
Expert Witness
122021•29m•5.0/10
DocumentaryCrime
Ratings
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5.0/10(3)
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.
Production
Rare TV, BBC
Language
EN
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
October 25, 2021
Last Aired
November 21, 2024
Networks
BBC One
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Soil and Insects
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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
Air date: 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.










