Angus Gibson
Director
Expert Witness (2021)
Series 1
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.
Released Oct. 25, 2021
Episode 29 min
None+
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Keywords: imdb.expert-witness, imdb.criminal-case, imdb.daytime-television, imdb.true-crime, imdb.evidence
Watch Providers: Tubi TV
Production Companies: Rare TV, BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Soil and Insects
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.
Oct. 25, 2021, midnight
S1E2 - Blood Under Paint and Gait
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.
Oct. 26, 2021, midnight
S1E3 - Forensic Imaging and MSN Chat
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.
Oct. 27, 2021, midnight
S1E4 - Fibre Trails and Diamonds
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.
Oct. 28, 2021, midnight
S1E5 - Pollen in a Field and Fibres in a Car Crash
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.
Oct. 29, 2021, midnight
S1E6 - DNA, Fibres and Bones
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.
Nov. 1, 2021, midnight
S1E7 - Aging Insects and Fake Fairies
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.
Nov. 2, 2021, midnight
S1E8 - Soil on a Spade and Stones in a Shoe
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.
Nov. 3, 2021, midnight
S1E9 - Cerium and CCTV
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.
Nov. 4, 2021, midnight
S1E10 - Pollen, Bones and DNA
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.
Nov. 5, 2021, midnight
S1E11 - Text Messages and DNA
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.
Nov. 8, 2021, midnight
S1E12 - Pollen, Chalk and DNA
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
Nov. 9, 2021, midnight
S1E13 - Insects and Bones
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.
Nov. 10, 2021, midnight
S1E14 - Paint Materials and Blood Patterns
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.
Nov. 11, 2021, midnight
S1E15 - 60's DNA and Fibres Around the World
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.
Nov. 12, 2021, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 29 min.
Season Runtime: 29 min.
Released: Oct. 25, 2021
Last Air Date: Nov. 21, 2024, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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