List of Waking the Dead episodes

Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. It aired between 2000 and 2011.

Episodes

Pilot (2000)

#	Title	Written by	Directed by	Original Air-Date	Code
1	Waking the Dead, Part 1	Barbara Machin	Martin Hutchings	4 September 2000 (2000-09-04)	101
A new team of detectives, the Cold Case Squad, is put together to re-examine evidence of unsolved murders using advanced technology. In their first investigation, DCI Peter Boyd has a second go at nailing the murderer of Alice Miller, a young girl who was raped and murdered five years ago. The trouble is, the perpetrator is as keen as Boyd to act again, and abducts another girl, Jodie Whitemore.
2	Waking the Dead, Part 2	Barbara Machin	Martin Hutchings	5 September 2000 (2000-09-05)	102
Hoping that new DNA tests will reveal the killer's identity and lead them to Jodie, DCI Boyd has the original abductee's body exhumed. But he soon comes to discover that the kidnapper is looking for more than money -- he wants revenge on Boyd's team.

Series 1 (2001)

#	Title	Written by	Directed by	Original Air-Date	Code
3	"Burn Out, Part 1"	Peter Jukes	Edward Bennett	18 June 2001 (2001-06-18)	103
A young woman, Marina, sets fire to an abandoned car in a street and takes photographs of it as it burns. Boyd walks by and tackles her to the ground, attempting to shield her from the possible explosion. He later learns that Marina's father died in a car accident a few years earlier in that spot, and Marina refuses to accept that his death was an accident. Although not officially a cold case, Boyd is intrigued and reluctantly agrees to investigate. Frankie runs forensic tests on Marina's father's car and proves that he was still alive after the crash and could have escaped. The answers they uncover may mean that the danger to Marina is much greater than any of them had suspected.
4	"Burn Out, Part 2"	Peter Jukes	Edward Bennett	19 June 2001 (2001-06-19)	104
Boyd has Marina's uncle, Mike Coleman, and her mother, Gwen, brought in for questioning while Frankie searches the house. The team find the items that were recovered from the car nine years ago and suspect that Perry Coleman was being blackmailed by Rod Brogan, a friend of Perry's. Boyd has the body exhumed and the DNA results surprise everyone.
5	"Blind Beggar, Part 1"	John Milne	Robert Knights	25 June 2001 (2001-06-25)	105
Workmen are burrowing in the crypt of a Catholic church when they come across the skeletal remains of a young man buried in concrete. The squad sets about trying to pinpoint the identity of the body, which was buried with the accoutrements of certain Catholic rituals. Even more oddly, there is a message in Braille buried with the corpse, which turns out to be a passage from one of St. Paul's letters to the Corinthians. The team suspects that the body was never meant to be discovered.
6	"Blind Beggar, Part 2"	John Milne	Robert Knights	26 June 2001 (2001-06-26)	106
The hunt continues for the murderer, as the team uncovers some long hidden family secrets while questioning the community and congregation. Also Frankie discovers a possible biological connection between the former parish priest, Father Stuart, and the first victim.
7	"A Simple Sacrifice, Part 1"	Simon Mirren	Robert Del Maestro	2 July 2001 (2001-07-02)	107
Boyd and the team decide to reopen the 25 year old case of Annie Keel, a woman who was tried and convicted of a double homicide solely based upon her own confession. Boyd doubts the validity of the conviction, and decides to dig deeper to possibly discover what really happened. Why did Annie confess? Did she really commit murder, or was she covering for someone else?
8	"A Simple Sacrifice, Part 2"	Simon Mirren	Robert Del Maestro	3 July 2001 (2001-07-03)	108
Boyd and the team continue their investigation of the Annie Keel case, and try to locate her son who was present during the murders.
9	"Every Breath You Take, Part 1"	Barbara Machin	Gary Love	9 July 2001 (2001-07-09)	109
When the corpse of a well-known police woman who went missing a year earlier is found floating in the Thames, Boyd and his team of investigators try to track down who murdered her and her unborn child.
10	"Every Breath You Take, Part 2"	Barbara Machin	Gary Love	10 July 2001 (2001-07-10)	110
Grace is not convinced that the stalker who confessed to the murder is truly guilty. But who really killed the police officer? Was it possibly the stalker, her ex-husband, or the married father of her unborn baby?

