Waking the Dead - On behalf of the dead

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Television series
German title Wer die Toten ( ARD , pilot film only) /
Waking the Dead - On behalf of the dead ( ZDF )
Original title Waking the Dead
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) 2000-2011
Production
company		 BBC
length 120/100 minutes
Episodes 46/15 in 9/3 seasons
genre Crime, drama
First broadcast September 4, 2000 on BBC One
German-language
first broadcast		 October 4, 2001 on Südwest Fernsehen
occupation

Waking the Dead is a crime series produced by the BBC between 2000 and 2011 about a team of specialists that has been rolling up previously unsolved criminal cases years later. In Germany, the pilot film under the title Who wakes the dead was broadcast individually by several third ARD programs. The ZDF shows the episodes, however, as standard, except for the consequences of the first season.

On September 4 and 5, 2000, BBC One broadcast a pilot for the series, which includes nine completed seasons to the end. On November 9, 2004, showed Bavarian Television (BR) from 21:45 the pilot episode bloc s . The other four cases of the first season, however, did not follow until today (2011). On March 5, 2006, ZDF broadcasted the first episode of the second season with Der Spielkartenmörder , now under the series title Waking the Dead - On behalf of the dead . In 2007, the third season of the Sunday crime series followed .

If the cases are broadcast in Great Britain as double episodes with a total running time of approx. 120 minutes, the ZDF broadcasts the individual episodes of the series, which was awarded an Emmy in 2004, as 100-minute films. The cuts are made directly with the BBC. Furthermore, the series is now broadcast in the United States (BBC America) and Australia ( Nine Network ).

action

The five-person " Cold Cases Unit " (originally: Cold Cases Unit ) normally deals with crimes that took place years before but that have not yet been resolved. In order to find a solution, the group uses not only newly emerged and previously treated statements and tips, but also the latest findings in forensics , for example often DNA analyzes that were impossible to carry out at the time due to insufficient trace amounts. In addition to the actual investigation, stories from the lives of the main characters, e.g. B. the eccentric workaholics and senior civil servant Peter Boyd.

Characters

Last team

This list deals with the main actors of the final season. Since only the episodes up to season 4 were broadcast in Germany, the current British original team line-up differs from the one we know.

  • Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd ( Trevor Eve , voice actor: Joachim Kerzel ) - Boyd is the head of the investigative group, his participation in the program of the Cold Case Unit is mainly due to the unexplained disappearance of his son in the 1990s. If the emotional Boyd was still married in the pilot film, he lives as a single in the following episodes. However, no explanation is given as to why his marital status suddenly changed. The superintendent has a good collegial relationship with the members of his team, especially with Mel Silver , whose serial death haunts him again and again in later episodes.
  • Psychological Profiler Dr. Grace Foley ( Sue Johnston , voice actress: Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif ) - Foley had a 30-year career as a profiler when she joined the Cold Cases Unit team . The psychologist appears as an astute team member who is too good for any sensible scuffle with Boyd.
  • Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan ( Wil Johnson , voice actor : Charles Rettinghaus ) - Although Jordan works very closely with Boyd , he can be seen as the superintendent's counterpart because, unlike his boss, he mostly follows the prescribed paths of investigation. Before joining the CCU , the black inspector worked for the UK Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary .
  • Detective Superintendent Sarah Cavendish ( Eva Birthistle , Season 9) - Cavendish replaced Sergeant Goodman from episode "Harbinger" after the serial death in the final episode of season eight.
  • Forensic Pathologist Eve Lockhart ( Tara Fitzgerald Season 6 - Season 9) - Lockhardt replaced her predecessor Gibson after her departure from the episode "Wren Boys" as a pathologist on the team.

Former team members

  • Detective Sergeant Amelia "Mel" Silver ( Claire Goose , Season 1 - Season 4, voice actress : Ghadah Al-Akel ) - Silver was firmly integrated into the team until her serial death in the episode "Shadowplay" and was mainly the pathologist Frankie Wharton very close. Silver's work as well as her death are taken up again and again in the following episodes. B. in "Towers of Silence" and "Yahrzeit" .
  • Forensic Pathologist Frankie Wharton ( Holly Aird , Season 1 - Season 4, voice actress: Katja Nottke ) - After the death of her good friend Mel , Wharton also left the Cold Case Unit to focus on research again. In real life, actress Holly Aird dropped out of the show because of her pregnancy.
  • Forensic Pathologist Felix Gibson ( Esther Hall , Season 5) - Gibson took the place as pathologist after Frankie Wharton left the team; her departure after only one season was not further explained.
  • Detective Sergeant Stella Goodman ( Félicité du Jeu , Season 5 - Season 8) - Goodman replaced Sergeant Silver from the episode Black Run after she died in the final episode of the fourth season. At first, she was rejected by Boyd , who could not cope with the loss of her predecessor, but soon she was part of the team in the Cold Cases Unit . After four seasons she died a serial death.

