Waking the Dead - The Complete Season Two (2001)

The Cold Case squad is a crack team of three detectives, a forensic expert and a psychological profiler. Their brief, to reopen the files on unsolved murders. In this season, a psychotic killer is the key to an investigation when a victim who survived is harassed by a copycat assailant; a deathbed confession appears to link the hanging of an East End gangster and the assassination of the jury who found him guilty; the team come up against a wall of Whitehall secrecy when a petty burglar is acquitted of murdering a prominent Home Officer advisor; and DCI Boyd makes terrible mistakes while under pressure to discover the truth behind the disappearance of an 18-year-old girl.

Excellent Crime Investigation Show

Not at all a major fan of crime series and certainly not of the past years "virtual rape" by hit series such as CSI (and its multiple off springs) I very reluctantly opened up for series 6 of the show recently. In Denmark each double episode is shown together with no commercial interruption so it actually takes a similar form of a movie (80 minutes in all).

The episodes I have seen so far have been more than decent with very creative plots and story lines and an amazing ability to avoid perfect Hollywood endings, troubled main characters and interesting use of technology (forensics).

For a reluctant crime series watcher like myself 4 Stars basically explode my scale ... If you are even remotely into this kind of thing 5 stars will for sure not be enough. November 20, 2008

wonderful series for CSI fans

my wife and I really love this show, but we can't find anymore seasons.We have the pilot and the first two seasons.I have gone to BBC america but I don't see them anywhere.This series is a great show, the cast is good at portraying CSI's in a believable way.I just wish we could get more DVD's,I know over in England they have at least 7 more seasons. Anyway It's a very good show. August 3, 2008

Absolutely Riveting!

This series is great fun in trying to figure out the mystery as well as enjoying the interaction of the main characters. I highly recommend this series for those who truly want a mystery with many turns and red herrings. Can't say enough good things about it. May 7, 2008

British crime drama doesn't get better than this!

Waking the Dead is a fantastic series. Trevor Eve is incredible as the conflicted Peter Boyd. While there have been cast changes in the last season or two, the series remains as strong as ever. Fortunately, the original cast is still intact through the first four seasons. I hope Amazon will offer more seasons of this phenomenal show. March 17, 2008

British Cold Case

Season two of the British version of Cold Case with less music and more realistic detective work. The forensic specialists actually have to wear unattractive suits when investigating their cases. No cleavage shots and high heels here.

The character development is minimal, yet the characters are so rich and engaging because of the way they interact. Boyd is a unique detective, gruff and confident yet somehow likeable and not coming off as arrogant.

The only negative is the lack of extras. A documentary of the production and the actors would be very welcome. You only get the episodes and nothing else, but what enthralling episodes they are. February 20, 2008

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