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Waking the Dead(TV show/series, 2000-2011)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h per episode | Genres: Crime, Mystery, Drama

Scripted Reality in 9 seasons with 92 episodes

Waking the DeadRating: 3.7/5 (with 15 votes)
Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series, produced by the BBC, that centres on a fictional London-based cold case unit composed of CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000, and a total of nine series followed. Each story is split into two hour-long episodes, shown on consecutive nights on BBC One. A third series episode won an International Emmy Award in 2004. The programme was also shown on BBC America in the United States, though these screenings are edited to allow for advertising breaks, as well as UKTV in Australia and New Zealand and ABC1 in Australia. A total of 46 stories aired across the nine series. The show aired its final episode on 11 April 2011. A spin-off from the series, titled The Body Farm, revolving around forensic scientist Eve Lockhart (Tara Fitzgerald), was announced by the BBC in January 2011 and ran for just one series. In 2018, a five-part radio prequel to the series, The Unforgiven, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, with Sue Johnston, Claire Goose, Wil Johnson and Holly Aird reprising their roles. All five episodes were written by series creator Barbara Machin. Anthony Howell replaced ()
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About Waking the Dead

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

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Waking the Dead Seasons and Episodes

03/13/2011Series 9 - 10 episodes
#1 | 03/13/2011Harbinger (1)
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.After the empty and abandoned car of banker Donald Rees is discovered threee years after he went missing, Boyd decides to take on the case in an effort help the man's family find some closure with their lives.
#2 | 03/14/2011Harbinger (2)
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 | 03/20/2011Care (1)
After a woman is discovered stabbed in the eyes and incinerated in her car she is identified as Claire Somers, a neglected child who was taken into care, then later kidnapped in 1986 at the age of seven. Robert Fenchurch had his eyes stabbed out on the night Claire was kidnapped as her abductor fled the scene. The team soon find out that Claire had snatched 15-year-old Abigail Harding, who was found locked in a hotel room.
#4 | 03/21/2011Care (2)
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 | 03/27/2011Solidarity (1)
When the squad look in to the case of an army activist discovered in London's sewer system they discover that the case may have more police connections than they originaly thought.
#6 | 03/28/2011Solidarity (2)
As the case continues, the squad investigate Murray using Grace as bait. However, when one member is shot and one member is arrested, the case could go in to turmoil, only for a connection to be revealed.
#7 | 04/03/2011Conviction (1)
Boyd suspects a cover-up when a missing student's DNA matches with an unidentified corpse.
#8 | 04/04/2011Conviction (2)
Boyd needs Sarah's expertise to help expose the state's involvement in Barclay's death.
#9 | 04/10/2011Waterloo (1)
Boyd investigates the disappearance of 16 homeless boys from Waterloo Bridge in the 1980s.
#10 | 04/11/2011Waterloo (2)
Time is running out for Boyd as he fights for justice against a powerful adversary.
09/06/2009Series 8 - 8 episodes
04/14/2008Series 7 - 12 episodes
01/07/2007Series 6 - 12 episodes
09/18/2005Series 5 - 12 episodes
07/11/2004Series 4 - 12 episodes
09/14/2003Series 3 - 8 episodes
09/02/2002Series 2 - 8 episodes
09/04/2000Series 1 - 10 episodes

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Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: London
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 13 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Norwegian (NO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/04/2000
Last episode released on: 04/11/2011
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Waking the Dead – Im Auftrag der Toten"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:1433, Added: 05/11/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024