The Chair
Overview
A groundbreaking woman of color steps into the role of chair at a prestigious university, tasked with revitalizing a struggling English department. Balancing the pressures of academia and the expectations of her colleagues, she navigates the complexities of institutional challenges while striving to make a meaningful impact. As she faces resistance and personal dilemmas, her journey reflects the broader issues of diversity and leadership in education, ultimately showcasing her resilience and determination to transform the department into a thriving environment for both students and faculty.
Episodes
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1
Brilliant Mistake
As the department grapples with budget reductions and dwindling enrollment numbers, Ji-Yoon is determined to implement changes in her role as chair. M...
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Pilot: The Chinese Job
The Metropolitan Police launch a new division known as UCOS, which stands for Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad, to tackle cold cases. Under the lead...
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2
The Faculty Party
Frustrated with the homogeneity among Pembroke's faculty, Ji-Yoon takes a daring step at a staff gathering. Meanwhile, a clip from Bill's lecture crea...
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2
ID Parade
The UCOS team reopens the case of a policewoman's murder that had been deemed solved years earlier when a weapon used in the crime is discovered in a ...
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3
Painting on Loan
When a counterfeit painting turns up in the Queen's art collection, the UCOS team is tasked with a discreet investigation to track down the forger. As...
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3
The Town Hall
Bill organizes a town hall meeting with the students, but things rapidly go off the rails. Meanwhile, Joan accidentally ignites a fire. During a dinne...
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4
1984
The UCOS team delves into the murder of a young peace protester who was killed near a nuclear facility in 1984. As they dig deeper, they come to the u...
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4
Don't Kill Bill
With Bill suspended, Ji-Yoon feels the increasing pressure to transform the department. Meanwhile, the arrival of a new professor jeopardizes Yaz’s ...
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5
Good Work Rewarded
When a child is murdered, the UCOS team turns their attention to the members of an elite golf club, who quickly become persons of interest in the inve...
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5
The Last Bus in Town
Ji-Yoon pays a visit to Pembroke's new instructor while Bill participates in a Korean custom. Meanwhile, the tenured faculty unite, and Yaz is present...
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6
The Chair
With Bill's hearing just around the corner, uncertainty looms over his academic prospects. Meanwhile, Ji-Yoon makes a surprising announcement that put...
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6
Home Truths
After a missing person case that Lane initially worked on is reopened, he becomes resolute in solving it. However, as the team quickly discovers two a...
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7
Talking to the Dead
Seeking to connect with his deceased wife Mary, Jack visits a psychic. However, he unexpectedly encounters a girl who tragically passed away in a ship...
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A Delicate Touch
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland steps in as the new leader of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS). He assigns the team to in...
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2
Family Business
In 1996, a stunning newlywed was brutally assaulted and left for dead, with only her wedding ring stolen. Since that day, she has remained in a coma. ...
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3
Trust Me
The team takes a closer look at the abduction case of Hannah Taylor, who was taken from her home in 1992. Recently, a body that was once believed to b...
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4
Old and Cold
Tabloid editor Chris McConnell enlists Sandra Pullman’s assistance in uncovering the truth behind the mysterious death of celebrity chef Kitty Campb...
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5
Creative Problem Solving
Elise Allen, a captivating widow and probate assessor, enlists Halford's help to track down the legitimate owner of a valuable uncut red diamond, esti...
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6
Eyes Down for a Full House
Standing's fortunes take a downturn after he loses a poker game, leaving him with a £10,000 debt to bookie Michael Jacobs. However, Michael presents ...
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7
Fluke Of Luck
Lane immerses himself in his passion for fishing as UCOS looks into the 1979 abduction of two boys from a fishing lake. He suspects there may be a con...
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8
17 Years of Nothing
The Home Office pathologist enlists the team's help in identifying the remains of an unidentified woman discovered in 1987, which he has never been ab...
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Lady's Pleasure
The car involved in the murder of a teacher five years earlier is returned to her husband. Detective Pullman decides to revisit the cold case, determi...
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2
Dockers
The mysterious death of Joe Walsh, the General Secretary of the Crane Driver's Union, who was discovered in the Thames in 1975, is reopened for invest...
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3
Old Dogs
As a serial dog killer begins to haunt the nearby parks, the team finds themselves reluctantly drawn into the investigation.
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4
Diamond Geezers
After a week back in the country, the ruthless criminal Chopper Hadley is the focus of the team's investigation. Tensions rise when Halford faces seve...
