Waking the Dead - Series 4 [DVD] [2004] [2001]

More cases for the ‘Cold Case Unit’ - detectives aided by forensic and psychology experts - as they unearth the files of unsolved crimes that have threatening present day implications. But now Grace, Frankie, Mel and Spencer have bonded into an effective team, could the maverick leadership of DCI Boyd have put the unit in jeopardy?

Disc One
In Sight of the Lord
A media campaign from a murdered soldier’s grandson has led to the nearly 50-year old case being re-opened. When the killer strikes again and other linked murders from the 1960s become apparent, the team must try to fit the pieces of the case together and find the next intended victim.

False Flag
Demolition work on a garage is halted at the discovery of a skeleton sitting in the driver’s seat. An unexploded bomb found under the car is soon linked to an Irish terrorist cell from the late 1970s. But why was the would-be bomber killed and why did the bomb fail to detonate?

Disc Two
What gives the ‘Cold Case Unit’ its cutting edge? It’s dynamic leadership, scientific insight or back-to-basic detective work? Or could it be the team’s special relationships, like Boyd’s respect and admiration for Frankie, his sparring with Grace or his off-hand treatment of Mel and Spencer?

Fugue States
Notting Hill Carnival, 1988: Five-year-old twins are taken from their home. A nationwide search is launched, but they are not found. Fifteen years later, one of the twins, Jason, is admitted to hospital after a traffic accident; the hunt now begins to establish where his sister might be and whether she is still alive.

Anger Management
When a killer strikes at a hostel, Sam, a newly released prisoner, becomes a major suspect. As the team investigates further, it emerges that Sam has a complex hidden past. On the surface he appears to be a devoted family man, so why does he have influential connections in the criminal world?

Disc Three
The Cold Case Unit was always aware that their cases were not really dead - just sleeping. That anyone willing to kill five, ten, even twenty years ago might well be ready to do so again. But did they ever think that the team itself could be putting their lives on the line?

The Hardest Word
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.

Shadowplay
A young woman has killed her family through an arson attack on her family home. After she claims she was incited to do this by a mysterious figure known only as 'The Shepherd', it transpires that two more women have claimed they were incited to commit murder by the same person.