Series 4: The Harrowing

2005 · 3 episodes

DCI Red Metcalfe's latest murder investigation is stifling and intense. The killer has really got under his skin. As the murder count escalates, Red becomes increasingly frustrated as the clues left behind on the victims' bodies continue to confuse him.

Episodes

1. Part 1
August 28, 2005 · 1h 30m
When the team arrive at a van abandoned on landfill sight they soon realise this is a case, the like they have never seen before. The van door is locked, the glass darkened, an angry buzzing inside. Phoebe is in the front seat, wasps crawling in and out of her open mouth: SAVE ME is written in blood on the windscreen. Red's analytical skills are stretched to the limit as he tries to fathom the workings of the mind of a killer determined to create their own Hell here on earth.
2. Part 2
August 29, 2005 · 1h 30m
The serial killer continues the killing spree, and leaves a clue: the victims and their fates are inspired by the circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno.
3. Part 3
August 30, 2005 · 1h 30m
Assisted by an authority on Dante, DCI Red Metcalfe knows the "sin" and "punishment" of the next victim, but struggles to establish how the victims are being chosen. Will he be able to locate the killer before the macabre sequence is completed?