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5
Wicca Work
A young woman claims that the mysterious death of a local librarian is linked to witchcraft, pulling the team into a realm of magic and the paranormal...
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6
Bank Robbery
Ray Cook, a once-infamous criminal, has now become a household name. The team embarks on a mission to track him down after a high-profile bank heist r...
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7
Ice-Cream Wars
The team investigates the ice cream bandit, a robber who has been targeting the ice cream vans belonging to two rival manufacturers from the mid-90s. ...
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8
Congratulations
Pullman finds it challenging to maintain control over the boys as their complicated histories start to surface. Halford is resolute in his mission to ...
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Casualty
The team's future hangs in the balance, forcing Sandra to take decisive action to stop Jack from seeking vengeance on the man who murdered his wife, M...
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2
God's Waiting Room
Sandra's personal and work life collide when her mother suffers a fall and is admitted to a care facility. However, she soon discovers that the home h...
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3
Ducking & Diving
After an armored van is found submerged in a lake, the team uncovers a connection to the murder of a woman that occurred 17 years earlier.
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4
Nine Lives
A bitter family dispute ignites after the wealthy and solitary Dorothy Hepple is discovered dead in her home. Instead of leaving her fortune to her ne...
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5
Powerhouse
The team takes another look at the 1950s murder of Frederick Tully, a young wages clerk at Battersea Power Station. Richard Dunne, who was executed fo...
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Buried Treasure
Brian's dog unexpectedly uncovers a body, leading two individuals to admit to murder. However, they soon learn that the remains are actually over 600 ...
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7
Father's Pride
The discovery of a camera and film, once belonging to a photographic lab assistant who was murdered in 1987, in the restroom of a Soho pub prompts the...
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8
Big Topped
Sandra is rocked by the news that her father, a detective inspector, took his own life amid a corruption investigation, shattering her beliefs. In the...
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Spare Parts
In this latest installment of the drama, an unconventional team of former police officers is drawn back into action to tackle cold cases. Jack faces o...
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The Final Curtain
The team revisits the 1992 murder of actor Michael Austin, who was killed by his wife during the premiere of Death at the Masked Ball. With Halford mi...
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A Face For Radio
The team dives back into the case of a beloved DJ who was killed on air during an arson incident at the 80s music station, Roxy Radio. Lane is resolut...
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4
Loyalties and Royalties
Gerry gets the chance to meet his idols, the iconic 70s rock band Bad Faith, as the team looks into the mysterious death of their lead guitarist. Howe...
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5
Couldn't Organise One
The team delves into the mysterious death of the Chief Brewer at Felspar's Brewery, a case that proves to be quite captivating for the group. For Pull...
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Magic Majestic
The team delves into the world of illusion as they revisit a murder case linked to a magic trick gone wrong. Brian Lane finds himself entangled in per...
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Communal Living
As Brian Lane battles to keep his craving for alcohol under wraps, he discovers an unexpected sanctuary in a commune linked to the investigation of a ...
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Mad Dogs
Jack and Strickland unexpectedly team up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a British soldier involved in a Ministry of Defence...
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The War Against Drugs
Brian Lane checks into a rehabilitation facility to confront his struggle with alcoholism. However, it doesn't take long for the rest of the team to r...
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The Truth Is Out There
The team uncovers a startling conspiracy at the heart of a significant cover-up.
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Fresh Starts
The team digs up the remains of a woman who died in a car accident following reports that she has been spotted alive.
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4
Shadow Show
The UCOS team is compelled to revisit the case surrounding the death of producer Max Stone.
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5
Death of a Timeshare Salesman
The UCOS team is drawn back into the case of a prominent timeshare tycoon who has met an untimely death.
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6
The Last Laugh
The team takes a closer look at the case of two missing young political activists, digging deeper into the circumstances surrounding their vanishing. ...
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7
Blood Is Thicker Than Water
The UCOS team takes a fresh look at a notorious riverboat tragedy on the Thames after a new witness asserts that the crash was caused by deliberate sa...
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8
Meat Is Murder
As the series nears its conclusion, the long-missing body of a butcher, meticulously dismembered, is uncovered after more than three decades. This pro...
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Dead Man Talking
The UCOS team takes another look into the death of a rich financier after a psychic informs the man's daughter that her father has unresolved matters ...
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It Smells Of Books
Brian discovers the library card belonging to Dr. Richard Symes, a victim of an unsolved case, prompting him to reopen the investigation into the prof...
