Expert Witness (2021) is a documentary, crime web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Expert Witness online in HD.
Expert Witness — Storyline
This dramatic true crime series reveals how some of the UK’s most serious and complex cases were solved by the expertise of a band of unsung heroes – the expert witnesses.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Ashley John-Baptiste
Expert Witness — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2021-10-25 |
| Seasons | 5 |
| Episodes | 75 |
| Genre | Documentary, Crime |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC One |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Rating | 5/10 (3 votes) |
Expert Witness — Episode Guide
Series 1
- E1: Soil and Insects (2021-10-25) — Soil analysis helps solve a 37-year-old murder investigation in Scotland. In Huddersfield, analysis of insect life on a body found on the moors helps detectives catch a killer.
- E2: Blood Under Paint and Gait (2021-10-26) — Blood traces hidden under paint allow an expert witness to find a killer and free five men from suspicion. An unusual gait identifies the murderer of an office worker.
- E3: Forensic Imaging and MSN Chat (2021-10-27) — Marks left by the tread of a shoe help detectives catch a killer terrorising Rochdale, and a forensic linguist deciphers messages written in slang, revealing a murder plot.
- E4: Fibre Trails and Diamonds (2021-10-28) — A team of expert witnesses follow a trail of fibres and DNA to solve three cold cases in Pembrokeshire, and a fraudulent diamond investment scheme is exposed by a gemologist.
- E5: Pollen in a Field and Fibres in a Car Crash (2021-10-29) — A body left in a field prompts the examination of pollen, establishing a new forensic discipline, and fibres fused with car wreckage prove who caused a fatal traffic collision.
- E6: DNA, Fibres and Bones (2021-11-01) — After 32 years, expert fibre analysis helps bring the killer of two Brighton schoolgirls to justice, and the analysis of bones found on a Yorkshire moor helps find two killers.
- E7: Aging Insects and Fake Fairies (2021-11-02) — Insect evidence helps crack the case of missing Warrington teenager Shafilea Ahmed, and a series of convincing John Anster Fitzgerald forgeries are uncovered by an art expert.
- E8: Soil on a Spade and Stones in a Shoe (2021-11-03) — Soil on a spade helps catch the killer of a young woman from Swindon, who for years evaded justice and a stone stuck in the sole of a shoe helps solve a murder in Manchester.
- E9: Cerium and CCTV (2021-11-04) — A wrongful conviction is overturned by re-examining microscopic particles on a van seat and an attempted murder outside a nightclub is solved by a facial comparison expert.
- E10: Pollen, Bones and DNA (2021-11-05) — Pollen and bone experts help identify the remains of a murder victim found in a sports bag. And advances in DNA help find the killer of a Bradford pensioner after 22 years.
- E11: Text Messages and DNA (2021-11-08) — Analysis of text messages reveal a husband's plot to cover up his wife's murder and traces of DNA on decades old evidence helps bring justice to the family of a murdered woman.
- E12: Pollen, Chalk and DNA (2021-11-09) — How expert analysis of nettles and chalky soil helped catch the killer of Soham schoolgirls and how advances in DNA techniques finally solve the murder known as Beauty in the Bath
- E13: Insects and Bones (2021-11-10) — Insects establish an accurate time of death, helping to prove a husband killed his wife and analysis of burnt remains in Leeds, uncovers another husband's cold murder of his wife.
- E14: Paint Materials and Blood Patterns (2021-11-11) — Forensics analysis by an art expert prove paintings by a well known cornish artist are fake, and blood spatter patterns in a hotel bedroom, help catch the killer of a father of 3.
- E15: 60's DNA and Fibres Around the World (2021-11-12) — A fifty year old cold case murder is solved by DNA and the tenacity of an expert witness. And a murder investigation is solved by tracking unusual blue fibres around the world.
