Series synopsis
Wire in the Blood is a British crime drama mystery television series that premiered on ITV1 on November 14, 2002. It ended on October 24, 2008. It stars Robson Green, Mark Letheren, Hermione Norris and Simone Lahbib.
Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.
Premise
Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.
Premise: TO CATCH A KILLER, YOU MUST THINK LIKE ONE
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Robson Green as Dr Tony Hill
- Mark Letheren as DS Kevin Geoffries
- Hermione Norris as DCI Carol Jordan
- Simone Lahbib as DI Alex Fielding
- Thomas Byrne as Ben Fielding
Guest cast
- Mark Penfold as Dr Ashley Vernon
- Jack O'Connell as Jack Norton
- Tony Maudsley as Barry Davies
- Mary Healey
- Dean Andrews
- Nicholas Sidi
- Siobhan Finneran as DI Jan Shields
- Sara Stewart as Patricia
- Michael Cochrane as Judge Hynes
- Christopher Fulford
- Stanley Townsend
- Michael Maloney as Jonathan Goode
Episodes
This series spans 7 seasons with 31 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | January 7, 2008 | January 7, 2008 |
| Season 1 | 6 | November 14, 2002 | December 19, 2002 |
| Season 2 | 4 | February 12, 2004 | March 4, 2004 |
| Season 3 | 4 | February 21, 2005 | March 14, 2005 |
| Season 4 | 4 | September 20, 2006 | October 11, 2006 |
| Season 5 | 4 | July 14, 2007 | August 7, 2007 |
| Season 6 | 8 | September 12, 2008 | October 24, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Prayer of the Bone Tony finds himself in unfamiliar surroundings when he travels to Texas to assist the local district attorney in the case of Darius Grady, who is accused of murdering his wife and two children. |
January 7, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Mermaids Singing (1) A police psychologist pursues a serial killer who tortures homosexual victims in increasingly gruesome ways. |
November 14, 2002 |
| 2 |
The Mermaids Singing (2) As Dr. Hill closes in on the homophobic psychopath, he almost falls victim to him, or her. Who can tell? |
November 21, 2002 |
| 3 |
Shadows Rising (1) Dr. Hill strives to deduce the connection between the bodies of two teenage girls dumped in a lake and the motives for their murder. |
November 28, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Still She Cries Tony's patient, the child killer Maggie, is on the verge of revealing where she buried her victims, but Tony and the police are distracted by a serial murder case involving the roommate of one of his students. |
February 12, 2004 |
| 2 |
The Darkness of Light The remains of corpses are discovered whilst new foundations are being dug at the Norton Hotel, a building which stands on the site of an abbey, a fact which leads to a suspicion that these were religious killings. Then the hotel is burnt down and,as the first of a series of murders takes place, Carol asks for Tony's involvement. The strange thing is that these murders are identical to those committed some five hundred years earlier. |
February 19, 2004 |
| 3 |
Right to Silence Newly promoted to Detective Chief Inspector, Carol investigates a murder which seems to bear the hallmark of gang boss Gavin Cochran. However Cochran is behind bars for murder and could not have done it. Carol asks Tony to work out any links between the two slayings, leading to the arrest of Cochran's brother George. But there is a fight during which George ends up in a coma. Gavin is released from prison for a compassionate visit, during which another killing takes place, allowing Tony to test his theory and trap the murderer. |
February 26, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Redemption Tony Hill and the police search for a serial killer who has resurfaced after five years time and targets children from abusive homes. DCI Jordan is in hospital after being mugged and hit by a car. |
February 21, 2005 |
| 2 |
Bad Seed Tony Hill works with the police to solve the murder of the Johnsons, who were butchered in their flat. When a second victim, Sarah Maynard, is similarly killed they realize they have a serial killer on their hands. William MacAdam, a one-time killer is now one of Tony's students and these new murders are very similar to the ones he committed 30 years ago. He was released from prison as he was considered rehabilitated and has lost the use of both hands due to severe arthritis. Tony is convinced that MacAdam is their man, but he is quite shrewd and it will be very ... |
February 28, 2005 |
| 3 |
Nothing But the Night Dr. Tony Hill has his hands full. His principal interest is in solving a string of murders where he can find no apparent connection. A child molester, a divorced woman and an elderly pensioner are all violently killed and while there are a few similarities, the cases suggests that different personalities are at work. He begins to decipher the motives when he realizes that there are two killers working together, alternating their kills. Tony also finds that a woman he's met on an airplane is stalking him and developing a whole fantasy life around him. DCI Carol Jordan ... |
