Waking the Dead

2000 • BBC
4.4
43 reviews
Eligible
Watch in a web browser or on supported devices Learn More

Season 6 episodes (12)

1 Wren Boys, Pt. 1
1/7/07
Season-only
The Cold Case team are joined by a new forensic scientist Eve, as they investigate the death of a teenage boy who drowned in concrete. Tests reveal a lump of human ear in the boy's stomach. Nearby Irish travellers may offer a link. But what is the connection to a young nun who frequents the same woods?
2 Wren Boys, Pt. 2
1/8/07
Season-only
The investigation takes the team deep into the culture and traditions of Irish Travellers. Joe finally wakes from his coma. What really happened at the boxing bout in its aftermath is revealed. As the team move closer to the truth about the dead boy, his family and the nunnery, they uncover a deep family secret.
3 Deus Ex Machina, Pt. 1
1/14/07
Season-only
A Sudanese presidential candidate goes on hunger strike in the UK in protest over the Britain's refusal to hand over the skull of the Mahdi, a Sudanese ruler from the 19th century. The Cold Case team face a race against time to find the skull. Meanwhile, MI6 are pressing Boyd to re-investigate the murder of an Iraqi dissident. Could the two cases be connected?
4 Deus Ex Machina, Pt. 2
1/15/07
Season-only
The team unearth a series of coincidences, involving secret societies, torture and interrogation. But Boyd is at the mercy of dangerous political forces. Stella is told of a shocking accusation against Catherine Braithwaite, the CEO of a major weapons company, but she has an alibi. It seems someone is trying to implicate her in a crime she didn't commit.
5 The Fall, Pt. 1
1/21/07
Season-only
A mummified, sexually conjoined couple fall from a concealed office during the renovation of a city bank. A sixteen digit figure engraved on the dead woman's necklace matches the same 16 digit figure found on a dead corpse dragged out of the river Thames in 1992. The discovery of these two dead bodies awaken a fraudulent scandal buried in the city of London.
6 The Fall, Pt. 2
1/22/07
Season-only
Could the case be connected to the fall of the pound on Black Wednesday? And why are Opus Dei so keen to distance themselves? The team uncover a vital secret about murder victim Catherine Keane. Boyd must find out the truth about the murder, but he needs to get there before journalist Lisa Tobin.
7 Mask of Sanity, Pt. 1
1/28/07
Season-only
The team are prompted to re-investigate three murders when the personal effects of the victims are anonymously sent to one of the widows. The deaths of Harry Valentine, a careworker in a Children's Home, Dr Frank Reilly, and Councillor Henry Goss were thought to have been committed by James Jenson who grew up at the Hinkley Children's home. What was once thought to be the work of a serial killer is now thrown into doubt.
8 Mask of Sanity, Pt. 2
1/29/07
Season-only
Another murder has been committed and Boyd knows he must track down the killer before he strikes again. The answer seems to lie in events at the children's home many years previously. Boyd questions two of the former staff, accusing them of running a regime of cruelty and beatings.
9 Double Bind, Pt. 1
2/4/07
Season-only
A convicted murderer escapes from a secure psychiatric unit and directs a family to unearth a dead body in their garden. It turns out that the body has been there for 40 years. The team are called in and find themselves drawn back to a horrific double murder from 1967.
10 Double Bind, Pt. 2
2/5/07
Season-only
Boyd and the team investigate the events at a hippy commune back in 1967. Meanwhile, double murderer Daniel Lennon is still on the loose and psychiatrist Caroline Ritter is concerned he may kill again. Stella manages to track him down to his hideout in the woods.
11 Yahrzeit, Pt. 1
2/18/07
Season-only
An anonymous package containing a Nazi SS dagger arrives at the team's office. It sparks an investigation into the Cold Case of a murder of a young Polish girl in London in 1945. As Boyd, Grace and the team dig deeper, attention focuses on a London family and the secrets buried in their family home, leading to horrific discoveries about an unsuspected Nazi past which has survived to the present day.
12 Yahrzeit, Pt. 2
2/19/07
Season-only
Further horrific discoveries are made at the London house where the Nazi dagger was found. As Boyd tries to get the truth out of a confused David, Sarah and Grace go to talk to the Dusniak family rabbi. Things take a frightening turn at the synagogue. Meanwhile, Stella travels to Poland to discover the truth about the murdered child.

About this show

A stylish, contemporary thriller series. 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. Starring Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston.

Ratings and reviews

4.4
43 reviews
Karen “Kazsta10” Weirdgirl2.0
October 13, 2014
Gutted there are only two series available on here! Another well written, well acted, and fantastically thought out offering from the BBC. Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston were the 2 that stayed from the start until the end, joined along the way with a whole bunch of great actors. Loved the puzzles, the fact the cases could be years old, old but connected to some recent case etc etc. Another one that has now finished though sadly. The BBC have had some great shows to be fair
Gordon Beckmann
October 8, 2020
I love these. As with all programmes they vary, the worst are good, the best fantastic. Two stars because of the overall package as supplied by Google. They are a lot cheaper on Amazon. Some are under a third of the Google price, none hit double figures. Come on Google, you are World's best search engine, check out the competition. I don't own all the series, maybe I'll buy the rest from you if you price match.
Tim Nyss
April 3, 2023
Good show, BUT... the full season is £21 (on sale I may add) and the price per episode is £1.99. There are 8 episodes, that makes £15.92 for the whole season. Get wise or get GOOGLED