Series 2
- E1: Shallow Graves – Unearthing a Serial Killer (2022-11-14) — Some criminal investigations are so complicated that they require a number of expert witnesses to be involved. This programme examines how forensic evidence from a whole team of sc
- E2: Mystery of the Playground Shooter and Signature of a Killer (2022-11-14) — A young schoolboy is mysteriously shot in the head while playing in the school yard, but who fired the gun and from where? Philip Boyce, a forensic ballistics expert, is called in
- E3: The Curry Killer and the Body on the Beach (2022-11-14) — Following the unexplained death of a man in Yorkshire, found alone in his home with no signs of forced entry or a struggle, police were at a loss to explain his death. They turned
- E4: Body in the Snow and Betrayed by a Text (2022-11-14) — After a 25-year-old woman goes missing in Bristol, the police launch a major missing-person enquiry. Soon after, the body of the young woman is discoved by dog walkers on Christmas
- E5: Body in the Woods and Murder at the Post Office (2022-11-14) — This episode follows two shocking criminal cases in Yorkshire, each involving a woman murdered by her partner, and two expert witnesses with very different disciplines in forensic
- E6: Murder in the Suburbs and Search for a Serial Killer (2022-11-14) — In our first story, a community reels in total shock when a doting grandmother is found murdered in her home. Detectives search for the killer and suspect it may be someone close t
- E7: Body in the Bog and Bomb in the Boot (2022-11-14) — An expert witness uses soil analysis to find the body of a missing woman feared murdered, and a cell site expert uses his tracking skills to catch a killer in Northern Ireland.
- E8: Late Night Murder and Exhuming Evidence (2022-11-14) — When a young nurse disappears, a soil analyst helps find her body and solve the crime. A digital imaging expert proves that what was thought to be an accidental death was murder.
- E9: Invisible Evidence and the Chocolate Box Conmen (2022-11-14) — An expert in microscopic lifeforms helps solve the murder of a teenager, and a handwriting expert assists an old lady whose house has been sold without consent.
- E10: Car Killer and Shot on the Sofa (2022-11-14) — A blood spatter analyst unlocks the mystery of a woman murdered in her own car, and an expert witness uses a mobile phone to help detectives solve a baffling murder case.
- E11: Sole of a Killer and Stolen Treasure (2022-11-14) — Police turn to a footprint analyst and a pollen expert to help solve a murder in Manchester, and a soil expert unearths the evidence needed to arrest a gang of treasure thieves.
- E12: Murder in the Carpark and Cold Call Fraud (2022-11-14) — Blood spatter analysis helps identify the killer of a body found in a suitcase, and an expert helps in a serious case of financial fraud that cost some victims their life savings.
- E13: A Scottish Murder and Artful Deceit (2022-11-14) — An expert in mobile phone technology tracks the movements of a murder suspect, and an expert in art fraud determines whether a very expensive painting is genuine or fake.
- E14: Deadly Date and the Football Fraudster (2022-11-14) — A dental expert helps police investigating the mysterious death of a teenage girl, and an autograph expert is brought in to help convict scammers selling fake celebrity signatures.
- E15: Killer on the Run and Murder in the Valleys (2022-11-14) — When a man kills four people and goes on the run, a handwriting analyst is brought in, and after a body is found, an expert in pollen links the suspects to the scene of the crime.
Series 3
- E1: Body in the Woods and Supermarket Killers (2023-08-21) — When a dismembered body is discovered, police turn to a facial reconstruction expert to help identify the victim.
