Dr. Sam Ryan is called to the scene of the tragic death of a six-year-old girl, Sarah Crew, who is thought to have fallen from a rope-swing over a river and drowned and the police surgeon has called in the pathologist. Sam has to work out if her death was an accident or murder.
Sam investigates a ritualistic murder - a man is found dead by a man walking his dog, the main suspect is Sebastian Bird. Everything leads to Bird. When another body is found and the police discover a book about black magic in his house they are sure of his guilt. Sam thinks he is innocent and continues to look for the true killer.
Sam investigates a ritualistic murder - a man is found dead in his house, the main suspect is Sebastian Bird. Everything leads to Bird. When another body is found and the police discover a book about black magic in his house they are sure of his guilt. Sam thinks he is innocent and continues to look for the true killer.
A man is found dead in his cell. It is clear that he has been murdered. Sam comes to the conclusion that one of the officers who was in the police station at the time of death has to be the killer. A police officer is also found dead, the conclusion is that he killed the man and then committed suicide. Sam thinks that they are both murders and tries to solve the case by finding the real perpetrator of the murders.
Dr. Sam Ryan's advice is sought on when the arranged marriage of a Vietnamese student, Tran, to an older man goes tragically wrong when a charred body is found in the burnt out restaurant owned by Tran's father - The victim is the man which Tran was forced to marry. Sam investigates the murder.
A boxer dies in the ring and Sam has to investigate his death. She discovers that he had fight before he went into the ring and that that fight indirectly caused his death. The manager of the boxer is found dead in her home, she has been shot. It looks like suicide but Sam suspects that it is murder.
A boxer dies in the ring and Sam has to investigate his death. She discovers that he had fight before he went into the ring and that that fight indirectly caused his death. The manager of the boxer is found dead in her home, she has been shot. It looks like suicide but Sam suspects that it is murder.
Sam has to do a postmortem on the body of Stuart Evans, who was found dead the morning after his party. He was terminally ill with an AIDS realted illness, but Sam finds a suspicious needle track in his foot and is convinced he has been murdered.
Sam has to do a postmortem on the body of Stuart Evans, who was found dead the morning after his party. He was terminally ill with an AIDS related illness, but Sam finds a suspicious needle track in his foot and is convinced he has been murdered.
Sam is called to the scene of a woman found strangled with her own tights. Superintendent Peter Ross believes that it is connected to an old unsolved case, but Sam is not so sure. The dead woman was suspected of having an affair with Alan Whyte, and soon his body is also found.
An old woman's body is found by two teenage boys. Sam is called in to do the postmortem. The police question Chris Palmer, and they soon become sure that he is the killer, but he denies any involvement, so Sam sets out to find who the real killer is.
An old woman's body is found by two teenage boys. Sam is called in to do the postmortem. The police question Chris Palmer, and they soon become sure that he is the killer, but he denies any involvement, so Sam sets out to find who the real killer is.
While Sam is giving lectures at the university, a fellow lecturer is found murdered and Sam is called to do the examination. She finds it difficult as she knew the victim, but she still strives to find the answers to unanswered questions.
Sam is called to the scene of the death of a Gemma Boyd, who appears to have fallen down the stairs. Sam believes that she has actually been pushed and sets out to find her killer.
Investigating the drug-related death of a single mother and her child, Sam finds herself tangled in a web of lies, corruption and revenge, as she attempts to uncover the truth behind the deaths.
When a body is found between the blades of a harvesting machine, Sam is called to the scene to examine the body. At first it looks like an accident, but when the body is re-examined later, a wound is discovered that was not made by the harvester. As Sam delves deeper, she discovers that the case could have something to do with someone's past in Northern Ireland.
A helicopter on its way to an oil rig goes down with 16 workers on board. Called in to supervise the post-mortems, Professor Sam Ryan begins to piece together how the crash happened.
A man caught disposing of the body of a notorious gangster is holed up in his office and wants Sam's help to make sure the police don't pin the murder on him. When he is later found dead, Sam tries to find out who is behind the killings.
When a fire breaks out in an art centre in Cambridge, Michael Connor turns to Sam to help, who goes back to Cambridge to investigate the deaths. Twelve bodies are found, but they have trouble identifying some. As they attempt to identify Body 10, it becomes linked to an old murder case.
Two elderly brothers are found dead in their home, with no apparent injuries. When conducting the postmortem, Sam discovers puncture marks on their chests, as if something had been injected into their hearts, causing heart attacks. When the police have a suspect, Sam isn't convinced and believes that someone else is responsible.
When two snow-boarders cause an avalanche on a ski slope in Norway, the rescue team also discover the naked body of a woman. John Taylor informs the Townsends that the police think it could be their daughter, Ruth, who went missing a few weeks ago. His lawyer is also working with Sam on another case, and he tells Sam about it. Sam goes to the postmortem, where it is discovered that she has been murdered, but that it isn't Ruth Townsend.
When the naked body of a young woman is found in the snow at a Norwegian ski resort, Sam Ryan is asked to represent the Townsend family whose daughter Ruth disappeared there several weeks before The autopsy however reveals that it is in fact the body of Louise Hutton who had vanished there some 15 years previously. When Ruth's body is subsequently found, it appears both girls were strangled in a similar fashion. The police focus their enquiries on Ruth's boyfriend and on Henry Hutton, Louise's uncle while Sam seeks the advice of a university colleague and tries to draw a profile of the serial killer.
The director of a school arrives home and hears a shot. He finds his wife dead - it looks like suicide, but Sam thinks it is murder and so does the mother of the victim. Sam is also asked to investigate the death of a nun fifty years ago to see if there is proof a miracle has happened so the nun can be made a saint.
Sam and Leo arrive on the scene of an accident, involving six vehicles. They begin to investigate the causes of the crash and attempt to identify all the bodies. Sam is called to where a girl's body has been found in the Thames, and finds that there is a connection.
Sam is called upon to investigate the murders of a ruthless businessman and his family, but still finds time for romance when the grisly case reunites her with an old flame. Meanwhile, a preoccupied Leo unwittingly puts his reputation on the line by dismissing a junior pathologist's doubts concerning the seemingly routine death of an elderly woman.
When a truck driver accidentally reverses into a wall, he finds a body there and contacts the police. They phone for Sam, who is currently dealing with a break-in at the toxicology lab, and when she arrives at the scene she examines the body, which is around seven years old. They soon discover that he was murdered and begin to look for his killer.
A young man is found bound at his neck, wrists and ankles in the same location and in similar circumstances to a case Leo worked on. It is apparent that the cases are both linked, and they begin to look into the murders and find their killer.
A suspected terrorist attack causes an explosion in a hotel where a government minister is staying, and an old friend of Sam's is at the scene. As Sam and her team delve deeper into the case, Sam also has to deal with her attempted rape.
A series of murders forces Sam to revisit an old case when its believed that she's the link, and it appears someone is following her and going through her office.
Alice Delaney plunges to her death from a roof terrace in her work building. Sam, Leo and Harry are called to the case. The police believe that she killed herself, but Sam isn't convinced that is correct, and sets out to find her killer.
