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Waking the Dead - Season 8

Series: Waking the Dead

4.6

(56)

Episodes

Rating

TV14

Year

2009

Language

English

Publisher

BBC Studios

About

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.

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Episodes

1. Magdalene 26, Pt. 1

50m

When a naked woman is found wandering the streets with no memory, and her DNA matches that found on a 1966 crime scene, Boyd finds himself dealing with a hot case as well as his cold case. But how are the two connected?

2. Magdalene 26, Pt. 2

50m

The circumstances surrounding Elizabeth's abduction end up in the newspapers, prompting someone from her past to track her down at the hospital.

3. End of the Night, Pt. 1

50m

Boyd re-investigates a cold case when Gemma, a girl raped by two men twelve years earlier, tries to kill herself. But where can he start?

4. End of the Night, Pt. 2

50m

New forensic evidence brings one of Gemma's rapists to light, but he refuses to reveal who his partner was. Can Boyd find the second rapist before Gemma decides to take justice into her own hands?

5. Substitute, Pt. 1

50m

When Eve discovers that her new lover, Stefan, is implicated in a brutal murder, Boyd promises to support her. But when Boyd suspects Stefan of people-smuggling, Eve becomes determined to prove Stefan is innocent. How will Boyd and Eve resolve their conflict? And which of them is right?

6. Substitute, Pt. 2

50m

The horrific discovery of a living body farm makes Boyd realise that Eve's lover is involved in illegal organ transplants. Eve is captured and prepared for the operating table; can Boyd rescue her before she loses her heart?