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Drama about a police unit, made up of retired detectives and a long-suffering boss, looking at unsolved crimes.
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- 01
It Smells of BooksBrian goes undercover at the London library, his "spiritual home" to learn what really happened to a cold case victim. When university professor and book lover Richard Symes fell off the roof of his college, was it suicide or murder? - 02
Part of a WholeSomeone has just tried to kill Stephen Fisher, and Strickland may be next. Thirty years earlier, both were part of a group involved in a covert operatioon for MI-5. Other members of the group are already dead, Stricklad turns to Sandra ad her team for help - 03
A Death in the FamilyShadowy Whitehall intellegence figure Stephen Fisher arrives to tell the team about their coldest case so far: a 160-year-old murder. Then Jack stuns trhe others by announding that he's quitting.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
ID ParadeApril 1, 2004—Three detectives are brought together to crack unsolved crimes from the past. Tonight, the UCOS team reopens the case of young police cadet - S01E02
Painting on LoanApril 8, 2004—The Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad gets a taste of royalty when they are brought in to investigate art fraud in the Queen's private coll - S01E03
1984April 15, 2004—The seasoned cop team investigate the murder of a young peace protester, killed near a nuclear base in 1984. Are they about to expose a cove - S01E04
Good Work RewardedApril 22, 2004—This week, Sandra Pullman and her Unsolved Crime and Open Case team are called upon to investigate the apparent suicide of a teenager from 2 - S01E05
Home TruthsApril 29, 2004—The UCOC squad fears they may have uncovered a serial murderer when they revisit a missing mother and baby case from 30 years ago. - S01E06
Talking to the DeadMay 6, 2004—A visit to a clairvoyant leads to the UCOC squad investigating the case of a girl left to die in a transport container more than 20 years ag
Season02
- S02E01
A Delicate TouchMay 9, 2005—The team looks into the unsolved case of a top barrister, found dead in his car in 1980 after being bound and gagged. - S02E02
Family BusinessMay 16, 2005—The squad try to trace the attacker of an Asian woman in Southall. - S02E03
Trust MeMay 23, 2005—The team re-investigate a bungled murder case where the body of a young girl was misidentified. - S02E04
Old and ColdMay 30, 2005—The team are approached by a tabloid newspaper editor, who claims a celebrity chef murdered her husband. - S02E05
Creative Problem SolvingJune 6, 2005—To investigate a multi-million pound jewellery heist, Sandra and Gerry must pose as an unlikely couple. - S02E06
Eyes Down for a Full HouseJune 13, 2005—Gerry agrees to pay back a debt by investigating the death of a bookie. - S02E07
Fluke of LuckJune 20, 2005—UCOS re-opens the unsolved abduction of two 10-year-old boys. - S02E08
17 Years of NothingJune 27, 2005—The team must identify a murder victim from just her torso, with the help of a bizarre pathologist.
Season03
- S03E01
Lady's PleasureApril 17, 2006—Pullman re-investigates the death of Nancy Murray, a housewife who died in a car crash. - S03E02
DockersApril 24, 2006—The team probe the death of a unionist suspected of embezzlement. - S03E03
Old DogsMay 1, 2006—A serial dog killer starts stalking local parks and the team are forced into taking on the case. - S03E04
Diamond GeezersMay 8, 2006—The team go after the vile Chopper Hadley, back in the country for just one week. - S03E05
Wicca WorkMay 15, 2006—An unhinged woman insists the death of a lonely librarian was due to witchcraft. - S03E06
Bank RobberyMay 22, 2006—The team target Ray Cook, a criminal turned celebrity. - S03E07
Ice Cream WarsMay 29, 2006—The case of the ice-cream bandit, an armed robber who targeted ice cream vans, is re-opened. - S03E08
CongratulationsJune 5, 2006—Pullman struggles to keep the boys in line as their chequered pasts begin to catch up with them.
Season04
- S04E01
CasualtyApril 9, 2007—Jack decides to take revenge against his wife's killer by running him down. - S04E02
God's Waiting RoomApril 16, 2007—The team look into a suspicious death in an old people's home. - S04E03
Ducking and DrivingApril 23, 2007—A case is re-opened when a security van is found at the bottom of the lake. - S04E04
Nine LivesApril 30, 2007—An elderly lady's body is discovered, partly consumed by her horde of cats. Jack thinks it's murder. - S04E05
PowerhouseMay 7, 2007—The team probe a case of one of the last men to be hanged in Britain. - S04E06
Buried TreasureMay 14, 2007—When Brian's dog finds a body on a common, it prompts two people to confess to murder. - S04E07
Father's PrideMay 21, 2007—The team probe a murder in a photographer's shop. - S04E08
Big ToppedMay 28, 2007—The team investigate the death of a circus ringmaster.
