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 2026. A total of 30 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2026.
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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.
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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.
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 young boy is murdered, but his killer is not found. Thirty years on, a pollen expert finds crucial evidence. And a blood and fibre analyst helps find the killer of a shopworker.
Rachel Nickell was murdered in 1992. Ten years later, a team using new DNA technology finally identify her killer. In another case, a trace expert uses beer glass fragments to find an assailant.
A mother and her son vanish in 1976, leaving just a burnt-out car. Forty years later, a blood analyst helps police find out the truth. And a phone analyst helps find the killer of a drowned man.
The fatal shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool. An image analyst helps detectives unmask the killer. And two experts help police convict thieves who stole ancient treasure.
After a teenager is found dead in the woods, a pathologist analyses her stab wounds to shed light on the attack. Plus, when remains are found in Scotland, a crack team of experts nail the killer.
After fire crews find a body in a burning flat, a blood spatter analyst uses an untested method to find key evidence. And a cold case is solved using familial DNA for the first time.
Series 5
A skilled voice analyst proves the killer of a missing man is very close to home, and a UK fingerprint expert helps to overturn a miscarriage of justice.
A forensic biologist works tirelessly to match DNA to the killer of Julia James, and an entomologist links a killer to a double murder.
A forensic scientist and a fingerprint expert identify a killer nearly 60 years after the crime, and a plant scientist helps expose a fraudster in a fake tea-growing operation.
A fibre analyst uses a groundbreaking technique to solve the murder of 91-year-old Edwin Hiles, and a forensic fire investigator helps to uncover the truth behind a tragic house fire.
When a man kills his ex-wife, a forensic archaeologist helps determine if it was premeditated murder, and a cell site analyst follows a phone trail that convicts violent bank robbers.
A forensic biologist uses modern DNA techniques to solve the cold case murder of Hilda Murrell, and cell site analysis helps place a suspect at the scene of Abdul Deghayes’s killing.
A forensic image analyst identifies a killer from images in CCTV, and a forensic specialist helps police unravel the truth when a case goes from missing to murder.
A forensic archaeologist locates the body of a teenage girl buried in a cellar, and an expert in scanning technology sends a homemade gun maker to jail.
A blood spatter analyst helps put the killers of a 16-year-old behind bars, and a forensic speech expert matches a voice on police dashcam to the killer of PC Ian Broadhurst.
Forensic explosives experts are tasked with examining the crime scenes after the London bombings to establish if the devices had the signature of any known terrorist organisation.