Seasons & episodes

S27 · E3Grievance Culture (1) 2024-01-15 · 58 min＋

The team work a suspected suicide but the investigation raises more questions than it answers. Gabriel has an exciting new opportunity, both professionally and personally, and enlists Jack’s help. When a disgruntled professor of criminology is passed over for promotion, events take a truly sinister turn and the interview panel begin to be targeted. Could a member of the Lyell be next?

S27 · E4Grievance Culture (2) 2024-01-22 · 58 min＋

Events continue to spiral at the university and Cara becomes collateral damage. The riddle of the body in the Thames is solved. A breakthrough in the Cherry case is received from an unlikely source, but will the team get there before it is too late?

S27 · E5Invisible (1) 2024-01-29＋

The team investigate the body of a woman found in a flat after being dead for a year. As they seek to find out the truth of her identity and what happened to her, they must draw on all of their forensic and pathology knowledge to solve the case. Even if the world had forgotten her, the Lyell are determined that she must get justice.

S27 · E6Invisible (2) 2024-01-30＋

Nikki and Jack work to uncover the truth surrounding Roy’s death and consider if it’s linked to their original body. Meanwhile, D.I. Torres searches for a stalker and Cara is shocked at Velvy’s living conditions. As the case comes to a head, there are surprises afoot for the team.

The team investigate the death of a Burmese man on a deserted beach, as his young pregnant wife desperately hopes he is still alive. Nikki and Jack piece together the perplexing crime scene and find it poses more questions than it answers.

Nikki makes a breakthrough but can the team believe everything they are told? The Lyell is compromised in an unexpected way, as the team strive to find out who the man on the beach was and why he was killed. In a dark and chilling story, they must unite to discover the truth, and above all, trust no one.

The Lyell are called to a museum outside King’s Cross Station, where they discover the bodies of eight victims entombed below. With the knowledge that a prolific serial killer was operating in London nearly twenty years ago, Nikki and the team know this will be a case like no other.

Nikki continues to try and identify the last of the remaining bodies in an effort to uncover any connections and find motive, while Jack and the police begin to look into several two-decade old missing persons cases which might reveal the identity of the man dubbed “The King’s Cross Serial Killer”.

S28 · E1Exodus 20:17 (1) 2025-01-06 · 58 min＋

The death of an elderly woman found in a cave has the Lyell team asking what drives a person to murder someone so vulnerable. A new boss at the Lyell riles Jack.

S28 · E2Exodus 20:17 (2) 2025-01-07 · 58 min＋

Benjamin continues his desperate search for Gloria. Nikki’s disturbing discovery joins the dots. A new team member joins the Lyell.

S28 · E3Homecoming (1) 2025-01-13 · 58 min＋

When a man is found bludgeoned by a hammer, the Lyell are drawn deep into a conspiracy involving local government.

S28 · E4Homecoming (2) 2025-01-14 · 58 min＋

After another hammer attack, the Lyell team start uncovering connections to a conspiracy involving local government.

S28 · E5Broken (1) 2025-01-20 · 58 min＋

Dismembered body parts take Nikki into the crumbling world of criminal justice. Can the Lyell team find a missing barrister before it’s too late?

S28 · E6Broken (2) 2025-01-21 · 58 min＋

Nikki conducts an unusual post-mortem, and a terrifying discovery disturbs the team. DNA evidence forces the Lyall to seek advice from an unexpected quarter.

S28 · E7Vanishing Point (1) 2025-01-27 · 58 min＋

When a mysterious contagion starts to spread on a flight from Mumbai, Dr Nikki Alexander faces a race against time - at 30,000 feet - to contain a deadly illness.

S28 · E8Vanishing Point (2) 2025-01-28 · 58 min＋

When more passengers become infected on the plane, Nikki and the Lyell team must work to uncover the truth and find a cure before it’s too late.

S28 · E9I Believe in Love... (1) 2025-02-03 · 57 min＋

When six people are slaughtered by an unknown gunman, Nikki and Jack must work against the clock to find the shooter. Can they find him in time before he kills again?

S28 · E10I Believe in Love... (2) 2025-02-04 · 58 min＋

The Lyell team investigate another gruesome murder, and the identity of the shooter at the restaurant leads to an unsettling discovery.

S29 · E1The Disappearance of Alice Hill (1) 2026-02-02 · 58 min＋

Nikki and Jack hunt a suspected hitman across Birmingham, who later claims responsibility for a murder that gripped the nation, for which someone else is serving jail time

S29 · E2The Disappearance of Alice Hill (2) 2026-02-03 · 58 min＋

Nikki, Jack and the Bowman team are suspicious of a hitman’s murder confession. They must navigate the twists and turns of a complex investigation to uncover the unsettling truth.

S29 · E3Creekwood (1) 2026-02-09 · 59 min＋

When an elderly man is found dead with a screwdriver impaled through his eye socket, the Bowman team find themselves navigating the mental health system of both the past and the present.

S29 · E4Creekwood (2) 2026-02-10 · 58 min＋

The Bowman’s investigation takes a surprising turn as they explore the trials of a homeless community and the mystery of a mental health hospital, both past and present.

S29 · E5The Enemy Within (1) 2026-02-16 · 55 min＋

Nikki, Jack and the team must navigate divisions in their new city in order to solve a racially motivated murder, but not everything is as it seems.

S29 · E6The Enemy Within (2) 2026-02-17 · 57 min＋

As social media inflames tensions in the community, finding out the truth of who killed Alex Nelson becomes even more vital.