The BEST episodes written by Declan Croghan
#1 - Scientific Justice
The Body Farm - Season 1 - Episode 6
The team are called in to investigate the death of Ray Quinn, who was killed in what looks like a robbery at a classic car garage. The owners, Mick and Martin Flannery, are keen to clear the scene so that they can open for business again, but after an initial investigation, Eve is convinced that there is more to the case than a robbery gone wrong. Hale visits Ray's home. Ray was from a Travelling community who are very suspicious of the police and refuse to tell Hale anything; they say they will deal with Ray's death themselves. Eve and Hale later discover that a young girl, Amanda, is also missing and possibly in a lot of danger. Eve must earn the trust of Ray's family by showing them that she is a scientist and only motivated by finding justice for Ray. If they pursue their own justice then the truth about what happened may remain hidden forever
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Ballykissangel - Season 5 - Episode 7
The Headmaster's post is soon to be vacant and Brendan is in line for the job. He withdraws his name from the list of candidates when he sees a Christian Brother is one of the candidates, and with father Mac on the Board Brendan thinks the Brother has the job in the bag. When Sean points out that the Brother will be his boss, Brendan decides that he must go for the job, After a certain amount of swatting and worrying, he is successful. Paul is causing Oonagh problems: He decides to ""recycle"" the slops from the bar, takes in a paying guest for the night, even though there is no accommodation, and forces Orla to resign - briefly. Emma helps Danny's pig to give birth, and has to put up with Danny's mother hen act in the process.
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Ballykissangel - Season 5 - Episode 8
Uncle Minto reckons that there is a fortune to be made with illegal spirits. He enlists the help of Liam and Donal to make it, and soon convinces Paul to buy a large consignment, behind Oonagh's back. Unfortunately, things don't go as they hope, and the scam does not go unnoticed - the pub's guest, Frankie, seems to know what's going on. A reluctant Orla lets Conor stay the night on her couch while his boat is being fixed. Things get decidedly awkward when he brings her breakfast in bed, and then Aidan arrives to see Conor doing the washing-up. Frankie turns out to be the new Garda.
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#4 - Episode 2
Life of Crime - Season 1 - Episode 2
It’s 1997 and Denise Woods is now a successful Detective Inspector at Brixton. In an era of ‘cool Britannia’ and ‘Blair’s babes’ she’s ideally placed to climb the ranks, but is struggling to find time for husband Ray Deans and their young daughter. Denise is investigating another rape-murder, this time of a young girl called Lauren Hinds, whose body is found on an estate. Denise’s world turns upside down when DNA on Lauren Hinds is cross-checked on the ‘all-new DNA database’ and matches unknown samples found on Amy Reid back in 1985.
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#5 - Episode 3
Life of Crime - Season 1 - Episode 3
The year is now 2013 and DCI Denise Woods has managed to turn her life around and is now interviewing for the Superintendent of Lambeth job. Her ex‐husband Ray and his new wife invite her to a ‘family’ dinner with news that Denise’s nineteen year old daughter, Charlotte is going to have a baby. Denise does not take the news well though. At work, she investigates the case of a murdered girl called Joanna Andrews, whose body was discovered the morning after an outdoor concert.
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#6 - Episode 1
Life of Crime - Season 1 - Episode 1
The year is 1985 and Denise who is in her early twenties, begins a new life as an WPC for the Met Police, fighting sexism along the way. She is assigned to work with plain clothes Detective Sergeant Ray Deans and, while they attempt to apprehend a suspect, she suffers a knock to the head that sees her in hospital. Whilst there she meets Amy Reid, a fifteen year old girl who’s recently come from a club in Brixton called Subotica. Amy has been violently dragged out of the club by her father but made a run for it. After Amy is later found murdered, Denise is determined to see the culprit brought to justice.
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#7 - Mask of Sanity (2)
Waking the Dead - Season 6 - Episode 8
The plot thickens as Rivelli and then Harris confess to the three cold case murders. Boyd remains suspicious though - who was the real murderer and what has Jensen got to do with it all?
