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TV series

Wire in the Blood

2002TV-MA6 seasons7.9 / 10

TO CATCH A KILLER, YOU MUST THINK LIKE ONE

Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.

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Synopsis

Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.

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Episode 1

Time to Murder and Create

1h 25m7.7 / 10

When a rapist who was convicted on Tony's evidence is released Tony appears to be discredited. To make matters worse Carol has left for South Africa without even saying goodbye to him. He offers his help to her successor, Alex, another female officer, when a number of young women are found dead, their bodies buried in fields. Tony relates this to a sado-masochistic Internet site used by the murderer to lure his victims to their fate by playing, and then preying, on their sexual fantasies.

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Directed by Andy GoddardWritten by Patrick HarbinsonGuest stars Adam Robertson

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Episode 2

Torment

1h 25m8.0 / 10

When a young prostitute is found dead, clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill sees an immediate parallel with the crimes committed by an incarcerated serial killer, Derek Tyler. There can be no doubt that Tyler is innocent of the most recent crime but the similarities - the women were all blond, young, bound to the bed and cut until they bled to death - cannot be ignored. Tyler was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic but Tony soon realizes that he wasn't hearing voices telling him to commit the murders but rather was taking instructions from someone. The case becomes ..

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Directed by Declan O'DwyerWritten by Guy BurtGuest stars Siobhan Finneran, Andrew Westfield, Michael Dunning, Lee Warburton, Emily Bowker, Michael Webber, Emma Handy, Stephen Bent

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Episode 3

Hole in the Heart

1h 25m8.0 / 10

Tony Hill assists the police in their investigation of a bizarre series of murders. In each case the victims - a property developer, a bishop, a judge - were brutally killed and the killers then immediately committed suicide. Tony thinks there is a connection to the Freemasons, but then realizes that they are dealing with a religious sect that glorifies suicide. He knows from the profile that the head of the sect will be a white male and from the religious symbolism that he will have six disciples, but who are they and how will they find this needle in a haystack?

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Directed by A.J. QuinnWritten by Niall LeonardGuest stars Michael Cochrane, Daud Shah, Peter Sullivan, Felix Scott, Aaron Crisp, Bob Kingdom, Gwanwyn Mason, Emma Handy

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Episode 4

Wounded Surgeon

1h 25m7.8 / 10finale

When a young woman is raped and murdered after being kidnapped from a nightclub, Tony Hill is convinced that Jason Eglee is responsible. Ten years previously Tony had got him to confess to the rape of Tracy Bradshaw in what was Tony's first case working for the police. Eglee was released on parole, against Tony's advice, only three weeks before the most recent crime. When a crusading journalist questions Tony's interrogation technique and pushes for Eglee's original conviction to be overturned, DNA testing proves the man is innocent. The evidence notwithstanding, Tony...

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Directed by Peter HoarWritten by Patrick HarbinsonGuest stars Val McDermid, Emma Handy, Linda Bardell, Craig Conway, Alistair Findlay, Raad Rawi, Joanne Cummins, James Carcaterra

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More about Wire in the Blood

Cast

Robson GreenDr Tony Hill
Mark LetherenDS Kevin Geoffries
Hermione NorrisDCI Carol Jordan
Simone LahbibDI Alex Fielding
Thomas ByrneBen Fielding
Mark PenfoldDr Vernon
Jack O'ConnellJack Norton
Tony MaudsleyBarry Davies

Credits

Written by
Richard Standeven, Niall Leonard, Alan Whiting, Guy Burt, Patrick Harbinson, Charlie Fletcher, Simon Block, Val McDermid

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
30
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • ITV1United Kingdom
  • Coastal ProductionsUnited Kingdom

Themes

criminal consultantforensic psychologynorthern englandpolicepolice profilingpsychologistserial killeryorkshire