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1 :01x01 - The Mermaids Singing (1)
Writer: Patrick Harbinson
Director: Andrew Grieve, Val McDermid
Guest star: Elaine Claxton (Maggie Thomas), Mark Bonnar (Stevie McTeer), Kaye Wragg (Penny Burgess), Stephen Bent (David Biggs), Paul Simpson (Ian Thomson), Nicky Goldie (Mrs. O'Connell), Ben Price (Michael Jordan), Tom Fisher (Angelica Bain), James Horne (Mr. O'Connell), Richard Frame (PC Damien O'Connell)
Clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill is asked to help police track down the brutal killer of three men in Bradfield. Detective Inspector Carol Jordan hopes his skill as a profiler will crack the case, but Tony's off-beat methods cause others to dismiss him. When a cop is killed, the pressure to get results mounts. While the police focus on the gay scene, Tony is convinced the killer is sending a message on the body of his victim.
2 :01x02 - The Mermaids Singing (2)
Writer: Patrick Harbinson
Director: Andrew Grieve
Guest star: Quill Roberts (Mr. Sohal), Mark Bonnar (Stevie McTeer), Val McDermid (Journalist), Kaye Wragg (Penny Burgess), Eric Graves (Adrian), Stephen Bent ( David Biggs), Richard Frame (PC Damien O'Connell), Elaine Claxton (Maggie Thomas), Ben Price (Michael Jordan), Tom Fisher (Angelica Bain)
Detective Inspector Carol Jordan begins to build a close relationship with Dr. Tony Hill. As Carol uses all her police skills to produce as much evidence as she possible can, Tony then uses his skills to analyze all the details of that evidence. Tony is then able to use his knack of putting himself into the killer’s shoes, where he can almost sense the killings himself. As Tony nears the solution of who the killer might be, after developing the ultimate profile on the killer, he soon finds himself the unsuspecting next target of the killer himself.
3 :01x03 - Shadows Rising (1)
Writer: Alan Whiting
Director: Nicholas Laughland
Guest star: Amber Batty (Laura Webster), John Michie (Jack Vance), Kenny Doughty (Jason), Lucy Wood (Louise Locke), Frankie Hough (Donna Perry), Jenny Howe (Dr. Sandra Bass), Joanna Bacon (Mrs. Locke), Lou Gish (Beth Morris), Alan Williams (Graham Dowling), Doon MacKichan (Amanda Vance)
When two teenagers' bodies are pulled from a Northumberland lake, Dr. Tony Hill immediately suspects that a possible serial killer who was involved in a seemingly unrelated murder is the suspect. Detective Inspector Carol Jordan is then called to the home of the popular talk show hosts Jack and Amanda Vance, who fear they are being stalked.
Then when the dead girls are identified as being runaways, the attacks on the Vance husband and wife team escalates dramatically.
4 :01x04 - Shadows Rising (2)
Writer: Alan Whiting
Director: Nicholas Laughland
Guest star: Frankie Hough (Donna Perry), Amber Batty (Laura Webster), Kenny Doughty (Jason), Alan Williams (Graham Dowling), Lucy Robinson (Jilly Davies), Lou Gish (Beth Morris), John Michie (Jack Vance), Doon MacKichan (Amanda Vance), Sadie Shimmin (Mrs. Perry)
Carol and Tony find their relationship challenged by running parallel investigations rather than working on the same one. Another body, or at least the bones of one, is found in the lake - Tony knows they are looking for a multiple killer. Then a link is discovered between the celebrity stalker and the body. If the killer is a stalker, will Amanda or Jack be next on the list?
5 :01x05 - Justice Painted Blind (1)
Writer: Alan Whiting
Director: Roger Gartland
Guest star: Christine Mackie (Nicola Hibbert), Elaine Claxton ( Maggie Thomas), Rebekah Manning (Sonia Brooks), Patricia Boyer (Hibbert's Lawyer), Andy Williams (Luke Ashworth), Katie Wimpenny (Librarian), Holly Scourfield (Hannah Kielty), Joe Tucker (DS O'Brien), Simon Wilson (Geoff Taylor), Rachel Drudy (Trudy Hibbert), Jean Leppard (Diana Nolan), Lloyd Owen (Spencer Watts), Steve Huison (Oliver Hibbert), Albert Welling (David Lawson), Susan Brown (Jean Lawson), Daniel Ryan (Paul Gregory), Myles Hoyle (Court Official)
The abduction on an 11-year-old-girl and the strangulation of a young woman bring back memories of the murder of young Trudy Hibbert three years earlier. Known pedophile Paul Gregory was acquitted but police and locals fear he is killing again. Dr. Tony Hill is convinced the attacks bear the hallmarks of a different killer - until a bizarre link suggests more deaths will follow.
