Afterlife

University lecturer Robert Bridge becomes involved in a series of supernatural events surrounding medium Alison Mundy in this chilling TV series.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Cast:Lesley Sharp , Andrew Lincoln , Kate DuchÃªne , Anna Wilson-Jones , Joshua David-Kennedy , Sandy Welch , Amanda Lawrence , Adrian Lester , Saskia Reeves , Kevin Doyle , Cara Horgan , Nicholas Shaw , Clare Cathcart , Rhian Grundy , Joe Anderson , Steven Elder , Ellen Howard , Rasmus Hardiker

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ More Than Meets the Eye

Fri, Oct 21, 2005

Psychic medium Alison Mundy arrives in Bristol and,at her first public session,communicates with the mother of student Veronica Vass,who died in a suicide pact with her husband. Veronica's tutor,psychology lecturer Robert Bridge,is cynical of fake mediums and goes to see Alison to tell her she is not helping Veronica. He is not prepared for Alison's disclosure that she knows he accidentally killed his little boy. Veronica kills herself but Alison sees her shade and tells Robert she is happy to be reunited with her parents. As Alison tells Robert she feels her gift is a curse he relaxes his attitude towards her.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Lower Than Bones

Sat, Oct 1, 2005

After schoolgirl Carly Tufnell goes missing her shade appears to Alison in a supermarket. From the information Carly gives Alison the police are able to locate the corpse but Alison asserts that Carly will not be at peace until her killer is punished. Working with D.I. George Alison obtains photos of suspects for Carly to identify and an arrest is made though the speculative opinions of a medium have no legal power and the man is released. However Alison is vindicated when Carly's ghost takes revenge on the murderer. Robert's ex-wife meanwhile accuses him of being unable to move on following the death of their son Josh and he is unsympathetic when Alison tells him that Josh needs to speak to him before he can pass over.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Daniel One & Two

Sat, Oct 8, 2005

Allison becomes involved with a young man diagnosed with schizophrenia, but she suspects he is not insane, but haunted.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Misdirection

Sat, Oct 15, 2005

Allison gets a job at a local assisted living home and discovers one of the other staff is being haunted by a recently departed resident.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Sleeping with the Dead

Sat, Oct 22, 2005

Alison is approached by Sandra Petch who believes her flat is haunted,so Alison moves in with her and witnesses the shades of a man and wife,the husband smothering the woman with a pillow. Robert also shows up to observe and sees Alison living through the murder but is convinced she is having a nightmare. Later Sandra proves to be an investigative journalist out to show Alison up as a fraud though the 'ghosts' will have the last word. Angry with the journalist for tricking Alison Robert nonetheless refuses to believe his son Josh is trying to reach him and argues with ex-wife Jude,who suspects he is seeing Alison to get in touch with Josh.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The 7:59 Club

Sat, Oct 29, 2005

Alison is contacted by a group of people led by Irene Moser,all of whom lost relatives in the 7.59 from Manchester train crash in 1999. Alison was also on board,her womb was damaged,making her barren but it was after this event that she gained her psychic powers. She consents to a seance at which the survivors will try to contact the deceased loved ones and Robert,ducking out of Jude's party with her new man,goes too. Here he receives a message from Josh to shake his cynicism but the pressure on Alison sends her into unconsciousness.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Roadside Bouquets

Sat, Sep 16, 2006

Alison is recovering from the traumatic séance that saw her inhabited by the ghost of Robert's son, and realizes she has to dedicate her life to helping spirits. After seeing a strange woman at a roadside, she becomes embroiled in the mystery surrounding a fatal car crash.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ The Rat Man

Sat, Sep 23, 2006

Alison and Robert investigate a series of suicides in a prison, where murderer Ian Garland claims a malevolent spirit called the Rat Man urged him to commit multiple crimes. Alison is soon convinced the ghost is responsible for the deaths and tries exorcise it from the place to help the other convicts - but endures terrifying visions of the killer's victims in the process and puts herself in terrible danger.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Lullaby

Sat, Sep 30, 2006

Alison is contacted by a father who has heard a voice whispering to his infant son through the baby monitor, as she struggles to deal with being haunted by her own mother's spirit. The child's mother refuses to heed the medium's warning to leave the house and becomes convinced her husband is going mad. Meanwhile, Robert confronts his long-buried feelings for Jude - before receiving some shocking news

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Your Hand in Mine

Sat, Oct 7, 2006

Alison investigates when Lucy, a bride-to-be, starts exhibiting symptoms of the skin disease that killed her husband Jonathan's first wife, and realises the bride is possessed by the dead woman's spirit. Meanwhile, unaware of Robert's illness, Alison struggles to understand his sudden scepticism as she also struggles with the ghost of her dead mother - who is beginning to take over her life.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Mirrorball

Sat, Oct 21, 2006

Alison attempts to intervene when the ghost of a man who killed a student starts to haunt the dead girl's best friend - who clearly knows more about the spirit than she is letting on. As the medium becomes more erratic, Robert starts to fear his friend will end up the same way as her mother, but fails to convince Alison to talk about her increasingly odd behavior.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Mind the Bugs Don't Bite

Sat, Oct 28, 2006

As Alison gives in to the madness induced by her mother's spirit, Robert tracks down the medium's estranged father, hoping he will provide an explanation for his daughter's haunting. The trio spend a stormy night dissecting the secrets of the past - leading to revelations about Alison's childhood and how her mother died.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Things Forgotten

Sat, Nov 4, 2006

Alison investigates when a teenager who has been haunted by visions of a young boy claims the psychic he has been visiting is an impostor, but finds herself unable to connect with the spirit world. While Robert reassures his colleague that she still can use her insight into human emotions for the benefit of others, he struggles to find the right moment to tell her the news about his failing health.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ A Name Written in Water

Sat, Nov 11, 2006

Alison launches a frantic search for Robert after being shocked by a terrifying vision of him. She eventually bumps into Barbara, who reveals the lecturer has been admitted to intensive care. Sitting at his bedside, the medium detects the spirit of a nurse who has made it her mission to try and care for every patient admitted to the hospital.