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The Best Episodes of Waking the Dead Season 6

Every episode of Waking the Dead Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Waking the Dead Season 6!

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
Genres:CrimeMysteryDrama
Network:BBC One

Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Wren Boys (1)" is the best rated episode of "Waking the Dead" season 6. It scored 7.6/10 based on 172 votes. Directed by Tim Fywell and written by N/A, it aired on 1/7/2007. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Wren Boys (2)".

  • Wren Boys (1)
    7.6/10172 votes

    #1 - Wren Boys (1)

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2007

    The team re-investigates the death of a teenage boy who was found on a building site some years ago, drowned in concrete. Part of a human ear is found in his stomach, linking him to the dumping of another seriously injured teenager in a hospital at around the same time. The ground on which the dead teenager was found belongs to a Catholic abbey which is soon to be dissolved, and the abbey owns a shrine which might contain evidence and has to be dismantled - a task which falls to the unwilling Stella Goodman.Meanwhile, new forensic scientist Dr Eve Lockhart makes her mark on the case.

    Director: Tim Fywell

    Writer: N/A

  • Wren Boys (2)
    7.6/10144 votes

    #2 - Wren Boys (2)

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2007

    Continuing the investigation of the death of a teenager whose body was found in concrete on a building site years ago. The injured Joe McDonagh finally wakes from his coma - but how much light can he throw now on a boxing bout which went badly wrong long ago?Meanwhile, there are surprises in store for Boyd and Jordan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deus Ex Machina (1)
    6.6/10149 votes

    #3 - Deus Ex Machina (1)

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 1/14/2007

    MI6 asks Boyd to reopen the case of the killing of an Iraqi dissident.Meanwhile, a man running for election as President of the Sudan announces he is going on hunger strike to protest at Britain's refusal to return the skull of a 19th century leader.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deus Ex Machina (2)
    6.6/10136 votes

    #4 - Deus Ex Machina (2)

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 1/15/2007

    Boyd finds a connection between the recent murder of an Iraqi and the local ruler's skull taken from the Sudan by British troops more than a hundred years before.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fall (1)
    7.6/10151 votes

    #5 - The Fall (1)

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 1/21/2007

    Two sexually conjoined mummies mysteriously fall through the the ceiling of an old City bank, resulting in the Cold Case team being called in to investigate.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fall (2)
    7.6/10131 votes

    #6 - The Fall (2)

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 1/22/2007

    As tension builds between Grace and Boyd the truth about Lisa is revealed. Meanwhile, the team have a new lead following on from Declan's death and it's a race to find the murderer before Lisa does.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mask Of Sanity (1)
    7.6/10146 votes

    #7 - Mask Of Sanity (1)

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 1/28/2007

    Two days after James Jenson is released from a psychiatric unit, the wallets of his victims are sent to a relative. Does this mean more murders could follow? And is James really responsible for the three coldcase murders, or did he take the blame for somebody else?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mask Of Sanity (2)
    7.9/10140 votes

    #8 - Mask Of Sanity (2)

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 1/29/2007

    The plot thickens as Rivelli and then Harris confess to the three cold case murders. Boyd remains suspicious though - who was the real murderer and what has Jensen got to do with it all?

    Director: David Thacker

    Writer: N/A

  • Double Bind (1)
    7.4/10140 votes

    #9 - Double Bind (1)

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 2/4/2007

    A psychiatric patient, imprisoned for the murder of his parents as a teenager escapes and reveals the location of an unknown corpse.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Double Bind (2)
    7.3/10127 votes

    #10 - Double Bind (2)

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 2/5/2007

    The case becomes more complicated as Boyd discovers that alterative practises may have contributed to Daniel's instability.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Yahrzeit (1)
    8.3/10178 votes

    #11 - Yahrzeit (1)

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 2/18/2007

    Boyd receives an anonymous package in the post – a Nazi ceremonial dagger. Attached to it is a Cold Case number, linking it to the unsolved murder of a young girl in May 1945. It seems that Mel had been working on the case before her death, what does this mean for the Cold Case Team?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Yahrzeit (2)
    8.5/10158 votes

    #12 - Yahrzeit (2)

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 2/19/2007

    As Ben goes missing, Boyd and his team try to force the truth out of a confused David. Boyd grows increasingly close to Sarah, and Stella travels to Poland to investigate the true story.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A