Series 2 (2002)

#	Title	Written by	Directed by	Original Air-Date	Code
11	"Life Sentence, Part 1"	John Milne	Edward Bennett	2 September 2002 (2002-09-02)	201
The Cold Case team is forced to enlist the help of a psychotic serial killer named Thomas Rice. The one woman who escaped death at his hands, the cool and poised Dr Clare Delaney, gets a dreadful reminder of her past ordeal and a fearful shock when a playing card is flung at her car windscreen as she sets off to make a house call on a wet, windy, dark night. The team look again at the Gambler's crimes, prompted by Boyd's unshakeable belief that Rice had claimed other, hitherto undiscovered victims. Boyd - who has personal links to the case - and Grace decide to use detective constable Amelia Silver to lure a confession from Rice.
12	"Life Sentence, Part 2"	John Milne	Edward Bennett	3 September 2002 (2002-09-03)	202
Boyd and the team reluctantly continue to rely on serial killer Thomas Rice's assistance on the case, while also trying to protect Dr. Delaney from experiencing her terrifying ordeal once more at the hands of the copycat assailant. It becomes apparent that he might have help on the outside, so it's crucial that Boyd confronts one of Rice's intended victims, Dr Delaney, to find out what went on during her captivity. Why did he spare her life?
13	"Deathwatch, Part 1"	Stephen Davis	Maurice Phillips	9 September 2002 (2002-09-09)	203
Boyd and the team take on the task of infiltrating the dark underworld of London's gangland crime families when Harry Newman makes a deathbed confession to 12 "unauthorised killings". Dr Grace Foley is intrigued by this strange expression but Boyd and the rest of the team are tempted to dismiss it as the meanderings of a dying man. Until, that is, forensic pathologist Frankie Wharton discovers that Newman did not die of natural causes, but has been murdered. They soon realise there's a lot more to Newman than they imagined. Added to all that, there's a link to a famous fifties trial in which a gangster was hanged for killing two policemen.
14	"Deathwatch, Part 2"	Stephen Davis	Maurice Phillips	10 September 2002 (2002-09-10)	204
The postliminary inquiries into Harry Newman's past and the identities of the possible twelve murder victims uncover a connection to the infamous trial and execution of a well known gangster.
15	"Special Relationship, Part 1"	Stephen Davis	David Thacker	16 September 2002 (2002-09-16)	205
Boyd and his team struggle to find the truth behind the murder of a prominent Home Office adviser, when a petty criminal is acquitted of the crime. Once a prominent feminist activist, victim Katherine Reed had attacked the establishment at every opportunity, only to switch sides later. Boyd's progress on the case is hampered not only by a Home Office audit, which means the team will be shadowed throughout, but also by the fact that the original investigation was conducted by one of his old flames.
16	"Special Relationship, Part 2"	Stephen Davis	David Thacker	17 September 2002 (2002-09-17)	206
While facing a surprise audit from the Home Office, DCI Boyd and the team try to continue their investigation into the murder ... but as they go on with their inquiries at Whitehall, they quickly discover the atmosphere to be very dark and secretive.
17	"Thin Air, Part 1"	Ed Whitmore	Edward Bennett	3 November 2002 (2002-11-03)	207
Twelve years after Joanna Gold famously disappeared in broad daylight on Hampstead Heath, the dress she was wearing is found in a lock-up. The team begin the hunt for her killer.
18	"Thin Air, Part 2"	Ed Whitmore	Edward Bennett	4 November 2002 (2002-11-04)	208
While under pressure to discover the truth behind the murder of young Joanna, DCI Boyd slips up and makes possibly some irreversible mistakes. In return, Joanna's killer begins stalking her sister, so its up to Boyd to catch the killer before he strikes.

Series 3 (2003)

#	Title	Written by	Directed by	Original Air-Date	Code
19	"Multistorey, Part 1"	Ed Whitmore	Robert Bierman	14 September 2003 (2003-09-14)	301
A man convicted of opening fire on a crowd from a multi storey car park, and killing a policeman, is claiming his innocence. Boyd's colleagues question his loyalties when he seems unwilling to re-investigate. As DC Mel Silver digs deeper, she discovers some disturbing truths about her boss.
20	"Multistorey, Part 2"	Ed Whitmore	Robert Bierman	15 September 2003 (2003-09-15)	302
Boyd struggles with his past while continuing the investigation on a mass murderer who was also guilty of killing his close friend. Are the gunman's claims of innocence true? As the team investigate it looks as if someone else may have been involved.
21	"Walking On Water, Part 1"	Simon Mirren	Andy Hay	21 September 2003 (2003-09-21)	303
When a convicted killer is cleared at appeal for the murder of his adoptive father ten years previously, Boyd is not convinced that the man is innocent. But the only way to find out is to track down the rest of the family - and with a big inheritance at stake, both parties appear to have a lot to hide..
22	"Walking On Water, Part 2"	Simon Mirren	Andy Hay	22 September 2003 (2003-09-22)	304
Following the murder of Mark Lovell's cousin, the team establish that Mark has a watertight alibi, and the search for the real murderer narrows down to the remaining family members. Their investigation into the two remaining family members is further complicated by the discovery of drug dealing and involvement in the witness protection scheme.
23	"Breaking Glass, Part 1"	Stephen Davis	David Thacker	27 September 2003 (2003-09-27)	305
A recovered memory therapist alerts the CCS to a care home regime of sexual abuse of young boys and a suspected murder. Her client who revealed all this in a therapy session goes missing and the team strongly suspect he has gone on the hunt for the man who abused him and murdered his friend.
24	"Breaking Glass, Part 2"	Stephen Davis	David Thacker	28 September 2003 (2003-09-28)	306
ln their attempts to prevent another murder, the team desperately tries to establish the identity of the care home paedophile who is also being hunted down by two of his victims.
25	"Final Cut, Part 1"	Stephen Davis	Betsan Morris Evans	5 October 2003 (2003-10-05)	307
A mummified body sends the Cold Case Squad back to the sixties and to a Notting Hill house which had been featured in a film as the location for a murderous fight between gangsters. Renovation works at the house in the present day reveal more bodies behind the walls. The film starts to appear not so fictional after all. Things get even more complicated when Spencer tells Boyd that he and his family lived there when the events took place.
26	"Final Cut, Part 2"	Stephen Davis	Betsan Morris Evans	6 October 2003 (2003-10-06)	308
The gangster responsible for the bodies behind the walls in the Notting Hill house is still active and the unearthing of past events provokes more murders and an international turf war. Spencer's family history is the key to unravelling the mystery.

