A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
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Best Episodes of DCI Banks
Piece of My Heart: Part 2
S3 Ep4
8.0
24th Feb 2014
Banks races to locate a mysterious recording that appears to connect Jack Barber and the members of The Crystal Kiss together.
Dry Bones That Dream: Part 2
S2 Ep4
8.0
31st Oct 2012
With Pamela Jeffries in a coma, Banks is even more determined to find Rothwell's killer. And against orders he decides to question MP Martin Fleming.
Undertow: Part 2
S5 Ep6
7.9
5th Oct 2016
Banks' mission to solve Annie's murder is made all the harder by the fact he has been taken off the case and sent on gardening leave - but that won't stop him.
Ghosts: Part 1
S4 Ep5
7.9
1st Apr 2015
When the body of an undergraduate is found dumped in a ravine, the investigation into his stabbing reveals he was far from being a model student.
Bad Boy: Part 2
S3 Ep6
7.9
10th Mar 2014
While Helen's career hangs in the balance, Banks risks everything to rescue his daughter who has been taken hostage by Jaff Kitson.
Buried: Part 2
S4 Ep4
7.8
25th Mar 2015
Geoff has become a marked man and Banks decides to put both him and his daughter Evie under watch at an anonymous hotel whilst he increases the search for Mullen.
Undertow: Part 1
S5 Ep5
7.8
28th Sep 2016
Banks and the team begin the painful job of finding out exactly who was responsible for Annie's death, an incident that has affected all their lives.
Piece of My Heart: Part 1
S3 Ep3
7.8
17th Feb 2014
When a journalist is found dead in a remote village, Banks notices a connection between the case and a mysterious death in the 1980s.
What Will Survive: Part 2
S4 Ep2
7.8
11th Mar 2015
The team are dismayed to discover that an arson attack at the Osgood's house has injured Michael and killed his autistic son Robbie.
Worst Episodes of DCI Banks
Playing with Fire: Part 1
S1 Ep1
7.4
16th Sep 2011
In the first episode, DCI Alan Banks is taken to a canal where there has been a fatal fire. The crime is far from straightforward, and as another body is discovered the motive, as well as the intended victim, become increasingly unclear. However, the discovery of what appears to be a Turner landscape suggests that at least one of the victims was involved in an art forgery scam.
Friend of the Devil: Part 1
S1 Ep3
7.5
30th Sep 2011
DCI Banks assigns DS Cabbot as SIO when the mutilated body of a woman is found on the Yorkshire Moors, while he investigates the murder of a teenaged girl whose body has been found in a storage room. Annie discovers that her victim was Lucy Payne.
Friend of the Devil: Part 2
S1 Ep4
7.5
7th Oct 2011
DC Templeton's body is discovered, and Annie becomes convinced that the murder is connected to that of Lucy Payne. The suspect in the Daniels murder case is cleared, so DCI Banks must establish how the real murderer was able to avoid detection.
Buried: Part 1
S4 Ep3
7.5
18th Mar 2015
A husband and daughter struggle to come to terms with their grief when the body of wife and mother Anaan Kamel is found washed up by an underground river.
A Little Bit of Heart: Part 1
S5 Ep3
7.6
14th Sep 2016
When a devoted husband and father goes missing, a ransom demand takes Banks and his team on a journey into the Chinese community.
To Burn in Every Drop of Blood: Part 1
S5 Ep1
7.6
31st Aug 2016
When a young man is found brutally murdered, Banks' instinct drags his team into a world of organised crime.
Wednesday's Child: Part 1
S3 Ep1
7.6
3rd Feb 2014
When two bogus social workers come to Katy Heath's house and take her son away, Banks is drawn into a massive search for the boy - but is Katy telling the truth?
Playing with Fire: Part 2
S1 Ep2
7.6
23rd Sep 2011
After Tom McMahon becomes the third victim following some suspicious fires, Alan realises that he is now attempting to catch a serial killer. His superiors warn him to keep his distance from the Aspern family who are trying to lodge an official complaint against him. Banks is determined to locate the ringleader of the art forgery scam which links two of the victims. Annie continues to see Mark Keane, despite Banks’ warnings. After Banks finally discovers the true identity of ‘Morrison’, he quickly realises that Annie could be in real danger.
Wednesday's Child: Part 2
S3 Ep2
7.6
10th Feb 2014
An 11-year old's body is found and Banks wonders if there is a connection between his death and Kyle's disappearance.
DCI Banks Episode Guide
Playing with Fire: Part 1
S1 Ep1
7.4
16th Sep 2011
In the first episode, DCI Alan Banks is taken to a canal where there has been a fatal fire. The crime is far from straightforward, and as another body is discovered the motive, as well as the intended victim, become increasingly unclear. However, the discovery of what appears to be a Turner landscape suggests that at least one of the victims was involved in an art forgery scam.
Playing with Fire: Part 2
S1 Ep2
7.6
23rd Sep 2011
After Tom McMahon becomes the third victim following some suspicious fires, Alan realises that he is now attempting to catch a serial killer. His superiors warn him to keep his distance from the Aspern family who are trying to lodge an official complaint against him. Banks is determined to locate the ringleader of the art forgery scam which links two of the victims. Annie continues to see Mark Keane, despite Banks’ warnings. After Banks finally discovers the true identity of ‘Morrison’, he quickly realises that Annie could be in real danger.
Friend of the Devil: Part 1
S1 Ep3
7.5
30th Sep 2011
DCI Banks assigns DS Cabbot as SIO when the mutilated body of a woman is found on the Yorkshire Moors, while he investigates the murder of a teenaged girl whose body has been found in a storage room. Annie discovers that her victim was Lucy Payne.
Friend of the Devil: Part 2
S1 Ep4
7.5
7th Oct 2011
DC Templeton's body is discovered, and Annie becomes convinced that the murder is connected to that of Lucy Payne. The suspect in the Daniels murder case is cleared, so DCI Banks must establish how the real murderer was able to avoid detection.
Cold is the Grave: Part 1
S1 Ep5
7.7
14th Oct 2011
An armed robbery ends up taking a much darker twist after the culprit is brutally murdered in his own home. Before DCI Banks can start to unravel the case, Chief Superintendent Gerry Rydell, makes a personal plea for Banks to look for his missing teenage daughter. Some naked photographs found on the Internet by Rydell’s wife, Rosalind, makes it look like that she could be in London. Banks reluctantly agrees to help and manages to track Emily down to the home of a drug dealer. Emily refuses to come back home with him but changes her mind. Annie, who has been leading the investigation into the robber’s murder whilst Banks has been away, thinks that the robbery could have been staged, but the victim’s accomplice refuses to talk. After Emily contacts Banks and suggests that she has seen one of Clough’s associates in Leeds, Banks wants her to tell him everything she knows about Clough. Emily refuses to tell Banks anything though. After a battered body is found in an Eastvale nightclub, Banks is shocked to discover that the victim has been identified as Ruth Walker, somebody Emily knew whilst in London. After the true identity of the victim is revealed though, both Banks and Annie find themselves involved in a conspiracy which has changed both investigations hugely.
Cold is the Grave: Part 2
S1 Ep6
7.7
21st Oct 2011
Emily Rydell has apparently been brutally beaten to death and DCI Banks quickly ends up being in the middle of a murder investigation with many suspects. After a surveillance operation establishes a link between the murder of Charles McKay and Brian Clough, Banks and Annie soon work out that the two cases have to be connected.
