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Dismembered body parts take Nikki into the crumbling world of criminal justice. Can the Lyell team find a missing barrister before it’s too late?

The Lyell are called to a museum outside King’s Cross Station, where they discover the bodies of eight victims entombed below. With the knowledge that a prolific serial killer was operating in London nearly twenty years ago, Nikki and the team know this will be a case like no other.

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.

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.

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.

The death of an elderly woman found in a cave has the Lyell team asking what drives a person to murder someone so vulnerable. A new boss at the Lyell riles Jack.

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.

After another hammer attack, the Lyell team start uncovering connections to a conspiracy involving local government.

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.

Events lead Nikki to conclude that getting the truth will put the Lyell team and everything they love in danger.

As they get to the heart of their investigation, the Lyell team navigate corruption, loss and deceit within the local police force, who have become a law unto themselves.

Thomas performs a post-mortem on a soldier who died in military training. His investigation takes a turn when he discovers traces of a possible nerve agent.

When a mysterious contagion starts to spread on a flight from Mumbai, Dr Nikki Alexander faces a race against time - at 30,000 feet - to contain a deadly illness.

Nikki and Jack work to uncover the truth surrounding Roy’s death and consider if it’s linked to their original body. Meanwhile, D.I. 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.

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.

Nikki conducts an unusual post-mortem, and a terrifying discovery disturbs the team. DNA evidence forces the Lyall to seek advice from an unexpected quarter.

Having traced Laura’s last movements to a suburban house, the team work to identify the bodies buried in the garden. Meanwhile, Jack must choose between his brother and the truth.

When tragedy strikes close to home, it puts head teacher Noah Taylor on a collision course with the criminals responsible. Can the Lyell team help him stop the cycle of violence?

When a man is found bludgeoned by a hammer, the Lyell are drawn deep into a conspiracy involving local government.

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.

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. Meanwhile, Jack has an unexpected visitor.

Nikki makes a breakthrough but can the team believe everything they are told? The Lyell is compromised in an unexpected way, as the team strive to find out who the man on the beach was and why he was killed. In a dark and chilling story, they must unite to discover the truth, and above all, trust no one.

Nikki and Jack investigate links between the victims to close the net on the killer.

When more passengers become infected on the plane, Nikki and the Lyell team must work to uncover the truth and find a cure before it’s too late.

Jack comes to the aid of an old friend, and is sucked into a difficult case, where he is pitted against his former mentor. As Nikki and the team start to create a picture of what happened, they learn nothing is as it seems. Dealing with a family of serving police officers, they have to tread carefully, as their relationships prove to be another obstacle for the team to overcome.

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 the body of a missing teenager is found in a field near his village, Nikki and the Lyell team must determine whether the killer is a stranger or a local.

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.

A woman's body is found on railway tracks in London. When the post-mortem reveals signs of domestic violence, it brings back troubling memories for Nikki.

The team's investigation leads them to a mysterious cryogenics facility and the discovery of another suspicious death.

The team work a suspected suicide but the investigation raises more questions than it answers. Gabriel has an exciting new opportunity, both professionally and personally, and enlists Jack’s help. When a disgruntled professor of criminology is passed over for promotion, events take a truly sinister turn and the interview panel begin to be targeted. Could a member of the Lyell be next?

Nikki helps Becky come to terms with her trauma. Jack is paranoid that Clarissa will leave the Lyell Centre. Paul is in way over his head.

Leo develops a life-changing relationship with a charity worker as Nikki and Jack make a forensic breakthrough on their case in Afghanistan.

Investigating the murder of missing teenager Jason Forbes, Nikki and the Lyell team are pressured by police officers who are keen to secure a conviction.

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.

During the team’s search for the killer, Jack works alongside an old friend from Northern Ireland, a fearless journalist who has dedicated her life to exposing the suspected organisation. As the team investigate further, they realise they have uncovered a complex conflict sustained by ties of loyalty, family and retribution.

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.

A collection of dismembered body parts, covered in intricate Japanese tattoos, have been found in a Brighton waste dump. The team are called in to painstakingly piece them together and they search for clues to lead them to the killer. Outside of the lab, Nikki has some news she desperately wants to share with Matt.

With new drugs hitting the streets, a head teacher confronts the dealers preying on his community, as the team deal with a surge in drug-related crime.

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.

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 the team's search for Jenny's killer hits a wall, her friends at the women's refuge seek answers. Meanwhile, Thomas makes some friends in high places.

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.

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.

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.

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. Meanwhile the team investigates the death of a medical researcher found in a canal with mysterious puncture marks on his body.

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 mistake has been made during the course of the investigation, and Thomas is targeted as a scapegoat. As frustration grows between the Lyell and the acting DCI, can Thomas rally the team to gather crucial evidence to find the killer before they strike again?

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.

