Season 8
Waking the Dead is a British television crime drama series created by Barbara Machin which follows the work of a special police team who investigate "cold cases", usually murders that took place a number of years ago and were never solved.
The series aired in the UK on BBC One from 4 September, 2000 to 11 April, 2011. There are 92 hour-long episodes in nine seasons.
Waking the Dead aired in South Africa on DStv's BBC Entertainment (formerly BBC Prime) channel. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 8 originally aired on BBC Entertainment from 11 January to 1 March, 2010 on Mondays at 20h30. New episodes broadcast weekly. There are eight episodes in the eighth season.
Season 8
Waking The Dead returns for its darkest and most frightening season yet.
With new offices in an eerie basement, a new team member who has secrets of her own and a leader seemingly more reckless than ever, how will the Cold Case Squad survive?
Three months since the death of his son and a period of leave, Boyd is a man determined to get back to work with his team. Stella embarks on a last fateful mission for Boyd and we are introduced to DC Kat Howard, a new member of the Cold Case team.
Acclaimed script writer Ed Whitmore pens a dark story for the series about a brother and sister who are thrown from a 100ft bridge following a horrific attack. Twelve years on, will Boyd be able to give closure to the surviving sister?
Eve reveals that a man she has started a relationship with, but who she hardly knows, has been lying to her – she suspects he is involved in organised crime.
So she does a DNA test on him and runs the results through the national database. His DNA matches that found on a woman who was murdered thirteen years ago...
With stunning visual effects, a new score and ambitious stories that force the team to re-evaluate their relationships with each other, this season of Waking The Dead is deeper and darker than ever before.
Seasons
Note: Broadcast details for the first three seasons are not available. BBC Prime became BBC Entertainment on 1 September, 2008.
Season 1 (10 episodes)
Channel: BBC Prime | Broadcast: Unknown
Season 2 (8 episodes)
Channel: BBC Prime | Broadcast: Unknown
Season 3 (8 episodes)
Channel: BBC Prime | Broadcast: Unknown
Season 4 (12 episodes)
Channel: BBC Prime | Premiere: 23 Aug 2006 | Finale: 28 Sep 2006 | Wed/Thu, 21h00
Season 5 (12 episodes)
Channel: BBC Prime | Premiere: 28 Mar 2007 | Finale: 3 May 2007 | Wed/Thu, 21h00
Season 6 (12 episodes)
Channel: BBC Prime | Premiere: 10 Mar 2008 | Finale: 14 Apr 2008 | Mondays, 20h30/21h40
Season 7 (12 episodes)
Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 1 Dec 2008 | Finale: 16 Feb 2009 | Mondays, 20h30
Season 8 (8 episodes)
Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 11 Jan 2010 | Finale: 1 Mar 2010 | Mondays, 20h30
Season 9 (10 episodes)
Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 9 Jan 2012 | Finale: 12 Mar 2012 | Mondays, 20h00