Series 4 (2004)

#	Title	Written by	Directed by	Original Air-Date	Code
27	"In the Sight of the Lord, Part 1"	Tony McHale	Andy Hay	11 July 2004 (2004-07-11)	401
Boyd and the cold case team investigate the unsolved murder of a World War 2 conscientious objector. In 1948 George Western was found in his living room with a nine-inch nail through his head. When his grandson Adam finds new evidence and organises a media campaign, the case is reopened. Then the body of elderly William Davis is found in similar circumstances and Grace uncovers the identical killing of Norman Taylor in 1961. The team discovers that Taylor and Western were in the same regiment during the war and trace surviving members to try to solve the murders.
28	"In the Sight of the Lord, Part 2"	Tony McHale	Andy Hay	12 July 2004 (2004-07-12)	402
The Cold Case Squad discover that the victims were a group of friends who were all in the same army regiment during the war. It seems the murderer is killing as an act of revenge.
29	"False Flag, Part 1"	Stephen Davis	Suri Krishnamma	18 July 2004 (2004-07-18)	403
Boyd and his team face a race against time after a skeleton found in a condemned garage triggers a tragic chain of events. The skeleton is that of garage owner, Gerald Doyle, an Irish terrorist who went missing in 1981. An unexploded car bomb found at the scene points to terrorist activity as the cause of death. However, Doyle’s parents produce a set of his diaries, which reveal that he was actually a mole for the British intelligence services.
30	"False Flag, Part 2"	Stephen Davis	Suri Krishnamma	19 July 2004 (2004-07-19)	404
The Squad begin to feel like they are being watched, and their fears are realised when they find unauthorised surveillance equipment. It is revealed their victim may have not have been as guilty as they once thought and when a person Boyd questioned as a part of the investigation commits suicide, they realise a missing link between her and an assassination. Boyd gets 36 hours to get to the bottom of things before the security services take over.
31	"Fugue States, Part 1"	Ed Whitmore	Ben Bolt	25 July 2004 (2004-07-25)	405
In 1990, Jason and Cindy, two 5-year-old twins disappear from their home and even after a nationwide search is launched they are still not found. Thirteen years later Jason is found in a hospital suffering from injuries he sustained in a car accident. But where's Cindy? Boyd and the team set out to find her, while Mel Silver searches for her biological mother.
32	"Fugue States, Part 2"	Ed Whitmore	Ben Bolt	26 July 2004 (2004-07-26)	406
The team try to track Jason as they work out how the twins were taken and why. They link the twins' disappearance to Dr. Roper, the man who knocked Jason down with his car. They unravel his past and find out some dark secrets. The squad work out who Cindy is now and try to find her before it's too late.
33	"Anger Management, Part 1"	John Milne & Andy Hay	Andy Hay	1 August 2004 (2004-08-01)	407
A man staying in a "halfway house" for released prisoners apparently uses a gun to commit suicide. The gun is later stolen from Frankie's lab. Investigations reveal that the gun could have been used by a hired assassin in nine murders over the last 30 years. Boyd goes through anger management counseling.
34	"Anger Management, Part 2"	John Milne & Andy Hay	Andy Hay	2 August 2004 (2004-08-02)	408
When the gun stolen from Frankie is used in another murder, the squad suspect the victim's gopher. It is revealed the first murder could have been a case of mistaken identity. Frankie and Grace begin to get creeped out by the effects of Boyd's anger management counseling.
35	"The Hardest Word, Part 1"	Doug Milburn	Phillipa Langdale	8 August 2004 (2004-08-08)	409
The squad investigate the murders of two males who had the word "Sorry" carved into their backs. The latest victim has a brother linked to organised crime, so three other officers are brought in, which Boyd takes an instant dislike to - except Greta. The new faces create tension in the office and the team cannot trust them. As the case goes on, they begin to realise that it could be leading to a paedophile group.
36	"The Hardest Word, Part 2"	Doug Milburn	Phillipa Langdale	9 August 2004 (2004-08-09)	410
The case continues as we learn of the death of D.S. Dave Marvin. Marvin has been found dead in his car with the same markings of sorry on his back. Throughout this episode we learn that Greta is hiding something from us and who is the mysterious old man who keeps turning up every time a body is found?
37	"Shadowplay, Part 1"	Ed Whitmore	Andy Hay	15 August 2004 (2004-08-15)	411
A young woman with a history of psychiatric problems kills her family by setting the family home on fire. She admits to the crime, but claims that she was coerced in to doing it by a mysterious character known only by the name 'The Shepherd'. Her psychiatrist links her case to similar cases and gets the Cold Case Squad involved.
38	"Shadowplay, Part 2"	Ed Whitmore	Andy Hay	16 August 2004 (2004-08-16)	412
Boyd and the team continue to investigate the arson case and two other crimes possibly connected to 'The Shepherd'. Will the team discover this person's true identity or will it all turn out to be a part of the imagination of a mentally ill woman?