Sam is asked to look into the brutal murder of Craig Proctor, for which a man is currently on trial. She is also asked to investigate a professor linked to the case, and she discovers that the case is a lot more complicated than originally supposed.
Sam, Leo and Harry travel back to Sam's old home in Northern Ireland when two bodies are discovered there. As events unfold, Sam realises her father may have been involved and sets out to discover the truth.
Now Sam has left, Leo is faced with the decision of whether to take over her job as Professor. Meanwhile he and Harry clash over an investigation when they look into an outbreak of disease among school children on the South Coast.
When members of a syndicate owning a prize race horse are killed in a helicopter crash Leo and Harry begin to investigate, and an unexpected new face at the mortuary lends a helping hand.
The team are approached by a support group of survivors from a recent train crash, who want them to investigate what happened. They agree and begin to look into how the crash occurred, and the identity of the unidentified Body 21.
Leo receives devastating news from home - his wife and daughter have been involved in a hit-and-run accident, prompting him to set off for Sheffield immediately. Meanwhile, Nikki is called out to the river when the bodies of two unidentified women are discovered, both shot execution-style.
The team are called to the scene of a drive-by shooting, but the case proves less clear-cut than expected when evidence emerges that someone returned fire. The vehicle used is soon traced to an abandoned industrial unit, where a decomposing corpse is uncovered - and Nikki resolves to find out the true cause of death.
A girl, Lucy Philips, has been kidnapped, but when her father tries to give the money to the kidnappers it is not collected. Later the girl's body is found in a storm drain pipe. It turns out she was killed before the ransom note was even delivered. Harry visits the scene where a young woman, Dawn, has died in three inches of water in a paddling pool, and her expensive necklace has disappeared. The team start to suspect the two women have been killed by the same person. Could there be a serial killer on the loose? Dawn's sister contacts the police. The expensive necklace has been found in her daughter's toy box. Harry realises that there has been no murder, the death was just a tragic accident. Meanwhile Nikki is determined to track down the murderer of Lucy Philips, even if she has to come face to face with the murderer himself.
The team pursues a serial killer with a grisly desire to look at his victims' faces as they die, and the trail leads into the world of academic philosophy. However, Nikki is distracted from the case by the death of her grandmother, while Harry investigates the demise of a woman who apparently drowned in three inches of water.
Nikki investigates a man's apparent suicide and begins to suspect foul play after two more deaths occur, leading to recently released mental patient David Nicholson being accused of their murder. While the doctor treating Nicholson is adamant that he is no threat to anyone, the pathologists are not convinced - especially when a connection with the original victim emerges.
When four bodies are found in the Thames after a boat packed with illegal immigrants crashes, the team realise that they are dealing with a people-trafficking operation gone wrong. As they set out to discover whether there are any survivors or other bodies – and try to track down those responsible – Harry, Nikki and Leo gradually learn more about the victims' tragic stories. The dead are a Chinese couple who were fleeing their home because they weren't allowed to have a second child, an African political activist and a young Albanian man whose brother was granted asylum.As they get closer to the Chinese gang behind the operation, Nikki comes to realise that the Chinese couple's six-year-old daughter may still be alive on the Thames marshes.
Harry is joined by Sergeant Susan Fenn to investigate a hit-and-run accident on a run-down council estate. Leo and arch-cynic DI De Rohan are drawn into the case of a woman killed in a terrible fire at her house. And Nikki examines the body of a woman who collapsed and died at her own hen night.
Harry's ex-girlfriend, Penny Harris, is found dead after an unusual car accident. Nikki takes on the case – which initially looks like suicide – while DCI Ambrose learns that Penny may have been having an affair. Nikki's post mortem produces a devastating revelation for Harry. Leo works on the elaborately staged apparent suicide of conceptual artist Jimmy Triangle. An anonymous video puts art critic Seth Jewell in the frame. But Leo isn't convinced and he starts to realise that this death is an artwork in its own right.
Memories of his own daughter's death are stirred up when Leo is called in to investigate the apparent suicide of a 14-year-old girl, Alison Garland. With the help of child psychologist Caroline, Leo realises that Alison was, in fact, murdered. But they are stumped when the killing is linked to Harry's case, in which a car salesman has been stabbed to death apparently with the same knife. As Leo gets deeper into the unfamiliar teenage world he starts to suspect the school rebel, Fish – but is there another connection? Nikki investigates the death of elderly woman Kay, who appears to have been assaulted by an intruder. While Kay's son, Robert, demands justice, Nikki finds that the truth is more surprising.
Harry and Nikki are called out to a London dogs' home where the naked body of a teenage girl has been found, tortured to death. It becomes clear that a second girl is being held somewhere, the pathologists find themselves pulled into a world of violence, spies, extremism and cover-ups.
Harry and Nikki are called out to a London dogs' home where the naked body of a teenage girl has been found, tortured to death. It becomes clear that a second girl is being held somewhere, the pathologists find themselves pulled into a world of violence, spies, extremism and cover-ups.
When a military helicopter crashed, Nikki and Harry were first on the scene. Harry was unable to save the dying pilot, and was shocked when the Ministry of Defence arrived and excluded him from the site. Worried that they might be concealing information, he climbed back onto the wrecked helicopter, and took photos – only to be arrested. When Leo arrived, he demanded Harry’s release, but Harry’s suspicions were realised when a government minister blamed the crash on the pilot, before a full investigation had taken place.
Harry was approached by the dead pilot’s father, Henry Markham, who was convinced that the helicopter was faulty, but that his son would take the blame. Political pressure sees the RAF washing their hands of the body. When Harry carried out the post mortem, he discovered that far from being the hero he thought he was defending, the pilot had been taking drugs to help tackle his insomnia following his experiences in Iraq. Harry had to tell the pilot’s father that as a result of his post mortem, his son would almost certainly be blamed for the crash. Later, a body was brought into the mortuary. The coroner suspected it was a case of pilot suicide. Harry opened the body bag: it was Henry Markham.
When the mutilated body of a young black boy was pulled out of the River Lea, Leo found himself becoming obsessed with his mission to track down the boy’s identity. In order to do so he first had to piece together the story behind the boy’s death. Was this Muti, Kindoki or the cold blooded work of a paedophile? The police were no closer to finding out what happened when a second body was pulled from the river, so Leo decided to make his own enquiries. This lead him to a West African church nearby. There, Leo saw an exorcism of a young boy who was Kindoki – possessed. The Pastor, Funmi Lambo, insisted there was no violence in his church, and that far worse would happen to the boy if he were taken to Africa for exorcism. On leaving work that night, Leo found a chilling message left for him on his car, a warning to stay away.
The police investigation came under added pressure when a teenager was reported missing. When a raid on a witch doctor’s house turned up nothing, the community was up in arms at what they saw as harassment. In the end, Leo found that, unknown to Pastor Lambo, the boys were killed by the church caretakers, who sold their organs for use as Muti charms. He realised that it was Dr Falase, a surgeon and prominent community spokesperson, who brought them into the country for use in her clinic as kidney donors. She had then left the boys in the care of the caretakers, who knew they wouldn’t be missed.
