Product Details

• Actors: Robson Green, Simone Lahbib
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: KOCH Vision
• DVD Release Date: July 8, 2008
• Run Time: 345 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00175GAKQ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,389 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Dr. Tony Hill (Robson Green) is a clinical psychologist with an extraordinary understanding of the criminal mind. Working alongside Detective Inspector Alex Fielding (Simone Lahbib), Tony must race against time to profile and track down vicious killers before they strike again.

Disc 1: The Colour of Amber
When a woman sees a young girl being snatched by a man in a car, Detective Inspector Alex Fielding fears they may only have hours to get her back alive. Will Tony be able to find the abductor in time?

Disc 2: Nocebo
Alex investigates the murder of two children who bear signs of ritual killings. Tony puzzles over what the killer might want to gain and why. And is it one killer or two?

Disc 3: The Names of Angels
Two women are found raped and strangled, wearing the clothing of victims killer years earlier in Europe. As Tony tries to unravel the deadly puzzle, he’s confronted by an unpleasant distraction – an 18-year-old released killer turns up on his doorstep.

Disc 4: Anything You Can Do
When a vulnerable elderly woman is suffocated in her home, Alex and Tony suspect a security guard who was seen at the scene of the crime by several witnesses. But when the killings escalate, it appears to be the work of more than one murderer.

DVD Extras:
Interviews with Robson Green, Simone Lahbib and cast, author Val McDermid and production staff

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only 4 of the 5 episodes included in this set, July 11, 2008

By	WebScribe "webscribes" (Kicking the sand on Myrtle Beach, SC USA) - See all my reviews

Just so you know!!!

Episode One: Prayer of the Bone, was considered a "special" and is not included in the Season 5 Set. It is scheduled to be released as a separate DVD on August 5th 2008. Each episode is about 83 minutes in length. This is a quality series that seems to improve each year as the character delvelopment matures.


~ ~ SEASON 5 EPISODES ~ ~

Episode One: Prayer of the Bone

In the season premiere, Dr. Tony Hill (Robson Green) finds himself a fish out of water when he's invited to Texas as an expert witness in a case where an Iraq combat veteran has confessed to brutally slaughtering his wife and two young children. His defense team claims that he's suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but the prosecution asks Tony, who met with the soldier in the UK, to join them in disproving that claim. Alone in a strange country, surrounded by hostile lawyers and police, Tony finds himself at the center of a death penalty case with competing legal and political interests. He's insulted, threatened, framed, and physically attacked while the case takes a strange turn. Everyone seems to have a vested interest in the case - everyone except the suspect, who strangely seems determined to die.



Episode Two: The Color of Amber

When a woman sees a young girl being snatched by a man in a car, DI Alex Fielding (Simone Lahbib) fears they may only have hours to get her back alive. Since only one percent of the victims in abduction cases survive beyond a day, new ACC James Morrison (Christopher Colquhoun) reacts by calling an Amber alert, which floods the media with public pleas for information. He also pulls Tony in to help with profiling likely abductors.



Episode Three: Nocebo

Alex investigates the murder of a teenage girl and a young boy, who bear signs of ritual killings. The trail leads to a property tycoon who'll stop at nothing to get the rent, a preacher whose healing activities involve animal sacrifice, and a self-styled artist whose works not only depict violence, but are painted in blood. Tony puzzles over what the killer might want to gain and why. Is this religion? And is it one killer or two, with one suspect the acolyte of another?


Episode Four: The Names of Angels

Two women are found raped and strangled, wearing the clothing of victims killed years earlier in Europe. Is the killer boasting to police about past crimes, leaving bodies where they can easily be found? And why is he choosing victims from the business world? As Tony tries to unravel the deadly puzzle, he's confronted by an unpleasant distraction - an 18-year-old released killer turns up on his doorstep.



Episode Five: Anything You Can Do

When a vulnerable elderly woman is suffocated in her home, Alex and Tony suspect Bernard Kelly (Ian Peck), a security guard who has a dysfunctional relationship with his mother and was seen at the scene of the crime by several witnesses. But when the killings escalate, it appears to be the work of more than one murderer. Could the deaths be connected to the sudden return of Tony's old hero, respected psychologist Jonathan Goode?


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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great show but one episode missing from 5th season, August 2, 2008

By	Royali "Merlis" (NYC) - See all my reviews

I really like this original and clever show. I have a question though - where is a first episode of the fifth season? It was shot in Texas and was about american soldier with PTSD. BBC site gives a full description of the Episode One: Prayer of the Bone . Why the season called full if one episode is missing? If anyone knows the answer I would be very interested to know.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finely Crafted Crime Drama, July 10, 2008

By	JF Rodriguez (London UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is not a review for season five only but also for all four previous seasons as well as season six currently being shown on British television.

The show tells the story of a crime detective unit based in a fictional city in northern England. Together with the help of a brilliant but dysfunctional clinical psychologist (played to perfection by Robson Green), they try to solve the most grisly and disturbing murder cases.

Each episode lasts 90 minutes so this gives more room for character and story development. It's also more brutal, intense and violent than most television shows so not for the squeamish.

This is state of the art finely crafted crime drama featuring strong scripts and three dimensional characters you really care for. The acting by all involved is truly superb and the writing is top notch. It's riveting, captivating, engrossing, gripping and powerful stuff with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing right until the last minute. This will have you glued on your sofa and make you shiver. Turn off the lights, sit comfortably and enjoy!