- E2: A Watery Grave and the Dangerous Date (2023-08-21) — When the body of a farmer is found in a lake, a bioarchaeologist helps police reveal how he got there. Meanwhile, when a man is accused of intentionally spreading the HIV virus, a
- E3: Body of Evidence and Shallow Grave (2023-08-21) — When a 21-year-old student is murdered and dumped in the Humber Estuary, a forensic biologist helps police bring her killer to justice. And an expert witness analyses soil at a sha
- E4: Corrosive Truth and A Field of Evidence (2023-08-21) — When a woman is the victim of an acid attack in Brighton, an expert pieces together hours of CCTV footage to identify the suspect. And through pollen analysis, an expert witness he
- E5: Written in Blood and The End of the Line (2023-08-21) — When two men are wrongly convicted of murder, a forensic blood spatter analyst helps to prove their innocence. And an expert witness uses mobile phone analysis to help police bring
- E6: Face of a Killer and Proof in the Pollen (2023-08-21) — When a young man is stabbed to death, a facial recognition expert helps Merseyside Police catch the killer. And a specialist palynologist’s help is needed by detectives investigati
- E7: Hidden Blood and Traces of a Killer (2023-08-21) — Police turn to an expert witness to help them link a drug gang to the death of a Vietnamese man in Wales. And experts in DNA and fibre analysis provide the evidence needed to convi
- E8: Patterns of Behaviour and Time Flies (2023-08-21) — A blood residue specialist leads police to the killers of an East Sussex waiter, brutally bludgeoned in his flat. And a forensic entomologist uncovers a case of extreme neglect whe
- E9: Threads of Evidence and Bad Chemistry (2023-08-21) — A fibre specialist from the UK brings closure to Australia’s longest-running murder investigation. And a forensic pharmacologist uses her expertise to ensure a murder charge after
- E10: A Grave Error and Souvenir of a Killer (2023-08-21) — When a teenager’s body is located in a shallow grave, a soil specialist is called on to unearth evidence to convict the killer. And as a murder investigation on Merseyside stalls,
- E11: Death on the Nile and Cell to Cell (2023-08-21) — When a British woman is found dead in an Egyptian hotel room, a UK toxicologist uncovers a sinister murder plot. And police turn to a cell communications analyst to solve the vicio
- E12: Red Light Killer and A Rural Rampage (2023-08-21) — Detectives hunting the killer of a young woman from Bolton require the help of a fibre and DNA specialist to arrest their suspect. And police seek the help of a body fluids expert
- E13: Facing Justice and Language of Terror (2023-08-21) — When a decomposed body is washed up on a Dutch beach, a UK facial reconstruction expert helps uncover the identity. And a forensic linguistic specialist leads an international hunt
- E14: Fragments of Truth and Wall of Evidence (2023-08-21) — A forensically trained dentist’s expertise helps police to connect a man to the disappearance of his wife. And the diligent analysis of a soil expert helps to bring convictions aga
- E15: Grave Secret and Lockdown Tragedy (2023-08-21) — Evidence unearthed by a forensic archaeologist helps to catch the killer of a young woman from Wiltshire. And a case of harrowing neglect suffered by a Welsh teenager is revealed b
Series 4
- E1: The Murder of Sarah Payne: Fields of Evidence (2024-10-28) — The heart-wrenching case of eight-year-old Sarah Payne, who was abducted and murdered. A forensic ecologist finds a vital link between the suspect and the gravesite. And an expert
- E2: The Body in the Suitcase (2024-10-29) — A twisted killer throws two suitcases containing severed remains into a canal, and it’s down to a 3D-scanning expert to uncover the crucial evidence needed to convict him. And a fo
- E3: The Wheelie Bin Killer (2024-10-30) — When a body is found in a wheelie bin dumped in a lake, can a cell site analyst track the suspects’ movements and help put them behind bars? And when a man disappears in the Highla
- E4: Cracking the Killer's Code (2024-10-31) — When a violent gang use a secret language to discuss a fatal attack, police turn to a forensic linguist to crack their code. And one of the biggest cannabis growing operations ever
- E5: Catching a Cold Case Killer (2024-11-04) — Will untying the knot of a dressing gown cord used to kill Mary McLoughlin 35 years ago finally reveal the identity of her killer? And when a student’s body is found in a suitcase,
- E6: Murderers, Messages and the Breakfast Killer (2024-11-05) — In a horrifying case of mistaken identity, a man is stabbed to death in his home. Can an intelligence analyst help convict the suspects? And when a teenager is found beaten to deat
- E7: The Boy in the Woods – The Murder of Rikki Neave (2024-11-06) — Nearly 30 years after six-year-old Rikki Neave was brutally murdered, the cold case is reopened and evidence from a soil expert proves crucial in convicting his killer. And a wildl