When a hearse was involved in a crash and not one, but two bodies were found in the coffin, Harry was tasked with identifying the murdered John Doe. His search took him to a hospital, where Nikki was investigating Alice Huston – a pioneering pediatric surgeon with an unusually high mortality rate. After Harry discovered John Doe was the boyfriend of one of Alice’s nurses, Claire, the whole hospital came under investigation. The team fought hostility and closed ranks, until Nikki got a call from Claire – she had something she needed to tell her. When Nikki found Claire, she was dead, and then Nikki herself was met with a blow to the head.
With Nikki recovering from her attack, Harry and Leo continued working on the investigations without her. As they delved deeper, Alice’s surgical team began to show its cracks. Harry discovered that Alice had been forced into operating on a child after drinking, as no other surgeon was available. When the child died, Claire’s boyfriend had tried to blackmail Alice’s father, but he killed him to protect his daughter’s reputation. Harry told Alice, and they raced to confront her father, but trying to protect her still, he shot himself.
Four years ago, Anna Holland and her boyfriend, Michael Drage, brutally stabbed a young mother to death in front of her children - or so the public believed. Nikki’s evidence proved that Anna didn’t take part, so she was only sentenced to four years instead of life. Then, on her release from prison, she herself was murdered. Nikki’s case was brought into the limelight again, but the only witness to the murder, Anna’s police protection officer Carla Masters, was in a coma recovering from horrific burns. When Anna’s mother confessed she had withheld evidence at the trial that could have suggested Anna was guilty, Nikki began to doubt herself.
Nikki's reconstruction of the old crime scene delivered a devastating blow – doubts she had over the previous case were confirmed. When her father unwittingly leaked the story to the press, her professional integrity hung in the balance. Harry's investigation into the decomposing bodies of two teenage girls led him back to the Anna Holland case – and his findings ultimately exonerated Anna Holland. The hunt for Anna’s killer continued to draw blanks until the team received some shocking news. The badly burned woman in the hospital was not Carla, but Anna - which meant it was not Anna, but Carla who was murdered.
When the bones of a young girl are found, everyone’s convinced it’s a teenager who went missing two years ago - except Nikki.
Having fallen out with both the police and Clara’s family, Nikki finds herself increasingly alone in her search for the killer.
Leo is stopped for drink driving and finds himself having to do community service in a rough part of South London, answering to a tough-talking community worker named AJ who is not happy to be saddled with a 'drunk whitey'. Leo tries to keep his head down, do his hours and get out. But when one of the lads is stabbed near their playing fields, Leo steps in and saves the boy's life, winning him new respect from AJ and the kids. Nikki investigates the death of a young girl from the same area who, it seems, was murdered.
Frustration within the team builds as Harry and Nikki struggle to find any useful evidence from the post-mortems to help the police. No one will talk, and they have no leads. Leo worries for Levi, who is sucked further into a world of gangs and violence.
Harry acts as mentor to Holly Farr, a young and eager medical student, who charms him into involving her in his latest case - the post-mortem of a woman found dumped on the side of the road with her face skilfully removed. Nikki is called upon to reconstruct the victim's face, and the team cannot fathom why it would have been removed in such a careful manner until Holly discovers a connection with a dangerous Russian criminal.
Harry tangles with a Russian oligarch over the murder of a journalist.
The team investigates an armed raid on a suspected terrorist cell in which two terrorists and a police officer are killed. When Nikki's findings point to a bungled raid with innocent lives being lost, people start to pass the buck. Fighting hostility and closed ranks, she beguiles her way into the police armed response unit to try to uncover what might have gone wrong. Harry is given the task of identifying one of the victims.
Nikki visits Isra, the teenage sister of one of the suspects, and the only key eye witness. She insists that her brother was innocent, but after Nikki discovers how harshly Isra is being treated, the team starts to suspect a cover up. Rhys continues to run, and there's a shock in store for Harry when he realises he knows the identity of the unknown victim.
When the badly decomposed body of a Hasidic man is discovered on disused wasteland, Harry is tasked to investigate his death, and to treat the community with care. Everything points towards a brutal anti Semitic murder by a polish labourer - but when the time of death contradicts his wife's last sighting, Harry becomes suspicious. Meanwhile, Leo investigates the death of a female Australian backpacker at a house party. The partygoers are saying it is a straightforward drug death, but markings on her body suggest a sexually motivated crime. Leo finds himself being given short shrift by her friends as he tries to piece together the moments leading to her death.
The death of a second Hasidic boy, Chaim, convinces Harry they are looking for a Jewish killer, but without concrete evidence the police are reluctant to upset an already fragile relationship with the community. When a Hasidic boy, Binyomin, appears to take the law into his own hands, attacking a Polish builder, Toni, Harry makes a shocking discovery that threatens to strain relations even further.
When the half-naked body of a 12-year-old is discovered floating in a drainage ditch near his school, the team is called in, bringing Nikki back in contact with one of her former teachers, Noel Hopkins, now headmaster. During Harry's preliminary examination they find clear signs of abuse, and when the police discover the victim was last seen with another boy, Liam, who has also gone missing, they fear he may have been abducted. Liam is still out there, the hope is that he is still alive, and the team, under increasing pressure from the police, must find clues from the dead boy's body in order to save the living.
Nikki's loyalty towards her former mentor, Noel Hopkins, is severely tested when past allegations of sexual misconduct from a former student surface. Leo and Harry refuse to give up their search for Liam, as they try to identify and locate a toxic chemical which was found in both bodies. If they can find the source of the chemical, they may find where Liam is being held.
When Rachel Harrington's bones are found in Zambia, her expat father and local mining engineer, Stephen, asks the team to come out to investigate. His boss, Peter, is a childhood friend of Nikki's. Rachel had been accusing the government of a health cover-up, and an initial examination shows evidence of multiple stab wounds. But as the team investigates further, it seems the government weren't the only ones to have been rubbed up the wrong way by Rachel.
Nikki clashes with Zambian police as she investigates the death of a British medical student.
Leo comes under suspicion for fraud when an insurance investigator accuses him of falsifying a post-mortem report, and Harry falls for the charms of an attractive former colleague.
Harry puts his career on the line to prove his lover's innocence after Leo is attacked.
Harry and Nikki find themselves on opposite sides of a high profile case
A revelation emerges that Flannery's first wife also died of a stair fall.
Leo is concerned that the police are involved with a cover-up to protect a rogue undercover cop linked to the death of a young woman.
With Danielle missing and her lover on the run, Leo and the police struggle to unravel a complex web of deceit.
Nikki and Harry try to help wounded victims of a campus shooting while trapped in the building with the rampaging shoote
An asylum seeker from Zimbabwe is unfairly deported to South Africa, and Leo strives to find a way to have her return to the UK, which may be more complex that it would first seem
When the pathologists investigate three suspicious deaths in one night on the same ward, it looks like hospital staff may be behind their murders. Nikki becomes increasingly disturbed by a rape and murder case involving a young child.
Nikki's mental instability worsens, and Harry and Leo are forced to get her psychiatric help. When the true identity of the murderer is discovered, it becomes a race against time to save Nikki's life.
Leo finds himself haunted by past memories when he returns to Sheffield after an ancient body is unearthed on Bleaklow Moor.