Series 5 (2005)

#	Title	Written by	Directed by	Original Air-Date	Code
39	"Towers of Silence, Part 1"	Joe Cozens	Philippa Langdale	18 September 2005 (2005-09-18)	501
A mummified body found on a derelict aeroplane leads Boyd and the team to a person already convicted of committing a similar crime, and Spence goes undercover in a bid to understand his motives. The victim's uncle reveals the dead man's connections with a corrupt businessman selling fake drugs - but a tragedy foils the detectives' work.
40	"Towers of Silence, Part 2"	Joe Cozens	Philippa Langdale	19 September 2005 (2005-09-19)	502
Boyd and the team's investigation of a shifty businessman leads them to uncover a pharmaceutical conspiracy involving fake drugs to treat Aids. A major company is implicated in the scandal - and its bosses are prepared to do whatever is necessary to ensure their secret remains safe.
41	"Black Run, Part 1"	Raymond Khoury	Ben Bolt	25 September 2005 (2005-09-25)	503
Boyd expects a confession of guilt when he is summoned to prison by one of the inmates, a former policeman serving life for the murder of his partner. The convict does make a revelation - but what he has to say causes the detective out to re-examine the facts of the old case from every possible angle to assure himself of the man's guilt. Meanwhile, the detectives interview Stella Goodman, the latest applicant for Mel's job.
42	"Black Run, Part 2"	Raymond Khoury	Ben Bolt	26 September 2005 (2005-09-26)	504
Boyd is suspended from duty following the hit-and-run incident, but he claims he can't remember what happened. The rest of the cold case squad are convinced he was framed, and attempt to uncover the culprit - as well as revealing the truth behind the Eddie Vine case. However, a new member is assigned to the team, and appears to be concealing an agenda of her own.
43	"Subterraneans, Part 1"	Ed Whitmore	Michael Offer	2 October 2005 (2005-10-02)	505
A millionaire businessman is found dead, having apparently committed suicide, a year after his initial disappearance. Evidence suggests he was imprisoned in a cellar immediately before his death, and it's not long before a second body is discovered at the scene. The other corpse has been dead for far longer - and it seems both murders could be the work of an unlikely suspect.
44	"Subterraneans, Part 2"	Ed Whitmore	Michael Offer	3 October 2005 (2005-10-03)	506
The team are convinced Dr Nick Henderson is behind the murders, and Stella puts together damning evidence against him. However, before he can be arrested, he disappears without trace and his wife vanishes as well. The squad soon realise she could be the next victim, and embark on a race against time to find her.
45	"Straw Dog, Part 1"	Declan Croghan	Jim O'Hanlon	9 October 2005 (2005-10-09)	507
The appeal of a man convicted of murder and mutilation forces Grace to question the decision she made on the case 30 years ago. Someone who appears to be copying his chilling tactics sends the team footage of a new victim having his finger cut off. At the same time, Grace receives threats and a macabre package - a jar of pickled, severed fingers.
46	"Straw Dog, Part 2"	Declan Croghan	Jim O'Hanlon	10 October 2005 (2005-10-10)	508
The team work out the identity of the killer - an old acquaintance of Tony Green's from prison who is harbouring a grudge against Grace. She decides to confront him personally, but gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles upon the kidnap victim.
47	"Undertow, Part 1"	Oliver Brown	David Thacker	16 October 2005 (2005-10-16)	509
The team find evidence linking a soon-to-be-released benefit fraudster with a string of murders. Unfortunately, the nature of their proof is circumstantial at best - and with only a short while to go until the end of the man's nine-month sentence, the detectives have their work cut out to solve the crimes before he is released and free to kill again. starring Stephen Moyer
48	"Undertow, Part 2"	Oliver Brown	David Thacker	17 October 2005 (2005-10-17)	510
The team are forced to release Hunt from custody. Boyd arranges to have him followed to prevent any more murders, but the body of a girl soon turns up drowned in the local swimming pool. The police leak the suspect's name to a journalist hoping to uncover more information - a mistake that proves fatal.
49	"Cold Fusion, Part 1"	Ed Whitmore	Richard Standeven	23 October 2005 (2005-10-23)	511
Spencer comes under suspicion when a double murder he worked on 20 years ago is re-examined. DNA profiling proves the wrong man was convicted, and when the team discover someone is trying to destroy the new evidence, the signs point to their colleague. However, a package that arrives for the DI turns out to be a gas bomb that injures Felix, forcing the detectives to reconsider.
50	"Cold Fusion, Part 2"	Ed Whitmore	Richard Standeven	24 October 2005 (2005-10-24)	512
The team are placed in quarantine while the substance that harmed Felix is identified, but Spencer has already gone in search of the suspect whose DNA was found at the scene. By the time Boyd realises a dangerous insider is damaging his investigation, he is sealed into the building.

