Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2020 (60 min)
The series begins with the first of three programmes charting the inquiry into the fatal stabbing of 36-year-old Courtney Valentine-Brown in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, as a team of detectives and specialists work around the clock to catch the killers.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2020 (60 min)
A man is arrested for the murder of Courtney Valentine-Brown, but during his interview, he names another as being the killer. This sparks a manhunt to locate him, but the search is against the clock, as detectives must find the second suspect before it becomes necessary to either charge or release the first.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2020 (60 min)
The investigation into the murder of Courtney Valentine-Brown nears a conclusion. With one suspect outstanding, one on bail and one in custody, can the team of detectives and specialists secure enough evidence to charge them with murder?
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2020 (60 min)
Episode four follows detectives and specialists as they investigate a double stabbing in Colchester's homeless community that leaves one victim, Carl Hopkins, dead and the other seriously injured.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2020 (60 min)
Episode five continues to follow the investigation into the killing of Carl Hopkins in Colchester. As the case enters its third day, the hunt is on for the unidentified murder suspect.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2025 (60 min)
After a delivery driver is ambushed and beaten to death in broad daylight, detectives from West Mercia Police begin a major manhunt to track down his killers.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2025 (60 min)
With four men arrested for delivery driver Aurman Singh's murder, detectives work to find the weapons used and try to identify an inside man they believe helped to plan the ambush.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2025 (60 min)
With the suspected inside man arrested, detectives must prove he knew he was setting up a murder. A new investigation begins when a man tries to kill himself and his learning-disabled son.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Jun 23, 2025 (60 min)
A mother and daughter are found with serious stab wounds in Worcester. The daughter's partner claims he did it in self-defence. Detectives must unravel what really happened.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Jun 24, 2025 (60 min)
When two women are stabbed in a domestic attack, a man claims self-defence. But his injured partner has recovered enough to give her account.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2025 (60 min)
After a man attacks and kills his mother with a hammer, detectives investigate his behaviour leading up to the attack.
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2026 (56 min)
When Jo is found stabbed at home, her husband is arrested. As forensic evidence and witness accounts are examined, detectives grow highly sceptical of his story.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2026 (58 min)
A secret relationship cracks suspect Samak's story open. Meanwhile, in a new case in Ross-on-Wye, the discovery of a woman's body sparks a frantic search for her missing mother.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2026 (57 min)
Detectives hunt the remaining suspects in the murder of Aurman Singh. Financial data and international cooperation lead detectives to two fugitives hiding in plain sight in Austria.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2026 (58 min)
Chris Hemming calls police to confess he has stabbed his ex-partner to death. DCI Gareth Lougher must now establish whether this was premeditated murder or manslaughter.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2026 (58 min)
When 54-year-old Jamie Gawler is found dead in his Hereford flat, DCI Gareth Lougher's team piece together his final days. But a suspect's phone yields a shocking new revelation.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2026 (58 min)
Phone evidence reveals the brutal extent of Matthew Jonathan's violence against Jamie Gawler. Meanwhile, the Vulnerable Persons Unit investigates a near-fatal assault in Telford.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2026 (59 min)
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2026 (59 min)