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Season 1:
Episode 1: Aftermath | Thursday, Janury 10, 2013 at 10pm
When two police officers are sent to a house following a report of a disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. A young woman is unconscious, bleeding from a head wound. Hiding in the cellar is her husband, ready to wield a knife at anyone who tries to enter. He is desperate to protect his secret. What happens next leaves one of the officers dead, the other fighting for their career and Inspector Banks with a chilling murder investigation that will test him to the limit. The beauty and tranquillity of the Yorkshire Dales provides a striking and contrasting backdrop in this thrilling psychological drama that brings Peter Robinson's fictional detective to the small screen.
Episode 2: Playing With Fire | Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 10pm
DCI Banks and DS Annie Cabbot are called to investigate an arson attack that caused two narrowboats to go up in flames. They discover a body in each boat. But who was the intended victim – the lonely book dealer, or the young girl, under the influence of drugs?
Episode 3: Friend of the Devil | Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 10pm
Annie Cabbot investigates the murder of a woman found out on the moor with her throat cut. Meanwhile, Banks is called to a murder of a young girl in the centre of town. As Annie and Banks compare cases, they discover the two different murders have some disturbing similarities.
Episode 4: Cold is the Grave | Thirsday, January 31, 2013 at 10pm
Cold is the Grave is a case terrifyingly close to home as Banks is asked by his boss, Chief Superintendent Gerry Rydell, to find his missing teenage daughter…
Season 2:
Episode 1: Strange Affair | Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 10pm
When DCI Alan Banks receives a disturbing message from his brother Roy, he drops everything to find him, just as new recruit DI Helen Morton finds evidence linking Banks to the body of a murder victim. With his brother dead, Banks and his family struggle to come to terms with his murder, whilst Helen must now re-examine her own assumptions as she launches a double murder enquiry.
Episode 2: Dry Bones That Dream | Thursday, February 15, 2013 at 10pm
DCI Alan Banks and DI Helen Morton must learn to reconcile their conflicting policing styles and personalities whilst trying to unravel the increasingly puzzling murder of a local accountant who has been leading a secret double life. Banks is tempted by an offer from Pamela Jeffries, as he becomes increasingly obsessed with understanding Keith Rothwell, just as Helen finds herself in danger as she closes in on Rothwell’s killer.
Episode 3: Innocent Graves | Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 10pm
When a teenage schoolgirl is found strangled, Banks and his team quickly identify their prime suspect. But the closer Banks seemingly moves towards a conviction, the more the course of the investigation distances him from Helen. Adamant that the collapse of his trial proves nothing, Banks is determined to prove the case against Owen Pierce before Ellie Clayton’s killer has the chance to strike again…but are his instincts right?
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