Series 6 (2007)

#	Title	Written by	Directed by	Original airdate
51	"Wren Boys, Part 1"	Declan Croghan	Tim Fywell	7 January 2007
The Cold Case team are joined by new forensic scientist Eve as they investigate the death of a teenage boy, Davy, who drowned in concrete. A lump of human ear found in his stomach belongs to a comatose teenager whom Eve discovers is his brother. Meanwhile, Stella's attacked by a dog at a woodland shrine where a mysterious nun who seems to have stigmata warns her to leave.
52	"Wren Boys, Part 2"	Declan Croghan	Tim Fywell	8 January 2007
Joe awakes from his coma to hear Davy is dead. Ward reveals banker Killigan Senior requested the bad punch. Esther says that Killigan Senior rescued her when she was pregnant. The team find a corpse near the shrine. But it's a still born male from forty years ago. Esther admits she was Davy's lover. She doesn't know if the baby was his. Mary admits she gave the baby to the abbey.
53	"Deus Ex Machina, Part 1"	Nicholas Blincoe	Andy Hay	14 January 2007
A Sudanese politician in the UK, Khaled Ahmad, goes on hunger strike. He's protesting at the UK's continued refusal to hand over the skull of the 'Mahdi', a Sudanese ruler from the 19th century. It was originally stolen from a Sudanese mausoleum by British forces. Boyd and the Cold Case unit are asked to investigate the current whereabouts of the skull so that UK authorities can return it to Sudan.
54	"Deus Ex Machina, Part 2"	Nicholas Blincoe	Andy Hay	15 January 2007
Khaled Ahmad comes off his hunger strike. Michael Leonard tells Stella that he was tortured by Catherine Braithwaite, the CEO of a multinational weapons company, Scott Grey. But Braithwaite has an alibi and the team wonder if Leonard is trying to implicate her for a crime she didn't commit.
55	"The Fall, Part 1"	Damian Wayling	Robert Bierman	21 January 2007
The team are called in when workmen dislodge two conjoined bodies in a former City bank, which folded after Black Wednesday. A gold ingot links to a river corpse the team identify as Brian McGurk, aide to an Irish Ambassador.
56	"The Fall, Part 2"	Damian Wayling	Robert Bierman	22 January 2007
Grace discovers Katherine gave away a child who was Lisa Tobin. Boyd and Spencer trace two safe deposit boxes. One - for her and Simmel - is full of gold ingots.
57	"Mask of Sanity, Part 1"	Laurence Davy & Declan Croghan	David Thacker	28 January 2007
James Jenson, a long-term patient in a secure psychiatric unit, is released into the community. On the same day, the wallets of three murder victims from the past are sent anonymously to the wife of one of the victims. Jenson was the prime suspect at the time of the three murders but was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial.
58	"Mask of Sanity, Part 2"	Laurence Davy & Declan Croghan	David Thacker	29 January 2007
The team establish that it was Jenson who killed Pierce. From scars on his body, they learn that Pierce had been severely beaten as a child at the children's home. Boyd questions Harris Wall and then Bruno Rivelli, accusing Rivelli of running a regime of cruelty and beatings in the home. Rivelli denies it but admits that his housemaster Harry Valentine beat the boys.
59	"Double Bind, Part 1"	Richard Warlow	Andy Hay	4 February 2007
Boyd and Grace fight over his inability to deal with Mel's and his sons death. Grace leaves the team temporarily. The team are called in when escaped psychiatric patient Daniel Lennon directs a family to unearth a 40-year-old male body in their Hampstead garden. Unable to remember killing his parents, for which he was convicted, Daniel is off his medication, on the run, and has started taking LSD. His psychiatrist suspects he is cutting adrift and becoming something new. The question is why. And how much of a threat does he represent?
60	"Double Bind, Part 2"	Richard Warlow	Andy Hay	5 February 2007
The team talk to former patient Heather Hardiss. They learn that, in the 1960s, Parke treated both Heather and Daniel in a hippy squat inside the Hampstead house where Voller's body was found. Parke pioneered taking psychiatric patients off their medication. Stella follows Daniel's nephew Mark to woods where Daniel's hiding out. But Daniel, sensing Mark's led her there, attacks him then escapes.
61	"Yahrzeit, Part 1"	Declan Croghan	Tim Fywell	18 February 2007
Boyd receives an anonymous package - a Nazi ceremonial dagger. Attached is a number that refers to a cold case file - the unsolved murder of a young girl found stabbed to death on an East London street in May 1945. Boyd discovers that the last person to look in the file was his old colleague Mel Silver, two weeks before her death. The pendant sent to Mel was evidence from the case.
62	"Yahrzeit, Part 2"	Declan Croghan	Tim Fywell	19 February 2007
Dennis Holland admits to Boyd that Abigail forced him to witness Marek signing over powers of attorney to her. Sarah and Grace talk to the Dusniak family rabbi about the family's history. They find the rabbi instructing Simon's son Ben before his forthcoming bar-mitzvah. Ben leaves but then Simon comes into the synagogue saying he can't find Ben.

