Episode 1
First Love
When a teenager is found dead at the foot of a tower, Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins believes it was a tragic suicide, but Coroner Jane Kennedy thinks there is more to the case than meets the eye.
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TV series
The Coroner
2015TV-PG2 seasons6.3 / 10
High-flying solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.
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High-flying solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
How to Catch a Lobster
When a body washes up on the shore, Jane is convinced it's a botched sea burial, but Davey believes otherwise. With a steak at stake, both are determined to prove each other wrong.
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Episode 3
That's the Way to Do It
When the town's new mayor is found dead in a hotel room, Jane's quest for the truth puts her own life in danger.
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Episode 4
The Fisherman's Tale
A popular local businessman is shot dead by a sniper in public. Davey is forced to watch as an officer from the Metropolitan Police takes over his investigation and then makes a move on Jane.
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Episode 5
Gilt
When a treasure hunter is found dead in his own home, Jane wonders whether one of his colleagues wanted the loot for themselves, while the locals fear it was something more supernatural...
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Episode 6
Capsized
A man is found dead in a shipwrecked container on the beach. Davey is convinced it was an unfortunate accident, but Jane fears darker forces might be responsible.
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Episode 7
The Salcombe Selkie
The sleepy town of Lighthaven is stunned when a teenage girl returns from the dead. Where has she been for a whole year? And who was buried in her place?
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Episode 8
Napoleon's Violin
When the patriarch of the local aristocratic family is found stabbed to death, Jane and Davey investigate and find themselves revisiting an embarrassing chapter of their teenage romance.
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Episode 9
The Deep Freeze
When a man is found dead in a walk-in freezer, Jane and Davey's relationship is tested to the limit as they clash over who they think is responsible.
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Episode 10
Dirty Dancing
A woman drops dead in the build-up to a Latin dance festival in Lighthaven. As Jane and Davey argue over what they think happened, the body mysteriously vanishes from the mortuary.
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More about The Coroner
Cast
Claire GooseJane Kennedy
Matt BardockDS Davey Higgins
Oliver GommClint Holman
Beatie EdneyJudith Kennedy
Ivan KayeMick Sturrock
Grace Hogg-RobinsonBeth Kennedy
Cassie ClareYoung Helen
Stuart DavidsonPrivate AmbulancemanCredits
- Created by
- Sally Abbott
- Written by
- Sally Abbott, Kit Lambert, Ann-Marie di Mambro, David Bowker, Matthew Cooke, Vincent Lund, Jon Sen, Dan Muirden, Mark Hiser, Bridget Colgan, Al Smith
Production details
- Status
- Canceled
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 20
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
BBC OneUnited Kingdom
BBC BirminghamUnited Kingdom
Themes
coronerdetectivefemale detective
