Waking the Dead-Season 1 and Pilot Episode

Editor's Note Roughly akin to a British version of the hit American show CSI, WAKING THE DEAD follows a police team that tries to use advances in modern technology to solve previously unsolvable cases. Superintendent Peter Boyd (Trevor Eve) heads up the Cold Case Squad as they examine scraps of evidence that may lead to an eventual arrest; he is aided by Detective Constable Mel Silver (Claire Goose), Psychological Profiler Grace Foley (Sue Johnston), Detective Sergeant Spencer Jordan (Wil Johnson), Forensic Pathologist Frankie Wharton (Holly Aird), and Detective Constable Mel Silver (Claire Goose). This release includes the entire first season of the show and its pilot episode.

	Holly Aird
	Sue Johnston
	Trevor Eve
	Wil Johnson
	David Blackmore, et. al. - Editor
	Graham Frake, et. al. - Cinematographer
	Joe Campbell, et. al. - Original Music By
	Joe Cozens, et. al. - Writer
	Richard Barrett, et. al. - Producer
	Robert Bierman, et. al. - Director

CultureVulture.net 7 of 10
Put differently, the whole might have benefited from a bit more actionÐnot necessarily car chases--and a few more flashes of wit to keep it in the high register set by the classy characters. Of course, the entire team commands far more interest than the events they deal with; 'twas ever thus in the star system on which a series depends. But these are minor cavils over details that may have changed already in subsequent episodes. The only technical obstacle to an overall excellent rating for this program lay, quite differently, in the uneven quality of the sound. Every voice seemed to project at a unique level, so that words were occasionally incomprehensible. For a form that depends on plot, this was a big handicap. - Nina Da Vinci Nichols