DCI Banks

Tenacious and stubborn DCI Alan Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cast:Stephen Tompkinson , Jack Deam , Andrea Lowe , Caroline Catz , Lorraine Burroughs , Danny Rahim , Keith Barron , Nicholas Sidi , Colin Tierney , Edward MacLiam , Samuel Anderson , Shaun Dingwall , Shaun Dooley , Maimie McCoy , Tom Shaw , Badria Timimi , Ace Bhatti , John Bowler

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Aftermath: Part 1

Mon, Sep 27, 2010

A police officer is killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call. When DCI Alan Banks is called to investigate the grisly scene, he discovers it's the home of a serial rapist and murderer.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Aftermath: Part 2

Mon, Oct 4, 2010

Thanks to a Chief Superintendent who is obsessed with damage-limitation, Janet is charged with manslaughter though Annie makes sure that she gets off. A friend of the missing Leanne leads Alan to believe that Payne had a female accomplice to lure the girls into his car and Lucy is the obvious suspect, though she denies it, at the same time admitting she knew her husband was a killer. She also blackmails Maggie into paying for a lawyer for her though Maggie counters by ringing the press to explode the 'accomplice' story. Investigations show Lucy to have been the victim in a famous abuse case as a child and she is diagnosed as mentally ill and incapable of having a mind to murder. Alan must discover to what extent she really was involved in the killings and if she knows where to find Leanne, alive or dead.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Playing with Fire: Part 1

Fri, Sep 16, 2011

Two bodies are found after a fire on some narrow boats and Banks and DS Annie Cabbot find themselves on the trail of an arsonist who has killed two people.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Playing with Fire: Part 2

Fri, Sep 23, 2011

Banks gets a warning for hitting Aspen,after which more money and forgeries are found at the burnt out scene of McMahon's murder.Banks deduces that Gerry,Christina's girl-friend,is one of the forgers and she tells him she believes the killer is called Gary Morrison,who sold the artists' fake paintings but had a sinister hold over them. Banks is displeased to learn that Annie is having an affair with Keane - who also admits to being afraid of Morrison,though he has worked with him. With the evidence pointing to one of two suspects Banks must make a mercy dash to save a life before exposing a sordid secret.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Friend of the Devil: Part 1

Fri, Sep 30, 2011

A student is attacked in the middle of the city and in another part of Yorkshire a woman has her throat cut, but the two different murders have disturbing similarities.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Friend of the Devil: Part 2

Fri, Oct 7, 2011

The team is in shock after Kevin's murder. They deduce that he was acting as a vigilante patrolling the alleys to prevent further murders but the witness who saw his death presumed he was out to harm her. She identifies the slayer as a woman but pathologist Dr. Waring disputes this and sees no link with Lucy Payne's death,causing Annie to doubt. Randall is cleared of Hayley's murder when he is given an alibi and,with several likely suspects,Banks is back at square one. Annie however learns of a former rape victim whose perpetrator was murdered before she disappeared,providing a link to Lucy Payne and a clue to the identity of the double murderer.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Cold Is the Grave: Part 1

Fri, Oct 14, 2011

A case terrifyingly close to home occurs as Banks is asked by his boss to find his missing teenage daughter.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Cold Is the Grave: Part 2

Fri, Oct 21, 2011

Banks and Cabbot come to suspect one of their team may be implicated in a criminal conspiracy.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Strange Affair: Part 1

Wed, Oct 10, 2012

A new case becomes personal when Banks discovers that his brother Roy is missing and Roy's girlfriend has been shot dead.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Strange Affair: Part 2

Wed, Oct 17, 2012

The police discover that Jennifer and Roy were involved in a prostitution ring,Roy importing women through his travel agency,though business partner Lambert claims ignorance. Because he is related to a victim Banks is taken off the case but D.I. Morton agrees to let him help in an advisory role,warning him he may be in danger. He seeks out Carmen,the face of the escort agency fronting the prostitution racket and finds that she is pregnant.That pregnancy,linked to a baby-selling arrangement,holds the key to the double murders.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Dry Bones That Dream: Part 1

