External Rating28%
200630 minEnded

Death Detective

Network:BBC Three

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S01E05 - "Episode 5"

Aired on Aug 21, 2006, 8:30 PM

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Description

Forensic pathologist Dr. Dick Shepherd solves the mysteries of the dead.

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Status
Ended
Language
English
Runtime
30 min
Premiered
July 24, 2006
Ended
August 21, 2006
Schedule
Monday at 9:30 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 5 Episodes)

Episode 1

Forensic pathologist Dr. Dick Shepherd solves the mysteries of the dead. He investigates a mysterious head injury on a deceased man's skull and makes a grim discovery in a dead woman's chest. Also, a prisoner is found dead within hours of his release - could his criminal past have caught up with him?

Jul 24, 2006

30 min

Episode 2

In the second instalment of this fly-on-the-corpse documentary series, Dr. Dick gets up close and personal with a pernicious lung tumour and uncovers something disturbing in the gut of a young man found dead by a vicar.

Jul 31, 2006

30 min

Episode 3

Dr. Dick is baffled when a woman dies after being sent home from work with a cold. How can a broken leg be the cause of death?

Aug 7, 2006

30 min

Episode 4

A fit young footballer is found dead in bed and his family desperately needs to know what happened. Dr. Dick has to work out whether a man's job as a young apprentice could have caused his death years later.

Aug 14, 2006

30 min

Episode 5

Step inside the mortuary where top forensic pathologist Dr. Dick Shepherd solves real-life medical mysteries. In this episode he has to deal with a suspected suicide, and work out what killed a man found dead in the bath by his wife. And when a man dies after disturbing an intruder, Dr. Dick must decide whether he was literally scared to death and if the burglar should be facing murder charges.

Aug 21, 2006

30 min

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