Forensics: The Real CSI

The forensics team must identify a gunman from evidence left at a shooting scene and determine the cause of death of a body found under suspicious circumstances.

At the crack of dawn in residential Newcastle, a man is violently assaulted and stabbed in his home by two unknown assailants. The suspects flee the scene and it is the job of rookie CSI Nicola Stark to examine the crime scene and…

In central Newcastle, a teenage girl has been raped by a stranger in a local park. It is the job of Northumbria Police's head of forensics Kirsty Potter and senior investigating officer Shelley Hudson to find the unknown suspect and put…

On a Monday afternoon in an affluent Birmingham suburb, a husband rings 999 to say he has killed his wife. The man is covered in blood when he is arrested outside his home but when he is brought to police custody and interviewed, he…

When a 15-year-old teenager is fatally stabbed in a park in Coventry, the forensic team must identify the murderers through evidence left behind at the crime scene. But with the murder weapon nowhere to be found, the investigation relies…

A 34-year-old man is fatally stabbed as he visits a group of friends who are socialising in one of the bedrooms of a multi-occupancy property in Birmingham. With vital evidence compromised during the attempts by paramedics to save his…

Police respond to a call from a residential area of Dudley, where a woman reports that a house is being smashed up and a group are beating someone up outside it. When the forensic team from West Midlands Police arrive shortly afterwards,…

Forensic scene investigator Drew Birtles is deployed to lead the search for evidence after a woman in her 50s phones 999 to allege that an engineer who visited her home by appointment to fit a smart meter has indecently exposed himself.…

As the victim of a violent knife attack fights for his life in hospital, Crime Scene Coordinator Jo Ward is dispatched to his home in Birmingham to lead the forensic investigation into identifying his attacker. The victim is unable to…

West Midlands Police need forensics to identify the killer of two men found dead in a car. Police respond to a call of a shooting in a carpark. As dusk sets in, crime-scene coordinator Simon Flanaghan attends to find a car set back from…

A young woman arrives at a police station to report that she has been raped. She was attacked by a stranger at a derelict house in the early hours of the morning. The victim agrees to undergo a forensic examination at a Sexual Assault…

At midday on a busy high street in Birmingham, a group of armed robbers drive a truck into a jewellery shop, stealing £300,000 worth of gold. They escape in less than 60 seconds. Forensic scene investigator Drew Birtles is dispatched to…

As firefighters attempt to get a major fire at a Birmingham factory under control, fire investigator Luke Beckett is deployed to investigate before vital evidence is destroyed by the blaze. With no natural sources of ignition, Luke thinks…

A parent rings 999 to report that their 12-year-old daughter has been approached by a man on social media and has been raped by him several times. West Midlands Police quickly identify and arrest the suspect and bring him into custody. As…

After a decomposed body is found in a freezer at a waste disposal site, West Midlands Police must identify who it is, and track down the person who concealed it.

When 32-year-old Marlene Doyle, reported missing by her mother, is found murdered in a Coventry flat, police turn to forensic evidence to identify her killer.

West Midlands Police work with ballistics experts to find out whether a man with a haul of rifles in his bedroom has used a 3D printer to make potentially deadly weapons.

A man rings 999 to say he has killed his flatmate and forensics officers search for clues that could prove or disprove the suspect's pleas of self-defence.

West Midlands Police and forensic teams attending the scene of a brutal stabbing in a brothel turn to a trail left in blood in a bid to track the killer.

After paramedics discover a man’s brutal murder, West Midlands Police turn to forensics to establish whether a friend who phoned for help is a witness or a suspect.

An elderly man is found dead in his home amid signs of forced entry and a brutal attack. West Midlands Police must identify when and how he died in a bid to track down his killer.

When a 12-year-old boy is fatally stabbed in a park on his way home from school, police suspect a 14-year-old but need forensics to prove he is the killer.

When CCTV captures the violent sexual attack of a woman in a public phone box in Birmingham, police and forensic teams race to identify the attacker before he can strike again.

When a teenager is left fighting for his life after a stabbing in a car park, forensics must prove whether two brothers arrested nearby are the attackers or victims.

West Midlands and Cumbria Police join forces, determined to find forensics that will take down a brazen gang of ATM thieves who have been attacking cashpoints across the country.

Police and forensic teams urgently need to track down a stranger who has broken into a house in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted an 11-year-old child.