Wed, Oct 24, 2012

Banks is called in to investigate the death of a mild-mannered accountant who appears to be the victim of a contract killing.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Dry Bones That Dream: Part 2

Wed, Oct 31, 2012

Banks defies orders by informally speaking to Martin Fleming on his own though he gets no results. Tom Rothwell returns from America for his father's funeral and tells the police he fell out with his father after seeing him with another woman. Pamela identifies her attacker as a rough-looking Irishman named by police records as Arthur Jameson,an arms fan and former client of Norcliffe but Jameson kills himself before he can be questioned. Following Tom's information Banks discovers that the woman in question was not Pamela. The trail leads to a house where all is revealed - including a money laundering scheme which justifies Banks' suspicions. The case closed Helen at last begins to integrate with the rest of the team.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Innocent Graves: Part 1

Wed, Nov 7, 2012

The strangling of a wealthy financier's 16-year-old daughter unearths a complex web of lies and secrets for Banks to solve.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Innocent Graves: Part 2

Thu, Nov 8, 2012

Banks gets a call-out to Owen Pierce's house,which has been vandalised whilst Owen was in prison but Banks makes it clear he still believes Owen was the killer. However after Helen has seen CCTV footage of Ellie getting into a car with somebody who is not Owen Pierce Becca comes forward to say that Tyler Judd sexually threatened her and was perpetually shadowing Ellie after she dumped him. Then Becca is found dead in the same spot as Ellie. Focus now switches to Judd,who admits to stealing Simon Harris's car after Simon warned him off Ellie. This in turn leads to the discovery of some incriminating photographs and the identity of the murderer.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ To Burn in Every Drop of Blood: Part 1

Wed, Aug 31, 2016

When a victim of a frenzied attack is found in the woods, Banks wonders if it's related to the location - a shrine to a local girl who recently committed suicide there.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ To Burn in Every Drop of Blood: Part 2

Wed, Sep 7, 2016

The post mortem into the daughter of crime boss Steve Richards reveals that her death isn't a simple suicide - could someone else have been involved? And if so, who?

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ A Little Bit of Heart: Part 1

Wed, Sep 14, 2016

When a devoted husband and father goes missing, a ransom demand takes Banks and his team on a journey into Leeds' Chinese community.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ A Little Bit of Heart: Part 2

Wed, Sep 21, 2016

Xun's death makes the team realize the case is more complicated than they first thought, and it's not necessarily connected to the kidnapping.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Undertow: Part 1

Wed, Sep 28, 2016

Banks and the team begin the painful job of finding out exactly who was responsible for Annie's death, an incident that has affected all their lives.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Undertow: Part 2

Wed, Oct 5, 2016

Banks' mission to solve Annie's murder is made all the harder by the fact he has been taken off the case and sent on gardening leave - but that won't stop him.

DCI Banks

S1.E1 ∙ Aftermath: Part 1

S1.E2 ∙ Aftermath: Part 2

S1.E3 ∙ Playing with Fire: Part 1

S1.E4 ∙ Playing with Fire: Part 2

S1.E5 ∙ Friend of the Devil: Part 1

S1.E6 ∙ Friend of the Devil: Part 2

S1.E7 ∙ Cold Is the Grave: Part 1

S1.E8 ∙ Cold Is the Grave: Part 2

S2.E1 ∙ Strange Affair: Part 1

S2.E2 ∙ Strange Affair: Part 2

S2.E3 ∙ Dry Bones That Dream: Part 1

S2.E4 ∙ Dry Bones That Dream: Part 2

S2.E5 ∙ Innocent Graves: Part 1

S2.E6 ∙ Innocent Graves: Part 2

S3.E1 ∙ Wednesday's Child: Part 1

S3.E2 ∙ Wednesday's Child: Part 2

S3.E3 ∙ Piece of My Heart: Part 1

S3.E4 ∙ Piece of My Heart: Part 2

S3.E5 ∙ Bad Boy: Part 1

S3.E6 ∙ Bad Boy: Part 2

S4.E1 ∙ What Will Survive: Part 1

S4.E2 ∙ What Will Survive: Part 2

S4.E3 ∙ Buried: Part 1

S4.E4 ∙ Buried: Part 2