After a preserved female body is discovered buried in a peat moor in Sheffield, DI Sonia Hardwick turns to an archaeologist called Professor Patrick Cain for help. Nikki discovers knife wounds to the hands which the professor believes may indicate a ritual killing as the autopsy on the body is carried out. Further wounds discovered around the abdomen and genitalia suggest though that it could of been a sexually motivated attack. Leo ends up searching through his archives for a case he dealt with in Sheffield in 1985 that were committed by self-confessed serial killer Karl Bentley. As he examines the body himself he is caught by Nikki and Leo tells him he thinks the body could belong to a woman called Jodie Fisher who went missing at the time. When Leo pays a visit to Sheffield he is haunted by memories of his own past which put a strain on his relationship with Janet. Another girls ends up being killed on the streets of Sheffield.
Nikki is called to perform a post mortem on the body of a woman found in a river, and the discovery that she had recently given birth causes the pathologist to worry her child may be abandoned somewhere. Meanwhile, Harry investigates the apparent suicide of a lieutenant at a nearby Army base, and suspicions soon arise that the two cases may be linked.
An X-ray of Lt Lockford's skull reveals a second bullet, confirming suspicions that he was murdered. Danny Ferris's father is not satisfied with the verdict on his son's death, and asks Nikki to perform a second post-mortem, and as the investigation continues to unravel, a tragic secret is revealed at Hillsdon Army Base.
Harry is reunited with Anna Sandor when she calls him to Budapest to perform a second post-mortem on the body of a drowned prostitute, Sofi Mustafova. As they get reacquainted, Anna tells him she believes the death is suspicious and may be linked to her own investigations into the disappearance of other pregnant prostitutes. The women's body ends up being cremated before Harry can take a look at it. Harry's world is crushed when he finds out that Anna has been stabbed to death in her bed. He is forced to go underground where he manages to make a desperate call to Leo in London for help when he becomes the number one suspect. Harry continues with the investigation into the gang-run prostitution racket. When Leo shows up late for the meeting with Harry he witnesses a man being shot and burned. When he manages to retrieve a charred passport from the body it turns out to be Harry's.
Nikki makes her way to Budapest but there's not much she or Leo can do as every move they make is being watched by Tibor Orban. Leo manages to secretly meet Nikki where he reveals that Harry is still alive. Harry explains why he had to fake his own death and continues that he must find out why Anna was killed and unravel the dark secret of the prostitution racket.
Chief Inspector Rebecca Woods and some members of the Diplomatic Protection Group head to the Dutch embassy to investigate a shooting. They disscover Ambassador, Pieter Van Buren, holding his wounded daughter Klara. He demands that the the DPG team leave and Woods has no choice but to agree given it is officially Dutch territory. After Pieter leaves the building, carrying Klara, he informs the police that his grandson, Jack, is missing. DPG Sergeant Whitehead is found shot in the bulding after the polive go in. Pieter is scared that history could be repeating itself as his own son, Jacob, went missing from the family home in 1996 and was never seen again. When Klara begins to recover in hospital, her memory comes back and she remembers who carried out the shootings.
Harry discovers evidence of extensive plastic surgery on the corpse of the bodyguard as an autopsy is carried out. He also manages to locate the missing boy, Jack Van Buren, who is hiding in the basement of the Embassy. Nikki takes a look at the evidence from the 1996 disappearance of Jacob and learns that a DNA sample from Pieter's dead brother, Diederick, matches the profile of the dead bodyguard. The Van Burens' version of what happens becomes increasingly unlikely and when the body of the family's au pair, Mary Olivant, is found hanged near the Van Buren family home, Leo discovers the remains of a young boy in the ground. Klara ends up confessing that she was responsible for the shootings.
When Leo's friend commits suicide, Harry and Nikki are called to the scene of a violent and calculated murder, which is thought to be the work of an apparently dormant serial killer.
Harry and DI James deviate from the original investigation to secretly test DNA evidence from the rival Chesham laboratory to try to solve this stalled case.
Harry is disturbed to be called to a crime scene at the home of a family he knows, and finds the bodies of the mother and her teenage daughter, while her stepson lies in a coma - although her toddler has been left unharmed. The police suspect the woman's husband to be the killer - but the pathologist is not so sure of his guilt. The double-murder investigation reveals more about the tangled lives of the inhabitants of Magnolia Drive
Harry and Nikki delve deeper into the tangled lives of the inhabitants of Magnolia Drive.
Serial killer Arnold Mears Eenjoys poetry but has no remorse for violently killing three teenagers. He has been busy for the last five years sending Annie, a desperate mother of a missing girl, on secret hunts to try and find his hidden victims.Annie’s son Andy, upset at Mears’ manipulation of his mother, ends up turning to Nikki for help. Leo manages to get himself into tropuble with the team after he re-examines a case by Nikki’s old mentor, Dr. Helen Karamides.
Nikki manages to track down the original detective on the case, Detective Inspector Gladwyn ans she looks around the church that killer Arnold Mears used to attend as a boy. Mears is not happy that the police have been made aware of the undiscovered bodies and he says that he is prepared to reveal where he has hidden them to Nikki.
Prison officer Daniel Kessler and Ellis Roberts refuse to reveal anything after child-killer James Wade suddenly dies in his cell. Harry meets Wade’s sister Miriam and agrees to help find her brother’s killer
The team continue to investigate the murder at the notorious Redhill prison where the efforts to control the drugs trade on the wing continue. Harry and Nikki take a good look into Detective Inspector Bridges’ past, and make a significant discovery.
One of Delaney’s patients, Eve Gilston, is discovered dead in her bed. The coroner’s verdict is sudden arrhythmic death syndrome but Delaney is not convinced and gets Leo to investigate. Suspicion soon falls on Eve’s dad Anthony, who lost the family fortune, and his wife Beth.
Leo is determined to learn the circumstances about the death of Eve Gilston. Nikki and Harry manage to find the nun who performed the exorcism but are surprised by what they find. Eve’s mother Beth Gilston is confronted by Leo and che omes close tod iscovering the truth about what actually happened the night before her daughter died.
Nikki stumbles across a sinister underworld where teenage girls are groomed for sex and forced into prostitution.
Harry and Nikki make a crucial connection between the dead girls and sex-grooming victim Shannon, but is it too late for Hannah and Lauren?
When John Briggs, a wealthy business owner, is found dead, Nikki works with forensic scientist Jack Hodgson to convince DI Gold it was murder. Leo, warned by the Home Office to rethink the Lyell Centre's operations, helps Nikki prove Briggs died from a mysterious allergic reaction. However, as suited sharks circle to buy Briggs' ailing company, Jack believes someone exploited this allergy to kill. Briggs' estranged daughter Geraldine is left the company in his will, yet she is shocked that he had tracked down her long lost daughter Deanna, and the pair make up for lost time. But when Deanna's body is discovered in the Thames, Nikki, Jack and DI Gold are sure the murders are linked, as Leo decides how to safeguard the Lyell Centre's future - employing Jack to launch a forensics department. As the new team are cemented, evidence from Deanna's body provides a vital lead on the killer's motive.
