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Virtual Murder

TV·1992–1992·1 season, 6 episodes·BBC One·Mystery, Comedy, Drama·50m·Created by Harry Robertson

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Eccentric psychology professor Dr John Cornelius solves technologically-charged crimes with his partner Samantha Valentine, police contact Inspector Cadogan, and his HOD Professor Owen Griffiths.

Cast

Nicholas ClayNicholas ClayDr John CorneliusKim ThomsonKim ThomsonSamantha ValentineStephen YardleyStephen YardleyInspector CadoganJude AkuwudikeJude AkuwudikeSergeant Gummer

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1992Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Meltdown to MurderJuly 24, 1992—Valuable paintings in art galleries are melting spontaneously, with no evident cause. Cornelius assists the police investigation, and a crim
  2. S01E02Last Train to Hell & BachJuly 31, 1992—Cornelius and Samantha pursue the killer of Jane Arkwright, a psychologist whose body was found near the notoriously severe Judge Rawcliffe'
  3. S01E03A Bone to PickAugust 7, 1992—Roger Smith, who claims to be Father Christmas's brother, takes a quantity of human bones to the police, then disappears. Smith is a patient
  4. S01E04A Torch for SilveradoAugust 14, 1992—Cornelius and Samantha search for Luis Silverado, a dying former pimp, ashamed of his past, who is trying to make amends by setting fire to
  5. S01E05A Dream of DraculaAugust 21, 1992—Women are being abducted and severely bitten, and the press is suggesting it could all be the work of a vampire. The police send for Corneli
  6. S01E06Dreams ImagicAugust 28, 1992—Cornelius is called in by Dreams Imagic, a specialist computer company creating Virtual Reality environments by laser equipment, who are wor

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