Wire in the Blood Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Wire in the Blood: Season 6

• Season 6 Episode 8: Dead Land - Part Two

  Part two of two. Tony decodes the meaning of the ritual killings of homeless men and realises a clue to the murderer's identity has been under his nose all the time. Aware everyone has the potential to become a killer, he fails to foresee the threat to his own life from the mysterious stalker. Last in the drama series, starring Robson Green, with Simone Lahbib and Mark Letheren

• Season 6 Episode 7: The Dead Land - Part One

  Part one of two. A killer starts dumping the bodies of homeless men in the financial district of Bradfield, leaving little for Tony to work on except the bizarre ritualistic nature of the crimes. Oxbridge graduate DI Andy Hall fills in for Alex when she suffers a family bereavement and Kevin moves into Tony's flat to offer police protection when it becomes clear a stalker has the clinical psychologist in his or her sights. Drama, starring Robson Green, with Mark Letheren and John Hopkins

• Season 6 Episode 6: From the Defeated - Part Two

  Part two of two. The serial killing of young men comes to a halt, but the abduction of a young widow indicates the perpetrator has broadened his ambitions - and murder is not his only motivation. Psychopath Michael makes good his escape from the secure unit, wearing the clothes of the prison chaplain he duped, and Tony is lined up as his next victim. Drama, starring Robson Green and Simone Lahbib

• Season 6 Episode 5: From the Defeated - Part One

  Part one of two. Tony becomes absorbed in a bizarre chain of murders in which each perpetrator in turn becomes the next victim but the unusual modus operandi of beating, strangulation and shooting - always with the same gun - remains the same. Completely caught up in the case, he fails to pick up dark hints from cannibal Michael, whom he helped to convict, that he is planning to escape from the secure unit where he is held. Thriller, starring Robson Green, with Simone Lahbib and Mark Letheren

• Season 6 Episode 4: Falls the Shadow - Part Two

  Part two of two. After another colleague is murdered, Tony is arrested as prime suspect. With time to ponder the ritualistic nature of the attacks, he finally finds a link with the prostitute killings. Alex refuses to let him offer himself as bait to lure the perpetrator into the open - not realising he is already a target. Thriller based on the novels by Val McDermid, starring Robson Green, with Simone Lahbib and Mark Letheren

• Season 6 Episode 3: Falls the Shadow - Part One

  Part one of two. Tony meets an old friend at a psychology convention and, after an evening's drinking to celebrate his success as a speaker, is forced to resist her advances. The next morning she is found brutally murdered in her hotel room, and suspicion falls on Tony as he was the last person to see her alive. Back in Bradfield, Alex hunts a serial killer targeting prostitutes, and another experimental psychologist is killed close to home. Psychological thriller based on the novels by Val McDermid, starring Robson Green and Simone Lahbib

• Season 6 Episode 2: Unnatural Vices - Part Two

  Part two of two. Chris Collins admits he concealed a relationship with the killer's latest victim and is therefore a potential target himself. As Tony delves into the sordid world of Bradfield's sadomasochism scene, he realises he must protect Alex from the full horror of the crimes, and when his temporary assistant goes missing he is left to battle it out with the elusive enemy alone. Drama, starring Robson Green, with Simone Lahbib and Cristian Solimeno

• Season 6 Episode 1: Unnatural Vices - Part One

  In the first of four two-part stories, psychologist Tony Hill investigates what appears to be the honour killing of a young Kurdish woman. However, the site where the body was found yields remains of other victims and an even more gruesome motive for the crimes. New colleague Chris Collins (Cristian Solimeno) seems reluctant to pull his weight when a middle-aged teacher of his acquaintance is added to a growing list of the dead. Robson Green stars in the thriller based on the novels by Val McDermid

Wire in the Blood: Season 5

• Season 5 Episode 4: Anything You Can Do

  The suffocation of an elderly woman proves the prelude to a string of similar killings - and makes Tony wonder whether respected psychologist Jonathan Goode (Michael Maloney), whose work he regards with something akin to hero-worship, could be involved. As events unfold, it begins to seem increasingly likely that his idol not only has feet of clay, but may also be dangerously unbalanced. Last in series

• Season 5 Episode 3: Names of Angels

  Two successful career women are found raped and strangled in imitation of similar murders years earlier on the Continent. Tony picks up the links with Bradfield's own business community, but his investigations are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of teenage killer Jack Norton, who is on the run from his social workers because he cannot cope with life 'released under licence'. Psychological drama, starring Robson Green and Simone Lahbib