Season05
- S05E01
Spare PartsJuly 7, 2008—The team probe the murder of a wealthy businessman and uncover an organ donor racket. - S05E02
Final CurtainJuly 14, 2008—The team return to the case of an actor, shot dead by his own wife on stage. - S05E03
Face for RadioJuly 21, 2008—The team reopens the case of a popular DJ who died on air after an arson attack at an 80's music station. - S05E04
Loyalties and RoyaltiesJuly 28, 2008—When a guitarist is killed, Gerry gets to meet his heroes, rock band Bad Faith. - S05E05
Couldn't Organise OneAugust 4, 2008—The team probes a death at a brewery, which proves an intoxicating experience. - S05E06
Magic MajesticAugust 11, 2008—A session with the Magic Circle's Dr Moroni leaves Gerry feeling paranoid. - S05E07
Communal LivingAugust 18, 2008—As Brian struggles to control and conceal his desire to drink again, he finds the perfect refuge in a commune. - S05E08
Mad DogsAugust 25, 2008—The team re-investigate the medical trial death of soldier Eric Trimble.
Season06
- S06E01
The War Against DrugsJuly 16, 2009—Rehab can be murder. Soon after Brian starts treatment for alcoholism, a chance remark sends him on the trail of an unsolved death. The rest - S06E02
The Truth Is Out ThereJuly 23, 2009—When the team reopens the case of a respected journalist's death, they confront UFO conspiracry theories and American government cover-ups. - S06E03
Fresh StartsJuly 30, 2009—After a desperate man insists that he saw his dead wife at a playground, Gerry agrees to help him learn the truth. An exhumation and a DNA t - S06E04
Shadow ShowAugust 6, 2009—When disturbing clips from a 1990 film noir are posted on the Internet, the team takes another look at an actress's disappearance and a prod - S06E05
Death of a Timeshare SalesmanAugust 13, 2009—A former call girl finds God and confesses her sins, including one that leads the team to reconsider the death of a dodgy timeshare dealer. - S06E06
The Last LaughAugust 20, 2009—After celebrating Gerry's birthday at a comedy club, the team reinvestigates the 25 year old disappearance of two young ploitical activists. - S06E07
Blood Is Thicker Than WaterAugust 27, 2009—Jack intervenes in a dispute on a luxury yacht and learns surprising news about an deadly riverboat disaster. At the time, it was called an - S06E08
Meat Is MurderSeptember 3, 2009—Decades after a butcher went missing, his body is found neatly cut into pieces. While reinvestigating a related mlurder, the team uncovers m
Season07
- S07E01
Dead Man TalkingSeptember 10, 2010—When a psychic tells a dead man's daughter that her father left unfinished business, the team reinvestigates the death of a wealthy financie - S07E02
It Smells of BooksSeptember 17, 2010Brian goes undercover at the London library, his "spiritual home" to learn what really happened to a cold case victim. When university profe - S07E03
Left FieldSeptember 24, 2010—Soon after being released from jail, pedophile John Davies confesses to abduction and killing a 5 year old boy 25 years earlier. Suspicious - S07E04
Dark ChocolateSeptember 30, 2010—After a recent rape is linked to two unsolved attacks at a chocolate factory, the team examines all three cases and discovers even more dark - S07E05
Good Morning LemmingsOctober 8, 2010—Celebrated graffiti artist Danny "Flak" Tyler was murdered four years ago . So why is "I Killed Flak" graffiti suddenly appearing around Lon - S07E06
Fashion VictimOctober 15, 2010—Eight years prior, fashion desighner Ritchie Levene was stabbed to death. There were plenty of suspects, but no evidence. On the eve of a re - S07E07
Where There's SmokeOctober 22, 2010—`When the team receives new information about a fatal fire, they are drawn into a dangerous criminal underworld. The original investigation - S07E08
Coming Out BallOctober 29, 2010—The 1983 abduction of and 18 year old debutante is a very cold case that just got warmer, a former member of the Irish Republican Front as c - S07E09
Gloves OffNovember 5, 2010—A talented young boxer was shot and killed 11 years ago, but the case stalled when the murder weapon was never found. Now that the gun has s - S07E10
The Fourth ManNovember 12, 2010—DI Frank Paterson joins the team to reinvestigate a 30 year old armed robbery during which 10 million Pounds were stolen and two guards were
Season08
- S08E01
Old FossilsJuly 4, 2011—The team reinvestigates a decades old death at the Natural History Museun. Did senior palentologist Bernard Fletcher die from a fall, or was - S08E02
