Expert Witness
Expert Witness

Expert Witness

2021 5 Seasons 75 Episodes ⭐ 5.0 Documentary Crime

This dramatic true crime series reveals how some of the UK’s most serious and complex cases were solved by the expertise of a band of unsung heroes – the expert witnesses.

This dramatic true crime series reveals how some of the UK’s most serious and complex cases were solved by the expertise of a band of unsung heroes – the expert witnesses.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Soil and Insects

Soil analysis helps solve a 37-year-old murder investigation in Scotland. In Huddersfield, analysis of insect life on a

EP 2

Blood Under Paint and Gait

Blood traces hidden under paint allow an expert witness to find a killer and free five men from suspicion. An unusual ga

EP 3

Forensic Imaging and MSN Chat

Marks left by the tread of a shoe help detectives catch a killer terrorising Rochdale, and a forensic linguist deciphers

EP 4

Fibre Trails and Diamonds

A team of expert witnesses follow a trail of fibres and DNA to solve three cold cases in Pembrokeshire, and a fraudulent

EP 5

Pollen in a Field and Fibres in a Car Crash

A body left in a field prompts the examination of pollen, establishing a new forensic discipline, and fibres fused with

EP 6

DNA, Fibres and Bones

After 32 years, expert fibre analysis helps bring the killer of two Brighton schoolgirls to justice, and the analysis of

EP 7

Aging Insects and Fake Fairies

Insect evidence helps crack the case of missing Warrington teenager Shafilea Ahmed, and a series of convincing John Anst

EP 8

Soil on a Spade and Stones in a Shoe

Soil on a spade helps catch the killer of a young woman from Swindon, who for years evaded justice and a stone stuck in

EP 9

Cerium and CCTV

A wrongful conviction is overturned by re-examining microscopic particles on a van seat and an attempted murder outside

EP 10

Pollen, Bones and DNA

Pollen and bone experts help identify the remains of a murder victim found in a sports bag. And advances in DNA help fin

EP 11

Text Messages and DNA

Analysis of text messages reveal a husband's plot to cover up his wife's murder and traces of DNA on decades old evidenc

EP 12

Pollen, Chalk and DNA

How expert analysis of nettles and chalky soil helped catch the killer of Soham schoolgirls and how advances in DNA tech

EP 13

Insects and Bones

Insects establish an accurate time of death, helping to prove a husband killed his wife and analysis of burnt remains in

EP 14

Paint Materials and Blood Patterns

Forensics analysis by an art expert prove paintings by a well known cornish artist are fake, and blood spatter patterns

EP 15

60's DNA and Fibres Around the World

A fifty year old cold case murder is solved by DNA and the tenacity of an expert witness. And a murder investigation is

EP 1

Shallow Graves - Unearthing a Serial Killer

Some criminal investigations are so complicated that they require a number of expert witnesses to be involved. This prog

EP 2

Mystery of the Playground Shooter and Signature of a Killer

A young schoolboy is mysteriously shot in the head while playing in the school yard, but who fired the gun and from wher

EP 3

The Curry Killer and the Body on the Beach

Following the unexplained death of a man in Yorkshire, found alone in his home with no signs of forced entry or a strugg

EP 4

Body in the Snow and Betrayed by a Text

After a 25-year-old woman goes missing in Bristol, the police launch a major missing-person enquiry. Soon after, the bod

EP 5

Body in the Woods and Murder at the Post Office

This episode follows two shocking criminal cases in Yorkshire, each involving a woman murdered by her partner, and two e

EP 6

Murder in the Suburbs and Search for a Serial Killer

In our first story, a community reels in total shock when a doting grandmother is found murdered in her home. Detectives

EP 7

Body in the Bog and Bomb in the Boot

An expert witness uses soil analysis to find the body of a missing woman feared murdered, and a cell site expert uses hi

EP 8

Late Night Murder and Exhuming Evidence

When a young nurse disappears, a soil analyst helps find her body and solve the crime. A digital imaging expert proves t

