Quick, what’s your first thought when you see this picture?

Share your first, second or any thought with your other Waking the Dead fans as we play Caption This Too in the Gallery. Look at pictures that just cry out for a caption from Waking the Dead fans. Write as many captions as you would like. Have fun.

More fun than slicing bread with a butter knife : Waking the Dead Mahjongg. Take the traditional matching tile game and throw in a whole lot of Waking the Dead goodness and you get a unique game created just for ThatBoardThingee visitors.

Game play is pretty simple. Click on a tile that has either a free left or right side. Then select a matching tile and just like that the tiles will disappear. As an immediate reward, a quote or some bit of trivia will appear for you to read. Clear all the tiles and you get to brag to all your friends and family that you are a Waking the Dead mahjongg stud. Or you can just mention it in the forum where you will be among people who understand your obsessions.

So go play. Javascript must be up and running on your browser. Have fun!

Read about What Happened and Why in the episode Subterraneans in the Evidence Room. This was the 3rd episode of the 5th series.

Subterraneans
Waking The Dead Series 5 Episode 3

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd : Trevor Eve
Dr. Grace Foley : Sue Johnston
DI Spencer Jordan : Wil Johnson
Dr. Felix Gibson : Esther Hall
D.C. Stella Goodman : Félicité du Jeu
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Dr. Nick Henderson : Toby Stephens
Julia Henderson : Nicola Stephenson
Mary Sharman : Ayesha Dharker
Dr. Jonathan Lynch : Ronan Vibert
Tina : Kelly Harrison
Professor Rosenthal : John Bennett
John Tate : Frank Harper
Gordon Christie : Francis Magee
Miriam Tate : Imogen Bain
Barnes : Mark Monero
Michael Sharman : Alexis Conran
Russell Tate: Gareth Mason
PA : Laurie Hogan
Young Russell : Jake Seage
Adam : Luke Booker-Morel

Writer: Ed Whitmore

Director: Michael Offer

I added the summary of what happened in the episode The Hardest Word to the Evidence Room. This was the fifth episode of the fourth series.

This was a special request, so if you see episode summaries that are missing, just send me a note and I’ll move those to the top of my to do list. The Hardest Word was a bit convoluted, so I am sure there were things I missed. Post your comments about the episode or the summary in the forum.

Some Public Broadcasting Stations (PBS) are showing Waking the Dead. This is much better than BBC America since PBS will
only cut a minute or so for time, if even that much. The downside is that each PBS station is independent and does its own thing.

First check your local PBS stations to see if they are airing Waking the Dead. Second, share the information with your fellow fans. WGBH in Boston is up to season 5. Their schedule cuts off I can’t tell what they’ll do after Yahrzeit. WLIW in New York has just started with season 1, episode 1, Burn Out. Boyd in a white shirt and tie, with floppy hair.

BBC America is showing a marathon on Tuesday October 13. (pretty much today) Sorry for the short notice, I just found out. They are showing some episodes from season 6, including, Wren Boys and Yahrzeit.

The one scary thing about the WTD marathon on BBCA is that their online schedule has Doctor Who in that slot. My DVR is showing WTD, so we’ll see.

That’s the best I can do. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed whether we get PBS or BBCA or not. The real prize will be if Seasons 7 and 8 come to America.

And PLEASE, if anyone has more information, please share in the forum.

Waking the Dead
Endgame
Series 8 Episode 4

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd : Trevor Eve
Psychological Profiler Grace Foley : Sue Johnston
Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan : Wil Johnson
Doctor Eve Lockhart : Tara Fitzgerald

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Linda Cummings :: Ruth Gemmell
Jackie :: Gina McKee
Dr. Mohammed :: Alexander Siddig
David O’Neal :: Nathan Constance
Ellen :: Michelle Tate
Penny Cain :: Barbara Marten
Rob Welch :: David Hounslow
Sandra White :: Madeleine Herrington
Kemp :: Chris Barnes
McCarthy :: Paul Herbert
Dr. Dench :: Bertie Carvel
DS Katrina Howard :: Stacey Roca

written by Daniel Percival and Andrew Holden

directed by Daniel Percival
produced by Colin Wratten
Exec Producer Anne Pivcevic

In Endgame, Grace was reading a book, Relative Stranger, by Mary Loudon.

If you want to read it as well, get your own copy, this one is Grace’s. Relative Stranger: A Sister’s Life After Death

Or in the US, try this edition

Relative Stranger: Piecing Together a Life Plagued by Madness

Gab about the book and Grace in the forum Contains Endgame spoilers.

Waking the Dead

Series 8 Episode 3

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd : Trevor Eve
Psychological Profiler Grace Foley : Sue Johnston
Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan : Wil Johnson
Doctor Eve Lockhart : Tara Fitzgerald

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Stefan Koscinski :: Joseph Mawle
Olena Kuzmich :: Zelda Tinska
Georg :: Andrew Byron
Andrei :: Laurentiu Possa
Briony Havers :: Eliza L. Bennett
Devlin :: Nigel Lindsay
Dr. Greenberg :: Suzanne Burden
Victor :: Ariyon Bakare
Kristian :: Gergo Danka

written by Edward Bennett and Ed Whitmore

directed by Edward Bennett
produced by Colin Wratten
Exec Producer Anna Pivcevic

Waking The Dead’s second episode of the eighth series captured 6.5 million viewers (27% share) for the first part and then 6.7 million for the second part (29% share).

Around 400,000 more people watched the second week’s offering than the premiere week. Let’s hope this trend of increasing ratings continue.

guardian ratings for end of the night part one
end of the night part two ratings

Waking the Dead
End of the Night
Series 8 Episode 2

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd : Trevor Eve
Psychological Profiler Grace Foley : Sue Johnston
Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan : Wil Johnson
Doctor Eve Lockhart : Tara Fitzgerald

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Gemma Morrison :: Michelle Dockery
Zoe Morrison :: Kate Fleetwood
Andrew :: Simon Wilson
Shaun Morrison :: Noah Hedges
Jason Bloch :: Ian Mercer
Miranda Block :: Fiona Gillies
James Mitcham :: Rory Kinnear
Helen Mitcham :: Sally Leonard
Natasha Mitcham :: Daisy Suffield
DI Mike Vedder :: Trevor Laird
DI Maureen Smith :: Elizabeth Rider
Hippie :: Warwick Evans

written by Ed Whitmore

directed by Dan Reed
produced by Colin Wratten
Exec Producer Anne Pivcevic

I added a new wallpaper. Grab it from the screen savers page

Waking the Dead
Magdalene 26
Series 8 Episode 1

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd : Trevor Eve
Psychological Profiler Grace Foley : Sue Johnston
Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan : Wil Johnson
Detective Constable Stella Goodman : Félicité du Jeu
Doctor Eve Lockhart : Tara Fitzgerald

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DS Katrina Howard : Stacey Roca
Elizabeth : Sharon Maughan
Teenage Elizabeth : Lisa Hogg
Young Elizabeth : Elizabeth Barrett
Kathleen : Denise Gough
Father Quinn : Bosco Hogan
Young Father Quinn : Adam Best
Mick O’Hare : Cian Barry
Sister Margaret : Lynda Rooke
Coban : Alki David
Zafer : Tam Mutu
Olgac : Sam Vincenti
Samuel Knight : Daniel Lapaine
Tony Muller : Daniel Pirrie
Topal : Jason Hunjan
Paddy : Declan Croghan

written by Declan Croghan

directed by Andy Hay
produced by Colin Wratten
Exec Producer Anne Pivcevic