March 7, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Time to Murder and Create When a rapist who was convicted on Tony's evidence is released Tony appears to be discredited. To make matters worse Carol has left for South Africa without even saying goodbye to him. He offers his help to her successor, Alex, another female officer, when a number of young women are found dead, their bodies buried in fields. Tony relates this to a sado-masochistic Internet site used by the murderer to lure his victims to their fate by playing, and then preying, on their sexual fantasies. |
September 20, 2006 |
| 2 |
Torment When a young prostitute is found dead, clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill sees an immediate parallel with the crimes committed by an incarcerated serial killer, Derek Tyler. There can be no doubt that Tyler is innocent of the most recent crime but the similarities - the women were all blond, young, bound to the bed and cut until they bled to death - cannot be ignored. Tyler was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic but Tony soon realizes that he wasn't hearing voices telling him to commit the murders but rather was taking instructions from someone. The case becomes .. |
September 27, 2006 |
| 3 |
Hole in the Heart Tony Hill assists the police in their investigation of a bizarre series of murders. In each case the victims - a property developer, a bishop, a judge - were brutally killed and the killers then immediately committed suicide. Tony thinks there is a connection to the Freemasons, but then realizes that they are dealing with a religious sect that glorifies suicide. He knows from the profile that the head of the sect will be a white male and from the religious symbolism that he will have six disciples, but who are they and how will they find this needle in a haystack? |
October 4, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Colour of Amber When an 11-year old girl is seen being dragged into a car kicking and screaming, the police issue an Amber alert. As the minutes and hours pass by, they know their chances of rescuing the girl diminishes. As Tony Hill reviews the evidence however, he becomes less and less convinced that this is an abduction by a stranger and believes that the girl must have known her attacker. The missing girl's mother is overwrought and her stepfather has a conviction for assault. A sudden twist however changes the entire nature of the investigation leading Tony and DI Alex Fielding ... |
July 14, 2007 |
| 2 |
Nocebo Tony Hill and DI Alex Fielding find themselves investigating the ritualistic murder and mutilation of children. It becomes apparent to Tony that the perpetrators are casting voodoo-like spells on a variety of victims. The investigation reveals several possible suspects including a so-called preacher, Dr. Kingston and a brute of building contractor whose building site is shut down when a young boy's heart is found buried there. The power of suggestion begins to affect several of the team, including DC Paula McIntyre who finds herself hospitalized from a strange ... |
July 18, 2007 |
| 3 |
The Names of Angels The police investigate a series of rapes and murder of young, professional women in the Bradford area. After attacking them, he dresses the victim in a previous victims clothes and leaves their ID on the body. As the investigation continues, they learn from DNA that the man is responsible for at least seven murders over the years, but that he has never been arrested and as such, are unable to identify him. In a separate case, a former patient who has run away from his care home, Jack, contacts Tony. As a child, Jack killed his family and the police are concerned that ... |
July 25, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Unnatural Vices (1) Several bodies are discovered buried in wasteland. They range from all walks of life and ages but each body is incomplete and their hands have been tied. This leads Tony to suspect that a sadomasochism ring may be involved and leads him to the dominatrix Elektra, who tells him about her clientèle. Sometimes the mildest people outwardly have the darkest secrets. |
September 12, 2008 |
| 2 | Unnatural Vices (2) | September 19, 2008 |
| 3 |
Fall the Shadow (1) Tony attends a conference of psychologists, where he is a guest speaker and where he meets an old friend Rachel White, another delegate. He has drinks with her in her room but leaves before having sex. Next morning she is found dead and he was the last person to see her alive, marking him as a suspect. Then another psychologist is also murdered whilst Alex investigates a serial killer whose targets are prostitutes. |
September 26, 2008 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ITV1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 14, 2002 |
| Last aired | October 24, 2008 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | at 21:00:00 |