Expert Witness Season 5 Episode release dates & where to watch
Premiered
Monday, July 6, 2026
Ended: Friday, July 24, 2026
When does Expert Witness Season 5 come out?
Expert Witness Season 5 premiered Monday, July 6, 2026 on BBC One and ended Friday, July 24, 2026. The season has 15 episodes.
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Expert Witness Season 5 release schedule
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1. Intent to Kill: The Ashley Dale Murder A ballistics expert proves the shooting of a young woman was murder not manslaughter, and a forensic scientist secures justice for a cold case victim, 20 years after the crime. |
Monday · 4 months ago |
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2. Death on Duty A voice analyst makes a positive link to the killer of two police officers, and a lead forensic scientist identifies a phone snatcher from a shoe he left behind. |
Tuesday · 4 months ago |
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3. A Deadly Dose A forensic toxicologist proves that an Essex couple’s cause of death points to murder, and a footprint expert links a killer to two different murder scenes. |
Wednesday · 4 months ago |
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4. The Killer Next Door A pathologist and forensic scientist work together to convict the twisted killer of Elaine Collie, and a Home Office pathologist links two suspects to a double homicide. |
Thursday · 4 months ago |
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5. Cold Case Convictions An expert witness uses fibre analysis to solve an execution-style murder, and after 26 years in prison, a man walks free when a forensic scientist links DNA to the real killer. |
Friday · 4 months ago |
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6. The London Bombings Forensic explosives experts are tasked with examining the crime scenes after the London bombings to establish if the devices had the signature of any known terrorist organisation. |
Monday · 3 months ago |
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7. The Murder of Brianna Ghey A blood spatter analyst helps puts the killers of a 16-year-old behind bars, and a forensic speech expert matches a voice on police dashcam to the killer of PC Ian Broadhurst. |
Tuesday · 3 months ago |
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8. The Body in the Cellar A forensic archaeologist locates the body of a teenage girl buried in a cellar, and an expert in scanning technology sends a homemade gun maker to jail. |
Wednesday · 3 months ago |
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9. Dressed to Kill A forensic image analyst identifies a killer from images in CCTV, and a forensic specialist helps police unravel the truth when a case goes from missing to murder. |
Thursday · 3 months ago |
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10. Left for Dead - The Murder of Hilda Murrell A forensic biologist uses modern DNA techniques to solve the cold case murder of Hilda Murrell, and cell site analysis helps place a suspect at the scene of Abdul Deghayes’s killing. |
Friday · 3 months ago |
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11. Grave Evidence - The Murder of Joanna Simpson When a man kills his ex-wife, a forensic archaeologist helps determine if it was premeditated murder, and a cell site analyst follows a phone trail that convicts violent bank robbers. |
Monday · 3 months ago |
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12. Deadly Threads A fibre analyst uses a groundbreaking technique to solve the murder of 91-year-old Edwin Hiles, and a forensic fire investigator helps to uncover the truth behind a tragic house fire. |
Tuesday · 3 months ago |
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13. Britain’s Coldest Case A forensic scientist and a fingerprint expert identify a killer nearly 60 years after the crime, and a plant scientist helps expose a fraudster in a fake tea-growing operation. |
Wednesday · 3 months ago |
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14. Death in the Woods A forensic biologist works tirelessly to match DNA to the killer of Julia James, and an entomologist links a killer to a double murder. |
Thursday · 3 months ago |
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15. Voice of a Killer Finale A skilled voice analyst proves the killer of a missing man is very close to home, and a UK fingerprint expert helps to overturn a miscarriage of justice. |
Friday · 3 months ago |
Expert Witness Season 5 FAQ
When does Expert Witness Season 5 come out?
Expert Witness Season 5 premiered Monday, July 6, 2026 on BBC One.
How many episodes are in Expert Witness Season 5?
Expert Witness Season 5 has 15 episodes.
Are new episodes of Expert Witness Season 5 released weekly?
New episodes are released daily.
When is the Expert Witness Season 5 finale?
The Expert Witness Season 5 finale (Episode 15) aired Friday, July 24, 2026.
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