6 :01x06 - Justice Painted Blind (2)
Writer: Alan Whiting
Director: Roger Gartland
Guest star: Joe Tucker (DS O'Brien), Andy Williams (Luke Ashworth), Elaine Claxton (Maggie Thomas), Holly Scourfield (Hannah Kielty), Katie Ross (Little Girl #1), Lloyd Owen (Spencer Watts), Steve Huison (Oliver Hibbert), Daniel Ryan (Paul Gregory), David Williams (Juror), Christine Mackie (Nicola Hibbert), Susan Brown (Jean Lawson), Albert Welling (David Lawson), Jacqueline Cotter (Mrs. Kielty)
The case proves hard on the team when they also have to look in to two unsolved unsolved pedophile crimes.
The investigation is further hindered by Carol's new boyfriend who is convinced that he knows who the murderer truly is.
7 :02x01 - Still She Cries
Writer: Alan Whiting
Director: Andrew Grieve
Guest star: Daniel Weyman (Luke Fraser), Caitlin Mottram (Hattie Davis), Rick Warden (Gary Weller), Jacki Piper (Mrs. Davis), Susan McGann (Orderly), Elaine Claxton (Maggie Thomas), Terry John (Mr. Davis), Bennet Thorpe (Postgraduate 1), Jason Thorpe (Police Doctor), Amber Batty (Laura Webster), Alexander Ellis (Postgraduate #2), Katy Gleadhill (Rachel)
Dr. Tony Hill (Robson Green) finds his work with the police compromised when a student from his university is abducted. But that's not his only worry, Carol (Hermione Norris) stops trusting him when he allows one of his own pupils to help with the investigation.
8 :02x02 - The Darkness of Light
Writer: Alan Whiting
Director: Nicholas Laughland
Guest star: Simon Mattacks (Vicar), Stanley Townsend (Geoffrey Markham), Fiona MacPherson (Linda Osbourne), Daymon Britton (Police Officer), Joseph Scappley (Simon Draper), Hugh Sachs (Bishop's Assistant), Michael Gould (Mark Draper), Louise Yates (Isobel Lomas), Catherine Terris (Mrs. Williams), Andrew Pleavin (Fire Chief), Lucy Christon (Emily Draper), Eamon Boland (Mr. Roth), Sally Edwards (Kate Lloyd), Paul Ridley (Father Peter), Julia Dalkin (Librarian), Ewan Hooper (Curator), Caroline O'Neill (Joanna Draper)
When a 500 year old body is discovered at the Norton Hotel during the digging of new foundations, Carol is sent in to oversee whether they were in any way suspicious, or a legacy of the hotel's previous incarnation as part of the local Abbey. But the discovery of two more bodies coincides with the hotel being burned to the ground, and Carol realizes that she's got a very current case on her hands.
9 :02x03 - Right to Silence
Writer: Jeff Povey
Director: Andrew Grieve
Guest star: Sarah Lawton (ICU Nurse), Margot Leicester (Deborah Armstrong), Nicholas Tizzard (George Cochran), Simon Molloy (Judge Conners), Sally Edwards (Kate Lloyd), Andrew Frame (Charlie Davis), Stephen Hawksby (Security Guard), Stanley Townsend (Geoffrey Markham), Gez Casey (Business Man), Christopher Fulford (Gavin Cochran), David Whitaker (Vicar), Stuart Goodwin (Denny Abrams), Simon Meacock (Glenn Power), Pascal Langdale (Gordon), Ryan Sampson (Vinny Markham)
Tony and Carol think they've scored early when the evidence in two murders seems to lead them to one man. The trouble is that the man was in prison at the time of the murders. Could he really be controlling all this from behind bars? The two must find the answer quick, before another person is killed. However, if they are wrong about this suspect, then they will have wasted critical time.
