Witnesses

2017 • BBC Four
4.9
9 reviews
Eligible
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Season 2 episodes (8)

1 Episode 1
11/25/17
Season-only
The sea. The sand. A country road in northern France. A winter morning. A foggy morning. A bus abandoned at the side of the road. Inside: 15 bodies. 15 frozen bodies. With frost on their clothes. Fancy clothes, as if they were on their way to a ceremony. What kind of ceremony?
2 Episode 2
11/25/17
Season-only
Sandra tries to find out where the bus came from. She looks into past disappearances, and discovers a similar case: a dead man was found in an abandoned bus ten years earlier. Sandra visits the bus depot and inspects the bus. She finds lines from a poem scratched into it.
3 Episode 3
12/2/17
Season-only
A cloudy, looming sky. A gigantic white blade cuts through the air at regular intervals. Swish. Swish. The blades of a wind turbine... At the foot of the turbine: a corpse that has been unearthed. The body of a young woman. Her name was Virginie Drouet, and she died shortly after giving birth.
4 Episode 4
12/2/17
Season-only
Catherine has just knocked on the door of Martin Souriau, the man she's convinced is her kidnapper. What did she ever do to him? Did she hurt him somehow? Has she decided that coming here was a bad move, otherwise why does she call Sandra and ask for help!
5 Episode 5
12/9/17
Season-only
Antoine's car is found on the side of the road, at the edge of a forest. A search party is sent out to find him. The police set into action. Night falls. There's no trace of Antoine. The police call off the search.
6 Episode 6
12/9/17
Season-only
Sandra has lost everything. Her daughters, who she doesn't see anymore. The trust of Eric as well as her colleagues. And Antoine, who she came to love and whose body still hasn't been found. Eric is under tight surveillance. Geir Jansen is trying to get to him, but there are so many cops around, he can't do anything!
7 Episode 7
12/16/17
Season-only
Sandra has fallen into the clutches of the killer! The clutches of Geir Jansen. Geir intends to marry her, as he did the other women. He's already gotten his hands on Antoine and two of Sandra's former lovers. Now all he has to do is get ahold of Eric!
8 Episode 8
12/16/17
Season-only
Will Sandra manage to get away from Geir Jansen, or will she become his next bride? Will Sandra give Geir a baby, as Catherine and Emilie did before her? Will she abandon the baby somewhere, after losing her memory? What about Eric? Is he dead? Will Catherine agree to follow the mysterious woman? Will she go to meet the Minotaur and find her lost baby?

About this show

Mystery is everywhere and nobody is spared by revenge... Graves have been desecrated and the bodies dug up and left in model homes. Every time the same ritual: a woman, a man, a teenager, all unrelated but they form a new family. Amid the bodies, a photo of Paul Maisonneuve is found, a Crime Squad legend in the North of France who is forced to return to duty. Who is digging up the bodies and why are they leaving them in model homes? Heading the case is the young female detective Sandra Winckler who must work with Paul Maisonneuve to find out who's behind these macabre stage settings. During her investigation she will have to delve into Paul's past, believing him to know more than he lets on. Does the truth lie somewhere in Paul's past? For the detective and the ex-­cop, life will never be the same for in the shadows is a man who will stop at nothing to gain his revenge. Written and directed by Hervé Hadmar and Marc Herpoux, the creators of Les Oubliees (Forgotten Girls), Pigalle La Nuit and Signature; Witnesses [Les témoins] is a modern, daring and breathtaking cop series, with a dark, mysterious mood, led by a top­ quality cast featuring Thierry Lhermitte and Laurent Lucas.

Ratings and reviews

4.9
9 reviews
Caroline Warsop
December 11, 2017
Awesome
Kate Kozak
October 19, 2016
Fab