EP 9

Invisible Evidence and the Chocolate Box Conmen

An expert in microscopic lifeforms helps solve the murder of a teenager, and a handwriting expert assists an old lady wh

EP 10

Car Killer and Shot on the Sofa

A blood spatter analyst unlocks the mystery of a woman murdered in her own car, and an expert witness uses a mobile phon

EP 11

Sole of a Killer and Stolen Treasure

Police turn to a footprint analyst and a pollen expert to help solve a murder in Manchester, and a soil expert unearths

EP 12

Murder in the Carpark and Cold Call Fraud

Blood spatter analysis helps identify the killer of a body found in a suitcase, and an expert helps in a serious case of

EP 13

A Scottish Murder and Artful Deceit

An expert in mobile phone technology tracks the movements of a murder suspect, and an expert in art fraud determines whe

EP 14

Deadly Date and the Football Fraudster

A dental expert helps police investigating the mysterious death of a teenage girl, and an autograph expert is brought in

EP 15

Killer on the Run and Murder in the Valleys

When a man kills four people and goes on the run, a handwriting analyst is brought in, and after a body is found, an exp

EP 1

Body in the Woods and Supermarket Killers

When a dismembered body is discovered, police turn to a facial reconstruction expert to help identify the victim.

EP 2

A Watery Grave and the Dangerous Date

When the body of a farmer is found in a lake, a bioarchaeologist helps police reveal how he got there. Meanwhile, when a

EP 3

Body of Evidence and Shallow Grave

When a 21-year-old student is murdered and dumped in the Humber Estuary, a forensic biologist helps police bring her kil

EP 4

Corrosive Truth and A Field of Evidence

When a woman is the victim of an acid attack in Brighton, an expert pieces together hours of CCTV footage to identify th

EP 5

Written in Blood and The End of the Line

When two men are wrongly convicted of murder, a forensic blood spatter analyst helps to prove their innocence. And an ex

EP 6

Face of a Killer and Proof in the Pollen

When a young man is stabbed to death, a facial recognition expert helps Merseyside Police catch the killer. And a specia

EP 7

Hidden Blood and Traces of a Killer

Police turn to an expert witness to help them link a drug gang to the death of a Vietnamese man in Wales. And experts in

EP 8

Patterns of Behaviour and Time Flies

A blood residue specialist leads police to the killers of an East Sussex waiter, brutally bludgeoned in his flat. And a

EP 9

Threads of Evidence and Bad Chemistry

A fibre specialist from the UK brings closure to Australia’s longest-running murder investigation. And a forensic phar

EP 10

A Grave Error and Souvenir of a Killer

When a teenager’s body is located in a shallow grave, a soil specialist is called on to unearth evidence to convict th

EP 11

Death on the Nile and Cell to Cell

When a British woman is found dead in an Egyptian hotel room, a UK toxicologist uncovers a sinister murder plot. And pol

EP 12

Red Light Killer and A Rural Rampage

Detectives hunting the killer of a young woman from Bolton require the help of a fibre and DNA specialist to arrest thei

EP 13

Facing Justice and Language of Terror

When a decomposed body is washed up on a Dutch beach, a UK facial reconstruction expert helps uncover the identity. And

EP 14

Fragments of Truth and Wall of Evidence

A forensically trained dentist’s expertise helps police to connect a man to the disappearance of his wife. And the dil

EP 15

Grave Secret and Lockdown Tragedy

Evidence unearthed by a forensic archaeologist helps to catch the killer of a young woman from Wiltshire. And a case of

EP 1

The Murder of Sarah Payne: Fields of Evidence

The heart-wrenching case of eight-year-old Sarah Payne, who was abducted and murdered. A forensic ecologist finds a vita

EP 2

The Body in the Suitcase

A twisted killer throws two suitcases containing severed remains into a canal, and it’s down to a 3D-scanning expert t

EP 3

The Wheelie Bin Killer

When a body is found in a wheelie bin dumped in a lake, can a cell site analyst track the suspects’ movements and help

