Name: Waking the Dead
Released: 2000-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Trevor Eve, Holly Aird, Sue Johnston

TV Show · Drama · Crime

A specialised team of police officers uses newfound evidence and new technology to try and solve cold cases. Led by the temperamental Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd, the experts work on bringing justice to murder victims and their families.

2000 · 56m

Starring Trevor Eve, Holly Aird, Sue Johnston

Director Andy Hay, Edward Bennett

EPISODE 1

Burn Out Part 1

DS Boyd is approached by a woman who asks him to help prove her father's death in a car crash was not an accident nor suicide.
EPISODE 2

Burn Out Part 2

Perry Coleman's grave is opened, but DNA tests on the body prove it cannot be that of Marina's father.
EPISODE 3

Episode 1

A young woman whose father died in a fiery car accident nine years ago refuses to believe that her father's death was an accident. Boyd is intrigued by the woman's insistence that he was murdered and decides to investigate.
EPISODE 4

Burn Out Part 2

The squad investigates a mysterious car accident that occurred nine years before and has everyone baffled. Luckily, some items from the car are recovered and help shed some light on what happened. Later, a DNA test surprises everyone.
EPISODE 5

The Blind Beggar Part 1

While burrowing in the crypt of a Catholic church, workmen uncover the skeletal remains of a young man entombed in concrete. The squad set about to discover the identity of the corpse, which was curiously buried with the accoutrements of certain Catholic rituals, and a strange message in Braille.
EPISODE 6

The Blind Beggar Part 2

The team continue to search for answers and in the process of questioning members of the congregation they uncover some long hidden family secrets. Also, Frankie discovers a possible biological link amongst the former parish priest, Father Stuart, and the first victim.