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.
There is no Next Episode of Expert Witness planned.
S5E1 - Intent to Kill: The Ashley Dale Murder
A ballistics expert proves the shooting of a young woman was murder not manslaughter, and a forensic scientist secures justice for a cold case victim, 20 years after the crime.
Air Date: 06 Jul 2026 00:00 (CDT)
S5E2 - Death on Duty
A voice analyst makes a positive link to the killer of two police officers, and a lead forensic scientist identifies a phone snatcher from a shoe he left behind.
Air Date: 06 Jul 2026 00:00 (CDT)
S5E3 - A Deadly Dose
A forensic toxicologist proves that an Essex couple's cause of death points to murder, and a footprint expert links a killer to two different murder scenes.
Air Date: 06 Jul 2026 00:00 (CDT)
S5E4 - The Killer Next Door
A pathologist and forensic scientist work together to convict the twisted killer of Elaine Collie, and a Home Office pathologist links two suspects to a double homicide.
Air Date: 06 Jul 2026 00:00 (CDT)
S5E5 - Cold Case Convictions
An expert witness uses fibre analysis to solve an execution-style murder, and after 26 years in prison, a man walks free when a forensic scientist links DNA to the real killer.
Air Date: 06 Jul 2026 00:00 (CDT)