10 :02x04 - Sharp Compassion
Writer: Niall Leonard
Director: Terry McDonough
Guest star: Mary Healey (Rita), Angela Morant (Vice Chancellor), Alex Conran (Philomon), Pascal Langdale (Gordon), Stephen Bent (David Biggs), Dhafer L'Abidine (Hassan), Pip Torrens (Harrison), Myriam Acharki (Meera), James Lailey (Mark Benson), Tony Bluto (Colin), Michael Tudor Barnes (Spanswick), Jane Dixon (Cindy Benson), Brett O'Brien (Ruth Haines), Sally Edwards (Kate Lloyd), Sally Mortemore (Grace), Victoria Willing (Joan Perkins), Robert Swann (O'Brien), Andrew Pleavin (Fire Chief), Christopher Simon (Nathan Morgan), Angus Wright (Mr. Willerton)
Bradfield is in panic, as someone is preying on the most vulnerable of hospital patients. Carol must juggle how to warn the public, while trying to keep a predatory MI-5 official at bay. The only way out is to solve the case fast - but there is very little to go on, even for Dr. Tony Hill.
11 :03x01 - Redemption
Writer: Guy Burt
Director: Terry McDonough
Guest star: Dominic Thelen (Andrew), Callum Farmer (Daniel Raymond), Alexander Newland (DC Mark Perry), Anni Domingo (Elizabeth Sapple), Keiran Flynn (Mr. Lyle), Dodger Phillips (Builder #2), Michael Begley (Michael Stocks), Caroline Strong (Mrs. Lyle), Flip Webster (Mrs. Fletcher), Dickon Tolson (Henry), Stella Madden (Nurse), Maggie Tagney (Anne Shankley), Joy Blakeman (Sharon Collier), Liam Noble (Mr. Fowles), Michael Mawby (Builder #1), Benjamin Smith (Mugger #1), Samuel Pinnington (Liam Fletcher), Peter Sullivan (ACC Paul Eden), Howard Gay (Solicitor), Matthew Hadfield (Corran Lyle), Kristian Nincic (Mugger #2), Jethro Skinner (Tim Eccles), Janet Bamford (GP's Receptionist), John Draper (Alex Fowles), Francesca Miller (Julie Fletcher)
Tony suspects a serial killer is luring dejected children to their deaths when the bodies of three young boys are found in different places in Bradfield. Each of the victims had suffered maltreatment. As it becomes more obvious that these victims are being placed at very specific sites, Tony comes to realize that the killer is trying to tell police something about their past.
12 :03x02 - Bad Seed
Writer: Niall Leonard
Director: Alex Pillard
Guest star: Leanne Best (Terri), Dean Andrews (Steven Maynard), Carol Harvey (Woman's Choice Nurse), Nicholas Sidi (Dave Andrews), Sue Wallace (Sheila Gant), Jethro Skinner (Tim Eccles), Alexander Newland (DC Mark Perry), Jo-Anne Stockham (Polly Jenkins), Paul Hilton (Lawrence James), Matthew Wilson (Ben), Jamie Cowell Parker (Peter Gant), Ian Thompson (Dr. Oldman), Danielle Watson (Emily/Laura Maynard), Daragh O'Malley (Mack MacAdam/Michael Thompson), Meritxell Lavanchy (Anya)
When a series of vicious murders sends a town reeling, Dr. Tony Hill becomes consumed with the notion that they are the work of the known killer, William 'Mack the Knife' MacAdam. Now a newly released inmate, and after receiving an education during his long sentence, MacAdam is now enrolled as a Ph.D. student in Tony's University class, and now seems overly keen to take Hill’s place as the media pundit on serial killer cases.