Series 7 (2008)

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original Air-Date	Code
63	"Missing Persons, Part 1"	Tim Fywell	Declan Croghan	14 April 2008 (2008-04-14)	701
The DNA of a woman caught on CCTV camera defending her daughter from a mugger is found to match that discovered at a murder scene in 1990. Meanwhile, Boyd's emotions are challenged when there's news about his son who's been missing for seven years.
64	"Missing Persons, Part 2"	Tim Fywell	Declan Croghan	15 April 2008 (2008-04-15)	702
The Cold Case Squad discover that what at first looks like evidence of a snuff movie, and a case about prostitution and sexual violence, turns out to be the unearthing of a terrorist cell comprising three women: Una Doyle, Lore Dutana and Fatima.
65	"Sins, Part 1"	Daniel Percival	Declan Croghan	21 April 2008 (2008-04-21)	703
When the human remains of a Prison Governor are found in an urban canal, The Cold Case team investigate the mystery behind his death which happened in his house years ago. Meanwhile, Boyd searches for his son but he doesn't know where to look. First appearance of Linda Cummings character.
66	"Sins, Part 2"	Daniel Percival	Declan Croghan	22 April 2008 (2008-04-22)	704
After the discovery of Terry Ryan's body buried in a field, more corpses are uncovered..leading Grace to think it is a ritual burial site. Meanwhile Boyd and the team race to find Dr Hooper, whom Kelleher has taken hostage. Back in the lab Eve makes a shocking discovery. Meanwhile, Boyd finds his drug addicted son in a disused warehouse in London.
67	"Duty and Honour, Part 1"	Robert Bierman	Adrian Mead	28 April 2008 (2008-04-28)	705
When a dog unearths human remains in a wood, the team manage to make a connection with a decapitated corpse discovered two years previously, close to an army barracks. The mystery leads to a regimental dinner at the barracks where the team soon find themselves embroiled in a high-level cover-up.
68	"Duty and Honour, Part 2"	Robert Bierman	Adrian Mead	29 April 2008 (2008-04-29)	706
The Cold Case Team get closer to who the DNA on the body belongs to. But then, a new suspect enters the scene, a woman from Iraq wanting help to prove the murderer of her son is the man the soldiers were working for.
69	"Skin, Part 1"	Edward Bennett	Clive Bradley & Declan Croghan	5 May 2008 (2008-05-05)	707
After they get a tip off in an anonymous e-mail, the team head to a waste ground in east London, where they find the mummified corpse of a right-wing fascist activist. Jim Brown is questioned about George Andrews' (the man killed) murder and later kidnaps his daughter's Muslim Asian boyfriend.
70	"Skin, Part 2"	Edward Bennett	Clive Bradley & Declan Croghan	6 May 2008 (2008-05-06)	708
The team have to race against time to solve the waste ground murder, as it becomes clear that a teenager's life may depend upon it. However, as the team investigate further, they find out some unexpected news.
71	"Wounds, Part 1"	Sam Miller	Paul Farrell	12 May 2008 (2008-05-12)	709
The body of a man who disappeared in 1996 is discovered in a disused tunnel. It soon becomes apparent his body has been mutilated in a manner linked with the occult.
72	"Wounds, Part 2"	Sam Miller	Paul Farrell	13 May 2008 (2008-05-13)	710
Boyd investigates the links between a group of men, all of whom knew the murder victim.
73	"Pieta, Part 1"	Philippa Langdale	Declan Croghan	19 May 2008 (2008-05-19)	711
A road accident provides a DNA link to a chilling murder committed in Srebrenica during the Balkan War. Boyd's son dies, and Boyd takes his time getting the body. The runaway girl from previous story comes back.
74	"Pieta, Part 2"	Philippa Langdale	Declan Croghan	20 May 2008 (2008-05-20)	712
Boyd and the team uncover a link between a tragic war crime and a massive drugs deal.

