Expert Witness
Expert Witness is a TV show on BBC1. 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. Gripping true crime stories. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 46 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2025.
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Evidence unearthed by a forensic archaeologist helps to catch a young woman's killer. And a case of harrowing neglect suffered by a Welsh teenager is revealed by an insect expert.
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A dentist’s expertise in forensics helps police to connect a man to the disappearance of his wife. And a soil expert helps to bring convictions against three heritage thieves.
When a decomposed body is washed up on a Dutch beach, a UK facial reconstruction expert helps uncover the identity.
Detectives hunting the killer of a young woman from Bolton require the help of a fibre and DNA specialist to arrest their suspect.
When a woman is found dead in an Egyptian hotel room, a toxicologist uncovers a sinister murder plot. And police turn to a cell communications analyst to solve a teacher's murder.
When a teenager’s body is located in a shallow grave, a soil specialist is called on to unearth evidence to convict the killer.
A fibre specialist from the UK brings closure to Australia’s longest-running murder investigation. And a forensic pharmacologist ensures a murder charge after two brutal killings.
A blood residue specialist leads police to the killers of an East Sussex waiter, brutally bludgeoned in his flat.
An expert witness helps police link a drug gang to the death of a Vietnamese man in Wales. And DNA experts gather evidence that identifies the killer of a man from Bristol.
When a young man is stabbed to death, a facial recognition expert helps Merseyside Police catch the killer.
When a young nurse is murdered, a soil analyst links the suspect to where the body was found. And a wildlife DNA specialist helps police catch illegal blood sport suspects.
A fibre analyst is called in when a missing persons enquiry becomes a murder investigation, and a forensic archaeologist leads the search for the remains of a young woman.
Blood pattern analysis helps identify the killer of a body found in a suitcase, and a forensic search specialist helps unlock a murder investigation.
An ecologist uses her expertise in single-celled organisms to help crack a murder case, and a poisoned curry is suspected of killing a man - can an expert at Kew Gardens prove it?
An expert witness uses soil analysis to find the body of a missing woman feared dead, and an odontologist is called on to examine a bite mark made on a murder victim 21 years ago.
A forensic expert brings the lab to the crime scene, using a custom-built superglue gas chamber to lift fingerprints, and an autograph analyst proves signatures are fraudulent.
When Karen Doubleday is found dead in the woods, an image analyst and forensic ecologist help police find her killer. And can an archaeologist locate a woman who has been missing for 15 years?
A forensic biologist helps crack the cold-case murder of Brenda Page after 35 years, and a blood pattern analyst is called to investigate a murder in a post office.
Series 4
The 2005 murder of a Glasgow woman goes cold, but 17 years on, a Dutch soil expert helps convict the killer. And in another murder case, a blood analyst uses an unusual technique to crack the crime.
A disabled woman is murdered, and her neighbour is the prime suspect, but it takes a doctor to help put him in jail. And a linguistics expert helps convict a man stalking his ex.