The Coroner

6.1
201545m

High-flying solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.

Production

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Seasons

10 Episodes • Premiered 2015

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1. First Love

7.0

When a teenager is found dead at the foot of a tower, Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins believes it was a tragic suicide, but Coroner Jane Kennedy thinks there is more to the case than meets the eye.

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2. How to Catch a Lobster

6.5

When a body washes up on the shore, Jane is convinced it's a botched sea burial, but Davey believes otherwise. With a steak at stake, both are determined to prove each other wrong.

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3. That's the Way to Do It

6.0

When the town's new mayor is found dead in a hotel room, Jane's quest for the truth puts her own life in danger.

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4. The Fisherman's Tale

3.5

A popular local businessman is shot dead by a sniper in public. Davey is forced to watch as an officer from the Metropolitan Police takes over his investigation and then makes a move on Jane.

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5. Gilt

3.5

When a treasure hunter is found dead in his own home, Jane wonders whether one of his colleagues wanted the loot for themselves, while the locals fear it was something more supernatural...

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6. Capsized

7.5

A man is found dead in a shipwrecked container on the beach. Davey is convinced it was an unfortunate accident, but Jane fears darker forces might be responsible.

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7. The Salcombe Selkie

7.0

The sleepy town of Lighthaven is stunned when a teenage girl returns from the dead. Where has she been for a whole year? And who was buried in her place?

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8. Napoleon's Violin

6.0

When the patriarch of the local aristocratic family is found stabbed to death, Jane and Davey investigate and find themselves revisiting an embarrassing chapter of their teenage romance.

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9. The Deep Freeze

7.0

When a man is found dead in a walk-in freezer, Jane and Davey's relationship is tested to the limit as they clash over who they think is responsible.

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10. Dirty Dancing

5.0

A woman drops dead in the build-up to a Latin dance festival in Lighthaven. As Jane and Davey argue over what they think happened, the body mysteriously vanishes from the mortuary.

Cast

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Claire Goose

Jane Kennedy

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Matt Bardock

DS Davey Higgins

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Oliver Gomm

Clint Holman

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Beatie Edney

Judith Kennedy

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Ivan Kaye

Mick Sturrock

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