The Coroner
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.
Seasons
1. First Love
Air Date: 2015-11-16
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.
2. How to Catch a Lobster
Air Date: 2015-11-17
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.
3. That's the Way to Do It
Air Date: 2015-11-18
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.
4. The Fisherman's Tale
Air Date: 2015-11-19
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.
5. Gilt
Air Date: 2015-11-20
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...
6. Capsized
Air Date: 2015-11-23
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.
7. The Salcombe Selkie
Air Date: 2015-11-24
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?
8. Napoleon's Violin
Air Date: 2015-11-25
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.
9. The Deep Freeze
Air Date: 2015-11-26
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.
10. Dirty Dancing
Air Date: 2015-11-27
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.
1. The Drop Zone
Air Date: 2016-11-21
Jane's fear of heights is tested when she and Davey investigate a skydiving accident.
2. Perfectly Formed
Air Date: 2016-11-22
Building work at an abandoned cottage unearths a child's hidden remains.
3. Those in Peril
Air Date: 2016-11-23
After a hoax callout, a volunteer in the Lighthaven lifeboat crew drowns.
4. The Beast of Lighthaven
Air Date: 2016-11-24
A local journalist claims that there is a big cat on the moors, but nobody believes him.
5. The Captain's Pipe
Air Date: 2016-11-25
Mick's rival landlord is found dead on the beach, and Jane must try to clear his name.
6. Life
Air Date: 2016-11-28
A death in custody brings Jane face to face with notorious child killer Sidney Sutton.
7. Perfect Pair
Air Date: 2016-11-29
A window cleaner is found dead next to a sports car he doesn't own.
8. The Foxby Affair
Air Date: 2016-11-30
To explain the death of a recluse, Jane must first solve the disappearance of a playboy.
9. Pieces of Eight
Air Date: 2016-12-01
Lighthaven's Pirate Festival provides the perfect cover for a robbery.
10. Crash
Air Date: 2016-12-02
Jane is reconnected with an old friend when she tries to find out who left a girl to die.
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Rating
6.2/10
Release Date
2015-11-16
Episodes
20 (2 seasons)
Status
Canceled
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
BBC Birmingham