Expert Witness

Crime | Drama | Action

Station:
BBC iPlayer (US)

Status:
Running

Start:
2021-10-25

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Expert Witness explores the inside stories of how expert witnesses helped solve some of the UK's most complex major crime cases, using forensic science to reveal the hidden clues criminals leave behind. Each episode features two different cases, and hears from those involved in solving them.

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List of episodes

S3E1 - Body in the Woods and Supermarket Killers

When a dismembered body is discovered, police turn to a facial reconstruction expert to help identify the victim. And when a man is murdered in Northern Ireland, a cell site expert uses his tracking skills to help catch the killers.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E2 - A Watery Grave and The Dangerous Date

When the body of a farmer is found in a lake, a bioarchaeologist helps police reveal how he got there. Meanwhile, when a man is accused of intentionally spreading the HIV virus, a virologist is called on to determine his guilt.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E3 - Body of Evidence and Shallow Grave

When a 21-year-old student is murdered and dumped in the Humber Estuary, a forensic biologist helps police bring her killer to justice. And an expert witness analyses soil at a shallow grave to unearth the truth behind the death of a man in Scotland.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E4 - Corrosive Truth and A Field of Evidence

When a woman is the victim of an acid attack in Brighton, an expert pieces together hours of CCTV footage to identify the suspect. And through pollen analysis, an expert witness helps police solve a murder case.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E5 - Written in Blood and The End of the Line

When two men are wrongly convicted of murder, a forensic blood spatter analyst helps to prove their innocence. And an expert witness uses mobile phone analysis to help police bring a gang of drug traffickers to justice.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E6 - Face of a Killer and Proof in the Pollen

When a young man is stabbed to death, a facial recognition expert helps Merseyside Police catch the killer. And a specialist palynologist's help is needed by detectives investigating the disappearance of an elderly couple.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E7 - Hidden Blood and Traces of a Killer

Police turn to an expert witness to help them link a drug gang to the death of a Vietnamese man in Wales. And experts in DNA and fibre analysis provide the evidence needed to convict the killer of an elderly man in Bristol.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E8 - Patterns of Behaviour and Time Flies

A blood residue specialist leads police to the killers of an East Sussex waiter, brutally bludgeoned in his flat. And a forensic entomologist uncovers a case of extreme neglect when a Merseyside grandmother is found dead in her home.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E9 - Threads of Evidence and Bad Chemistry

A fibre specialist from the UK brings closure to Australia's longest-running murder investigation. And a forensic pharmacologist uses her expertise to ensure a murder charge after two brutal killings.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E10 - A Grave Error and Souvenir of a Killer

When a teenager's body is located in a shallow grave, a soil specialist is called on to unearth evidence to convict the killer. And as a murder investigation on Merseyside stalls, a fibre expert is enlisted to revive the case.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E11 - Death on the Nile and Cell to Cell

When a British woman is found dead in an Egyptian hotel room, a UK toxicologist uncovers a sinister murder plot. And police turn to a cell communications analyst to solve the vicious murder of a Northern Ireland schoolteacher.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E12 - Red Light Killer and A Rural Rampage

Detectives hunting the killer of a young woman from Bolton require the help of a fibre and DNA specialist to arrest their suspect. And police seek the help of a body fluids expert after a bizarre rampage in the Cotswolds.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E13 - Facing Justice and Language of Terror

When a decomposed body is washed up on a Dutch beach, a UK facial reconstruction expert helps uncover the identity. And a forensic linguistic specialist leads an international hunt for evidence against an Edinburgh bomber.
 


 

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E14 - Fragments of Truth and Wall of Evidence

A forensically trained dentist's expertise helps police to connect a man to the disappearance of his wife. And the diligent analysis of a soil expert helps to bring convictions against three heritage thieves.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)

S3E15 - Grave Secret and Lockdown Tragedy

Evidence unearthed by a forensic archaeologist helps to catch the killer of a young woman from Wiltshire. And a case of harrowing neglect suffered by a Welsh teenager is revealed by an insect expert.

Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 04:00 (CDT)