EP 4

Cracking the Killer's Code

When a violent gang use a secret language to discuss a fatal attack, police turn to a forensic linguist to crack their c

EP 5

Catching a Cold Case Killer

Will untying the knot of a dressing gown cord used to kill Mary McLoughlin 35 years ago finally reveal the identity of h

EP 6

Murderers, Messages and the Breakfast Killer

In a horrifying case of mistaken identity, a man is stabbed to death in his home. Can an intelligence analyst help convi

EP 7

The Boy in the Woods - The Murder of Rikki Neave

Nearly 30 years after six-year-old Rikki Neave was brutally murdered, the cold case is reopened and evidence from a soil

EP 8

Beneath the Ashes

When fire crew discover a woman’s body in a burning flat, a blood spatter analyst uses a risky and untested method to

EP 9

Lured to the Woods

A teenager is found dead in the woods. A pathologist analyses her stab wounds to shed light on the attack, and when rema

EP 10

The Shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel

The devastating case of a gunman fatally shooting a young girl in Liverpool. An image analyst helps detectives unmask th

EP 11

Blood on the Carpet

A mother and child disappear in 1976, only leaving a burnt-out car behind them. Over 40 years later, can a blood analyst

EP 12

The Rachel Nickell Murder: Justice at Last

The brutal, unsolved murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common shocked the nation. Ten years on, can a forensic team

EP 13

Unearthing the Truth

A young boy is beaten to death, but his killer evades justice. Three decades on, a pollen expert finds a crucial link be

EP 14

Blood on His Hands

A disabled woman is brutally murdered, and her neighbour is the prime suspect. Can a consultant doctor help police put h

EP 15

Buried Secrets

The 2005 murder of a Glasgow woman goes cold, but 17 years on, can a Dutch soil expert help to finally bring the killer

EP 1

Intent to Kill: The Ashley Dale Murder

A ballistics expert proves the shooting of a young woman was murder not manslaughter, and a forensic scientist secures j

EP 2

Death on Duty

A voice analyst makes a positive link to the killer of two police officers, and a lead forensic scientist identifies a p

EP 3

A Deadly Dose

A forensic toxicologist proves that an Essex couple’s cause of death points to murder, and a footprint expert links a

EP 4

The Killer Next Door

A pathologist and forensic scientist work together to convict the twisted killer of Elaine Collie, and a Home Office pat

EP 5

Cold Case Convictions

An expert witness uses fibre analysis to solve an execution-style murder, and after 26 years in prison, a man walks free

EP 6

The London Bombings

Forensic explosives experts are tasked with examining the crime scenes after the London bombings to establish if the dev

EP 7

The Murder of Brianna Ghey

A blood spatter analyst helps puts the killers of a 16-year-old behind bars, and a forensic speech expert matches a voic

EP 8

The Body in the Cellar

A forensic archaeologist locates the body of a teenage girl buried in a cellar, and an expert in scanning technology sen

EP 9

Dressed to Kill

A forensic image analyst identifies a killer from images in CCTV, and a forensic specialist helps police unravel the tru

EP 10

Left for Dead - The Murder of Hilda Murrell

A forensic biologist uses modern DNA techniques to solve the cold case murder of Hilda Murrell, and cell site analysis h

EP 11

Grave Evidence - The Murder of Joanna Simpson

When a man kills his ex-wife, a forensic archaeologist helps determine if it was premeditated murder, and a cell site an

EP 12

Deadly Threads

A fibre analyst uses a groundbreaking technique to solve the murder of 91-year-old Edwin Hiles, and a forensic fire inve

EP 13

Britain’s Coldest Case

A forensic scientist and a fingerprint expert identify a killer nearly 60 years after the crime, and a plant scientist h

EP 14

Death in the Woods

A forensic biologist works tirelessly to match DNA to the killer of Julia James, and an entomologist links a killer to a

EP 15

Voice of a Killer

A skilled voice analyst proves the killer of a missing man is very close to home, and a UK fingerprint expert helps to o

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Ashley John-Baptiste
Ashley John-Baptiste
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