13 :03x03 - Nothing But The Night
Writer: Alan Whiting
Director: Andrew Grieve
Guest star: Steven Bloomer (Video Shop Assistant), Ken Williams (Josef Paul), William Willoughby (Young Man), Joy Sanders (Marion Reece), David Warriner (Radio Presenter), Kay Curram (Fiona), Graham Dowling (Andy Parks), Natalie Gumede (Hotel Receptionist), Dave Hart (Macmillian), Bridget Ladyman (Young Girl), Peter Barrett (Michael James Dawson), Jean Stanley (Shoe Shop Manageress), Beverley Fox (Neighbour), David Phelan (Halliwell), Sara Stewart (Patricia), Peter Sullivan (ACC Paul Eden), Stuart Laing (DS Harry Winter), Lisa Hogg (Leah), Nigel Hastings (Tom Reece)
The brutal murder of a woman, beaten to death with a steam iron, brings Tony back from a publicity tour for his latest book, to join in on Carol's investigation. Then more bizarre, but completely different deaths follow, and Tony is bewildered, unable to create a profile for the seemingly schizophrenic killer.
14 :03x04 - Synchronicity
Writer: Niall Leonard
Director: Terry McDonough
Guest star: David Horovitch (Mr. Brown), Kriss Dosanjh (Anil Vora), Darren Tighe (Crawford), Martin Trenaman (James Beck), Peter Shea (George Burnett), Steffan Rhodri (Bill Denton), Dean Knowsley (Police Sniper), Tonya Kerins (Maggie Waring), Kieran Hardcastle (Schoolboy), Will Ashcroft (Barlow), Rohit Gokani (Kamlesh Vora), Ian Kirkby (Steve Bentley), Claire Lubert (Sister Grey), Kaye Wragg (Penny Burgess), Frank Grimes (Father Jack Lamb), William Tapley (Jasper Harris), Robin Pirongs (Sgt. Kingsbury)
After being hit on the head by a would-be killer, Tony wakes up in the ER to discover he's got a brain tumor. Although his behavior doesn't initially strike Carol as particularly strange - he's always been eccentric - the doctors say it's down to a chance whether his bizarre symptoms signify something which might actually be fatal.
15 :04x01 - Time to Murder and Create
Writer: Patrick Harbinson
Director: Andy Goddard
Guest star: Stan Robinson (Youth in Internet Café), Grant Masters (Roger Grayson), Lloyd McGuire (Laurence Mattison), Geoffrey Leesley (Charles Hayter), Stephen Bent (Desk Sergeant), Caroline Loncq (Lynda Grayson), Brett Allen (Carl Blisset), Jethro Skinner (Tim Eccles), Andrea Mason (Linda Ignatieff), Adam Robertson (Joshua Helprin), Ellie Haddington (Brenda Douglas), Helen Modern (Kathy Mills), Helen Rutter (Amanda), Brogan West (Policeman), Jessica Harris (Sally Taylor), Forbes Keir-Bucknall (Police Officer (uncredited)), Al Ashton (Darran Toynton (as Al Hunter Ashton)), Jamie de Courcey (Peter Loomis), Natalie Anderson ( Joanne Railton), Aaron Crisp (Ben Fielding)
Tony Hill is having a few problems. A rapist, convicted years ago as a result of Tony's first forensic psychological profile, is released on appeal, leaving Tony discredited. Now Carol won't return his calls offering to help the police investigate the finding of a body found buried in a barrel in a field. Plus, Tony’s therapist thinks he is resisting treatment because he is clinging to the dark side of his psyche.
Things get worse when Tony realizes that Carol is actually gone - left the Bradfield force to go to South Africa, without even telling him; and that her successor, Alex, although young, friendly and female, doesn't want Tony anywhere near her work.
16 :04x02 - Torment
Writer: Guy Burt
Director: Declan O'Dwyer
Guest star: Andrew Westfield (Derek Tyler), Siobhan Finneran (DI Jan Shields), Stephen Bent (Desk Sergeant), Michael Webber (Dr Julian Lake), Emily Bowker (Leanne Sullivan), Forbes Keir-Bucknall (Police Officer (uncredited)), Daymon Britton (Carl Adams), Sally Mates (Mrs. McIntyre), Lee Warburton (DS Steve Mulligan), Michael Dunning (Orderley), Aaron Crisp (Ben Fielding), Jethro Skinner (Tim Eccles), Guiliano Crispini (Young man), Sarah Burke (Tammy), Glen Wallace (Mr Michaels), Charlie Roe (Mr. McIntyre)
Police are baffled when a prostitute's murder matches in every detail a series of killings for which Derek Tyler has already been caught and jailed for. Tony knows it can't be a copycat, because in sexual homicides every killer has their own unique signature, but if this isn't someone imitating Derek's atrocities, then how are the new killings happening at all?