Whilst Nikki, Leo and Jack struggle to ascertain how Deanna was killed and ended up in the Thames, DI Gold focuses on two main suspects in John Briggs' inner circle. However, when Geraldine makes a sinister confession about why she gave her daughter up for adoption and disowned her wealthy family, it dramatically changes the course of the investigation. With the family's skeletons in the closet now exposed for all to see, the future of the ailing company hangs precariously in the balance. But when a third murder victim is found, it gives the team the forensic evidence to unravel the mysterious motives and smoke out the killer.
The case of two young women shot dead in a house basement forces Jack to lock horns with an old flame, the ambitious DI Chrissy Reed. As the pair's animosity rapidly escalates due to their conflicting motive theories and failure to ID the victims, Nikki's probing unearths the potentially career-damaging truth behind it. Meanwhile, Leo wrestles with providing a second post-mortem on a baby suspected of being abused and smothered to death by his mother, Shona. The father, Mark, is adamant she is innocent. He pleads with Leo to find an alternative cause for their son's fractures and death to free his wife before their other son, Darius, is adopted. However, Leo soon realises that to achieve this he must re-examine the work of his pathologist friend, Richard Fell, and prove he made a mistake in his evidence against Shona.
As the basement women case highlights two cooperating killers, Nikki, Jack and DI Reed realise one victim was killed by a controlled sedative, stolen from a high-tech vaccine research lab. And suspicion falls on Lucas Ballinger, a scientist who works there. Meanwhile, Leo draws a blank with his theory that Shona's baby died of natural causes, but when he discovers Mark's violent past, Leo fears Shona may have taken the rap for her partner's child abuse. Jack makes a chilling forensic breakthrough which exposes a dangerous plot to breach national security, leaving the Lyell Centre paralysed by a government-imposed lockdown. With Nikki, Jack and DI Reed locked in a race against time to find Ballinger and prevent mass casualties, Leo has one last shot at proving that Shona's baby died from natural causes in a desperate bid to reunite her and Mark with their other son before he is adopted.
When a pub landlady is stabbed to death and her little finger cut off, her husband, Roly, is the prime suspect. However, as Nikki, Jack, and emotionally fragile detective, DI Kate Warren, piece together mounting evidence, inconsistencies lead Nikki to believe Roly's innocent. She's desperate to reunite him with his traumatised daughter, Emma, who faces a life in foster care if her father is imprisoned. Isolated in her quest to prove Roly's innocence, Nikki is defeated when Roly is charged with murder, and about to lose his daughter forever. But when Nikki and Leo unearth several old murder cases where the victims' fingertips were cut off, they begin to suspect Roly is the new target of a serial killer. The spotlight soon falls on ex-cop Alan Lane, who served eight years for killing his wife, Imogen, despite her body never being found, only her severed fingertip.
When arrested and interrogated by DI Kate Warren, Alan Lane vehemently protests his innocence and insists he never killed his wife Imogen, but when Jack and Nikki fail to get concrete evidence in time to charge him, Lane walks free. However, when the team finally unearth the shocking truth about Imogen's murder, it exposes a web of lies and deceit which puts those connected to the case in imminent danger from the sinister Alan Lane. As their fears about the ex-cop intensify, Nikki and Jack must swerve the sceptical police and piece together their evidence to build a water-tight case against Lane fast, in order to prevent more innocent lives being lost.
Nikki and Jack are under pressure when a teenager's remains halt an eco-housing project, while Leo is trapped in a dangerous hospital siege as distraught Tom Hancock holds a ward at gunpoint to turn off his terminally ill son's life support. Leo agrees to do his son's post-mortem to diffuse the situation, and becomes embroiled in Tom's quest for the truth behind his son's cancerous tumours. When Leo discovers that Tom's son had the same kidney disorder as the housing project victim, he suspects a dangerous local health hazard. Far from convinced, Nikki enjoys a whirlwind romance with charismatic science minister James Embleton, the eco-housing project owner, despite his belligerent father's discomfort. New construction site evidence leads Jack to builder Brian Blackburn, with suspicion falling on his son, who has sudden behavioural problems. And as Leo's investigation into a health hazard hits another barrier, he becomes convinced he is onto a cover up.
Whilst Nikki and Jack close the net on Brian Blackburn's troubled son for murdering his co-worker at the eco-housing project, Leo finally finds someone willing to confirm his fear about the mysterious local health hazard. But when his would-be-informant is found murdered, Leo is convinced he was the victim of a government conspiracy to conceal the truth. And during his dogged efforts to expose the cause of the health hazard, Leo begins to suspect that Nikki's new man, science minister James Embleton, and his belligerent father, may be linked to a ruthless plot to silence him, which leaves Leo battling alone to seek justice and save future lives.
British Army Corporal Scott Lambert requests Leo's expertise in identifying human remains unearthed in Afghanistan, believed to be those of his brother Daniel, who went missing in action five years ago, suspected of being captured by the Taliban. Anxious Leo, Nikki and Jack head for the war-torn country in search of the truth about the soldier's mysterious disappearance. Staying in a compound by a small town with ex-military security officer Sean Nugent and his detail, the team discovers that there is far more at stake than simply identifying a soldier's remains. The crime scene is preventing the completion of a vital charity water sanitation plant project, spearheaded by inspirational Afghan charity worker Fawzia Joya. And although initially understanding of the team's mission, when ruthless Taliban attacks begin to threaten their investigation, she fears the construction delay will jeopardise the project's completion, putting thousands of Afghan lives at risk from contaminated water.
Nikki, Jack and Leo struggle to identify the human remains with only sections of skeleton found and basic forensic facilities, but believe Dan Lambert must have been captured by the Taliban, executed and buried. Whilst Leo grows closer to charity worker Fawzia, Nikki and Jack find and assemble the skull fragments and make an unnerving discovery that challenges their theory of what happened to Dan Lambert. However, when an imprisoned Taliban fighter is found dead in the compound, the team suspect he was murdered, and suspicions grow about Sean Nugent and his men's treatment of prisoners. No longer able to trust anyone, the increasingly isolated team doggedly piece together the circumstances surrounding Dan Lambert's disappearance, but the shocking truth triggers a chain of events which leaves everyone's lives in danger.
Premiership footballer Isaac Dreyfus finds his career in tatters after a sex tape links him to the brutal murder of a young woman, threatening to destroy both his reputation and marriage. He is desperate to prove his innocence, while Adam Freedman turns to a mysterious source for help to avenge the murder of his wife and child. Nikki finds it hard to deal with Leo’s death following the arrival of the new Lyell Centre boss, pathologist Thomas Chamberlain.
Isaac Dreyfus fights to prove his innocence, whilst Adam Freedman turns to a mysterious source for help get revenge for the murder of his wife and child. Nikki questions the motive behind the murders and a re-examination of the Freedman crime scene leads Jack to make a shocking discovery.
Nikki finds her professionalism being brought into question during the case of convicted killer David Bennetto, who was jailed for the murder of two gay teenagers. Thomas attempts to save The Lyell Centre’s reputation.
Thomas is under increased pressure from DI Rachel Klein and the Home Office as he battles to save the Lyell Centre's reputation. Peter Masham makes an unlikely deal with Bennetto's brother-in-law. Jack and Clarissa finally uncover the true identity of murder victim Byron Lee.
