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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • October 19, 2022
    • Channel 5

    Filmed over six months with unprecedented access, the series follows Dr Adeley and his team as they uncover the truth behind a series of cases.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • October 26, 2022
    • Channel 5

    A woman calls police worried there's water flowing out from her neighbour's front door. When they enter the house, police find a seemingly healthy man dead in the bath.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • November 2, 2022
    • Channel 5

    At 9.15 in the morning, a young man enters the water below a 20ft high bridge, and when passers-by pull him from the water, he's unconscious.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • November 9, 2022
    • Channel 5

    Blue lights flash across the faces of emergency service workers as they wrestle to keep a young man alive on a Lancashire road after a RTA.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • November 8, 2023
    • Channel 5

    Eleanor, a popular older lady, is physically attacked in a care home. A few weeks later she falls and dies. Dr Adeley and his team must piece together the puzzle to establish a cause of death.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • November 15, 2023
    • Channel 5

    Coroner Dr James Adeley investigates more unexplained deaths. After 29-year-old Jozsef is found dead, hidden deep in local woods, the team establish the cause and how it happened.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • November 22, 2023
    • Channel 5

    Coroners investigate whether a road traffic collision played a part in a man's mysterious death eight months later, and a Grandma collapses and dies after an altercation in a car park.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • November 29, 2023
    • Channel 5

    After a son dies suddenly at home, the coroner must quickly investigate before releasing him for his burial. Does a history of a rare illness in the family hold the key to his death?

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • December 6, 2023
    • Channel 5

    Coroners investigate the death of a normally healthy 26-year-old man who dies following seizures, and unravel whether a vaccination could have contributed to the death of a 50-year-old.

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • December 13, 2023
    • Channel 5

    Mum of two Mandy Lewis was an active 52-year-old who suddenly collapsed without apparent explanation. Senior Coroner Dr Adeley investigates whether an inherited condition might have caused her death.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • July 24, 2024
    • Channel 5

    The critically-acclaimed series returns as Senior Coroner Dr James Adeley investigates the mysterious and tragic death of Jake, in his 20s, to determine whether anything suspicious is at play.

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • July 31, 2024
    • Channel 5

    Investigating the death of a young mum who took ecstasy at a dance festival, and a man found dead in his flat with no identificaton - who was he and how did he die?

  • S03E03 Episode 3

    • August 7, 2024
    • Channel 5

    Dr Adeley and his team investigate the deaths of an elderly woman discovered lifeless on a stairlift, and an apparently fit man who mysteriously fails to turn up for work.

  • S03E04 Episode 4

    • August 14, 2024
    • Channel 5

    Investigating the deaths of a man in his 30s found deceased in a friend's flat, and an elderly man who was discharged from hospital a week before he died...

  • S03E05 Episode 5

    • August 21, 2024
    • Channel 5

    When a woman is found dead in a hot bath, the pathologist must establish the cause of death as the police determine if there was foul play. Plus, a decomposed body found in Burnley.

  • S03E06 Episode 6

    • August 30, 2024
    • Channel 5

    Did her neurofibromatosis play a part in the sudden death of a 34-year-old woman found dead at home? Plus coroners in Lancashire try to trace a dead man's next of kin.

  • S03E07 Episode 7

    • September 5, 2024
    • Channel 5

    Coroners investigate the death of a 63-year-old man found with a severe wound to his hip and cuts and abrasions on his hands. And a dramatic 999 call leads to a body in an outbuilding.