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Wire in the Blood

★ 8.2 11K votes 2002–2008 6 seasons · 31 episodes Ended ITV1
Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10Genius leadExceptional intellect as the protagonist's engine.This show: 7/10DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 7/10ProceduralA case or problem of the week, solved by a formula that works.This show: 7/10UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 7/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Robson GreenMark LetherenEmma HandyMark PenfoldSimone LahbibHermione Norris
Starring
Robson GreenMark LetherenEmma HandyMark PenfoldSimone LahbibHermione Norris
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About

"Profiling monsters from the inside out"

A brilliant but unsettling criminal psychologist teams up with a no-nonsense detective inspector to hunt serial killers whose minds he can practically climb inside. Based on Val McDermid's novels, this British procedural trades flashy forensics for slow, uncomfortable psychological unravelling, often told partly from the killer's perspective. It's moody, grim, and deliberately paced, carried by the prickly chemistry between its two leads and a persistent sense of dread rather than jump-scare shocks. Expect dark subject matter treated seriously, not for thrills but for the queasy fascination of understanding why people do terrible things.

Watch it for

the unnerving lead performance as a profiler who understands killers a little too well.

Maybe skip if

you find sustained bleakness and disturbing subject matter hard to sit with.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12002
7.63K64h 54m
We meet Tony, a psychologist that gets inside of the minds of both killers and victims to aid the police in solving gruesome serial killings in Northern England.
Season 22004
7.51K45h 42m
Season 2 continues with Tony and Maggie, and introduces DCI Carol Jordan.
Season 32005
7.71K45h 40m
Season 42006
7.91K45h 41m
Season 4 opens with a new DI, Alex Fielding.
Season 52007
7.91K45h 35m
Season 62008
7.72K913h 31m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Robson Green Dr. Tony Hill
Mark Letheren DS Kevin Geoffries, D.S. Kevin Geoffries
Emma Handy DC Paula McIntyre
Mark Penfold Dr Ashley Vernon, Dr. Ashley Vernon
Simone Lahbib DI Alex Fielding
Hermione Norris DCI Carol Jordan
Alan Stocks Don Merrick
Tom Chadbon John Brandon
Thomas Byrne Ben Fielding
Doreene Blackstock Annie Reiss

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