17 :04x03 - Hole in the Heart
Writer: Niall Leonard
Director: A. J. Quinn
Guest star: Evie Dawnay (Lucy Khan), Henry Miller (Roger Tallis), Shaughan Seymour (Bishop Jeremy Sneker), Maggie Ollerenshaw (Joanna Durbridge), Gwanwyn Mason (Mary Knight), Aaron Crisp (Ben Fielding), Felix Scott (Kurt Merrick), Michael Cochrane (Judge Hyman), Bob Kingdom (Peter Durbridge), Amy Hall (Student), Daud Shah (Ahmen Khan)
After saving a student from leaping to his death, Tony ponders why someone might want to take their own life in such a way. He'd like to help the student, Kurt, to feel better, but Kurt doesn't stick around long enough in his therapy to debate the issue. Kurt disappears and then hooks up with a new group of "friends." This leaves Tony feeling inadequate to the task.
Meanwhile, a businessman and his accountant die in a horrible fire - apparently both victims of arson. Have they been murdered by their jealous partners? There appears to be no reason for their deaths. However, these two turn out not to be the last pair of corpses found in Bradfield, and Alex is forced to turn to Tony for help.
18 :04x04 - The Wounded Surgeon
Writer: Patrick Harbinson
Director: Peter Hoar
Guest star: Jason Haigh (Dr Roger Landau), Rebecca Palmer (Jessica Piper), Craig Conway (Jason Eglee), Linda Bradell (Yvonne Bradshaw), Joanne Cummins (Linda Westiend), Dido Miles (Karen Berman), Richard Dixon (Dr Luke Gorham), Alistair Findlay (Judge Bowman)
Tony's first case with the police comes back to haunt him, when Jason Eglee, who was convicted of murder on evidence uncovered by Tony, comes up for parole. Although Jason appears to be a reformed character after years of therapy in prison, Tony is not convinced, and manages to sway the board to his point of view. However, Jason’s distraught mother attacks him and then collapses and dies. Now in the eye of the press and the public, Tony has blood on his hands.
Jason is then released in a compassionate gesture by the board. However, when a girl is soon murdered in the same circumstances as Jason's former victim, Tony has no doubt that Jason has started a new killing spree.
But is Jason the real killer, or was Tony wrong about him all along?
19 :05x01 - The Colour of Amber
Guest star: Luke Cameron (Traffic Police Officer), Antonia Kemi Coker (DC Mary-Ann Burgess), Dominic Kemp (Graham Fletcher), Christopher Wright (Doctor), Eamon Geoghegan (Young Offenders' Officer), Tony Maudsley (Barry Davies), Thomas Byrne (Ben Fielding), Lauriette Essien (Diane Stringer), Chris Sunley (Beat Police Officer), Rahima Thomas (Janita Mestone), Jay Kiyani (Mr Patel), Adjoa Andoh (Celeste Davies), Lee Battle (Chris London), Christopher Colquhoun (ACC James Morrison), Montserrat Roig De Puig (Mrs Garcia), Kierston Wareing (Tina Adams), Gary McDonald (Lenny Mestone), William Key (Paul Stringer), Liam Mower (Mikey Adams), Antoinette Carr (Dawn Stringer)
A young girl's kidnapping has Tony profiling likely child abductors.
20 :05x02 - Nocebo
Guest star: Femi Elufowoju (Dr Kingston), Stenton Honnor (Wendy), Toyah Frantzen (Bernice), Paul Stenton (Boris), Bradley Gardner (Danny), Ben Tillett (Noel), Luke Cameron (Custody Sergeant), Andy Williams (Joe Stark), Charles Abomeli (Rory Nkomo), Dean Bardini (Dougal), Adam Shaw (Louis Blake), Sarah Ball (Denise Stark), Sarah Malin (Prof Esther Morris), Sean Francis (Dr Jenkins), Thomas Byrne (Ben Fielding), Patrick O'Kane (Peter Vancliff), Fiona Wade (Ayesha), Sam Lathem (Brian)
Alex's investigation of the murder of two teens in what seems to be a ritual killing, leads to a real estate tycoon.