Nikki and Jack head to Scotland to help earnest rural detective DS Jason Ross investigate the chilling murder of a lap dancer found in a remote forest. In their search to find a suspect, the team clash with rogue city detectives DS Mike MacNeil and DI Simon Laing. But as more human remains are unearthed in the forest, it becomes horrifyingly apparent that a dangerous serial killer is at large. News of the murders unsettles new mother Sarah, who is harbouring a dark secret from her partner Steve.
Nikki, Jack and DS Ross are feeling the pressure to close the net on a serial killer abducting young women. Concerns increase about missing Sarah, and solving her mysterious disappearance becomes an urgent priority for the team.
After the body of a pregnant Northern Irish girl is found, Nikki and Jack need to locate the baby that has been snatched from her womb. Thomas discovers the girl’s connections to a criminal underworld.
Martin is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Nuri becomes increasingly desperate to locate the missing drugs, with some tragic consequences. Nikki attempts to help a grieving William come to terms with his daughter Alice's death and his missing baby granddaughter.
Jack becomes involved in an investigation into the murder of a 15-year-old girl owing to his personal connection with the prime suspect. Thomas needs to clear up the conflict of interest.
Jack's world has been blown apart following the discovery of Hannah's dead body. Nikki manages to find out the truth behind Jack and Ryan's strained relationship. Thomas thinks about hiring forensic scientist Helen as Jack's permanent replacement. Christy Nash is scared for the future of his marriage and business after DI Carter finds out abouts of his relationship with 15-year-old Katie.
After three people are shot dead at a petrol station, Nikki and Jack attempt to catch the person responsible and stem a public crisis in London. DCI Jane De Freitas’s fall out with Chief Supt Robert Drake become the least of her worries.
DCI De Freitas’s expertise in victim and killer profiling is used to help narrow down the suspects as she contains her undercurrent of animosity with Drake.
Nikki and Jack are called in after a man is run down and killed by a tube train. When a female vicar is then murdered after being followed on the Underground, they need to build a case against her distraught husband.
After a young roofer is stalked and killed on his journey home, Nelson and the team manage to identify a suspect on the tube cameras who links the murders.
After suspected paedophile Dale Barge is discovered dead in a children’s playground, Nikki and Jack are called into investigate.
After Daniel Garvey is discovered dead in his car, Louise is concerned that he may have been killed by his 16-year-old stepson Kevin, who has just left care.
The nanny of a Russian oligarch ends up being murdered in a botched assassination attempt whilst a bloody shootout also leaves an unknown hitman dead. The team work with DI Sarah Parks to ascertain the identity of the dead would-be assassin.
A woman is discovered dead in Maksim Bazhanov’s apartment, and after her mother turns out to be a major player in London, pressure is put on DI Parks’s investigation.
After Sergeant Sam Honeywell is discovered beaten and shot in his burnt-out car in Essex, the police are furious in what is a hugely emotive and political case for them, and DCI Jim Sullivan is determined to track down Honeywell’s killer. After a local drug dealer and son of crime boss Dean Fallon seems to have his alibi sewn up, suspicion falls much closer to home.
When the body of local criminal Jason Simons is found, it reveals secrets that challenge his identity and the course of the case.
Nikki arrives at a murder scene to find it's a carbon copy of a case in her past.
Nikki becomes the prime suspect after a former colleague is murdered.
A young British Muslim returns to the UK, and concerns over her intentions soon escalate.
Thomas must put his personal feelings aside as the team track down Begovic.
An ex-convict is killed and suspicion lands on a recently released child killer.
Further victims are killed and a distinctive modus operandi begins to become clear.
The shooting of a teenager in an armed police operation triggers a series of murders.
Jack leads the hunt for suspected killer Bruno, the brother of the shot teenager.
A family murdered at a picnic leads the team to the female victim's estranged husband.
As Nikki and Jack move closer to the truth, their lives are thrown into mortal danger.
When a people smuggler is found dead in the City, Nikki must delve into London's illegal immigrant community. She meets a vulnerable Syrian teen called Akka who is in need of help, putting Nikki in a moral dilemma - and the killer is still on the loose.
When Nikki, Jack and Thomas make a horrific discovery in the van, they are confronted with the work of a killer who preys on illegal immigrants. With the help of Clarissa, they must work out where the killer will strike next before more vulnerable people meet the same fate.
Investigating officer DCI Andy Steemson asks Nikki and Jack to examine the small blood traces, bike tracks and a charred cake in the oven in the house. This was no planned disappearance.
Having found a link between the two cases, the team struggles to make sense of it. Nikki visits a disgraced former colleague who may hold the key. Thomas uncovers the bizarre truth about how Tina died.
The body of 20 year-old Lorna Katz is discovered drifting near the bottom of the River Lea. Her hands are bound, suggesting she was tied up somewhere before she floated downriver.
Nikki is under fire for leaking information on a suspect, and Thomas is called in to play peacemaker. Jack and DI Ashton track down the mystery witness. Before the killer strikes again, the team must uncover the true story of Ruth Tresize's disappearance three years earlier.
Father and son Bill and Frankie McAteer are killed in a horrific car accident on their way home from work at Billingsgate Market. Nikki and Jack arrive at the scene of the crash to meet DS Jodie Tanner, and to discover Frankie's body still in the car but riddled with bullets. Whoever was driving the SUV had a gun. Back at the Lyell centre, Nikki's post mortem examinations suggest that Frankie was the target, rather than Bill. Clarissa and Max discover a deleted video on a mobile phone showing a sexual encounter between Frankie, his girlfriend Becky and best friend Liam, which was posted on a revenge porn website. However when Liam is also killed, the video becomes the key to the killings. When Nikki and Tanner visit Becky, her flatmate Paul enters and she bursts into tears about the murder. But Paul looks like he has worries of his own… Meanwhile, Clarissa's husband Max is an expert in the fast-developing field of digital forensics and lends some equipment to help crack Frankie's seemingly-empty phone, his arrival causing an icy reaction from both Thomas and Jack.
Examining the contents of Liam's phone, Clarissa has found a longer version of the video and sees a flash of Paul's face as he peers from the stairs. Retrieving Paul's laptop, Clarissa takes it to Max's lab and finds reams of communication between Paul and another person, under pseudonyms, which starts to unravel the mystery of the Billingsgate killings. Meanwhile, Clarissa is amused to see Thomas' nose put out of joint and Jack soon feels paranoid that Max is poaching Clarissa for his own lab. Will Clarissa remain with the Lyell team?
Nikki travels to Mexico to attend the funeral of Luisa, a former intern at the Lyell Centre who was murdered in a carjacking in her native country. She soon stumbles across the post-mortem report and realises that the body is not that of her ex-colleagues. Assisted by Dr Eva Vasquez and fired up with the idea that Luisa might still be alive, Nikki and Jack trace her last-known movements and are led to a farm where a cartel massacre was carried out.