Series 8 (2009)

The BBC announced the commissioning of the four-story eighth series in May 2008. Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald and Wil Johnson were confirmed to be returning. Félicité du Jeu reprised her role of DC Stella Goodman for the opening two-part story and a new character, DS Katrina Howard, was introduced. Howard is portrayed by Stacey Roca.

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original Air-Date	Code
75	"Magdalene 26, Part 1"	Andy Hay	Declan Croghan	6 September 2009 (2009-09-06)	801
When a naked woman is found wandering through woodland with no memory, and her DNA matches that found on a 1967 crime scene, Boyd finds himself dealing with a hot case as well as his cold case. But how are the two connected?
76	"Magdalene 26, Part 2"	Andy Hay	Declan Croghan	7 September 2009 (2009-09-07)	802
The woman regains her memory, but still cannot explain why her DNA was found in a Soho brothel in 1967.
77	"End of the Night, Part 1"	Dan Reed	Ed Whitmore	13 September 2009 (2009-09-13)	803
Boyd re-investigates a cold case when Gemma, a girl raped by two men twelve years earlier, tries to kill herself.
78	"End of the Night, Part 2"	Dan Reed	Ed Whitmore	14 September 2009 (2009-09-14)	804
New forensic evidence brings one of Gemma's rapists to light, but he refuses to reveal who his partner was.
79	"Substitute, Part 1"	Edward Bennett	Edward Bennett and Ed Whitmore	20 September 2009 (2009-09-20)	805
When Eve discovers that her new lover, Stefan, is implicated in a brutal murder, Boyd promises to support her. But when Boyd suspects Stefan of people-smuggling, Eve becomes determined to prove Stefan is innocent. How will Boyd and Eve resolve their conflict? And which of them is right?
80	"Substitute, Part 2"	Edward Bennett	Edward Bennett and Ed Whitmore	21 September 2009 (2009-09-21)	806
The horrific discovery of a living body farm makes Boyd realise that Eve's lover is involved in illegal organ transplants. Eve is captured and prepared for the operating table; can Boyd rescue her before she loses her heart?
81	"Endgame, Part 1"	Daniel Percival	Daniel Percival and Andrew Holden	27 September 2009 (2009-09-27)	807
Boyd receives a package from convicted killer Linda Cummings who is now held in a secure mental facility. With Grace in hospital for cancer treatment, Boyd races to solve the crime unaware of Linda's terrible plan that threatens to shock the Cold Case unit to the core.
82	"Endgame, Part 2"	Daniel Percival	Daniel Percival and Andrew Holden	28 September 2009 (2009-09-28)	808
As Linda's scheme becomes clear, tensions run high at Padworth and a riot enables her escape. With Boyd closing in on the truth he is forced to choose between saving Grace's life and murdering the person who is responsible for his own son's untimely death.

Series 9 (2011)