End of the LineJuly 11, 2011—When DNA tests on a suspected robber prove his innocence, they also point to an earlie r crime: the 15 year old murder of an unarmed vagrant - S08E03
Lost in TranslationJuly 18, 2011—When DNA tests on a charred remains from 1996 reveal family ties to a fingerprint analyst at the Home Office, drawing the team into a world - S08E04
Setting Out Your StallJuly 25, 2011—New information sheds light on the 2009 death of a popular market trader. It seems that she was drugged and killed by a serial rapist, but w - S08E05
Moving TargetAugust 1, 2011—A psycologist arrives to conduct a study of older men in the workplace and asks the team for help on a personal matter, Years earlier, her b - S08E06
Object of DesireAugust 8, 2011—Reinvestigating the murder of a respected antiques dealer reunites Sandra with an old flame, DCI James Larson. Will she follow her head or h - S08E07
The Gentleman VanishesAugust 15, 2011—In 2004, a prominent physics professor disappeared from a train bound for Paaris. When his wife receives emails from someone claiming to kno - S08E08
Only the BraveAugust 22, 2011—When a frightened young woman offers new information about the killin of the leader of a biker gang, the team agrees to take another look at - S08E09
Half LifeAugust 29, 2011—A man found murdered in an alleyway seven years earlier is identified on a website about unsolved cries. The team reinvestigates the case, b - S08E10
Tiger TigerSeptember 5, 2011—In 2006, when a zookeeper's body was discovered in the tiger enclosure, the death was ruled a tragic accident. New evidence now suggests it
Season09
- S09E01
A Death in the FamilyAugust 27, 2012Shadowy Whitehall intellegence figure Stephen Fisher arrives to tell the team about their coldest case so far: a 160-year-old murder. Then J - S09E02
Old School TiesSeptember 3, 2012—When a body is found near an elite boarding school, the team reinvestigates the disappearance of a young PE teacher five years earlier. Prep - S09E03
Queen and CountrySeptember 10, 2012—Did a young diplomat commit suicide, or was she murdered? She had suffered personal tragedy and professional disgrace shortly before her dea - S09E04
The Girl Who LivedSeptember 17, 2012—In 2003, a 17-year-old girl went missing in Scotland and was presumed dead. When her DNA turns up at the scend of a recent London robbery, r - S09E05
Body of EvidenceSeptember 24, 2012—The body of a computer expert turns up in the wrong place--the morgue of a teaching hospital--under a false name. The case pulls the team in - S09E06
Love Means Nothing in TennisOctober 1, 2012—Two years earlier, 16 year old tennis champion Alice Kemp fell to her death from a balcony after losing a crucial match. Did she jump, or wa - S09E07
Dead PoetsOctober 8, 2012The team reopens the case of Sean Docherty, a talented younf Belfast poet whose burned body was discovered 10 years ago in a known gangster' - S09E08
Blue FlowerOctober 15, 2012—In 2007, Max Klein, an East German immigrant, bled to death. His mysterious last words were "blue flower". Piecing together his story, the t - S09E09
Glasgow UCOSOctober 22, 2012—Strickland sends Gerry and Steve to Glasgow to help with the formation oa a new Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad. Once there, the two are - S09E10
Season's bestPart of a WholeOctober 29, 2012Someone has just tried to kill Stephen Fisher, and Strickland may be next. Thirty years earlier, both were part of a group involved in a cov
Season10
- S10E01
The Rock Part 1July 30, 2013—Brian Lane's future at UCOS is threatened after he assaults one of the Met's most successful officers at a retirement function in an act of - S10E02
The Rock Part 2August 6, 2013—As the team works to unravel two related murders that happened years apart, a third body turns up, and the Gibralter police cheif blames San - S10E03
The Sins of the FatherAugust 13, 2013—New evidence frees a getawy car driver who was jailed 16 years go for killig his wife. Gerry is furious, he worked the original investigatio - S10E04
The Little BrotherAugust 20, 2013—Brian has been dismissed and there's no going back, With time on his hands, he agrees to help his wife's friend find her missing brother. He - S10E05
Cry Me a RiverAugust 27, 2013—Armed with new DNA evidence, the team looks into the unsolved 20 year old murder of a Soho pornographer. Recently retired detective Danny Gr - S10E06
Into the WoodsSeptember 3, 2013—For years ago, a man disappesred during his morning run. When his bloodstained ID card is found, the team is called in to investigate what s - S10E07
