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Wire in the Blood

TV·2002–2008·6 seasons, 30 episodes·ITV1·Drama·1h·8.0

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Wire in the Blood is a British crime drama television series. The series is based on characters created by Val McDermid, including a university clinical psychologist, Dr Anthony "Tony" Valentine Hill (played by Robson Green), who is able to tap into his own dark side to get inside the heads of serial killers. Working with detectives, Hill takes on tough and seemingly impenetrable cases in an attempt to track down the killers before they strike again.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Shadows Rising (2)S01E04 · 8.5When two teenagers' bodies are pulled from a Northumberland tarn, Dr Tony Hill immediately suspects a multiple killer. DI Carol Jordan is called to the home of popular chat show hosts Jack and Amanda Vance, who fear they are being stalked. As the dead girls are identified as suspected runaways, the attacks on the Vances escalate dramatically. Could the two investigations be connected?
  2. 02Hole in the HeartS04E03 · 8.5Tony and Alex investigate a serial killer who leaves behind a trail of two bodies at every crime scene. Tony suspects that the murderer may have a link to religious zealotry, but struggles to see beyond his own lack of personal faith and religious disinterest. When Alex discovers the killings may be related to a disparate group intent on cleansing the human race, Tony is forced to see the light to crack the case.
  3. 03Right to SilenceS02E03 · 8.3Tony and Carol think they've scored early when two murders lead to one man. The trouble is that the man is in prison; could he really be controlling it all from the inside?

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2002Aired 8.1Season avg
  1. S01E01The Mermaids Singing (1)November 14, 2002 8.0Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill is asked to help police track down the brutal killer of three men in Bradfield. DI Carol Jordan hopes his
  2. S01E02The Mermaids Singing (2)November 21, 2002 8.0Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill is asked to help police track down the brutal killer of three men in Bradfield. DI Carol Jordan hopes his
  3. S01E03Shadows Rising (1)November 21, 2002 8.0When two teenagers' bodies are pulled from a Northumberland tarn, Dr Tony Hill immediately suspects a multiple killer. DI Carol Jordan is ca
  4. S01E04Season's bestShadows Rising (2)December 5, 2002 8.5When two teenagers' bodies are pulled from a Northumberland tarn, Dr Tony Hill immediately suspects a multiple killer. DI Carol Jordan is ca
  5. S01E05Justice Painted Blind (1)December 12, 2002 8.0The abduction of an 11-year-old girl and the strangulation of a young woman bring back memories of the murder of young Trudy Hibbert three y
  6. S01E06Justice Painted Blind (2)December 19, 2002 8.0The abduction of an 11-year-old girl and the strangulation of a young woman bring back memories of the murder of young Trudy Hibbert three y

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode4Episodes2004Aired 7.7Season avg
  1. S02E01Still She CriesJanuary 19, 2004 7.0Tony finds his work with the police compromised when a student from his university is abducted. But that's not his only worry—Carol stops tr
  2. S02E02The Darkness of LightJanuary 26, 2004 8.0Tony and Carol investigate when a 500-year-old skeleton in unearthed while foundations are being excavated for a hotel extension. However, u
  3. S02E03Season's bestRight to SilenceFebruary 2, 2004 8.3Tony and Carol think they've scored early when two murders lead to one man. The trouble is that the man is in prison; could he really be con
  4. S02E04Sharp CompassionFebruary 9, 2004 7.3Bradfield is in panic as someone preys on its most vulnerable—its hospital patients. Carol must juggle how to warn the public, and how to ke

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode4Episodes2005Aired 7.9Season avg
  1. S03E01Season's bestRedemptionFebruary 21, 2005 8.0Tony suspects a killer is luring unhappy children to their deaths when the bodies of three boys are found in different locations in Bradfiel
  2. S03E02Bad SeedFebruary 28, 2005 7.5When a series of brutal murders rocks the town, Tony becomes obsessed with the notion that they are the work of William 'Mack the Knife' Mac
  3. S03E03Nothing But The NightMarch 7, 2005 8.0The murder of a woman, battered to death with a steam iron and ironing board, brings Tony back from a publicity tour for his latest book to
  4. S03E04SynchronicityMarch 14, 2005 8.0Tony faces his own mortality when he is diagnosed with a brain tumor after being hit on the head by a criminal. While assisting Carol on an

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode4Episodes2006Aired 7.9Season avg
  1. S04E01Time to Murder and CreateSeptember 20, 2006 7.5Tony is forced to face up to his past demons once more when evidence that he submitted against a murder suspect is torn apart by his legal t
  2. S04E02TormentSeptember 27, 2006 7.5Tony and Alex investigate the violent murder of a young prostitute, but find that their prime suspect for the murder was incarcerated in a h
  3. S04E03Season's bestHole in the HeartOctober 4, 2006 8.5Tony and Alex investigate a serial killer who leaves behind a trail of two bodies at every crime scene. Tony suspects that the murderer may
  4. S04E04The Wounded SurgeonOctober 11, 2006 8.0Tony comes under scrutiny from both the police and the media when it is revealed that he made a serious error of judgement in a case over te

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season05Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode4Episodes2007Aired 7.6Season avg
  1. S05E01Season's bestThe Colour of AmberJuly 11, 2007 8.0When a young girl is abducted from a housing estate, Alex and Tony know they may only have hours to get her back alive. While Alex launches
  2. S05E02NoceboJuly 18, 2007 7.0Alex and Tony investigate the murders of two young children, whose deaths bear signs of a ritual killing. Their investigation leads them to
  3. S05E03The Names of AngelsJuly 25, 2007 7.5Tony is faced with a series of deadly puzzles when a killer rapes and strangles young female victims in Bradfield, but chooses to dress and
  4. S05E04Anything You Can DoAugust 1, 2007 8.0The murder of an elderly woman, suffocated in her own home, seems too deliberately staged to be an accident of robbery. And when Alex calls

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season068Episodes2008Aired 5.0Season avg
  1. S06E01Unnatural Vices (1)September 12, 2008 5.0Tony and Alex investigate theories of honour killings, fetishism and cannibalism when human remains are found in wasteland. New team member
  2. S06E02Unnatural Vices (2)September 19, 2008
  3. S06E03Falls the Shadow (1)September 26, 2008Tony becomes the prime suspect in a murder inquiry after a female friend he meets at a psychology convention is killed. Meanwhile, Alex is i
  4. S06E04Falls the Shadow (2)October 3, 2008
  5. S06E05From the Defeated (1)October 10, 2008A man is found beaten, strangled, and shot, but which action caused his death? Meanwhile, Tony is called to reevaluate Michael Bryant, a con
  6. S06E06From the Defeated (2)October 17, 2008
  7. S06E07The Dead Land (1)October 24, 2008Someone is killing homeless men and bathing their bodies in what appears to be a ritualized manner. After Alex is forced to step away from t
  8. S06E08The Dead Land (2)October 31, 2008

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

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