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#8 - Mask of Sanity (1)
Waking the Dead - Season 6 - Episode 7
Two days after James Jenson is released from a psychiatric unit, the wallets of his victims are sent to a relative. Does this mean more murders could follow? And is James really responsible for the three coldcase murders, or did he take the blame for somebody else?
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#9 - Wren Boys (2)
Waking the Dead - Season 6 - Episode 2
Continuing the investigation of the death of a teenager whose body was found in concrete on a building site years ago. The injured Joe McDonagh finally wakes from his coma - but how much light can he throw now on a boxing bout which went badly wrong long ago?Meanwhile, there are surprises in store for Boyd and Jordan.
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#10 - Sins (1)
Waking the Dead - Season 7 - Episode 3
The Cold Case team investigate the mystery surrounding human remains found in an urban canal with links to the murder of a prison governor.
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#11 - Wren Boys (1)
Waking the Dead - Season 6 - Episode 1
The team re-investigates the death of a teenage boy who was found on a building site some years ago, drowned in concrete. Part of a human ear is found in his stomach, linking him to the dumping of another seriously injured teenager in a hospital at around the same time. The ground on which the dead teenager was found belongs to a Catholic abbey which is soon to be dissolved, and the abbey owns a shrine which might contain evidence and has to be dismantled - a task which falls to the unwilling Stella Goodman.Meanwhile, new forensic scientist Dr Eve Lockhart makes her mark on the case.
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#12 - Missing Persons (2)
Waking the Dead - Season 7 - Episode 2
Boyd and the team investigate Lore's true identity and the reasons why she is in danger.
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#13 - Missing Persons (1)
Waking the Dead - Season 7 - Episode 1
When a woman defends her daughter from a mugger, it sets into motion a chain of events that places herself and her children in mortal danger.
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#14 - Pieta (2)
Waking the Dead - Season 7 - Episode 12
Boyd vows to track down the ring of war criminals, all of whom are now living and working in the UK
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#15 - Sins (2)
Waking the Dead - Season 7 - Episode 4
After the discovery of Terry Ryan's body buried in a field,more corpses are uncovered..leading Grace to think it is a ritual burial site. Meanwhile Boyd and the team race to find Dr Hooper,whom Kelleher has taken hostage. And back in the lab Eve makes a shocking discovery.
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#16 - Skin (1)
Waking the Dead - Season 7 - Episode 7
After they get a tip off in an anonymous e-mail,the team head to a waste ground in east London, where they find the remains of a right-wing fascist activist.
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#17 - Skin (2)
Waking the Dead - Season 7 - Episode 8
When they do some digging into the man's past, they discover the deceased was not who he claimed to be, but in fact he had a hidden agenda of his own.
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#18 - No Peace For The Wicked
The Body Farm - Season 1 - Episode 1
Human remains are found splattered over the walls of a flat in in a derelict tower block. DI Craig Hale asks Dr Eve Lockhart and the Body Farm for help. The forensic scientists discover that a blast was responsible for destroying two bodies.
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#19 - Pieta (1)
Waking the Dead - Season 7 - Episode 11
At the scene of a road accident, a DNA link is found that goes back to a horrific murder in the Bosnia / Serbia conflict, which Eve had to deal with when working on mass war graves.
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#20 - Straw Dog (2)
Waking the Dead - Season 5 - Episode 8
Someone possibly copying the past crimes begins harassing Grace about her testimony against Tony Greene. If she doesn't admit that she was wrong about him, the assailant promises to murder the victim he/she is holding hostage.
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#21 - Straw Dog (1)
Waking the Dead - Season 5 - Episode 7
Grace is haunted by an old case that she assisted on at the beginning of her career when she is asked to give evidence at the assailant's appeal hearing.
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#22 - Rally The Troops
The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 17
Chandler attempts to rally the troops by appealing to their sense of honor in flushing out Conway's murder. When Mickey and Kate attempt to track down prime suspect Jeff Simpson, they grill Danny over his beating, sustained at the hands of Vik.
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