21 :05x03 - The Names of Angels
Guest star: Caroline Trowbridge (Alice King), Joe Fredericks (Hotel Receptionist), Leanne Lakey (May Barrett), Bronwen Davies (Monica Stephens), Rayisa Kondracki (Inge Karlson), Jack O'Connell (Jack Norton), Daisy Aitkens (Sara Lloyd), Simon Hepworth (Dominic Roberts), Cassie Laver (Colleague), Gary Whitaker (DI Morris), Gabriella Raymond (Car Hire Attendant), David McKail (Bill Stephens), Michelle Potter (Rachel Hillman), Lucy Moses (Check-In Clerk), Diana Payan (Mrs Harris), Anton Saunders (Michael King), Tim Matthews (Luke Harris), Candace Hallinan (Wendy Stephens)
A pair of women are found murdered and dressed in the clothing which came from victims of murders from years earlier in Europe.
22 :05x04 - Anything You Can Do
Guest star: Jethro Skinner (Tim Eccles), Ian Peck (Bernard Kelly), Muriel Barker (Old Lady), Sophie Russell (Emma Johannsen), Philip Brodie (DI Jimmy Lockhart), Yana Yanezic (Bella), Michael Maloney (Jonathan Goode), Mary Cunningham (Elizabeth Kelly), Simone Robertson (Jaz Johannsen), Delia Hulme (Julie Hopton), Ken Bradshaw (Frank Donovan)
A thuggish security guard becomes the prime suspect when an elderly woman is found smothered in her home, but as more killings occur, there seems to be more than one murderer.
Prayer Of The Bone
Guest star: Ryan Rutledge (Amare Phelps), Naima Imani Lett (Anita Addison), Luke Gatewood (Jake Grady), Dell Johnson (Sheriff Phelps), Julio Cedillo (Luis Borgos), Brad Hawkins (Darius Grady), Merrilee McCommas (Julie Rice), Jennifer Griffin (Judge Downing), Richard Dillard (Wayne Osman), Tom Nowicki (Winston Lee-Burrill), Drew Waters (Ray Decosio), Nicole Taylor (Loren Grady), Jenna Craig (Lucy Grady)
Dr. Tony Hill becomes an expert witness when a woman and her two children are murdered by her husband, an Iraqi war veteran.
24 :06x01 - Unnatural Vices (1)
A young woman's remains are found in such a way that suggest the killer is a S&M fetishist, but further developments make Tony suspicious about what is truly going on.
25 :06x02 - Unnatural Vices (2)
Continuing the investigation into the discovery of a burial site that holds more than one victim of violent and possibly sadio-masochistic killings, the focus shifts to the investigation team itself when one of them disappears.
26 :06x03 - Falls the Shadow (1)
Tony, speaking at a convention on experimental psychology, becomes the prime suspect when a fellow delegate is brutally murdered in her hotel room. Alex, meanwhile, investigates a series of murders of street prostitutes.
27 :06x04 - Falls the Shadow (2)
Tony, suspected of the involvement in the murder of two psychologists, is desperate to prove his innocence. Some lateral thinking leads him to a connection between those deaths and the prostitute murders.
28 :06x05 - From the Defeated (1)
Young men are being kidnapped and later turn up dead - beaten, stabbed, shot. Tony is called in to help clarify motive and establish links between the victims. Elsewhere, against Tony's advice, an extremely dangerous prisoner has claimed religious salvation and is given more privileges.
29 :06x06 - From the Defeated (2)
While working on solving the disappearance of young men, a young mother goes missing, adding another piece to the puzzle. In addition, the escape of a prisoner places Tony's life at risk.
30 :06x07 - The Dead Land (1)
Homeless men are found dead and arranged in various ways with specific items left at each scene. And, Tony is being stalked by someone using a series of strange "gifts."
31 :06x08 - The Dead Land (2)
Tony puts together the clues to solve the mystery of the ritualistic killings of the homeless men. He also tries to deal with the reality that the man who has targeted him is extremely clever, resourceful, and unlikely to give up.