consequences

No.
(GB) 		Original title First broadcast
(UK) 		No.
(D) 		German title First broadcast
(Germany)
Series One - Season 1
1 Pilot: Waking the Dead September 4, 2000 1 "Who wakes the dead" November 9, 2004
2 September 5, 2000
3 Burnout June 18, 2001
4th June 19, 2001
5 Blind Beggar June 25, 2001
6th June 26, 2001
7th A simple sacrifice July 2, 2001
8th July 3, 2001
9 Every Breath You Take July 9, 2001
10 July 10, 2001
Series Two - Season 2
11 Life Sentence September 2, 2002 2 The playing card killer March 5, 2006
12 September 3, 2002
13 Deathwatch September 9, 2002 3 The clock is running out March 12, 2006
14th September 10, 2002
15th Special Relationship September 16, 2002 4th The murder of Katherine Reed March 19, 2006
16 September 17, 2002
17th Thin Air November 3, 2002 5 The girl in the red dress March 26, 2006
18th November 4, 2002
Series Three - Season 3
19th Multistorey September 14, 2003 6th The Whitewater rampage February 25, 2007
20th September 15, 2003
21st Walking on Water September 21, 2003 7th Deep as the sea March 4, 2007
22nd September 22, 2003
23 Breaking Glass September 28, 2003 8th Papa Doc March 11, 2007
24 September 29, 2003
25th Final Cut October 5, 2003 9 It happened in Notting Hill March 18, 2007
26th October 6, 2003
Series Four - Season 4
27 In Sight of the Lord July 11, 2004 10 In the face of the Lord February 10, 2008
28 July 12, 2004
29 False flag July 18, 2004 11 Under a false flag February 17, 2008
30th July 19, 2004
31 Fugue States July 25, 2004 12 The lost years February 24, 2008
32 July 26, 2004
33 Anger management August 1, 2004 13 Blind anger March 2, 2008
34 August 2, 2004
35 The Hardest Word August 8, 2004 14th Late repentance March 9, 2008
36 August 9, 2004
37 Shadow play August 16, 2004 15th Shadow play March 16, 2008
38 August 15, 2004
Series Five - Season 5
39 Towers of Silence September 18, 2005
40 September 19, 2005
41 Black Run September 25, 2005
42 September 26, 2005
43 Subterraneans October 2, 2005
44 October 3, 2005
45 Straw Dog October 9, 2005
46 October 10, 2005
47 Undertow October 16, 2005
48 October 17, 2005
49 Cold Fusion October 23, 2005
50 October 24, 2005
Series Six - Season 6
51 Wren Boys January 7, 2007
52 January 8, 2007
53 Deus ex machina January 14, 2007
54 January 15, 2007
55 The Fall January 21, 2007
56 January 22, 2007
57 Mask of Sanity January 28, 2007
58 January 29, 2007
59 Double bind February 4, 2007
60 February 5, 2007
61 Year time February 18, 2007
62 February 19, 2007
Series Seven - Season 7
63 Missing Persons April 14, 2008
64 April 15, 2008
65 Sins April 21, 2008
66 April 22, 2008
67 Duty and Honor April 28, 2008
68 April 29, 2008
69 skin May 5, 2008
70 May 6, 2008
71 Wounds May 12, 2008
72 May 13, 2008
73 Pietà May 19, 2008
74 May 20, 2008
Series Eight - Season 8
75 Magdalene 26 September 6, 2009
76 September 7, 2009
77 End of the night September 13, 2009
78 September 14, 2009
79 Substitutes September 20, 2009
80 September 21, 2009
81 End game September 27, 2009
82 September 28, 2009
Series Nine - Season 9
83 Harbinger March 13, 2011
84 March 14, 2011
85 Care March 20, 2011
86 March 21, 2011
87 Solidarity March 27, 2011
88 March 28, 2011
89 Conviction April 3, 2011
90 April 4, 2011
91 Waterloo April 10, 2011
92 April 11, 2011

Awards

  • 2004 • International Emmy Award - Best Drama Series

DVD publications

In Great Britain all nine seasons are available on DVD (season 1 including the pilot film) in the uncut original versions. In German, abridged synchronization, only the second and third season have so far been released on four DVDs each.

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