Series 4 (2004)
In Sight Of The Lord
by Tony McHale
originally broadcast 11th & 12th July 2004
1948: Post-war Britain and an ex-soldier has been found dead with his skull nailed to the floor. Now this case has been re-opened due to media attention and pressure created by his grandson. The killer strikes again and the team discover another linked murder from the 1960s. A further victim is found nailed to the floor – this time in a nursing home for the elderly. Is the Second World War the linking factor? The team must find the next possible victim but no-one knows where he is.
Guest stars included Geoffrey Bayldon* as Edward Atkinson.
False Flag
by Stephen Davis
originally broadcast 18th & 19th July 2004
Contemporary London: A garage is demolished. As the building falls apart, demolition work is halted at the sight of a skeleton sitting in the driver's seat. An unexploded bomb is found under the car which is soon linked to an Irish terrorist cell from the late 1970s. The team tread carefully to unravel the story of the would-be bomber. Why was he killed and why did the bomb fail to detonate?
Guest stars included Frances De La Tour* as Alice Taylor-Garnett and Tom Georgeson* as Major Timothy Cooper.
Fugue States
by Ed Whitmore
originally broadcast 25th & 26th July 2004
Notting Hill Carnival 1990: Two 5-year-old twins are taken from their home and a nationwide search is launched, but they are not found. Thirteen years later, one of the twins, Jason, is admitted to hospital after a traffic accident. The hunt now begins to establish where his sister, Cindy might be and if she is still alive. Meanwhile, Jason has disappeared and a murder has taken place.
Guest stars included Joe Armstrong* as Jason Murphy, Charlotte Avery* as Christine Murphy, Denise Black* as Ingrid Faulkner.
Anger Management
by John Milne and Andy Hay
originally broadcast 1st & 2nd August 2004
Wormwood Scrubs: Sam, one of the prisoners is released to start a new life. But then a man is murdered in the hostel where Sam stays. Soon he is a suspect. But it looks as though Sam was in fact the intended victim. Sam has a hidden past which the team can only speculate about. On the surface he appears to be a devoted family man, so why does he have influential connections in the criminal world?
Guest stars included Nigel Terry* as Sam Jacobs, Kerry Fox* as Elsbeth Varley, and T.P. McKenna* as Phil Brown.
The Hardest Word
by Doug Milburn
originally broadcast 8th & 9th August 2004
A sadomasochistic serial killer is at large. The killings are brutal and the victims are found with the word 'Sorry' carved in their backs. When the killer strikes at the heart of the team, the investigation takes a new track and the motive for the murders takes on a very different meaning.
Guest stars included Paul Reynolds* as D.S. Dave Marvin, James Dreyfus* as Raymond Carstairs, Emma Fielding* as Dr. Greta Simpson, Phil Daniels* as Det. Supt. Andy Bulmer, and Julian Glover* as William Laurence.
Shadowplay
by Ed Whitmore
originally broadcast 15th & 16th August 2004
A young woman who has psychiatric problems has killed her family through an arson attack on her family home. She claims she was incited to do this by a mysterious figure known only as 'The Shepherd'. It transpires that two more women also with mental illnesses claimed they were incited to commit murder by the same person in the past. The team need to discover if this is a journey through the imagination or reality.
This story marked the departure of Claire Goose from the show, when her character Mel Silver was killed off. It was also the last appearance for Holly Aird as Frankie Wharton, but her exit is not shown on-screen.
Guest stars included James Larkin* as Dr. Matt Carney, Laurence Penry-Jones* as Adam Duke, Paul Kaye* as Dr. David Carney, and Lucy Gaskell* as Fay Harding.
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