- E8: Beneath the Ashes (2024-11-07) — When fire crew discover a woman’s body in a burning flat, a blood spatter analyst uses a risky and untested method to reveal key evidence. And a Welsh cold case is solved when, for
- E9: Lured to the Woods (2024-11-11) — A teenager is found dead in the woods. A pathologist analyses her stab wounds to shed light on the attack, and when remains are found in Scotland, a crack team of experts nail the
- E10: The Shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel (2024-11-12) — The devastating case of a gunman fatally shooting a young girl in Liverpool. An image analyst helps detectives unmask the notorious killer. When valuable antique coins are dug up i
- E11: Blood on the Carpet (2024-11-13) — A mother and child disappear in 1976, only leaving a burnt-out car behind them. Over 40 years later, can a blood analyst help police finally bring their killer to justice? And a ce
- E12: The Rachel Nickell Murder: Justice at Last (2024-11-18) — The brutal, unsolved murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common shocked the nation. Ten years on, can a forensic team using new DNA technology identify the killer? And a trace ex
- E13: Unearthing the Truth (2024-11-19) — A young boy is beaten to death, but his killer evades justice. Three decades on, a pollen expert finds a crucial link between a suspect and the brutal murder. And after a vicious a
- E14: Blood on His Hands (2024-11-20) — A disabled woman is brutally murdered, and her neighbour is the prime suspect. Can a consultant doctor help police put him behind bars? And a linguistics expert provides vital evid
- E15: Buried Secrets (2024-11-21) — The 2005 murder of a Glasgow woman goes cold, but 17 years on, can a Dutch soil expert help to finally bring the killer to justice? And when a man is suspected of stabbing his hous
Series 5
- E1: Intent to Kill: The Ashley Dale Murder (2026-07-06) — A ballistics expert proves the shooting of a young woman was murder not manslaughter, and a forensic scientist secures justice for a cold case victim, 20 years after the crime.
- E2: Death on Duty (2026-07-07) — A voice analyst makes a positive link to the killer of two police officers, and a lead forensic scientist identifies a phone snatcher from a shoe he left behind.
- E3: A Deadly Dose (2026-07-08) — A forensic toxicologist proves that an Essex couple’s cause of death points to murder, and a footprint expert links a killer to two different murder scenes.
- E4: The Killer Next Door (2026-07-09) — A pathologist and forensic scientist work together to convict the twisted killer of Elaine Collie, and a Home Office pathologist links two suspects to a double homicide.
- E5: Cold Case Convictions (2026-07-10) — An expert witness uses fibre analysis to solve an execution-style murder, and after 26 years in prison, a man walks free when a forensic scientist links DNA to the real killer.
- E6: The London Bombings (2026-07-13) — Forensic explosives experts are tasked with examining the crime scenes after the London bombings to establish if the devices had the signature of any known terrorist organisation.
- E7: The Murder of Brianna Ghey (2026-07-14) — A blood spatter analyst helps puts the killers of a 16-year-old behind bars, and a forensic speech expert matches a voice on police dashcam to the killer of PC Ian Broadhurst.
- E8: The Body in the Cellar (2026-07-15) — A forensic archaeologist locates the body of a teenage girl buried in a cellar, and an expert in scanning technology sends a homemade gun maker to jail.
- E9: Dressed to Kill (2026-07-16) — A forensic image analyst identifies a killer from images in CCTV, and a forensic specialist helps police unravel the truth when a case goes from missing to murder.
- E10: Left for Dead – The Murder of Hilda Murrell (2026-07-17) — A forensic biologist uses modern DNA techniques to solve the cold case murder of Hilda Murrell, and cell site analysis helps place a suspect at the scene of Abdul Deghayes’s killin
- E11: Grave Evidence – The Murder of Joanna Simpson (2026-07-20) — When a man kills his ex-wife, a forensic archaeologist helps determine if it was premeditated murder, and a cell site analyst follows a phone trail that convicts violent bank robbe
- E12: Deadly Threads (2026-07-21) — A fibre analyst uses a groundbreaking technique to solve the murder of 91-year-old Edwin Hiles, and a forensic fire investigator helps to uncover the truth behind a tragic house fi
- E13: Britain’s Coldest Case (2026-07-22) — A forensic scientist and a fingerprint expert identify a killer nearly 60 years after the crime, and a plant scientist helps expose a fraudster in a fake tea-growing operation.
- E14: Death in the Woods (2026-07-23) — A forensic biologist works tirelessly to match DNA to the killer of Julia James, and an entomologist links a killer to a double murder.
- E15: Voice of a Killer (2026-07-24) — A skilled voice analyst proves the killer of a missing man is very close to home, and a UK fingerprint expert helps to overturn a miscarriage of justice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Expert Witness have? 5 season(s) with 75 episodes.
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