Shadowplay (Waking the Dead episode)

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“Shadowplay”
Waking the Dead episode
Episode no. Season 4
Episode 6
Guest stars James Larkin
Laurence Penry-Jones
Paul Kaye
Lucy Gaskell
Written by Ed Whitmore
Directed by Suri Krishnamma
Original airdate 15 August and 16 August 2004
Episode chronology
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Shadowplay is a two-part serial of the popular crime drama series Waking the Dead. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 15 August and 16 August 2004. The finale of the fourth series, it marks the final appearance of Claire Goose as DS Mel Silver and Holly Aird as Dr Frankie Wharton.

A young woman has killed her family through an arson attack on her family home. After she claims she was incited to do this by a mysterious figure known only as 'The Shepherd', it transpires that two more women have claimed they were incited to commit murder by the same person.