DCI Banks

Crime drama series, based on the novels by Peter Robinson. After Banks suffers a massive personal loss and also discovers that DS Annie Cabbot is back with her former boyfriend, he is forced to navigate a complex murder investigation while still grieving. A young Estonian woman is found dead on a piece of waste ground, apparently buried alive. As they piece together her movements, the team uncover a world of prostitution and drugs hidden behind a veneer of respectability. They discover that the murder victim had come to the UK to search for her sister who had recently gone missing. No one wants to talk but they eventually trace her sister's pimp, who claims to run a legitimate escort business. DI Helen Morton and Banks make inroads with the prostitutes' driver and Helen begins to suspect that his autistic son might have a connection with Katrin's death, but when the driver's house is burned down in a tragic fire, Banks and his team begin to uncover an even more disturbing truth.

Crime drama series. The team are dismayed to discover that the arson attack has injured Michael Osgood and killed his autistic son, Robbie. DI Helen Morton and DS Annie Cabbot question Gary McCready, the local lad who was bullying Robbie. The investigation into the murder of Katrin Vesik and the disappearance of her sister Annika continues. The police are intrigued when the body of an older man who died of natural causes is found buried near Katrin's grave. When DC Ken Blackstone discovers new evidence about the fire, Banks presses Michael for further information. Jason McCready is arrested and questioned over the burial of the dead man and the murder of Katrin, which he flatly denies. Forensics prove that Jason transported Katrin's body, but does this mean that he is the murderer? Banks makes a moving speech at his mother's funeral, where he shares a bonding moment with both Annie and his father.

Crime drama series. When eminent lawyer Anaan Kamel is found dead by an underground river, evidence seems to point to former employee Marcus Leyton with whom she was having an affair. But Banks and Helen believe the family are hiding something when daughter Nafeesah reveals that Anaan's brother Bilal hit her during an argument. When Marcus's body is found upstream, the team are faced with a double murder and evidence at the crime scene makes them suspect a contract killing.

Crime drama series. Having received a terrifying warning from contract killer Mullen about what to expect if he talks to the police, witness Geoff Dwyer and his teenage daughter Evie are now living in fear for their lives. Banks moves them to an anonymous hotel while he turns his attention to Lewis Hargreaves, the imprisoned loan shark who he believes to be calling the shots. Mullen then stalks Evie's boyfriend, leading him to the hotel where she and her father are staying. After he sets off the fire alarm to bring his prey out into the open, the team close in but Mullen again slips through the net. While the murderer's identity is now clear, it remains uncertain who was behind the killings and their motive, until a discovery in the first victim's locker sheds fresh light on the case.

Crime drama series. The body of undergraduate Josh Tate is found dumped in a ravine, stabbed with a screwdriver. His flatmate Spencer Foster says that Josh was the quiet type - he last saw him heading off to his part-time job at the university lab. But as the team piece together his movements, a picture emerges of another Josh, who was infatuated with Spencer's lap-dancer girlfriend Melanie and was manufacturing ecstasy for club owner Liam Fallon. Helen is unnerved by the arrival of her former lover Martin Hexton, an undercover officer who claims to be working a case in Yorkshire. When the team go to question Fallon, they find him badly beaten and it looks as if Hexton may be responsible. Banks is furious with Helen for not revealing the full extent of her relationship with Hexton earlier. She tries to win back his faith by leading him to the place where Hexton has been staying, but he has disappeared without trace.

Crime drama series. Banks thinks that former undercover policeman Martin Hexton beat up Liam Fallon, a suspect in the Josh Tate murder, but Fallon swears that he did not see his assailant. Helen works hard to win back Banks's approval and discovers that Hexton is actually Josh's biological father. Banks and Helen question Hexton over the beating of Fallon but he admits nothing. The team eventually have to let him go and Banks realises that Josh's friend Spencer Foster is the most likely suspect for his murder, yet struggles to pin anything on him. But when Spencer is released, Hexton abducts him.