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There have been a total of five series (the latest of which aired during September and October of 2005 ). The first series was shown in 2000 , and has now been released on DVD . The third series won an International Emmy . Each story in the show is split into two hour-long episodes, normally shown in the evening of consecutive days on BBC One . The programme is also shown on BBC America in the United States . ''Waking the Dead'' will return for a sixth series in 2007.


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The programme follows the work of a special police team who investigate "cold cases", usually murders that took place a number of years ago and were never solved. The team uses evidence which has just come to light, as well as modern technology to examine previous evidence. Trevor Eve portrays the workaholic and often eccentric Peter Boyd around whom plotlines are often centered. Earlier episodes of the programme focused more on the crimes being investigated but more recently character development has played a bigger role in the show. An example of this is Boyd taking anger management sessions in series 4.

The current members of the cold case squad are:
  • Trevor Eve - Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd (leader of the team)

  • Sue Johnston - Psychological Profiler Grace Foley

  • Esther Hall - Forensic Pathologist Felix Gibson (first appeared in ''Towers Of Silence'', the first story of series 5)

  • Wil Johnson - Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan (shot, potentially fatally, at the end of series 5)

  • Félicité Du Jeu - Detective Sergeant Stella Goodman (first appeared in ''Black Run'', the second story of series 5, and betrayed the team at the end of this series)


Previous members of the team are:
  • Claire Goose - Detective Sergeant Mel Silver, who was killed in ''Shadowplay'', the final story of series 4. She was eventually replaced by Stella.

  • Holly Aird - Forensic Pathologist Frankie Wharton, who left the Cold Case unit to return to research following the death of her close friend DS Mel Silver. Her exit, which took place between series 4 and series 5, was not shown on-screen. She was replaced by Felix.

  • Georgia Mackenzie - Detective Sergeant Andrea Stephenson, who appeared in ''Towers Of Silence'', the first story of season 5. She was drafted into the unit from Kent CID because she had previously investigated a case linked to the one the team reopened in that story.



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