But it looks as though he was in fact the intended victim. Sam has a hidden past which the team can only speculate about. On the surface he appears to be a devoted family man, so why does he have influential connections in the criminal world?
8 Anger Management Part 2
8/2/04
The team attempt to unravel the secret past of their guitar teacher suspect and his criminal associate. They finally uncover the fatal consequences of resigning from what was meant to be a lifetime job. Sam is brought in and he admits everything. He even volunteers to show Boyd where the gun is buried. But he has no intention of going back inside.
9 The Hardest Word Part 1
8/8/04
A sadomasochistic killer is on the loose. The killings are brutal, and the apparently homosexual victims have the word 'Sorry' carved in their backs.
10 The Hardest Word Part 2
8/9/04
The cold case team continue to try to unravel the macabre murders, and DNA evidence brings them towards their suspect.
11 Shadowplay Part 1
8/15/04
A woman torches her home, killing her family. She claims that she was incited to commit arson by a mysterious figure called 'Shepherd'.
12 Shadowplay Part 2
8/16/04
Boyd's team are sure the dark force cited by two homicidal psychiatric patients exists and continue to investigate the mysterious Shepherd.

About this show

The Cold Case team is a crack squad of police investigators who reopen unsolved murder cases, using new technology to re-examine evidence that hopefully will lead to the killer. They are at the cutting edge of modern police investigation, but they have been given just one year to prove their worth.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
27 reviews
Carol “carolintallahassee” Bisig
April 18, 2019
Awesome show, CSI before there was a CSI! Excellent British Actors; we cannot compete with the BBC programing! It's as if you are reading a thriller, then Bam, you are thrown for a loop, never saw that coming! Trevor Eve makes George Clooney look like he cannot act his way out of a wet paper bag! This actor should have won multiple awards for his protrayal of DSI Peter Boyd! My new TV hearthrob! Tara Fitzgerald is outstanding, as are all the actors! I highly recommend!
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Lynne Donehoo
June 10, 2018
Can't get enough of this show. Don't make it so difficult to get subsequent seasons.
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Disabled Ohio
October 14, 2018
I loved this Show. Its a show that will keep you on your toes.
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