A frantic Jack carries out forensic examinations on the spot where Nikki disappeared. With Thomas at the airport ready to come out and help, but still 24 hours away and no leads left to follow, Jack receives a text message containing a mysterious phone number. However when Jack calls through, expecting to hear from Nikki's captors, he is shocked at who answers the phone. Last in the series
Nikki struggles to come to terms with life back home and seeks out fellow pathologist Sally Vaughan for support, only to learn she is nowhere to be found. National Crime Agency investigator Guy Bernhardt asks Nikki to help him by employing pathologist David Cannon, the chief suspect in Sally's disappearance. As Jack, Clarissa and Thomas share concerns about Nikki's wellbeing, a body found in a reservoir is linked to a murder case from 16 years previously. Return of the crime drama, starring Emilia Fox, with Julian Rhind-Tutt and Alex Macqueen.
Nikki's suspicions about David Cannon are roused further when she discovers blood in the boot of his car an with Thomas's support she takes samples to process. Does it belong to Sally Vaughn? Meanwhile, the uncovering of the body from the 16-year-old murder shines the spotlight on three people who went to the same school. Emilia Fox stars, with Julian Rhind-Tutt and Alex Macqueen.
A woman is murdered and the forensic evidence takes the team to a cosmetic clinic where the victim had been receiving various treatments seemingly for free, but Nikki and Silva are frustrated by the CEO of Hamilton Ashe hospital when he blocks access to Karen's medical records. Meanwhile, when his daughter Rosie turns up at the Lyell as her mum is in hospital over a pregnancy complication, Thomas must play the doting father for a few weeks - a role that does not come naturally.
Nikki comes face-to-face with Simon Laing once again as the motive for the murders appears to be blackmail. The hospital computer database has been hacked and Clarissa and Max follow the forensic clues to a teenage hacker called Splinter. The danger comes much closer to home, however, when Nikki receives a threatening text with a picture of Rosie.
A US diplomat is shot dead in central London, forcing the team to work closely with the embassy and the FBI.
Nikki is still in shock as the team arrive at Matt's residence but insists on working at the Lyell, determined to help. When analysing crime scene photos and the positions of the victims' bodies, Nikki realises there is a pattern. Together, the team uncover a secret that has been held by those at the very top of the US government.
While two care home staff are chasing Kevin McDowd, a young man with learning disabilities and sociopathic tendencies, Nikki and Jack examine a fatal road accident where the deceased is Kevin McDowd's mother. The investigation led by police sergeant Button should be straightforward, but the forensic evidence suggests foul play.
The team are determined to uncover the truth about unexplained deaths of patients at a care home. They are desperate to rescue Serena and return her to safety. Unbeknownst to her colleagues in the Lyell Centre, Clarissa allows herself to be admitted to the care home in order to investigate. Her determination to find out what happened at the care home leads her to uncover a shocking truth, but puts her life in danger.
It is Christmas morning and Nikki is awaiting a call from Matt who is back in the States. Instead, she receives a call to say that the team is needed: a family has been massacred at an enormous property owned by Andy McMorris, the CEO of a haulage company. Greeted by SIO DI Gibbs, Nikki is first on the scene whilst Clarissa is connected to the action via screens and microphones back at the Lyell. Having left his father to celebrate Christmas without him, Jack is just arriving to join them when a gunshot suddenly rings out. With Gibbs lying on the floor with a life-threatening injury, the team realise that the shooter might still be on the grounds. Are they also in danger?
As the truth behind the McMorris family is revealed, the team is brought together by the conclusion of a shocking Christmas family tragedy. Reuniting with their respective families, Nikki finds her secret Santa gift is a visit from a loved one.
Fresh from her trip to the States, Nikki (Emilia Fox) and the Lyell unit are called in to investigate an attack against a trans man. When two further attacks are reported, one leaving a potential witness, it becomes clear that the team is facing an outbreak of violence against the trans community.
A mistake has been made during the course of the investigation, and Thomas is targeted as a scapegoat. Thomas must rally the team to find the killer before they strike again.
After a teenage boy is killed in a meth lab explosion, his inspirational head teacher Noah Taylor resolves to confront the drug dealers preying on his community. Dangerous batches of new drugs are hitting the streets, and the effects are evident to Nikki, Jack, Clarissa, and Thomas as they deal with the rise in both violent and accidental deaths linked to the narcotics, while tragedy strikes at the heart of the Taylor family.
When a gang of dealers recruit young men to push spice and fentanyl near a London school, head teacher Noah Taylor has no choice but to confront them. DI Kate Ashton leads the police investigation, and as well as tracking down those responsible for the recent deaths, Ashton also seems keen to pursue the possibility of a relationship with Jack. When the pair search a suspect's flat, Jack gets caught up in a rising tide of violence, which culminates in several deaths. Nikki, Thomas, Jack and Clarissa must work to find those responsible before it's too late.
During a heatwave in Brighton, the Lyell team is summoned to a waste dump where a body part has been found. The search is on to recover the other dismembered remains and piece together the victim's body, which is covered in intricate Japanese tattoos. Nikki has some news that she desperately wants to share with Matt, but must wait until he visits from America.
With the remains of a second tattooed victim appearing in a Brighton recycling plant, it seems the Lyell team is on the trail of a serial killer. Working closely with local detectives DI Taramelli and DS Quicke, they must painstakingly piece together the evidence, and unearth the connections between a diverse range of suspects.
A shocking incident on a suburban street brings back painful memories for Jack, forcing him to revisit his past. As a member of the victim's family seeks justice of their own, forensic evidence discovered by the Lyell suggests the involvement of a Northern Irish terrorist group, long-thought inactive.
While the team searches for the killer, Jack works alongside an old friend who has dedicated her life to exposing the suspected organisation. They realise they have uncovered a complex conflict sustained by ties of loyalty, family and retribution.
Nikki is humiliated in court when a barrister accuses her of making a serious error in the case of a policeman who may or may not have been murdered. The team investigates the death of a medical researcher found in a canal with mysterious puncture marks on his body.
When Thomas sides against her findings on a controversial case, Nikki suspects foul play and takes steps to prove her theory. Jack and Clarissa follow a forensic trail connecting a dead researcher with a billionaire scientist and a secret testing programme.
A private jet crashes into woodland outside London. Its passengers include the former US ambassador, Jonathan Kraft. Nikki calls her partner Matt from the crash scene to break the news - his friend and former colleague did not survive the accident. Matt is desperate for answers. When Thomas is called to an apparent suicide of a successful businessman, he finds unexpected connections to the plane crash. Are they dealing with a coordinated attack?
Nikki and the Lyell team continue to investigate the plane crash, ruling out an explosion and engine failure. Suspicion turns to Rowan Cole, the so-called Deadhead - a non-flying pilot who was hitching a lift back when his intended flight was cancelled. The investigation takes a turn when they discover a connection to a sinister online forum. Nikki’s partner Matt is grieving following the death of his close friend, putting their relationship under strain.
When a body is found in a field near the village of Hartford, Nikki and the Lyell team confirm it is that of missing teenager Jason Forbes. Working to the theory that most killers strike close to home, the ambitious DCI Claire Ashby is committed to proving the guilt of her main suspect, local locksmith Malcolm Wilde.
Investigating the murder of a teenage boy, Nikki and her team are forced to question police methods. Although Thomas discovers evidence that throws the time of death into doubt, DCI Claire Ashby seems more concerned with building the case against her main suspect. With pressure building on the police to secure a conviction, the Lyell team must fight to ensure that inconvenient truths aren't overlooked. Meanwhile, Clarissa notes a troubling parallel with a case from the start of her career. Is the real murderer still out there?