• Season 5 Episode 2: Nocebo

  The murder of two youngsters killed in ritual slayings lead the police into a case of black magic - and things soon become more incredible, from animal sacrifices and paintings in blood to two of the team apparently cursed by voodoo dolls. Tony remains sceptical throughout - until Alex and her son become the killer's next targets. Thriller, starring Robson Green and Simone Lahbib

• Season 5 Episode 1: The Colour of Amber

  An 11-year-old girl is snatched from a troubled housing estate, presenting a fresh challenge for clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill, who sets about trying to build up a profile of her abductor before time runs out. Unfortunately the case turns into a murder inquiry with the discovery of her body, and the team is left racing to save another innocent life. Robson Green and Simone Lahbib star

Wire in the Blood: Season 4 (2006)

• Season 4 Episode 4: Wounded Surgeon

  Hill's judgement is called into question by the Press, who gleefully seize on DNA evidence suggesting he may once have unwittingly helped secure the conviction of an innocent man. Finding himself the subject of a media witch-hunt, he experiences a crisis of confidence - which is exacerbated by Alex's decision that she can no longer permit him to work for the police. Last in series

• Season 4 Episode 3: Hole in the Heart

  Hill investigates a series of mysterious deaths resembling the martyrdom of Christian saints and realises they are being instigated by a shadowy figure who presides over a sinister suicide cult. A local vicar seems the most likely suspect, but his own death rules him out of the investigation - and events culminate in a surprise revelation. Psychological thriller, starring Robson Green

• Season 4 Episode 2: Torment

  Tony investigates the violent murder of a young prostitute, and learns the prime suspect was confined to a high-security psychiatric unit at the time. He races to identify the invisible killer before another victim suffers. Meanwhile, Alex forms an uneasy alliance with vice squad officers Shields and Mulligan. Psychological thriller, starring Robson Green

• Season 4 Episode 1: Time to Murder and Create

  An old case is unexpectedly reopened, catching Tony Hill off guard. His surprise is compounded by the revelation that Carol Jordan has left for South Africa and been replaced by new detective Alex Fielding, who has her own way of doing things - and refuses to believe his theory that a serial killer is stalking the streets. Robson Green and Simone Lahbib star

Wire in the Blood: Season 3 (2005)

• Season 3 Episode 4: Synchronicity

  In the last of the series, Tony wakes up in hospital after being hit on the head by a would-be murderer - and discovers he's suffering from a brain tumour that is dramatically affecting his behaviour. Meanwhile, a spate of random shootings spreads terror throughout Bradfield, and Carol comes under pressure to bring the sniper responsible to justice. Robson Green and Hermione Norris star

• Season 3 Episode 3: Nothing But the Night

  The team members are baffled as they struggle to build up a profile of the person they are hunting, as there is no discernible pattern to the crimes, or any clear motive. Meanwhile, Tony has an encounter with a mysterious woman, and Carol oversees a case review that entangles her in police politics and personal deception. Starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris

• Season 3 Episode 2: Bad Seed

  Tony's suspicions are aroused by his latest PhD student, a notorious double murderer known as 'Mack the Knife', who has been released from prison claiming to have reformed. Three horrific killings take place soon afterwards, all bearing the hallmarks of his crimes of 30 years ago. However, he appears to have a cast-iron alibi - he's disabled with severe arthritis

• Season 3 Episode 1: Redemption

  Psychological thriller based on the novels by Val McDermid. A boy's body is discovered in a warehouse, in circumstances which could point to either suicide or murder. Dr Tony Hill takes on the case when DCI Carol Jordan is injured in an attempted mugging - and two more children's corpses are discovered. Starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris, with Mark Letheren and Emma Handy

Wire in the Blood: Season 2 (2004)

• Season 2 Episode 4: Sharp Compassion

  Panic grips Bradfield as a murderer targets the most vulnerable members of the community - hospital patients. While Dr Tony Hill ponders possible motives, DCI Carol Jordan's investigation is hampered by an intrusive MI5 officer breathing down her neck and the indifference of colleagues who seem more concerned with career promotion than catching the killer. Last in the current series of psychological thrillers, starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris

• Season 2 Episode 3: Right to Silence

  Carol Jordan is promoted to Detective Chief Inspector but has no time to celebrate as another baffling murder case demands her attention. The killing bears all the hallmarks of Bradfield gangster Gavin Cochran - but he's already languishing in prison. Working on the theory that Cochran could be passing orders to underlings on the outside, Carol attempts to arrest the villain's brother - a confrontation that ends in tragedy and leaves her career prospects hanging by a thread. Thriller, starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Darkness of Light