As the team investigate a second death, Nikki’s theory starts to fall apart. Can she put her fixation with Scott aside and find the killer?

The team wonder if the hack is the only danger as they come under threat.

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.

Leo investigates a potential copycat killing, but the team are starting to wonder if Karl Bentley was wrongly convicted, leaving the real murderer free to set out on a new killing spree.

A family murdered at a picnic leads the team to the female victim's estranged husband.

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.

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.

Harry discovers Nazim's death may not have been suicide. Is Dr Sanders the culprit? Meanwhile Leo investigates the murder of a bank manager.

The team investigate the death of a Burmese man on a deserted beach, as his young pregnant wife desperately hopes he is still alive. Nikki and Jack piece together the perplexing crime scene and find it poses more questions than it answers.

The bodies of two young men are discovered, partially exposed, following a landslide on the coast of Northern Ireland.

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.

When an East End father and son are killed in a shocking road accident, Nikki and Jack find themselves working alongside a police officer with a vendetta. Clarissa summons her husband Max, a digital forensics expert, to help crack the case - and uncovers disturbing video evidence.

Sam uncovers a crippling truth about her involvement in a 13-year-old case -did she help convict an innocent man?

The team struggle to find the final piece of the puzzle left behind by the murders in Brighton. At home, Nikki and Matt discuss their future together.

Nikki and Jack strive to track down a sniper at large in London and stem a public crisis.

Nikki grows increasingly worried that a mistake she made on a case four years ago may have contributed to the murder of a young woman.

Nikki, Jack and Thomas focus in on Lizzie's movements on the night of Barge's murder.

With Harry dead and Leo and Nikki getting nowhere with the police, the pathologists struggle to clear Harry's name, while the police seem intent on covering up a wider conspiracy.

The team investigate the body of a woman found in a flat after being dead for a year. As they seek to find out the truth of her identity and what happened to her, they must draw on all of their forensic and pathology knowledge to solve the case. Even if the world had forgotten her, the Lyell are determined that she must get justice.

When a skeleton is found in concrete, the Lyell team must investigate a suspicious death dating back 20 years.

A car-bomb attack in a quiet suburban street brings back unwelcome memories for Jack, when evidence points to the involvement of a Northern Irish terror group, long thought inactive. As the family of the victim seek their own form of justice, Jack calls an old friend to help them find those responsible and stop the act of revenge from escalating.

Jack leads the hunt for suspected killer Bruno, the brother of the shot teenager.

Sam, Leo and Harry are at odds with the police investigators when a covert operation is exposed. But has Sam overstepped the mark this time?

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.

Having fallen out both with both the police and Clara's family, Nikki finds herself increasingly alone in her search for the killer.

Sam challenges the police after an indepenedent postmortem into McNally's apparent suicide. Further deaths take place.

Harry and Nikki's friendship is rocked by the discovery of the body of Harry's ex-lover.

Memories of his own daughter's death are stirred up when Leo is called in to investigate the apparent suicide of a teenage girl.

When a third killing takes place on school grounds, Leo races to find some connection between the apparently motiveless murders.

Tragedy strikes after a student asks Sam for advice over her arranged marriage, and then sees her family torn apart.

The team investigate a man who died on a night bus, an office prank gone tragically wrong and the suicide of a pro footballer.

When the mutilated body of a young boy is pulled from the river, Leo is determined to give him an identity and to bring his killers to justice.

The hunt is on for Mr Harris, but the murderer may be closer to home. Meanwhile, Sam grows closer to surgeon James Reynolds.

Harry suspects the Ministry of Defence may be covering up the true cause of the helicopter crash, but he's determined to get to the truth.

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.

Murder is suspected when the body of a missing person is found hidden within a derelict factory, seven years since he was last seen alive.

Harry and Nikki are first on the scene when an RAF helicopter crashes, but Harry's search for answers brings him into conflict with the Ministry of Defence.

When the bones of a young girl are found, everyone but Nikki is convinced it's a teenager who went missing two years ago.

Sam learns that the captain of the helicopter died of a heart attack, but she doesn't think it was the cause of the crash, and with 75 helicopters grounded, accident investigator Tony Newsome needs some answers.

Leo and his team are approached by a support group to help discover the truth behind a train crash.

Harry and Nikki are drawn into a war between a medical research establishment and a group determined to take direct action.

Human remains found on an Afghan water supply project send Leo, Nikki and Jack to the war-torn region to establish if it is a missing British soldier.

The police suspect a violent alcoholic of the murder of an elderly woman. Sam clashes with the police when she refuses to support their case.

Two elderly brothers are found dead in their home, with no apparent injuries. A post mortem discovers suspicious puncture marks and a possible racist connection.

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.

The team investigates an armed raid on a suspected terrorist cell in which two suspects and a police officer are killed.

A second Hasidic boy is killed, which convinces Harry they are looking for a Jewish killer.