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3
Left Field
Following his release from prison, infamous paedophile John Davies confesses to the abduction and murder of a child from 25 years ago. Doubting his in...
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4
Dark Chocolate
A new rape case connects to two similar incidents that occurred a decade ago at a chocolate factory, prompting the team to revisit all three investiga...
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5
Good Morning Lemmings
Graffiti starts popping up across London from an anonymous source who claims to have killed a well-known street artist, prompting the team to revisit ...
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Fashion Victim
As a retrospective showcase of slain fashion designer Ritchie Levene's creations begins, the team takes a fresh look at the three-year-old case. The d...
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7
Where There's Smoke
UCOS takes another look at the 1996 fire at Ealing's Union Club that claimed the life of infamous criminal Mark Johnson. Recent findings hint that a s...
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Coming Out Ball
Seventeen years ago, 18-year-old debutante Barbara Linden-Warner vanished without a word, and everyone believed she had been abducted, with her wealth...
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9
Gloves Off
The discovery of the gun that was used to kill a promising young boxer over a decade ago during an armed robbery pulls UCOS into the murky depths of t...
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10
The Fourth Man
The team takes a fresh look at a 30-year-old safety deposit heist and quickly becomes entangled in a web of police corruption that endangers the very ...
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Old Fossils
The OAP detectives are back on the case, tackling a new series of unsolved mysteries, starting with the murder of a palaeontologist at the Natural His...
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End of the Line
The UCOS team revisits the case of a vagrant who was strangled on a tube train fifteen years prior. Their interest is piqued when DNA analysis on a su...
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3
Lost in Translation
The UCOS team delves into a complex web of immigration loopholes, Albanian crime syndicates, and family rivalries as they reopen the case of an uniden...
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4
Setting Out Your Stall
Recent developments connect the mysterious death of a market trader to a string of drug-facilitated assaults in east London. However, with the investi...
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5
Moving Target
When psychologist Samantha Gerson arrives at UCOS to study older men in the workplace, her presence garners a mixed response from the team. In additio...
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Objects of Desire
Sandra receives a call from her former lover, DCI Larson, who leads the Metropolitan Police's arts and antiques division. He requests the team's assis...
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The Gentleman Vanishes
A woman begins receiving anonymous emails from someone who asserts they have information about her husband, Phillip Mackenna, a well-known scientist i...
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Only the Brave
Reece Chapman is determined to prove himself as a member of The Braves motorcycle gang by seeking revenge on the rival gang member he suspects murdere...
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9
Half Life
The probe into the murder of Christopher Collins, previously marked as missing by an ex-employer, hits a wall until it's uncovered that he was part of...
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10
Tiger Tiger
The team decides to revisit the investigation of zookeeper Zac Halsey, who was initially believed to have been killed by a tiger. However, new blood e...
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A Death in the Family
Jack reveals his intention to depart from the team, but before Sandra, Brian, and Gerry can probe into his motivations, Stephen Fisher, a figure from ...
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Old School Ties
The team is summoned to take another look into the case of PE teacher Jason Bowe, who vanished after a body is discovered near the boundaries of the p...
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3
Queen And Country
DS Pullman bends the rules to investigate a potential cover-up within the Foreign Office.
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The Girl Who Lived
Retired Detective Inspector Steve McAndrew from Glasgow steps back into the fray to revisit an old case after the DNA of a girl who disappeared during...
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5
Body of Evidence
The team grows worried that undercover police missions might have been jeopardized when the body of a computer specialist affiliated with the Met is d...
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6
Love Means Nothing In Tennis
The team delves into the mysterious death of a 16-year-old tennis prodigy who either fell or was pushed from a penthouse balcony following a crucial d...
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Dead Poets
UCOS decides to revisit the case of Sean Docherty, a gifted young poet whose charred remains were found a decade ago in the scrapyard owned by a notor...
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Blue Flower
The team delves into the murder of an East German immigrant, relying solely on his enigmatic last words for clues. While they work to unravel his extr...
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9
Glasgow UCOS
Strickland sends McAndrew and Standing to Scotland for a week to assist the Glasgow Police in setting up a new UCOS division under the leadership of D...
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10
Part of a Whole
Three decades prior, Strickland and a team of his colleagues, including Stephen Fisher, participated in a secret mission for MI5. Presently, someone i...