The body of a woman is found on railway tracks in London, badly damaged from electrical burns. On the mortuary slab, the woman’s recent and historic injuries suggest years of abuse, likely within the home. It’s a difficult post-mortem for Nikki, as she is troubled by memories from her childhood.
Nikki determines that Jenny must have died before making contact with the tracks. But when the search for Jenny’s killer hits a wall, her friends at the women’s refuge seek answers. Meanwhile, Thomas’s political ambitions lead him to make friends in high places. Offers are made to open all the right doors for Thomas, but what do they want in return?
When a skeleton is found in concrete, the Lyell team must investigate a suspicious death dating back 20 years.
The team's investigation leads them to a mysterious cryogenics facility and the discovery of another suspicious death.
Thomas investigates the case of John Sealy, a soldier who died during a military training exercise involving exposure to CS gas. It appears John died from an aneurysm, but when Thomas discovers the trace of a possible nerve agent in his system, the family are desperate for answers.
Jack is rushed to hospital after collapsing at the scene of a car crash. Thomas discovers that soldier John Sealy may have been exposed to a nerve agent.
While investigating a suspicious death in a prison, Nikki focuses her attention on the victim’s cellmate, a dangerous criminal from her past.
As the team investigate a second death, Nikki’s theory starts to fall apart.
In the first case for new recruit Adam, the murder of a swimming instructor leads the team to suspect her ex-boyfriend, a former cop. Jack has an unexpected visitor.
Having traced Laura’s last movements to a suburban house, the team work to identify the bodies buried in the garden. Jack must choose between his brother and the truth.
Nikki, Jack, and Adam investigate the murder of a surgeon in a hospital. DNA evidence appears to implicate a patient who was under anaesthetic at the time of the killing.
With their suspect in a coma and an attacker seemingly at large in the hospital, Nikki calls on Adam’s expertise to help solve the case.
The murder of a promising boxer draws Nikki and Jack into the world of underground boxing. Jack’s brother Ryan is released from prison.
Jack, Nikki, and Simone investigate another death connected to the underground boxing ring. Jack's loyalty is tested when he fears Ryan has put Cara in danger.
Nikki’s students make an alarming discovery while dissecting a body donated for their training. Jack and Simone try to save care home residents from a flood.
Stranded in the flooded care home, Jack and Simone fight to keep the residents alive - but Nikki discovers that they may be trapped inside with the killer.
Sam Ryan recruits the Lyell team to investigate the assassination of the health secretary, but Nikki is unsure whether Sam knows more than she's letting on.
DNA evidence linked to the Health Secretary’s assassination forces Nikki to face her past in the present. As her investigation progresses, Nikki realises that its consequences will affect her, and her profession, forever.
When a woman confesses to murdering her husband, the Lyell team must determine if all is as it seems. Meanwhile, Simone is shocked to be reunited with a detective from her childhood and struggles to untangle her past.
A secret from his father propels Jack to Belfast. Meanwhile, Simone and Nikki investigate the mystery of a burned body. As familial secrets come to the surface, Jack faces tragedy head on.
The death of an investigative journalist throws the spotlight on to Sam Ryan. Nikki begins to realise that the implications of her discoveries will challenge the principles of forensic science.
Events lead Nikki to conclude that getting the truth will put the Lyell team and everything they love in danger.
When a man plummets from a high-rise building, the Lyell team cross paths with the NCA and a notorious mafia group, pushing Nikki to make a tough decision.
Nikki becomes even more involved with the Ndrangheta mafia-group and Jack uncovers some disturbing leads. An unlikely alliance leads Nikki closer to the truth, but not without some collateral damage.
A lorry is found with people locked inside, some dead. With the survivors refusing to speak, Nikki and the team must use their pathological and forensic skills to identify them.
The Lyell team work together to find out why the lorry was found with bodies inside and a dead driver at the wheel, and are truly shocked to discover where it leads them. Gabriel becomes emotionally invested and is presented with an ethical dilemma, and Jack gets a surprise visit.
The Lyell team are thrown into the dark side of social media, where nothing is as it seems, and the perfect profiles of the influencers they are investigating raise disturbing questions. As a heavily pregnant DI asks the team for their expertise, are they running out of time to solve this case?
The investigation continues to take unexpected turns, with Nikki managing to get behind the mask of the lead suspect. Jack has a breakthrough at the festival site and Nikki takes a dangerous opportunity. A surprise event at the Lyell brings some hope.
Levelling-up leaders and environmental activists clash in a small town trying to look to the future. With a sabotaged train and a dead mayor, the activists become suspects.
The Lyell team return to the crime scene as another victim is in peril. Family ties are tested to their limits as they reveal the dark secrets that led to the tunnel collapse, and Jack is put in a difficult position when a blast from the past comes to visit.
Jack is sucked into a complex case where he’s pitted against his former mentor. The tight-knit group of police officers provide a difficult case where nothing is as it seems.
As the evidence mounts against the accused police officer, the local CID finds dissent within their ranks. The Lyell team unveil corruption and deceit within the local jurisdiction, with deadly and wide-reaching consequences.
Amanda Burton, who portrayed lead character Dr Sam Ryan for eight years, shares her thoughts on how and why Silent Witness became the television institution that it remains today.
Amanda Burton, who portrayed lead character Dr Sam Ryan for eight years, shares her thoughts on how and why Silent Witness became the television institution that it remains today.
A new murder victim forces the team to consider whether a notorious serial killer has resurfaced after 20 years, or if they are dealing with a copycat.
When a woman’s body is removed from a reservoir, Nikki performs the post-mortem and confirms she is the deceased wife of pathologist Charles Beck. Jack and Velvy discover new evidence that leads to a surprising arrest as Nikki continues to seek the truth about notorious serial killer Calvin Dunn.
The team pieces together the mystery of a man found dead on the shore of the Thames, while the life of a disgruntled criminology professor begins to unravel.
Events continue to spiral at the university, and Cara becomes collateral damage. The riddle of the body in the Thames is solved. A breakthrough in the Cherry case is received from an unlikely source, but will the team get there before it is too late?
A mummified corpse, undiscovered for a year, is found in a flat. The team strive to uncover its identity and are drawn into a murky world of drugs and botched plastic surgery.
Nikki and Jack work to uncover the truth surrounding a death and consider if it’s linked to their original body. Meanwhile, DI Torres searches for a stalker, and Cara is shocked at Velvy’s living conditions. As the case comes to a head, there are surprises afoot for the team.
The team investigate the death of a Burmese man on a deserted beach, whose young pregnant wife desperately hopes is still alive. Nikki and Jack piece together the perplexing crime scene and find it poses more questions than it answers.
Nikki has a breakthrough and edges ever closer to the truth as they confront a key witness. Who can the team believe and, more importantly, who can they trust?
The Lyell are called to King's Cross Station Museum, where they discover the bodies of eight victims entombed below. With the knowledge that a prolific serial killer was operating in London nearly 20 years ago, Nikki and the team know this will be a case like no other.
There are further twists ahead for Nikki, Jack and the team as they work with the police to explore multiple avenues to solve a 20-year-old case.
