Series synopsis
Murder Investigation Team is a British drama television series that premiered on ITV1 on May 3, 2003. It ended on August 1, 2005. It was created by Paul Marquess. It stars Michael McKell, Samantha Spiro, Lindsey Coulson and Diane Parish.
Murder Investigation Team is a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long-running series, The Bill. The series is based around the cases of a Murder Investigation Team, who are linked to the Sun Hill borough of London, as featured in The Bill.
Premise
Murder Investigation Team is a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long-running series, The Bill. The series is based around the cases of a Murder Investigation Team, who are linked to the Sun Hill borough of London, as featured in The Bill.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Michael McKell as DS Trevor Hands / DI Trevor Hands
- Samantha Spiro as DI Vivien Friend
- Lindsey Coulson as DC Rosie MacManus
- Diane Parish as DC Eva Sharpe
- Joe Shaw as DC Scott Granger
- Richard Hope as DS Barry Purvis
- Abhin Galeya as DC Simon Tait
- Steven Pacey as DCI Malcolm Savage
Supporting cast
- Meera Syal as DCI Anita Wishart
- Howard Ward as DS Jim Daws
- Will Mellor as DC Jed Griffiths
- Richard Huw as Dr. John Cornell
Guest cast
- Su Elliot as Maureen Hopgood
- René Zagger as PC Nick Klein
- Vincent Regan as Paul Harris
- Valerie Minifie as Mrs. Merrick
- Benedict Taylor as Neil Wake
- Gary Kemp as Dennis McKay
- Jeillo Edwards as Agnes Welsh
- Jonathan Duttine as John Pembrey
- Harry Lloyd as Matt Pattinson
- Pui Fan Lee as Solicitor
- Lee Warburton as Lee Kemp
- Anthony Flanagan as Dexter Barnes
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | May 3, 2003 | June 21, 2003 |
| Season 2 | 4 | July 11, 2005 | August 1, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Moving Targets Sgt Matt Boyden of The Bill and an unidentified black man are both murdered in a drive-by shooting. The gunman makes a speedy getaway leaving the police with no idea which man was the intended target. Matt's copper colleagues look on, devastated, as M.I.T comb the crime scene. Meanwhile his own drug addicted daughter, Amy, hears the news from a custody cell back at the nick. Still in shock, evidence collected from his daughter and colleagues lead MIT to discover Matt wasn't always on the right side of the law. Sure he may have had a few skeletons in his closet, but did anyone hold a killer grudge? The investigation takes a surprising turn when DI Samantha Nixon is brought in for questioning - her underage daughter has been involved with Boyden and she is now a major suspect in the murder enquiry. But until the second victim can be identified DI Vivien Friend knows she is only working with half an investigation... [Source: MurderInvestigationTeam.com] |
May 3, 2003 |
| 2 |
Daddy's Little Girl DI Vivien Friend investigates the murder of a young woman whose remains have been found preserved in a concrete tomb at a demolition site. The only clues to her identity are a healed scar along her left hand and a puncture mark at the base of her spine from a medical procedure. The police investigation leads to a 3 year old missing persons case in which a young girl vanished from her parents' pub without trace. When the autopsy confirms it is the same missing girl, DI Friend has to break the news of her death to her distraught parents Celia and Phil Seabrook. The strongest lead is a mysterious photograph of their daughter with an unidentified man, and when the pathologist reveals their child Lucy was in the early stages of a pregnancy, the race is on to find him. [Source: MurderInvestigationTeam.com] |
May 10, 2003 |
| 3 |
Rubbish Emotions of the Murder Investigation Team run high when the dismembered body of a small child is found on a Thames rubbish barge. A painstaking search through layers of decaying rubbish reveals some clues but a discovery during the post mortem is even more disturbing. The little boy's heart has been crudely removed from his body and it looks like his murder could be African ritualistic killing. The murdered child's parents have logged a missing persons report, but their priest prevents DI Friend from making contact. Offering to act as their interpreter the priest speaks on their behalf but MIT soon realise the parents do, in fact, speak English. Does the priest know more about the child's murder than he is letting on? And where is their younger child Francis? It's a race against time for MIT who have the chance to save a life instead of being there at the end of one... [Source: MurderInvestigationTeam.com] |
May 17, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Phone Tag The Murder Investigation Team is called in when Ed Villarin, a young Lithuanian, collapses and dies in the street during a game of 'phone tag', in which strangers join the game over the internet and must 'hunt' and photograph the 'target' with their mobile phone. |
July 11, 2005 |
| 2 |
Viper's Nest The Murder Investigation Team uncover a vipers' nest of malpractice and drug dealing after a popular registrar, Karl Anderson, is pushed off a hospital roof. |
July 18, 2005 |
| 3 |
Professional The team investigates the death of Sean Reynolds who is found dead at the wheel of his car. Reynolds was a professional footballer and the autopsy reveals that he died from a severe blow to the back of the head. His wife confirms that her husband had been receiving hate mail and threatening phone calls. As he was about to leave his football club as a free agent, it was put down to irate fans. The investigation leads them to a particularly rabid fan, Jason Phelps, but his information leads them right back to a more likely suspect. |
July 25, 2005 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ITV1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 3, 2003 |
| Last aired | August 1, 2005 |
| Runtime | 49 minutes |
| Status | Ended |