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1
The Rock: Part One
Lane faces a precarious situation at UCOS when a death in custody from his past comes to light. At the same time, the unearthing of a mysterious firea...
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The Rock: Part Two
The team uncovers more than thirty years of hidden truths on the Rock of Gibraltar, discovering the connection that resolves the murder of a wealthy s...
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3
The Sins of the Father
Brian Lane realizes his time at UCOS is limited. As the team delves into the case of a young mother who was killed 16 years ago by her criminal husban...
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4
The Little Brother
While Lane adjusts to life after UCOS, Esther enlists his help to locate her book club friend's missing brother. However, will his investigative insti...
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5
Cry Me a River
When a young woman receives the results of her paternity test, it unexpectedly brings to light a long-closed murder investigation from the gritty 1980...
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Into the Woods
The discovery of bloodied clothing linked to Simon Belgrade, who vanished five years ago, in a forest near London, leads UCOS to unravel the mystery o...
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Things Can Only Get Better
As the team delves into the murder of an MP's researcher, they quickly find themselves chasing after a mysterious woman from Bosnia. During the invest...
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8
The One That Got Away
Pullman jumps at the opportunity to crack a murder case she suspects is connected to her very first investigation. The team begins piecing together a ...
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9
Roots
After Sandra's departure, the team eagerly anticipates the arrival of their new supervisor. Sasha Miller quickly adapts to her role and dives into her...
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10
Wild Justice
Miller finds herself in a tough spot when an inquiry into a corrupt high-ranking officer casts doubt on Edward Monroe's conviction, a man she’s conv...
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Bermondsey Boy
Gerry Standing and Sasha Miller both find their family connections influencing their lives. Sasha has to collaborate with her ex-husband Ned, who step...
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Tender Loving Care
The team delves into the mysterious murder of the talented young physician Lydia Dryden, navigating the contrasting realms of public and private healt...
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Deep Swimming
The team delves into the long-ago death of a terrorist, sparked by an anonymous letter received by his daughter alleging he was murdered. Their inquir...
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Ghosts
Steve McAndrew's world is turned upside down when his teenage son, Stewie, is caught with drugs, prompting a reunion with his ex-wife, Tricia, as they...
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London Underground
Ned and Sasha find themselves in a high-pressure situation as they team up to investigate the discovery of a film critic's body in a sewer, which may ...
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Roman Ruined
The team delves into the murder of a personal trainer associated with a Roman reenactment group and uncovers a ring trafficking in illegal steroids. H...
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In Vino Veritas
UCOS is eager to interview a Turkish girl discovered working illegally in Dalston, as she may have information about a cold case involving a murder fr...
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The English Defence
As the UCOS team delves into the murder of 55-year-old interpreter Agnes Bradley, they uncover a partial DNA match linked to a teenage boy, known for ...
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Breadcrumbs
Ellen Barker, a passionate follower of cold cases, is found dead, leaving behind a photo of Dan Griffin at her home. The murder investigation team int...
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10
The Queen's Speech
A vintage mix tape from 1983 surfaces, revealing the voice of a teenage girl who was tragically killed shortly after it was placed in her school's tim...
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Last Man Standing, Part One
After uncovering the remains of a police officer hidden in a basement for three decades, Gerry is filled with unease. This shocking revelation brings ...
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Last Man Standing, Part Two
Gerry works to vindicate himself before his adversaries close in. Meanwhile, Sasha and Steve enlist Fiona's assistance to analyze the evidence under p...
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The Curate's Egg
Danny and Steve greet Ted Case as he arrives at the UCOS office in Sasha's absence. Despite his extensive experience, they find his superstitious habi...
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The Wolf of Wallbrook
Ted spearheads a probe into the suspected suicide of a city trader from the 1980s.
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Prodigal Sons
Now that Sasha is back in peak fighting shape, the UCOS team delves into the mysterious death of a promising young cricketer.
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The Fame Game
The boys delve into their investigation and find themselves at a lookalike agency where the agency's star performers have mysteriously turned up dead.
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The Russian Cousin
The journey of a unique stamp might unveil crucial evidence in the homicide of a private investigator.
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Lottery Curse
The team delves into a mystery after a skeleton is discovered buried in the foundations of a swimming pool.
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Life Expectancy
The UCOS team delves into the murder of an alternative medicine practitioner who was brutally bludgeoned to death. As they sift through the evidence a...
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The Crazy Gang
The team delves into the gruesome murder of a political activist that took place 15 years prior.
