Waking the Dead

2000 • BBC

4.4

43 reviews

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Season 9 episodes (10)

1 Waking The Dead - Harbinger, Pt. 1

13/03/11

Season-only

Boyd has to break in a new team member of equal rank, Detective Superintendent Sarah Cavendish, a high-flyer recently grounded by a hushed-up failed operation. The team investigate the mystery of a missing banker to help the man's seemingly-cursed family find closure.

2 Waking The Dead - Harbinger, Pt. 2

14/03/11

Season-only

Boyd is convinced that the missing Donald is not a murderer, and pushes his team to try to make sense of all the vague connections in the case and eventually confront the unfathomable evil lurking within the heart of this sad, unfortunate family.

3 Waking The Dead - Care, Pt. 1

20/03/11

Season-only

When the Cold Case squad learn that a recently murdered woman is Claire Somers, who as a seven year-old girl was abducted from a care home 25 years ago, they unveil a shocking portrait of life in the 1980s care system.

4 Waking The Dead - Care, Pt. 2

21/03/11

Season-only

The investigation into Claire Somers' death has seemingly unleashed a predator straight from the darkest childhood nightmare. But are they looking for a monstrous child-stealer, or misguided saviours?

5 Waking The Dead - Solidarity, Pt. 1

27/03/11

Season-only

The Cold Case team investigate the murder of notorious Falklands' veteran-turned-peace activist Piers Kennedy, rumoured by conspiracy theorists to have been killed by the state - a theory that appears far from outlandish when his corpse is discovered in tunnels directly under the MoD.

6 Waking The Dead - Solidarity, Pt. 2

28/03/11

Season-only

As Boyd and his team burrow deep into the paranoid, polarised world of early 80s British national security, they uncover duplicity and sabotage that goes to the heart of government today, and that puts Grace in mortal danger.

7 Waking The Dead - Conviction, Pt. 1

03/04/11

Season-only

When a missing medical student's DNA matches with that of an unidentified corpse found tortured and drowned years before, Boyd suspects a cover-up. Unmasking the fears and tensions of the post 7/7 terror attacks, the team discover the cold case victim could have formed part of a terrorist cell.

8 Waking The Dead - Conviction, Pt. 2

04/04/11

Season-only

Boyd needs Sarah's counter-terrorism expertise to help expose the state's involvement in Karl Barclay's death, but the case only amplifies Sarah's crippling self-doubt and guilt over the death of a colleague.

9 Waking The Dead - Waterloo, Part 1

10/04/11

Season-only

Boyd is being moved out of the Cold Case Unit, but first he decides to take on the unsolved mystery of 16 homeless boys from Waterloo Bridge who disappeared in the 1980s. The Cold Case team's investigation unearths the grimmest find of their careers.

10 Waking The Dead - Waterloo, Part 2

11/04/11

Season-only

There's growing concern amongst the team over Sarah's disappearance, and time is running out for Boyd as he fights his final battle for justice against a powerful adversary. Will he prevail?

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

Gordon Beckmann

8 October 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.

Karen “Kazsta10” Weirdgirl2.0

13 October 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

Tim Nyss

3 April 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