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original Air-Date	Code
83–84	"Harbinger"	Marc Jobst	Ed Whitmore	13 March 2011 (2011-03-13) 14 March 2011 (2011-03-14)	901 902
The empty and abandoned car of banker Donald Rees – who went missing three years ago – is discovered. Boyd decides to take on the case to help the man's seemingly cursed family find closure. The youngest daughter, Nicola, died of cancer shortly before the father's disappearance, and since then his wife, Julie, has also contracted cancer. The team go back through the files as Boyd tries to retrace the last known movements of Donald Rees. This leads them to a conspiracy theorist whom Donald sought out while trying to find someone in the medical profession to blame for his daughter's death; and to an elderly couple, oddly dressed in funeral garb, who were watching his family. The team finally identify who the elderly couple are – Mr and Mrs Geiger – but discover that they too disappeared, last seen on the day Donald quit his job at the bank and gave them £100,000 in cash. The couple's corpses are discovered at an abandoned paper mill and, soon after, a WPC assigned to guard the dead couple's house is killed when she walks in on an intruder trying to burn down the premises. Can the team discover what secrets lurk at the heart of this unfortunate family?
85–86	"Care"	Edward Bennett	Richard Warlow	20 March 2011 (2011-03-20) 21 March 2011 (2011-03-21)	903 904
A woman is found stabbed in the eyes and incinerated in her car. The woman is identified as Claire Somers, a neglected child who was taken into care, then abducted from her care home in 1986, aged seven, and missing ever since. The same night as her abduction, the care home manager, Robert Fenchurch, also had his eyes stabbed out as the abductor fled the scene. The cold case squad must discover if the same killer has struck some 25 years later. The team discover that, prior to her murder, Claire had abducted 15-year-old Abigail Harding, who was found locked in a hotel room. When pressed on whether Claire had any accomplices, Abigail recounts a nightmare vision from a fairytale – a masked and eyeless child-stealer, the Bag Man. Her family can't shed any light on why Claire targeted Abigail, and insist the Bag Man was just a scary story they used to tell each other... Piecing together Claire's recent life, the team track down a doctor who had been treating her, and are shocked to discover it is Teresa Harding, the elder sister of the kidnapped Abigail. Finally, the team get a break. Trish Somers, Claire's mother, attacked a man called Terry Reid in a pub, but came off worst. Terry was ruled out of the initial investigation, but he was a known pimp who ran seaside trips for the young residents of Endsleigh Lodge. Terry admits the care home was a den of iniquity, and that he and the murdered manager, Fenchurch, profited from prostituting the children. As the focus of the investigation turns to the care home, Spencer suspects its manager, Peter Broading. As he goes out for the night, Teresa Harding returns to her lonely flat. There, utterly terrified, she is stalked by phone calls. A ghoul from childhood nightmares ... or has the Bag Man himself come to get her?
87–88	"Solidarity"	Andy Hay	Ed Whitmore	27 March 2011 (2011-03-27) 28 March 2011 (2011-03-28)	905 906
The corpse of notorious Falklands' veteran-turned-peace activist Piers Kennedy – missing since 1983 and rumoured by conspiracy theorists to have been killed by the state – has been found ... directly under the Ministry of Defence. Piers, formerly a leading light of the Young Conservatives, changed fundamentally after a bullet wound he received in battle became infected. Disgusted with the army, he joined the peace movement. In doing so, he gave the Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons an incalculable boon – a right-wing war hero speaking up against nukes. Boyd investigates this most political of conversions and Piers's mysterious disappearance. Boyd focuses on the founder of the CANW, Ralph Palmer. The co-founder of CANW, his partner Bonnie Yorke, was having an affair with Piers, the movement's new poster boy. Meanwhile, the woman who Bonnie replaced, Piers's jilted fiancée, Lucy Christie – daughter of the junior Minister for Defence at the time and now a Tory MP herself – has substantial motive too. Grace has a personal interest in the case – she was an anti-nukes demonstrator in the Eighties and had a passionate but fleeting relationship with one of Piers's fellow veterans, Murray Stuart, a wired and apparently dangerous individual who is sitting on a giant secret. As the team burrow deep into the paranoid, polarised world of early Eighties British national security, they uncover camcorder footage of masked CANW activists performing a guerrilla attack on a nuclear convoy. The masked men were involved in a clash with the police and an MoD policeman was killed. The team realise they have just watched the very thing MI5 wanted to stay hushed up...
89–90	"Conviction"	Tim Fywell	Timothy Prager	3 April 2011 (2011-04-03) 4 April 2011 (2011-04-04)	907 908
Karl Barclay, a medical student missing for six years, comes to the attention of the Cold Case team when his DNA matches that of a corpse also found six years ago in Hales reservoir. As Eve discovers signs of torture on the corpse, Boyd wants to know why the case hadn't rung alarm bells earlier, and becomes increasingly suspicious that there has been a cover up. Boyd learns of the family tension that erupted when Karl's evangelical Christian mother, Lisbetta, discovered his conversion to Islam. Meanwhile, Karl's secret stash of Islamic material seems to point to a terror plot. Via her all-knowing ex-colleagues in counter-terrorism, Sarah confirms that Karl was on a watch list. An increasingly unhinged Lisbetta attacks a member of the public, insisting he killed her son. After Boyd tells Gideon and Jakob that Karl was on the police's watch list – suspected of terrorist activity - Lisbetta admits to Gideon that she "had to stop" Karl...
91–92	"Waterloo"	Andy Hay	Ed Whitmore	10 April 2011 (2011-04-10) 11 April 2011 (2011-04-11)	909 910
Boyd is informed he will be moved out of the Cold Case Unit. As his last case, he chooses to re-investigate the first case he worked on: the disappearance of sixteen homeless teenage boys between 1979 and 1982. The boys were taken at precise three-month intervals, suggesting their disappearance was the work of a sociopath. However, the team have no new leads. Grace puts it to Boyd that his choice to take this as his last case, so close to his heart yet almost certainly unsolvable, is some desperate form of displacement: he still hasn't properly grieved for his dead son, Luke. When the team learn of the road death of a teenage boy in 1982 on the M11, they close in on the abductor's horrific lair - an underground torture chamber. Eve sets to work and discovers the dismembered corpses of all the missing boys and the team's first lead: the gun used to execute them was also used in the killing of Stanley Heath, a police officer, in 1959. Boyd interrogates the officer's son, Jason, and learns that his father carried a terrible secret - the murder of a man in custody. Of particular interest to the team, the man in question was father to the current Assistant Chief Commissioner, Tony Nicholson. And Nicholson, as a young PC many years ago, collared a man attempting to abduct a homeless boy in Soho ... but let him go. A guilt-ridden Sarah decides to follow Nicholson to learn more of his interest in the case, in a desperate attempt to atone for her role in Boyd's sacking. With Boyd more isolated and reckless than ever, the team uncovers a staggering secret from the past, which finds them playing a chess game for their lives...