Things Can Only Get BetterSeptember 10, 2013In 1997, on the eve of the Labour Party's landslide victory, a younng political aide was murdered, The discovery of an offshore bank account - S10E08
Season's bestThe One That Got AwaySeptember 17, 2013A photo of a missing 19 year old surfaces on the 17th anniversary of her disappearance. That case was Sandra's first, and now she's determin - S10E09
RootsSeptember 24, 2013With Sandra gone, Gerry, Steve, and Danny await the arrival of their new boss, DCI Sasha Miller. Arriving fresh from a SWAT raid, she jumps - S10E10
Wild JusticeOctober 1, 2013The team has 24 hours to investigate a corrupt senior official who may haave surressed evidence. The case has ties to Sasha's past: a crime
Season11
- S11E01
Bermondsey BoyAugust 18, 2014During a visit to his old neighborhood, Gerry meets a childhood friend who needs his help. Ralph Paxton's grandson, a talented young archite - S11E02
Tender Loving CareAugust 25, 2014—When a new witness comes forward with information about the violennt murder of a brilliant young doctor, the team uncovers evidence of her u - S11E03
Deep SwimmingSeptember 1, 2014—Thirty years after the death of a suspected terrorist, the man's daughter receives an anonymous note claiming he was murdered, Clues lead th - S11E04
GhostsSeptember 8, 2014—An 80 year old woman with dementia walks into a police station to report the 60 year old murder of her husband, a London bobby. The official - S11E05
London UndergroundSeptember 15, 2014—When the discovery of a film critic's body in a sewer relates to the unsolved murder of an artist 20 years earlier, Sasha must work with her - S11E06
Romans RuinedSeptember 22, 2014—Traces of blood on a Roman sword are linked to an unidentified, headless corpse found in 2008, Taking up the unsolved case, the team enters - S11E07
In Vino VeritasSeptember 29, 2014—After the 2009 death of a pub landlord in a fire, his live-in barmaid, an illegal Turkish immigrant, disappeared. When the Turkish woman is - S11E08
The English DefenceOctober 6, 2014—When a teenage boy trrows a brick onto a busy highway, DNA on the brick provides a link to the killer in the 2010 murder of a 55 year old in - S11E09
BreadcrumbsOctober 13, 2014—After an amateur sleuth is murdered, a photo of Danny is found at the scene. It trns out Danny was her friend, and he vows to find the kille - S11E10
The Queen's SpeechOctober 20, 2014—After a 30 year old time capsule is unearthed, a cassette tape inside reopens the unsolved murder of a 16 year old girl. Part of the tape in
Season12
- S12E01
Last Man Standing - Part OneAugust 4, 2015In the first part of a double episode, Gerry is spooked by the discovery of a cop whose body has laid untouched in a basement for 30 years. - S12E02
Last Man Standing - Part TwoAugust 11, 2015—In the second part of the double episode, Gerry has to fight to be able to clear his name before the past, and his enemies catch up with him - S12E03
The Curate's EggAugust 18, 2015—Danny and Steve are introduced to their new boss Ted while Sasha recovers in hospital from her gun-shot wound. The team are a cautious of Te - S12E04
The Wolf of WallbrookAugust 25, 2015—Ted leads UCOS into the investigation of an apparent suicide of a city trader in the 1980s. The team delve into the dark world of the macho - S12E05
Prodigal SonsSeptember 1, 2015—The UCOS team investigate the death of a promising talented cricket player. He was the star of the pitch and the prodigal son however he was - S12E06
The Fame GameSeptember 8, 2015—Danny, Ted and Steve investigations leads them to a lookalike agency where their two top acts were found dead in an apparent double suicide - S12E07
The Russian CousinSeptember 15, 2015—The UCOS team investigate the murder of a private investigator. The victim was stabbed through the heart in a suspect robbery. The team beli - S12E08
Lottery CurseSeptember 22, 2015—Under the foundations of a swimming pool a skeleton is uncovered. The victim is identified as Cheryl - a young and pretty lottery winner who - S12E09
Life ExpectancySeptember 29, 2015—A sinkhole in a cemetery unearths an unusual murder weapon: a large marble bust. The victim was Jason Henway,, herbalist and co-owner of Nat - S12E10
The Crazy GangOctober 6, 2015—In the ultimate series finale, UCOS are threatened with closure following their perceived mishandling of the Henway case. Their final case b
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