  Dr Tony Hill and DI Carol Jordan investigate when the grisly remains of recent murder victims are unearthed during excavation work on the foundations of a hotel. When the building is subsequently burned to the ground, Tony suspects dark forces from the distant past are still very much active - and wonders whether the fact the hotel was built on the grounds of a ruined abbey could hold a clue to the mystery. Robson Green and Hermione Norris star

• Season 2 Episode 1: Still She Cries

  Series of thrillers starring Robson Green as Dr Tony Hill, the clinical psychologist with an uncanny insight into the minds of murderers. Tony persuades the police to reopen the case of convicted child-killer Maggie Thomas and enlists Laura Webster, one of his students at Bradfield University, to help probe Maggie's disturbed psyche - much to the dismay of his old ally DI Carol Jordan (Hermione Norris). Events take a sinister turn when Laura's best friend is abducted, and as Tony and Carol investigate, an increasingly unbalanced and isolated Maggie takes desperate action. With Amber Batty and Elaine Claxton

Wire in the Blood: Season 1 (2002)

• Season 1 Episode 7: Justice Painted Blind - Part Three

  Part three of three. As investigations continue into the brutal murders of a middle-aged grandmother and a young girl, Tony has doubts about whether the killings are related to a previous case, despite obvious similarities. Psychological thriller, starring Robson Green

• Season 1 Episode 6: Justice Painted Blind : Part Two

  The series of psychological thrillers comes to a dramatic end as an unexpected confession from Paul Gregory forces Carol to release her prime suspect. It seems that for once Tony's uncanny profiling skills have failed : until another murder makes it clear the case is far from closed. Starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris

• Season 1 Episode 5: Justice Painted Blind : Part One

  Part one. An abduction and murder cause professional tension as Tony disagrees with DS Don Merrick's suspicion that the culprit is a paedophile he narrowly failed to convict on a previous occasion. As the killer strikes again, the struggle to find a link between the victims is complicated by Carol's lawyer boyfriend, who puts forward a theory of his own. Feature-length psychological thriller, starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris

• Season 1 Episode 4: Shadows Rising : Part Two

  Part two of three. Beth's murder has a devastating effect on Amanda Vance, leaving her on the verge of a breakdown, although the tragedy at least provides a wealth of clues for Tony and Carol to follow up. However, it soon becomes clear time is of the essence when another girl with a resemblance to the previous victims goes missing. Mystery thriller, starring Robson Green, Hermione Norris, Doon Mackichan and John Michie

• Season 1 Episode 3: Shadows Rising : Part One

  Psychological profiler Tony is assigned to help when a teenager's body is dragged from a lake, while his detective partner Carol visits a celebrity couple being plagued by a stalker. At first the pair find their relationship challenged by having to work apart, but then they find a connection between the dead body and the stalker : could the cases be linked? Feature-length mystery thriller, starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris, with guest appearances by Doon Mackichan and John Michie

• Season 1 Episode 2: The Mermaids Singing : Part Two

  Part two. Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill continues his hunt for the serial killer preying on men in the northern town of Bradfield, but finds his efforts hampered by the local police's scorn for his unconventional methods. With only DI Carol Jordan prepared to believe in him, Tony must draw on all his reserves of strength and insight to bring the case to a shocking conclusion. Thriller, starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris

• Season 1 Episode 1: The Mermaids Singing : Part One

  Thrillers based on the novels by Val McDermid, starring Robson Green as eccentric clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill, who possesses an eerie insight into the minds of murderers. In the first tale, Tony is recruited by DI Carol Jordan to help track down a serial killer preying on men in the northern town of Bradfield, but his methods fail to win much support among the other officers on the case : and to make matters worse, he soon realises he's the killer's next target. With Hermione Norris, Philip Whitchurch, Alan Stocks, Mark Letheren and Tom Chadbon

Wire in the Blood: Special (2004 - 2008)

• Behind the Scenes

  Robson Green discusses the series.

• Prayer of the Bone

  One-off feature-length thriller, in which clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill (Robson Green) leaves behind the familiar streets of Bradfield and visits America to appear as an expert witness in the trial of an Iraq combat veteran accused of multiple murder. Sweltering heat and venomous snakes are among the difficulties he faces while struggling with the complexities of the US legal system. With Brad Hawkins and Naima Imani Lett