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Series 2 (2002)


Life Sentence
by John Milne

  • originally broadcast 2nd & 3rd September 2002


  • The Cold Case team is forced to enlist the help of a psychotic killer. Thomas Rice, is in jail for the abduction and murder of five women. Meanwhile, Dr Claire Delaney, one of Rice's victims, who survived her ordeal, has become the morbid obsession of a copycat assailant...

    Guest stars included Samuel West as Thomas Rice and Susannah Harker as Dr Claire Delaney.


    Deathwatch
    by Stephen Davis

  • originally broadcast 9th & 10th September 2002


  • A deathbed confession to twelve separate 'unauthorised killings', and a link to the hanging of an East End gangster, take the team into the murky underworld of London's gangland crime families.

    Guest stars included Warren Mitchell* as Edgar Truelove, David Hemmings* as Malcolm Finlay and Ronald Pickup* as Charles Sutton.


    Special Relationship
    by Simon Mirren

  • originally broadcast 16th & 17th September 2002


  • When a petty burglar is acquitted of murdering a prominent Home Officer Advisor, Boyd and his team are brought in to investigate. However, they soon discover the corridors of Whitehall are shrouded in secrecy, and worst still; the team are subject to a Home Office audit. A coincidence?

    Guest stars included Corin Redgrave as Sir James Beatty and Patricia Hodge as Lady Alice Beatty.


    Thin Air
    by Ed Whitmore

  • originally broadcast 3rd & 4th November 2002


  • Under pressure to discover the truth behind the disappearance of an eighteen-year-old girl on Hampstead Heath in 1989, Boyd makes terrible mistakes...

    This episode was originally due to be shown in September 2002 with the rest of the series, but was postponed because of similarities to topical events.

    Guest stars included Cherie Lunghi as Leah Gold and Jack Ellis as Police Commissioner.

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