The team is called to a drive-by shooting outside a London nightclub. They arrive to a scene of carnage with several people dead, or dying.

The team is drawn into the investigation of a series of brutal, apparently motiveless murders in the academic world.

A school director's wife commits suicide, but Sam suspects murder. During the investigation, she receives shocking news about her own health.

The murder of a John Doe leads the team to a hospital, where Nikki is investigating a top paediatric surgeon with an unusually high mortality rate.

When a Zimbabwean asylum seeker is unfairly deported to South Africa, Leo needs to find a way to help her return to the UK.

Dr Sam Ryan investigates her first case as a police consultant - a tragic case involving the death of a child.

Leo does community service on a rough estate after being done for drink-driving.

Nikki faces mounting police hostility to her investigation of the armed raid.

An ex-convict is killed and suspicion lands on a recently released child killer.

The death of a man in custody seems like a straightforward case, but DS Farmer has concerns about some of her officers.

Nikki stumbles across a sinister underworld where teenage girls are groomed for sex and forced into prostitution.

When a pub landlady is stabbed to death and her little finger cut off, Nikki is isolated in her quest to prove the husband's innocence.

Having established that Lieutenant Lockford was murdered, Leo makes a startling breakthrough, and the investigation begins to unmask a dark secret at Hillsdon Army Base.

The team is asked to investigate the death of a British medical student in Zambia.

The murder of a married woman who was having an affair seems straightforward. Friction develops between Dr Ryan and the police when the evidence complicates their case.

Sam learns that the captain of the helicopter died of a heart attack, but she doesn't think it was the cause of the crash, and with 75 helicopters grounded, accident investigator Tony Newsome needs some answers.

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.

Sam looks for connections between Ian Neal and a killing in Northern Ireland in 1985. Meanwhile DI Connor's wife arrives in Cambridge.

A new murder turns DCI Ashton's suspicions toward the victim's family and friends, whilst Harry investigates a death that may be linked to the Irons family.

Memories of his own daughter's death are stirred up when Leo is called in to investigate the suicide of a 14-year-old girl.

The identity of Body 10 reveals that a violent criminal may have been wrongly convicted of a murder. Sam and DCI Connor are eager to get the truth.

As the search for Liam continues, Nikki's loyalty towards her former mentor is tested.

A young woman is found dead in an empty house. Why was she there? Sam suspects another person was involved.

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.

The murder of a probation officer leads the team to the doorstep of a police cadet college, as they quickly establish a link to a similar murder just months before.

Nikki is forced to make some hard choices when she discovers that Anton has been less than honest with her.

The death of a farmer involving a combine harvester seems like an accident - until Sam receives an anonymous tip-off.

The mysterious death of a wealthy confectionery firm owner plunges Nikki, Leo and new recruit Jack Hodgson into a murky world of corporate subterfuge.

The team investigates a hit-and-run accident, an arson and a woman who collapsed on her hen night.

The police bring in the team when a family is attacked in their own home, leaving the only survivors in critical condition.

Thomas must put his personal feelings aside as the team track down Begovic.

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

The man behind the bloodshed pits both factions against one another and the team are in a race against time.

A young British Muslim returns to the UK, and concerns over her intentions soon escalate.

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.

Sam searches for the identity of a victim of a cinema fire. A medical artist helps her reconstruct the face, but the result causes some embarassment for the police.

Following her discovery of the second body and believing the cases to be linked, Sam is sidelined from the investigation as she attempts to get to the truth.

The police grow frustrated with the lack of a forensic link, but Sam finds more clues in an old case.

Harry and Nikki try to remain professional when they find themselves on opposite sides of a high-profile case, but it's not easy as they're both brilliant at what they do, and they soon show that every piece of evidence can be interpreted at least two ways.

The shooting of a teenager in an armed police operation triggers a series of murders.

The revelation that Flannery's first wife also died of a stair fall sends Harry to Prague to seek evidence to prove the man's guilt. However, Nikki's determination to look beyond the police's blinkered investigation leads to further tragedy.

When his wife and teenage daughter are involved in a hit-and-run car crash, Leo begins a painful journey back to his native Sheffield.

Harry tangles with a Russian oligarch over the murder of a journalist.

Nikki helps high-flying DI Luke Nelson unearth painful childhood memories.

The nanny of a Russian oligarch is killed in a botched assassination attempt.

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?

When Mark James's decomposing body is discovered, it bears all the signs of a ritualistic killing.

With Nikki missing, Harry works against the clock to find out who is responsible for the murders and finds himself in a cover-up.

The team follows the trail of the people traffickers, and has to find any remaining survivors before a highly contagious disease breaks.

A small-time criminal is the prime suspect in a gangland murder. Sam Ryan believes he may be innocent.

Nikki and Jack investigate a man killed by a train on the London underground.

The team investigates the murder of a woman found dumped on the side of the road with her face removed.