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No-nonsense Yorkshire detective Alan Banks (Stephen Tompkinson) tackles each new case with the weary professionalism of a man who has seen too much. Watch him doggedly decipher the clues in the gruesome murders on his patch.
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- 01
Wednesday's Child (2)Campbell admits to kerb crawling but claims to have met Kyle in the arcade by chance and sent him home whilst the dead boy is named as Andre Petri, who died of a heroin overdose and lived near the Heaths. His sister tells Annie that she was amazed how flush he was and it turns out that the arcade was the recruiting ground for under-age drug dealers. Banks suspects the leader is Chivers, a cab driver with previous convictions, who has disappeared with a female accomplice but Helen believes that Katy is not so innocent and is involved with Chivers to get Paul to pay a ransom which he will share with her. Annie shadows Paul as he delivers the money but loses him. Eventually Banks catches up with Chivers and finds that things are not as they first appeared to be. - 02
Piece of My Heart (2)Banks learns that Jack Barber arrested Martin for John Gaunt's manslaughter when he was a constable but Jack denies forcing a confession. However he visits Martin to demand the hand-over of a tape the group buried. With Annie off the case for personal reasons Banks and Helen visit the band, who are planning to reform and hear that Ian Bassett was due to give Matt an interview before he was murdered. Banks finds that both Jack and the band members close ranks when he mentions the tape, especially after Martin kills himself having given the tape to David Hornby, The police discover that the Crystal Kiss's moment has gone and that the killer was desperate to make money for a very dubious reunion, something which also involved Jack Barber. At the same time Banks' private life suffers upheaval when his daughter Tracy turns up unannounced, having dropped out of college. - 03
Aftermath (2)DCI Banks suspects Lucy Payne of complicity in the rape and murder of four women and the disappearance of the fifth. DS Cabbot is more interested in investigating the now-suspicious death of her husband. The revelation of Lucy's true identity complicates matters.
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Season01
- S01E01
Aftermath (1)September 27, 2010Police officers respond to a domestic disturbance call and find a grisly crime scene. DCI Alan Banks has found the home of a serial rapist a - S01E02
Season's bestAftermath (2)October 4, 2010DCI Banks suspects Lucy Payne of complicity in the rape and murder of four women and the disappearance of the fifth. DS Cabbot is more inter - S01E03
Playing with Fire (1)September 16, 2011In the first episode, DCI Alan Banks is taken to a canal where there has been a fatal fire. The crime is far from straightforward, and as an - S01E04
Playing with Fire (2)September 23, 2011In the first episode, DCI Alan Banks is taken to a canal where there has been a fatal fire. The crime is far from straightforward, and as an - S01E05
Friend of the Devil (1)September 30, 2011DCI Banks assigns DS Cabbot as SIO when the mutilated body of a woman is found on the Yorkshire Moors, while he investigates the murder of a - S01E06
Friend of the Devil (2)October 7, 2011DC Templeton's body is discovered, and Annie becomes convinced that the murder is connected to that of Lucy Payne. The suspect in the Daniel - S01E07
Cold is the Grave (1)October 14, 2011An armed robbery ends up taking a much darker twist after the culprit is brutally murdered in his own home. Before DCI Banks can start to un - S01E08
Cold is the Grave (2)October 21, 2011Emily Rydell has apparently been brutally beaten to death and DCI Banks quickly ends up being in the middle of a murder investigation with m
Season02
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Strange Affair (1)October 10, 2012DCI Banks receives a disturbing phone message from his estranged brother Roy and heads to Harrogate to find him. Meanwhile at a murder scene - S02E02
Season's bestStrange Affair (2)October 17, 2012Banks visits his childhood home to break the news of Roy's death, and his parents plead with him to find out what happened. Defying Morton, - S02E03
Dry Bones That Dream (1)October 24, 2012A professional hitman bursts into the luxurious family home of accountant Keith Rothwell and shoots him in cold blood. Banks is instantly st - S02E04
Dry Bones That Dream (2)October 31, 2012With Pamela Jefferies in a coma following her vicious attack, Banks becomes more determined to find Rothwell's killer. Convinced a vital clu - S02E05
Innocent Graves (1)November 7, 2012Frustrated that a number of cases have been knocked back by the Crown Prosecution Service, Banks and the team are called on to investigate t - S02E06
Innocent Graves (2)November 8, 2012The collapse of Owen Pierce's trial has left the case wide open and there's still a killer on the loose, but Banks remains determined to bui
Season03Best season
- S03E01
Wednesday's Child (1)February 3, 201411-year old Kyle Heath escapes a couple claiming to be social workers who try to force him into their car but next day his mother Katy tells - S03E02
Season's bestWednesday's Child (2)February 10, 2014Campbell admits to kerb crawling but claims to have met Kyle in the arcade by chance and sent him home whilst the dead boy is named as Andre - S03E03
Piece of My Heart (1)February 17, 2014Campbell admits to kerb crawling but claims to have met Kyle in the arcade by chance and sent him home whilst the dead boy is named as Andre - S03E04
Piece of My Heart (2)February 24, 2014Banks learns that Jack Barber arrested Martin for John Gaunt's manslaughter when he was a constable but Jack denies forcing a confession. Ho - S03E05
Bad Boy (1)March 3, 2014Club DJ Richard Martin is run off the road and subsequently shot in the head, leaving the perpetrators to dispose of his body and his car, a - S03E06
Bad Boy (2)March 10, 2014Following the disastrous raid Helen is suspended but she tells Banks that her colleague Trethowan reentered the house after the event, leadi
Season04
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What Will Survive (1)March 4, 2015After the unidentified body of a woman is found on some waste ground, the team find themselves becoming involved in the world of vice in a t - S04E02
Season's bestWhat Will Survive (2)March 11, 2015The officers are dismayed to learn the arson attack on the Osgoods' house has injured Michael and killed his son Robbie, and local bully Gar - S04E03
Buried (1)March 18, 2015A husband and daughter find it hard to deal with their grief after the body of wife and mother Anaan Kamel is discovered washed up by an und - S04E04
Buried (2)March 25, 2015Geoff has become a marked man and Banks decides to put both him and his daughter Evie under watch at an anonymous hotel whilst he increases - S04E05
Ghosts (1)April 1, 2015When the body of student Josh Tate is found dumped in a ravine, the investigation into his stabbing uncovers a very different man to the qui - S04E06
Ghosts (2)April 8, 2015Helen is determined to try and win back Banks's approval as they attempt to discover the true identity of student Josh's murderer and stop h
Season05
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To Burn in Every Drop of Blood (1)August 31, 2016The crime drama series returns with the first episode of a two-part story. When a victim of a frenzied attack is found in the woods with his - S05E02
Season's bestTo Burn in Every Drop of Blood (2)September 7, 2016The post mortem into the daughter of crime boss Steve Richards reveals that her death isn't a simple suicide – could someone else have been - S05E03
A Little Bit of Heart (1)September 14, 2016Xun Li, a hard-working and devoted husband, makes a speech at a rally for Lanternlight – a charity supporting Chinese nationals like himself - S05E04
A Little Bit of Heart (2)September 21, 2016The murder of Xun Li hits the team hard. This case is more complicated than they first thought, and it's not necessarily connected to the ki - S05E05
Undertow (1)September 28, 2016Banks and the team begin the painful job of finding out exactly who was responsible for the incident that has affected all their lives.Follo - S05E06
Undertow (2)October 5, 2016Having been thrust into a dark place from where it looks like there is no coming back, Banks' mission to solve Annie's murder is made all th
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